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' fatches herein are also reserved, Phllldtlphla. Wtdnndar. Dtrrmber 11. 191S ENGLAND PUTS US TO SHAME T71NGLAND has reduced by one-half tho -' mortality of children under flvo years old while she has been flghtlns the war. The mortality of children under one year old has Increased In Philadelphia within two years. The savins of the lives of the children was an Incidental outcome of tho British system of food rationing-. Plans were adopted for conserving tho milk supply f nd distributing milk to thoso who needed It. As a result, the families of the poor, among which child mortality is always t Breate3t, had milk for their babies and tho babies lived. The saving of life thus affected reduces the net loss of population , In England to an Inconsiderable figure, although more than a million men have died from wounds and disease on account of the war. The British have learned how to save life, and they arc not likely to forget tho lesson. Now, is Philadelphia to fall behind Eng land? Tho National Congress of Mothers, through Its local representatives, Is trjlng " io ral3e fifty thousand dollars here for work In a baby-saving campaign. If this .fund saves the lives of only fifty babies it Is will be well Invested, for all statistics agree that the life of a child is worth at least a thousand dollars to the city. Tho courts have time after time appraised the life of an adult at five thousand dollars. The money which the people Interested In child welfare are seeking ought to be subscribed r quickly, and when It is subscribed the city authorities will be derelict In their duty If ft they do not set about removing all the I ' causes which Imperil the lives of the chll i dren of the poor. "Gangway!" for Mr. Vare every time. THE STATUS OF ROBINSON EVERY ONE Interested In public order and decency is hoping that the current impression is correct that when Captain James Robinson returns to tho police de partment ho will not be returned to the post of Superintendent now filled by Cap tain Mills. Captain Robinson will be entitled to re tire on pension In a few months, If his con nection with the polico force continues. Opinions may differ as to the propriety of permitting an officer who has been de moted because of flagrant neglect of duty to remain on the city payroll so that he may profit by the pension system estab lished to reward faithful officers. But ' there is no disposition at present to Insist on punishing Robinson to the extent of depriving him of his pension. If the Director of Public Safety, however, ,, disregards tho proprieties to the extent of j officer in whom the national Government Mt had confldenco might be in a position to m . k. Brotect tho soldiers and sailors from the tars, - .... macmnauons 01 me vicious ne win nave to reckon with a public sentiment which is In no mood to be Ignored. "Tour say!" observes the P. R. T. in its third truth lesson. It's as good as said. WHY THE ARMISTICE WAS KEPT rTlHra nxtent of Rermnnv'fl dpfpnr l nlentf- IftSf l-V r l.nntl. vniHinln.l In 4 1, a At.onw.-n . I fyjit - JV.AlfcljT AVKA.VU ,11 LUC UUDCiratiVIt UJ. tp, the drastic terms of tho armistice. Had treachery been practical or suggestively profitable unquestionably It would have inspired tho actions of the foe. Where the least leeway was afforded, a3 in tho case of the released prisoners at tho in- t$if ternment camps, violation of tho spirit of . ' """"tt" wvi nmiitu s..i amicibu, mc IIULU Rpyt. provisions were executed wnn neatness HS"? and fair dispatch. Beaten men, however dishonorable In their hearts, could play no other game. K$. ''Vnnntllahed vlntorH." whfrh enmn nt tho v Junker commanders are dubbing the army, srvt- " tlle emptiest or phrases. The fact that $"&, these slippery customera have been In fayr- general milium id me -urjiusuce conai Ktirr 4Inna conclusively establishes the pxtpnt nt t .- their defeat. ff& "i Tim nrnvlafnnH ctt th mpmnrnhl nnrnn nf f paper signed at Senlls on November 11 ajyy expire today unless renewed. Of course )fyS "e wl" b0, Erzberger and his fellow delo- -'a s'Raies uro euKeriv wailing ui breves me I'fM privllego of subscribing once more to tho (Its? i n nrlrnniTlrilirmrnt of their collanse. We ffilfnow now how idle were our fears that JfiK 'Germany would trick us In executing an 6. - it-mlstlce. for we had foreotten how weak P . .- .a. KKMn la A4.A. tvAsnnAw. ml.An tnni tn mrfC11JUU Ail v;ii ucavnci .f.ivii lubg lu S..I41. ...