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I ?f "tier of the Associated Press ft thh -ASSOCIATED PRESS ( rrclti- ITrf Kwi"""1 ,0 ,ne use iOT repuoiicauon Klt-ZZ jm anporcnc cretwea 10 11 or nw "" credited in this paper, and 0M0 .sai nrtps puoiisnea incrctn. thG'Witt of repvWcaUon of special dts- Ihe err'in arc a(o rMirrven. r' '. . ' - iWmrS of fl Texpj, taki top4 elpkU, Taeidtr, Seplember i, 1518 BUYOR AS A RESCUER towrrtport thnt the Mayor plunsed Into t ggjljijelawaro to rescue a drowning man if"""' amrmea ana denied nnu reai lipt fahero seems to bo Rome question r. P' authenticity and credibility. V DC y os no doubt, however, about the TJj? eport that the Maor has done o rescue a city which Is over Its I.TheJeep financial waters and sinking liJiNstery month. Iiorninii'tne Mayor tried to save wai tiU'cf'P when he was pulled from the Rnaed' tfSLn fv? Incite IlABWI 3 still 1 ito Its hope for the city. Who rescue? P&M-e feW" t m, IV XrL.H.nltA ,t.A TTntlA.l Clnlna r- " - - Je Commission Is mindlnfr ccry- lisiness except Its own. V,'e seem to iNrit..--. it . ... ..., S h5s business- to obey tho law. P. LENINE "i-ing'tf ue rtrd.- STvte town .'jJIr li-tit . . . .. '""IENINE; the Bolshevik rre-feveral-ias experlence'd the usual fate Mdua despots. The third attempt of 1'A Gffrl frt lilm allnneiorl TTn linQ 1'X- " :" . ICfvhS0 wounds through his chest and i-J critical condition when this was j&th... 'irMeaAflftfv aqcflactnaf Inn 1-ina Vippn ftv. IW'-r -j wwu.....w.. .. .. - . -rror mahths. He has been merciless Is enemies put to death. He a policy of terrorizing the confiscating their property. heir houses and bhootlns their Mlfft.-l'tils lio3 been part of his plan r&J?ea class government In which only ''& '.lift nt1 rtl, t.at Vi n n a .hnnlil IJF nnntail TTIa mathmla hava Vinnn Ift ."w"v- f"" "-" l"t typical Russian revolutionist. IXjUTl 3 a" Deueveo mat mere can 1 3fi .!. Staoo iinfll fVa nil" nnpp la nnm i?,v. ;- ::: :. .- ... -. .. i; (muuji:u. x'otv u iiiciii iiuvc ituii lie lueu. ol wuat ivas 10 succeca ' 1..... 11-j 1 - , i . ? ' v ep'u, wiieu UHjti'u wuai Ki''lnyow the chaos which they were t&LDdtu"t(' il wuuiu uo lime enougn 10 'etnthat when they had achieved jOacJ $?Jjiowever, had some definite plans r(m)was attempting to execute. It laky admitted that he Is a man L1i!itv. It Is ndmlttpd nlsn thnt $&$ a'" that " he ere allowed .L.v3 In Itussia he vould serve ''. .. nnrsi aff Ant I,.a1.. it.a.. m iri sight. It was by the assist- ,i?z Germans that he cot back l'fafter the Czar was dethroned. gt$-seen their tool, conscious or un- 3?er since. ?IL' ., ' J 4 - -? " i.anfc ul lata .uissia- k),-v ,-.. . iwc.iua aim I if (Casual Acquaintances of J-tiars were able to get a few fc)jM mako up for those they Kfc fc H r.. . inm rif rfliJ jP'&m, i fBL 1 'i'mty ii" B m f. 5-Li IGUESTS OF A GAMBLER soldier's lusty sporting ental to the conception of no, "Johnny Yank" plays ts worth and Is not a bit K ' g gamblers' chances. No- -jny-iand Chateau-Thierry he Ices and won. He "plunges" ommafib; both respect and . TPerm.ps these consldera- rei thd world's richest re- Fffults of monetary gaming If '"doughboys" In the Inter- fair's alarums. the princely ruler of the In Europe has barred the fcaslno In the world to his Quests In Monaco, tiniest of Ince Albert's ethics are of a el type, but in some respects ijlirable. Much of the wealth livONf?!1 der'vcd frora tho TOUlofle I SvPar'toir "bank" hnH hnn iiAiniui f tffi" yei Informative pursuit of X vi muwcvci, iuiuin r''.,-has gone into his remarkable j'Xmarlne. wonders at Monto ttres of the principality are for- ntfar the glittering Casino. ilMt "now extends both the cour- i,Jtttle realm and the ban at his ft doors to American soldiers i, recuperating and officially ';at AIx-les-Balns. The army Jderlng his generous offe-, .troops to visit one of thd tins; spots on the planet. 'approve bis decision to auy tacapje of Chance to ray. im mo .uarne. t weoder what the thJnk ef this paternalism. rUQh' moral, guardian- UH. halt ''disdainfully, tf'Caslno'a game is wKh 'tho titanic l' Aitttr all, the at i Monte Carlo UMfltuip who itmx ' THE PRESIDENT ON LABOR DAY 1. , ...I 1 ... --j. I'oliticjans Who Call Mr. 