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A 8C0U CLAM Malt 1UTTS.
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MUedlala, lelvnUr, lltrtb . 111
AM AN1 AMERICAN CITIZEN'
Mi.'
" rVK WOM3CII sometimes If there Is nny
' ( American who knows what .America. Is.
, s nny square mllej In this State, says
IhJ geography, and so many square miles
itlvthat; so many bushels of wheat raised
rWT year, so many bales of cotton, so
; t many' tons of coal mined, so much cornier,
so many millions of people, so many cities,
ch high mountains, such great canyons,
tJMHMU
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agara Kails arid even swamps .that arc
HHtgnincent In the vastness of their pro
' portions: but these things ore no moro
VC America than are bones and flesh the
r ,,
f Vfndlvidual. Each of us has skin and heart.
s.Jwrves and blood, fingers and toes, but
, were is no man so like unto another that
ther are not differences which Identify
I, tyhera absolutely. The body Is simply n
K,1wue, a, habitation, but the man is above
r .-tiine necK, in mat miraculous laboratory
5. VrklnK a n,1 .u l...t , .. .
1 52 " -rt,i xllK ui". wneru 1110 resc-
, ,tlons of Intelligent are constant. No, her
.. (, hills and rivers, her forests and her plains
t itto not make America. She Is nnintan-
1 Ct, 'lbje (omethlne, a soul, n purpose, a brain,
V$? Process, a living-, Bqulrmlng enercy, a
?$.. . hope, a passion, an intelligence,
htSfSr A learned man vrote recently In a mapa
S ln to say that In the present crisis of
L;- humanity the Church had fallen down.
&''-! fiomelmriv llM ffoa tn fmn1 l,n a nL
r;t . ; -" ; " "" - "'v
t iwvts ui JnunycuaaicH, niraia xo iigm ana
r JtOt knowlnc how to do It if we wnntwl tn.
i ?A thlft nhBMr.H MAn .,-. .... --
LfAim composite to permit unity of pur
:V,Ttw nd that the meltlnj pot will have
.aKte'ult boiling before we canjexpect na
tlonal ijolldarlt. Another particularly
' fnmug commentator relates how the kouI
f ifte East Bide In New YorK has pene
Ltrnfet! the western plains and thrilled them
"WhJi Idflalism. Ya Amrlr U n rlmmA.
ft lMH. lniinhlnrr trtn htm nt Ua . l,
i., Inexhaustible as the seas. And as 1m.
.I'tti' '':.j. -
. ,l wwviuom ub a Eijcnainriii. some criiin
C.may observe. Let Us sec.
if.' the Italian llnej by first breaklns the
ff tallan moralo. They will never impair
, American morale, for wr.Ie WashliiR-
C . tnM daai liann ncminliilnn tlia rMf. ua.l 1 i ti
if - mvvs ui iiitii4H 1,11 0 1U11U IIUUI.
jx f the nation the Y, Mt C. A. ana tho
v,j!t!ffMs ot Columbus have been marshal-
I.. '1 ...
"t in xne spirit or America, do to nny
r f'-ojwnpn the country or to any naval sU-
,; 'tHw Q 'it0 a M. C. A. hut any night
. ' aiaiA. Iilltd lha tlmAn. nt .iafU,l .
v,"jjWlna; from thousands of younjr Amerl-
,tn 'throats. Then recollect that hundreds
k !f those h,uts are behind tho American
anvwtona at tne, rront, that hundreds of
'therntare being put by Americans behind
the Krenoh lines and behind the Italian
Mnv Nothing like It before in the his
ajorjr rf4 the world! Quite true, for when
jiiansri ' were, ins souis ana tne spirit of
HMtW.'tbe object of deliberate organization?
Y hxarman could borrow our machine
(. ABBA.., hut aivan ikai A milrflAra with lt
lamntt psychological process that will
)rwhelm him. Hundreds of huts In
Jpitmtte, hundreds of huts In France, hun
tffavft? of huts In Italy, hundreds of can.
Mta .andj myriad other activities are tho
ffreoent work of thla organization surely
'fc
tMk, to tax the capacity if any nation.
'"ate' gentleman wha U most active In
.g aii wis worn paused to remark
that the real task In taking
Ot ttaB.youn men ot America would"
ai alter, the war. and that a campaign
"r P!". "" ainnux ueins; mappea
I'ta't ,. . ' . .
fuyatin, no HicKing in, pre-
,'MH uoht
AIiipHi oiUzen" was once a
r fMat M4 the Utter er of It equal
4Tune,wijj Uve to see the
a uMiia4 vrlll garb himself
Vvni jmVil'Vn hU American
y iw JwJmi8 Just begun.
