'.,v,-. i.' ' - iffj,: ?&, .'FW ' :' r&: ... 7 tfiger svma.ir. t .KriRm tompany ". r' CIRUS H. K. CUP.TIe', rllDi;rr arias H. Lndlnaten. Vlca Preatdentf John Itartln. HerraUry and Treasure ri Philip 8. . jonn H. wiiuimi, jona j. cpurarvu, , Whiter. Director. EDITOMAL BOARD I Ctaei If. K. Ccans, Chairman. P. X. WHALET .Editor 1 C. ItAnTIM. .fleneral Tluilneia Manarer Sr JrSlblUhM dallr at l'CSMO I.aiKiaa Ilulldtn,' ...' Independence Bauirt. I'hlladelchla. BCjtlMil CrxTmt,...Tlroail and ChMtnut Rtrenta ,t i Stlaktio Cut ? tn Ion Ilulldlna 7 ' &ww YnaK.... 800 itetropnlltan Tower l-J-x 1Bt. Ixiuii tons Kullerton ltulldlna IS.''' i-f Careioo .,..1202 rri&mia UuIIJUil- Eiaf news nunEAUSt iwifc. wiauiitoTOM ltcnuo, nimca Tiulldlnc acftV-'f Maw Ton Dentin ...The rimra Uulldlna- iS -IxiaooN Dcmiu........ Marconi llouie.. strand Fma llcmiu...... Si ltua Ixmla la Grand ft- HtrnaciiUTiov triuis Kf The Eeisum. Lamia I nerved to aubiertbera pr week, payable rhlladrlchta. In United Htatea win nfty tool centu per rV U f1 w'va (t2) cents ft 3 WS ut "a carrier. "? "t! toy mall to w nt- mltilda of .':fi . tha United Statu. Canada or , . . -.I hOAfnre free. She (t0) dollara per year, payable In aeailona, xnonin. advance. " To all foreign countrlea one (tl) dollar per month. Notice Subscribers wlihlne address chanced Siuat atva old aa well a new addrt. BELL, 1000 TALMT XEVSTONE, MAIN 3000 WVAi&ma oil communication to Kvrninv Ltdotr. Independence Square, J'htladtlpMa. xxiiMD at th riiiLAi'cr.ri'H ro'Torrice aa ntcosn-ci.iKJ u.tr. iiiTTJta I'nllidflpMi.ThundiT, Auju.t SI, 1017 CONSCRIPTING WEALTH THE Senato yesterday ripped open tlio Innnmn (nv unftlnn nf fttn tlpmllllC " revenue bill nnd substituted for levle jp already radical much more liurdeiiHtinie 1' and conilscatory rates. Tlio provision to ' celzo two-thirds of all Incomes over a million is nn index of tlio other Increases t; In supertaxes. Tlio conscription of the ir Health of the nation is well under way. The national Income Is officially esti mated by Washington to amount nppro.v Imately to nfty billions of dollars, nils J Includes nil profit of any sort arising from any industry whatever, from crops, from manufacture, from mines, from fisheries, for till human endeavor. That ' fifty billion dollars constitutes the su- ji premo hope of tho world. It is the lust and frreatcst reservoir to be tapped In auppcrt of tho war for civilization. Tho Integrity of our llnances, tho ubsoluto v stability of our credit and tho main tenance of our sources of rovenue aro a sine qua non to the successful prosecu tion of the war. Our armies, vast as they ivlll be, our navy and all tho Instruments of forco wo aro ablo to employ aro of no moro Importance than the wiso and provi dent handling of our financial resources. A blow to our credit would be more calamitous thnn a German victory at Verdun, nnd any curtailment of the pros perity and industrial enthusiasm now exl'stlnR would be positively disastrous. Wo liavo met in tho last few months 75 demands for funds such as no nation before in the world's history ever expe- ' rlenced. Tlio Federnl Tlcservo banking system In this situation has been of In calculable value. Individuals havo trans lated their patriotism into personal scrv ice, and they have not volunteered their lives without offering their fortunes also at tho altar. Robert Morris put his dollars 0 X with his hcait. There are other llobert Morrises who have done the same thing In this day nnd generation. Only yes terday the West reported tho case of a musician who had pledged his entire fixed income of. $00,000 a year to war relief, and would in tho meantime depend on his own efforts for a living. News came the Bamo day of dissolution of n brokerugo j, firm on Wall street because one member had gone to tho front and the other was about to go. No, wealth has not lurked in the shadows or shirked In tho open. J The nation can afford to bo proud of the liberality which has characterized tho American Croesus In this hour of trial. Wo assume, therefore, that few men l With Incomes exceeding n million will p atrlvo to prevent tho confiscatory Ieglsla- ' tion proposed, unless their knowledge of banking and the theory of finance con vinces them tiat tho foundations of pros perity aro being trifled with. Tho riucs- tion is not: Is it right to take two-thirds of all incomes over a million? Tho Issue is whether or not It la safe, expedient nnd sound financing so to do. Senator Lodge thinks not. Ho is afraid that tho sources of revenue will be disturbed unduly, re sulting in financial timidity and n gen ral slackening of nil industrial processes. Ho may bo right and he may be wrong. P&"?"A', Therois no precedent from which to do- K7 V?A" '! dURA thf nrnh.llllA rOll)lt Ctf Hrnatln rfl.nn . i taxation coupled with drastic price-Axing. tJml It is a shattering of the ancient fnitmin. spay tlpns on which tho wholo commercial uW&r 'atructure of the country has rested. But 93 y.V&l. It la n. tlmn rVmnnrflnir nnur mprhnria flM SKieWW. -...