KW (IP1. fcV Vfft'fT'S' f 'm'Tti ' . . i.i V- ,r KJI' . . s V ,. fp ist-.' I -& . ft CI II U 3 : 1 1 f Ci R Eft' m jr JL 8W f-., fi"",, PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTMIS B. It CURTIS, PtrtiDtMT TMJ H, Ludlnsten. Vice President! John run. secretary ana Treasurer! I'hinp s. f. Jehn B. , Williams, John J, Bpunton. whaler, Directors. v rntTftptiT. T5ftttin ' Cries II. K. Ccitii. Chairman. Kfr ' v V H. WKAI.ET. .Editor r -rffi-010 C MATtTI"qjn(r Business Manarer H nolle-hed dally at Fmuo I.nrotn rtulldlns. ,:':' Independence Square. Philadelphia. t',. -tao CT!UL... Broad .and Chtatnut Streets .TVtMIO CltT.. .'.Prra-Union tlulIJinr 200 Metropolitan Tower i&lJT.IT, aw iou. ,na i.-oru nuiMltiB T. I-O01.. ISIUQU . .. inna Fullcrton llul'llns 1 1203 iri&une ilulWliii KUWH BUREAUS: WieiiisoToN lliutuc, N. V.. Cor. t'cnnkylvanla Ave. end 14th St. Nrw York Bissau, The Suit Ilulldlnc &0XB0M rirnrtu .Marconi House, strand raji Bvuaui 32 -lue Louis lo Grand SUBSCRIPTION TERMS , The Hviiivij karxisa la served to aubscrlbers in rnnaaeipnia ana aurrounding towns at th rata of twalvt la or twelve. U-J cente per hk, paaui to ma carrier. tne earner. , ll? malt to rolntn outalda of ThllaiUlrhla. In me yniiea antes. anada or United States ros aaaalona. roiiage free, fifty (.in) lenti ir Ix (16) dollara per year, payable In month. SI .advance, To all tarmth. forelrn countrlti one (tl) dollar per NoTirc (iubaerlbera wlahlns addreaa changed Muat live old a well aa new addreea. KElt. 3800 WAIWT KEYSTONE. MAtN SOOo AT"4rfdrett"rTI commwlrnfton tn ni'etlw7 Ltotr, ndrpe.f'enre Square, Philadelphia. iktid jit thi rRiLintt.rmi rniTorrin is Philadelphia. edne.Jj. Nottmber:!, 1917 THE SHEEHAN SPIRIT WHILE Kobert M. Urimth, prchlUcut of "' the Civil Service Coniiniss.m, un urging the abolition of useless city 3oba before Councils' nuance Committee In one part of City Hall, James 15. Sltechun In another pait of the building was light ing tooth and nail In a legal battle for $100,000 In collateral Inheritance fees In addition to his $10,000 Calais, raced with the necessity of holding the tax rate for 1918 within bounds. Chairman Caff, ney and his fellow committeemen were pinching and paring departmental bud gets, even thos,e l elating to health. And all the while Hheehan was proposing to put Into his own pocket a turn, which It it could be legally transferred would pas the salaries of a hundred new health bureau worUers. The two Incidents, taken together, show how dlfllcult it is to reform the Organiza tion from within. What Is saved at the tap is lost at the bunghole Tor every man like Controller Walton In the Or ganization thete are a thousand men of the Sheehan spirit. To save Itself from ruin the Organization has put wise men like Walton und careful men like tiaffuey at the financial safety valve. ISut the Organization as a whole demands ttiav all city funds be put in its hands. The chief part of our tuuds must perforce be returned to the city in some tort of ervice. But there must be a generous margin of unnecessary Jobs and over payments to keep the Organization's rank and file contented and its campaign coffers full. A crisis in municipal finance brings from some Organization men pro tests about extravagance that for u. time make them appear almost as reformers. tiut there would be no such crises and no need for hysterical "reforms" had public-spirited men refrained from "going along" with the gang in happier times whin waste was not so disgraceful as it la now. The Sheehan , fee case, which like the brook goes on forever, is the permanent and monumental example of the Organ ization spirit of putting public welfare beneath private Interest. It must be re membered that Mr. Sheehan has for 'years been an integral part of the Or ganization, so much so that he was re nominated for Register of Wills on the factions' compromise ticket, the "fifty-fifty late." He is thus of tho very essence of the Organization, combining at once all the virtues of the Vares and Penrose. His salary is (10,000, tho same as the Governor's. Formerly the Register got 15000 a year and fees. When these fees Jounted above $30,000 a year even Or ganization men saw trouble ahead. The 1913 Legislature abolished the fee sys tem and. to reimburse tho Register, douNed his salary. Mr. Sheehan fought on "Ui on for the fees. In the latest court procedure he reserved the right to attack the validity of the act of Legis lature. Mr. Alexander Simpson contends that Mr. Sheehan cannot say the act Is Invalid and at the same time take the 110,000 salary created by that act, and observes that Mr, Sheehan in this case reminds me of the little boy who