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SUBSCRIPTION TEnMS a'iSnMio rtauc Lttnn la served to aub ara In Phlladelohla ana surrounainK towns rate of twelve (12) cent per k pas able jSW mall "' mints outalde of Philadelphia, In 7 if "aVUnlted 8tatea Canada, or United Htatea no. f Tla. Haaggaisllini , o-w a av r Ha flfltf IRrtl rani tta f tnnnlh tn.aa.jjB carrier. fifty (BO) centa per month fii"trt).ilotlra per ear. payable In, f''ih all forelcn countries one (ll advance. dollar per yo'JlayNoTKioi Subscribers wlshtns addrras changed i t y . . .... nraai give oia as wen aa new norm-. Lt, Mi HALNUT KtYSIOE. MAIN J00 'AJA ail MiiirnHHlrfiNsnii fo F.irnfitff PtibMe y oj7Xrder, iidfpritdnire Simart, Philadelphia. Ie! Member of ,he Associated Press IgZTBB ASSOCIATED PKB8 M cxcH- eely entitled fo trie utc for -epDiico:ion ' an netcM dispatches credited to it or not truHSe credited fn fAi paper, ana aiso larnl news ttitbllshcd therein. Ill rights of republication of special dis hes herein are also tescrica VkPM!aelplila. day. s.pt'il" 5. 11 1&.3QCT HID OF THE CHAIR PADS IN THE tt&ffl . CITY HALL I iQCORES it not hundreds of clerks In the K.. ",CUy Hall are performing the functions 3 ior-chalr pads and nothing more. K'Tet there Is grave danger that the tax g. ,miB Win nae to oe increaacu mis mi !)jihir that the monej mav be found to fp&y'them for coerlnB the seat of a swhel ttg"Silr In n public offlce . ikflBl.-.. r. n. ltVAltni. n Un cite I Vl 1 t -yV I"!""' """, r.111. n...- ... . wwim proper economies a tux rate inuirrta.-i.ttfitinnecesar-. hopes that thove ccono , ml'es can be effected b the abandonment 4WatH unnecessar public work p.'? JBometblnB could be accomplished In this r 'anVi hii nnf wi r miirh Thi ("Intern E-,"--. ... . ... S"Hieni in wasmngton nns pi-eiuru ui ,$,' from borrow Ins monet to cam on pio- & JCted work. It has had to be stopped eK . . .... ... . V... ..-. 1 uv-ne real economies ore to uc cutuieu 1 byi lifting the chulr pads from their com. ?Va. iortable places and putting them to work i Where they can do something that Is worth Z's while. There Is a labor shortage In all A "Veal Industries. The men ought to go to " rnitr Tf an atlnmnl la mnrln tn list. nn. ?!. "r: "" ; . ". !,"JWC1,. influence to transfer tnem 10 sou jriJob In war Industries some l'iez will get mMtmt. tham a Ihn roal Tlnv la nfiar mn. OtHigerers at Hog Island. r 3f the popularity of a country be meas- iit T - . . nw ureq(Dy tne numoer 01 persons uesiring 10 fvSpTktjt It, Germanj hurpasses all competitors BT.t," v'i, 0f AMERICAN LABOR AGREES fflHB peace pioposltlons submitted bj the Sjfc f;;Amerlcan delegatea to the Interallied KilJaDOr and Socialist conference In I.omlon KjgMr-vlrtually Identical with l'resident WU- pmi fourteen peace conauiong. feTttSirlcafi labor with the President will py1ot be overlooked In 'Europe. It Is a Ky demonstration that this is a real democ- A,racy and that Mr. Wilson is its spokes- &J- Jj'tiTne Interest which labor Is taking In the '.:-matter artnuld also be an Indication to the PjMMnceileries that peace cannot be made M f!laa arrt. hut thnt It muat hf. mnrlp in EU, ihe'preSence of he whole world and In ii'rt anfch a, way as the peoples can 'approve Ss.je - VS?' In a way the Hog Island slacker stew FS t the general manager's Indignation sug- Hss )" case oi fiez porriage not &MV mc$8? THE GUN KICKED KXfllHE most important developments thus EKv'T''"' from the "ring of the Austrian tffnafie gun are seen in Berlin and In v ana. t s reported from Vienna that because 'It .Baron Burlan is likely to be forced- m Cot the foreign secretarjshlp, and from cljh that Chancellor on Hertllng and ilam. Secretary ton Hlntze are finding hold on their offices insecure. ggijt'looka ery much as if the gun kicked r. Kicncu prviiy jiuru. Lf . 