-. w. I.jiv3,',lrccei5ure l3 '"B cast asWe In every K1jjrjft' ne ot governmental activity. 'vWt Men of means, whatever final course ,the Government may take, must cheer fully comnly. If It becomes necessarv n fiShVtto conscrlnt nvm-v rpttnurpA In thft nnttr.n fcgjfc1 anlmato or Inanimate, such conscription , ,j K( jnuat db .accepted una jnuuo pari or me llJ? atniKcle for tho Dernetuatlon of tho nrln. '. -i - " J (tlples to which we aro devoted. No nec- "f,; ttsaary sacrifice will bo dented. Tho coun- ty;iryaaka only that its affairs be admin- S,-;Jster4 intelligently and honestly. If 'itarl rt 4ttf If nnn Anclltra nil filtt'ilmta t' T perlshabla tlory of dsath In defense of, uch a cauis aa that In which the nation now fights softens, but cannot overcome, tho sorrow of those who live to bury their dead, Hut men have died In such a, way that the memory of them is a precious Inheri tance for a whole people, Inspiring gen erations to come with noble thoughts and to heroic deeds. No men 'died at Ther mopylae; they worl there life forover. So shall it bo with tho Americans who offer themselves In tiio flush of their youth to the defenso of our institutions. MAKING HEADY TO GKT FKOM UNIHMl A l'KW weeks ago nro tho Mayor was proudly boasting that he was his own transit adviser and that tho lease being formulated was bound to bo n good lease because ho was making It himself. This tickled tho risibilities of citizens who knew Just how Ignorant of transit and all Its problems tho Mayor in fuct was, but they weio kenrrtdy prepared for ho ex traordinary a statement front hit Honor as the following: Many of the other provisions In the len.ie are my own. Hut ns regards tlio transit board, It is tho Idea of Mr. Twining, nnd I knew nothing about it until I received n copy of tlio leaso. What a pity that the very vitals ot tho leasn wero kept from tho knowledgo of tho Mayor until tho eve ot publication of tlio document! Apparently, when he was culling prominent citizens Into confer ence nhcntl of time to tell them how fine tlio leaso was and to urge their support, hu did not even know what was In the lease. No wonder tho nforcsnld citizens wero somewhat confused. Now thnt wo know, olllclally. that Mr. Twining slipped ono over on .Smith, wo mny bo prepared later on for an announce ment from City Hall to the effect that William Draper Lewis also pulled tho wool over his Honor's eyes und that the latter is horrified to discover that his nnmo haH been linked to a proposition utterly abhorrent to him. It was pointed out to us the other day, however, that the Mayor would not knowingly have put In tho leaso a provision that ho himself should select tho bonding company, to bond tho new olllcers proposed. ARNOLD BENNETT AS ANEW TYPE Tho Future Englishman Will Work Primarily for Money as This Novelist Now Writes for Pay "AYE, AYE, SiJtci" .?-' v tW By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Special Correspondence of the Xvtnlna Lttoir LONDON, Aug. . T IS something of a commonplaco to say that a new Hngland will arise out of the I SHU'S, NOT STIMKKS, AKE WANTED rjHM President Indicated with consider- able emphasis that ho Intended to have ships built in this country, even If ho had to sacrifice General (Soethals to thn exi gencies of n situation of do-nothlnglsm promoted by Mr. Uenman. Tho President will be equally emphatic, wo havo no doubt, In Indicating that ho l going to have ships built In spite of stilkcs or other abnormal conditions. The average citizen Is not sufficiently acquainted with the details of proper wages for shipyard workers to form an Intelligent opinion. Hut tho Government Is fixing prices for coal and other com modities. It must fix prices also for labor If that com so becomes imperative) in order to gut results. Wc can talk about tho question of wage, but wo can't talk about It to men who are Idle while vic tory depends on their efforts. Employee of tho navy yard wanted moro money nnd nro going to get It, but they did