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MM M, K. Ctmtn, Chairman
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tied Ntat.a. Canada or L'nllrd Mate. to-
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BICOVD CLA1S UAIL UATTt.
Philadelphia, S.lurJ.y, Jinu.ty li, 1911
LIBERAL ENGLAND
HE first rciult
of Piesldont Wilson t
Vf'
anvthln? (o w'ldo and
jipeccn ana
rMDlnir. so unheralded and unexpected,
'that sneech can nilv bo Judcid by ltt
ults Is "In." All Kngland praises and
ees with It, tho labor leaders as will ni
statesmen of Kr.gland. That Is half tho
jtl won.
People. whoso Knonlcdgo of Kngland Is
itted to tho Information In hehoolboolts
rltten fifty seais ago will Mhub their
alders oer the statement Ih it the
Bflo-Amerlcan. alliance mint from now
be closer than any alliance In history.
lut this necessity Is becomhu moic ap-
?.,
ayrvni ecr- uuj.
iDefamcrs nnd bellttlirs of KngUind Know
Bly Tory K. gland. They do not Know
thtt tho last adcnture of tho llrltlsli im-
liierlaJIsts n South Afric.i mndo Ungtand
aanently liberal fa lav ur tlio present
sewn lssuci of our generation nro oon-
ied. Slnco December 5, 1903, the I.lb-
!psu. Labor and Nationalist majority In
?!prluiment has been almost as flved nnd
Efaatl as our Constitution. That majority
!!"'
et'Boutli Africa rrcc, mnicintr tun nincnu
Ka thiv Torv erimo of tho I.ocr AVar. It
wf
?-3- ,. .A
uippea ine xiuusu ui i.urus ui iim iuu cur
fiM power. It was prcntrd fiom Fitting
(Ireland froo only by an armed revolt In
iter. It should not hae been bluffed 1 y
iter, but It was; human beings nro f;il-
Me. Tho English pmplo hao sinnrd
Sf-lnat tho Irish h wu bau sinned ngaiuM
Indian and the negro, and Liberal
tllshmen rail Americans admit It.
If. Wilson olcod tho will of tho Ilillish
al majority when ho i-ald: "Wo ffel
aves 'o bo intimate pnrtners of all tlio
ernments and peoples nt-oclated to-
er against tho Imperialists." Mr. W1I-
n 'is painstakingly accurate in tho uso
'words. He nicks tbcm with hahbre.ulth
i. ...,
oiy. ii lie nnu int.ani uy ma imperial
" the German autocracy mils, ho would
ve eald "tho German autocracj " IJy
fci Imperialists" wo must take It he meant
imperialists of Ihiglind and America
i well as those of Germany. And wo mean
". . . ..... .. ...
useiy uy mac mo jiigiisiiiiicii wo licaiu
t.wlth our own ears sasliic us latu uh loin
s;
LwwH It was 'ong to set h'outli Afi Ic.i fr-o
iSrfter losing all thoso Ungll-h lles in buttle,
I the Americans wo hao luard say that
ther than allow one American property
! on Mexican soil to bo adjudicated b
presentathes of tho .Mexican people wo
Hid conquer and annex Mexico. They
a Imperialists, nnd they are permanently
he minority in Krigland and America, a
' diminishing and negligible minority.
gland and America will work out their
tlo problems as separately us ever,
hardly necessary to say. iltit the
a, principles of tho foreign policies of
ngUsh-spcaklng peoples nro at ono on
ue that Is related to tho causes that
to war. t
'SHIPS AS I'ACIFIEKS
KE13D ten or fifteen million tons of
pjilpplng In order that tho world out-
' of ,, Isolated Germany can resumo Its
, Ufa so far as possible whllo clvlliza-
"eonh.iues Its relentless blockade of the
nation. On the day that there aro
than enough Bhlps thcro will begin to
up a surplus snipping tonnage. In
5 all the necessities, comforts and lux-
! peace times will bo exchanged by
and neutral nations in evci-
volume,
labor In the world will not bo
, for war work; It la nqt now. The
Hzatlon of wholesale munltlonment
kinds means that normal Industries
be robbed of labor bevond a
ipoini. Ajiousunas or snips not
in war transportation will mean
(freight rates and likewise .1 stimulus
r Industries. Defore many months
; will look out upon a world re-
jFtnpst of tho ordinary everdoy pro-
Li commerce, progress and gaycty of
th little thought of the Alsne, the
ithe JPlave. To thoso outposts of
'proper men will still be going,
and less dislocating effect
i they leave behind them when
of the men needed for war
y been organized. And the
peace will make Germany
' seem and be less Important to
(to the world with ev, ery surplus
, launched. If only there, were
c - v
no .Utopian dream. It (a. in-
r raality In sight, and the signs
Utt vrr!r. If you
took out'
. - -
gj
HKlb:1 r.-.M in lunjnn ili nn.t Tlnmn
thoro nr tho olJ sights, tlio theaties, Jasli
lonable gowns, plcasuro seekers. They
would appear more normal yet If thcro
wero but enough ships to make them so.
