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to Mia carrier.
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tha United Mate. Canada nr I'nlted mates iv
atnlom, poatara free, fitly fisn) cent' per
month. SU (In) dollara wr Jear. payatite In
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To all forelm countries ona (111 dollar per
month. '
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SHALL GERMANS WIHTK THE
HISTORY OF THESE DAYS?
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ISTOItY li whnt men havo written.
nnl whnt men havo done I ltd a
Trojan prnnotl tho Iliad, Hrrlor. not
Achillea, wnuM Invo been tho perfect
Waiylor. All Hint v,o know of Cnrtli.mo
comen fiom Knmnni When the Afilc.tr.
city fell, down with It went renttirloB nf
Phoenician llterntme No I'eishn wrtito
ot Slarathon Tho Rolden eia of I'dldd
waa a perloil of ultimate inllltiiy defeat,
but tho Sinrttni h id no poets, onl nn
army, wherefore Athens uas tho ejo ot
Greece.
Could Gcrm-in profeasoi s u rlto the story
Of the lnut threo etin' eints, cotild f!er
many conquer all l'.uropo and pi hit tho
textbooks for HUccecdlns cuieratlons, tin
heroic DclKlanfl would ko down Into tho
tecords as a distardly, fallhksH line.
Whoso extinction eonfnired a KteTt bene
fit on hurmnlty. It makes n ast ilirftr
ence who tells the story. Partisan nconli
tlon palntH lrtues bind; and under Its
BiaRlc touch crlmo uhlncs In rail! nit
nrhltencss.
There Is evident In all recent flerm in
utterances an hjsterlcil lonBlns to fno
the nation from tho "Minders" which
hao been helped on It "Tho ci enter tho
truth the Kieiter tho libel' was n rniNlm
lawjers 1oed to mouth So, the (ieimin
objection 1h not tint HoIkIumi wis tin
raped and find Hltnrelf not Insulted In
Ills temples, but tint the fiUs wero
printed and rectlcd to all the woild. It
was a neutral crime to tell the tiuth
about frlRhtfulness Whit mm with
leprous spots does not clotho himself In
flno linen, If ho can and hide his llmln7
Wherefore, with almost pithotlo emph isls,
the German rhetoricians hao roiirIh to
tay tho unhers.il tide of roiulcmn.nion
Which will fasten Itself on cery individual
German eltlren for jenrs to conio, If, In
deed, tlmo ever can efface the memoiy of
there dis fiom tbo mind nf mm and
rouse In him a forgUencss that can over
whelm indignation
We battle, therefor,, not only for
democracy, but also for a true record of
vents, tint it in i not bo taught in
after jears to Rcneratlnn after ficneia.
tlon that the Allies wero a desplcablo peo
pie, treachcioua and dishonest, nnd that
the United States entered tho (onfllct for
"swag." 1'or German domlmtlon means
the overturning of our moral code, a re
Volt from nccepted standnids, a leturn to
the ethics of the cave mm, the dominion
of brute stiength not only In world poll
tics but also in tho home If theio nie
no national rights which Germany Is
bound to respect, neither are theio any
rights which tho German Individual Is
bound to respect, and feminism will bo
slaughtered on tho nltnis of mlliUilsm
along with liberty, truth nnd Justice.
These nro real dangers So long
have we lived with our Institutions that
we forget tho abuses that gavo them
being. Our ancestors knew tho things
that were worth fighting for. Tho'r
fathers had told them whit oppression
V.&B. Not fin ge lei.itlons havo wo our.
selves felt tho lit 1 1 of aggression. Wo
glimpse at it an nn unieal, nnclent,
passed by thing. So It was until tho
VCalser loosed his legions. Now it rises
again with all of Its nnclent fury, seek
ing to overthrow tho 'piogtess of ccn
turles and reestablish moial and kocIi)
codes outlawed and repudiated ages ngo
We do not think that tho German rotlo
could live, even Jn tho event of a com
plete German victory, but the streams of
clvillratlon wero turned by Alexander,
fclclplo and Caesar, and tho world hns not
yet recovered from the thrust of Moham
med and his fanatics, bent, as tho Kaiser
Is, on the propagation of a new uystem
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M rMUIMtl UMi nn-
itun'mi of" stuffed ballot poxes in
this city wero elgnnllrert ly tho base em
ploymcnt of ro lunty nnd Invigorating "
marching sonir ns that vvhlrh Ollbeit and
Blilllvnn vvioto for "Tho I'lrntcs of Pen-r-ance."
'Hall' Unit! tho Gang's All
Hero" leplaccd tho original text of the
Jlbietlo. Tho wot ds bad a inlsler Bound
Hvcn tho miisle, good ns It essentially
was, Hceincd killed by Its ward heeling In
terpieteis. Honest ltl7ons nino to liato
tint vvholo product and nctunlly felt like
believing tho wiving that tho Devil has
nil tho good tunes,
Hut Hint wasn't true. "Hnlll Hnll' the
(lung's All Hero" Is out of bondngo now.
Tho latest (.ibles tell n that tho Irreslsti
bio Sullivan melody is tho prlmo fnvoilto
of Amci lea's first troops In Trnnco, out
running 'Tlpperary." "nixlo" nr tho syn
ropitlons nf the latest ingtlmo liven the
icvlslon of Ulllicit'H text is purged of
ugly significance. Tho words nrn heatty
now. even full of tho flivnr of a nmtily
cnminileshlp, Cm Ions Indeed, is this talc
ot a song from nn old opnettn innstiT
piece llefiiio all other Atncilcnns, l'hlla
'flelphliim must lejolco nt Its (innnelpa-
tlon.
