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JJATIEB FhlliJtlphli, Wvtneids?, NsTembtr 7. 1917 WAR TO BE WON IN THE WORKSHOPS T71VEIIY workingmnn, every business and professional man, every farmer and e-ery merchant must keep !n mind tho not that the war Is to be won In America. If these men fall In 'their duty the lives of American soldiers will be tfSicrlflced needlessly and the responsibility will rest upon them, Here Is the situation today: No ag gressive action can bo expected from Russia. The man power of Englapd and Prance Is exerting Itself to tho utmost to hold tho trenches and to push back the Germans. That man power will grow weakejr Instead of stronger as the months go by. It Is Imperative that the United States should pour Into Europe as many men as visible and as quickly as possible In order that the Allied forces can follow up every gain and hold It. The American armies are depended on to turn the balance in favor of the Allied forces and to win the final victory In the Held. They cannot win unless they are sup ported at home. They cannot even fight unless they are carried across the ocean. They cannot be carried across the ocean In time unless there are ships enough for the Job. And they cannot be fed and sup plied with munitions unless there are bot- v:o toms In wh.lch to-carry the things needful. 2r Because of the scarcity of shipping the Government has already made arrange ments to build great factories In France In which tp manufacture certain supplies required by the armies. But the raw material must be shipped across the At lantic. Lord Xorthcllffe sounded the alarm when he said the other day that we should build ships with all possible speed in order to prevent the tonnage on the seas from falling below the amount required. The U-boats have sunk so many vessels that the world tonnage today Is less than when the war began. So long as the submarine activity continues the building of new hips Is of supreme Importance. The Shipping Board Is beginning to appreciate the gravity of the situation. It has Just appointed .two engineers to bring pressure to bear on the ship builders to rush the work as rapidly as possible, one engineer for the builders of steel vessels and another for the build ers of wooden ships. It would be easy ' and useless to say that these engineers ought to have been appointed months ago and that the work of building new ships should have been begun as soon as war Was declared In 1914. But it Is unprofit able to hold Inquests at iNs time. The fact to keep In mind Is that the Govern ment is at last aleit to the need and has begun earnestly to push the work In hand. " K Nothing can be achieved, however, without the hearty cooperation of the people. The householder who rents a room to a ship worker Is doing his part In the war as really as though he were carrying a rifle. A call has already been sent out to the residents of Philadelphia to provide house oom for the thousands f men employed In the shipyards on the .Delaware River. Thousands more must , Ie employed It the shipbuilding program J to be completed on time and If the war i to to be won. There must be the mosv hearty and genuine co-bperatlon between ho people of this city and the Govern- ,nt as well as between the people of .very other shipbuilding c.ner and th'e hatcn seeking a place to live while they lrk. The enormous resources of the country U be Used to win the, war. If the ,.., lo not Dlaco them at the, df.r,,l , d ' U,o Government, the Government tak-e therrr. U will conserve food. It will ?', ve profltecrs Into hiding and It will tsaW All rw. materials needed unless they ar ajflrod at reasonable price If every v'tttMn reattaes thai victory depends in oi 4wr on his willingness to co ooaiat tfea taa! will be easy. SUPIUll .,!, Wss s.gg I i 8AMveu tturr j T57! i(i, 4 to the effect that the German orrno will enforce rdSpect for his country from the world, that already tho "hateful word Boche" Is not so much used by the French as formerly. It thj Krench aro talking less of "Bodies" H Is because tho Invaders of France ore becoming every day less and not more formidable, Ger man arms are not regaining respect where the bearers of them are constantly retreating. Tho Germans cannot answer to their own satisfaction the most pointed ques tion the Allies can ask. Why. If the col lapse of Itussla released hundreds of thousands