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W' THE PEACE PROPOSAL rpiIEIin is unquestionably it j;reat Ions Int! for pcaco UirouKhout the chlllzed world and Topo Hcnedlct has voiced It. Tho spread of, radicalism, vilch Is also mancuverliiK for peace, and tho gradual loosenliiK of the Krlp of authority have combined to compel consideration by talesmen ri the drift of world thought, with partlculur reforenco to tlio possibil ity of tho very citadels of civilization being swept away In a maelstrom of mass rebellion. It has been apparent, Indeed, Ibr weeks that an uprising of the Geiman people and seizure of their Government would automatically bring an armistice and certain peace by negotiation theio after. Tho thirst of Russia for Con tantlnoplo has Jcen revealed as states men's thirst, unshared by the Ruhslan people, themselves, and tho Itch for Ger many's "placo In tho sun," we do not doubt, was a caste Itch, held up as the Whole German people's ambition only by propaganda and subsidization. A proposal by the Pope commands the Immediate attention of tha whole world. There can bo no question of tho au thority with which his Holiness speaks or of the fundamental Importance of his proposals. On the other hand, a termina tion of tha. conlllct with tho Kaiser still In tho saddle, with tho ptestlgo of in vincibility still enfolding tho Teuton lo Clons, with Prussianlsm still Intact and till driven by old ambitions, could not be a durable peace. Temporarily tho World would censo Its xnrriflco of blood, but tho outpouring of trtusuro would contlnuo on a vast scale, since no coun try would daie bo unprepared again against German aggression and militar ism would be an established institution In every nation under tho sun. TS THERU an authority, indeed, in Ger many with which tho Allies can deal? Good faith Is an essential to any contract and good faith In practice nnd theory has been ridiculed by the war lords. Tho men Who openly violated their pledges of neu trality In icspect to Iielgium, who pledged their good faith tq tho United Htates and mado agreements with us merely to gain tlmo in which to build lT-boats wherewith to violate thcio pledges, who liavo per verted truth on icpeatetl occasions, who have conspired and plotted nnd lied and deceived and aro plotting nnd lying and deceiving now are these men to bo met at a council tablo and bargained with ns If their hands were clean and their hearts untainted? Long Blnco tho material purposes of tho war sank into Insignificance In comparison with tho Immoral and crim inal spiritual purposes -which wcro re Vealed to tho world as underlying tho en tire German program. Men almost ceased to think of tho nationality of territory in View of tho greater terror loosed by Ber lin. Lands have beforo this been seized by a conqueror, and treaties mado with him by faithful States, but not with u conqueror whose honor was forsworn, Whose testaments wero worthless, who avowed a now codo of ethics und pro claimed that tho law of tho cavo man must supersede International law and tho mailed fist take tho placo of Justice In tho administration of human affairs. The blood-guilt and tho soul-guilt havo not been washed from Kalserism, If indeed they ever can be. Forgiveness la a Chris tian quality, but forgiveness with the right and privllego and opportunity to repeat the outrage would bo the unpar donablo crime. rTIHE American embargo has chilled the V'X i Teuton heart. Tho vastness of the .:- t- ilnitnrtnl nlri wn hnvn ntran,, !.,.. it.- rffw - -w- -- - ..wiMjr hivvii viia Ames, me proaigaiuy or our general pre paredness, the wholo-soulcd manner of r 0 cur entrance Into the war, tho demonstra- ;ion of the efficiency of American naval ""ihpatroht, bur success in transporting trooDa and our -method ot raising additional Vtinlts, our airship building' program and .