' Vjui, At" 'A .Jt' 1 .'?r J' "i?"' ".-' "Aft fe5" '. . i ErENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 191S , - '"TT'y.s V a i . R pit 'x?f 1,1 i -fas if? V Jw,1 mtna Bubltcedaer , public ledger Company crnua n. k. cunTi?r rjnuiDftfc WK, I.nalnatnn, Vice rrenlilenti John C. Secretary and Treasurer! I'nlllp fl. Collin", ! WlllUrnt, John J. Hmireeon, Director". if . fcnrmniAt. nnAnrn sCfii!S It. K. C cum. Chairman VID C SMILEY .. (Editor 'jHW C. MARTIN... general Business Manaacr " Pabllilied dallr at rctto I.r.txitn IlulWlnr, - CasTi....IJroaiJ and Chestnut Streets ania yiTTii Pn-VnUm Bulldlne ' ZOItti ....... ......20U M-trnnnllt-.n Tnw.. (lore. 40 l-i'orcl Bulldlne ,IX)CU. ..!,.. i Hum I-ullerton Ilulldlns u 'BP""" ""- rrmune umidinc & news BunnAUSi jav JJ. K. Cor. PennsjHanla, Ave. nnd 14th St. iBS"". umuc The Kim Bulldlne p-OoH llcir.t. Marronl House, strand ft flcxi.it; 3.' Hue Louis Is Oranl . .!.- fmnspntrrmv tt-hmu , tv-' Ttie Etisiso Viblio Umu In nersej to sub V rlbra In Phllidlphl. and aurrounillnc town ,fX tna rate of tnelvo US) nta per week, payablo ' io the carrier. k :B?.m1' points oataMa of Philadelphia. In 'vj the United StAtea. Canada, or United States pos--.A-Sjeeelona. postage free, fifty (501 cent th-i- month. twM aWtfMl dollars per year. paabl In advance. . .T To all ioreloi countries ana (til riollne Tier i SSOnth. Vint!l1iaAlk.ea a.l.t.l .. -1.1- t MUlt rlVB Did AH Ult MM Tlw n!tfM. Sn ltf.L Sftflft TifM.T rrvsmvp iiitv kaa Xi : .t O" Address all rommunlcntfo'is fo 7'irninB PiiMlo S-W ' Ltdotr. lndepcndtnct Hauare, Philadelphia. i J?, sstxsid at Tns rnit.irirr.rni rest oitice as .. ' irmvn ,-,, ...it. .. wo gJS ... ... ... . MA, , n 1 . bn. OT -...,,, -.,. k . jDiuaripmi, i tiuit. nirrti .. l'io Sf .ft'. THE HUN OFFENSIVE if "KTO ONE can doubt tho sotlousncss of X" flio torrlrlr li.ittln iinti rirlni m flirt &(.. .... " " British front In irancc. but we feel Hint w havo eery light to nntlclpjlo tlio Issue with confidence. Held JIarlial Half; FS I enortn.1 fhla mrtrnltifw (lint In fh ttiltlnl . "- ."" "" " . -"' snocK the uriiisn outposts wcro drawn jS back, but that tlio battle positions that la to say, the front-line fighting; trenches ar being stubbornly held, x The Hun rightly realizes that lie Is .slaking eerj thins on this critical often- ; . she. He stands now at tlio pinnacle of his military effectiveness, and his only Bf chance of success lies In the possibility of Iv breaklnc through the western wall of the Allies. The presence of the Kaiser and his moguls at the lUltlsh front shows how plainly they undci stand that this Is their last chance. But when a visitor has been Ions e. fX' pected, generally his host has mado copi ous preparation for his entertainment. ik, a4 uiiinti iitiuitiij iiiaviniiq .13 llwWi ThA T7 Ittsl. Mllltn... w.nnl.1.... .... ..... . jnuro, iJcriuur. limit .11 mis moment; mo trench nro braced by their Immortal spirit; the Americans are In Ger-srowIng strength and enthusiasm. If the Hun of- fArtallA nhntllrl hi . tr.infprrrt(1 in ttirten .... . . m i latter sectors, there, too. the latcnstrlnir s out, and their hosts will gle them a rnvnl nrlpnmp Tt? FVa a sn4 njalisee 1saalAH m9 aM an... 1 - this greatest of the world's I attics is said tft Ytn Tfl ItliV ll.lPi-l In T'fi-n. fir nml rttinr "-".-" 7" lngnsn coast towns, nut the tnroo or the IX .-ibh i eAi i,., ..inti.. i ... ..... iti . V., .O.O .0 IwlL JUOl Uw IJltlllltJi 111 CH'lj 11UUII Iolncr henrt nil ner thn wnild. Dnrn nnrl B . .1.- T.-.l .- ,..,., .,, ., a,. xui mi, iiiu ixttnei luuuvii uict: lire lurown f.J on thft board. Our lipnrlq nre wllh nn- Allied brothers on that flame rent battle- & A lot of this early spring daj light is worth salng. THE LIBERTY BELL ON TOUR .."PROCLAIM Liberty Bonds throughout - all the land, unto all tho inhabitants th.reof." Possibly those frequent stories of trlk- inf thousands are meant to camouflage de pletion of German man-power. YESTERDAY IN RUSSIA NO NEWS out of Rus.Ia in these das, whether It bring bright promises or omens of further confusion, may be de-' pended upon In a final analysis. And jet there hae recently been signs of a rally ins of moral forces about some of tho more Conspicuous leaders. There has even been the suggestion of a spontaneous or 'gantzatlon of some of tho untamed cneigy of the revolution into a tangible force op posed to tho common