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t WHAT DOES HE CARE?
CE New Century Club lini Indorsed the
attempt to punish the Mayor for the
H of his power In reconstituting tho
Jteereatlon Board In order to secure a body
.;Thlcft' would appoint a favorite to oillce.
j ,IBut'what does the Mayor care about
- tie i New Century Club?
-HfJw Is a woman' organization and Its
1 " Members cannot ote. If, for example, the
tljfth Ward Ilepublican Club hid de
i,MUnced him he might be worried, for Its
jerabers take orders from tho man for
j"jhom tho JIaor's favorite did political
. tfcJetlnsr.
The Germans cannot w In In Lurupc. Do
let them win here. Buy bonds.
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f MORE ABOUT THE DELAWARE BRIDGE
$INCE the most recent meeting of the
Philadelphia-Camden bridge commission
ws held at City Hall, In the sanctuary of
, 8114 political routine, w here 'lmagimtlon
r is'rare and understanding Is not at all, t
JJ natural that the name proposed for tho
proposed bric'ge should be t.-.at It is. The
.raanlssloners at a meeting presided oer
lr the Mayor decided solemnly that the
Jw creation should bo known as "The
Wr.,rMernoriaI Bridge; National Highway
Ojrer the Delaware Blver." A sonorous
irful, surely! But what does It mean?
ArJwe, when plodding blithely over the
jafw bridge to Jersej to think of the war
'1112 or the lleiolutlonary War or the
sfjOf Emancipation or tho Spanish War?
;frVtn,ey have heard at Jhe Hall ot the
jolfllculty that is now ongaglng our
tkm In Kurope? Tho bridge commls-
mtght as properly hae suggested that
It of the new structure as "The
f Bridge of Senators and Rcpre-
Ives of Pennsylvania and Adjacent
ttjbr "The Memorl.il Bridgo of Poll.
Lof-?otc Who Failed lit Their Major
ilons." By either designation ihe
Idjre 'would be as rich In eluslo
insn tor the, people uho use It.
tless the new bridge will be built
long. Congressman Varo is to bo
fttulated for his intention to urge the
in1 Government to pay holt tho cost.
eut railing at all Into the mood of
k,iwe have reasons for feeling that an
ment of about $3,000,000 In a Thlla.
hla-Camden bridge would be a wise
for the Government. The plana for
bridge are said to be adequate. The
ion apparently has set nslde the
made by Joseph M. Huston, who
t years at the task nnd evolved work.
drawings that would have mado the
structure one of the most beautiful In
world. It is to be hoped that the plans
Jt the commlsison Anally adopted are
appropriate than the :iame Just for
r, agreed upon.
ifctHuri"-"con"-dltlonal surrender offends
thing more than mere orthoepy.
' . THE WORST IS OVER
Ml'flB bHftVfri thflf tllA rl.. Ant.l....f- 1. .-
"! reached its climax In thh, city and tlm
f ' $M beffin to deoflne In the near future.
f -'ritringent precautions taken to pre-
m its spread thus Justify themseU os.
t - Similar reports come from New Yoi k,
JUMl Boston Is linnlnr- tnr rMUr Tk.
ri ,Bt ls apparently oer In the near nasi.
ta .Mttle further West the number of cases
a.iHticaiiit;. oui me adoption of the
tve been e.''ectlve heVo will soon improve
-'Rjenatuons.
And now even '
the President his his
lon-alr.
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HE TRAGEDY OK DIRTY STREETS
K-DOWN In the face of the
tragedy which It helped to foster is the
went against the contractor sjstem
treet cleaning which tho drastic emer.
measures ot the health department
ructiyely bring. Filthy Btreets have
partly responsible for the prevalence
tie grip epidemic. Insanitary delay has
fatal. That Health Director Krusen
his department stepped Jn to remove
litter and dirt from germ-breedlng
ghfares Is a mercy to a needlessly
led city, but it emphasizes tho more
tly the shame of a disgraceful ad-
atton.
ugh his persistent delinquency, "the
street-cleaning contractor in the
"(.has permitted the public ways In
to mm to assume the nature of an
rag-bag and infected trash nlle.
lsno palliation for such criminal
L but there, (a thai lllmnit nMlaMittnrt
Mesders to prevent Its continuance.
health department can efficiently
a new function In a crisis, the reg.
constituted street-cleaning adminls.
i,Bwiui U ts alleged msghttude,
a M o$ defense to stand upon.