'Wilson Visionary Have Something to Ponder SINCE tho war began President Wil son has been addressing himself for the most part to invisible audiences in Europe to Foreign Offices, to the-battlefields. Many of the things ho has said have seemed remote from tho immediate worries of the everyday citizen. Yester day tho President turned to his own country with a sweeping summary of its concerns, as ho perceives them. And the Labor Day proclamation issued from tho White House probably will rank as cr.a of the most important utterances ever directed to the heart and mind of America. As a conception of nntional destiny, as a profession of faith in free govern ment, Mr. Wilson's Labor Day address is so splendid that men will speak of it, in tho familiar manner, as visionary. It is reminiscent of the " believe, I be lieve!" that lonely mystics have always cried, against contrary evidence, in times when faith was not. What tho President perceives in the America of the future is nothing less than the Happy Republic, man's greatest hope for this world, realized through tho goodness, the intelligence and the sin cerity of men themselves. To him the future is a task at which all peoplo must ,foin equally. The Labor Day proclama tion is so filled with ardent faith, so supremely assured, that it will pro foundly touch tho hcait of every one who loves his own land. It is America, we arc told, thnt is to "light the way for men to the places whciv justice t done and men live with lifted heads and emancipated spirits." We are fighting that "tnen everywhere may have the right to determine th:ir own fortunes, to insist upon justice and to oblige Governments to act for them and not for the private and selfish inter ests of a governing class." And "HV may depend upon one another!" This is not remote. Plainly a refer ence to tho autocratic tendency in America is linked with the indictment of the autocratic tendency in Europe. There is an answer hero for all that the dissatisfied and tho unfoitunate clamor about. There is a promise for the future which issue makers and slate makers and party makeis will be wise to keep' in mind. There is a hint here for any special interests how odd that term sounds now and how far away! that are seek ing a political vehicle for the future and there is even a broader hint for parties and politicians that hope to be the vehicle of special interests of any sort. Mr. Wilson is S2rc to be a power in the land until he dies. And his Labor Day address is reminiscent of some of the speeches of his first campaign in New Jersey. Mr. Wilson warned the special interests and the privileged per sons in his own State in terms equally sweeping. "Vague," they said. "Pretty, but in the air I" And yet there are politicians still alive in New Jersey who will recall the deadly certainty with which the new Governor applied abstract theories. Jim Nugent and the one-time Senator Jim Smith are among those who paid with much of their happiness as well as their political lives 6ccasr they were not accustomed to believe that idealism could work in government. And there aie sure to be other fatalities in the larger field of politics among those who actively oppose a theory of the President's which, to them, seems beyond realization. Could the President give a greater assurance of his faith in mass judgment by keeping his hands out of politics? What are his reasons for an interference in localized political campaigns? It may be unfair to ask questions like this. The time may be inopportune. It may prove that extraordinary ends justify extraor dinary means. Let us at least hope so. The better way, when the President can challenge so splendidly the united spirit of America, is to do our best to forget Ford and some other hand-picked candi dates. Meanwhile, it is apparent that the President believes in miracles and miracles sometimes happen for those who believe in them. They do not hap pen otherwise. Mr. Wilson is not mis taken in assuming that he has a grow ing audience capable of understanding his meanings. In America, now, the Government has but to express a wish and any one who refuses or forgets to grant that wish is likely to be hooted in the streets. A Sunday one of the most alluring of the year was virtually with out an automobile in the streets east of tho Mississippi because the fuel admin istration suggested it. No command issued by a potentate could have been so generally obeyed. Right or wrong, tho Government wished the motors halted for a day and the very children in the streets looked disdain at any "slacker" who drove a car without necessity. "I don't caro whether it's a necessary economy or not," said one man. "They know better than I do and they can have my car if they want it." That is the new America that the President has put his faith in. Today a lot of people will begin to rest up after their vacations. EMOTION OR REASON? TUB American Bar Association objects very properly to the tendency of every enthusiast in the Held of legislation to press his pet Issue as a "war measure." Emotion has displaced reason pretty often 1 recentlyx la Congress, In