'-&-, l-jt, " . -ij.-n-T- " -t.t-- i .Sfjatafiajui ' " WW.-11 I ft u XI" l&cmnfl public Hcbcs PUBLIC LEDGER COMPVNY ctKtrt it, k ririTia. ruEnorNT. , .-?'"' II I.udtniitoii. Vice President I Jolm C Mwilnigerri-tarr and Treneurer VhlltpH. Collins. m P. Wllllama. John J. Spurseon, Directors. , EDiTonLti uavnus Cues H. K. C untie. Chairman JUAVIt) K. BMH.KY Iialllnr- JOHN C, 3t,nTlriTT, .rieneral Duiilness Maneser IfubllshfJ dally at I'tnuo T.niri IlullJlHir. Imlep-ndenco Mquarr, Philadelphia. I.Kbamt C'i:Tiiit nroad nnd I'hfstiiul HlriiHi Atlantic Cm I'rr nl.i UulHlnc Nir York 2uu Metropolitan Tpwtr Dcthoit 101 ronl Iu illita Br, lotas .loot fullertonMloll' "K Chicauo I SOS Tribune UutldhiB KUVV'ti HbltllALHi WlllNl.TnN IllKMN. , .... , i, N V.. for. J'enrwlvanla Ve. nd J'ViS. Lonuoy Uimr.ni london 'Unfa MLnHCItllTION THIIMH Th rrriiMi I'eniio Lvt.itn 1i rei-ved to hi e-rlhen. In l-lillft.Jelplila nml mirroundliu tuwn M the rate o' twelve ttSt cento per eek. iwjabtu to the i-arrler. ... , . Ily limit to roluti',.Mtnlilo uf Philadelphia. " tie Unllod state,. e.Snda. or United Mates twi lonii. nutase free, lltty If."' cent e-r timntii. fllx (Jrt) dollars prr 'Mr, aabl '"'"'".''"ir-.-r To ail foreign countries i.m (III dollar i""r tnonth, , NoTicr- PubHcrtbers wWdni ndvlivio i hansel must elie old n well an new aildreaa. BtTU JOOO M ai.LT KoiirOM'. MUN WOO ar - ET IAIn-m all romiiHliilcnllo.M In Krcntxu I'ubllo tfdffer, hi(ttpmlrnc tfwuirr. Wiltoifflpnfa. tNTtniD vt Tim piiit.nfcfim ! unlet. s kfconh iI-aks iaii. mattm. rhll.dljhl. ) rutit. lp: K, 11t M,ANKKNHUU(i . "JTtVllN Tludolph Ulunltciiburg's blticrcsl political enemies iidmlrtil lilm ano. nhat Is inoro. hcldjilm sccretl I" somc tjiing crj HKo u witrni and nrfwtloiiutc rogard. More, tliiin tills tu-cd lninll l' oald in llio wij' of llnul liitcrprelatioti iiikI tribute or tho prcntesl reformer vlio oi-i jtppcurcd In rcnnajlMinltt polltkf. Vor half century niaiiUenburK !' Vo.Cd hlmbclf to tbo Idcul of Kood Bovrrn inent. It a n's tlic re.slless, iileturequ ' tlrricas e 'tic ot unrlKlitcousne.-'H th.it hf ahonc.. Mo had an energ that Mprun., from deep Inbplratlon. Tho rcsoimnt olro and tho heroic lwarlriB that lUmtiiBiilsi'ml him to his lust das s Baso lilm o peculiar rawer over hl-i uutlh-nces and nn unf.ti'.im' ability to appeal to tho better cmutloni of the multitude. Ho had tho Klfts of bui caani that come from scnulne hatred of real'y mean thins. And ho had the force tuj an orator that falls only to those niioio picas are Inspired bj great winccrlts . Blankcnburg rcallj lovctl his fit and America, llo had tho linagliuitlon noce nary to tlua end and the honesty of heart His tlEht ugalnst political corruption wiu ondlpss, couruBt-ous and tireless to tho jnoinent ot his death. And In tho courto of his lone carter as a militant citizen of Philadelphia ho became a ivitlomil llt'uro nd an Inspiration to all men ccrhon tn tho countrj who btlleo that ilcfent local Bovunimoiit is h Ilrst essential of national welfare. Ho was a. ercat American. Ho was that before he was elected to public ollleo tor tho first time as City Commissioner In I90T t the thno when MUsor Weaver liroko ivlth "Iz" Durham's corrupt machine. As Mayor of tho city Ulnnltcuburg pruidctl an extraordinary demonstnitlon of forceful perslonalits ls lifting tho police out of pol ltlca and bs purging municipal contracts of mans evils, though ho was constantly haratsed and opposed by a majority of corrupt olllcelioldcrs and politicians. Tor 'hoso things, if tr r.r.thlng more, his u I ministration was a notable success. Yet tlitso achievements revealed onl tin minor phases of un litraordiuars fhai aclcr At hc.nl .Mr. Ilkinl.cnburg -ab u giuit patriot, ono whosu Imagination had been touched with u deep senso of tho great potential beauty of American Institutions His whole, lifo and alt his utterances re flected tho magic of this consciousness. And feo at his death ho will bo mtsscd greatly by the city nnd by the country, and Ijy everyone interested in tho causes of good government. Horo than ono war gardener nent out this morning to seo whether 'tho pea he planted has survived the weather. WHAT LIBERTY SEES A3. H SHU looks southward from her ped estal our Statuo ot Libert sees uol merely tho deep channel of 1'road street, thronged