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CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST
THERE Bcems to bo sonio excitement
over tho plan of tho ,"udges of the
Municipal Court to add 213 employes to
.the present stun of moro than COO.
But what did tho city expect whciitlio
Act creatine the court was pusxed In 19137
The law explicitly gives to tho President
Judge tho power to appoint "audi tip
tivea and odlctrs or employed us itro ren
'onably r.ecessury, the- number lit the sumo
and their compenoallon to he determined"
"by a majority of tho Judges." Tho law
also empowers the court to "appoint Bitch
official htenographcrs as Khali be nccc.t-ary,"-'tt
further cnipowcra tho presiding
Judge to uppolnt h many probation olll
cera as a majority of tho Judges shall
deem necessary.
This Is ns swecpliiR it grunt of power to
multiply olllccs without let or hindrance
as, was ever put In a statute. Did the
people of Philadelphia expect when tho
law was passed that tho Judges appointed
under It would not exercise that power?
Instead of being shocked at tho multi
plication of olllces we should rather, be
aurprlscd at the moderation of tho men
who had placed at their disposal such a,
rich field of political patronage.
The chickens aro coming home to roo.it.
That Is all there, is to it.
Tlia moro dynamite alien enemies plant
In, .America the more dynnmlte tliero will be
behind the energies of tho whole country In
the final reckoning.
WHY NOT TRY INTERNMENT?
rpHB. inconvenience of having a Constl-
tutlon must sometimes be endured even
When the nation Is at war. This discour
aging: reflection Is suggested by Represen
tative Flood's bill In Congress depriving
unnaturalized enemy allensof the right to
, Vote in State und municipal elections.
The right to llx tho ttiallflcutlons of
;':. Voters Is reserved to tho States save as It
sj?f lias been restricted by tho Fifteenth
''.Amendment. Ccrtuin States permit women
to vote. Others, in order to encourage
l Immigration, permit aliens to vote after
one year's residence and a declaration of
intention to becomo citizens.
If it is within the power of Congress to
mU J,ronlb't unnaturalized aliens from voting.
then Congress can pass a law permlttini;
women to voto In every State, resardlcss
of the local laws.
The Importance of depriving enemy aliens
from having any direct Influence over elec
tions is undisputed. Hut some other wuy
must be found.
Why not try internment?
Sprout, O'Ncll, Brumbaugh and all the
rest in tho coming political melee will have
to raise their voices pretty loud If they wish
to make themselves heard above the news
from Europe.
ii, V
WSfit TWIN CURSES
M-- Jx.;'Jullus Andrasy, tho former Hun-
smu i-feuiier, in one oi nis latest laments
to Uie Hungarian Chamber, uro breaking
rff-t -""J I1U vuiuian viuiuie. xio was en
.Imk... ftnA t....vln.. -,- t-
'(.,; qeavonng to bo truthful rather than cpl-
fli grammatic, and he could have had little
'V,T -fauuiiu uuu uu cuuiu nave na
lj 5 thought of tho peculiarly newj d
fe. forci, gained by each of tho twq
V.j'Vhefliilaced side by sldo. Kach wo
dramatic
vq. words
ISfi--f'iJv v-r?' v vy siuu, iucu woru oor
', Jf'tfe) process.
ErJf ".Hunger. and pnclfistn will break any na
i 'ym'tifa vIIunger alono or pacifism unalde.1
k. V vTti uio iiittu unjr jivopie couia long
t?j WVV- "When tho two nmictlons fall
P ' tj, :toether catastrophe cannot bo far behind.
fch. , . v wi.m'M o.aio mat nas vital aims or
EvVif 'lWJ4o . or .great human purposes Is an evil
a.'- ( "U.i.w. -- j ,-- .i
fv v- ufcuuuu man nunger. nun-
B "y ger la sure to follow ltas the disillusioned
fc!"A'4rassy seems to liavo realized 'dimly
jiyr,..,eaiewl.ere In tho back of his mind.
&$& '
. 4 At,.Ure1 auac. '5 Per cent fake. Is
sitimy uiBwvcrjr oi nv oiate aalry and
. faeM-agents. Now wo know the business!
Til,'frS gooiT.,iny little stockbrokers
- pt'after.tb war hit them.