-.h..W..1. !. n. f.ir... ,j 'i flMW TV41U uvct Tilctiitllii Hu ?V fe-5 ' . .. ' ... . " '.y, Aro me munitions maners to nave a il08 In the Peace Conference? .' .J ....... . , : MW , WAS THE KAISER A BAG OF WIND? Sr!?aif, XMnV4mt--,mer-.srx -a,. a. a -- nUkW to cieate the Impression that iiwiionflrn was not so big as a mere sturfed dummy, or a bag of wind, manipulated .by hands behind tho scones llko tho hero In a Punch and Judy show. Wllhelm himself has said that ho knew nothing about tho beginning of tho war", for he was In Norway when It began. If ho had won tho war ho might have told a different story, but ho is trying to got from under now. Maxlmllllan Harden Is playing tho for mer Kaiser's game, for ho Is saying that Wllhelm had no personal part in willing the war, but was a mere tool In tho hands of tho military party, "by which ho was regarded as a coward." As to tho truth of one part of this state ment there can bo no doubt. Wllhelm has proved in tho sight of all tho world that ho Is an arrant coward. No bravo man would have fled piecipltatcly to tho Neth erlands when his armies were defeated. Ho would novo faced the end with a brave manner and accepted the consequences of his acts, or tho consequences of tho acta of those fighting in his name. A PRUSSIANIZED IDEAL IS WHAT MR. VARE PRAISES Diine Right nf the Orpanization to Rule Philadelphia a Parallel to the Kaiser's Scheme in Germany "VTO MORE lucid explanation of the ' methods of the local Republican Or ganization has ever been given than that of which Representative Vare has deliv ered himself. The Organization is a ma chine with wheels within wheels work ing harmoniously for a specific purpose. It is kept well oiled and moves with little friction toward its goal. And what is that goal? As Mr. Vare suggested, it is tho piling up of majorities for Re publican candidates for office. If the machine does its work well for local can didates it will do its work well for na tional candidates. This is why Philadel phia gave Mr. Hughes a plurality of 100,000 when he ran for the presidency in 191G. Representative Vare and his associates regard the Organization as one of the most perfect and efficient creations of human genius. They worship it. They regard any one who attacks it or criti cizes it as guilty of sacrilege. They assume that when the Organization is attacked tho righteousness of the rule of the majority is impugned and that repre sentative institutions are in danger. It is because so many men think in this way that it is difficult to correct scandalous abuses in the city government and in the State government. Many such men are honest with themselves. They are good citizens. They are your neigh bors who go to the same church and are members of the same club with you. And every one knows that it is as im possible to indict a whole city as Burke said it was to draw up an indictment against a whole people. But we all know that something is wrong'. The unsatisfactory condition of the streets, the increasing mortality of infants, the rising tax rate, the shortage of -water in great districts of the city all point to failure to do those things which a city government should do. Now, why has there been failure? If some hints can be given toward an an swer we may find ourselves on the way to a solution of the problems which arc perplexing the best citizens. Let us consider for a moment what the Organization is and see if that will throw any light on the subject. A long study of its methods of doing business leads to the conclusion that it is a great soulless body without conscience or morals. It lives to preserve itself. It orders certain things done and they are done. Honest men do them and still regard themselves as honest. They have farmed out their consciences to a machine with no con science and they shift to the machine the moral responsibility of what they do, when they think of moral responsibility at all. For instance, men who arc decent in other activities bend their business ability to devising plans which make it impossible for any officeholder to refrain from paying an annual sum on a per centage of salary basis to the party cam paign funds in spite of the fact that we have a law passed in response to popular demand making it a penal offense to solicit any political contribution from any officeholder. The Organization needs the money. It says it must be collected and its agents do their best to force the officeholders to pay. Tho Organization says that, the money must be paid and that if it is not paid those who refuse must bo punished. Discipline cannot be maintained if there is to be mutiny within the ranks. And the men who submit to discipline aro taken care of. Every officeholder knows this. Many of them have rebelled inwardly, but they have submitted. Many of them who think that they can serve their city or their State have re luctantly