-r? i- br . i ! 1("vt, . -st" 1 -'J. ,"! J v. Tf '" - J'r .. V EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER--PHILADELPHIA, "MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 191? j-n ? t , ! : i.f'1 public Uebciec LEDGER COMPANY Lwolnttonj Vice lYteldent; J?h C. tsjtary nn Trtaurri lshllip f. i B. vvilllm. John J. Usurueon. r.'fDlrtora. if VrVKOITOMAti BOARD! inM'lt, K. Ccstil. Chairman t Mf.KTl.V.,.Ofnfrl llmlnem Manager ef,dally let Vtnuo l.tiwtii nulldlns. enilnc fli'iar. Philadelphia. ... , Cutln.lL... Ilroad and f'heilnut street" i.Cltl. , . i.i..i.l"rmlw HulMliw t4t.il:... ...... .!...na l'ord UutM ne fctl,, ....... . .. loos rutlertcn miliums i.. .. iih.t..a 1 I, ,11. Mm- Uttf ...... ..a-v ri"W" .." j , :v.n's licntiAL'Si is. tor. I'entuijivaniA AVi-..anu mni k ffrsEju. ...,... ,. in nun iiunninK BCHBiv.f Mm-conl lloue. tetrand Bcmu, a:i rtuo luu lc Grant 11 ' Airnue-ttll'rmXl 'I'S'llMS ErtKivn I'lM.ir t.tnotn I, nn?A to sub- In t'hllftilstnliljt nn.l aurro mains town i ratter twelve (12) rents rr t(l.i parabt mall to 'ilhlB outMJ" of rhllatVltitka, In nilra Slates, ejanaua fr tnnra j-inirs '"- w, Mtaf4 free, nrty eaoe timi p-r mnw. HI rinllapa nr r. n&fahlo ttl &dVHnC0. all or!n countrie one ($11 dollar ft hTietj Suhcrlt. wlfhlnv ndlrn thanced t give oil an wtll nw ujlrr. tli. 00r' WALNUT KEVSTOE, llIN 3000 pte 'A4Arrf all enmnivntvattani to fivmlno Publlo titar. ltininilrntA Haaare. PliUatUlvhUl RW"? foAy at thr rtfir,rrr.rHtA vt ori'ics A5 ECONli fLIM UAIL MATJ.KR. t1 .tVLIf.J.fl.1- t I-- tl !. ! 1K1V . (,i tl!t , " u"'uii I'liuui, iirccmutr J I ll i&g;. 7 JIDENT LEADS ALLIANCE V AfiATTMCT rnPPEnHl'ATO ..U.k..lU Wl 1 WllllUtlltJ ;VATl moralo Is cvcytllfllB. 'I'lio t,ufcst' ,"ray to splUo tlio ctiMny'H Kims la tu fe;l4fsuaao tho enemy to do it himself. .Cholera germs arc not moro mcnaclns to tha health of u tuition than tlio JI?scml P:iaUon throughout 1U length and breadth Ik;' falsehoods and lialf-trutha dcvldvd to 'pvftke tho population doubtful of tlio right uincsa or feasibility of Its cause. What 1i. millions of Germans and Auttrlana on Jth eastern front could not do toino tens y-;- it thousands of propagandlstH did do. They wOTfarmea in Uetrograd and they undcr- Wined rnpralo even at tho front. Thy '.,IJanccd tho ISolMicvlkl and they harnessed WrBarchy to their chariot1. .i..Til nitntn t llltr.il v. Ith men and Honui doubtless wK r .:.:... ... women ooni in ucrmany. AHrArft itrrtt lirrn vrnrn u?t a. slilislrllrrf 111 py$iL .... .u.., ,,.. t vuvuiesa uiui tiivir otunuiu tiuui, uu mi K 'questioned when "lcr tag" arrive!. Tlicy :t: t. -M ., ,......, . ..... i. r?V:fidlcuIou8 rumorM which onu Cuds every 3J ..Vs1 yf'L t.lan nVbniit? 1C f!iM"1i1'i hu fit linlun fl fit :;ff"i " tiSJotd by their ru.cr.s that nii American Vw,; troops aro ixi mo iruni, mm our iouiih navo 'ioth failed, that wo aro tpringlns u hlun! R'j'wid can never transport troops becauso jrv " -.V . . . It '. . ... .1... ......! ......... ,;infl iitiiii.iin i iniiiiii liiu ruaa. ill u iiul uti Ulna propuganaihiD lit mo i;uat'u rtuiuH tafeo .telling us that this or that transport i Jhwi gono down with tho loss of thousands, at epidemics, rugo at this or that camp, ,l''ranco Is ubotit to quit, that Italy li BUgH und that rich men In control ut riishlngton aro conscripting Ihu liiuuhoud St. p'tjtUe nation to dltj in a IiupcIvsm hattlu T ivhllo -Wealth Is untouched'.' Ucillii Is an . F totxJiaustlblo treasury of lies. Its agents f.'wfro planted hero and uvcrjwhcru years ptloro tiio 'war. Thu time has como for ;Ptra to do their work and they nro doing it. Pa',Tho inoralo of tho nation .s now iusplr- ijur. It ects tlio blood to running fast ij'fcrough men's hearts when they contciu- (Lt6.tho depth of purpose and wlllhigncts fcte sacrlflco which characterize tho country . I.Ia lli.f tltn nnnnn.lniiiil ... !.. I.. pn U HIIUIV J"ii fcj Lvi'i.iu.au .,.o itt , Wisconsin and In MiuueKota his fangs aro .' .1 MM.... V..... 1.....I 1 ... k$ IKK. urawu. xiiut iuiiHi-iu:u iii;tu ul li Washington can tcent u snake. Ho can. i&secms. also forget his party in order to Bt .. I.I.. ... m 11... r. (......1. .. .In.. I... S3. Hn w Ilia luuiii.j. 1111 uuituuou uvvo uu in)'ifilq to Chairman I.j'nch, of tho Hxccu- rrti"fi? ,. .. ., t. ., . .. . ;l uvtuiullllliwu UL LIIU X'UlilUCrULiU iUllOUUl alt tec, indorsing tho cuiididuey of MfEtaator Knuto NcUon, Itcpublican, for Oifclectlon? "Jf Senattir Nelton wcro auro ttpki bo had but ono year to live," Kays tho ildent, "1)0 owes that year to tho coun- t 'With hla ability and his knowledge of itjonal affairs, his ccnlccs aro in- bio to tho nation at this time." nnesota was a pendulum almost on plumb lu tho last election, when party shriveled up; but that has nothing ltjo'wlth tho President's present position. t knows that Minnesota has bon cor- that it II ono of tho citadels of iAmorlcanlsm, and neither ho nor tho abllcans intend to coddle tho propa- eta by lighting ogalntt each other tho Bolshevik element runs away "tho prize. Thero is ono plank thit U ,ib tho platform of eich great party tho rest of tho planks do not amount tiueh unless the fctablllty of that ono is Wo have got to bo sur that tvo tkn,' American Congress beforo wo can to Jdennfy tho color of its faction. 