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ltlJ full brief of Senator Chamberlain
do not know and cannot know
tinlens tho epaulets of ccnsornlilp uro
ripped from ftf vhoulderM In the debate
anda,only tho unadix-lied tllilfoilit Is left
to cover those dUlll KOlienil Unottledpo
of which would obviously lw detrimental
to the best Interests of the country. Tho
President called fnr a ihowduwn. as ho
ou)it to Imvo done, and wo hojio that u
showdown there will be. Nor Is tho coun
try Interested In trivial criticism. There
have been many blunders, of cour.c, but
this Is not a nation enraptured of post
mortems. Wo want to know If what Is
beliiB done now Ih being dono-ln tho most
elllclcnt pohslble manner. If 'not. we want
to nuustltuto u proRram of action that will
osburo ma.ilmuln rosultx.
llut thero In one thliiK that no cewor
Bhlp can conceal and for the revelation of
which no congressional Investigation l
necessary. Tho trannportatIon system of
the country can hldo behind no veils, for
the results It produces or falls to produco
arc apparent to every citizen, particularly
to those who In tho dreariest winter known
in many years shiver by hcatless radiators
and peruso tho papers In vain expectation
of discovering that the coal famine has
been terminated. They accept with proper
consideration the various explanations and
excut.es offered for tho collapse of trans
portation, but they abk, "Hut why can wo
-liot get coal?" AVliy expect, they argue,
to transport troops and supplies, guns and
munitions, across it submarine-infested
ocean 3000 miles to Vranco If It is beyond
the power of Uovemnicnt control and rail
road management combined to bring coal
fifty miles to. Philadelphia over tracks
which have been cleared of a largo part of
their passenger traffic, with many passen
ger locomotives and crews available for
freight service? Why thoso endless lines
of freight cars motionless and why a con
gestion that is alike humiliating to our
prldo and presumptive evidence of ineffi
ciency? Following the live-day industrial shut
down, which afforded little relief. Director
General of Itallroads JIcAdoo orders a gen
eral freight embargo, and It is intimated
from Washington that passenger rates
tvlll be raised considerably to dlscourngo
travel and permit tho release of additional
crews and trains for freight traffic. Wo
do not doubt tho wisdom of and necessity
for these moves, since it Is plain that relief
of some kind must bo obtained; but wc,
in common with thousands of citizens, uro
beginning to wonder It personnel may not
be tho particular part of railroad equip
ment requiring speeding up at this tlmo
and If a lackadaisical attitude on the part
of managers or laborers Is not at least a
factor contributory to the disorganization
which Is so apparent. It may bo well for
tho railroads to appreciate the fact that
Government control was an much for the
purpose of stabilizing and protecting their
Jiugo credits as it was to facilitate distribu
tion, and any particular railroad which
collapses under Government control or be
comes less efficient puts Itself in a position
where explanations not wholly routino In
nature will be demanded not only by tho
Government but by tho peoplo also. Tho
value of railroad securities, wo supposed,
was not a true cstlmato of the valuo of
railroad service, but recent failures to get
results, it Is only fair to say, are causing
considerable dissatisfaction and some re
sentment. It Is, of course, disconcerting that tho
Pennsylvania Fuel Administrator should
have to send this message to Washington:
I appeal for reassignment of coal that
cannot be forwarded to New Kngland anil
New Tori; points owing to tho terminal
and car congestion.
If tho Government is nurturing conges
tion and emphasizing famine by trying to
make two trains run where only one can
g0 at the same time not permitting cars
to flow along lines that are open, it is time
that the MoAdoo-Garfleld control bocumo
co-ordinated and its policies mutually help
ful. If, Indeed, the railroads can haul one
commodity only and not enough of that.
wo nay as well quit living In a fool's para
Ciav and eadejtvor to strengthen the funda-
'rwHatol Hnk In our Industrial chain, Tho
Wv-op in th! cejttU7, emitting
from consideration things which tho ccti
sorslilp may veil, is this lneornprohonslbla
failure of tlio itillroadD to mcRur6 Up to
tllo ultUatlon. Tli' cnrrlcd. It ! true, an
IncrcoRc of tonnage Inst year In' Itself mflio
than equal to tho combined tonnage In nor
mal tltne of HliMla, Oernmny, J'ranco nrld
tirvat Diltuln. but our inlleoire l fnr more
Vniit.
Comparisons may bo Instructive, but re
felittd Arc Jtclflvc. The Htinrcmo task eon
fruntlliK pnlrlotlfiu and tho Clovcrnmcnt at
thU juncture is Integration of railroad
service and co-ordination of railroad fuclli
Uch; tor tho KhlpbulldliiK promnm, tho
manufacture of inunltlotif. tho iirovlslonliiK
of our Allien alike depend for hUcccm on
American inllroads. 'When they fall down
our whole war piopram falls down with
them.
