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Tics Subscribers wfahlna e.l.lre-a changed
tire old aa well aa new aa.lress.
fccix. sooo walnut kevstom;. mvin jooo
AAArm ntl j-simui ttniVnf ( tit f-Ve-nlllO I'uhliU
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h. ;.;!f,, rkil.J.lpWi. M.nJir, December 10, Hi;
IPDT A FRONT ON WALNUT
WW omnium
uir oiniiivi
B,V.'i.
our bats to the man who
city and , plan It rlclit.
In the fellow who can sit
SPaThere Is genius
5v.rt,hls Oesk and 'change the course of trade
jcJand residence. But every city Is a Topsy
8rsVd Just grows up, whether a Ponn models
Wttifitfi or not. Buildings llrst go whero they
i,'4wlU earn revenues anil business teti up at
.wi.: ...
f.lJW '
1
J-(Vtho" corner where peoplo pass. But bnsl-
bness can direct the course of Its own ex-
ir,;.i panslon. Tlio hosiery shops might all ho
i" .
tL:. ij "r.iH ....n. !... i .. .i.nA.Mnl... 11,(1
J VSl MAttlll Slivui, uui li u anui;iiiuivui n itciiv
Sj bjrtter than any of his competitors did
';' hllalnf.q4 nn KIiIa strop!, tlin crnwil would
pv;- -
pit '.And him out; that Is, It .Side street were
&'jrespcctable, clean and uttractivc. liven a
Kj-ii business must buva sclfresncct. a thluir
fe?ji-
fWnicn is onen muicatcu in an niuiviuuai
iff by his dress and must be Indicated In a
rfc'v
.'.business by the habitat thereof.
$.fij One of tho progressive Institutions of
th(i city Is tho Walnut Street Business
L .;jauwlttnuii. A11V1U UIU U I1UI1IIJC1 Ul Uilli:!
rej associations ot business then, each In Its
:." .. ..n. 11. v H.AKl,Aln.... .I..1. G!rnr
VtzJt1 un1 ntsj. uutii iiiu.iuiiuwi nviit. .juiiiu
'are) moro allvo than others; but each has
Ki,y, , iva jiai uuuiai (Jiuulciua aiiu bum ul iiiciii
fcj. In. the best wav It .can. Tho specific prob-
?i lera. of tho Walnut street association Is to
Vrputi Walnut street back on.tho map,
rfffff, No woman ever went to London and
j; joined a trip through Bond street. Tho
jjWealth of the world drives along Fifth
?v - , ... .
i!TYaue aim now stops to suup wucre it
Jjwace stopped to dine. Downtown Walnut
reet could rival Bond street and Fifth
FV-.avenue and nothing this side of eternity
5eould prevent It if property owners and
nfejnants had the vision of New York or the
:j;klclt" oP Detroit. There are somo modern
v ,
;' buildings on Walnut street, and every now
i'F Bn.1 tl.An n . ..n .ipl,.na Tn If I.
. .1 aN .itbii . iivi unu ua.i.i.. 4,tb il 1-?
MjHsualty sandwiched In between a converted
barn and some ancient landmark that Is
bC.ltxmnriMrl In tlin t,Anr,n,Jlriil.ie
jS First impressions uro business-getters.
L.i?A . I it
'.Atiaii iju?ci i uin icin iui ii uiieuiiiuuiinK
'Mtora If ho cets it for nnthlnrr. Tnvnrlnhlv
jc J i ills iiiDi. iinprcaxiuit ui uiicapncss clings
i'ft anfl. Uilo leprosy, cannot bo eradicated. The
9d.J(
aiaM"lcvcr stops to analyze. Instinctively
1;lODle go where the mental imnresslon la
SfattVactlve. Consider Walnut street, there-
R.''Vr, In relation to Philadelphia as a whole.
Li.; .IBTmiMn't It Itnln tltA trmln f t,n ...l.1
- v 1J,.. fc aiw.i' ...w v.wu jl a, iv ,,,IU1U
s. ,ony it sucn u'.irucuvo snop iron is as those
'"w.Chestnut street also lined Walnut street?
a?A4jid would not sites on tlicstnut street ba
Hpit U10 moro valuabto on account of tho
fiwitlonal attractiveness of tho whole
k'A ".".r r .
KitDornoou;
JWomen Bay they go to Fifth uvcnuo bc-
rMHM of the shops. Possibly, but tho en
vironment has more to do with It than tho
gpeda Inside tho shops. Competing with
fjhwr York for tho trade of America Is
jjMtural functioning on our nart. All ihm
& Reeded Is business vision, combined with
jftr-ilYeTranlte determination m tlio part of
gpivKeepers to be rca'i competitors. Find
Si'enant who demands a modern building
K jHid there will be an owner to put It up
tor; him. Bent, after all, Is the least 1m-
PWrtint item In building up trade. What's
r Aat nna rf Inn, n f ...I.An l. ..
