KiialtJlltlaah 4 i; I HP&n pledge ?y-T -P" -f W majMijiaSbml IJTJBLIC LEDGER COMPANY emus u. it CUKTI8, rrtrNT ar.Mf IT. f,.i,1ln.rtrm. VtrA Tr..-Mntf Jnhn Jart.rt. HecretiiryTvnd Treaaureri Thlllo H. t.Whlejr, Directors. (" EDITOntAl. BOATID: j) C.ars II. K. Ccktu, Chairman. ' .,K. WIIALET. Editor rnarv n ma..i.ix- r- r..., . , pa , -- - .. -.....-. .vicirim jiumiiras .MiiiiUKrT r , fTnbll'hM dally at Pernio l.twnlTulidlruc," f !S Independence, Sauara. l-hlliitrlnhia. mW. 'ljftlMEll CKVTBlt. . .Tlrr.-.. r,A fhn Utlm JrtANTio CITT 'rrtt-tnlan llulldlnu gw York .-Oil .Metropolitan Tower . . . ih I'oM nulldlnit V.TOIT. ' " Loos. OHICAOO .,, .. .fnni Kutlcrtnn llulldlnx 1202 Tribune UuUdlnit '-..., NRfTS DUnEAUS: m WiniN0TON llenruu nine ItulMln Nsw Tonic IIummu The Timet Ilulldlnic ,. London llmmu Mnrcnnl Hour, niraml h Pikl flnu-it- n-i 11... T....I. 1. nu..i . -. ..... iii.tit. iiuv imuk iv uinnu IVi , 1 Sl'DSCKUTIOK TEIIMS ji TSJiTV.'1 '"" 1 eerved'to iilrcrlb-rii ,. ... . ................. -.f- rmifl Plillarlehahl ' Knhurtv rvimnanv nald to I the National Surety iorrlpany was t per rcent on $12,427,066, the arnount of their "Thomas B. Smith Bonding Company re ceives nn Its commission for obtaining , tho business 30 per cent of tills 112,427, or 3738, and Mayor Smith, who holds 80 per cent of tho stock of tho Thomas U. Smith Bonding Company, stands to profit to tho extent of J2990. Tlmt Is nil right, except that 1 per cent of J12,427,05fi Is $12-1,270.50, or ten times tho amount stated ty our contemporary. Wherefore, Mayor Smith stands to profit to the extent no't of $2990, hut of $29, '21,93, 11 far more tidy num. Maybe, Mr. Shechan can bo persuaded to nbsuidon his flKht for fees mfd go Into tho bond ing business. ViZ 1 . "." ' iUX .. -t .-,'. ... A? MOffBAY;.- i. DRltflNG BOCHE BACK BY1NCHES The Fighting About Crnonnc and the Chemin ties Dames as Fiercely Successful as That About Verdun illadelphlr. nnd surrounding- tnvna lit th Of twelve ll'Jl r-titni iu ..! (....hi. LftAo the rsrrltr. ".. Bjrtnall to point outidf of PhllndrlphU, n I f'.V.fr.B ITnltk.t Ufa ,n.l . fi4-.i m. ,P7 I" ..i.j tjtnxnt vnnnun L MllfU niUlFH IHIl1 Fwft !iTM.u oP08;?? rr' nfty B0' c,nt'' p1" jft "" Rl rt ffft. month. Six ($rt) dollara per year, poyable In Advance. t l Tft nil fAPfltrn rmtnlrtaa ah f(l .Intl,.- .,... i-J month: p ' ""' "' 4J.1 NoTlCr Hubucrlbrm nlxhtnir nitdmiN lidnr.l ?,. " 1 Bluet rive old aa welt a new n.Mrm. E SJt"' BEIX, 3000 WAL.NUT KCYSTO.Nr. MAIN J00O w : WAddreaa olt ropununicattovtt to Kictttna Ltdotr, Inilciirnilenee Square, Philadelphia. vtTKBED at Tnn rnir.APiti.PHU pmTorricB as IECO.MI-CI.AB.1 UAIL MATTXA H. , I'lilIiiltlpliU, MoDj.r, Auiuil :7, 1417 HIGH COST OF KAISEKISM i 0UR si "I. Pf Iv:i V r UH two relnliiK contractors visited Ittle Hollo" last tveek nnd arranged :' .". n with lilm for tho election in November of the tools thej liud uRieetl on. They also sccurid his co-operation in the set tling of rorac minor ward dispute, nnd evidently Impressed on lilm tlio fact that they had placed him In ofllce to play pol itic?, which lie must do right heartily and nqt concern himself too much -with the clt-'s businc-". Tho docility of "Llltlo J Rollo" indicates that pnrcntH who arc stem In their discipline may hope even In this Iay and generation to instill In their off- pring a proper lespect for iiiuhotity. Though "Mttle Itollo" may know nothing of the higher tunthematlcs. Ills facility Wltlt percentage tables Is a constant source of satisfaction to ltN instructors, nd it is a subject in which none is better versed than tlie. Many years ago the hamu gang that now controls the city decided to hand thu municipal gas works over to a piivntn company. So wantonly had this gang mismanaged the aforesaid gas works and o inefficient had the service become that citizens were willing to sanction almost nny plan to get relief. The private com pany calculated that It could produce gas KiaBlv" a lower figure than tho city ami k'!$H'.'f still make a handsome profit. It agreed to do so, tho city retaining tlie privilege, however, of compelling (ho company to charge more for gas than ll was woitli. 