?;',fk" ra' i v- .m j. T 1 r'jwsbk;?. '-"-. T' ti f ."lfiM --4 V . '' r ' T mvfi 9$ 7i . 5n iSW "7 llna Bublic Hedge? UiLICLEDGER COMPANY . ttjUJIH.'K. CUima, PiiMiint s . mvrtUrr n Trt-trartri rhllip B. J-" iuiuf nv'iii ( nfwiauoii iwnTfi MJirwvorw, KDITOP.Uli nOARDl Ctiti If. K. Ccitii. Chairman ikalki... riter C. MARTIN... Central Jlualneia Manager ad dally at foatio T.tpora Jtulldlnr. . epenoanca pquiri, t niiaqeipma. !inui.i . ..Hroad and Chetinut HtreeH CHI . . . . Preaa-Union Uulldlnf . ..200 Metropolitan Tower 40.1 Ford Ilulldlnx II...., loot Fullerton Hulldlnc ....iruz rrltune uutuung TOK Rtarii. K. Cor. l'ennavlvanla Are. and 14th St. oik tKntiU. ......... ..The Sun ltulldlnr Hcmuu.,,,,,,,.,Marroiii House, ritrann VIUU....1 82 Itui I-ouls U arand .' nbiicuii ills,-, r.i.MO AT KTMisa Pl'KI.IO l.snoit l earved to uh VMmra In rhllalelphla and eurroundlng towna mtr inv rate oc iireira (i3f cema per irtfK. paaoiQ n irrrir. mui to nolnti ouUM of Phl.a11phla. tn nltta FtAtM. On-flA, or ITntUd MtlM rn. .. iMntafa rrt, fifty (BOi renin pr month. r naiiam per "rr p.toi in nvinre, All fnf(arti -nuntrla fitia fill dnt1r tP as: - " "lBheVia""V.aatiAlle t Alain mt mAjtmmm di m a,1 Mwii civ old aa well ai new addrt. TMH.L. 0Ot WALM1T KEYSTONE. MAIN 1809 rAddma all communfcnffon to Kvrntno Vuhtio -Ladder, Independence Squart, Philadelphia. rim.u inn I'm, leai-rniji rini v'i.h a t''"l aiVOXO CLAM H1IL M1TTI. 1'lilliJ.lj.t.l., Man.li;. Mifrh 4, Mil CASUALTIES" ..jrniil'J most unfottunatcly clioteu v.orj ift,lllt wo usc '" thco tla li the word 1 MmMi1tt..a ' 1nn !.. lint .1li. rnwtl.ltTv. r 1'Wt nolo a liiiidllnn which lcdiln. "Unlv 'HInttecn Americans mc nlaln In one month Sii our sector." Why "only"? Mnn fan- jl' Hr ' .feiv i."M.W! M .W wjiiytiol be measurcO In njimerab. Wc rcnuni- Mbir vhen nineteen Americana were slain S' vera Crui nnil the country i.e.'trly went ff JUlMPlfiil t'ulill.. fll.in.'filu un.-.. Iinlfl 111 W'! W ' W;Uw cttlts, ttiu rrcldent left ils work n jQf iournev cil to New York so that ho nils nil iKht !Uke full responsibility In the open htrerts CJ'ni ilia iintfi.nnl niipmiLn tn . lilnli tin Timl K.rL.. .i.i- ..... ....... ... . ::pui ii:uu iiivii llliu liicu 1145 ui.fiuu C"eHlns. P?f'fyouni; jnen come tu Us from alirojil, gtyoung t.owspoper correspondents who lmo p- italked with statesmen and munition woiU JJKf, nnd who haxo returned to pet Into &M th army. t'America Is winning ocr the S43 'Whole world to her point of Uew," thc ,tH us; "wo must pic.iuh the American i,opeI of freedom, purity, boundless ns- (Bft." . ..... ... .. ,,, . ',1 pirauun tor mo uuo 1110 1 oc inoi ntnrv i,7s-i& iDOvertv. TaKe ntiMJi nc. u nne. it fniin. && Pcn' a ''Pcttrltcr olir &inytlilnB Jhnt can spread human olce the message." Sf7jAnd they set their line minds to work to Mlt,rn ,l" ,0 nantiie u nne. S& "That theso dead shall not hae died There uro those nho llko to Wrctend that Chrlbt nus it casually, that i'the words, "I'athcr, If It be possible, let gthls cup pass from mc," meant a shrinking i nirom 1113 iuou 01 ucain, insicau 01 nil in refer... ... i.unciivc nunidii HlirlnKlnc; from the ngony 2At:denl Who would not rather tllo by SiNMli-" P process. of Ilvlns for forty jcais a it Mrd Ilfo of ploddhiK up and down one's t,jwilMovcd natUo land, preaching, warning, VVIng, blessing, without a place to lay ;Hies ncad, rather than suffer for homi 'Under tho Incredible torture of the cross fiBfiVr ot a frozen hole hi So Mans Land? " I X' Tho whole texture of our civilization Is 'i t.Al.1 (AnnlKAK K. .!. ...... . I ... I m Jw w. HOW...V. u iiiu bu"llVIIU"iy "I1III1S VM..jtt aies9 iu uiu tor 111c iruiu. i.cry lime a ;.. -t. - Kj-nar( iai.es on mi nat in me windy street Thlle talking to u woman he is running J&eJJ ,ho risk of catching a cold. The principle ?tft5vviM.ia.i i ..nVinl.t .l.ni.l. .1.. .. l.l ..I... .11- f .V" .,,ivii iiivuhn uiu niiuii: city uio -J''v0t pneumonia. Adventurous, daredevil WySSmcn, who could be sailing tho Parihc today bvivi? un n. Ktinnce romnittln nttrt fnr mrtn RVjVcrtlrtn lalnnil nr- flnr.tln filnft I.. n nl.. iBtS"" v" .......... w ..V......M ,,,'J.. ,,, .111 111!" ?Mwne that experience so cxqulslto that, ;ce tasicti, must DC sougnt by somo again ima atain, tnotign it mean death are i.flhJlins In uneventful routine for their era. Why? For the same reason 'that y,'-wjr tako their hats off to women, or let Vjtjrwnaelvcs be bored for hours by un aged t who once was good to them, or Join 'army. e Hun he objects to being called a n bftcatlsA It apnWi.Vi iiM.'litil! l,A-n.... IS;; - "" "" ',vWil)3 Us we are fools, to throw .aw ay our i .litimm ah .1... Mnl.A .. .I...