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LET US SAVE PHILADELPHIA
"DY LEGISLATION wo can rout out the
Infamous magistrate system and by
legislation we may be able to effect a
reoiganlzatlon of the police department
that wilt permanently divorce It from
political control, but not for many years
to come can we do either of these things
Unless the association of profiteers now
In official domination of the community
lire driven to cover and their authority
taken from them In the approaching
election.
There Is a powerful conspiracy of gov
ernmental embezzlers in existence who
have attached to themselves parasites
of all sorts and conditions. Men who
o
have Illicit profits to gain from special
privilege, cadets who need assistance to
ply their miserable trade, pettifoggers
Who make of the minor courts Hack
mailing machines, despl.able dealers In
dope who cannot exist unless the present
law Is enforced laxly, extortioners
Who measure their shrewdness by the
Volume of their financial gain, contrac
tors, small and large, who run their
drainpipes Into the mu Ic.pal tteasury,
persons of every description who look for
riches outside the regular pursuits of
business, all are united In a vast, gan
grenous coalition to rjntrol the machin
ery of government and employ the para
phernalia of Justice to cloak their In
iquitous activities. Let them but suc
ceed in their bold assault and the Legis
lature, too, will be theirs.
Before we can achlee decent govern
bient with the assistance of Harrlsburg
we must achieve decent government at
home. The State helps those who help
themselves.
We could be conte.it at present with
merely decent government. The ultimate
goal is good government, but before we
can get it wo must restate simple de
cency. There has been bad government
that was honest, but there has never
been good government that was not de
cent. What the community is face to
face with is the fact that these debauch
era of law and order treat Philadelphia
a the cadet treats the desolated woman
on whose earnings he lives. The anal
ogy is close, except that the cadet does
strive to maintain the earning capacity
ef his creature, while the municipal gang,
with its accustomed stupidity, Is driving
the municipality toward bankruptcy so
fast that the taxpayers are dizzy. We
have some reason to believe that when
the exact status of the city's borrowing
capacity is revealed in the next Con
troller's report, It will amazo citizens and
Increase their Indignation.
We have got to fight this Gettysburg in
Philadelphia, not in Harrlsburg. We have
to decide a week from tomorrow whether
or not to issue a mandate of emancipa
tion. Nor is it worth while to argue the
merits of the case. There is no argument
as to which side deserves to win. The
question is, Can the coalition compel a
decision with police clubs?
A month ago we were appalled by the
lawlessness of the police in the Fifth
Ward. Since then, subsequent to the ex
posure and the court hearing, the arro
gance of the Mayor and his chief Cossack
' has passed all bounds. They have dellb-
rately and without concealment extended
' Fifth Ward methods to the whole city. By
their actions "leaders" have given warning
that they will not hesitate on election day
o "S th ltnrlt" They intend apparently
to crush this "rebellion" by force of arms,
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ml u wiey ruicu py uivino rigni ana any
C attempt df the people to recover inde
pendence were lose majeste.
There Is no vocabulary outside the
a-lums that can adequately describe them,
f Mf4 the disgraceful history of Tammany
records no parallel by which ade
quately to measure them. They attempted
undermine the citadels of society when
feV began to prostitute the courts to
purpose.
jtvery citizen Is confronted with a
ty lit his time. It is to
he usurpers on election day,
.em down with such might
h will theht political hejrs
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rah
, efo:
have now to rescue the city and ourselves
from humiliation and subjection. By the
grace of God we shall do It and do It
right. .
OUR MEN IN THE TRENCHES
THE fact that our men aro in the
trenches under firo Is the supreme fact
for America today. It serves Instant
notice upon the War Lord, who still talks
of our army as a phantom, that, long
before his experts had expected Amerl
cans in any force at the front, American
artlllenynvm aro shelling German de
fenses and will fight until victory, is
achieved. It serves Instant notice on
doubters, quitters, pacifists and disloyal
men at home that their last day of grace
has expired; there is nothing more to bo
heard from them In the way of discussion
except it be discussion of how best to
obtain our war alms. With American
soldiers in action there is no time or
sympathy to be given any one who stilt
takes un academic view of our part in
the fighting.
