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through tho Instruments liberty has sup-
piled, to turn the clock back to tho Dark
Ages nnd restoro throughout tho world
that system of subjection our forefathers
so happily overthrow. Sho 'would thus
neutralize tho galvanizing Inspiration our
Institutions havo Induced, deadening onco
more- Intellectual vision and assuring for
centuries to como an abaoluto standstill
In sicchanlcnl progress, similar to that
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Tom Daly's Column
ABOUT THIS TIME
Special Correspondence o the livening Ledptr
WASItlNOTOX, Aug. 21.
WK KKTUnnD tho war In Kurope a
little over four months ago. Tho Presi
dent needed men and money to conduct tho
wnr. Congress voted for conscription bo
causo the President wanted an nrmy quick.
The army Is coming nnd tho dcslro of the
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ICOND-CLiSS MAIL MATT1B
PkllaJelphla, Silordir, AdoiI 25, 1917
SHALL MIRACLES CEASE?
A HUNDRED and fifty years ago thero
was nowhere on tho surface of tho
v." j?varth a city of a million people Men
.h m .-- xcern horn nnd lived to a creat nco nnd
BVJ '4 i
E'V ,,5?. died who Scarcely know tho taste of meat.
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lAi,1,. The problem of securing moro bread was
tW a great problem and hunger never ceased
&-? . to stalk tho streets of London and tho
'tit large towns. A simple diet was received
'W 'wllh thanks to tho bountiful Providence
'V?i "; that provided It. Ordinary pcoplo stayed
f i ji kilo iijviio auu ,i.iiati ...tw.v. ...rf
!:C;' V y were born, as hemmed In from observation
- jytT t rf of tho worl1 at Iaree ns lf they ,,vcd on
Fifff i another planet. Ownership of a book
was a distinction and education a class
prfvllege. A great blackness had dwelt
in tho minds of men for ages nnd lgno
ranca everywhere held court with sump
tuous ceremonial! Life was closo to
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nature, but knew nothing of tho secrets
of nature. The English peasant was not
far removed from tho Babylonian tiller of
the soil.
Tho allusions of literature were over
whelmingly agricultural. Provincialism
was " dominant throughout tho earth.
Eighteen hundred years of Christian
civilization under a system of govern
ment by kings and rclgnjng families
found the world Intellectually and mate
rially, but not spiritually, almost exactly
where It had been when tho Wise Men
Journeyed from tho East nnd tho Pro-
HJ kV, consul Pontius Pilate gave his assent to
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SJjrF' io crucmxion oi me unrisi.
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WS't-l'v 'TN 1"76 a tow Plobelans, who had drunk
RJT' ,1 3 decP of tho inspiration flowing from tho
'? giant mountains and vast distances of
tno X.w World, resolved to shatter the
bo, ms that bound them to a system of
EOVi.rnt' ent and society that had wrecked
human progress. They searched the
political philosophy of the ancients,
transmuted Into a concreto program tho
principles of freedom enunciated by
thinkers of every cllmo and tlmo and
promulgated a theory of government
wnlcn was destined to work Incalculable
clu.i.sts In the whole structuro of civili
sation. An army only did not surrender
in Yorntown, but there the prejudices, tho
auwiiteri habits, iht age-old tenets, tho
enuco po.ttical philosophy of mankind
,e way before a new Idea. There time
paraphernalia of progress to servo as
a masquetadc for reversion to prin
ciples that utterly damned, prevented nnd
submerged for eons humanity's upward
struggle
fTlIIE American Idea Is psychological, nnd
thcreforo it Is dllllcult to Impress its
Importance on tho people ns a whole. It
required centuries for tho truths of Christ
to And acceptance. So subtle are tho
processes by which tho mind of the race
Is freed, so unknown yet nro the lnws
governing these processes, that elucida
tion of them Is Impossible. Wo ran only
test by results tho alchemy of the fact.
Wo only know what wo know, and that Is
that tho destiny of mankind on earth
changed when tho Declaration of Imlo
pendenco became established. Wo only
know that the race had Its nose to the
ground then, and now It lives among mlr
ados. We only know that during the
period of our Independence dienins havo
been translated Into ordinary facts. The
system that could havo Induced these
things, tho system under which they hap
pened, the system that made possible such
emancipation of humanity as has oc
curred, compared with the barren results
of tho system which It displaced, must bo
a system of such holy worth that men
willingly should die for Its perpetuation
and stop at no sacrlllco to too that It
shall not pcihh from tho face of tho
earth.
