rsinm fttmii'i hi ri i Mr f r (nrs pnuniiw iiunniui wuuniii HOT K. K. CURTIS, PmiDnT ji. iwmcion. vie rreaiaenu jonn . Bter-tary and Tr-aauren Philip 8. Ci ji. vvunama, jonn j, Bpurgeon, f, Dlrectore, KDITOnlAt, EOATlDt Own If. K, Ccn. Chairman. WKALET. Editor C. MARTIN. .Cmieral nualntaa Manager dally at I'milio l.tisidn nulldlnfjT jnaenca square. .'nnaaeipnia. CTrAL,..Ilm(l a-d Cnratnut Pfreeta CITT. ,., . . . Teas union flul d nc Teas...... ,'JOO Mrtropolltan Tower r..i 4n.i Ford HuiMlnc tl lona Fuller-ton llullillna ..1202 Tribune lJulldlna '..' news ntntEAusi (SOTO Buauu Hint- Itulldlng ion DoarUD The Timet Building BcarAf. Matron! Houaa. strand Botit. 3i Itua Loult I Qrand fjlf SVpSCniPTION TEIWI3 ' Stfce K-ixtaa Ltrxiia I- rerved t subacrlbera Philadelphia and surrounding: towm at the vi iiraiTa u1 cema per weex, payaDie carrier, mall to holntR nutntitit nf Phllmlftlnhlfl. In Tnlted Statu. Canada or United mates poe ena. ftoatara free, fifty (ltd I rent- uer itb. Six (16) dollars per tear, payable In kuvvw Sh?" ffninaufllll.a.'rlh. . t.hnv ni1.1rB rnnntran X .t.ttimt tlr old aa welt as new addreia. i 2?. -jj- , FV .WAAdreaa till communlcaftopa tn Evening llMOtr, Independence Square, Philadelphia, kniauo at trb rnii.itir.Lrnu roiTornc it ' ' SSCOND-CLaSS Mill. HaTTMS foreign countries one (lit dollar per V. Philadelphia, Thundar, September 13, 1917 fri 5T - rr , v &- A LETTER TO MR. LEWIS CtM,-i . V PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12, 1917. ItoJaTr. WUUam Draper Lewis, WbyJ Transit Advisor to the Mayor, Mt'j?' . - rMiaacipnui, ra. , eir we unaersiunu inui yuu iuku cx- vr teptlon to this newspaper's characterlza- '!;, ilon of tho proposed t.ansit lease as a tW "trab." Wo feel, therefore, that It Is fljj, fair and proper to offer to you the use jfcf our columns to combat that descrlp- V n WVI1 UI1U D1IUW tvuy, 111 JUU1 U).I1IIUII, lb j-V- fa not accurate. On account, too, of the titr . .. ..,...-,,...- -. f;; v- vnonnous imporianco to i-nuaucipiiiii vi ''w accepting at this tlmo nothing but the rl? fclrest and most cqultablo sort of con- trarf wltlt tlio T 1? T. nml In nrilpr thnt Ki V1" the" public may bo thoroughly Informed wVi ka to the merits and demer'ts of the . sendlnp; proposal, wo toko he lberty "5t,A' ha tannA n "frnh " nn.l un ml1 snvprnl ritr.r - Fffi--lMtIons, answers to which, wo behove, KOsV;. EjlfLf mn imperative in tno puuuo interest. in our opinion, tno proposed leaso is a RiS5"t rab" for the following reasons: &i, 1. Because It proposes to take from f.vi'K ui pocKets or riuers minions or dollars jh-U,s which It was specifically promised they kji, Would not bo called on to pay. 7ll.t,. 'PwlMln.r l, lm enlirll. rtf 1i I u ..., ( ... . . .... Sfc .twenty-three objections to the Taylor ij" . ., lease, sam: "Aithougn tne city is cx- gic " Pected to provide the larger part of tho tnoney needed for the plan, the com- tlanv dnf5 nnt BTiinrnntf-ft or nl'pn hold Btl,r 'VU UliBjIlk JJi UO't, Vt t-Vtilk 1.U4 FcJli universal free transfers, which the S-j; Crfi !-Vt Db citizens were led to expect when they embarked upon this comprehensive plan of city expansion and transit develop ment." The lease abandons entirely tho Taylor theory of offsets and contem plates no application of Increased tax returns, resulting solely from transit de velopment, to tho reduction of deficits. 2. Because the excl.ango ticket is not eliminated. Director Twining, in tho fifth of his 'twenty-thre objections to the Taylor lease, said: "Tho proposed amendment to tho 1907 contract would constitute an admission by the city that the company baa a legal right to continue to collect 4t& ...hnn.a tlolraf lnt.Amti " flirt nu. 'IJ A ent lease emphatically makes such an ? admission by the city and attempts to Alaonflrm tho legality of the exchange '.Sc ticket discrimination. ''$ 3. Because there no provision for ft! j.'-iv.ho recapture of the city's own lines lnde- fiOt, naently. Kf vF I, TMrmAin Tu'lnlni- Irt tyn .it.ifVt e Via fir ' V . . ... , twenty-three Objections to the Taylor lease, said: "The city is not given the fotft flight of recapturo of Its own lines." KyjAjjuYoa yourself, In opposing the Taylor oi-iease Deiore finance uommucee oc uoun- vm Lb, i-giVclIs, declared this lack of right on the ', V JPftrt y recaPture Us own ivQG?ltna tn hA n. fnnHnmpntnl ieftrt A,l iwrixvil ;,TJVJJirector Twining, In his report of March rcmit. 1917, undor tho caption, "Sugges- te';ota or a Proper Contract." said: ? V16 lerm ol lno coniracc snail be lirty s-fSVeara or preferably of Indeterminate ;C'. lengin, who provision mai me cuy may !