m iM rJ- tIC LEDGER COMPANY H. K. CURT)"- Pmimxt. ' I-Mlnaton. via Prttlitt Jefcft ft Jheetrr and Treaaurari Phille- aV An iH. Wlillame. John J, Srursaen. 0107, uireciora. K-. SMTOMAI. BOAflDl tatttt'Jlr s- Ccim, Chairman ' WHALB Y. inn MtntMti sailor vi' jt: MAJlTlls,uenera uuuncaa wmim t dally at ft-M.io I.IMH nuliaina. attendance Pmtare. Philadelphia.. CWmui....llroad ana Cheatnut streew I ClTt. rreat-tJiiioii Bulldlne; rm.i.iMi, .. ..506 Mrtrawmin Tjiwar T fc ,. ...i' rorn nunnina im ..100 Fullerton UulKIn 0i. i. .......... .. K02 Tribimt imiidinK i- vc.VV IlL'RRAUSl iktMTOK. Btaaio. M. ItCor. Pcnniflvanla Av. and Uth St. 1 foalr IllnUo The Hun Hutldln Hfauasau Marconi nou, mrana BltaO ..B2 Ilue Lcna la Oram! ,fi, rlUMHCnllTHIS TNIIMH XrlMin rrnie I.inota l mim to au- ra In Philadelphia and aurroonainr iown i rata or twelve ti-i cenia pir w, vmimu.n a carrier. . , .kMll If. Mlnta ntital.l Of PhllO li'llft. in United Ftatea. Canada or United Statu poa. ta, nomas rref. nrir ;uii eema sr monm. l. all roralan rountrlea ona ll) do'lar rar M. - Ics Funerrlhera srnninr anirna cmnio lira old aa well aa new addrara. V, fU, N STALNtiT KtYSTCVF. main im 191 ! faff KAMmuHflllAIII ffi Kt tXffltaV MlbHO Ifc. i-T4$Tt lnd;rtnfifnri & quart, rMlwflfMa. ftTtkiTi'AT tii rnifa.it'rirnta. rT otT'ri. i Mrnsp ri nn maii. mattfu. v 'V rfciJdpM. Tfdnfida, Derrmbfr C6, 1911 n. OUR TRUMP CARD , ItATIIEH hectic vision of what is goini; ' on undcrncalli tlio President's brain- 7ffA I- -j.MMfn.l I... f1. 1f..lutn.t ...ntfl. -. arr.i 0 iinjiim u tin- itnjoitiii iicm.ij a,"aV0sIp paper On Dit. " 'TIs said," thin Rosslp ta.yn, inat .iir. wnson ioki Loinnci iicmoa InlEsIon before it left AVnaliltiKton that ftl".ij,heii ho had a blR enough nrmy on tho fei'ijrestern front he would send kii ulllmntum fyto Germany. If the ultimatum wasn't jf-acceptcd within forty-eight hours he would ;.. Mk for a law to bar German citizens and .3 f'aVoods from tho LTnttoil States for llfty 'JVSrawrn. fk'sh Herein la a paradox, but a paradox eals a. fundamental truth about hJrt.ano uen-aie uuFin(?n 01 nidKiuc icaer. i or ,fSk-whllo nothing could bo harder lo Imagine Y'ithan Mr. Wll.inn tnlklnir HUn 11i.it In nil. l.vyite. he has iieetthelcis said pretty much ithe uaiiie thins In public, but In try Gti'lfrent wohls and In n very different K"iZ7'P,r', BverjthlnB depends upon the spirit fH'Kt.n which overtures or threats are made. I. NfKi It Is all tho seven wonders of the ninilorn i(..lAWnrlft ralltvl Intn n.in tl.qt Ln t.... tr.-.r... IK.fii - - ."..fc .. v.,w ..(V OU IClt uci iiitnin f-'tecm able to see what tho trump card Is, &i'Snd "lat wo 1'11 it our trade, our friend T!fBnIP '" the years to come. And add to Z7 f " v nnuu tiiiu ii ii.-iusilll m me uriCUl iSj?C"nd 8out" America. Kvcry new huccess nf "to.- .uerman Government's arms in Kurope acloses automatically another Kate of trade at rDBWtnnH.... .... .Hl.l . . m v U"""J " """-- inis is so uagrantiy "J-J'bvous a fact that It tempts one to bo I'jYiBtlmlstlc mid feel that tho world's horror ".r,tnnot bo on Indefinitely, becauso it is ( JlBiOBt impossible to conceive of a ruling , rven in Mermany, being so blind to Pyarelfare of Its own sons. Picturing a nany emerging from the war still under tc-CracV. ths Prrjlilnnt cnl.l flint u .i..i.. ;-vj;: " " niibni. v" Impossible "to admit Germany to the !-free econdmlo 'Intel course" of nations, but uch a situation, Inevitable bceainse of dls- rtmst, would In tho very nature of things jLaooner or later-cure itself by processes iWhlch would assuredly set in." iwpat are the processes that would nv . fUreiJIy set In? A gradual prjlng off nf the Bf.Tlautocratlc yoke by German business Inter- ''JV T,icre ,s n shrewd irallun In Mr.