r "-? EVENlM PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918 c fcWV !M ,T;jr ErfTHPT IA w m r5 ii c r Ss W kS i " n so; PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY pxnoaH. li cortir. ruistDtxr M i iiviainaion vie A'retiaenr.- jonn -;. secretary ana Treasurer! rniup c v.oinns, Wllllumi, John J. Spurreon, Directors U BDITOIUAIa BOARD Curs II. K. Ccith. Chairman .VIDE. SMILET Editor 0&K11 C. MARTIN ...QenerM Suslneei Manager 'Published dally at rrsuo I.tront ButlxHnr, xnaepnanc9 pquar, i-nnaacipnia iobr central. .Jiroaa una LncBtnui tureen -ahtio Citt. ........... Press Unton BuiMlna iwTOBC 200 Metropolitan Towrr oit. .... 4im i orn nunainK Loria ions FuiWton HulMlnc iMijiM 1 orn r.il..,u r..ii.itM ijr news ntmEAuss .Wiinitffttrtw Tlraiun. frfM N. E. 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Mar 23. 1418 NOW WATCH OUT FOR A VARE l'ECE DRUE! vt 'T,HE long touted are drive on the I'enn- -syivania political iront is enuen wnn much ground lost on the Harrisburg sector Mid a decided lowering of mot ale among the Frog Hollow armies If such a thins lis the latter be possibln. Having been soundlj drubbed In the places where It hurt most Geneials Ed l. n im uiii ma; vj t'v trt- t-. iw .-j- ... Jt" tactics of those other defeated stnteglFts ' on the eastern Bide of the western front in i Europe nnd resort to a peace drio with i j, the object of disarming the offensKe pow- .!fiM oici nt tVt Toirte trrfea That thev are adept In the art of stealing TmnraV anntt.n lanitap'o nnKdnil I i 1 1 n lid r jyik ".; .nu.lli-l ir-.i 1 T f--.. m . . v. xviicii.cvi xjuit:n viu icniun iii.o in 1111 n 11 humiliation by recalling the neatness and : dispatch with which they sepaiated him j from the present Governor of the State ana xna present .u lynr "i riimueiimu after he fondly thought that he had them securely bound to his red auto wheels Tes, Indeed, harmony Is prettj sum to' bo the watchword of the Vare bo; when ever; they face down Chester way Thc prepared a reasonablj Kood alibi by jll. Ai Ing the fence between the enthusiastic nnd connaing J. uenny u.en ana tno victo rious Senator Sproul until the discovered which way the wind was blowing, when they traitorously hurled the harpoon into their Governor's great and good candidate So get out 5 our gas mask S"nator! re "" B? '"Philariftlrvhia. tn warm to polrlfprs ' de- olars a news headline It II be altogether unavoidable in Julv & . GERMAN bOUANDERLUST fef PERSIANS are a thriftj people One of ff'.rs i t.140 uiuai, li. i;i ui ... " hi,iuiub .4ii hv 3J5; theirs when they learn at last or the idiotic enterprises upon which the present Kaiser r has flung out their hoarded resources like fV rain, In the four corners of tho world ;!'' The maddest spendthrifts of hlstorv hive Kg )en shamed by I'otsdam Of Relshazzar it Ai .. k. HflM Vin. Via n 1 a n r. vn n l4p. aa :W AiitAgi UO BCV4U L44t.b lit- .4 1. Unci H I l' 1111 .ir-14 f p.e Eomeimng i see anu sometning xo "wonder about. Cut the untold millions with which the agents of Berlin havo flooded almost every country In the world Since the war began In the campaign of propaganda, have bought little for Germany but ridicule and untverpal derision disclosures at Washington show that jo golden flood has been ceaseless in America ana that It ha3 gone to Sinn rein Ijilers. ta cliques of the incurabb nntingliM. Irish, to Finn and Russian. Lithuanian and rVjJIlndu. Even negroes who called them Selves leaders of their people got a share. i Aliu nothing has come of the four yenis' tfeMXort eerlously to confuse the Allied na- w. " out the money scraped together by hard- ,ifWorklng peasants has been flung away at ijj&wlld Broadway suppers where the plotters -.iVf WZ Ifllkt Tt 1-1 O C, Ha An llr-n1 a ann.. Jt 1 .. &&t'worA to seedy spouters reclaimed from ra,Wckyards to capitalize their names and BSiS, their natlnnnlltv Tt hin .nr.ii y w ua' "CBiuo in uie ooutn. Ann "Bi vt there was a tlmq when Germany wis iMV called efficient' aft-. Here's honlne that Phiiarie,inhir .,111 f$ Wt 4-w.....,, sy,JW 41K111 in leei cnPSTV gXv'ooncerning the present war-fund campaign , ,liaiB a penectiy gooa right to feel chestv 'OOnr.lrinC h nrteAn .. n.fi.A 1 yrr 3j i mr ivri'iTinic mnr.11- ,, .iw ...41 . .u 1I1IJULB W1 ABI-PDLB ls one ot the most cheerful "3. nhennmpna nf piar., mini... j. . ( - ' -j 4i44iiiui, uuwn , jure In which the United States has ever SftMiraged. No American war would be com FPlete without its BIddle. Men of the name 1 wtut74H linn fln Inntirnhla nl.nn.llU. .