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THE TAGEULATT VEHDICT
TIIK convicted Tjgeblutt editors tlellb
, erately dug tlio pit of Isriiutnlny Into
hvhlch tliey tiavo fallen. Their inii-Clfiiiian
'falsification of new was committed while
the CQUiitry nai tit war. The merest "'lilld
could have told them their writings were
grossly unpatriotic and wholly indefensible.
'With full Isnowledire of what they weie
delnp; they took the ilsk and must pay the
ijust penalty. The wliole case hhould serve
ng a wamiiiR to nny madmen f-eeUlm; to
imitate the contemptible hyphenates, 1ium
sham and shame will be paid for behln 1
prison bars. The chief reisrct of the I'hil
'adelphla public is that the operation of
4he law was ko Inni; delayed.
Vlth the patriotic home temperature at
(t this coming winter It Is evident that the
ntghtn of the round table will be of low
dfgrec.
A WISH WOMAN
VTOTHIXa has become Mrs. Kduard U".
r Blddlo'a experience In public olllce .-o
much as her method of lcains it.
She accepted appointment on the Ilecre
'allon Board at the hands of the Mayor.
yhen she discovered how he had ued his
pojver of appointment to "put over" the
employment of one of his favorites against
' the protest of those who ltnew the uali--'lications
required for the post she re
signed, thus propetly rebuking the Mayor.
' This docs credit to her setf-respect as
well as to her conception of her duty as
a. citizen.
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Ocneral von Sanders, who quit In I'alfs-
tjA- MM, is reported recalled to llerlln. Surrender
aju ixprts coum ne asseniuitu. uowneio more
W' fcsmiUbXy than In the liun capital.
EiJiJ-W .:
fSKTY-EICHT DEGREES AND LESS ICE
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WATER
STRANGGnS to American ways have al
most Invariably marveled at two dls.
tlnguishing characteristics "of our life the
high indoor temperature In winter and the
vast quantities of Ice-water consumed in
tho same period. These phenomena would
Aave been more easily understood had their
interdependence been realized. Bodies chilled
tvlth frigid liquid are naturally affectionate
toward a high-powered radiator. Contrari
wise, the craving for cold driiks is sen
ibly stimulated by an overheated room.
The reciprocal cause and effect of these
conditions has been unquestionably nfo-
, jiormal. Apartments with a conservatory
twnpernture have been not only costly to
,'fhalntoin, but the contrast between outside
pnd Indoor climate has been so extreme n.s
to e.iuanger neaitn. rno fuel admtnlstra.
.tlon's order that ofllce building -thcrmom-
'tern be not permitted to register more
y than sixty-eight degrees makes 'not only
? .-'Jfor economy but for sane hygiene.
jj , 4ii tne nousenom a voluntary execution
,' at1 the ruling would ini highly commend-
".ijible. It would bcrve to pi event both co.il
ii "extravagance and colds. Ice In the dinner
'' 'tlifnlOaru flio-tn. .Tnrn'iM' n.i.t l.V.T.t ,...,..
."hilght cease to be regarded as a necessity
-; '.Jtrjd the danser of n summer shortage
tj.' jrould be reduced.
v ; We could afford to permit American
xfyi ilfe to become a little less distinctive, a
,'? f ,-JjJtle less odd and surprising to 'he for-
l 4tb and common sense.
It la altogether evident that the Ameri
can soldiers not only are physically fit. but
have.
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SEVEN-CENT TROLLEY FARES
..QUCII decisions as that Just rendered by
J the Public Utilities Board of Xew Jer-
! S. Yr which has granted the trolley coin-
.. . lunles of tho Stato n rlslit to colleet fceven
; fent fares for at loast n limited time, servo
, ,' Jtjain to make it plain that tho zone sys
Ntfm of passenger rates will sooner or later
. ; ",Jive to be established ,ou sticet railway
' ; lintu Jit accordance with the prlnciplo nl-
t fi'iy followed by the steam loads.
