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ONLY THE COURTS CAN
REMOVE THE STAIN
rpiIU procccdltiKs uRiilnst tho Majnr
hac aclMinced to the liimiil Jtli
te. If nil Indlctinrnt In found next
month ho must ntuiid ttlut on tho oon
piracy charge's Rrowltiff out of the Tlfth
Ward thUBBPry und nuiidet If he N
found Rullty ho must go to J til His
ccuser Is Uie Commonwe.iltli of J'onn
ylunla, techniculty and aUiull His
accuser Is not Henutor Pentose and w.is
not the Ute State Senator MoNIi hoi
Hut It Is being wild in OiR.inlttlon
Circles that there aie to he peace and har
mony It Is being said that the tli ith of
McNIchol will mi an the atlvuuccimnt of
City Solltltoi Connelly to the aoancj In
the Penrose-Mc.N'lJhol faction, that Con
Belly will make peace with the Vaies and
unite with them In an attempt to scUo
control of Coum.ll.-. and that this alliance
Will mean that PvnrtiHC will "taltc" the
State and the V.ttes the cil
Incidentally, It Is tumoied that the pro
CcedlngH against th" Major ate tchedultd
to be "diopped by mutual uRrrcment "
Thej will not be diopped by mutual
gieement unlehS the people of l'enn!
vanla aie icad to abdicate tilth t.oei
ignty to the Vares and Penrose, union
the Hanotlty of Judicial fietdom Is to be
Successfully ashiilled. Politicians loii
ptred to bring about the murdeious
thuggery In the I'lfth Wind If the
llujor was not a tiaity to the conphac
he tan only be exonerated by Jurors who
haie not been tampered with and by a
Clstrlit Attorney und u Judge who have
been left fice to learn the ttuth.
It was said during the recent campaign
and repeated a thousand times that con
ditions In Philadelphia could best be
ummed up as "goi eminent by murder."
The reply of the accused faction was the
cry of "Hjpocrlsj" So many sweeping
"dentals" were made that one could
aupect the Varc Smith followeis to deny
eTVen that (korge Kpp'.ey had been killed.
But if they did not mean that the people
lioukl Ignore the fact of the murder they
aid what amounted to that. They suld
'tha opposing fuitlon had been guilty of
the Fame thuggeiy methods. That was
the "hpocrls" of the Town Sleeting
cause. The Vare-Smlth men pretended to
blleo that Pent use had started the
Town Meeting movement, was In some
myaterlous way at the bottom of It and
that Independent voteis would never havo
organized the new paitj If an Organiza
tion faction had not egged them on. This
clarge of "hypocrlsj" was absolutely dis
proved by the facts The Town Meeting
party wasSed by men who have opposed
both factions of the Organization for
years; the candidates they put up were
above suspicion.
Who Is the "hvpocilte" now? Tho
Judge who holds t' o Mayor for the Oiaud
Jury uftcr tho election Is he a hpo
erlte? Or the politicians who ate hoping
to avoid the due piocess of law are they
the hypocrites?
Crimes are not punished or condoned
by popular vote. Above all th mrn.i,.
tb,T nuii ui i;uiiirui;iui'iuerjinieni our courts
remain pure, a testimony to the honesty
ot the people The District Attorney Is
bound by his oath of otllce to follow overy
prosecution to Its logical conclusion and
for h'm to listen to the pleas of politicians
would be an offense amounting to perjury,
American Justice under our Constitution
has brought a Pjesldent of the United
States before the bar of Justice chutged
with high crimes und misdemeanors. The
same leveling rule of Justice demands the
ante procedure, when warranted by the
vldence, ajalnst a Governor or a Mayor.
, GRANTLAND BICE, POET
TXAMON IIUNYON. who Is a critic as
-' well as j sports writer, says this
about the new book of poems by our own
Qrantland Rice, whose "colyum" of
j '.$ lyric and "dope" Is a festturo of the
jj, cvtsmnu icKiEHs sporting pages:
Ife.-, ,n lh Introduction. Irve Cobb noml-
,V "rant as me second James Whlt
m V'w Wkr.-ta which we humbly diisent.
L 7 ? way w,cn. Ho Is the
m, wmen atrllcM us aa
wmiA
court; ha U a real poet, whore mott of
the others are Just rhymesters.
Praise from Hlr Damon Is prulse In
deed. And Indeed It Is deserved In thin
cate, Orantland Rice slngB metrically
and lyrically, yet so simply and feelingly
that tho man In tho street, whose concern
Is with tho proso of dally routine, can
appreciate und enjoy him and be
touched by his art.