52V3& t to(' In striking for a raise it needn't worr C 'at aaai!a. Kll hn Ufa ln 4 J V. u Jln.J t Ktje'ayblt that Mr. t$")s to go bey mvAUUU t4tt uruiaicu 11 beyond 18,000.000,000 ' WK. ;' ISLAND'S FIRST ANNIVERSARY t6a ISLAND is a .'ear old today. It Is 'Jthe eighth wonder of the world. A ago It didn't exist. Nothing yet achieved in the way of war poration," not even the organization of ny itself, represents such an extraor- kry1 triumph of American energj and fVjMaeurcefulnesi. The slackers, the delays, Vf'Jiii'waate. the profit-ers that edged In are Incidentals of little general lm- Mice. i.yard is built It has launched ships lilmposslble has been achieved. That tJMequate praise for the men of the or atton. Borne large tribute is due, too, DMtose w)io worked during the bitterest iter of recent years, with frozen con- .and iron-hard earth, and laid the lations for the greatest shipyard In rid. li .will the government have the grace to name a ship or two after "men who did so much and are I io little? A reports of the Kaiser's "possible" re. at Indicate that he may favor his ''with the sincere flattery of Imitation t THERE IS NO ANSWER-YET BOtt waft the charge that the Bo!- Vlkl pressed against General Souk- whj has just been shot because mlr the TliiRslan flrmv tn thf. fler- in the early days of the war. ihenalinoff was found by the Oer- tebe merchant with armies, forts. is. borders, defense lines and S lives and national honor for sale. jwricrca uniy m divisions mm tiic iwil! the world charge against vTroUky, ,hli. axecutloners, .1.. . - .. T. ' U.' -1A - aaaa vu aii t . n. j IMPERTINENT PATRIOTEER1NG MERITS REBUKE v Bullying the Public Into Doing Its Duty Is a Betrayal of American Liberty rpiIE Pennsylvania Woman's Liberty 'Loan Committee's prompt repudiation of bond bullying may properly be con strued ns a wholesome rebuke to the whole noisy and "nosey" crew of prying and inquisitorial "patfiotccts," for tunately small in number even if large in noise. A pica was made for the adoption here of the so-called Minneapolis plan, In volving a registration or census of all the inhabitants of Philadelphia County and estimates of the proportionate finan cial "responsibility" of each badgered in dividual, coupled with the threat of pub lishing the names of those persons fail ing to buy bonds. The clear-headed patriotism and alert common sense of tho committee which hos turned down this insolent and tyran nical scheme richly warrant applause. The mere fact, however, that a proposat of such effrontery was made .and thnt it is even to be put through in several counties of the Third Federal Reserve District is emphatically ularming. Sulh tactics are painfully reflective of n spirit of contempt for personal liber ties. Such tactics lire altogether too persistently being manifested in waves of inquisitive hysteria insidiously rising in n land which hits dedicated its life to freedom. The meie implictition tliut Americans hate o be bullied into patriotism is ns iniulting ns it is fnhe. The right to be lesentful of methods thinly veneered with meretricious 7eal, vet inheiently Prussian in their despotic chaiacter, is unqualified nnd clear. The pty of it is that hundreds of thousand? of men and women mho leally loxe their count iy hnie been toatli to protest. They have been gagged by the very natural feeling that resistance to the multiplicity of professional "patnot cei ing mov ements" movements on which paid officials often throve might be con strued as disloyalty. Such fears nie essentially groundless. Every American of common intelli gence knows that the heart of his coun try boats in tune with its great ideal and unalterable purpose. Bureaucratic inquisitions, organized pestiferous prose lytizing arc incapable of accelerating those throbs. And even if they were not, n country which ha to be browbeaten into saving itself ts untvoithy of free ex istence. Antidotes for the spasms of the strident campaigner who shamelessly in the name of liberty abuses the privi leges of freemen, intrudes on their pri vacy, lines them up in classes, tickets their resources, cross-indexes their con fessions of proclivities, tastes, habits, origins and bank accounts are seriously needed today. New Yolk has just missed being vic timised by nn impertinent "question naire" for potential loan purchasers. The promoters of this dictatorial scheme had contemplated using the police as distributing agents. The Kaiser may thus