CoWArtY teSMStfasspi c. ' ojiS Toooouror i PhUlnft. colllni. ass. John J. gpursccn. Director!, i?.airroKtAL board i (J0TMI H. K. Cutis. Chslrmen ;nnvn Emer f MARTIN.... anrl Business Mnrr i telly itPrmo T.minBiilMlnc, maonct nquare, rnusaoipnisv. Stt PrcM-lslon HulMlns- .ZOO Miropoiimn ipw" ,,..,. 40 Kord HulMIn , .lnM Fullerton HulM nc si.. 1202 Tribune Buliainc Xs MiRtrit ititrtr.AttNi ite flCSFAir. .... ., B. Car. PtnnislvtnU Ave. and Mtb h. ; bdskau Tho sun iiuiinino lluil London Timet LS BunacnirTios terms lEtlKItu Frolic Lsbnita la aerved to sub- fe 1m rjlli..lt.MBi mwA ft,isriiinfllnff tnwni rate ft twa.v (12) centa per week, paiabla ".'. . ... .. vo po:nta ou-aiaa or miians-iimm. ; mafia Cunndn. or Unite I Htatea ro- eetee free, fifty (i renta tr momn. I dollars per year, payable in advance. romtn lountrin an mi aour i. ftuhi1irj wUhln adit'ena chansed i old ua well a new artdrcaa. Lister, VALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIV SOW! trf all eommmtlcntloita o Evinlna r6Ho EOT, Independence Square; rMlnrfffrMa, in at Tn ruai.riiu rnT orrics elCONP CI. HAI1. HATTm. rkUlJelphU. Tund.T. Mir 7. .HI sic w iinm tur criMnin "All AliU AJmE. ,3jIWSsvii- ftHK bitter Indictment of the aircraft which he wrote after an Invents made by President Wilson's author- tGutson Borglum, the sculptor, dls- nnmlstakable signs of the sort of I and even traces of the unreason which ally are listed as symptoms of the temperament. ire are those In Washington who It, in Mr. Borglum's report Intlma- Kthat the aircraft situation will le- i a acandal somewnat iiko mm wnicn out of embalmed beef after the war. And there arc others who raven more certain that the sculptor I hampered in '..Is Judgment by a lack ot technical knowledge that Is essentia! understanding either or tho things epllshed by the airplane makers or sture of the extraordinary obstacles 'they had to overcome. ildent Wilson, when he Issued the yesterday providing for a thorough ration by the Department of Jus- Facted wisely. Mr. Borglum's charges n'ed directly at business men who tu have worked desperately hard nt r too Involved for ordinary comprehen- fI they have been misjudged nn In- atlon will clear them. If they have red the confidence placed In them by rernment In a crisis like this tho l should know of It. Sent Wilson has so far refrained I' making Mr. Borglum's complete re public. It remains to be seen whether lied to protect loyal helpers from un- Iputatlons or whether he kept hi? because of a desire not to make a task any more confused thai It Is .woman bootlegger? How did she get Kwlth It In these days of short skirts ' shoes? g& ITS THE MATTER WITH O'NEIL? HNS to look as It J. Denny O'Neil .decided to take himself out of tho Wptr Governor. i wet tied himself up wan jonn it. k. as his running mate. It would be 'ae easy for a man to swim with a ne about his neck as to run for vernorshlp with Scott on his shoul- Mr. O'Neil has announced that If I be will make Francis Shunk Brown itorney General. Everybody knows own Is and what his political his- lift. He was Israel Durham's handy f'and when Durham died he was be- 1 to the Vares. He has been Brum s' hoodoo. K, O'Neil, who was credited with some Oence and public spirit, seems to be , to become another Brumbaugh, If he can occupy the executive man- 'Harrlaburg. Democrat had arranged matters 1 own profit the situation could not oping more satisfactorily for them, Beople of the State are not anxious LlcOnttnuance of the Brown regime .the presence of John It. K. Scott t-yardonlng board. , new turn of events should make I-Reoubllcans thoughtful. j- BJ nty minion amerent persons sub' It for the third Liberty Loan, or one household. And t some pessl- ay that we are not Interested In the R FATE PROPERTY IS PRIVATE PROPERTY i jwcessltles are not yet so acute in rlca aa to justify any seizure of property by the Government. It r hoped that the first reports of ' which the War Department pro- ttake over dwellings and upart- "ln case of need" has been ted. Chairman Dent, of the Mtll- Commlttee of the House, Is I ', Jaave a bill ready for presents- would grant this authority to Bent. urea will be tolerated by pub- Un America only In a crisis i as yet far from crisis. When' Ijttewlea attempted to evict families (9hUadelphU-. we had an excellent of the tread of feeling- certain will hr, ur their homes to the 'who the Government needs ri wW 'live in toou if the need It ut be shown that there i need and that families are not NewN-ef some qMPtsrs in na of the east- ' hi jetuib" uUltaed. There gVMtVolHle., butWtngs here ' TTk,tkt-KoMllr wetdd ke Mert-uMy to the mm of the I woro UM fsmntsMNt U isutko 1kf Miwetr. i .Mt.cu-tvt ,?