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THE HUN OFFENSIVE
if "KTO ONE can doubt tho sotlousncss of
X" flio torrlrlr li.ittln iinti rirlni m flirt
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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
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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
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lngnsn coast towns, nut the tnroo or the
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V., .O.O .0 IwlL JUOl Uw IJltlllltJi 111 CH'lj 11UUII
Iolncr henrt nil ner thn wnild. Dnrn nnrl
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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-
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tV fep.tlilnf; up tho Pepnsy service standards.
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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.
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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.
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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,, -
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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.
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