Fl,t t laftWtttlns; of which
M !,', ssr aMrTifter tow
m W.ttarIHetlVlth a
; kMMr not laVAt, that' makes
aNftf apfillliii we come to
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'Vi;- 'EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 2,
iw't5tr,'ai'aiwyer bill mounts high In iha
;1iunfr' of thousnnda. It I no reflection
Upon an honornblo profession to say that
a jtoodly1 part of the fSIO.TCO the city murt
pay Its members this year Will bo paid out
for unnecessary or duplicated labor. In
the nature ot things this must be so, within
reasonable limits. A lnwer Is paid to think
and no good method has been tnented to
pleasure the reward due to thinkers. A
taximeter cannot be applied to the wheels
n a man's head, A lawyer may be win
nlng a case as he pluys golf or as he tosses
stejpless at midnight, long after the day's
ofllce routine is done.
Dut when a lawyer thinks very badly
he may still bo paid very well, He Is
mysteriously protected, as It he formed 'n
part of some great vested Interest. Ite
may Imperil a city's future one flay and
be nominated for Governor tho nolt. A
doctor Is routed out at 3 a. m. to eco a
dying patient, who does Indeed Inevitably
die, and tho doctor's leputatlon may bo
ruined, Rome others bury their mistakes.
Hut wo do not remember anything over
happening to a law) or to hurt his reputa
tion except when ho has had to lho In the
Wlilto House
WHQ CRIPPLEI? THE HOME GUARD?
lyrCStllBUS of the I'hlladclphln Home
' Defene ltesere hac the transpar
ently honest purpose of p'ntrlotlc citizens.
No one la criticizing them. If properly led
they could do useful work for tho city and
nation and could have started doing It
some time ago. We said editorially on
February 13:
Tho (Jot eminent has culled the attention
of the city authorities to the menace of the
lumber yards along tho river front. In
tending mora than a mile ubovc Callawhlll
street, a line of yards and piers Is pro
tected only by private watchmen .1 lino
of the greatest fire haianl In I'hlltidelphln,
Millions of feet of lumber are stored ut the
most vulnerable point of tho port, threat
ening In cane of Hra Crampi' shlpard
and tho heart of th export dock
The activities of German tiro fiends miiy bo
turned upon Philadelphia. Tho
superintendent of police Is not
In favor of utilizing the Homo Defense
Jtescne. The director of this FUard
declares that It In not the function of tho
orKan.zatlon to guard "private property"
Is the heart of tho port "private property"?
'Within a short tlmo 1200 of the Home
Guards lire to lie armed1 And their func
tion? As Btated by tlielr head, the guards
are to do nothing unless tho police aro
called anny from their licnta.
Tho civilian director Is Arno 1'. Movvltz.
who was born In Ocrmany, had some mili
tary training near Ilcrlln und was ,utu
rallzcd thirteen earn ago. Mr. Movvltz
acknowledges authorship of u restrictive
clause In the Homo Defense enrollment
blanks. TJiIh clause would prevent the
guard from tclnir called out except when
the police might be so busily engaged with
rloterB that they would have to leave
their beats, a well-nigh Impossible situa
tion. Mr. Mowltz admits that the Mayor of
this city 1ms &ome nuthoilty over him and
his men. The Major could HBk Mr. Movvltz'
to cull out his forms and thai Mr. Movvltz
would see about It nnd consult 11 commit
tee, und then let Captain of Police Mills,
who Is acting colonel of tho Home Defence
Reserve, take charge of this auxiliary
police body.
The Mayor should glvo the patriotic citi
zens of the reserve u sane program and
leader.
THE AVAY TO GET OUT
ONB of the crlspeat bits of Americanism
that has worked Lis wny Into the na
tional consciousness Is Horace Greeley's
terie ultimatum to thoso who hesitated
about the resumption of specie payments:
"The way to resume Is to resume." This
Is the spirit of our ultimatum to Germany,
which hesitates about retting out of her
neighbors' tenltory. The way to get out
is to get out.
WRONG-HEADED COURAGE
IT ''VAS unwise and even dangerous to
Allied mutual understanding for Mr.
Ilryan to go to Toiontci to nddrebs a
prohibition meeting. No one can be criti
cal of wounded Canadian toldlcrs, home
011 furlough, for bawling at the upeakcr
for having been a pacltlst. Tho bloody Ufo
at the front-lino flenches Is 11 rougher
form of politic!) than most of us are aware
of, and the world we are living In Just
now Is not uno that puts forward the
elegant table manners of a perfect gentle
man as the single starry model for all our
behavior.
But, wrong-headed as the Xqbraskan was
In his methods of International propa
ganda, there Is room for some admiration
of his moral courage. Ho refused to allow
the soldiers to be ejected and lemniked
that his loyalty to America's war effort
was unquestioned at home, which Is true.
