rt-'j wW& ,(. ' ' jr ? ftMet itSOGUt COMPANY' CBmTtKPimioiiT' , jU' FnttvrtTi rtuiia a. TOftnaaa. John J. tfcuraaon. feetora. . "i . KMTCmiAI.. BOARD! WJt K cimtii. Chairman . KaJtTI.V... General rJuilneaa llaaater I gellr l PcDLtq I.imii nulldlnt. wtdenc So.ua M, I'hltadttphla. Taal. .J.Hroad and ChMtnut Siren ITT...,, rrrii-tOH lIulMIni (...ZOO MatreNMtan Tower W! ....i...i. ....lira. mrn itu a nt .,lj,..,..,.i..lKm Kullerton llulMlnl I.......... 1203 Tribune Uulljln ;." '. NKWB UUnKAUSl M BDlUt, jjor. rennayivaniA av, ana i vtii nt. RL'tlAD. ...... .. ...Th Jfa IlulrilitB r tit'. ....... i. ilirronl llouir. strand sau a nuo Lioui it urani amnscnirTtnv trmis tlniia rteLto Ltnata la tnl la euh m Phllailelfttila and urmundlna' town Ala of Iwalia 1131 caata twr wak. naiutii Jin "Vint outtlda of rhlli.1Hi.hta, In ted mate. Canada or UnllM Hlatra ro r.'tibataBA fr. fifty 1.161 rtnta np month. gt dollara ir vr. narftl.ta It. itvan. 'H (omen countriea on (II) dollar ir Rubtfrlbera wlkhlnr anMrt rhanred yHr old at will aa new addrei'. ? iMti. MM TAUMT XCY.lTO.Nt, MAW I0M 1 RfttJ'.Ado'retj alt rommanlFfltloitD f Ifi'Midio- PaHlu gy-;;' IiWxt, fnaepr nttner Stinrt. rhUadtlphta, fcSTlSfB it Tit rnii.4Dti.Min roT orrira ( S'i aniuMi e-t itnt u i a ''" J rSU.J.lphlt. HVdnndar. J.nu.rr 2. Hit 1CKS OF THE 'DRAWN GAME" - 3 8TATHI) some montlis ago that the ttfj' menaco to civilization In this war was "--. . . . . M'tho danger or disintegrating moraie ni ftlrh'e front, where men who fucc tho auto- ffSftrat know him for what ho In, but that It &: '. .. .. .. ......... flay. In tlio possibility ol wc minions , hi &nem6 becoming restless under tho sncrl- Jflces' th'cy were calleil on to endure and In SWtta risk that shrewd propuKandlsts, ncthiR eriiL ... .... .i ...,i....i.. mora ciovcriy uui no ich.i urouuviti;ij B'wire than they did In rtUKala. would be 3f"a4 to destroy the unity of purposo now '. . .. .-. t'eaMtint; nnd ciciuuo tnc Rrcat punnc nuo T.f .Aa&Ab.. . . k. rtH, lunllit 4TnlH aillfl 4&N .S- T ... 'MUtre, but in rnct ummniciy ho ihimim- TUA11R tn Tti.nrrttin'ntHlll Hint thp KCCOltd ViiA-"" f-t'ehillenco of Herlln to elvlllratlon would il'. Hna no forco in existence capnuio ot ex mtn- ., ".11 , B?' JThe dancer was succinctly and clearly ?i aiatAril 1at Atiilrn rlii.fnliitnft wlin. In "Tlin W.t'. '. &j? ra-acrnian riot unmasKcil," written in wrj'M(B. clij uiviiinn ur 1.4U, ruin, H .' 1lllt 1 ll .Altl . A. HH ? , jriiili, M iiii .ill in-iiuili.iiuiin i"i lt f ' airmiaiico nvc Julian nni iinn icriuanyn P ultuatlon haii become Htlll more critical, B'lwu,' shall pee Berlin play her trump card. j ,. , j lTOimiK acalnnt. territorial niinexaiionx , -Will becomo Inslxtcnt beyond the Hhlne, ;i Mctrtly sanctioned by the acrmun Oov rament, which will Hnally nay to tho ?Vrt'Allle: "Let thin staURhterlnr of one SM'-'iaoirjer cease! We are willing; to listen to lTr viaaami . ,,-n rRlirti nllr rtnlniH In tlinflA tor 'fi?ltorle of yours now occupied by our &?J4ryr! so let uh treat for peace un that ?ty sis." un tnc uay wnen mis propoai ,tten Is put .forward, the Allies will find imnnaeivcM lace ii jucc uii inn imiim Kiafctle' move yet made by Berlin tho mrmt llous German snare. Then, nlxnc nil , must tho steadfastness, the per- RI'sfkkclty. and the unity of tho Allies be 7AlMA ft..llllnnl.. h...l. ni.IHlf.af Tim ,rtil.' ,;.m,l ui iiiinii.ijr niauo iiiMiti.m.. ,,,,i ,,... IV Ava'.t.' .lKH...n h.a. lr u,w,ULrnl ,n,it,1 V'ftlTBlTe an overwhelming triumph for Tier- g 'l"ny and un Irreparable tragedy for the ,a Allies and for tno uoerty or tne worm. (M.f t. Tin nrnnhppv Iin.M lieen III nrncess of swSi:..-.. .- .... KXuiniirnen. tor ii;uru inuii u L-r uuu mu EiJ fHljfrultlon of it Is seen now In tho plausi- iCtkle but utterly ruinous formulas which nrc tkiMfle given currency throughout the rwwld by the Ocrman Government, VtWufh put into the mouths of Russian ftf.'.Clrtni .... ... i.jMMttneviKi nivi ine Austrian rprcign i.t't'i.ltil.ter. T-?v. m. n-A.-Ilta. ,t Mf ACIIui.il l.'iti nt mx ?rWf,. faVltaUii ui J.itt ii3rii iiua 1'-'. tnv 2'.H v . . ... ... .. jMvei.u puniose ot inieingcni iinenn Hiaien- MMhlp into tho thought that bterilizatlon m. V.th military castd of Germany Is a nre- ..