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SPREAD OF THE DROUGHT
i'VrOY that Massachusetts has ratified
i ' the prohibition amendment to tho
' TCnoetUutlon tho dry forces are Justined la
TMlievlng that tho amendment will ulti-
. KsUely receive the necessary Indorsement
Jn .three-fourths of tho Slates. Massachu-
r: att3, It Is true, has a local-option law
ptjr which the sale of liquor has been
r forbidden in a considerable part of the
"State, but the number of large cities which
Pare usually "wet" is so great that It has
' l)fn Impossible to carry a prohibitory
amendment to the State Constitution In
past years. The members of the Legisla-
Muuk tat. tAnnn1 t nrUaf nnnaoyarl In'
toij i.. . .. .. j . ,....
s inom iu uo a, popular ucmunu lor proniDj-
If Massachusetts favom the amendment
; thare Is no telling what the Hnal action of
Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Illinois
swill be. But every State added to the list
'of those ratifying it increases tho pressure
E.an, the others. We shall see what we
11 see.
(T The Berger that mads 5IllauKee ta-
'S5PJ1S seems to be an lcebergcr
PUNCTURING PROPAGANDA
! rppB election of Lenroot ns the Senator
iT't'rom "Wisconsin has put that State In
jJine with the other loyal States and has
"jns.de It Impossible for tho Geiman props-
jrjialsts to point to It as an Illustration
itf American sentiment toward the war.
Patriotism triumphed in the Republican
pyrlmarles when Lenroot was nominated
Ver Thompson, the La rollett Drn-riar-
min candidate. The dlUsloii was unfor-
tiunate, but the outcome procd that 'he
I heart of the party was sound Patriotism
has triumphed again in the election by
riK defeat of Davies, the Democratic can-
k'4ate, whose sapporters tried to create
C'the Impression that none but traitors and
pwiflsts and Kaiser sympathizers would
f vote fcr Lenroot, as though the primary
fcresult had not made it evident that Kals
ji'eelem had no place In the hearts of the
'Seubllcans at large. Euch pro-German
ivotes an were cast were pollsd for Davies
lHd Berser, Thero is no escaping thla
conclusion, for the returns lndLcale 1t
byond the shadow of a doubt.
- Jenroot will move from his scat In the
Uese to his place In tho Senate as tho
4rereentatlve of that broad minded, pa
PiCip.tlc Americanism whlnh la nm, i, ,..,,.
laWsoul for the prosecution of the war
mn for the support of the effortn nf thr.
Administration to organize victory
Mr. Baker must be learning- a good deal
Jo. his awing around Yurrup. A regular
tHaedeker.
HONORS TO THE HUMBLE
?T enlisted man in the navy stood by
Lhls gun in a recent action after all the
'jpcst of his particular crew had been nut
lout of action and worked methodically
attl he was killed. Now one of the newest
troyers is to be named for him Secre-
y Daniels is to be credited In this in-
nee with graciousness and Eood iudr-
IaeiH.
The destroyer is an odd sort of craft
flfera is the spartan role. Life aboard her
Sis iron routine devoid of the comforts
CHutt are common aboard her more impos
nr sisters of the line Your destroyer
jhjcefl it lonesomely upon the deep. She
feiust protect others and herself at the
piame time. Only perilous waters cradle
Bur and where the moll and the tumult
fare bitterest there she Is sure to be. meet-
E Kreat odds without question, takinir
Song- chances, depending always unnn hr
vrj ability to carry her through. So, (n
r eqlltarlness of purpose she la one with
Itka obscure warrior whose fate It (a in
rrtaveal the snlnnrlnr nf bla tmi.u i.. i
m manner of his death. The high wishes
many whose Imagination was touched
Jty this departure from naval tradition
pi .ipuow tne Ingram out upon the
UDKa waters, to keep her company in
rr. ana everybody will wish heij glory
ood luck and, in the end. pleasant
I and blue. '
Ao accountant took a wind gauge to
reea and learned that our lawmakers
: at tKe rate of 100.000 words a day. We
v Wcd that item to our Cyclopedia of
rsble Facts. , '
THE CHILDREN'S YEAR ,
IS Mtimated that 100.000 children
the age of 1KJ die in the United
a preventable diseases each year.
eus army is sadder than France
Utan Belgium because it hasn't
M consolation of a fight for life.
