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SPEED UP THE SHIPS
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MOIIU radical BURReRtlnn has liccu
made thnn thru of Hamilton Holt that
, brdlnnrv Hislnesi places opon an hour later
than usual nml close nil hour earlier, so
that tlio llos Inland, Bristol and Cunidcn
hlpbultders may hnvo tho cxclneho uso
of tho street cars to got to their worls. Mr
Holt would have this urranRcinent con-
, tlnuo until tho transportation fucllltle arc
Improved.
He makes thli BUggostlon bccatiyo of tho
Imperative need of shlpi. Uirry man who
haa studied tho situation has como to tho
conclusion that shlpi will win the nr,
slilpa to catry American men nnd Amorl-
, can prnlsloni to tho field of operations.
Whether It li necessary to ko to tho tx-
1 tremei which Mr. Holt advises Is not cer
tain at this time, tint It Is certain tht tho
sooner -e realize that evciy nero must
be stralned to net tho now ships built and
on tho ocean tho sooner will tho needed
re-en.'occmcnts bo on the nay lo Kuropo
to hold tho Hun until ho.cnn bo crushed.
The colored porter ho slolo n. lo-v of
clears from a detective proved that ho ap
preciated tho Joko on himself, tor he tnld tho
Judge, "Ah reckon It was a mistake on mail
purt a blp mistake."
PROBLEM OF WINE. WOMEN AND
SONG
rTUIE perennial attempt to pi event
--demoralization which comes from
tho
the
i rttiVlnri t fri rf Irirt t rminn n n.l cmin In
eV.rbT. . ' . "
vv tno same placo Js once moro under way.
Tho Retail Liquor Dealcts' Association,
that organization noted for Us sollcltudo
for the morals of tho city, Is .stirred up
over 'tl.o popularity of the cabarets mil
purposes to havo them abolished If possi
ble. It sees no difference between u fash
ionable hotel, ivhero thcro Is danclnff with
music in tho room in which liquor is
served, and tho common saloon with a
tick room, where men and women danco
j between drinks to tho music of a me
Lchanlcal piano. It insists that today
,wjth a capital "S" has no social rights
which may not bo enjojed by persons
whoso names are not In the social register
It may bo right. Who shall saj "
When ono man noted for the franltnets
of his comments on his contemporaries ex
presses his opinion of another mm noted for
, his -vigorous denunciation of tlioso who dls
V agree with him the result 3 likely to bo
Interesting. We hayo tills unusual combina
tion presented today In what Governor
Pennypacker has to say about Colonel Jloosc
velt in another column on this page. Colonel
Itoosevelt Is such a fertile subject that tho
Governor found it impossible to express his
opinion briefly. His comments tomorrow
,wlU be even moro pungent than tlioso ap
pearing louay.
GERMINAL
rpiIU tallc of farms and farmers that is
becoming so general now can carry a
llvoly mind Into odd channels. lYom any
country road hereabouts jou soon will bo
permitted glimpses of tho first plowmen.
'They will appear on tho rise of a slopo
lV miltrt na thev (In In thn nTr'turncIMaMi-nli'
unhurried, nssurcd about tho c'emental
SlAbor that has nevor varied and never
irifc,,j?chaiiged, altogetlicr the most suggestive
aM-iWlfleures of tho times we nro llvlnir In. Thnv
EL1' "
iyfjchange tho w hole aspect of tho llelds. Old
v5CT tJtii6k and even growing things aro turned
ftfyjf under o.d destroyed. Patience rnd surety
rfy oMrect tnb process. The surface of tho
. ( .
ears moroly
pj mi una unpromising, yet an tno innnlte
lrlj force that make for permanency and bene-
.,- faollon iro aolto unrternenth.
V 'rSUnliu1 tho heart and spirit and con-
I ,c!ousieas oi most of tho world are being
l'.wu. uf. a.,w ounua uia uua cvtrj"
-l.5 wiete The ews from Russia, tho news
"."om japan, me news irom Germany tells
: '-tlef JC Forcos as inevitable as tho plowmen
'.'5t jx wont planting nei hopes and new
I'1 ?) urjlratiotift ui.Aer the brnkan anrfarn nrhn
slj-wlnter Is past for some. It 'a passing for
'Ji'eihera. No such harvest as that now In
preparation was eve beforo conceived,
i And when tho soldiers come homo and
at nemorlsda are built for those that
li tne greatest of them all might bo
etved not aa a man in arms, but as a
nan bent and laboring, with his eyes
lie ground.
;
f. The abolition of tollratcs on Old York
I, which goes into effect tomorrow, will
ee the automoblllsts, but the pedestrians
fee in as much danger as ev er from joy
THE BELL STILL RINGS
,r.
