f - EVENING LEDaEB-PHILxVDELPHDl, SATURYSEPTEMER 22, KflT ft LJ1, A . SHI i Ait , Vr. i .iji-r-'ite toES J 5 .""if & ma wbi ".. ' I t o"? pwin?, IMfcer iFUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CXnUS H. K. CURTIS, Pmsidint "4 -. Usuries K. T,ndlngton, i Iwrtln. Hermsry and 9TOi John n. William je ?fi " whaler. Director!. pries U. T,ndlngton, Vies President! John iia treasurcri rniup . jonn J. Bpurgeon, GDITOntAti BOARD : Ciiyi It. K. CciHt, Chairman. WHALEX Editor . X J6MN C. MAnTR.. General Business Manager published dallr rt Punuo Lxtxiaa Building," Xndependcnc Square, Philadelphia. Men Crs'Tml.. . .rirnad nnd Casstnut Streets TUirriq Cm "rrs-rofi Dutldlng Tonic. . .... ."00 Metropolitan Tower Toir, ... , ., 403 Port llulldlng Won ... .. inn Fullrrton Ilulldlno- icaoo 1202 xiibune liulldlns N'tVS BUREAUS: -f. Teill.tOTO.V 1IDHE40 Hlggl IlUlMICg "(,ri iorii using . .Tns rime uuuainc ran Bcnrjtt- 33 Rue Wmle I Grand SUBSCRIPTION TERMS , Th,ETNiNO LrtntR Is cerved to subscribers In Philadelphia and surrounding towns at the ste of twelve (IS) cents per week, payabto H th carrier. ,,Uy mall to points outside of Philadelphia. In the United States. Canada or United B tales pos teutons, postare tree, fifty (r,0) cents pr month. Six (16) dollars per year, payable in advance. To all foreign countries one (1 dollar per north, Notick Subscribe a wish ins address chanced snust give old as well as new address. BEIX. J000 TALM.T XEYSTONK, MAIS 3000 i BWMrfttrrs ill commvnlcatiova fo Evening Ledger, independence Square, Philadelphia. xstibsd at Tnr rnit.anxi.rria rosTorncs as SECOXD-CLASS JJilL llaTTIK rhiladc Ipfcls, Sstordsr, Septembn Z2, If 1J "HIS HONOR ROOTED IN DISHONOR STOOD" THE Germans added to their crimes ono terrible mistake they began to mur der American citizens. Mayor Smith and the association of community dobauchoro who surround him managed to commit virtually every outrage known to govern ment and were able to get by with It very nicely. The city was too busy being patriotic to pay much attention to a cote rlo of misfits who happened to control local affairs. But .whon this Mayor Smith and his followers began to bring thugs to town and these thugs began to murder 'cltlsens, his Kalscrism ran against the same kind of barrier that German Katser Ism encountered when It undertook to bluff the United States and apply the principles y of frljhtfulncss with Americans as the victims. We doubt vocy much If It will bo pos sible to convict the JIayor on tho charge of conspiring to commit murder. Con spiracy Is very dlfllcult to prove. But tho great public has a- way of arriving at the truth without employing tho cumber some processes of the courts. It can tell a criminal when It sees one, and It does I' not require rules of evidence to reach conclusions. Mo.st people have known In a general way that the Mayor permitted the police to be used as a partisan Instru ment from the very beginning of his ad ministration. They knew, In fact, that he -ihad pledged himself before election to put 'a notorious factlonary In command of the erjtlro, pollco force. He set about the pros titution of government openly and with out concealment. To be sure, he uttered ,some pious words now and then, for cant has always been popular with politicians, but the public understood as well as he did that ttje words did not mean anything. He wore a high hat and managed to gather about him some atmosphere of decency, but men who think knew him for what ho was. "Let him resign," cries one newspaper, and others demand that he throw Director Wilson out of office. How is he going to throw Wilson out of office unless the Vares let him? As well ask Brumbaugh to Are his Attorney General. Of course, If It becomes absolutely necessary to save his cwn skin, the Mayor will go to any ex treme. But this thing of ono partner In an adventure firing another partner for ' participating in the partnership does not Seem entirely fair. Mr. Wilson ought not to be catapulted Into tho highway unless the-Mayor goes with him, and the streets are not properly cleaned, anyhow. By all means let tho citizens gather together and mako plana for tho re demption of tho city, But It Is Mr. Itotan who must be tho champion of de cency In this crisis The Vares do not control him. He is not obligated to them. He and he alone Is free to tako the bull -I "It $" by the horns. Ho has the authority to ltact, the Intelligence to know how to act, and. if