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FMIodelitAfa. at in rsit.ir.st.rsu post orric as oacoap ruy maii. mattms. HHUdrlphU. Tw4ir. Jsaasrr 11 rJtW.AT i rnnRAT,T,ED WE ARE GOING TO ,l BRAND IT ININQ from tho conferenco nt st-Lltovk, M. Favlovltch. a non- rlk delegate, declares that ' uor- 'fundamental aim In tho ncgotla- Lj o CSU1D11SI1 nil VWHuuiH- ...-.. ". . i.Lti-i. .nn.ln iitilnn si.Hamburf; to tho Persian Oulf. In for tho evacuation of Belgium and i, Germany will demand tho freeing (aaopotamia, Arabia and Palestine." tt Is the German dream, tho one purpose she had In mind when this war, the one thing she Is lined to get out of It, the concession to extort from tho Allies In rc rtir"oalled compensatory concessions Lihmh HAtktnn tn T1 tl S tt IY1 (I rt t And rmcau ivt(ttit v ..... ..j . Knot In the slightest degree Imperil ,l'eeonomlo and thereforo her political rico of tho world. Militarists want a 1 . .. a.a . . . . S.mm TTn sWiitfV any mai suxicncn iruui iiukiuu,. ad. That is what they havo always nd their conjurers and 1clght-of- I; opera tors are working their brains lime In a Btrcnuous effort to perfect Utricle that will fool the AlHci Into nee of the program. the mills of tho gods, however '.they grind, grind exceeding small, ay General Allenby reported the of four points of great tactical ance north of Jerusalem ana me Wi the Turks, re-enforced by four ns of Teutons which were In train- summer In Silesia. If Germany lied the rest of the world she- t' beguiled England, whoso armies en flung against tho grand pur- tipf Berlin and in tho far corners of the ', have beeh doing their part to render ' the whole campaign of plunder and fw. . .. .. . A no rorces ai oaiomca ure a. nt threat against tho German lino aunlcatlon to the east, n threat eventually to bo translated Into a '.'when tho declining man power of rtitons renders impossible bolstering Bulgarian line. One end of burg-to-Bagdad rainbow fades Into , standards In the ancient capital Jalits. That is democracy's answer htemplated world empire by tho day, too, British troops Joined In p AHted offensive against the Teutonic ftlfj Italy, attacking advanced posts -fttppiemcnting the splendid achieve- tof the French troops in the Monte . 'region, marking a change from de- it 'to offensive tactic. A new Teu- ' strive In Italy is foreshadowed and rv at any time, and the Italian men- net by any means removed, but ,.- n It la being demonstrated that ".well drilled and disciplined troops adrale is unshaken tho Germans headway.- y also released a digest of the il!T- Isiaade by Colonel House, indicating Ms mission abroad had been of enor- lifepportance in co-ordinating the power iurces of the Allied nations and ng a future unity of effort cat- to bring about such concentrations likely to produce certain, even quick, riThe most important nprntlattnnM 'j toward the pooling of Allied ro- f for the common advantage of all tries engaged in tho- strugglo Oermany. Tho American contrlbu- determined and tho pooling ar- t guarantees mat run equipment kind will be available to all Amer. Maajpi sent to Europe during the ;!,-. Unity of action In diplomatic, VsltWUry, financial, war-trade and Otlviuee was thoroughly- gone a.' comprehensive surrey of the of, Munitions and the or. I. hadusiries was' made, fore- 'taailar ministry In this Kwa brought also reassuring jtuaeui, wnere the eyes of Wear to be opening at besrtin to spy "under tho tka'Mw of the lion and Xsjasta, to oho, and the 4 b trnetal fattta 4fM sMC.lt JMO their Nfrtiw4 te ivrv 'fc'W . Veejciy iiUtefnent from London, dselare that "Oermany is a. long way. from au periorty on the west front." The Allies and ourselves have had our fill of discouragement, and there Is more to come. There are tremendous sacrifices to be made, mifch suffering to be endured and many barriers to be passed, but tho shadows that events cast before them may always be interpreted. We are well on the road to victory, Lloyd George an nounces, and he knows what ho is talking about 8o do the Germans who talk so much about a "drawn battle." It U not a "drawn battle," for It has been a check mate ever since Oermany failed to break through that first summer. She has lined ut against her now nations whose morale Is at least as good ns her own. nattons that are her masters at last In military preparation, nations, that are outmanu facturlng her, outmannlng her, outshlpplne her and outreasonlng her. They did not liavo to outlaw her, for she did that herself, We've' got that beast of militarism cor ralled, and it is not going to get out of the pen without being branded. LOOK THIS HORSE IN THE MOUTH CONOIIESB is about to hear from tho President on the railroad situation nnd much will be said about Government own crshlp. Thero will naturally bo a great deal of opposition to the idea, for Congress lias not yet assented even to the Idea of Government ownership of the conduct of tho war. If wo could bring up the question of congressional ownership of railroads it would bo another story. An assorted delegation of 435 trainmen, telegraphers, freight solicitors, firemen and railroad law yers might' llko to run tho Pennsylvania Railroad. Put tho first thing they would do would bo to get a president. Gove'rnmcnt ownership Is tho popular name for Government administration. Con gress does not run the Postofflce Depart ment. It orders 50,000 postofflco buildings for towni not on the map and thus In creases the difficulty of raising the long suffering postal employes' wages. No ono branch of the Government can own any thing, unless, Indeed, It may bo said that until last Friday the Interstate Commerce Commission owned tho railroads. Tho only body that can really be said to "own" such business enterprises ns tho postotTlce Ik the .whole body politic If "we, the people," are to be asked to take the railroads as a gift wo nliu.ll want to look Into tho mouth of the beast. We shall want to experiment with the loaned horso and watch his gait. As in tho case of the hypothetical rail road mtn's congress, the first thing wo should do would be to elect a. president a President of tho United States and Rail roads. Thero must bo a mandato from the Dcoplo for the handling of (20,000,000,000 of property. That Is usual even In the case of tho acceptance by a small commu nity of a statuo for Center Square. Tho problem Is complicated by being tried out under abnormal circumstances. But there will be a period of comparative normality following tho war, when World reconstruc tion will require unified railway control for somo months. That period seems likely to lncludo the summer of 19;o, when we elect a new President. The fates are conspiring to mako Government ownership a cam latgn Issue. ZERO PHILOSOPHY APPARENTLY tho Kaiser has made an .offensive alliance with the weather on the United SUtes front. That's one way of looking at the present distressing sltua. tlon, a typical American way of extracting a smllo to lighten grave concern, the while teeth are gritted In a determination to topple tho War Lord and his minions, who have caused tho distress, off their Prussian pins. Another way is to be as philosophi cal as wo can, recognizing from experience that we cannot Jar or adjust tho fluctuating but Inevitable laws of meteorology; to real ize that through the medium of this ab normally early and severe winter we are having our first tasto of the hardships which we assumed when we entered the world war. , Thero . aro two gains frorii this view point. One Is that very soon In the strife tho American people are, by actual ex perience, becoming Inured to the new and difficult conditions Imposed upon them by active belligerency. The other Is that the sudden crisis of suffering and deprivation of fuel will speed up, as no other means could have quickened It, tho relief possl- dio now through Government control. Cen traliied administration of fuel and railroads means a. quick progress of coal to the bins. Weather-wise sages aver that an early and hard winter is a sure Indication of an early and agreeable spring. Under ground, the crocuses and tulips havo made an unusually strong growth for this time of year, and the leaf