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I; -i -skerlMU In Fhtladelphls and surrounding- towns 9 -7 "' ' pi mein Li tenia xwr wefK, payable 1 ' to tue carrier. M ii?.''11! ,0 paints e-jtslds-of rhUsdelrhls. !n , nOfiUnlted States. Canada or United Btates res- itHfVH.' J!!1 ' ft,,y ,Ml n, wr month. MavlM) dollars per yeir, payable In advance. f aaantti l?",n countries ono Ml) dollar per V. j?0Tie Subscribers wlshlnr addrs etasnted ' t taoit 1y old ss well ss new address. K,.! '., IMA'Wlt.NtlT VrvCTn-UI" ttltw i. R ?'.- J..-.- .If ..u...t-iJ , - 1. . n ... 5 1 v, aw'ch wt f.wT'i7iiwnicaiioTis ifj evening 'HOMO 1.1,- Ledger, Indettnienet Square, rhtladelphla. sxnito ai Tan JHiLAPEirnu yosr omn rco.ND cu.13 nut, Uiftzi. tmtitiphu. Monjir. Mitth :s, 1111 HEBE'S YOUR CHANCE! ALI tho men and women, boys and . glrla who havo felt tho pans; of lone liness that comes with tho consciousness Of. Inability to servo a cause which so many ire serving in matchless gallantry havo their opportunity today. 'Tho committee for tho third Liberty Loan needs an army of 100,000 organized 40 carry an imperatlvo message of need to everr home and to every Industrial, re ligious, fraternal, commercial and theat rical organization In Philadelphia. Tho buk Is of supremo Importance. Any vol unteer can feel that ho renders a sorvico quite) as Important as If he wero enlisted 'directly with tho military service to handlo ordnanco, transpoit details, medical sup plies or a gun! These are parlous days for commuters' overcoats. Almost every evening; wo see a deserted surtout that has been left In tho rack In the smoking car by sorno spring harassed suburbanite. 5IORAHT MORTUUS rnHB death of JIaJot- Moraht, the famous military critic of the Berlin Tageszel tung and later of tho Taegllche Rundschau, will not necessarily mean crepo sleevo bands for the great general staff. It has persistently been rumored that "Major Moraht" was merely a nom do kultur to cover press statements Inspired by the Berlin headquarters. This report Is given 'corao color by tho fact that the Major's 'name Joes not appear In tho " German "Who'B "Who, And yet wo Incline to the belief that there really was a Major Moraht, and a very well Informed and clear-sighted critic, because the articles appearing under his signature wero by no means always what jine would expect In press material put out by the Hunquarters. lie sometimes recog nized unpleasant truths, and admitted 'facts even when they pointed to military efficacy nnd power on tho part of Ger- "iUCJly's opponents. Students of the llttlo epigrams printed on .the Thrift Cards are agreed to put Mr. McAdoo among the world's greatest aphorlsts, Including him with Eplctetus and Garberlno and Garabed Garagossian. . BACK SWINGS THE PENDULUM f TN THE' recent announcement that tho - railroad .administration will spend $100,- OOO.OOO. 'lmmfwllntnlv fnr tiow nr,nlnm.nl ;;'; there is an Illuminating Illustration of tho V iVariety,of attitudes which Federal agencies IW- v... I .1 I ,.., ... I sjc 4o vAcicmcu in ivjauuu 10 uie corpo iVk rations, Tho Government heckled and i J, hindered -tho railroads. Congress forced - the roads to a low nolnt nf ff1-lAn-v v,v Rfjc the sort of Incurable suspicion with which fetjtf th bush leaguers infected Washington for ,. long1 period. It was the Government fertt which mado It dlmult for tho railroads rr.W5 to renew their equipment, as all the great ehODS were nut at war work. rmvr. I .U ' 'sa'lnsdenounced tho railroads and now the ,V wuwti viuvrniiueiii uuus lis Own aU- ))j. thcjrlty necessary to get the roads out of x ine tangio tor wnicit uovernment agencies ' . . . . . i nave Deen Diamine mem. , It will bo Interesting to observe how the ,-i"a'ntl-corporatlon hysteria survives tho war. -Ford, tho Baldwin plant, tho Bell Tele- ,phone Company and other big corporations ", have added tremendously to the cfllc!ency , , - 01 incuovernmcni. voluntarily and wth- ir!'out much noise they have shown how J ,8reat an asset big business can bo y, when It 1b intelligently and decently man I aged aa most big businesses in America I'.H. .actually are. i The more I. AV. AV, sabotage control of I v j labor in the spruce .forests of the northwest r ine less rnjfwn control or me air on their snimEvtrcm. inrougn warpianes. '.' ; y,ORK FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS FBNNSYLVANIA business men are co , operating with the nation on a large atflejand with typical whole-heartedness LjL .... Aa jfc . ln.no.,An4 ,-n jt'.T. .v... J..1m nt B.1..j.t....1 -'SBja -u JV, laill. uak.i-iiviilo juu VI lfi OIUOI L,. jliianclal reconstruction of the men Ori "account of the war. More ' ,000 Industrial plants