went into the bakery and wanted both the penny and the cake. But it la this spirit that runs through the whole fabric of the Organization. Ask any ward or division leader what he thinks of the Sheehan case and his an- wer Is, "Who wouldn't do the samo thing to lila place?" The nauseous argument was used time and again in the recent campaign: "e are an, organization men 3-ana reformer uime, equauy unscrupu- 5Jua. Only hypocrites talk reform." A "V.i.L. and cynical philosophy, yet witli a L-raln of truth Implied In it. Reform ti ateuc: atjirt tn the heart nf tfin fn.1li.M,i.iT zvtt ..':: ,' .. " x a, cv ja v ua iuuiibi .? f PATRIOTIC POT.LVCK yikV time to time one product after r:Mthr has Its "famine." The news l .about the country reaping a harvest aft 'fears and jokes. First It is a case of .' m (Prices, then of panic, then of actual ,-, and while every one b stU, , yy'siortage appears unexpectedly. I.psw.ov sugar, ana salt have ,.,'A letter which ap- rev eta-. fy. . j '-vj- , ,f v -'.' s "v . been directly due to hoarding, and that there would be no shortage If there were no hoarding.. Tho hoarding spirit is about tho mean est that appears In wartime. It is tho uplrit of getting ahead of one's neighbor, of being unwilling to take pot-luck with other patriotic citizens. The hoarder, In buying tho barrel that ho cannot empty for months to come, confesses in that act that no matter how much Jhe community suffers he expects to have more than enough for himself. Incidentally he cuts off his nose to spite his fucc, for hoard ing boosts tho prices ho pays. ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE I T HAS been so obv'ous u fact that the entrance of the United States Into the war has tended to liberalize ull Allied alms that the thought Is less frequently expressed now tlv,tn it was In April. It has been conslderej a delicate bubject. To Insist too often that wo light only for American principles would bo to put under suspicion the motives of our Allies. Vet how could wi havo fought to give Constantinople to Russia and tho eastern shore of tho Adriatic lo Italy? Uvcnta have withdrawn those shadowy Impe rialistic ambitions, i:cry day tho war continues It becomes less a struggle for tcriltorial readjustment and more u struggle for tho dpinocratlwllon of Ger many. A dispatch frotv I ondon decla-cs that "A direct and unequivocal statement to tho entire world of tho Allies' war alms Is tho big objective behind President Wilson's advocacy of tho proposed Inter allied War Council." This statement would go over the heads of the Kaiser and his clique to tho Herman people and would tend, It Is maintained, to disabus-e the German boldler's mind of the belief that he is lighting In w-lf-dofensu After Lloyd George's frank confession that he attacked the policies of all the Allied Governments in order to start the whole world talking, theio need be no timidity about the proposal ascribed to Mr. Wilson. For the I'tesldent to ask all the Allies to publish general alms would lequlre no muro courage than fur Mr. Llod George to accuse them of having followed special aims. Mllltars unitj Implies a unit.v of politi cal pu i poses. COAL TICKETS N6T A SCAKE SIGNAL A READER criticizes the comments on the coal situation made in this news paper on Monday as an "alaimlst" utttr ance. It was not an alarm in that sense a wild cry to excite panic. It was an alaun in the sense of sounding n warn ing. Tho fuel situation was recognized as critical on the edge of winter, little as many persons realized the menace. The coal article unbllnklngly tecognlzed .ie facts of a shortage, of the chill In the late autitniirtl air and the necessity for a systematic method of distribution so that all might be equitably saved. Coal tickets have been ordered for this city. The ultimatum backs up authori tatively every word this newspaper said. Householders will be obliged to sign a record for eveiy ton put in their cellars. This is a definite move not only to con serve fuel but to guarantee that every home will share legitimately in the .stock, according to its needs. It will check up on the disposition of coal with an accu racy that means the absolute prevention of hoarding. Again wo say: Do not lose your heads; do not become scared lest you freeze; spin out your fuel supply as far as pos sible, even at the cost of a few cold rooms; study out ways of economical firing. Take your share, but refrain from trying to inch up on your neighbors' share. There is no occasion for panic. There Is occasion for co-operation and obedience to fuel administration regula tions. That is true democr-cy. for which our sons are fighting. PENNYPACKER'S SPADES