Legislatures and even In tho elections. Kvorybody .with a theory, whether ho bo "for" an open Sun day or a closed one, "tSt" prohloltlon or ngatnst it, "for" suffrage or for Iho Vic torian ideal of womcn-ln-the home, docs his best to confuso tho mind of the country by attempts to tie his cause up tightly with tho war. The militant suffragists have been tho greatest offenders In this regard. The prohibitionists have very frankly tried to shoulder a way to dominance by taking ndvantage of tho anxieties and sentiments of tho war. For tho time such logical ar gument as may bo made for or against a new principle In governmental proceduro is abandoned. In many minds the war seems to have the aspect of a band wagon. nverjbody wants to get aboard. No ono seems content with anything less than a national amendment. Emotional legislation was popular In England for a tlmo after tho war broke out. The country has paid for some of It. And It has yet to pay for the rest. An tssuo so great that It can bo met only by nmendlng the Constitution of tho United States certainly is great enough to de mand tho calm reasoning that is possible only In a tlmo of peace. Houscholdors may now buy four pounds of wheat flour for cery pound of iiubitltutr. Let us hope that tho order applies to rr-.-taurants which han been making plo crust of pasteboard and that a can get icil plo In tho near future. THE FARMERS AT HOME rniin Philadelphia County Fair, which opened at Rylicrry yesterday, hardly tanks nboo tho agricultural fairs of other counties In tho State. It Is home tlmcs said to be anything but an agri cultural fair, and many ;i joke hns been cracked about tho Philadelphia fanners. Yet we believe that tho agricultural products of this county compare favorably In quality and volume with those of any other county of similar area In the whole Commonwealth. There Is so much fnrm land here that we hae a different sys tem for assessing it from that ued In fixing the tnalilo nluo of other teal estate, and it is taxed at lower rate. Ac cording to tho last report of the Con troller, the farm lands were assessed nt $18,309,000, a pretty tidy sum to be in vested in agricultural lands In a metro politan county. A large part of this land is in the live northern wards, embiaclng CG 54 square miles of the total 129 square miles in tho city; but this district contains less than one-tenth of tho total population. The time will come when this can no longer bo called an agricultural eount , but it has not yet nrrlved. Senator rrelinghii5 Tho IVrll sen has asked the of DriiEi Senate to appoint a commission to Inquire Into the extent of the drug habit and recom mend the best method of regulating the nle of habit-forming drugs. It Is estimated that at least a million persons are habltuil drug users. Many of them are In the prohibition districts of the South, where soda fountain drinks ont.lnlng caffeln are sold Ip Inrco quantities Now thnt there Is .1 possibility that the w hole nation may becomo "drj ," It Is important that tho C!oernintnt be pie pared to de.il with an c 11 greater than alco hol. Alcohol Is bad enough, but it does not destroy men and women so nu'cMy as the hablt-formlng drugs, nor does it eer get o lit m a hold on Its victims. Pandering to the llleli Prospective heirs will he Interested to Know that the now revenue bill plans to tax In heritances only once In flvo jtars This means that when an estate passes twice within that period by the death of its owner it will escape the tav. the second tlmo. Some one must have told the Wavs and Means Committee what happened to big estates In England when an Inheritance ta was col lected on them twice In one jear Hut thoso economists who believe in destrovlng large fortunes by taxing them out of exist ence will soon begin to chargo the committee with pandering to tho rich. What He Villi Learn 'Reading between tho lines" is supposed to be the way to iearn many things that tho (author Intended to leave to tho insight of tho reader. If the Kaiser is doing any read ing between tho Hlndenburg and IVotan lints he will learn many lessons now strongly hinted by the Author of tho Universe. The events of the war It Aiwa) a VTIna the Kalper's peaca IntrbrueB on ono hand and the new Allied activities In I'Icardy on the other make clear definitions possible Tho dermans are depending on pull The Allies are depending on push Word comes from tho Mayor's vacation resort that the new recreation board will bo a Smith and not a Vare board, but that Gudehus will be appointed to take ihargo of the pla grounds Perhaps there aro somo Innocents who will think that there. Is as much difference between a Vare and a