to' ,A,t: ,vi"' - v .VKtod- LEmBRHfiEiABLPHrAr 'FRIDAY; EPTEikBR -14,-1917 . &vZti&i Hedge JtViiUC LEDGER COMPANY --JCTRtJ8 H. ,Ka CUKTta. Pll0iNt L'ttirtwi H. Xealmrton, 'Vice 1reldAt John artin. Herniary, ana, XTteiurarr Tniup . .John H.i William. John J; Bpurteon, Tvnaley, Directors, L Martin. jt i EDITORIAL tlOAItDt J- Ctbm It. K. CcaTl; Chairman. . H. VIIALBT ..Editor MOIIN C. MAHTIN..C-n-ral llusln-ss Manar-r A,?.' . i - - - Zi, fuousnea aanr el i'iblio i.atxisn nuiidinir. C-, Xa Indtoandenc. Bauare. rblladelohla. kf ' Xttinr. Otrrriut..,, Broad and Ch-sjnut Streets r ATi.AnTiii LiTT. . -.. fraaa. union iiuunina- .;'-Kw TntK..... .... "J00 Metropolitan Tower IMtiiioiT ,,,,. ..403 Ford .llulldlnr it'frr. Lows 10i Kullcrton llul dins Ji CaiCAOO 1203 Trlous. llulldlnc jtV news nunEAUS! WawnxaTos llDitiqv.,i.....K!na nullillrit ' .'i)w'Toiiic lilllliD...j.,...Tb Time llulldina ' . Pull Bcim .12 Hue I.oiiln la arand it. IiV" st?nscntiTTo?J wfnM.i ";. Th Efttito Laooaa la nerved to auhscrlbcre ! . ,l ' n Milladelphla. and aurroundlns towns ut tha ij. S p-i ;t ..U1 t L - "1, tf Bfr :. w fat of twelve (13) cent per week, payable w ine carrier. By mall to point outside of Philadelphia. In the. United mates. Canada or United states pes- eesntone, poataira free, fifty (30) rents per month. Six (to) dollars per year, paable In advance. To all forelin countries on (Hi dollar per month. Notici Subscribe. Hwlrr in address chanted Biust live old as well as new address. BELL, 3000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 MTMa'drris alt rntnmitnicatloria to Kvtntxa Ledger, Independence Sauare, Philadelphia. campaign, at that rate, would bo an utter fiasco. In, the last five weeks the weekly average has been sixteen ships a week. In the five weeks from April SI to May 19 It was twenty-eight ships. It I to bo nsnlimoil that thn self-con. .tajned Mr. linker would not announce our new battleplane engine as one of the greatest cilglneorhig feats of the war without assurnnco that he was on safe ground. That the new planes can be produced speedily by the thousand Is splendid tidings, for the swamping of tho Clermim nlr fleets will mean nothing short of disaster to tho Kaiser's armies. South America draws closer to us. Tho nnll-Uermnn rioting In Argentina proves onco more .hat Berlin diplomacy will always; hang Itself If given enough rope. it Is extremely Important for us that Argentina und llrazll should now be consolidated In pto-Ally sentiment. In this connection, an nltlcle elsewhere on this page by Air. liomflm Is most In structive and encournglng, presenting good teaKons to believe tint llrazll will shortly be sending soldiers to France. ssTiisn at tsi rniLAMtLrru roiTornci At SIC0SD-CLAS5 KAIL lfATTm Philadelphia, rtiJiy, Stpltmbtr II, 1017 THE RESULT IN MAINE E 'A :? h: Tt t0f J t.v Lv r'K w fpiIK decisive defeat of suffrage In Maine Is unfortunate. We do not be lUvo that It Is discouraging, for It Is on a succession of such defeats that tho women have built their most significant triumphs. Nevertheless, It had been hoped that the right of woman to the vote had been so definitely proved by the crvlces she has rendered during the ti avail of civilization that In no locality would theic be found a majority of men vllllng to deny her the Blmple Justice she asked. The conservatism of Maine Is proverbial, but even conservatism Is ex 'pected to give way before overwhelming evidences of the necessity and'Justlce of 'proposed Innovations. If conservative England, In spite of Pankhurst mllltar Ism, was converted to suffrage, certainly picketing ought not to have been a de cisive deterrent to favorable action by American citizens. There Is a quantity of misinformation disseminated about suffrage. When Theo dore Roosevelt came out In favor of It, reactionary newspapers all over tho coun- try declared that ho had been converted overnight, for political reasons only, and that his opinion was worth nothing what ever. A distinguished editor, who has an uncanny faculty for getting at the bottom of things and who was himself at the time opposed to suffrage, talked the matter over with the Colonel along these lines. "I'll send you a book or two on the subject tha't may be Informative," Bald the Colonel. Several days later a wagon loaded with heavy boxes drove up trto-the editor's house. Apparently the product of a furniture factory, had been shlt.psd to him. But every box contained books and every book In. every box treated of woman's suffrage. There were 4 authoritative accounts of suffrage in New Zealand, of experiments in tho Scan dinavian countries, of arguments pro and con in the different nations of the world. Furthermore, within the books themselves was evidence of the fact that every one of them had been read by the former President. Hot-headed and converted to the cauje