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AMERICANISM
IOD moves In a mysterious way 111b
-wonders to perform.
Three and a half years ago a sweet girl
stood at the door of her homo tn Belgium
and heard the distant thunder uf German
guns beginning their assault on the Ideals
which humanity has cherished for twenty
centuries. Was It a miracle that last night
thl samo girt, now ripened by tragedy Into
womanhood, stood beforo a great assembly
of Phlladelphlnns and electrified It by tho
very simplicity of her story? There have
been, great orations In history and men
liaVo spoken with tongues of Are, but never
we believe In tho history of patriotic cele
brations In Philadelphia has there been
Anything to equal In .dramatic power and
effect the unadorned narrative of this girl
before tho Poor lttchard Club assemblage
list night.
Men seemed to shrink ns sho told her
story, and again their veins seemed to
swell nnd their bodies to loom larger In
bulk as sho gavo glimpses of tho high
tragedy and tho Uod-lnsplred heroism
which met It in Belgium. Ilvcry word she
spoke pierced tho armor of our own self
satisfaction. .Slio rocked nnd swayed that
audience, as If It had beau putty In her
hands, and tho very Innocenci of her con
clusions' drove .stab, after stab Into our
complacency.
Yet sho painted no dark pictures, never
dipped her tongue into tho vocabulary of
blood, intimated rather than painted
sketches of atrocities. Slio simply laid
truth naked on tho screen and no man
could see It Micro without clenching his
fist, tightening his belt and vowing before
,lsU heaven that whether it bo his fato
to work at homo behind tho lines, or at
i c 1 1
the front in tho trenches he wlll'glvb and,
give gladly all that ho is, all that ho hopes
to be, all that ho owns to the causo that
has swept beyond national boundaries and
become, from the viewpoint of civilization,
universal.
TITB DO not doubt that on the cheeks of
many men was the flush of shame, f or
each and every pne, as ho heard this girl's
recital, balanced it in tho scales of decision
against tho fuel order of tho day. Some
mitigated their humiliation by violent de
nunciation of tho fuel administration. AVe
would that God had given It to them to see
themselves as history will see them. AVo
beg of tho man who reads this to ask him
self one question, "What have I done?"
By all tho souls that yawn in lotus land,
the time has passed when a task can be
handed to this man or that man and re
sponsibility for its execution pass from tho
shoulders of the mass. It Is every man's
war, not one man's war. When tho
prophet sent his fanatics north from Spain,
bidding tho Christian world to kneel and
the Christian' peoples to surrender their
civilization, there met him not Charles
Martel alone, or this knight and that
knight, but civilized men rose as one. They
put their differences into a melting pot the
metal of which could bo molded Into but
one slogan, nnd that was, "Save Europe."
But we have been blind, criminally blind,
and the trumpet call to action we have
calmly passed along to Washington. Wo
ulng our songs and shout our praises, we
wave our flags and shako hands with one
another, yet from Paris to tho Jersey shore
is but a step for the Hun and the fires
that lie builds are fed by tho complacency
of his enemies. Heaven knows we need
enthusiasm, but it must be tho enthusiasm
f machine guns and the battlecry of
however many millions of men are required
to xnako the Rhine Instead of tho North
Hea a spawning ground for Huns.
TtUJ cackling of geese saved. Rome and
. h'tr. lmt tliA l'tvlnira uf an Idiot wrote
ill epitaph of kings. Call tho order of the
iqel administrator aslnlno aiid piaster It
-with, epltheU, but we can thank God for Jt
St jt prove an emetic to make the nation
voail-t, up the soporific which has been per
ralavtlag Inter the national organism an J
partly paralyzing It. Wc have need to be
Asfted up. We must not get to the status
oC'tbe mule which moved when a -fire was
Itu under It, but only far enough to set
eife aM fire. 2?or Is the fact that an
OHpJbaaisst; U Imperative an indictment of
AdwinUtratloti. Afr. Clai field, of courso,
n.int w. We have up House ul .Lords Into
,l.htatwulthb;n. Let hlra go silently.
then, bearing tho respect to which his hard
work and sincerity entltlo him, but let him
go. The indictment lies: against tho nation
an a whole, against Its blindness, against
Its lack of enthusiasm, against Its failure
to smash German propaganda, against tho
cold, matter-of-fact methods of procedure.
