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Pbll-htd dally afT'lBI lb f.sneirn fiiillillns, '
Jniltp-ndenco Square, Fhlhulcliihla,
LNiin CSTiur,,., Broad ami Che-stmit H'r-e-ls
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Nr YonK 20(1 Mptropnlltsn Toner
IidtlioiT sift Fni-il HulMlne
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'ais IIikhu 32 Hue Louie lu (irjiiw.
suEscrtirrioN' tehm.)
, Th EtrMvn I.rivirn Is -rvnl lo mb-rrlti-rs
In I'hlUdelphla nml -.urrnumllnc towns ni tho
ratf of iwrhe (12) cents iwr vuele I'.-iyiilil-to
Ihn carrier.
By mall to point' niil-ldo or l'lillmtrlpli'a In
the United Hlatra, Ceiiitula or Unltpd btatea rios
cesllonn, rostniro free, fifty (.'.01 tenia .nr
month. Sit (JO) ilollur- per sear, rmr.l.lo In
advance-.
To nil for-1 en countries ono (11) dollar per
Month.
None r Stib-crlbi-n wl-Filna addreai changed
mult clvo old na well aa r.cvr ndjrcsa.
a broken gargoyle from Notre Dame, a
bit of armor chain from the Tower rubbed
edges with fragments of nntlvo treasured.
Diligent but ruthless was the amateur
nntl'iunrlnn.
1'erliaps the glass caso In Imlcpctidonco
Hall wni needed two decades ugo. It Is
unnecessary today. Vnndallsm with ro
sped to tho Liberty Hell Is an unthlnk
nblo sacrllrgo. If merely touching tho
lello can itilcken us with tho supremo
Idealism which it symbolizes, may tho
hand of nterlc.i go foith to It. They nro
trusted hand1 now and reverent.
In the new freedom wliU'h tho Uell en
Jo wo especially rejoice that tho tymn
nlrul "crboton" of orrregulntcd (ler
niany Is lnoicrallvp. l'rco Vlorcnco Is
our modul now; Klorcnce, In whoso I.oggla,
open to tho public square, CVIIInl's Per
keus statuo has stood unharmed In all Its
exiiulslto beauty for full four contuilei.
If stirh n (reiistito can survive such email
ilpatlou, so can the Hell of I'utilotlsni.
BRAVE BRITONS
AT GRIM TOIL
SKI'TKMIIKK 1
AMCHK'NH 1
. spectacle of
8CI.L. JOOO TfALNL'T
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KCSTO.SC, MAIN JOOO
WMtWrrsa ilf rommHMlfrtfloal to 'letiln
Ltdatr, Intupendence Hquarrt Vhilo ferdu,
totctEti at the riiitaxrii'iifA fo ctriKt as
ItrilMi (MM MAO. MATlCn
Philadelphia. I rldiy. Amti.l 17, 191?
IS THE STAGE SET FOK A
KILLING?
rpODAY tho long-hc'riiltlMl Kmlth-Mlt-ten
proposal transit leuso will bo
Riven to a spednl si'ssbm nf C'ounrlls.
Bomo feeling of conlldento In Its pin
Vlalons has been lnstllld In tho public
mind through tho pirtlclpatlmi of Mr.
Twining and Mi. Lewis In the negotla.
tlons. Tho fmmer It one of tho most capi
bio engineers tho eountiv. lint maKos
no claim to political autlinen anil takes no
delight In tho machinations of politicians,
Just nil ho pus 11 1 1 lo attention to llinn,
Tho latter hah been it prominent reformer
for many jcius, and hl3 nsvovlatloiis lmo
Indicated his enthusiasm for public serv
ice. He recently laid down teitain Inoatl
principles which shoulil govern a pioper
lease, the most important of them being
tho nbsoluto Impiopilety of tho city
assuming lesponslblllty for tho underly
ing leases of the I'. It. T. mid guaranteeing
dividends on the wateicil stork of under
lying companies. Too public has been
Inclined to hopo that Mr. lewls would bo
'able to wilto this pilnclplo Into tho plo
posed lease, not understanding how ho
COtlld otherwise give It his appionl
Tho city's gn eminent Is owned fiom
too to scalp, by two continctois Mo
Klrhol and Vnre. Theso men between
them will build the new tiiint.it sj.ftcm.
Theie Is an opportunity for vast exceps
profits duo to existing abnormal condi
tions. Ncer weio pi Ices at such high
flguics. If tliey can sign contracts now
find through unavoidable shortages of
labor or material, or thtough fi loudly liti
gation, securo delay such a delay as Mc
Klcliol has just nuked for and got In tho
construction woik under City Hall It Is
obvious that events, following tho tldo
of war, may drlvu tho wholo hcalo of
prices down, lcalng theso continctois not
only a legitimate pioflt, hut llteinlly mil
lions in addition. Mmeover, it Is utterly
Impossible to set definite time limits for
tho completion of work and tho law pie
ents tho nw aiding of contracts on a
1ft per cent pioflt basis, a basis so popular
with the United States Government It
Is evident therefoie, that never ngaln
Will thero bo such a ilch oppoitunlty for
enormous profits ns now exists. IJvery
Itch of tho palm is a summons to tho con
tractors to hasten the signing of contracts.