eneni. Intimations of some such logical culmination were In J the dispatches jesterday, which told of a -l. SUUCHlIlg U. EUUUUll'Ill ill .UU5UQW, IieW Ji ' ro-operatlcs between dUidcd political ele- ,, ments, more tarn of a great volunteer v,v jKiiuiiu iiiiiuciiiiui rcvuiuiiunisis There Is a general mistaken assumption Jhat the pipes of American diplomacy havo been tuned to woo only tho BohheII;l. The 'mistake Is so common that e en Colo nel Rooswelt falls Into It. And jet It Is only Just to realize, that the President, In addressing the more active revolutionists, has addressed himself to tho only visible txj representatives of the countless millions ftM nt luior nnrl mliiain.'Tfiea lFtieet.i,t .. i. i .' atil! unconauered. nra enneernpfl flnftnitai.- vi r - . ---...... w.w..t,,w, -f or their country, for peace, i"or liberty of jf .action and for assurances of freedom from , J the furies of a crazed militarism. These t 'millions are still a great factor In the j situation even If a large part of the wrlt- Buii vaiHing worm nas utterly forgotten The P. It. R. servlceflae. Just hunir In Obread Street Station, file for 11.679 men. fit- ' '. Ar tV fep.tlilnf; up tho Pepnsy service standards. tfV Jlv - ?A SOCIALISTS f-i EUROPE socialism has not bees Jtorous or unpatriotic. The able fcore Influential members of the party gland and In France and In Germany seen In the .war of the Allies the MI progress of many of their Ideals rd realization. . Wisconsin almost the entire Socialist Was cast for a man now under Fed- indictment for activities opposed to iJted States. Government. laifht be interesting- to know whether ines of the sincere and Intellectual are -warped In th American In ns or whether -socialism is the most popular with renegades i pro-Owmavn. ' ' ' . . r- , v v aaaaaaaaaaaMaaaMBaapaMaaaw auai Miavai ajauianaf . PARTY LEADER OR PEOPLE'S LEADER? rpHOSE mlmirers of President Wilson who havo stc'adfnstly mnlntnlnod that partisanship should bq eliminated from Congress for the duration of tho war will certainly regret some of tho expressions he used in his letters to Mr. DavJcs. tho Democratic senatorial nomi nee in Wisconsin, nnd to tho New Jersey Democrats. Nobody can qunrrcl with the standaid of loyalty which the President fixes ns the acid test for candidates in the coming congressional cnmpalgn. Such a stand ard is obvious. There w room for no Republican versus Democratic issue on the question. With the exception 'of n few isolated nnd incorrigible groups of pro-Germans there is not n ihadow of doubt that tho entire country is loyally behind the President for the successful termination of the war. But when Mr. Wilson, in seeking to emphasize this very thought, goes out of his way to write the phrase, "I cannot overlook my lesponsibility as leader of a great party," he Immediately invites partisan challenge and partisan ciiti cism. How much moic appealing nnd con vincing this phrase would have been had the President substituted tho word "nation" for "paity" and thus kept to his greater role that of leader of the American people. This is not the time for lomindmg the people of New Jersey or any other State that President Wilson considers himself in any other light than as tho mentor and guide of all the people, regardless of paity lines, and the interposition of such self-designation in "the present postuie of alTatts" can only have the effect of a led rag befoic those Republicans who place party fealty first. Again in the letter to Mr. D.ivies the Piesidcnt seems to lay moie than neces sary emphasis upon the necessity of .electing a Demoeiat in what is nnimally a Republican State. By personally indorsing tho candidacy of Davics in Wisconsin, ns opposed to Mr. I.enroot, the Republican nominee, the President gives oppoi .unity to the factionalists to maintain their trenches lather than urg ing them to unite against the common enemy as leprcsented by tho Bcrgcr LaKollette disloyalists. A tinging plea to nil the loval voteis of Wicon-.in to get behind the best man, regardless of whether he wore Democrat or Republican, would have been the wiser course. If both Lenroot nnd Davics continue to divide the loyalist vote of Wisconsin, who can say that La Folletteism may not prevail at the special senatorial election on Apiil 2, to the utter shame not only of Wisconsin, but the whole nation? For the fust ttmo since war was declared