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ves all commvnfccifto-ia (o hvenlno public
T, jnareenaenc Bauart. rnuaat. tma.
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becoso ci.iij mit, wiTtin.
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gWOMEN'S VOTES OPPOSE
r,A -. a -..- ,-....... a, e
1'AHTY STK111S
'IS humiliating for women of Philadcl-
aE VI. ,, M141I Irt.ln,- nf eli.s .mrtfflncitinrt
?fi their sisters only ninety miles away in
1 v' , . ., 1 1
i0(ccuon 01 national nnu cun liucnni-
gttm-l interest. IJy-elcctlons arc Infro
VfA . . ...... . ...... ......
ill 11. nations at nor, ct tncy aro auaui
lonl;' euro sign Umt tlio utcrs enn cUc
rthelr auRtalnril rplprtlnn tif Hoclnli.atlc-
fsr
"'MbMsMc halr-snllttlm.-. And. if tliu dec-
." 1 . . ...
, or rour congressmen nau iukcii piacc
a aa.a .lf.. In.tnml et tn XTa.l Vn.lr .i. frt
id have been no way of learnlnc what
iaWMBn verdict tlio women of I'hllailclpliia
.". '. .
jnt navo wished tj record,
Ir'Thsro have been mi eenernl clecttuiifi of
iLi s.
?4y Importance In the countries now uc-
. j. . .
Tiy engaged in war since- tiiai o: ;oem-
llCaa. 101A In . I.lnl. t l nnnn1t.. Vn1tA. .1
f.CTHntn voters of the West cast Iho dccld
mt ballots for WIIfoii nnd a policy of "no
f'Wtr, unless absolutely unaoldiblc." They
Myoted In New York congressional elections
Lt aWrtAri1flr to "Htnnil liv WIlKnll." Wnninn
tlfcipa. thnn thnt thpv nHI rtn ntmlnct
ywr "irire,
against factional strife,
Jatsainst underhanded political strife.
tyiifalnst any form of unmanly strife.
'.Women so to it that there Is n. little strife
i";Ki '
Vjj'MP0Mlble In tho household, and It Is hut
XMturu tnat tneir voico is ever raised for
r r . . . . .
tilt pis4ceful discussion of Important Issues,
JfM?valeclslons to bo mado by deliberate ad-
jiiinint or conuiciing interests nnu
PltaWMt the regimentation of hordes of pre-
voters, unwilling or uniblo to think
pr themselves. Our armies of Republicans
ll Democrats are entirely tuo much liko
I armies; there Is entirely too much
V,mmln partisanship, with men swearing by
Ef';'ailHy sloeans they do not understand, slo
Ea'r ' .
mac someiimcs nro actuaiiv nity
ytpl behind tho times, Once tho lttpub-
and Democratic parties fought n war
Uited four jears, and a great many
thl. members still oto tho way they
j.u
MHrlit,
VJa his I'arewell Address, Washington
'4 ,1
MHaljewed that he baw clearly
EjT.H jMMtaavfflrtn hotTippti nnrtv Rl
the Intimate
txMinoctlon between party stilfo nnd wur
L''i,VolutIon. Tho "Si
6MMI?hiu'its root "in tho
Spirit of I'art," ho
strongest passions
. Tho alternate
Ce( tBt human mind
Svl.1.aHtHHftlnM nf nnn tlnHnn ,1 nt nnA.linn
t y law'l"1" v- "' ...... w w.v. utiuilici,
encd by the spirit of recnge, nat-
'fHfaJjto party dissension, which In differ-
t J ages ana couninos nas perpetrated
J'most horrid enormities. Is Itself a
ill despotism . It seres
fg to distract tho public councils and
the public administration. It agi-
,the community with Ill-founded Jeal-
otid false alarms, kindles tho nnl-
ty of ono pnrt against tho other, fo-
h occasionally riot nnd Insurrection.
gj . It opens tho dooi to foreign
o anu corruption.- t-nrty spirit,
ashlngton, Is "a 11 ro not to be
ed: It demands n uniform lgllanco
tlirtTent Its bursting Into a flame, lest,
' JM0ad of warming, It should consume."
&!C5tev are calling Into the cojnclls of the
the women oters to Keep "a unl-
BvJgllance" over our militant party
H? o prevent them from engaging In
a'Ward riots and socialistic and cnpl-
ininluinnuon, icuuin to no insur
-which great strikes sometimes
it to. Thero is a new party tho
tlsan party, and women are In It.
party will insist that reason and
;hall guide our councils and not
bw uso of screaming party slogans.
j to appeal to men's baser passions
stlc preconceptions.
ntrance of women Into polities
I Mutt politics Is now destined to make
I -warlike movements Impossible. It
nan and a queen who rules nf
ue, and the Woman' capital Is to
capital of tho world.
jrCRAPPLE AT SEVEN
on the patriotism of I'hlludel-
been relieved by the food nd-
0,'s action fn restoring pork to
' telly' comeatlbles. Just as the
and othorwlsa comprises
i the part, so porkless days
mornings. Consrva-
all !kmr Uie line meant
iraeo ot mo nne an 01
i. and the still finer art
kla) tarn of savory crifrte.