OUlt KXK.MIKS DIVIDED
The peoples of AuRtrhfllutiRurr, whose
place among the nations we wlah to tee
t-nfcBUarilert and nssuted, uPould be ac
corded the freest opportunity of atltolio
inous development.
rpillfa was tho tenth of Mr. Wilson's four-
loen conditions for a Just mid ttablo
peace laid down at "tho moral climax of
this, tho culminating and Dual war for
human liberty." They seem to Iihvo been
words of Maine, for they have been caught
up by tho rebellious subjects of tho llnps
burg, and by thu prets ot neutral coun
tries aro declared to bo one of tho potent
factors In the present revolt.
It is entirely credible thut Urn man and
Austrian troops have tired upon each other,
for the greatest mystery of this war luis
been that such dissension did not start
wjuor. Germany has heaped every hu
miliation upon her ally. Her press has
mocked nt Austtiu for military failures -logical
enough rallurcs for a nation which
in all Its history never "on a war. It has
demanded for Germany food supplies that
naturally would huve gone to tho Dual
.Monarchy, und starving folk have seen
grain from Kumanla, meat from Turkey,
pass through thtlr land on Its way to their
master's master In llerlln. Tho Merlin-to-tiagdad
project has been flourished In
their faces as if Austria did not exist. Their
Kulser Is Ji!plcs.. His challenge to Her
lin would mean tho annexation of German
Annua by his ruthless, ally. And in peace
and war, in prosperity and adversity, the
polyglot peoples whom Mr. Wilson's words
have so encouraged have demanded au
tonomy and more than that Independence.
Turkey, threatened from live directions,
is tottering. It has long b- en considered
by tomo to be a hazardous adventure of tho
llrltlsh to penetrate so far into tho Sultan's
domains. What If the Germans hurled a
great army at Allenby's columns? The
answer Is at hand. Tho Urltlsli evidently
had rtllablo information about affairs In
Turkey. Tho German general, I-'alkcn-hayn.
had indeed planned to recapture
Jerusalem, but it Is reported that lfiO.OOU
Turkish troops deserted him. This Is doubt
less uu exaggeration, llut It can bo no
exaggeration that typhus and other dis
eases havo played havoc in Turkey; it
would be amazing If it were not so. Turkey
has no medical organization in tlmo of
peace to stop epidemics, and the first duty
of Christian missionaries Is nlwajs to fight
filth and Infection.
Granting to tho Germans an efficiency
hitherto undreamed of, thoy would Indeed
be supermen If, without sufficient doctors,
medical supplies, food and clothing for
their own army and people, they could keep
tho Illiterate soldiers and civilians of Hun
gary. Ilulgarla and Turkey up to the mark!
Kivo hundred thousand Allied boltllors wait
lu northern Greeco and Serbia to atrlko
when the tlmo comes, and tho fact that
Germany's three allies have dono nothing
against tlicm i signal proof of their weak
ness. We will win and wt will make our four
teen conditions of peace permanently re
move tho provocations for another world
war. Tho enormous gain to humanity,
already In sight, Is so great. o transcen
dentally great, taxing tho power of the Im
agination to concelvo its ultimate results,
that no man in his senses will talk li,,lf.
measures now. Wholo peoples among our
"enemies" cry to us to rescuo them. We
will set our teeth and sea this through.
Cracking tho party whip lias been known
to crack a party.
Let's hope that the Austrlana are better
revolutionists than soldiers.
The llrltlsh worklnnrmaii is out to con
quer Germany and llrltaln, too.
The economic policy or some citizens
resolves Itself Into a longing for frco food,
free lodging and frco amusement.
Homo officials refer to tho freight conges
tion as a "state of mind," We suspect that
old man psychology Is being overworked,
Germany may control Turkey, but If
polygamy controls Germany wo more than
suspect tliat her placo In tho sun will bo In
tho shade.
We would not go so far as to wish that
every bishop were a politician, but it might
no a line tiling lor tne country If every poli
tician wero a bishop.
John H. Iw Scott Is the ablett man In tho
State, according to Senator Varo. and should
be Lieutenant Governor. Now for a. Governor
warranted to livo four years !
Ships that come to Philadelphia get coal
and cargo and get out ; In New York they
wait for both and are delayed In getting out.
Why not uso our shipping intelligently?
Mr. McAdoo Is against Government own
ership of railroads. Uut, ho says, "a return
to tb old competitive system would be im
possible." A case of "What's in a namo?"
The custodian of alien onemy property
avers It's only businesslike to ussess a tax
against It for the oveihcad of custodianship.
We suggest a tax of lt-t per cent for some
ot It, which U more ncaj -u alien.