of troops, wero theso forces not thrown against Halg. retain and Pershing to break through on the western front? The true answer Is that man for man and gun for gun the Germans have not the Initiative, courage and strength that English, French and American sol dlers have. German victories ore won only against numerically Inferior, badly munitioned forces. There Is not nervo enough in Berlin to risk a final on the western front. It -" b Batlsfled with defensive warfare, there, and Us only hope is to crentc a diversion elsewhere. CHEAPENINGOoFmSTHlBUTION AMEIIICAN efficiency has had as team .mate American extravagance. This country's reproach as tho waster among the nations Is being removed by the economies compelled by the war. We have been taught a lot by Hoover, nnd we are learning ft lot more. Frofltceilng of manufacturer nnd middlemen, greed of the retailers,' carelessness of house wives all these have been taken up by the food admlnlsttatlon. America has been burdened with the most expensive food distribution In the world, the food administrators' researches have rovealcd. And all the excessive ex pendltuie has filtered down to the puise of the ultimate consumer. Vast savings can be effected by an economical dlstilbu tlon of commodities and provisions. Hoover, and his aids are devising a sys tem of ending this unnecessary loss of values. Effective methods of packing, transportation and stock supervision will bo madJ operative under the food licensing authority. Vast sums will be saved all along the line of dlsti .button, and the public will share In the bene.lt of the savings. A BAHRIEIt BUDGED A BARRIER to growth and progress In West Philadelphia will bo removed by virtue of the United States Supieme Court's decision that the city may con struct streets through grounds of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane. The court of highest appeal In the land upheld on all points the ruling of the lower court, enabling the municipality of Philadelphia to break through. the bar riers which have kept a large and ex ceedingly valuable area dead to all Im provements. The city long ago developed a populous territory around Kirkbride's. the situation of which blocked the nat ural course of avenues of communication, transit lines and houses for the ever growing population of tho city. Efforts to make this convenient ana Important section available for com munity uses failed time and again, and the obdurate opposition of the owners Is evidenced In the present litigation, which wus carried to the Supreme Court of tho United States after State courts had de cided In favor of the city's authority. The Supreme, Court In Its ruling stated that It might have dismissed the appeal for want of Jurisdiction, thus setting an Important precedent as to eminent domain In future suits. The Supremo Court decision means more than mere "gangway" for improve ments. It means the creation of new realty values through the opening of transit facilities. This Ir turn mean more taxes for the City Treasury- Finally, tho growth In values will add to the city's borrowing capacity, based as this Is on realty assessments. LASTING PEACE WITH ASIA THE agreement between the United States and Japan guaranteeing the Integrity of China has all the force of a treaty and more. It Is a gentlemen's agreement, one which binds, lri honor rather than In law, and It Is all the more Impressive because It Is made between two nations and not among several. The national pride of two peoples peculiarly sensitive about their traditional honor is the best guarantee that these solemn pledges will bo woven Into the very fabric of their life and Insure permanent peace between America and the Orient. It Is with a refreshing candor such as statesmen rarely adopt In International' affairs that Secretary Lansing admits the old doubts that Americans and Japa nese have had about each other's Inten tions. These suspicions, usually l-ased on gross Ignorance, are to be quelled for. ever, only brlpglng them to the light and frankly admitting their origin. 