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SPltOU!. AM) KOAI)?
pOVnUXOrt-EI.ECT SI'ttOLI. dialleu
tile law which created the Plato Ttigh
vvh.v Department und he has supported
e.ory worthy Rood ro.uls bill that was in
'reduced Into the Ciencral Asscmhl wiill"
Up was a member of It. lie Is ciimiuitteU
to belter hlshwajs. Hi urped thr nrtop
'ion of the constitutional iimcntinirnt au
thorUhiK :i bond Issue of fr.u.oou.OOO for
road-biilldlns. The votc.M. lifter unco rc
1eotln the nincndinent, hat r.ullkd It
this year. Xow tho way U clear for acllor
Lnlcis wc mistake hl purpu., JIi
Sproul will urse upon the licucral Atseiti
Jly hucIi lKlhlat!on ar, will authurlye the
iw.uo of bonds enoUKh ne.t .vcur to hl.n't
b sreat Hj.stcm of hishujn from one c.nl
oj; the State to the other. Work on them
ai not besin too .soon. They lll tin for
the State, now that the automobile ia u'.J
by every industrj, what tho railrotds did
for It In the early dtiyn, lit that the; will
open up ocrj part of tho Statu to eerj
other pari mid facilitate the transporta
tion of commodities of all I;lml from
ths producer to the coiuumer. L'nlcjs nil
pieccdcnts fail. 'every dnll.tr t-pent on tha
hlshwajs will create many dullunt of aluo
where tionu exUts now.
Jlr. Sproul may conaldei his enormous
' not unptccedented plurulil) as a direct
manual? from the people to curry nut his
sh'V.ij program. If he had nn doui.i
on the matter, that would bu icuhcd b.
imtlAlrr that the boinMaatii amend
ment has been Indorsed b almost as bit;
a M. Jorll as he h:i received
'I cnntiir ard Situ.b D.'Kot.i Iium- ou-stl
li KUf.'rutro Staler, while Okiivnonn ami j
Luu'siaiia, where the tUc.itlon -aa voted on,
b' -nd pa;. I
THF'Ki: SHOULD Tin DCMUUKATli: '
JUDGLS
rPHK taw rec.ulriiiff the election ol Judges I
.mi a nonpartisan ballot via nominally j
Irt'encW to ta'l;c the courts out of politics.
The constitutional provision forblddiiiB the j
electors to vote for more than one candl-
date when two vacancies In the Supreme ,
f ourt we-c to be tilled was Intended to
securr rere-o!itation of both political par-
ties on the bench. I
It ro-s without sijlns that in the in-
eret of Justice there should be both Ite
publican and Democratic JuiUes In the
Supreme Court. But this year, when two
tdces of that court were to be elected,
the Penro.se faction of the Itepubllcan
pari KOt the name of one candidate on
the nonpartisan ticket and the Vurc fac
tion succeeded In gettlnjr the name of one
Df Its adherents before the voter?. On
election day the Penrose people voted for
Kephart and the Vare people for Simp
hon and the Democratic vote was divided
unions to many candidates that the two
Republican candidates ore elected.
If we had had no nonpartisan Judicial
ballot and If the Republicans had made
nominations for euch vacancy, and If the
Democrats had been wise enough to make
a nomination for only one, then u Demo
crat would have been elected, as he ouuht
to hao been. But If the Democrats had
made two nominations the chances uld
have be . In favor of the same kind of a
tesult as that which srleves tho tmpa--llr.Ii
Judlclou" citizens of the Common
wealth today.
The nonpartisan law should be repc.i'oil
because It i a farce and r sham, and In
ltn place tome statute should be parsed
vhich will assure the representation of
bolh parties on the bench beyond the
possibility ot frustration by any political
buggermussery.
The favorite sour of certain peoplo in
Ohio, AVyom'ng and Florida will hereafter
be "Oh, how dry I am,"
NO CONFISCATORY TAX KATE
COXTUOILn AVALTON'H demand that
such economics be practiced next year
m will prevent an Increase In the tux rate
will he !ndni,ed by every taxpayer. The
departmental budgets call for so much
money that If It Is all allowed the city
rate ivlll be 2.43 on every ?100 of assessed
value of real estute. When the nchool tax
of sixty cents Is added the total burden
becomes 3.03 on $100, or (30.30 on (1000.