4 ' ft fropagandhits will get bolder during iter, They may como Into tho open .congressional elections next year. I'.wlU bo soma hundreds of thousands wana then in France, thero to light 4ee unacr tlio pledge of our sun- (Vo cannot iiuperil tlio wlidlesomc- lahat warranty by carokibticss in ent of malicious mischief-makers. not betray our lighting men by ('words with traitors. Thero cufi ,"peech, but thero cannot bo frco Z'V,yc can light it ut tlio. polls by I,- as me ,-(vBiuen jnicnus lo do. VWmK, scotch it hi its beginnings by Bnt "is - a'n anti-American. . 'UV- a.u. Benator fr6m Wis ra wij-uujt 10 rccuo t a uwcttf o spcuing-book. JHAT?GE01GE'feAMrr DO an office boy. who PrwiVdent ntaumlf, both it the mum dtty. -to dentlal garments arrived from tho White llOUEO. ' After all, I ho lTcsldont Is only ono of lie, as ho hiys Insisted many times In tho latt Uvo .year. Tlio best that he, ono man, can do In not o eryxinuch nioro than any other ono man am accomplish, llo run vote, which ho -docs regularly ut 1'rliicelon; ho can put one-third of his carly Incomo Into Liberty Bonds; ho call help clothe tho needy, and hc can uppojnt u number of ad ministrators to do various Important things, whjcli Is by no mentis a surony of grttlni; them done. Homo of them can do their work n great deal better than ho could dn It; Konio lutich worse. Full rcrpoiinlhllity ho must shoulder, hut that docs not mean that ovcry ono should taku a "Lct-CJeorge-do-R" ultltudu toward him. When It comes down to dots, tho must that wo ask of tho President Ih to speed things up all along tho line. Tho way the things ura douo rests lor u ttino with subordinates. CHKAPATAUOLtAK IF THIS city und Its environs arc to give 500,000 new members to .tho Ued Cross by Christinas 13ic, about iiuo person in every four, at tho least, uitibt Join. That menus every adult with a dollar, and enough children to niako up tho dellcleney of thofcu grown people who aro uufortnnuto enough not to hao four quurturs to rub together. "Thero Is hardly any ono who ix not connected with tho urmy or navy through u (-on, brother, husband or other relatUc," knld Jloilgtior Jlsh-r In addressing his congregation jehterday. "In llmo of need that dollar hi your pocket, which you would llko to glvo to help them, will bo absolutely powerless unlet; jou Rlvo It to tho lied Cross." That puts the v,. -uli catu strong!) In tho fewest possiblo words. And not many words HhoiiM ho needed. Any ono who docs not appreciate by this llmo what the Ued Cross means to humanity iu cither to dull In sympathy or io unimaginative that no amount of arguing would mako him pay his dollar. Nothing but procrastination can keep 10,000,000 new members out of tho a:-soclaliou. WIIATS IT WOKTH to hi: hos.s: rpm: cs J- l'hiladi ttimaled ioemio of tlio city of hiladolphla lur next jrar will virtually bo cquluiluiit to the total runiuo ot Hul garla for tho year 191D. Andrew Jacl.ton was a big man and f-oiucthing of :l spoils man lu his day, but tlio n'Veuuo ho had to play with would not huvo mado tho Phila delphia treasury look llkrr a thlrdrr.tcr. Tho King ot ltulgarlu'c-nnsldrrs lilnclf of such importance that ho calls himself a Czar, tt his payroll would not ttump our own counellmanlo Committee on Finance. H'h worth homothlns to 1 boss of Phila delphia, and If any citizen does not bellovo It let him ukI; lilmself how much moro lit is now pacing In n lit tlian ho paid last j car or let him contemplate what his tascs arc likely tu ho lu tin near future. HOW AliOUT THE S1CKKI.? TN A couplo of weeks tho price of gup, i-o --Jar as tho company is.coneerncd, uuto mutlcally drops to sewnly-tio cents tho thousand ciiblu feci. .:ul tiinnncr, when tlio jiubllo was dvniuudiug that tlin reduc tion bo pas.-ed on to tho peoplo, many of whom llnd It hard lo get coal that they havo to ui-o gas cloves to keep warm, wo wcro calmly informed that the city would keep tho money, but only for tho purpoao of uidlng and relieving tlio dependent fami lies of soldiers. That hushed tho public clamor ut tho time; but has the red birring been sent back to tho museum or is thero In fact tomo chanco of that promlso being tram-latcd Into actuality? Tlio fellow who pays tho bills wants to know whether ho Is being gas-taxed for charity or blmply "gasscd" by politicians. I'OTSDAMS CHRISTMAS CUT A filial peace offer to his rncnllrs, on whom, In cato of rejection, will fall tho uaiwnsibllity for bloodshed in IMS. THIS Is declared to bo the purport of the Kubtcr'H Christmas messago toon to bo delivered. Who would not want to glvo or rccelo tho Christmas gilt of pcaco? ut sucli a gift cannot bo bestowed by uny ono man. Tho gift Is rejected beforo