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: In Philadelphia and surrounding town
it ot twelve 112) cent per week, payabla
tfitn 'points outslds of rhlianVlnlnt. In
ad Mates. Canada or United State pes-
.'postage free, fifty (SOI cent pr moutn.
(.dollar par year, payable In advance.
foreign countries one ten uouar tr
-fiubsrrlber wishing address chanced
old aa well an new address
WALNUT
KfXSTONE, MAIN 100
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freat all communlcnllosa fo Keesltiff riiMlo
ndjprndence flQuctrr. riwaiieipnio.
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' H.lphl. Thur.d.y. Dtrrmtxr !0. 1I7
ISTRINGING "NEUTRAL
ANIMALS"
related by Forney that In July,
ho and George 11. Boker called
'President Lincoln.
It wns Just pre-
"f.
US to
Bull Hun und commissioners
rtV
L. T ..,--- .
rjwiuucKj- were waning to protest
t sending Tnlon troons thmiiL-h
PLF
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oiaio eo eno relief of the Unionists In
messec. They bald Kentucky wis i.on-
The situation recalled to Uoker an
lota of thn Itrltlsli Ml.ib'.M. ... ii.
-u- ""' '" "'"
of lTederlck tho Great. whei wns
us to persuade that kirn; to join
;,Great Britain In u ceitaln military
rise. "Old Fritz steadily lcfused to
' r;',lnvolved. At a foimnl state dinner.
jm?111'6 British Minister was picsent.
Brick said, 'Will my l.oid Bristol
iPflU i ,iyine to tend liltn a piece of en pun?' to
t&k
the latter Indignantly replied, 'No,
si: decline having anything to do with
al 'animals.' "
Epnj, great Issues there tan bo "no neu-
StofcMty. AVhat do Missouri Comin utilises
want to in the end? They lead to lit
is!' V"
.
mpierconuict and write In blood ver-
iJ that might otherwie-o havo been
sneel in clean Ink.- Ilussia t mmioii
st?,01'8 'lom tlio Baltic to the Black
ilr'and through them Ho enemy could
out any enemy who wanted to rnniii
jhimself with iv P.ussiun namo and
himself through the highway and
ays of the country pleaching bedltlon
.'spreading nroDatmmln. 11111.1 ni.....i
Jf K ,
uiuBitai iiuiiuers, out suo left licr
a.1 mind fully exposed to attack.
i are men in this country who feed
pn and call themselves paclllsts or
tjthat tiicy are tho true adocates
aocracy and alone stand for freedom
ch and complete personal liberty.
i, few aro sincere and somo nro dupet,
tjthe most nro isubtle propasandlsts
??SJhearts ,JCat for tho Kaiser and
aim eventually to uo to this country
Mthelr confreres did to Itussla. They
Ito contaminate the national .spirit
ft, hope to stir up argument and dls-
on. to tret the faetlmiH nt ,:inil nii.ni.'e
js,- -- " '
ata ana to stimulate partisanship. It
Jahatr- be that they even lnvt.de tho monej
Keis. as tno secretary iir tho Treasury
J Itttftiiatcs, and strlvo to depress Hecurltlc?
!fc-.the expectation that thlH "nation of
i ij.
Bey-KrabberK" will quit mid when its
et is touched. These are tho enemies
tftho Kcpubllc at home, and they nic us
roua enemies as any auny coips at
front.
There can bo no lientrulll) botwten a
Men aim jus own countrj. o man can
Kunst nts nation wiieu his nation is
for Its life nnd remain u man. Nor
any excuso for a citizen to bo de
purman lies. AVhoevcr i'oiiceitd
"of tho "Four-JIlnuto ilen" con--BOmethiiiK
dellnltu to national
nd national suc-iis. These men aro
the message of fuct and truth
parts of the Union. Tfiey are telling
If-facts, facts that can be proved by
aentary evidence, copies of which any
MM may obtain from Washington. They
41ing Qerman lies everywhere. They
f Mt giving' German spies time to plant
JTVI-.J mi ... . i
r .rww. aiicj inn riiuwiui; inui mere
rM. neutrality and wh' there cannot be.
',,.fMl .....
k.'yyup is not ior mo united States Is
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ii.
,0. citizen hears fcomo wild tumor,
lens plausible, the effect of which
slon doubt or discontent, let him
tils Representative In Congrcbs or
spapcr and ask it it Is true.' Most
in circulation, only because they
fieerlous enough -to bo denied au-
vely, But even a little lie in these
do a lot of damage. Ict us,
e, ,be on the outlook not only for
''propagandists, but also for their
C"We may miss catching tho per-
eives, nut we can certainly ster.
rlreed of discontent. Tho "Four-
1 oro doing n wonderful worlt.
irate citizen can help in the man-
ted above.
felon has ajiu uso Jut noty for
nlmals" within Its borders.
