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IN DEFENSn Or THE P. It. T.
EDWARD T. STOTESBURY", who con
, trola tho tnanagement o the riillailcl
phla Rapid Transit Company, "knows the
truth." At least he has a sovereign remedy
to offer for nil of those citizens tho think
tlioy liavo lcsltlmato reasons for complaln-lig'-Bgalnst
tho way tho cars aro run.
Speaking at the Tlvo o'clock Cluh din
ner, ho protested against any volclns of
protests against tho 1. It. T. on tho
grounds of "skip-stop" danger or anything
else, because lie said the Mitten manage
ment was doing wonders with tho property
as shown by tho fact that when ho took It
oVer It Tvas rcadj for bankruptcy, while
now It was paying 5 per cent In dividends
J&d had accumulated a fund of more than
four million dollars as undivided profits.
Y T;hls Is very true and must be gratlf j lng
tpjtho P. R. T. stockholders. But unfortunately-
Mr. Stotcsbury sems to view tho
situation wholly from this point of view
instead of. that of the dally rider. He made
this,-clear when ho told about a woman
friend who complained that the cars pass
tasfher homo near Rlttenhouso Square
ipado fo much nolso at night that she
could n'ot sleep. Then ho revealed his cov
Velgn remedy.
",'"1 iold her in reply," he taid, " Tell your
husband to buy a thousand shares of stock
fn,,tho company and then you will never
liear the cars'. ' "
'Mr, Stotesbury's philosophy ii respect
fully; referred to all who do not own stock
in the P. R. T., but help to pay its divi
dends. Buy some shares and forgt vnur
troubles!
liie, British all seem to ,bs more luter
sited'ln tho.freedora of England than In Hie
freedom of the seas.
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THE. BURLESON'S LATEST AUSUHUUTEa
rTttlE follyi of 3Ir. Burleson's arrogant
Sportier against tho use of the pneumatic
delfcotr tubes Is strikingly emphasized in
M the? present season of Christmas shopping.
Xlie icpmpany which formerly leaed thf-m to
';theVVoBtOfIlce department here now comei
'for-ard with the excellent suggestion that
they would help tolve an Increasingly for-,
mldable delivery problem. Judging by tho
T-ostmastor General's former obfitinacy,
this, offer will bo refused, and packages v, ill
continue to bo whirled through the con
gested streets bv recklessly driven niotoi
,car3 already overfreighted.
yLn ifew York the bituatlon had grown so
ebad. that Mr. Burleson, who shut up one
ystem of tubes, now actually rontem
"iplaes tho expensive Installation of another
!m&'Hero is Indeed Inconsistency and per
J,wrltyrun riot.
Xliefftimite explanation of this strange
official' conduct Is unavailable. It is hard
not ito interpret Sir. Burle&on's contradlc
.iry. rulings in dark terms of somebody's
Aelflsli lntei est vho- gain to the puMIi.
is nil.
Germany never made a moio unpruf.lalile
iirnatsnent than when she spent T.3fA nno
on plots in America
f. DOWN WITH DECENT '
OCCASIONALLY it Is possible to eata.
Congressman Vaio actually doing a
' good service, to tho city he adorns. In the
aSdreES before the City Business Club ye
;terday, in which Sir. Varo tut-tutted and
pooh-poohed all thought and hope of re
form' In 'tho municipal adminlsft-atlve ss
lem and crowned tho P. It. T. with a verbal
wreath and chanted pious praise of frog
hollow politics, he showed again hpw much
he doesn't know about the city he bosses.
j IV gladdened his soul to think that we
havvs a, "magnificently organized machine"
' to'do' our thinking; that there is no hope
for reform. It Is true, as Mr. Vare ob
served, that we get,a long trolley ride for
'at .nickel even If we do have a long wait.
X, would be nicer, of cou; 3, if the trolleys
r ,dldn't take us home to streets where there
At too much of the dirt that contractors
V iwlll not remove.