(f 11 Its woes.
'tasjr has given us, Jn the Women's
1 01 Kational Defense, an extraordl-
SSmtiVe and efficient organization
l sreoe io start a determined cam-
,t redncei he tragic death rate
a4t .,iV, iw lllJ A1CU9 AllO
r pt President Wilson, and the
TiH cooperate In every pos-
M, it h) Is a war in behalf "of
ctefli the children's year must
, Bticceen. OtbrwI the HtVll
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GUW AND ROPE!
rpHE Senate and the Attorney Gen-
cral's office, effervescine Idly and in
unison about the very real menace of
active pro-Germanism in Uie United
States and covering the renl issue with
a barrages of sounding words, are in a
way to give the country an acute pain.
Laws at present in existence are ade
quate to hang or shoot every enemy
plotter and every one who given aid or
comfort to a plotter. These are simple
and explicit provisions in the criminal
code of the United States.
Tho espionage act, passed since the
nation went into the war, includes long
and elastic definitions to make the full
est punishment of serious war crimes a
relatively easy matter. And yet Sena
tor Poindcxter rises with n long amend
ment to punish with fines the use of
"profane, abusive, threatening, violent,
etc." language of a sort likely to indi
cate disloyalty and to suggest a series
of other provisions of the exact sort that
never are and never can bd enforced.
Simultaneously the Attorney General in
a veiled apology for the sorry failures
of the Department of Justice declared
that more laws are needed to curb enemy
aliens.
The Department of Justice, as h mat
ter of fact, has failed scandalously to
apply properly such restrictive meas
ures as are already in force. If the
charges repeatedly made against active
propagandists and spies in the United
States were proved the present statutes
are adequate to make the death penalty
inevitable. The offenses attributed to
the editors of the Philadelphia Tageblatt
were within the definition of treason
under the Federal code. And treason
in a time of war is punishable by death.
The fantastic and altogether humiliat
ing collapse of the Government's case
against the Tageblatt editors is indic
ative of a condition that is general
throughout the country. The water
front fires and grain burnings, explo
sions and propaganda generally and the
increase of seditious activities may be
traced largely to the obviou3 laxity rind
inefficiency of tlip law department of
the Government.
Senator Poindexter added nothing to
current estimates of his intelligence
'when he gravely suggested a series of
repressions which would be impossible
under any circumstances. What he sug
gested would provide a superhuman
task for those departments of the Gov
ernment winch, by their own confession,
have been unable to grapple with prob
lems of the utmost simplicity and defi
niteness. The dispatches said that he
"stirred the patriotism of the Senate."
He may have done so. His deliverance
was of the sort that sounds well enough
in the oratorical manner. But the Sena
tor didn't stir the nation unless it. was
stirred to derision. His amendment to
the espionage act, like the apologies of
the Attorney General, can serve merely
to delay a general realization of the
true difficulties. The active enemies of
the United States understand only force
and fear. And the Federal Government,
because of the deficiencies of its agents,
is either unable or unwilling to meet the
issue of enemy propaganda as it should
bo met. It is for this reason that intern
ment camps and Federal prisons are
being filled with men who would have
been shot or hanged before this if they
had been caught in any other warring
country. And the old system of political
patronage, which still flourishes in the
civil departments of the Government, is
responsible for a condition that adds
new perils to those that normally are the
lot of the military service. The country
does not need new laws so much as it
needs a proper enforcement of those
already in existence.
The United States had been at war for
half a year when Kaltschmidt, a con
fessed pro-German plotter against the
Government, went boasting to jail under
a four years' sentence. A man was
taken from the United States navy a
few months ago and convicted as a spy.
He has been interned. Kurt Wilckins, a
former German cavalry officer, was
found gathering information for the
German Government. He was interned
at a camp in Utah and later escaped.
He is still at large. A spy named
Sturzell was caught red-handed. He
is now comfortably tucked away in
Fort Oglethorpe. Spormann. another
spy against whom there was direct evi
dence, is in the Atlanta prison. These
are but a few instances in a list of hun
dreds. Have the usual political fears
and considerations rotted out the con
science of the party men entrusted with
the conduct of governmental affairs in
isolated communities? Or are the local
representatives of the Attorney Gen
eral's office merely incapable?