-''nr nhlnbulldlnir nrocrnm nil tnii,.. t hav.e bludgooned tho truth Into the heads lr,'f German officialdom. Tho war lords - '- K. . ......... v . . awiinrnnn at last irrai uiey cannot win. J written In every' cable from America i aaa.l "li.lt.' nn til. TTlr'il.. iMt.tivkimr J. & LH way down Into the army. On the eastern front last week the Kaiser was com pclfed to promise a victorious army pcaco within thrco months. Tho moralo had begun to break. In tho wcsl nil reports agrco that sullenness mans tho lllnden burg line. With tho whole structure of Kalserism about to fall asunder, with tho Turks restive, tho Bulgarians anxlousand Austria dcsperatewithalong winter under famlno conditions drawing nearer and the Iron economic ring closing In, tho assas sins of pcaco and order want to quit. Their dreams unrealized, thoy uro willing to forgo victory temporarily. They want a breathing space. They want to rc-enforco tho structuro beforo It topples. Tho na tions thoy sought to beat Into subjection hao refused to succumb, nnd, instead, have within three years equalized tho con ditions of battlo by miraculous prepara tion and ttono in that shoit tlmo what it took Germany forty years to do. The (lower of KaiserlMtn Is broken and dead, but the Kaiser would save tho root und nurtute It to future fruition. "lin: SAY that thero Is no sacrifice too ' ' costly to bo mado now in civilization's last triumphant effott to extirpate from the faco of tho earth tho monstious sys tem which Germany has espoused. No weakness on our part must bo permitted to stay tho final blow. Wo aro lighting a second war of independence, even though wo battlo In foreign lands, and that independence will not bo sure and ceitaln so long ns tho German mind and might uro directed by n family which has sworn wngeance on this country and openly declared Its Intention to strike at us and strike haid nt the llrst favor able iippoitunlty. Men living now re member tho terrible summer of 1804, when ceh Lincoln feared that tho tido had set against him and the war-weary North would voto him out of offlco and mako peace. Tho .South fought Its last despcrutu battlo in Union ballot boxes that November. Its llnnl hopo was to fool tho North. It failed, und from that moment the Confederacy was doomed. No less ceitalnly is KaLseilsm now doomed If civilization remains steadfast. Whoever said that coming events cast their shadows bcfoio them was insplied. They do. Wo require no soothsayer, only common sense, to wrest from the depths of the futuio Its ono great fact. No man lives who does not know that peace with out victory was the horror of horrors to the Junkers when tho war began. They would not yearn for it now if they did not know that disaster was on their tracks, to bo avoided by no military might which they possess, but only by skill In peisuadlng their enemies to quit. But civilization will not quit, will not be recroant to God and man, will not betray posterity, will not sanction throw ing society back twenty decades, will not sunender its tilumph in tho very moment of achievement. ALL honor to tho Popo for his merciful " endeavor to stay tho processes ot destruction and restore healing peace to tho world. Tho more honor to him If, fiom tha foundation ho has laid, homo means of building a. durable structure of pcaco can be found. Hut wo who havo dedicated ourselves to ono great purpose, who have offeied nt tho altars of our faith the treasuro won by generations of effort on u new continent, who nro giving our young men, oven our young women, to the great cause, wu cannot turn back and eat bread and salt with tho Insatlato monster that goaded us into conflict. Wo wero patient; now wo nio determined. In such a Government as Germany lias, declared tho Piesldent, "wo can never havo a friend. In tho presenco of Its organized power, always lying In wait to uccomphsh wo know not what pur pose, thero can bo no security for tho democratic Governments of tho world." Tho world is ready to treat with a now Germany. It cannot, will not, treat with tho old one. BRITAIN REGRETS, 'BUT RESOLVES Faces Long-Wnr Theory With Mild Case of "Nerves." America's Help F Knocking tho war tax should bo conllned to hammering it through. China "breaks" but is not broken. In fact, she is now mendod with tho strong girders of civilization. Its reputable members seem to worry Tammany, but our homo gang Is over unruflled by such annoyances. Meatless