. W ijWaai Mr. Vnre kttlrtln-r tli f'ltv 1!n t1ti
W ,!?fii$ubT" Or'Tras h9 kidding himself
uf A iJoea " ?"Ptx""J mm curruvi leuajnsm
. tCJ in rt Ha nArnAtltfltAd In Thltnrt lniln afl... If
l5r?K'r'B"' heon kicked out everj'whero elao in the
:?
What, is the matter with this poit when
4:r. ships can be loaded with 1,000,000 bushels
i$&ar C""111 between T o'cioci: baturaay nionilng
Bit ftiftaMl o'clock Sunday night?
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THE SEED IS SPROUTING
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WtfC, "liro AKE5 nearer to tho organization of
Tan International police force to deal
in'FiUj disorderly nations than wc ever were
'linrforei Mr. Taft, at tho convention of the
ffttvettsient Bankers' Association 'at Atlan-
tto ,Clty. said that .peace is to leave the
'Wl4 frith, fourteen Cuban, fourteen new
.ftaWJBllcs.iItitcotlcated with the idea of Jib-
.(rWiad of tho one Cuba with which
.jiaiiu.w fleai v iuw eu uj, hio
i?.r.TBaJf.tB, .AUIM must
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In tho opinion of Mr. Taft. They can best
bo policed through a League of Nations.
Secretary Daniels, In his annual roport
which was made public a few hours beforo
Mr. Taft spoke, says that navies will bo
needed In the ftituro ns an International
police forco to compel obedlcnco with tho
decrees of an international tribunal which
will bo set up to decide tho differences
among tho mtlontt, and that Inasmuch as
tho United States Is one of the richest of
the great nations and has buffered less
than nn of tho Allied Powers, It will de
volve upon It to contribute a navy to pre
serve uorld peace commcns-Uiato with Its
wealth, its commerce and Its leadership in
the councils of frco people.
Thcso are woids of soberness and truth,
both tho words of Socrotarj Daniels and of
former President Taft, and they express
the opinion of a majority of the f.u -fing
Americans of all parties.
WOULD OPINION DEMANDS
A LEAGUE OF NATIONS
'I he nrest in Europe Itcpresents a Spirit
ual ReoIt From Propects of
Future Wars
fpIIERE is a type of mind which holds
- that war cannot bo prevented. It is
given to the conviction that wars will be
inevitable in tho future as they have
been in the past because of the ineradi
cable factors of pride, perversity nnd
selfishness in men and nations.
There is another type of mind which
perceives in all warfare merely the result
of hatreds and jealousies and suspicions
artificially created between peoples by
archaic diplomatic systems. It is as
serted, on this side of the question, that
the old diplomacy was maintained in the
interest of sinister minorities which used
established governments ns tho agencies
of privato empire and usurped tho pow
ers of government without accepting
any of its responsibilities.
The sum of human experience, with all
its accumulations of pain, is not suffi
cient to grant absolute validity to cither
theory. And it is certain now that these
two opposed philosophies will meet in
epochal conflict in the Peace Conference
at Versailles. The impact will carry the
Peace Commission and the mind of the
attentive world to the very inner heart of
the greatest question thai ever troubled
humanity.
There will be debates and discussions
about a thousand extraneous and related
issues. But all that is said and done at
Versailles will revolve about tho question
of war's origins as a wheel revolves upon
a pivoU
If governments cannot prevent war
and make militarism unnecessary the
world will want to- know the reason. So
it will not do to consider Versailles in
the light of any precedent. History
records no state of human affairs like
that which will confront the Peace Con
ference. Mr. Wilson and Lloyd George
and M. Clemenceau and Signor Orlando
have not only to make terms of a peace.
