fiVrift-. riV, It i Lr ' Pledger company PtaiXVJisrLi c- M Bit. a,... .B.Mltf t1.lflVT 'rr..n'' r:r.'.',, v;.;,. .. vvimama, jonu - .-.--. tljlractor. IT' EplTOMAt. liOAlU. Clans II. Ji. Ccitll. Chairman StWCALET - -"-''"r tY'MAT'TlN...nnrat H'Jiln Manr mhmA rfallw B lit-nc l.tnnCn RulMlnff JnJ-p-nJtneo Kauar-. Mlad'!1?- ,,... kvntL.,.iiroaa ana ""V ti,.iu n TC.Ciii.. pr-u-UnIo Dullalna gM..it... . .-. .SOT MtroPOUun ioB.r ::.;:: :::rw Wton saMtts D..,.. . , 1S0S rriBano " NEWS BUnfcAUSt "WI2." J""". i. rfW.hKt. 6k Bctcic... .. ..Uarconl House, SJ'atnl wZcuiu.... 32 Ituo Loula 1 e.raivl .I'S1. r.nciTtrtw TtrrtMW vifllf .Etiii" Lrr-u'ri la o-rvn. to subMrlb-ra M'Fhliadalp'lla. and aurrovindlnit towns '.' 'os cwaire uiJ ccnia per ween, j-"'""- tWrrirr.. . .. . ,. ... jnwii io polnta outsiaa ni riiiian-ii',11.. ... United Sltatea Canada, or Unlt-,1 Malta 1a. na Miti. t. w, i..di cnta rt-T lilnniu. LjfO) ; dollars par ar pajablr ; In a'lvanct. 41 iprcifu coumnca vdb ec .-.. . ?t ... WoTtcr Bubcrthra wlshlne aadrVso chancca at, alia old aa wll aa new addrecj. ?,& . : L1,1WU..,'.000 WAIMUT KEYS TOM'. MMN W. IV -i ty Jiddrt nit coiMmu"fcoftoi. fn Ei'-witH al'ril.fc'o'er, IndcvcndMtCh tfquare. Philadelphia. Jtxmto it tiiu ruiL.nEi.riiu roaiorncu as MJ'ft. Il'IlptU. S.luetlir. D-temb-r . HIT Sfc muti civironTmii- riTV v n ri nnvn i in t.i i i fJjjKTh'fre aro at least Blx cltler. on tills com nnt' which every ono tliould sec. lltry 'ift'ot'Bhouia tee. New York because It 1h tin L-jMSfiest city In the world aim becnuso It iA'eomblncn tho innsninccncc. tho wonder, tlio KlTij,t)aUtj', the tord'.dneso and the thaino of a (Heat-metropoll8 j every ono should ice San Ar,rnciFco uecauso. 11: iu ro vivin, in nii?, jf'lto' sroldcn : every ono should tee Vashlnir- WtOn,. tho clean, whlto splendor of which Is whm, tlio embodiment ot a national urcam, il'frry on should ceo the old gray sraiilto ;sclty; of Quebec, piled on Its hill aboxe 7ae river lik.o somo rortmca town in LiTance; every ono snouia sec mo twecv auu .f.'krlatocratlc city of Charleston, which iug p VatHta' a, museum .of tradition and early K4',Ajvjerlcan elegance: and of courto.eery &Jli?MHA I.ahI.1 A X.M.., n.l..ni Ttlllin IJHAVE no quarrel with Mr. Street for omitting Philadelphia. Ho dipped Ills) fepen into molten gold when Jio wrote thla ffikteat o? hla American studies, und ifould ,iyj ... . . oo.nnru tor nun to tun Dcyonu lorgivcnets. iXetAt is 'worth whllo consldcrlns why this ft: arreat cou.tnunlty . failed to attract nu author who has made it Ills business to tco Uho"country with an ar.tlht'H eyo and ftudy R,ia,cltles witli tho lovo of an heir. Aro we. E too, slmplj- ono of many, ano,ther grouping ilocelhcr of dcodIo who throuah cencratlon fii&aftc" cencratlon havo achieved no tradl- jr '', ilons and btand in the national mind for si) 'no certain things distinct and apart from "k:j .... . .. , wner ciucs; isut I'liiiadoipni.i worm L8?)ins?- t'Pne of the two eminent gentlemen now Qezarlns in this community does not smoke. At 1au? ho 'sits in tho tmoklng compartment ifcwhen ho goes down to Washington to make .ira'for the nation. Ho wants to hear ba,t tho tmokcru tay, and ho mids that almost alwaya "kndck" riilladclphla. rlrf the fault of the newspapers, thinks this (fc''.. ... . . Bueman, wnicn aro aiwayti snowing Swings up. Thero is another gentleman wYin rtoA.v nnnkn. ntid HlcoAvlsn lKfnK io B'jwhat is said in tho emoklng compartment:. - SXIfe also finds meu "knocking rhlladel- Tfphla, not becauso of tho newspapers, but VT ' W" ; Mcauce mo innaouaius urq to supmo aim joOHiplacent as to acquiesce in political con fiittons which would thanje a ono-horsc JlljaTge in Timbuctoo. Has dirty politics .raised a cloud that bunds America to tho historic Philadelphia? W doubt it. A 'stqsjen Fifth Ward scandals could not ob- Ivfscuro tho glory of tlio. Liberty Bll. Is it Kvthe railroad stations? Heaven forbid that HU.. ..m. V.flnM tit.1.. T?I.U...ltn1.t.. .1..!.... (Utllft IJUIDUUUIU JUU IIHUUCIt'lllii UUIIIIb Jatrlp from tho Eroad Htrcct Station to In- e-pendenco Square. Tct, loo often, tliat la he only view of Philadelphia that Strang. gei. iou ougui to eo our mugniu . ..,, .. , ,. .. ... . 8t suburbs," boasted a native to a De aler. "X did not know you had any." "' Mti:Uio reply. . ".' ..... . .. ..... ll.ici, mougn mey Know muo oi us, per- f ". . . . Decauso wo aro too scir-sutr.clent. "Sf . , , . . , .... cryooay kiiuwu wiiai is uicun uy a IUjllaijolphla lawyer." "Philadelphia capon" ?;i standard and "thero aro few "Ico cream ffiKjaMriprs" in tlio provinces which do not sell .