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UIAVE WE GOT THE GOODS?
' "Vfc MAN gets more out of life tliiin ho
. puts Into It and no nation ever be
came great except through the upbuild
ing of character, which Is Itself the re-
'fcu'lt of conscious sacrifice and dedication
is
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-,to high Ideals.
' Tills nation has not become the colos
aaus that It Is because Its territory Is rich
'ln natural resources and Us wide latitude
."renders It productive of virtually all
products necessary to the sustenance and
comfort of the human race. Mexico, too,
Is rich n climate and resources, but the
poverty of the masses of Its people Is the
natural outgrowth of the enfeebling self
ishness which has characterized its gov
ernmentnl class.
The Puritan Influence, it la not too
.much to say, made America what" It la
The winning of the West patalleled In
..the necessity for hardship the experience
'pt New England. A sturdy race came
Into being because none but a sturdy
,peopIo could have endured the necessary
Conditions of frontier life.
Wo have heard men complain that the
nation today is too concerned about feed
ing our allies In Europe. We have heard
"linen say that our first duty Is to feed
'ourselves, even hatlate our appetites, be
fere yielding to the war-ridden lands one
Jjushel of wheat or one pound of meat.
s,We have heard other men argue that
they are doing their share when they
spay war tuxes. Their duty is done, they
"aver, When they do what they uie com--pelted
to do.
J To Jericho with such patriots, we
' ay. To Jericho with lickspittles who
. klss the feet of Mammon and have
lost the frontier virtues of their fore-
bears in years of comfort utid luxury.
How men can glut their appetites whllu
children by the thousands starve for
want of bread, how men can cling to dol-
lars when the Hun swaggers through the
chambers of civilization anl fastens his
passion-lighted eyes on the vestals of our
order, is one of the riddles of the era.
May we not humbly thank God that
In numbers such creatures are small,
as small comparatively as they them-
selves are in mental stature, and that
- there still breathe Americans who with
stout hearts bring their all to the altars
of service, with no thought of personal
. fortunes and In the true spirit of icrvice?
They are the true heirs of nation-builders,
tho giants whose deedi shame the time
servers, the profiteers, the dastards and
the contemptible mollycoddles who have
been compelled In this time of stress to
show their colors and take the brand.
It Is, we say, an honor to be permitted
to make sacrifices. It is one of the im
perative processes in nation-building.
The tragedy Into which we 'have been
catapulted is boul-tcsting and nerve
making. Can we run the gantlet? Can
we prove ourselves worthy of Interna
tional leadership? If there are In our
bones and marrow the will nnd the might
to prove our worthiness; if we have, In
fact, the virtues which alone can estab
lish prestige and the right, of captaincy,
then indeed is our future place in the
world fixed and certain, Put no race of
mollycoddles ever dominated anything
for long and no people unwilling to make
kacrl flees ever got anywhere.
" The nation's placo In the world will
depend entirely on what it gives to
the world, and the thing it Is now
asked to give Is security and safety from
the aggression of mighty force that have
been united In a gigantic conspiracy to
overturn the whole system of govern
ment, society and life aswe Ijave known
JJU and 'oa It has been built up through
fc.'s. centuries of toil and suffering.
ARTIST AND ARTISAN
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MIK artist and the artisan are be'ng
broucljt closer together every day.
TThls tendency was at work long before
devastated viprld required Its fulfill-
. Mount. Art urna rtttn( un Hrantfm.1 n ....
Srn-'i - - OV.....U nv hv,.uii u lew
? ' "-h ago that wo can aeo .now that the
WL"5i -imo of tho Cubists and Futurists was
tjy ..., . , . .
T"' aiiHM uiyrai ur u return to
", tor arVs sake" to stop the steady
;nmnt o? practicality. The mere
r wawitedP ihelwet to remain be-
l barrsv-riorRltu- reality.
barriers and the artist now works on the
battlefield.
