SSWtTftr ii ) - ja'iJI,t aaa)M'yjaaaJngajaar "" T"V W'li Wim h3-r - "- -TJ)nP- 1 , 1 Ittuii0 public HtbatX rUBLIC I.EDCEIt COMPANY V iTnttai if it f-fn-rta: t.att,cT rea II Lwllne-ton Vlca rrltn, Jhn P. a.Kerrrtarr an Traaaurer ITilllp . rolllna. IJWIMama, John J flpuron. Dlrertora ' KDITOIUAb IMJAAD: Crsts II K. Ciith, Chairman &AVID E. ffMILKT Editor JS P MATITIN General lluidneaa Manager PuMlabeo' dallr t Prutic l.f" IWKIn. IrwlifMlne Piurr, ralladrlphla, l4aC'tut ... Ilrvad awl Cheatnut Itrjet ATUiff is Pin P ' l"j H jMln Saw Von 200 Metropolitan T ow.r Iirrwxr Kofi HM t, Loot ......... 100 KMll-TtOW WMM ClltCiOO IS' TrlUne IWIWIn 0 NEWS I1CKBAU!,. N. K. Por IVnmrlranla A end !i',t,,Vi 'Wl Toss Hi tut) Tba "'V'1"? . toKfoa Dtiuir On4ai rime Ht llSCftllflOX TKIIMH Ttia Btr.nit Pernio Um la '"? '".J: erlbara In Philadelphia and jmrruundlna- JJH? t in rata of twelve CZI centa m wiik. parable iili'mJn'to wint. ut.M. of UJ;'M; '" Mm Unltel H'alea. Panada, or United Mai" amalmia, i-la free, flftr ,wa ' "J""1 lv tl dnilara par rear, parable In "l"?,-1. To all forela-n tounlflta one ! illar pr "nAc Kubacrlbera wlahln addfeae ehansfj i ut sire eld aa well aa new aadreea. BtU, M Ua'l.MTT KF.r.110M:. MAW K) CT JMreae oil rommn4rnlim to Jg"'?ll,'Ho lAiatr, ttutrprndentt Square. VMladrlltMO. r "- - uinu t Tnr. rmt.ABM.piiu iwt orrlr. i " ar-oi ci.a mail rir. if. ' FUl.iMpU,. T.'U.r. Aprtl 1. 1 RAIDS THAT MEAN NOTHING BUT GRAND-STAND PLAY rr WILL take more than spectacular raids of vicious resort over tlio head Of'dlstrict police to clean up the city. There have been raid before, im.l tho persons arrested wore back In tholr old haunt In advance of tho officers who took them In custody. All that 1 r.ecossary U to pa the word around that the place must he cloeod. They a 111 he closed then, all right. If the keeper aro pornuaded that tho police mean budncas. The vlcloun have taken to cover In tho yaiit on n tip from the police. They kno-v they cannot ply their trade unle tin police turn their backs. The location of tho resorts U jvoll known Tho police know, too, who I rp:oniolo for the management of nach one The police will do what Is really ex pected of them. There is both knowlcdo and power in the City Hall. It cannot he that In the present crfirix the local au thorities think they can throw dust in tho eye of the public by making a few raids. They have the rest of this week to nhow their sincerity and good faith. Let them ko It Good t me to plant your Bardm. Do ths Ace of Spuds this year. BUSINESS BY MACHINERY milB business man of 1S70 would be as dazed in a modern offlco as the In ventor of the locomotive would be when confronted by an automobile engine. UuI ties was dono by hand a generation or two ago. It Is done by machinery today. The typewriter, which can 1 operated nt tU rato of about 10.000 words nn hour by ihe most expert, would teem as marvelous to A. T, Stewart as tho airship seemed to us five years ago. The automatic dictating machines would be Incredible. The vertical 'hiins cabinet and the looe-Ieaf nccount books would daze the old-timers by their 'complicated simplicities. "Wo are to used to these labor-savins devices that we accept them as a mutter of course. Yet the exhibition of modern conveniences and necessities now In prog- -tes at the IJuslness Show In the First Heglment Armory contains many surprises or those who think they aro up to date. o business man can afford to stay away. will llnd appliances there that ar t, t(h their weight In gold, sotno of which as lieard little about. He must "use ja. tho time savers possible nowadays, for Ilia war has made It necessary In many Industries for one man to do the work of two. In some Instances one woman must do the work of three men If the machine can lo found for her. One way to help win tho war Is to use more machinery In business. The exhibition shows how to do It. City Hail is not thread tied by the work going on underground so much as by what happens on the second and fourth floors. WILL THE SENATE HI8E TO THIS OPPORTUNITY? IV TIIU rule of seniority Is