"?3 t EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER '23, 1917 wV "-i- P. ' t t -a rW lining fAgga WEiigcr i Elf' fUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRUS II. K OUriTIS. Piisidckt f?1uhrlM Tf. T.tnltffivtAti. Vti. PpMntt iAhn ' arxinf uerreurr ana jreasureri rniun m. ffsll'n. John II. Wlltlsms, John J. Bpurreon, 'f. ll. Whaler. Directors. EOITOntAL BOAn51 Ctiua It. K. Cchtis, chairman. jT. H. "WKALET Editor JOHN C. MATtTIN'..C)inera! Business Manager , Published dally f. rcnt.io l.r.rizn nulldlnsr, . Independence Square Philadelphia, ...., ... -... ..v.., ... . ........., -..., latwis Citstiut.. ..Broad and Cluatnut Streets ATUXTta CITX PrttfUnlon nulldin RtwIoK.,,, 100 Metropolitan Tower UKTabiT. ..... 401 Kord nulldlng- Rt. Lnna..., inoa-Fullerton nulldlng- Cuic.oo ..1202 Tribune Bulldlnc news BurtE-vust WASntvaTox nrKiic. Wars BulMInc Niw Tunic Ulre.u Tho Timet BulWlnit IVnpox Itraaiti. ., ..Marconi House, strand Pahs Bissau 83 -tue I,ouIs Is Grand acBscniPTiON terms . Th Etrvivn I.rrxir.n la nerval to subscribers In Philadelphia, and surrounding towns at tho rata of twelve (12) tents per week, parable eo in carrier. Br mall to point outld of Philadelphia, In tho United Plates. Canada or United States pos sessions, posts- free, fifty (SO) cent per month. Six (to) dollars per year, payable In Advance. To all foreign countries ona (il) dollar per month. Notics Subscribers wlihlnc address changed must (Ira old as well as new address. BELL. JOM WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN JOOO Bt.tifrtrrev dff eommunlcrtttmv tt F.vfnlng Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. xxrexiD jit Tnr. rmnnrLrnu rns-rorrici: as tiru.l-CLAS UAIL UATTEB rbil.drlr.hl.. Tuf.J.y. Ortobrr 23, 1917 ENLISTMENTS AGAINST THE LOCAL HUN w TK HOLD no brief for Senator Ten- rose, and our hostility to many of his political concepts anil practices Is well known. The reasons which he elves for bolting tho pseudorRepubllcan ticket arc convincingly similar to those advanced by this newspaper when. In 1914, It declined to Indorse him for re-election, although sup porting the test of the Republican ticket. We averred then that the candidacy of Senator Penrose was u moral issue. That Is the Issue now In Philadelphia. We have, on the other hand, r.evcr sub scribed to tho theory that "tainted" money is bad money for a "heritable In stitution to accept. Dirty money for clean purposes Is better than dirty money for dirty purposes. It can bo laundered In the machinery of trufllc and be redeemed In the process of Its expendi ture. The crimes of Coiutantlne did not prevent his victorious armies from i hint ing the Cross above the symbols of pagun Ism at the Eosphorus, and many h devil has turned saint since In (Jalllec devils first weie driven out of the human habi tation. In the perpetuation of the union of these States Lincoln did not hesitate to use all Instruments conducive to success In his great enterprise, what ever their political antecedents, provided only the sincerity of their devotion to this one purpose was hure. Senator Penrose Is not anathema In tho councils of good government. If he Is ready t- take his stand behind candidates of superior merit. If he Is willing to accept tho Ideals for which the Town Meeting party stunds, If he Is determined to dedicrte his. Influence to a conjlstent and persistent effort to drive out of power the lncomrctcnts now In control of the -lty, (hen, xve say, let his assistance be accepted and his author ity be utilized In the achlevemeit of these good purposes. We shou' ' welcome a repudiation of the murder ticket by tho Vares themselves and their support of the Town Meeting candidates. It is said that the devil when sick yearns to be a monk. It Is asserted that tho Senator Is a convert to the cause of good government because his fences have been leveled and his leadership is Im periled. We do not know about that. He seems to have put the Vares down for the count whenever they have aspired to extend their domain. He whipped them In the presidential primaries and he stripped them in the organization of the last Legislature. They gnawed a way into his pantiy in Philadelphia, but they did not know how to behave when they got there. They squeal because they walked open-eyed Into what they call a tiap. , Senator Vare states that the object of the Town Meeting party Is to sell out the. city In transit matters. As Mr. Vare's hand-picked candidate Cor Mayor, Thomas 13. Smith, appointed a Director of City Transit who was selected Dy the P. It. T as this same Mayor Smith threw transit Into politics, tiled to curtail the comprehensive plan, offeied a lease which was later acknowledged to have