It Is a remarkable fact that, after making
a fight against belligerency by methods
which became a national scandal and
which may even have been the deciding
factor In making Oermany cast tho die
for war with us, Mr, Uryan Is now recog
nized as u patriot aa loal us any. There
Is a sound reason for this. Thcte aro
several million Bryans In this country and
thousands of them are fighting na hard as
anybody In France.
It is well to rtmember that Jujt one
third (33.2 per cent) of the Americans who
do work are farmers. They fired the shot
heard 'round the world.
Victory bread or none I
OreiQO la In tha war Krsnli II. nilay.
80 also, we hope, is Wlscontln.
March came In like a lion at the Zoo,
thoroughly camouflaged, but vicious all the
same.
The Germans say thoy have captured
forty-seven nusslan wsrshlpa. Is this also, n
measure to stop anarchy and restore law and
order?
If German.Amerlcan League members do
nothing worse than kneer at Liberty Bopd
buying they are doing more than enough
barnv
Vsaaar nuroaarbught to b put to the
"mouse te.t" to try out their courage, maya
noeto'r Park. That would prove nothing.
Napoleon drew his sword on a cat.
Steps to prevent water and Ice shortages
should be taken at oncav Congressman Bcatt
t rW, In asking; for Government conserva-
iawti ;Maaa T"ts jsv msvo.w IHfie,
L,H U!WaHaa M nt !. The
CARNEGIE SPOKE
FOR JUDGE COHEN
Steel Mngnnlc Sent Governor
Pennypncker Letter Asking for
Jurist's Reappointment
rrcvMPACKI.It AtTdlllOfJR It'll VN(. DO
(Copirlghl, tits, In Public Ledger Company.)
IThM totter, which ronatltulo an Intf rutins
rart of (lovernop fannmailifr'a sutobloaranhy, re.
veal Ina nerannal opinion of many rromlnent fill
itna rwintlnj IJoyunor Pennjiiaiker'a aervlcca
to tho Hlale, J
January 23, 1003.
Dear Governor Pennj packer I think
It Is to our courtesy that I owe the
copy of your Inaugural nddress. I hid In.
tended to wilte to thank vnu for the
nddress hefnro I ircelved this copy, I
am much ohllgml to you, as It focms
to me thnt every man of Intelligence
should be, for your mtmirnble nnd suc
cessful attempt to check tho llcenso of
the press.
Our vice president, AVIIson. once sold
to me. I thlnlc with tears In his es,
that slncn the Tweed Hcandnl no public
mm In Ameilc.i wim sure for ten days
that tho 111 ens of America would not tin
del tike to break down his character for
ever, Wilson mid that since the New
York Tlmps won distinction by exposing
the Tweed scandals, every newspaper
man In America thought he could make
himself famous by exposing somebody.
Ho referred nt that time to tho habit
of nMcrlblntf the worst possible motive
to cveiy net of every public man, which
seems to he Ingrained now In tho man
moment of the dally preps. That you
have done mi much to check this huhlt
oukIU to be n matter of pilde to jou,
With Krcnt rcsptet I ntn ours truly,
KinVAHD H. HAL13,
Chaplain to the Senate,
Much 15. 1905.
My Dear Governor I learn thnt mt
Imvo 11 most serious duty to perform
to one of jour piofesslon. It Is the ap
pointment of several Judges for Alle
gheny rVnmty. Mv friend, Judge Cohen,
was appointed by Govirnor Stone, and by
re 1 son of dissension in Itopubtltan
lanks the whole Hcpubllcnn ticket,
carrliig the good Judge with It, much
to the roret of good citizens generally,
wns defeated,
All I can my Is that. In my opinion,
ou would iiuko no mistake If you re
appoint him and I believe that I express
the opinion of the best people of the
"Smoky City."
Please pietent my kindest greetings
to jour good wife nnd receive them for
your good self. I have very plcnsnnt mom
oiles of j'ou both and hopo wo aro to
meet ngnln
Always ciy truly jours,
ANDHKW CAHN'KGIB
Governor Samuel W. Pennj packer,
Hnrrlsburg, Pa,
March in, 1900.
lleur Gdveriinr Pennypacker Having
the plcnsuio nnd privilege to know jou
personally, I address thceo lines to jou
on belnlf of 11 Geimau, Tiautwln who
bus hien Htntnood to bu hanged on
Match 28, Will juu pleuso treit tlu't.u
lines ns nltocctlier ihtmhiuI ami prlvutn,
Todtv I had n litter fiom Truutvvln In
which he wiys:
"I gave inj- wife u good home, but
when I was ut work sho had clnful In
tcrcouiho with un Italian I told my wlfo
thut people wero speaking ubout her but
khe would not listen. At Inst I found
hr?" in J self at night, lit nine o'clock, lu
company with un Italian with whom she
had hud sinful Intercom be! 1 became so
'nfuilatcd that I could not speak I
Jrevv n pistol nnd (lied 11 shot. My wife
fell and the Italian rnn uway, I vdld
not Intend to shoot net. You cannot tell
whut love will drlvo a man to do."