I, WINS IN BOSTON
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tt U called the Good Govern-
tatkHi and it has turned
to reform, Just as its couu-
iKioiaJdean doiiifc in Vhilas
i. ,n,uoHU)ii me gautr
ublloiin: ,bgt-
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iMme Mima? Is meant' mlsirovernment
masipJerndlng In tno domino of a national
party. The peopto suffer tho samo evils
whatever the local label swollen contracts,
"Jobs," deals, police in politics, vtco protec
tion, corruption nt tho polls, misuse ot
public funds for private tiroflt, the return
of thirty cents' worth of valuo for u round
dqllar's worth of taxes.
Philadelphia's decent ami clviu-minded
citizenry can ,tako heart o' grace from
Boston's wrecking of the machine, now u
heap of political Junk at tho base of tho
bedrock of reform. The n turn of Andrew
J. l'cters to tho Majoralty over this antl
reform Incumbent was not the accomplish
ment of a. slnglo campaign llamu fanned
lo a fury of resentment oter bad municipal
conditions, but it was the result of tho lire
of a persistent purpose, built on the back
log of pure politics, und ktpt burning year
after year despite tho blasts of discourage
ment nnd defeat which fcometltnes ulmost
extinguished the embers of reform. .Thoso
embers became n conflagration.
That is tho lesson Boston suuls to Phila
delphia today that Is the heartening mes
sage to tho Town Meeting paity hero.
Keep tho homo fires of reform binning in
this city of homes and the flame will purify
our local government of tho gross elements
of tho plundurbund and the inutdeibimd
Keep the lire burning'
THKOW OUTTIIK YELLOW VOTi:
T.N" UNCiLANI) soldiers and h-allors under
- ns well as oer twenty-ono years of ago
aro to vote. In Canada u similar attempt
has been made to bilng civilian and mill
tar elements of the cltlzmy Into political
co-operation in the midst of wai. Tho
women lehitlves of Canadian Kolillers
Noted m .Monday and men of German and
Austrian antecedents did not, unless their
jjltlzcnnhlp was of many yi-ais' standing.
The votes of the men who fought ut Viiny
Bulge haw been taken and in duo cuilrxo
of tlmo will swell tho (inll-1'rus-dari ma
jority in the dominion.
It Is not too toon for Congic-s and tho
State I.eglslatuies to sort out Americans.
It Is really asking too much of us to let
the Kaiser have Keveial hundred thousand
otes next November.
Men and women of German and Austrian
birth who have become naturallzc'd ic
cently are not iepreentatle Americans.
Injustice would he done to some of them
by disfranchisement. But those of them
who mr loyal should bo the first ones to
demand that their loalty be not olfset by
natuialled Kabeiites. Yet how can wo
discriminate between the sheep ami the
goats? All who have lefused to'peiform
military sen Ice, and who do not belong
to recognized religious bodies with pacifism
In their deeds, should lose their Mites, and,
of course, all who since August 1, 1014.
have been convicted of sedition, of conspir
ing with foreign ngents to the detriment
of the United States, of urging tho viola
tion of Federal laws.
At the same time an elllclent system of
taking and recording the entire soldier and
sailor vote. liiospectio of age. should be
planned. If a man Is old enough to die
for tho country he Is old enough to Note
for It. The 'widows of our soldier deud
should Note.
There will be nothing vindictive or Jin
goistic In su'ii necessaiy measuirs. It Is
simply locking the door ngalnst burglais.
I'ro-Geimanlsm could not, of course, out
vote us. But It must not tinge our policy
with the least trace of Yellowness.
noon FOR THE SOUL
AM
-TV ill
MAN" has Kept it on his niliiil all day
id has actually lemeniliered It us he
statts for home in the lato afternoon, lie
passes his dollar tluough tho wicket and
gives the glil hls-namo and addies.s. He
gets a leceipt and a button, which will
prevent him from being challenged. He
expects to be badgeied for more than a
dollar. But ho Is not badgered. Then he
feels sorry he did not decide to give more.
"I'll make It tNo dollars," lm says.
"All light, but Nho shall I put down
as the other dollar member?" Is the
leply. "What we want Is members this
time."
So he gives his wile's iiamo anil gets an
other button. As he leaves lied Cross lit ad
quitters, mingling once luoie with tho
burning timings, he leels u coilaln satis
faction, n certain distinction, a sense of
"living beautiful!) " It is good for tho soul.