In theso clrcumstancos, citizens view
with alarm tho news that a secret cam
paign In support of tho proposed leaso
was waged anions Councllmcn and that
pledges of support wcro asked In ad
vance all along tho line. They smell a
rat. They suspect that they may bo going
Up against a stacked deck of cards In thU
leaso matter, that tho ways nro being
greased to launch It IriespeotUe of tho
views of the public, that the advertised
public hearings will bo a sham and a
farce, not likely to change a slnglo vote
In Councils unless the people themselves
take a hand Tho Viircs; Mc.Vlchol and
the r. R. T. In alliance would constltuto a
powerful machine, nblo to do what It
pleased unless tho pcoplo roso en masso
In opposition. When the bosses get to
Bethor It Is time to ling the ularm bells.
Nevertheless, thero Is a distinct longing
on tho, part of everybody to have this
transit question definitely settled. Thero
Will bo no fight against tho proposed
lease unless it Is decidedly "iuw.'- Wo
look for no captious criticism of it and no
effort to find merely theoretical objections
to Its provisions If It Is. on the whole,
Xalf and square the entire city will
Indorse It But when Councils and the
Mayor are controlled by two continctors
who stand to make vast proIts fiom the
enterprise, It would be negligenco of the
Worst sort for any citizen not to keep
kLs eyes open.
lmvo been denied tho
peetarle or lier gnm-visngcu inon
of w.ir miiicliliig to llnlr ships. Tho
Minuting and the tumult hao not died
betniiso tho (lovcrnment has not yet let
either bo born. Ihigl.ind and Kiunro,
within tho found of the (iiimj's guns,
mny vlnw our miirclilng hosts, chcor them
mid fiom them take renew til comfoit mid
determination. Itut wo In tho seapoits
must watih them puss without applause,
because, forMjolh, somo (.Ionium spy will
not mio them iinlesi ho Is nttiactcd to
tho scum1 by Amcrkaii acclaim. It Is
absurd, and ct It Is a natural nftcimatli
of tint silly, stupid tciisotshlp and tho
mania for hecrocy which has hoillcd down
on Washington
It Is appiiiont, linwewr, own to stately
btuo'itiu.its, that no Ilium "'(in losult
f nun pupiil, ir tiiliutes lo Ki'li(t(d inon
about to ciiili.uk on tho inUustvo tialiilni;
that will fit them to drho b.uk tliu floi
man legions. Wo can cheer and gho
them lsllile evlduuo of our apjn (.ela
tion of their riHilflccs without Imperiling
tho curie of civilization ami without
giving Il-rliu imv mati Hat advantage.
Philadelphia proposes to do so. Tho
.M.'ior sets aside September 1 as the gie.it
day. l.ot It bo mie of the gie.ttest i1uh
tho city hut over known, n day tho
mommy of which will livo long In tho
heiiits and minds of those pi Iv licked to
shine In It, a day the Inspiration nf whit h
no nno nf our cltlen soldiers will over
forgtt unit a day which will p.e-s down
Into thu permanent history of this oi.i,
sotting a piecedent which posteilty lu
tumbled times may follow.
Hats off to the drafted men!
An Irish Battery in Action A
Bit of Welsh
Pluck
' By IIENKI DAZIN
Ktcctal Cotrtumndcmc of Hie Jivcnlua l.fiotr
AT Till: I11UT1SII KIlONT. .Tilly 2fl.
At the llilllnh front. I must not say Just
vvhcie, bellevo inc. what I have com In
preparation. and action was only the outer
(iIro of some doings tlint will ho history
hofoio litis story crosses the sea, or at
leant within u short tlnio frutn when It Is
printed
And If there Is amtlilng In signs, then
woe to tho llnehe, or us tho lliigllshninn
rnlh Mm. tho yim1 Kticllshnnn. did 1 nny?
Of course Hut, helloM mc ng-iln, there
were Just n few others Irlh and Scotch
and Welsh and Canadian and Atir.no, who
each and nil look and ml the fighter from
I iKlitersvllIo Man fur man any one or
the in, ovcisfiis or nun li.ituiel, looks ns If
ho could trim imv man that ever said
premlt ero Im drank IiIh lieor In the Rhino
'country Indeed, If this war were hut n
inan-tu-mnii light, Jut cold steel nnd hot
lend anil eoinage. there would lie "niittln' to
It," as I'hlhliiili' I'aihlen or Ktovo lliodlo of
Tom Klmrl.ey or enniehody clsn once upon
a time tald
This story tells In little talcs of thr.ie
tjjws of the Klng"s men. hamleil together
undir the Pnlou .link, f.ilthfullv IlRlitlng
Hie devil and his Infernal liquid llio and his
hellish gn, e.-iih tvpo ilWlliiRUlsliahlo otilv-
rrom lh"li fellows lij Hi. Ir vailoiis broguis
I-'or thdi Mi.il.l Is Identical savo for a slight
Insignia of icglmeiit and land of liiith And
the cannot ho told fiom their fellows In a
fight Nor cmii the palm for woitli and
hrnvvii ho given nnv eompiny of them
eviiv man p a man with his .ill at the seiv
loo of his couiitrv. Meit of them nio mod
rrt, and many of thwn am shy in perhonil
conversation; but we who have neii them
In notion fei fillonshlo anil (oiiiradelilp
aniemg tin m and give tin in our amotion lu
something of the silence ih.it means moio
than winds
Tom Daly's Column
A Cllir.D'S rOHTUNV
. .. ..... -. n.ri I!a..,i.
dor .MnriMi KHciuer, ,',-'' ;:":" ;
'leenth treet, nhons hook of prenecl rowers
ilrllHhteil tho hnnl,
Child, whose dormer u-fntfoto looks
A'ot on fields or running hrooks,
ltut on chimnni'pols that nrcct
Dwellers In the rttv street,
Let mo tell and tell you ttuo
What tho future holds for you.