been a red herring, spent his time trying to moke political capital for himself out of the herculean efforts and work of an . other citizen and finally offered the com- -"- munity a" lease which his representatives boldly averred contained no guarantees of P. It. T. dividends, although it did, In fact, do Just that thing and proposed further the ultimate compulsory purchase of the company's property, the funds to be c '.raised by compelling riders to pay higher .fares, we surmise that few citizens &jwUl be fooled by the Vare cry. It Is be- V sinning to be apparent that the inter ' Jopers In transit matters are babes In the Wood, to be charitable, and the true In terests of the community are best safe. ' " mj.hImI hv ,,ia .yrnrt lvtii frtnr.l.wrA if. a teiinslt program and has spent-his time ttinl mon,iy In protecting It in all Its Matures against the harassing and de- ctlve. attacks of Ignorant or short- Vlrtoned tinkers. We take the liberty of Wanting out that when this newspaper imbwrseMf a transit lease, no matter who wt-lta) l, that lease will be at least SB jfti- M good, afjd Probably better than prin ciples of a good lease have been re peatedly noted In our columns. Wo surmise, too, that buslnessllko letting of contracts will reduce the cost of rapid transit construction work some llftccn or twenty millions below tho present estimates of tho department. It Is u good thing for tho city If one faction can he used to end the pro tensions of the other faction. It Is a good thing If conscientious citizens can cast the deciding vote In municipal elections through the disunion of tho factions. That Is how Philadelphia elected nianken. burg. Decency might have a hard time reasserting Itself if tho factions wero al lied now in tho carnival of thuggery which has been under way. Fortunately, they aro not allied. AVo need not bo concerned about tho question of regularity. It Is better to bo a regular citizen than to bo n. regular partisan. Men who have disgraced Re publicanism cannot masqucrado nn longer tinder tho fold of Its banner. The eyes of tho people nre open and they can seo beneath tho subterfuge. Tho cards nt last arc nil on the table where every man can seo them. The election should result In tho overwhelming tc pudlatlon of tye Mayor, his faction and till of his associates. They hnvo had their chanco und they have proved what they arc. Wo want no more of them. When we have eliminated this Imme diate crowd of polltlcs-for-prollt adven turers, wo can crack the heads of any other prolltecrs who dare expose them selves. THE EVE OF "LIBERTY DAY" THIS Is Liberty Kve. On Liberty Day, tomorrow, there must go forth such a response to the Government's appeal for financial support as will bo heard In tho very heai t of Central Uuropc. Suffering, half-bcatcn, discontented Ger many has Jiibt raised another loan, nomi nally amounting to $3,107,500,000, but In reality less than $1,500,000,000, owing to depreciation of tho German mark. Tho Kaiser nnd his people ntc merely swap ping iriedecmable paper for labor and matciial. Hut the labor and material are forthcoming and tho bulk of the, German people think they are lending real money. Flimsy as may be the evidence, the Kaiser is able to point to it ns proof of loyalty. This Is not merely an Interesting fact. It Is a terrible truth. It means that there aro enough people In Germany, discon tented though many of them may be, to suppoit tho autocracy In a war to a finish. It means that. If the German peo ple maintain their present spirit, buoyed up by the pause which winter will give to the Flanders fighting, the United States will have to glvo as great a war effort and bacrlHce as any belligerent has given and face the strain throughout net year and pel haps until lato In 1919. The time has gone by for talking of our "learning by degrees that wo aro nt war." It Is time now for instant conver sion to patriotism. We must bo born anew tomonow in one natlon-wido rush to the colors. Lvery one must buy a bond. Wo have come to the parting of tho ways. Tomonow night wo must be assured that wo have chosen the light path. CHURCHILL'S FORESIGHT fTlHIi English are "an Incurably political - people," our correspondent tells us. It Is not surprising that successful German air raids are stirring up the sense of pattlsanshlp, because our cousins aro wont to blamo everything on "tho Gov ernment," fiom the refusal of a postage stamp to "htlck" to an unavoidable calamity. Winston Churchill, Imaginative Anglo American, Is said to bo eager to use air-raid discontent to put himself nt the head of a strong party. Churchill always has his ear to the ground and he knows there is something deeper than any mili tary or aerial policy