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FACTIONAL AUTOCRACY BY COURT
l ij nr it Kt:
fmillS Supremo Court which has the last
''-L guess at the incunlng of thu Statu
I. Constitution, hua decided by a vote of four
t0 lureo that the Governor has tho power
IO appoint lO OlIICU UlCIl vvwoill mi; mtw
hie refused to confirm. Tho cogent nrgti
Jiacnt of Chief JUHtleo Brown In Ills dis-
. ntlns opinion that buch an lntcrjitcin-
Ptlon of tho Constitution nullifies tho. e Idem
.Intent of the provision that the Mieaneto
should bo Jllled l?j the Qocrnor "lj and
Kwith tho advice -and consent of the Senate,"
ft docs not matter, beeauso the majority of
1,- th Judges disagree with hUu.
Wo now huve a court ri'llng that tho
, Governor la auprcino In tho matter of ap
pointments. Tl"j objection of tho Senate
'may be flouted whcnecr tho Cloxcrnor
Wlehca to disregard It. Tho lows of the
Senate t111 not heitafttr ha considered.
Tlio faction which controls tho Governor
'Will control absolutely all hi appoint
ments. Tho moral of all thU la o!nlou. It in
illlat this court decision must be considered
' In the futuro In the election of u Governor.
-Jf tho people l!li to turn the control of all
appointments ocr to a facllonallst tho
will elect a factionalism to tho governor-
ahlp.
Germany appnarj to be having tioublc
KCttlnsr tho blc cuiiB up tu the front. Tin
b)e cuns In uniform will 1uic (.vt-n mou
troublo one of tlicc dajs In g' ttins to the
' rear .
THE IWRCK GOCS O.N
Ii AiXJEi; calling to ma aisiunei in uecp
A Inc Uie cltj cleui the Suvuu nietnbua
"of tho United Hualness Men's AbsueUittonv
and the 2200 members of the Homo He-
tfense Rcsonc, the Mayor made n tour of
lrone of tho Ice district!, and reported that
lto "saw nothlntr olfcnslve, nor did I tio-
t' Hoi nnflitnrr liti.li voiil.t i.tnln i,irn. fintr
one."
Tit lie wishes to be taken seuuul,v.
It uj not necessary to rail on uny one
outside of tho police depurtnietit to f II
, hint where tho Melons tesorts are. Ul-
t. tflot Attoniej Iitau leinhuled him of that
;tho other day when lie cnlkil attention to
tho notorious fact that btfore tho primary
election a yddr or two ugo wonl was emt
out to tho roioris that thej wero to be
- Allowed to run w ido open for a w hl'io
The resorts were then run without any
.fear of police Interference. Then tho word
gifaAont around that tln-j were to be
aioseo. arifi, the were closed, that Is. thj
;ran. but under coer. Tlio iKillceineii in
I'jthe dlitrlcts kiuw what was Komg on
lti:iiej' kept their bunds uff when th were
told to and when tiny received the wind
,tliat vjco must hide under a blanket Hit
rpassed It along the lino to the retort
JceepcrH
I So long as tho Mayor cuntlnuts to pluy
Ijlhe- fareo In which ho Is now appearing
' &i. tllA nilnntnnl .1. r, ....... .... .1. . .- ...
K"Undertand that they aro to allow matters
CJO remain as they are.
5 Tlio location of tho dtns Into which thn
Itiwldlsra and sailors aro Inveigled is no
; crt, A word from thoso in autliority
Trould close them at once.
Caa It bo that the '.M.isor Is not tho
1 man with authorlt?
It Isn't atransc Hint CoiiirrewMnn nn
; talk, at the rate of 100.000 word .i.
Th4y ire alwas In training
-TI3IB TO SAY "I WILL!"
. flPHJBY now tell us that the water sunnlv
E1--would bo conserved If meters wore In-
tpUiieI in ever' house. II would take only
dve years to Install them.
They tell us also that the only real relief
rfa 10 tx obtained from tho Installation of
-three forty-clclit inch cpross mains Jrom
lb. Torresdalo pumping station to the
Iter of the city. Tlmy would oot
rM!O,00O and cannot be built until the
rul of the, war.
tl'Jiat are w'e to do In tho meantime?