She uho lovci Ood'i hlonoms so,
As lour faded trcaiutei show,
Xn unkindly fate could doom
Tit the rlti's irlme emrf uloom.
Let mo tell and tell oti truo
What tho future holds for jou.
7'oitti-lfflirhoiirel you mn; slnu
Till your sunnv hcki tire play,
"May lint Intimately know
t'ountiy Mindaiii etvn so,
Let mo tell and tell you tuio
What tho futuro holds for you.
1'oh icio joyed to he amonp
l'loweUnn fletdi when you uerc young,
.May not vi er lire a,-art
fiom Hiilr heauly In ;onr heart.
Thero! 1'vo told and told you true
What tho futuro holds for you.
IUfilI CONTKOL OF KXI'OKTS
NIM'TItALS to tho tun th nf Kuropo,
thieitened by tho miillt'd fist on tho
one hand ami dependent on Amcilca for
bountiful food .supplies on the other, havo
literally been between the devil and tho
deep bluii I ea.
The lino of gold Is not cas for a ncu-
ti ill to withstand. Thou- vveie'. Indeed,
at tho beginning of tho war Illltlsh sub
jects who sought to get ilch epilck by
smuggling supplies Into Oeim.my Like
wise, It stands pioveel that the neutials
of Luiope, without exception, havo tent
their own food Into CJornuny and de
pended on the United States for u com
ponsatltiK supply. Wo tiust, thorefoie,
that tho unofficial announcement fiom
Washington to tho effect that tho powers
of tho exports Council will bo exercised
Ir. full for mi Indefinite peilod Is au
thentic. Anj oilier policy would bo Mil
clelal, particularly in view of tho noto
I'Iniis efforts In fltrmany to li.no tho
sevetlty of the embargo mitigated
It does not follow that any neutral will
bo starved Wo ask guarantees ns to
ultimate destination nnd ultimate con
sumption, nothing moie Ameilcanginln
fed to Danish pigs foi espmt to fjeimany
is tho equivalent eif Ameilcan gialn sent
dhectly to Oermany. Since tho war Is a
matching of natuial resmnces, so let It be.
We cannot win if wo fight tho enemy with
one hand and feed him with tho other. AVo
shall tako caie of the neutials when tho
neutrals learn how to tako caro of tho
food that we .send them.
EMANCIPATING THE LIBERTY
. DELL
WlTUIAT democracy has lu'en mnrln mfn
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o'J-tpr the Liberty Bell la a oheerlng fact
k .'Hcloualy recognized by tho Bureau of
- vfiy -rrvperiy in removing mo glass case
V wMoh ha inclosed the precious relic for
twenty years. From tho old American din.
MMttor, th word. "reverence" wag often
;-Bjr- "enuiiwaum., kTh8. parlor.
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ENLISTIN'K ART FOR THE WAR
"OnKOIli: "imiible and the gilded monu--1-'
ments of pi luces," ns well ns ninny
ir.otnoiials elected under repulilloan aus
pices, the Splilt of Ait lias too often
passed with her educated uoso high In
tho air. Kho Is an elusive lady at all
times, but never moio so than when asked
to bo on f i loudly tonus with patriotism.
London's oi y expensive Albct t Mcmoi lal
touched not tho hem of her gkltt. She
was far, far away when a high Rhenish
ctag was elaborately disfigured with tho
huge mm bio Oormanla that Is so typical
of heavy Teutonlsm at its woist.
1'ew of our own Civil War monuments
aio nitlstlcally worthy of their tre
mendous theme. Octtysbuig Is a hetero
geneous collection of good art uud bad.
The full effect of thu mammoth Mono
tribute to tho Confederacy, now being
carved on a mountain sldo near Atlanta,
cannot be determined until Clutzon Belg
ium finishes his work.
Tho present war will bilng forth hun
dreds of memorials. Tho National Itetall
Monument Benlors' Association that has
Just closed lta sessions lu Philadelphia,
realizes this and offors tho scnslblo sug
gestion to futnlsh nn expert ait Jury to
the (lovornment, nnv Htnte oi community
which will subsequently plan a mcmoilnl
to Amei lea's fighting men
IIro Is a thauco to avoid monumental
eyesores, Hxpreislon through sculpture
of the significance of the gteat war might
bo Impossible to a Michelangelo. Hut
downright bad taste can bo avoided at
tho outset by taking Immediate measures
to prevent art from unco more turning
hor back when patriotism calls
Visitors to New Jersey's seasldo re-
sorts scarcely need to bo lnfoimed that
tho Stato's yield of peaches will be un
usually large this year.
Somehow or other, whenever tho
British win a victory near Lens tie dor
man official reports dwell in great detail
on actions along tho Russian and Hu.
maulan fronts.
On tho long Journey to Tobolsk the
former gzor or an tne Russia will have
t-oportUHUy.-te i-mUIc the
rJiiSaafiJIIftr1,
Aitillcry in Action
T oxiicrlotiu'il on this It li my most tin III
Ing c rlence of the war I sat huddled up
with llrltlsh helmet on my heul and
mv huh (tulfiMl with cnitoii, watching an
Iilsh lultiry In action f think even- man
wns rciMii-aeled. hut I am not sure Whether
or not, he win smely reiMilonded. And a
flKhtir honi, tolling li-ud and defying
ilange r
With this hatterv. I rode upon a gun car
riage on tlm vi ry heels of two e onipanles of
I'atinll.in lnfantrv In a local ntinik over
nhell-i i.itend groimil, foul with the car-
uisseM or iie.ul iinlmals. ircldng with hiininti
elee.iv, past a Ilttln ,,r wafs hell nml imuIi.
inent of mrj eoncelvnlile soil, great nnd
small All of this virtu. illv was (leruian.
