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VaVftThe men have been askltiR for a
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Fi'&'jJi.A.iJi.nci tlmt n.il.l hotter vinL-ei nnd tll.lt
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Tii-.l.lalt.r iUn fnrro tn sttrll nil CtCIlt tll.tt
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pglprotectlon, The only way to remedy it
3f5f?S to Incicaso the pa of the men. They
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tTLjttvMjLt- ... i.nf in l.A nnntpnt with SloOO
tm? vear.
MvCii An cniclcnt business ina.i could go
Sftthrough the list of the city cmplocs and
bflWWeed out hundreds v. ho are not earning
gthelr pay who hold their John as the re
fcfward for political work and receiie their
("that they arc still engaged in. They
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Ifito the policemen .and the firemen, who earn
HfcWUch more than they are lecelvlng.
;W?ftJustlco to tho policemen has Dcen tic
iiioyod too -ons- of course, they ought not
'tJfttfrrealEn and leuve the city short ot police
fe41"' b"t llle responsibility for making It
E-WImhIIiIa for them. In fairness to their f.un-
gg$VilM, to contlnuo to scne the city tests
i'Bot on them, but on the men higher up.
KS Tno n,an w,th a COld W01llrt Ki(,1IV cI"
y;ome pome cnange in inc uran ki.
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ViKnKRUAi'o tne reason iuu i . -
fel"4ailnn la nuttinc the country on beet
p-$Suona, with only four tneals a week at
fiu6Tt.. . . m .. I. .tn,1 1 flint It tflflmq
pfto reduce the demand so tliat the price will
Ri. r riirri nppi ttijiv uk kl'i til. io mni. v -.
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' A more CWCCllVC W.iJ iu utmb i"i-
iujS?S;Tjrari win. it luimn would bo to order a
lieefless mont.i. Then the packers would
twij e glad to get rid of their supply ut almost
vjk The consumers In the past h.nc bi ought
t':.3S3jthe price of Thanksgiving turkeys dow n to
Ifeiij reasonable figure by refusing to buy. The
jx;--""18 taciics wouiu aucei me ii im ui ui.
pjfi Bat unless the prices do come down most
K t ' will uu i-uiiihviiu . f """'
IbT',iwhether wc will or not.
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, ITIHB Street Hallway Committee of Coun-
f WJLiig opens Its hcaringn mi th proposed
?'B5iXjL -n nt rl. X-Toll tlilj jflni-.
;.ton.
Hj f Every person Interested In the subject
BNrJa' . . ... . . ....
J VaO "as anytning 10 say ougm 10 auangc
iL ri bo present cither today or at tho sub-
Khwiquent hearings. Councils have promised
5 VftWi' Klve every one an opportunity to be
f '" jlaard.-It must be assumed, therefore, that
ifVo' attempt will be made to force action In
Ft -.,Se ncar Mure.
jr-gtEvery user of the street cars Is Inter--boated
In the subject. The case ot the
i-RapId, Transit Company will be presented
I'jby Jta paid Attorneys. AVhat Couuclls need
f-FV hear Is the case or tlie people. Anil the
ffc f cQycople need to bo represented by able ad
" M-iivIsers capable of meeting arguments in
iport of the Increase.
r -THi, The Rapid Transit Company wants more
Jiw Jiffney ana it viu gei ii. ii jmssiuic. xiio
f";-4i)bple want good service at us low u price
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( IS ppssioio Willi huuuu uusiucnn iiiuinuu..
Itat that prlco.ls It Is hoped the hearings
rjrJH develop.
?
Jtremiah O'loary's "ln.anlty" Fecms to
fvjust the same stripe as the Kaiser's.
jAi'WHEN tOWN MEETS KHAKI
commencement exercises of the
University of Pennsylvania yesterday
a, significant message for the Kaiser.
pma epttoraizad In Provost Smith's sim
announcement yiat moro than 6000
ml of the University are already In
i military Bervlce of the country. "When
'.-"cloistered calm" of a nation's most
ieul Institution Is so completely
led by the clash of arms, there can be?