have volun- t-to' supply work such men can do. vttaan 1800 places are open to those 1 hve lost thepower of speech through' MmA teic.; ,jfl jtMMieea to evade the fact that our Pfn.MRip or aemocracy is going 10 ifc Hk itlttrecclne; consequences. Many itra .w1ureturn Incapacitated for nor- f seuWtio. But they' will be Amerl- noub;to desire to be self-supporting U ttwlr handicaps. Those able to ' : W;lkwHJ 'rVot waiif to Impose them- tm'm. aturdsri nn the nation for which wtMrttf-NnMijority wlH be efficient UJaf .despite the loss of an , a. mtaaing. finger-or partial loss Lr sMWiM.ivr . ' Mmh t'rto;'flHd; workable and oyancni.;iii buch caws, -oi-t or tb4ltiivriiJ4 to MM will' ooesalM Uirsttgh .si.1"' RENTS AND POLITICS "DEHIND tho drive for cxorbilatit -' profits wliicli sonio owners of dwell ing' houses in West Philadelphia appear to bo making upon their tenants Is tho shadow of nn nnclent principle What you sow you reap. Thcro arc landlords still surviving, of course, who havo inherited all tho qualities that made their term of designation a hated ono irT tho naive and passionato llteraturo of an earlier day. A hymn of halo for the entire tribe is hardly to bo justified, how ever, in it time when everybody's prpb lcms havo been complicated by new cir cumstances on tho one hand and a trium phantly inefficient municipal administra tion on the other. Men who voto thoughtlessly, who do not vote at all or who succumb to tho pleas of the ward and division leaders on election day might profit by a closer scrutiny of tho formal notification of an upward flight in house rates. In many cases that notification is merely tho ghost of a voto returning to haunt nn unfor tunate doorstep. For inefficient city gov ernment is an amazingly expensive indulgence for those on tho outside. Though there may be some profiteering among house owners in various parts of the city, there are signs to prove con spicuously that innumerable landlords arc doing little moro than passing the burden of increased general expense along to tho ultimate consumer. This is the ancient custom. And it has grim justification in the present instance, since the burden of an exorbitant tax rate fell upon real estate owners largely because of tho persistent carelessness of majorities at tho polls. The commonest error vf the average man is to assume that wasteful, corrupt or inefficient municipal government affects only the other fellow. Yet every dollar added to the sum of Mr. Vare's contracts, every cent of moral or immoral claims, comes inevitably from the pock ets of people least able to bear the bur den, since tho curse passes down auto matically along tho line of least resist ance until it lies at last on the man who, for one reason or another, cannot fight it off. Current figures in tho general discus sion serve to indicate that most real estate owners havo asked for increases merely adequate to meet the increased costs of labor, materials nnd general upkeep and the new tax rate. So a gre'at many tenants of dwelling houses who have a proper right to kick a few profiteering landlords out into tho light of day should not. forget to look a little deeper. In tho background, serene and unmoved, arc Mr. Varo and his pros perous clans. They are a doubtful luxury which, having been bought, must be paid for by those who made tho bar gain. Brand AVhltlock cays that the German troops marched Into Brussels In September, 1014, whistling "i:cry Llttlo Movement lias a Meaning All Its Own." Yes, but what will thoy sibilate when they march out again? Wo suggest "The Rift In the Loot." A VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IT IS said of Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang that ha has found his greatest happiness In long association with tho very poor. Anil It might bo said that the ,poor havo shared their peculiar riches with him without stint. Ho Is a wise and patient man. And patlenco and wisdom are tho treasures of the humble. It is refreshing, therefore, to observe that tho air of formality and cxcluslvcncsa that has attended tho visits of tho .Primate of England In other American cities ic cently is to bo mitigated In Philadelphia. Tomorrow afternoon the Archbishop will address an open meeting In the University gymnasium. This is ono of the few meet ings In America at which tho distinguished Episcopalian, sent moro or less officially as a spokesman for the English masses, will ho permitted to appear without tho hin drance of cards of admission. The New Repuhllc ask3 naively whether the draperies of the Victory of Samothrace are composed with more art than tho folds of John D. Rockefeller's trpusero In the Sar gent portrait. Well, the