observed Gilbert M, Hitchcock, of Nebraska, will succeed the late William J. .Stone as chair- IJ ' man of tho Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It should bo noted that tho a-enlorjty rule does not rornote to chair manship the manwho iias served longest In the Senate, but the member of the ma jority party who ha served longest on the committee. Sir. Hitchcock entered tlje Senate In 1911. Mr. Bwanson, of Virglnla.jhas been In tho Senate a year longer, butlhe lias not been on tho committee so Ions. Mr. I.odge, of Massachusetts, entered tnc Senate In 1893 and he lias been on the committee almost. If not quite, from the beginning, A service at twenty five year In Intimate touch with J1' (he diplomatic Issues of that period cer tainly qualifies him to preside over the com tnlllec. If tho Republicans wero In control ;ih would be chairman without 'any fjues- V. tlon. ' ' It Intimate knowledge and experlonco .were desired regardless of seniority. Sena tor Knox has both. He entered the Sen ate In 1904 and remained there until he became Secretary of State In 1'realdent Taft' Cabinet. He entered the Sonate Mrain last year and very properly was at ferned to the Committee on foreign J tela- Tiie nation is passing inrougn a onus, old rules and precedent should be 'swapped. The opportunity has come for wuttlnr at the head of one of the most fcevportant committee a man who can dl fmt Jt deliberation with full knowledge jtt 1I our International obligations, 1hat a magnificent opportunity I pre 'MMated for the Sena 1 6 to rise above oriaMHshlp and promote Senator Iodge or ' Knox to the chairmanship, not these men arcr Jlepublicans, but fttcawtt thy Are Immeasurably better fit' for the post than any Democrat on teaftamfiUa- " i' the war had forced b?th Kngland to put )Si best mn jn rpon- Jfi lb Caytfusnsnt regard' FOCII: HIS MEANING "nWEN to the present moment there seems to be a disposition In England, fostered by leather-chair campaigner In the military clubs, to doubt the wisdom or the propriety of a generalissimo for the Allied nrmies in France. Koch has been appointed. He i admittedly a bril liant military tactician perhaps tho greatest on tho Allied side. It is pre sumed that he will net ns the supreme commander of the French, British and American forces. And yet there is some remaining doubt about the extent of hi authority. Foch is being upokcn of as a "co-ordinator," a a "councilor," as a dictator of strategy. Can it be that even in the light of recent experience the withered and faded traditions of an earlier order will be per mitted to endanger the Allied cause and the Allied armies? Lloyd George must surely have spoken for a minority in England -certainly a minority of the empire when he said that public opin ion had brcn opposed to the centraliza tion of military command in the person of one general. He should not have had to mnkc so sorry an excuse for an admit ted blunder. He should have inspired, led and directed public opinion from his superio vantage point and strongly advocated unified command. In every important development of thn wur the ordinary considerations of nationalism have vanished in Allied coun cils. The great armies arrayed against Germany have for the time being at least transcended the ordinary limitations of country. The man who ore fighting tho Germans might be said to represent a distinct new nationalism of their own, since they are fighting, as every one admits, not primarily for any country, but for the world itself. They are upon a mission for mankind. And yet the pride of some of the older HritUh offirers in London and the fear of some British politicians to offend the opinion which such pride cngendeis in part of the coun try would confuso the work of these nrmies by opposing any move to make Marshal Haig a second in command. Lloyd George admitted that the Gcr muns have profited by centralized con trol. Haig and Pershing have no appar ent objections to a generalissimo. The officers and the men at the front are wiser in war and in life than the men at home. And they do not have to play politics. The armies now fighting for a world cause should have a command ade quate to their task. Foch made the plan that turned the Germans back from Paris in 10IC. That was the supreme military achievement of the greatest of wars. If he is hindered in the present crisis the politicians in London may save the pride of a few per sons at home by further complicating the task abroad. Vlrtory Is in tho air, whether Oar.