Hut this normality Is heating Germany;
more of It will brine her to her knees.
All that Ocrmany really tried to do was
to stop tho world's normal business tons
enough to grab off inore than her share
of It. All tho world ban to do Is to restore
tho world's normal business moro than
restore It. transcend It Ions enough to
proo to tlcrminy that It tan do without
her.
NOW CIIUTK THi: COAL IX
Nnnvni.1
-Ahlch
CSS and sinewless method
fulled ulttrly In tho coal
famine hie lost any excuse they
might bao had. A policy of brain and
brawn Is In oidfr to replico tho expo
dlents which went glimmering under ten
slim of tho first test. Tho rcdcial fuel nd
mlnlstiator has impowered Wllllim Totter,
rtnusilwinli fuel controller, to Bfl7o all
surplus supplies nf coal and tllxci t them to
Industries or prhato consumers in direst
need This llxes reponslblllt. It ends
tlio divided direction, city, Stato nnd l'ert
cral. which strained Ineffectively to ease
thetrlsls. And it bicks res ponslblllt with
authority.
Tho co.il sbuitago Is not past by a long
shot. Ton many tuinaces uro binned out
foi that und too many bins nio showing
their bottoms through a sparse (.prlnkllmt
of nnthiadte. Coal must be tliuted Into
cellars In Houiethlug not too shy of noimal
(apiiclty to prevent recutrenco nf recent
hardship Tho situation Is rrltlcat In xlcw
of the fact thnt tho coil supply Is halt the
nut mil amount and a blUrnrd Is on tho
wav from tho West.
Itesponslbllity backed by authorlts must
leallze winter's backbone is not jit broken
Xl'AV causi: kok piudi:
SUXATOIIS write thiMi uutoblograiiblts
for tho t'ongresslonil Dlrectnt). The
bilcfest In tho book Is the following.
Kdttln S Jolinsou, of Yankton, a. 1 ,
Dtinocral; bora In Owen County. Ind ,
a long Iliac ago I wns nlnnjs )roud of
my uiiLsslois and lnj fumlll
When bis diughter wanted to many i
ineie coiporul there wcro objec'ions So
she tan nwaj to wed As tho coiporal Is
dun In Traiuo shortU, the Senator c in
icst nssuud that he will have iin-o to
bo piouili t than i vci.
STEWARDS 01' AEAL'1II
MILLIONS In miinev have loit -iime-thing
of the monumental mcanliu
which oiico hedged about even u mere
million dollais. (lieat modem lndustilal
and llnanclnl enterprises have lemoved
something of tho glamour which, only a
decado or so ago. Invested f'OVcn llguus 1 1
a low, even wIipii the llrst digit was only
a one The llcil nepils of tho gieat
war have nride the billion our unit of me in
urement Yet despito the dw ailing of tlio wold
million u million dollars is a prittv Ms
hum Announcement of a bom fiction of
$73,000,000 for tlio public vvelf.uu multi
plies tlio linpoitanco of tho philanthiopy
of John Umorj Andrus, and his found itlon
Just 'chattered would loom lu go In tho
popular mind If not forced Into competi
tion with the enormous sums In which
we have been dealing latelv. Mr. Andrus,
ix-Mavoi of Yonkers and a. llepresentu
tlvo f i mil New link In amoral Conro-isis,
purposes to devote his vnst fortune to
good works In his lifetime. Tito sum of
his endowment can Us in own commenda
tion, but even moio hlgnifkniit Is its
emphasis on the tendency of men of gieit
wciltli to deem tluli opulence a. -.tcwaid-ship
foi tho Rtnu.il wtal, not u Cini'-enn
possesion foi private Indulge net
Girard, Cirsun, 1'i.itt, Cooper, l'tabody.
I'hlpps, Hockefeller, Cunegle, aro a few
of tho names which occur as companions
to thutVif Mi Andrut- Oui oipbnnages,
homes, huspit ils, lolkges, oicbcbtras, art
galleries, paiks, economic, scleutlllc and
mcdlcul lise.irth luvo nil bun enriched
bv this sdrit of public duty which has
made many Americans uccoidlng to their
means, philanthropists whose funds have
founded, maintained or endowed "plendld
works, The nro ti'uly stewards who give
u worthy accounting of their respon
sibility Tho trouble with most of tbeso
Germ in collapses Is that they don't hap
pen. What kind of progressive, .nohow,
Is that Piogiesslve jecordej against tho
(suffrage amendment''
1 nver expect to f,eo a worse elovernor
than Ilrumbaugli Penrose.