IT bell ought to make every slacker
Jump at the throat of a German,"
r'tfe of a group of seventy-flvo sailors
' California who stopped at Independ-
dl ori their way to Join a ship at
y. As soon as they saw the bell
an drew himself up to tho attitude
tlon and saluted It.
incident should be encouraging to
'iMeeimlsts who. think that ideals
their pblling force. That old
today for the things for which
. Ut fighting, just as it stood 142
tor' the. things tot 'which the
jWlMk were fighting, so thor
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EVERY MAN HIS OWN NOAH
WHEN Noah, son of Lamcch, told Ills
neighbors that thcro was to bo u
flood they laughed nt him and said they
Intended to do business ns usual. Hut
tho rain which tho wiso old weather
prophet predicted enmo In duo season
nnd It lasted forty days and forty nights.
Unfortunately for his satisfaction none
of tho scoffer's survived to listen to his
"I told you so."
When the cool dealers told the peoplo
last sprintr that n conl famine was
impending nnd ndviscd them to buy their
winter's supply while tho buying was
good thousands of them, trusting in the
promiso of the Government that prices
would be reduced before autumn and that
tho supply would bo ndcrnintc, paid no
heed to the warning. Hut the coal famine
came and the people froze for forty days
nnd forty nights. Tho conl dealers have
been too chnritnblc to say "I told you
so."
Now comes Fuel Administrator Gar
field, who was ono of the scoffers at tho
modern Noahs last summer, with n
recommendation that the consumers put
in an order now for what coal they will
need next winter to be delivered between
April 1 and September 1. Tho price all
su-imcr is to be uniform,' instead of
suffering n radical drop on April 1 and
rising ten cents n ton encli succeeding
month.
Whatever action tho consumeis take is
likely to lie based on their own experience
and judgment rather than on the advice
of Mr. Garfield. His advice happens to
be sound and based on the established
practice of prudent householders, but bo
has unfoitunately ceased to exercise any
authority over the judgment of the
people.
If the operation of tho coal mines is
not interfered with and if the railroads
nro pcimittcd to supply tho cms needed
to supplement water transportation in
the summer months an adequate supply
of anth incite can be provided for the
needs of this city as well as of the led
of tho nation. The summer is the season
of greatest production, for the reason
that the venther docs not intcrfeie with
tile operation of the washeiies. It is tho
bcason when transportation can lie
effected most expeditiously and econom
ically, for the reason that the w.itenvays
nro open and the snow s do not block tho
railrond tracks. Nothing can prevent
an adequate supply and a satisfuctoiy
distribution save more bungling in Wash
ington. As there ! still the possibility of more
blunders, tho householders who found
themselves fuelles this winter arc
likely to take no moio chances than they
can avoid. They will put in their orders
for eta. at the earliest possible moment
and they will get tho-fuel in their cellais
without needless delay. Theio is no
doubt that in this city tho local dealeis
will co-operate to their utmost with the
consumers and will cart the coal diicctly
from the cars to the cellars with ns little
unnecessary handling as possible. Of
course, evciy ono cannot lie supplied m
April. There are not teams enough
available. But tho fuel administrator
deserves praise for fixing a uniform
price for nil summer, so that the house
holder who gcti his supply in April will
enjoy no financial advantage over the
consumer who finds he cannot have his
coal bins filled until August.
It has been an expensive lesson, tin's of
the futility of depending on tho paternal
promises of the Government to take caro
of the fuel supply for the people. Few
are likely to depend on tho new promises.
They will use their best judgment,
infoimed by a bitter experience. Every
man will be his own Noah and provido
his own ark against emergencies.
SYMBOLISM OF PIE
TlfAlt plo is a Hjmbol opposed tsiulv
' ' in meaning to tho war broad, wkldid,
so to speak, by tho entrBetlc Mr. Cooke.
It offers nothing to the caiiao ot freedom
It lifts Its bland brown faio In ono of
tlioso Chestnut street restaurants whero
hurried folk aro accustomed to eat on tho
Jump an omen, a hint, u cnic.il intu ro
gation. It Is more significant tl.an speeches
in the Senate or tho icactlons In Wis
consin, this war pie, because the llvo-cuit
section of a jear ago now costs fourteen
cents and thcro la no plc-hatlng Trotsky
to start n revolution.
Does tho eating of plo dim natiiul pndo
or diminish normal capacities of ieuit
ment? Does It hinder tho processes of
positive reasoning? So It might seem Tor
war pie, newly exilted to a sort of kingly
oxcluslveness, carries on Just tho same as
of joro, with nn over-Increasing following.
Tho latest news from llui-sla Is definitely
Indefinite.
