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$' JTHE PRESIDENT'S MASTEHLY
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, TN THE summer of 1864 tlio friends of
Kjfft, ' Abraham Lincoln almost tlespnlrod of
ness, stupidity and general copperhead
lm united In a formidable coalition which
denounced the war as a failure, purposed
to selzo the Government at the ensuing
lections, enter Into negotiation") with
the. moribund Confederacy, accept the
failure- of the democratic experiment on
this continent as a fact and repudiate
the principles of every man who had
offered his life In sacrifice that tho Union
might be preserved. Among all tho men
who lived in that day thero was one
Wboso eyes pierced tho horizon and whoso
Vision of complete victory was never
dimmed. He had the faculty of stating
the truth In such a way that none could
misunderstand It. Ills purpose was not
only to end ono civil war, but to pt event
the recurrence of others. There was no
power on earth that could swerve him
from the path he had laid down. Ills
banners were dyed In tho blood of tens
of thousands of men, and ho did not pro
pose to abjure the promise he had made
them that they should not die In vain.
' Pence he would have, but only after the
overthrow of tho system and state of
mind that had caused war a peaco with
reconciliation. Ills heart and hands were
open for tho Southern people. By the
next summer Abraham Lincoln himself
was dead, but the sort of neaco for
which ho had striven rested on the land
and the principles to which ho had dedi
cated his lifo were established forever.
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I A FEW months ago President Wilson
himself was proposing peace to tho
aatlons then at war. Ho was In posses
sion of absolute Information to the effect
jthat peace must be got quickly or this
country would bo plunged Into tho con
flict. He proposed a peace without vic
tory. Ho now answers a similar plea for
peace from the Popo with an emphatic
reassertlon of tho goal toward which this
nation alms, and without tho attainment
of which It will not Htop. Though his
'latest utterance seems to be utterly at
variance with his preceding position, in
Its essentials, It, In truth, dovetails into
the whole previous policy and purpose
1 of America as outlined by himself.
kY '-.There must be a victory for democracy,
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5ihM u i.ucjuuoi.., miii'u mo worm is noi
iaafe while autocracy controls miiitnrv
'Jgfe2L Jmlsht and Intrigues to use It for pur-
$t noses of ainrrnndlzpmpnt? Imf fuiu-
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KUn (than that this nation will tint tm "Hunt.
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Fi e damages, tne dismemberment of
Hii Umpires, tho establishment of selfish
Euitj Ind exclusive economic leagues we deem
inexpedient and In the end worse than
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proper basis for a peace
kind, least ot all for an en-
That must be based on
Justice and fairness and the common
rights of mankind." In a few words ho
.1 j 'has kicked Into the bottomless pit tho
$ij feivfhole scheme of economic leagues and
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-MtiiA, fstvii.r, iiubivis i.u .iiu viaea iiiai post-
tollum prejudices aio not to be sane-
ned and formally notifying the people
Germany that their dove of peace can
ntr back a green leaf, In the form of
iture equal commercial and political op-
riunuy, provided a democratic Noah
U)?Jliol not a Hohenzollern Noah looses the
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&. ? woum not be to the advantage
the world to mako nnntliai- Tnimj .
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iany or another Alsace, to pauperize
of millions of people and enslave
economically. Whatever the crimes
have been perpetrated against
Uon, civilization is superior to the
Ul instinct of vengeance, and, more.
that, civilization is intelligent and
Ul not cut off its nose to spite its face.
WWB statesmanship of Lloyd George,
UpabIeaa it is. is not the statesman.
4tiip of Woodrow Wilson, who seems to
'inspired with a veritable genius for
nt of the true aims of liberalism.
i tdw baa become fixed in the German
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nation and the race from the face of
the earth Is the aim of the Allies, that
there Is no hope for Germans except to
fight on and on, to tho last man and to
the last woman, until every resource
is exhausted and naught is left to save.
The President has knocked that Idea Into
a cocked hat.