The p uitliig team before me ran full Into a
new berth. In a twinkling tho biases vvem
iliihaiue-ssoel nml led tn the ri-ar, while hpi
fole they had in.nle fmtv pans lu the
night, for It wan bl.nher than Ink iiniler ii
heavy daik-olouilod skv. the gun was un
llmheriil and mode le.idv
As If by mnglc a temporal v shield from
observation was thrown up, the gun began
to io.il, the mi a, vv-ltli rlnthmlc piiuclii illlv
and pr.u thed mien, swinging shell In .and
exploded shell ease) out as though (hev bail
been doing It foiover I received the sen
sation that these IrMi flghteis weio ns
stuelv engaged in a liand-to.li.ind fight as
any l-'n tali or KukIIhIi lnfaiili.vm in that I
have pnvliiuslv icon bn.vonellng hln wnv
up a llnrho trenih In all these months nt
the front
I Kta.ved an hour and It seuned like ten
minutes Them was a never eensliu; of
net'.eui, a stenilv repel t of the same move
inenis full of gi.-ue and uinsile every man
doing his bit. doing It with hand uiidlie.ut,
injlug nolhlng llsteiilng to the batteiy
iiimmaiidei's dione, vvoiklng driving lead
Into the line he line. 1 fell tho Justice of
eviry slnll and prijed eiuh landed true I
quite billow It did, too, for lu but n few
minutes past an hour, the enemy found
our i.inge. ami we shlftul position to the
right and icar. the Iioisih aiipearlng ns It
fiom minium nnd tho gun being nnked
nut, smoking, hot.
The coinnnmiquo did not sav a word nbout
tills bit of work, bnause. forsooth, It was
but a tiny pait of a local something going
on bote and there along a wide line Hut
tho elosencss of pctsnnal onnt.iit sunk Into
my system, nnd ns 1 left I shook th
gilmy hand of every sweating, lighting
llMimnn who I hope with nil my henit
mny eaih and all bo preserved to tell, In
happy davs to come, aiound nn Irish pent
fire, the tale I hero but outline
Welsh Miners' Quick Work
I saw- tho next morning nnnther local
attack that will remain equally unforget
table to me. A Welsh eoinpini of miners
seemingly started a little war of their own,
beat It out of their trenches ns If every
man had nnnug.'d It with ov.ry other rnnn.
and tore a hole ninety fi et lour; In the
IJnclip lino like mnglc A gumt returned,
reporting the loss of ten men, bringing forty
baibarlan prisoners, nnd void thnt the
other linjs wete holding the land redeemed
in tho raid
It was all over In twenty minutes It
wns all pait of a plan, of couise nnd that
o' a greater plan to come Hofnre nn
enemy lango eould bo telephoned buck
tlico Welsh mlneis worn bosses of this
tiny bit of a redeemed France, and moro
of them were occupying tho dlstanre be
tween, digging n now- trench thereto as only
miners can Tho Ilorhe Is constantly bring
harassed in this fashion Sometimes ho
stands for It almost passlvelv nnd sur
leuilers. hands up At other times ho puts
up a fight and that means In tho main
a holo In tho ground that Is not quite llko
an nbrl, because some ono plants him In
It nnd covets him up when thero Is time.
Bvery day on nil sections of this front
thero nro attacks and counlcr-nttneks, locil
In nature, that blto off a few extra meters
or France for Franco They don't nlvvnys
tnko place nt the same time nor In tho
same territory, of courso They may bo
kilometers apnrt. but thoy nro all part of
thu game, to keep the Hoeho guessing al
ways nnd to hand him one whenever it Is
possible. He Is not only going to "get his.'
but bo's getting it.
Hard to Beat Nature
Thnt afternoon I sat In a dugout with
two Scotch officers, drinking n cup of tea
nnd eating a scono, Just think of that i
scono! Because they don't even liavo them
in London tearooms now. I nm told
I remember last wlntor wondering whether
nn thing on earth could bo left allvn after
heavy bombarilmcnt And now with Mother
I'm th and summer ns nno tho former
seems as vigorous ns ever, tho most ter
rlllc shelling leaving but n relative scratch
upon her surfnte For the birds live their
lives Jupt the same, nnd Held mlco play
among tho shell holes when the battle has
passed Into the beond Tho grass even
tries to come up, struggling ns It can, and
trees which seemed but bare Jicad poles
lu tho white of snow have sent out some
thing of green. Shell craters aro full of
tiny plant and Insect life, nnd creepers nnd
weeds hae sprouted afresh over ruined and
broken masonry and stone.
So tho normal life of nature Roes on
virtually normally. In defiance of high ex
ptoBlves nnd liquid flamo and poison gas
and other dovlllsh Iloche contrivances As
I thought these things sitting in this abrl
dugout, nnd of the intense cold experienced
hereabouts but a few months since, I hoard
a tiny noise, nnd presently a little beast
like nn American chipmunk was looking nt
me. I sat cry quietly, after throwing blm
a bit of my rcone, from which he ran In
terror, to return In perhaps a minute, take
It In his mouth and disappear. The Scotch
men mm mr mm mo iney nan seen him
often, and that he was a now beast to
them, like a scion of a pet brought ovr by
the Canadluns. end that be he, whit he
r
mr, he made the dutout uu
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A little Into for tho olMco yesterday
morning, wo were waiting nt Klevcnth
and Chestnut stieets for tho car. Along
tomes young Mr. Murray, ch.iilolecr of
the I.i'ilger 1'hotii P.ilrot, and gives us
tho friendly sign, Wo hop In bcsldo him.