-iljcd CJlragossiari can get it out In his way or not A DECISION AT SEA? SINCIC the war began there have been military experts who Insisted that It will never end without a decisive naval engagement of colo.tsal dimensions In tho North Sea near Helgoland. Tho Insistent rumors of extraordinary activity at the German nnval bases and tho obvious In tention of the Hermans to stand or fall by the present campaign glvo these predlc lions a frosh interest. The possible extent and nature of a masked naval conflict be tween the flerman and Allied forces nt this time defy Imagination. The engagement, should tho Kaiser send out his Grand Fleet, would presumably bo waged somewhere near Helgoland, the sup posedly impassable island that guards the t.ea approaches to the Illver Klbo and tho German naval base at Kiel. The Germans might attempt a destructive sally afidnst tho Kngllsh coast or even tho partial de struction of tho ISrltlsh fleet by means of Home theory of strategy conceived to over come the odd against them. The Allies, on the other hand, fighting simultaneously from the air and from tho sea In unexampled force, might try to do ttroy tho Helgoland defens'-s, the only barrier that o far has protected tho Kaiser' naval fores and a part of tho German coast. In tho event of wu'Ii u battle tho sky would bo block over tho little Island with contending air fleets. . No disaster on land would be so costly to Gormany as tho fall of Helgoland. .nd even a partial victory for tho Germans over the Allied fleet v.ould mean defeat for JCngland rlnco It would menace nil channel communication and partly Isolate the armies In France. The British Grand Fleet Is Intact. Tho present state of affairs In Franco Is ad equate to Justify the determination of tho Admiralty to hold that magnificent forco In check for emergencies. Uay and night for almost four years the Ilrltlsh navy has kept steam up. Its men nt battle posts, its decks cleared, Its spirit high and hungry for a culminating smash. Uy the very force of It implied power It has swept German commerce from the seas and per mitted the German to go out from Kiel only as skulkers In submarine and raiders. Tho fleet is now almost a ioly thing In the hearts of Kngllshmen. They do not know where It Is. They know only that some where It Is ready to leap. A naval engagement planned a a co operative move In tho present German drive would Involvo a largo forco of Amer ican, vessels that now aro In !!uropeun water and maiy French and Italian bat tleship. If such an aotlon develops It will bo the epic event of the war. it will be faW and moro furious than any lanf aotlon. And on such a battle the fa to of tho world may yet depend. Hats off to doing better, the weather man. He Is THE FALLING LEAF WHKNKV'KIt Lieutenant Oeorgc Fla ohalre, the thlrteen-Hun ace of the Kronoh air service, file for the 'Sunday afternoon orowds at Belmont he lnolude In the dazzling exhibition the most beau tiful maneuver yet evolved by' fighting men. It I called the falling leaf. Twice at Uelr.or.t multitudes have been shaken to the heart by a, sight no familiar to the battlefield that aoldlere no longer even look upward for it. Aloft the machinft that Lieutenant Vmmtr fW Mr "...thing of EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, oddly enough like a faded leaf. From r height of a mile or two the French avi ator lot his plane fall. Tills Is the way of the modern sky riders. "1 am dead," signals a fighting aviator In this manner when he finds himself against Impossible odd or at ft great disadvantage. Down ho comes silently, his engines barely moving, turning over and over giddily, slipping