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CRIMSON ESIHROIDERIES I'Olt
INAUGURAL NIGHT
AMONG the sorul livers ut the cluhteenth
century two-bottle men were common,
much more common than four-n.ii.irt men
ere likely to be among the loci! politician?.
There arc to be only 400 of the four-quarters,
uniess a (ireater number show their rt-.uU-ness
to Invest In the uniform which Sena
tor Vare has prescribe.! for his UttrrlsburR
lnaUfruratlon marching club. Volunteers
only are expected; that 1.s. no one who H
unable to carry a four-'jart hat with Htt
" nlty when It tops a frock coat and Hsht
trray spats Is wanted
The Senator Is wise to make this rule.
If he had not made it there would be
countrymen watching the Inaugural parade
Who would not think that the Union League
had moved to Harrlsburg In a body to do
honor to Governor Sproul. The marchers
must be men of dignified bearing, who,
even It they have it not. can assume
familiarity with good clothei and walk
with an air of conscious pride in the
wealth which they hav. spent on their
outfit.
The frock i.oat, commoul called a
Prince Albert, but rechrlstened a I'rlnce
Eddie for the occasion. Is. the badge of con
bservutlsm. It Is assumed that It Is to be
worn beneath the four-riuait hat as an
Indication that the capacity of trie head
gear faintly suggests the capacity of ths
stomach beneath it. Canes are to be car
ried, alfo. AVlth a crook In the handle, too,
to typify the crook In the elbow which
must accompany the consumption of the
four-quarts. And the bpats. light gray
oner-wlll be but a feeble intimation of
the ructions which will follow when the
....'-kfour quarts have been ntoorbed.
Everything Indicates, ns Cbear VVi'do
would have said, that brilliant ciimson"
embroideries will be nung on the curtains
pf the Inaugural night in Harrlsburg.
"Docked in the cradle of th deep' the
German grand fleet as the British naval
clerks ticked off each item
REJECT THE RIDS
THE demand of the Chamber of Com
Jnerce's 'committee representative
citizens that the street-cleaning bids be
rejected Is not one which can be disre
garded with impunity.
The bids are too nigh, In the first plane.
Instead of being less than those of this
year they are about a third of a million
dollars higher. The specifications, in the
nest place, are fatally defective. I'nder
them thero is no adequate guarantee that
the streets will be cleaned. Such guar
antees as there are havo been proved under
he old specifications to be inadequate to
"Keep the streets clean.
What is ncedeulf any change w to be
made in the specifications of the Blanket!
burg administration, is tome provision
which would make It cheaper for the con
traotor to do his work than to skimp it.
But ab'ove nil,, there Is needed In the City
ilall a disposition to protect the interests
of the city Instead of the business Inter
' ests of the political conti actor s. In other
words, the Major and his department
heads should tecognlze that tqeir masters
are the people of Philadelphia.
Thoe of them represented on the Cham
' ber of Commerce special committee have
displayed an admirable fturpose to assert
their mastery, and to demand an account
ing from their FervnnU.
Tho long timorously discussed Hun
plane attacks on merlca turned out to b'
nothing more th.in hot-air raids
. SQUEALS ANU TORTURES
ar" A LARGESS of inerc accompanied the
A. end of the Civil Avar, hut Henri- Wlrz.
l prison superintendent of Andersonvllle. had
(C mo .share In It. For his revoltlngly Inhu-
,11 ireairnem ui rcuerm captives i uz
tried by special mllltpj-y court arm
iftnged. Ilia case, however, was excep-
nal. Grant very Justly did not balk ut
ltlg Lea'a army because one maniacal
iuSy had disgraced the gray uniform. Tho
letment was specifically lodged wheie It
inged.
imt Germany, brazenly bawling for food
JijBrin compatriots of prisoners" whom sh
'persecuted wnn infamous cruelty, us a
an of Wlrzes. The horrors of tho Hun
camps have Indeed been unspeak-
Re, Thousands of tue soldiers of freedom
could have revealed the sickening.
rd ot wanton torture are dead. As the
Th&IMuI survivors, however, are received
k , Into civilization their cumulative
'iliMteioh''' comprises some of the most
JiWul charges In human unnala,
- St, most recent outrages are Indefensible
.r'aWin, Iho nauseatlngly fallacious ground
, ijt ,"gacv.uectlty," For It 4a Blnce the
-mat wun -snamiessness attains
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port, without fit clothing is ono of nlm6sl
Indescribable distress.