VCith confessions of Impotence comliiii
ront tlio City Ilall tho situation Is certainly
noflt unsaUbfnotory. it seems to bo about
Sfena that aorno ono In thb wutoi buroau
look for his motto tho famous Mosan of
Chicago. "I nllll"
Tho great German sun that tiro oita-
ieaai'y at I'aiU from a dtance of t)eeiit
ni(ejr seems to liavo an uncanny Ivablt, ie
r to Its makers, of picking off womtm
Bd ohlldrop.
j THOSE "WHO WISH TO JIELI"
s.TBmCJIE Is still tn opjiorlunlt for men
above tho draft age who wish to help
JlA the wur l''ort-seeu hundred of
(j) "" ncwJcd by tho "i. M. C. A. to go
i Ifronco to tke ohurgo of thu canteens
fAnJ there fer tlio beneilt of the ol-
lt Is hoped that this number will
!itw before Jul 1 only J700 have
fur ff6red their services.
nlili honest purposes and busluesr'
can do as much in this sort
!f they wera carrying a rifle
?'! sjt necessary ua thut In the
,tf1re in not so much glorj
t m but w'e arc not heoU(u
we, r nujM'osca a
ijS"r
PEACE NOW WOULD HE A
GERMAN VICTORY
WERE it not for tlic fact tlml only so
n-ccntly tts l'cbruary 11 last Presi
dent Wilhon fn nddrossinc ti joint ses
sion of Congress solemnly iia.ii! tribute
to the sttitesiimiisliip or Count Czernin,
the Austfo-lhiiiKttrinn 1 oioiifii Minister,
in tliese words, "Comil Cxci-nhi ccmn
to sre fiDiilmnrnliil tlcimnt ' pcarc
with vlcur (cm arf ducg not mrl; to
obscure tlicm," the latest elFusion of that
wily tool of Potsdam might be contcnii
tuously dismissed as merely another ef
fort to lime the doe of peace. But
unfoi-tuiiately tin- lecollei'lion U still
ivid in the minds of the Anieiietin peo
ple. So it culln for somethiii),' more than
offliaiid disinisiiil.
Of course the Piesfdcnfs com)liiuenls
to tho Count were drawn forth by the
apparently conciliatory tone of the Aus
triiitiV eoinmcnts before the KclchM-utlt
on January US upon .Mr. Wilson's "four
tteu couditiuns of peace" speech before
Congress .lanmiry S. Tho Piosidcnt's
purpose was to contrast the dilTerence
between the ways in which tVernin and
Yon llcitling responded to that utter
unco. At the time it gue rise to the
idea that Austria-Hungary might be
split tiwtiy from tioimnnj. and that
hope did not fade until thu revelations
of the Brest-Liloxsk negotiations piovcd
how utterly false was the delusion that
the imperialistic cynicism which dom
inated the toursc of Berlin diplomacy
did not likewise infect that of Vlenrri.
In the face of those icvclatioiii Count
Izcrtiln bus the etVrontery once more U)
spread his net of line phrases. The
Teuton mind is impenious to its own
inconsistencies, it can inspiie tieueh
erics unspeakable like those perpetrated
upon tho lUi.ssiun people under the guise
of "peace negotiations" ami still blandly
oll'er to open a peace dicussiou with the
United Stules on the basis of the Presi
dent's "four general piiiiciph." laid
down in the speech of February II, with
out appearing to realize that they arc
fundamentally-and diametrically the anti
thesis of acts dclilierntel;, and baldly com
mitted before a woiltl aghast.
Count Czvinin is cunning. But lie has
oxen-cached himself. However ingenuous
President Wilson may appear to him
and his adroit coadjutors at Great
Headquarters, by reason of his direct
honesty and straightforward simplicity
qualities of the American spirit xvhlch.
by the xn. are likely to remain wholly
incompieheiihible to the Teuton under
standing there is not u chance that lie
can again be diaxxn into any discussion
xviiich in the slightest degree will weaken
the lesolutiun of tho natum to see this
xxar through to it.-1 logical triumph over
the ( cntrnl Powers on the Held of battle
or slow up its preparation for putting
the full puwer of its resources behind
the united fovces of the Entente Allies.
What faith can be placed in tiie words
of a statesman who. speaking of the ie
suits on the eastern trout, sa.xs. "I have
already concluded thiee moderate, but
honorable, peace treaties" anil then de
scribes the aggiessions and aggrandize
ments in Kussut and Rumania as any
thing but aiiiie.Miliun and oppiessiun?
Consequently when, leulying to tile smug
intimation that the Trench dm eminent
had sought to negotiate for peace secret
ly. Premier Clemenceau laconically said,
"Crernin lies," no further proof xvns nec
essary. Of ii surety C.einin lies, lies now
as he lied befote ami will lie again if he
can find enemies ialuuus enough to place
any credence in bis mouthings. Tlio of
foit to sox discord among the western
allies and inxolxe their leaders in doubts
and jealousies is too palpable this time.
It is too thin a screen to coxer up the
desire of Germany to gain tune for dig
ging in on its newly xxon front in Trance
and recover bioath foi another ilrixe,
which might iiUaiu the toxoU'd ( hanucl
porU and Paris.
lint theie is oii' parugrnpli in the
Czernin speech xxell worth pondering by
all Americans, Britishers. Frenchmen and
Italians. With the sub.-titiition of their
own Jainl for Austria it applies with equal
orce in each of their countries:
"I must jj. to my letn-it. that during
the last few weeks and moutjis much
has been spoken uud done in Austria
that prolongs the wai. Thor who aro
piolouglug the wur aro divided Into
xurlous groups, ueronllng tu their mo
tives and tnelli h. There me. Ilrstl.
those xv ho continuouslv beg for peace.
