", i ',' '. A,' -U va kr , 7 i..&t ' " 'V- . t I-1 er.r; w ton ?" s. SO' fe ft. in ii - V1 iy tlv fS r V ' i -t ,-v, , tf.-i&'. lublic ffefatt PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY RUS H. X. COTVTIS. rniMxr tw itiiwii. -lea x raaiaami 4ona c. ocraterjr end Treasurer! Philip 8. JfHltl II. William. .lA-.. T amirs-a..... Wblt, Dlrectoro, ' EDITORIAL BOAl-Dl .' JSMWi K Ctitn, Chairman X. WHAUI Editor a atAKTlN...Otntral Bualnese Manaxar teNWIehtt. dally at Pottio I.imii Bulldlnc. ..w-ft-v.iui.-,iia ur. I niiaaaipQlB. H CatTAL.4..IlroAd anil t!h.-.tni,t Rtra- 4MTIO Cr f-rraa-lalon nulldlns .io".. roe JH-troeolltan Tower otT....... 4ns i'ord llulldlni onis,,. lOOn Kullerton llulMina ft 'WCi.oo 120S rrlounn Bulldlns kV Wl? NEWS DUIIEXU3I T.. I fflinmn nCBRAUi 1. Crj-E-.P"'' rnmrlvnl. Av. and 14th fit. W XQIfK htlllfl. Tha Aum tlnMlna Bono llarronl Houae, Stren.l Boatic. 32 Him Loula la Uranl . SUDSCnllTlON Tr.nus i EtiHO I'iblio l.trwiiasl-. ipvt to ub- 'Tmf9r ' rhlladalphla and aurroundlna- towni a rata ot ftwrtvv . cams per went, peiaai i carrier. mall tA TMtlnfa AiiIiMb nt Phlli4atnhla If United ntatea. Canada or United mates ooa- Isma. HAataaa fee, flflv l.m n mMfk -- - r - m -..-. ? ...-, ... .-. 1 inuiiiui v id iiDiiftii vwr irir, pajaDie in afivanrfl. iiT.. " foreign countries on til) dollar per v1 'foTiPf Subacrleara wlahlnir addra chansed t'ieran, sire eia aa well aa new aoaresa. S-. UaUTt, l VAULT XCYSTOC, MAH IMo 8"i a Jtfjiddrttt nil communication! to Evening rub lis ' y . JXtrtr. Inittcndenco Square, Philadelphia, aXTiatD it Tita rait. err ntA rosr ditici ai vv aacoNn ct.aM mail wiTTra. w rhlladelpkla. Tkung.,. t'cb-tiir; 7, 1911 M.1VHY MAKE UNCLE SAM THE GOAT? fPHB shoulders of Uncle Sam nre broad and Ills digestion Is mngnlflccnt, but we assumed thnt the day lmd passed Ions go when a Hercules as expected to hold F the world on his shoulders. Wc view with Eft ome alarm tho hysterical calls from every StS;uarter of the country for 1110 urmeu Ai.kgtates to step In and seize this or that " . ft . Tftt ftU.. I IhahI enfftt flMl'tl'linrA f1' lnausiry. xi incic is u. lutui nwn- nj .,..,.- Uncle Sam Is exnectcd to produco a poul- fch v , Efl Oce. lie has his hands tun auenumn iu i 'Big own business just now wimoui unm .'wqulrcd to act tho part of hero In tho Iseae-act farce entitled "Let George Do It." Rtt SlV ft-. ..i ttlH Un.lht nn Mr. Ki;" .; IB oi. iouja uiu cuuiuk i"'j " - V MmAAnn in ftnlvn tlin lni -U I trrtllPV RVStCnl tV rand operate it. There Is an Insistent jfyrS clamor in' Philadelphia alio for Secretary i$ZA ' 'rtanut. n nrfnrm KnntA wonder of al tv aubamis nnct nlio np rausn to 1)0 seized tllO ,Hnes of tho P. 11. T. It Is not Secretary iDatnlels's business to operate trolley lines. The most, ho could do would be to urge Mr. McAdoo to act. Hut Mr. McAdoo h ulready an Argus with his eyes in the tall of a peacock. "McAdoo about everything" may furnish a superb example of the capacity of tho human being when driven to cover, but to load more responsibility on him and burden lilm with tho operation of trolley lines might break the camel's back. No, It would not be fair. , The man 'la entitled to a chunce and the nation tH ' ihould let him have It. We confess that wo are somewhat nau- eafed by the spectacle of lnelllclency ex- :& ...b'.ted'in theso days by somo corporations FV Whose operations are vital to the success '"'' the war. It may not be humiliating to ; the management of the P. It. T. that the fktf, Mrvlco It offers Is so "rotten" as seriously . to impede the war preparations of the S -wUlon. but it Is distinctly humiliating to j', Philadelphia, where the thunderbolts of de. rXPf mocracy are forged, to have one of Us B $ leadlns utilities so Inefnclently handled P?,'(". Jhat men sincerely laboring for the nation f' reel jusuneu in caiuni, uu iiiu viuvcriiiucnL 'for relief. We have no patience with the ort of patriotism that falls down on the Job. We wonder how any persons conduct- ";?lns a business vital to the nation at this ,&..' critical period can fall to deliver and re- .!? 'gard the failure as a W SUU Ilia AOftfttU.u ftaa u, a.ivtf. vftftau.ft, UVV.U,' '.!'.... Dh.M. nn .nah nAnlft. ni- tin .. fn. ma-A nn.nql rtrtntif- fZl avftlV DilttftftftU Uit DUUI 1WJ ,G ClftJ , ftU. Hthey pile the load on Uncle Sam and en- V ftU.1.1. ft.l ftUft. kftn, af 4t. atmnvfrlft l" SahBUlO llllftft 111 ft.19 ftlVftftb U. ft. IO Oil Ufeftia. K.VJ." Thi The P. U. T. has been warned for months l'j4,V! '' counted its cash each night that a rj?)iuje-,new population was moving Into the Vtf7.Vft-ct aLllu ma.1 lin ViiUiJiitcitk uuiu UB 'rW'iauceti to the uttermost. It had amrjla tCjVavrnlnc that war was inevitable. There '-I? are other companies operating trolleys Jv which read tho signs and ordered material ij? i . . . ifOT raonins ana monins in auvance. incy eralered It, too, from a number of bases fell 'order that the failure of one sourco of 'faKwpply should not be fatal. To bo caught unprepared, as the P. It. T. was, is a con fession of Inexcusable Improvidence. It In- f ', . ........ ...... . Bv7K:aics, too, a laxity in municipal control tfif that must be recttfled. If tho P. It. T. can- f'Waot'be efllclent voluntarily It must bo made j 'JBclent by force. hi1 t It Is true that the Government has been iv! . ... i VCfWlousiy consiacnng rauicai action in tran Uvf .i - . ... .. - . . . .... fjlm anairs, ooin nero anu eisewnerc. wasli. ,'iinaTton is particularly Irritated over the 'ialierable service furnished the Krankford raenal and munition plants In other sec- HS. The Philadelphia situation was r consideration long before public plaint became general. It Is still r consideration, although wc have ;aon to believe that It has already been R Maided that there will be either quick a-apan ut ftAviiii emu i auttai -ufiion. inero "not going to be much more quibbling. &?.'& Pet hqwever, that It Is an out f iiUei.- w.ui. ...... .. .. aaBfiftv vea.a(i.ftivuit .uubi U1V0 IIS attfill- ". lo ftfiiuin. vi ima sore, we again ,pn the local company that .It volun foUO the limit In rectifying existing ! and relieve the Government of the or excuse for taking possession I local lines. ' flNG TO BREAK OUR SPIRIT A fauna boasts that, he will get lrto by April, What If he did? fttaftftwtaV U, .ftj,,! J!. ... rpi a- " ; wm -"w "ft. Ay., ufir toi to-aris at' the be- BtlHy. 29 nllea t' northeast, and Esbly, 18 miles cast. That would bo similar to enemy forces at Doyles town, Valley Forge and West Chester. The French beat them back 70 miles with the help of only about 350,000 .Englishmen, and now there aro as many English-speaking soldiers In Franco as there are French, If the Germans can tnko Paris they could have taken Yprcs. There, when they sprang their poison-gas surprise, they tore a flvc-mllo gap, had a four-to one numeri cal ndvantnge nnd superiority of nrtlllery. And yet they did not take Yprcs. Their plan now hcciii"J to Inflict n, big casualty list on tho American expeditionary force. They do not expect the Atncrjcan soldier to break. They expect jott to break, hero at home, and cry for peace. Never mind about tho American soldier. Ho can take cure of himself. Ho Is of age, a voting fltlen, and ho has chosen tho wuy ho H to go. THETU.SCANIA T7IA11L.Y reports of appalling loss of life on the Tuscanla were succeeded during tho night by more comforting dlv patches. Instead of a calamity comparable In Hi magnitude to tho tragedy nt the I.usltanla, a splendid 'record of eindent reicuo work l shown. Nearly nlpc-Untlis of the officer and men hnvo been landed In Iielrfnd and there It a probability of further ."UrvlvorH. Wc undent rnto cotly pre mium of blood when tto in"t tho die In April. Wo expect to pay tho irke without murmur or complaint. Tito Ilun has struck u Mow which will riti-r our people to clench their teeth mid tighten their armor. This Is this nort of warfare thnt forced us into nr nnd It Is tho kind of warfaro that will keep us thcio until the Hun drops to his knees. COXTKOVERSY WITH .Mil. LANK "IMVl," Wi; I'L'HMSH elsewhere an Interview with .Mr. "Dave" Lane, who Is Irritated by an editorial which recently appeared In this newspaper. The object of that edi torial wan not particularly to demnnd tho oterthrow of present Hcpubllcan leaders, as Mr. I.aiio imagines, but to point out to business men everywhere that Repub licanism Is n nyhtrm f tronomlcs, not simply u inazo of theories, and that It Is essential to the well-being of tho nation that. In tho groit trado revival after tho war, new policies should bo formulated In accordance with Republican principles and not Democratic theories. It Is apparent to the casual observer that there will be a grand m-sault on the Re publican party In this State next full. We wished to emphasize, nnd wc eniphaslzo now, tho fact that In the approaching cru cial strugglo the business men of Peiin sjlvanla must eo to It that thoy go to battle under a leader equipped to vindicate the principles of tho putty and assuic their tiiumph. MAN THE SHIPYARDS CHARUCS PIKZ. general manager of tho Emergency Fleet Corporation, yesterday Issued a statement that does much to clarify a situation heretofore ex tremely obscuio. Wo quote: The Shipping Board now has "1C ship ways; 301 are for wooden ships and til are for sted'constructlon. Tho yards hi which tlii-y are established are only work ing one eight-hour rhlfl per clay, six days a week. This is monstrous, if we arc to keep ahead of the submarine we must run three shifts per