Wo have achieved a miracle. Aye, but .It
Is a time when miracles aro the order of
tho day, and not one mlraclo but a dozen
aro required. Xot in boastful ncsa, but In
humility; not with ordinary efficiency, but
with aupercfllclcncy, must wo move. Every
ounco of power that Is In us, every resource
wo can bring to bear, every good weapon
wo can forge, must go Into tho great ma
chlno which carries on tho business of
war; for, as some ono has raid, In this
crisis every man has two businesses, the
nation's and his own; nnd the former comes
first.
TITi: CAN enduro this bomb which Is
huiled from our own capital, wo can
endure other reverses, but every blunder
lengthens tho war and every failure adds
to tho toll that wo must pay. Oh, if the
whole population could only bo made to
seo how vital we are In this muster strug
gle, could bo made to understand that wo
aro tho last great reservoir whence
strength nnd power and moralo can flow
to revitalize tho heroic forces of enlight
enment! Oh, that tho German vision of
conquest and world empire, of German ag
gression and German enslavement of tho
rest of tho world, might bo flashed across
the skies for all men to see and under
stand! liut, aluf, tho Hun garbs his dev
iltry In the attributes of divinity and his
clumsy camouflago deceives some even of
tho elect!
AVo do not bunk with pessimism, which
Is a copperhead. Optimism Is a wlll-o'-tho-wisp.
Hut there Is nothing In history more
tragic than Cassandra crying her warnings
to Troy and being laughed at. AVo get,
say once In a thousand years, to a battle
ground that belongs not to a period but
to centuries; when a great basic and de
termining hsuo comes to a settlement
and on tho result hinge wives and sisters
and houses and tots and traditions and
institutions nnd the whole social "fabric.
AA'hen wo get to that point wo can brush
aside tho petty details of the day, throw
everything Into the discard cscept the ono
great purpose and consecrato tho genera
tion to the ono holy nnd ultimata taBk of
fighting the fight and winning it. Does
nny doubt that such a tlmo has come?
Does any doubt that we havo nt last
reached this Armageddon? If so, tho girl
from Belgium has something to tell the
doubter.
TT7I3 IIAA'IJ gone to this length today bo
causo wo believe that tho psychologi
cal moment has arrived to impress tho
meaning of this war on our people. AVo
alono In our full might could beat the Hun
back. AA'o can trek nrross three thousand
miles of submarine-Infested ocean and do
it, but not by scrimping. AVo must put into
the problem our best brains as well as our
best materials. AVo must bo quick to scent
tho blunder and quicker to remedy It. AVe
must organize ns no nation over beforo was
organized. AVo must toss loaded dlco with
fatlguo and scorn tho tlmeclock. AVo must
harden our musclo and our moral fiber.
AVo must build a Panama Canal every
month, construct ships as If they wero
mere Incidents of n day'n-work, put rails to
work aa they havo never worked before,
milk every resource, train every energy,
nnd fight. AA'o can do theso things and we
will do them.
Tho reorganization of the fuel adminis
tration is but ono step forward In tho
titanic undertaking.
AVe won't can the Kaiser till we pan the
Pan-Germans.
Ono French soldier has been wounded
ninety-seven times. Ninety-six slackers
please note.
Holidays of old were always greeted as
holy days. The latest variety seem calcu
lated to be greeted as wholly dazes.
Senator McCumber gloomily predicts that
we will havo to send 7,000,000 men to France.
Cheer up! Ten million have signed up as
ready to go.
Successful raids ever- day or so by
British, French and Italians are an Inter
esting beginning of that long-delayed Ger
man offensive.
Stocks went down on the coal-saving
order and then cheerfully Went 'way np
again. It's a slippery eel of a crisis that
AVall street cannot land tn Its jackpot.
Detectives of the "Gambling Squad" aro
being taught tho various card games to help
them in making raids. AVhy tempt these In
nocent lambs when they so rarely need to
come in contact with a real gambler?
Newspaper headlines: "Boston AVIU Obey
Coal Order." "Cleveland AVill Obey Coal. Or
der," etc AVe never tire of telling ourselves
wo are a law-abiding people nor of forgetting
to tell ourselves how short-sighted we are.
AVe have great sympathy with the new
Mayor of New York. He went into office
believing that a Mayor could do anything
and he seems to be learning that a Mayor
can do nothing. It is a tragic disillusion
ment. There are as usuat three ways of letting
Twenty-second street get through Olrard Col
lege, which la one reason why one way has
never been found. Some people would so
much rather be right than . President that
they cannot be either.