THE ERA OF CANDOR
CAtVDOH Is henceforth to be tin. rule In
Allied councils. Northcllffe follows
the example set by Uovd flcorge In Pails
this week. This practlco of plain speak
ing will clear the ground for the military
unity of America and her Allies. Hut.
equally Impoitant, It will produce diplo
matic solidarity among tho foes of nutoc
racy, .Voithcllffe has returned lo Europe with
tlu- message that Amcilca means busl
ncss, business on an enointous scale,
business that must not iie mismanaged
What part he Is or Is not to play In
Ilrltlsh KtnUmatishlp It Is up to the
people of (Sreut Urltaln to hay und Is iiu
uffuir of ours. Hut It Is very much our
affair to understand that Americans,
through the establishment of a supreme
wur council, will from now on have an
equal tesponslblllty with Kutopeans In
the direction of the Allied campaigns.
And It Is vital to our polio to understand
the importance of Northcllffe's message
to tho English people to the effect that If
Amnlca Is to be the kej stone of the
Alliance she must have a proportionate
share in guiding the conduct of the wai.
Tho Alliance has accepted tho Amcrl
can AdmlnlHti.itlon as Its diplomatic
spokesman, and events have conspired to
emphasize the fact that the purpose of all
the Allies In the war must coincide with
the purpose of Atnerku
We stand tignlnst Imperialism, nrbl
traij demands for Indemnltv or tcnl
toiy und nit other phaes of autocracy.
We will tonslder no peace terms with n
CSermany not fiee, but we will oontder
peate terms with u Germany that Is free,
when the fieedom of the German people
Is nshUted bejond a doubt. In one hcnse
America's terms aie the most drastic, in
one seiicc thej are the most llbetal, of all
the belligerents'
There mufct be an end of start dlplo
micv. Our cause has gained enormouslv
l tin- candor of tho last few dajs. It
Is uppaii nt now how valuable was the'
light that was made In this countiy
againt-'t u censoishlp This fieedom of
speech must now be International
WAR REDUCING DRUNKENNESS
c
ONSnitVATION of deccnev as well ur
conservation of commodities Is a te-
siilt of tills nation's entry Into the war.
The Supeilntcndent of Police leports that
the high cost of red liquor, owing to
gt .tin hiving at the distilleries and the
Imposition of the war tax. has reduced,
by nearlv one half, the miinbei of
"drunks ami dlsortlctllcs" rounded up In
the station houses Tlgures Indicate u
tonstnntly augmenting diminution of ar-tc-ts
for dtunkenness. The table com
piled at headquarters shows that In
August, 1916, there were 2025 nrrested
and In the same month of this jcar 2215,
a dcciease of 710; In September. 1016,
there weie 3340 arirsts, computed with
2749 this jear, a dectease of 501, and in
October, 1916. there were 360S arrests,
wlille In October of this ear there wete
2000, a decrease of 1608.
Whatever the cause, the net gain Is
desirable und gratifying. There Is no
doubt that many men nre "tapering
down" or "cutting out booze" altogethei
in a conscious and laudable deshe to aid
In the great national task of food saving.
Piobably many are deterred from drink
lug through pressuie on their pocket
book lather than their patiiotlc ncrvo.
Hut It all amounts to the same good The
tlty is saving money, through decreased
expendltuie in rating for the prisoners.
The habitual "dt units" ate, despite them
selves, taught the lesson of the value of
sobilety Abstinence, even forced. Is
making them bcttei men and chtaper
citizens to maintain.
Pull pilson cells can bo avoided If
di Inkers lose the opportunity to "get
full." And once "off the stuff," they niav
stick "on the wagon."
THE SURE-SHOT SAMMEES
OAMMUKS
shoot quick and shoot
O:
straight. Trench official military ob
servers admiringly report. They Inherit
the ltnack of drawing a speedy and sure
bead. Didn't the well known 'coon In the
w. k. story bay to the celebrated sharp
shooting Ciockett: "Unshoulder jour
gun. Davy. Seeln' it's ou. I'll come
down."
The old shooting muscles apparently
have not attopliltd thiough disuse since
ploneeilng dajs. The Ameilran boy Just
nutuially takes to a gun. Tho Ameilcan
holdler seems to be a born marksman
American gunnery Is as sure to help win
the war as It Is sure to hit the mark.
There lb about as much reason for
keeping some people In Washl igton as
there would be for sending Villa to the
Mexican Senate
The local battle of the Marne has
been won, and the victors are preparing
to bring up re enforcements for the grand
push In two years.