weeks and wheatless meelts uro now simultaneously In evi dence in oppression-ruled Germany. Tho exhaustion of exemption blanks Is accompanied by that ot Uncle Sam's patienco with thoso who still cravo them. Tho similar perpendicularity of a Oerman helmet spike and that of Senator La Follette's upright locks Is peculiarly noticeable nowadays. T " - Why should West Pointers dislike the term "Sammee" becauso It means molasses in their traditional dialect? Have they forgotten that molasses sticks and sticks fast? "Spirited" driving seems to have had an uncomfortable doublo meaning In the case of that West Virginia man arrested for having concealed whisky in his automobile tires. "It matters not," sang the poet Henley, "how charged with punishments the scroll." When you really aro the "master of your fate" that may be all verv well, but as regards Qermnnv'u ,i.. rtlny, the Allies and America will do the upynnienaing, ana tne uiackness of the "iri.AUMl'l -i.. .n J" Uy GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Special Corrtipundenct of ih Evening Ledger LONDON, July 31. IOR tho Inst three nights wo havo heard tho guns, nn unaccountably Bhntterlng experience Wo aro a hundred or more miles awsy, but the low rumblo that comes over to us when tho city Is qulot Is terrify ing, It robs us of the last Illusion-of safety. tly day we go about our usual necessary tniks and occupy ourselves with small things to Keep out the menace, Wo are not really frlghtc'ncd : wo know that for u tlmo at least wo nro safe from attack. Hut tho guns nre "getting to us" spirit ually. Our nerves are not all they might bo Just at present. Of the flvo million civilians living In and near London very few hao scon the front; tho nearest wo h.ito come to sliclldre has been during a raid, n pale Imitation of the real thing nut ccn thoo of us who havo Mood be-ido twelve-Inch guns when they went ofT, burst niter burst, or hae been within 2n0 jards of a German shell when It exploded, sense tho difference between those experiences nnd thn illogical feeling of discontent which the gun from Belgium glo us. It Is nothing but a very mild cao of nenes, superinduced by hilly fears of mammoth nlr raids and by a perplexity which only tlmu ran relieve. Wo tin not know whrtliT llalg or Hlmli-nbiirg will at t.irk first, whether out diumflre or his will b tho prelude to the creeping liarrago and tlio infantry attack. Wo hope it will he llalg This parsing stnto uf nerves which I can dli-ejvor and which every testimony bears out, If not a thing to bo afraid of if It be nly understood It does not mean lack of determination, nothing of the sort It may mean dls-atlsfartlon with details, but It hn no Implications with tho great fcheme of pushing on tho war to a respectable end In fact. If you go -a bit below the stirfnro you will find that It means something do eldcdly cheering and helpful Reaction From Disappointments The present acute attack of nerves Is a reaction from tho dlnppnlntments of the last few months, and nNo the reaction from the resolve to go on which the cmintrv has made. It Is the Mashing momentary regret which people experience when they have p'edped theni'elves Irrevocably to a big thing You decide to get matrled, and Just us soon as you havo published jour Inten tion j-oil got a sudden, ephemeral twinge of regret nt the loss of your lllnrtv It p.'isies Hut If you could multiply that twinge a million times and add to it the rinvlty of llfo and death, y u would nppio.uh the feel ing which Is over I'ngland Just now The country has at lat, and rt-lut tanilv, faced the truth of "the long war theory" Break through or not, Hussla or no Russia Amcr. lea or no America, we have to face in ther j ear and a Inlf of It, nnd the wort.t third of tho war It Is certain to be Well, In this moment of resolution wo arc met with disaster In Russia and Mich a Keiles of conversations In tho United .States ns even the meager cables have not known for j-ears I may say that peoplo here do not understand how much talking we natu rally do and how wo rtlscramt our own talk. Wo Americans know that one fine day we will Invent "terroral" so