,'- Undoubtedly the rate announced by tho
., . Wlllltles board of Xew Jersey I1I Involve
I ,,'lirdshlp for many people. Yet the record
fl t 'oCtho board to date would make It appear
- IMt tne public service corporations would
Ht haw been given the right to raise
tt?JJe unless their need of greater revenue
pressing- and imperative.
V''Jn expanded In recent years to an ex-
W ' Iai. i r.1 Inn r. ill-or. Tin t-l.lnt tt-t.r. 1 1-., -.!
""ft TT" ...,.". j -,9. . . .. .. ...... ,.. ...
iw(, instances nah an mc uest or it iimier
' ito'old rulo which limits the usual trolley
., i AftVe to Ave cents. Meantime tho "'short
MMer" Is the one udou whom the street
'f(iNway companies have diad to depend In
jpetlng tho costs of tho extended service
.jointed suburbanites and others who use
DM roet lines to tne utmost uuvnutage,
r In lioKxIltlft flint rniif.Mt nIM rlw. Iti
ViiW. Jersey over ihe new trolley rate.
5jnplftlnts arc to bo expc ted from those
rdo short distance to work.
i a method can be found to fix street
' (wh upon a basis of service ren-
'trolley companies will be In
At4r patrAM will be-- dl
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WHAT HAVE LIBERTY BONDS
DONE TO SMASH UI'IS'ISM?
Toiln) Xriv Report; from Yarioii Vnr
1'ronij I'urni'li llic lli-i Viunct
"AMERICA," said Wilhelni of Ger-
'" many, "shall pay!"
Tlint wits nlniost tw yeuva tto, lone
before the Hist Liberty Ixmn. Wilhclm's
vanity was nt hlph tide then. He had
actually frightened the world: The three
words of his culminntinR bonst still stand
ns the most foolish sentence ever uttered
in nny language.
Americans haven't paid. They have
grown richer in nil material and spir
itual things. The Emperor of the Huns
hns helped Americans. He tuuirht them
to invest their money in Government war
bonds, He helped to mako thrift u na
tional trait in the United States. All
sor.ts of people everywhere are begin
ning 'to realize that they have mvrd
hundreds of thousands of dollars that
otherwise would have vanished in foolish
expenditure ng the money hns always
gone that we hoped to save but didn't.
This saving hns been unbelievably easy.
Hut this is aside. What we started to
talk about was the complaint of an
earnest banker, who said: "I hardly
know what to .say about the fourth Lib
erty Loan. I teeni to have said it nil in
trying to make people understand the
necessity and the value of the other Lib
erty Loans."
If this man were but to look again at
tho shifting battlcline, or if he were to
take a map of the Halktin territory and
observe the swift disintegration of the
entire German-owned military system, he
would realize that all that need be .-aid
for the fourth Liberty Loan is being
written vividly, hour by hour, in the his
tory of these stupendous days.
Everywhere the systems of defense
that shield despotism are crumbling like
a rotten house in n storm. Oppressed
peoples are looking upward to the light.
Our own armies have gone forward
supsrbly without any of the agonizing
setsbacks that France and Italy and
Great Htituin had to endure. Their
thickening broods of air machines tire in
the skies above an affrighted encm.
Their great guns are heard on the other
side of tho Rhine. These things could
not be if it were not for tho Liberty
Loans that have passed. Reside the
Magic of the dollars that you have saved,
the magic of Aladdin's genie who built a
castle in a second appears like a bit of
vaudeville.
A year ago a gorilla in a silver helmet
had almost strangled civilization. Liberty
Lomts helped to tiirn him bnek.
Pompous brutes, sleety-hearted, cruel,
vain and arrogant, looked down with dis
dain upon free government and deter
mined that it should be .swept from the
earth by lire. Now they are quaking,
beaten and afraid. Your doUnr helped
to turn the tides itttiiust thim.