DfitM most Insanitary countries of
Russia, and Bpsln have given
to the dangerous disease of in-
it on Mr future reeur-
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OKE DCOUMA(;mG SIGN
Musf e Prondeit Government in the World
Beg the Aid of Iti Own Cltliem?
rpHE one profoundly dlscournglnn nnd
disqulctlnif thinjr the one Inexplicable
and almost shameful thing In these jubi
lant hours Is the lagging of the Liberty
Loan in this district. The loan will be
oversubscribed, of coftrsc. But thnt knowl
edge does not remove the consciousness
of something wrong somewhere.
The proudest and mightiest Govern
ment on the face of the earth is being
compelled to plead and heckle and arguo
with its own citizens to sell its securities
the safest securities in the world. And
n temporary Interruption of this heart
breaking process the inability of Gov
ernment representatives to coax and
wheedle us in the usual crowds has
caused the sale of bonds to lug. Left to
ourselves, apparently, we haven't imagin
ation adequate to mnkc us understand
our simple duty to ourselves or to tho
Government.
If we had but a little more imngina-,
tlon nnd n better vision if people wero
as noble as their collective purpose
men, women and children would stand
In linps miles long for the honor of
lending their possessions to their Gov
ernment for a sacred cauRe. This would
be a service observed with religious zeal.
It would be an act of the spirit.
We should be so proud of the splendor
that the republic has achieved in the eyes
of all tho world that to help it, to be
an active part of it, a partner in its glo
rious enterprise, would be the greater and
most satisfying experience of all our
days.
Ve are, instead, content to loaf along
and hope that somebody else will do our
part for us.
All of civilization is trusting the
United States with its life and its future.
And we hesitate to buy the bonds of the
United States, though they aie the
soundest and most sensible investment in
this uncertain world todny.
You have invested, perhaps, ns much
as you conveniently could. Very well.
Invest more. The men who have died
gave. And they gac more than they
conveniently could. A man who sacri
ficed his eyesight or his ability to walk
.or the use of his hands could not give
conveniently.
Our men are moving supesbly forwaid.
It is their boast that they have never
turned back. Gas or fire or the assur
ance of certain death could not turn
them back. But we, safely on 'this side,
have been turned back by an epidemic ot
influenzal
The thought is grotesque. But the fact
remains.
All that you have and hope to hac,
your ability to sleep in peace, the knowl
edge that your homo and your children
arc to be safe for all time, is due to
the men who have fought in Fiance. It
isn't to bo assumed that if you were
there to sec them going forward, over
weary, dusty, sleepless, flinging a last
smile back at a world that they might
never see again, you wouldn't try to
give them a lift on the way to fight iotir
battles.
Yet every one who stands back, who
doesn't turn in to buy his own bonds
without being asked, is refusing that
same sort of help to our army.
The Liberty Lonns are to make the
army stronger and safer nnd more as
sured. It is to make their stupendous
tasks a shade less difficult. It Is to keep
your' own lad safe and to give him a
better chance of coming back alive and
whole. What can those men say to us
when they icturn? What right will we
havo to cheer them or to feel any part
nership with thorn if we should fail in the
easiest part of a task with which they
engaged themselves to suffer or to die?
It is easy for any one who isn't a
pauper to buy Liberty Bonds. The bonds
arc an investment; they arc the exact
equivalent of money in the bank. Be
honorable and buy them. Be forcsighted.
You are merely asked to save your
money so that the Government may use
it for a while and pay you good interest.
Relieve the Government of the tragic
necessity of peddling its securities and
begging to have them purchased.
Is all our devotion to the republic rep
resented by the army?
Dig now!
