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V Br malt to point nuld of rhlt,1tfnli. I" nsino uniiKi stM-a Can o- UnltM tuaim po--jf eaalo". notA . oft. ir.nt -! n r nitn. tfetl l dollar or vtar. rybl ," ."",Tll,r,t5,., ., "fiSi. To all fortlsn tountrlt ono (1) ilo'lar r-r 1D "twr:th. ... .. . ;rtq noiK-t Subacrltvra ilhlne n.M-s cniwcu ,; r"mt elve old aa wll a nw pditfMa. Sf J Wt.t, 0H yALMT KF.VSTONK. Mflt M. pw.m fcr Anarta alt comnnnfcttloiia to Bnni , ay;- . p ACI4tU 11 1 MN I'll lluVl'Kkl'III IT"1 i uaaraaa - arroNP rl.iM m?t. MTTrn. ' rilUtilflpH., lnttiy. Join :!. HIS fe? WORSE THAiV A M,UiUr.K (flg"uis l c.ttremciy utiionunaip inai inn h' -W! Western Union Te'.eqrapli Company has .. ?SR. am litt tAavamyra In fiifvinot It Inn with vtfK&:r." . .. " ."vo.". : .r .:.:: fS mail inaieaa oi over me wncs. 'f.vfia. The fact that such method or transmit. ijfii",,, ting; them relieves theXwlrcs of conseatlon t wid secures their delivery as quickly as -'$Vj it they were sent In the way expected doe $& ot relieve the company of blame, assum ing f.iat It Is guilty. It Is contrary to the law in maintain nnv avstom of delivering Awj .... ... .l.t ...1.1. I. a HM..(ln. I'JwiX iellrrB ln compeimuii miu ic ".t.ui' Vir. . W..M- rru. awam (.ftmnnntcia nam Wi,4 letter mall In order that- the monopoly of yl"1 the Postofflce Department might be pro tected. Kia-nt Ale cuarge, coming on iop oi mc rain- ,,'w pny's controversy with the Government f"-H nvf. tna Inhnr nriihlom. will nrollRP a Stol m IM of indignation and the advocates of Oov- gy rnment ownership will renew their cam- fySh "But Government ownership of the tele- graph lines must be opposed by all those who wish for efficient and impartial serv ice. It would be a calamity to put the control of the telegraph lines In the hands of the politicians and subject largo users of telegraph service to the tender mercies of men more Interested In protecting the lM, oarty" in power from crlticlim than ln frS?V" "ervlng the public. v I .S,r I' the charge against the company is tjl&W' Proved somebody has been guilty of worse mj" uiunuvr. Kery time the American Infantry i')f marches "a little further Germany may &t appreciate the potency of our war stamps. FREDDY WAS TOO EAGER ...-..- MUD n n rt n ivtnrr T'rlnno Ti'Viri faltarl rS'' at Verdun, is ,sald to have been so mr to get to1'arlH ln the JIarch drive at' he balled up Hlndenburg'a plans and &.rijf prevented" the success of the German : c -.T This is a good excuse because It Is sp E jX'W Plausible. The Crown Trlnce would like JV, ,t see himself at the head of his armies making a triumphal entry into the l-'rench capital. The scene would make a fine historical painting to ham; on the walls of the Atsdam palace when the crown rests on his head. But the truth probably Is that the Kn tente Allies put up too strong a resistance for either Hlndj or Krcddy to break "through. Of course, they are helped by the Crown Trlnce whenever he appears gainst them, for he is the kind of a soldier f'w whd delights in attempting the Impossible Jn order to win great glory. Not the most glowing Fourth of July -5 tributes wblch Krance omciaily contemplates eiVv Paying to the birth of liberty can compare fcf -S 'to what she has done for four years to make KU-- i it... c'n', i TRUCK" BY MQTORTRUCK i sSr'rPHB advantages of motortruck delivery etiss? x f vegetables, eggs and poultry from '' Su'' keen discussed for years, but they have Sfi5"5f5 'been more apparent on paper than In ?-x':.?'fi;' ...in,. ,' ' .5t: T 41. AAno.DllAn rtt tliA .all.n'lit. n .. .4 ':?. hlah prices have produced such conditions VW'' 4t.4 nAn.A a tl.ln1 tk ..n..Alll.. ..l t. Ulai BUII1U Ulic iiiiiina ii viMiitiiirt v.iatij iL'dai- 'fr hl to run a line of motortrucks from thn 4.$r' aurroundlng country Into this city, gath- 'i'jj.j .... . yg,;rlng the loads from the farmers, we shall .l3J-"- . . ,.., .T-. . - .... .. t.ir-moon Know wneincr ine pians oi me tne feiorists havejiny real value. 'i Jvlr Wnat ls needed to Insure tho complete ri, aucqess of the experiment Is a return load. '4t A transportation expert may be able to "pfyi devise a plan for carrying back to ths ' -. t t ..in . t. i ... .i. ,jrt laLrnia aiiu iitngca iiiu iJiuuuuin ul ine SNW City and thusvget ft load both ways At isviiny rate, the experiment is worth trying. ' it .Tt r,rK tn hln i)m fnrniAra hi m-nitlilltii "t. nnlrk market for what thev raise, nnd j'fi It ought also to h,elp us in town by giving fetrva fresh vegetables and eggs at a lower T'.'Jft." . . . ."