Possibly. And wo never expect to
see a blacker pot.
The complaint Is made by tho Ger
mans that they do not know what the
Bolehevlkl want. That's nothing Neither
do the Holshevlkl.
Mr. Lewis mny not be able to fui
nlsh tho community with all Hie coal it
needs, but thero Is nmplo warmth, wo
should say, In his letters.
"Deep Snow Aids Italians," sajs one
headline. 'Snow to Savo Millions in
United Slates AVlicat," sajs unother. A
week ago we thought Boreas had made,
himself a Kaiser und Joined Wllhelm and
Karl. It seems he's a world democrat,
fighting for us and our allies on to
fronts.
The Kaiser's charge In the cele
brated "suppressed interview" that Arch
bishop John Ireland Is a "secret foe of
America" ought to be followed up with a
fresh imperial utterance that President
Wilson la a secret foe of democracy nnd
that Pope Hcnedlct Is a secret foe of the
Catholic Church.
The historical Democratic party Is dead.
The coup Jb grace was adminis
tered by Woodrow Wilson. President of
the United States, In Indorsing the Fed
eral suffrage amendment to the ConstltM
tion. New York World (Democratic),
Ipse Dixie has Ipse dixit.' Tints.
Iiequlescat In pace. Likewise, good night)
"The last of the great Virginia Presi
dents" has at last confessed to being a
iftri r'" Jcraeynun and the New York
WUMMM.
QUAY'S "HUMANENESS" WON
FOR HIM POLITICAL POWER
Governor Fennypacker Intimately Describes the
Personal Side of the United States
Senator From Pennsylvania
PhNMi-vcKUt ALTiininnnuiiivi, -m
CopirloM, lJ, ti 7'i&!( l.cdocr ( omjKiiiy
ON NOVKMI1CII 18 Quay Vptnt the nlg'..t
with mo nt tho llxecuttve Matifclon, and
bo remained over tho next day, receiving
peoplo there while 1 was up nt tho depart
ment nt work. He bad vlltcd mo before at
Moore Hull and ul I'cnnvpuiker'M MIIK
and tho iffutt to fathom tlio undcrlvlug
Impulses of u man so icmarkablo was nn
Interesting study. Ho had no picsencc:
ho had no voice; ho wns never Imperative,
and ct ho molded men to his will. Durham
hid wanted to havo T, Lnrrj Hjro retained
as Superintendent of Public Grounds and
llulldlngs. nnl after another appointment
h id been mndo he sent u t legrnin to ijuay
which was legnrdcd ns offensive. Quay
showed It to mo and said
"I am dono with that fellow. 1 shall not
permit him to do ix thing ugiln "
Quickness of Quay's Mind
To mo tho quickness with which ho an
nmincid n purpose, to dismiss a mm with
tlm Htiingth of Durhim was startling. In
this Instance 1 llmw oil on tho waters mid
said:
".Senator, Durham is not at all well. With
all of us, when tho nerves nro n little
Jingled and things do not lomo our way,
wo nro apt to show Irritation. Durham
will conio around all rUht."
Tho thought Firmed tn appeal to bis
smpith and ixpirlcnci
On one occasion about tills time there
was n vacincy In tho e'ouit of Common
"leas In the Twentieth Judicial District
ind I consulted Quhv and Penrose about 1U
Penroso urged the appointment of u man
who 1ml been actlvo and uveful ill the
politics of oik of tlio counties Then I
lndlcatid u preference for Joseph M. Wood",
a gentleman ind n man of good antece
dents, bi lug a descendant of John Wlthcr
spoon and a liwvel nf standing 111 the pro
fession At onre Qmj nld
"Woods will bo the In st iippoiutiuent '
Penion) did not utttr nnotl.n word but
liiimtdlatelj lifter the Intel viw telegraphed
to Woods tint ho wimld be nppolnled I
was Informed long aftrrwuid that Judgo
Woods wis undtr the Impics-l'iti that he
owed Ids uppulutment to tin1 intervention
of Penrose
Soutcc of CJuuvs Power
Sometimes I inieilcd wlutlici Quay ever
tried to lnllucnce tho men around him;
whether ho was even full nw iro tliut ho
win Influencing them, wliethir ho did anv
tltlng moio Hum, seeing lUurlj what the
iltuatlim uiiulrid, Indlcato his lino of
thought, with the nsult that thej, utter
pondering, biw that ho wis curreit At
all events he made no apparent effoit He
was, nf tointe, helped bj tho fact tint his
siicciss In iinnv contests nndo men feel
that ho wns prnbiblv cormt, tsptilnllj
since often he had Information outMdo of
their k' n Sometimes when I havo illffiied
with him I have liter found nivs'lf ilmibt
lug whcthei, after nil, I was not mistaken
His njnipithhs weio qulrklv aroii-ed, and
theio never was a man more of whoso
actions wero deti rmlned b altruistic hcntl
ment. One t-ecret of Ills micccs was no
doubt the fact that ho Ml and nianlfihtcd
a guiiilne Interest in tlio wiltaio or ollii rs.