When wo say that tho world must be
made safo for democracy, wo mean that
It must bo made safe for tho minds of
Whltncys and Fultons and Morses nnd
Edlsons to function clllclcntly and with
full liberty, that Intelligence must bo per
mitted still to thrive in cultivated ground,
and that mankind cannot, will not, bo
forced and driven back Into tho thraldom
which, from tho golden era of Pericles
to tho leaden period of tho third George,
blinded the earth and pauperized it.
which we fliall bo proud, but It will be
to big an army that, with tho pay of the
enlltfd man doubled and a proportional
Increase In officers' pay, the cost will be
enormous. It opens a great new account
with tho taxpayers that the financiers of
tho nation will havo to meet nnd continue
to provide for until tho war Is over and
the new nrmy Is disbanded. So It will be
with the navy, the personnel of which hns
been greatly Increased In recent months.
Tlio two fighting forces of the Government
nre gradually nssumlng shape, although not
ko quickly as Mime of our allien seem to
wish, nor quite so enthusiastically In some
parts of tho country ns soino of our Ameri
can patriots predicted. Hut wo are getting
ready for an effective service, and If need
he, fnr a long service. How long, despite
the prcecnt-day peace discussions, time
alone can tell. The drnft Is being con
ducted and estimates are being made as
If we meant to go through to a finish, nnd
that we shall do so Is certainly tho thought
of every one In puMIc life. It may hi- that
peace will como sooner than nnst nf us
expect, but een so the dlsoiganlzatioii of
tlio army and navy ns alrcndj l.ullt up
could not be effected In nnv less time or
with any less oaie than was the organiza
tion Itself. There nre thousands of men
who hae gone Into tlio military sen Ice
to make It tficlr profession and they will
want to remain after the war closes Their
Interests nnd ambitions will have to bo
taken Into consideration when the tlmo for
dlshandment comes. With the navy It mny
be different. The navy may provo to be
an undisguised blessing In equipping the
nation with officers nnd men for the Ameri
can merchant marine which we expect
to innuguiate hcn the war closc An
a matter of fact, the naj Is not only a
lighting foreo, hut It li mtiialb a great
national training school fu the men w
will ultimately need to nlllcoi and man our
merchant ships. Wo will probably be able
to use In tho merchant service after tho
war all seamen created by tho navy during
tlie war.
Spending Lavishly to Win
While the nrmy and nay arc being nut
CARDINAL GASPARRI EXPLAINS
changed tho measure of his march.
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-; oimiicb mi us. a.jiey nave uio same
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fc.i rains and tho same air that wo have.
There are no natural phenomena to make
'' minds more ocwo or Intelligence more
. active In America than In other countries.
! But tho achievement of political Indo
. pendenco by tho United States began to
be, followed almost immediately , by most
f, marvelous evidences of tho capacity of
'-mankind under favorablo conditions to
climb out of the pits up to tho very moun
tain tops. c
Political liberty seemed to break tho bar
y riers that held men's souls In thrall
The cotton' gin came to clothe tho world,
, steam harnessed Itself to the vehicles of
land and sea and opened tho fruits of
raf-, l" the earth to all tho Inhabitants thereof,
5JfcH and tn6 senlus of Morse put thought on
ns . wres and sent It with the speed of llcht
ELvU- BcrnsM mnirnfflritnt ilUtfinAa .t.if n.n
r-.T-- " ...v.., ...,a .ucn
Wfiir- ('Integrated the human voice Into elec-
teKfi tr'o current and integrated it miles away
i mm us lormer iorm. me Whole Drocesa
being instantaneous. Wright connund
tt.v
-' the air and Ial(A nnd TTnllnnd hA Bniu
I4M of the seas. If Shakespeare was an in-
V. LtjT " aAllnAlilAl AMAAn .!.... ..... A - .a
FflT i iv.w(. uwmi, n.iuau wuvea loucneu on
I'SfeE ' all the shores of time, the American ex.