'this overcharge to be put Into the City Treasury. It was provided, nevertheless, that at stated periods the company should till further decrease Its charge. Tho people assumed, as they had a light to assume, that every such reduction would be passod on to them nnd that tho city would not dare undertake to lncrea-e its loot. Dut the reductions came to pass and gas still remained at one dollar the thousand feet for thiconsumer. The company now gets eighty cents. After December 31, under the terms of the lease, It will get but seventy-flvo cents. Theie is to be a live-cent 1 educ tion. What does the gang say? It ban .diverted to other uses the" one mill per sonal propel ty tax which tho State g.ivo to the city as u subsidy for tho new tran sit lines. It has gobbled tip every penny in sight anywhere. So now It has the fcffrontery to proclaim that it will keep the gas nickel. "The public be damned. We need the money." It Is scarcely necessary to point out that greater consumption under a lower rate would doubtless compensate for the unit price reduction. The company H extremely anxious, we believe, for lower latea and crentnr n. a,. ir....i , jj$ of economics is entirely too subtlo for $jf comprehension by the statesmanship that iw """ U1B c,l government. Great ISSs, inlnds cannot concern themselves with if, "ciy uuvious mines, nnd whv .v.,.,r the Mayor to bother about reducing the cost of living when it Is annarent tn M everybody tlmt suehlmportant matters CADOItNA THE I'EHSISTKXT EVKKY army of tho Allies, savo tliut of Italy, has undergone a change of high command since tho war begun. The Incumlielicy of Orneral I.ulgl Cadorna lias not been questioned. Confionted with topographic obstacles as formidable ns those faced by Hannibal, the Italian geucrnlNslmo has never falteicd. The necessity of comiucilng moun tain peaks In addition to the foe made the progress of King Victor's Hoops, espe cially in winter, seem painfully slow In proportion to'the ,nagnitude of the task, however, tho prellnilnTiry advance accom plished miracles It takes time to blow away Alptna oiests, even with the terrillo power of modern heavy nttllleiy. Iiest of all was tho grim p rslstciice of tho movement. It Is unlikely tlmt theie has been any Impoitant deviation from (Jen eral Cadornu's 01 Initial stiati'gy since ho first conceived the plan of hacking his way into Austrian ferritin y thituigli the istiiaii Alps. ' The determination with which th.it ob Jccthe has been puisued Is now demon strated In the capture of Monte Santo, hailed by tho clll governor of the Aus trian tcrrltoiy occupied by the Italian urmy as "a magnificent vlctoty," Tho phrase is not too fulsome. Possession of this height. 221 feet above sea leel. lenders the cuptuie of Tiii-ste a possi bility of the touip.irativi'lj neai filtuie. The taking of this peal; lias Its analogies with that of Lookout Mountain HENRI HAZIN Xtaff Coiitspontlttit at lie Kvenlnv Liiutr In 'raiue l'AHIS, July 31. mm: bfttllcs loncetitrated about Craonno nnd tlie ciieinin ucs unmes pecuun, r. tcndlng in lesser Intensity all the way to Morouvllllers. nie In reality Init continua tions In Uoclic attack and counter-attack begun In April, with always (Jemianlc dis advantage ns far as new ground gained" Is concerned I have talked wllh a pcore of ofllceis and more pollus who hae taken part In it. Koth and all ;ay tho same thing "It's like Verdun in June nnd July, 1916, Ilka the das of ploty about Mort Homme, Kleury and V.iux." The Alsne conflict really began Apill 1C of this ear, and lasted until the middle of Mn without Interruption ami nut a 11111 In igor until lecpntl), when the Chemin ite lumei slooil out proinllicntI In the news In this general Alsne light the em itiy has bfeii hardei pttshud than In any single phase ff the war on the west front. He was genuinely harassed by tho Kngllsh east of Aims, and upon tho pait of the French through 11 formidable attack now history thnt together lesulted In 31.000 ilmlip pilMineis nnd tlie loss or inciSOn jileces of in tlller. In all i-alibeis, as well as a reeri mllltaiy i-ntiditloti n mpletely ino.Ilfylng and i-hniiRlng technical advan tages north of tlie Alsne lllxet Ilefore the last gient 1'ietiih offenihe tho armies of the Itepublli poRes-,ed upon the ninth of the l-ne but a nartow stilp i-iosed at .ill ilme to danitd of 11 squeeze to nothlpgiiess b the eiiem. The t'ei mans had a superb condition of ten Item lit nihautage. because ihe coutl oiled obber vatlon point. dominating the Chemin des D.imes. now !!i per cent In Trench hands. Naturally the Crown I'llnce could not pas sively nicept tills condition lie haw In It not onh 11 material danger to hN finulei, but a moral lrll to Ills f.itliei's realm hhould deduction enter the veiboden skulls of bis barbarians. For It was a genuine menace to tlio ilna-l. Tom Daly's Column & in our civil War. fiiiint's vlctoiy at Chattanooga, of which the brilliant "JSattle Among the Clouds" was a stellar fcuture. established I'rilon supicmuoy In Hie West, paved the way for Shei man's maioli, to the sen and made it possib'.o for tlie bulk of the Federal nnn to con cent! ate on the polliy of utttltiou in Vir ginia. Tin- l-'rench fiont W flic Virginia of tin- Knti'lite. Ilr.m-g's