'The agreement Is the mot momentous diplomatic step taken to insure the fu ture peace of the world since the great war started. It Is nothing Bhort of a peace compact between America and Asia, embodying the principle that "territorial propinquity creates special relations," a formula that can stand as the model for the other warring continents. This meuns that the guardianship which the United States assumes In behalf of the American republics Is to have an analogy In Japan's guardianship over thesChlrtese republic. The rights of weaker nations are to be safeguarded without an Invasion of their sovereignty. Many families have forced up the price of food through a mania for hoard- , "? ana B,,u" """" . "" ''" vegetarian Oaspard, who counts his pota. will , the candlelight of the cellar and toes In the canaieugni oi me cellar ana chuckles over prospective feasts next March, Is responsible for much of the misery resulting from high prices. The Park Commission refused to penrJt the United States Ambulance Corps to camp In the Park for a few duys, Jn view of this, it Is a great won- orr hutt ,v .. - .v uwswus '""a .- ih.- h.nt. i..ik..i. . J A, ls A ! fltrVaftAif t L. . a, a of Washington be erected at thf ParkJ " .hi u.r'comnsnlei. savlnn hlnu. 'VU2 limwBsif .ww - .. M71'" rvfKjrit (iroKerMe pwww wiuui mini, m t,UBcrj . . a Si ilFlaT T taft-. -. m M . V . m I I 11 as SV aiaa A M . ASkte sT B.S a . ...uu Tkala La r tulltk In )ta. .. --tf rt- j V r EVENING' LlUDaE-PHIIADELPHIA ORLANDO, ITALY'S "CRISIS PREMIER" New Cabinet Chief Originally Educator, Now Statesman in Hour of National Emer gency IF THERi: Is luck In names, Italy's new Premier should lead that country out of the military, political and Internal eco nomla difficulties which beset her from the Huns on her frontier soil and the Socialists and Rndlcals within the land. Victor Emanuel Is a name to conjure vlcttry with nn Inspiration to glory on the battlefield and solidarity In the nation. Victor Emnnucl Orlando Is the name of the new Cabinet chief. Primarily an edu cator and Jurist, he has turned to states manship, nnd Is regarded ns one of the real leaders In Italian public life. He has come to tho fore In the national emergency created by the downfall of the Boselll coa lition. Premier's Record Prof Victor KmanucI Orlando, who has formed the new Italian Cabinet on the pass ing out of the Boselll conlltlon, Is one of tho ablest men In Italian public life. A lawyer, nged fifty-seven years, he has held various professorships In Jurisprudence at Palermo, Midcna and Rome. He has been active In politics since 1817. when he was elected a deputy. In 1903 he entered Glollttl's Cabinet as .Minister of Tubllc Instruction. Since June. 191C. he has been Minister of the Interior under the aged Boselll. Orlando Is a man of culture and author of many Important legal works. When Boselll organized his Cabinet In June of last j ear Italy heaved a sigh of relief. It was felt that the Judgment of tho octogenarian -statesman and his well known conervatl-in would counterbalance the radicalism of men like Blssolatl and that the Boselll coalition ministry would last a few months at least No one, how eer, was bold enough to prophesy that It would hold out for nearly a year and a half The fact that It did so was a tribute to the guiding power of the kindly "elder htatesman" who, like Cliiclnnatus, was sum moned out of a pleasant political retirement In order to serve his country In a moment of need The task which Boselll faced was, how eer. a picayune labor compared with that which faces Orlando. It Is a task from which many more experienced statesmen miirl.t nardonablv shrink. Orlando takes cilice In a day of gloom such ns his country has not known since the war began. Proud ly she entered the great conflict ngalnst Austria, and bravely has she carried her standards across the mountains losing hundreds of thousands of lives In the dif ficult onward march only to be thrown back Ignomlnlously In one of the greatest Allied catastrophes of the war. We need not bellee too readily the rumors of cowardice which are being put abroad, but we must bellee that the terrible reverse which has befallen the Italian armies has not been exaggerated. The details of Ger many's victory that of wiping out. In the short space of two or three days, the Italian effort of eighteen months, with tho terrible wastage of human life Involved are too clear and too well substantiated to make us doubt the truth. To Restore Nation's Honor Orlando must be a brave soul to promise In such an hour of national depression ana shame the resuscitation of his country's honor. That Is really what his acceptance n' the premiership means. Before he under took