-TPljliaaeipnia ico cream." jiost pcopla bw.that tho Colossus Franklin kept ono BwiM planted in our environs; that Wash- on served hero as President: that wo need three wars; that wo originated me- hanlcal Industry in tho nation; that wo fro bosom frlendu of romauco whllo New tjpprki ,ffi3 trj'iiiE to UnJ out whether it ould speak Dutch or Enslis!:. Thero are ioota' down South mow who still tall; of wonders and luxury of the Continental l-,and do not know that thero is a "cr orth Bulldine. , - . rene time an American's Idea of seeing was to seo Philadelphia. We Suspect, in spite of Mr. Street, that inilUons .of our fellow citizens still rjttio same idea. Wo should never kJet'EUpremacy In book publishing pass .'MMH.(lln.d rru l ....... -. -. rjur. Btrecis. analysis demonstrates trly. W ft " j MAJORITY RULE FOR FOOD KU..advanw In the. Ilooverlslnsr 'has been scored" In the-agree- !UwIiotel tod restaurant men to two', meatless' daya a' week. Those vVmost cerdit for such reforms "theyfoodaminittrators and food b' but the people themselves, With- Mierlty in favor, of conserva- mW:bojto cnaen'aton what- : majority muat. keep '"?r itrf FvaBwH !,"? ,-ti l.1, i ..' ?. -wf X !,VJ? against "tho minority of stackers and aslerc This majorlly of t'lght-thlnklng people what Is It but Uio Qovernmcnt of the United Slates? "Wo, tho people," de mand tint wo bo regulated jis to our uso of food. All that tho majority of us need from our food administrators Is informa tion, about what limy bo jaten in abund ance and what sparingly. In return for our cheerful response wo expect from llio food administrators a growing severity toward disloyal nhd apathetic malcontents. THE WILSON INSPIRATION AS USUAL, It has required sccrul days . for carefully considered opinions of a presidential pronouncement of tlio first magnitude to bo formulated abroad and rcverberato back to our tliorcc. Wo may perceive now that Tuesday's events In tho Capitol have made a far deeper Impression than the first dispatches indicated. In fact, tomo of tho exhilaration which foreign Journals how may bo inaomprcliciiMblQ to Americana. It la hard for us to teo America from tho view point qt Uuropc. Harassed, wearied, ncrvomj, tcntlllvr, after tlirco grueling years, our utiles aro us much In need of our fresh fplrlt as of our cargoca. A casu alty list that dally lias been In four llgurca for u thousand days lias produced a cer tain fatalistic tendency. They view many things as Inovltablo; somo of them think wo must inevltubly hao oonio Into tlio war und Inevitably dodded fur n. war to a tlnlsli. This waa not the cusp. Tlino was al ways an alternative for Mr. Wilton when over ho lliado a. decision. HI.h decisions havo never been expedients. They havo llowcd from a sourco that docs not change. If wo had to choose ono paragraph from alt the Wilsonlun utterances! of tho war period for every nuii and woman !u Uu ropo to think deeply on today, wo should not go far wrong in iclectlng from his epeech to tho New York Press Club that llttlo story of tho locomotive driver who leaned from his cab to grip Mr. Wilson's hand and whisper to him, "Mr. President, don't go into Mexico." It was such voices, ho raid, that ho, must alwaya put first amonc bis advisor.". When a distracted, hysterical and grief wrung world asks us to deltnc our purpose, let it look to Mexico for tho uni-wcr and to tho President's udvlsor In overalls. Tlio plain peoplo of America did nut want ro vengo or conquest in Mexico, and tlio President, as ono of the plain people, did tlirlr will. Ho will do th-lr will in Uuropc. LEGAL AH) I'Olt DRAFTED MEN niNIlOLLMUNT and lii-sltlcatlon of llio - S.OOO.OOO men MM subject lo the draft will present many leijal problems for. which tho registrants will requlro the adileo of counsel. Tho Philadelphia courts hao heartily Indorsed tho plan of shortening court bessions in order to leavo attorneys lelsuro to copo with tho Inevitable mass o new consultations1. L'sscntial litigation will be expedited and continuances granted wherever consonant with public Interest. Registrants In doubt should seek counsel and not proceed by guesswork. Many public-spirited attorneys will doubtless tender their services freely to tho local draft boards, as their professional brothers lu medlclno havo done, in tho laudable desire to perform their bit in the war. (UNS AND HUNS firpiIE releaso of S.000,000 Hermans now -- on tho Russian front for blows at Branco and Italy" Is a phrase so constantly applied with discouraging effect that it begins to smack of Teuto-Eolshevik propa ganda. At least, tho numerical proportions of tho opposed nations should bo scruti nized beforo any fantastic dreams of dis aster aro indulged In. Germany is reported to have 0,750,000 meh at the west and 1,250.000 at the east. It Russia makes a separate peace, we aro to Imagino 0,000,000 Germans spread along tho western