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BILL, JWO WALMTT KLISTOM. MAIN SOOO
garMtMrrs nil communications to rxrvtng
Ledger, Independence Hauarc, 1'hUc leli'hl'i.
drlvd toe Kafer tfack and, driv th
grazier out. The ballot box glrea him
tho latter privlle&o. nut no man with
a aplno will quit and Kd cold feet, even
if hla sufforlncs aro aovero, Just becauso
perfection In admlnlstrotlon has not been
achloved during tho first four months of
tho war.
Wo nro not In tho war to "mako Amer
ica frco for food npcculntorB and pirates."
Wo nro In tho war to frco tho world from
both species, and Kalncrlsm also.
MR. RICH MAN PAYS
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to tho Editor ot the Evening Lntrrr'
Sir I'len?c accept n contribution from
an nvcraRo American rcirardlnB tho pub
licity jou gae to tho Htatomcut mlvimtiK
that a married man can Bond $33 homo
from tho nnny for tho support of his
family. Why don't jou open your cot
Umnn to a frank discussion of tho lilfih
, cost of living and Its many Increases?
Do you approve of a man Kolnu Into tho
rmy to mako America frco for food
peculators and pirates? I will admit
, that, with denial and living prices what
they wcro five years ago, a family could
exlet on 125 per month, If tho landlords
would bo patriotic enough to rtduco tho
rent for an enlisted man during tho
period of tho war. Don't you think that
would bo each one doing his rightful
hare 7
How would you, who countcnanco such
procedure, or tho political grafters who
pass tho advlco nlong to tho poor people,
be satisfied to lho on $25 per month? I
think you would all bo satisfied to keep
jrour mouths shut. Do jou editors rcallzo
that tho people aro not swallowing all tho
bunk you hand out? Also kndly ijive tho
peoplo credit for not being as culpable as
they were years ago.
Don't you think tho poor people aro
foolish to try to bo patriotic when tho
' politicians, speculators and others of like
Hk are moro tlian ready to grab their
large bit tho samo as heretofore?
AMERICA FIRST.
Philadelphia, August 0, 1017.
fpiIB forcgolnu Is typical of many lct
! tors finding their way Into nowspapor
fflcea. It Is, wo bcllevo, a splendid vin
dication of democratic Institutions that
tnen of all walks of Ufa have tho ability
f fd think and tho courago to express their
thoughts In times ilka theso. That much
of tho popular thinking Is based on In-
correct premises and reaches Illogical con
elusions Is neither surprising nor alarm
lng A man who has thoughts can he
reasoned with; tho man without any Is fit
material on which to build an autocratic
tate.
Wo havo never Indorsed tho theory that
the soldier receiving 30 a month can
afford to send $25 of It homo to his fam
ily. On tho contrary, wo emphatically
took Issue with that proposition. With
all our soul wo condemn tho deprivations
to which women and children havo been
subjected In occupied territory by tho
Teuton hordes. Tho nation Is lighting
gainst tho cruelty thcro exhibited. How,
then, can any rcasonublo citizens advocate
low starvation for American women, de
prived of their normal Incomo becauso
their husbandslaro fighting tho battles of
the Republic In Franco? Wo pension the
Wives of soldiers who havo died. Wo can
not; afford to let thoso wives suffer while
their husbands still live. Wo believe It to
bo a bounden duty of tho Government to
take one of two courses: either men
Who nro drafted and havo dependents
should receive a bonus to bo used entirely
for tho benefit of such dependents, or tho
Government Itself should undertake tho
care of theso dependents by providing
them with the sort of work thoy aro
capable of doing or opening homes where
they can live nt small cost.
The political grafters wo havo always
With us. Wo havo them because men
ell their votes for a song on election day
er In other ways rofuso to perform their
duties as citizens. Doubtless tho grafters
of whom our complainant speaks havo
often been voted for by him. Cut thero Is
a stern hand pressing on these parasites.
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slfV 4 loou-coniroi mil. sir. Hoover,
i't f wnose name is never spoken hv thnnanrwio
l Of people except with heartfelt gratitude,
Is about to assumo tho gigantic task of
putting tho cost of living on a proper
level. He Is no politician and ho cares
K nothing about politics. He is not hand-
h X"' ln out "bunk," nor are editors; but
;,W he Is about to put common senso to work
vtVi tellaIf ot n11 tn People.