The newspapers yeste'rday morning must
have reminded Mr. AVUson of those printed
one morning in November, 191C, announcing
that the country had repudiated him and
elected Mr. Hughes. AVhlch was correct in
formation In every respect except that It
wasn't so.
Mr. McAdoo's statement to this news
paper that he anticipates adequate service to
tho shore resorts this summer la gratifying.
Men who are subjected to great stress in
these wartime ubsolutely require the in
vlgovatlng air of the ocean to keep them lp
good physical and mental trim. Service to
the, chore. I not u luxury, but a necessity.
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EVENING PI'BLK1 LEDUElfc
GOVERNOR PENNYPACKER REFUSED
NOMINATION FOR SUPREME COURT
Declined to .Accopt Offer Tendered by Committee
Headed by David H. Lane, Disposing Finally
of All Rumors to the Contrary
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THK convention met on tho fifth of April.
None of tho men around mc,nvo Carson,
had nny Intimation of what I was going to
do. I doubt whether tho political leaders,
save Quay, wero any better Informed. On
tho second of April tho committee of law
yers published another long pronuncln
mento. On tho fifth the headline of tho
Becord said, "Pcnnypacker'M Excuse to
ltun la Sludo to Order." and tho headllno
of tho Press said, "Pcnnypackcr AVIU Ac
cept Nomination." In tho morning tho
elghty-slx delegates from Philadelphia met
nnd unanimously indorsed my nomination.
At 4 p. m. David II. Lane, with a commit
tee, camo to tho department nnd officially
tendered to 1110 tho nomination. Tho tlmo
to speak had come. My response had been
roughly written on a loose sheet of ofllce
paper. Lnno made 11 neat nnd senEible
speech, and then I read:
Pcnnypackcr Refuses
In view of the possibility of borne such
action as you havo taken, 1 hnvn given
curcful consideration to tho subject in a.
conscientious effort to reach a correct
conclusion. I have examined the matter
In all of Its relations, so far as 1 have
been able to understand them, and I
havo concluded not to bo a candidate and
not to permit my name to bo presented
to the convention. In so doing I want
further to say to you that this expression
of consistent confidence, coming from
the people of the city which you repre
sent and wherein my Judicial work, was
done, will ever bo ono of tho grateful
memories of my life.
All had the feeling that they wero pai:
tlclpatlng In an event of solemnity. Lane,
aided by David Martin and Henry !'. AVal
ton, tried to persuade me, but the dlo was
cast. My last chance of completing tho cur
rent of my life, as I had chosen It for my
self, had departed forever. Never for nil
instant havo 1 since regretted tho decision.
To havo accepted tho nomination would
havo been to have dono not a wrong, but a
weak thing, nnd it remains a t,at!s:actlon
to mo to know that when tested again, ns
I had been In youth, when most of my
friends went homo and left mo to go alone
to Gettysburg, the inherited instincts which
constltuto character wero not found
wanting.
AValton besought 1110 to let him have tho
scrap of paper from which I had read. He
framed it and hung it in his home. A good
speaker, stout and agreeable, ho had par-
tlclpatcd In many' campaigns; a good law
yer, ho had a considerable practice; ho had
several times been Speaker of the Houso
and now Is Prothonotary of the Courts of
Common Picas in Philadelphia. AVhon tho
bill for an appropriation to build a fire
proof building for tho Historical Society of
Pennsylvania was under consideration ho
had come to mu and said it would be passed
or not, as 1 wished, and It was passed.
After my declination had been received
John P. Elkln was nominated without op
position. These events, which 1 saw from
tho Inside, liavo been narrated In detail
partly because they illustrate tho character
and methods of Quay, who, Senator Thomas
C. Piatt, of New York, himself an expert,
bays was the ablest politician tho country
has ever produced. A review of theso
events shows with entire plainness tho fol
lowing facts:
Political Incidents
A vacancy in tho Supremo Court, In
which, professionally and otherwise, I took
a great interest, was filled, whllo I was Gov
ernor, for twenty-one years by the selection
of a man whom I had declined ,to appoint.
The commlttco of tho bar were so wearied
with tho chase after an Ignis fatuu3 nnd
their feet were so clogged with tho mlro of
the swamps that they accepted without a
murmur the selection of a man whom most
of those they represented had denounced
as a ring politician of such typo that ho was
unfit even for cxecutlvo office. Tho press,
which would have opposed anybody, good
or bad, favored by Quay, had been kept
for four months upon a trail that led no
where. My effort to bo decent, tho pathos
of tho committee of lawyers and the mallco
of tho newspapers, had each contributed Its
part toward tho completion of the plans of
this master In the manipulation of men.