defeat iu Teiiiicw-i-u in Xo'eniher. ISIJ.1. foreshndnucd the end of the war. Civilization lias ghen 11 1 speclllc pioph ecy with teg.nd to the ilui.itlon of the present sttuggle. but the tiielcss battel ing ram of (leneral Cidoiua, cNeinpt fioin serious ciiticlsm since entering the lirhly lupIi-nNhos our stock of hopi Hay "PRUNES AND I'RISMS" WL : if us as selecting oniccrs for the people require ma entire attention? If people do not want to pay tho gas tax. let them use electricity! A Fiench Queen, we believe, by the name of Marie Antoinette, voiced a similar philosophy when she proposed 'that If the people could not get bread they, eat cake. Tho guillotine got her. How much- does bad government cost Philadelphia? The now dead Senator Aldrich declared that mero stunlditv K? caused a waste In national revenue of 3& $300,000,000 a year, or almost half of the I wtu annual expenditures at that time. r, wo cunnoi get. now. th., but we eel Justified in estimating ,w y under good government In Philadelphia, vthe entire tax on gas could bo mni . BtIV nttrf nil Infl.li -m ut, r"' ." " i.-iic-ia irom iranalt operation & ue pom in iuii ana tho tnx- rnt .mm -.Ui,.i., ,i.M,..i .. .,.. ,.. ' "' ... . , . . "" "-' uii' mt-omwwu mu iiuiy j.omnn Jjm. l wo Jiiureuseu v n. sinn-ia iiii . .-ti.... ..,.. . bti " '41-iii jv rnrii.fii uiiirt-. fini'M rnnK lAron nnttinr. i- ti 1 " ""ve,ej ill " f eev v . IIULIUII: IIII1 liniioni abatement, porhaps, but It Is amply borne : ,vmv , ,cu tt cusuai study of the Infa- mous methods prevailing- in the expendl- f turn r.P n,.Kll e .. - . ' lul . ,. iulma. ca, KaIsor, fcomea high. I1-- - . ' SlflH'LE ARITHMETIC 1 t 1PBAKINO of tlio bonding business ..,,.1 Fl!La relation to tho Mayor's check book. ft Bucli bonds entered are approximately r? or two-thirds of the amount of h,. L C..'-. tHtots. but thev An not. l,r,t.i. " ant- the premiums paid to the' suretv '- - V.W i. MKn. - . .....a -7 i,,u lAJuuntwrB, Tnls fa 2i:l.- th n'raets. r -f - V rjf 1IAVK been warned so olten against trjlng to win the war by talk ll)nt auytlilng said in its defense comes ns u mnpiise. Plain speech, ho ecr, is a fine tiling and winds that aie distinctly cnunci.iUd by a well-pitclied volco aie bound to be of potent aid lu the execution of military oulers. A prom inent theatrical authority has lately de elated that the mh.11 who can Hpeal; dis tinctly, Incisively and le&onitntly, as most stage folic can, is tlie man to lead bodies of men In the fiay. That the aun chiefs hold this view is Illustrated by the largo piopoitlon of those actors appllng for of ficers' commissions who hao won them. That the average stage artist looks well in ft uniform and knows how to wear It those stining campaigns! of "Shenan doah," "Secret Service." "Held by the Enemy" and "The Wan ens of VUginla" powet fully attest Beside the late Frank Mordaunt, poitruyer lu his time of at least llft htern-voicc-d, dust-Loveicd, dis-patch-iecelvlng generals, flrant and I.ee, fiom the visual standpoint, cut very sorry tlguics. It is extietnel doubtful If the leal Julius Caesar looked so much like our notion of the conqueror of Raul as did tho gifted Foibes-ltobortson. t.'ncle Sam. of course, is not going to be fooled by such superllci.il chaims, but clear speech that cauics tlnough the din of hhellllte, or the pervash ostago whisper, invaluable for Mitpiiso night attacks, is n highly valuable asset. The mumbler U an impossible field nllleer. Tlio Immortal Mis. (Jener.il's dose of "primes and prisms," administered to develop Incisive articulation iTt the Dorrit family, would be admirable tinlning for thousands of word-swallowing, vowel-huppressing Ainer-ti leans who have never tiod tho bo.uds. The 111.111 who "talks like a actor" has often provoked scorn. It will not be so in tho army. Whoever can say "Theo phllus Thistle the successful tlilstlo-siftei" without stumbling has a fine chance for promotion. That once ubiquitous word "pie paredness" is fast becoming obsolete. "Prepnied" Is the up-to-date substitute. "Count that day lost whose slow de scending sun views by Petaln no progress at Verdun," possibly expresses a prevail ing French sentiment. This early start of the cool weather Isn't half so appealing to coal men as It would have been a ear ago. It only brings tho prospect of having to give the public a squaro deal painfully ne.irei. It History records that Napoleon, aouerns auogeiner out of business. He decided otherwise. It was the mistake of his life. - Tho request of the Shipping Board for an additional billion with which to finance the colossal fabricating plants at Hog Island, Chester and Newark and take care of other plans for augmenting the fleets Indicates