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swing inio me nostrils 01 tnotc who gci
JjS. poor who llu- 111 tho nirrow Hide
IJttrtets, darrles disc me and death with It
sVipita Is so thoroughly demonstrated and
M5km that It ought to be unnece-saij to
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CiBut U Is not uiineces'nrj hoo wIloe
Bess it Is to compel the contractors to
keep the streets clean eem to bo -aI-
Jouiily Indifferent. The fact that one baby
B Jbut of every seien dies needlessly doe- not
E wrine the muscle which fills the spice that
Kfteug:ht to be occupied by a hum in hcirt.
1 Maey are wining to lei me iiainea me
i . Thfi main thnrnuchfnris nr llkelv to bo
trcreaned In the near future so that there
h, Will be nn outward show of decenc Hut
jvb peril of disease does not lurk In Mar-
k? :.V aiivcb u uiu.iu BiiLri. in ujriuui. ui
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Vhero more humble folk lle Those
rrow streets have been negleittd nil
R(iVptlff. Trt.. nn Itiilim, iTnnn I.. flt,li . i
Mf nmivit .tlbj u J lilt II' d UV' .11 lllhll .11,
nd will remain so until omc one gets
,!r ready to tlean them The should bo
Ii v cleaned, however, among the first, for tho
,' tuscaso that starts there spieads to tho
L ft of the city. Ken if some c nics do
V,ft'xot admit that tho poor are still pcoplo and
jvivu iu u bitui iiuiuiiimi i.ui.aiiti.1 ailull
IfJ-Mjthe rest of us, Intelligent helf-lnterest
reYClt t'j force us to protect thim that wo
rrgmuy ir.ereoy protect oursencs. uut l"e
eof'aiL Deonlc nml must hn trp.ilnl mHIi
&L;,, ftHK the respect and care due to their till-
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TROUBLE ULIIIND
i '
K.vAl7ERB Senator Vare wler in the sort of
piV leadership to which he so steadfastly
3. Inclusively at this moment to the obstncles
VlMUMu1lafAlv nhaiil lf K-.lnl.. nn. ....
jyJonaI profitable glance rearward of
tejpharlot, under tho wheels rnd at tho
& atrlcken faces of iome of his passenger'.
fi,-iVwr Iho ral peril to tho South I'lilladcl
fphla machine has developed suddenly as
fe ltt"lnward manifestation of pain and un
Mf rest. If the Senator docs not continue to
Mgi wnulnto the errors of his critics by staring
&&&! '" "i ineru sun ites no may leanze
R"rtwhat'8 up or down before disaster of
6na xort or nnnlhpr rl. iIiiim him fnr IIm nun
fT y, ' '"
tWSi'S'Very astute mandarin mul rajah of
. 'ljgepd looked first to tho Interior of his
ljrt own nousenoiu. xncrcuy no survived in
J y. viiiAiiitrs, 111 ufi) .tiiKiu ifi inu
tip? jV.M mnrhltin fhprn tun tiipn u.lino fnlnri.
Kg' well-being depends solely upon tho skill
f.a,nd wisdom with whIUi tho vthiile of
Vpl fthelr fortunes Is drlv en. Tho giddy arecn-
';;( injr or tnai c narioi or iiodo witnin me lasi
iivir luftn, llu uinuaiii in umur 11,11111:, il
T-.MMnns. dltebes nml omrim In the. hIvV. him
KiV&..n .iii-H aa ti i-kn tntrn tlinfi .-inn r v.
'ir;- v -- "- "
jjerlenced -lUer a new and overwhelming
regard for the solid, if unprogtesslve, earth.
s2ttMlt of tho rumors that eddy up fiom
'beyond 'South street aro true, tho recent
;''Hay of aberration In high places bus
'ilR a cood many leadera not only grlcv ed,
'it! has left 'them with wild concern for
iMfr bones. Moro than .1 few even now
SlMiVe the aspect of men fccrlously tonsld-
"rri'g'a leap for life. A movement of this
lias only to 00 begun, it unisnes itscir
ut arfV outside assistance.
f vV
&aA POETitY IN TUE SKIES
aWn
TpHJrWvDELI'HIANS who witnessed tho
. viiUrora borealls learned nnevv that "a
JV'thJflf v pf beauty Is a Joy forever" Tho
w sntinrlnr and EDlritualizlnir InfltipnppH nf n
Kv araat war fnr n nrtnt idpnl efIia friuh mwl
l w T ....
irjTjiyinK renaissance to eternal trutlis,
nrjorpotten uy a successrm people In a
MrIallstlo age. New uttltudes of appro-
.flktlon to what Is shcerly and Intangibly
tMCWtlful, new Impulses to poetry aro ours
. jkrt of the rebirth of tho spirit 111 tho
fcr trftfflt ,0f conflict. Ullmpso of tho fleet-
(eaxe iignt tnat never was on lunu
k" created reactions this week that
save been impossible half a decado
pita our growth In- tho exterior
ad enjoyments of culttiro Uut now
cenca In tho evening heavens can
r 'ftVinif frtl t t Vlf t lift 11a trr Annrt n k
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iU not altogether physical. It can
blliig to the extent of tho nobility
I Jwrpose and the Justice of Its cause.