overnight? Not a bit of It. Ho had been converted by on extensive 'and intensive study extending over many months, and probably knew more about the subject than any other living man in the United States. The chief barrier to suffrage is Ig norance. Thero'were eminent gentlemen, lovers of liberty, In 1776, who wero sin cerely and heartily opposed to the Decla ration of Independence. There were equally sincere men who opposed the emancipation of slaves, and the slave autocracy was able for decades to control national affairs by merely appealing to trieTireJudlces of voters. There never was a cause so good that men did not live to fight If. And why should the fact that ome women are opposed to their own emancipation carry any weight? There were slaves who opposed manumission. Tho question Is not how men do vote, but how they ought to vote. A good cause Bathers support as It goes along. It was three centuries after the birth of Christ before civilization" repudiated paganism, and the repudiation then was not com jplete. ' i Suffrage will make a far better show ing In New York than was made in Maine. f There is. Indeed, strong probability of a k tavorable verdict if the plcketers will Substitute patience for restiveness at this critical period. A cause which has won Us way through fifty years of open de- .yybata cannot afford' to rely for success C"fc"'?'no,,r on crude" and less convincing .?.-...l f1.1 Jl T- !PV!uuo- "" P?uency oi any course .'facUon is often as important a con- p.- 'anterauon aa tue absolute right to pursue ueh a course. If every man insisted at U. all times on his absolute riht. .!..., " Would be in chaos. ' mtlTISII CANDOR WIIK.V things get Cown to brass tacks, the Ilrltlsh candor Is about tho candldcst nrtlcle in the world. Mr. Bonnr Ijiw, In his nddrest at a dinner to Congressman McCormlcK, made no bones about the situation, saying: The Hermans lately hao been saying thnt the Kntento una rel Itik on the United States as their last hope. I uant to say to ou that we do rely on the I'nlted States. As Chancellor of the Exchequer I am ready to say to jou now what I should have Leen sorry to have had to t-ny sK months ago, namely, that without the I'nlted PtatcV financial uslstanco tho Allies would have been In disastrous Ftralts today. We have not jet seen the end. This can mean only one thing, and it is no spread eagle logic that points It out. If the main brunt of making war Is on our shoulders, the chief responsibility of making peace Is In our hands and we are so placed ns to present peace terms to Allies as well as to Central Powers. There Is n certain tendency In some quarters to tell us not to bo cocky and to remember that wo shall never mako tho same sacrifice In lives that the Entente has made. Hut wo have made already a. greater proportionate sacrifice in lives than the Hntcnte. We made that sacrlflco in 1773-17SI and in 1861-1SG5. nnd we uluays have been teady to make It to keep South America free. It Is not our fault If we cleaned up our half of the world long before the other half required our intervention. OUR LARGEST AMERICAN ALLY Brazil Heart and Soul With Us and the Entente, Says Noted Author's Son SIMPLICITY ITSELF" THE Hooverlzatlon of the country Is generally supposed to be a very com plex matter. As a fact, It Is painfully simple. Doctor Garfield puts the latest detail of the process Into eleven words: "Don't buy coal from Philadelphia dealers till tho price comes down." Wo are now a long way from the bad times when Georgo Baer got off that mystical formula to the effect that God gave mines to the people that happened to own them. i- 17 I (ALMOST TIME TO CHEEK ' & ; . J - '- i 4 . . H London, from Washington, from pueooa Aires comes newa" that must w ipg mjto uie.nearia or. doubters. '""'i , wing, iwcjve snipe rt mH WHKl'lirlMi THE STATUS OF AFFAIRS THK use of the poUco force as a polit ical Instrument is a disgrace to the city and has been a disgrace since Mayor Smith took office. Repeated outrages have brought repeated promises of re form. None of them has been carried out. Vice has walked and trafficked un checked In tho streets. Sporadic raids have done no more than indicate that Certain places are protected. Tho clubs of policemen have been used to bludgeon political sentiments Into the heads of citizens who preferred to think for them selves. Not since Clodlus and his gang blackjacked their way through the streets of Home has there been a more flagrant abuse of the police power than Is dally exhibited In Philadelphia. There are professions of holy purpose from mouths that might well pray for mercy, but the hypocrisy of the senti ments uttered is not so thickly veiled that citizens cannot Identify it The city has been divided into tho goats" and the sheep, and may Providence help tho goats when authority undertakes to beat them into