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TT IS to bo presumed that liorlln nn
carefully ooutiaereJ ail of the terms of
loaco and armistice dictated in tliu cor
roapondenco with I'rt8ldutit Vllton. The
departure of an aimlstlco coinnilajlon fruin
the 'German lapltal to tho western front
ye&terday mutt appettr In the Hxht of all
precedent at. nothing more or letts than
a preliminary to complete surrender under
tho lash. It la Inconceivable that even so
.Mnlmaglnatlvu person as a German diplo
matist could think of returning at this
juncture from such a nilstlon with an;
liopo of revitalizing a prostrate and an
guished people
, Mr. "Wllson't! most recent note, com ey
ing tho additional provisions defined by
the council at Versailles, wa3 doubtless re
ceived in Germany before it was published
in tho United fatates. Theru uro Indica
tions which make it appear that a special
train was waiting with steam up at Uerlln
and that the melancholy armistice, commlc
fcion was tuclrcd within it waiting only tho
frord that Foch had been authorized to
receive them. Unless atf signs lie, Ger
many is ready to quit cold. That Mie will
emerge without tho Hohenzollerns In also
becoming clearly evident. Under tho con
ditions defined by Mr. Wll&ou and the addi
tional terms sptcifled at Versailles and tho
iron-harsh rulea certain to be dictated by
l-'och, Germany will bo ns helpless and
even mora abject than Bulgaria, Turkey
or Austria.
It may bo only a ferr days until tlw.
fighting ends until tho German autoc-
racy remains only a memory In one part
fr' of the world and, among Germans "them-
TCives, a stupendous crime to be atoned
for by years 'of sacrifice and humiliation.
The fifty million dollar bond ijsuo for
eood roads has been approved by tho voters.
Sow Governor-elect Sproul ran carry out tho
road improvement program to which ho
;..: jurujieu uimsou in me campaign
?" RESPECTING L1BERTY,SHIIXK
fTIHE Philadelphia chapter of tho Amor!
- can Instituto of Architects 13 lichly
entitled to tho gratitude of all patriots
for its respectful and effective rerooflng
tf Independence Hall in accordance with
tho original appcaranco of that Fhrlno of
freedom.
Tho restoration even by well-intentioned
jsealots of historic structures has often
led to painful blunders. Itafael Contrcras,
desplto his assiduous labors, has been se
verely criticized for his retouching of the
frarila nr.ibeHnufR nt ClvnnnAn'iu tun. 1.1l
Alhambra. Xor has ViolIot-le-Duc's io-
, ,v Ttiaao Carcassonne escaped tho antiqua-
j rlan s lament.
Hut tho offenses hero cited are a-, mero
peccadillos compared with fhoso from
5;, i which tho Stato House in its time has
"suffered. At tho suggestion, alleged to
havo been made by the Impetuous "Abe"
-ungusu, ii "dummy- cjock, wnose painted
'hands were as stationary as its soul was
,,( inutc, was actually once attached to tho
west wall of America's cradlo of self
determination 1 The act teems mythical
and yet tho annals of tho Ashbrldge Ad
ministration attest tho truth of this, with
many other astounding performances.
The two wings of tho main building,
with their arcaded thoroughfares, aro less
etrlevablo than that static timepiece. The
t.'falluro of their too vividly reddish bricks
!J6 impart the antique flavor may, how
Vver, bo partly forgiven In view of their
Indication of the original plan.
" " But tho sincerity of the new-old roof.
f 'Just painstaTtlngly completed, is happily
I unuupeacnauic. Jt eeia an aamirauio
;vr- yreceaeni xor rutuio operations on tno
.Veneraulo palladium. They should bo In-
i , trusted, as these latest ones have been, to
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'"reverential and intelligent artists.
f Emperor Charles of Austria la said In
thtpatches to huyo quit liH army. 1'rom this
distance it would appear that his army has
L .lttlt "Emperor Charles.
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i VOTN'S MIND
T.ItOPi:HSIONAIi Joko foundcrts. the
t hewers of puns, carpenters of the pol-
va JmmA ivheezo and solemn architects of
f aifctehty axioms, will toy in ccetasy with
ffca knowledice that Mrs. Carrlo Chanmnn
f- '1X president of the National American
Woman Burrrugo Association, cuangtu her
tataoV an Instant before she cast her first
UMlot In Now Torlt. "I thanged It in tho
booth," placidly said Mrs, Catt.