( :'A.Wllsonii prognostlcitlons. He Iciiouh Hint yeverytlihiB must come slowly, lmperccpti ffibly. Ono bullyliiB note in his messages tn liSawermany's business men would spoil all. k'IHe-must aPPca'- to the most far-seeing of 'Kar16111 tts tne on,y reliable advance agent of P'!?Vf0 German trade t,lat wl" bo starting out liii-'SO.? painrui crrort to legaln lost ground W S.'tllTn dr lhrra I'a ra tf..n. ....... c .. L ,33" -'" - . rfv.o iiuiii nun. ounio ot rjttiem must even now bo slowly and subtly j"vf?yrWnB " the iml,er'a'l imagination to. frfyrnPT'lamentary reform. VdjsJj a t0 well' organized State Iil(e Ger- 5. aWUiy. where tlin nvmnm... , . i.. ., -- .......,.Hrvla mu )! ally State-controlled, tiin H,ot nt PV, ' ' T ... ,vi nihlii Ms'oltaKalnBt Kalsciism can be expected . ;.Hm buslncsa interests rather than from i f.tte bpdy polltlo in general. The German : ' -'R?1 are Ioc"c' I,ut 8U-'!' ust economic Whicture an tho German Industrial lead i, , liavo erected cannot have come Into Bjf Mn? .without tho existence ot a great tMamber of Imaginative, daring, individual it,?"!ra a,,d reanlzers. Herr Ballln, the tipping king. Is said to have gained tho ilser's enmity b more or less publicly ttlntr over the three years Idleness ot .( l)j, Uerman transatlantic liners. 'These rman business men cannot act publicly i flll II I II tt DIlli.AvnA. 1.1... . .. LiT Mumvmvj, ilivy IHUSl pull lliey have long been Ir. league bt,1"3 Kaiser, because the success of lirlalism, adding new slices of territory Itiietr trade area every few years. linked with commercial success. Itonce let Imperialism show signs of ihtre, what have they to hopo for? Wliat gwe Sforlli and Soulh American ports f closed to the German liners andv utmen? What if British and Amerl- dps would not carry German goods? Kjunkertt have an answer for this. clare that Germany cannot con that does not Insure her com- . future. This surely Is t.lie,wilUest that even a junker could talk. . Government be coerced Into I' Wb' peop'je to buy German goods? Jke junkers have an answer. , Ntatrketa of all the world to y. i'fid let, us dominate Aus- i and Russia, .and we shall Jr on land ivhlch will the Rhine to .the B1 E-rfUiSfl rw -;,-- eyS'wIll develop ChlnR. And Bng- lend and America can keep the sea routes." That Is what tho policy of "domlnatlo.n to the east, conciliation to tho west" means. That Is why wo can never make peace on a give-and-take trade basis', but only on a basis In which a free German people come to sane terms with other rrtJ peo ples, because free peoples do not seek con quests. Tho linger of business cntri prise and conservatism Is on tho pulso nf Ger many's waning resourres. AVo do not have to kill four million Germans to make peace. The steam In Germany's boiler Is commercialism, and commercialism docs ,not light to a finish. It Is trying to s.ie Us chestnuts from the flic at this moment, and If tho Kaiser will not raise the white flag, German business will r.iNn It sooner or later. Wliat wo hao lo do Is lo mako it reallzo that our dictum about thu hypo thetical Impossibility oj admitting Ger many to "free economic Intercourse" Is real and tangible, an International law with teeth In li HAM) OK (JOI) UPON THK NATIONS AlVOItlHXO to the Homo .Mcshrito XXI'opo Honi'ilii't Iihs mlilresM'il it t-liriilar letter to all Hlsbops In the belligerent coun tries (leclailng thai if nnv Christian State aids the Tuiks In an attempt to retakn Jerusalem It will bo condemned by the Holy See. Whether this bo true or not, and It i-ccnis hardly probable. It Is un dcnl'ibln that Italian CatdinaW are openly lejolflng that the llol I'ltv Is In Christian bands nnd that ndhfionts nf the Church, In ony country whencp publli' opinion can be faithfully lepoited are nt one In tho ilemaiul that .lerusalrni must never be stir it'lideied to tho .Mohiiinmcd.tus. Them should be no illspositlon to urge that tho Catholic Chuitli ollld be placed In an tiutieutral position toward belligerent countries as a icsutt of this giowlns sentiment. At tli amn time. It Is an unavoidable conclusion that the rin.nOO.nOO Ctthollcs of Gennanj nnd Austria Hungary havo been placed In a itmarkably uncom fnrtable position bv Hie attitude of their brolhers In the faith In Allied and neutral oiuiitries. Most Important In this situa tion Is the rew light It throws upon the nutstlnn of 'annexations" N'o one should bo a penny the gainer, commercially, b the raptmn of Jerusalem. Tho llolv I-inii should be Internatlnnall.cd, with all Christian nations having an equal share In Its future admlnlstintlon. Hut If that Is true of the mo.st holy of lands It will be urged that It Is true nf all lands in so far as they are, holy to their tenants as "Home." A pilnciple is a piliiclple We cannot. talk ot holding the Holv City because it is holy wlfliout trjlug to partake of Its holi ness. .Mr, Wilson's pel oration, "The hand of God Is laid upon the nations. He will show them favor, I devoutly belicvi-, only it they rise to tjpo clear heights of Ills own Justice nnd men ," lias a very tanglblo and practical applhatlon. THK INDISPKNSABLE MARGIN E M'CTniC light Is it form tit coal as much as the diamond Is a foim of car bon. The equivalent of every piece of coal saved l.i a kitchen, where the electric light Is allowed to blaze at full tilt while no ono Is in the room, must be wasted at tho elec tric plant. It Is the unwanted margins that count. It Is the margins that are winning the war. Tho margin of etra resource, material or spltltual, has played its part in a thousand different ways. It counted at Vpres, when the Get mans broke the British line with n four-to-one superiority of forces, and Lord Kivnch sent cver available man Int.i bat tle, even bis cooks, and the stoiy goes that It was Just that little margin nf cooks who selcd tides that turned the tide and re formed the line Our cooks can seize rides at home by switching off thought when they don't need It, 'o ore waging war on tho Kaiser or letting up on him everj minute of the day In this most complex ot wars, which lays Its heavy hand on every grocery, movie house, card part upon every activ ity where food, fuel, light, war material nf any kind. Is properly or improperly ex pended. Some, fly to extremes nnd think this means a life of puritanical rigor, Nothing could be farther from the truth. Movies, for Instnuce, are a wartime neces sity, as any one with a mind full of trouble knows. Hut that Is no - - why the movie house fronts should be Illuminated while tl.e sun Is shining. The fuel admin istrator demands that they wait until it is really dark before they light tip. Tho most surprising thing about the whole conservation campaign Is the fart that It seeks to change the details nf our dally habits so little. It Is ily the mar gin of waste that must go. Kolk who are born economlrers do not feci war' re strictions at all. Our Idea of unhapplness Is having money on deposit In a Hussion bank. Uusslan republics are daily increas ing In number. Nature has placed a limit on them 178,000,000, one for each inhabi tant. The Turks, who uee a red crescent for their Insignia of mercy on the battle field, respect the Hed Cross. Only their Hunnlsh ally desecrates the symbol. The Kaiser has been a sensation In the bush league, but he'll be no Alexander the Great In the majors. Uncle Sam bat, on either side of the plate and he's some slugger. Porklcsg day Is proposed as com panion for meatless ( meal and wheatless menu. Legislation to stop some selfish persons from making hogs of themselves, maybe? f In 1862 and In 1917 Emancipation Proclamations were Issued by the Presi dent, one for the slaves and the other for the Slavs. We did not have the military means of putting the proclamation Into ef fect Immediately In either case. Hut there is a better prospect of freeing the Subject peoples of southeastern Kurope today than there was of freeing the subject people ot a'tertvltaKfd State In IMS. PENN YPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY Judge Pennypacker Had Decided Convictions on the Issues Involved in the Boei War A Poetical Report of License Court Cases (Corrlitit 1017. hr tha Tha limtallmrnta ot liorrrnor I'annjparhar'a "Aiilolilntrjphr nf Pannlanlan" tfmporarlU Mill apprar on the editorial pata of the Kvenlnt: I'lihllr l.adaar, CHAPTER IX CONTINUED rnili: efforts of the bu Biers of South Africa to protect their home against the aggressions of the strongest empire of the world seeking to get possession of their gold nnd diamond mines nppealed to me strongl.v. Cecil Rhode:: and Doctor Jamie sun represented the ordinary type of ad venturers, nluav.s to be found on tho out skirts of civilization, ready to' run the risk of hanging In older to take the chance ot seizing what does not belong to them. In my opinion, no man who has been minister tn a foreign court, especially to Kngland, which Is our mitutnl rival nnd In tlmo of stress has always been