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3ft MAKING PATRIOTISM TAY
KwERTAINLY thn honors In the natrlot-
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iwi'tne geniuses, wasted in tho directing or-
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.liies oi E'liimucipnui rusuiui.i.iis, wnu hiui-
Kj idrew hamburg steak from their lnonn
Jcards, withheld It for a day nnrt returned
H jit to an exalted place in the lunch lists ns
Jiv'tilberty Steak" at n 30 per cent Increase
$ price.
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''riave been realized until wo see goulash re-
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Wopracy Stew and vended at a rate double
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t& NEW WORLDS FOR OLD
Sf ITTITII his characteristic keen feeling for
BM historical values, the President urges
pfttvthat the celebration of Columbus Hay be
Fv?' . llnbn.l firltl, nenn nm.i.lnt. rr, ,, t fnul n , !.,
fl.( IT.,, l ,,V,L (UJiUlUI IllUllilbllll.UII
ot Liberty Loan support.
"X In the physical aspect a new world was
discovered on October 12, 1492
A now
;.world In the spiritual scnte Is now on the
K;f5fve of dlbcovery. That it will attain the
KStfKrandeur pictured by some Idealists Is
Bisvhardly to be expected by those who justly
realize that mankind has ;i way of falling
'if Ghort of. Its dreams.
af1" But that the wor,' "'b05,0 tla" will bo
fe?ii'bctobcr 12, will bo as different from that
lrt.;whlch Is passing away as San Salvador
KV-Was from Genoa Is not to be disputed.
ti'ii. Half thfi world was new in PnlninlniK.
1Kl of lUls now approaching tra-risforma-
mloa- -
gigf That old home week at St, Mlhlel has
KJ.nrovcd a complete success.
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M flUMORS OF THE NEW YORK CAM.
mi. PAIGN
jMwiiiu an cuuonai lueatiing lor the
tj fieKiiuii oi i cumin oi lammany iiall
Eft Who Is opposing Clovernor Whltinnn fnr
Eetiie New York governorship, the Kcw York
i.4i Times says:
i',. The up-State Democrats have the on-
itt .'portunlty to revive and restore and linnc
W.lo victory the party of Samuel J. Tilden
"tj-'und Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wil-
$ku.. The plea Is Ingenious, but much too nar-
' ibuuiu uiiiur Kieat statesmen
Br, "" ..v 4.m. .j ,11,0 ii:iuil(,ru ill IWIUtU
(K-jur part.- jino ui.stmguisneu l liarlle Jlur-
yZiJh-" ' K tiuei mm uoss, xor instance;
jjis, equally distinguished predecessor, Dick
fyj.Croker, not to mention the once.belnvod
f(5;ommoner amI stlSn ornaments as the no.
KjgDle 1JI11 Sulzer nnd tho venerated Var
M)Aiaaman and the impeccable Blcase.
5ft'And, oh, yes, we almost forgot the re-
vdoubtable Chairman Frank AValh, of t to
fi'Federal War Labor Hoard, Mho recently
JJent his congratulations to Candidate AI
anu cimeavuieu as mo greut champion or
i.the laboring man to throw the weight of
Kfcla Influence Into the partisan balance.
RbUtbely unheedful of the celebrated an-
Jf,'etfncement from Washington that "poli-
tSHCS' is adjourned," which ought, if it
Sioeant anything, to have precluded a nres.
Bg?'iden'Ual appointee, in a position or such
r.4tui:ii.oi.j Ui3 tills, muu IIIIIIIIIK Itt U1S (lar-
jMsilsan preferences instead of leaping to the
Jsfront Tlth a. baldly transparent clats :
U'B.'mto't
Sigl'hio New York campaign teems nue to
Mieveiop many numors Derore iVovcmber.
Apropos of the army-trousers graft, art
teUong and pants are fleecing.
MELANCHOLY DAYS INDEED FOR
Mr GERMANY
,tiuin iuiik .iuciiieu summer campaign
Egfe0. Germany fs over. It ended on July
18. . Since that tlmo armies unnress-
gented during the end of March, all of
and'Juno and part of July have been
Relucting a certain enterprise of their
n one m wnicn the force of their own
,tlon has been seriously felt.