- ... . i r,-iTi? w vi. u ottnis ui ut cuius HOOUt. a tew i Afti J' ... i ."WBHien wc never sav and about women "' children ot tho future whom we shall javer nee. iiu nstv-f- us'ir a line American pa Is not as well .worth .keeping alive Q 'fmi happy as any woman or child. Hut shall Jeep alive. "Immortality?" sneers WM ,Hun. Of course. ' Why should a Hun "IT "'" "..v .nun m uu aucriitHn anu .'itoMie greater nnd greater, Infinitely .JAi'T . . ... At, ana not want man to be a longerman felive inflnltcly. Jong? Why should a I, be Infinitely broad-lived and not In- long-lived? boundless aspiration' ilifo that-cuts 'both 'way: ifdo not kno.v.what passionate Ideal- taU iprlng from, tho hearts of tho , ot "these dead." 'Man will not ruclfled a second 'time in vain. M y 'j ' "THE BOURGEOISIE" I- soir.ewhat. bewildering to read of j7jilBlan proletariat's light against teoiaio," oecauso on this side of inhere is no bourgeoisie and no Ay defined proletariat. Here we rTtwo'real claesea Voters and ' When; an affected person speaks ng ae peing "so bourgeois" In he means1 that the fashion he entempt is held In es'teem by V vwie, woertas in jsurope w Ut composed of self.made 1 pa. wl l-fed, oonterited groups v-MAniAia,H ,. f."i 1WI men tiuvo Joined tho tied Ctuard. This should not bo 'surprising, for aristocrats abroad hnvo always shared the ItolMiovIk sentiment' that "mlddlcchisi Industry" h degrading', America li learning many things from Kuropc In dice tla), hut thoroils ono thing that wc can teach Ihi ropo, namely, to knock hlglier than it klto tjio scnllmcntnl nonscnio that "m-IMu crats" ficrvo any moro useful puriiosc thitii to net as public clo.ik tnodcN to show tho latest designs In IiuIh and giwns nnd to mid n i.eccssnry touch ot beauty tn tho landscape. CALM'llEFOItK THE STOHM TTIXI'IJIITM thoae Interesting men who nro making hundreds of thousands nf dnllnrn writing about the war kept us so thoroughly kejed up tn expert the worst news lumgluable front the western front throughout lust mouth that than is now arising n fiilstt ciiulldriiio that nothing will happen nt nil. It Is tiilto proper tn keep nn even temper mil go on knitting hh rai ds, for In liny case, whether tho Hun performs miracles or not, wc must .t tight. Hut to rprct nothing In happou In this gieat lighting scison is the equiva lent nf expecting n speedy peace, nnd lite spread of such a Mate of miml might spell peril. "No German (ilTctislvi: tills eai" and "speedy peace" nro equivalents, for the siniple lciixoii that if llic Hermans full to do something slmiall.v violent they aii beaten. They have clioli lh of tiylng to break through 'tho Allied line on land on sea or on both. Tho sea offensive. If suc cessful enough in rival tho into of sink ings nf this lliuo Inst .vc.tr. fmly nr llflv ships a week, vvoultl bo as cffci-tlvo as land victories. Aviators tell nf seeing huge foiccs of lliin-ltd helmets ulU'itislng the turtles of open vvaifme behind the lines, and 11 combined land and se.i tiffenslvo may well bo on the prngi.nii There aro tvvn roiirirn nf faith in even tii.il though lung-dr.iuu-oiit nnd hat row ing Mrtorj. Ono is the soil of faith we have In an outfielder at baseball, Many high, hard-hit lulls p.tss over the Inlicld Into tho uiilllelder-,' h.inils, hut tho tialned llolilcr hlually never "muffs'' one. Tho Htm may lucak through, tint our nutlleld will get him. The other source of faith is the calm necessity of assuring the enemy wo shall never quit. When he onto be lieves that our knitters ami fnnd-siivcia will never r.ult, he will quit himself. Hut wo have fulled, thus fur, to make him really believe it. HEALTH AS A COMMODITY "pU'llMf.' health is purchasable. s,is lit--- rector Krusen, a foimulii n,v tliffricnt from thai of the Organization, which is that this commodity Is for sale to tho highest Milder. Our health is sold and wo are sold, overy d.iv. The March winds air dtlvltig tho infected dust hills of tho streets into our bronchial tubes again and the threat nf summer looms on the hori zon. The names of nur oigaus mc coining to mean not parts nf the bod, hut ills ruses. If j nil overheat a titan speak nf his lungs oti feel sine he must be talking about pneumonia or consumption. One of tho chief lc.tsons for the driving of the 1917 death lato above that nt llti Is said to be the Increase in hanidou.s war work in and about tho citj. lint as the mortality among infant.