to one sldo and another, with out a sign of life or control; falling de liberately -a little sad to sec quite like a loaf abandoning tho emlnenco of Its twig forever and making for a home In the dust. No other human gesture Is so eloquent as that descent when It ends finally near the earth with a triumphant blast of reawakened engines, with wings suddenly poised, as the lb tic machlno takes to tho air again llko a rocket, to go back bellowing gladly for a better plnco In the light. Tho thing surpasses poetry In Its s)mbol!sm of resurrection and Ufa regained. After Itusela, after Italy, after soma of tho colossal blunders of illlcd statesman ship, u good part of tho world at large experienced Its falling leaf. Hut In theso Intervals human consclouancss merely re bounded to summon new and overwhelm ing strength and now and greater Inspira tion to tho trial for life. The engines arc. going again, and they will continue till their sound fill all space. Essentially the conquest of tho air rep resents only a new achievement of human Instinct Tho amazing mechanlral Im provements in aviation aro the least of the matter. It peems only yesterday that the Wrights sent up their first rlurnsy ma chines. Already men aro at homo In tho klr, with an actual sense of wings. Other wise there could be no falling loaf. Mon doubtless would find a way to llvo In water or In tiro If they had a little time for tho achievement or a real need of It. It Is not to Im supposed that they can ewr be beaten by a rquo of maniacs with svionls. Good-by. wheat Rxtraordlnary news from the City Hall: "I have no time to talk." says hi Honor. The V. Si. p. A. war work Is a greot opportunity for service for men over draft age. A test of self-contml Is whether a man can keep on w-raplng then wartime safety tnatrhea against the box without swearing. Tea houses In South Philadelphia? Are we m fond of Japanese customs n all that, or la the "tea" the beverage that the old time Senators used to camouflage In tea cup" when they needed a llttlo stimulant in tin bourse of debate' i- ' 11EEF, IRON AND' WINE Espionage In Obesily rpiIK spy fever has struck Obesity, N. J.. -L and all tho better Obesltarlans aro hunting for concealed propaganda. Dovo Dulcet says ho has found ground glass In his garden, and ho add that tho patriotic bed he planted with red and white tulip bulb and blue hyacinths, to make u growing national emblem, has come up sour kraut. Thero has been eomo sinister work thero. Mr. Dulcet thinks that his mall has been tampered with also. Ho says ho sent a check renewing hi subscription to JJeef, Iron and Wlno and Immediately copies of tho Tagcblatt began to come to his house. In order to lnsuro til contributions reaching us unmutilatod Mr. Dulcet has been sending them written In Invisible ink. Ho Imparted to us a secret chemical formula by which his writings could bo made legible. Wo mixed up a dish of thoso chemicals, which wo have been using right along to decode Dove' manuscripts. Hut on Sunday tho olilco cat got Into our desk and, to our distress, wo learn that sho drank up tho whole platter of vUribUlzini; fluid. That cat had always seemed lllio tho ordinary tortoleeshell of nowspaper of (Icph, but these chemical have brought out on her unmistakable markings of mastiff and maltese, mingled with whot look llko tho stripes of sorno flno old hyena. But moro tragic still Is the fact that up to the tlmo of going to press wo Imvo not been nblo to mix any more of tho chemical and, consequently, Dove Dulcet's dally contribution remains a blank, LATI2R Just as a forlorn hope wo passed Sir. Dulcet's letter through a beaker of bock beer. Kvldently this had some sympathetic rapport with tl,0 pocl'a Ink, for portions of hi letter became leg ible. Jf wo had been able to drench th0 manuscript with Tom and Jerry perhaps tho wholo of tho messago would have come out. Hut wo could not afford to do this. Wo pass tho letter or. to our read er a it stands: Socrates, Jtrs. Dulcot tantrum refuse write today severely wounded lo tlrod housework rolling pin mother-in-law Koln homo throctcned Jjat pin mother-in-law I've got a.