Mm&mr. 3 riv ?' war BVBNINO LEDOBR-PHlAELPHIA, mXJBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917 x. JivT ii "tot c ? K jfi a?. w fTf b n:K' t4 ; ' -ef ?, Vttj p : i jrvs KSk. if i Mr, x --!. A. r' VW1 ! . at. "1 - V Ai!- S3- &V; Ai; v. v'f PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnus n. tc, curtis, rimcixT Charles IT. I.udlnrton. Vice President! John C. Martin, Secretary mid Treasurer! Philip 8. Collin. John n. . Williams, John J. Spurseon, P. II. Whaler. Directors. EDITORIAL. BOARD: Cries II. K. Ccins, Chairman. tVHALET ifeSltor X. II JOHN C. MARTI.V. .Central Business Manartr Published dally ft I'CBLia I.iimiib Dulldlnc, naepennenc square, I'blladelchla. Lirv.n CtKTM,i ..nroad and Chestnut Streets ATlaVTld Citt. Pre$-Vnion Dulldlnc Niw'TnH.,,. ., 200 Metropolitan Tower Dnanrr..,', 403 Ford nulldlnc St. Lrficu 100JT Fullerton Hulldlna- Chicago 1202 Tribune Uutldlnc XEAVS DUHEAUS: WJiiinotom Utntiu.. nigra riulldlr New TotK IlcsSAtf. . . .. . . ,.Ths Timet Dulldlnc X-OXdom DcaciP. ... .... 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September :0. 1917 GOVERNMENT BY MURDER TN BKL.UIUM a holy priest, Cardinal M'creicr. fearing God and none other, has lifted -Ills volco In the wilderness of des'ruction mul barbarity everywhere about him and In the name of the re ligion o" Christ lia3 thundered forth his denunc.ntlons of the murderers and debauche -s who have dared Insult even God In li t temp'.o and have desecrated the hu:ilaii bodies of their victims, even as thej voupht to destroy their souls, without t ;. r.lid without mercy. Of nil the great m;;i whj have stood within the gates of jjstlc-c and by the power of their pleading h.-U. back the assaults of cruelty ' and Rrpcl tie services of none have been more t .- -yl , recorded among the stars than flute of tlua Belgian priest, whose name v lil be1 reverently murmured In gratitude bv whole peoples ages hence, when the n-uiiea of kings and emperors and ge e . and all the .present mighty of the tMi'.h have beep forgotten or have passed Into ilie chronicles of mere tradi tion. Testei Jry. another priest, standing Where death had taken toll, amid the shambles of order and decency, In a civilized community which policemen and Imported thugs were desecrating, remem bering his unanswered appeals to the Mayor to take steps to preveYit the very crimes which were occurring, voiced, too, his protest, Said Father McDermott: "The Mayor should be arrested. He is the most guilty one." Let citizens consider the facts. On Tuesday night the police" of Phila delphia, acting under orders, Invaded the Fifth Ward. They were there for one purpose only, and that was a political pur pose. Their function was to spread terror throughout the ward, to blackjack cltl rens, to cow the electorate and club voters , Into acceptance of a leadership de sired by the faction which uses the Mayor cf (he city as one of Its pawns. Citizens and the public press had re peatedly appealed to the Mayor to call off 'the police as an adjunct of a faction and ee that they were used only for the pres ervation of law and order. The Mayor had consulted with factional leaders. He had given one of them assurances that the police power of the government would not be prostituted in the ward. He had given the citizens of Philadelphia, as urances that as the chief executive he Would do his duty and his duty only. He kept that promise by permitting the bar baric practices which disgraced (he city Tuesday night. There came to him, after that, warning that a reign of terror was threatened. There was ptlll time for him to exercise his authority and Insist on a condition of affairs during Wednesday bordering at least on decency. But noth ing effective was done and yesterday tnomlng murder and riot broke out. Both- had been invited as surely as if the opposing cohorts had beca ordered In advance to shoot and kill. The Mayor was notified of the appalling situation. He asked: "Is any one dead?" AVe do not presume to interpret the state of mind that resulted in such a question. Citizens may determine that for themselves. The Importation of thugs Is no new thing. Lawlessness is not new. It Is, we . say deliberately, invited and arranged for. Did not a faction obtain a pre-election pledge that Smith, if elected Mayor, would appoint one Wilson, a factlonist, to dtVect the police, and has not th.'s