to form his Cabinet he must have known of the Italian defeat, or at least, navo been prepared for It. The new Premier Is one of those public men and there arc dozens of them In Eu rope who conscientiously build up In their own count-les a reputation for conspicuous capacity, but are never heard of by the outside world until some event of political Importance at home becomes of internation al Interest. Orlando Is one of the class we mention unknown yesterday outside naiy, but known everywhere today because his merits In he past have Justified his pro motion to the highest office In the State. His career has held no flashy moments. What he has done he has done well, but the repute gained by his efforts has been local only. He has been In public life for twenty years, and yet It was not until this year, when, as Home rerrriry. m ic.uoy. passports tp the Italian Socialists to go to tho Stockholm co vference, thnt he was ever mentioned at any length In the foreign press It was Orlando who said at that time the Stockholm conference "was a ma neuver of the Central Powers, aided by Russian extremists." and that is what It developed Into, which goes to show that Orlando. If he was an "unknown . at the time, possessed the knnck of putting the political truth Into a nutshell. His Personality The new Italian Premier Is a tall, well built, grayish man of fifty-seven, with bril liant eyes and pompadour hair. Of d s tlngulshed appearance, he had an equally .ii.tint-nUlierl career. He was- born at Palermo In 186". and took his decre as rtofnr nt laws at the University of Paler mo In 1881 Four years later he became professor of Jurisprudence at the Univer sity of Modena, and In 1888. after a short stay at Messina, went back to Palermo as full professor For nearly ten years he now devoted himself to his teaching duties, but found time to write a very Important treatise on the "Principles of Constitutional Law," since accepted as a standard Italian work on the subject. Success of educational, Juristic and lit erary works paved the way for his entry Into the Chamber of Deputies In 1897. Whn niollttl, the "old fo," who was clven his pontine quietus ny oanneie d'Annunzlo two years ago, formed his Cab inet In 1003 he made Orlando Minister of Public Instruction. In the Oiollttl Cab Inet of 1909 he was Minister of Justice, and In the Salandra Cabinet of November, 19H. was appointed to tho same post, This Important office was held bv Orlando until Boselll formed the coalition Ministry of June, 1916, when he was promoted to the more Important post of the Interior Such Is the brief record of the political nMlwltUa nf Orlando, who. In nnlltlf-nl parlance. Is known In Italy as "a safe man," and In wnom tne uniian jviiik nas so lar placed his confidence as to ask him to accept the highest office In that monarch's gift Premier Orlando Is possessed of great powers of physical endurance, and has shown In the past that he Is a man of great polltlcii courage. H la tne -man or tne nour in naiy, ana those who have studied his career feel con fident It will be tne nour ot iriumpn. li r. BOND ENGRAVING WORK OP ART For months the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. has been busy rushed. In fact retting out the new bonds. The engraving Is a work of art ind Is done by the most expert man In this Bne. Kverv detail of the dealra has been gone over most carefully. and when the plates different for the bonds of each denomination are ready there still remains the task of printing the bonds and the coupon sheets, folding them. putting them together, numbering and re cording every one. Then they must be sent out with the Utmost care no mean undertaking In Itaelf when one deals Irr the millions of pieces to be shipped. The Fed eral banks In each of the twelve districts of the country must go over every bond and .ni them In turn to the Federal Iteierv. member banks through which they were " - a . ........ u.UI.1. - ..' ... u wNlDAY -affftfiMBBB?,' i-., Tom Daly's Column DONE FOR TJIE DAT Come on I the dav" work's done; Wash up, and off we got Ueyl watt a bit, don't run: A'o need to hurrv o. Boats, subways, trolleys, trains, There's lots o' them, you. know But tthat about those stalnst Wash up Beore you got Oct rid o labor's grime; Wash up before you. got , Soap and a Utile time Make hands as white as snow. Come, make the soapsuds oaml llcmcmbcr what you owe To those who tcalt at home; WasTi up before you got Hands, face aye, heart and mind, Wash up before you go. Leave business cares behtnd; In soapsuds let them flow. That frown, that ugly scowl, Don't take that with you! Leave that upon (he tow'l Wash up before you got Xol WHILE WAITING for tho election re turns last evening we picked up "A Sur geon's Philosophy." by Dr. Robert T. Morris, and came upon this: "One reason why tho police have pro tected vice and have used It for a source of Incomo Is because the soelal system ns a whole favois that sort of thing, and will contlnuo to do bo. A parallel Is found In everyday life In, the garden. Some species of nnts net ns police In disposing of certain kinds of obnoxious insects. They find, however, that tho aphis ex cretes a sweet fluid which they lllie to eat. The aphis Is very Injurious to plant-i be cause It sucks their Juices. Ants destroy other obnoxious Insects, but protect the aphis. They will kill any Intruder if they enn, even attacking man viciously If ho nttempts to brush away their herd of nphlds. "Ants take up and distribute colonics of injurious nphlds Just as tho police dis tribute vlco colonic that a. sucking the Juice of social life. The cl!ow ground nnt Is too grasp.ng In Its malefaction and makes so many tunnels along the roots of the white pine In order to place colonies of the woolly nphls that the tree Is loosened nt tho rool and dries out. 'Exposure of protected vice' has then been made. Aphlds and ants both suffer for a while after exposuro of their meth ods, but they aoot. beg'n the work all over again upon another tree, unless the gardener applies pienty of tobacco stems for mulch In summer an keroseno oil In winter. We limit the development of aphlds after learning the nature of both aphlds and nnts." Couplets (From the Irish Monthly.) u;rrv Be brief! If "brevity's the soul of wit," 'Tls llkeiclse sole excuse for lack of It, ENVY Wholesome and siceet Is Admiration's power. Yet what ts Envyt Admiration sour. JOHN J. II AY DEN, EDGAR D. MELVILLE, of Chester, re minds us of conundrum perpetrated at a meeting of tho Diamond Club some years Blnco by Kosciusko McGlnty, of whom wo gossiped at some lengtl. several days ago. The Diamond Club, a little clan of puz zlers, was In the habit of holding ar. oc casional conundrum contest, and this was the one that Kosciusko sprung: "Why can a hypocrite best deserp upon how many toes a pussy-cat goes?" And the solution was: A hypocrite Is a man of deceit And a man of deceit can well counterfeit; And so I suppose Ho can well countertoes. JUST TO GIVE a notion of the positive genius of Kosciusko MiGlnty, late King of Puzzledom, wo reprint this clover charade, which is also a good bit of liter ary' craftsmanship an almost perfect sonnet. If you've got the time you might try to solve It. The answer Is a word of two syllables, but In this case divided Into three, nnd the total fit Into the text In place of tho words set In capitals, the "first," "next." and "last" part and the "totals." t An aching void I feel within my breast. Caused by a nameless arena wuruo not tell. Nor fleeting TOTALS can my gloom dis pel To see the peach-bloom cheeks I once ca ressed When Rosaline her love for LAST con fessed The shapely form I loved to clasp so well Within another's arms can but. Impel Deep Jealous thoughts to rise, though 'FIRST, suppressed And NEXT, self-exiled from my darling Rose, , Feign a jad Bmlle, to hide a bitter tear: Fain would I Beek relief from all my woes In her Bweet smile, could I but draw anear; c Alas! I dare not I I am filled with fear. For this Is leap year, and she might pro pose! And while we're talking puzzles, here's a neat turning of letters In an anagram In the October number of the Eastern Puzzler! INTO A GROUP, THEN A SNAPSHOT INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPH, LUCE GOLF? No? 8tatistlcs? No? Here's a little attack of both,: Harold E. Porter, alias Holworthy Hall, whose latest book, "Dormle One," Is a sort of. golfers' epic, has been a devotee of golf for more than twenty years. He says that the skin he has lost In blisters from, the game would make for each of seventy-nine large ABlatlc elephants a complete new epidermis; that the rubber In the -gulf balls he has lost would fill a freight train composed of ninety-seven cars with a capacity of forty tons each, and that the effort he has expended In hunting for said balls In the tall grass would, If translated Into foot pounds, lift that freight train an Inch and a .half higher than the Washington Monument -and hold It there Indefinitely. He adds that the power he has exerted in swing Ing golf clubs would be sufficient to beat twenty-six carpets each as long as the distance from Bt Andrews to Wh(temarsh and as w)de as the distance from BaltUs- n : "?