- a Tie hTHE INSlbE IS UNCLEAN "IITHAT is tho matter with Philadelphia ' politically was never more clearly shown than In two statements which camo from tho City Hall on the same day. The first was from tho Durcau of Street Cleaning. It was headed "Know the Law." There followed a brief sum mary of the statute requiring household ers to provide themselvcn with a non absorbent, nonleakablo garbage can and an approved recoptach for ashes, and to bundle rubbish and waste paper in such a way that it will not blow about tho streets. Then came tho Injunction, "Obey the Law." Tho whole was signed by Thomas D. Smith, Mayor; George E. Dntesman, Director, and Robert C. Hicks, Chief. Here wo have the injunction to know tho law and obey it in order that tho city may bo kept clean. Dut do the people heed any such ordcis from City Hall? One has only to look about him to get the answer. And one hoa only to con sider the necessity of nn annual clean-up week in order to form nn impression of the extent of tho farce which is played hero during tho other fifty-one weeks. Tho second statement was in the foim of an interview with Mayor Smith on the report of the Committee of Seventy that more than eighty employes of tho city aro candidates for membership in the ward committees of the political parties. Said Mr. Smith: "You can assume that as Mayor of Philadelphia I propoco to obey thi law." Then he explained him self: "That docs not mean that I have made up my mind to discharge the men in question." Hut what is tho law that "as Mayor of Philadelphia" he proposes to obey? It is that "No offlccr, clerk or employe of any city of the first class, or of ary department, trust or commission thereof, shall servo aa a member of, or attend tho meetings of, nny committee of any political party, or take any active part in political management or in political campaigns." The law further provides that "Any officer, clerk or employe violating any of tho provisions of this section nhnll be immediately dis missed by the Mayor or the head of the department, trust or commission in which he is employed." There is no discretion here, such ns Mayor Smith indicates his intention to exercise. The law says that the guilty shall be dismissid. But the employes Ho not expect dismissal any more than the householders expect punishment for fail ing to provide for themselves tho legally required receptacles for garbage and ashes. The official attitude toward law in the City Hall and among tho party leaders here is that it is to he enforced when it serves their convenience and to be disregarded at other times. What wonder then that the householders put themselves in tho same attitude! When Senator Varo said tho other day that ho would wink at disregard of the primary law and allow tho rank and filo of tho Town Meeting party voters to cast their ballot in the Republican pri maries, but would challenge the Town Meeting party leaders on tho ground that they had forfeited their right to vote as Republicans for doing the same thing that was to be ignored in tho case of tho rank and file, he was merely showing tho samo kind of disrespect for law which has besmirched the whole City Hall in recent years. This is a government of law and not of men. It has become a farce because we have stood idly by while our servants have made it a government of men and not of law. The people have consent ingly held the garments of the gang while it has stoned civic purity to death and made law a byword among tho vicious. Tho city is filthy without because the spirit of cleanliness is not within. This is clean-up week and it should remind us that the inside of tho vessel is in greater