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P.RICE-F1X1NG VS. PROFITEERING
THE term "(Jov eminent contraclM" ulll
loso some of Its nllurcmciit for tho
prolltcer imtl some of Its sinister mciinlnc
for the public In view of tlio orgaiilzutlon
of a price-fixing boititl for tho puruhitEe of,
raw materials used In war work.
Despite Doctor Johnson, patriotism Is not
the last refuse of a scounurel, but profiteer
ing masquerading as patriotism 1ms been,
and so Ioiik us human natuio endures
doubtlcis will be. Those who send their
ons to fight for dcmociacy und who vol
unteer their hard-earned dolUrs for Lib
erty Bonds cannot understand the business
psychology of such men. Scandals In war
contracts such ns dlsliguicd the liunoral lo
records of the Civil and Spanish-American
Wars ought to bo avoided b tho central
ized authority of Informed, efficient, ex
pert bujers of the type appointed to the
new ptlce-flxlng board.
Hung 'em high for high treason
THE LOW.PAID MAN
E Ann Kit intimations aic ran ununited
by the netvs that tho Hallway Wage
Commission Is preparing to lucic.iho tho
pay of all railroad workers who now get
less than $100 a month. The Inquliy ic
cently made by the Wage Commission Into
living conditions throughout tho country
was peculiarly exhaustive und the complete
report of tho Investigation when It finally
Is published should be u document of rare
valuo and Interest. The Wage Commis
sion obviously got some novel glimpses of
iy j mo unproicciea lives oi iow-aiu men who
are caught helplessly between the unions
on the one hand and easy-going employers
on tho other.
Tho switchmen and olV.co men, trackmen
and laborers of tho railroads have suf
fered occasionally because of tho lnci cased
wages which tho brothei lioods ucio able
to commund for their nuinDeis. And they
have suffered agulir. as recent develop,
ments have shown, because of the great
nnd sometimes wasteful ovcihead expense
which the railroads weie forced to meet
In the usual process of competition. Thus
Mr. McAdoo'u commission has llgured
that It can 'save J23.00U annually In. this
city alone by eliminating the competitive
ticket offices. The plueo for this money
Is and always was In the envelopes of the
humbler workers. It Is to ho hoped that
the reform may be progressive. The low
paid man Is In tho vaBt majority. No com
munity can be normal or healthy whllo a
great mass of its woikers aie depressed
or discouraged.
That curious grating souml jou heard
yesterday was the Iceman rubbing his hands
to glee.
SOLDIERS OF THE MACHINES
rpHK present war Is at bottom a sys-
tematic conflict of mechanical energy.
Adjutant General Crowdcr's pronounce
ment oi yesterday, In which the privileges
of deferred classification were withdrawn
from Uchnlcal men of draft ago In many
of the important trades, was thereforo e.
pected. It Is a logical development In the
elaborate system of army organization on
an efficient scale. Technical mm ami inn.
J& chanlca are immeasurably Important fac
tors behind tho Ilncj, In the great little
known world where tanks and guns, mo
tora and transports, electrical equipment
and signal apparatus aro kept shipshape,
The Intention of the Adjutant Qeneral's
Department Is to take the needed men
from tho deferred lists, even though they
Jiavo been listed In special classes because
of the importanco of their war service at
home.
This r.ew development Is suggestive of
tho van resources which the peaco or
ganization of the nation can offer to tho
buslneer of war. Every technical and me-
ehflnlnflt Vn nrlt- 4.l.. At .
T -.....v v.i'..fc win juiun mo colors now
Hi-"- ia tho flnl8ned contrlbutlfin of American
v-t-j luuumij. aiio inousanas or such men al
r t.Jay m the service have records of
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j racnioveraent that are highly creditable not
, J""r m incmseives, DUt to the Industrial
IV-. ?'ttin In which thev we Inlni
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-'"rT'T" Hlndenbuftf steam roller Isn't rolling
': the western front. Somelhlnt- wmn ,.i.u
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, fjx IS AN OUTING NECESSARY?
' npHB order from Washlnrion that the
, 'illar excursions to Atlantla City be
'i rumedjls based on the assumption that
It la as Important for tha worklngman as
rarnw wnpioyer to navo an opportunity
a, day at the shore.
'men, of the railroad companies
mr.fhat the excursions cannot be
aweajuM incro u a scarcity or
I ear.shorlaie is admitted. The
f.'makfiitl arrangemints ao
i eWlng -wafwerk may have an
MMafoMlly ought also to be ad-
tjj te tb rillrood men,:rwrkIflB in
U tM OoyernnM. :o And
army m am aviussi n we
It Mttb U
OUR RIGHT TO THE DUTCH
SHIPS
rpHERE are between 500,000 and 1,000,-
000 tons of ships belonging to Hol
landers resting now in American waters.
