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IjlKt, iIA31,, llIS-n .UAW Kr TJATROLMtJX accused of highunv rob- bery? What else can one expect of A weak-minded underlines when the men (jf lileher up disregard the law and wink at P&-4 Its violation bv their subordinates' ftfyi" Highway robbery It no greater offence ri s1 nlnal th lcii thnn te li tmrHnttinflnn . .: '" ' .""" v ' S5 Of policemen ana otner cm empiojes in i .... . ., ,, , tl pontics, xet me powers mat ue appoint ? men 10 joos in ine tuy iihu umi nicy r l mav hat a Hmn in iIdi nln in Tn1na 17 . ..,W l.. -V-.WV, fc. w..fc.w... " Like mastei, like man. is an old lule tip mat seems to De worKing iwem-rour S,' hours a day, een in thebe times when certain social reformers aie telling us that elx hours is enough for a dn's work. f.'f The present condition of the old Hlnden- KV. burg- line aptly illustrates the connection be- K& tween age and senile debility. THOSE WHO KOW TT IS the habit of most people to suppose that all wisdom is to be found in exalted places. Thus it Is usual to assume that President Wilson or Generalissimo Foch or Lloyd George or Pershing know all that Is to be known about the reactions and terrors of war. On the Walnut street bridge yesterday an old woman stood alone at the rail and waved her handkerchief to a blot of smoke far up the tracks where a train tilled with drafted men had just disappeared. Her eyes were wet. She waved her handker , chief after een the smoke had anlshed Then she folded her hands on the bridge rail and prayed for the safety of her son tn the far countries. "He was my one lad," she said, "and RBji ' was "ever a night away from me LSu .re- &!, It too much to say that such a one !, In fcorae of the matters related to war, ffiSb- Wiser than any mere statesman'' The Assures that have appeared In the City Hall suggest that the cracksmen who lHiAe been making merry in its iclnlty all summer are getting bolder than eer. GASLESS SUNDAYS AUTOMOBILE owners seem resigned, . after a day of foerlsh resentment, to the prospect of gasless Sundajs. The chauffeurs of the rich will hae an op portunity to go to church; and, indeed, there will be in some minds a sneaking notion that the fuel administration didn't Issue its order without a thought of their Dressing spiritual needs. Traffic nollr. J men, Jersey constables, waiters at road- , ' nouses and the chap who is t.iken along 4t 1L1- on- motor jaunts only because he doesn t fp wind changing a tire will learn how to keep the Sabbath. Lazy men will begin to relearn the trick of walking. And yet, and jet ! The automobile at its best isn't an im posing affair of plate glass and nickel plate and a fortune In extra tires bulging from the rear. It is the smaller, noisier, less svelte contraption that takes the family of a hard-worked citizen out into the country once a week for a sight of the sky and a whiff of fresh air. Under the new order the real uaiters of gaso line, those who can lite all uecK. in an mutomollle, aren't hurt in the least. They can regard Sundays as intervals of nov elty and rest. It is the man who cherishes a flivver as his one luxury who Is to feel this new pinch of war most keenly. "However you look at the latest fuel rule, & It appears like something that might be Lk improved. i Speaking flgurathely, It may be said that motor maniacs are facing sunless Sun days. 'TALKATIVE CONGRESSMEN ABROAD ij. CONGRESSMAN ERNEST LUNDEEN, - wV of MinneflntfL. nnd Pnnrrro-ama- PharU. igjP- Billon, of South Dakota, both of whom re listed among the men who opposed EjjSand obstructed American war measures K?fc the House, are touring Europe with a Ejjji ;pngTessIonal commission. They have Hfcji Men rerused permission to visit the Brit- foji tH hAttlpfrnnt nnri nrA nntv nnri- im ai jSL's.' fation by American and English military ESHTiSiithorities because of what seems to have taKf n ,ooae taIk aboard a vessel on which y Hey reacneu cngiano. SvTalk is a habit encouraged among mem- Ltrs of Congress by national patience, tra Ifiklon and the rules of the Congressional JigjBecord. No one yet knows what the con- Kiv&presslonal commission expects to accom S$"Hh by its sight-seeing tour of the bat- Kt'ftetronts. It would have been wiser had House selected for the foreign trip , with sense enough to keep their opln to themselves. This is a trait that slwen observable in every official vIsN r.from an Allied country to the United And we venture to believe that inflicted on these talkative Con- r,will eauee a .break .between, the -'-""-- rF" - :. ' ' m jft?