10(1 AM ",t)0MfN.
fy'' VENJaWS- PUBLIC LEJ
surfaces not merely heated but translated
Into ambrosia for Phllndclphlans ft 1
o'clock. Of course, It was good for an
earlier menu nnd for thoso fortunntely
able to turn ocr for a second snooro It
capped tho climax for an 8 or 9 o'clock
breakfast. ,
Philadelphia stood loyally by Uncle Kam
In pork Raving. .Now It Is to havo Its re
ward. Tho scrapple season Is growing
shorter, It Is true, but tho zest with
which It will bo enjoyed has been sharp
ened by tlio oluntury Racrlllco of tho last
winter. 1'soudo scrapple has been on tho
market, n enmoudngo for nondescript meat
scrnps. l!ut tho authentic article must ho
mndo of corn-fed pork combined, not
merely scientifically, but artistically, with
cornmcil. All scrapple so made Is good,
h'omo In better cooked than t'other, nr
tlcuhrly on tho other Mde.
Wo nro glad the lull has been lifted. Ilut
let there bo no porclno f-tturnalla In hog's
head theeso nnd soused pig's feet. Wet
must not waste pork. Tho hog's head and
tho pig's feet hac) priority lights for
scrapple.
NEAItlNC THE CKISI.S
(ijr THi: Allied lino can hold until Apt 11.
-L wo'vo got them licked" Pershing Is
reported to hae ald. '' was two or
three months ago lie r ently did not
me in that it mllltarj I Mmi rnuld he
irathcil lmmidlutel after the failuio nf
a Merman oITensUe, but that If nnd when
that olTuihlU) failed tho number and
strength of tho Ann-rlc-in troops would ho
so ltupii'sslvo and cfTertlto thit.lt would
bo plain to all tho world that tho crumbling
nf tho Ilim lino was u mere matter of
time Secretary litker, It will bo remem
bered, . rumlscd moro than C00.0U0 nun In
Kr.iuco early In 1018, nnd no oik- has ever
conjectured how in iny "moro than" 500,000
wcro on IJio program.
It Is estimated now that tho I tun Ins
been able to bring no moro than GOO 000
eMrii ii en ti his western lines from IlussLi.
Ills full strength has apparently been
greatly exaggerated, being now hardly
now moic than 3,.'00,000 In tho west, of
whom only i 000,000 aro infantrymen. This
is barely C00U men to tho mllo on u 400
mllo front, but that does not tell Iho
whole stoi. The lino Is Intlnltcly cut up
with lg-zaf,i and. If tho llgu cs aro aecu
rate, tho Merman lino Is ulieiiily under
manned. Ualds hio now becomo of dally
occurreiiee. After tho hound tin ashing
tho Americans gaso tho encm north of
Tout on l'rida forlj llo dead Menu ins
were counted In No Man's I.ind This
attrition cannot go on forour. Tlio Hun
must strlUo hoon and strlUo hard In con
centrated force If ho Is to prevent tho
lnltlatho from passing finally to tho Allies.
"It is a great heresy to say tho Ger
mans cannot bo defeated ,n tho Held"
said Pershing. That Is becoming moro oh
lous tery dny slnco ho said It. When
thero aro a million Americans In tho lino
tho fourteen terms of peico which Mr.
Wilson outlined will bo written Into tho
law of nations
A ITER THE DAY'S WOKIC
MI!. WILSON teems to ho i.s fond of tho
theatro as Lincoln was. The reports
of his many appearances In tho presiden
tial box at MiudoAllle, musical comedy and
moro serious performances tend to io
assure his people that their President Is
taking good care not to let tho Minln tell
upon him.. His demeanor Is genial on these
occasions and on tho litest of them ho
responded to an Insistent call and mado
n little i-picdi, telling Louis Mann and
Sam licrnard that their play, which por
trays tho conversion of tho Merman born
to American Ideals, "expressed a mirit
which will presentl grip tho world."
It Is human to suppo.o that' tho Im
menso machinery of our war plan is
moving t tho Presidents r.itlifiictlou
when he can with such a contented ges
turo take his iccrcatlon after tin. hard
day's work. I
illRHMlOW MONKEYS
IT IS a matter of exceptional moment
thnt Wood Jones, professor of anatomy
in tho University of London, has just de
clared that man Is not descended from a
monkev or it monkoy-llko man Jim is
the ancestor of tho monkey and not his
descendant, sas Doctor Jones. Kvery
Tom, Dick and Harry has talked evolution
ever since Darwin's hookn wero first mis
understood, nnd It Is a painful fai t tint
that llttlo misunderstanding about the
length of our ancestors' tails has led ninny
an honest chap to cast off old religion
und get divorced. If u fellow were only
a highbrow monkey he could feel that he
might do ns ho liked
Doctor Jones points out th.it discoveries
In Austiall.i show that Adam and his do
mesticated dog traveled In boats to thnt
Island continent at u time when "most
advanced anatomists" lmvu thought Adam
was wildly chatterjng In tret tops and firing
cocoanuts at nobler animals on tho ground.