These snips have been held hero either
because their owners were nfraid of tho
German submarines nnd preferred to
hold them Idlo rather thnn run tho rlsn
of total loss or because the American
Government had refused to permit them
to coal in order to hold them here and
keep them out of the service of the Ger
mans. The necessity of Increasing the ton
nage available for tho use of this coun
try and its allies suggested the use of
the Dutch ships. How could they be
used without violation of the rules of
international law protecting neutrnls?
A little study of the precedents showed
the way. There Is in international law a
right of angary, which means n right of
messenger service. This rule pcimits n
belligerent to seize and apply for war
purposes nny kind of neutral property
that may be within its jui it-diction
The "necessities of win" arc the nolo
guide in the use of such neutral property.
The understanding is, of course, that the
owners shall lie paid fur what is
destroyed und shall be compensated for
the use of what is lotcr returned to them.
This is not a new rule, nor is it one
that has never been applied. Geimany
herself in the Franco-Prussian wnr sank
six British coal barges in the Seine in
order to block the river to pi event French
gunboats from approaching Pari. Eng
land did not protest against tho sinking,
but insisted on the compensation of the
owners. Hismsirck paid for the barges.
In the same war neutral railroad cars
were seized for the use of the (jcrman
army nnd wcie later returned to their
neutral owners, with proper compensa
tion. If the "necessities of war" permit
the sinking of coal barges belonging to
citizens of a neutral State and permit
the seizure of railroad cars owned by the
railroads of a nonbelligcient, there is
nothing to prevent the scizuie of neutral
shipping in bclligeicnt ports to serve tho
ends of the belligerents.
That the Netherlands Should piotcst,
against tho seizure of the Dutch ships is
to be expected. That unfortunate Power
is between the devil and the deep sen.
She cannot ally herself with Germany
without becoming the prey of France
and England, and she cannot ally herself
with France and England without run
ning the danger of becoming a second
Belgium. Geimany is only waiting for
nn opportunity to seize Holland in order
to secure what Frederick List called a
front door on the sen. The Netherland
er have lived in fear of such a scizuie
ever since August, 1014, and for years it
hud been the nightmare in the sleep of
tho Dutch statesmen.
The right of the United Stulcs and
Great Britain to take possession of nil
the neutral shipping in their ports is
undoubted.- The duty of the Dutch Gov
ernment to protest, in order to make it
impossible for Germany to charge that
it has ceased to be neutral, is undisputed.
The Dutch protest will be put on record
and the Dutch owners will bo compen
sated when the war is over, but the ships
will be put to whatever use the necessi
ties of war dictate.
Tho mole chiefs tho less speed seems in
hac been Adinltnl Doules'n sizing up of the
Hog Island situation.
THAT EXTRA HOUR
SO.M1J ONI! writes to nsk what tho ma
jority of people will do wlfli the extra
hour o' daylight that will bo thelts to
enjoy after April 1.
The fucry Is more Important than It
seems at first glance. A hundred mil
lion hours a day will bo tinned In sud
denly to tho Hum f our national resources.
They may bu frlvo'.d away at golf, dissi
pated on club pinches or lost forever In
Joy-rldlng. Or they may he utilized in wnr
gardening or in other was devoted to tho
general good of tho country. An acuto
pundit might watch for tho general use to
which tho extra hour is put.
Tho experiment should supply a pretty
good Indlc.itlon of national temper and
disposition under present circumstances.
Whom the Kaiser would destroy he first
flatters. Vet Sweden smiles foolishly through
It all.
SPIES
fTIHB Kedein, agents who rounded up two
-L picturesque women spies in New York
and tho authorities who 1 uve arranged for
tho Immediate deportation of tho prisoners
to 1'ianco havo permitted the general pub
lic only u passing gllmpso at an under
lying vhaso of war romance which is ad
equate, doubtless, to Justify all tho wilder
flights of modern Hellenists. Tho Govern
ment officials had good renbons for slam
ming tr 2 covcrH on a wonder tale that now
may never be told, since, If all that lins
been intimated Is true, a volley from a
French firing squad may terminate without
ceremony a very real and actual drama.
Mme. Storch nnd her friends represent
types far more familiar on tho Continent
than In America. JImc. Storch, under one
name o another, has existed In all history
and In all fiction since tho beginnings of
civilization. She bus figured moro or less
prominently In countless secret Intrigues
of governments. It Isn't surprising to find
that tho trail uncovered In New York leads
back to Bcrns'orff.