the President in the:o letters seems to have lost his intuitive sense of public opinion. Ceitainly he cannot hope to solidify the voting stiength of the nation behind the President of the United States by donning the guic of paity leader. The dual role is incompatible while the question of loyalty is involved. Tlio onK kind of Milpplng wc have too much of Is partlsanshlpplnp LICHNOWSKY'S "IMPRUDENCE" AN" UNNATURAL and erious atrocity .lias been committed. A Hun diplomat has told the Until. I'lince Llclinovvs'n, Cierman ambassador In London from l'JU until tho outbreak of the war in 1914 seems to have been tempted bejond discretion by tho rcpoits of large sums earned nowadays by nmbas sadorlil memolis. Tlio Prince, desiring to make j -opcr piovislon fur his family in tho lea.. car,s that may shortly come upon the diplomatic corps in Berlin, dictated some frank littlo musings upon his cpeil ences l'i London ns prolegomena to u fu turo volume. Theso notes were Intended only for the family archives until tuch tlmo as rojaltles might be cashable; but alas! six copies were made and some one's foot slipped. Probablj one of the Prince's ln-laws is responsible. At any late, Llchnowky in the rolo of Pep s was highly unpalatsiblo to all hlshers and the All Highest, for tho ex ambassador mado It very clear how hard SirKdward Uiey fought for peace In 1014. Tho Pilncc nlM ruminated (In the bosom of his family, as he thought) how invariably tho uncanny genius of Berlin backs tlio wrong diplomatic Jiorse, and pointed to German 's fatal Balkan policy as having led straight to the conflict. These gentle meditations led to a hulla baloo along Underlinden street. Tlio Im perial Vice Chancellor was constrained to say officially that tho Prlnco had been guilty of nu imprudence. LIchnowsky is reported to have resigned from something, no one knows Just what. Perhaps from his ln-laws. Those ln-laws are the bright and smiling light of tho Incident, More power to them! The Huns In Wisconsin are bewailing the Lenroot of nil evil TUNING UP OUR DIPLOMACY GURMAN blundering rather than any constructive theory or talent In Ameri can diplomacy Is responsible for the almost solid alignment of South American opinion behind the United States In the present world crisis. Unified sentiment on this continent and better understandings be tween this country and tho South Ameri cans aro sure to be among the benefits which we shall derive from the war. Something of the future problems In volved for Ameilcan diplomacy In the Im perative task of cementing and solidifying the growing amity and Interest which the Latin, republics have been manifesting toward our'pollcles and affairs is suggested In the present state of affairs In Chile. Tlio Chilean Government has made It plain by Intimation that the mutual Interests of tho two countries are too Important to be left to weak of amateur hands. Ambassa dor Shea lsjctlrlng. Chile has Implied a desire for a young man adequately trained to take up tho work of the retiring diplo mat. Posts such as this, In the present and future state of the world, should never again be used as berths for otherwise futile deserving; Democrats or deserving Republicans. t Stems to have 'b'een more assln' than M in that new rasollna substitute. rrfl. PENNYPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY I.NSTUJIKNT MM11F.R 107 (Copvrloht, Dm. lu Pulllo l.tdatr Comroni) (tyTOU knew James Penn packer, who lived near Schwcnksvlllo nt tho time of the family reunion, very well, did ou not?" This was a query put to John as I pon dered over tho huge folio Bible of Peter nnd his son, Samuel, with Its family lecords and Its notes of deep cojonlal snows and tho coming of tho Continental army. I had bought this Bible ftom James, now long dead. Neatly forty cnis ago I wandeied with satchel nnd staff up into tho Pciklomon Valley, then to mo a stinngo land. In tho scnich for lnfoi illa tion, rinding James nt his plain stone faimhouso, two miles from Schvvenksvlllc, a stout, well kept Ponnsvlvanla Dutchmin with keen ecs and bunches of lough sldo whiskers. Jovial and hospitable, ho for an hour pouted foith his storo of genealog nnd local loic All that ho could lcinem bcr fiom tho talcs of tho cldeis about tho occupation by the uimy ho gave me with tho piquancy of tlio vernacular phiaso and tone AVIipii tlio fount was exhausted I J-ald to him: "Have ou any old papers of any Mud"" We sat on oppolto sides of an ancient walnut tablo without oei rur full it minute ho looked mo cliicvwlly in the cje". and then going to u chiury coiner cupboard which stood in tho loom ho took fiom it u honmmido linen bug filled with old deeds Without a woid ho laid It on tho table. I nliook out tho papers, about thirty In number, nnd pto ceeded to examine them. They wcte the tltlo papeis of Penn packer's Mills ftoin tlio vciy beginning nnd few of them Ind ever been tccoided. Tlieto was tho deed fiom William Penn with a good autograph and a fine ImpiessJou of his frcal on wa. Gcnciallv such seals weio broken, but this was pel feet Theic wcie the deeds to and fiom Hans Joest Hcijt, who built the liouo nnd the mill and later founded the settlements In tho Shcuniidoali Val It1 and became in Viiginia ami ils not onlv famous, but u luion Tlieio was a deed in tlio hamlwiltlng of frauds Daniel Pas toilus tho founder of Gcrnuntovvii, nnd thiee Impulsions of the seal lie deviled containing si lepiescntatlon of a sheep with tho lcttns I'. D. I. Tlieio was a deed fiom Ilendrhk l'annebeckcr with his auto graph, and I then had nothing in his hand wilting Tho situation hid become dia malic, finally 1 slowly j-alJ, "Would jou caro to pait with these papeis"' 'Vat vould ou giro for dem?' "f will givo oti flvo dollars for them." "Vei veil, jou can chust tnko 'em along." I put the deeds back Into tho linen bag made a ccritmy and a half ago by Blizabetli Kevscr. tho wife of Peter Pcniij. packer, and he put the five dollar note In his pocket. Then a rneiiy twinkle came into the ec, which bad been stem, and ho Mid "Veil, now, vasn't tl it funn Vcn me and nij biodcr. v settled up d.it estite ofer deie and efeijtlng vas nil 11pi1. and deie au't noting to do any moio den deio vas dat olt pag of feeds And I sas to ni biodcr 'Vat hliall ve do wi-s dcM-' Audhosa.vM, uh,dc me no uye am mote. ve vlll chust chuck dem Intu do flic' I vas chust about to child: de pig Into do (he, and den I sa.vs, 'Ach, I vlll keep dat pag and. ma be sometime dey vlll pe sonio goot. And now ou comes along and ou gifes me llvo tollais for 'em" Ho bad shown more fotesight and got moie out of the c-tato than his brother. Perhaps no two peitons ever concluded a bargain with more mutual satisfaction than he and I did Tho Incident was recalled, and so It happened that I put my qtlcr, as written above, to John. "Yes. I knowed him fery veil. He vas my cousin and he owned the next faim to veto I llfed. He could take his own bait ven it come to svearln and vas awful rough dat vay, but ho vas a good neighbor. He vas a creat man to smoke. He smoked a blpe. Vonco ve vent to hee him In do efenlng and ho vas in ped already. 'Den ho gets up and ve could hear him up stairs hammerln' do tobacco Into his blpe before he comes down. He filled it four times vllo ve vas deie. lie had von pad habit vat I nefer could pear" "Whit was that, John"" "He vould smoko his blpe In de parn. Qlt Dan Iluuslckcr vas a director in de pank at Pottstown. Deie vasn't any panl: nt Pchwenksvlllo den, and Undo Sam Penn packer ho vas de fader to James put his money In dat bank. Olt Dan he knowed It vas deie because ho vas a dhector, and ho nsked Uncle Sam to lend de money to him and ho tld. After a long vile I knowed how dings xas and I told Undo Sam, 'You aro going to lose all dat money.' He sa, V ? Ho bas de Intel est all light.' Den I sa.s, 4i'ou are going to lose all dat mone ou petter get a chudgmentj Ho sas, 'Vou beo olt Dan vor me' So I goes to olt Dan and gets a chudgment note and It vas entered up I told Cliames, and ho says ho ould hafo nottlng to do wits It. After nvlle olt Dan v anted to put a moitgago on his houso and de lawjer at Norrlstown finds dlcse chudgment. Den olt Dan vantcd me to satisfy de chudgment, and I say, 'No, I vlll not satisfy do chudgment.' Chust den Chames he haf some money; den olt Dan and his lfe dey go to Chames and him nnd dey bawled like pables and Cliames he vas goot-hearted If he vas rough, he let 'em hafe it." "So that In the end Hunslcker got the, money from the son with which he paid the father." "Dat xas Just It, and Chames nefer cot his money any more, Vcn lie tried, olt Dan Cot sassy and called him 'de black tevll. It sometimes happens dat xnv xen people do favors. But I heard de faVmers say dat xen James vas a young 'man at