The Allies need 100.0nO.C0O bnaSli of
American wheat III Ift'H Mr Hoi-m- -t.
mates. A call for help that can be trium
phantly answered by th American farmer
and the American housowlfe and only by
them.
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Soma readers do not concur at all In
sentiments expressed by the late Governor
Pennyiacker, but what he wroU he wrote,
and It Is printed as he wrote It. We may gt
n few lambasting ourselves before It is
finished.
Ilansfr n4 xilao Mallttn? Throunu ar
many K hraullur
Unforuiuataly these grim reapers cannot
be compelled to swing their deadly scythes in
the land thtt .juromoned tbem forth. The
whole imwceneTWla' Is Uielr harvest field.
GETTYSBURG ENCAMPMENT PLAN
WAS HALTED BY PENNYP ACKER
Governor Refused to Permit Later Associations to
Become Connected With Historic Battlefield.
The St. Louis Exposition
riANirAt KI.H At'TOIllOtlRAl'IIV NO. ss
rcorvrlolit. 1SII. Ik ittie l.tdor? romportW
AllOUT this tlmo tho Phlloblblon Club, nl
. lnj' suggestion, brought out tho edition
do luxo and facsimile reproduction of "Tho
Chronicles of Nnlhali Hen Saddl," tho
wttlre upon 1'rniikllii, Norrls, Isaac Wayne
and others nbout tho tlmo of tho French
nhd Indian War. I may bo fofglveu for
repenting that It H probably tho brightest
bit of literature the Colonics produced, nnd
that for It I wrote tho preface, giving such
faclft concerning its origin ns could bo
ascertained. UP the twenty-seventh of
Juno I mado nn address at tho laying of
the cornerstone of tho llomeopathlo In
saho Asylum at lllltcrsvllle, near Allen
town, In which Doctor Hcyslngcr was very
much Interested. It always seemed to mo
itbsurd to talk about a homeopathic In
sanity, and thero was later much unfavor
able comment upon tho cost of tho building
und tho fact that It had not been com
pitted even nt tho expiration of tho term
of my successor.
The Gettysburg Encampment
At the close of July 1 went to tho camp
uf tho National Gtlaid nt Gettysburg and
was ngftin much chattered nbout by tho
iuldnuncs because I adhered to my rulo of
rovlew from ti barouche, nnd thero ugaiu
f Inspected every member of every regi
ment and tho culinary and other depart
unents. Tho Adjutant General, .Stewart,
one nf the most capablo and energetic of
men, lind It in mind to arrange for a per
manent annual encampment there, but I
felt called upon to lnterforo Willi him nnd
put an cud to tho plan. Colonel John P.
Nicholson, chairman of tho Ilattlollcld
Commission, wag much opposed to It and
my opinion was that we ought not to forco
any later uses or associations upon tho
Held whero tho most fateful of American
battles was fought.
On the first of August former Governor
Itobert K. Paulson died. I knew him well;
a tall man, with dark eyes, ho hud tho won
derful fortune to be twlco elected tin u
Democrat to the position of Governor of
this Republican .State. .Mentally, ho was
painstaking but not vigorous, und ho was
not very successful In tho office or finan
cially afterward. He was of tho type of
men who ul ways 'meet with mild good will
and approval, fctono and I wero both pall
bearera and attended tho funeral. I issued
a public proclamation.
Tho St. Louis Exposition
During this rummer the International
Exposition at St. Louis to commemorntn
tho Louislunu Purchase was opened. I
determined that Pennsylvania, should take
a piomincnt part and that the opportunity
should bo seized to bring beforo tho people
of tho Stato and tho nation tho importance
ot what she did at tho tlmo of tho pur-
chaso in contrast with other parts of tho
country- Her vote In Congress was unani
mous for tho purchase, but the fact had
never been pointed out, except by Henry
Adams, who describes her ns tho potent
factor In the Government nt this period.
Without this purchnso wo never could havo
been much of a nation.
Tho Legislature appropriated the sum
of $300,000 for tho Suite's participation. I
appointed a commission of representative
men to tnko charge of tho matter, consist
ing, together with thoso selected by tho
Legislature, as follows:
.Samuel W. Pcmiypacker. president;
Henry P. Walton, chairman of executive
committee; Jnmcs n. Lambert, executive
officer; l'ranl; ('.. Harris, Stato Treasurer;
llromley Wharton, secretary; Gcorgo J.
lirennun, secretary: William M. Ilrowii.
UP FROM THE RANKS
Sir William Itobcrtson. British Chief of
Stafl', Won Promotions by
Merit
SIP. WILLIAM It ItOUL-UTSON. K. C. V.
