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$ T.P.T'9 PT.AV THIS AOE
LT A recent conference held to consider
K. methods of meeting the coal deficiency
Philadelphia the argument was made
.t the Government erred badly In cal
culating- the proper quota for this ter-
Xrftory In that It tailed to give adequate
ariiaeraiion to me enormous innux oi
HXlMMPle which followed In the wake of local
Industrial expansion. An editor who was
aked to estimate this increase ntated
it It amounted to not lees than 10 per
' iant. Another student of progress did not
venture a guess, but ho did make the
nd assertion that the shipbuilding' In-
ilstry along the Delaware would alone
quire 250,000 men during the next year.
rho would support, normally a population
not less than 1,000,000. "Wo used to
nMPPlr Bristol with nil of its coal," he
&&.'r.nt on to say, "but now thero are two
rlstols becauso the new town they are
Relaying- out Is larger than tho old town, and
ll'w are witnessing tho transition of a
Vtivjryiiiajra Into a great city almost overnight."
Ksft The Chester of yesterday Is no more.
RvivThe 'mP oC Aladdin lias been rubbed In
! that section and tho skies have rained
V' . n-l.- - !.!. I. ... r.11 tl.n
J .T . n Tl'ilmtiiotnn TV.i nffl ona
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fe?tiired: in the immensity or our own
IJixfTOWn. ine ooom towns oi uie ;i up
SVaJaap as mere pikers. Wo add a new city
the district's DODUlatlon every month.
taW we shall speed along faster than that
Jn'-the Immediate future. Speaking In a
way, there Is not a liouso renting for
dollars a month or less vacant in
iwhole territory, and there are plenty
bads that have been working on eight-
r shifts. What is true of Philadelphia
true, though not to the same degree.
tf
Detroit and Cleveland of Baltimore and
I" JL r
it of the industrial centers. An urban
ement is upon us, and it is the outcome
industrial expansion. Thero Is no ab-
growth In the population of the
Hon; It la a shift and a new alignment.
? What are we doing to meet it? Down In
Vi. Wilmington the other night a few ener-
ffi Uy. ... ... ...
i-tMtlp citizens neia a meeting ana nuu-
fefc" seribed a hundred or so thousands of dol-
.".. .. . - .- . .
, iars as tne nucleus oi a luna io do useu io
?,,jolve the housing problem. Probably these
sens expect newcomers to stay per-
fjj.wanently In Wilmington, as they doubt-
lM Will if there is a piaco tor mem io
e41t. Men who make high wages wilt not
"rValeep in shanties. A better Income is
Saptrth something because it gives better
rBUMwiinlnffa nr nllpllt !n. Tt If trlln thnt
.pWM...a,, w. w-0... .-. -. -.
7JMr in Philadelphia our officials and others
r negotiatea wiin tne uovernment ana
i,jrashlngton will spend some millions of
faMtara In providing homes for shipbuild
I'iei: not because Fhtladelphlans have been
?jrtlculrly energetic In the matter, but
.baeause what is Philadelphia's business
(Jwippena just now to be the nation's bust-
also. But this territory Is not just
ding ships. A large part of the hel-
for our troops in France are being
htkfactured here. Some of the most lm-
prtai,t work for airships is being done In
locality. To name the factories in
tTUreater Philadelphia that are working
rtune for uncle Sam would overwhelm
, fair columns.
c
r, Bvt has anybody heard of a comprehen-
ja'sprogramj Philadelphia-made, to pro-
bousea and suitable surroundings for
Konai worxmen ana iaKo steps to
' their remaining here permanently?
Mva fool knows that the wealth of any
ilty is Its .citizens, particularly its
liM.ilaboreni. Are they to come here
l.fo, away because we have not the
ion to furnish them with houses In
to live, with decent surroundings,
i the things that make ;llfe worth
T. Are we o proud of our two-story
;that we refuse to have more of
Kt'Ara'we so Intent" on getting com-
'tatutli America that we have no
alder opportunities under our
' VfctM ran4 energj- combined can
PMUdelphla on the interna
to red If vision and
m I iorget' Up service and do
.Jn.tWa.orWa.