not quit work, and 7000 of thorn signed a petition pledging their loynlty to tho nation and announcing their opposition to labor troubles nt this time. Patriotism does not go on strike. THE LOW COST OF WHISKKitS SOMK men start whiskers, pome nch whiskers, pome havo whiskers tin ilevo hrust upon them. Tho drafted class was for merly Inslgnltlcant In this vicinity. In matters ot facial, hceuery u llbetnl volun teering spirit prevailed. Vexed by the transit service, oppressed by gang bosses, Irritated by the llcklo weather, even a second-fiddler In his own household, a male Phlladelphlan might have been, but shaves wero cheap. Concerning hirsute affairs ho was master of his fate. Vswt fading nro thoso carefreo days. North ot Market street the ten-cent shavo Is but a memory of a happy past. Threo nickels nro doinanded now. Tho (Jlrard Avonuo Barbers' Association has so ruled. The rigid laws of economics Indlcato that this price raising must soon march south ward. Furthermore, when oneo the cost of an nrtlclo of service starts to rlso it has n good chance of eventually sky rocketing. One extra nickel looks good to tho "tonsotittl artist." Two would look better. Men who aro not opulent will then havo to chnoso between squandering part of their earnings In "parlors" ot "tonic" and talk nnd being conscripted Into tho whisker clnss. Onco lnndcd there, however, a certain amount of latltudo may obtain. Tho In teresting repertoire Includes "mutton chops," nurnsldes, Dundrearies, Van Dykes, Galways and many subtle varia tions of these. The wearer may take his pick. And this thought may comfort him as ho decides; the war may go on, but as barberlng grows exorbitantly high whlskors will remain cheap. They are nature's gift, free as tho breeze that blows them. Tom Daly's Column King Victor's parents picked a most prophetic name for him. !'.' DEAD IN FRANCE V, hB8TERDAY brought news of the fetv, dath of Julian Diddle and of Edmund ;.2hUa4elphians who had neen their I t niectea to ruinu it, it will lufera tha casualty lurta will Theiews that "steel prices are to be fixed" makes us hope tho full signifi cance of n pun will bo applied. Even pacifism may have its tises. Uncle Sam would heartily welcome its adoption by striking shipwrights. To their historic "They shall not pass!" of Verdlm siege dayB, the French can now add "Hut we will and ever forward!" Barcelona's rioters have a discon certing way of spoiling cvory interview with Alfonso XIII that emphasizes the "complete restoration of order" in the Spanish monarchy. Germany's own valuation of a scrap of paper cannot console hpr much Just now, as, holding the papal peace plea in her hand,- she hears tho victorious guns ot her foes on tlitco fronts. . Home coal men would be only too glad to believe that the dollar-a-ton re duction of bituminous fuel prices is the "moat unklndest cut ot all," but tho jHUBbMBOe) of further knifo thrust casta world we can hardly refuse to anticipate a now J-lngland, It Is perhaps as well to look nbout and make somo notes, however sketchy, of tho character which this regen erated land will have, because we are cer tainly going to live with England in a greater Intimacy than we will live with any other of our Allies or enemies. It one were looking for a typo of the now Englishman u fair choice would be a man who represented all, or most, of his characteristics before the war began, be cause, obviously, tlio change in England will not bo a revolution In character, but a heightened and quickened development al ready well tinder way before the war be gnn. That Is why 1 think of Arnold Ben nett ns a type. Many Englishmen think he Is tlio warning and tlio terrible example; many do not think of htm as at all char acteristic of themselves. But the outsider who lacks partisan prcjudlco to ome extent and Is Impressed by things a little below tho surface can seo In Mr. Bennett some thing ot the future. Tlio most significant change In England will be tlio udvnnofl of Industry nnd of ln i1ustrl.il workers to n poMtlon of authority. And tliero you have Mr. Bennett, the per sonification of Industry, In nn unquestioned position not only of authority, but ot af fluence. Tho lovers ot tlio old tradition xv lit complain thnt In tho new England everything will bo dnno for money aH In America. (No ; they do not say that of us now; wmichow, It doesn't seem fair after w havo given up several billions per year to go Into the war. But tho habit ot thinking of America as tho tnoncy-mak-Ing country