Getting men Into the fighting line less
than seven months after the declaration
of war must bo considered speedy work
when it Is remembered that tho War Ad
ministration had to build up a military cs
tabltshmont and systems of transporta
tion and equipment from tho foundation.
No one part of this work could wisely be
allowed to run ahead of any other. Wo
were not to make a swift rush into
Europe as an expeditionary force on a
punitive campaign, but to take our place
In the set slcgo that has been laid around
Germany. Wo could tako no dashing
chances; we had ttf play safe to mako
certain a slow but decisive victory. Ger
many talks of having a will to triumph;
but we had to talk of a necessity to
triumph. It would have been no discour
agement had our Government announced
that we could not start lighting until 1918,
as somo Allied experts did predict It
is ahead of schedule time that our men
aro in action.
They arrive at tho front at the psy
chological moment to put heart Into our
allies when they most need It. Halg nnd
Petaln have won brilliant victories In the
last few weeks, but not without heavy
losses. Italy has suffered a most severo
reverse and losses that, no doubt, will
have to be made good with re-enforcements
from France. Americans will soon
be ready to take the places of men who
can be dispatched to Cadorna's aid. At
no tlmo could the word passed along
tho lines from the North Sea to the
Adriatic "the Americans are fighting"
have come with so welcome a sound to
our Allies' ears as now.
EIGHT MILLION VOTES
EIGHT million persons gae up the Im
mediate use of $50 or more for the
chance to vote for war to the finish. That
Is what thobe subscriptions meant. They
were ballots recording Indorsement for all
the acts of the President and Congress
and giving mandate to tho Government to
continue to go the limit. The five billions
are obtained as a matter of course and
after only four weeks' campaigning at a
kind of endeavor about which workers
and public have still a great deal to
learn. The prodigious sum was gathered
In not without effort, but certainly with,
out any disconcerting effect upon the
business life of the country or the good
feeling of the people.
Of chief Importance Is the number of
subscribers that Is something to be very
happy about, and to give confidence to
every one that the great built of the
population is thinking and acting alike.
Tho most optimistic of prophets hesi
tated to predict more than six or seven
million subscribers. Few thought the
list of tho first loan would be doubled, as
It was. A great stride was taken bv the
people between the two loan campaigns.
They awoke Jo the necessity of personal
sacrifice to a remaikable degree, as is
evidenced by the fact that much of the
loan came from incomes, whence It should
come, and from small Incomes at that.
FIRST CITY TROOP
THERE are some ancient military or
ganizations which it would do no good
to disrupt and which it would be ad
vantageous to maintain In their present
form. One of them is tho First City
Troop. Its history Is part and parcel
of tho history of the United States and
it has won a prestige which should not
lightly be lost. Whatever the exigencies
of the military establishment, they are
not such, we believe, aa to warrant the
sacrllce of the Inspiring traditions which
center around this historic organization.
The protest against dismemberment Is
patriotic, not unpatriotic, and we trust
that the War Department will so decide.
No peace without victory and no
victory without peace!
A world safe for democracy means
a world safe for the United States.
We've got the five billions and
there's more waiting if Undo Sam
wants it.
All we can say is that It won't be
a "quiet front" very long now that our
boys are there.
This is the last week of the cam
paign for decency. All together now for
a great victory!
When the Allies control the Baltic
peace will be nearer. There ought to be
no German ships on any high sea.
Some people's idea of supporting
the President is to throw bricks at him.
Others spend their time throwing bou
quets. Neither class is of any real help.
Subjecting decent citizens to all
sorts of petty annoyances is the latest
8mlth-Wllson form of government, but
there has been no more actual murder.