Wilson re peatedly and openly ..used the police In the services of that faction? Have not all .citizens seen that the police power of the community is prostituted to furthering , the political ambitions of the Vares? Have raids in the vice districts not been openly for political purposes? And why ' should'any politician be other than law. less, if It suit his purposes, when the Mayor himself, making use of a bonding Company whlcli he happened to control before taking office, becomes through that .company a profiteer frbm virtually every public contract made, while, in addition, private enntractors" ear that they must jtet Joonda from the Mayor's company or JM rsMHrjsals from different department tT ef i a ptiV he is a publlo servant. His subordinates know it, they know that he boasts, of It, they know .what his concept of the ethics of omccholdlng is and they fol low tho example set. The police rcallzo what the Mayor stands for and what they must stand for If they arc to hold their Jobs. So Is the stae set anil murder, at tho proper cue, stalks before tho audience unabashed. Should the Mayor be arrested? Tho answer is that the Organization should. Aye, it should bo arrested in nil of its activities and all of Its functions. It Is revealed as an. Instigator of government by murder. It has killed men's bodies and it has killed men's souls. It has blunted their consciences. It has put Itself beyond tho pale. Wo say that It Is n system which can no longer bo tolerated. We say that tho Mayor of Philadelphia, Thomas B. Smith, tho creature of that system, Is morally before God responsible for tho frightful conditions of yesterday. Wo say that citizens who have failed to take tho proper Interest In battles for civic decency uro responsible. AVo say that there Is nothing left to do but to rise up and smlto tho whole coterlo of tralllckers who pillago and disgrace the city. AVe say that this criminal Organiza tion, maintained for piratical purposes and engaged In piratical pursuits, must be extirpated and driven out, us Tammany has been curbed In New York, and tho beginning of tho work of extirpation must be now. Let Us cudgel tho brute this November and destroy him utterly two years hence. AVe can no longer enduro govnrnpient by murder. OUR JUNIOR CITIZENS IT HAD long been a fallacy, only lately exploded, that for tho nrst twenty years and three hundred and sixty-four days of his life a person should be a political nincompoop. Boys and girls of eighteen have made fine kings and queens, and In less exalted ranks have written brilliant essays on government which not every voter In the Fifth AVnrd could lmpro'-e upon. But tho mystic notion that a person "under age" Is a civic zero has nevertheless prevailed. Mr. AVIIson's call to the pupils presents tho new ideal of citizenship. Part of a school's work is a preparation for active citizenship, and If this Is neglected It is a poor school. In no better way can tho Junior citizens give their share to the national effort than by working for the Red Cross, as the Presldent,urges them to do. There are many "under age" in the trenches; many boys of seventeen and eighteen have given their lives for country. They were real citizens. Sp are they who In this country toll for youth abroad, where It is going through the fire. ' THE ISSUE SIMPLIFIED ANY ONE who can read between the lines must see that tho war Issue is becoming more simplified every day. AVho talks now of Berlln-to-Iiagdad, Austrian dismemberment, German colonies, free dom of the seas, indemnities, tho Dar danelles problem and all the other intri cate questions which a year ago were supposed to require a program of answers before peace could be considered? All these have been subordinated to one chief question, the answer to which will solve all the others. This question Is: How soon will the German people undertake to govern themselves? A self governing people does not want to annex territory. Its one desire Is Internal de velopment. How difficult It was for our Imperialists to make us believe for a few years that we ought to own the Filipinos body and soul! How hopeless was the f-ubtle propaganda that tried to make us think we must inevitably conquer Mexico! In Russia it was never the people who wanted to annex land. It was the autoc racy which had ever to gain new regions to tax. AVhen this country becomes as thickly