-33i- n.i. "j" THE EXPERTS Their Slgnsl Victorlea Must Inspire Humil ity end Awe in Every American Who Thinks GLEE is an ecstatically spontaneous emotion. Humility is necessarily born of leflection. It is no light task for even the elenrest-headed mortal to fuse these two feelings, and that is why a peculiar problem confronts American readers of this month's joyous war news. Analysis is sldetrncked in the uninter rupted jubilee. The tide of battle has so 'definitely swung toward liberty that the temptation to visualize the final glorious stages of the war is exceedingly strong. It is easy to behold Americn in the foreground of that picture. The eye of imagination can easily see the millions ajout to be enlisted in the new draft as a full panoplied army. Thero is no es sential extinvagance in the mental scene. We know that this second army will be raised as soon as possible. We know also that there are hundreds of thousands of our troops in Europe who will be thrown into action as the plans of Foch matuie. We know also that the wealth, resources nnd energy of this country al ready have counted superbly in the strug gle, and we are entirely justified in as suming that their subsequent role will be one of grandeur. But it is w8ible to entertain theac stimulating thought without assuming an attitude of "swank" or boaiting. The danger of dwelling on them too insist ently lies in the fact that events of the present may be misinterpreted by the contemplation of the future. To keep our heads it is salutary to reflect on the cm rent drama in Flanders and Plcardy. To do so judiciously necessitates the leaven of humility in our glee. For the triumphs now crowding on each other's heels on the western fiont are being won not by the new giant in the strife, but by the heroes and the biolheis of heroes who have for four years battled with the forces of darkness. The Homeric scene, if rightly viewed, is enough to make even the most efficient American meek. Since our entrance into the war eight divisions from this country have been in the fray. We scored at Cantigny, at Chateau-Thierry and other critical points. But by the very exigencies of the situa tion we have been pupils. The masters of war, by whose illustrious example we hope to profit, have been the almost ex clusive victors since Haig broke the Amiens front on August 8 and Mangin seconded his operation further south. We do not suppose there it a single pa triotic American who would for a moment dispute thit fact. But we do entertain the feeling that repeated emphasis of it is good for a lusty nation planning to square accounts with the Kaiser. The miracles which the tireless troops of France and Britain have lately per formed and the zest with which the re made Italian army played havoc with the Austrian offensive on the Piave earlier in the summer are, in a strict military sense, disassociated with the American effort. Our admiration for these achievements cannot be expended too freely. Some idea of what the British are doing today may De aerivea irom a compari son of the present second battle of the Somme with the first. In the first long-drawn-out and bloody campaign the English won buck forty-four square miles of land in the period between July 1 and October 31, 1916. Soldiers under the same flag reclaimed 116 squaie miles this year between August 21 and August 25! Before such almost superhuman valor and skill the attitude of a new ally might well be something akin to reverence. Wonder is merged in that feeling as one thinks of Foch. Words cannot paint the splendor of his accomplishment: In calmer days history will analyze it, and detailed explanations of how the world was saved for civilization in 1918 will be at hand. But the large aspect of the case admits of no revision. The indefa tigable armies which we shall aid won clear and decisive victories by their own sheer ability and power. As we ate linked with such experts, even the greatest republic will lose nothing in dignity by seasoning with a new sense of humility its pride and joy Brides, it is bald, are slaes In China It is the bridegrooms that are slaes in the United States. THEY DO THOSE THINGS WELL IN FRANCE A SPANIARD arrested in Paris -on the charge of attempting to inform the Germans of the arrival of American troops and the location of their camps has been convicted and sentenced to death. But a man does not hae to give aid and comfort to the enemy In so direct a way to suffer the death penalty In France. The men engaged In helping the Ger mans here would do well to profit by the fate of this Spaniard while there Is time, for American public sentiment will grow more umelentlng as the casualty lists In crease in length. A little while ago Germany was defying the world. Now she Is conciliating Spain. Times change' PHILIP GIBBS RETURNS READERS who follow the Philip Glbbs dUpatches from the British lines, and who have missed them during the last several weeks, will not be surprised to learn as Mr, Glbbs admitted in his "story" yesterday that his absence from the front has been due to ill health. Mr. GIbbs's record of faithful and In tensive chronicling under the severest conditions has been a magnificent one: he Is on the ground during and after every action of the British, questioning sur vivors and prisoners, and compiling an accurate and vivid picture of the move ments. During the terrible days, of the spring and early summer, when Luden- 1 -wtero Jun cahn-,w cmouux :W EVENING PUBLIC LEIKERPHILAtoEI.PHIA, 4 TH6llSDXY, AU(3" '; close to success, Mr. Olbbs's work was done under a mental strain and pressure that