$ ?vtm. nt anv tlmp. nftpr rltm iwitli.M '',"" 'JSi'vpon stated terms. :sV ' M. Becauso the lease is a contract on . Kr -jr. ','. toe part of the city to purchase the en- I ,l.5..!r nronertv of ui P. It. T. 9 .t i "T --- " - -. . -"-r Tf in nroviaeu in tne ichjia timt th. Alttf' RO nr rent Hharn nf Iia nt-rtflu t,from operation shall bo paid to the trV'Mnklne Fund Commission to bo uspil ('8lely for the purchase of the property "i?ixtho P. It T., Article XXII, Para- ' awaoh li Items 9 and 11. and Article ?vapCXVr Paragraph 2. . Becauso ,thero Is provision for a ard, of supervising engineers, which Is clothed with power to bob- he approved system, and tho appoint ..of which Is so arranged as to throw eV-V. 8H .question into pontics rof the 1 forty years. t-U,a. breach of faith with the pub- K,o provide: directly or indirectly, for lllng the system according to tho lion of three men, two of whom Would probably be under the , of the company. .It" 4 'against tho public Interest to lease unless uve-cent fares and )VtTM, trantfjrs are' the basis I'jr,"'- '.'- .- -i--" ' i- -, r. . WH'i fMMA.M.iVrt.-'it&t "Tbi .4 vim tare of the P. R. T. "as operator largely disappears If the fare be increased on the hlgh-speear lines, or if a charge, for transfers Is made. The ndvan,tago of co-operation with tho P, Jt. T. In this undertaking was to have a unified1 iys tem, with a universal five-cent faro and froo transfers." , , 7. Because all tho water In tho under lying comtmnlcs of tho P. H. T. Is pro tected. Director Twining, on pago 17 of his report of March' 29, 1917, says: "So v long as it affected tho company only, tho city took no olllclal notice, or tno company's' financial legerdemain, but now tha it proposes to transfer tho ef fects to tho city's Innocent stockholders and the city's treasury, tho city must tako serious account of It." 8. Becauso the leaso Is not, but should be, drawn In unmistakable terms safely guarding tho Interests of both parties. The form of the proposal submitted contains many Important clauses which leave the city open to gravo losses or which are uncertnln of Interpretation. The diversity of opinion as to tho guar antee of dividends Is nn examplo of the complexity of tho Instrument. 9. Becauso It makes no provision for equalizing fares over tho term ,pf tho contract. Brooklyn Is considering capitalizing future surpluses to compensate for early deficits. It H admitted that In tho later years of tho leaso a fare of less than five cents may bo sulllclent to carry the system. 10. Becauso It Is against public pol icy to burden citizens with fares higher than five cents with free transfers. Cheap transportation Is vital to the growth and prosperity of a great city. Philadelphia cannot hope to cotnpeto with New York and other great metro politan centers If a Shylock policy In the operation of public utilities is pur sued. 11. Becnuse, although it is declared by you that tho "Intent" of the leaso Is not to guarantco tho dividends of tho P. U. T., tho effect of tho lease Is to guarantee such dividends. On this point there Is diversity of opinion. It Is our belief that tho guar antee Is assured In four respects: (a) Because funds paid to tho Sink ing Fund Commission, tlnough Items 9 and 11 of Article XXII and otherwise, ' must be used as specified In Article XXXV, Paragraph 2, for the purchase of tho P. It. T. property, and it Is pro vided In Article XXX that tho price for said property shall Include "an amount equal to any unpaid portion of dividends In each year at tho rate of ono million five hundred thousand dollais ($1,500, 000) per year from tho date upon which this contract shall become effective to the date of recapture" (purchase). (1) Hecause tho agreement of tho city to go before tho Public Service Commission and ask for an Increabo of rates In order to provide dividends for tho P. It. T. Ii virtually certain to assure such Increase, and tho P. It. T. could not fulfill Its obligations under tho leaso unless such Increase were allowed. (c) Because there can be no operat ing suiplus fund unless tho company's : blends have been paid, and operation of tho system by tho company without such u fund would be Impossible. Artlclo XXII, Paragraph 1, Item 10. (d) Because the city, under Artlclo XXII, Paragraph 1, Item 9, can ncer extinguish Its original annual interest charge, even after Its transit debt has been wholly extinguished, or, under Item 11. secure any return from its high-speed lines until It has purchased the entire property of the P. It. T. It appears that the payments required by Items 9 and 11 for the sinking fund cannot be made unless the P. P.. T. cumulative dividend fcpeclfled in Item 8 has first been paid up In full. In addition to tho Issues brought for ward In tho foregoing statement of our reasons for referring to tho proposed leaso as a "grab," wo feel that wo aro nt liberty, In the public Interest, to ask tho following questions: 1. Is it your understanding that the negotiators for tho P. B. T. understood that tho leaso contained no guarantee, and aro they on record, verbally or otherwise, as accepting tho principle that the company is not entitled to a guar antee? 