rlY7 ?mm ' & i Uii ; LEDGtRCdMPANY CTftths'lf. K. CUnTt8.'rMivitV ' i n.iA.ainrion vice l-residenii jonn c. iretary ana a reasureri i-nuip n c:oiuns. flltlams; John Ji tjpumron, tilrectors. 'W tiDITORIAt, ItOAtlDl Ctars II. 1C Claris, Chairman i HMit.mr ih.p fo MAJrVHy... General Bnslncaa Manager had dally at Poll. a I.rrxiia ll.iluini- Independcnc. flquar., Philadelphia. auaaapataa i;aTaii..,,luroaa ana c.hrstnut Htreets I jltafna cirr.. ....... i--.rr..iA.i iinii.it.... IV-'VBsY TMUt 200 Metropolitan Inwir hPtnrr..,.....,,,.t........,oj Kord liuiioinc oui....li..,...-....,iws ruiierton iiulldlnc o 1202 STrlouno Uulldlnt: IP j. ae-or- l'ennayiiania .Ave. and 14lh St. i" 1W 0 Siauc The Suit liulllnir sjniuiiBratii; ....Marconi Home, wtrant iiiaHBtmt 32 Hue Louis la Oran RtmBfmtPTinv Tt-nxiu i-rib t Enxivo Pcnuo Lanoia la ac-ed to aub. aaolli.rB In Pfillarltlbhl. .n.l kitrrnnmiin ....... Jaft rato of twelv. (12) centa per week. pajublo w in carrier. ?.m" t0 point" outside of Philadelphia. In i Mm United States. Canada or United sutru poa- Mlln.".' J;Ur ' nfl 50) nl pt month, s Hut (IS) dollar. pr year. payable In advam. "Jo all foreign countries one (it) dollar pr ,,!'. NJtiea Subscribers wishing- addren chanted P wat 1v old aa well as new address. H A i S ''MX, MW ALMJT KEYSTONE, MUN S00O ftir.g ' r 17Mrni all rommunlcatfoi lo fvenbio fiK.'o f j-cogcrj jwcepcwcencg square, i'flnaaefli la. Jp BVT1IID Al Tut MtuniTrriU "ost omca i j. I.WI1V t.tfe.I'a JB.II, HlIltEi lBlT'' rhll.Jflphla. Jrld.T. MarJi :. HIS NATIONAL WEALTH SCARCELY WLiJ ... . - rrrTiii7i l irvjiujbu t&n rOUD comes from Aahlnstoii thut 1250,000,000 of the new" Libert) Roan Jfwlil bo allotted to tills rcvonuo district. , New York will bo called upon lo subscribe 1900,000,000 and Boston $360,000,000. There Is wealth and patriotism enough hero to take up the allotment on the first day If -very one will muko his subscrip tions tl.cn. But that It vll bo taken up iy'ln a very few dajs ought to go without farntilHr It '?" . . ... Financial men win do nucleated 111 mo Announcement that no further loan will bo ri. flnaferi hv th nmprnnifint until next rail. ifTT" .:: : : " r " ... ... . . '" xtiis will auow iiuer.ii tnougu tor ousi- ' i.aiess to adjust Itself to the absorption of the largo turn which Is now lallod for and to DrCDaro for further drafts upon national , ''wealth. Vo l"vo already I proldcd 50 S00.000 000 Kf Rr war purposes In loins, a sum so ast that it Is Imposslblo to comprehend Its magnitude. When the new loan Is floated 1 this amount will be raised to $9,800,000 000. '"iThls Is only about S per tent ot the na tional wealth, a paltry tax on a great v people when It Is IcUcd for the causo In Was It by coincidence 01 tliroujh ct- t inordinary foresight that the nostoncso ;&ut Doctor Muck hi a btonu J ill a few mill- MtfTk&a 1.a....a D.l.nal T...n. a1. 1..I1 A.t ZaaI I n 1 nr- (jr RUSSIA ItECOVErtlNG II Ell I'OISE IT IT Is true that tho Hufcslans arc seek ing to renew their relations with the Allies and organize their armies otico moro lo fight tho Germans, they aro lll.cl to be welcomed with hospitality. Of course, Itussla must glvo csldcnco of Its good f faith. Some such evldonco Is already avail able, for the Eolslielkl hao drlcn tho Germans from Odessa. A rentwal of tho military activity directed against the com- ion enemy Is entouraglnj. It will make it necessary for Germany to keep Its troops on tho eastern front and will b to, Ll' much Btrenctlipn thn an Ties that are ficht- Inc tho Germans on tin wtstcrn front. li ' While the Allies aro I kcl to he empa- thetic with the Itusslars, tlicj will nob nbly await further dcveloiments beforo supp1lng them with either monej or mu nitions. Tlio Kalfcr's bis gun fecms to bo al jnost as futile as some others that might be Mentioned by name. THE LUCKY LOAFERS THE fates hae bcfii kind to thoo loafers In Now Jcncy who now ure P fAarlnf? themsnU ps nnav from the nool- tooms and the corner cigar htorcs and the grocery cmporla to scuttle madly in all directions for bits of land which they raaj cultlvato In order to escape the rigors of the antl-Ioaflns ar law recently hurled through the Legislature at Trenton. An FifiiAitfl mBaenn nualN thf-m fif rnilrsp t'i)ayllEht saving will not mitigate the stein K'j-outlno of the soli. A farmer works whllo I J lvaa. i.iin elilnnii ntirl lirt llutt 1 ! lul wiru lint tl 9i t-n ftm 4iafn4 nlAiil AnAiifTII Aniillrvli 1V4 iln. J IO llixa jubl uuuu, OK-'nJ' -'iwMb' tuiajir Ipff to put out the cat ami wind tl.c clock. And yet, aMdc fioin ull tlilb, tho joung -tjplCII nliu aiu nun iitiH '' ma f. uttosiuu of loaP.nir to till tho noil will boon hae V. many of tho advantucci of cculvc and 0:tvollto associations. Tho farms urc toon KiV tat. Atslm n a miinli rf mli nvndud mul Ij I IUJ Ltailll 3 IllUli Ut VM 1 !