Repatriation rules were categorically set
forth In addenda to the tenth clause ot
the armistice. They have been cjnlcally
violated. At the prison camps, beyond the
present Jurisdiction of the Allies, the oppor
tunity for repudiation was Immediately
grasped. Thero Is every reason for believ
ing that other pledges of the Senlls agree
ment would ln as treacherously shattered
did not the victors conti ol the only ngency
which Germany seems able to understand
sheer material force.
Great Britain, burning with a sen'-o of
outrage, nddi esses the ni bukmslj organis
ed German Government In a note which
clearly mnkes the rlinnce of l evolving food
contingent on Instant reform In arrange
mnts made for the discharge, equipment
and transport of prloners. The mists of
feeble sentlnrenlnllt.i prompt!) vanish be
fote such wholeome plain speaking. Thero
can be no compassion based on any code of
sound morality for a peopln so desplcabln
as to snivel for help In the midst of on
orgy of cowardly Iniquity.1 Geimany In
thlj last and ino't loathsome of her ugly
rolfs should fclle about as much legiti
mate sympathy as a huiigi) sn.ilte
SU VLL W'K MAIICH HACkW AKIJ
WITH FEDERAL OWNERSHIP?
I- There Room in America for liiugiiution
and Confirm live Genius or Mu-t AVe
Cull 'llicie Tiling" liil?
TK OUR Govo.Timent were urcunix.cil
like most of those in Uutope Senator
J. Ham Lewis would bo adoincd with a
title far more lesonant than the ono he is
soon to lo.se. He would not he a mere
Senator. He would shine in "the midst
of affaiis ns, let us say, Second Assistant
Imperial Minister for Fooling the Public
Pulse.
The resolution for governmental con
trol of all public utilities which Mr.
Lewis offered yesterday in the Senate
reveals him in the familiar role. It was
long expected. The Senator from Illi
nois even now has a passionate thumb at
your wrist. On behalf of his sympa
thetic associates at Washington he
wishes to obsene our reactions to
strong medicine borrov ed from the bed
side of a sick Europe as tonic for a
nation that doesn't need it. It may be
assumed that the President is watching
Mr. Lewis's experiment. It is to be
hoped that the general reaction will be
swift and unmistakable.
For the prospect suggested in the
movement for government ownership in
America is bleak indeed. The theory
proclaimed by Senator Lewis makes for
eolutron backward. It would put all
the unrealized purposes of American in
dustry, all the unfulfilled hopes of Ameri
can constructive genius and all the forces
of individual talent, enterprise and vision
under the control of Congress. It would
tie up the railroads and the telephone
and telegraph wires, the mines and the
shipping industry to one or another of
the political parties. It would subject
tile vitalizing energy of Ameiica and all
the means of our national development to
the periodical confusion and uncertainty
of elections and changes in administra
tion. Even under the existing arrangement
we have had definite and sinister evi
dence to prove the dangers of govern
ment ownership in America.
Mr. Burleson and his subordinates did
not hesitate to use their control of tele
graph wires to intimidate newspapers
dependent upon the telegraph system for
their very existence. It is not difficult
to imagine the endless evil uses to which
unscrupulous men in either party could
put the power that would fall to them
with control of the wires and the rail
roads or the inevitable decadence of a
system of utilities rotted out in contact
with the fetid factionalism of commu
nity polities.
But it is at the top that government
ownership would be most certainly dis
astrous. Sectionalism is still the curse
of Congress. Whatever may be charged
against the industrial captains of the
past and they were robust and persis
tent sinners often enough it must be
admitted that they developed the gicat
utilities from a national viewpoint.
The industrial pioneers in this count! y
represent almost all that we have of
creative genius. They did gieat good
and great evil. They were beneficent
and they were ruthless. Their offenses
and their achievements were alike great.
Yet theirs were the talen'.i and the im
agination and tlie udv'dturoniveea of
spirit, the vision attd the daring flirt
still are mcessary to complete indus
trial America. To suppose that we shall
shackle the spirit embodied in these men
and put all their unfinished tasks in the
hands of a listless and lazy-minded and
unimaginative Congress 13 to cherish an
intolerable presumption.
