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'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
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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
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TRUCK" BY MQTORTRUCK
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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-
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yg,;rlng the loads from the farmers, we shall
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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
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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
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CLOTHES
.,,.''YIY-,, dlmAnda ft rnrrMrwnilnl
demands
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!?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
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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&.-'
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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,
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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.
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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.
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ound lka, as echo of pre-war day.
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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
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I THE READERS' VIEWPOINTS
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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.
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X. Xiimn the IfiitMirtant remiioaara of tha
aian.M-hool, rf.t!l
.0. What' U (he rapltal of Wlitonaln? ''Z
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