There is an insistent desire that they
find means for a permanent peace. They
must quiet a deep unrest that is general
over Europe, where the nations, even
those that are victorious, look tip from
their appalling -wounds and put the
question that never has been answered
for them:
"Why mcs' iff match lo slaughter
ver) twenty years? Why must u-e
die?"
It is an ancient mei. In the past
rulers could afford to ignore it. Can
they afford to ignore that bitter com.
plaint now, when it comes in a yell out
of Russia and is audible always, even
beneath the -cheers, echoing clearly wher
ever there is civilization and the habit
of ordered thought?
It is because war is fiagiUiitly iimea
sonable that a world being insistently
trained to reason ie determined to be rid
of it.
Even the btately beauty of some of
war's processes, the glitter and the
drama of its events, can serve no longer
to drug the nations nnd make them for
get their agony. War has become too
hard. It has become intolerable to the
minds and the bodies of men. Its cruel
ties are too terrible for human endur
ance. All of Europe knows this and
knows, too, that the machinery of war
will continue to grow more monstrous,
more furiously cruel, swifter in, destruc
tion and more awful to contemplate.
Still there are men who say placidly
and cynically that war must go on that
armaments must be maintained. It is
such men who, while they talk of put
ting down destructive radicalism, uncon
sciously do most to encourage it. Their
reconciliation to the hideous principles of
modern war, their unwillingness to admit
that there is a force in human, affairs
better than brute strength is oil to the
torches that madmen like Lenine are
waving for the eyes of tormented peo
ples. Europe is frightened out of its old
habits- of thought. It is frightened out
of its old acquiescence. That is tho ex
planation of the "unrest" spoken of so
frequently on the cables.
Censorship still prevails in a large
part of Europe. We are not permitted
to know all that Is happening just as
we have yet to learn how agonizing ihc
modem battlefields were for the millions
who endured them. There is enough j
visible between the lines of news die
patches, however, to show that war if J
hated with a passionate and cumulative
hatred in every country of Europe ami
that distrust and suspicion are. directed
at every man and evfry agerioy disposed
to accept it as a natural phenomenon.
Even victory is not worth the price that
would be demanded in future interna
tional conflicts. There will be weapons
available In twenty years from now
powerful enough "to obliterate civiliza
tion. To wwepfc ,rtiM which hu-
EVENING PUBLIC JiEDGEIt -
admit the utter failure and impotency of
human reasoning and to damn and dis
credit tho ethical system under which wo
live nnd to invito tho junglo which tho
Bolshevists wish to establish in plncc of
ordered governments.
Mankind must bo wrenched around to
new convictions and to the acceptance of
a new order. Some sane middlo course
is essential if we tire to avert oblitora
tivc wars on the one hand and a scarcely
less destructive radicalism nnd unreason
on the other. Partial disarmament and
tho substitution of reason for force are
inherent principles in tlc f.chemc for a
League of Nations. The great obstacle
in tho way of that plan is in tho fact
that each nation would be compelled to
relinquish something of its visible power
and something of its traditional pride.
Will the conference at Versailles be able
to adjust national traits aial ambitions
to this end? Doubtless it will try hard
enough. And on the success or failure
of the effort will depend the destiny of
the world and, perhaps, tho fate of our
civilization.
The first and most important aim of
the Versailles conference will bo to elimi
nate all possibility of future interna
tional conflicts. That is the important
fact to remember within the next few
months, when tho cables will be crowded
with much that is unrelated and ex
traneous and of a character likely to
confuse American minds.
"Bill" Varo Is one of the most contented
citizens of Philadelphia, as every one who
heard him talk at the City Business Club yes
terday afternoon discovered.
CLEAR UP THE CYCLOPS RIDDLE
TII13 most singular of all sea mysteries
tho loss of the great collier Cyclqps Is
dismissed In a few unlnformlng lines in
Secretary Daniels's extcnslvo report of
American naval activities In tho war. Tho
na'al department professes total Ignorance
concerning tho fate of this -aluablo vessel
and Us human freight.
