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(12) cent per week, payable to th carrier. . Br mall to point outilde of Philadelphia, In th United States, Canada or United States pos eetlona, postal; tree, fifty (SO) cents per month. She (IB) dollars per year, parable In advance. To all (orelrnr countries on (II) dollar per lnon.h. Nonce Subscribers wtahtnc address changed must lire old as Tvell as new address. BEtL. 1800 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 10M - sWAoVtreti oil communications lo Evening ijtagtr, jnacsenaencs aware, rnuaaeisnia. mniD jit tb rHtucxtrBti rosiorncs j.s ZCOSD-CLASS VAIL JIATTSS rhllidelphle, TkunJir. September 17, 117 THE PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT BY MURDER rpHB Mayor yesterday Issued n state ment. With his averments relative to his good Intentions and his endeavor to give the city "a clean and orderly Ad ministration" the public need not con cern Itself. If his intentions were what he says they were, he Is tevealed as the most fc'ossal blunderer that ever guided the dfitViles of tho town. They built a fine courthouse at West Chester a half century ago and a learned lawyer looked at the mottoes engraved on it, which told of the majesty of tho law and how much of It would be dispensed from within tho newly raised walls. "Yes," observed the gentleman in question, "plenty of law, but damned little Justice." Possibly Mayor Smith is in the same boat plenty of Intent, but damned little performance. But, in order that the people may not be deceived by sanctimonious phrases, It may be Just as well to examine the Mayor's "Intent," as revealed in public accounts of his activities in the days preceding the tragedy. We do not under take to say Just what this "intent" was, since that is impossible, but we may be able to gather something of the workings of his mind. He says, for Instance, In the statement Issued yesterday, "I took no part In the election, exerted no Influence In favor of any candidate or any fac tion." We quote from the Public Ledger of August 22: Mayor Smith announced last night from his Atlantlo City residence, follow ing a busy day of conferences In Phila delphia, that the "harmony program was going along most satisfactorily." The Mayor put In much of his time In ar ranging for a councllmanlc ticket which, when elected, "would support the pro gressive measures to be placed before Councils by the Administration." In short, the Mayor acted like a- real "political boss," and had ward leaders who ordinarily report to Senators Mc Nichol and Vare hurrying In and out of his oltlcc. His final piece' of political work was to call In Senators Vare and McNichol. We quote from tho Public Ledger of August 23: Mayor Smith yesterday caused a special Indorsement of the Mc.N'ichol candidates for Common Council In the Twenty-fourth Ward to be issued by his secretary. The indorsement was as follows: . The Mayor is going to support the fol lowing candidates In the Twenty-fourth Ward: Stacy II. AVhlte, Peter J. Gal lagher and Charles W. McConnell. Wo quote from the Public Ledger of August 23; As for the Fifth Ward. Mayor Smith will support Select Councilman Deutsch, Vare choice, against James A. Carey, the V McNichol candidate. In virtually all f other instances the Mayor has worked out harmony tickets. . ,. We quote from the North American of 'August A: With Mayor Smith acting as the m- dlum between the Penrose-McNIehoI and Vare factions, the contractor bosses hare about completed a fifty-fifty harmony deal, and agreed upon a slate for tho fcs county offices. As usual. It smells very ,'. much of Organization politics. We quote from the North American of K5.-'i August 22: While city business took care of Itself, Mayor Smith yesterday spent a perfect day applying harmony ointment to the factional wounds of llepubllcan ward organizations. The healing balm goes by the trade name of "fifty-fifty," and Judg ing by the results obtained yesterday it has marvelous curative powers. We could go on quoting for columns. Tho unquestionable facts In the case are that Mavor Smith has nlaveri nnlltlrn .; ':''.!nce he took Office, that hf baa nnrnlv and wantonly used the power of his office ..to determine candidates and force their election, that he has been as brazen ' about It as he hns been about his profits from bond fees, that he made his high office a political club and