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THE BOLSHEVIKl N12EIJ A
&. SENATOR HOAR
IHE situation In Russia, with tho ttolshe-
i-Ikl attempting to. rcmako their coun
try overnight, suggests that It Is worth
while telling the story of Senator Tlllrmn,
ft ' .
ft ' hn hits tust Announced he Is n cnndldata
Eli ' A. .. .. .1.1... t t il.. HAtlHe. i,
i, South Carolina harl been rulrd ny (lie
'Planters for jcars .before) Tillman be-
Jetmo a national figure. I In did not be-
V Ihs n 1ia nlnhlnti Aloia ! t vanu 4 tie fitt
u V4t 1V IIIU lliailiVi LIIIDPi Dill "UiJ J"i". '
'.. rood an American en any of the men wnfl
ClV ) , "V " "'" " '"" '"""K '""-" i"-w
gy ue war inci on me proceeds ot tne worn
of slaves, lie sst out to ors'anlze a polit
ical revolution which should oust the planter
aristocracy and put tho power Into tho
Tiands of tho trrcat majority of the white
'voters. Hostumped tho State, telllnc the
' VPeoplo that they had tho power If they
, vwbuld only exercise It, that they did not
need to submit to tho rulo of a prlWlescd
' ? aristocracy, and that they were unworthy
'the name of American If they did not rife
K In their might and assert themselves.
'In tho courso of time ho succeeded In
convincing tho plain pcoplo of tho Plato
"JK that he was right and they elected him to
vf - the Governorship and about twenty jear.i
"Mjafaro ha wan sent 1n thn Tlnltprl St:ite Sen.
ate. Before enterlnc that body ho an-
,isj, Muncca mat no intended to tnrow out ot
SA It with a pitchfork the bought agents of
i. r .
f jS V-apltal and privllego and make It a demo-
BfltU'Xcratlc Institution. IIo thought tho other
wS' States wero represented In Washington by
nber; of what corresponded to tho plan
Kt ar tacfa In Knlltli lrnllna ni- hv thrh-
Mtfetr ; '
?iC. """
$' When this retolutlonlst arrived in the
i , national capital tho late Senator Hoar, of
"i-i X. AUIMaWUUBCtli), iiiautj u lllit UUtlllUS IU fit;l'
acquainted with him. lie dlscctcrrd that
' Tillman was absolutely honest and lnsplicd
by a genuine loe for his country and a
Eft ' , Uye In. But ho also learned that lie was
;5?j: handicapped by lack of education and the
tfCjv'Y consequent Ignorance of the laws of eco-
i V'.( nomlcs and of the great forces that have
M)L t haAn at 1-L In lii-lneHir li nennlo et Wit
world thus far on the road toward freedom.
f?.iVllltMati. t-Ii leinf him hnnkR on lil.dtnrv
m-.,7.r- ..-.,
?U4 political economy. IIo guided him on
kOtours of exploration through the realms of
yUlerature. And by an exposition of his
i .w?.'
M,i"owJi,polut of view he succeeded In persuad-
;.aJ'S,ine ure-eaiinB rjuicui inai xiieic wero
r&frf'aiOwp men In the Senate as tlncerc e-nd
LJS?V'.
;. patriotic as ne wire wero n-thins i.ie tame
fffliPvaiitot democracy toward t hlrh ho was
ViSi headed. As a result Tillman evolterl from
aiSSBft.1 ,.-.. ., .,
y ym. zoaxnine. rauj(.di caK?r iu mrn me woriu
&Af. '.. . . .
WUlt down into a proaci ntinaed states.
-man who had learned t:iat progress u
'mAe slowly and by painful efforts lie
'-"VmW' learned to rearjeet the honectv nnd
", ; -,", alRcerlty of. his colleagues. He was bl;
, Tpnough to make his confestion of faith
v 'Jbaclt the wild things which he had said
r. fcafore he went to wasnington. tie admit.
toA that he had learned better.
. ' ffrL ...nwnl nf nit .1.1a I. ..h..tn.... H-ha T1.1
' .A10 UlUta w ail mj i vviiuuci lie 4JU1
tt.if; ... ... .... . .. . .
iKMeyi'Il aro tne AiumanB 01 itueia. uiey
yjl!f J101"8 Tney are seeking the good of
WttaWr country. They hopo to democratize
,. , ., . ..,, . ,. .
i to vq mo vtuiK tuiiq uu nau. uui
ess Is not made
In that
summary
i There Is a ast Inertia In every
t,' organization. Revolution cannot
ne'tt. It mayibeat upon -the instl-
l( anil iuvt ii wiwi mo cpumj or.