- 1I14 J 11 IO directed energy ns can be mobilized under the Tvhln of tiublla onlnlon. Li?. A rreat many Congrtunncn will be sent tho farms t tho Idea Is wisely devel oped, and a considerable number of -Mr. .."fSCreePa bright joung men may bo hurried 'ylfut to urge life Into tho reluctant cabbago fs .- ,,. .!.. t t,.. . . . . C v uiu 10 nuurtau 1110 iivsiuliii. luinuiu aim I fjlira. crowding vegetation Into the sum of Vft?r'im'.urtu rcsuura. Aiicr-uinucr speuK. rs'ln grea crowd, probably will bo en Ud for this useful service, as well ils tbusand.s of the lnentors who are now mLTWK oui penecii goou stono stairways f"'fc,'Washlngton. Tho plain, ordinary loafer, , Mwured of such Inspiring company, should fciulner himself fortunate indeed. to. - tThe1 price of food has Jumped agaln- Hiwterybody. K! r . ONE OF THEM i IN Lancaster thty uro Just now rrng cood-by to a young man with T'ttic uiu, of Wennerson. His Is a musical tatoWWd one that ehould bo easy for the when they turn at last to eclebrato 'JtS deserves. For tho present the m 9t) that cognomen la In himself ah 1 explanation or much mat is going 'rBjKJe.T ; Wcnnerson is English, He Hcd in loins newspaper work while all r Wethers were doing servlco with t armies. One by one the brotliera off. When (he news arrived ' so of the deatli o( the lost, 1 of'Lancaster packed up his for New Y01 k on Ills way tte U "I have o go," he "! iwtfr sftlta BO, I I WrW f vv aUAaaV aafcat taaabal MR. MARSHALL AT HIS WORST "NTO GREATER insult hns been hurled "'nt tho patriotism of a groat party than that of which Vice President SInr shall delivered himself on Tuesday nip;ht in his speech at Madison. Ho went to Wisconsin as the official spokesman of the Administration to assist in the elec tion of n Democratic Senator. Here arc some of the things ho snid: It makes no difference how pure and patriotic tho purposes of tho Kepubllcan cnndldnte may be. to bo fleeted ho Is now bidding for thn ote of tho German syni pithlzer, for tho oto of tho traitor, for the oto of tlio podltlonlst, fur the oto of the patlflst, for tho vote of tho man fo hidebound In politics that ho rejnkes at every mistake undo by the 1'rcsldcnt nr his advisers, for tho vole of tho ninn who Is willing to 111 ike tin ItiKlorloiis peace, for tho vote of tlio illiapiHilnted profiteer. lt these votes alone inn tlio ItepubllcHti candidate hope lo b ilcctcd. Mr. Marshall knows or ought to know that these charges arc untrue. The Republicans of Wisconsin ns a body are loyal, us witness, tho action of the Re publican Legislature in lcpudinting La Toilette. The effect of Mr. Marshall's speech is already manifest in the indig nation of tho lojal Democrats. They aio said to be deserting Davics, the Demo cratic t.indidutc, nnd assuiing Lenroot of their support, as n protest against this kind of campaigning. But if this were tho only effect of tho speech it would not be !o regrettable. Besides disgusting loyal Democrats, the Vice President has heartened the pro-Germans und the Socialists and lifted Borger, the Socialist candidate, from, obscurity into the possibility of winning in the lace, with the lojal otcrs of the State di idoc' between Lenroot and Davics. But this manifestation of paitisanship is not altogether new. It is merely the culmination of a series of acts lending to make it difficult for Republicans of un questioned lojalty like Senator Lodge to uphold the hands of tho President. Some White House advisers seem unable to persuade themselves that tho defeat of a Demociat docs not mean a disdoval condemnation of tho war policy of the Government. It is fallaciously assumed that this is a war of the Dcmociatic party. Unless the Democratic nianagei-. thange their tactics before the tongres bional campaign begins thcte i-. gutvo danger of such n distraction of attention from the necessary work of prosecuting tho war that we shaU fail our allies in their extiemity. We say this with ex treme regret, but vc ate convinced that it ought to be said again and again so Ion;, as the present poIilv' of partisan folly is countenanced by Dcmociatic leaders. The extra, dalight hour nn Mond ij will vo pome prsons from Jail It villi glvo the blttcr-etiderH thno to miKe out their In come tax returns. "HERE ARE LADIES!" Wi: IX this city should bu tunpKd to a hcnso of honor bectoned and lo a trend of piolltnblt rumination lij the n tlon of Miss Anne Jlnitln, ot Nov ml i, who In aunouncliiK herself as a candidate for tho United States .Senate chose to :,tai t her little boomlct plimnicrln- Into the void Immediate!) over our heads, lie must bo .1 vcr) wise msn Indeed who can a) pol tivUv that tho timo has not come for women