Unless tho Government is hiding some
thing a proceeding wholly Indefensible
now that hostilities have ceased its atti
tude now puts tho solution of the riddle
squarely up to Germany. If she knows tho
answer sho thould Immediately bo made to
dlseloso It just ns sjio has revealed tho
location of mines and shown her hand
regarding submarines.
Not only the relatives of those Bailors
who disappeared with thei ship, but tho
public in general has a right to Informa
tion on a subject unparalleled In modern
sea annals. Henry Hudson, adrift In a
small boat In a bay that now bears his
name, was presumably shipwrecked. So
was Laperouse, tho dauntless Frenchman
adventurously exploring the raclflc.
Back fifty yeirs ago a Ohsel that failed
to reach port could bo authoritatively
asserted to havo fallen n prey to the perils
of iceberg, fog, reef or btorni. But waves
do not destroy staunch up-to-date craft
such us the Cyclops. Icebergs aro non
existent in tho tropical Atlantic where she
vanished. lchoes of a collision would
reverberate.
There is th faint pooiibllllj that hhe
was captured, but In that case something
would almost certainly have been heard
from tho prisoners by this time. The hope
that there are survivors Is scant indeed.
But unwarrantably meager is the Xavy
Depaitment's handling of the casp. If It
has conjectmos It Hhould divulge them, and
following those should come rigid Inquisi
tion of tho German authorities until the
truth .s known.
Mr. Taft warns us
.Model, oi a that In this new era of
I ear-Dreeder rampant self-determi
nation tho world of
ordei lias "fourteen Cubas" on Its hands. The
metaphor, though w ell meant, w as not wholly
happy If all the uneasy ne- republics were
as well behaved and as passionately devoted
to our Ideal as the Tearl of the Antilles
has been since we entered the war, the coming
reconstruction tasks would be reduced to
a minimum
When "Mas." declares
tir "lUrk Irani that Instead of trying
the lomb" to be an emperor,
William Ilohenzollern
should hac been a cabaret manager, he evi
dently forgets that the Kaiser really did fill
that office. And the main program feature
w as ' The Dance of Death."
Schwab has quit, but
.Moreover, the Hun ho Is no quitter. He
quit first would have gone on
buildine ships until
all the rnaohineij of Bethlehem Steel was
archaic, had that bacrlflco been necessary to
defeat the foe.
The best of all Krles Krlnglcs to the boys
In Germany will be the. letter man.
Xow that tho ox-Crown Prince hopes to
be allowed to. visit an American dentist In
Amsterdam he may be gassed yet. However,
ox post facto heroes don't count.
Little Studies in Words
POILU
SINCE the latter part of 1914 the French
common soldier has been called a poilu,
as the American soldier has been called a
doughboy, Tho word pollu means hairy.
It comes from the French word poll, mean
ing .originally tho hair of an animal. It
Is also sometimes used to mean tho beard
of a man. When tho soldiers were in the
trenches they let their beards grow and
they did not shave when they went home
on leave. Their friends called them
"poilu," or hairy, Just as we in America
aro in the habit of calling a, thin, slender
boy "skinny" In a Jocular way. When the
slender boy appears his playmates say,
"Here comes skinny," and when tho friends
of tho soldiers saw them back homo in
their villages . they said, "Here comes
hairy." '
Some of the French dictionaries give
"bravo" or "utrong" as a derived meaning
of pollu becauoo tho man of great physical
strength is usually hairy. But the appli
cation of the word tor the French soldier in
the great war arose from Its apt descrip
tion of his unshaven state, Tho French
sreak of their "brava pollua,' which, they
yfohiAtioM Uiey wrrtji ,l,l w
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PHnJADELKECLk, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10,
THE CHAFFING DISH
A Hun Alphabet
A 'S AMERON'GEN, whero Wlllielm now
lies
n is for Eernstorff, who bought up tho
spies
C Is for Crown Trlnce, qulto out of tho
' swim
D Is for the Devil, who's waiting for him
K Is for'Ebert, republican boss
r Is Frau Krupp, who's presumably
cross
( Is for Gott, who didn't deliver
II Is for HIndy, who turned out a flivver I
I Is a pionoun by Wllhelm much Used '
! Is for Junkers who need to bo bruised
IC is for Kail, who was eager to quit
Ij Is for old Ludcndorff throwing a fit
31 Is for Muchlon, who tali ho would win
N Is for Nobody Homo In Berlin
(I is for tho Obcrmensch Bill thought lie .