The note sounded by, the President
In this latest communication is, we
bollcvo, by nil odds the most momen
tous heard tlnce peace discussions camo
into vogue. It is truo that tho dynamic
forcQ of his previous utterances has
changed tho current of human thought
and even changed tho essential purposes
STRATEGY OF THE
FIGHT AT CRAONNE
Capture of the Heights Will Give
the French Commnnd of the
Plains Lending to
Belgium
Tom Daly's Column
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Corrtspondnt ot tha Eventna I.tJaer
in France.
PATHS, July 28.
THI3 war was never moro Intenso In
any phase than It has been along thlsi
front, along these ridges and tops of tho
Alsne. I have lived In a storm of artillery
that shocks tho air for many miles, French
of tho war, defeating German propaganda ( artillery and Gcrmnn artillery. A 420 fhcll
In Russia, rclnvlgoratlng tho revolution
and, even In Germany Itself, subtly and
Irresistibly undermining tho militaristic
stnto of mind, but not beforo has there
been so Riiro a hope, so nbsoluto nn as
surance of safety for Germans In a world
safe for democracy, as Is now exposed to
vlow. It riddles Uio Kaiser's carefully
nurtured plea that Germans must fight
or sink, It shows to Austria a way out
and It puts this mighty arbiter of
national destinies deflnltoly and surely
in line as tho champion of all peoples,
foes as well as ft lends, proposing a sure
and durable peace, based on tho very
principles of civilization Itself.
rpiIEY read with their eyes shut who
say that tho President has rejected tho
peace proposal of Popo Benedict. Ho has
dono nothing of tho kind. Ho has, on tho
contrary, shown how that proposal can
bo translated into nn instrument for the
achievement of peace. Ho has Indicated
how tho German peoples can get to a
conferenco tablo nnd bit there In good
faith. Moteovcr, tho first real move
ment toward peaco will bo found later,
we believe, to havo dated from yesterday,
for it was yesterday that tho gates for
reconciliation wero opened and the way
out of war shown to the people ot the
earth. "We must await some now evi
dence of the purposes of tho gieat peo
ples of tho Central Powers." Thero Is
tho Invitation, open and above board,
clear and" emphatic. The peoples of the
Central Powers will accept it sooner or
later, probably sooner than most people
Imagine.
FIRST STEI'S IN HUMILITY
rnilU German Junker must havo a crick
-! In his once tlgld back. Bowing to a
nation such as the Argentine Republic,
whose tegular army numbers but 24,000
men. cannot fall to bo painful cxctclso
at (lrst. Agonizing, too, tho words ac
companying tho new attitude of inclina
tion undoubtedly were. Unman', de
clares Beilln's note, In order to maintain
friendly relations with Argentina, "Is
willing to grant fteedotn of tho seas" to
her vessels and payment of an Indemnity
for tho sinking of the Republic's steamer
Toro.
Orlando Furloso never penned that
document. It sounds like a trial com
position from Foreign Minister Kuehl
mann's first class in elementary psychol
ogy, and, figuratively speaking, that is Just
what this humble sctap of paper Is. Herr
Kuchlmann lately voiced tho theory that
tho viewpoint of neutrals was worth
considering. The gladiatorial principle of
"Let 'em come on. We're nimed!" has
somehow lost a bit of Its thrill slnco the
United .States took up tho'rhallcngo.
Swashbuckling Herr Zlmmcrmann's
successor actually favois tho study ot
non-German national psychologies and
tho cultivation oi sweet reasonableness
to ward off further foes. Success in his
first endeavor is immediate. Had such
a policy been launched earlier there
would have been no -war.
Pessimists will havo a hard time proving
that peace with Argentina has been
nssured In order that a "hotbed of Ger
man propaganda may continue blooming
there." Teuton Intrigue Is, of courso,
prevalent In Buenos Aires, but tho nat
ural sentlmont of that Latin land Is so
overwhelmingly pro-Ally that the path
of the plotter is much less rosy than It
ever waa In tho United States ptlor to
last April. It is easier to believe that
Germany is learning to look beyond the
range of her artillery fire. Humbly she
seeks to retain tho official friendship of
those few nations who still receive her
legntes.