cannot bo eradicated In ono day). Tliero again Mr. Bennett has been decidedly In advance, because, with the llnest cr.Vtsninnslilp In writing novels, ho has never, never, never written anything just for the pleasure of writing It, or be cause ho felt that ho had to express himself. Wo havo his own word for It that lie has never written anything without tho direct Incentive of getting money for It. This applies to everything except possibly pom0 of the articles ho has written In defense of democracy Binco tho war began. Tho older typo of Englishman would have been so joyous In the possession of a great gift llko Mr. Bennett's Hli.tt ho would havo re joiced to lot It function, merely for the pleasure ot doing a good thing well. Mr. Bennett confesses that he has not felt that way. Ho went out for money. . Truth Is Not New But Mr. Bennett also went out for truth, went out with a hammer and a dirk and a gun. Ills passion for finding out the truth and for bawling It out at tho top of his voice, if necessary. Is terrible nnd It Is not particularly English. Suppose It Is the truth, your well-bred Englishman will say: C'heero ! You've found something. But don't go making nn everlasting howl about It because It has probably been tlio truth for several centuries before you wero born and will be for a tolcrablo time nfter you die. And besides. It probably doesn't matter much whether It Is tlio trutli or not. This Is the Englishman who lindetstntids Fpoit as no other people In tho world understand It. It Is the Englishman who grows Intolerably rich making cheeso nnd talks about nothing but woodcarvlng, or tho Englishman who realizes at twenty-fife that ho can llvo de cently on his Income of $2500 a year nnd so decides that work, for money, Is too much of a fag. It is a fine type, but It Is not tho typo which makes Individual prophets or martyrs. It takes nothing seri ously enough. Eor, whether you think Punch funny or not, you must admit that tho English sense ot humor exists in one way ; they havo the faculty hero of not tak ing themselves or their situations seriously. Life Isn't Important enough. Tho new England will not bo like that. It Is already taking Itself nnd Its futuro with tho utmost gravity, and that apart from tho serious situation In tho war. That is Mr. Bennett all over. His profound gravity, his deep nnd Ferlous thought about social affairs, his preoccupation with the future, aro all parts of this new tendency to tako everything at a llttlo more than its fuco value. To read Mr. Bennett on the censorship Is enough to glvo any democrat u. nlghtinaro. The Englishman of ten years ago would havo said that It was n boro get ting ones letters opened by people who weren't half Intelligent enough to write witty comment on the margins. Mr. Ben nett sees tho end of the world I England "Rotting With Culture" Possibly this is a transition stage, a natural reaction from extreme to extreme. But It gives us at least the certainty that whatever the now typo of Englishman will be, It will not be the old type. That goes, And we may havo some regrets. What Is going out Is culture, of a typo. A famous English novollst told mo n few ouys ago inai ima couniry was "rotting with culture" and ho hoped that we Ameri cans with our breeze and our snap nnd our carelessness about rorm and our care for life would have a good effect on this woeful England Probably we will, and I beg that no American be surprised If Borne Englishmen resent tho change a llttlo and accuse us of changing the tempo of lifo from tho sweet sonata or nocturne of an English day to the zippy rag of Americanism. It's bound to hurt. It Is hurting already, and those who are a little indifferent to certain aspects of English social life ore having a very good time watching the patient squirm. Yester day or so ho let out a wild war-whoop In tho London Morning Post, telling all and sundry that wo were not fighting for democ racy, which was all claptrap nnd nlncom poopery. The British soldier, at least, was fighting for what he had always fought King nnd Country. (Merely to suggest that both King and Country are In ariy way connected with democracy causes a commotion in the office of the Morning j'osi. " icmieii, wuo is ho much at tached to his country that ho would cer tainly be willing to sacrifice the Kin in It, Is probably not amused by the Morning Post. He may be worried by the effect of such talk on neutrals, or on Allies. And the Englishman who is passing out, often as democratic as (he next