intimidate his hapless subjects, but any imitation of his methods by us is a kind of flattery of which we have a right to be deeply ashamed. Fortunately, it was reali7ed in Man hattan that application of the draft ma chinery, approved by the countiy only as a necessary insttument in a crisis, is an exceptional prerogative of the Fedeial Government. Questionnaires circulated by private individuals organized in patrioteering bands come under the head of unreasonable interference with the rights of citizens. E. Pusey Passmore, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, has stated that no such inquisitionary sheets would be utilized in the forthcom ing loan campaign heie. That the idea was even hinted is disquietingly blood heating. America is performing her colossal war task with such enthusiasm and efficiency, the tone of genuine patriotism is o high, the public is so eager and willing to help to the last increment of its ability that it needs neither to be patronized by the well meaning propagandists nor threatened by those of more dubious intent. Everybody knows that the vaiious humanitarian and welfare organizations would be generously supported if the whole cargo of theatrical campaigning devices were thrown overboard. Every body knows that the fourth Liberty Loan will soar over the top. And some of us have a notion that even with fewer "folders," with less speechifying and fewer threatening fingers we would still do our duty. One way to keep the noble and volun tary patriotism of the nation intact is to modulate the temper of the nrodding. On the eve of a great campaign which will enrich the war treasury, it is well to remember that Prussianism can never be spiritually conquered by Prussian tactics. Sane Americanism will do the trick. The Germans took $150 In tribute from each Belgian family. Invest sour surplus In Liberty Bonds and keep It safe. MUST THE MILLS CLOSE? TTNDER ordinary circumstances the - closing of a number of mills making carpets, rugs and woo v cloths, wl Ich It is announced Is Imminent, would be an Industrial disaster. It v uld throw h " sands of hands out of work ana te fol lowed by much suffering. But one of the rea cms for the closing is the difficulty of getting hands. , They have been . ?tctJd fi w' work, n pther reason U hu ihorMnct of wool The I dftsaestic supply , 'Is fajsfrtwtitufci.Utths wt i ttilC are no ships to bring wool here from South America and Australia. So' long as these conditions exist it la difficult to understand how the mills can be kept open. Yet -if the Federal dhector of railroads would give a little attention to the "needs of the local mills he might be iblc to assist them In geHlrh wool that Is In pther parts of the countrj. The new1 clip will be on the market soon If It Is not already there. No factory should be compelled to shut down until every effort has beep mt keep It open With all that bunch of newlv nniioli ted kinglets on his hands and trie possibility of demands for real wages for hothetli.al Jobs, no wonder the Kaiser's nerves are shaken FROM THE HEART OF IT ANY OSH who wishes to trace tho sotnees of literary Inspiration nnd benefit bv lessons In the uses of the writ ten word might well read some of the let ters which men In the service send from the midst of their battles letters, for In stance, such ns William H Clare, a Phlla delphlan, sent to his friends here a few dns ngo Private Clare's letter was printed In this newspaper jesterdav Like othern of Its sort, It is without affectations of style and vet intompnrahl more vivid than much that Is cabled b trained writers who ob serve battles but do not participate In them The soldier has lived the story that he tells He writes from his heart. He Is without pretense "I take off m hat to mv men" writes an ofllcer "They may swetr and go absent and kick up trouble, hut onte In the line they sit tight, put up with everj thing and go through hell with out a word It's the daj's work There aie no brass bands, no cheering Thev tan outlive, outswoar, outfight -and outlaugh anv armj In the war" "It's costing us blood i nd men to drive through," wrote