," i- ftV o ' w s: Rt yv;. V . fc Jl-r h ' -i !.,i I?UI 'A M" !.S .' fcV.V A rf '. i' ErfclWtJTELF.GRAPH i-. WLtfc LEDGER COMPANY i CTRWS It, K. CMITIS, rarsiptst wlcs II. Ludlntton, Vice rrealoVnti John C. , Bwrmn1 ani Trraauren rniupn. -oiuns. vv imams, jonn jt ppurfmn, iiirrviiira. rntTontAi. no..nri Ctacs tl K Ctn, Chairman 1 t. BMlI.nY . . , Editor 1 C. MARTIN,.. U. nrl iulnrei Manager ' ViKtlkhitl .tulip al Pinliii f.Hii.ira ttullillnr. $-,.' ImUpcndenie Hauarr, rnllailclphU a Cjtlia I'litiii,. Ifn.t.l una I'heetnul Strrtli JMUKTIC Clir. . ..,., . ,, P ttn-Vl Building - 'Mnr.TnaK '.'Ml Metropolitan Tovrer - jerioiT..... ...40.1 Konl llulblli'g ft. ImU l'H Ktlllrrton IlillMtn , WMIc'in , .. l'.'OJ Trltimie llultdlnf .' , ;f news tu'tti' vi'M ValltlMurtl.l 111 rv ,f , '' ,t. K. Cor. lVunajlvanla Ave and 14th fat. i . a. i'l L.. n-. 0.. Ill nv flaw if'aa. itrsui . . nn flax i'un"". a..a..w.. ., .... IahiImi TfM 4 MV.11V1 tl'1l . " " ..-".- " . u.iui.nit-riiv Tl'nxtn sVThn EvrjtiMi riuin Lkikiei Ii eerved to aub avfttora In l'hllnilrlKlila ami aurroundlng tnwnt u lU. y L Itu. ...!... i i .' aal'tlu ..I. nf inr.li. 1 1 .' I r.nfa m. welr. nnvfllil ?v ltv mall In iMilnta outlle uf Philadelphia ln f' -5' . UnlteJ Mint. . Cm.i.i or I'nltnl Htatca r- .riiMlNo. iixtnE frri nftjr (."HI ril pr month, i.1!!. ,.,. J. .I,-.- ... .. . ...,.1- l .,l.n... f aria. !',, u'Muiia i't r fr.ii I'ajn.'ir 111 "mi m (Ml ilollir it r - . i. 7 -T. -- - t ", in ail inri.if.li riiiniiri. a RAW..- ' 4 ' .--. r -.j'. T t ''aMn.irv. KaTieBHlilarlhf ra lslilnir address fhangtd Tnu viva old aa well aa nvr addreaa, J1, 4 . ,rtf SIUVA 'llt T kl ValflM . MAIN JftM rrtL. jowi waiT til" JrfJrr oil row ki n,i rnflait la .'d'sIho Public ttdjrr, Inltptrit'iJc KiH3rt, Vhilailclvhta, Member of the Asforiateil I'ress Tin: ABRoci.irni) i',ii:stt in .tcin- rusv '"tli-rJt, rnllllrd to the. ue for rcmihlicntlnn I?'. J..T MtV ..hiXb it'...nlntii. i UltfA In If ill linf l . ... .. si n .... ("iili'i. v.i..-.n v .. .-' ..v. t ' . .i. i. i (.(J t.-i it..... " .? mntrlipm htr In rtr ifi r'r'irf. Ei- , r iniu-in.ai. .ii.-r-uaja wr'vnrr t ' 'i r.nirri-: DISEAStO Kerm of evor yort ate lwaM ,- In the nlr. Xormatly healtliy persoriM " , are nttneked every clay lv tlie nrsanl-m of InfectloiH ill!f:iyeM anil nrp unaware of It. Only thne who !ar lenH than axernse physical rcltance ever become vlctim of rrdlnary InferllnnH. Observe nil the ordlmn rulex of hx -flcne. Kcet out of crouil" Keep In the un unil let the .' uhlne In nt tht win dows. Kxe c'so In Hi" oj en nlr. TjUh nn chancer tv'tli .-.lljjht In lloiioaltliiti". n home nml test. The sp'eTl of trriiit. Ix helped In thW city by n ahorlnpe of the ilruu.s neeileil for ltr efllclcnt treatment jml hy Incl. of n sufficient niiniber of iiliyilclmii and nurye". Doctor Kruen it"lc ' wl."el In endv.ivor lnft to s stemati.se Hie li.-ht asalnst the opldemlc In Pouth l'hlladelphla. With the co-operntlon of the !!ed fro.s the Depart ment of Health sl-o i!il l) able to hold the disease In check. Dut 'he people cannot be protected if thex ilo not pioteet tliem et;lves. Therefoie 't xvil) bo " to avoid those who sliov. soi;n or the I -fe-tlon. Walk to work If yo.i have t tne rather thin ride In crowded ttolle -r. nd rill n physician at the Hr-it wlfSi of ixlut win may take in be a cold 8uiipreKHiii of thtr I In tt plrntes and th" home pie nite' hIiuuW Ii mil' blniultamoilM MORRIS L. COOKKS l.RI.OENTI AI.S rpiIK reco il if .Moul" '. I'ooke, xxho is being mcitionei n a candidate for 'Federal dlie lor of el""l icil poiver devel opment, is n thoroushly potent indoiM--ment of his fltneis for the pot. , As Director of Public Works in Phila delphia under Mayoi HtiinkenhurR. Mr. Cooke kept both IiIh head and hli efli- elency; In his far from enviable ponidon his reourcen xxere cotntantly called upon to carry out it constructive municipal pio ETarn In the face of a wans that hoped for a, deadlock to confute any pn';re,K b.x n reform .Mu.xor elected bx an e-jlremely par roxv marrin. Capablj uml lonraueoiiHlj and vxlth p keen ojiptec'.ation of faeti. he fouhl hla Way tu rixuiit. One o.' the mom inemni able xxuh li!n "pulleiu-s ' of fi Philadelphia Electric eomptnj xxhkh Inniisht about a badly needed rate re, ihIiii. His drastii iruln ne in tin, rliltle.i Pit adelphia Miould n.ako IiIk !Hurs at the head of an liTipoit.-m ! I'e.al department both coniparaiivel.x e i and brllllnat. should the forecni.1 of In. tppolntrpent prove col reel The Ilelclnii bki !,.. ,i . piiu,j; t,. , ,.ry hardest him' of n .n Imi-l! in Hunlund. EQUAL SlUKMJI. IS A LITTLE M-wlLll $&t QJUt'I'KAOISTS x..I nut ace j.t iht ,ott. jVJ I" 'he Senate on the S i. nn U. Antlnnn amendment nt llnal. Tne. "Ill tenew tltcir efforU at t' ""H oppo" inlty to ..