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Philadelphia, Tuesday, October 9, 1917
NO FREE SPEECH WITHOUT
RESPONSIBILITY
fpHE story runs that Bernadotto, a com-
mon sergeant In tho army, was found,
after the execution of Louis XIV, burn
ing or tattooing Into his arm the slogan,
"Death to kings and tyrants." Ber
Badotte was one of the men who carried
a marshal's baton In his knapsack. I In
was destined himself to be a king, the
only one of tho creatures of Napoleon
whose heirs yet reign. Years luter Ill
ness seized htm and the physicians sought
to bleed him from the right arm, as was
customary. But ho would bare only his
left arm. The other held the secret of
his repudiation of principles to which he
had once adhered, the lasting brand of a
certain sort of treason. Others might
forgive him, but ho could never forgive
himself. He knew In his soul that he
had abjured his philosophy for glory und
place and he dreaded to have others
know It. So when he died but one faith
ful friend was permitted to see that right
arm. It was the ghost that never ceased
to haunt him.
It would bo a pity If La Follette and
men like him In their mad enthusiasm
for democracy should be Instruments
through which autocracy re-established
Itself on tho faco of the earth. Berna
dottc, lighting like u hero for democ
racy, became In time himself a king,
lien who concern themselves too much
with forms and forget tho substance are
owers of tragedy and ruin.
It would not be worth while to take La
Follette seriously or to bring the cumber
some machinery of -the Senate Into play
iOils expulsion If he represented only
himself. It appears, however, that his
sophistry has won home support. There
are many weak-minded individuals who
have followed him in his delusions. He
has mixed truth and hereby with cunning
plausibility. He has tried to mako It up-
"- , pear that Bryan was driven out of olllce
hecause he wished, as Secretary of State,
to be fair and square and neutral. Mr.
Bryan, of course, retired to private llfo
because he had permitted uu Ambassador
io get from him the Impression that one
f the most important notes ever ad
dressed by the United States to a foreign
Tower was mere buncombe, not to be
taken seriously and Intended only to stay
-popular clamor at home. From the mo
tr.ent the facts became known Mr. Bryan's
continuance In office was Impossible.
Misrepresentation of the Bryan caso Is
tnerely an example of the general loose
Utterances and loose reasoning of the La.
follette clan. They may not practice to
ecelve, but they do deceive.
There Is plenty of fiee speech left In
America. Any correspondent can have
Ji Is reasonable views printed In this w
jy other newspaper. But fieedom of
ech without responsibility does not
j i?t. It never has existed under respon
sible government. A newspaper cannot
say anything it pleases without tisklng a
JBbel suit The Individual can bo held In
Carnages for slander and libel. "Why, then,
should Mr, La Follette Imagine that he
can exert his powers to the uttermost to
weaken the martial might of the nation
arfl be Subject to no liability therefor?
Jand his associates are not battling for
'.Speech, but for free speech without
onslblllty, a thing never guaranteed
ntrtprl In fnld nntlnn
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fMon may honestly differ as to policies,
hvjt we are now at war. "We are at war
because democracy here as well as In
, -urope Is threatened. We will remain at
jNtr Until real democracy Is safe safe
the Hun and safe from the wild
Qgy of which Senator La Follette Is
jfiitorlous an exponent. ,
JfGSKIN AND HORSEHIDE
Utee fW days baseball and foot.
contend fjr the center of the
one at the acme of finished
. ilva months of training, the
in its amateurish stage, with
not yet wanned up to the
f.qi lfc 6lg games to come. It 1J
, that reivon to conjpara their
as sports. But Just at, this time,
fjrrgi 'I"" moyetMAt or battle and the
ttjitiw h chnrtUng soldlern in all our
Btttvta CuothaU to oasee than ever the
lg'; uppfrUM
. :j .J;
jli, w raw
rous epoH since the tournaments of
chivalry. It Is capable of more Intense
surprises than any other gamo presents,
as, for instanco, tho surprise at Atlanta on
Saturday, A 41-0 score reminds us of Penu
games of old, when the Red and Blue
used to wipe up Franklin Field with
elevens from small colleges, liut all tho
marching through Georgia was dono, by
Georgia Tech on Saturday, and tho visit
Ing northerners suffered as great a hu
miliation ns "small" team over gavo "big"
one. But whllo thnt was bad for l'enn,
It was good for tho game. It shows how
superior tho new rules for football aro to
tho old ones, under which teams from
numerically largo colleges always won,
simply because tho rules helped mero
weight to win, and a. big college had a
better chance than a small Institution of
getting eleven giants.