ISt.li, I rmlrl Via Annv 4n finv n Virlpht
thtuK or two about this new and conspicu
ous, demonstration of the most ancient of
Mwilnlne prerogatives. But wo prefer to
itsifl and remove our hat lnttead.
WhoV looking twlco at this Interesting
0mlanco. will not perceive, In the
mind o( a woman voter, a virtue
unknown to tho painfully fa-
rtl mate, who
ttt iW'
THE DAY OF THE PEOPLE
hiuglj- Anlorrary U Disappearinft, liut We
"Mnt llcttutf of Lvery Other Kind
of Tjraiinj
rpUU task begun iif tho l-renvh Kovolu
tlon is nourlnp conrjilctioii. It might
bo f,nid the tusk begun by the Dcclurn
tion of Inilepcmlunco, for that whs really
tho mbJorn beffinntnt? of the revolt of
tho people against autocracy. I!ut it vvus
tiie French Kevolution that tl reel tho
imagination of the idealists of the old
woild. It was of it that Wordsworth
wrote:
nilfs vvuh it then to be alive.
Hut tu bo younif ! eiy lieaven.
Tiie dream of youth la liberty, frater
nity and equulity. This was the cry of
tho revolutionists. The rule of privilege
in Fiance, tho assertion by tho few of
their light O contiol the many and to
make them &eive their whims, wu3 de
nied by the men who overthrew Louis
XVI. The right of every man to live lily
own life.in hit. own way was asserted in
tiie midbt of riot and bloodshed.
JJut this win only the beginning.
There were popular revolts in other
European countries glowing out of the
increasing dissatisfaction of the people
with the oppressions of the privileged
classed. Dut they did not accomplish a
great deal, for these countries wero not
yet icady to govern themselves. They
had to be governed. This is not a state
ment of a political theory, but of a his
torical fact. It is one of the truisms of
history that every nation and every city
lias tho kind of government for which it
U iitttd and with which it is reasonably
contented. As soon as the majority of
the people anywhere have intelligence
enough and political sense enough to
overthrow their oppressors those op
picssors are overthrown. So long as
they are content they submit to misrule.
This explains I'ussia, where for years
tiie l evolutionary party consisted of u
small handful of intellectuals who in no
way represented the great mass-of the
population loyal to the Great White Czar.
It explains the conditions that have pre
vailed in Germany and in Austria-Hungary
for a century more or less.
Dut the passing years have broadened
the vision of tho average man on the
continent. They have educated him.
They have fired him with the ambition
to be his own master and not tho mere
vassal or serf of a hereditary overlord.
And now the seeds planted during the
Trench devolution, more than u hundred
years ago, aro coming to fruition.
These are great days to be alive, as
Wordsworth said of the days when the
French dethroned their king. Xo more
momentous thing3 have happened since
the beginning of time than those which
aie in progress nt tho present time.
Autocracy has been destroyed in Russia,
and the people are learning in the hard
school of experience how to exercise their
new powers. They will blunder and
stumble many time3, but in the end there
will grow up a great people inspired with
the living spirit of democracy. Autoc
racy lias seen its last days in Austria
Hungary, and the nations deprived of
their liberties theio are taking posses
sion of them in their own name and not
in the name of any king, prince or poten
tate. In the Geiman empire the Empeior
is surrendering tho powers which made
him an autocrat and is begging that he
be allowed to retain his titles and an
honorary position ,at the head of the
nation. Whether this wish will' bo
granted or not is still to be determined.
But the time when a king can say, "The
State, it is I," or can speak without
blasphemy of "me and God," are ended
never to dawn again on this whirling
planet.
These aie, indeed, great days in which
to be alive. The youth who will live to
see tho outcome during the next fifty
years are to be envied. It will fall to
them in Europe and, to a lesser degree,
on this side of the ocean, to complete the
work that has been begun and to make
sure the foundations on which Govern
ments built on tho people's will arc to
rest.