.blood aa the waves of the sea beat
'Afranlte cliffs. But the cliffs stand.
I1 only a few crumbling boulders. It
irtlma for even the thundering sea to
Ntayway through a sand bar. And when
ler was given in, the leg-inning that
ters should be sepirated from the
Cthe geologists tell id that count-
fltia passed before the order was
'
if
(vlBplshevlkJ do not seem to Know
4 sWtter than Tlllm.ii! knew It before
'.Hoar (ook hold of him. What
and what Russia needs a, the
itipw, 1 coma man or some group
t Hip patience, tact and know!
u (Tutac iaa
preserved for Us pcoplo and that freedom
may hao Ha ways mado smooth o thnt
the children, of tho future may walk
therein without stumbling.
HAS UAFFNEY CAPIT
ULATED? every good citien wants to
'" know
k-nnw torl.iv is whether Mr. Galiney
has iibandoncd his efforts to bo it loyal
Bcrvant of Philadelphia and has con
scntcd to become the jiRc.it and tool of a
rapacious political faction.
The chairman of the Finance Commit
tee conducted himself in the beKinniiiB
in Mich a way us to produce the Im
pression that he had decided to do busi
ness in tho open and to smother all job
bery and crookedness, lie maintained
this position for months and enabled the
pcoplo to take heart of hope for brtlcr
things.
But the conduct of Mr. GalTncy yester
day can be explained only on the theory
that he has surrendered his own judg
ment and has become the tool of the
faction in control in City Hall.
Ho stood by and consented to the over
riding of the nilc providing that no ap
propriations van be made without the
consent of two-thirds of all the members.
And ho made no piotcst when that rule
was overridden by the tricl: of an appeal
from 'the decision of the chair, cariicd
by n majority vole, in spile of the fact
that rules of Councils order that no nilcs
can be suspended without the consent of
two-thirds of tho Councilmen. These
two rules were made to prevent any such
trick as tho majority attempted to play
yesterday afternoon. They still stand
unchanged, nnd they accuse tho ma
jority of deliberate violation of the letter
and the spirit of the laws.
The Nobre incident proved that Iho
dominant faction had lost Its head. The
Councils incident proves that it has lost
its sense of honor and decency and its
respect for law.
If Mr. Gaffney has not capitulated hi
should let it be known without delay.
"DOI'li" IillKAKS LOOSi: AGAIN
rpimni:
nluav.s this dlfllciilly about
that v. hen reformers concen
prosiesa
trate attention to wipe out one evil, an
other evil it, found to have made foruild
able sti Ides while (ho reformer.1 hacks
wero turned Much effort lu. been turned
to tho purpoo of tomb.itlns the ece!
f.e uro of liquor, and while men's inliuls
were, pointed In that direction tho "dope"
evil, supposed to be under film control
some time aj;o. breaks out afresh with all
Its old virulence. Thin In not to fall Into
tho trlto old nonrrnte to the effect that
some people miit !ilw...o navo n aitl
llelal outlet for theli baser passlonr. It
would bo as absurd to say that nan otles
aro a natural substitute for sliinulantH ai
to say that oversleeping Is a naluial sub
stitute for murderous wrath.
Judge Thompson, of tho United states
Distilct Couit. declares that the "dope1
evil Is Incieaslns in city ..ml suburbs. The
uiers of dings are all sulferlns from a1
specific malady. They aro In no way to
be considered iiounal citizens, but rouri.es
of Infection. There is no "human clement"
In treating with the loguca who peddle
drugs and their lctlms, except charity
for the victim-, lu causing (hem to disap
pear into hospital- Nor is (here any e
uro hi the speeding- up of war industries
for workers who ray they aio under a
strain. It la the war administration'!, pol
icy to demind for labor cvciy snfesuaid
from overwork that It had befoio the war.
Judgo Thompson deserves tho thanks of
good citizens for bin tlrclest, cffoits to
wipe out the, drug poison and conserve the
public health.
THE STATE RESERVE .MILITIA
rnr-IIJ United States 1, fortunate in that
1
its shores are, uot menaced by foreign
Invasion. Tho war hao taught us a hard
lesson In military "prepaicdness," and one
part of that lefcson which we must not for
get U tho necessity for an orgnnized homo
defenre. It Is a duty of patriotism for men
who measure up (o the eligibility stand
ards to enter the Pennsvl-ania Iteservc
Militia, now in procesa of oiganlzatlon.
Tho Keystone State has gl.cn so ccner
ously of Its guardsmen, voluntcerb and
drafted outh that thero 3 ?mall oppor
tunity of duplicating in tho new homo de
fense le,-iou tho complete army division
the :;. r; p. contributed to win this war
But a showing of which the Commonwealth
can be proud, for ti number and igor, 13
possible if able bodied men of the pre
scribed ago olunteer for the new reserve.
