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LEGIONS OF HELL SHALL
NOT PREVAIL
pRfTTIl PlAllf1enr ttak.'tAi.f.Sict In nnotrArlnr
fir 1T '" -- - ... -.w..
T Haala Da Is .!& AKuna 1ll.. K.la.n.
' (Mtto of open publicity as a weapon of war.
rtar and he does not proposo to keep Bllent
while the spokesmen of German militarism
ll'the world with their vociferations. A
vital error of tho Allies, previous to our en
taring the war, was a lack of generous
statement of war alms, frequently repeated.
ItTtnay be difficult to meet tho secret propa
tTajida of Germany, but It Is not difficult to
meet her tn tho forum of the world and cx
ytHw'the treachery underlying her proposals
and purposes. It was an ancient practice to
bribe the defenders of beleaguered cities
aad.wln tho gates by gifts of gold, and that
practice Germany has revived In a form
BlUble to modern conditions. Sho has
wen more lands and Blavos by propaganda
than' by military achievement, but most of
Her success In that direction was previous
t American Intervention.
Mr. Wilson Is at his best In statements
of policy and intent. Yesterday it was his
task to show that an old problem solved
by Lincoln was a new pioblem to bo
solved by the United States. Tho Great
Bmanclpator saw that tho nation could not
list half free and half slave. Tho appli
cation was to Individuals. Mr. 'Wilson
hows that civilization cannot exist half
free and half slave, but his application Is
to. nations. Individual human beings were
set to bo handed about from ono ownership
('another, according to Lincoln, and, ac
eerdlngr to Mr, Wilson, "peoples aro not to
handed about from one sovereignty to
Bother by an international conference or
an'understandlng between rivals and antag
onists." It is the old issue restated. Wo
solved it first at home and wo aro about
to solvo it throughout tho world.
By a rigorous process of elimination,
Ming the proposals of Count Czcrnln as a
basts, the1 President arrives at tho conclu-
aton that "tho principles that wo regard
'fundamental are nlready everywhere ac
cepted as Imperative except among tho
pokesmen of the military and annexation
ist party in Germany, a a a Tne traglo
circumstance is that this one party In Ger
aany Is apparently willing and able to
' end millions of men to their death to pre
vent what all the world now sees to be
Jost" A little coterie of Prussians began
tle; war and that same coterie continues
it? The President intimates to tho German
"people that It will be worth their while to
eaamtne the facts and ask themselves if
they are getting a quid pro quo.
-j The speech parallels In the news columns
, the announcement of the Bolshevlkl'a
! strange method of procuring a nominal
peace. Defrauded and mocked at the
etmcll board, Trotsky adopts a program of
s aonres!stance which gives to the Hun all
rJftJmt he sought and more, wipes Russia
the map and certifies that the millions
$4. eiff Russians who died in defense of their
tig! country made the sacrifice In vain. The
Mfto of the Bolshevik! is beyond our com-
BLaaaB.4akaa.taj VM tMnaaU ta.a.f 1 1
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ryf aa. niui u uiai.jca m faungo. xi is in
R.V ?fwe8l nllor a". lnat the new Appo-
tnattox lies hidden. But the sun would be
lHslng on a different world today had Rus-
WJ- f BM(flWVU aab U N UiiCSiailUU IU UCIUUC-
ES'aiieV' and held her front. '
ta A.M . Ii. .&.- -.Kai. b.ma a. .
sck. -.Tiur resources are in part mobilized
and we shall, not pause until
(WtMr. are mobilized in their entirety.
fc'-SWye Our whole strength shall be
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into xnis war or emancipation."