Smith board as between six dozen dozen and half a dozen dozen ARCTIC CURIOSITIES milE skins of fauna, the withered sped- mens of flora, tho charts of ocean cur rents, which Vllhjamur Stefansson brings back from tho North Frigid Zone will doubtless be placed In museums. Tho explorer himself will dwell outside. He Intends to lecture, and, be it said to his credit, for tho Itcd Cross. It Is possible that at least somo of those who attend his "course" will go in a spirit of curiosity. The feeling will bo Justified Stefansson departed for the Arctic wastes In 1913. The world blew up a year later, and some millions of persons decided that, with all Its faults, civilization groping for an Ideal of liberty was worth saving. Perhaps one evening as he sat down to his meal of walrus steak tidings of what was happening In lower latitudes reached the Polar wanderer. Perhaps they didn't. But in any event the charm of his distan: quest prevailed for five years. A Martian, new-lighted on this busy planet, Is suggested by the return of Cap. tain Stefansson. Exempt from oven the remotest ripple of the struggle through which tho same elements of humanity seek emancipation, he reports the discov ery of Prince Patrick Island, whose popu lation, befitting Its temperature, Is zero, ff some of js hunting the road to Berlin can spare a night off a glimpse of the finder of a new bit qf Arctic turf might be Interesting, tor reasons quite apart from "science." ?, RUBBER HEELS A Socratlc Dialogue ' rpHE other afternoon we were circulat- Ing among tho leafy avenues of Ger mantown In our modest and eubterfugltlvs fashion, when we came by chance upon tho grounds of the Germantown Cricket Club. Wo wero delighted to find a game of cricket in progress, th'e first we had seen for somo years, and, laying aside our private affairs, wo dallied In tho shade of a trco watching the white figures) upon the green turf, and the coming and going of the llttlo red ball. While we wero smoking our plpo In great satisfaction we fell Into converso with ,J;wo other specta tors, who, apparently, were watching the game with disfavor. Their names, wo learned, wero Miles and Leander, and the following talk ensued: LEANDER I have been watching this game for somo time, and I can mako no scne out of It. SOCRATES And yet, Leander, there must bo sense In It, or those men would not bo playing In the hot sun with such rest. MILES Even granting that It Is a good game (which I do not grant), Is there any excuse for playing It In war time? Why aro those men not In munitions factories or toting a rlflo? SOCRATES Ono at a time, my friends! Can I rpsolve two problems simultaneously? First, let us consider the military prob lem Those men In white flannels aro still above the draft age, for you will recall that the registration for the new draft is not until September 12. And some of them aro obviously over forty-five that one yonder, for Instance whose bald head shines so brightly In the sun while he runs to catch the ball dear me, he has missed it! These men are all busily occu pied with many affairs; they are all con tributing their sharo to our war effort, and it is only right that on Saturday aft ernoons they should get out In the open air and keep themselves fit. LEANDER My objection, Socrates, is not to their playing a game, but to their plajlng such a stupid game. SOCRATES What makes jou think that they find It stupid' LEANDER The piajers may enjoy It, but surely it is very dull for tho specta tors? It is qulto evident how dull It is, for whero are tho grandstands and the bleachers? If the game were an exciting one tho playing field would be surrounded with great tiers full of spectators, and there would be venders of hot dogs and peanuts, and reporters telephoning each plav Into tho afternoon newspapers. SOCRATES But has tho thought struck jou, excellent Leander, that this is a game that has not been commercialized and brutalized; that it Is plnyed by gentlemen for their own delight and amusement, re gardless of whether any one cares to watch it? LEANDER I should call It, then, a self ish and aristocratic game, unworthy of a democratic community. SOCRATES And yet do you see any high board fence, plastered with advertise ments, to prevent tha public from enjoy ing tho game if It wants to? Did vou not walk in through the gate, unchallenged, even as I did.' LEANDER There is something In what jou say, Socrates; and jet I (ontend that It is selfishness to play a game which affords so llttlo exhilaration to Jho com munity. If thoso men muRt disport, why not do so In some mode that will afford public glee and enthusiasm? SOCRATES That leads us to another