The letter ot Truutvvln glvos 1110 the
Impression that he Is not a bad fellow.
Ho Is absolutely uneducated and perhaps
hardly fit to accurately state his case.
When facing the shame of Mis wife ho
seems, to have lost all self control and
blazed nwnj'.
Knowing that class of Germans m
well, lho rurnl, mnons which I wan per
Homily raised, I thought It tit to lenl
jou these lines. I want It to bo stilctly
understood that I In no way want to
Intel fere with the findings of jour
courts: I simply want to give jou my
private and personal opinion about Ti.iut
win and tho act ho committed, leav
ing It absolutely to jour Judgment
what action J'ou pel haps may deem
lit to take with legaid to the man,
j llollevo mo, dca: Governor, jours most
fclnceicly
11. STi:n.'Bi:UCI, Get man Ambassador.
Philadelphia, -113190;:
My Pear Governor Swing j-oui axe.
Youih .ilwijs,
HOWARD M. PAXSO.V.
Washington. D. C April l't, 1905.
Governor Pennvpnckcr Harrlsburg. Pa
To jou und the membeix of the Legis
lature I letum my piofound acknowl
edgment for the Interest In our James
town Celebration, I shall refuse ever
to rldo again to Gettjsbuig with a dinvvn
subor. nTZHUOU LUIO
His Hxcellencj', Hon. Samuel W. Penny
packer. Governor, Pennvpacker.
My Dear Sir May I beg jour Excel
lency to consider favorably tho nppio
prlatlans mndo for our charitable Insti
tutions which are teally doing tho woik
which the State should otherwise do,
I beg j our Excellency's special eon
sldeiatlon for tho Protectoiy for Boys
ebove Korrlstowu, which contains 300
inmates and vlll be able to lecelve 300
more when the new wing shall be com
pleted, which Is now In progress of elec
tion. I have the honor to lenmtn.
Your faithful servant,
P, J. KYAN.
Philadelphia. April 2S, 1905.
My Dear Govomor I send you a note
from Kdwnrd S. Buckley, trustee, as to
the appropriation to the Pottsvllle Hos
pital, 'The Evening Bulletin last night. In
tts correspondence columns, lnd nn ar
ticle on the Kipper Hills, In which the
writer refers to you as "Kaslly the brain
iest and greatest Governor Pennsjlvantu
has ever had." It stirs me to tho depths
to have the truth spoken. The conviction
Is everywhere,
Most sincerely yours,
HAMPTON' U CAHSON.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 2. 1903.
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Executive Building, Harrlsburg.
My Dear Governor I received your
communication of the 27th Inst, on my
return to Philadelphia today. A large
number ot lawyers are onnosed to Judge
Itlddle'H renomlnatlon on the ground of
his advancol age. The Kepubltcan or
ganization la also unfavorable to his 10
nomlnatlon. I have told all of Judge Biddlo's
friends who have approached me on the
subject that the oi.ly opposition I had to
him was based upon the sentiment ot the
lawyers and the organization, who all
feel his age should bar htm,
However, In view of your request, It
will afford mo great nleosuie to renomi
nate him. Sincerely yours.
ISIlAEfc W. OUnilAal.
Honour m """'.'"Vui 1 r.. T.:I,T on mo
ixllitrnl -lliisllon I'hllailelphU wU bo gmaar
?'??i?i".R..,r.":,i!ri!8.iSHR;ar. v2?.k
11
boa prlstad.
A Cl'HTARP f,K OlL OKT HOOOY
A man in California lately received by prc,i
onal two mlneo plea from relative In lioaton.
lho srand triumph of parral pooling will be tha
arrival nf tiietaid pie undamatea ot Ha des-
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CAPITAL SUFFERS
WAR'S TYRANNIES
Mr. Pnlm Beach, Jr., Fails to Hire
a Train Congress Viewed
as "tho Great Leveler"
Special Corrwiowfeitcr Kvenlna TuMIe Lettttr
WASIHNOTON, D. C. March 2.
WAtl Is a tjrunt. It sets up despots whoso
brief authority shocks tho American
cense of freedom and equality, but war Is
also 11 great leveler which aids in bringing
tho petty autocrat to 11 realization of his
own limitations. War may not have Intended
to mnko an autocrat of the railroad ticket
agent, but It has given him certain powers
not defined by the Constitution, which mil
lionaires and magnates, major generals nad
Admirals cannot Buccesafully resist.