- ll K1?,-;: - -"" 4.i.H 4llWll llj iwri .' l . 4TT44.4 ucbii wiicii me nanon cans rney lhave. figuratively speaking, slapped death -in the face time and again Often they r' yj,j jot away with It, as the phrase goes And V litw one of the old line, Charles J Biddle. i5t 1 rBl Annajusia, captain in the American w aylatlon service, has carried this odd e L -iJBerlment a little further hv staving arnn rwf Bee what happened after the affront He . ) Just been recovered from No Man's -XAnd ort one of the British sectors after v. je of the most rigorous sessions with the jehe ever survived by any aviator. " The adventure shows that a strangely atile fate protects Biddies. Captain Bld- t was shot In a battle to which he stuck. ugh the odds were terribly against him. fU 6000 feet and escaped without addl- l Injuries. An Instant after he rolled ls wrecked machine a gceat shell fell l It and blew It to flinders. Diddle tucked f la the hole made by the explosion finally rescued by a patrol, safe t'for a. bullethole In one of his legs. ijBlddles who fought first to protect My Indians when the country was those who died gallantly in each 1 successive wars; Captain Nick, who. ifty wounded, directed the fighting :a continental frigate febm a chair : until his ship sank under him, and ant Julian Riddle, a member of the ta E9eadrllle, who was one of the rlcans to die In (he present war, know of Captain Charlie's' a. 1 Wjtb8 t,ms and flrB slad. The most :tha tumultuous piddles ls living 1.' It mav bachoned that ha will i. the war ends. GUrel aw that oa- SCRAMBLING THE RAILROADS How Will Director McAtloo's Lalcit Move Affect After-tlie-War DUintegrallon? rpHE flr3t question that is suggested by the action of Mr. McAdoo in ousting every railroad ptcsident in the country is whether the director general of rail roads, as a leader of the Democratic pmty, is scrambling the transportation lines during tho war so inextricably that they cannot bo uns -rambled when peac comes. The Government took over the duec tion of the railroads in the wintei be cause it was .;aid they were not giung the service which was needed in war time. It was desirable that they should bo operated as one sj stem so far as possible in order that there might be economics and in older also that the terminals might be used to the best ad vantage. Mr. McAdoo was appointed dnector general to bring about the op erative consolidation. He has now decided that tho railroad piesidents, responsible to boards of di rectors representing the shareholders, nie not co operating satisfactorily with him By a sweeping order he removes eveiy piesidcnt He orates one regional di rectoi and announces his intention to appoint three other' to supplement the dnector nf the Kast, whom he appointed some time ago The successors of th" railroad presidents arc to be called Fed eral manageis nnd thev are to be respon sible to the- refional dnectois and thro igh them to Mr. McAdoo. The opeiative contiol of the loads i3 thus taken from the hands of tho owners and put m the hands of ap pointees of Mi McAdoo, who delneis himself of many fair woids about pio tcctinp the inteiests of the shareholder and preaeiving the integiity of their propertv But his action1- which aie more eloquent indicate that protection of the piopeitv 13 to bo second jo to the consolidation of the vanous and competing lines into one gicat svstem dire-ted by him The 1 oiling stock is to he used lnteichangeabh, the lails of one line are to be fice tn other linos, the sta'ions and terminals aie to be ued in common and, in short, the whole tians port ition system of tho country is to be put in a bag and shaken up in such .1 way that the pioblem of sepauting it again into its original parts will tax the skill of