I.IVINC OX 80 CKNTS A DAY
rpiin cpjestlnn ot married men's exemp-J-
tlnns hns been, moro than nny other
dinft probleini 'subject to revision" fiom
thn bcglniiiiiB, Mini It was nntiiial Hint
this Hhould bo the case, slneo every other
rmintiy at war hns eneountered innun
tains of illlllrultv In seeing Hint tho vvIvps
nf joldlers wcio piopnly taken rnro of
It will d ti" goo 1 to minimize- tbo tllfu
cult. It must bo fared. Tor a iteli im
tlnn Uko ours to nllovv tho wives nnd c Irll.
clrcn of lighting men to suffer vvniit would
bo it n unpatdonnblo neglect nnd an Indrll
bin shnino
When It berame apparent that tho plan
tn cm nipt nil inarilcd men would hnve
to bo abandoned, it was pioposed to nu
Into unlfoim onlv married men who had
no ehlldien nnd it has been rather gllblv
Ftnted that a ehlldles Wire roulcl get
along vorv well on tho V a. month lim
pnlillcrhuslmnil would dinw fiom tTnile
Sam Hut moro thoughtful peisons oh
Mirved that that vnn leaving tho litis
band In the ti cliches without a cent. Well
let him havo $5 a month for pln-monoi,
said tho optimists. Hut thcro aro other
Things to ikiv foi In sides elgiucttes be
hind the trenclus mieli as cciuaio mealM
nnd ditoi tnlninents on holldavs Wo
doubt tli.it n le'il wddlci's tnsl09 nio
frugal enough to bo measured by nn
oIllcobov'H allowance Hut, granting $25
to tho wife, SO cents n day, can tvciv
woman bo epected to live on thnt with
piices nt tbeh ptesent status' Sho ma)
work It is true. Hut eveiy wnmnn can
not work. Tho grent majority of wives
aio not out In tho wot Id enrning mnnov
l.tving on 80 rents a dava would mean
impnlicd health fin manv
Some- Kvstem of relief must be evolved
If mam mairled men nro to bo rent to
wai It would bo most distasteful to
Ameilran pride to leave Ibis to chnrltv
It will be tho dutv of Government, city oi
State, If Congress baa not tlmo to tinder
take such .i task to at range for the em
plojment or irllef of Hiofo who nsk It
An economical form of help might bo tho
File to soldiers' wives nf food at cost oi
below tost In nddltlon to fteo medlral
reivlco. hnil. wheio needed freo lodging
nt the rpene of the eonimiinltj
run itosn itv any trnir.u nami:
PHAf'i: will be near when there ato
iidlml ihaui,es on tho battlefiont In
Hinders, and not null In the Cabinet nt
Hcilln Tho Hohenrollerns with any
other setvants would bo the miiio,
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tk& by thosword.
Kuttur or the Sermon on tho Mount?
Caesar or God?
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FIHST now as nlwnys tn the national
defence, 1'eniisvlvnnla leads nil tho
States In army recruiting slnre war was
declared The total is moro than 20,000
enlistments. This means men accepted.
Commenting on this fnet, tho New Ymk
Herald 8an:
tlio I'cnni'vlvaiilutis of Gorman descent
whoso ancestors cimo to America botoro
the Itevoliitlon and whose blood flow a In
tho veins of millions nf Ainei leans .ero
tlio ones who lv long resldenci and proved
luvilty hive the right to speak for tlm
real Americans of Herman descent
When tho pot bolls there) Is scum. It
Uses to tho hill face, but tho vital clei
nunts of tho llulil nio In tho body ot it.
Some of tho best Amei leans aro of Goi
mm descent. Tho worst Americans aio
aliens who hivo enjnjcd our Institutions,
woAcd fat in our land, become legal cltl
7cmih and then havo ilinppcd tho veneer
of our i ivlllntlon nnd upend their dajs
ami nights planning this nation's de
stitution. Men who hivo felt tho thrill ot Amort,
c.inlsin slueo childhood need no second
call to nuns when tho nation Is in poill.
Some of tho best blood of Gcimany lied
tho tommy veais ngo and Is now part
nnd parcel of our gieat democi.atlc c
perlmeht. It Is a pity that these thou
sands ot Ioj.il Americans should bo humil
iated by tho infnmous activities of Ger
man agents who pretend to bo the mouth
pieces nf citinns who, In fact, abhor and
desplao them
if the C.iundl ms cimtliiuo polishing
up that l.ens of victory the '11 soon bo
.able to sco right through to I.lllc.
Considering civ ligation's bloody and
lncvltablo sacrlfleo nbroad, it seems ns
though tho presence of Goro In Congress
might bo very profitably spared.
Burning coal to mako Ico may be
porfectly legitimate, but burning tho con
sumer with feverishly high prlreB has all
tho elements of illicit incendiarism.
' V'A good sonq out of bondage
'aft
K'?r a K tu". prpclalms the
fV conventional tootllght comedian. "It
i-ejwaa till you killed It," retorts Ills heatt-
1M "folU"
tAt that choice specimen of rubber.
i,i,,fajLnp seage lepariee msny a J'niiadsl-
atbas instinctively iclt disinclined to
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,!