Vcderal and State constitutions make
explicit provision for a militia and we
should tee to the speedy and efficient
creatlou of the new reserve to replace the
former National Guaid, mustered Into, tho
service of the nation "In timo of peace
prepare for war" may become an outworn
formula In tho millennium we expect will
follow liberty's triumph over autocracy,
but Just now a safe guiding maxim Is In
time of war prepare for defenre.
AVomsn raclflst loses Job Headline.
But a lot of he-paclnsts are1 still on it.
Jlaxlm of pro Germanism waste wheat
and kill a soldier.
Brcst-Lltovsk 'Mre-pulllng is due to
faulty Polailzatlon. t
Well gamble, nevertheless,
Island delivering the goods.
on Hog
Deputy Sur-eyor Nobro calls it doing
his duty by the city and Senator Vare calls
It "criminal libel."
It wouldn't hurt to clap one of those
embargoes on Ill-natured criticism of Ameri
can xvar policies.
With the coming of the spring rains
Jupiter Pluvlus will relieve the Vares of part
of that street-cleaning Job which seems too
much for them.
The United States is Ireland's model,
tai the wldoV of F. Sheehy Skcftlngton.
And a lot of Irishmen are model citizens of
the United .States.
Ihere are 10,000 men wandering- up and
down the Atlantic sescoajt today looking jor
i place to live. Charles It. .Whltaker,
Some have their wives also looking.
Uncle Sam Is the greatest life-insurance
underwriter In the world with III.OOO.OOO.OOO
ImrUka. -Every, time we folks back of the
iiaeaveat MwwsiMiaour, buy a
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,
PENNYPACKER'S
'MINIATURES"
Fanner Governor Gives Charac
terizations of Prominent Persons
With Whom He Came in Contact
rr..s.M rui.i.it . ioiiioi.rmmii mi. pi
iromrlclil, JJ, luu6Mo IWffr fomroi'l.l
t'lIAPTHIt XV MINIATUnrJS
JO.'KPH O. t'AN.VO.V
IT HAS been my fortune lo meet with
- "Uncle .loo." as It Is the cuMom lo call
him. the niiloeiat ot the House of Repre.
tenlatlven, upon two occasions lu IM5
I was a delegate to (ho Republican na
tional lonvcutioii which met In Chicago
find nominated Roosevelt and 1'alrhanks
for the pieldencv. "Uncle Joe'1 presided
over the convention Their wen fill. ty
thousand people within tho vast building,
vcrv few of tho hptukcrs ruuM nnke them
selves heird and tlicio wa:, more or less
of bustle and dlsoidcr.
I 'i oin (ho platfoim n lone and narrow
boardwalk was extended out Into tho
tnidft of (ho vast assemblage, fioni the far
end of which the tpeeihes weic mule
railing to serum silem o by oidlliaiv ap
peals, 'Uncle ,Io" got down on Ills hands
and knees and poundfd with his gavel on
the.vo hoards. The attitude caused n laugh,
attention naH atti.icted to him and away
from tho buz r.f tonverMtlon ami tho
maneuver mirreedeil, I iiihiIi. a speech
noinlnatliiB Pali hanks. Rlllni Root and
Ohatincoy M Dcpevv had spoken ajid when
"Undo ,loe" Inlrtidiiceil mo ho did It with
it refeienre to "three of n kind." which no
doubt called up fatullhr associations til
tho minds of soino who weic present.
I met him again In the rummer of inm
The Honorable- I P. .Wanger brought him
lo .N'oirlatnwn. where ho hail a irrcptluli
mid inide mi nddiess at tho t'oin t House.
Wo then wont lu automobiles over (he
lamp ground at Valloj Koige. anil (hen to
tho King of Prussia tint As It happened,
.lack O'llrlen. (he noted pugilist, was at (he
lull piep'iilng fur ii i-onilui; bout He was
mi agieejlile fi How hut Itad all unhealthv
look and mv nntlclp.iMou that ho would ho
beaten In the tomliig contest wan veilllcil
hy tho remit
"Undo Joe' and O'lhlen took off their
coats and with laKcd llst.s, fai ed rich
other in fiont of the Inn and In Ihls atll
tudo weio photographed I'roin llieie wo
went to the Mellon Cilcket flub at llav
erfoirl wlicie we lunched vvltlj a 1 1 rife
pirtv of 1 idle and gentlemen ami some
of Us made fpeerhos He spoke seuslhlv
nnd with a reiuln ptrsuaslvenes- A tall,
giiint, gilzzled and homely man. with a.
fund of anecdote from the prahles ami
with nigged bluntnes;. of phrase, im gives
tho Impiession of pubscsslng chaiacler
and icsohitlon. At (his luncheon, In lug
one of those who appicciatn his public
life and services, hail a personal and.
