EVENING LED0ER-PHILiDELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917
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FfcUtddpsU. Jitgrdij. September 2. 1917
THE SUPREME TEST
rpHU measure of this nation's nblllty to
wage efficient war will not be In the
Held, but at home. Tho disciplined forces
6f the country, composed In the main of
the best strength and vigor of the entire
population, we need not worry about.
"We can Uko, It for granted that they
will justify In every respect the confi
dence we have in them and demonstrate
by their bravery and valor their cfll
clency. Those , Yankee troips In foreign
trenches have a great task before them
and they will perform It In a great way.
Of that we may be sure.
But at home1 the masses are not dis
ciplined. 'They are not trained In obe
dience. They have no great respect for
authority. They are not disposed to ac
cept without some complaint tho ex
traordinary conditions under which they
ftuiat live. The cost of living, for In
stance, is In a state of flux. Tho price
of "gold la cheapened by the abnormal
increase In the cost of all necessities.
Unfortunately the process of adjustment
Is not immediate. It requires time, and
In the interval there are thousands of
families certain to suffer, chiefly those
dependent on salaries. The manufac
turer and the farmer have compensatory
returns for the increased cost of pro,
ductlon at once, but the clerk has to
wait months and sometimes years be
fore the equalizing process reaches to
him. This means privation and hard
ship, but both must be endured. It is
part of the discipline of war times, a
discipline to which the whole population
must be subjected just as certainly as
soldiers in the field must be hardened for
their tasks.
Th Government is undertaking one
of the most difficult experiments ever
known when it consents to fix prices.
Were the crisis not acute, It would be
madness to go into the matter at all.
But the natural laws of economy are
inactive. The demand for almost every
commodity is so great that almost any
price can be charged. Up and still higher
lip prices havo been going, with
certain- speculative elements still further
confusing the situation. Farmers, for
instance, have hesitated to plant certain
crops on a large scale unless assured of
adequate prices. Peace might ruin them.
In these circumstances, the substitution
Cf purely artificial regulations as a sub
stitute for ordinary economic procedure
becomes a necessity. Mistakes will be
made, some of them very costly, but It
behooves the nation as a whole not to
be, too critical. We are sailing uncharted
eas and must expect to run on a mud
bank now and then.
The supreme test of a nation Is not the
test of its armies or its1 navies, but of
the whole people themselves. If tho
folks back home can understand and be
willing to endure, If they cheerfully bear
their burdens and reserve their criticism
for avoidable blunders that are likely
to be fatal, if they subject themselves
more fully than in ordinary times to
discipline and authority, then it is cer
tain that the nation peed fear no ad
versary and never despair of ultimate
Tlctory,
It is said that Mr. Hoover will be the
most unpopular man in America before
th winter Is over. "We do not believe
K, In normal times the work he has
to do would assure his political ruin. But
these are not normal times. They are
the most extraordinary- times the world
fcaa over known. Here the past and the
uUre meet In a death grapple. The past
afe are struggling, as It were, to pull
Mm world back to them, while clvillza
Horn, fighting for the future, is putting
It fl ounce of strength Into the com
bat In such circumstances, when un
precedented powers are exercised by the
Oovamtnent and when, efficiency Is do
Manual above all things, we believe that
Mrv Hoover will be. Judged solely by his
jatlthmt and not by the effect
sjartatw qciMpptilar jRtasures may Have
n fawMvlihaala. We believe citizens wilt
via atv arWes and reach their
tmcturtaiw pmm a national viewpoint.
to say tfeat
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y. If. Was
CAtdAqo ,.'..,
or lose this war, for, as tho pcoplo sup
port him or fall to support him. tho na
tion Is efflclent or not emdont at home.
No armies can win without that home
support.
OPINIONS WORTH HAVING ARE
WORTH nACKING WITH MONEY
The failure of a single Issue of Gov
ernment bonds would be worse for Amer
ica than a disaster upon the field of bat
tle. Secretary McAdwj to the American
Bankers' Association.