home, vcre jou llf now, ho xould do moie vork for his vadcr dan Hen and Ben together dey xas his broders and he was a goot neighbor." As the horse pulled up the hill toward tho Reformed Church, John stopped for a momept In front of a house where a bunch of crepe hung upon the bellknob of the front door. "Dat Is vere olt Chonson Ufa. He died de utter day," Toys Is fery much alike," said John. nhtioBODhlcally. "Ven my noys vas m-owina- up Jonas he vas pretty near as pig; asH Isaac And my vlfe she makes delr clothes all out ot von piece of stuff.. It af es money and vcn von of 'cm xas across do field and I called to him, 'Come ofer hero "v once," den It vns de utter vun" John Is the lirgcst hind holder of the neighborhood, owning In different tracts about 400 acres "coot nnd pad," according to his description "Dat vnrm vheie you vns vonce vhcro do persimmons crow Is out of de vay down In n valley and hnrt to get nt, but my fader g.ifo mo dit farm and I xlll tako cate of It so long as I llf. Vcn I am gono xonce den dat Is somcdlng clc." "This Is tho worst summer, John, I havo ever known (1D09). How docs j-our corn look?" "Chust like joins. Ve ought to hafo some rain vonce" Tlieio was a cold eastern lain upon one of the cat! HH of Mn, a day not biaclng with the cold of winter, but that makes tho nerves cicep with dampness nnd chil liness and lenders any glow of extreme heat a leal comfoi t "On such n day n vat dlcso Is n stofe conies right handy," was John's ago com ment Among the Pennslvanla Dutch with whom John hns iiasscd his dajs there Is a peculiar use of the woid "vvlij" which is alwas curious and sometimes startling. "John," I onco asked, "can jou tell me when the next tialn will leave Schwenks xlllo for Pcnnsbuigh'"' "Ve, I can, vy"" wns tho responso which camo piotnptlv, but was more Illustrative than Instinctive. As ho i cached out for his hat with Its unusually btoad lulm, lie said: ".My time is all but up arcady nnd I must go home." "John, whit was that contilvnnce U"ed for tint jou eont over to me tho other dav?' I Inquhcd. It miiMsted of a slab 'slippoi ted upon four hlckoi legs. Tlnoiigh tho center tan a movable stilp. On the upper end of tho "ti Ip nbovo the slili wn fastened the heavy end of a lug and tho lower end below the dab could be contt oiled with tho foot "I pought dit Mug nt do Mntkle mIc It vas a kind of a wlee. A long dime ago, ven do olt fellows vaunted to make an ax handle, dey sat on dat shb nnd holt do bieco of wood dlght wls de end of tho log nnd den dev cuts it Into shape wlss n knife." "What shall I pa jou fot it. John?" "A h, nottlng. It only ioit a few ben nles " And then ho added with ehatmins naivete: "I vould hafo kept It mvself only I had no loom for It. Veu jou gets so much such stuff, den jou don't know vot to do wls It. So I glfrs it to jou" He nmbled along- 'Ven I vas a pov dey didn't sow any wheat mount licie. It vas all ije Mv mutter she. say to me, ! should chust (nine ofer hcie vonce. She vas linking no pi cad Dat vas do only prcad ve hail and It xas goot, too She also de dough in one of dem stinw pas kef. Den It vns turned upside down on a paddle and put Into do ofen. Dere it vns paked on do ofen fiom " May C, 1912. I !owed .Mm mi old Dutch btass snuff box with a i epi esentation on It of Christ diinklng at a well. '.My grandfaddei, Chon Pannebacker, had a lount black snuff box. Ho dalles do vvhlto snuff and de black snuff and mixes 'cm togeddei. I often vlshcs I had dit snuff box. Deie vas led flowers on de lid I don't know veie It vas any more I don't know vat jou dink, but I am noi vor Teddv Roospvelt I dink dat man had better not cotno out vor Piesidcnt any moie. He has had enough and dat Is vat v e hafo had, too " Tile ronrlilslnn or this sketch, nml till- list In. kllllnifllt (if l.nrmur IVnililnikrr'a uutoliloc rupll Mill lif prlritnl Ininiirroil. Mother Goose Mobilises There ean bo no douM of he success of the thrift-stamp e iinpalgn, now that Mother C.'oose, that valiant old lady,' has taken tho matter in band XVIiat cunning publicist first si-t the old damo to work, we know not, -but now In every paper one picks up we spo her bandiwoik Mr J B Kerfoot, the rmliiMit'lltcrnrv- critic of l.lfp, sends us from the freehold (X. J ) Jlothcl Gooso consistory thec rhjmes, which we suspect Mr Ker foot himself of fathering Sing a song of sixpence less Of Porks and Lambs and