Galll-Curct and Garabed Garagosslan
seem to be almost the only notables missing
from tho line-up of those who are going to
boost the Liberty Loan here.
THE NOBLEST CALLING
THE hundredth anniversary of the found
ing of Philadelphia's public schools
makes It appropriate to say a word of
tribute that has long lain unexpressed in
our heart. We gladly offer a word of
honest gratitude to the teachers, past and
present, who have worked so faithfully in
behalf of the children of this city.
Every time we meet a teacher we feel
as though we ought to take off our hat.
(If it Is a lady teacher or one of the men
teachers who wrestled stubbornly with us
in years gone by, we do so.)
There la a brightness In the eyes of a
good teacher that we rarely see an where
else; a kind of clear and disinterested pas
sion for human service. You may instance
to us other servants of the public weal
the parton, the slum worker, the doctor,
the policeman but our greatest reverence
Is still for the teacher. The work is ob
scure, undramatlc, ill-paid, a steady mono
tone of patient, helpful days. A good
teacher, like a good plumber or 'millionaire
or editorial writer, labors in secret His
task requires tact, humor, endurance, relf.
sacrifice. It is a dedicated life.
And yet, happily, haw great the heart's
reward, though the world's applause be
scant. The pleasure of the teacher in his
noble cJUng h beyond all other human
Joys, tnpre lasting, more subtle, more soul-
Ho nttn IWK uinyu uvyll 'A .
EVElffi-TG- PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHTLADELPHIAN
room full of boys and girls without a
curious quiver of tho heart at the sight of
so great a section of Tomorrow laid bars
and palpitant before one? Molding those
eager or obstinate minds Is writing on the
brain ,of mankind,
We have met clumsy, Ill-Informed, cyni
cal teachers, as wo have met clumsy and
Ill-informed and cynical merchants, nctois
and street car conductors. But we have
never met a teacher In whom there did not
shine Homethlng of that unearthly radi
ance, the shining of a seal for truth and
human happiness.
When no meet a teacher we nre too
bashful to tell him or her what we think.
Hut here It Is!
'Hie man who threw $2100 from a ImIii
windou. thinking It was waste paper, must
hao been able to open the window
SWIVEL CHAIRS AND RED TAPE-
WHEN Uncle Joe Cannon tald recently
that tho thousands of tenderly .berthed
army ofllcers In Washington wear spurs
to keep their feet from sliding off the
desks ho began something that he. didn't
finish Most persons who have been ob
serving tho horrors of icd-tapism In Wash
ington aro about ready to bel!eo that the
spurs havr sunk rather derp Into expen
sive Go eminent mahoganv
It is the common experience of men on
Important business nl the capital to And
It Impossible to reach the executives and
the equally common experience of execu
tes to And thenisches unable to meet
men upon missions highly Important to
their departments In tho outer officers
there are captains and licutnidnls without
number whose sole duty seems to be Hie
interruption of communication between tho
men who do things and the men who are
trying to haxo things done. This is an
aspect of the matter that ought to be
looked into when tho Senate begins the
proposed Investigation of tho swivel-chair
contingents. It may be found that there
are various reasons wljy it would be better
to send the younger men to the fron.
Varr do v e t;o from here, boy,
do we go trom here?
Vare
n en now it appeari
that the pro-Germans
managed to put the
Hie ln, Too"
eon in Wisconsin
If Mr. Vare ere a
Ulial A SIII3 lady would you, speak-
Questlnn! ins under the Inspira
tion of this gracious
season, call him Queen of the JIaor'.'