conformed to the conditions which surround such service and have tried to forget the humiliating necessities of the situation. Other worthy citizens have refused to accept public office be cause they were unwilling to submit to the discipline of the Organization and because they knew that if they were true to their own private consciences the Or ganization would use all its power to frustrate every effort they might make to serve the people In their own way. It is not necessary to cite names or spe cific instances. There are thousands of men in the city who have only to ex amine their own memories to discover the truth of what we say. I Representative Vare had said all this his explanation of the methods of the Organization woul4 have been com plete as well as lucid. He knows that it is true. No one knows better than he. Now is there any remedy? That which firjt suggests, itself la that the members of the Organization should retain possession of their own con sciences nnd should cease blindly to nc cept its decrees as though they were inescapable. If, when they were asked to do a thing in politics which they would not do in their private business, they would protest and threaten to take the public into their confidence there would not bo instant reform, but there would bo n gradual change for the better, for tho disciplinary methods of the Organi zation cannot stand the light of publicity. The official who should tell the public that he had been threatened with politi cal death unless he did this or that at the behest of the party leaders would find the party leaders taking the back track so fast that they would be out of sight before he could turn from the pub lic whom he was addressing to those who had been trying to browbeat and coerce him into betraying the people. But such a course would take courage as well as conscience. The Organization is a perfect Prussian machine. We have lately been fighting to destroy Prussianism on the other side of the ocean, forgetting that wo had the same evil right here at home. After all, It nppears that the weather man Is tho real conservation genius of the fuel admlnl-rtratlon. A ROAD Or GREAT MEMORIES IT TOOK a mind as imaginatlvo as that of Joseph I'ennell to suggest the Imme diate co-ordination of innumerable unre lated plans for American ar memorials in a nationalized scheme coiiteied upon tho Lincoln Highway. Rut onco tho idea is vlewqd whole, little Imagination Is needed to reallzo tho dignity nnd splendor and general usefulness of tho project which tho gifted Philadelphia artist outlined on this pigo yesterday. What Mr. Pennell proposes Is nothing less than a new and advanced experiment in nationalism. Ho would link up, without further delay, a thousand Independent plans for war memorials In the communi ties on tho route of tho Lincoln Highway and place tho whole work under tho in spiring guidanco of the National Commis sion of Fine Arts, with a view to writing in bronze and marble and granite along the success e reaches of tho great trans continental road a magnificent record of tho trials and triumphs through which civilization has just passed. By this means a new impetus would be given to road building and new energy mif,ht bo applied in the general effort for a scientific system of open highways In all parts of the country. With this end in view Mr. Pennell, bor rowing an I. ca from ancient Rome, would have war memorials erected In the form of monumental bridges wherever bridges are needed. Museums and monumental groups, figures and shafts would be designed and erected to beautify the approaches to these bridges or placed on the line of tho high way. In tho future tho Lincoln Highway will bo a world's highway. It is destined to bo a main artery for new and expanded ties of traffic between Europe and the Orient. Were It to bo decorated as Mr. Pennell has suggested, It would Indeed be to the traveler of the future a road of great memories, as the Roman roads are to this day in Europe. The Romans mado even their milestones beautiful and significant. Similarly it is now proposed that the small communities in America might depart from tho old habit of lifting stiff and ugly granlti effi gies In their public squares and leave, In stead, appropriate monumental groups at tho highway's edge. The smallest com munity could erect a milestone so de signed as to bo a fitting memorial to Its soldier who did not come back. And so tho memory of an infinite number of lads who otherwise will bo forgotten might be kept green through future years in the mind of tho world upon its journeys. Certainly Mr. Pennell's scheme Is dra matic. Like all other wide departures from habit, it suggests