at tho bottom of the political ferment at work In Britain, It Is labor, with a new feelf-consclousncss, determined to keep the higher standard of living which munitions work has given It, that Churchill sees as the babis for reform. As Minister of Munitions ho Is giving labor pretty much what It wants, even at tho risk of some slight diminution of- the output of shells. For many decades tho condition of tho poor In Kngland had been one of the wonders of the world. How a nation could be so great and yet have m largo a "submerged tenth" seemed Impossible to explain. The new leaders In Eng land won't havo to explain It. They will have to explain how such condition's are to be prevented from ever returning. A clean administration would give us clean stiects. There Is talk of having a tree for every Governor In front of tho Capitol at Harrlsburg. Plant a weeping willow there Immediately. It would bo much Kifer for many of us If some of the suburban hunters, who look moie picturewiuo than practical, would turn their energies to running down a few Bodies. Don't spoil a "fellerV holiday, nnd bear this in mind: If you put less sugar In your correo and tea nnd cat less cako there will be moie candy for the kiddles on Christmas. It's a safe bet that these alleged Americans who have packed their cel lars with cnougii food for two years and given much uld in forcing up to prices haven't attempted to store up Liberty Bonds in the same fashion. A school teacher ought not to ex. pect to receive a living salary. Tradition is against It, and all a teacher does, any. way. Is to train human minds, lay the foundation for character and assure what, ever good citizenship there may here after be In the nation. School teachers seem to forget that it Is to the Interest of some powerful people to have poor, not good, citizens, wherefore teachers are' jnHaw' qc ireuM, TEACHING PUPILS HOW TO STUDY Superintendent Mnrtin Describes Workings of Six-IIour- Day System By A. S. MARTIN Superintendent of Schools, Norrlstonn, Ta. IX AN article In the Kvekino Ledof.k recently I described tho Six-Hour School Pay nnd Directed Study as a rational ad justment to gnln the modern end of edu cation preparation to live In a real world. The system had Its Inception at Norrlstown about flvo jenrs ago nnd ns a result has since been adopted In many cities. Tho real problem of tho new plnn was to train the teachers to teach the students. After observation and a frnnk discussion of tho subject with the high school teachers each tcniiier was furnished tho followlnfe posltho criticisms on directed study nnd the recitation: Two things nre essential In training the student In school He must gnln Impres sions and he must acquire the habit to express Intelligently the Impressions gained. During the study period th student learns how to gain Impressions through his own Initiative nnd acquires the habit of f-elf-help and direction Tho recitation offers an opportunity for self-exprclon Il lected study will train the student to gain habits of systematic Industry and concen trated self-help with a minimum amount of time nnd cffoit. .During this period the teacher will devote Jicr entire time to the qulot direction of the tdudy of the students j Mic will not study her own lessons nor will she uso the tlmo for marking papers. Spvcral things nro necessary for effective study. The physical conditions of tho room must be conducive to good health ; ap paratus, books nnd pupplle hhoultl bo con venient nnd In orderly arrangement The teacher's motlo ought to be to Inspire the student with a delro for vigorous study, and work nftcr tho class has changed should begin without delay There should be no spasmodic or trivial announce ments bv the teacher during tho study period. liaising the hand and waiting for assistance are n waste of time. When a student needi supplies he ought to know where to get thorn and hnw to get them without disturbing the teacher or the school The student's attitude should be active The student should always be supplied with peiuil nnd paper for the purpose of making abstracts of Importance to offer as a contribution In the recitation. This will train tho student to differentiate es sentials and nonessentials In lessons It will also ctiltlato the power of organizing tho essentials Into a brief form To conduct n recitation well, tho teacher mutt be a master of the fubject matter and must lme definite Ideas ns to tho essential points of tho lesson. He must haxe this mastery not for tho purpose of re citing the lesson, but In order that ho may dlicct intelligently and pass judgment cor rectly on the work of the students Stu dents ought to bo encournged to dltruss adequately the assigned