- .... ... ; .fPnce Dy increasing iie suppiv. ter kxlft? Jt Is doubtful If the MittcI-lJuropa" ajemerenco wiucu i 10 ihhq up me propicms SSfC the Balkans will do mu'ch more than ". m,o .w ...-v ,-f .. -. w. iui IlllUU- fc.ft tory word. i:': s; ivs " CLOTHES .,,.''YIY-,, dlmAnda ft rnrrMrwnilnl demands ,-. irT-' - ..-,-w..-.. !?1 ).' ' 'testily, "do women Insist upon wear- LiJng furs in summer? Tho modern slrl is aymbol oi perversity. Tou see her in thousands every day, walking along ln the ' 4ed' heat of a summer afternoon, clad in f.'$taV thinnest of dresses and wearing about !n pounds of bearskin around her lovely c!cf What Is it for? Why cannot women iogleair VThe Question cannot be Answered. Adam 'ip the prophets tried to tell why women gpjfvon't logical and the record of thiir full- M mis volumes ot.aespairmg epecuia ;'Who are we lb attempt so colossal ,.tMkt& t t ye Ml answer may be rentured. liiafla , tyiMtte" that worsen -wear BPMw -jacitne jmdu reason that pi M;.x()i ny siining 'V- OUST TIIK NONESSENTfAL J0B1I0LUERS . Then Vic Iho loiiey. Saved tn Pay a hiving Wage in the I'oliremcn Who Have Ijong Deserved II T"IIfi way to increnso the pny of the policemen is to increase it. But tho responsible authorities, seem to be. devot ing their energies to finding reasons why the pny cannot be increased. And Councils 'adjourned for the sum msr without taking action. The Mayor shifted the responsibility to Councils in a statement expressing his sympathy with the demands of tho policemon nnd promising to "champion their cause' when the budg I for nest year is r-3racd. All he could do now for the policemen, he said, is "to inform Councib of the visit of the ...-' nnd their request for increased pay." Chairman Gnffney, of the Finance Committee, says that there is no money available now apd he cannot toll how much will be available until tho heads of tho various departments report, nor the summer vacation, what surpluses may be, left in theii- appropriations. But this sort cf talk does not buy meat for the families of tho- policemen. Nor does it clothr- their children. It leaves them for several more mtnlhs just whoio they ha c been ever since the cost of living began to go up because of the war. There seems to 'ji no prospect for relief until Councils resume their ses sions on September 10. Relief will not come then, however, unless thoie is a change in the mental attitude of the responsible authorities. Instead of saying, "It can't ho done," there must be a determination to do it. Councilman Lamberton pointed out one of the ways by which some of the money could bo found when ho urged tho dis charge of superfluous employes. He said he could name fifty of them within five minutes. It is notorious that the City Hall is filled with men holding down useless jobs. They are pait of the political ma chine. It is notorious also that many of the public employes do not do what is regarded in any efficiently mnnaged pri vate business as . fair day's work. In other jtorrfs, tltcy arc industrial slnckcrs. ' The superfluous men are engaged in what the Government now calls non essential industries. Tho provost mar shal gencrnl has ordered that certain classes of men engaged in nonessential industries seek other employment not later than July 1. This order covers men of the draft age. When the ago limit is raised the first thing he should do is to order the nonessential political jobholders to find work to do that will help win the war. He might do it "at once and relieve the labor shortage,' whilp he also releases public funds to be dc votedto useful purposes. There is no doubt whatever of the non essential nature of the employment of hundreds of men on the city payrolls. There is no doubt, either, of the abso lutely essential natuic of the woik of both the policemen and the firemen. It cannot he that tho political machine intends to protect its men on the city payroll at the expense of the men who earn moi'e than they are getting. Such a course would be politically foolish, as well a- extremely unfortunate, for it would force the policemen into politics for the protection of their own salaries. The way to keep the police oat of politics is to give them a living wage which will make them independent and self-respecting. They are now showing a splendid loyalty to he city by agree ing to remain in its service when better pay is offered in war industries. The expectation which they entertain of fail treatment in the autumn must not bo disappointed. There is time enough in the next, three months for the financial officers of the .city, in conjunction with the heads of departments and the Mayor, to find