Yours for the fourth Liberty Loan.
"Tossed like a cork," fajs a news head
line of a man caught In a shell explosion.
Let us etc: what a a cork for. anywa?
A PHILADELPHIA LINE TO SPAIN
TUB interesting possibility of a direct
trado link between Philadelphia and
Barcelona has been Buggisted by the
Marques de Bolmonte,4f the Spanish naval
commUslon now engaged In making ex.
tensive purchases of materials here. De
velopment of the Idea beyond the stage of
me'ro high sounding verbiage is distinctly
in order.
There are valid commercial reasons for
establishing a steamship line between the
greatest workshop In America and vir
tually the only one In Spain. Barcelona
Is a brisk, enterprising Induurlal port and
the headquarters of the Cotnpanla Trans
atlantlca and tho Plnlllos Company, the
largest steamship lines under the red and
yellow flag. Hitherto the formir line has
made New York a port of call for Its ships
en route from Mexico and Cuba to the
Mediterranean. There ls vital need, how
pver, for co-operative Hlspano-Amerlcan
trade relations Independent of Havana and
Vera Cruz.
The port of 1 lladelphla should not hesi
tate to grasp an obvious opportunity. The
enormous increase In our cargo ships
would make it possible after the war to
conduct a direct trade with Spain under
our own colors,
Benor de Belmont?, liowaer, was evi
dently considering a fleet of vessels with
Barcelona as their home port. That propo
sition, too, warrants immediate encourage
ment. The success of the Manchester
BMMii' freight line provides an ad-
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competition There wel4 be early pt lomyj
advantages In the Barcelona-Philadelphia
connection. Both ports have deep-water
docking facilities Involving no lighterage.
The Interchange alono nf ollvo oil and ma
chinery ought to ho sufficient to insure
full cargoes.
It's now clearly up to the Hun to de
cide whether or not he will adopt a "pan"
Amerlcan policy.
OPEN FIGHTING BEYOND CAMBRAI
TN NOVKMHEU, 1917. Cambrnl tottered
but did not fall. Sir Julian Bjng's sur
prise offensive, too unexpectedly speedy to
be sufficiently supported, was wrecked by
a OcrmHti rally, nnd the great bastion of
tho tllndenhurg lino entered upon eleven
montliH more of servitude. Its rt lease by
tlio British yesterday In one of tho greatest
and most decisive victories of the war In
augurates a new epoch In the fighting. ,
This phase of the conflict was fore
shadowed last week In tho rapture of St.
Quentln nnd in tho passage of some of the
formidable portions of the Hlndcnburg
barrier. Tho door to open country was
then ajar. The recovery of Cambrnl hurls
It wide open. Cavalry, whippets nnd ndult
tanks are now pressing a disorganized
German army rapidly toward I.o Cateau.
It Is thrilling to learn that Americans
are plalng their gallant part In that
chase far beyond the Hlndcnburg line, at
least twenty-two miles of wllch have been
tendered negligible and obsolete. The sec
ond lino of Hun defense runs through
Ghent and Maubeuge. At the present rush
ing rate an Allied threat thcie cannot long
be delayed.
The movement must be consldeicd In
connection with the Franco-American drive
through the Aigonne and Mungin's diffi
cult et perfcistent advance toward I.aon.
The triple pressure Is creating the largest
"pocket" In tho history of warfare I.u
dendorffH obstinacy may exact a momen
tous pennltj and mako the txtrlcation of
the major Teuton armies exceedingly haz
ardous If not impossible.
The Teuton commander seems unwilling
to recognlre the fact that dujs aie now
i rowded with evenlS for the consummation
t which, b the old war tempo, months
would have been required As his plans
mature Marshal Koch Is obvlouslj capital
izing this fatuity to tho uttermost
Oasless Sundas and theatreless lon
das and cocktalllcss TuesdaH could be
endured If onl vnp had grjulees Wednesdays.