hat at last wo are to get tho kind of action expected from Ameri can energy, It will be found, we think, that already we1 have an amazing tonnage under construction, but tho task is a big one and we may as well go through with it'iij alsr way. We are going- to have a merchant marine to b proud of' when r'TTV" A Record of Get man Reverses The Crown l'llnce's icooid In this war is as director of serious leverae". He was bejton In Champagne In 1!1", Ills defeat at Verdun lam; around the globe; the Alsne and Champagne campaigns of early 1S17 weie tarred with the -same biuslt. Thus, fin tl'.H sake of prestige waning, as well as the techuk.il and military lcasons 1 hu outlined, the lloclie effoits along the AIhiiu liu-re.isul In volume from tally May. lu tin- second half of that month lliri Hermans attail.ed eleven times, in June lwi-nt-oiie times, and eat h attack In 1 leased lu volume oil July S the Boche engaged a division to eveiy 1200 meteis of tlj line tieni-li as far nuth as I.a Itojeie im July 14 another division was engaged over the same area south of I'eiu.v fium Jul 19 lo M two divisions lu about the same fiont, one of which was the Filth Prussian tfu.uds, in assaulting before California and Casemates. Veidun over ngnln. In Intensity, In contin uance1 despite loss in massed fotmatlnn, despite eiiti.ilng the jaws of death. The Kaissi s heir gained a little and lot it again, regained only In 1 close He left thou sands of dead lu Miln endc.unr. He nvvjpt Fienrh lines with tKiiiendoiis nttllleiy Hie. At Ceiny, the guaid came forwaid as in August. 1914. and July. I I'll), a solid mass, one bullet capable of hitting inoie than one man. What Is Ccrm.ui life to tlie Herman dynasty? The elite of the Centum aini.v wa3 thu sacrificed, the Slos-struppen, the Still inba- talllnn, the shoik troops of the Guard, Tlie real difference fiom Verdun is hero signifi cant, because showing tlio present condition of the (idinaii ainiles Instead of regular division", divisions no longer existent in 1914 offenshe power, tho iluard and the (iiiard only, could perhaps stand. And it didn't One Little Boclie Victory It Is not ovii. of course but at Moion viHIers we hold all we look two months and more ago, we have not been dislodged at California, at Casemates, at Hurtebise, nor have the obseivatlon points at I.a Uoy eie been lost to us. nor those upon the pla teau north of Laffaux Only, a. little about Arbre de Ccrtiy that was ours in June is now In Cm man bands, n few bundled feet of war-stained trench, with nothing in ad antase attached to it From Apt 11 1C to date seventy-one Her man divisions have been engaged, with losses so gieat that man:' have been le erulted to the lequlslle number from the class of 1918; other regiments have gone to the iear, bioken two-thlids. Others have been liddled ill the Hngllsh offensive south of tho Vpies and by tho French offeu. sivo 011 the left bank of the Meuse at Hill 304. both effoits lesultlng in lctories for the Allies with minimum loss as against the loss by the enemy No doubt the blood spilled on the hills about Molt Homme nnd Douauniont and Viittx, as well as later on the Somiiic. re sulted in small German advantage. Put that was only temporary and woith far from the price paid, particularly as that price stands today ns paid for absolutely naught j Two months after the Somni as a lc tory cnteied tho annals of time, the lioclie tacitly admitted defeat on that Hlndenburg Hue thing, and tho devastating letreat ie leasing a gieat area of France, tl.ls ie lliiqulslimcnt of effort being a hjpothesis of Verdun and the Somme Itself. As tlm French have stood at Verdun and the Somme. so they will stand on the Alsne. Thu battles I have witnessed about Cra onne aie already part of the new glorious history of France, a fitting part of the work of June-July, 1916, a fitting replica of wearing down enemy force as It was worn down ut Thlamont and Fleury Craonne Is worthy of addition to tlie glorloi names engraven in the history of this war, ns worthy as Verdun, Ypres, the Somme, the Marne. In clearing the valley of the Alsne from enemy grasp and domination, the Frencli know their advantage too, and what it means iu conducting the rest of a waning war upon the part of tlie Boche. The val ley of the Allettu Is the last clrcumvallatloii without Laon, for from the heights of Boye Hill, where the Allctte has Its source, the outiance to Laon Is dominated and oven the plains beyond extending into Uelglum All this ia why tho fighting about Craoune has a genuine military and strategical value of extreme Importance to cither .combatant. The Aptll-May offensive, then, was Indeed France. It gave to the armies of the lepub lie