Skill, quick thinking and nglllty nro
tho wholo show now, and that again Is
approprlato to wartimes.
CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE
WIS AltB convinced, ns Senator Varo
declares, that thtro was a frame-up.
it was a frame-up to cheat tho people
of Philadelphia, Yesterday tho go-between
Sullivan was dramatically pro
duced by tho District Attorney and gavo
evidence corroborating that brought out
last week. Ho told how ho went to Now
York und hired tho thugs, how ho turned
them over to tho Deutsch faction, how
the pollco station ut Third and Do Luncey
streets was tho headquarters for tho gun
men, etc., etc. The revelation was com
plete It has not been many days since tho
Mayor was reiterating his previous
declarations that tho pollco weio not In
politics. Ho was uttering pious sentences
and noblo thoughts. But tht testimony
shows that tho police wero entirely Id tho
hands of politicians. AVo havo pointed
out moro than onco to what lengths of
hypocrisy some of our smug officials
go. If they met Truth parading down the
street, with banners flying and drums
beating, they would not recognlzo her.
To thiow present malefactors out of
olllce will do llttlo good. Thcro aro others
Just us bad to tuke their places. Thero
Is only one cure for tlio kind of govern
ment we huve been getting and that Is
to extirpate tho system under which It
flourishes. The last appeal Is to tho
electorate and Its decrees ure more In
fluential than those of any court. The
community need not worry about tho
verdict at City Hall If It is determined to
give Its own verdict In November.
IMPOTENCE OF THE REICHSTAG
THE war tlebato which began esterduy
In tho Itolchstag deserves attention
not because of tho power of that body to
Influence tho Government, but because
of Its revelation of the state of mind of
tho German nation.
The HeichBtag Is little more than a
debating society. Those who weio not
aware of this before learned It from
Ambassador Gerard's book while it was
running seilally In tho Public Ledger.
The Chancellor Is lesponslblo to the
Kaiser and not to tho German Parlia
ment. Tho Reichstag can condemn
everything that has been done without
being able to force a change of policy,
for parliamentary government Is un
known In Germany. The teal rulers are
the Kaiser and his advisors. Thoso ad
visors are selected by him regardless of
tho wishes of the Reichstag. This fact
must bo kept In mind by every one who
wishes to understand the situation.
Such Influence as the Kelchstag may
have on the futuie courso of events will
depend entirely on the violence of any
revolt against the powers that be. Tho
Kaiser Is not likely to challenge revolu
tion, but the war party Is likely to con
tinue Its present course until the re
souices of tho Empire are completely
exhausted or the threat of the overthrow
of the monarchy becomes so serious as
to force a concession to the demands of
the plain people as Its sole chance of
saving the skins of the Junkers.
TWO PHILADELPHIAS
""PHILADELPHIA must not be meas-
tired by tho size of the men at Its
helm," declares John AVanamaker. "Tra
ditions and accomplishments of our city
aro too big to be dominated by any one
or a group of men."
There are two Philadelphia. The his
tory of one of them thrills every citizen.
Tho history of tho other Is a record of
crime and unparalleled debasement of
government. The disgraceful Philadel
phia exists because tho glorious Philadel
phia has washed its hands of it. But we
can't have Siamese twins with the body
of ono teeklng with leprosy and the
other spotlessly clean. The decent Phila
delphia has got to get Into politics and
stay there. Otherwise there will always
be pigmies and thugs "at the helm."
It may be put down as an axiom
that In general sood government means
good business.
Scott Nearlng wants to know who
will represent the United States at the
peace conference. He won't.
Club. W. I P.C.
Cardinals 2 1 .667
Browns 2 1 .667
New York Sun.
"If you see It In the Sun, It's so"!