populated per square mile as Ger many we shall overrun Canada and Mexico, not as conquerors but as emi grants. The British autocracy of tho eighteenth century became a trade autoc racy in the nineteenth, but even that broke down, and the British subjects who emigrate to the self-governing Common wealths allied to England lose their Identity as Britons as much as if they came to this country. But the German autocracy tied a string to its emigrants, guaranteeing to them re tention of their German citizenship no matter what other citizenship they ac quired abroad. Emigrants to South Araer. lea and to this country were still to be Germans, always ready to make the world safe for Pan-Germanism. They and their autocracy have managed to make the phrase' "Made-In-Germany" a trademark very much like the April fool placard, "Please kick me," in its advertising ef fects. So long as imperialists In Allied coun tries kept an eye on colonial expansion as part of the expected fruits of victory the Issue was bound to be muddled. The issue Is simple now. The self-governing republics, aligned with the Allies, guaran tee fair play to a German democracy and eagerly await its arrival. As we said yesterday, the Fifth" Is thoroughly policed. 'Bloody It won't seem like a world series with neither Philadelphia nor Boston in it. ( Russia can survive more "chaoses" than any country we" ever heard of. It has Mexico backed off the map. AVere there not enough thugs in Philadelphia that the supply of neighbor ing towns had to be called on? Mobs may have ruled Petrorad, but they did not rule Kereniky. On a certain historic occasion a mob' tried to rule Napoleon. WhX, should railroads bother about the Uxlcab companies? It yught to fee I ,. task to attend to hr',ewn b-tts). THE HARM A FEW JINGOES CAN DO British Sensitiveness Resents CnsurtI Remarks About Uncle Sam's ProAvess By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Spcclat Correspondence of .the Kventna Ledger LONDON, Sept. 2. ASKR1ES of Incidents, coming one on top of the othct, moves me to write the last message which I could choose to wrlto to America. I will mention the Incl donte first. At tho very beginning, a rumor which was verified and grow Into a fact of an un pleasant nature. Rising out of that, n succession of con versations and overheard remarks. Following upon them, a direct urging, from persons of such personal authority that It cannot ho resisted. The rumor and the fact, alike, I shall not repeat. Of tho conversations I can give tho gist In a few words. It Is (a) "They won't talk that way after they've been under shell fire"; (b) "Of course, a few rotters are bound to occur in every army, nnti If they talk wildly they give a bad impression"; (c) "Somo of our chaps tnlkcd that way to the French nt the beginning, too," and (dj "Tho bulk of the American nrmy Is a decent lot of men, most of whom know what tlicy are up against and who can be trusted to keep their tongues In their heads." From whlci. you may Judgo that a few chaps havo wagged their tongues rather loosely nnd hao snld foolish things. Tho matter Is trivial, no doubt. Tho entente which Mr. Balfour and President AVIIson symbolized In tho Joint session of Senate and House will not be shaken by the mad talk of a few of our soldiers, nor will International complications nrlso it bragging and resentment lead to blows, f Hut there Is a serious side to tho matter which we cannot overlook, and tho worst thing v.e can do Is to hide or garhln the truth. The slmplo fnet Is that .i few, an Insignificant few In number, of our soldiers have taken It on themselves to say that we havo come In to show France and Britain how to clean up the Iloche. And these remarks have not been appreciated. Tho bulk of our nrmy has gone silently and doggedly nt tho work of learning tho new fighting, of learning everything which our Allies have been taught In. the ghastliest school of experience. The Inevitable few have talked much. If we do not stop them, they will be taken for tho voice not only of the nrmy but of the United States. "Shut Up the BrnRBcrs" And now for the urglngs which prompted me to write so disagreeably. I know of the Incidents before, but preferred not to men tion them. Yesterday I had reason to char.go my mind. Good fortune brought me to lunch with ono of the greatest men' In Kngland, a man who has through his own energy and