,1s no throat In that, but It is
a-a msaiemeni or a glorious race Nor let
jznan mistake criticism for doubt. Men
because they are so fearfully in
' But those of us who believe In
, and Justice, In honor and virtue and
1ty, must hold the faith that Lincoln
1 and look forward with sure confidence
tpClfce. complete supremacy of, those forces
fffentare lined up against tho legions of
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MBDAMAN ON PLUTOCRATS
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land of Vardaman and Bilbo,
the bellow of the bull mingles
'Of the statesman and the hum
ia drowned by the noise of
.'piaat forcing Itself through
Mtpa plntoerat la anybody who
ta keep out of the
Id
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is "a long story of malfeasance and Infamy
on tho part of somebody. We should send
a few plutocratla patriots to tho peniten
tiary." Wo do not know anything about
that, but we wonder if tho peppery Sena
tor or anybody elso could manago an ex
penditure of thirty or forty millions in tho
space of a few months and not wasto a
dime or two. There is an old adago to tho
effect that hasto makes waste. It has
made much wasto at Hog Island, but wo'
doubt if it has amounted to much moro
than the engineers anticipated. If thore
was fraud nnywhero tho patriots guilty of
it will bo lucky to escape firing squads.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
AFTER THE WAR
By MARTIN O. BRUMBAUGH
Oovrrnor of TcnnaylvanU and Hipert in Education
fpiILa machinery of war Is designed to
destroy. Tho machinery of tho school
Is designed to construct. Tho army Is nn
agency that tears down. Tho school Is an
agency that builds up. Tho history of
civilization enforces tho fact that In tho
wako of war comes tho school, to restoro
tho broken fragments of civilization, to
recast national purpose, to conserve tho
good of tho past and to promoto tho equip
ment for the futuro. All Jmt Governments
at the end of a war turn confidently to tho
school. It becomes tho beacon of tho
nation.
When this war Is over the question will
become lnslstont what can aVmorlc.Va
schools do for tho nation and for civiliza
tion? Tho State-supported ochools elo
mentary, high and special will havo now
national Ideals to propagate, Tho higher
institutions of learning, tho schools that
set the Ideals of a pcoplo In tho largo way
that makes for leadership, will havo a
unique and supremo opportunity.
For many years wo havo sent thousands
of our bcst-tralncd collego men to Ger
many, where. In tho universities, they
havo taken tho advanced disciplines which
havo conditioned teaching and publlo
thought In America. Wo have helped to
maintain and to enrich theso German uni
versities When tho war Is over, no mat
ter how tho treaties of peaco may bo
framed, no real American will think for
a moment of sending his eon to a German
university. Tho Ideals of theso Institutions
no longer command respect or morlt confi
dence Where, then, will tho best young men of
this country and of our allied countries
go to receive tho higher culturo and to
acquire tho master Ideals that rulo the
conduct of men and of nations? Eng
land and Franco do not possess tho
foundations ndequato to tho great service.
This country docs. Hero In our great uni
versities should bo taught tho higher cul
turo and horo should bo set the lofty ideals
of tho futuro for tho entire civilized world.
It Is tho opportunity and tho duty of our
country to ossumo this commanding posi
tion In setting tho standards of thought
for mankind.
Hero should bo taught an open, honest,
capable system of statecraft worthy of tho
raco and In harmony with tho best In our
American traditions. Men of all nations
will necessarily gather hero for tho higher
culturo. It is America's opportunity. Wo
should now bo planning to meot this cer
tain and commanding service. Thus, by
tho fortunes of war, wo may utand as
teacher and Interpreter of democracy to tho
wholo world.
"AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS
FEELING?"
WHKX a "tired business man" has be
gun to read his paper In the middle
instead of starting at tho first pago, and
sees that a dozen court clerks, and mis
cellaneous clerks, and feo clerks, and
assistant recording clerks have been fired
for being Vare men; and that tho Vares
may fire a dozen followers of the late Sena
tor McNIchol as "an act of retaliation"; and
begins to feel that this world is a sloppy,
cheesy, little mudhole; and then turns to
the first page and seos he can read a couple
of yards of Wilson about the "new inter
national order under which reason and
Justice and the common interests of man
kind shall prevail" O-oh, boy! Ain't It a
grand and glo-o-orlous feeling?
KILLING WITH A COMMA
THE German Wolff Bureau, in transmit
ting Count Czcrnln'a speech, which Mr.
Wilson has answered, changed the wholo
meaning of it by dropping out a comma
and putting the word "of" In Its place. That
one change made Czemln say he would
fight to the end to confirm Germany's "pos.
session of Belgium," whereas this was the
very thing Czernln emphatically disclaimed.
The treatment of Belgtum is the acid test
for peace terms. German autocracy's tools
tricked the wholo world for a couple of
weeks on the one big thing about which
the world wanted the truth, and was will
ing to trick it though a million lives were
at stake
nniil la out of tha war. Trotakr.
Old atuftl Toll us something new.
Twenty-three nations are at war because
two score of them each need a great states
roan. "Btllj" Sunday says the world Is com
ing to an end soon. And with so much un
preparedness still tn the midst of our midst I
Any one content to cro the Delaware by
ferry Instead of the bridge would be content
to take the P. R. T. as It Is the rest of-hts
life.
