Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 18, 1918, Night Extra, Image 10

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LivTJOLDING the school rate, to six mills,
' ,' " the limit or the levying power dele
'fa? gated to the Board of Education under the
'r ) Sw achool code, Is a good argument for
' Kv$ introducing the Gary system here. If It Is
,fiS,--j"'th'e sole argument of Its advocates It lacks
',, the vitality to validate a complete revolu
',. 'tlon In the school system.
Fl'fc j' The Gary plan must have more than a
I: ffi tablllzlng effect on the school tax to war-
R. "''Jf 'ain as Avt Inn T It-a lnrncUrA maihnita
.W CBU.i uu tti'imcu w as iu icuuva uic ita-ii.
?".,Utai vll. keep ldl rooms filled with learn
fcr fa s ' 4n rnlai1i4t-t aii4 IneiifA mavlmittn n oi-lii.
L-r .ittlt: r..r.:r ..:.: :.;
' .aCc uuiiai ciiiuieiiuy ai iiiiiiiiiiuiii ui mat. lb
:,it ' bo a b0011 t0 Philadelphia. But Inno
vation must wan on certainty, xne au-
tfinr(tljk tnttf ttA aura fhav arn hAttAlmv
ft gP'.S.the machine, not throwing a monkey-
f j s wrencn into it. x ne uary pian woricea out
admirably in the small town of Its Incep
tion. It lias not worked so well In New
York, either because of "Inside" politics
opposing It or lack of adaptability to met
ropolitan needs.
Xj 11aat j1fit-tl A n Vina (11 frnnm n.ttlaU Vaaa
a. miaycutij Diiuuiu iiutv iiiv.il uciui O
act! n jr.
Thlefless days In Philadelphia would be
a welcome novelty.
J GORGAS IS RIGHT
JTMiE sudden concentration of War De-
parteient and War College Influence
against Surgeon General Gorgas In his
effort to advance the rank and widen the
authority of the more Important members
of the medical corps Is significant of an
ancient principle which were better dis
carded in, these crucial days,
i Line officers In the army and the navy
'are never able to avoid a dim inherited
prejudice In their relations with the tech-
4,""nlcal men of their service. It 1b cheering,"
t$v jineretore, to Know tnat resident Wilson
l vv ouiiui hub ucncitti uuifcus. x no i real
I'iiSwBt'uiuaHy gets what he desires.
LI'' The new and unexnected ernwth nt tho
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i-f,- army and the whole involved procedure
; jS; 6t war-making upon an unexampled scale
.' -Lavs rjut new burdenn nn thn merilrftl rnma
,sj& Banjtation is the first factor In the vitality
u&t owarmies. yet no medical omcer may
V a rwllinfArTOBrirlArl nia r1lantJ ...
m il -r,,wMa'wwv. w uipicttiucu uy euine
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body of the line.
E w ,. And this is only one side of the questlcn.
V" The nev- army has been enriched by the
'services of some of the best surgeons.
';. 'physiclcnsand sanitarians In the country.
..' ' fhA n Vin.m .I.-h !! II.. .
i , .wo m. ,ou bitcii tiicit uvea to a
m process of difficult training. Their cen-
hv'eral equipment is valuable bevond all ml.
('? culatlon. They should not be hampered by
i; C inferior rank for any reason of sentiment
r yCf'tor traaiuon.
itfa f redlt for "tartlng daylight uaylng
'' ' belongs to some' roosters we have heard.
A WORD GOES WANDERING
iBOVE the turgid current of the news
. Itom Moscow the other day the name
7Hcf,M. Ryazonov loomed brightly for an
ji. Instant. M. Hvazonov did nn'hlnr- ovtranr.
'4"VUnarjr He merely walked in anger, from
A&v 'VBWU" " "1 rfii-uooiu congress
,"Wafter the atlficatlon of the German peace
rff, terms. The grave observer who told of It,
writing for the world at large, spoke of
Jllim as "an eminent Bolshevik (hMirli
F- isPQif. " association of words was adequate
.w nni, 1110 attention 01 any student of
;sveBiB.. Eminent indeed! An eminent"
f 'f -'ew ye!lTa aS no mere theorist could
i . i Hr ttn Vaanaa ImatA frmA -ll-j .
.I- r ' vi4i-a tiavd uwii caiiea eminent.