11 may bo possible In peace times for
Mr. Palm Bench, Jr., to engogo a drawing
room for comfortable riding, but when tho
railroads are taken over by the Government
for war purposes tho plight of Mr, Palm
Ue.uh, Jr, who unsuccessfully seeks to en
gaico tho attention of the scornful Mr, Pull
man, Jr., In the rullroad ticket onlco Is
pitiable bejond words. To fee the delicate
und pampered Mr. Palm Beach, Jr., Jostled
about In the crowds nt the main gite and
Jammed Into nn ordinary day couch with
the soldiers nnd tho baggage, tho subcon
tractors nr.d the hum sandulches which are
now the Jojous privileges of potentate nnd
pauper alike Is to witness one of the humor
ous phases of war's ruprenincj-.
It matters not whether Mr. Palm Bench,
Jr, or Major General Bliss, or Kamuel M.
VHiiclnln, of the Baldwin Locomotlco Works,
who Is lomlng to be an Indispensable aid
to the Government nt Washington, happens
to be the victim the status ot the ticket
seller Is fixed He can assign j-ou to tho
smoker or to the baggage car lis ho fees
fit, nnd his power extends to women Just as
bancfuly iih It does to men Tho Houso of
Hepiesentatlvcs lecently votej "cquul rights"
to women, und though It may rocm Ironical,
thoy nrc getting them now with a oimeanc-e
on the trains and trollevs that attempt to
relieve the congestion at tho nitlonul capital.
Sometimes tiny occupy the smoker nnd sonic
times they "stand like men" from Washington
to Iinltlmote, or on to Philadelphia nnd
New York
It Is no longer a question of Influence or
of money. The car innit has so many tickets
to sell, and If jou get one you'io lucltj'- If
vnu don't Ret one, jou wait or take vour
iliaiues. That's the petty tvrunny of war.
On tho street cars In Washington It has
digenerated Into a riot Theio Is no peace or
comfort on th. street cais here. It Is a
Jam, a reiiular war Jam white, black, male,
ft mule, soldier, civilian, nlllcer nnd private
all packed In und generally standing like
huddled cattle. No one exercises uny au
thority but the conductor He tells jou to
rinve up float," and to "keep moving."
Gentlemen In uniform, with Insignia deslg
ixtlng generals, colonels und majors, men
who nru accustomed to glvo orders and to
sit In courtH-nurtiils that send men to prison
or to diath, 'Keep moving" under these cir
cumstances, like ordinary mortals. It Is a
sight for tho gods, this rullroad and street
car etiquette lu AVushlngton.
Officers Too Thick to Salute
When the mobilization of troops began
the dignified joung otllicrs, us well hs the
ruldlers nevvlj reciulled, were prnfuve In
salute", lho practl became tiresome us
the number of soldiers Increased, and to 11
larKo extent It Is now disregarded In Wash
ington, where It Is not alwajs convenient for
one uniformed man to observe another. So
in. my now olllcers meet each other In the
departments, on the highways. In the theatres
nnd on tho curs, that a nod of recognition Is
now confined largely to those between whom
an actual acquaintanceship exists. Where
ever the soldier Is on duty, of course, It Is
different. But there are so mart- soldiers
and sailors cverj where about the national
cnpltHl that salutes, except on formal oc
casions, have beronie almost n bore.
Tho soldier off duty does not hesitate to
keep hlH seat In the street car even though
tho colonel stands, nnd It Is not infrequent
that both the colonel und his lady are com
pelled to stand from the theatro to the home.
In this respect war Is certainly a success
ful leveler, paitlcularly so with regard to the
new brand of olllcer, the former civilian,
.who has donned .1 uniform und accepted a
military title for expert work In tho Quarter
master's Department or In the Oidnanco
Bureau, where the epaulettes aro sometimes
not so much the sjmbol of war us they nre
Indicative of special qualifications for pur
chasing supplies or directing manufactures.
Congiess the Great Leveler
The griatest leveler of all, however. Is
Congtcss, where In peace times, us well as
In war times, the 'big man" at homo becomes
one only of four hundred und thlitj'-tlve lUp
lesentntlves Built lu the home town cverj
bndy, from tho boy on the street to the
rli best banker, may bold In highest esteem
tho learned Judge or tho distinguished bar
rister who becomes the people's representa
tive In Washington But hero at the capital,
the hero of IiIh constituency, unless he spe
c'allzes or sensationalizes early In the giiine,
U Just one Judge among many. Ho Is us
numerous hero as tho Kentucky "colonel"
Is In Kentucky
Many a m in has made a triumphant cam
paign on 11 platform to reform congressional
methods One gentleman from Texas' was
elected upon the promise that he would stnrt
the House working about the same time the
farmer started to work, and would keep the
Speaker at his Job until the sun went down.