- e 1 ' ltit Brlnnf'nn. '"" r'. . . . , fj.' Bnt when both hout-ci of tonsresi asiee K , to the um n ac i it x . nfesian t.j ...J' v ... V , carry on cainiui-n-. 'i tin .-int"- mvnc iw raiiiicuiinn in.rij- . .j;es ii.ihi p ecree to it befoio ft can lic.oaui r.rrniiv. to1.' n. o " :..:.": . me .me .ii -up .-fii-n -ii- r.'n Home rin on the pre ent Mentinien' line i stated. The united delegations, fto-i ele n Slates x'otcd n ' tl'e - 'nt'cn The. are Mnsxachtieetts t, -me ilent Pentuxl vanla. Delu-vute. V'rslnln o-tb I'.iroi'n'i South Carolina Oors.a. ! Iniid.i. AUUuriH .- and illKauurl. The vote of i: -.l.;pi I and .Louisiana wai llv il(-i bin theic Is little dpubt that t e sh-Li-n't tbexa iw.i States xvotikl lejct the tnueinlmc-nt The nentlment of other Htutei from 5 which pne Keiuioi f.ixuul i'l tes. ' i i Y and one opposed It i tint lertiiln. Tl ?. : other Btateu ate il"lnp Cex. Uampsh.ie, - yermont. New York New Ierey .Mar- - Wild, Kenluek) . T-nne see, Neb.ueka, NVxv ;' VMexJco und Idaho. ', i ' '.But the prosies.4 xxe ure making in the ..direction of etil wuffrnsp H o rapid that e4BUffraKlttt iifii i' ve i1NouraBd. "Tlie coinbliia'lo i o x.Hoiiue und out rs t xvell nleh I i a $& r-r i. i . r..,,.,., ,- ,- ..... A Jrtiixur. ur J Jr. .i IYS the overliT j c n lulu h bar accun.'il '' AS by food Investlsnlors of profiteering del 'If the people who ent ho" don't wutii nfy twenty cents for p e -e of pie, em so xvhere they can yet pie for sentst" wb and courteous man! II knew jsarr well that the people who eut in a r- will not so to the places where the SflX Pv tur ivii veins i,i tui mq uit-i.ri It Is actually worth 5 Why, spirit of rexolutlon muit be dead In who ireijUent u:ii louiuers. aiosii eut In a htliry nnd therefor haxe ton. And Inulgetlun U bud for tar !.. . H " m'.'Jii.. .( STILL BUNGLING Many Co1 Trmblei Are Due In llu Iiim parity of tlie Nallon1 Fuel ,ilntIntlrnttou THE local brnnch of the fuel adminis tration l conKrutulntiiiR itself on Its succcrs In putting Into the cellars of the householders 45 per cent of the amount of con) that will lie needed this winter. Heretofore the city hai not had more thnn 38 per cent of its winter supply of coal delivered on October 1. On Its fnee this is an excellent iliow Inp. But the pcrccntnprci covering the xvliole city will not snttsfy those houe holderfi who have had their orde-s in since April and have lircn unable to Ret the coal they need now. The fact thnt many fnmlttei have two-thirds of their conl does not tellexv those fnmilie? which hnvc none. On the contrnry, if it bn t'k' co many familttn hrve two-third of thcii winfrr supply that there arc no vvivy fnmilict with nn mipp'y nt nil. The trouble can be traced back to hlundeiing in the plans for distribution. M-. OarfieM titled that not mote than two-thirds of the amount needed could bo delivered thlr, summer. The local .ultnin istration called upon the lv I'seholders rut a fcxv of them, but on every one to fret the two-thirds in their cellars while they could, because there m'iriit come a time xvhen they could not Ret coal. Under this impetus thousands nf families who have not been in the habit of ordcrinj; their coal in the summer have Rot coal, and the full two-thirds. One would hnve tlnujrht that n coup i of officials who knew thnt only ."H per cent of the year's supply was evei in tin cellars on October 1 in past ycats would have known that it would lie impossible to put fit! per cent of the coal needed in tlie cellars before thnt date this year. But Instead of thinkinjr, the fuel odminis trati' n appaicntly encouraged the oal dealers to g've to every one the full amount allowed. They filled orde.'.s in r.lntion- at least it is supposed tin' M tv d'd --a,-d. as a 'csult, the t.upplv op Iniiii! xj.r exhausted before Oct ilic '. up) the t'lmilics xvay down m tiic li'. or those passed over in favor of others, have In. nd themselves xvithout coal. If it had been ruled that no family was to lcceixc more than one-third of its needed coal before October I there wultl hive been coal enough for eve y on'i to begin t'la xvinter with. Then the delivery of f'c other thitd could have been nritle ' as fa?t as the teaming facilities of the dealers xvould permit. This blundering is meiely a saivtde of the inefficiency which has char.icterir.ed the fuel administration from the mrrcnt that Mr. Garfield xvas appointed. The attempt xvas made Inst year to keep the P'ict down xvhen the cost of prVuct'on Min dit"ibution xx-as increasing aHiot evety week. The veriest tyro in lu-siness economics knows that the first duty of the fuel administration xvas to increase the production, and thnt the surest