O., K. C. II., D. S. O., is tho first "ranker"
or enlisted man to rlso to tho dignity of lieu
tenant general in the KrltlMi army. Many
"rankers" have been colonels or subalterns,
and at least ono, Sir Ihctor Macdonald, of
unfortunate memory, attained 'tho position of
major general.
Lieutenant General Hobeitson's career
has been like a romance In Its spectacular
episodes to the present climax, which finds
lilm, as chief of the general staff, tjie target
for thu volleys of a hostllo section ot the
London press.
Politics, rather than liiefliclviiey ui. his
part, ids supporters and admirers declure. Is
back of the demands for his teinoval. line
observer Is authority for the statement that
Sir Willlum has mado enemies in the army,
and particularly In the nobility. iy nn ci;i
clency brusquo and taciturn. Sumo persons
havo never forgiven his origin, it is said, und
Ids rise from the ranks to b chief of staff.
Itobertson never won hero's laurels as a
commander, and It lias galled critics to havo
u "mere machine" like him hi supremo charge
of the w ur Ulllco. Ho lias never In his career
held a troop command on n major scale, but
lias shown genius for organization. It is
true, as his opponents allege, that ho
Is secretive about tactics that go wrong.
His philosophy Is that of the prac
tical man ulio wastes no tlmo on post-mortems
and makes every mtnuto of the new
day count. As a matter of fact, bo Is a new
type in the llrltlsh army, an exemplar of
impersonal efficiency.
Tho general was born In Lincolnshire hi
1SC0. Ills family was middle class and ho
received a fair education. HIb dream was to
be accepted as a cadet In one of Kngland's
military schools, a dream which never imo
true.
At last he dospalrod of becoming an offi
cer through cadet channels, so he enlisted us
a trooper In the Sixteenth Lancers and bo
gan Ills military career at the lowest rung
in the ladder.
He was twenty-nine, ten years later, whon
his diligent study of tactics, etc., won him
his second lieutenant's commission.
After doing transport work he waB pro
moted to staff captain and D. A. Q. M. G. of
trt intelligence Uranch at Simla. For four
years ho worked hard at the provisioning and
quartering ot men In India,
In 1585 he acted as Intelligence officer
to the headquarters staff of the Chltral relief
force. Mentioned In dispatches and severely
wounded he got his O i nt the - ' if
the campaign, and was taken up by the War
Offlee for Its own set vice.
In 189$ he won an appointment to the staff
college. From tilts point he roso rapidly to
a commanding jiosltlon In the army.
With the outbreak of hostilities in South
Africa hn was very soon called upon to take
up his duties as an active overseer of the dis
cipline of the llrltlsh forces on active service.
After South AMciEj Sir WIllUw was
New Castle. Pa.: H. U, Hardenboigh,
Honcsdnle; Isaac 1J. Ilrown( HarrlsbUrg;
John M. Scott. Philadelphia; John C.
Grady. Philadelphia: William C. PproUl,
Chester; William P. Snyder, Spring City;
J. Henry Cochran, Wllllftinspott; Cyrus V.
Woods, tlreensburg; Thcodoro 1). Stulb,
Philadelphia; John Hamilton, Philadel
phia) William 11. Kirker, Uellovuo; Wil
liam Wayne, Paoll; John A. P. Hay, Clar
ion; Fred T. Ikelcr, Dloomsburgi William
If. riticli, Hummclstown; A. 1 Cooper,
Homer City; Frank It. McClaln, Lancaster;
Goorgo V. Hnrtiiian. Wllkeq.llnrre: Wil
liam S. Harvey, Philadelphia: Mori Is L.
Clothier, Philadelphia; Joseph Jt. Oaunm,
Philadelphia: Gcorgo H. Horle, Jr., Phila
delphia; Charles 11. Penrose, Philadelphia;
Geoige T. Oliver, Pittsburgh: H. It. Gllky
son, Phootilxvlllc; Hiram Young, York!
James Pollock, Philadelphia; James Sic
Drier, Hrle.
I selected ns Pennsylvania Day the 20th
of August, tho lloth ntinlVcrsaiy of
Wayne's victory ut tho Fallen Timbers, in
order to enforce attention to tho fact that
It was Way no who won for us the wholo
Mlddlo West. Thero was much opposition
to this ditto nintnig the commission, for tho
reason that It was In tho very midst of tho
holiest patt of tho season, nnd, therefore,
likely to Interfere with the pleasures ot tho
occasion, but I was Inexorable upon thU
point. An artistic building was erected at
u rost of 536.H5.C4, and It was visited by
moro people than all of tho other State
buildings together, duo In largo part to tho
presence of tho Liberty Dell. Tho exhibits
wero moit creditable nnd received many
medals from the National Commission.