lambs! To bo safe Is to bo a loyal nnd obedient follower of tho Mayor, since for no other Is there any mercy. When has politics been moro openly played in City Hall than now, with the Mayor waving his scepter this way or that to confer the accolade on candidates? Contractor government Is at Its zenith, and by their bonds ye shall know them. They aro splitting heads fifty-fifty In the Fifth Ward. The thermometer is about to go up. That will give us a chance to wait for coal to come down. Philadelphia cannot afford to loso the Johnson art collection, no matter what It costs to keep It. Scotl Nearlng always maintained that he had the goods. We wonder If he was caught with them. The silver In a silver dollar Is now worth a dollar. Silver, therefore, Is where it belongs and so Is Mr. Bryan. Sweden suggests a conference of neutrals. A conference on the laws of neutrality would be moro to the point. Money will win tho war, according to Judge Gary. A little efficiency in addi tion will do no harm, to Judge from reports. Kultur has succeeded In arousing Argentina to the point of riot. The world is so old-fashioned that it resents being betrayed. ,J Missouri Democrats are formally calling upon Senators Reed and Stone to resign. Similar invitations to Messrs. La Follette, HardwicV, Gore, Vardaman et alr would help a lot. American artillery wb; on the Job to day. Dispatch from prance. It was only for practice purposes, but the big point is that to be on Jthe job it' had to be on the ground. , 'The American State Department has 1 'again published documents of which It ob tained possession by God knows what un derhand methods. Cologne Volks Ztltung, -'. A It kt'wtturally.dlffouit tdr Qmoa.ua -- ---- --- -ira t i m - -- -- ' :bW; ') .H By ANNIBAL BOMFIM (.Mr. Doniflm Is the son ot Manoel liomflm, noted Ilrazlllan author, whoso book, "Latin. America." Is considered the best itandarn work on South Amerlcn. Tho son hart studied In England. France and Germany, and has Just come to this city from Brazil to complete his education at tho University of Pennsylvania. He has spent the summer at Itlo de Janeiro, studying political con ditions.) BRAZIL Urtimlly Joined the Allies ngalnRt Germany three months ago and did If declaring she was going to play the same politics America has played. She Is at Mar with Germany In everything but name. Most Americans Ignore this fact as well as they Ignore everything else about llrazll. For tho average American Brazil Is a "South American republic." Ho does not differentiate Brazil from the small South American republics; ho docs not know thnt we speak Portuguese and that our history, as n Portuguese colony, Is entirely different fiom the history of tho other South American Stntes. He does not consftler that Brazil Is by far the largest country nf South America, that she l latger than the United States (without Alaska), that she has more than 20,000,000 Inhabitants and that she Is the best friend and ally the United States has In South America. We Bhal. now see how and why Brazil has sided against Germany. Owing to the fact that we speak Portu guese, all Brazilians who want to get a good education hae to learn French, for there are- very few good scientific books printed in our language. This Is natuially ex pifilned by the fact that Portuguese Is spoken by fewei than forty million persons In tho world , and that of these persons 80 per cent cannot even rend or write. It would not be n paving proposition to prim any good book In that language. Knowins French, we a I read tho French poets and philosophers and get a distinctly French Intellectual culture, with tho resulting loo and admiration for all that Is French. The opinion of tho educated class nat- utnlly has an Influence upon the lower classes, anil this Is the reason why the wholo Brazilian population declared Itselt against Germany from the ery first day of the wnr. We knew befoic it started that Franco would have to fight Germany again, and we wete foi France. Crisis in Brazil in 1014- The beginning of the wnr caught us In the middle of .1 most serious political and financial crisis. It was the Inst year of the term of Marshal Hermes da Fon'eca as President of our Republic, the worst ruler Brazil ever had. It Is enough to say nbout him that he recelted the country in the most prosperous financial condition and left it with an empty public treasury and largely Indebted to European nations The Brazilian people had alwajs been very tolerant toward the abuses of politicians, but the Fonseca Got eminent was such an exaggeration of the had Instincts and Ideas of our lower politicians, displayed so crudely and brutally, that the evil effects were felt by all, and ecn the quietest citizens decided to net and prevent such a state of affairs eer happening again. When the war broke out our present