armed is lie wno hath his quarrel
iie la armed In strength, In mind
lioul. Th(s war Is making Amerl-
tnany things clearly. It enables
1 see poetry In the skies and vision
kelr blue. ,
IJELP F'OR FARMERS
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tensive ana eiaoorato plana
n, mada by tho Pennsylvania
ief Public Safety for the jno-
Md adequate distribution of
la' the State during tho spring
'. Tha, farms cannot compete,
'XThelr' hired men have
uy return, in mv..
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untary co-operation with farmer, since
the schema of tho safety committee Is to
enlist all tdlo labor and to nlply tho
energy usually dissipated at colt and
ttnnls In tho equally healthful and far
more Important work of food production.
A census extraordinarily complete of all
farms and all available sources of energy
Is being completed. Announcement of this
nort should ho mado now, In detail. This
should aid the farmer In formulating his
own campaign, In his own sstem of pre
pareilness, The statement at tho Depart
ment of Agrlcultiiio esterday that little
or no tiprlug wheat Is) to ho put In tho
ground boc.msu of tho luck of Inbor Is
enough to lmlltitu the uncertainty with
which r.irmt'is must rig ml the upprniich
of thcl. woiMng xcipon.
CLEARING THE WAY l'OU
H0USECLEAN1NG
TT IS announced that Senatoi Spioiil Is
likely in n few days to indorse the pro
luliition nmcnilmcnt to the national Con
stitution and to iirRe its adoption. J.
Denny O'Neil lias already taken his stand
on the nmendment. llu says he is
heartily in favor of it. The fitrwemK,
practical politicians are admitting that a
candidate for ofllcc who opposes the
adoption of the nmendment has about as
much chance of election us the Gt.ind
Mama of Thibet has of bocommjr the
Auhbishop of Canteihury.
Under the circumstance', it is likely
that the Dcmoctutic apiianH for the
governorship will fall in lino with O'Neil,
and that somo if not ull candidates for
tho General Assembly in eveiy district
will promise to vote for the latification
of the amendment as the price of sup
port by the ihuich people.
Theie is no arcuinK with the ihurch
people on the question. A moial issue
has been laiscil and they would repaid
themselves as false to all then ovvs if
they failed to assert themselves and to
use all their political influence to cany
that issue through to .1 successful con
clusion. Leaving the ments and demerits of
national constitutional prohibition aside,
it will be fortunate for the Common
wealth if all candidates for office in all
parties shall indorse the amendment
Tho effect of thrusting such an issue into
politics w.t3 discussed by Woodiovv Wil
son when he was Oovernoi of New Jer
sey, lie wrote then to the late Ilev.
Thomas 11. Shannon, of Newark, asso
ciated with the New Jersey Anti-Saloon
League, that he favored local option, lie
continued:
Uut tho questions Involved are mhIiI
and inorsl and not susceptibly of being '
mido inrts of 11 p irt program Whenever
thev have b-en made tin Kiilijut matter
of part tonltsts tli Ilvvo i ut tho linos
of party iiLtlnn athwart to the utter ion.
fusion of politic. it 111 Mint In evorv other
fUId 1ho have thrown -verv other ques
tion, however Important, Into the li.nU
giound anil Invo mido imistiuitlvo parly
action lmpo'slhlo for long tr1 togcthoi.
f far as I am enmerned, therefore. I c in
never con-sent to have tho qniMlon of loial
option inado .111 iiue between political
parties iu this State M Juilguicnt Is
vi ry clear In the nntter T do not bellcvo
that pirty progiams of tho highest ion
M quern o to tlie politk-il lifo of tile St ito
and of tho 11 itlon ought to bo thrut on
one hide and huplil) rnib.in.Li( il for
long iierloils together by in iMng a pnlltl
cal. Issue of a great question whkh is
essentially noniiolitlial, tioiip.utls.in, moral
and social in Its 11 iture
If piohibitton becomes a partisan issue
in the coming campaign all of tho great
State issues will lie lost sight of and for
gotten in the fight. With ull due icipcct
to the temperance people, those issues
are as important us prohibition itself, for
they go to the bottom of honest and effi
cient public udmimstintion. Abuses
have grown up in Ilarnsburg which aic
becoming intolerable. Tho Stale Gov
ernment is being used as the annex of a
political machine and the State em
ployes even the Capitol elevator men
are being ordered to work for tho nomi
nation of a certain candidate on penalty
of dismissal. The fact that tho candi
date has tepudiated the order does not
change the situation. The order has been
given ilud the State employes are obey
ing it. This is only one of the many
specifications in tho indictment against
political methods in vogue.