Lv.$ Tho peoplo are never foolish when they
p$r ' stry to be patriotic They are foolish onlv
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tags. Surely we shall not surrender
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ilrr Jackals take advantage of thom. it
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DHSI'lTi: the fears of Jlr. KItchin nnd
others that the tax bill would turn
out to bo "ft rich man's law for a rich
man's war," the cold Ilgurcs show that
the poor man has not been Imposed upon,
Just as tho cold figures of enlistments
and general submission to tho draft with
out protest show that wo aro lighting n
poor man's war.
If It woro a rich man's tax bill w'o
should expect to sec n, small tax on tho
largest Incomes, tapering by very slight
gradations to a smaller tax on tho &mall
Incomes smaller, apparently, but greater
In proportion than that paid by tho very
wealthy. Hut wo find that Incomes of
$1,000,000 must piy $347,130, or 31.7 per
cent, while married men's Incomes of
$3000 must pay $20, or .0006 per cent.
Turning to what will Inteiest those
with less thnn $3000 a jear, tho excess
tuxes affecting at tides dally purchased
and consumed, such as tea. coffco, sugar,
liquor nnd tobacco, it Is estimated that
If theso taxes really wcro alvvavs nnlil
by tho consumer tho per capita charge
would bo seventy llvo cents a year to pro
duco tho $80,000,000 to bo collected from
theso souiccs.
If further proof wcro needed that this
Is not a "rich man's law" we should only
havo to turn to our friends, tho extieme
pacltlstH, and nsk them why they nro
silent In tho faco of what they were ao
posltlvo would ho extortion piactlced
upon tho poor. As soon as they found
that they could not keep tho nation from
taking up arms they raised tho cry,
".Mako tho rich pay for their own war."
They circulated blanks ull over tho coun
try on which Mr. Common I'coplo was to
piotest to hla Congressman against un
fair taxation. What they hoped to ac
complish was not fair taxation, but dis
content nnd suspicion on tho part of both
rich nnd poor with every phaso of tho
war. But thoy hae obviously failed.
Public opinion has become so solidly and
uniformly in favor of our belligerency
that it is as hard now to bank on class
spirit in economics as upon partisanship
In politics.
ENGLAND WARY
OF PEACE TALK
People Believe Only Decisive De
feat Cnn Convert Germans
to Democracy
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correajondoice o the Vvenlno Ledger
LONDON, July 23.
Tim cnbles havo Just brought over tho
thrilling news that Senator Lewis wants
to talk peaco with Doctor Mlchiells.
Somehow It seems funny, In a club which
once looked out on tho Embankment, but
now looks out on a row of Incredibly ugly
huts whoro the overflow of a great govern
ment department Is housed, to read about
Senator Lewis It's funny becaune I never
heard of "Senator Lewis" before. There was
a "Jim Ham" once, but ono never hmrd
of him ns an authority on International
nffalrs. Can this bo ho?
And It Is funny because It Is so sudden.
Here wo are, not even celebrating our first
anniversary of war, and one of our Senators
grasps at tho first straw oven at the first
rain of btraw which Germany throws out,
Aro no drowning? Aro wo downhearted?
Or aro wo misled?
Hero In England wo havn Just gone
through the blttcreit week of the war nnd
yet even our moderates haven't been nblo
to tako Doctor Mlohaells seriously (I fctt
tint I ought to expliln that this Mlchaells
Is tho ficrman Chancellor nt tho moment of
Writing; somehow I havo gravo doubts
concerning his tenure of position; by tho
time this is printed ho may be forgotten )
He has mado a speech signifying nothing
except that ho Is the Oernnn Government.
And wo havo remembered that President
Wilson has made a distinction between the
Herman Government and the Oerman
people In the Hermans' own comlo papers
they reproent tho peoplo ns "nrmo Michel"
poor Michael And the decision wc havo
to mako Is between Michel and Mlrhaells.
It Is funny, all too funny, to find that some
of us think we can talk pence with Mlchaells
so long before no havo learned to talk war
with Michel.
Tom Daly's Column
"MY BUT SUCKERS ISS SCARCE) )TET!" '
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rTlIIG proposed transit lease, ns tho
-1- Mayor nas, Involves tens of millions
of dollars. It also Involves the prosper
ity nnd comfort of tho citizens of this
community for half a century to come.
It would be folly. In theso circumstances,
to hurry any proposal through Councils.
Tho very widest opportunity must bo
given for all bodies of opinion to be heard.