point. Do vou notice that tall thin man who is playing at what is, I believe, called "cover point"? LEANDER Yes, I see him. SOCRATES You will have observed that his hair Is grizzled, not to say gray; nnd that his bearing Is by no means that of a youngster? LEANDER I agree SOCRATES And that several of the other piajers aro men of evidently ma ture j ears, not at all what aro commonly called flappers? LEANDER Quite so. SOCRATES Then. Lear.der, vou are prepared to accompany me in a further Btago of the argument, to wit: that this game Is one which is, comely and agree able for men who have passed their first frenzy of youth. It is not a game soli tary and encouraging to falsehood, as Is golf; It Is a game social and necessarily honest, for It Is plaved under the eyes of two umpiies, who are wearing long white coats to distinguish themselves from the piajers. MILES I restrain myself with diffi culty from Interrupting jou, Socrates, for jour arguments aro so trivial. At a time when this nation and all other free na tions are fighting for honor, It seems to mo disgraceful that these elderly men should spend tho afternoon In so unpro ductive an amusement. SOCRATES You talk like a Prussian, my dear fellow. Because we are at war, Is that any reason for shutting down all Innocent nmusements? England has been at war far longer than we, and yet on this sunny afternoon English- fields are probably white with cricketers. This ex cellent game Is a kind of sj-mbol of what we fight to maintain the love of mankind for clean sport and men's right to divert themselves in their own waj-, doing harm to no one. MILES But surely SOCRATES One moment, please! Cricket Is a game very dear to Phlla delphlans; It has been played here for generations. Because these gentlemen look! the man with the bald head has caught a hot one are keeping up their favorite game, they will be all the abler to serve when their turn comes. To give up the game now would be to confess that the Uohenzollerns have beaten us. And have you not heard that the best grenade throwers are the cricket bowlers, because the straight-arm throw Is employed? MILES Hullo! "That chap's wicket is down! He seems to be out. 1 SOCRATES You see, you are getting Interested already. But where Is Leander? MILES I think he has slipped away to look for a baseball game. SOCRATES That Is regrettable, for there were soveral other points In the argument that I Intended to bring to his attention. MILES Socrates, you are Incorrigible. Come and have a drink! SOCRATES. TOO INTERESTED EVEN TO REMEMBER THE TASTE l' e-,1' -''' t ! .' HARRY ELKINS WIDENER The Youngest of Great Book Collectors (TMs tribute to Barry Blkins Widener, who ioai Zojf in the Tlfanlo ditatter, is re printed, much abbreviated, from on article by A. Edward .Vetofon, in the September Atlantic Monthly) TO HAVE been born and lived all his life In Philadelphia, yet to be best known In London and New York; to havo been the eldest son of a rich man and the eldest grandson of one of the richest men In America, yet of so quiet and retiring a dis position as to excite remark; to have been but a few years out of college, yet to have achieved distinction In a field which Is com monly supposed to be the browsing-place of age ; to have been relatively unknown In his life and to bo Immortal In his death such are the briefest outlines of the career of Harry Elklns Wldener. 1 IN ALL that appeared In the press (after the Titanic disaster) the name of Harry Elklns Wldener appeared simply as tho eld est son of Oeorge D. Wldener. Few knew that, altogether apart from the financial prominence of his father and the social dis tinction and charm of his mother. Harry had a reputation which was entirely of his own making. He was a born student of bibliog raphy. Books were at once his work, his recreation and his passion. To them he de voted all his time; but, outside the clrole of his Intimate friends, few understood the unique and lovable personality of the man to whom death came so suddenly on April 15, 1912. shortly after he had completed his twenty-seventh year. His knowledge of books was truly remark able. In the study of rare books, as In the study of an exact science, authority usually comes only with years. With Harry Wid ener It was different. He had been collecting only since he left college, but his intense enthusiasm, his painstaking care, his devo tlon to a single object, his wonderful mem oir, an as ne eracefully says in the Intro--ductlon to the catalogue of some of the more Important books in his library. "The Interest and kindness of my grandfather and my parents," had enabled him In a few years to secure a number of