-." nm fck iMJlwr y .jifijar - I m&$vkm las, m - w ' -if IM(-srff;nniFjiItWKCi til X sV .ftSZaW'rt!-'' ,rt ,,ioftm5iff"5iSfflPW w V iTviSMPJ5,w.ffiK? fi .ffdEBs-wS""-' irfT3rtraiwiSrwM523ffiOT I . (MMHEr f WSBm I if s4fflR -U2? i- i -JT I THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Doctor Penniman Makes Correc tion The Adoption of French Orphans DOCTOR PENNIMAN EXPLAINS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir My attention haB Just been called" to the follow Ing statement by your reviewer In a notice of the admirable book by Doctor Margolls on "The Story of Bible Transla tions": ' Vice Provost Penniman, In an address on the English versions of the Bible de livered In Houston Hall two weeks ago, mndo absolutely no reference to the work of the Jewish scholars. This Is a mistake, as the lecture called attention specifically to the work of Jewish translators and exhibited to the audience a copy of the version recently published by the Jewish Publication Society. He referred also to the earllerivcrslons of Jewish schol ars. Unfortunately, It was necessary to cut out a considerable part of tho lecture as delivered when It was printed the follow ing week In Old Penn. In the printed lec ture thero happened to be no reference to many Important versions beyond the state ment that there were other versions. It Is hoped that this correction may set right a possible erroneous Impression. JOSIAH H. PENNIMAN. University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Vice Provost, November S, As there was no. Indication In the re port of Doctor Pennlman'a address printed In Old Penn that It had been abbreviated. It was naturally assumed that the address was given In full. Tilts' assumption was the more natural because of the notorious ignoring of the work of the Jewish? scholars In rendering the Bible Into the vernacular. The Evenino LEDOEn gladly acquits Doctor Penniman of the charge which it lodged against him In view of his adequate defense. Ldltor of the Evenino Ledoeh. ADOPTING FRENCH ORPHANS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir While the writer's views and Ideas which follow In these few lines may Beem sglflsli and narrow-minded, and may even be termed un-American by Borne, yet I cannot refrain from speaking upon a pro gram which Is being followed out here and In other cities regarding the adoption o French orphans by certain churches and American famllfes. We feel sorry for these noor little French children who have lost all In this horrible war, yet they are not the only ones. There are the English, Rus. stan. Serbian, Rumanian and bo on, who are In like predicament, and the German also, and. above all. the American children who have already been made orphans and thou sands upon thousands more American chil dren who are yet to be made uuch It the war-continues. I think America has paid France In com pound Interest already so far as we have gone, therefore It Is the height of folly to go any further In this line and beggar our own land and our own people, who are already groaning under heavy taxes, and the worst yet to come, which Is the casualty list If "the war keeps on. and after the casualty list the orphan list of American children, vnw- when we go so far as to look after foreign nations and leave our own In want, I say It Is all wrong and a stop should be put to IU Do readers of your1 valuable paper know that there are lots of mtn who were down on the Mexican border who have not received pay for those services yet? That upon their arrlvat north they were immediately packed up bag and baggage and Bint Into this present war "broke" and uMth-uw.