Such tax rate would be an Intolerable
burden on every householder In the city.
It 'would force every landlord to raise tho
rent of hN tenants and brlnu Investment
to real estate practically to a standstill.
It Is Imperative that the preliminary cs.
tlltmti'H he cut to the bone und that every
superfluous expense be ellnilnuted In order
to prevent such u calamity us a $3 tux
vat. Kor the five years between 1912 und
1916, Inclusive, the rate was only (1.C0.
U no raised to 1,73 In 191C and In 1917
was still further Increased to (2.35, If
the men In control In the City Hull have
the faintest llmmerlnt;s of political sense,
to say iiothlnff of a feellnj: of responsi
bility to safeguard the Interests of the
people, they will keep the rate for next
yVar ft low as the present rate, and they
wllHrefraln. front piling up deficits to be
Mien foil on future administration
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SEDAtf, THE BtiOMERA?
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American Victory on the Meuse rauli a
llrutal Dchuion v
QJIJDAN, hatchery of German militaristic,
Imperialism, has heionic Its mave.
History affords no parallel tit thin tale of
a town nt which the most sinister of dc."
potlsms rose and fell. Sedan made Von
Mnltkc's fame. Hidden In ohsouiltj and
iWent is the name of the tlernuin general
who hustled his forces from the western
suburb of Sedan when the Americans en
tired jeslerday. (
I'or forty-clKht ears the llun has
drummed Into the ptnplcs of the world
that Sedan spelt ItiisMllilc power for Teu
tonic armed loives. He has iidvettlncd
Von Jloltltc. who tlhected a battle foiiRht
under eveeptluiinll) favorable loiiditlons,
competently but (pille without tiny such
ilasslhiB brllll.incj of perfiirmniKC tvs the
Americam have rercntl.v shown over much
of the same sround. He has eMolled the
valor of the Teuton nimies. when It was
actUKllj the 1'rench who carried off tht
superb lautcls for vourase on that terrible
September 1. 1870.
Now that the dajs of lieniuii uluff arc
forever ended, It Is possible In entertain -i
-aner and a fairer outlook on tho lirst ot
the rinlan battles the one on which ti
specious tradition of military eminence
was vainly based. Sedan It Is Hue was
mil e a .sickening traited.v for I-'iancc, but
in no sense u reueciioii on hit ncruuun,
Vndcr the rule of N'apiilcuti 111 die had
str-iycd after false sods, which were of
cla. ShocUiuu niismanitKcment charac
terl7td her upenlns uuinpnlxr. of the
l-'rii in o-Prussian Wa'. The (!enutis nut
ui(ill proHted by It There was no super
human ability In ilii simple proccdtiic.
rpin (lr?t battle of Sedan. vvIiikc bitter
- tiiemnriea the Kallnnt Anierlcnti arm .
aided by Kreneh pressure uu lt left, has
e.vpunKed. was the direct result of u
hopeless effort bi Marshal .MucMahou lo
relieve .Metz.
Ilazalne had been shut up there The
original Trench p'.utv, for liivadiiiK tier
tnmiy had tome to naught. Tho army's
equipment httl been woefully dellclpiit.
Tiie number of its troops was far beneath
the estimate with which the displtltcd
and )hslcall ill Uun.ipntte hud been tie
ludil. Tiio T'mprcss I'hiticnlp Injected a
fctnlb lom.Mitli IIiikci In the pie. She
held out for an advance when ullance on
such retreat tactics a- Jnffie In the Kloii
ous dajs of vran"e's redemption so mas
tilflcentlj emplo.ved mlqht perlmp? have
baved a part of the military establishment.
ilacjlahon was perilous!; uncertain what
roure to tne. Military experts huve
sliiLC maintained that alven the t?-uius nnd
Initiative of Xnpo'cnn or a Tuicnnc -who.