need of attention than the outside. Plnchot has come out of the noodi long enough to say that lie Is for Scott Now he may take to the tall timber again. FRENCH'S APPOINTMENT IT MUST be assumed that the British Gov ernment knows more about conditions in Ireland than Is known In America. Yet it Is Impossible to read of the appointment of Field Marshal French as Lord Lieuten ant of Ireland without misgivings. Vis count French is a soldier, used to military methods. There has been hope on this side of the ocean that the Iiish question could be solved without calling In the assistance of soldiers. There la still hope that Field Marshal French will not find It necessary to act save as a clil olllclal The conscilptlon act Is now a law, but It is not to be enforced in li eland until after the introduction of the new home rule bill. That bill Is to be drafted, ac cording to reports. In such a way as to establish a precedent for the introduction of the principle of federation In the British Government, This means that Ireland Is not to be made an independent nation. The extremists announce that they will ac cept nothing short of Independence. It Is slncerel; to be hoped that Viscount French's appointment Is not made with a view to forcing upon Ireland the new plan of home rule, for the last state of that .country would then be worse than the one from which It has been slowly emerging. The brother of the surgeon of the Cyclops has enlisted In the army medical corps and a Lancaster man, whose tno broth ers have been killed In battle, has enlisted In the field artillery. This Is one of the ways the army grows. THE CERMAN PEACE DRIVE WITHOUT stupendous Indemnities, as every student of European economics knows, the German nation will be bank rupt after the war. Every writer who has looked Into the Involved system of finance by which the Germans have con tinued the war has demonstrated that the satire;- system of credits Inaugurated in BetwS'ta based upon the expectation of IsMaesWe (! through which the Oov frMMat "MHT jHquldate war,dehu, it 'eW MKasvtter'Wr.tte Kaiser, whether this - I tfcs.'sstwve snoney torrt ttvr-' Jes Is tsApefsttva tVtfca Hell and that the Germans are willing to restore Belgium and trance and renounce all other claims In the west while they grant autonomy to Alsace-Lorraine and thus apparently remove the last barrier to negotiations, Involves no assurance whatever of future peace or of a free world, Tho Germans nre Feemlngly willing to abandon hopes of a gteat money Indemnity from France, England and America. They are willing to accept tho Indemnity In other terms In vast spaces of Russian territory, In tens of millions of pcoplo who later may bo made Into armies, In tho clear road to Asia, In subjocted prov inces to tho east and south. Tho Indem nity, too, would lncluda tho richest conl, metal and oil lands In nil of Europe, which aro in tho portions of Russian territory now dominated from Berlin. This Is what Germany now desires This Is what Lord Itobcrt Cecil had In mind when he said that the Germans by peace negotiated now would soon be In n posi tion to "fight all the world forever." This Is the method by which tho Insano cllquo nt tho head of the German nation would proparo for "tho next war." It Is tho business of tho world to make no peace, to consider no peaca till no vestlgo remains of a government which plans. In the midst of present horrors, for another war. Whether the name Is changed or not, Hog Island Is bound to bo Victory Island. PITY THE POOR SPOILSMAN TjWEHY ONE, exeppt the professional -"politicians, admits that there Is no par tisanship In tho Interpretation of the law. Tho politicians had to "pander to public sentiment" when they parsed the statute providing- that candidates for Judicial ofllces thould be clccte I on a nonpartisan ticket. But this law has not worked out In practlco ns Its advocates expected. The party managers have seen to this. But now they aio In a quandary. Two vacancies on tho Supreme Court bench are to be filled In November. Tho Constitution provide that under such conditions no voter may cast his ballot for more than ono candidate. Now, how can two Repub lican