with hurrying vehicles and pe dostrlttns. Klio sees tho hearts and minds of men. Sho tees, in every mind capablo of grasp ing tho moaning of this hour, a pondering and scrutiny of means und'wuys; u. study ot how much can bu laid nsldo fiinn tho family purso for Liberty Bonds. Sho hecs men nnd women of overs class and creed protherod and slstered by this grcuiemt of human needs. Hho looks with lovo and tendprnoss 'on all who come to lay their tribute at her foot. lie. It little or groat, It Is for humanity. Man was born to worship, to clutch ot stars, to raiso abovo himself somo symbol of truth or beauty or permanence; sumo idol that muy embody tho dreams .that aro o fleeting- and so marred In his own thwarted days. As ono looks up at that calm and splendid figure 'I' Is n, sorry heart that does not feel some stirring. Ono forgets that Our Lad) of Freedom waB placed thoro only by human hands, soiled s,hlfl own. One rccs In her the Indomita ble will and purpose of humanity, (ho grave, nod spirit of mankind that has In carnated Itself in flamt, and steel to end ihifl horror of war. And. Liberty, as she stands thero to uplift our hearts to tho greutnoa of our Vision. -cc8 more than thoso who gather Jaitinbly about her garment's horn. Sho mm ail men, ovorj where, who yoarn for j tha gruv'luusnosd of her truth. Hhe sees the dint rod luizu that hovers ovor Flan- tora and Ttcardy Hho sens ull who fJtV for her1 setict And, fur off, per- jMtV bul sure, she Hes the victors that fS)i'WM,te,W8 V FOOL PROOF SPY LAWS fTWIE iimcndments to the VBplonngo act ofTcrcd by Scimlors Overman, Wnlsli uiul I'oimlcMcr, pussed in tlic Senutu und now assured of upprovnl in tliu House and by tlic President, linve in theory lit least tho advantage of iill-inchisivu tlior oukIuicss. No cowardly, inept, inefficient or stupid representative of tiny United States District Attorney's onlee should over ngnin bo alito to evade or muddle the issue raised by spies, mlitiunists, traituts and secret enemies. The UKcnts of the hivv depai'lmeiils of the lioverntnent are fi-nced around in the recent nmeiidmciith us cloM'ly ns the ufTciidfis thenisclves. Tliej are cnrralled, shut in nml comiK'llcd to llfcHt. Recently it lias iiipcaicd ns if the Adniinistralioii favored the spy amendments in order to protect tile country from the weak sis ters in political office. Normally such provisions as me made in the new law would have been unnecessary. It remains to be -een whether depart ments which weie unable to convict or punish the more obvious'oirense.s will be uble to show icsulls in the larger Held opened by the revision of the eplonaco act. Cetluinly their task is iiuide siin pleii iiit. a whole catalogue of new crimes is embraced in te later ainenS menls. In single instances any United States District Attorney who ttoesn't sleep in court should Und the wolk of lirosecutiou ias where enemy aliens sue concerned. Hut it is possible that the revised law because of its vcrj cope. will fail in general application. Senator Uveiniau ulTeieil the Ilrst amendment. It was mined at'lhe innu merable (Senium agents who are still ill work In the United Stales as paid liars. The (ieiniaii (ioverninent has made false hood a science, in Ual.v Kussia and In the lialkaiis the deliberate lies of the (j'einiau.s spread as contagious rumors have done more harm than (iernmii aitil lery. Therefore the Overman amendment pi ov ides twenty years in jail and u lino of S 10.000 for any one who "shall will fully make false icports or fake state ments or do an tiling exiepl by way of buna lide and nol disloyal advice to an investor or investors with intent to obstruct the sale of United Stales bonds or other secuiilies" and fotMhuse who "eau.se or attempt to call.