IT "WOULD be so great n disaster that
patriotic men and women will never
allow It to happen. Tho real falluro of
tho second Liberty Loan campaign, that
I. tho nrtnnl InnhllltV Of the United
States to get 3.000,000,000, is of courso
Inconceivable. But It Is possible to get
the money and still have the campaign
be only a partial success. It will not bo
for the beat unless as much of the money
as possible comes from Income and nu
little as possible from Investments.
In war everything In a country Is
eventually put upon a war basis, but the
last thing that is adjusted to that oasis
Is financing, because tho average man's
habit of living up to his Income is so
deeply Ingrained. "To raise thirteen or
fourteen billions of dollars on or beforo
Jtme 30, 1918, by the sale of bonds In
recurring Installments, seems to some
people an Impossible task," says Mr. Mc-
Adoo. It seems Impossible to those per
sons who hate to make the effort to
change habits, to get out of ruts, to Invest
some of their Income In the Government.
We have yet to experience tho rather
frantic loan campaigns that tako place
abroad, nnd It Is to be hoped wo never
shall. London, In such times. Is plastered
all over with huge signs "Germany Is
Watching Us." But Germany has
stopped watching England, becauso there
every one, even tho poorest, has reached
that point of bitter determination which
makes It certain the Government will get
every penny It needs. Germany Is watch
ing us now. Sho feels there Is Just a
chance that wo are not bitterly deter
mined to carry on tho war, month in
month out, and we have got to prove
to her that she Is wrong. Americans
have strong opinions that they have been
telling to Germany; but an opinion that
is not worth backing up with real money
Is not worth having.
WHEN TOWN MEETINGS HAVE
TO BE HELD OUTDOORS
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OIIE than ten times tho number of
meeting In the Academy of Music Thurs
day night stood outside and listened to
speeches made from autos. Had there
been In existence tho great Convention
Hall that the city Is to have, tho meeting
would have been oven more successful
than it was. The town meeting is and
always has been a vital factor In Ameri
can life. No doubt the proponents of
government by murder were glad there
was no such hall. In fact, we have no
town meeting hall precisely because we
have this sort of government, which
holds Its power by dividing the city Into
provincial wr.-ds and by holding back all
progress which alms at unifying the
people and giving them the feeling that
they own and partake In the management
of their own city.
The absence of a town meeting hall
was symbolic of the reason why a town
meeting had to be held.
THE BROKEN PLEDGE
We recommend the extension of tho
franchise to the women of the country
by the States upon the same terms as to
men. National Platform of the Demo
cratic party. 1910.
The Republican party, reafllrmlng Its
faith In government of the people, by the
people, for the people, as a measure of
Justice to one-half of the adult people
of this country, favors the extension of
the suffrage to women, but recognizing
the right of each State to settle this ques
tion for Itself. National Platform of tho
Republican party, 1916.
AS THE Socialist party Is also for suf
xjl. frage, It might us well bo mado
unanimous. So, at least, a visitor to
America, who believed everything he
read or was told, would Imagine. He
would expect that suffrage would this fall
be extended to women In such great
States as Ohio and New York with hardly
a dissenting voice. Yet any schoolboy
would laugh at such Innocence.
We are dangerously near tho point In
this country where one can put no faith
in a party's pledged word. Many thou
sands of honest persons read the na
tional platforms for guidance In casting
their votes. It Is outrageous that thoy
should be so cynically deceived by the
candidates elected on these platforms.
And It Is a very serious matter that
young people should grow up in an
atmosphere in which such light breaking
of pledges Is tolerated.'
La Follettc Is proving that aU the
hard things said o' out him in April were
true.
Much more will be required than to
have a new Director of Public Danger
In the mayoral cabinet. We must have a
clean sweep.
"They only said 'Intimidate,' and talked
and went away.
By God, the boys that did the work were
braver men than they!"
Mlchaells has decided that It would
be unwise to state Germany's war alms
at this time. But we know them. They
are aimed directly east of Ypres and are
going farther east every day.