But political autocracy is not tho only
form of misrule that is doomed. Along
with the revolt against czars and em
perors there are heard the rumblings of
revolt against industrial autocracy. The
tyranny of the great employers of labor,
tiie desire of the capitalists to dominate
the world for their selfish interests, the
eagerness of labor leaders to set up a
privileged clans within the industrial
world to which consumer and employer
must pay tribute are all forces which
threaten tho future of the social struc
ture. They must be resisted as firmly as
the awakened peoplo of Europe have re
sisted the autocracy of their hereditary
rulera.
There is oven threat of industrial
revolution, with seizure in other coun
tries of the property of the "capitalist
class," such as has occurred in Russia.
But this is a threat to set up. the autoc
racy of a large social group for that of a
small family group, and must be resisted
as vigorously and as persistently. Even
though this industrial group should in
cludca majority of society, its tyranny is
none the less repugnant than the tyranny
of the minority. There Is no justification
in law or in morals for tyranny of any
kind. So while we are rejoicing at the
end of hereditary autocracy on the other
side of the ocean we must be on the alert
to fight the evil of autocracy in what
ever form it may manifest ittelf here
at home.
A ITIEE AND HONEST OCEAN
THOUGH freedom of tho seas Is a phrase
which will probably bo profusely
analyzed by international lawyers before
tho pea co negotiations are wound, up, then
are certain ship captains who uteri no
Grotlus to Inspire their answers. Ono of
the happy skippers' turned on his deck
'light a few duw age Mtd wllod the ocean
fun of Independent navlgatlc . without
periphery of convoys nil tho way from
within four miles of thoi British coast to
an American port.
They and nil their confreres can realize
with tho deepest feollng what sca-frccdom
moans. Their songo of relief at tho dissi
pation of n. "nightmans can scarcely bo
grasped oven by tho moit sympathetic
landsmen. Navigation without llght3,
grueling vigils with' tho Iniquitous pesta
of tho deep ever In mind, demands on a
kind of MtUl onco only exacted of naval
otllcers, havo developed a race of merchant
seamen whose prowess, courage and ability
carry off ono of tho high honors of the
war.
The lllumlred ship of thetc fairer times
in truly symbolic of a glowing freedom,
tho spirit of which even In thq darkest
days of tho now -vanished submarines was
proof against nil discouragement
Vo have money to bet that the German
nnnlstlco commission now off to bend tho
l.tieo to General Toch didn't have any flowers
thrown at It in departing from llerlln.
RUSSIA: TIIE NEXT PROBLEM
WHE:
r.ui
HEN the Bolshevik Government In
ussla tent a request for "peaco
negotiations" to tho Allies this week It
had, of court,!?, mi hope or expectation that
tho etpedltloniry forces operating In Sl
bcrlu would be halted. Tile Bed leaders
wero Indulging in" a shrewd method of
propaganda. They wero angling for tho
sympathies nl the attention of sentimen
tal radlcalK In Europe and in the United
States. Tho request from Moscow, how
ever, must hervo to dtaw general attention
onco again to fantastic complications of
affairs In what was onco tho Czar's empire.
Thero has been some ugly fighting be
tween tho Bolshevik troops and tho Allied
lorees In eastern Ilussla. The Govern
ment? like our own, which sincerely dcslro
to befriend tho Russian people, aro thus
In the position of making war upon tho
troops which represent tho only visible
government In Russia. Thcro aro the
counter-revolutionary governments at
Omsk and In the north, but they aro little
more than aspirations at the present hour.
Such civil organization as exists In tho
country at large Is controlled by the Bol
shevlkl, and often It appears that tho sym
pathies of most of tho misguided peasants
are with tho Soviets that tho Allies havo
pledged themselves to eliminate. Wo nro
not permitted to havo actual and depend
able Information of all that 13 going on In
Russia.. 1'or months thero has been no
Associated Press correspondent In tho
country Such news ns passes tho borders
Is relayed through neiftral countries, and
It is tainted too frequently by tho lgnor
anco or tho prejudices of those who trans
lato and transmit It. Tho western world
cannot know whether tho Allies are mak
ing friends or foes of tho mass of Rus
sians. Only one thing Is plain, and that Is
that Russia is certain to bo In tho near
future almost as exacting a problem as
Germany used to be.