the money needed to give the policemen $5 a day beginning on Octo ber 1. Let them get busy at once and s'top putting the men off with fair words. It Is to lie hoped that the German papers In Chicago which havo Just been Fold hae changed hearts and tongues as well as hands. SIFTING U-BOAT FACT FROM FANCY HTMAGIXATION bodies forth the forms L of things unknown," nid that is pre. clsely why Iho British Admiralty's latest figures on the destruction of hubmarlnes are i.o much less alarming than they may appear at a hasty glance. At first blush tho prevalent hopeful be lief that both England's navy and our own are binklng U-boats nt u rapid rafe Is uncomfft-tably compromised by tho state ment that only thirteen of the Germai undersea craft out of every hundred re ported as sent to the bottom are actually listed In the naval records as lost. According to the lights of tho superfi cial pessimist therefore tho sea pirates seem to have as many lives as cats. Cap tains of war vessels or armed merchant men report Victories, and In no tlmo that same "destroyed" submarine is conducting afresh Its predatory campaign. Happily the reaj truth of the case Is very much simpler than any such tribute to Teuton terrorism. Macbeth's air-drawn dagger was nonexistent. So, according to the Admiralty's sober opinion, are at least one-half of the U-boats, leports of whose fate are made by incoming ships. Imagination U a tricksy sprite and par ticularly potent when one Is fighting a hidden menace. Tho Allies can indeed control the worlds commerce, but not myths. With 50 per cent of .tho alleged trl umphs over submarines officially classed V&.-' A AW-.. -. EVENING PtftkilO IvEDGER T. v -i. that 13 per cent ranked os "certain losses" gives no cnuso for special gloom, Furthermore, It Is nuthorltatlvely clnlmed ln n statement given out by tho Hrltl.'h Parliament nnd confirmed , by Secrctart Pan'els that from 60 to 60 per cent of the,' Vstibmarlnc'J .sent out fall to ictuin to their uneeo. , . nil mis inci in iniiui, n in, i--ni not to bo ton much startled by tho other statistics so humanly corrupted by fancy. "Work or light!" Is really a compare thely mild order. Over on the front tho mldillo word of that slogan Is replaced by a pood, powerful ''nnd." SANE GRAND OPERA rnilAT grand opera need not necessarily -- be the oi chid of the nrls Is being demonstrated In stimulating styjc fy nn eminently praiseworthy vcntuic nt tho Acadrmj of Music, The ro called "festival" of lyric drama In progress there gives respectful consid eration to popular works of the- standard repertory. The artists Involved have been virtually exempt from that clrcuslng which has so hnrmfully accorded to opera ln this country tho rating of n cosily exotic. Their abilities arc authentic nnd ndnllrably fitted to preserve the true spirit of mlibtei-plecos, nomotlmos unfavorably affected by the superpomp nnd circum stance of costly subscription seasons. In a word, this unliuc summer expert men' fa'hered by Air. Davis, of; I'lits burs is as s-ane and healthy as It Is artlft'i Tho moderate prices charted pliu-e the performances' within rc.icli of the oidinary theatregoer, who hns long fought hhy of the five-dollar ticket plus war tax. This Is, of course, the clientele upon which grand opera, to be normal, should draw. Repeated ln subsequent summers, It Is highly likely that an operatic cycle of this kind could be established on a profit able financial basis. While the project Is still new, not n little genuine Idealistic enthusiasm Is discernible In tho manage ment. This commendable spirit also il lumines the excellent Individual Interpreta tions and should Inspire the music lover as well. It Is a sign of the times that most of the talented principals are Americans. Travel restrictions have greatly checked the unco traditional flight of hongblrds to foiclcn opera houses. Atr. Davis, who is a practl'-al theatrical man. has been shrewd enough tn corral much good art thriving cloo nt hand. The fact that ante- llow Admit Cnke? helium Vienna bread I was ro particularly gnod adds another touch of poignancy to the present food s-hortage In Aurtrl.i's hungry capital. "What proves that Next on the there urn no prohlbl- I'ro-rnm tlonlsts ai the ship yard?, Mr. Hones?" "Well, Mr. Interlocutor. vhat does prove It?" "The fact that none of the boys pro tested when Major General Swlnton described the gloiles of 'tanks.'" yr. O'I.eary la providing a new vcrMon of the "Lamentations of Jeremiah." " THE ELECTRIC CHAIR Icebergs hive been t-lghted as far south as the .latitude of Cape May. .News