-.; rv -. &i.rjuuiite o any treaty of peace. Tho rea- ta..Hj.B -I,IaI. lh1 ,l,n ll.n.l.H, . .1.1. nnn. ?TCP,vra "'i-ii l-u iiiw iMmcii. kj vino wwu- ff4mkm is complex. That Inescapable con- KWU0" or peace docs not result only from JHl.fct that tho Kaiser and Ills Govern- isiiwt are forsworn, that their treaties hmfiM not bo respected, that their word of .would amount to nothing. H finds TM;Muita even more completely In the fact . . v. .Pan-Germanism as dreamed of and 2.3.-'.IH-- n." K'UMiotf '.&. 'HVt ii . t,t,nnri hv the Kaiser for a ceneratlan jifT'lMre is now actually a material thing. fHwjVfeal triumph of tho German auto- tt, not that they have driven their beyond the frontiers, but that they .subjugated their own allies and L'd-Kree Impossible under military meth- kave brought under their hegemony -Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. ,tntffkvfi obtained control of these nations' , have enchained them with debt and a economically so tied them to Berlin that affects and purposes a newjcmplre has ilea, extending from the Baltic ad. Is not the grand plan of the 'staff achieved In these clrcum- ,,even If Belgium and Serbia are I'to, their owners? Restoration is I1 in (act, a dream and a delusion In 'I A 'of' either Clf thean rnutitrUM fn. Tj, ' "" , inilAi-MnltlAia linn aai.M at a i k.HWMHifUMi vn wuuui tier D. ting to lifo from that Vast grave- garluna liave made? No annexa. ,-.--, . o inamn;uo8 is a formula that m i-.TaitniTiHaii-i fsita iiIha,i h.ii.l.- WrtT-' V M4,c iwmgiia. ktf them has been aucked dry while All' O. i "" pm. the other hand, has already twlUlaa.. taniuarh hlark-nnll Pi.niii4br, 'awountlna; to i VMWaxM of dmra. itMhM )-hr willingness to. i1."1" W w-ntory 'Wa'JmH no' tallt nf lfi'insttyW.tfra, ftttura orjani- r wava imo governments P1;;rS;w EVJBNINU PUBLIC Would b reiutt very much worth while, a result hoped for In Berlin and planned t thero In addition. From the moment the German peril In Europe hurled itself across tho Atlantic and became also an Instant peril to us, ntir Ignoranco.of European politics became In excusable. Wc cannot escape responsi bility for aeejng to It that this war does not end until It ends right. If then, by trickery and fraud, tho KHlser can fool Us Into : ceptlng n premature peace, leaving hint tho fruits of victory, we have outlined and leaving, too, this great nation involved In a debt of billions, assumed to finance n war from which wr wero called off before wo could strike our blow, autocracy wins not only the chief prlzo It sought for In Kurope, but It blunts likewise the edgo of Ameri can competition mid adroitly taps the main rourco ot democratic strength In tho sub sequent certain war. Tho danger of premature peace Is thA gravest danger the world now fares. A mili tary decision In Germany's favor Is utterly Impossible, although them arc yet, perhaps, many victories to bo written flown to her credit. Khe seeks, therefore, to win by subter fuge and formulas. She hopes to trick the free Deoples of the world to nccepl a so-called "whiles peace," which would bo the peace of death. She counts on tho light-minded of all nations, tho l.onlncH and the Ia I'ollettcs, to further her propaganda In good faith and play her game. Nor In this plot can she succeed unless the spokesmen of liberalism Imvo lost thrlr cunning, li Is obvious, In miy case, that the time has conic to expose this German trick and ex pose It so that It never will bo tried again. The answer to tho llrcst-Mtovsk proposals should bo a definite declaration of nil the Allies, preferably written nnd promulgated by ('resident Vllson. It should be u cbnr exposition of the democratic alms of the liberal nations, with mi honest offer of nationalism to tho several nations now enslaved, should cNpress tho sympathy tho Allies feci for tho real Uussla. explain why tho present offering Is a sham and u. deceit, nnd should promlso to tho world the only tort of peace that Is worth having, n peace based on tho rights of tho peoples them selves and irot on tho privilege of a caste to exploit those peoples and mold them Into fighting machines for the protection of autocratic and economic suzerains. There can bo no pence with German mili tarism, for rule-orruln Is the only law It knows, and the peaco camouflage It prac tices means rule for It nnd rulp for .all others. "GOOD ON ANY U. S. KAILROAD" N