In tho Senate Theic aic those who will look hick Into tho little pist nt tho llrst appearance In Congress of Miss Jcanettc lUnklu and remember with inls Ktvln;,'s the bum of tcira with whlUi the l.ady f 10111 .Montana cast her llrst impoi tant vote. Tens, it will bo Mid, have no npprupiluto place upon 01)mpus! Perhaps, perhaps' And )ct tears do not tome unhidden 1) some deep and moving experience of tonsclousnei-s, and deep and moving expcilcnccs of conscious nvs aro not too common In Congress. Tears, or rather tho state of feeling from which they spilng, aro not ignoblo trib utes to an abstract cause or u great prin ciple. This is difllcult ground. All tho values In tho case arc subtle and dWleuIt to define. Cold reason and tho practical mind fcccm between them to have niado lather .1 bungle of affairs ull over tho earth. And mere mightiness la losing much of tho lespect that the woild onto m -corded It. Collector Vcrry ti willing t be tlio Democratic candidate fur the governorship If no 0110 clo wants tho liomhutloii ?ov la )our chance, gentlemen. If mi) uf )ou wlsli to set )oui 11 11110 'among those mentioned ' for high ciilki.1. THE 'J RUTH OR SILENCE TUB discover) that tho oflklal news bulletin of tho Gov eminent coutulncd iiinctunte Information about tho bhlpnient of airplanes to I'rai.co very properly was followed by 11 protcbt In the Senate The pcoplo havo a right to the truth In whatever formal hiatcmcnts como from tho official news bureaus. If It Is inex pedient to tell the ti utli, then nothing should bo snld. Tho people do not want to bo misled nor do they caro to bo coddled with camouflage. Mr. Garbarlno Is playing lag with the Tageblatt. THE GERMAN ALARM CLOCK WAKING up to tho Iron realities of war Is atlll a difllcult process for many persons, not only hero, but aven In L'ng. laud, where they can hear tho bound ot the guns. Tho decision of tlio Amalgamated Association of British Knglneers, which was ready to strlko when tho German drive began and then reversed suddenly from an attitude ot belligerency toward the em ployers and tho Government, affords an illustration adequate to reflect n general abstraction still prevalent in homo classes of labor in America. Tho German armies were driving towaid the Channel poitM before theso Kngllsh trades unionists saw their peril clearly, Labor and capital alike havo jet to real lio that all the things for which they are willing to contend in this emergency arq aside from tho main Issue, altogether do oendent on the main Issue, If Germany i'attouM vwn or even, obtain widened inftu aaaaWahJ'fer'WMtM Wln'avtttht when-all LZ J2(iLZ.l EVENING PUBLIC -LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, tho prlnctplo of freedom of action must vanish. Labor In tho schema of emptro vlslonel by tho Kaiser would do what it was told to do. Htrlkes ot a tort likely to hamper tho general war seem futile Indeed In the' light of this obvious reasoning from indisputable ftirti". The Government Is fixing dntcs for tho polo of the wheat In ftornge. Now wo want lo know when they will begin to llx dates for eating It WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN? WUllN tho Tvventv -fifth Ward returned Campbell to the Republican City Com mlttco itftrr ho had been ci cllcd "because he Is not a Republican," the onlooker wus moved to ask. What Is a Republican? Campbell t.a)S that Varo Is not a Repub lican and A aro has already made tho frniio remark nhoiit Campbell. If these experts agree to well when talking about each other, who wilt bo so rash us to dlsatjrco with cUliei" As a mutter ot fact, we nro Inclined to tho view that the nnxlous tccl.cr after tho truth about what constitutes a lie publlcii.. will have to seek elsewhere than In the minds nnd purposes ot the local ward Uudcrfl Wai-iuvlugs until Apill 1 damps cost only $111 A propaganda Is ono who tries to lay golden eggs for tlio Kaltcr Cat while nnd keep hale, mvh the food experts We went to the mukct, but wo couldn t find tui. riilladclph'T. li nbout to fill 'I lio PiilH- delplila In attention, however. Is lift) miles cist of .Ttruilciii, In Palestine. H Is also known as Amnion Hog Ibland Ins anuzed a Japano tills Mon. but the abtoiilslimeiit ot tho Japs is nothing lo that which tho Uermsns would experience If the) could onco see It. Uarile, Plnoi 1 nnd Rhaw In tho movie', tlicv tuj Ilairlo will play opposite Thed 1 liara. and Mi iw will handle the custard pie. b-lns n vcgelar' in, and Plncro will Ilddlo hllo Homo bum CINNAMON BUNS When H"ii franklin arrived In Philadel phia In Oi lober l"-'u. the first thine lie did was to iibjuio the bcanpots of his native Huston, 01110 and for all, and make the ae tualiitatic 11C the Quaker UP most famous lellcac) As ho proceeded