Tho Trench know by hard experience
Something1, that America has yet to learn
that var cannot be waged amiably. If the
accused women and their associates have
actually been guilty of systematic espion
age In America there will bo llttlo to tell
of them after they are onco delivered In
France. Tho case should Involve a sug
gestion for the United States. So far ino
spy has been put to death In this country.
Councils want full control of the city's
finances. This would be xery well If the city
had full control of Councils.
Anyhow, the Czar and a rand Dukes
grew more massive and Impressive looking
whiskers than their successor: In Tetrograd.
Organization' of a chapter of Sons of
the Hevolutlon I postponed n ltussla till
, they 'can mqke up their minds which reyolu-
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A
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER -
The Gownsman
i
L17P us f.natonilxo the patron tho protcc
a tor; the fosterer, tho benefactor, who
docs something for nnolher from a position
of superiority, who lends countenance nnd
helps keep nourished. A patron cannot pro
tect his equal, he does not need It: ho can
not countenance another patron, tho latter
will not stand ft; ho cannot act tho bene
factor to an Independent spirit, who will re
sent It. Tho patron Is a superior being In
hatsoeer station of wealth, Influence or
power ha may move. Now, a patron does not
do anything or think anything. It is not
his business to toll, unless It be In the meshes
of diplomacy; neither does he spin, except on
occasion. In his car, beyond the speed limit.
It Is not for him to plan anything, to foresee
nn thing or really to manncc, however seem
ingly bo may appear to do so. Ills business
Is merel to own. to enjoy tho proceeds of
ownership and occasionally to make a dress
paiade on what ho calls inspection."
rtnlli; pntiuti ma be i
gentleman of leisure.
X a diplomat or
r mi Industrial or even educa
tional magnate. He Is often ns csnlted as
prince or ns "low down" ns n ward heeler.
In whlili latter cape we call him "the boss."
In Ameik'.i the patron Is mo't frequently
merely a moneed man with a bobby, which
he files as n lull tn tho business kite If he Is a
connoisseur In art he biis plotuies. with an
oe to the Investment, or plans a tomb for
himself to he a perpetual ecoro tn his neigh
bor whose fate It Is lo survive him. It bo
happens to "affect letters" he collects books
Ht prices which the herd cannot p.iv ; and he
may desiioy a thousand of these, his pitiable
subjects, to exlra-lllustr.ite "The Life of Nell
liwlti" In iharlly he often gives Ills name,
nnd teliloni nn thing else. In time of wnr
lie Is iillke n publlilst anil a privateer. And,
If we limy take a flop downward once more,
when the pation Is n contractor, he does not
mi much contract us he often expands Into a
polllUal poiteut.
SPi:lIN(J or politics and poitenls. the
vvoihl Is In the throes of this Ineffable
war largel because of the patron; for me
dieval luitociaey Is based essentially nu n
lecoRiiltloii of the inequality of men. on an
ueieptancc of the tlocttlno of dlvlno right. In
lieirni in one man. to own, rule, protect and
exploit the rest of tho nation. "The Mad
Hog of l.'uropo" Is the supreme patron: he
Is jack of all trades; .vet. with a lifetime of
military tiaining. he is not even n good gen
eral, nnd "Hie victor of Verdun" Inherits his
father's mllltiuy Imnnipotciicy. In fact, the
tumble wlih what Lieutenant Commander
van !ke cdlls, so picturesquely for a cler
gvmnn. "the Potsdam gang" seems to be that
It is only Hie patron of elllclency nnd not
really iindent ltelf 'Supposing It conceiv
able foi a moment that any nation of the
woild. except pation-ildden Hermany. bad
deliberately plotted, dropping nil decency and
all morality, to attack and subjugate the
world, would It. with lierniany's pnwei nnd
"will lo power" have failed to pull It off'.'
I'oulil we Imagine foit.v ears of similar
planning and plotting ending for llnglaud In
a like failure? I-'riim e. with half Germany's
power and u huudiedth part of her 'elll
I'leul" prepniatlon. neaily took nil Uuropo
Into camp with Napoleon a bundled .vears
ngo, It Is nn very glorious thing to cow nu
unarmed einwd with a Winchester lepeatlng
ilfle: and lirrmatiy has succeeded ndmliahly
iignlnsl little Scthl.i nnd Htimanla, hnlf
annid and distracted ltussla, iinexpectnnt
Uelgluiii und recently deluded Italy. Tbeso
ale not the suci esses of efllcleney ; they aio
Hie successes of Immorality. Hven In tho
pilze ring tho decent pugilist docs not "hit
below the belt."