Are you on that honor roll of Y.
M, C. A. subscribers? It won't reach
$35,000,000 If jou're not and don't do your
bit this last day for giving.
Xow If Britain can reduce the
weekly U-boat toll by Just one ship the
trick will be done and the ruthless sub
marine war become a Bcff. Last week's
record of Von Tirpltlzlsm was a solitary
vessel. The law of diminishing returns
has been transferred from the Entev.te
mercantile marine to the U-boats, Fewer
of 'them are getting back to their bases
after raids, ns Sir Eric Geddes pointed out
In his speech In the Commons.
Philadelphia's slowness Is a good
deal more rapid than the speed of some
other communities. This truism Is ex
empllfled anew In the fact that this city
several years ago relieved its span of Old
York road of the tollgate nuisance and
still waits the pjeasuro of Bucks and
Unntararnerv Countlc to frs th rrtaA
along ,HtVftr turs. pistsV oQwnUsw
EVENING LEDaERr-PHILADELPHlA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17,
POET PROPHESIED
DEWEY'S GLORY
Rollicking Verses of Farewell
Twenty Years Ago Tonight
Forecast Commodore's Re
turn as Admiral
Hy HERBERT JOHNSTON .
mlli:itt: whs a sound of revelry by
J- night."
And, parnphrunltig U roll's poetical nar
rative of the eve of Waterloo In Ilelglum's
capital:
Columbia' capital had tathered then,.
Iter eplendld naval rhlvalr. and hrltnt
lha latnpn ahone o'er bronzed fciiturea or bravo
men
The occasion of this memorable assem
blage of sea warriors and seasoned men of
affairs waH a dlnnet tendered to Gcorgo
Doney by his fellow members of tits Met
topolllun Club, of Washington, V. C The
date was November 17. 1897, twenty jears
ago totluj
The feast was bpread the night before
the late Admiral (then Commodore)
Dewey's departure from Washington to take
command of the Asiatic station find tiHVal
forces of the United States. This was nn
nnlgnment, by the way, that some per
sons presumably versed In Navy Depart
ment affairs viewed with suspicion that
It was designed for the "shelving" of a
gallant olllcer who was reputed to have a
ptcferencc for an Atlantic command
Whether this wns true or not is unimpor
tant after the lapso of two decades and
in tho light of what followed the detail
of the iloughtv fighter to a Par Kastern
post of dut.v Neither docs It matter much
whether or not the Commodore, ,i some
believed, accepted with reluctance tho berth
to which he was assigned b the Secre
tary of tho'Nav, John I) Long
No Previblon of Wur
It may truly be said, however, on the
strength of contemporary accounts ot the
event, that If Dewey had any regrets and
assumed his new command unwillingly
thciu was no appearance of such i. frame
of mind In tho demeanor of tho future
hero of Manila Hay or of rtscntment on
till putt of his comrades assembled on
tho night of November 17, 1897, to wish
him godspeed The shadow of war. If
pi rhaps It had made Its presence- known
In Hie politic al skies during the latter dajs
of the second Cleveland Administration and
the early part of MeKhilj s as a esult
of the bushn hacking campaign down in
Cuba, whs hardlv larger than a man's
hand Intervention b 1'm.le Sun was not
rcg.irdfd us probable except by h com
paratively few 'flHbrniids" on tho floor of
Congress and a scattering of Cuban sym
pathizers In tin- southern part of the country-
and elsewhere The Washington C!o.
eminent Itself had held aloof, outwardly
at least, from these Indignant critics of
hp.iniuh malevolence We were technically
and urtuullv at peace with the Queen He
gent's Government, the Du I'Uy de Lome
Incident hail not come to pass, the Ill
fated battleship Maine had not been blown
up, h id not even started on her peaceful
mission to Havana harbor
Therefoie It was that Commodore Dewey
nod his naval and civilian comrades, ns
they s.ct at the festal board, had no pre
vision of nn epoch-making event which Fate
had scheduled for only u few months later
'I hey could not foiesec the guest of the
evening, with what the Gi-rniau ISmperor
doubtless would havo dubhcil his "con
temptible little squadron," playing the
momentous part tint was to make the name
of Dewey Illustrious In naval annals Little
wns It suspected that within less than six
months from th U night In the banquet
ball the modest sailor whom his hosts weie
honoring would take his place In tho lime
light that Illumines the names of Knrragut.
his Civil War commander; of Porter, "of
gunboat renown": of Decatur, of Daln
bridge, of Perry, of Lawrence, of the long
line of worthies dating back to Revolu
tionary davs when John Paul Jones and
John Harry electrified Kurope and the world
with deeds of naval valor, and which
who knows? may yet cast Its brilliant
glow over a Sims and other of our present
day heroes, to whom has fallen the praise
worthy task of driving tho German pirate
f i oin his lair.