that he turned .the police force of the city over to a (jj$riotorlous factlonary, who, wjtli equal ar- gance, used H as the Mayor let him jlse It, for political purposes. If this man did not exert his Influence In favor of any candidate or any faction, then ruth Is a. lie and purity Is vice and black la. white and everything that Is so Is not no. If ho did not exert his Influence In , favor of any candidate, then the public kas been fed lies about him for months iand Ilea liave been Issued from his office A oHlclal communications and 'partisans fcVe been induced to g'vo hltn credit tV unholy practices which they np. plue, and his whole po before Ine. public- has been a lie. We shall not attempt to characterize other elements of the Mayor's denial. It would do no good. Tho people are not fools and Jackasses. They have some In telligence. Thoy can tell a fact whon tiey see one. No newspaper need argUe in the premises or devote Its spaco to revelations of the hypocrisy which seems to have becomo the 'sole Btock In trade of certain high officials. The people have been shocked into action. They know the truth at last and, knowing it, they Intend to act. Wo summon all good men, therefore, In the name of decent government, in the name of all the principles which honest citizens hold dear, to testify by their presence at the mass-meeting to night that they are against government by murder, against government by Smith, against tho whole tribe of parasites who have fastened themselves on the com munity and suck its revenue. Let it bo such n mass-meeting as never before was held In Philadelphia. Its primary purposo Is to glvo expression to tho com munity's Indignation and Its abhorrence of existing evils. It Is but a prelude to the oniclal condemnation which will be registered at the polls In November. GERMANY GAINS NEW FOES PEItU has sent Germany an eight-day ultimatum demanding nit Indemnity for the sinking of a vessel. Kvon If Germany pays up we can feel sure of tho Peruvians, for they have always had a sttong affection for the United States. An American, Meigs, built Peru's first Andean railroad, and they mimed a moun tain after him. Both chambers of tho Argentine Congress have resolved that relations should he broken with Berlin. Uruguay's Congress will consider that question on Saturday. Paraguay's policy leans so far toward a break that a for mer president has resigned his seat In the Senate In protest. Only Colombia, Venezuela and Chill stand aloof from what we may call tho League of All the Americas. It will not be easy to overcomo Colombia's resent ment against us over Panama. Venezuela and Chill nro full of Germans. But we probably can rely upon them to consoli date the whole continent eventually against autocracy. LAW AND ORDER OR LAW MURDER? AND WHKN the great Vigilance Committee of 1856 took two murderers from San Francisco Jail and hanged them out of a window of the committee's headquarters they were acting ns the agents of real law, and the verdict of history commends them. The courts of that gold-contaminated town were as corrupt as the execu tive aiv actually refused to punish mur derers o'-o were members of the gang. There were two parties in that city in those days. The gang called Itself the "Law and Order" Party. But the Vig Mantes called them the "Law and Mur der" party. We do not have In this day to resort to lynch law; we have only to go to the polls and vote. THE WAR HORSE RUDOLPH BLANKENBUHG declares he will address the mass-meeting of protest against government by murder tonight if it Is the last public appearance he ever makes. Hardly any of the many letters we re ceive denouncing the men who have brought the city government to the verge of anarchy fall to refer In some way to the deeds and character of Blankenburg. Men look back to his Administration as to some sort of municipal Declaration of Independence. Yet they voted to end his regime; they got tired of the everlasting fight that Is necessary to keep reform to tho sticking point. But the War Horse of Reform never gets tired. This is the ago of Revelations. "We are not ruled by murderers, but only by their friends." Not much news from Russia theso days, but no news from there Is good news. In 1067 Louis XIV said, "L'etat e'est mol." Two hundred and fifty years later tho Gang says, "Philadelphia, that's us." This city's- share of the next loan will be about $200,000,000, and the chances are that every cent of It, and more, will be taken. Lancaster Mayor starts fight on short weights. Headline. Philadelphia has also started a fight on lightweights. If the number of letters we are receiving in protest against the kind of government we are getting is any Indica tion of what the vote will be In Novem ber, the Smith crowd won't have to sit up very late counting their share. Governor Brumbaugh's designation of a fire-prevention day does not lessen the hope that a nolse-preventlon day may be fixed soon for Philadelphia. Otherwise, the City of Brotherly Love may go down to posterity as the metropolis of flat wheels. We print In an adjoining column an account of what Mayor Mltchel did the other night in Brooklyn. It takes nerve to face a hostile audience, tell it the truth without fear and without rancor, and only a brave and honest man can "get away with It" as splendidly as Mltchel did. Not content with regaining ten square mites of Belgium the other day, the British have begun a new drive which is regaining more ground, Tet a party In the Reichstag wants that body to revoke Its peace resolution because Riga has been taken. The Germans can jevaastowa- mdbb-hii;ai)blphia, thtxr8dat( ;BBB5ra4gpR ,2T,viftif WHAT A REAL MAYOR CAN DO An Episode In tho Campaign in New York to Make an End of Tammany The following article from iiesterdav's A'eto York Tribune Is here reprinted be cause the incident, so admirably de scribed, t an epitome of the character of Xew York's thtrtu-clght-iear-old Mayor, and because U Illustrates Just those cour agcous and honest qualities which are needed in Philadelphia leadership. MAYOR MITCIIBL, whose majority over William M. Bennett In tho Republican primary for the mayoralty nomination was decreased by fifty-seven more votes In the rc-examlnatlon of ballots yesterday, making It only 335, went over to Brooklyn last night and captured 1200 of tho machine Repub licans of that borough whoso 7000 majority for Uenbett tells Its own story. Tho Mayor had been Invited to speak at a meeting of the Kings County Republican Committee, held lit the Johnson Building, In Kevins street. Twelve hundred men, politicians all, filled tho hall. Not one of them knew what re ception would .bo accorded to the fusion can didate who had come perilously near to de feat through tho efforts of some, or most, of them. All knew that ho had been invited to appear, but his name was not even men tioned In the preliminary speeches. Even the vlco chairman, John Drescher, who called tho meeting to order, had re ferred only aRUely to the schism in tho fusion ranks. Tho prompt If somewhat emphatic response which greeted thoso ref erences showed the tension of his audi ence. Warns Other Uranch in Vain Mr. Drescher ventured to hope that what ever hannened "the tinrtv cholcn will bo our choice," and at once a stentorian voice cried, ( "Nothing doing!" Again Mr. Drescher put out a slender antenna, observing that the only way to win was to stand by tho party nominee. This delicate verbal filament en countered a blunt and boisterous "I won't stnnd by you!" And Mr. Drescher gave over his attempts at diplomacy. It may havo been an omen of something or other that when Mayor Mltchel, accom panied by Fire Commissioner Robert Adam son and Borough President Lewis II. Pounds, entered the room Charles F. Murphy, Republican leader of tho Tenth Assembly District In Brooklyn, was speak ing and suddenly sat down. Mr. Drescher Introduced the Mayor with the utmost brev ity and circumspection and the Mayor silled serenely ahead without regard to delicate circumlocution. "Gentlemen, yon are good sports," said he. "It appears by tho olllclal returns of tho Board of Elections that I have been duly nominated by tho Republican party. I have come over here to discuss with you frankly and face to face this nomination. Knew Thoy Didn't Want Him "I know that you did not want me to be nominated for Mayor. I was not the choice of the Republican party of Brooklyn. Well, let me tell you that you did not want me much less than I wanted the nomination myself. "Let me tell you what I mean by that I had mads up my mind six mouths ago that nothing could Induce me to accept the nomination. Not, gentlemen of the commit tee, that I do not reallzo the great honor nnd responsibility of the executive office of Mayor of the city of New York, but 1 be