1 tlie wu.. was born in Sedan the
Flench troops In the suburb of Tori.,
i nv tiring on Ihow of the Meuse. tnlsht
lm e Ij'-oii htii led into ,i cap between' the
licrmaii Third and Meue armies, but-.Mac-Mahon
vva.s too ilepu""d to coimliler any
thins beyond llskins a battle for the honor
of France and of -ecurlne In a position of
natural strensth a day's iet for hl men
before the fraj besan.
ri'IIH quiet ,esplte at least wan suined.
-1 The results of till- atlwtntiiKO were soon
seen whi-n VusMilune'.i liivislon, tontalnlnK
a number of marine battalions, completely
disconcerted the Bavarians near Bazeullles,
west of tho Meuse. at ila break on Sep
tember 1. There were many instances of
Mich netting sjeress for the Frenih
throughout the cnrraRement. Tne R iva
liuiis and Saxons were outfouulu a ininiber
of times, but their dlFComfitutr had no
la3tln?r effect because of the operation of
Von Moltke's plan of encirclement, which
eventually trapped his foe.
The two tremendous bids for victoiy
made by the French proved sulc.dal. One
was the dushiiiK Infauti.v cliarce in the
valle of Givonne an operation complete!
nullified by Herman .utiller.v ndvaiitu
Beotislj plated. The circtimstantes of tb
event were laruels al.in lo tlin-e of
Pickett's cliiirse at lltttysbuip. The other
attemiit was the spectacular i.ualr.v ad
vance which maintained the ttaditlon of
Ne?' at Waterloo it wus brilliant and
pitiful.
Zola, in an luspiied moment In "I.a De
bacle" has described the scene with unsur
passed realistic art. France lost one of
her finest pencraK .lules Aususte Mar
sueiitte, father of the two admirable nov
elists. Paul and Victor. She sained slory.l
lucreast.il lespect tor cavulry In modern
war, and yet defeat.
IN VIKW of tlie manifold liusunces. of
Oalllo heroism at Sedan, It may well he
asked why. even granting the earlier er
rors of organization, was the defeat so
comprehensive? The answer is simple. It
vva.s due very laigcl to three changes of
suprenv command while the battle was In
progress. MaeMahon was wounded ,by a
shell splinter ut 7 In the morning. Gen
eral Ducrot replaced him and planned a
letreat toward Mezleres which might, per.
haps, have saved the bulk of his army.
But then to tlie surprise ot every one,
appeared a new candidate for his office.
This was General Wimpffen, who had only
Joined the army from Algiers on the night
of August 30. He was equipped with se
cret and olllcial orders authorizing him to
aFsume command of the army In the event
of any disablement of MaeMahon. The
newcomer's plan was to strike east and
cut off the German army toward Metz. On
llmllng that Ducrot had totally the oppo
site attention, he produced his commission
and reversed tho entire scheme of the en
gagement. The accomplnylng confusion, the march
ing and counter-marching, which resulted,
from such u stop may rendllj be con.
celved. The French plan soon became
hopeless.! confused. The Germans with
their overwhelming forces were enabled
to envelop Sedan, and surrender for
Wimpffen became the only alternative to
the slaughter of his men.
WITH crlm resolution he postponed the
Inevitable for several bloody hours, and
toward the close of the afternoon ho
tictuull did Initiate a fairly successful
counter-attack against Buliin and Bazellles.
ny that time however, the day was lost
by muddling In other parts of the yneld,
Xupoleon. n physical wreck, his cheeks
rouged In a vain effort to appear Inspir
ited, suddenly lost heart
He raised the white Aug on u Sedan
church tower, A Colonel Fauve tore It
down. But It was hoisted -gain half an
hour later, when the Germans were knock
ing nt the gates of the town.
The next day Wimpffen signed n in.
conditional surrender, with the sole auc
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JhJBLlO LliD&EIl
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tion that all officers wrs lo rtln their
words, Klfthty-tTvo thousand men passed
'"to captivity. The French killed nnd
bounded numbered about 17,000.