f'ojeubt of the extent or force of the
spirit
of the present graduating class ot
("University half have already gone to
i part In the war. Ot those who remain,
' .received their degrees in blue or
And, our own university Is but
,of all the great colleges and unl-
i throughout the United States. tVir
i'ef thousands of young- men this year
i aWrallUr words of godspeed are fraught
-a-new and vital meaning. For them
..Seattle of life" has ceased to be A
i;of ,'spcech, and haa become a grin)
fi -.Much ot the education they have
laboriously during tne last lour
i Wil ove,'of only Incidental service
. 'Jhrtthey are dedicated, In-
iWUtMn any mey
. Maolrtwdtr-
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SrNrt GERMANY EXHAUSTING HER lobby for higher rank are tno ms me. lunwmiSIVTTT "Jlf.niP ' ttHjUl, 1U, IflJi TAUiU 'rV"kjiV
1,'WWUVJV nnrntnttp urmun htoimiiivc Who Should receive It, rroraouon "y II an mvuiuu uu jravrv f ii a ,
ITIJCjVjHJU3 llrtlCi lE0iIVCiO
VA Leaf Torn From Tomorrow's Calendar
Will Etui the Spring Campaign, Which
Has Failed of Primary Object ics
fpHE "ndvent of summer tomorrow will
mark the exhaustion of nearly one
hnlf of Germany's reserves in nn nsset
which her leaders clearly recognized ns
a prime agent of victory. No "Inside''
information prompts this statement. Any
man with a calcndnr can figure it out
fot himself, .for the precious "com
modity" of time permits of no jugglery
by the statistician.
Germany may have far vaster man
power than even the most pessimistic of
our war critics have imagined. She may
be already wasting her human lescrves
in prodignl fuiy. History will some day
disclo.se the actual facts, but one doesn't
have to wait so long to digest others of
equal, perhaps superior, impoitnncc.
Be tho Huns' army lesouiccs cither
greater or fewer 'than wc have thought,
there can be no question of their inferi
oiity to the full mussing of America's
man-power. Time alone is needed for the
forging of that tremendous weapon, and
time is precisely what the German high
command determined not to grant us
when Ludcndorff amf Hindenbuig re
solved to "'clean up the war" this sum
mer Approximately seven months was ac
corded them for conducting the titanic
cntei prise. Adhering closely to the cal
endar, which now affords us so signifi
cant a guide as to chronological "wast
age," the firbt great offensive was fixed
for March 21 as a pieludo to fuithcr
major opeiations designed to win a deci
sion in the war before 1910, when the
Americans would be present in ptepon
derating numbers.
Cold weather sets its seal on front ac
tivities at about the first of Novcmbez-.
Seven months ccJlnpriseu that invaluable
time reserve. Four arc still to be utilized.
Once drained, the supply as an agent for
Geimnn success can neicr be replenished.
The hopeful tone of Oonar Law's
House of Commons speech plainly ic
flccts the essence of the situation. The
campaigns which he loviews wcic un
questionably a sciies of defeats for our
cause, yet to survey them with despair
is the height of supcificiality. The Brit
ish Chancellor makes no cuch cuor. "We
can look fot ward," ho maintains, "upon
what has happened with some confidence.
In this whole campaign the Germans
have had bcfoie them three great ob
jectives. One was Palis, another was
the channel ports, the third was not only
the defeat, if they could achieve it, of
the Allied army, but the breaking of the
communications between the French and
the British foices. Although the Allies
have had to give much ground, not one
of the enemy's strategic objects has been
attained. Necessity," he adds, "has made
possible what seemed impossible. The
American tioopc,at coming; they
have come. Am'gBB't coming into
the war; she is i'fai&gir
Without in any way optimistically
overcoloring a situation which may
change daily with startling lapidity, it is
here perfectly evident that Germany has
run behind a time schedule fnr moie in
exorable than any "will to conquer." Un
questionably she is using up her handi
cap without commensurate gain's to show
for it. Conceivably, of couisc, she might
steal a march on time nnd treble the
intensity and celerity of her blows. Fully
that speed, however, would have to be
attained to make up for what she has
.lost.
it is folly to crow until one y out of
the woods, but suicly it is permissible
to acknowledge a glint of light as it
peeps thtough the trees. This is what
every lover of liberty can do tomorrow if,
ns he tears a leaf fiom his calendar, he
realizes that the spting campaign of
Germany is at an end. Rc-cnactment of
the same critical situation as regards dis
paiity in numbers will be impossible an
other year and, perhaps, as the Ameri
cans keep coming, even before autumn
cls in.
With characteristic modesty, Grant un
derstated his intentions in declaring, "I
shall fight it out on this line if it takes
all summer." lie had all the time he
wanted, and would, if ncccshaiy, have
used it, for even as late as 1805 the
North was soberly picparing for three
years more of war.