It is of tho first importance that noth
ing be allowed to happen to muko it
impossible for the voters to go on record
on theso matters free from the compli
cations of n moral question.
Tho city's Homo Defense should need
A thrift stamp In tlmo may save nlna
rounds of ammunition liter.
Majlio tho dachshund will repku p the
Romanoff bear on tho new P,uslan coat of
arni3
'I here Is to bo no Increase In tlin prion
of Ice. Hut vi by should there be- Itn't It
high enough already?
The Germsns hsvo been routed from the
old Jerusalem and they aie not trjlng to
qualify for the New.
Those who hopo for that German revo
lutlon do not Beem to realize that revolutions
uro on tho "verboten" list there.
A Dolsbevik statesman sajs It took th'
French Revolution flvo esrs to develop.
True, but they didn't stop fighting.
Thn New York hotel manager who re
fused lo satisfy n thirst In uniform Is not
so hard-hearted toward a uniform thirst.
City firemen jlad with Increase In ray.
lindane.
Did any ono expect them to bo ills-
pleased?
Most persons will have more faith In
Trotsky's ability to save Russia when he
demonstrates that he Is atilo to save his
own skin.
The Austrian who was found with dis
ease germs In his possession In New York
Is likely to bo regarded as guilty Yf plan
ning f rightfulness until he Is proved inno
cent. Record and Colgate are already In the
senatorial race In New Jersey, and Tdge Is
likely to come Into the open when he has
finished laying his pipes. ,So the present In
dications point to a three-for-all race.
1 '
The more one thinks about what Japan
did to Russia In 1905 the more hope he ac
quires for what she can do for RusaU In 1911.
Th Japs have a way of keeping up with the
latest military methods and then some.
,,...1, One, reason for. the IIoover-MtSAdoo dls-
. . .
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr
GOV. PENNYPAPKER
AND MARY GARDEN
Former Executive Gives Charac
ter Sketches of Opera Star, Con
nie Mack and Chas. E. Hughes
lKrKR AiiTnutotmu'iiv n. t
ft'opirlBil, ISIt, In VuhUc Lnlltr Comjuml ;
MA11Y OAltDKN
ON' .Saturday evening, Match 12 1910,
Mis J'i litis packer and mjself, us the
guests of Mr Shdlj, occupied a proscenium
box at llammcrstcln's Opera House, at llroad
and l'oplar streets, In PI ill idolphia, nnd
heard Mary (Jarden In tie opeia "Louise"
.She Is an aitlst both In ti.e lire of her voice
and In tho hlsti Ionic put of tho perform
ance, showing power as well as skill. Vo
were then taken beln.-.d the scenes and
lntioduird to hei. A l.i go woman, wi'11
i- cat vital force, she Is thorc uglily fern'
11 tif and has those o'lslul '1 aiaeteilstl s
whl h p.o' so attri"'vu to men In tht
l.'itt Interview she lir,w lnt ments:
akitni'ss wide h enablid her to do and siy
what tho situation set mod tn icqulie rho
greeted mo with:
'(ovriiioi. I am pleased to fee ou This
is a most distinguished honor," and she
extended lur hind and liugbed ilieerlly.
"Wi Invo been following jour fortunes
thioiigh tin- evening Willi the gieitest In
most " 1 Inti rjeeted
"I hope 5011 have not been shucked'" sho
Inquired
Their was no possibility of our being
shocked, wo wero only absorbed"
Sho hid ben niianglng for Iho next
sniio and had plued III her bosom six
or tight ml loses. She diew mr attention
to them
"Don't j mi think, Coventor, tint t have
too limns of these for proper effect?"
I could not accept the IntlmUlou with
out the posslblllts of mistake, nnd, tncie
fine, without Indolimv.
'I think. Mis O.irddi, tint as ou are,
volt -no pel feet "
Sim plucked one of the roes from tho
bum li and "n !1:
'Tlii IP take It It Is nt lindal. but then
It will Isst the longei."
I hh.ill -ee to it. since vou have been
bo generous, that It Huts a long time"
As 11 rover she give .inpthcr to .Mr.
She llv Then she turned suddenb, clutched
It away fiom him and Mid.
.Vo, jou shan't have it, 1 will give It
to Mrs Pcnnj picker"
Then she was called to the stage
CONNIll-MACK"
Aftu Governor Teller had an opted tho
presidency of the League of J5.iseb.ill Clubs,
the Pen and Pencil Club gave him a din
nei At this dinner 1 met ' Connlo Mack."
the mill who has been heaul of everjwhero
because undt r his 111 inngeiucnt tho Ath
letic Club won the championships through
a eerie i of vtars Ills re il n.imu Is Cor
nelius Mt tillllcuddv. lie nude .1 speech
about what he hid done and hoped to do
which was apt and pleasing He Is a d irk
evtd and fleshkss linn, about five feet ten
Inches In height, and through tho drawn
lines of his lather haid face a smile of
good nituio continually m ikes Its way.
ciiaiu.ks 1: iirtiui:s
Tho I'nlvcislty of Pcnnsjlvanla
for
2.M
tho
many
vears has itlcbi.ited tho
ot l'ebiuirv, holding exercises in
American Academy nf Music, wlieio somo
min nf wide icpuutlon makes 1111 address
to the assembled classes and Invited public.
