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Hnuae, Strand Piaia Ili-aEAf 32 Rue Loula la Urand SUBSCRIPTION TERM3 The E-ritsn Laiviin la arved to aub-erlhera In Philadelphia and aurroundlnir towni at tha rata of twelve (12) centa per week, parable to the rarrler. By. mall to points oulnlde of Philadelphia. In the United Statu, Canada or United Btatea poi aenlona, collate free, fifty V0) centa per month. Six (101 dollara per year, pas-able In advance. To all foreign countrlea one (tl) dollar per month. Nonet Subscribers rcl-hlna- addreea changed muit live old aa well aa new addreee. BELL. MOO WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 3000 faTMrfffrea ill commvntcattoni to Pieninp Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia, 'S1 i I ," ( -, "(- ' - - ... - ... - . a aaaiaai aaa-aaaaaa aaaaaaaa 1 I . . - i- 'V FATTy: a ' puree 'On the homesteads aie now debt free, rfrid 'riding nbout In automobiles. They wero talking llmt year of "Jim Crow" highway In Arkansas, io many gentlemen of color owned motorcars. The farm loan banks have been an Important Influence, It appears, In putting Southern finances on a sound basis, as has tho now Kcdcial reserve system, but the main factor lias been high prices for farm products. The most encouraging feature of tho period, however, for tho South Is the rapid flow of surplus funds Into manufacturing enterprises. Not only has diversified fanning como to stick, but diversified Industries also. A prosperous South Is of advantage to tho wliolo coun. try, of course, even though Its political prosperity may bo a llttlo too pronounced for comfort. TRANSPORTATION VITAL IN WAR The Administration Is Getting Ready to Use Land and Water Lines to Their Fullest Extent Tom Daly's Column COAL CONTROL BEGINS BN'Tincn at inn rmnrntirnt. ros-orricx is HCOND-t'Llil MAIt, UATTKS rhlMflphU. Wrdntidir. AuUit 21, 1917 MIGHTY BLOWS FOR PEACE fTlHB answer to peace talk, If not tho cause of It, Is thundering out of can non mouths from tho North Sea to tho Alps. For tho first time tho Allies find themselves In a position to Initiate and carry on with magnificent efficiency not only one but many vast offensives. They are beginning to make their superiority In men and artillery count. They aro pressing the foe on many sides at once, and It is a pressure of such violence that abandonment of his trenches by tho enemy Is In many Instances reported, a r.ew stylo of warfare being adopted by him. Just what tho treason of czardom has meant to tho world Is evident now. Tho Allies had poured Into Russia prodigious quantities of munitions and supplies. There was at last on the eastern front adequate preparation, re-enforced by capable leadership. If, In theso clrcum tances, Russian nobility had remained true to the cause and had not sought to betray the people to the Kaiser, already Germans and Austtlans would bo on tho defensive from Riga to the Carpathians and tho definite collapse of militarism would be clearly In sight. The end has been postponed while tho new Russia makes ready her relnvlgorated, and, therefore, mightier armies. Tho high tide of Russian retreat and weakness has been reached. Today her armies aro tho Con tinentals at Valley Forge; tomorrow they will bo the hosts about Yorktown. This Is the state of affairs in Europe. In the meantime, democrncy is perform ing her other great miracle in America. Our armies, that were laughed at, nre In process of construction nnd at such a rate that no question of our nblllty to place them at the front next spring any longer exists. Our navy Is doing Its share to make the seas safe for democracy. The enormous wealth which has been piled up In this country In the short centuries of Its development measures up to all esti mates In volume, and there Is scarcely a nation on earth, from tho Dutch East In dies to Mexico, that does not turn to us for financial aid and succor. The Im mense sums wo have advanced already are making themselves felt In tho theatre of war. Desperate In her efforts to hola back the forces already arrayed against her. suro at last that America's Inter vention is to be a thunderbolt and not a slap on the wrist, militarism Is writhing and turning and twisting in a mad effort to get out of Its own trap. "The British army is invincible," exlalmed Lloyd George recently. The French army Is In vincible, the Italian