genius done as much as nny civilian In this world for the success of the Allies. For a variety of reasons I cannot Indicate what his service has been, but it has been enormous. ' I usked him what he would write to America If ho were In my position and his reply came like a shot: "Tell them, for Heaven's sake, to shut up the braggers !" On the way home I fell In with a sol dier. He had been out thero since Jan uary. 10 IS, and was Just back for his commission as first lieutenant. . He said to me: "If they only knew what we had been through they wouldn't talk the way they do." I asked him who they were, how many of them. "One In several thousand," he replied, "Is more than enouglf. AVo aren't sensitive, old chap. AVe'vo been through worse gassing than any mortal mouth can give us. .But well, I leave It to you. A'ou chaps that havo been over here and know what the game Is like you ought to tell them to drop the swank in a' bottle overboard when they come across." And hero Is an Incident which came to my mind when ho spoke. A casual ac quaintance of mine was coming homo from Salonlca. wounded. On the way ho wit nessed a running fight between a tramp steamer and one of the largest submarines In the German navy. The tramp won. AA'hen he landed at a certain port In Egypt he found that the United States had broken off relations with Germany, and In the Joy or' the occasion he hailed the first American he met the lieutenant of an American war vessel and said: "Well, we're together now. what?" To which the A'.ierlcan replied. "Old man, when the good old United States navy gets going the U-bonts won't have any more chanco than a snowball In hell." All the Harm Done by 1 Per Cent In the many months which have passed since then this acquaintance of mine has met the grim and silent men of our navy. He has been Impressed by their determina tion and their modesty, their absolute ad miration for what Britain has done and their wi'llngness to learn. But ho has never forgotten the wordi of that bounding lieu tenant. ' I know that ninety-nine out of our hundred millions are innocent of tho charge of "swanking." AVhen we think of tho record from Mons to A'erdun few of us have tho heart even to Jest at tho expense of the men who went through these three years. But can't we do something for the bounders who know nothing of this war and who talk much? In all seriousness wo may consider the simple fact that the words of one soldier of our army, spoken to another soldier ot an pilled army, carry further than the eloquence of Presidents and Prime Minis ters. AVhat tho latter say we all believe ; and only those of us who already believe take the trouble to read and to understand. But. what Tommy says to Gaston nnd Gas ton to Ivan and Ivan to .the American Jrhnny coes round the world. It reaches the people "who dt not count" In Interna tional politics. That means It reaches the millions. AA'e must decide for ourselves what Impression we want to make on the millions of Britain and of France. Troops Made Fine- Impression A short time ago the American Boldlers marched through the streets of London. Their reception was tremendously good. But a few people wondered how and why It was that no battalion of Frenchmen, weary with the dust and heat and blood of A'erdun, had been invited to parade through these same streets. London has never seen Its own regiments, not even the London Scottish, marching through her streets. The honor was given to us for many reasons. FOr one thing. It showed England that our troops were really here. iFor another, It made civilian England happy. It happened that the first cheer which welcomed our men came from a company of leave men, just coming out of the station after a trip from the firing line, I do not think that the men who received that cheer are in airy mood to brag about what they will do. One of the first things General Perahlng did was to Issue an order of the day coun seling respect for France. la It Impossible to Instill Into every man coming here aome thine of that respect, -both for France and for Britain? Is if impossible for us to realize that the Impression tho few make can ruin the fairest prospect for interna tional, friendship .which the worjd has ever seen? T FoV this, thing is certain! The men who are sensible and keep their heads, the men who respect whst our Alllas have done and are ready to tako