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days. The Florence City Council has
passed an ordinance forbidding; the sale
of Jamaica ginger, except on prescrip
tion, and the aforesaid prescription can
not be refilled.
It appears that the thirsty ones have
been buying Jamaica ginger In liberal
quantities, mixing Mt with elder and
achieving In this way a jag that causes
those Inspired to grab popguns and march
down the main street hunting for tho
Kaiser. A local reformer complains, how
ever, that the City Council Is merely
trifling with the situation. The apple
trees of tho nation, ho declares, ought to
bo uprooted by constitutional amendment.
Nation Hides Its Misery, Whilo
No. One Has the Right Word
for Mrs. Bixby
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LET THE PUBLIC DEMAND A
SQUARE DEAL
llU UVB In an era of high prices,
'" doubtless the highest prices the
world as a whole has ever known. Nom
inally, prices were on a corresponding
level during some months of the Civil
War, but gold then was at a heavy,
premium, whereas today the yellow metal
tat maintained at par.
Every, family in the land feels the pres
sure. Most of all is It felt In the cities.
There are men who refuse to claim exemp
tion to which they have a right. They,
sure the Individuals who willingly sac
rifice themselves, and right gladly do their
families roako the sacrifice with them,
readily surrendering port of their Income
tn order that the record may be kept
clear and their descendants be able to
point proudly to what their ancestors did
tn the days that tested men's souls and
freighted their moral fiber with un
precedented burdens.
Not within tho recollection of any living
nan In Philadelphia has there been
greater need of. sobriety. In the expendi
ture of publlo funds, economy In mu
nicipal management and Intelligent relief
to tiro masses whenever possible. Tho
man who can lighten the burden by even
one poor scruple and does not do It has
the heart of a traitor and the brain of
a snake. He who diverts one cent that
rightfully belongs to the publlo Is guilty
of as mean a theft as ever stained the
hands of human being.
It happens, by one of those miracles
Which so often In a republic occur for
the benefit of the people, that the U, G. I.
Is under contract to reduce Us price for
gas from eighty, cents to aeventy-flvo
cents the thousand cubic feet, beginning
the first of January next. The price now
charged the consumer -Is ono dollar, of
which the city takes twenty cents. This
Is the equivalent of a 25 per cent tax.
If the dollar rate Is maintained after
January. 1 the city, will be putting Into
'its own pocket one-third of all the money
paid for gas in this city.
It is common knowledge that the pres
ent tax on users of gas Is an Infamous
and outrageous tax, to be defended by no
theory of municipal economics known.
If the five-cent reduction that by contract
tauat be made effective January 1 la cov
ered Into the city treasury, and la not
passed on to the people, It will consti
tute a new outrage so glaring In char
acter, so contemptible In spirit, so unin
telligent in purpose that the publlo ought
to kick out of office every, man concerned
In the proceeding, whether in a positive or
a negative way. Already we are hearing
telk about the fiscal necessities of the
city. Some narrow-minded municipal
financiers cannot comprehend the fact
that Increase in consumption under a
alnety-flve-cent rate would doubtless
equalize the losses resulting from the re
duction In the unit, price. All they, can
see is an opportunity to take a half
million dollars that belongs to the peoplo
and pass it along to the treasury, that
some contractor may Jater take It thence
tor his personal enrichment
Ho man should be elected to Councils
-.Sthla fall unless he pledges himself abso
kS lutely to a maximum price of ninety-five
rX" ente for gas. The price ought to be far
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Af s iuwbj- umu HiBu xi woum do ii aggressive
$. "leadership characterized the conduct of
'hvl- municipal affairs, since. In that case, the
H. flVj hint of the company that It desired lower
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V 'hjr from the city leading to an arrangement
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We urge that the
tpwlla do' not What's the use being
MtkbedT
,(Tha public can get that five-cent reduo-
l, for Itself by lighting for it A lltUe
of autocracy, at home will do no
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,;V JAMAICA GINGER JAGS
1 jsia 0a"tWprvere Is particularly
tmjymrfj, territory, .There la a
a ytTmj,
SURPItlSE expressed by many drafted
men that they have been accepted In
sptto of this or that vague defect whl,ch
they had imagined would make- them un
doslrablo as' soldiers betrays a wide
spread belief that tho first conscription
army was to bo made up of singularly
athlotlo men, veritable tmpcrmon. But
they forget that our supermen, If any
such animals can be said to exist, are
already In the army and navy 809,000
of them and that tho draft army Is to
be our second lino. For It Is to bo
assumed that men who have enlisted
have tho greatest natural aptitude for
arms, slnco a Govornmcnt at peace or In
tho first weeks of a war Is more particu
lar about the requirements of recruits
than It Is later when taking on mon at
tho rate of flvo or six hundred thousand
at a time.