our foe, ought lo lm permitted to n Secretary of State of the I'ulted States. John Hay, who Is gen erally much lauded for diplomacy nnd whom 1 should like to approve, because of his Ilteiary attainments and because ho wrote to me some kindly letters nnd spoke pleasantlv of me In bis life of Lincoln, should never have hein that responsible position. Tim mealiest thing In American annals Is the fact that we aided the Hrlllsh empire to i-ruh a little republic bv sending nm mules and .supplies. Onr of the greatest mistakes wo have evei mndo was In throwing our sympathies nnd moral support to Japan in her war with Russia The latter countrv lmd been our friend In the War nf 1S1'.', during the Re bellion and when she sold us Alaska. The merest tvro ought to havo been able to sen thai, with our ownership nf the Philip pines and our Pacific Coast, a struggle with Japan Is In the future Inevitable. Roth of these bhindeis were due to the fact that John liny usni his potent Influence in be half of Hngl.ind. Some years ago it was my fortune to str a a bookbinder's Hi" letters" and Imitations with which he was coddled bv the King and noblllt.v of lnn (Inn and which he was having bound In flushed levant for his posterity to admire. Ver.v few men are strong enough to resist such blandishments. I wrote three letters upon the Hoer Win for the New York Sun. They weio reproduced bv W. T. Stead in London and elsewhere, In IhigUnd, In Aus tralia, and weie translated Into German, Dutch and the other Iliiiopean languages They 'me too long for Insertion here, but the following, which I published at the time, is in the same spirit. ' The .South African War "It "Is all very simple. The tale needs hut few words for thu telling. The llrltisli made up their minds to steal the Trans vnal, with Its wealth of gold, guarded only by herdsmen. Tho event shows that they were strong enough to stca I'm Transvaal, and they have stolen the Transvaal. Joan of Arc was burned In the marketplace of Rouen, 'ind she Is dead. Th 'ro are somo lessoiiH to be learned from the struggle. That for tho Hrltlsh Is that, when they go marauding after a punj prey, they should grnsi it, not with hundreds under a Jamie son, but with hundreds of thousands under a Hoberts. The losnn for ourselves Is one nf Ineffable meanness Never before, since July A. 1 7Tfi, did this nation sit by with arms folded atul mouth closed and see a gieat empire stiangle a lltjle lepublic, en couraging on the sly the empire -the same empire which took adv.iMngo of our stress and made money bv sailing under false colors to drive our commerce off the seas. The gloiy of the war Is all with the Hoers, who have lost ever.v thing, but saved their manhood. The lesson for the world Is one of hope. There Is still-a people In it with pluck enough to legist sordid wiong ic ganlless of consequence. It is well to know that the highest examples of patriotism In tho past arc equaled in the present and may appear again in tho futuie. The boy who killed Ross, after the burning of the Capitol at Washington, set a note for man kind, though he lost his life, and organized gieed may hereafter hesitate when It re flects that tho road to Pretoria vvas sprin kled with tho blood of 10,000 Englishmen, and that the profits of tho coveted Hand for a quarter of a century, and until Cecil Rhodes shall be dead, have been dissipated. Oom Paul takes his pkico, not In a niche in tho TiniiHvnal, but alongside of Leonldas and Wlnkehled, of AVnllace and William of Orange, among the heroes of all time and the whole world, to Incite the brave to effort for the ages jet to come. When the English nation, old and toothless, like the giant In "Tho Pilgrim's Progress,' sits by the wayside snarling over the memories of Its victories won fiom tho weak in Ireland and India, at Wjomlng and St. Helena, with every traveler ready to knock It on the head for Its past wickedness, mothers will tell their chlldien, poets will sing the story and historians will write In their pages how the burghers fought and died upon tho kopjes of South Africa t,o save their homes." Reports of License Cases On the 10th of May, 1900, I was elected piesldent of the Historical Society of Penn sylvania. This