Camouflage Is no Joke, though the
word has evidently filled a big gap In
our slang vocabulary. A company of
"camoufleurs'1 Is being recruited from tho
ranks of tho Sketch Club by Fred Wngnor,
tho landscape1 artist. Thcr mission Is
to snvo lives, for nothing Is hidden from
tho eye of tho aviator, and even tho guns
must be nrrayed In protective coloring.
This work will be no, loss to the Inspira
tional sldo of painting, for art Is only.
really nllvo when It keeps closely In
touch with tho needs of men.
LOSS OF THE ANTILLES
THE
It Is
loss of the Antilles, lamentable ns
s, emphasizes, nevertheless, the re
markable efficiency nnd skill which have
characterized the transport service of the
United States since Its entrnnco Into tho
war. Great numbers of men nnd enor
mous quantities of supplies have been
spnt to Europe without nny loss worth
speaking of. The Germans hae bren
able to get but one transport, and they
got It on the return voyage. Tho calam
ity is the ilrst of real Importance which
we have suffered. It should solidify
American sentiment more than ever nnd
mean overwhelming support by the na
tion of the second liberty Loan.
THE TAX RATE
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T IS not remurknblo that the city is
facing a tax late of $2 or more
I'toperty owners should bo thankful that
It Is so low.
The city's business is the only business
wo know of In which the buyer nnd the
seller aie ono and the same. When tho
jelty makes a contract with a political
contractor, it Is in fact the contractor
making a contract with himself. He
knows in advance what the specifications
will be, puts In the necessary Jokers to
keep other contractors from bidding, ap
points the city's Inspectors, has the Job
accepted by his own minions In behalf
of the city, dlstilbutes a part of the large
piollts to maintain his political power
and pockets the rest.
Under hucIi a business arrangement It
Is surprising that a tax late of $4 Is not
necessary. People who want to reduce
the cost of living can make a good start
In that direction by putting the afore
said political contractors out of Councils
and keeping them out.
KEEP EVERY .MINE OPEN
TT IS htatcd that a number of tho
-1- hmnller coal mines, and others where
the conditions of mining are extremely
dltllcult, are unable to operate under tho
scale of prices fixed by the Government.
Some have been closed. Every one of
them should be opened again and opened
In a huny. Let the Government lequisi
tlon them duiing tho period of tho war,
paying whatever loyalty to the owners
Is fair and square. Closed coal mines
at such a time as this aie a reflection
on the Intelligence of the nation nnd
the elliclency of the GovcrnmPin. We
neel the coal. It Is In the giound and
ue must get It out.
REFORMING THE SCHOOLS
rpiIEHE is a feiment nt work every-
where for a reform of the public
schools. There are bharp controversies
about methods of study, teachers' pay,
selection of boauls, etc. This city has
been urged by outside experts to get
quickly to the root of things by letting
the people elect their school board, and
so define exactly how they want their
children trained.
When adults aie prepared to go to the
polls and define exactly how they aie to
be governed it will be time for them to
define exactly how their children are to
be trained. People who elected Mr. Smith
Mayor must do penance before they earn
the right to submit their children to the
same kind of masters as they themselves
have been content to obey.
ERA OF THE SOFT DRINK
rpiIE newspapers of the country are be--L
ginning to be filled with advertise
ments of new hoft drinks, most of them
substitutes which look like beer, act like
beer and are beer except for the per
centage of alcoholic content.
AVhat legislation could not do war taxes
and common sense are doing. The day
of the drinker is past. He knows It
and the liquor dealers know It. There is
no room in modern Industry for the
"boozo artist." He blmply does not be
long. So wo are moving slowly Into tho
era of the soft drink, the hoft drink with
foam on It, and It would not be at all
surprising if economic nnd voluntary pro
hibition beat prohibition by legislation to
the finish line.
War bread Is better than no
bread.
Mr. Fluck's enthusiasm for rapid
transit has always been decidedly nega
tive. Mr. Hoover's contention seems toi
bo that the retailers are guilty of whole
sale robbery.
No Christmas presents can reach
the soldiers in France unless they are
mailed by November J3.