impassable difficulties at a first glance. It involves n demand that road systems bo scientifically planned, as tho equipment of great utilities is planned, not for tho moment but for tho needs of tho future. The ancients planned their roads with this general view In America wo aro entering an age of motored trafllc with road systems that havu evolved from accidental trails. It will . ot do to say that tho plan of nationalized war me morials is Impossible of realization. It would require merely the mobilization of national sentiment and extended authority for the National Fine Arts Commission. The practical advantages of the scheme should bo apparent to every farmer, every maker of automobiles and every ono who has a habit of looking ahead. It Is not likely that Washington could bo preju. diced agalns. a plan merely because It unites an extremely high artistic Ideal with unmistakable utilitarianism. Cologne hopes that her A Tip cathedral will Inspire on the TVuj of Gottt a visit by President Wilson. Therein sho displays a keen appreciation of the force ot curiosity, for the Chief Magistrate, as well as the rest of us, would naturally like to know just what kind of religion has been observed In the famous "Dom" for tho last four and a half years. Tho propriety of hous The Retort 1 n g the Johnson Complimentary pictures on tho Park way In a replica of a Florentine architectural masterpiece Is en hanced by the fact that Mr. Wilson la already an honorary cltiren of tho fair metropolis ot Tuscany. Reports of the former T,ojol Kaiser's attempted to the Last suicide are not con vincing. If H e r,r Hohenzollern Is weary of life he has only to return, to Germany, and he will find many to aid him In his quest for relief. Brother Bill was only The True trying his brush when Camonflax he attempted to white wash the Organiza tion. He will bo along In a little while with red, white and blue paint. Many a "war after tho war" Is destined to be fought on the vexed theme of what constitutes a proper peace memorial. With obstreperous Catalonia on her hands. It's no wonder Spain didn't enter the foreign war. .She had a home-grown product .to conldw. THE CHAFFING DISH "1XTE HOPE that peaco will last as Ions ' as tho publisher of "On a Slow Train Through Arkansaw" thinks his book will sell. Of this remarkable volume, which you havo all seen on railway newsstands, tho publisher says "Will Belt forever and a thousand years afterward." Synthetic Poems Home Is Where the Heart Is They say that a strango city Is a lonoly place Come, como, False sentiment! Every tobacconist's Is my home, And ham and eggs Mean more to mo Than most of my relatives. Caution People say you shouldn't Tell all you know; But It's usually Telling what you don't know That gets you Into trouble Wisdom A sagacious friend onco told me! When you're ii"a barber shop Always let tho attendant shine your shoes: You'll have to tip him anyway For putting your coat on, So why not get something Vor your moncyT Yes, bnt What Docs It Mean? In human llfo this Is tho clue (It's just as well that you should know) Things that aro so may bo untrue, Things that nro true aro rarely so! Preliminary Irresolutions for the Coming New Year To buy somo plpo cleaners. To fill out check stubs more carefully. To get up when the alarm clock rings. To stop reading thoso ads about tho men v.ho improved their memories. To keep our pencil sharpened. To get up nervo enough to speak pleas antly to tho young lady at tho lunch counter. Not to write any more poems. Not to .spill tobacco ashes on our trou sers. Not to fumo at Swedish matches. Let them do their own fuming. Not to grumble whilo waiting for the elevator. To preserve a uniform sternness and dig nity of bearing. Not to be so polite to sailers: many of them turn out to be insurance solicitors, and kindness is a shock to them. Not to make resolutions. Speaking of Prohibition Some die-hards and bl,ttcr-enders still be lieve this nation has too much sense to come in out of the wet. We venture to think that it is only the Americans in Paris who are speaking of tho Murat house, where Mr. Wilson Is to stay, as the "Malson Blanche do Paris." For in France "Malson Blanche" does not connote "Whlto House," but Is the cus tomary namo for a drygoods shop. Sorrows of Our Grandfathers QOME tlmo ago, while wandering lound the town ono evening, we found In a second-hand book storo a llttlo volume which we havo been attentively perusing. It is called "Tho Young Man's Book of Classical Letters, Consisting of Epistolary Selections; Designed to Improvo Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Art of Letter- Writing, and In Thoso Principles which are