, aFP,'w v "" tvufc Miivn iuc resultant
ntn' drives customers away? Custom
th the crowd, and the crowd always
i'ltrtere the mental Impression attracts.
flolphla and surrounding districts
awing- so fast that the census-taker
keep up with tho procession. In-
able new buyers are hero and more
u to' come. We've cot to be metropolitan
pur we want to or not. We have got
Are specialty shops and an expanded
eft-district. Moreover, we must ro-
i Walnut street from Eighth, say,
. Why not make It, a retail shop-
JUtrict that tho whole nation would
iknow, with a reputation and a
as' great as our huge department
t ijready possess?
ijk a -rront" on Walnut street.
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WLESS MINCE 1IE
WHIA Is today lr. the trim
' currant famine, li'a more
.JMJrtMe; U'a a vacuum. The
e, with moro or less tol-
' tMlelta In' coal, sugar and
tqarfMd and Mr. Hoover
(ItaWy, and fx'
F& ,;:-SKt.PtJBM! MiPLvDELPHIA, JlSyPY, .iMfeBAlfiMQ.
r. But not now. Everybody knows
i mill ement, plum pudding and fruit
catte are llko antique furniture they mel
low with age. The early days of December
lire the appointed time for housewives to
start the Yuletlde culinary drive. Canvass
of grocery stores, big and little, chain, link
and unit, reveals tho tragedy of a currant
less Christmas.
What Is Christmas dinner without mlnco
Ple7 What Is mincemeat with u hiatus
where the currants ought to bo when ono
sticks In a thumb to pull out a plum?
You can't put In moro sugnr, for tho
shortage prohibits. You can't put In more
meat, for flesh conservation prohibits. You
can't camouflage the mincemeat with an
extra pound ot the raisins of Muscat or
California. Any houscwlfo will tell you
her venerated reclpn calls for so many
raisins und no more.
Who will put currants or something as
satisfactory in Philadelphia's mlnco pie?
Somewhere In this great city some houne
wife has doubtless found a way to prescrvo
the Joyous tradition of tho great American
Christmas dessert. If she doesn't soon
shnro her secret wo simply will have to
add currantlcss mince pie to our other war
sacrifices. And score another black mark
against tho Kaiser.
AT GIMPS WITH UNSEEN FOE
rpiIU olllcers and men ot tho destroyer
- Jacob Jones gave an excellent account
ot themselves beforo disaster overtook
them. One of the ship's first calls to ac
tion came with the sinking of n converted
cruiser, when she put a (icrnian submarine
out of commission and Mivod COO British
sailors. Tho speed and courage with
which this feat was accomplished earned
high praise abioad, and ue have no doubt
that these ISO Americans, more than half
of whom arc lost, behaved as splendidly
when tho unseen foe got them at last.
Compared with other losses at sea, that
of tho Jacob Jones Is tmall lu Its strategic
significance. Ungland and (Jerniauy have
both lo.n whole squadrons 111 tho tropics
and suffered heavy losses In the North
Sea engagements, with casualties In tho
thousands. Three thousand French lives
were lost in the sinking of a troopship In
the Mediterranean, a disaster which, after
two years ot war, tho all-enduring repub
lic bore with equanimity. We have not
had occasion as yet to set our -teeth for
the eiiduranco of such wholesale, Imper
sonal blows. Our dead are named and
known, not merely numbered, l.lfo cannot
bo reckoned numerically; the sympathy of
the nation has gone to threescore bereaved
families as poignantly as It would have to
many times that number.
It Is gratifying to learn that tlio Navy
Department has had the foresight t" pro
vide deck rafts on destroyers, automati
cally released ns a vessel sinks. Through
this Innovation many lives were saved
when the Jacob Jones sank. And Secretary
Daniels's report, published today, is evi
dence that In numbers and strength our
navy Is reasonably well fitted for Its pres
ent work, there being now more than 1000
ships In commission instead of tho S00 we
had in January.
Tho percentage of war craft sunk Is
small. That tho latest Allied warship to
bo struck was American Indicates that
many more of our ships are In action than
aro generally supposed to be In the war
zone.
CHRISTMAS GOOD CAUSES AT HOME
LIST tho light of yom Yule philanthropy
i send a bright beam into the darkened
life of the destitute blind. That Is one good
Christmas cause. Another Is tho rale of
Bed Cross Christmas seals to provide
sinews ot ar In tho unceasing campaign
against tho v. hlto plague. The Blind' Be
lief Fund of Philadelphia appeals for
money needed now for Its Santa. Claus
work. The Pennsylvania Society for tho
Prevention of Tuberculosis urges gener
ous purchase of its "stickers" for holiday
letters and packages.
Tho tribute can be paid to the Blind
Belief Fund that It Is one of the best con
ducted charities anywhere. Contributions
aro spent entirely for clothing, coal and food
for Its beneficiaries. Overhead charges are
met by ihe officers and directors. 'It's a 100
per cent charity.
