HiMHHHWlSiBlliaK mmmmmmmmmmmww&wMm -rmi -wcr w ?. i: - -s b&$ r 'ivwmpw't r :f i- rvrt.T rw;;i a w c?;; ?Si MN2 i. m "W BETS fcStHLS Ti leat! John C. anKteMtri ttuitp s. Collins. dimr3.i9VtMon.- Director!. WMtaati, toxnoi i K K, cratu, chairman .Editor tMUatnHm.aeneral Business Mncr Air' at Fcnta taosa Building, i Iquars, Philadelphia. mftd anA nh.afnut Streets ., ..,.".... .PrttfVnloix Bulldlnc Sim K....w.. ...... SOS Metropolitan Tower ...i.w.. ..........408 Ford Bulldlnc ,.r.. ..... ... 1.1008 Fullerton Uulldlne M .... J. l.iU znBKnf xiuiiuinc ITi-M- . DIWI 8TJRHA.CS: 01 Bcaiuc. ......... .iwr. a-ennsriTania, a, ana jjiin m. ;BtJa0... . ...The Snn Bulldlnc V, ....j.... .LiOnaon 'i tmcs "-' .k-" OTSCMPTION TERMS I jsjisbjiso 'JTUH.IO LtSDOsai is'ervca io bud nt in PhilaAelnhta andtaurroundtna- towns I tat o twelve (lii) cents per week payable fa Mints eutatda of PhlladelDhla. In I States. Canada, or United States pov !, pottact frea, fifty (50) cents per mouth. .aollera ptr rear, parable In advance. soman, couniriea on tea; aouar awr -anbacrlbers wlahlna address chanced I Old aa well as new address. i'ie' aaao Wat TaltT KEYSTONE, MAIN 3000 .-- dtrJ Attnt all eommanicatfon o ZvtMtia ruWa ', ntteyendenc eauare. rnuaactpma. WtaftP ' at nts rniLiCEtrmi post orncs it S1C0WP CLASS MAIL MatTCT. nilaltlphla. Thunitj. Ma; 30. 1918 RHWIBbCf Bi.,T. " $$$& IMPOTENCE OF A SUBORDINATE Vtiflv'ANT one thinks that tho appointment fr-vaia Ski fATlta.tn AfMI nn nn naaletnnt snnprln- y-.Ui.iTT- - - JMMt of police, to exercise tho Important r.t.Mirars of Superintendent Robinson, means litts)revolutlon of police methods he must jiflCsiirtaJn Mill tins dls.ihn.sed the, minds SBt' audi. Director Wilson, he says, Is &$Mt of the department His subordinates obey orders. Captain Mills mado this .srisjaMMaTMon in the course or his remarks on J1 .4Bafc .tMH.. nf D..nnnn( Xf rt"VT, ,11n in 'i mjfiitfiitiilna miles from his home, fpIlowliiK e-rziw.i m ,. . l t .,.. ... y?;mm, raauenu io worK xor me nuniiuuiiuu ul p&etelln Ti K. Scott at the recent primaries. l'feH. aaid, furthet. In commenting on the jjreKFft that ten other officers who had not SJratwrkfjtfffor Scott were to bo transferred, Sjitet he was opposed to any transfers, but WiviiX-.V . ... ... .... , ..... ryyieasw, airector vynson was inc neuu ui uiu &VvVaeaatrnrit unit hnrl fhr. rlL'ht tn do ns he ,.fffi)Mlii. "If he sends an order to tne to P;;.trafr a policeman I am slmrly obey In ft e',;iVejeessiiaj wusjii, a yui. il iiiiuubu, . on'". I'.'SVil'" ev,lent that the I,0,lco Department jar .'aA'rf ava a an jhaV aWdaaawa tptA sbw 4 a-i.3J 41-tot tlln iTtf1 .c'iiailoinceB are still tn control. Thoy work r;.trqofh Director WlUon, and will continue C -Aiaas. saai.li ti ttaAtin-V( him an Intif fie till rPHIfilnU , ,t'-m WMa WIVU5U Ultll 3V t " - "' V1fc'foce. When the public has forgotten iitmMnAxxt whtrh fnrcpd Siinerlntcndcni jiinion Into temporary retirement nd BfMSpiiea me promotion 01 uapiain .uma DyctWklL And Captain Mills, who confesses &ktlHt.lM la merely a subordinate, must obey iar'stt out. ' m ' ?S?il .The Crown Prince seems to be lianVer to 'stet to the Marne again. Doesn't he fegJM What happened there before? r&M$!S- iriittiMi-! tup pnntr KILLING THE GOOSE ALXOUTS at the railroad shops such as, that reported at Alexandria, Va., mechanics quit to look for jobs 'iajt'lUsThtr pay In the shipyards, would pre .ySjifitata a sort of confusion in the transpor l sasiSasin snratam which the Government could "yia4Jsastrate,for a day. The railroads are as K'vMaMSsmiT to the ship program as the yaids. sa'.-i-.v- i . .. j... ,j, .... . caraw men ai Aiexanaria jnaieaieu une ui W' a'inanawerable problems of the present .Bituatlon. Obviously the Government ay emergency shipyard wages to nil .