can hardly bo conceived by the civilian onlooker. That his health should have suffered under the burden of a task which puts so great a load on the nerves and senses of a spirited chronicler was, unfortunately, almost Inevitable. It Is a matter for congratulation that Mr. Glbbs has now been able to resumo his work as spokesman-in chief for the British front line. And It Is happy Indeed that Mr. GIbbs's notebook ngnln becomes serviceable to the public at a time of such improved prospect Even in the few weeks he has been away the whole aspect of affairs has changed. It Is Mr. Rosnor who had better take a vacation now. They are salng that the Ulndpnburg line has been punctured From this distance the trouble looks more like a blowout. HENRY 1'ORD, DEMOCRAT THE rejection of Henry Ford as a senatorial candidate by the Republicans of Michigan nnd his nomination bv the Democrats fixes the nartv status of this pseudo-statesman bevond cavil or doubt. The race will be between Mr. Newberry, Republican, and Mr Ford, Democrat. But this Is a superficial distinction. The race will really be between Mr Newberry, a mnn who hns believed In defending na tional honor by force of arms and who hns been giving his -.en Ices to the nation in a military capacity for many months along with the cervices of his two sons, nnd Mr. Ford, a pacifist, opposed on gen eral principles to all war, with no con ception of the great issues at stake in the present conflict, who hns used his Influ ence to keep his son out of the army and has snid that the flag Is nothing, "only a thing to rnllv around" and Is urged upon the voters of the State by the Indorsement of the President. Michigan is a Republican State. It gave Mr. Hughes a plurality of 60,000 in 191G and in the same oar elected a Re publican Senator bv lOfiOOO plurality, nnd Is lepresented In the House by eleven Re publicans and two Democrats Under or dinary circumstances Mr. Ford would be overwhelmingly defeated as a senatorial candidate on the Democratic ticket. It remains to be seen whether the presiden tial indorsement will be enough to Induce the voters to send him to Washington to sneeze when Jtfr. Wilson takes snuff. Smce its tariff collector has been wounded In the border fight it will bo diffi cult for Nogales to deny that it is a town of savage customs HAS GERMANY WOMEN SOLDIERS? REPORTS that women have been found fighting in the German trenches, that they have been killed or wounded while chained to machine guns In the uniforms of men, aro too insistent to be altogether disregarded. Germany has manifested an odd genius for finding the weak places in the Allied defense and In the Allied psychology. A Government that mutilated InfantR and permitted women to be murdered In their sleep might not be averse In a final des perate crisis to letting women go out for It to flght off disaster or Invasion. What would the Allied soldiers do If at some time or other they were sent against women machine gunneis or against regi ments of women? The boldier himself surely would have a hard time trying to decide whether to kill or be killed. One Instance reported semiofficially from a base hospital a day or two ago Is significant A jouthful American, badly wounded, wept on the operating table as the surgeons prepared to give him ether. He had gono through a terrific action with sailing gal lantry. It wasn't his wounds that hurt him. "I shot a woman," he said before he became unconscious ' She had a ma chine gun and was dressed like a man. I didn't know until I tried to bandage her shoulder where my bullet went !" Would jou say that We'd Cry It Aloudl the military men who are said to be engaged In inspiring confidence in the German peo ple were the first o put the con in confi dence? Don't Jt Caruso has joined the It Worry You New York police re serves And some one who read the glad news called up on the telephone to remind us that the prison to which he may send his first prisoner Is called Sing Sing! The news that the rutllnfr Fan Germans have started In Funeral digging thems-elves In on the Plcardy front is illustrative of characteristic Hun pre paredness for a grave situation. The University Museum has postponed its expedition to Egpt for a year, perhaps In the belief that there are living kings to be interred before some of the dead ones are dug up With Lenine and Trotsky again reported in flight, Moscow and Petrograd have been described as "abandoned." Yet thev were even more so while the Bolshevik leaders dwelt there. Dispatches say the Lusltanla assassin who was reported caught In an Austrian submarine Is still at large. Of course he Is. The Lusltanla assassin lives In Berlin and he rarely goes to sea. Hawaii's recent successful development of molasses as a substitute for sugar wins new laurels for a big stick policy. Now that Austrlans are In Alsace the possibility of a great new Allied advance In that region comes nearer than ever. Fashion note Retreats are all the rage in Germany this month. If the Spaniards read modern history they will derive comparatively little comfort from the