Private Clare, 'but damn them, the can't stop us I've had wounded men kl!kd In raj arms In shell flie If it takes u rond of American dead from here to the Rhine we are willing to form one." In the soldiers' letters It Is common to find a woid of slang gleaming pictur esquely here nnd there In a grim setting, and through1 all their writing runs a ml tuie of good humored pit and profound contempt for the enemv. The know of what thej write They are of the stuff of triumph. Kven the most rigid rhetoricians ought to grant us ptrmisslon to describe some of the weird (ond prices as ' profit-eerie " TO THE nRAVEI MtlAR one of the Fiench battlefields the ' other dav a firing squad of American soldiers sent a rifle vollej over the grave of Mis Nellie J Ward, of this city, a nurse at one of the bases, who was thus formallv honored as one who died In battle The girl died of pneumonia, the result of service hardship She died at her post. Women can sav truthfully that the.v had nothing to do with the war's beginning, et the have served In it and shared In much of the buffering It entails with a wonderful ddellt to theh instincts of ten ilerness Their hands have comforted most of those who fell In the wild adventure Thev share their strength with everj lad when he battles at last with an enemy more relentless even than the Hun They serve In silence for the most part and sel dom let an) one know what thej think of wai. Suiel the honors of the field should be given freel to those who go tranqulll to the death of warriors, asking no glory meanwhile and onlv the right to be kind' Careful thought has been given to the letter of a correspond More bout (IttNleaa Snnilata ent who demands to be informed about the uses to which he can put asless Sumlajs If he Is the ordln irv type of fanatical devllnagoiier he might put In the da Inquiring mto the purposes of the Imposing structure with a tall spire that lie will find in everv communllj. And bj going to and fro without mechanical aid he might learn, too, that feet were made for other purposes than kicking t Notwithstanding the o Vlv.terj refusal of the Dart About Thin One mouth student train ing corps to recognize college societv Interests, it remains Inher ently favorable to the preservation of the largest fraternltj the world has even seen the International armed brotherhood of free dom Correspondents abroad Or lloth Feet continue to cable that the Germans had a hand In the Vienna pence offer Sooner or later these same correspondents w 111 ptr celve that they are telling onl half truths about the peace scare It was their foot that the Germans put In It. Advertisements In the hclioea of ar Washington (D. C) newspapers show that when ou wish to rent a house there jou often have to pay an agent's bonus of about (ISO before ou can find sheltrr. Life in Washington might be summarized In three words. Patriots, patrloteers, patriotears The scientists have llrlnif ul of Woe urged electricians workifrg In the neigh borhood of live wires to wear straw hats as a means of avoiding shock But what about the feelings of the other persons confronted w ith the spectral lids of last summer or yes teryear? There is an uncanny Their rowder'a Wet! silence in the Demo, cratlc sector held b Judge Bonnlwell and hia friends Have they used up all their ammunition or are the) preparing for a further retirement In ac cordance with plans previously prepared? The dollar haircut has arrived in Brooklyn. Now prepare for, the two-dollar shoe shine. And the Threa Uollsr Hhave When Germany is being made over will they change Its name? It's a cinch to detect the prusslc acid In the Austrian gas mask. , (Serbia seems to hava become ( glor'ouslv I . .r 1 . ..1.' Tl .. h . -f J 7 r ld ' ' GRIDDLE CAKES Green Escape AT THREE o'clock In the afternoon On a hot September day I.begnn to dream of a highland stream And a frostbit russet tree, Of the swashing dip of a clipper ship (White canvas wot with spray) And the swirling green and milk-foam clean Along her canted lee. T HE.ARD the quick staccato click Of the typist's pounding keys, And I had to brood of a wind more rude Than that by a motor farmed And I lay inert in a flannel shirt To watch the rhyming seas Deploy and bend in a silver end t)n a beach of sun-blanched sand. 