Having no alibi In eight, the only thing
for Mr. John J. Med raw now to do Is to
repudiate those two "Interviews" with
Mr. Comlskey's young men at Chicago,
New York Herald.
Particularly the second.
Mr. La Follette must have his
rights whether the "United States gets
hers or not. Selfishness brought about
the war, but selfishness is not gdlng to
end It,
It is a good thing the regular elec
tions in Philadelphia and New York come
on the same day. When the thugs are
busy over there they cannot be brought
over here.
The men at Camp Meade expect
to add $50,000 a day to the Liberty Loan
nubseriptjotta. If men getting a dollar
a'ay-cn (Jo that, what should cjrlllans
ffe
fiV&dfta LEDERr-PHILABELjra TUESDife : bOTOER 19?T
REMINISCENCES
OF DR. CONWELL
Stories of Longfellow, Miss Al-
cott and Emerson Hitherto
Unpublished
01"
N A recent visit to Boston Dr. Itusselt
Conwell addressed his old friends
of the Baptist Social Union nnd told some
reminiscences that had never found their
way Into print.
Dr. Conwell told of a memorial service to
Bayard Taylor over which ho was called
upon to preside. In arranging tho program
he asked Oliver Wendell Holmes to writs
a poem on Mr. Taylor and read It at tho
service,
derision.
Dr. .Holmes threw up his foet in
"Me wrlto a funeral poem ! Why, they
would all laugh. But I will tell you what
to do. You go over to Cambridge and see
Longfellow. Tell him I sent you, and ask
him to write a poem on Taylor,' and tell
him If he will I will read It at tho service.
You will never get him to read it. Ho is so
shy." '
So Dr. Conwell wont ocr to tho well
known houso In Cambridge. Ho presented
Dr. Holmos'a card with his own, and was
kindly received. When ho explained his
eirnnd Sir. Longfellow was silent for a
tltno; but finally said ho would not prom
ise, but If tho muso came ho would write a
poem for tho funeral of Mr. Taylor.
After several davs Longfellow sent u
messenger to Doctor Conwell asking him
to come to his house. He went, and tho
aged poet handed him a sheet with tho Ilrst
lines of tho poem on Bayard Taylor, ending
with tho lines-
"In what gardens of delight
Best thy weary feet tonight?"
Ho asked if that was tho Idea he had
In mind, and tho icply was, "They aro tho
Ilnest tines for such an occasion I havo over
seen." Longfellow then walked to tho win
dow and stood looking out silently a long
time. At last ho turned to Mr. Conwell and
said:
"I do not think I can llnlsh It."
"Why? Wo shall be greatly disappointed
If you do not These lines nro fine."
"Well," said Longfellow, "I havo had a
singular eperlence. Do you believe In ap
paritions?" x
Doctor Conwell said that ho thought
sometimes tho sense of tho presence of it
departed friend might bo so strong that
wo might havo tho Impression of an ocular
vision.
"Well," said the poet, "when I was writ
ing, and reached tho last line, tho faco ot
Mary (his first wife) came to mo as plainly
as 1 see yours. 1 do not think 1 can go
on with tho pocra."
Ho was finally persuaded to finish It.
But as a careful reader will sec, and ns
ciltlcs havo oberved, tho rest of the poem
after that line Is of a different spirit.
It was singular to remember, also, that
when Doctor Holmes roso to read tho poem
at tho memorial servlco to Mr Tnylor ho
read as far as tho lines quoted, and stopped
and turned to take his seat. When Doctor
Conwell asked him what was tho matter, he
was deeply agitated, and said, "I do not
understand It. Thero Is a break there.
This Is a different poem "
All felt the solemnity of tho event
James Kut-sell Lowell, who was sitting near
on tho platform, said, "This is tho Sabbath
time." At last Doctor Holmes said, "I will
read tho rest of tho poem." which ho did.
Doctor Conwell told the incident as illus
trating tho pervading presence of tho spirit
of his first wife In ull Mr Longfellow's
poetry. Her tragical and untimely death
left a tinge of melancholy In his whole llfo
and writings.