Heavier contributions than usual are
required, for tho mounting costs of staple
necessities have not been balanced by
higher compensation for tho Industries In
which tho blind aro able to engage for
self-support.
The Bed Cross Christmas seals are sold
most economically, virtually all tho pro
ceeds going to bettor the condition of the
tubercular to savo many of tljem from
lingering dissolution. A tuberculosis char
ity Is not merely a prlvato benefaction but
a public protection. Persons In the sound
est health aro not safo so long ns r.ny one
anywhere Is afflicted with the dread malady.
Tho Bed Cross seals aro a symbol of popu.
la r education to the menace, the very ef.
fectlvo agency for promoting mass con
sciousness of the scientific campaign for
conquest of the white plague. This move
ment has decreased tho death rato and
diminished the dangers. It must be main
tained In wartime.
Our peoplo aro willing to tax themselves
voluntarily for good causes. And this Is a
flno spirit In a time when the war is ini
posing heavier and heavier burdens of
taxation and expense on all.
We guess Lenino put the "deal" In
Idealism.
It Is said to be difficult to get a place
to sleep In Washington, although It Is a
dace noted for its soft berths.
Who'll start a fund to take care of
war prphans? The conservation of posterity
may become the biggest of all Issues.
The French may Imagine that they
Invented camouflage, but there were poli
ticians In this town who practiced It long
before this war.
The Wilson whose resignation Is de
manded In Philadelphia Is the Director ot
Pub.Ho" Safety In the Quaker City, not the
Wilson who Is the Director of Public
Safety In Washington. New York World.
Tho one has the world on his hands,
as It were, while a city has the other on Us.
American business Is the goose that
lays the golden eggs on which- Allies and
democracy are dependent for sustenance.
Let's make the experiment this time of
keeping, the gooso In' prime, condition, it.
Vwavb esfij.'Iwi WbiV bP J
",!..7j . vT'W I
SUGAR-SAVING
IS A REALITY
Chiefly Because It Really Is
Scarce Shortage May
Last Two Months
SCOAIl Is being conserved with a venge
ance In Philadelphia. It doesn't make
any difference whether the people nre patri
otic and willing to go without sugar ot not.
The peoplo have nothing to say about it.
Sugar consumption has been reduced about
?5 per cent, and not by tho practice of rigid
self-denial. Consumption has decreaed be
cause there has been so little sugar to con
sume. The averago Individual eats n little
less than two pounds of sugar a week nor
mally. He has been eating n lot less In
Philadelphia, and In certain parts ot the
country there lms been even less sugar than
there has been here.
Here Is tho view of George II. Uarie, Jr.,
sugar controller for Pennsylvania:
"I have felt from thn beginning that the
best handling ot the present situation was
telling the public the truth. And the truth
Is. as I have repeatedly stated, that thero Is
a great scarcity of sugar that villi In all
probability extend nt leayt until February,
and unless the public Is careful and helpful
may run through the year. All the things
you hear of from tlmo to time ato merely
palliatives they help a little, but they do
not cure.
"Let nic give you s few figures. We aro
consuming perhaps 4.000,000 tons a year. Ihe
stock of raw sugars In all the Atlantic ports
Is otdy 8419 tons; a year ago It was about
60,000 tons; two years ago, 115,000 tons.
All we shall get until tho new crop will bo
only a drop in the bucket. Now that Is the
truth, and you can't make sugar from con
versation, no matter how earnest.
"In addition we have a larger army and
navy to supply, and they, of rouise, get tue
preference.
Soldiers Need Sucar
'I know ot nothing necessary to conserve
tho supply nt this time, ns tho supply Is w
Inadequate as to conserve itself. We aro
really better off hero than In most places lu
the Bast, because the Pennsylvania Sugar
Company procured rmv sugars In advance ot
this crisis and Is still running; but the do
mauds Imposed are no enormous that its ut
most Is far short of tho requirements of this
difficult time. Nevertheless, with reasonable
care, only a few weeks need pass before thero
U a relative comfort, nnd wo should all bo
patient, for fretting won't make a. pound
more sugar, though lime and Cuba are suio
to make some millions of tons.
"People must remember that the mini's
must hava cneigy to fight our battles ami
that sugar Is the prime energy-giver. For
example,, we have Jubt iccelved an order to
ship 300.000 pounds to tho army, and, of
course, that shuts off an Intended illslriliut'ou
ot that amount among our consumers U
home."
The average consumption of sugar In a
family ot flvo Is about eight pounds a week.
This excludes sugar consumed In tho form
or candy. It includes all sugar used in rook
ing, with cereals. In beverages. Families
have for weeks been lucky to get two pounds.
Many stores are absolutely without sugar.
Otheia are rationing their customers one or
two pounds a week.