experts and bin den the coiuta for years aftci the war. if the sepaiation is over to be brought about Therein lies the gravity of the situa tion produced by Mr Mc Vdoo's older. There is a strong faction in the Dcmo ciatic party which is committed to Gov ernment ownership of lniiroads It is admitted that this issue is lihclx 'o le tho predominant one in the piesidcnti.il campaign of 1020 It is known that there are mote than a million and a half la 1 road employes whose incomes are to bo increased bv the action of Mr. McAdo 1, a member of the cabinet of a Demo cratic Fiesidcnt. And it i-, known alo that patty manageis repaid giatitude as an emotion to which an effective ap peal can be made when they aie seeking votes If the Administration were delib erate! v planning to bring about condi tions under which it could aiguo that Gov ernment ownership was expedient and were conciliating a large bodv of voters by giving them bettei pav, in ordei to win support for its piogram, it could not be conducting a moie subtle cam paign. We should like to have the responsible Democintic leaders disclaim any such in tention and assert that their sole puipose is to bring about greater efficiency in railroad operation to meet the exigencies of the war But even if they should do so, we may be pardoned if we doubt the wisdom of some of Mr. McAdoo's an nounced purposes. If Mr McAdoo thinks that he can hiie the best railroad talent for $20,000 a yeai ho is likely to discover that thete is a Ijighei marlet value than that for great executive brains, coupled with constructive imagination. But pei haps ho wants only men who will obey orders. If this be so his assumption that he possesses the genius to dnect the rail roads of a continent unaided by tiaincd experts with initiative of the highest type is the most stupendous thing which has appeared above the horizon m recent years. As the evening of the 1 rirmr'rs pro gressed it was fas enough tn unrierctand why Democratic hopes of a drv nominee for Governor would prove unavailing SHOW ITALY'S COLORS' rjlOMOnrtOW marks the thud anni- versary of Italj s declaration of war, and as our correspondent Mr. Caporale re marks In his letter in another column the event should he publicly observed hv a generous display of the Italian colors Per haps we have been remiss In not ex hibiting the Italian standard more gen erally, very often when the flags of the Allies, are grouped together the colors of Italy are omitted None of the Allies has shown more magnificent spirit and energy In her campaigns than Italj, and the recent evidence of national regret and sympathy at the death of Captain Besnati the Italian ace, was a spontaneous expression of the country's feeling Rudard ipllng has given eloquent testimony of the marvelous achievements of the Italians in theli Alpine campaigns, and the Caproni plane has shown us that In ouV chosen technical field Italy has much to teach us Thejtles of blood and spirit thai link us with our Italian kinsmen are many apd indissoluble, let us give public testimony thereof by the proper display of their gallant colors. If Lloyd George were asked how to pro nounce Sinn Fein It's ten to one he couldn't express himself In polite language. THE ORCHESTRA'S FORTUNATE ROLE TUB wholly unsensatlonal character of the Philadelphia Orchestra Asioclatlon's annual meeting the other day still further intrenched the almost unique potltlon whkh this organisation now ocuples In the AjswrVean music. Apparently there 4Te-MS434Wa a officials already long In ofTlce. In reality the very harmony of the occasion was the most striking Index of its Import. Orchestral annals in several great Amer lean cities havo lately been extremely checkered The superb Boston Sjmphony was threatened with dissolution and Its leader tho pestiferous though tale.nted. Doctor Muck, was landed In a Federal cahboose Dr Krnest Kunvvald of tho Cincinnati Orchestn, went the same lond The San Fnnclscn and Detroit organiza tions havo undergone drastic changes Fortumto Is the mchestri enabled to preserve both its artistic md its pntiiotlc balince In these wartime" That the Phlli rtelphli