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WAR, AND HOUSEWIFERY
B1ancfeat,. and lionorablo craft of
rrwiicry, wiucu me apartment
a., other- up-to-date ideas of the
laaia llee were. errtnn!lvv lull n-r.
mmouu
. '.;." i
MMffattng.lnto the limbo of the
igjrt, iwinapfdly beepmlng a modern and
pmaMwion turougn the neccs-
C tfoXyuur. The patriotic urge of
Mt, -.tho f ieeJ for economy -and
, tft'n-et4em of serviceall
Wyensltieter many a woman's
tim&rft .aeUyity rom 'the
pn aaemasb'jnMit. sneeis nave
worm' a)u, ,llleta' hive1
than aWttVa-, aJBeaklng-
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iviAKE THE DRAFT SAFE FOR
. DEMOCRACY, TOO
A TENNSYLVANIAN between twenty
one and thirty-one years of aRO is 40
per cent more liable to be called In trja
next draft than on Alabaman or n
Floridan,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey supplied
one-third more than n proper quota of
selected men, on a Renuino democratic
basis of selection, in tho July drawing.,
Tlicso arc more than Inequalities; they
aro injustices. The selective system,
devised In the first feverish rush of
America to war and hastened into legis
lation through stern and pressing neces
sity of getting armies into the field, was
no volution toward n perfected mecha
nism, but merely n high-geared, powerful
machine, which had the merit of working
quickly, If not smoothly and uniformly.
Many defects were merely those of opera
tion, and theso have been corrected with
out recourse to lcgislutiori through exer
cise of the authority in details delegated
to the Provost Marshal General's office.
Dut the fundamental defect of the
draft, that which imposes it unequally on
the various Commonwealths, through
proportioning on an cstimutcd popula
tion basis, is written into the law.
The Secretary of War and the Provost
Marshal General ndmit it is inequitable
and unjust, yet they cannot do otherwise
than perpetuate the inequalities of the
first draft in the second without change
in, tho enabling law. Only Congress,
which created the draft, can free R from
the. unfair and undue burdens which it
has imposed on State3 with large alien
population. Only Congress can make the
second draft representatively democratic
by prescribing selection according to
representation.
A bill is before Congrcss'to change the
basis of computation so that the States
will contribute share und share alike
from cligibles within their boundaries
and not in ratio to their populations.
The President and the War Department
favor tills bill. Every fair-minded
American should favor it. It has passed
the Senate and has been reported to the
House over a strong minority report of
six southern members of the Military
Committee.
Pennsylvania Congressmen should be
prompt and energetic in joining their col
leagues from other States in which the
foreign population is large to combat and
triumph ovcrithc bitter opposition which
has developed in delegations from the
States which have negligible alien popu
lations. Wo would not for an instant draw sec
tional lines in such a vital policy, which
should be unselfishly and thoroughly
American. Tho sectional lines have been
drawn by the southern Congressmen,
who already are lobbying to keep the
present disproportionate ratio in the law.
Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and
Tennessee have less than 1 per cent of
aliens in their areas. The proportion in
pome of the mid .and far western State3
is under 10 per cent. Pennsylvania runs
nearly 25 per cent. The coal regions aro
prcponderatingly foreign. Foreigners
arc numerous in many Philadelphia
wards. New Jersey has nearly the same
alien proportion. Tho proportion ' is
higher in some of the New England
States and in New York. Here is oppor
tunity for an effective congressional bloc,
if. the South persists in its un-American
policy. And the bloc must organize
quickly and act on the trigger.
Americans, v the flower of America's
youth, man the National Army recruited
by the draft. They should be drafted on
the basis of Americans eligible, not on
roughly estimated mass populations.
Thus only can a fair draft bo conducted.
Thus only can States thickly populated
with foreigners retain a rightful propor
tion of Americans. Thus only can they
be freed from the grave menace of
hnving Class 2 married men with
dependents drawn before the States
with light alien populations contribute
their full share in Class 1 unmarried
men and married men without depend
ents to the service.
The United States is fighting to make
the world safe for democracy. Mothers
In its homes, business men in its indus
tries, trade and on its farms demand
that Congress make the draft fair for
democracy. .
WE 1)0 NOT KNOW. DO YOU?
WHY do women, who aro said to bo In
variably curious, tlx their hair in tight
little sound-proof pads over their cars?
What does h'enaton Penrose think, during
his colltary Intervals, of prohibition as an
Immediate political Issue In Pennsylvania?