uplovvu from the whaif his nostrils were hilled by vapors of 1 xi ending Mcottics ftom 11 netiby baker), Ilo went hi and asked for "rolN" And we flrmlv bellevo tint the crc.il puffy tolls' for which lie put down his thref -penny bit were the progenltois of our present and niueh-'Ioovciizcd cinnamon tidbits AMicn the li iryh world lets us alono long enough to tead a few book 1 wc have bur pi Islng adventures for Instance, the other nltlit we weio mulling over Uorrow s 'The Roman) R)f ' and came across a phraso that seemed morbldl) familiar ' IVar God and tnlto )our own pirt," h.ia Uorrow Now, where did wo hear that before'.' Did Borrow boirow It from (J)stcr Ba)V T11 the course of some fuillier meddlings with foi bidden llterar) fruit wo discovered th it Colonel llouso Id a novelist, a legular 1 'i 10. lot lit oimtl author. Although tho Colonel bis not lcills admitted it, we aic ercdlhl) hitornieil tbit lie Is tho author of 'Philip l'ru Vdnilnlstratoi, ' a ' story of tomorrow,' which was published lit 191J. We havo got aj far as pigo 1SS, which Is in. -II J of the total! and wc aic Betting ciulto intctcsted Kvidentlv tho Colonel h.u heard of this eltv, for he s-ns of a certain .politician 'ho gave I'hlliidPlphi 1 as good government as her Imllflercnt citizens dr.eivcd" Theatrical ads alwa)s do get our coat. Hero aro homo fion the ew York papers which mado lis a hit feverish Do tlicso blurbs reillv hull) New Aorkcri Into going to hum kIiows" 7"ic ,iluy t'lul indkci Ibr illmiitcs lo catch the iru Tlir shni' tt 'th thr pep, pitiuh anil p ' (ItllllltlC 7,1 II In him t'7io nil IMnks Iln jou Allow iiint n pnrlnr cobra tif JIaic you. tccn thr puff-iuff ktsi? I bat inn protil oroiimZ uilhout hit blaht, hut tt10 unnt fo lc a bat u hen there nrr bitch xtahti ni and a ihorui 0 eule iomrdi''iiii"f WI1.I1 we hid some powerful shallow bombs for the gorillas who wrlto thoso ad". A problem for fellow commuters on the good old Cinder and Bloodshot: How do )ou keep a Uxteen-month-old babv from kicking his blankets off at night' When It conies to unslia. kllng himself, lloudlnl Is u mud turtle compared to an urchin we wot of. OBITS WE COVET mi; cuon.N rniv i: Wien ( rnuiiv tllptl, nil itHmlrrril throuch Hie Marx, lie inoiirnfil thr lark of M- Dfu(hH Ilrud IIiisHur, Uf tnrl u (nifTIc top, und rudely Im .fUrd uhcrr in (tiosr noblr imU misfit Inf. Thn 1 op rrlorlfd, "Where hi Iiell uro Ihfi'." lou Mild It. ho. uu'll find thrni, 4n jour uy" Whenever we aro templed to feel 11 little mood) or murderous our unfailing nostrum Is tint rem.ukable glad book by tho relf laureled laiueate of I'ennsvlvanla, the llev John Franklin Hair Ills 'Completo Poems," published at Greensburg. Is a miracle of mer riment for tlio base-minded On huch i-ubjects as liquor P,nd tobacco tho Rev. has taken a noble stand, and wo are glad to bo ablo to pass on his cautionary Manias to our con sumers, for Instance, this 1011 AIU'. MIT A r.IATI.KVIvN One nleht mj al.ter Jano by a lianUsomo man was eaucht. Who had lakeu of tobacco a fresh chew; After they l'd walked around und had halted near the tpot When If" lnl und KliaeJ her alio cried out Thew-wl Then alie looked tlercch at lilm like an ansry llttta doz And replied to him while feellnc very aore, vou are not a sentleman, jour're a ble tobacco hoc And 111 never, never Ula ou any more. Tova Dulcet objects to our having called him a fcubcallber poet. Well, Dove, If jou do want us to be accurate, vve'll grant you sev onty-tvvo millimeters Hut this thing on the Income tax which Dove lias sent us is certainly his best, lie calls it; i'ncovik tXctics I can't help Bmlllnir down toward My rUht-hand trou.tra pocl-et When I ? aoino ot my moat rcipected acquain tances ,I,ocl Inc aa though they had Hwnllowed asafortldu Hviry tlma tnry think of that surtax. They Walk UP and down th. afreet Oufplna for air, Aud then homa azaln and wonder, llow aoon koK ball, will so up In price. The queatlon of just vrhlch bond holdlnra ara Kiempt I. ao "aay for me. And aa for Contributions to charity during- 1017, Jllne was tha time I went Into an automat Vfllh only a nickel In my bracks And by mlataka I put It Into th Cuatard pla alot. not knowing that custard via. ua aona uo to tan'faaU - - -sj i"- 11; ., nr. . Y. M. C. A. ICE CREAM CONES IN BAGDAD IT'S a far cry from the fako Oriental splendors noticeable In parts of Atlantic City to tho Near Rast of Ragdnd. Vet they have something 1n common, ns Is proved by the way Ice cream cones so celebrated and necessary In one place havo proved popular In the other. Which, In Its turn, has something to do with tho great war. In the spring of 1016 Dr. John R. Mdtt, tho general secretary of tho Y, M, C. A . went lo Princeton University nnd spoke of tho