THE GRIMACE BEFORE SURRENDER
OKIIMAN n.wspapers nnd statesmen ate
asset ting that they will never ronscnt
to give up Alsace-Lorraine and tint they
will never a&rec to the surrcivlei of Prus
sian Poland to the new Polish Slate.
But If jhcre Is to be an inde'endent
Poland, that part of tho original country
which was given to Piussla must be ic
stored along with tho parts given to Bussla
and o Austria. Justice will be content
with nothing short of this And If thcie
Is to be it real peace Fiance must receive
again the provinces of which she was
robbed In 1S70.
There will be many a grimace before the
Germans can swallow their bitter medicine.
But there can be no let-up on them until
the take the dose.
The name of James F.
Tlie fiubmereed Denipsey docs not ap-
Fa mo in. pear In any anthology
of contemporary rree,
but lie wrote wiine songs whlrh have been
more popular than tho poetry of many better
known men. More than four mllllcm copies
of his ' C5arden of Itoses" are said to have
been told. The popular!! of the V(rc of
men like Denipfc will eome time Induce a
literary eesalst to write about the sub
merged famous, meaning those whose repu
tation never rises above the level where
literature Harts
".Mr. 4Iloncs. tell me
something about the
Hlndenburg 1 1 n c."
Cuneiform
More I p to Data
"Jieally, Mr. Tambo,
ou tax the niemor. I've n vague recollec
tion that such a thing once existed, but time
moves so swlftl nowadajs that ancient hls
tor la soon hasiy. As.arly as I can re
member ou are referring to tiomethlnc on
which Hun hopes were once hung high. But
It's all bo mlat, and, honestly, I'm no
archeologlst I propose u pong by the entire
companj 'Keep the Hun Liars Yearning 1"'
(Jermany has the right
Ami Hun to be puzzled over the
Ilara IJverj Iay! fact that though our
w saloons aro closed and
'booze," Is banne.d, nevertheless we can still
llek 'er
It remains to be seen
Well, Hat ratlenret -whether the order
modifying the church
closing order of the Department of Health
will cause a flurry of happiness greater than
that which will follow the announcement of
the last gaslesa Sunday.
When Kaiser Wllhelm
Ills Ilardeat Taak e begins the difficult
task of making peace
with the people In Germany we shall have
reaton to feel that the war Is actually over.
Meat may be scarce
In Qermany, but none
UriUndeit
Of All
the less the Kaiser Is
destined to have more
'cold cuts."
than his fill of
Sam Gompers la to dine with the king
of Italy, but his admirers will say that It Is
the king who will bo nonored.
The Germans are retreating toward the
rtetourne ntver. The spelling seems a little
wobbly, but the rrfeanlng Is qutte as plain as
anything In Noah Webster,
H Is worth observing that we built a
bridge to Kurope and yet seem unable, to
build a bridge to Camden.
It rrlnce Maximilian thinks (hat ha can
persuade any one outside of Germany to
agree to the restoration of Belgium by an
International fund b baa anotlw
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Same Thing, May bo,f"
JN THE old days-people blamed epidemics
or, the devil. ,But4wp know better; now.
vo blame them tin Iho street-cleaning con.
tractors.
The Spanish cabinet has rojlgned. Per
haps in a fit of, plqho because everybody
persists on calling tho grip "Spanish" In
fluenza. . i
Why do Lcnlno anV Trotsky keep so
quiet? Js It becattso they .are bdsy trjlnr
to find something to cat? or is It because
mey "CHin to sco that Berlin is kaput?
President Wilson has asked -, Prince
Chancellor Max whom he represents." Poor
Max, perhaps ho really docsnVknow;
Wo wonder If Prince Max will realize
that those polite inquires of President
Wilson's are really a velvet hand In-shccp's
clothing?
Wo do Jiope the Kaiser Is taking every
possible precaution' these days, using
paper drinking 'cups, spraying his throat,
wearing warm underwear nnd so on. It
would be too tragic' If anything were to
happen to him on tho eve of his greatest
experiences.
It seems ns though that armistice would
have to be ndjourncd for the duration of
the war. i
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The Kaiser, In his present harassed state
of mind, may Imagine that thofce fouttccn
points he keeps hearing about arc some
thing to sit on.