Victory from Some where In Samothrace may stand In the pan. theon. lut it doesn't wear ahem, trout-err. THE TRUE ANSWER ALMOST Imperceptibly the casualty lists grow a llttlo longer. All tho nationali ties that have thrown In their lots with America arc answering tho doubts and bus plcions of theso uncertain days with the names of their dead. Tho Gorowskls and the Schmidts, tho O'Sulllvans and tho Israels, the llanscua and tho Morrises uro all there as usual among the killed and wounded. They wero an 'ar removed from fear, theso men, as they were from tho skulker at home who havo done their puerllo best to dishonor their common tradition. And, of course, the early bird will have to be sixty minutes earlier If the worm abidea by the daylight saving law. THE CARRION EMPIRE IS DOQMED "PRUSSIAN Hunocracy makes Us last fling In the present onslaught. The Carrion Empire of the Uohenzollerns digged ts foundations in tho grave of the old Germany that the world loved tho Germany,, aa some one has said, that died in 184S and was burled In 1871. Its structure waa reared of HeB and ruthless ness; its splendid achievements In science and commerce were blackened and stained by blood and horror. The world that lives and moves by a moral principle will not long tolerate a monster of bo hideous mien. There are yet millions of men in civil life, all over the world, who wJH disclpllno themselves through painful nights and days to carry on the fearful struggle. For the sake of honor, pity and tho right of men to live their own lives millions are still ready to pay the last measure of devotion. The" llohenzolfemjcmplre was dethroned years ago In tho jioarts pf every true-thinking man on this globe. Prussian Hunocracy makes Its last flnB Under tho eye of 'William the Damned1 'and' his attendant vultures hundreds of thousands pf pitiful human units fling , thsma 1 v despairing into the seething of Tth an4wOJ). But let Uai cease naylng tba thU' to tfc Hun'i Uwt.i'-ohaBOfc? It U t;u. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, London by midsummer, would bo the war bo wim7 If he wore battering Long Island with death, would tho war bo won7 No, for as loilg as thero Is a llbetty-lovlng man allvo Prusslanlsni Is doomed, Prussian Hunocracy makes Us last fling, It may bo that years moro of anguish and calamity aro beforo us, but as surely as the Great Bear swings round tho polar star tho Prussian ambition to dominate mankind with death Is doomed to a death far moro terrible. TENTION. ClIARITABLESl TTE WAS a svlso student of human ex- perience, tho observer who first ejacu lated that thcro Is over work for kindly hands to do. In this momentous hour tho all-night restaurant bands, as they dis appear over tho ekyllno into history, leavo a difficult problem behind them for tho social consciousness of the community. What now Is to become of tho tribes of lady ar.d gentlemen sundodgers left deso lato on tho high, dark rim of tho night, dazed, new-awake- cd from tho dread witch eries of tho Jazz? Obviously it will bo un wise to let them wander without kindly guldanco in tho strange and silent world to which thoy aro committed by tho stroko of h Judge's pen. Something should cer tainly bo done to tteady and console tho winds of these unfortunate persons, to caso tho shock of enforced contact with calltlcs. After nil, Ethclbert, they are human. Flnochlo l. a diverting game. The lost tribes of darkness might bo (aught to play it. Tho license court has been definite In It3 pronouncement rclatlvo to music for their ears or ono wight BUggcst some of the gentler songs of homo for their enter tainment. Readings In the absence of tho bands might serve to sootho tho tortured nerves of any stindodgrr The reader might begin, too, with the collected writ ings of Mr. Hoover. If Admiral Coghlati vero reciting that poem now ho would make tho refrain "Meln self und der Tetifel," Wo feel Furo that Russia Is sound at tho core, it's now up to 119 to bee that Ger many doen not Ret tho core. A Berlin newspaper Implies that Ger many fs ready to swallow several of the President's fourteen peace terms. Our armies will havo to rub tho others in. Conkling Was the "1c Too" WARNER MILLKR, who died a few days ago In New York at the age of seventy nine years, would not have been known out r.ldo of his State If United States Senators Roscoo Conkling and Thomas C. Piatt had not had a. quarrel with President Garfield and resigned their seats. Tho Issue came over the appointment of a collector for the port of New York. Presi dent Garfield had assured the New York Senators that he would refpect their wlBhe.i In tho distribution of patronago in their State. Not long afterward he