(ay wash dlshoa sorry DULCKT Informing .Mr. Mordell Dear Hoora(csln answer to Albert Slop dell's Inquiry, I wish to inform him that the line "Tell me not In mournful numbers," etc., were written by William Randolph Shakes peare, a Russian poet Of the sixteenth cen tury, "Maud Sluller on a summer's day," etc., I from a poem "itaud Mueller," written by the German poet Faust. "Once upon a midnight dreary" wa written by King Solomon about 2000 B, C. Another line of tfil poem 1 "Vanity of vanities, all 1 vanity" The Kaiser I very fond of thl poem. Willi thl knowledge Mr. it o dell can eafely face the Obesity UUrary Social y, U O, V., WllllAtowort, ru. "FORCE TO THE UTMOST WHAT IT MEANS force, force to the ulmott; force with out Hint or limit, the riohteou and tri umphant force vhlch nhall make right the law of the urorld awl cal c,vrru tr.lflth dominion rfouin (n the luf. l'rctidtnt tl'llton at Jlalttmorc. VII . THE FORCE OF HUMANITY rpiHH series of articles, In seeking to urn up tho various channols through which the might of this nation Is to bo poured "without stint or limit," ha dis cussed the forco of Public Spirit, Styi Power, Woman Power, Money J'ower, Heft Power and Mind Power. A topic ha been left to the last which is perhaps less tangible, but surely as Important a any of thoso which preceded. This Is the Forcq of World Consciousness, of Humanity. This nation Is not In tho war alone. Three and a half ycar ago it would havo seemed almost absurd to predict that our troops, brigaded among British divisions, would bo fighting tlbow to elbow with Kngllshmen and Frenchmen In tho trenches of Flanders. It would havo stcmod In credlblo to think of Kngllsh and French officer engrfgt-d at our cantonments In training American conscripts. Uut so It Is. Tho war has broadened and decpentd until the battlefields are reflected In every man's heart, and tho Issue Is become plain as the future of humanity at stake. DIttIo by little tho war has shown Itself ns two contradictory theories of human life pitted against each other. It is tho doctrine of the free peoples against tho doctrine of tho divine right of mightiness. The world at large, absorbed In Its own affairs, interested In liberal concerns, allowed tho Prussian military power to grow from tho kitten whose antics ueri entertaining to watch to the tiger that ha laid us waste. The tiger bad tti trained. Ita clnws wero of tempered (,!, It keeper had grown old without letting it out of It cage. They wanted to no It perform. Wantonly. In cold blood, they pt. It loose on a huplPKa world. It took miino time for America to icalize what was happening. It was natural, nay. Inevitable, that thl country, built up through inure than a century In a settled distrust of Kuropean political lamies. should ut first havo held aloof, indeed, this repub lic, strangely compounded of nil tho In gredients of Huropc, had list to be nation alized Itself hefora Its public, sentiment could focus. Thij Kinking of the Dusltanla came as a flash of lightning. Never were Macau lay's most famous words moro apt. Germany committed "not only u crimp, but an error." Then, for tho llrst time, Amer ica, realized to the full; tho tlrer was loose. The war had to grow to a certain stature In our heart and souls before wo, as a nation, could enter it. Those who mis understand that misunderstand tho wholo meaning of American history and psy chology. The Allies must win; there Is nothing moro sure. They will win because from day to day, from hour to hour, tho con certed and miraculous strength and unison of humanity plays on their side. Utile by little, with fnflnlto pains and sorrows, tho men who havo faced the tiger ond havo perished In heroic faith under his bitter claws havo seeded the new tradition of humanity. Liberty, If she bo lifted up, will draw all men unto her. Mighty aro tho brigaded armies, tho ecrrled guns, tho plane with sunlight on their wings. Mightier, and behind all, tho brigaded human will. m The collective purposo of mankind, risen now to