T,
III-: man of wealth and station who, recog
nizing the obllg.itlm s of lictli, gives his
shaie In time, effort and money to tho good
of those about him, has raised himself out of
tho categoiy of the patron by taking his
place In tho nffahs of men. .Such u man Is
moie solicitous concerning the duties and
obligations of IiIh station than doubled about
Its lioiiois und thn lecogultlon of his Ini
poitancc. He is too iuteiested In the details
of his service to ill ess for a part; too Ini
meised In nffaiis to consider "how I look In
a uniform." to play the pinchbeck Napoleon
or worry about the star of his destiny. Thete
are pations, and patinus; theio ale even
Ilohenzollerns nnd llobenzolleins, us the
heroic King of tho Held. ins declares to us,
a limn who walked not In tho c.itty way of
tho patron, npportuulzlng, awaiting the boost
of fortune, or exploiting selfishly bis people,
hut stood foi right though ho lo-t his domin
ion for It. Albert of llelgium alone Is enough
to redeem ionlty; and lujalty Is sadly In
need of redemption.
ArnnsisTiiNT
'ts conviction
obsession of patronage Is
that III some wise the
patron Is always the-fountain of honor, rep
resent! d commonly, after the medieval cus
tom. In a ribbon, a ihed.il, a cross, even a
hood or tho like. A token Is significant only
ns It symbolizes a pilnclple, a reality; It Is
nothing In Itself. There Is honor as a source
In the abstraction which we cull a hatlou and
Its ruler may be tho means by which to
recognize honorable Individual conduct or
achievement. Tbero Is also honor us a. sourco
In that other abstraction, an established seat
of learning, and Its governing body may bo
tho means similarly of recognizing honorable
Individual effort and success. Hut neither
autocrats of nations not- mere patrons of
learning make honors, spinning them, like
the spider, out of bla own xltnK To con
fer an actual honor on nnbody the autocrat
and tho patron must havo tho source of
honor In himself. Not all the stolen lion In
French III ley and Longwy can mako hon
orable tho Hmperoi's crosses, for the sourco
of honor Is poisoned at Its head. Moreover,
even when the aqueduct, so to speak, of
honor Is really old and really respectable,
with a pedlgtee descending moro or less tor
tuously from Wodln, a question may arise.
Mr. fialsworthy could hardly have been "hon
ored" by knighthood. lesser literary men
havo with dllllculty escaped It ; and those
who love democracy nnd tho dignity of let
ters gloried in Ills recent refusal to prefix
"Sir" to n name already moro highly hon
ored In his own achievement. Once more,
how could any group of patrons, calling
themselves an academy or a university or
anything else, havo honored, for example,
the greatest artist at present resident how
ever temporarily In tho Inhospitable city of
his birth? Such a body, like a Greater Om
nipotence, glveth and taketh away; but It
could no moro truly add to tho honor of such
a man than ho could endow such a body with
discretion.
IT IS the omniscience of the patron, how
ever, that most Incommodes; for he Is
always tho man who knows how a thing
ought to bo done, howsoever unaccustomed he
may be In the doing. He would shape our
creeds and Bometlmes does; ha would regu
late our conduct perhaps not always In ac
cordance with his own; he would tell us what
to learn and how to learn it; what to teach
and how to teach It; what to think and how
to think It: and his favorite admonition Is
"Don't say It." In business, when he Is In
trusted with It, lie gives us muddling; In
politics, faction, incompetency and corrup
tion ; In war the patron may spell disaster.
TIIC city of Philadelphia was founded as
the capital city uf a proprietary estate.
Its government was that of the patron.
Could It In any wise possibly be that we
have never recovered from this Initial mis
fortune? TUB UOWNSSIAN.
' Getting by the Censor
The printing and dlacuaalon of tha apeeches In
tha 'Austrian Parliament by tho Deputies Straniky,
Koraoves and Jtomanaak ara forbidden.
German Imperial Censor.
Stransky, Korsovez, Romansak,
Into oblivion are sent back;
And.what they Uttered at Buda-Pesth
Forever and utterly la suppressed.
The censor at Qeneralhauptquartler
Says no gentleman wishes to hear
What any Austrian Deputy says
Romansak, Stransky or Korsovez,
The censor, waa careful to mark In black
T airWrei .Deputy ; Bomaneak, j ,.v
PHIL'ADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,
GOV. PENNYPACKER
AS A BIBLIOPHILE
Discovers Treatise on the Book of
Revelntions in Home of
His Kinsman
ri;NNr.( i;i;n AtrronionitArnv no. ids
(Copyright, fitt, bu i'utllo Ledger Company)
10MB ofer here voncc. I have a llddio
brescnt I vant to glfe you," John
called out to me, holding a book.