"Wc aiust fight it out on this linj nnd
have only this summer for victory" is
indisputably the spirit of Germany's in
tent. Not even the Kaiser can put back
the clock, whose every tick strengthens
his foes.
'Scent N'ew Pesjco 1-Veler" Is the head
ing of an Amsterdam dispatch. Had odors
traiel far.
THE CASE OF GENERAL UARNETT
NO ONB but tho three ofllccrs affected
will regret the defeat of the proposition
to ralso the commander of the marine
corps to the rank of lieutenant general and
two members of his staff to the rank of
major general.
Major General Iiarnett is a capable sol
dier and an etllclent organizing ofllccr. The
charge that ho and his friends have been
lobbying lu Congress to Vecuro votes In
favor' of his promotion, made with deflnlte
ness on the floor ot the House ot Repre
sentatives, does, him discredit. If he can
disprove It hla friends" hope, that ho will do
so forthwith.
I The need for a lieutenant general In the
marine corps has not been proved. The
Secretary of tho Navy has expressly said
that there Is no reason for creating that
rank at the present time, Tho rest ot the
country, so far as it thinks of tho subject
ut all, is convinced that, promotions should
go to the men -who are fighting in France
rathw than to the office soldlara at home.
An4 H.p'oaviitc(4 aloe that.
.i 'TOT". A . ..'. bi "-'.j
Who
faioiltlsni or by pull Is the last thing to
which wo should resort. It would de
moralize tho whole fighting forco.
It there Is need for more major generals
In the marine corps they should bo selected
from the men In active service In France.
Piomotlons cabled across the ocean would
hearten tho men over there becnuso It
would pioie to them that what they are
doing Is uppi eclated at home.
The frequency with which the word
"Alistraln" has been lately appearing In the
papers suggests that the printers are putting
Into their work the same "strain" under
which nmperor fail Is laboring In his stress
ful renhn.
GIVE OLDER MEN-A CHANCE TOR
COMMISSIONS
DUO VISION for lnctcaslng the number
- of officers' training camps or enlarging
the capacity of the existing camps ought
to be made at tho same time that the ago
limit of those eligible to the draft Is raised.
Men between the 'ages of thirty and
foity-flc can be utilized as officers In com
mand In tho rear and for duty In tho
quartermaster's and commissary depart
ments much better than In the righting
line Thousands of such ofllccrs will bo
needed, If not tens of thousands, In nn
army ot 3,000,000 men such ns Secictary
IJaker says wo shall havelon August 1.
Ariangoments should bd made at once
for training them. And such of them as
proc to be physically capable can be used
In the fighting army. If the War Depatt
ment Is not making plans for utilizing the
mature men In tills way it cannot begin
too soon To got busy.
That check the Kalsci
got on the Mnrno and
Illll Mulis llli Tor
the Oie seems to have
a substantial stub attached.
Some one has Invent-
Iliei IliisliuniN cd a new kind ot
Tan Do It needle. ery cay to
tin cail because, the
ec Is entcicd tlutuigh n spting slit. Will
that parable nbout the CHincl and the llch
man liaic to be irwritttn?
Vows fiuni Washington to the effect that
the new icienue bill Is moio complicated will
lif-plio no belief whatever in the mind of
.ui) one who cer tiled to understand the
first one.
THE MULBERRY BVSH
, Wh) Wc Admire Japan
Wi: HAD lunch esterday with Jtr.
1'iank Doublcdaj. the publisher, and
iluilng the lourfcc of "a combination plate
luncheon" at (deleted by the food adminis
tration) Mr. Uoublcday was speaking of
Japan, haling iccently come back from
that delightful countrj. Ho urged the nc
LOvilty Tor complete and ungi udglng co
operation between this nation and Japan.
He11 said that t'le usual answer he hears
when he adiocates this is, "Yes, but can
wc trust her?"
If wc don't ti list her, snj.s Mr Double
day, Germany will apd will be tickled to
get the chance.
fettalnly tieie ran be no moie impoi
t.int woik for the diplomats of this coun
try than to foster and Increase friendship
and understanding between tho United
States nnd Japan We have no patience
with those who persist In seeing some "sin
ister menace" in eiery paragraph of news
that comes from the East. One of the
most insidious forms of German propa
ganda is the effort to uioue our distrust
of Japan The friendship and mutual con
fidence of the two nations me as essential
to the safety ot tho woild as tho friendship
and confidence between the l.nlted States
and Great P.ritaln.