Wo shall miss certain luxuries, but
over Mr. Creel's decision to reinovo all
verbal lingerie from his olllclal bulletins
not oven tho most conllimed Sybarlto can
shed a tear. '
In tho midst of the heat of Ger
man political shake-ups, Doctor Kuehl
rbann, tho new Foreign Secretary, will
have. some Job living up to tlio charm dt
his soothing name.
"Ho Is tho perfect pattern ot a
modern major general,'' sang AV. 8. Gil
bert Could he InVo been a prophesying
concerning tho new military distinction
ot William H Taft, of tho American Bed
Cross service?
WHllN JACKSON "
WAS PRESIDENT
Chnptdr of American History
With Pennsylvania Com
plications Atrrftf Cdrre-ipond'are el lha ffentna lxdorr
WASHINGTON, Aug 7.
AIVAV weeks ngo the Washington news
i.nncra nnifnlltirl-d Hie recovery 111
-t.rn. unniii. I'lrrk of tlio House, of the
Journal of tlm Houe for the first session
of tlm Tivrntv-roiirlli Congress, beginning
December 7. ISIS The storv of the find
ing nf the volimin bv n denier who set
a prleo on It tint knowing It " ('nv
riniiietit prnperlv Mint lind been removed
from the Capitol without niithnrltv. was
l.rlefiv tnlil 'I he .louriml was wrlt,len In
long hand, which leinilns exceptlnmllv
ilc-nr. nnd iicotdeil tho tistn'iictlnns of
tho llrti'e togrtlicr with sundry messages
from Andrew Jackson Preslili nt 'ticlucllng
eild lllrknrjH' fHiiinus prpiri dness tnes
siigo of Pcbriinrj 22 IBJfi a niessngo as
preffnnnt with mennllig for tho fulled
States tndiiv n It wis when tho fulled
Slates nnd Praticu wne tint etiJolng the
laiin rordlnl relations they do now
lint nrll-nreseripil nnd carefully written
ns tin Journal wns, Mr Souths quirk eyo
iVtrnteil tho nli'onro of smnn of tho back
piKi'. enough of them, inched, to Into
iVivrred n multitude nf politi.nl sins maybo
some slavery or nntl-lnviiy sieerhes or
resolutions, or ntsslhli mihh refereme to
tlio celebrated "rxpiiiiglug ie nlutlmi ' that
.liitksons friends win- so Insistent tiism
passing Id tluw dnvs when pjlitlinl glnntn
hi Id forth In Washington Win was Hint
Journal carried nwnv fim thn House files
Hid whv weie thou pnices inveiinu the
I I'n i prnirr-dlii riotn March to lulv
Ifah Itiiliislve, torn from tint bonk ' Ileitis
n tin, disciple of Champ ('link Speaker
and historian, nnd a tlevotie of Andrew
Jnclcnn Jerrv Houth who Is something
of a student hlmclf, pmclered over this
cpifsllon.
Untcr Joint's Uucliannii
folnrldenen It l and h Strang" one too.
Hint while Mr South wis mentally wres
tling with this ml -log link In the Iloil
chronology some erne In Pt nns Ivnnla who
bellmrel ho hud discovered n trophv of
vnluo to the senior Henntor from that State
was e..i responding with Mr I'mrosr- about
A letl. r benrlng the hlKiinturo of Innies
fluilui i in the onlv President iver I'mtilb
mod to tho nation by Pi nnnvlvnnln As
mnd tint the Ilui li.tn.an littir w.is gen
uln" nnd Dmling U wns nddrcssecl on In
t in.etn polltlrsl terms to Ills own grand
fitlier Charles II I'mrosr, who was lender
of the Pcnnsvlvanla State Senate In 1R1VG
the living Senator Penrose si cured the orig
inal letter eutlrelv uneons' loua of Its pos
slhls significance In connection with the
recovery of the House lournnl a year later
The social nnd political prominence of
tho Penrose fnmll In Peiiiisvlvnnln. Is well
known to the geneiilogists pf the Kcvstone
State, but suih Incidents ns nre nvenlisl hv
tho lluehanan letter, now In Senator Pen
roses p issesslon me not of common
know ledge fniler dat- of Washington,
liuimrv 31, 181S. vvlth a "strictly connelen
tlil' e iiitloti, Mr Uucliannii former I'nn
giissmiin from Pcimvlv-inln former Min
ister to Itussln. indent piciinotir of Andrew
Ink ti -i c itielleliirv foi President nnd then
nltid Stites Senator iiddp "Sing Stato
Sc tnt Pi nrose wiot
hite rseelved voiir kind letter and
thank von for Its slnierltv If I were ills
posed to , li inge mv opinion nliout the vleo
pr sleleni t I fenr I have I In own so much
cold welr on It nivsilf lint t eoulil not
now In tinmltnteil I belietn ( should he
inueli uioic nucptnhle to the smith thin
the gentleman who In c been piiiisisntl fiom
the st To hnve mv ti line proposed to
the i (invention mid to In beiitin bv Pallas
nhn , i,tf ill ti etent fltilllv HUl ( , c (I
would be verv morilfvlng Hut I did not I
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I II I1IIWO lU I HO nil llll rn.ij . .