Thero must bo tlmo for men of nblllty to
analyze tho Instrument and subject it to
searching bcrutlny.
Tho guarantees to the company set a
new precedent In municipal government.
They must meet the acid of public opinion.
It Is unwise, wo believe, to conjecturo
what tho terms of tho lease aro and base
opinions on mere guesses. No citizen
should dedicate himself to support of or
opposition to tho leaso until ho has been
nblo to givo tho ofllcial document itself
careful consideration.
Tho KvuMNa Lnnnnn, following Its c'us.
torn In transit nffalrs, will publish an
analysis of the piopobal, after expert
study, with particular reference to the
protection afforded citizens and tho likeli
hood of good or bad results to bo ex
pected by them.
OFFICERS FROM DRAFTED MEN
"QUALITY In tho operation of tho draft
--' ends nt tho acceptance board. In the
strict Jeffersonlan senso Prlvato A and
Private B were created equal and their
100 per cent health scores givo them
Inltiit Identical ratings as national army
recruits. But, Just as in civic Ufo, en
dowment of superior mental attributes,
education and training must soon assert
Itself.
Quick-witted, resourceful Prlvato A will
havo tho finest kind of a chanco for a
commission in our second or third drafted
army, since ho will bo taught in tho best
of all military schools that of practical
experience on tho front. The severest
Intensive training nt Tort Niagara or
Plattsburg cannot bo otherwlso than theo
retlcal. Without several months of
trench warfare the British will not per
rnlt tho most erudite new officer to take
command.
Tho shortage of oftlcers at the outset
has fully Justified the volunteer camps,
but tho high-class drafted man need never
think that, by falling to pursue the
course at Fort Niagara, he has forfeited
his chanco to rlso. Future oftlcers of
tho best caliber aro being enrolled evory
day by tho draft authorities throughout
tho land.
Penrose's "nay" on tho food bill
comes as tho final proof of the measure's
merits.
"Sir Douglas Halg is silent on tho
western front," declares a dispatch. Ho
can afford to bo. The guns aro doln
talking for him.
ng the
The Mayor's poslUon seems to be
that he does not favor Sheehan getting
tho fees, but does favor his frantic effort
to do so. A man cannot expect to be
very popular ,in tho Organization, or to
inspire respect, if he is going to be
squeamish about putting his hands on
funds there Is a possibility of his getting
without legal turpitude.
When the city's gas works wero
handed over to a prlvato company, which
has been able to make millions out of
them, It was shown that a decrease In
price at Intervals would be of great bene
fit to the poople. But tho city treasury
has swallowed every decrease so far and
the politicians have tholr minds made up
uiMsiM approacninr reduction of-flva
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The Real Dancer
It Is not my bulness as foreign corre
spondent to write criticism of domestic
politics It Is my business to report on tho
condition of Kurope, ns I seo It, and to
describe Its experiences for th,j benefit of
thoo who aro Interested. And I mention
Senator Lewis and bis benevolent attitude
toward Prussian bluff because thero Is a
danger In It, a danger which tho expefjoico
of our nllles can help us to' meet.
Tho danger Is this: That so many Amer
icans thought that Germany would throv
up tho sponge when wo came Into tho ring.
Many Englishmen secretly hoped for tho
samo thing. Millions of us still feci that
before our army strikes homo Germany
wjll duo for Deace. And n i,i
when sho offers peace, oven In tha truculent
and unrepentant words of Mlchaells
Possibly Germany will suo for peace.
If sho does It will not bo becauso sho thinks
wo nro eager for It. but because sho thinks
wo nro eager for war. Hut It is extremely
unlikely. '
Another prong of this floating mine of
German Intrigue Is even moro serious, for
It is based not on hopo but on fear That,
too, wo havo gono through on this side. It
is tho fear that wo shall nnver bo able to
mako a better peaco than we can now.
And that, too, wo havo found a delusion and
a snare.
Tho two things nearly cancel each other
and tho arguments against them are,
on tho faco of It, Incongruous. Hut let us
stato them.
First. Germany will probably not sus for
peaco because she very obviously believes
that she can mako a better peaco by hold
ing out. If Fho stops to compare her sit
uation on July 23, 1917, with her position
July 23, 1910, vvhtn tho Sommo battle was
still raging, sho finds herself militarily at
an advantage. If not over her enemies, at
least over herself. I havo lost count of
tho nations which havo declared war against
her since July, 1916. But I know that
sho has put out Rumania, has smashed Rus
sia so hard that wo are still trembling for
Petrograd and a separate peace, not negoti
ated, but dictated by sheer military su
periority. And we all know that she Is
preparing an offensive ngalnbt American
transport which will bo unparalleled In
submarlno history Sho can hold out at
homo and the moralo of her troops Is def
initely not shattered. As I write, she Is
nttacking on three fronts. It Is not tho
work of a demoralised nation.