-, was espcti,tll high it is pinbablu that the controlling f.tctor was the victimizing of lhoe ton little to defend themselves. Tho Jump of 10 per cent In chllil Invalids is a municipal disgrace. "Moral claims" upon tho rits trettsurj have been the theme of sortie dis criminating legalism. Doctor Ki tisen's is 11 voice, crjlng in the Organization vvlldci ncss for moro money for tho ir ical moral claim that tho future citUcus would make, if Ihey could speak, upon the city's purse. KEAI. ESTATE I'KOIil.EMS NO ONH need put on a shock ab-utbrr to receive the news that Mr. Ktilin, of New York, has paid ?"00.uuu for nn open bo if it is understood that the pin chase of a few squate feet nf "diamond hors'e shoe" entitles Its on net to one thlrt.v -fifth of the Mctiopolltan Opeia and Ileal Es tate Company's ?3,ri00.0no investment, tlteic being thlrtyillvo boes. If It weto not for our far fnun salubtlnus climate musfc would not be it question nf real estate. "The band that plays In tlm square" Is tho best medium for music. Hut we hnvo a lot of vviutei. In tho bandlcss season wo hear tho opcin fiom a music-box, and wo may slyly remind tho owners of tho "diamond horseshoe" that I'ariar never has a cold when she sings In our sitting-room, nor need wc hear tho sobby patt of Cat uso's "TaglLied" when all wo have to do Is to" raise tho needle, AVe need a new Henry (Jtotgo to formu late tho eventual effect that the movies and the music-box will havo on tho price, of real estate. If tho Ilgtnes do not lie. Sir. Kahn was'tcrilbly "stung." Ho should havo paid only 100,000 for ti ono thirty fifth interest. Can it bo possible that ho paid tho other JIOO.OOO for music? Why, that's being sold for ti dollar o two a yard! VVlUon Hack- Clsht-IIuur 1J) H'a.llln-. It seems to have rather hacked him on one occasion Who ever thought Siberia would beconia a place wlicro people wanted to m to In stead ot get out of? A gas mask Is a good tiling In neat, but we can't help rheerlng tha Aincrlcan nlllcer who took Ills oft In order to jell orders nt his men, , "Don't make phrases j fight," sas Mr. Iitck. Good! Though, nf course. It must be admitted that Mr. Uock used a phrase to say so. Sprout WquIJ Evade I.tquor aa li-ue Now. Headline. If ha does ho will be about tho onlv man In Pennsylvania who can. All but a small percentage ot the inert at Camp Meade can b trusted to keep away from vice. It Is the scoundrels who prey upon soldiers who r.eed punishment. 1 "Draft-dodgers, drug addicts and pick pockets" were prominent among the 200 caught In downtown gambling raids. Tho opponents of selective conscription scent to be found Jn pretty low company. t think the Clermana will eventually en. , clrcla .. and take Verdun. ArnbaaaaUor .VUerard's.dUry. I'"!'", April. UJB. .jimoM(or., guvefeo wrong., nut hy,t i,ir,it EVENING PUBLIC1 LIODCJIOK-J'UILADELLMJIA, KNOX AVOIDED STATE POLITICS Senator Uefjisod Governor I'cnny- pndvor'st Ucquo.sl to "Talk Over" Lejri.slatioii Willi Him ami I'unroso riAMrw lii.u .vrtnnini.iivi'iiv mi. tn rt oimifjlii. nit, Pvl,l,c hnlwrt ninr-mi.) lrlllfT-.,",",r" ."l'l miallllltr nil !..! !. ''."""nr IVmitiwiher litltnlil li InlrrnRtlJic ,, ,,, ' -iiiMein hrr a MllliiiiinRrar'io. .'- iii in, iironul (K.i.iinM a.r ... .,.u ..- I.....I pin. 'ui"tU,'''u!ll!"lt ""w,""r lnnvn niter's i-inlie. ,, . lliiiilshiliK, 1',i., Mn fi. I,.iil3. Unit. .Samuel W. IVimvpuckrr, II nils- hilig. Ph. My Dear Hotel nni- I'onnypat ler Per mit me in sav that voiir t tincnt nf !,'!,'", "'"' 'rsi"'et tu Senate lilll N". j-ll has breit most ngiecable tn luv feel-Itics-. ni I nm ginillv niir ilrbloi fin It. leslenlay I huh niiiqii lleil tn stop in rilchiiinuil nn mi vvav nnitli, nnd II may not lie tiiiweli-oiiie for nii In know that I Iheie Iic.imI seiltlmtiils nf tile IIHi-l pin found l.lmliievK epusM-i itlinill vnui- srlf In view of tl imcr In uhleh miii had ii Iveil Heueiiil l-'ltylitiuh le when tlie litli-r was In this Ity Vnu eeilalnlv have n umiibei f xrl-x u.iim frleml-i In Vliglnl.i, nml I n in siiie. If upon ni-eii-slou vnu shntiltl vilt tint Slate, vnu would iteelve u vvailit vviiii,,r, er.v Nlneeielv iiu. I A MAN I) SIU!i:i!T. I'huitilieiHlnirg. Pa. i.-IK. 1!HI." Mv lien i- Cnvci'iiui- Priui packer Mv letter .ve.stPidav was intended a tlie foiiual iiekimvvli dgtnt nt vvbh-h the ncca sloll seemed tn lequlie I Wlllll tills In speerillv fnllovv, iissinlug .vnu nf my tnosJ grateful iipiuei'latinn of the piefirmcut nu have t,fstnwcd upon me Tn be sell did as a .lustice nf the Su preme I 'ou it is In itself a distinguished lioiini. Hnvv iiiueli is liiat hnnitr en lianitd when the selcitlon is iirnl" bv nur hlmseir ill-tlni;tiMii d us u Jul 1st. and known In tlieilsli lis hluhesl iltiil tiest Ideals in iniiiiiflluii with the heiirh AVhrn I think of the hunnr ,uii hnvu dime me. it Is in this light that I attempt its estimate H shall be mv rnuxtnut n iltlivni to lustlfv -ii fur as I niav liv f.iltliftil ellnit. the selertinn nli have made. ' With iissiiiniii ps nf mv high 'icgatd. and giatrful tipm eiatluii nf your kind lies I beg tn leiinilu, Veiy faitlifullv nurs .IOIIN STHWAHT Huviiuoi I'eiui) packer Philatlrlphl.i. Pa .Oil II, ll'ilj Hon. Samuel W. I'enn.v packt i . i:eeullve I'hamber, Hill I Islmi g. Pa. I.etler ireelved. We ale In u rt Isls nnd Heed nil strppmt. If Pliil.ttlelphla light is not won vv'e wilt have a contest all over the State If we win we will pmlnhly have nn trouble tnr some tlmo In Prim svlvanl.i. We tonlklcntlv cpert In ln Phllaileliihla (ooiesl. hut must mikn eVerv efftnt until ehs tlrm da.v. 1 uiu lunvlni'dl Hint un imitv inudltlniis In the State can lie injuied hv voiir iies ence in Phlltnlelplilii. and it wnuld great ly help In our contest. If 1 do mil hear tn the i-outiai.v fmm vnu lunlght nr to moiinw' mni'iilng. 