J. ',0 nr"t Redan was unquestluucbly lost
"rough muddling. Tho second historic en
Kitement. nearly half a century later, Is
vcstlrnony 0f wlint republics, Inspired by
e JVe Of frnarinm -..., .... ..,tll. Mlion
Kanizatlon accompanies courage. It Is
"Ot ton ....i. .
fyltarj
IP'rutifi I.,... -..-i i i. i.,.t
II" "-" ,un lucciveu us iuii-im.-
of V tW" ,,,,ule" complete the story
Pernicious ami brutal delusion.
fJoveiimr Whitman seems to lime been
, tf fn 'N'ew York beenu.e of the per-
onal hopubiHty f 3 Democratic opponent
in Ne 'York cUy.-
U.LAliKH COMPHEIir.NSIO.N OP
.. ITiANCE
T HL ,1"lti"sulsI,l I'rench educational
oomniiuion tlue tMa cltJ next wee).
Is another one of .those fnM-it.creasIng
agencies ti.,tBre eVpanding our knowl
edge of a nation w,,Ib1i Ami.lcu lmH ,.
way, loved but which, even yet. she lin
lierfectl) untlerstands.
The war t.i.s ,,St u. monUl oI(, ))Cforc t,e
popular lmpres.-Io,v that the French were
the gajest peopls i tllc ,vorld ,,a(1
changed to the conrtctloh that thev were
tlie soberest and above ull things the most
superb of llghtei The iiillltai- glory of
France, the luilllw: "of- hep strategists,
exemplilled Immnrtall; h, l.'och, dazzles us
now. The enthii'lavin Is v.-arranted. but
the viewpoint of the nveiago American on
Fiance still I.ilI.s luliinca. Appreciation
of her immeim. achievements In the most
diverse lines of eiine.ivor, arttstlc, scientific
Industrial and educational, can be effec
tivelj stimulated b personal conVjct with
representatives of hei richlv woven civill.
station
The educational '"gute will brt In 3 p0.
sition to brush aside man mental cob
webs, tine of the most tenacious was
removed thi week when the Pails Con
servator orchestra dissipated all Illusions
as lo tho long ovoradveitbcd niuskal emi
nence of l.rlpsic, Berlin or Vienna Xo
nation can be Justl ru'u.jtr-stampt.d as
grave or gii, perverse or pliable The
new intercourse between America and
France Is unuuestionabl uiic of the hap.
piest and most fruitful results of the fur.
I Todd Dan el would have been a little
j w rcr if he utd raided th" Dtpdmnent of
I .lsitce lor slael.ers.
I
i m: i;iii:i1i:st roou tjiiai.-
ONi: of the mott rc'C.it doclsl.in-, of i lie
Supicme War Coancil at Versailles
liiov.dcs thnt the Allies shall do their ut
most to relieve conditions which nppto!-
mat" thoe of famine in Austria and Bul
garia. Presumably a Mmllar course will
lie adopted with relation to German when
peace Is mad".
i'rom tile point of view of America,
therefore, the gicai food crisis of tne war
murt appear to be in the Immediate fu
ti'ie. T.'e Federal food administration
under Mr. 'Hoover's direction faces new
responsibilities nnd we ourselves must look
lo the food administration to prevent com
plications that easily might Involve ex
traordlnar.v haidslilps for the Fnlted
States.
Weie the authority of thu food admin
Ktiiit.ou to ! lessened in nil manner
attor peace, were the gamblers in America
permitted to take advantage of the awn
ing markets In Huropo after the existing
baivitis are removed from'thc usual ar
teries of communication, we in America
might prupTly expect n. year of famine
prices and food shortage. Mr. Hoover's
hardest worn Is slill ahead of hlin. It
ni'i be hoped that in considering the
plight of Kurope after peace hn will not
forget ihe plight of his own countr .
Tho agent wlo got
Mar 1'lckford u sal
ary of tlO.rtUO a week
Ungruiiiiii' .Mury
and .in annual bonus of Jlnn.iioo wr.is her
sU't for (lOg.uOj) commission. Wo know u
man who would give a cutiinil.s-don of ('.'30,
nrtrt or even (4liO,H0ii to the agent who could
get Iihn it Job for a year at ?3:'i5.O00 salary
without anv l.onu.
, The Kaisei will not
I'oor Kill 4tiind on the b.ilcouv
of his Derlin palace to
v elcoinc Ins lelui'.ilnv tirmle. Ills health
Is 'n such a state thut he will find it mule
prudent 'u lenmlli out of sight.