OTIIING fctauds In tho way of an order making nny railroad ticket good on any railroad, between the points and un dcr tho conditions stnted. without regard to the corporate title appearing on tlio pasteboard. As- the Government looIs all payments made for tickets, and will pay each road no more nnd no less than a fixed sum annually, there Is every reason to Inaugurate thlH Mmplc chango with Its boon of great convenience for many thousands of travelers. There Is much more red tape about get ting an unused railroad ticket redeemed than there is In buying 10,000 shares of railroad stock. Making the tickets In terchangeable would save money, becauso fewer clerks would be needed In the ticket redemption olllces. An Incalculable amount of time and fretting would be saved, for what person who uses railroads to any extent does not run Into u ticket mix-up now and then? And then there Is, of course, the vast accumulation of commu tation tickets, holders of which find them useless on one line, good on another. With tho withdrawal of passenger trains or be cause of temporary congestion or bad weather, from time to time, it would-be an absurdly unnecessary hardship to be forbidden to uso a ticket on the most available line. PAY OF ARMY OFFICERS AIIMV ofllccrs are salaried employes of . the United States and like the salaried class everywhere they suffer early and severely from the pinch of high-living costs. Basically they are In similar case with teachers, preachers, bank employes, book keepers and men In other salaried vocations, with the difference that their stipends are prescribed by Congress instead of following certain conventions rooted In the law of labor supply and demand. Artisans and "mechanics are organized and are able to press their demands. Army officers must wait for the Government voluntarily to adjust their pay and allowances to meet the constant upward trend of prices which has marked the last two decades. They must keep up a definite standard of appearances to befit the prestige of their rank and the dignity of the Government they represent. The Government should see to It that tho strain is relieved In some degree. The Army League, through Its president, Joseph Lelter, the former "wheat plunger," now devoting himself to public service, makes a plea for an increase In' the pay ot American ofltcers and points out "that the situation Is much more serious than had been supposed, nine the other business of carrying- on the war has virtually obllt. erattd the customary provision of'qunrters and the making of the usual allowances. Old King Coal was conspicuously absent from the court procession ot King Momua yesterday. The Tied Cross Is rushing aid to the Guatemalans. Luckily they" do not need coal in latitude IS degress north. ' Kalssr gives approval to Brcit-I.ltok peacs terms. Headline. Again showing a partiality for goods ?mdo In' Clermany." ;bk4ug-eHineted with train. ' ' , 1 LEDGER - PENNYPACKER Governor Pennypacker's First Official Act Was to Refuse All Railroad Passes and Other Forms of "Executive Graft" ICervrlolit, "! v TIURTY-NINTH INSTALLMENT A DAY or two after the Inauguration an ostensible lady droie up In n carriage to the mansion nnd sent up her card to Mrs. Pennypsrker, who was un entire stranger In the city and did not know Its people. In the reception room tho woman began to talk, presently mentioned public nffnlw and began to ask questions. This nwnK cned simpleton and she was dismissed A few days later a fulliiage purtrult of Mr. 1'ennypaeker, secured by making a sketch In pencil while she was on n railroad train, appeared in tho North American, nccom panled by what put ported to bo portrait of my daughters, which had been probably taken from tho stork nf iictres'es on the shelves, and a long rlgmurol" was printed under the lie In huge Inutilities; "The I'lrst lAdy of l'cunsyUnnla Writes for the Hun day Nirth American on Live Cuntnt Prob lems." What could bo more despicable? Tho woman ought to have been trounced and .Van Valkcn'mrg. the editor of the sheet, ought to have been given severe pun lihmcnt. Improving tho Library The State Library hud long been neg lected. With the exception nf Klircnfeld and Egle, tho librarians had either been politicians, puro and simple, or Incompe tents who neglected their woik. Tho archives, consisting nf papers tied up In I nose bundles, bad long been tho stnmplng ground of literary thieves. I put nt the head of the library ThomiiH Lynch Mont gomery, a trained librarian, who had been In charge of the Wagner Institute In Phila delphia, a member of ii family of high social standing and a man of grent eld clency. 