Director Wilson evidently thought tlm
auto squad wasa lllvvcrwhen haaliollslied it.
Let's make all our "liontless."
lees," "sweetless" and "wRcatless"
"bleatless" dais.
"meat
(1.1) H
It Is sometimes hard to tell whether tho
Turk Is being driven out of Kuropo or out
of Asia. Wherever he's going ho is on his
way.
noardera ake2 to co.operata with
ladles in food conservation Headline.
land-
We thought landladies were tho original
food conservationists
Berlin has discovered that there are
more wajs to get to India than by way of
Dagdad. IUit It has not jet found out ono
way to get to I'arls.
Who sajs the KenslngtouUns are not
rich? The man in that district who lost a
1500 Liberty liond In the street threo months
ago has not missed It out of his collection.
If the Government succeeds In stopping
the sale of dirt'as coal the Philadelphia con
tractors will remain In undisputed posses
sion of the rights to rob the people by cart
ing dirt at two prices.
Coal supply, car service and thermome
ter won't drop to a 'unanimous zero next
winter. The fuel administration Is taking,
care of the anthracite situation and one can
always be hopeful over the weather when it's
months away. There's only tho P. It. T. to
worry about.
That eleven-day round trip to France
made by the Leviathan, formerly the Vater
land, Indicates that they are no longer de
laying the unloading of t,ranports on the
other side. When one ship can make two
trips m the time It used to take to make one
ttito 1 ?tte Vt J. Wp fcauUfceen
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADEIJPHLA:, MONDAY,
PENNYPACKER
ON ROOSEVELT
Former Governor Gives His Im
pressions, Not Altogether Favor
able, of the Erstwhile Bull
Moose Leader
I'llVVU'ACKKH AL'TnilinURAI'tlY Ml. 01
ft'orvrloM, lilt, Iv VMlc Ltdaer Company;
IT HAS been my fortutid to bo brought
Into relations with tho President in va
rious ways and to havo linil nt different
times pertonal Intercourse with him. A con
temporaneous estimate of ono who bus
filled so conspicuous n role, by any ob
server, may possess some alue. My
jotingcst brother, James I. I'cnnyp ickor,
went to Harvard t'nlvirsit. Roosevelt
was In tho Mine class and in some of tho
samo tocletlcs, and when my brother be
tamo an editor of tho Harvard Advocate,
Albert llushntll Hart and ho urged Roose
velt for tho staff, and succeeded In lmlng
him elected. They had their photographs
taken together Consequently, I began
to hear of Roosevelt In Ills dis at college.
Ilo has fiequcntly spoken to me of IV
Inothcr as "my l'ennypaiUer." AVhat I
lieunl of him was that ho was not re
girded among his assoclitts ns In nny way
remaikablo hivo for eiinestncss of pur
poso nnd promptness of movement, though
tho fut that my b-othcr, thioiigli most
of thn bl7.it re fortunes of the President,
has been steadfast 1. his IojnU speaks
well for tho Impression ho nude. In tho
I Inos campaign tho students Joined n
piiado tluougli llcHton. They wero never
on viry good lerms with the townspeople,
and from tho loot ot uno ot tin buMness
buildings pot Uoes nnd refuse, It m ly bo
soma (tones, wtic thrown nt thnn. Roose
velt, excited nnd angry, suggested at oneo
that the.v burn down tho building
An Early Correspondence
A few cats latii, aftfr Ml. Roosevelt
begun to nppeir In New A oik politics, oc
t uned tho euutest between Mr. Rlalne and
Mr. Clevelnnd foi the Picsldcncv. At that
time) I was secrelniy of the Phllidelphla
Civil Seivlee Rcfoim Asfoclitlon. Tho In
dependents In l'ennslvaiili favored Mr.
Ill.iiue, and when Ceoro William Cuitli
attempted to thuiw tho weight of the Civil
Seivlco Reform Association on tho side of
Cleveland, 1 ansvveicd him In a lotte r clr
culitrd over tho country. Roosevelt was
also In favor of Rlalne, and wu had sonic
conespendenco which Is still nmoiiv; mj
letters.
Wo touilinl tgiln la lei in a moie Im
poitant way. though he piobably never
knew of tho tact.
In tho Philadelphia national conv entlon
of 1900 llicro was a struggle for llio mas
tery between Ml. Hanna, suppottod by
tho notional administration, upon the one
hand, and Mr Quay and Mr Piatt on tho
other Hanna had selected a candldato
for tho vice prcldenej . It Is a fact well
known in Pennsylvania public lifo that
Mr. Ji not ntilv had a fondness for mo,
but ho hail lonfldcuro in luv Judgment. I
told him at that time that the man for tho
occasion was Roosevelt, and I havo ever
felt since that I w.n a factor in this fato
fill tutn In tho foitunes of the President.