Is It love oj crowding and an eagerness
to hear what others are talking about that
causes ninety out of every hundred per
sons to stand and form a solid Jam just
int.do tho front door of a trolley car whll
empty scats remain inviting hut unnoticed
in tho rear?
"flood roads" Is a good road for gov
ernorship candidates to travel.
Anyhow, those dynamiters
make sausage of Hog Island,
failed to
A slacker hiding In Mexico is no worse
than a slacker In Philadelphia,
Trlnceton has lost forty men In the war.
Trlpecton always could boast of sporting
blood In plenty.
The drop In the price of eggs to forty
eight vents a dozen does not. mean many
omelets for tho average wage-earner.
The names selected by Mr. Wilson for
the ships to be bu.. i at Hog Island are in
teresting even If they cannot be pronounced.
The Hohenzollerns are better oil than
the Schmidts, Muellers and many other Ger
man families. They started tho war with
six sons and they still have six.
Tho Kaiser apparently plana to maks the
Black Hea as well as the Baltic a German
lake, but. we' iwem to havo heard of a man
who once bit of! moro than he could chew,
flow 'If tin. prohibition aspirants for the
gubernatorial nomlnatlpii will only come out
In favor of. the national amendment the
luo will be taken out of Htnte politics.
jiet aliot fired at P, It. T. serTlce. Head-
Seme, we )ieard ' on street ' corners during
tbi', Vitwrdet,her
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sounded warmer than
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ot in'vttin
EARNING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,
A-Hunting for. Words
ABOUT noon on Saturday the city heaves
a tlgh of relief. Indeed, It begins a little
earlier than that. About eleven-forty cen
.the most faithful stenographer begins to
woolgather. letters dictated In that last
half hour are likely to he addressed "Mrs.
Henrietta Jenkins, Keq." or "Miss John
Jones." The patient paying teller has to
count over his notes threo times to be sure
of not giving a Ave Instead of a one. The
glorlou demoralization spreads from desk
to desk. No matter who we arc or how hard
we hae worked, It Is .Saturday noon, and
for a few hours we are going to forget the
war and spend our pocketful of carefree
fresh-minted minutes. Ai the poet laureate
of Philadelphia puts It
"Wliener It's a Saturday and all my work
Is through,
I take a walk on Chestnut street to see
what news Is new."
EVKRY Jack and Jill has his or her own
Ideas of a Saturday afternoon adven
ture. Our stenographer hastens off with ft
laughing group to the Automat nnd tho
motif. Our friend with tho shcll-rlmined
spectacles tethered by a broad ellk ribbon Is
bound to the Academy of the Flue Alts to
censure the way Mr. Sargent lias crfased
John t. Rockefeller's trousers, and will come
back bursting with Indignation to denoitnre
the portrait "a mere chiunio." We ourself
hasten to the Reading Terminal to meet a
certain pair nf brown eyes that arc spar
Ming In from Mnrathou for lunch and it mobi
lization of spring millinery. And others are
on t breast the roaring gusts of March
mi the golf meads or trundle bab earrlugca
on the sunny sld of suburban streets.
BUT there Is another diversion for Satur
day afternoon that Is very dear to us,
and miuetlnics we are able to coax Brownie
Wee to agree. That Is to spend two nr
trvee glorious hours In the library mulling
over the dictionaries. Talk about chasing a
golfball titer the links or following Theda
IJaia serpentining through a mile of cellu
loid, or stalking Tom and Jerry, mystic
affinities, from bar to bar nlong Chestnut
street--what can these excitements offer
compared to n hresthlcss word-hunt In the
dictionaries! Words th noblest quarry of
the sportsman ! To follow their spoor
through the Jungles and champaigns of the
Rtigllsh language; to flush them from their
hiding plcca In dense thickets of Chaucer
or Spensir. track them through the noble
aisle of Shakespeare forest anil lln.l them
at last perching gayly mi the branches of
O. Henry or lieorgo Ade! Tho New Oxford
Dictionary, that most t-plendld monument of
human scholarship, gives inotlng pictures of
words from their first hatching down to the
time when they soar like eagles In the open
air of 'today.