The next step is for the Bolshevtkl to
Teutonlse Patrorrad back Into St Petersburg.
Why not be "echt deutsch" and make it
WilhelmsburgT
It la a rraat karai
tjbjJUir. feat OataMar'
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EVENING PUBUO XaUDGEE
PENNYPACKER
SELLS LIBRARY
Governor Disposes of Valuable
Collection of Literature and
Antiques
rKNNTrAcnrn AtrronioGHArnv xo. ?i
fCcajHont, l)ts, bv Publlo Lcdaer Company)
AT THIS Juncture I concluded to sell tho
greater part of my library. It was tho
most complete collection of the early litera
ture relating to Pennsylvania which any
Individual had over possessed. It Is im
possible that any man shall ever again
havo ono of llko Importance To part with
It was to tear up forty years of my Ufa
by tho roots. I had nuius a secret cove
nant with tho Commonwealth, unknown
to tho Commonwealth, that If my futuro
wpro provided for by a return to tho
bench or otherwise, this record of its llfo
Khould bo reserved intact Ono of tho
consoquences of its fatluro to keep this
unknown covenant Is tho loss which hap
pened, greater to It than to mo. I kept
tho faith for two years and a half. During
that timo tho books, 12,000 of them, had
remained in my house In town, n houso
which cost mo $13,000. I could not rent
tho house, or sell it, becauso thcro wcro
tho books. They wero ever In danger of
flro. They wero evor In danger of theft,
and now tho timo hail como when it be
camo manifest to mo that no depondenco
was to bo placed upon tho promises of
the politicians, that tho pcoplo wero utterly
Indifferent, nnd that It was necessary for
mo to bo giving Homo attention to my own
needs. Retaining two or three thousand
books relating to tho family nnd to tho
neighborhood of my homo, tho Mcnnonlto
books, tho 6chwcnkfoldor books and thoso
of special Interest and affection, tho rest
wcro sold. I wa3 too busy with tho affairs
of tho State to plvo tho sales attention.
Tho auctioneers wero, more or less, caro
less and untruo to their contract, and v. hut
I could havo myself sold without oxpenso,
could I havo given tho timo to it, for $70,
000 or moro, netted mo between $27,000 and
JL'8,000. Thon I rented my houso.
Chester Republicans Celebrate
Tho Republicans of Chester County on
tho 9th of September eolcbrated tho fiftieth
anniversary of tho founding of tho party.
About 20,000 pcoplo gathered at Wost Ches
ter. Vico President Fairbanks nnd I roilo
around In n baroucho together and, with
Marlln T3. Olmsted, ono of tho very ablest
men In the Stato, mado speeches. Trans
portation was overburdened and I rodo to
Phocntxvlllo In a baggago car sitting on
a chest.
On tho 15th, along with N. B. Crltchflcld,
Socrctary of Agriculture, i went to Rich
land, In Lebanon County, to overlook tho
farm of Isaac 8. Long, who Is tho cham
pion corn grower of tho United States.
Ho has succeeded in raising 140 bushels
of shelled corn to tho acre. Ho hopes to
reach 200 bushels. Upon land naturally
fertile ho applies barnyard manure and
llmo heavily and eschews commercial fer
tilizers. Whllo tho corn is growing ho
goes through his field and selects tho oars
for seed nnd tho seed is kept warm
through tho winter. Ho rejects every
stalk bearing two cars, contending that
ono well-developed ear is preferable. Ho
sells seed corn in New York at J5 a bushel.
Upon my pointing out a quantity of wild
carrots on his piano ho said they wcro
not objectionable, slnco tho long roots went
down Into tho subsoil and aided In render
ing It available.
On tho 2Sth, as chairman of a commis
sion, consisting of Colonel John P. Nichol
son, Daniel Ebcrly nnd myself, I presented
tho statuo In bronzo of a prlvato cavalry
man on his horse to tho caro of tho bor
ough of Hanover, erected by tho State to
commemorate tho cavalry battlo thero an
terior to Gettysburg. Tho statuo is a good
flguro nnd a success. When I began to
speak tho cannon began to boom a saluto
and every six words were punctuated with
a shot.v
Harrlsburg had n home week during tho
first week in October andwas given up to
festlvltle nnd celebrations, un Tuesday,
from a stand in tho park. General Horoco
Porter, former Governor William A. Stone,
General Thomas J, Stewart and I made
addresses. Porter, a rugged-looking man, a
brigadier close to Grant, and later Minister
to France, belongs to a family which has
contributed more men of distinction to pub
llo llfo In America than any other in Penn
sylvania. Olmsted, always efficient, had
general charge of the demonstration. .