The Germans hae be
IneTltable qun to shell Xoon
Mxerv nne alwajs ad
mitted that (he Noyon cathedral Is rather
beautiful
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
TUIUtY THIMBLETnOT teems to hae
- been somewhat uptet by our "Obits We
Coset." Ho writes to tell U3 thut Hlndcn
buig is not dead, and he can't see the Joke
of wrfiting obits for people v ho are not
dead
We sent Jerry'r letter to the Department
of Justice and received thU reply:
form 9SJ13. re Detection of Enrwn .Mens
Your letter receUed and contents duly
noted, transcribed, filed, Indexed and
treated with chemicals. Copies in quin
tupllcate have been forwarded to head
quarters In Washington, where the mat
ter will be taken under advisement. If
jou will forward further detail, filling
out Inclosed questionnaires G5D ni.d CJ3.M,
we will have Mr. Illmbleblott placed
under espionage and observation Kindly
Indicate by return mail whether ou
consider Mr Mimblellot a particularly
dangerous alien and whether In your
opinion one agent of this department
would be adequate to cope with him in
the event of personal conflict
Please bear in mind that the accusa
tion of enemy allenshlp n an exceedingly
serious one. and action is not to.be taken
lightly or hastily. We will give Mr
Hlmbletrott a week's time to pursue his
usual course: if any buildings or fac
tories are blown up m the meantime it
will bb necessary to attach a pursuit ant
or mandamus to his trail
Please keep In touch with us. and make
five copies of all correspondence with
said Mr. Hlmbletrott Yours,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Is it possible that we have been mis
taken in Jerry, and that his name, as
fonie one suggests, is really Thlmble
trotiky? Is There a Parcel Post?
Dear Socrates Will you inform me if
there really is any parcel post, or is It
all an elaborate camouflage? For going on
two years I have been trj Ing to send pack
ages by parcel post, and have never uc
ceeded I tako them to the po&tofflee and
say Jauntily. "Parcel post, please." The
mail clerk looks severely at my bundle,
weighs it, sniffs it. sneers at it and finally
says. "This won't go by parcel post; It
weighs less than four pounds." Some
times the trouble Is ,nat my package
weighs more than four ounces: or it is
printed matter; or it isn't printed matter:
or it exceeds eighty-four inches "in length
and girth combined"; or it is not a "harm
less medicinal preparation." or it is not
going "to, from or between Guam, Tutulla
and Manua and other islands east of lon
gitude 171 west of Greenwich"; or "it ex
ceeds twenty-four ounces, liquid measure"
Under these and other pretexts the post
office rejects all my parcel-poit offerings,
and makes me send them by first-class
mall. Unfortunately, I lti.ow very few
people cast of loncitude 171, so I don't see
what good the elaborate zoning system is
to me. A dreadful suspicion has occurred
to me, is there really any parcel post?
Do you know any one who has sent a
package that way?
CADVEHT CRAVAT.
Albert Mordell is a lawyer and a student
of psychoanalysis. He says a man reveals
himself in what he writes. After reading
some of Dove Dulcet's pieces he asserts
that Dove must 'be a tall, thin, under
calorled person with a wry nose and
cheese-colored eyes. We do not know, as
Mr Dulcet transacts all business with us
by telegraph (collect) from Obesity, N J.
Will Mr. Dulcet please call at this onjee
and submit to scrutiny?
Cuming Attractions
Important revelatlous tomorrow concern
JS, Jtqscoe.reai.uck,
t,n.,w.
OOLILVIEO. I
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FREE SCHOOLS FOR
A FREE PEOPLE
The Ideal Slowly Realized in
Local Education
flv WILLIAM DICK
Secretary at the Board el Public LifnratOn
A JJ ACT to provide for the educalkm of
children at public expense within the
city and county nf Philadelphia" was the title
of nn act passed March 6, 1818.
This created the Board of School Con
trollers, now the Board of Public Hducatlon.
which holds Its centenarv celebration in tho
Metropolitan Opera House next Saturday eve
nliig In these days of liberal education the title
of this act would seem to Indlcato.lhat it was
intended to afford public education for nil
children However, such liberality was not
contemplated, for a provision of the law In
question limited the attendance at school to
Mich boys between the ages of Fix and four
teen aud girls between live and thirteen
years whose parents or guaidlans were re
turned nnnuallv bv the assessors as too poor
to pay for their children s Instruction
This characterized the schools at once as
"charitv echools " and many parents, rather
than submit to the humiliation Imposed, re
fused to allow their children to attend. Theie
seems to have been constitutional warrant
for this distinction, for the Legislature was
authorized by the Constitution of 1730 only
'to establish schooh throughout the State
In Mich manner that the poor shall be taught
gratis." Apart fiom thlt, however, public
ecntlment was slow In comprehending that a
democracy such as a then in Its first
Mages of development could not attain Its
highest nlni In th preparation of its future
Mtiscns until education was nude fice to
all, regurdlcsF of station or condition
S!