news that the German Foreign Office intends to be conciliatory A report on the temper of U-boat captains would bs more to the point. Joseph Calllaux's determination to ask the French" Government for no favors happily relieves Clemenceau of the bother of grant ing him any. Ludendorff's date book seems all stuffed up with pressing engagements. Generals Byng and Bang seem to be operating simultaneously on the English rront. In her' present mood Japan Is likely to act aUroly with any unwitting bridegroom -u-ht with a. train of riaa tudud hin I HijMWWtM-. THE STILL,SMALL VOICE If the Kaiier Really Wanted lo Win TTOW difficult It is to come to any con--cluslon about Humanity! We never can make up our mind whether to love It or to leave It severely alone. If you get too friendly with the human race It will certainly abuse your confi dence; It will bum lunches from you and take up all your time telling you Its trou bles; It will call you up on the telephone when ou aro writing poetry and take away our box of matches from your desk while you are out at lunch. AND jet, on the other hand, how de--Ughtful Is the human race! How full of humor, of Innocent aspiration and charm! How It laughs and cries and sings all around us; how busy It Is, how It en Joys Its meals! Rcallj', It seems as though we couldn't get along without It. It be hooves n man to devise some method of living with the human race One who makes himself persistently and effectually disagreeable to It will sooner or later find himself among the casualty lists AFTER 'all, it is laughter that makes - the human race tolerable. It seems to us a queer thing that no one ever triad to conquer the world by making It laugh In stead of killing it. Suppose the Kaiser had mobilized all his enormous resources to make the world laugh Instead of trying to terrorise it. Suppose he had entered Bel gium with a million reels of comic movies, with n million volumes of the most amus ing German books, with a hundred thou sand of Germany's best clowns nnd funny men. He could have given Belgium the most entertaining month that she had ever had and every other nation on earth would have clamored to see the show. The laugh ter of Belgium would have resounded about the world and we would all have envied her. And the Belgians would have ex claimed that the Germans were far better fellows than they had ever realized. In everj- village square In Bcfgtum the Kaiser could have set up free side-shows, with acrobats and moving pictures, to show the Belgians that Germany was the jolllest, best-governed nnd most amusing land on earth. All this would have cost far less than an army of a million men trampling through Liege nnd Namur nnd Louvain with fire nnd blood. It would have in creased German business, nnd everybody in Belgium would have been eager to go and travel in Germany and spend good Belgian money there. w HY is it that evcrj-body who wants to about It In the one and only way thajt can never work? The Kaiser could have con quered France with a hundred thousand sculptors and artists and musicians and kind, friendly, after-dinner talkers. Ho could have laid France waste with laugh ter and appreciation of the beauties and amenities of German life. What is It to "conquer" a nation? Is It to Increase one's trade with that nation, to make that na tion loyal and loving to Its Invnders, to persuade its citizens to speak a new lan guage, to fill It with such enthusiasm that the little children shout with glee when the conquerors pass down the street? All this the Kaiser could have done to France. Had he taken the Charley Chaplin of Ger many and the Mnrj- Pickford of Germany and the Rupert Brooke of Germany and the Jojce Kilmer of Germany and sent them across the frontier to ravage France with laughter and clean sentiment and honorable tears, nnd followed these with a hundred thousand others, the best minds of Germany Instead of the sharpest bayo nets, France would have lain at his feet. w HY, In God's name, should the Kaiser fight for four j ears In order to cat a dinner In Paris, drench the world in blood and sorrow, when he could have gone to Paris In a friendly way and had that dinner for the asking? He wouldn't even have had to pay for it! THERE is only one way on earth to con quer people, and that is by being nicer to them than they expect. THE world has had such a bard, sor rowful time these last four jears that It seems to have forgotten the conquer ing force of kindness. But some day there will come along some sensible person who will resolve to ravage and devastate the earth with friendliness. He will gather up hard-working little typists by the thou sand, and Russian peasants by the mil lion, nnd Irrepressible devil-raising office boys and suburban wives weary of looking after the baby and scrubwomen, and stoop shouldered bank clerks, and all the rest of those folk, and absolutely lick the stuffing out of them by giving them a good laugh. Ho will Invade the waste places of the earth and colonize them with laughter and fun. And all we humble people who find life very well worth