Lards ; Of eight and folly Thrift Stamps (.'illumed on cards; A caid for ou, a caid for me, A card for Aunt Lllza Isn't that a dainty dish T- set before the Kaiser? Ilock-a-bjo Thrift .Stamp In the P. O 12 very odd quarter Makes the wind blow When It blows hard enough Prussia will fall And down will come Kaiser And Crow n Prince and all. f CABARAVINGS Speaking of cabarets, didn't Virgil, hewer of lofty rhine, tay somewhat nnent 'Tacllls est descensus Tavernl?' hpcaklng In the tavernacular, ns It were. When did the word cabaret get Its un pleasant significance? We remember that old Daddy Wordsworth frequented a "cabaret" In the Lake Country a hundred jears ngo. Wo found that Information in De Quince 's gossipy book. "Reminiscences of the Lake Poets." Certainly the cabaret that William enjojed can't have been much of a tenderloin, becauso that excellent poet had strult-laced ideas. They .are taking the "bar" out of "cabaret" without waiting for the prohlbl. tlon amendment. nut It's hard on the Decantcrbury pll grlius. And No One Regrets It Judges Shoemaker nnd Weasel Hav e forbidden all this d;sul- tory dancing, song and play; No moro roof tree apes will nestle, Nor the python-gliders wrestle Sing hie Jacet, Cabaret I All the razzle-dazzle Jazz'll Soon be beaten to a frazzle, qone exotlo ukuleles, Vegetable-skirted frallles, Gone the license and tho tights. f Stronger Wessel, weaker vessel, . Take away the stage and trestle .NWUfcy li"ti VASSAR'S ONLY MAN STUDENT liv AM)REtt' MiGILL I IIBVRI) thx other day that a friend of mine, tweiil-lhe e-irs old, has been ap point) d general manager of an Impoitant entei prNe, with virtually unlimited oppor tunity to make good lie has bad to re oigaulrc the sites department ot the com pany and has under him men twice his age This Is a situation lequlrlng much tact, but I think my friend will handle It with the correct blend of sjmpathy and decision, I know no man moie clearlj marked for com mercial success. He Is eveij thing I would want to be If I were the heto ot a business novel by (let us say) Sinclair Lewis or Peter Macl'arlane I havo been thinking over his various contacts wllh life and find ing much Interest In the meditation H i: I.nrT school nt fifteen, without doing much damage to tho curriculum Ho placd baseball cnthuslastlcall until Ills farly twenties, and from this Foverelgn game ho learned tho quickness and clean phslcal poise that have helped him greatl. Ho began his business career ten jears ago as errand boy in the stockroom ot a Hi go firm. Unllko nine out of ten such oungtcrs, he was alwas neatly dressed, well scrubbed, quick, eager and thorough, lie got J I a week to begin. At tho end of a fortnight they foiced the on him. The outstanding feature of his character Is his anxiety to learn lie has Jills Ajnerl can passion of acquisitiveness In Its most admirable foim XVhcrever he goes he Is watching to seo what he can assimilate liom places and persons. In shop windows, In magazine articles, In theatre programs and In the converratlon, li ifilts and dress of other men ho gleans bints for his own use. When he was an ofllco boy he noticed that his ru perlors wore a certain kind of clothes, a ei tain tint or texturo of cravat, a particular sort of collars or shoes. He watched nnd mado mental notes. If he went out to din ner he observed the conventions of etiquette, tho sliver on the table, tho flowers, the fur niture. He was a good listener, a cautious talker until he felt ground beneath him. There nra a thousand titcks and ttlllis In cultivated life that come almost Instinctively to those born in tho purple. My friend knew himself handicapped by scant education and means, by Imperfect culture and natural self-consciousness. But by keen observation and adapting to his own use what ho thought worth while, he made every circumstance of his dally routine minister to his ambition. Ho "turned bis necessity to glorious gain." i SOON ho discovered the greatest aid which Is at every ambitious man's disposal the almost universal slackness, peevishness and Incompetence ot those holding subordi nate positions, fiery Job that came his way he did better than the previous Incumbent. By the time be was twenty-three he had for his assistant a recent graduate of a leading Eastern university, who was known In tho olTlce as "the Duke of Ostermoor" by reason of his leisurely and dreamy