'I have been prepnilng mvself to spenk
on the expunging leiolutlon The conilem
uatlnn nf the President bv the .Se-n ite was
a hlgb-lnneled net of tMiiii.it Ion The
e nlv etuextion In my mind Is whether wo
have tho power to obliterate tin Journal
of tho Senate A very strong argument
inn he madn against It
'If vou should pass n lesobitlnn nn,thln
subject, would suggest win ther It might
not be ns well lo le ive It in tbo alternative
Hid to Instrmt vmir Senium s to vote fir
leseindlng repealing and icverslng thn les
olutlon or for c xpunglng It from the
Journal Ihis course, I think, would relieve
thn party fiom oil clllllculty hi enso we
should bo In nnv which is ! no means
ilenr I ufer this matter lo jour own
judgment
'If vou Intend tn pis a resolution, It
had better bo done soon Wo nro waiting
for Pennsj Ivnnla either to net nr decline,
acting before wo movo In thiJ business '
Expunging tho Jnckson Consul c
At tho thfin llucluxnan wroto that letter
1m w is onn of Andrew Jackson's best
friends in tbo Senate but Jnckion had
fallen out with John C Calhoun mid was
up against a political combination which
Im hided ('lay and Webster then the gieit
Whig leaders A sketch of tho llfe of Mr
Itui haiinii when In Inter veais ho was n
candidate foi President, sets forth that
about this time the flrht question which
e unn up wis the n solution of Jlr t'ltv
ugaiiist tbo proposition authorizing thn
President to make icprKals on the Crouch
Government for theli t mli mptiious leftis.al
to pay tho Just and acknowledged elilms
of our people' Mr Hue Innun opposed Mr
Clay's proposition, ImlHtlng upon tho light
nnd Justice of tho course leroinmended by
Jackson "
Tint was ono of Jaikscm's troubles In
which In was Hiippoitcd by ltiiehanin 'I ho
II ink of tlm lulled Stales squabble, was
alio on and c nntrlluited to tin lesolutlnn
of censure for removing Pcib r.il deposits.
Colonel llentona expunging icsoljtlon hid
created much feeling, nnd the subject of
slavery bid aroused both Senate and House
to a high pilch of i xcltomcnt It K ihne
foro not irnpr ill lble tint lomething was
said or done In tin Hoiive, aftn lIueh.in.wiH
request of Penrose to have tho Pinnsl
vaula Kcimto uphold Jackson, which being
inteicd up In the Journal, was calculated
to plague Bomo of tlm big leaders of tho
da No onu hccins to know ns to this, but
tho fact remains that thu book was taken
and that tho page) of mjstcrj were care
fully torn out.
Council of I5ig Men
Letting it to the historians to clear up
tho stoiy of tho lost pages of the Journal.
anil to link up with It, If they can, tho
accidentally discovered lluchan in-IVnrnse
lettei. It Is of Intel est to unto that tho
Itcprcsentitlics of the Tncnt) -tomtit Con
giess Included such men as John Qiiimy
Adams and Caleb Cushlng of JIassn.hu
netts, Henry A Wise, of Virginia, Thomas
Corn In, of Ohlq, and James IC. Polk, ot
Tennesseo
A casual examination of the ejld Journal
shows that 'Mr Ingersoll, of Pennsjlvaula,
pi evented n memorial for a custom houso
at I'hllaclelphl.i ' Just what success Mr
lngerolI had with his measure Is not
stated Tho 'poik barrel" was not then In
vented tn hamper appropriation hills
Philadelphia eventunlly obtained n custom
house, but It did not get It until after
Andrew Jackson succeeded In putting the
Hank of the United Ktates out of business
Tho magnificent building, on Chestnut street
east ot Fifth, which Nicholas Diddle had
reared with bo much pride for the purposes
of the bank, and from which ha retired
after seven cnrs of assault by Jnckson,
fell Into federal hands nnd became t,o
Philadelphia Custom Houso In 1811. i
has bcrved that purpose now for more thin
threo-eiuarlcrs of a century, and will he re
lieved only upon the passage ot the next
public buildings hill, which ronlnlns a pro
vision for n new site, Hven this hill cannot
now be considered until tbo next session of
Congreis, nnd only then In splt ,pf 8rll
opposition as was recently moled out to the
1ricn im mil. ui rnuacielphla,
at last. Is in a, fair way to set n now Cus.
torn House. J. HAMPTON MOOHE.
Tom Daly's Column
T1W KKTTLU DllVitMEK
aTroWT,rass!,V,.U'rflr,eorfrr
think the tcorhs that throb
With extra trrtr and tlm
Were I'lel. around id job;
t'ompnarr, indeed, lor him,
"Knkuntnta' one,
Ami firrr't "VMnndla," too;
1'or uhrn ill irnilw.7' 'lone
rnir't nothltw moir to do,
I know I'm tntklnii tot
At trail en m Mile noes
And firao irmarki are not
7tr ttorrfi ol one teio .noil,'
nut thounh vllh tier curled.
With ilt and vioit and shout
7 if rrillci nf thr voild
Should ilw to Imii I Vic out;
Thnunh riciiwhna I ace
Ihrlr thirl- inverted thumbi,
I mi i nr the Ind lor vie
1.1 Otto and hit diunu.
Mil home of dreamt tillf show,
Vpon a duttv thelf,
A ilium thai lomi !o
imco to villi Mtnrlf.