A Deeper Delaware
The Legislature, upon my Insistence,
had made an appropriation of 1375,000 to
the city of Philadelphia to assist In deepen
ing the channel of the Delaware, upon con
dition that the city devote a similar sum to
the purpose. Neither Mayor Weaver nor
any one else in Philadelphia gave the
matter the slightest attention and the Coun
cils were about to adjourn. I then wrote
to tho Mayor, telling him it was a subject
of the utmost importance. The letter was
mado public, Councils made the additional
appropriation, and I saw that tho check
was sent by tho Stato Treasurer. It was
tho first direct aid given by the State to
that city In modern times,
Thero was a Republican meeting in tho
Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on the
18th of October. It was a gloomy time.
Everybody had the sense that defeat was
coming. Fairbanks, Taft, Foraker, Knox
and Carson all declined to be present, and
the newspapers Bald I would not go. Those
around me at Harrlsburg advised me not
to identify myself with a failing cause.
Penrose wrote me a pathetio letter. It
was a situation which appealed to man
hood. The time to render assistance is
when it Is needed, and I wrote to Penrose
that I would be with him and speak. Only
Peter Boyd, the president of the Colonial
Trust Company, an Intelligent and whole
souled little man, who later committed
suicide, and I were on the platform with
Penrose to speak.
Tnnarraw Oareraor rannrpatker tells ahont tha
poatpaaod extra, aaaalan at lb laagtaUtttre,
NEED OP COAL CONSERVATION
If the coal bin of the domestic consumer
ia not filled it might be well for htm to
know that 100,000,000 tons of coal more than
Is normally produoed In the United States is
needed for war purpose, . By peedins.up
"?lBeaR-BPWBIfc lW
- PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
LINCOLN'S VISITS
TO PHILADELPHIA
Difference Between the Welcome
Accorded on His First and
Last Appearanco Hero
THE
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first visit of Abraham Lincoln to
hlladclphla was made when he was on
tho way to Washington to assume tho resi
dency ho was here, It Is true, an n delegate
to a national convention In 1848, but It Is
doubtful If any ono besides himself was
awnro of It nt the time. Ills last visit was
nftcr his death, when his body was on the
way to Us gravo In Springfield, III.
Thero was romo disagreement among those
who wcro arranging for his flrwt reception as
to tho character of tho honors that should
Do shown to him. Thcro was unanimous
agreement among thoso who arranped for tho
last visit that no honors too great could bo
paid to tho dead President
And there was nn Interval of only four
years and two months between tho two
visits.
A committed of Counella, conslrtlng of
Councllmcn Hacker, lirndford nnd Wethcrlll.
was appointed on February lfi, 1801, to meot
Ur. Lincoln In Cleveland and Invito him to
s.op hero on his wpy to Washington. Mr.
Wneoln accepted tho Invitation. General
I atterton was asked to allow tho First Dlvi
slon of Volunteers to act as nn escort to tho
President-elect, but ho refuwed on tho ground
that thcro w.ih no precedent f,)r railing out
tho troops to escort a prlvato citizen. Cap
tain James, of tho First City Troup, nl re
fused to nllow the troop to net na escort,
following tho rulo laid down by General Pat
terson Ho explained that lin had no per
sonal feeling In tho matter. Major Charlw!
Thompson Jones, of tho Pennsylvania
Dragoon how over, had no technical scruples
ana when Mr. Lincoln arrived in tho city on
February 21, nt tho Kensington xtatlon, tho
Dragoons wero In tho procession thut eq
CU'ted him to tho Continental Hotel. Tho
siteet3 wero decorated with Hags nnd crowds
lined tho sidewalk, Mr. Lincoln was ap
plauded so enthusiastically that ho fre
quently rose iu tho open barouche In which
ho was riding and saluted tho crowds. When
ho nrrlvcd at tho Continental tho streets
wcro so Jammed and tho people were forcing
their way into tho building In such great
numbers that tho doors had to bo clced nnd
guarded by pollecmen. A few moments after
ho reached tho building ho mado his appear
anco on a balcony on ono of tho upper lloors
and addressed the people.