-e, to incite or attempt to incite" insubordination or mutiny in the military establishment or to hinder in words the process of recruiting and cnli-tmcnt. Senator Walsh added to thit another amendment leveled at tho-e iseditionists and agitators who have been franker in their opposition to the (Jovernnient and (ieriiiaii 'agents who have adopted the disguise of labor agitators. The Walsh amendment provides a twenty-year jail term and a SIO.OOO line for those who utter, print or publish ptotaii" or scur rilous language about the form of gov ernment of the United States or sml larlv attack the Hag. the Constitution or the uniform of the mililnrj seivice. It provides Hie same puuishinonl for those who by utterances of any sort "attempt to hinder the United Suites in the con duct of the war" or to confuse or obstruct the production of war essentials. Senator I'oindoNter added the third amendment, which hereafter will pro vide Hie full penalty of the espionage act for all persons who., "by word or act. sup port or favor the cause of the Herman empiie or its allies" or in a like manner oppose the cause of the United States. The oll'enses variously defined might, with u moic foiceful administration and interpretation of the eisting laws, be grouped under the head of treason or espionage. If judges and juries and Federal attorneys were closer to tho llrlng line thej would have been less meticulous in their courtesies to enemy aliens. It is the dutj of every lesidcnt--i-specialli an alien in a country at wnr so to live thai hi.- life and acts shall lit above suspicion. TIk slituldi. I word ,.f t,iiuu o p n 'I he pili' ol -li.i'l i (piiy up ug.iln. 'i in: uiti:.T i:r.i) im AI'IHL 10 N likilx In be known in tho . lilstor ol1 the war as the (iroul Itccl Ua when the incileuii troops reuchod tho I'leardy hatUulluo in force. It was u red das bccain-.e it was isiiored with blood. It was a red da nl to btuuuro It brought tho forces of rod-b.'ooded Ameri can democracy up ngulnst tho legions of black autocracy. How much blood was shed wo (hull know as the casualty lists are published. Thoxu lists will be lung In comparison with their predecessors, but the)' will bo short In com parison Willi those appearing in the Ung llsli newspapers.. But huvvever lung they mas he, tliej will nol cause nr, lo fuller, Wf huvu sit out to iK'compllsh u llcd purposo and wo shall not turn hack, even though then- may be a jeur or two sours of other t!u reddened with Ihe bluod jf opr hoiim. tllood Is ihe price of salvation German inerl.-an Spurlos, we Ihiub. Milam- v ei i-t-ukt. OUIt WAR IN THE A I ft IT 18 not faaiilouabie, in or uul of i on gress, to be riulie fair to those dopart monts ot the Lioverumeut that have tho hardest work lo do oven when the aro at fault. The conlllctlng reports on tho assumed failure of tin CJoverninent In air craft pioductlon for the in my and tho navs'. just submitted tu tho Scnulo by a niajorlts and a minorll of tho .Military Affairs Committee, indicate no vers general departure from tho familiar rule. Only tin-to members of tho committee signed a report defending the signal turps from tho charge of Inelllclcncs . And set. though tho majority of the .Mili tary Affulrs Cumniitteo declared formally that lnostigatlon has shown tho "produc tion uf combat planus in the United Stules fof use in actual wurfaro to bo a sub stantial failure" thus fur, a study of the twp reports in 'parallel sterns to indlcato that the signal corps and ,thc aircraft pro duction board have done the best they could Jin the fuce uf many dllllcultles. It Is the uiiunImou opinion uf the mem bers of life, committee that cenlrIUed. one man control of the Iridustrj Is essential and Imperative Bueh n recommendation will be mude. according to general opinion In Washington, by the ludupendent com- initio; uppolnted ,by the rresWent i wajorify report of the Ullltury EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, Affulra Committee tho - signal eorp-i Is blamed swecplngly for extended dclusji In tho quantity production of the Liberty Motor. It Is arraigned for procrastination in the adoption of accepted ts pes of baltlo planes. Technical changes and Indecision aro Mild to have lift many cadet aviators without machines for actual wtvlcc. The minority rcpurt suggests ihe oilier side of the run-. 