man, would say that the old Morning Post didn't matter and that somebody probably had Indiges tion. The neit generation Is going to be emU nently pushful and "get-there," tremen dously commercial und Industrial, compelled to make money, compelled to make terms with labor, compelled to live better than Its predecessors. And it will bo demo, cratle, will have the future of the people, and of the country really at heart, it will pTobably make mlstalcM. It Is petals! nrnviiREOTiox There are no flower- tn No Man's Land. That fatal ttrtp itark and lore; So blade of XMng green could aland The often-fotsoned atr. For this t deattia supreme domain-' Yet underneath the red-drenohed aod The XMng roots In rlorant pain Aioalt I he time of Ood. Then shall tye whole of them vfthrow Their greenest stoordpotnts to the skv And Ohl what fragrant flowers will blow Where now the Iravo hearts die. And when this war of men shall cease. The ghastlv strip will not he found. The vernal sprtAu of endless peace Will hide this fatal ground. VA11LEX. WASHINGTON, Aug, II. The bean Is about to como Into its own. At a confer ence here today food conservation sharps declared pork and beans supply the body with every nourishment requirement nnd would ko great on meatless days. Means of getting plenty were discussed. United Press dispatch. This classification of pork as a vegeta ble might havo helped a Philadelphia phlshcater who happened to bo in Clove land In business upon a Friday night and who had been so occupied as not to havo had time to get u bite to eat until ho landed at the railroad station at about 11:30 p. in. Ills train was to leave at a few minutes before midnight and there was nothing In the station restaurant that was flt to eat but pork nnd beans. Ho couldn't eat pork on a Friday, but he wos hungry. He sat down, and with tho aid of his empty stomach figured it out in this wise: I shouldn't eat meat upon a Friday. Hut I am under tho spiritual jurisdiction of the archdiocese of Phila delphia. At this moment it is about a quarter to ono o'clock tomorrow morning In Philadelphia. I'll tnl:o the pork nnd beans. Negroes, ns some ono rematked before, aro as Imltattvo as monkeys, nnd they do lovo to pattern upon their betters. One of them, trying to pull that Klngdon Gould stuff, was met by the question: "Why do you claim exemption?" "I doan' qulto git dat word "xcmptlon, boss." "Well, thon, Is there any reason why you shouldn't tako a. gun and fight for your country?" "Yum, pah; O, yus, salt! l'se gun-shy." ?.' Tho colored washlady said: "I donn't feel lullc work nohow. I alio' am all up sldo down senco I hyar mah husban' nm got to go to war. Ho was dead sho' he wouldn't pass dat 'zomlnatlon, kaso ho Jos' bought a pair of new eyeglasses fo' his weak eyes. Mali husban' dono tole me dat when ho say 'Doctor, ain't mah eyes pretty weak?' do doctor ho say, 'Yo' oyes am all right, and yo' physic flggor am puhfect yo'll make a fine soldier, nn' I pass you O. K.' night dar an' den mah husban' say his legs got awful weak an' he Jes' felt lalk fnllln' right down on do flo'. I wish I had married a cripple instead of dls puhfect beln"; nnd, ntill worse, I ain't got no children, and dat leaves ma husban' without a. .single excuse!" There arc times when our ignorance comes home to us with the certain Insist ence of death. And Just such a time Is this very moment as wo read an adver tisement, sent to us In tho morning mail, asking If we havo need of a "Prince, .Smith & Son C-cyllnder Hot-Air Back washing Machine with Balling GUI Box attached," YESTERDAY we took from the Journal of Dr. Alexander Hamilton somo wiso comments upon tho complexion of New Yotk as it seemed to him when he first visited It in dune. 7 11. We overlooked this human bit: YORK FERRY At S In thn afternoon I called at ono Baker's that keeps tho York Ferry, where, while I sst waiting for a paksnge, there came In n man and his wlfo that were to go over. The woman was a beauty, having n line complexion and good features, black eye3 nnd hair and nn elegant shape. She had an amorous look, and her eyes, mo thought, spoke, a Inngungo which is univer sally understood. While she sat there her tongue never .lay still, and tho' her dis course was of no great Importance, yet nie thought her volco had music lu It, and I was fool enough to ba highly pleased to see her smiles nt every little Impertinence she uttered. Sho talked of a, neighbour of hers thnt was very 111, and said sho was suro she would die, for last night sho