He bilptd tho Indians nnd bifiuno u chief
among them, not for whit thej lould do
but becaui-e ho felt nn lutirest lu them
On this evening ho talkul to mo about the
mutter, us an Interesting fact, thfit wo two
disiend.itits of Major Pntllek Anderson, of
the Involutional v arm,, wire at the sime
time- Senator and Governor He told mc at
liligth of his plans to iitnove. the bones of
bis grandmother fro'n Ohio, whcie sho hid
bien burlid, to the AndeiMin f.imllv ard In
Chester Count It siems tho old woman
h id expressed the desire to be bin led among
ber kindred, but nt tho tlmo of hei dcatli
those mound her wire ton pool to coiiiijIv,
and ho carrltd out tho wish of this long
dead woman He talked to me of his sou
"Dick" with apparent legret that ho was
nothing of a politician and onlv a maker of
monev, In which pursuit be was fortunitc
Whit seemed to me remarkable, I found In
him a str g vein of supeistltlon, tho kind
of fatalism which gave Napoleon faith In
his star and which made Jacob Boehm, tho
shoemaker of Goerlltz, to suro of his In
spiration. Wo even tulked of ghosts, and
I was astonished to hear him say In all
sobernes:
"Late! 1 was sitting In m library and
out of the dirkness a woman In white
loomed up before me. I knew right well
who bhe was and what Mio wanted
1 should hav e been glad to Wv o pursued
the subjcit further, but .t was too delicate
and I waited, but he slid no more.
Quay and the Courts
Then we nlked over tho vacancy in tho
Supremo Court 1 had thought over tho
matter seriously and had prep.ned a list
of six men whom I regarded ns tho most
eligible professionally At Its head wns
Charles 12. Wee. President Judgo of tho
Superior Court, and on it were Ma or Sulz
berger, David T. Watson, a Democrat;
Lyman D Gilbert and Judgo John A. Me
livable, of Washington County, of whom
the Justices of the Supieme Court held n
high opinion. Ho looked It over and slid.
."I do not want nice. If ou appoint him
I shall havo Jo oppose him myself in the
convention. He Is ono of thoso Yankees
from around Wilkes-Banc, nnd otl cannot
trust ono of them."
I bald:
"Senator, It you arc opposed to him I
thall not appoint him."
During the conversation ho said to me:
"It would bo a gracious thing upon our
part to appoint John P. Elkln."
"It would be too plain, and since- I2Iktn
has been rejected for the governorship be
cause people considered hlni too much of
a rlngstcr, I do not think I could put him
on the Supremo Court."
Presently he said:
"I will teend tomorrow for I.jinan D.
Gilbert."
'This interview with Gilbert occurred In
the mansion In my absence. He was not
prone to giving unnecessary confidence
and what then occurred. neither ho nor Gil
bert ever Informed me. I saw him later
and this was his suggestion:
McCollum was a Democrat. There is
no other Democrat on that bench. How
would It do to appoint Sam Thompson?
Samuel G. Thompson was the son of a
former Chief Justice; vhe , had himself
?M. ill eBkaAl I MiSSIM SlssJl ULtBMtll lll'IIHl fflll 1st '
with f..itlsfactlon to eveibod, and he hid
n Inrgo practice In Phllidelphla nnd was
conceded to bo nn nblo lavvjer. Prom tho
professional point of view no better solu
tion could hive been found ntul It was ac
companied with n concession to tho pro
prlctlcs. With vtiy llttlo hesitation 1
uppolntisl Thompson These nro tho exact
facts What wero the motives of Quay
nnbody miy nmuo himself by trlng to
conjecture. Ho may havo wanted to escipo
from my power to nimo tho permanent
occupint by having mo make mi nppolnt
inent In Its nature tcmpoiary. It Is ei
tain that be bid the purpose of putting
me nn tho Supicmc Court sooner or later.
Ho in iv even hive considered tho nomina
tion of Hlkln, thus disposing of a for
mldible rival, or he m iv havo retained nil
of tbre purposes In mind us possibilities.
U seldom happens that men nic able to
nrilV7e even tilt li own motives correctly.