Wno
KNOW no greater Joy than an after
noon spent with dear old Dr. Johnson's
Dictionary of tho English Language, pub
lished after seven years' patient labor In
1755. Probably pomewhero In Philadelphia
there Is a copy of tho first edition: but tho
one we know (at the Mercantile Library) Is
the revised fourth edition which the doctor
put out In 177D. One can hardly lead with
out a lump In the throat that noble preface
In which Doctor Johnson rehearses the great
ness and discouragement of his task. And
who ran read too often his rebuff to the
Karl of Chesterfield, who, hating studiously
nrglectcd to aid tho lexicographer during the
long years of his compilation, sought by
belated flattery to associate himself with the
nst achievement? "Is not a Patron, my
lxrd, one who looks with unconcern on n
man strtiKKlIng for life In the water, and,
when he has reached ground, encumbers him
with help?" And who does not chuckle oter
the caustic -humor of the doctor's definition."!
of words that touched his own rugged career?
"Lexicographer: a harmless drudge ;" "book
learned: versed In books or literature: a
term Implying some slight contempt";
"drub street: a street In London much In
habited by writers of small histories, dic
tionaries and temporary poems."
0.
IHCNRV was a great devotee of word
beagllug In dictionaries, and his whim
sical "ret lew" of Webster deserves to be
better Known:
"Wo find on our table quite an exhaustive
treatise on various subjects written In Mr.
Webster's well-known, lucid and piquant
stjle. There is not a dull line between tho
covers of the book. The range of subjects
Is wide, and the treatment light and easy
without being flippant, A valuable feature
of the work Is the arranging of the articles
In alphabetical order, thurfx facilitating the
finding nf any particular word desired. Mr.
Webster's vocabulary Is large, and he always
uses the right word In the right place, Mr,
Webster's work Is thorough, and we predict
that he will be beard from ngaln."
w;
the nineteenth nutting creen offer com.
pared to the bliss of pursuing through a
thousand dictionary pages some Wild Word
Wo Have Known and occasionally discov
ering on unfamiliar creature of strange and
dazzling plumage?
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
German autocracy Is not going to sur
render until It Is compelled to hurrender.
That may happen In a few weeks or a feu
months or Jt may not happen for a year.
But In no event ivlll there come from Ger
many a peace ofTer that the AllleH can accent
until the German autocracy Is compelled to
yield to events. Whether that defeat comes
from without or fiom within. It is the flrt-t
essential condition to a durnblo peace based
upon the great principles of humanity and
Justice. New York World.
Fuel Administrator Garfield has advised
all householders to buy coal In tho normal
way as soon as It Is available. The advice
should be taken. During the spring and
summer, when consumption reaches tho low
est ebb and when transportation facilities
aro at their highest, reserves should be ac
cumulated. The present winter's experience,
ought to sulllce. During the coming warm
months coal production should be kept at
Its maximum. The lesson of the past months
should be mastered. Chicago Herald,
THE END OF A' THAT
Who minds his .honest poverty
In these wartimes an' a", that.
The wealthy slacker, wo pass hhn by,
We're patriots, poor for u' that. '
For a' that, an' a' that.
Our money's scarce un" a' that,
For wealth is not what real men hoard
Whllo bravo boys fight for a" that.
What tho1 on dark war bread we dine.
Wear fewer clothes, an" a' that,
Gin' slackers silks an cowards wine,
We're men, we're men for a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that.
Their selfish greed an' a that.
The patriot now, tho' o'er sao poor.
Is king o men, for a that.
When prices soar an' food comes high.
And butttr, beans, rth' a' that,
Tho' hundreds had no u Inter coal,.
And many vcre sick for a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that.
The hunger, cold an' a' that.
We'll buy thrlfrstamps and try to Have
To help th boys for a' that.
We've meatless days, an' vvheatless days.
An' fuelless days, an' a' that.
For gg we pay most eighty cents,
Air they're pot fresh for a' that.
For a' that, an' .a' that. '
The cost of food un a that, t
We eat to live, not live to eat,
Whllo the boys fight hurd an a' that.