1-L'T POSTAL SEIvVJCE ON IIICH
(iEAIt
Tm:si: t
ll: to
limes ale too trjlng for the puli-
feel great Interest in whatever
friction inaj e.lst between postal employei
and tho Postmaster Geneiul. Wh'il eljc.s
concern the piiblie-. both as u matter of
annoyanco and of utllltv, Is tho breakdown
of the postal system at this time-. Vaunted
efficiency seems to havo been overwhelmed
In a tidal wave of dlsotganlzatloii at the
first critical test. Letters aro delayed and
newspapers and periodicals nro delivered
long overdue, without any iippaiently
legitimate cause.
Mails aro important in w at times of all
times. Business must leiy more than ever
on tho postal servlco for Its quick and
eflectlvo conduct, with tho restrictions on
passenger travel mado necessary by tho
war. The civilian and military bodies ate
kept in touch through tho malls in a very
important sense since tho manning of our
armies has e-alled from civil pursuits hun
dreds of thousands of men. 'Without
proper mail facilities, families separated by
service and sacrifice become moro widely
divided than before, and cruelly so, by tho
very lack of Justified necessity. There Is
no oxcuso for Interruption of tho internal
communications of tho United States, and
tho fact of the interruption Is blameworthy,
Mr. Burleson and Ills force must postpone
gabbling about their differences and get
down to tho brass tacks of real service.
Co-operation, nut conflict, is the call upon
both. They must tlvet up tho loose Joints
and tighten the postal machine to high
gear and smooth running.
Tho prohibition wave is a steamroller.
Wo more than suspect that It is the
last Christmas tho Kulser will enjoy.
No wonder the President is a wlso
man if House tells him all ho knows! It's
more than ho over told anjbody else.
r-
Tho country could do without lien
man. but apparently It cannot do without
Goethals. Deep 'waters are made for big
flhli.
The only way to'explain the defeat of
ait Irlihman for Mayor of Boston is that
liia -opponent must have been an Irishman
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PENNYPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dinners, Murder Trials and Vivisection Are Dis
v cussed Formfci Governor Denounces
the Methods of Detectives
The Installment of (loternor renmpniktr'
"AutoMoarniiti) of n rennMhuiilun" temixinirllr
lll nppeur on the editorial pure ot the .venlnr
Public l.eiltrr.
CHAPTER IX Continued
rTllllJ Judges In social parlance were re---
garded us being possessed ot too slender
reoui"oes to bo expected to entertain, but
It whs the proper thing to invite them to
all of tho Important functions, and my
cards of Invitation nnd menus, all of which
nro preserved and bound In volumes, give a
fiulte complete plctuio of this phase of life
In Philadelphia, and even of the State, for
twenty-tire ears Tho beit dinners of a
public nature wers served at the liellevuc.
which Blood at the northwest corner of
Broad mid Walnut streets, and has since
been torn elovvil and been succeeded by tho
Bellerue-Strntford. Theie I have hrnrel
all of the- leading statesmen, politicians,
generals, admiral, literary men and other
conspicuous persons of my time make
lifter dinner speeches. The Clover Club and
tho Five o'clock Club were the principal
dining clubs, and their stylo ot entertain
ment was pretty much alike, giving their
guests plenty of good champagne nnel ex
pecting them to endure with complacence
nil of the rlbaldiy which the combined wit
of perhaps a hundred hosts could devise-.
Tho Society of the Cincinnati nlwn.vs gave
an attractive dinner. They hud a consid
erable fund of lnone.v, and lifter their
Washington Monument In Fall mount Pari:
and other cppmlltuies wern provided feir,
had nothing to do with it except once or
twlco a jenr to have a beautiful dinner. It
was only csrelled by that of the directors
of the Pennsylvania Company for Insur
ant en nit I.Ives and Gi anting Annuities, an
ancient and very wealthy corporation.
They gatheied about a clrculai table upon
which ever thing was or the best which
money could stcuie, and tho space In the
center was bankeel with larc floweis. No
outsiders weiu Invited save the Judges and
their eounsel, John C. Jolin-on, who never
thank an thing cecpt from a pitcher of
lemonade prepaied for him alone. The
dining loom at the Bellevue was too lim
ited in space to entertain a crowd,-and
therefore' the dinners wcio never unwieldy
and never de-l.iNcd. At the dinner of tho
Clover Club George G. Iierio always sang
a crude song called "The Uarby Ham," and
nt the dinner of the Five o'clock Club to
each guest was presented a timepiece of
some kind as a souvenir.