Returning n Balance
Wo left Philadelphia on tho IStli with a
largo party, which Included my stuff, Mrs.
l'omiypuckcr, Mrs. Carson nnd many of
tho commissioners nnd their wives, nnd
tho next day arrived In St. Louis, where,
for tho llrst time, I saw tho Mississippi
Itivcr, nnd wo put up lit tho Jefferson
Hotel. On tho menu for dinner thero ap
peared "Dolled Owl." I -was sorely tempted
to try what tho tiling vus like, but the
plica was ?4 and I foibore. Wo concluded
that night to go out In automobiles nnd
tuko a preliminary look nt tho fair. We
had gono nbout four tquaics when ono of
tho most violent ot thunderstorms let looto
upon us, tho bolts of lightning ctrlklng
and splintering tho polci besldo us on the
street, nnd wo hurried back to tho hotel,
wet to tho skin. In tho morning, escorted
by tho famous City Troop, with John C.
Groomo nt Its head, I was driven out to
tho Pennsylvania Dulldlng. which wo ex
amined. Tho day proved to bo fully us
hot as had been anticipated and all wero
uncomfortable, but endured their martyr
dom for tho good of tho State, Thero 1
delivered an "address, setting forth In detail
Pennsylvania's purt in the creation of tho
West and the securing of tho lands of tho
Jlississippl Valley. It has often been re
printed; It appears in my "Pennsylvania in
American History," and It produced tho
effect which had been lutendod. Tn tho
evening Jirc. Pcmiypacker and I held a
reception attended by Governor David It.
Francis, tho president of tho exposition.
In connection with tho exercises I had re
produced A. J. II. Dugunno's poem, "Hur
rah for Pennsylvania," up to that time al
most unknown, and it was rendered with
great effect by a lady elocutionist. After
examining tho exposition wo left St. Louis
on tho night of tho 23d. When tho Stato
Commission closed its labors it returned
530,000 to tho Treasury, an event ulmost
without precedent.
Tuiiiorrow (iiitrrnor l'FliiDii.nkrr trlU ur n nrw
iitlmk iiihiii lilm l thr iim.iiiH'r.
booked for seven years by a War Olllco
very desirous of reform.
Afterward ho went to Aldcrsliot S3 as
sistant quartermaster general. Aldcrshot, of
all places, w.13 tho right school for ono who
had to preparo for L'uropcan complications.
Since tho South African War bo has filled
many stall posts with gicat credit. At ono
tlmo ho was commandant of tho staff college
and consequently played quite a part In
training tho young staff officers of tho pres
ent war.
At tho outbreak ot tho Duropean war Gen
eral Itobertson was mado chief transport
officer to tho army in Franco. Ho was pro
moted to bo lieuteriunt general In considera
tion of ids excellent services as quartermas
ter general on Marshal French's staff. From
tills post ho was advanced to chief of tho
general stalf. from which thero U now a
movement to oust him.
THE DOOMED DOUGHNUT
Tlio doughnut is doomed. Recent intima
tions of disapproval by tho food administra
tion of this matutinal confection might have
been regarded as n spur to conservation and
a threat that would not bo carried out un
less as a last resort. Uakcrs aro prohibited
in making bread or rolls from i.ddlng suear
or fats to tho dougli during thci baking or
afterward. .Some difference of opinion as to
what ur rolls has given the ipiuirhrnt a
respite, but It is to bo short-livcJ, according
to the State food admims rator, who brings
this significant newu fioni WatliliiKtoii.
This ruling gives sweet dough goods a tem
porary lease on Ufa only, Mr. Hoover has n.
special grudge against doughnuts. Thoy hoaI:
up fat which wo do not need, and our Allien
aie suffering for. So doughnuts und frylng
pan foods will shortly be taboo and wo must
not eat or make them until the war Is over.
Thus Is tho fate of the doughnut sealed.
Mr. Hoover Is known as a determined man
who cannot bo moved from a course which
he thinks will servo the Interests of his
country. The statement, however, that tho
food administrator lias a grudge against
tho doughnut will pain many who havo pe
culiarly strong fondness for It ns an accom
paniment of the morning meal, though Mr.
Hoover's animus may arise from motives of
patriotism, not prejudice.
If the Covemment rays the doughnut
mUBt go out of our lives then go It must.
Hut there will be some natural regret at
parting with an old and tried friend. Tho
doughnut, like pie, has become a. part of our
common life. Many will find breakfast with
out sinkers an Incomplete and unsatisfying
repast. Uut perhaps the abstinence will bring
better digestion and more equable temptra.
Indianapolis News.