A SPADE was never an agricultural im plement to Governor Pennypacker. It was Just a plain spade During his long public career expediency and tact required reticence of opinion at times, but in the Intimacies of personal and social relations he called things by their true names without mincing of terms. In op'n utterance he made no compro mise with the nature of affairs or policies ho reprehended, though he was more or less diplomatic in expression. More often than not he was refreshingly frank in his statements and searchingly caustic when he scored or upbraided. The reserve proper In public life he set aside In his autobiography, which he In tended as an intimate revelation of him self and a statement of his mellowed views on politics and personalities. His candor and fearlessness are disclosed In his memoirs appearing in the E unino Ledoeii. In tomorrow's Installment he gets Into tho swing of frank discussion and estimation of personages recently In popular recollection. In all his "per sonalities" and Judgments, It must be remembered, the sense ot creating otfeuse was far from the ex-Governor's mind. He knew his subjects, he had chances to study them "close up", In the movie phrase, he was "on the inside." He set out to record the truth as he baw the truth and was willing that his memory should bo charged with enduring re sponsibility in the eyes of posterity for vhose benefit he called spades Just spades without mitigation of terms to soften Im pressions. Tho acid etching of photo-engraving is tho Pennypacker medium, not the whitewash brush. He painted Ills sitters "with the warts on," as Cromwell wanted his picture executed. His Judgments may be fallible, but they are honest and his own. That Is their value as history and to history, 'The fellow with' a sweet tooth now finds his coffee a bitter disappointment. Some persons, would rather have revolutions than d,o a day's work for an honest living. , ., If we took the rage out of "suf frage" it would be much better for all tho women concerned. If a tat were placed on sloVans EVENING LEDGEK-PHlI;ADELMii?A, ,WEDKlfc!t)AY, NOVEMBER 21, NECESSITY FOR SHORTER BALLOT Expression of il'c Popular Will Made Difficulr hy the Pres ent System By WILLIAM H. BECKFORD THI3 recent municipal farce called an election In Philadelphia has again made evident the dllllcultles which a com plex and elongated ballot places In the way of a fair exprosblon of the popular will. It Is to le hoped that this lesson will Inspire enough public Interest lo tecure tn the next Legislature tome modifying or sim plifying of the present ballot, doing away. t at least, with the party square and making each candidate run upon his own merits. The politicians who fatten on tin pub He revenues maintain their existence solely by lrtuo of tho log-rolling system. Mr. Kcndrlck's friends alono nuiKo a 1 irge unit, but not enough to carry an election. When lo these you add Mr. Shechan's fi lends, with their atllllatcd orders, und Mr Shoyei's ndilltlonal connections, you have a ramify ing network of Influences that can override or outweigh almost any nppovltlon. So long as the group or "straight-ticket" atraiisement on the ballot enables such a prlvatu Junta, with the prestlgo uf a p.nty name, to accomplish their purpose by a single stroke, It would teem that een a popular revolution will not sutllcc to shake their stranglehold upon the publ.c treasury. We may multiply political parties ad libitum, but we shall not get lid of public plunderers so long a" wo allow them to arrange the ballot to suit their on Inter cts and permit inot of the election ma chinery to tcinaln in their control In these ddys when all waste Is depre cated consider the money expenditure alone of the lecent city election. Outride of enuit procedures, not lcs- than one-half a million dollais spent bv the several parties and the city. This would not b grudged did thu city pit lit. but what Is the net result'.' On tho face of the letuins. ac cording to the coinplkatcd and llloglc.il ballot system we now submit to, the peo ple havo gained some additional members of I'ounclls, the majority control of both chambers remaining In tho hands of the conti'ULt butc.e.3. The Party Square How gieat a value the contract plunderers place upon the "party square" was shown by the anxiety of their lawyers In the courts to deprive their opponents of tho same privilege Tho complication of the party groupings aIvo gave the excuse to crooked elictlon oltlecrH by tin owing out most of the rejected ballots All this would have been obviated by a shorter and sim pler ballot, where thu candidate for each otfice would have bieu listed upju an equal