'theorist In the recent past might have
y WB, wild, or craxy. or advanced, or er-
. -vv-, uuuu,, vr iuuiiiii, uui ne never
ij, uMI be eminent. Statesmen were em!-
- ,niiVy ku we uumcrB, clergymen, Jaw
jrw.'J'iwti, writers, artista, diplomatists
iawiBtraanii. cut me aisunctlon is new
'& for theorists.
!Times' change.
L",, 3f,Have you a. little hoard of flour In your
THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE
pwBnsylvariia Reserve Militia, now
r-rapltHjr organized, to replace the
I, Guard mustered into the service.
"JMiAte'a contribution to the third
i 0t aWenwe,, Similar organizations, are
m dtveUBed in ether Commonwealths.
i Mat line JUthe AMerlcan Expedition
pWirwtJiere?;"jtie aecon4 is. the
i rWW arany in cantonment train-
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MONSY FIGHTS
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-T-HE millions of Mien In the trenches
. would be impotent If It were not for
the billions of money which Is fighting
with them.
Money buys tho Intrenching tools.
Money buys the guns. Money buys the
cartridges. Money buys the big cannon
In the rear which prepare the way for
taking tho German trenches. Money
buys the shells fired by the big guns.
Money buys the ambulances, the surgical
Instruments, tho anesthetics and the
medicines used in treating the wounded.
Money buys tho food and pays for its
transportation across the ocean.
There can be no victory for democracy
without the sacrifice of irioney as well
as of. lives. It is imperative that all the
money called for by the Government be
supplied without delay.
Two great Liberty Loans have already
been floated. Tho campaign for tho
third loan Is to be started on Saturday,
April 6. Particular attention is to bo
paid by the men in charge of it to the
West and the South. But the East and
tho North will not be neglected. Secre
tary McAdoo will begin the drive with a
speech in this city on April 6 to dedicate
the Liberty statue. The campaign will
not succeed, however wide the appeal,
unless every man, poor as well as rich,
Is ready to do his utmost.
The rich have responded handsomely
to the appeal in the previous loan cam
paigns. They have done more than that,
for they have prepared themselves to pay
the enormous income taxes levied by the
Government. The Federal Treasury l-uts
its hand in their pockets, and takes out
right between 60 and 60 per cent of their
income above a certain amount. Under
this law John D. Rockefeller Is mulcted
in the sum of $34,000,000. To say that
he will not miss it does not affect the
situation. The point is that the burden
of war taxation is being laid in propor
tion to the ability to bear it. The very
rich must pay an immensely greater pro
portion of their wealth than the men of
moderate means.
We should keep continually in mind
that the purpose of the loan is to fight
the Huns. The man beyond military ago
who cannot go into the trenches in
Europe can do his bit by fighting with
his dollars. He will not be called upon to
sacrifice his life, or even to lose an arm
or a leg or an eye, but before the war is
over it is likely that he will be called
upon to lend money to the Government
until he has to live with the strictest
economy, without any luxuries and even
without some of the things which he has
regarded as necessities. He must face
the situation with the same courage that
the soldiers show when they go over the
top.
The father whose son Is now In France,
or will soon be there, can reduce the
chances of injury to that son by putting
his hand down in his pocket and supply
ing money to keep that son properly
cared for and properly equipped and
properly sustained with re-enforcements.
There are some fathers who do not real
ize yet that there Is anything they can do
here at home which will help their boys.
They will not be allowed to remain in
ignorance long. The harder they work
to keep industry here from demoraliza
tion and tho more diligently they dis
courage strikes and lockouts the sooner
will tho Hun be whipped.
Money is called upoij to volunteer. So
long as it responds it will be unnecessary
to 'draft it.
Apparently the Donskl Cossacks are not
doneskl.
JOY FOR THE SPECTATORS
THE days have come when the old-time
Prohibitionists can tilt back In their
easy chairs and chuckle. Politicians of the
old-line parties who will say In public that
the constitutional amendment should be
rejected are almost as scarce as peach,
orchards in mldocean.
We are now treated to the edifying spec
tacle of one candidate for office Insisting
that he is the only simon-pure prohibition
ist and that every other candidate who
professes to favor the amendment is insin
cere and is nothing better than a whited
sepulcher.
The exchange of courtesies has pro
gressed to the point where men are calling
one another liars. What they will be say
ing, by tho tlmo of -the primaries no one
can foretell. The capabilities of the lan
guage have not yet been exhausted, and
as the candidates are expert word sllngers
we may expect much entertainment as the
weeks go by.
In the meantime it is worth while noting
that the controversy Is between candidates
wt"p profess to be for the amendment and
the only Issue is whether one Is a better
prohibitionist than the other.
