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tk THE DECIDING BATTLE
O ACTION la completo or decisive In
a military sense until tho reaction has
'developed to Us culmination. Tho British
'.Have not yet attempted the great counter
"attacks -which must ensue on tho western
"iront before the greatest military effort
t.Of all times reaches a crisis. Inapproprl-
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vaie as me term may seem, it muoi vo sum
that Halg Is playing a waiting game aa
;ny lighter must do who opposes great
i'v(!da and waits his opportunity.
54'lt is apparent on tho other hand that
t-'tha Germans must win and win quickly
k'or,kBO In a disastrous climax. The awful
v. twvtrA nt ihn flchtlnir shows with definite-
if" "
i ffness-'what the Kaiser has been unwilling
tita admit, that this Is the deciding action,
'. th final toss of the cards. It Is incon-
t? celvable that the generals and the princes
-and Wilhelm himself can ever return In
it' safety over roads clogged with tho bodies
Ifefimen whom they' spilled Into tho tiro
i'llko water and find a patient nation wait
ing them In the rear.
The British have lost ground and saved
; men. The Germans have followed tho
! reverse process. Halg's forco Is still ln-
Eh taet; his line sways but It Is unbroken.
: The stupendous battlo, which appears
i" every moment to be at Its climax, may de-
Velop for days as the commands plot sue-
liceslvo actions upon tho naturo of the
i terrain or tho natural advantages or dls-
? advantages of tho general situation. But
' Uhe chances are nil with the Allied forces
fy Until the culminating counter-attacks havo
.-been launched. Halg's army apparently
i.la not ready for that move.
f-J'vNo envelopme'nt of tho British forces
js possioie until tne lines aro broken, xno
L'VVMled. armies may fall back to Paris and
peyona ana yet De uniicreatcu. Tiiey win
''b undefeated until they are driven into
', th sea. Like the gun that shelled Paris,
fstn present movement is a great aaver-
uovuioab lur iiio jvtuscr. xi may uo iiiiip
I : more. It may bo the most disastrous ex-
jrimtat of the Kaiser's reign. Tho new
Kn' Is sure to be put out of business by
'. aircraft Other guns llko It are similarly
eweunea. uut tne ucrman generals can-
rjTBot lose and ko home.
If
1 '; What Is needed lust now to suDDlement
the Federal raid on bootleggers Is a similar
campaign against leg-pullers.
I NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOYALTY!
mKE Wisconsin Loyalty League, which
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ij) attempiea yesieraay to persuaae josepn
f.K. uavies ana irvin u. lcnroot to agree
iVtofpool their issues in the senatorial con-
.teqt In order that there might be no doubt
; oftho election of a genuine American Sen
ator, reports inai it nas ianeu, as u Degan
'too' late.
' ''Xt Is never too late for loyalty. If two
army divisions in front or trie enemy
.wMted their strength fighting each other
their officers would be summoned to face
a flrlnff squad In front of a wall at dawn.
jThi 'nation expects the loyalists of Wls
coBsIn to get together at onco and to
present a united front to the La Follette-
E-Csiserism gang and administer to It such
:eefeat that there will be no chance for
JoIc)ng In Berlin.
V One 13, reminded these days of Chauncey
DeixswV famous remark that a platform is
; toado to get In on and not to stand on.
! iy -'
MIL BAKER'S BAPTISM OF FIRE
WlTASHiNGTON Is necessarily rather re
" "imote from the war. and perhans It is
totunate that the Secretary of War should
fihappen' to-be across the water during the
srreat Hun drive. With the vibration of
thai terrific onslaught shaking the air and
': aoll of- EuroDe. Mr. Baker will caln n
'etie.. of the urgency and crisis of the
tatruggle that no man can get over here.
After ' his conference with French and
i British officials and after what he has
l of war-stained France, we may be
confident that, the Secretary will return
lywlth messages of vital importance
with", a keen and Inspiring sense of
rneee'to the firing line.
Ip truth;' tbta no tlmo for complacency.
Mtve done big things In the last
W, ! ;the, time to do bigger. And
j have failed we can make ha-'e
t lae'iauurea sna press on to the
' eur-hlcfa calling, which is to mest
.teh the enemy at his own game.
as set out to dye tho world
(
i-MXDk GERMAN DYES
roecurdtaMC to Oermari' formula are
to''1xMBd In Wilmington and
aiewtete" have been at work for
i ee hiienttng' with the formu-
i M IMMmw tAkM eut la this coun-
I 44 Itoejr.JiaveUcoyered
NIta produce the
WV'SrB-i SaiC ,1vm
tMr war wSklill j .