The Neo-Celtlc Renaissance may
have shuffled off most of Its mortal coll,
but the Neo-Copperhead Club, discovered
by Colonel Roosevelt, never lacks sup
porters of a certain reptilian sort.
While the city was having Its own
civic show at the Academy the Mayor
sat at a musical comedy not many blocks
away. The atmosphere of the drama
"Government by Murder" Is a tragic
one, but every good tragedy must have Its
clowns to give comic relief,
Reports Indicate that the Vatican
la pot discouraged, realizing that peace
"is a gradual, ofter a painful, develop
ment." There woa notnlng In the Ameri
can reply to hinder peace, but It stood
kind of peace that woulit probaWy
t H'K muorn ;-
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CONGRESS TIRED, -READY
TO QUIT
Bernstorff "Slush Fund" Insinu
ations Anger Members Plan
ning for Next Session
Special Correspondence o fie Evcnlno Ledger
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.
CONGRESS has been In h restless mood
throughout, the week. Members of the
Senate and Houso have been here so long
and aro so anxious to quit and go home
that tho announcement on Thursday that
the two weeks' labors of the conferees on
the tax bill had been concluded was halted
with general satisfaction, more especially
as tho week opened with a threatened In
quiry Into charges mado by an Alabama
member that certain of his colleagues were
mixed up In the distribution of the alleged.
JSO.000 Uernstorff "slush fund."
The Insinuations which "the gentleman
from Alabama" mnde were so reported ns
to appear to reflect upon tho cntlro mem
bership of the House and Senate, and they
so rankled that dire punishment was threat
ened, notwithstanding rumors and count-tr-rumors
ns to the attltudo of the White
House nnd the desire to go home. Con
gress Is not especially fond of investiga
tions when suggested toward tho close of
a session, nnd the Bernstorff business had
tho effect of angering members because of
tho tlmo nnd method of Its Introduction.
It also threatened a controversy between
Congress and the Stato Department which
would cause delay. In addition, It played
soma part In a readjustment of tho plans
of certain members who had thought of
accepting tho British Invitation to go over
to Europe to obtain first-hand Information
of wnr conditions along the battle lines.
The Senate and llouso Committees on
Foreign Affairs had been disposed to en
courage tho acceptance of tho Invitation,
but tho President finally disapproved it,
owing tQ possible complications and embar
rassments. "Interparliamentary Union"
A temporary quietus was likewise put
upon the proposition emanating from Frencn
sources to havo the American Congress Join
an Interparliamentary union now consisting
of representatives of Great Britain, France
and Italy, who meet at the respective capi
tals of war and state. It was explained by
the French delegation, which brought this
suggestion to ho United States, that the
legislative conditions affecting war had been
Improved by these voluntary conferences of
representative of tho Allies and that they
might be still further advanced by the par
ticipation of such representatives as would
bo selected by the American Houso of Rep
resentatives. Tho fecond sober thought of the House
leaders seemed to Incline toward the presi
dential view that voluntary agencies under
taking tp co-operate with similar agencies
In foreign lands might ultimately lead to
complications that would be embnrrassln,?
to thoso upon whom tho responsibility resu
for the conduct of the war. It was polnteJ
out that Interparliamentary peace unions
had done much toward the Improvement of
general good-will prior to the war; but
doubt was expressed whether the extension
of mere good-will, or even of good fellow
ship, carried from country to country .(
the present time, might not add to the
difficulties of the fighting forces. For the
present, therefore, although there are sev
eral American Congressmen now on tho
other side of the water seeking Information
on their own account, It Is not likely that
any authorized expedition now will bo or
ganized. Getting Ready for Next Session
At best there will be only two months'
vacation for tho tired and weary members
of this most extraordinary war session. It
all depends upon when adjournment comes.
If It does not come until the middle of
October or later, there will be little or no
opportunity for European tours of any
kind. A trip to Hawaii at tho Invitation
of tho officials of tho Islands bas been
suggested for a few members Interested
In tho work of tho Committee on Terri
tories, but it depends upon when the con
gressional "school breaks up."