he was
1 is for Potsdam, whero ho planned tho
wholo jazz
Q is for Qulddle professor, I think
II is for Karl Rosncr, who may need a
dilnk
S Is for Solf's Soft Soap; just hear him en
treat It
T Is for old TIrpItz, who shaved and then
beat it.
V is for U-boats, sui rendered and gones
V is all Huns whoso names start with a
Von
V stands for tho Watch on tho Rhine
X 13 exterminate Bill and his line
V Is the yelp when wo treated 'em rough
Z is for Zeppelin, and that's cnoughl
.Many a heart with loved ones ovor
jonder Is hoping Undo Sam will do his
Christmas shipping early.
But there aro alwaya compensations, and
many a bravo and strong American In
Franco may feel relieved that ho will not
bo called upon to faco the perils of Christ
mas shopping at home.
Tho last full measure of devotion: the'
husband who offers to do his wifo's Christ
mas shopping for her.
"Mono of tho official party has been see
sick," sayB a wireless dispatch. Wo aro
much relieved for wo had fears about Rear
Admiral Cary T. Grayson, who has been
comparatively llttlo at sco, for a rear ad
miral. Looking over an old edition of the Ency
clopedia Brltannica, wo notice that tho edi
tor, In his preface, says "no effort has been
spared to prevent repetitions and inconcln
nltles." Alas, we don't know what lncon
clnnitlca are, but If you ever notice any of
them getting into this department, wo
trust you will call our attention to same.
Theatrical press ngents are always there,
or oven a llttlo beyond, with tho well
chosen adjective, but the gentleman keep
ing Miss Annctto Kellermann's silhouette
beforo tho public is surpassing himself.
We quoto from a theatrical ad:
This is 3Ilsi Kcllcrmann Herself, He
member, in Her Own Live Pulchrltudinous
1'erson With Vim, Vigor, Vitality, Verve
and Venus Curves.
But wo think Miss Kellermann may ho
a Httln annoyed to observe that ho has
headed the advertisement with the cap
tion: FEATURES EXTRAORDINARY
Thoughts in a Hash Cathedral
Wo aro dolefully impressed by the fact
that one slice of plo Is never enough, and
two slices Is always too much. This is
one of the problems that tho League of
Nations will be too timid to tackle.
A five-cent .slice of pie Is said to be one
seventh of tho whole, but nowadays it
seems what the musicians coll n diminished
seventh '
Old Favorites
Tluow out tho limelight
Across tho dark stage
Help the soubrette take
Ten years off her ngo
Gee, if jtfu boys in
Tho baldheaded row
Keep calling her "Grannie",
You'll ruin the show!
When the great anthology of German
humor Is collected, wo hope that some of
the Iridescent pearls let fall by Chrysostom
Bernstorff will be Included. For Instance
this, from one of his reports to tho Ber
lin Foreign Offico, dated October 27, 191C:
"Nothing can for long be kept secret in
America. The fact of an American news
paper being subsidized can never be kept
secret, because there ts no reticence in Vila
country. It always ends in my being ield
responsible. "
Poor BcrnstorfC Seems klnda rough,
doesn't it all those tender llttlo secrets
of his being exposed to the harsh Yan
kee air!
What Are You Asking Santa For?
Perhaps the Kaiser, Instead of hanging
his stocking this Christmas, may decide
to hang himself.