The Supreme Court Again
At this lntei view he suggested the prob
ibllttv tint Thompvun would bo content
with n term of thirteen months und that
it might open u wa for my own noinliiv
tlon. I v.ioto to him November 26:
1 hive appointed tho Honorable Kim
uel Gustliiu Thompson n Judge of the
Mipnmu Court. As von nio aware oil
have suggested tn mo tho tirobablllt of
in own nomln itlmi foi tint olllio bv
tlie nppioicblng convention of the He
publican puts Though that position
would bo cutlielv ngreeablo to me, ou
will pet haps paidou lne for silng tint
l doubi. tho wisdom of such u course of
notion fi run jour point of view of tcspon
hlbilltv for the oute ome nf tho party de
liberations 1 write this Iettei to wiy
tb it should you Und the illrilcultles
gi eater thin jiiii suppnsed or should ou
become convinced that this courae Is not
sultablo or feasible, jou need not feel In
tho least embarrass, d bv the fact th U
ou liavo mule the niggestlon.
Novembei Jl, ut tho Hotel Schcnlc, at
Pittsburgh, along with ludge Uiimngton,
United Mutes Semtor I 11 1'oiaker and
othcis. I hpoko to ovci ;ni) of tho clt's
wciltli men ind expressed t. pet thought
What h is en i utii d in New Yolk when
she leitntl absorbed Hrnokljn, what
bus oci lined In Chlcigu wlien sho took
Into In i embrace the whole of Cook
Count, must Inevitably happen to Pitts
buigh Sitting at the hind of the Ohio
with ho iiini nnd coil Mie is to become
tho fori most of nil tlm Inland American
eltiec
On tho twenty eif.Iit.li I spoko nt the
roundel ' Day dinner nt tlm Union Leigue
lu Phllidelphli, wlicio weio Admlials
Dewev, lllgbee and Mclvlllo nnd Generals
Voting, Hues, Ibooko and Gregg nnd Gov-
mm I rank 111 ick, of New York.
Momlm l.oifrnor l'rntomii trr (ll.iu. VIikmI
rnu VVINnnH rue frmn liutiriior of ew .IrrurT
to rrrnlili nt of the t nllfit Mat?t.
HYPHENATED "GANGS"
Vines Seem Headed to Break Old Tradi
tion of PhilailelpJiia "Organizations"
Till: political Itlalto Is wagging its bead
wImIj tbeso iln 'lliit section of It flee
fiom the Mi Mi hoi nnd Pi nrovo libels is
mixing a little gloating Into tho wise heud
wairfjiitr. .nul fli.it iMiitl.Mi .if i. ..... .....!.. .i
... ,.. ,.v. ... ,. ..v.. ,na, t ii
vine In the i-elvidf-a is wondering where It
gets off, und more partlculnrlj, when
The oigaiilzitlou vileicres who have a
poitwitnus inteiprt t ttluu for every cleric
lopped from Ills clerkship or ever Cltv Hall
hlionr nliateil from the pnjroll to hunt u
Job at wai wolk no Flgnlllcance in the
iiulck and ileidlv work of tlio administration
gulllotlni; slum tli,. fltst Mnnda of tin, now
eai
The shaip hi id.- is ineii'ilessl) seveilng
placeimn from theli pl.ues In tlie various
low tiHUes Slngiilatl) i,rpeihip3 niturall,
in vhw of tlm Vnre letter half of the bar
gain hi the sn-ialll 'llftj-flft ' ticket the
otlleeholileis who nie losing Jobs am tho ones
who hive lee n noted foi their pi line ubllltj
lu cany divisions and ling doorbells foi tho
MeMchol and Penroso wing of the Oiganlza
tlon Mint are the wild waves murmuring on the
political! strand? Simply that the Vares are
heidee directly toward throwing Into the
(Jloiril one of tho unwritten laws of Phila
delphia ganglm the tiadltlon of a two
headed or sometimes multlple-hc ided ma
chine Divided leader-hip on a community
nt Interest has, foi time politic il genera
tions at least, controlled Philadelphia con
tracts and government And now tho ten
tacles of Varelsm aro reaching out and grip
ping and gathering In, sometimes quietly and
sometimes by spectacular coups, all the ele
ments of power. .Solidarity of contioi, under
i entrallzed und strongly buttressed, direction
Is moro nnd moro obviously becoming their
aim, necoidlng to thos0 who lead the omens
looming lirgu over tho political horizon
' Smlth-Vure alliance" ,vou suggen to ono
of them, putting tho .Smith before the
hjphen.
Camouflage.' Is the turt comment 'Tlio
wlso gus find A are a big enough word to
describe what they mean"
Ono of the old-timers recalled ns the
earliest In his memoi) ihe McAI ines-I.eeds
leadership, of iJih Tmst" fame, which
divided olllces and spoils somo two-score
jears ago. It is still temembered in con
nection with tho J.'O.OOO.OOO "Job" of
trcctlng tho Public Ilulldlnga Then there
was tlio celebrated Porter-Pilbcrt-Martln
nggicgatlon of politicians and contractors
popular! known as tlio 'Hog Combine"
Within easy recollection Is tho Durham
McNIchol leadership, connected et In tlio
public mind with tho filtration s stein Tlie
McNlchol-Varo combination, terminated by
the death of .Senator McNIchol, leaves no
chieftain of his personality and prestlgo to
succeed, and In the view of Reasoned iioll
ttclfins, opens the way to tho A'ares" consum-
.nittlnn nf thf.lt- timlilllnti I., it In. ..... , ..