"Do ou ulwus ride this shin t distnncc
to the eiflliH'"'" ho asks. "Xn," wo re'ply,
"lint today vvo'ie in n litury." He spee-els
It up, but Just ns we're cinsslng T'ighth
stii'ot ho puts em the biakos nnd makes
n quick stop Then ho steps out. i cachet
his hand in under llu left feu ow heel nnd
lifts n oi umplrel 12 bill fiom the ground
All' the sluilpness of the ccs oC youth'
Also, elon't fol get we oui-self saved a
nicked,
The Labor Turnover In Muluinny City
William T Whltaker, lepoiter for the
.iiniinnny e'ity lieiord slneo Inst Heplimbrr
hns leslgiu'd lo m i opt n position Willi the
We stein I'nlnn Telegraph Company at Phil-
noeiiuu i
"lllll" lias undo n goeid news stout nnd
his miitiv fib mis legret his elepnrture fiom
the Journalistic Held No slice essor has
been nitmed jet A good fellow nnd fast
developing Into n goeid "newsy " We re
gret to lose him Applications In writing.
- M.ilnney City Itecurd.
Somebody, wo seem to remember, hns
sold that butter will keep Indefinitely in
Mor.igp, hut wo'io mighty certnln there
Is a limit upon eggs. Nevertheless, nearly
every day ns wo near tho Heading Ter
minal wo nro in ged by a sign near Haee
street to "Savo tho coupons In (lurnse
Butter nnd Million KggS for Kioo Trips
tn the Panama Exposition "
Safe for Democracy
Hear Sir I am deeplv Inlciosted in the
f-plendld movement iiinugmnled bv the
Chicago Skluml ehlldren Their net of tear
ing references to the Kaiser fiom their
school books Is one of tlm lu.ivest ieeils
of the war. in my opinion I would nNo
suggest meunis fur tho pan lots who want
to chango the name of Cermnutnwn and
for the zealous gentleman who would sub
stitute PlttRlown for Plttsbuigh 1 sliongly
iieoniintuil that a iiitnin ex-Prcshlcnt li'o
niked to ehange his n.iniii to lliisefleld to
prove his pntilotlmn I, too, stand leady
to do my bit. f nm willing to eliango my
tininu to O'Colien, If that will win anv vic
tories for us And jet this Is only n begin
nhig: wo must light to tlm bitter end, un
less tlm President hns changed his mmel
ugaln Wo must cut ill pages referring
to (Jcrmany out of our encvclopedlas ; wo
must hum up the philosophical works of
Kant, 111 Jiamns ot Schiller and C.oethe,
tho novels of Sudeiminn. the muslo of Bee
thoven, tho poems of Heine, nnd all the
other specimens of Kultur. We must blot
nut (lormany oven If very beautiful thing
It his created must bo besmudged with
blood to accomplish It,
Ni louht vou remember hew .'hocked wo
wero nt the "Iljnin o Hat ' Perhaps
you wete gneveet that Cerman children
who taught 'n their schools to sneer at
the allied nations r Majbo jou weio hor
rified at th- propaganda of frlghtfuliiess
that ejuinaiiy can Li m Well, now we'ro
in tho war, nnd mils', outfight;; and eiut
hate them It n- particularly Important
that our ohlldmn, who will urilvc ut ma
turity after the war Is over nnd ptnee, has
been diilared, lie Impiegn.itcd with a hatied
that will prevent any peaoet, short ot ex
tol mlnatloii, from Doing lasting
Vmi-s for denocracy at an price.
WILL LOU.
Bear Tom On pages 5SS nnd 5SC of "The,
Me tallui gists and Chemist i Handbook,"
complle-d by Donald M Llddoll, consulting
metallurgical englneei and sometlmej man
iiglnp editor of Tho Bnglneeilng nnd Mining
Journal, I find advice about cyanide poison
ing, with minute directions for 'Jie uso ot
antidotes to bo kept In easily nccei Bible
parts of tho svnnldo plants. The eilrertlnhs
concludo!
Incite vomiting Alter tho antidote has
been given tr- to make tho patient onilt
by tickling tho back of the thiuat with
a feather or with tho lingers, or giving
a tumblerful of warm water and mus
tard Thrn call the undertaker.
Tlm Italics are Llddell's, not mine,
HPBIIO.
Here comes that rude compoltjr ngaln,
making n letter to our Woman .i Kxchnngo
editor beglr "Dead Madam."
The, Old Familiar Faces
BOB WIX'KKRLY rises to Inqulro what
ever became of Georgo Baker, guaidlan
of that old Bnthy wo wero prattling nbout
the other elny, and who, when tho spring
freshets came and threatened to carry off
tho old bathhouse, was wont to dive deep
under It with a chain and secure U to tho
shore
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THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
The Problem of Living on Sol
dier's Wages Pope's Peace
Plea Indorsed
"Your story of tho old Punuo Ledger's
failure lo play up Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address," writes Ancient, "lends ma to
assmo ou that press and puhllo nllko
wuro slow' to get It I wns close enough
to the Piosldent at Gettysburg to bear
eveiy word he suld but he didn't thrill
mo as ISverott did. I don't think any
body thero that day caught tho starry
beauty of Lincoln's few words. Colonel
Forney, I remember, sat very closo to
Lincoln on the platform and yet Forney's
Press next day handled the story quite
as unintelligent!' ns tho Public Ledorii
I think eyou'd find nil the Philadelphia
papers In tho same boat, if you were to
take tho trouble to look; all the papers
In the whole country, In fact Genius is
seldom acclaimed spontaneously,"
Insoluble ConundruTns
What would a team of knockabout
comedians do without hats? t. p. D.