Of so sagacious a move as this her old
bungling trickery would have been in
capable. The step was dictated by Teu
ton humility, the very quality which
civilization desires to sco grow greater
and more profound until its presence is
gloriously manifest at tho green baize
peace table.
As a slnccuro In weary hot weather
days that of German Minister of tho
Colonies has Its unquestioned charms.
Austria asserts that she abandoned
Jiumo oumu voluntarily, it is with a
similar spontaneous exercise of free will
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uiui una evuuuiiics n cnair on which a
tack has been significantly placed.
Canada's final 'passage of her draft
bill completes tho harmony of action of
that great neighbor and our own land.
The long unfortified boundary lino be
tween .the two countries grows dimmer
every day.
Critics of Mr. Wilson used Iron
ically to call him "President of Human,
ity." That he is now actually tho au.
thorized leader of four-fifths of It is evi
denced by the apparent willingness of all
tho Allies that he should bo their spokes-'
man in answering the Papal peaco plea.
Says James W. Gerard: "The Em
peror said to me that tho Colonel (House)
and I in our black dress suits looked like
a couple of crows; that; we were like two
undertakers at a feast and spoiled the
picture." There's many a true word
spoken In Jest. The picture of autocracy
is beinjr turned to the wall and the feast
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from a, Hocho battery fell seventeen miles
behind the French line, I was told this
morning Thousands of gas shells have
poured thplr dealth-dcallng fumes about us.
.Vo man llea without a mask. Tho nolso
is beyond description. And the valor of
tho pollu Is n white, light among all tlio
valorous deeds of men rlnco time began.
These ridges and tops of tho Alsne nrs as
a nature wall separating two allcys, tlio
valley of the Alsne on tho south, tho valley
of tho Allctto on the north. The advan
tages being fought for arc essential to both
commands. Wo must havo tlio valley of
the Allette. And tho lloclio, unless ho Is
willing really to seo tho beginning bf his
certain end, must hae tlio valley of the
Alsne. That's Just tho story.
It's not u new htory. History I full of
Its records. Ancient wars havo been fought-
bete, and before this month ot July, 1917,
tho fortunes of France have been at stake
here. Only, never beforo have tho full
fortunes of right, not only tho right of
France, but of the world been at stake.
Two and a half years after thn Marne,
nt tho Oliemln-des-Dntne-s. nnd nt a point
exactly where tho "contemptible little army"
muilo Its debut under fire, fierce fighting has
been the order. It was Inevitable. Thcso
heights and plains of the Alsne are nature's
buttresses supporting tho solid masses ot
Coucy-I.aon-St, Oobaln and have been one
of thn logical points for battle In the mili
tary history of France.
"I'etlto Suisse" they have been well
named. I.cry military advantage which
Involved attacking Paris Is dovetailed with
them. The definite safo essential to an
unconquered capital and a free Franco Is
their holding by French nrmlcs. Also, once
In full possession by the armies of the Tri
color, tho way Is open to the Meuse, and
even to the Itblnc.
Scene of Ancient Strife
Frencli history la pregnant with proof
that the existence of the French nation Is
Involved In holding or losing thce Alsne
heights. There was the battle of the Alsno
In tho time of Caesar, tho battle of St
Quentln under Henri II, tha battle of
Craonne under Napoleon. The Germans
knew these things well. In September, 1914,
they had fortified this region at time of
Invasion, trusting tho fortifications would
never bo needed, but prepared to stop the
French and English nt this point If It be
came necessary Which it did. Thus these
heights became the extreme limit of re
treat during the battle of the Marne.