If this be not genius, where will we ilnd
It? It ought to be added that Elkln was
elected by a targe majority, as I would
have been, nnd has inado an upright and
unusually capable Judge, who has won tho
approval of tho entire profession. The
lawyers over tho Stato who signed the
protest numbered IOC, a small percentage of
the whole bar, Tho newspapers after the
close of this episode were, I think, rather
more cautious about telling their readers
what I Intended to do.
In a vein of playfulness Quay sent mo
from Florida theso excerpts:
"Et Interrogatum est ab omnibus 'ubl
est lllo J. Hay Brown?" "
Et rcspondum est ab omnibus 'non est
Inventus.' "
"Et interrogatum est ab omnibus 'ubl
est Hie high and reputable' writer?"
"Et respondum est ab omnibus 'non cstr-
inventus.' "
"Et interrogatum est ab omnibus 'ubl
cat Hie high and responsible writer'?"
"Et respondum est cum cacmnno non
est Inventus.'"
"Delndo lteratum est ab omnibus cum
cachlnnatlone undulante trepldante 'non
Bunt Invent!.' " (Murder as a Flno Art.)
Iludolph Blankenburg In Philadelphia
and Henry AA'atterson In the Louisville
Courier Journal both made efforts to reply
to Quay's letter. The platform adopted by
the convention set forth:
"AVe heartily Indorse the wise, bold, fear
less, honest, economical and efficient ad
ministration of Governor Samuel A Pen
nypacker" and the convention selected me
aa a delegate to the National Republican
Convention to nominate candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency.
A versifier wrote:
"Surprise and consternation reign,
For after weeks of stress and strain
And labor which was all tn vain,
The boys who split the welkin
AVlth ringing Pennypncker cries
Their program must forthwith revise,
And, shifting round contrariwise.
Must raise the roof for Elkln."
It is a pleasure to turn from the lltera
.ture of Journalism to the literature of the
schools of learning.
The University of Pennsylvania on Feb
ruary 25 conferred upon roe the degree of
doctor of laws. In presenting me, 3. Lev-
mm ' ' ;'"
- PHlLAlJELPlllA,
erlng Jones wild to tho ptovost, Charles C.
Harrison:
Honored by Pcnn '
AVe havo escorted hero this morning
with formal courtesy and demonstration
and brought Into the presence of this Im
posing assemblage tho Governor of thl".
Commonwealth, becuuso he has by merit
attained high public station and won nil
honorable name In letters and In law.
lie li a successor of the sagacious and
virtuous Pcnn, the chief maglstrnto of a
Stato imperial In domain, resources nnd
population, possessing greater wealth
than England in the days of Elizabeth
nnd u culture ns wide nnd universally
diffused as tho England of our own times.
Patient nnd reflective In temperament,
industrious in mental habit, with tho In
herent tastes of a scholar, at the bar he
was not satisfied merely to udvlse a
client or formulate arguments before tho
court; ho remained the Indefatlirablo stu
dent of history, ever examining tho great
events of the past and their significance
that ho might adequately comprehend
the toclal forces that determine legislation
mid lawe. Itcnco tho bench was conge
nial to him und he adorned it with the
soundness of his Judgment, tho ripeness
of his learning, the simplicity of his man
ner and by tho uprightness of his char
acter. Literature Is Indebted to his contribu
tions, for they aro tho product of perse
vering und profound research. Ho has
Illuminated the early history of the
Quakers and the Germans nlong the
shores of tho Delaware and delved Into the
musty urchlves of four nations that ho
might with fidelity depict "Tho Settle
ment of Germantown" und eloquently de
scribe tho life nnd civic virtue's of tho
learned Pastorlus.
Slnco 1880 ho has been a trustee of the
I'nlvcrstly, active In promoting Its inter
ests, pleading always in its behalf, giving
without measuro time and service. AVo
glvo generous praise to those who thus
labor In the cause of education, opening
the eyes that they may Bee more nnd
farther; Instructing the earn that they
may hear more perfectly; awakening nil
the bonnes that they may moro swiftly
appreciate; enriching tho mind that It
may more wisely und efficiently under
htnud. Strong and steadfast In conviction,
faithful in friendship, loyal In principle,
passionately devoted to Pennsylvania
nnd Its Institutions, ho has ever per
formed with honor the rcspon- lble duties
that havo devolved upo 1 him. For Ms
eminent services as a citizen nnd his
lofty qualities of heart nnd mind, we, the
trustees, present Samuel AVhltakcr Pen
nypncker to tho provost that ho may re
ceive the degree of doctor of laws.