'Ihe Government, with Ihe coopirutlolt of tho best engineers In tho countiy, litis evolved In tho Liberty .Moloi a machine which the lirltlsh Air Mlnlsttr hlinseir calls tho best In the world. CIiiiiikcs In design und in general aircraft pluus. as Well as delu In tho se lection of iilrplano lpes, mm) lie rptulnuil In part at least lis the fact that nlr lighting it. a new selonce. that It iiudcrguiM gri-al I'haiistis of ineiiiiH mid inrtlinils iilluost I'Vi'v month Much of Ihe udv In upon which the nljnul corps iim the ulrcrnft. produellun hoard hnvo tictrsl lump direct 1 1 mil lleneml IVrshlnn. Aircraft building hud not linen drv eloped In the t'ntted Stair- Vet tin Stnato committee nrttnlls tliut tnmlllluiiM im now ripe for pirmllt,V produellun of nlr-llglillng machine- Vii their, mi sallftits In )our bail, nc luiint" Slrnlgliloi il.in out ttllh n Liberty Ilund. "UNCI.i: IIAVI'." PASSES JUIHSMKNT "pVW ID It LAVU. plillosop'-, iwllllrlnn. J-' cMile nml niniiv ottu r tilings, has c nle and limns dunntd the ludlclaf ermine. From his seat on an imiiglnnrj bench he has hundul down the opinion that Senator I'enroso Is not n Uepubllcan bi enure lie vul'sl Ihe Town Mci-ling ticket last full. I'olloHlng tin example of nun i hs-lcd to tho bench. In eitwl the opinions of other Judges to sus tain his view. Waiving the suction whether a mnii Mitiol be a lltpublleuii tinlehs he Is im plictiiid In political maneuvers of lb" Mftli Wind kind n riuestlon of mnre Hum neii leiiilc Intcifst there iftnoln llw stums of tl"' lens of thoijMinds of Ufpuhllfiius who otod the Town Meeting ticket along Willi Senator I'cnistw dn or two ago S iiiilor niij was lif.cifliliig Ihftii lo vote in tie- K publican primaries fur Ihe fund! tl.it, s of his faction. ".me of Ihe virtues ot law In a demof- iii'.v Is that It applies to all alike, YV suppose that "Judge" lanie isiwure of this. We ronnot owupe Ihe oiichlslnu. tlieis fore, that Mile UfUall ustllle eill7.ru was nodding when he sat mi the bench mid assumed llm rule of a Judgi. He icrlainly docv not sock lo kp from ihe Itcpubhcail pflmarleH the i ott r whom Van I lrlng to kH there. Tin- strn f-ckaiiiiig com rui'lorh , tlm Hrtett art' -h.iii nuiish uiiivti. A hvv-i P ing sliiteinrnl but It doesn t bruuin an Ki lug. Cold Cream T', III; Women's nun of Uls'slt. .V. .1. held a mecllug lb" oilier dit lo dl-cuss tlic iiioxtiolto I'uiiipalsin for the coming summer. Ulssll Is known as "thf home of the mosquito muiMle." as it Is the onl town where the nuiz.lhig of uiOMqultoes Is innipulsor) Mv.-. Uovc lliilcet lamed a point ol some iniH,rtutice. Mbe said it Is well kijowu llutt onh feuuilp inustiullocs bite, und she helil II advisable that onl the female tnostiul lues be innv.r.led. .Mrs. Huiiiavtn lllnil. stud she ilinii'jht it would liavi u bud moral effect If It were known that onl the female mosijul-' toes are dangerous. She thought thut all iuosi;uiloos should be tnuinlcd, un general principles. Jlrs. Calvert Cravat objected to the us" of the word "female," and at her request the word "lud" wus substituted. Airs. iJiileel suid that hi wurtimo no ustless efforts should lie vncourugtAJ, und thai if the gentleman mosqullots art. harmless vvh.v should Hie town go to Ihe (peiise of catching thcni und inu..lini, tliem'.' The ugeiit ol the rtotlct lor Hit I'ivimi Hun of t'ruell to Insects, viliu wus present. Insisted thai Hie muzzles used must I such thut the inowiuilo bt uble to cat drink and bo inerr'. Aire-. IlleuU bald she hoped Hint the mis takes of last sear would be avoided. Lust 5 car, sho said, owing to a misprint in Hie club bulletin, she Miltrled oil of eitronella over all the swumps near her house und uiiuinted tho children with kerosene. Miss Nanus Nainsook after consulting tho eycluptdla. lufoimcd the meeting that tho two wirtetles of mosquito most fa miliar with the citizens of Obvdt) aro CuIcjc Kuttvltttiw uau" I'tifiu- cuufuu. Tho meeting adjourned. UOHA uli.i'i:t. "The dual ii uniform onl unhuvcii facrs uf thi Aiinrlrnim altoitcil that tin u had bn a (out; oh Ifit rout." Till", road Is long und dust, The road Ihat Ihev must treud: There will be vunUhod fonctt And many u lonely bed . There wilt be hfuv oyolldn, .Alio luss, and korrowiug. And men who will not greet ugum Tho sjol sweet rains of spring. rpilt: wus In lung and haggurd, But the uif on tlio road: Cuu we at home bo slow to lift Our portion ot the loadT Now hearts must lean logothot And driving fur bosoml The quota set before us--Come, bus ANOTHUr: Bond: Conlrll'iited It fold l'ri,iin ANNUAL SHAD l'OEM o 8iiad I low 1 wish We Had Tlio Shad ot Old Tho bountiful Hliad, O roo O wool That tlio price to thirty Cents must go But the. men who fished Kor s h u d and clam Aro making shells Kor Diiulo Hum And no true patriot Will complain Dul . . I nlah AVo had Our sliad A S a. 1 h. -. nuuuA'i'Jua. 