After over two years of vvnr our armies
are upon these heights, nnd the end of our
1914 offensive Is geographically taken up
in a general offensive of 1917, for that Is
exactly what Is happening, as but little time
will show.
The Boche Is resisting desperately and,
as the news of the last eight days tells, has
started a little offensive of his own upon
these battle-scarred heights. The limestone
formation of the territory Invites abrls for
him, since It Is rich In chasms, cavities and
caverns. In a sonse, he thus has had some
thing of nature-protcrtlon against our ar
tillery and a fitting place from which to
carry out tho modern war Idea of counter
attack. In It he has consumed the flower
of the Prussian Guard, the last, I well be
lieve, of Germanic disciplined trained youth
In the highest military sense. In defending
these hills, knowing that once this region of
Franco Is lost retreat over the plains of the
north Is certain; knowing also that such
retreat removes genuine right to a Ger
manic occidental or west front as a genuine
thing.
Wearing Down the Enemy
As the French have stood at Verdun and
tho Somme, so they vv 111 stand on the Alsne.
The battles I have witnessed about Cra
onne are already part pf tho 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 at Thlamont and Fleury.
Craonne Is worthy of addition to tha
glorious names engraven In the history of
this war, as worthy as Verdun, Ypres, the
Somme, the Marne.
In clearing tho valley of the Alsne from
enemy grasp and domination, the French
know their advantage, too, and what It
means in conducting the rest of a waning
war upon tho part of the Boche. The val
ley of the Ailette Is the last clrcumvallatlon
without Laon, for from the heights of Boye.
Hill, where tho Ailette has Its source, the
entrance to Laon Is dominated and even
tha plains beyond extending Into Belgium.
AU this Is why the fighting about Craonne
has a genuine military and strategical
value of extreme Importance to cither com
batant. The April-May offensive, then, was a vie
tory for France. It gavo to the armies of
the Bepublio the entrance to tha Alsne, the
canal, the road to the valley, tho slopes and
acclivities that lead to hills dominating the
river, a part of the plateau, a part of tho
Chemln-des-Dames, of Hurteblse, Craonne,
and even tho approaches' to the valleys to
ward All and Vauclerc. It gavo French
batteries a clear range upon tho distant
plains, and placed a portion of Ailette Val
ley at the mercy of French fire.
DEBTS OF THE RICHEST NATION
The outstanding debt of the United States
will be Increased more than sevenfold by
financing already authorized for war pur
poses. We are going to spend for prepara
tion and for Initial operations alone nearly
as much as four years of ' the Civil War
cost both the North and tho South, in
addition we are financing n 13,000 000 000
loan here for our allies. All this will' In
crease our debt from approximately
1,000,000,000 to 8,000,000,000.
Yet after all that Increase our per capita
debt will still be lower than that cf any
other leading nation except Russia; and If
our loans to our allies, for which the Gov
ernment will hold their securities, are ex
cepted, our debt of less than 'SO for each
man, woman and child will be by far tha
lowest among the nations. On the other
hand, our national wealth la tim... -1
more than twice that of any other oountr
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WE BARELY say goo'-by to Joseph M.
Connor when In comes Will Lou, also
bound to tho wars. Wo aren't sure what
Ills billet is to be, hut it his fighting Is as
good ns his verso ho should como back
with shoulder strnps.
TAKTD ELIZA.
Tantc VAlxa, in (lermanv,
Hocked mc to sleep upon her knee,
ToUl io ffllc- of elves and gnomes,
And great, Hack hears in their forest
homes,
Chattered icith mo and joined mv play,
Have mc cookies on Chriitmai Vayt
Tuntc l'M:a, long ago,
Pulled my sled through the drifting snow,
Hunted with me for many a licit
That i-lllagers built for the hints to rest,
Took mc walking p Ooclllngcn hill
To watch the gay Soldatcn drill
Tantc Eliza, I come again
To sack your land, to kill your men;
Yet If, you looked leyond the dead,
Perhaps you'd see mc lend my head
To catch some German lad's adieu
To his mutterchen for love of youl
, WILL LOU.