Supremo Court Judges bo elected when the Republican can vote for only ono and when tho Democrats are likely to concentrate their strength on a Demo cratic candidate? Graver dlsasteis could happen than the election of a Democratic Judge, so tho mas of the people aro not worrying. They know that there aro honest nnd capable Democratic lawyers in tho State. But the Republican Organization leaders aro sitting up nights, and ono of tho many reasons for their lucubrations Is their desire to prevent a Demociat from getting a Judge ship. In the intervals between their other nocturnal activities they may devise a plan. It will bo worth waiting for. THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Lusitania "PROUDEST and dearest Of ships from the Cljde, Who has forgotten her, And how she died? GREEN slopes of Ireland Knelt down by the foam: To the green lap of Ireland Our dead came home. WARM hearts of Ireland Brought blanket and shawl, Straightened them, graved them, Keened for them all. WHO has forgotten, Or who will forget Those pitiful graves In a green lap set? The German high command has decided that Schutzengrabenvernlchtungsautomo bll Is too long a word for "tank." After calling In the philologists they have chosen a much handier name, Stuimpanzcrkraft vvagen. Ohio Please Answer Now that we have da light saving, whaj Is'Ohlo going to do about the dusk In San dusky? To say nothing of the eve In Cleve land? And how about the day In Dayton? Still, we can forgive Ohio a little laxness because that State had the good taste to name one of its towns New Philadelphia, Ankles on the Boardwalk I have just come back From a week-end At Atlantic City and I can't get them out ot W mind. They flash and shlmnw fat and slimmer like the aurora borealls. Silk and lisle In every style Out In pairs To take the airs, translucent In outline, thlnllne and stoutllne, twinkling and wrinkling, Foaming and roaming, Aladdin may have had wonderful lamps, but his lenses were no more comprehensive than mine. Let us give thanks For all kinds of shanks! DOVE DULCET. Literary Notes "Major Ian Hay Belth, the English au thor, who writes under the pen name of Ralph Conners." New York Times. Booth Tarklngton, who writes under the pen name of Irvln Cob. Mary Roberts Rlnehort,) who writes under the pen name of Billy Sundae. William Dean Howells, who writes under the pen name of Ring Lardnor. The German peace feelers don't seem to nave felt much. Trailing- Herrick Whenas for peace the Kaiser goes Then, then, methlnks, bow plainly shows The Insincerity of his pose. That tJk lout democracy, h A POOR WAY TO GET LAMB CHOPS By Walter Prichard Eaton ONE of the most difficult things In America seems to be to keep the parks wo have wisely created for tho health nnd enjoyment of all men out of the hands of those who would exploit them selfishly. Tuli Is true of our city parks In tho East and. though few of us know It, It Is true nlso of our national parks In the West. Just now the "patriotic" excuse Is being made by thoca who would exploit our national parks nnd they are In especial peril. This "patriotic" argument Is Insidious and fools many people nt a time like this who would not be taken In nt other nnd happier scaFons. Wo ned mutton nnd we need wonl, say tho would.be exploiters, nnd wo can't hnve more mutton nnd more wool unlets wo raise more sheep But we can't rsNB more sheep without more land to graze them on Therefore, let us graze them In the national pirks. Wool will win the war eat up the wild flowers. THE attick was raade last year, nnd only the efforts of park lovers savd the Yosemlln Inderd, thev did not entirely save that. Tw small s'ctlnns nf this beautiful Eden were Invaded A strong effort wns also made to capture the Mount Rainier national park lart summer by n utockinan In the Wet, who wished to pasture thousands nf head over this most wonderful wild flower pnrden, In the most superb setting, on the North American continent He didn't suc ceed, but he or Fomebody else will be (or perhaps l) trvlng attain, nnd the nppenl to "patriotism" will bo even etrongcr than now. PEnilAPS ou say. "Why not let him gra7e his cheep over this park?" that