subjects; a single word Is not a discussion. Sentences of definite content and paragraphs of related Ideas should be the aim. After a fdudent has made his contribution the other stu dents ought to supplement or pass Judgment on the matter presented. The raising of tho hand, as a rule, ought not to determine the Individual who will answer a question or who will supplement the discussion. Dx-ery Indlxldual should be held responsible for a contribution nt any point In tho recitation. Fewer Failures After the new plan had Been in opera tion to years a comparison xvas made of the number of failures under the old plan and under tho new plan. Tho Investigation xvas known only to the Inxestlgator. In order to obtain the greatest possible xnlul lty In results only tho records of teachers who had taught under both tho old plan with Its shoit day and home btudy, and the new plan, with Us directed study nnd tong Mhool day, xeie examined A com parison of Buna grades showed that tinder tho new plan the iiumli(r of failures xvas only 19 U per cent of the number of fail ures under the old plan The school discipline has become less of a problem notwithstanding tho long day be cause the students ale acquiring the habit of correct study nnd because a half-hour of study followed by u half-hour of i dila tion reduces the fatigues Incident to the continuous single txpo of xioik under tho old plan. It has a tendency to eliminate Irritability of temper in both students and teachers The attitude of tho parents, citi zens nnd students toward tho directed study and the long school day has been ex pressed In much favorable criticism. Xot a single teacher has voluntarily x Undrawn from the school system except for a sub stantial Incieaso in salary or for the pur pose of changing her vocation. Tho paramount concern of modern high school education Is a longer school day. To pass laws requiring xocatlonal training without a long sihool day Is legislative shortsightedness. To build and equip high schools for a largo sum of money at public expense nnd then close tho school sessions at 2:15 in tho afternoon and require tho children to prepare their lessons at home is a pedagogic error, an economic xvasto and a monument of tho Inclllcient school ad ministrator. A child at the age of six should hax-o n school day shorter than a boy or girl of thirteen. The eighth grado should haxe a shorter school day than tha high school. Sex-eral years ago I collected data concern ing the length of tho school day of tho ele mentary schools and of tho high schools of twenty large cities of the United States. The data proxed that In most of tho cities the school day for tho child of six years xvas a. long or longer than tho school day for tho student of tho high school. In Philadelphia, for example, the ele mentary schools had a school day of Ilx-e hours and the high schools a school day of fifteen minutes shorter. In Milwaukee tho high school day xvas four hours and forty minutes and the elementary school day xvas twenty minutes longer. In New York city the high school day was fifteen minutes longer than tho elementary school day, which xxas five hours. A few cities had then been operating their high schools on a longer tlmo schedule. Among these aro loulsxillo nnd Indianapolis xvlth high school days fix-o min utes loss than six hours. Chicago xvlth a high school day of six hours, tho commer cial high schools of Ciex-eland xvlth a high school day of six hours and fifteen mln Ites, tho Mechanics Arts School of Bos ton with a school day of seven hours, and the txvo-year Vocational School of St. Louis xvlth a school day of seven and one-half hours. The Power of Tradition A school day of fixo hours docs not ad mit a program of study and recreation. Tho attempt to Introduce directed study when the school day Is short must nec essarily be less satisfactory than xvhen the school day Is sufficiently long to enable a student to do the full day's work, the study and the recitation In school Tho country school has always had the same school day for the primary children and tho advanced children. The reason for this Is obxlous tho older brother xvould havo charge of the little sister to and from school. When tho distance Was long and the xveather Inclement, the farmer xvould convey all the chlldien going to the, school on one trip. This traditional Idea of tt,e country school xvas carried ox-er Into the city schools, and the school day has never been adjusted to the actual needs of the city children of tho different school grades. It Is an example of he power of tradition in the public schools of today. Change is the sign of Intelligence and the only means of progress, Change al wuys clashes with inertia, which, In