Utumn begins today. Its advent marks
date on which Germanv hnrl lir.no. 1 in
pretty nearly through with her sclf-
xjea tasit. ana may deceive iter sub
ij .on inany counts, but oven a Hun
rchy cannot confute the calendar. A
Ue .roster was set for Teuton victory,
ae the arming of America placed a
"oh the time reserve. Its drainage
:la 3rrefutab)e, Just as is the folly of
conquest, antes, uivjusauon reiuses
ndlcap JUeU that way. Its supply
a), months, even if need be, years,
hauutible.
ber 21 to Marshal Foch Is like
other day one that brinies- the even-
Jdumph, whenever it is to be, nearer.
(Uy German who recalls the promise
IBllecU the date should be pregnant
'iuggestions of a lost chance, Our
fin., the day chiefly concerns the
vaooui. it, Auiuma lor us is
,MW)iycaU or a . continuation of
'tf-J-dry,
SQttkEZING THE JOBHOLDERS;
THE MAYOR'S NOBLE STAND
When He Tore Up Sheriff Rnnsley's Note
Ho Should Have Ordered Every Office
holder to Do Likewise
WHEN Mayor Smith received Sheriff
Ransloy's polite request for n "vol
untary contribution" to the Vare city
committee political fund he tore tho note
into small pieces nnd threw It into his
waste basket.
After the report of what he had done
was published in this newspaper, the
Mnyor said he believed that tho men Rotting-
hip salaries should pay political as
sessments. Why should ho pay his?
1 If he icfuses, Boss Vare cannot remove
his head with his trusty snickersnee.
The Mayor is elected for n fixed term
nnd will serve nnd draw his salary till
the end of that term. He can afford to
laup;h at such an attempted hold-up.
But if the little man holdinrr an ap
pointive office and drawinp: a small salary
declines to contribute, out he rocs with
out a doubt at tho first chance his su
perior can "frame him" on the least
pretext.
When the Mayor said yesterday that
he did not believe in'asscssinp; tho little
man, he failed to pay it in a way to on
cournRC them to stand on their rights
under the law.
What the Mayor might to have said is:
"1 do not intend to make any coiilri
lititinti. II is I'oiitr.iry to the t-plrlt of
the law passed t" forbid the levying of
pnlitlcal assessment on olllceholdeis.
A 'voluntary contribution' paid under
the compulsion of fear of dismissal it It
is not made Is just as bad as a contri
bution deliberately forced by an Impera
tive demand."
Rut, of course, the Mayor didn't.
If he had said something like this and
had followed it by a definite and explicit
order to the employes of the city govern
ment forbidding them to pay any money
to the campaign committee on pain of
dismissal ho would have earned the grati
tude of every one of them and won the
respect of the public.
The Mayor has the power to give such
an order. He knows as well as any one
that Sheriff Ransloy's request for "vol
untary" contributions is regarded by tho
little men as an order to contribute, and
that its phraseology is constructed to
keep within the letter of the law. It is
an open question, however, whether the
courts would agree that tho request was
not ' a definite violation of tho statute
when the circumstances surrounding it
are all considered.
It is not too late for the Mayor to ijive
such an order now.
He could write a ringing message de
nouncing the whole system of political
assessments, if ho would. They arc based
on the theory that government exists for
the benefit of the officeholders and that
the men in office must be banded together
to keep their jobs by doing their utmost
to keep in power the faction which ap
pointed them. It is a direct attack upon
the civil service reform theory that tho
minor offices are to be held during good
behavior by men qualified to do tho
work men who are freed from the ne
cessity of hanging on to the skirts of a
ward leader in order to hold their jobs.
He could clear tho atmosphere in City
Hall by announcing that evey man fit
for his job would be retained, provided
he obeyed the law against political con
tributions, and that every man who vio
lated tho law by yielding to a demand for
the payment of a percentage of his
salary would be summarily discharged.