1 likewise had arrangement" inado to hito the archives tint remained nnd nil of tho papers nf the departments, pi lor to n certain early date, repaired, chronologi cally arranged, bound Into volumes and put In the llhrars. Carson, Wharton and Montgomery, who came with myself, and Dr. Kamuel li. Dixon, president of the Academy of Natural Sciences, and John ('. Groome, raptaln of the First City Troop, whom I drew along later, were rcferted to ns the influx of gentlemen into the political life of the Stale. r.cllcWng that Improvement, like nil of tho virtues, begins ut tho home and would be best advanced by hcttlng a proper exam ple, I began tho work ot reformation with the Governor. All tho passes from tho railroads and all tho free privileges from express companies and other corporations, which were pouicd in upon me, wero ic turned, with expressions of appi relation, and, when trawling, I paid my fare. Tho expenses nf the mansion, paid by tho State, wero cut down from abiiut 11,000 n year to about Jl'000. I kept no horses and rode In a cnb. I declined to toss tho first ball at tho opening of the baseball season and the like, ndt that there was any harm In bo doing, but It seemed to mc that tho office ought not to bo used for advertising pur poses, and that it was well to let people sco that the Incumbent hnd regard for Its dignity. I made It a point to be ut tlio Executive Department nt D a. in. and to remain there until C p. m. and to sc'o that no papers were Issued under the authority of tho Governor without my pcrsonltl knowledge or their contents. While Wood row Wilson, ns Governor, was stumping through tho West denouncing tho methods of the Standard Oil Company, chartered In New Jcisey, no doubt other charters granting Ilko powers were being Issued nt Trenton. The world would be ever so much better If we could only succeed In prevail ing upon each man to attend to his own duties nnd look after his own conduct. And now, after having, along with somo motal Izlng, Indicated the groundwork upon which the structure was to be built, let the narra tive proceed. t Opposed to the Lawyer Strange to rclntc, my first struggle against opposing forces was with my old friends, the corporation lawyers. All of tho trouble In this country over the cor porations, and much of It has been the hullabaloo of persons eager to catch the ear of the populace in order to help their own fortunes, lias arisen because those who had charge of the granting of their A ROOKIE STRATEGIST There's a bit of food for thought In this little story of one Christmas furlough. Be yond tho speculation It arouses as to how many other ei-perlencn like It there may have been, there Is something to be said for the Initiative, the perseverance, and' the tactical wisdom shown by tho young soldier thrown upon his own resources. The sergeant-major (we'll call him "Smith'') had been allowed a furlough from Saturday noon Until 10 o'clock Wed nesday morning, the day after Christmas. He was stationed at Fortress Monroe and ho wanted to eat turkey In Philadelphia. It was Utterly Impossible for him to get a north-bound train out of Fortress Monroe. He counted as his 'friend, however, a brake man on a freight train running South, and this man permitted him to ride to a small station some distance below the North Carolina border, where he Jmt had time to catch a passenger train bound North, ar riving In Philadelphia at noon Sunday. He turning be left this city at 3! 