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r want wio.omce with a prom
i'It)r. t'We SUfCaat to
I a OaWiWMHW c lBanmrtai
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tremenaeu opportunity, formulate a pro
cram and put It over. Alio, let some men
who are not' In office set their brain to
working. But, by the shade of William
Penn, let's do something and do it before
we get gray talking about It.
AN EXPERIMENT IN LABOR
SIX month ago there were about (0,000
men employed in shipyards. Today
there are about 145,000. Six months from
now that number may be doubled or tripled.
Two courses lay before the Administration,
It could "conscript labor," as the Inexact
phrase goes, or It could go into tho open
market and compete for volunteer workers.
It has chosen the latter, for the present.
It must not be supposed that thero 1
any permanent publlo policy established
by Chairman Hurley's call for 250,000
rlvoters, bollermakers, machinists, black
smiths, carpenters, etc., to hold themselves
In readiness to leave their present employ
ment for shipyards. It Is an experiment.
One Inspired AVashlncton correspondent
says of it:
It clearie Indicates the Administration's
faith in the zeal of American workmen to
do their part In the winning of the war,
and will probably mark the end of tho dis
cussion as to conscripting labor.
But vte are already conscripting labor.
We do not take u private stenographer and
make n public stenographer of him, but ne
take htm and mako n public soldier of
him. Then, when wo have htm In uni
form, wo suddenly find out that he Is an
excellent stenographer, put him In a can
tonment statistics department and keep
him hammering a typewriter as before. If
this Is not conscripting labor, what Is It?
There Is no question of zeal or faith In
volved, cither In military or Industrial
service we tako zeal for gi anted. It Is a
question of selection. And tho question of
widening tho scopu of the present con
scription of labor will bo discussed when
ever It may seem better than a policy on
trial.
Some Government ro-ordlnatlon of
workers In mechanical trades must be at
tempted. Railroad employes have been
asked not to quit without giving due no
tice. But how shall duo notice bo defined
If other lines of Oovcrnmcnt work hold
out more remunerative promise?
"CHARIOT OF THE GODS"
TIMII'N" shoes were Introduced they were
' ' a luxury and thero are persons who
still talk of the automobile as a luxury,
which only goes to show that It requires
a generation or two for somo folki to ap
preciate n fact.
One of the limitations of man Is cumbei
somenes of locomotion. Inability tn get
about, with resultant narrowness of mind,
has caused more wars than human Intelli
gence eer ended. The whole progress of
civilization, therefore, has been along the
lines of mechanical locomotion. The rail
road revolutionized the habits of the world.
Just as the use of the horse revolutionized
other habits ages ago. The automobile has
had tho same effect. It has Increased the
power of Individuals and this Increase Is
reflected more or less by the money value
that has been added to -virtually every
pteco of suburban or far.m land In the
United States. This Increase In land alue
alone probably amounts to more than tho
totul cost of every automobile that has
been manufactured on earth. A great In
vention of this sort, which Increases human
efficiency and comfort, Is the truo philoso
pher's stone, transmuting lead Into gold.
Tho automobile will be a chief apency in
the winning of the war, Just as It has
been, and Is now, a potent factor In get
ting tho country ready for the war, finan
cially nnd otherwise.
ARREST OF CA1LLAUX
"
rpiIB arrest of Calllaux, whtther he Is
- guilty or Innocent, means that the pres
ent Government in l'ranco refuses to per
mit politics to Interfere with the perform
ance of its duty. It has Joined Issue
squarely with the pacifists, particularly
Willi that tcctlon of the pacifists which Is
suspected of treasonable designs, either con
sciously or because It has been duped by
clever rascals.
The smoke has tomn in clouds from Call
laux. The Government, perhaps, has dls
coveied the fire. It has, In any event,
taken the bull by the horns and met a
nasty domestic situation with a boldness
that is refreshing. It is a time when every
man must be above suspicion. Nor is it
unlikely, If the United States did have evi
dence connecting Calllaux with- German
negotiations, that Washington was quick
to give the information to Paris, for a
traitor to France Is a traitor to the United
States, endangering the lives of our sol
diers when he attempts to sacrifice his own
country.