buds on tho trees have waxed as large as Is their wont for February, London suspects. German Influence tn Indian plots Headline. Why "suspects"? We shall be more content with fewer passenger trains when wo see more coal trains. Send troops and then more troops Colonel House, . Aye, aye, sir. We're ahead of tho program now, but it's in the blood to break records, Many school closed, pipes in many houses froxen, halt the Inhabitant in the same fix and coal stilt as hard to get as water In the Sahara! You'll have to hustle, Uncle Sam, or paddle the Weather Bureau, The theory that modern war de velops into a permanent deadlock on every front does not'appl to Turkey, where the British seem able tc- gain at will, if every ether gate la locked we can alwaya count on the back door. It 1 hot going to make any differ ape wfeetMr a stacker U a son of a brewer .V,aM M aotfttiMKC hm u-waen jUnda Tt'il ito JfUJBJjlU JUJWJLrVJCiX'llJLUflLUJliJjiXllA, inuivowrti, ,.. w, v SsV-faW K W-l "at- -T71 """ rW TTWal PENNYPACKER ATTACKS .INFLUENCE OF PRESIDENT OVER CONGRESS The Famous "Bear Message" of Governor Penny packer Sparkles With the Incisiveness of His Distinct Brand of Humor I'KNXVPACKEB AfTOBIOURArnY NO. 40 Copyrlsht, ISIS, by Tubllo ledger Co. WITH the growth of the work of the State thero Is a steadily Increasing need for additional employes to attend to It. Each head of u department is loath to ask for sucli Increase, for the reason that ho is at onco assailed In tho newspapers for caus ing further outlay. I found a lone list of such persons whose salaries were paid from tho contingent funds, a timid way of meet ing a difficulty, nnd I put an end to the practice by sending a message to the Leg islature naming these employes and recom mending that they be regularly employed. This treatment of the matter led to no criticisms, although it openly increased tho force. Considering Bills As the legislative session progressed, and the bills, ns they had been passed, began to come to mo, they were all ana. lyzed and those which were faulty either In thought or construction wero vetoed. Slnco this method of treatment had no reference to the sponsors of tho bill or the Interests which favored tho en actment, It not infrequently happoncd that bills which had beon rejected had been favored by tho Republican party and Its leaders. Such happenings had Just that flavor of excitement which pleased the newspapers, and by the closo of tho session 1 had received very general encomiums. It was my endeavor alwajs In expressing disapproval of a measure to do It good naturedly. Often a State Senator, who heard that some pet measure, which ho thought safe, had gone overboard, would como to the office In wrath, and after read lng tho veto message laugh and say that "tho old man was right after all." A Quaker wrote to mo March 21: Dear Governor: Right now I want to tell thee Hint on account of thy connection with the Quay forces I opposed thy election, but now I extend my hearty support, Tho stand thou hast taken against vicious and mer cenary legislation Is to bo commended and encouraged. To which I replied: Dear Friend: ' I very much appreciate jour letter and still moro uppreclato tho spirit which induced you to writo it. My only pur pose Is to do as well as I know how. I feel quite euro If you wero to observo clorcly tho course of Senator Quay and could become better acquainted with him you would find much in him also to com mend. Thero was nothing, however, (spectacular about this kind of service and nothing likely to attract wide or prolonged atten tion. vIt was only doing the work of the Stato as it ought to bo done. Tho volume of laws was reduced In size from tho twelve hundred pages of that of my predecessor to beven hundred pages. My two volumes stand among tho printed Acts of Assembly llko oases, since, with tho advent of my successor, tho volume Immediately run up to tho old dimensions. In tho State of Missouri a law was passed relating to baking powders. It led to great scandal and was followed by many prosecu tions, so that Governor Joseph W. Folk, who