Ordering Lives Saved
TI10 winter of 1003-4 was so-cro and the
Susquehanna, tho most impressive of the
rivers of Pennsylvania, was frozen across,
giving beautiful displays of Ice effects
which could bo seen from the windows of
tho Executive Mansion. Tho thaw camo in
tho early part of March, tho waters roso
to a great height, piling cakes of Ice In
huge masses. On Sunday, March '0, In thd
nftcrnoon, while tho rain was still falling
In torrcntn, I was called to tho telcphono
nnd Informed that near Goldsborough, n
few miles below Harrlsburg, fourteen peo
p:o wero on an Inland In tho river, that the
waters wero rapidly rising and had reached
tho second story of tho houses In which
they had taken shelter, that tho tco was
piled up between them and the shore, mak.
ine them inaccessible, and that unless re
lieved they would soon bo drowned. It wa3
a situation In which I did not know what
to do. so told tho man nt tho other end
nnd asked him what ho had to suggest.
He said ho thought I could, perhaps, get
tho life-saving people at tho station at At
lantic City to come up. I could havo done
so, no doubt, but meanwhile the people on
tho island would havo been drowned. I
hent for Captain John C. Delancy und told
him to go down there at once and seo what
could be done, lie soon returned with tho
report that tho Hituution was hopeless. At
tho samo time I sent for James M. Shu
maker, who nt onco lmd a plan, which was
to take the riggers who wero at work on
the Capitol, and used to moving around
with little support, with their tackle nnd
necessary apparatus, down there. Shu
maker was the right man in tho right
place, and that was the very- thing to do. He
was put in chargo of tho arrane-omrntR.
Senator E. K. McConkey, of York, a flno
fellow, who within a few years died of
heart disease, who had arrived on tho
scene, assisted. They fastened ropes to
tho fchore. ono man went out on tho Ice a
short distance and there stood at the rope.
Another went a llttlo further, and so on,
until they had a living chain reaching to
the edge of the current. Then, with a
boat, they took the people out of the upper
windows of tho houso and brought them
nil, Including a grandmother seventy-five
j ears old, over tho ico piles In safety to
tho shore. It was a thrilling, and dramatic
I'iCiilent, and hero was a man equal to an
c-nerrency, who wbh willing to do his duty
and, when occasion required it. moro than
his duty, deserving well of the State. Those
rescued wero tho families of John and
George Burger, who had been caught by
the waters on Shelly's Island.
Slnco Roosevelt had postponed his par
tlclpatlon In tho ceremonies of University
Day for a year, tho authorities of h. i.
stitutlou Invited mo to deliver the oration
on tho 22d of February, 1904. li cavo mo the
opportunity to present tho thought which
had never beforo been suggested, but which
I then, and have since, emphasized, that
the public career of George AVashlngton
was essentially a Pennsylvania career, be
ginning and ending In this State, though
he was born and died in Virginia. At the
tame time that the University conferred
upon mo the degreo of doctor of taws it
conferred degreea upon the Baron von
Sternberg, ambassador from Cermany to
the United States, n slightly built, sanay
and affable German, with whom, through
a number of occasions of meeting, 1 estab
Ihhed an acquaintance; Chief Justice Mit
chell and James AVhltcpmb Riley, the
Hoodler poet, whom I then encountered for
the only time, a small man with -a bald
head, a big mouth, a genial smile and who
wore glasses.
Tomorrow Governor rennypacker fella f i..
death of BennUr Quay. "" ' tb
1 VEP IN rAmiKA
It la now propoaad to recruit a red-headed resl
ment In this country. Not a bad Idea. Think of
the talent:
Vs Murdock
J, Itam Iwls
Minnie Maddern Flake
mill liurks
Terry Mcflovarq
Hilly n. A'an
r.va Taneuay
Ad inanltum. r-iitwUia Uult.
FRIDAY JANUARY
18,
THE LANGUAGE
OF AUTOCRACY
German Not What It Used to Be.
Sailors in Hospital The
Fate of Spies
To lite Ktlllor of the Vvenlnu 1'ubllc Ledger.
