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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
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, Charles II I.udlti.ton Vli-e PrMnl. John (!.
Mrtln. Secretary slid Treriaurtn I-lilllrjH Colini-,
JWm B Williams. John .1 Kpururon lnrlnr.
KUlTOniAI. HOAUK
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Sl'llNCHUM'tuN TKItJIS
Th LtiMMi rrmto t.i.i.nai Is .rtd in u''
p?lfc!r In 1' nrtI.lilii -n.l .urruiiwltiia town-
!t tnVretJV' "welt. tlS -Mit- l-.r w-k. .d-ul.ie
,0liyrn"irlo Point- .utl.l f l'hl1udPli;ht. I"
th Vnlted Ht.Ces. Canada. r Pulled WIIm "'?
Six (16) dollars per "r, l"u'Jf," HDl' ,r
To ill fvrelfu .. .onirics on-- "H uouar ir
NoTlV. HiiOacribem h!hii mU ' hunf-l
mutt Blve old " "w "dares-.
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sitTiatD tiik riiiMiikti'iiu it onto. '
SKOOXU U.VSS Melt. Mt'll.
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THE RIFLE C.OES WITH THE VOTE
CONOHUSS has enough to unswei for
Without being held responsible for of
fenses of which it 1-4 not guilty. I" "'
guilty, foi example, of tin- crime of lo.
tecting the sons of Its members, which
Talcott Williams charged against It 1" his
address befoie the Ar.ierb un A mil em of
Political and Social Science. He Raid tlmt
one of the most tmpntlnm icnson for
fixing the lovvel limit of the iliaft age t
twenty-one eata was tlie fact that Un
ions pf the t'onsies'smeii weie ln'teen the
lies of eighteen ml tent-one.
The facts do not Miista.n this liarfse
"When the limit was under dliU'tixiimi In
Washington It was rltt proposed tlmt li
Vj eighteen ears. The 1'icsidcnt temail.e.l
that no man had u voke In declutlns war
until' he was twent-one nnd that If he had
no voice in the matter he onsht not to he
forced to flsht. The i Ille anil the ote
want together, he said. Tlieie viw so much
justice and pultUo.il sense In thin lew that
it -was aprepted without further tUftlnn.
It ma be necessary In our extrcmlt to
call to the aimlcs th 1oj under twent
one, but it will be done wlih reluctance.
There Is nothing In law or In practice to
prevent anv hoy of militars ase finm en
listing. As a matter of fact. man of t'lem
are in the at my nun.
The cnctis will lirniK aKt. cIowmk t
town on Monila). Aildeil to home naliec of
the. species abiding In the I'lty llnll. we mav
look forwatd to a Jolly eel.
UEIIIND THE VEIL IN CEUMA.W
IT "WAS alwajs certain that the philoso
phies piomulgated in del many must
produce an inwaid poIVon in tlie conscious
ness of the German people. There ale still
observers who insist that tin- Kiilsci'x
Government will fall befote It ma be
crushed. A leview of existing louditlons
-in Germany, written b the cotiespondent
of this newspaper at llerne and printed on
another page. Is vividly susge.stlv e of some
new force of retilbutlon at laic mimng
the people
This, as Mr. Kospoth .siiggem. It. appeal s
like the beginning of umtichy mote terrible
than that which atllicted Russli). since it
has gripped nil clashes allKc. Outwaidl.
It might stem that the morale of the na
tion Is being destroyed--from within
The account ftotn Heine is at leust a
straw upon the face of the current, all the
more worth) of attention because it me'elv
Interprets the oices of flermnns them
selves Wring it again' Vuui tKMieilxM.k m
course
ANOTHER PIONEER 01' WAR
rpiIB leveling process which Is ah tad)
-- under way among men in all he can
tonments mav be said to hate begun for
the women of the counti) esterday when
Mrs. Florence 15. lillles. of Wilmington, a
daughter of the late Thomas !'. JJaynid.
voluntarily accepted a place as sliell-loadei
in one of the Wilmington munitions plants.
Mrs. Hilles Is a member of a Delawaie
family that has been distinguished for
thtee generations In the Ameilcan public
service. She will take her plare among the
humbler women workers because, of a
sense of pntilotlc dut.
Man) thousands of aiistociatic women
are sure to follow sooner or latei in Mrs.
Illlles's footsteps. In England the fcmluinii
members of a!mot every great fnm!l
work at the munitions benches. American
women will not do less If need "be. Tlie.y
represent a ast yomce of war energy yet
available intimately In tlie work of war
they doubtless will lie as eager with their
hands as they have been with their spirits.