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DON'T MAKE THE SAME MIS
TAKE TWICE
rpHERE seems to bo a difference- of
opinion in Washington whether tho
President or Congress should fix prices
for wheat. The President says that $2.20
a bushel Is n proper minimum price. Tho
Senate is considering $2.50. It is esti
mated that tho difforenco of thirty cents
a bushel means n difTcrcnco of $400,
000,000 in tho amount which tho consum
ers will havo to pay for flour this year.
This is a considerable sum, regarded
from the financial point of view. But
the real problem to bo solved is tho way
to sccuro the production of enough wheat
to supply us and our allies. Tho money
saving part of it is incidental. It is pos
sible to figuro out tho saving of billions
with tho price of wheat fixed at $1. But
dollar wheat on paper and nono in tho
market would feed no one. Tho con
sumer is ready to pay whatever price is
necessary to get wheat, just as last win
ter ho was willing to pay any prico in
order to get coal.
Tho coal price-fixing experiment was
not successful enough to encourage tho
public to have much confidenco in any
Government price-fixing. Wo were told
in tho summer that tho Government
would sco to it that there was coal
enough for every ono and that it would
bo available at a prico lower than that
which prevailed in August. But there
was neither enough coal nor low prices.
Somebody blundered, and it is pretty well
known who it was.
An attempt was made to encourngo
production by disregarding tho well
known economic laws. The veriest tyro
in political economy knows that tho way
to incrcaso production is to increase the
price offprcd. If tho Government had
kept its hands off coal prices and had
allowed the ordinary law of supply and
demand to work with freedom ns to
prices there would have been coal enough.
It might havo cost moro than tho house
holders had to pay last winter, but they
would have had the coal.
No ono knows today whether $2.30 or
$2.50 is a proper minimum prico for
wheat next fall. It is impossible for any
ono to find out in advance what is the
exuetly fair price, for no one can tell
what the crop will bo and no one can
know what the cost of harvesting it will
be. Wo do not know how many farm
laborers will be available for work in tho
fields four or fivo months from now, nor
what wages they will demand and can
get.
If price-fixing is to accomplish what
is hoped for it regulation of prices can
not stop with tho wheat crop. It must
extend to farm labor and fertilizers as
well, or the farmers will find themselves
hampered and constricted, as the rail
roads have been under a policy of Gov
ernment regulation of freight rates,
restricting income, followed by a popular
demand for increase of wages, increasing
outgo. Wo assumo that the men in
Washington do not wish to bring any
such catastrophe to pass. To avoid it
they will doubtless profit by the mistakes
made in dealing with coal. At any rate,
the people who must cat wheat hope they
will do so.
"Scott or fight" is the latest Vare ulti
matum to renrose. The rest of the Stato
cannot bo persuaded that this Is a choice
between two plla.
ENTER THE TANKLLT
A N AFFECTIONATE regard for dlmlnu
tive things is a common human trait,
and it Is for this reason that Henry Ford's
proposal to fling 30,000 small tanks on tho
western battle lines within threo months
will havo a general interest and an ap
peal altogether aside from tho potential
valuo of the imagined fighting machines.
The soldier in the new Ford tank would
bo a lonely warrior. He would havo only
a mechanician for company. There would
bo room only for the gunner and the man
at tho loiers. The Inventor would send
his tanks forward ln shoals In a culmi
nating charge to finish tho war.
Mr. Ford Is an orlglnal-mlndcd man. Ills
high faith In Uttlo things is but another
proof of an incurable goodness of heart.
He may yet show that ho Is cleverer at
making war than at making peace. It Is
important that ho has learned what many
less sincere pacifists havo failed to learn
that pcaco must be fought for If tho
world wishes to enjoy It. Everybody ought
to wish him luck with his tanklets. Who
knows that ho may not yet help to get
tho boys out of the trenches by Christmas?
Prince Henry of Iteuss has been killed M
In action, but all tho Kalserllngs are still
alive.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE WATER?
WATEIt Is pumped into tho mains at
tho rate of ZOO gallons a day for
every man, woman and child In tho city.
This means that about 1000 gallons aro
pumped for every family. Experts admit
that 250 gallons, or fifty gallons per cap
ita, is about all that an average family
can use.
What becomes of tho other 7C0 gallons?
After a generous allowance for tho uso
of water In industry thero Is an enormous
amount still unaccounted for. Mr. Davis,
chief of the Bureau of Water, says that
pumplns water Into the mains Is llko
pumping it into a slevo. The- holes aro
tho 2,500,000 spigots in tho houses, hotels
and office buildings and factories. It Is
notorious that tens of thousands of these
spigots leak. There In a constant dribblo
through them either because they aro worn
out or because the washers need replacing.
