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('snails nf I.'nltttl Stolen PON L-keatsiro free, fltty t-IOicenla n-r mouth. rtMlari per year, payable In ailvanco ' foreign oouninen ons veil, uwiisr t Subscribers wlshln siMres charged To pld im will as nw address. V.'ALNUT KEYSTONF., MAIN 3000 0 all communtetitlon to KerfllnG Public" r. jna-.-peiuience Bauart, riuoneipniu. T tn rniiuil'i.t.nin roT oitjcu it iy aicnsn runs mail virrrn. i!,nlkU, ftldir, December SI. 1917 ,r HOG ISLAND CAMPAIGN BfDOUBT if citizens generally appro- eiato tho magnitude of tho operation 1 Island. "Wo have Brown to nccus- i to tho term billions' when applied to r and millions when anollcd to men our minds find It dlftlcult to grasp tho Beanlng of figures. Thcro liavo not Ithrec-quartcra of a. million Cays slnco was born, and there Is 'a man In ,ln Europo for every hour that has IMnco Caesar bridged tho Ithlnc. are employed now at Hog Island V fhon 13 Onn nun. Thorn will tin f? fed between 30,000 and 40,000 men. r,wlll constitute the organization be- .pthn irrpatpflt Rliltifnnklnt? nslnhllsh. si'lho world has over known or l.s likely saV 4s Tr s Tt. -sirs If lint'ii 1mAtif v, w Bitun nu oiiuii Jiti v iu iiiiLiii w .. . . . ' ttiliLnlUinci ndartti'iliilt' In iiA0rtriTin llin prise. Yet tho work at Hog Island LesYtlv ho Ilia mittitit- tnirptlipi' nf tho w " -JlwlC dono by thousands of men elsewhere. AifMrttilO steel plates will romo ready for leHlent and tho great engines which aro 'ii.Wivo EEI s ujunvvs mui ijiiKiiiy iiuw ulcl Will HlKI uv t mpofacturcd elsewhere. E! !V.W 'could wish that the Government i,1rre&ble to establish an ordo of merit to ngun moss men wno ia.e pari m mo MMntial war industries. They aro us h a part of tho national lighting forces troops at tho front. Wo could wish rtthat among tho men themselves thcro Ircome into being an esprit do corps tPt-'J. . . . . .,. &DIO 10 mat usually nuieu 111 inu army. Tho high salaries paid in i days, and very properly paid, cuablo .workers to earn as much in three i"they previously earned in six. It I'be'a grievous thing If this tempted :io be idlo on working days. It will tBmB.n any harm to put some money .Moreover, thero is a distinct and ent duty resting on every workman tthomo. Ills work Is no less impor- .'than that of his brother in arms, but not havo to blto his way through ftnferno In Franco and he remains at !wlth his people. fi That man Is a slacker who givts uno vS.W. . ... . ., . B,jess 01 nis sircngiu 10 inc inuusinai irk1 of tho nation than ho Is ablo faith- MT-fto give. A citizen's heart should .troband his pride risu In him to think '-oatitho rivets ho drives aro tho rivets t Intake posslblo transportation of sup- ;,,that spelt defeat for tho tubmcrsl- u . .... na render certain tho overthrow of ser and his Infamous philosophy. Nu Cl, on duty is charged with graver ibllitles than are the men to whom ted the building of tho great I -arhtrh wa tirnnnftn In Irmnpli Tt Iu n "j: r--r - - Lwnicn mo elements 01 patriotism aro . It is a peculiar thing that tho ret the place on which tho defeat of 2' J.. . . ; aim autocrats so largely uepenos 'boar the truly humblo and demo- t'Tamo of Hog Island. But every rllb works thero is doing his part to ULVname In the- hlnlnrv lwinVu tt non. -.' o como and. tender its reuutatlon )&' . bablc. rare getting back to bruss tucks now. 31'-. .... . ... . 1,-hj o Biiuauon wuere enicicncy is no If, a matter tjf argument, but is an necessity. Wo cannot wasto our The man who docs, tho man who tkt Is Idle, is a.Svuster of wheat, a f-jneat, in part a-'paraslto and a oemy of' his friends at the front. not work now only for wares. helps in an essential war industry t also for glory, also for patriotism (.jfpr democracy. lie carries no 1,'Hla hand, but he forges a weapon ('Tefeat of Kalserlsm. Let citizens Jphia consider workera at Hog ,other shipbuilding plants us t'the Cause, worthy of the re- to soldiers and certain to per- ir several aunes with tho courage of soldier. Un. great, important and perliaps na of the war the under- 'Jfe ,Ialand- deserves a place. (ittit-fjo.ovor1 the'toD and'lnto iiiVv' " K tjfORXGOCTMALS Zr? aH'; .worth foj the sake .jffH nejuuiuty 'inor ganua- JBVOlVlB hkuiwV -paMfr-m- SfTti 'reftdjiktlnr tho personnel of Ms staff. General Coethals becomes acting Quarter matter (lenerat