They aro despicable and foolish. To
endeavor to eonelude pe'ice at uny price
is despicable for It is unmaiil, and it
is foolish beeiiuse it eontlnuouslv feidb
lite alrud dvlng aggressive spirit of
the i ncniv Tin dfslre for peuet of tho
greut musi-is Is natural u well iih com
prehensible, but the leaders of the peo
ple must consider that certain iitterniiees
produce abioad just the opposite cffict
from xvhui thtj dfslu." '
It is this kind of paeilism in America
which has clogged our efforts in the war.
There should bo no more dallying or hi
tience with it. because it is only necessary
to study the thinly xeiled Teuton haughti
ness or Lucrum s speech to realize that
xx hat he and his masters in Berlin are
seeking to accomplish is to terminate the
xxar now on a negotiated basis that could
never be obtained by force of military
proxxess, '(.ncc mou uonld be u German
victory.
If it be true, as intimated from Wash
ington, that President Wilson will tepu
diate this peace-baiting from Tcutonia in
liln Liberty Loan addiess tomorrow, ho
xx ill dcseive the heartiest plaudits of not
only the American people, but of all the
Allies. And here's hoping lie makes it
as strong as. his admirable command of
rhetoric and diction will let lrni. The
Allied peoples just now need something
tonic like such a declaration. Nothing
could be mo" buowontms
-
Hven though one-third of the uddrfases
given In the Kidfral vlco rvpoit rt present
errors, the reinaluhib two-thirds suggest mme
brisk ijueatlunn
TIIE EMPEROR IS A LADY
JL'ST before tho beginning of the last
German drlxo the Kaiser and Ludcn
dorff clashed in u bawling ini)act of egos
at army headquarters. "Are ou Emneror
or am I'" shouted Wllhelr.t to his over
bearing generul Uudeildorff apologised and
admitted thut Wilhehu xas Umperor and
thus sforctt one more on the long list of
his mistaken ,
If one may Juct;e by political Inljucuee,
.wujiUtH,t,he acquired spoils nl xvnr and tle
jwit pnwe usually CRepted U
jtytHimf IV w fctate
I T v -- '
EVENING LTBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
Wllhohn tviis, so to speak, kidding himself
and Ludctjdorff dutifully nped his delusion.
Tho actual German Umperor Is l'rau
Ki u pp.
"f)lsarni !" cried I'njnhi Ttls udikc is
live jeurs too lab-
PROTAN1TY IN THE SENATE
Bi:iOKW a, limn can be elected to tho
S'ennto of the t'nlted Stales hU con
stltuentK luxatlnbl.v nssuie thcmsolxcs
that hie character and his xocauulary aro
allko pure and equal to nil emergencies.
Tlutefoio It Is easy to perceive that Sena
tor Ovetmnn was In graxo error when ho
turned llcrcoly to rebuko a eollcnguo who
inten hi texl one of his speeches xxlth nil
ojnculnt'uu thut sounded llko ti nolo Of
protutio derision. Mr. Overmun was do
cUilminpr that the President alwios takes
Congress to ills bosom and his confidence.
A Voire broko out harshly ii few rows to
tho tear. "OI" said tills Volco and rrlcd
the namo of that place wherein th"
Prince of Uarlniess reigns In red splondor
and waits lbr the Junkors anil tho Itclchs
tag majority and the whole of the Dundv.i
rath There wa a seune. Mr. overman r3ed,
Uut it is obvious that no Souutor would
nt so at a loss for u word that he would
bo compelled to resort to so burial a term
of anger or Impatience. There is a sim
pler explanation. Tho Voice xvos purely
thut nl n good Democrat who hnpponcd
at H mmnciit to bo thinking of a dear
and unrecognized friend. Ituminating upon
possible menus by which his. high regard
might llttlngl be oprcssed. he doubtless
vxns made Joyousl voeul ny tho Ihought
of the only place. In which u postm.utei It
je' to Ix appointed.
Kveii In rtuxslu tlio.v liavc ceui-d tu argue
v ,th Ueriiiunt The hubk prcvullt now- only
In America,.
The UuUhuvIki, urganixirr tin 1; now
arm, appear to have learned thai '.lii
poinpHi words do not kill.
Muor rimith. In his vloo crusade, doisn t
stini to hnxu any more tutth In the 1'irector
of fubllo Mufely than the rest of the ell.
ti might bo apitroiniuto to ask vvlnilur
the Mayor took Htm to glance at the strirts
und alleys In thu course of lilu ull-nlglit tour
after Hit eleiui-up spirit had club-In d him.