The obvious and imperative remedy is
an inspection of plumbing and the repair
of the detective spigots. Thero is water
enough If It is not wasted. r '
The fact that moro than thirty barrels
for each family are pumped daily Into the
mpns leaves no other conclusion possible.
No, Angelina, there Is no anthropological
connotation tnhe term primage.
BRINGING IT HOME TO US
TUB announcement that the national
Government hag requested that all worlc
ujmhi municipal Improvements. In Philadel-
IjMb. tM yeetpeaed. awl the suggestion that
the J4n aulhorlty'niay be exercised
r r . .j .-r f J. ' .
tH BMnae) imm (or, not; m wnpyara,
u i tweinntT, near-tb,iant, sup.
Mfi tram wrei. m warn.
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEk-PmLADELfrHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 26,
mlstlo cltliens as the rising tumult en the
western front
It Is not so long ago that the city sought
to havo priority ordors Issued for steel
for tho Frankford clovatcd. Tho subway
work on new lines ias already been in
definitely postponed because of war condi
tions. A great deal of work Is yet to be
dono at tho Bybcrry extensions of tho
Philadelphia Almshouse. It Is said that
tho Government feels tho necessity now
of conserving for war purposes every avail
able bit of energy and material. Such a
policy Is, of course, dictated by Intimate
knowlcdgo and a pressing Bcnso of actual
needs and conditions.
It dwellers near Hob Island can help tho
Government by finding homes clscwhcro
they should do so and tho city should help
them to avoid Incidental difficulties or con
fusion. If tho city can help In tho general
crisis by letting every public work wait bo
that labor and material may bo used elso
where, thon every pick nnd shovel nnd
hammer not essential to tho preservation
of existing municipal property should bo
freed to help win tho war. Thero should
bo no disputes. Everybody should bo will
ing to do all that tho Government asks
and, when it is possible, a bit moro.
Tho Germans havo had so much experi
ence with long-range lying that tho reports
about the new gun Buggest that they have
been trying to apply their propaganda math-,
ods to ballistics.
GETTING TOGETHER FOR
BETTERMENT
THE Public Service Commission has Jus
tified tho confidenco of tho people when
they complained to it of tho Inadequate
servleo rendered by tho local rapid transit
company.
Its order calls for tho relief which tho
pcoplo demanded. Cars must btop for pas
sengers at tho street corners, even if tho
motormen aro behind time and aro trying
to get In tho desired number of trips In a
day. Tho primary purpose of tho street
cars Is to cai'ry tho peoplo to and from
biiblness and not to glvo employment at a
fled wage- to motormen and conductors.
Tho Increase in tho number of cars
operated In Sixtieth street has been needed
for ears. Tho new lino In Fifty-sixth
street has been demanded by West Phila
delphia buslnew men so long that they had
begun to lose patlenco with tho Inactivity
of tho authorities. Tho orders and recom
mendations of tho Commission will gratify
all who havo been Inconvenienced by tho
Inadequacy of tho present service.
Moro heartening, however, than tho spe
cific orders of tho Public Service Commis
sion Is tho evldenco afforded by tho hear
ings nnd by tho attitude of tho city and tho
rapid transit company that thero Is here
after to bo co-opcratlon between tho men
who control tho street-car system here
and tho authorities In tho City Hall to tho
end that tho transit problems may bo
solved quickly vlthout wasto of energy In
futllo fighting over details.
"Bring tho boys homo
Campaigners Aro to a dry rennsyha-
Dolne Their Beet nl.ll" declaims J.
Denny O'N'ell. Itecent
political orations luno been dry in mofl
ways than one.
Tho German admiral
Too Much Ilallant who was lost on a
mined transport In the
Baltic went down, of course, becausu he was
wearing all his decorations.
HOW FAR
CAN A GUN SHOOT?
IN SPITE of the apparently authentic re
ports that the Germans aro bombarding
Paris with a gun seventy-two miles away,
hoone believes It. Military experts hero are like
(ho lawyer who told his client that ho could
not be Imprisoned for the offense with which
he was charged. "But I am In prison," re
torted the client.
Tho reports say tho shells aro falling In
Paris anil that thero la no German gun
nearer than seventy-two miles. And thero
you are.