, Perhaps our loo and esteem for Japan
lest on ery slight giounds, hut at any
late our icnson is a fragrant one, to wit,
the tea pot. Oilcc we lead a very charm
ing llttlo book by Okakura Kakuzo, "The
Hook of Tea." In this book the Japanese
passion for tea is described as more than
an Idealization of one form ot drinking:
it Is a religion of the art of life. Wo wish
cicry one who has ever heard the base
libel that "the Japanese ate the Germans
of tho I'ast" would read this book, with
Its appealing plctuie of the Japanese loe
of simplicity and beaut. Note what it
s.ij s of tho song ot the Japanese kettle:
The kettle sings well, for pieces of iron ,
are so ai ranged in tho bottom ns to pro
duce a peculiar melody In which one may
hear tho echoes of : ,cataract muffled by
i'Urud, of a dlstantia, breaking among
the rocks. n'ralnstonu(wccpliiR through a
bamboo forest. orf the soughing of pines
on some faraway hill.
a
The Japanese hae found u whole ic
llglou and philosophy of beauty hi tho
natic contemplation of simple and lovely
things. Pee how Okakura Kakuzo dc
sciibes tho 'familiar and humble beaut of
boiling water:
Tlioic are throe stages of boiling: the
first boll Is when the little hubbies llko
the ojps of fishes snlni on the surface : tho
second boll Is when tho bubbles are like
LOstrtl beads rolling In a fountain; the
thlid boll Ih when tho billows surge wildly
In tho kettle. The cako-tea Is roasted
before the flro until It becomes soft like a
liab) 'a arm
The Japanese have learned, one of the
great secicts of happiness "nnd virtue In
this world: tho surpassing beauty of the
familiar things. A peoplo that finds Im
passioned worship In the loveliness of a
mountain's puro outline. In rain and cheiry
blossoms and cleanliness nnd oVcdlenco
and courtesy, this Is a peoplo from whom
we can learn much. If tho Japanese ever
talk of a "menace" they might well fear
tho menace ot American ugliness and
haste. How truly they might say of us:
"Do you think we can trust tho Ameri
cans? They have no reverence for beauty!"
Both for our own sake and for tho fu
ture happiness of the worjd let us seek
co-opetatlon and friendship with our allies
of Japan.
The Cornflower
Some people seem to think t)ie corn
flower should be utterly banned becauso
It happens to be the Jalser'a favorite blos
som. Our Idea la that the Kaiser Isn't man
enough to take so graceful a llttlo flower
away from us If We lidppen to be fond of It.
v
Hay Ilakcr, Director of the Mint, says
ho will make the Philadelphia Coin Fac
tory second to bom J a kind of
M- 1.A .S.. i ..,?
creJB huwhic".&
i' . ..; vw vj'-j
(Helng Fashion's lament for tho Govern
ment's restriction of superfluous apparel for
both women nnd men.)
CLING to the handful of clothing that's
left 'us,
Cut by a critical tailoring tooll
Mars's economy plan has bereft us
Of any garment unmeasured by rule.
Gone arc the days of the fashionable
shoctop, "
Climbing so gracefully up toward the
knee.
Eight inches now is the length of the
new top.
Skirts arc still shorter, than ever Faree
Ordered its mannequin lasses to wear
tn.
, Soon they'll be having the cut of a
kilt,
Slimncss of articles worn in a harem.
She's patriotic who's slenderly built,
Frugal of cloaks and is not of the taller
Junocsquc species of feminine kind.
Maybe a hint that all waists must be
smaller
Finds an indorsement in Washington's
mind ,
Lingciic may have a sudden new mean
ing. Laces conserve through the presence
of holes.
Vanished tho days of superfluous preen
ing Peek-a-boo blouses allure saving souls.
Paquin is silent and Worth is no longer
Giving commands from the Rue dc la
aPaix
Mons. Uncle Sam is so very much
stronger,
Fashion succumbs to his bellicose
sway.
Once did McAllister Ward was his first
name
Rule with his fiats on trousers and vest.
Came Harry Lehr sacrosanctly, le
hearsed name
Newly decreeing how men should be
dicsscd.
Who could foicsee in the age of their
glories
That thirty inches with tapes anil
yardsticks ,
Would be the "talc'' of a coat and that
stories
Of the perfection of proud "thirtv
six," Grandly narrated of queens of tho ballet,
E'en about jackets would be so sup
pi cssed
And that the garb of a dandy must tally
With conservation's sartorial best?