the entrances to the Alsne, the canal the road to the .valley, the slopes and ac clivities that lead to hills dominating the river, a part of the plateau, a part of the Chemin des Dames, of Hurtebise, Craonne and even the approaches to the valleys to ward All and Vauclerc. It gave Frenoh bat teries a clear range upon the distant plains and placed a portion of Allette Valley at tho mercy of French fire. Germany could not consent to a definite, relinquishing of all this, which mean" "o much more than the abandonment of 'a fo.w square hectares of territory wrested from her. and even the breaking into another bit of that now unspoken-of Hlnden burg line. Consequently, she concentrated wlthlrt a relatively narrow space a t mendous mass of artillery, its fire ,.',,, 011 rendering our positions unholdable She has not succeeded. She has thus had but another evidence of her certain end, an end to be acoelerated by othsr advances elsewhere. I miut nn !.! their location on this front.-nor from -vS MArAMnA. rhAW will V. ., ."T WPrtfJl TllV LOItD'B DAY The Lord's own dv M" tcstcrdaii: An' Lord of all U lie. lie might have kept flold and blue for saints alone to see; Hut openlnu the. eastern pates lie let the loon 00 free, To ltd a Iright good monilii' to Thu Hlccs o' pou an' me. The breath of God ten, 011 the world, Vor Lord of all Is ltel It touched tho towers o' the town, Tho preen o' lush an' tree, The swarthy checks 0' flphtlup wen Upon the laud an' sea; An' pave a sweet pood morula' to The likes o' you on' me. The smite of God shall make t- ichule, I'or Lord of nil Is lie! And this one day was lilt a taste Of those that arc. to le, U'ieit every brappart with a sicord lias bent his stubborn knee. An' Peace, has said pood mornln' to The likes o' jo an' me. The vines have grown over tho.sciecn in tho eastward window of our bedroom, so thu gold that enters by that way, the flt'bt tiling lu the morning, takes on shift ing shades of green under the influence of such a lively breezo as that which ac companied yesterday's dawn. The autumn will sptead some gorgeous canvuses tlicte. This is as near ns we over expect to get to the ownership of 11 tajfo painting. Tho late Hob Hurdctto had In his Pasadena home whn t he called a "million-dollar masterpiece." It was a sheet of plate gloss, piobably twelvo foct long by six dec)), immovably set in tho south wall of his house and edged all around with heavy molding to prosent the offect of u plcturo name. On a still day, 0110 standing In tho reception ball and looking at this nlicct of glass saw what at flrs,t seemed a painting of tiled roofs embosomed in palm trees, with tho Sierra. Madro range lifting Its peaks In the backgiound. t'nvxr 'I'ltiixcn oaxm dates r Their's a candidal': for the first-line trench Ynu will Jtnd at the viovle show, ceplnn time, icifi his knees on the back of your bench, When the music stalls to po. .O.V. Vf Thnut out this pink On wai's grim brink, , It matters not to me how far. May he "po icrst," The noisy pest Who whittles on the trolley car. YL11GAS. HON .MARQUIS cntlclies the September American Magazine with a dog story which begins: "ler since I bit a circus lion, believing lilm to be another dog like myself, only larger, I have been wlint Doc Waton calls a Public Character In our town." AV'e can imagine the Joy A. U. Frost had iu illustrating the tale and how he must have chuckled at this almost human alibi: "Well, that night after supper along comes the mind Man's Dog. Never did I see a blind man's dog that was as tight-skliint-d. I ain't a dog that brags myself, and I don't say I would have licked that heavy a dog right easy, oven If he had been a loose-skinned dog. What I do say is that J had been used to lighting loose-skinned dogs that you can get somo sort of a reasonable hold onto while you are working around for posi tion. And running Into a. tight-skinned dog that way all of a Midden and all un Piepaiud for It would make anybody nervous. How are you going to get u purchase on a tight-skinned dog when you have, been lighting looe-nklnned dogs so long that your teeth and Jaws Just mi tin ally set themselves for a loose skinned dog without thinking of it?" mrmmmmmwwmrr?- twkt-. wWMMHm-rr r wieKtar. . iw : irt V 1. v -x 'jam ,. m -aiff jlwx4 , , " .ro. . - . ---5 mm -T : OVER THE GARDEN WALL ' " IH -J "1W .': J :t n.r- ..; ir," lav hi. (1-.t:.ki-,iLrt"' ..Hr'ri-, .j,u uuir:i"sa j J. i- . .r ' " j-t tUir.v.i'i "ixeim .t't ti' tKTVt-nt .i'. f'j. iT'diTt . -. i ... ,-'.j 't: ji 5.35? i wmmmmmimmsMmm :-ff' -M,.'!t wfi'My1 y-'fX. tw:; N' 1. 1 .1" !-,".-?,ri ,'! ii U'r" h1. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE "Itoast Jersey Foul" advertises a South Ninth street restaurant. Nothing keeps very long off tho Ice this weather. Dear Uoss Thfs is the new motto of hope adopted by the consolidated associa tions of negro lawyers: "Kery cloud has n silver lining." MlKR. ronrn v Some folks thinks Poetry wrltin's us easy as foity winks. They think it's fust easy and flue; And all you have to do Is to write any. thiup, only stop each line When you get to a -word that rhymes with tlie one At the end of the last line. And that's how It's done. And if you cannot think of uoids That rhyme iclth others. Why sure 'tis poetry still, but then 'Tls called blank verse, which means Xolody's home, or ejse perchance Ko one has yet set sip therein Ills domicile. HUOII MBit. Says an Inspired writer on the Ohio State Journal: "Tho lunch out, where nature Is tho toastmaster, is the feast of the soul. Everything tastes good, be causo you taste with the bread and but ter, the Jams nnd tho pies, the blue skies, the soft zephyrs, tho songs of the birds and tho fragrance of the wild flowers." Speaking of one of the several things tho poetic Ohio State Journalist avoided mentioning as tasted with the lemon meringue pie, the Richmond Missourian prints this interesting information: Coba Richardson has made a discov ery that may lead to the eradication of tho chiggor now the worst in many years. Cobe says the mother bug lays about a dozen eggs Mn a nest and hatches them like a hen hatches a brood of chicks. Ho says the thing to do is to find the nest and destroy the egits while they are freiih. K Mle TO A DAUGHTER OF FRANCU I,ove clings to the lashes that shadow vdiir eyes. 1 Now revery-golden, now wide with mr. prise. Like fleurs-de-lys fluttering up to the. skies " Of France, Love dreams hi the rapture of night In your Love sings' In the Hps that enkindle and Love laughs for the glory of lvinm- . fair A romance! I J. A. England Urged to Recognize Irish Virtues Plenty of Work for War Wives "News it fccarce In New York," writes WIU. Lou, "but I forgot to tell you that WlUlam J- Biunpu", of West Forty-flfth f JusUcs, would It not b wiser to seek .h. 7'.. Department if free to all icadern who ivish to erprti3 their opinion on svbjtct$ of current intenst. It is cm open forum and the Kvetino Ledgtr assume ft no reaponsibilitu for the views of its correspondents. Letters muttt he slantd 61 the fiai10 and address of the ttnftfr, ttof necessarily for publication but as a i.foiatiltc of pood faith. THE SMILE OP THE BRITON To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir The writer who signed himself with the nom de plume of "Daniel McDermott," In the Kvekiko LEDunn of August 22, Justly deserved the lebuke which tho editor gave him by entitling his communication "Irony lor Erin " I do not doubt for a moment that the gentleman la none other than tho "Terence O'B. Rellly," who, with the characteristic jealty of an Hnglishman to his lord, slan fleis the Itlsh lace Just as violently as Mr. "McDermott." I til'o believe that the aboo-mcntloned individual must bo tho Hnglishtuan "Bruce Hawkins," who teaches Americans fioip time to time how best to be loyal assals of H. M. George V. Suiely the gentleman had been Indulging In tho Britisher's favorite pastime: drinking beer. For, of course, no sane man could take his remarks in other than a humorous sense. They were obviously written to stir up a controversy. But behind it all lies the sinister smile of the Briton. Here an Kngllshnian uses an Irish nom de plume to libel the Irish race at home and In America, thus hoping to persuade unthinking Amer icans into beljevlng that there are some Iiishmen whir are not loyal to their native laud. This, undoubtedly, is as It should be, for It is a characteristically Brltlrh way of attacking an enemy. We ourselves have had experience of England's methods of fighting, and are forced to confess that the English aro supieme in all the arts of be-lovv-the-belt "frightfulness." Even the Kaiser would be forced to admit that he is only a poor Imitator, when one considers the methods of the British, who are adepts at slander, libel, back-biting, etc., ad nauseum. I am an American, with an.Ametlcan an cestry of more than 200 years. My first American ancestors came from England, and there are many things about England that I admlio. But I am no. hypocrite : I know the faults of my fathers' land anil the sins of the British people. I am American enough to know that Ireland never received Justice from England: that she is abused and ridiculed by a people who are In tellectually, physically, mentally and cer tainly morally Inferior to the Irish. It is the American sense of fair play which for 200 years has seeped Into my ancestors' blood which