all otllccis aro In tho "ncttng" class, or virtually should be, holding their posts only because no better man can bo found. AVnr Is no respecter of porsons or of reputations. General Uocthalx'sinew task is commcit nurato with that'ot building tho canal. In ono respect it Is vastly mora dltllcult. At Panama the great engineer had an opera tion of set design which, onco decided upon, could not vary much within certain limits. Hut tho Quartermaster Generalship faces problems of over-expanding dimensions, subject to nil sorts of change to suit now conditions and tin lnllnlta amount of criti cism. V'or going ahead and getting things done General Gocthuls Is tho man. Team work with Mr. llakcr is 11 different proposi tion from the teamwork which was hoped for in vain between tho Generat and th9 Hhlpplng Hoard civilians. Tho Adminis tration Is wlso to keep tho host brains In tho service In constant practice and closo to tho heart of things. 1'ltlNTABLK IN 1911) It is a help to popular Uowrmnent tho world ocr when tlio people of u city tho size of HoHton elect nu their Mayor u mini of tho character of Andrew J. l'cters. H hii doing decisively they servo notice upon all the other cities of the country that Hos tonlnns aro sick and tired of the maladmin istration which has made of their City Hall for tho last four jeiirs n headquarters for profiteering politicians who abused a BrKit publlu trust to promote their friends and punish their foes. Iloston Transcript. pHir.ADUM'HIAXS havo about twenty- two months before them In which to inako It posslblo for this city's newspapers to print Just that editorial, with a chnngn of three proper names. HUNS CORRUPTING THK TURK THH Turk has usually been considered barbaric, primitively cruel, lacking in ideals of civilization. He has been labeled "unspeakable." Krom tho record one might havo thought tho Turks had reached tho maximum of Intolerance, rapacity and brutullty. German Kultur has piled u new l'ellon of I'russlanlsm on the Ossa of Ottoman char acter. Tho Hunnlsh Zeitgeist has turned tho conventions of civilization topsy tuny, but It was not within tho realm of Imagina tion that it could corrupt tho Turks. In nil tho centuries of Moslem occupation of Jerusalem, tho bacitd shrluo of tho Chris tians, tho Church of tho Holy Sepukhcr, remained unmolested until tho ery evo of this year's celebration of tho Nativity of Christ, lleforo surrender of tho Holy City to tho Urltlsh tho Gciman-ollieeied Turkish troops looted tho Church of tho Holy Kepulcher of treasures valued at more than a million dollars and sent to Hcrllii tho fa mous ostcnsorluin of brilliants. No such desecration has been known hi Jerusalem since the llomans under Titus in 70 A. I). ravished tho Temple of Solomon, and even then tho comiueror tried to save tho sacred treasures. Possibly tho war lord coveted tho jeueled monstrance on Ills trip to Constantinople and Jerusalem, which began the Turco German Kntentc, 'sent Von der Goltz to Turkey to train Its army to Teuton mili tarism und opened tho way to the Sultan's alliance with tho Central Kmplres In tho Great War. It has reuiained fur "civil ized," "Christian" Germany to add a new touch to tho medievalism of the Moslem. BEHIND THE TIMES WK THOUGHT wo had passed tho sedi tion stage long ago until tho little group of willful college buys ncross the river put out their short-lived Journal. Slnco tho days of sedition wo have had tho "muke-the-rlch-pay-for-thelr-war" campaign and tho "make-the-AllIes-detinc-thelr-alms" campaign. "Wo expect college men to bo at least abreast of tho times. In tills case they are three stages in tho rear. NAILING ANOTHER LIE! WHEN you hear a German lie, nail It on tho spot! General Nicholson Is In command at Camp Meade, and there were brought to his attention stories of short ages In overcoats nnd heavy underwear. Tho General did not have much to say, but ho said enough. Our staff correspondent quotes him as follows: Any story dealing with tho so-called fliortage of clothing at Camp Meade Is pure and unadulteratfd German propa ganda. We will have a division review on Saturday in honor of Secretary Haker, and nearly 30,000 men will bo supplied with heavy clothing and give striking ovldenco that there is no suffering at Camp Meade. Certain men who are slackers and others who have German names urn writing