lieve that there were others who could lead the fight as well as I, and I had for myself ambitions and plans that lay In a wholly different field. That was a personal matter. "I was told that I must run to save tho government of the city from being prosti tuted as other city governments had been under other. regimes. I endeavored to per suade my advisers that I should step aside and that some one else should be allowed to lead' the Fusion cause. I was told that the movement would not be a success If I did not accept the nomination. "But my purposo In accepting the nomi nation was not merely to preserve this city government freo from scandal and purged of graft. It was when It was put to ine upon the ground of maintaining In New Vork city a government pledged to co-operate with the national service In tlmo of war, to do Us utmost to preserve in time of crisis order in New York city, a govern ment that would not be influenced or afraid, no matter whom its measures touched when It was put to me on that ground. I consented to waive what I regarded as my personal future and consented to become the candidate, for the Fusion nomination for Mayor." All over the houso broke out applause, cheering and the stamping of feet, an up roarious and spontaneous tribute to a frank man who stood up to his foes and explained why he fought The confusion died down as the Mayor continued. He told his au dience that he would not take the nomina tion If It depended on a single fraudulent vote, that It the recount showed that Bennett had more votes than Mltchel "he la entitled to the nomination." "On the other hand," he continued, "If the majority of Republicans want me for Mayor, then, gentlemen, I know you are going to support the Republican party and that party's candidate for Mayor." Crowd Shouts Approval "We will I We will 1" Bhouted a hundred voices In tones that made the earlier In terruptions to Mr. Drescher's speech seem faint. Jacoh A. Livingston, county chairman, was the Mayor's escort to the platform, and shook hands heartily with him when he entered. $1000 AND HAPPINESS In the October number of the American Magazine a number of persons contributed to an article entitled, "What Salary Do You Need to Make You Happy?" One of these, who signs himself "II. L. M.," puts $1000 per annum as abundant for himself and family and their happiness. He says: "We as a family have studied botany and know the flowers; ornithology, and have hosts of friends among the birds who Jive In our trees; meteorolory, and keep In touch with the weather: wo have a home, our home, heated, lighted with electricity, bathrooms, cases filled with the best books, table covered with the best magazines, and In which we have lived continuously for more than thirty-one years. Here we will con tinue to live nnd enjoy our friends, books and children until the time of our earthly life Is done, when we will be Uk nn who wraps th drapery of his couch bout him, And Mes down to pleasant dreams. On a very moderate income you can be very happy When you have acquired, al we nave, tne naou vi cgnisnunsnu wo nave Tom Daly's Column TUB END 0' THE DAY Iler&t the end o' the day, An' this vocary ould planet Turns again to the orav, Dewy dusk that began It. An' mcsclf that's no more Nor a midge or a flea Or a sand a' the shore, Who'd be thlnkln' o' me At the end o' the dayt Here's tho end o' the day, An' It's little I'm tdnnln' Wld my tolltn' away Since the same was bcglnnln'l But for all I'm. so small, Trudgln' on by my lone, If no evil befall I've a world o' my own At the end o' the day. Here's the aid o' tho day, An' the stats, grotcln' bolder, A'oto the sun Is aicay, Veep above the Mil's shoulder; An"tls they that can sea That the du.ity borccn Is a ktng's road for me To my castle an' queen, At the end o' tho day. When we raised tho S. O. S. and called for some ono to tell us tho color of Frank R. Stockton's lialr, wo had no keen Inter est In that precise Information, but we did nourish a slight hopo that tho mall might bring something Intimate. Hero's tho first, bit of gossip to arrive. It comes from C. B. V.: FEATURK Items of Interesting people are not ono of my strong points too much given to quoting what they say and think to (ako careful nccount of looks, colors and dress. But my recollection Is that Stock ton's hair was thin, long nnd sandy, with some gray In It after lie had vtatle a repu tation as a story writer. Ho was well over fifty when I first met him (In tho declining nlnetys) thin, with a largo head on a small body, sharp features and walked with head thrust a bit foiward. I had wanted to meet him for years to make a. confession. Tho afternoon of Sunday, March 11. 