It Is made, becauso it ono man can produce world peace ono man can again produce world war. THE HIT'S IN OUR TEETH COLONUL. ItOUSE returns to say that tho Allies intend to win regardless of cost. Cod help tho Jcllytlsli In dajs such as these! J.ct tlio crab shed his shell and hido himself iu mud. but the manhood of tho world has turned Its loves and Its pos sessions into the keeping of thoso ut homo und has gone to tho battlefield with its rifle. You can't talk pcaco to men who havo seen their brothers cruciiied. You can't talk peaeo to .pun who havo seen tho daughters of Christ ravished and debased. You can't talk pcaco to men who havo met theso Huna faco to faco In tho trenches and fought with them even as tho martyrs fought with the beasts at Uphesus. liv tho, lHernal, as Andrew Jackson Mould havo said, wo arc not tlavcs jet, nor Hckcrs of Imperial boots, nor do wo ever Intend to be. Wo havo begun to put our armor on, and wo (diall keep putting It on until tho last plceo Is locked Into place. It worso comes to worst, wo'vo got tho teas and vo can keep them. No poaco will bo dictated from Btrlln beforo thV vast power of this nation can bo brought into pluy. Tho Huh could not lush FranCo Into submission beforo Kng Und got ready, and ho cannot beat down tho Hrlton beforo wo get a grip on tho trenches. i Before leailnc hero I made arrange ments through our ntnhasLadorB that enter tainments bo eliminated. Colonel House. After that buslnessllko statement wo can well bellevo tho returned envoy's re mark tluit "tho word 'peace' was not men tioned;' , Trotsky decjarcs ho has compelled thcCknru.ns to back down. They've prom- luednot to transport troops from tho cast- c to.t-ue weeiewiroiHjjuriiig iiio. truco. c twee en.K'WQ&l are n)iia PM'how. LIBERAL U. S. POLICY NEED pPRAILROADS Public Supervision and Euieieiit Privuto Operation Urged by National City Bank rpillJ demand of tlio trainmen for nioio X pay nro Just III tlum to bu putscd up to tho tJoerniiipnt authorities with other fea tures nf tliu rnlluuy situation. Tho railway omcl.iln.lunc, iidUscd the I'rexldeiit that they will hr gullied b his Juilsuifiit r. tlio matter, mid tho nilleirs of the litothtrhonds nro uiulerstood to hae tukrn vlrtuully the samo attitude. Thlt queallon would n-rni, there fore, to ho reduced to n determination of how imirli inure aukcm tho men uliall nieKo and what iiitiiiiPiiBiitrjry rate Increase.! thu rail wins shall reehi.. Tho tallwny problem, howexer. Is much larger than u question of wages or even of revtniK-H. AIhixu uli re It Is a question of Cconoinlciil and illleleni Iriumpurtntlon ter fic, and tlio neieshiths of thu country are lequlrlng that treatment of the subject shall bu undertaken In u largo way. Tho railroads hao been dcu'loped by private cnletpriso and private capital, and, on tho whole, it has been a wonderful development; hut in recent years It has not kept up in thu growth of the country. For the luct ten jenrs operating tosts havo tended to Increai-o faster than earnings, and railway iuvtstuients have lain less tu favor. t-'iii-li capital us the railway h have rinsed in tho lust ten yiars has been procured mainly by Ijoirowinc; but this makes the position of the shareholders moro precarious mid caniint be continued Indefinitely without affecting the position of tho bondholders un favorably . lu evrry other business it Is con sldcicd neie-sary to Hood credit that thero shall bo a proper lelationshlp betwun bor rowed capital nuil proprietor's enlillal, unil If this lu not maintained the ability to bor row lb curtailed. Loans upon real state arc commonly lestrleted to about oni -h.ilf tho vuluu of tho property, und tho railroads to be lu sound orrdlt and able to borrow at favorable rates should bo able from time to thno to sell their stock to the public In such amount, as to l.ttp proprietor's capital npnroilmately equ.il to borrowed capital. In order lo do lint,, how over, thero must he a sufllileiit margin of net earnings above divi dend requirements to givo assurance that dividends will bo maintained. Such curphis earnings when returned lo the properties aro not lost to the public, for they take the place of increased capitalization upon which dividends or Interest would havo to bo paid. Tho situation in the last ten years has not been such aa to attract capital to the rail ways lu tho umounta required to cnablo tho companies lu plan fur tlio future In an ade quato manner. Moreover, with tho t'ioverii tii' lit taking all the e.tpital in slylit aril with construction and operating ousts iiiouutliig higher and biglnr. the outlook for an ade quate program of dev lopmeut in tie- future I., nut ucoiiraglng. Co-onlimilioii- . Competition No matter what mistakes havo been mado m thu past or who Is most to blamo for them, It Is tiiuo now for eve-ybody to look at tho country's, liampurtatioii problem with largo vision. What. men do under tho pre sure of nn emergency by common tousent often shows tho