lines from Switzerland to the sea, or perhaps 5,000,000, vih on of tho millions from Russia going to Italy. Now tho lirltlsh, l'rcnclt and American forces total much moro than 5,000,000. Their total ia probably nearer elijht than seven millions. Tho question, then, is not "What wilt tho re-enforced Germans tlo if Russia makes peace?" The question Is, "Why havo not the Allies been able to drive back tho Ger mans when they outnumbered tliem neafly two to one In man-power?" Or, in another form, "Why should wo fear that "hordes of Huns' will do moro with mero numbers of men than tho Allies could do?" Tho answer is' that numbers havo not yet begun to count. They will not count until German man-power is so far dimin ished that It cannot hold the long lines and must shorten them. If mero numbers meant victory. Russia, England, Italy and Franco vyiuld havo squeezed Central Europe like an eggshell last year. Throw a million men at Cambral tomorrow and they will go down before tho maclilno guns of one-fourth that number of defenders. That was what happened ut Verdun. Triplo tho Teuton forces on tho Piavc and they will not pass so long as the Italians havo us many guns as the invaders. This Is a war of guns. A thousand men with, ten guns mean more than 20,000 Hunst with live guns. The first effect, of America's legions In France will be to relieve tired men. The second will bo to carry on tho work of diminishing Germany's manpower until, like. a stretched elastic band, it breaks. Charles of Austria's long, low, dally rooau for peaco Is gradually rising to a wall, If not to a piercing shriek. . There is vr. money for the cops, but thero seem to be ample funds for tho pro fessional chalr-tlltera who use City Hall chiefly, aa political headquarters, " Now wo understand how Crown .Frlnco Rupprecht'o men could "plunge for ward two miles along a slx-mllo front." The British, It seems,, had evacuated that sector beforo the Germans know what was happening. V . ' Ruth Law wants a commission in the army and she should get It, If only for the exoneration qf lier sex from the charge thal .every American woman is born with a headache. A woman who can .keep .her head from spinning round -two mltf up in Um air puts a. great' raayun- Vf- mttW JWsfcTT ,-e. CONGRESS FACES BIG PILE OF WORK Cost of Living in Cupitul Hits MembersTaxation Prob- i loins and Criticism ftpeeial Corrcsrwltnce Vvtntnff public Ltfgtr WASHINGTON, Uce. 7. YES, Congress has ttarted In again, tlio second session of the Sixty-fifth Con grete. The pa ragra pliers who deal with each tucccedlng session of Congress very murli.as tlio humorists make, merry over mothers-in-law will now get In their deadly work. Tho critic, who Is never talltncd with the doings of public men, will also havo Ills Inning, ilneo Congreso Is to bo In terrlon u long while. It Is dinicult at this limo lo forccact with any dcllnltcncss tlio duration of tho new session of Congress. The Homo thinks It can finish up Its business and got away by May or Juno, It tho Scnalo can bn induced lo speed up; but us Uio h'enjle ta a law unto Itself and proceeds us It tees tit, there 13 no telling when tlio llnal adjournment m.iy eonie. champ Claris thinks tlino wu'i'J ll0 grated by culling out Hie Christmas holldas; but Ills opinion Is not generally shared by tlio members. Morcoer. the Ucmoirallc leader, Mr. Kllchln, of North Carolina, con tends that members of Congress Iiac as much Interest In the holiday season us any other class of citizens and that tlwy ihould hae an opportunity to go home for a few da j a "to adjust matter's with their creditors" for the Incoming year. Mr. Kltoliln Is facetious In reasoning out the holiday proposition, but most members of Congress now realize that their positions tequlro tliem to bo In Washington almost constantly, and tho cost of IMng in Wash ington Is certainly not Jess than it U lu most of tha Urge cities of tho country. The hous ing problem In Washington Is now so serious, duo to tho tremendoun lncrcaso in popula tion brought hero In consequence of tho war, that much Inconvenience is being put up with by all newcomers, Including Senators and Represented es. Tho resignation of Fitz gerald, of New York, tho ablo chairman or thn Committee on Appropriations. Indicates tho trend of thought which many of tho Representatives arc now entertaining. Llko Mr. Pltzgcrnld, they llnd Washington a ory e.penslo place lo Iio In, and tomo of tliem honestly believe It I., not we ror t!rm or their families to Hay hero too long. It wau all right In the old timet, when Congress met In t'ecembei and udjouriiid along about March or April, but tlio tituation la entirely different now, when tho resslons run from Ltveinlcr to September or October and tlio gaps lire, tilled up i,.. r.tra. session.', which haw- i-uino to bo tlio rule. Oriticii of Congress It w..s to bo expected that tho last Con gress', which uas a faithful and Industrious one, should bo criticized for many of tho measures passed by it .