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SIGNS AND OMENS
THE Socialists are digging themselves In
with a demand for a six-hour day. The
trolley company at Ilcadlnsr, Tn., la agitat
ing: Shrilly for eight-cent fares.
tThe two-dollar sandwich and propaganda
for the abolition of all work of every kind
cannot be so far ahead.
Guard your umbrella piously and be
braced for the deluge.
The proposed Federal tax of ten cents
ta gallon on gasollno will hao one momen
tous result If it is actually lex led. It will
take all the joy out of Joy riding.
REMEDIES FOR RENT GOUGING
, TTHEN they begin to make speeches In
' Washington wise men lose hope. It
Is yet too early to predict the result of
the Inquiry being made before Congress
-Into the abuses charged ngalnst hotua
owners and real estnte men In Philadel
phia. The hearing 1 a prelude to t'u
. consideration of J. bill which representa
tive Darrow has prepared to prccnt rent
gouging.
KjThls la a big country. Most Congress-
aian pnma f-r.,m nrtmrrtjiriaa In wtttnVi
Kt j ..w... ......., ..
r,'. mere is no question 01 real estate vaiua-
" lions involved with the general problem
Ct the war. Congressional action for the
"f Balrtt nf n fanf liifrl-nt-oearul VimiDA i unfnm
m f-r . . .-i .,uuoc ii
tjwv -jn i-nuaucipnm is aimosi too mun to ex
pect The regrettable thing is that an
l1 ly situation couldn't have been cleared
HVP Dy simpler methods.
j;Mr. Darrow, who has the support and
't approval of Admiral Bowles and the shlp
&, building chiefs, proposes to arrange for
M""wlll be authorized to Investigate each case
& alleged rent gouging, to make ap-
W jjpraisala and to offer recommendations upon
wnicn tnp local courts could base injunc-
Mf'tlons In cases where the house owner at-
untempted to abuso the privileges of owner
ship at the expense of the helpless and
Inner kuttfrlncr tonnnf
The method appears logical enough. The
Majority of the people, even those who nrn
Lt , drawing war wages, are making sacrillccs
Vitt A. l- - -- . .. . ... .
jit ui mo wur. io one snoma De permitted
j3f til squeere exorbitant profits from tile dls-
jjly mbm ui umcin.
)' Admiral Bowles suggested that rents
f; should be increased only to meet increased
H taxation and that the house owners
,r ahould bear tho increased cost of labor
and materials es&ential to repairs. Here
i there is a suggestion of injustice. It
would seem fairer. In view of the Impor
tance of labor and material costs, if the
. .owner and the tenant were to divide the
.-, burden.
The murder charge In tho Fifth Ward
Eg- , eases, says the District -Attorney, has not
tf, j? .en droPPeu It has been, so to speak,
Kr -.'mislaid.
W ' m
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AitMUiatiUi' UUUGIltRTY
IT1HE whole city feels a sympathetic In-
terest in the splendid ceremonial ar-
Kjr ranged at the Cathedral today for the en
fea thronement of Archblshon Douchprtv Tho
.new Archbishop will be welcomed warmly
(.as a new citizen of unusual distinction,
who began life humbly In Pennsylvania
jand was elevated to his exalted office after
.demonstrating In wide and various fields
Teat qualities of mind and spirit.
'Archbishop Dougherty has won distinc
tion as a humanftarinn nnrl a ctrnTn.. tr
a. i succeeds a man who wna rrpntK- o.i.om.,!
S" and venerated. The city at large will wel-
:j .come him to the place made vacant by the
rfR. Tdeath of Archbishop Prendergast in the
y-f assurance xnai ins contributions to the
Sethlcal and spiritual life of the community
Wlil be as great as those of his dlstin-
Bf-BUlshed predecessors.
v "w
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55f' Shipbuilders at Belfast, Ireland, hae
i.'- .... - .
ipieiea an suuu-ion steamship in fifteen
ys after her launching. That Is Just one
re record for the Delaware to go after.
f, ' LESS LIGHT.