2. Is it tho "Intent" of the leaso to bind tho city to purchaso the property of tho P. B. T.? 3. Do you proposo to Incorporate In tho leaso tho seven specific revisions sug gested by Ford, Bacon & Davis? 4i Is it tho "Intent" of tho leaso to make possible tho bobtalling of tho Tay lor plans without specific referenco to tho people? It Is our belief that tho proposed leaso acquires Its standing in largo part from your association In tho preparation of It. Muny peoplo uro prepared to accept with out reserve your Judgment as to tho legal meaning of tho Instrument, and It Is tho general feellr.gthat If it is accepted by tho city it will bo because of your advocacy of It. You have been frank and generous lri your willingness to discuss tho pro posal In all Its phases. In these circum stances, wo trust that you will receive this communication In tho spirit In which It Is written, and wo beg again to assuro you that our columns aro open to you for a full and exhaustive answer to tho posi tion abovo set forth, or for any other ex position of the leaso which you may euro to njake. Respectfully, (3lgned) THE EVENING LEDGBIt. By P. H. Whaley, Editor. BNlMD' viewed "'I AS A PINE SUBURB Speculntion ns to What May Bo When Aircraft Cross "tho Pond" in a Day An old palace UNDftR BOMB FI&E The Morosini a Veritable Curi osity Shop of Historic Afliliations By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Sreclal Corrcjomlent .'renin? Lettotr LONDON", Sept. 1. WHIJN wo start rearranging tho map of tho world I liaxo u proposal to make. Being neither a statesman nor a field marshal, I tnuko this proposal without humility, because I am so certain that It will not bo ncccpted. I havo mado it to muny of my Kngllsh friends, and slnco they are (tally concerned nnd do not disapprove, 1 mn emboldened, to uso tho grand style, In my nttempt to make It more public. In brief, my proposal relates to tho future of Kngland, .Shall wo admit It as a State of tho Union, In lew of Its manifold irtucs, or shall wo put It through tho pre liminary process of tho territorial stage? Sounds lovely, doesn't It? A bit on the mad side, as good costers, of London say7 Then consider this: In remolding frontiers, In setting alll onccs, wo are nil moro or less opt to forgot purely nliislcal condition). Wo arc nt least ns likely to forgot tho vast changes In the mastery of transportation which tho war has given u. We may think nil wo like of England os a separate nation, but tho moment the war ends we will be In posses sion of a fleet of airplanes which will bring tho United States within a day's pleasant travel of Cnglmul To those of us who know Ihigland by which I mean the physical aspect, the coun tryside, In particular and know America its well, nn Inevitable suceeitlon occurs. Tho proposal Is to mnkp Kngland the chief, suburb of the United States. If 1 were press agent for this delectable scheme, I would have no difficulty In gath ering material. Look nt It from two sides, from ours and thclri. Consider Hie ad vantages carefully, alwajs bearing In mind tho essential thing that the dllllculty ol communication between tho two countries Is so far overcome that It will bo eminently practicable for people to spend their week did a 3000 miles away from the place v. hem they do their work. If you will look at the trains running out of Philadelphia on a Friday nfternuon or Saturday morning you will nolo the peculiar look on tho face of many men, which Indicates that they aro going to rejoin their families for their week-ends. The habit is on us, for summc., nt least. Why not come to England Instead of going to Atlantic City? In the last two months I have gone over most of Kngland, hao examined It with the ese of a casual and with tho cyo of n rcal-cstnto dealer, from Uretna Green, which Is across the Scottish bor der, to Uilghtun. I havo motored through tho Midlands and tramped, the Surrey Downs 1 bring a good leirort of Devon and of Cornwall. The sum of my observa tion Is that this niinlaturu country, blessed with cery vailcty of climate and of at mosphere, with its Alps In little and Its lralrle3 In miniature, ought to bo pre served fur the benefit of humanity. It would bo a crime to spoil It, and too much has been spoiled already. Would Save England's Beauty To sae the rest wo need to rearrange our feelings a little. We must forget the Idea that we inl-e wheat and com for oursehes and sell the surplus. Wo muit tako Knglund Into our family and ralso for both. With good cultivation r have land enough to supply both of us without breaking into a single ono of our beauty spots. Then, in return, Uiiglnnd will pre sent us all with our country homes here; will let us wander over Met row Down, with Its rolling grounds, patched Into golden grain or green pasture land : or bho