we aro not mistaken, plenty of evi dence on which to act. Let him put the culprits trt Jail. But why stop at murder charges? Isn't tho Mayor growing rich from participation in city contracts, and is Jt not against tho Jaw for him to proflt therefrom? Jt 1? provided, we understand, that mis management of the city's affairs Is a Just vand proper causo fpr the Impeachment of Mayor. We Imagine that there Is vir tually universal agreement that the Mayor U guilty of mismanagement. To throw ibJm out of ome, where ho belongs, all the leople have to do is to elect honest Coun eUewen irNoyember. That Is what they WHJ do. ve suspect. w smugly his Honor slta, In the mean- with jo rewurd. jfferedfor the con- ptyeikm of the mun.'cjers and nothing lThatever being done to. atone for the riy of WedneadJcJ The man ought to t a German etut'il or Governor of gf eum, jam. me Ku:r requires, -wo b p)a, that Jits subordinates publish no 0iraaUon unleari jthey mean them. BAPTISMS OF FIRB l: - -, h: AsWRCAa!e!veButlmoFIr, 1 fWttisWMrf sMir. of tho lined lifts been attacked by airplanes and American officers havo helped td tako a trench. These are tho first engage ments In which any part of our expedi tionary forco has participated, but not our baptism of fire. That was received In August, 1914, when Americana in Franco enlisted in tho Foreign Legion, and be tween then and April, 1917, about 60,000 of our citizens wore to bo found In Allied ranks. Just as mapy Americans could havo gone to Germany with -passports to serve in the Kaiser's army. But. as Am bassador Gerard told Zlmmermann on a notablo occasion, not ono man took ad vantage of this privilege. From tho first we picked the right horse. SIX CITIZENS T1IK thanks of the pcoplo of Philadel phia are duo to the six citizens who In disregard of their own pressing business gnvo their legal services free of chargo to analyzo tho Smlth-Mltten proposed transit leaso and reveal Its truo meaning to this public. When citizens of such character nnd such attainments step Into the breach at a crisis In tho city's affairs nnd reveal the peril to Which It Is being exposed, there Is no need to despair of eventual good government. The community Is In deed Indebted to Charles I. McKcclian, Parker 8. Williams, Thomas llaelum White, William A. Glasgow, Jr., llcnrv C. Thompson, Jr., and Oicen J, Roberts. BERNSTOKFF EXPOSED IT HAS been asserted that tho Secret Service .of tho United States Is the finest In tho world. It has never re ceived tho advertisement given to Ger man agents, nor has It ever been en gagod In tho kind of work Gbn.ian agents do, but It seems to havo been very much allvo to tho International situation In the days whon German Intrigue was engaged In an effort to control tho two Americas. Tho Government, In any event, managed to know what Ambassador Bernstorff was communicating to his Government. Wo havo in the situation nil tho ele ments of the dime novel. Beautiful women luring their victims into Wash ington hotels, gambling clubi dovlsed to let Congressmen win money, etc., etc., are reported as the paraphernalia of tho Ger man Ambassador's cffoi ts. Ambassadorial ethics did not count. The Germans were willing to do anything if they did not get caught. Possibly it would be worth while finding out what, If anything, the German Government- contributed to the presidential campaign. It must not be supposed that any Con gressman wero actually contaminated or knowingly accepted German bribes. Still, tho activities of a few wero of such a character as to warrant Investigation. Since the lives of thousands of our young, men aro about to bo Imperiled at the front, wo trust that tho Inquiry will be thorough and not a whitewashing af fair. Wo arc reaching tho point where citizens have no uso for traitorous poli ticians, cither in tho nation or In the cities, and hemp may jet bo used as a remedial agent. WAS MR. LEWIS TRICKED? MR. LEWIS, whoso high personal character and professional attain ments gavo standing to the Smlth-Mltten proposed transit lease, averred and with emphasis reiterated that tho Instrument was not Intended to guarantee dividends to the P. R. T. and that, In fact, the one thing absolute and certain was that In tho lease there was no such guarantee. But rIx of the most distinguished law yers In the State havo found that It Is there, and triple-riveted at that. Was Mr. Lewis tricked? The Inevitable con clusion Is that ho was, as anybody Is likely to be who