TREASURE
BERT TAYLOR presents an nd, from a
Chicago paper, presumably:
"Wanted Several Industrious peo-
plo to distribute moral literature Will
pay $180 for 90 tlns' work."
.Sounds like a lot of money, put that
way, &ez ho.
Now, what wo want Is n word that
teon'f sound so much like a lot of money.
We'io tired of talking "billions." Why not
tcvive tho biblical talent nnd camouflage
tho filthy lucre, or tit least lump It?
Muybo you enn Invent n word, dear
render, that will oven back tho talent off
the boards. If you can we'll give you a
tiny fraction of It, say a nlco crisp bone
or Iron man. Go to It.
GOSH! THIS GUY KNOWS US!
Dear Sir Referring to our Invitation
for some ono to take n crack at tho Scotch
Irish, I write to ask If any other Irish will
do as well? Dldjcvcr stop to realize how
near ou ourself came to being Falrmount
Irish, having been born between Schmld
helser's Meat Market and Klein's Brewery
yonder on Coates street fornlnst 23? And
when you beat It to Green Htreet, look what
you had round the corner at either end
the block. Weldemann's Drug Store and
Moser's Bakory one way and Klndlg's
house and Feltlg's Market the other. An'
I'll bet ye had tr first haircut at Charlie
Uerlach's barber shop! RIPPEY.
TO ItVTII
llefora Leaving for the Ware.
Tlury say that I shall set a wondrous
thing:
Ten thousand vien that march as one,
The cannon's crash, the bullets' nip and
sting;
Death-brinaing birds against the sun.
They tell mc glorious fortune w4ll be viinc;
To battle bravely for the right;
To be a part of that unbroken line
That, singing, surges into fight.
They say my days are rich and full and
fair;
It seems they never can surmise,
J only long to touch your golden hair;
J1 world Is mirrored in your eyesl
FRANZ.
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What Do You Know? f
Inside Stuff
Sir Down In Norfolk there Is an old
fellow who keeps a small stand on one of
the business streets. He made a crude sign
which read:
SOFT
DRINKS
Later on, wishing to convey some addi
tional Information to a thirsty public, and
not having space at the bottom of the sign,
he printed It In tho middle, with this result:
SOFT
INSIDE
DRINKS
SALLAD.
PASSING a talking-machine emporium
yesterday, we fell to wondering what the
Wizard of Orange Is doing, and If we
might really hope to hear of Edison re
turning Columbia Victor?
A POSTCARD from Carl Shanfelter
from Southampton: "I'mon my way, but
d. k. w." That means another bunch of
our lads have got by the U-boats.
A SUMMER FALL
lie fell asleep upon the silt.
The tdndotvslll was deep
How deep the areaway below
Alasl alasl lie did not know
Until he fell asleep.
NOW YOU STOP!
It Is no fiction that B. F. Story Is a
"Manual Manipulator" In Lacoula. N. H.
The Laconla Democrat also Informs us
that Mrs. Nellie Huzzy is vUltlng her sis
tor. Mrs. Toof, at her home In Dover. Evi
dently an error for Portsmouth. In spite of
Mrs. Toof, however, we still find over in
"The 'Mouth" Mr. Ham and Mr. Beane,
but that la probably because Mr. Payne Is
also present. Of additional Interest Is the
fact that Mr. Ham conducts a, leading
restaurant, and Doctor Walker Is a chiropo
dist, while, paradoxically, Mr. Lowd's Vul
canizing Station Ms located on Pleasant
sttcet, ' HUGH MERR.
THE sign on the front of a building on
Market street between Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-eighth read: "Horse Dental Par
lor." Sometimes It's possible to look Into
parlors, from an elevated train, but wo
couldn't see into this one. We are un
able to say, therefore, what manner of
reading matter was on the table, but we
could make a guess or two:
"Black Beauty" (paper cover).
