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I i A nr muiurau ot omca a aaoorn cuis mail lumn, i' gj maatlaala. vWneMUr. Denlicr 1. 191 J JO KNOWN CURB FOR A DAMN FOOL" myth of German super-lorlty and "upeverythlne else has nowhere been dearly and concisely exposed than In flaaaa. iim.m4HM .mi.j.1 1.1.W . - i& ttP"" v.ww.ua, vuibuwiu, Wllltll nu rcprifll i the Saturday Evening Post: ' -"'Va-a. .'; -Aiiers axo no supermen in wai-or in Mace only fallible men and women that Mm amod. avartn .and nnor. Tho auner- E ,aaan with hfa titles, his orders, his "shln- V laa innllT" attri all lh H.I n 1,1a j-l,,.t aaMMlflavft la mart, nfl.p th. Miant aK,l. I t hundred years after by snobbish his- r j- terlans and descendants who find the super JkS s.n stuff exceedingly useful to them In ,, king business. , ,s,' All good supermen are dead the deader .japjaj palter, llfaugn vo Iiau BeiL-iiiauu duijvi- i Baaft IlVa thA 1tntaM fnr thla Itlne hu-lneas r ."?B 4itaf a feuatnaaa 111a Iia ninvlM nr til I ; I'jttrcus until the war forced them to prove '- fn thA ntwn. Thfln nil thA 'Mft Und 'jKtt" flrma went out of business. .Th so-called sunerman Is am! always Ws been nlural. He Is n email, tight S'; ellactlon of able men, headed by an abler Sasmn, who is the boss. Ana ne is tno noss 'keoause he Is shrewd enough to understand vtfct, no matter how much there Is to a v tWatu he spreads out too thin oer large ?v atalrs. So he lets out his strength at :vMBirv bv Jolnlna- stroniT men to his for- 1 tj-see. They In turn make sure that their fv''sMfeordlnates and the ruilc and file are the U Mt men available. So we get a Steel ii' Trust, or a Napoleon, or a tsanie i-e iian- .'Va. These men mane misiaKes plenty ia 41.MM V tt.a. ilnn1 WitlMf ThoV An ' A " 1U. wtntut. j1.iIa m 4hal nlrl fchinders. They understand that no man Xan win with old General Fuddy Duddy K( i ' t execute his orders and that no entnu- ajsini or ability can produce results In an V XHrJu where red tape, pontics ana ravont- jB9l nave acsas. ineso aro ino euuuiuiudica Mt, failure. f?.The first principles of winning In war f&ci1mr email, tight organization at the top. mv with every man selected Because ne can L hla weight in wildcat laeas. Tncy can ' lust one question about every one who i,te be placed, either in Congress or out ; It, and that Is not Is he a good Demo- tT or Is ne a stancn ncpumicanT but to the best man for the Job? That Is .'only test that will ruthlessly eliminate I ; General Fuddy Duddy and partisan lltlca. There can be no real teamworn they are on the Job. They aro the 1 Htm alien enemies that work ceaselessly, M unwittingly, for Germany, even though ftaWy protest their patriotism and sincerely It. But there is no Known cure lor EV' damn fool. Throw them out. f'iiv"'We have an able President, and the Strongest men in America navo unseinsniy i Wit themselves at his call. JIuch has been rjieee by them; more will be done In pro- Hon ae the weaK men sinK to toeir level and the strong men rise to I top. Once we get a Steel Trust organ!- with our business methods raised ay. the nth power by unselflsh patriotism, tMhlnr can stop us. In a republto the triM superman Is a united and devoted Seeple, with determined and consecratea S! "- -'- K finr rfvintarrmnwu-v rilts thft nail on the There la no known cure for a damn and there never will be. Ho Is the who Is always throwing monkey kfcraechee Into the'machlnery and then ex- the wrenches to see If they have disabled. Put gold lace on him and fa couple of decorations to his shirt and have the finest known example of the In action. If the Bolshevik! could all that would be needed to cause a to Tlmbuctoo would be an elo- article declaring that sausage grew on trees and was automatically fer the sun. Let some effervescent 11 from Fodunk get to Congress .'I'wfeat he can't tell the chiefs of the or navy about running their estab- nts could be put on the point of a N are going to win the war by the same ef tactics we are going to employ I we win back control of Philadelphia nlzatlon. As a nation we boast that l i have a genius for that very thing. we have, but the publlo policy of fcaailon has been set against organlza- twenty yearn. The slovenly little of an antiquated store objected to on from a live business. It was r, he said, but what he meant was i dta'noi want to do the work ncces- Jo)' compete with such an organlza- : AM Charlie Schwab care about Tmst when he wanted some of the (vfer,, nimaelfT Nothing. The s did not mean anything to fchad never noticed that plutocrats ,spnopo1y.on brains. Neither have d that the Kaiser has a monopoly JT am maa "r emciency. Aslc Maos about 1L They know. mam o nnH nor hitting en t.y'rit? ? the damn ijPlseisiltolBc relegated