1 will have announced thai oii will be pi event lit Academy nf Music nurtiug nn the eighteenth. Ynti suggest that vnu will have to speak nut un ret tain m.itteis 1 will have tn leave this eutlirlv tn vnur best Judg mciil and diseietlnii with full ennflilenctt In .vnur lovaltv tn the cause nnd nui slm el e Intel est in nur loin I sun ess. HnlHS I'HNP.OSi:. Novemhcr. 1.1. tnn.", Mv Hear Judge Accept mv waimesl thaukn fur nin- gunilnrss ill tho matte' of Jacobs. Vniir piniupt klnilncH has telirved me fiotu a puslllon which I thought It tight for me In take, but which without nur htlp would have been oiy dlstaHtrfiil As legards vnur nephew's application, I have had it talk with tho chairman nf the committee nnd frnm his statement It wnuld appear thai the applicant is tint unly outside nf the letter nf the nilcs, hut nf their spiut as well, and this un n libiral cunstrui Him nf them However, I mil tu have the tciuid still In loo and shall look Intu the matter In see whether theie Is nn ilghlful way of mndlf.vlng this loneluMon. I may now- tungratulate vm upon huMlug Miur lightfitl position as tlm propel ly chosrn guide and loader nf the Republican patty nf tho t'ummon. wealth. t'ar.son will tell mi that in the ,eiy lush nf the Hood of abuse I tievel fur a moment lost nij faith that some tiinc dm lug .vnur term nt nlllce the tide would ho sine tn turn. This was based meielv on the simple faith that ihntactcr. learn ing mid devotion tn dutv cannot for long In mistaken for their nppnsites All tuiiusltig feature nf the piuhc nf which vnu ale now tlm victim Is the na tive fuigetftilness tu i all upon juu fnr II telie.ll nf the puss "luuz.ler." A mure ( niivlui lug testlmuiiv In the Insincerity nf the hnvv lei h i niild not Well be. Within these last few minutes Sehntuiv John M. Scott said tn me" "Since Quay's death, .vuilr tilcml is tlie llrsl politician lit Pciiusv Ivanlii." Amid unstinted laudation fmni uppiH ite quaiteiH theie must he danger of getting giddy. il the way, have vnu tnnvldeitd the gicat i chum in Hugland nf tho an I lent abuso nf money in clcctluiis (111 ehiditig tHiuiiiiiitlunsl.' A euiivcisatliiii tlie nther night with mi Ihtgllsh .puli lliisl bi-uliglit the htibjert to mv mind. i:penscs theie have been elllcloiitlv limit f ii and legtilalid, and, nbuve nil, the thing vvnlkN I Hither think that action in that direction will be mote potent limit in the lcspects coin ct nlng whiili thcio. is so much chiiuni. patent ballot honesty, patent rcglstrtitlon liouestv nnd otltei mechanical fnctuis of moralltv. Very liuly ntus, MAYHIs SlTLZHHICOIIlt Samuel W Pciinvpacker. Jnnttaiy II, PjOfl. Hun. Samuel W. I'enifj'parkei-, Oovcrnor nf the I'ommoiivvvtilth nf Pennsylvania. llarrlsburg, I'cmis.v Ivanla. My Dear Ciovcrnor--I havo .vnur let ter of January 12 and thank you sincere lv for the cnidlnl Invitation to make tho Hcrutlve Mittislou mv home at Hauls lung. If I should visit the cltj. In if. spuuso tu niir icquest tn have Scnatnr I'cnrose and myself 'como to Ilairisbuig and go over with mc the piopusctl Icg iHl.itluit nt the special session. If it would be tigtccuble to nil." I rcgict that I laniiut accept your invitation, lieciiiso the duties of my olllco ato so exacting, iiunieiuiis and im portant that I find it Impossible, by giving from twclvo to eighteen hours every day of the week to their consider ation, to discharge them to my satis, faction, 1 hnvo been placed upon three of tho most nctlvo nnd Important committees of tho Senate, ono of which, tho Inter ocetitilu Canals Committee, has under taken tho investigation of everything io latltig to the Panama. Canal and expects to hold virtually continuous sessions until that wor(: Is completed. Tho work ut tho Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member. Is voluminous nnd Im portant, apd I find tho fact that I havo been attorney general has added to my labor upon that committee. I am interested ns a citizen of Penn sylvania In the subjects of tho pro posed legislation at tho extra session nf Us Legislature you havo called, and heartily approve, as ou well know, enacting Into law tha suggestions con. tallied lu our' proclamation; but having fully and freely made my attitude to wards these subjects generally known. rj, ooi,wn..ww jigw, a cn.oe , oirwilf r W'& '.