'TORCH TO Till'. UTMOST U HAT IT MEANS "I'otvt., fom In thr alsioil; orcr uili out afblt or Ilmll, the Hyifioiis oinf dl tniijiirjiil orcr ui(ri shatl make fi'jht the law of thv tiorltl nml inst run; atlflth ilnuUntoii ilon-ii hi thv dust." 7VuWtilJ ll'llsoit ill llalltmurv IV MONEY l'OWEU MON1JV 1'ovver Is inert 1 Man i'ow'er and Woman f'ower In unuther torni. It is the concentrated and. conserved en ergy of human things I" convenient. furirt for application luMiiuUs and whe.ro tl Will do tho most guild. "I'orce will I stint or limit," III Ihe resident's plutue, nieiins IliulJho iiulion must bo prepartd to use ttils conceiitruted. conserved and mobile human onorg Willi out limit ami without stint. The amount or II In America is io great I hui It sluggers the Imagination. The fulled States lias been piling up wialth fustei' than ever was done bj ulij oilier un Hon since Hie bediming of Mine. Our wealth now amounts to more than (wo hundred billion dollars. It increabed eights billion iinll.ii s 111 tho eight sears Trolli 1901 to 1U12. This In at the ralo of ten billion dohais a tur of an Jrluorciiio each star of more than the totnl national wealth In ISuO. ,Thc gain In eight scars was almost ns much as Hie totul wtnllh of Hie countrs In 1000. Our wealth has doubled In uhniit ten curs. This 1 tin p'llng up of new capital, the surplus nbole eurn nt i mimim, thut Ins been reinvested In new Industries created out of new net ds nml developed bs now ImetitloiiB. Tho iiuiiuiil addition to national capital has been a sum larger b billions than the national war expenditures lust rar. stu pendous as the M'Mii. Kocrotnrs .McAduu. of the Treusur tie parlmonl. Is (smfronled with Hip tush of securing Hits (iiohiioiik surplus for war purposes. Its Investment In t.lliern Itoiuls would me in thai h Is conserved oud nol dcstjiijod .It. Mould mran, too, that no ehts would he put on Hie Im-reuse hi national pros peril, thil ihe vvnr expenses can nut be niel wholl b lKnd Issues. The taxing power mum be used lo the limit In order that future geuprittloiis ma not be forced 10 lienr too much of the burden. It hits Is", ii estimated Hint the fnnill linoinc amount to n (utal ol thirl -tight billion two Irindred and lift million do Im i cur and thai Hu lin-oui's of corporation amount lo elev u pillion seven hundrtd and lift million dollurs making a total nutiopul liu-otne of llft hllllons. lb up. lorHonIng a war tu. In siteli u vv.iv that it would br.ir Jnsii un tl an or mud- oiiite meaiiV and oil the lleli II hn- been iNlhnultsI th'H Ivn liilliuus a jr.ir i-an be r.il-ed b.i Ihe laxius pom r. This i- a leusouaOIri, slluiirle. It wilt noi strain our i somen us I Ik uioiii' INivver m I Jiiuhinil and Pi anil, has bee,, sll'ahied We mm have lo do more mid If so we uiiisi ii, rend to resHim lo the cull. Llbtrtx and deiuwriie) urn prbs-less, m wli fnli. when tip are uM;ed to pay a paltr sum roi innin" iil I'wirr ulll lir ili-c u-.r.l tiimiirruii.) V'lllne lis uski'd l , i:r,iir l "K.-nibMluu of ier- lirHinrd mini lo iHiHlnmie de iiiolilllhiiiion f , , Uussiun uriiiiu- until In- hpch Hhal .lupun ii going to do. Vi i-iiii i think of mi nusun nh Ilertllug should nt'uit the polllt it quest, if lentnt' u ill onl sluri sunn iliiu nculiiot Ntpiion, ilermuii eun grab n lew more province while the L'ulsliuvikl are ,ouk lilg the other ua, I How Hoover Converted Lloyd George H 'UV mii I'uiimil-1! loner Hoover, whin lie ww still dliM.101 of I hi I'oiiiinbsluii for the Iti-lh f uf llelglui'i. not onl swung '(I'IhIh tinillllll. III. Irpl-i l.'lllllllM -: of tl" Itlilisli lioviiiniH lit 1'iuin an iiiiliioinui,i' itlllludp toward Hint bud lo ti ivullxalluii of ihe great work It was dolus but wrung lieu rt fell tribut" from Ltod Ueorgi Is 1I1.1 niatluall lelalid in ' Klghtlrtg hluivntlon In Itclglum," b crnon Kellogg, former illnv-tur-tit-lurgc fur tho cuminlssion. .Mr, Kellogg, quoting from Mr, Hoover H prnsonu! notes, 1 elates how on Junuuiy "1, 1015. In- met with Mr. l.lojd ileurget then t'luino llor of the i:cliequir: Lord llinmot, rfiresriilliig the coiiiinltU'O on trading wllh the eueniy ! Uird Hti-tace I'irc, repretcntlng the Korelgn ulllce. and the Vttonies tl.iierul HI." John btuioiu Tlio work of tho isjninilasloii bad then bien going