army appears to be Invincible, and, If the temper of the men being drafted and the new officers who have Just returned from their training camps Is any criterion, the American army will be Invincible. Civilization has been making ready; the real fight has Just begun. Why, In such circumstances, com promise with militarism? Its cry for peace Is a cry for mercy uttered as the rumbling of the tumbril nears. Its talk of a return to conditions ante bellum is a plea for release from the consequences of Its criminality. The war lords under rate, however, the deliberate purpose of the Allies. Tho great democracies and liberal nations of the earth wero driven Into this affair. With fearful labor they have fought their way to a clear vision of better days, when there will bo no pistol pointed at the head of conization. They will not be cheated of that vision. They will not disgrace their dead ana ehame the glorious traditions of their valor by a weak and trouble-breeding withdrawal now. They have a goal be fore them, the extirpation of militarism and Kaiserlsm from the face of the earth, and un'il they have won that goal they will not stop. THE GOLDEN-ABTERIED SOUTH 7TTAR desolated the South and threw It J V Into poverty. War, half a century later, has Injected gold Into the arteries or the section and revivified It. Prosper. Ity was a little tate In reaching down Into Dixie, but when It did arrive It came In bowers. Email banks have becomn im. ' portant financial 'institutions. Farmer .), who h4 begun to wonder If their sons' H. ciples with which some coal dealers and operators Justify extortionate prices aro exactly those providing a firm basis of drastic action by the Federal Govern ment. Uncle Sam H running tho biggest business on this tontlnent. F.ven mlno owners ami lessees and fuel retailers will havo to m:iko way for It. William It. Scott, president of tho Mis souri and Illinois Company, which lenses Important Illinois coal mines, furnishes a cuo for Federal measures. "Thero Is no limit." confns.ies this official, accord ing to dlspatchi. "We get what wo can. I am doing all I ran to get what I can." Tho Government can echo his words nnd has already begun to do o. As n prelim inary step. Judge Robert S. Lovett, appointed to untie tho distribution tiingle, has directed forty-six railroads to give bituminous coil shipments from the mines for the Northwest by way of tho lit cat I.aues precedence over oincr nusi ness. Following that action tho Presi dent has fixed an nxerngn prico of J2 n ton for boft coal nt the mines. Under the food control bill the Presi dent has power to do this nnd, if nec essary, to rnmmnndeer the mines. The coal business which so brazenly delights In getting all It can for fuel because of the advantages of the so-called "com petitive" system will find It Impossible to vie with the magnitude of the national war concern. That some coal men have gouged tho public, Federal investigation has fully proved. Speaking for tho city of Wash ington alone, the Federal Trade Commis sion announces that "figures Miow that there were no grounds for any claim of actual shortage of either nnthraclto or bi tuminous coal for the first five months of 1917." Furthetmore, such profits as $2.75 or $2 90 per ton for egg, stove or nut coal handled In the capital during the month of May. the commission regards as "ex orbitant and wholly unjustified." Washington conditions aro typical ot thobo through the country. Inquiry In Topcka showed that tho Kansas public paid $6 a ton for coal sold by tho opera tors to the nillioads for J 2. If tho exerclso of might In an emer gency is to bo the code, the National War business has the upper hand. It Is legit imately employed nt once In fostering the mammoth enterprise of victory, whoso achievement must largely depend on a squaro deal to tho public. GETTING READY FOR SIBERIA ITTE NOTE indignant protests in the 'columns of our contemporaries over the attempt to foist Sheehan and his fee grabbing methods on the city for another term. It appeals that Mr. Shephan's ef forts to get tho coin have endeared him to the heads of the Organization, sometimes referred to as political leaders. A man who takes the stand Mr. Sheehan has taken has a right to expect gang support. It would be rank Ingratitude If he did not get It. Of course the continued Incumbency of Mr. Sheehan would be an