that wo can blow up T'sson by dropping one grain of our powder on the roof But wo nlo know that before wo do It wo will announce It forty times over In tho papers Tho people hero tnko everything we pay as sober truth; but they nro onlv Impressed with what wo do. They are far more generously disposed toward our (Torts tlnn the Americans over hero are Inclined to bo There Is one thing which the United States has made no effort to do since her (list dramatic entry on the tjnpe. She has done her shnro with tho army and navy; hc- has started marvels for the air; hho has co operated with every agency of war, but she has ilono nothing for the civilians of this country. I think I havo written onco before of the need for an American mission to this countrj', a mission which could do for Bug land (and why not for Ireland?) what JclTrr and Balfour did for tho United States. We want heartening hero; nnd I do not need to npnloglrn for saying "we" Americans who havo been hero a jear or m are ns much In need of a hreezn of conflrtenoo und e-heer as tho brave people who have gone through three years of war. America Can Aid Morale Tho people are cheered no end by re ports of preparations and of actual work; they aro nit paitlcularly encouiaged by month-long orations concerning food-con-tiol, although, to be bure, they havo hid conversations hero on less Important sub jects lasting almost as long I ought to way that there Is no tendency to criticize us ngllshmcii aro too acutely conscious of the tuiei-tacle which Its own House of Commons makes of Itself on selected occasions to cast aspersions on any other body. Hut wo must n member that for Bngland and Franco tho war began with a terrlblo blow and has con tinued In a terles of Ineffectual glorious ac tions. Wo must leinembcr that this coun try has no military experience In tho sense that Germany and l'ranco havo military experience And we bnvo to bo somewhat kinder than usual. Tugging at a steel vvlro for three jears and then discovering that the vvlro Is growing tight nround j-our neck Isn't good for the nerves. In one waj- wo can help to keep up the moralo of the citizens. Wo can set forth a htatcment of tho things wo want to see when peace Is declared Tho easiest way Is for' tho President to recast his address to tho Senate an address to which no democv racy can taku serious exception If it be ro btated as tho objects of a war rather than as the Idealistic alms of n neutral Tho President has approached the question of Austrian devolution at times; ho can clarify his position and do much good not only to America, but to our Allies and to Aus tria, And so with the rest of the war ques tions, Because, onco that Is done, it Is very unlikely that the question of peace negotia tion. will como up again. Thero Is a time for all things, nnd there Is a time when there Is no tlmo for peace talk. Tho pacifists dis agree, but those who are most anxious for tho war to end and to end with at least n minimum of advantage to tho world of free peoples, realize that pcaco talk In any form except that of a confident and determined nation Is worse than useless. It Is demoral izing. Tho demoralization Is Infectious; wo havo all caught a little of It from' Russia, nnd It serves no purpose except that of our enemy, whom we cannot demoralize unless by the sword. Let our American alms he defined and let America speak as clearlyf ns sho can hor Judgment upon them. Let It be frank and let It be loyal. And tho civilians hero will give thanks to America as the army and the navy give thanks already. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW The sentenco Imposed on Wventy-elght slackers In Illinois was a year and a day at "hard labor." Now, if the courts will only gather In tho men who persuaded the slackers to dodge registration and give them the same cure, the task will be properly rounded out. Before being antl-Amerlcan these agitators are nntl-hard labor. They may never learn to love Undo Sam, but ah. how they will acquire respect for him! Toledo Blade. There were Tories hostile to the people of the newly declared United States when they were fighting to establish their Inde pendence. Tho North had its copperheads when it was fighting to keep the Union whole. And now there are socialists who declare thai the American neoDle khm.ia not fight to uphold their rights against for- Tom Daly's Columii WE SUSPECT THAT "iiillGERENT WILL BE DIFFICULf TO rAwr x Tim BABY'8 BIIEAKFAST Mv Uttlc sister Frances sho Is Just a Uttlc after three And smnrtv smart as smart can 6c And such a healthy appetite 1'or such a Uttlc tlnv wife You wouldn't think It hardlv right, And vet some mornlnu If voit could Ohtci vc her at her breakfast food I know that It trniW do you Oood For soon as mother plies her some She pats herself upirn her turn And rolls her eves and satis "Oo yum I She gets a plass of milk In bed Hut tcon'l be quite unfit she's fed With lueakfa-d food and stuff instead And often in her pfHln hare And just her nlyhty down the stair She runs and cllmbi up In her chair. Thru mother seoMs and calh her bad But I can ice that she M glad To watch the cunning Uttlc tad For no one ever could be glum That saw her rub her Uttlc turn And roll her eyes and say "Oo yuml" When I am old enough some day To marry and tan have my icay I'll take my huiband'i hand and say "Although our furniture and stuff May all be cheap and even rough Our table must be big enough llriau.ir I'm golny to try to find Home children of the proper Unci Willi which It may be quickly lined nd we'll be happy ichen they come la rub thcnnrlves upon the turn And roll their rin mm! say 'Oo yuml' Wo never qulto realized the honor which tho Germans mado to fall from Heaven upon tho little children In Lon don until wo watched our own bnbj- reg istering ecstatic appreciation of some llt tlo kindness of our providing. The joung, unman led man may ' bo tho favored makings for a soldier, but it will bo tho fathers who will beat the Kaiser to his knees. We're ns hungry fr peace ns tho next and we're sure of the Pope's good Inten tions; bill, thinking nnd thinking upon tho news from tho VATICAN, nil wo could get out of it was VAIN ACT Hut Must Have Used n Periscope Why fear for tho future of our great and gloiious country? We nro the melt ing pot fiom which raw nllen material emerges heroic. Our own dear paper tells of Joseph Jagobclniskl, a seven-year-old boy who "lefused tn take anesthetic; at tho Pennsylvania Hospital and watched tho doctors take fifteen stitches In his seal))." G3K f. .h rV-'J " V".,-rr -far-i'"-,. rt'7Z&TtvTl Vs. ' ffl.,SSHIm X 4l. as-v m&i:w s.xwm&rw6F "w. jBmu w.Mfwy u.' $ PAUL STHIN, tho gentlemanly station ngont nt rishcr's on tho Heading, picked up at Leary's last week a little book, pub lished in 18C4, called "Leaves Krom the Battlefield of Gettysburg." It's mado up of verses und letters from a Held hos Pltul written by Mrs. Edmund A. Souder. The most Interesting thing in it, to us. was a toiler dated "Gettysburg, November 20, 1SC3,' describing tho consecration coiemonies nt Gettysburg Cemetery tho day before, in which no reference what ever is mado to Lincoln's address. Cm Ions how thoso immortal tcntences fell upon unappicdative cars. Wo had heard of tills before, but to make sure that Mrs, Souder wasn't tho only nikspiisor of glory a-bornlng, we looked over thu Hies of the Punuc Limcmu and In tho issuo of November iO, 1SC3. wo found twin and a half columns of solid ngato typo on tho first page, of which moro thun 00 per cent comprised the addicss of Edward Everett, tho orator of tho day. On tho becond pago thero was a half-column account from nnothcr correspondent, in which "tho modest, fitting address of tho President of tho P. S." is given In full two inches of agate. Everett had been played up ns "tho orator," and Kvetett was lauded by press and public. Even lie, and ho was moro than un orator, missed tho greater elo quence of "the modest, fitting" words of tho awkward giant with a nation's sor rows upon him. Or did hi? ."t-Owr, rmUwivfr mat n,ot flKnt to Yph0,V'"l,p r'5nt ? W" r- v-jswv, tW&m , " - J T r l& &' W n a" $, fc"Vv??A OT SvJ Vjbv Wm PHIL- FRIEND -VK TUB MAIIKBT BOY J thee were quite Devoid of sight, Yet bound to earn thy living, Uow much docs thee