1S88, I was visiting a friend in Montclatr. It was a rainy afternoon and tho folks gath ered In tho big room for some reading. Tho story selected to be read aloud was about Mrs. Leeks nnd Mrs. Aleshluo on a stage Journey in California, overtaken by a Miowstorm, which finally snowed them In, or under. Some of tho situations wero so nbsurd nnd Improbablo that tho reader broke off without finishing tho story, and I never looked up tho yarn again to complete It. Never again did I tteat a. story of Stockton's In like fashion. Why? The next morning It was snowing. The men started for the train to town and had difficulty In leaching the station. The train ran into a drift in Arlington, on the Jersey meadows, and remained thero for days. My friend nnd I tried to walk to Newark and nearly frozo to death. We got shelter for the night In a shanty, and next day walked on tho crust to Newark, catching tho first train to New York In thirty-six hours, and reached homo at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening. It was tho 'S3 March blizzard played oft on us by Stockton for doubting his story. The punishment seemed out of all proportion to the crime and I wanted to tell Stockton so. The time came late one Saturday eve ning at a club where Stockton was chatting with a group of fellow members, of whom Captain Mahan was one. Somo ono had asked tho story writer how it happened that his accounts of sea life, ships and boats were so accurate, when, by his own confession, he knew nothing about them? To this he replied that his good friend, Captain Malum, the naval expert, always revised his manuscript before publication. Ono of the group asked Stockton: "Have you heard the latest definition of an ex pert?" continuing, "A man who Is bluffing beyond my limit." quoting Peter McArthur. All laughed, except Stockton, who looked puzzled. Tho reference to poker had to be explained to him. Then Stockton told of a correction Ma han had made in one of his stories, de scribing a ship coming to nnchor while all sails wero set and drawing before a good breeze. Mahan remarked that If tho ship was brought to a stop that way she would put her nose down nnd her tall up and dive for the bottom If the chain held. Stockton's first great story, of course, was "Tha Lady or tho Tiger?" A very clever answer in verso was published In tho Century later, which carried the story one step further and Btlll left one unanswerable human question at its end. Two other stories by Stockton grew out of "The Lady or the Tiger?" One as a kind of sequel. "Tho Discourager of Hesitancy" I think It was railed. Tho other (I feel qulto sure) was Stockton's "story" of tha story, "Tho Lady or tho Tiget?" and was namtd "His Deceased Wife's Sister" (I think). Overheard on tho 8:17 Train "He always goes In late. He's a writer." "Is he?" "Yep; lot o' money, in that game." "Yes?" "Yep; because ho ain't whatcha call a first-class writer." "No?" "No; they call him nn underwriter." Cheer up, draftees! Let us present, hale, hearty nnd still very much alive, Colonel Tony Chambers, of tho Record, who was drafted for both the Confederate and Union armies nnd yet managed to avoid the battle-front. We haven't room for all his story, iren if he'd tell it, but he's got an anecdoto of Ward Lemon he'd llko to spin. Quiet, fellows, and lend the Colonel your oars: "When the Confederates got me I was running n paper In Berkeley County, Virginia, nnd Ward Lemon was my part ner. Shucksl NobodyM be Interested In my adventures, but Ward got to be some peanuts In Washington. Lincoln took him up nnd made much of him. Stanton, Secretary of War, didn't. Stanton wanted Ward's quarters for somebody else and threatened to take 'em away from htm. 'Stanton,' said Ward, 'If you bother mo I'll cut your heart out.' Stanton was mad. He went to Lincoln about it. Old Abe listened to Stanton's story. 'Did Lemon say that?' he demanded. 