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"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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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