-i'jfaUroad man. Such an effort would tend .fr?jsayjanaiiiaa wai. um lumuiji f -'Sftrjt wMI he wiser for all people who work IjaJar tha'Q'overnment or trade with it In this K.VaWrcaney to balance their judgment with 'aa&ae of patriotism. Otherwise conscrlp- eimm Of labor and capital may yet be. necca- ,to avoid hopeless confusion and the of defeat. -!s'On thlnr we are not hoarding W Cor nmen, 36 s iVAMaWICA'S BOMB IN AUSTRIA 'Wf'IHB sweeping pronouncement issued ,W;8ecretary of State Lansing yesterday -Wkalfof the Jugo-Slavs and the Czecho (JWtratit' In Austria, America has merely M3ia dramatic answer to the sympathetic ' a(iproacla o tne oppressed groups, who Jaar aao began to cry, "Lane live "Wilson!" ; the Intense discomfiture of the troubled Ijvttitrlan Government. JjtrhiavPraaidant's latest diplomatic bomb J aMrttfttleaa will nave an extraordinary moral i',;atiet-"BOt only In Austria, but in Russia. mcr Spit ra&K m K?; IJTlieVraclal groups designated in Secretary JnTfaariflap'ai fnantflMtn havn hepn hlttftrlv nn. Sti&Atr.'lfiLm. ffh.lr nllarht la famlllni- tn Slav. m itsiai'oshaia Thus the effect of America's ' stated attitude of sympathy may viarve to mobilize democratic opinion I; aatitlment among the groups that are under the slow eastward ex- i-of German methods and German V.i Ijpraaident has reason to feel well .With hla bold experiments In the Xm-. moral, philosophy as a weapon of H-Ye fa M.Amlaw tniuHnt flint tltla ii?,! " , " "' " . """ l,M graauauy clearing a way in itus- rstha ultimate Introduction of Japa- kaast othah Allied military forces re- EfSarA M 'a; al alii ,'U J .. l;'Jsalbppoaa the growing menace ,vt fataniaai. . ai&Kw-j . H aaisjssm; , swrscaiicnKeit or ina new LMrfaJa'that the Kaiser has resumed io,pia n.in uenin. WffttVUQ IS GUILTY kk.tMl'arooda sent, abroad fcttoeMppeld from p'iaiasjtyaaKh from Phlladel- - r LI.Ia m vx a . and New Orleana ;i'"f)lr;aat frpro Balii'. S&gvnsr -.' amM -that': only B Per HUilp'hla "for 'fear a?rrf i-t rrpr ,1 ,. v- 2mt&iyL..; ;. tif .' 1 iVi-:--..-. bk i.aai-Tvw-5-rr ?vf jW&yy I " " ' i i 'i i i n i i i i i i ' i ' 1 ml i1 i i i i Tii ii ii i i I J , . i ii ii i i f ' .1 ' . ' ' ' - ' "" ZmEtV- ' " VflTtk-V' " " A l.iltltp nn.l Ihn nnlnKnvlliJ. .-nlnn-d Tnnn. I 1 ! I I "' 1Ul71U.-nT AT T. A V 1 Ol O "'" & TODAX rOur Dearl in France antl the War In the. Light of Their Sacrifice "INVENTS are moving: rapidly to temper tho consciousness of America to in terpret us to ourselves. It is impos sible, for instance, on this JIemrrial Day to do otherwise than think first of the men who have died in France. Like the dend of our own wars, they h.ivo helped to fix shininc; traditions that shall chal lenge and guide' nil mankind forever. Tho thought of their peculiar service must move any gallant heart to wonder and to tears hut never to grief. Their end was too. proud for that. To die for one's own country is nohle. But to turn from peace to torment, to depart from places and things and people greatly cherished and travel far and die for a strange land is a blessed act even fuller of mystic beauty. The very soil of France must have thiilled when it received these men at the end of their travail. Now they lie in tho same earth with those who came to desolate and to plunder, to kill and to destroy. Therein is the whole symbolism of the war. This should be a day of flowers and memories, of course. Ihit il might alio be a day of meditation. The implica tions of the occasion arc like a revealing light on many of our present concerns. The graves of all the various soldiers who have died on the French battlefields cry out with various meanings. It appears, after all, that the world has been mistaken in the secret convic tion that the very noise and glitter and enormity of the German adventure in volved somehow a tinge of grandeur. The humblest private in the American army is nearer eternal knowledge than thn German Kmperor, nearer wisdom, nearer a gentleman. T'lere is no grandeur in a nation that permitted itself to be drilled and trained and put on display like some great, queer circus to satisfy the vanities of u family of mental defec tives. If there is grandeur in the occa sion it is with those men who made of pity a moving passion and went out to share the afilietion of strangers. They waited long, like patient men. They turned oven with something of regret from their familiar affairs because war is not the hope or the desire of any proud or enlightened man. They have died for their race as well as for tlipir country. They shared their strength with the weak. The gods cr.n do no more, than that. The principle of such service