Suppose would be The measure of thy . giving? Would Mice not sit And do thy lit As lazily as may be, And claim tho right, Through loss of sight To whimper like a babyt Or if thee should With hardihood Thy dally burden shoulder, Xor let it fall "' Till thee were all Of fifty years or older, Thce'd scarcely wish To carry fish .And weaf and things forever,) All up and down ' The busy town iec could bo so clever, Xor would thee hlko The highways like A frenzied locomotive. As "Johnson" can. The blind black man, , To whom this wreath is votlvo: For, sJRxVjcM ILLIASl L, WttlGHT ("Johnxui") Rfilni Terminal Uttkel. .JSi THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Disloyal Lawbreakers Biased English Histories Dog Catch ers Wanted Downtown TREASON AND ITS PENALTY To the Editor of the Evening Ltiltiir: Sir In the Evk.vi.no Lkdoeii of August 8 a correspondent walls over the lynching of Mttlo, In ono of tho Western States nnd prates about the law. How much did Little and his adherents care about the law? Wo aro at war and It Is no tlmo for traitors to travel around the country ad vocating reslstanco and disobedience to the draft. It Is a special law made for tho oc casion of the war against Germany. Why? Decauso we havo among us, a lot of curs, with big yellow streaks, who would not volunteer In defense of the country that gives them shelter. But ho Bays, "Little was a cripple." Did that fctop him from doing "his bit," not for our countrj-, but for Kaiter Bill? There ought to be moro strung up. This Is no tlmo for tentlmcnt Wo nro at war. No civilized government will tolorato trea. son and scdlt'on In tlmo of war the death penalty Is i Igldly enforced. I am for peace ; T love peace, but not now. No, not now ! Wo must fight for It, nnd wo'll fight until wo bring Kaiser Bill to his knees nnd teach him and IiIh Junker crowd that thej can no longer defy and sneer ut American rights. In conclusion, I would advise the Wat sons Goldmans. Ilerkmnns and othoru. If they will not fight tho Kaiser, that they must not attempt to nullify the conscrip tion act They who do so violate tho law and commit tho greatest crime that can bo committed against our countrj- "treason." Does jour law-abiding (?) correspondent know that? J, i, k. Philadelphia, August 12, ENGLISH HISTORY THROUGH EYES To the Bditor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Some tlmo ago a certain Mr. Terence O'H. llellly wroto to jrour paper to slander tho Irish rate. His argumentation was not convincing, but It Is tho sort to which wo havo grown accustomed. It Is of tho tj-pe which men like myself havo frequently found In English rhetoric papers in college, beforo tho pupils had studied logic. Is it possible that the letter of Jlr. Iteilly was wiitten by Just such a youngster? If so lie should abk. somo of his ciders to look at his work before submitting It to the press. May I bo pardoned If I suggest that It would bo better for Mr. O'B. Iteilly to read an Irish history (or nn unbiased English hlBtory) than to write on subjects about which ho knows bo little? Bead your letter over again, Mr. Iteilly, and then submit it to somo of your companion whom vm, , lleve to know moro nbout such subjects than yourself, and ask them what the troublo is. j, c. D Philadelphia, August 11. A CALL FOR DOG CATCHERS To.lhe Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Are there no dog catchers in Phila delphia? We live in a new section con venient to tho navy, yard and find some of the conditions there hardly believable In a big city. During the winter weeks passed with no collection of garbage, and now that the warm weather has set In we are over burdened with stray animals that boys leavo on the lots close by. I am continually calling for aid from societies, but some say we are out of their district. Others want me to tie tho dogs to the steps. My little boy was bitten in the lip by one of the unlmals. We have a good many children in this one short block, and in the grass plot out front it Is nothing to see three un muzzled dogs among the small children. Not knowing where to send my complaint I thought this published in your widely