necessary for Respectability and Suc cess in Life." It was published In Phila delphia in 1835, by Key and BIddle, at 23 Minor street. Wo aro ashamed to admit that we don't know where Minor street is. 13TTER writing is a matter that lies close J to our heart, because our friends accuse us of being an intolerably unfaith ful correspondent, which, alas! Is true. In the Young Man's Book, as we shall briefly call it, wo havo found set forth many prin ciples that should underlio letter-writing; but, unfortunately, tho root of tho matter is omitted. That is, of course, how to get tho urgo that finally prompts ono to sit down to do ones duty by one's absent friend? VNE of tho maxims that the Young Man's Book Insists on Is our duty to "edify" thoso to whom wo write. Accord ing to tho compiler of tho volumOl our let ters to friends must be "mementoes not only of affection or of kindness, but also of an earnest deslro to promote tholr wel fare, both in this world and in tho world to como." Tho gravity of this responsi bility is rather too likely, we fear, to make us pause and hong back. "Even in letters of business," continues our authority, "op portunities often occur of suggesting, in tho most easy and delicate manner, senti ments of a moral nature which may prove of great and lasting benefit. But such sentiments should not bo introduced for the purpose of ostentatious display." Wo aro somewbat abashed to Imagine the feel ings of our business correspondents should we Introduce, In however Impromptu and lightsome a fashion, Improving texts Into our letters. "Hoping you are telling tho truth these days, as I do, sincerely yours," Is tho gentlest way wo can think of doing it. No, we shall have to go on writing letters our own way. '. THE Toung Man of 1835 In Philadelphia must havo felt pretty self-conscious when he sat down to write a letter, if ho was drilled in the Young Man's Book. Think of having this to live up to: "A great diversity of stylo necessarily bo comes requisite. On Important subjects, It should be strong and solemn; on lighter subjects, easy and simple; in exhortation, earnest; In persuasion, mild; In consolation, tender; in congratulation, lively; in re ciuest. modest: in commendation, warm! to superiors, respectful: to inferiors, cour teous; to friends and companions, fa miliar." Much harassed Young Man I It Is hard to believe that ho lived to grow up. And yet he must have, or we shouldn't have been here. SOCRATES. ftift.viIi VHk'VI1'4VsT.iHi?.'h' -.( rjy-.riI.-'".-lr-lM l - i.iiiDTT-n--:.ifi.i.-ri,T----r'TWT.i---i -; niv.ffwwrrzo ti&iMroiji.aiitrTiTsjtitHttfiitfinv iju,jLrr2virf.jTB'reijrKtj"vTLjirtUTiwrreTisEi3j:r-;mr n, -x. fl it 911M -;Sgs3iyBifTy ryrffigPHIamiMflKeSBB 'BP'"7Ww0eiijaBWP'py " " ' "U1M HriliVBirnsM PBto-. g. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Status of Concrete Ships Reminiscences of the Surratt Trial Mahlon Garland, "Big Moose," Goes to France to Look After His Fellow Moose Tom Miller, of Delaware, on Gen, Pershing's Staff Washington, D. C, Dec. 11. CONCRETE ships. Aro they likely to enduro as a commercial proposition or will they go out with tho war? Captain William S. Samuels, of Philadelphia, who knows a good deal about ships, flatly de clares that as an ocean carrying propo sition the concrete steamship Is doomed. He declares that tho shipping people are not favorablo to further construction of concrete vessels and that Government ap propriations should stop. On the other hand, tho concreto shipbuilders are very insistent that their handiwork has come to stay. They point to the successful opera tion of Faith, built under Government di rection at San Francisco, and contend that what she has done will be duplicated by other concrete vessels. Philadelphia has a peculiar Interest in this matter of concrete ship construction. Tho Scofleld Engineering Company, a Philadelphia organization, headed by G. M. Scofleld, now has a largo concreto ship operation under way at San Diego, Cal. In consequence of the armistice this work has been curtailed somewhat by tho Emer gency Fleet Corporation. Tho general manager ot that Government Institu tion is Charles Plcz, who was formerly at tho head of the Link Belt Engi neering Company, at Nlcetown. Mr. Plez tells us officially that the original program of tho shipping board contemplated the construction of forty-two concreto vessels, but that since tho termination of iho war this program has been curtailed to fourteen vessels ono of 3000-ton cargo, three 3500 ton cargo and ten 7500-ton tankers. Mr. Plez says tho board's experlenco with tho Faith has been entirely satisfactory. THE dangers which surround a Presi dent at homo or abroad aro