At all events, Qu.i and Piatt had him
nominated and balked Hanna When Mc--Klnley
died and jRoocvtll became tho
President my feeling towaid him was one
of enthusiastic and hopeful approval, due,
no doubt, largely to a sense of some per
eonal association, and to tho fact that I
was pleased to see a man of Dutch descent
reach u station to csalted 1 gave copies
slon to this feeling to Mr. Quay Tho only
comment of that wiso observer of men
wus:
"J hope he- will be disci eel '
In the fal) of lt0U the provost of the. L'nl
vorsity of Pcnn8lvania came to mo to
ask mo to secure the ptesenco of Mr.
Roosevelt at tho Academ of Music on tho
following 'JJd of 1'ebru.iry to delUer tho
annual address beforo that Institution of
learning. At the tlmo I was very much
occupied with tho affairs of the Common
wealth, but tho welfare of the University
over appealed to mo and I promised to
in iko the effort Mr. Quay, upon whom
Mr. Roosevelt then much depended, ar
ranged for an Interview. On tho day ap
pointed I went to Washington, and Mr.
Quay took mo In his carriage to tho White
House I presented tho nntter to the Presi
dent, and he, in teply, said with a laugh:
"Mr. Quay has given directions that I
am not to mako any aijdress upon any
subject until after the election nett fall,
and here ho Is supporting you In an effort
to get mo to go to Philadelphia "
Mr. Quay assented to tho truth ot tho
charge Then the President, In more
serious mood, gave me reasons wh In
anticipation of tho political campaign ho
did not fel ho could accept, but in effect
promised mo that tho following jear. If
desired, ho would imko tho address. I
thanked him and told him that would be
eminently satisfactory, and tho succeeding
February 22 ho kept tho engagement.
A Tidal Wave of Words
He invited us to icturn to lunch with
him. At tho AVhlta House for luncheon
were Mrs, Roosevelt nnd another lady or
two, two or thrco Senators and as many
newspaper editors from New York. Tho
President camo In from a horseback ride In
his riding suit. Ho began to talk when ho
entered tho puter door. Ilo talked all the
tlmo on the way to tho tablo and he talked
all tho time throughout tho luncheon.
Hardly an observation was mado by any
ono elso at tho table and, In fact, It would
only have been possible by the exerclso of a
sort of brutal force. The subject which ho
discussed was Italian literature, with which
ho did not appear to mo to bo very familiar.
Kvery once in a whllo he turned to Mr.
Quay, who sat on his right, and put some
question to him as to an authority, but
he seldom waited for nn answer. Tho
strongest impression mado on me was
that of mental excitement, of a man labor
ing under serious nervous strain, nnd if I
could have iiiven hln advice It would have
been to sit down quietly somewhere and
rest. I feared, a breakdown bef-ro tho end
of his term.
When Mr, Roosevelt delivered hli ad
dress, I, as a trustee of the University,
was present on the platform. While being
Introduced to the trustees and others In
the waiting room, he plunged at Dr. Weir
Mitchell, shook him fiercely and ejaculated:
"I have Just been reading one of your
books," and gavo a quotation, ,
"That Is the third time he has told me
that jitory' vnmW JfKeMI, m hf'eM
away, "and I never wrote anything of the
kind in my life."
The address was unimportant In Itself,
but his coming showed kindness and was
much appreciated.
I likewise sett on the platform and heard
him make his address July 4, 1902, nt Pitts
burgh, noticing hU J habit of snapping off
his words as though trying to bite through
them with his teeth (perhaps this is what
happened to "thru") nnd heard another
later beforo tho Masons at Masonic Hall In
Philadelphia. On tho latter occasion ho
attracted much attention by coming at me,
with both fists closed, glaring at me with
assumed savagery, striking me on tho chest
with forco enough to upset a light man,
and shouting:
"Nothing lll.ii a doublo Dutchman, noth,
lug llko a double Dutchman!"
A Repeated Story
On Decointlon Dij of 1905, which was
tho llrst time Mr, Roosevelt lind over been
nt Gettysburg, I rode, In a baroucho with
him, Mrs. Roosevelt nnd Uthol over the
grounds. Rthel was then a sweet, attrac
tive little girl of about eleven years of age,
and I tiled to enteitiln her. Bha aftet
ward wrote me a pretty llttlo note which
will bo found among my papeis. Ho asked
nio whether 1 had cvo" seen any mllltars
servlco and 1 told hlni tint I 1ml carried
a musket for a brief period, and that It
had been my fato to be in tho llrst force
lo meet tho rebi Is at Gettysburg. This
moused his keen Intel est and opened the
way for me to tell him of tho uncqualed
contribution of our family to that wai,
it having furnished two major generals,
llvo colonels and ill all one hundicd
and forty-eight men "It Is wonderful,"
he said. Aflciw.mt 1 he.ud of his repeating
the ttilc over the country.