There Is Just as good evidence to show
that our ancestors wero demigods as thero
is to show that they were white trash.
All that wo Know is that if Inan is not
constantly rebuking his pride he falls
lower nnd lower, puts u spike ' helmet
on nnd llnally makes n goillla of li'm-e-lf
Uvlrtently Mr Nobro hasn't any burning
ambition to be u Vare ward Icailei,
The demand for soap boxes keeps steady
In Uolabevlk circles. Ilut not foi tho eon
tents of tlicin.
Son 000 Teulona Added In the Weit
Headline,
It now becomes a problem In subtraction.
The flrst contingent of Missouri army
mules has reached the American front. The
Huns had better not try to get back of
those lines.
"I will do my duty by the city," wild
District Hureor Nobre. He bus, though
hU tense pf "moral" obligation differs from
that of the Vares.
Colonel Jtoosevelt's alalia functions have
been affected by tho operation upon his ear,
but It will take more than a surgeon to affect
his dynamic functions.
Not one Norse ship was submarined last
week. Norway Is supposed to deduce from
this omission that Tlrpltxlsm Is respecting
the rights of neutrals.
Xuto. theft attf havo caused a rite In
no rate. u,ine police cannot
LEDGBR
SPROUL INDORSED
GOV. PENNYPACKER
Dolnvnrc C o u n t y Republican
Leader Praised "One of Greatest
Administrations" in State's
History
i
I'l.Wlrldilll ,l TOIIMK.lt U'HV Ml. 1)1
(t'opvHoht, 101!, lu 'utile Lttlijtr Company. )
ITh't" tellers, which ronitltulr! nn Inlaf'tln
part of (lovfmor IVnnvnatUnr a nuloblonrnrhy.
reveal tha larannal t pinion of many prominent
rltlxens rrcardlni: fluvrrnor VMinypaikpr'n rcrv
leca to Iho State
New York, August 31 1000.
Hon Samuel W. Pcnti packer,
Pent. packer Mills.
Sehweiiksvllle-, Pn.
M Dear Movernor 1 am vrrv grateful
to nn for our lettn of Augtl't If I
mil not surprised at join original action,
In view eif tho statement which Mr. Un
lermvrr mado that ela, nnd I prrsumo I
should have felt like taklnu similar ac
tion hut for the fact tint he undertook
In Incur whatever expense he has Incur
led In full faith that pvpiv dollar of It
vvplill be returned b.v Iho polc holders,
nnd the present Indications nre Hint his
faith In the policy holders' Interest was
Justified
Vi rv slnrorelv nur,
ALTON H PAUKLP..
Iloxliiiiv, .Mass., September II 1000
Mj Desr Movernor I'onnvp ie leer I alii
Mlro I eiwn lo oin kindness tho Invita
tion to viuif gre t ceremonial of tho
fourth of Oiteihi r.
I tcgiet exticmclv that I cannot bo
pic"-ent I would like tei congratulate)
ou personally on tho completion of so
grand a monument of our admirable
administration.
With great rcfpcct, I havo tho honor
to bo
Your obedient servant,
i.im'AitD i:. ham:.
ilv lfiar (iovernor-I r.innot express
In I inguagi too strong tho ti groat
satisfaction with which I h ivu seen tho
appnltitme nt iu have m ide
The Inr, n I do, will thank ou In
thch heaits If not by their words.
Mr rcrguson. In a few months, with a
llttlo public servlei', will malto a veiy
good Juelhu honest, Intelligent and capa
ble I am most sincere! ouis,
JOHN M .KJIIN-'O.N.
Twe nl.v -eighth November
November 1.7, 1 "oe..
M Ii ir lioveinui Your Thanksgiv
ing preic'liiiiiatiun luesenls sue'li it giatlfv
Ingceintrast lei the- iisii il prnrl uimtlnii by
Moveiiinis of either States that I cannot
refialu fniin coiutattil itlug ou on tho
thnieiiighl) appiiiprlato and fellrltous
langtneKo In which ottrs is constituted
It Is In Itself ii strong appeal to the grate
ful splilt mid Is brimful of seilptut.il
ndiptntlun.
I hopo oii nnd nurs mo ijll well, nnd
with meat respect, bog to remain, mv
dear Movernor, verv sincerely ours,
r.Tlll.LUi:ilT TALP.OT. .
J.inuirv 2. 1907.
Dcnr Moveinor Penni.iekei I think
ou will ho Interested in tho erv vigor
ous presentation of another vigorous
executive) which I send herewith
Mr. Itoosevelt has rather Jealously
gintdcd these photographs and fur a
lime declined to allow us to use them. It
Is b.v reason of the relaxation of the rlgoi
eif his restriction that I .un pcimilted to
ask jour acceptance nf the Inclosed sug
gestion of tho strenuous llfo In "ISoosc-.
velt lis ,i Wood Chopper" which 1 send
With best wishes foi the new e.U, und
for all jour eai 1 am sorr tint oit
nte soon lei irmiive from among n for
I feel that vou have- Inti ("lucid ,t new
note nf stutdj Inteiest and honest, com
bined with gieat ablllt, Into I'ennsj Ka
ma's gubernatorial slice cslon
Quills tilth,
T. HOltACi: .McI'A ISLAM)
To Miiveiuni Samuel W Peunpiekei,
Harrlslnirg, Pa.