" rimes und v .olcnce.
In Icrrlkle ny thu dispuu-hes.
Irmprrl ' uro tneroustng rapidly
in llerlin. Now wo
know thai II hchn ts home ugiitu trom the
vvisl front
Tin Mee invc ilgatorj
loo I rue! Jim 'Inlet missed a goldou ot-
tiortunltj vilion tin y
fulkd to refer to tho ulgnt-onl Jitin: men as
n taxl-inhal.
THE ELECTRIC CUAlll
Our Acceptance Slip
EijsU'ulJ I'UAt'Of'K is uidiguunt at our
'having attaelieil Ids ,iumt) to a vejee
tloii sMp. So we havi prcpaud an aeceptr
unci slip and urc holding It riudy for the
nut llilng ho seiius in. In fact, wt are
going to kiep a pigtonholo in our desk
or ii ptueoch hole-, specially for Koseo'.V
stulT
Nui-rata bro-i 10 in'orm noil Hint In
hm not rtuif .'our i-ontributiuii, btU he
ii hard mi lor nuact. o li la uulin' to
u i If
Ik' u l thut iour umnicipt hoi
Unit fouwl UiiiMintr cnoufli ioi 7ie
r,U i trie Chair doc no iirccimarlli impli
hiph voltaye on uonr pait. ' a mau
hurt atalm the idea front aomr other
tint battery. If It conjorma to our
liuuit ly anil iiiKerutable Idea of unc
mint, thin if the plave for tt. 'I his is
ohm .a i it olini, and Hits lateml liny is
on.
fuii DuUit, the aiaociutc editor of
tin IXnlrle Chttir. aW i our tiiotl
mitt i. If In Hkin n tlilny, ic diri it
down at ontt. lit bieli v tustf it
uiierrlnr
There is u good dial of Jealousy brtwecn
Hove Hulctt ond Uunruvtii Illiuk and we
liaxe to try to humor them both. Since
Mr. Dulcet was uppolnted xico ckctriclan
of this department Mrs. Weak and Mrs.
Dulcet havo not bcn on speaking terms.
This 1 very unfortunate, bccatiso both
ladles aro on tho seed committee of the
Obesity (.V. J.) Women's Club and arc novr
ut loggerheuds on tho question of what
crop the i lub Is to rulse this mumncr. Tho
club lias ulvvii been patriotic. Last year
they ruhrcd 700 bushels of catnip by plovr
ing oxer the croquet lawn, but they hud
to buy h Skoda, howitzer to keep tlio wild
New Jersey cats from tho prcmltes.
.Mrs. Weak wants tho club to raise pick
erel xveed or inarshmallows this summer;
Mis. Dulcet Autos for tnoek oranges or cas
tor oil beau?. Fortunately, Mis. Calvert
Craxat has the casting vote on the com
mltUe. Sho has pioposeii gardener's gar.
ters or loxo lies bleeding us a compromise.
liut the e'ub is rent by this schism. Mrs.
Bluuk, who stammers a Uttlo when sho is
excited, iys that it sho du-clocsn't have
her xvay she'll seeeilo from the old ssc-secil
conunittce.
Answers to Ladies
IJ.M.MA No; Hoscoo I'caeook is a real
name. A poacock has lovely pliimea, hut
thta in not a nom do phnuo.
UVAN'UHLINI Wo Uaxo forwarded
your letter to Mr. Dulcet.
VIOLIJT Dlkcontlnuu .xour acquaint
anco xxlth tho young man Immediately.
GKBTBUDC Try rubbing them with
honnoalo of brandy. If this proved amor
phous, apply a kirdlno poultice and play
tho Chimin of Camden on tho dUharmo
nlum. lleiiry l'lantugenet, spurred on by some
thing ho road In tho Jvew Vurk L'venlng
Sun, lip into the olcctrlc chair with this:
The Ice liox Van
I, who am a married .man.
Sing tho sohg of the lec box pan,
In winter, xvhen tho days ore bleak,
I empty It only twice a week;
In summer, quite the other way.
I empty it four times u day.
Cd Muschamp and titcvo Mcader, Jointly,
bout us u tatting pin. In reply xvould say
there Is an Interchangeable lunch waiting
lu this office for them. It will (It either.
The one thut gets here Urst xvlnh.
What Jou might call Ut for, tatting.
lOCItATEB.
TO EVERY MAN AND
WOMAN
ROH1SUT LOLIS 8TI3VUNMJN said:
"Mankind t, never ho happily Inspired
as when It made u cathedral " a
thing as lively and Interesting as a foiost.
Though I hato licuid a. eoiislderablo variety
of terinons, I nexcr jet htatd bno tliat xvab
so esprceslvo as a cathedral. 'TIs tho beet
preacher lt'( If, and preaches day and night i
not only telling jou of man's art and snl
latiotis In tlio past, but conxlctlng your own
soul of ardent tympathlcs : llko all good
pieachers, It sets jou preaching to yourself
and cx-ry man is his own dector of di
vinity hi thy lust resort."