wonderful work his organization was doing over there. He made an appeal for volunteers to help carry on tho work In Mesopotamia. This appeal fell on fertile ground among the ndventmous. the militant, and among tlio men who had relatives at the front, but It particularly touched thoso who, tinder the Princeton Influence, desired to bo of some good to others TK.V limes the required number of men responded to the call. Among those fln-il!) chosen was Arthur T. Clark, who had been prominent In student activities and had mado a good scholastic record. Alro ho could play tho violin bo Clark went out and saw tho "side show In the cast" through the Inexperienced but none the less clear c)cs of )oulh. Going by way of France, he caught a brief glimpse of war on tho western front before he came face to face with conditions vcr) different. for a tlmo he was detained In Bombay. Here he put In his time nmong tho sick and wounded ' Tommies" In the great hospitals Ills violin plus his appealing personality soon made him n popular figure. Then tho Princeton unit was sent to Meso potamia', where Generul Maude, wlo died recentl), was leading the ndvanco against tho Turks up tho Tigris River to Ragdad. Clark was put In charge of the biggest expe ditionary forco hospital, not far behind tho front lines i M1..SOPOTAMIAN war conditions are far different from those In the west There Is the monotony of tho desert, tho tremen dous heat, and there Is Kind sand every where Clark tells an amusing Ftory about 11 llrltlsh otni er, almost suffocated by the heat It v as 110 degrees In the shade and there was no shade who received a letter from a female relative which said that she was glad he w isjsuffcrltig none of tho dis comforts common to the men on the western front ' I p tne Ticils Clark went with tho British rni) until liigdid fell. The casualties were hcav. The hospitals were alwajs full and the .suffering 'Tommies' wero tn constant need of his violin to help, and the concerts lie organlrd lo cheer them up a bit The talent for these entertainments was recruited from the ranks and one evening's bill would contilii acts as varied as ntlmental nongs, whlrh the British soldier loves, and stunts b) acrobats and contortionists Clsrlt describes thn day's work ns "Morn Intr, interruptions icpd adjustments; after noon orranda and getting ready for tha evening, evening, athletics and the pro giam ARRI rlth" URI I.D In Bagdad close on the heels ot proceeded to set up ono ot tho largest Y. M C. A. hut3 In tho world In a building which li id foi merly been occupied by tho Turkish Red Crescent hoclety as a hospital. And hero It was that Clark brought the Ice cream 1011. to Bagdad For the heat was terrific and ho knew the. "Tommies" would appreclitc cones cf the Atlxntlc City variety. He didn't know Jutt how to mako leo cream or cones either, but he had ideas on both subjects A tinsmith made tho tin ollndcrs for tho Inside parts of tlio freezer. Ice wus pro cured from tho quirlerinastcr's department ot the British ami). There was u big Arab to turn tho irank and do tho freezing. When ever) thing was ready he cot a native herds man to drive his cows up to the Y. M. C. A. Tho native brought two or three wives along, who, at tho word of command, milked tho beasts snd soon had a pall full of the neces sary fluid The Arab started tho freezing There wai Ice cream MRvNWIIlI.R experiments had been mado with dough In a nullvo bakery to obtain a product' that could bo baked hard enough and still bo eaten. Tlio proper combination of cleme.it was attained Tho cones were baked, the leo cream put In and the sign went up "tco Cream Conc3 at the V. M. C. A ' The 'Tommies" hid never eaten them be fore, but the) were willing to tike a chance. And they eertalnl) did tako to tho Ice cream cones With Americas entrance In the war Clsrk came back home to do Ida bit, Uo describes his provlous work as that of a "stagehand In tho drama of war." He wanted to become u. real at tor in It. so he has enlisted In tho United .States aviation bervlce On the wa) home ho stopped off In Pekln, 'where ho helped In the Y. M. C. A. work among the troops then. Chirk, by tho way, Uvch in flushing, N. Y. All this Is pretty good work for a joung fellow who. If ho had sta)ed In Princeton, would havo graduated from college Just this spring food prices have re moved! 