J.uiuai l.'i, ll'OT
linn. Simile I W. Pennvp icker,
My Deal Movernor in closing my mil
clal work I take my pen foi tho last time
to express my iipprcciitlon eleepir than
words can express of otir kind note.
To hevo yerved under on, to Invo
been chosen bv ou, and to lnvo main
tained to tho end the position with which
ou honored mo nro distinctions which t
and in children will rhcilsh uhcivo all
other eonHlderntions of pride.
Mod bless on, m deal Movcriinr. J
shall never know one llko vou.
I.ver affcctleinately ouis,
HAMPTON L CAP.SON
Jnnuat 17, 1907
Hem. hiinuel V. Penn packer
Sehweiiksvllle, Pa,
My Deal Movcinot Judge Staake has
lust h Hided mo a letter fiom ou under
elate of .laniniv 7, Pert" In which ou
givo ino credit foi the Inception of the1
Idea of tho congress foi hilnglng about
uniformity In tho elivniee 1 iw's of tin
countrv. I am glad to huve tho letter,
and will trcasmc it.
In this ronnrctlon I will tnl.o tho op
portunity to send to vou my most cordial
glee tings and eoiigiatulntions upon tho
successful e lo'e) of what must bo ie
gatded as cine of the greitest admlnlstia
lions of tho great ulllco of Movernoi of
Pcnnslvnnla that we have ever hail.
While eni have been tiltltUul for otlg
inatlug new Ideas, as even one mii't bo
who deviates from the- beaten path in
public- nutters, no act of Minis has e-vcr
been successfully assulled as being selfish
or malicious, and no suggestion even oj
an thing except the.- most absoluto hem
est of ptuposo Ins ever been made In
tcgaid to any of jour personal or otllelal
acts I know tho affairs of Pennsylvania
fulrl well; could not help having this
knowledge from my Ions connection with
tho Stato government. I havo been u
pretty thorough student of Pcnnslvanli
hlstor), and I feel that I am entirely
within the hounds of fact when I say
that moro has been accomplished In gen
eral progress In the line of great con
structive Impiovement, ns well as In the
bettering of conditions of government,
xlurlng our administration than In any
two eciual periods In tho career of tho
Commonwealth. A great deal of this has
como fiom suggestions mado by jour
self, and much of the rest bus been tho
result of tho encouragement given by
jou to thoso whoso ambitions for Penn
sjlveenla found a ready responso In our
cooperation.
Now that ou-havo retired fiom ofllco
ou will find that those who havo
criticized somo of the details of our
work will glvo jou credit for tho great
essential things which havo been accom
plished by ou nnd our ussoclatcs, and
that the trifling matters which havo been
assailed will be forgotten in tho general
appreciation of tho great progress that
has been mado under jour leadership.
And on tho personal side jou havo
made a legion of fi lends und won a host
of admirers. To me It has been a great
pleasuie and privilege to have been asso
ciated with jou and to havo known you
well, and I want to thank you for all tho
kindnesses you havo shown me and to
extend to jou my hearty good wishes
und the hope that your life will bo con
tented and ptosperous unci that your
lines may be cast In pleasant places.
With kindest personal regards, nnd
trusting that I may soon see jou, I am
very cordially your friend,
, WILLIAM i" SPUOUL.
. , Tjauwraw a afet I w ntfer, of loftri
- P11ILAUEUSHLV. WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 0.
The Gownsman
TWO hundred American soldiers, dead or
llng In ngonlrn that make death fceem n
happy release; 200 fulr pieces of American
manhood, twisted, tortured, deformed by
deadly gases, to die or at best to llvo maimed
nnd tieless for life; not shot down as fair
maiks In battle, not slain, fighting man to
man In tho glvo and take of combit, but
Insidiously poisoned, trapped, taken im
nvvares; the agents of this glorious deed of
valor, a shilling war lord, Mod on his ll
murder In his heart, a learned chemist, scru
tinizing tho niceties of toxicology In Ii labo
ratory of perfec. rnm.iTn equipment, and u
gnng'of sieves who do as they aro hidden !