Uliiee all of vunte't alt
That cm duett nilH me
Had thrie 111 hum Me start
And there ill apanre,
1'erhnpi 1 feel thnt tin re
I' should not trnil or budge,
lint, t Isluil up, derlarr
I'm tnmprlcnl to fiidan,
ml even thnunh I'm not;
thounh Mild mji Judgment strike:
thr nortd tan pn tn ;jof
.lion- thr Ihlnvi I like.
ml uhrn thr nrrhrstrt"
To v in our filaudlta comes,
t utrcnr thr ltd for we
In Otto tine hit drums.
Some ono has obtsrled lo tho "Saillllleo"
wished upon our lads in bronco. Kotno
onn else suggests to us that ttioy bo culled
"Wash" out ot .compliment to tho lin
inortnl fleorgo. Somebody elso may pnmn
dmvn nearer to our own iloy tliitl offer
Link. ' "flammeo" and "wash" seem
equnllv siiitnbln rapt inns for Indq nsslgtn cl
to a big clean up Job. rliini is a fnvotlte
'Chllstlnn' nnme among Chlnoso laumliv
tncu. IUOIIT liete wo i-lenr up a mysterv of
snmo thirty jenrs ngo. When Snniuel
oung, of fourth and Tnskcr .streets, w is
nn aspirant for tho Job of police lie uten
nnt, lie invoke one mninlng to llnd on tbo
front of his houso n tint lug red wooden
sign taken from a neighbor's shop nt
fourth and Heed streets. It icnil '.Sum
Young Chinese I.nundiy " Wo nro now
In a position to declnio authoritatively
that tho work, vv is done by IM Lower,
Harry Young (Tun Paul, John Camp
bell nnd mil ntj'pntrlrlt.
rnr hUiniiA'rmxii
The Mcvietl dnmnm I Irtiucd out,
1'rnm the polit Imr of hi'iicir
Avi.1, fnUlifi dnu n, shr hrol t hrr eromi
And thr tari in hri head Mrrc seven,
li. (t nnhsryrrr .n wu.i. i.ov.
TIIH niHOllT l.U name must not
bo dlsrlosed because ho wants to hold his
Job for .a couple of weeks longer. ' Hut."
snvs bo, "I'm proud of tho Intelligence)
mv college training enables mo to In lug
lo mv Rummer worl, ns assistant to .a
landscape gardened. Wo weto planting
salvia, which the boss Insists upon calling
'snllvn' 'Well put the saliva hero' tild
he, for the dn7enth lime 'Wouldn't it be
n good Ide i to put these petunia In tho
next bed"'' I asked Iniinceutlv '.Mnibc,'
said he, but ho illdn t fnll foi tlio Jest."
Yeais ngo, befoio misguided rcformeis
attempted to wipe out Iho slums, tho po
lice were pretty sure lo llnd nny eoloied
eiook that might bnppen to bo "wanted"
somewhero In the noighboiliood of lluist
nnd Lisbon streets They nil giavltnted
tlieie, but never no mo'. 1 low over, l)o
leitlvo OSiilllvnn leports n shoo sloro In
the nelghbnihood of Highteenth stieet and
Illdgo nvenuo dlsplavlng this sign:
HNHAKS 11LACK AND WHITH.
ALL sr.i:s
look rr I I'. 77;.V
do not id?i the iieUihton' hoyi
Jfmiipt, i;irctse ? nr put iimonln.
Hut, tih, tn feed them foi their noise
A perm of i)yctnplionlnl
Probably the bithlng Isn't vcrv good
at York Pencil Maine At nny into, hcto
comes a lettei fiom theio. In which tho
vviiter i.aves about thnt old Heating
' Hithj" under Callow hill stn et bridge:
Them was the hnppv davs -all daj f,y
n nli kct and we took oui lunch witli us'
Then, when in the com so of time thev
opened the niie, new 'Iieo Uathj ' nt
Twcntvsc vc nth mid Jlmtn slreets aeiexs
tlio stint from tho old Athletic' giounds
("imenibii tho knotholes") I was among
the first to duck In on tlio very opening
d u and my Jo was iempeud onlv bv the
hiiish rule that everibodv mint get out In
twenty minutes When tlm whistle blew
vte were ill eliiven out nnd another install
ment of thn king waiting lino admitted
Tlio dldjtim with the elub however, wan no
i xeletei tlvi-inspei toi. not ev p ijing teller
or the llkoo" tint nnd we qutcklj learned
that his nnl te-t for ulinltting us was
whether our Inlr was vset or dry Seven
times I had to dress and undress tint self,
snmo da , but, oh, boj ' tho watei was
flue!' ntGHMnr.lt
TO ORLICH A. A. II, mid very Ilkrlj
tlcklo n lot of other old lmjs, will home
body mid lu the vvoids of tho old song
nbout 'tho fellow who's a .well O, I.ah
iloilah" .'
tn tils lum.l lie 1ms n. nlllr
In Ilia tiinutli n cnlil tunth plrlci
Not a ruuir In his lockcm
l,nhVcIali'
Tint's nil we temember ot it nnd that
may not bo exactly light.
Our Bouth street correspondent slips
past tho censor with this:
"Dlrtt you hear It, my boy Issjn dcr
nriny? '
"Vot, dcr rcck'lcr army? '
"Sure, der leck'ler army. He's a
olllcer."
"So? He gets It a commission, eh?"
"No, straight fcalaii."
Again reconnolterlng on the samo front,
hut In another sector he heard:
"I fink I -v 111 Join mo In der cavalry."
"Hotter for ou, Hlmon, der Infantry."
"Hut next by my tnoiher derc's nothlnk
I lovo better ns a horse."