read paper might bring about the desired result Mrs, W. L. BOOTH Philadelphia, August 11. erlj- Love: Wo are here In camp nt Mount CSietna, P,i nnd feeling tho need of so many little exttas which aro not provided by the United States Government, nnd see ing the bojs from Chester, Lancaster, Al lentovvn, Harrlsburg and elsewhere enjoy. Ing theso little things, which were donated bj' their home towns and cities, nnd which help to make campllfc more pleasant, we wondered If Philadelphia would llko to see us accepting a share In theso gifts to the boys fiom other towns or have Philadel phia boj-s confess that "Phllly" has done nothing whatever to give her own boj-s a few comforts at least. West Chester gave her companj" a donntlcn of $350, while the cities of Harrlsburg, Lancaster and Allen town each contributed a generous amount. If possible, wo would npprcclato yqur giving this letter ns prominent a placo as j-ou think proper. Conditions ut camp uro moving along in good order, wo are getting down to hard work and hope to mako good In doing heartily our shaio to help win tho war. With best wishes, wo remain, JOSEPH H BOWMAN, Co. 11; JOSEPH W. BAJUHS, Co. 11 ; SEIIOEANT LOUIS J. SIIATtP. Co, 12; STUAIIT M IIARTZEU Co. 11 ; LEWIS M. CAMPBELL, Co. 11. Mount Gretna, Pa. August 10. AN APPEAL FROM MT. GRETNA To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir The following Is from a committee representing Companies 10, 11 and is of tha Motor .Ammunition TLo. .7""-" t - '" '"TT . . " . "! r ..- ... JVfi Mm .MkS fcijial MOLaaaiafc Iki Z- " ..1 A FIFTEENTH CENTURY EXEMP TION BOARD Tho exemption boards, which aro now determining who is best fitted to servo at tho front and who Is best fittod to serve at home, havo a difficult and honorable task. It is interesting to compare tho present situation, wherein a democracy sets about tho work of selecting her sons who aro best fitted for service In the cause of llbertj-, with the manner of determining exemptions from military service (as Shake speare describes tho scene) in tho time of Henry IV. Justice Shallow and Sir John Falstalt would not bo welcomed on an American exemption board, but it Is per haps a curious fact to recall that they did hear claims for exemption on tho grounds of dependent relatives and physical Inflr-mltj- claims which did not alwaj-s hold water. "Where's tho roll?" asks Juatlco Shallow. " Let them appear as I call; let them do so, let them do so. Let me see; where Is Mouldy?" Mouldy Hero, an't please jou Shallow What think you, Sir John? A good-llmbcd fellow; young, strong and of good friends. Falstaff Is thy namo Mouldy? Mouldy Yea, an't please j-ou Palstaff l'rick him. Mouldy My old damo will bo undone now for ono to do her husbandry and her drudgery; j-ou need not to havo pricked me; thero are other men fitter to go out than I. It was Bullcalf who presented to tho exemption board a plea tor exemption on tho ground of physical disability. Shullow Peter Bullcalf o' the green! Palstaff Yea, marry, let's see Bullcalf Bullcalf Here, sir. Palstaft "Fore God, a likely fellow! Come, prick mo Bullcalf till ho roar again Bullcalf O Lord I good my lord caD tnln v I-'alstarfWhat, dost thou roar before thou art pricked? Bullcalf O lord, sir I I am a diseased man, Falstaff What disease hast thou? Bullcalf A whoreson cold, sir. a couch sir. which I caught with tinging In the King's affairs upon his coronation day, sir Nor was Bullcalf satisfied with this aU tempt to secure exemption. Those who remember their "Henry IV" will recall the .HimvISS !Jlh M0UWy nnd B"ltaSf VuS attempted to escape service by brlberv it was this final straw which led Falstaff 'to a disagreement with Justice Shallow. When tho time came for deciding who BhnnM ! soldiering, Falstaff asks JmUmV&EwE state his choice, and among the w chosen the Justice selects both Mouidv ami UW-,,b,S,t, nbrupt,y breaks"1 B"d Falstaff Mouldy and Bullcalf; for you Mouldy, stay at home till you aro lt service; and for your part. Bullcalf? gr till you come unto It: I will none of ZZ?, Shallow-Sir John. Sir John? do not your self wrong: they are your Ikelleat and I would have you served with th. k en' Falmff-Wlll you tell me, Mkiter Shal low, how to choose a. tn. o. "?ler. Bhtt- ".) What Do You Know? QUIZ I. What railroad, without rmnloylng n ccnrtnl Njrtvm. nttnlns nn altitude nrnrlr aa hick ns me Hiimmlt or Mont Illunr? , "hat, are the present temporal noi!om' A in i lip i-op7 3. Whit Is the second city In Portugal? 