way to permanent leformt. Tho Federal reserve bunking organization has followid and dcvcl"Ptd tlio general plan oC clearing bouso co-operntlon. which tho hanker hurriedly conceived and adopted iu tho faco of panic. That hle.i has been de veloped until the onmnellng Interests of tho individual companies in current tralllc havo be n virtually lost sight of This Is revolutionary, not only from tho standpoint of tlio iiillways but from tho standpoint of thu public. It has been tho theory of all our legislation that tlio rail ways inu.t bu niinlo to compete; Inn when we face the necessity for tlio highest 111 cleiuy it is found that they must work to gether. Opinions change rapidly when thire lire no alternatives.' Congress will doubtless be asked this winter lo legalize tho co-operative methods which havu been put Into eiTeet, at hast for the period of Ihe v.ir; but tlio galti.i which nro demonstrated by a closer Integration nf the transportation snvleo thuuld never bo abandoned. Constructive Program Wanted Tho country needs a broad, conslrueiivo program fur tho transportation service and all parties nt Interest should cu-operato In Its development. . The amount of new work which can bu duno in wartime It: limited ; but untiling could glvo nsMiraneo of general prosperity after tho war llko u plan foi rail way development. Tlio plan should begin at the terminal.-, which is tho point ot weakness now, and mako ample provision for the expansion of traffic and tho accommodation ot all roads. It should include docks and harbor improve ments and tho equipment and comkciIoiis necessary to Utilize and correlate inland waterways with tho railway system. Tho old hostility- of tho railways to tho water ways should ceaso and their facilities should be linked. The rivalries of rail sv stems should bo subordinated tu tlio general pur pose of aftoidlng tho beat facilities tu thu public in tho most economical manner. Tho dllllcultiiH of such u policy would bo x cry much lCiS now than In tho past because of thu low market values which have ruled for railway bbares in recent yuir. Owners ot railway shares aro inoro Interested in having values stabilized and moderate earn ings assured than iu contending for any monopoly values which favorable location olx superior icriutuaia nau hiiiu menu The effect upon the business situation of an extensive program of construction work tu follow tho war Is a consideration not tu be valued lightly. A state of hesitation and depression In tho transition period would cost tho country enough to pay tor a xact amount of useful work. In order to givo the clement of certainty required for such a comprehensive plan hi tho present slate of railway credit and to obtain tho desired psychological effect It would bo necessary to havo tho co-operation of tho Government, possibly to tho extent of a grant ot credit. Tho Government, having control of tho charges, would be safe in giving such assistance, and tho economies effected would provide the Income for Interest and u sinking fund to retire securities issued. It would bo essential, however, to tho suc cess of the llicy that tho owners of railway shares should bo assured now obligations ahead ot the slock would uot bo to tho detri ment of the latter. Government Ownership. Tho objection to u proposal for Govern ment assistance to the roads Is that In tome quarters It will stimulate the agitation for (lov eminent ownership and management. It will bo said that if tho Government is to aid tho roads It should own lliem, but that does not necessarily follow. It Is not suggested that tho Government should aid the com panies for tho rako of their shareholders, but because tlio railway problem has become national Ir. Its scope and Interest and becauso tho Government, by Its cxerclso of control over charges, is an essential factor In It. Tho attltudo ot tho Gov eminent affects tho ability ot tlm companies to finance themselves on tho scale required. Tho people who advocato Government ow nershlp do so, of course. In tho belief that transportation costs to the publia would bo rcdue-ed: but such a result would bo contrary to all experience lu governmental manage ment. Most Important of nil. It overlooks tho value of Individual ownership In stimulat ing enterprise and improvement In the de velopment of tho transportation system. Thero Is opportunity for tlultlatlvo and In vention of railway operations as elsewhere. Changes are constantly being made. They have been revolutionary lu this country in the last twenty years. QuaJncat9ps of -the. Government are much better for supervision und criticism than for Initiative and management. Tho Govern ment's overslHlit and--uuthority 'are needed In dealing with tho, railway situation; but t U not necessary for the Government tq ivssumc uli the functions of a proprietor. Most economical and. satisfactory insults' will ' W gained by -combining- publkS "supervision gjyvr!Ho.wlth tlw'nJfcWly. iwvd elH-. LOCAL HISTORIAN