A feeling of self-respect Is a flno pte
ventlve of Influenza. Try taking a Llh.
erty Bond or so between meals the kind
ou will eventually buy.
Piddy-Pads
Pit patter Plddy-Pads,
Unshod on the flqo'r.
Slipped very quietly,
Through tho open door;
Slid down the banisters,
Scuttled on tho lawn,
Staring fatty robin stood.
Till his worm had gone.
Ouch, ouch riddy-Pads,
On tho gravel drive,
CrlcJle, crackle riddy-Pads
Dead leaves seem alive.
AVish-wnsh, Piddy-Pads,
In the ley stream
Like mother murmuring
When she's got a dream,
Cut ond sore Biddy-rads.
Cold and coral-red.
Hobbling slowly home again
To creep back to bed.
PHOHBD HOFFMAN.
Liberty Limericks
Tho Kaiser is sicking on Max
To try to make Bond sales relax;
But never mind "flu"
Or what the Huns do
Contlnue to buy them In stacks.
do;e dulci;t.
Ficsldont Wilson's soft accents In ask
ing Mux for Information lcmlnds is of
tho kind! way a surgeon asks his patient
to step on to the operating table.
It must be distressing to the Kaiser to
contemplate that every Liberty Bond sold
means less money fot that indemnity from
America. . SOCIIATF.S
Tew Ilk Pasha has succeeded the much-talkcd-of
Talaat as Premier of Turkey, Wo
do not envy Tewfik either his place or his
monicker.
The definition of the equator seems to
describe the Hlndenburg line Just now, as
It has teased to exist save In the Imagination.
If ou want to know what waV nnd ho
grip have done to the city go down town In
the rvcnlng
General Wood Is fifty-eight ers old,
but he Is still vigorous enough to fight like
slxtj If they would only give him the chance
Forth' Liberty Loan!
THE READER'S VIEWPOINT '
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The Kaiser Can't Put It Over
ra the J.'dKor of the Etening Public Ledgci.
Sir I want to ask our learned Judgment
If this is sophistry ot good sense?
If there had been no Hohenzolletn klng
hhlp there would have existed no necesslt
for a Morgan plant.. German kingship then
built the plant; and Its destruction, wheth'r
directly by paid thugs of the gentle nnd
manly German ambassadors formerly quar
tered here, or whether by other irencle, In
an laso docs not Its destruction, Its loss
of life and $30,000,000 of property double the
debt against Germany, the debt of having to
build the plant and the debt of Its loss?
I lost a dear relative In that explosion
Did Hohenzollern kingship kill my relative
at Morgan?
The Morgan explosion suggests to nie an
other question.
Do you think the horrors of this war may
be small as compared to the horrors of a
war some ten jears from now which evi
dently the divine king's peace plan menns7
Have explosions reached tht stage df highest
efficiency?
Can gassing, that manly method of war
fare introduced by the divine Kaiser, and at
one fell swoop tuklng off 40.000 heroes before
they knew of It can gassing be made more
deadly? Could electricity do more? Could
we get more out of the air? Have we
reached perfection In giant submarines and
giant airplanes and giant tanks?
What would the Kaiser on "dfr tag" of
1918 represent In horrors and f rightfulness
as compared to now?
President Wilson has said that It will not
happen, for presently there will be no Kalner,
and If the German people stick to him It Is
plain their numbers are decreasing. And as
long as they do stick to him It la plain they
aro of the same stripe.
Is It not a grotesque and humorous and
pitiable sight, the Kaiser and his gentleand
manly group about him, the Kalner who was
ulwajB foaming nt the mouth over what he
would do with his mighty eword, whimper
ing and crying and pleading for the prcser
vatlon of his throne .and his dynastry.and
his Krupps factory?