day, fifty-two weeks In the year. We can multiply the shipbuilding capac. Ity of tho nation by tlnee immediately by obtaining the ncceswity labor. We can put ships now on the ways Into the water In onc-thlrd of schedule time If tho labor can be got. Mr. Plez asks for 250,000 volunteer workmen, at a standard and high wage. Tho emergency Is great, the opportunity for patriotic service Is still gi eater, and no man who can perform any of tho tasks re quired should hesitate to offer himself. Man tho shlpyaids. TEN TO FOUR ON THE GODDESS THE great goddess who will rlo In front of City Hall Inviting us to drivo Liberty spikes Into tho base of her statue differs from tho gigantic wooden Hlndcnburg In Berlin In this respect, that tho money she will take In will be worth 100 cents to the dollar, while the wooden god Into which the Berllners drive their slavery spikes gets money worth about forty cents on tho dot lar, so low'has the value of the German mark fallen. Our goddess pays 4 per cent. The German god has only four chances in ten of paying back so much as the capital Invested In lilm. An how, we aro not likely to hae a harder winter. In boasting about Parl3 Mr. Mlndcnb may be thinking of Rome. iurg The war may have doveloped no great poet, but It has certainly broucht forth some great liars. If the President will not hate a War Cabinet ma) bo he can bo persuaded to hate a Cabinet during tho war. According to Mr. West, who comes from Oregon and ought to know, If we expect to have airships wo must "spruce up." We do not doubt that the Germans will make a cerlous test of the quality of the American troops. The American troops are willing. Whoever Invented the use of the wyd "super" did the Kaiser a great service. There aro actually numbers of good Ameri cans who believe all this super stuff. The tragedy of this city's coal muddle. Is obscured bicauoe few are Interested In mortality statistics. Rut our death rate of 2.7 against Chicago's 13 and New York's 15.8 tells the story. , We have faith In American Inventors. Signs of their work are beginning to appear, Some of us remember that a few thousand workmen were asked for' months ago "to be interned for secret work." The.Vnrea appear to have thought better of It and decided not to oppose J. Hampton Moore for re-election. It would be wise, on thewhole, to let the city have at least one MW 91 .View. 1 Wllt2UffiBe.'9a&&Mii'-VLit ";:-- .' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- INCIDENTS IN A GOVERNOR'S LIFE Pchnypackcr Relates. How Rush of Events Produced Many Interesting Episodes rRNNVPACKRR .UTniitnt.irriiY mi. :o fCejiir,ft7jt, mil, bu Public Ledger Company) TTNDER the Influcnco of Durham nnd '-' others an nrt was passed taking away from tho .Mayor tho appointment of certain heads of departments and vest ing It In tho City Councils. it Is extremely unlikely that Durham so nctcd nut of icgard for the principles 'if government", and altogether probablo thnt ho was trying tu get ahead of Weaver and to protldo ngnliiHt like tomlurt on the part of futuie Mayors. The newppaperH of tho city, equally linpcitluus to any conslrlcin lion df what would bo for tho benefit of tho municipality, wcio itgalnst anything tho organization wanted or tried to do, and, therefore, with gio.it tlolcnco opposed tho measure. They called it tile names nnd made Ugly pictures They :i:sum''d thnt I would etu tho bill They argued that my Intcgilty mill mv nil for tin- welfare of the community and all my well Known gieiit virtues left no other course open Deli-gallons nf lawycru, preachers nnd cltl-s-ens came to HariMiurg ami argued thn maljcr define- ino. I wroto an opinion and, roMIng on the ground th.it It ln.olvrd a matter of governmental pollrv. that the dill had been passed by a mnjnilty of utri twothhds nf Iho nicmbnis nf the I.egls ldtuic. mole than enough to ntciromu the trtn of the Goteinor, thnt the icprcfcntn tltes from Philadelphia had so nted, nnd that It was In lino with the demon. -itlc ten dencies of the time. I signed the hill. Inci dentally It may be added that, except In cases of exceptional fitness, no mnn boin abroad, llko John Weaver oi Rudolph Hlnnl.rnburg, ought to bo fleeted Mayor of Philadelphia, for the reason that, hiving no part in her traditions, ho cannot bo In sympathy with the aspinulons and thought of her people. Ho would be continually trying to make her Imitate Humlmig nr some other minor European town which he has abandoned, i rltlrllng the ways which mado her famous sending the Liberty Dell to bn exhibited iilong with fat cattle, at State fairs, ami doing similar antics which would show- his mlhlit. Republican Concntion On tho !tli nf April the lie publi can coincntlon met nnd nominated J. Leo Plummcr for Slate Trrasmcr