Upon men already under arms will fall
the brunt of the first clash with tho Ger
mans. Tho conscripted army will bo out
reserves, reserves who will have plenty
of time to get into the best possible con
dition. Just as our veterans once had to
bo trained and hardened, so will tho men
of the new army have to go through this
process, and tho sooner thoso waiting to
be summoned realize that all aro liable
to service except those definitely re
jected the more promptly will they tako
steps to lmprovo their physiques.
Tho Government has found such a high
percentage- of drafted men with poor tooth
that It has had to relax Its requirements
In some districts. In this respect the
drafted men can do their share by timely
visits to dentists, eo that when called
upon later they can pass the tests, and
In every way It is Incumbent upon them
to tako tho best possible care of their
health. This Is not only for the good of
tho army, but for their own safety. A
noldler with quickly responsive nerves
and muscles, and a brain alert and un
clouded by excessive cigarette smoking,
has a bettor chance of coming through
the ordeal in safety than ono who has
taken no pains to keep fit
GUILT OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT
DIRECTOR WILSON and the Mayor
seem to bo convinced that vice sur
vives only becauso the Municipal Court
has assumed Jurisdiction in some cases
and put offenders on probation.
The fact that the Municipal Court Is
supposed to have a Penrosean hue Is be
side the question. It must be evident to
even the casual observer that It impedes
Director Wilson In tho performance of
his duties If the Municipal Court is going
to put women on probation and have
them report at Intervals to the Court
when the magistrates can be relied on to
free them altogether and give the most
degraded creatures, irrespective of the
evidence, certificates of character.
Vico thrives In magistrates' courts, as
everybody knows. It Is an outrage,
therefore, according to the politicians, to
havo vice tried before any other tribunal.
IS THE LEASE. CRACKERJACK?
TUG Mayor admits that the transit
lease which he Is arranging is qulto
the finest thing ever concocted. Secret
diplomacy is necessary, of course, since
secret government has proved such a suc
cess In Europe, but the people may, rest
content In the fact that the document will
bo revealod In the near future and all of
Its provisions be subject to discussion.
That It Is a crackerjack agreement all
the men Involved in making it are sure.
It's their baby and looks just like daddy.
We feel a trifle disturbed, however, when
wo are told that a vital feature of It Is
based on the Hecht amendment, which
has been passed by one Legislature, must
be passed by another and thereafter be
approved by the people of the whole
State.
A great deal depends, we should say,
on what part In the making of the lease
Director Twining and Mr. Lewis had, for
It is notorious that the Mayor himself
knows nothing about transit
Some people In Oklahoma seem to
be tired of getting their war news from
points 6000 miles from home.
According to the heartless punster
of the "silly season," even the most
"modest" man may. have an "August"
vacation.
If Germany could only produce as
many new food supplies as she does new
food dictators the office of these func
tionaries would eventually become obsolete.
The congressional desire to "air
the Shipping Board row" suggests that
Washington's lust for an overheated at
mosphere has not been satisfied even by
one of the hottest summers on the books
of the Weather Bureau.