Armies in tatters and a huddle of
whining diplomatists at Uerlin are all
that remain of the mightiest and most
sinister enterprise ever conceived by
human minds. But for the part played
by America this conspiracy for a world
dominated by a paranoic might have
been successful. Great Britain and
France have said that we entered the
war at the crucial hour. If thut is true,
then your energy, transmuted into the
money you loaned the Government and
transmuted once again in the American
army, has represented the might of de
'cency and justice raised at the full tide
of battle against the brute powers that
threatened the world.
Your money the money that you still
have in the form of Liberty llonds
helped to work the miracle.
It did more than that. It has helped
to set your flag up nobly in the far
places as a thing that little children kneel
to and that women who have known war
cannot look at without wet eyes.
It has rekindled the fire upon hearths
swept cold by a savage war. Partly be
cause of your money women in France
and Belgium can put their children to
sleep in peace. It has served to protect
your own boy abroad, to give him the
assurance that goes with the best artil
lery, the best ships, the best air machines
and the longest range guns. It enabled
our armies to wipe out German defenses
wherever they decided to strike. Your
money still safely to your credit in the
treasury of the nation has yet served to
be a shield to your soldier and to every
other soldier who fights your battles, for
it has permitted their proper equipment
in a task difficult beyond belief. It has
stripped all his pretensions from the
most dangerous emperor in history. It
was your money translated into energy
by our army that carried the American
flag to triumph after triumph at Chateau
Thierry and St. Mihicl, It took our guns
to Motz.
Liberty Loans have established a new
international brotherhood. They have
tied us forever to France, to Great Brit
ain and to Italy. We shall never again
bo strangers in these lands. They shall
be to us a second home.
No new arguments left to sell Liberty
Bonds! Why, there are new arguments
unlimited, and not only arguments, but
PROOFS!
Hut the beat of it is that we don't be
lieve the Atnerican people need much ar
gument. The fourth Loan will be ns
heartily oversubscribed as any of the
preceding three.
Now, all together:
Yours for the fourth Liberty Loan!
CONGRESS IS AIR MI) OF THE YOTERS
WOltD comes from Wauli nston that the
"bone drj '' bill Is not to be pasted
until after election, The House and the
Senate cannot agree on Its terms. This
offers a very pretty excuse for delay.
After the votes; arc, counted the Sena-
tora.anJ ItK'Meutatlvea..ar. likely to find
ft easy to get together on the form of a
nicRsuro to send to the President,
lint It li also Intimated that tho Presi
dent will vein tho bill, Ho h:ii HUlllclent I
power under the food conservation net to
it'giilitla the manufacture of alcoholic
diink, even to lis complete prohibition
for the duration of the war. lie lins nl
icad.v exercised that power In Using a
date for stopping the bruiting of beer.
Tribute to the local coal ndmlnlatVatlon
will be more apnntanious when "distribute"
takes mi a more practical significance.
THE UPHEAVAL
TTHAl
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,ur.OX(5 history outpaces its Inter
preters. September "' wm tho dl
zlest day In this war's annals. The up
heaval, comprehensive as It was terrific,
renders the role of forecaster almost obso
lete. Ilulgarla cries quits and Briton, Cintil
anil Y.inl; plow through the Herman lines
for square mllus and ".squaiehends," nil In
the course of twenty-four hours.
The success of Koch's western strategy
Iwof tremendous Import. Xoiiq the less
tho a;elriei' of the "Cznr" Ferdinand's,
forces and the prompt and panicky snivel
ing for mi armistice has tho soul-satisfying
element of docIslvHiess. (Jeneral D'Kspc
icy. commanding the Allied armies ill
Macedonia, while itfusing the plea, has
eoiiseiiied to lecclve nccied.ted Bulgarian
del -nates.
In the meantime, of course, hostilities
will go on. Any other course would menu
throwing away such n golden opportunity
for sweeping victory ns tin. not occurred
to civilization on tiny front since tho war
begun.
Tho machine operated by I 'tench, Ser
bians and British In Macedonia is expand
ing and dlstindlng Itself llko n giant squid,
(.mi- tentacle reaches toward the vital base
of I 'skull, another has seized the liulenr
stronghold of StruinllS'.a, another takes a
sinister 'Inclination In the dlteotion of
Sofia. Bulgaria beholds her A om unless
she stops lighting. On their own trims,
which may be accepted under the tnlllta y
pressiiie. the Allies nmj authorise h-'r
withdrawal from the contest.