So scarce Is the supply that many stores
will serve only their known tegular cus
tomers. TJie housewife who can obtain no
sugar from the grocer with whom she gener
ally trades Is disappointed frequently when
hi tries to bee a pound or two from the
grocer from whom she has made nn occa
loml purchase He has littlo sugir an 1
he doesn't know when he will get mote.
Candy Output Reduced
Last week there was it report current that
a big chain of stores had obtained in somo
way or another a great quantity of sugar and
had it In storage. It wasn't true. The com
pany was vainly begging sugar from tho
refinery, but Its pleas had to bo rejected,
There could be no advantage lu storing the
sugar, anyway, for the Government will not
permit the taking of cxcesslvo profit; and It
the stores could obtain sugar they would
quickly sell It to their customers to prevent
their going to other dealers and perhaps
learning to trade elsewhere for other goods.
Candy factories have been forced by tho
sugar scarcity to reduce their output 50 to
73 per cent and this In tho face of an In
creased demand! Higher liquor prices and
tlio growing unpopularity of liquor aro re
sponsible for part of the increase In tho
candy demand. Sugar In tho body Is trans
formed Into alcohol a different kind of alco
hol from that In liquor, but alcohol none tho
less.
For this the system calls, and when a man
ceases to use tho harmful alcohol of liquor
his system begins to cravo the. properly
formed alcohol of sugar.
But much of this craving must eo unsatis
fied. Sugar consorvatlon.will go on. It has
to go on, because If theru Is less sugar In
existence people must eat less.
When one reads of twenty-five carloads of
beet sugar being shipped tq the Hast or ship
ment to Bussla being canceled ho may think
the famine Is over but It Isn't. To realize
how little twenty-five carloads help, a man
must only reallzo that there are 100,000,000
souls In this country, and It takes 200,000,000
pounds of sugar a week to satisfy thorn.
V. V. II.
NOT A "RICH MAN'S WAR"
The favorite statement of the soap-box
pacifist since the entry of the United States
Into ths war has been that this is a rich
man's war and that America was forced
Into It by wealthy men desirous of conserv
ing and increasing their war profits.
Any thoughtful person, whose mental proc
esses are not willfully clouded by dema
gogy or near treason, knows that this Is
not the case ; but there are many who permit
their thinking to be done for them by these
windy expounders of false doctrine, who have
been made to believe that the rich men of
thla country really brought abcut our partic
ipation In the war.
The sacrifices made by the rich men of the
country already, the enormous burdens laid
upon them In the way of war taxes and a
score of other things have made It plain to
every Intelligent mind that it they had
brought about the war they were, to say the
least, much shorter Blghted than their busi
ness success would Indicate.
But If any furthei; proof Is needed by any
one, we suggest a perusal of the stock-market
reports. The best securities of the country,
after declining steadily for many months,
reached a new low level a few days agorf thla
figure In some Instances being lower than
It was In the panic times of 1907. Thero Is
but one cause for this, and that Is the war
and the" financial adjustment necessary to
providing the money for the war.
Considering the greater part of the wealth
of the country Is Invested, those hypothetical
rich men who are charged with bringing on
th war for their profit by soma nmn
ot unexplained legerdemain would stand con-
vlctea ot utter imDeciniy.
The assertion that this Is a war for the
benefit of the rich man Is of a piece with th
statements always made by those windy
demagogues' who are a peat to the country
dereaasjcues fwho are a peat to the country
-1 VrnmUtMt and a menace to It In tusea
BALDWIN'S DREAMS
ALL CAME TRUE
Career of the Man Who Founded
Locomotive Works That
Bear His Name
p"I.H is Baldwin's day. On December 10,
tT1, 1iSl M,nlfis William tlaldwlti was born.
I'uring his allotted three sroro nnd ten years
i.r.J1iIrn-t,ed Kraduijlly & ,,uetly from tho
iiurnlilo Jeweler's apprentice to tho founder
or the Brent locomotive works which occupy
seventeen acres In the heart of Philadelphia
ami two hundred nnd twenty-five at Kddy
stone, on the Delaware. On the rectangle
it, 'y ,,ro'"1 street, the Philadelphia
""". 1,J1cn,l,ln subway, Spring Onrdcn street
arm LicMeenth street, as well as on the linn
I '"." "'"'Ung llallwny from Twenty-slxth
to iw-enty-elglith street, stand today the
works which had their Inception In the
Drain of this lnan tt10e labors have had a
stupendiufl erfect ,, ,)lc eMro ,.Vied
'""""" are potent factors In the world
ii i , y' Tlle Kr(,;,t Siberian railroad
which Is playing an Important part In the
war. as well as other systems running In the
countries of tho ,,nicd nations, has been
made possible nnd effectlvo by the great In
uusiry who.-o foundation dates Its origin
i ro in t lie Inception of steam inllroads In
America
Refrnn in Poverty
Baldwin's father was a rairl.igo maker In
l.llzabethlowri, Xew Jersey, nnd supported
us family comfortably nnd left cotislderabl
property nt his death, which was swept
away by tlio bad mnti.igemeiit of the ixeoiii
.oi. arm me widow was 1,-ft to her own
m7..i"s WU a '"'" "t 'lo children.