to the E.MtfniiH the real genius of I Wly, hMt surely taklnte cam. . . i9af,ot t"e.obJcls of the klnythaf the superman .isoneertheiacl the dtawf4 fo. mntmiuMfi .'V' It INIbM Ht of a'Md autoeratl hut ir'M strip hla of his masquerade and orlre him hack to the lnnoculty from which ho sprang. And even a damn fool will bo able to understand the meaning of our artillery when It begins to thunder. CHANGING THE EPITHETS WTO USED to call the Delaware the "Clyde of America" when we wished to be self-gratulatory over the fact that new keels were being laid in the shlpways of Philadelphia, Camden and Chester yards. Moro ships were built on tho Clyde than on any other rlvor In the world, more oven thnn on the Elbe or Wcscr, where centered Germany's vast marlno construction. Reversal of tho epithets 1-, now due. The Clyde Is the "Delaware of Kuropo." Two hundred and seventy-two ships aro now building on our river with a tonnage of 2,240,000, A forco of 44,000 men Is em ployed and it will bo doubled, adding greatly in number, valud and arlety to tho skilled artisan population of Philadel phia. Tho action of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation Inassigning halt of tho ships to bo made under Its program to tho Del aware Is a tribute to tho labor resources, aoofslbltlty of raw materials and indus trial capacity of Philadelphia. It Is tribute and more, for it represents the beginning of a restoration of tho river to Its one-time and long-timo supremacy ns tho shipbuild ing contcr of tho Now "World, lost gradually with tho sinful abandonment of the Ameri can mcrcliantmarinc. Tho maritime scope and power of tho United States, when Old Glory will fly in every trade port on tho seven seas, ii in process of rehabilitation, and hand In hand with it is bound to go Philadelphia's re gaining of Its prcstlso In marine architec ture. It will make tho Clde, tlio Elbe or tho Tyeser, when complimentary compari sons aro sought, tho "Delaware ot Europe." THE UNREFUSAI1LE APPEAL fTlIin Irreslstlblo nppeal of the Itcd Cros Is that If all these wounded men had been Incapacitated by famine, hurricane or earthquake tho Hcrt Cross would bo on tho Job ns strenuously as it Is today. In that caso it would bo Just as much treason to humanity to refuse to aid It as it would bo now to close one's ears to tho cry of the wounded. That cry Is the moro dis tressing bocause It is so rarely sounded. The wounded, as a rule, set their teeth and suffer In silence. It Is because they are so pathetically silent that our money must talk at tho top of !t. lungi. CANADA'S NOTE TO KAISERISM THREE facts should be realized as n prcfaco to any comment on the Cana dian election: first, that Canada has already given everything she could reasonably bo expected to give to the causo of tho Allies: second, that opposition to the Government was concentrated in and almost limited to tho French-Canadian clement, and third, that England herself rejected conscription for two years and Australia rejected It finally without any diminution of their war efforts. Canada Is a young and growing country, that Is, the Canada of transcontinental rail ways, bumper crops and spreading In dustries. Loss of many thousands of her citizens Is a much moro serious blow'lo her future welfare than It Is to the old civilizations of the Continent, which will recuperate through tho growing up of the next generation, whereas Canada has thrived and put her faith in Immigration. Old countries lose nothing by having their populations remain static; new ones lose much by failure to Increase rapidly. But in spite of many good reasons for hesitation about conscription, Canada, In accepting it by an overwhelming majority ot her citizens of English stock, has struck as powerful a blow at Kalserlsm as she did at Vlmy nidge. It Is the Kaiser's dearest wish to break up tho British and American Commonwealths. A typical member of one of those Commonwealths has sent him tho right answer. Warmer weather Is predicted. But we cannot depend entirely on an act of Providence to remedy the coal shortage. The Socialists now have a fine new argument to present. All they have to say is, "See what Socialism has done to Russia." The artillery of statesmanship has located a strong peace offensive and by concentrated fire has destroyed It before It could get started. There Is a rumor to the effeot that while the Mayor may have learned how to play cards, It Is Director "Wilson who known how to shuffle them. .. "Wo can count ns a Christmas gift from Berlin th 109 German ships we have seized, all of which are now In service. It takes tho U-boats five weeks to sink that many. Urges Thrift Bonds as Tips to TValters. Headline. "Wouldn't it bo more thrifty in war