"When peace Is declared the world will
becomo suddenly and actually conscious of
tho perils Inherent In tho Russian confu
sion. Russia will present a long vista of
tangled interests, of great forces in violent
opposition, of great alms defiled and groat
principles perverted and complicated by
passions, hatreds, Ignorance and faith.
Thoso who havo to make peaco in Russia
will have to deal with raw chaos. Tho
land Itself Is equally inviting to thoso who
wish to benefit tho human race by unselfish
servlco and those opposed to them who
would resort to tho old methods of per
fidious diplomacy to make the futuro Rus
sia a happy hunting ground for despollcrs
and a breeding place for futuro strife.
Tho Allies havo already performed a
great service for the Russians in the
elimination of tho menace of tho German
andAu6trlan agencies of corruption. Tin
land, which' was ready to act as ono of tho
artet ies for German "infiltration" in Rus
sia, anj tho Ukraine, which was bent upon
a similar service, aro changing their minds
ns swiftly as they made them up. But
Russia remains as an empiro unrealized,
incalculably rich in all the natural re
sources essential to wealth and civilization.
Russia has enough minerals and oils for
half a world. It Is an untouched treasure
house of unrnlned gold. If Its fields wero
tilled It could feed Europe. It Is a land to
tempt even ordinarily honest statesmen
from tho ways of Justice and righteous
ness. 'And until the futuro courso of
events In Russia Is decided tho elimination
of German autocracy will not be adequate
to assuro tho world of permanent peace.
Caesar Rltz,- the inttr-
urhlnd the national hotelkeeper,
Harriett of rm who 'has Just died in
Lucerne, was one of
those odd individual! whom publicity actually
makes obscure. Tho omnipresence of hla
name seemed to belto his. personality. Thomas
Cook and' Karl Baedeker were Blmllarly en
gulfed by the ubiquity vof placarding, while
ns to the C. Mackintosh, ho of the capacious
overcoat who can regard that humanitarian
Individual a3 anything but a myth? There
la something decidedly piquant in the thought
of advertising as an armor of privacy.
Since he refused ab
la MIthlfn solutely to make any
speeches during his
campaign for tho senatprshlp, It may be said
of the Justly celebrated II. Tord, of Detroit,
that he lived up to the example of the device
that has made him famous and managed to
go n long way on little gas.
There has been noth
11 e Patient hig In the news from
Versailles to Indicate
whether a firing oquad. Jail or vaudovllle
will get the Kaiser.
An old play revived in the singular
"Blue 'Gene."
No matter what happens In Warsaw or
Cracow tho polls still rulo In America. '
It deems to have been some "show" in
Missouri '
It looks as If the revised celebration of
Sedan Day would fall hereafter In Novem
ber, In view of the abnormal demand the
very latest may be a white, flag shortage,
Etlll It's always possible to borrow from
Austria.
It was kind bf the President to reassure
Rumania, but in view of the prcleB fcf
oartMo HUM to KMhal )feala
THE CHAFFING DISH
The Dove Train En Koulc
7'rom Our Special Correspondent
On Ilonnl bptrlal Train lih tli (lirinau
Peace llrlrrMlon November tl
T CONSIDER myeelf peculiarly fortunate
In having beeh Invited to accompany
tho Getman delegation that left Berlin this
afternoon on tho To Marshal l'och's Head
quarters for I'eaco Kulng Special Train.
General Gruenell, General Wlnterfeld, Ad
miral Mcurcr ami Admiral Hlntze, the ap
pointed commissioners, wero escorted to
tho train by I.udendorfi." and Hlndenburg,
who waved them an enthusiastic farewell,
Tho latter gentlemen wero plainly much
relieved that tho unpleasant task had nfit
betn delegated to them. Boor Hlntze In
particular was In tho blackest spirits. Ho
wore n specially designed uniform of ficld
t'Liy uckcloth, olive" .branches embroidered
on his collar and with a llttlo tab on tho
chest to conceal his Iron Cross. "Good
luck, old boy!" shouted HIndy as tho train
pulled ouf. "Como back summa cum
laudo!"