President. Dr. Wenceslaus Braz, had been chosen by the whole nation to succeed Fonseca because all trusted him as being an honest and economical man Owing to these facts we could not help the Allies In any way during the first two years of the war; we were too busy reorganizing our own country. But It took a very short time to unuiiiimmi mix enormous task, nnd we were soon able to start working for Kurope. When England and France went Into the war and not only stopped exporting to Brazil what wo needed, but also stopped buying much of our export goods, the crisis reached its limit and we lacked money nnd many of the necessities of life When Doctor Iiraz was lnnupiirnt.i u,.i. dent he cut clown all unnecessary expenses and stopped all tho public works that were not absolutely necessary. Agriculture and Industry were encouraged throughout the country, the Federal Government and the Governments of the States offered prizes for ull Inci cased crop and Industries, and the whole nation answered to the call. Many products which we had been buying from abroad, made of raw material exported from Brazil, are now being manufactured in our country. For Instance, since the war began we hae built and orranlzed many large packing houses, and today Brazil Is In line with the largest exporting nations of frozen and canned meat. Before the war we were the largest ex porters of rubber as a raw material, but we had never made any prepared rbher product. Since the war seeral rubber products factories have been organized, and three months ago I saw In an evhiMti many articles they were manufacturing. Wo i-umiui impon mucn wneat. from abroad, but we are now growing our own wheat In the southern part of the country, and we are learning how to make bread out of our corn and some native plants such as man ioc, from which tapioca Is extracted. German Plotters Fail Now we must see what the German ele ment In Brazil has tried to do In order to help Germany. We have two quite differ ent kinds of Germans In Brazil the col onists, who went down there mora than thirty ears agp and whoso children, born there, hae been kept German In language and education, but who love the country where they were born; and the German business men, who moved In only a few ears ago and were great workers for pan Germanism. TI1050 business men had suc ceeded, through their wonderful business talent. In becoming virtually tho only agents between the Brazilian and European markets: they were even beginning to monopolize the wholesale business of Bra zilian cereals In Brazil. These business houses, the chief of which was the firm "Bromberg," with agencies all over the country, tried very hard to organize the German colonists to work for the German Government. After the war started we know that "Bromberg" smuggled 70,000 rifles Into the State of Santa Catharlna, where the Ger man Influence Is strongest, to try to arm tho colonists against the Brazilian Govern ment. This plan proved to bo a failure, for the colonists did not want to fight. A very curious thing happened. The colonists were arrogant with the natives, to show their superiority of race. After Brazil broke diplomatic relation with the Kalser'S) Government, a few Germans tried to go on with their haughtiness and were rather roughly handled by the Brazilians. At the beginning of the war our Min uter ot Foreign Affairs was a good Bra zilian, but the son of German colonists. Ills name was Lauro Mueller. He naturally sympathized with the cause of his father's country and did every possible thing to pre ent us from taking an active part in the struggle. At first he Justified his neutrality by President Wilson's example. There was no reason why Brazil should be more se vere about international law than the United States was. When In February the United States broke diplomatic relations with Germany, Doctor Mueller decided to fol low the A B C policy; that Is, the nolicv of Chill, which is decidedly pro-German, and of Argentina, which is a good frlena of Chili. The people did not like that deci sion and started to denounce Mueller'. The Minister was called a German openty In the papers, and when Germany for the first time sank a Brazilian .boat and killed three Brazilian citizens Mueller was forced to break diplomatic relations with Germany, The people thought the move was not ener getic enough 'and he had to resign. The ritw Minister decided at once to break neutrality and help the United State and, soon after, dtclded to help all the Allies. He did not declare war. fornhere was no need for that. The country, hadJieen attacked and was paying It bacr;Today the BraslHan fleet la MM M Wwroy'Pm'iwW CHIROPODIST IS BUSY IN FRANCE "WHO BANE SAY 'CHESTNUTS'!" He's. Just a Plain, Ordinary Sergeant, but He Knows How to Handle a Knife By HENRI BAZIN Staff Corrttpondent et tin i'venlnfl tMatr