Aside from the moral effect on Germany
of such a lupsc. its military consequen. .
would be enui muiis. The elimination of
the Macedonian war theatlo would ncces
sailly permit the assemblage of a inucli
greater comp.in.v upon tho wcMern fctase,
where a drama Is altcndy hitting a furi
ous pace.
It begins to look as thoUKh Marshal
I'oeU'n plans were well past the piellmi
tiaries. The near objectives of the Franco
American drive in the Champagne seem
to be twofold the flanking of the Chemln
des Barnes on the west and a powerful
Illicit aaalnst the BrKy-I.ongwy iron
fluids on the east. Taken in conjunction
with the wedge which Halts Is driving be
"tween St. Quentln nnd tho little Sensc-e
Itlver, llie whole vast operation brings
back tho metaphor of the pincers em
ployed by the I Iun in his brief summer
hour of triumph. The Teuton bulge In
France Is placed in jeopardy by thrusts
In tho northwest and in the east.
It is perfectly evident that classic
strategy Is once more, being invoked n
strategy which seeks to separate the two
main sections of the licrinuii army. There
Is a chance that even tho defection of
Bulgaria may be putln tho shade should
the Kranco-Ajiicrlenii and British move
ments continue without intermission.
So far as Immediate purposes are con
cerned, ilulg's -uccess in crossing tho
Hindenburg line on a front of seven miles
and the speedy clean-up of I'ershiug and
I'etaln in tilt? Chumpayne. which' has al
lead' netted mole than HI.oOu prisoners,
arc among the most brilliant achievements
of the year.
One thing is certain: tho war prophets
are having no time In which to catch their
breath. They ought to be as glad as the
rest of us tint facts are so cyclonically
usurping the place of speculation.
ficneral ,ui Ardtnnv,
Hone or Conrrele tlio (ierinuu military
critic, says Hint the
Hindenburg line Is not a line nt all, but a
fortified quadranKle. He calls It u. granite
block -100 square kilometers in exttnt. That
may bo so, General, but there me other ways
of getting around a granite block than by
putting ngalnJt it. Also a number of cvalted
hloeks of very solid Herman bono have been
dissolved In the course of this war.
Coining at Just this
some lloie! exciting tlipo tlulO
can't bo tho slightest
duubl that the 17, "00 draft cnprules to be
ilravvn In 'Washington Monday will all stem
bitter pills to Germany.
Xovv that Bulgaria lias
Yen, lie Will Tulk asked for an armistice
and thu Kaiser lias
begun to rage, Berlin will experience some
of the horrors of poison gas.
RECESSIONAL
To bo sung (with apologies to Kipling)
on retreating homeward after a fuel turn
down. When nuked If complaints from house
holders who hao no coal wero marked
!'. V." by tho local fuel administration,
Krnncls A. I.i'wls. Hie Federal administrator
for riillailHpliln, declared tbnt that iiiIkIU
be Hie cafe, but tbnt his start couldn't "an
swer all tin ciiiiiplHluth Hint top la."
Arm of our fathers, known of ilii
Balm for bold battlo lines of hills,
Abbvo whose, futile sway Is held '
Dominion over countless Ills, ,
Surcease from all that hints of debt
"Kile and forget, file and forget!"
Straw hats that felt September's wind,
Ungagcments sure to be a bore,
Club duns for cheer long left behind
Still stimulate fond favor for
Procrastination's ancient pet--"Fllo
and forget, file and forget I"
If drunk with thoughts of woo, he whoso,
Unanswered lcttera scatter gloom
Can dlsslpato Insistent blues
And In n recess In his room,
Long consecrate to claim nnd debt,
"File and forget, Hie and forget!''
Coal fills of spring melt fast away
In drawer and cranny fades (he Arc
Of caustic kicks of yesterday,
Xoiy, one with Xineveh and Tyre.