- Congress could en-jet tho largest tax bill In all history with, out being criticized, and yet President Wilson h,is goiio out of his way icieral times recent ly to compliment Congress upon the work i performed lu tho last session. What most rrovoked criticism, notwithstanding tho fact that tho last Conguss, "touched tho peoplo" lor about $?l,00u.000,000. was tho very small and comparatively Insignificant question of tho tuition of sabrled men end tho possible exemption of tha salaries of members of Con gress for tho $1300 aboio tho 50000 exemp tion allowed to tvcryDody on eicess profits Tell an ordinarily good citizen he Is a diplo mat and a statesman and that ho has "an eye to command" In business or in war and you will probably "get a rise" that will X.nufM frlTJ; "u,t ,oucl1 Illm " Mclnlty of his pocket and an Instant slump In patriotism may be noted. It has been dim cult tomako some of the gieat writers, who may have been touched" by tho excess, ,0f. its law. and some of the lawyers and other professional men who hae been ablo to charge good fees, understand why "bralnr." LL,,Myi. ,,avo en sufficient y product!. e. should be taxed as corporations are taxed or as business men aro taxed. It has made no difference, from their point of view whether tho hlgh-salarlcd man has "a dead-ure thins and the corporation which pavs him 13 unablo af ten pa ing its, many kinds of taxes to return a decent dividend to the w.dows And orphans who make up tho stockholders who after all, ore tho people who pay tho high salaries. Nor does It appear clear to them that a designing corporation might escape taxation by turning all Us profits Into sal. ariep, and that come of them were in the habit of doing so. Several Congressmen who cannot stand the gaff hao Introduced bills with a Mew of relieving these "brain workers"; and of course, we shall have moro or less discussion of it. As to tho exemption of a port'on of Congressmen's diaries, it would probably amount In tho aggregate for Senators and Representatives to about $10,000 of tho J'l . OOu.OC.OOO for which the last lesslon of Con gress provided. That's the real bone of con tcntlon that $10,000, It is unconstitutional to tax tho salary of the President : tlio United States. Ho goes freo of taxes. Fed eral. State and municipal employes aro not taxed for similar reasons, although an effort was made In tho Ways and Means Commit tee to impose the tax even if the law wac. de feated in the courts. The Pemocratlc leaders however, desired that their first great war tax bill should not bo successfully contested hence all this fanfare about salaries and exemptions. Outlook for tho Future To what extent Congress 'will dele Into other than war business Is not yet clear, lie. publicans and Democrats havo had Informal conferences, but no conclusion has been reached as to tho limitations that shall bo placed upon legislation. Tho Republicans whllo not yet holding formal conferences hae declared their readiness to go along with the President on purely war measures except that many of theni bellevo there should be more co-operation from tha White House and that the White House would be better off, politically and otherwise, if it would agree to an oversight of expenditures by a committee of Congress. The President was against this proposition last session, but in his message on Tuesday admitted the possibility of wasto and extrav agance unless Congress should yield to a central appropriation or budget committee. If the leaders of the two parties in the House had their own way It is probable legis-latlc-n would be held very closely to war meatures ; but the Insistent demand of mem bers from all parts of the country- and from Senators, who have the habit of introducing amendments not always pertinent to the title of the bill, may make It 'necessary to throw the doors open and let In for consideration bills that have no reference to the war. It Is already virtually settled that these outside questions will Include woman suffrage and national prohibition. The leaders have mad up their minds that Congress can facilitate Its' business by putting these two troublesome problems behind them: and unless all slen fall, they will be definitely disposed of before the Christmas holidays. 