Until this still Incredible achievement was
reported no gun had sent a shell further
than twenty-two miles. This happened
when tho Germans bombarded Dunkirk
about a year ago. Investigation Bhowed
that this achievement was accomplished by
naval guns with an ordinary rango of ten
or fifteen miles. A German artillery expert
suggested that the elevation of the gun be In
creased In order to Increase tho rango of the
weapon. When his theory was put to tho
test It was found to work, with the result
that made Dunkirk famous. The gun car
riages In all tho coast defense works of
America were immediately remade In order to
permit an Increase in elevation of the Amer
ican cannon.
Tho naval gun has been perfected In re
cent cars so that It has a longer range than
nny other military weapon. In tho battles In
tho South Seas between tho British fleet and
tho German raiders the firing began when
the ships wero ten miles apart, nnd at no
time did they get within threo miles f one
another.
Tho artillery used by armies In tho past
has been portable and, consequently, less
powerful than the guns In fixed positions on
ships or In coast fortresses. In tho Italian
war of 1859 the Austrian smooth-boro can
non bad a rango of 1450 yards and the
French rilled guns would send a shell 2500
yards. In our own Civil War the range of
tho ordnance department three-Inch guns
was 2800 yards, and the gun known as the
Napoleon had a range ot 1600 yards. Tho
Germans made Improvements In their artlf
lery, profiting by tho experiments of other
nations, so that In tho Franco-Prussian War
of 1870 they had a gun ready for uso that
would send a fchell 3300 yards, or a Uttlo
more than two miles. This is seventy miles
less than tho alleged range of the latest gun
'In tho woods of qobaln.
- A Hymn of Hope
Now no boasting and no pride,
Nor no hatred, shall suffice:
All the millions who have died.
Call us to our sacrifice.
That the weld, through breadth and
length,
May be free, God give us strength.
Through threo hundred checkered years,
Wo have loved our' western stars;
Liberty, In smiles and tears,
Known In all her avatars.
She has blessed us; now we bleed
For the splendor of her creed.
Brother men, the planet shakes;
Old, old dreams may yet come trt'n
Out of anguish glory breakj,
Carry on, and see It through! '
Burst at last these Irpn gyves.
Bet. men free to live their Uveal
Brother men. It Is not longl
Pass the word, and speed the (lay;
With the swiftness of a song;
Kings and empires pas away,
FIGHTING QUAKERS
By HENRY LONGCOPE
ONE hundred and twenty membersot the
Society of Friends of Philadelphia have
signed an address pledging themselves to give
military aid to the United States in the war
with Germany. Among tho signers will bo
found tho names 6f those men whoso fore
bears took precisely tho samo Btand when
the American Colonies throw off the yoke of
a German king and formed the union of tho
Thirteen Original States.
Tho address, which has Just been Issued, is
entitled "Some Particular Advices to
Friends! a Statement ot Loyalty to Others:
Being tho Views of Somo Members of the
Society of Friends Regarding Its Attitude
Toward tho Present Crisis." Forcible resist
ance Is Justified In tho document "if long
continued Intolerable conditions caused by
morally defunct people aro to bo ended be
fore tho world Is enslaved."
H
ORACH WELLS SELLERS, who Is a
member of the commlttco for the
preservation of historic monuments and for
merly president of tho Philadelphia cnaptcr
of tho American Instltuto of Architects, gives
a very Interesting account of tho attitude of
tho Quaker In wartimes. "Members of the
Society of Friends," ho said, "aro pacifists,
but slackers, never. They havo always been
conservative, and some were Inclined to the
royal causo In the Revolution. In tho first
place, they wero opposed to fighting on prin
ciple, and honestly bcllovcd tho war was
brutal, debasing nnd not effectual. Conse
quently, all members who departed from their
peaceful principles wero dealt with. A case
In point, and which I believe Is typical, is
that of my grcat-grcat-grcat-grandfather,
John Sellers, who lived Just about whero tho
Sixty-ninth street btatlon Is now located. Ho
was a member of tho Society of Friends, of
the Assembly and was also Interested In
public Improvements. Ho was appointed as
ono of tho signer's of tho Continental monoy
nnd was In other ways Identified with the
Revolution. About 1776 tho Friends took
notice of his actions and those ot others
connected with the Meeting and complained
that ho had permitted tho use of his taw
mills for military purposes, contrary to dis
cipline, and that he had evinced a galnsavlng
bplrlt.