,:'rrtHE reduction by 20 to -30 tier ren nt
frj? M. the artificial light In business buildngs,
fevhotels and homes now proposed by the
gTlqat administration may seem at first
PMce HKe an excessively roundabout
'jthod of saving coal. It might have been
Hrtter had Doctor Garfield and his asso-
MM displayed greater efficiency In or-
Jlng and encouraging a more extensive
luctlon of the required fuel.
artlal darkness Isn't cheerful espe-
4svfty when attended by the suspicion that
siJIJpsii't necessary.
? -a: : ... ,
hr iiw" country win co-operate witn the ruel
pt to remember that many of the homes
K jMiVUtillo buiwings in England and
i have had to depend for a long time
m0Mr on candles. Seeing Is believing.
M
9Mtwho still refuse to realize that
M at war may be helped along by
Miveet restriction to a realization of
. Hwt pMrtaBt ftwt.
WAITING TO BE SHOWN
What Can the Government Do 'With Control
of the Electric Lines That It
Cannot Do Now?
TDEFORE tho Senate passes tho rcsolu-
lutlon oxpllcltfy empowering tho
President to take over the telegraph' and
telephone lines it is expected to insist
that adequate reasons be submitted to
justify such action.
Tho burden of proof is upon those who
propose that the thing be done.
The resolution states that its purpose
is to insuro the continuous operation of
clcctricnl communlcnting systems, to
guard the scciecy of war dispatches and
to prevent communications between
public enemies. The assumption is that
public enemies have been communicat
ing with one another by means of tho
telephone and the tcleginph and that
thcro has been a violation of the secrecy
of war messages.
Proof of these things ought to bo
forthcoming in the first place. What
specific war dispatches have leaked out
and what public enemies have commu
nicated with one another? If the Sen
ate can learn these things it will have
made a good beginning.
Then it will be ready to ask how the
Government can prevent the use of the
wires by public enemies and enn pre
serve tho secrecy of war dispatches moro
effectively than tho companies now
operating the telegraph and telephone
lines can do it. If the supporters of tho
resolution cannot show definitely how
this can be done then tho reasons
offered for the seizure of tho lines be
come mere pretexts for tho advocates
of Government ownership who wish to
take advantage of war conditions to
upset our present system of private own
ership. The same force would operate tho
lines as operates them now. The Secret
Service agents would have no greater
right to inspect suspected messages
than they now exercise. They would
have no freer privilege of putting their
men in an office to lie in wait for per
sons who wished to communicate" with
public enemies than they now enjoy.
And, so far as wo can see, nothing ma
terial would bo effected save a transfer
of the direction of the telephone system
from the hands of Theodore N. Vail, one
of the most efficient business executives
in the world, to the hands of Postmaster
General Burleson and the superseding of
capable telegraph company executives
by this same cabinet member, who after
five years at tho head of tho postal sys
tem has yet to demonstrate extraordi
nary executive ability through improve
ment of that service to the public.
If this be all there is behind the reso
lution the Senate doos well to pause
before adopting it.
But that resolution refers to insuring
continuous operation of the electrical
lines, which must refer to the preven
tion of strikes. The strike that was to
have taken place on Monday has been
abandoned. And when the resolution
was introduced in the House wo were
told that it had been planned long before
there was any thought of a strike. When
Senator Smith was asked whether the
passage of tho resolution was asked to
prevent a strike or as a war measure he
replied that it was a war measure, pure
and simple. So we can dismiss from
consideration the talk about insuring
cont'nuous operation.
The excuse for taking over tho rail
roads does not exist in the case of the
electrical lines. There are scores of rail
load companies, many of them serving
tho same territory. Some of them were
doing more business than they could ac
commodate and others less. Terminals
were not pioperly utilized for handling
freight. The arrangements for the use
of cars and locomotives were not adapted
to a time when every transportation
resource of the country should be em
ployed to the best advantage. Tho rail
roads have become under the present
arrangement a single unified system.
The country accepts the situation be
cause it appreciates the gravity of the
crisis.
But it has not yet been shown what
benefit would accrue from taking over
the electrical lines. It is satisfied with
the service which it is getting and it is
confident that the Government cannot
improve the service to business. It
would like to know just in what way the
Government can help itself by ousting
the men who are now in charge and
putting political appointees in their
places.
A Hun cannot see the truth.
be made to feel It.