In i seii'c, a i niilldeutliil i h'K with him
He made It plain to me tint he thought
Roosevelt, In his illstm banco of all 'ex
isting Inteickls ami conditions and his
ue of Hie power of tho presidencv to ad
vancc Ills friends and control the succes
sion, had dono much harm.
it Is (he fa(e of every old lion when
his teeth beglr to looren and his legs lo
stiffen (o fall a ptev to the Jackals who
howl and hunt in puks Kvon now, :u this
is wiltlen. Match P. 110. (lie hckals
are gatherlur around "Uncle .loe" with tho
chances that his work is over.
TAKT
Mondav 1 ebrmry 52, 1300, at tho dinner
ot the Alumni of tho University of Penti
sylvanU. I sat thiotigh tho ovetilng along
side ot the llonoiible William II. Tafl. and
made this memorandum tho next muinliig
lie said to me
"You vveie about to sav something to
me this morning when we met at the Acad
emy of Music and weio Interrupted?'1
"Oh, I was only about to express my
surprise at your calling mo by name We
met onlv once befoie and then but for a
few minute" "
"I havo a prettv good nientorv foi faces,
but that Is uot it you have a faco tint
lingers Besides we have met moro than
once Perhaps we weio not Introduced,
but I have teen ou at functions"
"How do xou like )t," I Inquired, "up
to tho prefent' You were thiown nut on
the etump, unking speeches, rubbing up
against all J.lnds of people, many of them
anxious to commit ou upon subjects of
Interest to them. It must haxo been a
great expel fence "
I i.ither enjoxed it I inide foui hun
dred and two speeches Brjan made over
eight bundled, but then, as somo one
said to me, he Is an exception which don't
count and Is alia throat I wioto out at
the beginning of the campaign a letter
ot acceptance In which I cxpiessed my
views on all the Irsues In my speeches I
lonfined ins self to it, and you know while
xou may use different language It Is
xlrtuall.v a repetition of the simo thought
In all of them "
Dr S. Weir Mitchell rat on my right.
Mr. Taft on my left. Presently Mr. Taft
turned to me and abruptly asked:
"What sort of a nlayor, Is Mr. Rev bum
making?'1
Mr Reburn was a few- scats to our
left and In tho course of the evening was
unfortunate in an effort to lecuro an
Interview. I answered:
"Doctor iltcliell only a few minutes ago
said to me that he Is an unlimited Idiot.
I do not agree with Doctor Mitchell In this
conclusion. You know Mitchell Is a little
decided In his views. I think Mr. Rey
burn Is a. good mayor, doing all he can
for the benefit of the city. In Philadelphia
the lines aie diavvn pretty closely. I
mean the social lines. Mr. Rexburn has
not the correct social brand."
''It amused me," said he, "to hear that
Mrs. Reyburn feels that' her husband is
like the Lord Mayor of London and ought,
to take the lead In all functions."
"She not only so feels but sho shows a
disposition to enforce what she thinks to
be a light. There Is much tu the relation
ot all sorts of people which may utfoid
amusement to a mind of philosophical
tendency." Tlieieupon he gave a hearty
laugh. , '
"You must be a very good naturcd fel
low," I ventured, "to have got along so
comfortably with Mr. Roosevelt."
Roosevelt," he replied, "Is Impulsive,
but he has as llttlo pride ot opinion n3 any
man I have ever known. In all matters
In mv department, when the reasons were
sees through a. ptoblem, too, cry quickly.
Ho Is mentally alert."
"What do jouthlnk ot our Suptcine
Court?" ho Inqulicd.
"It is tn good shape," I answered. "Tho
Chief Justice, Mitchell. Is an exceptionally
nlilo lawjer and theio aro other strong
men on llio bcncir'
"Do ou know Hay Brown?" hoasked.
"Vcs, I know him."