Thesu domemsti.itloiis aio leginled as of
moie than oidinirj iinpoitineo and scats
aro much lit demand and icqucsts for them
often end In disappointment. Of the Picsl
dents, McKlnlej, Roosevelt and Taft have
rikido aildiesses upon theso occasions.
I pon that ilste. In 1010, Charles K.
Hughes, then Oovernoi- of New York, de
livered the oration and lecelvod the degree
of doctor nf laws I was lutioduied lo
him In tho fovir ot tho Acidimj, whero
tho tiustees assembled and from which
they iii.n rhed In procession to tho stage.
"llverjbody knows eJovcrnur Penny
picker," vwih his lesponse
With heavy black whlskeis ,u otitic! his
face, with 11101 o hair theio than on his
head, with vr muih tho iiiamiei of a
grocer selling sugsr over a counter, he
give tho linpiesslon of ono whose cultiva
tion lnd verj recentlj begun. The color of
the skin, the timhro of the olco nnd the
phjslcal onmposuic, showing 1111 dlstuib-
unco ot nerve, all Indicated good health
and satlsfactoiy nutrition. Ills address
was delivered with sonoious tones that
could bo eisllj- heard over the houc, nnd
ho pleased his audience, who gavo 1 m
hearty nppl iuse. In matter It was torn
ninnplaco Iu tho cxtieme, giving no evl
denco either nf le lining, ncutcness of
thought or grasp of his subject. In tho
main It was an effoit lo convlicohls heir
cis that men in public and private lifo
ought to bo virtuous In order to reap a
duo rcwuid of happiness, accompanied with
tho suggestion that there uro ofTlciuls, not
himself, who fall to pursue this course
and deserve retribution.
At tho dinner given in tho evening by
tho alumni, I was tho toastmaster, and I
inquired of James M. Heck, tho bland
oiator and successful lavvjer, who sat at
my side, whether It would be safo to poke
a little fun at Hughes or whether 'he
was so stiff and narrow as to Jail to un
derstand It. "You will bo entirely safe,"
said Reck, who further gavo mo his Judg
ment that the Governor was really a very
worthy man with high motives. 1 intro
duced him as a man who had inado a
reputation over tho country by tijlng to
do In New York what we had accomplished
In Pennsylvania, nnd ijomo other chaff of
Jlko character, nnd ho boio It with great
equanimity, nnd made a good speech.
In the course of this speech ho said he
"had Improved by degrees," referring to
his recent doctorate. I Introduced to him
a number of persons, among them a
preacher who took that Inopportune time
to urge upon him ,a new edition of the
testament, and he still behaved with good
nature and self-restraint.
Monday fieifernor Ppnnipiit-krr ilrea an In '
tlmate. dialled rharaitrr outline it X."" '"
Hoo.eitlt. ''-
OIK rKAlt,K,UiMF.RS
Mr, tlltlmat Conumr doa set back In a
mild way onee In a. while. In naialnr throuah
XI . Alhany nubl a market tha aldar n?rnin.ut"
-.- "a TK.t. i hm..l. .. l.'-1 " "
- rHILADLiJbliA, SATUKJJAi, iuaawh v,
How It Seems to
The Man in the Pulpit
WHITI3 teeth were worth favorable com
ment even In a dead dog, according to
needier. Happy Is the mm who can sen the
"white teeth" In every adverse, and painful
situation of life. Critics big and little aro
having their day with our Government and Its
lomlucl of the war, but ato there no "white
teeth"? Mistakes' No doubt, but these were
Inevitable Iu so greit a tank. History,
however, will forgtt the mistakes nnd note
onl tho "white ttctb The mission of the
critic Is to help us to dlxcuvcr good things,
not to Ignore them The nre the words
of tlie greatest of all critics of human life
Nelthtr do 1 condemn tint, go and sin no
inoii "
IOoKI.Nf! mound a icirnrr has come to be
J a d.til) practice, though we are told that
a ray of Unlit Is perfectly straight. The
pirlscopo does It It looks around two
corners mote If necessary, but tho point
U It lejlly sees what Is out of sight. This
Is lis value to sen things that iiin't be
sun What .1 handy thing It would bo If
we 1 mild Introduce this Into our business
life' Tlie other fellow- would use It on u,
but veu m It would straighten out the
I1I1M111 lives of men gonrrall) if they thought
some, periscope was looking around tho cor
ners of llu lr ih.ihtetcrs It Is not the out
line! out im.inne-ss of men so much, but whit
thev do iiruiintl iho tornir, tint makes the
world hud the sn ret sins Well, after all
' 'Uioil, oil, seest mi
SI'IIAKINC of sec Inr teinlnds ono that
blindness Is a lcriilili i.ilumlty. Now
and then It Is m.cstcicil hut Helen Kellers
aie few oinpai.il with the multitude groping
in clirl,nes lllmclno's Is ono of the en
nuilng tragedies of this frightful war. ,The
consolation Is tli.it sightless eyes can iniikn
phvuli il dirkniss onlv It Is a sightless
bouI tint makes spliiluil dirkness 'Moses
endured as seeing Him wh. Is Invisible'
anei the. min blinded In the trendies cm
have the same sight and endure by the same
power
"WI:
HO sinned, tills man or bis psrenK
Hint he should he hoin Wind? ' was the
querj of curious disciples "Neither." said
Jesus And there bj shattered thalr time,
honored theorj tint all physical calamity
was tlie punishment for pome sin Nn doubt
s.n brings Its harvest of di ilh to the physical
life Hut this is not tlie explanation of
physical Ills nor tlie meaning of the "wages
of sin," anv more thin tlm condition of a
mans liver Is the tine tiling ot his plots
though they semi sometimes to bp pretty
closely allied II w is a bigger thing that
the 'worss of f Soil should be msnlfest In
him ' as Jesus said than Hint bo should lm
both with two good eves Cood eyes do
not preclude the works of find' In 11 mm.