Congress has its virtues, of course.
But it was Congress that rolled in pork
and laughed at army officers when they
begged in vain for funds with which to
carry on aviation experiments before the
war.
The true test of government efficiency
in the immediate future will be in our
ability to retain all that is creative and
restless and pioneering and constructive
in the American System of industry and
at the same time submit .it to wine and
helpful regulation. It will be no triumph
to kill off all that is good to be rid of
the attendant evil. It will be lather a
confession of ineptitude to meet the chal
lenge of the iimes with destructive vio
lence to national institutions.
It is amaiing to obseive the hold thut
the theory of public ownership has upon
the Washington mind. Mr. Lewis, Mr.
Burleson, Mr. McAdoo, in some of his
moods, and a great many men in Con
im and ths Snte anpsar to believe
i.yttf ly!tfw.l control of H' utilit-to
represents the ultimate jewel of modern
economic thought. No greater delunion
ever flared from a soap bo:
Government ownorship ns it ia contcm
plntcd in Mr. Lewis's resolution of
yestcrdnj' represents a theory contrived
to protect peoples who hnve admitted in
desperation that they are unable to pro
tect themselves. It Is a doctrine suitable
only for the backward peoples of Europe,
for those who cannot or will not think
for themselves, for tired millions and
burnt-out races who prefer n paternal
government and an existence of slack
indolence rather than independence and
responsibility. Thus paternalism and
government ownership appear first in
countries where the people ure either
it responsible by tempernment or dis
couraged und broken by long oppression.
It was paternalism und government own
ership that robbed nil of Germnny of the
habit of independent thought. The Ameri
can is now asked to confess that he can
not regulate the life about him through
the medium of his Government. He is
asked to destroy forces that made his
nation strong and self-reliant and mar
velously vital. It is suggested to him
that he let the Government do his thinking.
Responsibility for the conditions that
give some foice to this suggestion is
pretty general. The corporation chiefs
and th" organizers of great utilities havo
much to answer for. The copper mines
in Colorado, the coal industry, the wire
systems and the railroads have, in their
relations with their workers and the
public, left dark page? in the history of
American industrialism. It has been said
that they coirupted politicians. They
did. Rut is the coirupted man any safer
or more viituotts than the man who cor
rupted him ?
Much of the violent logic, much of the
selfishness of modern radicals in the
labor movement was learned in bitter
ness at the knee of capital. Vet the sug
gestion that the constructive energy of
individual oganizers be hampered comes
at a time when the prig and the snob, the
fool and the mandarin aie alike disap
pearing in the high places of industry.
Corporations are actually finding con
science. They have found that it pays.
To turn all talent out of industry now,
to shut off all opportunities for the ex
pression of individual genius and to for
malize utilities as a government mo
nopoly would be to sin against posterity.
Lejisiation and legislator in America
have a better task in the encourage
ment of the forces tliat built America
and in regulating them and adjusting
them to new ideals of service.
That would be constructive work. 7o
H'ttsuiifffcm citaZ to it?
It would be well for the public now
if there were a pulse feeler in Washing
ton. The Administration and its sup
ported can exert great influence in the
Senate and the House. It is fair to pre
sume that Mr. Wilson has an open mind
on the question of government utilities.
What he should do now, without a mo
ment's delay, is to inform the country
of his beliefs and plans in this relation.
Public opinion is supposed to dictate all
;;reat decisions in American legislation.
7t should be given the opportunity to
form intelligent judgments before the
time for decision arrives.
Industry needs to be stabilized.
Anxiety and uncertainty at this crucial
time may be costly and destructive. The
Administration can do a great service to
the country with an explanation of the
attitude it will assume in the greatest
question of domestic policy that has con
fronted the United States in a century.
Tlie in w Yare marching club jilst oig.m
i.ed might take Its practice In some of the
dountnnn stietts where a sweeper hasn't ap
peared In je.irs and years.
THE HOfPITVLS' SHARE IN VICTORY
fTlHU superb elllclency of the I'ennsylva---
nla Hospital's overseas unit Is more
eloquent! expressed In figures than by
any marshaling of glowing epithets. Base
Hospital No. 10. in chargo of the Philadel
phia i uiitlugent at Treport, France,
reatej 78 000 wounded men during the
war. unl SOU of these died. Lieutenant
Colonel Illcnard 17. Ilarto disclosed this
in.ignlllc.ent lecord, supplementing It with
tributei to the unflagging energy and de
votion of the entire staff physicians,
muses, surgeons, orderlies and ambulance
drivers.