.......... . ... . .,, .utinnaiism
out of tho party control by controlling it all
themselves.
Thus is another tradition going to smash In
renn's city, a tradition the citizens, of course
will willingly see scrapped If the Town Meet
ing paity marshals Its forces to victory and
nips tho Vure aspirations for a single-headed
machine, tilth all tho orlleeH nnrt an .i.
. .- , ...... ..,, ,wo ,jon-
iruna louira uioue. r t-
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
A lot of railroad presidents who 'learned
tho business from tho ground up" are now
about to have the opportunity of showing
whether they remember any of It. Kansas
City .Star.
Tho Germans contlnuo to advertise that
their coming western drive will be absolutely
tho most stupendous, terrlflng, mammoth
aggregation ever gathered under one autoc
racy. Chicago Herald.
Kultur's most recent exploit Is bombing
Padua, a city almost as rich In art treasures
as Venice and of little military Importance,
That makes It, like London, all the easier
to hit. New York World.
A learned discussion is under way to de
termine whether a golfer should have a dull
or a quick brain. We give It up. Hut we
ore satisfied that what he needs most of all
OUR PERSONAL
SOLDIER TELLS OF
RED CROSS WORK
Housing Improvements Are Sug
gested An Anecdote Tho
Germ in "German"
lolhrl.ilitoi of the turning I'ublli r.nluti
Sli Ono of the most popular pastimes In
mv companv, whose pcisonncl includes men
from all fictions nf the countr, was holding
del ate i concerning the exact location of
Hods lountrv euh min, of course, award
ing the lienor to his nitlvo .State Mich w is
tho case) until wo made the neiiUlint nice of
tho Philae'clphli Kid froi-s. and now few
dlsputn the slali merit that Pcnnslvnnli li
'Gods rountrj ' and Philadelphia Its heart
It was lute lu tlm afternoon when mil
troop train reached Philadelphia, and everv
bod aboard wis tired, dirty and hungr
V,u could not have looked very inplrlng xo
had bein luolled and Inktd for six months
In the .South, and bad been u mult In em
bark itlon c imp fn tlireo dis, each da add
ing grim touches that cold water could not
eflftce I Ml pn.e we deserved the descrip
tion then tint a southern woman give us
duilng tlie I, Hurt I.i paiade, Vs we
swept annual a inrncr Into bet Hun of
vision, she leiinrkcil to liei escort "Ihcso
must be ttgulars' Dojit they look tough"
At Washington e.irh that morning the
lied Cross had treated us tn coffee and sand-wlclie-,
and wo wtre expectant as the train
lie ued Philadelphia ai trainmen had spread
the news tint nt the nation thcro would bo
something to eat and mniethlng to smoke.
But we were klieptic.il In iho .South they
don t do things tint waj not for the
btrangers, at anj rite, it was our experience.
, Tlio triln stopped and we viero taken b
stoini. P.ed Cross women, who seemed to
think wo wire gentlemen In splto of our tin
and grime, armed with boxes of lunch for
ever man, won an cAty victory, and wo
succumbed to tho delights of sandwiches,
fruit and cigarette They mailed our let
teis. sent telephone messages and gave us
new sp titers. oti c m perhaps Imagine how
glad a Li dui n man, on nn Indefinite fur
lotigli from his ollUe, vias to look at Hill
Sjkts and Tom Dilj on the editorial page
again Heading that paper was llko a long
handshake with nn old friend
.s wo steamed out of the triln fcbed our
cheers for Philadelphia nnd the Heel Cross
must havo eonv lured our hostesses that their
kindness was appreel ited Hut moro was to
follow coffeo and pie And such coffee'
lou sec. army cofTee, while Mlmulatlng,
would never carry oft a prize at a county
fair for tho dellcateness of its aroma and
tho glory of Ils taste.
lesterday the Hed Cioss'vlslted us agiin
A sweater, muffler ind a box" for every
man' The boxes contained cigarettes, choco
late, toilet articles, cards, knives, (books, etc,
and In nlmost ever package was a Phlla
delphlan'H card with an expression of good
w IsHos.
As a Penns Haitian by birth and Phlla
delphlan b adoption, I am glad to assure
the ladles of the lied Cross thai theie are
several hundred men in uniform that I know
will long remember that brief stop In Phila
delphia and thoso hanta Claus packages of
jesterday.
SHUGEANT HALPH KHULUT.
Somewhero In America, Jan 11.
HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS
To tlie Editor of the lUening Public Ledger:
Sir The plans being made for housing the
emplojes at Hog Island, as reported In your
paper, bring to mind that we have other
housing questions to settle, and It seems as
though a change might be made In tho con
struction of buildings In certain purts of the
city with great advantage. New buildings
could be erected In the retail business sec
tions with two, three or four lower floors
set apart for business purposes, and above
them six to twelve stories devoted to apart
ments, with elevators and modern conven
iences for housekeeping, tenting at from $50
to tSO per month. Such buildings would ap
peal to many persons who wish to live tn the
business section near their work, would In
a measure relieve the congestion of traffic on
Ihe car lines and would give a new lease of
llfo to parts of" the city that are now dead
after nightfall.
ANTHONV U CltOWELL.
Philadelphia, January 11,
THE GERM
To tht Editor of the MveWot "uhlla Ledger:
me i " "y" 'via com im;imiiih
.SZTum ilarlifsi illn I nf list - --'- r-.'.'.
IDEA OF MODERATE PEACE TERMS
gooil mm other lingiiages I wonder If
Ihe IlngllHli word cermin comes from tho
Spinisli word ' gi rmen which means germ
e' V ALLLN
Phil idclphia, Janu.ii II
IDENTIFYING A HABITUE
In tin I dltn, o tl r llieiiina Public I nlfffi
Ml loin article on ' Three Governors
lopping sis Poet, partlciil.nl that part
of it rehiring to the habits of tolks en
South Hi oul street setting their clocks bj
Ned Ktuait. when, is Mil or, lie walked
evcij morning from bis home to c'lt Hill,
ieinlnds lite of a stor
little Irishman liearl ever good
Ftoi s about an Ir.""hman was lu tho habit
of going Into a downtown taloon to light
Ins pipe evir incining on bis wa to work,
lie did nothing but light his plpo and lie
alw.os did that at fi o'clock Aftci a tlmo
the bartender noticed It and made up bis
mind to find out who he was 'Ihe llttlo
Irlshmin wns quick and got awuy from
hlni u coupln of mornings, but one div the
birtendei uiutht Jilm 'He. ou" lie
tilled, "who are,) ou anjwiv?' "Who, inn''
1 Ipeel the little min, between pufts "Vth
iu" 'Man, deal, don t vo know who I
am' Vu , tlnfs whit 1 m askln'ijou'
"VV'hv, 1 in the llttlo man that comes in
everv moinin' at 0 oilock to light his
Pipe Sell" mw mi.
Philadelphia, Januuy 11
"BOOK rAUMING"
Nothing piovokes u smile cpileker in tho
luial districts tlian a icference to 'book
fanning" Cp to within easy memory tlio
tvplt il fanner was u man who followed the
good old wa)s his prandfathei had mipped
out for hlni and all his descendants If
granililadd) plowed ilth a tin share and u
volte of oxen fo must bills und Tom down
to tho end of time. If he believed that clovei
would not grow in Oregon and that It was
trelcM work to manure the land, so did Mill
"il Tom and so would Sllns and Tom teich
their sons
Hut book farming Is winning belter repute
thin It formerly enJo)ed. Hecent events In
Illinois have given it a cettaln prestige which
it villi lo hsrd for mo'shirks to overcome
At the stock show held In Chicago a fow daj s
ago eight prizes were nwarded Of the eight,
tlvo went to book farmers of the most egre
gious character. They wero universities unci
agricultural colleges which, as all tho woiul
Is aware, deal In scholastic theories and
know nothing vjltatever about practical uf
falis PurJue. tho agricultural college of
Inell ina, won first and second place In tlio
exhibition of fat Miorthorns Kansas Asrl
cultui.il Collego won first prize for gi.ule
cattle
Wo need not point out the lesion of theso
incidents If the farmers wish to learn their
business thev must not go to granddaddv or
any other of the departed ancients They
must buy n ticket to the town where the
ngilcultural collego radiates light and learn
ing There Is to be a farmers' week at Corn
vallls this winter, tho same as In former
vi Inters. 'Iho fanners' short rourso of several
weeks will also bo given as usual.
A viord to the wise Is sufllclent, or, to put
the old saw Into language familiar to farm
ers, vcrbum saplentl satis Oregon Dally
Journal,
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
Who lit Dr. nilllmn llajnnl llnle?
Name the author of "Tom Mrjfr." ,
Where Is I.ske Itolran?
Mhlrli Mate lit known on "the Motbrr of
rrnclilfnU"?
Glie Hie orlcin snil meanlnc of "lo get tho
nek."
Identify tho Houndhfudf.
What It mount by "tho Court ot M. Junin""
When woo tho llroat Kehelllonr
Whut urn the Old Umu-ilT
Locate the Itlalto.