The American people will listen to no
peace Jargon till the homebreakers and homo
looters and homicidal crew are brought be
fore a tribunal of Justice. President Wilson
knows and says we amply have the poer
and, all the world Is giving him credit for
knowing and saying rightly. Germany made
her greatest mistake ivhen elie thought our
boys could not fight, and she Is making
another mistake when she thinks our people
do not think, and do not mean what they
think and say, that she can hypnotize us
with long Latin words and Involved sen
tences like the great German professors of
olden time whom we used to take at their
own volition. Never again.
Tho voice of, General Orant from ,th tomb
Is theyjAte the people, "unoendltlonal
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A Moving Talc
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O MOVtl is to he stirring, to give signs
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ot life' To move is ns trulhfull to de-
raclnate to tear tip roots and to show no
unmistakable signs of foil In the process
A little Philadelphia boj was once protest
ing against the absurdlt nf his Htudlug
Reography. "I have llvrd In I'hlladelpliia nil
itn life." said he, "and mv father has lived
In Philadelphia all his life and the sanio
Is truo nt granMad. Why should 1 want to
know nnv thing about nny other place? Phila
delphia Is good enough for me." So some
unhappy wretch who has alas lived In
tho fame houae or who entertains lively re
membrances of antediluvian da a before the
l.i't freshet infi sorrow fullv wall, "I have
lived lu this house all my life; I have baked
and frozen In this house and Its dust and dirt
have gathered on me, on inlno and on our
belongings. Why should I live, bake, freeze
or gather dirt In any other house7 Any
house, not on wheels, is good enough fc r me."
ANIMALS
.otl do i
move, vegetables stay plt. It
ou do not put them too often, liven
clams which we weio so Insistently con
Juud car or so ago nevei'to be move
from their enveloped breakfasts to their enr
ronipaRd luncheons, and tho sloth ls tied
Ilil reported to stli between naps Tht
kangaroo carries his or. rather, her family
about with herln a perpetual spring moving,
and the xiihII bears his house nn IiIh back
a convenient arrangement In these times ot
high pike. In that it inttj out the house
broker, with his brqken promises ; the land
lord, with his extortions; the gasman, who
never comes, mid the painters, who ntvci go.
Hut the supreme moving animal, after all, is
man. Since he moved out of Paradise thero
has lodged In his Tieart nn Insatiable desire
to go somewhere else, tj abide In some 'other
place, so that whether he creep on the all
fours of (hlldhood or stalk confidently on the
two legs of manhood or hobble on the threu
legs of old nge he Is alwas on the go. Not
content wltn the-locomotion provided for his
exit from Ihe primeval state of bliss, ho has
Invented new teot, strange legs, whirling
wheels Hnd whizzing' wings what has he not
Invented' to facilitate this going somewhere,
this getting away, this moving forward, up
ward, under, onward, opening by these means
many an ingenious way and postern gate for
the last of all his jnov Ings, Ui move out of
this world Into thenext.
(TT IS not growing like n tiec." sa old
. Ben Jonson, "tint makes men better be;
or standing Jong an oaic to tall a
log at last." All of which Is as admirably
truo as It Is admirably put. And et men
aro remarkabl like trees; for they take root
where they grow nnd It hurts and discour
ages to transplant them, liuwjver they may
aftr flourish in a new soil. "To pull up
slakes" jnay do ery well as to the accidental
caravansary if the moirrc::; or as to some
trnnsltor encampment unqer rnnias ns one
wanders from one place to another. But
vi hen a man moves lu the res sense that is,
when a man takes himself and his from what
has been his domicile to what ho hopes may
In time become his domlgllo once more "to
pull up stakes" ls a phrase of the order of
trivial persiflage. Moving Is the spoliation
of home, tho tearing out of roots, the dcracl
nation of the vitals of a household that linn
been. A descent Into the trenches of pro
fault and a deep and muddy one at that
can alone do Justice In language to the proc
esa of moving. And it Is no consolation that.