treasures of which any collector might be proud. HARRY ELKINS WIDENER was born In Philadelphia on January 3, 18S5. He received his early education at the Hill School, from which he was graduated In 1908. He then entered Harvard University, where he remained four years, receiving his bache lor's degree 'in 1907. It was while a stu dent at Harvard that he first began to show an Interest in book-collecting; but It was not until his college days were over that, as the son of a rich man, he found, as many an other man has, that the way to be happy Is to have an occupation. He was of a retiring and studious disposi tion, considerate and courteous. He lived with and for his books, and was never so happy as when he waB saying. "Now. If you will put aside that cigar for a moment, I will show you something. Cigar ashes are not good for first editions"; and a moment later some precious volume would be on jour knees. What collector does not enjoy show ing his treasures to others as appreciative as himself? Many delightful hours his Inti mates have passed In his library, which was also his bedroom for he wanted his books about him, where he could play with them at night and whfre his ey might rest on them the flrxt thing In the morning but this was a privilege extended only to'true book lovers. HIS memory was most retentive. Once let him get a fact or a date Imbedded In his mind, and It was there forever. He knew the name of every actor be had ever seen, mid the part he had taken in the play last er and the year before. He knew the name of eviry baseball player and his batting average. When It came to the chief Interest of his life, his thirst for knowledge .was Insatiable: X, remember one evening when we were In New York together. In Beverly Chew's library, Harrj' asked Mr. Chew some question about the eccentricities of the title-pages of the first edition of Mil ton's Paradise Lost. Mr. Chew began roll ing off the bibliographical data, like the ripe scholar that he Is, w hon I suggested to Harry that he had better make A note of what Mr. Chew was Baying. He replied, "I should only lose the paper; while If I get It in my head I will put It where It can't be lost ; that Is," he added, "as long as I keep my head." WHILE In London Harry spent most of his time with that great bookseller, the second to bear the name of Quarltch, who knew all the great book collectors the world over, and who once told me that he knew no man of his j-ears who had the knowledge and taste of Harry Wldener. "So many of j'our great American collectors refer to bocks In terms of steel rails; with Harry It Is a genuine and all-absorbing passion, and he Is so entirely devoid of aside and affectation " In this he but echoed what a friend once said to me at Lynnewood Hall, where we were, spending the day: 'The marvel Is that Harry is bo entirely unspoiled by his for tune." Harry was a constant attendant at the auction rooms st Sotheby's In London; at Anderspn's In New York, or wherever else good books were going. He chanced to be In London when the first part of the Huth library was being disposed of, and he was anxious to get back to New York In time to attend the Hoe sale, where he hoped to secure some books. ' Alas! Harry had bought his last book. It was an excessively rare copy of Bacon's Essales, the edition of 1698. Quarltch had secured It for him at the Huth sale, and as he dropped In to say good-by and give his final Instructions for the disposition of his purchases, he said, "I think I'll take that little Bacon with me in my pocket, and If I am shipwrecked It will go with me." And I know that it was so. In all the history of book collecting this Is the most touching story. IN A SCHOOL CHAPEL 1 THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Swedish Matches To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Br I don't take any Btock In that expla nation of the representative of the Swedish match manufacturers that real Swedish matches are the acme of perfection, but that 36,000,000 rejects were thrown on the Ameri can market and sold as real Tandstickors. Whj-, I myself have scratched and thrown away that many and I'm still scratching, swearing and littering the floor with Tand stickors. HIBIN. Philadelphia, August 31. Profiteering in France To the Editor of the Evening Publlo Ledger: Sir Tho Paris Figaro contains the follow ing account of the way they treat profiteers In France: It was given recently by the Mayor of a little town of the Department of Mayenne. Four American ioldlers were obliged to fay a grocer an exorbitant price for vari ous supplies. They complained to the Mayor of the locality, who advised them to