At a reception hi Cambridge, Massachu
setts two Jen i liter, ut which my sister
Inlaw was pic-cnt, he shouted across tho
room to her:
"I know FomcthluK about tho I'ennv
packets that jou don't know. They Lent
IIS men Into tho w u."
Tho cardi,, Invitations, piograms and
photographs Hilling to his lnauguiatloti
and iny participation In It will bo found
among my pjpei.
At the inauguration bill In the even
ing it pleased mo that Mrs. Roo-ovclt did
not need nn Inti eduction and to hear
her sav to Mm. Peiinyp ickcr, "Your hus
band was so good to my llttlo gltl "
In Hie ruiir1ulpn of Mi -liflili of Theodore
Ituutevilt, tonmrmn, f.uveriior rennjiuiUrr r-utni
up the miii'n iltarutrr.
DR. PENTECOST'S QUANDARY
Ho Doooii't Know What's the Joke or
Who's the Joker
To Hi' 1 tliloi 0 the averting 1'ulUc l.cdper.
Sir Can jou tell mo and othois "What's
the Joke and Where's tho Joker" In certain
conditions" '
'I ills time Iart year we wero told tVro
was a potato l.imtne, and wo wero all ex
horted to pi mt potatoes In our lmiksards to
keep tho nation from starving Price, $4 per
bushel. Not moro cxpenslvo to tho pro
ducer, but only to the consumer. Now wo
in o exliorttd to buy potatoes and tnt them
freily at Si ill) per bushel, to keep many
millions of potatoes from rotting In the
storngu houses and savo Ions to the whole
salers. Why not send them to our allies?
liven the eSerm.ms would be willing to piy
a good price for tlicin
l'or months wo have been choitcd to
buy meat sparingly, lest starvation como
to us and our allies Now wo nro told to
eat nn it iven il ij , espiclilly mutton and
lamb, because tlio process of conserving
loud liaj bieu so widespread that the meat
packers find they have .vlaigo tuiplus of
licef, etc, on hand, and it wo do not go
back to liberal meat-eattng tho beef men
will suffer loss.
During tho last winter wo have been asked
to go without ioal and learn lo keep vvaim by
patriotic enthusiasm, sq that we rould send
coal to our nlllcH. Now that the waim
weather has come we aie exhorted to lav in
abundant coal during April enough lo last
us all this and nct winter Prico still for
domestic sties $10 Wo must do this to
keep down overproduction nnd lest tho prico
of coal como down.
We are stilt urged to abstain from wheat
eating nnd fa substitutes, at twice the
price, or, at least, equal tlio prlee, of tloui ,
to eat fish at a larger pricu than bcuf. Is
there such a rcarclty of fish In tho Fea on
account of tho wai '
In fact, it teems to some of us that we
havo been educated to abstain from eating
meat and potatoes until the high price of
food could be fully established, and now tint
It Ih up, to eat plenty while the prico Is
high, lest tho food barons suffer great loss.
Wo are asked to savo grain for our allies,
but are told that we must not Interfeio -vitli
tho breviers and distillers, who mako and
sell In this country twice as much beer ns
la mado In Great Rritiln. I'Tunie, Italy, Aus
tria and Girmanv Rvcu Germany has
banned beer for 1!18
And now, on account of tho exceeding
mildness of last w Inter, wo aro threatened
with nn lee famine and must bo prepared
not only for scarcltj. but for a great advance
In prices 1 wonder If In midsummer we shall
not bo exhorted to buy and use Ice liberally
at the advanced price lest the poor Ico
packers find themselves overstocked and their
lco all "worm -aten"
What's tho Joke and where s the Joker"
onoiiGi: 1'. PENTIXOST.
Philadelphia, Mnrrh 3.
DOING HIS LITTLE BIT
I will fight for Uncle Satn on the land, on
tho sea,
I will vork for Uncle San all I can
I will do my little bit for the cause of liberty,
And will die. If it should be, like a marr
I will eat for Uncle Sam In my home every
day,
Though I may not like the strange bill of
faro :
Tor the soldiers need the wheat and It seems
the only way
We can end It to the boys "over there"
I will heat my homo to suit Uncle Sam, for
he needs i
All tho coal that he can get for each trip.
I will follow Uncle Sam, ye3no matter w here
he leads, ,
And my coal will help to flro every ship.
I will speak a word of cheer to the boys In
the trench.