and Charles E. Rice, J.imes A. Heater and George II. Orlady fur Judges of the Superior Court. One of the resolutions set forth: Tho Intensn Prims) Ivnulanlsin of Gov ernor Samuel W. Pennypaeker, the rug ged honesty of his administration and the Independence, fearlessness, wisdom and watchful cue with which ho has i-x-edited the laws, safeguarding In etery possible) way all the Interests of this Com monwealth, command our admiration and respect. At 2 o'clock on the morning of May 11 tve were aroused by n call on tho telephone for help. At P.ixtang a freight tialn on tho Pennsylvania Railroad met with an ac cident, tho result of which was that ono or two of tho cars fell on the westbound track. Just then tho expiess passenger train going westward came along, struck these cam and exploded a lot of dynamite on tho freight tialn. It was a icmark ablo combination of fortuitous events. About twenty persons weic killed and about a hundred Injured. On one of the sleep ers weie Jumes R. Tlndlc and his wife, tho daughter of Senator Knox, who were both somewhat cut with glass. She Is a little woman, but she showed her breed ing nnd nt onco took command of the situ ation. Sho walked in her night dress nnd baro feet a mile along the track to Steel ton and theie suggested calling me up at the mansion. Rromley AVhaiton went for tho Tindles in an automobile, brought them to the mansion, where they weii put to bed nnd treated, and there they remained for n day or two. The Senator, coming on from Washington, found that they had notobeen seriously Injured. On my suggestion the I.eglslatuie appro priated J30.000 for the purpose of erecting an equestrian statuo of Antnony Wayne at Valley Forge. The commission ap pointed consisted of Richard M. Cadwnl ader, president of the Pennsylvania So ciety Sons of tho Revolution: John Arm strong Herman, great-grandson of Gen eral John Armstrong, and Colonel John P. Nicholson, the authority on tho History of tho War of tho Rebellion. The sculptor selected wa3 II. K. Bush-Uiovtn. I myself went to his studio at Ncw-burgh-on-thc-Hud. son to examine the statuo and rejected tho flist model becauso the General was repre sented with his eyes turned to the ground. I wanted lilm looking toward the enemy on the front, with nothing to Indicate ex citement or to lessen tho recognition of the seriousness and thoughtfulness of his character. Tho statuo In bronze was later placed on the outer lino at Valley Forgo, where the Pennsylvania troops btood, nnd It faces toward tho position of the British In Philadelphia. It Is regarded ns an un usual artistic success, and Is the first rec ognition ever given the gieut boldler by the State. Death of Judge Dean Justice John Dean, of the Supreme Court, having died, I, on tho 8th of June, ap pointed Judgo John Stewart, of Chambers burg, to fill tho vacancy. I had had many associations with Stewart a slender, vig orous and eloquent Scotch-Irishman, and only a month before wo met nt .Middle Spring, near Shlppensburg, where a monu ment was dedicated and ho delivered tho oration. He has proved to be a useful mem ber of our highest court. It U only Just to Senator Pentose to say that he was not only satisfied with the selection but himself suggested that It ho made. Sunday, June 11, I made an address at Manhelm, In Lancaster County, on the oc caslon of the presentation of the red rose which had been reserved as the rental for the land given by Baron Stlegel to the church. It Is rather an Impressive nnd idealistic ceremony, attracting always much attention. Miss Boycr, one of the descendants of Stlegel, presented to me a large. glass goblet made by him which she hod Inherited, Tomorrow Ciottrnor IVnni-parl.tr tella of Ma lltht with Iararl tV. Durham oftr lb Mala in! aomnca Department. NVTTVl OR TttO BI.OCKH OIT If fattlfa Wri rtnt Mi tntatv (ar ltd hia., !.... . matttra It mla-ht h lnlrratlnc Ip look Into tha I PHIlJADELPHI A', THURSDAY, FEBRUARY PASSING THE BUCK IN WASHINGTON Responsibility for Lack of Airship Timber Shifted by Offlcials. Where the Fault Lies Hy OSWALD WEST rorm-r Oornor of Orriron WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. THE ntl.itlon feature of America's war program will fall flat unless the aircraft production board adopts vnMly Improved methods from those It has been pursuing to obtain Hfuufe timber from the forests nf Ore gon line Washington. Spruce Is almost ns essential to tho pro duction of airplanes ns the motor. It Is used In all the parts of mi airplane wher wood Is needed because It Is light nnd pli able nnd docs not shatter when lilt hv a bullet. Only nn nterage of 2,noo,0nft feet a month hate been produced from the Oregon forests as compared with the estimates of the nlr rraft board that 12,riri0,O0O fret a month were needed to keep pace with tho airship production program. Tim maximum production has not hen obtained lifi'.