triumphant and godlike expression. Is that this thing shall die, shall pass away, shall cease. Though thero be beforn us agonlea to which the old distresses shall seem but the shadow of a ahade. these, too, we shall endure. The tiger must go. It is till growing will to liberty, this return of tho nation of nonconformists and refugees Into tho bleeding arena of tho Old World, that makes tho present hour so nobly significant. Wo are strong beyond measurable strength because tho assembly of men ha taken us once moro to heart. We oro no longer tho shining vision of tho western rainbow fens; but a striving, stijcken land, battling with tho others to win salvation anew. If tho war wero between tho United States and Germany alone, and If our forces equaled tho sum total of the powers of tho present Allies, our strength would not bo H great. A B Is Iosh than AH, for tho hitter Is A multiplied by I;. When Bngland and France and America stand side by side their strength are multiplied together, not added. Such Is tho mystery and secret of men fighting for a noblo cause. This It I which Is tho superbest and deepest heart and fiber of our effort; this Is tho righteous and triumphant force wo seek; the knowledge that men of every race and creed and complexion pour out their lives side by sldo to vindicate the nihility of man. The "unplumbed, salt, estranging sea" Is become a inero trickle; tho old schism and misunderstandings are gone. Tho world 1 become ono continent, and men lay heart to heart to face tho foe. How often one has to go to the comedian for. truth! Harry Daudcr ha said, with a man's tears In his voice, "I own a piece of France my son' buried there." Ict u remember In tho darkness of our sorrow that the heart of the wor!dl our heart, for'our flesh has died to ransom It. The woman who a few Alia! nut Wa years ago was widely, the Man IilfalT acclaimed a a con spicuous Ideal In beauty and character has Just been divorced from her husband for cause. This Is another proof that It Is easier to be an ldral than to continue being one. BUYING Liberty Bond Is not an act of penance. The American people do not need to be bullied or frightened 1 to buying them. Wo buy bond because they are a token of our honor, a pledge of our lib, erty, a symbol of our pride, Iiecause we have been generously blessed with love and safety and oppor tunity It Is our gladness to make what return we can. WHAT will the greatest of free nation give toward tho freedom of the world? ' , C4fHM far t, tnn M W "F TUESDAY, APRIL 10, GOETHE AND GERMANY Mr. Konhle Answers His Critic A Render's Comment on AUm Johnson's Railroad Speech To the r.illlorof the Kvcnln'j l'uhllc Lrilyrr: Sir No one could quarrel with my sunny friend, James SInnaghan, even over the Hun, and 1 am not tenacious In wanting to preas my Idea overmuch In regard to Faust. An explanation may bo allowed, however. "The final redemption of Germany la In process only now ; Hie hasn't reached that turning point at which the young colored spendthrift arrived, when, after pawning nil but i shirt and trousers and, In contemplation of pawning tho former, "when he cursed to 'hiuclf,' ho got up and went to hi father." At present Germany in pawning only her rhoes; sho'll contcmplato the shirt later and come to herself with exterior old. At pres ent sho Is certainly a "tragedy of Intellect," Just as I "aunt was before the redemption be gan. Apologies to the ladies for fpcaklng of the Hun as feminine a rello of. the past J Goethe, when he usid his lady-loves ok material for a psychological lalwratory, was doing tho very isamo thing In principle that the Nun general staff Is now doing with tho nations both equally depraved "a tragedy of intellect," not a tragedy of pasrlon, but it more devilish thing an Intellectual calcula tion in cold blood. "Thai's what's tho matter wltji Germany': sho baa mado tho intellect the captain of her soul, instead of morality. She Is precisely llko the oung man. who, on becoming of ago, says: "The world owes me a fortune, and I am going to get It nt all cost." That young fellow's i-fiinpa points straight to a jail. Principles of morality aro not his soul's captain. If he knew enough he would call It "will to power." This Idea seem to mo to hu thn heart of life, and no man thinks confunedly upon It but at the moot awful peril. 