It US. was thinking about Nqyon Ca
thedial when he wrote those xvod lie had
been at Xoyon, elhubfd one of tho tall twin
towers and listened to "the sweet groaning
thunder" of the oigan
VoOn Cathedral M tu llnniob. Daca not
that "set jou pleaching to your:lf '"
alHU night wmclinran in too bjilaii.e of
. the Commltlco of l'llbllo Information tn
Washington xvan tnurden-d ycfterdaj morn
ing. In that building tire krpt many Paper,
containing secret and tinnortniit nion .i
tlon concerning this nation' participation m
the war. Does thai tet us pieuchlna l -r-selxes?
attlU great bat lo in I'louc. I- bv no s.i -.
at an ond. Tne t-opad-for counter-, t.-o
by tho Miles winch would "it ti-ouc
lllndcnburar'i ti tangle of death ha. not d
xeioped. And the Central 1'owe-e aro i.auv
to spring their now peaeo drive, xvl llo tl.. j
uro maneuvering for peaeo the v III b
strengthening their positions bcfor Amieiu
and Arraa tu readiness for a posjlbb n
thrust now or later lu the rprlng. Arc v.i
reudy to act opt a pcocn on tho present lu'N"
Aro we brave enough lo face- the Im ts'.' At the
moment the oifenslvi has ileilnltely passed
from the Allies to the uicmy. XVo aro on
the defensive in Trance and have for tlio
time being torn the tostly gains of two v-cara.
Doca that eci us proachlng to ourseheW
WH Wiaii that thla tliousht eould be
burned tn fire In the mind of ever
thinking citizen of this nation: ,ovla the
most critical pcrlml of the war. .Vow, If
oxer, Vhls nation must give the final answer
to tho German attempt to enforce the creed
of inlKht makes right, lllndenburg prophe
sies a "German praoc" bj Christmas. This
Is aormatiy's last chance. .She counts on tlir
vvorld a wearlnoss and horror of tho wur. phi-,
her own present commanding position both
In east and wost, tn niakr potsiblo a nego
tiated truce before tlio quickening forces of
America eon be brought to lull cxrrosc
D"is that set uj preaching to ourselves''
mllD Trencli d-partnunt oi sonn,. .ii'C
J. nnd Alkin aro n trag'l- lianoruma oi
strloUen Villager.! dragging their plttfu! good,
along tho roads In u mm ond exodus tar sadder
than tho first, for a ear thiy hud .inivf-n
to rebuild tluir battered homes, lo knit up
the avelcd sleaxo of life brutal'y torn and
soiled by the derdlng el'iti h of Invasion.
Their heart were bitter enough before, now
they have to go through It all ugain. If vvc
you uud 1 who nuri thla had devoted ever
fiber ef our souls to the caue, perliapj this
ennd debueii would not huvo happened :
T'oes that sit us preaching to ourselves?
APMinx.!.. TinriTiS t-a:a there is no teu
.sou why liemany siiould concluilo a
pears of uonciliutlcfi. having won the war so
far. "Itussla 1-- scttleil" lie wi '. "Tin west
ern powers arc now the gnattst danger V'r
U-. mericus asslttaiuo Is Untiled bv tlie
hhortugc uj- topuagi ."
l.ifr.v ilolUr thut inlcbt K Into tlo third
l.lltrrt l.otiii and iluen't I- u trullor. I.irr.v
dollar lluil infRtit spreil culls unit hliljis mill
sniniunltinii und alrplrtlifi. and tlito-il'l, i;ivr
telil nml lotnfnrl lo lite rnelii f.ver.v ilollnr
Unit Is mil niohillrril In the slniKKlr Tor Iih
srl.v In n friend of Firpll mimI mliiht Junt hs
well he put in his pot krt.
Ll-T this bo our l.ibti-ty I'an ri-"l I
believe In Libert Mondr us the united
expression of thost wlto cannot express,
themselves with rifle and bayonet and bomb
1 believe thut ever Libert) Bond speaks
with tho vole of the American people and
Is a pulse In tho lift of thl nation. Kvcry
Liberty Uond ts a testhuon that tho Cnltfd
fctutra is ono und indivisible lu this effort
to win for mankind the bounties of free llfo
und democracy that we havo sought for our
solve. Uvcry Liberty Uond speaks with tho
voice of uue-onriuerable deinocrac), which
suffers grievous ills but ehall prevail in the
end.
I. v'lm lm.e n"t suifervd the blood ana
went and horror of the bnttlitield, who have
beou prlvlhged lo servo this great cause at
home and without breaking the- tesue of my
m-customed life, deem it not h dut but u
glorj and an honor to put my money Into
Liberty Bonds, which arc btead uud weapons
and laughter und life Itself to my fieSh und
kin in arm-.