Uerlln has just ouud
III, u 'lliej the Bolshevik dlplo-
Miy. for Tat uiatlsts sent from
Moscow. The Gerinatij
have to oust soiu'abody In older to e:.perl-
iium in a game that has been made pain
fully familiar to them In the last few months.
Now that thu Waiter
and .1, Hum Lewis ar
about lo retire from
r I'eel Ilia
limli Already
public life, two of the
clnf comforts and .supports of the quip
niaUer have been eliminated,
It is sure to be said
si, if. In Vtnr of the German gen
eral who toted a ban
ner of truce acioss Ihe Allied line estrrday
that the white Mag matched his liver.
Those w ho vv isli to e.-:-io
We Have Heurd plain Henry Ford's de-
feat hi Michigan are
feverishly calling everybody's attention to
the fact that a Ford rarely has been success
ful in any race.
Now the Geinians are dreading tlie Uol
shevikl at home. There Is no rest for the
wicked.
' Germans retire beyond tlie Meuse'
says a headline. And their musings, vhvn
they go way back and sit down, will be far
from pleasant.
Germany has u war debt of (Si.OOA,
000,000, und tlie amount of the indemnity she
must pay has not yet been oMlmated. Her
future Is mortgaged so heavily that It will
be u long time before she makes another
attimpt to loot the world.
If the money ava'lable for rapid transit
and port Improvement Is diverted to other
purposes the people of this city will have
only themselves to blame, for It was their
vote that carried the constitutional amend
ment which removes all restr'ctlons on the
expenditure of 3 of the 10 per cent debt
limit to which the city Is confined. This
amendment was drafted by contractors for
contractors, und It will be used for the benefit
of contractors. The pvople knew It, and yet
hey consented to It.
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- raililDELPHIA, jfolBkY; A NG?VEMBKIt.
:
I THE CHAFFING DISH
Der Tag
"Ult mind has blown out ull
ILs
fuses .
As we weie chaffing our way to press
the news broke . . .
Chestnut street burst Into panangellum.
All the lovely stenographers along that
highway (which nourishes the fairest
damosels In the world) rushed to the win
dow's and began Jojously tearing up news
papers Into little bits mid scattering them
Into the air like snow. Among the flutter
ing fragments wo noticed many portions
of yeslei day's dialling Dish, which gave
so broad a hint (even ahead of tlie United
Press, O Boy I) that Der Tag was at
hand , . . ,
Adet. Order tht V huffing '"'' ' no
rniii'P and have It icrved on your supper
table uid'i the trrlih rabbit.
Xow bclldve It or not as jou like, hut
when we heard the roar of those tri
umphant and excited populuces beneath our
windows the frenzy seized us. We grabbed
all tho papers on our desk. Including sev
put unansweied letters and several bra
i ura poems nnd quips we had been dredg
ing up from our Mammoth Cave, and.
flying to the lire-escape, we loie them Into
little scraps and Hung them to the winds
of glory .
Then we leullzed what we hud done. We
nail Jettisoned today's Dish.
Our brain was mls.dng on both lobes.
There was a complete lack of u quorum
in the left lube, vvheie the poems come
from, and while a mnjotlty of the G. O. P.
(the Grand Old I'tinsl was claimed In the
precincts of the right lobe, the return
were still Incomplete, and this Is too great
a Tag for puns anway.
O.Ml icusoii we
that we had ne
e felt so bcnildeicd wus
epr before lived through
th cxcitemci t of the victorious ending of
a world war. We ftlt thut there were no
precedents to follow. Our head was hoi
our bunds cold and our knees kept on
making u sort of reconnoitering on tlie!
own Voi know how It feels. We wanted
to einbr.ice lomcbodj, nnd unfortutiaiclv
the only person wc lme any tight t em
brace is out of town,
Ia,e ard Mar Alllnson came in J-
then bringing a Jug of cider. That sa. I
I'uur ic.von. Wo embraced the
V Then in came Xed .Muschai
nice very grave, to know If ti
our icvon. We embraced the clue".
imp. with Vi
the good news
hid iicen confirmed. We cvived him and
drive hlni away. We wanted to write a
poesi So w.e began:
Poem Written mi
a Ticker Tape
I never saw
A happy Hun
I never hope
v T (i ec o n e
But this I'll
1 Tell you
Dear old sou.