time to abolish the senseless custom ot giving tips at all? , Many saloonkeepers In Schuylkill County havo closed their places and gone to, work in tho munition factories. They evidently concluded it was better to kill the enemy than help Americans to get half shot. t Mr. Johnson's suggestion that the Government run the ball parks is Inter esttng. No business seems to be hitting the toboggan these days without a sug gestion from its owners that Uncle Sam take it over. Kerensky's tremendous energy seems to be still with him. He is simultaneously reported to be holdMg a cabinet.Job In the new Siberian Republic, leading an army of juitl-Bolshevlkl near Petrograd, prepar ing to take his place In the constituent as sembly and In hiding. Perhaps he has been syndicated. All the democracies are busy with Investigations France with the "affaire Calllaux," England with the sinking of a convoy, America with everything you can think of. But what will happen when that Reichstag, committee1 to Investigate why .there have been no German. laveeUfatioas ' aBsJT ,- s. ,. w i ) ,, 4 . i WT""- ' JT!1"'" mwimammwtiMi tt SANTA" CLAUS'S , WORkSHOPDARK The Local Lodge Is Closed After Serving Children for Three Generations SANTA CLAUS'S headquarters, at this moment, Is full of carpenters, painters, plasterers and other mechanical creatures, so real that they actually swear and shout at each other and spit tobacco Juice on the floor. All this Is because Santa Claus has moed away and tho old house at 1006 Chest nut street must be made ready by the first of tho year for an army of serlous-mlnded men v,ho will busy themselves there selling regular grotvn-up typewriters. This Christmas Ee will be the flret In nearly sixty ears to find that old store's windows dark, and countteis children will grieve thereat and so will their parents and their grandparents. For Schnarz's Toy Bazaar was a beloved Institution-of the town. I.sst spring, when the firm suddenly made up Its mind to quit, the letters of protest and regret that came piling In were as numerous as holiday orders. Besides, there were for mal calls which were solemn and touching. A gray-haired grandmother came In liei brough am behind high-stepping bays, which no motor de luxo has ytt been able to displace, and paid her last respects, almost with rites. "My first baby was born In ISflO," she said, "and I carried his first Christmas toys home from this store. I've done the same for my grandchildren and my great-grandchildren. I'm here this morning not to buy anything, but I must tell you tho truth Just to cry a little." Quatau3 A. Schwarz was touched. He was tearing up roots and he didn't like It Of course, he was eighty-five years old, and It's to be supposed he'd have to quit some time; but Santa Claus best looks the part with th". snows of four-score jears upon him, and, besides, his going was not of his choosing Tho Beglnnlng-of Things tn September, 1853, Gustaus Schwarz came up from Baltimore, where he had spent five jears In the toyshop of his elder brother Henry, tho first adventurer of the family of four brothers who were to become nationally known figures In the business. Ho was looking for a place to start out for him self and he found 1008 Chestnut street a cant. It bad been larant two jears A Utile hairdresser had failed there and given the' place a bad name. It was too far out In the country een for a Santa Claus head quarters, people said. There was a farm Just across tho street The Continental Hotel was being built at the time and tho stores to be let on Its Chestnut street front wore tempting: but the young toyman peeping through the Iron shutters of the window of No. 1006 thought It a likely placo and ho took It. Second street was the shopping 'thorough faro in tho? days, and the trading was also good upon Chestnut street as far west as Eighth street. But Blaslus, who occupied the second floor of No. 1006, seemed to be selling a few Stelnway pianos there, so why couldn't toys be -sold on the street Ieel? So Christmas blossomed there In 1RB9 nnd continued to blossom thereafter for fifty eight years. In the meantime the other brothers were coming along. F. A. O. Schwarz, after serv ing nu apprenticeship In Baltimore, opened tho New York house in 1861. Richard, the youngest, took the customary Baltimore schooling, paused a year or so here, went Into business for himself In Chicago, was burned out In tho great fire and Jumped back to Boston. These four men were this country's pio neer Santa Claus outfitters. Germany sent them forth to ply their gentle trade and Germany eventually put the biggest of them out of business. Looking: Back In a quiet corner of the third story In the old building to which the eyes or all young