This will be my rule of life overy day;
Wherever I may be, on tho farm or at the
bench,
I will start a word of cheer on the wsy,
I will help you all I can with my cash, Undo
Sam,
I will buy up all the bonds you demand;
If I cannot go myself I can send another man.
And wilt pay to keep him there, understand.
Sf we all must do our part, Uncle Sam, and
we will,
For this cursed, dreadful war we must win.
And our famous knock-out blows on the
monster, Kaiser Bill,
Wlil most Burely Jand us safe In Berlin.
And when once we reach that goal, Uncle
Sam, over there.
And the vlo'tory we have won, my, won't we
Lift our hearts to Ood above In an earnest
heartfelt prayer
That mankind forever more shall be free?
J. K. CARR.
OPERATIC STYLES
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Naturalist
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dill of pleasure to
that spring his
announce.
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Our statement is not based on any irrele
vant data as to equinoes or bluebirds or
bock-beer signs, but is derived from tho
deepest authorltv wo know anv thing about.
our subconscious self A'e remember that
some philosopher, perhaps It was Professor
James, suggested that Individuals are slmpb
peaks of self-consciousness rIMng out of tin
Vast ocean of collective human Mind in wlilc.i
no all swim, and are, at bottom, one When
ever wo have to deckle anv Important iniiltei,
such as when to get our luir cut and whether
to pav a bill or not, and whither to call for
thn cheik or let tile other fellow do so, wo
don't attempt to harass our conscious voli
tion with these decisions Wei rely on our
Subconscious and instinctive person, and f c i
better or worse wn hive to trust to Its rlght
eouness and good sense We Jut find our
self doing something and wo cairy on and
hope It Is for tlio best .
Pioni this dee 1) nbjss of Subconsciousness
wo leain that It is spilng 'llio iottled
goosebone of the Allentown pinphet Is no
moro meteoiolcilcillj tit curate than our
subconsclenco And tills is how it woiks
0NCR a ear, about tho approach ot tho
vernal equinox or tho seedsman's cala
logue, we wake up at I! o clock In tlio morn
ing. This is an Immefllato warning and np
pilsement that tomcthlng Is adrift. Tluee
hundred and flKty-four days in the ear wo
wake, plicldly enough, nt seven-ten, tin
minutes nfter the alarm clock has Jangled
But on this particular day, whether It bo
tho end of IVbtuary or the middle of Msrli,
we wake with tho old recoguUablo nostalgia
It Is the last polyp or vestige of our anthro
pomorphic nnd primal self, trailing Its pa
thetic llttlo wisp of glory for the ono day of
tin whole calendar. All the lest of the ve.ir
wo are the plodding percheron of cornnietce,
patiently tugging our wain; but on tuat
morning there wambles back, for tho nonce,
tho pang of Rden Wo wake at fi o'c'oik. It
Is a blue and golden morning and we feel
It Imperative to get outdoors as quickly as
possible. Not for an instant do wo feel thn
customary respectable and functioned delro
to kiss the sheets ytt an hour or so The
traipsing, trolloplng humor of spring is in
our vclni ; we feel thatvvo must be about
felling an aurochs or a narwhal for breik
fsst. We leap into our clothes and hurr.v
downstairs nnd out of tho fiont dooi and
skirmish lound tho house to see and smell
and feel.
IT IS spring It Is unmistakably spring,
because the pewit bushes aro budding and
on yonder aspen wo can hear a forsjthla
bursting into song It is spilng when the
feet tt tho floorwalker pain him and smoking-car
windows havo to be pried open with
chisels. Wo skip llghtheirtedly round tha
house to see If thoso bobolink bulbs wo
planted aro showing any Blgns et and dis
cover the whisk brush that fell out of tho
window last November, And then the news
boy comes along tho street and sees us
prancing about and wo feel sheepish and
ashamed and hurry Indoors again.
There may still bo blizzards and frozen
plumbings and tumbles on Icy pavements,
but when that morning of annunciation has
come to us we know that winter Is truly
dead, even though his ghost may walk and
gibber once or twice. Tho sweet urge of
the new seacon has ilppled up through tho
oceanic depths of our subconsciousness, and
we nre awaro of the rising tide. Llka Mr
Wordsworth we feel that we are wiser than
wo know. (Perhaps we have misquoted that
but let it stand.)
THRUC nro other troubles that spring
brings us. We aro pitifully ashamed of
our Ignorande of nature, and though we try
to hide It we keep getting tripped up. About
this time .of jear inquisitive persons are
always asking us, "Have ou heard any song
sparrows yet?" or "Are there any robins
out your way?" or "When do the laburnums
begin to nest out In Marathon?" Now we
really1 can't tell theso people our true feeling,
which is that we do not believe In peeking
in on the privacy of the laburnums or any
other songsters. It seems to us 'really im
modest to keep on spying on the birds In
that way. And as for the bushes and trees,
what we want to know is. How does one
ever get to know them? How do you find
out which Is an alder and what Is an elm?