If ho would announce, further, that he
would demand of tho General Assembly
next winter the passage of a law so
broad and comprehensive that it would
cover all forms of solicitation for politi
cal funds from officeholders, he would free
the little fellows in jobs from the haunt
ing fear that dogs the footsteps of the
best of them from the moment they re
ceive their appointment by grace of a
political leader a fear that they may
offend the leader and be discharged with
out warning.
A ringing declaration of an intention
to stand by the spirit of the present law
is what is needed at this moment.
And, by the way, with no campaign .to
speak of on hand, what need or excuse
is there for "sandbagging the boys" this
year as usual ? Estimates call for $75,
000 to ?100,000.
Where will this money go?
Who is going to gel it?
The Hun aches to have peace "consid
ered." If you would like to linovv who nut
the con in consideration ling up the Dolshe
vikl. THAT POOR HOG ISLAND!
ML'ST we ask women to build the ships,
too?
So one might suppose who lent a
sensitlvo ear to the outgivings of Zdr.
riez. Admiral Howies and some of tho
gentlemen of the Senate who are despair
ing over affairs at Hog Island. Yet the
tlrpe hasn't arrived to abandon all hopo.
So far every one talking about Hog lsla.id
elackerism Is talking in emctlon.
Officialdom has never yet learned to
think logically and calmly of that stupen
dous enterprise nnd Its stupendous dllll
cultles. The current charges of slackerlsm
and delay aro reminiscent of the earlier
charges of waste and graft. Hog Island Is
a big target, a sort of landmark In our
war effort. Critics flock to it like hungry
pigeons to a cote.
If there is a serious shortage In the
output of tonnage from Hog Island It
will not be due to slackers alone. It will
be due to the management tha; permitted
the slackers to hinder their program. The
Chief offenders appear to be prlzo-flfahtcrs,
baseball players and actors who have
turned to the ship Industry. It will amaze
some people to loam that thjro were over
enough '.ri-.-fightt.rs, baseball players nnd
actors In this community to seriously hin
der the operation of a machine as big r.s
that ut iZpg Island.
when all the verbaj. smoke bombs"have
been fired, when the Senato Is permitted"
lo case. Us mind, when a few more Con
gressmen have had an opportunity to en
shrlno their bcst-lovod platitudes once
ngaln In tho Congressional ltccord with
flamboyant abuse of tho rhlladelphla
shipyard, wo shall, doubtless, begin to per
reive what should bo already apparent as
tho major illtllculty. Tho work of organ
izing man-power at Hog Island was, In a
way, not less difficult than the task of as
sembling tho materials.
For ourselves we prefer to believe that
nine-tenths of the workers at Hog Island
are doing their best. The management
doubtless has Tallen Into errors In tho
feverish effort to get men nnd more men.
It has hired the wrong sort In many In
stances. Now It Is the duty of the mam
agement to clean up since tiny ono with
any expcrlcncoknnws that one loafer Is
adequate to disorganize a considerable
working force.
The gtrnis of Infill
A Hs.v'k Tro-trem enza ltnvo been Iso
lated at the l'hlpps
Inrtltute and bottled up to be made safe for
democracy. One cannot but w cinder whether
the l'hlpps specialists were Inspired by the
success with which the germs of llerllnnu
iiiz!i are being Isolated these days and vrc
parcd for extinction. '
Ken though the Ger
man Crown Trlnee
has been unable to
flop; lulnml
MlKht IUe lllm
win a battle, It Is
nevertheless undeniable that lie seems pretty
thoroughly accomplished In the arts of sol
diering. After all. one cannot
Inilenlnlile Illume the restaurants
fnr goticing patrons
who are willing to pay three Utiles for each
meal twice to the management and once
to the waller.
Good morning! Have
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I- r iiiiTr Ji'U tiiii iii.i in,- v,n -
man peace offer?
lllndeiiburg declares that "there must ho
no let-up hi war during peace moves."
Funny, but that's Just the way we feel about
It ourselves
The announcement that American opti
cians will restrict the varieties of eyeglasses
and endeavor to conserve much of the gold
heretofore yscd in rims suggests that the
monoeled Kngli'-liiiian may have been a sort
of prophetic conservationist.