That gentleman Is In Congress now-, but his
herculean tnsk Is still abend of hlni.
A wealthy Beprescntntlve fiom Massachu
setts, believing It popular nt home "to Jump
on Congress," met his Waterloo this week,
due to the publication In the newspapers of
a caustic letter written by him to the Speaker
But for this Incident the gentleman might
still have been counted among tne ohscure,
for when chlded for writing the letter, the
Massachusetts llepresentatlve received his
first lecognltlon nt tho hands of the House.
He had been here nil the eesslon, but when
referred to by his critic, the cry came up from
all over the hall, "Who Is he?" And vet
early In the session this same Bentleman
hnusht a million dollars' worth of Liberty
Bonds,
It Is a curious thing about the House
and Senate that no matter how wealthy a
member may bo or how sumptuous or im.
IkisIhr his home surroundings, In the cap
ital Itself he figures as he proceeds lr, the
performance of his work. His personal
strength' nnd popularity depend almost en
tirely upon the Intelligence nnd activity with
which he does bis duty.
The war, ns President Wilson has denom
inated It, Is a war for democracy, a. leveling
process which threatens the crowned hends
and bespeaks the equality of man. Legis
lation has proceeded on this theory since the
war began. Even the strongest of our finan
cial an4 business Institutions have felt the
leveling process of legislation thus far en
acted, but n struggle for Independent Initia
tive In business and finance may freely ba
predicted as an early and Inevitable after
math of war. J, HAMPTON1 MOOUU
THE REAL ATHLETE
An athletic) authority says thirty-five Is
the maximum ago for a good athlete. Per
haps most people have noticed that profes
sional athletes wear themstlyes out young.
Prizefighters, sprinters and circus performer
quit In early prime. Hut are these the real
athletes? How much more true an athlete la
the vtll-preserved farmer who, at 65, can
pitch hb much hay aa his son or grandson?
The best athleticism Is that which holds
through the riper years and enables a man
lo sit on hU horse as erectly d.t sixty as at
twenty. The kind of athleticism that falls
at thirty-five Is' the wrong kind of athleti
cism. It s the tense, 'violent, virtuoso sort
of skill In mere, spectacular accomplishment;
The proof of real athletlotam la health and
activity In old age, HMy and healifefm U
SSJl,c.,.nciPr,M- ? JJtfMr.-Tt
SURE, WE'D
BASEBALL ON THE ICE IN 'G8
Another Puce About tho National
Game from tho Scrapbook of
Al Reach
WHBN baseball was in Its Infancy it did
many curious inlnga to attract tho at
tention of the dignified and matter-of-fact
world which hud not jet begun to take Its
arrival seriously.
Nothing short of some great national need,
such ns the raising of funds for tho Bed
Cross, or the V, M. C. A. and K. C would
Induce the leading ball clubs of this day to
play u gunie on skutes. But that's what
soma of them did fifty jears ago.
In this old scrapbook of Al Beach's, the
Jellowed pages of which are now spread be
fore us, we find sn account of such 11 game
between tho Athletics nnd the Camden club.
"The contest was played last Hatmday on
the Skntlng Pond tn Camden," sajs the re
port, but us no date Is given in connection
with tho clipping we can only approximate
the time. It must have been lu tho winter of
'C8 or 'CD Five very slippery Innings wero
plajed nnd the final score wus 21 to 11) in
favor of the Athletics.
"A veiy large number of spectators wlt
nessedtho contest," sajs tho report, "many
of whom were upon skates, and It wus u
very 'moving' sight, to witness the evolu
tions of the plajers on their steel ruunt-rs,
not Infrequently coming abruptly In contact
with one another as tliey bounded over the
gllttei Ing Ice after tho fast receding ball.
The batting wns ilone under difficulties, us
It whs almost Impossible to get a fulr 'swipe'
ut the ball, as the moment the striker swung
the bat his feet nwung out from under him
nnd he was lu eminent (sic, suy we edi
torially) danger of taking n beat on the cold
U-o. But the greatest fun was witnessed
while the plajers were running the buses.
Here jou would see one putting lu his "big
licks' for the first, second or third base,
when tho men plnvlng these bases, n their
endeuvor to head him off, and while going
at u 5:40 speed would fetch up 'nil standing,'
or rather all sprawling on the Ice by col
liding with each other."
The "1:10 speed" was some going In the
fiO's The great Dexter or wns It Flora
Temple? having first accomplished It about
that time on the racetrack.