almost twenty ears of active campaign
ing, with the Governor of the Stale invariable
espousing tli cause, before the Legislature
at the earnest solicitation of Governor Wolf
could be Induced to approve what was called
the free schobl bill It was passed In 1831
but contained h provision that, before It be
came opeiative, the electors of the several
school districts throughout the State were
to have the opportunity at a special election
to vote "For Schools ' or 'Against Schools "
When the returns were flnallv computed tt
was learned that, out of 187 districts, 4S5
oted "N'o Schools" or took no part tn the
election
Such was the opposition to the fiee tchooi
bill that it became tho leading issue tn the
net election of the Legislature the com
plexion of which was so completely changed
that when It began its rrsslon In 183R there
was a sufficient number of members pledged
to repeal tho law A repealing bill was .
cording!) introduced and after passing the
Senate was scheduled for approval bv Mk
House of Representatives, when Thaddeu
Stevens then a voung member from Lancj'-'-ter
Countv, took the floor and. In an lmpa
loucd speech In behalf of the light of the
poor to have the Mine opportunity as the
ilch to obtain an education, succeeded, bv
voir of fit tn ,15. in holding the free si linnl
bill on the statute books
The following year th Philadelphia school
enrollment, which had increased only 3000
In eighteen jeans, i-howed an Increase In one
.vear of 10 000 the stigma of charity schools
had been removed During the next three
decades, while the schools continued to grow
In numbers and popuhulty. the methods mi
ploved wern not of the moit approved plan
and ct perhaps were fully abreast of the
schools of that daj
THE appointment of teachers war, geneiallv
dcternilucd bv the political affiliations of
the relatives or friends of the applicant, often
taken from the grammar classes when thev
were scarcely In their teens. In 1864 the
Legislature passed a law which discontinued
the practice of employing teachers who
lacked proper qualifications, and required
thereafter that the local school boards could
elect only such persons who had shown bv
examinations, authorized bv the Board of
School Controllers, that they possessed the
necessary qualifications to teach.
This was a distinct step forward, as shown
by the personnel of the teaching l.odv In the
years following.
I.V 18ST tho Legislature tool, its first
step
X toward tannic the- reboots nut of imini
by depriving the local hoards of the right to
elect members to th central board The
power of appointment wn3 given to the
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, and
at the same time the title of tho school
authorities was changed to the Board of
Public Education
In 1S83 the office of superintendent of
schools was created by the Board of Public
Lducatlon. and thence quickly followed a
more complete supervision of the schools
Then came the Introduction of the kinder
garten, the opening of the first manual train
ing school th organization of sewing and
cooking classes the opening of the school
of pedagogy, special classes for defectives
and other branches of educational work to
meet changing conditions and popular de
mands During this period the schools
showed greater advancement than was shown
In any previous period of their existence
105 the central board's membershln
J. was
s reduced from fortv-two in ..,.
one members bv abolishing sectional repre
sentation The appointment of iei.. ,
taken from the local boards and placed In
the hands of the Board of Public Education
but subject to eligible list requirements Th.
1905 law also Increased the school' financial
resources by making it mandatory upon City
Councils to appropriate each year for the
support of the schools a sum equal to five
mills on each dollar of the assessed value
of the city's real estate 5-e-- aiue
In 1911 the present school code was en
acted, completely divorcing the public schools
from municipal control by giving the Board
of Public Education full power to levy taxes
and to borrow money for new sites and
'fifteen " a'! "dUCed ",6 memuershlp
How the city and the school system have
grown In the last hundred years will be
easily appreciated when we compare 1818
with an approximate population of 135,000'
nine schools, ten teachers. 2815 pupils and a
total expenditure of J23.019 8B. with w
year's estimated population of 1.750,000 350
school buildings. 6250 teachers, 232.000 punll
and an expenditure of more than $1 000 ooo"
together with assessed value of school n'ron
erty of $35,000,000. prop
How the schools will grow t numbers
during the next century Is a matter of
mathematical calculation. What their nroc
ress will be depends upon the adminlstra
tors yvho are to follow.
Some one ought to tell
the proper officials at
City Hall that the
They Wouldn't
Ilfllere It
prevailing dry senti
ment Isn t meant to apply to water That
Impression seems to prevail In the Water
Bureau,
Pro-Germans at Wil-
llut They Ukt mlngton haye started
Ida Smell what looks like a cam-
palgn of destruction
against gas plants They might have tayed
the yvorld a lot of annoyance If they had
devoted a little energy to the one at Pots-
dam.