'TWERE is no desk shall tame my lust For hills and windy skies; My secret hope of the sea's blue slope No clerkly task shall dull; And though I print no echoed hint Of adventures I devise, My eyes still pine for the comely line Of an outbound vessel's hull. 117HEN I elope with an autumn day And make my green escape, I'll leave my pen to tamer men Who have more docile souls; For forest aisles and offlce files Have a very different shape, And it's hard to woo the ocean blue In a row of pigeon holes! Of course we would not want, publicly, to utter nn lamentation about the decline and fall of the Empire of Hum, but we do hope that -ome one will be foreslghted enough to tuck away a few beakers of the hard stuff so that when the Kaiser Is ultl mnteU canned there will be something left to irrigate the celebration. Considcrlnu how doggedly most men arc opposed to doing any uork, it isleally sur prising how much gels done on the sly. The equinox doesn't mean an thing about equal knocks It means, us far as the All Damnedest is concerned, harder knocks than ever. Some people mioht think that Stcfansson was wasting his time spending five years in the Aictic, but uhen tec learn that he discoieied some new coal deposits tie Jiasfpii font aid tilth joyous wreaths. We only wish the explorer had brought some home in his binnacle. Besides the coal deposits, Stefansson is ,sald to have found a new Ireland some where up north We don't believe that those Arctic regions are as cold as they have been reported Lenine Is said to be practically recov ered fiom hLi recent murder. Another in stance of small assassinations denied their rights. Lenine was wounded in the chest nnd Russia In the Brest-Litovsk. He has re covered from his wounds more quickly than she will Stout-hearted saloonkeepers say theyxctfl heep on selling the stuff until the last bottle is dialncd. Their motto is, Don't Give Up the Sip Would It be fair to call booze the Fal staff of llfcf A Chestnut street bookshop dltplays In , Its window a volume called "The Private Life of William II and His Consort" The private life of Wllhelm does not bother us at nil It Is his public life as Imported Into Belgium, France, Russia and Serbia that the world finds annoying. Opera lotcis ulll admit that when the Grimans utthdiaw to the Siegfried Line they approach thiii Goettcidacmmeiung. SOCRATES. We aren't moved to A Speech ecstasy by the re sounding statistics with which John E Rovcnsky, a Xew York financier, proved to the American bankers' convention at Denver esterday that our allies will owe us nine billion dollars after the war. One cannot but devote a moment to wondering how much we owe the nations that fought our battles for three jears while we piled uii most of this fabulous credit. It will be time enough to make peace when the Kaiser stands up civilization and oajs Get TlilaT before the bar of "Wilson for mine " A Joke on the Germans In Le Figaro a recently returned French prisoner of war tells of an amusing trick that he and his comrades played on their German guards After two particularly trjlng captivities, he was transferred to a little village in Schleswlg, without garrison, where they lived In specially constructed barracks The work was light, not particular urgent and the Germans, both officers and soldiers, who were old men, seemed anxious above all for tran quillity. The Frenchmen, to the number of about fifty, profited by this, and as they gave little trouble to their keepers they were re garded by them with a certain benevolence, and from living together In the, barracks there were even established somewhat nelgh borlj relations The Germans were from that region, from the very old classes, and were totally ignorant of French. To relieve the monotony. In mix ing with the Frenchmen In the hours of repose they sought to pick up a little of the language. Many of the prisoners had fine voices, and tojiass the time they had organ ized as best they could a little choral, which they