hu man terms, Is expressed as the "stand patter," the champion of tradition, or the man with the "let good enough alone" pseudo-philosophy. A genuine change from the short school-day, xvlth its slav ish home-study, to the business proposition of the solution of the problems of popular education In the public school building, with an adequate school day and under competent Instructors, will count for econ omy of money and years and Incrsajnd jtcaun aim oiuuaiivr- Tom Daly's Column NEWS of the death of Bob Fltzsimmons started us wondering whero they'd find a casket wide enough to tako in his great shoulders, ns we remember them. We were behind Tony Blddlo somo twenty years ngo. In tho Improvised ring In Bo hemia Hall, tho upper room of tho old Pen nnd Pencil Club on Eleventh street, when lie put on tho gloves with Fltzsim mons for a friendly bout, nnd we'll nover forget tho terrifying front of tho freckled one. As ho stood, crouching, with his sldo elevation to tho foro, ho wasn't cal culated to scare a folloxv greatly, but when ho sxvung his chest full around faro yo xvclll Daniol L. Daxvson, who" was a husky amateur In those days, put tho glox-es on xvlth Bob on that occasion, too, nnd ho told us afterward that tho mere sight of a man's shoulders had nover so daunted him before. Tho War-Song George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin and thousnndn of lesser artisans In tho song making trado aro straining to produce tho war-song that'll make a killing nnd bo (ho ono big noise on everybody's lips. They don't appear yet to hnvo struck real pny dirt, and it may bo left for somo un knoxvn piker to como along xvlth a flash Inspiration and dim the lamps of all theso luminaries. That's the way It often goes, and that's what happened In tho Civil War. Ono of tho songs born of tho early fervor of that conflict xvas written by a man who had only that ono lyric to his credit in a rather long life, nnd for twenty years even that little bit of famo appears to havo been denied him. Louis Kolb has In his safo, In a cor ner of his olllco nt Tenth and Dickinson streets, several autograph documents bearing upon tho authorship of tho poem "Three Hundred Thousand More." James Sloan Gibbons, of Wilmington, Del., transplanted In New York about 1835, xvas Itnoxvn ns a banker and xvrlter upon financial subjects. Wo nro suro the "tx-o most Important xx-orks" credited to him "The Banks of New York" nnd "Tho Public Debt of the United States" xvero never set to music. Somo tlmo In 1862 a poem published anonymously In the New Yor-'. Evening Post, in reply to Lincoln's call for volun teers, swept the country. It Is generally known by tho refrain, "We Are Coming, Father Abraham, Thrco Hundred Thou sand Strong," which, xve shall nee, isn't exactly correct. Among Mr. Kolb's manu ccrlpts bearing upon the matter Is a bit of copy Intended for tho composing room of tho New York Evening Post by tho venerable editor of that Journal. Tho note, In the hnndwrltlng of William Cul len Bryant, roads: Tho spirited poem entitled "Thrco Hun dred Thousand More," which has been copied Into many of our Journals, both dally and weekly, as tho production of W. C. Bryant, is not from his pen, bit from that of James S. Gibbons, of this city. There's nothing upon this bit of copy to show xvhen It xvas written, but there is other evidence that Gibbons wasn't fully acknowledged as the author of the song until nearly n quaiter of a century nftcr It xvas xvrlttcn. Another of tho documents Is a letter written by Gibbons to Charles Nordhoff, of tho Herald, asking him tj lend to tho editor of the Century, for repro duction, "tho song 'Father Abra'am,' which I gave to you nt tho tlmo of Its first appearance, 1. c., my autograph copy, as complete"; nnd then folloxvs that original draft of tho song: THREt: Ill'NDnED THOUSAND MOBD Wo are coming, Father Abra'am, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's xxindlng stream and from New England's shore; We Icaxe our ploughs and workshops, our xxixes and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, xvlth but a sl'.ent tear; Wo daro not look behind us, but steadfastly before Wo nro coming, Father Abra'am, three hun dred thousand more. If you look across tho hilltops that meet the Northern sky, Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry; And now tho wind an Instant tears tho cloudy veil aside. And floats aloft our spangled flag, In glory and In prldo; And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, nnd bands bra-e music pour We aro coming, Father Abra'am, three hun dred thousand more! If you look nil up our valleys whero the growing harvests shine, You may see our sturdy farmer boys fast forming