The State Supreme Court states
that "according to the present custom
tips are not usually the voluntary act
of the person who gives them," and that
tips are wagea. When this la generally
recognized the restaurateurs .will do their
own tipping.
The most ardent of our pacifists
declare that they would fight If American
soil were Invaded. Russia's pacifists are
evidently very much like ours. The re
sistance of her armies did not begin to
stiffen till the Teutons had driven them
across the line,
t "In the realm of the blind," says
the philosopher, "tle one-eyed man la
king." , Perhaps that U why the War
'peparteamt has decided that recruits
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By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Corrpandf Xttntng Ltiger
LONDON, July 20.
ONE of the hardest things to write homo
about Is the suffering of civilians. It
Is hard, naturally, because It has to do
with death, and that Is a subject hardly
fit for foreign correspondence or for week
ly reports. Tet It has to be written about,
or an Impression may gain ground which
will be dishonoring and unfair to the
people of England, who aro so strange In
the expression of their emotions and so
careless of tho Impression they give so
long as It Is not tho Impression of hysteria.
In France I have seen every variety of
mourning, and by far the least of theso
was the chic and fashionable mourning
costume which so strikes a foreigner. Wo
are further from understanding tho French
spirit than from understanding tho spirit
of England, and that Is far enough. The
French soldier who wears his uniform as If
it wero a sacred and heraldic costume Is
brother to the Frenchwoman who dresses
in black as If she wore assisting at a sacred
and hierarchic festival of tho Church. The
gesture of sorrow Is extraordinary in
Franco; It strikes home, een If wo cannot
understand how and why tho geeturs Is
made. But hero In England no gesture h
made. Even when such a tragic muddlo
as the Mesopotamia affair Is made public,
no outbreak occurs. The private sorrows do
not add up to make a public demonstration.
And tho outsider looks at these people and
marvels.
I havo known families Intimately for
months before discovering that they had
lost sons nnd brothers In tho earliest days
of the war. I have been compelled to seo
people within a day or two of tho death of
a near relative or a dear friend, and I hae
found that my delicacy and embarrass
ment were more than misplaced. It was al
most a cruelty to them. They either said
nothing or said everything. Thero was
nothing for any one else to say or to re
frain from saying.
And then, once In a long, long time, the
storm breaks, 'and you are cost helpless
agulnst the eternal rocks of despair. I
will not pretend that tho story which fol
lows was In my own experience ; the friends
and acquaintances whom I have lost In the
war were not close enough to make mo n
fit sharer In the misery of this episode. It
was told me by a man who had suffered
enough to understand It and I am simply
retelling it I should not even do that If
we were not In the war ourselves.
Wanted to Do His Bit
The man In this story was one of hun
dreds of thousands who had lived a life of
comparative uselessness; he was rich, he
had the tradition of idleness, and the total
excuse he had for existence was In his being
a fine and rather decorative fellow, who en
joyed and repaid the love of his wife and
of their children. It Is rather hard to speak
of their happiness. They had been mar
ried twenty years, and were still happy,
still madly devoted to each other.
The war came and the man, over forty,
was out of it. But he could not stay out
of It. He declared that he did not want to
be killed, but he'd be dashed If he let other
chaps get killed for him. He was no uso,
but ho had been keen on motoring before
the war and at least he could drive an am
munition transport So he did.
Ho wrote letters to his wife all through
the first year out there, complaining about
his uselessness. Ho told her that It wasn't
fair for htm to be In a soft and safe job
while those other chaps had to stick In the
fighting line. And then, one day, the Ger
mans spotted his ammunition column and
he was blown to bits.
His wife took It, on, splendidly! Her life
was broken up and she did not know In
the least why. For all the time he had
been giving hla life to his country and to
a cause he understood, she had been think
ing of him and of him alone. So when he
was gone she had nothing to think about,
and In the end she stopped thinking, quietly
and terribly mad, with only one idea, that
she must And 'the awful fragments of her
husband's body and collect them for a
decent grave
The man who told me this knew her
well. He was In the house when the mad
ness first appeared and he eat up all night
telling stories to the frightened children,
while doctors struggled with the woman.