basis. In the old days, when the voter went to the polls with a shoit ballot In his vest pocket, he succeeded, as a lule, In having his express will tecognlzed and registered. N'ovv it Is an opn gamble. If he dares to mark outside of the party square, whether he will have his ballot counted at all. One of the main and crying evils of tho present stem Is tho "assistance ' of voters, enabling the bilber to follow the purchased vote into the booth and make suie he gets what he pays for Yet, under the present system, It Is doubtful whether many oteis understand how s.ifelv to mark a split ticket. One of the main excuses for "as sistance" would be taken avv.tv by provid ing a short and simple form of ballot upon which, by no possible confusion, could be attempt to vote fur the same name more than once This lesult could be obtained, first, by abolishing the party square, and, second, by limiting the ballot to the most Important officers, making paity adminis trative officials, In most cases, appointive. If, Instead of voting for a multiplicity of officials we took the eight senatorial dis tricts now comprising the cltv of Phila delphia and chose two reputable citizens in each district to constitute a small Councils or dhectorate for the city, along with the Mayor, and made thu other administrative offices appointive, as under tho Federal system, there seems to beJno reason why the same degree of caro and intelligence could not be concentrated upon this fhort municipal ballot, producing the same Je suits as in tno national field Some form of small Councils or commis sion svstem Is now In gue in mor than :00 cities in the United States The fact that it Is giving universal satisfaction and thnt there Is nowheie a reveislon to the older tvpe of municipal government speaks for itself Those who favor, in such back ward cities as Philadelphia, the present complex ballot and municipal misrule uni formly oppose the new and simpler method Involving more direct control by the peo ple. But, apart from the greater efficiency of administration, there is the obvious advantage that In choosing fewer officials we are likely to have less confusion In the choice and secure a better tpe of men. Eternal Vigilance As eternal vigilance must alwas be the price of a free government, and as the fight must go on without cessation, the citizens who. in the six weeks prior to the recent election, made sucli a splendid rally under the difficulties of our present voting sys tem should not forget that they will have a chance In the coming year to select mem beis of the Legls'ature who evil remove some of the worst of these difficulties by simplifying and shortening the ballot. All of the superfluous offices cannot be removed from the ballot save through the agenev of a convention to revise the State Constitution, where some of these archaic officials are securely buttressed. This pro cedure requires preliminary action in the Legislature, but the Important step of re moving the party square could be taken without delay at its next session, and should be made an Important Issue in nominating and electing members of the Legislature next year. While we are expending some of the best blood of our sons to defend free institutions abroad vve cannot supinely suffer our rights to be further invaded at home. Unless we are willing to surrender them to ballot thieves and police thuggery we must obviously eecure a ballot by which the peo plo's will can be effectively registered We can expect the same stubborn and brutal resistance that has been recently wit nessed to any efforts that may be made to improve or shorten the present compll cated ballot Every year that this funda mental reform is delayed, however, makes Its achievement more difficult and fabtens the grip of the community traitors the more firmly upon the very vitals of our munic ipal existence ar-l freedom. ENGLISH VIEW OF U. S. ARMY "The first and most striking point Is the splendid physical appearance of the men and the obvious robustness of their consti tution." says a writer in the London Morn ing Post about the American soldiers aoroad. 