What cheer, my hearties, wherefore fret?
"File and forget, file and forget.!", ,
H. T. CSAVEX.
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CANNED HEAT
TF A man Is nlwnjn eager for the moril"
- lug m. ill to come In, you may be mire
cither he hns not committed any serious
clinics or that ho has managed to ijct
somo one else punished, for them.
Arc there many cllles where the pros
pect of the arrest of u Mayor arouses such
fulness of enthusiasm?
. Advirc to, Bulgaria
If you havo frontiers, prepare to shed
them now.
Wo learn from the dictionary that .nn
opsimatlt Is a man who beghiA to lenrti
things late lit life. Wo nominate Hliiilcn
burg as the Grand Fxalted Past Master
of Opslntnth;.
' Self-Denial Week
The Iviilsd' refrains fYoin visiting the
front-line tienches,
.Svtitltctic Poems
Do So
After the truth has been uttered
There may still be time
For yo.t to escape
Before II is understood. J
Tinilililj'
There Is always somebody
Who will keep his timbtelln up
I.ong lifter
The rain lias stopped.
Some people nr'o still worrying
I.esl Mr. Itoosevelt
Should ever be President again.
Our Chauic to Contribute to the World's
Greatest Poem
When u warrior is also a poet the .enemy
Is In danger. A poet knows how to uttack
the enemy m his weakest spot, his imag
ination. The greatest individual act of the war.
.so far. was the recent High of U'Annun
zlo, the Ttnllim poet and aviator, over
Vienna, The Viennese public cowered, ex
pecting a rain of bombs. And down flut
tered a cloud of little leaflets, jrintcd In
red, white itvl green, the Italian color.
AVhat weie llie words they bole'.' They
should never be forgotten:
Xoi Italian! rnu farriamo la guerra
nl bambini, ai veeelil. alle dimne.
We llaliiius do not make war on
children, old men and women.
Can j rm imagine how badly the poels
of Vienna must liavo felt at this? They
had been lnutcu at their own game.
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As. u contrast, let us consider tin? great
est effort of a Herman poet in tills wux.
It was Krnsl l.lssaiier's llawioi'isaiw tivycii
JiilCllanil, or Song of Hate Against Kng
laud. That, too, touched the enemy In
their weak spot: their sense of humor.
The British Tommies sing a translated
version of it as their favorite marching
song!
And the gitatest act of poetty that tl.e
American people can commit Just now is
to o crsubscrlbe the Liberty Loan. To
oversubscribe it promptly, calmly, almost
as a matter of course. An oversubscription
at home will form the grandest pos!blc
rhme with tin great deeds of the lnsu
overseas. It will be a very cimple rhyme,
with the kind of stunning Mother Upo.-;e
simplicity that even a German general
staff can understand. ' ' ' '
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We don't think that the American people
will have lo bu harried and hounded to
take up the fourth Liberty Loan. A man
does not have to be bullied or terrorized
into working for his wife and family: A
man does not have to bo cajoled Into light
lug for what he holds most dear.
There is a phrase, "poetic justice." which
is supposed lo mean Justice so perfect thut
the punWimeji" fits the tiansgresslon
with th- completeness' and harmonious
concord of a poet's rhyme That Justice
is being written on tlio faco of the earth.
Tho men who have sullied and degraded
mankind have seen their led star burn out
to a cinder. In that great world-poem of
retribution each one of us can write a
word.
Xo mutter how humorous a man Is, ho
will bo sure to have nt least one blind
spot. Xo one will think any worse of the
Kaiser for not seeing how intensely amus
ing is Bulgaria's cry for a withered arm
Istlce. i
Somo years hso Prefcsscr MctchnlkofT
discovered tho Bulgarian bacillus. ,As far
as wo can remember It Uvea in sour milk
and Is supposed to prolong life. The Bub
garlan monarchy may need a good stiff
uose Just now.