'Ha did.' said Stanton. -Well, Stanton,' says Abe, 'If Lemon said it he'll do It.' " An Incomprehension, though a not too evasive, which I had read throueh Wnr. your comment, that Henry James the involution of his style should tax tho cerebral action of no one greatly whose erudition is comparable to that of the one to whom I am addressing this communi cation is often wont in works of his which have been too frequently criticized with a harsh toleranco characteristic of those who have not thoroughly read him to perpetrate unconscious of the deleter ious not to say wholly overwhelming ef. feet such writings might have on the brains of his groping readers. BEN, who turned that over to us, says ho watched It Incubating through tho typewriter and afterward nnalyzed It and found It perfectly grammatical. If you doubt It, you might take the (hlng apart and put It together again. Groat things arc expected of a certain Germantbwn butcher shop. The manager '3 '- "Schist - 'Wvssm ?r ' ww.- MURDER REGIME IS DENOUNCED A Blankenburg Is Needed Rem edies Suggested Curse of Factionalism A BLANKENBURG NEEDED To the Kdllor of tho Evening Ledger: Sir "Too Proud to Hide tho Truth" was sure a wonderful editorial In tonight's Is sue. It drovo home the ethlC3 of a number of Phlladelphlans and should awaken them to their senses In behalf of the town. And to think that Philadelphia boasts of being the birthplace of tho American nation ! Oh, can't the local Administration be shamed at tho damago It has wrought In Its political rottenness? Mayor Smith Is morally responsible. It Is with a high degrco of pleasure that tho Blankenburg regime can bo recalled and compared with tho present lnelficlcntbunch of plunderers. II. K. R. New York. September 21. FACTIONAL METHODS To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger: Sir If O. Washington, B. Franklin or T. Jefferson, or any of the liberty propa gandists and fighters of a pant ago, wero to appear In Philadelphia, what would startle them most? I do not suppose they would bo unduly horrified ut the news epread upon tho front page of our newspapers of recent date. Factional and party fights with blood-letting on tho side wero not unknown In their days. But If they would read fur ther, I can see them start with amazement and an intense curiosity, excited when they read the list of tho successful candidates of the primary. The Fathers of tho Republic would show no concern about these names being grouped under "Republican" or "Demo cratic" headings. They might have some misgivings about tho present-day votor being able to glvo a reason why he votes either of theso tickets, but theso old worthies knew something about the polit ical humbug of their day, and with an amused smile would proceed to read over the lists of candidates for city office, tho Magistrates and members of Councils. It would be here where they would find, to tho right of each Republican candidate's name, another name Inclosed In brackets. On Inquiry they would find that this latter name was Inserted to let the prent-day voter know that the candidate was credited, or belonged, to Vare, McNichol, Smith or Penrose. I am not Just sure how these old dyed-in-the-wool patriots would take tho Infor mation, but I Imagine they would go back to the place from which they came with tears In their eyes, hot Indignation under their collars and with their heads bowed in shame. OLIVER McKNIGHT. Philadelphia, September 22. CALLS FOR BRAND-NEW PARTY To tha Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir I have addressed the following let ter to both the Chamber of Commerce and the City Club of Philadelphia In the In terests of decent government for this city: "Gentlemen In view of the recent revela tions of the political situation in the Fifth Ward of this city, I deem it my duty as a citizen to put to you in concrete form a few ideas that have occurred to me. "The City Club of Philadelphia Is an or ganization composed, of professional and business Interests of Philadelphia, with the object of promoting tho welfare of tho city, I suggest that It take this task upon itself: "First. By the creation of an entirely new party. "Second. By the nomination for candi dates for office of men specially qualified by their business fitness to hold the partic ular position for which they are nominated. For the selection of nominees a Jarge nom inating committee should be formed, abso lutely free of all names having any pre vious political affiliation, thus avoiding at the outset any possibility of party motives being Imputed to the committee or Its noml neti. Men should be nominated entirely on their reputation and business experience; no other consideration should play a part. "Third. The City Club of Philadelphia, as the prime mover In the new party, should enlist alt possible of its members as assist ants. Without doubt every acslstlnr mem-v,.