SOCRATES.
The Department of Justice reveals that
more than $7,000,000 was spent In German
plots here. The Hun paid for some cemetery
and he got it!
Mr. Sproul favors tho appointment of
fewer, abler (and better paid men to office
under the State Government. This Is one of
the most sensible remedies over proposed for
what Is the matter at Harrisburg,
Frederick Wllhelm, living in piivacy on
a Dutch island, has asked for a pistol. Per
haps the Dutch Government will let him have
It If ho will use It as ho should for the bene
fit of tho world.
HOME AGAIN
IT'S home again, It's home again, will
march two million feet,
'Oh home again, oh home again," trium
phant drums will beat.
The boys ate coming home again," nays the
man on the street.
They havo done with the glory of the sword.
IT'S home again, It's home again, the great
gray ships will steam.
Of home again, of homo again, the Uhaltl
watchers dream, '
From Maine to California it's home again
they'll stream,
Their bloody battles over to claim their Just
reward.
AT HOME again, at home again, with all
they love and know,
(Yeary eyes will shine again and pallid cheeks
will glow.
Their boya are coming home again is all tha
j women know,
btiL'W8 J,0m WB0 M"iSSM
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A World Highway to Honor Heroes
The Proposed Bridge From the Parltuiay to West Philadelphia Suggests a
atinrtnlized Scheme of War McmorinU nn the
Lincoln Highway-
liy JOSEPH
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'HEN Homo was mistress of the world
she did ltually what the, Germans
tried to do when they sought to dominate
civilization. She built roads endlessly
building always from one end of a conquered
country to the other. These roads were so
excellently engineered that tho overlord and
domlnator of tho world, Julius Caesar, was
able to get from Rome to London In faster
time than is usually made by tho interna
tional express. Roman highways wero mag
nificently decorated at eery city and battle
fields with triumphal arches, amphitheatres
and other memorials erected to commemorate
the conquerors progress. These monuments
exist today to command the admiration of
the world.
Wo In this country have a greater need
for great roads than tho Romans had. Wo
have better uses for them. But w.e havo
achieved relatively little. We havo the Lin
coln highway from .New York to San Fran
cisco, but it is disjointed, disorganized, un
graded, unconcreled over most of the way.
All that exists is a track", blazed by red,
white and blue signs and telegraph ' poles.
Cacsar'a road ran from Rome to Calais,
and. because there were no American engi
neers then to build bridges and tunnels the
Roman legions had to bo moved across the
channel on barges and by other means. But
the road was built by engineers fYom the city
of Rome to the city of Newcastle. It still
exists. All of Oils is' interesting in view of
the present needs of America. A bridge
from New York to Jersey City is designed
and soon will bo built. Tho bridge from
Camden to Philadelphia will soon bo a
reality. And so the Evbninq Pudljc
Ledger's suggestion of a'brldgo over tlo
Schuylkill RUer from the' Parkway to West
Philadelphia fits splendidly Into a scheme
which would bo adequate to commemorate
our achievements In the war In an altogether
noblo' and beautiful way. Such a. brldgo
should bo one of tho connecting links in a
national highway. This highway should bo
beautified under a co-ordinate plan, so that
It would carry Into every city and town
through which It passed a suggestion of the
most splendid adventure of the human race.
The Lincoln Highway, Instead of wandering
up and down Walnut and Chestnut streets!
could cross the Parkway bridge. From
West Philadelphia to St. Loulsi thcro Is no
river of any Importance that Is not bridged,
If my memory serves. At St. Louis there Is
the great Eadea bridge. After that there are
no obstacles until you get to Oakland or
Sacramento.