There are American citizens who
are about to keep their rendezvous With
death in France. There are other Amerl
can citizens who are eittinir up nights
figuring now to get noia of more of the
taxpayer money and make it that much
for ' peaaU (o Uva,
BRAZIL CAN GIVE
1,785,000 MEN
But Her Chief Aid to Allies Will
for the Present Bo
Food
By ANNIBAL BOMFIM
THE whole Brazilian nation has today
tho great Joy of seeing its Government
take a step which had long been desired
by every one. From the very first days of
the war In Europo tho Brazilians showed
their decided sympathy for tho cause of the
Allies and their horror for tho German
crimes. We all knew that this war was
being planned by Germany and that It wan
started by her. The few Frenchmen who
lhed In Brazil and left to go to war were
cheered by large crowds as they departed,
as If they were our own boys.
Before the first month of tho war had
passed the best brains of Brazil, from the
spheres of statesmanship, the universities,
commerce, army and navy. Journalism nnd
all the other literary arts, got together and
organized the "Llga Brazllelra polos Al
llados" "Brazilian League for the Allies."
It Is an association intended to help nil al
lied nations In every possible way. It has
been working ever since and has helped n
great deal Besides holding bazaars and
giving concerts to raise money for various
relief funds.lt has dono the most wonderful
work ns a propagandist against everything
that was German, and It has been a watch
ful detective ngnlnst tho German plots. Ono
of Its good works v,ai tho showing up of our
former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Doctor
Mueller, as a friend of Germany and com
pelling him to resign his position to Doctor
Pecanha, tho man who has led Brazil Into
the war.
All theso facts show how all classes of
Brazil have been wishing for our effective
co-operation In the struggle AVhy Is It,
then, that not until last week had our
Parliament been asked by the President of
the republic to declare ofllclally that a
state of war exists with Gcrrmny7 The
reason Is very much the wuno as that
which kept the United States from taking
the same step a long time ago, when every
one know perfectly well that It had to bo
taken. The Government realized that tho
country was not yet prepared and that It
wa3 better to tako somo precautions before
the final step was made
Brazil lias, howeer, been making war
against Germany since tho beginning of
this year. When diplomatic relations were
broken on April 10 all tho German ships In
our ports had already been occupied by
Brazilian sailors as a precaution to pre
vent their being damaged by tho ciows A
few days later they wero confiscated, and
today four of them have already been re
paired In the Brazilian thlpyards and aro
sailing under the Brazilian Hag. One of
them Is tho Curxello, formerly the Gertrud
Wroeman The Brazilian nay Is co-operating
in the work of policing the scyilhern
Atlantic against German r.ildeis
As I said In a prelous article, this war
caught Brazil struggling with the most
serious crisis of her hl'torv. rauscd by tho
bad administration of our former President
Everything was disorganized and tho army
was In u worse condition than any other
service. Tho conscription law had been
voted, but neer enforced; the officers wero
more Interested In politics than In their ca
reer, and wo could hardly say that wo had
an army. The standing army In peace tlmo
had been reduced fiom 30,000 to 12,000 men,
and these were of the poorest kind Our
present President, Dr Wenceslau Bruz, has
striven to reform those conditions and has
been successful At the end of 191G the
first regular draft was made and our army
became 30.000 strong nnd formed of fit
and chosen young men, who will bo tho
Instructors of the great army to be made
It would hae been madness to enter tho
war before those men had had enough ex
perience to teach the great army to bo
organized when war was declared Because
the maintenance of a large standing army
was too great a drain upon the finances of
the Goernment, It was necessary to form
private military clubs and train the men
under semlmllltary discipline at their own
expense. The members of those clubs car
ried on during the day their own Individual
business or profession nnd trained for mili
tary service only at night nnd on Sundays.
After they had been six months under train
ing they could apply for an examination
and. If they passed It successfully, they
could be considered members of tho First
Reserve Force and be free from draft
A powerful patriotic campaign, preaching
preparedness through these "shooting clubs."
succeeded In gathering lrtually nil the
Brazilian joung men of military age Into
their membership. A year ago there was
not a single little town in Brazil that had
not Its shooting club Each club that was
formed had to be registered at tho War De
partment, where It recehed a number and
had an officer appointed to give Instruction
to Its members. At the beginning of this
year Shooting Club No 7. In Hlo do Janeiro
was turning out about 150 soldiers a month
for examination. On tho War Depart
ment's list there are moro than iOO of
theso clubs registered.