This certainly Is not a matter for the
rest of us to get excited about.
Concrete seems to serve more admirably
in ships thaii In some of the heads In Con
gress. Can't find baala for peace talk. Head
line. Have the psclflsts-at-any-prlce quit
prattling? '
Having stolen part of Russia the Kaiser
seems Willing to trade bis loot In the west
for a few years of peace.
The throncless Cxar Is said to be grow
inr dull in his captivity. Was he ever very
brilliant In the days of his freedom?
War conditions In Philadelphia were re
quired to prove flnilly that the rum demon,
with all his other fallings, is also demoniacally
stupid.
Germany, brags Ludandorff, Is stronger
than' her .foes. But Germany must be
stronser than her leaders if she Is to avoid
ultimata ' d-leoater,
Germans captured several thousand Rus
sian troops and one general, according to a
late Berlin 'pqmrounlque. Well, they won't
.Bead the general since the .army is de
letMlg.. a-jie' JteUte 'Commerce Commission's
rll, adetttwr,-IB lr oawt to the rates of
the t4eyaraJrMU wul'teeet freight bills
.s4f.We.W0i MK'.tMa la a. ease-where the
yeavle. wHl ,jrly jy the, freight to win
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The Haverf ord
of Isaac Shax'pless
THEHE Is a little college, not much mors
than eight miles from the brim of William
Penn's beaver, cet on' the loveliest campus
In the world. Her sons are not so very many,
but they love her. Let us call her Haver
ford, for that Is her name.
The loveliest campus In the world. Let
there be no argument on that point. When
William Carvlll. an English landscape sculp
tor, laid out the college grounds some eighty
five years ago. he found In the richly swell
ing tract settled by the Welsh Quakers some
hint of the old-world countryside that was
so dear to him. Ho leveled cricket fields.
plotted terraces, gardens, avenues of oako
and maples, molded launs dropping away
Into fragrant hollows. He designed for the
little Quaker academe a bowery retreat, full
of sweet dreams and quiet breathing. He
taught the first generation of Haverferdlans
to play cricket, noblest of games; to cry
"Cowled, Indeed, sir!" and "Well held!" Then
he retired Into obscurity and legend knows
hlra no more.
ALONG came the Pennsylvania Railroad
. In course of time. The brick pavement
In front of 'Founders' Hall grew squashy
with many a tprlng thaw and undulated un
der eager feet. The Ivy aspired and covered
the simple countenance of that plain build
ing; sparrows twittered there so loudly as
to Interrupt the professors at their lectures.
Other halls arose one by one. As the years
ent by hundreds of stalwart Quaker youths
bunked In tho narrow cubicles of old Found
ers, took In their nourishment of Greek and
calculus and biblical literature, sat on First
day and Fifth-day on the bruising benches
of old Haverford Meeting, and llftened to
the revelations of their elders. They de
veloped the prowess of plllow-flghtlng from
a rude Instinct to a ballistic science. By and
by the curriculum, designed an "a guarded
education In morals and manners." admitted
tho existence of the heavenly bodies and as
tronomy flourished. Later the literary arts
and finally even music were acknowledged.
(Not until this present winter did the college
officially admit the existence of the dance.l
A seminary for young ladles, by some called
a college, was founded within range of stout
legs, only a few sonnets away. And then
came the telephone and broke down the last
ramparts of the old Quaker claustratlen.
IN THH autumn of 187S a young man Just
under twenty-seven, wise and humorous
beyond his years, came In as a scratch sub
stitute on the faculty, "because," asthey told
him, "they could not get any one else." This
man, Isaac Sharpless. was to be the shrewd
and kindly pilot" under whose guldanco tho
little college has grown In wisdom and stature
to play a valuable ' role In the educational
Ideals of our time. Under his hand the In
stitution became more than a happy-go-lucky
country club for the young Quaker bourgeois.
It Is dua to him, and the corps of devoted pro
fessors he gathered round him, that Haver
ford stands new In a unique position: a
college where the tradition of old Quaker
simplicity Is linked with sound scholarship
and the necessity of hard study. It Is now
one of tho half dozen men's colleges In this
country where students are admitted only
by examination, not by the certificate of
feme complaisant schoolmaster.
ISAAC SHAUPLKSS was president of
Haverford College from 18S7 until 1917.