When He liaised a King
Tho next day, Washington's Birthday, ho
was cicorted to Independence Hall nt 7
o'clock, raised a new flag with thirty-four
(.tars nnd mado a brief address. Ho left tho
city nt S:S0 o'clock on his way to Washing
ton. Ho had been welcomed by his parti
sans. When tho preparations wcro In progress
for tho reception of tho body of tho Presi
dent on April 22, 1SCC, thero was unanimous
agreement among men of all parties, nil
creedi nnd all races that no honor was too
great to show to tho memory of tho dead.
Lincoln bad died on Saturday, Apill 15. On
tho following Sunday memorial rcrmrms
were preached in almost every church. Tho
Union Leaguo held a special meeting in Con
cert Hall on Monday, presided over by Mol
ten McMlchaul. Tho ltcv. Phillips Hroolts.
later Episcopal Bishop of Mnrrachurotts,
offered prayer nnd Horaeo Hlnncy, Jr., pie
bented a scries of tiiproprl:ito resolutions,
which wcro unanimously adopted. On Tues
day there was a meeting of women, also In
Concert Hall, presided over by John Welsh
and addressed by tho ltovs. William II Fur
ness Phillips Brooks Dr. Htiddcr and l!Mici
Simpson. Prayer was offered by tho Ilcv.
tltorgo Dana Iloardman. Yet no woman
ppoko at this meeting of women, a fact which
thoso Interested In tho emancipation of
women will not ho i!ov to note.
On Wednesday, February 19, tho clay cf
tho funeral tn Washington, nil business was
suspended here, special services wcro held In
most of tho churches and preparations wero
continued for tho reception of tho body, which
was UJ nrrlvo In tho city on tho following
Saturday. A hearwo was ordered, to bo
Uftten feet long, eight feet wldo and sixteen
feet high, on which tho collln was to bo car
ried from the railroad station at Uro.ul and
Washington streets to Independence Hall.
Tho top of tho hearso was In tho form of a
canopy ornamented with sliver fringe, and
tho plattotm for the coflln was six feet from
tho ground. Htght horses in black trappings
wero engaged to draw It Tho Independence
Chamber In Independence Hall was draped
In black and till the portraits wcro covered
have thoso of Washington and his wife,
Commodore Decatur, Chevalier Gerard, the
Inrquls do Lafayette and William Pcnn.
Crapo was suspended between tho central
chandelier and tho moldings above tho win
dows in a way to form a black canopy over
tho room,
Tributo of a Negress
On Saturday afternoon an old negro
woman took to tho hall a wreath of fir and
Ivy which she had mado with her own hands
and nbked that It bo placed on tho coffin.
She had attached to It the Inscription:: "Tho
nation mourns his loss ho still lives In the
hearts of his pcoplo."
Crowds began to gather about the Phila
delphia, Wilmington nnd Baltimore Itallroad
station long before the hour for tho arrival
of tho train from Washington. They lined
the streets on the way to Independence
Square and stood silent as the long proces
sion moved slowly to Its destination. New
crowds gathered In the streets about tho hall
after midnight Sunday nnd waited patiently
to be admitted. By 9 o'clock In tho morning
there was n line extending from Sixth street
west to Broad and cast to the river and
back again as far as Third street It was
estimated that 85,000 persons passed by tho
coflln during the hours of the day and tenj
of thousands more wero In tho streets wait
ing for a chance to got In the building when
It was closed In order to prepare for the ro
moval of the body to the train which was to
take It to New York.
When Lincoln wan alive he was damned
by his enemies and criticized unmercifully by
men of his own party. When he was dead
tho whole nation arose to pay Kb tribute of
respect to the man who had courageously and
well borne ono of the heaviest burdens ever
laid on the shoulders of a mortal.
THE NEWEST AMENDMENTS
Additions to tho United States Constitu-
tion Since 1870
MOST current history books have not been
revised recently enough to contain the
latest amendments to tho Constitution of the
United States. Several readers point out
that theso aro not readily accessible nnd ask
for tho TflcIal text which we herewith re-
The Sixteenth Amendment, the first to be
passed since 1870, was declared In force
February 25, 1913, as follows:
Tha ConiTMs ahall hava power, to Ur and
collect tajtpa on lncomea, from whatever aourca
derived, without apportionment amon tha lev
eral Statea. and without retard to any cenaus
or enumeration.