Orchestra has beefl successful In this recird feems tvplcil nf the most Amer Inn of rltips which it musically lcpresents Out nf a psisnnnel of nenrlv a bundled onh nm thirteen pliveis, released list nuttimn weie enemv illens The bodv nf 1 cirefullj developed organlzitlon his been preseived Its pitiintlsm from Mi Sto knwski to the Intermittent triangle pliser Is unimpeachable Its musical position is lust as rletervedlv high Phlla lolphlins mav well rejoice that their distinguished m chenn li preparing for 1 new sr-nn. as nnrnnllv ns In Jess Ftie-sful timer nnd that it never even graced the pitfall into which a number nf similar nrrnni?itlons havo filien Wo tremble to prcs witb th n s that Mr vlnhufvurl has been lint CkmiTjIwItmfr Is the llcttrr Man marlo tenipornrv die The tmnta! lonilitlon of moment ugc t that thi ehr'n hicaii'-f hi name ta'nr if I'inl ind the Ffnr at tin n " iu!f r w a 1 nks writ Whrn It I h- id rrnl standing on the Tho 5indron con frssmn Is glib enough in t, lllng where the moncj is supposer) to hao cone Thrr Cnnfentjnn Never Till n.tlilnc tmpnrtint might have l-rn more arplause hart It sue gested how we miEht get 1 little of the monej hack T'ven the able t men Ton I.nte, Vim are sometimes ehort- ' sighted Ihr railioa 1 pri-sirletits nf the cmntrv pinbahlv IPlllZ hv the time that the- mule the nu ' ike nf th-ir lives when thev ilirip t join thr bimherhoocl ml while will Air Honniwell be if the The Iiemnn- I rleml runtn goes dn nmb r a pif irt' ntial older'' The sntimmt th it the leport of Htn denhurg s ! ath 1- nl lv cm rent 1- ln'lic p liable As n n i"- rhe fnpenhiren wtiea c a-- InimminK with the jam, Lome-, or leaniiria s 1 -gtn The draft bond- nie rpeet'l in under stand that a sailor an scive t nele Pam better on -hiphoaril than In the trerche- Dnes fhalrman Hn of the Republican Vatioml rvimmitteo intend to plav the pipe dreams of his f, Uow cninmltti-enien. on th new pattv oiLan whuh he is ahnut tn 'tart' fter ell !- theie niuthlng so vrrv new In that stor about the Germans rating human tlfsh m tin ruherland' Haven tthii long been irtrtKUd In pig1, iff I' See what a lent 'aid Marc Antonv, the pini'uis fasra made put that wn3 rinlh nothing at .all to the accomplishments nf the ninili rn landlnrd BEEF, IRON AND WINE The Wn 1 k of the "Srlirerklnlikeit ' TT WV.S the I -boat Schi eckllchl eit That sailed the Bruges Cam!. Ard the Kaifer had given her skipper 1 cross And cilled him a good old pal Her bunkers were full nf Isen fruit, Tnrpeilne- ind TS'T, And the skipper was keen to stib some ships And leariv to put 10 sea He felt his wiv down the green caral To Zcebrupge harbor mole, His shining tithes wero pilmed with death And triggered for their gnal Then up and spoke the Kiuppsmith bold And he was the Kalfers gem There was never 1 woman or child at sea P.ut he had flied on them We cant gn out. raj captain deir. Oh don t gn nut tortaj , The cowardU British have ?unk some ships And barred our right of waj ' ' The skipper jingled hn Iron Cross And his Ordei Pour le Merlte He laughed a Tirpiu laugh. 'Hn ho. Those ship3 ire obsolete " He dipped hei nose and dived beneath, And the P-hiecklichkeit so rash Rin bump against those onciete ships And was blown into goulash The hurgcrmelster scoured the town, And on a suburban street He found a crumpled Iron Cross And a bent Pour le Merite And tho Unterseebonte along the canal Thej weep for a fate like that, They re full of the highest explosives known And nothing to Are them at YOU don t keep jour money in half a dozen different pockets a dollar on jour thigh a dollar in jour hip pocket and jour small change scattered through jour vest Put all jour war-relief money in the War Chest and do away with miscel laneous campaigns Every dollar in tho War Chest means health, strength, laughter and the knowledge of home support to every man in uniform To every man, be he officer or ranker, regardless of creed, race and branch of the service, here, on tea or abroad Contributed to th TVnr Chett hj Beff. Iron and Wine Salute Miss Hoover One of the penalties of greatness ls to have a quick-firing hen named after one. There's