THAT'K HOW, TO TALK TO 'Wf, rKTK
Nolle to llio loafers of KlnpaW who war
Ibaflnx around on tli alt Larrtla talflrur all kind
of au.rl.-a and Interftrlnc with other Jxrapli' Vjal-
n- aw, w ,"V V' 'nnr iYim iny uua
neat. u uuto ". i..v iiuubo rani ana Sflll'
havo paid h Imuao rent and settled
3 to satlafactl-n. A. lVteraon. Ad
In Ktnaly ila ) Nw-Tinjejr,
uir uc-vu...3
vrn ment
Tiit: I'uomKKu
The? said bis hrt never would "often
Tt he loosens.bl tvr.irlf quit often ,y
He baa to when puttluj lu mora. K
t aiaui Vk um frwva til lfle ptMiri
ARISTOPHANES ON
VOTES FOR WOMEN
How the Satirist of Athens Han
dled the Question in the
Days of Old
Hy JAMES J. WALSH, M. D.. Litt. D.
Ij.rrctor f ll" M'!!il IH. run-in r thn School
of Soclolo.1)-. lurdliam University.
MOST peoplo arc inclined to think this Is
tho first time In tho hlstuiy of tho.
world that there has over been the slightest
thought of giving the volo to women, or of
the women darh.g to express any deslro for
it, and that wo arc the witnesses In our
generation of o great new development of
humanity almost unheard of before.
Many seem to think that this veprcscnts
the latest phaso of evolution In which nt least
It has come to be recognized that woman has
u mind nnd it right to uso It and secure Its
development and to apply it to tho problems
of humanity In a practical way : all of which,
of course, is nonsense and only due to the
fact that most peoplo who talk so much
about piogiobs in our time know next to
nothing about the past nnd not very much
oven about 'their own time. It is compara
tively easy to vaunt our present day progress,
ignoring thu past, but rather difficult when
one knows history and archeology, for
archeology has been adding now chapters
to our knowledge of femlnlno lnflucnco even
In tho very oldest times.
It was. of couise. qulto Inevitable that tho
Greek should hav- thought nw Hit- ii-oli-lem
of tho place of woman, nnd many besides
Plato touched on It. Aristophanes ha no
less than tlnee satires uu women's activities
hi Athens, in each one of which there is
soinu question of their political ambitions nnd
their feeling that they could rulo the Stato
probably bitter than the men, and in ono
of which, tho Dcclesiazusae, "The Female
parliament," as the name of this comedy lias
been freely rendered, the subject of votes for
women is handled In quite modern fashion.
When he wrote his satire on "Tho War" it
was actually occupying all tho attention.
When he wrote "The Peace" tho war had al
ready lasted ten years and not long after
cam" tho conclusion of tho treaty known
as tho Peace of Nicias, which men hoped
was to hold good for fifty years, but alas
did not. When he wrote "Tho Clouds " nnd
satirized Socrates, its protntatlon took place
within the y-ar of the death ot that phil
osopher. In itu' Hi at of tho lomcdlei! on women
"I.yslKtrnt'i." ,rl"t'i.n.vni-s ,nr"("l p bo 'v
of the elder matrons seizing tho Acropolis,
making th-nis'-iv. n mlstre-.Re-' nt loo public
treasury and thus .f the Covennicnt. The
women havo resolved o-i a voluntary si-para
tlon fr..m their husbands a inenM et thoro
"from lud and boar.l," until p;.i shall ha
proclaimed.
Tb voil-ii wV bnv- o'niils.l l!;n citndel
must hold It, hv.vcvr. In crCsr to maintain
their authority. It It not cnouu'i n ir.any a
good government pirty has l.ri!id, "to turn
the rascals out" on election d.iy end then go
;ff about one's business and let tho govern
ment run Itself. The politicians kno-.r that
they must slay on tho Job. The goo-gr.os
are uualiy ousted at the rlcxt election be
caura I'.'.iy do not.
Tho women In Aristophanes comedy at
Alliens soon find that while It was an In
torcstir.g novelty in life Juit to take posses
sion of tho government It Is quite another
thing to stay In the citadel and maintain It.
Thty are ever so much more Interested It
tho things at home. As. u result they art
caught creeping out ot tho citadel, even let
ting themselves down from the walls pro
carlously by all sorts of ropes nnd at the
risk of being dashed to pieces on the ronloi.
It Is clear, however, that before1 long the
women will have ubandoned their prists and
so from tho vn"tn i-ron-'i n' th nit,ii (j,,
arrangement Is mado hy which the Spartan
wives being by dramatic license present In
Athens also the Spartan men are Invited to
a banquet In which they ait down with Chi
Athonlans, and the women well know thai
after a good feed the enmity between them
will disappear and a peac be signed.
