-" Ija Tr" tt' l V I J f) f J( f , v jt v ,-. r , , - . -a ., Mj,, 4 ", V fc 10 EVENING PUBLIC LED&EIPHILAbELPHIA, THUESDAY, DECEMBER' 12, 1918' , f fVV ?-"' rv i vV. ,'t V w & w ! Il'.j, fy8- lV It ? ( "5. M X i Ita K. 10 B V i It. m J?uenf ng public Bfe&ger ". ' " THE EVENING'tELEGRAPH ' : V PODLIC LEDGER COMPANY ," V crnys ir. k. cunTW, rii!T Wi,. Charles If. Ludlngton, Vice President, John C. j 3lrtln, Secretary and Treasurer! Philips. Collins, -ffiJohn, II. Williams, John J. Spurseon. Directors. EDITOniAt, BtHnD: Ctkei It. K. CoiTii. Chairman DAVID E. SMIIET. .(Editor , JOHN C. MARTIN.... General Dullness Mtmiir t Published dsllr at Ptsuo I.mwrn DullJlng, f Independence Square, Philadelphia. Z.TDfln ClNniL Uroad and Chestnut Streets AfUNTto CHI.... PrtH-Vnlon Uulldlnar Kair York 200 Metropolitan Tower Dmoir 40.1 Kord IiulMlng- Br. Louis..., 1001 Fullerton llullillna CniCiOO 1202 Tribune Ilulldlns NEVTS BUREAUS: WliHmoTojf BcuriO. I N. E." Cor. 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All rights of republication of special dls fetches herein arc also icserved. rhil-d-lphi-, Thur,.Iav. D-remb-r 12, 191 SLOW WORK TF EVER the P. R. T. Is to wipe away thr- grudges and suspicions maintained against It by a badly used public it will have to All a small volume with unmis takable and lucid argument conceived In frankness and written without pretense. So far In a soulful and highly expen sive campaign of self-revelation the P. R. T. has. required two weeks for the utter ance of seven cryptic words: "Know the truth." "It Is your s-ay." How many centuries of absolutely mean ingless English would ordinarily be re quired to explain away the unexplulnable? In Chicago they arrested n man because he looked like the Crown Prince of Germany. Yet there are politicians In this city who act like the Kaiser and get away with It. SPROUL FOR CHARTER CHANGE WHEN Mr. Sproul, the Governor-elect, who attended the charter-revision dinner on condition that he should not be called upon for a speech, asked permission to' express his belief In the Importance of changing the charter he served notice on alt the little factlontsts that they would have him to reckon with when the charter bills are Introduced at Harrlsburg. ' Mr Spro'ul's remarks Indicated that he had given some thought to the conditions tinder which this city Is governed. Ho laid down some general principles which Should guide tho charter revisers, the first of which was that we should have a Breater degree of home rule. There Is now general "agreement on that proposition. It remains to find a way to bring it about. sThe other suggestions made by the Gov- """rrior'-elect differ In no essentials from the proposals of one or another of the groups ot citizens at work on tho plan. They deal ,wlth matters of detail, and It Is hoped that there will be general agreement on the program that Is to be submitted to tho legislature after all Interested in the sub ject 'have had their say. But the fact to be noted today Is that "the man who Is to be tho Governor pf the State for the next four years has volun tarily committed himself on the subject of charter" revision and that he li a man who, when once he has taken a position, can be depended upon by every one. Ludcndorff, Bethmann-Hollweg, 'U'll rielm Hohenzollern, Count Czornln and Illn denburg are leading In the race for the title of champion buck passer of the Teuton world. GOOD NEWS FOR TRAVELERS OBSERVATION cars, parlor cars, dining cars and seats in a day coach are not impious luxuries In this age of railroads, though some of the ultra-democratic minds at Washington appear to be convinced hat rail travel Is sinful If it be not filled with discomfort. And there Is no conceiv able reason why the railroads should not be permitted to Issue the sort of announce ments which served In past years to , stimulate vacation travel. The railroads have done wonders In the past to stimulate the development of summer resorts and to Increase real-estate values In mountain and seashore towns and cities by means of attractive advertising which helped to make life livable and pleasant for un counted numbers of people. When we read that the wisdom of re turning adequate parlor-car service and the advertising privileges to the rallrpads K.-f''iyaa "discussed" yesterday by regional traffic passenger committees In Washing ion, it appears that the country Is actually on the way to sanity and better order In the rail service. If the good work Is con tinued it may yet be possible to travel between Philadelphia and New York with out having to pay an extraordinarily high rate of fare for the privilege of standing . la the aisle during the entire trip. i Fuel Administrator Lew's says he will LjSV resign his post when assured that the city B i),-;.! warm. In that case, why does he heaitntu? Sh-Tj, 1T vnnilA thin community hot aomn tlm ni-n ' .