gets very close to Thomas B. Smith. OUTSHELLED iLL tho explanations that the all x explaining All-Highest war lord can summon cannot explain away the fact that In strategy, In morale and In num bers tho British In Belgium are superior to the Germans. This has been patent for somo time. But the outstanding fact of Halg's brilliant stroko cast of Ypres Is that the British ammunition is limitless In quantity as compared with tho Teuton supplies. Had the Germans been ablo to answer Halg shell for shell In 'tho pre paratory artillery work of tho last few weeks, tho British would never have been able to pulverlzo defenses over ten square miles of territory. In view of this fact. It Is not hard to bellevo that Halg speaks the truth when he says the Ger man losses were very heavy and tho British losses light. Tho side with the more shells suffers the smaller loss. If It Is not policemen blackjacking citizens with their clubs, It's politicians taking coin out of citizens' pockets with theirs. Regulating coal shipments to Canada Is all right, but what tho average citizen wants Is such regulation at home that ho can afford to keep tho house Ileal cd: v Having beaten tho keys for some years with conspicuous success, Ernest Schelllng, the pianist, now a captain in the ofHcera reservo corps, patriotically turns bis attention to beating tho Ger man Tho Kaiser was too quick in deny ing he had offered $75 to any German who captured an American soMlcr. He evidently hadn't heard of those twenty Kansans who put, up $1000 reward for any man who captures the Kaiser. Count von Bernstorff's notion that a $50,000 sluBh fund would be enough to keep Congress from declaring war puts the Germans In the category of "pikers" when compared with the Pennsylvania liquor Interests and their $1,000,000 slush fund. French Cabinet come and go, but one policy ts held by them all In common ths demand for tha return of Alsace Lorraine. Never was a nation so united in support of one unchanging moral pur pose. There have always been since f.87 more people in uermany in favor of re- -tfce Melon provinces' than' there ta, Fraaoe ulmm M TITLED-AMERICAN DEBATE EXPECTED Honors Tendered to, Whitlock and Gerard May Produce Legislation Special Correspondence o Die I.'rnilno Ledoer WASIIINUTO.V. Sept. 22. IT 13 not altogether likely that Congress will tako nny action during this war session upon bills relating to the bcntownl by foreign nations of titles or glfti to American citizens, but theio is reason to believe that tho question will como up In somo form during the next session, The Constitution forbids tho grant of a title ! nobility by tho United States, but leaves I', to tho "consent of Congress" to permit or refuse tho acceptance by ntiy person holding nn ofllco of profit or trust "of any present, emolument, ofllco or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign State." It Is this "consent of Congress" which loaves tho door open for nn American olllce holtlcr to seek tho prlvllcgo of accepting honors from foreign Powers If ho desires to do so; and It Is probably duo to the Eu ropean knowlcdgo of this condition that honors havo recently been tendered to men llko Brand Whitlock, tho American Minister to Belgium, and James W. Oerird, former Ambassador to Germany, upon whom the King of Kngland recently bestowed "the Ginnd Cross of tho Most Honorable Order of tho Bath." It is contended that Mr. Ornrd, being no longer In tho serlco of the Govern ment, Is not obliged to seek "the consent of Congrcs" for tho ncceptaticc of hi inxlgnla of knighthood. And It li ex plained, nlso, that without further action on tho part of the King lie would not be permitted to use the prefix "Sir." The Gerard Incident Is accepted in Wash ington with a certain degree of allowance, but there nro somo members of Congress who do not like tho Idea of having Ameri cans accept foreign honors which may en courago a divided allegiance. It Is certain that legislation looking to the recognition of foreign titles will bo opposed, but no one can tell what will be Insisted upon under war pressure. Strango thlng3 havo oc curred in the last fix months and somo of them havo upset the established prece dents. In wartime, heroes nro mndo uhd traditions aro shatteied overnight. Tho sUKgestion of titled Ainei leans, there fore, Is not so surprising as it may seem. Certain educated American's feel that we are entirely ton democratic, and that the e'vrcptlonal talents of