"Do xoii know John Klkln?'1
"Yes. and ho la making a good Judee.
better than vou might lnvn supposed. At
J oil know, he was a politician, and had
many ntsoclallons other (ban legal. But
lie Is doing well1'
"I l.netv Judge Joseph P. Bradley.' ot
tho United Siiteti Supiemo Couit." he
said "Ho h.-nl Intended to resign, but ho
died on the bnidi IIo hid his own nutlp
fitlllf'H 1 In ciiiio to me when I was Siollr-Hot-
(leneial atd said- 'If oil have any 10
rpect whatever for my wishes In the tint
trr, oti will tro to It that that man
Pavson. of Pcnnsxlvani'i. Is not appointed
mv sucversor. I never haxo a palu lu my
linger lh.it he dncrt not htiriy down to
Washington to lend up his caul liiqulilng
for my health.1'1 Tlieieupon I laughed
"Paxson." I said, 'wan a man of rlrong
iomiini fcrnso but licking In lone. IIo
gicw ilrh."
"How did hr make It?"
"IIo was c.xiiiilor for I'avld Jajur, and
Ihere.iflei. was (hrlflv and saving."
"I suppose he h,nl gm.il liifoim itlou ar
to liivenmeiit!,," he said with a twinkle
"I it in not one of those." said 1, "who be
lieve thai the Philippines ought lo bo rill
lendernl. Nations its well as lncii haxo tu
meet their (ale. Wo havo them and ought
to take care of them."
"1'h.it is mv opinion.'1 said lie decidedly,
"and I shall do all 1 can to haxo tho
Panama Canal llnisheil while I am Presi
dent The itsolullon of Congress nt tho
outer t of the Sp-inl-h War announcing a
policy ah to cub i in (he exent of success
was a ci cat blunder."
This Is ono of mv own pet xlcws, and I
Flionglv asseiilrd. lidding. "Mi. "McKluley
ought never to hjve tied hlmrelf up with
his pioclainatlon "
"I tro bv the newspapers," mid t, "that
xou nro going to appoint Senator Knoi
Scrtetaij- of Sl-ite. If It be true, I nm
much pleaded. Xmv do not tell mo any
thing" "I am going in appoint film." he leplled
with emphasis "Vou know him vvclP"
"Quite well. I appointed hint (o the
S'elKKo "
"So j on did."
"You in iv be able In do something wltn
those people in tho South Their Interests
aic sum (o ge( awa.v with their prejudices,
and II max- come In our administration,"
I suggested
"I hopo It does." and turning lo Budd
who Is a Demon at he added, "Democracy
Is nothing but a tuemoiv."
He nipirsec me as being sane, xlg
moils and good heaiteil. and I fee asrurcd
that his adinlnlstiallnii will he successful.
InmorroH l,oierprr 1'eiin.rpiol.er lien rlhes
Mirj l.arilen, ( nnnlr. Xlick ,in. I Inrles v.,
UlBliei.
QUAKER-BRED COMEDIANS
Koine New .Stoiics Ilioughl From Aluoad
by the Baby Member
mm
J- Sll
tills old town ha- long been fatnotu as
diall we iav" a hrcedllig-nlace" for
comedlaiie Me Iihvc had much tall, of ,T
W Kelly, the Krrnell brothers. Walter Kellv
HtiEliev Dougherty and ttiein are other'
I'rnnei' Wilson a horn li'ie nnJ Hist
Kicked his prentice leg' upon rotne ob't-iire
local Irfce with what muts- tlietc h no one
now to mv Ills autobiography i i silent upnn
the ruhiPft, announcing lirleflv that ho ' made
his dirt professional appeal. hup In a min
strel loinpanv lie broke Into legitimate
lomeilv at the i liest-nlt Street Theatio In
ls77 and tool; tlic part of t ool In "London
Arsuratiro ' In '75 and " Ills great hit,
the creation of the mle ot Cadeaux hi "la-
inline," came ten jeani liter
To- in my vrars after Wilson became r.i
mous his vvorthv old mother maintained her
llttlo home la ihls ell v. and we tecall having
frequently recti the tomedtan carrjmg
b.irkets of freh eggs and butter to her when
liu work brought him bstk to town
Wilson retlted from the slagr some, tlmo
ago, the Kernel! bovs and J. y lCelly are
dead, llugliev Dougherty still lingers uu tho
verse ot the gtave, but Walter Krlly
flourishes and so does Jack Norvtnith
nrvoltll I- the bahv member of (hit. gioup
of uierrv Quakers Ik's a downtowner and
his rjeek locki, doubtie lonceal many a
iar reeelxfil In stone flghu along tlie
Schujlklll River (rout He was a tough gu
and ran with a tough crowd but he's a cos
mopolite tiuw- and nibbing against the world
ba given him i pollsli Ho came back to
town this week and. gdtheilng a party of
friends around a table, spilled for their
benefit some new Tories brought fioni the
other side
The flifl Zeppelin I ever saw," raid he,
biought m gang tialnlng bdd: to inn un
consciously, becaute I was standing in the
middle of a xart crowd looking up at the
sky at the Zeppelin and without thinking I
took my watch out of mv breast pocket and
put II tn mv trousers pocket. Jurt as If I ex
pected ionic of the thai gang to grab it from
me To get n better xlew of it my wife and
I got up on the top of a bus and lode along
watching It It was iather a chilly night
and as I had no overcoat on my wife said
nt, ,.ii .nil !nn.u o i inr across xour
i best or jou'll catch cold' I (old her 'that
with death hovering over us n, t,s manner
I didn't think a little thing like A co,i otlM
botlier me. She, saidi 'Well, (he Zeppelin
may nilt.s jou, but (he cold won't '
There wero three American coons near
us and they were discussing the question as
to where was the, rafest place to be during a
Zepp raid. One was for the undet ground
lube and another for the pavement close
against a building since the bombs striking
In (lie streel alwavs spread upward The
third had been thinking hard hut saving
nothing Klnall. he mid' -De rafest place
to be In a Zepp raid am up lu de Zepp '
In one of tho tialnlng camps there was a
jourig, a very joung. onlccr. who leallv
looked as If he rhould still be wearing knee
trousers, and his company resented Mils
xouthfulness. Que day when they were
called up for Inspection. Just before being
dismissed one of the toldlers said in a Far.