I believe lu the Liberty Uond us the vital
and lasting expression of the soul of America,
of the soul of democratic mankind.
rplID third Liberty Loan campaign begins
J. tomorrow.
CHRLSTOI'IIKK MOKLUY.
No! It would not be
proper to call the log
of tho Jlaor'8 llmou.
sine, written during
I'lir.v Haw- lllm
( Killing
that v Ic.huntlng tour of the city, the record
of a sightless night.
The German language
Iiurj Tliem! newspapers in various
parts of ttie country
are said to he dying rapidly of their own
poison, to be sure.
lias any one eve-r
ll In llrrrb Hone thought of calling tho
Ualsor the King of
Gunmen?
The llnishcvlkl now
allow tho Hoinanoff
family li0 a mouth
Kimlnrio, Will
Prevail:
and all the fresh air
they wish to breathe
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What President, of llirt elicit states were
born In the Middle Malm?
2. XV ho sild "L'Ulat. e'rt inol," and what doe
. It ineiin?
3. XVIihI Is niMinl in illutsmaij' tir a "bufler
stale"?
t. XUint Ii H-e fanillr name of the rojal houfe
of Knslandr
S. XVh.il Is u ienerallsinin?
fi lloiv far l It from San Xnlonlo to lot An-
teleef
7. XVIirre In the Somuie Rtvrr?
8. Ilie composed the "llnllnlslird hynipliuuy"-,1
9. IdentUjr "Mltle Star"?
10. Mho l Joeph IiCTlInf
Answers to Yesterday's: Quiz
1. Iirrldooua trees are lhoe vvhhli ilrun Ihrlr
IcuTea at the end or the crowing seasoni
lIU,V4 U cri.i.nii
1. 't
he iirrlrirnl of Princeton I nhc rllj rr,
Jiifn brier lllltben.
3.
4.
0,
rheniuo Iluvenbrn, Amcrlran arlUt, nilnlcd
the relrbrslfd entloienlal ramaa "ilrrak.
Inc Home Tl."
"The Seonrce or flod." a name applletl lo
Allllu the Hon, a barburiaii alnc and con.
eiiicrer.
Mllrallleaaei a breech-loadlnc ntaclilnn inn.
fonll of a nnniber of harrela fitted :
tetheri flree umalt urojrctllea, utcettitelr
or alniiilluneoiiiil,
Wllllain Dean llonclls. the. dean of Amer.
Iran aulhora, wrote the reulltllo novel, "1110
lll.r of IU Ipham,''
.Scflorl (n inllllarr uf, sn orcanitcd portion
of a Imlllffront.
Amonc the prime rhararterlallra In Tudor do-
rocklle arcnltccture are I he u.e of llni.
hered sopporta and of cabled endai eoelra.
I lakllral like of flat foor-centefed arc lire and
rrofuklon af pancllni,
Monidldlcri a .town In rlrartlr. wolh or tho
(-limine at Amlena.
Hie f.jlnwln I'reklilenU tjere tiom In Xew
FjicuiihIi John Adaina ainl Jylm Uulner
Adinyj. Maiwaeliiwellki I ranklln pierce,
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TAPPING THE RED TAPE WORM
Hy Our Special
T7i; TOOK u fast train to Washington,
'' cairjlug our sleeping sack and pup
toil with us. The tlrst night we bivouutko.il
near Wilmington. All the p.isengin-s gath
ered urouqd the camp lire uud we baibicucd
a I'ullmuu porter, lie tlppid the bcant
at 100 pounds and mcustircel at least sin
feet from tip to tip. a tine vvcll-nourlshcd
piece ot pemmlnnu. tJurroundcd Utouch
vvc were by the lopsided and rugged scenery
of Delaware, the spirits or the lltlto fjroun
ot pioneers xvero iuitctlous nnd gay. Sonio
of tho la.llcs tald tho rortcrhouse stak
in-.de them tipsy.
Our earuvun reached Baltimore in timo
for lunch tho following duy nnd ut sunset.
Jusi as we were consldirtng the nocer.slty
of broiling the conductor en eatero1o for
supper, we elaitesl safely into the I plon
Stallon, uhlnslon. I made haste to seek
out tho Keel Tupe Worm, having appr'sed
him by courier of my urilval
rnIU genial fellow- wus sittmj m 'ois
- swivel chair munching it card index.
"You will pardon my having supper while
wo talk," ho tald. "There is an important
conference of reserve ollleerM and third nr
Blatant sionugrapheis tills evening, at
which I must bo picsont. These- are stren
uous days fur me. You would hardly be
llevo xvhat Innuincrahlc uffairs; haxo to
bo digested by me bcfoie action ran bo
taken. As ono of the innumerable poets
of tho Congrosslonnl Iteeord puts It,
"Count the day squandered whose declining
sun
Sees not tlio plan for some new super-gun ;
Peem tho night w-arte d w hose refulgent stnra
Ueeii not fiino novice with bright shoulder
bars."