MAKES "VAU.X PASS" Ilenco Tliia Piece in Praise of a Wilt! Old (Jentlenian, Sometime Mayor TN tho Index of ir. jr. l.lppinoolt's "Uarly A Philadelphia; Its People, I.lfo and Prog less," jut lsued by tho famous old publishing Ileitis of l.lppimmi, n,pri. ,. y, Ht ni Wo employ mi "astoulsher" to bring up tho leur of our opening smtciico becauso tho fact recorded mux ii shock to us. our xcry vlvidcst virginal vcneruliou for our Xtncrabla Ullage had nlwayu found personification in a capilal V, tho Bight of whom upon Chestnut street never fulled to carry us back to old, old limes. This must Important V was lllcharil Vauv, somethno Jlayor of tho eltr, but more, much moro than that. l.vru within afew months of his death anelMie was approaching his eightieth yVnr when bo passed awav lu March. 1805 lie. was the handsomest old man wu havo ever seen. Ho suggested iiud yet vwih unlike "Tho 1-ast Leaf." Immortalized In rbjino by Oliver vvcndell llohne.s. He had been a beau In his lime, but thero was no erm-k In his voteo nor erh'k In his back. We inn close our e-yes now and see him coming toward us. Ills tall, slcmler liguio was nlwayu sur mounted by a silk hat and elotheil in black broadcloth cut utter tho fashion ot nil elder day. lie veore a black stock' and affected low shoes; they seemed to us lo be no more than dancing punin.s. and tliev Inevllahh ii-i-illed tho story lolil of him, that be had il.inced with uuecii Vlctotla at her coronation ball. Anil that was no Idle story, for he was a young secrctarv of the Ameilcan Legation nt tho t tin" ami whs "commanded to t-iko n place lu tho quadrille with her Mnjeste-." Hut b eiiine bad; to his native city and be came mi ni-tlve liemocr.it. Think of Unit: Of his election as Mavor. and subsequently as Congressman, mid of other honorable but miromantic things wo havo too llttlo space hero to gossip, Tho man himself was bleucr and more worth-while than any decoration that ever was. or ever cuiild bav been, pinned upon his rxtciior. or io wu felt when wo met him. Ho never wore uu overcoat; that wur an other quaint murk or thu man. it mav havo been because bo w.ij a' child of winter. If ho wero allvo this vrv nilnulo ho would be unoii tho point of ne-tuallv rounding out Ida 101st year; ho was born December If, ISIS. Ills head was leonine and to was bis inane his gray bald and Dundreary whiskers. His voice vvas pleasing and In old iiko mellow, as wo recollect II. llo was proud of lily town and of his part in Hi, ailivitlei. Tlio Gentleman Fireman tu ins youth he "inn with the Philadel phia lloso Company, If wo mistaku not, and wo teed wo hail a rleht to expect some men tion of that in tho chapter devoted tu "Fire Protection" In Mr. Llpnlncott's beiok. or nt last semio woiel of bis lather, Koberta Yaux, who was also a most faithtul tiro laddie. Jli. Llppinci'tt. who makes no referene-o at all to tho Philadelphia. Hose, e-re-dits the lllbcrnlii, formcel in 1 sr2 very evidently n typographical error with huvlng purchased in tho year 1M3 three hundred feet of ui'wly Invented "leather hoso of spiral strip.s of leather nvetnl together, told at SO cent, a lout." In an uddtvsM de.hvcri.il upon tlio sca sioti of tho opening of tho Philadelphia Hoso Company's new- hull on Seventh street. De cember 1. 1S.",0, Mr. Uiehard Vaux dwelt, unon tho tooling of tho cltlreiis at thu be ginning of the century "that somo mode inmi lie ele'V js,.r in orefer to tluy tho deso lation of conflagration." ''Let us Imuglno for u moment, in thoso curlv timet', tho alarm- of 'lire' on 'First-day,' when, ut ot each peni roof eluor in Front and Second htre-etK and perhaps as high uptown us Fifth street, In Anil und Marl. el und e'histnut streets, tho eiuiet yuaker In his plain, neat Fusl-d.iy suit. Ills broad brim, his breeches and buckle shoes und yarn sieioklngs, with three or four lire buckets on cither arm, proceeding nt an excited gait to tho nearest pump lo stand iu lino to pass em the water, working with a conviction that bo was doing unto others me bo would bo done bvl anel, after Neighbor Ad roof had been rid ot the lire, returning homo with bis buckets on his arm, with soaked shoes ami iniiil'ly stockings, conscious that bo had prrlormed a voluntary task mado llcht by tho knowledge that he was onu ot tlio many m like condition. Tho pic ture is a faithful one. llo was first of that lioblu band of Philadelphia firemen. "liut the need for bet.ei' Ili-e-iliThtlng ap paratus was IniperHlivc. To the founder ot tho Philadelphia Hoso Company be longs tho praisu and honor of suggesting and effectuating this tnost benevolent nud public-spirited purpose. They re eiutreel 400 feet ot hoso and screws, esti mated fit $200; a machine for tho hoso tei bo carried on. to cobt Sj&O; u hose houso at an cxptnso of $100. Ueuleii Haines gave tho company tho usn of tlio lot No, 7 North Front street and. In connection with tlio Philadelphia Cngino Company, a houso was built. Ko great was tho anxiety for