"Ills son Nathan promptly enlisted. Ho
had been trained for tho law, but had turned
his attention to making molds for the manu
facture of paper, this being hard to secure,
as the molds had been previously obtained
from England. By an act of Congress ho
was withdrawn from the nnny for this pur
pose. Tho Quaker who broke through tho dis
cipline, I believe, did so openly. Thero may
havo been some Instances where n cannon
was purchased and called 'a flro engine,' but
these cases were rare. It was men of tho
typo who believed that their highest duty
was In tho preservation of their hearthstones,
and used forco In so doing, who afterward
became known as l"tec, or Fighting Quakers."
r;
OHDEIt to understand the reason for tho
Proo Quaker breaking away from his
Meeting and In a certnln sense becoming
ostracized from his fellows, It must bo re
membered that the leading members were
men who had grown old in tho habit of loy
alty and had been rewarded by dignities nnd
wealth. With habitual caution they looked
with disfavor on the hot-headed oung patri
ots who declared themselves supporters of
so radical a chnngo as tho establishment ot
an Independent government. So at the gen
eral meeting of Friends held In Philadelphia
In 1774 a letter was formally approved and
ordered to bo sent to all of tho Meetings In
America, warning them not to depart from
their peaceful principles and suggesting tho
propriety of disowning all such members as
disobey these orders. While theso orders
wero generally obeyed by tho older mem
bers, they wero not by tho younger ones.
These contended that they should render
their Government willing obedience, and that
they owed It their active support when In
vasion threatened. While ngreelng with their
elders as to tho wickedness of aggressive
war, they took tho ground that It would bo
Inconsistent to accept the support of the
Continental Congress and armies nnd refuse
to nld them by every means possible.
As a consequence, they served directly In
the armies on the American tide, appeared
on the committee of public safety and were
seated in the Legislature. Among thoso who
acted with tho patriots was Timothy Mat
lack, who was an nssoclator, a colonel and a
member of tho supreme executive council,
nnd Thomas Mlfllln, who was p. major gen
eral, u member of Congress and afterward
Governor of Pennsylvania.
THE Free Quakers founded their Meeting
In 1781 at the house of Samuel Wetherlll,
who was appointed clerk. In Front between
Arch and Race streets. Of the early mem
bers aro to bo found tho names of Ilobert
Parrlsh, James Sloanc. Moses Bartram. Dr.
Benjamin Lay, Owen Blddle, Isaac Howell,
White Matlack and many others. They met
at the various houses of tho members for
somo two years, until the purchase of a lot
at tho southwest corner of Fifth and Mul
berry streets, the latter being tho old namo
for Arch street. Later the Assembly granted
them eight lots for a burial ground on Fifth
street below Locust, and permission was
given them to bury the soldiers there who
died In our city hospitals. The law which
gave them the burial ground recites "that It
is Just and right to forward the designs of
religion and benevolence, nnd that the vir
tuous citizens of this Commonwealth who
have been deprived of their religious rights
and privileges on nccount of their attach
ment to the cause of their country In tho time
of Its utmost danger should havo the en
couragement ot tho Legislature."
IN 1783 the Free Quakers began to raise
money and tako steps to build a meeting
house. The lot had been purchased, and
subscriptions for the building fund prospered,
Benjamin Franklin, whose body now Hep
within the shadow of tho building, In the
graveyard on tho opposite corner, w ts a
contributor. Neither he nor George Wash
ington was a Friend, yet both aided the
movement. Today tho building h-j almost
tho same appearance ns It had 130 years
ngo, so woll has It been preserved. It was
lnnir since clven over to tho usn of trade. vt
It Is In tho hands of those who retain an
upper room, where a meetl'ig is held once
every year, while tho income received Is
used In buying coal for tho poor. All that
remains to denote the purpose for which the
building was erected Is a narble tablet, set on
the Arch street facade high up under tho
eaves. Though weathev beaten, the inscrip
tion is easily deciphered:
For the Free Quakers
Erected by General Subscription
A. D. 178i, of the Empire 8
When the wall was nearly finished and
this stone was being placed one of vthe Free
Quakers was asked why tho words "In the
Year ot tho Emplro 8" were Inserted.
"I tell thee, friend," was the answer, "It
is because our country Is destined to be the
great empire over an tno world."