The time, indeed, has passed when in
this conflict a man can be merely a traitor
to his own nation. What he sells to the
enemy is the Independence of the free peo
ples of the earth and the very soul of civ
ilization. If Calllaux has done that he
could not expiate his crime had he a thou
sand heads and every one of them rolled
down from the guillotine.
SMOKE EM ALL OUT
"VNE notorious Oerman spy has been
smoked out in the Hampton Roads
naval zone. Xow let the fuminsr torch of
Federal investigation be applied In every
other naval, military and war-work zone
to force enemy aliens Into the light of
day, which is so distressingly revelatory
of their Intrigues artd plots. Something
Shakespeare wrote about evils coming not
aa single splea, but in battalions, would be
"good dope" for Uncle Sam to mull over.
Wllhelrnatrasse doesn't pin its faith on a
single string to its bow; nor to a single
bow, either.
Carmanr'i Bis Blow to Fall Btfora April.
Haadllna.
Change the 'T to an "!",
By the time the Vares gat through with
the Republican party there may hot be any
Vares left.
Uord Oaorsa bluntlr asaartad that bar loat
Iravlneae rauat ba raatorad to ftanca. daorta
larror.
He aald In fact that the question of the
loat provinces must b "reconsidered,"
Camdan Butna Man Ursa Brldilnr cf Dla.
K. RUoa.
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GOVERNOR PENNYPACKER PAINED
' BY LETTER FROM FELLOW JURISTS
Executive Was Greatly Distressed Over Apparent
Lack of Confidence in His Integrity Regard
ing Supreme Court Nomination
rjvSNMUCKKIl ACIOniOdBAt'llY SO. Bl
Copvriaht, tut, l'j PaWo LtSetr Company
ON'K day this' letter came to tne:
Lebanon. March 24, 1803.
Hon. Governor 1'ennypacker:
Dear Sir Having been found guilty of
murder first degreo In last term Oyer and
Terminer Courts, March session, 1903,
knowing I have done ded In cold blood
and my punishment death, I Oiumbly aslt
your favor to speed execution. I seo no
leason why man should be made wait,
knowing It musV como sooner or later.
I have fully reconciled myself to my fato
and again ask you speed In execution.
Hoping you will grant my .last favor on
earth, I remain
Your humble servant as long as life
shall last, , DAVID HHADD.
Surely a more remarkable communica
tion was never written. I had the matter
examined and this was the solution. A real
ous preacher had WTestled with lilm and
succeeded In converting him. Uncertain,
however, about a relapse, and feeling that
it was unwise to tako chances he pre,-
ailed upon tho convict to write tho letter
to me. The case took Its regulur course.
Who was "A lawyer" who wrote the let
ter to The Ilecord, before mentioned, I
never learned. It Is a law of naturo that
most of tho mischief that besets our lives
Is done In secret. It is tho habit of botli
tho hyenas nnd the bedbugs to prowl In
the night. The germs of typhoid rever
and cholera perish when the sunlight is
turned on them. I was told, however, that
the letter came from an organization call
ing itself "The Yellow Cats," having Its lair
In Lancaster County, of which Justice .r.
Hay Brown was a member.
A Circular Letter
Some days after my return fiom
Washington there came to mo the follow
ing paper which had been circulated for
signatures among tho members of the
Philadelphia bar:
Philadelphia, December 18, 190J
Hon. Samuel W. Pcnnypacker, Governor.
Sir As old friends, neighbors and pro
fessional associates, we feel In the pres
ent situation we should submit for your
consideration our views In regard to
your letter announcing your Intention of
accepting tho nomination of the next
Republican State Convenlon to the ofllce
of Associate JucttCe of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania should It be tendeied to
you. It Is unnecessary to dwell upon
the calunilt of an Impairment of publli'
respect for that tilbunal nor upon our
deep professional solicitude In that ie
gard, knowing that ou are In full sym
pathy therewith Nor do we concern our
selves with the political aspects of mat
ters nor with the loss to the Common
wealth of your services as Go ernor. Wo
present our Iews simply as lawyers
jealous of the honor of nur profession.
The announcement of your candidacy.