Apait f i om the brevity of America's
paitlclp.itlon In the war we are now begin
ning to understand why our fatalities were
so much less than had been feared. The
debt owed to the self-sacrificing medical
piofesslon is ast Indeed. Doctor Harto
furnishes a significant. Index of It. The
i-pic of battle has a rival In the tale of
immeasuiuble humane devotion behind the
linis.
The mystery of Von
lliirrur of Mar Tlrpltz's whisk e r s,
which had dleap-.
pf.ireil vlien tho Hun admiral appeared ye3
unlay from a long retirement, lias alreadj
incited the whole world to feverish specula
tion s a matter of fact, tlie Incident offers
additional proof ot terrible hardship In Ger
many. Von Tlrpltz probably ate his whlsk
eiu A survey of the .plan
-iiil lint True by w h I c h Councils'
1-inance Comm Itlee
paicd Jo-aii appropriations for charity In
order to keep salaries' up for the holders of
soft Jobs at City Hall jnalies It once more
apparent that ono has to be fairly wll-to-do
before he can expect alrrts from a politician.
Lord Charnwood, who
bafet) 1'irat was "rah-rahed" by
the West Philadelphia
High School boys yesterday, said It was the
first time he Jiad ever had uch,,a;jreceptlon.
There pou the Irti diplomat '.I'Jhlns In
the ekmte.-temMJ'
THE CHAFFING DISH
TO JUIK1K by Homo of the soft soptnno
yelps we hear from Germans nbout the
armistice terms, It seems that slio thinks
the truce was arranged rlmply to picas
hnr errant fancy.
Kooli had only ono lclnd r; amiistlco In
stock, and It Is not exchangeable.
Sir John Lavcry, the noted British artist,
sat in at tho naval surrender In Admiral
He'itty's cabin on tho Queen Elizabeth, In
order to make sketches for, an oil painting.
AVhnt one might ca)l oil on the troubled
waters-.
It Is said that there will ho fifteen fig
ures In the tainting, Just abo as many
as there will be In the German Indemnity
to Krnnce and Belgium.
The other evening whll reading one of
Joseph Conrad's stories we came across a
sentence that lias some vibrations of Its
own :
Mure t.ppallliio than the fuiy of a tclld
beast, acrompllihlno In all Innocence of
ltcarfa niidirti! function, li the. flxlti of
savape purpose man alone Is capable of
displaying.
Will government ownership of "means
of communication" Imply that not answer
ing letters will be treason '
Firing squads will he busy, we fear.
The Operator Speak
(.lfer it(i2!ii0 Jloi-c Dulcvt's "Mldnl'jht
I.unch")
TTALECTIOX night,
-' With all Its worry and hustle
Tho cries of "Boy! Boy!
"Shoot this to tho copy dek."
And. "Watch that A'. P. bulletin wire, kid."
On the Jigger "P" office clamoring:
"Wllkes-Barre has BOO for vou."
Hnrvey, at the A. P.,
Laying down a barrage of bulletins und
form l's
Sending beautiful stuff, too
And a "lid," somewhere up the stieet,
bieaklng shamelessly
(And he never "signs" eltheri
When, Joy, oh! Joy, at 11 :2D
Harv. says "All out'for 20 minutes."
And I grab my coat and hat
And, beat It for Dove Dnlcefn shining
porcelain counter.
I admire with tired eyes
The blonde with the arched ejebrows
And the Barrymore voice
That shot my order
Instead of hot coffee
Down the little brass tube
To the chef.
"A filedegg sandwich, make It two."
The coffee, Dulcet, ran through my veins
like tiro
And I hustled back to tlie grind
With a renewed spirit.
"All in' All in!" Harv. was sajlng
So we fell to, more cheerful perhaps
For the brief respite.
At 2 a. in. the party began to break up
So 1 said "3o" to Hurv,
And descended to the windy corner
To wait for a night liner
There I was bothered by the cool breezes
And a quotation that ran through my
head:
"Don't carry jour troubles io bed witli
you." i
Well, it's a gieat life if you don't weaken.
ONLY AX OP.