-ni-e of red tape In Washington unci me r.iinire lo place nn the aircraft pro duction IwMtd n nun to hate charKf of h spruce situation who whs n practical west ern lumberman. The fault nt the bnltom of this wlioli situation Is tint the nlrcraft hoard did i.ot understand the situation It was up ngtlnst to obtain -o mtii-h i pruce. They thought It wns .1 1 1 - r n problem nf ordering stuff, foot lug the hill niul inching the iqinn f qulil.lv. ihnlnlng pnn e sullnhlo to go Into air plane" 1 a glg-intlc task, h'pnu-i- Is on of our sran-fft.1 timber- There Is more of It In the foieiis nf Drigon and Washington than am where ebe. Iiiu In the mo u favor-, able locations the growth of sprme Is only about 1 per i-ent of tho total and l than 10 per cent of what Is carried to Iho mill, or about 1 per crni of .ill the timber, Is suit able for .ilrpl.iinv. Colour I Iis,ijp, j,, relheil ntiny officer, was but In charge of the production In Oregon, and George W. Long, the manager of the Wtyerhatiser Timber Company, the biggest limber loncein In iho world, was put In Washington to bate supertislon oter Dlpquc. If Long had glten Mlxqu" the proper co operation nil would hato hei n different. Hut Long did not know the logging game In Oregon and Washington, ,ind did not give the proper attention to n commendations and requests made by Culnuel Klsqlie, and that was wheie production was curtailed. I came to Washington the first time about January 1 for tho purpoM- of bringing these conditions to the attention of the aircraft hoard, hut the people heie wero too busy to lake the matter seriously. They hate licn so w nipped up In the deelopment of the Liberty motor that ctcrythlng (Ifo has been lost sight of, I rami' bock here again a few days ago to call the nttentlon of the nlrcraft board to the seriousness of the situation. 1 hate hoped that in) criticism would Jc helpful. Instead of putting lumbermen on the board they hired furniture men and eastern thnber men totally unfamiliar with the spruce situ ation. Mr. Long has been dropped from the air craft production bonrd and Colonel Dlsque has been given a free hand. I ficltete the situation will now materially improte. When I came here to call the nttentlon of the (Internment lo the serious situation In my Stato I went to Secietary ll.iker and nil the w.-iv down the line to the cloator boy, but found nobody who would admit wheie Iho authority existed, and I hate not found an)body jet who will admit he Is icsponsl bio for this situation. As a general rule the members of the air craft production board aro a lot of bright, sincere, patriotic and hard-working men who ate doing the tery best they can. Their mistake whs In not putting a western lum berman In f-liarge of getting out tlw spruce. If they bad thev might hate gotten their estimate of is.non.ooo feet a month Instead of ;.oon,non feet. If they will glte Colonel filsque the funds and authority and cut tho string on him from this end he will come pear to getting the stuff out. SIm?o the fault with their s.tstem has hcen luoiight finelhly to their attention tho air i raft board has cut the strings and red tape from Disque. Another change that ttlll(help materially Is that it has bce-n arranged to mill the tim ber In the west und bring east only finished parts. Heretofore only an nternge of 16 per cent of the lumber sent east was used on the airplanes. If the aircraft board will eliminate the led tape from this end and go about the Job propel Is, the Oregon and Washington lumbermen will- bring tho spruce out of the forests In ample quanti ties. ARMY SLANG The following tocabulaiy of aunt- slang has bce-n rompllcir by The Wadsttorth Gas Attack and Rio Grande Rattler: Beans The commissary sergeant. Bean-Shooter A commissary olllccr. Bl.ielc-Sti.ip Liquid coffee. ltlliii! St ntenc ed by court-martial to for feiture of pay without confinement. Bob-Tall A dishonorable discharge or a discharge without honor. Bone To study; or. a mistake. Bootllck To flatter. Bow-Logs Catalryman. Buck-Private A teim sometimes used In referring to a prltato. Bucking for Orderly Gltlng clothing and accoutcrmcnta extra cleaning so as to com pete for orderly. Bunkle A soldier who shares the shelter of a comi.ide. Bust To leilun a noncommissioned offi cer to the grade of piltate. Butcher Tho company barber. Canned Horse Canned beef. Chief Name by which tho thief musician of the band Is usually called by the enlisted men. fit V cltlllan. Cits civilian clothes. C. O. Commanding nllleer. Coffee Cooler One who seeks a ".soft" detail. Crawl--To admonish. Doughboy Infanlr) man. Duff Any sweet edible. Fogy Ten