the forfeit of honor, manhood nnd then
hopes of heaven. 'But," sajs one nt our
elboiv, 'jou must lememlicr that the Dug
lMi. In the llmo of tho Sepoy Itehelllon
tied cl07cns of nitlvo captives to their run
notis' mouth, and tiring th"'. whirled them
Into cternltv. And jou should recill that
nt tho siege of Iljznntlum tlio Chrlstlnn de
fender) of that city used wildfire to rep-1
the hirmlcss Tittk who was merely cngigod
lu founding the Ottoman empire People
nlvvaja do this kind of thing In wai. Wo
nro all of us e (pi ill bid Thero reall
shouldn't be any wnis, "U know." And ho
continues In lllto noisome tint. Now tho
Movvnsmin, to be honest Ins not actually
heard these pirtleulir preposterous narallrls;
but bo solemnly eleelins that thero Is much
rtinent t ilk as fnolHi, as Irrelevant and
in Its effect lute label or not us dangerously
un-American and traitorous
A llLCIl.VT number
nf the
Nation corn-
J inrnts with Justin ihle Imricil
on the
Iviiehlnc In Tennessee nf a negro who had
killed two white men; adding "When Amer
icans thus debase ihoniseHis nobody volun
teers to end the evil, iiiilnidv speaks about
It; at least, nobody who N white; anil wo
complacently turn to th" congenial task of
setting tip demon in v In Meimnnv " (Hire
more, at a met ting of the Y M e' A nt
I'ohmiblt I'nlverslty Ibei purpose- of which
was llo enlist the students of our illilvci
sltlcs and colleges In nn Intensive! study of
the Issues and spiritual lesotis of the war,'
Ml accredited spc il.er Is credibly irported to
have warned bis aiiellciico that ilermany had
tint been mote- gulltv III the evils which ho
enumerated as bringing "ii tin present war
thin other iiitlnn-, and tint, as to the
sanctity of tieitlcs 'lnvo we not our list
of broken treaties with the Indlins."' This
learned e istilst for nils' he appears to bo
a Ronnsinin oarile-d about with him, we
are told, "In a pinketbook a collection of
emulations' Irom in ig elms and luwspipeis,
a precious little arcn il wherewith 'to prove
the Intimity of his own countr and of Its
allies"
Till! (!eiiiiiviunii holds tm hrirf for the ex
tenuation of the hideous civic e rlmei of
fuelling, for tho successful ' piternallsin"
tint has nearly willed tin Indian out of
eltcnie, or for tho mass u re of iiiijhnd
an w hire, but bo docs in ilut.iin tint theio
Is surli a thlti as Irrelevance and tint
at this moment It Is only too widely exem
plified In our curiont till, and even in our
writing A backward lommunltv III Its hor
lor nnd p isoti do feeling emnnilts a hideous
ci Inn- Let us blush fur It. and uso our best
efforts tint such a ilnnieful, sueli an excep
tional outbreak nf savagery shall not again
cectir among our 10U Ouu.miO of Americans
Kilt what has this to do with organized
eiuclty unci Inliuinmlt as a calculitid mlll
tan polley, i.iirbcl out with none ten un
willing bands by a whole n itlon lnrrjlng a
elofenscless countr.' Wo havo rajoled,
wriingid and reibheel the liicllins so did the
('nth iglnl.iii Hiibjcets of CJUeen lldo lajoh
vitciug and mh the Vuiii intt.in-c And tills
paialltl niilies m-ltbe i wrong .1 right, nor
cxciis.s or i xtcnu.ites either a Jut or tittle
There havo been wars and tnas-acres and
devastations lime out nf mind since Cain
slew Abel, or, to go further back, ever "Inco
'tint pestilent ape- in.iiil.iiul." llit learned
the use nf clubs aiid boonu rangs Ilut no
one crime evci tiansniuled another Into a
litue 'I lie- ll.ickeiilng nt our neighbors
will not make us white, tun will the vihlte
washlng of an enemy who have elcip'Hul tho
Itihlilitv of the human i ice help us to win
thl, our most neiessiiy nnd righteous war.
Ttll.P.i: are still many among us wv, do
elicit appear to know tint vvh ato re ill
.it vcar, who are loith lo have war or an.v
thlng 1 1 that is serious thrust iiKm their
attention And there ate- moro who do not
like this war It Inteiftres so with things,
'tho things that I wiut to do. mv plans to
better the vvoild bv ieformltig tlio stiong
l.mguige of able-bodied stamen in testing,
In in llttlu new liboiatoiv fur the eletei
mlnallou of stialii in a vacuum, the v.uiitles
ot human In cult ' "I didn't mako this wai,"
declare cl nnothei 'nor did any of tho men
for whom 1 voted main It,' though somo of
them would havo liked to. Interpolates tho
Mow nam in. "1 am mad clean through about
Il I've got to slam' soiiubud), and the
Aciiiiliilstialiuu Is ueai cr thin the cicinnns"
IT IS romewhit strange, but the mister of
the Irielevuut Is nluajs aggrieved when
criticized for his Irrelevance He is alwavs
so Innocent and so loj.il. Ho e ills attention
to occasions when ho has saluted tho Hag,
to lip-service In tho cause, and he Is hurt to
the quick that scrutinizing ccs should peci
Into his honest endeavors and so "distort"
them In tho rehearsal At times ho lalsns
that dangerous bugaboo, the light of fne
speech, by which ho usuall nuana the right
of anv ono to say anything In any place,
forgcttul tint there ale- some 'lights' which
are exeri'lsiblo onlv bv a knive, precisely us
there nro nthns to the exercise nf wIiIlIi
mil a fool will put In his claim The public
mtcranro of the wonl 'lire" Is not actionable
lu anv eourt, but tho man who vvniitonlv
ilscs this worel Into a cr in a ciovvdtd
ihurrli or theatre) goes proper! lo Jail for
his knivery er his folly, vih.it mattns it
which"
Iimi:M:VNCV that discourages and elis
hearletis our endeavors to put forth tho
full strength of this nation in a war as
tieeoas.m, alls' as It is bonorablo to ua
and ilghteoiiH, nui be dangerous, unpatriotic,
or accordlns'to Intent, tieasonablo matter
Irrelevancy tint seeks tho extenuation nf
ptesent and attested fie-rman crimes by pir
allels In wrongs and mistakes from tho
commission of which the annals of no nation
are free, lirelevancy that obscures the clean
cut Issue between autocracy and our now
militant democracy, in which Is involved, if
ever it lias been Involved, the very essenco
of right and wrong In their utter repugnineo
matters such as theso aie worse than Iriele.