The only safety about the safety matches
nowadays is that well knonn safety In num
bers. Tou have to ue so man of them to
set a llcht
CHAMP CLARK, PATRIOI
NOTHING has become Champ Ciaik in
his long; nnd distinguished caieer so
much as the manner of his declination of
the senatorshlp from Missouri. lie would
have made an excellent Senator. Democrats
ot his ability and experience at e needed to
assist In the deliberations of the Senate
He Is fair-minded and Just. Ills partisan
ship is mitigated by humor nnd common
venae. His personal Inclinations were
doubtless favorable to accepting the ap
pointment. But lie has decided that he can
aerve hla country better In the speakership
of the House of Repieuentatlve than In
the Senate. He knows that tils retirement
flora, that office would Involve a readjust
ment of leadership on the Democratic side
of (he House at a time when suoh a read
JiHrlraent must be avoided If possible.
His declination will not Increase his ou
vbkrlty in "Washington, for that would be
tatpesalble. He la liked by Republicans and
Democrats, alike. They are fond of him
tr hi4 human qualities and for his te-
Kow that, like the famous- houn'
r tf MlMOUri. he has refused to leave
the acnt ot duty hot,
lUon for. liking
JOINING POWER TO RESPON
SIBILITY ADVICES fiom WajhiiiKton indicate
that the Senate will pas.? the
amended" Ovutmnn bill today. When first
introduced this bill was tltsctibed tts n
mensuic to make the PicstUcnt in e
sponsible dictator. The discussion on it
since then has disclosed such u vuiiety
of conflictini; niRument.s against it anil
such a consistent nriny of afBuments for
it that the country is now in u mood to
accept it as a nucussniy concentration of
power in the hands of the Piesident. It
is all the more ready to accept it because
the President himself has shown that he
is amenable to ciiticism ami is willinj;
to accept advice. Since the bill was
introduced he has called tu his assist
ance some of the hippest men in the
country nnd is supposed to he lookinjr
for more of the same kind. Wo know
now that he ii willing- to tevetsc him
self when he learns that he has made a
mistake nnd that he will not abuse his
power.
The bill authoiizes the President to
make such tedistribution of functions
nmonp; the executive depattments as may
seem to him necessary for the mote
effective exeicise and administration. of
his powers as commander-in-chief of the
land and naval foices. It empowers him
to disregard pievious laws conferring
upon any executive department, buieau
or commission specific duties and to
assij;ii those duties wheie they can he
best peifoimed. lie may consolidate
depai tments or di ide them, and he may
move the personnel about as he sees fit.
In brief, the bill makes the whole execu
tive branch of the (ioveinmunt fluid in
order that any jmit of it may be utili'.ed
instantly for any woik picssing- to be
done.
If the opponents of tlie mcastiic could
only agiee anions themselves the coun
try might attach some weight to their
objections. Hut when one learned Sena
tor says that the bill is unnecessary for
the leason that the Piesident, as com-mander-in-cliief
of the nimy and navy,
can do all the things which the hill pur
ports to pet mil him to do, and when
another learned Senator says that the
measure is so clearly unconstitutional
that the Supieme Court would instantly
declare it invalid, what are those of us
outside of the Senate to do but to use
our own common sense?
The Piesident is too wi-e a man to ask
for the light to exeicise poweis beyond
those confei.'ed on htm by the Constitu
tion, lie Knows that it would bo futile.
We nv.st assume that he took legal
advice before asking that the Overman
bill be passed nnd found that Congress
could pass it if it wished. Wo must
assume also that his sole puiposc for
seeking to cut the bonds which have
hound him when he has sought to use
the full power of the executive depart
ments in the prosecution of the war has
been that he might make those depart
ments more effective. Wc must trust his
judgment. We do not question either his
patiiotism or his honesty of purpose.
Nor do we suspect him of aspiring to
any unconstitutional dictatorship. The
question at issue is meiely, what is the
best way to fiee his hands?
He tells us that the Overman bill is
what he wants. If he fails under it he
must bear the odium. :.nd if he succeeds
the ci edit will propel ly belong to him. In
some quarters there is the disposition to
indulge in such flippant criticism as that
made by Senator Fall when he said that
we ought to silence the defenders of the
Administiation by putting in the hands
of the Piesident all the power he seeks
in ordei that when the executive depart
ments bieak down the blame cannot be
shifted to the shoulders of Congiess.