In 1887 the number cf students was ninety
four, the salary list $20,000, tho college en
dowment $100,000. In 1917 the number of
students was 105; the salary list $71,475;
the endowment $2,577,571. This expansion
seems In Itself sufficiently remarkable; but It
has to bo remembered, to President Sharp
less's honor, that not once In the thirty
years of his office did he or his associates
encourage growth at tho expense off Ideals.
Under his sure and steady hand Haverford
has chosen a niche of Its own, and proved
the value und need of the small college as
against the contrasting claims of bigger Insti
tutions, and adhered loyally but not pedant
ically to tho tradition of cultural rather than
technical training.
IT WOULD ill beseem any of the thousand
or to men who abode at Haverford during
Isaac Sharpless's presidency to vaunt above
Its due place the success cf that quiet Quaker
experiment In education. President Sharpless
has made self-effacing modesty almost a vice,
nnd his quick neiise of humor would render
It unbearable for any of his fledglings to
offer him too public or too patronizing praise.
The purpose of these remarks Is to call atten
tion to his book, "The Story of a Small Col
lege," which has Just been Issued by tho
John C. Winston Company, In which lie tells,
with naught extenuated, of his adventures
In steering a course. Fortunately for some
of his ducklings, he does not tell all he knows
about us.
AND, somehow or other, at this time of
.jear, one's heart goes back to thoe care
free days "sweet hours, and the fleetest of
time" when there were no wars, no meat
less' days, no coal bills, no more pressing
problem than buncoing the faculty with some
kind of Intellectual barratry we called a
"graduation thesis." When warm, moist
purls come Into the air and we know that the
forsythla Is out near the Conklln gate, and
the bricks In front of Founders seesaw up
and down as the frost leaves the earth, and
the golden windows of Barclay Hall blaze
In the dusk at the top of that long Hope of
campus then there comes a very real nos
talgia for that dearest erf places. Of courbe,
it would never do, really, and It Is childish
folly to Imagine It, but we would like to be
back there just for a week with "Ike"
looking at us In that quizzical way, I think
the secret of our love for him was that we
knew we couldn't bluff him. Most of the others
could be hocused one way or another.. But
there was no getting past "Ike."
IT MUST be a pleasant feeling to round out
one's seventh decado with the sense of
honorable accomplishment and fine human
service that President Sharpless ought to
have. But probably he doesn't have that
feeling at all, he's so busy thinking about
what he's going to do during tho next ten
years. And If you read his "Story of a Small
College" you'll see why we lovo Haverford
and love Isaao Sharpless.
A HAVKHFOftDIAN.
MERCHANTMEN
Ail honor be to merchantmen,'
And ships of all degree,
In warlike dangers manifold,
Who sail and keep the sea, ,
In peril of unlltten coast
And death-besprlnkled foam.
Who dally dare a hundred deaths
To bring their cargoes home.
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A liner out of Liverpool a tanker from the
Clyde
A hard-run tramp from anywhere a tug
" from Merseyslde
A cattleboat from Birkenhead a coaler from
the Tyne,
All honor be to merchantmen while any star
shall shine I
All honor be to merchantmen,
And ships both great and small.
The swift and strong to run their race
And smite their foes withal;
The little' ahlps that elnk'or swim
And pay the pirates' toll,
Unarmored save by valiant hearts.
And vtrong in naught but soul.
All honor; Ve to merchantmen,
A long ae'tldes shall, run.
Who gave the" seas their glorious dead
From rise to set of sun;
All honor be to merchantmen
'While SngUnd'rname shall stand,
Who sailed and fought, and dared and died,
'And served and. saved their Und.
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A saUing jrtilp from Liverpool a tanker from
the Clyde ,
A.satoeoner.from theTVest. Countries tug
j.'-'ftowKeraeyslder-f ''
.A feeMigimuk' from Qrlmaby;. town
i ' awaJtr rreea-trie ajme
All heawr.ee to', eaawbentniew While mm a4
KTEAJ
GOV. PENNYMOKER
ENDS MINIATURES
Stotesbury, Whitman and Root
Among: the Last Interesting
Character Sketcties
ICeturloht. l)tt. v rvWo Letncr Cflmrarj)
rE.NNvr.tcKEn aptomoobamiv ?o. 103
EDWARD T. STOTESBURY
rINIKO with Charle3 S. Harrison, the
-' former provost of the University of
Pennsylvania, on the evening of September
23, 1914, at his attractive country place, I
sat at tho table with Mrs. Harrison, and on
my left was E. T. Btotesbury, the million
aire, who, entering tho houso of Drexel &
Co. years ago as a clerk at a small salary,
is now the head of the establishment. A
short, meager man, with much vivacity,
he told me that ho had been much opposed
to the nomination of George II, Earle, Jr.,
for tho mayoralty of tho city, but that now,
under the Wilson regime, 1100 men had
been discharged by the Baldwin Locomotive
Works and every business in which he
was interested was stagnant, Rnd he hoped
for the return of Penrose to the United
States Senate.