Immediately after the appointment nf a
Democrat to the ofllce of Associate Jus
tice of the Supremo Court, Is accepted by
the people of Pennsylvania ns conclusive
proof that a seat on the Supreme Bench
has been made the subject of a political
arrangement, and thut your choice was
not governed by considerations of fitness
for the office but by the purpose to secure
the place for yourself. We do'not think
for a moment that you would knowingly
enter"lnto any such barter, but for the
Chief Executive of the State to seek th
assistance of Influential politicians for it
transfer to the bench, even if coupled
with the promise not to use the power of
the ofllce to that end. must be tegarded
ns an impropriety.
It is impossible In the naluio of tilings
that the mere knowledge that such a
wish is cherished should not operate as
official pressure; und tho influence of the
office, direct and Indirect, and all the
power of those hoping to profit by tho
change, would combine for its accom
plishment. , .
Kven though these views may be mis
taken, yet we think the precedent a most
evil one. which muy be followed hereafter
by officials less trustworthy.
It Is In view of the mischiefs which
may follow and of the possible impair
ment of the confidence of the people of
Pennsylvania In their highest Court that
we feel constrained to present this le
monstrance. We beg to assure you that,
not only do wo cordially sjnipathlze with
vou In your desire to return to the bench,
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lor we Biiuuiu iio wc.. - -- --
other circumstances to Join in furthering
your wishes, but we are unable to do so
now, as we cannot shut our eyes to tho
fact that. If you become an Assoclato
Justice of the Supreme Court In tho
manner proposed, you will forfeit a large
share of the respect and esteem of tho
profession and weaken the faith of tho
people in the disinterested administra
tion of Justice.
We do, therefore, most lespectfully
but earnestly entreat you to reconsider
vour avowed Intention, and to continue
to the expiration of your term of office
as Governor to safeguard and protect
the Interests of the people of this great
Commonwealth, to whose honor and wel
fare we know you are sincerely devoted.
We remain, with great respect nnd
cordial personal regards.
Your obedient servants.
Samuel Dickson George Whai ton
William S. Price T.PePPe,rr .,
Henry U. Edmunds Frank M. Illter
John P.. Read C Berkeley Tayjor
John Marshall Gest J. Percy Keating
John Hampton Albert B.v elmer
Barnes John J. RIdgway
Dlmner Beeber Charles Blddle
J Levering Jones William Drayton
Francis Rawle William Rlghter
Charles C. Town- Fisher
en,l Edward W. MaglU
J B. Townsend, Jr. N. Dubois Miller
J. I. Clark Hare John Douglass
M. Hampton Todd Brown
Thomas Learning V Illlam Rotch
John Cadwalader Wlster
William II. Btaake Walter George
G. Helde Norris Smith
Joseph deF. Junkln Theodore M. Ettlng
Richard C. Dale Sussex D. Davis
Henry Budd J. Rodman Paul
John G. Johnson William Rudolph
Frank P. Prlchard Smith
Russell Duane W. AV. Montgomery
George 8. Graham
Deeply Pained
Nothing that occurred during my whole
term gave me so much pain as this com
munication, ilt was a revelation. These
gentlemen had seen me tested for fourteen
years, and yet, while asserting their favor
able experience, were unwilling to trust me
to determine a question of professional
propriety. They were ready to believe an
anonymous correspondent of a partisan
sheet and to treat aa naught their own
experience. Many of them. Including Dick
ion, had privately told me of their approval
of my course with the newspapers. W.
Rlghter Fisher had read law In my office.
And yej, when the inevitable war followed,
they deaerted to the enemy almost at the
first fire. It was a warning to me that
in the trials of , life It, Is unsafe to rely even
reason. It was a Justification of Warren
In his dread of tho North American.
The singular weakness of the document,
the fact that the question they raised had
already been determined In a way control y
to their thought was of little moment. The
fact stared me In the face that, so far as
they were concerned, I was left to fight my
battles as I might alone. With respect to
Its contents, there is only need to point out
that my letter to the Publlo Ledger did
not nnnounco nn "Intention of accepting
the nomination." that it aid not announce a
"candidacy" and that it did not express a
"dcslro to return to the bench." These
were only tho mistaken newspaper inter
pretations and the word "barter" was taken
from tho editorial of tho Record, with that
Journal's unsound analysis of its own as
sumed facts. Tho standard of ethics which
It was suggested that I ought to maintain;
1. o., "that the mere knowledge that such a
wish Is cherished" operates "as official
pressure," and, therefore, that I ought not
to entertain BUch a wish is an Impossible
standard. A few years later Charles E.