One Inspection trip that doubtless will
take place Is being arranged by the people
of Texas for the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee, which Is expected to connect with
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa
tion Convention at Miami, Fla., during the
last week of November. Congress must
reconvene In regular session during the
first week of December, and everv member
Is shaping his plans to be back on the Job j
at that time. The December session will
mark the beginning of another long war
session, but It will not he limited to wnr
topics, ns the present session his been. It
will have plenty of war business Sena
tor Martin, the Democratic floor leader, In
timated the other day that It might be a
JSO, 000, 000, 000 session but It will have
to embrace a wider field than war alone.
Thousands of bills that have been In
troduced and referred to committees, bear
ing upon every conceivable subject, will
then come up for consideration. Thero
have been no pension bills this session, no
public buildings nnd grounds appropria
tions, no good roads problems, no claims
and few questions affecting banking and
currency, agriculture, coinage, weights and
measutes, education, Immigration and
naturalization, labor or Insular affairs. Tho
Irrepressible suffrage question has been held
up this session and will expect considera
tion In the next Moreover, the time for
hearings will come when business men will
have learned to understand the effects of the
revenue laws which have been enacted.
A New Tax Measure
The Ways and Means Committee will be
called upon to prepare a new measure of
taxation and to devise ways and means
for continuing the great work of forcing
the war to a speedy conclusion. The Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs will then also
come forward with numerous matters which
It was not deemed expedient to introduce
during the extraordinary session. In fact,
all the vast business that has been kept
under cover and held back because of the
Democratic caucus action confining present
legislation to war measures will fall upon
the House and Senate like a flood.
It Is no wonder the Republican leader,,
Mr. Mann, of Illinois, has Indicated his
purpose to rest up for the remainder of
this session : nor Is It far from the truth,
as 'suggested by Speaker Champ Clark and
others, that Congress has become a per
petual body, which leaves small chance for
any member to pursue any other occupa
tion without prejudicing, the public service.
It Is no wonder the Senators, who kept the
tax bill In their keeping for so long a
period, and who are now so glad that It has
come out of conference, are Indicating a
willingness to speed up, finish alt business
and take advantage of the few brief weeks
of rest that seem to be In store for them.
There was a notion earlier In the session
that Cong tees should not only loyally stand
by the President throughout the vtarbut
.that it should remain with him In Wash
ington throughout the year. That notion
has been dissipated, so far as the brief
respite now In view Is concerned. Congress
wants A rest, and expects to make the most
t it tajtot wwioa LaiM.
Tom Daly's Column
TUB VILLAGE POET
Whenever it's' a Saturday that ends the
seaside season
We cannot walk on Chestnut street for
one sufficient reason:
We gotta move our folks an' trunks up
home from Ocean City,
An' so ce haven't time to writs our cus
tomary dlttv.
But a rhymer steps Into tho breach
who has n poetic word to say, and whose
own story Is oven moro Interesting. By
graco of Bill O'Donnell, of the U. G. I.,
we aro permitted to present James Burke,
who has been for forty-eight years In the
llghthouso service at Tompklnsvllle,
Staten Island. He's a youngster of
eighty-two.
In 1865, when he was tweity, ho joined
tho British army. Then ho served four
years In tho United States Marino Corps,
and after tho Civil War one year as n
recorder (lieutenant's rank) In tho navy.
In the department of civics h has not
been Inactive ho Is the father of thirteen
children. He was once n. center in tho
Fenlnn Brotherhood, but thnt has noth
ing to do with his poem, and here it is:
XEVER TO CROSS THE ItHIXE
lie loves his flag but docs not Irag, the
soldier tried and true;
But 'tis ii right to throw a light on
what he hopes to do,
And though lie may 7iot talk that way,
his thoughts arc on his task
And answers quick hotccver thick the
questions others ask;
1'or what arc we from o'er the sea as
sembled hoc In 'roiicc?
To fight the Huns with men and guns
when ordered to a Vance;
And as the sun, Us wok begun, when
ilscn for the day.