Matthlns. the youngest, being four years old.
nils apparent disaster was the beginning of
His fortunes anil his Wiainrter. It Kne him
an example of thrift. Ingenuity and Inde
pendence, the influence f which mav h
traced through his whole life. The nbllliles
or ins father and the genius of bin mother
combined In this child, ami the beginning
or ins brilliant career in the useful nils
was inade In his mother's milage. Ho
turned her rooms into workshop'. Ho scat-vv-rie,'
w',hl,,lln and filings evoiywhere.
vviillo his hands wero buv In helping Ills
mother his mind was occupied in inventing
some labor-saving muchine.
. '.,' H',". "Rn of sltcn he was apprenticed
to tho Uonlworth Brother... to learn Hie tradi
of a Jeweler. While he was thus employed
his mother moved to Philadelphia, nnd in
the early part of 1817 he entered tlio estab
iMinirnt of Fletcher & dnrdiur. 1.10 liirst
nut sited, ilia ,lo,( ils a jmiineiin.-iti rr
two years he ftc dwelt up ,n with pleasure,
as be labored upon objects of beaut v. which
developed his taste for art .Mr. llnldwhi was
then Ignorant of llieorctlc.il rrlencc; he had
not puiHiied th study i, pIP inMlicmntlc.".
ilicmlMij or nielnlhirgv. But in thf pine.'
or the ifslralut Imposed by a sclfiitlllf train
lug he bad the drill or a long iiimiontiVe
slilp. wilh a thoroughly piactlcal Unnvvirilgd
of all materials employed in the ait.s. Tho
Inventions which lie made at this period a
new process of gold plating now grn-'ratlv' in
use being one. Justify this estimate of 'him
ns fully as those which aie better known to
the public.
in IS:'.-, be formed a paitneisblp with
oavid Jiasm, u, the. maiiiifaetuin of tools.
I heir sh' p was on Hank roffee House Alley,
a small street which inn fiom Walnut nlv.ve
I'ourth. They afterward moved to .Minor
stieet belcu- Sixth. i saa the usn or
steam power on railroads had begun In en
gage the attention of American engineers
To gratify thn public Interest In the new
molor, Pianklln Penle, then propiletor of
the Philadelphia Museum, applied to Mr.
Baldwin to const! net a miniature locomotive
for exhibition. With Hie aid only of Im
perfect published descriptions and sketches
of the locomotives which hail tlVken part lu
the Italphlll competition lu Bnglaml. Mr Bald
win undertook the work, and on the twentv
fifth day of April. IS.1l, (ho mlnlatmo Inc'o
iiiollvn was put oti a circular track made or
pine, bonids covered with hoop lion In tho
rooms of the museum. Two small eais.
containing seats for four passenceis. were
attached to It. ami the novel, spectacle nt
tiarted crowds of admlilng spectators.
me success of tho model was such that In
Iho same jear ho recoiled tin older for a
locomotive for the Philadelphia, Uciinan
town and Norrlstown It.viroad ("onipativ,
whoso shirt no nf six miles was operated
by horse pnner. The difficulties (,, be uier
c'onie In fllllnij t. order can baldly be ap
pieclated today. There were few mechanic!
competent to do work on nnv pan of a
locomotive. Suitable tools were hard to ob
tain. I'jllnder.s wero bored by a chisel fixed
lu a block of wood and lurned liv hand It
was necessary for Mr. Hab-wln to do much
of the work with his own hands, to educate
the workmen who assisted him nnd to Im
provise tools for the various pioc't-sses.
The work was prosecuted and the loemio.
tlve was fully completed, christened Old
Ironsides" and tried on Iho road o ember
2.1, IW. it was at onee put into service, as
appears fiom tho company's advertisement
three days after the trial. The officers of the
road tvf re not slow to avail themselves of the
public Interest to Increase their pissenger
receipts, yet an advertisement which up.
peared In 1S32 shows that tho now machine
was regarded as a curiosity and a ball to
lure travel rather than as a practical every,
day servant. A copy of this advertisement
(.bowed that thren trips a day, each way
would bo made between Philadelphia and
lierinantown, "provided that the weather was
fair." In wet weather the usual horse cats
would, bo employed for carrying nut the
schedule.
Civil War Work
After many vicissitudes five engines were
completed In 1831 and tho new business was
under way. The building In Lodge Alley to
which .Mr. Ilaldwin had lemoved from Jllnnr
street was too contracted and another move
was decided upon and a location nt liroid
and Hamilton streets was secured, the site of
which is part of thn piesent plant.