xvay to in crease production is to increase the price. As a result of the policy adopted xve had neither loxv prices nor coal. This year the mine workers have been allowed to leave the mines by the thou- J, M,nn ard entci the anny and the tnvy. Yet, in spite of the decrease in the num-i ber of men employed, there has been an" increase in production. But the increase f has not been adequate to m"et the in creased demand for war industries ami fo- the growing population. Th!s lclative. shortage, combined xvith Ur unintelligent system of distribution, U esponsible for much of the trouble. This newspaper has said time after t'me that there is need for a Schxx'nb in th" fuel administrat'on. That neeJ was ne .' nnre impeuttive than today. But Profe-or Ga 'field is allowed to bundle nlcntr. and his subordinates follow his rulings xvith childish literalncss until the situation becomes acute, xvhen they arc forced to abandon such rrroneout de cisions as the txx-o-thirds allowance, xvhicli ought, in all common sense, never to have been made. The tak of production and delivery of coal is difficult at best, but it is not beyniv' th" tapacity of American busi ness ni"n. There is no real justification fcr sat'sftn-tion xvith tlie xx'ity the task hin been 'jccniplished, either here or in Washington. I max In .i bail pun but 't's a noise tact ilia tin" bumll'-'tiin liitliinii has n nablj way ot brlnRlrc n fellow to hie knws VI NMES I'OK Sl'IIEKTS AS f-T.IMtil'f'IA us n oxer thinks of i.au thing. Nex, ork is thinking of re naming a few of Its nuwt Import tnt thor ouglifare to. commemorate tho glories and .loliievoni ills of this greatest jear of 'Aniette.in history. The axeiiue called Fifth is Kkly to Iih known In tho future as the Avenue ot the Allies, t'nder Its new name Ihe historic street xvlll bo relieved of the doubtful Hlgnltlcanee attached to It during u generation by el!oxx--backed llt erutuie. All the xvorld xxet of the MIs-sle-jlppl still thinks of Filth axeiiue as u plaee whre blll'onaites go to llxe Just be fote the Investigation commissions open lite on them. As resident:) in .the Avenue of the Allies the elect of Manhattan might be tu e'vc'l in the Ameilcun hliiterluiid as ei r. .i"'tive suspicion. Iluudwa. too, might propeil'j be given a nexv name. Musical comedies have muda ti jiiesent nonianelature n term sugtsiliv cf tluictteJ, chnnipaRiie. chorus girls anil foity-dollar luncheons. The xlrtuous pio neer .In Manhattan Is disposed to fear llroadway, which Is, us u matter of fact, altogether harmless. It Is a good idea, this" of renaming American stieeti to keep the memory of ome of our greatest hours green. Some thoroughfare In Philadelphia are named In nonor of Inconsplcuuus citizens long for. gotten. They reprenent an nbject failure nt clvlo Imagination. A st-eet Is a per manent tiling, x There Is no reason xvhy. through Its name, It should not serve to keep future generations mindful of the great deeds and nsplratlons and places of the past. Toshlons stared In N'oxv York usually spretd. Why should we In Phila delphia not be ns ready as the Manual lanese to put a Kracloiis nnd linanlnatlvo note hi street names? Is Ihete nothlnK In the 'lt:tls and ndven turns of the 300,000 Pennsylvaiilans now In France adeitrtte lo Inspire rity iu" 1 ' The bet wny to tnenre surrendtr ila. one of which has been i-o keenly ntJoed this w'cek. Is to support the Liberty llntida thai w-lll urlp them. DAM SCUS REDEEMED rpilt: fall of Damascus Is the Incvilnble eoiise(iicnce of the ureal victory won by Ccnernl Allcnby between Nablus nnd the Lake of CJalilcc. N'o battle of modern dimension appears to have been fmiKht o'ltside tins walls of the most ancient of all cities and the larccst metropolis taken h the Allies throughout the war. The vlittt.il destruction of the Turkish .limy In S.xrla some txx-o xxeeks iro assured the neriipntlon of Damascus by the British forces It now remains to be ccen xxhether the beaten Turks enn reconstruct nn army of biitllclent strength to hinder Allenby's trl umpbnl progress lo Aleppo Delay In the eris Is tho most the Hiiltnn's Kenerals and their discomfited Teuton mentors can hope for. Damascus, a elly of a quarter nf -i mil lion people ami capital of Ryila, Is the key position thrciiiRliout the whole country. It Is the terminus to n vital spur line to the Mediterranean port of Hclrut and the start Ins point of tlie Moslem-built HeUJaz rail wax to Medina N'nrthxvnrd runs the rail road to Aleppo, xvhere the still uncom pleted line to llngdad branches offT Itallroads are trump cards In the Palps tine campaign Allenby holds them. Ills control of the llfdjai route means that the Shlek of Mecca, who proclaimed himself ruin of