AMONG the numbers whose names will
never be effaced from the history ot the
city are those of Betsy Itoss. Lydla Darragh
and Samuel Wetherlll, Jr. The first flag of
tho Union was made by a Free Quaker
woman. The plan, to surprise Washington,
who was encamped at Whltemarsb, was over
heard by Lydla Darragh when her house
was being used by British officers while their
army occupied'1 this city, She escaped and
conveyed the news of the Intended attack to
the Americans.,
As the political differences died away some
of the Revolutionary soldiers "made acknowl
edgment' to their meetings and were received
back Into membership, and before- long the
Free Quakers became comparatively few In
number. The 'first members ceased to attend
Sunday meetings, and, John Prica',Wetberlll,
who succeBt4 his father as, clerk, dosed the
meeting for the 'last time In 4(18. Members
of therSoeleiy. of Friends are now-to be
found wherever th; flatlet 'tho. Unkm Was.,
.At the battUe ef the Revolution and throutiv'
out the Ctvlt War" they were 'active,' In esq
etruotlve mmU( orfc nowwttfe tke
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Profiteering Landlords, the Police.
Life in Texas
Rent Profiteering
To the Editor 0 tho Evening PubUo Ledger:
Sir I havo read with a. great deal of In
terest In tho Evenino Public LcnaEa yes
terday tho two articles headed "Dealers Do
fend Rent Increases" and "U. S. Won't Help
Housoworkers," tespectively. I have been in
the city slnco last October and have searched
diligently to find a house that would rent
for an amount in keeping with my Balary,
say about $25 per month, and havo failed
to find It. Interviews with half a dozen real
estate agents resulted In my being told
"there aro no houses that will meet your re
quirements." My furniture Is In storage and
In tho house I am rooming with my wife
thero aro two other men and their wives in
exactly the same predicament. In tho course
of my travels In search of a houso I have
noticed perhaps fifty vacant houses, two and
threo stories mostly, where tho rents range
from $35 to $75 per month. Unit a dozen
or moro of theso houses havo been vacant
fivo months and are still vacant. I pass
them dally going to and returning from work
Every ono of them could bo arranged to ac
commodate two or three parties such as we
pcoplo who aro occupying furnished rooms.
Consider the rent sacrificed In all theso
months by permitting theso houses and others
to stand vacant where, if rented to two fami
lies without children, as would bo the caso
with people who are rooming In tho houso
wo aro In, $25 could be made a minimum and
insure their being occupied the whole year
and by desirable people, persons working in
clerical capacity, etc. Tho whole jmshot of
the; matter and the only excuse forlncreased
rents is that these agents, seeing the pos
sibility of a large number of men of family
coming here to accept Jobs at Hog Island and
other concerns employing people Incidental
to ,war conditions, are assuming that the
newcomer who is paid high wages will tako
77.. .AAj.ln .l.n. n va ndn, A 1.1. 14..
Up ally vu;uiiv;ica nfc w t.tcbi.u mj .u.o-
Ing tho rent of present tenant.
If rents of houses continue to advance
many a family will move Into rooms and the
congestion will bo a menace to the health of
families with children. So far ns I can Bee,
there Is no reason why the United States
Government cannot control rent profiteering
here as It has done In Washington. A con
certed movement of all peaions who are rent
ing houses, particularly salaried people, who
are victims of this pushing up of rents a few
dollars every month or two, will accomplish
muc)i. Let them get together and after
appealing to local authorities (.unsuccess
fully) take the matter Wore the Washing
ton authorities through Congressmen and
Senators from the State. W.
Philadelphia, March 24. '
Life in Texas
To the Editor of the Evening VuWe Ledger:
sir I have Just been reading In the Bryan
Eagle nn "lnterestln and entertalnln' " ao
count of the "day's doln'a" at the "Sapp
trial." Tho case has been brought to Bryan
from Beaumont by a change of venue and Is
a ghastly affair.
It appears that Sapp married an old
woman for her' money, took her on a hunt
ing party and arranged to have her shot by
an obliging friend, as though It was an ac
cident This was accomplished, but the friend
took to drinking heavily (getting limber
drunk) and talking of the episode,. There
was another man who "knew too much," so
the Sapp brothers one fine day got both these
parties fairly "limber" and took them out
to a nice cool woods and shot them "all to
pieces."
The whole business took place three years
ago and they have been trying the case, all
over Texas, the Sapps luvvlng spent most
ofuthe time In the "Jail house." ''Incidentally,
a "rank outsider" Jnmped In and attached Uie
bank account of the brothers, and there's,
"no teUlB'." how It will all end, The town
la full of Klcturesq.ua looking Deoele. an enorv
moua amount ot tobacco i being1" ofeewed.i
small rivers, or iptf,are.BeiBcvpav ';'
'hoeAere'tjare being, creased, , knives, fewied
ana the, town undertaker .MJeantag ' m
ecetoat M; doorjara)' ready for any'eowH--
5a
a..- -J-'vH i.V ' Tvtv, n YVi. -w-c -z&n 7v p-"4 :. ' i '--. S' $m
.rx s;; xr7'rrnrnKSifH'jvTir . i r yjf.iuxrnaai'1'A.vT-- lfitJteIt.l,,T,' .". a . r -.. r. -z --i.