per cent Increase of oftlcer's pay for each flte'yenis' service. Found To be deficient or wanting In any thing, especially an exam. Gold Fish Salmon. Goat Junior olllccr In post, regiment, eic Goaty Awkward, Ignorant. Guard House Lawyer A soldier with a smattering know ledge of legulatlons and military law; qulto loquacious and liberal with advice und counsel to men In tho guard, house nr other tiouble. Hive To discover, to catch. Hobo The protost sergeant. Holy Joe Tho chaplain. I. C. Is condemned by an Inspector. Jaw-Bone Credit (to get things on "Jaw bone," to buy things on credit). Jump To admonish. Major Name by which the sergeant ma Jor is usually called by tha enlisted men Mule Skinner A teamster. o. D. Olllccr of the day,: or. olive dmv. On Oftlclal Terms Not to be on speakl'mr ..... lt1rtlillt- terms except oftlclally. A VALENTINE FOR HINDY lllnilenbure Mb ho will bo In Parla hy Aoril News Item. ' 'ftpr" IHna.v, of the armored fist' May the humblo colyumist Tell you of our proud design? We will bo your Valentine! For you, Hlndy, we'll concoct Rhymes such as our teacher shocked. When'she found them on her desk Vulgar, pointed and grotesque, ' Llko those coarse and common Jeers Valontlnes of boyish years, ' Wo will tell you, you Big Thug When to Shut Your Ugly Mug And Paris? Well, when we get at yt5u We will nail upon your statue This for yoU and BUI, your tool: Hndy, Hlndy, April Fooll -.-.- -.. rvaost AMMsacAaudL "BUT THEY SHALL ..'...,-- ,,,'if!i?i)MMn!SvH.'t-' oc-s' Vi-!a3HaAl--vJ''rs:-ft2af5S '- .".. V -iv-u.i...1-..., u-,,..; SiftUalr-' jTZj? .rVili-llAtHv' -.--" -. .i TaaBlr-Tr r'ii-m I i fx? iiiiyri .I,!.. ,i ti i i iT n i i "Teal , ej J1 I i.-1 - 'ft -,--. i 'u ;i -..ajLaa jf .aT. i'l,--tJTSfl 'U tr i ' siftQaaaak ? - ,' ' n I i-i"t2ujftip-i,ijp it. , lift.,., - t ifteiviaaB 1 ' ' ' I i i a i ii i "" ' aTa a a in . ., . -a. a "WOMEN SMOKERS DISGRACE TO SEX" Scene in Hotel Denounced Post office Here Not to Employ Women Mail-Carriers To the Editor of the Vvcnlvg Public Lalgci: Sh The writer was one of a number who dined at one of tho laigist hotels In the city last Thursday afternoon after listening to a recital given In the Academy of Music by .lascha Helfet? Seated at one of the tables In the ladles' grill room twro threo women smoking cigarettes with all the sangfroid of typical men of the wot Id. They weie clad In the it-Riilatlon khaki uniform nf the V, S. A. and seemed perfectly oblltlous to the glances of disapproval that wero cast in their direction by other guests In tho room. When I tolced my surprlso and disgust at sut It uuladyllko proceedings, lny hostess hastened to assure me that she had never sotn ant thing of. the kind bforo .it this hotel Sho said sho frequently lunched then Willi her husband. "At night, when the g.ty set are in evidence, such a sight may ho tlew-td," she said, 'but It rarely occurs at fi p in " At a table dhcctly oppos.le the trio sat a little Japanese girl about flte years or age. The child was watching the women closely as they blew circles of smoke In tho air. Tho almond-shaped eyes wore opened wide In wonder nnd wo could easily Imaglno that questions llko these wero flitting through the childish mind: "If they are men, why do they eat with hats on?" and "If they are women, why do they smoke?" Wo aro 'obliged to suffer the antics of a certain class of women who think It Is smart to copy tho vices of tho opposite sex, but all normal, right-minded persons think that such actions aro undignified, elPgusth,g ,lfi llhgo. Uitc-ly unwomanly. Ilenrik lbst-n says, "We are waiting for the spiritual emancipation of women In tho world, as no country can rise above tho standard of Its women" When women lower tho moral standaids of tho race Its degeneration Is Inevitable. ' "Women who smoke cigarettes are a dls. grace to their sex," said a gentleman recently, and he does not stand alone as he tolccs this' opinion: It is the one he'd by tho solid, re spcctahlo citizen the country oter, A woman who talues tho respect of her husband or son must not Indulge in this offen site habit, which Is becoming, of rate years all too prevalent, and which will mar the perfections of American womanhood In the eyes of a sneerlngly critical world, We may differ In opinion as to the pro prlety of public cigarette-smoking by our womankind, but thero can be only ono senti ment In regard to the proper use of the uni form. No matter what tho wearers of It may bo Inclined to do when In private, In public at least, It should not bo put to shame bv Improper word or deed, and the dubious act Is an affront no less than tho more flagrant deed or tho open Insult. Jl'LI.V R. HAZARD Swarthmofe, Pa., February E. NO WOMEN MAIL CARRIERS To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger- ' Sir