EVENING PUBLIC LtoaER-PHlLADEfiPHIA; THURSDAY, l SEPTEMBER 19, 1918 CV . f ' w J J - "J" j'Vl sl'M, ! Bit BubHclIeDaec ynEfEmTELEGKATil .PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY TMJB H. K. CUIITIS, rstaiDKiT i H. Ludlnrton, Vise President; John C. M-retarv Anil TrinNF! PMHdH. Collins. Williams. John J. Spurs eon, Directors. Jv vnrmntir. nninn kj - Cutis It. K. Ctnma. Chairman fcYID E. BMIMST t Editor C UAnTIN.... General Buslneu Manacer Pattlshed daily at 1'ciuo I.imm nulldlns. inaepenaence square, l'nuaacipnia. I CaimuL Uroed and Cheitnut Street! nfci CtTT.. ........... . Press- Vn ton nulldtnir KJYoaK . SOS Metropolitan Tower T ....., 4us .roru iiuuainc Cl lOOS Fullerton llulldlnc a.. 1202 Tribune Dulldlnr ES J, ' NEWS BUREAUS. WWHISOTON Dtl, i,'!" & B. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th Bt V Toas: Buauu. m. loan The Sun Bulldlna . ihmnow bcbuu. 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"iV, AH rlnhti nt mtuhHcatlnn of sneclal dts- W, patches herein are also reserved. r &. .' tn.ii. J. f-Lt. TL..UJ.. L..i..t... Id lOlt ( siiuaTipaii, iuuri7i jtjinuiuti art t'iui ft.' OOT THE SLACKERS OUT OF HOG K.( ISLAND P' CHARGES that Incompetent slackers and -$m yes W army shirkers are Imperillns the cm w! eiency of Hob Island call for drastic kk.UiO.ulry. If verified the manaRement of 1 the fleet corporation cannot afford to waste i& An Instant In dismissing the soft-snap tlL smlii!lata nhncp nitrldnn nrPRPnrp In the Rtyard at the moment when the expanded Ct.v-i"-"-""" ' - Pv-draft law is operative proclaims them as j not only dlsiojal, but as Intolerably fjt ,Tho Influence of such men on their y rellow 'norkcrs can oe poisonous ana !tV ubtle. Already the rate of process In Ej the yard is said by General SlanaKcr I'iez Vy to have been ureatlv reduced. Baseball IS slackcr8.or clergymen, poolroom loafers, ;t weu-orr cravens or common -oums inese 4anger-brecdinff employes must fro. The progress of the greatest shlpmaklng t7 plant In the world hits been handicapped jfefVby obstacles for which some lCKitimato explanation could bo given lor Mich pv conditions as are now alleged, conditions K. under which workers are found totally fej unfit for their vital duties, there can be no Palliation. Betrayal of a monumental fe'veJnterprfee must cease. m& Tha logical consequence of a Liberty &Loan Is a liberty gift for mankind. JERSEY CANALS? CERTAINLY K A OLD, revered and unassailable prln ILf a.x:iple of economical transportation Is tnreiiintAr1 liv thp nlnn fnr an plnbnrntp ;reytem of inland waterways on the At- jUlatrocoast approved yesterday In a re- Xjrt made to the Senate by the Depart- ent of Commerce. pl j A sea-Iel canal across New Jersey r Will be applauded, of course, even though i)t exists now only upon paper. IR "Meanwhile If any one can And a wav RTto cut that same canil through the Dela- (ware Jtner parades In his Honor will be C? held -tin- Pennsylvania and New Jersey. KfcThen automobiles might be trained to R; BWirn from Ctato to State under their own M power In the absence of the bridge that Vatiii seems as far in the future as a re- ijusciiui.iil VMVininny. ; . . Wi It seems fittlnsr that as we see the stars. I. the riun. should feel the stripes. TT SHOULDN'T be called Snnnlsh 'nfln. fo-- enza. The malady Is of Hun origin. ffTJt is a. by-product of the war. Specialists r$!n Europe who have had almost a year for 4weearch 'know little about the disease. 'iThejr have proved that it isn't often fatal jfBd tha,t it s dangerous because it often fcft leaves a victim neculiarlv Kiispr-ntlhlo tn Uflnaladles that are. EiAvOUance and ereat caution will prevent ptk spread of Influenza In this city. If iWiw assailed suddenly with what seems K tft.be a-bad cold, if jour muscles ache. If Xirour eyes, throat and nose become Inflamed PjMdU you experience a sudden senso of Incomplete exhaustion, with theso symptoms ao not v waste time with pills and home K-treatment. Go to bed, open the windows. EHthe doctor and resolve to buy more CClLlDerty Bonda. Then all will be well. As Metz is neared. the "can" in Amerl- f ason . men-m ad tn avnn nia-.Vimi t rt. n..llU1. vbw Mnv(j4to no juvai, ciiiyiitiww ayuauiv. ;MBY THE ENTIRE COMPANY" r H VTBW pressure by Pershing toward Metz, rW 43 a Franco-Serbian offensive northeast Rf of Monastlr, Mangln's wedge driv en toward Sjthe Chemln des-Dames, the British thrust moving at a higher speed