Kir It may bo-In removing the study ot
German from the public schools we wcro
"cuttlng off our nose to spite our face," yet
I don't think bo. AVhat practical or cultural
value Is there In modern German except the
science of war and aggression? The much,
vaunted German Industrial science la largely
a matter of Government subsidy, which may
or may not bo desirable here. Modern Ger
man bdence and language Is war science:
modern German culturo Is the culture of
"baby drowning," and thoso who support It
are worse than those who do It under orders.
How can you teach the German language
without teaching tho German thought? Tho
German language of today, like the German
people, hi Kliools, universities, pulpit, press,
Is owned, managed, talked, thought and writ
ten by tho Kaiser, "Ualserltes" and by his
military crowd. Granted that the early Ger
man fairy tales are beautiful; granted thaf
"Das lied von dcr glocko" Is a beautiful
piece of poetry; granted that tho early clas
sic:), Heine, Goethe, Schiller, In art and
thought, will pay study In the original; nt
tho same time later German languago and
thought aro autocratic language and thought.
Expurglng It from school books cannot !o
too carefully ordered and executed. Tablet:)
of the youthful brain are easily written upon.
"The child is father to the man." In differ
ent religions, as in politics and Santa Claus,
It holds true. "Glvo me the teaching of early
childhood and 1 will mold beliefs." "As a
man thinketh, so Is he," and Just as truly
as a man Is taught, so he thinketh,
I am trying to emphasize tho danger to
our great republic If wo do not cxpurge all
anti-American, antl-llbcrty, anti-democracy
teaching In tho direct and Indirect Buggcstive
German propaganda methods in school books
and otherwise. ,
Aro some of tho present German teachers
and supervisors loyal to American Ideals?
Tho German-born American patriot Is much
moro to bo admired than any other American
fighter, for he is fighting against his father
land, brother against brother perhaps, as In
the Civil AVar. I do not refer to theso noblo
patriots. I mean tho disloyal.
Had not Philadelphia, perhaps safe In this
matter, done better by setting a good ex
ample to sections of the republic not so safe,
by saying: "No German In our, schools till
the war Is over and then we will seel"
PARENT.
Philadelphia, January 17,
SAILORS IN HOSPITAL
To the Kdltor of the Evening Publto Ledger:
Sir This Is a brief but correct account of
the present arrangement between the United
States Government Naval Department and tho
Methodist Episcopal Hospital:
The Methodist Episcopal Hospital promised
last spring to cooperate with the Government
In caring for the sick "boys" enlisting under
the colors. Therefore, when a representa
tive of the Government visited the hoBpltat
and asked for beds to accommodate one hun
dred sick soldiers n prompt offer of fifty beds
was made and accepted, the whole number
to be ready on AVednesday, January 10. They
came In squads ot fourteen, six, nine and
eleven. These patients were largely tiere for
medical treatment, a few being surgical cases.
Nearly all were convalescents. Colds had
been contracted, resulting in sore throats,
rheumatism, pneumonia, etc None were
wounded, for none had been In any battles.
Many were located here and had been spend
Ing their nights at home. As soon as the
agreement had been reached Miss Mary B.
Pelrce, president ot the AVoman's Hospital
Association, a very helpful company, was
called and asked If furnishings could be se
cured for fifty beds by Wednesday, January
16, and she said yes. This organization had
assumed the work of securing alt the linen
for beds this year, hence the request AVe
will do all possible for Untie Sam in these
days. I hope you may aid us In getting
money for our regular work.
CHARLES M. BOSWELL, D. D.,
Corresponding Secretary M. E. Hospital.
Philadelphia, January 17.
SHOOT THE SPIES
To the Editor of Public Ledger:
Sir Leniency to a spy is questionable
Irlndn.M Hitll u,rn clint In l,A fHull tr
n,.u..vH. HHv.. ...w ..w ... ... ,.,.. .A
and In all other wars In all other countries.
nnr enemv flermanv. shnuai'anlea no mnrrv
Our enemy, Germany, show spina no mercy.
aBEiiiiTiMwwiLW piin IBMI!WWWWPWh
1918
YES, IT OUGHT TO "WAKE US UP" ALL HI GHT!
A spy deliberately, knowingly dangerously,
threatens the lives of thousands If success
crowns his efforts.
AVhy sparo his life If his nefarious schemes
fall? if tho Incorrigible schoolboy In a rural
district is properly thrashed, tho rest of the
scholars behave themselves for thelrest of
tho tcrln of that teacher.