- money to send home to thelr'wlvea and families to tide thm oyer until they received the, next pay? Is ndt this ample cause for the charity funds and Red Croas ..j. lnnlc Into befoie taklnz un tha cause of foreign .nations? There is same thing wrong somewhere, or these cases would not exist, and exist they do, whether we care to look Into Jm or Tiot. How about the drafted men who have been torn away from their families, whose Income ceases from their place, of employment and who roust depend on I0 a month, and In some cases pot that, because the soldier has lo hve niu - tu jor nimaen; also he eaawv- n uoui. La aB,aB.fWa t r TT " "Tfrni HHfr Allwmlml eegfr . 'liHf I Jsfc'JssWttf .a JsWTnnlsassassassassassaWlirfr, it'll VlLoO'ififlUl KjQi'jVlliV K Aro we going to adopt French children and leave the American child at the mercy of the world? These are sad but truo condi tions, and It Is time we were getting mea nnd women at the head of theso societies who are not In them for mercenary motives, as some of them aro now. It Is charged. Either run them right or else abandon them. If we think more of France than we do of America, let us pull down Old Glory, dis card the American language and run up the French flag. DISGUSTED. Philadelphia, November B, JAIL FOR HIGHER-UPS , To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Slr--Sorry to recall the Fifth Ward atrocities, but In murder cases are not the conspirators generally kept In Jail along with those who fire the fatal shots? Why are not the men higher up Jailed with Mascla and his co-pals until the trial? Surely because Smith Is Mayor and Fin Icy the petted protege of the Vares they are no more human than poor Mascla, vvno ig norantly acted as their tool ! Some town you Jiave down Philadelphia County ! But now, with the Town Meeting party In such favor, why not suggest Its boosting Rotan for the next Governor of Pennsylvania, as New York boosted Its Dis trict Attorney, Whitman, to the Governor's rnalr for his wonderful handling of the Becker case? Also boost ex-Judge James Gay Gordon for the State Attorney General ship, for he would be much better than the Incumbent. Of course, all this to follow tho unan imous selection' of A. Mcrrltt Taylor to fill Mayor Smith's chair, FORMER PHILAOELPHIAN. North Philadelphia Station, November 6. .INFORMATION ABOUT BOOKS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Having seen about one week ago. In your paper a notice of an Instruction bbok for children, mostly about the distance to Btars, the sun, etc., and having forgotten the address of the publishers, I would es teem It a favor if you would let me have the same. Also please tell me where I can get a pocket dictionary. D. D. ELLIOTT.' Saxton, Pa., November 6. The book you refer to Is "Little Star Gazers," published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. You can get a pocket dictionary by addressing any of tho boqk stores or the book department of any ot the department stores. Editor of the Evenino Lkdcjeh. THE ALLIES' PRAYER God of the sullen seas, where lurks the U-boat dread, God of the darkened sky when Zeppelins destruction spread, God of suffering France, of, Belgium, broken, bare; God of our Fathers, Thou, hearken our war time prayer. Strengthen the might of Thy children, Lord, on land and on the Bea, Renew In us the will to war till all the world be free; Free from the menace of "Kjultur," Lord free from Its cursed creed. ' From the House of Hohenzollern and all ua aamnaoie Dreea, Out of Thy loving kindness, Lqrd, out of Thy mercy great. Refresh Thou our love of freedom and sanc tify our hate; And grant, O God, no shameful peace, no jcai-c wiiii ue uitBiaru iiun Till Justice rules supreme again, until Thy will be done. And If Thou wilt "but grant us, Lord, - suffice of shot and shell. Then back o'er the plains of Flanders e'en to the gates ot hell : . Back we'll push the minions of Germany's j war lord proud Ana earin snail noia ior mm naught save a shotted shroud, v We war not 'gainst his women, Lord, nor yet on his cursed seed, But his nation shall sway before us as the west wind swayk the reed; His Berlin battered apd broken,, his Rhine a, river of red, Ills armies shelled to submission, his gen erals Imprisoned or dead. For this Thy grace we crave, Lord, scorn ing a shameful peace; Fpr this we battle on. Lord., till the lust of the Hun shall cease ; i with us, u uou oc our via, O God ot our Fathers; nM us --- aaf DaVs! ' ' f Days; " ttsaaaaaaaaaaaiK. VXiKbsBbsbsK .vL M What Do You Know? QUIZ . 1 ulin I. li V.ntentn rnmninniler on fa. Ilalknn front? J I 2, Mhnt Is meant by the "American Cp"t. 3. What Is "knlflnB" In n political csmpslnt. 