"I had heard that you weie- very aotlxo
down hcie," I responded, "that xvas why r
dared to take so long and perilous a jour
ney to interview- you. The managing editor
says that tho .best Is barely food enough
for our readers. If you have any snappy
stuff that I can put In print, out with it."
H!3 LAID down tlio card index at "Mo."
and handed mo a pink blank with a
sheaf of flimsies clipped to it. "If you wilt
IIU these In." ho said, "and come back to
morrow afternoon 1 shall bo nblo to glvo
you all the Infuiiniitlou you desire. I havo
to tabulate ull requests for publicity mate
rial, to bo forwarded to Gcorgo Creel's com
mittee." "Hut, my dear sir," I cried, "vvc havo to
l.uvo this story for tho paper tomorrow.
I Mial! luavo to send It to Philadelphia by
postilion tonight lu etiso tho trains aro
late. Isn't there something you can toll
me at oneo?"
"In that case," ho said. "I shall havo to
get you to till out form No, SS,T'J9. 'Applied
tlon for lintnedluto Information.' If you
will sign tilts, mentioning yolir quallllca.
tlons for the leceptlon of conlldcntlal mat
tor, I will bond It by pneumatic carrier to
tho State, War and Navy Departments,
whero the violet Ink Is kept. Three copies
of It will be made thero and two of them
returned to me. In the ineantlmo I will
get In touclv, with tho Department of Dila
tory Evasion. There aro somo vcy capable
clerks there, xvho aro accustomed to bcru
tlnlzo a'l emergency applications to see
that everything I" pro forma und en regie.
Wo can.net be too careful IV 111 yon care
to read a copy of the Congressional Record
while you are waiting?" ",,
Tile, face, uljohe y-Jth cnargvaiM dicer.
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Correspondent
meiiMel. tlo rang for a btenographcr and
began to dlutato memos rapidly.
T TOlTNt) tho ConsrosMonal Ilceord xerj
lovial reuelliig. J maelo u copy of a llltlo
poem I found in its columns..
''";-'"'s HI", the clerks arc filing
I ,jf teen eai-uoiis of cnoh fclirct:
riioUKli the swivel chairs wear out
And the uuartermabtera about.
Still we must havo llftctn coplca for the flics.
I xvas copying this when ho inter
ruptetl mo. uor
of"tho! UTi " Cdi, ',pCnainK tl Clival
hov v nm T ,CateS r WQUW "k0 t0 tc 5
riilH h-b been tho greet e-hanco of my
Ifctnie. I have certain little theories as
to tho way a Government should bo con.
ducted. I calculate that X havo taved this
nation several hundred thousand Uvea .-ii.
nudy.
"How is that" i taid.
"V,n- bj lPl''yIng the eonstruetion ot
ships," ho cried. Xmr t am not
speaking in exact ligurcs-if you want
MBwt tlBiirca I bimll haxo to telephone to
Mr. Uurley for loi-ni T74 It-hut assumo
that if baao and unprincipled men went
ahead and built ahfpj without properly
planning uud co-ordinating their efforts,
two hundred thousand nioie men might
haxo been in J.-ranco already. Cut tl10
sooner they get there tho sooner their
names will bo on tho casualty lists. 1 have
p. evented that. Certainly I havo saved
tlioso men's lives, haven't 1? itert Yape
did It. Could any bUrgical tape have done
moro?"
"Think,'' ho wont on, "of tho sad eon
fusion that xvould bo caused If all thoso
ships were rushed through before wo know
wlidt wo wcro going to call them. There
might bo a duplication of numes. it la
xcry important to haxo all tho names
picked out und arranged alphabetically
before tho keels aro laid Jt Is a great en
courugement for workmen to knoxv tho
name of the vessel they mo constructing.
They will work twice as hard on a bhip
that Is to bo called tho Diana or tim rii
thla as they will on ono Vhlch is to be
named tho Pneumonia or tho Nausea. Two
poets and a lexicographer aro coming down
next week to help mo choosa somo
euphonious names, bo wo can get to work.
I llko classic name, such us Astarte.
T'D MAK1. a btart Instead of Astarte,"
1 suggested, but ho heeded mo not.
"X.ou would bo amazed," he said, "to loariy
nil tho helpful Ilttlo things wo can do. Thoro
lb it shipload of eggb In New York harbor
now. That ship was two days out, on tho
way to France, when It occurred to mo
that thobo eggs had not been tested to seo
w bethel they were male or female. It Is
xtrj important not to export uny female
eggs Just now. All thoso future lions must
bev, kept hero to lay eggs for homo con
sumption. So I wirelessed to tho com
mander to put back at once, I am having
an Inspector go over ull tliose eggs and
sort them out. There are three million ot
them; .It will bo qulto a. Job. Wo havo eont
two carloads of blanks up to New York for
tho Inspector to record tho history and
condition of each egg. Wo take every
pains to boo that our woik Js properly
done."