'u ' Then will come, conservation bills, which are supposed to have a bearing on the wai hs affecting transportation and power and the food supply; and then pension bills are llllely to be considered. During a lull on Wednesday , last the Committee on Public Lands and the Committee on Indian Affairs were given a chance to call up bills; and It Is understood the call of committees will proceed on Wednesday next, so that new busl. ne apart from the war Is likely to get a-falr .start .before the big appropriation bills IfTOT ' v 'TV - .PKlikofeLMlAV 'ffl BRITISH POLITICS IN QUEER MIX-UP Asquitli Party Not Pncillstic. NorthclitTc's Power Exag gerated By GtLUL'RT VIVIAN SKLDrJS ireefol CorrriroiKf'rtt IX-h'" rtV' l-'totr LONDON, Nov. 23. TIIU political 'situation lias been cxtraordl nnrlly upset and ic-cstabllshed In the last ten days, and although tho great "crlslu" Is past, romo aspects of It aro sufficiently per manent to inerjt attention from Americans. Because ono thing lu clear, tho political situation In Urltaln and In Franca can havo a tar moro direct Influence on tho progress of the war than tho political Lituatlon In Germany or tho United Stated can rofibly have. Tho reasons aro not far to tek Germany Is a bureaucracy und tho Lulled Slates does not accept the principle of cabinet responsi bility. Britain and Franco both do. And It ought to bo obvious now that tho ciiangco lu Franco aro dictated in part by considera tions of military policy, ns well us by con siderations of diplomacy or economic affairs, and tho sinister story has been working its way around England that a quutrii between politicians and military lcndcru war. Immi nent. The "features" of the British situation were. (I) Lloyd George's Paris speech, (J) his almost complete leversal of that speech In tho llouno, (") Lord Nortlicllffe's letter to tho Prliuo Minister and ll) Sir Eflward Carson s bitter attack upon Lord Noith'ilffe Politi cally this Ust point Is of tlio hlgheit Im portance.; tlio moro popular" of Lord North chile's morning paperr, tho Dally Mall, re ferred to II us 'Just trltlcl.-tn of Lord North clirfe. ' The. emphasis! given lo tho head of tho Brltlbh Mission ought not to mislead any ono into tho belief that Lord Northcllffo can run the British Government or dletata who its next head rhall bo; ho certainly can do much In both dlrectlonr, but there aro powers which ho has not yet mastered. Thfi Im portance of his papers la that they do re flect, to an astonishing degree, varying moods of public temper, and when thoso moods are such ai his papers caro to encourage, they can bo accentuated and Inflamed t" tho point of action Now, what ia tlio political record of tho Northchffo prcsu lu November? 'I'ho first reference- to tho Parla rpcech "tore It to pieces" a& an Indictment, whllo saying a few nice things about tho main Idea of Allied con trol. On Ihe next day, when tho Liberal and tho ultra-Conservative presses had both- at tacked Mr. Lloyd George, tho Thues's criti cism was much milder, although not defend ing tho languago of the ipeech lu any way. Shortly after caino the most astonishing artlclo by tho military correspondent, prc suiiubly Colonel Ilepington, who analyzed every military statement In'thc Paris, tpcech and either turned tho dagger Into the speaker himself or showed that no British power could havo stayed tho misfortune.-. whMi tho rriuio Minister deploied. Lloyd' George's Backdown From this column artlclo those who knew decided that Northcllffo had come out against Lloyd George, and wondered whether the next Prime Minister wan to bo tha noble Lord himself. Sir Eric Geddej or fcome great unknown. In quick succession came the Northcllffe letter, comparatively kind to the Premier but cruel to his associates and tho defense of the Tarls speech. The Dally Mail, seoutlug ull critics of Lloyd George, declared Itself notably pleased by his de fense Only the Liberal papers noted that the Prime Minister virtually retracted every word of criticism and complaint; ho was even buoyantly optimistic. The situation is frankly a complicated one, and It is not made easier by the new Ulster rebellion of Sir Edwaid Carson, whom Lord Northcllffo onco seemed to consider "Tho Man." If Sir Edward Is part of tho dead wood In the war cabinet lo which Northcllffe had reference, the war cabinet, at least, has not shown any signs of accepting tho Im peachment. V more likely solution is this: that the cabinet has taken tho offensive against Its crltt-- and has got its blow In first. Momentarily there ts peace, but the pedco rests on no sure foundation. Absolutely noth ing but the patriotism und tho sound sen'e of Mr. Asqulth prevented a critical struggle from developing this week; he was accused of engineering a crisis, but what he actu.illv did vi as to prevent one. I do not say that ho could havo overthrown Lloyd George.: but It Is certain that in thn temper of tho Houso at the tlmo he could have goaded