France. AMERICAN' FIELD HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE, Aug. 10. NAPOLEON Is given credit for a lot of axioms that, apply to successful war fare. Ono Is that an army fights on its stomach. He forgot or if he thought of It considered It too obvious that there Is nnother portion of the soldier as Important as his Interior, nnd that Is tho old reliable shank's mare. For, while a favored few ride horses or motorcycles, or, when they cut as much flguro as a war correspondent, In automo biles, the great majority hoof It. And for hiking purposes tho khakl-clad hoofer docs not carry rings on his fingers nnd bells on his toes, but hobnails In his shoes and an Iron magnet-shaped affair In his heels. He also carries a bunch of weight on his back. And ns tho night follows tho day he also has corns all kinds of corns tho soft, the hard, the kind that never sing out except when "it's going to rnln and the young corn that grows out of callus. Ever have a com? Because, If yes, then sym pathize with tho defender of his country's honor. in the regiment of marines In this train ing enmp there Is moro than sympathy. Sympathy Is Just thnt "l'm-sorry" stuff. It doesn't rellee that corn. Tho only known thing Is a knife with a chiropodist behind It. And the mnrlncs are so equipped, to the envy of tho other regiments. If you picture this marine chiropodist ns homethlng of the same brand ns a mani cure or a ioot-flxer In Philadelphia, where he has a parlor and a vehct-cushloned arm chair for his patients, guess ngaln. He Is Just a plain, ordlnaiy sergeant. And nftcr a day's hike, or a morning digging trenches, he is more popular thnn the chaplain With out lese majeste toward the gentleman nnd cUiccr who establishes rending clubs for the Sammees, he Is u sole-saver, too. Ills parlor consists of a canvas cot, tho ordinary toldler kind, which Is set In place In thn sick bay. By Its side is a camp chair. On n box before him an nrray of knives, little onis mm big cues, cuncd ones and straight ones. For this Is a straight story Beside the knhes Is a bottle of Iodine, the cure-all of the arm, the onlv rival of thnt other cute-all, salts. Only hey nre ;ust no 'count fcr corns. Tho patient 'les on tho cot the knlfcwlelder cuts out the trouble, dabs n little Iodine on the place wheie the torn was and that's all there Is to It. All, except that the marine walks out with relief nnd ready for another hike, he feels so good. A typical day's record for the corn doc tor, according to entries in his little book, sj Blistered feet treated 98 Corns removed 4,-, ingrowing nails trimmed 9 He says the corn crop Is pretty steady, no apparent rse or fall In tho market. He Is one nf the thoughtful provisions of tho colonel In command, who, rumor says, suffered with corns himself In a Cuban cam paign, and who swore thcro would bo noth ing doing In the corn lino for his regiment in France. THE RISE OF SILVER The rise In the price of silver In the mar kets of tho world has been phenomenal. Tho white metal Is worth more today than It has been at any time since 1892, which was four years before the famous "cross of gold" speech which gave Bryan the nom ination for the presidency nnd which brought nbout his overwhelming defeat. The result of this ndwnco has been that In slher countries the purchasing power of the dollar has kept pace with the rise In tho price of commodities. This Is due to the fact that silver serves both ns a standard of value and as a commodity In these coun tries, while tho gold standard remains sta tionary. If It does not decline, as commodity prices soar. For tho time being, therefore, the peoplo of the silver countries aro profiting from existing conditions at the expense of tho peoplo of the gold countries. Just how this works out In actual practice Is shown In a report made on May 20 by United States Consul General Thomas Sammls at Shanghai, who wrote: "To the Chinese the present situation offers certain distinct ndantages. Ills sliver money will buy virtually as much land, raw material, buildings and labor as It ever would, and, furthermore, It can purchase far moro gold with which to pay for ma chinery than has been possible during re cent years. On tho other hand. In contrast to the Chinaman, the American or British Investor, living In a foreign land and meas uring his wealth In gold, who contemplates lnestlng his money In some Industry In China, will find that he must pay an ex orbitant sum for silver with which to buy land, buildings, raw materials and labor, and he will be running the risk that, should exchange return to a level equal to the 'normal' of the last ten years, then the dividends from this undertaking may not buy sufficient gold to warrant the Invest ment In the flrst place." Since this report was mailed to Wash ington, silver has greatly advanced In price