The Dewey dinner gave no hint of "bat
tle's magnificently stern array" It was a
night of good cheer and Jollity, Our Uncle
Samuel had not unsheathed his sword In
defense of the oppressed Cubans, had
given in concrete evidence of an Intention
to du so !3le when he assigned the Com
modore to the Asiatic station, with an eye
perhaps turned casualty on the Philippines
as an objective of strategic value nnd naval
lmpoitauee In the event of an unpleasant
ness with Spain, he might have equipped
Dewey with a more Impressive bodv of
fighting ships than the squadron over which
the Commodore hoisted his flag on arrival
at this Par Kastern post
A Poetic Tribute
Was It a species of clairvoyance that
prompted one of Dewey's Metropolitan
i tabulates, Archibald Hopkins, clerk of the
Court of Claims, and affectionately known
to his Intimates as "Archie," to pen these
gnod-bv verses which he read at the dinner
of twenty years ago?
Fill our irlaaviH full tonight
Thi wind la off the aboro.
Ami In It fe.mt or be It rleht,
VVo'll nledte the Commodore.
Through dua of storm, thrombi dj; of calm,
On broad I'nrlflc neim
At anUior off the- Isle of Palm
Or with the Japanese,
Ashore afloat, on derk. below.
Or whert- our bulldocs roar,
to back u friend ur briaut tt foe.
We U pie Ike tho Commodore
We know our honor'll bo nustalned
Where er hla pennant flies,
Our rlfchts respeited and maintained
Whatever power iUllen
And when hn t ilcea the homeward tack,
lifneath tho AilmiruTa riur.
We'll hill the iln that brlnta lilm back,
Anl ba iineither Jim'
How could Archie know, how could ho
suspect, hs he and his fellows "pledged the
Commodore," that within a few months the
subject of the foregoing hjmn of pralso was
going to perform the deed in Manila lluy
that set the world ngapo with wonder? How
could Hopkins forecast the Von Dledrlchs
Incident, wherein tne insolence or a tier
man admiral, doubtless the protagonist of
the Von Tlrpltz of today, was met and dis
dained by tho American naval hero In a
manner that Is recalled with especial relish
at this time and which did assuredly "sus
tain our honor" and "maintain our
rights?" . ,
Again, how rould the poet of the banquet
board figure It out with such accuracy that
the guest to whom he nnd his comrades said
good-by In rollicking verse would "take the
homeward tack beneath tho admiral's flag"
and becotno so enshrined In his fellow coun
trymen's hearts that the "Jag" forecast In
the last lino of Archie's verses took on di
mensions the size of which still forms .the
subject of reminiscences to many Fhlladel
phlans who visited New York at the time of
the Dewey reception?
One thing stands out boldly In a casual
reading of the lines the clerk of the Court
of Claims In the District of Columbia proved
himself a prophet as well as a poet.
SLANG OF THE TRENCHES
Napoo Is a bit of argot that the Flan
derB trenches have produced. "We thought
we was napoo when we 'eard that little
bundle of fun a-comlng," explained the
sergeant.
Vor the benefit of the puzzled lover of
etymology.. Bapper, In his new book, "No
Man's Land," traces the corruption back to
Its original and pure source.
II n'y en a plus. There Is no more:
a French phrase signlfylnr complete absence
of. Largely heard In estamlnets (cafes)
near closing time.
Naploo. Original pure English phrase
alsnlfying the perlsher has run out of beer.
3mmTl VulK,4 kasUrtlseei stort-
Tom Daly's Column
T1W VlbhAQtt rOET
RViencfer U's a Saturday, If often seems
to me,
The week has been so Ho iflfh nctw on'
full os ft roicM be,
I'd better let If countermarch before me
In rct(eto.
Instead of strolling Chestnut street to
took for ncus that's new.
So here I ilf fit idleness an' natch uHth
dreamy eye
The neck's array of happentnas oo coun-
tet mnrchlnu by.