In the St. Quen- tjtln country, the recapture of Important K Peel t Ions by the Italians are all slmulta- rjMousiy reported. WaFoch, master manager of the war drama. ;JV .employing "the entire company." The ggjciwraee is traditionally applicable to a ',iic. iicsiianuii iu uos ji in mai con- tion now is the part of wisdom, but Ul ijttlso worth while remembering that I' Hrt Ieadlpg actors appear for the big cular 'scenes earlier in the show. eke,4 at least, as if one of the im- t "feature" specialties on a scale !,aaprehenslve magnlflcence were in atlon ,. Vl-Xt is not the Spanish grip, but the JlsWerlcans, that troubles the Germans li'll NOT TO BE TRUSTED O points deservo attention in consld- pa; the disclosures regarding the Ger- uchinatlons in Russia,. v!sf -.first Is that Germany was able to I tnta who for a price would do her e'even to the extent of debauching l'JK.gft nation, with the consequent reign f jp Jtwder ana pillage. V ?"9ls iecond is that the nation which has CtU)ty oi uiis monstrous crime, ioi- tylts trampling; upon its sacred W respect the neutrality oi nei- We nation wmen is paw uniting l.to'frccjpt In good faith its pro- &m THE OSTRICH POLICY AND LIBERTY BONDS Congress Seems Determine) to Adopt It in Order to Keep War Securities at Par npHE drivo for the fourth Liberty Loan is to begin a week from Saturday. It is understood that the country will be asked to subscribe for $6,000,000,000 worth of bonds, the interest on which will be 4M per cent Congress is struggling with the task of raising revenue by taxation with which to supplement the proceeds of the bond sale, in order to provide funds to prose cute the war. An additional sale of $10,000,000,000 in bonds will have to bo made before the close of the fiscal year if we are to raise tho $24,000,000,000 which the Treasury Department has esti mated will be necessary to pay the bills. It will strain the lesourccs of the country to raise the $8,000,000,000 by taxation, which, added to the $16,000,000,000 of bonds to be issued, will make up the total needed. The money will be raised. That is admitted. Men with property to be taxed will pay their tax bills, perhaps with a wry face, but they will pay them. Men with money to invest will buy the bonds. It does not seem, however, as if Con gress were going about its task with that degree of financial intelligence which should be exercised in these critical days. What the Government needs is net rev enue. Yet the Treasury Department is planning to pay AVi per cent interest on the fourth Liberty Loan and to col lect back as taxes the greater part of the difference between the 3V. per cent on the tax-free bonds of tho first loan and the 4J4 per cent on the new loan. The net revenue which it will collect will be negligible so far as providing funds for prosecuting the war; but the excess in terest which it will have to pay in time of peace, when the tax on the income of the bonds may be reduced, will be a burden upon the country for ycais to come. The proposed tax on the income from the new bonds, after the exemption of a limited amount in the hands of a single purchaser, is 12 per cent. The difference between the income from a 4 M per cent bond and a 33 per cent bond is 17.8 per cent. This, on the surface, makes a greater net leturn to an investor in the bond drawing the greater interest. But the 44 per cent bonds of the Liberty Loans already floated are selling below par. They have been quoted as low as $95 for a $100 bond. The tax-free 3 per cent bonds have been selling for $102 or thereabouts for a $100 unit. This disclosure of the attitude of in vestois toward these securities ought to be illuminating to Congress. Its only effect has been to lead the Ways and Means Committee to draft a measure giving the President power to prevent the buying and selling of the bonds, in the belief that if no one is allowed to sell a bond it will continue to be worth its face value, and that investors will buy new bonds in the confident belief that they will remain at par. Such reasoning is worthy of the ostiich which buiies its head in the sand and thinks it is in visible. The Senate has rejected it, but the House has yet to admit its folly. The susceptibilities and timidities of capital ought to be considered in the drafting of tho revenue bill, rather than the timidities of tho politicians who balk at the issue of tax-free securities. Capi tal is timid