I'd rather see
Than be one.
We iihu sot a- far us this, without much
satisfaction, when the telephone began to
esplode. Albert Mi'rdell nnd Clyde Mar
quis and oilier charming gentlemen, all in
a frenzy to know If. the Chaffing Didi hud
had confirmation of the good word. We
Informed them tbut In our opinion mall
for the German uriny had hotter be for
warded erst of tlie I'.hlne. The only blot
on our happiness ,s that nil this should
have happened before we had memorized
the seiond e.-e of the "Star Spangled
Banner"
AFTKR (uiung
-watch various
to the lhe-escupe to
us bands und parades,
and walch.ig tho leading editorial writer
growing visibly bald under the strain of
trying to cope v ,tb the situation (examine
thut liuder teday . we'll bet there are bald
spols In it every time ti band went under
the window), we tackled our poem again,
thus:
Wncn a in sackcloth Wllhelln goes
Then, then, methlnU", how sweetly Hows
The abdication of his pose.
Next, when I cust mine eyes and ste
The world safe for democracy
O how that glittering taketh me!
JT
IS naiural that In inoineuiiJ of .tint
tle,s one leverts to .viotner lioose,
uinler whose shelteiliig downy wings our
i imr.d was hutched or addled us the ca'e
ma bei:
P.lde a cock-Hun
On the end of a gun
To -.ee Bill the Damnable tue what he's
done
lions on fingers and shackles on toes.
He shall have trouble wherever he goee.
Hum: cc
, Tl'M. l
onies another band. Hum turn
rum turn TL'.M, and a i um turn
(rum turn) rum turn TL'M!
They say thcic's St, Helena broken looso
at Broad and Chestnut ....
Never mind. Independence Squure Is in
it with both feet: we have Just watched
the Kmcrgency Akl Bmergency Parade go
by under our window, 132 blondes and 17 1
brunettes.
We have had a great idea. If Foch can
be so punctual and run an early-dosing
war. shutting down ofllcially at 2 p. m ,
why can't we follow suit?
We cun. Hereafter we declare that our
working day will cluse at 2 p. in., and we
Advise that everv one do the same.
NOW we know why Germany has been
short of napkins, table cloths and
sheets for the past year. The Kaiser has
been hoarding them to make white flags
with.
C uf our equerries lias Just rushed
pstulrs to say lie found a fruginent ot
vy up
our typed copy (which we tore up and
threw away In our excitement) on the silk
hat of a dignified gentleman who was
frolicking up Chestnut street. Ho recog
nUed the complexion of our new typing
ribbon and rescued the piece, though the
wearer was eager to keep It as u souvenir.
He said he had never thought the Chaffing
Db.h whs actually wiltten out beforehand.
He 'bought It Just blossomed on the press
by spontaneous combustion.
Here P. Is; think what the rest must
huve been like:
B'irii trr n're tro nVhij, ire o(cn rrniiii-
Ulleilu hoio much ice icould like to sit
around,and have nothing to do but wrdl.
tate Hut when ure 7iui'c to upend ticcntv
minutes slttlup In the barber's chair 'ilnfc
Iny, It bores us almost to tears,
60CIIATES.
r .
--l..- .
: ' . ..7
OHH me loll her'.'
Canadian, and 1:
lie sal He was a 1
his o!'C pieced the
recesses of tho room. "Uidi. she go ove"
lovely'.'" he began. Some ui 'ortuna.e had
"bitten." He treated him to a lecture on
the ways of rolling undThe I. ethod of dif
ferent machines for the pur 'se. Having
carefully expounded exactly what to do
with the stick and the mniiv ,t at which
to switch off the engine, and I. n-tiiled all
with copious personal cMperleiu'fs he pro
ceeded to unravel the nivtiv'iM of loops,
spins, half-rolls and Immehnaiius. He dis
poned o'f curb, at length, i d. full., satisfied
with a good twenty mint, a' work, he set
out In quest of fresh game. He causltt the
flight commander outside "S.iy did you
see me on that camel lial: an hoar back?