Is ;ioti nny It If you hnve never been thert vnurself nr never followed In tho wake of n floek nf 2nnfl head r sheep. He should not be hllowed to do It, frt, because It Is abso lutely unnere-snrv, nnd second, becaiino our nntloml parltx have been set nslde for the refreshment tho spiritual refreshment of rJl the people, nnd to strip them of their vernal lovellnern to enable the cattlemen to secure n very little more cheap paturage Is nothing Fhort of a crime ngalnst democ racy. CRATER LAKE, In Oregon, one of the ctrnngeFt and one of the most beautiful lake In the world. Is set aside, with Its sur rounding rim nnd tho slopes lending up thereto, an a national park. Not a wild (lower grows there Tho sheep were there hcfnro the Oov ernment pet It npart nn a pnrk. nnd no mnn rnn say how many gen erations It will ho before birds nnd winds ran resow It to Its original ground cover of wild flowers. If the sheepmen had their w.iv the Ynsemlto would be Mrlpoed nlso und the tnpeotrltd nnd gardened slopes nf Mount Rainier nnd probably lovely OlacUr Pnrk, with Its Incomparable upland meadows, starred with dog-tooth violets nnd chalice cups, and other parks besides. When ou consider what a small nrea our pnrks cover nnd what a rmall percentage of that small nren Is prrnrlng lnnd. nnd then reflect on tho millions upon millions of acres of waste lnnd east nf the Mississippi River and In the South, tho thought of despoiling our pnrKn of their flnral beauty nnd genernlly making them unpleasant or even obnoxious ns na tional pla grounds In order to glvo a few western cnttlemcn cheap pasturage nt the public expense, jou wonder sometimes whether the cattlemen are the moro selfish or vnu nnd I nre the more short-sighted and easily gulled This nppenl to "patriotism" today Is one wo should scan pretty caicfully, especially noting by whom It la made. MR. A. C. BIGELOW. president of the Philadelphia Wool nnd Textllo Assocln tlon, has somewhere said: "There Is only one source left open now from which vvp can ob tain an Increase of sheep production, nnd that Is the fnrmlng sections east of tho Missis, slppl River and In the unused land areas of the South" That Is to say, of course, the nrea which would be made available by de spoiling our wonderful national parks would simply bring moro profit to a very few men, without producing enough more wool and mutton reallv to aid the country In Massa chusetts alone there are. I believe, 3,000,000 acres of waste land, a considerable part of It fit for sheep raising. Do we raise sheep? We do not. ' It would coft us too much to build the fences or the dogs would destrov them or something of the kind. If we need wool nnd mutton so badly, why not help the farmers to build their fences nnd why not ennct a little dog legislation which would have at least as much teeth In It ns a strny cur? Any Fane person who was really a pa triot In this or anv other crisis ought to bo the first one to advocate killing his dog If that dog was the sort which sneaked oft nnd killed sheep Nobody loves dogs better thnn I do, but why I should be willing to ruin Mount Rnlnler national park In order to preserve my Airedale when he becomes a public pest I cannot for the life of me see. However. It seems to be a fact that In our eastern States the dog owners can always manage to pull the teeth out of any law proposed to make fheep raising safe nnd profitable, and the whole nation suffers to protect dear little Rover. This Is selfish sen tlmentallsm rone mad. The sooner we real. Ize It tho better. The sooner we realize that right here In the East nnd South, within Ftrlklng dlKtnncn of Boston, New York, Phila delphia, Washington wo havo waste land enough to reduce the price of a winter suit or a lamb chop within hailing distance of the average purse the better oft we shall be. EATINO up all tho wild flowers on Mount Rainier and In the Yosemlte and Glacier and Yellowstone, reducing those beauty spots where annually more than 100,000 Americans find health nnd refreshment and spiritual renewal, will net bring down tho price of a suit a penny It will only make a very few "patriotic" cattlemen a shade richer. But the proper encouragement