EV- 'pertinent in freedom struck the barnacles
tr " from the mind of man and electrified his
frVv mental processes into 'a functioning
StTp! destined to liberate the race from mate-
,kj aiavory Dy me opening up of the
piLsVlnnermost secrets of natural forces and
F? AA.- I.e. ...... . . ..
.VT- mo .nicijjicmuun ana domination of
- f them, for the service and happiness of
JbJ humanity. The faith of our fathers waa
, jW faith that moves mountains, because
i?f .' M has movad mmintslna r n.,n.j
ctclysmle upheaval in the thought-
M4tiyrt. .
f i:JW ,, thto vmr n material terms;
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THE Interpretation by Cardinal Oas
parrl, tho papal Secretary of State, of
the pontifical appeal for peace as n reitera
tion nnd elaboration of principles first
enunciated by President Wilson Is scarcely
less Important than his emphatic pro
nouncement that "ns to condonation of
damages caused by tho war, thero Is an
exception applying particularly to Eel
glum." It has long been apparent that Presi
dent Wilson Is tho leading exponent of
liberalism In tho world today nnd that
ho has laid down tho essential principles
on which an enduring peuco can bo
brought about. It Is Just as apparent that
he will fall to talto advantngo of no oppor
tunity that seems to offer u reasonable
chance for the sort of peaco that Is civ
ilization's goal.
Unquestionably the comment by Car
dinal Gasparrl adds now weight to tho
papal appeal, but wo doubt seriously If
there Is at this tlmo any hopo for peace
comparable to that found In tho great
Allied offensive now under way.
"COMRADES"
f
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rpiIAT civilization Is waging its world
-L war on lines broader than thoso of
mora nationalism Is inspirlngly emtiha-
'sized by tho nnmo selected for the asso
ciation of discharged soldiers nnd sailors
now being formed In England. Rejecting
tne .emptatlon to inject Uritaln, Albion,
King Georgo or any other proper noun
Into tho title, these veterans call them
selves, simply and beautifully, "Comrades
of tho Great War."
Superb expansion of tho organization
is thus Immediately obvious. Tho French
"pollu," tho English "Tommy," tho Ital
ian Bersugllero, tho Algerian Spahl, tho
martyred Flemish, the Russian mujlk
nnd tho American "Sammee" or what
you will are all comrades with a single
ne&s of ideal unparalleled In world his
tory. From tho G. A. R. and the Confederate
veterans tho spirit of sectionalism has
long Blnco vanished. Hut were It devel
oped on broad international lines sug
gested by Its title, the society of "Com
rades of the Great War" would be un
handicapped at the outset.
When the battlo flags aro furled some
millions of "Comrades" would provide a
spectacle moro akin to tho idealistic
brotherhood of man than any yet beheld
on this rolling planet.
It Is worth remembering these days
that the English translation of the Ger
man word "grab" is "grave."
The difference between "mlno own
country" and "mlnoowned" is becoming
grntlfylngly moro apparent every day.
The news that Edison is taking a
vacation la one of the most comforting
evidences that the reports of reduced sub
marine warfare are correct.
General Humidity and General Dis
comfort are a team of August militarists
against whom even a world made safe
for democracy would be powerless.
Mayor Smith says his lease Is aU
right, tut It is the same Mayor Smith who
says .that Mr, Sheehan'a candidacy is all
n.p-,aaa).Mvtr uw wutri ball I c ' ,
rT. i ' I 'f- . r j, . a ,. T .t! ' I vi Tint 11!
'Sr" MjMSfc'V.rfM..!.- I "" f" 7,
miS.K- ' .lisai
together to win this unr tho financial ro
sources of thn country are being checked up
to pay the bill, and the checking up of these
resources is no small job, despite tho enRe
with which tho public hns become accus
tomed to tho ready use of the word "billions."