So he mutt
UPLIFT IN CONGRESS
TT WAS Interesting to react Congressman
J. Hampton Moore's breezy tirade
directed at his colleagues in the" House
who are agitating for a commission to
guard the moials of Washington working
girls. Mr. Moore was stung to fervid ut
terance and clamorous scorn by the chat
ter of the members who talked for hours
about the obligations of the presumably
more enlightened "employing class."
The delusion that a stern morality Is the
peculiar attribute of those who have money
Is outworn. It belongs with the age of
mittens. That It should be enshrined In
Congress Is not at all strange. Congress
loves the old point of view. And yet it
commissions are to bo appointed there is
and never was any reason why the poor
should not take a turn at the Job and
name a commission for the conservation
of the morals of the rich. The poor, un
fortunately, haven't time to do other than
imlnd their own business.
The world Is swiftly outliving the pro
fessional upllfter. Public opinion Is doing
more than any commission ever did to
make life safer for the uninformed. In the
course of time Congress, too, will lea,m
that the rich apd the poor, the humble
and the pretentious, are alike at bottom
and that no group monopolizes the talent
for wrongdoing. If n commission Is to be
appointed It should servo society at laree
and do Justice to all alike.
Kcrensky doesn't seem
ltnw'a Your to be making much of
Tact, Aire? a hit In Paris. Now Is
tho time for Alec to
watch his step, for the American bleachers
nro keeping their eyes on him. If he's a
four-flusher wo haven't time to monkey with
him. America Is pretty busy trying to win
the war.
A lady In New York
A Habit wants tho nation to
We Hiits call Itself Usonla. Sho
hays It' Is absurd to
call ourselves Americans, because the Cana
dians and Mexicans are as good Americans
as wo are. liven so, wo hao kind of gotten
into the habit.
Foch sals, to make
Ilort rase war Is to attack, When
lllniljt tho strdtegy of the
situation permits, we
e-tpect Hlndy may have occasion to recall
this dictum
Mary
had
Utile
(Inoil Tldlne",
Mr. (Inrfleld
bin
Her lamb Just 1ood
to roll In ;
But Mnry, like a prudent girl,
Used It to put her roal in.
1 For those who dislike
Dnrkeat tho pioupfct of llght-
(lermany less nights there should
be cotisolntlon In the
knowledge that they have llghtless days In
Germany.
The new bathing suits uncoxcr a multi
tude of bhlnii
Some one ought to suggest' that they tax
the gas in Congress.
The Bolshelkl control Moscow,
they control themselves?
But can
A war In professional baseball seems
uninteresting ecn as a sideshow.
Stroebcl, the German Socialist, who
called upon his people to hurl their rulers
"to the devil," hasn't much consideration for
tbe feellngi of hades.
If the proposed reenuo bill Is passed
wouldn't It bo only consistent to pay taxes
on paper shoes, near-silk flocks and Imita
tion wool trousers with substitute money?
We hope no one will hae the poor tasto
to crltlcl?e the weather for n long time to
come. Not within our memory has there
bepii such a niRrselous spoil of cool, clear,
azuro weather at this tlmo of year.
Those German editors who continue to
trot hopefully forward with pence proposals
evidently haven't learned thai' somo of the
old maxim1 hno been revised and that, al
though It only takes one to make a light
theso dajs, It takes two to make a discus
sion. THE CHAFFING DISH
Rroodings on Russia
T"OES the Kaiser plan to Invude Iluss-la,
'-'where angels fear to tread?
To go steam-rollering ngalnst the de
fenseless Soviets seems Moscowardly.
Tlio Kaiser's kind of warfare Is not only
ruthless but truthless.
Apparently tho Letts have organized
some pan-soviets of their own. Pantaletts,
we call them.
Tho Czocho-Slovak troupe has walked the
trans-Siberian railway ties all tho way to
Vladivostok. Perhaps they call themselves
Slovactors.
While tho new Finn-Hun expeditionary
force Is marching along tho Kem-Kande
lax-Kola railway on the way to Ekaterina,
it is to be hoped they will take with them
the author of the song "K-K-Katy." He
ought to make a pretty good anthem out
of that material.
But perhaps the Finns will decide that
the game Is not worth the Kandelax.
A Bolshevik official In Moscow telegraphs
that the weekly mutiny was caused by n
group of cheeky fools. Is that a whiskered
pronunciation of Czech fools?