Insult to the people of Philadelphia. That appears to bo definitely established. Hut who are the people of Philadelphia that they should complain? They aro too busy fighting democracy's battles abroad to, fight In tho same cause at home. Never theless, remembering how tho people rose to smite bad leadership In 1912, we aro optimistic enough to expect that if certain local Czars do not mend their ways In a hurry they will also discover Just what the climate is in Siberia. TRUST FUNDS rOUBTLESS the Smith administration -' can find a doren Arms of engineers willing to report that a municipal transit system should pay Its own way from the beginning, without consideration of col. lateral benefits resulting from the new facility. But thero Is no firm of engineers and there la no lawyer able to show that tho people of Philadelphia did not vote for rapid transit with the distinct under stnndlng that such collateral benefit!, should bo used to assist in tho financing of tho now system. Transit funds are trust funds and must not bo diverted from tho use to which they were pledged. Th Smlth-Mltten lease proposes to give the P. R. T. millions that the P. R. T. In tho Taylor lease agreed to do without. New York's two corrupt draft offl. cers, now under Jail sentence, seem to have been hit by a cyclone. Chaotically torn up Chestnut tercet isn't really the "No marl's Land" It looks. It belongB to the dilatory contractors. The railroads appear to be doing their bit In excellent style, but it must make Senator La Follette very angry. If this man Halg keeps on win ning the first thing he knows the United States Senate will bo appointing an In vestigating committee to discover why he doesn't quit. The shipment of tons of poisoned beans Into Montana merely Indicates that all of the German army Is not in tho trenches. Some of the members must be living In this country. "Contest to(tax war profits becomes warm," sayp a headline. Heavy taxation of war profits Is already provided. The contest la to tax them still more. The Idea of some statesmen seems to be that If the uovernment lakes everything In the form of taxes it will be earler to cell Special Corrct pondtna til the Evening Ledger WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. TRANSPORTATION Just now Is one of the nation's grrntes: problems. No one In authority In W'anhlngton will deny It; most men In authority assert It. Railroad men complain of legislative conditions that dlscourtigo the Investment of capital for the purchase of equipment and tho extension of lines. They declaro their purpose to serve the country to the limit, but insist that restrictions and governmental over sight haxe retarded railroad development and tend to set It behind tho actual needs of commerce As far back as 1907 James J. Hill declared It would take J50n,000,000 to bring American lallroads up to date. He was then talking In favor of a Mississippi ItUer transportation route to the sea. Sub-t-equi nlly John F Stevens, at one time chief engineer of tho Panama Canal, made a similar statement. He was then third lce president of tlm N'cw York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. Tho rail roads wero up against It In 1907 They could not carry the freight. They are not much better oft In equipment now than they wero then, and thero have been very few extensions nf railroad Unco since then. The physical conditions now, when every In dustrial nene of the nation Is on edge, are not much different from what they were In 190". This makes the transportation problem a most serious one In view of our war necessities. It Involves tho movement of munitions as well as tho transfer of troops. Tho railroads have Improved pos sibly In the one matter of organization. They aro now operating under a sort of Government control and their cnllectlo re sources are more efficient than they were under separata and competitive direction in 1107. Hut even this does not bring the railroads up to the full measure of service required by the Gmernmcnt and the people President Wlllard. of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, head of transposition com mittee of the Council of National Defense admits It. Secretary Redfleld, of tho De partment of Commerce, proclaims It. And now comes Vice President nurnham, of the Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Rail road, with an