A billion, be it remembered, being one
thousand million and a million Itself being
a fa lily comfortable sum. When we speak
of a 'billion dollars." and endeavor nrnn.
crly to realize Its meaning, we me reminded
of tho early but amiable and public-spirited
suggestion of Hon. John Wnnamakor that
the American people contrlbuto $1,000,000,
000 to restore Belgium Wo wore sorrowing
with stricken Belgium then. It will bo re
called, but there were some who, though
they spoke generously, did not seriously en
tertain the kindly suggestion of tho great
Philadelphia merchant. They began to fig
ure up what $1,000,000,000 meant substan
tially $100 apiece for every man. woman and
child in tho country nnd they looked nt
each other and shook their heads. They
treated the suggestion with respect, but
wero sorry ror .Mr. wnnamnKor nnd, for the
tlmo being, "tlio billion Idea" went to the
scrap heap. Just exactly as did William
Jennings Bryan's Government ownership
of railroads idea, with which on ono occa
sion he was eo unfortunate as to open his
Presidential campaign In Now York city.
Mr. Bryan is said to be looking "hopefully"
to tho future since Government owner
ship is a little more popular than when he
m.ido bold to mention it, but Mr. McAdoo,
tlio Secretary of tho Treasurv. whn i nw.
credited with "hopes for tho future," Is
"beating" Mr. Wanamaker "to it" on tho
billion Idea. Mr. McAdoo now looks to Con
gress not for one "billion" but for what In
tho aggregate, during this session of Con
gress, will bo a United States contribution
to the wnr of upward of $10,000,000,000
a per capita burden of $1500. And this Is
for our war experience of four months
only, though It may bo expected to carry us
forward to the end of tho fiscal year, Juno
?,f,!!fxt' ,A,t a,','y,r,ate' u makes th0 Helglum
"billion-dollar" idea of Mr. Wanamaker
qulto respectable.
New Demands a Surprise
The new McAdoo proposals come as a
surprise to both the Senate and House
Tho Senate was grinding away on tho war
revenue bill ns If that was sulliclent to
settle the whole war business. Having given
the Administration authority to borrow
$7,000,000,000, of which $3,000,000,000 was
to go to the Allies, the new demand for
loans put a damper upon the thought of
adjourning, for even tho Senate realizes
that these enormous sums of money must
come out of business and tho people. Like
wise In the Houso thero was a feeling of
surprise nnd resignation. "We havo gono
Into tho wnr," it was said; "we will have
to give tho Administration tho money to
see It through." Congress had some Justin
cation for Its surprise at tho new demands
becauao It was understood when tho $7,000 -000.000
loan bill was passed, tho biggest
ever up to that time, that the Allies would
bo satisfied and that the needs of our own
Government would be met up to tho end of
the fiscal year. It now appears that In
addition to tho $3,000,000,000 authorized for
the Allies by tho act of April 21, 1317 t
will require $1,000,000,000 moro to keep
them going until June, 1918, Inclusive. The
Secretary of the Treasury plans to let the
Allies England, France, Italy, Russia and
the others who are lighting Germany have
at least $500,000,000 a month. They are
said to need It to see them through tho
winter and to prepare for the next great
spring drive. Supporting tho demaifd for
the loan is the argument that tho moro
money wo send abroad the fewer men wo
will have to send. Apart from tho assist
ance we are to give to the Allies nro the
requirements of our own forces, which
seem to bo steadily Increasing, as can be
nttested by Chairman Fitzgerald, of New
York; Mr. Gillette, of Massachusetts, the
ranking Republican; Mr. Sherley, of Ken
tucky; "Uncle Joe" Cannon, of Illinois, and
other strong men of the House Appropria
tions Committee, who are locked up almost
dally in conference with army and navy
officials and their war estimates. As evi
dencing our own necessities, It may be said
that the Wnr Department seeks an appro
priation on ono Item alone, that of field
artillery, of $2,600,000,000.
It la not clear Just when the new loan
will be offered or what the rate of interest
will be. Four per cent has been mentioned,
but that will havo to be 'determined by
Congress. It Is more than likely, however,
that 4 per cent will be agreed upon, ns
there Is grave doubt about the ability of
the Secretary to finance another large loan
at 3tt per cent. In certain sections of the
country depositors In savings hanks and
other Institutions can readily obtain 4 per
cent for their money, which the Adminis
tration found to be an obstacle to the
placing of the Liberty Loan. Anticipating
favorable action by Congress, the Treasury
Department Is 'already laying; its plans for
mo aiapuaai ui mo, new loan, it nromlaaa
to be one of the bsK-advarUssa' proaosHiona
mVIIa' a a- , - "T
Tim VILLAGE rOKT
Whenever it's a Saturday the afternoon
ts mine,
An' if It suits my mood to loaf I needn't
write a line;
An' as for nctcs on Chestnut street, it
shall not have the colli
I'm gonna sing of country things, or I
won't sing at all:
BUTTERMILK
O dairy maid, O dairy maid,
I do beseech thee now
To favor mo with buttermilk
Now taken from tho cow.