urged them, was praised all over tho country for his vigilance, became a national character and almost reached the Presi dency. A like act of Assembly was passed In Pennsylvania and I threw it into the waste basket, saying This bill makes It a misdemeanor, sub- Ject to a fine of $100, for any person to manufacture or sell baking powder which contains alum In any form or shape, unless thero be printed, on a label, on the outside of the package. In black Ink in legible type, not smaller than small pica, the full name and addrejs of the manufacturer and tho words This Bak ing Powder contains alum.' It is evident that the passage of this bill was secured by the manufacturer or vender of some rival baking powder with intent to obtain an unfair advantage. It Is evident from the fact that the conspicuous printing of these words would be likely to deter purchasers. It would be entirely proper to require that all baking powders should havo upon the outside of the package a label describing the Ingredients and their quantities, but It would be manifestly unjust to require one Ingredient to be displayed without any reference to quan tity." Shooting Bears Thore was no commotion, no scandal, and tho event entirely escaped attention. HOOVERISM IN 1780 Post-Revolutionary Price-fixing and High , Cost of Living HOOVKRISM Is not new In American his tory. Under another name its essential principle of pries fixing appeared In our first war for democracy. The high cost of living was not a novelty, either. In fact, In 1710, as a direct result of the Revolutionary War, beef, corn, leather and wool cost thirty-two and a half times what they had cost three years previous. In America's second war for democracy, now being, waged, however, tho people, afflict ed thouch they be by extraordinary Incrtasea In living costs, hae the advantage of a syste matic, and what Is hoped will be a scienti fically equitable, adjustment of prices. This was not th'o case In the last years of the Revolution and the first years of peace en Joyed by the new nation. i Some Indication of the fluctuations, or, rather, soaring trend, of commodity values Is shown In the following illuminating note, Issued by the State of Massachusetts Bay: No. 2TU. U06..10..10 State of Massachusetts Bay Tho First Day of January, A. D. 17KU. In behalf of the State of MaasachuseUi Bay, I the Subscriber do hereby promise and oblige Myself and Successors In the Office ot Treasurer of said State, to pay unto John Hitchcock alias Ich; Hloock or to hla Order, the Sum of Two hundred, six pounds 10110 on or before the First Day of March In the Tsar of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty One with interest at Sis per Cant per An num: Both Principal and Interest to be paid In the then current money of said State, In a greater or las Sunt, according M.-.FivavBvMiist of coRNatxty-alaHt;' ' " aV WT1 V M ' SJ The Incident well Illustrates two different methods of meeting the same problem and the temptations that beset men In public Ufa to do the sensational in preference to the useful. A message which was very widely cir culated was one vetoing a bill for the pro. tectlon of bears and cubs. The message ran:, A well-cousldercd bill to prevent a ruthless and wanton destruction of bears nnd cubs would, no doubt, answer a pub llo need, but the present bill Is entirely too sweeping and too stringent In Its pio visions. "It is directed that It shall not be lawful for nny person or persons, after the passage of this act, to catch, take or kill In this State, or, except as herein after provided, have in his or her pos session or under his or her control, after the snmo shall havo been cnught, taken or killed, nny bear or cub save during tho month of November." The bear Is an animal not always of a gentle disposition nnd especially If It be a female bear with cubs. If a wanderer in the woods Is at tacked by such u bear In some other month than November, what is he or sho to do? For the twentieth of March I had an engagement to go with Dr. John H. Fagcr, a gentleman of Harrlsburg, Interested In the study of