"The Horse Laugh (weekly comic).
"Boots and Saddles,"
"Balaam's Ass."
"We Are What We Eat" is the title of
a booklet Issued by a local grocer. Not
to mention certain cannibal behind the
Hlndenbur line, we know what H,WM
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Britain's Responsibilities "The
Six-Hour Day" Destroy
Weeds
a ship or in the strangling (like Casement)
of a traitor to King and Church.
RULE BRITANNIA.
Philadelphia, August 2B.
Tilt Cfjiartmenr in tret to all readers iu7io
ills' to express thtir opinion on subjects o
current Interest. It is an oueti forum and the
hvenina Ledger assumes no responsibility for
ths vteits of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed by thn name and address ot the
writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of sood faith.
BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I nm shocked and pained beyond
measure nt the rebellious tone of letters such
ns that of Mr. Dan McDermott, who clam
ors for tho freedom of Ireland during these
times ot stress when the pillars of our
Anglo-Saxon civilization are rocking; when
tho valiant sons of our empire are fighting
shoulder to Bhoulder for humanity, democ
racy and the rights of small nations, happy
In the assurance that their Interests are
being watched over by our patron, St.
George, who, at the head of a battalion of
angels, held at bay the oncoming hordes
of Hun barbarians during the retreat of
our gallant Tommies from Mons. How can
Irishmen read of tho mighty deeds of our
warriors without feeling their hearts leap
with gratitude to the God who has so blessed
their country by placing It under the pro
tection of the knightly hosts who at Galll
poll and KXit havo proved themselves worthy
successors of tho paladins who thrilled the
world with their boul-stlrring exploits on
a hundred htilckcn Melds from Fontenoy to
Majuba mid from Colcnso to Bunker Hill?
Let Mr. McDermott and his deluded coun
trymen remember that we nre all fellow
Britons, and members of the freest empire
the world has ever seen, nnd. that wo are
allied by a sacred covenant consecrated In
life ana death with the group of nations
who are lighting and suffering and dying
for the liberty of all the races ot mankind;
and as we remember the imperial service to
which we, nnd the peoples associated with
us at this time, havo been called, let us
concentrate our faculties and dedicate all
the energies of our soul to prayer. If
the men and women of our empire do not
pray In such times as these when the reali
ties of eternity are so clearly revealing
themselves among us when will they
pray?
If we do not pray as a. people Intelli
gently, earnestly, and labor In prayer, we
shall fall In our high calling and trust tha
hlchest nnd most sublime that has ever
been Intrusted to any people. It should be
clearly understood (and In thought and
sentiment we must labor even painfully
until this truth becomes vivid and clear)
that, as Premier Asqulth well said In Au
cust, 1914, this is, first of all, "a spiritual
conflict" "We wrestle not with flesh and
blood, but against principalities and
powers; against tho rulers of tho darkness
of this world ; against spiritual wickedness
In high places," and therefore "the weapons
ot our warfare must not be (solely) carnal.
cut spiritual.- au self-renunciation, all
unrsi anu hunger or soul, an
severe uiscipuno or life and the most
bubllme nights of faith and hops will be
necessary In order that we may be equipped
with tha "whole armor of God." What a
lesion It Is to remember that this "whole
armor" Includes such difficult elements for
human nature as "gentleness In victory"
and "patience tn reverses," "persevering
against all odds" and the assurance of vic
tory when appearances seem to tell only
of failures, as In Franca and Flanders the
ability to plod on amid discouragements
and bewildering perplexities ; the God-given
ability, moment by moment, "In dangers
often. In watchlnga often, in weariness
often, to serve Htm with a quiet mind," the
miraculous tenacity which enables men to
endure and to serve as seeing Him who
In Invisible ; to live amid the tests ot time
with a firm hold of the realities of eter
nity; to be able to fight the good fight
of faith against tha enemy under the guise
of the present evil and at tho same time
firmly to exclude hatred from the heart
and pray that It may please Thee to for
give our enemies, persecutors and slander
ers, and to turn their hearts" ; and to pray
"forgive us our trespasses as we forgive
them who trespass against us."