had dreamt of nothing but white horses and washing of linen. I heard this stuff with as much surprise as If Demosthenes or Cicero had been exerting their best talents, but meantime was not so stupid but I knew that It was the fine face and eyes, and not tho discourse that cheered me. At G o'clock In thp evening I landed nt New York. Mr. Aaron B. Brandt, of Harrlsburg, champion of Christian Science, takes ex ception to somo adverse criticism ex pressed in this column by Hugh Morr. "If you suffered at all through Christian Science," says Mr. Brandt, "It was due entirely to wrong thoughts." "Whose; mine or the practitioners?" askes Hugh Morr, and ho goes on to inquire whose wrong thoughts were responsible for the recent death of Archibald McLellan, edi tor of the Christian Science Monitor. Wo feel wo owe Mr. Brandt space for a reply and the column Is therefore open to him within reason. ' tKt . . ft ?' r s :.' - tl $!& u.W, ,. ,. V, .& THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE A Hope That Taylor Will Solve Transit Problem Conscript's Wife Answered AUTOCRACY AT HOME To the Kiflor o the Evening Ledger: Sir Allow me the privilege of addressing to you this letter and expressing my protest against the scandal perpetrated against the city by tho so-called Smlth-Mltten leaso presented In I'ounells last Friday. In these times, when patriotism Is ot paramount Importanco mid should bo ex pected of every honorable 'citizen In tho crisis of the nation n- well as In the affairs of his city government, I can hardly be lieve that n certain group o; Individuals who Infest City Hnll nro trying tc; commit tho most outrageous net against our citizens and ngalnst tho principles of democratic government In a frco nation, Plcaso use your great Influence and power to support the efforts of former Director A. Merrltt Taylor, who has as sumed tho lendershlp In the fight against this criminal comblnatlcn now In control here, which Is a menace far worse than the most autocratic government In Europo and should bo overthrown for freedom's sake in America. FUi:i15i:lCIv R. ORETZMACHER. Philadelphia, August 21. PLENTY OF WORK FOR ALL To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Of courso $25 a month will not keep a person, but It will help. This Is not tho time for helpless women. If we havo to work, we can. I havo two children, and If tho time comes when I have to work, I can and will do bo. As for working In mills, referred to by' "A Real American," wo will not have to do that. I know ot n house keeper who ndverttsed for work last week. She received twenty-five letters and eight porsons callod on her, ull begging her to work for them. Any one can find nil kinds of work If he wishes to. If the "Wife ot a Disgusted Conscrlnt" and the person singing himself "A Real American" will stop to think I am sure they will change their minds and will nnd something to do uesiues nnu rauit with a country that did not wnnt to fight but had to. This Is the time for all Americans to work together. MOTHER. Philadelphia, August 17. not capable of seeing It In his country's flag. 1 deslro world peace and especially peace In my own loved America, but not a peace bought at tho prico of degradation. Such a peace I scorn, ns do also all true Ameri cans. I'd bo very proud to sign myself "A Soldier's Wife," hut my husband Is too old. But If tho day ever cornea when our country calls him nnd needs him he'll go, for ho, too, loves our starry banner. But In caso he ever refused such a call I'd never, no, never, sign myself Mrs. FREHAFER. Riverside, Ta., August 20. paver ut mui wh ww i isHwuBoa or lurmer wiiio uirusta casta I that wa wlU1 ba ta'totl mMMw. tfci I irr-'iirT "T '"Tr "jr l'i irtnn iTr-'T it- iritrrtTMfriM k-mmtt mmH'L: ;AvyL-ft? Will some one with the time to spare and a head hard enough to withstand buf fets take a crack at tho Scotch-Irish? We want to get a rlse out of Shon Ilea, who hasn't been heard from for ages. - i FnOXT TIWXOH CANDIDATES III First place across the water, Where Hun guns smash and slaughter For Stephen O'Bogratlng Who's always perpetrating "Thev ain't" and "hadn't oughter." KItANK. IV ilav busv Berthas get That (reverse English) pet Who nowadays is found On every baseball ground. Ills neighbors, to annoy Hv veiling "Attdbout" TUB LADY WITH THE QINQHAM APItON Saysi "Sure, If I had one o' them woolly dogs like tho woman next, door I'd ma-wid th aid of a clothe mm u Um a" Mf to. tU Matt th U FSfiP mi& POLITICAL PARTIES AND SOCIALISM To the