THE Lincoln Highway has been designed
and numbers of people havo been oyer It,
with great dlflloulty. Travelers at New York
coming east or fiom Europe will In tho
futuro leave New York over the monumental
North River bridge. They will reach Phila
delphia over tho Camden .bridge. And they
(hould be able to continue on the journey
toward the South over a Parkway bridge
such as you have suggested in your edi
torial. Then they will be On the road that
leada west and south. I do not know how
this road gets to the Middle West. There
are bridges, of course, oyer the smaller rlvera
and the Infernal Chicago River. Then come
the great plains and the prairies apdS the
mountains and a. clear way to Oakland and
Sacramento, where the road divides for
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Highway commences, , to the termination at
Portland, Ore., and in oery city of Impor
tance through which tho road passes there
should be erected great memorials designed
by the greatest artists and sculptors of tho
United State's and tho Allied countries In
honor of the men who gave, or wero willing
to give, all they possessed for tho winning of
tho war, , '
In this way wo might set up a great and
Inspiring record of what wo have done and
what was done by those who fought upon
our side. What wo should havo would, In
ured, be a World Highway, since It would
run as a central artery of world travel be
tween the sreat ports. It would represent
the most splendid sort of a memorial and It
would be a work in which all States and
cities might be proud to have a part. This
Is merely suggests e of what the Romans did
in tho great road systems which radiated
from Rome.
aIHE Evckino Public LuiauH's suggestion
. for a brldgo crossing the Schuylkill from
tho .Parkway represents tho most Intelligent
conception of a war memorial that I havo
yet met with. Such a brldgo could bo de
signed In harmony with tho other great
bridges elsewhero on the Lincoln Highway.
And here, as elsewhere, along a road that
ultimately will Jjo nothing less than a con
necting link between Europo and Japan
could be placed, In every community, the
groups and monumental structures designed
and built in memory of our own soldiers and
those of the Allied armies. In this city and
elsowhere tho museums and monuments of
the sort suggested by Joseph E. Wldener
should be placed, so as to beautify and
dignify the approaches to each bridge in tho
monumental series. Branches of tho Cen
tral highway ultimately could bo built from
Philadelphia or Harrisburg to run to Mobile
and New Orleans, and from New Orleans a
road might be laid up to San Diego If we
wero not convinced that we are less able
than th'o ancient Romans In the art3 of com
munication. Similarly, a road might come down through
the Canadian Rockies to Portland, where It
would meet the central highway In the great
system. There Is nothing absurd in this
general scheme, nothing lslonary or imprac
ticable, nothing that tho .ancients could not
do. It would bo only doing what Napoleon
did when ho built 01 remade roads from
Paris to Rome and to Madrid and planned
highways over tho Swiss passes and to Ber
lin and to Belgium. Can we do less lt an
age when open roads mean so much more to
civilization''
TtlE National Commission of l'lno Alts
should be empowered at once by the
President to open communication with eery
community which, like Philadelphia, Is pre
paring to plan and finance a r-cheme of war
memorials. Thus tha general scheme of
commemoration could be nationalized and
given new dignity, significance and value.
We should, as 'a lesult, havo a genoral me
morial unsurpassed an where and one In
which the spirit of tho country, its sentiment
and Its pride could proudly live.
fhisMa the general plan which your admir
able editorial inspired In my'inlnd. 1 think
the bridge as you have suggested It would
bo far more than a loglcul solution to the
problem of a war memorial In Philadelphia.
It might also well represent the beginning of
a national movement which would give to
the, United States a co-ordinated memorial
scheme as noble and as useful uh anything
ever known to the world.
The plan of Representative Gjay for
Federal incorporation of railroad companies
deserves careful study by those interested In
tho future of the railroads under private
ownership. "
Chrlstabel Fankhurst In a candidate for
Parliament with the consent of Mr. Aaauitli
after haying devoted years, tp bullyragging
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IHE competent farmer has finished his
chores '
And has finished his dinner as -well,
lie Is thrbugh for a 'tlrrlo with tho world
' out of doors,
And ho loafs by tho firo for a spell-.