Let us then go cheerfully on our way.
wiUHUi mn, euiiavisua si ttt HHTil reomi
aj afffj aSffiaa. wf
es22SKt3
THE SIX-HOUR DAY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I do not believe God wants man to
woik from 7 a. m. until 0 p. m. that Is,
lust to slave his life nway to maintain a
livelihood. Some men have to start early
In the morning for work and return late at
night, working hard all day. Such a ono
manages to wash up for supper, ofttlmes too
tired to eat or read the paper after supper.
He has to retire early to enable himself to
be fit for labor the next day. Just think
of It eat, work, eat, sleep, cat, work!
Nothing else out of life, no time with his
family! I say I do not bellevo God re
quires such a life of any one. I firmly
bellevo God would be better pleased with
conditions it we had five working days, six
hours each day, giving man a day, not
robbing God of His day. I (Irmly believe
that six hours a day Is the correct thing.
Philadelphia, August 26. BERT.
DESTRUCTION OP WEEDS
To tha Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In a twinkle of an eye hours of labor
can be saved. In a twinkle of an eye one
may destroy a weed that would, If allowed
to go to seed, throw millions of seed3 (and
it seems that a seed of a weed never falls
to grow) which causes the farmer and those
raising foodstuff hours, yes, days of labor.
Now I believe It should be compulsory In
this country, as I believe It Is In some other
countries, that every ono should be compelled
to keep the weeds on his ground cut down,
nnd wlieie there is woodland they should be
kept cut down twenty-five feet in from the
edge of the wood growth. I firmly believe.
If this were carried out, In two or three
years time wo would not be bothered with
weeds and I do not think we would be
bothered with mosquitoes ns much if all
high weeds and grass were kept cut down
anT,vBu,a,m.PJr.pIacea fllled ln or drained dry,
Philadelphia, August 24. TUDOR.
NEGROES AS VOLUNTEERS
To tha Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In answer to R. M. B 4th. I de
sire to t,ay: Why should a negro fight In
a revolution for a country of which ho was
a slave? I cannot possibly see an answer
to this question, but maybe it. M B or
some of his friends can answer It
Again, ln the Civil War they were forced
to tight against the Federal troops, but
when the emancipation proclamation came
Into existence they naturally desired to
fight for the North, their liberators R JL
Bh ,,? ' they should not'have deserted
the South, but should, have continued to
fight agalnsr. their benefactors.
All United States histories of recent date
credit tha capture of San Juan Hill to the
negroes, and I don't think I would dlsbe-i
lleve them In favor of It. M. B.
.imw ca th0 "eBroea volunteer when re
cruiting officers turn them down with the
answer. "We are not recruiting negroes at
present"? One Philadelphia evening paper
stated that a negro In New .!. n,.ii..j
the most4 t!"iym"?f.t0 enIlst' and h8 received the
As I live In the northern seotlon or Phila
delphia I cannot answer him on the South
Philadelphia situation. There is a bad sec.
tlon ot every nationality and race In the
city, and I guess R. M. B. closes his eves
when he goes through these sections
How can the negro ln the South exercise
his voting rights when the Government
wilt not. stand behind him but T lets the
people take the law in their own hands?
HARRY B. MOORE
Philadelphia, August 27. """"
MY STAR
All that I know
Ot a certain star
Is it can throw
(Like the angled spar)
Now a dart of red,
Now a dart of blue;
Till my friends have ald
They would fain see, too,
My star that dartlee the red and the blue 1
,Then u,r b,rd! fl
They must solace themselves with tha
planet above it. ,
What matter to me if their Ur U a
KV'Mi"riLV iiLi ? ? f 'o r,
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. The prevent 1'one Is ltenedlet XV. When iS
lienedlit MV rrlcn?