But We do not think that any consider
ible number of citizens who lealizc the
seriousness of the war nie disposeil to
shirk any due responsibility or to nnj:
any one who is doing his best to bear a
heavy burden.
We nie ready to npptove the Overman
bill if that is what the President thinks
he needs, and we expect that when it
finally shall become a law he will use the
new powers in such it way as to justify
its passage
We Hie slad Hip l.lbriu llrll li.iil Mil
oiiiiluml In I'M lump Ko-etlngs in the
l.hcrlv ISell Ktundllie suulll ' lh- I'll, IIjiII
CRITICISM AND COVERN.MENT
DIlAWlXtMtoU.M muii no ix. f.ir ivasoiis
oh lous even to the landlubber, are not
usual aboard a ship in helix v earlier.
The occasion is not one for polite fornrili
ties uitri soft speech. And slnilluth. when
the chip of slute happens to run into a
tuni'in. ther are sure to be exclamations
and loud cries from crew mid imsnengei h
alike. Such demonstrations orlgtnute on
the one hand ultli the unxletle of the
lesponsiblo ofllce and on the other In the
spliltual approximate of seastcknesn.
Now. whether Seciolury DanieU's short
intervals upon the deep uuter tune made
him aware of the truth of this analogy it
Is ditllcult to say. Ills uddress to the news
paper publishers in New York and his
frank and tiieerful confession of benellts
derived fiom harsh public criticism seem
to indicate something of thn broad vision
of the sea as well as the utilities of ex
cellent sportsmanship. The Secietary of
the Nav) . as a good and incurable Jour
nalist, knows the people and their moods
and ways. That helped him. doubtless. In
a manful acknowledgment of the value of
mass opinion openl) expiessed and l elent
lessly Interpreted. He uas plainly able
to lecognUe. even In- days of reckless
criticism, the voke of the country Itself
beneath tlie uproar. The Secretary's ad-'
mission thai consistent criticism lias
helped li 1 in. like his Intimation that It has
been a help to the Administration, was
leussuilug and admirable,
Clltleism of the Oovernment. since the
war began, has at times run a bit wild.
Vet ery little of it has been actually ma
licious In intention In the final analysis
It probably will be shown that the vast
majority of the Administration's critics,
even those5 who give wuj to hyster.i and
even Mm of the gentlemen In Congress
and the Senate who rant and drool ,'rom
force of habit, meant well for the country
ut large and did their best.
Meanwhile ot the dlmcultlqtf of naviga
tion ut a time like this the people In the
iKUj una 'tw
wwrfv little
I'ii ?ti'
' . -S , " -..
H. The Pre
w4ie-nUfrai'
TV uMffmrt
him nave to meet a new twist of tlie
winds each day Vet the President lias
more than once demonstrated that he feels
about honest clltleism much like his Sec
ietary of the Nav The successive te
organizations of essential ilepat tments tep
lesent n tiuit admission of previous faults
In these qu.iiteis. and It Is significant that
Mr Wilson has followed closely a line of
lecousti uitlou suggested by persistent
cilthisni of the pi lor method. '
It Is conceivable that such leorganlza
tlon could not be as easily or as quickly
arhieved as one on the outside might sup
pose. Secietnr) Daniels. In phjlng u tribute to
tlio newspaper press, iiictely lecoglllzed n
function which public discussion flliti not
only lieie but In England and olsevvhete.
The press docs not talk fur Itself. It Is
the Intel pteter of mass opinion, which is
usiiall) sound and liusiwortlty at bottom.
The I'enns)lvanl.i Dental Society has
just celebiatrd lis gulden anniversary nt
Ullkrs-ll.uie r tvnnder If the mrr
dentists stopped up Hie cavity between
Wilkes nnd llane The livplten nlvruya
reined to a inadeiiuab'
THAI-TIC ACCIDENTS
1WITMIN the last month Mm persons
' have been killed and maimed b) untile
accidents in Philadelphia than havp Ixen
claimed in Pari h.v the Kaiser's long-range
gun The parallel Is cloquctil of the fu
liliiv of the Ceimon gun rather than if
an ' Muu nd inn iv peril in the streets of
Philadelphia Vet it in'l reitsimlna to
obseive Him lirtj. eight persons have lost
their lives in street uccklents since the
HikI of i in- piexent oar.