Philadelphia havo been in the habit of turning at holiday-time Oustavus A. Schwarz and his son. Henry G are tem porarily quartered while they eettle up their affairs. "It's odd to be sitting here idle at tills time of year," said the younger toyman yester day morning, "but we couldn't keep tills house .going without foreign toys, and thoso It's impossible to get. Mind, we're making good toys In the United States, Just as we're making lots of other things, now that we have to; but we haven't got very far with the toys yet. "We can't get the assortments." "When the original Schwarz modestly burst upon Philadelphia In that Christmas time of '89 he hadn't a great variety of stock. Dolls, wooden soldiers, hobbyhorses and Noah's arks were the run of his gamut. Noah's arlts, It would seem, are as old as their prototype, -Mid dolls, of e, sort, were nursed by little girls by the waters of Babylon. At the time of the Ctrl! TVar the was doll was Just coming hi and so were hobby horses with real, sure-enough skin on them. That war didn't greatly Interfere with the toy business, either, for Oustavus Bohwarz flourished from the start One day during the Civil "War, A, Scnoen hut, a struggling toynmker, presented himself before Mr. Sehwara carrying a piano under his arm a small piano, of course. He had made it himself and It, la tarn, sub sequently made his fortune. For some years toy planes had been im ported from Germany, but they were never satisfactory. The strips of glass upon which the little hammers struck were glued to the sounding board and they always absorbed eome dampness In the ocean voyage, and away they went. A. Schoanhut's Job was to fix them up again. He did better. He sub stituted metal strips and anchored them with nails. Mr. Sohwars bought that first piano quick. Now the house of Schoenhut makes circuses and roly-polies and Jointed dolls and lots and lots of other things, for It's pretty nearly the biggest toy manufactory In the country. "I must give a word of praise to Schoen hut for his wooden doll," said Henry Schwarz, "and some day he may be able to put movable eyes In Its wooden head and then he'll have another fortune. That's one of the troubles here we can't make bisque heads In this country. And our soldiers here are nothing. (This was said with a perfectly straight face.) But the German soldiers are wonderful. When the war started there were at least 800 different styles being turned out in Germany. We've tried ojtr hand at It, but we haven't got far ; not one first-class article. You know, after you've been In the toy bus!, ness a long while you can tell by the feel of an article whether It's likely to be popular. "There are many novelties ot late vogue that are well made here erectors, mechano and all that sort of thing but you Just can't make a real Chrlstmasy toyshop without the finer things that even Japan hasn't been able to supply, though she's done very well. So, when we found last spring that freight rates were Jumping 700 per cent and we wouldn't be able to support 'Santa Claus In the style to which he had been accustomed, we reluctantly closed the business." A New Job for Santa There Is Just one more thing that every child In Philadelphia will want to knowi What has become of Santa Claus? It will be remembered that long before the Sahatlon Army began to multiply and thus to desecrate the Jovial saint, Schwarz's toy bazaar had a plump, clean and thoroughly lovable one of Its own. Thirty years ago, at the instance of the younger Schwarz, be made his first appearance at the front door and somewhat stiffly greeted you as you entered. You may have thought b'-n rather pompous and uncommunicative, but some ef his bedraggled, copies talk too much. Be sides and you never knew this he 'had a slight impediment In his speech. Ills greatest Joy In life was the part he played at Christmas time, and now he Is done. "Whether It was because he brooded upon this wo don't know, but he has been In the hospital a long time this last year. However, he's out now In citizen's clothes, of course and when he's strona- ennnrh w. to have a quiet Job that will keep. Urn happy '. U- a.lu..a-u. -' fgk aajm ,wa, aa aawaiwaa, , ni,B'miyw'fri 'TvMgiit.1!?: I'f V ,. t ), -i. SIMPLIFIED RULES FOR GEOGRAPHY Names of Cities Should Have Uni form Spelling, Internation ally Recognized By HENRI BAZ1N ' Staff Correironrffnt pinning public l.tdgtr with the Atntrlcan Anny ( France PATHS, Nov. 17. milE enormity and frlghtfulncss of the war have led to nn excess of literary superla tives. We Imo come to the use through habit or unconscious application of the third Inflec tion of the adjective In nearly every Instance where wo refer to the perspective and nature of the great