will yet save mankind. If civilization and all its records were to be obliterated tomorrow, that conviction would be the first to spring automatically from the human sensibility. It is allied with the instinct of self-preservation. And for this principle America is fighting and Americans have died and been buried in the sea and in the troubled earth of other lands. So they have always fought in every war. And that is why we need not grieve for our dead. They still live and lead us on. They have moved always in our own traditions. Now they will cry out in the legends and songs of France and England, Italy and Russia. They will speak to all the world for all time. They are as far away as the beginning of time from the unforgiven dead that tho soil of France has claimed from the German army. And it will bo well to remember all this so that we may at tend with greater reverence at the graves of the men who pioneered it on the diffi cult path that they are following toward the stars. If wo were a franker people we should not only take time to think secretly of all the other warriors of ours who are out upon the great mission; we should say what we feel in our hearts. Wo should say: "God be with thrm vlicrcrrr thry nrr, upon the great waters, filling in the face of the daivn or keeping the vigil nf hut tlcfieliln for the sake nf llir unborn gen erations." PrefMent Wilson fajs f uhnul'l wilto not. "O. K ," but "Olioh." that being tins cor rect Choctaw, but we fear we have got tb habit h' now. And nobody ever taught ui any Choctaw. TUB HOME CENSORSHIP WHEN" you write to your man in France, try to put yourself In his place. Try to imagine the kind of letter that would hearten you most If you were over there on his errand. Nothing is harder for the soldier to bear than letters that lay poignant and emo tional stress on his absence, the distance and dangers that lie between him and his dear ones, tho pangs that those nt homo are suffering while he is far away. Of course, ho is homesick; ho wouldn't bo human It he weren't. But no matter how you yearn for him. It is your plain and patriotic duty to be cheerful in writing to hlra. Tell him all tho good newt, you canr the l.lttle Incidents of home and the friendly circle he has left behind. Toll him what wo are doing over here to back him up. Tell him. about tho keels they are laying at Hog Island and tho pledges that aro rolling In for jhe War Chest. Telllilm about base ball and Cou3ln Fanny's now baby and the railroad men's raise in wages. Tell him anything but the sorrow and ache that may be so very real in your heart. ' The soldier depends on letters, from home, but It would Ije better not to write to him at all than to send him letter after letter that will unman and weaken him. He has a big job' on his hands and no energy to spare for. sad bropdings. Help him to keep 'cheerful. Censor your own 'letters, striking QU7cv:y ictiwMv w .... . .....a is. "iv.yAft7..":y.i ,s -' ... .:. . .nariWi.or'v.':'.-T'".'t'"..'r.. .. .:- .. .awa',0fjawere;a . aiways a .oouie .;or ukMaffta-.aaJta''fi.ndv. .far: a., frenchman when -la.aSaijf -pliant ettorta to .convey the BSBaajajsLUBB .aw arcHfcn .natuaat.i'iMmctitaaiii,, iyimmmtsmBieBsaesmr., tM-'-fiL'.-. ,:; .-": VH battles and tho Bolshevik!, Colonel Itoosc velt and the crash of worlds, But their genius lags before a task, that enlists the keen and personal interest of all America. In tho papers wo read pt "Yanks" and "Sammees." In England "Yank" Is tho popular term for tho American lighting man. In France It Is tho "Rammeos" who have arrived to save. Tho writers who. still thrlfo upon our own soil seem to have given up tho Job of flndlnir nn ap propriate general term by which wo may talk and think of our men. And neither Yank nor Sammco "1 do, Tho word pollit, by which the French designate their own soldiers, Is a legltlmato natlvo word that has many subtle Intima tions of affection and endearment. "1'ollu" Is, properly, nn adjective, and touphly translated It suggests a hairy or furry aspect or substance. Wete wo to speak of on American soldier as "Old Whiskers" the meaning would be about tho same as tlint which the French Intend when they speak affectionately of tho unshaven war riors from tho trenches. The Urltlsh sol ther Is Tommy Atkins by an nlliclal decree. From tho depths of feeling in this coun try and In Kinope some satisfying term will yet spring for tho American fighters. 