open appeal for tho co-ordination of waterways with railways. "Some of the steamship people, shippers and tho public generally," hays Mr. Burn ham In a letter mado public by tho Secre tary of Commrre. "havo In the past been Inclined to the vlow that the railroads would by all means In their power discourage the use of water facilities by making low com petltlvo rates and through refusal to par ticipate In Joint rates and through billing arrangements, declining to build tracks to docks, etc, and we want, if possible, to rao this view changed as quickly as possi ble." Such are among the evidences of a re newal of Interest In the long-neglected nnd oft-derided opportunities for sen Ice afford ed by our natural transportation opportuni ties. Government Needs tho Waterways ' It Is this turning to waterways In our great national crisis that emphasizes tho Importance of tho rHers and harbors bill which was recently fought so bitterly In House and Senate President Wilson at tested his Interest In that bill as an emer gency measure by promptly signing It. The appropriation carried by It, about $27,000, 000, was a mere bagatelle compared with tho billions for war purposes being author ized by Congress, but tho approval of It means no more nor less than that the water ways and harbors of the United States are to be kept In order for working purposes In war as well as In peace It means that ex isting projects already serlng the country as carriers of commerce aie to bo main tained and that whereer possible they are to co-operate with their morn successful competitors, the railroads, In protecting nnd developing our national Interests, it means, olsiv, that certain new and important proj ects ore to be undertaken that seemed to need the spur and lash of war to socnre a beginning Tho Government Is b illdlng cantonments and needs lumber and other building material for purposes of war. The Government will not brook delays. It has the power to commandeer railroads nnd ships, but when tho Government learns what shippers already know, that railroad cars aro limited In number and can carry only so much, and that ships are scarce and of limited capacity, tho Goernment begins to think along the line of the shippers' thoughts and something happens Just now tho Government Is observing what the At lantic coast shipper knows, that It Is very difficult to get lumber from t'anada to tho Central States or from the Carolines up to Philadelphia or New York. Rates are high and trains are comparatively few Where, under normal conditions, It costs J6.B0 per thousand feet to send lumber by water from Mobile to Philadelphia, It now costs JIB per thousand feet or more. The cost by rail Is greater. Tho Government feels that extra cost Just as the Individual consumer feels It. The Government, at war, believes In ex pedition It cannot get expedition even at such high rates without Increasing Its means of transportation. That In part accounts for the Interest It Is taking In our interior waterways. Properly Improved, whero need ed, they will advance and facilitate trans portation, develop sections of tho country not traversed by the railroads and renay their cost In taxes. President Gets Commission In signing the now waterways bill Presi dent Wilson not only recognized the rela tion of our Inland waterways to the trans portatlon problem, but he also had the satisfaction of establishing a commission for which he has been contending since his Induction Into office. This commission! which Is to consist of seven members to be appointed by the President. Is to have a wide Jurisdiction In co-ordinating river and harbor work with such related questions Irrigation, drainage, forestry, swamn land reclamation, control of floods and utlllra tlon of water power. While the eastern people are more particularly interested in new projects like the Chesapeake and Deli, ware Canal and thb Cap Cod Canal con demnatlon of which Is provided for in tha law, western representatives Insisted unon this commission idea. Although the Pre.i dent backed It, it Is substantially the New" lands commission scheme, which has h. hanging Are In the Senate for ovJr ten years. It contemplates that "comprehen aive plan" for Internal development which has been the theme of orators and statea men for half a century. The commission Is to report upon the "co-operation of rati ways and waterways, and promotion of terminal and transfer facilities." if ,J " bring about such co-operation the dream of the waterway developer will be well nigh realised. It le a tremendous charge which Coniraa. nd the President lay upon thli new com. mission, the membership of which In du course will be announced by the President uuv w . ,". .