when confronted by a bond subject to "taxation because it has no guaiantee that the tax late at the time the bond is issued may not be increased in the next revenue bill. It knows that the heavier the tax on accumulated wealth the better do certain demagogic politi cians think they are pleasing the people. The market quotations on tho Liberty Bonds already issued ought to convince the men in Congress that there is a financially wiser course than that to which they seem to be committed. Always up to date, America Intends oper ating the war on the bklp-stop system until the grand termln'is is reached ONLY LOG ROLLERS CAN OPPOSE THIS rpHE President has no power to veto any Item in an appropriation bill. If ho disapproves of a single appropriation or any rider annexed to an appropriation bill he must veto the whole measure. An amendment to tho Constitution giving him power to veto Individual Items has been submitted to tho House of Repre sentatives. No legitimate reason against Its adoption can be urged. The possible unwillingness of Congress men to give up this method of forcing through objectionable legislation may be an excuse for rejecting tho amendment, It is not a reason which can be defended. The Governors of Pennsylvania. New Tork and some other States have this power. They exercise it with discretion and profit to the taxpayers. There is no danger that the President would abuse It. Surrender of the swagger, but retention of the swag, stands out as the cardinal prin ciple of the Hun's peace plan. LET'S NOT LOSE THIS MOMENTUM "ITTHEN General March told the news VV paper correspondents In Washington that 35,000 American troops were landed in France in one day, and that the ships were able to stnrt back to this side of the ocean within twenty-four hours, he indi cated what could be done in the way of the economical use of shipping when men set about the task. It has taken the impelling necessities of war to force the ships to make such speed In unloading and taking on supplies for the return voyage. Nothing like it has ever happened In peace times. Ships have wasted days in port because of the leisure ly system of discharging a cargo and loading again. The railroad equipment of the country has been strained beyond its capacity every year in the crop-moving season because no one ha's taken it upon himself to keep the cars moving-. "re could have carried twice or thrice the amount of freight in pro-war times If the freight cars had been Unloaded on the day they reached their destination. War has forced an abandonment of tho old customs, and If a car Is not emptied within twenty-four hours the goods nro sent by drays to tho address of tho con signee and dumped on tho sidewalk and a bill for drayngo Is presented. Tho momentum which tho transporta tion business both on sea and lind has received ought not to loso Its force when peace comes. We havo discovered what cr.n bo done and wo nro not likely to fall back Into the old leisurely habits of tho p.i"t. The genernl desire to make things hot for tho Kaiser throws chillingly Into the dis card nny notion of exiling him to Ste fnnsson's newly discovered land In the Arctic AMBASSADOR DAVIS rpun appointment of John W. Davis, Solicitor General In the Department of Justice, to te American ambassador near the Coutt of St James's, doos not evoke those emotions which such an appointment In these critical times ought to cause This does not mean that Mr. Davis may not bo an e.xcellsnt representative of tho United States In London. It merely means that he Is known In such a narrow circle that his possible qualifications havo to be taken for granted. Ho will succeed such distinguished Americans as Whltelaw Held, Joseph H. Choate, John Hay, Thomas V. Bayard and James Husscll Lowell, to go no further back than the eighties of the last century. When each of these men was named the country knew at once who he was nnd what his particular qualification i were. 1'ach was nKo Known in London and to a considerable portion of the British public. Mr. Davis has his reputation as a iplo matlst to make. He Is bald to be an able lawyer, with experience Jn dealing with large business interests By no stretch of the term can he be called an ambassa dor from tho Ameilcan people to the British people Perhaps such a man Is not needed Just now and his peculiar qualifications may b those required to deal with the issues that will arlso