-i "!,KV'' WWy of being nhlo tn give the matter attention on account of lack of time, 1 seriously doubt tlm wisdom nf a Senalur of tlie United Slates Involving himself In te HpoiHbllWrH In lespccl In hglslalluti In Ids Slutc. The Cnntmiiiivvealtli nf Pi tin s Ivanla has nil nf the inaclilneiy nf gov ernment, ii tut nil tho brains mid expctl ence In the peituiuifl nf IIh guvcnimcnt. Io iltiil wlselv ami with technical nr cuiacy with lis alfittrri. Voluiitttr.V ns siimpliun of lespiinsllillllles fur legista Hun by one upon whom tlm laws of the I'omiiMiuwctiltli cast nn duties would Imply n doubt ns tu the clllclency nf tho Slate guvernmeiit that eaiinut bo t.n tertiilntd. I ilu Hot bdlevc tlie pinetlce of I'nllcil St.ites Seiuitnis actively cuiiceriilng themselves with Slate legislation Is gen cm! nr Is genrtatlv uppiuveil. 1 unlleip.ile Hint .vnur wIhiIiiiii in con vening Hie Legislature In extraordinary session will bling l.tstlng goud lit tho ('ummunwealth and add tu tho f.ttiiu vnu have iiliciulv won us one of Its must i niiM-ii ntiuiis and utile (luvci nors. Siuieiely nitis, P. C. KNOX. Ininiirriiii l,-llrr trnm rnirnn mill Oilier, loin miiMlltie iMiiiriinr IVnnviMilier iil"i" the iiiimii-l.ll-liiiirnts nf Hi.. rlrit mm-Iiiii nt (tin lo-gM.itiiri-, will In iiiMiiiiir llit,t- iirlnteil, THKSTKANGECASK OK "NO. U12-B. DKCK" Luck of Out; KlticiiiK From Gur- iiiany and Uncxpcetotlly Lantl- iiiK in a Palace T'l i'SS lianllv be s,i !,..!! I.. !, I tint .lid that it's lll.e pulling nf ;eriiiaii. for tool. Inlei s dentin li.nl In Hr. A. N. Davis of hi Ilu iiuiilile tlie lnlei s dentin hail ..AKr ii,,. l..,i r,.,i lie A. N. Il.-ivls l',lf,lllll "II, .. ..! .-.. -- .-. ...... I'lqu.i, O, the iiewi,tpi ts li.'tvo liten telling lis l.llel.v. Wits eleven lliollllis nil llllll lioliir (oiiitiiK job. Now- M J. t'oinerfiinl. "f Ibis eltv. did i belter job than Unit It was ilni.c. nf isitnse under ilirfrirm rondlllniis, and Mr. Cnuier fnnls llfn-loiig eieilenre ns a lesouieefiil traveler iiniile Ids success iosslble. It s riiui-vr.ii-uld striij, hut U tins never been told in tit int. and llieie lire features about II that Invest II with intetrt even now A few- ilavs before war was declared Mi I'fcneifiu'il was In lleilln and dialing tn Krt awiiv The big Hdp V.iterl.ind vios abotil to fall from Hamburg mid Ml. I'mnei fnnl was di ti unhid! Io shII with her. Un hum told at the booking otitic, however, thai nvetv state mom had b'en sold and that nothing could lie done for him. Mill he nssiurd some nf Ids business .tint elates In the i in man capital that bo would be mi ,tlio Vaterlaiiil when shu sallid. Soiuo vvreks befoio that, while ill l'ltrls. a fullnw tiaveler fnun New York, ti.iiuid I. Ibui.ii,, bad urgeil lilm In book for the boinewiiid pas--a:e thete and then, anil now lie began to trt,iet that b hadii t duiin It, l.tbinau at thai inoiiuiit was tuob.ililv will iluon his way to Anietlia. nn second llmusht, buwcvei, inini-rfoid, rrcalled Hint It was upon Hie Valill-md lint I.ibni.iu bad evpresned bis Intel. Hon In sail. It matin him morn lltaii evei ih ti riiiliied tn get aboard that boat. He packed Ids minks nnd attached to thorn Hie itistomatv tugs, upon which ho wrote Ids ii. nne nml tlm number of a r.talerooin. 'I lie selection of this number was haphazard lie dldn I (vrti know that the Vaterlatid had a "No. lK-l! lie, it," but that's what ho nut down lie shipped tho trunks oft at once. mid the net d.iv. with bis hag It, hand, ho pic-cnti'd liluisi If at tho duck at Hamburg and Willi aboanl He put In Ids tltne In the nnokerooni until Hie stciiinii- had been under way for sev ii.il hums nnd Ihcu quietlv walked In upon the stewitnl, who turned out to bo ono Sihmldt, wlium lie had met before on tho old Atactica. 'Ml. Siliinlilt." said he. "I got a rahlc gi.int .vesteid.iy fiom mv folks at home and I've lushed nbo.it d of joti without any Uckel ' "Uiu. my dear Mr t'omerford," s.ihl Siliinlilt, 'over.v stnlctooni ot. the ship Is sold "I II sleep in a mnl hunker, if necossarv," said tlie ttaveler, 'but pel Imps nun of the under olllieis will give up his cabin for a loieldeiatlon." "Walt." said Schmidt, "until we leave t'heiboiirg and 1 II seo what I can do for ou li, tho tiiiantliuo I'll put .vnu Into a I'pli nihil loom which lias been cngagid h a patty coining .