As we were crossing -Market street at 9,
o'clock the other morning a pleasant-faced
gentleman accosted us in some distress of
mind. "Will you tell me," ho said, "whero
I can buy a paper? I'vo been hunting
ono for an hour nnd a half. I'm from
Chicago; Just got to town yesterday. I'vo
ulvvays heard that Philadelphia was slow,
but I thought it was a Joke. It isn't."
This distressed us a good deal, so wo
showed tho aggrieved wanderer how to
steer for tho Heading Terminal news
.stnnd. And ns wo went down tho street
wo noticed several newsstands where ho
might havo bought almost nny of Phila
delphia's excellent morning Journ'iH
Queer, isn I It? llie worthy man wasn't
fart enough In catch up with n I'lilladcb
phla news counter that wiis stnndluseoiit
parntlvely mothmlcss, and jet he calls us
slow.
Then a horrid thought struck us. Do
you supposo'he meant a Chicago paper?
For, after all, they must have them In
Chicago.
.V young lady of our acquaintance said
to us, In her pleasant way, "This cold goes,
right through me."
"Xot In our cnbo," we cried instantly.
"It has to go. around." SOCIIATES.
Tho Franco-American troops have cap
tured Bagatelle, and it Is now permissible
for the Kaiser to wonder whether anything
to transitory was worth going to war nbout.
"llattle will go on," says a headline.
"French say 'Xo.'" Mau thanks, comrades,
for the linguistic compliment In our own
tongue,
The delay of the departure oCmbie thatl
3000 selectlves because of Influenza unpleas
antly auj jtU that; the way to tay out'of
a.drarftih'tostay, O,one, t
xi atu n n i r-0 1 1 i r-T i w
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Sviiiiuufkh Letter Tourhinp on the Washington Doings of Personalities
Familiar to Philadelphians
By J. Hampton Moore
Washington, ". ('., Sept. S8.
TURKIC aro two members of tho lloiire
of F.cprcseiitiit'lvcs'who. ' visitors l'ke
to meet, whose handshaking methods arc
so different as to invite a contrast. The
older of these is "I'ncle Joe" Cannon, of
Illinois, and the handsomer Is Speaker
Champ Clark, of- Missouri. Committees
that come to Washington In search of
speakers for inipurtant-..in.eetliigs usually
make a try-out on both; of these distin
guished men, this cur with less good
fortuuo In obtaining acceptances, than,
ever. Both men are amiable enough whet,
committees get to them, but each is so
busy in 'his particular way and at tills
particular time that Interviews aro neces
sarily short. The Speaker Is under con
stitutional injunction to open thu House
promptly nt twelve o'clock. Ho lias rarely
failed to do Mil during his lung service,
and as ho makes at. Imposing llguro in
the chair his absence would Instantly
attract attention. The ex-Speaker Is a
member of the Appropriations Committee
and despite his eighty-two years takes a
very active part In House debates. The
visiting Committees tniived and through
the auspices of some member of the House
obtain admission to the Speaker's room
before tlio House meets. Mr. Clark Is
polite but dignified, and teaches out his
hand In a manner suggestive of the move
ment of a pumphandle; lie tells a brief
story or narrates 'some In-ldcnt that he
deems appropriate, and sometimes com
plimentary to the member accompanying
the party, but quickly Rets down to brass
tacks. "I ealn't accept: that's all there
Is to it," lie says, in quaint hut posjtlvo
language and out tlio visitors go. Then
they call on -"Undo Joe." As soon ns tho
business Is announced the rugged Illinois
an will perk Ills cigar up close to his nose,
slap the visiting Congressman on tho back,
shake hands all around, tell a character
istic yarn about tlio earlier days, strike a
match or two, tell, tlio visitors he's "d
glad to seo them," but owing to tho cNigen
clcs of war, and so forth," lie simply "can't"
mako tho ongugement.
Th other day a committee- from the Phil,
inlrlphla Chapter of the Knight's of Colum
bus CM'Ciiniiceil u fovv ort these lianil
sliakiug sensations. They weio .!ohn P.