Germany
Headline.
fosters Finnish revolt
Germans favor
where except at home.
revolutions every-
Few cities nave the fiJHune of cood
.government thruft upon"Athem New
York World
Philadelphia was one of them six
years ago.
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The Irish question threatens again
to become la big one before Parliament.
This illustrates In a practical way the
truth of the old saying that nothing Is
ever settled until It Is settled 'right.
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The President understands eirarly
that the behavior of the pickets has
nothing whatever to 'do with the prin
ciples underlying woman's suffrage. He
has written a letter, therefore, to urge
that voters In New York bear In mind
the real Issue at stake. Recent events Jn
the Fl(th Ward, for instance, would have
been advanced as an argument ajfalnst
mate surfite) had men not already been
WAR WORK OF
THE QUAKERS
The Philadelphia Commission
for Rehabilitating France Is
Now on the Ground
Uy LOWELL THOMAS
Fpeclal Correapondent of tha llienlnu Leder
In Kurnpe.
noUDEACX, France, Sept. 0 (delayed)
After spending eleen exciting days on tho
Atlantic, full details of which under present
conditions cannot bo described for publica
tion, wo nrrhod here nt 2 o'clock In tho
morning, convoyed by n naval fleet of de
stroyers and also an aerial fleet.
The fcarfulness nnd ncrousncss of the
GOB pabscngers aboard reached Its max
imum tension Immediately upon our entry
Into tho danger zone throe days out from
thp French coast.
On Friday night nt 8 o'clock word was
received that two lilg Spanish freighters'
had been sunk Just a few miles ahead of
uS by three submarine', nnd a few hours
later, shortly before wc left tho open rca
and entered tho mouth of tho Glrondo
niver, wo wero chased by the sanio fleet of
U-boats. They were sighted hy the double
watch In the crow's pest, nnd signals were
flashed to tho captain on tho bridge, who
In turn notified tho gun crews fore nnd
aft
'Our boat Immediately Mccrrd from tlie
regular course? zigzagging under full
stcatn In the general direction toward the
Spanish coast. Fortunately, within hntf
an hour after sighting the wolves of the
sea two French torpedoboat destroyers
appeared over tho horizon, approximately
tweho miles off our port side, coming to
our rescue.
Convoyed by Airships
Almost simultaneously two more de
stroyers appeared off tho starboard. Ten
minutes later two French airplanes and
a dlrlglblo seemingly dropped out of a
clear sky. circled tho ship and proceeded
to scour tho sea to tho south, and tho sub
marines disappeared anil we never saw
them thereafter
Tho alarm had been sounded by the
captain by three blasts of tho whistle, and
as u result of the dally drills we had been
compelled to go through all on board as
sembled at their tespectlve stations with
life-preservers adjusted.
The lifeboats wcro swung out and tho
passengers waited feverishly, but In good
order, for the final signal to abandon tho
ship. Dining the prelous houis the pas
sengers had seen fragments of the sunken
freighters and inanj life-preservers float
ing on tho surface near our couise.
Sevcr.il of tho crew manning tho gun aft
reported having seen what looked like two
corpses hound or hanging In death grasp
to a roi, attached to a floating pleco of
wreckage Ono hour later tho steamship
was piloted through the submarine nets at
the mouth of the river, and word was sent
down by the captain that nil danger was
past.
Several Important Mov eminent missions
orosid with us, as well ns many distin
guished persons on Individual missions. On
their way to fight with the Allies near
Monastlr. Serbia, weie 100 Aimeulan sol
diers The American Red Cross Commis
sion to Serbia, a special nntl-alrcraft com
mission, tho first American Woman's Can
teen Corp.. sl.t;i motor-ambulance volun
teers assigned to tho command nt the
French front, a V M. C. A inniinisslon
and a Quaker volunteer reconstruction
corps were among tho more Important largo
units on buurd
Among the prominent persons aboard
were Winston Churchill, tho novelist; Col
onel Webb C. Ha.ves. son of former Presi
dent Itutherford B Hayes, and Captain i
uurton Smith, brother of Senator Hoko
Smith, of Georgia.