on fur two and u lull uioiiths under provisional agrciiqints with I In llrltlsh ijovertuneiit and specific pioiu Ises given b the Germans. Ilurlug this period, however. It had betn 11 qut'ctluli wllh ll.e llrltlsh IJovernnii'iit whether Ihe work had not been a is al military dlsadvniu 'go to ll" Allies "Ui I.lu)d Ueoigi' was of ihe opinion that il was n 'dlsadvautuge i-hlefly bieause ll wus giving Ihe ltclglans mure fund with which lo withstand requisitions hi fuod l the Her mans, niun retourees genrrally lo nipei U r niun tux levleM. and in relieving the tbrmuiis of the 11eccst.lt of feeding Ilulglum the coiu iiitslon was prolonging the war. Mr Hoover Imiiiedlittt'l met both uf Llud tltorge's Urtt two points, am) In re gurd tu lellevlne liurinany uf Ihe. necesslly uf feidlng llelgluni pointed out that tho Ger man inlltitirs view of the matUr was thai Hn-rc wus nn elaiisu In tho lluguu i-uiiventloii ohllglng Hermans to provision lirlglum, and on the eoiilrar It illd provide that the civil imputation of a countr) shuuld support tl)u mllitur) Adding to this toverul other run purling urgunit'iits llw bauk goes on lo auo'.! rrom Mr. Hoover "Mr. l.lud Ucorge deuuunetd tno whole uf this itierniiiuy'sl us a moiutrous attitude, to which I replied that, bo that us it might. unt nnitlfr stood out In my mind, und that was that Ihiglund had undertaken this war Willi the avowed purimse of piottetltig the c-visleiiit of sinull nations, of vindicating Hi" principle of eum.uiteeil nutrallts i'' width small nations might lst, fur' the avowed purpoM' of guuiitnteilng to tlio world the continuance of demui rae us ugulnst uu tocruc hi ftuverinnent, and that It would bo mi ciiint victory If one of the Miost dcino cratlc of the world's- rates should bu extin guished hi the process and ultimate victory should be marked by tin empty husk; 1 suld that the L'ngllsh ptople were great enough to dliiegard tho doubtful value of military advantages la fuvor of assurances that these people should survive, and I felt the obliga tion went even further than mere aequleu couee In our woVk and extended to un opjior tunlty to the English to udd to their laurels by showing inagnanhnlt which would uut latt all the bitterness of this war. ".Mr. Lloyd Gforge then stated to his tpl leugues ubruptly 'I am convinced, You have 111 perniUdlon, 1 would be obliged If SOU gentlemen would icttlo the details ueees sary to carry It out ' Then, turning to 1114 he raid Hull I would forgive hlpi for running away, but that ha f.Mt Nic world would sit be Indebted to the American people for tfie tw ingnahlmoua action which neutrality taCTir given rise to." w FRIDAY, APRIL 12, .. -' : ri.-:-'-':.-'...-w-;;o--'-'-' II a ,. '-::r'-' ' z: . "-V-.---': -:i'-" m'.Ji'T'ly-fi--t'-' V. '.'-" .. '""- 'Va.?r"-2 ftf'.'''rk',MC!--J ' k '' --riQ$&?- ''-t-v-'ig-- jp-i? J&rp1; .y ?- .-wa I .T-- '"M T ,.VJfr J "? - T3r- . - fc- .1 mJt rrYi -' - -'"i'"T ...J3 - . . is jjlB'.t.- .-. iir--' . --s5Tfcrs j-i,'ft ,,r4.---.7t:r . " ..jff-w..-i -:.. .-' SPRING NOUSECLEANTNG ;i 1.7 ;; rnicii iw iwru t mm il.. ..ha.s ll... ...fell,, .&! 1 11 lirl III I III "in I'i IH IMill"ta ll'l"" ,, lii Hie -prluc mir rmul vrriimla lilu II1AV11 moved Some tuis ago 1 moved from the metropolis 10 allug-d until parls. but tho wert but niriil north noith wusl. Pke Hamlet's iiitidne--i. We bud uu fightcen-liole golf comv-e of It tvproachiu'lo velvet wllh iqulu llnrullji iinappioaeh uble groens. Our rural letivul echoed to tho siren horns or niulll-c.t llndir limtors. On our "furms" wo raised lovel crops of marble slutues. boxwood hedges, chipped jews, bird baths. 111 pools and similar uuiirishliib' tarin commodities. The side walk" In trout or ihe drug store grow u iragrunt uiop of chauffeurs, which, how ever, iiceussltutul a good deal of clean I tig 01. to the nntiinm. lie short, we were 11 fashionable suiimiir u-ort. than which as Captain t I'. Ailiun used lo -a iiolliliu, is than whichti QO I have muvii uguu I am liv m,i lo Und rmiil Aniirlcii 1 wps lmrn In rorul Amcrleii and 1 am houifslck. Of course, 1 don't want il rurof. llng fointlhlng Itl.e tho man who mice asked in advice about guiiig uul West on n vacation "and iuiigh ll." "llow rutish do ofl wiiiu it'.'' I asked, thinking of certain trulls in the High Uoel'.lcs and the