Tho legs crickle-crackle; the sparks fly In
flocks;
Aspiring smoke heavenward goes.
The farmer for ease Is displaying his socks
And a pair of Inqulsltlvo toes.
Tho competent farmer has autos and 'slch
But he'd rather have comfort than style.
In dollars and happiness both he is rich
As he looks at Ills wlfo with a smller"
Ay, peaceful tho close of a hard working
day But out in tho gathering gloom
An owl sings a mournful and sinister lay
That breathes of despair and the tonib.
The competent farmer Is making his plant
For tho; morrow as gravely ho smokes.
Tho' children's bright faces ho t lovingly
scans v
And smiles at their Innocent jokes.
Ho knows what ho owns, dollars, acre
and flocks,
And ho loves every critter and fowl?
And he don't care a darn for the) -liolea
In his socks
And ho don't give . lio'ot for ,the owl.
GRIF ALEXANDER.
The Readers Viewpoint ' ' v
Appreciation of Musical Criticiim
To the Editor of the Evening PuoHc Ledgtre
air ah u jttoie&uiofia-i musician x ueairo w,
express my thanks to you for the excellent
musical criticisms that havo been appearing
in your paper this year. It is somethtnr
that Philadelphia has needed for a long time.
Also for the well-informed and always read
able articles In your Saturday paper under
the head of The Crltip Talks to Musla Lovers.
This week's Is very good and Interesting to
me as I heard all three of the conductors'
and agree with what Is said, although I hav
not the power of analysis to put It so tersely
For goodness sake keep up this column ano
give us more of It !
A. B. C.
Philadelphia,, December 7
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What Do You Know?
Quiz , 4
I. What U the German name uf CnlocntT -'' ,i
J. Vfhat forrat In Trance vraa offlelnlly renunril i
tlV that ''asTiatla (AtBPHMiailt It. Iiaa. - I
arent lctorr 'of the American marine
there? ( A
j. mini niiey. rioi paiai mratfrj III tlie
wnr U atlll unaolred?
4. What via the real name of YoltaIrr? -'
5. Wlib salil "Xerrwiltjr hu no lwi l' J.noir
ome attorney ot the name"?
0. What U the capital of Wj-omlnc? -
7. Who wrote the highly renltitln xvtir huoU
known In JYeneu ' "An 1'eu'i and In
KnilUli ni "Under J-W".' f
8. What U a fattotum? '
' 0. tVliat kind of a boat It a coracle? ,,,
10. IIow did Drother Jonathan come ti 'be a
ttliilinama fn tliat imarUon uhnla
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Answers to Yesterday's Quk T e
1, Coblens la. the inott Important cltr occupied '
br the .American force In Germany,
"Die Goetterdaemmerrfht" literally meant Til
lh Gort Dlmmlnc'' or. more iwetlcallj. 1
"Ihe Dutk ot tile Uodn.'t v , j
"Mother Ann' warn Ann JLf. fainii nf th ?&
jiotner nnr- wat Ann j,re. je-inuer nr file T?
tect of Hnakcra who teeedeq from the Bo- $
lety of ITIrnile In the elahteenth Ten-!
turr. hhe na born In Kntland. but came .'j
tn America In 1174 ana founded the Drat i
Khaker community In. thla country at
Bhcuna. near iroy is, i
4. Ihe tinier nextita tha little flnaer-la ralli.it
the "ring- tinier." ' ,.l
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6, Megalomania It Intanlty for aelf-exaltatlen, ,
nasalon for blx thlnaa. l 'i.
7. Ampere, n unit of measurement of eteeirtcal ,V,
r. rrent, U named ?fter Andre Marie.' Amu J
uere, a celebrated i I'rtneh electrician., ITU i
date, are 177S-1SSS. . . 'i
8. Ilene lvlanl, former rremler ot rraniT, -,'
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lie Lnlted Ntntea In 117. .. 'T'' '
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