-ihoatd there." "I iiiiiikid my trunks for "Nn. 132-n neck,' but probably iiu havo t.o such nunibir on the boat " "fs. we have," Schmidt snld, "but I tell .von It's Inkcii " "fib, well, my trunks can lie moved later. We can lit them sta.v, I suppose" 'Conic," said the slew.ud, "and we'll see" The trunks weto found in the passage vvav outside the dnnr of No. las and left litem for Hie time being. Then Schmidt led the stowaway to Hie stalcinnm ho was to have until tli- naihed ('beriming. It prnved to be cti.i do lute, something Mr. Cninerfonl would tieier have dreamed of en gaging if his pockftbook lj.nl been ,i doen limes ns (Oipulent as It was. Ai.il lio was In have il lor it few bonis. It would make tlie bnlnnie of Hie voii(,r a iltab mid gi.tv thing for lilm. The two lu.is.s (misleads, tlm sp.ieloiiM batbiooin. Hin ininfoiliibln lntmge, tin- rooniv ItiMin.iiKP of (lie cmim ap.trt nn id he reveled in wlillo be could: and just befoie tlm sliamslilp lotielied nt I'licrliuiiig be pat kid bis duilb and kissed his li.uul tu all that magtiltli ence .liisl afti i pulling out fiom fhrihuuig he mil tin, stcwanl - Yes, vou'vo guessed It Tlie hlgh-iullti- who had t iignged Hint got gioiis iip.iilnient had not lollcil si1.ar 1 "So. Vli Ciiiiii-rfoid," raid tlm steward, "It's .voiiis.' "Hill, hold oi.." kiisjhiI tho Mow awnv. "wtiath the i.ite'." '(Ut. the minimum, ot course, sliue It's all we have to offer ".on." Ml. Couieiforil went into Hie smola loum to make a burnt nfferlng of nn c-utivHe cigar to tho hnky sjuitu that had jircslded over lilm. And there he came upon his Mend, tho foieliandiil Mr. l.lbman, nf New i nrk. Mr. I.ibni.iu was not hapjiv. Ills stnte looin, ho said, was a mem lio.s ami not anv Ililng llko be had expected It to 1,0 fronl tiie chart lie had seer, fit Paris "Wlftie Is .voiir stateroom? ' Coitieiford asked. "No. 1 3S-1I Deck," said he. t'oinerford neatly fell out of his big leather elinir. Then ho laughed, ami when lie staited laughing ho iniildn't stop, "What's ailing -.oil"" demanded l.lbman "Why, that's viy Matetoom," said Coiner, foul. "Not mi our lire"' cried l.lbman. "There Isn't loom enough In it for ono nail I'm that one." "I'll show jint," said Comcrfoid, and le-ul-lug Hie way to No. 13;, ho showed j,immr bis ti links In tho passagewav marked -vr J. t'oiiicrfurd, No. 132-U eck " " ' I.ibniau bvcaino so neatly apoplectic tint Coinirford (.tiled the Juke off ami ta. .' tlm poor mail mound to tlm stateroom u,, luxe allowed him to tako thu second-best bed. Now the tiling In Uils tory for nsvchlsla telepathlsts-or whatever joii call I v ,"; solvo Is how did Coinerford happen to hit upon that "No. 13:-U Deck"? T. A D. i:niroi(i,H, i.t'init.Mts Americana who sre ready anil tiliu.. . . . -TiE r.!Ul..,,w,r '1? ?" .'n,t'"i"'.w-irnk It tn lnuili niilirr to' flx th fAo,i nii ,t m. ,cm" pr'c'' fl""'-"g yAhVa St. latula Ulobo Heinocrae. '"shtfulncaaT HlSover nm M eliall w,, u, H . . . hn. Penally wa have on our wira In anllU ut the hoia. New Vnrk Kvantns p0,t? pl" Ti often tlioao liltle sroura whn n,. f,i alllns, tliemaelves "lh. lntellee,i?l."",X "' nni'i""!!.';" r " '""" ,M '"? Yu?i Kve- Nw Vork clly liart a mily Sunday revival and IvSr'ld. ." Tran,ni' 'rr.-Nw Yo?k A H..la ,..1 . - to .1 knrlnm MONJMY. MAKC1J :L 'I '' JtsfM. t WK' , 'jHtvSJjSiT jay"' Vt IWfcTTatHBw r' Vtyrt-.V,-,, - " ' -i ', .-:'pif' 4 TEACHERS DISCUSS "SCHOOL SURVEY" The Physical Strain of Teaching. Compensation Inadequate Sar casm Provoked by "Taxable" 7n the J.'ritlor of the Ki'rnlng 7'ittdfc A.rijjei Sir It Is veiy dltrcult to remain calm In answering "Taxablo's' letter, but I shall try In couttol my Indignation at his ie tnarks. If "Taxablo" thinks tlicro Is no pbjslcal strain In standing up from 8:31) to 3, with n brief period for luncheon, let him trj It en a close, utuiky, cloudy day. Let hint walk iqi and down aisles, marking, cor recting and explaining work; let lilm watch and control long lines of bns parting up and down stairs from the classrooms to the J nrd . Abovo all, let him attempt the task ot disciplining untrained, unruly, Indifferent or nil too emotional little foreigners, nt tho same time "getting over" an allotted amount of work. Let him hold their Interest day sifter d.i.v and I Ihlnk be will find tho plt.vsleal fatigue greater than Hie mental strain. I can assure him that eveiy bald-work-' lug, conscientious teaelier Is under such mental sttalti for live houts a day as no eleik oi shopwoiker has ever experienced in ten hours of wnik. To work with figures on jiaper nr with a machino and elolh is quite a difffici.t matter from wotklng with lively, lestles", active little human beings. Ho needs only In look at tho diavvii, tired, pain faces of the nveragn leather when on duty to contluu my statements. He lias also forgotten that we have de voted six cals to Fpeclal training, nie sup-po'-cd to be women of cninmamliiig and pleasing personally ; to have supeilor in tellectual qualifications; to lie wide-awake, modern and piogicudve; to live well, dress well ; to be happy and health? ; to bo tvnihcr. pie.nhcr, salrsman, trainer, confidant, mentor and guardian. All this, ladles and gentle men, for the inagnlllceut sum of $iL' or $11 a w eel;. If he thinks that sixty odd dollars Is sulllclent compensation In tlie-o days of exorbitant prices ho has my pity, for ho Is a most benighted, unieasouablo creatine. No, let mo speak moro plainly ho Is a, fool! Your school survey articles mc tv in teresting. I look for tliem after i etui nlng from my dallv "sport." A TKACIinn. Philadelphia, March 2 SKM'-STAKTEItS FOR CAUEKItS Jo Ihr lUUlur of llir llrcihiw I'ublte l.lilgcr Sir We nie living In a wonderful age, no doubt, but wc cannot lay (l.ilni to all niij-. iuallty. Tlie sc'f-inade man must-have been Imbued with tho Idea nf a self-starter long beforo tho present mechanical divleo had reached Its present ilcgno nt perfection. noilUUT (. SAYIti:. Philadelphia, March ''. TIIE STATE CAPITOL CASK Tu the lUUIorof the Eventmi I'ubllo f.erfflrr. Sir lturton Alva Konklo writes to tho Hvknin-o 1'unt.ic Lcuann. that ho doesn't see why "lilstotlctis" cannot enjoy both the autobiography of Governor Pcnrypacker and that of John Morley, Hut Mr. Konklc's letter was written beforothe second letter of "Ills toricus" was printed. Doubtless Mr. Konklo sees now. Governor Pcnnypacker's book, "The Tro fanatlon and Desecration of the Pennsyl vania Capitol," can be seen In any of tho city libraries. As I happen to know, thn leading lawyers of Pennsylvania from Pitts burgh to Philadelphia mid from Mason and Dixon's lino to the northern tier, among them Davjd T. Watson, of Allegheny, xvhoin Governor Pcnnypacker thought to be ono of the three ablest Pcnnsylvaniuna In his time, gave to this, thorough analysis of the charges evidence, trials and verdicts In tho State Capitol cases nwst carefij and serious con- j,m. iivi ,,. Hwa.wiAUf.WIM Straws jmMX.-.mb'w&JM&jmm 3-S "OH, TELL USAB0UT IT AFTERWARD!" :?:. S-Ll?rtlr-.rT,v. H3&?3Sit&SG& i ', s ':, ' ': -f - TJ the conduct ot the tilals. one of which ended in Hie conviction of a defendant after thn foreman of the July, In Hie presence of Hie luoincn. had returned n verdict of not guilty as to Uiu (time eluiged Tho letter nf "lllstorlciis" selves tlie use ful purpose of catling attention anew to a hook in which some thousands ot leading litiens of Pennsylvania have alreadv given serious attention, as Mr. Watson did. and wtio have thought t as important as h thought it. As all irasnnably well infoinieil Pennsslvanlans know, Mr. Watson was a man of cxtraotdinary mental vigor, which may account for his view of the bonk ISAAC P.. PIlNNYPACKKIi Philadelphia, March 2. SCOKKS "TAXAULE'S" LETTER Vn the IMItof of the Vvenlmj Public I.ahjer- Sir 1 am amazed nt the extreme inndeia Hon of tho writer who signs "Taxable" to a letter In which he sajs Philadelphia teachers are paid enough. I think If he would investigate our salaries moro cioselv ho would find that wo aro paid too much for tlie unfatlgultig work he s,ijs wo pei form. Your survey of schools was very good and also opportune, except for tho error nf tho w i Iter In suggesting that men nnd women be put nil an equal salaty basis for tlie same kind of vvoik and that all icceive higher compensation. OVLP.PAII) TIIAI'IIHU Philadelphia. March 1' "SCHOOLS" VS. "SYSTEM" Io Ihc Hilllor nf the .'t-finiij) I'ubhr l.nlnci Sir The w t Iter of jour cxi client hCiles of school at tides has made a novel, tenable and astulo distinction between the good woik of the schools, ilepit handicaps which all ti3 tcaeheis vvoik against, and tho "sis tern" under which we operate. I think he I has been very just In bis criticisms and Justified In his differentiation, Teachers ire doing their very best, even though their work Is not ptoptrly iqipi related nt.d ceit.ilulv Is not projierl.v minpentated, PNDACiOC.'t'r Philadelphia, Mimh l. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENCE WEAK 7'o (fir fallor of the jiciiiio I'ublte J.ed'iei Sir If sou want in know In a few words the weakness of the Philadelphia ,,ui,0 schools, it lies in tlie department ot siiium intendence. , GIJADi: TUACHHH Philadelphia, Mnich I. IILI'ISKII AT.VIil . 0r;"i"f !!"' mo,t renn"! niuiieal lomeii, uuen In tlita (Itv was rendered last istoIhb at th! Andrews Metlimllat Kpiaeopal chuVeli li ilZ tliorua clmlr of the chureh under "the urectiin "H 1111.11 HKIl hOt.niKIt WAS AVi.W" "Tl'iii) fllea. nerhapa I've mjila my rail Too lone." Iw nil Said ,he- "Ori no. It wasn't lens nt all It only aeeme.l to be." What Do You Know? QUI, Hlml neritiitnie of wlieu t tl.uir I. wrmlll,,! In victory bread? eernuneii Where I Vlailliii.tek? VI ho In .lolui Hrdmond? ;;!"" "! ,,::',,'!,l uu"r ! , nmM, Vtlio wrote "Martin fhtirilewlt"; lAltnl la I'nrle ham'a inunllily UH'r ,MJ WH,Bnewl'!'