How Longfellow Mot His First Wife
Doctor Conwell also told the story of tho
way In which Mr. Longfellow became ac
quainted with his first wife, an incident
which does not appear In any ot his biog
raphies. Maty Potter was a daughter of Judge
Potter at Portland, Me When Longfellow
was a student at Bovvdoiti College, at
Brunswick, he and his chum went to a
convention In Portland. They were enter
tained at Judge Potter's house The fam
ily had gone away Into the country In order
that room might be given for the enter
tainment of the delegates to tho conven
tion. Mr. Longfellow was given a room
the appointments of which weie so artisti
cally and appropriately fitted to each other
and their surroundings that his sympathetic
soul was delighted ; and when they were
going back to Brunswick he made a bet
with his chum that if ho should see the
lady who occupied that room anywhere In
the world he could point her out
So the nett Sunday Longfellow and his
chum went batk to Portland, and to the
church tn which Judge Torter worshiped.
When tho Judge came in, followed by his
family, Longfellow pointed to the second
lady in the line, and said-
"That Is she "
The young men were Invited to dinner by
the Judge and Longfellow's Judgment was
found to bo true. So he met Mary Potter,
whose Influence largely molded the caBt of
thought of the great poet. Theirs was a
perfect union. They thought alike; they
loved the same things; their tastes wero
the same They were Ideally happy. When
In after years Longfellow, because ho was
so overrun with curious callers at the
house In Cambridge, was urged to buy a
more retired house out In Concord near
where Thoreau had his llttlo home, lie re
plied: "I do not care to change. But If ever I
should buy another house It would be a
Utile brick house In Portland "
The house where Mary Potter lived.
The Author of "Little Women"
In the course of his newspaper work
Doctor Conwell went out to Concord to In
terview Louisa Alcott He rapped at the
front door of tho old-fashioned house and
some one, whom he took for the maid,
came to the door.
"I'd like to see Miss Alcott," he said.
"Como right In," said she.
"But please take my card to Miss Alcott
Perhaps she will not care to see a news
paper man, and I do not wish to intrude
unless I am welcome."
Throwing a dish towel over her shoulder,
sho said'
"Oh-, come In. I am Miss Alcott."
So he went In, and had a cordial and
pleasant Interview with tho writer who has
so perfectly Interpreted the spirit of girl
hood. As they were talking Mlsa Alcott's
father, the originator of the Concord school
of philosophy, came In the door. Miss Al
cott handed him the dish towel and said:
"Here, father,you go and finish wiping
the dishes. I was not half through, but I
want to talk to this newspaper man."
All really great people are simple, com
mented Doctor Conwell.
When Emerson Laughed
Youne Conwell was sent by Horace Gree
ley to Interview Ralph Waldo Emerson for
the New York Tribune. He was pleasantly
received by Mr. Emerson In his home In
Concord, surrounded by his family, and
was furnished much material. In the
course of the conversation he asked Mr.
Emerson what he laughed at In all the
writing of the Concord philosopher there'
Is not a Joke nc-r even a trace of humor,
Mr. Emerson replied that ho never
laughed.
"Oh, yes. you do, father," cried the fam
ily. "We hear you laughing In the gar
den." "Well," said Mr. Emerson, "I do some
'tlmes laugh at something I read when a
boy, but It Is foolish and not worth put
ting In a paper."
Mr. Conwell said that was Just what he
wanted.
Mr. Emerson then told about an agitated
young man who wrote two letters, one to
his washerwoman and one to his lady love.
He mixed them up, and the Utter Was
very much astonished to receive this let
ten "If yoii ,mu up the bosom ot my heat
IP.fJ? a1H "" neuupff rurtap ti
Tom Daly's Column
T1W FRWND'OF T1W FAMILY
Though I'm a scnilble young man
And not unduly vain,
From them that call mo "Handsome Dan"
You'll know I'm not to plain;
Yet I'll not como Into mv own
Until X'vo seen tho end
Of ono Cornelius ilalone,
Who teas mil father's friend.
"Oh I" remarked tha ancient one,
"Bo you're old rcter Dooleis sunt
Mayhap, 'tis you're the likely lad,
But, troth, 1011 never oe
The man yer father was. Bedadl"
He says, says he.
The store had but a middling trade
When left to me by Pop,
But noto It's growing, and I've made
Adtlltlons to the shop.