Item. rpWIXKMl, twinkle, bergs of Ice, - Floating fouthward still as mice: If j mi hee a U-boat, hate it! liam it and refrlgcrnle it. Our idea of a summer villa for the Kaltei- would be an Iceberg set adrift in the Gulf Stream. If llollweg goes where he's headed for he will find a scrap of asbestos more dura ble than a tcrap of paper. Try Ojftcr Bay Air. AIcAdoo's throat needs a six weeks' rest, and they aie sending him to the West, "where people don't talk so much." That bccms to us all wiong. They ought to send him where some one would talk continuously and he would have nothing to do but listen. The hungry crowds in Vienna are being charged by police with drawn sabers, ac cording to Swiss dispatches. The only way to satisfy the unfortunate Austilans would bo to charge them with tubers or Irish watermelons; to slice them with bread and rout them with lnbuns and harry them with ham. WliaC'llle" Austrlana want is food; and we don't blame them. The German troops ln France are also grumbling because their bread ration has' been reduced; but think 'of all the dough boys they're getting to make up.. Austria secmsunore driven against than driving. Both Hlndcnburg and I.udendorff have gone to the Piavo front to "adviso" the Austrian generals. But how about Gott? Wc Winre and Cry Aloud rout the Sew York Evfiilno 8uu: In the fell clutch of circumstance 1 have not winced npr cried aloud; Upder the bludgeonlngs of chance Aly head is bloody, but unbowed. W. F. Henley in the Boston.Transcript. To u-hfrli ur add: hives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And. departing, leave behind us Alisprints on the sands of time. George W. Longfellow In the London Times, If music be the love of food, play on; Give mo excess of itr that, surfeiting, The appetto may sicken, and so die. Wilfred Shakespeare in tho Springfield Republican. Our country, right or wrong. Stephen Decanter in the Brewer's Ga zette. Profiteers. Idle profiteers. I Albert Tennyson in tho Tampa Times. Some one had blundered; Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to. reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Xoblo six hundred. Garabed Glragosslan !n The Fra. In the fell clutch qf circumstance The exchange editor pulled a bone: nranriTCR But let ua not WQpfotwijr prance, Ui.V ."" .. .....UV..i'rfjgSj - . " " .1 ii - skj. i Vi. i t.r-w Hi iHii.ii.a - PfilLAbEi, In Defense of Bulldogs I T AtAY' hi that w'c are deliberately pick ing u quarrel ', flrstt with the bulldog's host of admlrtifs, who will doubtless nasert that he can stand his oVn ground nnd needs no defender ( and second, with .nil the rest of( the world which has cast Its lot, or' rather, their lots, with the various and numerous breeds from tho Russian wolfhound all the' way down to within a few Inches of the ground, so to tpenk, or In other words, down to the popular pomeranlah. Hut be that as It may, as one of our great thinkers lias so aptly said, and "lovc-me-love-mydog'' to tho contrary notwithstanding wo make bold to Indite our lond-deferred defense -of the bow-legged, undershot, "sav age-looking" bulldog and his uleari-llmbed, almondV' eyed "ferocious looking"' brother, the white bull terrier, both one-tlme emigrants from the Jlerrle ISngland nf oldi but long since adopted Into our own family, and now American c'llzcns of the very best standing. & 't, of which Is written ns the result of a Square the other noontime. We had been watching with considerable nniusement the determined efforts of a young bulldog topulI his owner ncross tho sidewalk ln the direction of a dignified and elderly member of the cnhlne family who had come out from his nearhy Walnut street residence for his cus tomary noonday constitutional. 10MK along 'ere, you rascal I" said the J little nhort man nt tho controlling end of the lend, as he gave the leather a Jerk and hauled the bull pup toward h'm. although it should be said In fairness to th pup that hp "came along" with his gaze still fixed In the. direction of the older dog; In fact, with his whole body headed In' a diametrically oppo site direction to that which his master was walking. I3tit tho little short man wasn't angry, for, as was very evident, he loved dogs1 nnd he knew full well the frrlng ways of pups. And so when the snorting, puffing nung animal reached his side the man reached down and patted tjie pup and the pup In turn licked his hand. TT i. tl T WAS an obviously unnecessary qu'es- on, but wc were amused at the antics of tho pup nnd we liked the friendly and Kindly manner of the man, ant so we sought an opportunity nf making their acquaintance by saying, ns we leaned over to pat the hefty young animal: "He's a nlcc-looklng dog, friend. Won't bite, I guess7" "Bless me, no'" said the little man. as he pulled tho pup over to within patting distance. "Only a oung dog, isn't he?" we added. "Xlne months, 'c Is. and as fine r bulldog ns you'll find In the city. 