- ,,m M.urn the services of a few of v.,. .i. whns integrity was beyond "TO-NIGH? Vj-iSi-.xu.:.;!'-::. .":'.,.,. ' .: - -.. large nucleus for all necessary campaign work. "Fourth. With the success of such a cam paign ns the last Liberty Loan drlvo in mind, It would be well to call for volunteer services from nil other business Interests not militated with tho City Club In some such way as the Liberty Loan campaign was conducted. In other words, enlist In this drive for clean government for Phila delphia each and every man who Is wllllnir to glvo n little of his tlmo to securo that end without remuneration of any sort. "Fifth. To secure tho co-operation of the newspapers of tho city. They aro all talking editorially for somo change. This would bo their chanco to help makp good. RAYMOND BRUNSWICK. Philadelphia, September 25. CRITICISM OP BLANKENBURG To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In last night's Evening) Ledger I saw that former Mayor Blankenburg had advised tho people to overthrow tho Hohen zollems, BUI and Ed. When Mr. Blanken burg was elected, that was what tho people thought ho would do. AVhon tho test case of tho few thousand ofilceholders fell flat because thero was no ono to appear against them, and when ho was told how Justico was obstructed In that case, doesn't ho think that If ho had gone nfter them and ousted them they would not havo been in power today? e. c. M. Philadelphia, September 21. Mr. Blankenburg's pre-election promise, a promlso ho reiterated In every campaign speech, was that politics would play no part In his Administration, that olllcehold ers who performed their full duty to the city would not bo discharged from tho pub lic service merely because they belonged to a polltlcnl organization antagonistic to tho Blankenburg beliefs. Having made this promlso before his election, Mr. Blanken burg, unlike most politicians, kept his promlso after his victory. Bccauso ho was a man of hla word, ho nllcnntcd n con siderable part of his support ; that part of his support which worked for his election in tho hopo that It would bo permitted to feed at tho public trough. Editor of the EVENINO LEDOKrt. WOMEN- IN ARMIES Tho uso of women In tho British nrmy both in France nnd at homo to release men for tho trenches Is growing steadily. The exact numbers havo not been pub lished, but arrangements havo now boen made for more than 4000 women In Franco : more than 0000 cooks and waitresses have been provided for 200 camps nt home, for one' Item, and about 400 women havo re placed men ns motor transport driver In the Army Service Corps and the Royal Flying Corps, for another. Tho London Morning Post gives some In teresting figures of economies resulting from the introduction of women as army cooks. Chiefly they have been assigned to officers' and sergeants' messes and hos pitals. At one mess tho dally charge to officers was reduced In a few weeks from two shillings sixpence to one shilling three pence a head, and in addition 100 pounds sterling was saved for the benefit of tho mess generally. The charge at the samo mess has now been cut to nlncpence a day. The Army Council' recognized the good work by an lncreaso in wages. "Instructresses in cookery" have also been furnished to army cooking schools. At the bases in France and on the lines of communication women are employed in the following posts: Clerks, typists. 'cooks and domestic servants, motor drivers storekeepers, tailors, bakers, shoemakers, messengers, telephone and postal service. The enlistment Is for the duration of tho war. A uniform has been adopted for all women serving in tills women's Army Auxiliary Corps, as It la officially known. Its women nro placed directly under the control of the commanding officer of the formation or the officer In charge of the ofllee to which they are assigned tor. duty. New York Tribune. s . ANGLO-AMERICAN ANTHEM Two empires by the iysa, Two nations great and free, 'One Anthem raise. One race of ancient fame. One tongue, one faith, we claim, Ono God whose glorious Name We love und praise. Now, may tho God above Guard the dear lands we love, Both East and West Let love more fervent glow, As peaceful ages go. And strength yet stronger grow, Blessing amt blest. HiuuawB, in jwuua umpire r.e- o- -;t- What Do You Know? QUIZ j 1. It it l.iviful lo Mil liquor to men la tbsj United States sen Ire? ! 