A stud.v of the t'oronei's ieioits nlmvvs
tlmt the fault is not nlwsjs villi tnutoi
dilvers. The Immediate blume lests with
'"outicil . Most ceilou accidents occur In
nelghboi hoods nheip the police ptovisloii
Is iundetiuate nnd nt crossing not piop
eih gin ided. Polite p'otectlon in the clt.v
ut large has not been oigunlzcd to meet
tlie changing conditions In muiiy neighbm
hoods wheie motorcars und stiect trnlllc
nio vonsluutlv Increasing. The altitude of
Council In this mnttei Is Illustrated in
theli i'n isistent icfusul to provide the po
iie with melius In establish night rlgnals
foi slieet tiattli in the center of the c'l.
Illuminate. 1 signal nie now used In '.
mos-t evojv other I rge clt.v. lleie night
ttnttli' I vutuullv iiiilegulated.
inn i-k-ptesiili-ntltil visitor pfl in I'hila
ib'lphla n TaflPiinatli of ItiLleasefl l.lberiy
Itund pun liases
l'i,iiiii von Se.vdlet iua Iihvp i,, ilis---oIvh
tin- Xustrian liiambei of Deputies
Thev "III have to p1.it HeldlltS! tn Von Hi'Vdlrl
It does si-ctn dnv lllsh bad liistn of the
lllilne in limit into Holland.
Is III i in. inv gi nvi b d loi liu U of Sllllll '
THE CHAFFING DISH !
The 1'ledgling Aviator
1KIC.li;.MI!i:i:. I lemeliiTier.
The plun"! of 111) blrtli.
What fun It vtas. betieuth m fe"t,
To feel the solid earth.
It was a childish ignorance,
I5ut now 'tis little Jo)
To l.uovt I'm farther off fiom mud
'I'll. hi it lieu I was a bo) jf
As we stilted once befoie. to avoid es
pionage Dove Dulcet sends In his contribution-
in Invisible ink and tlie munu
si rlpt has lo be treated 'iienilcnll.v I,)
Somites Ixtoie an) thing Is apliaielit.
Something stem lo hate gone wrong with
nil so let solution, lor lifter our best ef
forts the following piece of Dove's seems
to piesent a rather low v Islbllit). Also a
vei low ilsibllit) :
This is the famil
gold fish IhiwI
With three pels: .Mother
Father Hlul foul. We rini'l umke
The ihiciii as long as we'd wish. Ho-
Tl ere wouldn't b wntei enniigli
I'm the llsli. Dov Dulret.
Duvtn In liliesiiy, N". .1 . the home of Hie
inosiUlto mule. the citizens lire vet)
proud of being up to date hi all the mlli
tui.v trims. The) no longer speak of the
moMiiuttoes Httiii'l. Iiijj in svtaims. but in
escadrilles.
Answer. lo Inquiries (by cablet
WIMIKLM Tlieie are mute tliun SO.
ouo.ooa men of mllitar.t age in the L'nlted
States.
IIINDllN'Iiritt! - There aio .".oO.OnO
American troop now in France. Per.
shins can give yon fin tiler details.
HURTLING It will he ov ersubseribed,
don't worry.
ICRONPRINZ Yen there uit plenty of
positions in this country for an ambitious
young u.an. willing t begin nt the top and
work downvvaul.
TIItPITZ Hog Island Is approximately
latitude SftTiO". longitude 7!ri6 hut rather
Inaccessible for submarines. Come ahead,
If )0u care to.
Js tlieie. or is thele not. a law nguinst
spitting on tlie pavements in Philadelphia.'
A New York hotel Is bejng sued b) a
damsel who was kissed in one of tlie
hotel elevators. She says that, never
having been kissed helot e. It was a sevete
shook. Tlie hotel claims that it cannot be
f held lesponslble for kisses Ineuiied Undei
tts roof unless they aie deposited with the
night clerk. Iluy Liberty Bonds nnj way,
Kour bundled tons of sauer kraut are
going to waste In New York because no
one liken tu buy that favorite Hunfruit any
more. The dealers suggest changing the
name to Liberty Cabbage, iluy. Liberty
Bonds anyway.
We suggest as a slogan for near-beer
and other uontoxlo herbavevage, SAPBTT
TinnsT! ' ' VvsocnATEs,
L
J
Enduring Foundations
for Reconstruction '
!ty Jesse Lvi Hrnnctt
THIC Ilbetnl thought and aspliatious of
the world have been stimulated nnd
clarified dtillng the lat thtee years to a
degree never befoie known. It Is ttlte
but ttuo lo su.v tlmt the war tuaiks the
lihtii pangs of n new wot Id and of n new
humanity. With "evct.v selfldi dominion
cast down Into the dust." men will soon
seo wiitteii Into statutes principles of ilgh't
nnd Justice which but a few yc-irs ago
vuilld have appealed utnplun hopes find
visions,
flut the stimulation and ctailftuatlou of
men's dieums and thoughts hate been
cuused by the gieat emotional currents of
tho war. Will a new older built only upon
the ruins of a demolished past Indefinitely
endure when those emotional cut I cuts Imtp
Biibstded and men -a generation or two
from now have fallen buck Into the eusy
wa.ts of combined and nssured peace'.'
rplIAT Is a question ulihii concerns us
- gleatly but is constdeicd little. We see
that a new social oider Is destined to arise.