Then let us pray that come rwht may.f,'
At' come ,lt .will, for- a that,, u
That.peac un'. right' o'er all the earth
HtMH M lM ken J ..a.-' HW V.,
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PEARY IMPRESSED
k GOV. PENNYPACKER
Former Executive Tells of Sev
eral Meetings With Discoverer
of North Pole
PHNNVIWCKKIt AUTOHIOHIlAritV Ml. lot
(Copirlpht, 1)1$, bu Put'.c UrCotr l.'omiianl'J
01
tho 1 1 Hi of December, 1901), t dined
in New Yorlc with tho Pennsylvania
Society of that city lit tho Waldorf-Astorlu,
It was a great dinner given, to Philander C,
Knox, Franklin MacVcagh and Wicker
shnin, the three Ponnsylvunlans in the
cabinet of President Tuft.' Tho two Unltod
States Senators, Penrose and Oliver; Gov
ernor' Stuart; Ilornco Howard Furncss,
the Shakespearean scholar the former
Governor, James A. Beaver; von Moscli
zlskcr, the coming Supremo Court Justice;
Lloyd (''..(! rlscom, John VanamaUcr nnd
inuiiy others vvcro among tho guests,
Andrew Carnegie presided nnd did it' well.
It was my fortune to tit alongside of
Robert K. Peury for tho greater part of
the evening. A few evenings before, lu
tho Academy of Music, I had heard Ills
first lecture Miico the discovery of the
North Pole, and once beforo I had dined
with him, when ho wus not ko famous.
Center of Interest
lie received much of the attention shown
to the celebrities throughout tho evening
and mado the llrst bpecch. It waH a meri
torious speech, brief and with a thought
In it. lie wild In substance that ho had
been born along tho Susquehanna, reared
In Maine and tuppurtcd by the contribu
tions of Now York, und therefore was un
der special obligations to tho people of
threo States: that for hundreds of years
explorers had striven to Und tho North
Polo and to find a passageway between tho
two great oceans and In our day both taslis
lmd been accomplished. That was all ho
said. A tall, slim man with, htccl-bluo
c.ves, a mustache, n sandy complexion,
while tho red In his hair was not all of
n color, but u tendency, nlollo pointing to
Miino more or loss remote ancestor, and a
tclf-eoiituliicd jnanncr Indicating strength
of will and polio. Ho was not obtrusive
or effusive; neither was ho deprecatory,
and when ho spoke tliero was not tho
slightest symptom of nervousness.
"Commander, when I heard you the other
night It was nil clear to mo except your
getting across those stretches of water you
called 'leads.' I should not have liked to
depend upon chipping off cakes of Ico and
zigzagging them across. A' man on the
far Bide of a lead irjight be In a confounded
trap."
A smile crept slowly over his face.
"The danger Is not so great. Generally
they are not very wide. They freeze over.
Tho effort to reuch tho Polo was mado at
the lowest temperature, when this danger
Is the least. On one occasion, however, I
realized what It meant. Wc came to a lead
two miles wide. I thought out tho situa
tion and concluded to wait until it should
ho frozcij over, und wo waited threo days.
Then my Eskimos reported a crossing two
or threo miles away. Wo went over on
snow-shoes llfty paces apart und singly, but
It was very dangerous and 1 feared wo
should never reach homo to tell tho talc."
"Would It not bo possible to take somo
light kind of a canoe along?"
"No, tho only hope of success lay In
transporting as little aS possible. We had
to run the risks."
To another query put by Mr. Lloyd C.
Grjscom, ho said in reply:
"Wo lived altogether upon compressed
goods. No coffee was, permitted. Under
tho excitement of the advance bfico would
have resulted in loss of sleep jind that
would havo meant loss of vital force. We
needed It all. The ration was a quart of
tea, morning and evening, hut no coffee.
Coffeo Is a drink for the tropics but not for
the poles. Wc would not have a movement
of the bowels for perhaps a week. There
whs no trouble to keep comfortably warm
In a temperature tlxty degrees below zero.
It was essential not to permit enough ex
ertion to cause perspiration. That also
meant a loss of force."
Refers to Doctor Cook
He, himself, mado a reference to Cook.
"Commander," said I, "I had no confi
dence In Cook from the tlmo of his Initial
tolegram, which did not say he' had found
the Pole, but that ho hud been successful.
If, however, ho did got there it was partly
an accident, nnd has not tho merit of .a
man who has planned and labored for the
result." '
"Governor, there Is no 'It' In tho propo
sition. I knew the two Ksklmos who were
with him from their childhood. They aro
very keen about directions nnd distances.
They could not bo mistaken about whero
they went. Ho wandered about the coun
try, but he was never fur from land. Tho
Ksklmos uro savages. If the wife ot one
of themfor any reason cannot go hunting
with lilm and tho wlfo of his friend can,
.they trade vvlvcs and think nothing of it,
but about many things they know better
than wo do."