11 must come from inspiration. It should he ii plcturesn.no 'void eloquent of huoy nm y ami cheerfulness and pride, And it will be all the better IT. by some stroke of genius, it may ho made to suggest some thing of the splendor and nobility of our mission in Kurope and some Intimation of the glad spirit which any American shims! In a decent llsjht. In seme wavs nit alr- Atfl (lie- I'nllllriil plane attack tin the litnkriH? i'lt Hall Is intiio to lo ui'lromed llian f-tirrcl A good lioiiib.il dment might help clear nwa muiic nf the Junk. Whal'H ilie matte) whh Hop,. On! (he 'inthllig suit st!es tin eai ? We hau'li't wpen nnv eerrntrleitley, nor hae we h'ml of anj lieaeli raids hy ihe nutiageil pruprle- ll's at Atlantic I'lty. At nn Nti, i .-v.; (Inrahetl ' to hi. u eatlntr noise from nolhlni; tale. Hie seems able cii'llcni-ly "Pcaee liy AiikusU" Is now die fir-fmuu feteeiipt. In that cape our letoiy must In closer ni ham! titan even tho niot sanguine antlt'lpattd. ".Mother's ra" mall Is arriving Idle from Ihe trem lies, but Hie sentiment il e.w ries has been neciimuliitliig Interest in tlie jiieaolime The affeetlfm of lobbyists for CnfiKres when lav IH1m ale helm,' fr.-uneil lualu'.x tho luovtrhtn! toother's love resemble an iceberg. The kiiig-iitiigp Herman gun thai again bombanllng Paris hasn't jel sen any lets, on Hie French morale. led BEEF, IRON AND WINE A l.ighllicirtnl I'ouni erv Serion-dv Meant Wore on a hall batted liv fate to Ihe In Held tit Ihe Htnrtr New Vol k Sun nil IK world is a ball that I - On the diamond of II Is batted by Kate ho stars. And the fellow who's putting us over the plnlc fs the southpaw pitcher. M.irs Lire iiia.v lie u hum that the iiilield pels, or a drive tn the outermost air, Hut the I'niplte nn whom tho sun ne.ver SC't.1 Will see that Ihe game's played fair. WT P.nVKP. the signs of the Zodiac urn 1 the lonely meteors go. Our helpless planet has soared and pun Al the crack of tho batsman's blow, Though Ihe home loam's scoio may be nothing at all And the blcaeliered devils howl, If the pitcher sends over an unfair lull The Umpire will call it foul. Tlitiuelita on Thieve A man walked Into a bank and guihlied nn armful of Liberty lionds. Put he will find It pretty hard to lrdeem them, as everv bank in the country has made a note of the numbers. And any bank cashier who has played (juarterhark on ,i football team won't have any dillieulty In memorizing them. We nominate that bond cessur to the Kalse'r,, swiper as sue- lie Isn't so unlike Wilhelm aflei all. Wllhelm walked Into J3elglum when no one was expecting him. But he's going to II nil it difficult to clip any coupons ftoni his holdings. Presumably the bond thief will follow Wtlhelm's tactics, too: ho will cry no an nexations, no Indemnities and send out a peace feeler. Why doesn't he devote his talents to s'ome really useful work? Such as swiping Hindenburg's Iron Cross or pocketing some of that debris in the City Hall courtyard. The Famous Players' Film Corporation announces that It has "rounded up" a lot of clever young writers, whose works are to be transferred to the screen. Among them are Bret Harte and Leo Tolstoy, Congratulations to tho Famous Players on encouraging these two promising' young men, NAVhat a gift of graciousness is Implanted in the breast of woman! We have watched many girls serving behind quick-lunch counters who preside over their piles of sandwiches and sardines with all the charm and tact of a' hostess In silk and muslin at a mahogany table. 