The German editors nro very hot over
tho fact that a few pro-Huns In this coun
try have been forcibly draped In tar and
feathers. They must bo Jealous, for cer
tainly a suit of tar und feathers Is more
durable clothing than the paper garments
worn in Berlin.
The Fairies
T
"IHE fairies work bo hard these dajs
To keep us gay,
For if we let them know we're sad
They'll fly away.
They tell us there are still tho trees
That climb so high
They trip the round moon In her flight
Across the sky.
And there are still green fields to find
And hills to press,
And back behind the western wind
Tho wilderness.
And so we lot the fairies think
That we are gay.
For If they knew how sad we were
They'd fly away.
BEATRICE WASHBURN.
Spatriotism
In order to save leather women are asked
to wear low shoes with spats next winter.
Fashion Note.
Perfectly Fair, Harry, If No One Else Said
It First
Dear Socrates Would It be fair to say
that the whole world now js made up of
Bolsheviks and Bolsherlctims?
HARRY MAULE.
Devil Doggerel
X am red hot for a chani-e and a "man's Job."
i'eraonal ad In New Tork Timet.
If you want a Job
Where men abund
Put on the togs
Of a Teufel Hund.
If you ache to see
Bill under the cogs,
Why not enlist
With the Devil Dogs?
Extra Attractior-I
Great Literary Sensation!!
Tomorrow, the first Installment of an
amazing serial
By William McFee
OrSer your Chaffing Dish early til
4, SOCRATES.
.it 11. . vV
IT IS A LONG ROAD
TO KOLA
rtlHE proclamation of martial law In the
Russian province of Archangel and tho
landing of American marines to co-operato
with tho French and British forces in pro
tecting military supplies at Kola, on ths
Murman coast, occurred at about the same
time. The news reached this country on
tho day before tho Fourth of July.
But not one person In a thousand knew
enough about the geography of Russia to
tell where tho Murman coast Is or to ex
plain tho relation of the provinco pi Arch
angel to the other provinces.
ARCHANGEL, or, as the transliteration
.of tho Russian spelling has It, Arkh-'
nngetsk, Is the northernmost subdivision
of Russia. It touches the Arctic Ocean and
extends cast nnd west from the Ural Moun
tains to Finland, It Is bounded on tho
south by the provinces of' Vologda and
Olentz. It has an area of 326,000 squaro
miles nnd a population of 500,000, or a llttlo
moro than one and a half persons to tho
squaro mile. Tho White Sea cuts it into
two parts, leaving about a quarter of Us
area west of that sea. This part Includes
Kola and tho Kola peninsula
TT'OLA Is the newly rediscovered Ice-free
-t-port of Russia. Tho Norse fishermen
hnd known of It for generations, probably
for centuries. Tho tag end of the Gulf
Stream approaches It nnd then loses Itself
In tho ley waters of the Arctic. The fish
ermen have been In the habit of spending
tho summer on tho water with their nets.
In tho autumn they put into Catherine
harbor, on which Kola lies, cured nnd
packed their flsh and In tho spring sold
them. Kola Is nt tho head of the harbor.
About half-way bctweon It and Ekatorlna,
or Catherine, at tho mouth of tho harbor,
He? another fishing village of Alexan
drovsk. This village had a population of
less than COO In 1914.
rpHE war has changed the whole aspect
-- of tho country roundabout, for It
brought about tho discovery that Kola was
far superior to Archangel as a port for
landing mllltury supplies. Archangol Is on
an arm of tho White Sea 300 miles further
south than Kola, but Its harbor Is frozen
for seven or eight months of the jear.
And It Is connected with Moscow by a rail
road with a single track. When It becamo
evident that It would bo Impossible to
move tho storei that hart been landed nt
Aichnngel tho work of extending tho rail
road which connects Potrogiad with Pe
trozavodsk on Lake Onega so as to connect
with Kola was forthwith begun. It was
pushed forward with nil speed until now
there Is said to be a double-track line be
tween the capital and this open Arctic
port, a dlstanco of 874 miles.