In lStcl the Peiiusv lvania Kotlcty of the
Colonial Dames of America, a hoclety ot
women whoso foiefathers had borne some
pait In eolonlal public affairs piior to tho
Hevolutionary War, was niganl?ed. Mrs.
Pcunypacker became u member and ono of
its eontrolllug compiittee of thirteen. About
tho same time 1 was selected b tho Penn
sj lvania Society Sons of the Kivolutloii,
and of which I have sinco become tho
senior vlco president, a delegate to tho
nutional convention which met. ut Mount
Vernon. A little later in tho same year
the Nethei lands Society of Philadelphia,
cotnprlsed of descendants of the Dutch who
weio In Aineriia pi lor to the Bevolutlon,
was foi me d at the suggestion of Dr. Peter
DIrck Kcser. 1 was one of the thst mem
bers and have since become its piesident.
The spliit and the llleiatuie of this society
havo been excellent. Bach car on tin- au
nlversarj of the Convention of Utrecht,
.lanuan ri, 1.17S, thev drink a glass of
schnapps, smoke a long pipe, listen to tho
rendeilng of "Wllhehnus van Nassauwe"
by members of the Orpheus Club and sing
the song of "The Dutch on the Delaware,"
written by my biotber, Isaac it. Penny
packer, ami set to music by Dr. Arnold
Gaiitvuoit, dh color of tho College of Music
of Cincinnati.
Some Murdet Cases
The llrst e mis lotion of iiiuidci in the
llrst elegiec m the' CU Hall lit Broad and
Maiket struts was that of a man tiled
In fine mi'. Job Haas, a coal dealer, doing
business in one of the subuibs of the eit,
belonged to a t po which is now ulmost
obsolete, lie went to Ills place ot business
at tho bieak of il.t. 11" had no faith in
the he emits of banks and carried his e-ash
upon his person. One morning, before
others wcie Stirling, he sat lit his desk
wilting a bill for coal vvIiciiji. negro, named
Henry Davis, cu-pt up behind him with a
club, crushed in Ids Inaiii and stolo his
money. Ho fell over dead, his slteNo
smearing the partly written bill, which I
have picserved. The evidence was ciicum
stantlal but clear and left tho Jury nnd
myself without doubt. The case interested
me as a ps chologieal study. Davis had
been employed at tho Mldvale Steel Wo.-ks,
but had been discharged and was without
a Job and without monev The night before
ho wento sco tho woman to whom he was
engaged to bo married and told her his
financial situation. Theicupon she promptly
thicvv him overboaid. Tho cause of this
murder was tho situation which has been
outlined, the mood Into which he, Ignorant
and undisciplined, was thrown by his sur
louiidlngs and the unusual opportunity
given to him by a miserly old man. Another
murder case interested me exceedingly
becauso of tho closeness of tho legal ques
tions Involved. Nicola Burtllolte, con
victed December 2o, 1897, had a quariel
with another Itulian, a lavger man, in the
course of 'which his thumb was so badly
chewed that he was compelled to go to the
hospital. After ho had been cured, one. day
he thrust Into his 'wicket a loug-bladed
knife, which I still have, and went down to
the house of tho other man, evidently on
tho lookout for trouble. The other man ac
ceptod tho challenge and after some alter
cation Bartllotto ran. His antagonist pur
sued, picked up a largo stone, overtook
Bartllotte and, getting him down, lay on
top of him, beating htm over the head with
the stone. By some means Bartllotte was
able to open his knife and ho plunged tho
blade Into his foe, who rolled over helpless.
Up to this time Bartllotte was legally safe
from the charge of murder. He arose, hurt
and bloody, went away to tho dlstanco of
iperhaps twenty-five feet, then returned and
with a half-dozen fierce blows of his knife
put an end to the life of his foe, who lay
on tho ground. The Jury saved mo from
grave trouble by finding him guilty of mur
der )n Uie second degree, and I sentenced
him to a long term of Imprisonment. The
Jury wus probably ubout right In the con
clusion It reached. I over had n distrust,
and even n sort of horror, over the ways
of the detective, and no man was ever con
victed before me of any offense upon Mich
testimony alone. I.Ike a pioseTUtlng attor
ney who wants to convict, the object of
the detective is not so much to Imiulre us
to fnsten the crime somewhere, and tho
methods used nro those of dissimulation
and falsehood,
A Child's Accident
Just befoie I ,.rt tlln l,enrIl u 1OV 0
eleven years of age was tried before mo
for the murder of a plnvmate of slv or
Sfven yenis. The little fellow hnd u five
cent piece and the defendant had a tov
P Is ol. Tnp ,nt(er wl(Ji .,01vu mp tl)it
nlri' ..V(1 T won.t. WU( thp nl)suer
If you don't I will shoo! ou." The child
Mood his ground and thereupon the de
fendant shot nnd ,i jl(tll. Thn ,iPfpn,.