but the point Is the gresteft thing In a man s
life is not eyes, ears, hands, feel, but that
Cods 'works' shall he manifest In the
m in hlinsell
""""" ' 1
e"lTTIIi: Hob rnmes home," wis whit
W c slight my ecr as 1 passed two men
esrnestlj talking There was .1 tone of
mingled pi tele nnd anxiety In tho speakers
voice The phrase spring to life hi my
thought I saw lloh" In tlie ttenches, going
over til" lop then hospital, milined for life
or possibly hut 1 could not think this-, no
Hob' would "come home' promoted for
braverv, decorated for bis eouiage "Sou
know how the picture Hashed bj as I heard
a man oh c, he was a father say
When liob conies homo ' but why did
Roh go away" Patriotism'' Duty Well,
yes, hut of course Hob has a mother and
probably a sister nnd he Just had to go
on a kind of a crusade for purity and
womanhood Ho would not have been a real
son of such a mother If lie lnd not gone for
htiminltj s sake, for love's rake Rut what
if after all Hob docs not come home.' The
thing I would lil.n to do in that case Is to
find tho Httlo wooden cross somewhere In
Prance nnd write upon It, '(ire-iter love lntli
no man tlnn this, that he lay down his lifo
for his friends
OVHIt the desk In a business mans ofUce
hung this motto ' I neither lend nor
glvo nvvnv nnv money," The minister cime
In, walked over to tho desk and turnid Its
face lo the wall "Dominie," ,ild tlie busi
ness man, 'you are tho only man who ever
had tho nerve tn do that sort of thing and
got away with It " It Is certainly to be hoped
tint tho "Dominic got a liberal rnntrlbu
tlon but the thing tint strikes tho me re
observer U not tho "nerve" of the minister
nor the possible contribution, but tho solf
advertlsed littleness of this man's soul That
would appear to he tho "nerve" net rather
than the other One of tlie most striking
things In hunt in nature is Its own self-deception
Doubtless this man of large means
w anted to be well thought of by his business
and, social 1 ompanions, wanted to be counted
a 'hale fellow well met ' Vet hero nbovo
bis desk ho was advertising bis leal slzo
tn nil tho world Just read tint motto
rarefullv, "I nelthei lend nor glvo awav
unv tnonev " W'bit would vou say was the
central thing In that life? Wisdom or wealth
Cod or iniimmein'' What tho high motive of
conduct" f-elllshness or liberality, pride or
patriotism? What the master passion? To
servo or he served to live a lifo nf grati
tude to Cod and helpfulness to men or to
paupc rlzo life by shutting up his soul against
both. And while jou meditate hem Is a
fine stand ird for final decision, "No man can
eerve two misters jo nnnot serve Cod and
mammon "
T IIAVi: the best pew In the church " It
X. sounded like bhsmeless boasting, nn
aristocratic conceit, but when ho ndded "It
Is tho one nearest the door ' It appeared that
mv Judgment was wrong R might be the
best to nap Iu during service, hut ho did not
look like a niHii willing to sleep bis way
Into heaven It might be the best If ho
wanted to slip In late Juct after tho collec
tion, but no one would say that he would
tV to bent bis way like tint It would, of
course, bo the best If ho wanted to rush
out ahead of every one and then complain
tliat the church was cold and licking In mr.
dlalltv, but bo was about the first one In and
tho last one out, so there must bo some other
reason. Why" Suppose we ask him. I.Ike
a flash ho said, "t can welcome the folks
when they come In and say a good word
when they go out." It wns nil very plnln.