dead wull or. Icoberg Lake. "Well," suid hu, "or comsc 1 want u room with a balli." I was bum in thu land of the guud old pump and no plumbing. I don't quite want to go back to that. rpilIS morning a lint spring moming - I walked down tho vitiligo sticet to get tho S::i" muli tut o much of It as faultier HurtfMiii has consented to penult mc to 11 celvei. and I knew at lurt that 1 had reull stepped back Into rural America, out uf Hie sophisticated age of "domestic ten ants'.' and vacuum cleaners into the good old generation of "hlrtd girls" und spiiiig boubocltaniiig. A luiiB-for,oltcii hut how ruinlllar sound io'o on tho still morning ulr- tho thicitfl.: Utucit-A. tliUncU of rattan stlclU on carpet and rugs! Little clouds uf dust wore pulling mound tho corners Irom tho back surds. And, oh, dear, familiar sight! on nciiily every front veranda bloomed Ihe parlor furniture jft Icks sure 11 sign of spring to me than Ihe llivst albu ms on the hill or tin ukunl; cabbugo hi the swamp! es, I was rcalls in rural pattb again. 1 paused In trutit.of fiouso after house catching sight of the femuic figures within, hair swathed In cloths, sweeping Slgor ousls. On tlio verandas I even saw old familiar friends llulroloth sofas of black walnut, over vv!lch surely hunar "Washing ton riaslnt- h'tirewtll to Ills Gtnerals" or else "The Manlago of Pocahontas"; black walnut e halls to match, with hairtloth bcuts and a loop baeft which was hide scrlbabls uncomfortable; U0M011 roukois--hostsof llostou rockers; tables with murblo tops, new chairs of "golden oak" o.'eii more horrendous than tho walnut tables; nndf Of course, not two pieces of tho ma hogany these houses once harbored In nil that lot. It Is a .suro sign sou uro In geiiuiu- rural parts' when golden oak Is preferred to Colonial mahogany. It wiib so whon 1 was a boy 'only tlirji it wu; oxclusivtiy black wultfjit if possible with a medallion head pf Minerva carved at cveiv strateglt point). It is so tilll. Probably even pur qolonlul uncestors dlde't re,aly lllte"mahogany-TthX-tne(:v)ly. -Ulilji'jt have, anything else. Ah. "weiL.tf It weienot so. - y. 1918 "MORE. ROPE!" , "- -T' -.'' lc idl III- -wirlt-l ilr-: umih with tin- parlur iliiir-. iheie would Im no tun tor those ot us who collect TTM.r-W.U up tin stitet u siiiu llttlo - -- Imi: In blue npiuli .id dust'lirotcetor wni out uii Ihe .vcriindu. poking energrtl etill down between Hie stat and Hie back uf 11 rtd plush aimcliulr. Hhe hud u blush in her hand ami the lusl uf buttle In her 0 e. t "IJuf.tilu bugs." I murmured to ins self, und back went ins mind. I won't say how mans stars, and I saw Daniel Sanborn's slsler und housekeeper out on her poich opposiu ours pursuing Hits 'nmi- across a rag rug und emitting a shrill e of iriump:, as sho brought him at lust tu tarth with a well-aimed blow. .M wire, who. pool' wfotch, was bo.'n und reurtd In Hit metropolis, where this p,"uhai rural urgt tu clean Iioum on the Ilrst vvui'lii d of spring never upheaves the domestic oixier. tell nle she never saw 11 bufTulu bus. In fuel, she nei'-r heard or one. I11 tloed, she doesn't boJIovc tliorc i such a thing. I 'pun 111 udding that tho bllffalo bug onl breeds In Hie must eleanls houses she east upon me a glance of vjlthcrlng scorn, l'lfiinls. I must pioduee the evl doiice. .Shuuld I go bold! ui nnd ask this energetic' Iltttu lads to civo 1110 11 cai-euss if her cjuiso wus Hiieepti&riir.' No, I dc elded. It would bo wl&tr to wait until I scinild coiner one on our own cm put or rug, rather. We are not truls' rural our solves, I must admit, nnd have only rugs. Qu I mused uii thu slicct tu the mcrrj s3 thwacking of Hie cut pol beaters out behind the houses and with constant visions or tin parlor furniture disturbed In Its stlir p.uudo ntul jumbled out upon the pureh, in unaccustomed sunshine, tts if Hie entire village were about to move and wure waiting roi the- uts lo come. At tho poslolllco 1 found Mi. rhirleton hud let me have my New York i:.enhig Po?t only tin to duss Into and f bccanio ilbsoibcd hi this on m wMk home. 1 eamo up the fiont path. Indeed, with my fn.co down over the piue and did not tec until it -was loo 1-iie vvhut was going on. The Primal I'rge hail hit niv wile! In 111 brier nb.icuco tlio front loom hud moved out upon tho eriindi. .Swathed in ging ham nml chtcbecloth, Kats and her ntls tjess wcro hard nl work. I fuldeil my papery quickls us l could. 