some of our citizens frequently go unrecognized. Tho lato llr. S. Weir Mltthell distinguished In medical and literary clicles, was ono of thoso Americans who believed that unusual serv ices such as go unrequited wheie men devote their lives to science or to litera ture should bo recognized in somo olllclal way. Doctor Mitchell Is said to have brought this matter to the attention of no les a distinguished American than the late President McKlnley, who did not go very far with It. English System Faulty It is the thought of Americans entertain ing such views that men llko lldlson. for In stance, would not bo pennitteil In England or any of the old countries to live and die Just "plain Mr. IZdlson," but that ho would speedily bo so decorated at court that the State would take formal notice of his ex istence nnd give his descendants tho satis faction of knowing that his great work had not gone unrewarded The argument weak ens somewhat in tho case of literary men from obhvlnn by "tho Colonel" or "the Sen- ' jiku i,ooseeii ana i.ouge. wno are saved ator" which now attaches to their mines. nut even so It is contended by thoso who Insist upon greater honors for American scholars and statesmen that tho tltlo of "Judge" or "Colonel" or "Senator" falls far short of tho dignity attached to "my lord" or "Sir Thomas," as tho case may be. No fault seems to bo found with the occasional decoration of an American, as In the case of the late Colonel M. Richards Muckle, who was given tho Military Order of the Red Eaglo by tho elder Emperor Wllhelm for helping to restoro tho Strasburg library after the Tranco-Prusslan Wnr. or tho bestowal by tho King of Italy of the tltlo "Chevalier" upon C. C. A. Baldl. of Philadelphia, for services- to tho Italian people In America, or with such honors as tho Pope conferred ujran James J. Ryan or Martin Maloney for services to the Church None of 'theso gentlemen held olllclal sta tion, and tho honors they received were gen erally accepted as merited acknowledg ments of their personal benevolences. War Offers May Be Fought But the titles nnd gifts gi owing out of the war, and Involving possible entangling al liances, which may tend to shatter Ameri can traditions, will have rough sledding In Congress. Somo speeches have alreadv been made In opposition to congressional ac- I lion along tneso lines, anil while several bills have been introduced in the House looking to a grant of bervico medals to American soldiers and sailors and tho ac ceptance of medals granted to American soldiers and sailors In foreign countries, an other bill has also been Introduced In tho Senate making tho acceptance ofjforelgn titles and honors by American citizens an offense punishable by lino and forfeiture of citizenship. Tho whole 'subject has been stirred up recently by tho airing of tho Dritish system of conferring honors and titles upon prom inent men. some of whom, according to re cent charges In tho British Parliament, mako heavy contributions to campaign funds as a sort of Inducement. They have included merchants, brewers, and others not always distinguished for gallantry or learn ing, -y Tho question of titles has also been dis cussed In connection with the Red Cross proposal to mako "major generals" of ex President Taft and tho new president of the Red Cross, Henry P. Davison, the New York banker. It is not certain that tho genial ox Presldent desires to be a "major general" or that Mr. Davison is seeking that honor. In the case of tho Red Cross the title would be largely an honorary one, but It would open the door to those who beek recognition Just as politics sometimes opens the door to the American business man, who, having made his fortune, Is' anxious to round out his career as the "Honorable Mr. Somebody," no matter what his Inclination or adaptability for pub lic service. 