nominated for the collectorshlp a bitter political enemy of these two men. Senator Piatt was an expert political manipulator. Ho waa determined that his faction of tho party thould control New York patronage and when tho President had turned him down he was Indignant. As soon as the President sent the name of his political enemy to the Senate Mr. Piatt hunted up Senator Conkling and raid to him: "I do not know what you Intend to do. but I shall resign my Feat " Senator Conkling agreed tlint no other course tvaH open to him and decided to fol low his example. Accordingly they wrote out their resignations and forwarded tliem to the Governor of New York. They expected to bo re-elected at onco aa a rebuke to the President. But their opponents In the State wera determined that they should receive no such vindication. There was a deadlock In tho Legislature It met day after day for weeks, balloted and adjourned. Finally a compromise was reached which resulted In tho election of Warner Miller and Elbridgo G. Latham, two second-rate and virtually unknown men, to the seats held by Flatt and Conkling. Neither of the men made any reputation In the Senate. Latham died yearn ago and now Miller has followed him to the grave, having previously sunk Into the ob scurity from which he had accidentally nrlren. Lost: A Humorist The rich rewards and emoluments that make the profession of burglary In Phila delphia so alluring to men of dash and en ergy have diverted from the literature of American humor at least one spirit strangely original and singularly blithe. Veiled In mys tery this man remains, leaving only an oc casional jewel of achievement In his trail to gladden a patslng hour for the unhumor ous multitudes chained to a clock-made rou tine. It must havo been this anonymous humor. 1st who recently robbed a Jewelry shop on Market Etreet half a block away from the headquarters of the Department of Public Safety. This feat loses its appeal alto gether when you stop to contemplate the things that havo just happened to Police man John Cassldy, who lives up Falrmount avenue way. Policeman Cassidy was sleep ing soundly in his bed. In tho night a thief entered his house and took, among other things, his nicest and most expensive pair of rubbersoled shoes and his extremely fe rocious by reputation watchdog Diversion Is good for tho health. Good Jokers aro rare. It might be well, there fore, to keep an eager eye for a lively look Ing man with a pair of rubber-soled shoes and a bulldog, n Is almost certain that ho brt,hinkrngathln,rs- "' H.'s Almost .. Mean knowhaTthewar 1 s a. nan Europe Isn't to lessen .. , ,hs energy of the war enlist In this general cause? Hog Island lost a lot of free energy when the Jazz bands got away. They Died. to lis Boilermakers Is the Hun himself or the hunger that Is In the Hun responsible for the latest drive? The Ansner Is "Uothl" Some ono has dls Not Hunt covered that 12,000 of- Seriously I fleers, many of them of draft age, hold cleri cal jobs in Washington. Might It be eald of the desk men that they are chary?' The theory of paci fism will sink a little lower In general esti mation if the Federal Farmers Might Us Them Government flr.ds Itself compelled to Jail and feed and guard a lot of men whose con fcclences are ro tender that they will neither fight nor even do constructive work for tho army because of spiritual scruples. Yet this alternative actually faces tho Government In the, esse of thousands of drafted men of paclfloj, tendencies. ' 11 ; . One of the storm rutting Mb Corir centers of the German n La, Fsrt offensive la La Fere, j-' , , on tho Oise River. Loversof SteTenaon will remember that It. L. S lit , his "Inland Voyage" visited La Fareand found it unoesgealal. Bo much so that, iie calM K "La Vre of cursed memory." FarhasantiM Hun,, la trying to break the SrttUa Mm at thatetet.' may have occasion , Sitting in the Barber's Chair ONCE every ten weeks or" so we get our hslr cut. We aro-not generally parsimonious of our elnplojers time, but edmehow we' do-hate to squander that thirty-three minutes,- which Is the exact ehronlclde Involved In ' despoiling our skull of a ten weeks' garner. If we .were to have our hair ciit at the end of eight weeks the shearing would take only thirty-one min utes j byt we can never bring ourselves to rob our employer-of that much time until we reckon he in really losing prestige by our unkempt appearance. .Of course, we believe In having our hair cut during office hours. That Is the only devlco we know tonako the hateful operation tolerable. To the tlmej mentioned Bbove should b added fifteen seconds, which Is the slice of eternity needed to trim, pruno and chasten