A persistent but unfounded report has been circulated by the Philadelphia newspapers that women will ,ie employed as carriers by the postmaster of I'hlladel. phla. The source of this lunior Is not known, but In spite of repeated denials bv the postolllce authorities and by this office It persists In finding its way Into newspaper" columns, possibly on account of Its sensn. tlonal news value. An examination to secure -ellgihles for the positions of clerk and carrier vIn tha Bhlladelphla postofflee has been announced to be held on March 9. Both men and women who comply with tho requirements will b admitted. In the announcement Issued by this office It Is plainly stated that women ap plicants are only desired for the position of clerk. It has not been necessary up to this tlma to resort to women mall carriers In the city of Philadelphia, nor Is such action, to mr knowledge, contemplated at present. STEWART WILSON District Secretary, Third United Statas Civil Service DlBtrict. """ Philadelphia February E, ST AKING COAL To the Editor of the Evcnng pubUo Ledger: Sir While walking near South street . I al aaaa. (.fat at aalt Oj 1 I aa, ti A . . - ..l I a . . a. oriu u"i mu,u uayjigni, waiKlnff to keep warm and t.opln the .while on of haa tiAVml T II UjMtti.i tl ..- m ViL v " ai! .2 . nwv yfo, W9UIA WkTjSV'WSIM 7, 1918 PAY AS IF THEY WERE TEN THOUSAND!" J to work. I saw a line a long line of kid dles and their dads and moms, all .tank ing sleds behind them or pushing baby car riages and wheelbarrows. I didn't ask them whither they were bound. I knew. That there was n car of coal Just ahead was as evi dent to inn as It was that a. P. 11. T. re frigerator hadn't creaked by In forty-five minutes And I knew that those youngsters and their elders would pounce on that coal and steal, friend Samuel called It yesterday take enough of the precious anthracite to letp their lltllu two-story homes warm for another twenty-four hours, And I wished I had the. tlmo to go with them nnd st alio my share. tjf course. If one's cellar is loaded to the floor JoIts with coal one doesn't need to care how- cold It may happen to be and one can call It stealing If ono wishes. But, take it from me, Stete, If tho bandit batons that run tho coal yards won't take my money and give me my share. Samuel and his plute friends can holler "Stop thief" all they wish, but I'm going to see to it that my kiddies keep warm. And they arc warm today, for I got mine last night HAHKY SHANKB. Philadelphia. February C. SCHUYLKILL DAM PROJECT To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir In connection with the proposed new dam In the Schuylkill River to provide a supply of water for the city, the city engi neers seem to think It would be necessajy to have a supplementary steam plant to gen erate power during the period of low water In tho rlter. a period extending oter about three months etery summer. Would It not be a saving to the city to build the hydroelectric plant cten If It could be operated for only nine months of tho year, and to buy tho power for the other three months? I am not awaro of the amount of power sold to consumers In the city by the Philadel phia l.Iectrlc Company, but It would seem that the demand upon tho electric company for power must be much greater In winter t.l.m In hummer. Of lourse, tho electric company must hate a capacity for powei .great enough to supply the maximum winter demand, in the summer when the elcctrlo company has more power than It lias uso for tho ci.y may be able to make a deal that would pay better than building a steam plant that would be used only threo mouths of the year, PRANK I. BIRD. Philadelphia February rt IS FRUIT ANIMAL OR MINERAL? To the Editor of the Evenlni; Public Ledger: Sir Will )ou kindly answer me In your worthy paper (If you know) whether fruit products belong to the vegetable kingdom? Philadelphia, February t, I. J. C. There aro threo kingdoms, animal, vege table and mineral. By the process of ex clusion It Is easy to find out to what king dom fruit products belong. Rdltor Hveniko) Public Lniionu. Tl'KX AIUIUT If any man should call thee Trli'nd.-' Ilo thuu aa kind anU hall him "Jlruther." W know (an ohl aaw to amend) That "ono Rood term tleaertcs another." What Do You Know? QUIZ Wlijrli M. Mlhlel and what brims n0 Who la Francis T. Donlet? VMiat President waa born In New Hampshire? What was the tlarton-llulner Trmtj? What U the meaning of f, o. Ii.? Who wrote "The Ueeralai er"? Identify Mark Tln. "Adriau'e?''?"" """1 M,e "MUtf" f the What la u clearing liouae? Name the Mute of IlUtorr. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, Toul la Vrench fortrcas of the flnt rla l ,Vr.C?."f.T,eeUerwe;.f0' " !