nnd protection of the thousands of eastern and southern farm ers who now have millions of acres of waste land so that they will raise sh'eep will or certainly can make a vast difference to every man, woman and child In these United States. Why should we'go to California or Washington to ruin a few square miles of unparalleled loveliness When at our own back doors are hard-track pastures thou sands of times larger In total area, useless now. but adapted to sheep raising? The real patriotism would be to use them and savs the national parks If half that Mr. Scott Well, Who MedT and Mr. Penrose ssld of each other In the recent contest of criticism Is true, then both should hurry out 'of political Ufa without waiting to say good-by to any one. . Th. aircraft Invest! rerhspa It Cam gatlon ordered by the Iloth Ways President will show whether the glum was born In Gutzon Borglum or whether he had It wished on him by some of his rich country men In the motor business. One Philadelphia man f nought ctlebrated the Crown a Liberty Ilond Prince's birthday by swearing oft frank furters and German fried potatoes forever and ever. What did you do? Seeing Is Believing What hu become of the old-fashioned girl who used to chew a wad of gum as big as a walnut and rest her mouth at regular Inter vals by stretching It out .at srm's length? Akron Times. We can remember the wad of, gum of that else, but the girl you have In mind must have lived In Akron and been the daughter of a rubber man; no girl down this way eould etretea fc moutk out at arm's length. "und der' AWEH&sr lamsmmmiismwanmB. " IL -A"' " Sf?K vvr.-jjs.iiM' .-t,iAVL-TVBSs?j.'j.s,xu,swsBA. iSBjmv xauoKiMSytHLVbmBrzi .- V i?&gfllKfiBS sBasB'iroxsBBBr oKSffSB!TlKBOLi2eMmMlJJtfnL sWMBPgWfc i jlasssiTgM .fllilii 'jJsLiBIbbbbbbsibbbbbbbbbbiIbbbbbbbbbbbbb ' i v- V v 'Amvvn?. &? jemmMMtnimmESSaSWp THE FORCE OF ENTHUSIASM A Reader Believes It Is Helping to Win the War Freedom in America A Song for Soldiers To the Editor of the Vvening Putlfo Ledger: Sir We beg of those of pro-German ten dencies to coin somo new word other than "hysterical" as applied to enthusiastic war workers. Wo nre sick and surfeited with the word "hysterical," as used by smnll minds as an argument against war enthusiasm and en ergy In the noblest nnd best and most neces sary war ever before wajsed by any people; be that war energy In actual fighting, In Red Cross work, In Y. M. C. A or Knights of Columbus work. In selling of Liberty Bonds or In fighting German propaganda, which deals the most subtle nnd surest death of the German cobra species. Remember Russia nnd Italy! rlcturo tho Italian heroes fighting for jcars In the wintry Alps, dragging heavy ar tlllcry nnd ammunition nnd food up those ley passes, living In Ico caverns, nnd betrayed by their own comrades In the plains through German peace propaganda Let us be on tho safe side nnd havo none of it till the Allies have won the war at least. Ono night In .i cold, dreary and driving rain at Broad Street Station, standing on an open Liberty Bell platform, I saw one of these "hysterical" war-working women plead lng for the purchase of Liberty Bonds. May Heaven bless this noble spirit nnd In the name of our dead nrd dying nnd wounded soldiers may their critics meet no worse fate than "gassing" and crucifixion at the German front. Would you take pistols equipped with si lencers away from a group of men who were stealthily shooting our soldier boys In the back? Such Is the Kaiser-regulated air man modern thought and German modern language of the last forty sears How can jou have the modern German language with out the modern German thought, which Is Kalser-born German thought? Remember the well-proved German propaganda In our school textbooks; the 300 western BChools In one State where German only Is taught; the 1000 schools In which the German anthem Is dally sung and American national spirit fostered not at all. In any other country than America such a state of affairs Is Inconceivable, nnd how can we best fight thete pro-German military Ideas Inculcated Into the susceptible minds of children? What happened to Russia and Italy by this same modern military German