"I have Just received a letter from the
head of the firm of Harjos & Co., in Paris.
It is pitiable. He asks me to be his execu
tor. He tells mo the Germans are near the
city, that ho docs not know whether ho or
his children will bo alive n week hence,
that ho does not know whether lie will
have anything to leave to them, that no
man can tell what will happen."
Stotesbury was Interested In the opera
In Philadelphia.
"I paid Mary Garden," said he, "eighteen
hundred dollars a night, and made an en
gagement to pay her eighty thousand dol
lars In the courso of the winter. The
newspapers accused me of spending too
much time in her dressing room, while, on
tho other hand, she described me .as 'such
a timid little man.'"
PEARY AMUNDSEN
SHACKLETON ,
On the evening of January 16, 1913, at
tho Art Club, in Philadelphia, I met Robert
E. Peary, who discovered the North Pole;
Roald Amundsen, who reached the South
Pole, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Eng
lishman, who made a brave attempt to get
to the South Pole, but failed. It certainly
was an unusual combination to encounter
at one time. A reception was given them
by the Art Club, at which many distin
guished Plilladelphlans were present. John
Cadwalader escorted me to a seat at the
luncheon upstairs, and, be.lng a member
of the club, acted as a personal host. While
we were chatting, we were Interrupted,
however, by a gentleman who said he had
been hunting for me, and that the presi
dent of the club wanted mo to dine with
tho guests. About twenty persons sat at
the dinner table. It gave me the oppor
tunity of seeing at closer range tho ex
plorers and saying a few words to them.
Peary I havo known and have elsewhere
depleted Amundsen Is a tall, bony man,
with the lines of his face drawn, thin and
tough, giving much the impression of a
Calvlnlstlc Scotchman fed on oatmeal and
the twenty-nine articles of the Covenant.
He was, nevertheless, cordial, and answered
such questions as were put to him with
few but direct words. He Indicated a
certain senso of power, and Is probably
made of sterner stuff than most men.
Shackleton, a short, stocky, dark-eyed and
dark-haired Englishman, I pitied. What
could be more uncomfortable than to feel
that you had como near but had not
touched the goal, and then to be shown
lit contrast with two men each of whom
had succeeded in the difficult quest.
General Nelson E. Miles, who was one
of the party, came over and sat with me
at the tablo after tho cigars had been
handed uround. Much of Ills talk was about
Roosevelt, whom he detested.
WALT WHITMAN
Once while I was active in the manage
ment of the I'enn Club In Philadelphia,
an institution ut tho corner of Eighth and
Locust streets, started by my friend Whar
ton Barker, and which lias entertained
many distinguished persons, we concluded
to give a reception to tho "good gray poet."
The gentlemen of the city were there,'
all In their evening dress. Whitman came
over from Camden In a rough gray suit
Intended for tho street and considerably
the worso for wear. This was permissible.
If duo to necessity or even to his own con
venience A large-framed, muscular man,
he wore a long, heavy beard and gave the
Indication of brawn and muscle. Before
coming he had Industriously Inserted forty
or fifty pins In tho lapel of his coat and
they bhone forth conspicuously. This, of
course, was puro affectation, throwing
doubt on the suit and giving the appear
ance of humbuggery to the wholo per
formance. It has ever seemed to me that
this clement ran through all of his so
called poetry.
ELnnThooT
I hae met Mr, Root on two occasions
at Chicago, where he made the speech
nominating Roosevelt for the presidency, a
speech which could not be heard and,
therefore, made little Impression on the
audience, and again at the Franklin din
ner of the American Philosophical Society,
where he sat between me and Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts, whom he spent
most of his time In Jibing. A slim, rugged,
iron-gray man who gives tho impression
of will-power and Intelligence, which lie
undoubtedly possesses. He is a living
Illustration of the old saw, "First get on,
then get honpr, then get honest." Begin
ning .life as hn associate of Tweed, pro
gressing into a successful corporation
lawyer and accumulator, he now, in his
old age, proclaims that there are higher
motives than the pursuit of money, and
he is keen to perceive corruption in pol
iticians outside of New York. lie stood'
manfully by Roosevelt while the latter had
power and then promptly- dropped him.
