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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
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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 ... .
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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