- ,uiea oy mm 1 flON'T CARE" Th only motto to tak ;lon en a motor trip i "I "a t care. Dr. Frank Crane. "Let us then he up and doing With a heart for anv fatel" If a motor cop's pursuing, Do not loiter, do not valt. lilt tho high spots with the flivver That's an open drawbridge therel There goes grandma in the river "1 don't care." Ever onward, upward straining, Isn't It a lovely davf Ooshl the motor cop Is galntngt Here's a wngon In the way. Missed It! How was that I wonder? Listen to that farmer swear! IVhat's that nolict It wasn't thunder. "I don't care!" Our rear tire's flat and flabby; Xever mind; wc mustn't stop. Can't afford to meet that shabby Bttll-pursulnu motor cop. Motorcars should all have armor There goes something, I declare! Hang! the cop has hit the farmer "I don't carr!" Arguments of tiny sort distress us, not nlono because of our Incptness In such work, but also because they lead no where; but onco wo had a "war forced upon us." A savage nnd wlld-speaklng female attacked our hex. "Men," said she, "ato not as honorable ns women." We begged her to pause nnd Inquire If she wero not confusing "honor" with "virtue," In which caso wc wcio willing to acknowl edge the Impeachment. But sho repeated her, statement. Thereupon wo grow elo quent over tho conduct of certain men whoso names shine In history. Passing over Regulus wo waxed warm In tho praise of tho honor of men In general, "When n mnn gives his word," wo said, "It's his bond, nnd that applies almost as surely to savages as to the so-called civ ilized nations. No real soldier will break his parole. The history of tho world's wars, at least for threo or four hundred jcars past, will show no breach of this rule " Here, remembering something, we paused; and our argument crumpled nnd wc allowed ourself to bo tnlkcd down. Wo had recalled tho case of tho German officers who bioko their parole and r.rn away from League Island. Dlsgraccrs of their set, nnd glorying In it! These creatures and the things they stand for cannot como victorious to the longed-for "peace with honor." 'Raus! SAM McCOY, whom we nre glad to welcome to our staff of bright young men, has been knocking our favorlto restau rant. Ho says they're serving corned beof and camouflage thero now. Dr. Alexander Hamilton, who passed this way from Annapolis In Juno, 1744, had this to say of New York in his Journal: Saturday, June 16, 1711, I breakfasted with my landlady's sister, Mrs Ilosnall, In the morning Doctor Colchoiin called to ceo me, and he and I made an appointment to dine at Todd'n In the afternoon I took a turn thro' several of the principal Mreets In town, guarding ngalnst staring nbout me as much as possible, for fear of being re marked for a stranger, gaping and staring being rhe true criterion or proof of rustic strangers In nil places The following ob servations oecurted to me: I found the city les.s in extent, but by tho stir and frequency upon the streets, more populous than Philadelphia I kiw mom shipping In tho harbour. Tho houses are more compact and regular, and In gen eral higher built, most of them after the Dutch model, with their gavell ends front ing the street. There are a few built of stone ; more of wood, hut the greatest num ber of brick, nnd a great many covered with pantile and glazed tile with the jear of God when built flgitn d out with plates of lion, upon the flouts of several of theni. The streets In general nre but narrow, nnd not regularly disposed The best of them run parallel to the river, for tho city is built all along tho water, In general This city has more of an urban appear ance than Philadelphia Their wharfs aro mostly built with logs or wood piled upon a stone foundation In the city are several large public buildings. Thero Is a spacious church Trinity Church, situated on Broad way, built In 1737, and destroved In 177B belonging to the English longregatlon, with a pretty high, hut heavy, clumsy steeplo, built of freestone, fronting the street called Broadway There are two Dutch churches, seveml other meetings, and a pretty large Townhouse at tho head of Broad street The Exchange stands near tho water, and Is a wooden structure going to decay. From It a pier runs into the water called the Long Bridge, nbout fifty paces long, covered with plank nnd supported with largo wooden posts. Tho Jews havo one sinngoguo In this city. Tho women of fashion here appear more In public than In Philadelphia, and dress much gayer. They come abroad generally In the cool of tho evening and go to the Promenade. "OH, THAT I HAD THE WINGS OF A DOVE!" At rajVm' t!' 