It was a mystical treatise upon the Book
of Revelations which had belonged to Ills
great-grandfather, Samuel rennypackcr,
who had entertained Washington at Penny
packer's Mills, and who had laboriously
read through the book twice, marking each
day's progicss nnd making comment. John
had had It bound In Norrlstown,
"John, you ought not to patt with that
book."
"Ach! I saw you look all ofer dat hook
vonce and den I know you vants to take
it buck vcro It vas. Dat Is all right, I dalk
If ofer vvlss my vlfe, nnd she say, 'Vat
do I vant wlss such olt pooks cliust to He
nrount In de vay and make a dust. Glfe It
to do Covcriior vor all 1 gates.' And so
chust jou dakc It along and velcome."
"Dice Pnnncbackcrs"
"f vas up In I'ercks County lo see
Chnmcs I'annebacker," he reported after re
turning fiom n two days' ttlp with his
wife ntid daughter.
"Deio vas drco of dem Panncbackers
Chamcs nnd Clion nnd Richard. Clion vas
an old patchelor nnd he vas chust not bo
Plight, nnd he goes to llf xvlss Richard
nnd den ho makes a vlll and glfcs to Rich
ard nil vnt he has. Dero vas a creat law
suit about dat vlll, and dey don't speak
to one nnnoder nny more, nnd ven Richard
gets purled Chnmes vas not invited to dc
functal, but he goes to de craveyard. I
rhust told Chamcs dat T vnnted somcdlng
xat pelongcd to dem old Panncbackern to
prlng home for do Covernor. Den Chames
say he hate Biith a knife vat old William
I'annebacker made, xat made rifles In I.an
gaster Countyfor the Revolution, but ho
don't know xere dat knife is any more
nnd den he cnlls de vomen, and lio says,
'Vero Is dat knlfo xat William Panne
backer made for me, and I glfo him a dollar
for It,' and do vomen dey don't know, dey
haven't seen dat knife dlcse long xile any
moie. but dey hunt, and dcre It xas In de
drawer of de old chest iure."
Out of his capacious pocket John dicw
a huge homemade knife, with a handle of
maple wood, nnd a broad, curved blade, six
Inches long,
"Here Is dat knife, you can Iiafc It. If
xnu don't vant It, I xould chust keep it
myself."
"Piynn Is out again to be President,"
bald John, philosophically and reminiscent.
"I don't know much apout It, nnd I don't
care much, one vay or de odder. But 1 don't
pellcvo ho vlll efcr be President. Ven a
man vants nn ollico so nvvful bad dat is
chust ven he don't get it. I could liafe
been n school director x-onco, and r say to
eferbody I danks "em ns much If dey votes
against me as If dey votes for me."
John Is an elder In the Get man Reformed
Church. Ho goe3 to church regularly
every Sunday and all of his was aro up
right. A neighbor said to mo of him, "If
eferbody xas llko John Panncbacker dcre
vould bo little drouble In de x-orld."
Ills system of theology Is simple.
"John." I said, "how docs It happen tliat
while our gicat-g)andfather wus a Men
uonlte, xou aio a member ot the Oct man
Reformed Church?"
"I don't know how dat vns. Hut I sink
It vns dlcse vuy. My grandfader he vos
nodding. Ho don't pelong to no church.
Hut den he gets married. My grandmudder
sho vas Reformed, and so ho cholns xvlss
do Refotmed too chust to please her. Den
my fader lie vas Reformed and den I
comes along und I am Reformed."
John makes nn occasional deal In an
old clock, a caso of drawers, a. unlnnr
desk, a corner cupboard and a horse. Fully
half u dozen tall clocks stand around
the corners of Ids house, ticking tho min
utes und striking tho hours, waiting until
some eager antiquary comes to beparate
them. '
A Horsr for a Clock
"Dere xas a lich voman," began John
(when I pressed him a llttlo too closely
about tho profits on a clock), "and sho
didn't liafe any children- and sho vanted
to puy a horse, and It must bo chust such
a horso xvlss such a color and xvlss chust
such a long dali. She tldn't vant any horse
vat como from de vest but he must po
raised on n varm nrount here, so dat ho
know do country and run up and down
hill all right. Her man, ho comes efery
xere lookln for dat horse and den ho comes
to me and dells mo vat drouble ho liafe wlss
dleso olt voman. Ho sees do horso vat
I drlfo In my vagon, and he looks him
all ofer and he say; 'I am tired, awful, and
I pellex'e dat horse vat you cot vould cliust
suit,' and I say; 'I sink so, too; see vat
a nlco long dall. But how can I get do
vork done on my xarm xvlssout dat iforse?'