- U,u'nsr,,JoSf.b:.t,.h9!n',hY '; frreilnc point la aero. bolluVi'po,,',"1""1'. 3. The Supreme War Council tlta at Vtnallla 4. Saskatchewan la o Canadian nrotlnce ill-.i It to the wjt of MuiUtobi and norit.'1; Montana ond North UiLoU. "' ' 5. Coffee l the chief produce cultivated la nra.ll 8, 'The Hudan" la term now dealcnatln, .,' vaat rcalon In northern Africa iVfii ii. "'" the Atlantic nnd the Ked ilia uS5 r.Mn the Sahara Deaert on the n'ortli -2iwST eiulf of Uulnca and ctii ater.liili si? ,he lke Chad and the rain. ,5j ht.""n the Nile and the Conii on heaout.r'"n 1, About S..t0.O0O of the 4. aw 000 i.h ,i i. ot Ireland are Cathollca. ""WUiits i s. -.nsirrivi iraacimpi angrr, I I i;entaoni a Ove-tldcd lUtu-e. I.'KL "" -.H.... keek. Little Polly's Pome VALENTINES It is the time when Valentines Aio greatly in demand And also they're tho surest signs That Spring is now at hand. For it is in the Spring you know '; A young man's fancy turns To thoughts of love and tries to how How his devotion burns. Once on a time when nights were still A man would seek his maid And stand beneath her windowsill And sing a serenade. It must have sounded soft and sweet Beneath the moon and stars But now at night the noisy street Is full of trolley cars. . . And she would have an awful time To sit up there aloft And hear her lover' sing his rhyme In accents mild and soft. And there might be more ears than hen i to nark ins tender tale a So nowadays the man prefers 1 To make his love bv mail. . All lovers now use Valentines For paying their respects Which aro of many choice designs For use of both the sects. TOM DALY. ACORNS WIU.N' we start hunting for tho sort of acorns wo need for analysis In this llttl j laboratory our path runs most frequently In the direction of Glrard College. The epeel-' men wc have before us at this moment was known ns "Sammy" In that Institution, ot which ho Is a worthy product. He wi turned loose with tho class of "S and Imme diately landed a little Job for himself In tha passenger department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He became nt once an assistant to the chief, R. W. Downing, because every ., good ofllcc boy Is an assistant to his boss, and Sammy was a good ofllce boy. Do you remember tho handle of the big front door on Fourth street? Well, Sammy didn't pollah that up, but he did his own work so well nnd quickly thnt he had time before quitting time to do a little thinking for himself. Tho result of this thinking ws a determination to break Into tho treasuryllepartment where tho money was. He applied for the job of olflceboy there and got It on a "Dutch raise." Robert W. Smith, the treasurer, offered him $20 per month. He had been getting $25, so ho "went down to go up." Por that wns the Importnnt sprout of this ncorn, nnd the twig was bent In tho direc tion of success. It wasn't long before he was In charge of the dividends nnd the new stock allotments, and In 1902 he was sent to London to deliver to subscribers tbert $10,000,000 worth of -bonds of the $50,000.0.0 Issue of that year. Ho performed that llttl trick acceptably ond coming, back settled down Into tho routine again. All this time ho was specializing In the general Invest ment end of the railroad business and quietly storing under his hat much valuable Infor mation. This required such constant appll", ; cation that he Is not now the expert golfer he should be, or even that le thinks he is. (See handicap list, Whltcmarsh Country and , r-o.ia ffit, rinir ciiii,a t Tt la unM. unon no better authority than the gossip of eome ot his opponents on the links, that certain , financiers observlng,hlm at play, In the ye' f. mil lanna.1 In fthn ft,niftli,alnn fhfll ho mlSDl 1,1.) ,ftUSl ftft, ft,lftJ SW1H.IUB.V,, . --- . . be good for something else. So, ladles ana i, gentlemen, we present Samuel J. bteeie, treasurer of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insur T. A. D. t IEW f ance Company, ot tins city. i- NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW The eastern Siberians should not be en- x couraged In their demand for purchase of ' the United States. We have enough Slhf rlan weathor already, New York Eveninfii Post. Tho ultimate consumer was permitted ti mnkA nrrniiftfementa to fllir his own not&tOea-a. but unfortunate circumstances forbfd hie Uk'.ftl lng the same course with reference to coai. -; Washington Star. Jerusalenr, Bagdad and Mecca the threeOM holy elites ot Islam are nil In the hands ot.iM V.K Allt. mi.!.. ... .... ........ . ,! iv ftiuive. Mil" la me r.uirnie a biu--,-; j -, me noiy war that Oerpiany (ought iot Jiieii. in me Mohammedan nosaessipne, KW!.1U4 BtW Ws'a.'K ,' ftfiJfc-'OrtVlK ': a a.' .ftjocdiiftrajep,- l' LBahi
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