here was a man who had the "come In"
and 'go out" religion It Is a great thing
to llvo a "come-ln-sou-nre-welcome" life A
great thing to send folks out of your pre.
enee hopeful, heartened nnd happy it would
Jog the dry bones of religion somo If vve
could get every Christian to take a turn nt
this 'best pew In the church" However, wo
hope our friend will stlcll to his pew Koine,
day a voice that he will kn.ow full well will
saj-, "I was a stranger and yo took mo In "
TH13 MAN IN THR PUU'IT
ATI0VI, POINT OF IMV
Tho nuaalan aoldlera In Krane. want lo pon.
llnue nihtina- for demoerary. Orflcera want to
inter the llnltfl State, aervleo. but find the law
will not pernilt Fven the taklna- over of tha
?ntir. Kua.landlvl.lon for wcrk behind thePne.
aa s part of lite l-nlted IHatea army la rendered
IntPoailWo bj ihy pre.ent law. llut It Vou"d "ot
l.k. half SV to eni Jllah It Dy .perl.Tin." t.
Id fliht, under Old.aicry. Why notl-St. VHi
Star.
Th admonition not to buy e-oal In advanea la
w, 1 remembered The promla; that tha prlcj
Nothing- rould J, mora itutruetlre than tho
tnterier.nco of polltle an. with th. actual con.
duct of war In tha field It la to U hoped that
fbla fact will la born. In mind In VVaahlniton eVnci
that America'. ..petitionary force n Franca
wffl bi aupplled and left to the direction of hi
ieneral la command. LoulavW. Cqurl.r-Journal!
Thnuah thla la a wealthy country, few ham
Ineomea o lar aa to make It ellrtkult to com.
pute them If vou "T, ," -of "" many who
rente under the operation of the law, ebtaln
our lnrorne tai blank at one;., till it out promD,m
and ray up.nultalo Kienlnc Timet, ,'v,"'",'
m 'tr ilrTirrr n
M ' . I t X
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CONGRESS AFTER FACTS, NOT "FAKING"
"Hate" Stories and Secret Service Yarns Begin to
Pall Washington Thronged With Publicity
Agents Their Value Questioned
Srrcint t'orrnroiwlcnrc rirtifiiff I'ubllc I rdg'T
WASHINGTON, March S.
PHHSIDHNT WH.&ON S addresses to Con
gross are regarded as literary master
pieces, and to a certain extent nre transcend
ing the ordlnars diplomatic communications
Hut criticism Ins been leveled at some of the
recent utterances ot tho President because
they nro either too warlike or too pacific, no
cording to the critic's point ot view. With Ills
many domestic pioblents of war and finance
the President has a difficult role to play and
cannot possibly please every bod v. Congress
has been going along with the President
from the beginning of th war period nnd
llepubllcans havo stood by him as solidly
as havo tho Democrats It will b con
tended In the lomlng congressional elections
that tho P.epuhllcans have been even ntoro
loyat to the President's war measures than
havo his own political followers
Hut the Inclination of members ot Con
gross to 'stand by tho President elocs lint
conceal the deep concern which many of
them entettaln with respect lo the future
lltey Insist that Congress Ins done Us part,
tint everything tho Administration asked
for In tho way of authority nnd appropri
ations thus far has been granted, and tint
tlie time has romo fnr producing results, or
at least for throwing moro light upon the
war situation It is now eleven months
flnce tho I'nltcd States entered the war. and
something substantial In tho wav of achieve
ment is demanded. Tho olllelnl bureau
of publicity keeps the newspapers supplied
with carefully censored Information, but tho
rry for action Is now making Itself beard In
legislative halls As ono Henntor put It tho
other day, "'we need less talk and moro
ships." nnd his reference to 'talk" did not
pertain to that which Is printed In tho Con
gressional USCTtu.
It Is hard to delno the mental attitude
of tho averngo citizen In Washington Tho
routine worker Is concerned about nn In
crease of salary, and tho ordinary resident
has almost forgotten tha war In his struggle
to keep down rentals and living tost, but
tho thinker who trls to ileal Intelligently
with problems of state Is "up a tree"
Hate Stories Becoming Familial
Th city Is full of propagandists, men who
believe In every conceivable form of govern
ment, who crltldie tho Administration nnd
Congress, and who If put In charge of tho
war In Hurope would doubtless end It In
a trice. There are wiseacres and visionaries
so numerous thst the vnrlous departments,
to save time and prevent meddling, nro
obliged to throw up barriers Hgalnst them,
In addition there are many designing fel
lows, some of them psld by the government,
who keep the rumor factory going and who
prove up "spies and traitors" with as much
abandon as the 'fly detectives" of a metro
politan city sometimes "produce"- Incrimi
nating evidence that Is ruled out by tho
courts.
The number of men and women put upon
the various secret service rolls nf the Gov
ernment has steadily Increased since the
war began, nnd there Is a grow Ing suspicion
that some of them huve recently been "dls
covering'' bomb plots and other mysterious
enemy agencies In order to hold their Jobs.