Wo Can Win in tho Air
It Is always the safer way to look at
things from the vantage-point of your
enemy, nnd that Is what I have Just done
Germany docs not see herbelf In the at
tltudo of defeat. Why on earth should Bhe
givo up everything sho may gain for the
sake of n few months moro of peace when
she can do so well by herself nt the expense
of a few months moro of war?
Now, tho second point: Will wo ever be
ablo to do better for ourselves than we
can now? In tho military senso, yes. In
tho political senso, yes. In the moral sense,
yes.
In tho first place, the United States can
get its army Into Franco and can keep
and provision It there.
In the second place, even If Germany
should defeat ItusMa and miens he --
mles nnd thoso of Austria, she could .not
"- "- iiiv;i, x,i limn, r ranee ana
tho United States could bring to bear upon
her We could stand It Just ten minutes
longer. Thoso ten minutes would win the
war for us
We can beat Germany In the nlr al
though she Is already preparing land de
fenses against air-work which aro of In
credible cleverness. She has developed new
means of camouflage, smoke barrage, every
thing which conceals But once we have
beaten her In the nlr we havo beaten her
And wo can do it.
Well, if wo Co It on the field, and par
ticularly If tho United States has a decent
share In the doing of It, we Insure the
kind of peace we are working for. It Is
not necessary to descrlbo that now. Wo aro
all vaguo ns to certain points, nut wo
have our scheme ond wo can Impose It on
Germany. Wo can purge our allies of any
small desires nnd we can partake of the
good things which the peace should bring
We cannot do any of these things now.
No German Revolution
Peace now Is peace with the Hohenzol
lerns an agreement with death and a cove
nant with hell If thero ever was one. I
am not one of those who believe that a
revolution in the form of German govern
ment will make ovorythlng all right That
Is a bit too easy. But It Is certain that
peace without victory means the success of
the worst elements In Germany and the
continuance of that system which haB cor
rupted the vast majority of Individual Ger
mans so that they cannot distinguish, as we
do, between themselves and their rulers
We want a revolution In the heart of the
Germans; we are not likely to get it If
we shake hands with tho mailed fist
That Is how the situation looks to the
average Englishman. He has despaired of
the war and despaired of the peace. And
he has come around without Illusions as to
either. He knows that the Allies can hold
out long enough to'make Germany give In
and that Is oll he wants. Because he knowB
that, however unsatisfactory the peace
terms may be to the transcendental Ideal it
theyiwlll be Infinitely finer and Infinitely
more secure than any terms which can be
made whl'e Germany remains as she Is
And between Bethmann and Mlchaells h
prefers Bethmann, who was a frank nmi
terrible man, who stripped diplomacy of all
Its pretenses ond told England that he im
not think any nation would go to war foi
a scrap of paper, He was right It !
for a scrap of paper nor to honor her word
that sho went to war, And we, who hid
neither of these things to consider ot.Vt..
to be able at last to T und.r..n.?eI:..uht
W.VtoLWWHpautM.wa'W'tfc?!
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TUB DEBEIITED ttOVBB
ittdtummcr burns aoove me,
But all mv heart i ploom;
So halls, no chambers of me
Doth tun or moon Illume,
WUh bolt and Key
They've shackled me,
A though 1 vxre a tomb.
Such tcorfc such preparation
Jtcfore thev rnf axcayl
They needed their vacation
And I as much ai they.
When they were gone
I fattened on
The peace that filled the day.
I gloried in the quiet
.A lout me everywhere;
Xo children running riot,
A'o romping on the stair,
No maid tdfh oroom
In any room
To stir the dust in atrl
Through that first night of utter
Contentment, how I slept!
But when 'round door and shutter
Tha baffled sunl cams crept,
And Sight still hung
My halh among,
Tho very silence wept.
Long are tho nlghti, but longer
Each leaden lonely day;
Tho lean rat, III e a hunger
That gnaws my heart axcay,
Btlrs in tho uall
Or through the hatl
Darts, shadow-like and gray.
My people! O! I love you!