Patriot on the Hearth
Hb'h got out more'n a hundred flags.
Draped his whole house with bunting.
Chants praises to the grand old rag's
Achievements at Hun hunting;
Then hollers home each night on Jags
Like a pickled Fiitzy grunting.
With indignation he orates:
Sure vengeance should be hls'ii
To wreak on the rectangular pates
Snatched from his wrath by prison;
Then showers his wife with breakfast
plates
On the next green morning risen.
That hell's too good for Helnles, rips
Quite frequent from his palate:
Those gentry would get no round tripa
If he could swing his mallet:
Yet "Go to" oft idorns his lips
In the -heart of his own chalet.
He Hbates dram on lusty dram
Burning' to scourge the ultuie
With ale pots back upon Potsdam.
But In his own home's dull tour
Alus! he devours the ewe l.'.inb
Like any Hon of Kultur!
JJTANLUY K. WILSON.
A reader (or is it The reader'.') of Tho
Cliafllng Dish says that Dove Dulcet gave
himself 'away by speuklng of clipping Lib
erty Bond coupons with a scissors. He
says that no bondholder uses a scissors for
this purpose, but a little notched piece of
metal that the banks keep in the sate de
posit department for the convenience of
clients.
Dove, however, used his scissors on pur
pose. He always carries them with him
so that he can cut his stuff out of the
paper right away, without waiting to get
home. He first got in tne nabit or curry
ing scissors In order to sever the links of
Frankfurters that are so toughly Joined
together.
The fuorite. French phrase of commen
dation for great men Is that they have
"deserved well of humanity." We hope,
however, the French papers were tactful
enough not to spring this when the Bol
Bhevlkl dropped some grand dukes down
an artesian shaft.
Getting Experience
A sailor friend of ours, who Is a member
of The Chaffing Dish's official family and
now serving as second mate on a schooner,
reports progress as follows:
"I got sick and tired being on that ship
for two months, 1 month In the Xorth
rtlver and another In dry-dock It was dis
gusting for I did not get a bit ahead, what
I want Is somo experience on my license,
so that I will be able td get my chief
Mate's ticket, well I am going to get all
the experience 1 want, .'or this Is a four
masted sailing vessel, I guess we will be
away for about four months and when I
get back I Jntend to get married to a
little Irish-American girl."
We can't help wiahlnfj we had a few
share-jof stock Jn the German white flu;
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THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Tribute to Mothers, Wiies and Sisters
To the JUlltor of the Kvening Public I.tdtjer.
Sir I weald appreciate It very much If
your paper would publish this open letter o
thanks to Messrs. Glmbel Brothers for the
wonderful tribute paid by these gentlemen
to the mothers, wivis and sinters of the boys
In their employ who reeponded to the coun
try's call, some never to return.
Tilt gentlemen were the nr.st to recognize
the sacrifice made by the women at home,
who had sent their loved ones across tho
sea to light and die for liberty, t am sure
all the ladles who were present at their
store Friday last desire to express publicly
their thanks. May the welcome they give to
the boys, when they return, be equally as
magnificent. ELLKN A. CONWKL.L
Philadelphia, November IS.
"Nobody Home"
To the Editor of the Evening Public. Ledger.
Sir List Monday morning, November 11,
at 4 o'clock, my wife and 1 were awakened
by the peace whistles, and quickly arose,
dressed and started for the Ilulletln oltlce
to see the latest news, as they said. "Don't
believe It unless we say It." Their office was
deserted no one borne. We then went to
the Ledger office, read the news war over
and the boys were selling the Ledger telling
tho news. WILLIAM J. SCHINLTl.
SCO Spring Garden street, November 20
Wilson the Humanitarian
To the Kdltor of the Evening PuMIc Ledger:
Sir Now that a complete victory has been
achieved by America and her noble Allies,
our minds naturally turn to the principal
cauees for this brilliant success.
First, wo naturally turn to the brilliant
achievements of our glorious armies, and
their leaders who, with undaunted cnutago
and faith In God, whipped the mighty Ger
man army until It begged for mercy, re
moving the last doubt of Its superiority
over the other nations' of the world and dis
pelling forever their .deeply Imbedded Idea
that "might makes right."
Then, we naturally turn to the' wonder
ful statesmen of our noble Allies who,
with ii single purpose, planned and delist d
the procedure of the greatest of wars to
their everlasting credit.