fool ish letters to the papers. In which they relate stories of hardship. They are lU's and written either for the purpose of aid ing the Individual or to creato dissension In the ranks. Any man In need of extra clothing can obtain It by making an appeal to his company commander. Wo have an abundance of underwear, overcoats and other articles that are made to wear und not to lock at, and If any commander refuses to issuo them to his men I would like to know It. Thero is chance for every American to servo l.ls country by tearing tho mask from German propaganda. Tho news papers will help him to do it and so will tho Government, which will furnish any citizen with documentary proof. A Baby Bond, like all other babies, will grow. The pacifists want to stop the war; fighting democracy wants to end it. Maybe the etymology of Bolshevik! can bo related to tho "baksheesh" of Prussian gold. We Judge from the sugar hearing that to at least one of the kings only re venge is sweet. It does not matter much whether the former Czar has escaped or not. Tho big question Is, Can Russia escape? The Government. Is not asking chil dren to finance the war. Let them have at least this Christmas as usual.. The slayer of Eppley came here to. vote and not to kill, and the Fifth Ward" ulirtoiiiur was only an accident. Im fell ii Jry-,Ahd the quartering, of an army of mum unow-encwRCfl, Mali district.. ml Mafaa Itr1 mlU'y-l m . r l ' Baft PUBItCBElXEIgHlfcApEBPHlA gBHAy, pEpEMBER ffi.y 191? y PENNYPAnKRR ATTTOBTOttRAPHY I . ' "NOW YOU'RE FIXED FOR THE PENNYPACKER The Organization of Patriotic Societies, Changes on the Bench and a Trip to Cuba Made the Early '90s Active Years for Mr. Pennypacker 'Hie liittHllmrnU of (imernnr 1'rnm pinker' "Anlolilorrnpliy of n l'fiirnrlmnliin" lenumriirllr will iil'pcnr on tho rdltiirtnl iiaio of the i:rnlnc I'uMte Iilcrr. CHAPTER IX CONTINUED ABOUT this period began tho organlza tlon of patriotic Boclotles, us they uro called, composed of tho descendant!, of thoso who participated In events of ton sequenco In American history. I was one of tho founders of tho Penn pylvntila Society Sons of tho Revolution. Tho earliest president, William Wayne, a descendant of Anthony Wayne, who, In order that tho immo of Wiiynu might In maintained, changed his from Kvuns, was followed at his death by Klchuril M. Cud walader, a descendant of Colonel Lambert Cadwnludcr, and n hwcet-ttmpercd, deaf and delightful gentleman, who has seven sons, and who In the curlier years wroto u book upon Ground Rents. I liavo been vice president of the Colonial Society und am a llfo member of the Society of Colonial Wars and n member of tho Society of tho War of ISIS. An exceedingly Interesting society of this character, of which I havo repeatedly been tho president, Is tho Netherlands Society of Philadelphia, before referred to. Its mem bership is not to largo as to bo cumbersome and theto Is an intensity and fervor about tho spirit manifested at their annual dinners on tho 23d ft January, tho anni versary of tho Co: M-ntlou of Utrecht in 1G7S, which I havo luuml nowhero else. It it partly duo to a real belief In tho vultio of their Hutch ancestry and to tho Impres sive music of tho Mings called forth in tho struggle of Holland with Spain nnd of their own tong of "Tho 1'utch on tho Delaware." Among my friends In tho city was God frey Keebler, u Suablun, who lis his youth came to America nnd for it timo worked on tho place of my grandfather Pennypacker. 1-atcr ho went to Philadelphia and there prospered, doing a. largo business as a buker. . Ho was president of tho Cannstat ter Volksfest Vcrcln, and being actlvo In all of tho movements In which tho Gcr niuiiH wero Interest! d, ho hud mo Invited to all of their festivities and bulls and made mo un honorary member of tho vereln. U was through him that I was Invited to de liver tho address at tho dedication of flu; Schiller Monument In I'alrmotmt Park. Ho died in 1893. Meeting Prominent Perbunugcs On tho I'd of November of tho snmo year tho Art Club guvo u teceptlou to Joseph Jefferson, which Mrs. Pennypacker and I attended. Wo found hhn the sumo genial personality on tho floor which his acting Indicated on the btugc. It Is doubtful whether any other actor ever awakened more kindly feeling for himself or greater admiration for his art. In "Rip Van Win