Yet each progressive step I've shoivn
I now must needs defend''
Against tho tongue of old Malone,
Who was my father's friend.
"Bo thrade is purty good wid yout
Ah, twlf," says he, "I hope It's thruc;
I pray it still may grow and thrive,
But, Jalx, 'twill navcr be
Like when yer father teas alive,
Bedadl" says lie.
VICIJ PRESIDENT MARSHALL at a
dinner In Sputh Bend, a few years ago,
told us with much prldo of a certain pop
ulous township In Indiana, settled by
Gorman families early In tho last century,
which In nil Its history hud never had u
lawsuit Fcaccablo Germans!
Cnpo Mny County, N. J., It has
always seemed to us, might assay moro
stiango men nnd things than any other
county In this lmmedlato vicinity. Some
day somebody looking for atmosphere for
a book will dig up somo real stuff there.
Ralph D. Palno has scratched the surface
lightly with stories of somo of tho pilot
folk of tho southernmost end, but that's
about all. Tho clam-flsliers on tho bay
sldo aro a prlmltivo lot who haven't
changed much In a hundred years. In
deed, the county scat Is probably a "fin
ished" town. Nothing Is ever added or
subtracted. Although It's on a railroad
main line, within two hours' rldo of
Philadelphia, tho Inhabitants seldom
spend money for transportation.
In tho spring of 1893 business took us
to Cupo May Court House, which put
us in tho way of meeting old Squire
Spauldlng, then a man of seventy odd,
but on active Justlco of tho peace that
is as active ns one could bo In so passive
a community.
"From Philadelphia, uir e?" queried
the old man when we met. "Well, now,
I reckon the town's consld'ablo changed
senco I was thero."
"When were you there. Squire?"
"Oh, I was born there, but I ain't been
In tho town senco M4."
"Yes," put In the Squire's lady, "he
camo down hero for his health In M4, and
ho seen mo und he's been hero ever
since." Some spell the charmer put on
him! The next spring wo got cards to
the old folks' golden wedding.
PIWXUNCIAMENTOS
The German Minister, they say,
Has Just been canned by Uruguay.
Others report the German guy
Has got the sack from Uruguay,
But "Urugu'y" or "Urug'uy" It,
It doesn't matter how you bay It
The Kaiser's chances have gone bloole.
The news would show, in Uruguay.
BAM.
THE MISSUS, who Is always a lady
even when she feels savage, managed
to get the visitor us far as tho vestibule.
But theie sho stuck and began again to
blurb about the set of books she was
trying to sell. Her thin, piping voice
made little headway against the noises
In the street.
"Dear, dear!" she cried, "what vulgar
little hoodlums those boys are out there."
"I can't see them from here," said the
Missus.
"But surely you can hear how they'ro
yelling and carrying on."
"Oh, yes," said the Missus, sweetly,
"but I can't tell whether they're mine or
tho neighbors.' "
Forsuque
An heiress who lived In Dubuque
Was courted und won by a duque,
But tho guy ran away
With her trinkets one day,
A'nd sho had to gb out as a cuque.
FRANK FORD, ol the Arm of New
York engineers (Ford, Bacon & Davis),
which broke Into the llmellf ht recently In
tho Rapid Transit discussion, was some
dresser twenty-odd years ago. He lived
In this town then.'and one Easter Stnday
he blossomed forth in an ultra frock coat
unlike anything anybody had even seen
before. It was ono large .envelope for
sure. When, In the course of the day, he
called at the house ot a retired sea cap
tain downtown who had a number of
pretty daughters, the comical old seadog
Insisted upon his taking off his "over
coat." Mr. Ford blushed and protested,
but the Captain Insisted. Mr. Ford de
clared he couldn't stay more than a few
minutes, and he didn't: and he never
came back. That put the Captain In
wrong with tha girls, for Ford was a
handsome youth.
Just as he Is on the point of embark
ing for France with his regiment, the One
Hundred and Sixty-fifth (formerly the
Slxty-nlnth) New York, Joyce Kilmer's
new book comes from the Doran press. It
is "Main Street and Other Poems," and
there is, perhaps, no other bit In It eo
appropriate to this hour and so alive
with Kilmer's flglitlng spirit than this:
THANKSGIVING
The roar of the world is in my ears.