'ITitled Americans" No New Problem Although the matter of titles In America seems odd to the present generation It Is not new In America. Washington and Ihe early Congresses had to contend with It Tho number of titled gentlemen .who sought commissions In the Revolutionary army was actually confusing to the commander-In-cTilef. The spirit was abroad when Lord Howe occupied Philadelphia In 1777, and the Tories were swearing In, socially at least, during Washington's temporary absence at Valley Forge. A lingering crazo for titled distinction continued until round about the 1812 war period. Then It was 'supposed to be squelched forever by a constitutional amendment which took away from Congress the right "to consent" to for eign grants of titles or honors, . After Congress submitted an amendment to the State Legls'atures for ratification, it was believed an effectual s(oii had be.en put to the grant of titles, but it developed in later years that one of the State Leg islatures had failed to ratify, and that the amendment did not pass. So Congress stilt has the power "to consent" to the Tom Daly's Column T1W VILLAGE POET Whenever on the cchclno air I hear the lfcs an' drums An' stinging down the narrow street a flic of soldiers comes, I know the sound should stir mv soul an' lid me rise an' write A song of war to urge them on an' make them, keen to flgh"l. Of course it is tho fashion now for every Tillage hard To play tho raltylng bugle notes, an' play them good an' hard, But chcuj watch the marching lads an' try to slnp, I find I'd rather cheer the mothers that those youngsters leave hchind. I used to he a lusty lout, icith fists as hip as liums, An' not the sort of animal to classify ioilh lambs; I u.icd to greet with joyful jumps the prospect of a toit, Hut that was many years ago, and I am tamer noio. They wouldn't let me go to war, no matt tcr how I'd beg; I might as well be deaf an' blind an' wear a wooden leg; . Bo why should battle song of mine go whistling down tho windf I'll sin; to cheer the mothers that those youngsters leave behind. I'll take my little penny pipe an' blow a cheery blast, An' sing of other soldier lads who flour- ished in the past An' went their wanton way to war on' broke their mothers' hearts But came cavorting back again when they had played their parts. King David first occurs to -me, but theie were many more; Why, maybe, young Methuselah once ran away to wart Oh, many long-llvrd ancients we could surely brivg to mind, To cheer the viodcrn mothers that these youngsters leave behind. Methuselah survived liii youth nine 7in- dred years, they say, An' possibly tctu sich of it before he passed away. But still he had his work to do, like any other man. An' had to slick around on earth Ills whole allotted span. A'oio many another lad has had a quicker job to do, An' when he went his homeward way, ha sure his woik was through. So tvliy should battle song of mino go whistling down tha wind? I'd rather chrcr the mothers that these youngsters leave behind. YESTERDAY, for tho first time in sev eral years, wo sat at tablo with cx-Con-grcssman J. Thompson Baker, of New Jersey. Next to listening to his eloquence wo can imagine no moro wholesome Joj than tho contemplation of his healthy I gusto over tho assimilating of a box blind I pan. Wo will give a shiny now dollar to I any one, not u Philadclphlan, who can, without assistances from a Philadclphlan, explain the anatomy of a "box blind pan." THE MAYOR was determined to fix tho responsibility for the outrage. His po llco had been told to leave no stone I unturned, They wero reporting to him undor the-mlnuto headway. The man now approaching was his most trusted detective. "Quick!" cried tho Mayor. "You have a clue?" ' "No," he said. "I thought at first that I had, but It wasn't ono at all." "What was It?" "A revolver I picked up at the scene of tho crime. But whilo I was examining it a tough-looking fellow In tho crowd said it was his and took It away from mo." IT WAS a flno figure of a man in khaki and tho reading matter under the cut in tho Dayton' Nows looked trim and sort of military, too. When the silver voice of some heroic American bugle calls, the heart of the true American falls In llne not for vengeance, not for profit, but for tho cause of lib erty world liberty. If you are an officer In the Amer ican army you will want a uni form of tho sort that N And that was as far as wo read. Wo couldn't tell you now what that tailor's" name was, and oven If wo had been an officer and In need of a uniform wo feel pretty suro wo wouldn't have gone to him. Isn't It thrilling to bo told to "do your share toward tho winning of tho war by purchasing one. of our famous" some thing or others? TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN I'm tho real Ilet See? Chief help to Kaiser B., Thafs mal Every blooming victory On land or sea '8 due to me. Paste 'that In your h'atl I'm tha whole thing tho boss; And every time- we have a fight I See that our loss ' Is quite slight. And still, Goodness knows, I kill Morfi foes Than I could count. Furthermore I never sleep. For it's' my mission Always to keep The army In "superb condition." I'm a tnlnker, Also something of a tinker. Your Sheridan wouldn't be Knee-high to ma Turning defeat to victory. Can't be beat! Give me any old defeat, Raveled, frayed, rusted. Ripped and busted. And I'll turn it and rebuild it Like an old dress; t Then I guess You'll find It As neat And complete A victory As you'd care to see. I know every art , orattftck or, defense or ' What's $j$lA.j I Winds, r rtrpUzt i ' .. v vsto&'S: oil i" rxur .A4wttfe-.!..