1 roso on my Hptues and stui ted for tho barn. I tut the dug betrayed inc. "llcte. sou!" called ins wile, "where mo Sou going? 1 wuntisou to tako these four fugs out to the line and glvo them 11 good beating.'- After that sou citn " "I lWo I can llpd a buffalo bug." 1 in. terrupted. "Ilang It, tiuu weren't bora In tlio toiintrs." . lint you wore, doar," said my wife swteHy, "and you love thu good old cus toms, you know." . The suggestion of seven-cent fuios 011 the trolley lines sounds odd at a tluie when a great many perrons ate In the mood to uk the P. Tt T. to pas them for enduring tho hardships of the rush-hour trip homo. Grim duc foi editors lift 1ld . of cclopedlap. Tho ,l) llrsrt new Ilusslau Hag I 11 rl''b straw berrv '1', Uilered ua fellow IJo..l,k. Sol,ll,. ihanhajK I'rdcratli ua; a Soi r !!) a Itf.uub- u. -J.aCJ, ar' fllln , pew Mwa lo the ipjjltlirrfdr inoursble and UroHen-aglvu proof, readers Jn every aiusc$(t ejjk' "THE )AiSKSr Ih' llvrb Vvittliirli I've seen tliciu In th' Iruuhes whin ft' roarln" I Jet tin lo.ued An' I've watched th' hluotmn iatiktcsN III III rilllli An" I've seen the llghtm ilevn- .. th' tell Taqbcs o'er '111 soaitd SJ... . lit. . '..a V,tttr,., f I..1. .... 1 Ininln. v. . u ,,i. v t.i. ,,.,, ,,t,,. 1111 jiiiiuius m t'l t'l one I'vt watched the n,i,nl L i0:airs wluu Hie aero whistle hltvv An' thes Jumped thai Mai ia wliliUc ever time. Was, the eurgcunt nover s.iojttU 'Ghe'ra-I hell, boys," 'cause thej knew, An' they drovo the selhi Dutchnm i (wards Hie Khlne -i I'll &u there's ndtltin like tntm tho I'm J Urltlsh Ivors Inch An' ine 'ut's oiT to Hu ViiKct nerj time. Tliunk Clod the whole I tut. ' . npirc Is id Miked otic Unit s a 1 11 , l Jul In aiise thcni ligutu Vul.etsgotf a spine. Vdu kin talk uv nil tlic not- ,n tm pamtei 'nils o' fanio. Hut I'll tako. the Vuukec liglucr fromi( tlio bunch, 'N b Uod he'll put the uvciatt uf them 'clous' 'cads to shame . .lust becaiiso "t's 011 the jo" t land tit punch. , Winn tho battle's ail aic 01 ci uu tlic Hua is laid to lest. An" tho grand old L'ntcnu .olors kiss th ski . Why you'll find the men m knaUl, -nith their stilts all nice an pressed b'lttln' un tlio fence of honor e.itin pit 1 Nuw this inaj all teem fun.n 1 oin a vvitbjj ercd ku like me Hut I tries to 'und tin , .mps wtiMtl ' thes belong. ' Mi' 1110 'at comes oil a 11 in 10 the nwjl irom oer the sea. That Is 'undlng 'ell to llunwiic with song. What Do You Know? kl (ILIZ M I1.1t htll I- an riiipliM-t.iMciil In Ihp uililirf Mini nn, thr "(Inniil l hire U Ih .v.l.iro lion mine"? Mlihli l "Hie ( ll uf Mmcnlrtrrnt l)itain"fj Who Is Vnilrpw llunur I.aii? lint fs fr(-.' Vllirrr I, Ihe l.urar Imri ulne the uilllmr nf 'lliltrr lnl.1 In what crest r.nKllili nof1 l h sruplile M UHiurr r ivanlilinlnn altrnr Mini Is tlio I'rrhldi-nt of Mcvhu Answers lo Yeslerdav's Uui An eplr Ik ,1 n.irrntlir mwin on 11 ljr' 7 ,,.,...nnll. .,.,...,!.. .1. ...Intl. Ol V , u- (., tip rririfr'iii,'!, lur r ,-" -,.,,.-,, muonai nrro, hinn il. "ln-.. .-"I, T, ltf, trneas, elr. In Knel 1i . ' C "uullj In hiunk vrrf. In Ihe ilaW" "a iptumpl.r. a t ,u n "llnl," I, dUlhiiuUliril from lone" '""Til rcrt ii.uis b tho ftirt lint P" ",' "itt on I Mr kuint-llilnc of vjilrli ."'( -iuti inner in inr 1-onnrriion u.rui riifi fnxslltrx -Minirtlilns unaldril er nomnwi II1U r,a tfIBilftfalAf 4 lolin I'rndlrlon l,rnnl. MhU Vj'Lfi wrote part of Tliackeraj't "Ine '" -A lluirn tu m kpanort tit I'milfP. on h6 KlCtntj Chaiiiitl ut tho tiio till of tho Sri"' Len 1 is jtina or ine iiricians. -a drand Cunont nil lmnimo nur I" ijjl earth, from IMXK) lo 1UO(l fel 1IK11. tJ whlrh flows the Colorado Klirr, Tt .luiio. hi rlal nullioloi), o Ilie "Uniti im,. She U iilctureU n utaleb und J "J'Tji lirrlrunu the effect of 11 beam of nhiinU . ii rnniuin u iirim. in iurn 'T,s'-- r bin! from red fhrouah tellow. .rrfn ' , to deeu violet are obtained. ,.., i...i.u. a.. .,,1....,,,.. j.f 1 reorh njill ..n.,., -. .m.. ...... v - - - . - ..n.l l..unll... a. .It. linn. U llO UU (ondeumed to death ut a eerraa praousundlal, .(J The Vtrttu. the mo",l ntrl t"nt!'ri !).. ,fojid rWefljr Is ilitiur 1 ID. nT, 7-J &. 0
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