"Summa cum laudanum, mare likely,"
muttered tho admiral.
rpUU German Government, with its cus--L
ternary foresight, has cv Idcntly planned
tho I'eaco Suing Special Train long In ad
vance and nil Its (nppoIntmcnt3 nro ad
tnlrablo and skillfully devised. It Is painted
white throughout, eyon tho locomotive; the
cars aro enameled In whlto with a decora
Hon of doves, from which tho special de
rives Its name of Tnub-52ug (l)ovo Truln)
I notice, however, that beneath tho vvhlte.
enamel it is heavily nrmored In cas.o -of
accidents.
Tho first car Is tho Wagon for the Re
cuperation ot; Envoys, provided w Ith ev cry
appllanco known to German science for
reviving the delegates niter tho shock ot
hearing Marshal Foch'a terms. Hot nnd
cold shower bathe, electric belts, hot-water
bottles, mustard plasters, massago tables
and colored lithographs of tho sausage In
dustry are all In leadlness to resuscitate
tho drooping spirits of tho delegates.
Tho second car Is tho Pullman for tho
Consideration of Relevant Reading Matter.
In this vehicle arc shelved nil tho volumes
that the. delegates may need for reference.
I noticed a LIfo of Colonel House, a His
tory of Princeton Unlvcrsita , a Blue Book
of St. Helena and a card Index of Presi
dent Wilson's speeches. There is also n
thick bundle of clippings of a icituln edi
torial In tho New York Times, but I do
not observo that tho eminent passengcis
derlvo very startling comfort from any of
theso data. They havo spent much of tho
Journey up to ho present In catechizing
each other on Mr. Wilson's speeches, and
Admiral Illntzo is very nearly letter per
fect by now. General Gruenell, with tho
book before him, asks Hlutzo something
llko this: '"27ic United States her own
will upon another peoplo to impose would
disdain,' when did ho say that?" To
which tho Admiral replies prou&yi "To tho
Congress, on February" 11. Ask me nn
othcr'" " ,
T MUST admit that tho envoys weid a
-- llttlo taken aback to learn that in tho
Spclsewagon or Dining Car only vegetable
food had been provided. Tho German Gov
ernment, very wisely wishing Its repiesen
tatlves to arrive at Foch'a headquarters In
as cool-blooded und pacific a frame of mind"
as possible, arranged that during tho ex
pedition the delegates should consume no
ferocious meats. Pea soup, powdered eggs
and barley water aro tho staples of every
meal, with a llttlo weak tea.
After dinner this evening tho envojs
retired to tho Car for Brooding Upon Ap
proaching Humiliation. This car was up
holstered in black leather, wfth a decora
tion composed of brass handles and wreaths
of lrfimortellcs under glass globes. A.
phonograph geared to an axlo of the car
played tho Marseillaise without ceasing,
and at ono end of the saloon a number of
seamstresses wero hard 'at worlt sewing
up the largest whlto flag ever made. Ad
miral Hlntze attempted to enliven tho
evening by reading aloud a chapter from
Mr. Gerard's book "My Four Years In
Germany," but all wero agreed that the
pastime was a failure.
FTER dinner tonight wo retired to the
Car for tho Ropractislng of Military
Etiquette and General Gruenell put us nil
through a brief drill In heel-clicking and
bowing. It la very important, ho thinks,
that when his party reaches Foch's head
quarters they should make a favorablo im
pression. Accordingly ho took tho part of
Foch, and each one of us had to approach,
uo presented to him, click heels In form
(concealing his Iron Cross with tho loft
hand) and utter a French phraso. I
watched General wlnterfeld go through
his paces, and though I did not think much
of his accent as ho grumbled "Zzscharmay
de voovKahr," It seemed to mo that ho did
fairly well. I questioned him abou.t it,
hoping to pick up some good stuff for
readers of The Chairing Dish, but he was
in a morose mood. "Tho thing that bothers
me," ho said, "is how I am going to bo
able .to look that man Foch In -tho eyo.
I've Weon studying his. picture, and it seoms
to mo that he doesn't look military at all.
He looks far too gentle and domestic. Ho
doesn't wear his uniform with tho proper
swank. Now supposo when I meet him
the habit of j ears should assert Itself and
I should automatically reprimand him for
slovenly carriage? Do you think that
would defer a Just peace and add to tho
amount ot tho Indemnity? And supposo
my Fronch should desert mo and I
couldn't think of anything to say?"