conflict, what Its present applica tion Is, what w.o deduce will bo Its pro and con results. The thought brings to mind that perhaps tte aro overlooking certain genuine possi bilities not only for the day but tho far morrow, One might be the reforming of nomenclature In Its popular senso and In application to certain -departments of Knowl edge. For units of peoples with different ideals and perspectives In life are intermingling ns never before. Some are In advanced states of that which we call civilization and others perhaps but half so. Yet each has something to learn from the other. Why not set out to acquire this additional power, since all knowl edge Is power? Thero are enormous quantities of objects that peoples using language very foreign from each other. In the main, could well designate by the same general names without derogation to the qualities of any language. There are many French words, for instance, already half naturalized in English usage, that might be classified moro completely and consistently. Immediately Lecomlng through tho process more helping to French people visiting English-speaking lands or English-speaking people visiting France. I could strengthen my argument In many spoclflc Instances, but I feel that the objec tive behind this writing Is perhaps more clearly pet forth In n particular point the unification among peoples In orthography o'. geographical names. For here a confuflon ejJsts that Is extraordinary In not only tho arnipla sense, but In xlcw ot tho progress nmong nations during tho lait ten decades. It would be, of course, Impossihlo to as sume that tho mere spellsig of a geograph ical name would be tho key to Its pronuncia tion. But een In that respect something of progress is possible through simplifying the spelling of names nnd places now almoit ab surdly complicated. Russia, Rumania nnd Turkey aro examples. Wo urn reading nnd hearing of many rivers, mountains, towns, cities In tlicso countries that hao names permeated with consonants which to English-speaking peoples seem Imposslblo ot pronunciation, If some of the syllables wcro eiumnaten vouid they mean less? And Is It not certain that ns peoples ndvanco In clvlil'atlon tho names they give to place and men become shortei" moro to the point? Tho recalling of names given to warriors among prlmltho peoples Is an ciample. The greatest evil Is not this, which to a certain degreo and for that degree only ad justs Itself, as It has among African tribes, tho Eskimos tho Indian." It i. tho ridic ulously different spelling of woild capitals and Important centers In different modern languages. There Is no logical reason why Roma should be such In Italian, Rom In Ger man, Rome In French and English. Why should Llvorno in Italian be Leghorn In Eng lish? Why should London In English be Irtn drcs In French? "Why, even, should Philadel phia In English have an "o" termination in French? Why should Brussels In English, to take the reverse point, be BruxelleR In French? One could Indicate countless In stances where cities with an accepted spell ing In their own countries hao four or six different spellings In four or six other coun tries. ' Why not a congress of savants after the war to regulate these unnecessary llngutstlo differences, plus Innumerable others that I do not example? Could not an international linguistic Inter course be brought about, out of which ameli oration of many existing absurdities In lan guages be equalized in at least the Initial step of co-ordination In geographical nomen clature that would eliminate needless obsta cles among the Allies? COAL PIRACY A more organized resistance has been made In the Great Lakes section ot the Mld'dle West to the extortion of the coal operators than In New England. But It Is a question whether New England has not been pillaged quite as ruthlessly, or woree. It Is stated In dispatches from Washington that the shortage of coal has been created to keep up the prices, while at the same time other sections previously kept short hae been glutted with coal. Thus Canada, which had previously been denied its normal supply. Is represented as being glutted at New Eng land's expense today. It Is also charged that the coal operators have taken advantage of alleged freight-car thortage to represent to manufacturers holding contracts with them that delivery could not be made because of lack of cars, and have then gone out and sold the coal, thus fraudulently withheld, at ex orbitant prioes on the open market A more wanton and Insolent piracy has seldom been committed. There is ample evidence to chow that the prices charged by operators hae been absolutely "Indefensible," as seems to have been admitted by one operator In Chlcagb. The