Ve do not ask whether wo nio preparing
enduilng foundations for It.
The Ideas to be vviitten Into the terms
of peace, the Ideas tn be written Into the
constitutions of the waning nations will
hate been evolved and elaborated by keen
Intelligence with historical pcrspec'lve
nnd conipiehenslon of Hie main workings
of the vast and lutiicnte mechanism of
piesent-dny civilization. Those Ideas will
be planned to regulate the rolntiotls of tho
t,rrnl masse of men. 15ut If the maasss
of men do not possess suitliieiit perspcctlv e
m- vision to compi eli tin! the nature t.f
these Mens or lo gtnsp the notion and re
actions which have engeudcied them, noth
ing seems mote ceitaln than that tone
continued peace villi behold the designers
and exploiters of men srap anew the privi
lege nnd powers of which I hr.t will have
been deputed.
TMPri.SH. Instinct, u intentions,
nmorphoii idenllsm, linhoute ultrulsin
will not set ve to keep mankind on the new
avenue rendeied visible b the ttur. Cold
Intelligeuco. illsciplined and trained, will
alone ucconipllKh tlmt tusk. No liberal oi
Ideullstle ideas written into tho terms of
the peace cnnfeicnce will endure Indefi
nitely If thoie is not n gieut. well-informed,
perfeetl) conselnus uml niitirely nrtlciilute
Irnd) of liberal npinlnn llnniighoiit the
world.
Kir such a ImjUj of liberal opinion to
eIs! two things hip upcessury: wider men
,ul horisious and gi eater Intellectual Inde
pendence for the musses of men.
Tlieie nie but three existing ngencles
which can b ti listed' to cieate suoh hori
.nils and to develop such Independence.
There aie but thiee existing nelipe.s
which can be trusted lo give to the millions
of human animals, laisolv swayed by im
pulse and Instinct, any ole.n- comprehen
sion of thai Infinitely complicated mechan
ism iifjiiodern civilization into which tin-tare
dull) precipitated without guide oi
guidance. Those agencies nio school-,
libraries and nevv.p.tpers Schools, libra
lies and newspapers me the only existing
Institutions which can ei Ve to transmute
the hopos and aspirations of th masses
Into that clour-cut comprehension of life,
of men and of bistoi) which villi nlono
serve as the enduring foiiiidatluti foi nnv
new social structure Unit ma) arise alter
the wat.
No innttei how eaniext, liow nbP, 1,,,
radioactive Willi truth and Juve moy b
the nw laws and principle laid dmvii l.v
HheiHl "ititcllectuuls." the.v cannot Indetl
nllel) enduie unless their origin, nutiiie
and necesslt) are clearl) and full) com.
prehemlcd b.v ii majurity of men.
AT PRKSIJNT mil) the schools aie en.
gaged in an.v deliberate, conscious and
widespread attempt unelrlshl.v p, fostei
direct and develop intelligence. And tho
gieut ilnuices our American schools am
now uiuU-rgolng aie Indicative of oui
iccognliion of the fort that o oui
schools havv t propeil) ptep.tteil mod
ern people for the intiicuto cheme of
things modern civ lllseullun iepr-ents. li
Is nut b.v chance tlmt the woild win has
served as n stimulus to movements seek
Ing to abolish obsolete foims and llieui'Jp
of Instruction so tlmt educnllnn mn.v ue
pule llir mills of ilemoetapv lor the ie.
sponslbllltles which Inevituhl) devolve iiioii
them.
A tew libruiiuiis Imve coiuo lo revogulxe
the almost priest 1 function i,pi ,UHt
fultlll a custudiaiis of the acrmnuintcil
nisdum of the luce. 5ut llhruliuns. gen.
erall). iiinnol he sold lo recognize elthei
llie poi Itnt.iusly responsible position they
iH-cup.v oi the fact that in a democracy
libraries must be d.vnamlc i-enteiM of In
tellectual stimulation, not mero static itf
posilutles for books.