In "The Female Parliament," the woman
unable to obtain their rlghtn lu tho ordinary
course of political event resolved to secure
them by strategy. They disguised them
selves us men. wearing tholf m- bands'
brogun.i lest thtlr smaller feet shout- Utrny
them, putting on false beards and -hanging
the outer appearance of their Barmen's. As
lnn and women both wore the long chiton
this was not difficult. Virtually Hi omy
difference brtwetn tho men and tho women
was that ill .girdle or belt wan worn a little;
higher by Uu) women than tho mm. It, U
"HO HUM!"
.. . ,... , .... ., . I -! .1 I I
not a difficult matter to change the feminine
waist line, howrvtr; Indeed, somo one once
declared It to bo "a movable feast" that
might bo found anywhere from the knees
almost to tho arm pits. Anyhow Urn women
thus disguised secured places In tho liiyx
or voting place and proceeded to vote them
selves Into olfirc. Tho only crlteilon of citi
zenship ut Athens was tho power to pro
nounce Gicek after the Attic fashion. Ac
cordingly tho women having secured most
ot tho places In the popular assembly placo
proceeded to voto tho Government into tho
hands ot the women. Tho Generalissimo of
tho Stato Is ono Praxagora, tho lender of tho
movement, who had told her sister Athenian
Women at u midnight meeting, held for tho
purposo of rehearsing their program tho
night beforo tho election, all tho reasons
there were why tho Government should pass
into tho hands ot tho feminine portion of
the community.
She inrlsts that their long practice In tho
management ot the homo fits them par
ticularly to take up similar obligations as re
gards the .State-. Their well-known conserva
tism is another trait in their favor. "They
roast und boll after tlio good old fashion:
they mako their cheeso cakes by the old
recipes; they keep n private bottle like their
mothers: they pledgo their husbands n they
always did" : and so Athens can be assured
that under tho government of women thero
shall bo no novelties, nono of tho revolutions
which tho Ilomaiw centuries (."envir.l
called res invar, "new things." Above all,
tho ladles may be nsMireu mat the uiejiburs
of tho new Government, being mothers, villi
bo sparing of tho blood of tho Republic's
soldiers, their own sons. Whenever their
sons nro summoned to service they will take
care that they do not ntarvo and nro not
neglected, but havo homo comforts in their
encampments. Resides, thoso who stay nt
homo shall bo properly cared for. She tells
them In tho words ot Colli ns's translation
no moro high taxes, no moro war.
"und for ways nnd in ani.
Trust us thero la liotluns dewrer than a woman.
And n for diploma, y they'll !) hard Indeed
To cheat they know too many tricks themeelic"."
Tho policy of tho new Government under
femlnlno magistrates sounds strangely famil
iar. Thero Is to bo no iroro poverty, no
lawsuits, no gambling "s informers, nnd no
moro old maids. Al! the ugly women nro to
havo tho llrst choice of husbands and tho
untnken men will be very glad to havo tho
others.
Aristophanes satlro viniuii was directed
pnrllciilnrlv again! Plato's Irte'il republic,
which had been published not long beforo and
which contained a number of piatonlc Ideas
Willi regard to the placo of women, with
which Aristophanes did not agree, ends with
nn lnvltnllon to tho public generally that Is,
the spectator nt tho theatre to bo suro to
come to tho national banquet which is to
Initiate tho now and Ideal order ot thlngr.
Arlstophnnes's very Interesting comment on
votes for women as voiced by one ot the
Athenian clllze:: was that tho Athenians
we-i! above and beyond nil fond of change,
ard "as this was the only change which had
not. yet been tried by thm. :0 wonder it had
teen curried."
AGAIN' THOSK PROPITKr.US
You kniv? them, '.'ns! Tiny want 111 earth.
Tl JSV tirt in" kirk Vr .Vl! ll'i.yre worth
". ." a triA r raiimrl !.
Mltl VI Ii.
A frnco crwiir.d
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. Who U .loiepli V. Uerri-?
3. Under what aoterelanly la IMieiula?
t. WTi la (lenerol ltoberiaen?
4 AVUat part In Vmerli-jit litalory wan (dared
hy AUon l. I'nrkerv
5 Violent Attacks on Lincoln fr lnefllrlenrs In
th eonduet ut ll'e war ;re nmili-. in
what riinrailenitl anion did tliew nttoiU
luliulnale'.
0, What I tractor?
7. Of b! ""H, ', " '"'.:!' !" addrened
" a, "Veer lllchn."?
g, vvtuti im"1 by the plini, . "Drawlus a
rd herring ncroaa Ihe rark"f
O, What l sal"? '
10. liellne "dodn."
Answers to Yesterday's Quia
J, Tlu Iloceal medieval rulers of venire,
j. Hlr Waller HeoU ! "lVaierlj."
S. Ciernowlis l U wMUl of I bo -tualrlan
rrowilaiMl of titxtlru, adjoining- llunauW.
4, Verdi' if". "La Trtl J, rat,() 0
Ihe roun.ee llama' iduy J "dimlllV."