a Rhode Island Red in Poughkeep sle that lays them seven Inches round the waist Of course, they have christened her Miss Hoover Speaking of plagues, strikes and famines in Austria, how about the Buda-Pesthi-lence? Hlndenburg still refuses to state whether jtbe reports of his death were undere.tt BMited, SOCRATES. SHAKING HANDS ! WITH KERENSKY I F KKRENSKY can really tell us whit what is likelj to happen theie will bo no moro welcome visitor to the American continent And the fact that he has enme, or Is enming or even wants to come, ls significant In her hour of darkness nnd confusion Russia Inoks to the great repub lic of the West for aid and svmpathy The American public deirlv loves to give ovitlnns to distinguished visitors hut tho man nn the pavement will be a little puz rled at first lust how tn greet Kerenskv Our minds have been so confused as to Riissu during tho past veir that wo are nil 1 bit unrertain Is ho to be hilled as the patriot whn saved Russia, or as tho bindlt who undid her" The headlines have told us so often thit Russia wis saved 01 Russia was damned or both at nme that vvc have learned 1 wise rtticenee ns to hazarding anj original v lew s Wo know verj" lit'Ie about Russia Most nf what we know wis picked up whilo riding in the smnklnc c ir and Isn't so Still tho American public has such a thirst f r 1 knowledge m d tlther know things thnt ,aren t so than cultivate a perfectly discreet and passionless ignnrince Hut wn hue 1 greit and affectionate faith In Russia The Russian foul shows 1 simplicltj, i cuvlng foi brautj and truth a pissmnate lnvablcness and human felinw ship th it cips nut in 1 clear, winning vmco tn all that is genuine n mil hearts We who wnn our lihertv and happiness sn pasih (ccmparativph 1 ire we to tuin aw iv frnm the people that above all other? lias Miffeifd and bled and gone hungrv and ragged for firrrtnms sake1 Rii'-Ma must nnt misundei stand nur feel ing tnwaul her Manv and manj a Rus slan in Ihis rountrv mirt have winced tn lead the japes and 1ibr nf our pie s nur uuickness to m ike fun of an features nf hir trouble that lend thenr.elvis to rldl ciiIp W e are i teinperamr ntiilj jnculai nation, those things vvi love- best we laugh it It is because wn lnvn Russia and pri7n hoi great dieim "f liheitv tint wn have nlwavs In en quick tn mike fun of inj thine that seemed tn be standing in In r wa Riissu H a long wav off it is hud to sen clearlj w mav have laughed at tho wrong lime and the wiong things Put for Russia herself for her pei pin ind the futh that is ,n them sp havo nothing but the love of brothers Even tlirourh the garhllngs and scraps of information that come our wiv we (eem tn hive caught .1 visinn nf tills man Keicnskj s mrs il.( We have icen the llame nt his peisnnalitv fiail in body but untiring ind undauntihli in tplnt We lemeniber bow he thiew the -tiength nf ten into his task nf binding Russu to gethet , hnw be pleaded ignnst a 'eparaie pearo how he leahzed tint befoic peace and fntcrnitv could last tho German am bltinn must be cru hed Who can forget how this gaunt inv alid with the huining c es stood in the trcm hes exhorting the Russian -oldlfrs to stand toaethet against the ennnj ' There are some who will trv to persuade us that Kerenskv lost his grip In Russia because he was 1 Red radical because he was a loader of the extreme I.elt so f.ai left indeed that he got left alto gether We do nnt think this Is so It seems rither thit ho was a libenl who well understood the nect-sitj of. restraint It is tn his en dit that the g cat 1 evolution in Russia was so ncarlv bloodless Tho vast autocricv of tho Czar was ovei thrown with seal rely moro uproar than would be feemh nn 1 Fifth Ward election day In Philadelpnia There Is no reason to be discouraged at thi- course nf events in Rutii in the last vear We mav he iccusecf of basing nur hope on intuition rathci than on personal knowledge, but often intuition is more help ful in watching political affaiis than any amount of statistic? A nation that has contubuted Russian literature, Russiin dnma and Russian art to tho woilds sum of idealism will nnt permanently suhmit