Whether any of them are faking or not,
it Is noteworthy that since the President
delivered his reient address to Congress, In
terms calculated to ratgh the Austrian car,
there has been a "call down" on such sensa
tlonal spy stories as have emanated, for
Instance, from an exceptionally ardent edi
torial propagandist at Providence, It. I
The Creel Information Bureau, which la
said to have put out some of the early
"hate stuff," also announced recently that
this policy might not lie a wise one and that
officially It should be discontinued. These
things give some warrant for tne eerier' that
the 'hot stuff" which comes from such un
compromising writers and speakers as Mr.
noosevelt, Mr. Taft, James M, Beck, Henry
xan Dyke and others, may not be wholly
acceptable to the Administration. At any
rate, these gentlemen are not being con
sulted wrlth any degree of regularity at the
White House.
The Bryan Incident
The recent snubbing of Mr. Byan In Can-
101Q
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"WELL, WHAT OF IT?
with President Wilson and the American Sec
retary of the Tieasury coniernlng mittors
of Interest tn Cinsdn, the Incident createel
some discussion nt tho c-npltsl .No in ittor
what may be said about the wisdom of Jlr
Hrynns appearance In Canada, ho Is a dis
tinguished American, who has several times
been nomln itcd for tho presidency and who
had served as Secretary nf Ptato In Presl.
dent Wilson's Cabinet The I'nttod States
has boon lending v ist sums ot money to the
Allies nnd Ins been unking great sacrifices
to help them win the w cr Tho representa
tives of all tonlgn nations save 0111 enemy
belligerents have been received nt Washing
ton with lourlosj, nnd the nfllcers of tho
Allied armies havo fraternized freely with
Americans In tho eUpirtnientrt at Washing
ton and all army nntonments There 111c
so many nrltlsh and Prondt ollUers In Wash
ington and elsewhere in this country at tho
present time that their presenlo Ins boon
commented upon, although It Is thoioughly
understood In ollleltl circles tint they aro
giving valuihlt assistance Iu tho various
training camps w lit 10 foieign war methods
aro a part of the course ef instruction.
Such Incidents as tho hooting ot Mr. I5rya.il
111 Canada nnd the Joieplt Pennell-Art Club
row In Phil nlelpbla. however, n.cvo had the
effect of stliriug up Inteiest In the public
utterances In tlie Lulled states ot the vari
ous foreign olllcers and emissaries who In
dulge In war tilk hero that might bo criti
cized If utteied bv Ainerle 111s ubroad, Tho
llrjan Incident, fortunately did not go very
far toward provoking the 'Into spirit" be
cause of tho tlntily ixpresslon of regret by
Premier Horden and the rijuallv prompt etls.
avowal by Jlr. Bryan of a national affront
to him
Threatening Get many 's Trade
Concerning tho hate spirit " It may be oh
served that tho I nltnl States Chamber of
Commerce his undertaken to glvo Cerniany
notice that unless It abandons Its evil prac
tices it miy expect a trade boycott after the
WHr. The result o( tho referendum taken by
this national body, which sumtorts n largo
trade and literary bureau In Washington,
does not show a unanimous voto on tho
proposition to closo tho doors against Oer
many's commerce, although tho voto In favoi
of the proposition was sufficiently large to
make It emphatic
Meanwhile, tho alien properly custodian Is
Fending his agents Into sill pirts of the
country to detect und take over money and
chattels belouglng to alien enemies, with
tho Inevitable publication ot stories growing
out 01 me ururcii 1 ne toon nnti fuel admin
istrations aro conducting campaigns more or
less Irritating, and aro keeping the public
well fed with news matter Ono point In
this connection that has received wide pub
llclty is tho fact that Mr Hoover and Doc
tor Oarfleld havo already bunt up nn organ
ization of nearly 6000 employes, lis jier cent
of whom are upon the Government payroll
Tho others, like William Potter, fuel adnfifn
Utrator for Pennsylvania, and Howard Heinz
food administrator for tlie' same State, are
on the patriotic loll at $1 a jear
With secret service agents In tho Tre-.,,..,,
Department and In the Department of Jus
tice, nnd nn augmented staff of Investigators
lu all of tho other department, und with
commlssons galore, Including tho "baby
members' presided over by Mr. Hoover and
Doctor Garfield. It Is not to bo wondered at
that the public Is surfeited with "mystery
s ones' about domestic doings of aliens and
citizens of the United States. Nor Is It un
reasonable that the Representatives who
voted for war and for conscription. and who
have followed that up by huge appropriations
and enormous tax bills. Should themselves
.V;T,me,.re8tlJ0 at tlm" and dec-tare for lew
"faking" and more facts. What Congress
and the country are now demanding as an
Immediate necessity Is ships, and more ship"
to get our boys "over there" to fight
As one of lite President's warmest sun
porters recently observed. The war Is not
being fought in the United States: it 1.
ng fought lu Hurope, and u.'Entto"
It there." J. HAMPTON MOOnil
FAKV TIIK 1PKCAC Kl.m '
Tha man In the drua.tora wa. perplexed t,.