1 cntly tripled In Ger many, but thlH Isn t 11 matter to worry tho civilians Thcro Isn t uii) food The benato charges lie Minuld th ,t George Creel has I onfeia been reckless In the presentation of fiefs. Mr. Creel msy havo caught tho habit from tho be mlc. It Isn't strange that Vllght) Odd tlio -Germans couldn t win, even though they outnumbered the Rnglish. About 70,000,000 Germans haven't been ublo to down one Kalsei. No one will be amazed Muckraklne if the examination of Doctor Muck'ti private pipers, now undcrwa) In Washington, shows that the pet of Boston deserved tho name that fato wished on him. The Kaiser was great- WUUum ly Impressed by the h'liudders devastation of the bat- tto area in France and remarked, "How glad we should be that our country has been spared such terrible things'." But the Kaiser himself has caused far worse spiritual devastation In Qermany, A Hymn of Hate for Plumbers We love as ono and wo hate as one. We hate ono man, and one alono TUB PLUMBER! Who is the man whom I havo cursed? Whose faucets yield a sorry trickle? Whose boilers give no heat, and burst, Whoso sacred promises are fickle? Who planned my most mephltlc drains? Whoso faulty pipes destroy my ceilings? Whose gutters tumble when It rains And lacerato my sacred feelings? Whose ta,ps won't turn, whose bathtubs' leak? AVhoso basins every jear nro frozen? VfUq says "today" and means; "next week," For universal hatred chosen? Till! PLUMBER! Wo love aa one and we hate aa one, We hate one man, and one alsne mM, PLUMBER! FRIDAY,' MAKOH. 29. Jjg; -453BB?t!!Mfelu! 0-?.i453S8 THE DEATH THAT KILLS NOT Thoughts for Good Friday IT IS well for man's tranquillity that his individual lapaelty for under. landing and detached FpculutIon Is so pett). It Is well, perhaps, tint each of u. engrossed In tho Instant problems of ever) day, tan rarely pit down to ponder tho great common crv of suffering and perplexity that humankind sopds up to tho unltstcning stiis Amid all the bcautv and graclousnes of tlie visible world, amid tho Jojous and diverse medley of human contacts, amid our loves and laughters and the harmless vanities of earth thero runs tho noto of pity and terror, hte venon and cverv other philosopher who has tried to scrutinize tlio double face of destiny has had to confess his frustration. Wc can not reason tho problems ot tho soul lo any logical satisfaction In the cej of every liuinin being, If we look elojo enough, there Is this pitlms of the enigma we i.m never solvo. Not tho enUma of niturat death, which Is so often tho beautiful mid l.lndl) releaso from batteud groping, but tho enigma ot blind and aimless sulTcrlni GOOD I'rlil-i), dedicated In tho worlds most solemn and reverent memory as tho S)inbollo dav of vanqulslimcnt and loss, Is tho day of tho lightning, tho c irthqu iko and tho Cross. It Is tho da) of death and tor row, the day of Inscrutable darkness and tears. Tho veils of earth's temples aro rent from top to bottom ; men look questions they dare not phrase And on this Good Triday tho world fnces Issues and horrors such as men havo never grappled with before. Our globo has lived through a million tragedies; Its kind and familiar old fnco Is scarred with the tor ments of countless defeated hopes and tor tured llves And )et It seems not a inero egotlKm of tlio moment to think tint we aie now hi tho torment of pangs sharpei than the raco has faced before. Never in histor) wero forces so tltanh leveled at each other. Tho veiy air around us vibrates with tho wings ot death As tho great tldo ot bittlo swings savagelv to and fro tho listening heart grows faint to think Of tho fury of it. SOMR riMRM it teemj as though humanity had wantonly pulled down tho pillar i of Its house nnd all who dwell therein tiro stricken nnd whelmed In tho wreckage. All tho hard-won sanctities the laborious gains of generations, nro tossed and splintered In tho turmoil. Tho world reels and staggers In a net of pain. No matter where ono goeH ho cannot escape It. There Is no abiding place to which lie can fl) ; tho tremble of tho earth will seek him out. tho hands of pain will press upon his forehead Deith has us In his snare; the world Is W'nr's and tho fulness thereof. Who can llnd words to tell the sadness of It all? Tlin brain throbs and tho heart slrkens at the needless tragedy. And )et humanity will rise abovo this fearful tornado of de struction Man Is a building animal, Like the ant, if Ids home Is devastated, ha sets anew to refashion It, and better than before. Who can look down the aisles of history without marveling nt the Indomitable cour age, the restless eagerness of the human being? Busy to build, to harness the ni)s terlous powers of nature, to bend his sur toundlngs to his plan, on every city street ono wonders at the richness and determina tion of his will One after another we sicken, age and die, but the miraculous struggle goes on. Where one falls his chil dren succeed. What humanity sets Its heart on It achieves. TODAY humanity is on th crucifix. It is the day of death and bitter disappoint ment. Our enemy has pressed us hard; Ids lines are almost where they were when