thelrown place, to do hlr bit, are precisely th ones who say nothing X cannot maki km spas Tom. Daly'sColumn T1W ALL-UOVND SPORT w This sporting Hfc Is never tame, For once a guy gets in It lie finds the angles in the game Arc changing everv minute; And he has got to fcnoio them all, " Still hustling and pursuing, Through winter, summcr,'sprlng and fall, Wherever things arc doing. Xon In the spring, the nlftv thing Is sporty fishing tackle; I handle that and wisely chat Of rod and creel and hackle. Then summer brings the horschlde ball, Golf, tennis, quoits, canoeing; And 1 keep busy with them all There's always something doing. The hunting season's drawing nigh And football's soon to follow sec your lookl You wonder why My chest should be so hollow, And what to one so pale and thin All this athletic art meant Dear heart, I'm. just a salesman In The Sporting Goods Department. Entomological Tho largest flea In the world Is Stanley Muschamp, virtuoso. Ho weighs 200 pounds, Is more thnn six icet tall, nnd yet, after we had spotted him four differ ent times In a small crowd disembarking from a ferryboat yestcrdny morning, ho got nwny from us. AVo wanted to intro duce him to a native of Ocean City who had,como up from tho shore with us, but whom wo hadn't met at all when wo were on our vacation. Tho cool weather had driven him away. But yesterday morn ing ho got on tho train with us nnd attacked us without provocation.! AVo slow him nnd tucked him Iijto our largest vest pocket our old friend Amos Quito. AVo wish to strike out a paragraph of our recent prnlso of Ocean City to insert this: .S'omc muskecta arc weak, Some at least have pity; Hut if such yc seek O shun OshurrfCtty. More I rouble for Careyensky. in tho Fifth AVnrd. The Fourth Ward and not tho Fifth used to have tho call for sanguinary polit ical battles In tho old days when Squire McMullen was boss. The Democratic caucuses always met then in a hall on tho second or third floor of some build ing in tho bailiwick. And once we asked tho Squire why. "AVhy?" said he, "that's a foolish question. What would be the good o' chuckln' tho kickers out tho win der If we wuz on'y on the first floor?" SOXO OF THE MOUNTAIN Have you seen my brother, the moun taint Have you heard him bellow his song? Old he is, Bold he is,' Fixed and true as gold he is; Hut mad is my brotlicr, the mountain, And glad is his mirthless song. Ere ever this llttlo world began, I stumbled out of the sea; Before the age of the earliest man, The stars shone down on me. I vomited lava and smoke and Are On all that aroused my mighty Ire. And when of this race of men I tire, I'll tumble them down In the sea again, I'll tumble them Into tho sea! , They bullded their houses of stone and wood, Their cities that touched the sky; They looked on their work and called It good, Forgetting that I was nigh. But where have Rome and Athens gone, Nineveh. Tyre nnd Babylon? So, when with their smiles and tears I've done, I'll tumble them down In the sea again, I'll tumble them into the sea! They plan their lives for a little span, Less than a hundred years; They worry and fight, they laugh if they can. , They struggle on through their tears. They have little loves and little hates In little hovels with little mates; And little they know, when they bless, the fates, I'll tumble them down in the sea again, I'll tumble them into the sea! Up from their windows they turn to me And find me ever the same; They think I am dead, they cannot see My passionate, inner flame. They tunnel me through and strip me bare, They vaunt their power with a pom pous air, Not knowing the day that my wrath shall flare And tumble them down in the sea again, And tumble them Into the sea: I'll swoop on their cities that dot the plain, ' I'll smash all their temples and towers; I'll dart my fire to scorch their grain, My lava will wither their flowers. ' I'll show them that mountains are stronger than they, Older and mightier, living for aye, And then, when they bow before me - and pray, I'll tumble them down In the sea again, I'll turnble them Into tho sea! So bellows my brother, the mountain, So chants he Tits ancient song. , Glad he is, Bad he is. Willful, wild and mad he is. Have you heard my brother, the moun tain t v ' Take' heed of Ms deathless songl WILL LOV. The Accommodating Car ' A business man from Montreal arrived In this city