recalled by tho story of tho Surratt trial. It Is said there are only two survivors of that his toric event, and ono ot them, strangely enough, is Captain Ell D. Edmunds, of Philadelphia and Capo May, a brother of Charles II. Edmunds, of tho Philadelphia, bar. Captain Edmunds was a witness be fore the military commission In tho peni tentiary near the arsenal In Washington In May, 1865. Charley Edmunds tells tho story in this entertaining way: "At the tlmo of the assassination Captain Ed munds was an acting master In the United States navy, and previous thereto, while connected with tho Washington Navy Yard, boarded just outside tho navy gate with the Herold family. David Herold, of this family, was charged with being one of the conspirators, it being alleged that on February '22, 1865, In Montreal, ho was In conspiracy with Booth, Surratt and others. This was not true, for on tho preceding night Captain Edmunds, then attached to the flagship Don, of tho Potomac flotilla, spent the evening at tho Htrold home, re maining there until 10 o'clock. Herold was then at home, making it a then physical Impossibility for him to bo In Montreal at the tlmo alleged. Captain Edmunds ex perienced tho anomaly of being a naval officer of the United States and In uniform appearing before the military commission as a witness on behalf of one of the de fendants. Herold was convicted as an ac cessory after the act and executed. The part he played in the dreadful tragedy was in piloting Booth out of Washington, through Maryland to Port Tobacco and across the Potomac River, then across the peninsula to Port Conway and over the Rappahannock to Pprt Royal, where both were captured, uoroid was an expert gunner ?aha fisherman, thoroughly ao. "WHAT A PITY!" Csit"!5! quainted with all the by-roads and cow paths around Washington, and the assas sin trusted to his leadership to make good his escape. But avenging Justice was too swift for a runner burdened with such a horrible load of guilt." TUTAHLON M. GARLAND, of Pittsburgh, ' Congressman-at-Large, has gone to France, as a representative of the Supreme Lodge of the World. Loyal Order of Moose. Garland has been "a big Moose" from the ' beginning nnd Is still what they call Past Supreme Dictator. He Is a member of the governing body, the executlvo commit tee, of which our former coroner, John W. Ford, of the Eighteenth Ward, is chair man. Few people realize the tremendous growth of tho Order of Moose. John Ford tells us that tho membership now numbers 560,000 in 1650 lodges. Of the total num ber, 52,000 were In tho war service. There are 130,000 members in Pennsylvania, nnd Philadelphia Lodge, No. 54, has a member ship of 21,000. Tho order maintains "Mooseheart," a home and school In Illi nois where 600 children of deceased mem bers are being educated, academically and vocationally. Harry W. Mace, of Philadel phia, is supreme treasurer of tho Moose, and Ralph W. E. Donges, of Camden, who has been holding down a lieutenant colo nel's commission In Washington, is one of the "Mooseheart" governors. An effort is now being mado to have passed by Con gress a bill to Incorporate the Moose. TTTORD comes up from Camp Leo, Vir ' ' glnla, that tho medical veterans pro poso to form a permanent organization to preserve after-the-war friendships, and that following demobilization theyi will probably havoa reunion In Philadelphia. Corporal James C. Purcell, of the medical department, Is among thoso discussing this proposition. Wo hear a groat deal theso days about what tho "boys" propose to do when they "come back," and Philadelphia promises to be headquarters, for many, of their organizations. THORMEU CONGRESSMAN TOM MIL- LER, of Delaware, who joined the army anil was attached to General Pershing's staff at tho wind-up of the great world conflict, has been heard from. Ho appears to havo been where tho losses were very severe, but came out himself unscathed. Tom Is a big, husky follow, son of former Gover nor Miller, of Delaware, through whom he has Indicated his deslro to keep in touch with tho congressional situation at Wash ington. Tho young Congressman was a member of tho National Congressional Com mittee beforo leaving Congress, and after his departure his place upon tho commit tee was taken by his father, the then Gov ernor, since the entire Delawaro delegation at that tlmo was Democratic. . THE Philadelphia row over tho Mayor's playground appointments comes into View In connection with the national move ment to incorporate "The Recreation Asso ciation of America." There is a strong feeling here, backed up by civio associa tions, that child welfare is worthy of this new national consideration, Mrs. Edward