thought nnd language and propaganda, used chiefly nnd solely for furthering German war Inter etts? And what may happen to America by this same quiet, powerful pistol? In America all thinking and wise men know German peace propaganda Is more to be feared for the peac of this generation nnd the next than the German army. Could It be possible that some of these "hysterical" critics aro catering to German patients and considering their own pocketboolts and Im mediate comfort and luxury? Are they of the kind who would have quietly allowed the German army to pass through Belgium, accepting German pay In stead of "hysterlcallj" resisting and fighting to their certain death for merely the prin ciple fit honor? If such lighting spirit be "hysterical." as President Lincoln said of Genera! Gram, Where In heaven's name do you get the spirits that such may be Instilled Into others? If Mr. George Wharton Pepper, one of the ablest and noblest examples of self-sacrificing American manhood for promoting the In. terests of this war, be "hysterical," may Heaven grant even a lltete ot the same spirit to some ot his cheap critics, who are not worthy to touch the hem of his garment. Philadelphia, May 3. E. T. C. Freedom In America To the Editor of the Evening PuWfo Ledger: Sir We find men who assert there Is no such thing as freedom In America. They have gone so far as to laud the great Gov ernment of Germany, or seme other oppressed country But how glad they are to live In oppressed America. Indeed, they seem to prefer the oppression of America to the free dom of Kaiser rule. And now that our contry Is at war we find these so-called liberators of "the common people are agents of the Kaiser. i We are free to do as we please, so long as our freedom does not unjustly interfere with another man's freedom., ror this freedom iBBBBBSa. Vgflg bounds of reason. We have the full, free and secret ballot, and we enn cast It as we see fit If there aro wrongs in our country wo can eradicate them with our voice and ballot. Our free school system enables us to receive an education that enables us to do our own thinking. When our fathers molded our country into shape and gave It a form of government they declared that there should be no union of Church nnd State, and every man shall have the right to his own religious opinion. And so every man today can choose his own re ligion and be in no danger from the Govern ment unites he should teach ideas tkat are degrading. Today we can preach the Gospel, read our Bible, hold our prayer meetings; we can worship God according to the dictates of our conscience, nnd our Government, Instead of Imprisoning us, will protect us. How the apostles would have rejoiced to live In our day. They suffered many hardships to open the way to what we enjoy. Oh, Christians, appreciate this freedom more, live up to this God-given privilege more; lest God cause It to be taken from you for a season, until you learn lq appreciate perfect freedom. Ah to American citizenship, how many peo ple there aro who trifle with It, treat It as though It would be nothing to worry over It they should lose It. Tho Apostle Paul was a Roman citizen, and his cttlzemhlp saved him from being scourged,on one occasion. He was free-born, the same' as we are. We did not buy our citizenship with money. It cost the blood of our fathers. And may the time never come when American citizenship can be bought with money. CHAS. W. ROBINSON. Wilmington, Del., May 3. Doctor Conwell Likes This To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir This Is one of the best for general use that I have yet seen. RUSSELL H. CONWELL. Philadelphia, May 0. HYMN FOR THE MEN IN KHAKI By F. A. D. Atwood Lift up jour eves to heaven, God has heard the awful cry. ... Has ceeu His people suffer, and the little children die. And the lightning bolts of vengeance are gathering on high. His truth Is marching on. Glorj', glory hallelujah. Glory, glory hallelujah, Raise aloft our glorious banner. His truth Is marching on. From Oregon to Florida, from Maine to Texas's coast. We are coming In our manhood, a royal hearted host, To win the world for Freedom, whatever be tho cost, With