vai.e ; they nro Inflammable goods, treas
onable In content, goods which must cast
into tho category of a dangerous enemy or
a far from harmless fool an mm who bar
ters In them Tu epioeiue, or tho doetrlno of
"you're another." never mado u vicious man
vlrtuou. I'eoplo who llvo in glass houses
oro often compelled to risk tho throwing
of stones and the demolition of a few sky
lights, and tho context of "l.c-t him who Is
among jou that Is without sin cast tho first
stone" has nothing to do with the ammuni
tion with which David slew Goliath or with
the honest wrath of democracy arrayed In
tattle against tho cruel llaal of autocracy
THK GOWNSMAN'
CONGRESSIONAL WAR MEDALS
The American Medal of Honor, equivalent
to the Victoria CrosB, does not go back be-j-ond
the Civil war. The first medal ever
voted by Congress was doubtless that struck
for George Washington. It was of gold, and
was decided on beforo even Independence
had been proclaimed. Benjamin Franklin,
who at that time waB In Paris, was In
structed to employ the greatest artists In
France to execute a suitable design. Lieuten
ant Colonel Fleury, a volunteer officer from
the Freneh regular army, was the next recip
ient of n congacsslona) reward for distin
guished service In the field. He entered the
fulled States army ns a private In 1777,
and distinguished himself so greatly that
Congress gave him a lieutenant colonelcy
and. (or his gallantry in. the arsault unon
f Stony e Point, Jn 1779, accorded Jilni a !)
"HERE'S ONE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE THAT'S LONG OVERDUE!"
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POSTAGE STAMPS
IN PEACE PLANS
Set en Items in President Wilson's
Program Involve the Issue of
New Mail Labels
P1.1.SI1)I:NT WILSON'S address t.. Loll
giese on Jaiiu.ir s, sitting forth the
tc ruii upon which Ocrminy may obtain
peace, Is being illrcilssed bv phll Uclists in
tnniM of postage stamps Of the fourteen
alms which tho President set lorth as Amer
icas In this wnr seven, when ultimately ac
complished, ma be expected to afford changes
of interest to the collector"
Tho first of these-. Number n, Involving lm
pirtl.il reaeljustment of ooloniil claims based
upon the sclf-dctermlnitlon of the Inhabi
tants nf thoe- colonies, foreshadows lunu
nieiable new l$ues to rcplaco provision il
ones which the Dntento forces have put forth,
pirtlcularlylntha Pacific and Africa in tho
C.imeroons, Me i man Hist Africa, tho Mai
shill Islands, including Nauru, German New
Ciuliiei, now known as New llittniu, Mermin
Kimni, Togo and Maflv a former Mermin
Islmd off Zanzlhir, Hiltlsh, 1 rench, Uelglan,
Austr.ilim, Poituguese or Indian Invaders
hive l"ued occupitlon sumps, ovei printing
either their own or nntlvo franking labels
with "ureharges Rlgnlfjlng Ibis occupation
'Tlie interests of tho populitlon concerned,"
President Wilson said, "must havo criu.il
weight with cepiltablo claims of tho govern
ment whoo title Is to be determined" In
man ot these former Merman possessions,
pirtlculaily In tho Puc'tle, the Teutonic pop
ulations havo been virtually eradicated, ex
cept for portions which have been Interned,
slme August, 1914, so that If self-determination
regulates the futuro control of these
colonies It Is apparent that the former Mer
min stomps, tho plates for which urn In Her
Itn will lievm again be put Into uc. Tim
lite sent provt. al issuej would bo retired
mid for each colon a new permanent set
would appear, as It Is generally tho custom
of Mre.it llrltaln, 1'i.ineo and other Kuinpein
nations to permit their colonies to possess
distinctive stamps The Importance to philate
lies of all these changes after peace comes
mi bo Judged fiom the fact that of the up,
proximately 3000 postal labels for which the
world vi ar has to dato been re sponsible nearly
ti00, or more than one-sixth, havo been put
forward by mlllt.ii and naval forces whlili
havo seized former Merman colonies
Effect in Russia,
Tho steonel nf President Wilson's alms to
affect futuro philately Is Number 6, provld
lug for tho evucuitlon ot nil Itusslan tcrrl
trry. This means that the occupation stamps,
about ten In number, which Meimany has
Issued for Lithuania nnd Courland by sur
charging the familiar Merman "woman In
armor" labels with "Postgebclt OblM" will
be retired from circulation. And Inasmuch
as P.ussla, the President Is determined, shall
work out "her own political development ant.