'Gentle as a. kitten." And there was no denying the man's testi mony ns to the dog's friendliness and affability; he was a veritable bundle of squirming, wriggling puppy affection. "N OW Isn't It funny how frightened so marked, quite as much to oureclf as to the outside world. Dut the little short man caught us up In an Instant. "It's the newspaper reporters that's to blame," he said. "How so?" we asked. "Why, don't you know," he answered, "whenever a child Is bitten-or there's a mad dog scare It's always a bulldog! Qf course. It ain't to, you know, but those reporters always write it up as a bulldog. Xovv I've 'andled dogs for a good many years and raised many a bull, and I know that they're no worse than any other dog; fact Is, they're better'n any other dog that's bred. Why, friend, a bulldog's tht friendliest a'nd most affectionate dog there Is." "fiut they do look vicious, now don't they?" we ventured. "Of course they do; but It ain't the looks. It's tho things those reporters write ln the papers; that's what's give tho bulldog a bad name. And It don't seem square to mc." AXD then recalling another equally guilty J. mallgncr ofthe bulldog we remarked, "And how about the comic artist?" "Ve3?" said the little man, evidently not quite certain of the point' wc were leading up to. "Why, the familiar old p'cture of the tramp trying to make a, quick getaway with tho favorite bulldog hanging to the seat of his trousers," we explained. "Atost people, you know, think that's a good Joke, but It's a libel Just the same, because they always make It a bulldog. And they've kept on drawing pic tures of bulldogs doing that same old trick until half the world has come to the con clusion that nlnety-nlno out of every hundred bulldogs spend virtually all their waking hours tearing the seats out of poor unfor tunate tramps' trousers V "That's right ; that's right," commented our frlt-nd with the pup. And then ho added, as a sort of farewell, for tho pup. now become thoroughly Impatient at the delay, was tug ging as hard as ever at tho lead: "It's the newspaper reports that's done It. The bull dog's all right, but he gets so many write ups In the papers for things ho don't do that people are afraid of him. But he's all right, and It don't matter what the papers say about him." K XO with this parting shot the man and square; and as we stood and watched them for -a moment we wished that "the Glenmere White Monarch" and "the Bar Sinister" and all their much-maligned brothers and sisters and ancestors and descendants might have been there with us and heard that stanch defense of the'r tribe for It. was good to hear and it was long overdue. E.' A, M. The news that some rioting Viennese cried A III n-re "Peace!" "and some "Bread!" suggests the thought that another gang was probably yelling "Of!" The alien enemies The Womt who escape from the . Penally detention camps should receive drastio punishment when captured. They should be sent tn Uermany. , Tho local draft may develop Into "a Federal storm after the regis tration Investigation W-ath-r Iteport Is completed. Peace Is not always Insured by pouring oil upon the waters. According to Doctor Krusen, It's the best way of prosecuting the necessary war upon tho fly. Mr, McAdoo's health may be Improved by his. trip to the West, but if he takes his own" three-cent-a-mile medicine his purse will be appreciably enfeebled. , The contemplated substitution of. girls for men behind tobacco shop counters makes J. St,' Barrle's conception of "Jly Lady Nico tine" as prophetic as It was charming. You notice that Xo Man's Land has dropped out of the dispatch"-, it seems to be Koch's Land now. . Exclaiming lhat "foul Is fair,"- was "Shakespeare by any chance anticipating the six-cent trolley rptoT "CufTrd" trousers; may be banned by Uncle Bam'H patriotic faahlon experts, but "scuffed" shoes will continue to worry the small boy'. mother, war or no war. . If any Philadelphlana had been present when the Piave was covered with that "black nmoke fog" they could hardly have fold that Italian river from their own Schuylkill. K The news that the poor have moved from ound lka, as echo of pre-war day. pmT.AtftiT.TOfA. 4 kA'pttriVa oc- iwmii wutiwi KJKWi ' ' vn v-v rtAi u . ". ' :?cV... JM..'