the new kingdom of Arabia about a xe.ir ago. can practically Kub-tautlate ills liidi'peiiilenee. .Syria and Arabia, who." Inlni. Itanls haxe hated the Ottomans for icnturicH, thus cicape slmiiltuiiHoiisly liom the Toikish voke. i The comparatively mild xx Inter climate of Svrln tenders It fully possible for the vb'totloiiH l:rltlh to teach tlie angle in the Medili Itiine.in where the coast tuins ui'-l wilhlii the next month or so. pin vkled Turkey holds out that long. The Important port of Alexnndretta and the i.iiIxxmx i enter of Aleppo in Allied hands would not onlx mean the splitting of Tur ley's Asiatic domain, but would completelv make of the lierlln-llagdud dream an "In substantial pageant faded " It Is indeed conceivable thut the "Hast et n Question." so far as. It concerns (Jpr tti.in, will not come up at ull In the peace tonferenee Allenby Is settling It xxlth strokes as sxvlft us mereuri. New York Is shoekpd Intruillrntilr llunlams to find thill Its Xfry llttlf ehlldiHi! are still bi Ins taught In kindergartens. TIip (!erm,in deilxatlon of that term Is lieconilng p.iiuful to the tipw .simpers nnd some one has silg gpt"d the l-'ietieh nulxalit of ' .lardlii dps Diifants." .Vow some one else xxlll hax'e to find a French rnulxalnni for (iprinnii measlts. (Itrinan frbd potatoes mid (ii'rm.in inu-tuid Visieulay was tlip an flrlnbrr S nlxeii-.ify of the birth llrlnis lloi- mid Itiir of two marshals Foeh s ' and Hlndenburp We haxe n nut'on that the former, with charac teristic French eourtex, felt like wlshhig the lattir many rituins ot the day, but xve serlousl) iiuestlnn any uclprocai sentiment The Pennsylxania xol TIip rimlr utiterr flienien express -IhhiIiI llr Ksa. (oiK'pi-.i oxer the con llagratlon In the Demo, era tic party of iIip State. The Democratic parts Is concerned, too. It Isn't certain, ap parently, nliithfr to pul out thi- fire or to pill out ii eniiilldate. . It is lo be assumed, of nil .trnlPRlr course, that ilermany Ii t, in iii'iktiiIIj '.' nrranged for the stra tegic eolhipsp of Hul g.ui.i. the stniUBie Ilight of Feidlnand lo X'biniu. strateg'e rlnts In the streets ot Itei lln nnd the stratm'ie Ibieshhig which she is getting on the west front. I St. Quentln blends so II lis h sulitly in tlie cornu- I)hI. Ahjmbj! iopla of vlctorlis that Its Indixldual "bou quet" is almost licl In tin- pervasive perfunm ot triumph llxery tlmo a lien llouer of suc cess Is p iiclted an hiMitlnble public llxes lis ilellgbtid g.i7i on the iipM one. President Wilson's Nnrsarj New York address dlf- ('iimv feied III one essential fiom most ot thoe that haxe preceded Jl. Th President alined on this occasion at the kings that hide behind the thrones as well as ut those that sit on them in n way we must It, IKril the I'rlie thuiiU I.udendorff for our present exultation. If be hadn't advertised, the Hmdenhurg bar rier us Ii'n life lino there wouldn't haxe been half so much delight In pulling it nwuy from him The rhthmleally patrlotlu accompaiil ment to fldhtin' " Is "uiitlghtni 1" In tliese democratic days elusixe King foul Is ubout the only monarch we xvant lelnstnted The Turkish re-enforcements who xalnly slruiTKlfd to rellexe Dttimii'cus haxe almost certulnlj gotten as far as the llrat syllable. It Ih Interistlnii to note tlmt the Oilman Vlre Chunecllor. Von Payer, and tlulgaila quit ul Just about the nn" time. The Dutih newspaper. Tyd, foiecasta a nexv and much humbler Oerman peace offer, but there's little U)e In eettlng exulted oxer it until e liaxa something- more substantial than Tyd blls. lUs the fuel administration really con. sidered what It Ih going tu do about a I'urd running about Washington on a nasless Hunda) and perhaps even moving toward th Senate building should it chance to be op-n? Or In It counting on a.Jfordle? Senat-,7 Li7F WHAT SOLDIERS By Frank Parker Stockbridga HI" WAS a young Italian, a loldler In Ihe American Army. He hHil been wounded, but now he was well enough to help In the domestic work of the big base hospital not fnr from New Vork city. There l n free public library In Hie hospital, one of the many libraries established In army and navy camps, transports htuI hospltnls by the American Library Association. Hx-ery mln utp of his time when he Is not, working the xoung Italian soldier spends In reading. the hospital librarian n potts. He has read many x-ohmies of the classics from Dante's "In ferno" to Plutarch's "I.Ives" and Plato's "Dialogues." In addition lie has read three biographies of 'Napolion, Froude'a "Caesar," Mneatilny's "lis of Ancient Home," Maetcr. llnrk's "Measure of the Hours," Hudson's "Psychic Phenomma" rind Maturln's "I.kws of Spiritual Life." These books" glxe him somi thing to think