God we're marching on. Glory, glory halleluiah, Olory, glory hallelujah. Raise aloft our glorious banner, With God we're marching on. Our and Is an avenger He will right each bitter wrong. Though we weary with the conflict and our watting may be long. ThJ men who wear the khaki are loyal, true nnd strong, Old Glory Is our pride. Glory, glory hallelujah. Glory, glory hallelujah. Raise aloft our glorious banner. Old Glory Is our prldt, Beneata the Stars and Stripes, boys, we'll march to victory, Until, like fair Amerloa, all nations shall be free, And all the millions of the earth shall have true liberty, , ' Our God is marching op. We in Spare Them 'Melville Clyde Kelly, representing part of Allegheny County In Congress, has pro posed that a commission of stventy-Ave Rep resentatives and Senators be sent to Europe to study, the progress ot the war. There seems to be no disposition to take hlsisug. gtstlon seriously; but It Is' deserving of respect There are sbout seventy-flve mem bers of Congress we should like to be asked to pick them out who could well be snared. Ifi we had it In our power we would send them to Europe, Asia or Africa, or even to the South Pole, tor the duration of the war. And some are so fond ot Junkets thty r..!jht volunteer to go. , Of Course 1 A western contemporary with the esseie assUUnee ot a .wakeful llaetyser and aa Lament of a Car Owner OH, FRIENDS! a grievous tale of woe Does In my bosom swell. Pray lend an ear and sympathize While I proceed to tell. i I own a car, a little one, A friend of many Jolts. And while she's but a simple fllv, I love her very bolts. A month ago she flirted with A questionable man And while, alas! my back was turned, He started her and ran. I telephoned to City Hall To start the hue and cry: They told me to be patient and They'd find her by and by. A copper caught them when they'd run Scarce more than half a mile And Henrlotta spent eight days (For shame!) in durance vile. Repaired, refitted, good as new, Ah, how the hour lags! She waits, for we must have, to drive, A set of license tags. Three age-long weeks pass by until This pair of tins arrive In Harrlsburg the red tape worms 1 And little wormlets thrive. At last we have her out again, But worn and very thin: Our Henrietta's soul is gone, She's Just a piece of tin. The man? Oh, he is out on ball, His time In Jail was brief Believe me, If you go to court It's best to be the thief! DAVID COLDEN MURRAY. Cuninghame Alive A rumor has been current recently that Cuninghame, the noted English big game hunter and authority on ethe Interior of Africa, around whom (under a Actional name) Major Stewart Edward White wove much of his latest novel. "Slmba." Is dead. Accord ing to Major White's latest Information this report Is absolutely without foundation. As a matter of fact, tho major states. Cuning hame Is In the war nnd was known to be alive up to a couple of months ago. The report of his death may be due to a con founding 6"f him with Selous, another famous big game huntsr, who died not long ago. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who Is Peeretair of Htste tat Ireland? I. WMeh ,RU1 known as "the Mother of J. Whe wrete "The winds nnd mn aro alirsji on tho side of tho het navlsstors"; 4, When end what was tho renlnsulat warT 8. Who was Joieph Adiilnm? 5. Where and what It "the Poets' Corner"? 7, Whe wrote "Tho Chambered Nautilus" t. Was there inch a person Mother (JoomT B, Identify "Poor Richard." 10. Where Is tho Avro Itlier? Aniwers to Yesterday's Quit 1, Billion in doftnolr work lirojortlng from the insle lacjosuro of n fortification. t, LooUUne U called "tho 1'ollrsn Itate." t, "Eoroale Wriindet" Is ono jf the works ef Henere lUliar. French noveilit. 4, Bsooliutl "kjns en approach to enoms Thieo by dlsrins a narrow trench, with fli head protected br o parapet of forth thrown un front the trench) usually oops ere slftes. I, A "ochool Mirror" U on lnre.Ue.tlen of entire .oebopl system from tho nodososlo iuT edmbijolrnlfre tandnolnta to Insure now BMthodo of profMstonal ofBcUncy sis boslneos Monoiay, t. Two ox-rrnldenu of the United KtoUs are 1. 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