yesterday afternoon greatly concerned regarding the whereabouts of several members of his family, one of whom had earlier In the day telegraphed him that tance north of PlatUburg, for him t6 come here and help them out of the dilemma. Plattsburg Presa Now for the "Four." for the shorai and we'll bet that some vet of a,"skeet". them -will meet us araln whan th train umbles ha, rid will grin, yes. jnd sport. and escort. us hack home Jn the.gIoam, ' i "VETS" NEEDED IN U. S. ARMY Allies Have Thousands in Charge of Sick Horses, Amer icans Only Seventy-tyvo By HENRI BAZIN Staff Correspondent of the Evening Ledger in France. AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS, FRANCE, Aug. 8. T HAVE spent a day with an American officer at his Work of buying mounts" for the staffs of Generals Pershing and Slbert. He Is an expert veterinarian nnd was sent across the sea eighteen months ago to make veterinarian investigation for United States nrmy records, being still in Europe when tho United States entered the war, nnd having been sinco attached to tho force now in training here. Ho selected thirty-five splendid horses, each with a pronounced Arabian strain. I know little about the fine points of horseflesh, but so far ns beauty and spirit were concerned these animals were exceptional. We have exactly seventy-two veteri nary men attached to the enttro American army. No additional men havo been as signed for this Important branch of serv ice in the new nrmy. AVo have nothing in even the semblance of a field or base hospital equipment for horses. If a horse becomes ill from whatsoever cause, there is no place to send him. All precedents during this war show that 60 per cent of horses used for artillery, cavalry, cam ion or mount purposes contract mango at tho front To Buy 7000 Horses a Month Mange is a contagious disease, and it plays hob with the horses upon all lines. Every horse so diseased is a menace to his fellow horses. And if a cure is not effected, the horse eventually dies. Also, horses perforce are wounded in battle. When such is their lot, they must be killed If the injury is severe or cured in a horse hospital if their cure be possible. And beginning at once, 7000 horses a month are to be purchased for American army requirements in France, The English have .profited by expe rience born of the Boer war, when 60 per cent of their horses were afflicted with the mange and 80 per cent of all the horses they used died because proper treatment could not be given them. Out of that experienco the King's army per fected a plan of campaign that has re duced the percentage of loss from disease or curablo wounds among horses to 7 per cent 'of the total thus far used in this war. To do that they went at the Job. They have 18,000 enlisted men in the veterinary end of their army. Over these e'nllsted men are 1140 officers. Tho su preme in atommand Is a major general, who has three brigadier generals under him. They havo three enormous base hospitals, one in Woolwich, England, and the other two somewhere In Franco. They have three veterinary base medicaf supply depots, all In France. They have mange-dipping depots where horses &rt sent when afflicted with this malady; and after the first dip the four-footed fighter or worker looks up and takes no tice when the second comes to him, be cause that itch is given a solar-plexus blow. ; ' fc . Half Million Animals Used The French army has,, virtually an identical equipment. More than 16,000 men are mobilized in their veterinary service. Their commanding officer is a major! gen eral. They have one more horse hospital than the English. .Out of BOIT.OOO horses .used In this war they have jost 16 per cent of those which received curable wounds orlcontractcd curablo diseases. As I said at the outset of this story, the United Btates Jiaa Just oeventy-two men on this Job, with the highest officer a major. But Jn. reality the highest horse mMosv authority in me outfit Is a cap. THE LOVE OF A BEAR "vet" end of tho United States army serv ico is a side issue of the medical depart ment. THE RUSSIAN MIND Curious Twists of tho Modern Revolu tionary's Temperament MOST strange things that are said by brilliant men seem so because of a duality of thought that lies behind them. This ability to look at crises from two angles Is characteristic ot all persons who think, but especially so of tho cultured