our mustache, which Is not a large' group of foliage. Wo knew a traveling man who never got his hair cut except when he was on the road, which permitted him to Include tin transaction In his expense account; but somehow It seems to us more ethical to steal time than to steal money. WE LIKE to view this whole matter In a philosophical and ultra-pragmatic way. Somo observers have hazarded that our post ponement of haircuts is dim to mcro lethargy and Inertia, but that is not fo. Every time we get our lorks shorn our wife tells us that wo have, pot them too rhort. She says that our head has a very homely and bour geois bullet shape, a r.ort of plthccanthropold contour, which Is revealed by a close trim. After flvo weeks' growth, howeer, we begin to look quite distinguished, The difficulty then Is to ascertain Jtist when the law of diminishing returns comes Into play. When d we cease to look distinguished and begin to appear merely slovenly? Careful study has taught us that this begins to tako place at the end of slxty-fivo days, In warm weather. Add five days or to for natural procrnt-tlnatlon and devilment, and wo have twenty days Interval, which wo have posited as the Ideal orbit for our tonsorlal ecstasies. When- ,.t Into tot last we hao hounded oursclf obblng our employer of those thirty-three minutes, plus fifteen seconds for you know what, wo find otirsetf In tho bar ber's chair. Despairingly wo gaze about at the llttlo bluo flasks with flowers enameled on them: at the piles of cIchii towels; at tho bottles of mandrake essence which we shall presently have to afllrm or deny. Under any other circumstances wc should deeply enjoy a half hour spent In a comfortable chair, with nothing to do hut do nothing, Our barber is a delightful fellow; he looks benign and docs not prattle; he respects tho lobes of our ears nnd other vulnerabllla. But for some Inscrut abjo reason wo feel utrangcly HI at ease In Ills chair. Wo can't think of anything to think about. Blankly we brood In the hope of ratchlng the hem nf some Intimation of Im mortality Hut no. there Is nothing to do hut tit there, useless as an Incubator with no egga In It Tho processes of wasting and decay are hurrying us rapidly to a pauperlsh grave. oAery Instant brings us closer to n notice In the obit column, and yet we sit and sit without two worthy thoughts to rub against each other. Oh, the poverty of mortal mind, the sad meagerness of the human soul! Hero wc are, a vital, breathing entity, transformed to a mere chemical carcass by tho bleak magic of the barber's chair. In our anatomy of melancholy there are no such atrablllar mo ments as those thirty-three (and a quarter) minutes nnce every ten weeks. Roughly speaking, wo spend thren hours of this llvlry death every year. AND yet, perhaps it Is worth It, for what a Jocund and pantheistic merriment possesses us when wc escape from the shop! Bay-rummed, powdered, shorn, brisk and perfumed, we fare down tho street exhaling tho syrups of Cathay. Onco more we can tako our rightful place among aggressive nnd WBlI-groomed men ; we can look In the faco without blenching those human leviathans who aro ever creased, razored and white margined as to vest. Wo are a man among men and our iintethercd mind Jostles tho stars. We havo had our hair cut, and no matter what gross contours our cropped skull may display to wives or ethnologists, we are a freo man for ten dear weeks. S. V. Slang Heard in Cantonments Tho following vocabulary of army slang has been compiled by the Wadsworth Oas Attack and Rio Grando Rattler: Beans Thd commissary rergeant. Bean-Shooter A commissary officer. Black-Strap Liquid coffee. Blind Sentenced by court-martial to for feiture of pay without confinement. Bob-Tall A dishonorable discharge or a discharge without honor. Bone To study ; or a mistake Bootllck To flatter. Bow-Lgs Cavalryman. Buck-Private A term sometimes uced In referred to a private. Bucking for Orderly Giving clothing and accoutermentB extra cleaning co aa to com pete for orderly. Bunkic A soldier who shares the shelter of a .comrade. Bust To reduce a noncommissioned offi cer to the grade of private. Butcher The company barber. Canned Horse Canned beef. Chief Name by which the chief musician nf the band is usually called by the enlisted men. Clt a civilian. , Cits Civilian clothes C. O. Commanding officer. Coffee Cooler One who seeks' a "sott" de tail, Crawl To admonish Doughboy Infantryman. Duff Any sweet edible. Fogy Ten per cent Increase of officer's pay for each five years' service. Found To be deficient or wanting In any thing, especially an exam. Gold Fish Salmon. Goat Junior officer In post, regiment, etc. Goaty Awkward, Ignorant. Guard