to the dictation of Kaisers and Kuehl manns Hunger is Russia s dictator Ap pease her hunger and she will again be the Russia of our dreams the great united and prosperous repuhlii of the future We look to Kerenskj, If he is reallv on his waj- hither, to tell us in burning words what Russia s truths are what are the visions of her mlght'v heart He Is no mere agitator, he i3 a man of letters a man of visions, a man who has given his lifo to practical dreaming In aid of the op pressed We have faith in Kerenskj, and whether it is he or another that can aid Russia to her due place in the ranks of free nations, our hearts and hands are with hira To paraphrase the poet Kerensky may be "the not Impossible he " A And we think the American people will have an lnstlnctivo welcome and friend liness for Kerens! j. because he is so dif ferently barbered from the Russian of popular conception Is he not short cut and clean shaven9 C. D M A Family Feud Bolsheviki threaten to make work com pulsory If they are not careful they 11 lose the sympathy of the I W W Toledo Blade The Bolshevlkl have seized the oil re gions of Baku Now let them see to It that the Germans do not seize them Mr Lorlmer thinks that Joseph Herges helmer, of West Chester, ls a great l.'rary artist West Chester papers please copy. Not a ship has been sunk by submarines in French waters since February The sea devils are penned in the North Sea pretty effectively When Hearts Grow Sad Gone the free-lunch craeker bow), Gone the cheese and p'ckles. And now barrooms are to serve Less beer for a nickel Gone the happy loafing days For each Willie Weary; War and law have made their lot Ccad and sad ai4 dreary. -Brooklyn stanaara union. CURLY TJy Utfu Inagnhi Supiiiwto CLRLV hin U not ndmuerl in Japin. Theie lie manv 1 nple who hav n 1 uilj hah, but it is difficult to sa how minv, for Jipanete lidir trv as hard to rtrnighten their hur as American ladies do to cuil theiis In these model n riavs v annus p-cparations for str lightening hur aie sold in ding Mnie-, and the e are P.eautv P.arlois on the pnncipil street of 'lok'o which advertise to 'straighten hair by new dc vices fnr making it listing strught and no injury tn the hau ' TWLNTY or thiitj jcars ago we used moie pnmitive inethod- I am auther itv on this subjict fm tho bltteiest tiiil of mj childhood w is my cuilv hail I was the vounge t nf five diughteis md on han dieslng dav which canu. thieo times 1 week the first thin-r the haiidiesser did when she came into the houso was to care foi mj hin This was unusual fnr the eldest should iivvavs be attended to tlrst Immednteh aftet the shampoo the satu rated mv hiir with almost boiling hot lea mixed with some kind of stiffening oil Then she pulled It back 03 tight as was possible and tifd it Thus I wis left while she dressed the hair of my foui sisters Bj that time mj whole head wis stitf and my evebiows pulled upward but mj hair was straight for the time being and could easilj be anangcrt in the two shining loops tied with polished coid which wi3 the proper rtjlo foi me Trom the time I can remember I wis alwajs careful about ljing quietlj on mv little wooden pillow at night, but by the next morning there was suio to be little twists around mj neck and a suspicious curve in the chlnj' loops on top of the head How I envied the long, striight locks of the couit ladies in the loll picture hanging in my loom' 0XE s-7 WC E time I rebelled and used return ords to mj nuise who was trv ing to comfoit mo duiing one of my 'gluing up" oxpeiieiiccs Kind old Ishi forgave me at once but mj mother had overheard and called me to her room I was a little sullen I remember as I bowed and seated mjself befoie her cushion, and she looked at me lathei seveielj as she spoke. ' Etsu." she said "do jou not know that curly hair ls UVe animal's hair? A sumu rai's daughter should not be willing to re semble a beast " I was greatly mortified and never again complained of the discomfort of hot tea and scented oil. ON THE day of my ' seventh year" cele bration I experienced a humiliation sp deep that It still "aches me" to think of It This celebration is a