Sends heat and light to banish night and
chase Its mists aicay,
Wc hope to front the battle's brunt and
make the Roches run,
Of sink from sight as mists of night sub
side before the sun;
Wc hope to whack the hellhounds back to
Ood's dividing line,
Where Germany must never be alloiccd
to ooss the Rhine t
The faith and works of turbancd Turks,
their Allah and their creed,
Have fostered crimes that, ere our times,
ti-crc fruit of Satan's seed;
Rut 7iclthcr Rcl nor Imps of hell fore
shadowed German wrath,
The tide of blood that in Its flood sweeps
ever In the path
Of Prussian hordes whose overlords are
Kaiser Will und Gott;
Rut If a god Is at ihctr nod, the devil
then ts what?
A demont Yes, but nc'crthclcss a real
god beside
A deity whom blasphemy can win to
sanction pride,
Whose haughty claims and sordid alms
have raised It to an art ,
To murder, malm, ami put to shame, and
glory In the part;
But God Is just and wilt wc trust be ivlth
us at the line,
li'icrc Germany must rever be allowed
to cross the Rhine I
JAMES BURKE,
Staten Island, Septcmlcr 13.
Considering the unpreparej state of our
cellar, If we were a compositor we'd prob
ably have vented our spleen on tho coal
men, too, as ono of the compositors on
our o. p. d. p. did yesterday, speaking of
"the pressure upon retail cold dealers."
What season of the year seems to you
most typical of your nntlvo town? We've
always associated Philadelphia with Oc
tober or, at least, with the warm harvest
time of which Octobvr Is the center. Wo
don't often perpetrate a sonnet, but hero
goes:
PHILADELPHIA
October's frost that robs the regal rose
Confers the loot on many a lowly leaf;
And this same rogue that brings the
great to grief
Gold on the pumpkin's homely head be
stows. He, too, that comes when the wlilte
norther blows,
Wearing the aspect of a greater thief,
Is of our hidden benefactors chief;
Beneath his blows how red the home's
heart glowsl
I sometimes think that this my native
town.
Would not be now so livable, so dear.
If she should once forget her cold re
nown. Her silver glories and her crown
austere; )
If she should once unbend the pensive
frown
That makes our hearths, by contrast,
shine more clear.
Reported by an Eavesdropper
"Hey! Bill." '
"Oh, hullo; I dldn' ree yer."
"No, y' dldn' see me."
"No. . I been busy."
"Yes. D'ye know what Jack told me? '
"No; what?"
"He sez I'll never get back that V I
loaned you."
"He did?"
"Yeh." i
"Well, If it wasn't so expensive I'd
make him out a liar right '.low."
Promoted
He was fat, he vode In a limousine,
A captain of Industry,
But now he walks and he's tanned and
lean,
A captain of Infantry.
HORACE HOOK.
Cheerful reading, some of the ads- In
the Buffalo street cars. For Instance:
"I conducted 'mpre funerals In 1916
than twenty-one other Undertakers com
blnedy 'Wedeklndt,
"The People's Undertaker,"
Perhaps we might add to the horrors of
war the terrible tale disclosed in this sign
put out by a butcher In the neighborhood
of Eighteenth street and Ridge avenue:
OUR OWN BOILED HAMS
" or the Dead"
The QulcK JMnumMta "Works, are Jo-
cat4 Jut OTMSJB flic kjuajaj i MlTit
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Constitutional Changes Sug
gested Anti-Suffragists
Answered
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Secretary Baker Is quoted In the dis
patches as saying that, it tho people of
tho United States 'desire It, tho price icgu
latlon nnd other measures for tho control
of business which havo been originated dur
ing the war will bo continued after the
termination of the conflict. I havo ho doubt
the people will desire It If It Is successfully
accomplished during tho war.
It has beerj our past experience that
things started during war have a way of
sticking in our Government after the ter
mination of tho purposo for which they
were originally devised. Our tariff started
during Jeffemm's embargo and tho War of
1812, and was further boosted during the
Civil War. Our national banking law also
dates from the Civil War, and was first
devised to secure a market for war bonds.