Its completion that thu water was he-ated iu tho street to make mortar. Tho hoso was obtained freiui Frederick SeiiulU, at tho e-ost of 4fJ cents per loot, under u contract for CU0 feet; It was made of leather sewed with thread lu sections of fitly feet each. Tho ne:.t duty lo bo performed was tho building of tho machine', and Patrick Lyon was tho maker. It was an oblong boj. upon wheels, six feet nlno inches long by two feet six Inches wldu and two feet deep: tho hoso was carried lu tlio box without a cylinder. It was used as a reservoir ulsu when tho hoso was in cervico for holding water to feed engine1. This box had arms at tlio front and back to assist In changing Its position, and lanterns on either bide with caudles; this wonder of tho ago cost JDS. "Tho first firo at which the hose company turned out w-ns In tho old Harmony court, then called Whalobono alley, south ot Chest nut street and cast of Fourth street, on tho third of Jlarch, 1601, about three months after the first meeting of Its founders. As this was the first occasion nt which tho first hoso carrlago was In service ut a firo In Philadelphia, it is right, as a matter of record, to give a list of the members on duty. Tho minutes record that thero wero twenty members present: Ilcubcn Haines, Kobcrts Vauv, Joseph Parker, Abraham U Pennock, William Jlorrlson, William Jlorrls, Charles U. h'mlth. Joseph Lea, Samuel Hazard, John .1 Wli'-obr. .lieiuei P 1'arl.H. Wilhsm , Nesbllt. llalph Smith. Lloyd JllfTHn, Daniel D. Smith, Charles Jones, James Cham bers, Joshua llmlcn, Charles L. Smith and John r.akcstraw." WAR CORRESPONDENTS' DANGER Mot a few people living In comparative safety and solltudo in mighty, far from tho horrors of thU world conngratlon. run away with the 'Idea that the averago war corre spondent dcs a modicum of work for a very great deal of pay and that his chare of any danger thero may chance to bo ktioelt--Ing around Is ot the lightest. Of course, nothluar can bo farther from tho truth. . Tho war "special" at tho front is a trained man, bkllled In graphic description .-i.i. ...n nod tiencll. Ho must cam- in nt.. work tho cool, calculating beud of the dlplo matlst allied to the stevut heart of tho soldier, for ho needs all his coolness and courage, to tturniouiit successfully all tho dllllcultjes and dangers that beset his path. Although up to the present only ono corrc. spondent has lost Ids llfo uu the western frevnt. several Urllleh V'specUIs" havo had balrbicadth escapes, pnly tho other day Philip filbbs. tho representative of tho Dally Chronicle, went through the novel cxpcrlcm-ea of having his "tin helmet" dented by u Hun tnlper, whilst Beach Thomas, the Dally Mall man. has been within an aco of death times out of number . Taking Into consideration tho vaet magni tude of this present war, tho mortality among war correspondents has been remarkably low. jn former campaigns, however, it was quite a frequent occurrence for a scribo of tho battlefield to meet with some dreadful fate. Ono of the most notable Instances Is that ot Frank ltawlby, who represented tho Times In the 'Chinese opium wur. lly treachery he, together with several copipanlons, vvus taken prisoner, carrlfcd'ln chalnp to l'elifn und Itn murevl within 'the .pink" Walls of ttu "For UVejJsWCliy," Muctly what happened, after "&L221 J?JfJliBSlJa5S,JLate THE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE When Homer Nods Music for tho Wounded Navy -Man's Letter "HOMER SOMETIMES NODS'" fo t'i Vitilor ut the I'veitlHi J'ubltii .tiyir:, Sil - "Quandeiuuepi'i bonus doimltiit nunie ui.s,'" verote llonn-e' in eiassn- latlu I hat may be rendered Into modem Kuglkh, "liven tho worthy Homer S'oiiu llme.s nod.-." it would seem Hint tin: poet of old, with whom the high ithool boy ami collego undergradualo perforce havo1 to become) more or less at epialnteei in pursuing their course fit study lu thoso Institutions which havo not yit abol ished tho ancient languages au needless rub. Idsh, was uot alono lu tlio liable of occa sional lapse Into iluniberland when engaged In composition. Videlicet that profound student or pohlios and philosophy, that "Jovernor of Pennsylva nia dubbed by you, Jliv IMltor, tho Stnle'i 'inut zealous and energetic," Urn late Sam uel W. Pe nnypaeker, whoso autobiography now appealing in the UvilMX'i I'lULU' Lkdouu, Is .i continuous delight to readers of all shades of opinion. Many ot" these must havo observed Willi real pnlu that accu rate chronicler's slip into a numeric drowso as ho wrote that "In PS1 David 1!. ediver. Iho selection of th- stalwarts for 1 idled States Senator, failed, and, Instead, John J. Mitchell, of Tioga, was elected.'' It Governor Penny packer bad beer, wide nwako when he penm-d that lino ho wouhl have remembered thai It was Hurry W. Oliver who mado a xalu gcasp tor tho loga dropped by William A. Walkcco at the tuno named. Harry Oliver figured In many tutllo ballots In tho nicinora'blo Joint legislative session