As a United States Senator he repre
sented, the financial interests of New York
city, 'and if a choice had to be made be
tween the welfare of the country and the
welfare of these interests, always found
good or plausible reasons for clinging, to
the, flesh pots. As a statesman he ought
never, to be' forgiven for ills part in the
surrender ,ot our sovereignty over the Pan"-
am .Canal. On the whole he is a. man ea-,
pWe of great usefulness, but entirely too,
. shrewd and worldly-wise to e a safe de-
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DEEDS OF WUDRO, SON OF WYL
rpHERE has recently turned up in Eng---
land, from goodness knows where, a
singular and hilarious concoction which
seems immediately to havo become thero a
kind of national enjoyment, like the'Bank
Holiday. It is a satirical comment on
contemporary conditions, dealing with
conscientious objectors, prohibitionists,
meatless days, llghtiess nights and such
like things. It is written In biblical
language und divided into chapters and
verses, with a summary of each chap.,
tcr, after the style of the King James ver
sion of the Bible. Two of the chapters
treat of America and her entrance Into the
war. The first of them tells of the Presi
dent's long correspondence with tho Kaiser,
discusses U10 kinking of tho Lus,ltanla and
the dcn.and of the war party hero that wo
bring hii end to talk and act. The second
chapter tells of our entrance Into tho war.
'Hero It Is as it appears in the American
edition of "The Bpok of Artemas," pub
lished by George H. Doran Company;
CHAPTER XVI.
. ll'iidro dflfi'crefh a icaruln7.
infii
rcekcth advice. .. .1ml fafcefh ft. 1".
W'udro actelh accordlun t" ''is toorrf.
. Wierecit M'fffl s omaserf. IS. He
eiieaketh boastfully, n. ll'mlro seffefA
odoiit t;ic roatler. IS. He frtahtcneth
IViIIl. S3. Who perccivcth the bleating
0 peace.
NOW the longest rope, ft Ziatfi an end.
Wherefore it came to pass In time that
Wudro, tho son of Wyl, did send unto Willi,
that was the King of the Hu, and ho said
untd him,
2. Such tilings and such things hast thou
done, all these being against thy plighted
word; and thine iniquity. It hath tormented
me for a long (Cmo pabt. Now, therefore,
hearken unto me, and pay attention:
3. Because I am a man of peaco, therefore
have I borne with thee long enough; and
I am become sick unto death mllh thy
carryings on. And the blood of my murdered
people, it crleth out for retribution.
4. Take heed, therefore,, and mend tho
evil of thy ways, for, on, the next occasion,
assuredly shalt thou rua the day.
6. And when Willi had heard tfiese things
that Wudro, the son of Wyl, did bay unto
him, he sent In haste unto his chief captains,
and ho did commune lolli Inrm,
6. And he questioned them closely con
cerning the words of Wudro. And ho said
unto them. Think yo that this man, ha
meaneth anythlnot
7. And they made answer unto him, saying.
Be of good cheer and heed him not. forMio
Is a man that acteth only according fo his
advantage. And to make war, It ' juld ad
vantage him nothing. For tho land of Amer,
t prospereth exceedingly; and the miller
turneth not away Jftat sfream which work'eth
his wheel.
8. Also he llveth afar off and his servants,
thev are unready. Verily, the threats of such
on one, they be full of emptiness; and what
roever he cayeth, that hath he also sad be
fore. Nevertheless, we will smite him because
of It when the time Is ripe.
9. And after Willi had heard all the things
that the captains of his host did 'say unto
htm, his heart was rejoiced uiltAIn him, and
he said unto them. Assuredly are ye men
after mine own understanding. Let us, there
fore, ceo about IN And they did see about
Ik ,
,10. And when vord was brought unto
Wudro concerning these things and how
V1H did set his warnings at naught, making
mock of )i!s threats,.theo was he very wroth,
end he cried out, in the violence of his anger,
saying. Am I, then, Job, (Ant be born-again,
tobe tormented thus?