4. Who Is the lienil of the new .Inpanoe mlc (Ion to the I'nltrd Mates? fl. What is the meaning und application of the term "nom do unerre"? fl. What Is n pnnthron? ' w l.,!)Jft,,.,he meaning of the noutleal term "" M Imperii'"" """" ,,n" kno"n a th" rr 0. Whit ,u the "Mlaalsalppl nubble"? 10. Who wus Huron MurnehauHen? m Answers to Yesterday's Quiz '; ',"r,.uT('a,l,hnotiiJ.e"rion ln Vul3ni h ,l,e "' A?.ur,,Ii,ltii0,tt'Ylbnwr,.ne" or mines. 9NI .st pn,..B.l7,tJ"ih ''"fhniilnien havo bees lost hlnro (ho upglnnliuc of I ho war. 3. .Senator (lore comes from Oklahoma. lent durine Taft's adminlMratlon. th". fl" ,n Jm ''drcs said "Fortr It Vf old ,.". "' 50""" flf,y ' tl,e "on' II N ,'A.fi' 1 W?Vl:s,-, HunwrHn. 7. Thef recUljrht Is cllsplajH t the port HS 8. A I'M'" In f. sometimes called a peeirlt. Is hlrcl nf the plover fnmllj. """" "' ","?aJo"aTM tt0m th fSpa,,lsn wori 10. "o.jIrjdKA' ! the prenent poet laurutt FORREST'S BROAD STREET GARDEN On tho authority of the poet we leant that "btono walls do not a prison make," but tlmo was in Philadelphia when tin privacy of one's own garden was hardly obtainable without tho aid of high, solid masonry over which curious eyes could not peer. Edwin Forrest, tho most gifted of all tho many distinguished actors to which thll city has given birth, learned this vanished truth of a vanished era through practical experience. Forrest was an original in many ways. His restless mind was forever buBylng It fcelf with Innovations. That charming homl for retired actors that bears his name on tho banks of the Delawaro was at first something entirely new In charities. Resi dence In tho institution was an honor. If carried no sting. A novelty In Americas literary patronage was hi3 system of fos tering tho native drama through prize com petitions. The not unworthy footllght prod ucts of llichard Penn Smith, Dr. Robert Montgomery Bird and Robert T. Conrad re main testimony of the usefulness of this" endeavor. When It camo, however, to revolutionism AJ i V ,, "oj'ctiB ui cuy gardens, rut- rest failed. Wo nrn nnlln fittnmMt noir . to low stono copings or Iron railings, of -J Of) Gil COiiRtriirHnn Vtn tl - v, !.,. . lotnn 1 . ...v,u,t viitit u IU UiU Ilia "&' nr tin tiaAKn Vs.. Ti . ... . . Ts Walledln fRt;itaa still ., i . iu. sn ifestatlon of liberty, and so did Phlladel- nViln I.. iorr t V. ..., , .. 'J - , in mat year taiwin rorn purchased the handsome brownstone man sion at the sniithtvABt oinAN nl Tim, and Mabter streets. The fine houso, by thi 1& way, is standing today and Is used Jy uw Pennsylvania School of Design. The great actor not only wanted a lawn for his resi dence. Jle coveted a city vegetable garden as well, and when this was laid out, citi zens were startled to behold It bounded M an open Iron grating Instead of the eon- , scimunui ana loroiaalng masonry Darn- tj ""' mo wine naa not yet caugni up " ym the Illustrious tragedian's generosity. Wltn VM In a few months the too-modern railing ais; t appeared, and up went a high stone wsu alOni? thn Ttrnnrl ilpaAt ennlna-A ' Forrest's friends asked him why he had . finally surrendered. Ha lauched and 1 swered; "One day I was ln tho garden, hav-j ing on an old hat and light linen ewefa which extended almost down to my ,ij working away wlUi my back to the street . i T h.l..l o ... ..'... T .u nn often- '1 ..h.u a. w. s SJS II1UIII1UI , lialU " ,i. uon to it, however, when suddenly a "'?.& boyliih voice shouted out, 'There he I". J ana tnen another, more manly, exciamw it is uicneiieu.' I turned suddenly rowj and to my utter astonishment saw the wHalij length of the Iron railing lined with a gw crowd, some shouting Macbeth, Holli Pi aru. ana tne, devil knows what: nnu. rusbadUa.the houMibl .'ounMtj mpmamw':
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