1 see the driie beginning for the great
Y. .If. O. A..
I sec the tiorhers hustling round and
gaining day by day,
I note the march of progress, though I
cannot see the end,
Xor do I catch you handing in your bit,
my stingy friend,
l'eihnpi you'll ice yourself some day as
here I ptittlir you
'or e-crfnlu things took different, when
passing in tctlcic.
see a politician an' a leader of the gang,
Vor tthom no hymm of fulsome praise
tho "righteous" ever sang;
Iherc t no use denying now that when
tho neck began
He u ain't tiftnf reformers cail "an hon
orable man."
Hut now tc-c dec the weeping poor beside
hit coffin itand,
Wc see the many simple folk who blcucd
hit open hand,
An' find it in our hearts to praise the
good he used to do
Vor certain thinyi look different u hen
passing in review.
You know, it'i not an dlc thina that I am
doing here,
This looking back on past events to sec
how thry appear.
You. ought to do it now an' then. You'd
iinr agree it's strange
out certain things, looked back upon,
should undergo such change.
At any rate, on Saturday, it often teems
to me
That when the ttcrl't been full o' news,
at full as it (ould be,
It's good to let it countermarch before
you in i ci icw
Inttcad of strolliii' Chcttuut street to
aco icltat neu t ric.
Old Stuff
"A Jest's prospeilty lies in tho ear of
him that hears it."
W. Shakespeare, who said that, may
havo been looking over fomo of. his old
stuff und wondering how It ever got Into
print, for ho was "a fellow of Infinite
Jest." Yet William wroto for all time
und It's hurd to Imaglna unj thing of his
fulling to get ncross at uny time. Styles
.In Jokes didn't change so quickly or so
often then, cither. Study William's stuff
was alwnjs good.
Wo found In a pigeonhole, of our desk
jestorday a bunch of clippings cut from
papers of twenty je.tis ago. They wero
jokes. They wero sci earns. Wo wrote
em and wo know. They traveled nil over
tho country, and bursts of laughter nrose
In their wake. Men waiting in barber
shops read them in the back pages of
Puck and grew upoplectlc with mirth.
Rut now look at the things. What alls
the ear In which their prospeilty lay?
Itau age dulled It, or what?
Look nt theso incrrj makers of a quar
ter of a century ngo!
Hero's tho llttlo Sunday school boy
who, when asked what was his notion
of "tho futme state," leplied that It was
a Tctrltory.
And here's tho tempeianco lecturer
who told us if we didn't want whisky to
get tho best of us, we'd havo to get the
best of
And here's that other llttlo boy who
spoko u piece bo animatedly, nnd when
tho teacher wanted to know where he
got "ull those gestuies," replied, "them
ttln't gestuies, them's hives."
And heie's tho lover who, when ho
culled to "talk to papa," ascended the
stairs backward so ho wouldn't be kicked
In tho stomach,
Dear, dear! here's one about the "Wag
ncr Sleeping Car snoring Wagner
music. Get It?
And tho yacht lace one about "those
unsorupulous Ynnkees putting something
In tho water to keep the Valkyrio from
winning." "Rah Jove: jou don't say?
What was It?" "The Vigilant."
And this (of a llttlo later period) of the
doctor who advised a patient to buy a
horseless carriage, because tho walking
would do him good.
Dear old simple Japes; liow dull they
look In their quaint old clothes! Some
of them nre gone forever. Hut save your
tears! Most of tho others have been, and
will bo, again dolled up In pictures to
tickle a lator generation.
OJCIJ of those old Jokes of ours puzzled
oven ourself for a moment. Here It Is:
"Tho last time I saw Crooklej-," said
the Phlladelphlan who had been abroad
for some years, 'he was Interested In
some gambling scheme."
"Yes." replied the staj-.at-home. "he
was certainly an unprincipled rascal"
"Has ho been, making any money late-
"I wouldn't be surprised; he's In the
Raetern Penitentiary now."
Then we remembered that when that
little squib was written the whole town
was buzzing with talk of the counterfeit
bills one of the prisoners Taylor or Be
dellhad succeeded in making In his cell
and afterward put Into circulation.
A SOUIt BPUfSTEIt
Be not too hard on hcrl
Xo man can tell
What worthy metals were
In Ms old belle.
Tho golden days of youth
Vor her, alasl
Have vanished and, forsooth,
Expose the brass,
WILLIAM J. LOCHART, of Cermaji
tovvn, was showing off his burg to Philip
A. Hart, of Bryn Mawr. "If you had the
time," he said, "Pel llko ou to meet the
five Thoma Sisters. Thoy've led more
women to become regular attendants at
church tlan
" "Siat so?" said Mr. Hart. "Evangelists,
are they?"