will feed us on Devoushlio cicam or let us go motoring through the Dukerles, with Its wonderful Ume-treo a enues, Wo want after tho war to lead free lives. Many of us who are In It or close to It feel that we are lighting for more than political freedom. We want that we and our children shall Use freely, with a w oil-spent leisure, with fewer worries than wo have had about money, with more pleas ures. And one can 11. e well In this Ung llsh land, which, as a friend of mine sajs. looks as If It had been petted and washed and combed and tucked Into bed for cen turies. It has grown up under that patient tending to perfect beauty. It gl.es off an nlr of quiet decency which no other land scape I havo seen can afford. I must give up tho effort at flippancy In this matter; It goes beyond me. l'or this miracle Is to be counted on: That thousands of men of tho first armies, pos hlbly tens of thousand of the volunteers who flung themselves Into the war, went out to fight that this country, and this countryside with all its beauty and de cency, bhould not be defiled by the German hordes. I have mentioned beforo the man who went, although he had ample excuse for rcmalnlns behind, because he wanted fiercely that his son should be free, in nfter years, to low in tho eight at Oxford and to punt along tho narrow Thames without tho menace of Prusslanlsm over his head. He wanted Germany beaten so that lhigland would not hae to Prin-slanUe herself; he wanted tho Ungllsh land and tho ' ngllsh rivers to be flee. Well, ho went and fought, nnd now that ho Is back he Is fighting still, to make the land free, (t do not pretend that it Is.) Ho works on agricultural reform becauso he Is con vinced that tho soli of Bngland, which he has helped to keep Inviolate, Is the soul of England. Ho was one; since then' I havo met many who leturn from the front and want only to be permitted to stroll over the hills of Surrey, to walk the prehistoric paths, to drink In tho quiet nnd tho content, the human decency of tho old villages which straggle along tho high load and are un corrupted by time, It hardly seems pos sible that men should have gone to France to fight for tho sanctity of Lehigh avenue; to understand that that and nothing cl3e Is our real purpose requires an effort ot the Imagination. And, quite incidentally, when our men have seen tho ravages of the German retreat through France the effort will be lighter. The Prey of Invasion Here the thing was easier. England al ways has been and always will be the prey of Invasion. And so wo como back to our proposal : since sho Is so small, so un protected, let us make her a great park and pleasure ground, with only tho neces sary minimum of manufacturing and a righteous proportion of agriculture. Let tho center ot the new world, tho center which the old world of Prusslanlsm will nlwajs want to attack, be three thousand miles further front the present homo of the Hun. There Is the dllllculty tho fact that Eng land Is home, the center of tho British Com monwealth. For myself, I see no reason why 'the Commonwealth should break up , I see many reasons wuy it. snouia uoiu to gether. But If wo look clearly Into tho future and If we use with power and dis cretion tho forgo which tho war has put Into our possession, we shall grapple these two nations together far more closely than any parts of the Commonwealth can be. At any rate, we know that England has always looked toward Europe ; It has been her natural orientation; sho always had to guard herself against tho ravages which Imperialistic power, whether under Na poleon or under Wllhelm, could make on her Bhores. One of the reasons for the plight ot Ireland is thut tho faco of England was always turned the other way. And now we know that England will look frontward, toward us She will not over look Ireland. She will turn from Europo; she will have1 to. And apart from the sentimental tie which binds both her and us to France, she wll have no regrets. So whetlr my modest proposal Is ac cepted or not. I yonturo to think that many of us, In the Bood glad years to come, will be living tn Hfo'contlnents. We will ex nand atliiomV; wo will' contract. here! ana "S headed tho In tho Acad- f-JHe toregMng open tetter ieatinaifed - -- a v ii mm ii im naBftjrr.Mi . .. - . . . ,.! a.. w. n.m.,. -. - p : .otw.- - j . ha, auiai. Mini n.'Mwiyaifcv i--,yyr ; fej: : .r? c-.a ..,. :. .?,. - . i -JflfiKM J.'in.V -j K ft ..