- ??!.. . J, "'' TIME TO ACT AilV a TttCTtr nrter Rnntnr flanlahiirv n. ft 13 A l tj. ;ftXX n0unced that an agreement had been k '-.I..,. ..I.. Iiativn thn flnvernmnnt anri tUa W-fi owners of the Chesapeake and" Delaware "4T$fcnal or tne transfer of the property to ''.ftvevGoYernment for 2,514,000 Representa tive Scully Introduced a bill In tho House C ''appropriating $1,000,000 to begin the work "t "of; deepening the Delaware and Rarltan M 'sca.aal. S,'?' j-JTfils bill ought to be passed or some r JmmiUr bill which vlll commit tho Federal - Oavernment to the project. Its Importance t admitted by every one familiar with the taiAWct. The deepening of the two canals jp'atiestlon will mark tho greatest Improve ilattin Inland waterways along the coast 44. kA J..&lnnMMAMA 111... CI, a At-,4 , e-,Gfl UVlVIUjJIUVIIV V fcwa rvt-Li, v.ja IWguVB. , The' Chesapeake and Delaware, j)jVSsl airecwater '. p 'wtntmoTo, for large boats, and tho Rarltnn Cannl will connect Baltimore and New York by way of Philadelphia. The military importance of the development of those watcrwnys was demonstrated tlmo after time during tho war. If we could have used them our coast shipping would have been In no danger from submarines. The commercial Importance of their development Is so ob vious that no argument Is needed to provo It. Tho tlmo has come for tho Govern ment to oct, and to uct without further delay. JUST PEACE NEED NOT HARM THE MONROE DOCTRINE Mr. Wilton Himself Has Revealed .lis Spiritual Kinship Willi the Self-Dclcr-munition Principles "'TWERE is no cntanplinc nllinncc in a concert of power." Those signifi cant words, occurring in tho President's address in the Senate on January 2ii, 1917, were spoken in explanation of what might have appeared to bo an inconsis tency in his bold and broad proposal for an expansion of the Mor'-o Doctrine into "the doctrine of the 11 1 !." They arc particularly worth heeding today, when considerable public uneasiness exists over the possibility that a cardinal principle of American political philosophy may bo surrendered in the Paris deliberations which seek to remake civilization. These qualms are natural when tho Monroe Doctrine is reduced to its sim plest terms unillumincd by annlysis. "America for Americans, ' Europe for Europeans," is the superficial form of that famous dictum. History, however, in vests it with far greater subtlety. That its essential spirit was publicly recognized by Mr. Wilson noaily two years ago is proved by his suggestion that "no nation shouM seek to extend its polity over any other nation or people," and "that every people should be left free to determine its own polity, its own way of develop ment, unhindered, unthrcatcned, unafraid, the little along with the great and pow erful." Presumably he is of that mind today, and if so Americans to whom a phrase is not a fetish may have an opportunity of viewing tho ancient Monroe Doctrine in tho newer terms of self-deteimination. Tho logic of this definition is apparent when the causes which led President Monroe to safeguard free institutions on the American continent with a quid pro quo implication that this country would avoid intervention in European affairs are considered. Tho Jlonroe Doctrine as expressed in the presidential message of December 2, 1823, represented a very human combina tion of idealism and self-interest. The Holy Alliance of Russia, Prussia and Austria, formed in 1815 with the hypo critical protestations of Christian moral ity, characterized by the acute Mctter nich as "verbiage," had shown its hand in Verona, in 1822 in a treaty which is a veritable compendium of the principles of autocracy. The Duke of Wellington, originally a delegate to the Congress, soon realized that this gospel of despotism was about to be practically applied on two conti nents in Europe to suppress the new outburst of liberalism in Spain, and in South America to crush the aspirations of the Latin republics which had thrown off the Spanish yoke. He withdrew from the sessions. But the plotters persisted. Constitutionalism was quelled in Spain, and the United States, though deploying this decadent proceeding, was silent. When, however, the menace to America became tangible, Monroe, already aware of England's sympathy in the case as conveyed through Canning, summarized in his famous message the principles which were to become standard in Ameri can diplomacy. They may thus be item ized; One. No more European colonies on cither of the American continents. Tteo. No interference by the United States in the "internal concerns" of any European Power. Three. If any European Power at tempts at any time to extend its po litical system to any part of either North or South America "for the purpose of oppressing" the nations or "controlling in any other manner their destiny," the United States will seek to prevent such actions. The selfish interest in this announced policy is plain. It prevented in America any such war-breeding scramble for ter ritory as has continued for nearly a cen tury in Asia and Africa; it safeguarded the commanding position of the United States in this hemisphere and permitted the unfettered development of free insti tutions. The deliberate withdrawal from i European "internal concerns" whole somely relieved us from entanglement in perilous dynastic squabbles. Tho Idealism was