In China as elsewhere; In fact, Bomewhat more rapidly than has tho cost of living. This being so, It is undoubtedly true that the Chinese are now able to buy moro for their dollar than they were before the war or during its first two years. Yet when this abnormal condition ends the Chinese monetary system will return to its normal state that of being perhaps the most un fair, unsatisfactory system In the world unless China learns a lesson In monetary reform Instead of being satisfied to accept Its "lucky strike" during the war as an In dication that the country la on a sounder basis than those holding to the gold standard. The "lucky strike" In China Is confined to those who earn wages, whore Incomes are fixed (as from bonds and mortgages), or who have savings accounts, because the purchasing power of all such Incomes has Increased faster than that of commodities for which they are exchanged. This Is the reverse of the situation here with respect to the purchasing power ot the American dollar, Newark News. A CITY THAT IS TOO MODEST of Sep. SEPTEMBER Whispering winds kiss the hills tember. Thistledown phantoms drift over the lawn, Red glows the Ivy like a ghost-llghted ember, Shrouded in mist breaks the slow-corn-Ing dawn. fr Sunllghted vistas the woodland' discloses. Sleeping In shadows the still lake reposes. Gone Is the summer, its sweets and Its roses. Harvest is past and summer Is gone. Plaintively sighing the brown leaves are facing, Sadly the wood dove mourns all the day Comments on Some Phases of Philadelphia Life Cross Road Signs Needed long. In the'dim starlight the katydid's calling Hushes In slumber the brook and Its song.' Gone are the sowers and ended their weep ing, , Gone are the gleaners and finished their reaping. Blossoms and bees with, the aong, birds are . ( , - aCeepuW. .,.., . .. ..k t3l uui t: .i?..l? '-!'.! I'-WHFJrTlF ki To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Philadelphia Is too modest. There has never been a question of our conservatism. Any chnrges along thit lino will not bo denied. There Is little bluff or bluster nbout this city. But somehow or other things nro well done here. And yet we sit quietly back In our big armchair, In our own cozy little home, enjoying the thought of "tho low descending sun" view ing something well done. But we aro too modest to tell our neigh bor what we have done. Ills upproval is unnecessary, and so his praise; but cither or both may lead to our greater oppor tunity and our own larger happiness and that of our nolghbor as well. There aro two very modest men In this city whoso patriotism and effort wo may all well emulate: Charles S. Calwell, president of the Corn Exchange National Bank, and Edward S. Cattell, tho genial raconteur and statistician. A hundred cities will smile at the men tion of the Jovial Cattell's name, for they know him for his wit nnd his humor, and at the same time for his earnestness In singing the praises of his beloved Philadel phia; and It Is no sweet paean ot pralso he sings, with rounded lyric meter. The lines of his song are truths and the words are facts; and, striking a chord of sin cerity and honesty, they nro carried away by his henrcrs to be hummed and whistled until they are known. Given tho proper Introduction nnd plenty of performers to play it, a good tune will becomo popular That Is the Idea of Mr. Cattell. And so lie travels through the country, dined by the big commercial organizations who feel honored by his presence. Just to tell them how great, how wonderful, how creative how hospitable and yet how modest Phila delphia Is. Charles S. Calwell Is another such man Month after month he publishes that In teresting little leaflet, the "Advance." Not n word In It about himself save his name; very little In It about tho Corn Exchange National Bank; usually a modest sentenco or two of good ndvlce and a short adver tisement, such as might appear in any newspaper. But nineteen-twentleths of the material Is about Philadelphia, Its Indus tries, Its place In the commercial world, Its doings and Its prospects. These two men know Philadelphia, and, knowing, have no fear In saying what thoy know; for they are giving valuable trutns to the world of benefit to us all, and not only to themselves except as a part of the two millions of U3 hereabouts. And It is high time we have more volunteers to assist them In this task. It Is a worthy worl.. Under their command, with the mental slogan, "Praise Philadelphia." In mind, a hundred thousand men should enlist In this army. We cannot raise them fully trained overnight, but we can at least prepare for creating battalions of minute-men who will be ready upon short notice to follow their lead. The simplest statement of our own ex periences presents the proving argument ; for It Is almost trito to remark that we only see our city