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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.
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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'
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
.
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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. In ' TnJU Im . thM X
r.ll'.7. . ;. T"( ian,v " vp '--n
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