Den I ask do boys and dey say: 'Vat for
you x-ant to keep dat horse wlss such 'a
dall? You cot horsel a blenty. Ve gets
along all right. You cliust sell him,' and
so I lets him go wlss de man. After dat
venefcr dleso olt voman hafe her friends
come to bay her a visit on a Suntay, she
dells 'em to go out to de parn and look at
dat horse vot she bought, and dell her
vat vas de madder xvlss him and dey all
comes In and say dey looks ,hlmqfer fery
particular and dere vas nodding de matter
wlss htm. He vas a soot hone. Den vun
tay a fellow vat vas a cousin wlss dlese
voman he runs ofer from de parn to de
house and he say:
r i 'Vat you pay for dat horse?' And ahe
say: 'Suppose I bay two hundred tollata
vor dat horse, vat about dat?'
"And he say: 'Dal horse Is only vorth
a, hundred arid fifty tollars.' Den she
gets mad and she say: "Vat Is It your pusl
ne;s -vot 1 bay vor dat horse. If I choose
to glf my mopey to John Pannebacker
dat ia all right. I may chust ao veil glfe
It to Mm as to some oder people vat I
knows, I spends my own numey."' Then
John added slowly with a low chuckle;
''r;jvefer heard n'no grumblalnta apout dat
ho' Ke.Ua4lflf .411, chut avonjoe
YES, WE RATHER ANTICIPATE SOME PROTESTS
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TEACHING BRITISH TO THINK
Bu WINSTON CHURCHILL
(i A I.KCTUnnn Is coming down from Lon-
don to talk lo the wounded In tho
ainBsement hall of tho hospital," our hostess
(Informed us. "And jou both must come and
speak, too."
Tho three of us got into the only motor
of which tho establishment now boasts, n
little runabout using a minimum of "petrol,"
and sho guided us rapidly by devious roads
through tho fog until the blur of light pro
claimed tho presence ot a building, one of
some scoro built on tho golf course by the
British Goxernmc'nt. The lecturer bad not
ai rived. Hut tho lady of the manor seated
heisclf at tho speaker's table, singling out
tho Scotch wits In the audience for whom
she was more than a match whllo the
sculptor and I looked on nnd crlnncd and
resisted her blandishments to make speeches.
When nt last tho lecturer came ho sat down
informally on tho table with one foot hang
ing In the air and grinned, too, at her ban
tering but complimentary Introduction. It
was then I discovered for tho first time that
he was one ot the best educational experts
of that Interesting branch ot the British
Government, the Department, ui i.-vU... na
tion, whose business It Is to teach the cou
xalcsccnts the elements of social and pollt
leal science. This was not to bo a. lecture, ho
old them, but a debate In which every man
must tai; a part. And his first startling
question xvas this:
"Why sliouia ir. -uiuju. u...,-
...ib. (SO00 a year
for his services as
Clll.-t
rrlmo Minister,
receive nny moro tnan a
common laborer .
rrh. nuestlon was a poser,
The speaker
folded bis hands and beamed down at them;
he seemed fairly to radiate benignity.
"Now we mustn't bo afraid of him. Just
because ho seems to be lnulllrent." declared
our hostess. This sally was greeted with
spasmodic laughter. Her eyes flitted from
bench to bench, yet met nothing save averted
glances. "Jock! Where aro you. Jock? Why
don't ou speak up? you've never been
downed before."
More laughter, and craning of necks for
the Jocks. This appeared to bo her generic
name for the wits. But the wits remained
obdurately modest. Tha prolonged silence
did not seem in the least painful to tho lee
turer. xvho thrust his hand In his pocket
and continued to beam. Ho had learned how
to watt. And at last his patience was re
warded. A middle-aged soldier, with a very
serious manner, arose, hesitating, with encouraging-
noises from his comrades.
Worried About the "Missus"
it's not Mr. Moyd George I'm worrying
nhout Br." he said, "all I wants Is enough
?or "he missus and me. I had trouble enough
lo get that before the war."
Cries of "Heart Heart"
uihv did you have trouble?" Inquired
hhe lecturer mildly.
"Tne xvaaes "
"And why were the wages too low?"
"You've got me there. I hadn't thought."
"But Isn't It your business as a voter to
i.ivs" naked the lecturer. "That's why the
Qovernment Is sending me here, to start you
to thinking,
to remind you that It Is you
noldlers who will have to take charge of
this country and run It after the war Is
over And you won't tie able to do that
unlaas you think, and think straight."