Another source of men for tho Brazilian
army lies In the police force of our twenty
States. Each State has its prlvato mili
tarized police force, which can bo requested
by. the Federal Government In care of war,
and is to be used as tho Second Reserve
Force of the army. This force is only about
40,000 strong.
Putting all tho forces together, Brazil
could raise immediately an army of 150,000
men fairly well trained and most of them
capable of becoming the finest soldiers, for
iney are young men wno wero trained at
their own expense, led simply by tho patri
ots desire of being prepared when war
should come.
If the war lasts long enough to need all
tho men that we can use, and If wo hae
time enough to train and equip them, Brazil
can put an army of 1,786,000 men in the
field.
I do not think, however, that such a
strong military help will be needed. Fur
thermore, our men would hae to undergo
a special training In order to stand the
cold European weather and It would take
too long a time. The great help which
Brazil can give and which has been glen
ever since she broke diplomatic relations
with Germany, and even before. Is the
sending of provisions. We have been tend
ing food to France, England and Italy.
Three of our boats have been torpedoed
oil tne coasi or u ranee wniio doing that
work. We export hundreds of tons of
frozen meat every month ; wo do It to such
an extent that there la a shortage In the
home markets and a resulting Increase In
the cost of living.
Although the Brazilians are doing all
they can to help the Allies, much Is yet
to be done. We have ono of the largest
and richest countries of tho world, but
we have not yet learned how to usa our
hidden treasures. Our population la com
paratively small and up until a few years
ago the Brazilians had no ambition to
better' their situation in life, ir a man
had a roof to live under and enough food
not to starve, he was contented. This was
caused by ignorance. Lately conditions
have changed and all are desirous to do
more than they had been doing before
This Interest was aroused by a patriotic
educational campaign started three years
ago by our great poet, Olavo Bilac. and
helped by all educated Brazilians, with the
war conditions every one wants to do his
bit and understands that this bit must be
done by increasing the country's" produc
tion. , ,
Now the only way to Increase the pro
duction with such a shortage of men as
we have is through the extensiv8 use or
labor-saving machinery. If the United
States wants to be helped by Its new allv
In solving this most vital problem of f00J
shortage, it must help with Its experience
jn this country there has been devised the
most efficient labor-salng organization of
food production; what you have to do i
to send at once experts In that Un- o?
worK to teach the Brazilian farmers and
manufacturers. You must send vonr ,-Z?t
I modern machinery to be used there for our
I m.bA mif own banaflL
Tom Daly's Column
TUB VILLAGE POET
Whenever it't a Saturday, in snappv,
frosty xoeather,
Mu Queen an' I deltght to go a-market-
ing together,
"Which is a more becoming thing for mar-
ried folk to do
Than traipsing round on Chestnut street
to sec what news is new.
Oh, yes, you're laughing in your sleeve!
You think me very silly,
In this our modern age to weave
A tale so Jack-an'-Jlll-y,
But on your ivay, you oor'.dly-uise,
To luncheons, games an' dancesl
This road is but for those xoho priso
The commonplace romances:
An' not for you the Jeweled Joy
That makes my heart its casket
To lackey Ilcras market boy,
An' tote tho royal basket.
When morning's uHngs are rimed with
frost
An' morning's breath is icy,
The roads iiAth silver are embossed
An' market stalls aro spicy;
An' all you need's a norma! noio
To leave this gloomy, drab ago
For one that makes a fragrant rose
Of every humble cabbage.
Oh, there is Joy without alloy,
For all who rightly ask it
To lackey Her, as market boy,
An' tote tha royal basket
I know of kings in foreign parts
Tho car of Mars pursuing,
Wlio'd gladly case their weary hearts
With chores that I've been doing;
An' maybe others nearer home,
Who follow foolish pleasures,
May still have sense enough to coma
Among these humbler treasures.
Hot husbands, here's the gay employ
Vor all who rightly ask it
To lackey Iter, as market boy,
An' tote the royal basket.