The commission consisting of Major
Stoddard, Captain Wilder and Lieutenant
Ward, of the Veteran Corps of Artillery,
known ns the New York Antl-Alrcpift Ar
tillery, which made tho voyage with us, Is
going to France nnd England to study
and report to the United States Govern
ment methods and equipment used over
here -In anti-aircraft artillery fighting.
American Cities Must Be Guarded
"Tho science of nntl-alrcraft artillery."
Major Stoddard Informs me, "Is In Its In
fancy, and not only Is bucIi artillery de
fense needed for all of the cities In tho
United States within reach of seaplane
attack, but It Is needed back of the trenches
In overy spot where men or material are
gathered and where damago may be done
by bombs dropped from tho air
"Aircraft now accompany charges of
troops and'iweep the enemy trenches with
machine guns. Airplanes aro being made
larger, and, like tho British tanks, will
soon be lmperv lous to machine gunfire.
"Anti-aircraft guns In large numbers
will be needed in the United States in
every place where materlnl military dam
age can be done by the planes of the
enemy."
Tho first American Woman's Canteen
Unit, en route to the French front, was
on board, nnd consisted of seven wealthy
society women who have volunteered to
aid In meeting the needs of the French
army for canteen service behind the firing
line.
Within tho next two vvceU.i there will bo
fifty more women volunteers from Amer
ica sent over to re-enforce this ploneetaunlt.
Three different kinds of canteen service
are planned railroad canteen huts, where
refreshments will be furnished to the sol
diers ns they pass through the villages to
the firing line , permanent station canteen
units, to render a like service at the firing
'line, and canteens at permanent training
camps, to distribute refreshments and
furnish amusements, such as motion - pic
ture shows, games and musical entertain
ment, during the twenty-four hours of spe
cial furlough given to the soldiers at tho
front. ,
A unique commission. In charge of Jo
seph Haines, of Philadelphia, was the
Quaker Unit. This unit has been recog
nized by the American Red Cross and Is
the civilian branch of the Society of
Friends In America, which has Its head
quarters In Philadelphia. The volunteer
members of the commission have taken the
lioaltlon that while they oppose warfare
as such, they are willing to do their mer
ciful "bit," now that the United States has
Joined the Allies. In addition to doing
actual rtconstructlon work In the devas
tated actions of France and putting up
portable houses for tho homeless French,
they purpose to teach farming and do so
cinl work among the destitute population
uf the Invaded regions
Winston Churchill, the novelist, in reply
to questions which I asked him concerning
the purpose of his trip, said:
"I am going over to observe conditions
relative to the changes In tho social fabric
vvnlch the war has brought about In Eng-
land.
'The people of America and of the Brit
ish Empire have the same traditions and
nuld In common the same democratic prin
ciples. In spite of differences In the past
with British Governments, we share with
this empire common alms In civilization,
and I have long been of the opinion that
the time must come when a permanent en
tente would ensue.
"The war .has brought about the occa
sion. Within both nations n self-realization
proce s Is at work that will bring
the Governments of each under more direct
control of tho people, and It la Important
nnt the people should be Interpreted one
to anotner
"During the last summer I have been
la Washington doing some work for the
Navy Department, and I have undertaken
informally to continue the work on this
side. The department offered to send me
over on a . transport, but I hM already
utKen piBHuxo on yus bimsmt sag pre
Tom Daly's Column
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BLOTS
I know I shouldn't do it
And matbe vou tWH think
That I would surely rue U
If Teacher only knew It
Hut though I shouldn't do it
I love to spill the Ink.
It is a sillu caper
You probably uHll think
Hut then my blowing paper
Will drink it up like vapor ' '
And that's so queer a caper
I love to spill the ink.
If vou possessed a blotter
That's fine and new I think
You too would be a plotter
As hot or maybe hotter
To operate your blotter
And watch it drink the ink.