. JT.'T, s i -, V' . '. . i. k THE HUMAN FLY " s r v k11 fc ttttiiFvHHiwIlfiM wSSKUU IkMbwi JKS-UU Wl uw Ktt-W!K-Un&-UBUtt-UUr '"'I wwlMmwSerfKminnS 5 tsJjpiififfirWiSluffiirnitjLJvf Bnfi5BttWiB I 1 1 A 1 1 I iWrTtffi f-rif'VWmT 9'ffi"frFiYr9fWf'PfsfTWi rf'-'V- vffi fr?f"iM -.. :..- .''." 3FETf'Fr5&9rSIW 1 PtTT wSmM LIFE STOIJY OF A DICTOGRAPH Karl Rosner Was Just Naturally Born to the Congenial Job of Press Agent to the Kaiser By SIMEON STRUNSKY ' XTI-WER will I permit mypelf to forget," LN writes1 Karl Rosner ln his "Memoirs of a Dictograph," "that unparalleled May afternoon when the All-Highest, ln his most gracious mood, honored mo with a place In the footman's seat at the back of his high powered runabout. On It rolfcd, without fear and without hesitation, down the Linden. It was an unostentatious -vehicle entirely ln keeping with the Paralfal-slmple character of its august master. It had not more than two tires in front and the same number hchlnd, a single steering apparatus and only one chauffeur actually at the wheel. "As we turned n corner swiftly there ap peared In the middle of the road the figure of a 'street urchin leading his dog by a rope about tho animal's neck. Without a moment's hesitation his Jlajesty said to the chauffeur, Fritz, avoid running over that young boy,' which Fritz did. Whereupon his Majesty turned to me, smiled and said, 'Far better, my Rosner, that the chauffeur should exert himself to change his direction than that the brains of an innocent child should be tpat tered all over the pavement!' "When ono considers how 4 It Is a dally habit with M. Polncare to" run down blind men on the Champs Klysees and "how Llojd George Indulges In pistol practice against a long line of soldiers' widows lined up In front of tiie Horse Guards, this revelation of a truly peculiar German humaneness in our sovereign cannot but fill every Trusslan heart with pride." ' What is this Karl Rosner. from whose "Alemolrs" we have Just quoted one of tho most profoundly moving incidents In medi eval and modern history' Whence this spe cial correspondent uf the Lokal-Anzelger, who forms one-half of the Kaiser's back ground on the battlefields of France.- the other half being a thermos bottle full of pea soup? KARL ROSXER was born In Umlaut-am-Daeckel July 15, 1906, and Is.now Jhcre. fore rounding out his twelfth year, a fact which is corroborated by the striking unprc tcntlousness of his style, his charmingly In nocent outlook on life, his highly developed sense of reverence and his gift for being always In the way. From the first he gave signs of his life's career. When six days old he developed colic and bis nurse administered a spoonful of castor oil, which the child ab sorbed without winking, increupou u old nurse remarked. "He will, grow up to asboclate with the rulers of earth and he will swallow anything." At the age of three and a half young Rosner was sent to a private school kept by Herr Wahnfried Chadband. The only source of complaint on the part of his master was that the child's excessive sweetness of tem per and reasonableness occasionally got on one's nerves. About'that time our hero began to keep a diary, copious extracts from which are reproduced in the "Alemolrs." They re veal, at an early age. that extraordinary grasp on matters of fact, that Bystematlo attention to detail, which have enabled the Lokal-Anzelger to bcoop every ono of its competitors 365 days In the year.i We quote at random; - "Monday, Ate one half-minute egg, forty grams of bread, five grams of butter, set out for school. Walked on touth Bide of Charlottenstrasse. The first' house from he corner Is Xo, 1, The second house No. 3. Thejhlrd house has a red balcony and Is Xo. 5. The fourth house la Nof 7. The fifth house is. Xo. 9. and in front of It a light yellow dog with a limp In his off-hind leg was worrying a green banana peel. The sixth house is Xo. 11," etc, "Tuesday, Ate" one half-minute egg, thirty eleht grains of bread, 7 grams of but ter set oui for school. Walked on the north side of Charlottenstrasse. The first house from the corner Is Xo. I, The" second house Is Xo. t. The third house is No. 6 and a fat cook was washing down the steps. The fourth house Is No, J. The fifth house is Xo. 10." etc I HERB we catch a glimpse of those extraor dinary powers of observation which -were to blossom out In full plenitude in our hero's account of how the Kaiser ate cervelat sand wiches on the battlefield of Wytschacte. At the age of ten Karl Rosner joined the stalt of the Berlin Lokal-Anzelger. ,at first ln the capacity of military critic but aid not acquit