"Chafes at safe job iu Paris," declares
a patriotic hradllne. Here at home, however,
the scot-free chaps who got away with a
swag of Liberty Honda and money at Elev
enth and Itace streets don't seem to be
worrying about their work at all.
"So long as the Entente's standpoint
lemalns unchanged," says the Herlm Tage
blatt, "there is mi possibility of bridging the
chasm between the two sides." This Is sound
reasoning. AVe are contemplating no bridges,
but the blasting away of tho entire Hun
side of the abjss separating a mad from a
sane world.
INDIRECT LIGHTING
AMONG other Hlndenburg lines might
.be mentioned those of care on Illndy's
brow.
Haic Still in Command
The general election that may take place
in England does not refer to tho election
of a new general. Hut how Germany wishes
it did!
To Clemcnrcau
(Premier ('Ipiuenceau is known in France
as "the Tiger.")
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright,
France's pride r.nd Iter delight
I'nforgot jour words shull be:
On tu stainless victory!
Lo, that message shall not die:
All our hearts give red reply!
As the wires your words repeat
See, the enemy's cold feet!
When the bodies threw down their spears
And augment the Ithine with tears,
Then the true peace we shall sec
Did ho who marie Caillaux mako thee?
Vienna speaks of the "apparent rejec
tion" of the Austrian peace feeler. Evi
dently hunger dims the eyesight.
Synthetic Poems
Revery
I always lntendedobe
A stern, silent man
With a level, piercing gaze
A man before whom
Even the bartender would quail.
Hut somehow I am a little late
In getting started.
My Shortest Poem
Did you ever see
A bartender
Quail?
Certainty
How is it that human beings
Are so certain of everything?
Every man will tell you, fiercely.
That he has bought far more lunches
Than have been bought for him.
And yet, mathematically,
That cannot be so.
Warning
I have said it before:
I shall say it again:
Look out for the theories.
For the facts
Can take care 'of themselves.
Confession
Whenever meet a handsomo man
I have an irresistible impulse
To look at the nearest mirror.
The most satisfying form of art
Is contrast.
Uneasiness
Sometimes when I ant writing poetry
I have an Uncomfortable feeling
That I am about to be
Interrupted by
A flash or prose.
Pessimism
1 always ask
At least three trainmen
If this isthe right train for where I am
going. ,
Even then,
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1 liaiujy, uuiviv mivhi.
i 'SOCRATES.
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AFTER-THE-WAR EUROPE
liy Clinton IV. Gilbert
Staff Correspondent at Washington o t7io .
livening Public Ledger '
AN ARMY ofMccr ot ono of the Allied
Powers stationed at Washington gives
a novel Idea of how big will bo the task
of international organization after the
war.
"You Americans talk cheerfully of
bringing back your army after the war
Is over. You won't get all your army back,
or rather you won't get a considerable part
of It back when pcaco Is made. For ten
years a big International army will have,
to be letnincd in Europe to keep pence
aiid restore order. You can't stop a thing
like this overnight, nnd go back Instantly
to tho ways ot pence."
What he said was evidently a common
place among the military men of Europe.
He said It wllh perfect confldcnoo nnd
seemed astonished that the fact was not
realized In this country. After Germany
had hern henlcn he thonpht it would not
do to assiniw that she teas nt onec to he
trusted as n civilized memher of the. r.o
eletii of nations, rrancc irould have to he
on her iiuard nimlnst her nelphhor.
Hut more than this, tho International
policing of Russia had already been under
taken, for that In effect Is whnt Interven
tion has worked out to be. Russia cannot
be abandoned to Its own devices the In
stant war is over. It will be an Interna
tional task lo testoro order there, to re
build the. country, to recieate Industry and
to give the whole structure thus erected
stability.
Russia Is the granary of Kuropo. Eu
rope has been slarv'iig loo 'on ; to watch
Russia's wheat Holds neglected, while the
Slavs are slowly working out their own
salvation as a self-governing people. Tur
key and Rumania will not be In better
condition to be left alone than Is Russia.
AVhat will happen in Austria when -the
Allies cut loose her Slavic regions and
erect them Into separate States no ono
knows. Revolution Is conceivable thcro
and Europe may have another Russia on
Its bauds In the dual empire.