national policy, ' this assures the appearance,
of distinctive Russian stamps to supersede
tho present numerous piovlslonals arising out
of the revolution and subsequent events And
if Hussla, In working out this development,
decides to grant Lithuania, Courland, tho
Ukraine, Siberia ami other sections complete
or partial Independence tho number of new
Issues can be only conjectured today, Al.
ready the provisionals Issued In Itusal.i dur
ing the last 5 ear amount to more than 100
varieties, not Including thoso which the Bol
sbcvlkl may have put forth.
Number 7 of the President's alms provides
for the evacuation of llelglum. This means
tho retirement of thlrt-flve xarletles which
Germany has Imposed upon tho occupied part
of llelglum, again using the "woman In
armor" stamps for surcharging purposes.
And the Belgian Government, upon recover
ing Its lost terrain. Is certain to put forth a
definite series commemorating this, nnd It
would not bo surprising If the portrait of
president Wilson appeared on one of these
labels, u. living American thus being honored
for the first time In this manner. The Bel
gian stamps In use before the war were sub
sequently demonetized and replaced by a pic-
tonal sec snowing turne 01. cue tamous Uel
glan buildings destroyed during the German
Invasion, after the war these stamps are
certain to give way to others.
President Wilson's statement regarding tho
righting ot the wrong done to France In the
matter of Alsace-Lorraine Is of particular
Interest to collectors. It Is not to be expected
that restoration of this territory to France
could pass without Alsace-Lorraine obtain
ins phliatelio entity, lor it Has been the cue-
irepan., nation, to noaor aveata
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of special stamps. Hero again It would not
bo astonishing to find our President's pleturo
nn a stamp. When Prussli took this terrain
fiom franco In 1S71 Prussia issued -i special
eerles of thirteen flanking labels, a complete
collection nf which today would cost about
J'jO. These, uoro in uso for about a jear and
weto then discontinued and tho stamps of tho
iicrmau empire have Flnec been In uso in
Alsace-Lorraine.
Philatelic Revolutions in the Baikan3
Tho fifth of the Presidents alms nf Im.
c t.uieo phllatellcallv Is Number 11, pro
viding for tho evacuation of P.umanla, Ser
bia and Montenegio Hero Mermany and
Austrli hive stuiei occupation stamps. These
will bo letired and tho three Governments
aro certain to put fotth stamps different
fiom tlios0 they printed before the war.
The President's assertion tint certain na
tionalities under Turkish rule should, ns set
forth under Number 1.', bo assured "an ab
solutely unmolested oppoitunlty of autono
mous development" was, before ho uttered It
In tho House, supported by political ehmgos
which, brought about by mllltar operations,
already lnvo resulted In new stumps Al
ii mil ind Arabia eaih bis declared Us In-dc-peudencn
from Turkej and has Issued
franking labels Tho Anglo-Indian forces In
Mesopotamia, after captiulng Bagdad, seized
local stocks of Tuil.lsh stamps and sur
charged them to signify this success. Phll.itc
II ts are expecting momentarily to receive
word tint tho suae lnvadeis have similarly
put forth special stamps an a result nf tho
capture nf .Jaffa and Jerusalem, In tho Holy
Land, as they nro known to lmvn seized
stocks of Turkish stamps when lieersheebi
was captured, with Albania, Arabia, Meso
potamia, Palrstltin and other portions of tho
Last arising 0t of tho war as Independent
nations innumeiablo floods of new Issues will
lesult,
Tho seventh of tho Piesldcnt's alms of In
V,re ,.coll1t' ! contained In Number
13, that an Independent Polish State should
bo elected. Poland has had only ono post
age stamp In Its history In 18C0 a ten ko.
peeks blue and ijs,. ,iicl a, lss,leii Ther0
were three minor varieties, or four stamps
In all, costing tela about $t,-,. ,, no-, tho
stamps of llussia were put lu use. and not
until the woild war blought "ho g",
armies Into Poland del the tv,iu .,,'..
i ,1 -ti "nV ,,',am", ot'er tll!" thoso of
.ussla. Iho coining ot the German- resulted
In fifteen new stamps, onco moro tho Ger
nnn "woman ,irmor. lnl)Ci, , ,
charged to indicate their new duty. With
Poland Independent In the new Durope this
country will resume its separate place n
haT,aacemur5-':fter "n UW,1C0 ot S "h,n
NEW OI'hllA STAK
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1. W litre la ltrlfurt?
3. Identify Joaquin rr,
3, What la ajnrcMioche-,'
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S. tllio wrotet "1'rn.lrnnl,-".-0.