2. When does the campaign for the Bteont ' Liberty Loan start? 3. Tim Irish Convention Is slttlnt In Cork.' What is the purpose of these meetUit? 4. What Is a convoy? f. Who In John 1'ranklln Fort? o. AVIiat Is a raconteur? 7. The famous Guynemcr Is U to hire brei Killed. Who was lie? 8, What Is n round robin? 0. ,Iut what Is meant politicals br the vert "fusion"' 10, Where Is l'orto Itlro? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Count Zeppelin Invented the trpe of (itrms '. air machine nhlcli has been rildlnc JjOS don. The dirlidule Is named after him. 2. Maximilian Harden, editor of "Die Zokonlt," Is a l'ole. 3. Argentina lias mobilized her natr mi "as- usual military nctltllr" is all npsrttl In dispatches. 4. The battle of Suntlaco was fontht en Jul; 1 nnd 2. 1898. 5. rrunz Josef Haydn was an Auttrlan ten posfr, called "the father of the ira- phony." Ills dates were 1732-1809. 0. The Welland Canal Is near Maura Falli, on the Canadian side. I 7. (irorzo du Maurler, a noted Illustrator In ! London Punch, became a famous noTtUit4 late In life. He wrote "Trilby" tali 'Pf.- Il.l.4ann " S 8. Tho last battle fought on Kntllsh toll wilV the battle of Srdsfinoor, early in the Itlrsj-, nf .TitmiMa If. 0. The "red waistcoat rebellion" In French ulli was the revolt of younr eithetlo railctli-tf It took Its name from the fact that, ai the premiere of Verdi's opera, "HernsBl,'! Tlieonhlln nnutlrr nnd his friends warit red waistcoats to symbollw their defUieaJ" .of tradition. 10, Tho Trench phrnae "fllle do ehambrs" mun a chambermaid. THE OLD FERRIES TN 1770 the entire Income of the cltr '! J- Philadelphia was only 14000, and Jl'", of this amount came from the Market street ferry, an interesting commentary upon tM importance or transportation iatim tho II fo of a municipality. The first Market street ferry keeper wtt not satisfactory to the early travelenj Somo of them appealed to tfee Council K he was warned "to expedite a sufficient fen7 boat for horses and cattle to pass to frnm .v.,,,,. 41,n CnTi.i vllltl nn AlSO tO tQAll. Mia wn, nn t.nfli nlriAR AflflV and n&SSlblfKl both for horse and man to lo w- water mart ill otherwise yo Courfcil will make care to oj pose of It to such as win aispos i- same." It would be a good thing If such sum-. mary methods were applied to transit con panles. Tho complaints continued until 173. that year the ferry privilege was leaiM , Aquila rtose for twenty-one years, and , ...nn .M..I....1 ... .t..,.nflal hnfttS 1X4 make good landings. He was told hesnow have a monopoly of ferry privileges r, some distance up and down the river tKji nasflpnfrftrH worn fnrerl one Denny nfl , loaded cart or wagon had to pay "l,j, ., it i - ..iA. tmf una Dinning, lie gave kouu rici.ivo, v.. fortunately was drowned at his work ", ly after gaining the ferry privilege. TUnlnmln I7Vn.illln i7asnar WlsUf ' Charles Norris wore appointed In 1751 "j study the situation nnd report on the WW In favor of a bridgo "near to the end of uI Market street where captain uouiuw ""A his ferry." nut nothing came of this 'I the time. In 1754 Thomas Pownall wrote of Co; tas'B ferry. "The ferry boatH nt SchujrIH"! are tho most convenient I ever sJ J the oars with which they are rowed ovw, He-irA1 rtnf In n Tnnnnnr thn most handy U1S can bo devised; they ore fixed In an lw forlt, co as to have a perpendicular wotwn.. and they are loaded towards ine """ "" as to be nearly balanced, leaving, howv the feather Of the oar rawer me " heavy: this fork la fixed on a pivot la tot BTimwnli. nf tha hnat. bv which the OST W free horizontal motion. By this simple co trlvnnt-A et mftchantitm a. very slight MSB can manage a pair of large, heavy e?" and row over n large ferry boat. Several floating bridges were built mg tho Revolution, nut me nrsi pw oriaee was nuiu or a cqmpany w .&tjsi SSBSSSBSI :t ?. . SJ Utf5 ' V ,w- rr.r ri "&m&7tr 7:rfc? STSJ. SEE Stl ML2 i . i .T,tt A. K, JBslWi - LT. ! 1 !". 1 -i MiB&F&L !S , ' ;li f WtU f'K3v,a'v '. Wmx-tr ;7i) .$"!&''" 'r.,ffii k r- S .'iv'jVA ' ?V "."A'.'- A rwA .'WZft ?'- V .' j i Ki . 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