THOMAS KILBY SMITH'S now book,
"The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,"
which will bo duly reviewed by our. own
dear paper's very efficient literary editor,
contains many good points which, we're
quite sure, will not escape lilin. Curious
ly enough, tho ono thing about tho. book
that Jumped out nnd hit us hardest In
tho eye was an errbr in a Itand McNally
map used as an Insert. Strange that tho
word "BInghampton" printed In small
type on a map should behave so, but it
did.
But stranger still, when we picked up,
a moment or two later, "Bryant's Library
of Poetry nnd Song," tho first thing wo
saw was an allusion to "a BInghampton
newspaper."
For a long time and this was many
years ago thero was a feud on between
the postmaster of Blnghamton and the
same olllciul nt Buffalo over that very
thing. Tho Buffalo P. M. had been ad
dressing u package of mall to "BIng
hampton, N. Y" although the Blngham
ton P. M. had protested, explaining that
tho town was named for William Bing
ham nnd tho "p" didn't belong In it at
all. But tho Buffalo man was a stubborn
rascal ami persisted. "If you don't quit,"
ha Blnghamton, "I'll put a 'p' In Buf
falo." "Can't be done," Buffalo sasses
back. Thereupon Blnghamton began
sending things to "Postmaster, Buffalop,
N. Y ," nnd presently Buffalo beHavcd.
Pittsburgh's pet peeve used to be the
elision of the final "h" from the town's
title by out-of-town folks, but of Into
years tho natives themselves nppear to be
slipping. Onlv the other day we noted
tho altch-lcss Pittsburg upon the station
ery of tho Byron W. King School of that
town, and who dare Impeach the King's
English?
Help!
We'ie busv getting ready
To take a little cruise.
Pray don't expect to sec us back
Until you hear good news.
We're filled with grit and courage,
Weil soon be on the wing.
Then watch the lads of U. S. A.
Get In the fighting ring.
We're not Just fond of hardtack
Nor pining for a tour,
But duty bids us go subdue
A bad and vicious boor
So while we'ro up and doing,
Don't sit around and moan ;
But for tho Fake of Liberty
Help swell the needed Loan.
C. Y. KKAZIER.
THIS STORY comes Into our circumam
bient atmosphere direct from Erance's.
A convalescent soldier, Irish, of course,
vvns about to leave the hospital where ho
had been most kindly treated. He was
overflowing with gratitude nnd, said ho
to his nurse:
"I can't thank ye, ma'am, ye've been
that kind. But this I will say, ye're a
fallen angel If over thero was wan."
WILLIAM JIARION REEDY', editor of
the St. Louis Mirror, knows his town ns no
one else, does. Doubtless he knows the
full name nnd address of the foxy lady
of whom he tells this story: "She didn't
mean to stay In the store more than fif
teen minutes but such bargains! And
when she emerged from the emporium
a copper was seated In her automobile.
If she were fined for protracted parking,
what would the bargains profit? But she
wus a woman. Sho passed tho automo
bile and boarded a street car for home.
Half an hour later she telephoned police
headquarters. My auto has been stolen,'
she said, describing It. 'Why, we have
that machine here,' said the mere man.
'The thief abandoned it In front of a de
partment store. Shall we send It out?' "
OVER the wire, yesterday morning, ri
valing the gorgeous coloring of the Inter
vening forests, flashed tho news from
Greensburg, Indiana, that Herbert Greene
and Delia Redd had Just been married
there with Henry Black as a witness.
HERE'S something or other by Carl
Sandburg:
LIMITED
,1 am riding on a limited express, one of
the crack trains of tho nation,
Hurtling across the prairie Into blue hazo
and dark tlr go fifteen all-steel
coaches holding a thousand people.
(All the coaches Bhall be scrap and rust,
and all the men and women laughing
In the diners and the sleepers shall
pass to ashes.)
I ask a man in the smoker where ho U
going and ho answers, "Omaha."