natural history, on an explor ing tour through Wetzel Swamp. The newspapers announced that Senntor Pen rose and State Senator James P. McNIchol wero coming that afternoon to consult with mo shout homo affairs of stato; but tllere wan no engagement with me and no mes sago sent to me. I went with Fager to the swamp. Tho gentlemen came, did not find me, McNIchol returned to Philadelphia and Penrose and I had a consultation when I returned In tho evening. Thero was much talk about tho Incident, many editorials written nnd glaring headlines printed stat ing that "Penrose Walts and Frets While Governor in Hoots Hunts for Bugs In tho Bogs." Tho Constitution provides that tho In coming Governor shall tako his seat during a session In tho Legislature. It is tho provision of dilettantes, who constructed an Impracticable and In some ways un workable Constitution. There is no reason why ho'c-ould not hnn begun In tho jears between sessions and so havo had tlmo to prcparo for his work. Governor Stone, Just at tho cIoto of his term, sent in to the Senate tho names of many omclals ap pointed by h,lm. I had no time to Inter fere and they wero confirmed. I Issued commissions to all of them, but later tools tho bull by the horns nnd rerroved some of them whero I had other views.- This, of courso, led to somo trouble Addressing tho Assembly It Is ono of the unwritten laws, never Infringed upon, that tho Governor shall not appear before tho Legislature and It Is founded upon tho correct theory that the legislative bodies shall bo kept frco from undue Influence. On the tw-nty-fourth of March I was officially Invited to be present at a scMlon of tho Legislature. No other. Governor ever received such an Invitation. Member:, of the Leglslaturo welcomed me very graciously and I made an address in the course of which I said: It would bn a breach of courtesy and It would 111 become me to make reference to nny legislation before you or which mav come before you. Tho Constitution provides a method by which the Governor may make his recommendations. It Is wi.se that that method should be pursued I may, however, say a word about our mutual relations. We are both, In so far ns wo may, endeavoring together to work out results for the good of the peoplo and tho Commonwealth. I may say that If tho Governor should uso his power for the purpose of enforcing legislation It would bo an Interference with our prln clp es of government. On the other hand, if the Leglslaturo in its legislation at tempts to carry It out by other methods than those of tho executive, to that ox tent It Interferes with these principles. Here Is broached a theory of government very different from, arid much n.ore nearly correct nnd safo than that acted upon by Roosevelt and Wilson In our national affairs. In tho days of Thaddeus Stevens tho Congress endeavored to Impose upon tho President. In more recent days the President is making rapid strides In tho way of encroaching upon Congress. Both ventures aro based upon Impulse, rather than upon reason, and they aro equally dangerous to our Institution. ; (CONTINUED TOMORROW) dred and Thirty Pounds current Money, at the then current Trices of said Articles 7j.e T. !ulnfr Thlr,V-t Times and an i.f.i hat thf"am Quantities of the same Articles would cost at the Prices affixed to them In a Law of this State made Inthe i5 ' .UrcLor'1 0na Th""nl Seven Hun dred ar.d Seventy-aeven. Intrtled "AnT, to prevent Monopoly an,i Oppress on " The current Prices of said Articles ami .h. sequent Value of every Pound herein proml-ed. to be determined arrw.hu to a LAW ot thl. State In "tied An aI, to provide for the Security ai t.JL.AcJ of the Balances that may "LeSr ,?ffl by Virtue of a lioSuon'TC.1" "! Assembly of ,h, Blxth of Thousand Seven Hundred and Beveni7?ne i .' Quota of the CONTIVEv" Jti&xrtx for3 SsSrSa: Treasury wlth a V? Witness my Hand R. CRANCH. " GARDNE". Treasurer. M. DAWES, ' Committee. The ray of the eoldler who was r.M. . of th, obligation at" It, face v.m, was mor than thirty me, th. State-nmarket quotations of the year 1777. market The critical