castle tone of voice 'And a little child shall
lead them.1 Tho officer said, "The man who
said that step forward1 and the entire com?
pany stepped forward, and they all reneated
And a llttlo child shall lead them,1 The ofll
cer simply said, Dismiss,1 That tame night
when the olders for the following day wero
Issued they read. 'There will be a .rt
fixe mile routo march tomorrow-, with full
equipment, and a llttlo child tlmi lead
them and on a damned geod horse, too"1
T. A. D.'
HOW
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Siark Twain used to tell a slimi.rl.iV regarding-
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HOME DEFENSE
HAS ADVOCATES
Ofiicers and Organizers of Phila
delphia Reserve Answer Criti
cisms Its Value and Purpose
" o thr Editor of thr i;t nil 1117 PubUn hrihirt
Sir On the Ih. st pige of u iccrnt Issue of
vour paper an article appeared giving gicat
piomlueiice to the alleged lnaitlilty of the
Home tiofeuse rtescive which icenis (o re
quire comment
I judge that the w liter Is uot a member of
the organization, and regret that the patriotic
auotlxn width has Inrplred .1 latge number of
men fur a period ot mote than flv to right
months men who, by reason of age or f.inillj
consideration", hive been unable to offer
their services as enllrlefl men to our coun
try lo f.ilthfullv dilll night .iflrr uighl prc
pirlng thcmrelve- against an einergencv so
1l1.1t. If it should ansc, thev might :n-quit
lltemselveii as men, should he ildlctileil and
llio organization lts,elt thai icterized as
"firoid .'(reel pai.ulei
Have jou tonsldercd the fact that sine
the organization of the Kereive faithful men
have given their time and eneigv lu holding
it together. In helping to dtill and discipline
not only Ihem-elves but nbo draft men. and
that th organisation todav while not et
tradv for tervltP. is advancing rapidly to
the point where, if needed. It tan be of real
value In case of an emcigemy. ami ihls In
spite of the fact that until lecently our
cltv tathet.-. havo offered practictllv no cu
Louugenient, and In rplte of the fact that
llieie are not even :;et enough lilies to upplv
the 11111 other equipment even now being ei.
tirolv lacking? A our comment on uniform
is unfair If worl.tngni"U give and are
willing to give gratis their time und energv--ajl
thev hate whv should not thev bo unl
fouued'' And. Indeed, let the criticism le-t
011 Councils for not having supplied tho ueu
sary equipment long before this.
1 grant jou that we have not hern 1 allrd
Into action We havo a Pollco Department
In llio city ot Philadelphia which is intended
to tako care of ordinary police duty. Wo
are preparing for an emergency and we hope
that, if it rhould arifc, by next fall or befoie
we shall be leady to meet It
I hopo that ou will give this letter half as J
mucli ptiDucnj as me article to whlcii it has
referred. ALI'RCD T. KTEIN.MGTZ.
Lieutenant. Iwentv. ninth Compati.v I( D R.
Philadelphia, Match 7.