- !m ! I ' V , 9 - - - jF THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Anti-Suffrage Argument The Reign of Terror in Philadel phia Politics ANTI-SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger: Sir In your editorial on tho "Result in Maine,' In the Evenino LnDQEn for Sep tember 14, you say, "Why Bhould the fact that some women are opposed to their own emancipation carry any weight? There were slaves who opposed manumission." From what are we to be emancipated? Political freedom bought with blood, purified by the fires of war. Is tho proud Inheritance of every citizen of tho United States Irre spective cf sex or ago ; the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, a free church, equality before the law, protection to life and property, adue share In the molding of public opinion through freo speech and a free press. If you mean that the opposition of women to the present cxtenslc-n of the electorate should carry no weight, this, Is certainly a novel argument. The passage of a law Is under consideration affecting one large class In the community; the Evenino LEponn, which supports tho law, announces that tho opinion of those who oppose Us passage "should carry no weight." There Is a re freshing naivete In the pronouncement The opposition to woman BUffrago comes from three general sources: First, from the Indifference and apathy of the great body of American women. The saner suf fragists recognize this ana rranKly say, when the generality of women want the suf frage, and want It Insistently enough to give assurance that they will exercise 'It, It will be given without arduous striving. The opposition comes, In the second place, from the women who belloVo that they have always had especial duties, privileges and rewards. Supreme among these is that of motherhood. They feel that .the entrance of women Into the dust and heat, the dissen sions . and contentions and turmoil of the political arena cannot but modify their acceptance of their present duties as pre eminent claims, and may affect their ability to fulfill them with single-hearted devotion. For everything In life we must pay a price. The compensations of politics would not. In their Judgment, counterbalance their losses. They aro not willing to pay the price. The opposition comes, In the third place, from women who regartf tho proposal to extend the electorate as purely a measure of political expediency. Stripped to tho stark fact, the question that presents Itself to thorn Is: Is It expedient to extend the present form of the electorate a part of tho apparatus of government which by a general consensus of opinion has come to be regarded as Inadequate and In need of re form to a large new class ot citizens, in discriminated by any qualifications other than that of sex? Is It. expedient to make the electorate so numerous that It would almost double the present electorate, and through' the fortunes of war might socm outnumber It? Every patrlotlo woman can have but one answer to this question. No, It Is not expedient to do this. Will you tell me why the opinion of the millions of women representing the opposi tion should not be given equal dignity and weight with those of the White House pick ets ; the members of the National Women's party, whose bond of union Is "suffrage first, no matter what my country has at stake" j the members of the People's Coun cil of America for Democracy and Terms of Peace, the Socialists, the anarchists; all of whom are suffragists? I, P. MacKAT. Philadelphia, September 17. CITY IN A STATE OF ANARCHY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Can ""X PhUadelphlan fall to be Im pressed, on reading this evening's paper, with the terrible conditions existing In Philadelphia? We read of "a riot In" the Fifth Ward, One man killed, several others terrlbl beaten, a warrant sworn out for the arrstt of the Myor ot trns grt elty, AnawwK .". ."Vi-. -sTr-'.1 HE DIDN'T KNOW 'TWAS LOADED S .r- N.1. .