It was qulto hopeless. This is what he
said to me, afterward:
"It Is an appalling thing, and only one
thing could have saved her. Don't you see
that If she had been In his place, or If she
had felt as keenly and as deeply as he did,
she could havo borne the agony of losing
hlmT That's Just tho danger with us, that our
sorrows are all so private and bo hidden;
we haven't had the one great word which
would dissolve all our personal miseries
and our losses In a great sense of the loss
which all the world Is bearing, and In a
sense of the great sacrifice which we are
all making. We aro as we always were,
an Intensely private people. And probably
that Is why no statesman, no leader of
the people, has been able to say the great
world. It's not In Asqulth and It's not
tn Lloyd Oeorge; we want neither Balllol
nor the Welsh Chapel. And I know what
wo do want We want Lincoln's letter to
Mrs. Blxby.
England's Hidden Misery
"Perhaps It Is too late for us now. But I
should think It was not too late for you. Bo
far It doesn't seem to me as If Wilson had
even tried It. He has spoken of our Ideals
In this war, and I must say he has expressed
them better than any statesman of ours
could. He has been clear and convincing,
but he has hardly been moving except to the
people who can be moved by pure Ideas.
But I hope before your casualty lists are
published ha or some one else will say some
thing which will make every mother and
wife understand why the price Is being paid.
"We have a certain esprit de corps here
I think I can tell you what It la We feel
that It wouldn't be playing the game for us
to go scot free while our brothers are being
killed, and that applies to those at home.
But It la not the same thing as being swept
off In a great stream of common sacrifice
and of common suffering. It has made the
war very hard for us, very bitter and very
unhappy. And I think It was an added
hardship and an unnecessary unhappl
ness." I btlleve what this man said. It la an ex
planation which reveals a fact the fact of
heartbreaking misery In England. That
misery is hidden and suppressed, and (you
may take It for granted) it Is neither a mili
tary nor a political factor, because the peo
ple who have suffered are not the ones to
demand that the war shall end before the
suffering Is given meaning by a good peace.
But it la a social fact and one of those
which bring ua nearer, even In unhappiness,
to the people of these Islands. It Is a ter
rible thing to think about, and we shall
have to be thinking of ourselves presently,
I hope that we will not bear, the burden at
sorrow la quite the sum' vtflvireM
, TIT 7 V .iiWlAsWU
A WAltKIOIl'B CREED
AUhouoh you're Icaten in the fight,
Tomorrow it another dan.
Bo grit your teeth and grin and ay
That you are standing for the right,
And that, though dark and long the night,
You'll tcnlt fo cafch the dawning rav.
Although you're beaten in the fight,
Tomorrow It another day.
And if your legs arc stiff uHth fright,
If cowards flee and weaklings sway,
And heedless nations go astray;
Then hold this truth before you, Knight:
Although you'ro beaten In tho fight,
Tomorrow Is another day!
WILL LOU.
Our giggling cnndolonccs for n coloici
gentleman "cut In two plccci" Instead of
"places" by a Washington contemp , nnd
for the bride who read In a New York
ditto that she had been "Marred for All
Tlmo by Army Chaplain."
Til a WEATHER
Last week's was some lugubrious,
Hut' this is sure salubrious.
"LET US HAVE PEACE!"
Dear Tom That "Hide jer nnger" which
you gavo us the other day for "HjilrnnKea"
was a good ono and a sotirco of smile to
myself and other hayseeds, who hac been
listening to that sort of thing for hilf a cen
tury. The Inventiveness nnd Ingenuity of mar
ket growcrH In the way of naming plants
proclaims tho fertility of brain and the dis
regard for groveling accuracy Home years
ago, In the early morning, when doing a
prowl round Coent Garden, I found a stall
filled with Gypsophlla nnd labeled "Gipsy
fillies." Tho other day, looking over n local
and most excellent provincial (lower mar
ket, I found somo border plants labeled
"Blue Sanatorium." On nsklng the grower
what they wero ho replied, 'Oh, you know
the plant nil right, them blue cornflower kind
of things " Centaurcas, ho meant.