"We've tiever been taught to think," waa
the Illuminating reply,
"And If we do think, we've never been
educated to express ourselves, same aa you 1"
shouted another man. In whom excitement
.- a overcome timidity.
"I'm here to help you educate yourselves,"
Mtd the lecturer. "But first lefa hear anjr
Ideas you may have on the quetlon I .asked
you" t ' vr
7Tre tunw4, oiCtatet' l&iity iof. ideas;
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waidcd and rewarded well: whereupon en
sued one or tho most enlightening debates
to which I havo ever listened enlighten
ing not only hi tho Intelligence revealed,
but also as a revelation of the complexes
and obsessions that pervade many of tho
minds ot those In whoso power lies the ulti
mate control of democracies
Education the Foundation of Democracy
Gradually that audience split up Into lib
erals and conservatives: and the liberals
noticeably were the xounger men who had
had the advantages tit better board schools,
who bad formed fewer complexes and had
had less tlmo hi vjhlch to get them set. Of
these, a Canadian made n plea for tho Amer
ican sjstcm of universal education, xvhere
upon a combative "standpatter" declared that
every man wasn't fit to bo educated, that the
American plan only mado for discontent.
"Look nt them," ho exclaimed, ''they're
never satisfied to stay In their places."
This provoked laughter, but It was too
much for tho sculptor and' for me. We
both hroke our xovv.s and mado speeches In
favor of equality of mental opportunity, while
tho lecturer looked on and smiled. Mr.
I.loyd George and his salary wero forgotten.
By some subtle art of the chairman the de
bato had been guided to tho x-ery point where
ho bad from the first Intended to guldo It
to tho burning question of our day education
as the tiuo foundation of democracy! Per
haps, after all, this may bo our American
contribution to the world's advance.
As wo walked homeward through the fog
I talked to him of Professor Dcwoy's work
and Its results, whllo he explained to mo
the methods ot the reconstruction depart
ment. "Out of every audience like that we get a
group and form a class," ho said, "They'ie
always a bit backward at first, Just as they
were tonight, but they grow very keen. Wo
havo a great many classes already started,
and wo see to It that they are provided with
textbooks and teachers. Oh, no, tt'n not
propaganda," he added. In answer to my
query: "all we do Is to try to give them
facts In such a way as to make them able
to draw their own conclusions and Join any
political .party they choose Just to they
join one Intelligently,"
I must add that before Sunday was over
he had organized his class and arranged for
their future Instruction.
Dy
pirmtsslon from Scrlbner'a Magazine
March: copyrlcht. 1018, by Charles
Bcrlbner's Sons.
for
What Do You Know? "
QUIZ
I. Who Is chairman of tha war Industries board?
S. Vti'Ht la the meanlnr of tha leltera "W, H.
H." seen so aenerullr on poatera In all purls
of tha rountrr?
3. What la the reneral opinion, among artlsta,
of the aeulptiiral deeoratlona Inanlred In, all
parta of Berlin br the present Kaiser?
4. What Is tba smallest military unit?
5. Name the Amerlean eommonlr known aa "The
(lood C.rtr Tost."
6. What fnet Is used most generally 'on modern
battleships?
?. Where wero postage stamps first used?
t. Whr the llrltlah eoldler usually referred te
aa Tommy Atkins?
8. Name the commonder-In-ehlef of the Ameri
can armr,
0. What canal, costing 0RO. 0O0.000, was built
at tho expense of on man?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
. "IWtnr Fknalua," . plar br Christopher
Marlowe, .Uiabethan dramatist.
S. VladliMtok, csplisl of th maritime nrotlnro
of Siberia, la the chief Riiaaran commercial
and natal port on tha l'aclns and la tho
eaalern terminus ot the Trana-ejlberhm
Hallway.
3, Dewl Atmospheric moisture condensed Into
small drooaunon tha nnper surface of
plants, and other bodies which radiate heat
well, but conduct It badly.
4, "Tha Merry Monarch"! A sobriquet of Charles
II of England.
5, Lady Jane Grey (I83S-S4) reigned a eoopl at
weeks tn IMS m Queen of England, be-
tuaen Edward VI and Mary,
. Vlrter Beraer,. et-Congreaaman. tha first
noilallst to sit In tha llauao of Hepresen-
Jnllvea. He was u eandldata for tha vacant
Wisconsin seat In the Senate.
7, St. lamia Is called the, Mound City from the'
mound-like ".burial places ot the Indiana
nee occupying Ha alt,
S, "Llk.," campers tUnga and, "as" csnaerce
Mr:'itttyw Vu.