33 for Balti more to catch the boat sailing at 6:10 for Fortress Monroe. This train broke' down ten miles out vof Baltimore. Our hero saw the boat getting away without him, which would mean "absent without leave" and th loss of his rank for him. He raised a row, Without saying o directly he gayo the conductor the impremlon that he was on a very lmporta.nl nflitlon. The conductor ttlagraphed ahead to hold th boat and requisitioned a gaaollne-drivett . handcar (with chauffeur) to take him In to Baltimore, He arrived at- the boat landing "wtthlti nve minutes of aalllng-tlme and all was well. That lad will get OH. DISCHARGES AND DISCHARGES A young colored man. who had been hired and as promptly fired by nearly every house, keeper In his home county In southern Mary land, was finally dratted and sent to Camp Meade early last fall. H managed to get t.homo on a Christmas, furlough, and said I he to .on of, hta cronlea; "Dese la sho' I Strang .times', Strang r times 1, 'Nevah ho Itiaatai.'laoiutU' ail 71 dlanhirt ,'roun' 1 r miffV. T-.' "T-", W." " -7 T V .T- . . PHILADELPHIA. AUTOBIOGRAPHY f'bllr Lrigrr 1'iMijxinyl powers were careless and IndllToicnt. This is the point nt which the correcting agency ought to Ito applied. Complaint afterward Is feeble nnd apt to bo futile. It had bo tome the habit n HarrMitng, as else where, for charters to be Issued lis n mut ter nf course, nnd they were supeivhcd III tho outer office. It Is even said that a clerk was trained to Imitate the signature and add the approval of tho Governor, llvt.y charter that went out during my four cars had my actual nppiowil and bears inv autograph. It had been th'o custom for the law or, In diafttng the grant nf power, lo use th" general words of the statute. My requirement Hint no two different purp"-es should bo Included was curried Into rffeii. on one occasion mi application was made for the light to make and sell explosives In perpetulti. Tho danger of such n grant can readily be seen! It was it-fused until the time was limited to twci'ty-liw vfars. The statute required that 10 per cent f tho capital stock should be paid Into the trc.is urj of th" corporation. It had come to be the practice to lake out chartcis with only nominal capital, with the expectation that, as need rose, the capital could be increased. The Donnrn l.lghl, licit nnd Power Com pany, with a ciipiliil Mock of only Jionn, JlftO In the tieasiuy, entirely iusutliek'iit for Hie work proposed In lie dune, desired n cliiirtfr and I iefiise-1 npprnvnl, holding that theie must be n capital slock of nt least KiOim. This was mi aihltinry mm of inv own living, but It meant' that theio must be J.Min In the treasury, enough to insure good faith. Theie ensued a great hubbub and outcry among the lawjcis. The Governor hail no such power. It was hi duty to approve! A public hearing win asked, in order thnt a- reconsideration might bo secured, and was granted. Law yeis from over the State. Including Hubert Snoilgrnss. of llarrMmrg, and Itlchnrd C. Cochrane, nf York, gathered before tno and argued at length the questions nf tho power nf the Governor and his relation to the granting of charters. I wiote an opinion, holding thai the approval by the Governor was not Intended to bo merely that ho Miould ec that the paper was In proper form, but meant his assent to the gianting of the power contained In II. Thero wan mutit professional and newspaper lalk about tho necessity of my receding and about compelling me to approve by man damus. Had such a wilt tome, I should not have given it tlio Mlghtcst attention, holding th.it. within his sphcie, the Gov ernor Is entirely beyond the control of the courts. Iliivvever, the profession followed the precedent which had hecn established, nnd since that time no corporation has been chartered In Pennsylvania unless It had n capital nf J.-iOrm, with $500 In the treasury. Tho leform was ical nnd Inipoitnut. The next Jolt was with the Itepiibllcnn organization of Dauphin County, supported by both of tho United States Senators. A vacancy occurred in the Cmnt nf Com mon Pleas of that County and tho forcru thero agreed upon S. .1. McCurrcll. I was especially anxious not to make mlMnkrs lit tho appointment of Judges anil felt that professional lltncss was the most Impor tant quallllcalltm. I listened to everybody who wanted to talk to me upon the subject. Lyinun D. Gilbert nnd Clmiles If. Uorgncr, leaders of the lnc.il har. were In accord In tho opinion that tho fittest appointment would be that of Michael W. Jacobs. Ju. tlce J. Hay Hrown, of the Supremo Court, camo to mo to urgo thnt appointment nnd he was very decided In his opinion. deference to these professional Judgments I appointed Jacobs. Tho blow was miti gated, however, by the appointment nt the same tlmo of John