'Thyslcally they are perfectly trained, and they ure acquiring their military know), edge with a speed that delights and aston ishes their officers and critics. They show no signs whatever of stalenesa, but a con stant good humor that has been proof against the discomfort of rain, mud and improvised quarters. Their discipline Is free and easy, except when actual work Is concerned, and at work they obey Instantly and Intelligently the order given them. Throughout all ranks there Is an eagerness to proceed Instantly to the front, and the men's own view that they are perfectly pre pared to go Into battle today. If It Is a fault, is a fault on the right side. Throughout the visit I was greatly struck by the modesty ot .officers of all ranks. Their attitude to the war here Is that they have come to learn the art of warfare as It is fought In modern conditions ln Europe, and they are deter mined that it will be neither their fault n6r the fault of their men if they do not sve a good account of themselves. They are ac- ceptlng with gratitude all assistance that can be given them by theFrench and English, of'!faa?'Js4" Tom Daly's Column THC DILATORY MILKMAN AH the world's occii toptyturvu Hinca this llohcnsollcrn scurvy Took the nations hi a arlp thcu cannot hrcaU, And the Prussian and the Itesslan Loosed that terrible procession Of accumulated horrors In their tcakc. We have come to look for troubles While tho Kaincr's caldron bubbles, And uc try to bear the thorns upon our brow: But of all the cares that trammel Here's the straw that breaks the tamcl Oh! the milkman is a noonday caller now! M'a'rc a sleepy-headed rabbit And ive've yot into the habit Of tgnorlny vianv sounds of com'na day. There's the rooster of ur fietfJioor 'Tls the purest tcastc of labor for that creature to lift up his roundelay; And the other stas of mornlna We've lce)i similarly sco-nlno, l'or ice only feared the milkman's rowdy dou; That clone could disencumber Our devoted head of slumber And the milkman Is u noonday caller now! Theie arc some who, being wiser Than their neighbors, say the Kaher Had a hand In thte revision of the rule; And uc readily believe it, l'or a blind man could perceive It Plays the deuce, nlfi otfice, factory and tchool. l'or the surest nay of keeping Half the nation oversleeping Is to obviate the milkman's morning row; Ho I think the situation Calts fur piompt Investigation Since; the milkman Is a noonday ealler II on.' WE HAVE put away from us that bun dle of centurv-old papers we were exam ining jestcrday, but a few little things stuck to our fingers, in the Belfast News Letter of November 17, 1807, there is a gentlemanly bid for a wife, ald;d and abetted by tho editor, who in admitting the communication to his columns feels "fully certain that the candid advertiser will luee-,. what. In his sense, constitutes female perfection, in a country so Justly celebrated for the mental and personal endowments of its Ladles." "To the Ladles of Iieland," the wistful fcvvaln addresses Ills wide appeal. "A gentleman who has discharged the duties of a civil office on the Madras Establish ment with honour to himself and satis faction to the Hon. East India Company," he describes himself, In language not un worthy one Charles Lamb of tho same East India House. His portrait of him self Is full length, though modest enrugh. But it Interests us less thaa this bill of specifications, with lis concluding flash of philosophy : ( The object of the Advertiser being to form a lasting and rational connection, he will be very explicit in describing the qualities he desires lu a wife. She must not he under the age of twenty nor above thirty, but by all means well propor tioned ; easy in her disposition, but by no means submissive in her judgment, rather lively and coquettish than a prude. If she understands music and huh a Knowl edge of drawing, the more agreeable. Her lortune must be respectable, as a Jointer will bo settled on her Her connections must also bear tho strictest enquiry. To account for this mode of address It Is sufficient to mention the circumstance of the Advertiser being so long absent in ind.a, and the opinion lie entertains with the rest of the world, that marriage Is a lottery, and that he is as likely to draw a prize through this medium, as by any of the vulgar methods now in use Any communication addressed through the medium of this paper will bo attended to." THEY are burying Ewin E. Hulflsh today, ami his exit leaves upon this stage of tho world onlj two men who made theb- entrance with him Into the old Wheatley Dramatic Society when it was founded in lS",0. Daniel W. Farrow, ot West Philadelphia, and Andrew McCollln, who is "on tour " The patron saint of this group of young amateurs of nearly two generations ago was William Wheatley, onetime partner of tlvo elder John Drew in the Arch Str.eet i Theatre and later of John Sleeper Clarke of tho Walnut. The, Wheatley Assocla tlon made its start modestl. In Martha Washington Hall at Second and Dock streets, but In 1866 took over an old church at Fifth and Gasklll streets and mado an elaborate Temple of Thespis there. In 1S80 its activities began to lan guish, and its surviving .numbers have latterly contented