And whercioc'cr yon roam
Xo other broodi above you
Bo tenderly. Ot come!
You ennnot be
Long deaf to me,
For I'm your Home, your Hornet
THE NICIHTINOALR has tho song, but
not the plumage; tho bird of paradise the
gorgeous garb, but nary a note of music;
and why should a beautiful woman be
gifted with a mind more nimble than her
mate's? What wo mean to say is this:
Over tho matutinal coffee cups yester
day morning the Missus remarked: "I
think when school reopens we might ar
range for our Tom to take up Hebrew."
"For goodness' sake! Why?"
"He's especially fitted to succeed in It"
"Hebrew?"
"Yes,
speller."
you knqw ho's
BOOZE
When ye see a feller tattered,
An' ferlorn an' mud-bespattered,
TVith a toe or two a-stlckln' through his
shoes,
With his hair a-necdin' cuttin',
An' his coat ivithout a button,
An' a sunset finish on his nose from booze,
You jest git so darn disgusted
When he tells ye that he's busted.
An' he wants to git hisstlf a bite to cat,
That ye foel ye'd like to liok 'tm
An' y&re )cst about to kick Urn
In the pants an' send 'im sprawlin' in tho
street,
When ye think: "1 mustn't beat 'im
Ifs an awful way to treat 'im;
lie's a public benefactor in disguise."
Don't the men in Congress tell ye.
An' the laws they make compel yo
To put up with booze an' ca'mly ahet yer
eyes.
Blink the crime an' degradation
It produces in the nation.
Let the consequence be vtilv as it will,
'Causa the liquor men infarpn us
That the revenue's etwrmous
From the taxes on the brcufry an' the
still.
So I'm kinda hcsltatin';
If we vote fcr rum aoafin'
W7io' a-gonna furnish Jobs fer all the
men
When their heads are clear an' steady
An' each one is standin' ready
To fcrgit the past an' start to work again?
After rum has had a trlmmin'
Who the hcck'll beat the woment
There'll be no one to disturb the peace
an' so '
Cops'll have to git to Icarnln'
Other ways for wages-earnir.';
An' the magistrates'll pack their things
an' go.
P. XUT.
A MAN in our more or less secret serv
ice, signing hlmsolf L. R. F mnkcs tn,
following report: Coming up Thirteenth
street this morning, I noticed a sign in
a clothier's window whlrii h..,i..j
Two or three peaco suits." Isn't this
some sort of high treason In these tlm..?
And that's not all. In one of our inn.i
contemps I note with much Interest that
the area of Philadelphia Is 129.686 square
miles. If this is correct, don't you think
some kind of a slogan advertising "8ee
Philadelphia first" would be eminently
fitting and proper? Furthermore, a mer
chant at Seventh and Porter streets has
U"JC eureing or Business" for quite
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STANDING on the corner of American
and Somerset streets, James McBlalne
snaps his fingers to attract our attention
and, in a baritone not quite as good as
it may havo been thirty years ago, sings
two verses of the song A. A. D. asked for:
Let me introduce a fellah, Lahdy dab
A fellah who's a swell ah, -Lahdy dah
Tho' Bmall the cash he drew, yet
The week he struggles through it
Por h lu W8y to d0 " "
Fr h8LaWhdayrSdaah,,enn5r fl0WW ,n h,s .
VenLahdPyaP,h.e0"ftr rUn4 hla th.
In his hands a penny stick, '
In his tooth a penny nick.
And ft penny in his pocket. Tj,,.. .
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Lahdy dah.
We're almost glad our insurance lapsed
temporarily, because we might never have
seen the pink slip "required to revive the
policy." And wo did so enjoy answering
question No. 7: ,
Haa thare baan any chanra In your ua. ,
toxlcatlns liquors or drui within ih.V,n:
thra ytara? , nra tha pMt
But' we forgot to tell about H.M!..
traat for the chlorofonn nightcap for the
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Work of Schools for Teaching
Blind Soldiers Freedom in
Ireland
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SCHOOLS FOR BLIND SOLDIERS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Every reitdor of your paper who has
contributed to the Amerlcan-Brltlsh-Bel-glan
blind relief war fund will be glad to
learn how the members of the exccutlvo
committee of the A. B. F. I) , now In Europe
for the purpose, are carrying out the plans
to salvage these pitiful wrecks of the war.