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. Arthur Hendrroon la n member of tlio llrltlili
, ( niilnet. without portfolio, lie I. Iho Labii
rrurearntntlve.ln r kUtenimtnnlilu,
!. "Monmnll" Jkjon was (Irnrrat Thomas J
Juilcon, Confederolo lenrral.
3. "On the. topl"i llterallr. "on tho rarurt."
ntuTHtltelr "op for dUruinlon." Vnm ti.
. 'ttvf'L ",T S!,,,, S.' " ,fouell Uble. '
4, Pelr ludlfli Trlilkowkr wroto tho '"I".
thetliiiH" rmohonr. "
8, Sinn hone-l i'"wlthiut ear") li the n.l.A.
built br Frdrlek tho tlreot at ; rotidim
iir Horlln, now uord a. So. .? tho
9. Tho ,"Tiefd Kliw."' s ut of New York of.
flclflo. Iiesded by "lloio" Teed. which
Ujo torso ournn of nubile money, kxpoud
.nil hrak.n.un In 1S71. n...
j. Trinity
: : : .r .- T '-
t. I'Sloow. of w"i money to ran
7. Trinity,. i l"rotoUrit KpUronnl rhurrb. In
llro.dw.r, ot tho bud of W.ll nirut. .w
, tort, I Jbo rlrheat cbureh,i"i Amerl'..
t. Huobul Painted th; moit relebnitrd ' of tho
'f- rtk fH
The Village Poet
W'xenevcr on a Saturday I go,
My panel -cap (marked "Labor") laid
aside.
To seek mild lecrcation at a show
That draws tho common folk from far
an' wide,
My watchful cyo has noted, more an'
more,
How close upon the laughter comes the
sigh;
An how, beneath the shadow of tho war,
The "Mother, homo an' Heaven btuff"
gets by.
A singer makes his bow upon the stage
An' strives to put some classic bit
across.
Theio's not a chance on earth to win his
wage,
Tor nil his straining proves a total loss.
But let some wiser warbler rise an' croon
A song to clutch the throat an' dim tht
eye,
How quick the hous.e responds to him;
how soon
The "Mother, home nn Heaven stuff"
gets by.
I usedto like tho jester who would jibe
At 'what he called "the obvious ap
peal"; I chuckled with the keen, sarcastic scribe
Who wounded where he couldn't help
or heal.
But they are not the men they used to be.
They move me not. I'm not "a hand
to cry,"
But even with n hardened cuss like me
Tho "Mother, home an' Heaven stuff"
gets by.
Oh, ye who write an' ye who sing our
songs, .
Tear not to pin your heart upon your
sleeve.
The wit that to n colder ..iood belongs
Aim not at breasts where quick emo
tions heave.
Pluck on the strings of your own hearts
nn make
Such music as shall wake an answer
ing sigh;
These weary days so many bosoms ache.
The "Mother, homo an'Heavcn stuff"
gets by.
TOM DALY.
WAR IN THE FAMILY
An IntcreBtlng story is t,old In "The Escape
of a I'rlncets Pat," by Corporal George Eus
tace Pearson. Canadians from tho Ypres
salient were not popular In German territory.
A scant dozen, all that had been captured
from a particularly bloody section of trench,
had faced the promlne of every soft of death
on their journey baolt of tho ilnes. They
had lain tn a shell hole and been sniped for
hours; then had been menaced with daggers,
and once with an ax; they had watched while
one of their number had his hand blown off
by a pistol placed against the palm. Now
at length they were lodged In a church with
other prisoners w altlng for distribution. The
church had been used as barracks and sta
ble, nnd tho floor was covered wim fllthy
straw. The men were horrible with accu
mulated dirt and blood. ,
Upon this scene the door opened to admit
a German staff officer with his retinue. lis
came to Inquire If there were present any ot
the Canadlun'regiment of the Princess Pa
tricia of Connaught A few stood "up, straw
and refuse sticking to their uniforms; others
merely turned over to look.
'The l'rlnces Patricia Is my niece," the
officer "spoke, pleasantly. "She Is a nice
girl ; I hope I shall see her soon."
And one ot the Canadians added;
should like to see her too, sir,"
"Wo
THE BEG1NNINO OF WISDOlf
When ono reoehco tho ripe ase of oevon Tr
ono com, to tho uio of rooaon Youn Dovl
Jloeklua. of Oarmontown. orrlvod tharo resterdsri
and eatd ho, to Ma beat and moat appreciative
"Mother, do jou know why tho bsnW pnts Irort
bars on Ita wlndowaT Don't jou. mother! II
to make It look an much llko a jail robbars Will
bo afraid to so nalde "
rinaitini. avrwfv"
" 'Als. 'o doa't aay mucbl don't.. so, bjasarAl
Bar. ttflhla'i but ot 'e oVu't.ou don't fjiajj