he was first hatted three and one-half years ago. Gallantry and sacrifice such as were never exceeded have spilled themselves In scarlet to stem the tide, yet peace is still far away. Before us lie months and enrs of unremitting effort. And yet, on this of all days, vve have no voice for dlshtartenment. First of all, humanity has willed that the Prussian menace shall cease. It Is the united flat of civilization that this group ot bullies shall no longer fill the earth with haired. They will learn, In their appointed time, what It means to defy the will of united niun. And then we can in utter sincerity repeat the greatest words once said on Good Fri day, "Forgive them, for they know pot what they do," Of the vast majority of our foes this la wholly .true- Cajoled and cudgeled Into arm by generations of false and'treach- :,,tMy,wiHirf jaannnat our. 1018 - vrm PILATE' "" t r,m - !'-i 'i--SrSJSffiSi 1 - lj. .... ijjaw;r7isM?nu:rv.'!'wwtcTwTOcmiaauittWfucv KraTO -wncwtij SBsL-, e&v3WjS5SSfWS.JMSQ uOSijiSSd:? TffitWV-'inci,-,ii-hsi. .'.M&s3mr,SSH3,WtK&Wb.-V1v3KS temaT&ssfflmmmF mmmmmmm them with their own weapons wo must and will, but In Iho end thcro shall be recon 1 Illation. Ihcro must bo for tho world to endure. .Shoulder to shoulder the world ot enlight enment aud liberty la ranged to meet tills last onrush of the Brute, Millions of men havo suffered, each on his own cuias of agony and renunciation, to the etjefthat there may jet bo an Raster for JHfJs-vVorld at large, an Raster of wider hopes j!imd dearer visions. THR da)s to come wl)l need the braced tierio and resolution of every citizen. Tills wasteful, heedless and complacent na tloh Is )et to bo Iho eorrifcrstono of liberty to come, and greatly we may vlndkato tho blessings granted us In tlui past. But we shall need college, stout, valor unbending It Is easy to piitydown 1 Igh reeda on paper, easv to call others t t. 01)orf, v.'o have been tho spollodSiild among uatlona Now the world looks to us foi the vlrtuo In our blood. Muh has been gianted us. Much will bo required, . In the commuiili) of i circling in tho i,1tVre ot om rcEol,ition. men and women will havo to lean upon each other for com fort. Rach ono or ua will li ivo to contribute what best ho can, asking his soul dav by d i), Havo I dono ni) part In abridging tho worlds torment? Those who heartlessly fritter away their chame to help will merit tho damnation of their fellows 'Iho lives nnd hopes of millions wait upon us. TIIR world Is on tho crucifix and our dear green planet shakes with the anguish' but thoso who read the portents can sco that the tldo has swung There can be no victory for tlio Brule. Tlio Judgment of tho eternal lights against him: tho nndvlng law that whatsoever things aie lovely nnd gnitlo siial! conquer those that nro flcrcs nnd savage Tho lesson of Golgotha Is truo tod ly. "In tho end Truth bearelh away tho victory." The death warrant 'of Prussian militarism niai not et bo wiltlen on tho field of battle hut It is already vi Uncased in the hearts ot men And In the, moment when the light is hottest let ono tako heart from the words of one of tho finest of Rnglish poets: And while tho tired waves, vainly brcaklnr Seem hero uo pslnful ln.li to gain S" Inr back. In creek and Inlet making. Comes silent, flooding In. the malii: DRATII does not kill; tho grave does not bury. Those who havo "gono west" to a sunset of lasting radiance In the memory of men poured their lives like wine to glvo fuller life to the weak and humble. Tho meanest, most ribald private In the ranks has trod the road of tho Cross with Chrlstllko valor. Humanity that holds such nobility knows no death. It Is we who aro dead It we cannot grasp and hold the meaning of the sacrifice. It Is for us to seo that ' these dead shall not havo died In vain" QUIZ 1. What orilce does I-eon Trotsky now hold In the llolshevlk sov eminent, n 2. Who was the nrUlnator of tlio "ruthless anh murine warfare''? mines, sod. ' "lboke'ri"T,,eB"t by tI, u"'"t'", "Knlcker 4' "W.hKXTTi'lelllur."?1 ""' ,,a"h"" "h..'"o&Unth?eV""'" "n,or "-t I. 0, Where Is Heard? 7. What la meant by the Julian calendar? 8. What was the Morey letter? D, What waa (he "Know Nothing-" parti? 10. W here la Odesia? Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz J. General Maurice la the nrltlah dlrettor reo- eral of military operations. S. The phroaa thp almighty dollar" waa fin t,rlS:rD.V,'.",,It,,, '"i"1 " rr. "Ibi 3. Arnlena Is lesa than score of miles from th. I'leardy Imttlciront, It la key t i I'arla. rlantr-atx miles nway. and tli. Kujllah Jhonnel. forty-two mllea nwiiy. by th, ftomme lllrer, on, which Auilenala situated! 