-"Jl'-,lr jf" - V Lane, or any of the other "gang" leaders. They do not ask whether tho person to be voted for Is a good, honest, capablo citizen. The result: Men beaten senseless, plain ; women Insulted and made tho target for abuse. This, all this, is tho result in a contractor-ruled city. His Honor tho Mayor says "It Is deplorable!" Certainly It's deplorable, but whose fault Is It? His and his nlone. Ever since he has held the high ofllco things have got worse and worso until now they stink with rottenness. The night Smith was elected Mayor some of the worst sights ever seen in the streets of the city were enacted. Women wero attacked, the American flag outside of Porter's headquarters was torn down by negroes and trampled on, fights were numerous. This was but a taste of what the Smith Administration would do. The good work done by the Blankenburg Administration was undone. And now the city Is In a damnable condition. The gang system of politics must go, and, God willing, I will help end It. The people of this great city must wako up. They must arise, smlto the giant of evil govern ment, as David slew Goliath, and In Its place set up a city government responsible to tho people only. Can you tell me any good reason why Carey or Deutsch should be the boss of the Fifth Ward? Why should there, bo a boss? The boss sits In his house and orders his gunmen to do his work whilo ho gathers in the gain, Jhe graft, the political offices, and his belly becomes protruding with the evil gains of his work. He orders hla henchmen to voto for Jones or Smith or Doe. Why? Oh, well, he Is a Vare man. Tho people, too Indifferent to protest, do as he says. The result: A city ruled by In capable, greedy unscrupulous men, bent on their own welfare only. "The public be damned!" And wo in Philadelphia submit to It. Have you any Idea when We shall awake? Can you foretell when Philadelphia will get a good cleaning up, when the snakes In the grass will be trodden under foot and the llco that Infest our public ofllces bo crushed between the hands of a maddened people? Wo havo stood the Insults, the petty fac tional fights, the graft in public offices, the do-nothing policy of this system long enough. Phtladelphlans will soon arise and smite the damnable contractor system of city government. They will place in Its stead a system of government responsible to the people only. I am writing this to the Evenino LSDOEn because this paper has always stood out and fought against gang politics. In your editorial of September 18, "Plain Facta Plainly Stated," you pronounce a terrlb'.y bitter condemnation of this dam nable system. Through the policy of con stant editorials on the subject and by giving a vast amount of your space to news simi lar to that of tho Fifth Ward fight much good will ba accomplished. Your paper Is capable and willing to smite the system. Please do It as often and as hard as you can, and ycfu may rest as-, mired that you will have the support of all good, loyal Phtladelphlans. I am not a voter as yet, but within a year I reach the legal age. Then my every efTort will be turned toward the breaking of the contractor or "gang" system of city auci mucin aim replacing u W1W1 a really good one. This may be rendered unneces sary because the people of Philadelphia maydo It before I can help. Pray aod they do! v. m. u. Philadelphia, September 19. DISLIKES SPRINKLED STREETS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Slr Isn't it about time that the much abused motorist got a chance? For years the public has been hearing him described as a vandal, a pirate, a crusher ot worthy apple-women? He' has been berated for driving his car too fast, and he has been attacked for driving so slowly that laggard pedestrians are elatn by his rear wheels. My point is this: Why expect wonders of the poor motorist when no Jegal wonders are enacted in his behalf? Owners of auto, mobiles might be expected to drive on Broad street after midnight without being suspected of some crime. Yet our Depart ment of Publlo Works carefully sprinkles the -streets about eleven or twelve- every night This makes skidding not an evil tn be avoided -valth clrcijmspecton, but a hsblt id us 9HaBjg ,rf .ffi.ftMa. ,W ;'.; i.j&A yr.' jt .ac'vir .. h x vwr; j v.o.ui f&i.. :. . i!i',w.ii 2?.r-: U.MmLmmmm-mr W - tmmwmiwzmi tpwmmmy.mt , .