NEED A PRESS AGENT
fo the Editor of the Uvrmng Public Ltdrjci:
Sir 1 noteliiaieccnt Issue of die Lvenimi
Pueuc LEDfiEn (he work of the Philadel
phia Home Defense Reserve) seems to haxe
been criticized and for the information of
(bore, nt least In that poitlon of Philadel
phia south of Suuth stitct mid from river
to river I would ask the question: Are they
Included In the dtaft ugo or bejond? If
the former they should have enlisted long
ago. If the latter they should be members of
the Home Defense Reserve and he belter
Informed It does not take any political pull
to become a member, .lust look up the
lieutenant of police in jour particular dis
trict and he will see to It that jou aro
enrolled
Is the Homo Defense Resciva defunct
No. 1C the livest military organization In
rh,lladelphU outside of the regular article
at the present time. The only trouble we
have had to" contend with Is that we have
no press agent and therefore suffer in con
sequence. Yes. It Is true that xve have quite a num
ber of officers with high-sounding titles, such
as colonels, lieutenant colonels; adjutant,
quartermaster, Inspector, etc, and the writer
would add that in addition to the aforesaid
there are majors, captains, first and second
lieutenants; men who aro giving their lime
to this work without any hope offpaj-, who
aa jet do not wear the gaudy uniform rc
fcired to. drilling men who ns jet haxe not
had the honor to dou that uniform and who
aie not equipped with rifles. In this particu
lar case we have been drilling In a pilvato
ariyory that has had 110 coal In its bins for
11101 e than a month, but the drills aro held
Just the same.
ico. 1110 education 01 tne men is very
slow, It Is Impossible to make soldiers over
night In fact It takes three or four months
to make 'em at Camp Meade, where they get
It for breakfast, dinner and supper' and some
even go to 'night school. Here we have the
,men once a weeir and we are even, getting
191g
ZZ-ZZ-Z-Z-Z !
nlng and tako a look The building was
iirlcinallv Intended for (raining of men by
Its donor and ho would be pioud today could
lie sen tlu work going on
Colonel William R Mills has had his hands
full In lite organization of this regiment and,
let tne state light here, even If lie does bold
n Job at City Hall no more efficient man
can be found in Philadelphia today.
London has lis home defenfo reserves
nnd when llio need actually piesented itself
the men gave .1 good account of themselves
Philadelphia's men bejond tho diaft nge
will do as well Don t knock, boost We
mean business JOSUPIl L TiAH.RY.
Aclhic major, 1st division, P II D It
Philadelphia, Manli 7.
VALUL' OK SARCASM
To thr i;,!ilornf thr I.vnlno Public l.cdyei
Sir I am -o astonhhed 011 reailing "Over
paid Trackers' letter In tonight's paper. If
file feels- ft tmcoiufoi table about receiving fo
munificent a ralary foi so feeble nn effort
whv not (urn It bad. to the boaid? I .in!
sine thoso iibio gentlemen toijld make use
of It K01 In answer to everx request, thev
liivuilrfhlt sing .1 mug of sliurluess of fund'
r peilinp. 'Overpaid T-achcr" is merely
saicistlc and I after minding my 3(3 xoutig.
sters don! gasp. I don't haxe (hem all in
one 1l.1v am too dull nnd stupid to iee
thiough 11 nealh t hope the latter is the
care; there 1- mote hope fer a sarcastic
person than for one devoid of her sound
mind Win the hope of (he schools of (o.
mrriow her in dlsFatffled teacher.-, for the
satUlkd one cpiickly stagnates. And If
Ovetpai.l leather" Is content to remain tho
Inferior of men In tegard to salary ani will
rest on hi oau thinking the city is doing
enough and too much for her. rfie'd better
curl up in her little corner and accutcm her
self in louellnesr for not manv of us will
keep her company or share her xlews
A HARD WOltKr.lt
Phllidelplui. March 7. u"''
WHV AUTO INDUSTRY WENT WEST
t believe that the determining factor In
sending (ho automobile lnduslrv West was
(he purely psychological one of" lack of liii".
agination 011 the part of the eastern contin
gent "in the other hand (lie western designers
and lnauufactuini. weio hampered by no
such restricted outlook The; had no such
cloud of tradition to come between then, and
the. vision Thev beheld some faint outline
of what the mot8r vehicle was to become and
promptly set about transforming the xMon
inlo realityAlexander Johnston m Mo"
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What is n mon.ue? '
i. Vthere Is Hie Xlunimodi (aie?
3, Vtho l Colonel Keplntlon'
t. Vthot Is scrapple?
,1, Mli'it Is pedseoej?
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7. IVhfi Is the l nlled states' mllllarr renn..n..
(lie on (he Iiter-Allleil "r VoInilT '
f, Him were the Inrak?
0, Where Is Moscow?