themselves with occa sional rosemary meetings, full of remi niscences of the hand-ln-bosom, tee-dragging worthies of the old school. Seventeen members at.ended the last annual dinner at Dooner's Hotel, on April 1'S, of this year. But "Hully," the best amateur comedian of his day, who was ono of the merriest of that company, Is being burled today. "Alas! poor Yorlck!" BRADLEY- WELCH, who for many years made his home close enough to the Merlon Cricket Club to play golf there three times a week, now similarly honors the Farmlngton Country Club, Just out side the city of Hartford. He was telling us the other day of the joy he had Just had in winning a ball from the club's stingiest member. "A reg'lar miser, was he?" we asked. "Well," said Mr. Welch, "you might safely call him a man of marked pecunlarltles." TRAVELERS tell us that since West Virginia went dry there have been so many walking speakeasies on the streets ot the principal towns they've been com pelled to wear badges to keep 'em from selling the poison to each other. These gentry are called "bootliggers." The town of Fairmont, about twenty miles south of the Pennsylvania border, has Its full share of poison-peddlers, but It also boasts a book store. Town Clerk A.' G. ("Heck") Martin owns that shop, and to him recently camo this letter: MANNINQTON, W. Va.. Nov. 12. Dear Mr. Martin I heer that ttd Slack has rit a book entitled a glde to boot leggers it must be a he! of a book but I will take nine copies it you handle them. RUDOLPH KBRINBKY. Ed Slack denies that he hasi rit the book, but he could do It, for he's a deputy Sheriff. LB LION d'ARRAS, published by the Franco-British forces' on thq'Arras front, J U a credit to thosa gallant lads, but why "VOT EPFER DOT ' . i,an.M . '-ii p . . . THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Salt Hoarding Y. "M. C. A.'s Care of the BoysWar Work of the Friends MUST NOT HOARD SALT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir A few days ago there appeared In several of the Philadelphia newspapers an article stating that Philadelphia was threat ened with a salt famine. In this connec tion the Worcester Salt Company, which is the largest producer of high-grade salt In the world, wishes to make a statement through its Philadelphia office refuting the present unfounded rumors regarding the so-called salt famine. This hysteria seems to have been brought about by a newspa per article that appeared In a New York paper about two weeks ago, and it looks as though this article was very widely copied In tho East, for the trouble Is springing up everywhere In this part of the country. The whole thing is the worst sort of fabrication, and whoever perpetrated It took Just tho right opportunity to do so when people have been harassed for some time by an actual shortage In the supply of sucar There is not, and never can be, any shortage in the supply of salt at the factories. There can always be a shortage in supply among distributors, however. when thousands of persons suddenly lose their heads and try to lay In a year's sup nlv of salt at once. If everybody were to attempt this simultaneously one-twelfth of the people would grab all the btocks In hand and the other eleven-twelfths would have to get along as best they could until new supplies could be obtained. In this way it i3 very easy for the pub lic to wish upon themselves a famine In any staple commodity, even where sup plies, as In salt, are far In excess of their actual needs. For this reason there will undoubtedly be a good many dealers who will be out of salt for a while. By a little diplomacy they could, no doubt, refer their customers who aro actually out of salt to certain of their friends and neighbors who have stocked up. We think It will como to this in some localities where alt the stores are cleaned out and are waiting for new supplies. Peop'e must have salt and those who have plenty must share it with those who have none. We are doing everything In our power to relieve the situation by getting ship ments through Kindly give this space in your paper so as to relieve the unfounded apprehension of the general public. WORCESTER SALT COMPANY. Philadelphia, November 20. TAKE CARE OF THE BOYS 50 the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Do all of us realize the V M. C. A.'s big work in the army camps? England, we are told, has thousands of men back from the armies, interned, surrounded by high fences on which run charged wires. Why? These men never got to the front. Wrecks in mind and body from the evil influences which follow the different concentration camps. The Y, M. C. A. Is fighting day and night to eliminate this