TO PUT money into thrift stamps that is
urgently needed for food for the family
would not be thrift. Thrift Is the yvise super-
-viciiui aim pruviucui una emcient apportion
ment of all the resources of our life. Thrift
means war-sayings stamps and Liberty
Bonds and yvheatless meals; but It also means
books and inspiring music and decent clothes
and all that humanity needs to fortify Itselfi
for the fearful sacrifices we must make to
win the yvar.
Thrift means organized common sense and
devotion. It means a patriotic scrutiny of
our spendings to the end that we put our
money where it will honestly and plainly do
good for the cause
That is the kind of thrift tliat yviii
strengthen and exalt the nation and put the
enemy qui 01 puxinc I'roin KHtz'i
mini II .,1,1 I.. Ih. .1,-1. I,. .1.- 1
enemy out jr putunesff From Fritz's view-
r" - J,&$r&lf -"t J." V7
THURSDAY, APEIL 4,
"ER-R, HOW MANY MORE GLORIO US VICTORIES CAN WE AFFORD,
PAPA?"
NEWEST INSULT TO THE FLAG
It Is the Enemy Salute More About Hog Island The Readers'
Views in Prose and Verse
lo the Editor of the Evening rubltc Ledger:
Sir Once again 1 read of a numbei of
pro-Germans being forced lo kiss the Star3
and Stripes and say "to hell with the Kaiser."
How many Americans Ihlnk that this Is n
punishment for persons who, bv words or
action, Insult our glorious flag"
I for one consider the flrrt part of thcli
punishment an insult to the flag and feel tho
lip3 that kiss the flag under these conditions
ale only ns "one adding coals in the fire,"
as In their hearfs the fires of hate are burn
ing, and they, like tho Hun of the trench,
when cornered, are onlv too eager to seek
mercy, and they are willing to kiss the flag,
which means nothing to them, and in this
yvav they escape severe punishment which
should be dealt out to them.
What would be the thought of our brave
boys who are bearing the Stars and Stripes
through the battlefield? if France, giving
their blood and lives that the stains of the
Hun upon the glorious flag shall be yviptd
oft while we at home are adding more stains
by forcing thee fllthv lips upon Its sacred
surface" 1
As lo the final part of their punishment, I
feel this lemark also means nothing to them
and once said, they ran again go on their
way They should be made to leallze that
th American means It when ho says "to
hell with the Kaiser." AN AMERICAN.
Phllailelphla, April 2
Real Light Saying
To the Editor of the El filing Public Ledger
Sir I am unable lo see the saving 111 light
by the advance-hour plan, at least if April
and October are Included In April the sun
rises at 5.45 on the 1st. to 5 05 on the 30th
Hence, a person who usually rtses at G and
now rises at 5 must have artificial light n
good part of the month In October the sun
rises at C 55 to C-18, with anothei need for
artificial light by early risers If the Gov
ernment wishes lrsave light let It look for
the street lights burning an hour or more
before sunset and the same time or longer
after sunrise. OLD-TIMER.
Nai berth, April 2
Christian Science Practitioners
To the Editor of the Elening Public Ledger.
Sir Please tell me If there Is a practi
tioner In science of health in this city and
please give his name and address.
JOSEPH L. MINTZ.
Philadelphia, April 1.
Addresses of Christian Science practi
tioners are listed in the classified Eectlon of
the telephone directory Editor of the'
Evening Pubmc Ledqer.
Money's Worth for U. S. Money
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger.
Sir Noting the way In which things have
been done at Hog Island up to the time
Admiral Bowies took charge, a business man
told me he employed a young man to go
around and loosen up pennies and nickels
when they stuck in slot machines, paying
him 120 per week. The young man was no
mechanic, having to be taught how to re
moye the coins, and the $20 per yveek was
more than he yvas worth. But he went to
Hog Island, told yvhai he yvas doing and yvhat
he was getting and was at once employed
at $40 per week The managers told him
they hadn't anything for hlni to do Just then,
but they yvould teach him to do something.