Lloyd George into overthrowing himself. Ho did nothing of tho sort. His enemies say that he fears a general election; for that can always bo Lloyd Georgo's threat. But tho idea that Llcyd George will' go to the country on a platform chiefly based on criticism of tho army and navy leaders is preposterous. Mr. Lloyd Georgo Is not so popular as all that ; and cricket Is still an L'ngllsh game. If either of two th.nga ha- pans, a great many lies aro going to bo told in America, and I should llko to toll a few corrective things In advance. If an election Is forced hero or If a new ministry, with LlberaFtcn dencles, Is formed, tho cry will bo set up that Asqulth and the old gang aro pacifists and do not want to win the war and that every ono vho Is against tho combination of Curzon, Carson and Mllner, plus Lloyd George, is a pro-German. That Is damnably dangerous nonsense, wiilclv will tend to weaken our faith in e.ur allies It wo bellevo It. Thero Is no "defceilsm" among tho honest Liberals, such us Asqulth, Vircount Grey, Lord Lansdowne, Sir John Simon and many others. And to tako Mr. Lloyd George's own word for It, they did not run the war any worse than tho present Government is run ning It. Thesfact that they are far moro interested In a Just and democratic peace than, say, Lords Mllner and Curzon, Is really the only thing against them. Both Sides for War Tho least politic thing for Americans to do is to Interfere In uny way in British politics; wo aro being riddled from both sides now, and the less we say the better. Lord Northcllffo tells the British public that we are going to take their war away from them, and resentment ugalnst us grows per ceptibly sharper. Others still say that we aren't doing our share and that wo are only waiting to spring some fcollsh sort tf Ideal lstlo settlement on Germany. Prom week to week abbut ten true words a day appcas lu the British press about u. and they aro mostly ctatlstlcs. . So, If a break comes In the British Gov ernment It will not be wise for us, or our self-appointed spokesmen, to meddle In theso affairs. The information given here, and es pecially that which refers to the honesty and patriotism of certain gentlemen not now in power, is Intended as a guide to domestic .emotions. Whether one set cf men has mora genius for war than another Is a question which experience answars, usually indefinite ly. You may put It down as a reneral thing that the Liberals are mere sensitive to civil rights and to those of neutrals than the present conunnauon. out i would ask you at heme not to believe whatever you may hear of the antl-wir spirit in any large party of British publlo men. There Is a pacifist group ; but to say that either of the large parties It opposed to carrying on the war with the utmost power Bnd vigor would be to perpetrate sianoer. u a political up. nerval. vuiiico cm j.ucmiiu u wiu oe importa Because ib win uiairact uuenuon rrora t one ImporMntvthlng. But it will not mrf me uio ocsifs lor victory ano.connaeuw .artft.anv lfl - r.RDYiici'Bi mmMsm " .X- . GERMANY'S JEALOUSY Bctlmianii-llollweg Exhibited It lo Lloyd George in 100S In the lalo summer of 100S, at the end of the parliamentary session, Mr. Lloyd Georgn traversed Germany from west to cast and from north to south. It was a very sjstem atlc motor tour. Tho object of tho tour was to Investigate the German system of national insurance. Harold Spender, who was- a member of the Lloyd George party, has written a highly Interesting account of Lloyd George's experiences In Germany In his biography, "Tho Prime Minister." Ho savs: "Bethmanu-Hollweg was at that tlmo 'Home Secretary,' a. vigorous, amiable Min ister of tho official kind, sincerely keen on social reforms; a Junker of tho better type. He treated Mr. Ltoyd Georgo with great courtesy. He returned from his holiday, and specially entertained him and his party In the famous restaurant at tho Zoological Gardens at Berlin. He Invltcdniany eminent members of the German civil service to meet us. Uvery one. was very gracious and polite almost too polite for comfort. After din ner ,ve went Into a large reception room, and there we remained s.tandlng all tho evening, talking and looking at one another. Toward tlio end of the evening wo began to feel very fatigued. I ventured to nsk one of tho Ger man officials whether it would bo tho correct thing to sit down. 'Oh!' he said, 'no have all been waiting for you to sit down! We, too, are very tired!' "In tho middle of this rivalry In fatigue they brought round great glasses of foaming beer In Prussian fashion. Mr. Lloyd George, who ts almost a teetotaler, looked at the glasses with a scared expression. Then suddenly his face grew resolute. Wo must show that Great Britain is not to bo left behind 1' "Tho conversatldn drifted lo King Ed ward's visit to the Russian Czar at Reval That vit.lt had caused a great ferment In Germany and grave su'p'clons of British in tentions. Bethmann-Hollweg voiced those suspicions In tho frankest manner. 