kle." "Cricket on tho Hearth," "Tho Rivals" and "Lend Mo 1'lvo Shillings" ho seemed tu mo to bo perfect. R Is a satis faction to havo seen tho stago In thoso days of Jefferson and Booth when tho In telligent analysis and presentation uf char acter wero depended upon to attract rather than tho gaudlness of tcencry or tho legs of tho ballet. On tho "1st of December I met tho Presi dent. Benjamin Harrison, at tho Union League and heard him mako an address a short man', pallid, preclso and with his wits about him, but he gave tho Impression of selfishness and of ono who could feel tho Lord had Intervened specially In his behalf. In 1S54 Judge Fell went to the Supremo Court and fur a yeur Theodore 1". Jenkins toulc his place. Jen'.ilns was ti Democrat, who began his career as ti boy 111 tho Law Library, and who, turning his uttcntion to tho books ho curried tu tho lawyers, be came later a skilled lawyer himself and made a success in Ills profession. While he sat on tho bench thcro came beforo us "Melon Street," a novel and complicated land-damugo cusp, which beforo it was finally decided had the unique distinction of having been heard before seventeen Judges, and another case, which I called my ''Slam bang" case. The plaintiff stood on the platform of a railroad station. About a hundred yards away tho railroad crossed n public street. A woman, walking on the street at the crossing, was struck by tho train and killed. The lomocotlvo carried her body as far as tho station and there, throwing It on tho platform, struck tho plaintiff with It and broke his leg. Ho brought suit for negligence. I entered a nonsuit upon the ground that tho conse quence was too remote to bo reasonably anticipated as a result of tho alleged negli gence. Both Judgo Haro and Judgo Jen kins wero against me, but I stood my ground and was alllrmed In tho Suprcmu Court. Thero Is no other case llko It In legal annals. More Court Incidents Judgo Jenkins, being a .De.nocrat, only lemalned on tho bench for n year, and following tho next election was succeeded by Mayer Sulzberger, a Republican. Sulz berger was a Jew, born up tho Rhino In Germany, and holds high rank among his people over tho world, being learned in letters and of strong influence. Small In stature, with shoulders slightly stooping, large head and a ready tongue, ho Is tho only man I have over met in my llfo who talks all tho tlmo und who always talks well. Every sentence has something In It, keen nnd incisive as well as philosophical. At tho bar he was rapidly closing up tho gap between John G, Johnson and himself for the leadership. Ho had a largo prac tice, and by It had made a fortune. Why he was willing to leave it behind htm and start upon another career has over been something of a mystery. A learned' nnd most able Judge, his success has been somewhat qualified by the fact that he could never quite forget that ho was no longer un advocate. A thoroughly good hearted man, with much of the milk of hu man kindness overflowing1 in his soul, there was, nevertheless, n remnant in him of that Eastern tyranny which Is shown on the Assyrian monuments, where the sue cessful heroes aro seen gouging out tho eyes of their foes. Saving for theso lim itations upon his practical usefulness, no greater or moro capablo Judge ever sat on the Jiench. ;pnedaysa, young Jarysr began to argue uunafjMM'VtlMeu-rtB AUTOBIOGRAPHY iu tho middle, worked both ways with un wearied zeal, und kept It up for half an hour nnd perhaps longer. I it thero and blandly listened. After n while Sulzberger aroso from his scat nnd paced to und fro behind mo with his hands hidden In tho folds of his gown. Presently, unablo to control himself longer, ho camo leaning over mo and whispered, "You damned hypocrite!" A Trip to Cubit In 1&94 my daughter Josephine and I inudo u trl to Cuba on tho fruit fteamcr llrnguiiza, built on tho pattern of tho Ala bama, und on tho way saw tho Island of San Salvador, or Cut Island, which was tho first land found lu Aire ilea by Colum bus, It did not look as though ho had found very much of Importance. Wc land ed at 1 lumcna. n cry old town on tho eastern end of tho Island. A low wall rati iirotind It, onco Intended for defense, but now broken down, mid on top of tho wall paced ono solitary and forlorn-looking sen try. Tho Spaniards throw the offal from tho