Russian. AVe were talking tho other eve ning to such a man. Ho comes. of a high and tested stock, and on that account wo were eager to hear what ho thought of the ItUEslan situation. Being a Slav, he has a way of putting complex matters In simple, almost curt, phrases. "Now It has come, tho revolution," he said in a clear, singing tone that was half way between a sigh and a shout, "I feel somehow disappointed. All their lives my people have fought for this thing. And now that It Is hero wo have nothing more to fight for. Sometimes when I reflect on the revolution's effect on' Russia I experience a deep depression. For. after all, under auto cratlo authority tho arts blossomed and bore fruit. And It was wonderful. Now will this continue under a democratic regime? I doubt It sometimes. AVI11 not' all the tre mendous color and fire and contrast go out of the national life? AVIU our dancing and drama and painting lose their bright tints and grow pale with the common-sense pallor of democracy? Almost do I feel that every thing might go by the board lfwe but pre served the prlstlno beauty of expression In line and tone and hue." Some tlmo later we met our Russian friend. Needless to say, ho was In a different mood. Mood Is to tho Slav what Its triangular bits are to the kaleidoscope. They shift nnd turn, but they are Integral parts of one toy. "Well," asked one of us, "how about those views on art and tho masses, and the fall of tho' Romanoffs? Have you changed your mind?" The gentleman had not changed his mind. Nor had his mind changed him.. But his spiritual kaleidoscope had twisted a bit. The shreds, of purple and green and scarlet glass had fallen back Into tho rear of tho .funnel, and the "black of determina tion and tho white of Ideality had come forward. It was then that ho sprang his shock on us, a shock to the Anglo-Saxon mind, but nothing which was not fine and true. "I am going to drive an ambulance," was his remark, delivered In cool tones that Implied that he had nlways field nmbulance-drlvlng to be among tho essentials of everyday ex istence. The small group gasped quietly. Gospodln I went on: "It will not' be easy, this new plan of mine. I shall need several thousand dollars. Just this moment I have eight cents In my pocket. But it will come, the money will be given me ; we shall succeed gloriously." Now, the point of this little story Is that Gospodln I Is not a hypocrite or a rhetorician, but Just a man who can look on two sides of a question without losing his head. He knows that it is good to see beautiful dancing and the flaring colors of modern scenery and hear enchanting tunes. And he knows that manly work, ghastly work, Is to be done. That is why he is going to do It B.. D. NEWYORK'S NEW COLLECTOR A POET If the Hon Byron Rufus Newton Is nomi nated and confirmed as collector of this port to succeed the Hon. Dudley Field Ma lone, who resigned for well-known reasons of conscience, Now A!ork's Custom House will not be the first establishment ot the sort which has sheltered an eminent man of letters. It will be remembered that Nathanlol'IIawthorne served three years as surveyor ot the port of Salem, Mass. AVe violate no confidence and we correct many misapprehensions when we definitely attribute to the Hon. Byron Rufus Newton the authorship of the Immortal "Owed to New York," a production In which It seems that both the vitriolic spirit of Juvenal and the reckless genius ot that other unterrlfled poet for whom Byron Newton himself was named had collaborated with him on this occasion. The subjoined lines in celebra tion ot this metropolis have been inac curately credited to other writers; Vulgar of manners, overfed, Overdressed and underbred, Heartless, godless, Hell's delight. Rude by day ahd' lewd by night, . , Bedwarfed the man, o'ergrown the brute, Ruled by Boss and prostitute, Purple robed and pauper clad, Rawing rotting, money mad, A squirming herd In Mammon's mesh, A wilderness of human flesn, Craied with avarice, lust and. rum, NewJVork, thy name's delirium! !j What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. ATlir are Mazda lamps so failed?, 2. What Greek sod corresponded to Us Kami 3. AVIio Is the Present ruler nt Haasnt 4. AVImt portion or American forltorrwuna: onned by Russia? "j 5. AVhnt- Is the chief work ot the Itallu Net. Tosso, and when did he lltef fl. AVhat Is the raotlb of Philadelphia? n 7. AVhat French military atademj eormMib to our West l'oftit? 