If a scholar with St. A'ltus dance occupies
a front seat most of tho scholars develo
tho symptoms of twitching and Jerking from
association of Ideas and tho power of ex
ample. Tho spy habit is contagious If allowed to
contaminate susceptible individuals.
AVhy not shoot them for Its salutary effect
on others who might otherwise bo tempted
from motives of "easy money" or motives
of autocratic faliatlelsm to try to tako lifo
by this easy method.
AVhy not shoot them for Its salutary effect
on the country at large to prove that thl
Is war. and that It Is dangerous business to
attempt to take the lives of the boys who
havo left our homes- or to undermlno and
Injure them In any way.
AVould not any recently proved spies bo a
good beginning for a firing equail as an ob
ject lesson to tho .class-sples?
c. n.
Philadelphia, January 17.
FREE FARM SCHOOLING
To the I'.dUorof the Evening Public Ledger.
Sir The National Farm School, located la
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Is now prepar
ing for tho enrollment of lt3 new class of
fctudents for the term beginning March, 1918,
Tho National Farm School gives a three
years' course of Instruction in tlte practlco
and science of agriculture to such young men
who desire fo make farming their life's work
a calling which presents a splendid field
of opportunity to ambitious young men, and
in which they can render a great patriotic
service to their country by fitting themselves
to become leaders In what Is today consid
ered America's greatest and necessary In
dustrythe raising ot food to feed tho
nation.
Tuition, books, board, lodging and other
necessities aro furnished free of charge to
all students, Irrespective of creed.
Applicants for admission must be between
the ages of sixteen and twefuy-ono years;
must bo graduates of grammar schools, and
must be of good physical, mental and moral
health.
As there are always many more applicants
than the school can accommodate, and as all
applications are considered In tho order In
which they are received, sucir as desire to
avail themselves of the opportunity offered
by tho National Farm School nnd wish to
enroll for the new term should lose no time
In applying, either In person or In writing,
for admission blanks to the office of the
National Farm School, 407 Mutual Life
Building, Philadelphia. Pa.
THE NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL
Philadelphia, January 17.
SAD, SAD!
Old Klnir Coal
lVaa a merry old soul,
Hut look at Mm now
Under Oov. control.
What
Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, Under the authority of what Inw vtas th
fuel itdmlnUtratlon alren Ita i-oxer?
Z. Wliy, are Knallah-aneaklnsj people sometimes
railed "Anilo-Waxons"?
3. Where la lldeaan?
4. About wl""t Is the rate, of ruthleta alnklnza
per week?
5. Are there mere Htolea west of the Mlnalaalnpl
limn there are eaat of It. or vie vrran
R. Wlwt U the meaning; of "hUtrlonle"
7, When a treaty ot nesro la made betn-een (he
United M.tea and Ita enemlei. nhut offl.
lala In thla rountnr will make It?
(, AVhat manner ef heating n room la ronahlered
moat healthful? , ""
0. AVhat la nn "aralanrhe"? '
10. Wiat la meant by "Mromelrle prteaure"?
Answers to Yesterday's QuJz
1. Joe;nh Rodman Drnka, American poel, T0i.
The Amerlean liar" roie
J. 1'erUtylei A aretem of rolnmns aurroundlnr
n hulldlna or an Inner eonrt. -"nainr
S. Ypreal A war-atrlfken town In Weet Mn.
ilra
(la inannfartnrea,
:''ZX7,7;.:,"gmm-,om" noted j.r
tnre
-li?n
4. uenerai pir
n I.rnr ItrtM.i. . .
In the Cambral war in. "nur
E, Middle! A cennndn-m or enlsma.
' '"'l.reiehe'i fif$5lJ,,n""Ur "" f" ng
T' "-JCSttSi.. ViJmXB!!a?t4a5rl. Ttt ffirfls
war son. "iia-an
g. ItefonnclaaaiKet iA aorvey, aa of around In
lima of war, to dUeoter an entini-. JL.'i1
lien airriisi'i. etc.
tlan. atrenain. ate. - - -
. Preamble i A statement Introductory to and
' .. explanatory of what foltowa, ""
iv. iMstoo la caueu "ine Modern Athens,"
Ballad of Dan and Tony
The boss ho picked out Dublin Dan
An' Tony, a Avisp of a Dagoman,
For to load tho 'cross-seas schooner:
An' she was to sail, was the "Folly Ann,"
In half n dav. or sooner. ,
"Wnke up, there!" yelled the stevedore I
" f .o h.u.-u i... ..-j ............ j
"There's seven nunareu anr ten ton more;
Of kef's an' boxes unon the shore:
Sure ye won't be through in half a ycar.",il
liut Dan, with a sneer,
Sez: "Never fear,
Though there's only two of us here!"