vsv'VWi.'1
1918
YES, WE'RE WITHIN RANGE
mEiKBies s7 jkmy m
(this Is tho gal's name) got Paffcsser Smith's
wife to read for her. Ishero Duncan (that's
our Janitor) told mo that he's "satisfied"
that now that them nlggahs is ovah thero
daln gwlne bo long befo' this d wah Is
ovah; causo ef they wuz to put about two
bunded in the front row and about two
bunded moh back o' them, an' then let them
white boys come along in.behlne them, them
d Germans wouldn't want no moh flght-
ln'." He's about a hundred years old and
Is always complaining because hts wife won't
let htm go to the wart G, A. G.
College Station, Tex.. March 21.
Where Policing; Falls Down
To the Editor of the Evening Publlo Ledger:
Sir The city of Philadelphia will never
be properly policed under the present plan
and In a few lines I desire to show you why.
My arguments will bo from personal ob
servation. Philadelphia has hundreds of undesirable
loafers. Tho patrolmen on every beat know
that These officers ot the law see on every
"trick" they work some minor offenses, which
should result in an arrest for tho future bet
terment of tho city, even though the arrest
should only go as far as the police station.
This is especially truo on tho men who
work from 4 to 12 or 12 to 8, the afternoon
and night "tricks." Now, sir, It Is the truth
that these men, paid by the city, do pass up
men who would be far better behind bars,
but they know that through tho present
system of Magistrate hearings It means that
they lose from two to four hours from
their rest tlmo If they make the arrest, and
no plan is made to return the time lost to
the men. Magistrates don't get to the police
stations at the time the night men arrive
from their tour ot duty and the men will not
make arrests when they know It will mean
a four-hour wait at tho fetation houso in the
morning.
It certainly Is a shame that a plan could
not be made possible whereby the houso ser
geant could take an affidavit in minor cases
from the 'man making the arrest, so that the
patrolman could get home after his time on
tho Btreot is served. If technicalities arise
at tho hearing a further hearing, at a time
when the officer's sleep Is over, could be
arranged.
Philadelphia would bo cleaned up If the
men didn't have to spend so much time wait
ing for the morning hearings. I have studied
the situation and these are the complaints of
the men. CLEAN CITY.
Philadelphia, March 23.
The kick of the Ger
man seventy-two-mlle
gun that has been
shelling Paris must be
Administered From
the Bear
tremendous, Indeed. Tet It Is nothing to the
kick .that will hurry tho Kaiser ultimately
Into 'oblivion. ,
Tho Department of
A Bope Might Serve Justice is a little late
with promises to
tighten Its grip on suspected Germans.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Whe was Oeane FoxT
2. What la a "bo4itler"T
S. What la tha dlffrrenrfl between a "mala" and
"female" tankY
4. What la braille, and whr la It as caned
5. Who wrote "Tha War of All Flcih"T
0. Wbo la Lean TroUkr, and what la hta real
name?
7. Wbo was "the Ant American hniuorUt"?
S. What la a' Skoaa hewltierT
9. What la paraoax?
10. What la paradeaT
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
L Tea, rallwer Ijeetle le a rare spaelea whtfeh
Ueplara a faint red and green pboepher
aacant llabt, amrseetlne: tha colered railway
UmaU ceenmenlr need.
t. )ulean ferma "wean the nartlclee of aand
S3.?5. vsszwit aiw "
luirth.
0. OaeeHae. elarr h "! ef .wrta lee.
u ' aww iHivm aeriaewnral Bra.
.' Oiirss HW awwaa term t Irelaaa.
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SYNTAX FOR CYMCji$
Grammar of the Feminine
Language ti
By ANDREW McOILL
s'J
f-pHE feminine language conslstsofj.work:
pittueu una uiLvr uuuiiiei nmi c&ireuJa
rapidity, with Intervals for matinees. The
numoso of this language Is (1) to conceal. aW
(2) to induce thought. Very often, after tW;
use of a deal of language, a Uioucht.wlll.
appear In tho speaker's mind. This, whlti'j
desirable. Is by no means necessary. ij
Btlnctlvely recognized even by those unaccut. jw
tamed to it. jKjV
TARTS OF SPEECH; There are five parts
nf f.mlnln. RnAhnm,n nrnnmln adfefi.