Al Beach plajed second base for tho Ath
letics In this queer contest "nnd gave a good
account of himself, making five runs and
no outs. Dick McBrlde nnd , by the
way, his full name was John Dickson
Mcltrlde did tho pitching and headed the
batting order. Berkenstock also figured
promlnentlj". On the Camden side the nnrfies
of Wood, Fisher and Blrdsall Hro all that
figured nt all prominently In baseball In
after years. "Wo silppose," comments the
reporter, after giving the box score, "that
this game Is but a forerunner of others thnt
will take place between these and other
clubs, as most ot the clubs in Philadelphia
have enclosed ponds. Out of tho three clubs
that practice on the Union Grounds a eufll
dent number of good skaters could bo se
lected to form two nlnet., all of whom would
be willing to participate In the game for tho
sport It would afford to themselves and the
spectators."
This suggestion bore fruit. Shortly there
after, In a game played at the Union
around, at Fourth and Diamond streets, bo.
tween the Athletics and Hamlltons, Dick
McBrlde pitched for the Hamlltons and
Charlie aaskell, another regular Athletic
player, was on his side. The Athletics won
by a score of 4 to 0, a bunch of figures low
enough to be almost modern1.
There Is preliminary talk, too. In this old
scrapbook ot a cricket match on lee In a
carnival to be arranged by the Satellite
Cricket Club, but It anything came ot It
the book doesn't tell It,
All such matchon were but freaks of sport
anyway and never achieved real popularity.
T. A, p.
SOME GERMAN "SCHOLARSHIP"
Hncke's, comet, a called, by reason of Its
discovery by a German professor,, Johann
jsneso. " ,i"i"a, iu regular inrce-and-a-thlrd-year
visit to our solar system. This
comet, however, was pot JCncke's only dis
covery. After years of patient and efficient
study he determined the exact distance of
the earth from the sun, and ordinary as
tronomers ever since have been striving to
Impress Hie world with the well-ascertained
fact that he made a mistake of ;, 000,000
mllis lq, hl calculation. But what are1
j.o,o onus, mere or jeu, to a derman
professor? A fer Bneke'v comet, It hi
1018
RATHER SMASH HIM
PROBLEM OF THE SCHOOLS
Too Much Fussing, High School Teacher
Thinks University Professor's View
To Ihr JJdllor of tho Kicnlng Public Ledger;
Sir Concerning tho Philadelphia public
schools In general my belief Is that they com
puro favorably with other Ijlgh schools
thioughout tho countrj-. Virtually ione ot
tho graduates of the Philadelphia high
schools who come to the college Is dropped
fur poor scholastic standing, I find on Inquiry
among my colleagues Tho difficulty ubout
making unv generul statement Is that the
schools differ among themselves lu excel
lence. Generally, I believe their faculties
urcalolng good, conscientious work, but, of
course thej- aro not nbovu criticism,
A UMVIIUSITY OP PENNSYLVANIA
PltOFHSSOR.
Philadelphia, Jlarch 1.
TOO MUCH FUSSING OVER SCHOOLS
To the Kdttor 0 fio Evening Pu&flo l.eilgei:
Sli Your survey would servo a good pur
pose f it would make the point that the
schools aro being fussed with too much. Tho
sjstcm Is like 11 child neivous from too much
attention und oversollcltude 011 tho part of
parents. 1 know of nd panacea. 1 feel that
the high-school sjstem has retrograded In
recent jears. What alleged Improvements
aro responsible for this letting down I liavo
not analyzed to my satisfaction. Possibly
It Is duo to "promotion by subject" ns much
us to uny one thing. It may be that the
higher education for till Instead of higher
education for tho few has caused this era
or unrest. At present the discussion ot
pedagogic alms In Philadelphia has developed
Into u mud-sllnglng contest.
... .. , , ,' '"""-SCHOOL TL'ACHnn.
Philadelphia, March 1.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
Henry Fielding Dickens, the newly an
pointed common sergeant of the Inns it
Court, s lesponslblc for nn amusing story
concerning an eminent king's counsel, who,
11 the courso of u learned argument, rested
which ho claimed to be' of paramount lmJ
portanco.
But when he had finished, his opponent,
si- re"ed- JU38e Wlmt ,ia 1,aa
"I will not trouble your lordship with any
further argument. I only wish to 8"y that
mJ, trtn' forstten to Infornu our lord
ship that the case o which he relies ha,
been taken on appeal to the House of Lords
and the decision absolutely reversed"
Upon this the em'nent K. C. turned to his
colleugnes roundabout and whispered-
l..'ia,sfvh!!"l.len'', whlU a llBr ,hat man must
be! Why. there never was such a case 1
made it all up out of my own head as I went
along!" Pearson's Weekly. e l
KNTKB MAKCII
Not llon-llke ho came: not quite
,..?" ry, very aura 1 'am, um"'
Who aaw him trailing clouJa of nl.hl
Ba mu.t Jmva Dean Utk ahScp'. lamb.