1 Tho only If that Mr. Kipling didn't dis cuss. In his poem of that title was the Tariff. r Mr. Jeremiah O'Leary Is enjoying a very pleasant spell of low visibility. : ' "' Among other low vislbles, might 'one mention Groyer Cleveland Bergdplt, some where among the' bergdoldruma? fjefls .thaFiairaWexhJWtJa j,qrmaj HUMOR OF YOUTH College Jokes nnd the Cornell Widow's Silver Jubilee T UK "snapper-up of unconsidered trifles," tho vatidoVllllan, the omnivorous ex change editor, the muslcnl-farco librettist and the Insistent raconteur who demands that yon droii everything and listen to "this new one," should pay their respects. Recog nition of journalistic college "Jokcsmlth cries" Is In' order. Tho twenty-fifth anni versary of tho Cornell Widow lends special propriety to n. long-belated tribute, UNOHTRrSIVni.Y. yet spiritedly, Ameri can undergraduates have hern tilling a Meld of publication In which many a pro fessional has found only tares. The list of clever "funny papers" In the country is extremely meager until one encounters tho sphere of the universities. A. flourishing evene there meets tho eye. The Harvard Lampoon, the Vole Hceoid, the Pennsyl vania Punch P.6vl. the Princeton Tiger, tho 'Williams Purple Cow, tho Daitmouth .lack o' Lantern, thn Cornell Widow, tho Michigan Ciargo.vle. tho Stanfoid Chaparral and many others turn out weekly, fort nightly or monthly a really prodigious Hiinntity of bright quips, graceful verses and droll sketches. LPN1.S Into crudity, evidences of ebbing ( Inspiration are of eourc inevitable, but considering tin- dillloultlcH of publication tho average quality nf these "amaleur" magazines is surprisingly high. They are quoted oftcner than is generally realized and their Jokes have a way of skipping about the country anil lining In awkwaid Utile cornets in the newspapers nlmnst ns fiequenlly as tho effusions of pioresslonal ' eolyumlsts." The college luimoious paper has Indeed become a distliut factor in Journalism. Nothing like it has ever de veloped to snrh propni Hnns 111 any other land. It is wholly and refreshingly Ameri can. rniiK fimiici -L Widow pretl centuiv nf Ihe Cornell tty closely ih lines tho age of the movement. The Harvard Lampoon is mine venerable, but that well-ediled sheet was for several voats held tn icpiesent not so much pi ogress as folly. Those were the days of the erudite college magazine, with its discussions or the "Dantenn Cos mogony" or "Spring Thoughts In the Apen nines." The humorous college paper played a dubious lole. II had not vet found Us It lie .status and lis pages were marred by localisms unintelligible In the layman and often highly irritating to tho sensitive, leaching stalf. These evidenees nf ynulh have virtually passed away. In side tips are cleercaslngly loss necessary Io the layman's enjoyment of the college comic magazine. ON TI1M business side soi obstacles were overcome rilM business side some formidable The Penu- .s.vlvania Punch liowl, founded III IflOO by "Dan" Ivnicher. ihnf death subsequently ui short a promising newspaper cat cor. was om-e nn the verge of suspension and seemed destined fur tho rate nf its two predecessors at this university ('halt and Hen Franklin. Continuity of Iho paper's existence was eventually secured by reduc ing lis format to the size of Flhctt Hub bard's Philistine, then In Iho he.vday of popular favor. With a new period of giowth the Punch P.owl levelled Io normal dimensions, at tractive make-up anil the exploitation of excellent drawings. Thotntnu Oakley, now a palmer and Illustrator of distinction, con tributed n number of Ihe covers of Ihose earl.v days. At about the same lime Pon rh.vn Stanlavvs. on tne Princeton Tiger, was developing his fantastic style, since avldelj known. a Fir tt-ery FICW yeais previous .lames Montgom- with his ludicrous sketches and amusing "vcises. Barrett-Wendell. William Hoscoo Thayer and Owen Wi.stcr also once wrote Tor that paper. Indeed, the amount of budding literary and nrtintic talent which first found an nutlet In the college comics is well worth consideration. Writers des tined for wide teeognltion aie perhaps try ing their wings in many nn undergraduate humouius magazine at the picscnt time. THIC artists suggest an even suier ground for speculation. Many of the colored covers are admliahlj designed and coni paie favorably with productions of pro fessional ilvals In the ceneral magazine, field. IT HAS been a good thins lor the Cornell Widow to proclaim Its twenty-fifth birth day. That celebration profitably riiiects attention to a field of art and humor too often cavalierly rcgaided. The other night during the Bed Cross benefit at the Metro politan Burr Mcintosh