rrUIl" line between Petrograd . and Pe-
trozavodsk has been open for several
years. Trto bundled and thirty-seven miles
north of Petrozav odsk tho new road reaches
tho town of Soroka on tho White Sea, in
tho same latltudo us Archangel. Swerving
to tho northwest tho load touches Kem,
thlrty-flvo miles away. Kem Is the most
important Industrial and administrative
centpr of the region, but It has a popula
tion of only 2000. North of Kem tho road
runs for 224 miles through a district of
small lakes nnd extensive bwamps and Im
mense forests of fir to Kandalakcha, a
fishing settlement. Thence It ciosses the
Kola peninsula for 179 miles to Catherine
harbor and Kola.
rpHE section of tho road across the Kola
- peninsula to tho Murman coast was
built under tho greatest difficulties. The
workmen wero almost literally eaten aljve
by midges and mosquitoes, the pest of the
Arctic regions In summer. They appeared
In great clouds and It was almost impossi
ble for the workmen to prevent themselves
fiom breathing them nnd swallowing them.
The engineering problems solved were
most perplexing. The ground Is a floating
sod in the summer, supported by tho water
from the melted ice beneath, which In turn
rests on the frozen subsoil that never
thaws. For one stretch of 133 miles it was
necessary to drive piles to support tho
track. In other places cofferdams had to
be built to keep out tho water while
search was mado for firm foundations. At
one place a lofty wall of granite lay acioss
the lino and It was found necessary to
tunnel it for half a mile to make a way
for the tracks.
THE Germans did their best to interfere
with the completion of the road. The
rails for the section from Kola to Kanda
lakcha were shipped from Brooklyn In 1915.
Part of them weie on the steamship Sllvcr
wings. But from some undetermined cause
the ship foundered off tho coast of Nova
Scotia and sank with her cargo. Arrange
ments wero at once made to send moro
rails. As the road Is In operation, they
must have ai rived safely.
KOLA has been llko a boom town in the
West as a result of tho discovery of its
importance. The bay Is thirty miles deep,
with the town at Its head. Where It
widens out a little there is a large Island
named Zemenova, that has been developed
as a receiving station. Extensive piers
have been built and large warehouses have
been put up. Thousands of men were
taken there to engage In the work of con
struction and to handle the military sup
plies before Russia dropped out of the war.
The supplies were landed on the island
from the ships and transported in barges
to the railroad terminal. Hundreds of
thousands -of tons of these supplies are
now said to be lying there exposed to the
woather and guarded by the American,
French and British forces.
THE Germans have been making demon
strations In the direction of Catherine
harbor In the hope of being able to seize
the military supplies. The nature of the
ground over whleh they must pass Is such
that it will be almost Impossible for any
considerable force to penetrate the coun
try If they are opposed. The only feasible
way to get there is by railroad, and it is
easy to destroy that If conditions make It
necessary. Not even the Germans can
march through a boggy country infested
with mosquitoes and with no solid ground
on which to camp. Kola seems to be pretty
safe at present, for It Is a longer road there ,
than the road to Paris.
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THE GOWNSMAN
(imo ORGANIZE represents tho domi
- nant idea of our civilization. To or
ganize Is to bo respectable, and as eveiy
ono wants to be respectable, every one
dreams of now schemes of organization
It Is difficult to think of any class
that has not been organized of late yeais."
Thus writes George Moote; and further:,
"To organize something or, put It differ
ently, to educate somo one is today every
man's ambition. So long as It Is not him
self, it matters no Jot whom he educates."
A DIVERTING book might be written by
nearly any man of middlo life who has
not forgotten how to use his pen on or
ganizations to which I have belonged.
Perhaps a still moro dlveitlng pno might
be compiled on organizations, membership
In which I have thought it wise to decline:
provided always that the wi iter would dare
tell the truth. That difficult matter) to tell
the truth! There was a hobble-de-hoy
urchin of twelve, in whose fieckled, red
headed makeup, contrary to all known law
of precedent fact, there was no dash of
humor. He was a solemn youngster, wide
eyed and abominably honest. Hfs observ
ant eye was attracted eno day by tho odd
ity of the appearance of a lady who baa
been young at some doubtful period not
too long ago. As ho nearcd her He observed
that tho oddity in her face which had at
tracted his eye was a markedly crooked
nose, peing Interested, ho asked her, "po
litely!" he afterward affirmed under moth
erly correction, "How did your nose come
to be crooked?"
"And do you know, mother, first she
gasped, as though she was going to faint,
and then asked me where I was raised?
and I said, 'Only Just here..'"