nbout xxblle he is sweep ing the lung corridors of the hospital. "I sweep," he says, "but," he adds proudly, "Ibis Is the t'nlted States army." NOT all soldiers lead the classics, but they nil. or marly all. read something. Most of the foreign-born want to read books In tlirlr own language and books to learn Fug tish llxvrj library In tho camps and bos pllals supply these needs. At Camp Funston, Kansas, there are an unusually large num ber of foreign-horn soldiers, nnd tli llbrnry Is well supplied xvith ffirelgsi-binguagp liter ature 'We haxe books In Fiench, German. Spanish, modern (Ireek, Yiddish, Norxxeglan. Suedi'ih, Polish, Rumanian, Itusslnn and Iliilg.nbin." reports the librarian In charge, 'and they arc all In constant circulation." Some of tbrp books nrc by natlx-e authors and otluis are translations from Dngllsb, for It Is deilrnble that our foreign-born soldiers berime familiar xxlth Hngllsh and American books The other day a Orcek boy brought n book to the librarian's desk to be charged. Tlie librarian, not being able to rend (Ireek, a did the boy what the book waa. ' Why. don't ,xou know?" exclaimed the voldler "It's 'Sherlock Holmes.'" Tin se translations are extremely useful lo Ihe soldiers xiho are trying to learn to lead Dug ish. They xi III lead a book In their ovxn language and then tackle the same book In Kngllsh. Knowing what the story Is ubout makes It inu'er to read. Knowing this, the librarian at ramp Ooidon, Alabama, got sex irnl topies of "llnhhisnn Crusoe" for is! among the foreign-born soldiers who knew little Dullish. Almost every one had riad the Immortal Cnioe In his native language, nnd It xins a good book for them to make Hie lias's of F.ngllsh study. Till gleatest demand for fmelgn-la-iguago books are from Poles, French, Spanish, .lewish, Russian and Itnlian soldiers About the stlffest request the Library Association has hail so far was for the "Arabian Nights" In the original Aiuble A professor In Co lumbia I'nlxerslty xxas appealed to, and be foie long tin. homesick soldier from the far e.it got the preeloils book of storks his heart craved, We haxe at least forty nationalities r p repented In our grpal American Army. In nil nf the camp libraries In this country, at least, foreign-language newspapers are provided. At Camp Sheiman, Chllllcothe, III., there are many Sjrlnns, One day a Srlun Foldlcr timidly entered the camp llbiary, not really iNpectlng to find au tiling to Interest him. To bis delight he found a Srlan nexxspaper published In New York. He sat doxvn nnd lead It thinugh. adxertlsements nnd nil. The next da he came back with txvo more Sxi'uiis. The news spread thtough nil the regiments, mid now, the librarian says, theie Is n delegation of Syrians xvaltlng every exce lling to rend their nexxspaper. xxlileh Is do tinted to the ramp b.x the publishers From Camp Custer, Hattle Creek, Mich., the librarian writes "There nre nun heio who lead and speak half a dozen languages, all better than they speak Kngllsh. Some of the men ate xery lonely because of their lso l.itlon b language and reading Is a great lohiee to them Some of them read a book exeij day or two Many of them are work ing hard on easy lnnguago books In their effoit to learn Dngllsh." Till; I.lbruv Association, xvlilcb furnishes bonks and librarians for all armv and nnxv camps In the t'nlted States and France, Itnlj. Switzerland, on all tionspoits nnd naval x-i s-els, and even In the pilson camps of flerinnny nnd Austria, nre as mindful of the fo'clgn-boin soldier as of the American Thej want to glxe him his nntlx-e l.ingunge book" npd Ihe.x want to help him study Kng llsh The Y. M C. A. has i lasses in Hug Ilali exerywhere, aud.lt Is the privilege of Hie libraries to furnish textbooks When the men come home from the war thej will be bitter fitted to take their places in the com munilx as American citizens. They xll h-ive their earning capacity griatly Increased, be came the.x speak and xvrlte Kngllsh and bcean-e their education wjll be x.istly hn prox.d BlItHNNIN'fJ on N'oi-embr 11. Ill all eltleH snxe Philadelphia and such otheis as hue pooled ih contribution In a War f'hest, all the u elf n le forces at xvork to help the m im und mivx- the Ited Cross, Y. M. C A.. Ihe V W C , Llbiary War Serxlcp of the, American Library Aeiwhition. the .Ipwlsh Wdfar,. Hoard, the National fnthollp War Council, the Salxatlon Arnix and the War i 'amp Community Serxlee xxlll begin n great drlip for funds to meet the needs of the com ing Mar The great sum of $170,ri0n,noo must be raised If our soldiers and sailors mid marines nre to haxe the romforts they need and 10 nmplv deserx-e People are not asked to give to this or that fund All the money gei i 'nto