J. Henderson, who had been supported by both Senators and had the icputatlon of having done Kood legal work in his County Court, to the Superior Court. Against Jacobs the party nominated nnd elected George Kunkel and, therefore in my first bout with tho politicians I finally camo out second best. An act was passed giving to Governor Stone and some of tho heads of depart ments tho desks they had used while In office. It pursued a custom which had long prevailed. I approved tho act with the. suggestion that tho furniture to b put in their places be selected with n. view to Its icinalnlng as the property of the State (Co.vn.vuHD ToMonrio'w) DON'T DARKEN THE SHADOW w.a, " ,,r, v: j. ?''. Htoi. t think should ..-..."" .""""ir or us ir every mmm IiiihIio.1 .i .. ... V,J ' 'o cioseu. even- talking in-ichlna In the garage? Th'e ?"" ".U.,.0"","1 .'" of amusement and ceasei o hlr YiST of muslo In our homes, or u uXo'? sHraSJflww terrific, strah, under wh"ch L UllV "l" NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW We miss that usual winter story about n, as they wero at the Wt?n m, There has been rioting In SJurlcli anion. Sw sa pacin.ts, There Uq.o doubt th t ,. Swiss pacifist who run hotel. TS !?-. .'i10.0 . h? Vi" a" uld' l've suffered enough i Dealer. nrh"" '"'"'-C'evrland f'la," Incidentally the British i,0.e(t IB ,. . not necessary -to 'destroy a city l, S I UK it. Ana (ho Turks although not no. seised Of the full beaiitv nf n.. " ,...P." ...n,.t i.... .... -"""" nunur KvVnlMl&t. l,,ne '""-Chicago, Spokesmen of organized labor who protest against the employment of a few women as streat-car conductors are In dangtr of ex. aggeratlng the Importune of the Incident It la doubtful It this kind of work will ever become a popular occupation with Women. It Is yt in the experimental stage, jf at the preunt time thera ara any number- otjrapabie men, looking for. Jobs si street-car 'tonduc tor. they should nol.havttojgo far to find l!Mft jrafr .Tg. ..-"'; roam'toFI YVED'ESDAY, JANUARY THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Rcininiscuiiccs of Peniiyimckcr and Quay Letters of Cheer to Soldiers QUAY AND PENNYPACKER IN 181)3 K' Ihr Hililur t the .'irninfl J'libtir l.nlijcr: Sir I.Ike many others, I inn reading w 1 1 1 1 iniiih Inlerest Ibo auloblograpby nt e-Ciov-cinor Saiiiiii-I W. Peiiii) packer. 1 havi- alwi lend the letter nf our good friend, John W. l-'iazlrr, which Is supposed to hhetl some aiblltlonal Iliit on the rubject of Penny packer's original Introduction Into a guhernn lliin. il campalgii. wpircclatlng the fait that liny one who tM.i-s the trouble to write mi autobiography or letter fur public peiusal must have data of Inlerest for those reading th" same, and also tho fact that few of us know nt the Inside workings of matters of political Importance, such ns tho selection of candidates for public office, I feel cntistiuiiied to add my little ntlta I'ndoubtedly In both cases our good ipld Governor and his friend .1. W. I'r.izler ap proached the matter fiom dlffoivnt angles and, earh In his owil position, Is rnrrect. Let Hie cite a piece ot post-diluvian, as It were, liifni'inatliin which happened when IVnti.v packer wa a Judge nf Common lie.is Court and bad hta offices at jn!i South Sixth street, In 1893. ,t that time It was my good fiutime to bo eniplojed by tho Judge In tho rapacity nf "office boy," which position 1 held for more than three .veals. I recollect distinctly, one afternoon,' when a rather heavy-set man with a tired look out of his ejes came Into tlio of fice, and upon my Informing him that tho Judge was still In court, this unassuming gentleman announced ho would wait. Whllo wnltlng ho engaged mo In Convcrrntlon, In quiring ns to my age, name, schooling nnd ambitions, particularly wanting to know If I enjoyed my position with tho good Judge, to all of which I replied that I was well pleased with the Judge, my position and myiielf. The tired-looking gentleman sullied, und In his unassuming way udvlstd mo to continue In inv work, study law, and alnlshed by saying that I was having "Ibo distinct honor of working for n future Governor." On th'o Judge's arrival tho doors of his pri vate office were closed and an hour or two afterward, on tho departure of , itforcsuld mentloned gentleman, tho Judge asked me If