Aa for nevvspapeis. tlie) are almost au
tomatically adjusted to any existing level
of intelligence. Only aftei schools and
llbrailes have worthily functioned can the
newspapers become the stent liberalizing
nnd humanizing agenc) ihc) might -and
will be
miii: soldiers of all the Allies arc engaged
-1- in destroying tho outgrown structiue of
Hie just, which Is so well typltlcd In the
sinister social organization of our nnacli
ronlstio foes.
The liberal statesmen of the world are
busily engaged hi pieparlug plan for
the gieni new structure which we shall
build for ourselves and our descendant".
It I for the civilian population of the
democratic nations to see that ttiong and
deep foundations for that struetmn shall
be ready when the time roines to build It,
and to see .that both the piesent and the
coming generations shall be taught to un
derstand, to piotect and to luipiove that
structuie utter It shall hate been elected.-
For the consummation of such a put
pose it Is assuredly eiscnUal tlmt our
sch.ools, libraries and newspapers ahull be
vitalized and made to function mole dy
namically and vigorously than nt present.
It Is aeinredly necessary that every hull
vidual riiall undertake to aid in that great
task.
In sp'te of a terv cold
Wlist Klml of winter, says a morn
.lolmsl f II lng paper, outdoor ani
mals at th Zoo got
long very well nd case? of froien extrentiv
ties werd fewer thua usuJiL
HE EXPECTED INCONVENIENCE; HE FOUND DIFFICULTY, AND NOW
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THE SPHINXWAS A LADY
liy Simoon Slrunslcy
FniWIJNTi.Y ms the quest kin of vvoim u
lights and tvomen's ospltntlons Hushed on
tlie rcieen of .the moment I have made oeia
slon to protest nguiusl a vital llaw in tin
usual nigumeut foi sex rqualli.v. And Ibis
finm tin- point of view of one who is fur
fiom grudging to woman all thai she can
till nt. of and inn get. 1 was not plu)lng with
paradox when I suld Hint It was absurd to
muhilain In tin fame bienth that woman whs
mini' equnl uml thai slip oui) needed the
tote to make tills u milch bellei world That
iiiiild onl) mean that woman wn not our
eiiuul. but our superior. Now the latter iiihv
be quit" lute. Itut It was obvlousl) Imd luc
l!cs. in well us bud logic, to uppiouch tlc9
mule votei on sufrruge lefeienduins vvllli Ibo
Pioniise tbnt vvomeii would make this vvoidl
dlilte nmecocnlzable If given the i bailee. Ill
tho 111 HI place It hurt the male t) runt's
vunllv. and in the secnml plait- it thieuleiieil
hi coiiifnrl He did not want the woild
i Icinged ov ei much
What women should Imve nsseited. I suld
nn.ie than otn e. is tlmt given tho tote the.v
would keep this world In about the si
unsatlsfactoi) slut It 1ms shown In the
past. That would liomedlatel) have aroused
in II.- dominant mule the R)iup.itli) mid tin
deiHluiidlng which go oui to a fellow -sttiuei.
It Is in) belief that the couiplrle victory of
suffrage, which Is now j mallei of a f . vv
.vears in this counti). was hasteiud. as much
as mi) thing, li) the classic argument of how
tiadl) 'unman sutTiage has woikeil tu Denver.
traduall) It niieied into the male mind that
he might lei his wife uml sister go to the
Hills without waking up next morning and
finding himself in an unbearably pel loci
world. Toda) )oil see the pioof on evri-v
band. When man lends of I be bis towns In
New oii Stale voting w.t uudei vvmnuii
sulfiage: when lie lends of n mob of women
out west etllcieiitl) upplviiig tin und leatheis
lo a woman charged with dlslo.val uilciuiicc.
the equalll) nf the sexes Is demon ill tiled
And If a woman's inob is not a pailiculailv
pleasant object to contempluto, tlieie Is com
pensation III llie link of (omiudeshlp with
the ntlor half of the nnild whicli Ihc 1'ivct
establishes
Fiom now on. Ibeiefoie, I xpe. t to set
sex equal)!. Inn i.i ins on lo Its full demon
stration ut breakneck speed: and all the
oioie becuuso the ruppiochemt nt will mote
finm both dliectlons. .Vt mil) will women
now have full oppoituiilty to piove Hint the.v
uie no better than we are. but we in turn
will lose our historic reluctance to confess
thai In some respects, pel haps, between ou
and me. when jou come to think of It. wo
men. soninline. nie leull), don't ou
know
f;
OH Instance, In the matter of keeping n
stciel.