Thank God for the roar of the world!
Thank God for the mighty tide of fears
Against me always hurledl
Thank God for the bitter and ceaseless
strife,
And sting of Jilt chastening rod!
Thank God for the stress and the pain of
J. Hfo . , . , -
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v Wd-ewss3ra& u". .vseriElS&Hasa '
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Our Principles Worth Any Sac
rifice The Community
Chorus
BENEFITS FORGOT
To the L'ditor of the KvenlngKl,cdger:
Sir It Is generally conceded that no
two brains are constructed alike, our
Creator, in His Infinlto wisdom, seeing fit
to fashion each ono of tho 2,000,000,000
or moro minds In this world moro or loss
differently ono from tho others. Tho in
evitable result Is that human beings form
themselves, almost automatically, into
groups having certain principles und ob
jectives In common, though perhaps dif
fering among themselves as to the method
of their preservation and accomplishments.
Thus, in a time of great International
crisis, such as the present when tho only
possible course Is unreserved loyalty to
one's country, there come Into evidence And
activity certain groups which advance
propaganda of a disloyal, seditious, even
treasonable nature. They perhaps are con.
sctentlously opposed to any participation
whatever in the prosecution of national
strife, even though Its purpose be tho per
manent establishment or preservation ot
a great prlncltle. These people, though
honestly believing their stand Is Justifiable,
aro a thorn In tha Government's Bide and
constitute an obstacle In the path to tho
goal toward which we are all striving. Of
course, the sacrifices will be great, but for
the United States to fall In the successful
prosecutton of tho present war would ba a
great calamity. In other words, the pres
ervation of the principle for which wo ana
our Allies are contending Is wen worm
the mighty effort and sacrifice necessar
for Its accomplishment
Let us Btop to consider what Is a po
litical community, and, having fixed that In
our minds, then reflect upon tho duty each
member thereof owes toward It A political
community, or a state, may be defined as
a society of people, living within certain
described geographical limits, having com
mon rights. Interests or privileges In mat
ters of property, representation and the
like, and mutually dependent upon onu
another for tho necessities of life. It fol
lows that anything which Is a benefit to the
community at large Is a benefit to each ana
every member thereof, and., further, that
the Interest of the entire community or any
part thereof Is superior to a private or In
dividual Interest.
The United States of America Is a po
litical community, iiuuic. bcuciuub, wir
minded, liberty-loving and Jealously watch
ful of Its free Institutions. When affronts
are offered against this great community
and Its free existence Is In Jeopardy, If It
Is to be preserved there are none to stand
by It but Its members, who aro the recip
ients of Us benefits, and every member Is
alike responsible.
The above, I think, shows the fallacy of
the arguments of dissenters from these
views. They enjoy the benefits of living In
an organised community, yet are unwilling
to aid that community, their own bene
factor, when Jn danger, but seek to Justify
themselves by pleading some creed, faith,
grievance, etc.. In order to sidestep the main
Issue In the matter. Such a situation Is
Indeed paradoxical!
May the day soon arrive when war will
h imnosslble : but, when one or more mem
bers of'the family of nations Bees fit willfully
to violate the International law which Is
vital to the welfare of that family, only
one alternative remains open, L e., for the
rest of the world family to punish the
offending member or members, And as long
as this earth Is populated by human be
ings In their present form of body and mind,
punishment In some form Is the only
remedy for offenders against any law. Such
Is the Job of the United States and our
Allies, and may we succeed In doing It
well and speedily 1
KELLER H. GILBERT.
Philadelphia, October 8.
WHY WE FIGHT
To the Editor of the Evtnlng Ledger:
Sir You. editorially, say there are "dis
loyal" member In Congress, Is It not your
auty io puuuan uicir naJncui lou also
State "by December events will have made
H JwppRblefor any on to Interfere with
"LOVE US, LOVE OUR DOG!"