-',,er")" nml H,'"t M" II Into ""a't.'.re""' dl"inf,l"n '"'" "onl, nnd "tnlrerStSt'eV""""'" nn,b''"'or .he vvnoi la an nbneua. Answers to Saturday's Quiz oMI.'i;"."U'r' """""' yi,n,K "' "unn , Th lloultlioUt l'oret ntfiur. imu in . , . c'dre".h:" K,"l,,, """' -' "-Md. tieneral I'ejton r, Mareh haa t i lran, to tnke up 111" dullej a. . l. '!"" fiiief ut stair, v. n, , a. "' ,,rw' '.'. im" ,"""" V'.,.r S,,ln" "'einpa. Wn I." V"0"1" h-kn.. fr n. Hrhlami .eorrerlly pronounced ."aUm," Jahrf Uulney Adaina was lL .-,, ' . . , Adaoi.l ItenJamln ll...!..!.".""'"' ll.n aan at William uir, ii.i.r"" "' "'J- p. t Zi wA TJr -Ll i tr" i'ir.'. '-ivy.''.?, ; V'S"; .V.l V Little Polly's Pome CKUMI5S Crumbs you think Isconusc they're smallfl Arc not any Rood nt all Hut the purpose of my sonj: Is to show thai you ato vvtonjr. Crumbs aic what you slicuttl not make When you cat your bread or cake nj And with them to make a mess ala calls "slacker carelessness." Crumbs when left about the house ; Will attract n rat or mouse ', Or the roaches or the flies i All of which you hhoultl despise. j Out of doors they're better things j And when sparrows flop their wings ' un your snowy window-sill Give them crumbs to eat their fill. 9 Ctumb.s the liiblu tells to us Dives lcfu-od to Lazaius And to hell be had to sink Whore he could not i?ct a drink. So you sec though they are small Crumbs aic u-icful after all And besides they teach us too What vye should and should not do. TOM DALY. SUKE OF A JOB "Senntoiiiil Courtesy" Kept Ceorge Rublce Out of One, Hut Got Him Others li'Diiun i:l'ih.i:i:, or the legal start ot vJ.tlic Shipping Hoanl, is off for London to leprtsent the I'tilttd silales on the Inter Allhd Chat tiring Cnuimlttic. 1 Mr. Itubhn Is ahvavs sine of a job under ' the Administration not necessaiily a proflta- ble joli. hut one in whti-ti lin i-.in Ririn the cnuntiy. lie has lietn close to President! vvitsoii mi- .vears a.s a tcpicseutatlvo of tn lliuer tiun .if .nit. ..r .. .niil. .. l.n ! ateteit ....... ....... ... ,,,,.,, vl l.nillll i.iivj in m . v- - y In (ivlc refill iii. Ills catly years were spent! m .iiiiuitoii. vvi lio went to Hatvara low Ills eilutaiion. itiittii.il and piofrsslonal Aftir graduation from the law school ho taught law for a time, for a season or two brae Hcid in Chicago, and men in New York. Ai .. .-..inini-i ii-siiiieiu oi c-ormsii. x ii., ' i cttnn ill touili with men who were busyatj progresslvts" in cleaning up conditions in (lift , -. .. I. -(.... 1 .?J. . ... ,AA 1 ..I. i v., ..nn,. ,si,iii, mm uctori; lout, ur, i"i ,i was teaily for Un, namo sort of uso of lil I tlmo and resources m Mr. Itublee was appointed a member e'J ," 1'ui.iii.ii i euetai iraoo commission wi- Piesldent Wilson in 1!U5, and for more that; j a jear thoMssun nf his confirmation divided tlm Senate, tho main personal obstaclo beinjjf the opposition of .Senator Galllnger, of New Hampshire. .Somo of the objection to com; llliiintlnii w-ns due to Hie fart that Mr.j, Itublee, aided b Congressman Ktevens snd Louis i. llintnleis. had drafted tho la! criatlng the lomnilsslon. a law that b!)J teeth" hi It Mr. Itublee also bad much Io do with Hie drafting of tho original", CiaMoii net AH tlds bad inado lilm persona m nun grata with tho "Interests." ;f Mr. fltihho (ontlnued tu hold oilier, vvUUs Piesldent Wllsnii's uppruval, until .SepterajP let-, inih, and befoio Congress adjourned dt ', piado piovlslon for paynicr.ti of his salanvj, which had been withheld. In October of tliT' samo venr, President Wilson named Mr.li Diil.tai. I l. -. - 1 . a il.. .....n isit-rt . ELATS IN CHINA A writer In tho limldlng Ago describes lny nn Interesting way a 1 00-ycar-old apartmentj, huuso hi a (;iilucse village about 300 mll'M from Holig Kong. Itullt In a circle, it Is l" stories hlgli, massively constructed of stoDej and brick and can hold moro than 1000 Pr'ff sons. Therir Is only ono entrance, a- v'rJ strong gate, capable of standing a long s,'il linilouMerlly the liouso was bult to wluifianij tho pirates and rolibers Unit terrorised TV Klen Ptovlnco hi tho old days. The hoWH has its. numerous counterparts In the puam'j Milages or thn Southwest of the unu States. Peaceful Indian tribes, llko the HoPW (ought refuge front ntantudlng Apaches, lofty isolated locks In tho deserts ana.0 theie wonderful) coniluunlty houses on al maccesstuie summits like Acoma. .Too i copalructcd of niobo brick, .were., irrj kuiiirn . tin n iiieiuot-r VI villi Biruii -"',, mlesloit to observo the working of the eighty hour day ou tho railways. Tlm war lH'Jf brought lilm new- and important rcsponsWj billtics. . Wf Kv-l9s- kK,4yrfL.; A "wi', feWfos
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