House Lawyer A soldier with a smattering knowledge of regulations and military law; quite loquacious and liberal with advice and counsel to men In the guard, house or other trouble. Hive To dlicover, to catch Hobo -The provost sergeant. Holy JoeThe chaplain. I. C. Is condemned by an Inspector, Jaw-Bone Credit (to get things on "Jaw bone," to buy things on credit.) Jump To admonish. Major Name by which the sergeant major Is usually called by the enlisted men. Mule Skinner A teamster. O. D. Officer of the day; or olive drab. On Official Terms Not to be on speaking terms except officially. Titt Bells of St. Stephen's ' We have a particular affection for the sound of church bells, and a chime ringing above the clamor of u city street always halts ua wtth something of a thrill. Those who have passed down Tenth street just below Market at midday during this Lenten season have been grateful to St. Stephen's Church, where the chimes are rung dally to announce the noonday Lenten serv ice. Above the din of trolleys and traffic the clear peal of-the bells rises 'dominant and arresting. The Rev, Carl E. Grammer, rec tor of 8t. Stephen's, says: "We only had a few bells and could only ring peals and changes till I added eome' additional bells a few yearn ago for the express purpose of Playing- hymns, with tho patients In the Jef ferson Hospital, near by, In my mind. They like to listen to them as they He In their beds." . M .Crowded thoroughfares give all too few reminders of solemn -things, and many a thoughtful passerby has btard a, message of beauty in St. Stephen's chimes. A peal of bells, a basket pf daffodils, a policeman help ing, an old lady across the street such trt-msndoua-'WSse all have .their plaa,la taa trMW-''M .TtvM.'MMalo ofmtroj4Hav tmm MM or Mauty artft la tat Uff 0"v t;wMt, watt MONDAY, MARCH WE'LL BET ON HIM! """QB , -- y ''HB -'v' -' '""'""" '-... '-B , as" ..,... !.-, ''' v'-a ""'''' rfWKs "VaBm .,. :f:!4?,?"l. RV .-!',- -i'C,.',rt.ii'l"t i.4;'JT .( jft, "!. .'NAwl M'if ,tMKSB. "TE ,1 .' - il! Vi'il'-'fn -IVrKiiyiPAJI.t.w.irJaH' s I ' ' 'irUTfT'lViii wTiCMsiitTi .-vftHfi ! fi?--; itvH?A'vr-v's.rf;yaa5a, iaV --RiSs$si TSKRlnn WAR AND THINGS Evening Ledger Readers Write of Hindenburg and Hog Island and Affairs Generally Moral vs. Military Victories 7-0 the llditir nf thn livening Public Ledger. Sir We can assumo that the opponents on the western front are evenly matched now. It Is unlikely that the leaders on cither side will sacrifico a million men on an offensive unless they arc suro that It will win the war. There has not been acme-sided victory during tho whole vir. A uillltnry victory for one sldo has infant n moral victory for tho other. Although a military victory heartens one side, It takes that self-satisfied feeling out of the other and renews the almost dead resolve to "last," If nothing more. Both sides havo announced their Intention, from lime to lime, to "pulverize" their oppo nents soon. Things in that line aio very defi nite now, "We will b. In Paris April 1." Hinden burg. t "If we can hold the line until April 1 wo win." Pershing. The presumption Is Germany knows she must "get somewhere" to win. The Allies know thoy must stop Germany from "getting somewhere" to win. Whether or not II Is eaMer to get Eome where than to t.top some ono else from get ting thero Is the difference between victory and defeat. Germany Is apparently rushing her offen sive. The Allies are apparently rushing their defensive. If they both succeed Germany will politely announco that she never In tended an offensive, but expecting an Allied offensive prepared for It, and prepared fo well that the Allies did not dare to even try to break the line. Wo will shout "camouflage" and claim victory So will Germany. This has been going on, moro or lesp, dur Ing tho whole war, and will continue until the German Government, cither on Its own accord or by request, "snaps out of It" nnd admits that Woodrow Wilson's peace terms favor Germany quite as .much as the Allies, and that his "theories" on government are no longer dreams, but nro going to bo applied, by force If necessary, to our opponents, Allies and neutrals. f If the German Government does this on Its own accord militarism will weaken little by little until It dies a natural death, because it hay lost much and gained nothing for the Fatherland. If It does so "by request" mili tarism will be killed on short notice either by the German people or by the Allies, the United States included. AASLAND. Philadelphia, March 23, Lancaster Appreciates To the Editor o the Evening Public Ledger: Sir Your recent editorial article praising Lancaster County and some of Its Illustrious