W. Blddlo, president of the CIvlo Club of Philadelphia, has been taking a lively in terest in the furtherance of the project. The proposed Incorporators of the national association include Henry R. Davison, o'f New York, head of the Rod Cross, and Mrs. Thomas A- Edison, of West Orange; N J, Thcre(ytfro no Phlade!phans on ,tho list I &i?is,fflseras!ffiuai -t 3U u.. -rxz '& t; p --"L -.it-- .M--- ' SJS?Ot.T.faT!.lA ' ' - -; '; and only ono Pennsylvanlan, Walter A. May, of Pittsburgh. I I iTTlV. RnlirRfl rcnlnMnnsj fnvnWnff a CAtianl i-t. -! . vifirry Tr- ' --JfeLT.r; :-. tnjl. -3ri. & . - I "' "' " " - of all navigation and shipping laws thatX ' operate to the, disadvantage of American shipping, have been submitted to Con gress. President Albrecht takes , the ground that subsidies must be resorted to if tho United States is to compete with nations that subsidize their shipping. In pre-war days this was fairly good Repub lican doctrine, but enough votes could not be secured to put it through. The time Is coming when Alba B. Johnson, William M. Coates, J. S. W. Holton, 'IV C. Graff, Wll-, Ham R. Tucker, George S. Webster find other Phlladelphlans who kcei track of tho M shipping situation may bo called upon to i deal with this subject In a practical way. Some of tho data that George F. Sproule, of tho Commissioners of Navigation, has been publishing recently Is attracting at tention here. ( V 1INES from a soldier boy In France re i ceived by a sweet young college girl not far from Bryn Mawr, who has In formed her Congressman that it is "just perfectly delightful to bo doing something" for tho boys in the trenches": I thank you, kind lady, for doing your bit, The sweater you sent me Is now In my kit: The boys, they all tell mo It "sure is a fit," But they ask me, kind lady, "Who taught you to knit?" r According to an Amerongen dispatch, now that his wlfo has arrived the Kaiser' Is "quieter." A certain kinship with other hus bands, distasteful though It be, Is nono the less established. Tho George Washington's crew gave lha President a "tiger," and France will glori ously follow suit when she presents Clemen ceau In tho fervent handclasp of democracy. Slnco Mayor Smith holds that ho cannot ' -44 1 prevent the return of former Superintendent" .m Robinson to the nollco department It might be appropriate to ask who Is D'rector,sJ Wilson's boss? " Sn lnnir as the Paris conference doesn't. $ havo to consider the ever-pestiferous Harry ?$ Thaw case thero is fair hope of Its setjl'ng ' its business, -fi! . nf Now the Kaiser has tried to stage a ,. 'si" suicldo and, like all of his many shows, -It ,4 scored a total failure. yi What Do Ypu Knoiv? QUIZ 1. What lnncuace Is spoken In the Azores ismnubT 2. VUmt u the profession or John Wilkes llooth, slayer ot Abraham Lincoln? 3. Who Is commander-in-chief of the American Atlantio fleet? 4. l'or hl sham in hnt revolntlon was Rlchsri WaKner. the famous eomposer, compelled S. What naval utatlon In Cuba belonis to tlis,,, - United Btatei.? ' 0. What two religions are most prominent In -China? . 7, Who said "Trifles .Hunt ns nlr aro n th ',ii 1T-W1UU1" -! lUSjIIVUa Dliuils) ub yiWUIB (II , -' loly Wrli"? W 0. What three crosses make the deslcn In tho 4?Ij llrltlsh fln? & 10. What ;wa the specified time limit of the $. oriEJuui uruiieuco wuu utrnuni z Answers to XesterUavs Uuiz 1. Koeln Is the German name for Colonic, -j 3, Iltllruu Forest Viaa officially renamed Iir the 4 rrcneh (iovernnirnt "IlnU de la llrlxado ,- Marine" In honor of the heroism of tbe ysi United States marine corps there. (if M O Vnlrnlrs,la vnl tin mat waa TVnnnnlJ Hf-lJ" " Arouct, t J 4. Thp'lo9 of the United Rtatea naval, coillr'' rycioim is mo unsolved navm mystery of va; th war. T ( X 5, "Nerethltr lias no law.' I know some nttoh- uj nrys of ta tiaini).1 Is from llrnjnmLu Ti 1'rai.kllu's "Toor Richard's Almanac," :l ,!.; tt fit. ....... nt lu 41... ...! 1.l ) ' . 7,Ienrl iiiirhUHitv i Is the author of tho realistic. JJSfl war lK)ok. "Au l'eu," known In Km 11 eh u n " iimrr tiro. p j 8. Factotum is a manor nil work, servant ma: rrm URiiiff nu muster's anuirs, O. A coru-li ll9 i'f .wlicKer lMSt cTf,r 'Tl't t$i r-tlsht material, used on Welsh anil .. lakes and rliera, " X iVn water-t ir uu laues ami mers, 111 4lltrntlia JnnniliBn" ni n nli1rnama fn1 Ai v " "i""ll--" ""-'. T.7 " 'K"i".TJr.?S 4t? Jonathan Truu.buU.i the friend and -a4- ' w ir 1 m . Ail "4 j , - -a 1 r t' f.'tlrotUer' Jonathan.'' vr. ' - " 1 t ff '', "( K .."i . ' ' rT Kftt VA -": . & . :. K j fct. ? rV .''!?'. 5,i3. 1.W Imrtu niniiffliailtfmirtni 'in ttt hi t ." r.v i Ml SUSAl.U&SMHKreii& .teui
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