told an army story which won .much laughter. The source was not stated. It has since been traced to the columns of the Prinreton Tiger, bright ly dispensing its undergraduate mirth In wartime. We would suggest the minting of a new three-cent coin with McAdoo's head on one sida and Burkson's on the other, the twin three-centers, who have given us a new rail road fare and a new letter postage rate. Jf those who own Liberty Bonds will remember that they are as negotiable as cash and keep theni In a safe place they will not have to complajn of having them stolen. A German lieutenant has just Informed his British captors that his people have been fed on lies. They might have been happier If they had taken that sort of nourishment with a grain of salt. The .Ukranlan minister of agriculture, who ha3 absconded with 5,000.000 rubles of ' German money. Is evidently a patriot. We're AH Asking It (Speaking of the chap who bought a sheet of alr-mall stamps on which the plane was printed .upside down. Tho stamps will be worth hundreds of dollars to collectors.) There aro lots of ojher fellows I've thought I'd like to'be Tyrus Cobb and Joseph Conrad, . McAdoo and old John D. ' - v f I have' smashed the .Tenth. Commandment, With'Faversham to blame, And still more' of ten, sighed to own y . v Your' own Dove Bulcet's fame, - u. mmSJ &8m& VJ.W " ,' "vvii, ---." -. "'' gg- -m? .-.w1; a'-!' '. r; -,,; f V. V- . . . . .a. .. a." sT V. - i.....': f.' ,??.' ' - ,.r :.. -!'' ci t. jrtnwiMTr.i . ..-'.' .t - -t . ..- - :.. , x-tmy wi 'e- .t.t.y a .xw.' i' a .-xi K'yt'.'irfr : t.-v .twt.,."", zr-. j.f"jJkiT j'-rsfvJ',.aV-t-Uiif-jisa: . rv rs.'-.-T . , rtnjsm&m&i&rf . c: mwm&wm - .". Lff i V 'iiL-u' r l . a . H'jjt.ina''" J SJ" -J.VJt,'Scv ?Mitfr KB9A i.r.IT- .' . r. 1 -.. J?.iAtAlAjlJ-.iT-il.Vi'rf..'f, t! t- Ztk. tt,&4rt4 tZXAS.' A Kl MP, r.m ""uW:','?!'-'" , .A:-ysnA-K- :..... '-T-.'-r5. . !.... 1 '.' - &?: I. 1 .V " . VC?73s '" . wiS:'c-:xj'.'!Wrif,r:----i,--. ...?---i'-:i.-:f-. -;---' -- ' --: .... ..v:-v.- . F e a.-i. aj vr.a ,. i. .- t-1 - J. . . --"' . J.f - r9' " ,r KilZ-JZ-iV-,"''!--;.e;-'rr-y ' - -f;.-.y'-'- , .X.r' :!-" i" : rt THE READER'S VIEWPOINT J.eller From a French Soldier iTmmUitrd) Til the ftiltlnr nf tit' llrrnitli I'vhlir lilnrr: Sir I'eihap.! jon will think my letter a liberty, but I veiiluie Io write Io you on account' of an article w-hleh I read recently In ,ii paper. The I. Ion of Airjs. ,i weekly periodical which is prlneiiKilly coin t-rnc-il with Ihe eoudlliou of my unfoi lunate home town of Arr.is That city. Iho chief town of the Pns-de. Calais piovliiee, is- today only a heap of ruins, upon whieh the boehc-a have for nearly four years ventnl Hielr hstied ami fury. Tho aitlelo 1 refer to said that certain cities In Ameiica had vohiateeied In take under their generous guardianship and adop tion some of the m.irtyic'd towns of France, sueh as Arias, Ttheiins, etc. It is a. noble gestuto of friendship on tlie pint of jou, our allies. I have been al the flout' since Ihe oulhirak of war. In spile of so mauv miseries and plications, hope is still with me. tlie hope of conquering Ihese barbarians who have in flicted so much suffering nn us. In spite of the dangers of every da, our morale l.t good, and wo shall win, nu may be cvil.ilu. And what does It matter whether the war lasls one .vear more, or two, piovided we attain victory and the peace t lint we crave for all. For the honor of Franco and her Allies, let thete tie no imh eislve peace. We must see It through tn the final victory. Tlie aitlele in Tlie Lion of Arras said that soon our lowo would have a godmother city hi Anieilca which will geneiously nld lis In lreonsiructlou. Anas, as I have said. Is only a town of ruins. M. home-. like so many others, has been the pre v of the vandals. 