The Missus has been at the twisted
table talk again. We had corn on the
oob laik night end aha aant on. .o,l.
gllnl
.-teo:- ' l . ""'j v
aiKMBfluAt
7i fftjiarJmritf frt lo nU ffifrr vim
v hh tn rrprrHs thrir oi(foit on Aubjrct nf
rurrrnt fnfrrrM, It it an orn furuvi and the
Jirrilni Lrdfrr annmm vu mpoitsihlUtu "
thj xiev r ( it t urtriirmtl' ntn t,rttctt mint
hf tttfjnrd bv thn uamt and addrrs of thu
writer, na tifcctfinrtlu tor jntbthation, but as a
luarantcv at pved Jath
MORE THAN ?'J5 A MONTH
WANTED
To the V.dUar of the Jhrntmi Ledger:
Sir What do nu mean by paying that
a soldiers wlfo ean live nn $25 n month?
Do jou not know that tunny innrrled
women nro almost ns helpless ns rhlldren In
regard lo making their own living? What
about clothing, Insuianre nnd cmmtlesn
other things'' Twentj-llve dollars n montli
won't pay tho rent, let nlono existence on
such a sum. with shoes $7 nnd J? a pair,
and n cotton dress $.1 Kurtlu inline, a
married woninn with "hlldten or not needs
tho support and euro of her husband Put
that down In jour editorial Anv govern
ment. I don't niru which, that sends my
husband back to me a wieck, without ejrs
or limbs, can hire at once j. trained tiurpo
tn caro for him slsc wttlo nn -1100010 on
him
I notice your newsboy can take the poor
man's two ceiitu ns well as tho ilch. 80
stand up for tho roldiei's wife.
wn-'i: ok a msorsTUD conscript.
Ilryn Mavvr, August 11
.Tho Kviinino Lriieinn Ins never main
tained that n soldltr's wlfo can llvo on $25
a month, Bdltor of the Hvi'.mno LnneiKn
INDUSTRIAL TYRANNY CHARGED
To the f.'elfor 0 the Iheninn l.rdijrr'
Kir In your editorial of August 10 vou
made sorry attempt to nnsvur 11 reu re
spondent signing hltiiFelf "America First"
inu gave no adequate nnswer as to how
n soldier's family e-nn lle on 2H per month
It Is iry evident, though, how a soldier's
family ran Uva on ?2,i per month, nnd th.it
Is for his wlfo to put tho children In n 1l.1v
nursery and no out to work to cam enough
to supplement tho niggardly pittance which,
It not jou, nt least smut ofllclnl say slio
can get along on How would ou llko to
do It? It Is all nonsense for any 0110 to
maintain thnt a soldier s fnmlly can bo
Kept on -'& per mnntii nnu ir a man is
patriotic enough to throw bis life awny nnd
his family on the ,nrn! with anlv $.!& per
momn to icecp mem 11 nm siarvntiun, then
all hats should come off to ihnt mm, and
nil efforts tu maintain thit . fiddler's fam
ily can exist on 2r per month should
censo Tho man Is cither patriotic ar foolish,
and that Is nil thtro Is to It.
And ngaln, suppose thai th wife goes
out to H,Vk employment nno shu nhtnlns a
Job In some, mill and that she hns .1 ,ll.
puts with sorno skinflint of a boss and thsn
quits She eceks a position m some awt
mill. Do you know, Mr Bdltor, that there
is noi enougn iieeuom in mis land of ours
for that poor wemsn to et another posi
tion If that old skinflint chooses 10 keep
her from getting it? Mr IMItor, do jou
mum 11 iiiu- iimi. 11 conumon exiRts like
that In mr fret country whereby the
soldier's wlfo Is not fre tn obtain wnrir tr,
keep herself from starvation, ano would you
ndvni.itn peipetuatlng sjstem that does
that or urgu a man ic become n. soldier to
ijriiviuuii nueii u rjnie-iru a man must be
either ery patrlotlo or very foolish. Per
haps jou will say that this Is not so, but
it Is so nnd the writer cun prove It, There
Is nn association with a sj-Btrm whereby a
person seeking employment In nnothe- mill
cannot get such employment unless It Is
agreeabl to tho last employer The writer
has been trying lo btttcr his position for
several years, but cannot ai, o because of
thb above system. When people are pre
cnted from changing or bettering their
positions this means nothing but slavery
nnd the persons engaged In maintaining r
systom of this kind should be prosecuted
for conspiracy According tr, this nssocla
Hon, a man Is mirktd "not te. be, emn'oved"
If ho serves on a commlttto. nd the mem.
hers of the above association vie with one
another to pay the lowest wagu or n
other words, a member is in bad If he ,,
more and Uce versa Is In good If be nav
less than the other fellow. pays
At the present time, on. account of th
scarcity of labor, the above gentlemen ntl
hnv'.nir a. hurt I m. t u ,j .t. .. ". n'li
tK&
fWm
m
than, ntitocrncj-, and It seems ns though the
tlmo Is fast approaching when this, ns well
ns either economic evils, s going to be
corircted.