"Oh, no; milliners."
ANYTMNQ TO OBLIGE
"Oh, pttto ne time," tha culprit cried.
1 vr"J2.?y "TPr j. iMtiJ
"DER OLD HOME AINDT VOT IT USED TO BE!"
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Doctor Burch Denies Sympathy
With Pacifisrr- Spring Gar
den Institute's Good Work
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir i uas somewhat shocked when my
attention was called to the articles appear
ing In certain morning newspapers of No
vember 12 to letrn that I had been classi
fied, either directly or Inferentlally, as nn
author of pacifist tendencies. It Is true
that mv name Is associated with that of
Doctor Nearlng In the authorship of La
ments of Economics," a textbook widely used
throughout the high schools of tho United
States In the teaching of elementary
economics.
This book was first published in 1912,
when thoughts of war wero rar removen
from the minds of men and when the term
"pacifist" Itself was virtually unknown Hie
pacifist movement, which was nonexistent nt
that time, could thertfoio not nave colored
economic thought In nnv appreciable man
ner before the world was plunged Into war.
As n matter of fact, this book, of which I
am Joint nuthor, Is Intensely American In
all Us Ideas and principles. It Is pro-American
through and through "American and
nothing else," to npply In a slightly modi
fled form the famous words of the mobt In
tensely patiiotlc cltlnn uny country has
probably ever known.
As one whose ancestors have served In
both the military and diplomatic branches
of the Government nnd as one who himself
attempted to become a "Roosevelt volun
teer" when that organization was hoped for
by thousands of Americans, I desires to make
clear, beyond tho slightest shadow of a
doubt, my nbhorrenco of the paclflbtlc doc
trlno and the absolute falsity of attributing
anything but Intensely pro-American prlnci
pies to the book entitled "DIcments of
Economics." vmxcn
Head of the Department of History and
Commerce. West Philadelphia High
School for Boys.
Philadelphia, November 16.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
gir perhaps nowhere else In these event
ful day's Is the great, restless spirit of
energy and progress reflected as It Is In
the vocation training schools of tho country.
The rumhle of the loom, the whir of the
busy saw, the clink of the anvil nnd bustle
and hum of the busy classroom all suggest
a greit beehive preparing Its armies of
workers for busy labor In the fields of peace
rSuch at least Is the Impression gained
on a visit to the Spring Harden Institute,
the oldest established training school In the
city Founded as It was long before the
m.ii wf. the !Chool Immediately stepped
Into tho breach caused by the collapse of
the old apprentice system of training, nnd
has amply fulfilled Its purpose for more
than sixty years.
a dimniB of the many and varied activi
ties of the school now In full swing Is well
worth while. From the topmost floor, where
the drawlnr students are being trained
In the high Ideals of artistic endeavor, to
the basement, where the most complicated
mechanisms of the modern automobile nre
studied, there Is an air of serious deter
mination and sound practicability which
augurs well for the future of the nation.
For It Is perfectly true that we are today,
and are ever becoming more so. a nation of
specialists, and the Spring Garden Insti
tute Is turning out hundreds of specialists
year by year. Every line of specialized
handicraft has Its place at this Institution.
If a young man or woman Is artistically
Inclined and must make a livelihood from
their art, their guidance, under the expert
Instructors, with the unexcelled equipment
at hand, Is sure and direct.
irhr are large, well-llshted studios.
where the student Is taught the firm, under
lying principles of free-hand drawing and
construction, eliminating all the false and
ejuperflclal. which too often he has corns to
regard as Important.
After a sense of proportion has been
developed and his hand trained to obeyf his
.... ha la Disced In the costumed rrioclel
class and the fostering of his Imagination
Is begun. Hs Is shown the relstlon which
xlitsi bstwssn the model. and the artlatlo
aoBQSptlon t how ts use Ui model In ex-
y 'www, ,." (-, finally
ii
1917
rounded by students of whom in iny arc
ai tually engaged In piofesslou il work for
the various mngazlnes and book publishers.
He Is also required from time to tlmo to
submit compositions nude at home, which
are criticized before tho class and discussed
from .i practical standpoint. Strict origi
nality of thought, sound drawing and ar
tistic spirit are the points considered the
most essential. With training such as this
thero cm be little doubt of tho future high
standard of book nnd periodical Illustra
tions, which Is, Indeed, a vast and ever
Increnslng field
No less practical and fascinating Is the
work cairlcd on In the wood-working class,
which Is a new department In the school.