QUIZ
1. Who wrote "Tho II) inn of Ht,j
3. VUier. I. the lloullholat Korea! sector?
3. Name th, author of "Mlualenurfh."
4 "Mut"e,t.',m"7 """ ' ' . United
' W Bl'sf-V" n"I,,n of "' oMrevlatu,,, "w.
fl. Identify "Tho Little Corporal
'"KhuW" r,rrt,t wwar-hlta. of
8, What fumUlea 1.t ronlrlhnl.a ..
one Prealdent to The uM Jd sut?,","1 hn
. What la a searab? "late.T
10. What la tho yireaest eanltal of Belgium?
Answers to Yesterday's Qui'
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THAN EAT!
The Village Poet
Whenever it's a Saturday an' gustyi
March has come 3
I find myself with ears n-strain to Catch
a distant drum; 4
I long to take my pen in hand an write?
a piece for you
Assuring you at last, at last! that here's1
the news that s new:
"Last night the winter's rearguardftej
passed 'iqi
r.ct;l
1
In utter lout through lane an streetjffj
With fninf nn' fnintpr lmrrlp.Vilnnf.
The north wind sounded the retreat
TJna DnhAaD rtf fVia cf iiViVirtn flnrlit-
Crept backwaid from the distant hill. I
Stray stragglers lurched across tn&l
night, Jj,i
But soon wero gone, and all was gtlll.jl
Then vaguely, through the mldnighrjffil
I1UDI1, j
Tho murmur of a marching host
Sutged swiftly onward, like tho rush
Of breakers on a level coast, .1
Until up-swelled through lane and streotij
In swift crescendo thundering,
The drums of southern rain that beat $
Reveille to tho waking springl" 1
INSURANCE AGAINST CHAOSJ
Statistics Give Eloquent Record of Pros-J
perity of "Just Average Folks"
of United States.
SOAP-BOX oratois. red-mlnded agllators,.1!
I. W. W'.'s and other disturbers of th
peaco have scunt chance of making headway!
for Bolshevism In a country where the 1
averaga run of folks are large sharers ot1!
the national welfare 1 -j
Bducutlon for all and participation In pros-t
perity havo evolved a democracy In the.
United States which, however far from per,
fectlon In operation, is sound In theory andy
principle. And Its cltlzcnB reallia that or-rf
derly government Is their protection and Ph
ladlum. A few eloquent statistics present
American arguments to the Bolshevik!. Here
nre some facts which Immunise the Unlt,cdjj?;
States against I. W. W. propaganda:
In 1916 the deposits In the savings banks of
the United States aggregated more thanfe
o,000,000,000. Tf
These savings were held by moro thanJ
11,000,009 persons,
In 1910 there wero 0,301,603 farms In th
United States, valued at more than 10,e,i
000,000,000,
In tha face of these statistics, showing the $
prosperity of the people and their partto'pa
tlon in the wealth ot the land, anarchy my;
rant In vain. Property, as well as liberty.
depends for Its protection upon stable, effeo-SJi
tlve government, and the billions of hard!j
earned savings tucked away In the saving','
Institutions, or perhaps Invested In Liberty '
Bonds, nre valuable only so lone as thsrtj
endures a government based upon Justice, and
powerful enough to protect the rights 0 all;
tts citizens. S
The Bolshevik movement In Russia U'f
founded upon the promise that the land ehU 1
be divided among the people. 4j
As for the I.' w. W who have annoyed,
the country since the beginning of the nrji
with their pernicious activities, their plaaVf
form frankly Is one of anarchy. tj"
What answer will the 8,U,o02 farm own
era In the United States give to the IlusslaH
Bolshevlkl and tho agitators who come her'
preaching an equal division of the land? '
What reply will the 11.000,000 eavlnr-
bank depositors and the million postal-siivry
Ings bank depositors make to anarchistic
appeals? j)
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SIAMESE STUDENTS IN U. S. 'ifl
About fifteen students from Slant have:
registered at American educational Instti
uons mis year, to auallfv In the tjrofeI
of law, medicine and civil engineering. Sv:
erai sucn stuaents have in the past era
ated from American colleges and engln
Ing schools, and are now emDlovod by t
own Government In Important publlo'werl
mciaeniany tney nave been the means
introducing American machinery, gcUtl1
apparatus and other manufactures Into t
country. Among the students In the Unl1
States are four holders of king's, schelarshl
anu tnese young men win be educated ai
vapciia ut me Siamese uovernmenu
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