wreckage of young lives. Among Uncle Sam's many camps I had the opportunity of being one of a troop of muslca' entertainers tent by the Y. M. C. A. to Camps Wlssahlckon and Sewell, Cape May, N. J. There the Y. M. C. A. is working full blast and very suc cessfully. Tie fellows training in these cimps, maybe fewer than 3000, are all vol. unteers. from every walk in life, even ex detectives. We gave our concert in the Y. M. C. A. building, a big hall, with writing benches, a stage, piano, popular sheet music, magazines everywhere, plenty of tobacco and stationery to write home or lo that "sweetheart." All those with homes In radius of Philadelphia had got leave. There still remained plenty behind they packsd the hall. One bashful young fellow, etcta on y tne nolBy Puaslon of his comrade, led In some popular songs, giving his nice voice full power through a mega phone. Het shyly apoWgliM. said he had Just enlisted and Only did "counter singing." which translated means he sang and sold popular muso over a counter while a fr yeung lady back of him pounded on a piano. V 1917 YANKEE ISS GOING TO SAY AIND'T S0! do believe the young rascals run a race to outdo each other with a promised number of Huns I went Into tho camp hospital Out ot about 2000 men in camp there were only seven or eight laid up A red-headed Irish boy greeted me from the first cot with a beaming smile "What!" Eald I. "Fight ing again?" "No," he said, his smile all gone. The doctor nudged me. It seems Pat had" been laid up several times for fight ing, though I didn't know tnls. The trouble then was a fall off a bicycle. These boys all need your help. Remember, nine out of every ten may give their lives for you. Do your part. It is everybody's bit that will win tho great battle, Harry Lauder said. "My bit isn't enough. I want to do the very best I can. I want to give the best that is In me." A SPECTATOR. Lansdowne, Pa., November 20. WAR WORK OF THE FRIENDS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In an early edition of your paper today I read an article on the work of the American Friends in the devastated dis tricts in France. In It you gave tho impres sion that they were pioneers In building temporary shelters for homeless families and taking caro of destitute children in this section. I want to say that while the facts are true as to the kind of work the Ameri can Friends are p'annlng and beginning to do, they are only following in the foot steps of the British Friends who have been working on these fields as well as in Russia, Holland, Corsica, Salonlca and further east from the very beginning of the war. They have built several hundred "huts," besides restoring dwelling houses (where claims for Government indemnity did not Interfere), have established several hospitals and rest houses, refugee camps and workrooms, a piaternity hospital of the first class and sinatrriums for re patriated French people. They formed ono of the first ambulance unit", which now numbers several hundred members, besides those who have become part of the first British Ambulance Unit to Italy; have ten or more fully equipped ambulance trains, a large number of motor ambu lances and seven or eight hospitals for wounded soldiers both in Franco and England. They have aiso carried on an active relief work among the war victims of several nations, ns well as among Ger mans stranded In England, or families of Interned German civilians. Wlille the American Friends hope to do as well ordered and beneficent a work, they are at present in their Infancy and are glad to co-operato where possible with their English predecessors, or to follow In paths already well laid out. Much of the British work has been done in conjunction with the French Government, nd also with the British Red Cross, and the work of the Americans will be carried on largely in co-operation with and under tho direction of tho Civilian Branch of the American Red Cross. MARY W LIPPINCOTT. Wyncote, Pa., November 19. A "TRAMP" VESSEL A "tramp" is a vessel operating over no regular route and having no regular schedule of sailings. A chartered vessel operating a regular route but with Irregu lar Ealllngs Is not a "tramp." Aside from Its function as a trade tCout, It is the "potential," rather than the real or actual competition of the "tramp" that keeps freight and passenger rates low. It is as though any motorcar might use the right of way of any railroad at any time and offer cheap service should the regular serv ice of the railroad prove to be unsatisfac tory or ultra-expensive. Always the "tramp" Is present in the subconsciousness of a "regular route" steamship man, as a sort of noxious weed of competition that Is certain to sprout the moment he falls to keep his service up and his prices down. Navy and Merchant Marine. THE FURNACE At night ? opened The furnace door; The warm glow brightened The cellar floor. The fire that sparkled Blue and red. Kepi email toes cozy In their bed. r As up the stair So late I stole. I said my .prayer: . .T"ka4'fotYe 4OT ,' ?s r i-V What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 MTnt i a liansar? ". Stile the distinction betuetn etnllit tot optician. 