-- -- ... Xn& I.JEK., ai 1 7, NOT YET, BUT SOON ?:" y,re" J INVADING Irony will havo her say, no matter how tragic or how ludicrous her subject matter. This truism, enforced on tho mind of newspaper readers many, many times during tho present war, has received further backing In tho reported shelling ot nn Itnllan building which, though stately nnd dignified enough In It self, Is in roallty'n veritable old curiosity shop of historic afTlllatlons, suggested humor nhd curious, Intertwisted relation ships. Last Sunday's advices (and It must be admitted that they were vaguo enough) told of an Austrian nlr ottack on the Moro Blnl palace. In Venice. Standing on the Campo Francesco Morosini, the cdlflco of fered a tempting tnrget for tho foe's bombs. Whether tho palace was dam aged much, moderately or not nt all wo do not know. It docs not greatly matter, at least to tho lover of curios. For tho curios of tho palaco aro largely mental. They aro gems of grotcsqucrle,, filigrees of Ironic fancy rather than material ob jects. Morodnl Is a name which evokes mem ories, even In ono of tho greatest lands nf mommies that has ever existed. Fran cisco Morosini seems to havo been a falrl; prominent martial figure In tho seven teenth century. He has a victory to his credit In tho Morca In 1C8I. Indeed, tho Venetians under Moroslnl's command and thnt of Konlgsmarck conquered Coron, Pntras, Corinth and Athens. Conquests of tho Turks are also charged up to their warlike accounts. But tho modern side of tho story Is far vividcr than these now somewhat musty records in the book of war. It was a mere freak of chance that tho bomb-dropping Austiians did not, In their nttack, pelt tho loot of the Palazzo Cavallo. This building is very near tho Morosini man sion. And hero Is whero irony enters. A Mixture of Nationalities Baron Franchettl Is the occupant of the Cavallo. Ho married Into tho French branch of the celebrated llothschlld family. Ills brother, Alfredo Franchettl, Is hazily, If not distinctly, known to thoto of us who frequent passionately the opera as tho coin poser of "Germanla." Ono could scarcely demand a more explicit sample ot the Teu tonic leanings of the Franchctt'.s than In this work, though they had even beforo Iti writing manifested their pro-German atti tude. Tho final tableau ot tho opera de pleted In florid fashion the triumph of tho Triple Alliance, Composer Franchettl little dreaming at that day that h'.s shimmering dream of such an entente's being sustained Indefinitely was about to bo gloriously broken. Those who go to tho opera to hear singing, not to receive musical Im pressions of a composer, will place tho work when it Is added that Enrico Caruso, who Is certainly not a pro-uerman cast. The performance was emv of Mus c heie. The Palazzo Cavallo stands opposite tho palaco of tho lato Don Carlos. Now It Is tho property of his son. Don Jaime, who hi (O spirit ot Irony!) an officer In the ltus slan army. Was there ever so weird a mix tuio of nationalities, nationalist affinities? But the final Inflection of satire has not been mentioned. This is nothing less than the well-known fact that tho Morosini fain lly constitutes, or perhaps constituted, tho Kaiser's most Intimate friendships of all his Italian friends. Before the first red days ot 1314's fall William II, on pleasure bent, just us ho Is today, but In a slightly differ ent way, stopped oft nt Venice. Ho was bound for his Villa Ach'llcon, at Corfu. This place used to be the property of the Empress of Austria. Examples of royalty's usual craving for solf-expres3lon In tho arts aro even today not lacking In tho villa. Tho Empress was no exception to tho rule. Apparently, sho elected decoration as her metier. In tho villa are to be found and seen mirrors adorned by that lady's own hand. Designs of pond lilies predominate, and there are bits of blue-blood bad taste that nro said to recall tho worst excesses of other monarch In days far gone by. Ono thinks of the virgin Elizabeth's paltry songs and lyrics and recalls that oven her robustious, mentally clear parent was not abovo attempting verbal composi tions that ho might have left to Baleigh or some other real poet. So perhaps tho of fenses of tho more modern empress may bo winked at. , American Branch of Family Some of her designs had to do with light ing arrangements. Ono might Instance tho electric bulbs that protrudo from tinny looking brackets, fashioned Uko the favorite flowers. America knows something about the Moroslnls through that branch which Is well known In these United States. The head of this genealogical tendril Is the noted banker of New York city. And though It Is far from being "hot news." many will remember the marriage of his daughter, famous for her gowns, to a New York policeman. The ladles of this far-reaching family becm almost always to have been both picturesque, social and fascinating. It Is recorded that they were fond of good-living, not necessarily in a debased sense. In his exhuustlvo brochure on tho dogeressas of Venl'jc, Edgcumbe Staley delves Into the lino and Its ladles. Allodca, daughter of Messlr Sllvestro Morosini, was wedded to Doge Nlcolo Tron, who lived In the mlddli latter days of the fifteenth century. The union. Mr. Staley points out, was significant In that