be tween the two nations In the near future. The people must accept him on trust until he proves himself. A tremendous lot of Plense Do Ak phsleal and splr-Sorjetliliij- Easy itual energy has been concentrated for vpars behind the suffrage propaganda on the nn hand and the prohibition cause on tho other l'ncrgy is not dissipated by the re moval of obstacles It Is a continuous force. What wo should likct to know now Is what course the limitless dynamic energies of tho prohibitionists and the suffraglbts nre to take when thi? country Is dry and everybody votes Judge Bonn! well So W Hutc Heard missed a shining op portunity by falling to declare, quickly and smartly, that he Is behind President Wilson and determined to "u-e all his power to banish Prusslanlsm from the face of the earth " Such a declara tion would be perfectly safe under the cir cumstances. Beer achieved its fulle.t glory in Munich. And Munich Is In Bavaria. After all, it may be unjust to accuse the Bolshevikl of a secret The Subtle 'UHteHl alliance with Ger many Current dispatches raise new doubts W'llhtlm is attempting to recruit new armies in Husla. And L-nlne and Trotsky are doing their best to kill off the entire malo population before the first Hun can realize that ambition Tho Washington order Too iooil requesting men to save for Them their old straw hats bee-tuse of a possible shortage next summer came too lato for dome restaurant ouiurs that we know. They had already put the old kelljs in the war bread. At least one of the Vuge Htm at Once Great Powers asso ciated with the Allies has so far refrained from openly support ing President Wilson's retort to Emperor Charles of Austria. We have yet to hear from Henry Ford. Brewing peace In Austria seems to be even more dilllcult than brewing beer will soon be In another quarter of the globe Hertling ses peace nearer, according to the foreign dispatches When our armies get closer to Berlin he w 111 pee It nearer still. "Voluntary withdrawals" seem to be sternly under the gang ban when political assessment time comes around The pelican, according to an expert. Is a much maligned bird; but ho did not suggest that the pelican appeal to the Kaiser for sympathy. Our great-grandmothers married when they were seventeen So the girls of that age who have been getting married In great numbers recently are merely reviving an old custom. Magistrate Person has been expelled from his ward committee, not, however, be cause ho Is an officeholder and forbidden to sit In such a committee, but because he has offended his superiors. Considering the way In which German insults and outrages have been accepted by Spain, one Is not surprised to learn that the special symptom of the alleged "grip" from that country Is prostration. Foreign Minister Balfour says that Ger many, must not be allowed to get back her colonies or her naval bases; and It looks as If Mr. Balfour would have more to 'say about the matter than the Kaiser. While the Senate committee is Investi gating the expenditure of money in senatorial primaries it is likely to be forced to give almost as much attention to the charges that as large Bums have been spent In behalf of Democrats as In behalf of Republicans. Twelve new major generals and about fifty brigadier generals must soon be ap. pointed unless our armies are to be com manded by officers of a rank unsulted to their responsibilities. Perhaps the President is waiting for the officers of lower rank to prove their 'fitness be'fore he promotes them. RUBBER HEELS Hay Fever Alfred Tennyson Had It (XN EITHER sldo tlie river Ho Long fields of barley and of rye And goldenrod, and ragweed high; And through the field the road runs by My nose runs, too. I damn a lot. Tho pollen prickles me with woe, The fearful spasms come and go, And hopelessly my nose I blow: My eyes with blood are shot. WHEN in ngony I quiver Useless atomizers shiver, For my asthma runs forever, Patent nostrums help me never (Up my nose I Jam a lot). And, unless somo kindly showers Lay tho pollen of theso flowors I shall sneezo and sneeze for hours For so tho gods allot. Information for Guests in a Bolshevik Hotel Guests are requested to- deposit their machine guns with the night clerk. Patrons of tho hotH are, earnestly ad vised not to loiter In the lobby. In spite of every precaution on the part of tho management accidents will happen. Meals will be served when possible by