performance has slowed up and almost paralyzed business In many lines and created a situation which was unnecessary, nnd from which an Immediate recovery can hardly be expeoted. The coal operators will have themselves to think of If the Federal and State authorities now take extreme and, drastlo action. Springfield Republican. SEATTLE BECOMES ISLAND They have been making Seattle look some thing like New York, only In the process Seattle gets a waterfront of more than 130 miles as against New York's forty-three (that is, Manhattan's). Next winter you will "bound Seattle like this: "Seattle Is bounded on the east by Lake Washington, deep fresh water about twenty-five miles long and three to Ave wide; on the eouth and west by Puget Sound (salt), and on the north by the new deep-water lock canal, completed this sum mer at a total cost of nearly (6,000,000, to say nothing of the cost of regradlng streets, building new bridges and doing other things to adjust the city to the change." Tho change Includes the dredging of the new waterway to Lake Union In the very heart of Seattle. The two lakes named are nine feet above the waters of the. sound at high tide. The -new canal will take the largest merchant ships afloat which Is doing enough, for it's only the ships afloat that count Boys' Life. THE WHITE CHIVALRY Oh, see the white chivalry come, the com panions of Christ: "White horsemen who rifle on white horses the knights of God. They for their Lord and their Loer have sacrificed All tae the pleasure of treading where he first trod. These through the darkness of death, the dominion of night, Swept, and they woke In white places -at morning-tide. They raised up thelr'eyes and cried for Je at the sight, ' ' They saw with their eyes the eyes of the1 crucified. Now whlthersoeer he goeth wjth him' they go. White horsemen who ride on white horaca ah, fair to seel "orses, They ride where the rivers of Parad.'se flash and flow, "White horsemen with Christ their cantAln forever Ha. , '"' LIONEL, JOSNaOK "I r : , i . "WET" AND "DRY" STATES Present Alignment Gives Prohibition Amendment Edge on Victory THE Congress of th United States has sanctioned the prohibition amendment to the Constitution, the House this week Joining Its forma action to that of the Senate, taken In 'August The States ate now to decide on the lssuo which has agitated this country for nearly a century. Optimistic prophets of national prohibition like William J. Bryan forecast a bone-dry land before the expira tion of the seven ears given In tho House bill ifor the sovereign commonwealths to ratify the duly and legally mado proposition for tho constitutional nmendment. How will the States lino up In the final grand drive on the wets? Frances E. Wll lard, John H. Ootigh, Francis Murphy, Neal Dow, Bob Burdette never had so close at hand tho fruition of their temperance sowing ns hae the present leaders of the movement Twenty-five States, according to available statistics, are now bone dry, by 'lrtue of the' Kenyon-Webb law and the Reed amendment to tho last Congress postofflce bill. These are Maine, Virginia, "West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Nebras ka, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Colo rado, Arizona, Idaho, "Washington, Oregon, New Mexico. Thlrty-sK States out of the forly.clght must nccept the national prohibition amend ment to make It a part of the baslo law of the land. Thirteen, by deciding agalmt It, can keep the amendment out of the Constitu tion. Taking for granted that the present alignment of dry States will stand solidly for the amendment, this means the drjs must win eleven States' consent to pass the nmend ment. Wetness, either unlimited or vari ously restricted, Is now legal In twenty-three States, and to nullify the congressional pro posal for a prohibition amendmont the wets must dominate In thirteen more States, the drys thus having tho edge, In one sense, on their opponents. However, some of the wet States are liquid only by a narrow margin, such as Ohio, In a number local option by community units Is prevalent, such as Con necticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin, nnd In several of these the popular sentiment Is growing preponderatlngly dry. Apparently In them the dry forces will have a terrain especially adapted for giving successful bat tle to the foe. ' The final step In national prohibition has been taken. The Constitution on tho question of amendments (Article V) provides a two thirds vote of both houses of Congress may propose amendments. Amendments also may be proposed by a convention called by Con gress on tho application of two-thirds of the State Legislatures a method long out of use. Amendments nronosed in either