tlve, verb and Interjection.' -
THE NOUN Is the name of something to5
wear, or somebody who furnishes something
to wear or a nlace where something Is to Ja
worn. E. g., hat, husband, opera. FemJnlpeT;
...... n.. n.... nln.r..i, .InMiln. If
Tirr nnnvniTM f t iva
nYn.wt,rw). n-i. B 1.. ,.. f mlJ-i
jurjbViivjoi -inert me unijr iwui x.?3
nine uujecuves auarauic, cwie, aweci, nvnay
Theso aro all modified on occasion by the
' THE VEItBS aro of two kinds active ni
passive. Active verbs express action; paltgwj
veros express passion, ah iemimne veros "u"S
irregular anu inoperative. ,( jjig
uviuiuKunuiNHr- -mere are two ";,
Jectlons Heavens! and Gracious Themi-S(l
cullno language Is much richer In lnterjec-r
DECLENSION: Thero are three wyl i
femlnlnn .lAnllnlnf-rfll fn H.tv Kn! 2) to M
Ves and mean No : (3) to say nothing. Ojf?
CONJUGATION: This Is what happens t
a verb In the course of conversation or snap
nine. A verb beclns the day aulte Innocently
bh the verb aa fn the nhraso to ao to letMTl
When It gets to the city this verb becosMi?
iook, as, for Instance, to took at me ji
windows. Thereafter Its descent is rapid iOf
the form vurchate or tharae. This conjuga
tion is often assisted by the auxiliary exprt .
sion a bargain. About the first of the follow;;
life llvll. ,im istM . ..,,,. .- ... t -iA
line vocabulary In a parallel cr pervertta
xorin, mouuiea oy an uiierjevuun. .i"-Ti'
conslsts of languago rapidly vibrating or-jl
..Mllntlnff Itnlot.Bn ttvn n,rftfin!l. Tha OTlOt JJ
of any conversation Is always accusative,!
.... . . .-... j.. kjt,i
o. g., "4irs. jswwaras nas no i -
f-u. .n...-.n.lnMM Annul. nf nil lndtiT i
Mln.t. ,iivK- nf aanlnnnaa hilt SOmetlnHS X
it Is difficult to tell where one sentence en!
Und the next begins. It Js even josslble t
two sentences jo overlap, vvnen iu "-frm
the conversation is known as a dialogue &
anannn inav Iia nf nnv lAnt-th. and IS COfl J
eluded only by the physiological necesalt.
of taking breath. . '"eVi
SENTENCES: A sentence may D.ar
nn n. trrnun r,f wnrrtrt tittered In SeQUenCe, Bw
wlftmut lniwfnnl rnnfiAtlnn. to eXDreM
.... A mimhei of iNV
tencea if emitted without Interrupt Iqn.J-J
comes a conversatton. A convereauuuTa
longed over an liouror more becomes w
efn A (rrraoln tnhen hftrft(l UV S4V9I
nAxanna 1b Irnnwn t u n BttnrOt A. StCrCt
anything known by. a large and constant
Increasing numner, or persons. i
LETTERS; The feminine language wh
..Mi,..i ... .....,.. vih a atiih can ap
backhanded chlrography, Is known as a W.
on rosa or lemon colored paper of a iwwj
and flannely texture, with scauopeu ""JJ
ana initials cmuusscu m b. -", rUgs
written with great rapidity, containing rl
less than ten exclamation poli)ts per page "
three underlined adjectives per, paragWfM
Tha verb mav be reserved until tniPVS
nrlnt. .rfJj'l
s ., i'.i .i,,..(. nf tha fenU'.l
ucuo.-iiy Bfcunuib, num -- -- rttj.J(
nine language are agreed that rules J"tT35
mar and syntax, are pubject to WW";
c price wm wnun, uiu it. -' .L.tMiMl
Vlth which the .fanguatfe i UM .?- u-21
charm and penaii-mag-new-m . -
l,ota .f1ltf.rtif.fAWnit taV-nth MIOHC CftrWUI
sclentlfio observers.-A glossary 'of JJ
,-rn,. tn,l tAlmam In Iha'famlnlne 1AI'"
would'fce. aork pfgreat value to e M
husband world,- but 'it Je doubtful if gnfj
volume win ever b pu...s. -j
--. ' . i ' i Ki'
.1 " ',, '-' .''..M't,.,
- . .,. Tne ,-women "
v. nu.i t Ul.' AennvJtialnjr orgSAa
i Cnaie, e C'to do farm wor:
4 jftMUMjrmw ww .
That the 'weetd, lrjh i1rtMk as4
ii ,i-i " rin ruJt - - m aaii ! .
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