Add this to tho other letters jou hnvo re
ceived of a llko character and thon think
of all tho men and women from whom oti
hnvo not leceived nny letters hut havo
slmlliir views, nnd perhaps j-ou may get
somo Idea of the tiend of thought of today
Thero Is great Indio trial unrest and thoso
In power liail belter sit up and tako notice.
A 1U3AL AMKltlCA.N.
Philadelphia, August 13.
SUPPORTS PAPAL PEACE PLEA
lo the l'.tltlor of the Hvenlnij Ledger:
Kli Tho peace proposals of the Pope ap
pear to 1110 to form a reasonable basis for
the holding of n peace conference, at leaBt,
nnd the nation that rejects them takes upon
Itself 11 terrlblo responsibility.
.lust now both tho Allies and tho Central
Powers claim victory, so that a conference
for pen co would bo no icflectlon upon tho
honor of nny of these countries,
To block tho way for such n conference
now- would bo a cilmo against humanity.
AMlIItlCAiV.
Philadelphia, August 15.
WAYNE WON A MEDAL, TOO
7'ei the Ldltnr of the Vvrnlng Ledger:
-Sir A few- days ngo I rend in jour es
teemed piper nn niticlu upon tho medals
that had been granted by Congress for
meiitorious military set vices In the coutso
of the artlclo It was stated that a medal
voted to Ooorge Washington was tho only
nno grnnted for set vices during the Bevo
lutloiiary peilod This must bo a mistake,
for I h.uo seen a medal and dlolomn vnia
to Cener.ll Anthony Wayuo for the cap
tine ot Stony Point This mcd.i! and ell
plniiia are in tho possession of Mr. William
ane, grcat-gie.it-grnndsoti of Anthony
AJnjiie. who lives In tho house whero An
thony Wnj-110 was born, at Paoli, Pa
10,11,1 1 ..K"AXC,S (;- CALDWBI.U
Philadelphia, August 12.
AID SOUGHT K0RA YOUNG
AMERICAN
To the r.dltor of the Evening Ledger-
, 1 . ? "?' com.a ,n yn" for ""'ii or nd
vice I have, been Inteiested a boy for
several ears whoe father deserted him
Hi- Mil is lu an institution, , Imw'n J'
lean lellow of fourteen r had loped to
put hi,,, m a military school, ho has , ways
been very patriotic Hlnco ho was nilme
fellow- ho has nlwajs wanted a plcturo of
Washington n his room Isn't there some
one who would give him tho four years'
training Our country ivlll bo In need
eif such men ns I believe he, would make
If 1 lould help him no one elso would have
th pleasuie. He. can enter at n reduced
r.ito on nccount ot his musical training In
the baud If nnv one would bo willing to
'cast their bread upon le waters" joulnay
give tlie-m mv address. ' A Jy
Atlnntlo Cltyx. J, August U.
THE "YOU AND I" BOYS
T'. the Vdltor of the livening Ledger:
Sir For somo time I've noticed articles
In the papers .concernInK the displeasure
about tho selection of "Sammee" "pan"
name for tho soldiers and sailors. Those
who do the fighting do not wnnf .1!
common name as "Sammee" to be the
and Ha,0rfy.'h ,nmnus "T' Dick
A name, which is quite distinctive, not
common, and yet is 01,0 fitting to bo nppHe,
to any branch of the service sl.ouM be
se ected. By combining the first and last
fitters of "United States" nd ,,., n!
etters of "army" and 'navy-"we get the
basis of a word which Is distinctive short
and at the same time well sound ng? Tha
name I, "Uar.dls," pronounced as though
spelled "you and Ps," which seems rghtlo
tho point now that we have conscription
It is no more than right that 1,, L
Biroie. should be called afVer "you and I "
who are serving and willing ' to saoHn
much This name has C um.,,CJ ,,a
soldier friends, who haxe utM " t LI
It to you, hoping that it will hlb eoivi. th3
difficulty of choosing a name suitable to he
majority. . imANK W. LGWEIif!
Quakertown, Pa, August (3UUW1SU-
TO A "MERE" MAID
Oh, maiden fair, with 'oxide hair.
Ate you a "dear" or are you "bare"?
Are lines I see. n r-art of thee
Or are they phantoms of the sea?
Thltynnc!h6nfmal1' B0 Wm n staid,
Ks&Sffifctizsa
What Do You Know? jjj
QUIZ
"'iKime" "" "rc'"'"t ,'",al s"tw M
un niiuii Mile or ll ship does ntintlcal tr.J
dlllun iirrscrilie that the captain latll
hill.. lllfc. .Inlo. n.n. "i
.Hint lire ,'rlentren-enr. lnp.e.9
Jjli.it In 11 "riinirllmek" lororaotiir? SS
Hhp were the. "Free duakem" of Keml1!
iiuiiury eiiiHV t-m
"" iiuiaisK, in vvnirii tity it In uusi
11 , ? ,,vi zur will be romiiellril tn IheTH
hi" J" "T '."".'"l1 of -Ne" Zealand?
Ilfl Unw A rlikln
"' "liMlllel,l.")"", fn'o'laa Pass the tuami
1, ,, .""'llhlcHllein orellnnnce?
, ..nut ih u siixiiiuioiie.'
Answejs to Yesterday's Ouiz
1. The. Orojii Knllrniul, nf Peril, ottalm UJ
m,.".!.1,1"".'-i'Ji'J .0r"n nn altitude f7
, . the summit iff Mnnt lll.inr.