situation led to ,.., . tempt to stabilise price, on a t.naWe L.ls. Committees met both In Rhode M.d . New Hampshire, Including represent,," of other New England State, to formula!" means for erad catlnr the snlnt . """u', and competition" then p??.ai,nt "SBft the people were the victims. ' of whlch In 177 attention of the Continental eon gress was called to the situation nJ ??' mature d.llb.ratlon. the legls aUva hier dared Jt could "find no wtli rJS pravanUva. It La question with soma m. bar whether uch a measure (of iStsfftii against monopoly) wpuld be polltlct" " The United. State is In better case now with rmliraAm tnnA ,.-.1 -- -.1 T "v jtlaa already under Federal control and th A4afcUa4rttaji raaar. ---- w ilT!7 1 Br " ' .siimilll . W ." "I MAY BE -' -! iVJ.-HS NW f? 'KV- xtiw . .-& 'Lr- .r.-rr uw A DESERTED HOME OF MELODRAMA Tho National Theatre, Its Plays and Players, Including John L., the Great THH bills on the boards outsldo the Orpheum Theatre, In Gcrmantown, this, week announce "The White Slac"; nnd on the old National Theatre, where those samo bills were first shown a quarter of a century ago. there Is a tattered "For Sale" sign. These two facts operating upon the mem ory of many past Jovs beget reminiscences. The title. "The White Slave," In the light of Intervening happenings, takes In th mind of the younger public a meaning entirely for eign to the proper one. The white slave of Bartley Campbell's piny was no slum prob lem, but a lovely lady whose melodramatic lines were cast In "Uncle Tom's Cabin" land up and down the Mississippi River, and whose harrowing adventures ended happily. In tho beneficent shadow of the final curtain. It was but one of the, many high lights that made Thomas Francis Kelly's National Thea tre for many years the loeal habitation of melodrama Tho Wide-Open Days. When the elder Kelly opened his plahouse at the Junction of Ridge road and Tenth and Callowhlll streets, about tha time of tho Cen tennial, that neighborhood was Just getting ready to be called the Tenderloin. The people who lived thereabout antj. those who were drawn thither by the rather free gayetles that had rein there weie no fanciers of problem plays. Elemental stuff was what they wanted, and Mr. Kelly saw that they got It. For perhaps a dozen years, until tho pas sage of the Brooks high license law, the National Theatre was a bird that laid golden eggs for It owner and eggs aplenty of ancient vintage .for the villains who ranted upon Ita stage. For It was the habit of the audiences to take their pleasures scrlou'ly and emphatically, and one came. to be aet down aa a mighty poor villain who closed a wetk'a engagement at the National without a fsw marks of popular disapproval upon one's costume. It 1 recorded that one Wil liam Ferguson, the bad man of "Tho Dance of Death," wept copiously because ha could not win for himself such distinguished con tumely. Villains, In the palmy day of the National, never drew more than $35 a week; they were Mippoied to tako most of their wags In excitement. The heroes sometimes drew as much a ISO per week, but many were content with a paltry fifteen; and some of them weren't worth that. Tom Kelly, from the start, was In close toueh with Harry Miner, who ran the Bowery Theatre 'In New York, and all the high nntrered and low.brawsd nlavs Miner nut across came shortly thereafter Vo the NaJ but occasionally on ot stellar caliber paused upon that stage momentarily. It Is said Lawranee D'Orsay, down on his luck, once took a Job there as vlllajn; but he alwaya protested he did it for fun and got It. And Airs. nsKe onco juayra mere, quite seriously, but these are exceptional cases. Among such, ps r haps, we should Include th appearances ot Willis Collier's father, Themaa W, Kesne, Frederick Warde, Oliver Doud Byron and some others of the heavy type who took them selves a bit more seriously than any audience, there or elsewhere, could ever be Induced .to do. But at the National "the play was the thing" Invariably and neldom tho player. There was a time. In the early nineties, when Theodore Kremer glutted