But lastly we turn to the man ivhcv.
chosen by God himself, stood at the head of
this great nation, and through his matchless
diplomacy, singleness of purpose and faith
In God Almighty, brought Us safely to a
glorious peace and Germany and,Austr'a to
their koecs, and stands today recognized as
the foremost statesman of the world When
history snail have been written of this cruel
war. a. chapter will be reserved for Wood.
row Wilson, and dservedly so.
Todav Germany and Austria, our bitter
est enem.'es, look to President Wilson as
their only hope for peace, liberty and pros
perity, due largely to his humanitarian
methods throughout the war. Inelead of
seeking revenge, as some of rur foremost
statesmen. Wilson, following In the steps of
the Dlv(ne Master, strives to mete out
juatico together with humanity. In jears to
come, when Ftrlfe shall have foreier passed
from the eart,h and when a permanent peace
shall havo long been established, the peo
ple of the world will remember Woodron
Wilson only sb a statesman, humanitarian
and a God-fearing fnan.
WILLIAM F. K15IST.
Philadelphia, November 18. .
Public Monuments Should Be Artistic
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledge;-;
Sir I wish to express my hearty approval
of the timely article In your paper of the
11th Inst., signed by Elmer Peavey Blen
kh.dop, on a question that should be of great
Interest to both the public and to artists.
The many effigies of soldiers strewn all
over the United States, which have been
dignified with the name "monument." oc
cupying conspicuous park sites, are a disgrace
to America. The pity of It Is that as
memorials they are hard to remove! The
memory of the grand old men that helped to
erect ihem, as well as what they com
memorate, makes It. almost 'an Impossible task
"en iin anvtMnv'vrlth tfcaMi'dnd-u tbir crreat-
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bionze, een time has little cnance to help us
In the natural process of dlslntegiatlon.
Since then, honour, we nave had many
years of progriss In art, due to our many
schools, and It Is really up to the artists to
declare themselves, and In a body.
See to It. that the major or city fathers are
not beguiled by the slick upresentathe of a.
granite quarry, or some stole foundiy, who
will talk them Into buying something that,
while It may be inscribed as a memorial to
those departed for a glorious cause, would
alno be a lecord of the Intelligence of those
who were Intiusted with Its erection. This is
a point that must not he lost sight of.
If a mayor or the authorities of a city ad
mit that their knowledge of art Is very
limited, fhey will make a very good begin
ning toward good results for their community,
for they will then engage experts to take care
of It and rely entirely upon their trained
Judgments for results. .
In this city we are fortunate In having a
number of excellent organizations whose
membership 1h replete with men enJo.Mlng na
tional nputatlon, and who could, therefoie,
do Juptlco to any commission Intrusted to
them. The organizations I refer to are the
following: Fellowship of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, T-Squarc Club,
Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Alt Alliance,
and the Philadelphia Chapter of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects.
NICOLA D'ASCLNZO.
Philadelphia, November IS.
Don't Forget Von Bernstorff
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger;
Sir The Kaiser and his rat-faced son have
fled to Holland, Von Tlrpltz to Switzerland,
Hlndenburg at Cassel. What has become of
that arch plotter and sneak, Von Bernstorfri
The last heard from him he was In Constan
tinople as ambassador. Whin It comes to a
final settlement. I truxt the United States
Government will not lost sight of him. but
bring him to Justice for his double-faced
treachery while the lepresentatlie of Ger
many at Washington. Hiftwas a woise con
ciliator than any of the'mllltarlsts In Ger
nuinj. While professing friendship for the
United States, he was engaged In plotting for
the destruction of essels and ammunition
plants and other deviltry too numerous to
mention. If any Hun ought to hang It Is
Von Bernstoiff. B. F. W.
Philadelphia, November 19
The President Should Attend the Peace
Conference
7o the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Since you hnve started this Interroga
tion about the personnel of tho peace com
mission, let me say as for one leader that I
am not in favor of sending any ono unless
the Pi evident goes ut the head of the Ameri
can delegation.
Why? Beccause of the psychology of the
British people, of the French people and of
the Itnlians. ...
The President Is ill the same class with
Lloyd George, the acceptud head Of the, Brit
ish Government; with Clemenceau, the ac
cepted head of the French Government, and
with King Kuianuel. who la the accepted
head of the Italian people.
If Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Krmtn
uel are to sit at the peace table as the
heads of their respective Goiernments. It
Is Imperative that Woodrow Wilson sit there
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of ' - fit'"1 Pnve- is mid to them by us.
This Is not to be handled wisely unless we
ret... unrli ycioiogy of the Kuropean mind
properly and defer to It, since II means so
much to thenu though It signifies little to us
here In America. .
For that reason I hope that the President
will go to that peace conference as the head
of our American delegation. He should go
as such, und I firmly bejleve that It Is best
for all concerned that he goes.
I know full well that certain Interests are
now decrying such a moyo on his part; but
they are those who do not wish this, that
or the other one of those "fourteen articles
adopted. Nevertheless, an overwhelming ma
lorliv ot eood Americans want all of. them
aierned up at 'that peace table and they
know tbaj. hy wlU Im i tf tlv PridRt sua
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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie
OH, the mellow days of autumn
When the sun Is hanging low;
The harvesting Is over
And our henits are all aglow;
The proclamation's sounded.
Thanksgiving's drawing nigh.
And already comes the longing
For the old-time pumpkin pie.
Oh, the happy dajs of boyhood
When we harvested the corn.
When the golden tinted maples
Blazed out at early morn ;
When mother did the cooking.
While we were standing by,
, And watched the rich crust rising
Hound the luscious pumpkin pie.
Of course we went to meeting
And heard the sermon through ;
It told of many blessings
Coming dally Into view ;
We were glad when It was over,
"Amen" came with a sigh;
There are "heaps o' human nature"
Bound a luscious pumpkin pie.
When lonely hearts are aching
For some sympathy from you.
And others may be breaking
To have friendships formed anew ,
At the old Thanksgiving dinner
Wipe the tear from every eye,
And share In love and gladness,
The old-time pumpkin pie.
So let us live for others, ,N
The golden rule, our guide,
And always hnve Thankeglilng
Till we reach the other side ;
Then glory comes to greet us.
Bight here before w4 die.
Because we shared with others
Our Thanksgiving pumpkin pie.
JOHN McMASTER.
Ma be Councils Is after a monopoly of
the skip-stop system. The City Fathers
order the P. K. T. to cut It out at the same
time that they themselves practice it most
Impetuously with regard to the expenditure
of the public's money.
When Mr. WIdener says we must guard
the beauty of the Parkway his aim Is com
mendable, but It would be Interesting to be
told Just whatpreclous part of It demands ar
tistic sentry duty at the present moment
What Do fou Knotv?
QUIZ
1. Where la Harwich, where twrntr Genista
d-ilimneinea lime been surrendered to the
Iliitlan?
3. llo- miiny (lerntana qra said to hare beta
killed In the nnrT '
3. Whit la the capital of the Grand Duchr of
Luxemburg?
4. Whit HtM does Senator Borah, represent la
ConirrebsT
B. W-". -illh general was called tho Great
Duke?
(I. What la the orlzln of tho word potato?
7. lho wiia Aleaaundro Manzonl?
K. II hut are the two largest cities of Japan?
D. What la the ineanln of nepotlam? '
10. What are curoulua clouds?
Answers to Yesterday's Quis:
1, General retain ia In command of the jTrensh
trootia which have rntertsl MrU. v
2, Chumps Kltacra means Khrslan Fields.
3. King George broke preiedent this wrack' br
join- to Parliament to res-rlTo and rooty
to the. loiultr aildresa poaaed bjr thVhonaca.
Heretofore on aneh nn occoaton It has bran
i'.m cuatom for the rarllamrnt Iors n tho
King.
4. 'lh tlintnatloii of "static." with (he rrar.lt
thut nirelraa communication win not bo
lianineresl by ntmoanhcrle conditions, fa tat
luteal accomplishment In radio aetence.
5. Wctlgnood la n kind of artnlrjtrlfled potterr
Mimed after Ita Kngl ah Inventor. Joiinh
lViood, who lived during the efihlosnta)
renturr, i -,
0, Joaeuli r Sinllh, head of the Slormon Choecb,'
lina Juat died In Halt Lake llr. .
7, Wordaworth, Coleridge, nnd Mouther are
ranked as the I-aka I'seta. -
8, George Meredith. In yiio, Ord.al-er Richard i
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