"Hut Inko my advice der .Infantry,
for vy? Vcn der Chenernl Fais''Retreat'
ou elon't vant to hatter bother lit' no
horse " '
ULLIS, MeCLHAUY COMPANY, Un
tlcitakcis and Hmbnlmcis, of 1GCG Wash
ington street, Hoston, ndvertlso: "Wo nre
as near ou ns tho telcphons." Wouldn't
that uUo you tho creeps?
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Writer Thinks Japan Should
Send Army to Europe Status
oC tlio Negro
Dila ri'partmriit ( free to all tcailrrn tin
u isli tn rrprm their npfiitons on avhlect o
rrrnt inlrrrsl. It 1 on nprn Inrvin anil ii
fialao Lrilarr nnunie vn rrtiponmliililu lr
(hi- id ii i of Un cm rcuptmdentn, I nirrn mml
h, -loiifii bv thn nnme and entire ot tlm
urt'rt not vtersnrllu tor ptblicnHnn, but 09 cl
gmiiroific of Bond laith.
tih: ALLIES' ULUNDnUS
7 ii tho lUUtor of thr rienmn Ledger
Sir fop three vears the Allies have been
waging a titnnlo struggle with Prussian
junkeilsm, and while Wllhelm the Mad Ins
been checkmated. Hist nt the Mamo and
later near erdttu, his completo defeat Is,
unfoitunatelv, not jet In sight
Thcro Is ono factor In the Hurnpsau war
that is nn enigma Just now ltussla is
being violently convulsed by clermnn spies
and disgruntled bureaucrats plotting to io
istublish czaiism Her military strength
Is being supped by enemies within and
w Ithotit
Who can help the Russian republic at
this tiuelal houi ' What will hod tho Teu
tons at bay on tho enstern us well ns on
tlm wtstirn fcont? Thcro Is but ono nn-swir--Jap.in
It is n uiistery lo mo why
Japan has not done hei full duly toward
her pirt tiers liy this time
'.lap in his nt least a million splendid
fighins under nrnis, with another million
in iivine available for Instant action
Willi America biippl Itirf money, food nnd
nuns Jap in should be uiged to send nt
le i I h tit a million men nnoss Slheila, to
ntiffili up JtusshiH lima blio ought to do
ho befoio tnotliei Aniiilcan bokllcr is
Inndrd on tho shoici of 1'iance, I would
M even fiuthei .lupin has, thus far, been
the ehlef benefit luiy of tlu war In Hurope,
where tho white i no his been cleslrojlng
Itself thiough the mid niuhltlon ot thu
Hohcn?ollern in'lltailhts
for that reason Jap in ought to take tho
plaeo of .Unci lea on Ctiropoiii bittlelleliN,
so lung ns wo nre footing tho bill, furnish
ing food aims and c. ish Let us arm.
clothe and feed several millions, If need bo,
of Japanese and Chinese troops em tho
furopein flouts w lure tho Teutonlo ptes
siuo Is strongest, nnd tho exasperated 'Jer
mans, outnumbered and tie fe itcd, will do to
tho Kaisei and his coterlo what tho Itus
slans have dnno to tho Jtonianolts
Iusti id ot Insulting the intelligence of tho
Amorirms by nrtlcles on so-called soclallbts
elisiojnlty midfUielr supposed lovo for the
Pnivlan m uilao (nothing Is furthei from
tbo tiuthl, I wls.li oui cdltoilal scribes
would dejl moio tiunestiy vtltli the urgent
pintiiTrhs of how to make the most of tne
Sic n .vineriiaii icsuuiccs, w lien pi iced lit
mo dlspos il of tho countries whose direct
llilcrtsts m tt more Inthnitely eonceincd In
the outcome of the filghtful combat nnd
for which icuson they ought to furnish the
ai mles
Tho Allies have blundered In not send
ing i llilfour-.Ioffro commission to Japan
tn secuio tho lattci s closer, moro active
patllclpatlou In tho war
Amei lea em tho other hand, haB eired
bv peunltthig her chosen officials to assume
nn unjustifiable attltudo of extreme hostility
and Intoleiatice townid Ameiicaii sociillsts
and radicals, In general, thereby cucourng
lug petty understrappers throughout tho
country to Interfere unlaw fuliv win, n.
people's constitutional rights of ficedom r
speech nnd at the pi ess and of peaccahlo
asbcmhly l
Tims, while n gieat military advantage
has been missed by our allies in furope oif
tho one li ind. the lofty messages on democ
racy llbnty and Justice enunciated i,v
President Wilson Irave, It seems, fallcl SUf.
ficlently to Impress our Itusslaii friends--the
ItusRlan soclillBts because of the short
sighted, btupld, fourtconth-ceiituiy lutoler
linto exhibited by American olllclaldom to.
ward their eoinrades right here at homo
Happily, these blunders are not Irretriev
able, and the sooner the Allies change their
tactics and course of conduct toward thn
Orientals' participation In routing the Junk
ers. and In the matter of fair treatment of
tho radical mabses who will. i n,
1 become tho determining factor in the in-
terests of peace the eiuIeUcr will this abom.