'a immmm ' lUhfrHta. .. aflH.-!. ffl'-ftKKr-rfd.jaff!a"ft " PHIL- FWEND ztf?i5!VfX K&tmkJrZlK srassx 'SwwsaK l mi s TEE CUEE1UCUS All ye who care For open air And ucfltc occupa tions Can sympathize With htm who lies, Denied such rec reations; And If the clown That struck him down, All traffic laws transgressing. Should with, his bike Serve thee the like He'd scarcely earn thy blessing. All said and done, 'Tl3 sure no fun To have thy pelvis busted, And have to lie For months laid by, WMfe all thy golf clubs rusted. 1 would not state That such a fate Would stagger thee; I doubt it Yet I'd not find Thee much inclined To laugh and joke about it. Bo, since the one To whom 'twas done Is still bright-faced and jolly, With hearts a-brim ' We hand to him This wreath of oak and holly: VW rOSTEK U. REEDIR VVn Vllta in ' ((lUijj C"Va t7rmaaowa Hotplltt JJr B' THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Ireland's Vnried Accomplish ments Soldiers' Pay Haver ford and the War This Department it tree to all readers ehn K-llh Io ernreM Ificlr oiilitt'ons on euhiectl of current interest. It is an nven forum mtl the iTveitlno Ledger nimrarj o rrspon.ibiUfj tor the rOtcs of Its correspondents. I. ttvri tnvst be tinned by the name and addrcsi of the itrler, not neceainrllu tor ytibllcatlon, but os a nuarantee ot aood faith. IRONY FOK ERIN To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir My blood simply seethes and holls when I read In your columns letters op posing tho freedom of Ireland. As our great writer,' Gcorgo Bernard Shaw, said, and In Ireland wo justly regard him ns a much greater man than Shakespeare, "Is there anything more detestable and loath some in nrgulng with an Irishman than tyrannically and oppressively to limit him to the senseless brutality of logic and facts?" The only reply In such n debate Is a vigorous rap on tho head with your trusty shillelagh. Tho oppression under which Ireland groans Just now is too heavy to bo borne by any true patriot. The duty on whisky, under whoso benevolent and grate ful Inspiration some of tho finest literary fiction in tho world has been produced by the great Irish race, has been raised to an absolutely prohibitive flguro by England. Rent and taxes nro forced from the Irish people much ngalnst their will. Theso will bo entirely defrayed by the Government of the Irish republlc-to-be We nie compelled, much against our Inclination, to sell our farm produce to England, as no other mar ket Is convenient. In tho future we shall chango all this. In proportion to her size, Ireland has pro duced more able men than any other coun try In the world, To state otherwise would be silly, senseless and servile modesty, which, thank God, Is not an Irish vice. Where would America bo without tho noblo Hibernian blood which pulses through every vein of her system? Where do you find mich learned nnd fearless Judges, such Impartial, just, lawgiving magistrates, such a magnificent, popular nnd kindly police, beloved by all, criminals and good men alike? In what other country do you find such noble, unselfish, disinterested poli ticians, such hard-working, noblo ward leaders? Answer me, where aro they to bo found? 