very important event in the life of a Japanese girl as much so as her debut party ls to an American joung ladj All our women relatives wero invited and we had a great feast, where I, in a beautiful new gown, occupied the place of honor. My hair had been elaborately arranged, but the day was rainy and I suppose some persistent small strands had escaped their stiff prison, for I overheard one of my aunts say: "It's a shameful waste to put a beautiful dress on Etsu It only attracts attention to her ugly, twisty hair " HOW deeply a child can feel! I wanted to shrivel to nothingness inside of, the gown of which I had been so proud, but I euyvi. ui v444v-44 44.u ,.ti. ,..-, -. - looked straight ahead and da jiot move, I Toe next mwmi ism came in 10 Jims "PROVE THAT YOUR HEART IS WITH HAIR sonin lire ind looked at me I saw tho pain in hei eves ind 1 knew she had hend Th it nu.ht v hen she nme to und"03s me she had not removed the little blue-and white towels wnlch all Japanese servants wear ovci the hair when at woik I was rur pilspd fni it 1 not po'ite to appeal before a snperior with the head covered, and Ishl w is ilwajs COUl tCOUa I roon found out the t u'h She hid gore tn tho temple as soon as the dinner wis over and -cutting off hei splendid stnlght hiir had placed it before the shiine, pnjlng tho gods to tiansfei her bail to me M good Ishi1 My heart thanks her jet for her loving saciifice TTTHO shill sav that God did not pitv the simple soul- Ignorant loving effort to save from humiliation tho child she loved" At anj rate hei piajer wis answered when the hand of fate turned mv steps tow aid a land where mv rurlv hair need no longer ciuse mo either sorrow nt shimn I REIDER'S VIEJTPOiyT Whj xnt ItalvV Hag, Too? Tn the Erlitaro thr I- icnfii? Public Ledger Sir Mav Hi Is the third anniversary of Itah 3 declaration of war on Austria, andhe Governor of the State has already asked tho people nf the Commonwealth to remember with a pinprr dlsplav of Italian flags or other sign that the Italian armv Is still on the bloodv field nf battle In the struggle for elemocracj Italian troops, indeed have been for pome time in Prance perhaps not far from the sector Intrusted to the Amerl-an armv and for three jears have been fighting with indomitable valor against the very fnrces nn which the American people have been called tn make war However jnu can see everjivhere there is a display nf Allied flags the colors of France and England but almost In everv case vou would fall to see the colors of Italv One might even think If he has not read caie fullv bis newspaper that the Italians have never been In the war but lri that unfortunate period In which thej were thrown back of the Plave River, or that they have quit the game altogc'her So little thought Indeed has been given to the part Italy has plajed and is plajlng in this mighty struggle that one being eager to wear on his patriotic button the Italian colors together with those of America France and Great Britain, will be unable to find anjnh ng of the kind I have been look ing for one such button In the leading jew elry stores of Ph ladelphia, without success, of course In each and every one of the stores I w is told that the Allied buttons were without the Italian colors because at the time they were made, that Is, after the United States declared war on Germanj, Italy was not in the war jet If the people are left In such a state of Ignorance either purposely or carelessly, I might ask If they can appreciate to any ex tent whatever help Italy has given to the) Allies or the help America ls now giving to Italy Don t jou think that the Italian flag should be given Just as good 'a place as France's or England b beside our glorious Stars? Don t jou think that the American people rhould be reminded of the fact that Italy is still In the war, ls still giving away, with out a walling, the lives of thousands of her 60ns for the very same Ideal for whlcn America Is now in the war ADALBERTO CAPORALE Philadelphia, May 22, The State Canals To the Editor of the Evening Publto Ledger- Sir I note In jour paper a communication from Mr John W Frailer