rank and money clatped hands and a new phase In Moyen Age affairs matri monial was Inaugurated. Ambitious to prove to his fellow citizens and tho proud nobles his worthiness and' opulence, the new Doge departed from the. ordinary festive arrangements of tho Fragllte and himself spread the banquet for them In honor of his consort. Every attrlbuto of dignity, eveiy emblem of sovereignty and every decoratlvo feature of tho Installation ceremoftlcs was mounted upon a magnificent scale. The robes of state wero the richest ever worn by Dogi and Dogeressa, and right nobly, wo may bo sure, tho Bereno couple bore themselves. If ho was handsome, she was beautiful all the Moroslnls were n trait wlilch never failed In that spienuiu ramiiy. The Palazzo Tron, on the. Grand Canal, was most extravagantly furnished, the decoration of one room alone with marble, sculptures, carved wood gilding nnd rare glass, costing more than 2000 gold ducats. "Best Dressed Woman in Venice" Allodea, with her flower-like, curving name, was, It seems, a perfervld beauty. The most attractive and tho best-dressed woman In Venice," was the general verdict on her charms. "Palazzl goes Into ec stasies over her fascinations, and lie makes delightful play with her popular namo, Dea.' She gave her husband two children, both boys. The elder, Glacomo, became Procurator of San Marco, and the younger a soldier foil at the terrible bat tle of Negroponte." We can Imuglne that Allodea was no be liever In war. Perhaps, like Charles of Orleans, though never op the field herself she hau weignou i ana touna it wanting. It Is curious to speculate what Bha would have thought of the current struggle.. . .'-..-.,-. - . 1. 'Hi. .1 v A t--'m''&"- 'j-j'-.y' ; , - : . M J I COLLEGE MEN'S PLACE IN ARMY Quartermaster's Plea for Well Educated Enlisted Men Com ment on Current Topics To the Editor of the Hvcntny Ledger: Sir In an artlclo In today's Evening Ludofai Mr. IV. A. Du Puy assures the technically trained college man who has been drafted Into the National Army that he will bo given an opportunity to aid his country along his vocational line. A secondary headline of tho article hints at the Idea that theso college men who have been draft ed may beconio olllcers. Tho suggestion of Dr. Hollls Godfrey, president of Drexel Institute, of Philadelphia, author of the sen timent expressed In tho article, is a good one, and, without doubt, it will meet with liation-wldo approval. Tho article failed to mention, however, what treatment the collcgo man already In tho service should receive. What about them? Thero aro ieveral here In camp who sacrificed their college degrees good homes, good positions and good society to servo their country. There are men hero who havo gono through their junior year In the various engineering courses, and thoso men aro In good standing with their re spective universities. Theso men are en rolled hero as privates and noncommissioned ofllcers. doing work which tho untialncd and uneducated man can do. Most of tho technically trained collego men hero havo executive ability and Initiative, and several of them have had previous military training. Could not the Government mako .better use ot theso enlisted men? If such a movement concerning tho dratt ed men will bo placed on foot, then a sim ilar movement taking caro of thoso college men'who have enlisted as privates and non commissioned ofllcerH should also bo launched. Several ot theso men have had military training. In addition to their train ing tn engineering. ALBEIIT ANIX. Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps. Camp Meade, Md., September 10. can that be? Whero elso than tho place of prayer? By the s'de of your bed, In the workshop. In the street car, in the house of worship any place where tho heart lifts itself abovo Itself and recognizes a power greater than Itself. But do not stop at the first verse; read the whole chapter. God seems to pour out Ills soul In compassion to tho bons of men und promises peace and assurance of abiding peace, giving posltlvo assurance that though wo may bo annoyed,, nothing shall harm us. Daniel, the prophet, Is a glowing examplo of this truth. It was unpopular to pray during that period. Any ono caught offer ing up any petitions to any god other than the king's Image must d'e. But Daniel didn't cense praying, neither did ho die. With ills windows open wide open, mind you facing his beloved city, Jerusalem, he poured out his soul in prayer. Ho was detected, consigned to be fed to the lions, but thero was not one of tho hungry beasts dared harm him. Why? Simply because Dan'cl dwelt In tho secret place of tho Al. mighty and automatically became n bene ficiary of the Dlvino promise. Let every mortal in town who believes In tho potency of prayer urge his pastoj to tako immediate action, to bo followed by concrete action. Let