ant was locked up In prison, hut the pistol,
which was regarded as an essential part
or the evidence. cold nowhere be found. A
detective went to him ,,, ,,, ,, ,.rv.
lm:. told him that if he would tell where
the pistol was he, ,1(. ,,otpollw. wou)( tnko
him home to his father and mother. There
upon the boy Mii.l he had thrown It Into n
quarrv. describing the place, and the
teeth o went there and found It. He test!
fled to these facts at the trial and was
much astonished and chagrined to hear the
Judge instruct the Jury that thev ought
not to place tin, slightest relianee upon his
evidence; that, having charge of a child
.even years of age. he had, according to
his own statement, deliberately lied to the
child in order to gain an advantare over
him and. therefore, could be trusted by no
body. John AVeaver, who ,,ns then Dls.
tiict Attorney. lltmu i Ilfl ,iw,tej. ,
lemonstrate on behalf of the detective and
was Informed that the instruction could
not be modified in the slightest extent.
Cruelty to Animals
1 once sent a man to prison for eight
months for cutting off the tall of a dog
He' had mutilated this, animal and left It
to Perish miserably. Had a police otllcer
who had made use of what is called "the
third deg.ee" with prisoners In Ills ..-lunge,
or a gunner who had been shooting pigeons
at a match, or a jocltev who had docked
tho tail of his horse, or a doctor who had
practiced vivisection been brought before
ne. While on the bench, they would each
Lave lea lu..l i1!U tll0 rU(lon anJ tech.
ideal needs of their professions would have
been an unsafe dependence. Tho opponents
of vivisection make the mistake of stand
iiB upon tho weak ground of utility, where
they aro necessarily mistaken. Of course
something concerning human construction
and diseases can be learned from cutting
up a living animal. .More could be learned
by cutting up a. human being, however.
The answer to the doctors is that w.. havo
no business with the Information that can
only bo learned in this way. I.t us do
without It. Let each cieature bear its own
1 is. It Is better that I should take the
chance of dying of a tumor thn,, that men
should be taught to cut up living dogs to
get possible information. A man may gfce
the money he has stolen from a scoundicl
to the poor, but that does not Justify the
theft. To tho doctiino of doing harm
that good may come of it we had better
sa, "A vaunt!" "Va,le ictro Sathanas'"
A Narrow Escape
On tho lilth of February, isaa. J (a,,1.
P.etty near to destruction. n,P heveral
days r had been trying a rather 'important
lamltlaniage cni-o of T.ukens vs: tho Cltv
in the second-story room of Congiess Hall
the windows of which look upon Chestnut
street. I finished charging the jury about
.1 o'clock. The plalntlif came to me to ask
whether I would not wait and take the
verdict. I hesitated foi a moment, but ion
eluding that it would make llttlo dlireremc
lo linn and it was uncertain how long thev
would elellber.iti'. I told the' Juiy to M.a'
their nci diet and Inlng it in tho next morn
ing, and I adjourned the couit. 1 had
hardly got outsido tho room befoie the
celling fell, filling tlio room with debris
ami crushing the bench at which I Iwu
been silting and mj chair to tho floor.
Various e-oatings of plaster had been ap
plied through tho century until they wcio
eight Inches thick and as solid as roek.
It hung there over me like tho sword of
Damocles, iead to fall with the occunenco
of any unusual rumble on the sheet, und
that afternoon theVe was no place on earth
moro seemingly safe nnd in reality moio
dangeious. A wit nt the bar said, "Fiat
Justltia, ruat celling."
About this time began the first talk about
sending me to the Supieme Court of tho
State, and it received some suppoit from
tho bar und Ihe newspapeis. Pell, how
ever, who was my superior In the court,
had ambitions in that direction. Wo talked
the matter over together, with tho result
that I concluded to make no effort ut that
time, and so told him.