It Is well to remember that it wasn't Mi.
l.lchnovvii.y who sal down nnd pouied Iter
heal t out on panel to the extent of seveial
lens of thousands of words and made four
teen copies of the sump and Intrusted them
to ns man) fellow -members of the Lovvei
Slleslau Sewing liuie under Mm slilctest
plfdge of lonfhUtioe. H was not one of these
Slleslau ladles who passed on the seciet
uni)el oath to the Piau lCapltan Jniieg-Kobtn-miii.
of the lierman general staff, who In
trusted It. -with a hatpin between her lips,
In the editor of the woman's page of the Ber
lin Tusi'blutt. who gate It under oath to the
wife of tlie leader of the Independent So.
clallsts. who whispered It nt the Wednesday
matinee to tlie fashion edllor of the Copen
hagen Poiltlken. who bhiilt-d It out to the
world.
It was not Mis. I'zeinln who talked not
wls:y but too well to Mi. Cli-meiireau.
-It was an empress of Austila who vviute a
sensible letter to Cousin Slxlu and an eiu
peior of Austria who inserted with Ids own
liuiid th few- words tbut guve Wllhelui such
a violent headache.
II is not Mrs. Tiotsk) whose speeches,
laid end to end. would reach from Odessa to
Vladivostok, and lead Just as well elthei way
Rl'SSIA is an excellent field for u study
of Mm t elation of sex to gossip. In the
stiuesle of half a century for Itussluu fiee
doui the women dated equally with the nun
and suffered and sacrificed infinitely more.
The suucsskloti is unbiokoii from Katherin
BreshkovEky through Sophia I'rrovsk u
ttght-l-PPed little woman who killed a Czar
to ihe Figners und Uplrldonoras of the pres
ent day. But when the revoluU6n, arrived
X)W tvaa It that did all tb.falAl, talking
Jtvsla Tlmt country's doom was prpnoun.-e)
FINDS IT "IMPOSSIBILITY"
i. , ..-.- m r rw . .-i-s. .Li., jje . ..
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b) whiskered lips- In the com m- of a few
months half a million square miles of tetii
lor) uml iu.(mii).iiiiii people wre chuttercd
Into the Kaisei-'H lap by the inunhood of Itus
la at Ihc rale, nay. or Kmiiiii words to the
squill mile l llll t ihe lough Prussian ph.v -sique
isuild linvi- Imrne up under the fliHid iif
llllle-tllltlc ut Illest-ldtot'Sk.
Some dii) Ihe slevvuid nf one of the clubs
will Willi- ii stumlitrtl woik on "Wild Humor
I IlllVe IIVerileMld."
Then- will be n chupler on nillllnr ex-
lli-l'ls
Thin- will be n Imiitei on straight tips
iiIm.iiI Anns from Hula's luothri-lu-liiw's
INistoi's liHlber.
There will lip H ihiipl. r on the precise i-ir-eiims-tuncis
under which the Vuterluml went
down Willi Slum .nieiicnn wildleis ai Ihe
moment she whs noiliig am lior In llohokeu
uudei half a million eve... fiom Hie opposite
shore.
Till I. Will be cll!lltll ,,,, t iii.hiiii
ellemj hill ns wlin walk the- stie. t of N'ew
York currying hollow runes loaded wlih
Inige-Hiale umps of tit.- iiquiiiluin und
Hteeplechuse Purk.
Theie will bo sevuit) -nine other ihuptris
on iis mini) turleties inn I munlfestutlons of
iiiuscuIIiip retlcpiiie All these, to be sure
mu) be o.Tset b) publishing the nuine of the
woman who write the weekly mllllnr.i i,.
view for ihe War ieiaiimeiii Ht W'asldiigton.
IT U'ul'I.D b Hbsiinl to ilen.v that Pi ihe
iiitirse of hlHtoi) women have contilbiittd
something to tin world's uccuimiluteil stock
ol bubble, lint bus II ever oi-cuu-eil to us
when we speul. of tin- bile gossip of th,-
lllotllel-s of the nice tll.lt ill Its V el V tlivlulll)
lies un excuse'.' Women until un recenti'v
buve bail iiolhlug importuut to tulk iibniii
or. Iiettei. tliov Iiuvh had nntliliig Important
' ui-eul. So t lien's been no harm done.