there then be a day appointed for prayer. Thero aro several sons of men who have not kneeled beside their beds In prayer slnco they lisped their "Now I lay me" at mother's knee, livery blessing of a munifi cent Father has been accepted as a matter of course. Oh, If the floodgates of memory could be opened nnd all the scenes of early childhood reviewed, there Is not a mother's son of us but would turn crimson because ot this criminal neglect. Knce-drlll Is a healthy and most hearten lng exercise. It proves an armor for tho battles of the day and furnishes a downy pillow for repose when the day Is done. WILLIAM G. IIUSTED. Philadelphia, September 10. The editorials have been not without re sponse. Several letters supporting the ap peals have been printed In this column. It Is gratifying to note that tho Senate has passed a resolution authorizing tho President to proclaim a day of national prayer for the success of our armies. Editor of the Evenino LEDQEn. POWER OF PRAYER To the Editor o the Evening Ledger: Sir Several weeks ago you sent out an appeal that a day bo set aside for prayer for peace and victory. Tills was followed later by a second call In an editorial under the caption, "Prayer Mightier Than Many Annies." I havo been scanning your col umns dally since for signs of a response, but have not heard oven n peep from our sky pilots or men and women who should be vitally interested In such matters.- It Is a matter of surprise and disap pointment that our religious teachers of all creeds have not taken up tho call and rallied tho forces under them for such a season of self-effacement .J appeal. Why. bless your heart, ti V4 l Ao weapon so mighty as tho weapou e j-ia vr, and. believe It or not, this old world v.'o,uld not be In tho plight sho finds herself In today If God Almighty had been taken Into our confidence beforo this turmoil started. But even yet much of tho wreckage can bo saved If we can find our bearings long enougli to seek tho sourco of real help. A war back In the misty ngc.SNone Jonah was commissioned to foretell tho doom of tho wicked city of Nineveh. The prophet demurred, but, nfter an unpleasant but memorable submarlnne voyage, consented to perform the task Strange to say, his proclamation of destruction brought all souts to their knees Iniienltence, from the king down to the humblest subject. The re sult was that Jehovah relented and recalled the elements of destruction. Prayer turned the tables, contrite prayer ot a godless peo ple. Now thero Is not a son or daughter of Adam who Is not an offender against tho Divine law. Sinners all are wo, but that does not debar any from direct approach to' the h'gh court of heaven. Wireless teleg raphy Is no new Invention; man has been sending messages away above the clouds and Zeps for ages; and, Just as true as that truth Is truth, back has come the life giving answer. , The key to the code, methlnks, can be found In the Nlnety.nrst Psalm. Listens h.ra la what the first verse says: "He that' dwellethJn the secret place of the I Moet'Hlgh shall abide undertho shadow pf' TRIBUTE OP A CANADIAN FATHER TO HIS SON Upward Markhnm. tho poet, under tlin un. patriotic? title. "I pld Not liaise M- Hoy to llo u Soldier," wrote theso lines: "O mothers, will you longer glvo your sons to feed the awful hunger of tho guns?" Dr Jnmes L. Hughes unswered this poem. Greater significance Is given to the answer by tho fact that Doctor Hughes' own son was killed ,ln battle. Editor Manufac turers' Ilecord. God gavo my son in trust to me; Christ died for him, and ho should be A man for Christ, He is his own, And God's and man's, not mine alone. He was not mlno to "give." He gave Himself that he might help to, save All that a.Chrlstlan should revere, All that enlightened men hold dear. 'To feed the guns l" Ah, torpid boul ! Awuke, and see life as a whole. When freedom, honor, justice, right Wero threatened by tho despot's might, With heart aflame and soul alight, Ho bravelywent for God to fight Against base savages whoso pride The laws of God and man defied. "Forgotten grave!" This selfish plea Awakes no deep response In me, . For, though Ills grave I may not see, My boy, will ne'er, forgotten bo. My real son can never (llo ; "lis but his body that may llo In foreign land, and I shall keep Remembranco fond, forever, deep Within my heart of "my truo son Because of triumphs that lie won. It matters not where any ono May lie and sleep when work Is done. It matters not whero somo men live ; If my dear son his life must give, Hosannas I will sing for' him, E'en though my eyes with tears bo And when the war Is over when His gallant comrades come again, I'll cheer them as they're marching by Rejoicing that they did not die. And when Ids vacant place I see. My heart will bound wlth.Jov thai i,. dim, Mot High Shalt abide under the shadow pf Was mine" so loni-my' fair ypuna son What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. VI hut la the dlfTrrrnre between a control!. und n comptroller? 