"Are you going to let that man Shackle
ton capture the South Pole?" I Inquired.
Ilo replied with earnestness:
"If I had a hundred thousand dollars I
thould go there."
Thl was Interesting because It had been
reported that he would never undertake
anyUilng of the kind again.
"Why don't you seize upon Andy?" and
Iolnted to Curneglo only a few feet fronj
us. v
"He, will not do a 'thing tovyard It," lie
said rather sadly, and I gathered tho Im
pression that lie had mado the effort, n
his canny fashion Andy had, nevertheless,
introduced -lilm aq tho only discoverer of
tho North Polo and 'committed the society,
to the statement.
Tomorrow lioternor renninaeker wilt rlie bis
lnipre.la" or TrfaMent Wllaon.
INTRODUCING AN ARKANSAS
CANDIDATE v
X W. Paschall, candidate for county clerk,
was' In town Monday Interviewing the "dear
people" regarding his 'candidacy, Ho guvo
us a. call, wealing a look Indicative that all's
well with ,hlm Thf. knowing,. ones say that
'V a known to the children as. a e4y
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FRIDAY, MARCH 15,
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EVEkYMAN MUST FIGHT
By DR. CHA RLES A . EA TON
lleud of the National tiervico Kttllou of th UnltM States Shipping Hoard, Kmcrscncy fleet
Corporation
WB NE12D very much In our country to
cultivate tho ability to think American
and sper.1: United Slates. Our people, when
they broke political relationships with their
motherland In the Revolution, began to es
tablish a progressive Isolation In thought
and sympathy which has developed to this
day. rjven when we were approaching a
hundred million In population, with a vast
commerce overflowing the seven seas of
tho world, there wero htatesmen among us
who thought that wo could adopt a llscal
stem without regard to any other nation
on earth.
When the torld was plunged Into this
frightful war by Germany wo felt the shock,
but wo believed that wo could tldestep thin
greatcbt of all moral Issues. The town might
be in llames, but wo wero possessed of tho
pathetic delusion that tho sparks would not
net flro to our house, even thuugli It wcr
the largest house In the town.
On the 6th day of last April, after years
of Wanton outrage at the bands of Germany,
wo reached tho point whero, If wo were to
continue as a free people, we must begin to
light. The declaration of war and the re
organization which has followed It havo
driven themselves like a gigantic wedge Into
the Industrial, economic and social fabric of
our nation. Our transportation system has
been shot to pieces. Our Industries have,
fhlftcd their foundations. Every Ideal nnd
Idea common to tho people ha3 undergone
radical change.
A few months ago I was appointed by tho
United States Shipping Board Emergency
Fleet Corporation to carry on a great vcain
palgn of education and Inspiration lm tho
shipyards and throughout tho country gen
erally with a view to speeding up our out
put of ships. In tho month of February we
tpoke to more than 100,000 men In the ship
yards of America. 1 nm bound to say that
1 nm greatly encouraged by tho outlook.
Tho men aro simply llko the rest of v
They havo not been thinking In terms ot
America; they havo no world relationships
or world Ideas; their lives wero bounded by
the limits of their occupation, which is true
of almost ovcry one.elsn In tho country. All
they needed wua to be told tho truth.
Patriotism in Building Ships-
Wo havegone to tho men of tho
fchlp-
yardst us wo, would go to any other class of
American citizens with this appeal:
Our country Is In deadly elanger. This
Is a war of. all tha'peopl:. Tho burden
rests upon every man and woman in tha
nation. Any one who refuses to sacrifice
for America and for the world Is unfit to
be called an American, Beforo tho war
men built ships for ona purpose to mako
money. Men worked In shlpyurds for ona
purpose to make money. Tho Interests of
these two tets of men often clashed. Each
party was well vfllhhi its rights when it
strove to get all that It could x legally.
Today all that is changed. A man who Is
building ships tduiply to make money Is
not an American at nil, and tho man who
works In a shipyard without any other
thought than tho money ho Is making Is
not an American In Ida soul.
The same, hi true of every banker and
carpenter and teacher and preacher.
We are going to have real men In this
nation after' the war la over. These beautiful
boya who have bt-en nifrtured, many of thehi.
In ease so long are coming through tho mill.
or our 'trainingv camps maao over erect,
clean-cut, clear-minded. They will mako sol
Ulcrs worthy of their country and of their
cause,.