Editor of the. Evening Ledger: Sir On Saturday, August IS, I boarded a car and found a newspaper on the sent I occupied. I had nover read this paper before, and as I began turning the pages I was thunderstruck to find the following expres sion on the primary election In Dayton, O., where tho Socialist candidates wero success ful: "Germans Win First Battle on Land Agnlnst Americans." Well ! Well 1 How can any editor permit such an nbrurd, silly statement to appear In his paper? How can a citizen bo accused of being pro-German because he chooses to cast his vote for others than tho rotten Republican and Democratic candidates'.' According to the statement of tho nowspaper, a citizen must vote for thoso mlsreprescntatlvcs of the people or elso he will bo branded as a German sym pathizer. The editor of that newspaper will find out more at tho coming elections In our own city and state, ns well as throughout the country lu tho next four years, for our peo ple, our working classes, nro beginning to think moro and learn more nbout tho so callid representatives who promise to repre sent the people if elected nnd who, after elec tion, leprcsent a handful of thick-necked millionaires who rob the people. Can any intelligent citizen vote for our Republican candidates who favor tho grab by the P. It. T. Company so gallantly on posed by the Evcninu I.UDonn? Of course not. Voting for Democrats Is eong from bad to worse, and yet voting for tho So cialist candidate means pro-Germanism to some bonoheada who only look to their own Interests and their own stomachs and let the rest of the people suffer. Ect mo assure the editors and bonehead so-called patriots that I was a Democrat long before I was naturalized. u,.,i t . ,.. , mighty hard for the Democratic party for eight years. But no more. Both Republican and Democratic officeseekers only represent the parties in name, not in principle. I am for Socialism -hereafter for the working peo plo and for my co-tollers. and I am as good a patriot as any Intelligent American For America forever. MORRIS oomv Philadelphia, August 20. uul 1 What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who li tlio new fuel dictator? '.. What title did Henry ot Navarre fait on becoming Klnie of Frnnre? ..1. Mho nnx Ilnrtholomew (ionold? 4. Wlmt la tlio meanlne of the verb to "Mninahal"'.' n. Wlmt 1h ii nlinllon? cnuuren una xiicodore jioom- !. How muny cl velt? 1. Who wrote "1 rotn "Thi. Ta1 or Tnh"? II Wlinl n-n. II.A n, n... . A -...... W..J tllM ltlim,1.lit - 0. Mlmt Is the technical musical word for . niK-tlme? 10. What I the capital of Montana? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. JmUn Koliert S. I.ovett has lieen appointed liy tho l'reslilent to be director of priority truiiMKirtntlnti. 3. A Mivliirtltp 1h n deposit of carbonate ot lime JiHiislne downward, iinaallr in tha form of li n Icicle from thn root of a ne. A atnlaRmltft la romnowd of tha Nniiin mutt-rial anil projects upward from tho floor of a cave. .' 3. I.oiiIh Ailolphe Thiers rai first Tretldent ot tho Third lYrnoli Republic. 4. Dolly MmllMii, wife of Jamrt Madbton, wu perhnnv the mo.t fumouv belle and beaut of the White House. She was born of ((tinker narcntn. 5. The French military term "pled-o-terre" ni:m n foothold. Literally the wordl ...,mrnn "foot-tn-the-tround." C. William Utile Thompson Is Mayor or Chi cago. " "'""t'Oetterdaemmeruna" llterallr meaaa "Jim (ioda Dimming," but the moal Kmcliah rendering of thla title of Wai- - ... nf.r " opera la "Tho Iuk of the Oodii." . s. Wiulli-ostok the Eaatern terminus of lee. TrnnH-Slliertan Kr.llway. 0. Jxinl llroucham, of Knaland, was the anther of, the expression "the areat unwaahed. , . JTU itatet nro UlK-lMlg. 10. Anne llathau-oy was the wife of William huaUespeare. A PATRIOTIC REPLY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir If you receive nny moro letters llko the one signed 4Vlfe of a Disgusted Con script," pteaso putthem In the waste bas ket. You will conserve Ink, and save us red-blooded American women tho shame of owning we have such Jelly-llsh In our be loved country. Women like her would have gathered up, the tea thrown on tho waters at' the Boston tea party. Shame on all her type! Such women will cause the Germans to shout "victory" even before the first battle ta fought, for well they know from expe rience mai a nuiuier la uraver When he knows the woman he lovea la praying for mm, ana wouia oo asnamou ot any dis loyal act of his. I'd rather he a soldier's widow a