called the "Voice of the Galley Slaves'" And In the evening, accompanied by an ord harmonium:- they spent hours 'in singing whatever they could remember often can ticles The guards listened religiously and often Joined In theT choruses. One day one of th nrlsoners. who had a beautiful voice. announced a bold project: As the Germans repeated the phrases without understanding them, why not teach them something elaborate? Then, as a treat for the Ger mans, he sang a celebrated canticle on the Sacred Heart, the air of which is very beau tiful. After an explanation as to what It was all about the boches gravely listened, found the music to their liking and learned the canticle word for word without, however, understanding a single word of It And many evenings, when the day's work was done, after being assured that no Intruding chief was spying around, the prisoners would encourage the German soldiers to sing, often all alone, and naturally to the great delight of the Frenchmen, this refrain: Mauvez, ssuvex la franca. Au nom du Saere-Coeur, (Save." oh, save France! Ib'Us MOM of Uu Bcred-H?t.)P . ' ' 1 1 r'i-Jr.. A!By& , fiVJ&St '..-: J.J-IUL- , - -Z&teSC-S'. aei'.i , - - TEtt. ftF A2jsSi?:t--Siv: tJL -.'V. .' s J ,uJ2&5&: z..--. .z--'x?-"jcr'r .. ' f :mI ...1LJ3CTT3 ..r .a --ML 1 - I 1 , "3r-I.-fci- . .' '.Z '.... -i-r- . . "I . I " '-.I THIS IS ITALY'S GREAT DAY SEPTEMBER 20 is the Fourth of July of Italv, the day when the Italians of all creeds and classes celebrate the com pletion of the work of unification begun bv Cavour under Victor Emmanuel In the middle of the last centurj. It is the annlversarj of the day in 1870 wild l.ie 11KUI.I. u. .11.111. .-...,............ -.. General Raffelll Cadorna mnde a breach In the vyalls o Rome at the Porta Pta against the brief resistance of the papal troops and took the Eternal Citj. So de lighted were the Romans with the success of the venture that when a plebiscite was taken on October 2 only 1507 votes were cast against union to 133,(j81 for It. There Is no day which the Italians cele brate with greater joj or with more sin cere gratification, because It Is the annl versor of the day on which the were restored to the position of a great nation in the world. with an opportunity to re cover to mien an extent as might be granted them some of the glories with which their land had been associated Italians in all parts of the world, where they aie gathered In sufficient numbers. Join with the Italians at home in observ ing the anniversary, just as Americans celebrate the Fourth of July wherever they may be found on that date. THE story of the making of modern Italy is one of the great romances of history. In 1850 the country was divided into two kingdoms that of Sardinia, ruled over by Victor Emmanuel of the House of Savoy, and that of the Two Sicilies, ruled over by Ferdinand of the House of Bour bon. There Were also three duchies and the Papa'l States, while Lombardy and Venice belonged to Austria. Undci the advice of Cavour, Victor- Emmanuel tent a small army to aid the French and the English in the Crlmein War and thus se cured the right to sit In the peace confer ence. At that confeience he protested against Austrian, mlsiule in the Italian provinces of Lombardy and Venice and laid the foundation fqr the ultimate recov ery of this territory. THEN followed the war between France and Austria, which was preceded by a secret agreement that the ItaJJan provinces should be given to. Italy after they had been- won by France. After the battle of Solferlno, when the Austrians were de feated, Lombardy was 'ceded ,to the King dom of Sardinia, but Venice remained Aus trian This was In 1869. As spon as it was evident that the Austrian power was weakened revolution broke out In the duchies of Modena, Parma' and Tuscany and In the Papal State of"Romagna, their dukes and papal legates were sent flying and annexation to Sardinia was asked. It was accomplished In 1860. Thus all north, em Italy, with the exception -of Venice and the Papal States, was brought under the rule of Victor Emmanuel. IN THE same year the kingdom of the Two Sicilies was .captured bjj. Gari baldi, with the secret countenance of Cavour and his king, and it, too, was ah nexed to the growing Italian kingdom. There remained only Venice and the Papal States,' with the city of' Rome, to be brought into the union (o complete the work which Cavour had undertaken. But Napoleon, Who was acting as "a sort of patron of Italy and also as a protector of the Pope, was not willing to displease the Church partyt by- consenting to the de struction of the Pope's temporal power. Venice cam to Italy as a result of that vfbtwen-Prui-i.and. Austria in-IW, '. . . .Ja. ar- m; irffRTIwo' &? s i ,. mlr ii iTf Mr Si" XJ"." iskr- "COME AJUJNtflN'!" when Prussia needed an ally and secured Jio help of Victor Emmanuel. The King attempted to come to an ami cable understanding with the Pope for the t-ntrance of frhe Papal States Into the le-cstabllshed kingdom of Italv, but failed w ATJL . P,,n.l,,..ln W.r hrnb. .,.. , .... ,. U - rmcU Uoops umch had been kept , the Statts of the Church for the protection of the Pope Yet Italy was ready to go to Napoleon's assistance If she were needed The offer of 100,000 troops was not thought of enough Importance to be acknowledged. Victor Emmanuel then de cided that his hands were free. After 'n foimlng France what he was about to do he oidered his own troops to movo on Rome. They were commanded by General Cadorna, the father of tho General Ca dorna who has won fame in the present war as tho commander of the Italian troops fighting the Austriais The attack was ordered at 5 30 o'clock on the morn lnp of September 20, 1870, and continued until 10:30 o'clock. At 10:10 the white flag was displajed by the order of the Pope and a messenger was sent out to General Cadorna. It was quickly agreed that Rpme should surrender' all but the Leonine Cit, which should remain under the jurisdiction of the Pope. At the Pope's request, how ever, the Italian troops soon after took possession of the city on both banks of the Tiber, leaving only the Vatican and its grounds, the Lateran Palace and th'e. villa of Caste! Uandolfo to the undisputed' pos session of the Church. THIJS ended the work which Cavour' had begun, but which he did not live to1 see fully completed. When he died In 1861, however. It had progressed so far as to make him content with the prospect of its ultimate, consummation. . The new Italy, by a law dated Iay 13, 18JL guaranteed to the Pope a early' pay ment t 9645,000 in compensation for the loss of revenues from the terrltoiics which it had seized, but this sumrhas"hever been tlalfiied,' and with the arrears and Interest there Is now due about 930,000,000. But Italy Is united Under one king and the Church accepts the situation with phll-' osophy 1 . Gavrocbe in the Air Each pilot has his own mechanic, who dots nothing but look, after his bus, and f Is usually 'a .finished comedian In addition to being1 a, crack mechanic , In truth, I 'never1 ran across a more comical, likable, hard working crew than the Freift-h" av latlon ime chanics , They' are mostly, pure Parisian 'gamins' speaking the most extraordinary largon, In which everything but the verbs (nnd half of them) are slang, of the most picturesque sort. Quick-witted, enormously interested In, their work, .Intelligent and good-' natured.i, the) are the aristocrats of their trade, .and know"'!).' You should see them when .they go on leave Jean or Chariot, ordinarily the most oily and undignified of men, steps out of the squadron. offlce. arrajed In a superb blue uniform, grange tabs on his collar, a mlrrorltke tan belt about his wplst shaven, shorn, shining with cleanliness, puf fing an expensive-looking, gilt-banded cigar. Is it fancy or Is there a slight condescen sion in his greeting? Well, It Is natural ou-ean never hope to look" so" superbly like a field marshal Atlantic Monthly. Famous Generals ' Pershing Foch i ' French. ' Halg , i Grant Le. ' Coxey. , Debllltv. KIMsW U.a " -" -- - J - r. - 1 ' t ...t. -. ct?U .r-u tu.. I .' rf.-4-.v- -i-rf ;-? ?