For whlto and golden buttermilk
I hunger and I yearn;
O glvo mo but n cup of It
Beforo thou stait'st to churn.
Ah! onco I was a country lad
And I would taste again
The simple jtys that onco I had
Hut could not qulto retain.
I used to pick fresh buttermilk,
But I've forgotten how;
O give me but a cup of It
New tnken from tho cow!
7oitf peaceful is the country night when
everything is sttllt
Vxccpl perhaps a baying dog heyoml the
dhtant hill.
Hut .it a ill the chanting katydids abound
fifi time of year,
Ho let's resume our oaten pipe an' sing
about 'cm here:
THE KATYDID
Upon Its downy nest
When twilight shadows creep
It kettles down to rest
And lull its young to sleep.
Engnged, tho leaves among,
At this maternal thing,
It stirs Its tuneful tongue
And thus begins to sing:
"Katy didn't, Katy did;
Katy didn't, Katy did!"
When I was on tho farm
I used to rob Its nost,
Hut now I would not harm
The little feathered guest.
I lovo to watch him strain
His tiny tuneful throat,
And cheer us onco again
With that recurrent note:
"Katy didn't, Katy did:
Katy didn't, Katy did!"
Getting back at numerous vncatlouists
who have been postcardlng us: O! wo'vo
been sleeping under blankets, too; and all
summer long. Wo always store ours
In tho attic.
This smoking habit which Is growing
among tho women needn't disturb us.
It's old stuff. Horace Greeley, in his
"Reminiscences," tells how he, as a young
ster In New Hampshire, always lighted
his mother's pipe and got It well started
for her whenever tho weed enticed her.
Yet and hero's the thing to put in your
own plpo nnd puff upon meditatively ho
never became n smoker himself.
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OK 5C rfthttV -AZ7aaaZjcJaMaMiPW5?3la'PaE, Mi T Jfi
etm0Hnnm i J -X.1I m " "fclfc JfT "aaAS a.jPij TUgrfMsfca j--a-iiilJniai "t a
Mrs. Martha Foote Crow has nchloved
a new thing In tho making of books. It
is "Christ In the Poetry of Today," an
anthology of "gems strung upon a golden
cord of Blblo phrases," the whole forming
a poetic biography. This page, for in
stance, will glvo a notion of tho fashion
of tho book:
Behold what wanner of love the Father
hath bestowal upon us, that tee should
be ca1lcd children of Oodl
Thou hast on earth a Trinity
Thyself, my fellow-man, and mo:
When one with him, then ono with Thee:
Nor, save together, thine are we.
To the Christ
J. B, TABB.
Can the blind
guide the blind t
Sho called from her cell,
"Let mo glvo you a rose,"
To the 'cold tract-man
In his Sabbath clothes.
And tho tract-man raid
To tho ono gone mad,
"How can you give
What you never had?"
"As you give Christ,"
Tho madwoman said,
"While lovo In your heart
Lies cold and dead."
lfadncss
HARRY LEE
Our friend, tho Major, calls us down for
not subscribing for Punch. "Punch," sez
he, "Is a real humorous paper." And he's
right, tho gibes of American Jokers to the
contrary, notwithstanding. "That story
jou printed tho other day about the re
cruit who failed to salute," the Major
continued, "was lifted from Punch, and
so aro nearly all the other good war yarns
wo hear on this side."
Reading tho Journal of Dr. Alexander
Hamilton, as we frequently, do In odd
moments, it surprises us to note that,
although ho spent almost the entire
month of June, 1744, in this city, he
makes no mention of having met Ben
jamin Franklin, while no seems to havo
mado tho acquaintance of all the other
worthies of that day. Franklin had
already founded the S. E. P. (oh, very
well then, the Pennsylvania Gazette), the
Philadelphia Library, tho .American
Philosophical Society nnd tho University
of Pennsylvania, and had been clerk of
the Pennsylvania Assembly and postmas
ter of Philadelphia when Hamilton rode
Into the town.