The Seventeenth Amendment declared In
force May 31, 1818, Is as follows;
First Tha Benate of tha Unltad Statea ahall ba
eompoaod of two Senators from eatl, state, alacted
by the people thereof, for all yeara, and each
Bsnator ahall havo one vote. The electora In each
State ahall have the quallflcatlone requialte for
electora of the moat numeroua branch of tho,
Btata Legislatures.
Second. When vteancjea happen In the repre.
aentatlon onf -'" P.ate. the) exeeu?e
authority of ucn Btate anall liaue write of
alert Urn to nil aueh vacanclea: Provided. That the
V-gtilature of any State may empower' the
JfecutlTt taarato to maka temporary appointment
fe'ViJf.l.tur'.'m.'y'S.".00'" b" .
v Third. This amendment ahall not ba ao con.
trued aa to aBect-the election or term of any
Senator choaen before It becomea valid a part
of tha ConatltuUon. "" ""
One other amendment Is before the States,
that providing for nation-wide prohibition,
which If accepted by three-fourths of the sov
ereign Commonwealths will be the Eight-
atoulAlnenumoiu una amendment Is peM'
grfiwias uirt.ia. ewuraWH
m I m i mw&M M m gf rf $l $ .1 nwmi
rV VI iriM"- r.v, raV'Mir.rCT-:- ii-yRfesa&fs "o. KWUV V-SS .jft.!Ji& ,SS? i,
DEMAND THAT P. R. T.
SHOULD PAY FINES
Opinions Differ About "La Travi-
ata" Soldiers Should Not
Have to Pay Tips
To the I'.iUtor of the Evening P uhllo' Ledger:
Sir Itefcnlng to tho existing conditions
relating to the tiollcy service nnd tho numer
ous complaints, It seems that inasmuch as tho
P. It T. Itself admits that tho service Is
"rotten," somo plan whereby tho city could
get n grip on tho company and force It either
to give better service or pay penalties for
failure should bo devised.
Therefore, why not placo the complaint
bureau under tho Hlghwav Department or tho
new transit bureau, nnd let them fine the
P. It T. for delinquencies, ns other public
servlco contractors aro fined? Touch the
pocket of tho company nnd It will show moro
effort to glo better servlco to protect divi
dends, etc
My thought on this Is that all public com
plaints be sent to tho department, whether It
be from Individuals or orcnnlzatlons Let n
record bo mnde against each car line, nnd
at the end of the month assess a fine In
proportion to tho complaints.
Mako It a rulo that each complaint shall
havo tho namo and address of the complain
ant, so that In event .f a contest over any
claim tha witness can b produced. Let tho
complaints Involve poor service ns to cars
being on timo (a few minutes' grace being
allowed), insolence of motormen and con
ductors, cold cars, etc.
Let the trolley company In turn keep track
of lateness nnd let their men report to them
altercations so that they In turn will be
prepared to present n defense. Let tho men
take noto of names and nddresses of teams
or trucks which "drag" cars to such an ex
tent that schedules nre broken nnd hold these
drivers or owners responsible.
Put some system of control Into the sltua
tlon nnd end this sitting back with tho what-nro-you-golng-to-do-about-It
attitude Every
thing must bo BUbJeet to somo sort of con
trol, so why not the service of the PUT?
Fining will either make or break tho serv
ice. Do something, please. j, p jr
Philadelphia, February 11,
"SHIP ISLAND"
To the Editor of the Evening PubUo Ledger-
Sir Enough of the namo of "Hog" Island.
On nnd after tomorrow, the 12th of February
1918, the name of the Island mentioned Is
Ship Island, nnd you nro expected to honor
tho port of Philadelphia with PhlladelPMM
eelf-respect.
Lot Lincoln's lucidity live.
Philadelphia, February 1L 3VNW3, J"
HOOPSKIRTS AND "TRAVIATA"
To the Editor of the Evening PubUe Ledger:
Sir Will you not give space for soma re.
marks in regard to H T. C.'s artl?io ?n
Wednesday night's L'venjno Public Ledger
on the opera "La Travlata"7 "u.
Mme. Hempel's costumes were criticized
as being decidedly out of keening with the
hoopsklrt period of the Second Empire I
have seen and heard many Vlolettas ntLa
Scala Slid San Carlo and elsewhere ;- heard
Linda nrambllla. In Venice, as Vloletta and
Mmsi.nl In New York, a young Russian
prl.a2nft,Jn "i0"- fcelng the last one
until Wednesday night. But I have never,
seen a Vloletta In hoopsklrts. That Mme
Hempel was minus a hoopsklrt would surely
not account for her delineation not being
the finest on record.