ways. Never Imagine that 'the Stevenson role of "sedulous ape" Is plajed only by literary apprentices. My hero deliberately studied the men about hltnj In each he found some thing to Imitate or to avoid. He found that speaking the truth alwajs, holding his tonguo generally, keeping his nails trimmed, his desk tidy and his shoes polished were great helps in getting through his tacks. Some of his companions used to laugh at him for hanging up his overcoat on a banger In the locker room, for polishing his shoes with n cloth before he went to his desk; but these kuppenhelincr maneuvers were pnrt of his whole Instinctive program. To ba polnt dcvlce In dress made him feel comfortable; ne could work better and face the boss with out quailing. Ho divined that those born to the easy manners of cultivated society could afford to be lax In such matters; but for him, the only safety lay in a thorough-going nlcetj'. HE WAS working as traveling salesman for the firm with which he hsd been for nine years when his kreat opportunity came. Another .house offered, hlmt the cea-i ersl HMaiVhlp at $19 t'mKpIim a nikf .WELCOME! K. ulshing the little homo to which be will take bis bride this summer. It will be charmingly furnished, too, for jears of quiet observation ttt other homes havo taught him the rudi ments of ditorative taste. "I'm not much on this Hcpplenood stuff," he said, Jokingly, but the loot of the matter Is In him. One of Ids ehltf problems lias ben to leain to express himself cxactl and flu ent! The mode of conversation that ho l" ought with him from bobood vias bald, ungiamm itlcal a nil slangv Ho found more and moie dinicult In putting into speech the finer shades of his feelings. I think this trouble is more common among ambitious men than Is generally leallzed Jly friend has not et solved the matter satisfactorily, but bv diligent reading be iias helped him self greatl Several ears ago he got a teacher of fngllsh to write out a list of books foi him to re.vd. and moro recently he has boen collecting collego cat-ilogues and buIng and stud lug the books mentioned In them He told ine with a good deal of pride tint he bad nearl finished the freshman fngllsh course at X'asar' And a. frlerd of his at that college It going to send him this J ear's freshmin fin il examination papers to break Ida teeth on. fven nt the risk of swettmaidenlsm I have spoken thus at length about my friend's carter because It seems so thoroughly Amer ican in its shrewdness nnd determination. His curiosity, sincerity and desro to learn have helped him to outstrip many men much moro ilchly gifted b blith. culture und so cial connection Ills ambitions are high, but they nro health ; they are selfish, but of the llbei al nnd enlightened selfishness that means morn to the world than muddle headed altruism and catchpsnny philan thropy BUT WH VT'S the use of saving all this? Most of us wllj po on maundering and loafing, grumbling over tho Incompetence of oui supetlorsj muttering at our ill success, lamenting that we went to college where our Intellect wns ruined; or that we didn't go to college and so have no Intellect, criticiz ing tlio boss nnd taking a slug of whisky before lunch nnd spending loo much money on tobacco, and then grudging our wife a fow dollars for a hat. There's nothing more hopeless than tr,vlng to force people to bo successful and happy when they don't want to be. 'iermauy has Issued Ilrlwrrn the KaUer nn Ultimatum that she and, Zii)iltr 7re .will blockade Nether lands ports on account of tho United States selzuro of Dutch ships The Kaiser substitutes for one end of the old adage, but Is the Zuder Zee deep and blue? What Do You Know? QUIZ I. Tfow did Ilie baronet ret Ita name? 3. tthr are thi front wrhrrla of a motor car Inclined alUhtly Inward at the around? 3. XVIiy U a cathedral ao called? 4. la the territory ot Ileltlum comoletclr con. ft. How nro llthoaraphfl printed? 0. On what day of the week at America dls. '' "of Ind"!"?0"1"'1 " ,h fr",t"' "'Ins Poet 8. Why lire 7eppellna ao called? ' W!&r5.tS AercaV """Iment " JO. What waa the naull of feuilul Kntland? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz J. Alfnlfai A clcTcrllU plant ned for fodder I. (onnectteut la the "Nntines Mate," 3. Dresden Is the capital ofHruonr. on of tlio four klnzdoma of the Herman Empire, 1. Coeiir de I.lon '"The JJonhesrted"i a aobrlquet of Itlehard I, of ICnzUnd. B. Trapezoid! A four-aldejl pl-.n; future In which !.ot parailel"re ""'"', uai "' 'hr twS 0. The American mortality In. the Spanlnh. American war wna xo. of iheaa nrrV. three officer and til rnll.ted men fell In .leen',n,,irh'.,ffinp1l;lV.0.,, "'" " "- 7. Orpheuai Hon of Apollo and a muae. Noted "n? mu,'fll,u V."" J,I4 charm even the wild bjaata. IWended nl() Iud "i" rtieue hie wife JSurydlre. ' ' neVe'lV VW'' VtiPLViZ 8. John Dillon la. the leader af . the Irlah Ni. lrxuUt?"ialJ,, - c WAR WORKER FAILS TO FIND WAR WORK Reader Describes Vairf IJunt'i- Tiinil-liii nnrl TVTnvalinll Acari. i - emy Letters to Editor , iu&J a To the rdltor of the Eicning Pulillc ifiljfir Sir The public constantly reads In tin ' newspapers th great demand for men to speed up war industries In this region. i Pome months ngo the writer saw an if-, j tlcle lmpllng there was u. demand forfnen to aid In the construction of airplanes In s a factory near this city. Ho wrote appiyhil for a position. The company did not show , business courtesy enough to reply . A little later be saw that a new ship- ' building .ird was to be built on tt DeU- i ware Hlver near this city. He wrote th compan and npplied for a position ana rev eclved similar treatment, viz, no reply. , About the time the new airplane factor . at League Island Navy Yard was completed J there appeared In the newspapers article! y stating the great demand for men to kelai f speed up the construction of this very im 4 portant means for combating the Huns. He moie an application and received a courteous i. letter to call, which lie did and vfa coin- j tcously treated at tlio ard, but was Inform! rt' that be would have to make application t ( me civil Service commission. m Ho then applied at one of the larce am' a v ...i.Hl.Un ..tnH.a .. n ... 1....... In waanMno in id. I nn, lit. lull I'luiiL- ileal lie, c in i ca(.uii .- , , vertlsements for men for certain duties, "n 'j experience required." In due time be receive i c, a repl that there were no such positions open, jy Vf n tin. rtnv Hi a lllpr una written a.r advertisement to the effect that there " IIIT-II IIIIIIICU IUI JUOI PULII l..llUII. - In two newspap rs of this city and.bll appeared often since. "VI In response to the cry for men to help-p speed up the shipbuilding plans of theCot"?f eminent he applied for a position In one of(,. tho largo jards near here, after he had 4 a schedule of the positions In this japl ' received a reply that there -acre no posllloM ; open, uut -ine application wouiu uo i""" , flic. . (? Application has been made to another iWP- liiillrllnr- rnmlinnv n llttla further dOWB tM 3 Delaware Ample tlmo has passed for ..,.!. n I, a .nHA 1ml twinn Imn heen recelvtl.-' Can any ona wonder that men wllllnf : aid In the speeding up of tho G"mm'Ill1!i work become lukewarm in this phase 01 ww j patriotism? X. - A I'hliadelphia. March 21. r No War Use of Franklin and Marshall Academy 52 To the Editor 0 the Kittling PuWo Uiff Sir Will you kindly correct the stsiemeaM .. ..-,. .1.. .o.o.l In IhA EYlSntl WHICH ice-ciiuy bijti - ' ..j- "rif.n, ... T -nrtn-t nnnnr.ntk' m&dO OH Wj. basis of "an announcement of ""y.offl?1!1 ..... .1. . .,ii.ii ne T.-mnllln and ManMUA irniaiviv wntiia finnn lm taken over Dy. Qovernment to establish a school "for .r JiaUtlo training" and stating lunner "tTie buildings are already being rearran nnil Imnrntftfl" in thill ?nd. Thero has been no request or propoiltloi -., l, nnirnment that could SUWeSt I taking over of the buildings or the dlscoM tinuance of the school, Tne story u """ probably originated in tna raci im r .. ..1,. afn nn nrmv officer visited t&e ..!,.. lint. In Innlllra u hetlier l!at 1UIV f n,a an.imv ilnrniltorles. inlgbt be Pf'fl tlcable and available for housing a numb,rS . i.,in ,n.ni,qniM r 11 chnuld bo found farj 11. ..1 m t,rina- itiam in Tjineaster for traJ UCUICII, 1 W....B, ....... - . 1ng at a technical school In another pa" .,. ..1... .tn.inc thA llirpA months QfiitS cummer vacation. R. M. IIAItTMANVl Lancaster, l'a , March 21. Our definition of' 1 Hut We Admit It war expert 1 a m a I.a lnnu'l AS IlW about tho Iluaslan 3 uation as wi do, but analyzes It more -3 tenslvely. c." , r i In the new t That New -BaMlan lisp . ' ' phy Jlussia is a 1 i snrinni"! riaawejiyi 1 t ti ti r: ti .-A HBBHjPjJ ? .m.'w
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