1 was mauled and engaged In the milk busi ness two years before the war. Today I see all my hopes and plans vanished forever. My wife, who was wounded at Alias eaily In" 1015. happily leeovered and was able Io lake refuge with a relative tn I'.uls. SK months ago, when the situation seemed fairly secure, she returned In our home, which was still half habitable. Um at the time of th's new invasion plie had to flee under shell tire, again leaving everything wo possess to the mercy of tin vandals. What will happen after thn vvnr? Who knows? It has meant ruin for many of us, people of the northern provinces, small mer chants and farmers. Ruin anyway, even If good fortuno spares us our lives ,Vt the bottom of his dugout the French soldier has his periods of thought and medi tation. He thinks bf I1I3 loved ones, of his life In old days so happy compared to that of today but In spite of everything he Is faithful to his duty. Ho must be so; It Is for France and her Allies. That Is what I am thinking. Mr. editor, as I write fiom the bottom of my dugout. Perhaps my letter In Its long Journey will find among your readeis some one who would bo sincerely glad to take an Interest in the situation of a French soldier, not 111010 worthy than all the others, but who has tried lb do his duty as it lay before him. You can Imagine tho pangs of my condition my wife a fugitive, my home In ruins. Bow I hate them, these "sales bodies," when I think of all our sufferings, moral and physical. You can tell them In America that we are very happy at the arrival of our American brothers. For our part', wo lepeat to them our only thought to go on to the end, to the final victory. I hope my letter will reach you, nnd In tho hope of some reply please accept, Mr. Editor', my respectful salutations. CAMILLE BIENFAIT. First' Company de Meuses. Thirty-third Regiment of Infantry, s. p. -211, France. p, S. I ln?lose some little flowers from the front. At the Front, May 6. , Folly of Economic Peace Talk To the Editor of the Evening Pubtto Ledger; Sir What kind of peace Is an, "economic neaee" made with an Irresponsible, lying Pots dam gang, of rulers. What Individual could have gone Into a Belgian home and 'looted, and' murdered. and raped and.tjurned arjd not haye been Jailed ,and,hung, long. ago; How, about a band of military, rulers who are doing, this 'very thing .In a most, cruel and blood thirsty manner,? What kind-' of ' talk"' is. "economic:' "peace talk to such a band "who control wonderfully trained , and cruel and , abJectaoldleraithroUgh'-fbrtylyeara of; mill- . tary.' teaching aiHl-w'i UMh u; y chcJlBer-I mixtmjmmmm MEMORIAL DAY; 1918 & ii .' 1 i 2 a $ , '' HI orable peace is the word, not "economic" peace. Suppose lliilgliun had accepted Gcr many'a trade and "economic" pence terms, where woijldllie wcuiil be today? one Sinn" Fclner vviites so easily, so tiHlingly 'ort tho pen that an "economic" peace solution could have been leached any time Ruling Ihe year 1!'17 and, Kiiiserllke, calls nn nod in witness that this Is not Ger man, propaganda and. Kaiserlike, saying, while stealing jour poeketbook, that thus the wntld could .have been ruled by justice and not by force. In parts of speech some say tho verb, others say the noun. Is niot effective in lying and deceiving. 1 hold II Is tl djectlve lad at, Jaelo In tluovv). throwing pen nnd Ink bombs at American soldier boys, our.sons, by Ihe way. Is a small and Incidental matter. The Kaiser's "holy" war and the pacifist's "economic" peace an- examples of such lying adjectives. Instead of "economic" pence, why not use another adjective "echo-named" pence? The Huns take the benefit, and, lll.o Bus sla. we -get the "echo." There was an "economic" peace for you ! liussia ! Who talk peace nt this lime are tiallors, pro-Gcr-ni. ins or, cnarity. mora than short-sighted. They aio shoit-inlnded Ft om tho standpoint of German benefit alone, us our leader, Piesldent Wilson, says, we are conducting the noblest and most right eous war In history, to free 80,000,000 people from Ihe damnable yolio of hciciiUary nnd In born militarism and Us Inevitable, fesults Io themselves, as well as Io the world. Instead of "economic" peace why not use a .synonvm, a tnide, a nicicenary, a material, an abject and dishonorable peace? Incon ceivable of America. If some far-seeing "economic." prophet should write and request u hou-sc-to-houso canvass, as In case of War Chest, and ask .very citizen of all the Allies, "Ale you In favor, iih Ueimany prolongs this war of con quest, of never trading In raw or niiide mate rial with Germany and do ;,ou so pledge