sons was well deserved. Lancaster County has long been the leading agricultural county of the United States. The late President James Buchanan and the late Thaddeus Stevens surely added to the renown of the county, but neither of them was born within Its borders. Jamec Buchanan was born at Stony Batter, Franklin County, Pa., and Thaddeus Stevens was born at Danville, Vt. GEO. B. MAPES. Philadelphia, March 23. An Old Soldier's Criticism To the If (floor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir I have Just read a letter written by a soldier of the Civil War to another old soldier and nuke, the following quotation: "Is It ;iot wonderful how money has been squandered at Hog Island and, a hundred, other places In the country since we entered tho war? They Beem to have no Idea of saving anywhere or anything. Thot canton ments, fifteen or more, havo coat millions' and millions of dollars. When you and I went to war they djdn't build any canton ments or anything else for us, We got a chance to look out for ourselves. "A couple of yearH ago, when we were sending soldiers to Mexico, we had trouble, it was said, getting troops to Mexico quick enough and In sufficient numbers because we couldn't get sleeping cars enough to accom modate our mtn. When you- and I went1 to war flfty-Mx years ago box cars and' cattle'' cars were good enough aml'we did not com plain. Times and men and manners seam' tq have hanged. i , tyrhm the Civil War 'a4 t oouatsT' VP Ws,' ', fttws srV sWsTjlj tWrfT 25, 1918 ' ?.' - 1 f ss-s-h of 'fit did, wn will be JlOO.nOO.OOn.OOO In debt nnd with not many more men under arms than we had In the Civil War Wo havo n great and a good country, but It has got Into very bungling hands, and we would bet ter all bo praying that Kngland, Franco nnd Italy may bo able to hold out and keep light ing. If they fall the Huns will yet come over hero and clean un out, college professora nnd all, and they will make us pay $100,000,000. 000 Indemnity. "If at tho beginning wp lcfuted 100,000 volunteers and at the end of a year after our declaration of war wo had ony up to that time drafted 600,000 men, and the last of these had only arrived at Ihe cantonments, and wo have only got started at making machine guns and building rhlpw, when lu the name of ull that Is good and bad aro we going to have In France tho K.OOO.noO men that wo ought to havo had there before now? Wo better keep praying and keep working. It Is going to tako It." .1. S, Philadelphia, March 23. Dynamite at Hog Island 7o thn Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir I could not help but take note of this one of tho many "explanations" given by the American International,, Shipbuilding Cor poration officials for the awful wastes of money at Hog Island contained In the UvENiNd Pubmo Ledcjkh recently. Mr. Kennedy asserts In explaining an Item for tlm pay of guards, "Wo havo uncovered n total of 245 poutidx of dynamite" (probably somo In use for blasting there), and then goes on to say, "sufficient lo destroy the greater part of the plant." 1 am somewhat experienced in the ufp of dynamite and I am unable to figure out how 246 pounds of dynamite could blow up 1 per cent of the Hog Inland plant. Such exaggeration Is just an example of their "ex planations" all through tho Investigation. I think when tho laboring men aro assured of efficiency ''higher up" they will do their part oven belter than they are now doing it. WILLARD T, KI3LLY. CarnejB Point, N. J March 23. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1, Vthr l the railway bettle so deolmatrd? 4, AVhst Is the caue of uulrksand formations? 3. What Is' the purpote of the Inler-Aliled War Council? 4. Whjare the Germans, burins the hair of women tn conquered territories? 5. Name tha - motive pmver tlint has rerola lionized agricultural methods. (1. Describe the first flat of the United States. 7. When, wos eeffee first general!? used as a beverase? 8, Wht Is the natltltr of (ienrse Bernard Shaw? R. What Is n 'msrhete? 10. Whoremmsndeil Ihe lint treat flermau clrlte at the Urltish lines? Answers to Saturday's Qui 1. "rtntre fv nlente"! Italian nhra meanlnc "pleaaunt ldlenes"i corresponds to oar "taklns It easr." 3. Mloi an alrtUht chamber er lsrse tsnk. for preaerratlfln of fodder, protertlna It from Ihe dfcartnt egrets of air nnd moisture. S, General Gallnltc the creates!, German nulhorltr on Arid urtlllfrr, has been Putin command f the. German armr fscint the sector .In France occupied br tha American troops, 4. At S o'clock In the msrnlna of. Kaster, Hun- iST'ffV'J SJ.' !ou' f.'.' l'meplees elf orer the JJnlted States villi be noted forward en hour. . 