Insist on a bill In future. They returned to the grocer's the fol lowing d&y; he charged them twelve francs for a can of lobster, six francs for a box of sardines, twelve francs for a nozen eggs. When this was reported to the Mayor and the bill produced the grocer was sentenced to pay a fine of 500 francs and his store was closed for a month. Good work I L. T. PENNINGTON. Philadelphia, August 27. Poland, the Indestructible A thrill goes around the world at the mes sage of the 114 Polish officers and soldiers to their countrymen, asking to die rather than that their cause be In the slightest compro mised. Here are Polish Idealism and nobil ity at their highest. These brave men, facing the gallows, have, bb had our own Nathan Hale, but one thought their country. That country has no existence on the maps today. But It does exist, beautiful and real and eternal, In the hearts of Poles every where. It Is coming Into Its own again as 'certainly as right will prevail. The 114 Im prisoned officers and men in Hungary are but uttering the will and thought of all their countrymen. The nations that know how to At wW sjoYr'w. er lorn xrivuum. , - THE clear young voices rise and soar: "Oh, pray, Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they Shall prosper that love thee." Yet each boy's heart Harbors the hope that he may have a part In war the roar of guns, the roll of drums Before this anthemed peace he prays for comes. But In the quiet gallery above, Whero eyes grown dim look down on thos thej1 love, The prayer for peace rings true; although in truth Wor&e things than death can come to eager j'outh. But nothing worse can come to age than knowing That it Is safe, and boys are going, going. Ato going forth to war till all wars cease: The old, so safe and lonely, pray for peace. Alice Duer Miller, in "Wings of Ufi, Night." I ago; The Origin of "Bolshevik" A pamphlet published some time Moscow by Doctor Charushin Instructs the origin of this word, alaB! too fai which It was wrongly believed had sp up like a weed from the Russian chaos In 1903, at 'the second conference Russian Social Democratic party, at th menf when methods which were to dlrea rnvnliiHnnnrv aettvttv were tinder dlflculft. a difference arose and the matter waW to vote. There was naturally a maAtT, VinlViliBlVrtV nnil u trilnnrltv Impnphln O). The two groups have since then been led the Bolsheviks and the Menshevlks. It Is this majority party of 1903, of 1I0H a minority Is making such a sad sp iol0 of Itself today. Le Figaro. Fair Warning to Mr. Hoover I A man In whom Implicit confidence I Jus tified says there will be a banner opp of buckwheat, so now If any food admjlstra- tor tries to put rice or barley or rye llo our breakfast cakes there will be blood In the face of tho moon. Pittsburgh (Jizette-Times. Geography tells us that Norway has a Hammerfest, but the one which Germany l conducting in apportioning blame for her Picardy defeat holds the stage for lmmft" dlate interest. What Do You Know? QUIZ What ts a nectarine? Who are Berrttarles it Commerce and Labor? When was the Monroe Doctrine first prom'al sated? Whr Is same tobacco called Lataktaf What Is sold to bare been the Indian name of Boston? , Who are the Tarsees? Wh.? ..w..ine author of "The Wealth of Nations"? What Is the second largest citr In France? How Is the date of Thanluilvlnr liar deter, mined? The French word "splrituclle" Is wronilr used. In RntUsh In the senss of scalfoL What Is the real meaning- of the word? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Jeannette llonkln Is a Representative from Montana. Mssanlello was the llbcrtr-lovlns lender of Neapolitan Insurrection tn 1C47. Ills nam Is a contraction of To mas Anlcllo. Auber mode him the subject of u well-know , opera. 1 The colors of the republican flac et Fertaxal are red and green. The French sound the final "a" in Arras. Two Presidents were elected 'by the Whl( partir v llllam Henrr Harrison and Zach arr Taylor. aeh of these 'executives died In office. Ther were succeeded respectively br John Trier and MUlsrd Fillmore. I.ake Tttlcoca, In tie Bolivian Andes, Is the largest lake In South America. , General l'erton March Is chief of staff ef the American armr. , Jsroe II was th last Btosrt Kins- of Kng lana. lie was aeuuronea or in Hevoiuaosi . i . et 1W. t, 4, Hneaker et th House oFltoDrseatetlM. t was knswn as thai "Czar." .Mm Mam &! f ,'. . mk-i ' - I' mmf MtUaUelska o1sbVs1sb sakKalsaft ZZ9 -?TrK -Ittt. JKaaasaasW Vi - ' .. 1 ,! it 1 ? J v yfti t 'hi i Vv- , 1 'I . . -' v '' . I -.. j'. -.".'1. .i V ',- ?... vi. ffim 'ffi',yX"t - iflKiIir "
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