venerable Institution Is the strongest In the United States devoted to Its line of Investigation nnd possesses vol umes and manuscripts worth two or three millions of dollars. The papers which tell the story of Pennsylvania are within Its walls. I had a long line of distinguished piedecessors William Hawle, Peter S. Du ponceau, Thomas Sergeant, Joseph K, In gersoll, John William Wallace, Iirlnton Coxe and Charles J, Stllle. In 1901 Judge Charles B. McMlcliael sat w 1th' me In the License Court, He was a cultivated person who read Latin books for entertainment, and, like all the McMlchaels, was handsome. We granted very few more licenses than we found already In existence. One outcome of the session was the print ingonly thirty copies, however of a little volume of rep&rls of the cases as' they came along which I wrote while In the eourt. . REPORTS Or' CASES IN THE PIIILA- DELPHIA LICENSE COURT OF 1901 In curiam currente calamo scrlbentur - Dramatis Personae 1 Judge Pennypacker aa aBd 'McMichaet, rublln l.fdur r Company.) Weber, an old German who, after leaving the saloon of Cella H. Gilbert at 11 p. m fell and fractuicd his sktifl from tho effects of which he died Noyes, Carter and Urounley, detectives of the. I.ivv and Older Society, who ferret out speakeaslcN and bawdy houses, and ap plicants for license Merman, Italian, Irish and tho like Innumerable. "License they mean when they cry lib-city."- Milton "There Is nothing which has et been contilved by man by which so much happi ness Is produced ns by a good tavern." Doctor Johnson. Ik meet zeld dat oudt manneken. Noch drlnkcn uus ecu knnncken, Ik moet zeld dat oudt inanneken, Nocli cenjes vrollch zljn. Drlng Lledt of 1535. APPLICATION OP CEL1A H. U11.11EHT, No. 19ss Ach Webei ' Ach Weber' Whs nun 1st geschehen" Din 1'usse, sle wnndeln c-le Konnen lilcht Mchrti, Durth die Tageu lind Wotheu, Drr kopf 1st gebrocheu. CEI.IA (ilt.HERT, Nn. 1351 Mon cher anil J'ciitend un crl Drr Weber ist gcf.illen! Les homines eourlrent. I.es fetnmes souplrent, I'nil laut die sehrele sthalleu. VINCENT TONTORRLLO. No. 'J2 If French vou he ,1 fait un bruit, Hut when in ncicnts loud and clear He tells of Tonlorello's liter The story cloys, 'TIs only Noes. , NICHOLAS PHSSALANO N" 32 And now there comes an end tn I'essal.iuo's lov s, When a Law and Order ngent gets his bottles and nn-Novcs PETER PINLAN, No 2IS What curious thing is this we hear. When Carter swears that I'lnlan's beer Is ladled out (by it man) with one carl PHILIP ENC.ELKE. No. :6.'i Though small nnd scarce the nngcls be Mc.Michnel llnds nn Engel-ko, Though fortune taps but once In a e.vcle She scatters her favors before Mt'Micliacl. GENEROSO D'ALLESANDHO oh, ho! Geneioso D'Allesaudro, Must It cv er go so? Speak it easy all the land thro'. Speak It easy when jou tell her Ot tho bottles In tho cellar, AUGUST M. riNKBHINKR, No. 31D Oh, Plnkbclncr! Oh, b'lnkbelnei: What Is llnei or diviner. Than Milwaukee beer',' Hut when t:cn On table green Willi slot machine Troth and flavor disappear, GEORGE DOKENWADEL, No. 379. Doltcnwadel Was fur clll twaddle About a "boddle?" When jou sell It Why not tell it? AHNHOLT . SCHAEI'ER HREWING CO. No. 400 Policy men nnd toughs Gamblers, bawds nnd roughs, Abide In Sansom street. And In speakeasies meet, Hut when Carter, Noyes and Hrounley greet, Throw down their money and offer treat 'TIs necessary to be discreet. FREDERICK W, WOLK, .No. 42C (A bottler who sold beer to tho Kensing ton Athletic Club, 3643 Market street.) On the Kensington sward, In the Twenty-fourth Ward, Are trained athle tes. They stride from afar, Cling close to the bar And swift run Into diabetes. THE CULTURED HUT WEARY Me MICHAEL CANTAT Hold! Enough! Ich hab gcuug; Assez. J 'en al! You will away, I hope and pray Mucho no sdiio Poco cs btieno; Nunc satis est. Give us a rest Life Is short (To the crici) Adjourn the couit. (Exeunt omnes.) During this year there appeared In the Atlantic Monthly a paper upon "The Ills of Pennsylvania." It was published anony. mously and was sufficiently dull and stupid, but It gratified tho Instincts of the people of a State more In debt and therefore more mismanaged than any other In the country. The paper In Its contents set forth