manifested in the espousal of the cause of liberty. The application was relatively narrow because the state of the world in 1823, and for yean thereafter, gave such geographical restrictions a high practical value. Al though never recognized as a part Of the body of international law, the protectivo Monroe Doctrine, with its concomitant American Isolation, operated effectively in many crises, of which, after the Holy Alliance plans were confuted, tho dispute with England over the Venezuelan boun dary and the complications with France regarding the establishment of Maxi milian's monarchy in Mexico were the most formidable. In all the instances the letter of our self-constituted formula was scrupulously observed. It is the spirit which now looms large, soTargo that Mr, Wilson was emboldened to introduce it into his project for making free the peoples of the world on the prin ciple of BelfxJeteimination. Tho, concept flia' toy blHY twaaMBrisiiJ whether anything so specific ns tho Monroe" 'Doc trlno can, without losing its inherent structure, be legitimately thus elabor ated. Monroo himself furnishes the answer, and even the literalista and fetish worshipers should be content. In tho Doctrine message these words may be read: "It is only when our rights are in vaded or seriously menaced that we re sent injuries or make preparations for defense." That such invasion can come from a foreign nation not in possession of an inch of ground on the American contt nen , was proved in tragic fashion by the course of Germany in the world war. It was almost inconceivable to Monroe that despotism abroad could threaten liberty nt home, and yet far back in 1823 there was the proviso to his isolation pro nouncement. The unlikely is now tho existent. Un less an autocratic nation surrounds itself with a Chinese wall and adheres faith fully to a policy of peace most improb able of hypotheses its actions on what ever continent are of the utmost concern to the entire world, emphatically inclu sive of the United States. A logically expanded Monroe Doctrine is therefore one to which civilization will subscribe if the League of Nations is formed with tho proper authority and is honestly reflective of snnity in freedom If tho prrccdent-mongprs must bo satis find, they should know that it is because "wo resent injuries" that the djctum of 1823 can be enforced by the United States in the just punishment of Germany Looking beyond the words and into the spirit, as tho President did, we find also sanction for the theory of self-determination. This phrase, however, is as full of pit falls as was "unconditional surrender." Scl--dctermining nations which resolve upon a course of organized murder and rapine, as did Imperial Germany, or a self-determining South American republic seeking a foreign alliance capable of placing world peace in jeopardy could not be morally justified by this handy and often illusory cliche. The self-determination of the thug is not at all what is meant by Monroe's indorsement of in dependence in young nationalities or Mr Wilson's plea for "unhindered develop ment." The safeguards, especially necessary with respect to Central Europe, to allow liberty, not license, to live, present the really critical problem for the Pnris dele gates. If tli""' "- n"nd and adminis- -d with justice, tho fate of the Mo-v-np Doctrine reed ot he a cause for alarm "Entanglement" with dynasties, which is what its originator really meant, will be out of the question when the free peo ples of the world are pledged in the cause for which the war was won. It is a consistent, not a shattered doc trine which Mr. Wilson will champion nt the peace table if he is faithful to his own avowals. At Amerongen, In the Drop n Trar Netherlands, the news for Hill that Prcbldcnt Wilton is to live In Paris in a state of real luxury, surrounded by a wealth of art remlnNcent of Napoleon, must fall like a culminating agony on tho soul of the First Hun. How Wllhelm uould havo rolled ami reveled In the grandeur which the President doubtless will accept because ho mut ! One last trial awaits the exiled nmperor If Mr. Wilson eats a Christmas dinner 'n Paris Wilhelm will surely die of maddened envy. The question which "Your Say!" the Rapid Transit Company Is trying to explain to the public can be narrowed down to a few Flmple words: Is the trolley system devised and administered for the benefit of tho owners or for the benefit of the public? The, unrest aid un happltiess and uncer tainty In permany is The Hun steam roller Teut, Tout! easily understandable. Is going backward ! It Is reported that one group of "Reds" would "name" Doctor Llehkneeht President of Germany. We wero under tho lmprewslon that the presidential ofllce wris Inherently elective, hut there's small use trying to keep up with tho lio'shcvlst zeal for novelty. Senator Hitchcock, of the Illuminating Dlelaskl pro-German list, calls the revealed propaganda data "silly." So, in fact, it is. Records of campaigns that fall, however In iquitous they may be, always look that way. When self-determination Is guaranteed to tho small States In Europe, will