Now why weie they so anxious to em
ploy men at Hog Island, yvhether they could
be used or not, and ray such wages? They
had a contract yvith the Government, under
which they got back the money spent and
10 per cent more. Under such conditions u
man employed at $20 per week made only
$101 per year clear profit to the contractors,
while one employed at $40 per week made
them $208 per year It was clearly to, the
advantage of the contractors to employ all
the men they could and pay them all the
wages that the trafllo yvould stand. And
they did But whose fault yvas It that such
an Ineanoni-lble contract -was made'
- At dlffneiil time! JasL.ytsr htaid t
w . '-J'rr.7f
1918
the outrageous waste of lumber, material,
time and wages in the building of different
cantonments And later it was said that
Congress had before It a proposition to ap
propriate $150,000,000 for the building of
more cantonments. While yve must all save
and do eyerythlng we can do to help speed
the war, it seems to 1110 the ofllcers and em
ploye:! of tho Government ought also to do
some raving and try to get their money's
vvoith for the money they spend
JOHN SMITH.
Philadelphia, Apiil 2
SMILE. MILES, SMILE
To the Editor of the Evening 1'itblic Lcdget
Sir Just a word on the "Dance. Dance.
Dance'' in the Evening Public Ledokb of
April 2
SMILE. MILES, SMILE"
Youe "walked In the garden alone' too long.
Where the dew was soggy, my lad.
"And you've brooded the whiles" o'er a seem
ing wrong
nil I fear you are going mad ,
Just turn to your Bible and read a bit
Where Dave, at Jehovah's command,
Had slaughtered the Philistines one and all
And fully possessed the land
Returning, he gave unto each of his tribe
Bread, meat and a flagon of rum
Then he kicked up his heels in B Jubilant
mood
Aud danced like n ton-of-a-gun
I'm loath to declare what the Scriptures aver,
But their utterance cannot be ylle.
But all he had on when he danced like the
deuce
Was a plnk-tlnted Syilan smile
I fear that youi optics are "off," my son.
When you say in sepulchral tones
Or suggest that the ladles who danced with
the "lads"
Were portable bunches of ' bones "
"Ur eadtheS'" the bravcst that MaU- th6
Deserving of all that's best,
"Ur bMh- d b'"S 'em f nU"nly
Thus honors each knightly guest.
So plunk your melodious lyre. O
And sing us a marri ,i..i. .
.ut ,
V J e.?.,Jr r,Unk Pessimistic frost
And dont let us hear it again
"stunt'" '"y ""' am be dolns
your
i-nf ih. c. v ",.. ."'" lu .une.
rti u neip us the hours to beguile.
ThV; . u ucmu you and put it in front,
H Sarouevrr111 be C AUStln Smile
u farniirl vi. n, 10, jB o
Philadelphia. April .1 4 AILEY
THE SPIRIT OF JAPAN
lj ....uiounoiy the Japanese have been
, m0Ved bj" the brutality of the Germans
and how deeply their religious feelings are
etlrred by the war are indicated " i
following letter, dated February 28. which
Prof. Barrett Wendell, of Harvard, has re
celved from his daughter in Kyoto:
"Yesterday I went to the shrine of Ise
the moot beautiful and Impressive thing that
I have seen at all, On the wnvh.wC.
was h.led with the lord aobot of u e ch?oy?n
Temple, the head of the Jodo sect, and a
great many of his abbots from all parts of
Japan. He was dressed in gorg fous "carllt
robes, the others all in purple. He Is rf nM
man of elghty-seven years, with one of tl
most beautiful facts I have ever seen
Crowds greeted him at every station? and liis
secretary delivered quite a lone tn.e?i.
rhL(t7na-irTlinS '" traLlaTeT't
for me and what do you think It yvas? He
was telling the peopj. that, according to the
custom of hi. sect, at great crises the heads
had gone to Ise to worship and to get divine
help, and that he (the abbot) had gone there
to pray for the cause of the Allies II eh?
?'? . h5V0 a STeat nt'ng here In Kyoto
of the heads of all the sects, to get them an
to go about and tell th. people aboutNhe
wickedness of the Germans and the g, eat
yll tbey are sowing In the world, to teach
the people that they must bero of them
and to get the whole of th, people and all
the leniples to cay fe. ,1, "t u,"
-Allien and the UvAvnlal v hi aeftaos.. ' ,
TTfT -. ..
n
THE OTHER SIDE OF
MR. FOSDICK
R-:,
Ice conditions here has set the town by
the ears, Is able to see the other side of life
when he looks for It He has been study Ins
the surroundings of the soldiers In the camps
in various parts of the country Among the
things which he discovered, ar disclosed In
an article by him in Sciibner's Magazine, Is
the variety of books demanded bv the boys.