I onco had an old lady Inquiring of mo
nbout "Bubble and Squeak" daffodils,
whereupon 1 mildly suggested It was Cod-llng-j
and Cream daffodil she was after.
"Of course It Is," Jerked out the old dame,
"and why didn't you say so boforo? ' Many
excellent gardeners aro fond of phonetic
fpelllng, nnd original at that.
Ono of the queerest cases I havo como
across was many years ngo In a Dublin
seed shop, when a slip wns handed In for "a
point of palso" which was obvious enough.
HOItTUS.
Wonder if our friend Charlie Marshall
Is on his vacation. Somebody's gottlng
terribly candid up at Ilosklns's. Fountain
pens wero tho feature of Friday's nd nnd
from It wo cull: "August salo prlco of
$1. Thoy. won't last long, so get yours
now."
IN THE COUNTRY
lie doctor sez: "Youse tcr de country!
Git out wld de hayseeds an' test."
An' me, feelln' dopey, jlst beat it,
llellevin' 'twas all fur de best.
Bo hcr&s where I landed las' Wc'n'sd'y,
Right here wid de comc-ons an' Rubes,
TYid nothln' around me but scenery,
An' brcat'in' fresh air t'rough me tubes.
Hut restt Jumptn' rcllxt where is itt
Well, meboc do country is fine.
But, say, if desc noises is "quiet,"
De clang o' de trolley fur mine
oln'f Jcp a wink, on de level t
I ain't closed a peeper at night.
Bay, listen, I'm fussed be de racket
Dcse country birds makes when dey fight.
"Katie did," yells one bird; den anudder
He ups an' he tells him, "You llel"
Den dey're off in a bnnah, de whole party,
An, cheel how de langwldge does fly I
Flynn's boiler-shop simply ain't in it
Wid dat aggregation. Xit. Nclnl
If deso country noises is quiet,
De clang o' do trolley fur minel
Back! Back to o?e civllcrzatlon
I'm makin' de stratghtcs' bee-line.
Rest up wid de Rubes if youse ivanta ter
De clang o' de trolley fur mine.
DILLON Is In business near tho garage
at Fifth and Locust strcots, where I keep
my car. "You'll bo on your way to tho
garago now, belike," said ho, lato on tho
hottest afternoon of last week. "Yes,"
said I, wiping the froth off my mustache.
He planted his size eight hands on tho
or counter and, looking far off over my
right shoulder, said: "In a fow mlnylts
now you'll bo preparing for your rldo;
you'll be adjusting your wind shield; you'll
be feeling out tho brakes and tho wheel;
you'll run smooth and alsy through the
city streots, and you'll bo rolling along
beyant In the cool o' tho evening. Your
wlfo'll bo waiting tho supper for you;
and after you'll bo dandling your baby
on your knee If you have ono or your
dog, maybe. You'll be taking your ease
and you'll come at last to sleep in the
fresh country night"
He paused, and I asked, "Do you live
In tho country, Mr. Dillon?" Ho glared
at me. "I do not," said he. "Can't you tell
be tho sound of a man's singing what
way ho Is?" CLIVE.
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THE 1'ABTOR
The man of Qod
Should never nod
But hold to one equa
tion, Nor seek (or lays
Or worldly praise
Or other compensation.
A moment's lapse
It wrong, perhaps,
In such an occupation.
But goodness met
Bhould pastors be
The slaves of all creatlonf
We carnot laud
The man of Qod
For sticking to his station.
But when the job
Includes a mob
Of boys upon vacation ''
Whose board away
Thee has to pay
For two whole months' duration.