AT ANY rate, when the war is over
.Europe will not bo the old Enroll".
An immense task of reconstruction
physical, moral, industrial, political re
mains to be performed. And nn Interna
tional organization with an inU-rnatltmal
police force will have to be created In
order to effect It.
This international organization may not
be Mr. Wilson's League of Nations. It
may be just a temporary league, spelled
with a small letter, for tho reconstruction
ot Europe. Hut a league it will have to
be, nnd it will probably bo tho continuation
of the league which It is proposed to effect
now and which is" called the Interallied
executive for tho control of the materials
of war.
As has been Indicated In this correspon
dence, such an executive control cannot be
limited In scope In the way In which It
was proposed to limit It when the creation
of it was first suggested by the Allied
Powers. You cannot separate war from
after-war. The problem of getting British
ships to carry our troops during the war,
to take an Illustration from a situation
that is engaging the best diplomatic efforts
of this country and England, is a problem
of supplying the Hrltlsh with ships after
the war, or nt least of safeguarding her
foreign trade for some years after peace
is marie. AVe demand ships to win the
war next year, and Britain In return de
mands assurances for the future.
The point the Germans have made re
cently, that If the Allies did not look out'
there would be only one great Power when
the war was ended, and that would be the
United States, has not escaped the atten
tion of the Allies. England wants to know
where it is going to stand after the war
lo'ore committing herself to further sac
r.l ces of shipping, and in our turn we
v.-pnt to know wherj w aro giing lo. stand
In the peace conference if we commit our
selves now to after-the-war assurances to
the Allies.
miiE
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HERE cannot be interallied unity of
Interallied unity of command over ma
terials after the wr, and tbuc cannot be
interallied uni'j of command over either
tn.'s there Is interallied .imt.v of com
mand over diplomacy now nnd after tho
war. This country has control of the ma
terials In a broad sense. It has a certain
liberty of action with regard to them. As
that liberty of action is vastly Important
to it, for example, in the coming poaco
council, it Is materially Jealous of its pos
session. The Allies retain n certain liberty
of action with regard to war alms and
peace council diplomacy. They, too, are
jealous of It. It is important to their
future. The liberty of action of both Is
limited by the necessity of winning the
war and by the necessity for the Allies to
retain tho good will of this country, t)ie
great reservoir of wealth and power for
the future reconstruction of Europe.
A restricted interallied "organization
seems Impossible, for you cannot pull all
these straws of future and present of re
sources and diplomacy apart. A full or
ganization Is one of the most difficult
tasks ever attempted iu human history.
The force that is working for a prac
ticable organization is the desire to win
the war next year. This country Is making
the most ot that desire, its high military
olticcra taking every opportunity to as
sure tho people of Europe that It will sup
ply the army to win the war in 1919 If the
ships are available. Hut Interallied unity
lags because It is too big a thing to be
improvised in a hurry, i took months
and a catastrophe to effect Interallied mili
tary unity, and this is many times as vast
and as. difficult to effect as military unity.
Yet It is Just as Important to the prompt
winning of the war.
It Is reported that
some ,pollus are now
extremely loath to
Leave TaUln-r and
Tulilnr Leavlnja
take their tenfday
leaves "for fear of missing something at the
front." Nevertheless, these zealous "permls
sionalrcs" will have the satisfaction of
knowing that their foes during the .same
Interval will mtsa much more guns, men,
positions, morale, miles, towns and victories
heading the loss list.
Although the full fruits of American
aviation may be yet delayed, there is already
no doubt about our possession of the Cylng
core. . . .
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Seinitvcekly Letter Touching on the Washington Doings of Personalities
Familiar to Philadelphiais
By J. Hampton Moore
Washington, P. C, Sept. 21.
BEFORE he became so well known as
provost marshal general and, head of
the draft system ot the VJnited States,
Enoch II. Crowder had the distinction, like
the soldier of the Union, of proving him
self "a bigger man than old Grant." Crow
der was Judge advocate general, and oc
cupied n dingy little office nil by himself
In the old State. War and Navy Building,
when In June, 1911, he was called upon
by tho then Secretary of War, Mr. Gar
rison, of Now Jersey, to pass upon the le
gality ot an application by the Susque
hanna Power- Company for the approval
of its plans for a power dam across the
Susquehanna niver near Conovvingo, Md.