that It was written by n Penney I vanlan, which, of course, gave Its confessions of iniquity an ad,ded zest. I haVe,slnce learned, however, that It was really written by Mark Sulli van, the son of an emigrant from Ireland, who after living a short time In Chester County went away to seek his fortune and became the editor of Collier's Weekly, In dignant that the Atlantic Monthly should do anything so Indecent, I wrote a his torlcal parallel upon "Pennsylvania and Massachusetts," pointing out the great comparative Importance of the former In American affairs, It was published In many shapes, and I really believe had an influence In giving me a representative position among the .people ot the State. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) 'VELt; AxW v r NfcNVaH T".. H Tb, "A SLICE OF LIFE" IN A RESTAURANT True Story of a Broken Dish, a Soldier and a Waitress THE rcsUutant m lapldl.v lining Willi the noonday trowd" Men ami women, singly. In pairs. In groups hurtled through Hie swtiirtlng doors and sought places at tlin tables. Hippies nf laughter and the babble of many voices were Intermingled with tln rattle of plates mid the clang nf silverware on the stone tables as the white-clad wait I esses deposited tlin steaming dishes before the earlier huniry arrlvHls. A soldier sllode down the narrow aisle nnd found an empty table near the end nf the room. As be iciuoved his overcoat In the aisle, a wattless, carr.vlng a tray nf einplv dishes, stopped suddenly behind him to avoid a collision. The soldier turned to allow- her to pasa and their eyes met. ' Surprise vvas wiilleu on their faces and both Hushed with embarrassment. Tliej stood speechless fur a minute. "What are vou doing beie, Marv ?"" said the soldier In a low voice. "John'" she exclaimed "And lo think I should see jou again after these j-ears!" The ttay In her hands wavered A dMi CHtne loo-e and slid over the edge II struck the floor with a crash and was slmttered Into a hundred pieces. The buzz of voices stopped as scores nf eves were turned in the direction of thu sound. They aw only a waitress kicking from the aisle the pieces of tho broken dish nnd a soldier In the uniform of the National Army banging up his overcoat. It was noth ing to them. But to the two outstanding figures It was something mare a husband and wife who had been separated for years bad como face to face with each other in the restaurant. Misunderstanding had caused their do mestic troubles, mlsundrstandlng of their duties and obligations to each other under the sattllng dowifproccss after lite bonevmoon was nver. Neither knew bow to "give or taUe" and outbursts of temper added fuel to the flames nf discontent. They ngrei-d to rtlsngne. Then the husband left. Mars, however, had taken a hand In the affslr, had put the husband Into uniform, had sent him to this city. Unable to put bis mind on the menu, be watched bis wife take an order from the adjqlning tabln and feigned to read the bill of fare as she approached him for his order. "What are you doing here, Mary?" bo queried again as she reached his side. "Supporting myself and jour sou, John." Thare was In her voice nothing but quiet resignation "My son'." "Yes. he's nearly three. What do ynu want to eat? We're not supposed to talk." "Make it ham and eggs nnd coffee." Ho had eaten the same for breakfast he told me later, but there svas bo other older be could think of at the moment. .... When his wife hurried away lie realized that he was not hungrj-. "I'm glad you're doing your duty." she whispered, as she placed the dishes before "fiuiv!" The word stuck In his throat. Yes, he was doing bis dutj-, laggardly and with no Idea of Its meaning. His first duty had been at borne and he shunned It. He bad been taught to love his country and respect his flag when be first went to school And the first law of the Boldler was obedience. He had learned that In the few weeks he had been In training. "Love, lienor, obej--" The words were familiar. Why, they were a part of the wed ding cereinonj-. They were the essentials of his duties as n soldier. If he had not heeded them In civil life how could he heed them In Ida countrj-'s hour of need? Whj-, he was flghtlnc for bis wife and