'Who run most of tho beautiful, hand some, well-patronized saloons, where a thirsty man finds ever n hearty welcome? Again the answer Is, tho Irishmen do. Are moro proofs necessary of the heroic part which the Irish play In this country? Who writes the most beautiful patriotic songs, who produces the best actors and comedians who produces so many brave warriors as' the old Irish fighting Sixty-nlnth Regiment? Again I say, traducers beware, Nobody but an Irishman can write, read or under stand Irish history correctly. Ireland's day Is dawning when she shall be free, powerful unfettered and respected nnd honored by all the great Powers. Wld any weapon ye like the sword, pen or Jawbone, nobody can bate' yez. DAN McDERMOTT. Philadelphia, August 18. SOLDIERS' PAY AND HOME EXPENSES " To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir The writer would like to know- if it Is not an injustice of the rankest sort for a few Individuals who are acting on the ex emptlrn boards to accept a married man" without the slightest consideration, who has a wife dependent upon him solely and no other possible means of support. I am merely citing my own case as an Illustration to find out If I am in error a. sumlng that a Inan Is now making approxi. mately M0 weekly and despite this du. . the high cost of living, has not a cent in .s bank and is head over heels In debt '' ever, he Is doing hie utmost to pay it f?." jo much weekly, having still a few hundrl to pay. How In thexworla hi hi wlf. Jd . . t . .. --; ' - T .nR,&vn '.s mmrnmmi ia .. AA. ' J"" T3V7lHliT ,'JT, ,YA.. assistance, going to get along on $35 a month, paying rent, gas, heat, tablo charges and last but not least, Insuranco, which Is $25 quarterly? Tho writer Is not n slacker and Is only too pleased to go If he Is assured that his business affairs will bo wound up so that ho can bo confident that he can return and find tome semblance of the noma which he left on behalf of his country. WILLIAM MORAN. Philadelphia, August 17. HAVERFORD'S ATTITUDE ON THE WAR To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir It Is my desire to correct an Impres sion which your readers may get from articles about tho American Friends' Re construction I'nlt No. 1. Practically speak ing, only one-tenth of tho unit are Haver ford College men and none of them nre llaverford under graduates. Since the col lego has granted these men tho privilege of training on tho collego grounds and of using tho dormitories I can readily under stand why the members of this body should bo mistaken for undergraduates. I am drawing tho distinction because the sentiment embodied In the unit Is not that of the majority of tho Haverford students, a considerable number of whom have en listed lit various branches of the rervlce. Theso men nro not opposed to fighting or aiding to fight for a causo which they be lieve to bo just. A HAVERFOROIAN. Haverford, Pa , August 1C. FUND FOR "MOTOR AMMUNITION BOYS" STARTED To th? Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir Plcaso find Inclosed $1 toward a fund for our boys of the motor ammuni tion train. I hope It will bo the means ot encouraging others to help. If they wero not so far away wo could do more. Why aro there no Sunday excursions to tho encamp ment? Four dollars and forty-eight cents Is a whole lot when you only make $8 a week. It doesn't seem fair that wo can't see our dear ones while they are still in the country. We may havo to let them go away from us all too soon. 1 think the railroad companies ought to open their hearts and run an excursion train once a week, don't you? I know visitors would be glad to contrihuto their mite. I hope my little gift will be tho means of bringing others. Philadelphia, August 17. B. S. L. What Do You Know? l QUIZ 1. To what nfTlee. has Jnd-e Robert f. ten- been appointed by the President? .n 2. What la the. dliTeren-e between a atari-tan nnd a stnlnnmlt-? ...5 3. Who wnavthe flrst Prealdent of the tUrll .mini ficiiUUIIl. ,( 4. The moat famous belle of the White Be-all wns a Quaker. Who waa ahe? ';X 0. What Is tho m-.inln-: of tho French rollltutj irrw - piea--ierro . 0. Who Is tho present Major of Chlcate? 7. What iloea Din title of Warner's opera. "Dl (oetterdaeeuraerun-;," mean? 8. Wlnit la the eastern terminus of tbs tmu-j hlherlan Rnlhva? 9. Who In the author of the eipresilon, "Thaff, creut unwashed"? ' 10. Who was Anno Hathaway? . i fJ Answers to Yesterday's Quli THE FOOL AND HIS CAR When I read of the wrecking ot motors. I . feel The car that goes wrong has a fool at tho wheel, The amateur racers, the gluttons for speed Divorce from the car is the law that they need Tho fool and his car should be parted. The driver who takes all the crossings on high And never looks out whether trains be nonrby, Who runs down the watchman and smashes the gate, And puts all his trust In the kindness of The fool and his car should be parted. The chauffeur who tears along populous streets, Who misses the trolleys by marvelous feats Who "burns up the road" and prefers tha wrong side, I'reiers the An1 pride- h'S "Pl'U wUh volubI- That fool and his car should be parted. The driver who mixed hla drinks and his The chauffeur .who drives with an arm round a Tass, arm The tool who converses and turns back his T Xvd'-i8 rr'ends " tonneau oucn joois ana the r im parted. shquld be ?