Tho question was whether the proposed
dam came under the Jurisdiction of the
State of Maryland or of tho United States.
The then Judge advocate general looked
up the law and the facts and ran plumb
up against an executive order of former
Secretary ot War Taft, afterward Presi
dent ot tho United States, by which it was
decreed that the Susquehanna, was a non
navigable stream above the Maryland line.
There was an ngltatlon on nt that time
for the opening up of tho Susquehanna,
which courses through three States and Is
one of the most picturesque nnd historic
rivers of the country, and Crowder found
little difficulty in coming to a conclusion.
He wrote an opinion for Secretary Gar
rison In which he'held In substance that
the Susquehanna was not only navigable
up to tho Pennsylvania line but came
generally under the Federal Juiisdiction.
This opinion reversing "old Taft" was
sustained by the Secretary of AA'ar, slnco
which time the Susquehanna has been
restored to Its navigable status, except at
McCall's Ferry, where the dam crosses
the river.
DESPITE the war the congressional
elections are giving concern to the
'leaders. It Is evident that the nite House
is Interested and fears that a Republican
control of the House will be disastrous.
This Is shown by the Tumulty letters and
by speeches thus far mado by leading
Dcmocruts, Including Scott Ferris, of Okla
homa, chairman of the Democratic con
gressional' committee. The Republicans,
however, are pressing forward their claims
to recognition for war services. Their
leaders Insist that the Republicans can be
relied upon to prosecute the war with
creator vigoi than has yet been shown
by the Democrats In Congress and out
of it. They have reorganized the Repub
lican congressional campaign committee
and have placed at itsTiead Dr. S. D. Fess,
ot Ohio, r. thoroughgoing Republican, who,
while not heretofore classed as a politician,
has already shown a lively interest In the
organization of the campaign.
Doctor Hess Is an educator and student.
having until recently been the president
ofAntIoch College, but ho Is a keen de-,
hater and much In demand as an expounder
of party principles. He is well known
in Philadelphia nmong the educators and
frequently visited our city In pre-war
times to make addresses. The New Jersey
Society of Pennsylvania will recall .his ad
dress on the American Constitution as one
oMhe best ever delivered before that body,
When he oppeared, before he Five, o'clock
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tor, being serious-minded, dltl not feel that
he bad mado so great a hit. He has a
good war record, with sons In the service,
and this adds to his serious turn of mind
a dogged determination to win. Like
other Republicans In Washington, he feels
that a Republican House would not only
help tho President to facilitate his war
programs, but that It would tend to put a
cheek upon waste and extravagance.
"POSTMASTER JOHN A. THORNTON
-"- comes to the Capitol occasionally, as
most of the big postmasters are required
to do (n these pressing times, 'and, a& all
good postmasters do, he avoids the dis
cussion of politics In any form. He might
havo furnished some very Interesting In
formation about the Palmer-McCormlck-Bonnlwell
Imbroglio, but was careful to
refialn. " Neither did lie get, in in timo
to hear the fierce discussion over his chief,
tho Postmaster General, as tho alleged
"arch politician" of the Administration.
It probably would have done him no good
to hear what was said on that line.
The Philadelphia postmaster is up
against a good many practical problems.
The elimination of the pneumatic tubes
is one ot them, and It Is presumed that
what Is left of the tube service In the
Philadelphia postoffico will soon bo re
moved to save valuable spnee. Other prob
lems Include the Government oversight of
the telegraph and telephone systems. Rig
city postmasters will have much of the
organization of tho new management
thrust upon them.