They have opened at 35 Rue du Chateau,
Neullly, Just outsldo the gates ot Paris, a
knitting school for married men. This house,
which Is surrounded by a large and shady
garden, has been placed nt the disposal of
the A. B. F. B. rent free for the duration of
tho war and six months thereafter, by
which time the last of tho blinded inmates
will have been trained and started In bust
ness for himself. The place will accommo
date twelve men at a time. It Is In charge
of Doctor Cosse, the eminent Burgeon, who
Is also head of the military school for the
blinded at Chartres. He contributes his
services.
Tho Inmates aro picked men, whose In
dustry and discipline aro guaranteed. They
are taught to make, by means of a special
knitting machine, sweaters, socks and other
woolen urtlcles which are in great demand,
and therefore command a Jeady sale. The
period of instruction lasts three months.
During the last two weeks the man's wife
is allowed to come for instruction as a day
pupil, so that she can learn to aid her
husband A machine Is given to each pupil
when he has completed his course. So far
twenty machines havo been purchased. They
cost (160 each.
The peculiar advantage of this Institution
Is that It teaches a trade that can be carried
on by husband nnd wife nt home with the
greatest facility. Together thoy easily" can
earn 300 franca ($60) a, month, which In
France enables them to maintain themselves
and their children in comfort.
The A. B, F. B has also leased In Neullly
a large property at 27 Boulevard Victor
Hugo, where blinded officers ond others of
superior education who In private life were
doctors, lawyers, magistrates, professors
etc.. and whoso Intellectual attainments
take them out of the category of the brush
and mat makers and other adepts at com
mon manual labor, will be re-educated to fit
them to return to their former professions
or to start afresh as stenographers, typists
commercial representatives, Insurance
agents, interpreters, telephone operators
teachors In primary, secondary and high
schools, engineers, etc.
Experience haa disclosed that this Institu.
tlon will fill a very special want and Is
urgently needed. In recognition of this fact
somo of the greatest professors in France
have volunteered their services as teachers
The rent Is being paid out of the private
means of ono of the officers of the A B F
B , so that the fund will be relieved 'of this
expense. a
, The rrtat trouble In Franco haB been that
mean have been lacking with which to pro.
vide the re-educated man with the tools or
machinery or materials he must have In
order to earn his living. This lack our funa
la commencing to-make good and we Iiodb
some day, to be In a position to see that
every man blinded In this war will at least
have the possibility given him of becomhfg
useful and self-supporting, i.
Among the devices Invented to helD
blinded men help themselves la a Braille
machine of stenography, by means of which
the operator can take dictation at mat
speed and Is able later to transcribe it with
an ordinary typewriter. Then a new ana
very nterestlng trade Is being ujgh,
crystal carving and glass cutting. ThhT
Is not only most adaptable to slghtleaa i.L
but Is also very lucrative. 8,nUeM men.
The two institutions mentlonedof
which, because of their essentially pract!l
purpose of transforming once honeiM. .-I
helpless heroes lnto'aesWportn chln"
with morale restored, we feel .fr ens
contributor -to the fund will . XnSfE.SE"
been established by tre A B. KbJ1!!'
opening of them is not all Th.i.- toe
t9 be maintained, and for toll. ft9 ot
these war wrecks from a living de,ath has
been with American money. We ask all
readers of this announcement and appeal
to rally to tho support of the A. B. F. B.'s
great work, giving all that they can. It Is'
well known, but will bear repeating, that
every single cent contributed by the public
which reaches the A. B. F. B. Is devotea
directly to helping blinded soldiers and sail
ors he'p themselves and to no other pur
pose whatever, all administrative expenses
being defrayed from other sources
CORA PARSON'S KESSLER ,
Honorary Secretary A. B. F. B. Permanent
Blind Relief War Funds, headquarters
590 Fifth avenue. New York.
New York, August 9.