"That poem," sez Amy Lowell, "seems
to nje to bo little short of magnificent,"
OPTIMISM probably has among Its
archive's u record of the man who actu
ally spent real sure enough money to ad
vertise for a lost umbrella, but this, lifted
from a column of classified ads, deserves
48-polnt display somewhere:
JJECJIANIC'8 FAMILY In tha country will
gratefully accent sift of covered carrlaa; two
aata, ona Itore. Addreaa , '
The address, is left blank, necessarily.
but any penevoient inquirer raiy nf I
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ALL THE EXCITEMENT ISN'T IN THE TRENCHES
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REP CROSS MEN
TO MAKE A TOUR
Will Tell People of Work Accom
plished Comment on Cur
rent Topics
WORK -OF THE RED CROSS
To tha Editor of the Evcnlnp Ledger:
Sir Tho Red Cross War Council an
nounces that at Its request Henry P. Davi
son, chairman, and Harvey D. Gibson, gen
eral manager of tho American Red Cross,
will, beginning at St. Louis on October 22,
undertake a tour through tho West.
With th division of tho United States
into thirteen districts, each headed by a
successful business man serving this country
through the Red Cross during the war, tho
Red Cross commissions, made up of com
petent and sympathetic American citizens,
have now arrlved,and are at work on behalf
of the American Red Cross In France, Great
Britain, Russia, Italy, Rumania and Serbia.
Collections to the war fund of the Red
Cross up to October 1 amounted to $64,
42"4, 232.90, of which fG,2C0. 560.57 has been
refunded to chapters to provide for their
own Red Cross activities. Up to that time
the war council had appropriated from the
war fund $25,090,870.4,
The Red Cross membership has" Just be
come more than 4,000,000. Included In that
membership are hundreds of thousands of
American women who aie knitting, making
surgical dressings and comfort kits.
The Red Cross War Council is seeking to
render an account of Its stewardship to tho
American people In the most effective man
ner possible. It is giving frequent an
nouncements of Its activities, and every fact
concerning t,he work of tho Red Cross is
available to everybody. We now wish to
go a Btep further and give a detailed ac
count of our stewardship, as well as advise
with Red Cross workers and supporters
throughout tho country as to Red Cross
policy and methods. We have felt that this
would beBt be done by appearing face to
face before audiences and representative
citizens, telling tho Red Coss story, an
swering questions and ourselves gaining a
more complete knowledge of publlo senti
ment, "We are extremely anxious tthat the peo
ple at .large should be fully Informed as
to the methods and policies adopted In
pandllng the great fund with which tho
Red Cross War Council has been Intrusted,
nnd also that all policies and activities of
tho Red Cross should be In accord with a
fully Informed public sentiment.
The purpose of. this trip is not to solicit
subscriptions or to tako collections, al
though we expect to give to the American
people the latest advice we have received as
to conditions In France, Russia, ..Rumania,
Italy and Serbia.
Our reports Indicate that the American
Red Cross has an opportunity to lend a
helping hand and to carry a practical mes
sage of cheer to suffering humanity such
as no philanthropic undertaking In the his
tory of the work has ever had before.
Accompanying Mr. DavisQirund Mr. Gibson
on this trip wlll.be the Rev. Robert Davis,
of Englewood, N. J., who has Just returned
from France, havlpg gone to Paris with the
American Red Cross commission In May.
AMERICAN RED CROSS.
Philadelphia, October 19.
GERMAN AND RUSSIAN JEWS '
To the'Rditor of the livening Ledger:
Sir I have Inquired to discover If Mr.
Ike Deutsch, who has figured so promi
nently In the Fifth Ward case of your city,
Is of Russian Jewish parentage. I find that
he Is not: my Informant (a Yiddish Phlla
delphla newspaper) tells me he la of German
Jewish ancestry.
It Is hard enough for the Russian Jew to
live through tne aarn years of foreign
lands, where he Is oppressed. His Is a life
of sorrow and of tragedy. When he does
come to the American slum he Is taught
and led by the lowest types of men.
It does not matter whether Mr, Deutsch
la German or Russian, The German Jew
forty years ago carried a peddler's sack
as does the Russian now He was poor,
as is the nusslan n5w. Only then our
stums were smaller; there were not over
whelming 'riBoencea aialnat him.