Proud was the grin that Tony word
As he tipped his hat to tho stevedore:
"Si, si, Signor!"
.1
"Oh, musha, man." sez Dublin Dan,
As he grabbed a box in one big han'
An a keg or two in tho other,
"If Tony here was an Irishman
Wc wouldn't havo any bother."
Thpn thn bona hecrun to veil an' swear:
"There's ilinnvmito in that box there! a
Don't drop it now tako carol take care! M
That samo stuff onco blowed up ten men a
An' it's like to do tno same ngenr
But Dan, wid a sneer,
Sez: "Where's the fear?
Sure there's only two of us hero."
Down from the sudden smoko an' roar it
Came a faint voice back to the stevedore:
"Si, si, Signorr .Tv 1
lulu jmui.
THE HAIR CROP
DR. R. AV. MULLER, who has spent his lift.
lh the study of tho hair and ,ts famlUarJ
with all that has been discovered about It
In this and European countries, says thatj
the average number of hairs to the squri
Inch on the human scalp Is about 1000, but.
varies with tho color and characteristics of
tho hair. As a rule, tho finer the hairs the:
thicker they cover the head, the number 01
the whole scalp ranging from su.uuu o jv.
nnn. with nhmit 120.000 ns tho average. 1W
hair, however, Is generally less thick In W
growth than other colors, often falling as low,
as 35,000 for the whole scalp. Brown Mil
.una nKnut InK 000 nnri verv hlnnd hair abOtlt1
150.000 for tho whole head. Each hair, h
Bays, has Its own length of lfe, which V-
.tan fnf lm tmllvlrluril hfifra ni-nrdlnir to COS
ditlonlng circumstances which science has not;
.,, .lolni-mlncl Thft llfft Ctt the SCalD Ml
.m.l.a fVn... rnA tt alv v.aril wllltfl tllS IlZ4-j
time of the eyelash Is said to be ono hundrtdj
and thirty flays, Tiie Tate or. growui "".
hair of a young and healthy scalp Is aboui
three-fourths of an inch a monin. nair nt
sorbs moisture and Is bo elastic that It cr
l.a .f,.t.1e.1 vnm rxntk. fifth tn nne.thlrd Of
Its normal length. These two facts explatol
the reasons for the greater curliness 01 n
In a damp atmosphere, for tne aosoruw
moisture lengthens the nair.
TOUGHNESS EXTRAORDINARY J
(14 nnn.1 manif Imfsl tllttirrd VinVfl heeil KUdl
,JV bvUU IliailJ tlM a,aaeaBu . , -
about army commissariat beef," remarMai
recently Major General Bola, pew chief Wj
l.n llrltldh nanarnl Ktnff In France. "DUt.ll
think the hardest was contained In a converB
satlon I overheard on tho western from avu,
little tlmo ago. I
..,nfnl Tv.mn.., lelnncrlnrr in tllO 01O
army.' such a one as might have tWy
straight out from ono of Barnsfathef s mm
Imltabla cartoons, was drawing rations Irj
his mess. .
TnV i.mi i,a ..LI tn 41,a nrmv SeTTlCl
butcher who was cutting up tho neat'.'l
Gawd's sake, matey, give us n bit of beef "I
.. ... AaK in Tna MmnV vnu aunean
mo out with last time I was mess onf"E
was that tough I could ha' solea my "a
Willi 1L. . effj
" 'Well, whv didn't vou?' reDlted the A. .
C, man airily.
" 'So I would If I could ha' got the. tacky
to go through It.' "Pearson's AVeewy.
THE AAURST PROFITEERING YETi
ITnvlncr lrl.il n BiiKi.tltl, tn fnr Almost tTtryl
thing, the Oermans, we are told, ore stopotall
short or nothing in their attempt to a
certain new foods take the place of tw
made scarce by the war. The laiaii ra
says that a sausage dealer in ucrpn
been fined ISO for selllne Bausaee1 mu' '
macerated rubber, finely ground (hair W
gelatin, ills 'camouflage proauci iro""'"
no liver, no flesh foods and no fatw At
it was probably ns dtgestlblo as soma,
called sausage on sale in this coifntrr.