the place w 1th melo dramas, mad over night, and mostly built upon somo startling 'story of the day. Tnose were ine tnings mat stirred to Its depths the top gallery, and it was the deepest and tho widest gallery In any local theatre. Also it seems to have been the most elastic, for it la upon record, at least among the traditions, that 2200 spectator were onto crowded Into It, If that was In the days when smoking waa permitted to the gods, It must have been a fragrant heaven. And how the. saloon next door must have reeked between tha acta) The Great John L. Astor, But of all the Joy'experencd under that roof there wasn't another comparable to tha succession of thrill and chuckle that shook ua whev we ware privileged to look upon John L. tha night ha made hla awkward bow there a leading man In "Honest Hearts and Will ing Hands," iki JlflHHsafll V -SsssssslsslssHHssslsslssassrtssR.-. VHiN Jfr-JsaBBBBBBBBBssaBBSBBBBBlllaBBBEF W? BV UsbbbVKSI RlSKnkkmlJwJKP Plaaaaaaaass fj sTfwW'IVlsassMair !IVSssBfisssttsi.aSsBW- I ' Asassaassf 1 BsV W HUT ''"iffTlfiihnvtgi ia M'MmS vVssslssMsaaaaasV:ag?ak (CAI iTlHlaaaaaal iThill'1"'' I MM I IM I I I ' T JJn0lJ 'w -tss ''' Mf,r. - i .7flrt.v.XV ir'-fo'-MilsW ,. i' .saaK- -' 'hWasaSSsfe M.&5&V K X.J saHtil t4-! 1 .j-rt-ra'sKtfffiii.nSSrSSv!- ' of HrTWffifTpiwSatg J I mmmmm;: .. '''"fJSlwgX, .-v MW 1 , CRAZY, BUT I AIN'T NO " ho was. If such a thing could be, more popular than ever. Tho house was pscked. Whether the shovJ had been upon the road for somo time or whether this was Its virgin performance, there Is no elunco now at hand, but wo recall that many of "the fancy" from New York were In the boxes, nnd of those mostly prominent nnd bedlamonded was John L.'s faithful worshiper, Stcc Brodle. Not lo,ng bcfoie, on that 'fateful night In September. 1892, when the young Pompadour woro down tho old gladiator in tuonty-ono exasperating rounds, Steve llrodlo was the most surprised nnd the most henrtsore ninn In all New York. Anticipating a sure victory for his idol, Htee had lnlted scores of friends to a free blowout nt his Bowery saloon. Ann the word was passed around that there was golrt to be something extra iloln A"? " Indeed, there was. A special wire had been Installed to bring from New Orleans the news of the fight by rounds and on one sldo or the barroom a curtain roverrrt whnt InoW '" " a picture which was later to bo iiiivfllfJ Never did a patty Mart nut mnic auspi ciously, but tlin i-ndlng thereof was miiieUiIng else again. When the blow fell that knocked John L.'s crown galley-west. It also robbed Steve Brodle of all sense of his duties as a host He was flabbergasted utterly and one after another his nerfect-n guesti Hunlt nuay. But that unveiling hadn't HmklllM only postponed. 'The crowd was In lied lo be on hand the following Saturday night "for some big doln's blgger'n eer! There as the name curtain and there was Steve smiling and ihlpper ngiiln. nd there at the proper moment the umelllng took ?", dt" closing a large crayon portrait of John I.. Below It. In Steve's own hand, was written. "The Big Fellow. He lose tho fight but ho ain't lose bis friends." So you may be sure Steve Brodlo was among the most prominent present that nlglu at the National. And thero was many another In boxes and stalls more Interesting to look at and listen to than were the poor actora upon the stage. Indeed, the rompanfr had Its own troubles to put over the footlights the thin and scarcely necessary thread of a plot which waa to drag upon the stage the car of the Big Fellow. The house had come to see something and this time the play was not the thing. All of tho etory that comes to us now centers around "a mortgago on the dear old home," and the home folks ("Honest Hearts") who were, through the medium of a in- K-t.i- Mut nnf nt tha. reach of want by John L.'s maulers ("Willing Hands'). Pit nnd galleries were dlsregardful of the actors while the hero was off (he stage; all eyes and ears and wldo mouths when he wns on. It was great to tee John L. come on (R. U. E.) and swagger through the plot and the scenery and the