B
UT the Gownsman has dlgiessed from
ono painful subject to another, from
organization to the damnable art of telling
the truth, which latter art he is credibly
Informed once put a successful practitioner
of it for a period of twenty-four hours ln
Jail, where he richly deserved to be. With
circumspection, therefore, let us step back
to organizations. There aro organizations
"to the which" we cannot escape belonging,
the State which bids us bear a load If we
would be free strange paradox! And
there Is the church nnd ' political purty,
both, In these days, largely matters of
birth, not choice. To be or not to be a
Presbytetlan? Never a Hamlet of us all
is troubled with the question. And In what
high disdain do we hold a man who has
been a Republican and has dared to cease
by his own volition to continue ever In that
noble, elevated and patilotlc condition.
There Is even a certain extenuation plead
able In the case of a man whoso father was
a Democrat before him. It is llko being
born a Methodist or a Htckslte, not so
much a thing to boast about as to accept
with the other vicissitudes of life.
"DUT if there are organizations which we
J- cannot escape, there are others Into
the entering of which "the ordinary man Is
supposed to exercise at least a species of
volition. Matt-imony, for example, though
the Gownsman piofesses himself here
somewhat in doubt. Can one help being
married, for example, either beforj or
after? And then there Is tho family. It Is
Incredible into what families some men
contrive to be born. But here a wise
providence steps In: for no matter what his
family, every man and especially every
woman is sure to be proud of It.
"The La Fools of the North, the La
Fools of the South: we come not of the
La Fools of Essex, but of tile La Fools of
France, as honorable and ancient a family
as ever bore arms, and ours Is a coat of
motley, lineally derivable from Joseph's
coat of many colors, for the La Fools have
ever been of many colors."
All this with becoming acknowledgment
to ancient Ben Jonson. n t .
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-- ' thrust upon ua tho chlcfest are chari
table and literary. For nlnoteen centuiles
KQod men havo been deeply concerned In
tho saving of their own souls; now we are
mainly busy about the souls, the health,
the conduct, tho nutrition and the manner
of getting boin of other people. Charity
Is dead: It decayed with Chatlos Lamb's
beggars of tho metropolis and has long
since been literally organized into a late
nnd dishonored gravo. Has tho Gownsman
a reader so demoralized that he would
throw a penny to a beggar or a bone to a
dog? Or if he has been guilty of such an
indiscretion, will ho not sco to It that the
next beggar receives a soup ticket or an
Investigation slip or somethlnu equally
pioper and organized and that the next
wn-jdetlng cur is caught by the authorities
therefor provided and sent to the bourne
whence no puppy has over returned?
1ITERARY and learned'' societies nre
i the very fungi of the world's Intellec
tual activity. Like the fungi they spring
up over night In almost any close, warm
atmosphere and flourish In a variety of
form, color and attractiveness. And, like
the fungi once more, It Is next to Impossi
ble to know of which one dare partako
and which do flourish merely "for delecta
tion unto the eye, albeit they be rank unto
them which have not strong stomach?."
It must be conceded that the gregarlous
ness of literary folk 'far exceeds that of
sheep. Has the reader ever noticed that
sheep arc apt to feed all headed one way,
scenting the air of morning as a flock,
turned tall If sheep have talis to a biting
wind ensemble? This today Is ono of the
ways of Jlterary societies which aro wont
to lubricate fine word! by program, to
Btudy together, knit their brows In thought
together nnd meet and discuss In ordered
wise. Especially do literary nnd learned
folk cut together: "for, like every sheep,
every member of such a society whom the
Gownsman has been 1 onored to know eats
well.
Some also drink.
A GENTLEMAN
of middlo j ears and
anxious
ways once called upon the
Gownsman "to Interest you, sir, In an Im
portant movement which I am now setting
on foot." .
Hoping against hope for something new,
the Gownsman bade his guest bo seated
and to go on. J
"Now I come from tho West, where, you
.know, we do things."
Tho Gownsman nodded assent to the
first, an obvious truism.
"In my native town wo have a literary
society, sir, 700 strong. I find nothing like
that In Philadelphia. Sir, it is a crying
need. I want to interest you In the foun
dation of a literary society In which Phlla
delphlans can begin the study, sir, mind
you, the serious study, of poetry."