In 1S93 a number of gentlemen In tho
city, interested in tho collection and pub
lication of out-of-tlic-wuy books, organized
tho Phlloblblou Club. Among them vvero
James SlacAIIster, Clarence II, Clark, whoso
specialty was extra-Illustrated or Gran
gerized books; Feidlimnd J. Dreer, who
hud mado an unusual collection of auto
graphs which ho later gave to the His
torical Society of Pennsylvania; Horaco
Howard p'urness, tho celebrated Shake
spearean scholar, and John Thomson. Fur
uess, a kindly, genial and most attractive
man, with a ruddy complexion, a little
stout, who always carried an car trumpet,
the sort of man whom everybody likes,
established a reputation for literary attain
ments which extended very far. What ho
did, however, was only to make a sort of
catalogue of tho labors of a very famous
person, a task which cun hardly bo re
garded us the creation of literature. In my
view, Charles R. Hildeburn did a much
more Importunt work of the same charac
ter in the preparation of his "Issues of tho
Press of Pennsylvania" and the, sources of
Information wero much more obscure. Dr.
William Pepper became the first president
of the club, and at his death I succeeded
him and I have been re-elected each year
since. Its most important reproductions
have been the "Magna Charta" of William
Penn and the ''Chronicles of Nathan Ben
Saddl." I wrote the preface to two or tluee
of its publications nnd have made one ad
dress upon some book toplo to the club
each year.
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Defense of the
Grocers
'In l he l.ihlur of the livening I'ubho J.idurr;
Slr I read in the Kvi.nino Pcnuc
I.i.ixinii on December 13 an article In which
William C Tlof. en. of tho committee oji
higher schools, stated that he believed the
sentiments of the whole committee w-tie In
favor of abandoning the studv of all the fm
cign languages; not only German, which
action has been serlouslj considered fur Mime
time, but also French. It Is Inconceivable,
and let us hope Impossible, that the mem
bers of the Hoard of Kducatlon should give
their sanction to so blind nnd narrow -minded
a pollej.
Whom would this change alfect? The high
school students, of course. And tho aim of
ever high school student Is to enter college,
to become a college man or a college woman.
To enter some universities and to enter soma
course-s in everj inllego or university a read
ing knowledge of French and Gel man la
required. Meiely because we me at war and
Aineilennlsm has become a national slogan,
need we neglect the fact that In the le.ihn
of tcience Germany and France are yrars
ahead of us, although we ale making icinai li
able and unparalleled progress? How- ran a
student f engllieeriiiBi of science, hope to
beuiinc inoni than a mt'diooio ploddei In his
piofession unless he ran read at Drst l-uiiil'
the works of sonic of tho greatest scientists
that ever lived. Pascal. I.egendre. Ga l.us
sao. among tho French; I.Iebtg, Me or, uu
lllchter. among the Germans, not lo mention
the hosts oi modem practical scientists. aM
of whose momentous discoveries nro printed
in lrench and German and aiu not trans
lated? You ma) be even frantically patriotlu
and us violently' anti-German as ou wish,
but ou cannot destroy tho superloiity of
the French and tho German in tho field of
science.
Those students now- In high school need
not fear the war. as most of them are too
young. When they go to college, and learn
their engineering and their science they will
bo the ones to build up anew the devastated
countries of western F.urope. for Germany
must surrender or be devastated the way
France Is now Shall they have to spend six
precious months "over there" learning the
languages, when with th,o preparation af
forded hy as little an t'vo years In high seliool
they can acquire the same knowledge in as
many weeks?
No one has more patriotism than the
writer, yet there must be sanity in tho
patriotism. The unfortunate, way in which
Fritz Krelsler. the greatest living artist, was
treated Is a fine exnmplo of the extremes to
which people will go ana yet believe them
selves right, and the agitation for the ie
movnl of the? languages from the curric
ulum Is. I fear, pnly a repetition of the error.
In the realm of culture, too, w ithout French
and German theie Is a big void what is
literature without Mollere, Victor Hugo, Hal;
zae; without Heine. Goethe nnd Schiller?
And the people to whom this Is the natural
taste, the cultured men und women of the
future, are these same high school bos and
girls wlin want to learn all they can Tlrus
there Is both the practical and the cultural
argument for tho continuation of these
studies, and If a plebiscite were taken of tho
students I am positive" It would result In an
overwhelming victory for the continuation of
the study of modern languages.
True Americanism consists not in shutting
our minds and our souls from outside peo
ples and outside minds, but In welcoming all
the help and inspiration we can get, that wo
may make ourselves better for America and
for tho world. For the sake of real Ameri
canism, then, let us have modern languages
in the public liluh schools. P. W. A.
Philadelphia, December 10
DEFENSE OF GROCERS
To the Hilitor.nl thf Eve I'-ltii; i'lilihc Lulacr:
Sir The story In your Tuesday's Issue
about the woman who paid seventy-live cents
for the very best eggs and felt that she
was "stung" Is a very interesting one. It
you will only be kind enough to peruse cur
rent market pricos as quoted In youi worthy
paper you will find that at present fancy se
lected eggs are Jobbing at slxty'-elx cents.