FREE SPEECH IN IRELAND
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In your issuo of today you print a
letter from Mr. A. C. Thompson which con
tains the usual complaints of a certain type
of Hibernian who supplies a steady stream
of ituperatlon to the hospltablS columns
of our presB Mr. Thompson may safely
take It that Ireland will never be granted
a republican form of government until Great
Britain has It. Ireland's active pro-Germanism
and the supplying of submarine
bases for tho enemy have put her out of
court. Oreat Britain would be foolish In
deed to grant a free hand tn n n v,
openly proclaim that they ardently desire
her downfall. Irishmen prate about freedom
to Insult tho British flag. If they insult the
American flag they nro very quickly landed
In Jail, but In Ireland they can do It with
Impunity. Ireland has Just now plenty of
freedom. If they would only take their
coats oft nnd work, as they do in Ulster,
there would be less foundation for their
melodramatlo posing as poverty-stricken
?a trloVL,Tho Nalue of Irlsh crP3 has risen
fr0m02:I'000'000 '" 1908 to JCOB.OOO.OOO
in 1915-10, and their bank deposits from
'""000.000 in 1901 to no less than , mo"
000.000 in wis. They have no conscrlp
tlon and furnish a disproportionate quota of
soldiers from their population, which en
tities thom to no favors whatsoever. Thev
want everything given to them and they
uro to mako no return but abuslvo criticism,
v.,,?" A,ner'can. wh0 has vl,1lted Ireland
yearly for almost twenty-seven years they
mako me tired. r
.mn-la.n1's ,taxatl0I for Government expen
diture Is only about J6 per head per annum
Great Britain's Is about 34. Every think:
nTZ i"10 tha.1 tne cu of Ireland
M.iB U.?8 crop of Professional patriots
Many of them are educated and gentleman v
men, and the effect of their extfemciTcun
mln'd."" r'eVOlent Propaganda on ?ho
minds of the numerous poorly edueiteV?
peasantry Is disastrous. Would tha wind
would give them more men like gallant ?
splendid Willie HedmnnT. J, ,.5a ,lant an(l
father. Even now a freedom if ..
reign, in Ireland which the United Spates
Government would not tolerate in . i ,
moment Ireland will get Justice In God
own good time, but to attcrnnt n e? B
matters at tho present Juncture w?.i r?e
result In terrible bloodshed Za , nIy
aar?jrfcra?
answer is "yes." iroiand if their
Philadelphia.'1??!5 'B- REILLY'
THE TOY SHOP Op" ARRAS
ment of peace. Thwo comes a. tif mo
he has made his last sale wiL!6 WLhen
tomers nee, and when 1! nen hls fc"s--i
... '".:.. """' '.even wcro v, ..
.ntfj
?P. . w" come
10,
itti. h.w2? .he -t0
!yb,'tothe,sweet'
for their little feet l -,m8 ..no more.
away over those uneAr.";?"" miles
cobblestones that "VY.
slippery little mountains
to
rounded
them like
must make , JKW -"' thev
well get his. last moment nv!.mlBnt as
quickly as possible; put L1 Vth M
lock the doors and d.Da?f . "nutters,
good his shutters and Iodi,,AJd "t,la
big sheila come his way " do ' the
keeper at Arras, who return.?0." toy-shop
when the shelling had Silt to hls slon
It open to the . , L " a?ken". found
need to
seek for hi. .,'"" "8 had no
""" . ior h s dnm. i "uu no
would ever have' thnV,V,0.r .ky-v Who
that he would one day sen .f n" he
hla entire stock, deini.. u0ut almost
inai naa ruined his pia-? i Bne'ng
toy shor after he returned , d yel "'"
officers wiw? . ,n'
.. .... mir sense of .." ana
tofQ tc . ths ruins where the "tm"! "
-HfotlHft-l. teW JSIM ""n held
to Arras.
It pleased
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Of what State Is Colonel B. SI. IIotN I
native? "
2. VJho wrote the ".Mnrnelllalae"?
? J!10 Vn" "u'ld Mtlnmtone?
4. Hnjr Is it rub .driver sometimes facetlasitr
,, tiled n "Jehu"?
0. Mlint is "brummtiErm" and what la t
orlaln of the word?
. How- ninny States compose the German Ba
7. It hut la caviar made of?
5' J" PoUtlcal ceoiriuih) what la an "enelar"?
1). What la the authorized war atrencth of tts
United Mate regular army?
10. To what period In art Is the term "ana.
trocento" applied?
Answers to Yesterday's Qulr
1. The Are Presidents, who fame from Km
?0rJ.,'o ,,ere Martin Van Duxaa, U
lnrd Fillmore. neuter A. Arthur. Org
Cleveland und Theodore Roosevelt.
X. Mecca la the chief city of the new life
o .Den.,,nt nation of Arabia.
3. The llrst submarine raclllo cable waa eta
nlete,l Ji,lv j ions
4. The rennsyliniilans who signed the Deelaia. !
ton or Independence were Kobert Mania, ,i
llMnluml UmuIi tA-t-.l sin i.n .!