With tho coming of peace will come tho
problem of securing tho fair nnd efficient
administration of all tho vast new povveis
of the national Government which wo will
then have created. How will our Inelastic
Constitution, devised 160 years ago for a
small agricultural population, stand the
strain of the new governmental) activities?
It will be no easy task to make such
radical changes as price regulation and
supervision of business work even during
war, when thero Is a truce In partisanship.
How much moro difficult It will bo after
tho war 1 The present harmony of legisla
tive and executive departments cannot last
forever.
It Is a suggestion too Ideal to bo realiz
able, but If we could secure constitutional
amendments Introducing principles which
have been found workable In younger de
mocracies than ours, It would vastly sim
plify our future task. The changes I would
suggest are:
First. The election of the President and
Congress by proportional representation.
Second. The members 'of Congress and
the Senate should be allowed to sit for any
district that cares to elect them, so that a
political overturn will not throw out of
office a statesman of merit and experience
who happened to live In a district that de
cided at any given election to change Its
mind politically.
Third. Ministerial responsibility of the
Cabinet to the two houses In joint session.
Fourth. The abolition of tho presidential
veto, giving the President a term of eight
years, with Ineligibility for re-election. This
would make the Cabinet the supreme power
In the-Government, and the Cabinet would
be constantly responsible to Congress.
Fifth. Our representatives could also be
elected for four years, one-half being elected
each two years tq keep them In constant
touch with the people. We could also
provide that all ex-Presidents should be
members for life of the Senate and that
our universities should elect half a dozen
Senators and about. a dozen members of the
House of Representatives. This would per
mit the entrance Into Congress of some
men In other walks of life than the law,
WILLIAM G. BELL.
Philadelphia, September 27.
THE FOES OF SUFFRAGE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The anti-suffrage "argument" as
you call It of I. P. Mackay In the Evenino.
I.edoeii Is an excellent example of the
plausible sophistry which seems to be the
only refuge left to the archaic advocates
of lop-sided democracy In this enlightened
era.
Outside of the drawback that Its state
ments of fast are Incorrect and its conclu
sions absurdly Illogical, this is a very able
dissertation.
The gist of- Its somewhat confusing ver
biage seems to rest upon three main state
ments, to the effect, first, that women will
not exerclae the suffrage If given to them;
second, that It would Interfere with the
duties of motherhood; third, that It would
make too many voters.
The fact l that wherever women have
til u4fra it la aastintsM by a lrr Mr-
va a TStty CSaG ISaBpBK SHS1 SpBRVSt"
SHARPENING UP FOR A VERY ROUGH GAME
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chlslng tho men, but It Is difficult to see
where It applies to the present question.
It has not been thown In any of tho
States where women havo tho suffrage that
It causes tho neglect of their motherly,
wifely or housewifely duties In the slightest
degree. Why should it?
About two minutes aro required to vote,
although a man may hang about a polling
placo for half a day or moro If he likes. If
ii woman conscientiously voted at every
election, municipal, State nnd Federal In
cluding tho primaries sho might possibly
during tho cntlro' year consume as much
time In this unmotherly procedure as sho
now devotes every week, at least, to a
shopping trip, a movie show or some other
such highly parental occupation.
If ono had to pick the mos.t ridiculous
nmong all tho ridiculous antlrsuffrage "ar
guments," to called, this one would cer
tainly make a hard task easier.
On tho third point, it cannot bo denied
that equal suffrage would undoubtedly
make altogether too many voters for some
body. Tho question Is, Who? In Phila
delphia, for example, It Is highly probable
that equal suffrage at the last election
would have created an electorate entirely
too numerous and too intelligent for tho
comfort of Messrs. Smith, Vare nnd com
pany. And what a catastrophe that would
have been to the holy cause of man-controlled
"democracy" 1
Get together In one vast assemblage. If
you can, all tho thugs and thieves and
crooks In Philadelphia; tho gamblers, whlta
slavers, booze fighters and boozo distribu
tors all tho forces of evil. Including those
who live nnd profit by special privileges, the
most undemocratic evil of all and you'll
have one solid, unanimous, uproarious vote
against equal suffrage. What's the reason?