Where are you leading us? Will you
take heed in
Time to preset ve us a tunic to wear
Isn't it straight to the Garden of, Eden?
Surely there's ev'ry economy there!
H. T. C.
Pictures as an Investment
IHAPHKNKD to be a guest not long ago
in the home of a college professor. It
was an nierngo home. Oier the flicplnce in
the libiary was a reproduction of an antique
piece of sculpture, a bit of Parthenon fiieza.
This object was intended to giie tho esthetic
note. To help this Along there was alfo In
the tooni a colored print a good one of an
Id Italian master.
THE professor, knowing that I was Inter
ested In matters of art, called my atten
tion .o his bas-rcllcf and one or iwo other
reproductions. "Well," I said. "I think
the 're all right," and then I rashly ex
claimed, "Hut I'm sorry 0U have no
original paintings "
"You forget that I m onl a college pro
fessor," he protested.
NO, 1 had not foi gotten. Morcoicr, 1 knew
that he had nn Income of only J20U0 to
J3000 a car. Ho I replied: "It's only a ques
tion of whether one cares for such tilings or
not."
"Do ou suppose," he asked, "that I
wouldn't like to hae an original work ot art
as much as an bod? But " Ho stopped
short, as 1ft thought explanation unnecessary.
IN THE piofessor's library Uicio were som
books on Dutch art. Doubtless the owner
had looked Into them. I look one xl them up
and opened It to an Illustration of a Dutch
Interior by Tletcr du Hooch.
Hero wai a pictuie of a well-to-do Amster
dam house a floor tiled with marble
squares, a table coiercd with a rich Oriental
rug, a few caned chairs of exquisite design,
a wonder of a fireplace, a casement window
with leaded panes, a beamed ceiling, a gray
wall wainscoted with blue tiles and one or
two oil paintings decoratlvcly hung.
U
Hc
OW would ou like to have a home
like thai?" I asked the nrotessor.
'Oh. that's ery elegant, of course," he
replied. "Hut there ou are again; eiery
body can't haio thoso things nowadays."
"You are wrong," I said. "I could prove
'It tcou that any one of moderate means can
haic as eimplc and as tasteful a .home as
that."
He tried to change tho subject. "Well,
why go back to the fcexentccneth century for
examples, I don't believe In imitating tho
Dutch, the Italians, tho Spanish or any other
people. 1 would rather hale an American
home."
"Good," I answered, for I had noticed a
volume on "Old Colonial Houses" In his book
case. "Ix)Ok here," I then exclaimed. "Tho
same thing la, true, or was true once, of this
country. You can't get away from the charm
of a Colonial Interior., can you? It's sim
plicity amounts to absolute austerity."
44TF Wf! ohly had tho courage tp haul up
J. a wagon to the front door, dump three
fourths of tho things In the house Into It,
send them around to an auction, we could
get a few hundred dollars for them " (I
thought this I didn't say It) "and then one
could buy a good painting or two. One
would feel like the merchant of old, who sold
all he had 10 buy tho pearl but, of course,
It takes courage."
MrnHEBK are a host ot good young palnt
X ers living today," I went on, "and'old
ones, too, right in our midst, turning out
pictures that are as fine as many of the
so-called 'old masters.'
"These men would be glad to sell a pic
ture now and then for two or three hundred
dollars, or eien less. If one wishes a deco
ration one should pay this much for a fair
sized picture, but I have known of plenty
of cases where they were sold for ISO and
$100, while the little sketches can be had for
20 or $-5 the cost of an automobile tire.
ttrOU must seek, the artists In their
X studios, get to know something about
them and their work.jnake It a hobby llko
any other bolby. It's one of the most fas
cinating In the wortd You will find things
In this way worth ten times their money.
Tea, evan commercially.
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YOU CAN'T HURRY BIOLOGY
IT IS alwas fascinating to hear the prob
lems ot humanity discussed by a man
who Is competent to do so with the dlspas
slon of science. Most of usjrcact toward
the grievous sti esses of today 'according
to tho promptings of emotion, prejudice,
hearsay and sentiment. Hut the scientist,
who has schooled himself to view the trou
bles of humanity through the endless per
spective ot time, who hesitates to dogma
tize about anything, who has rigorously
steeled his mind to acknowledge Truth
(eicn though she sla hlm .the scientist
brings us a message that wo dare not
sidestep.