--v.uiuiii aiupn, urilJIIUIUI f ninUID, aJOH
lUOrtOn. I i Pat If? A rivmaP Jtn i aa SanML
corse Taylor, James Wilson and atom .J
B. Sir nil'llnm Robertson Is1 Chief of Staff tf
- ,. '.he. I'ntlsh arms.
fl. Wtali-e wrote, "if God did not exbt II
..TA,n.ul,i l!e "enry to invent mm." .
7. riotaam" means vrreekace or carte fnai
lloatlnr on the water. "Jetsam" la neti
thrown overboard to Ushten a aha b
distress,
? V'T.01! ' n. nd a half yarda.
0. The Milce Isliinda. also called the Moloecia,
brlonc to Holland and are in the Malar
Arcldilnro, east of Celebes and wast at
1'apiia. They are noted for the prodoetiat
Achillea la the hero of Homer's "Iliad."
CALIFORNIA HOUSERIOTS
RIOTING in Philadelphia In 1849, son
of which was described In yesterdajrV
article, reached Its climax on the rlM
of tho general election, October 9. A wagon
vyas set on fire Apd dragged up Seventh
ftreet as far as St. Mary street, and aloof
that thoroughfare to Sixth. At the north-'
west corner was the California House, a
tavern frequented by negroes and standusj
in tho heart of their quarter. The pro
prietor was a mulatto nnd his wife wu
a white woman. This was a scandal, at
the rowdy whites of the neighborhood hta
moro than onco threatened the mulattl
vv ith violence.
The negroes had anticipated the -attack
ana were prepared for if They tori
bricks at tho blazing wagon and that wal
the signal for an assault upon the California-
House. Tho building was soon seen
to bo in readiness to stand a siege. BrlcM
stones nnd bullets camo from tho windows,
finally tho assailants broke In and tore UP
no nxt!ire3 f the barroom and set them .
wire. The police arrived, unarmed, aal
h?,ii u atJempted to besiege the burnlnl
building, They met mnW nrmert with
icks, pistols, knives, clubs and ston
n"i.were Promptly driven back as far a
Lombard street, whoro they tried to "keen
. 0f exclted negroes from the fr.
in .i?Broei overpowered them nnd rush!
.hi?, .. fiBnL' throwing paving stones. Br '
TTnLJ . tn? whltcs tho California
finm!t' 'mpatlcnt nt tho slowness of tin
to mn. roko.Jras plpe3 and "t the gas fr '
to speed up tho blaze
fieSTn,6.?-"?- a"!ve,J' " f -I
snf it,.i i ; "um lno rioters, it wm i
the tnh 42teSHon t0 have any "remen fe '3
fmVnii i c-ngniers- engine was tama
tur.rt fmn-?n.d run up the street and ovw
turned. ' That waH h. tt o-nnv'i
S8' :Son 'the Good-WIll Company w 'J
.i ali-d w.aa met with-a volley of to-( i
' ' .u "-aaries lllmmelwrlght, a membV, ' I
Jnh iT.a,nd dled ln three minutes, ms '
John HoiHck, another Good-WIll man. wi
wounoea and afterward dl.rt Vl
hiVl9-5llf0,r.n!a HoU8o was now In fun'
rin iY ""Joining houses were aflre, TM
bein uP,lonr past midnight, the polW
helnn tP0w1erles9- Independence Hall ball
seoHnni ,;lrl violently, and people In oth
to , th.0,UBnt the whole city was doom
wtoiffcUon- Sold,era (Mexican W
veterans) were marched to the scene S
nilet -'nnd flndmE things temporrll
ri5?,wt5dSf.
from. ,..".""""' ou' again - .1
-- ...v iivudo in r Mntn atnm M ' i
for .h. he Ptl0nl Hose Company starfrf
tackeS w806"6' ,but lt8 members were H'
iiv.7 5? a m?b and ffcel to fly for tb.fr
outnf tT!0 0tner flre companies were PJ
thl nai?rt,w"f M was about this time tht
tne negroes ninni .. ,. .
another furious raw. t,.H. ..o... in trifth.
tiJS?t,-i-T1i? -troop8 came backi and th,fJ
pS?, .ced wo ca"non In front of.tk
Ba i? .rrS.V.ff1'. Bmta. .Cv1
s.v.n.t, --";. "V netween jww
B.V. and pn ahd Balnbridge str
iit . -. ay" order wa restore-i-
-..,.. ixiaooa were killed ad cores 1
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