arrangement with tho Kitchen Soviets. For the convenience of patrons the hotel conducts a private mortuary chapel In the basement. Mourning vvteaths may be had fresh at all hours. Please do not assasslnato tho chamber maids, as the supply Is limited. Guests will refrain from calling for hot water. Bourgeois luxuries are not pro vided. The hotel's own firing squad may bo hired for political meetings. Terms on application. No soft-nosed bullets used. Tho hotel pi ov Ides free legal counsel for any of Its guests attainted of treason. A shrapnel helmet nnd German diction ary will be found In every room, under the bed. Guests aro advised to pay no attention to flrealaims anil explosions. Until an nrmlstico can be arranged with the commissar of revolutionary cham bermaids guests will kindly make their own beds. Please do not deface tho il luminated Marxian texts displayed In the bedrooms. Guests are urged not to wear collar and cuffs In the lobbies of the hotel, as It at tracts unpleasant attention. Special rooms are provided by the man agement for guests wishing to draw up secret treaties. Suits of armor nre rented by tho hotel for the conv cnlonce of visiting ambassa dors. Apply to the blacksmith. Use of the elevator may be arranged by special appointment with tho commissioner of lifts, In tho Itching Palm ojm. Sniping is permitted In the Brest Lltovsk Room only. Guests desiring to make their wills can find a notary In tho sun parlor. The management has arranged for a barber to visit tho hotel every other Thursday. Please do not uso tho wall paper for rough drafts of manifestoes. Guests aro urged to avoid the fourth floor, where a battalion of reactionary scrubwomen havo barricaded themsolves. So far they have not been dislodged, but as soon as the heavy ordnance comes back from tho Murman front this problem will be dealt with. German money accepted at its face value. When checking garments in tho cloak room kindly do not leave any hand gre nades or time clocks In tho pockets. We have had a number of complaints about this. Guests are requested not to Jeer at the bell-hops. Tho fact that they were for merly grand dukes Is not to bo held against them. As you read this, imagine how it feels to be blind mHE Pennsylvania Working Home -- for Blind Men, at Thirty-sixth street and Lancaster avenue, provides useful work for 150 blind men. They carry on the sixth largest broom factory in the country. THE home is preparing to train 100 more blind workers, especially sol diers blinded In battle. To do so, the home wishes to raise a fund of $150,000. yOU will never regret anything you J- do to help this great work. Checks may bo sent to Joseph "Vayne, Jr., Girard National Bank, Philadelphia. The Kaiser Is the world's greatest ex ample of a self-unmade man. What He Is Useful for One of the ways of ascertaining tho truth on any subject is to 1nd out what Bernstorff says about ft, and then believe the opposite. The Kaiser may need not only a retreat specialist but a rout specialist. Mr. Edison says every letter written in the next five weoks should elnsn "Tim for the fourth Liberty Loan." It's a good idea, and we can use It here, too. Yours for the fourth Liberty Loan, SOCRATES. We're Just as glad to hear that the Serbs havo crossed the Gradesnltza as we are are worried about pronouncing It. Secretary Baker, arrived in London, is now miles from the "big show" on which he saw the curtain rise, but he can hear the applause even more clearly than ever. Tho Germans who have been comparing the Hindenburg line with the areat Wall of China obviously have a feeling for accuracy, since a considerable part of the celebrated Asian barrier Is In ruins. The watch on the Rhine Is now for enepiy airplanes. More than a hundred tons of tfcmbs were dropped on towns In the Rhine Valley during August, Just to give the people a foretaste of what was coming when the land armies get there. The kind of daylight-saving which na ture practices on days like yesterday wins ni applause from even the most Inveterate conservationist. I "UNKULTURED FOOLS! THEY STILL BELIEVE IN JUSTICE AND HONOR!!" u ". Nm&WFAm&&- ,f--'f,-f.