An' so when it's a Saturday, in snappy,
frosty weather,
My Queen an' I delight to go a-market-ing
together,
Which is a more becoming thing for mar
ried folk to do
Than traipsing louud on Chestnut street
to sec what news is Jicto.
ON THURSDAY, in this place, we wero
discussing a dinner that had been cold
for blxty years. Now wo have beforo us
tho menu of another that was cooked to
bo disposed of thirty years ago.
Tho dinner of tho St. Andrew's Society
In 1857, it may bo icmembered, over
played tho food and left tho character of
tho Hpeeches entirely to tho Imagination.
Tho menu now befoio us Is strong In
wines nnd strong in speakers. Indeed,
tho wines played an Important part In tho
affair beforo ever tho guests wero seated.
The dinner of tho Hibernian Society of
Philadelphia In honor of tho Centennial
of tho United States Constitution was
held in St. George's Hall, nt Thirteenth
and Arch stieets, on September 17, 1887.
Let it not bo supposed tho food upon this
occasion was not plentiful and good. Tho
list of eatables Is mouth-watering to look
upon and tho caterer's namo was ono to
conjure with. But the wines! There
was a sauterno and a sherry and a bur
gundy and flvo kinds of chnmpaBne.
Unfortunately, theso liquids allured tho
waiters from tho straight and narrow
path, so that they wul .et" first unsteadily
and then not at all. The guests, all un
conscious of this, sat down nnd waited
for their food, but there wero no serving
men to set It before them. The commit
tee, having ItH wits about it, sent the
frenzied caterer nftcr more wlno, and this
was tritCiCy served to tho guests, putting
them la c. somewhat better framo of mind.
Who'S w&St to bother with mero food
upon such an occasion anyway, with
such speakers as theso to listen to: An
drew G. Curtln, War Governor of Penn
sylvania, who was toastmaster; Grover
Cleveland, President of the United
States; Major General J. M. Schofield,
Governor James A. B.avcr, Governor
Fltzhugh Leo, Commodore Georgo W.
Melville and Colonol A. It McCluro. But
It's painful in this our day to read over
that list of viands gono to wasto.
"Onco upon a time," writes O'Bserver,
"a young man went into Leary's Old Book
Storo with a half dozen bcoks under his
arm. 'I saw your ad,' said he, and I want
to bell these ' 'But our ad only offered to
buy whole libraries,' said Nod or maybo
it was BUI Stuart. 'Well," replied the
young man, 'this is my whole library.'
Now, what I'm coming to Is this: I have
Just gathered from all my pockets all
tho clippings and curious r.otes I've been
carrying around with me for years. Somo
aro so worn as to be undecipherable, but
won't you tako these?
In Woodlawn Cemetery, Now Tork,
over the grave of a man who behaved un
wisely upon a hot summer day Is this In
scription: Full many a man, both old ahd young,
Has gone to his sarcophagus
By pouring water ley coM,
Down through his hot oesophagus.
Have you noticed the signs in tho City
Hall Courtyard? Thero is one, 'Men
wanted for tho army,' and right under
It is another, 'Embalmers wanted.'
Here Is another that appeared once In
a local religious weekly:
'Tho ico cream and cake served to all
at tho end of the merry evening were
donated by Mrs. Anthony A. Hirst.' "
(For Obituaries see Page Seven.)
Rub your spectacles and read this in
teresting bit of news:
Philadelphia milk dealers may soon
get their favorite beverage at a -cents a
quart if a movement which has been
started by some of the farmers of Cheater
and Delaware counties has a successful
outcome. Although many prominent
city dealers recently lowered their price
from 8 to 6 cents, there still remain
prominent members of the Milk Exchange
who maintain the 8-cent standard. In
view of this condition dairymen have
stopped to think how It Is that such an
exorbitant tax is levied when they re
ceive for their best tnl'.k at the creameries
only IVi cents at this time.