. & '" r- :r. G'-IZZK. Of 'GN . Si'ir'-" i
Will you tell your readers what this
country la fighting for? President Wilson's
message to Congress said It was to pro
tect American lights. Later ho stated the
war was to ovei throw (ho autocracy of
Germany and establish democracy. Now
comes Senator John W. Weeks at tho Re
publican Stato convention, Springfield,
Mass., with the assertion:
We are not fighting to establish democ
racy. It is neither our purpose nor our
right to say to the people of any ountry
that they shall adopt a form of govern
ment not conforming to their wishes."
Can you blamo Senator La Follette or
the people of this country who are beat lug
the burden of the war, and aie-having their
sons drafted, for demanding to know what
we aro fighting for? Dare you publish
this letter? MARY WESCOTT.
Chester, Pa., October 8
A careful reading of the President's
addresses will show that he and Senator
Weeks are In agreement Editor of the
Evening Ledqer,
THE COMMUNITY CHORUS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Unless wo havo power, born of the
Spirit, we cannot effectively wield the
sword General Bell realized this when ho
gave utterance to that remarkable state
ment, "Slngtng men aro fighting men,"
and every soldier In his command will be
encouraged to leant many a song to
strengthen his spirit In our fight for the
world's democracy.
And while tho great war Is being waged
the nation will wait In eager expectancy for
the news of defeat or victory. We must
havo a song tomtit tho need of every oc
casion, and no doubt that Is the reason why
tho community chorus spirit has gained
such a' world-wide Impetus In these last
few months, until theie seems to be an
Immediate prospect of a chain of these
choruses established from coast to coast
to learn the great songs of tho hour.
The National Community Music Associa
tion, organized for tho purpose of co
ordinating theso splendid civic forces. Is
acting as a clearing house for nil Inquiries
pertinent to this work, with the amazing
result that wo find any number of choruses
working along uniform lines, on virtually
the same music, until now it seems near the
time that great annual festivals will be
planned which will be participated In by
thousands In choruses such as have never
been heard or dreamed of, except possibly
by John of old lu his remarkable vision of
times yet to transpire. Thus through such
great unity of endeavor a new conscious
ness already born will now develop Into
a great national spirit.
Philadelphia haH a community chorus
champion in Albert N. Hoxle. During the
summer he has Invited the multitude to
sing Thousands of persons have responded
to his invitation to participate In these
unique song festivals, which have been
held In Hunting Paik. McPherson Square,
Bryn Mawr, Vernon Park und elsewhere.
Mr. Hoxle has also conducted many inspir
ing sings at tho navy yard, and his work
ut the latter place will soon come under
the direction ot the Navy Department Com
mission on Training Camp Activities. The
inauguration of a mighty chorus of those
who have a desire to sing seems to be the
natural outgrowth of the summer's actlv.
Itles and a great response Is expected to
the call that Mr. Hoxle has Issued to those
who have signified their Interest to Join
this effort. J
The first rehearsal of the chorus will be
held tonight In the auditorium of the Free
Public Library, Sixth street and Lehigh
avenue, at 8 o'clock. Miss Anne Mc
Donough. who has also become a national
tauiur in ujd i-ujuinuniiy cnorus move
ment, will be associated with Mr, Hoxle
Classes will be formed for sight singlnc
under her direction, which will put the
work on a constructive basis. Miss Agnes
Clune Qulnlan, recognized as being one of
the most able and efficient accompanists In
the city, will preside at the piano. James
Francis Cooke, well known in musical
circles and editor of the Etude, will call thi
assembly to order and will Introduce Lee P
Hanmer, who has the appointing power of
the directors ot muslo In the army and
navy. Mr, Hanmer will discuss the lm
portant phases of the community chorus
Musical experience is not wholly nec
sary as a qualification for membershlD Th
desire to sing is the main consideration
though doubtless the tnneadSui " nfi
Blasm that seems to pervade in a chorus of
this character will draw many fine jilngera
who will gladly blend their 'voice, with
their earnest neighbors in a united com
munity effort to awake Philadelphia to her
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JWITY
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Define camouflage.
2. Where is Vulimralno'.'
3. What la the kinetic theory of heat?
I. Who were the prr-Raphuellten? ,
0. What wj "the nlsht of th ble wind"?
0. Over what country does Christian X rsU?
."..''""!l.,,l",t percentage of the people of tU
Lulled Mutes ure nesroea?