Or a narcissus and a hyacinth, does anyone
really, know them apart? We think It's aJl
m fctlliT a 4- . II- I U -
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them on our porch, we are told, but we didn't
think it anv Imslnc J of ours to bother them.
Lit nature alone and she'll let jou alone,
BUT thero is a pettifogging cult about that
savs jou ought to know these things;
moreover, children keep on asking one. Wo
alwajs answer nt random and say it's a
wagtail or a (lowing s'irike or a fcmile mag
nolia. lAo were brought up 111 tiro country
and learned that llrst principle of good man
ners, which Is to let birds and flowers and
anlin lis go on about their own affairs with
out pestering them by asking them their
names and addresses Surclv that's what
Slmkespe ire meant bv sajlng a. rose by any
other natno will smell ns sweet Wo can
enjoy a rose Just ns much as nny one, even
if we may think It's a hydrangea
And then we mo much too busy to worry
about loblns and bluebirds and other poul
ti' of th it rort Of course, If we see ono
hanging about the lawn and It looks hungry
wo havo decency enough to throw out a
bono or something for It, but after all we
havo a lot of troubles of our own to bother
about AVo aro short-sighted, too, nnd If we
try to get near enough to see If It Is a robin
or onlv n bindinna some ono has dtopped,
why either it tiles aw iv before wo get theio
or It docs turn out to be a bandanna or a
clothespin, (ire of our friends kept on talk
ing about a Baltimore oriole sho had seen
near our bouse, and described It as a beauti
ful jellowish fowl We felt quite ashamed
to be so ignorant, and when ono da" wo
thought we siw one near tho fiont porch
vie u it wnat wo wero doing, which was
writing a check for tho coal man, and went
out to stalk It After much maneuvering
we got near, made a dash and It was a
banana peel Tho oriole had gono back to
Baltimore tho day before.
We lovo to read about tho birds and flow
ets ind shrubs and insects In poetry, and It
makes us very happy to know they aro all
round us, innocent llttlo things like mice and
centipedes and goldemods (until hay fever
time), but as for pr.vlng into their affairs
wo simplv won't do It
1'IIRlbTOI'Hr.lJ 310RLEV.
PROCLAIM AMERICANISM
There was a fleico punch of a solar plexus
n'tture in that reply given a Norwalk, Wis,
mm recently by a citizen of his homo town.
Said citizen number one
"You don't have to shoot jour mouth off
all th tlmo to show that ou aro an
American "
To which tho secoml man replied
'No, and jou don't need to keep jour
mouth cloEed all the time or speak In whis
pers In order to show jou nre a friend of
the Kaiser,"
Hard-headed logic and red-blooded patri
otism there aro in this rcplj-. riiere is no
such thing any more as being i.eiitral Wo
have passed the period when one can remain
silent on matters of Americanism. The tlmo
has como for overy ono to show his colors,
for every ono to bo counted Milwaukee!
Journal
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
11 W,aAe.V.S'rIa,T"rt,r ""'"' of '
;. Where It Irkutsk?
3, Wiut la th new mime and function of tlio
i.rrrouii liner Valeriana? '""",on or "
4, VI ho wroto "Jane Eire"?
0, 11 ho Is Lleofonto Campnnlnl?
C. VVhut was the Peace nt Tilth.
7.
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Identify "lllun Kink Hal.
"mora?' "" "'" "' the Thr,e Km
Who Is Leonold Alter?
What was the Aucustun Hie?
Answers to Saturday's Quis
A protocol Is n preliminary ncreement mil
llnlns mutual nicrptance ol ! w!' iJUvT
conirorersr. It Is most useri for the nrra
Sf'"!ea.W"n t"1"""." Prior to a "Silt?
Ioril Urustier viaa an
Knrll.h
anil explorer.
ir Im cKnJ... .li-u-1..'1!""
."aval etpert
the notable Wis. of the Vunu.Jm "EM
added sreatlr, to knowledge
a various
3. Mlrbsk Is a Ilusslun province bordering ...
fourland nnd Uvonla, It. faiSfaj.riJf .t"
same name, about balrwar between Petrol
srad nnd the Ha th-. has been m concent!?!
tlou point for the Jtus.Tan arm? of defense"
. W N. Haj-. U Ih. new chairman "f the"
Republican National Committee.
" Oustiivus Adolohua of Sweden was r.ll.j
The JJon of die Jiorth." WM '"'
0. I'ranslpaul It a perfume made from tha W..
.a as ,'Sv!