'You aro trying to e-clrclo U3l' he cried to Mr. Lloyd George. 'Vou and France and Russia aro attempting to stranglo us!' "Mr. Lloyd Georgo assured him of the friendliness of Great Britain toward all the great Powers ; but for the moment ho re fused to bo appeased. He thumped tho table with his hand. 'The Prussian Government has only to lift a finger, ho cried, 'and every living Prussian will die for tho Fatherland!' "Mr. Lloyd Georgo listened to all. this with hla characteristic calmness and good humor. 'But -what about the other Germans!' ho put In at this point. "A shadow passed over tho faco of the Prussian Minister. " "Oh ! thoy?' ho said with a gesture, They, too, w 111 come along !' " SACRIFICE OP BABIES According, to D. C. Roloff, of tho United Charities, death Is likely to bo moro fre quent In Chicago than In tho trenches of Europe this winter. Doctor Roloff supports his contention with some rather stern facts und figures, as follows: The death rate In an artillery regiment at the front In France Is about 8 per cent; In an infantry regiment, 15 per cent. More than doublo tho latter Ilguce ts the death rate of bablfs In the poorer sections of Chicago. That It la four times as dangerous to be a baby m those sections as It Is to be a soldier ut the front is tho conclusion Doctor Roloff has reached. THE" STROLLING PLAYERS They used to play In little hillside towns Quaint, mirthful mummeries. Year after year The peasant folk would crowd them close to hear . Each quip and Jest; their mlmlo ups and downs Won them a clam rous meed of tmllcs and frowns, Since theirs the charm to touch dull workaday With such enchantment that both grave and gay Welcomed the antics of these merry clowns. But Pierrot fell at Mons, where sllver thln His voice rang cheer above the clash ing shot: And in a drowsy, poplar-shaded plot Beside the rippling Meuja sleeps Harle quin : While, giving of her broken heart no sign. Through wards of maimed and blind line Columbine.- , if . tcii'jci - v,-.j -t-nsa .1 . -r-w'-rT ju-jm-.-unu i.n ,v;m v.i . i ,.'J r-i r. liir . J .u . 11..11 "i ll J v l Jt T- -l r v.Bnoii'-ecKer, in ww. "NOT' A ArfE'r 'NOT'A trattCEF JACQUES THIBAUD PLAYS French Violinist Reveals Polished Art in an Ideally Devised Program A nice adjustment of Intellectual and emo tional vulues In music signalize the delight ful concert given by tho Philadelphia Or chestra jestcrday afternoon In tho Academy ji Music. Not heretofore this season lias Mr. t-tokowskl so .cunningly preserved tho balance of art moods. There was frank, forthright tone painting In u Dvorak over ture, rich, subjective subtlety In a Brahms symphony, delicacy und refinement in a Lalo work and stimulating Impresstotm In a nov elty by tho French ultra-modernist, Maurice Ravel. Tho appearance of Jacques Ihlbjud as soloist Invited a retrospect of the orchestra's early days. The distinguished French violin ist last appeared here In 1003. Slnco then many sensational comets have flashed across tho musical firmament. Somo of them were soon burnt out. Kubelik is all but forgotten. Yraye, superb as he In, mado way In the general public's estimation for Frlti Krelsler. Critical forerunners now proclaim Jacha Hal fetz as the master bowman. Possibly Thl baud's art was new to not a few of yes terday afternoon's auditors. If so, they made the acquaintance of a polished talent, ex quisite In refinement and taste, , Tho virtuoso's manner Is typically Gallic. His tapld. fluent trilling, facile linger work. Ins delicacy and smooth legato, though at times a trifle pinched, tone, stamp him as a model product of tho Paris Conservatoire. Thero is nothing soul-stlrrlng in his playing, but a deal of fastidious sentiment which runs directly counter to the exultant sentimen tality now so much admired In the faVorlto Russian school of violinists. His offering, tho Lalo concerto In F, gave convincing revela tion of hla gifts, but the work ItselMs rather empty and musically unimportant. It has nono of the color of portions of the tame comp ser's "Symphonic Espagnole." The orchestra was at Its best in the haunt ing lmpresslo llstlc harmonies and dissonances of a new eomposlt'o-i b" Mntir'ce Itivel. This core, entitled "Rhapsodle Espagnole," is an Intriguing tonal picture. Chabrler has painted Spain objectively In music, and Bizet, with a more vivid talent, employed much the same method. Ravel's treatment is In modern Debussy-like vein, less fra-ik, but 1 't et with a poetic