In his excitement and dollght he de.
xourcd & pile of questionnaires nnd carbon
sheets and other dupllcatx&pn. t
AAinssCNCIiqiL entered with theAlotct.
lot.'itll fftVmWI .in in lv,,n,.t. '.
VVM'ikfKjwr
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formally and with assurance. What Is the
information you wanted?"
"Thank you, old top," 1 said. "I have
already got what I wanted to know." And
I lied without signing tho half-dozen exit
passes ho had ready for me. Luckily I
caught tho btagccoauh for Philadelphia,
nnd got back with my stoiv In tlmo for
the early i dltlon.
STUDIES IN STATESMAN
suir
How to Conclude it Magnnmmoui
Peace by the Czernin Method
HOSTILITIES between the warring king
doms of Pennsylvania and Now Jersey
having resulted in a glorious victory for
Pennsylvania arms, the torelBn minister of
the conquering nation spoke uj follows In
the diet:
"It in unquestionable that tins negotiated
peneo will bo the beginning of really friendly
relations with tho gallant reoplo of New
Jersey, who were only persuaded to take up
arms against us by a serious misunderstand
ing of our cultural and magnificent ml.-sion
The slight changes of frontier which we have
felt compelled to arrange are only rectifica
tions: they aro In no sense to be construed
as annexations. Sparsely inhabited and
treeless regions, they were only a tourco of
embarrassment and c-vpense to the high
spirited people of New Jcrsaj, who will be
glad to be relieved of buch burdens.
"It has been arranged that Ocean, Bui
lington, Atlantic and Camden counties arc.
to be ceded to us. including tho stately towns
of Camden and Atlantic City. Also the city
of Trenton Is to pass under our protectorate.
Including tho right to appoint tho Major anil
city council, the bartenders, policemen and
street car conductors.
"ThU lb In the trucet senso an act of
magnanimity toward opr stricken neighbor
Relieved of tho onus ot maintaining ordr in
these turbulent and obstreperous cltleb. the
kingdom of New Jersey will bo ublu-to de
vote herself to tho activities in which her
real futuro lies. Iter destiny la on the sea,
and the booncr she l. pushed off the hdid tho
fuster sho will develop her natural retources
in the way of i.urf bathing, shark fishing,
bunburn cures and poison ivy.
"We bhall lovy a tithe on the monuito
crop for the next twenty jears, exacting a
tax of 10 per centum on all mosquito peltr,
whether cured or uncured.
"The hinterland lying wcs.t of a line drawn
from Sandy Hook to Barnegat la alto to pas.
Into our hands until we can feel assured that
New Jertey harbors no resentment or medi
tates no aggressive reprisal ugalnst our so-curltj-.
An an Instunco of our clemency,
however, wo haxo decided to leave In the
possession of New Jertey a strip of fertile
and Invigorating s.ind beach Ilng between
tho high and low water murks all along tho
coast. Thus at low tide, which by good for
tune occurs twlco every day. Now Jersey
will still hold large nnd enviable territories
Jt is understood, however, thut our nullonaU
are to have free and unrestricted access to
the suit water mid tke fiied ojbters T!"
freedom of the ueas must bo assured Hav
ing no eaooabt of our ovvn xo have I e"
brutally handicapped for gencratione
"All Cdblnos, pool pallors, mllllon-do"u'
piers and hot-dog stands along tho coast u
to pay us a rental for ten yean, or hi '
the war Indemnity Is lifted Our enerr.V l'-"v'
ing been conquered by arms, must also b
subjugated mprnlly.
"We aiu anxious that the eltltens of Novr
Jersey sho-ald realize that theso rearrange
ments aro purely rectifications, not annex
ations. There- will bo no bitternew or ranco
In their hearts, for they realize that this a
for their own good. New Jersey's futuro
lies on the sea. and thero Is really no rraeo:i
why the Inhabitants of that kingdom" ehould
hot all llvo on flat boats and barges along tho
bayoun and Inlets of the coant. Largo lafts
could bo built on Hainegat Bay which could
accommodate several bundled thousand peo
ple, and billions of mosquitoes.
"The, safest guarantee ot future peace be
tween Pennsylvania una New Jarsoy Is to
encourage N.vy Jersey tu expand herself In
the way nature, intended slid should develop,
This Is the truest kindness to her citizen.
Her traffic in movuuitoea and bathing uult-J,,
we snail not ftttompt to Htfrlnee, Ju lt
magnanimous words of pur Mot Mti?
'euuierer. let her huVa lior nlitaa.ln 'lha a-.LV
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