himself to the, tAtiif action; of hlajsm lyM,y Hla knowledge v. b l Mln -n4 t .'v , Z7 rsv,-. ? -fr;,.; ; 'rfWtTmm ful Jlttle classified list of them, Hills 10-20, Hlils"2Q-3!J. Hills 30-4Q,, etc,. Rut he Jacked the qualities of Imagination which the busi ness of military criticism demands, especially in Germany, He was thereupon transferred to the city desk an'd the flrfct day was went out to leport'a speech by Admiral Tlrpltz before a meeting of the Fatherland party. Karl Rosner began his story! "Precisely nt f.'im p. m. last night before an audience of 876 men and thirty-four women ln,.lhe Blucher Hall, Herr Grossad mlral ..von Tlrplju tpokc about the pi-ogress of the submarine war at the rate of 225 words a minute. During the cat Her part of his address the Grossadmlral leaned rather mora heavllon his left foot than on his right, and during the later part of- his ad diess ha leaned rather more heavily on his right foot than on his left. Ho stood approxi mately 34 meters from the edge of the pla't form and Indulged in very few- gestures', his favorite motion being a swing of the right arm through an arc. approximately, of fifty six degrees. Hla whiskers " Tlia copy-reader got no further and whis pered to the city editor, who Immediately transferred young Rosner to the Fashions and Household Hhfts page, where 'he re mained for half a year with .conspicuous success until he was dtsignated special cui respondent near; the person of the Emperor, READKnS of the dally prca neet" hardly be told that Rosner brought with him to his new task an unrivaled faculty for syh-j tematlc observation re-enforced by his news paper experience. It would be a mistake to suppose that the All-Hlghest's predilection for Karl Rosner Is a case of favoritism. On the contrary, It has been the reward ohmertt. Laden with so many cares and problems, the All-Highest could naturally devote but little time to planning his Interviews, nnd It Is here that Karl Itosner'n systematic genius stood him In good, stead. Take, for Instance, a single pa go from his notebook entitled "Outline for Ensuing Week for His Alajesty the Emperor and King," We note at ran dom; "Juno 3. 8:15 a, m. Ills Majesty, while t-havlng, will probably be reminded of how German skill and application, even before the war, enabled the Solingen razormaUers to drive the Sheffield razors from the Uruguay and b'amoan world markets. "10:30 a. m. Ills Majesty will probably remark on the contrast between the brilliant sunlight and the dark machinations of, the Fatherland's enemies. "12 m. All-Highest partakes df luncheon In military style. Xote: Wll", he do so lean ing against Umber of captured French can non or 'reclining' against propeller of 'dis abled British airplane? "June 4. 10:30. Kaiser's eyes will pre sumably flash with pride as he reads report of his generals. Xote: Before describing at titude, consult Plutarch, Caesar's Gallic War. Life of Frederick the Great und Xapoleon's Table Talk. "June 5, Open date. Alt-Highest probably (1) reasserl's faith In good German mvord or (2) picks violets or (3) whiffs nt a sam ple vial of new front-line gas." ' We aro now prepared to understand why Karl Rosner shoufd today be the justly proud possesror of the Grand Cross of the Stencil, with threo stars, the tnulgnla of the Gteon Parrot of the first class, with bars, and Companion of the Order of Salrey Gamp, Side by tilde In the classics of literature with Walter Pater's jJefcrlptlon-of Mona J.lsa and Mark Antony's death In. "Antony and, Cleo patra" will stand Rosner'a marvelous invo cation of the figure qf the Kaiser lmblblpg bean soup on the slope'of Hill 204; "As the Imperial hand uncorked the ther mos bottle I placed myfeelf at some distance In the i ear. In the general direction west southwest by south, so an not to be dazed by the august spectacle. The rays of the noonday sun reflected from th nickeled sur face of the bottle were like tho flash of the mighty sword of Frederick the Great. "At 12:02:8 his Alajesty lifted the first spoonful to his lips.- ''At "12:02:11 his Majesty' lifted the second spoonful to his lips. "At 12:02:13 his Majesty annexed tho third spoonful. , "At 12:02:18 hla Alajesty wlntd'hla lips. "A faint breeze,. sighing from the poplars.. Gently rlnnled alone the tablecloth." ' After the -war Karl Ilosnrr's, future Is ure. If Germany wtna be tea ji Hfft, Je ':$ i-ttV,' ardinc ln ths Brooklyn Eule. A I THE READERS' VIEWPOINTS L , , . ,,,''j- A if No Housing Relief Without Government Am 7'o the KdUor of the livening J'libilo Ledptr)? Sir AIv answer of a few davs aeo TflldfS T ,1 , 4i,,5 not remove the question of rent profiteernH,' from your mind. .Of this I am pleased, ;f- 1 previously asked for a complete investiwj tlon a,nd feel that In the spirit of co-opjS tlon something 'may develop which will tHtljt'J proe conditions,, and, with, this in jnhWaV1 Is ln mhW'l which ttmj way, Tf ibfW.li I want to state a few conditions and must be overcome :n some wt to be at all possible for' any extensive? bulUU'i-- Ing operations of homes' during cither thfsl duration of the vvar or at a later perleyl!