-L-r''r U .ffiSfei i nBKL44f)aBQ3&.. i. -wi.t-jo.. i.t 'd-7.. lBHiH V JrfP "-3eaeamw3H8SaHsaStf3S " &Tl; eTmsaMlMAi yi Wg&i Perplexities of a Coffee-House Revival AMONG the numerous suggestions as to -what shall bo done with the con viviality salient when tho gradual retire ment of John Barleycorn Is made complete, the plea for a coffee-house revival at first blush Js conspicuously alluring. Sentiment and respect for the reputed charm of the age when London settled her literary and political dest'nles over cups of the ebon Arabian fluid are naturally essential fac tors in winning indorsement for tho -o-tlon. Here in Philadelphia, furthermore, there Is a special tradition of appealing potency. The old Londoi Coffee House, conducted for many years previous to 1833 at the southwest corner of Second nnd Market streets, exerted through Its often distin guished patrons no inconsiderable Influ ence on the course of American history. Tho stage revived its memories last year when a room in the famous old building was presented as a scene of a wily political offensive against the ascendancy of Alex ander Hamilton. Interest in the coffee houses of a past era was unquestionably awakened, but .he theme, while attroctivo, seemed to lack immediate significance. Within less than a year It has acquired such a quality. The war may vanquish "booze" temporarily or permanently, but both drinking and talk ing are Indispensable to existence. THE character of our conversation, though It should perhaps sometimes give us pause, seldom worries us. But what we sha'. drink under appropriate and congenial conditions has become a matter of present inquiry. Some sentimentalists with their heads full of Boswell and Addi son call for coffee and coffee houses. The At fa wall mannlnir but rash. Is there UUIUHO .... ...v ---" - any evidence to show that English coffee and English conversation were ever of equal merit? Aro not, indeed, tho com plexities of the coffee question almost as baffling as those of the war? CONSIDER, for instance, the enemy of civilization, Mark Twain gave the recipe for German coffee as follows: "Rub a coffee berry against 0 chicory berry and convey the latter into a barrel of water. Tie a wet rag around the head to prevent excitement." Austria, however, was not entirely a vassal in the days of "A Tramp Abroad" and the truth-telling humorist exempted her from his Indictment. His la not the only rhapsody over Vienna coffee, but through all the eulogies runs a disconcert ing detail. Vienna coffee is "rlchened" with a preparation of figs. Whether true epicureanism Is betrayed by this Invasion is an issue as befogged as Vienna's peace terms. mHE globe-trotting gastronomist of peace X days and suredy he should be con sulted If our proposed coffee houses are to be worthy of an advanced culture would himself be puzzled to specify which one of the Innumerable varieties of the speech stimulating beverage should be 'served. English coffee shades of the Johnsonians! Is altogether unregenerate and should be unreprleved. Its major ingredient is the malevolent chicory, frankly , and unashamedly em ployed. In Justice to our ally, however, it should be stated that the use of this masquerading berry has probably declined In Great Britain since the war, as for some Inexplicable reason the puns in- vading Belgium destroyed most of the chicory fields. Good -'deeds aro occasion ally wrought by singular Instruments. The French percolated coffee Is a delight In an after-dinner demi-tasse; a pale and soupllko Infusion of a few honest berries and a deluge of hot water and steaming milk at thx breakfast table. Turks, Arabs and other Moslems, barred from alcohol by their religion, aro un afraid of native coffee strength, but tho wisdom of their policy of serving tho grounds In tho cup may be seriously doubted. South Americans and Spaniards, as a rule, make real coffee, but according to some tastes tho berries are overroasted, and even those whoso sweet teeth aro un satisfied under tho Hoover regime may object to the four or five lumps of sugar deposited In the cup before the liquid makes Its appearance on the cafo table. Italian. coffcj has a way of compelling ono to order another glass of wine. AMERICAN coffee stands up well under . this hasty survey. Lack of uniformity, however, Is its embarrassing weakness. The percolated variety, the boiled variety, the coffee "cleared" with eggshells, the pure but weak mahogany-colored coffee and that puzzling, ambiguous decoction to which the term "Jersey coffee" has been applied are all prevalent In tho nation which, even without the revival of John Bonlan inns, consumes more of the un stable liquid than any country on