the common vvelfare fund and each niganlsatlon listed xvlll iclve Its quota Tlie amount nppnrl lotted to the llbr.it y fund Is $3 siiii.nnu What that money xvlll nn an lo all tin oldlers and sallora in health and spirits and added ulllcleney no xvords can tell Morale wins. The dollar glxen to keep the mot ale of the army nnd nox-j at a nex'er- II,. pilch Is the most p.itllollc dollar hi the win Id THE READER'S VIEWPOINT You Bet I Am To Ihe Kitilnr Ihe .'rriibif I'ubllv l.tilgrr: Sir lining to buy a Liberty Bond? Well. yes. you bet I am. You can't put me In the slacker class Branded a spineless clam. I'm wise to the needs of I'nele Sam To carry on the xvar I've sensed the hopes of the soldier boys Staked on a foreign shore, That Hoy of mine is oxer tlire. And your boy Dob's there too! S i mark it down we're going to see They get their rightful due. Nothing's loo goed for the boys in France Who face th Kalaer host Iovvn In the initey trenches deep. Or on the llst'nb.ig post. What's nrjney to me at such a time Just snugly tucked away? I'd lute myself for having a soul If. such a game I'd play. I can't go out on the firing line To bread the beastly foe, But I can light right here ut home With she. and shell of "dough." Yes going Ip buy a Liberty Hond With heart' o' cheer and Joy, Yes. going to buy a bunch o' them To back "up Bob a-d Hoy T)l.'() V. BAltHON. Ash'lUid, Pa., October 1. ' i MisMMMmmkm ,mEammKmBEmsmmmffl3Fli .',!r?Slrai3EiMSSSS BSsSKmsSwt.i!i wyssSmlmwz :immmmmmmm, fi&3vj. i ' ii 1 1 hip i i- ip i i hi i i iii i ii n .i-;w jwv-cilx ja.r j:T.r . r o- -1 '-lSi J?!II9B- ? a. x :.. f f. , ( . -f THE GOWNSMAN The Mobilization of! the College TO PKNNSYLVANIANS, III tlie geoginph icul as In the ncademle sense, the proceed ings on the opening of the Lnlxersity .were full of the deepest significance. Nothing could haxe been more dignified, more In keep ing with thep giuxe and serious times For besides the exeiclses of review, of song, ptajer and fiiig-ralH'ng. an entablatmo xa.) unveiled on xvb'ch appear the names of neatly fifty of Penns.v lv aula's academic sons xvho, leaving their books, their wonted lives and their beloxed homes, hiix-o now glxen tin lr all In the defense of the Ideals of their louniiy N'o Inscription could be more lit tine than that Inscribed on this menioilal roll of honor, these simple xvoids of the Father of his Count! y The principle by which my conduct has been actuated through life would not suffer me In any great emeigency In withhold any sirvlce I could render tequlred by my rountiy . IN TIIF old daxe, last year which seem now so long ago we returned to college when the leaves, dried with the summer's heat higan to fall It was Ihe goal of a mlgiatlon, annual and climatic, goxerned by custom and a matter of course. It xvas pleasant to see the old familiar faces In the old familiar halls and to welcome the fresh newcomers, who xxere to us sn many more bojs to he whipped Into the shape nf men. to lead into the happy nuju of scbolaisblp There was the customary plinant d'scusslon ns to the size of the hicumlng fieslunan class wilch xve boasted about If vvp belonged to the camp of Pblllstln, which Is wont to lay much Ml ess on numbers, multitudes, Increase, giowth anil expansion: while the old fashion) d among rs shook their sapient heads and deplored the falling off .of that fine qualltj which they affirmed had been the In variable accompaniment of our smaller nuin .bets In the past. The page of the new college "ear was opened In the gymnasium xxlth a cozy, glorified species nf family pra.xer, nfler whlrh each dean spoke his little piece flnd made his announceimntB nnd, with tho clap ping of hands and with the disciplined '.'yells" so dear to tho American, collegians' heaits, we were declared "open " NOW the scene Is altered. About a tall mart on the campus the university gnth irs, led b.x a military band, escorted by xvell dlpi'lnhned ranks of marines and sailors, uleit, attentive, equipped In body and In heart for tin r. alltles of wai : and our Btude,nts match in Im g and silent lines to their places In n ceremony which Is fnr more than that which mniks the peifunctory passing of time. On a stand in Ihe center of the field the academic gown mingles with the uniforms and Insignia of ni!lltnr authoilty Our singing is guided and sustained bv the accompaniment of iiiuslp.il instruments, of war, our patriotism rises as the flag of our militant country rises hi glory over us, and our prayers go up, un Iniptdtd by loof or tnfter, to the blue sky above. There Is a new significance even In the old, hackneyed hymn, "Onward, CluNpan Soldiers, marching ns to war," For verily Is our marching "as lo war," and the upjlft