boj But "I didn't do my duty by jou," he frankly admitted. "Marj would jou ?" Hut the little waitress had fled to wait on another hungry mortal. Tb food nearly choked him, but lie man aged to dispose of it before his wife returned to the table. "Any dessert?" she asked. "I couldn't eat It If I ordered It," he said. She had watched him unobserved as -she stood near the steam table awaiting the ar rival of the dumb-waiter with his order. Her heart was overwhelmed with the hope that out of the chance meetlngNrould come ha'pplneia, but she was lost as to what to do. She wanted him to return for the sake of the boy. She admitted that she, too, had been at fauR In their difficulty and was will ing Co meet him more than halt way. Con .. uilih thaaworld had tauarht ber much. 1 Wi had learned the duties ot a wife, rialnly v. "ar - li f.i r tat (i m:TjirscMzzi ,'. ,mr rs OFF ALL' DER flMPODENCE YET I" "U , he was a new man Ills eye were clear, bis shoulders broad, his face uniniiirrd bj dis sipation lie was living ilenn. and she was proud of him us he sat there In unlfmnt ' "Po I get a cluck, Man?" He leached In his pneket and withdrew a roll of bills, one nf which ho replaced In his junket. "Why, jei," she said, sudilriilj irmeniber lug her duties, one of whlih was tn keep aw.ij- from familiarities with customers, and reaclilng for her pad she punched the amount on a cheek. "What's the boj's nnnie?" "I named him John " "Iluy him something with that.' he said htlikllj as bo squeezed Hie roll of bills In ber band nnd took the ibeck. He turned nnd was gone befoie the wallies could lecnvei. Duly and understanding bad been found at last The little waitress went hoine In the best of spirits that night She hugged her boy to ber breast and cilfd lu sheer happi ness And when bis childish voire linked the reason, she lcplled, "Your daddj Is a mldlei and he's coming lo see us soon." instinctively she knew be would icturii. for didn't the uniform stand for duly, and wasn't tlin first principle of duty at home'.' Thero was a long letter awaiting the wife, on her arrival at tho restaurant the next dav. She read It and reread It. "Ill mj dutj tn my tountry I have learned mj duty toward m j" wife," It read "I want to sec jou and mj boj- as soon as jou think me worlhj." Is there happiness lu war? There's one woman who thinks so now. There's u better soldier and better citizen somewlieie In America who jeuds his pay home ev-i ry month nnd who is slated for promotion he fore his regiment leaves for Trance. C. t M. WHEN WASHINGTON WAS WET A drj- Washington would Indeed seem a strange place to tho Immortal John Randolph, Senator from Virginia, who used to enter the Senate chamber wearing a pair of silver spurs, carrjlng a heavy riding whip and fol lowed bj a foxhound, which slept beneath his desk. When making a speech before that august hodj" he would turn to the assistant door keeper everj- few minutes with tho Injunc tion, "Tims, more porter." And where Sena tors nowadavs cool their throats with the pure Potomac. John Randolph would quaff foaming tumblers of malt liquor Washing ton Star. MODERN DEMOCRACY'S PROPHET The message clearly shows that peace will bo the task of the people, not ot tne Govern ments, and that tho war Is purely one against Imperialism, President Wilson's words must lesound throughout the world, and lu no place more than In the Americas, where tliej remind us of the high Ideals which prompted us to set up democratic forms ot govern ment Huenos Ahe.s Dlarro, RECORD IRON OUTPUT IN U. S. Gen.'-glcal Survey statistics show that 75,ltftJ2 gross tons of Iron ore wero mined In the .nlted States last year, the greatest amou.C on record, an Increase of more than 19,000,000 tons fiom the previous jear. What Do You Know? QUI 1, What la the "Amrrhnii Jack"? ?. Mh la rommnnder of Hie t'nltrtl Main, epf dlttan In I'rnnie? 3, vviire a llrurm? 4, What la the full name of liliWin.? 5, Who la (liurlc p. rlll? e. Name tge uulbor of "Ktancrllne," 1. Which la the Kmiilre Mate? 8. What la meant hr I'naum? 0. How did New Jeraer rrrrlvs lla niuur? 10. It ho wrote the opera "1'uUtun""? Answers to Monday's Quiz 1. Florence Mthtlnnrtle, IB20.I010, un Knr- 11f.li phlltinthroput whole labora In tha Crimean War revolutionized baltlrfleld aurgerr nnd mining. 