He writes.
"The icquirements for books tn the camp
libraries ate more specialized than m ordi
nary city libraries. The standard us n whole
is even higher. Fiction, of course comes first,
but a close second nre books nf pure and
applied science Mm are being called to
unaccustomed tasks: so they are doing a
vast amount of 'reading up ' Books on vari
ous kinds of machinery, gasoline engines,
airplanes, electricity, chemistry and farming
are in constant demand, and any book not
on the shelves that is really needed 13 pro
vided by special purchase
"Another phase of the soldier s reading is
'llustrated by the private in a jJTexas camp
who made a request for books on intensive
agriculture The llbrarlart yvas interested in
men first and books afterward, so he drew
him out on the subject of his preference la
reading It's tills way,- the man said. 'I'm
a farmer My dad has a truck farm Just out
side of Houston, and he sent me to agricul
tural Fchool to learn the up-to-date methods,
I've simply got to read these things and keep
up to date so that when I get through sol
dlering I'll know how to handle a cultivator
And say have you got David Uravson's
'Adyentures In Contentment "'
' The growth of the reading habit among
the soldiers has brought to light an interest
Ing contradiction to the generally accepted
theory that among a group of Individuals the
leveling process lo a leveling downward.
The men In the camps who are readers stlrau
late by their example the interest of those
yvho nie Tiot 'Ha.ve you read this story"
asks Private X of Private Y 'Naw replies
Private Y. '1 never read a book through In
me life' 'Well, y'oughta read this one. It's
better'n any movie show y'ever saw It's
bear!' Thus does Private Y get an incentive
to taste the Joys of llte-ature There Is
tendency toward a leveling upward,
"The valuable service of the libraries is
further developed by lectures, university!
extension courses and the general education,
plan. Men not only will keep jjace with their
former civilian activities, but many of them
will emerge from the army and navy better
equipped for the battle of life "
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is n deeldnoua tree?
2. Who la the president of Princeton I n1-
TeraHy?
8. Who painted "nreaklnc Home Ti"?
4, Identify "The rlroiirse of find,"
ft. Wlm t la a mitrailleuse?
6. Who wrote "The Hle of Silas Laplm"'''
7. What la a sector?
R. tVhnt Nn, characteristic or Tudor arch!
tcctoro? 0, VI hero la Montdldler?
10. It hut I'realdenla of the I'nlted Mole were
born In Ivew Enaland?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Salient! In tv nillltarr "enee. the liul'ln e-r
or projection forward of a Una Into (lie
enemy front.
2, "SJ'ix Adeler." Hie paendanrm er t'h.rlrf
lleber riarV. nn American writer, snoon
a a homorltt and political economist
3, Some charaeterlatlra f "Oueen Anne" arfld-
1 u.nre "? "lanaaM eoofa and profusion of
sablea and bar window a.
4, Hector ll-rllcr. Frenrh i-orunneer, wrote the
ol"a?anatr" oratorio. "Tho Ilamaatlon
Fauat
8. hohrtquelt An ntsunied
or a fanciful name or
name, nickname
ippeuation.
u, Arahequei
rf. .i?".1 In fl' OT. architecture, referrln
lo the Arab aula, the rharaclerlttlra heln
M?."Pfi,r,cl,ll S'.,,.,h..,;,"an prohibited tha
plrlurlnr of ililn thin... In literature.
.. ,.. or wcn lantaauc, alle.
7, Mortan A hort nnd comparatively ilaht
nrn.?.1 ""5 , ,"" .''H with- lo
lecltr and UMislhr at Man an. lea. aa .1
to drop on their objective from above,
g, n..t-i I. fceniettmca called "Tha Hub of lt
vniierae.
. 'rrl Otln tun llflow Ir, In romntAtv. tt
nn lmi.Kir.unt ff.tnn nf tho German froa
lin In tiorfJu-rn Trance.
10, kOll MArtMta Id run ufil Vrjuietfi . -aLi-
wlkltrtfl ml una tt.ti.il . ,...r s-a atai fi9
'-..:-' " r "aTl r"TtI"'L' . -" X
maisBs ar iw
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