nf u struggle for the sanc'.tlty of human faith. for the prevalence of a great and generous Ideal of the community ol nations, stioug upon us AND this ceremony of ouis. ro simple, so august, Is the symbol of a momentous and necessary cbnnse. Our American educa. Hon, viewed nt large and with the eye nf cr'.tlclsm, is a hlggly.plggly affair, rough, hewn, at sixes and sevens, unequal, un realized, full of conlllctlng alms, and chit. tered In places with superfluous survivals. And yet It litis. one' great suvlng amll;y which alone Is sutllclent to makn up for nil these defects American education is flee; and it Is thd education of all. It Is dictated by no autocrat ; It Is the slave of no bureaucracy American leaclicis may not always teach wisely or loo well, but the oplrlt of American education Is ihe spirit of freedom; nnd Its power to assimilate, to raise to a high test standard of patriotism the thousau 1 and one fiiiaraituu nf humanity that come Into Its crucible, Ih the now 'atteited marxel of thw age IT IS remarkable to what extent the instinct of a free people can he trmted; tht In stinct which is unperverted and not misled And It is surprising to what a degree, at times, the sophisticated expert may be misled, however Imperative his customary leadmg You may sometimes trust u man as u man to whom It might be dangerous to entrust your life as a. physician. The .pian In the street enjoys many.aaxanta jej ; mat among WP.WI - ' '"'" j " 'HE PHOENIX.-. . them the xery circumstance that he is In Ihe street, xv line there Is much to be seen and he'll d by him whose senses are aleit. To be plnlsteitd xx llh theories and experiments alone Is not to occupy the only place In the laboratory of life; and there are vvorkeis In the opuier places of that laboratory to whom tlm best of us must on occasion bow. The ilnwnsmau fnls that he Is speaking for his kind when he says that he cheei fully dorfs his gown to ncctpt guidance of thu man be he uniformed or not who knows the exigencies nf the present moment The Cownsman gladly contributes whatever he may hax'e and all of It. happy that it is not totally remote from our present Impel ntlve needs. TO Till: momentous qiifstlnn, "What shall wo do with our collegia. n wnitlnie?" has come a sound and wholly adequate answer by means of which American Insti tutions of learning nre enabled lo cou tllbute substantial!) to the service of the nation, nnd the education ot our diafted men of .lounger years Is preserx-ed and turned to the practical needs of the country It is not necess.iiy here for the Gownsman to go Into nn explanation of a system the main lines of xvhlch haxe alreadj been made known, man) nf the details ot which, loo nro et to be worked out. Stitllce It to say that the Government advises all young men who aie planning to go to college Ibis fall to do so; each lo enter the college of his rholie There he will be .inducted Into tin; students' anny training imps This In duction, which Is thus voluntary, makes tlie student nt once "a soldier ot the Pnlted States in my, uniformed, subject to military discipline tind with the pay of n pilxate." He xvlll be boused and boarded at college, where he will lecelve military tialnlng and follow u cuirlculuni of college studies fitted to Ills sdntUEi us a student and i spe cial! shaped tn Ihe Immediate needs of Ills service to his country. The duration of this period of instruction xvlll vary "accord ing to tho age of the student and the nature of the. couise which ho Is laklng, and, in neeonl.inctf xvith these conditions and his rtandlng and attitude In his studies, he may be ttausferred to a central orllceis' train ing, camp, u like camp for the training of noncommissioned officers, assigned for further xocatlonal training, or sent lo a cantonment for duty with troops as a private THKRK Is nothing In the all-embracing plaps of the new draft law which nppears to the outside observer more admirable than its endeax-or to classify drafted men In accordance with their training, experience nnd specific abilities. Till Is less, difficult where men of maturer yen is are 111 ques tion ; for time sifts and settles u all more or less aptly In the grooves In xvhlch xve ai to run. With the student the matter Is not so simple and xve have not the time now for that Indlxidunl experimentation which Is one of the by-functlons of every con. Retentions teacher. But, starling with the basis of a high school diploma, which marks the tiansltion fiom school to college, we hale presumptively the best-ti alned and educated body of young men within the iniger group of Iheir years, nnd It Is out of this material If It Is to be found any where that we are most likely to find the stuff for leaders In their class. 