' 11. And he ftrafghticai called the people
unto ' him. and Ke spake unto them. And'
after ho had told them everything, he said
int,ci them. Is lt therefore, a matterifor
war! Ana they answered him with a mighty
...laa wlnar' It 1 Mllffl IB ' t ""
voice, saying. It Is a matter lor war,.
l:,. And when Willi heard what was come
to pass, ke was amazed, and ills knees, they
, did tremble beneath him. And Wa commanded,
hia servants that they should brfngunto him
.the braxen mask, being part of the.' royal
attire; and he did put It on . ;
.It, And after that 'It-was on, ha did raise
aie .towo vu iiiBii, anu h spanc, saying
,11. What of the land 'oAmirt 'Awl what'
'Ut . Ver)ly,,a-plntht,l4Kh liilfc. ay;.Jti
u il niurn acvouDL wan
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UNOLE SAM'S NEPHEWS ALWAYF
ak 1 inn 11
prvtfuctive
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things! neither shall any man dare to with
stand It.
16, And when he had finished speaking, he
sent out messengers uufo the four corners of
the earth, Instructing them that they should
tell these things unto all people, for he was
a Iioastful fellow and a bracga.t. for ever
holding forth In large manner for to be
heard of till the world.
17. Now Wudro, the son of Wyl, after that
ho had madu him war, he cried not out from
the housetops what things he would do, but
ho gat him about It for fo do them.
IS. And ho opened wide the strings of his
purse so that the shekels, they gushed forth
as the waters of a brook after' rain.
19. And he sent much munition of war
unto them that were loffh him, and he com
manded Ills physicians that they bhould go
out for to succor the wounded.
10. And he did send Ills vessels of war
also, which were useful things and ready
for tho fray. And of men that did fly In the
air, ho sent ulso of these, an eager band,
nttd valiant.
21, Neither was he backward In the matter
of food, making due provision In all thing.
And he did set him about it for to build him
an army, a mighty host sucft as never before
was seen. And he rested him not, neither
In the day nor In tho night did he rest him,
doing always those things that were requisite
for the undertaking.
22, And when word was brought unto
Willi that Wudro, he had taken the coat
frcm oft his back, nnd that he was labour
ing without any respite, ho grew Bore afraid,
and he did shake all over with the violence
of the tremble of his knees.
23, And when he was recovered by a
potion of strong drink, he did call the Minis
ters of State unto his chamber, and he spake
unto them, saying. Is there no cne noio
amongst the men of peace fftat loll; raise his
voice against this bloody war?
21. And, lo, straightway, there teas a voice,
and it spake concerning peace. A.nd It was
blown along by the wind, even unto the land
of Amer was It blown.
25. And when It was come unto the cars
of Wudro, that was the son of Wyl. he made
answer unto It, and he did say. Verily, It hath
a goodly sound. Xevertheless, this peace. It
thall not come to pass, for tho King of Hu.
he hath a. lying tongue, and his plighted word,
hath he not brpken It before?
20. And because he Is icAnJ he Is, there
fore Mini) the compact of peace be made
only with that man which he fa not.
27, And the words of Wudro, they were
blown along by the wind, even back from
the land of Amer icera ihey blown on the
wings of the wind.
JIORK OF THAT NEW ni'SSIAN Ml'SIO
nuaila'a nrw anna: "Oh. How Sh RnuM
Bol.h.ilkl Wlekt Vaekl Wool" Vale Itacord.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, What la a Gnome enrlne?
5. Name the eons' noat popular with American
aoldlera on the march In France.
8. What rountrr flrat rxwrlmtntrd with con.
crate anlpaT
' "the KalicV?"' "" """" "'' ln"
6. What It a, eotletT
0. What were "lettrae de cacliri;'?
7. What la (Jnir'riit Xudcndorfr'n rank in ih.
Herman arin7 i
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plane excluelvelr fer the
.5' aXf '.'?.. m,"f walklns .tick ao caUedf
10, Wklch la the Ktjatone staler
Answers to Saturday's Oulz
if A ejterpllUr liaa. tlx true lv and a n
of falae ea7 It U.claV.lM w"
hetapada or elVtened animals.
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with the
Beadle
rajle Adam, were; the tint fiublLhrra
S' iV'S1 "Wf ''Med the peaca treatlea
wartetPar,tV."""' 'ni B'WeiSisfflefii
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BoysrkingPesirve
Togtetotheyounp men. fetween'tfo
yr&r of 'j-fvhxn and twenty-one the
privilege cfspendinalheitjpantimin.
enterprise without Interrupti
1
tnar jcutnssdc jcnoa.,wmic maroaer
bmlherj are battling in the tnencheranl
ontheseds,twtfmt& ' incr&setheiwns
ofpjwutirpfbr thi Joncesattte frortf-andthe-maitvtenance
of tfwse whose,
services are needed here."