This gives the grocer nine rents, or 13',j per
cent, gross profit. From this 1S$ per cent
the groceNhas to pay his clerks, his ex
penses, such as rent, lighting, heat, delivery:
f(om. this 'sunn source he must cover all bad
aems. Alter an lucca minus urn acauvica.
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PENNSYLVANIA & CO. '
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bo nefarious, unpatriotic, opi lent profiteer
has something to lieep up his family Hy tho
va, sou won't find mi grocer (private nnd
letall) pa Ing a tax upon extra war profits
this jear ,
The public must understand that thoro Is
a great dliterenco between the maximum
prlies quoted by Mr. Ilelnz for storage eggs
and the pi Ice of strlctl.v fresh, selected I'enn
s lvania eggs. Thn public must also leain
that befoni the food conditions can bo nl
levlated thn tpal culpilts must be found. Tho
culprit Is positively not the grocer, (in one
sltlo i the nubile trying to buy up and hoard
articles of great-scirtity sutli lis sugar. On
the other sltlo Is the wholesale dealer taking
as much advantago of tho letaller as ho pos
slblj can
Tin- ical guilty ones aie the men 'higher
up " In lis usual rashness the public has
rushed at the sinall grocer. W.iw conditions
been Improved by this.' No. And neither
will they Improve until tho ones leally at
fault have been sought out and ilcservedly
punlsht'd. II P.
Philadelphia, December fi
TRUTH AHOUT INSURANCE
i tin l.tlUnr of the ,'triibif 1111)1(0 l.c'ly-1'-Sir
It was with gitat satisfaction and
pleasure that I read the article on Insurance)
by Arthur Fisher, published In a recent
number of jour paper It seemed to mo
that the article set forth the situation very
fall I and showed an unusual grasp of tho
subject and n pleasant contrast w fth other
aitlcles which we have noted In oilier papers.
.M A. LINTON,
x. i. President Provident I.lfc and Tiust
e'oinp.in of' Philadelphia
Philadelphia December PJ '
. 1IAU.NTED SCHOOLS
I) is euifous how the ghosts of 41cad
scholars am alliged to liauill man of our
leading schools and universities
Btou .believes firmly in the "Spook of
Cuckoo Weir," an apparition ut a boy who
was. drowned nearly 400,ears ago at a spot
on the river Just north of tho college.
Westminster school, wheio many of our
greatest men have received their early edu
cation, jxissesses its own peculiar "spools"
In the Fhupe of a rotund Pijrltnn named
Wiseman, who was killed by a tlio hurled
by one of tho scholars eluilug ono of the
London riots In ItilJ,
Queen's College. Oxford, lias Its "John
Bonnell's ghost." tlio said John BonneU
being a former commoner of the college,
who died thetei In mysterious clrcumstniiccs
in 1793. Trinity "College, Cambridge, Is
haunted by a "radiant boy" beautiful,
ethereal,' diaphanous. London Tld-IJIts,
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TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
The time a stone would require to fall the
4000 miles to the center of the earth has'
been calculated for the Paris Academy of
Sciences by M. Sanger. Considering the In
fluence of the vurlng density of tho earth,
he llinl-s the time would bo nineteen minutes
fifteen seconds, but If the mean density Is as
sumed to be tho condition the time would bo
saventy-nlno bccoiids greater.
What Dq You Know?
QUI,
1, VMin h. Lharlea A. tin?
3. Where U l)dfa?
3. Which U the "(inldrn Stale"?
4. Mho Mim AlmUo?
D, Name th uuthor of "llhivvtitlia."
0. What I the geologic, origin of roal?
7, When via the Mrat medleul tcliool hi Ihe
l.ilteil Mate, founded? ' ""
g. What Mire l'ublun turtles?
0. Identify "Old l'un und Feather."
'10. What I ilii Inlugllof
Answers to Yesterday's Quii
1, A rAinrti I u mrvlng In relief on u Jewel.
2, (iuaUve Ador. of (ienera, hwltzerland. I
preHldent of the Intern illonul KrU CSok.
3, The .villliit U tailed "The Futher of
Wntera,"
4, Ilelie una Ihe wine hearer of the gods In
Creek iiutholog.
5, Kdgar Allan Too wrote '-The Kuren."
0. Ould was the noiu de illume used l'Loils
de la Ramee, mi KnglUfi notellst. hue
wrote "I'nder Two Flags." "A Hog of
Wnndera." "MoUim." etc.