2. Vihat will probably 1 the scene of thtlnt''? important encoiinier ueinffn toe an mIuii rebel, under command ot UeMral KnrnllofT, nnd the proilalonal fOTernmcal troop? V.. Who was the first queen of Carthaie? 4. In nmnpaper phrnnecIoKr, what la tha ilt nlllciint of a "maatneud"? C. Name tno famous poets who lltfd iirlat if tno man ot louis Al. v 0. Where Is the Ulver Spree? ,i ?. Wlm t Italian aviator is noted for hit dra matic rltlni!'.' 8. What position was held In Drltlah, roTtltr by the xmndmother of the Kalatrf 0. Viho rompoaed the opera "Ilanatl aai tirftel"-. 10. What li "polntlllase"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Cossack It the name of a Turklah Heath Mibjcct to KukhIu, with eapecial rrftrtata to memberx of the llcht horn la ta ltiishlnn uriny. 3. The late Thoniaa J. hteuart waa AdJnUnl (ieneriil of the CouiuioiiHealtli ot I'tawl- vunla. 3. Philadelphia public school teachcra now acre. Iiir with the urmrd forces of the I'nltti States will receive full pay durlnt Uw ar. I. "Hokum." In theatrical parlance, ill umed "sure-lire utiinv or dramatic ma- -n icnui thnt, because It hua nlnara mm Irird nlth nucce.s, ran be fallen back al In a irUla by the performer. The moil common pvninple U the atoik Jokcn. aata un those dciillne with mothera-ln-lavr. . 0. Percy Il-lie Mhrlley la accredited nlth twins J:ni,-luiid' Kreatent writer of brio. ...J'iakespeare excluded. . Vj jj. "Ileeltupa" are the drega In a wine ilan. -W 7. ltatailun' Mlenl'le. n dmmmlnr aannd. 91 Priam. King ot Troy, a tragic tlgure la lai dfl nf u hundred children. 1 1 1 it it ot Homer. "Tagelilatt" literally means i- Ml I v. tvn Ite appeara In tsi Mull tuet"l henco it newspaper. v)J AiitlpitKto U an Italian appetizer, ronahtuf HM ii-uuiiv vi oniea. picKieu nsu ana iiouh stimulants to tho palate. . WHEN INDEPENDENCE WAS i DEBATABLE TnVEIlYTHINO that we takofor granted f. - wi)S once debatable, oven indep When Congress resolved Itself Into a com' mlttee of tho whole on July 1, 1776, It totkjM up tne ramous tesolutlon vvhlcn was, w , declaro the States free and put In Jeopard Of Tnnnirtni oian ,r,a ...Vin eli-narl If Hut every man did not with one accord I'm immediately demand tho adoption of the rat. Olutlon. It W'n siriM'pfl nm nnd win. Theft lA wero arguments against It. Tho leader otiJ ll.n -. ....... . m . . Ik. ifl nm uijjiusmon was jonn uicitinson, uij "Pennsylvania Farmer." Ho declared tint j tho subject of Indenendenco was Drematwi -al and impolitic; his opposition was not Wtm in Innls r.f ,..l.ln.ln. . ... 1 ntaA tlma-.aB -- n t van luvioui , iiu winy ftw ie for further consideration. At "I value tho love of mv country at ' : ought," ho suld. "but I value my counlrj. more, and T doRtm tMa iihwtrtnni nssemtlr.'p to witness the integrity, if not the policy, l my conduct. Tho first campaign will ? decisive of the controversy. Tho "DecIartV, lion will not strengthen us by one maner by the least sunnly. vvhllo it mav expose ""i soldiers to additional cruelties and outraiel. Without some prclusory trials of our strength we ought not to commit our coimv try upon un alternative whero to reced5 would bo Infamy and to porslst might M? destruction. Tho nieasuro ought to be o4 layed till the common interests shall In tM best manner bo consulted by common w"" sent. Uosldes, the door to ncconimoditw'J s with Great Britain ought not to bo ! 1 until wo know what terms can bo 0Diam f- rrom some competent power. Thus to urea ; with her beforo we havo compacted wl8 i ntinlhn,. la tn ..!.. Av..AHln.nno nn thfl llVCt I and liberties of our countrymen, whlcn im would Booner ulo than agree to maiie. "': best it Is to throw us Into the hands of W-Ja ouier rower and to llo at Its mercy, ior Shnll nnifn nnndoil tlm rli'nc flint U never W . be repassed. Wo ought to retainthe Declt i ration and remain masters of ouf fsmo W f rate." , ,, ., ... us., rnB" jucnuru iienry Jce, mo - uiccru " - . ; gress," who iil his sweet, clear, mu,I??45B voice had offered tho Instructions of a'im Virginia Assembly proposing lndepcndeBC and union of tho colonies, leaped to hi "8l,B to answer: -, "Why then, sir, do wo longer delay. 'i Rflll rlnllhArntA? T.nt tl.tu li.nnv da PY . birth to an American republic. Let J'J'H arise, not to devastateand conquer, wHwJM re-establish the reign of peace ano, i-m The eyes of Europe are fixed upon us, wj demands or us a living example oi ir" that mnv exhibit a contrast in the ttt" ot the cltlien to the ever-Increasing tyraj whli.h rinll.ln n- nnllllleif HhOreSfl Invites ns to 'nrepare ,an asylum wMft ..nt..... ... h.k.i..j akImmm Xn Aha'TdaWftJB ui,c.w,uyy itmy HfNa nviai.w fsa.w .. I " '- ' " t Jf li
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