3. Locate "the Bay State." 4. Define ehtaroacuro. .". Who is William Hale Thompson? 0. Identify "the Hunker noet." 7. Vt lint la meant hy pled-a-ttrre? 8. Who l l'lrvt Lord ot the Admiralty la t.reat Britain? 0. VU10 vi as General Maude? 10. l'or whuni and by whom was the opera "Iloland of Kcrlln" written? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. "The Federalist" wa a erle of pawn explaining nnd urtinic the adoption 1 01 t InnMltiitlon or tne inltefl Stat Th. Hiithnrs were Jainea MadUon, Alexander Ilninllton anil John Jay. 2. A meter Is 89.3 Inches approximately. 3. Major Henry I.. Illealniion In tlie founder V ami himnorter of the Boston Symphony OrfliMtrn. 4. Arbor vitne Is a epeclea of the senoi Thuja. of evergreens. It crows In blender pyram Idal form. resemldlnB a Oothle aplre. 5. I.emnrdo ill Vlnel nalnted the most cele brated "I.aiit Supper." 0. Kdnnrd Hurlev Is the civilian head of the United States Slilpplne Board. ". Colnrntnrn Is the name applied to the fhrld tvle of lnelni! In which trltU. rnn. blin notes nnd other vocal embellishments are dUplaverl. , , ,w 8. The medieval rulera of Venice were the Pn-fl. 9. Mr MVte- (Scott was called "The WUarl er tne orth. . ... .,,.B,t, 10. The three rreat navy Trd on the Atl"'" senlionrd are nt Philadelphia, Drwklin and rharleiitovvn. Ma.. POWER OF THE BALD EAGLE OUR national bird, the bald eagle wild In Its native haunts, is so larue. malestic and flies with an evidence of enormous streneth that one is lroniJ with the thought that here is the Wn birds. On one occasion while eatlnj my lunch in the shade of a little bush on t southern prairie I saw one carry on lamb, write T. Gilbert Pearson, of tn Audubon Society. The noise of some running sheep not f away caused me to look up J"'1,,""1' eagle rose from the ground with Its pre. It did not once pause and flutter its wlni as birds of prev sometimes do. In erotr to et a better hold of Its burden. W" seemed to have seized the lamb "? when it first made its downward plunw. The bird flew with trulv (rprWn ness and bore the weight of its "kill with; out apparent effort. I watched It for a mile or more until It disappeared In wis forest, and not once did It show anv Indi cation of weariness. Years later I ' nn account written bv a bird student wno. watched an eagle alight on the beach iw having carried a lamb weighing more tntn the hlrd Itself for a distance of five across a body of water. It Is n"",;? believe thnt a bird mav be strong enoufa to accomplish such n task as that. Bald eagles catch many of the Isrrer -water birds, especially wounded duclts. on the lakes and sounds where much hununi Is carried on in winter manv hundreds n crlpnled wild fowl are left behind when tne flocks migrate north in sprlnf. The" fall un easy prey to the eagles that sual' frequent such regions. Once I saw one capture a broken-winged coot In Currliu" Sound, North Carolina. At the Pf'0"" of Its big enemy the coot dived, but too" had to 'come up to breathe, when the " Instantly swooned. Again and sgsln " helpless bird dived and swam undei wlj but the eagle was ever on the watch, na In the end thev went away through tne air together. It Is erroneous, however. retard the bald eagle, as a bald-neauto bird, for Its crown Is well covered wien three years old It passes through a moltin period, which results In the bird's acmnri Ing a white head, neck and tall. My bald eagles are observed every yeir tn do not possess these whit feathers. Sues birds, of course, are still in their youthful plumage. Chicago Herald. END 'OF PROFITEERING Bakers have a little less than 5 "on'' " which to run without license, which tsri December 10. A standardised loaf ft lower price Is promised as the result of rar license. One by one the Industrie coming under control, and the hun115;i trolled by greed that wouldn't be '"' with taking the lion's share of the con sumer's all has Itself to .blame for puouo control. It was ever thus In the sffslrj the human rsce.Youhgstown (O.) Vinoi Cator. -.r ,Wfl FOOLS ANP ,HQLX Y" , WiWIH.WfM lirLryJ2 m w would soon have enough mousy to BBS .f vvli? wm -'
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