cattlo killed Into tho sea, and conse quently tho harbor van full of Hharks. Tho town was dirty und dilapidated. Hoys and ghls ten or twelvo years of ago ran nround stark nuked. Women wero uncov ered ubovo tho waist. Countrymen rodo Into town nstrldo of horses, mules, asses, bulls, cows or anything mountablo that they could find. A man would load his mulo with lumber, tho ends of tho boards draqglng behind, then throw two huge bags of merchandise ovr the miilo's back, then get on top of tho bugs and ride tu tho mountulns. Kvery step was attended by a flock of buzzards, patiently awaiting tho tlmo when tho man or tho mulo would topplo over. Kvcrythlng was open. I saw ono man rldu a cow into a storo and stand up o the counter tu mako u pur chase, and tho storekeeper treated It as a matter of course. Tho sky would bo per fectly clear, a few minutes later it would inln In torrents, and a few minutes Liter still it would bo as clear as beforo. l-'or amusement tho Spaniards drank u iwect native wlno and fought gnmti rocks. An American named Matthew Craig had tho only Industry In tho town, n fuctory whrro ho employed u number of men and women and made oil from tho nut of tho rocoanul palm. Ho had acquired a small fortune, but when tho war emtio nlong u few years later ho lost It all and ho died In Kensing ton, Philadelphia, in absolute poverty. Bananas and pineapples seemed tu ho tho only products to bo sold. The United States Government sent n cultivated young South Carolina!!, recently married, tu Barueo.i to act as consul. It was a sad and solitary place, and tho consul and his wife seemed glad ci.ough to sen an American face. When tho war camo along they wero overlooked und forgotten and had a most tincomfortablo experience, it was an In teresting and novel sight to seo the steamer being loaded with bananas. They wero brought In little rowboats tu tho side of tho vessel nnd tho negroes formed lu line, tossing tho bunches from 0119 to another, singing with rhythm nnd time, "fno, duo, trio, quadro, qulnto." When the work was over they hud it dance, playing on Instru ments made of a gourd with a Mick through It and ornamented with carvings. I prevailed on ono of tho performers to sell mo two of tho ln.'truments. Cuban Customs Odd Krom Baracoa wo went to Muta and Yumurl, two other little ports in eastern Cuba, tu si-euro bananas. At tho latter tho Yumurl River flowing from tho mountains empties Into tho j-ea. Wo went up this river for a mllo or two in a row boat. The limbs qf tin- palm trees wero covered with vines und mosses, tho forests wero a com pleto tangle, hnpen.truble, e.-cept to ono carrying a machete, and In tho crcvico of every rock left bare by tho stream somo plant had started to grow. Wo anw women washing clothing along tho banks of tho river and using for soap tho Julco of a plant. Tho wife of tho agent of tho fruit company at Yumurl invited us to break fast. Sho could not talk a word of Bng lish. The dishes wero all strange, but palatable. The pigs ran around tho floor, but It must be remembered that tho rooms wero all open to tho air. On tho bottom of tho cup from which I had drunk tho coffee I found half 11 dozen drowned ants, but then It must likewise bo remembered that Cuba is proline of insects, und It is, I nUp. pose, impossible to bo protected from them. Along tho hhoro of tho sea thero was il refreshing Bea breeze, but twenty feet in land it was so hot as to bo stifling. J0. sephlno and I gathered sea shells and sea beans along tho sands, and a naked negro boy camo out of a hut built of palm and roofed with palm leaves and brought us specimens ivhleli wero beautiful. w0 left Cuba at midnight in tho full of tho moon shouting "bucna nocho" to thoso who rowed to tho shore. On tho way homo tho cap. tain was bitten by a tarantula, and wo en Joyed eating tho Ilttlo fig bananas (thoso on their way to market being contemptu ously called plantains) nnd a species of plneupplo vastly better than any of thc3o olfcred for sale. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) AUSTRALIAN LOSSES Tho Australian Government has Issued some very carefully complied statistics both as to the numbers and the percentages of the losses among the Australian troona that have actually taken part in tho European Iu this compilation troops still in training aro not considered and in the general list of casualties those ill from dlseaso nro also enumerated. The body of troops considered totals 306,000, and among these the casual ties, Including sickness, reach a total of 102.000. ' The showing Is not nearly as bad, however as It seems. Of the 102.000 casualties a total of 47,000 are attributed to sickness. Many of these men would Inevitably have been III of natural causes and somo would havo died had thero been no war. Tho dead from wounds received In action. Including, of courso, those who died far from the battle, field, number 25,000. It will thus be seen that, after moro than three years of war, the ratio of Australian soldiers killed in action Is almost exactly one out of twelve. The remaining casualties Include the badly wounded, the slightly Wounded and those made prisoners of war. The total Is heavy, but It represents three years of war. Ac cording to this average, the war will have to go three full years after American troops .get lata action for as many as one In twelve of the American soldiers1 at the front to loss nvas'.irow ..mum , ontim. Louisville: '- .v - 1 nrrr n rnn 1 1 iirr 1 if rissnn 1 r 1 ujssm s rtr j j , t.iiit'ii.' -r ... -')-" iir n tr i - - . t. C.VTlw m-J1-rtiTkA ef f. i rl Bl !-if 1 -iTttnllf P J ' '' Srytw,3?i sff? , 'rk .-... V: -:--ILJ1 "C r'v;-v'-!-.----r.:Vv. -.-,,..: -',"-.,-...ul:'r-.-r-rr' ii .:( .....:.' yf-... ..VI '7.-.. .., ...... ! .-, ..-tJ.lj.-i-i.I' .-.- fc..,'.' ,.... .i.i-' . .i,-w..i "j '" y.i SJ -J Vj l . r ' .-' " i,l" .. , - . ir- ' I '.j ..,- V -?.. -. . ,!'" J, '"' v.: GOOD HUMOR IN WARTIME An Expert Opens Up a Mine of Interesting Back-Stage Stuff W1IBN" Harry T. Jordan, niuiiagcr of Keith's, addressed 11 1'oor RU-hard Club luncheon Iho other day upon "How tu Kcp lVoplo In Good Humor In Wartime," ho un coercd 11 mine of buck-stage htuff. A good many persons have heard of George M. Cohan's failure to mako an Impression upon his natlo town, Providence, R. 1., but most believed that to bo duo to tho act of George M. and not tho regular act of Provi dence. Mr. Jordan throws n, different light upon it. Hu siivH l'nnldcnce nocsn't know how or when to laugh. Mr. Jordan himself vwis sitting! lu the Keith house in that city, several jeiirs ago, appraising a now act wlilch had been booked for Philadelphia a few weeks later. Tho net run fifteen min utes und It didn't get a laugh. Mr. .Ionian promptly cum-eled. Tho actor came hark with this: "I was told you were in my uudlence hero at Provldenco and I must ad mit I didn't make 'em laugh. But who ever did'.' Take a spotting chunco on 1110 In Philadelphia. No hit. no pay." Sir. Jordan tuok hhn on and he was tho humorous hit of tho week 11 1 tho Chestnut street house. incidentally Sir. Jordan put tho trademnik of Walter. Kelly, the Virginia Judge, upon that Ftory. which has been traveling about for somo time, of tho audience that was dying to laugh hut thought It undignified. It happened to Kelly, and Portland, Sle., was tha town. Kelly's funny act had pulled Just ono loud laugh, nnd that was Instantly suppressed. When he came off tfio stage the management apologized for the disturbance. "We put tho man out right away," they told him. "hut wo want you tu know ho was not a native ; a New Yorker most likely." Hut lots und lots of times It's hard lo make tho players themselves behave. Thcro was mi eecentilo chnp showing homo curs ago with u wonderful trained dog answering to tho name of Bustei. Tho man's name djdn't appear at all, and quite properly, for his whole eccentric personality was bound up in that dog. Ho never spoko of himself or his desires, but always "the little dog suys" or "tho little dog thinks that spot in the program would be too noisy for him." Ono day Just as that act was duo to go on Sir. Jordan's telcphono rang. Tho voice at tho other end said: "Ah! jou're the nice little manager'.' Well, you'vo got u nlco Ilttlo theatre and 11 nice little audience, but tho nlco Ilttlo dog says he ain't going on." He blew uway und nobody's seen him since. Ono week when Sirs. Pat Campbell was the headllner a deep, thick voice, llko a Iondou fog, drifted over tho phono lu this fashion: "Are ou there? Aro you there? Ah! well. I'm speaking for Mrs. Campbell. Yes; sho won't bo In this nwfternoon, Oh, but she caw n't, you know. Yes, but my dear fellow, you can go out and tell your audience how It is. You tee, quite unexpectedly some Lon don friends of hers havo called and we're having a perfectly lovely luncheon here at tho Uellevuc. Oh, I say, old chap, why cavvn't you come alomf? There's a good fellow. Do." Sir. Jordan did, and later Sirs. Pat told him Njhat a disagreeable man ho was to break up her lino party. But listen to Kmma Calve I One Wednes day, Just before the matinee, she telephoned: "I am seeck but I weell bo well Friday." Doctor Jordan rushed up to see her and mado her well at once, and kept her well. Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, by canceling her next week's entire engagement In Boston. The anticipation of the rest worked wonders. It's easy enough to understand how neces sary It is for the manager of an amusement house to go In strong 'for psychology both before and behind the curtain. The players, with all their whimsies, are not so hard to handle as the played upon. It's conceivable that a show that's a riot In New York might be, and often Is, a flivver In Philadelphia, but why should a Slonday matinee frost bo a won derful hit that same Slonday night In' the same theatre? Even tho manager himself can't answer th&t question for you t.o your complete satisfaction. But here's one sura thing! Audiences gathered Into the cozy theatre out of u storm nro always In a receptive mood. , So it comes down to this, after all: It isn't hard to' entertain a crowd trying to forget the cannonading and the war clouds outside if you're careful to give them the kind of .show, that, doesn't remind them, too of ten. of (.. - " -- -i-- - vC"''''rwr,. ,. "; Jl WEIL ) . . ... .. . -a 1 1 . , V itm ,'.ix . ,. '.x. . '.. :-.-: ix,:':mw nv iv; .; 1 r ' iMjprBjtijvt ii:.pjit-t-1 ".-- - .-' .' - ,.rwHiri-ii '"1 .' ' 1 . . ' flJwrJi v ' '' JESLV fir Tw r-'vly' '1 ""-to .v-iC-i-u .,,:::'; - A TOWN'S RETORT TO PENNYPACKER Phoenixvillo Council Declares Borough Did Pay Aulobiog- raphcr's Father 7o lAr l.iUUifol Ihc i:irir.Ut!J Public Lcdgir: Sir In tho Installment of "Tho Autobi ography uf a l'cnns haul. in," by tho lato 1, 'ov 01 nor Pennypacker, published In jour iss.no of November "2, IS 17, thcro appears the btalfincnt that the author's father, Dr. lsaui! A. Pennypacker, paid tho costs of In corporating tho borough of Phoenixvillo und that this sum. so expended, was never repaid him. This statement has aroused much In terest und somo resentment in tho native town of tho ex-Governor, where his father had been" honored by being chosen its first Burgess. ' Tho pride of Its people lias been hurt and an Inquiry set afoot to determine If tho ex-Ciovernor's Information was correct. In Iho event of his statement being estab lished iis true, It was tho expressed purpose uf tho Town Council to pay at onco tls bill, which tho former Governor declares Is still owing. I was accordingly Instructed by our Bor ough Council to search tho town's records for cvldcnco of payment of theso costs, and among tho earliest actions recorded as taken by tho newly Incorporated borough I Und the 1 cqord of tho following In Council's first mitiuto book: April 18, 1819, Dr. Isaac A. Pennypacker presented charter to Council. February U5, 1850, bill presented by tho Burgess (Ur. Isaac A. Pennypacker) to Coun cil for charter, fees, etc. ' Slarrh 4, 1850. bill of Burgess (for char ter, cost, expenses, etc.) presented, when on motion nn order was directed to bo drawn In tils favor for the amount of tho said bill. In view of tho olliclul t coord of tho abovo proceedings of tho Town Council of Phoenix ville, which uro deserving of moro credit than tho memoranda ur tho personal recollec tion of tho uutoblographcr, who so enthu siastically makes himself and certain of his ancestors tho hemes of his talc. It is authen tically established that tho borough did pay its debt to the elder Pennypacker for his out lay at tho tlmo of tho town'a oillclal birth. Tho spirit uf tho pcoplo of Phoenixvillo will not quietly endure this statement Of tho ex-Governor's In his unlquo autobiography to go uncontradicted, and I am merely expressing tho request of uur municipal olll eers when I nsk you to give equal prominence in your columns to tho statement from Its Town Council that Phoenixvillo owes neither tho late Burgess Pennypacker nor any of Ills descendants any sum of money for expenses and costs advanced to pay for tho borough's Incorporation. C. II. KEI3LKV. Clerk of the Borough of Phoenlxvllle. Phoenixvillo, Pa., December 20. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Mil" I- fie llrltUh l'lmt Ionl of the Ad- nilrull)? 2. Whtre t Yprm? . What la lntinrt? I. Who was Clrre? , E. Nnme ilia author of "The Culprit I'ur." II. Which I11 the lluckeje State? 7, Hon- U an amendment to the Federal Con stitution proponed and rutltlcdr g, Mho win railed "The 1'ullier of the Con stitution"? 0. What In heat? 10. Who founded the American Red Croit? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz l. Chnrlet A. , ,1'iej. of Chlrnro. formerly of rhlladelnhu, U vie president and general manager of tile Kmerscncx I'leet Corpora tion. t. OdFMa U n In no cllr In southern Ituiklu, on tho Mack hra. 3. California U the Golden State. 4. Apollo wan tho nun tod In rumlcal with- tiloir. 0.' I.onifellow wrote "Hiawatha." 6. Coat In moro or le tomnletelr fossilized v delation of the rarbonlferona era, 7. The flrt mnlleul school In the 'United Nlatet u rstulillslieil at the University of I'enii silvunla In 1761. t 8. Fabian taction! A ort of dilatory strategy meant to keep the enemy oerupled, hut without offer of buttle. Ho railed from the Konian general Qulntus 1'aulus Slaxlmuo Cunctator tltalay 0. General Wlnfleld. Hcott naa called "Old JCus. . . ., nd Foathors,''. fct-V, -- . -A- - yrMffPf 'M. WINTER!" ' ' V '' t ci -utaMsr. . . f- , -1- - - -""- "'.'j-i .."-'""'.c-V' .-nT:.. .'-" .... ' - - ""r.:..v - - .:'. - ; ,vl- u Tom Daly's Column AlcArunt Ballads XCIV DA NEWS JROM TRIKST' You skceiiny lcetle oflico man Dat keep du books, V'ut for you kccvo Italian Kooch ogly looks? Wan day w'en from your dcennfcr-timc I scu you com' You sneered at mo baycauso dat I'm So plain nn' domb. W'en cen da street I sat to eat An' you went by, I s'pose dat you was full weeth meat An' cak' an' pic. I seen you sneer nn' sliak' your bead At w'at I gat: Som parlceck, halfu loafa bread An' wan tomat! You skeenny leetlc ofiicc man Dat keep da books, Who was eet made decs granda Ian'? Kb'.' Stylish cooks? Com'! tak' dat lectio pen for mo You use so wul An' mak' nomo figures now, an' sec Eef you can tal How manny roads, an' mines, an' streets, An' buildin's bigli Wns made by men dat fed on meats An cak' an' pie! Den see how mooch by men dat fed On w'at I gat: Som garlccck, halfa loafa bread ' An' wan tomat! You skeenny leetlc ofTiee man, You, too, can read Dcse sailormen Italian, See w'at dey deed? Dey tak' wan gondola or two An' nevva rest Ontecll, by dam! dey busta through Kento Triest'! Dey cut secx rope, dey scenk two sheep, An' safe com' back. You thecnk you couldu mado dat trecp On pie nn' cak'? No, mcestcr man, bow down your head Tak off your hat To garleeck, halfu loafa bread An wan tomat! NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW The commander of the German cruiser Geier, which sought' safety In a United States port at tho outbreak of tho war, used our protection to further an Intrlguo designed to embroil us In wur with Japan. Tills is to bo taken us another triumph for Prince Max of Baden's "ecumenical conscience." New York Bun. If It be true that one person among ten in New York la a drug addict, as was said by a witness In a case now on trial, the prohibi tion of alcohol is not going to help much. Wo aro to remember also that It Is the Fed eral Government principally which Is fighting tho drug habit, New- York World. Iteprcsentatlve Jeanette Kanlcln, of Mon tana, the first woman member of Congress, has Introduced a' bill to enable American women who marry aliens to retain their citi zenship. Hero is an attempt at legislation which apparently is made without full appli cation of the fact that custom makes the lavr, not law tho custom, or a look ahead' to the securing of much that must bo through treaty and not statute. Youngstovvn Dally Vindicator. Pronunciation purists aro making consid erable ado about how to pronounce the word "cantonment." President Wilson is. Bald to be content with the customary yray of, putting the .accent on' the first syllable.' and as he la a' so&omr as ; won us, rratMaaL uil 1 '!-- " J ji-L. - - . SL. 3Hf. - 7JJbsV sssni.tSK 7? 37 S sKaWalV. HH"IPd9 iwBr",sR" . . 1. . si
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