The breaking out of tile f.vll War nt llrst
unsettled his business, and bv many it was
thought that tho demand for locomotives
must erase altogether. A huge number of
hands, were discharged and only forty loco
motives wero turned out dining tlio year
It was even seriously contemplated to turn
thn resources of tho establishment to tho
manufacture of shot nnd shell nd other
munitions of war. Tho demand for locomo
tlves. contrary to predictions, Increased in.
stead of diminished.
Personal anecdotes related of Mr. Ilaldwin
show his rigid adherence to the code of ethics
which governed his life. Ilo had taken lu ns
a partner the soli of a capitalist who invested
money to help him out of financial dinieullles
Kor a time all went well, but beforo lonp his
troubles were as great as ever. His part
ner's father sent for him and proposed that a
Judgment should be confessed by tho firm in
his favor. "If this is alt you have to sav
you might as well save our breafi y01!
shall never havo tho slightest advantage
over tho smallest creditor on account of voup
connection with the firm," said Mr. Ilaldwin
as he rose from his seat lu great Indlgna-
There was a time to be remembered when
Mr. Ilaldwin voted Incessantly for negro iur
frage. 'Tublle opinion makes mobs, yinet..'
nine citizens out of a hundred In Phlladet
phia are against tho abolitionist," said Mav
Swift. Prejudice against the negro restrain?,!
the citizens and the civil authorities from
Interfering to prevent a most flagrant nut
rage upon publlo order. A colored on
asylum on Thirteenth street was ket on n
the Uethel Church on Sixth street was Z'
tacked, as well as tlio ofllco of the Pubii.
I.tDOKii. which hud been the advocate of frJ.
discussion. Mr. JJnldwIn was ostracized frnT
the best society of Philadelphia by reason nt
his expressed opinions. When his name wni
sent South In "black lists." designed to dlvr?
his profitable trade In that section to r,.i
establishments, and when the mob
threatening the property of every abolition
1st with the Incendiary's torch. Jlr. Dai.n
stood unmoved to defimd the right ot ihl
colored citizen. "' of ,h
Precisely as the busy hum of labor In hi.
great manufactory ceased on Sentcmh.V
1,68. he sank quietly to rest. Years latSr T"
monument was erected at the Intersection or
llrnart and Hnrlnir lar,l ' . ' cl'"on V
,f!d ,?f h,? J fronting the' works Is
Insarlbedi but one word,, simple and atmJiil
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j&V&x 432iwr???
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Tho Spirit of '17 Is Praised.
Music Kevicwers
Criticized
THK SPIRIT OF '17
To Ihe lUllIm' of the JUcnttifj Public Jstilyer:
Sir A hue and ciy has been raised by
some citizens that America Is lacking 111
patriotic spirit; that the citizens aro non
chalant and unconcerned about tlio great
conlllct. Men mournfully lament that the
spirit of '70 that unconquerable and un
quenchable spirit Is absent; that that
gieat spirit which has s.f attended UJ in all
our previous coulllcts is lacking.
I.el one. sir, as a proud eltl7en nf the
world's gieatest republic, endeavor to re
ply to those people.
The Spirit of I'olunibl.i has not left us; It
is with us lu all Its deep and Inexhaustible
force. It is manifest In nearly every citi
zen. Tlio mere fact that the emblem Is not
prominently displayed In a man's homo
.iocs not necessarily denote absence of pa
triotic ardor. Tho mere fact Hint the colors
nru not conspicuously fastened on a man's
lapel should lint be held as a conviction
against a man's patriotism Many a human
being now walking tho streets with reel,
vviille and blue literally alt over him has
not as much ns given a cent for I'luie Sam.
The.n men hide behind the colors and can
bo classed s i heap camouflage.
On tlio other hand, many iieeinlngly quiet
and apparently unconcerned peqile mani
fest the old Spirit nf '7i by actions. They
run fo enlistment stat'ons, subscribe for
bonds and cheerfully shoulder thn abnor
mal biiiriens which a war brings, I e., In
creased taxes, economy practice, etc.
Tho trim patriotic spirit does not neces
sarily havo to show itself In clamor and
vcclfcrntlon ; it docs not have to display
Itself in turbulent mien. A true patriotic
spirit shows Itself by action the quickness
to enlist, thn subscribing to the Govern
ment's gold certificates, tho quiet and de
termined self-reslgnallon to war's abnormal
existing conditions, thn lesolute stand be
hind tlio President. That hi your true 'pa
triotism, sir!
It Is trno that we find riotous people
sprinkled among us; peoplo wagging their
tongues incessantly about a rich man's
war; peoplo lamenting tlio pitiful Incom
petence of tlio American soldiers', people,
pessimistically predicting tlio awful fato'
that awaits America. Hut, sir, how many
American citizens will you weed out nniong
thoso semltraltorous gosslpers'.' How many.'
Indeed very, very few.