2 Wh.it la thn Allmnlnn name for Albania?
3. Where Is um llunenek?
4. Whnt Ih meint In KnKlnnil by anch eiprel-
xlonit nn "tainted titles"?
II. Mnntlcnor Thomas 1'. Kennedy has died la
Koine. Who Has he?
(1. What la the 1'lnnMi Diet?
7. How many iotatf classes of mall matter
nre there?
8. Name the two men representee New Jersey
In thn United States Henate.
0. Una there ever been n revolution ln Ger
man)? 10. Name the founder of the Jesuit order.
1.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
A sonnet Is a set form of verse, of fourteen
lines or ne tect earn. There nre two
tanrlnril forms the Shakespearean, com
posed of three quatrain clinched by n
lliuil couplet, nnd the I'etriirrhnn, rhymed)
u-b-b-a-a-b-b-u, e-d-e-d-enl.
2. Cannonlers nnd drivers nre the two mala
divisions of urtlllcrymen.
S. Holland. Himln. Hultzerland nnd the Brandt
imvlun countries are the principal Euro
pean neutrals.
4. The platenn of Hnlnstrrn. has been the scene
nt Austrian retirements In the face of the
Italian drive.
5. The liohemhin composer. Drorak. found mu
sical Inspiration In American neirro melo
dies, notably In his "From tho New
World" symphony,
fl. Thn orldn of the word "glycerin" Is the
(reek Mord "itlvkeros," meaning "sweet."
7. retrnntus was the most famous arbiter of
taste In the re I en of Nero,
8. Lemuel Oulllier Is the hern of "OulllTfr's
Travels," a satirical romance by Jonathan
.Swift, published In 1120.
0. Dr. William von Klumm has Just resigned
ns (iermnn Undersecretary of i"oreln
Affairs.
10. "Trjlnic It on the dog" Is theatrical slanr
for producing- n pluy In n smnll city or
ton ii vtlth n view to nscertalnlnc In ad
vance the probable nttltude toward It of
metropolitan uudlences.
AN EARLY THEATRICAL FUROR
PHILADELPHIA'S first great theatrical
furor was excited by tho arrival in 1811
of George Frederick Cooke, the English
tragedian.
In those days there was no advance-seat
sale, the method being for servants, or
porsons temporarily retained for the occa
sion, to stand ln line for places, and when
the doors were opened rush ln to seize seats,
In which they remained until their em
ployers came to claim their places.
As early as the Sunday evening preced
ing Cooke's first performance the steps of
the theatre were covered with men pre
pared to spend the night. Some of them
actually took off their hats and put on
nightcaps. By Monday morning tho streets
were Impassable, and by that evening the
crowd at the theatre was so great that It
was evident that ticket-holders, especially
ladles, would not be able to make their way
Into tho building without danger.
The management was In a quandary. At
last It was decided to depart from custom,
and a placard was displayed saying that
those who held admission tickets could go
In through the stage door. This so clogged
that approach, however, that when Cooke
arrived he was obliged to moke himself
known before even he. the object of all this
flattering attention, could force a passage
through. He did this by calling out:
"I am that man going to ba hanged who
told the crowd they would have no fun
unless they made way for him I"
Tho crltlcUms that appeared next day
make one feel that all this eagerness to see
Cooke act. was justified. The receipts of
the first night were 11604, and the prices
of eeats were not high. Box seats brought
only SI,
Cooke was the first of the English stars
to visit Philadelphia, but many other tra
gedians followed him, excited, probably, by
reports of the wonderful reception he had'
had here. It was therefore a heavy blow
when the playhouse In which he ap.
peared the Chestnut Street Theatre
burned down on April S, 1820, Plans
for rebuilding were Immediately made,
.however, so that It -waa tin i . vi
Chestnut Street Theatre that the .eMeri
iSJSLSSSSf 'Mathewe oere4itirtr!l