Any man or woman lln America whoirc-,
fuses to take care of theso lighting men on
the sea and In the trenches by sacrifice, by J
sweat and by toll Is as mean an enemy as
tf ho or she were In tho ranks of the Ger
man army. The freei iqen of. tho world can
beat organized tyranny, In t)iei person of the
Prussian machine. The only causa of defeat
liosullilo Is the Indifferent, reltlslu Blacking,
side-stepping chap at homo; and his number
Is growing leui every dayW ,
, Tho Wonders at Hog Island',
i, I hava been; 'deeply Impressed by tho
theroisin of tho.wlilptfWHr program, which', our
'Oovrnmnt. throtwhrUa .kbtoolmr .Board
VetfiJoy.VFlHH. Cs'jWtoll. haw ia4w-
191S
BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
r.h
of myself ever since. Alter- a careful flrstt
hand examination' of that vast enterprlso I
nm convinced that, if not the most. It Is ono
of tha most heroic undertakings since thlH
war began lu this country, or :ui' other for
that matter.
When you realize that there has been built
upon piling In a vast swamp under frightful
weather conditions it city vilth cauaclty for
a population of 30,000 souls lu the last flvo
months, tho Imagination can hardly compre
hend the mngnltudo uf tho task. Under these
conditions, and to achieve such results,
there Is no doubt that money was misspent
and effort misplaced, but If tho Hog Island
plant can shorten this war one :y It will
save twice as much as Its entire cost,
. Other Great Plants
We must it'iuemher that tho Hog Island
plant Is only una of many where every con
ceivable new problem has been thrust upon
both the management and men. The Sub
marine Boat Corporation In Newark Bay has
performed miracles under similar conditions
to thoso In Hog Island. I never visit such
a plant without marveling nt tho courage
and patience of tho men who, lu spite of
unbelievable dllllcultles, havo accomplished
huch notable results in so short a time. One
feels the same in visiting tho ureat Victory
plant at Squatituni, Muss., or. Indeed, any
one of tho 13a yards under tho Jurisdiction
of the United States Shipping Board.
1 rejoice over tho opportunity to aid in
any small degree In tho awakening of public
opinion to the stern necessities and dangers
of this hour. Tho peaco monger Is tho chief
danger at the present time. He Is the Amer
ican Bolsbovlkl. Ho seeifis to love tho ene
mies of his country with such passionate
elevotlou that he Is blinded to all other con
siderations. This war must bring peace by
the method of bruvo free men. who urn
willing to light and. It need be. die that
tyranny may be crushed.
I know the dark forebodings which haunt
the mind" of many at this time, und the run.
sons for them. I nm painfully conscious of
the mistakes and limitations and failures of
my own country an wen as all others, and I
realize that this Is probably the dark hour
beforo tho dawn, but In splta of all that may
fairly bo said, 1 am thoroughly convhveed
that wo are going to win this wur: first by
a inllltnrS" decision and second, by diplo
matic pegotlatlou. In which all who -a.-a
entitled, because of their sacrifices will Join,
and which will establish a basis upon which
a world civilization can be built safely for
generations to come. With this, hope In my
heart It Is easy to sound the trumpet and
call not lonly tho workers lh shipyards, but
every man and woman to tako up tho task'
mm tiuf ie uuui victory is won.
What Do You .Know?
QUIZ
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5. Why er KlUjbeth' narrett llrownlns's
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10, ltw wMtlia Aral Riun fermnllr to iuhi.1
Mr. MILon (or Jhe I'realdennT- "u",
Answers to Yesteday's Quiz
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lliti. on tit J's.plaij K. Tha terrltw".
fler found rich In p.tnjr.um. via. taken if
' A,Heilo7la"""'"', ,:n,",,, Mft wroU "'
3. A rstiln In'lr-- ajmr rrreaods In rani, to
a ll!itnunt la ilia na.v ".
.l...A mll coin, formerly1 enrreni In ih.
MlrMIe Nut, fnialto tvi tin and i half
S. Ttl,IVla do Honlornel A beautiful and
leWr. We In fart., "u'"" "
8. Krnilns In, lha flruratlia aenao rafera hx
metonrmr to the Judaea wno one wore It.