Hughes went from the Governorship of
New Yoik to tho Supremo Court of the
United States, and not one of these friend
of mine made a whimper about the posnlbIi
impairment of tho confidence of the people
In tho couit. Moreover, my letter ex
pressed no such wish. If their statement
that they would be glad "under other cir
cumstances" to further my wishes was in
tended as an implied promise, then I never
heard that any one of them endeavored to
carry It Into effect. To do what they evi
dently wanted me to do, nnd to decllno In
advanco a nomination which might never
bo tendered, would have been, had 1 com
piled, to have placed myself tn a prepos
terous position. Carson, who, along with
Quay, know of the conclusion I Jiad
reached, agieed'wlth mo that they had no
right whatever to force from me a declara.
tlun of purpose. My answer ran:
The Answer
Gentlemen:
I must uppreclate the kindly feeling
which pervades your letter. Its main ef
fect has been to sadden me. If you do not
caro to JudKe me by the acts of my Judi
cial and gubernatorial life, and you feel
that past conduct is not a safe guide by
which to determine what may be done In
the future, I ma nt least nsk jou to hiis
pend all inferences until the facts aie dis
closed. Sincerely yours,
This ought to have been enough, for a
man with his eyes open, to have given a
cue, but It was not, and they went .along,
pilntcd their round-robin and helped the
newspapers In their futile campaign. The
next step soon followed. J. Hay Brown so
far forgot tils obligations as to give to tho
North American nn interview, In which
ho said:
I cannot say more than that the bench
ever relies upon the bar to sustain and
protect It, and I have faith to believe that
the lawjers of the State, and the people
niiu ani uieir clients, will deliver it from
what tho piess, in leflectlng the senti
ment of nil decent people. Justly regards
us the Governm's menace to Its safety.
Hero was presented a fine opportunity
for Mr. Dickson, Mr. Johnson and Mt.
Graham. A Justice of the highest court,
from the bench, by a publication In a dis
ci editable sheet, sought ooenlv.fn rrnt fr
action of the convention of a political party.
vv Itn vvliat effect, nssured that they stood
upon safe ground, could they have des
canted upon tho "impairment of publlo re
spect for that tribunal," but It passed as a
neglected opportunity.
Tomorrow fionmor l'nmjnaWr irlli of
SS&jr&JS j.?.' & '"' tie
DAVIS'S RESCUE PARTY
One Philadelphian- Rushes to Kelicf of
Another Lost in Uttermost
Harlem!
TNi'J.UDKD among tho letteis In the lecent--My
published volume of the correspondence
of Richard Harding Davis In the following
account of the lellef expedition which he or
ganized iu New York to lescue John Drew,
who he heard was plajlng in Harlem:
"I read in the paper the other morning
that John Drew was in Harlem, so I sent
him a telegram saying that I was organizing
a relief expedition and would bring him out
of the wilderness In fafety. At twelve I sent
another, reading 'Natives from Interior of
Harlem report having seen Davis Relief kx.
pedltlonary Force crossing Central Park, all
well. Robeit Howard I.ussell.' At two I
got hold of Russell and we telegraphed, 'Re
lief reached Elghty-flfth street; natives peace
fully Inclined; awaiting rear column, led by
Jrlscom; save our ammunition and pro
visions.' "Just befoie the curtain fell we jent an
other, reading. 'If you can hold the audience
at bay another hour we guarantee to rescue
yourself and company and brln you all back
to the coast In Fafety. Do not become dls1
heartened.' "Then we started for Harlem In a cab with
George nnd another colored man dressed as
African warriors, with assegai daggers and
robes of gold nnd high turbans and sashes
stuck full of swords. Ji " .
rled revolvers, canteens and rifles. We sent
George in with a note saying that we wera
outside the zareba and could not rescue him
because the man on watch objected to our
guns. As soon as they saw- George thev
rushed out and brought us all In. '
"Drew was on the stage, so we tramnrf
Into the first entrance . When John
came off I walked up to him, followed by th
other four and the entire company, and said
Mr. Drew, I presume,' and he said 'Mr
Davis, I believe. I am saved!' .