Yes, as you've probably guessed, this
ceased to be. news a quarteryof a century
ago. It's taken from a morning con
temporary of June 12, 1800, Tho dairy
men's scheme provided for tho elimina
tion of tho middleman and tho selling of
tho milk In grocery and other small stores
Instead of delivering at the consumer's
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MISS WINSOR ON
LIFE IN PRISON
A Letter From Suffragist to Her
Mother, Written While in Soli
tary Confinement
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Pleaso publish this letter Just re
ceived from my daughter, who has broken
no law, but who, on a trumped-up charge,
has been treated like the lowest criminal.
MRS. JAMES D. WINSOR.
Haverford, Pa.
MISS WINSOR'S LETTER
Solitary Confinement, the District Jail,
Washington, D. C.
Dearest Mother:
Here I am In solitary confinement in a
cell so small that I can touch both sides
with my fingertips. It has no furniture
but a washbowl and eptgot, a small chair
without a back and an Iron bed swung
from the wall on chains ; on this In laid u
thin straw mattress ; so I now resemblo
Margery Daw. Tho cell Is not very cleun
and I have Just killed eleven bedbugs with
my own fair hands, or rather with a hair
pin, which makes a splendid weapon to
pursue them.
We aro In "solitary," which means that
no ono can leave her coll at all, but is
locked up here day and night. Apparently
we are not to have any physical exercise
whatever a right which Is not refused
even to murderers. This Is dono by order
of the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia. I don't know by what law
theso gentlemen are given unlimited power
to tamper with my health. We can't find
out what legal rights prisoners have, as
they will not let us see our lawyers. How
ever, with all its disadvantages we prefer
the Jail to Occoquan, as the officials hero
seem more like human beings and show
some kindness toward us.
There are twenty suffragists hero, in
cluding Alice Paul. Our cells aro side by
side and we arc as gay as larks. Somo
times we while away the time with sweet
muslo on tne -prisoners narpi" l. e , a
comb with tissue paper over it Sometimes
wo sing in chorus the Occoquan Song, sot
to Russian muslo for us by Miss Nina
Samaradln
The first verse :
Democracy, a boat of women rreet ul
To lctory, our golden banners float,
Thruat from tho wtalta Homo catcs with our
petition . . . .
To Occoquan. shorn or liberty.
Tree In our souls, O world's enfranchised
women!
Come hold a. banner, rwell our atronr demand
And crueh Injustice by your aplrlta power;
So free our volcea. forward to vlctoryl
The author Is Miss Lucy Branham. qf
Baltimore. We are going to sing it at
tho dinner to be given In Cameron House,
Sunday evening, November 4, when we
shall tell our story and where wo hope
that a large delegation of Pennsylvania men
and women will be present
We expect to be set free Saturday, No
vember 3. It seems rather a long time, as
we have not been permitted to receive any
letters or papers since Saturday, October
13. All this Is a punishment because we
refused to work and asked to bo treated
aa political prisoners! We stated our posi
tion in a letter to tho District of Columbia
Commissioners. The right of peaceful peti
tion Is legal In the Dlatrict of Columbia
by the Clayton act. We were, therefore,
strictly within our rights in holding ban
ners before tho White House to remind
President Wilson of his pre-election prom
ises and therefore entitled to receive the
treatment accorded political prisoners
which would Include our own clothes, books,
papers, writing materials and visitors- and
friends.
Of course, there are many precedents
for this. Pa"1.1, n Kllmalnham Jail and
Tolstoy were better treated by the British
and Russian Governments, respectively
tnan we American women are being treated
by our own Government But we hops for
bitter things for future political prisoners.
If not for ourselves.
It was not possible to begin this reform
as eoon as we arrived at Occoquan. The
living conditions Jhere were so dreadful
that before we could institute the more ad.
vanced reforms we felt it only right to do
our utmost to obtain decent food and hu
mane treatment for all the Inmates. When
the Investigation from which we had hoped
so uca MttiM $a , vrfcKeJvash, we, for
v.i.,1- :,".3i' .r.7' ,-.-" j,jrfr7-nT.f-,"-l"--T- .. aTPT;Wtr-T.--yTirnr- jr
"HELLO, BILL!!"