and find out the valuable and Interesting facts about l when our cousins and our customers come here to visit us. Replete as tt Is with hlstorlcaj monuments, read about and revered throughout the world, few of our citizens know them or visit them until they are forced to act as guides for others, and then their Intimate knowledge Is appallingly weak. That comparatively few. of our resi dents have ever Journeyed afoot through the marvelous textile district ot Kensington Is only too true. The shipyards along the Delaware might Just as wel be In San Francisco so far as our visitations or first hand knowledge of them are concerned. And yet we have traveled to Boston and In sisted on going through tho navy yard ; gone to a lot of trouble to be taken through the fort' at Halifax ; refused to pass through New Haven without being shown the grounds and buildings of Yale University. At Edinburgh It was the shipyards that attracted us ; at Nottingham" the lace works ; at 'Manchester the steel mills, and so. through England we visited the various in ...ii.i n'aetai nlants which, we can dunll- al. ajU-aeeilMr'swaaee'lrutlit here vi eV tBlp taken tho trouble cither to find out or tell your friends from another city. This condition can bo changed. The schools offer the opportunity. The problem is simple: early training of our boys nnd gills In nn Instructive nnd cducntional man ner ns to the valuable commercial advan tages of Philadelphia. Stnrt in the lower secondaiy grades. Under trained guides, take the pupils on hikes throush the city. Show them this nnd that plant: Bromley Rug Factory. Dobson Carpet Mills, Stet son Hat Factory, and the hundred largo buildings making lace, stockings, dress goods, silks; tho clothing trade, paper, candy, toys; tho shipbuilders, the steel works, tho foundries These should be formal and compulsory visits, and not made, as they are sometimes now. onco n vear. bv an advanced grammar school or high school class. Each class should make a visitation of this sort somewhero at least twice each month, Tho benefit would be mutual: and the 'child would hae a theme for his composi tion or grammar class, or course, these Journeys should cover the historic, rustic and geographic parts of the'cntlre city. In cluding tho river front, our forts Just below and our near-canal Just above. A progres sive educational Interest In all matters rela tive to our well-being, our possibilities and our progress in the commercial, political nnd soclnl conditions of our city must re sult ; nnd this applies to the elder ns well as tho younger students. Then we shall overcome our fault of being a bit too modest. Here is a way to begin this crusade to overcome our modesty. Every merchant and manufacturer hero can do his bit without being bold or boisterous or boast ful. By It ho can tell more about Phila delphia without saying a woj-d than by any other method. Criticize the plan, but hear It first. Throughout the country nutomoblllsts look for tho slifn3 nt tnB cioss-roads, to point their direction. Trav elers in tnese parts know what Impression was made upon them When they read "Thirty miles to Zacharlas," "Twenty-nine miles to Zacharlas," nnd so on Into the town whero Zacharlns has a public garage and repair station. Rido over all our roads In this district nnd count tho number of readablo signs which tell you tho direction nnd mileage to Philadelphia. It will not bo necessary for you to take along an adding machine to keep tho tajly ; you will not even need n pencil and paper; your fingers total more than you will see. Now. for the plan: A uniform sign post for placing througnout the eastern part of the State to be chosen by a com mittee of citizens. The cost would be little. Then the merchants and manufac turers heie to bo appealed to, each to con tribute one sign. The expense of placing them would probably be borne cheerfully by our Chamber of Commerce. Then we would be ab'e to read at every prominent cross-roads, 'Twenty-two miles t?. ,,rill!a??l,hla'" "Twenty-one miles to I hlladelphla," and the weary traveler, see Ing the plain and neat but strong and dura ble sign post pointing In this direction, may say to his companion. "Well, they are not afraid to tell the world whore they are ; we might as well keep going that way and see what they have there." And they will certainly see that we have been too modest. . ,, OKORQU HALBERTH COOPER. Philadelphia, September 13. TO THE DRAFTED To you fortunate ones who are about to go forward to that long battlo line where the armies of autocracy and oppression are facing the armies of the free, congratula tions nnd godspeed! You go, not as reluctant victims of mis fortune or a fatal chance, but rather as our chosen ones; the pick and flower of our manhood whole of body, sound In mind and spirit what all of us should "like to be And we