wise become X valid .when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of tho States or by conven tions held In three-fourths of them the lat ter also a method abandoned In practice. Maine was the first prohibition State, through Neal Dow's law. In 1816. Massachu setts, Rhode Island and Vermont followed, but later backslid. The modern prohibition movement began In the early nineties In tho Middle West. Kansas was the first to go dry, followed by the Dakotas and Iowa, which fell off the wagon for a time, but again have front seats. Later the fenter of prohibition activity uhlfted to the South, where the gin problem intensified the negro question. From 1907 to 1915, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Ar kansas and South Carolina broke oft rela tions with rum. Prohibition tn the dry States was not absolute until this year, when more than a score of States were made virtually bone dry by the Kenyon-Webb act, afnnned con stitutional by the Supreme Court, and the Reed amendment, which prohibited the ship ment of liquor Into any territory where Its manufacture or sale was banned, -thus applying to Interstate commerce policing powers of the Federal Government to strengthen State prohibition laws. J. B. MARKED A-l - . He was an obvious "leadawInierVand the medical offloer was not at all sympathetic "You say you have varicose veins!" hi asked. . "Well, how far can you walk?" "Oh, I don't know," replied Cuthbert, "but certainly not more than, two. miles." "Why, that's all right then' explained the M. Oi cheerfully. "you won'r have to advance more than about a thousand yards before1 )6u strike something!" London Sketch. PATRIOTISM Patriotism 1 the vital condition of national jaamaaeaae. OeergeWlUUaa Owtls, . -. , 'a7, .-wwiii.-v. - j- , ; j OVER, THE TOP,- THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Saving Boys Means Gaining Good Citizens Promotion of Draftees To the EMarof th Evening Puillo LedBtn Sir Just now, when hearts are full of love and pocketbooks wide open, I wish to recall a quotation of the late Judge G. Harry Davl, "Tho saving of a boy Is not only the saving of hla Immortal soul but dollars In the pockets of our taxpayers." For almost twenty years It has been my privilege as well as my duty (simply as a volunteer) to look after the boys of our streets, chiefly those of a wayward sort. In doing so I go Into many a home which a little Christmas cheer would brighten and on their behalf would thank our generous citizens for any financial aid they may be Inclined to give. "Be merciful after thy power; If thou hast much, give plcnteously ; If thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little," "A Christmas tree with presents bright And pretty candles all alight, Supposing you had none? A candy dog and turkey wing. With pumpkin pie and everything. Supposing you had none? "A dolly dear with bluest ejes And truly shoes for a surprise. Supposing you had none? And a cozy bed and mother, too. To tuck you In and pray with you, Supposing you had none?" "What's the thought of Christmas? """" Giving. What's the heart of Christmas? Loving. What's the hope of Christmas? Living. What's the Joy of Christmas? Love. "And so, as Tiny Tim observes, God bless us every one." Your, friend for service, for what is best for the boy of any age, race, color, creed. DAVID WITMER. Philadelphia, December 18. DRAFTEES' QUICK PROMOTION To the Editor of the EveMng Publlo Ledger: Sir I would llko you to publish In your paper the difference In treatment shown be tween a draftee and an enlisted man. The enlisted man enllst and goes to camp or France or wherever they need him and Is seldpm put up In the ranks. In one of your papers I read that more than a hundred drafted men were made sergeants, first class, and some were made truck masters. Not only In this camp but In every camp there are men who have spent most of their time around motortrucks and they never get any higher, Just beoause they are enlisted. I would like to know why the authorities ad vance the drafted men In rank ahead of a man who has been In the sertlce five or ten years and who knows "the ropes." i. . . A SOLDIER. Camp Meade, Admiral, Md., December 18. What Do You Know? Quiz 1. What Is cameo? ' w?ro','.p",,dnt of " International Bed 8, Which rlrer la "The Father of Watr"f , 4. Whe was Ilebe? B. Name the author of "Tho Baiao " . Identify Oulda. . 7. What la a 'brldsebead" In military atraUsr? S. What la the meaning- of the phraae. "I)av Jonea'e Locker"? 5. Where la the riar- niter? 10. Who la WlUlam U. McAdoo? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Major fleneral Henrr 0. Sharp- la quartar- master seneral of the CnumTstatea arEr 2. Mount Caprine, which the Itallaae mnelaat' luS!' " 1U' BrenU K'"r ' tern ? Si!". VhHan " "Learee of Grata." . loat la rroaen daw or vapor. 