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the time being, felt that further work along
humanitarian Hues whs useless at the work
house. We then took up this other 1m
pottant question, with tho result that after
Imprisoning us nt Occoquan under lock and
key for a week wo wcio transported last
Sunday to tho Jail I luno quoted tho
beautiful verse, "Stono walls do not a
prison mako nor Iron bars a cage," so
often that my fellow prlboners uro a little
weary of It. But I leally think It applies
to our present situation.
I have had a wonderful experience In
theso labt two months ; have learned more
of poor buffering human nature than I
could In two years at homo, and among the
suffragists have met somo very Interesting
women, especially tho voters from tho West
and tho progressive southern women, who
have set aside their traditional standpoint
to work for tho Federal amendment. So
love to nil ut homo and do not worry about
me, as I expect early in November to "re
turn In triumph to Clusium's royal domo"
and when Congress assembles to see tho
woman suffrage bill go sailing through.
Affectlonntely yours. MARY WINSOR.
"RELIEF" FOR TEACHERS
To the Editor of tha Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho Board of Education has taken
tho wind out of tho teachers' sails. Only
a short tlmo ago everybody was talking and
writing about an Increase In salary. Now
all seems to have been paralyzed by a deft
stroko of tho board. A committee of Ahe
Philadelphia Teachers' Association waited
on Individual members of tho board. We
nro told that they wero politely received
and promised relief in 1318, if that could
bo arranged.
Of course they wero politely received.
Whatever elso wo may think of tho people
at tho head of our educational system, we
must say that they act llko gentlemen
even though in their heart of hearts each
one of them would havo liked to Instruct
the offlca boy that ho was "not in." And
so low havo tho teachers sunk that all their
clamor and demands, their distress and
necessity disappear tho moment they are
assured that -their commltteo was not
kicked out of tho office.
And what was promised? "Relief" In
1918, Pauperlzo tho teachers. Impress
upon them that they must bo winning,
humblo creatures who como timidly to beg
relief from the haughty hand of tho master.
The teachers dpn't want "relief." They
Btand up and proudly demand that they bo
given their Just due. They want tho in
crease in salary whjch wartime conditions
have made imperative and which they de
serve at .all events as a return for their
labor. If they cringe and bow they will bo
Ignored and forgotten. If they make firm,
dignified demands they will bo heard and
satisfied, and that Immediately.
LOUIS FISCHER.
Philadelphia, October 26.
MAN'S AUTUMNAL HARVEST
Earth shows her harvest In pride of full
ness or regret of bitter poverty; what Is
ours wo who also havo had our year? As
tho old phrase has It, What fruits have
we brought forth? Man Is not 'bound to
the seasons as tilted land Is and needs no
barn to gather his soul In when autumn
ccmes; but, with the same plainness, he
either does or does not yield the values by
which mankind truly lives. When fall
closes down on summer's parting the great
est and the least of us have either helped
or hindered the permanent welfare of our
race. Man's own business is to Increase
Justice and kindness ; to make more of pa
tience, humility and courage; to see to It
that evil loses and that good is strengthened
In the unending conflict of those forces, Fpr
the soul's harvest home It Is either tares or
wheat; there Is no fallow ground. The
sowing Is unseen of others, and the reap
ing also, but the care and thought that go
to the growing of the crop are much the
same. But man's own harvest Is infinitely
and eternally more Important than that
which he wrests from the field. Collier's.
THE POLYGLOT PRESS
Leaving out of the count the German
language press, most Americans do not real
ize the number and diversity of the foreign,
language papers in the United States. Here
Is the table of numbers and nationalities
represented In that patriotic association of
4f2, as bu i uio wuuuuk;
Albanian. . 1
Armenian, o
JIuniarlan, IV
Italian,,., 103
Serbian... a
Slovak,..;
Blovanlo.,, 8
gDanlab '..'
Bwedlah ., 85
liohamlan. 39 Japaneaa,
japaneaa,, a
Jewlah ... 27
liuucanaii.
cninta
5 Lithuanian A
Proattall
12 Norwegian. 3(1
O Pollah , s
a Portuguea a
IT Humanla a
S Ilujilon ., u
VL MiiLktmlmM,
Ktnnlah .