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PreaioVnfc Wilson
APPRECIATION OF WILSOM
A Reader Likes It 'When Justice Is' i
to the President
To the Editor of the Evening fubfip letgffl
oir i Biart jor xne wesi lonigm; wn'i
few stops en route to talk business aha'si
a word with some friends, for each of VS
I am taking with me a cony of last nil
Evening Public I.EDOEn. Blue-penclleatM
the' Inside page is an article on' WO
Wilson, for which, on behalf of thnaa'frlai
and myself, X must thank you. Thiy'itJa
Wilson men and Americans. I deAti'i
much pleasure from reading It that I'eaw
refrain from a comment. Such Jutlc
...w ...a,, u, .(bjviie, is nj rare in j
davs of turmnll.
I'm a Wilson man throueh and
I'm proud to be led bv him and I'd eon
It an honor to shine his shoes. Lack of.tH
inaxes it impossible for ine to say
Id like to "shake" with Mr. lfalv an'H
Issue, but can only hope for more of hint!
my Lvenino Public LEDOKn. ' ' H 7 '
MOItTON HErPARfl
PhllarfplnMa M...1. II &
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TIT- FOR TAT ON PENNYPACS
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledrim
sir I read with pleasure and Interests
J-ennypacKer autobiography,' but did not J
in x-ennsyivanla during his term of(i
as uovernor. '.M
r wntiM Mat. .. ...... ........'Id
- ..v.u ,anv .. DUggBllVll jor JUUI,1
smerauon. , fosslbly you can get CM
Itoosevelt, former Judao Hushes and'oi
In publlo life referred to by Governor Pel
packer to make comments ah in Vila fPal
naekf-r'art attain.,. '. n--oA.iliw''Va
-' -.........., .,M ,.u. .-...,.
mis means Historians would have Uie'l
ent of both sides of the' story. Maybe CJ
rtoosevelt would tell why he talked, so
at that meal. One story Is good until,
other Is told. BBOWM
Philadelphia. March 16. "V
THE KERNELLS te1
To the Editor, of the Evening Public ft4ff
Sir Iu the nubllshlnr of the Terylh
estlng letter of the late John L. farXl
benefit of old timers, recalling tha old
It Is singular that no mention was ma4
the late Harry and John Kernel!. Tht
not classed as minstrels, but were, la. I
writers opinion, productive of .far ;
laughs." Harry with his ciualnt style-1
John with that gruff .voice answering 9
questions and appealing to, the auaiai
Where are their successors today? ..Caajj
uimn -oi any oneieam tnai tier pun
them In their act? C. M&
Philadelphia, March 16.' ;
if1
A COMPLAINT IN VERSE j
To the Editor of the Evening Publlo ledgm
til "fiul
Unhappy day. unhappy day. 2iSi
When Hoover' took my "eats" away;'
I'm tired of eating in disguise ltjj i
ins euoeiKuies ror meats ana pies.u.i
I cannot eat the bran and hay v-Jd
iiib lurcvu upon me tsvery uaj---,
The next war food that comes, to, t
., , '. .. ..... li JUu
ixjru, give me sirengm io Keep ...
, MBS. W, C PA
liummeistown. Pa,, March is, .jf-if-i
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STEPHENSON AND LA FOLI
iaaae Ktenhanann. Innw' dead In Wll
at an advanced age, -was long'a'buslrjefatjl
in pontics. j , t
Looking back upon,hl'.career,,.li"e"l3
credible now that ,ha was one of' tfc 'J
'm.hm .. -o..v- ir r ' VAllttA .bati
fact la easily explained. With vasUj
Interests: Mr. Btenhenson's political .cro
confined to protective tariffs, JMr.' t,'f"
canfo uppn the 'scene' a sworn foe, of tit A
roads. The. rich tlmberman practically '
him. ' ' . r V'-
,s,i?7iu.ii. wmi li, raj' --
La Follttte developed, presidential i
and urared Mr.Rtenhanaon to bOOm I
.of Presidents, a,Ki Ha'n.h 2v
money requirements-or Mien ey,nne
appeal to the' old'tentUman, and !
Mr, La Follette man many. putrin
Marinette.'.' the., war' ohaat1 was notop
It' had been InjMoKlitlay's daj'.'-'V.-y:
Katlraatlni'.itF' JJItanhailaon'a' nubile
weare Incllnad to the opinion juit tMH
, na ' tiibi waaauaaiawa samuarv. .
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