11 A AND after the war?" For how can we J axold turning our eyes, aching and bleared xvith the blaze of the present, lo that fuluie to which we all earn? After the war! who knows? Who knows whether this sweep of the realities, of the Immedi ate Imperative demands of the moment, through the dust and settled ptejudices of our academic tducatlon, may not leave In Its wake much which la good for US' and wholesome? In the clash of theories there Is often much dust and choking. Realities have a moisture we might almost say a humor about them that quenches dust und gives to a parched xvorld the refreshment of rain. In the topty.turx'ydom of lbs present not the least pleasing sight 'may be thut of the pulaaogue going to echool. Itinlmi Murksmaiiihlp Much has been made nf Ihe fact that when Russia was In the war thousands of her soldiers were not supplied xvl'h guns. Judging from the poor marksmanship various Russians hax'e displayed In tty'ng to "bump oft" Lenlne mid Trotsky, .however, the omission was nut Important. Syracuse Herald. ,. . . , . "''"i ' yir'Ljyii'C 'Ai- f .- :': ' )fo - , 3 jy r jzj -: r" f ALLEGRO I AM so happy that I cannot sing I am so happy, I can barely sigh Down like n flood It rolls. Waxc upon wave. And then folloxvs the ever interchanging' of weather Like all seasons In one The blind, dead glare of torrid nun That dries nnd bakes; Ther. the rush of torrents All unseen but I felt them tears! Washing away the dun self And turning nil to freshness and April- green; Tho xxhlte moonlight of dreams, Fnlnt and fast-fading, but potent as a spell. And through them all I culling, culling Sending u still voice down the i.aked vale, And then struck to silence xvhen an ansxver falls It Is no echo It Is another foul, Another xolce that rides the sleeping night. And I, long groping, Z. so oft disheartened, (licet, unbelieving, tlie oi.xvnrd leap of Joy Swift ns tho mtasmlc whirlwind of o xx'eathers, Hushing Ilko Spring Into my arid veins. For somewhere In the mist I have found a soul Like to mine own, nnd I stand silent In awe. I am so happy that I cannot sing! I am so happy that I dare not speak! Archia AUstln Coates, In "City Tides." The Law of Compensation An exchange suggests that the Govern ment Is going to find It difficult tq, get some one to act as American ambassador to Berlin after the xv.ar. Oh, xve don't know about that ! There are a number of neat statesmen In this country xvho xvlll be more at home In Germany after the wnr than in their own country. Rochester Post-Express. What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ I, IVIm Is premier of llulturlu? 5. Vthst l the orhrln of the nhrnn- "Tlie milk nf human kindness"? .1, VI hut la II Irlnoa? 4l What Is ""J'1 '"..be the orkln of Ihe word "llrlnxo." anplled hv Xlnlrana to deaerlb natives of the United Matra? tido 8, Who naa Vflaro Da (Ihiiiii and for what la he relehruted? 6. What la a murwnntp? ' 1, XX hat la Ihe largest rltj In SjrlnT 8. How nianr Amerlrnn President, were ln Rn,uratfrt In Fhlladelnbla und who ware thaT 0, Vthiit Is the fnnrtlon of the United Ktatea llurcau of Mamlardi? ID. here la Klbn, lo xthlrh Nopolfon was ban. lahed hi ISH? Answert to Yesterday's Quiz 1, Indian aumrner la h term looaelv uard In dearrlba a abort atretfli of relatively mild, aunny weather In autumn In the eaatern and rnlrul I nited Ntiitra, II ocrura often. eat In November. Indian aiiminrr la eha. iirterltrd. alo or lliht. rulm ulra and allBhtl hazy atinoanliere, J, The Mng.iilrxa are nutltr of Ceylon. Tha Sirnrialesi. are nutltra of Hrnrcal. a French roasraalon on Ihe west roast of Africa 3. The klnadom of llelclum was founded In ISxO. itftrr n revolution separating it from th Netlierlanda, 4, Aiisiistln Pull' nna a. noted American play. iirlslit unit thpatrlrui manaaar. In I SUU. Ad Uelian. John Drew. JimH iii iiirnirirni iiiu nsisr. iiji ai.i jjVhIm Him Mr. . Ullbrt .rre unions nl most talented artlats. 5, M. I'niiarctofr Is the nrisrnt Bulgarian mln. Istrr lo the United states. 0. The IVrllHnil Canal, built to atold (lie navls autlnn oliNtrurtlona of Nlararn Kalla, fa In t anuria, und ronnerta l-uke Erie with fake iiiiario 7, Mphaiiintribin datca are reckoned from Ih aninirajn iiaica are remaned ream . lerlrn, In At'! A. I.i when Mohammad foupd a refuse In the city of Sledlna, H. ll.itlirtor's buttons are any of the aperies of rcntitiirett, the flower hertda of which fea, semlile buttons, especially the bluebottle' er ccrntlovvcr "Drml-tusae" literally meana half-cun. n fboeuU la the capital of ArUooa, ) ,' . 'i . ...... ..-a.' jf-,: .j. -.it.i.M , Jt s n' , i.'.W' .. Ii K' iri&' . ' ( hU,
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