Impedimental fellow players. With these last he wo forever shak lng hands, lifting them up on their toes with the pain of his grip and playfully clouting them In the ribs when they were slow In get ting away. Then came the fight scene, and that was what the crowd had come to see. This was the first of auch howa and it wa followed by a number of othera, nttably, Pster Jackson as Uncle Tom In a curious adaptation of tho old play, with fistic inter pellations. t But now young Mr. Kelly has sold ills father's playhouse, some say for 186,000, ana It's .likely shortly to pass utterly Inm-the face of the earth. , T. A. D. J What Do You Knov? QUIK Who Is rondueUir of the Chlcaio Symphony OrtheitraT Where Is Camp 'MeadsT Who la Captain Andre Tardleuf Nam th author at "Welden." What la nUaT What Is the plural f Mussulman? Which Is tha Gltn Gate CltrT Who sal4 "Veal, tMI, lci," and what does It meant . ' What Is sabestost Where Is tho UkralnsT Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Tha Now Year's ''"hosiery" arj band of mnmmrrs who, prd In riilladelphia on th fltst dsr of each rsar. Jclin f-kelton Williams Is Comptroller of tho I'nltod Motes Cunrncr. The Haturnalls waa a Raman halldar In which nvrh lleonia waa prrmllUd tho slavoo sad neat (rutins took nloro. Halo lloldon lo preeldont of tho Durllnsten Rallwar . ono of th railroad oiotu tlte roUtnrd hx rtlroetor General MrAdoo to adaslalsttr ibo Voders! operation of tho Mnnbff ftranaartatMin. Welsh HUs la BrltUI oleh RUsola British-held pooltlem on lb poainfro n oi p kmvriii oeuienv, Aqaorellot a woUr-f eUr -painting. Tho Boah Tormina! U Now York th lai eawr w or ins uamorsi oaiwnt. .iri:s3irtiin m faejiamaBttt i tfmmffl&rw '-immmmm fammm I i!'VrSr-V'a?lisas "" J -f'tSBBBmi. .V ''''.bLvisaaJ MS' a rwsrissR-cwsfcu -. HroaassKr ' -FI i'lPtftV i'LaflBBHslsaBBBBKMsBiSsI B$EkM .fT. i ,fj; , sagBaBBBBamOTBjKjKHMKuiav. SMBsn'. nsl reteaa 5x wb-s n(ocewenj FOOL! " Tom Daly's Column TO JOSKVH PKXXl'.l.t; M1TIST. Wfio Denounced the Mummers' J'aiade at ll'ajfe: Dear Josoph P.: Pray pardon mo This too familiar salutation Such often is the Pcnncll-tce (Aha, another jeu d'esprit!) I Ono pays for public protestation But when you wrote Your caustic note, If you had been, say, more reflective, You might havo not .So clean forcot Your artist's pulsion for perspective. I liked those chaps, And yet, perhaps, The vulpnr inuinnu'rs' sclf-utni.sancnt The cultured few Inspected through Tho cozy Art Club's plnle-glass case--ment Took on n twist We others niiscl Who viewed the pageant from tho pavement; For eyes like ours May lack the powers For judgment sound, sedate and grave meant. Yet, Joseph P., It seems to me, You may recall when you wero etching In London town And bombs dropped down They didn't make you quit your sketch ing. And when the rage Had struck the stage For comic nlavs. thn frnthlpot iii,M- You understood That they word good To mako tho town forget its troubles. Whut? You a scold? Oh, you who hold One Whistler's joyance in your keeping To still the toot Of any flut That wakes a world put off its weeping! BERLIN CITY OF DARK The editor of a Dutch newsraner lat.i. returned to Holland from an extended Journ- In Berlin, ha been wrltlnr L!S" tlons In that city, according to Amitf J? '" WeduVng nsS ar y: ,r Ber: eKS emulating -Pari, as a city of Ugh". ShS'rUr. In coal supply and other cause duo to th! war have forced such reductions In the m sumption of electric light and gas Ih!?! citizen, of the gay metropolis AT0 now to! some time been on less than half ration. 5 Illumination. They haveTmoon yet ani are evidently taking such rellefwV&oS A Germany is now at war, and Ua neonio ' not only willing to hitch up their bff,J ?h. last notch, tint in n, tn 1...1 .;!. .! V the If need be-., a mn, of wlnnlnJ Mbl ?T Pally Globe-Democrat. w,nmn Iula OUR NEW PETITION God gave our -nUnriiri M&n . . bend them safe home again God ave our men. JJ them victorious. ; Faithful and chlvalroua ; ' They are so dear to u God save our men. "Thin ftfftnva --., v . 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