earth. IT MAY be seen, therefore, that the coffee house Institution, redolent with Its charms of historical retrospect, will Im mediately propound problems to make llfo more complicated. The riddle, "What is good coffee?" will flourish virulently and anew. Perhaps an International affair, with urns properly manned by natives of each American district and each foreign land whence the respective and bewilder ing varieties of coffee hall, might bring amity to the foreshadowed situation. Even the chicory bibbers might be admitted to a dark corner. HAPPILY tho loquacious aspects of the twentieth century coffee house should give no uneasiness. Tho Abysslnlans are said to have discovered the coffee by noting the vivacious conduct of a herd of sheep which had accidentally pastured on the wild shrubs. Later tho Arabs prepared some of the berries for their own use and were delighted to learn that the pain of being compelled by certain Mohammedan religious rlteu to remain awake all night was converted into the pleasure of an In vigorating social gathering. No, there isn't a particle of doubt that words will flow fully as fluently as at the bar, and much more distinctly, should the coffee house be' resuscitated. Once the gastro nomlo embarrassments have been over come tho picture becomes engaging, THERE is more point to be emphasized. All coffee-house tables should be low, congenial to the casual elbow, and conse quently unproductive of strain. Lpw lying tables are subtle but powerful in ducements to fellowship, to tolerance and the enlivening Interchange of opinion. The furnishings of all European sidewalk cafes attest the pertinence of this great truth. If you doubt it, shorten the legs of your own dining room table, and while waiting for the coffee house to materialize, see what increased fun you can have airing your own views over your own character istic, cup at home, , H.T.C. THE OPEN BOAT 4TTTHEN this here war is done," says ' Dan, "and all the flghtin's through. There's somc'll pal with Fritz again as they was used to do; But NOT ME," says Dan, the sailor man, "NOT ME," says he, "Lord knows It's nippy in an open boat on winter nights at sea." "When tho last battle's lost an' won, an' won or lost tho game. There's 6omo'll think no 'arm to drink with squareheads Just the same; But NOT ME," says Dan, the sailor man, "an if you ask mo why Lord knows it's thirsty in an open boat when tho water-beaker's dry." "When all tho bloomln' mines Is swep' an' ships are sunk no more, There's some'll set them down to eat with Germans as before; But NOT ME," says Dan, the sailor .man, "NOT ME, for ono Lord knows it's hungry in an open boat when the last biscuit's done. "When peace is signed and treaties made an' trade begins again. There's some'll shako a German's hand an' never see tho stain; But NOT MB," says Dan, the sailor man, "NOT ME, as God's on high Lord knows it's bitter in an open boat to see your shipmates die." rCella Fcoti-Smlth, in Punch. Great Minds The three kings of Scandinavia are to meet ' some time this month to consider war .prob lems. When three kings get together, whether In Imperial conference or In some- s body's hand, there Is usually something doing, so this event will be worth watching. Salem News. Not Much Nonsense About That The Kaiser made tho mistake of picking out a nation that refuses to be beaten. Detroit Free Press. . What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who Is toramander-ln-rhl f of the Allied force- now ronductlnr a victorious offensive In Macedonia? 3. What la a claymore? 3. What Is a saff? 4. What 1 the function of a "bonse flat." dli- plured or ships ot the merchant marine? 5. Who la called "Tho Father of Hlstorr"? 6. Wher was the potato first discovered? 7. What la tho ortcln nf the expression. "Cab- bases and klnss"? 8. What famous American editor onco did for the presidency of tho United HtaUa? ' ' 0. Who Invented tho cartoon srmboU of the Re. publican elephant nnd tho Demacratlo Jack ass? . 10' What relation was Napoleon III to Napo leon I? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Straasburic Is the capital of Alsace, formerly A sombrero, U a broail-brlmmed felt hat, The, word, Is 8panlah. from "sombra." shade, and In that lancuaie Is applicable to a man's hat ot any sort, A ansaree 1; a cold, drink, orltlnallr of wine, diluted. and spiced. 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