8. AVhnt- Is the other name ot the Dor SUrt 0. AVho win Thomas Nast? 10. AVho snld "God mods him and timfinj'- I AnDWA.n 4a Viol an n ..'.a f..t 1 .iiianuo IU ADiciuaD (U1S .t' 1, General I.ulgl Cauloma 1 leoersllntme til the Italian armies ? S. Stuttgart Is the capital of Wnrttehlejr.i Germany, n kingdom In the sontlwaitenl part ot that country. ' Jl 3. Thre of Ibsen's plays are "A Doll's HM."I "Iledda Gabfer'' and ''IkHanenfccla"! The dramatist was a Norwegian. If 4, The character of "Lady. Teasls". eetsri of MhrrMan's comedy, "Tne scnooi l - a dal." 1 5. California- WAshlnstnn And Orettm Bra til ,v three State bounded on the west by tttjjl i aeiuo urean. s A. Hatiin llmirA la thA canltal of Loollliaa. ill 7. A lama Is a lluddhlst priest t Thibet. itM llama is n I'eruvian oeaa. oi Durotn. i 8. Tho Wltenageraot was tho Antlo-Saion Its. 4 mar assembly, wnicn coniauea aicnan-i me mouern 1 aruamenw .,1 O. "naWhA.h" nwutna Aim. The UcM li J used chiefly In Mohammedan countries. i.m 10. The three types of thermometer are nn- enneu, venurrauo ana jbcanmiu, m r.lPJDTl TM PT.ARITR TIME U MANi' honors have shone around tits name of Stephen Glrard. Tet ons of 3 his most striking services to the comnoa-j wp-fiih nnd. indeed, to humanity In ."-J eral. Is little commented on by hlstodinia T?nr In Phlladelnhla In 179J there W J panic scarce equaled for Intensity by ujj similar happening In the United StiteiJ Yellow fever, which broke out ttleurfi A .... .... . i rrv,t nnnTA were ter-J ror-strlcken. Half the population fled u city. Congress called for aajournmiw-, m rk,i,nn.a nni c-hnnln rinsed, and onlr 00. ,1 C the four dally newspapers continued t jl be published. , ..; :i Philadelphia bore a bleak and tru J , aspect, isaiurauy noi ec.juuw -; --, 5,1 to leave tne oeiesieu cuj. .,-- .-.- 1 malned had recourse to fantastic metwr , I of avoiding contagion. r "j, ri .a ( .... .. WnfflrD IBB t I smoitea continually, evc.i w ,""-" ,.: children. The chewing of garlic MP posed to ward off the disease, and who went Into the open held , chiefs or sponges drenched In awlle WOT ,i,. nn. Unndshakine was. eschew" as If it had been an lnentton of the eru cme. The only street sound that "", the silence was the creak of On aeua wagon's wheels. v.,.4j days there were 4031 burWr f population of ZB.ooo. "" .r' trl existea in tno iiuoyiuio. . ,.1 vainly sought for service there. It M this Juncture that the stately ttW Jj Glrard enters the scene. A committee I appointed to lighten the P"nV..daijJ yastated city and take 'car. of ttjftMj out only twelve wuum !... --.-.,, wm this number but two would vjmJJtJJ assist In the hospital. Stephen GlPJrJ " Peter Helm composed this ner0'ABMrr' But they preferred to enter J " For sixty oays m?y ,. --. doW pellent tasks, nursing the .sick and A what else tney coum 10 B'"i,""vt)vi1j.iriU. d sease whlcli naa raiien u.. ;,,: te; A'one and unaided. G rard wwt W- teciea aisiricia. v.ij... --- . ,.0n .... hi. mrrimt. ana " pesiiiuiii:o t a - -v .i 1 them to b.e driven to the hospital On two occasions after tbU iffl proved his disinterested klndneH 1 01 . L 1797 nmt 1798 a revlsltstlon P' -- Plague occurred.. The pWlr g-M-the lead In all charitable ?.,.& to his blends' praise was: Mr, that my strength and ability have n , seconded my good win, nirard'a Ufa has been looked up ... riddle Jv many persons. It ''" OTeal true t&t early disappointments row ,- vi.n.in him snmewha. .'... .. lationshlps with persons. rJ$i ajl had been made fun of ? Mm did n his stepmother's treatment of him e R detract from his sense of IWuu?f, t is said to have been exacting of employer. WjrW '" 'JJfJSi wW. habits was ope of his ms- -VwUdW worked for him got their ware', s u more, and each was expected W M his best to ills employer As ' doo, refused aid fo those who cum") .u to beg. HS did this to P'oJf'jnpuW from unwarranted PXndrf V llo matters he was open-handea hearted. Harsh criticism. j -y, , .1., m hroUKht aOOUl "J sonal eccentricities. . , j javsl .... PInJLK.."Hta m. cnimrcn "" "' "j.i bride w doe were sources of ?. ?rJ. fes wa.ijsw kind and consider"! issafesAaU Ham U - rtSBa ! &m&x5sk srm tiSMtt I f--ffr, -t JM rwf jwum issa sHSMsrsv . . wtj r 4lv ". v ? ' ., f- ."' ?Jti i 'V. "'"' - :V r a- t.
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