Yet with aWhls superior av4vantMal,
U-W.pot's ftR.
comes from a "Fifth Ward" In many a
Russian city.
The Russian Jew Is tho dreamer, the
artist; he is often now tho shrewd business
man, of value to his city and land.
America has been so wonderful to the
Russian Jews don't let us "go back on
them." a JEW.
Pittsburgh, October 18.
INEXPLICABLE
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger.
Sir Will the Evenino Ledgeu through
Its "Voice of the Peoplo" endeavor to ex
plain the reason for Senators' and Con
gressmen's Incomes being untaxed, while
our army and navy officers, who aro giving
their lives for their country, should not
only have tholr Incomes taxed, but tho rail
road faro which Is allowed them by the
Government when thoy aro transferred
from post to post Included In their Incomes
and also taxed? This seems so unfair as
to bo almost unbelievable. Can nothing
bo done whereby all may contribute their
share of the tax? Why should those who
help make tho laws not have to abide by
them? s. R.
Lebanon, Pa., October 19.
COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC
Philadelphia Orchestra Interprets At
tractive French, Belgian, Hun
garian and Bohemian Works
The cosmopolitan toleranca of art was
strikingly revealed at he Philadelphia
Orchestra's concert yesterday afternoon
In tho Academy of Music. French, Bel
gian, Bohemian and Hungarian composers
were represented on an admirably bal
anced program. The soloist was a Ger
man. Midway in the concert Mr. Sto
kowskl directed a performance of "Tho
Star Spangled Banner." Oddly enough
tho national anthem was played Immedi
ately after the Teutonic pianist had left
the stage !
This virtuoso was Carl Frledberg. who
has been touring America since tho be
ginning of tho Europenn war. He is an
experienced? performer, sound" in tech
nique, artistically sincere and void of af
fectation. His personality, however, seems
emphatically deficient In magnetism and
In view of this sobriety -of temperament
It wns rather curious to find that he had
selected so poetic a composition as Cesar
Franck's "Symphonic Variations" and
Liszt's tempestuous Concerto No. 1 in E
flat major as works wherein to display
his talents.
In less emotional music than the great
Hungarian Abbe's superb achievement It
Is possible that the correct and evidently
scholastic Herr Frledberg might find a
metier, As It was. his Interpretation of
the eloquent concerto, with Its passionate
coloring suggestive of both the "Preludes"
and the deathless "Tasso," proved un
happily lacking In inspirational fire. The
majestla splendor of Liszt Is not often so
obscured by those seeking to express him
through the keyboard.
The Franck variations, which have
much the same mystical charm as the
gifted Belgian's D minor symphony, were
enhanced by little of the delicate poetic
fervor which a sympathetic reading of
this lovely work entails. Few emotions
were stirred by Herr Frledberg's rendition.
He was courteously applauded but with
out especial enthusiasm.
Mr. Stokowskl's most meritorious contri
bution to the afternoon! was his clear and
sympathetic presentation of tha Dvorak
symphony "From the New World." The
work is as popular as it is familiar. The
Bohemian composer's translation of phrases
of negro melody into the symphonic idiom
haunt the memory. This Is particularly
true of the largo, Joyously received by an
audience that plainly recognized the ob
vious simple themes. The movement was
admirably given, delicately, appreciatively,
and with taste that avoided the oversentl
mentality which Is ever a'pltfali confronting
treatment of this score.
The C,harpentler number, the colorful
and subjective "Impressions of Italy," char
acterized by the rich "atmospheric" qualities-
of "Louise," eecmtjl to have been In
"sufficiently rehearsed, Tho performance
was ragged, the horns, frequently faulty
and a lack of polyphonic clarity was notably
evident In the spirited movement music de
pleting the rapturous romance of Naples.
The work Is no novelty to the Philadelphia
Orchestra, which has several times sug
gested Its vividness with far finer art than
wa revealed yesterday. Charm In. musical,
lBtrrfonl an elusive Uluj, Mr,. Sto
IX ono Ma It ' But tan
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. About hour many holders of Federal offltn,
cluanultd, nre there In tha cltll irrtln
or Hie United Hftr? f
2. Name the Inncrmt and aeeond larceit rallnti
terminal, In point of atreare, In Ihi
world.