"General," I said, "If I wero you I
wouldn't worry about saying anything, I
would just tako tho papers and beat it "
I MUST bring this dispatch to an end, fcr
tho train is nearlng tho Rhino and the
delegates aro getting a bit worried about
Allied aircraft. They' 'are liberating whlto
pigeons from each car every minute or bo,
o. large stock of these birds having been
brought along in a baggage van at the
end of the train (which also parries the
reserve supply of auxiliary verbs). But
personally I think this Is very risky, as
tho birds fluttering out In the Oarkness
look like puffs of shrapnel emoko. In case
aaythlng should happen, plea) remit
lop. tW avtets mr
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THE GOWNSMAN
"Tho Honor Sjttem"' Once Moro
pOINCIDENT with the lnfiucnza, 'the
vJ honor Hystcm' has broken out at tho
University; but happll), In a mild form,
llttlo likely to provo contagious. Itls not,
true, ns repotted In come of tho newspaper?,
that tho college has been in nny danger ot
taking it; although It has been perilously
exposed to it for j eats. It would seem that
the navV is still suffering under a. mild
form of this distemper, caught from tho
Wharton School; but drastic measures have
prevented Its spread to the arm ' " Vo runs
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( ( AND what, pray, Is 'the honor system'?"
-tXlnnocent leader, it Is a boyish device
to escape tho alleged humiliation Incident to
writing an examination paper In tho pres
ence of an Instructor; or, to translate Into
tho famllUr language of xport, a contrivance
to play tho game without the umpire. In a
usual form It substitute! n algned promise
not to cheat during a particular period, a
promise exacted from nil, for tho usual pre
cautions against the occasional and excep
tional offender. Transferred from tho school
room to tho community at large, it would
mean tho abolition of tho pollcMpan, because
tho virtuous feel It a personal reproach to
qu-stlon tho universal honoty of mankind.
DISHONESTY as to lessons nmong cchool
b'oys is commonly less n matter ot
morals than -a matter of mischief. To outwit
authority, to tako dangerous risks and win,
out Is to gain a reputation for cleverness, a
ouallty far ubovo tho price of rubles, to nay
nothing ot scholarship. What healthy boy
will not repudiate tho notion that ho Is n
"dig"? Learning comes incidentally to him
in tho intervals of sport, If It is to como at
all. His real llfo Is, that with his fellow H.
happy outlaw a In the Sherwood Forest of
Youth, and pranlrt ngalnst the constituted
authority ot tho schoolmaster Sheriff of Not
tingham meet only approval In his Irrespon
sible world. It 1b unhappy to retain, even In
early manhood, tho elfementnl notions of
childhood. It 1 a misfortune not to outgrow
the hoodlum ethics of boyhood Its discour
tesy, unfairness, rudeness!, egotism, selfish
ness. IT IS, then, vastly to tho credit of student
bodies, in universities and colleges all
over tho country, that they should have
sought some means to better conditions In
tho matter of honesty at examinations, by
seeking to arouse In their fellows ajtftnso of
responsibility and the need of leaving behind
tho primitive morality of tho secondary
schools. The deplro to bo rid of "tho
watcher," too. Is not unnatural or unjustified,
as the presence, the mere existence, of such
an offlcer Is an nffront to supersensitive
honesty. But Is a written promise to be
honest during a given perjod a good way
toward the desired result? And how can we
escape the Inovitaftlo inference, that a
promise not to cheat today implies tho right
to cheat tomorrow and a Justification as to
tho cheating ot yesterday? Does an honest
man need to promlso to be temporarily no
thief? And who eluo than tho thief need It
bind? Moreover, can an honest man bind
himself by such, a promise without In so
doing impugning iua umwi .
THERE la a fine old story, related some
where of Richard Brlnsley Sheridan,
dramatist, wit, orator, ma,n-about-t$wn.