7. A Bridgehead la u, fortlAratlon romnimidlng
Ihe eitreinltr of u bridge nearest the
enemy to Insure the preservation und use
fulness of tho bridge und to domlnuto tho
utijerent territory.
8. Iluvy Jones's I.ot-ker. In aullor' legend, da
tho bottom of Ihe ocean. Smollett saisi
"llavy Jones, according to the mthology
nf aullors. Is tha fiend that nrmAm ...
all the evil spirit ot tlio sea und la seen
In various shaite. vvnVnliig1 the devoted
strrttu or iinnenuiiig titlanntr."
tl. The liu re Klier rises In the foothill of Ihe
Tyrolean .VIiik und llovvs -m-tlieHsterlv Into
iiM ,.- r-.- ms,s s.ur.r iniirs norilt
east of Xenlre. '
10. William (1, MrAdoo la Heereturr of tho Trcaa-
la tfliak HIIMM aT'. Ill st sal
Tom Daly's Column
H.t l.LA nil. .1 C.I IStiT POLhYAXX,
'or (ill life's Ills, saiH tin; optimist,
l'or nar-tlmr trouble and fret and care,
for every ailment that mail exist,
A ehecrful smile f a Ionic rare.
Hut when of Mate ice tiet a share
That's much, uc faneu, bcjond our due,
To emc our ftrlinns and clear the air
A grouchy grumble is helpful, too.
This icicUcd xcorld, says the moralhl.
Would lo o lii-abfc. .Street and fair.
If all, in rlwrus, would but insist,
"A cheerful smile is a tonic rare."
Hut since the Devil himself may tecar
'The meriy visage and all his vrew,
Perhaps, rii marfc of the rude but sijuaic,
A grouchy grumble f helpful, too.
Soft aniuers gladden the theorist.
And nexf, says he, to a whispered prayer
l'or heuUna hurts of an iron fist
A cheerful smile is a tonic rare.
Hut when belligerent eyeballs glare,
And menucing glance? pierce you through,
What blessed comfort it is to swear--.
A grouchy grumble Is lulpful, too.
ll.WUY
Ah! 'cell for Ihe good folk uho dcclair
A chnrful smile is u (onici larr;
.Ilia" yrt for dinners like me and yoji
A giouchy gi limbic it helpful, too
Hero's the Latest Tale
i:-Congressmnii J. Washington I.ogue
brought tills from ono of the 'district
boards :
Officer What's your name'.'
Draftee John Doe.
Officer What's your address'.'
Draftee Xo. Blank street.
Otllcer Occupation?
Draftee Burglar.
Officer Come, come! Xo funny business.
What's your occupation?
Draftee (reaching Into his pocket)
Burgher, I said, and If joit don't bellev
rno here's my last three commitments.
Officer '(after examining the documents,
goes -on with tho examination) What 'do
you Intend lo do after you leave the
scrvico?
' Draftee Itesumo my regular trade.
LONDON VIEW OF U. S. IN WAR
Wo In this country can only say thll
when America goes to war she goes to war.
She has thn extraordinary fortune to bo led
by a President of Intellect, courage and de
termination. President Wilson aim Secretary
Lansing were moro than a match for the best
diplomacy that Germany could produce.
America will be moro than a match for Ger
many and her allies In the war.
America Is in a position to carry her. re
solve to execution. Allko In men, resources,
skill and determination, America' Is superlru;
to Germany, though sho were fighting Amer
ica alone.
It Is quite certain that Germany will utilize
every moment. It obviously Is her policy to
force a decision in the next few months, and
the Germans being fine soldlers.thelr leaders
being desperato men nnd nothing being cer
tain in war,' they have' at least a sporting
chance of success. London Morning Post.
' . ANTIPODEAN ENTERPRISE
liio Government of New South Wales has
set aside 337 acres of crown land in the
suburbs of Sydnoy for hie erection of work
logmen's cottages. Ileservatlons havo been
made for roads, parks and religious purposes,
also for police stations, administrative build
ings, etc. -Two hundred und clevon acres
are reserved for .building sites, on which
cottages are being erected seven to the acre.
This will provide 1437 cottages and 40 shops.
Already 249 cottages and six shops have
been completed. The cottages are ot brick
or concrete, with slate or tile roots. Tho
cost of constructing them ranged from $1345
to (3116, They will rent for from 13 to 14,50
a week.y Brooklyn Standard Urjlon.
. WHO IS LEADING HUNS?
If God Is leading the Oermans forward In
Italy, who is leading them backward in Bl '
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