Into line ; And children from their mothers' knees are pulling at tho weeds, And learning how to reap and eow, against their country's needs; And n farewell group stands weeping at every cottage door We nro coming, Father Abra'am, three hun dred thousand more! You havo called us and we're coming by Richmond's bloody tide. To lay us down for freedom's sake, our brother's bones beside; Or from foul treason's savage grasp to wrench the murderous blade, And In the face of foreign foes Its frag ments to parade. Six hundred thousand loyal men and true hax'e gone before! We are coming, Father Abra'am, three hun dred thousand more! This man, apparently, succeoded in writing tho big war-song because he wasn't trying to. History may repeat it self In these parlous times. THOMAS ASHE, the Irish political prisoner, xvho recently died in Dublin ns the result of forclblo fe'cdlng, wrote. Just before he died, a poem of four stan zas, expressing his lovo for "Rolsln Dhu" ("Dark Llttlo Rose"), which is Ireland. Here nro the concluding stanzas; Let me carry your Ctoss for Ireland, Lord! Let me suffer the pain and shame; I bow my head to their rage and hate, And I tako on myself the blame. Let them do with my body whate'er they will, My spirit I offer to You, That tho faithful few who heard her call May be spared to Roisin Dhu. Let mo carry your Cross for Ireland, Lord! For Ireland weak with tears, For the aged man of the clouded brow, And tho child of tender years. For the emnty homes of her golden plains, For the hopes of her future, tool Let me carry your Cross for Ireland. Lord I Tor tn eW oWa Dim. - - ' ' . - - 1 "SOME FOLKS DON'T WHY AMERICA IS AT WAR Monsignor Cassidy Denounces Anglophobia and Says We Arc Fighting for World Freedom A Red-Blooded Call to Arms To the Editor o the Evening Ledger: Sir Monsignor James E. Cassidy dellx ered an nddiess In St. Mary'a Roman Cath ollo Cathedral, Fall Itlxvr, Mass., a short tlmo ago to thn Twelfth Company of the Aitlllery Corps, In which ho set forth xvhy xvo are at xx-ar la a xvay that thrilled me as I read It. Will you not print it for the benefit of your readers? It folloxvs: " Render to Caesar the things that aro Caesar's." And xou aro here, members of tho Twelfth Company of Artillery Corps, to lay upon tho altar of your God all that you have, even of Ufa Itself, for your coun try 's lox'o and honor. "When men nsk jou: 'What fight yo for?" tell them In tones that shall xxaltc up tho dead of 1770, 'I fight for liberty, for free dom's sake, for righteousness, for all my country's Hag has represented. I fight for peace, that justice may prevail, that fright fulness and Inhumanity may not possess tho earth. Out of tho mart and mill and mead ow I haxe come, no xvarrior by profession, but a peace-loving and peace-making citizen. roused by my country s call, to servo Her xvlth my all ; to struggle, to suffer, to dlo if need be, that her cause may live, that might shall not prevail, that right shall not forox-er perish from tho earth." Debt to America "And If nny ono shall dare to ask you why yon sacrlfico for your country's sake, ten tnem, in voice mat snau aumii no ques tion; " I glx'8 to her, my country, because she hath given all to me. After God she has given mo llfo; after God sho has protected mo ; her children that have como and gone before me haxm withstood tho Bummer's heat and winter's cold, have labored and struggled and suffered and bled and died that I might bo a freo man. My forefathers sho received with open nrms ; tendeily sho nursed them ; liberty, Justice nnd equality she gave them ; tho shield of her protec tion sho set up beforo them ; with her life's blood did sho guard them ; the right to worship God untiammcled and unrestrained, sho Insured them ; she gavo them place, dis tinction, honor, nil, reserving nothing, 'and now, when sho is In yieed and calls to me with all I have 1 quickly answer: "Here!" That Is a soldier's answer to a slacker's 'why?' " "There aro too many of ancestry like to mine, Irish-American, If you will, whoso Judgment Is blinded by their hatied toward England. Let them beware lest tholr ani mosity toward England bo Interpreted as disloyalty to tho United States. "Out of tho loins of a Fenian arrested In arms against tho English I came. I, was nursed at tho breasts of as true an Irish woman as ever camo out of Ireland. In delibly written In my soul Is the story of England's rule of blood and Iron In Ire land. "But what has that to do with the honor of my own country? Incidentally and acci dentally, we may bo fighting for England, Just as England Is now fighting for us, but essentially and fundamentally wo aro not fighting for England; wo are lighting for ourselves. "Had Germany