5. Lancaster. ,P., tiaa Jnst been relebratlnc Its SOOIIi birthday and alo the . hundredth anniversary of Its beeamtnc a cltr. 6. A chevron Is a bent bar of Inverted V shape w.n,"1 .n !"?. sleeve of a, noncommissioned officer to Indicate, rank (three chevrons for serseant, to for corporal). Soldiers' on . active- service, ore also entitled to wesr V chevrons to .show Imitth pi itrtite service In this Murv nnd "untind rbetrons" for encli serious wound sustained. 7. Amrthtat" Is ,derlfil from lbs Greek 'mclhii'! weaning wine l the ancients sup "awl the amrthrat onerstrd aa it charm or talisman asalnst drunkenness, S. To.."ommuta" It literally1 16 chants, nllli tne sens of accrptlnr mmet'ilng less in. stesd of. a prevlsnslr eeeMiiisiiUtr. A f commutation .ticket Is a, ticket for iarss number sf trips sold, at a reduced or 'com mntsU" rata. Heura.a, bolder at such u ticket Is a "eommuUi'," 0, To a name all tha rtr-4wo ; la: anas fZbXMtZ. "box tits eojopass" Is -pauHs'-Br sinwsjis ihu bar) bosM em Mm ebasoaea y MAMfe kI afWtaMeHaBjp Tti jiaalji . JjyaH . "'Mt'l'li J. shnpi; THIS IS LADY DAY 2 'Ml Today Is Lady Day. the. feast of Uis ;' Annunciation, one of the oldest and roost tS racred festivals In tho Christian calendar. 'Mil And not only Is the :6th of March the U' "'. - traditionally set as that of the amutndaT lion of tho Virgin Mary, but in the mWdls ages It was regarded aa the beglnnlniofi fjm uin jew j ear. iiarcn zj was new lean Day until 1752. In Kngland It Is still "qaaf.4 tor day," when rents are payable. "Aw Vt There are many and obvious reasons for considering thlM season the beginning of, tha. t'iB year ramer man Dieaic aim Dltter Januarys On every hand one sees the slgn3 of bur. goonlng life, of the mystic and mamleai-wSI reincarnation of tho visible world. araM.ls S springing, bulbs coming up under the cwL'Ssi Rwect rains of spring, and one who waxes' with wide-open windows at 6 o'clock In thi '',, morning linn only to nsk the birds. Thy;v: fcttrtw fnr mcirct nKnitt It flint, aiv ntmnnift maker. For our part, Lady Day will always v. be tho first of the year. . i The sacred solemnity of the day to th 4sv ."5j vout soul makes March 25 a date of peculiar;,' beauty and magic. One tblnks again of that old story, which, hownver commentators,.'1 have mythologlzed It, still remains the moit beautiful In human annals. And at this time .-' of year, with all life magically renewing ureir about us, the annunciation taneB-.cn deeper meanings. ' It Is a day peculiarly and lntiiriattly. sacred to the lovvVest associations" 'of- womanhood, and It would be well If, on this; of all days, each man would try In soros '0 way lo show the reverence we all eel fortMiJ sex. '- vjf y . . X The Eternal Contrary '.& Mark Twain, so tlin ktnrv a-oes. was vatk-v Ing on a street In Hannibal, Mo., whnhs; met a woman with her youthful family. "S4i this la the little girl, ehV Marl: said to I ni t-hn rlltnlflvrl lir r-hllrlren. "And t sturdy little urchin In the bib belongs,"'! tS suppose, to the contrarv sex?" "Yassah, tnai-. woman replied, "yassah, dat's a girl, toe." AS The Orphan Poem A .., ..nIJ XtMl ..!,. n -nm llial MVSrV ,i j'uvi cum, II HI lie tv Dunb ,..mv v.,-r-, ouo will sing, ii A verso with just the human note tnif carries fast and far v 1 shall bo known forever as the man, whs .sa wrote" that thing: The papers will reprlrft It from here to) Zanzibar!" $jj He wrote tho piece, "Those Old Blue JejB?i It made a ready hit, And in the mazes of the press the sdogj began to range; But some one's hasty scissors snipped author's name from it. 4 And every where he saw II, it was effcl ltcd "Exchange." ml iXS Anthologies, the rural press and ptej almanacs Rcnrinted it! nnd humorists revsnlp. It for their turns; jVi He found it In his clippings, which WI piling up In Gtacks, ' $a Attributed' to Riley. Eugene Field Robby Burns. Ho tried to catch the orphan: hs 9U In his distress To salt Its tall and make the poem' tho noma It ought; The derelict hept 'wandering on the oc vx i;a press- ' pa If ho nailed It down in rortlan,,J -. X. , . popped up in Terro Iaute! ,$ Ho wrote lo oil the editors of all the n Zlne.3 u i Until thev wished the wretched were laid beneath the ferns;. $U An.i tf.i,i, lm ..nil, iiiavM lock the .-... ,,.,.., ,,M V-"--" -. ' ' , ,J and say Wers Old Blue Jmmj The Id ot who thinks he wrote .inn. I by Robby 'Burns!'' v f"? The moral of tjie.djtty la ,'Juat tff 1 poeCfrlsnas-.' l Jf . ,. vJ, When ;vou''-:ivVilj;- kaaiaaa'ar ' M "aCT : &&? V 2.iL2L m3m par mi. '- l mi ntttt isfiwtlHlr M,lf' t MssFaaast'tf Jts s s sa :.fvkl mify:&ki .. l iaisraaanMlaMp raiuli&nKiK hirmimrmmmmBmi i,t,llmTsaffMMM""MAj-
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