The man who bear
Buch added cares
Deserves this small ovation;
K. FRANCIS M. TAITT,
P. K. Church,
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Thv
Call to Prayer Appeal
for Baby-Saving
Campaign
THE CALL TO PRAYER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your strong cdltorlnl In tho issue
of Saturday on prayer and Its power struck
a responsive chord In many hearts. And
your Impassioned call to a nation to go to
Its knees In earnest supplication to Al
mighty God will not fall on deaf ears.
Send forth tho call to prayer again and
again until you catch tho publlo ear, and
you will find how readily our bcloed land
will respond.
Trayer, united prayer there Is no power
moro potent this Bide the pearly gates.
Why, prayer Is tho key that unlocks the
door of heaven ; It Is the lover that removes
all obstacles. Yes, nnd with its power one
can chaso a thousand, whilo two can put ten
thousand to flight. History, both sacred nnd
profane, la rcpleto with glowing examples
of Its cdlcacy. And unity In prayer as well
as In any form of endeavor possesses a
mighty force to bo reckoned with.
This old world has not been keeping to
the straight path as closely as it should.
It has forgotten how to pray and Instead
has been listening to tho alluring music of
tho new thought lyro; has lost Its vision
of faith and Instead has been content with
tho mirage of materialistic beauty.
Wo hae a need to get back to our frnfo
moorings as a city, as a State, as a nation,
as a hemisphere yea, as a world. Yes, wo
need to get back to the safety ropes; back
to the simple, trusting prayer we learned
to lisp at mother's knee ; back to a simple
faith In Jesus Christ, the Saviour of all
mlnklnd. And there Is no better way to
reach this wholesome experience than by
prayer mighty, persistent prayer.
our war is a Just and holy war, and we
belleo Ood will givo us peace and victory
If wo humbly bow tho knoo beroro Him in
prayer and adoration.
W. G. HUSTED.
Philadelphia, August 6.
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"YELLOW BLOOD"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir Allow mo to enter a word of praise
for your editorial, "Yellow Blood," In the
Evenino Ledoek for Friday, August S.
It Is certainly refreshing for one to seo
that his faorlte newspaper haB the courage
to print tho truth.
Editorials like "Yellow Blood" ore sure
to create an Impression on the minds of the
younger generation of toters and those who
soon will be voters young men about
nineteen and twenty years of age. The
older generation appears to have become
,so used to having a "gang" run Its city for
them that when election day comes around
It is "dead from tho shoulders up" and
votes the way It "always haB,"
But the younger men do not vote accord
ing to party lines. They are "from Mis
souri," and so, I say, let us have more
editorials like "Yellow Blood" to sway their
opinion to the right. J, H. 1).
Philadelphia, August 4.
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HELP TO SAVE BABIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir With the thermometer hovering
around the hundred mark, 'until strong men
and women are overcome by the hundreds,
what do you think are the conditions In
the tenements of the poor, where they live
In two or three rooms, some without even
a window In them? If strong men can't
withstand the heat out In the open, how
do you suppose the babies of these poor can
live? And yet our country-needs them,
every one. Nerve-racked, overworked moth
ers, ready to drop from the heat and their
labors, walk the streets these hot nights
carrying their stck babies In their arms
praying for relief from the heat and that
their babies may be spared. Baby deaths
have Increased greatly over last year and
this awful heat Is adding to the misery of
the helpless sufferers.
'Willie I realise that newspapers can 111
afford to carry free advertisements, there
la no way In which these awful conditions
can be brought to the attention of the pub
lic except through their co-operatton. Every
local charitable organisation la sufrer'ni
.from lack of funds, which haye been dl--vestod
tp other 'ourae; yet It hardly aeema
lack of a few dollars, babies whose lives
have become doubly precious now that they
will be needed to fill the gap made by thoso
who fall In the war.
Tho Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia Is
almost a public institution In that It gles
free treatment to all sick babies of the poor,
nnd as such It should receive generous public
support It, too, has felt the lack of funds,
and now when the responsibility rests so
heavily upon It and when tho demands for
Its service havo become so great It turns to
you for help.