while If it gives us a good grin once a week will crowd around him and say, "I'm whipped! I give In! I'll do whatever you say. . . . Just run that Chaplin flllum once more, won't J'OU?" vc It that happens when jou make a man laugh? He Is Immeas urably purified and magnificently weak ened. For an Instant he is all spirit. He Is at jour mercy, prostrate before you. You have conquered him. When Charley Chaplin Is kicked across the film and is so delightfully humble and sweet about it, that poor, much-buffeted shadow on the screen Is for a moment the master and conqueror of the whole house. Ho holds us In the hollow of his hand. A MAN could make himself emperor of f-Chestnut street by being resolutely Kind to everj; one he met along the pave ment. We must not force our kindness on any one, and we must even be a little bit peevish about it, because no one likes self-conscious geniality. It Is well, If pos sible, to look rather angry while one la being nice. Then bring on your damned human race, and we defy them to resist us! All you have to do to Bauer kraut Is smile at It, and it becomes Liberty cab bage. 1ET us add that In the end we are going J to conquer the German people by steadfastly believing that they are better than they pretend to be. Not even the Kaiser and Ludendorff can permanently fool us about the human race. Germany and TT IS fortunate that statesmen that Is, men with experience In dealing with the practical questions of national and in ternational politics will sit at the peace table, and not such men of letters as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We all sympathize with the point of view of Sir Arthur, as exhibited In his article in tho London Standard, an epitome of which has been cabled to this country. It would satisfy a poetic sense of Justice if Germany wero Invaded and laid waste, and if tho peace treaties were made in Potsdam, and If Germany were compelled to pay nn indemnity equal to tho war ex penses of all the nations fighting her. BUT it is probable that the world will be well content with something far short of poetic Justice. IT IS a little premature, however, to con sider the question of Indemnities so far as to fix specific sums which Germany must pay. But thepe Is one form which Indemnity should take that would sat'sfy the conscience of the world, and tnnt Is the repayment to France by Germany of the billion-dollar indemnity secured at the end of the Franco-Prussian war and the ceding of Alsace and Lorraine back to France. THE exaction of this indemnity was one of the most outrageous acts In the his tory of clvlllratlon. The war was forced upon France by Germany, and It was forced through the lying telegram which Bismarck aent from Ems, after the inter view between the French ambassador and the king of Prussia, in which the Fiench ambassador asked the king to agree never to consent to a prince of the house of Hohenzollern sitting on the Spanlsn throne. THIS lie started the war which resulted In the defeat of France. Germany com pelled the natloD which she had forced Into war to reimburse her for Us cost and took In addition two provinces o French territory. The billion dollars put Germany on her feet and made the creation of tho present German Empire possible. T HAT empire is therefore built on a He. THE Prussians discovered in 1870 that lying and making war were profitable. They decided In 1914 to make war and He some more. They started the war and falsely accused Russia and France, In turn, with starting it. They violated their sworn word by Invading Balg'um and calling the treaty which they disregarded a mere scrap of paper. In brief, they began the war by enlarging the foundation of lies on which their empire rests In the hope that they could enlarge the super structure as they had done in 1870. TUB war, then, Is being waged by the Entente Allies to prove that truth and righteousness will prevail In the long run and that whatever nation builds on lies lays its foundations in shifting sands. BEFORE the war is over the German statesmen will discover that they have forfeited the confidence and trust of the civilized world, if they do not know it at ready. They will learn that no one will accept their word nor put any trust In their treaties, and that the nations fight ing them will not b content with any pac which, leaYWf, th Germans la any J ' K 1 a v i ih -. -x j- tr Aii, 1VV' m T ., iWStf -v h 3jniaK L .' -i,). Hitff V v IT'S ALL IN THE FAMILY Indemnities condition to make a new war for genera tions. fTIHEY aro likely to discover also that Germany will be regarded as an outlaw nation until she does works meet for re pentance, and that then, and only then, can she bo welcomed back as an equal in the family of nations. The crime of Serbia in murdering her king was petty In comparison with the manifold crimes of which Germany has been guilty crimes not only against international law, but against the laws of our common humanity. These crimes, ljowever, are but the flower and fruitage of the original crime on which the empire rests. TT IS not necessary to