(j$', in tne nrst p;nco tne construction oi;j houses requires skilled labor, pnd.the me,'.! enames previously employed in noma DUncu Ing now are largely engaged In UovernmlHj wnrV ,ti nr. funm oari'ltiir itnilai' mt, 1.3 This means that the builder and the building sunnlv houses find It almost Imnosilble fo procure men, even though willing to meefihe J advanced prices established by the Govern t.iont tn Ilia vnrlnnn ulitunlne. vnfi mtn The building supply houses also know that & even though they located and purchased, ma; tcrlals at the various mills throughout -'ttlii country (which lias been the customary, method of procuring materials 'during JtJt-P'i patt years) the material would be BubJeoVi to Government commandeering. If It, -wa8 nnntid by them to be used In any of tlieltj cuimu uuuon wont ; auu, u carriers cou prceumror a permit Issued for such ufiiP'T meats, then, wnnlil hn no ant-Atv if rlvlht the same. -V M the present time, for housc-bulldinu Lvvork In particular, which Is going ahead atv. tii'j liovernment shlnyards at Hoar Island,' Chester, Camden, etc., shipments have to'W made In the name of tho United-States IMjV ping board., 'Emergency Fleet Cofporatl ana noroie perm'sslon to make shipmeiits-e IU be obtained it is necessary to file a' tW-" in-nt clearly specifying the material rcqUltfll and also show where the same la to be useC' Vlewlng conditions as they now exfst;'- t In In s'ght as to tho building of, aK.j e number of homes to offset the.rte-"l of rent profiteering, unless the Govern-J renci in in large tlon ment will co-operate with the builders ln nrl-i va(o enterprises and allow materials 4o-.lfl shipped, and pnless it also becomes poeMMpJ to obtain the labor now employed lnvVW(i-il AtlU IfrifU rkt tftlr-fA4.. ful.rtl.. Au -. . itltf 1 uu. onto ,, uumiii-an wjiii:ii um nonesslfll"M wmen lamir could uo educated to 'take-- place of labor taken from building constru tion work from the time of our enterln'th war. There are large, numbers of varKUaj kinds of huslness which could be dispense ' wan to allow tills labor to turn to bulkllng work, If some plan were drafted to bring Jk change about in labor as now employed Inl nonessential business, and place In building :ss. and nlace in bulldll construction Work. . Alortgage money cannot be procured, antf.1 mortgage money Is not available under wiclM uutiu'iiuiiH, as ' GYen in normal Junes uv'n ing operations always have been conaldtn a large risk and have entirely defended- o- their success through the, combined co-opera. tlon anu dovetailing in the various contrmeva, as, until It Is a -csmp'eted structure. It. Mt no rial value, and must be completed taa- either rented or sold, WILLIAAI R. NICHOLSON, -If-ft Philadelphia, June 21. irf. r- x- rr ,.. 1 wi tv nai uo.iou i.nowr ouiz " an - I -i T J 1. Where Is tn Jlont-m rtitlrauT ,. 77" J 2. What are "r-.-rvf." In ha military M 3. Name the nuttier of "What MoUle Ka.'i 4. IH.nl If v "Til. Rllnd Ilard." f . Mhat'l'runr .';. 0. Who itremMent f- Johns Hopkins veralljT " t. What la a "rlaao-up"? , x ft" X. Xiimn the IfiitMirtant remiioaara of tha aian.M-hool, rf.t!l .0. What' U (he rapltal of Wlitonaln? ''Z III, nno was nniinr hoiit Answers to Ye.terday's Quit 1, Malar (nral lluntrr Lliceft rouaa American forrra In tn neld In He liaa been r tl to becurno torn eoma Pt United niatra rorpa an at tna ironi. 2. .MuJr Central llenrv P. McCain I. f central of Iht United rila'co artar' ' 1 3, Tlie l-m M, an lianorarr rolltso fraloi nmltrO,lii In tlilrh l Hnurdtd fa! tlnrtlun In nrltntlflo atudlta. . , if. . 4i ('ontiihaatn It tho ranltal of Denmark.-" ft. rimrlta Dlrkrna rt "Oliver Tlar,V t. Arrln lutfo. rt" lru"rl'",t IIsit i i ompoaer, . who. rtctutly died, wrfto ' llbrtitaa for farol'a . "!tollo" a-H 1 . tanrl MiaiiiMad MmHmitmr 7. "II FA." ktanda fu hf.Vjr mU , In Ikm L'nkmi Nljti .lFmlIai t- ,' Camii.iPrcrk'U nBr vjpl VWt1 v "&$' M y-JHgHfjr HprotDJe," aviPJJ&cwi, JMj -.- 1W mm ti aav wiraa- want w, k vwnaiii ? 'if f X - ' ' cwir f" "XVI , ' -t.
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