Boiiohue. of the War Camp' Community
Service; John C- Busenkell and- M. J,
Fltzpatrick. They wanted somo "stars"
for the Columbus Day rally, which Is to
take;ilaco at the Metropolitan Opera
House ok October 12. They Btruck a
bad day, slnco tho revenue bill was on
Its passage, but they went homo with
proinltC3 of big game.
GEXKKAL H. S. I1UIC17KOPKR and
C, Stuart Patterson, whoso experiences
at Gettysburg entitled them to the respect
of their fellow citizens, would have- beon
(stirred by some of the speeches recently
made In Washington by Congressmen who
havo returned from France. Tfio same
spirit that sent our boys Into the Cvll
W.i for the preservation of tho Union
seems to characterize those who are bear
lag the brunt of buttle In Europe. It bus
come to the front where the maiv fio'm
Michigan Is seeking out the Jilclilgaiulers
and the man from Illinois Is Ulllnsr
the story ot the. brave .boys, from,
1 that State who vlve thu,fr ,.-lwrir-JA
. " ,''&.'' " S V '' v''.i
"DONT YOU SLOW ME -
nbly acquitted thcnuelvcs upon the
battlefield. In one of the speeches tho
story was told of the brotherly feeling of
boys from Alabama and others from Min
nesota who had been serving in the muddy
trenches side by side. It was tin evidence
of the nationalizing effect of the war. But
as these storks are being told, nnd their
lessons sink deep, the Representatives
from Pennsylvania have observed with
the keenest satisfaction that no man,
whether lie lias been abroad or not, or
-whether he Is overcome by State ip-ido,
has been able to neglect .or overlook tlio
magnllleenee of thu PcnnsyiYanlans "Over
There." For many days as tho casualties
list told their solemn story of Pennsyl
vania's sacrifice, men from tlio Xorth and
the South, and tho AVest wero1 a littlo
moro respectful than Is customary, whllo
many of them wero prompt jo exclaim;
"Hats off to the Keystone State."
rpiIKRi: are several former Pennsylva-
nlans who are feeling good about the
achievements of tlieir offspring. Robert
.1. Wynne, who used 'to vote in tho Tenth
Ward under the auspices of lfoxle Good
win, both before and after ho became
Postmaster GepciiUli'i Picsident Roose
velt's cabinet, has received homo thrilling
stories or war exploits from his son, John
H. Wynr.e, who left Harvard last January,
paid his way to Franco and enlisted an a
private. Bob AVynne has another son
in tho service. Lieutenant 'Charles. J.
Wynne, of tho 304th Infantry, so that he
is fairly well keyed up over tlio situation.
As his old chum and fellow-newspaper
correspondent, James Ruukin Young, Is
similarly situated with regard to the war,
it Is mighty Interesting lo get Bob and
Jim In a reminiscent mood. Another
Phlladelphlan who has something to talk
.about is Mayer Svvaab, Jr., the chiclets
magnate, who formerly voted ) In tho
Thirty-second Word, but moved over to
Xovv York nbout tlio time tlio chewing
gum men pooled their resources. Swnab's
son, Jacques, a former pupil of the Sing
criy School, enlisted curly for aviation.
He has been mentioned In tho dispatcher
r.s on the high road to being an ace. ,
AHMIRAL HXDJCOTT Is on the job In
.Washington. It Is duo to Just such
oflicers that the navy enjoys Its lino repu
tation for clllclency. Fifteen years or so
ago Rear Admiral Endicott, a product of.
.Now Jersey, and a brother of Judge Allen
B. Kndlcott. of Atlantic City, was chief
of tho Bureau of Yards and Docks, lie
was a capable officer in whon tho navy
had ceiilldenee, and established a perma
nent plnco In the annals of tlio" depart
ment us tho head of a board to locate navm
stations, which subsequently adopted his
namo. In duo course he retired, hut like
many of the other expolenced naval
experts, came back when hostilities opeuua
and has slnco been doing his share of the
work. When this cruel war Is over and
tho social status is restored, tho "New
Jcrfiejltes who forgather in Philadelphia
on sttted occasions might foar In mind
that the Kndlcott brothers are entitled to
a front seat.