. inn lemnornl iintsrssloni of
. t.,,tr nm iHiirui
Inn l.nterau lulnrn I
" eiisi.iiue rrnui
llfinrlnir.
f VI ."-.
'-ju" iniiii is inn iie.-ui of the. M
10.
S.OOO feet nearly as high tlil
11 i.i.iur. ttfa
..Inn. .t ,S- (i.udV
up imlnro nml nrMi,.!
In Itonie nnd the Tin. ,fj
1 tho eiiullal. of CitMij
,lnl,n... ,,;i..l' .T ,, '"V,1. ,."'. "' ."
,?i.i. Bl "re" ine-nnn 1111 nsminitd
;. .. .nn u m-rnnn lltlin, puL
h-'sv''' T,,B ,""r"' tran,latlo i
n ii,..r J.rp.rh "llrn.' "name nf ar."'
fi. llimrlo m tlm seinml cltv of Forlunl.
O. A im 11 III eon vjim orlilnull.. n trmpl Itds
nivii 111 1111 inp pods. The word isfi
"seel In re-fe-rpnie to un.v Imildlnc InwlH
iiiiisirous (ici aro hurled nr which eMvVS
. iiM-iiinriiiiN, 1
ni,.. '!," """"enl trrin referrlnt to imf
nrnr llie Ktrrn of a hli. .
O, .tlKenP l.niUU .lnit, .lnua..l. ItAHnn..,. ..-al.
-NiiimiIpoii III of France unit the l!mprM?j
,l'",fJ'ie. ,wns known ns the PrlneoSJ
is-!. Kiiiru in .uiuiana B('i
0. Tlm Mississippi llubhle whs 11 uprrnhlhil
jeliiniP ornunlpil In John Law- at7lifc
llir 1,1,1 IflF MitT It. a no.Un.l .1-1.. .. 1A-.A i
1'rollt was lo have hepn elerlied frlt 11
Irpneli iiohhpsi. unit In North Am-rifluW ,J
iirniinp; or tne iiiiniiin occaslonel tK
,A ..ii mi iniiiir or ijir,
III. Ilnmn .Miirne huiivpii, nlin.r nimo Is a II
un. in mr ii iriier nr e.lniviiK.int it
V,Hn4' erniun Mihller In ervlee l
Hip Turks In the pKhtrentli rcntoiT. TS
rollpitloij of tnlpH nnerlliril lo him
written by It. l. Ump,., e
RICHMOND'S FALL HAD TO BE";',
PROVED
Sophistication as regal els rumor's ll '.l
inevnablo product of a long war. we tra
realizing this today. Almost nnjthlng Mil
Crcrllhln In A,i(-ne, 101 1 rntl. n.'a rl.l
hint' stand nt Lle'co was vlevverl a iVfi
effective rebuke to the mighty fore n.
German arms. A few weeks later tht r-
dulum of opinion swung In tho other dlre4-"ifl
tlon. Paris was regarded doomed. TMjy
uattle or the Marne brought nnother XtM
Slon of Judcment. V nro vi.irv of for".
casts now and still more frigid tonirJj
rumors.
A similar psychological developmlrtt ,
maneed the progress of our Civil wM-I
On tho morning of April .1 18C5. ,.
otllcial bulletin announced the nrolabl(
evacuation of Itlchmond. For three '',il
the city's fall had seemed certain, but the 1
word "probablo" still gave us pause. ETMJ
thO mofit MflnmilnA HArA ln-llnn tn mod.
erate their transports until nil doubt otm
mo momentous event was removea. iim-j
wns nn hour of epjlet suspense. Then eanaJ
Oenoral Wcltzel'a dispatch nnnouncln UJ
entry Into the Confcdernto capital. VI
Third street first received the now. Vi
flashed Un ('hnslnnt In thn r.iimlplna.1 offlOoH.1
which wore then In rh Rlntn House. JudpH
Allison, of the Common Pleas Court, tS,J
In session made public announcement Km
uio raci. anu, forgetting legal decorum, cou"-s
ouicera, litigants and jury gave iu"J),j
cheers. Hn fni-tiiu,m, i,,iinnrnii his cotiniil
and his Confreres followed his example. At "I
noon JIayor Henry received a dlspatcn rromji
Secretary Stnnton cnnOrnilnir the P 1
from Washington. Orders were 1mm' ,
uiatoly given to Hng tho bell In the ""il
oi inaepenaence lllll. Moyamensing nm
the Falrmount Engine House, Spring or-j
elen Ifnti nnfi n,..n..(n.n xrnii Erofidt(li
the clangor. An immense crowd assembl"!
in front of the State Houso, such a cheorw
crowd as had not been heard there iIMJi
the fall of "VIcksburg was announced n
two war-weary years previous. Flags trJJI
from thoilHnnHtt Af M.I.J.... .hmlffhOUt U
city. Joy-dellrlous wags with dinner M1
uniiouncea tne auction sale or tne -u""7,rf
eracy. Jien with placards shouted tWI
four cents a pound would be paid for WJa
federate bonds, auns and cannons re)1"-,
Steam whistles blew. From the roof l
one newspaper office cannon salute 2J
nreu at close Intervals until late "
afternoon. All the volunteer firemen
the navy yard emnloves naraded. Cltu
organised rapturous processions. Bo11
Kllll lltllmlnnllnna lll,tArl thk SllW
throughout the evening. -M
Solemn and more orderly ctrtmovmi
rront of Independence Hall slgn-.il
triumph pn the following day
thrllL hpwuver,- hA .qw-m m AprtlJ