makes me confess with shame that the land of my fathers ha,s become noted for Just such outrageously 'malicious tricks as that of which the so-called "Dan iel "McDermott" Is guilty. Let us be fair. America and Americans have always been sportsmen. Why cannot Englishmen learn this virtue from them? Britain has beer taught many things by America. Why not fair play? Come, Enr Ushmen, you are for the first -time our allies. Learn the American virtue of fight ing an enemy openly, not by means of the "Indian ambush" methods of slander and abuse. Americans know how Ireland has been misruled and trampled upon. They know, too, the superiority of the Irish to the English In everything but Intrigue Why cannot you admit it, also? Ireland will some day be again freed from foreign domination, Just as our own land was. Why slander a- small nation seeking "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? It failed In our own case Surely it cannot succeed In Ireland, where the people are of the same blood as were, most of our Continental soldiery, if vn' tand sees th handwriting on the wall that w" .- ,,.ii nouun, receive South African savage would blush to make lils own? Bo discreet, English cousins, bo discreet. OEORUE WESTBUKV. Philadelphia August 24, WOMEN SHOULD WORK To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Voicing- the sentiment of Cliailes Zimmerman. 1 must agree that it seems to me an Injustice to our own boys that an alien should be exempt on the ground of being an alien. If he enjoys the freedom of this country he has Just as much right to defend It. If the enemy came up the street and took possession of his household he would feel that he had a perfect light to fight. And that brings up the question of a man hiding behind his wife's skirts. It he has no children she could earn her own living, as she may have done before her marriage; and If her husband is away she needs no house. Kho can put her furniture In storage and usually go home to her mother or board. The women of this count! y must woik and do all they can to clothe our aimy and navy. Wo must make the shirts, etc, that our boys wear, whether wo need tho money or not. There will not be enough men to do all tlie woik. With their husbands at war, women will soon find a way to earn a living. I havp two sons in tlu war and I am pioud to say that, while T i..-, husband who can support me, I work every dfty- MRS. B. HART Philadelphia, August 24. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Where are tlie .lullan Alps? rt it ,. f . . . . . ... ... ii no is me present necreintr or rommme . and l.nlwr? ! .1. Mho destrojetl the Holy Roman Kmpire? V;" 4. .flint Is tlie nationality of Joseph Connl. "H the novelist:' . fl 5. In what war illil I'lorence Mihthirnle nee. 'HI lorm ner litiiimnltarlnii ser vires? rJ . fflidt offli-e In the Hrltli.li Cabinet is Ml 2 -il, ,'.r,) Koliept Cecil? " F. now liln"' lonstantlne of Grttta "' "'..'!' ".toii'i nceonllne to Hamlet vtm obUUnane!" breath than In th. "" W'ilRln!l""r"n'i,t,0. ""'American Retolu iJJ.Ji'.'' r"nl .v - Kdnnril treaty, the lis mil iV 1? " ,t,,ihe """'" ""ll- iii iiin!".M of the world? . i". f flint Is nn aneroid barometer? ' Answers to Saturday's Quiz ' 'th'e'lnteVloV"" ' 'h' "r'M'nl l'"trT f V sn, ii KiikkIjii cltv. Imnnrlonl I,.., . in. slrfeJle P.?'"--.l,.cra T " '"?. Prove th. icHii? f .i '" 'roBrU. Is tlie ob-ll-ii T r, uVL'i "'," enrrent tierman drive. , r Uje1"""."'?1'5' C,,-r't ,,Urln" ,h """ "!-"!""i,l'x" ,,as "een the icene of recent ''' ll,',ei,l,riJ,rf,,7.Ii;,l"l.I,rll!,,n ilramall.t. I. it. . r ."'',, 2 1"'e been killed by .alllof .. .. -' 4. I'llll, . IIOIIIlIll It l..S(t(fn.. bend of the Arctl. NEGROES AS FIGHTERS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In answer to F. W. M. Moore's and H. W. Jenkins's correspondence of the 21st instant, I wish to state that during tho Revolution there appeared no large regi. ments of negroes, but there were a few servants to the various rich officers In the camps. We do hear of the Indians of the northern tribes fighting on the side of tho Americans. Then, In the Civil War again appears tlie negro, but still not in great regiments, but as desctters from the South after the Emancipation Proclamation. 