This class was organized with the end In
view of bupplylng tho present great de
mand for wood workers, furniture design
ers and wood carvers. The Instructor,
Charles I'. Dunn, has been for more than
eighteen years nn expert tencher In cabinet
making, furniture designing nnd carving,
and every man or boy In tho city, whether
ho desires to earn his living with his tools
or merely to experience) tho Joy of creating
things worth while with his own brains and
hands, would profit greatly from this course.
Mnny manual training school toachers
have bettered themselves und Increased
their scope of efficiency by n course of
training with Mr. Dunn
Tho sumo condition holds good through
out the entire school, which Includes In
Its various courses architectural drawing,
mechanical drawing, pattermnaklng, machine-shop
practice, shop mathematics und
a complete and efficient study of nutomo
bilo construction nnd handling.
Thcv tuition fees are surprisingly low and
tho classes nre adding to their enrollment
each week.
"Preparedness" Is the big word of the
hour, and at the Spring Garden Institute,
at least, one Is taught how to prep ire for
the great game of life I II, L.
Philadelphia. November 16. .
MISCHA ELMAN PLAYS
Fluontly Interprets Wieniawski Con
certo in Philadelphia Orchestra's
Program of Light Music
Characteristic elements of a "pop" con
cert palpably pleased yesterday nfternoon's
Philadelphia Orchestra audience nt tho
Academy of Music At tho conclusion of the
"Rustic Wedding" symphony Mr. StokowsM
was rapturously applauded At his behest
the entire orchestrn roso In acknowledgment
of tho tribute. There was no mistaking Its
meaning Melody Is still tho prime consider
ation with the majority of concert-goers
Goldmark's pictorial suite strictly speak
ing, It Is not n symphonyat all Is replete
with tuneful themes, prettily embroidered.
Tho source of some of theso motives can
easily be traced to several distinguished
composers. Goldmark was not only an eclec
tic In style, but often n tolerant, though In
genious, "editor",' of other men's aspirations.
Rchoes of a familiar Lutheran hymn may
be found in the opening movement of this
light symphony, the Wagnerian Influence Is
frequently felt nnd In the andante tho soft
voices of Verdi and Massenet can be heard.
Skillful borrowing, however, Is not really a
enai tun in music, tvagner nimseir did not
hesltato to tap the melodic fonts of Liszt,
Weber nnd even Mendelssohn.
"Tho Rustic Wedding" Is tender, sym
pathetic, unpretentious. Its suitelike traits
aro especially noticeable' In tho first three
movements. "In the Garden" and the
"Dance" finale nre written with firmer sym
phonic authority, and at times their color
ful Instrumentation Is almost equal to that
of the ubiquitous "Sukuntala" overture
Mr. Htokowskl gave the symphony a deli
cate and appealing reading. . The wood
wind and plucked string effects were ex
quisitely handed.
In Mlscha Elman, the soloist, the "popu
lar" aspect of the occasion was also sus
tained. -This violinist's amazingly fluent
techntquo and the caressing sentimentality
of his bowing Is usually amply satisfying
to thousands, who worry little over the lack
of doep Interpietatlvo gifts. His tone, never
virile, llko Krelsler's at his best, or majestic
like Ysaye's, Is, however, dulcet, cooing and
beautiful. If the much-badgered "tired busl.
ness man" ever attends symphony concerts
he should have no difficulty In appreciating
Mlscha Dlman His work Involves no in
tellectual strain
The virtuoso's principal offering was the
superficial, melodious WlenlawskJ concerto
In D minor, a violinist's -howplece and
little else. As a final number he offered his
own version of Amanl's "Orltntele." By far
the most stirring pursiy orchestral feature
of hUmm program, WMCh
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What Do You Know?.
QUIZ
1. lVlio la deoreea C lemtnceau?
'.', Wlmt new portfolio lm been adaei to to I
iiritif.it iniiinet.'
.1. VMiii I Is Imc-kulirnt foul?
1. Where Is the fortreo of St. Peter ail R.
'am. wnim wna lired upon in tnt me
Kussbin recoil.'
5. Mho huh "The Hid Man MNOfnt"!
n. Who wrote "Hull Columbia" and win!
7. Wlmt Is a romiilet fertilizer?
8. What la "drlpplnss"? "
0. 1'or -at time la the neit draft ickal
nieiif
10. Loc-hIp Fnneull Hull.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz jj
j. Luniini is me Kocernmrntai eeat oc 1 1
rlon ar tiolltlrnl illiUlnn. f attltAt u tat
nninp implied to the chief admlnldrttm
nnil IfElslullie Imllillnc In most Aa-
nun states, llotli ternia come ma w
latin word "rniiut." nieanlnt .,
tin- former la cllrectJr derived the liM
more Imllrrrtlc tliroueh an adjertln he
nmtlon, orlglimlly used for the (ipIIiUm
Illll. on whlili were located tha Mi '
imuiilnea or Home.