I knew to whom I had been talking. Reply ing negatively, he told me that United States Senator Matthew Stanley Quay was his name - "and n wonderful man." All ofwhich con veyed llttlo or nothing to my young unsophis ticated life; I'nderstand, 1 do not question the facts as contained In the autobiography or tho dear letter of good friend Frazler, but "facts is facts," nnd thero they be. Quay's candidates sometimes cast their shadows long before Itin events took place. Appreciating, too, tho Important positions our good friends Frazler and Quay, have held In selecting and electing Into public office many of our prominent citi zens (city, "country, State und national) It only goes to show how many rabbits are hidden In tho field when hounds begin to bark, , WILLIAM J. McOAUVKV". Philadelphia, January 1. DR. VAN DYKE'S APPRECIATION To thr KiUtorol the Hvtnlno I'ublle l.eilgrr: , Sir Pleaso be so kind as to convey to tho gentleman who reported my remarks at tho Contemporary Club my thanks for his report as minted In your paper.' I was sorry, tor reasons which I explained to lilni, no.t to be able to give him tlio notes of, my address. But h did not need them at all, Ho has ina.de, a etter resume of my speech than I could have made, and ha's greatly confirmed my confidence In Intelligent American news paper reporters. jUKKKV VAN JA'KU. Phllaucipnia, January I, LETTERS TO CHEER SOLDIER LADS To the Kdllor of the Evening I'ublle Leilurr: Sir It behooves us to think of our boys who will experience tho major und minor hazards of warfare and tho greater and lesper hardships ot tho average soldier, A consensus of opinion among the lioys would be that loneliness.' with no one to write to or hear frpni, and tho tantalizing sight of see ing u "bunkle" reading a letter from a imtrlotla sweetheart, or euting a n'epn of home-made cake, constitute the pVlmo red Suns why wo .all agree that, "war Is hell." To bring av bit o heaven to 4rth, to cheer. , ' - 4w ,' , 1, ' ' . : 3 i I t j4 F ' ,- V 'f-l4uS 1 :. i'r J S2 " '.IV '..,., - ;, 'mm .. mmst mh w MMcri ' mm.i iH . UftWUll . BUI 'OTi 12. l!)tS JANUARY 2 patriotic cltlen, every affectionate mother and women who admire brave knights of Hie sea, air and land come forward with nu offer of their cheering services. As I am getting soldiers' names light along, It will bo a pleasure to pass them mound. 1.UIIING It. FCI.MIin. an North Sixteenth street. Philadelphia, Januaiy I. , A CAMP MEADE MENU Jo the lMtor vj thr llvrniun I'ublle l.rttutr. Sir Honestly, cm we have tho heart to grumble at stnii meals'.' Our menu nt noon, December :il : Turkey (ICiiougli for two persons) 'I'oinalo Sauce tiiavy (galoie) Peas .Miuhcd Potatoes Crnnbeiry S.nn-e Coffee with Sugar and Mill. Itenl Hnnie-mnde Apple Pie 'And jet, the folks at home think wc drn't get enough. COItPOISAI. AltTIU'lt IJHHUMANN. Company 1. 315th lnf Camp Meade, January 1. PICTURE OF SOLDIERS Vii thr r.tlltor of thr live alii; I'ublle l.aliivr: Sli --Accept my thanks nod appreciation for jour kindness In placing my son l.au lencc's picture In j'otir paper and Imerthig the facts of the work of his regiment In Pi mice. It makes his mother feel better, be. cause bo Is her only son nnd he has been In France for more than five mouths. With best wishes, I am JAM F.S A. DUNN, Representative Sixteenth District, llariisburg, January 1. THE COST OF CURRENT To the l'.ditov of the Hvrriup I'ltbltc Lalfcr: Sir Ir -our Issue of Thursdaj-, December 20, on the third page under tho headline ''Con sumers Should Pay Cost of Inefficiency, De clare Jersej' Commissioners," you state: "Do. clarlng IharMho cost which arises from Inef ficiency should be charged to consumers, the State Board of Public Futility Commissioners today," etc. What the commission Ir. fact said In Its report nfter stating that the plant was not efficiently nnd economically oper ated was; "Tho.pctltloner, however, bases the cost of current on the result of operating Its plant Inefficiently. We do not believe that that part of tho cost which ailses from such Inefficiency should be' charged to the con sumer." I fear that j'our article will create the Impression that the board has made a mllng which Is quite contrary to Its whole line of holdings and which would tend to mislead the public and companies as to the Judgment of the board. Tho news Item In question must have been prepared without reference to the declaration of the board In Its le'port, RALPH W. II. DONGKS. Philadelphia, January 1. What Do You Know? QUIZ VUiut are Hie -New Vrar'a MiiMiOrn"? WIm U Comptroller of Hie Current-- of the , muea maieux 3. What was Hie haturnalla? 