But, If the traveler missed the distin
guished Bostonlan In Philadelphia, he met
some curious Phlladelphlans in Boston.
In his Journal, under date of Thursday
August 9, he wrote:
I dined with Mr. Fletcher In the com-'
pany of two Phlladelphlans, who could
not be easy because, forsooth, they
were In their nightcaps, seeing every
body else In full dress, with powdered '
wigs It not being customary In Bos
ton to go to dine or appear upon Change
In caps as they do in other parts of
America. What strange creatures' we
are! and what trifles make us uneasy)
It Is no mean Jest that such worthless
things as caps and wigs should dis
turb our tranquillity and disorder our
thoughts, when we Imagine they are
worn eut of season. I wao'myself much
In the same state of uneasiness with
these Phlladelphlans. for I had got a,
great hole In the lappet of my coat, to
hide which employed so much of my
(iiuuama in compmiy.uiai, tor want M ,.
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Reading Matter for Soldiers
Wanted Single Tax in War.
Spanish Names
This Department free to all readers who
wish to express their opinion on subjects of
current interest. It is an open forum and the
venlng Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the vietcs ot its correspondents. Letters must
be filffiifd bu the name and address of the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith.
KILLING CAMP MONOTONY
To the llditor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Many persons are anxious to do
something for tho soldier boys who havo left
their homes and aro facing unusual ex
periences In camp, on tho sea, In foreign
lands, It may be at tho battlo front.
Tho Young Men's Christian Associations
are following tho Pennsylvania boys Into
tholr camps, especially Camp Hancock at
Augusta, Ga where tho Pennsylvania
division of the National Guard some 25,000
strong will be In training.
Monotony of camp life Is appalling. Tho
association In its six buildings will provide
correspondence material, phonographs,
pianos and meager libraries. Individuals
who wish to help tho soldiers through the
Young Men's Christian Association may
send good music, vocal or Instrumental,
disc records, worthy framed pictures for
tho buildings and especially books. These
should lncludo not only hlgh-grado fiction
and works of classical authors, but also
biography, history, books on nations of
Europe In tho present war and on en
gineering and scientific subjects, especially
motors, wireless, airplanes, etc,
Theso may all bo sent by parcel post to
George B Landls, Camp Educational Sec
retary, Augusta, Ga., who will distribute
them to the best advantage or In ac
cordance with the request of the donorn
when such Is made. Or since tho Young
Men's Christian Association Is co-operating
with tho American Library Association
tho books may be sent to the nearest library
to be forwarded. Magazines will be ac
cepted, if sent prepaid. Current numbers
aro most usable. S. A. ACKLEY,
Executive Secretary.
Atlanta, aa., August 24.
Spanish. Double "n's" are not Spanish,
nor are any double letters with the excep
tions of "1" and "r".
I notice moreover that Spanish words
nro continually badly treated by English
speaking folk. Take, for instance, the
"nguacate" pear cut of which the Cuban
makes his delicious salad. Some Americans
call It "alligator," which Is absurd, but at
least ranks as an English word without
pretensions. The alleged "highbrows," how
ever, call the fruit "avocado," which Is the
Spanish word for lawyer. What they mean
by a "lawyer pear" I don't know unless they
are trying to suggest that It's rich.
CIENFUEGOa.
Philadelphia, August 24.
THE LETTER WAS GENUINE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am sorry to see such stuff In your
paper as "Dan McDermott's" letter of to.
day. It does no good and only gives offense
to many of your readers. Few regard it
as a genuine communication. I write In
protest, as a friend of the paper.
MICHAEL DONOHOE.
Philadelphia, August 22.
SINGLE TAX IN WARTIMES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir All signs point at present to a long
continued and costly war. Our Government
Is allied with other nations In striving to
preserve the small measure of democracy
existing and, through that preservation, be
enabled to further advance the growth of
real world democracy. Our Government
makes a plea for devotion and sacrlllce on
tho part of the citizen. It will require
oceans of money to carry forward Its share
In destroying let us hope forever the In
sane militaristic spirit of tho German Im.
perlal Government."