Gee! she'a a pretty lull- muc' .ie. Don't
she spin fast to the lini l'.' " We
heard lilm echoing In nv dlstai ;e as he
pursued the flight uunimiuidc to as oftlce,
vvheie he had sudden!., umeinhcicd there
were urgent papers to sign. e Mghed.
"I wonder If he did a "ingle domed stunt
at all?" somebody ventuud. "Oh. I ex
pect he did; we all go thtoiigh the stage,
you know," replied a tluie-hcnoied instruc
tor. "He's very pleased with It nil and It's
very nice for him, and as long as he doesn't
half-roll on top of me I don't mind. I le
member when I llrst took him up he was
as sick as u dog. Xow he probaoly thinks
me' very dud, and all tho st ot us who
don't loop over the airdrome at a thou
sand feet."
He was very right. Fiist there we.e the
duys when v.c were mere Infantry and
lead the papers. Tlie flight commander
would go out for u little "diving and bank
ing practice," we learned. "His machine
'tas seen to do a spiral dive from a great
height." "His engine failed and he nose
dived Into the earth."
uW
T
N we became would-be alimui. and
wv watched vertical tuniH and hnmel-
nianiu breathlessly, wondering that men
lioiild ever have the skill and nerve for
such feats'. ' We discoursed learnedly and
wrongly about whut to do with the con
trols, and wo were very authoritative about
it all at home and In railway carriages.
Then we were actuully launched. We
did our first three or four hours success
full;. We felt that we could get around
and land comfortably, We had supreme
confidence nnd thought ihut flying had no
difficulties and no terrors that, by tho
way, was before we had crashed. It only
remained to be able to Etunt. Then we
should be the perfect airmen.
The day of our "first slunt was memor
able. The evening, before we had discussed
tho art with old hands, We were assured
it was perfectly simple, and we resolved
to try Just a caitwheel. "Pull the noso
up and switch off. Just before iyhe stalls
kick on full right rudder. She'll fall over
sideways and come out in a dive; then
centralize the controls." It sounded all
right at any rate In the warm security
of bed. The next day was brilliant nnd we
were In the air by 6. Gradually the little
black figures disappeared and the trees
and farms grew more diminutive and"
checkered as we climbed. It w;as un
doubtedly the day As soon ai 4000 was
reached It wus t& be done. Thiee nou
sand ulreadyi How quickly sl-e climbed I
Now It wus three, seven, eight, nine; ij,en
there wus no doubt It was a good HOOO
Wouldn't It be hotter to give her another
E00? Xo, coward! Here goes. Off wiUl
the engine and buck with the 'stick. Tl)e
nose rose incredibly high and the set
secmed to slip away behind. JIow ai
milvarrxl ltf.fr,... w.. ..,-- . .. '
i""" -v,v. aim rJluneu! ISOW ior Ills
I OBSERVING THE FORMAL'ITIES . ,
I7- ARABESQUES IN THE AIR ' thestak"
1H8
OBSERVING THE FORMALITIES
ruuder quickly! I'ow.n she went like
stone, dashing tor earth. Everything con
t.'al, and In nnothe.' second she was out
beautifully as If in .thing had happened.
But we wet a very proud. We laughed
aloud and cheered ai.d broke into songs of
triumph. Next to g.) und icpeat it over
the alrdionie. Could we see the crowd
wat'iilng? .T!yie seimed.to be n lol ot
people below, ,
i'ONSLiOl.S with a i ew pnde we stepped
out of the machine, scanning the face.
of tho mechanics for symptoms of surprise
and respect. They li oked just as usual
nnu the litter asked If she was running all
light. Some of our pals weie standing
around. Did they rt.n forward to con
gratulate us'.' Did an, body si.y a word?
Would nobody even usk who thai was
doing caitwheels Just now? It was too
exaspeiatlng. Wo hue, to begin on some
body. '"Were those caitwheels of mine all
right?" He looked surpilsed and he must
have been envious, but he merely replied
casually, ."I didn't sec you doing any."
After that ne could ouly keep tir pleasuio
to ourselves und people who did not aviate
and reEolve on great daring In the future.