Sarah Bernhardt's was the finest delinea
tion of Camllle the world has ever known
and she also wore no hoopsklrts. Finally
"Que voulex-vousT"' The Spanish dancing
received more applause than all the divine
singing ,ot the prima donna.
WASHINGTON WOMAN.
Philadelphia, February 9.
(The younger Dumas's play, "La Dame
aux Camellias," was first produced In Paris
In 1862, during the hoopsklrt period. Verdi's
"La Travtata," based on that drama, had
Its premiere the following year. Tho fact
that both the play and the opera have tn
later days been Incorrectly costumed hardly
condones the Inconsistency. Sarah Bern
hardt usually made no attempt to repro
duce tha original atmosphere of the piece.
In , musical centers at home and abroad
"LaTravlau"
has often bauL. arivan with
. ...m i. .-w .f"'"-fc
nTTir manaiiaiar mil ' laa '
12,
1918
THE SPIRIT OF THE NOTE
skirts of tho Second Empire wcro exhibited.
A result of that effort was observable In
last Tuesday's production of tho opera here,
when the characters of I'loi.i nnd of other
subsidiary parts were dresped with histori
cal propriety. Under such circumstances,
therefore. Mine. Hcirpcl'H pictorial mistakes
wero all tho moro striking. The statement
as to the Intensity of applau.o for tho ballet
feature is a record of fact, Musical Editor
Of tho EVENINO Pl'IILlC LEDOBU.
MEATLESS ROOMS
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Thrco years ago I rented an unfur
nished room, Including heat and light, on a
word-of-mouth lease for a certain sum per
month In udvance. I still occupy the room.
Twico slnco I havo been thero I could not
get beat in tho room during cold weather.
On each occasion tho housekeeper, when ap
pealed to, said idle could not nfford to give
mo heat without advancing the rate of rental,
to which 1 assented, I have had to complain
nil through this winter on account of not
having nny heat In my room. Tho last time
I complained the housekeeper ordered me to
glc her more rent or move at tho expira
tion of my month (less than two weeks' time)
and If 1 did not inovo sho'd put my effects out
of doors.
Is not a subtenant entitled to, under tho
law, three months' notlco dur ng the winter
months? Please advise mo through the col
umns of your valuablo paper and oblige.
VENITAS.
Philadelphia, February 11.
Questions of this sort should be referred
to an attorney. If tho person involved can
not afford to retain an attorney ha can npply
to tho Legal Aid Society, 34 South Sixteenth
street. Editor of Evenino Puulic Leuqer.
SOLDIERS SHOULD NOT TIP
To tho Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Is thcro any reason under heaven
why wo men of Philadelphia should not
begin a movement nga nst tho tipping evil
as applied to men In uniform?
This evil Is great enough now In Phila
delphia ns applied to tho public ns a whole,
but In consideration of the sacrifices being
rondo by men In tho Federal service It seems
a shame that their limited pay should bo
taken from them In this manner.
A largo percentage of tho men and boys
who try to get tips from soldiers nre alien
slackers, some of whom look upon men In
uniform, moro particularly officers, as legiti
mate victims.
It would seem consistently patriotic If they
should refuse to accept a tip from a man
In uniform and I think our Boldiers and
sailors would bo glad to refuse to tip If prop,
erly encouraged by public opinion.
, C. L. Z.
Philadelphia, February 11.
THIS MIMIC STAGE
r''"4h.",vre.eoan?cd0l?erCo'!-P-C,"k " ""
And Abdul Uamld'a morn may dawn
n tf,lil0.1" ,ar tram ""
Dut aatlll tho weary world wage on.
With Wllhelm playing Nero.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Wfc, ,!,,',!; prlaon-fortreaa of St. refer and
2, Who wrote "Leaves of Grass"?
8. Which la the "City by the RtralU"?
4. Who was ttie founder of Mormonlim?
5. Where la I.loy?
0. Who la aurveyor general of porthatea for tho
7. Define nn allegory,
8. Name the composer of tile Emtio Weddlne
o) mpnon a
P. What la lull?
10. What la the primary meaning or rotcrnor?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The penalty for violating the food law la atooo
fine or two yeora' Imprlioiunent, or botti
2. General Pershing haa Jait eald that flying
at the fronO la no. more arduoua or daiwer.
oua than fighting In the treorhea. In reeon,.
mending agulnit eitru pay to avtatoraT
8. A whrf U n , pier Jutting out Into the water.
a dock la tihe apare between two plera.