Dn
IlOIilSIlT T. MOP.H1S, the distin
guished New York surgeon, has written
a book, "The Way Out of War: Notes on
the Biology of the Subject," which wo hae
been reading with great Interest. Human
contacts and tiansmlsslons are always sub
ject to error nnd we do not wish to be con
sidered as reflecting his views with sttict
accuracy. Hut we wish to bring forward
some of the thoughts ho launches, as they
have filtered through our own faulty
mechanism.
THIS is not the last war humanity will
be plagued with. Watfaro-by-arnis,
says Doctor Morris, will contlnuo for some
centuries in all probability, but with ever
lengthening Intermissions ot peace. As
long ns autocratic nations remain there
will bo wars; and theio are probably many
moie autocratic nations seeding In the
humus of Time Still, autocracy la on the
wane. It has been tested. with Its own in
struments and found wanting.
SOCIOLOGY and history do not show us
any way out of warfare; but biology
docs. It Is a fundamental law of nature
that any species must not prey on Itself
If It Is to survive. Hears do not kill
other beais, foxes do not kill other foxes,
dogs do not kill other dogs of the
same breed. (There may, ot coutse, be ac
cidental exceptions.) Hut man, has' trans
gressed against this law ot life and set
about killing his own kind.
NATIONS are groups of hybrids, which
for racial nnd ethnic reasons have the
unfortunate habit of developing strong an
tipathies for each other. Such matters as
commerclaPrlvalry and religious difference
are often effect rather Uian cause, seated
In somo subtle racial habit of mind. Take
the case of north and south Ireland, for
instance, Tho Ulstermen aro a Nordic
Alpine stock; the south Irish are Mcdlter
ranean Alpine. This Is a racial contrast
that gave rise to the shlllalegh.
There are four marked subspecies of
man: Malay, Aryan, Tartar and Bemltlc.
Of the Aryan subspecies there are three
varieties: Mediterranean, Alpine (which,
includes the Slais) and Nordic (Includes
English and Germans).
The crossing of species produces what
tho biologist calls apcclflc hybrids; tfio
crossing of varieties produces vorJefal hy
brids. The specific hybrids are apt lo show
undesirable and willful characteristics.
(The mule Is a specific hybrid.) Mexico's
political troubles. Doctor Morris suggests,
aro duo to the facl that she is, racially, a
specific hybrid, a cross ot Spanish and In
dian, Tho varietal hybrids' however, .ex
hibit more durable characteristics.
THE Prussian is p. Nojdlc-Alplne hybrid,
In whom the aptitude for mass action
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cillty en masse as It is for canaries to
sing. It is the racial genius of the tpe.
But unfortunately for the world Prussia
became imbued with the conviction of a
dliine mission. Prussia also construed
Darwin's thesis that might makes right to
include the idea of killing. This was tho
Intellectual error which has brought Prus
sia In conflict with the law' of nature that
a species may not prey upon Itself if it is
to survive.
rpHE militaristic nightmare is now bo
- nrmiy llxeti in Germany s consciousness
that one may bo pardoned for somo dis
couragement In wondering how she is to
bo rid of It. But Doctor Morris holds out
one interesting thought (though like most
ot the biologists' hopefulnesses It may take
several generations or even centuries to
work itself out). It Is this: Nations, like
varieties of plants or animals, reach a cul
tural limit, after which they decline, obedi
ent to the laws of protoplasm. The Mor
gan horse and the Wilson stjawberry
reached that limit, ceased to breed and are
now extinct. In the Fame way Prussia,
Doctor Morris sas, has passed the peak
of her career. This Is shown by her de
clining birth-rate, which began to fall
ibout the beginning of the present century.
Seven hundred thousand fewer children
wcio born In Germany In 1917 than In
1914.
BUT as the stock of the German race is
one of the finest and sturdiest ever pro
duced on this planet, It looks us though we
won't be able to watt for that declining
birth-iate to fight our battles for us. Even
though it is Interesting to take the biolo
gist's long time view for an cvcning, the
only conclusion wo can come to, being
finite human atoms, is to lo our llttlo
portion whllo wc have our boots on. Na
ture may be making sport of ns, hazing us
with these International scuffles while she
is really marking tlmo for.tho great Malay
empire that will domlnutc tho planet a
thousand eara hence. But tho deuce of it
is, wo want to get some settled peace and
decency on earth while wo'io hqre to enjoy
it.. You can't hurry biology, but wo wish
It worked Just a little faster! C. D. M.