Seated at a table, oeuntlng out a store o
gold by candle light, Sheridan was sur
prised by his tailor, a patient nd cagaclous
man patient In that he had wilted long ror
the payment of certain bills due hlnr for
habiting ' this splendid man about .town ;
sagacious In that he had been careful to
tako. Sheridan's, n,ofo as evidence of the
money due, after repeated excuses always
ending: "Jenkln, you see, I really have no
money"
"Good evening, Mr, Sheridan," said Jen-i
Icln, advancing, rioto In hand. "You have
often told me, Blr, that you would pay me
If you had the money, and that I should
have the fltst money that came In. I eee.
sir, that tonight you aro happily provided."
"My dear Jenkln," said Sheridan, "this
mohey is not mine I lost It last night at
Brooke's to Mr. Fox and I am counting It
out to pay It over to him, 'You have my
note there in your hand, written security
that you will get your money. Mr. Fcx lias.
only ray twil Mr a csntlsman for.seourlty.
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great Mr. Fo, and respectfully urge tho
prloilty of our debt to me." Ho was paid
nt onco and Sheridan, ns betwce two men
of honor, waived tho uceeptaneo of a re
ceipt. ALOW grado tradcmen-morallst named
Franklin onco said, "Honesty is the
best policy." Honesty can bo taught other
low giado tradesmen only In thit way.
Honesty Is not n quality duo to tho man
you nro dealing with; It Is n quality wlncn
vou owo to yourself, to your self-respect ns
a man. Honesty lo na opvlously necessary.
If the world Is to go on, as cleanliness; and
to inako a merit of honesty Is like boasting
of having cleaned your teeth this mornlna,
or of having ilsen superior to a temptatloh
to appear In the stieets sans cylottcs, "Honor
among thhves" Is another old saying: thero
Is need of honor and of a "sjstcnr" of honor
among thoso who aro not habitually honest.
Thcro is no need of such a system where
men havo grown out of childhood, small
politics, Junkerdom and tho sharp practices
of mcio money-getting.
BUT there will alwavs be n need for tho
policeman ; though no honest man pos
sibly outside of Philadelphia need fear him.
Ho is for tho man of arretted development
who has not learned even that dlshencsty
decs not pay; ho Is for the exceptional ovil
doer. not for the citizen who habitually
abides by tho law. It Is ono of the finest
traits In human naturo that If you will give
a man an Ideal above his habitual standard,
he will strive, consciously or unconsciously,
to reach It. As-sunie that the man you nro
dealing with Is honorable, straightforward,
fair-minded, and you will often 'shame him
Into ilglng above his former self. Ask him
to s'gn safeguards of his conduct nnd make
written promises ns to his moral behavior,
and you put Into him tho spirit of opposi
tion. Business life would collapse If It were
not based on the Initial assumption that
business men nro habitually honest. To In
fuso the opposite assumption Into the llfo
of school and college Is to poison the fountain
at Its head. A recognition that dishonesty
la as much tho mark of childishness nnd
hoodlumlsm as of moral obliquity, that "that
sort of thing Is not done," will do more for
righteousness than all the written promises
to bo good, signed, sealed nnd delivered.
Major GrlllltliH Is right In refusing to enter
tain a proposition looking to tho Institution
of unproctored examinations nmong the men
who are taking their first steps toward train
ing as officers In tho army ot America.
Harmony in the Andes
miin reported unanimity of opinion of
- the Peruvian and Chilean press on
tho Allied policy toward Germany may
seem somewhat tllstanctly connected with
tho world-redemption plans for which
America nnd the Allies are flghtlnj. This
rcmotcnos3, however, Is moro superficially
npparent than real. Peru arid Chllo in
agreement on nny subject Is an epoch,
making event Jn South America.
What happened In Sa'rajevo in 1014 was
considered far, far aloof from our con
cern. North American lndlfferenco to con
ditions In tho Latin republics of our con
tlnont cannot, therefore, be Justified. Tho
concord of theso two democracies in ques
tion may Indeed exert an auspicious effect
on the enduranco of world peace.
Pepu-Chlle ructions havo flared 'up per
sistently, often to the verge of armed
strife, 'ever slnco tho terribly bloody war
of'l'879-lSS; In which tho valuablo nltrato.
provinces' of Tacrta nnd 'Arlca w cro lost to
tho Lima Government. Victorious Chile
promised a plebiscite of tho inhabitants
to bo .takon' after a ten-year occupation.