S. Name the Channel Island,
i r i11?," "' ,'leht-liour day been reracntzed In
lecUlutlon other than the Federal railroad Mil
of last summer?
10. Jn what Mate Is the city of Daiuth?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. KopuTtH'. "peaie terms": Ulmrmbernnt
or Austrla-Ilunitarj- und lurkey and compltt
oterthrow of dermani.
,i' ,I?i'1 ''". raptured the PawwhendMl
rldce, the last renminbis hleh rround that hU
i',et,'. In Pose'-lon of the (iermans harrlns tha
llrltMi from the plain of Ileltium. This Tfetarr
sues the Urltlsh a sreat udtantuce for further?
adiance. '
8. ConsresH appropriated about $31,000,000,000
."'.? 'vlrnonllnary ieii.loiiiv
4. Ilelitrude means "WlilteHflty."
.V.Ia(koji U the capital of .Mhslulppl.
0. Oman Is In xoutheniteru Arabia. Itn Inle
pciidnue Is cuuranteed by Great Britain and
I ranee. It Is .nearly twice as blc a I'ennijl.
jitnla. Ita ruler Is the feultan feeiytd Talmu
bin Ffjsil.
7. The Khedive Is the titular ruler of Knot.
8. ".sanctum sanctorum": The holy of hallM,
Inner alirine of the Jewish temple. Hence, a
very private place, a room from which ererr
"S "Iuoed except the person In possession.
0. Dlnto: A wild er half-dometlcatd Autre
Han dnc,
10. Ilandanna: A handkerchief with a M
or blue cround on which thero aro walla
or jeliow flsuren.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
TN THU year 1736, Mr. Hays, a gentleratq
J-of fortune, In traveling, stopped at n
Inn In Oxfordshire, England, kept by on
Jonathan Bradford. He there met with two
gentlemen with whom he supped, ana In
conversation unguardedly mentioned that ht
had then with him a considerable sum ol
money. Having retired to rest, the two
gentlemen, who slept In a double-bedded
room, were awakened by deep groans In the
adjoining chamber.
They Instantly arose and proceeded si
lently to the room whence the groans wen
heard. Tho door was half open, and on
entering they perceived a person welterlnt
In his blood lu the bed and a man standlM
over him with a dark lantern In one hand
and a knife In the other. They soon dis
covered that the gentleman murdered wj
the one with whom they had supped and
that the man who was standing over him,
was their host.
They instantly seized him. disarmed him
of the knife and charged him with belns
the murderer He positively denied ths
crime, and asserted that he came there with
the same intentions asthemselves ; for that,
hearing a noise, which was succeeded by
groans, he cot un. struck a lleht and armed
himself with a knife In his defense, and il
had but that minute entered the room be- 1
toro mem.
These assertions were of no avail; he
was kept In close custody until the morn
ing, when he was taken before a neighbor
ing justice or the peace, to whom the evi
dence appeared so decisive that, on wrltint
out bis mittimus, he hesitated not to ey.
Mr. Bradford, either you or myself com
mitted this murder."
At the ensuing assizes at Oxford, Bra
ford was tried, convicted and shortly after
executed, still, however, declaring that h
was not guilty of the murder. This after
ward proved to be truei the murder waj
actually committed by Mr. Hays's footman
(., uiiiucuiaieiy on staoDing ms ro'i
rifled his pockets and escaped to his own
room, which was scarcely two seconds be
fore Bradford's entering the chamber. Th
world owes this knowledge to a remorM
of conscience of the footman on his death
bed, eighteen months after the murders
and. dying almost Immediately after h
had made the declaration. Justice lost It"
victim.
It Is, however, remarkable that Bradford
though innocent and not at all privy to th
murder, was, nevertheless, a -murderer In
design. Ha confessed to the clergyman who
attended him after his Bentence that, havlnf
heard that Mr. Hays had a large sum of
moneyi about him. he went to tv chamber
with the same diabolical lntentns as the -E9"!
m 8."w struck with amazement J
turning back tha bnMniv,.. . - him,
K!5 SE,t,!leic!!.he: " his agitation dropped J
imk i. , iT. "V" 01edins body, by whic
2? ,5 ?h.n??. "! talla became stain.
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