Private comfort, convenience and property
will be taxed to an extent never dreamed
of before. Already Cbngress has passed
bills which In their operation will obstruct
and hamper the production of wealth
something which should be prodigiously en
couraged at this time of wnr stress For
many years I have been an advocate nf
the single tax, a method for taking the rent
of land for public purposes. Taklnir tha
rent of land by the Government wnigrvo an
ample rovenue (altogether originated and
maintained by public growth, activity and
desire), and will not In any way d Scouram
the production of wealth. "'"courage
Intelligent study of the single tax will
prove that I have not overstated the case
Intelligent persons already know that it .in
do nil I claim for It. but how m.-. I'"1
paper editors, economists, religious and"
moral teachers are publicly ndv,.? ,.
, 2TS.T omver Mcknight
Philadelphia, August 24. I,T'
ERRORS IN SPANISH
rJ',e f?'tor 0 the entng Ledger-
Blr-The recent death of one of the i..
veterans of the Mexican War has revival
a number of stories concernlnk that nd
old wooden-leased dle.atn, i?-i?at.wJr
dt ssnta Ana. In almost STLiS" .'
ff-ffSIKGKnWMttarwtoalarS ebau.. a
mam?? it: wm. f7?MsansuLS:
tira'P&jtf ,ftaft&juA vir.'i r.. :;u' .-,. . . v
REVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION
An Interesting historical fact, brought to
publlo attention by Senator Henry L. Myers
of Montana, Is that the Congress of 1777
engaged In grain preservation Just as the
Congress of today Is doing, and on Febru
ary 27 of that year adopted a resolution
reading:
Resolved, That It be recommended to
the several Legislatures of the United
States immediately to pass laws the more
effectual for putting an immediate stop
' jJTaciica or aistllling
grain by which the most extensive evils
are likely to be derived' if not quickly
prevented. ' '
Senator Myers, after dwelling upon the
wisdom and patriotism of the Continental
legislators, appealed to the Senators to catch
up with their ancestors. Mobile Register.
THE AMERICAN TITAN
Tho azure of the sky no cloud disturha
ueep silence reigns. Old Ocean's voice Is
hushed.
The mountains grandly rise in solemn mood.
And peaceful Is the vale. In forest shade
TeaT" th whlsper,n fes are
A"d "hall"1"""5' thlnk,nK na"Bht that
His deep serenity of bou! arouse.
BUt '"peak?1" '" thB We8t' 'er mounta'n
A. cloud appears, and soon it towers aloft
A threatening titan In the sky. It breath.,;
The lurid lightning Hashes forth, tone1.""
Of distant thunder shake the appalled earth
Aaaln the t tan. In h. ...w". : es'
C"8Ublas8tsname 8endS f0rth' th th"i
Re'eChheigBhtsm0nS th mou"t'n.' craggy
At his command great titans .,. ...,.., ..
zzsr- vnrb7nr.
?hirb.era.tS wlth iwful thunderbolts,
lone?." tarth dMCend !n 'ln
Appalling to the soul of awe.atni,
Wj,,e fountains shake' ZntS
STnTto1 nVo?t,es "
Send8tChefe frth- "west unto
Far o'er Atlantic's snan th. u.
Upon the throne cf h'.Twhoufd" "h Wd
rifaaaO hAll. Jt a
earth. U"""Q in ri.m,nB ht. Th,
By heaven's artillery overwhelmed, would
gtf SWSaK", one.
No more.shall wj,,PJ52oV J".
When Freedom's titan of tv,. w ,Bewrel
Repose, hi. tnlit of II therM1"1''
Awake him not. As he n,fL,, J?,rW;.
So now doth he awsV,P aAiJn(,y P.
powers ' and "umb-ring
Aroused, appalling i the fata f 1,1
Wh0 would, Pr..umpttYn .
1 What Do You Know? j
Quiz ML
1, Who la the present Seeretarr of the IntWl
2, What Rnsslan eltr. Important from a BBI.1J
tary viewpoint, la the objeetlre of a rn-ol
rent German drlTef 'A
3, What miracle waa performed by CkrMf
dnrlnc the marrlace at CanaT '-j
4, What city has been the aene of retat net J
liotaT y
5, What DrltJuh dramatist la reported U Un j
been killed bar falUnc from a cUffT
. Who Is Donald D. MaeMlllanf J
7. Name a noted German Soclallat leader taHS
In dispatches to be near death. H
8. From what Roman name of a sodded li 5
the modern term cereal derlredf
0. What la a eaiaowarrT &
In ,--& .... . M
v. niui ia me area or the German empire.