ot 1SS1 beforo ho surrendered his ambition and permitted a combination of tlm Ilepuhllcan members on Mitchell. Many politicians and others, allvo and actlvo today, vividly recall that hectic strugglo for h. beat in what used to bo culled "tho greatest debating club In tho world." Wallace and Mitchell and Harry Oliver aro dead, but Davlel IJ. Oliver, unless I am much mistaken. Is ttlll In business In Pittsburgh and was. appointed a member of the State Hoard ot Bducation a few years back. This Mr. Oliver, It may bo remembered, caused qulto a sensation not to very long ago by his remarks concerning a $1000 check which ho thought ho had contributed to tho cam paign fund of the present Governor of Pain, sjivanla, but which Doctor Brumbaugh re garded as a personal gift, according to his explanation ot tho reason ho omitted It from his statement of election expenses. H. J. Philadelphia, December IE. MUSIC FOR THE WOUNDED To the VJltor of the Vvcninj rublio Lcdatr: gr Do you not think somo of your read ers would bo willing to part with ono phono graph record, which Aey aro tired of hearing played, to bo tent to tho wounded toldlers lying. In the hospitals In France V Back of tlio lines thtro aro hospitals where men aro being brought every day. They nre lying In their cots wounded and suffering. They havo phonographs and records'. But theso records havo been used bo often that they sound now llko tin cans. It la tho only soluco and recreation they have. They are asking us; shall wo not give them records? I xvlll bo responsible for their reaching tho iiromr destinations. Jlrs. (I. A. COOKIC, 1 1119 Locust rtrcct. Philadelphia, December IS. MAGAZINES KOR SOLDIERS Tu the f'ddor ot the ;.'veiilii7 1'uWo Ledger; r As u constant reaejer of your paper I am taking tho privilege of writing to you to ask your other readers for books or maga zines that they want to dkposa of, They would bo appreciated by ua fellows, who would llko to read lu our Idlo moments.' A SOLDIim. Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., December IB. A LETTER FROM THE WAR ZONE The following letter has been received by a Phlladelphlan from un American naral ofll cer on duty In the war zone; "It Is now midnight, raining and storming hard, lis usual, uud I have just como off Vateii for four hours' sleep, then back again at t. in, That the Ufa of many of us OwVers,.ail,well aS sailors lu the United, States navvy Jn. the 'warxone. Tlira.'ls. never-.H ' .'!.' It"! VI"'" V---'.rf tit-.-'.; t 7. , (iTrS'iu, "W-'frj! . h'r,"f'1""'"','r'rfWSritSi,fV-..S . P ' "tV'1 "" -"k" - T 1? B"4jtfyflttfttfiyejbfflBrBMBKBMM 7f' J'B j-tlJT L t'"l '" V. '"'"? 3. '"As ?-'. ';: I : . '" '., jf fi! -iriXS8M!i,!i'';i'''fflL i V'"1iv! ti-sli'1 V.x?1 xe'iV;'"' .!''' ' 'i'.W'.vwii ;H . ' ! 'if y..X'-frtiiktE&&-''- fm iK' i JT- ii'-' ..X.'iV ','el'vv-- "'J; m' 1' .(;s;.if :.-.- A.'imfik .i fa ymmm ?V'. APPEAL OF THE RED CR0S3 thing with a smile, and rather strenuous duly at sea these nights, but we're out, ono and all, to win an early victory. "sin. when I broke out the Philadelphia Public Ledger ot October ill and road about siiil.es in our arsenals iilul other Industries at home vital to our success ei.ver.-h're, I Just boiled up tinder forced eliafl nhd, take It lioni mo as tho sculliue-nt of all nt our sol ellers and sailors over hem who havo given up everything lu tho way of comfoits. in constant danger, to fight for those at home and our country, and gladly eloing sixteen hours' linn! duty every day und sonnilme-.s twenty-four hours a el.iy at smaller wage-.s Hum any laborers at homo, w-c cannot nndet stand why those men who only have, to work under safes surroundings and who aro now striking at u thnu like this are nut taken out and put up ugahict the slouu wall. That is what they would net lu l'raiu-e. yet Franco busn t any such pikers. It Is mighty unfair to us on this side eif tho vijeter and It is .1 good thing that we are b far away that such truo .mc-i leans C) at homo enn't fall Into enir hands. They would get what Is coining tu them with a few tilmmliigs on the side. Tho quicker they lino up and shoot such men and all pro-Ge rmaiis tho better for all hands. "I had lo get this out of inv system, for T know what I am going through, and their actions aiu a per.