Speaking of pneumatic tubes. It may
be of Interest to Phlladelphlans to know
that the "'ost Office and Post Roads Com
mittee, which Is strongly Burleson, is likely
to give consideration. It it haH not already
done so, to an enlarged Government
owned tube service. It is Bald that plans
for the induction of tubes of sufficient di
ameter to enable a man to stand upright
In them are being considered for the city
of New York, nnd may be attempted else
where. London has such a tube, and it Is
believed to be In the mind of the Postmas
ter General to Introduce them here. They
are to be of sufficient size to carry all
classes of mall matter. Including those
which the old pneumatic tubes could not
accommodate. Meanwhile, tlio department
Is adding to the congestion In all the largo
cities by an increase In the motortruck'
service.
WAR subordinates many worthy move
ments of public-spirited men and
women and makes more dlltlcult the hu
manitarian work they do. A visit from
Dr, Franklin Brady nnd A. C. Harmer
Virdln, both of Philadelphia, seeking
AA'a&hlngton old for the-300,000 fund-rals.
lug campaign of the new Roosevelt Hos
pital, illustrates this point. These gentle
men found Washington a veritable beehive,
with everybody busy and few able to
make the trip to Philadelphia to Join in
the good work they are doing. Atten
tion might also be called to the very impor
tant work of the Philadelphia section of
the Council of Jewish Women, of which
Mjrs. Evelyn A. Murgolls is president.
These ladles represent about 1200 members
who are seeking Federal aid for the educa
tion and Americanization of non-English
I speaking people. Perhaps no clylo work
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that of making good and loyal citizens of
such persons as still remain In this coun
try, who may 'not bo familiar with its
institutions and its laws.
In lxith cases, that of the Roosevelt
Hospltul and that of the Council of Jewish
Women, what is being done Is among
those whose sufferings are often over
looked in the humanitarian scheme.
SEVERAL members of the House were
disputing about Nlcanor, an ancient
warrlcr who wanted to die "In harness."
"Who was Nlcanor?" said ono of the mem
bers. "He was one ot Homer's heroes."
said another,- "You're nil wrong," said
Congressman Edmonds, of the Fourth
Pennsylvania district; "there were eighteen
Nicanors and they were all Greeks."
"Leave it to Edmonds," said the group,
"and let him report."
Since then and the conversation took
place several weeks ago the Parkfront"
Congressman has been looking up the
authorities. Here is the result: "Nlcanor
wtis a Syrian general who was defeated by
Judas Maccabeus. "Ypu can find out all
about him in the seventh chapter, first
Bool: of Maccabees." "There Is no Book
of Macabees," said one of the group,
"here's the Bible, see it I'm not right."
"Of course, it lq not In that Bible," said
Edmonds, "I found it In a Bible one hun
dred years old. The Good Book has been
changed since then."
And then, when the group said some
thing tantalizing nbout "Greek heroes,"
Edmonds suggested that "if people would
study the Bible they would know more
about It."
NATHAN T. FOLAVELL, of tho Manu
facturers' Club, nnd Arthur H. Lea,
wlio has been summering In the AVhlte
Mountains, are nmonrr the Phlladelnhiana
who are Inclined to, take exception to the
statement of the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee that the new rev
enue bill was not being objected to by
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not like the way the excess profits pro--vision
has been written and thinks it will
have a serious effect upon the wool trade
In particular. Mr. Lea Is even more out
spoken. Ho contends that the Democratic
party has utterly forgotten its so-called
principles of economy and Insists there
should be an audit of expenditures, mK
Lea thinks our present war expenses are
exceeding those of nny other country.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, Wl.o la the new American Ambassador to
Great Britain?
3. What nlnnet I ulnHed br luminous rims of
caseou-c matter?
3. W hat coin Is colloquial!- termed a" "bob" br
" tin- Kntllth?
I. AVIiat Is an cearpment?
H. What kind of R boat Is a raluue?
fl. Why l n cabman rnlled a "Jehu"?
7, What are Incunabula?
8. Who mid "Brevity Is the until of wit"?
0. Whut l the meaulnc of ."fecit" followlnc art
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Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
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observation nuri-fr-.,? are railed fvauuKe-i
berauae of their characteristic shape.
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npplted to an e.ent. person or thburcllc-
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timed Ills arrlial at a. ranch at lundowrt -jMK
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from Kussla, - rwT I
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1. "Itreud Is the ataA of life" Is from Hwlft'i' L-'
"Tale of Tub." ry
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