"The company was delighted "
WAR AND NEURASTHENIA
According to a hospital for women In
London, cases of neurasthenia have de
creased 50 per cent since the war. Women
are so busy with war work that they have
no time to get nervous or to Imagine thev
are 111. Their minds and hands are occupied
and that keeps them healthy. Instead cf
being self-centered they are thinking of
others and thus benefiting themselves
Utfca Press.
JAPAN'S FLEET
Japan organlxed Its navy on a modern
footing soon after the close of the C.'vll War
In the United States, and slowly added to
it until after the battle of the Yalu (1194),
Then Japan began to .build the fine vessels
that have made htr navy powerful.
XTKRVBODY'S ntlESD
Evan Iff this didn't happen at Laazua lalaaa.
aa ,kur MI, It did. h atAa- i . . V
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THE BALMY DAYS
OP WOOD'S MUSEUM
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Otis Skinner Tells the Poor Rich
ard Club of His Early
Trials There
OTIS SKlNNint, at the Poor ltlchaid flub
yesterday, made about a hundred new
friends, acquired a good luncheon und a
brand-new middle Initial V, generously but
absent-mindedly handed to htm by President
Kowe Stewart, who was Btlll thinking of
Isaac r. Marcosson. who spoke there last
week, and In return delivered himself of
some delightful table talk, full of remi
niscences of the old museum Ht Ninth and
Arch streets.
When Mr. Skinner bruBhed the numbs
from his w-csklt and arose to speak he had
before him one of the handbills sent out to
the Poor lllchardltes announcing his coming.
He laid a meditative finger upon this para
graph In It:
Just forty j ears ago a young fellow In
New England answered an "Actor Wanted"
ad. The ad was placed by the Philadel
phia Museum, then at Ninth and Arch
streets. The chap's letter sounded good to
the manager and he was 'Invited to come
to Philadelphia for an interview. This he
did. He looked promising, was given a Job
and at the end of the week was ! richer.
This was Otis Skinner.
"That." said this finished actor, whose
Jovian locks are now tipped with silver, and
whose place at the top of his profession Is
so secure as to make tho contemplation' of his
early trials provocative of the stirring of only
humorous wrinkles In his mobile face, "Is
not true, not by a darned sight 1 never
saw that 8 at the end of the week, nor for
many weeks after."
If the young actor looked "promising," as
the advance notice said, the manager of that
museum was so, In very fact. William
Davidgo was that manager's name, and he
was the greatest and most habitual promlser
In this city's theatrical circles In that day.
He had taken over the stock company In the
old museum, under Colonel Wood's lessee
ship, and after several hectic years of
hand-to-mouth existence folded his tent like
the Arab and as silently stole away to
Brooklyn.
Then came the firm of Hagar. Campbell &
Co. Colonel Hagar and W. T. Campbell,
who had been for some jears connected with
Barnum 4. Bailey's circus and the "Co."
was C. A, Bradenburgh, who soon bought
out his partners and put the Dime Museum
on the map. But oil that Is another story,
and we're getting ahead of Otis Skinner's.
Hla begins with the feverish reign of William
Darldge, and never did a young actor drop
lrto a more varied or more exacting school.
"One Man pjays Many Parts"
It may be a trick of memory, but the old
Wood's Museum brings back to us an odor
that was a cross between that of a cheap
boarding house and the monkey house at the
Zoo! There was, at any rate, a cageful of
monkes on an upper floor, and Mr. Skinner
yesterday recalled "a few cases of pickled
snakes and a weather-beaten painting of 'The
Last Supper", at which visitors from the
rural districts gaped 'with awe and admira
tion. Otis Skinner went there. It's true. In an
swer to an ad, which drew him from the
home of his father, a respectable minister
of the town of Hartford, but he had also
anned himself with a dubious note of ref
erence from his father's old friend, P. T.
Barnum. It read something like this:
"The bearer of this, Otis Skinner, la known
to me. Hla parents are very respectable peo
ple. He has an ambition, a desire, a yearn
ing to be an actor, P. T. BARNUM."