S, A familiar essar Is one on a homelr snhl..e
treated Informallr or eren MlToouUlVf' "
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10, Oerabad . K.' Olraaeealad U tha ta'aaaw
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The Tempting Book
Sometimes when I sit down nt night
And try to think of something new,
Some odd conceit that I may write
And work into n verse or two, ,
There often dawns upon my view
Tiio while my feeble thoughts I mint
A little book in gold and blue,
"Tho Oxford Book of English Verse."
And though I try, in wild affright
At thought of nil I havo to do,
To keep that volume out of sight,
If I so much as look askew
I catch it playing "peek-a-boo."
Then work mny go to pot or worse!
I'm giving up the evening to
'Tho Oxfoid Book of English Verse."
Oh, some for essays lcconditc,
And some for frothy fiction sue,
But give to me. for mv r!elifrht.
One tuneful tome to ramble through;
Trt lioni. C I X i ttCt! r...tf -
ncl mu Hint, CIUU1I1C Ding CyUCCUl
And nil those noblo songs lehearse
Whoso deathless melodies imbue
"The Oxford Book of English Verse."
ENVOY
Dear Reader, hcie's a tip for you:
Go buy, though skinny be your purse "
And other books of yours bo few, i
"The Oxford Book of English Verse." J
1UJ1 DAM, ti
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THE WATERLOO OF GENIUS
1
Woi Id-War a Phenomenon Too Vast ti
Prose or Verse
EVi:. to tho most attontive minds onttU'S
side of the world tho war still remain!?
somehow unreal and unbelievable bettUMJ,
the Writers hni. Cn.in.l I, ,An I.I.- fnr STtC
It has nasscd the romnrrhenslon of Malm isBt
It Is a phenomenon that cannot be encott-jgBl
passed in words. (!)
Rudvard Klnlln? want in thn North Sli'isB
in iv.lln .1 i .... . ,..,ii. alll
time and thn nteea Ihnl rln mt of bill
admirable narratlvo are. after all, but ttefl
voices of the Brushwood Boy In a naval uni
form, of Mulvanev of blessed memor or it
tho great McPhee in another guise. H, 0 I
Wells took the war as a text for one of the '
most ambitious and successful novels '?
recent years, jet the -visions he present
to his readers led only down tho stately W;'
rioors oi nis own mind. Patrick Jicuwi. ,,
of (be niu llvliic, .f i.-.iibIi einilnn enlisted
as a private and went to Franco and wrote.
-kl.d.. a .. ... . .. ., Iti.Mtf i
..tiifiii oi me somDer ana incuraoie ie ,,
anu the Spartan endurance of the Irian wis
cilers from his own Donegal. John MweM
Went to Ralllnnll In Iho linnlf ehat follOWM
ha wrote of that appalling enmpairn. Wfl
vim bcu inae was irienu anu moinrr
always witched him again as he tried ttj
turn .from her. It Is of tho sea and Its mrjj
ten- and tranmilllltv. Itu ilirbta nnd Its perils.!
that he writes with complctest understandli
Ana so the gray war goes on. w"1
stupendous, complicated and mysterious 'MJ
the Inner nmra rr Ufa Itself. NOV na(l
then a staccato dispatch from some aesoliUjl
waste or tne eoa or from n stretcn oi "vj
land can carry an overwhelming euKHg
n, iib Anni. -j . ....a Tint thsrs A,
w. a.Q icaui UIIU ciuujie III1U iciiui. -- " .'
la nnthln,- In nil .A .anl literature wtj
bflttlAH thaf nnnvAnAn.a l.n alarU lerlC-tfJ
of tho few good war photographs that 1
vuiiuuo uovernmeniB nave caueeo io u --
It Is these pictures that suggest the trw
enlnr nnrf Im..-!..- .. .U& ,mm iwaAif nrfllfsee
--" utitiwiiomuB v. mo i-e--- r ..I
Ing in an area that covers half the earuv.
Mile after mile of British march w"
through the dust, their stole faces to w
sky. The French turn from their torment
smile at tho camera. Air machines fall
blaze. The land appears as If It wre.,lJ2
lo a wandering earthquake. The thing U w".
oig even for Imagination. '
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THE TlNIVERRATi POE1 V
It is said that a poet died joung in Wj
breast of the most stolid. It may be "J
In alntn.! .... a... .oH.lu.a and IS wSSJ
antca of Ufa in bio nnaaeaaor. JuStlOt "
done to the versatility and the un;l?m!
cnnaishness of man's iraagination. -
from Without n-mv aaem but a nidi WvW
of mud ; there will be some golden ;
at the heart ot it, in which be ar"1J
iismeai and for as eianc as nis v"t
seems to the observer, he will have somJ
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