4. Name Iho former ami nrenent heads tf U ' Federal Shipping llonril. B. What Venetian Hrt nnd architectural treii- urea nre menaced li' the Teutonlt 4- vunco In Itnl? 0. VI tint are rettnasporas? 7. Define Ml. Martin's summer. 8. V ho Is the "Old Fox" in Italian politic! 0. VUiere Is the Tjrol? 10. How ninnv times has the election of tkj rresldeiit of the United States deiohei on lonarcwHT Answers "to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Philadelphia' tax rate frequentlr ,PeJ the SI mark In the elslitles and nlmtlet, T'a .. .itnil... nf i.n itrlnr to AIMtr Weaver's nilmliiMratlon It ntood at 111 u nd ilurlne It wan set ut $1.50, nhkhui prevailed since 2. Clhirlen l.athrop 1'ack l president of tin hnllonnl Kmerireney rood (lirdea Con? mission, whose efforts, last sprlnf ! Hummer wei responsible for the pusim or more man a.wu.uuu larocnp. also president of the American ForeW Association. 3. The minimum nee for marine recrolti J seventeen jenrs. hornier Ir It was nlMj teen jears, l'rlme ph slenl condltioa ua consent of paitnts nre reiiuWIte. 4. Author of "The Jinn Without C'oustri I Kdwnrd Bvcrrtt Hale B. Corcoran Art duller i The munltlpal plctorti collection In uslilniton. 8. Anthracite, hard cool: bituminous, soft cool - - , ,...!.... .... 'i..l.ln.. f'nmii AetlrttlH, i Appointed hy hrrretary of .War """.."tl provide leisure-hour activities, ana. saifis auard the morula of the soldiers la istn ITnlteil Mates- cantonments. Ml .. .i..iu ..e ..II..1I lloll. the r,snriT All Here": Air for ".ome, i riend". WM l'low the Sea" In flllliert und SoIUiibI' "l'lratea of Fenzur.ee." , 0. Smithsonian Institution) A foundation M James rJmlthsou. who willed a isrso , ot monev nliout Ihe, middle of tha is century to the United Mates proseol for the establishment of an lnatltutl Ir the promulgation and diffusion of luiowl-; euce among men. . , . 10, Iloston Hvmpliony Orchestra: l""""??; .Major Henry I.. Hlgglnson, of Uontoa, is the early eighties. j RIinnOR FOR SERBIANS milE National Food Fu d, official dlstrW 1 utors of the English war refugees' cotsv mlttee. has added to Its labors care of I stricken Serbians J. A. Espejby. Esg 3 Blenhelm.Btreet, London, England, CJ man of the executive committee, makes uw , following appeal to Americans. ..... t .,.. i vmi tnr n donation W: aid of the work of this fund for te'J Serbians and other war sufferers7 t.i'1, day we send free food to thousands Belgian and serman reiugees, . "-.-,, necessitous poor, to hundreds of wound". ana loiuuy umauicu oumi.., ,-..--- --..., nursing mothers, invalid and crippled cm dren and other cases ot distress caused through the war. "More than 123,000 persons , haw r; asslBteu ty tne iuna to oecoino "",-.; ing Bllll-u oein:iiiuv., ,., - - . ril.trlhuted more than Jl.000,000 worth of provisions received In kind from nWJi sources. But the need for our work la : urgent, and we cannot go on wunoui - support. mi ..,hMriJ "Will you 'help us uy senuinK "",.a. tlon to the National Park Bank. 2H Broso way, New York, which has kindly under taken to act " our agents? "tne nrsu oaicn oi - - In Kneland ADrll 28. 1910. the xm( six weeks later. They are now In lw . n ., , s i-nion,i VnturallV. " estimate was asked by the committee " the work was undertaken, uui wo -v then foresee the rise In prices. ThJ .v.- v,..ia nn run with irreat econoiWj and many of tha assistants work for lovtfl ...in !, funds have, been exceedeo, ais"j we are loath to stop at 300 when promUinf '"?.: P?!nWJl.1aF.t2.1,J.i:Le,. ,hv re. - ineao kiiiiuicii nm ikibv : : itfi atlzo the evils of GermanUatlon. They tij of what they want to ao in sibui.-- l-l -A1nlnna Knlll-AAn StArhl& SIlU commerKiwi ('" unv.. -.- h. areat Britain, And, Indeed, there Is niuw to be Bald for this stde, ot the Que'"0.; --l, .. huh. will irtt n natural OUUtV throughher sister provinces now under foreign rule, whose people speak her un guage and whose alms ore Identical wiw her ovyn. Without Interfering. In pureir national Ideas, we hope that youqg Serbia" may gain from their adjourn among f ,v,ii via. too. have something to learn from their Ideas of family life, of love of klndn of respect and deference to the older " eration, . , ., M-ur. nf,A vrv earneatlv for neln " .v. ".. : - .. j ... i, What Do You Know! J f cMHfen, It IH IW or nuiaw" I P' 8 2 v V t t t t rrwi.r li'f ruw wvf t.Wl Ms) trrtM V !'
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