("i SSIfWM -, . . , t, .T-l vB m I What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What does "mako tlie welkin line" mssaf ?. What Is tho lVcnrli unrd for horril ? ' 3." Who was Ht. IVancIs of Assist? 4. What is the location ot tho latest Hrltiik i drive? 'I 5. Will Mudents of Government schools of wfaA Kntlon und marine ensineerln who ob-i tuln licenses ft seaxolng engineers or sJ iiuvigjiiion ontrcrs ue urailfti into tot I 'National Ann? ' C. Wlint are the principal rellflons tenets of-' it 3fi-nnnnltA? & 7. Wlint ilnen. the expression "pnttinr tlk''i Into it Bill" signify? -jM 8. IVImt Is ft Laodicean? 0. When was the Monroe doctrine enuneUtet, lor tne nrst timer 10. What is meant by Walhs!Ia"f Answers to Yesterday's Quiz The story of Judith of Dethalls and Halo- X irrnr-i, inn Assyrian namor wnsw ntss she cut off. forming one of the bosks st the Apocryplin, has been the theme st play, poem and motion-picture. W. A. Kkenzrrn Is the Swedish Mlsliter to the United States. The flerman Crown Prince's unofficial dibs Is Frederick William. Elephant Itutte nam Is the Urrcsl rnssmrr structure In Sierra County, New Merits, svhlch forms part of a treat lttiratu system. Chelsea, Ixndon, has been noted ss a rstW' denre center for artists and literary nts. Carlyl. Whistler. Itossettl and otttrf li,, 1 1, i- The United States GoTenunetit dsts sot ,,jf maintain leper colonics. InstttutHM J mm character, nowever. Rare Deen cstss- fished under the control or the respeetlfe htate, territorial or Insular anuorrass U California, Tunisians, Massachusetts. Ha waii, the 1'hiUpplne Islands ftn Pert 7. Andrea Oreapia idrea Oreapia was the most uiuitrun painter of the fourteenth century, vnts the exception of Giotto. the most llhutrloM 8. Charlotte and Emily Pronto were slsten who nclilered ..almost equal repute u Ensilsh literature. 0. A "Sam tlrowne belt" Is part of the dress uniform of a commissioned onusr, wiin trunspectornl strap ana saner nss. It la never worn In warfare. 10. A sllssade. In musical phraseolsry, dms sounmnr every note on 5 narp or pti In quick succession by an upward or del ward xvreep of tho player's flntfrs mi the string or ke; itrlnra or Keys. Ths term is mat mniintAlnraHnr nhrmssolorr. In last from case it rimiii In allifA down a steCD lIoPSi esneeinlir nf Icm op snow, nsuslly OB tbff reel, with the support or an Ice ax. POETS AND POETRY OF PARK I knew by the amok that so gracefully curlS Across the green elms that a cottage was nMr. And I said: 'If there's Peacs to bo found u' tha world. . ... H A heart that Is humble might hops, for here. I N THESE easily flowing lines did om of tho most facile of the Irish poet, m sing; the rustlo charms of a part of l1 M .. n- im.. , .... nv.M Moors. 'S jnirum rarK, aiio aiuscr woo v "-i and at least In this stanza the superBdii flaneur of Indon society struck a truth ful note. For Moore lived (or so the tals M goes) in a little ivy-draped house, cloistered M In forest trees, down by the riverside, lm of Belmont. It is said that while' vlsium in Philadelphia the Celtlo versifier chosefor his dwelling this obscure habitation. i" was in 1804. v , .. .w Another reference of Moore's to the rw Is contained In the following quatrain. . ....... i. - .n,lrr row. Y. ." ?1?l'S"i. "- lT.nV.tO hit SJ X Ana uriffni wero i :r"v'1 r"L "iX. h low ym bib I . . .k- nntr Moore's name, however. Is not tht " eminent ono historically linked with city's "happy hunting eround'--a WW ground not of departed splr ts. but of i'! Joyousness and the high spirits of "S.. 1 John Penn. He was a cousin of Jon"" M of Lans-downe. Admirers of tne ?", !,.,., ., n,.imii. leonard and "To of quaint birds of many colors owe of gratitude to Poet Pent , tor It " J Who, on nis arrival m """'J' u no land on which' the Zoological a" X-V situated, in 17i5 he bu , , "So 'tu . fantastic little structure, "Just big en for a bachelor, and coay enough for u Herein he loured hlmlf tPt9 talents to the muse. A ,?f w?,nto tbf curostances tuts turned "Soil unto w offlce of the Zoological , ccrn fuslpn of anlma sounds. " rem" rfY-n,.nifiini- with slv mock gtaVHyi r It of all poetical associations. Th. 3!nr,ioe-leat Qarden Is on .": RtsVoifcir' w T ?, T. , -J!- Iijlaflinil 1 as kw-rtattfvtatsa, .",-j &!. w. ,. vi. r ot iui. r Ji hts ni. p . , ..i-sHHi6)r,iiMBi rr.ti v i . "?Ta 1 MMVm"tm ':-S mSBDBisTMC&.SiaOSrr1- vt r hm - ., j, wAMjri-yj, jjq h4itaaMHflkijL.lL . , ,, i h. x , y- Wi fj iSrlu Urn tesw isNRL
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