Innhle war bo won by the forces of ilcmoo
i acv J N. I,
Philadelphia, July 2C
STATUS OK Till: NEGRO
7"o tho Vdttor of the I'lrnlivi Ledger
Sir I nm a elallv leader nf join, great
paper I nm writing to thank jnu for that
tlmelv editorial tn the Issuo of fildav
Julv 27 "Status of tho Negro' I hive
clipped It fiom the paper, and I am Mill
reading It to the members oi mv race who
were not blessed with the opportunity of
replug it. Would to One! that more of the
dallies not onlj In Philadelphia, but
throughout this great countr of ours would
once In a while glvo us rueh nn editorial
as on did I nm ouro Hint In a few venrs
tho opinion of tho other nccs ijf our gieat
countrv would elnngo townid twelve mil
lions of hrr tiegio citizens I am prajlng
for tho time when we shall bo given Jus.
tiro In this eoimtri and that we ns men
nud women if given u chance, will rhovv
the othris that wo nro indeed a. part of
this grent counttj Mnv I T.sc of vou to
let us hear from jou again for after all
I think that tho press of this rountiv
wllf plav a great part In tbo adjustment
of the laco iuestlon,
If W .IHNKINS.
Atlantic City August 2
MASQUERADERS IN UNIFORM
To the l'dltoe of the Eicninn Ledger
Sir There nro thousands of jour leaders
who will .agreo with mo when I state tint
the columns ef tho nirxisn Lruonit nre
too valuable to be occupied with illustra
tions of women nnd children mTciuerndlug
as Itrd Cross nurses It hrlngs that wnrthj
association into l Idle ute nidging from the
fuel il cxprct'lons of snmo of them, they do
not pom, s tho nbllllv to wash out a hand
kerchie f or a pair of stockings
Thce same remarks can bo applied to
ehlldien dresed In the uniform of soldiers
ami sallnrs Such display inal.es a vaude
ville of tlio most respected sen Ices of our
country p c pit.riS
Phil ulclph'a August 1. '
"A CERTAIN TWO MEN"
To thr ;,Utnr of the r.vcninn Ledger
Mr Iho Hngllsh 1 uigingu is a marvel
out Instrument and berves a marvelous
nee Let no ono deny that at least In
our present temper This ,;rnit linguigo
closely follows human thought In nil its
Journivs how over far or ivvlft or intrlcato
or multitudinous Itut no luigiiage Is fool
piouf. and 'a iVrtiln two' Is plalnlj a
bunglo In speech, ns In most of our con
cerns, If wo cannot Jump tho elcphnnt
lundllv, wo must crawl under or go lound
The Jiurpoo hero Is to bet this gioup rlearjj
before the attention That can bo done by
some Mich device as- 'I havo In mind two
men' Somewhere In franco thcro nro
two men" or ' ejn a certain occasion I saw
two men " And theie ma well be a briefer
or more ndioit way to avoid violating the
livv of our sucech, a verv high and sacred
liw whether It icsts on login or on thn
sun tlon of unnumbered tongues of our
biothcis gmfe f A H
llolhlcheni Preparatory School, Aug 2
NEW YORK SAYS SOMETHING
'New Yoik after four jears of ekeent
sincere, forward-looking government can
look tho nation lu the face, unabashed We
an; ninety miles south geographically nnd
a hundred years back politically In coin
parlMin with our neighbor" "WTnt Ta
mmy was, the polit'eal organization in
Phlladelphli Is" PhlladelphuL present
Mayor Is not halt way through his iV,
hut the HvBMxn LtDn think- ht.M'
is the time to begin preparing ' ?o th0 e
lectio,, of a fighting huslnesn c.a, dalato for
Major In the mxt campaign" Tie Issue
no longer merely the overthrow- of ?he
York if New York ha good trnV" New
and we have bad government"9 v1""'"6"1
tlcat factor 'In the success orr-f .Prac'
quality of the man Telec,a r.eoor.,n " h
ticket. The only Major Lm , i',"a? tho
of dejccnt government lavn.? . 'J10 forcc3
adelphla in j ears w ' '? ' ,', ,n VW
outstanding figures, n.idol" H Llhl ?W
The ehaiter of the city ,, "11,! S."r,,l"Jr
nlng for re-election, and Vfi U'0p'i '",'' ""
came baCi Wiery effo P,''' 'on
to find such another canulat,Blf',e.'"rl!'l
can.palgn.New York EvX "eict
What Do You Know?
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QUIZ
1. Wlmt Inclcppnilfnt uitlon In Africa liu aa
cniieirn in tlie present wir'
J. VV lin nr, llm I ., ,. ., .H.i.H . v. ..
fiom nlinm 11 viitiirlous administration 'I
. . Is liprrtril i
.1. ttnii inllltirt rank In now lirlcl bx n.
1 r-slflent titl
4. In Hie ireit 1 nrlMi nrenaratorr arhoola
liiwir elj'-mi-n wiilllng open tnlori art
.noun ns ' ton lo what dn Hie Brit,
l-u, 'cilil.ers in the In nr lies niiplr the word
I'Mlnt .
1. JJIiat w i the IVnmillt Itneik"
li limy limit time, h ,n 11 -lt of Ciemwlti
- ,. ,r,1iiikei IntuN aim i the war I nan?
1. Who kertnl im lm rrMlJeiii, ilurlnic the
niliiilnUtrallnna of William VlrMnlM?
V." "'in tunte the n 11 ru nf ( nrmen"?
"'i?' ''"lecl Vni rlinn editor cmre ran for
m .' r." ,Ion "f "n I lilted Mntet?
in Win; is the ineinlni. or the iurfk word
Vileliilil'
Answers lo YesterllnA's Quiz
1. Herr lininrrmtnii win formerlr Tortln
n ., sccret irt In the Cirmin rihlnct. '
' ''ere "nn. son mill men ore now iiniler ami
In the Inltiil stite, kervlr'.