-fSiWrZlVi-cv is? XSTVIHS. A. a i':&isjitmiifz- THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Fooll Profiteering To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger Sir I am sure It would bo a matter of verj great Interest to many were they to know when this disgusting, petty and un American profiteering on the part of certain restaurants Is to be put t stop to It will certainlv not ston until forced to do so It Is unnecessary to go Into details a to the transparent devices used to gull the public Thev are too well known Thej are camou flaged 'behind pitrlotlc placards, which are thus used to deceive and to abuse their pur pose Thej arc certainly not Intended to cut down the portions to a starvation size The situation Is patadoxlcal In nlles behind man of thtse places examples of waste may be seen. It Is time something drastic Is done I, travel about a good deal and I notice ths pnfljeerlng Is rife where the enlisted men of the army and navy are more or less mobil ized These men cannot sav an thing, but I know whit the think ' I do not think that the deal we are being handed is fair, and If a strong, matter-of-fact Inqulrv, minus "whitewash" and disinterested mo tives, he established, I am sure the result would be startling Prices elsewhere are at direct variance with this and some other centers not necessary to mention, as they arc too well known, and many of the prof iteers are also' remembered for future refer ence. We have to buy bonds, and the more we are robbed the less' we can buy, and I am sure the other fellow is not satisfied with a small per cent. REASON. Philadelphia, September 19. ' . i Lunch for Fifty Cents To the Editor' of he VvcningJ'ublic' Ledger: Sir P irhanced to read your editorial In oun paper entitled, "Is-Lunch a Luxury?" Some good polpts In it, but let me give you a pointer I am a stranger n, Philadelphia, but I chanced to happen in (Sunday) to what I call a good,, clean and 'respectable restaurant here In your city, where I was srrved'vvith siup," plenty of bread and but ter, mashed potatoes, a good large piece of blueflsh. dish of peas and a cup of tea Total amount of bill 6Q cents and there were jlnon' napkins and good' service. No tip was asked or given If a stranger can discover such a place, and price surely a native need not pay a dollar or more, and be foolish 'enough to pay-a waiter -35 centa for a tin. . . T. T. JACKSON. Philadelphia, Sf ptembe't-t 7. War Economy? "Jtlss Marguerite Duplevy and brother Ross enteftairied a company of friends ona evening decently. -Gnleaburg (III ) Mali. Wlfat Do You Know? QUIZ I. Wbst ate the; nwallfd "aauanrni" naed oa the hattltfront? , ' i. vthat la a aundonnrr and how did the word orlzlnate? a. Wrrela (he. Kremlin? 4. VVbut la an aquarrlfe? 5, Trrm vthat ronntrr n the territory ef Alsaka pnndiaaed b the United htntea? , Why are 'putrh v8outh Afrlrana called Doertf 1. Mho U. "Bread la the ataff ef life"? t. What rountrr rliltns control of1 moat of th ' Mahara Heacrt? t i '. Who was Dick TJiirnUit ', IP. In what rear. and month was" the I.usltanls sunk? , . ' 1 1 Answer to Yesterday's Quiz 1, General t D'Exwrey la commander of tha Allied frrcra now conductlns an offensive la Macedonia, -i t. Aittartnore la n fcotrh two-handed award. S. A raff la a bnrbed fWhlnr ancar. a ataff with an Iron hook for .landing tarte Kah, ana t also a spar for a fore-and-aft sail. 4, The 'honac" flak of n merchant or pasaanter ahln la flown to Igcntlfr tho lino to which tho vraact petunia, and. Mara the emklant ., or dcalan of the comnaar, V ii. Herodatua Is calif, tho "Father at HlaUrr," 6. The patato la native to the continent af 'America and was Drat Imoortca to KorOM . from Fern. Srr;i '73T. aWWWaSml, t 7, The einresalon "cabbaica and kn-a" la from ' I-atrla armll'a 'The Malrua and the Car penter." i 8, Horace flreelef, on of. the meo.4 imal e v American ooiiara. ran., lar-, ina pi aiiaiaaaa, ml aaa.acfoilcd. h (Irant.la llV ? RSI i SM M a. ,? rr. jiN m 1 a M r,i 'I. '4 i? JtiXm- 41$ ... fcJ.5frV 'WSbVS u J .. -ms WLffAV 5, i ', ;- KSt - , .w K.ilW.'rAitftf .A'Wlfl' Srii,.-' , i.. --! t'iVl '. JEtfSuUHatBM"? lV.. b-i i .4 K&.Lii '.'7. : K3. f V TJ - V .-.' ji r f . S-:
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