WOLSTAN DIXEY.
Philadelphia, September 28.
REMINISCENCES OF KITCHENER
The anonymous author of "Memories
Discreet and Indiscreet." who describes
herself ns "A Woman of No Importance,"
has a chapter on Lord Kitchener, who was
her warm friend, In which she says:
"During Lord Kitchener's career his life
was several times In Jeopardy. Lord Wolse
ley saved him once, one of his ptaft an
other time ; yet after his many escapes he
lost his life close to our own shores. In a
mensure I was glad he died when he did,
though not In the way fate decreed. Tho
reason why I was glad was because thero
were already tome heavy, clouds hanging
over his head ready to burst, and It would
havo been painful to see him torn limb from
limb after so many years of useful work. I
should have liked him to die In Kgypt.
where he was happy and appreciated, and
I know that ho would have liked It him
self, for there his heart was enshrined. I
doubt If anybody ever thoroughly under
stood Lord Kitchener or If he understood
himself, He has often been harshly Judged.
I have heard him called mean, yet his hos
pitality, both In India and Kgypt, wns
memorable. I haveihoard him called hard
and unsympathetic. Yet I doubt If any
man who is fond of and kind to animals
can be hard, unsympathetic.
"Kitchener was kind and gentle vvlth, his
horses, though not n great horseman, and
when In South Africa a pet bird was 111
he thought It was moping for want of a
mate and tried hard to find one for It,
though It was at a time when he was over
whelmed with work. The day beforo his.
last fateful Journey, as he was walking Into
his office he called one of the two chauffeurs
he always ' held In readiness and said to
him, 'You are married, are you not?' The
reply being In the affirmative, Lord
Kitchener continued, Then. I will not take
you with me tomorrow, I will take Broome
Instead.' So Broome and his car went vvlth
their master and will be Been -no more
until tho sea gives up her dead'
SPEEDING UP
A locomotive manufactory In Pennsyl
vania ts turning out Its completed products
at the rate of nine a day.
To achlevo this result 25,000 men are
kept busy. The engines are of heavy con
struction and will be of great assistance
In the solution of our world-wide trans
portation problems, Most of them, It is
said, are for war service
Two years ago the same concern was
proud of Its record of one locomotive a
day. Its present ninefold increase Is pro
portionally remarkable.
,Other American Industries haver made an
extraordinary showing In response to war
conditions. It all goea to. show that we
ajr oapaWa of a too daat of. "ttieUma'1
? f MgirV m
't 11- -i t-"! "Tr-yi .riii 1 1--" a
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. Who wnn Snpplio?
3. Wlmt Is tho rontemntntrd effect of (4
"iitnmliiril loaf iilnn," about to be efectei
uy iirrncri nooverr
3. To uhut biblical klnc han the Katier ten
1-uniii.ircu vy modern pocisr
4, Ytlmt rhlnexn city Is threatened' irlA it
htnictinn liv flnnilf -
B. Wlni t In i lemur?
0. What Is "probation after death"?
What l the meanlne of Theodore KooncTttt't
newly coined phrase, "neo-topwrtesaV't
What U the selentlfle name for InfitlUt
paralysis?
What duty U occupying the time tf Ut
United Mates marines now abroad?
What does "Das ewbt Welbllche tldt
hlnan" mean, and who said It?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Accordlne to Minister I'nnaretoir, Boitlrb)
hns virtually attained the end for wklek
Mie entered the war and has no lattttH
In the Kulser'a "Mlttel-Kuropa" plaa of
empire.
2. Former Ambassador to Oerminy Jsoei,W.
fierard has been mentioned In miners a
possible, candidate for the 1'resldener, al
though he hrs denied that he wilt ro.