yourself?" I can see an "economic" peace on the horizon when German spies and agents 'turn in their repoits. The German "economic:" and commercial morale Is. already luval.lng. and that would bust it wide open. Philadelphia, May 21). B. T. C. The Liquor Party 7o the Editor 0 thr Evening Vubtic Ledger: Sli It appears to 1110 that tho men at tho head of tho two Democratic "factions" in this State lack .the ability to grasp an flssue" when they see it. A lid tot prove this assertion, take Ihe prhna'ry election of Tuesday, May 21, Mr. . Cuffcy had the In dorsement of both wings of the party and failed Io win the 'nomination. And why? iSlmply because he could not grasp the sen timent of the rank and file, who aro op posed to prohibition. Can any one Imagine a real Democrat In favor of sueh a law? And to put up a can didate on such a platform and expect to get Democrats to voto for him just gives an Idea how far oft In their sense of judg ment they wen. Here we have the sltua tlon of an issue lying around loose. Judge Bonnlwell, having brains and his car to the ground, grasps the Issue, and, without any organization to back him, wins out and put3 both factions of the party In a hole. It would not surprise me it Bonnl well makes the "Personal Liberty" phrase his platform, to see him win out In the fight for Governor. A VOTER. Philadelphia, May 28., A Slander on, Philadelphia To the Editor 0 the Evr.iting Public Ledger: Sir ! read with interest your statement that "it 'will cost i2.92 to get' from New York to-Phlladelphla after June 10, but it Is worth it." and If reminds me of the story of the traveler who said to the ticket agent at Iho Pennsylvania Station in New York: "Give .mo a ticket. I wan( tojso to Phila delphia." 1 , "You're a liar," said the ticket agent, "you have to go.'.' . BEADEH, Philadelphia, May 29. Colonel' Harvej', who oncewrote of the President at' Wa worst,, fs now; talking of .him at his' best. .Pretty ,aoon khe,wlll strike an average' between the tvvojnnd write .about aa'aicm' Ws'B-t 57! JW'"WPiFar fK'n.W. aaS fBr m - v 1 aAUk h VJLf) r-?J; !r-4 ''vJ'---- -". -- VV.V-- 'THESE DEAD" rpHK torch our fathers set alight Burns pale and flickers in the breath Of ruthless, autocratic might The flame of freedom faces death! Men rush across tho sea to fling Their bodies in the monster's path; Their eyes grow'sick at suffering; Their spirit lashed to Godlike wrath. O thou, that in another day. Of sorrow, soothed and comforted, Thy words remain hope's gleaming ray To those that mourn heroic dead. And when the brutal cables bring The hitter lists of maimed and slain, The echoes of thy phrases ling "These dead shall not have died it) vain!" ICHABOD. Get in Line IS'nw The old order passes; who would be a raihoad president now? Baltlmnie News. The Order of the Day Patches of' prominence and popularity war dispatches, potato patches and trouser patches. N'ashvlllo Tennessean. ' Proof of Sincerity While Prussia was making peace suRges-' tlons she was hard nt -work on nlr tanks, super-submai Inert and seventy-mile guns. Washington Star. A Decrease of Power Germany Is troubled over the tremendous decline In her birth rale. But when It Is remembered that Germany's anxiety just now Is based on nothing more than fear that her future iirniies will suffer from the decrease, the balance of the world is not going to wasie much sympathy on Germany's threat, enpd loss In population. When a nation looks upon Its growth merely as a militaristic asset, then the more democratic people of tho earth can rejoice that the supply of men proves Inadequate to meet the ambition of soma potentate who would make tho entire world his vassals. Galveston Tribune. Hard Luck .1 Whene'er I read the glorious news From fields where battles rage, I wish that I could knock a score Of years off from my uge. It's tough to stand upon tjio curb And watch the soldiers 50. It's tough to be so doggoneold ' You cannot strike a blow. To sit and wait and boll and fret And grouch and curse and hate, And never get to swat the Hun Believe me, boy some fata! ' Brooklyn Eagle. What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ . ; i 1. 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