1 want to say, moreover, that the negro troops did not take San Juan Hill In the Spanish War, but Kettle Hill. But the nues tlon now Is not what the negro has done before, but what he Is doing now. Ha doesn t seem to be volunteering verv fast He waits until ho Is drafted and thw tVlea to secute exemption If possible. If tho negro would only keen nni- e trouble, perhaps there would not b8 so much prejudice against him. Stand on a corner n South Philadelphia any day and you will see that 98 per cent of tho na?1 wagotis that pass are fU of negroes Thl negro has himself to thank for prejudice for what was the Ku-Klux Klan in .?' South for but to stop his omrages af e? he was given his freedom? Ucr If the negro has s'uch a high moral .oj ard, why doesn't he, like a man i.m,n ? m' right to vpto in the South on tha'S "l1! cnoosesv ir lio is a moral coward ;,V It is his own fault, h.en.... ,.!' w.h.y '"en as he Is said to wish the e ectim, d vota wldeventually-expose'tnaalled. pMt t"aayrowreas n,1smon1tceS?odththat W inability to vote the way he chot, W" Moore can find the gentleman fji lf Mr' execute the powers glv"e "Jo ' luVv111 today as well as Mr. v L vPresWent certainly Is a wonder. n if n" A'001"0 Philadelphia. August 24 M R" 4TI1- RECESSIONAL O France and England. som a will oome. ' ome day Peace And, falling at our feet, will lie-1 To us n prayer, soul-happy th"? ,ier an" Of War hath stilled Its plbroe? J19, drum And we will raise the maiden , Sf alarma i And let her quart the cun,,,Iier . While in her eyes : BCmfle 'rty. sweet s vvl". tell the i-nauring trust for her security. And they who died for her i.nii Which all the unborBniH'ejl,st tread . c-nturles shall Hallowed In all the Biory tlla. . . " 8rrk0et,tTrbU0tiVtrlt,rap1'-' th. th. " J,-,S? h hosts of Cain e brutal dow-p. vain of ..i.r.,-;.;i '-""'". iichii or the Arete ei Imi'0?, ""tloi. on the tem."; ari V.'Lm' h"s -"'""-ted tlmt all on board " "ritK"lj!iri:,,,bli!!ec,1Vi ''"'f'lfierman Social near ilV"; '",',, ln ""Will's t" "' "'Uie"lim'i,'rm' e''i"- '" '"' froi, , illrlciiltur?. ""nle 0f C""' "' soii " "lrlfTUry ' " r!,,",' '-'' nlHciI to th '" ThMiUar,",0nfle',he 0eW" Pl " W.W i "iaVHaHlllBaHaHaffHHlaMili PEALE'S FAMOUS MUSEUM nemlen J".r'Jn tl,8t SOme Vls"-a '0 "! o llnln rHa" are uncomfortably shoclctl thins ,h, t." ,0,.'e of the mual Inscrip. birth,., at ,Ic.ilIe3 Museum oe'eupied the "c' of American liberty between th. over .! , anU 1828' Were tney tld. " of li,. hS fBl,ari,0- the hlstorlc ""uare back ,,r.i,li ,,a,e Houso Was "ce used for a n Usini e'16"' resentment ove 'he " mission of sacrilege would nmimhw h. m. tensiiied. Such reflections, however natural ci.,e i. -..-? instleB t" the memory of 1 X tfr"lVllso" eal0- The reverence of mis prolific portrait painter for the slirlm mni . m was Pronounced. Ills famous museum was conducted on laudable edu- coiie0,?M , The '""tallatlon of the Peale ' --.. .. , W1B Ora,0 HoUBO majr even ir? rLFaved U,at bul'dlng from being put LrZ lBnobIer uses during the period before we learned to treasuro our his torical monuments as we do liow. ' ri-!!IirI.os Wll30n Feale was an artist, a fni and a "o'dier. His portrait-paint-ing gifts were developed partly under the tute age of Benjamin West in London. His military skill was enhanced by association i h Washington In the Revolutionary cam paigns, ins scientific alms were fostered by his connection with some of the most eminent Philadelphia savants of his day. riie, original museum was started In i eaie s own residence, at Third and Lorn- .V .",treets- '" "84. A large part of th collection was devoted to portraits painted -j ......ocii ql me great statesmen and "Oi- mers of tho Revolution. Natural curiosi ties were added, Including stuffed birds and beasts, models of Inventions Illustrating the .progress of- science and historical relics. Having outgrown the capacity of a private house, the museum was removed In 1? to the building of the Philosophical S0i cloty, on Fifth street below Chestnut, and on ground In tlft rear, now part of Inde pendence Square, the-'wnall zoological gar den was opened. .Among the live speci mens was an eagle, whose cage bore the .Inscription: "Feed me well and I'll live a hundred years." But the greatest curi osities of all were the skeletons of two mammoths reconstructed with bones dtlc up near Nowburgh, N. Y in 1799. When the bones of the second animal were artlou lated the achievement was celebrated by banquet given within the cavity of the skeleton to twelve gentlemen. The removal of the State Legislature from Independence Hall gave Peale in 1802 another chance to expand his museum. He was granted the use of the vacant portion of the State Hours and there the collection grew .and prospered until It became bne of the banner slgljpj of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Museum Company, com posed chiefly of members nf renin's family. took the collection In 1821 and Its educa i ..v...., B..I.J-0 wui enlarged oy regular --., i man t'eaie was we con; j, anfl Rubens Peale wi J-Wltutlpn. ,VXW!. w&z tiJ J- .-r. tt!& l l 1 f
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