"But, my dear sir, there are already forty
such, of twenty or more of which lama
reluctant member, or officer, for aught I
know to the contrary."
And only modesty prevents the Gowns
man from reeling off the list of honors of
this kind which are his.
'M'AY mpdesty, begone; who cares? The
Gownsman cut his eye teeth In the
Browning Society, which in his day beat
out our western pioneer with a member-,
ship of 903 women and seven men. The
Philadelphia Shakespere Society mark
well the distinctive spelling had read
twenty of the plays of Shakespeare and,
making a menu card out of quotations
from each, had dined on It before the State
from which our Westerner-came was even
founded. Is it for nothing that Benjamin
Franklin, who founded the Franklin Inn,
the-Public LEDaen, Hogg Island and the
Northern Opera up at P4oplar street, also
founded the .American PbllKp.lel lffa
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clcty for the diffusion of useful knowledge
which our esteemed secretary, tho ever
amiable Dr. I. Minis Hays, considers only
matters which concern tho measurements
of stars of the seventh magnitude or inves
tigations into premature senility among
tho gastropods? Think of the literary so
cieties of North, West and South Philadel
phia the latter at this very moment dis
cussing that KngUjsh classic, "Pigs Is Pigs."
Think of tho literary reminiscences of
Camden, with Whitman, now finally burled
there, or of tho poetical potentialities of
Manayunk, when Ogontz has given us
Ezra Pound!
LASTLY, there aro organizations as there
i are organisms which one would feign
eVade, and these aro especially all societies
designed to teach one anything, to make
one better, to regulate, order, guide and in
terfere with that Innate willfulness which
alone prevents the reformers from reform
ing the human race, regonerate and unre
generate, off the earth. It Is an admirable
safeguard of nature that you cannot edu
cate a real boy beyond a certain point:
the boy In him rebels, nnd it Is a happy
shortcoming that organization carries with
It Its own deadliest foe, for even the faith
fulest wardsmen cannot live by the organi
zation alone.
THE SLACKER
By Stanley Kidder Wilson
T CAME upon a rose
Within an orchard close,
Single, on a frail stalk,
At a break In tho walk.
it shrugged at me, a tease,
'NeatA the serious, busy trees;
With a truant air danced
Opportune to winds as they chanced;
Shyly curtseyed, pouting,
As if faintly doubting,
In presenco of the fruit
My gravo stand at salute;
Lifted no arresting voice,
Murmured, '"Twas not my choice;
I, too, would bear and serve,
Enrich sinew nnd nerve,
I, too, be patriot,
But, alas, sterile my lotl
Mine's but a laughing bit,
Mine merely to flit
Futile from eye to eye
As hunger plods by."
"Nay, be of comfort, child,"
I countered, "there's a wild
Ingenuous service, too.
Not unlike God nre you:
God Justifies His being,
Free as well as freeing."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What ,l Jlio
capital of
the Dominion of
Canada?
2, Who la William .Monie IIusheaT
I. M ho first nunllril .lonaltndo and latitude In
the location of places!
4, Name the Three Musketeers of Dumaa'i
romance!,
s. About how many American troops are at
the front?
0. What are the equlnoieiT
7. How doca. the order of aurceaMon to the
throne of Turkey differ from that ot other
monarchies?
a. What Is ft Krroaroix?
0. Who la the (lermun commander on tb Aus
trian front?
10. Mho saldi "I would rather he the first man
here than the aecond Jn Rome"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Vassar College Is at roushVeepsle, N. Y.
t. t'harlea Fran-la la the Emperor of Austria
3, General ion Ilutler Is In command of tha
(lermana In the Chateau-Thierry area. He
la noted as an exponent of the 'infiltration1'
I rut ray.
4, Connecticut Is derived ..from Indian words
meaning "Ion rltrse
B. Andrew Jiirkkon wna the setenlh President
ot the United Htates, ,
0. Nashville la the capital of Tennessee.
7, "Hi- selzlnr the I-llimui of Uarlen you will
wrest the keys of. the world from Hpaln.'
waa said by Mir Walter Rulelah to Queen
t, "1m l-ine nux rantfllla a," usually known.ln
r.nsiiBii us lumiiir," .is
by Alexandra
liuuias. iiiv -yuiiarr.
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