Fltmlali...
French . .
"ng .., l
Syrian,
Wi
antllab... X
(irteu.
Total,,,,, a
BsaaUSZ. 'to-
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What Do You Know?
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QUIZ
1. Name the larerat city In Brazil ana tin
etoml lnrtest.
2. What 9 the planet Uranus alio called?
3. Mho were the Tolleca?
4. Name three famona Ruulan eompeitra,
5. la '" York oirielnlly referred to ai
fciUle or a Commonwealth?
0. What are cosmetics?
7. What la meant by an "arrlere peasee," att
now la It pronounced?
8. What Is the 'TaderensLl Lesion"?
0. An Important amendment la propeaed U tka
aelectlte conscription act. nnat Is It?
10. M here Is Klnza County, New Xerkf
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Doctor Braz, President of Brazil.
"Jlnrnanrs Lincoln," a statue of tha Ortit
Emancipator, la considered by nisny U
emphasize the uncouth characttrlitlcs at
Lincoln' appearance. Tha stain. Is a
sltt to the city of London. . Tkare la a
movement In this country to lave tat
lift withdrawn.
IMIeral Reoervri cities! New York, (Oleaa,
3,
Cleveland, noMon. rnnaowpaw, o
Francisco, Richmond. Kaniaa tltfl, St.
Louis, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Datfa,
4, "Proclaim liberty, etc.." the motto 01) tta
Liberty Bell.. Leviticus, xxv,. 10.
B. "frmall arms." arm carried by UdltlOl
soldiers rllles, revolvers, etc.
O, Waa-ner WTote "Tristan and Isolde."
7. Vosaea Mountains, on lPaIS,,'!lf
Alsace and France, The "(Bl' P
nounced aa tho "a' In "lelsuro", tha "a"
aa In "rose." ,
8. Switzerland leads In "puro democracy, W
la, In direct Icxlslatlon by the peopU.
0. A llylnc. In the manner of speajdw to
Churt i of Knalund. la a clerjymaa'a tlt)
1 ".. 1...I1. n.i nMiti. of a DarUa,
10. Attlla tho Hun was called tha "ScourM
tJod."
HOW KERENSKY APPEARS
HIS face lacks symmetry and Is carewprn
and anxious ; his movements are tjuldt
and nervous, his look full of energy and de
termination ; he evidently has a tempera
ment not to be daunted by difficulty or
danger, and which does not shrink from
sudden anu doio aeciBum,,. n
But the most remarkable of all his guv
. . .j, .-nnat i.hml! It W '
is his exiraoroinary J"' ""' "-"V"' vu i
as If a subtle fluid, emanating from n S
will, envelops those who come Into cm J
tact with him, be they few or many. P-
ninn moderation and balance nave n 4
place in such a nature, but it "
Sefects as well as his qualities tha t J
sky baB so great a uui" " 5-. .,. g
countrymen. Each time "" 1
j .. .hot ,a has full faith in w
outcome of the revolution, Wi-
tii voup friends in France, England
America not to lose faith In u, wbw..
happens; tho old regime has 1" us ,
crushing Inheritance, but we shall w .
thXoUBthask can be too heavy, no rapoi !
billty too great for him; his .
carries Mm Into the thickest of tto$.
as his generosity makes him eager to po
all that Is in him in deMec S
cause. He has hovvn,hte lately ' ,
magnificent rush to al the fronts to i
store order and discipline In the rw .
to rally their broken ranns, to "",rtt
K"n.i KSuky has spared '
his mind nor his .body. He h
..if into his mighty task with a W ?
Thanks to him. all the .group llfl(r
merly commanded by aentn. of.
were rendered cap.... - - ;- QmfU
Recouly, In Scrlbntr's Mtgsilne.
NO BUTTER AT VASSAR- . .
The announcement at Vf.sarCollr
no more butter will be serve d at
caused much discussion, but tne-gin v
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s?Mrss!Si
Jellies ana j-.- - -jg- ,. WOuia ,
IVKJt opbuttJr fdmnerjust a.
Keare wro any j,!..
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