7, Troa-i A Usury sf weeru,, lltorell il:
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The Miracle
Unlovely things they were, und cold
As Death itself, last fall
The bulbs I planted in the mold
Beside my garden wall.
Yet soon above each sodden husk
Will burgeoned beauty blow
And fill with hyacinthino musk
One garden that I know.
Ahl lovelier, dear seed than mine,
Althoueh as cold as thev.
!
I watched my widowed friend consirnif
To churchyard loam today. gf
rm. ""'""y"o M"-j""""h T p-gl
inu sumo .DuniLjnun rower, .(,w
vjuii nciwicr Beo me uisiuni, Minus 5e Tl
.Nor visualize me nower.' til
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WAR BALLAD ON THE SPOTS
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jiiilJiuviacu Jiiubiruicu ouur iiiuv- uvtw
'Em Twenty Years Ago jl
milEfllS la u lady playing at Keith's Thcjj
- tro this week and alnco the weeks neartw'
past tho advertisement won't help much
who figured hi a stirring scene Just twenl
years and ono month nso. which she Wl
probably forgot. jft-ft
In this story Norman Jcffcrlcs figures
the leading man. Tho lady, of course, ,
very small or, nt least, young but she
probably never since been tho center ot'j
much und such loud applause.
On thut day In February, 1838, when tl
news of tho sinking of tho Maine arrlv
Jefferles was press ngent of the old DM
Museum. His Job was to tal.o any , sort-'
sensation untl maKo or it grin nr ma !
Coming Into town on tho train ho reanj
tiewu unit fit mini ltei-un tri llcUTO hOW.'
nnllld turn it In uci-niliit. WIlV not an 111)
trated sonci hot oft the griddle, about
Kino Idea!
Ho sat down nnd got to work, keeping
mlnH ull tlin tlmn tlin tipi-PKsltv (if making.)
lines lit scenes which ho could hope to ft
. . . '. . .. r . . .... ............n.
pictured in tno lantern suaes inanuia-
., nitlrl I. a lllral,. In lin.-n In fnctr WhCD'
had finished his Bong ho gave u copy t.,tl
leader of the orchestra. Instructing win..
fit tho words to somo Jlnglo and teach '
lliltig to little Miss Flora Parker, whoi
appearing at tho Museum that wefk. -Jtu
ho went to Brlggs's lantern-ouae biuu,
Kivtii uiwi i-,iiinivi,m Kirnatti nnd managed
dig up enough stock slides to lllustratv,n
U1U),
That verv afternoon tha BOI1B was
sented and tho audlenco throw Its collect!
hats througji the roof. Here's tho wayjj
weui : i ia
Above tha i-hhi Old Glory nroud was stre
lug: (Laiite nil slide thrown on
showing '01d Glory.". Jl
Tho Maine swung safo at anchor .Ina
buy. (PIcturo of batuesmp.j
n-l.n ,..Annll-l,l nn 1 1. a Lnntu.' il.cktt la Dft
Ing.- W
Tho H.illnru dream of loved ones far.
(Picture. "Old'KcntUcky Home,')..-,
All's' well on board. Of danger nono'V
thinking, ,
When' suddenly the Bky breaks In a ,5
7Plclnra I,llrntnI., Khln.i .'
Ail awful crash Great Oodl tho ship Is WJ
t nig, . '
Thr'cA hundred frnllunt tars aro inUH
thara rrlrtur marine's and BOW
on deck) vS
When Dho camo to tho chorus the If
singer )iad her own troubles getting Paf
applaucc, for the pictures, camo v
furious. Listen: k 1
hilnnilB &iil
w---i i
WnKhllicInn (nlctnra nf GeorirO appear) J
gone to rest arid Lincoln's tP1'11!?,
f hw a-rava! f. 3
"flrnnt infrtni-el Is sleenlna- In his torn
Khennun'H (picture) passed
But oar tills mighty nation tne ow-
. Mlrln-.i rtlll u-UB ("Old (Ilory ',
And wltan X1,-lvlnlev lllloture) glV
word, then Hiialu must Jlght.or PSM
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4 (IB Bl'lUIIU OV Vn ! . w r" $
too, but (ho -audience vspen Its fUrlous.CTi
upon me .repetition n mo -"
wouldn't' hAKntlufletl. k . 'J
Afta ll.mil nil .tvat- pfnurV 'itlO bartSJ
in thtCmdoori across,, the way,,declars4
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