. . '
HH way the Government, millions are
ng spe'nto, houseGojiernnnint hei
IniWasli
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zrzn
provo an Interesting study to Miss Hannah
Fo.v, president; IJernard J. Xewman,, Ms.
Louis C. Madeira, and Andrew Wilght
Crawford of the Pennsylvania Housing and
Town Planning Association, If they had
time to Investigate it carefully. There
is no doubt about the necessity for hous
ing the thousands, of employes who now
crowd tho capital city, but tho work Is
going along with that same leisurely pre
cision which has characterized much of
the construction work thus fur done since
the war began. Tho number of "superin
tendents" Is said o bo ample' for the
number of employes on the building work
covering many of tlio open spaces of Wash
Instill, and some pcoplo who have little
to do but to look on say that haste is not
the chief characteristic of. soino of the
workmen who aro paid by the hour. Mean
while, signs aro going up all over the city
begging thoso who havo homes here to
report tliv amount of space they can yield
up to room renters, Tho Department of
I-jlior is also commandeering vacant
houses, some of them In tho best residential
sections,' for men and women who como
here to work nnd "have no place to gb."
.
rnilH work-or-fight order is getting around
-- to tho professional sporting men, the
first goff player In AVashtngton having Just
been ordered In. This man was engaged
by tho Chevy Chase Club, one of tho most
fashionable In Washington. He was given
fourteen days In which to find an essen
tial Job. Golf, like cricket, baseball and
other spoils, must do Its bitapparently, one
way or tho other. That Is the essenc6' of
tho new ruling, Philadelphia golf experts,
llko Alba II. Johnson, president of the
Clulph Mills Golf Club, who still remain In
tho ranks of the "amateurs," may not
be directly 'affected by this order, since th'ey.
are already engaged In "essential" Indus
tries. Wo are hearing a great deal lit)?
Washington, by the way; nbout the Ameri
can locomotives that have arrived, or aro
arriving In France, nnd wo gather that
"many of them are the product of Mr. John
son's tolling associates at Broad am!
Brandywlno, and at Esslngton.
The dent In
St. Quentln
is bent in
To stay there
And slay thorn
What's gray there.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ"
I, Vtlut U the citil of SrrM.t? i
S. tlf what Mat l Henry lord the DeniuiTaflo
nominee for Senator? '
3. What eltr In UiiU waa. Iwfore the war.
world renowned for Its annual fair?
4. Who vrote the, noTel. "(treat iUixs'tatlona"?
u. lutttTI; an Oiford "don"?
0. What I another nam for tlm Se of nature,
wlilrh the IlrltUh nrmr lui reatbed?
7. What Is h protocol?
8, ht la the mrnnlnsr of the. word ,'laxa aud
from nlut Uncujce. Is It Jerked."
0. What la the nave of a tburrh?
10. What It the utiial teir or iianilne battle,
alilpa employed In tho United btalea noil?
Amwers to Yesterday's Quiz .
1, The flm nt Sfrlila ronalM of horizontal
trltxa of red, blue and white. "
5. niennlal means orery two yean. Bemt- ,
annual means twice a rear. I
3. Islam la tho Arabic word for Mohammedanism
unit dtersilv Mieina "surrender" that ll,
to the wilt of God. -
4, riilere won l nreileccskor of rotncare'as '
President of lrume. .
5. Tlio lanperur of AhjasInU la ejlled the Krfiis, . V
C, llu n r h ;Hn U the- lllle. or viheel lx '
'-'eh ilw ri'.. I. in.iirisc.l nr Ihe'atfnre ,
through vtliltb tlio tiller Is turned. ).)
T. .In ' " l rM.M.r.ed n..t like a aljfa
vr iiijir, iwuiuui. umi. or arms, ,e
H. J.lrli t'ltile was tho drn!!!o(j lender f a
Mvvuib, ui,uriroiii in siaiaou UK siav.
V, Central I'embertan, iilio fourbt an the tattlb.
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