who are too old or too weak, or in some other respect unfitted to go In body, shall go with you In spirit. We know that we ask much of you. and we expect things in keeping with our great traditions things born of the spirit of Nathan Hale; but we know that we shall not be disappointed. In Imagination and In sympathy we shall be there with you on the firing line, and at home we shall do all that We can to make you comfortable and content. We shall pray that you may return In safety, but even more fervently w,hall pray that your courage may not flag or the edge of your determination .be dulled. You are to fight In the noblest cause In which man ever tookp erma. and for What Do You Know? ( QUIZ 1. Who la Count T.tuburc, whole ronlnct kW1 . produced an International atandalf 2. Dr. Harry A. Garfield ha an IraoorUil Mi. J jloii In the war administration. ffQ J .i. vt nnt la me weanlnc of the Iaeua i "Minnehaha"? 4. Whnt Is meant bjr an action data "V- S. What la nn equerry? t 8. Describe the place held by the Ilisela In ancient mrtholotr. 7. What la meant ' y "the Salon"? 8. How doea the nren of Japan compare the nren of France? , 0. The h'cheat rank nrtuallr held In Uu CaM i Statea nrmy Ih major general. Ibtron'jl miner r,nk in i:nziand. name lata. 1 10. Who nre eligible to membership la tbi oV; ciri ok ine Cincinnati? 1. Answers to Yesterday's Quit A controller la n person who ratrki the I expenditures of n royal household. t I -l mint or or me nntr. lie acts as a lira , ard. "t'omntroller" la a commsn a v Rpemnir or me same noun. ( hi 3. Taarnkoe Srlo, a suburb ot PctrotrtJ. tat expected to ne the scene or ine nni t rounter between the Russian rebeU vMa (ieneral KornllofT, nnd the imUlaj Eatrrnm.nt tmnna. Aa the KtrlQll army aurrendered there will be no fllM. j' 3. D do. n, character In Vlnll's "AfIMl." IM ' the first Queen of Carthace. i i I. A nuathead. In newspaper phraseoloir. ikjj ' nlflra the standard t'rlntfd ststcmnt nwn.,.Ktn ,llf.reht find klndrtd wVM A appearing In the flrat column el tl a,3 lonm iinae. 5. Francola Villon nnd Iierre OrlnnlrrsM twofamoiia French poets Who Utei ? A Th. Dl, fin. fa In fatTlliailT. BfHNi y la situated on Ita banks. j'Jil 7. dabrlele D'Annunilo. now In ie ia ) nilatlon corps, la noted for e1" ; writings. turn 8. The Inte Oueen Victoria wa too mt J mother of the Knlser 1- n ....ih. ll..Mnilln.k nmiMlscd thl I "Hnnaef und Orctel." , "Jj 10. "rolntlllaae" 1$ n term " a.,-! , especially modern ,,'n,;1,"',,Mn prvea eonalsta of dapnllnr a rw with pecka of color, suhscrilcnt l-rneral color ,eK.i.0 k.l.iair Ml Under certain llrtits the eubildUrr B is bronsnt out rmair. at .13 .TT-. . 1-, f AM 1 'H THK UUNliCKBrvfAU m.. i EVEItYTHINd that Is worth whlleju; be Invented some time or otter Wj- some one. though It happen, often m that the better and more ' ob)'ou' 'iw ventlon. tho sooner Is It fr-;?"en .Vi-turtt' It was Invented. If It seems like w device. It is assumed that it wasn't w. vented ot all but Just grew , .. . . o token W So "animal cracsero --- . granted. But they had to be Inventei ,VH trick was done by unrisiopner "' , flrst gingerbread baker In Philadelphia ,' made his cakes In the form of anW . .-1,1. i.,..rv nf the poaslolliu -i.- i,,..inr, it. fnr.reaehlng effect to tho 'present day, though n,mif'.cJjSf ra-rely are made of gingerbread nowawj Ludwlg was born In Germany nm lie was tor many yearn a --.-.- - (u hsrams n. Bailor, traveling all or .1"; world. He reached this city in 1J .. . t. .,i i,lq baKtT Letltla court, became wealthy. 0W"pJ i i ..w. -I... an,t n farm near''-"! uuuDca ill ilia i.iLj ..- ---- , , ny mantown and had $17,500 at Int'f'P?! called him the "Governor -of MUtta Cob- .jib -was eieviuu umo - r j. ,...(.- i tnt i Tttt tiornme ait A---l- ,.! rv nnA occasion "" niiioiivaii iauwn wee -- -- . .fflu HanaMl Xftfflln nmnnRArl .to the AT , that money be raised for ammunition. w was Borne opposition to this act of '"Ea Ludwlg made a peech in hroKen f" ..r i-u.- - . n. ihinirt baker.'t he paid, "aber put down der ! H.t a-. dt.aa. la....-...- 1-. ft. I It A " "j wH iqv ,.w nuimcit yww.a-o , In the summer of 1776 he ' !....- .. .r nn rtangerOUS P" rfii!Biiv-il attui? doi - ----- .. H refusing pay and ever arguing aroow n cause of freedom. A most hyphen I On one occasion he acted serter from the American army, vlsltuw j Hessian army at Stalen ni. 'v ...iw. .. ......... Ufa in Pennsyn" J.SIVVU UIQ VIH.UOS Ul J "...-!' so well to these dermans that mwj uem wanted to aesert ana gei """7 u.Kan AAA TTaaalan McnntfR WefS P11 into ihe American camp, a rftflioAi! as to -what should be done witn "-,: "Let ua take' hem to PhlladelPfJ snow inept our nne uermj" -" T13a. uuu-na;, - j.nm w" v -.r &aa aJ. t.. a 1 . ' lf.tld a w,wwti - nu'wapp - ,ti 11MV- naattrmn -ana : . i a OWMj
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