3. A mldlnette Is a French shoptlrl, so cslW
becuuse she roes out at noon for luntbee.
4. Alexander Pone wrote "The Kssar on Mst."
0. "Illtlnr on arnnlto." quoted by the FreiUtat
'.'. "!? "irninn lielchstir In reference t
I'rrsldenr Wilson's aliened attempt to
alienate the Kaiser and the German pet
Pie, was first used by Von nnelotr.
0. Illsiiatrhes from they llrltlsh front mtnile
the presence of Welsh flchters In the lateat
thrust.
7. In firrek mitholoty Philomel and hersUWl
I'rorne suffered an outrase at the tisfiVJJ
,'i me inner a nusnnna, Tcreoi. ans is -reiemce
killed his child. Itt, and tenei ,
lilm us food to Terms. When he Diriel
them the aods chanted l'lillomtla Isle
nlfthllncale nnd I'rorne Into a swslli.
fence the modern poetic nppUcatlea
th names.
8- I" jUi" vernacular of soldiery a "lulei
"",! ..'" ninchlne-iciin roraosnr. or tie
unit that "a-oes over the top" nnd serw
to protect troops when they are retrestlof.
0. Glucomo Pucetnl -nd Kuarlero Ionc?ll '
wrote scores for tho story of "La
heme
10.
Crnvninen" means crlernncei a memerW
rom the i,ner n0e of ConToratleo
J, ."'fr " disorders or arlersnees M
ine ( liurrhi or the essence, or norst Prt.
or nn accusation.
PHILADELPHIA'S ACTOR-BAITlKOJ
mHE honor of giving to this city 1U nrtjl
- glimpse into the cloud-capped skies tl
bhakespeare fell to a little troop of plajcrjl
who came to town in 1749. Thev wera un
the management of Murray and Ka,j
and evidently found the local palata fwl
Lllzabethan drama not wanting In ttel
r or wey remained here until the followlofS
year. if
John Smith's manuscript "Journal" hij
a quaint apd periodic reference to th MJ
tors. Ho tells of having dropped in atlB
tea-house with a friend, and speaks wH
delicious austerity of- his disapproval ofl
the fact that some people were going wj
see a performance of "Cato." u,'i
The players evidently moved on to N i
York, largely, one fears, because of jwj
puritanical nttltudn nf thn cltv authori-l
ties, who evidently feared that IJ'U,!'1
like a flrnmnrln r.nrnrtii'Hnn would Vfreell
the name of the city. The Common CouVa
ell, lir one of Its reports, comments on i
actors' presence thus: Vj
, 'Tho Recorder reported that certain Jr"9
had lately taken unon them to act Wi.T'lg .
thin city, and, aa he was informed, '"'JTSi
to make a frequent practice thereof. wnKM; J
was to bo feared, would bo attendJ M "333
itiiavilietuui ClirVl"! IUVII nu IMS J,w"Ti-.oirfW
of laitntia and drawing cmt umi f J55 I
from weak and lnconUera persona. " , i
apt to be fond of that kind of entertsUjinsw.
thoujjh the performance be ever so JS.J(
contsntpttWe. Whereupon, the .v t J
tnously requested the mairlstraUs to un ,l '
iiuai cut?,
disorder b
ftin tA ft
One recalls the trials of the Irish PkJ, ' j
aim rcnccui Utah h- v- - mtrsra
In Philadelphia has often been more straw
.ultl. K,Ma than htfs-nnlaM. ,.,
Ah n. result of Philadelphia's official ?Jf t
daln of Melpomene, the city 1'?,i5l
matio note nu -iwia """"" .TVTiief 1
company arrived In 17Bi. They aUed !", j
first production In a bir one
situated In JClng. or Water, street, ; b'3
I.,-. o TnmTr1 nrohablV also tn.lTZi
nt ,i,. Meat nefformance. The P"?
met with the usual opposition, an ataw
of printed propaganaa oici" "'.'
menta or me pro a "
,.nu.rOkW nitfia Mouts m tmjBrSl
miwtt aa asJ
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