It sounds as It ls heroic to be moving In
the van. Three movlnga, we are told, equal
s. fire. Any moving is worse than a fire,
because you havt, to live tnereaftcr with
the mutilated corpses of tnlngs that were, or
at least organize fot hospital work oh the
debris for tnany a weary month to come,
HAS the happy reader 'Who moves not
ever thought about books ns a topic ot
weight? The avoirdupois of books Is amaz
ing. Age cannot wither them and their dry
ness, which exudes In dust, only adds to their
heaviness, liven such disturbers of gravity
as Charles Lamb and Sidney Smith bulk
weighty In old editions. He Is a strong thief
who steals a book. And jet there nre those
who prate about light reading and the uplift
e letters. The atomlo weight of household
furniture, too, has never been scientifically
determined. It Is something extraordinary.
U would seem that .not only has the dining
table. he refrigerator 4 the. piano sent
ajewn tap-,! Mm MMfH. M tfcat ach "
aafM ttUfaJty I, i H ijjyfr ,& ft
jf'.afrriTOr , ' ..'Avl&llarayk w TVi,
ALONCAN9OfrTl
YOUR LIMIT?
I even small objcels, pictures on the wall In
llelr fsHtllliir places and In lo-a-brtic, look-
' '"K lirecarleus and portable enough on the
i n-antel, ,vo sent down tendrils which deny,
delay mid dlseoiiiage their taking off. The
wire of n picture--will often cling to' a nail
like a live thing, ltemovnhlc lugs will in.vs.
teilousl have fuiteuM themselves down
harmless, grandmotherly old bureaus and
rhlntz-eovered mfas will Indccotouslv kick
on" tl.elr casttis and crutih as the me haled
away from their ntcuMomed cornels While
as to i locks Ihey Invariably stilke on re
moval )
ffTV-'ST thou art and unto dust thou shalt
U return" was doubtless not "spoken of
the soul," to credit lamgfellow But move,
man, move, If thou wilt know that "dust tiou
art'' and rrl!alil to dust thou hast re
turned The capaelt of nil ordinary piece
of furniture to take to Itself and letain the
dust of tho Mven ages eau be exphlned only
on the thvmy of tpagneths Iron attracts
Iron; furnltuie. similarly attuuMsnnd iclalns
In its clutches b an Invisible power the dust
with which It appears to delight In being
covered. Valiant and not to be disci u raged
Is the zeal of the cleanly housewife, with her
eunnlrlglv devised weapons against dltt and
disorder piled by strong, white arms Her
fight has alwa.vs been against dust dust
which she Ins raised, conjured nnd subdued
ns wizards lalso and HUbdue the devl). But
the devil Is still about his wicked business
foi all the conjureis; and the dust still
eoveis us nil despite mnnv n pietty Utile
oasis In the universal dc-eit Born of dust,
bred In dust, our rruin tu dust Is teilalii.
To move is only to rctuiti lucii-aturclv. Per
haps such ns have been great movers In their
time which Is much the same thing as head
Ing girat movements, for both inise'thc dust
perhaps sueli men do often make the fins,!
letutn to dust with hii exalted Joy that It Is
final
'"VrAX wants but little here below," sijs
J.V Pope, who lived In tho honest davs of
Queen Anm and knew no piofllecis dally to
confute him If nu think join self modest In
oui wants, look Ht tho seven vans that cany
iiwiij voui modest household necessities If
ou aie poFsessed of the Idea that ou are
a very prudent and frugal person, spending
our money onl with taete a, ml discernment,
move, man, move. Unearth from their hid
den corners tho things that ou purchased
In the nonage of your taste, when our dis
cernment was nodding like Homer, when
jcu left our frugallt nt home locked up In
tho safe nnd our extravagant, tasteless,
rather silly other self for tho moment as
serted Itself to our confusion Did I ever
hang that picture- on my wall? Ola l c,cr
tolerntp that vase on the mantel? it must
have been long ago when I used to rhjme
"vase" with tho pluial of a sheep's utterance
distressfully prolonged Household stuff Is
nt a great disadvantage compared with nfen
and women. When we die wo uro decently
burled or burned Household stuff, in which
maj )o included ever thing which one re.
luctantly parts with to u rummage sale and
muih besides that ou won't let' go house
hold stuff has a certain IndestrUrtlhltlty.