-onal injury to inc. 1 murt catch a nap, but If you get a chance let all at home know our fe'chugs. lu the matter." BIBLE Or 1CU0 V Bible printed In 1:0, the year tho PII. grinib landed In America, Is lu the posses-j-iou rl .Mrs. May L. Abbott, of St. Paul, it U worn and bent Ironi being carrh'd for many ye-ars lu u soldier's knapsack, as well ai. yellowed and wormealeii from tho paii' ugo through nearly three ccnturle'S. Tho hook wus purchased blx months ago by Mrs. Abbott'o husband, tho late William L. Abbott. "Printed at 'London by Buiiham Norton and John Bill, Printers to the King's Most Fxctllent Majesty, Anno, Domini lGHO," ia tlio announcement tho titlo pago e:arries ami the excellent workmanship ot tho vol ume provu. the ability ot its early pro ducers'. The Bible. Mrs. Abbott cayr. could tell Interesting talcs If It hud tho gift of speech. It vcas carried through tho peninsular cam paign In Spain, at the battle of Waterloo, at tho battle of New Orleans and, it earlier battles In thrs country by Sergeant William Kay, of Nottingham. Knglaud. Inserted in Us pages arc sheets bearing a recommenda tion of Sergeant Kay for a pension. He gave It In 1S70 to William Holmes, of St. Paul, who was its owner until Its talo to Mr. Abbott. THE RED GUARDS Tho famous, lied Guards of tho Soviet aro recruited from tramps known In Itussla as "Boslakec" (barefooted) ami "Zolotovstey" (hooligans). Among them, too, .aro plenty of a low class of boatmen, who elnig barges up the river to the tuno of "Tho Song of tho Boatmen on thu Volga," which the Balalaika orchestra mado popujar iu America. , What Do -You Know? qui 1, Mho Is Janirs M. C'o? 3, Nam Ihe author or "The Courtship. ot Jlllea Blauillsli." 3. Where l I-atrau Wood? 4, Mlm Is the rliler or ordnuiiro ot thu I'nllcd htau-a uriiu? B. Mliat l lius-rrllef? Ii. Mhcre is Konlov? , 7, Which l "The Windy Clt'".' H, Mhl' hi I lie eenllirade thermometer u railed; D. Mho "wa Ihe first treat Aiurrleaii atlronomtrr IU. What ure Iho Aeoeri iiha? Answers to' Saturday's quiz 1. libeiiner hrroeiire was llie miserly lirro of I lie-Urns' "IhrUtnwa Carol, ho l (uJ end wan converted lo tho ldrlt of Vule. 2. Froerusteaii ineuna Inflexible. 3, Major General O. II. Slulr lua I de.lj-. natfil rominiinder of Ihj I'esiusjlvurda i. tlonal Guard ellvUlon or the L'ulteel Malta urinr. 4, rldladelphU la tbo Quaker t'ltr. 0. 'lbanlel Hawthorn wrote-"Iho hrarlet Ixttcr." 0. Tlio Klver rbrele. In wrlern He-otlund, la i,0 u ono ol tbo world's greatest shliilnilldleiii centers. L 7, llrurr P. Davison, or I lie firm r J. P. Morgan , A tu.. U tho .national chairman or Iho American Itrd CroM. K, VVIUIuni MioUriicur l called "The Hard of Avon:' - P. An'odo i n lirlral porm.'sometlaini lon. 'f in in HMifa' Hrieiir 'serivnr,. n ( immivi imp IC Tom Daly's Column J McARONI BALLADS XCII DA QUEENA BEE Mtcstcr.ircf you rici'm .sec llvumi full ivcclh btixu bee, Lrctla Korlicr.-t an' deir queen, I would like for takin' yon ' Whi're I rrntrodtiro yon to Oiaeobiiii's I'axquatin' ; She ves ivcrdaw, l'amiitaUn' ; Wen dec fallow (Hacobiu' Diea nn' leaver her lanta fall He ain't leat'r mooch eUe nt uli; Instil It-ctla baker store lit' kvi'x babies nothreng more! All arc girlx, dene babies, too. W'at da dvucf Wic ijona do. Wait, mil fraud, an' you urcll knows An' I bat yon you eoultl go Manny milt! bayforc yon see Soochn hoiwe. for fetulusiry. Wen her husban' np an' die She ain't pot no time for cry; She mux' work an' nevva. atop. Here's da babies, dcre's da shop, A n' da house dey're livin' in. She pihs' keep devi fine an' cleartr An' da babies happy, too. W'at. da deuce she nona do? Some day I iveell show to you. Sonic day you mus' po ni see Uoie dcy play at "Ihisy Bee." "t'omc, su'pose ret ccs da day W'tn at fleanin' houae dcy play; , hJvra leetla yirl ivcrll slan Wecth her leclla brush ecu han', r,cctla bucket, leetla broom, For to scrub an' sweep da room. . Di'it veell say dees Pasqualin' "licctla. bees, Iam your queen, M'Vh jrrci'c da word baygocn; Work an' rcrnAcin' follow nic, Work an' sceup on let me sec " Who ran 6o da besta bee!" Pen dey laugh an' seeng an' go Makin' joy wceth labor, so, lirt ccs done bayforc dcy know. So cvit all theengs, day by day, Makin' work so lika play, I'asqualina found da way! t Come den, some, day wc weell go, , An' you weell be proud io know GiaeobinCs Pasqualin'; An', dose leetla bfay bic, H'.'eiit dcy grow up, you wcell see, Kvra wan herscl' a queen! IT'LL XUVUU GKT M'tiLL Il XJ2 rtCK IT Tho women of irusMiifffoii, martyrs they be. . Arc aiirrtney fi acute o a niusn, j And I'm tol against m, tar be It tram me, lt)it I halo anything like a fuss, Thv "banners they irat'e; on the end of u , Blfe'fc Vlll sicken their came on tho'tlcket. And hero Ictmo say that a causa that is ilefc ll'lll nrrcr ,srcr itc if they I'ickct. This country's a tcariore that's nccdln' His nnlM. And nccdtn'iii surely must oct'm, i. Tim rlnht ktnd ot oats is the fimtnlna votesSi That the ladles'U cast If trei let'm. ,.,a rn,,i urn Instill incensed iclicn the mtrla.A 4..vV . - r -.ria J.,i l.A f1 If the law is unjust ire must lick it, ,t But ladles, remember the sire in your sld4 I 11111 tiercr get -well if you I'icket. . ' I cannot cxpiam ro iou just what to no. -a. It's ichat not to do I would tell. -j Don't pull any stunts that you may liave'fct In run " Wicn you find yourselves loclted in av, . ii " . '& .s,, -Vtj If's dollars io dquvhnuls iou'ro gciu' to ", win " "A JAka tUflro in rf Vruhlt yltojr Itiieke't) .V m're (I'atolna a wart on jJo iicfloiV ''ftitAl Mil r.-iTXig.'g " oeuty in Ji MeeMll ki .71 lkiLKiifel.-aiAJ
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