3, IliltudehdiU I mtl! Ih Quaker City.
0. Wliwlnr. br iwrtiMMnUrr ermptnieal, reevnl.
I, wna read the f.inllr nm nt tlrllKu
royslir, lntd ot ike. Teulonlo M'tilN,
Dowssen u till? applied hi JJllond 1 widows
of irii f rank, ""
, Th" TUre flraeaai Vsltn, Hop and Clarity.
V. IdkTt f of wW Ppeullar ! iiurttiular
Unsiiury, raiMrfally lflt lie nn lriei utaHi"
10. MdJol ; Uenerat Hale la llimneT ildf of slaff
of (Ii Vtlllali army l jMranic,
Little Polly's Pome
CURIOSITY
It's curious how curious
Somu people are. Though some of Ul
Have an abiding Christian trust
In everything still others must
Examine everything in view
Beforo they will believe it's true.
Our fence vvns painted recently
And it vvus very strnngo to seo
How few had what you call "rc-stralnt"
When they beheld the sign "Fresh Paint,"
The worst of nil that cumo that way
Were some bad boys who stopped to lay
A linger on some painted spot
To seo if it vvus dry or not.
I warned them, but although they heard
They did not heed ii single word
And yet I knew it had not dried
For just n while be.f ore I tried
One finger on n tiny spot
Vie made quite sure that it had not.
'"" 'i a'l strange thing to me
That nearly every ono should be
So full of curiosity. l
TOM DALY.
ACORNS
t
Doing tho Little Beginnings of Some J
wormy umuer
WIIDN- llttlo Jim Lennon was gradualeJ
from Glrard College hi 13?" lie took Ma .
diploma or his certificate, or whatever It (
was they gave lilm and carried It hom to,.
his mother, who lived In u little alley neirj
Fourth and German streets. From Uier M -
trudged every day to the shop el J
printer at Hudson nnd Harmony street, to
whom ho had been apprenticed, and betw4
long and foot- arylng errands learma m
rudiments of the art preservative.
Of his early, but lator. exploits In V"
newspaper business a readable tal will soml
day bo made, but tho object of this lllu
chronicle Is to aim straight and true at tin
bluli IlL-ht tn hla .'nin.-r. or to keen In CDf
ncter witli our title the llrst strong spront s
In November, 183C. ho established a Uf
paper and called it The South rwiaaipjw ,
At about tho same time ho discovered, "
In tho bulrushes ot tho Neck, a poor, ws
lected navy yard, which seemed to b BJ
of an orphan than he had over Mn. 'm
Jim had a good mother, but the poor M
yard had no friends at all. lie begnri toMJJ
father to the navy yard, and he fou8M,f"f,.1!
and worked for it, and got Ihe South JWJ
dolphla Duslnes Men's Assoclatlon-wM
ho organized to worn nnu ngni ior-1" -v
now look nt It! And look at him! J
Ladles and Gentlemen Hon. Jamw
Lennon. President of tho Select Council
tho City ot Philadelphia, T. A. V-n
EDITORIAL EPIGRAMS
No uso calling the nusslans hard nawjal
they'ro accustomed to tnem. roein mvm
Ti..ioi,..if,i ,i.uArf,. e,rmnii nelu-e tcfl3l
but thoy" itm rough on liuaUa. Wall Stl
Jl'un.ar. . 'ii
vi-s. wn .-n'i r u in ce. some of IH
pep with which vo trvetirat I3'-0 ,'
flghlltiC S'.. Louis I'onl-L'ifpatCii
... .. i.. ...njt tea atef
co lur iwi i;m v.i i- .- -- L.si.T
concerned sc much sbyiil ovroli"aiow,Ja
NnshvllU rioullurn Lumher.nnn
n-h.rfi ... dm t-l.tnnr, i frr.'.IX liCfilthU!
armftns still Inugii.o It Is possible U MSfl
t. Vt-i-iiph m.A TViflHli fO llcalBr S
News. ' .
Pleblsalte voto on Independence for AUjg
I.orrnlno would b a sr.fe 'nc'M,,1"a?Si
the Kaiser doing the counting 1v' B'S
Journal. i
Tho song "Over Tfire" was sold rot? t
.. .. .-.--.. .a. rif.Atr.ar r-
uy ono muiiu iruim-nitr i" "'""iilil
SJC.OOO. If unvbody snya Ihe hlgn IJ'Sjj
due to lha war. for onco vvc 11 bell' "
t'olunibia Itccord,
run tuutii av IT
I'ein foiiis can't mind, t'".t DuahU
n't mind. ti"t uu
le you'll l'.'"1
ve- no buallief
huvd no lalnd.
rno rcaaon )
Th'r ellher liaye-
or u titcy