demand an indem A nlty equal to the war bills of all the nations fighting her In order to impress upon Germany the enormity of her of fense. The fact that she planned to col lect an indemnity of forty billion dollars from America to reimburse her for her war expense docs not Justify the Entente Allies In demanding seventy-five billions from Germanj-. Such an indemnity could not be paid. It would take almost every mark owned by every German citizen and leave the people penniless. The annual interest on such a sum would be two and a quarter billion dollars at three per cent. So what is the use of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or any one else talking about the Impossible? rpHE statesmen who will negotiate the peace treaties who will "dictate," to use Senator Lodge's apt phrase, the terms of peace will not attempt the Impossible. But of this we may be sure, namely, that they will dictate such terms as will con vince the Germans that lying does not pay and that there Is such a thing as International honor, the disregard of which will not In the future be heralded as Jus tification for glorifying the statesmen guilty of It, G. W.D. Levity by the Learned t.VTONSENSE, perhaps, but, oh, how 4N "Patience." The rhapsody is Justified. Tho art of nonsense Is. Indeed rare and deli cate. A worthy visitor to its exclusive field Is dead in Boston. Arlo Bates, pro fessor of English literature In the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, was known for many other things besides fun making. He wrote admirable verse and a series of novels characterized by keen psychology and graciously pellucid Eng lish. Whether or not he ever regretted the creation of Vprlnce Vance" Is not on record. There are owlish Individuals who might describe a work like that delectably amusing and fantastic tale as an Indiscre tion. It is to be hoped that Professor Bates failed to heed them. This little story, although perhaps as Infrequently associ ated with its author's reputation as "The Wrong Box" that gem of "judicious lev ity" is with Stevenson's fame, remains a delightful specimen In wise foolery, a cousin of "Alice In Wonderland," far dis tant, It is true, but still related. In this connection it Is pertinent to note that Professor "Bates himself was said by Irreverent pupils to resembte the Immortal 1 Walrus of "Through the Looking Glass." Reference to the above facts may shock alleged "Intellectuals," but assuredly they should Inspire a peculiar affection for a polished literary craftsman in the hearts 'of any willful band of readers gifted with the "aeoM of. nonen," Jll rr- Riil fj"lT (jf J. ,,(" r' r ' ' " - 4 ' i f&Zrfpy In the Brooklyn E.fla. THE HIDDEN ROAD DO YOU look for a lane that is longer Than boulevard, avenue, street, A way that Is made for the stronger, A path for wandering feet? Then listen! I know of a highway That turns Into tracks little known, Tlfe spot for a vagabond's byway, To claim all tho world for your own. A riband where colors are lighter Meandering, mystical moon; And the stars are all winking the brighter With jewels for nights in June. Where music and laughter are flying, And each has a poem to give. And one never gossips of dying, Because of the Joy that you live. And It's oh! for a wind that is blowing And touching j-our cheek with a kiss, A song that is rising and flowing, And It's there you will find all this. But I can't put your feet on the byway; I can only beseech jou to start, For the road Is called Happiness Highway And It ends and begins In your heart. Charles Divine, in "City Ways and Company Streets." Quite a Contrast Governor Manning, of South Carolina, who has alz sons In the army, all of them headed for the front, presents another striking con trast to the Kaiser and his six prlneelata safely hiding In bombproof. New York Evening Sun. An Altruist "Did jour garden help things along?" "Yes," answered tho patient man. "It helped the neighbors to raise some of the finest chickens I ever saw." Washington uveninK oi-r. v No Trouble to Show Goods "McAdoo orders courtesy to public on rail roads " So would you if you had a couple of Liberty Bonds to sell on the side. New York Evening Post. Love's Ruse i Jack (about to go) Hallo I It's raining. Betty Take father's umbrella, then he'll be glad to have you call again. Boston Transcript. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What colonial deoendener of flreat Britain la charoctorbed hr the Initials U. S. A. S, What Is the capital of TennenfeecT 8. Who anld "A thlnr of beauty U Joy fer r"T 4. What la the orUHnal meanlnt of "tabla d'hoto"? 5. What la the standard coin of Italy? l. Who aaaaaalnatcd rrealdent darfleldf 7. What people In-anted onr system of numer als? . When was the Paris ronunnneT 0. Who Is Prime Minister of Canadaf 10. Who wrote the words ot "The MarsatUals" Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, The prominent Amerlrnn prelate now criti cally 111 Is Cardinal Farley. z. "Boyaux" Is a French word for conuuunleat Inr trencbea. S. 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