-0 The fool Is a creature that never r,n i The fool very often has 'w c.an .learn And driver, 'who Sn Just charge up their fines to the ,... expense lne runnln; The fool and hie car .houia be,parted, ." . IV V.I.-A. aVJ L .. i f. - r.i lri. Y4t W4 Wri 51 1. Ilnrnn Monrlirur la head of the D-ljU"' inl-lon. 'ti 2. One of tho sranilmothera of the noTllit.,.,j .Mevnndro Dumas, waa a ntre ot HalU.J; 3. Attlln. the Hun. died In A. I). 4SJ. 'l 4. Ilnvarla sided with Austria in the war bl-f tneen that country and Trnssla In 1888. 1 B. Vnnre MrCormlrk wns campaltn ni-ntMrJ' ur itiiHon uurine ine last preiiaeouaj ratnp.ilcn. 0. The line, "One touch of natnre mak U" whole world kin," orrura In Shakeapent'l : "Irollua and Cresslda." v 7. Mnjor Andre waa horn In toner-, In 1711. i . lioliert K. Le formerly owned the -rotato'it now- ((impo-lnc the Arlington atloul lemeterj-, near Wushlneton. u. toliimliiiH made four vojaiea to the 2'i' ttorld J 10. A iiunilontatiat la a tprriallat In, or a eelw lector of. eolns. 7 ' A PHILADELPHIAN IN FICTION miiU Vividness of ltebeei'-i nnd the com- L parntlvc paleness of itowena In Sir Wal-il ter bcott a "Ivanhoe" have been frequently noted. Thero was an excellent reason for'; lblc Pnnlrrtet Cnt. TV...... ..... Imnvt.': .....,fj,., ,-un iiunrtl. naa ,., ... nary Dark-tressed Rebecca had a deflnltl'4 prntotypea Phlladelphian of dlstlnguisM-', charm and touching history. ij Her name was Rebecca Gratz. Her storyj is that of a cultured Jewess who loved l Christian. Racial and religious obstacle-i mrreu tneir union. It Is probable that tna,, intensity of their mutual devotion would , nau eventually worn down these earner-. y, out the young man, Charles Fenno, also ol, Philadelphia, was lost at sea at the " of twenty-three, He had sacrificed Wf life In the shipwreck in an effort to eavli a lady who was of no Interest to him butj fOr the tart tbn alia ,n e n wftmsn V Miss Orntz never married. She consld-ji ered that her union with Fenno had 'been , splrltunl and binding. As mistress of the. Gratz mansion in Philadelphia she llvedl for many years a life of culture and hos-l; Pltallty. Her hrother. Hvman. was OMIV of the founders of the Pennsylvania Acad-';; emy or tne Fine Arts. 'I -" uk 1.111:10 111 ivnicn ane movcu .--Ington Irving was a frequent visitor.! Throughout his long and active life tifj author of "The Sketch Rook" had had Hl nn. -, -m ... ... ... a trfte. "" 'niiiir 0. me neari. ins nancee, --,-ii tllda Hoffman, had died at the age f;u --.r,.,s:,-ji in ma arms 01 ner ciuao hbi.- Rebecca Grntz. Miss Hoffman was a rela-.i, tlvo of Charlea Cinn' Th links of at- soclatlon between Irving and the beautiful, Jewess, therefore, took on an added per-i-manency from this background of double tragedy. Throughout his long yean oH bachelorhood, Miss Oratz had no Blanche".'. admirer than Irving. He descanted of here charms, her culture, her sweet and unselfiewi jJci&uiiHiiiy, Scott and Irving first met abroad In 1817., They were symnathetlcnllv attracted to onti another and when a duly intimate staf had been reached It was perfectly nature.' , for Irving to furn to his favorite theme -' Rebecca Gratz, of Philadelphia. He de-'J scribed her wonderful beauty, her hin( spiritual and mental gifts with such elf?, thuslaem that Scott became deeply inter- eaiea ana thereupon decided to introauwj into "Ivnnhoe." whn nlot ha wa at ttUHi'- Ltlme planning. Us" most famous and con-J vinclng character. J When the book was flnlihed in December. -iv. "The Wizard of the North" sent ifM nrsi copy to Irving. There was an ae-. companylng letter which asked. "How H. you llko vnnr nh.a' rirt . rtehecekH I have pictured compare well with tha pat'JJ PhlladelDhlnns enntnmnnrm-v with SCOtt always entertained an especially affection- uie regara ror his "Ivanhoe.'! The onitaj of Its finest portrait was weir known be. R.TIa -. , .. .' ..... ..'tha. ..- vii.u ii-T-eii wua iiiue.auwu. nonur, ana 11 i recorde of.her.tMt aiwnv
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