. llrmi irilila U ceiti rntneiit nf crniClm-ifa, 1
Kiiskli, ttliiB eikt nnl nnrlheatt of Ro- 4
.. ,, ; "" . .11...111 1 i.iiinift
. reitliiiil ens Hip uMinlri elertllieil b M-
net Smith ns "lint kmirkle-eiid of liu.
mini tint land of ( nltin, nntrakes end
Milplinr."
n. t.rorse tlnrllinpr Pnllimn was the Intartcf
0. The s, ,,,, nilillilllon pnrtt wat foond-
eil In 87."
OoM wn illieoterrd In f nllfornla eirb- l
IieiR I. t is Hie rnli In Hie IMrlfle tlmt
Mil not lesln oiilll tho follnitlni; enr, the
rarl miners lirrime Knnwn ns "lortr
iiliiern "
8, .Inmea llnilnmii i,n erretarT of Stjto
iinlrr I'riklilpnt I'nlk
1, .Icisl ih ltnt(. ttH neleil ninrirnn pbiIoo
plur win. reientlt illeil. lie u in nn tbo
en n-i f"i,ll,,,,, f "'rt-ril lnliersl(l
in. The lliilliii wnnl "Vlailonna" llternllrmfiiu
"Mt lull '
now Tin: city fought for gas
FOIt fortv cnts tho ine of Inflammable '
ras for Illuminating purnoses was with- f
held from tho peoplo of Philadelphia for '
oin reawin or another Tho first experl- (
iiiiniM 111 ic were eTiuiutecl in nas 07
Michael Ambroln A Oi tall.an fireworks
ilea'er who had nn nmphlthc.atre for ex
hibition' on Are'h stieet, between eighth
and Ninth Piiv.ite gas wotks wero from
tliro to time estnbllshed for vniious build- . I
lugs, but Councils nluavs iefued to per- !,
nm nm lajlng of pipes In tho sheets fof j
general use until 18in '
The use of gaslights nt Masonic Hall 1
was drought to a sudden close hv the burn
ing ot thn building on March 1 1819
Wher tho hall wan rebuilt In 12! th
Ornnel Lodge eterted a new- gas works. As
the Chestnut street 'lhestrn tins aim hln
built about the f ime time, It Is probabl ,
tint the petition pictentcd by Hie Masons
tn hv pipo in the streets was governed it t
nn fpeetatlon of furnishing- light lo the 4
theatre Hut Councils lefined the prill-,
lire tbo theatre was not supplied and (an
c sample of how- cnuncllimnlo obstruction I
cin often corrupt ptogresivo thinking),
HllPnrl llfln..n ...u- .. m . ... .L.I
i....... i...in uiti) euen ireeij m lae ini ,!
gas ns nu Illuminator would soon go out!
of use" ror many jears Masonic Hall
was the only large building In Philadelphia J
which was lighted by gas Indeed IM.
01.lv otbei building n tho cltv thus Illumi
nated nt one time t.is tho old 'fins-llgh-
i. avern on Second stieet nenr nnik
After S'veial moro refusals 011 the part
.1 me ciiv ratheis to net. a public meet
Ing was cnlled In is.in in ,,,-n nnnn Coun.
ells the necessity of the Improvement TM
meeting agreed that "this brilliant aw
economical method nf ui.,.,,ioii ev, nub
ile streets and nuhlin n,.,i ,,.1. ni i.niMlncS
has long since been ndopted In tinny of th
nrlnnlnl t.i .... ... .. -..-.-1
.k" tmn eu i.uropo wiin enure au..-
rcss, ,,nd several places on this side of the.
Atlantic havo followed the. example It has
often bfon a matter of astonishment that
the beautiful city e;f Philadelphia should
have been suffered to .slumber so long l
comparative darkness"
I.t. Mas only bv keeping everlastingly a
it that the jnuiigcr element in publlo lit1
Ilnallv did bate lla .. ... it .... ..n nnlV
the polltlOans who weio the obstructlon-K
ists Men like Horace Hlnney distinguished T
tnemselves by onnoslnc the nrolect I" !
83t a rcmnvkahln nllcrnatlve to gas maln4
uuire-n ny i), Leo And W Weacn-
luey pronoceei in n,.i, n, .. i,f itv br.3
lamps placed on tho top of a tower. ThA
Illumination was to he by gas "obtained it 7
" "K ir, pitcn nnci rosin over a nj
' " "oioi.iciio coal, the light to lie piau t
at the ton of thn in,. .... .. i,- lantern
1 r,a.s?' ." II uKn tower the lantern Jl
should bo from ten to twenty feet In beiM VW
mid flamlns from a diameter of from thrfu
tfl tlln feat . u .. a. . ntaSB
' 'vi, mini mo DOitom to twene
nnci feet at th nnnt. -n,i Thmv ttfUi
pr-eil iHa init,i 11..1 i.V ...i.-t-i fit iM
, ..T. ." -,VW. "'"ii mat nip wiiuia'var,H
jouw be llnhted from ono towtfr 300 feft irfl
" "'". "in was never seriously wi
IiL..??' anJ .,.,ext Vear Councils flrtfKI
n? ts, tn qrl"'""'c for the conatrucua
- ..f miuucipnia cast works,
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