2. Duvlls nrr the siinnurtN for lifeboats.
S. "Little Km'lj" wiia the pafhftlf henbli1
Dlrkriis'N "Piicld ( opiirrnrld."
4. No Stntr now lime to ranltala. ratltS'.
rent .veiirs ltliorie lhbiod had frla
rrowdenri us r.iiiltuN. lo till lest.
tblrtc flit" nir nao Connecticut aal r
ciinllnli. In Ilurtforil nnd New Hitea.
f.. -T ..I. Tl.nnall lu i .n.lil.Mj !h MWI '
creitent exponent of llack-aM
(Irnwlns. He la u Philadelphia arWiJJ
lonmonolltun career. Ilia latut jft i
work nil been n aeries of picture! nra
Ing munitions und other war nUfS 11
operation, rveruteil under eommliiiai
the Allied (lowrnmenta. -;
0. belrnncrnphr la the tteoKraphr of the fas. j
7. Culled Htntea feiintora aro elected for II
term of air enra, , .,
8. The atylea of rlulc nrchltertliro an Is J
none Lorintniiin. nonun anu ig
u. jne riierui met uiimniinraior i "
A. Cnrilelil. ami nf tin' former rrei
10. Vermont mruna "ereen mountain. tm
XI
WHAT SOLDIERS EAT
THH old Idea that army diet should w
slst largely of beans, hardtack uj 1
coffee Is no longer approved in me J"y! j
training camps meat, preferably ml "
... ...i - ...... ...1,1. .. CItA hreftd MIIO
Burvuei c lew It way, yii,. . - .ujt'm
In the general camp bakery and J,.I
green vegetables can be obtained ther & J
,lnwl nthoi-ulm Ti!incrl ITOOdS SfO 1T1W J
....... .-a... .. ..1 breakfast US
luicu. eoueej is nencu n. ..-it 1
buttermilk. lemonade, tea, cocoa B'wt.il
other meals Meals, wlilca in tno ""'""j,
iirej mesa or tiiu, "'" , L V .lit u ,1
style. Eveiy soldier Is furnlrtei wl '1
outfit which consists of a meat P?;.w":;
fork nnd ipoon nnd n long-handled w I
Th. n...o. nf tna inent nan MfV""f
The cover of tne meat pan """A.,
plate, and the outfit Is so "rW1'!;
each man may do his own cooking "
of nn emergency. Kach man i " H
pan and passes before a table j her. w
served vvnn tne mrwu. " -- . .w i
Ho then goes to a table, or If ther M w J
drops clown on the Bound ana eaia ...
!"iev, i'ix fife
mo uu) a, w-.. ... .-v - .,-- r jura '
home wishing for mother s rn".?ntli
fried chicken. Men In outdoor trslninfs.
good appetites, nnd they are fsrWi-m
physically than If fed on tne e - a
'and sodas they probably " If
home. What they miss most Is w
you are sending th ngs from home ffa,
cookies, canaics nnu ji - -- Mijir
chocolate is one of the things s
seems to crave, and a Jar of $?,.
will come handy If he is ".""," rl
Bo sure not to send f ooet inav - i
The boys are on a plain "f1-." htful wUJ
of climate, anu '"""" ,v. sn wl
supply and bqys never dp have "
It comes to eating I Lesllo s
. r.rovr nnVCTlTUTION
The "constitution" of the Blnn, , "v,
published In full, Is a ""' ",, 0w
of Independence. It repudiates ' "j,
tlon resting on IrlAmw ' W J, Bttr
hv Parliament. It defines "
T.Wj'a K&J&"Bi
win or me unu.i - "",--.1 GOiWil
British crown or any other foreign
British crown
ment to leglsli
ment to legislate for Ireia"". Tm
(b) To mane use en "-;"., Dowf "
available to render Impotent the P w
i-n.innd to hold Ireland In sudj. p
military force or otherwise.
The Sinn Keln plans to .have 1 an f(f
assembly to fix a form of governmc.
TheVgle ha. been and U . -J
very Irish asp.rauoi. ." tht
Wroyx
. a ""v;:ma.nV ; hwn
naval menace to the .British emPW J
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