by Its own overt nets, repeated again and again, not mado it Im possible for us to keep peace with honor, liad she respected our rights, had she not murdered our citizens, sho might have beaten England to her knees and we would not havo Interfered. Fighting for Ourselves "We did not go to war to save England ; we went to war to save ourselves, to save our sovereign rights, to save all and every thing that a nation In honor prizes. "You men of all births, for there are men of many bloods and births bearing a grievance against England, In your blind desire for retribution you forget thijt this war all must stand or fall together; It England stands, we stand; it England falls, we fall; victory and honor or defeat and dishonor shall come upon all alike, "And God forbid, that there should be any so base and loxv and blinded as to wish to strike the heart of England through the soul of their own country, Ood forbid that there should be any who would rejoice at the losses of any of the Allies when they know that such losses mean only greater losses and multiplied deaths among you. Let this insanity pass forever from these States. "As .you leavathts n.qiyuios. some per KNOW ENOUGH TO COME ' II " ' I I memories. I xvould stamp Indelibly upon ,vour soldier souls. Tho first Is Christ upon tho Cross. His arms outstretched toward you in Infinite loxe, bruised, bleeding, cruci fied, tilumphlng over sin nnd death to make you free "Tho other Is that most heroic figure of all these terrible times. Cardinal Mcrcler. Wan of countenance and xvorn of body, yet with spirit unbroken and undlmmed, ho stands amid tho ruins of hl3 devastated and desolated country, his sons murdered, his daughters violated, his children carried Into captivity, his homes laid waste, cx-ery lash that falls upon his conquered people cut ting thrice deep Into his x-ery soul, yet un daunted, unterrlfled, unbroken, ho faces his oppressors and says to them: Mercier's Defiance " 'Draxv your plans, set up your batteries, arrange your movements, propose ns you will, but Uod xvlll ultimately dispose. My conviction, both natural and supernatural, of our ultimato victory Is more fully rooted In my soul than ever. " 'Wo plighted our word that xvo should bo neutral, and to maintain our word of honor wo hax'e sacrificed our goods, our homes, our eons, our husbnnds, and after three years of coercion xvo are still as proud of our fidelity as xvhen we first de clared: "Thou shalt not pass." ' "And this heroic figure, the very per sonification of patriotism and love of coun try, I hold out to you bb your model and your ideal. "No enemy boast, no enemy bribe, no enemy threat, no enemy pressure should serve to keep you from battling In your country's cause. And God give you virtue, God glvo you self-sacrifice nnd self-restraint to fight gloriously alike for Him. "The prayers of your loved ones follow you, the blessing of your church accom panies you ; the gratitude, sympathy, sup. port and sacrifice of a great people sup port you." Whllo this Is addressed primarily to per sons of Iilsh descent, It seemo to mo that It applies with equal force to nil Amer icans whatever their ancestry. IRISH-AMERICAN. Philadelphia, October :'2. DRINKING THE KING'S HEALTH The King's visit to his fleet recalls to mind a curious custom, a relic of bygone days which still holds good In the navy to day. Despite tho changes In the type of ships, many of tho old rules obtain, and nono of them Is more surprising to a lands man than that which forbids the health of tho King to bo drunk aboard ship up standing; thpy always drink the King's health sitting In tho navy, and aro very proud of the difference between them and tholr comrades of the land service. The explanation Is simple. In the days of wood, en vessels tho deck above was perilously near the head of a man even of average height; and In many cases If an officer arose with any alacrity, as all Bhould do to drink the health of tho head of the State, he nearly dashed his brains out against the ceiling of the cabin. So now In the wardrooms and gunrooms the presi dent of the mess gives the toast of "tho King," and It Is honored without any one rising. Dundee Advertiser. THE GREATEST COUNTRY According to an exchange, Judicious Ad vertising, the United States Is tho greatest country In the world, and here are tho fig ures: This country has Six per cent qf tho earth's area. Five per cent of (ts population. Thirty-three per cent of Its wealth, and produces: Seventy-six per cent of the corn grown u tue world. Seventy per cent of the cotton. Seventy-two per cent of the oil. Ilfty-nlne per cent of thfe copper, forty-three per cent of the pig Won, Tnlrty-sevcn per cent of the