1 nm not unaware that Goethe and Heine were cosmopolitan Internationalists, but that Is another question. Hero wo aro talking about spiritual organization; national and Individual types of It. Germany will be re deemed of course she will after the llohen-r-ollcrns aro amputated, the blood purified of Ilernhardl tubeicle bacilli nnd Is otherwise normalized with u new organ of morality to replace a diseased one. AitologleH to tho surgeons. An International government will thon attend to her hygienic arrangements. Ilt'flTON ALVA KONKI.i:. Hwarthmorc, April 12. A Railroad Nnn Scquitur To the lUUtor of the Kvenlntl I'ulllo l.citpcr: Sir In the LvENixo Puiimc LmiOKft of April 11, I find n very Important article on railroads and thtlr conduct by Sir. Alba Johntou. He says: As a rule, railroads havo purchased locomotives largely under the spur of ex cessive traffic and have nbatalncd from purchasing during periods of nduced earning'- This Is contrary to tho eco nomics of the situation. Knlargements of facilities should b made In times of de pression, because, first, that Is the cheap est time to do It ; second, It Is the moat convenient time to do It, and, third. It Is the tlmo when managers can give most attention to doing it, and, fourth, the employment of labor, arlalng out of lurge railway purchase tends to mitigate tho severity of a general depression, The reason the railroads havo not dono this ajnea 1907 Is that, under regulatory policy which went Into effect at that time, railway managers have not been able to accumulate surpluses sufficient In their judgment to warrant bold construction In times of small earnings and etpectally T,e cause future earnings have not been sus reptlble of approximate calculation even where the volume of traffic could be ertl mated In advance. Although I am no Soclallut, I think these plain words from the president of Ualdwln's big locomotive work exemplify strongly that our prlvato ownership method of running railroads was a most extravagant plan and not so efficient as might be under Govern ment ownership. Kuropean railroads, under Government ownership, Mavemsd good for many years, under, In many IntUneer, one third !Otr private owner! immiaeir ,.! 1918 THE OBJECT LESSON Kuropean " railway guidebook. Also, moro cheap excursions nro run than under private ownership. WISTAIt PAIMCBB HIIOWN. Philadelphia. April 12. It Is tho general Impression among the In formed that passenger nnd freight rates In Iluropit aio not lower than In America for tho fiiimo clang of service. Kdllor of tho LVCW.VU Pi;ilMO I.KDIJKP. Uncle Sam on the Phone To the Uillt'ir of the ,'feniiis 'utile Ledger: Sir Ono night as I sat resting In my old" Morris chair, at peace with all tho world was I, free from all fret and care, whep thero rama a sudden ringing of the Ulephono bell. I quickly grasped receiver nnd curtly an swered. Well? A familiar volco responded In sharp accented tone "This Is long dis tance calling! I'ncle Sammy on tho phono!" Tho perspiration started upon my masslvn brow, bcrauao my conscience told me there'll bo something doing now. I knew he'd called mo up before, and I mado bellovo that ho had been given the wrong number and lhat It wasn't me. Hut L'ncle showid no sign of pique, nor did ho rant or awear. Thero was a tremor In his voice as no said, "Nephew, aro you there? I've been trying to get you for one long, weary jcur, and that you weje not prolng true I had begun to fear. Iits of your brothers, brave and Irue, with uword and deadly gun, havo cijllsted In thl war this war that must bo won. I kiwv jou aro not fit for this, too old or young aro you, but thcic are lots of other tilings for me you can well do. You know that dear Old Glory t.tlismnn of Libert) Is one of jour HsseKlons doeu not all belong to mo; It waves above your home, of which