Like n poor relation, or a pugilist of spirit,
household slhft Is sure lo come back. It Is
sorted and sorted; and nffaln put nay. As
sociations gather nbout it, ghosts of nhalf.
forgotten past, and It has become a species
of memorabilia of thnt past, of the man that
was. pr .nt least of the nran that I would
like-to think thnt J was. There.ls ouly one
safe way qut of the difficulty, although that
way lias, difficulties of lis own. 'and the
Gownsman regards It. ns purely theoretical
Let our wife destroy jour hoarded inefliora
bllla, from your broken pipes nnd discarded
tobacco pouches all the way up to those old
letters that you never would let her see,
from somebod, ou really frget now whlcfr
And you do tho same thing by her hoard If
over she will let c-u.
Dvep the dullest dlng grip germs
should by tills time realize that the processes
of kijllng and curing may boljlinultuneously
conducted.
Not even Permany's utmost Ingenuity of
conservation can re-establish rctrcutlcas
das.
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What Philadelphia, with her slovenly
streets. Is after ls',-nol the eYfeeO'pt the dirt
lixvtwcsvtxmffw.
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Little Studies in Words
FARCE
lITIinX an older boy consoles his little
' brother of whom n playmate has been
miiklnc gnme bv saying. "Never mind, he's
only tilng to stuff ou," he uses a form
of words older than he knows.
Builtsque, lillailous Joking, exaggeration
and tho like aie commonly galled farcical,
but If we would onlv translate the, word
Into Fngllsh wo should say thnt these
tilings nie merely wtuftlng. '
The word "fnrce" comes from tho Latin
vetb faisirc, meaning to ktuff. It is
formed from the medieval perfect partici
ple farstti. It was originally applied to
tile expansion of tho Kyrio lllcison In the
church service by the interpolation of
words and, plnases between these two
tlieek woids. Later It was used to de
solbe the phrases and rlijmedf verses In
the veinncHilir that were putvor stuffed
Into tho sol vice.
The mcdlevul actors used to lighten their
paits with buffoonciy and would Inject
"gags" In tho dialogue. This praotlco came
lo bo called furcing and the "gags" were
faice. Out of this practice came the? cus
tom of describing a light and humorous
piny a farce.
The woid in n corrupted form still sur
vives In Its original meaning In "foice ,
meat," which ls nieiely meat used for
stuffing, and, by association of Ideas, highly
seasoned meat, because tho meat for stuff
ing was aiwajH seasoned.
It should be evident fiom the foregoing
that when Maximilian's peace speech Is
descilbtd as fut deal It is mcailt thnt ho
Is attempting to stuff us. a. W. D.
T ,
The seem to ho suiprlsed In Kurope by
the lighting qualities of our soldiers. But
what did they thnk the soldlcis crossed, tho
n onn fnl-? -
The Illue Danube
Some sections ot the Dauubo nre undoubt
edly bluer than ever before. tievr York Eve
ning Sun.
The Pasting of Summer
How swiftly summer fled,
You must allow ;
Once niore'tnls phrase Is read;
Do, Christmas shopping now.
Detroit Free Press.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Mho la Mr IIi Geddea?
3. What win la mim-i'arturfd In Die part af
1 ranee of whlrh Itheiaia la the chief Vltj?
3. VVhr la the planet Mars ao railed?
"Jr'i.'l Jf. I"", lmt State of
United rltutea?
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8, Mhut la the doeirlne. at bedonlam?
. What la a r?
7, Mlio wa Iho reputed Imtntor af the newer
loo raT
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I). Mho aald "Mlrnre glrea ronefnt"?
10. What la a prio-dleu?
Answers lo Yesterday's Quia
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t. A keatrel la a anerlra of amall hawk.
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5. Tnent-four aralna make a Dennrvreliht In
Troy rueaaure. ,
6, A inirploaltt la ono Teraed It tho ttndr of
funsl, riperiallr muahrooraa.
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broug lit beforo, a lut
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lawfulneaa of hla restraint. Tho norda ara
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