3. Vthnt rountrlea ore the greatest prodomi
of wlnea?
4. Are the national parties, Repabllcaa and
Democratic, committed on tha object if
woman sulTrnre? ,
5. Who wis ".Mad Anthony" Warn?
0. Where la Nlterln?
7. A certain kind of bottle la known ai a
carboy. Describe It.
8. When n aubstnnce la said to be "aiilileJ."
what rrortNH haa occurred?
0. What la u veneer?
10. Vthat la meant by the "drrsslnz" of a slip!
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
1. Franklin K. Lane, Secretory of the Interior.
2. Mont striking: achievement of rallroadit crtit
Increase of frrltiit carried without la
create of equipment
3. Great Ilrltaln pommcisc Yukon Territory.
4. Denmark'a irrudee: the annexation of SeUat-
vrU-IIolsteln by (lermuny.
t. The Nihilist movement In KussU (fraa.tbt
Latin "nihil," nothlnc) naa a reiolotlon-
nry attack on all rellilout, lOTernmenUI,
artistic nnd scientific conceptions, bat ill
most tnnclble aim waa the overthrow, ef
tho autocracy.
0. Docos from "Dleto." the name vthlck
ninny Spaniard bore In EUiabethaa time.
und which came to be used as a term sf
contempt for folk of Latin races.
7. A sycophant: a flatterer, a toady, a paratltt).
H. "Lane ayne"t In the old days. Literally,
In Hcoteli. "lour since."
0. Great Lakes. Superior, Michigan, liana,
Ontario and Erie,
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Decalogue: the Ten Commandments.
ESTHONIA
LYING to the north of the Gulf of Riga and
1 south of tho Gulf of Finland, the Rus
sian Baltic province of Esthonla Is In th
path of Germany's northeastward advance
upon Petrograd, following tho fall of Rhja,
says a war geography bulletin Issued by tha
National Geographic Society from Its Wash
ington headquarters.
A low-lying territory, rising at no point
higher than BOO feet above sea level, K
thonla on the mainland Is about equal
in size to the combined areas of Delaware
and Connecticut, with an additional 509
square miles In islands off Its coast. Nearly
one-fourth of the province is covered with
lakes or marshes and only about oneaixU
of it is under cultivation, yet agrlcultura
Is pursued here In a more scientific man
ner than In any other section of Russia.
the chief products of the soil being eats,
barley, r'ye. potatoes and quantities ot
vegetables. .
Un to 1878 more than one-half the lane
wns owned and farmed by tho noblllVi
chiefly of German descent, while only about
G per cent of the farms were owned by w
peasant and middle classes. During
last quarter of a century-, however, tntrt
has been a marked Increase In the """'
of peasant proprietors, the class having ac
quired In that length of time nearly "
a million acres of land. .
Nearly two-fifths of Esthonla is W
and pasture land, while one-fifth Is
Cattle breeding, therefore. Is an ImP"1",
source of wealth for the province, and w
exports of meat and butter are constant!
Increasing. ... ...
Among Esthonla's chief Industries
dlstllftrles. cotton, woolen, flour and PI
mills, while the anchovy fisheries on v
Gulf of Finland coast are Important
While the members of the Oerman nobu
lty residing In Esthonla have for y"
been the most Important element of
province's population, Dom iron. -" . J
point of wealth and of government oontrei. m
the Esthonlans, a raca clowly relatea i m
i. . , ., nii mnnv traces & M
their Mongolian descent, cons "
than four-fifths of the half million popu-
Esthonla Is crossed by a railway from
Petrograd to Jteval. the chief city
port of the province. There ,f 'JI",
lines running westward and wutbsVMO. w
former to Baltic porta and the '"J",
o insj auuwu -vi-a ,. ,..- -- . j
Etthoula la th Nat-ova.- wlie umr " -j
rW M ft ertbwar Into W
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