regarding hi? failure to procure from any of the public offices of the State a history of the Penn sylvania canals. It Mr. Frailer will com municate with this office I feel we are In a potltlon to give him any data he might detlrl concerning tntse waterways. , GEORGE F SPROULE B.er.tarv of the Board of CanvsaiMloa.r. nt jsaviuon, rawvatifiain. y. xi. THEM!" DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP T SEEK thee in the dawns (list light. -L And in the twilight giaj I call thee in the silent night. And In tho ginsh dav Yet though I wait foi thy repl". There comes no word from thee Perchmce, somewhere expectantly, Unheard, thou'it calling me HENRY WEIR BOLAND. Give Them Real Furloughs The furlough is one of the br ght spots In the soldiers life It is a stimulant to morale, both In the army and back home The French know its value After the present German offensive began all leaves were sus pended bv tne French Government But as soon as the llird line was reestablished In the Somme lc-glon in order was Issued par tially renew ng permission' as the French call them The i it horn" was too prized a thing in the rcheme of military discipline and civilian co-operation to be slighted ex cept in periods of vcrv acute crises Soldiers on leave aie the nations guests They rhould be entitled to the fite use of a natiomzed railway system opeiated by tho Gnvernment New York Tribune When EITicieiuVs Unwelcome It 1 ironlc.illj amuFinc, whin jou come to think of it that manj nf the German Americans whn boart so blatantly of the Fatherland s eineiencv came to America to e'eapo that very thing Rochester Post Expn ss Their U-c German mattresses are now being stuffed with newspapers That rtrikes the world as an eminently proper use to make of the average German newspaper even though it has alwa's been supposed that such papers were meant to lie in, not on St Joseph Gazette. The Golden Opportunity Ireland s attitude tow aid conscription is puzzling We never dreamed that anv Irish man would object to getting into a fight Detrnlt Free Pres The Real Problem A Berlin chemist advertises a drug which he saj-s stills premature hunger and ' enables one to hold out until the ne-vt meal " The trouble ls however that the next meal may be scant Utlca Herald Dispatch What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. For whom vai Mrelnla rained? 5. Win wrote "If man Is worth knovring at oil he is worth knowlne well"? 8. Where I" the most celebrated Church of otre Dame? 4. Whatvrae "alehemv"? . 8. ISentlfr "Old rrobs"? j 6. Name tho author of " noil's Honie." 3 1. What ls the Old Ballej? e 8. Who nil "The Pinned Knlsht"" 0. Where and what Is I'lrmouth Rock? .: 10. Who was Thomas Chandler Hallburtoa? ' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz s 1. The CTrlorie were a race of slants In rlaulo mvtholorv, fahleri to hare hut cue eae. In the middle of the forehrsd Ther were , d'eMer In Sicily and workrra In the hop 3 of Tulean, 1( 2. The RrltUh lmoerlal renresentatlro In Ire- . land In lord Ileutemnti In India, Ticeroji in Canada, novernor reneral. , 8. "lanltr Fair." a novel br lyilUam Make.. peace Therkerar, with Deckr Sharp at! tho central flrure. 4 4, So"tti Carolina la known as the Falmetto State. 5. Thomas JcfTerson'n first election and the election of John Qnlncr Adams were de rided br the Hoiija cf RepretcntatiTest tint of Rutherford n. Ilaroa by a special commission, .ill the otbr presidents, nct rnni inn,. niiu luiirroru unraini kxi eentlres, were elected br the Electoral? Collece. 6, Collese. In other thin the educational cent. , mesna an assembly Invented with soma iMTVIsl funrtkina. as Fleetoral Cotlexe. Collete of Cardinals, Collece of Fhrsiclans and Kurseons, ' 7, Old Hickory, a sobrlauet tor iVcdravr Jack- . eon. ; 8, "Blood and Thunder." applied' to Octloa MJt, drama, Mxntflea sensational, r S. Colorado beetle, tho potato bus, a hirdthelp' inttft .that, attacks Tlntsi on of th ci-MtNt srrlculturM pests. io. CastlMwrd, a nans "RPlfcd to ". .r" . If f-Jtt?" ft m: r t , '.&. 2? m& i .$& ih,i T Arf' fc 0 L i " JJc"i '&
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