appeal that rings unmistakably true. The four numbers of the sulto are "Prelude to the Night," "Malaguena," "Haba nera" and "Fcrla." Perhaps the recent "Americanization" of tho orchestra. Involving eight changes of its personnel, was partially responsible for cer tain weaknesses of horns and woodwinds In the Intellectual but never really eryptlo and alwaya Indestructibly beautiful Fourth Sym phony of Brahms, which was Mr. Stokowskl's major offering. Tho familiar preclslon'of exe cution was regained before tho Impressive final allegro was reached. The concert opened with Dvorak's romantic but rather remlnls cent "In Naturo" overture, charmingly played. a H. T. C. What Do You Know? Quiz I'otpln? I. Vilio l .VI, " N"uSiaf,!ft """"'' f "Mo," r" noid 3. How Is Gothic architecture rsadlly Hen lined? 4. Mhlrh cltr la anmstlmn called "Toe ' Huh- of the Unherse"r "u0 .1, Define en Aliilnl-l. 0. What are squills? 7. What la meant by the lihraif, "ration d'etre" 8. Who la David 14. Houston? 9. What la Inttnalte. farmlni? 10. Where la JIoraUts-mr-Lt-tcaul? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz t. Arthur Coy Kroner la an Amerleag ho b. came UrlUali armr aerrcant. , Ifl won wide reputation for hla vtar Uctiiril rind Wa narratlio of. tho front. "Orer the 5. Conlaih la. a Humarlan viand, s b,M, ... aoned staw. " ", 3. Count Ciernln la the rrsmlrr Uuncarr. of Amlrl. 4. Texas la the Lona fctar State. 5. Lencfcllow wrot "Tale of a Warslde Inn." B. Ooisk. In w;trn. Blberla. on tho Trna-8I- xrlan Kallroad. la tha chief tlttWat in. rotcrnor generalship of th Mpra. It la the capital of tho new Siberian Republic. 1, Queen Anus period furnltore la characterised br Ita sractful and fluent construction. with market! use of slender curied ln and poata. S. Tho Setta Comunl district la In the mountain rcslon of northern Italr. urar the aouib. I, tha prcacnt una t TtuUiiirihi: " m encounter w.m Dievie.ana. , ino mw 0. Noel la tho rr.nth name for the Chrlattass I tbere6f, which la to ,say;8Uv'TinoUaHi season.' . I With bUB..we11'ilo tti'ott'ietf-i'a-Q-Wll ICvrrWe. l4NU.at-rlamla tat. 'Oarma, I .Thl JT ''. S'r'" . ... .. At. fa rfLXM fl-lLrilalftKalafclfil I raivric wewer rcniino. i fa in ' " fwl " Tom Daly's. Column THE VILLAGE POET Whenever it's a Saturday my trorfc.fj eJ- y... tcays through . Jnd there ts iicrcr anything but play for mo to do Or walk an Jfqln titrect irtth my 3tato sec what neus Is new. The 31aln street here fit OcrmatifoUTn (t full o different shops Xot only for the sate of meat and vegetable crops And groceries and furniture and carpet .for tha floor And toys and other merchandise oh many, inaiii more But there teas one I atways liked aootit f7i( flmc of year That always made mo danca for joy but now It isn't here , And oh I know so many hearts that irtll ho sick and sore Since DocMs aren't taking Christmas candy any more. If I uauld live a Jiundrcd .cars and alt tit teeth fell in And let my panch-and-judy nose drop down upon my chin J surely never would lory my pnl" th 'other night . To sea my,tChristmas candy store tolthout a sign of Ught And flid Us ie.-i.idou once sobright that used to wink at ma ' Was nothing but a big black eyo as black as it could be And then to hear tha neighbors teU that owing to the war f The Doclls aren't making Christmas ,canel any morel Why should a thing like that occur! Jhlnk It's Just a shame . Because before tKe war teas .dreamedand long beforo It came , '; .lntl eteri lontr before Vm.fiorn tho.Doella still were there' , And madq their candles to delight the eAU- drcn everywhere . " . .Inti candled applet on a stick, they j made and only sold JN ' ' j To little folks and'never to tHeunde'serviiid old : .' ' But noio because fio sugar hashtoihflp: to wm me war , ,, The Doclls aren't vigklng'Chrlstnias.carijfif any more. '' ", '""' So now when' it's a Saturday-especially 'lot night . .' I "''''' When Jbtsy Main street'"crowdsareout, and Main strecVshopjare bright , J try to taKe' the Interest ' used' to; tab before ,. J, ft-i' But Doells aren't moklna ChrlsttrCaj-c'andy any more, BREAKING a ruio 'we 'rnade for ouriHt but it's for a good cause we merely .wlilj to eay that the careless composltorjo'n'-ftiir own dear paper who eel. tip the-headdY Scout in Battle With Police"' when't should ,1-ave read "Boy BKot, etc.,", his' M.4.i nmani hv rnit trlhllf Inr- n '-In--! nmi to the B. 8. campaign fund. MAXWELL has been, talking kindly et Vlnco Stevenson, the Penr quarterback,, But this is to serve notice upon'R.y'W.'M. that if he doesn't' tell tho story of bis own encounter with v. - - " ' : ,0 ' --rr "- & EamMHHum4m'&3l2nBnNnNEmltftiJ. -y' ,- ll'ilH xk -jm.: ,'... 2L4iiLJliaf5 LA
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