Thoso seditious gosslpers nre for the
greater part aliens who own allegiance to
other countries. They havo not been In our
country long enough to grasp the principles
for which our country stands and tor which
our fathers and forefathers havo given their
lives. They cannot comprehend the truo
Yankee spirit which Is so deeply Implanted
In the true American.
And pray, what nation Is there on tho
foco of this earth of ours which, no matter
how patriotic, has not such injurious
aliens? No country under tho sun Is en
tirely freo of this rebellious!)- disposed and
maliciously Inclined human driftwood.
Hut do not for a moment misconstrue my
meaning and decide that 1 take all aliens
to be rebelllously Inclined. Pray do not mis
Interpret me. Not atl aliens are traitorous
gosslpers. I have only tried to convlnco
that those people that are seditiously drawn
are nearly all aliens; that most of them
cannot grasp America in Its truo meaning.
However, thero Is many an unnaturalized
man who Is true true ns even any dyed-in-the-wool
Yankee.
Yet, In spite of many a traitorous for
eigner, the true Columbia spirit is gradually
arising and acquiring the upper hand. You
do not see It noisily demonstrated In the
thoroughfare, but you do see it In our ever
Increasing army and navy; In the tremen
dous oversubscription of tho IJberty Loans J
and In our determined stand behind Uncle
Wo have read In history about tho great
spirit of '76 ; the future generations will
read and revere the great Spirit of '17.
MAURICE DKANOE.
Philadelphia, December.
THE CRITIC CRITICIZED
To the Edttor of thn livening I'ubllo Ledger:
rllr jll eeema iu n,o mm, wun a single
exception, the reviewers of musical matters
on the various Philadelphia newspapers are
a remarkably untrained and unikill.
The Evwiiwa , Poauc Lsooin'iarltto
Unskilled lot.
.'foe ' " - w -
OVER HERE , . L. J J.
I
comments on Miss Karrar's performance In
"Kaust" last Tuesday night. It Is true that
this artist was in a wretched vocal condition;
but to any ono with an ounce of perception
and reasonable familiarity with her custom
ary work, dramatically as well as vocally, It
was plainly evident that she was III nnd should
not have appeared at all. This Is proved, in
a niensuie, by the fact that forty-eight hours
Inter alio was withdrawn from a performance,
in ."mv Yoik In which she was billed to
appear.
Incidentally. It has been amusing to notn
that the Philadelphia critics have one and
all discovered something radically wrong with
Amatn's voice, some of them having gone
.so far as to declare that ho Is "all In." Itather
odd that tills hasn't been discovered outside,
of Philadelphia. Not a word of It In New
Yolk W. H. S.
Ambler, Pa.. December 8
FOR MUSICAL AMERICANISM
To Ihp liilitor nf the livening Public Ledger:
Sir -In reference to jour editorial, "Must
Huston Hand Ho Scrapped?" as a general
thing, jour patriotism Is at fever boat, hut
w liy make fish of one and fowl of the other?
Doctor Muck and ids twenty-three niuslcians
nro alien enemies and must be treated as
such. If those members Join for life and It
is their career, then they ought to wake up,
and as soon as they get a Job witli tho or
chestra they should get busy and decline
their intentions of becoming citizens.
Doctor Muck can do more Injury to our
country in tlio ciicles bo moves than all ot
the poor enemy aliens who are forced to glvn
up their positions and homes because they
happen to live in a restricted samo created by
the Government. The Government lias other
thlncs to do than chaperon them around tho
country.
Itegardlug Mr. Krclsier, lie lias not been
fiddling In these dear old I'nlted States for
tlio last eighteen years, not because be loves
us so, hut for thn reason that the American
dollars roll quicker Into his pockets than
thoso nf Hiiy other country. If they were
morn plentiful in theT'lJI Islands he would
soon kick tho dust of this country off Ills feet
nnd fiddle llko dear Itfo for tho dear old
cannibals, because they have the artistic tem
perament. Mr. McCormack had the right Idea. After
traveling around tho world for a half dozen
years on concert tours, he no doubt found out
this was the land of golden opportunities, nnd
then Immediately took out his first papers.
We are told that music Is elevating, brings
out the esthetic soul, etc., but It seems that
our German and Austrian friends, who have
so much of It, have taken an overdose from
tho wav they nro acting now. No doubt
"kultur" covers It all.
chap.m:s i--. 'msKi.i;.
Camden, December 8
SUCCESSFUL APPEAL TO REASON
Not the least of the President's Intellectual
triumphs Is his conversion of the Appeal to
Ileason, of Kansas, The Appeal to Iteasbn is
probably the most widely circulated of Amer
ican socialistic publications. Its enthusiastic
Indorsement of tho President's latest stato.
ment of our purpose In war shows that true
Socialism and true democracy are not so far
npart as some people have supposed. New
York World.
What Do You Know?
Quiz
1. Who la rominundfi-liMhlrf of the I'rrnrli
armter.'
J, Name the author of the Detralarer atoriea.