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Answers to Yeslcrdaj's QuU
1. The Rt. Hon, Hnd Jlot Itev. I'n.m. r
1 niiK t Art fiblslion of "v iKi??",
Umland ill the Aufllran Church. " "'
S. Sashnllen Is an liland east of Aslail n. .
one-half ot which Is owned by JaMn U"1'1
3. Ostend Manifesto! a paper aimed hv ..
in irai iissini iimi ma United Mate. i.T
over Cuba by armed Intenintlon ind !ni
Spanish iruellles and mlsioifrnmi11 ""1
I. William I. Cerman emperor, acled n. ii.i,.
William I,
In tho
111 tne controversy over the, lioMi,. r
ax II... t!.,lt. - l It.
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nj won'
one killed nnU Ino serlauslt i.-..'.' '' "'"y
Anno Hathaway was (lie wife of MiakesiH.'.
Anticlimax 1. a llsurocf ...(, In ,; "
Imrt.nc.V.lisi.ljJ of" rldVeu,. VjdV
rullns character. Ktamplei 'Dla ami .1'
dow a collets or a tat asilum." " ,n'
S. Tby Arbiter ElesanUammi an epithet aonll.a
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The Boy's Fears
This xxorld's a rotten place, I know;
There's nothin' decent in it.
An1 if I'd somevvheres else lo go
Td leave it in a minute.
The blamed old place seemed pretty j
xvronjr 1
When I got up this mornin',
But now more trouble's come along
Without a minute's xvarnin',
For when I diesscd an' hurried down
As quick ns I x-as able,
Pa diopped his paper with a frown
Upon the breakfas' table.
An' then he talked of "honest toil"
An' "Kougin' folks" an' "lyin,"
But most be mentioned "standard ol1
An' "business purifyin'."
Thisiotten world is bad enough
Without all them things in it.
Such talk jist gets me feelin1 tough
When pa an1 ma begin it.
It puts my slummick on the blink S
An' makes my heart ' cat faster,
Hccause 1 know all parents think
The standard oil is castor.
TORI DALY.
RECIPROCITY IN SLANG
l
Fair Exchange in Phrases With a Punca
Prevails Between England and
the United States
1LO D
J the 1
JKuMli; la said lo have shockeil
British public In his famous Tsrlsi
tpeeclt by the use of "jea'" instead of the j
more lobor "jes '' A comic paper, with an w
to our co-opeiatlon In the war, stated tint
perhaps he meant to say "yep."
It teems to be a matter of lemark on tl
other side that our slang has been Inter
penetrating the king's Kngllsli, says the E,,'i4j
iiing Post Kngllsli Ltatesmcn have been re-i
ported as pounding the diplomatic table psndj
Hating that "we will put it across, ff
ci.i3 are reported to have concluded an order;
of the day with the words, "Soldiers of Znf
land, it's un lo jou!" When Asqullh fell.
staid old member of Parliament is said to
have remarked. "I knew- he would get In,
had "Some," lu the superlative sense, hi
ilseu lo (he dlgnlly of discussion In the staid
old Manchester Guardian.
How havo we reciprocated for this British
courterv? X'e have adonted buch exuree-
Bions as "doing our bit." "slacker." "over thai
top" and certain other war expressions. But,
ordinary English slang has passed over our
heads. "Side," "doing come one In the eye, ,
fancy," "Josser" and the others hSve not yet
reached u.-. Courtesy might no nt to our cui
tlvatlon of them But good sense,' let us
hope, will keep us to our pvvn ldlopiocracy ell
Itark Twain's soil. " 5
DEVELOPING MESOPOTAMIA
Wntrhlnr the iiresenl cnntllct from thh
other Elde of the clnhe Count Cjkuma, Ofl?
Japan, is said lo have declared it to.Jijej'l
tlie end of Uuropean clx'ilUailon. The atatlJ-1
man seems to haxe Implied, that sooni"f
would he. aa effete as that of ancient Babyl
Ion In consonance with this Judgment lhr,f;
comes the news from the lands of the A
ancient Babylonian kingdom that 1 alreawjv
steps have been taken which will render the
once fertile soil of the Tigris and EuphrateM
Ihe abiding place of a newer and b'ttetij
civilization. British engineers have com-)?
pleted the work ot throwing a barrage acroutj
the delta of the Tigris. Thus a relatively M
Urge area has been made fertile, and ailji
the necessary cereals, poultry and dslry '";
tides sufficient for supplying the entire vtwt
fsh army are now produced on the spot- . f.
In this almost Incredible message Wnjf
Mesopotamia ono Is Irresistibly 'reminded w r
the statement of Herodotus that the fert"'1'
of the river was such that It was called tnj
to furnish one-third of the total supplies nee-IJ
essary for tho maintenance of the household",
and the aimlea of the great king. ChrlU.anj
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