your heart Is fond, and to keep It waving thero you mum buy a Liberty Uond. I know jou can. go orr the lop" or train n seventy-ftte,' but by glliig to the lied Cross jou may return soma boy alive. Your con science may not let jou e'en do tho Ivalucr harm, but I know It will not stop you from working on a farm, and there you'll 'do your bit,' oven though you have cold feet, by raising for my Allies shiploads of preclou wheat. Lear Nephew, I munt now ring off thl l my biHy lime; I hope to see you fighting soon on Duty's firing line" IM,Hadelpte,Apr.MI.IVK"MClXI0"T- WIiatDoYouIQiow? QUIZ I. Who are the Kamannfla? 3. Mliera and what la llurolrli? 3. Viliat was the "JCInc of flar. 4. Name the author af "(lulllrrr'a Trairli ' "VhVm"''"" '"' ' rB,lfd " 'rl Oriole fl. Who la frown I'rlnre Itupnrethtr 7, What la bardeaur mlttureT S, Mhit l neoloiltm? X , Mho wrote "A haba In f, ! , aurlns of nleaaura" '"""a la a well 10, It hat la meant by "lionora of war"? . Answers to Yesterday' Qur 1, Tb lllilil HanaraMe Arthur Jam., n-i, farmer I'remler, U Karelin lifti.. l,,'fo"r, llrlllali roalitlon raldiftf "",tlr' I" the J, I'l'M'Hta'.fi iota or nVerre af ,,.'.... SarinVlaluY' "" ' W.tinV '-tfaVWl? V.:SSK," .' " tu ' C'Wr.V:i VBISST"' ' the (I, Tha floldan llnrnl I ha ratuirr nt h. .. ,,,,M;ri.in;nfK: f.';,n;';f"wo"m;''. the basin af aulturea, "en and 7, Halfran diMI .period at Iranoulllllr tni .,. ulftraa. Th huliiun. .. .: Li"A".n" Map- awlenllr railed ..' Hli,J",""l?J a 11. I ' w"a an roesa near Ike durlnV ill' "," wraiher aUul tba faii, Jii.IrL"' ' .... -.i.- .. ,l: .. Hr .. THE ENGINEERS Ily Herb Fcrulrich 'Twas In the Cambr'i sector where th' itil wa piled In hcapi, An' th' 'L'na wa throwln' molten trt 'n shell. An' I watched the bloody harvest that the Dutchman always reapa When thoy pour th' barrage Arc an' flTl us hell. I saw th' bombers disappear behind a tS o' flame. An' th' regimental legion blown t' MU. An I saw a captain lead a chosen nuatir on to fame But th' story never lived to pass hU lip. It seemed tho end of cverythlnr-tlf Bochc camo In hordes. It teemed that Britain's blood 'ad Cows In vnln. When through th' lino they hacked a ghastly trail with gas 'n swordi, As thoy followed up th' Ilusy IJertha rala. I wallcred Inn shell "ulo till th' bllfhteri nil was by, Mo right arm mostly mlxin' with th'mui An' beforo tho Lord I swear I did mi bloomln best t' die. But ino gun was choked with dirt aa' drlppln' blood. Thin I crawled un' wriggled mostly till I icnuiieu .mo craicr crcsi. Whero I took a squint towurd th' Drit isli lines. An' I thought for fair I'd died an' cot passport with th' blest, An' I wouldn't swapped a prince's p!M for mine. ' Tho Star an Strlpos was llyln' 'twM lU Knglneers they say, Ivcry man umong th' bunch 'ad grabUi a gun. So I bowed mo cad an' blesrod th' land what up an' saved th' day, Whin they launched th' Yankee flgbUrlJ at th' Hun. The gray-boys lay in Jumbles on I turntdi mo cau away, An' I woke beneath n quiet khaki tent Yes, I gave mo arm for Kngland, but U. Isn't much they say, With th' rlghtcou world ut large of vlct'ry bent. Well, wo 'eld th' lino at Cambral, thank! ft good old U. S, A 'N th' flghtln' boy that saved our la, for us. , An' I'm listed now for Blighty, but I woalf forget th' day Whin th' Knglnecr broko up th' bloemufj muss. t There' a million hell-flrea ragln on thill 'bloody wcatorn front, But they'll never keep th' Yankees ,fr th' nhlne. An'. though I'd llko f seen th ipuaty Tommies duII th' stunt ' 'Twa th Yankee Bnglneer what 'M th' line. l't,Afi r-l.ol. T-hanlln r.la Into lh trenches he won't And the mes there m worn than tnr ha has wllllnrly rneount In putting over his slap-stick comedy. . No, Gwendolyn, Count Cxernln io && Use the particle "do," In front of his MB but hie resignation suggest that It belon" there. 191 King II Again Dlngl dongl dlngt Juat hear th old bell ring I Calling out to yoU nd m, 'To save "" lh ". WwrfyV ?rt rwCc"7"' ' fi 0 ii 0 .1 - d , . it 1 1L4 tjwM, a be MNl.a.ltaMt My. . tBfc n indlK-'-
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