coal. Tnrrty-flve per cent of the tobacco. Twenty-six, per cent of the silver. Twenty-four per cent of the wheat, jNrenty-one per cent of tho gold, inis is not boasting; It la statistics, which simply show what we are and not what we pretend to be. In corn, cotton, oil and cop per we produce more than ajl the world be side. Pig iron and coal nearly teach these i-asxr . ,The' are the things that Will IN OUTER TH' RAINl" What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. mint Inrie l'renrh cltr In (terman hsnli thru " r,ncua,rd " "le Allld drlre e" 2. Who la Miss Alice TnalT 3. What nnd where Is rotadam? ' 4. What nnd xtliere U "Mttle Tenn"? " ""'siiMiiWEiisi. n,o,,n""n "" "" " Aba,holle u!,unr,ch?,r'I1,mI, "" """ " "" ". About how long nco did the Sooth Amerf. ciih republics throw ofT the joke of for- eleii domination? 8. Uhnt Is Chlantl? 0. What do the Initials "II. M. S." stand for? 10. Define "parboil." Answers to Yesterday's Quiz An nrrumrnt Is called , "casuistic" when It ' ndianrrd In a qullibllnr spirit and 12 a t)la.V fin Unrfla r.lk.p .!. a itflom nttemnt to be logical. 2. rrliitlns .lutes from about the middle of the fifteenth century. 3. Tha exact nhrnkA ... 'The world muit U mncie snt for drmoerncr." It occmrei It ... ...,, Minim. wr speecn. 4, Tim amount of fifth taWn vnri s v. Inn., .1 .,. - " .- . ". . lanil since the war, started Is noes smaller than the supply tsken before tai (5. Ten kilometers nre equivalent to 6.J1II miles. 0. Heterodox: not orthodox. 1 Stirrup-cup " n nnrtlne enp: ... .v. II flit nil! rlflta. III! - wna . 4 nut ins root In the stirrup to remount ant .uiii, nut. on ma journer Liverpudlian", natives of Liverpool. Til term Is Jorulnr, the "pool" belns ehsnie : ensnies itln term n piiiiuie- in order to net n Mtln lor of endliiA- to describe the Inhabitants. An nrnlieniis Is n decoration In color of low relief, with fanciful Intertwining of leaves, scrollwork, tc. 10. A philanderer! one xvho makes Iots h a trlillnc manner, ' WHEN THE "DEAD" WALK TT IS surprising and pleasing to know 'I that a largo percentage of men shot through tho brain recover," Is a statement made by Colonel F. McKelvey Bell In hri new book,""The First Canadians In France." Tho subtitle of Colonel Bell's book Is 'The Chronicle of a Military Hospital In ihe War Zone." The author was attached to the first con tingent of tho Canadian Overseas as med ical director, and gives In simple, colloquial style the first, or nt least ono of the very first accounts of "from this sldo to the trenches." Colonel Bell writes: "That morning I found a poor chap xvno had been shot through the brain with a rifle bullet. The missile had entered the temple and emerged at the back of the skull, fracturing the bone both at tha point of entry and exit. His heavy breathln! and stupor told us the case called for Im mediate relief. In the operating room pieces of the skull were removed, tho d pressed bone lifted, and In about an houf tho patient was taken back to his ward, we had little hope of his recovery. "The following day, xvhen I entered tM hospital, his bed was empty I thoujhtj 'Poor fellow! He has died in the night anl no one has Bent me word I turned wlu a feeling of disappointment to the man U the next bed and asked: " 'What has become of your neighbor." "'Oh,' he replied, 'he's Just gone out W the xvashroom. He'll be back In a few min utes. He" stole out of tho ward while tne nursing sister was In the other room. "While we were talking, he walked in, got quietly Into bed and reached for cigarette." SWINBURNE'S IMPRESSIVE HEAD "Last year I was walking down rubier Hill nnd I saxv Swinburne for the first na last time," writes Arnold Bennett In 'Boon and Persons." "I could see nothing but . o face and head. I did not notice thow ridiculously short trousers that Futw people Invariably mention xvhen deocrioini Swinburne. Never have I seen a rosns life more clearly written In his '" mouth nnd forehead. The face of a vho had lived with fine, austere, passionaw thoughts of his own I By the haven,'' " was u noble sight! I have never seen nobler. Now, I knew by hearsay eve" crease In his trousers, but nobody had I me that his face xvas a vision that vvoui never fade from my memory, And nowai, 1 found afterwards by Inquiry, had noJJ nnvthlntr nartleular' about his face, J a0"-' ... .,.; 4 cini.i,.n. nr for Putnlji I reflect that there Is great stuff In Puwj for a poet, and marvel that Swinburne ner" porcelved It and used It. H n'ifijj been born English, and In the "n.i ccnttirv. hv accident. Ms WM W" 1 u ma I V(kH'MvjBr.' T- . . I 'V -.- '!" . n BEUM . -.'!. nnatipai in sarisss.sjvj fwar. Oslo mat-Journal. atata'. T
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