What U u cache?
7, Mho via Cflrnu)o?
8. ttluit am tha frwilnt ami l,iiM, im,!..,. .
watrr .in lh. Fahrrnhflt thenn.Dt.r
0. tthat la lh. rrlxnlni family In Rumania
1(1. Mlile-h la tbe "City of I lie. Anrtla"?
Answers to Yesterday'u Quiz
1. Tlie Dnlrrx-r Ulcer. aUit 1300 mllea lour 1.
In soutlteatern ICuaala. '" '
3. Hlr Thomaa Vlore. llrttUh atafkh.nn . ,
arholar. Iiehradrd In tie iclin ?? n.Vli
Mil. wrote Vt'lopU."" i alorr of an ld..
rommonnrailili. r "' "" ''
S. There waa a tradition In earlr Amarlran Doll.
iiat!'1Saa'"W"rr ' ? houla aiict
reed to th proaldrnrr. Anions he aan2
arlesa ao urtredlnt, Ihnnsh of fSfnl elSa
.)l"ecf that ofHee. ,r, jia'n oS
Madlaon. Monroe and John Qul "ah "in"
CaSwl"ierUiSf. ,h m,Jr PC"",M ""' of
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lainins i
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llfiiur pottai a Dclslam author of Carii.
Ion" and luanr war pucma. earn-
1, Halt Lake tltr la called "The Mormon Cllr "
. Great Britain controla (dbraltar.
0. Gcorae llnblee Ii a member of the Ur.l .,.
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The Little Back Room in the
Hall
There's a place in our mansion for
ev-c-ry-thing
And ev-e-iy-thinc's in its place;
The stockings repose in a largo darning
bag,
And we've boxes nnd boxes of lace;
And many more boxes of feathers and
flovv'rs,
Of pompons and buckram and nil;
And the place where you'll find them
and ev-e-ry-thing
Is that little back room in tho hall.
A tlio of porch chairs, four trunks and a
stool,
A sled, skates, some dolls and a train;
And Christmas tree ornaments gayly
galore,
Weird masks, sevctnl rackets, a cane;
elocipcde, tricycle, jinny, a roll
Of old matting and jacks and a ball,
And a little kid's ciib, with its memories
sweet,
Grace our little back room in the hall.
Poor father stayed home from the office
today
Und a cold nnd felt gen'rally bum
Uut this was the day on which mother's
bridge club
To our house was invited to come,
iho looms were nil dusted and looVd
spick and span;
file beds for the w raps had the call
Alld 1 lieaid mother nncuei- elad's
"Where shall I go?""
"Why, tho little back room i
in the hall!"
HUGH MERR.
When that huem tliit morning dropptd
out of ?iij ?)ini7
ynvc a "hurrah" for mv friend!
lor mji own molting muse wai a littlt
on stale, ti
.1)11? I'd chores to be done without end. i
.io uvrt u up the eomposing room flue
As a morning's delight for you all,
And it turned to ftc jobs that I still had $
to do
In Ml' little back room in the hall.
TOM DALY.
RED CROSS PROGRESS
IN Tim United .States proper tli
3(33 P.ed Cross chapters and In
thero ara
the ter-
litorlal and Insular division twentv-seven
chapters, making a total of 3180 chapters
In the American ltcd Cross.
Tho American lied Cross In the summer
of 1910 had about 200,000 members. Three
months nfter the United States entered tho
.-. mu jue'iiiue-rsmp was ,1JCJU,UUU. At Ilia 1
closo of the Christmas campaign of 1317 It I
was well above 20,000,000.
The American Ited Cross now has tha
largest membership of any nation In the
world. Before tha United States entered the
war It was virtually the smallest.
The nursing service of the American T.ed
loss has enrolled for arlous kinds of
duty more than U.000 trained nurses. More
than 3000 Bed Cross nurses arq now engaged
In active nursing service, of whom about
-000 are In foreign countries.
Ono of the signal contributions to the Bed
Cross has been the liberal support given by
the leading business and professional men
of tho country, a large number of whom
tire serving In executive positions at national
headeniarters In Washington and in the vari
ous divisions and chapters throughout the
country. There has never been In the his
tory of the world such a high-class, able
body of experts as those "who have volun
teered In the work for tho American Bed
Crois.
Property owners alt over the United States
havo given houses and offices free or at
reduced rental for the use of Red Cross
chapters. Tho value of such contributions
runs up Into very large figures.
AV lf.T.l anvcrirn vrprv
An attractive younr lady entered 'a New York ijj
........v,. .(, uni-r uajr anu win .ne eaar i"- cvaaa
there was one title mlaalng from her red leatlnf (M
aet nf o IJcnrr. (
"Which oner' ha naked '-1M
"i me aee." she replied In evident mBr vm
'anient. To help lier out he named over a few I
llrlahtRnlnir. tha wav a-.M '-Ah nnn, T hivi lt.e!J
It la -The LUht That Tailed . ' .. liM
" now cne citra-a turn to looK me eiae-.
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