A slslt to the dispensary, nt C09 Addison
street, or to tho hospital at Llancrch, will
convince your readers of tho need of help
ing to sae babies. Tho cry of tho agonized
mother added to that of her suffering baby
makes an appeal hard to be refused, and
funds must be given to save them.
S. G. DAVIDSON.
Philadelphia, August 2.
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SIX QUESTIONS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger
Sir Having read In yesterday's papers of
tho great opposition mndo by tho Harrls
burg carmen to Charles Hunter, a negro,
being temporarily appointed foreman. I beg
to ask Mr. Racehater these questions
First. la It color that makes tho man?
Second. Why not leavo race questions to
tho narrow-minded?
Third. Aro Intelligent negroes not capa
blo of leadership?
Fourth. Why do you stir a humble, young
and oppressed race at this critical period?
Fifth. How can wo fight for liberty whole
heartedly with the negro by our sldo when
we aro oppressing him?
Sixth. Why should we longer doubt the
fidelity of our negro brother? W. O.
Mount Union, Pa , August 4.
THE CRUCIBLE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Out In Ohio some years ngo a
farmer, who wns an atheist, printed on
tho front of his barn In large letters, "This
farm Is run without the assistance of gods,
ghosts or devils." Paraphrasing that state
ment we can say today that this country
Is run without the assistance of pacifists,
slackers or Prussian sympathizers, except
as they are suppressed and made to servo
their countrv as were tho copperheads dur
ing the Civil War.
Tho situation In America today is tho
crucible that determines the stuff .that 1b
in us. b. B.
Philadelphia, August 5.
BATHHOUSES NEEDED
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Wfiy hasn't South Philadelphia more
publlo bathhouses than It has now, or at
least ono that would accommodate the pub
llo residing In tho vicinity of Broad and
Porter streets? The nearest one that we
have is at Ninth and Mifflin streets or
Twenty-fourth and Jackson streets. Now'
the peoplo that reside In the Twenty-fourth
and Jackson streets district have two bath
houses, one at Twenty-fourth Btreet and
one at Twenty-slxth and Moore streets
Philadelphia, August 4, a. M
"PLAIN MR. WINDSOR"
The change goes further than tho founda
tion of a new Windsor dynasty. Not only
Is the royal house to be styled "the House of
Windsor." but the family surname becomes
Windsor,
As the title of Prince and Princesa in
henceforth limited to the children and
grandchildren of the sovereign. It follows
that a great-great-grandson of a BrltlBh
monarch will be plain "Mr. Windsor" HI.
great-grandsons, too. will be commoners, but
5,llJb"r,.the cou'-tesy "Me of Lord L-
Wlndsor, If we assume that the custom still
prevail, of creating the sovereign
Windsor Is certainly a good choice of
name. Even before the Conquest ih vi-
had a royal hunting lodge at Wlnw 4$"
first two Henrys and John llv.d TnS.
castle, and Edward III was born there it
was used by the Tudor, as on, of thefr fa
vorlte palaces, and through the nlnVt..nfh
century It was regarded mo"e o? less a. ?n.
headquarter, of the royal family
The British royal house has ft ,.
borne various names that wfit h. fflL
revived with advantage-Plants? vb61n
Lancaster, Tudor. StuTrt. D'E.t2et,,ork'
Anne) and auelph-u"pP h5nH,.?UM2
other reasons Itwaa Imnoihi.'f1 ftn4
them ahould be revived for thi orV7..01
"Vi"'' M '&rt.,Ptnt
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, What rxnltlon In the German Cabinet M
Ilerr Zlmmermann Juat reilrnT
2. How mnnr turn are now under ami k
ins I'nitra mates eerTieer
3. Hlirre la Bessarabia?
4. n lint country nun described In this renut
of Sidner Smith, the Enillth wit! "Thi
knurkle-cnd of Ensland that laai
Cuhln, oat enkea and sulphur"?
t. What wan the full name of the Inreitet at
l'ullman cara?