If ht.yo.UA tT co.u'1 no1 "member 'what hli
wife had told him to aeu I'reaently h. SJi.s.
raned up, sera th. liufTalo Uomm.rei.i .'"
1
The Village Poet-
Whenever it's a Satuulay, an' March's
skies arc blue,
I lonp; to look on country things that
wear 11 venlant hue;
An' that, to my surpriso, was just the
thitiR I chanced to tlo,
While strollinc hero on Chestnut street
to see what news, is new.
He was a chubby sailor lad who'd never
seen the sea,
His Uncle Samuel's uniform was new as
it could be
As new as weie the city sights that made
his eyes bug out,
As new as he was to tho crowds that
compassed him about.
An she? Oh, she was fresh an' sweet
as strawberries in cream,
A lovely rustic centerpiece for young
i.oves budding dream. i
Hci- fropt- U!K nlninler linmn.mnrln nn SI1A e
wore the peaceful look J'
Of one whose hopes mean babies an' a
chance to sweep an' cook. J.
They walked along together, unmindful ffi
of the crowd; t
They thought but of each other, an' each v
They reelcd in his holiday, his holiday W
with Iiav JHif
'. evil IIVI 1
Just holding hands like, children which,
indeed, was what they weiel J
Oh, drop your sneers, ye city folk, an' J
look the other way,
This is n high an' holy thing you look i
upon today, t
Tor the&c arc of the noblo stock that ,i
Keen vour cnuntrv frpp.
The dauntless, sturdy instruments of -jj
Biories yet to be.
Joy! Joy that on this Satutday, with
March's skies so hlue.
I had this look on countty things that f
uiu it e:iuiiiiL nue, rj
While strolling here on Chestnut street to
see what news is new!
TOM DALV.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is a protorol?
2. Mho wa Iirtl nru.net?
3. Where and whut l Mtrbsl.?
4. Mho I. Mill s,. Majh?
5. Mho line the "I Ion of the :vorth"7
il. What Is frnn.lpanl?
7. (In whnt laluncj U the Statue st Liberty
placed?
R. Mhut la a "familiar e.aaj"?
0. When mtut Income taxes be paid?
10. Mho I. (larabed T. K. Olrai.a.Un?
Answers to Yesterday's Quir
1. Slaaouel
TUElie.
I n form ef poetic play, formerly lj
e. in whlrh tha nrtora Imperwn.tei i.l
olo.ltal deltle., thepherd. nnd .tmlltr l
iiiithofo.lral i
f-nuraeter.. ,,1
2. The. Mammoth Crve I. In .outhne.tern Kea- j
turky.
olnnel 1
Colonel Replntton I. ft retired BritUh ana M
ofllrer '
oinrer wno until rere-MIy was tuex munar vm
erlUP. Af the Timlnn Tlrnn ' .I
iiimu ui iud fionuun limes ;
4. grrannlet u h.dtnv MiiirA,llAn pf enrnmasl
and minced pork flnvored with herb. ,lj ,
la allreil and fried tn a delicate rnp ;
brown on both .Idea, IXremed a a " J
ff. redarorrt the .clenre and art of tesfhlsr.
0. "A Itoland for an (Hirer" means briefly tn)
for tat. Koland and Oliver uere.pal.du j
of ( harlemosne end when one perrermeei a e
Ii.waI. .. K. .!... -I..JM !.. AmA- AIM i
need when one atorv taller relate, a tale i
more ei.rieraled than th-t of hi prt"jY
ee.ftor.
7, l.enerl Ta.Uer If, nilas. former chief ' V
Matr. 1. th. United State, military rei"- ,
Mnlatlts tn the Inler.Allled Mar Council. '.
t, Inraai the ruler, of Peru nt the time of th ...
unroTerr or America.
0. Mmcow, n sreat city In Central ItooU.
10. Tlie Ftrit I ontlnental Cenare.. met In Car-
..nM 11.11 l.l.ll. J.lnKi. HantAmtier B
iiii: -.. ,
TIIK TimiS-TY scor
A Scottl.h eoldler In a ho.pltal had been ortrs, m
ated on four tlmea tn an .ndeavor to extract IM
bullet from tho vicinity of hi. lower rib. On m
th. lt oera.lon ha .tated he had a reaueat o
make before aolns under chloroform rjrnJiJ". ;j
aion navinc men granted mm to "" 'z fM
marked to tha aurceon-. "Oh. It's na.thlns much.vj
I ju.t want to imiMt that II you are umuc'a
c.ful thla tlma and T think you will ha
try again, aon't eaw ma upi jisi put vuiiviu.;
.1
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auriwtea -viuyur , t. Wis ,.'1vai'
name ov.r a few voum dmmI.-. Ut.,i"?i .
na .v-aBWl.r-
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