2. Trieste la tha moat Important port of Au- Iris pn the. Adriatic. 3. General tleorae W. t.oethala, the I'anuma Canal builder, la Ilia new ouarlermaater senerul of the Inltrd Htatea armt. 4. General Zorharx Tartar was railed "(lid liouih and lleadr," 5. A paatel la drawlnc In rratona, uauallr In rolora, i C, William Cullen llnant wrote "Tlianalop.lt." 7, A molecule la on of the very ainall Iml.llila partlrlea cf which modern aclanee uahumea ull matter roniM. . It la the amullfat part of uny aubatanee hIiIcIi noMneiiiif the char acteristic proiiertlea ot that aubatanca and which can etlat alone In a free atate, . (learso Waihlniton'a lat norda were, "It la well," 0, I .eon Trottkr la the .VIInMcr of lurcliu Affalra In the llolnhetlk cabinet. 10. Vermont la called the "Green Mountain . tat." U .' If' wl yW. A mss&jmm?) mt vwkSA mM$? 'WET J . sno fBrnt' Jillllr '" Tom Daly's Column. J IN PRAISE OK ST. STEPHEN Here's tho. feast o' St, Stephen, This Christmas Day's morrow, An' it's past nil hclievin' The comfort I borrow At the tliouclit of him there In the cold mornin' air, An' mesclf steppin' back to a worlV full o' sorrow. For with nil the soft beauty O' Christmas behind ye, When it's back to cold duty This day has consiRned ye, Faith, there's need of the aid Of a saint unafraid To withstand tho blue devils that' likely to Ind ye. Tall and liriRht is the miter O' Stephen, the martyr; A knight mid a fighter By Christ the Lord's charter. And it's well if yc stand Within touch of his hand In a world that is Klven to traffic and barter. I.ucky you, if ye're wearin', This suint's nomenclature, For. belike, ye'll be sharin' His valorous nnturc; For there's: none of his name In the pages o' fame That was anything less than a -two-listed crayturc, So upon this gray mornin', In hope o' rcccivin' His good help in the scornin', O' groanin' and grievin Here's the bnllad I raise In the merited praise Of the worshipful martyr and fighter, St. Stephen! . Let alone Kings and Popes of that naiuu, who weie all grand fighters, there was Decatur, lllrard, Douglas and soma others jou may think of. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW Lausdowne w Ishes to stop the war: John Hull wishes to' end It. Boston Herald. Not even the concerted action of Govern ments to fix a maximum price on silver can draw Brother Bryan away from the silence holding firmly at 10 to 1. Pittsburgh Dls. patch. i It Is said that a declaration of war against Bulgaria and against Turkey would' be un diplomatic at this time. The employment of Turkish soldiers against our British alllca nild the einplojnient of Bulgar troops against tho British, Kreneh and Italians Is also Un diplomatic. Buffalo Commercial. Hlchniond Pearson Huhson, nf S.nt,'"Tii fame, is coming tn Buffalo to talk prohibi tion. It would seem Hobson could find more Important use for himself when the country needs everj trained man In war or Industrj'. Buffalo Unqulier. The firemen of (irlllln are learning to knit so that they may spend their' spare time-In the stations turning out socks and mufflers nnd sweaters for the soldiers. It was sug Rested some time ago In Athens that the fire, men here could put in a half hour a da) or so In making trench candles, Athens Ja.) Banner, It Is like Satan rebuking sin for the tier mans lo accuse the British of burning towns and shelling Cambral St. Louis Hepubllc It Is obviously desirable that the Pre1 dent should be specific In his recommenda tions of n railroad policy. Imagine how long It would take Congress to solve the problem unaided. Boston Advertiser. The President has shown no disposition to enlighten Congress on the subject of the Im pending labor troubles which the country seems about to fao. It may be that his conferences at the White House with the rep resentatives of organized labor have con vinced him that the problem Is In his own hands for personal solution and that he, w'lll require no co-operation from Congress In framing a settlement. St. Joseph da-,. 1 1 tr .. 1 if" - . ,'rl .J.-.Cr-M o:? '& itf&sfr:-. " a I. . ' " --..WiiAiiKn'jiBV. r .V, . i v r
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