4, Pea Blolnea la the capital of Iowa,
8. Anabantlatat a ntyatleal radical aeet of the
Upturn!" """' Whl,h "JecS ''"'
6. Caftani a long outer robe worn by the Turlta
' V'taVSTeVl0, '
s.-awaatw a jaaayr ea aWslUa frets ilv. ..-
The Second Coming
(A Lincoln's lllrthday fancy. 1017)..
Clutching their bosomed wealth, '&rj J
made their cry: I
"Oh, that our Lincoln's strong, unbesJ-'l
ing frame T 1
Might loom against this wild, war-crinvl
soneu sKyi"
And Lincoln came.
He was, ns when he lived, the quaint anj
queer J
Rough casket of tho living heart rf
gold. &
"And those." he thought, "save they.n
ii nger sneer, &
Are as of old." ,
Ttnf tl.A. ttritla l.flnrl fnfsna nil aA.Ml "
-ut, mivj , vi.i iiaircu imifl till iiliauiv. ,,;
Beheld their hopes' new blossomiiif
and cried: ;
"We have no leaders worthy of the mim;
wo thou our guide!"
:
Ho bent on them his cryptic smile enct
more;
Ho gave them timely truth in rongi
hewn jests
And laid accusing linger on the sore J
Tn Vl A 3-aa, ataaa l-aL "
an urat uwu urvusis. ad
And all his words Pride's ancient ana1
found. i
And all his words rebuilt dismantle
years,
For lo! the faces circling him around -?
Grew dark with sneers. '"I
TOM DAiY.'j
A
Thin poem flrat published on this par aw
Tebniary 13. 1017, was aent to President WtaaJl
shortly thereafter. The President replied! -til
i um uei'piy your neuior lor your ieueroii
ruary 17. and Its Inclosure. It certainly lifts f
heart out Of the mlata ami onnhtea It tn httl
and hope better to havo auch words of eneoanafl
muni una i manic jou Willi all my nean."
ACORNS
Being tho Littlo Beginnings of Sff
Worthy Timber f
if,
miiunn nro persons who will tell yotttW
you can't expect quality with quantity
children, and that this country will n
be what It once was because the old, arte
tocratlo families are dying out But tha
vlous answer to that Is: "Tho children tM
aro being raised nowadays will be ofji
finitely more uso to this great countrfj
futuro years than tho children that are aj
being raised." And this story Is stilt fun
proof. Our hero is Johnny, and he raP
No. 3 In a family of eleven. When he JJ,
born, fifty-one years ago, his parent M
already decided that, whatever elsa M
pencd. their children should have as lj
an education ns their limited means row
allow; so little John went to the parish acW
and later to the Germantown Day UJ
which tha Vlneentlnn Fnthera then conitW
In Oermantown. But at sixteen he wentl
WOrlf. Ho p-nt n Inri in tha rnlnmhlanlBaS
at 433 Chestnut street, which blew up.sjjj
no naa toned thero Just six years.
bank Itself wasn't much of an Instltw
but It had among Its employes an old o
of England hoohkepnpr nnmerl nedforda
gave the young clerk more solid knowlej
oi mo DanKing uusmess man ne couiu
wise have cot. knowledce which rushed I
ahead rapidly later. When thn explokJ
tho Columbian Bank threw him into
street he landed on his feet at D. J.
gher's printing establishment only a'.
doors away. Ho remained with Mr.
gher for eight or nine years, and wpaa '
Continental Title and Trust Company'
organized In March, 1898, he moved tn
as "acting assistant eecretary-treaw
Tha new cnmniifw tvnn nrohnhlv a bit
and the "acting" may have been meant I
a nmt to tne young man that nea nan
show them. But he was used to acting;
Is to say. In amateur theatricals for
at which 'ho wasn star, but that's I
story. Iq his new position he drewi
tne wisaom ne naa garnered in nio au.
association with the old Bank or
bookkeeper, and In 1899 he became full
tary-treasurer. A few years ago the I
able Trust Company wra merged, win
continental ana lie was given tne i
treaaurershlD of the consolidated. O
W
Laat Octobw;hljMawka4 taw top of J
.W.
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