Answers to Yesterday's Qui
1. United State Infantrymen wear bio bat 1
oordai cavalrymen, yellow one.
t. "A rodsnap" la a man fall of narrow to-
alar pride, the name brine taken froa V
Dlkena'a character of that name la tha 5
noiel "Oar Mutual Friend." j
8' ThbuaFuen"h "" for " ,uk'r ""' j
. An American. John P. lTolland, Inwntel .
one of the drat submarine. J
, probably be called In the sprins of IMS.
' K!Lx?!,niTi Orave la a aclf-otyled "la- '
tcrnatloiwl spy," arrested loat waek la .
7 I!?. W."Jdit' "n. Mta "
cently killed In action.
" ThiontIceflof'Mn "" C"Iled "tbt Bw -
9' PoL.!" 1. seaport on the AdrUUo In tbe ;
Aostro-IIuncarlao province of Iitrla.
10. HenJaniln Franklin married Deborah Best, r
or Philadelphia.
TUP TCCnr T mm TTAr.nn '
a.u uuuuAaaiiun nuusiu
FEW actors In real historical dramas have .
ever been fully conscious at the time of ,
parts they were playing. Thomas Jeffer- S
son. of course, must have realized soma- J
thing of the Import of his composition of
the Declaration of Independence, but thsn
were details of the scene to which he -lave i
little thought. Historians In later years,;
diligently endeavored to learn in what pr-
tlcular house the epoch-making document!
was written. Forty-nine years after the 1
nrst fourth of July, Jefferson was asked '
where he had been lodging during the sum-
mer of 1776. The great Democrat reflected. ,
He had almost forgotten where he performed f
the most notable act of his life! After much
dusting of memories, he decided that the
Declaration had been composed at Seventh
and Market streets, a s
It was Dr. James Mease, who In ISJS ;
had written to Jefferson on the subject
The latter answered that he had "lodged In ;
the house of a Mr. Graaf, a new brick i
house, three stories high, of which I rented -
tne second floor, consisting of a parlor and t
:uroom reaay furnished. In the psrior
I wrote hnhltitnliv i i u wi-Ma this '
paper particularly. The proprietor wss j
young man, son of a German, and then .
n6Wlv fnorflaA T t.l1. i - .. k.lnlfUvfr
and his house was on the south side of
marKei street,, probably between Beventn 3
and Eighth streets, and, If not the only. -.
"""" "n xnai part or the street, 1 am
,url, there were few others near It." t
With this substantial tip, the research (.
experts set to work. Dr. Nicholas Blddla ,
In 1827 announced that Jefferson's memory
had servad Tilm ifii n-K. riAlAratloil .r
house was on the southwest comer ot ;J
V ana Market. That this ana wi.j
"r m tne neighborhood was the struciur
was conclusively proved by the fact thst,-,
the nearest house to tha southwest corner;
wa nt built until some twenty years aftefJ
In Doctor Dlddle's report on the subject-.
n adds that Jefferson had selected Ms,
lodgings With charant.rlatln lnv nt retire-V
ment "In n. hnn K,,1U tk. ntltlklrtl'l
.-- .hhsv vu,,k w, a.v "-- ,
tne city, and almost the last dweliiM'
tO tha WMlwd.4 M.1. . .Mll famlt
.. vuvnniu, micro in B1I1B11 m"',
J1 was the sole boarder." Jefferson PW J
iniriynve shillings a week room rent wv
those days. He took his meals chUfly l?
omttn s tavern on Second street
n the mld-nlneteenth century, the Dee,.
inon noute waa enlarged with a ?oun;
StOry and rhann nw U, .!, rtllrnoaea li
Later It became a warehouse and as j
"" -iamg in ibjj, wnen it waa wv
--" i maae way for a new banK puuoins;
it-rS.1 DTOn tablet now records tn 1
liT V T '"""u nana is on wo sua u :
5J1.VI "Qture WW Jefferson pnneaa
.fcSVi -70"-..'f Fh laaslPWaMja.
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