3. Whut nre rubu!a?
4. Identify "The I.lon of the North."
5. Which la the Tehran Htute?
0. What la the budrrt ajatem?
7, What la meant br the letters N, J, uftr a
elf rs man's name?
g. Who woa Currer Bell?
1). What la an armlatlre?
10. What a're the poniilnllon and area of Japan?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1, M. I'otpln la lb Premier of the new hlbtrlan
lUpubllc.
S. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "Moaaea JVom
an Old Manm."
3. Cotble nrrhlter tiire mar uauallr be Identified
by the pointed arch In opcnlnra for win
dows and doors. , ,
4. Uoton la annittlmra failed "Ihe Hub of tho
I'liltfrae." - .
8, An Alnlnlit Is a deVotes of mountain cllmblnr.
tf. Hqullta are. bulboua flowfrlna planta of the
srnua acllla. which bloom terr earlr In
aprlns, aometlmea txfora the anow b off
lb around.
7, Th phrase 'ralaaii d'etre" mini "reaaon
for balni" literally l rollsqulatlr. (ha under
lying rana for m result or effect.
8, Datid ri. Ilouaton la tb Hecrttary of Atrl.
culture l th United Mtatea. " " ",ru
0. IntenulT farmlna'la a term applied to aarl.
euiiure cvnourivw iimicra area, but
culture canScirte on a limited, area, bui
rWtar larte crop threeigh apes-la! method,
f eaJUvallea, fertWaattoa sad aacceialioa
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aaccesaUoal
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Tom Daly's Column
. TO VI.Mtn llllltlUS, CAiriOOMST
Your "shaving soap" thiny made mc swear!
for, I declare, your idee, Clare.
Was one Hint Ion ago I'd jotted
In my old notebook-, and I'd plotted
7Y) tciHe a jiteec about that nun
Who always clean forpcts to hiiy
The shaving stlch he bndln needs
Till next he starts to trim his ivcedt.
I said Hour cartoon made mc siccar;
It also vlade mc thank you,'Cta-c.
1'or I irysclf no.? In the fix
Of thoie In need of shaving sticki.
When flr.il appeared before mil view
That vein human sketch you dreu:
"That's me!" I cried; and so .' ran
To show it to my dritystnrc man.
.Voir, he'., n bird of my ou-i feather,
And so we laughed at it loyellter;
And then ire .started in to tell
Ilach other how ice loved you well
And all your stuff, and laughed agatn
At thoic creations of your pen,
Your "When a l'cllcr Xccus a l'lleml,"
"Uolf," "Kelly Pool," "Hklnnay"no end.
I'OSTSCItlPT
I'm home again. And, Clare, I'm ravinf I
For starting In to do my shaving,
I found you'vo guessed; I needn't tell It
That druggist clean forgot to sell It!
SHE'S MAimiKD. Tlio word sho gave
to bless one heart has broken many more!
For she leaves 'an unflllablo void in the
ofllco whero sho was employed. She was
tho telephono operator, but a most helpful
silent partner in the business. Wo cannot
mention her name here, for sho Is no longer
hi public life (lucky dog, that husband of
hers!) hut, perhaps you knew her., If you
did It's a certain bet that sho knew you.
That was her business.
Vou will rer-ill how. the moment she
cafight your volco on tho wire, beforo you
hud h chnnco to tell who you were, sh'e'd
come back brightly,, "Good morning, Mr.
Blank, joii want to talk to Mr. Buyer,
don't you?" "I'm sorry, but ho. isn't In."
"No, but I think you could catch him by
culling number Soand-So." "And where
and when could ho reach jou?" "I'll be
glad to; no trouble rt all."
And do you remember tho morning you
burst Into that oillco with a grouch, and de
manded to seo Mr. Mnlnguy AT ONCKT
And have you forrotten how she began
pushing the plugs In, apparently breaking'
her fair young necic to locato Mr. Matnguy
for yuu? You probally 'heve forgotten
how pleasantly she, chatted with you ,be
tw whiles, and always uron topics In
vv sjie knew you were Interested, grad
ualli smoothing your ruined, feathers and
bringing the sane, human light back into
your countenance.' And when she got yu
Into the proper mood wasn't It funny how
quicltly she located Mr. Malnguy and sent
you In to him?
But now she's married. And her "going,
that means so much Joy to one man's heart,
has desolated many another.
tTHB Jacob Tome Institute at Port De
posit has 'aschool paper, wljlch,, cutely
enough, Is culled The Tome. We chatted
with the lads of tho school on Thanksgiv
ing eve, and Tho Tome reports "a very In
teresting address was given lust Wednes
day by Mr. Arnold Daley ot tho Philadel
phia Ledger. In tho course i the
evening Mr. Daley read 'The Dinner Boar
by Bort Tuylor Tlio Furnace
Kit,' by Morley."
Our enunciation was probably poor.
What-we ld was " The Dinosaur," by
Ls Jr.-MS W
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