4. Mlin U llnle Itoldrn? 5. Where la Vltl.1i Itlilcr? p. VI lint la an aquarelle? 1. Wlin I nnd where la Hie lluli Terminal taken over hjr (irnernl (ioethalaf S. Who wrote "Hill Van MinUla"? l. Identify "The Liberator." 10. ,)iilrh li Hie "lit of Churrlm'l? Answers to"Ycsterday's Quiz I, (iuateinula U Ihe Crnlrul Amerlron Kepuhllr wlillil. wtllt llrltl.ll llomliirua, U roil. tUuoua.to,Hie aovtliern boundary of Mexico, 3. I'adua. whlrli hila lireii bombed by Teuton atrinen. la on h line about midway lie Iwren Venire and Verona, und further from !- Au.trlan line of Iniuilon than elllirr city. S. IXrrdemalhl Mrllilf-hand, t, H. H. 1 . I'.l , 'tteioiiile a'li tsua pUI" "lieaaa reply." B. The preiwndenitliiS male twiiulallon In lha vi ruler n ftalea la airrll.rd la lha fan that to all dMrleta not fully detelonetl men Imullsrate unareompunlrd. mm u rula by their fumlllea. Thera brlns amall ouporl tiinlr for women vtarkera In mine, or on ranrhea. feinoia Intralsratlan doea not be i zln until Indu.lry, rointort., f., i. Jr. been develoiwd. ' ..i.am 0, llurkrami Courae linen or rloth alflfened wlin sum or lal, """ 1, The far trsly vIHt the Indiana vraa the ehlef activity of the early- Trench eltlfr. lu $HlAii2&-t' iwwu Tom Daly's Column THE COLD SPELL The other mornin' early, when the cold began to bite Alt' I heertl the rafters crackin' an' my breath was full o' .smoke, An' the fust faint spark o' tlaylljtht , showed the winders frosted white, I remarked to Ann Eliza thRt some records would be broke. Then n wagon on the turnpike crunched the brittle snow like glass, An' I heercd the harness snappln' an1' the bosses unortln' there. Hut I didn't jlt a notion wot a freeze had come to pass Till r seen ole Pc'lee Tuttle settln' speechless in hin chair. Tlmr wuz signs around the barnyard when I went to do my chores Thet wuz eloquent thet som'thin out o' common had occurred, I'ur the dash-dinged ar'tic circle seemed a-campln' out-o'-doors, An the very nlr was frozen, fur it never even stirred. But I didn't sense tho bigness o the freeze that had arrovo Till I drove up to the village store be hind the sorrol marc, An I hollered out "Good evenin"' to the. boys around the stove, An I seen ole Peleg Tuttle settin" speechless in his chair. Oh, they tell us thet a frceze-up is no blessm', but n curse, But I vum if it's a good one it may still bo somethln' more; I'ur your little half-baked freezes are a mighty damsite worse bince they loosen up the chatter o the oldest village bore. Now the one thet we been havin wua a harder freeze than those meWyIr nelorhood fur FUr' 'My fozeemi"iSCCnCeS WUZ ab' Who.n K le.e" t,e elcK Tultl settln' speechless in his chair. ENGLAND'S "BIT" . M sfYJi ,f V" J Own-n. and stent nttnolo ami-Knglish Irish among ua , since the bVclnni;";',.,i"u .!". Brttaln r,"n,-dl,i;Ci ,own,d " France Canada0 The facts do not substantiate thin ,'h.. Ureat Hiltah, has 45,000 OOfl nooidai ?' contrast with 39,000.000 for F;.U6n;i" 000,000' for Italy.1 175 00000 for Kk an',i somewhat mora n.n i'E i- nussia and This 45.000,000 has furnished a far lar m?!10"!0" of 'e "aval strenetn VVL'. n-,., .;";.:."" """." ror Pfn,zb,rorwSr' has also necessitated bearing most nfik rodrIU,'!!'lUaChCt ,t0 ,h0 blockade 'vvilch'wSS" vvell'aa I?ng1a,,,'d.beneflt "' ,he " .,l:hrn,rastnar1nenfES'd The British have, besides, 7n army In F.vJ a another at aaioniu. tia hi... yPt' French) and another n '.Me.." t.. over, the Itrltlsl, i,i,h havi fur nlriied a. many men In t.ropor.tlon and suffered a?eai . i BIRDS SING WAR SONGS C. O. Ilartrum aV that i,. i. . .. "slinging luo'Ktain 'slor'tlgln4 -4 Hovenden reports lha'l heard at Streathan "slngmg the r Hrl ' the tune of The Campbells Arc 7&M& fi " f3 .wipjun limes. A HINT FORNEURASTUKMim . A Cheittnut Hill houaeketper. who ik.imA'M mlttedly. ruther v'uin V?J' .Vn? :IfMm 'M good deal uf i;;-".: "'" "'rrort, a M 8J&i&2&. r m i' , JS at.' ji..JF 3'Sf'J
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