But no voting on this nationality problem
was oyer authorized.
South Ameri-a, in a sense, has had its
Alsace-Lorraine and tho peace of the Pa
ctflo cotuit,haH been constantly menaced.
If Llma'and Santiago can now tako tho
same stand concerning tho world-war sit
uation a proepeot of' harmony regarding
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TIIE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Appreciation
To the lUlltor of the IJxcnlfta Public Ledger
Sir So many times slnco last spring T
hivo been tempted to tell vou how much
as one of mans have enjojed tho fine liter
ary notes which the Evenino Public;
LijDGrn rings for us from 'ttmo to time, that
I really do not see why I should resist any
longer. It seems to mo to havp given us tl8
only edltor'al jitgo to whlth the readers of
our local dalllei can really look forward.
Quito seriously I look back to one number
of jour Eveni.no Punuo Lkuceu it con
talned a delertublo review by Arnold Ben
nett, along with Mr. Morlej's artlclo on
Gu nemer and u number of other good things
as quite the best edition of a 1'hlladclphli
newspaper I havo ever seen. -"
KATHErtlNE BREGY.
Philadelphia, November C.
Dogs
To the L'dltor of the Evenlnif Pulllo Ledger:
Sir My first love was a dog. My Blncer
est regret, his death. My greatest dlsiip-
polntment, the pictures of prize winners at
dog shows. Why do they havo to tako the
dog out of a dog to make htm n prize win
ner? They taxed the owner of "a dog. That
vi as all right. But to mako n dog wear a
tag, perforce a collar a hiding placo for
fleas oh, where was our Board of Health? j- y
When 1 Heo it dog dragged by a sliver chain-
by a -d.Tinty maid I am glad my dog dlcn.
Iefore tho.days of dog kultur nnd lived in
the days when a dog could burst In a flock
of chickens and his owner enjoy their vol
planing. . IRA K. THAYER.
Cruni Ljnne, I'.t., November 4.
Why Not?
To the Kdltor of the Evenlnp 1'ublic Ledger:
Sir In connection with tho recent order not"
to spit on the streets or sldowalk, nor sweep
tho dirt from tho pavements without sprlhk-(
ling, why Is It that Independence Square
should not carefully live un to all regula
tions? I notlco morning after morning men sweep
ing the walks, creating considerable dust,
causing germs to fly In tho air. 'Why not
sprinklo? A READER. ,
Philadelphia, Nocmber E.
We have been eating spaghetti by the
furlong theso past days to celebrate Italy"
triumph.
Apropos of tho defeat of J. Ham IievvU
the licking of a "whip" seems to have been
Interpreted in Illinois as a case of tho pun
ishment fitting the crime.
The President has given us thq tip that,
Toch's Interview with tho German deputies.
In tho field Is certain to bo pointed, and with,
two of the points specially sharpened t
Versailles. , ,,-(
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The Danube and Salt Rivers arc open Jo
navigation almost simultaneously. n
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1, What rtlebratnl patriot In the Krenli Jtero-
imiiuii wna iH.rn a. imiikv, me lown.ti
ha O'ka uhMi liaa Jual been taken front,
he Germana? ,ivf
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acrltirU In Dean bnlft'a autlre? m
3. Wlni l the HrlH mliiMrr (a the Unlui
htatr. throuKli whom the Auirrirnn net
to Germany toncernlm the armlfcUce hm
delltrrttlr
4. VVIiixt Htnle doe Chanin (lark repreaentKiii
the Ilouo of Itepreaenlathfa?
C. Mlmt la the name of that nart oftlii
.iienhe niter vwiuii now, ucre.e iioiiansr
C. The fumlllnr nhraNe. Tral
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U, What la the meaiilne uf the XJtln
preialon "fJclle wlncepa"? ""
0. What la the olileat rlty In yie United State?
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1. General Wax cornea from r-aplea.
S, The Ilattle 6t Stdan waa fouiut cm flevUmt '
bar 1. 180,
3. A nliirojllr la, the rmnhef of toles oter ts
nest luglient candidate, r
4. Munich U the cupltal vi Uatarla, I ''r-
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