s between ihuterlng abuiit things that don't
nmiter uml gossip ulumt the lives or nilllluns
and the fate of nations, the distinction is
fab I) obvlou- Mis i 'zemln may liute told
Mrs Suzmion sono ihing that produced n
inuple of family quiuuls. h,,lf a iluzen cases
of hen it bum hiiiI Ilia leoiguiilzatlun or sev
nil vvniiie-n' clubs. Wliut SuziiuuIT told
Dauen in Sollu. u Ilk b Hanefr told Ittirian ut
lludupcst ulil, li Jitirian whisirivd to Sun
(llulluiio at Trieste, which Son Hiullmiu
inunibled to Uulow at Znrl, h, bus produced
seterul mllliuti d.Hil und h numhti of tucuut
I Ill-lines.
o o o o o o O o O II O I, o o o o o o o o
Happy Thought for the Dav. o
o The Hphliix ll'eia i.mlj.
o What doe this mean to );
" o n i o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
H'oiDrUht)
The marine heie now
Ukelj h have the first Herman
N"' tin lint i-aptmed by
, ,. members of their serv .
Ice In Franc. AVhen the Clown Prince l.s
filially taught th marlnos may ho ulde to
boast a e-omplete soldier made of that tutor.
pttng mnterial.
The Hug Island buns.
itie Harm lug contractor are
itrmuln not seeking iiaruioiiy.
. . fls tO'lny' reports say
they nre. They want only the last half of
the word.
In his formal ills
'l'r,"l charge of Vice Ad
mit al Schrot-der. the
commander nt the .eelnugge siibniurluo base
who was outwitted by the British In tholi
gieat raid last Tuesday night, the ;a,r
bus Hied mill' another big gun In vain
Th Liberty I.oa.- committee of NVvv
Yolk Is about to kIvw un opportunity to
piuie tlulr patilutlsin to au.OUU psisons who
have subscribed tu Ceinian. Austilun und
lUingtirlan war loans. They aie to be called
upon to subscribe for an equal u mount of
Auieilcuil bonds on penalty of tho peuallv
has not hi en llxcd yet. but the mono iiym
liatlilzrrs can imagine what It will b.
A Mltclivl! Pulpier t custodian of alien
enemy property and of OuITey's gubernatorial
bepnVj It thto Ve cood pollllcs thtf nemocint.
1 will muke the iuot ot it, fj t
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THE IIQiSOn OF THE SEA
Hy Christopher WorVy
BMI1IND the ou,iitilns ol the mitt
And blown gra) web'- of rain,
Or wheiu the i Idg) cicsts slat Imme
On lielund's granite knee.
The silent ships their vigil inn
To gi.uid the uairuvv lane,
The inter..- of honor whciu
We spun lliu blttei tc-a.
"I ItvlAT cuptnlti and giccn bin alike,
J Numb handed, suit of lip
.rv side b) side in inortul pi nie
To live the- seaman's i reed
And on euch spllnteicd Haw lit "i
Vast liglitnliiu-bosumcd sli.p
In eve and heart the) show the old
Tradition of the bleed.
T SKI! iheh piollle: lini.-c deal ships
-- I. Ike- shadows vague and sum
The tossing j rumlds of steel
Thut leap und away in foam
Wheie. sawing through the spume and foj
On sou c horUon lim
The nieuucc of those plunging bow-
Keep hostile Heels at home
fTMIK vision of those dihcn buds
- The welter and black tain
The heart whipped ti.i with clean hot blood,
Come ofli-it home to me:
li (lod ' sailor, vvatih .ill ships
Thut guard the uatiow lane
our urtcry of honor, vvbeto
We spun tho bitter sea
TODAY'S USELESS QUESTION
Why i .it that tlie Kuisei. though he
Is tlie world's most vcisatiic hater lim
I never learned to hato hnn-elf '
It Is estimated that .!.'' mm niiinar
now miulllled lo vote m Hi, lf ,il io iniarie"
in Jlav. If the Imlepeuduiis will go to th
polls tlieie nie enough of them to make
pretty emphatic protest agilnst the kind of
lule that lias roici'd the .Vu Hepartment
lo Interfere In the management of the police.
Peihaps the Kalsei's Idea i" to prevent a
Hiiguo confeicuuo b) Invading ljollanil 1"
oidor to destroy tho Peace Palaie If only
II weie a medieval luudmuik he would M
suie to do so.
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Winn Do You Know?
QUIZ
Wliut U hfiistllil?
Willi fiillliilnl Itlmils l.l.oiil?
Njiiip the uilllmr nf "Trllli."
Wliut I. nirilllt li "iill-unme"
Wh.il U suiinet? ,
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the fi-lnille viilff?
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Who wus Mrrllll?
V Ill-re is WilllFllllkliurni? ...
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