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PLANE TALES
FROM THE SKIES
TT IS cood ni.UK Unit. I'cislllllg now hS kt.i
i- nlr unit of his own on tho American frost,
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American planes, manned by American, fllerjj,
nte going to assist tho Boche tq a reaiusy
.... .!. ir....lA Com'j "r-mitomntihles." SI
lion umi. ,,iii.iu j.. " w. .......,-. . J f Yl
Major Moraht called them, aro xery mucho m
tho Job. MM
a ...t ll.. - ..tern.. t no t fltaa 11IIT1 nliTVfcfil
aa . m s . l.l. - -- ts.AjllAtna lea t Rat 1131
small siomacu ior inn own nuruimio r
matter of air raids. The Inhabitant! Mrd.
cities in mo iinineianu aio coinpiaimug "-,"
terly of tho brutality of Allied airmen wnsi
havo been dropping "eggs" on them.
Canlaln Alan Dott. M. C. of the Brltim
Flying Corps, has just published a boolt
called "Cavalry of tho Clouds" (Doubledwa
Pago & Co.), In which ho foretells thlsphm
of creater aceress veness on the part ot ins
Allied nlerfc I'nntnln llott has creat faith W'iW
tho elllcacy of multiplied aircraft to humbhylJ
tho Hun, and looks forward eagerly to im
day when the "limitless reserve of AintrKMlj
aerial potontlallty" will be In action also. ;
al
CAPTAIN BOTT'S book, full of delltniji?
humor and modesty, takes tho reader tatofiaj
tho cockpit of a fighting plane. DoUPW'J
inAM.ffau f.nni A -r-l, tr," rilia 1?nffltKh 1
name for Docho anti-aircraft guns), srt.3
sometimes tossed ft hundred feet or s0'biJ
the concussion of some hlgh-exploslve ptHfil
that comes unnlcasantlv close, the Ciru'!
reader soon gets a xery vivid InAprwaJlM
of tho Joys and thrills of the filer's life.
comes to earth again with u swimming In t
blood.
Captain Bott tells mor'o than ho Imaf
IHh modesty and charming Insouciance I
a magn'flcont picture of the only pnue
warfaro In which Individual nerve and I
still have free scope. In the air fighting alM
lingers the grand tradition and romanos.j
single combat. And Captain Bott In evJ
lino of his enthralling book betrays tne
and coolness and nluck that make
annuls ot blue air enchanting reading.'
sea and on land xvar has become. '
most part a grim, mechanical and Impen
business. But an hour with Captain'
In his "bus" will sutlsfv the most
thlrster for adventure that there Is itllli
romanca and a chivalry hi the deadly-cu
or men.
Ono of tho cantaln's most Infectious trl
Is the way" he Initiates us Into the Jocose I
whimsical argot of tho a r. The flying, i
faces his perils with a characteristic eW
latlon und humor. During a dantjri
flight, when his engine went "dud" laj
presence of an attacking Hun plane, -l
found himself humming this Cockney i
In that poor but honest 'onio,
Whero 'cr borrowln' parjnts live,
TliAV .IrlnC. II. A u!,.iri.fna wlnA nhA
But never, never can ferglve."
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TT1S comments on "Archie," the Brltitn i
XI man's attentive playmate as long a
is over ilun territory, are dellgmrui in w
resnectful irnveiv. lf confesses thtr
filer prefers to keep his head InjJae'.j
"office" (the cocknlt). rather than over
side, when Archie is bursting near bJ'-V'j
'For my part," ho says, "Archie nas aj
me a fellow-feeling for the birds otil
air, I have at times tried llgnl-nean
to shoot nartrldires and even nlffcons, I
ever acraln I flrA nt nnvthtne on tbe'.Y
symnatliv will snoll mv nlm." tc
Cantaln Hot! Inalata that wfi do COt
yet realize the "tremendous part whloVl
craft ?an bo made to take In the P""
humbling of Germany. Let us make
most of our aerial chances, and so fpj
hetraval hv war-wearlneafl. civilian Dae
Btlf-cetitered fools and strange peopletti
-1APTAIN BOTT adds that an Bi
J and oerDetual offensive In the alr.t
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IIIUV11 IU laiftDH UIO A1UII, OT1IU v.,.-w v 7
plosion the already strained perves'e
nrmnn nonolfttlon. .. U
"What." he asks, "would be the e
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ucuii.ii kii.i-woiiiico ii. ainio- -.,,:a,B1
fled towns by a hundred or o A,'L''J3
nhlnea wera nf weeklv occurrence! ,
Anrl Hi InlA-l t-nnrta from FrdDOe I
to show hat the Allied air squad)
acting witn mis purposo in i-
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