The oung man got the Job, which was the
beginning of many others, all for the same
(promised) salary. He began at the age of
seventeen as a "first old man," handicapped
with a pair of youthful dancing legs that
simply wouldn't behave in senile fashion, de
spite the profane objurgations upon them by
Davldge. There was never a dearth of parts
he played 13S of them In that first year
at the museum but for the Drat couple of
months ha never saw anything but stage
money. He may have been the original actor
in that pathetlo old story of the young roan
who entered Leary old bookstore ona morn
ing with a faw volumes under his arm and
said: "I saw your advertisement, and I've
come In to sail you these books." "But," the
bookman is reported to have replied, "we
advertised that we would buy entire libraries
only," "Well," said the young map, "thU is
my enurv uvrery.
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sold a couplu from time to time, und kept
alive. Ona day he inude so bold as to beard
Davldge In his den and Intimate that a little
money would be acceptable. Tho manager
literally threw- a fit. "Look at these, look nt
these!" he cried, waving a. fistful of papers
tinder the young actor's nose. "What aro
they?" asked the boy. "tins bills," said
Davldge. "Well, I an't cut those," the lad
ventured. "No," stormed Davldge, "but If I
don't pay them they'll turn tho lights out on
me; and then where will ou be-."'
Living by Literature
Skinner stuck on, nnd some time later
Davldge said to him' "Now yout chance Is
coming. Frank Kra no and his company
will be here -soon for a return engagement,
and they'iK shoit one man. I'll recommend
you for that part."
Indeed, he had his choice of two parts.
He could have played tho villain, who, Just
ut the final curtain, Is brought to earth by
u vicious bulldog, trained to leap nnd fasten
Its teeth In a pad strapped Just beneath the
villain's thioat. But the dog was known
sometimes to miss the pail, so bklnner chose,
as less exciting, the Job of holding a. clay
pipe between his teeth for l'rane to shoot nt.
He did this very well at the start, and he
might have been doing It jet If ho hadn't
been bothered with a little Imagination. But
along about the middle of the week he began
to speculate as to what would happen If
Prayne who aiwajs did this trick with the
rlflo upside down, the butt resting ngainst
tils forehead should miss the bowl, or even
the stem! At subsequent performances the
pipe In his teeth became quavery, und by
Saturday night It danced so unsteadily that
l'rane had to take thtee shots at It.
Sklnnei's first leal Job under Davldge
came through the misfortune of another
actor, and with this s,tory, told yesterday
with consummate humor, the distinguished
guest of the Poor lllchard Club concluded his
speech. '
His First Real Job
The 'veteran C. W. Couldock. who had
come to the museum for a week's engage
ment, found In the company on unfortunate
underling who was forever getting In the
old man's way. He called the offender to his
dressing room, and the poor fellow went In
fear and trembling. The old man glowered
from a far corner and the culprit sat, poised
for prompt flight, on the edge of a chair
near the door. The old man, with ominous
politeness, offered him a clgur, a drink; and,
these being refused, asked what he could do
for the inn n. He timidly suggested a lalse
In his wage and that It be paid In real
money.
"You think," said the old man. "that jou
could do better If jou got more money, r.rd
that you would save some?" "Yes," said the
poor fellow eagerly. "Very well, I'll speak to
the manager about It. And j'ouil be sure to
Bave " "Oh, yes, sir." "Yes, by all means,
save jour money, joung man; save, save,
save; and when j'ou have enough go out and
buy an ax and cut jour Jove-condemned
head oft !" T. A. D.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
J. Who wa Major Auauatui I". (iarilncr?
9. What Is meant by "ptlorltj" aa the Una da
now uaed tn connection with war workr
3, llaa ronarrlptlon been eiUbllih.nl in Kntland
and Ireland?
4, What la meant hr the propoWd "reaerre work
man' army"?
5, Vthat la an anairafi?
t. On what It the legendarr reputation of the
Admirable Cftchton baardr
7, What Is nllarea work?
S. he waa Dr. Hamuel Johneont
v. DeflM "peUlfonlnf."
JO. Deflno "arterial."
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, roorparlart a ranaullatlon preliminary to a
treat.
S. Thf Umber! U a Ur fwimp la athrn
Tndln. jlw ctM of Ciena Mtmtton-i'.r"
rrntrt .- ivr imnii or caaractr
UUe pfttWrn.