4. Tiy nrlda; of Mans, In Venl.e. ro.incfti the 'Doae'a I'ulace mil the (state Prison; 0. General von Kuehne N Ih Herman aeneral who oomniamlfU 1U. force, that captured a. The nemoeraU In 111. daja prior to th Chll War were once known ,''llarnburner." ' Arjus-ejedi crafty and watchful. In allusion lo Arcua, who had a hundred ejes and was uut by 4un aa taiard orer j0. """ " 5. Tha Mammoth tave. near tha Green Rlfer. in Kentucky, jifth. lancet cat In Mm, B, Kah-UruMr, G.lconia diamond, an. of the - M.T"-jnr"T" fr-."..r? JS-"l"w. - Mi lia - Sw - &'.; mm mv&M 'j. 3JRSK ?; Ti " i BH.ii JC, 3-1 41 AS READERS VIEW IT 'flic Kaiser's Correct Title To the Vdlt irojihe livening rublic Ledger. Sir Reading the splendid educational editorial entitled ' The Carrion Empire Is Doomed," from a recent Issue of tlio Rikn. ino I'unuc I-LDfii n, tho words "William the Damned' appealed to mo with their Illumi nating appropriateness They stuck In my craw and icmaliiod tlicic, as a happ) phrasa often does I bellevo If the editors of this couitry would transfer tho title of tho lato Abdul Itjmld (Abdul tho Damned) to tho Kaiser nnd continually refer to him as ' William the pamned" that It will Inlp educate the Amer ican people to the hldeousness ot tin menace which threatens civilization The phrases' whiih aro now universally mod ot "Blllv the K'alsei," Kulser Bill" etc, .re flippant, vulgar and vvt-ah, and they woefully mislead In the menial Impression. which they convev of tho man with the shrli- olrtl toll). ifl But the editor of tlio I.ifMNO PUBLIC T T.l.DT.rn did justhc to his subject lie given Oil the man's correct name, as Is fitting and ml proper to tho head of a great nation J'0 gives him a tltlo tlio damned a dlstln- guirucu line, select aim cvtm-nc in nu m- .jaj ..... l.i, ...,a ... .n li,u Iw ei, "hnnnrfit" Tilth 5'V iUiy lll.t UIIU III 111 ll-a ..il i.m... v ...- this title an I he Is de id. It la now looking for ,i nuftini-. nml William Is omloucly entitled to It. Ho has earned It. Ho has earned It )K by words and deeds which aie worthy of Its M terrible signiucaucc. ji is uigniiic-ei, ucbmiv . tlvc, appropriate. It Ills tlio man ' A RUADUn. rhlladclphla, March 2S. The Wheat Situation 1 o the Editor of the livening 1'ubllc Ledger: cl- ti.a rlt,rl.il In thn KllMMl PUBLtC , l.boaMi Tuesday entlllfd 'Dorft Make tha,. .Same Mlstuko Twice.' was publicly roan ui ,i. ti. A.i.i. r-v.ii.,ir-i iniinv und unanlmous- approved 3fn good work, hecp uPtn'j kind of work that producers and tlio public.! may know what wo are up ugainsi. .Secretar) of tho 1'roducc Rvchangej Philadelphia, March 27. Ketort to Andrew JIcGill To the Vdltorof the hvening 1'ublte Ledger: li. st- Mr.onr nrilrlo on cranuiiar. CT'J iii.a cuiitsr fnr rvnics." souiidj very mud! ns If ho had been overhearing Ills wlfo's con-l versatlon on the telephone vv 1th anothefj woman. Why criticize ncr innocea... --- .... .. i nerllutllnns to lie I tlDie, CUie, Pwrvi s.. iv. .....-. -- . -a friend's description of another friend s bawi And perhaps tne uuzzing u mo j Could not hear was 'horrid" w hen H Vas trvlng to talk about tho "active pas .to" of h"r 'husband" when ho couldn't And his "hat" to wear to the 'opera. H a .. L - .nn.hiiinrv rontalned some of tut rjectlonsUiatgraceUhonenmj, r'V"..-. .!, ,,hiio booths, there wouia - .iinj nr inn iiiiiiiiuii.i.u iiiuh - - . .. be' no danger of her conversation being ov- lieard. The first eciamauon wu.. -.-7 , como me evuiui..s.. 1 j The fact that 'Mrs. Edwards : has no , taiW In hats" could havo no possible interest vi '"" d any woman would know better, ?r .1 ..nr uln sounds us If no "., us ae"""-- -- ,Z "... And If the con-l cludlnB intenw. overlapped that he could A not make them out. bo much the better, TWa tSeast were between the two women ob!M When a woman wants to keep a .ecro js.q talks all around It andleaves It to th. jnanij to get the Impression that sno is -; The Idioms ot the Uannlne lansuaw jrowja in. their charm If they were ever KtonUWJ affiKSs;i tnen. -.-;- -. many eurVW ?nto wTonrersatlon that'.) our bralh wl become twjsted gIIUNaa Philadelphia, March 2?. "Only persons In loJ When Iloctor Wiley want to aie. "'3 Was In Lov. Doctor llaryey Wiwa food expert. "TS thing Avrong here. Our recollection 00MJJ confirm that melancnoiy muwua. ",-:r. were that way wo not oniy aion, t but vve aid our otsi 10 Keep v,ir,i ben makivrs and telephone boattw wj .'W" r . -i I , - 41. ?V ' J1 M-V, Hi-fjHHtJ' l ' " . i ' ' . -X ?s- rrr Jf ... , .. 1 . er? a . ,lJr"t 'ifliKiL.s ..v 'OtHJr, aV tik.'tfozji.i W' ' , "raw- ".ir. r t;3ffir.fV 1- rf.. -T oil. uir.. i, "v. t ij JF, mm,",-, Wa- 'IJBKmm r.iatM. Mm BM- vo4 ahlaw 'sBTit' T Bs PR" MM MaUHt I '. 7,....JM.firc -.J it.t VCU iffiv. 1 W-iM" ''-. .' JOiJ ix&im-- .J2J'-.frtSaMiyW u
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