6. BuUa' ana "bean." repreaentlnc onffJet- lo stack market Intarcata. are aa eejleoba! eauae ana trlea to tola valuta up and the other trlea to tramp them down. S. A Laodicean la a peraon lukewarm In n. lUrton. from tha attitude, of Ibe InhabltanU of the rltr ef Laedlrea In their lack ofln tentt In tho topl. 7. New Orleana la the Creacent Cllr. ,,rJ,"i .MUli'.rtr ..'.JL J'!?, "f aun- ... . 'W..w .uw.wwa mi,. 9, Andrew Jarkaon was known aa "Old lllckorr " IV, I'roeniatee iia brlrand of claaalral lesead wha made hla captive .fit eiaetlr an . bed. If they were too hart ha atreteheS , IMfM " -r I A iff' ,a' vv -rsr, v , .j,3MK ', '." ' , Xf t Tom Daly's Column McARONI. BALLADS XCIII CARLOTTA'S INDECISION I would lika mooch to know Why Carlotta treat me so. Evra timo I ask cef sho Ees gon' marry wectha vie, First sit smila, den sho frown, Den she look me up an' down, Den she stofc' her head an' sajft "I gon tal you Chrces'mas Day." Once xu'en we are out for walk An' I am begin to talk, She say: "Don'ta speak no more. Oh, come sec decs jew'ler store. Myt Joost look dat di'mon' reeng Est ees joosta swectus' theengl Only 8cexa.fecfty, see?" " Bimcby when she turn for go i say: omci t musta Know ' ' Oh," she stamp her foot, an' say: I gon' tal you Chrecs'mas Day." I would lika mooch to know Why Carlotta treat me so. Wata for she always say "I gon' tal you Chrces'mas Day." A CENSORED -GERMAN BOOK One of the biggest recent sensations of the war Id, Germany has been caused by a book. It t entitled "Lessons From the Great War." Th author Is Lieutenant General Baron von Freytag-Lorlnghoven, deputy chief of tha Prussian grand general stair. The text Is sensational. So much bo that the Government has forbidden that any" copies be sent out of Germany. Great precau tions have been taken to guard against per sons who might attempt to smuggle a, precious copy acrors the frontiers. German newspapers are forbidden to print any part of the text. The book, has aroused a furore, and thousands of copies are being sold at home. One can easily see what a sensation the volume weuld produce here or In Europe at large. It Is beyond question the most widely read book In Germany today. These are few of the reasons, It Is said: Von Freytag advocate's a Germany of th future more powerful, more aggressive, more bellicose than In the past. Germany must be armed to the teeth at all times. Immense armaments will keep peace, and only they. Tho author says that the Immense expendi tures Incurred for the Germany army would ' have been worth Incurring sooner. This would have saved billions and many lives, he thinks, These nre not the reasons why German officialdom refuses to allow the book to leave the country. The meaning Is far deeper. The author tells ot the mistakes the Kaiser's armies have made. The defeat of the Marne and the failures of tho drives against Verdun and Calais are commented upon In no mild terms. These nre a few of the "lessons" Germany should learn from the world war. Von Frey. tag sas. -Little wonder the Kaiser would prefer to keep such a book at home I MEXICAN WOMEN TO VOTE For tho first time In the history of Mexico women are to be permitted to vote, the State of Guanajuato enjoying this privilege. The newly adopted Constitution, ot that State con fers, the privilege of suffrage In all municipal matters upon women, the only restriction being that they must be of reputable char acter. Such elections are to be held shortly, and it Is reported that the male portion ef the population Is awaiting the outcome with great Interest The newly adopted national Constitution does not prohibit woman suffrage, but by implication permlro It. No test has as vat been made In a national election.' but the State of Guanajuato has set the example 'of granting the privilege In local affairs. It Is believed that the oxamnla thus aat Dat's da way sfie teasa me. Ftndin' thcungs' for talka 'bout 'I will shortly be followed In other States, such i I aa lucaun, tor example, wmen nas enOwn Itself very advanced 'In this as well ss 1 ' other respeots, the first women's congress f ever ,ronvenea in tne repucuo Having been "-I held In the capital city. Merlda Mexican i iicview. WHAT BOLSHEVIKI "MEANS' As to Just what may be the correct rendar. I Ing of BolshevJkl we do not pretend to any1! precise miewieuge, uut 11 it snouia turn OVU II to be equivalent to "here today and gone U- morrow" we do not believe that there, will ka '" many tears among' those who wih .nnilsT, wefii awTnaj aaefmMav- , r?r '! 'J & ..ur.? i r tfi Mfiffifciyv-' ' ttr-i v it, i j;.
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