thousand times over than the wife or mother ot a slacker. If $25 may not pay the rent now, what good would It do to have all the rent money if all the houses were destroyed by bombs and there were no dwellings to be had at any price? Shoes can be bought for less than T or It per pair, and If a woman learna to do her own aewlng f 1.60 will buy the material for a house dress a-oni ..C tor any wife to look neat In to the rtsniiai is ? jjum ji VMW! . ...,' i BASEBALL IN WAR TIME When the United States first determined to enter the lists on the sldo of tho AIUm there was a conslderablo drop in the atVenS nce at the major league poVks 'and?' o? a time It appeared as If the backers of the sport would be heavy losers on tha ii. But. onco tho flurry had died down, tl" fans aga In turned to the pastime which hey ha?e made the most popular In the world and as the races In both the Rational and Amer can organizations are' exceedingly there no longer remains a doubt that th. will be sufficient excitement to sustain non ular interest right through . and make the 1917 season aVWS 111 tAfi Anm t9 ,-. Cincinnati Rods, the St Louis c2SnF th5 the Cleveland Indians! , 3v PStrS'.' and. making more money for thejr $SS! Vn In many moons, for, instead otfM " trail" ers, ns they havo too often been iJ , vi. past, they have been displaying TunexnJ "pep" for a considerable time, and n,l vted battling with the usual pennant f hfn for-hlgh posts. y Pennant contenders Another thing which cohlrihnt.i . clearing of the atmosp here was til . '? certainty that the teams woujwUl1", 'J"1 to pieces" because of the Sraft rLbe, shot those within the prcVlbed liLf? eaten' ta Hlrif' ri .'dM t 7i i " x v -.flR 9 J.i J, wti WM nMBHCftj i .' xjjdgmBtalmr 'ttSHHSraiHlKii'1 PEGGY ARNOLD AFTER THE TREASON PEGGV SHIPPEN ARNOLD has lon been cleared of nny charge of complicity In her husband's treacherous plot to betray his country, but Philadelphia in 1780 wa taking no chances. Shortly after the arreit of Major Andrn and tho discovery of the plan to deliver West Point ' Into Engllih hands, Mrs. Arnold returned to her father's home In Philadelphia. Some friends of the S.hlppen family asserted that the young wife would havo been glad to remain In this city for good while her husband served under King George. But If such had been her wish It was emphatically frustrated by a resolution passed by the Philadelphia City Council. One month after her return here this notice was served on her: In Council Philadelphia. Friday, October 27, 17S0. "The Council, taking into consideration tho caso of Mrs, Margaret Arnold (the wife of Benedict Arnold, an attainted traitor wuii tne enemy In New York), whose ren- ; dence In this city has become dangeroui ; I to public safety, and this board being deslr- 1 ous as mucn as possible to provent any cor respondence and Intercourse being carried on with persos of disaffected character In this State and the enemy at New York, an especially with the said Benedict Arnold; therefore, "Resolved, That the said Margaret Arnold depart this state within fourteen days from the date thereof, and that she do not return during the continuance of the present war." Considerable pressure was brought to tear on the council to Induce it to rescind thla order, but the effect proved unavailing. "It makes me melancholy every time I think Of her reunion to thnt Infernal villain" la paasage occurring in the correspondence of j i-awaru uurd, who had married Yttsj Shlppen's sister. The letter continues: JThe sacrifice was an lmVnense one, that of her being married to him at all. It Is much more bo to be obliged against her will -to go to the arms of a man who appears to be so very black." The exact state of Mrs. Arnold's feelings at the time are, however, attll open to ques tion. Washington Irving in his "Life of Washington" records that it was "strongly against Mrs. Arnold's will that she rejoined her husband In New York." But the faot remains that banishment from Philadelphia y: am not necessarily Imply that Mrs, Arnoio should return to her 'husband's home. Tht simplest explanation la thnt aha was fond of him In spite of all, for she bore him four f vnuuren aner sne had left Philadelphia. The Arnolds lived subsequently In Eng land. Three sons became officers in the uiiumi urmy ana tne aaugnter marriea imu y me urn Indian -service. Edward ShlppM Arnold, who had boen born In Philadelphia imers assignment w,,"ki, Point. Won klmrU ft.MM. 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