0. When m. the National Trohlbltlos Ml
founded? t
7. We anrnb nt th ?n1trrnti "FartT-NlmMT'
In connection with the sold dlieoTW.1
nrn nil sola actually aucorcrea i
the l'acine sloDe?
8, Under what I'reMdent was James Baeluuat
nccrciarr or Btater
0, Who was Jostah Boyce?
10. What In the meanlns of the wore "a
aonnnr"
Answers to Yesterday's Qui
1. Citizens of Oklahoma hare made tha nes
iolcnt reslatance to the draft law
date.
2. Czernonltr Is the capital of UukoTrlna.
3. General Krdelll, aniaaalnnted Inst Ratarie?
tart the inlKtnrv ttnxrrn r n( retrotru.
4. The National House of Rev- aeatatlret h1
"Piirotru the food-control bill.
B. "Illlllnmcate" etttnlflea violent uiierU?
from the acoldlna of fUhnomen la HO-
lncssafo Market, London.
0. A National Guard musician Is rated P"-
yale.
7. An nMrolabe In an Inetnxmajt foroang
uecd In tuklne altitude.
8. The nouthern part of France la called ta)
Midi.
0. Samuel Taylor Colerldce wrote "Hie
dent Murlner."
10. The Rev. ratrlck Bronte wrote "We
there la life there la hope."
OLD-TIME PACIFISM IN PHILADELPHIA
rpiin tradition of pacifist dealing with tM I
J- Indians which William Penn Inaugurate
In this Commonwealth lasted for atort ,
half a century nnd. as Is woll known, hU i
many good results. But after the defeat ff
Braddock's forces and a number of InJW
outrages upon border communities, tl
opinion of tho Friends was overborne ail
In January, 1766, the newspapers of til
city announced that a reward of J700 Bl
been "raised by subscription among the ! ;
habitants of Philadelphia, and was now W
fered with the approbation of his Honor tit
Governor" to the person or persons wM
should bring in "the heads of Shlngas j
Captain Jacobs, chiefs of tho Delawart j
Indians."
The Assembly took no part In thest f. '
wards, but tho Governor, as the head oj
the war party, was strong for them. Tk J
nonreslstance policy wns now only a sen 1
ment, It was declared, the old friendship j
of Indians and Friends only a tradltloalj
but murder and arson committed by I
dlans wero terrible facts. In April a rj
ular schedule of payments for scalps wM
arrancefl Th. Piwvtnitlai r-rtimMI and Pn
vlnclai Commissioners recommended Ik i
war do aeciarea on the Deiawares anu -;
following bounties were offered: For evnH
male Indian prisoner over ten' years MM
brought into a Government fort. UDl J
every female or male under ten years, llj'j j
for the scalp of every male over ten, t'
for the scalp of every Indian woman, fl" i
cents. .
But the rewards do not seem to have be J
productive of much murder. Only W ,
acalna wer n.M A. 4n.intf ttie troubleavl
The Friends, alarmed and grieved, saw the I
long-cherlshed policy displaced by a retUK
Of killing for hire. In Anrll Samuel PoWH!
Anthony Morris. John Revnell, SamwL'11
Preston Mnnr. Taraol Pamharlnn and JoM.
Smith presented an address to the aoverncrij
in wnicn mey aweu upon the concern "-; i
pain of mind with which they have oj
served "the late sorrowful alteration la tJJ
State of this lately naaceful nrovlnce" '
urge an attempt at pacification without r I
eon to arms. i
But Mrai- wfta rfMla irha Wfands. US4
daunted, formed "The Friendly Asioclatloji
for Regaining and Preserving Peace Wl
tho Indians." They raised a large u".;m
money, but came in collision at once WM
lha fln..aBn..AH. .l,l ..4 ,lal DflM
vate methods of Interference and their
tempts to make treaties Independent o
mummies, iney were aceoraing'xi
oiaaen to attend negotiation with V
dlana, very much a. soma BociaJlsta
av-anruajoettrge xrmeu w
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