Then uur conteinpoiuiles stai ted. "and
somehow everybody noticed them und con
grutuloted them. After all, it did not seem
to requhe gieut nerve en their part. Then
there value a time when we always stunt
ed. First we went ligh und looped and
spun down; then thai ;trew tame and we
"zoomed" over the hatuars, and "tmmel
manned" over the alrdionie below a thou
sand, nnd always slde-i pped In Ther ibe
authorities took notice und we weie in
formed that "It had be:n brought to tlie
notice of the squadron commander that
pupils were stunting below. 2000 feet. Tills
practice must cease. Any li frlngement of
this i tile will be sevctelv dealt with." So
we went off Into the countryside hedge
hopping until some of lie freshness had
worn off the order.
rpiIEN we got our w.ngs and became
-- pilots of some standing nnd flying be
came rather a bme, and Incidentally we
learned the way to throw a machine about.
And wc weie appalled ut the things we
used to do and marveled that any airplane
ev er stood the way In which we used to
wrench the controls. We learned that the
art of flylijR Is not In rolling and looping,
,but4s far moto subtle. We reserve! stunt
ing to delight tslghtseers on occaslins and
we became staid and Bafe pilots, and the
"Huns" thought us very tame, I expect
even the particular "anadlan enthusiast
will ono day find It too much trouble to
spin town and won't euro very much If
all the squadron hasn't seen him roll. But
it will cut him to the quick If lie has made
a dud landing and ho will never forgive,
you If you tell him he Is slipping on his
turns. Daedalus, In the Manchester Guar
dian, Nerves
They met In a prlvuto rest cuie.
Sick nerves were the trouble Willi each,
He was a youthful neurotic.
And she a sweet nervous young peaclv
He twltcheel as ho said, "You will think me
Abrupt und a bit nervy, too,
But I have" and he winked his left eur
"A nervous uffectlon for you!"
HORACE HOOK.
If only Elisabeth Barrett Browning; werj
....i fphint- tvhnf a. noem she, could write
i nines v . : -. r "
about the triumph ot ner oeioveu nniyi
:.x
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LET us fight on. So let us always be
t always.
A smut; on the face, the hand thus held
outstretched.
Kyes clear and head held high. Thus may
we be,
Thus ever. Let us light un Things
chauged we often sife.
l.et's help to change them - not stand
Idly by
In careless uititude. l.ei the world laugh
or cry -What
is it all to us.' Ours is the light
Ours Is the nobler deed . . . nobler by fur
Because wo guze and, gazing, see a star.
Who knows, we may soon find If It Is thore.
Lot's look. Only those find who looking
seek, and dare.
And the star found- let's shate It with
the car,th
And snnlo in sharing. Thetc's too great
a dearth
Of gratitude and generous hearts hereby.
Let's glee and give and give until we die.
Weil speak the tiuth and face things with
a smile.
Tilings are better for it Who knows, In
some brief while
All muy be different we the changers, too.
Weil ciiunge the world together I and
you!
-nicbatd Mansfield, 2d In "Courage."
THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Danger in Coal-Tar Derivatives
7'o the Editor of the Evenlnp Public Ledger;
Sir I beg to thank you for letting us read
Hoi-tor BIy's letter on the tth Instant, pro
les. Ins against tlie use of coal-tar deriva
tives in treatment of Influenza, etc. The pro
test Is of far greater significance than may
nt first appear, and It Inllmjtes that the
public health should be above the control
of any school of medicine. The capsule con
taining acetylsalicyilc acid, pheuacctln and
nulnlne. so InnrelV used 1j many nhvalclana
during the epidemic, Is blamed by many otherY '
physicians for the high mortality In cases
whe-e pneumonia afttrward set In, and It
Is claimed by tho latter group that tne
pneumonia mortality was not half so great
where the coal-tar preparations had not
previously been used, Public sentiment, wneu
nnd as It Is properly educated, ivlll compel
the abandonment of dangerous practices by
certain groups of physicians unless they
I yield to the teachings of experience In the
meantime.
The physician and the nowspapcr which
supprcsp nothing affecting ths.publlc health
are truo guardians of the people's welfare
H. M12IUI.
Mount Airy, Pa., November 7.
Wlwt Bo You Know?
QUIZ
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lh hfii it hn fHllfrt of rr-flrctlunT
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tlmit after the Hat tie of SerinnT
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