Atn, Mfitro In 1810 recvU.Nl all but Im
, wvatrinc
lltlea afjhlcn all matter la assumed til be
t. Kanalaaanea I the mlra f learnlni) la tha
D,r, f1Ui train medie.af ti Tn!
VICTORY'S "TRIDENT fl
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Little Polly's Poem
MICE
Sometimes on quiet nights when all $
The house is still I often hear '"m
A mouse or two within the wall -a
And yet I do not faint with fear.
o vif i,.1aa.i 4'o IaId r r.iw ti
That fcort of makes my heart beat faster
To hear the creatures squeal and run
.mm cut. up hu ueniuu um piaster.
A mouse is reallv very cute
Although it does eat cheese and suchfi
it is a hungry little brute
But not enough to hurt you much.
Some people think that ruts indeed
Are nothing but ndultcd mice
But rats are of a different breed
And even grownup mice are nice.
So when I hear a little mouse
Behind the plaster run and squeal
It's like u playmate in the house
And thats the way I truly feel.
I'm not afraid one little bit
Thouirli women often aro in doubt
TnrlpnH f wnnld tirr mlnl tf tf f
Came in the room and ran about, k
If I was older and my dress
With long and trailing skirts was madeiRI
i mignt mink ditterent but 1 guess ,,)&
J m still too young to be afraid.
Tmt TVAT.V !.'
A FRANK CRUSADER
.
Jerusalem's Capture by British Celt-J
brated in Church Ho Founded JM
tts .mj oilier church in London waa the
-1- service In celebration of the British entn
into Jerusalem more fitting than that hell Id
the Hound Templars' church, lying so net!
and jet, in another sense, so remote fronl
the uusile or Fleet street.
The church was dedicated by IleraclliisJ
patriarch or the church of the Itesurrectic
at Jerusalem, on his visit to England In 1HM
siit:uiiiimiiieu uy me grana master u iuv
Templars and the commander of the Hotplj
tallets, the patriarch came to Induce Ilenn
II to loin the Crusade.
lleracllus was ceftalnly outSDoken. o
hardly persuasive In his role of advocate j
Thou art worse than anv Harraavn and tna
people followeth prey, and not a man," he
said to the King, who implied meekly enough!
"i may not wander out of my lanae, iw
myne owne sonnes will arjse agalne me wne;
i were absent. '
".o wonder," lleracllus retorted, "for
the deuyll they come, and to the deuyll tb
shall." And this seems to have been an e
of the matter then.
But the Britain of Georare V la flrhtlnr'i
crusade though that of Henry II refused, J
VATinWAT. TJrvTXTTi nn irrfnr il
He has knocked the head out of the "pew
Vn.AlM ... .w.t.ll.l.l..-. ' . .I..J
utt.tci uj ytu.iiuiiwijf uny mora consirubiwiai
of publlo buildings authorized by that law
Titan a ab 14, A jftr ! t faa ...-& 1
u,iu ,ui MiiAuwu uiiiu aiaio journal.
At last Clreat Brlulu la to send us H
envoy of the first claua who will symbol!!
tne unique relation betveen the two
Kngllsh-speaklng peoples AVaahlnaton Hei
aid. ttj
The administration has nothing to fear U
It will let in the light. It should take tn
people into its confidence. Nothing- develop
In any manner discredits what has been don
It may. be that In some Instance!) we ftfl
wiser looking back than wa were Iroklp
forward; but that Is due to certain tiriitai
tlons of human nature. Louisville Uve.iVl
Post. Al
Permanent, hard-surfaced roads do
happen they are the reault of earnest. W
slstent agitation by those who are tlredl
inuu.' uvery locality has to make a start '
lift Itself up out of tho mud nnd, InvarU
when a hard roads oroiect la first brow
in such a locality, soma man often a 1
number of hlmwlll Intei-noan chlu-tlons I
question the worth and endurance of M
roans, or course, these "douhtlna- Thomas
have "to be ahown". an illustration ot.f
ia mai, in certain experiences, .aUti
.flaleiAtaBl'rtaB kAkil. a a j . ll
w,uuii, rfsaiaicss oi wnere tney, iir
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