At any rate, Mr.
Hoover can't Put any
restrictions on these
political "love feasts."
nut Observe What
They Swallow!
The Kaiser is reported
You're Said It) 'to be bronzed with a
healthy tan from his
tittle journc8 on the .battlefields. Can It be
Hunburn?
That business ot get
(Jet a ting married by tele-
Wireless Divorce I graph will make some
bachelors tremble
every time they see a yellow envelope. Sup
pose some girl tn Kalamazoo took it Into her
head to marry us, and just started the wire?
buzzing!
On bottle ot rum recently sold In London for
1230. News Item.
Fifteen men on a dead
rirate Son man's clust.
N'ew Stylo , , Yo, ho, hoi and a
thimble of rum.
War and taxes had thus compressed
Yo, ho ho I potations of rum I
The Hapsburg Huns
Tli Hapless haven't crossed the
llausburs;. I'iavo yet. "I just
can't make my troops
Plave" laments Kail, while (he Magyars
It J and the Jwo-Slavs, and ihV-.Caocbo-Folw
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The Readers'1 Viewpoint
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Says Post Isn't a Socialist
7o the r.tlllor of the Evening Public I.etltltri
Sir Your cditoilal rcfeicncc lo I-ouls F. 'J
I'ost as the Socialist Assistant Secretary of .
Labor Is a misstatement. Mr. Post Is a V:
dcd-ln-the-wool orthodox single taxcr, and
would icry UKeij-rescni ueing piapsea as n tj
Socialist. Being orthodox, of course, limits a.VJ-
person's horizon, and it has been said that
orthodoxy Is mental constipation. 1 can un- x
dcrstand how a thinking person could be- '";.
pome a single taxer, but not how a really A
thinking one could become a Socialist. The JK
single taxer Is much nearer a solution of
industrial problems than the Socialist, but his ,
remedy Is only about 20 per cent correct at i
that. ANTHONY H. CBOWELL.'
Philadelphia, June 18.
Try to Do your Share
'So the Editor of the Evening 1'uhtto Lfdger,
Sir
There's no need to bo a slacker.
There arc things that ou can do
l'or Justice and humanity.
For God and country too.
Loal men nru wounded, dlng
In tho stiUKglo over theie:
If ou can't go across and fight
Then try to do our shaic.
There aie many things that ou can do
Should ou but listen to jour heart;
For cicry true American
Must want to do his part.
Tho "Greatest Mother" lu the world
Whose lolco above tho guns
Is calling through the Red Cross
To help to save her sons.
Counted not as gold and silver
Aro the dollars thet ou,glve;
Counted rather as your wishes
That democracy might live.
Our braie boys give their blood, their Hies, j
Whilo fighting over thero; - ;
If ou can't wear a uniform, v J-
Then try to do your share.
ll.MUll Ktt.MJULiU. &
Philadelphia, June 18. J3l
Patriotism of a Five-Year-Old
7o Ihe I'.dltor ot the Evening Vubllv Leitgerr
Sir How Ik this for ivpatiiotlo joungsierr'vj
A tired workingniHii was going along a
city street on his way hoincMrom his dally '
toll. Folded up under his arm was a good-
sized flag, wishing to rest a minute or two,. -he
sat down on a step, placing the national
noitkloiii I., i, .nil. lili,, lf lm.l hnAii 4l,AhA nn I V V
a mluuto or two when a five-year-old kid 1
hailed him with, "Say, mister, don't ait on I
the American flag. If a rop sees you, you re 1'
llablo to get arrested. The man smiled ana
said, "Geo! I never tnougut ot tnat. Here s
a nickel for our brightness." And toajplnf".
the boy a coin ho" rcsunieu ins journey. av
C. E. B.
Philadelphia, Juno 18.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
, 1, Who Is president of Yala University?
1, Whlrb Is the nine firase HUte?
3. Nam the author of "The Princess."
4. What la the qimllflratlon of an "Ma" l
aerial warfare? zt
S. What Is tho hlshest rank la the America'
amiji
o. Who la Herretarx of the Treason?
7, What 1. tho difference between an "eple of'
lire" anj an --epic or nj
Who was "Tho Cobbler of W'oepenlrk"?
0. What 'Is
10. Identlfr
tho capital of Sweden?
The Iron Duke"?
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