it be as sured, too, to the small voters-in Philadel phia? Secretary of War Baker asks that only encouraging news be sent to our soldiers in Euron Thn.t Is fair. Our soldiers in Europo Hn nly encouraging news home. The Mayor is on another vacation. And like a lot of others, he will come home to rest. There are places In Europe where the fourteen points appear to .cratch painfully. Of the watch on the Rhine it might be said that it records only dark hours. There are Senators In Washington who, when they come to die, will use "their last breath to gasp of corruption at Hog Island. IDLE TEARS T R. T., don't cry I You have beaten your prey before, With your dead-weight blocks Of watery stocks, So why should you now get sore. In signs that your hurtling trolleys fly? There P,.R. T., don't cry!' There! P. R. T don't cryl Remember the poles that you Erected to show Where the town might go And its indignation, too. Why dally with "dope" to get you by? There! P. R. T., don't cry! There! P. R. T., don't cry! We are fools in your stranglehold, And If you would skip All otoDS for a trlD Why phouiin't you be that bold? I Why aquandt- a single trumped-up eight Wet ;nT' . V- ; . ,.:.n. ,i ,.J:. ' i. . .L...i3H: PRUNES AND PRISMS To Philip Gibbt TyroST faithful chronfcler of war, " Most pitiful and most htimano, Within your secret heart you bore Tho dreadful wonder .and the pain. In all that long-drawn bitterness Of baflled men and blood and noise, Your gcntlo heart saw with distress The llttlo things: tho" broken toys, Tho lonoly hearth, the empty bed, The splintered roof, Iho shattered plate, Tho tragic gestures of tho dead And yet you sang no 'hymn of hate. You saw sweet earth, each summer day, Attempt to heal the futile wrath: Sho tried to bum the wreck away With popples In a flaming swath. You saw unblemished sunsets glow, Untornlshed stars shone unabashod, Their cosmic patterns weave and go Though half our llttlo world be smashed. All all tho courage, all the loss, In simple painful words you set: And if men still recall tho Cross "They must not and shall npt forget. Confidential Advice For Information of Landladies Mr (Mrs. or Miss) , now apply ing for lodgings Ip my house, has referred mo to you for'-testlmonlals. Will you kindly Indlcato below In what respects the applicant Is, or Is not, entitled to the privi leges of tho Federated Landladies, better known as tho Leaguo to Enforce Prunes: Did" he she) when in your house burn aas late at nlghtt Throw red-Hot matches on the floor? Come in after midnight more than once a week? Make remarks at talie alout hash or rice puddlngt Do cooking In his (her) roomt Polish shoes with a towelt Smoke cigarettes In bedt Vail asleep with the light bumlngT Hhow any Bolshevik tendencies? Let his her) shoes fall tolfi a thump when undrcislngt Vsc bathtub more than once a day? Ilcceive doubtful-looking eallcrst Solicit o7icr guests for life Insurance or chaiitv? Ask for extra blankets? Lose latchkey? Pay tent promptly? Any other' comments? Mr's. TAPIOCA KEYHOLE. Member of the League to Enforco Prunes. Don't Be Discouraged! Wilhelm tries to commit suicide, but is prevented. Headline. It seems Incredible. Who would want to stop him? Certainly not Count Ben tlnck. Go on, Bill; persevere! Where there's a will thero's always a way. As Others See Us ' It Is always entertaining to see Just what news about one's home town gets Into the papers In other cities. News doesn't travel very far or very fast unless It happens to have a surprising or huhiorous flavor. For instance, In reading a New 'York evening paper the other day, these wero the four Philadelphia Items It printed, to show its readers that the Delaware is still flowing: Wnr Veteran Can't Sleep In Feather Hed (I rimy UrrliliiH Publicly Scrubbed Perfect Ilnby Kxlilblted to Mothers' Con- srfh (lunlier City linn Sinullrst Top Hare The Way to Treat Poets James Whltall, a Phlladelphlan now living in England, has had tho pleasure of translating from the French version of Judith Gautier a very delightful volume of Chinese poems. From this book we learn tho sensible way the Chinese havo of deal ing with poets. No Chinese poet, It seems, would presume to Judge his verses worthy of being put Into a volume or even of being printed. What lie does Is to read his poems aloud to his friends, or even to write them on the wall of a public building. If his hear crs, or the passers-by, find them pleasing, they copy the stanzas they like best Into their notebooks, which, apparently, they keep handy for this purpose. The contents of these notebooks are recited at dinner parties and scholarly gatherings, and If they meet with favor, are copied afresh by others. "Thus, In a select circle, the name of tho poet diffuses Itself llko an agreeable perfume." By and by, In the course of a hundred years or so, comes along an emperor of literary tastes, who orders all such note books collected, winnowed and edited for the printer. So, and so only, the poet finds his way into a book. In this way the public is spared much indifferent verse; and tho poet himself Is saved the distress of oxamlnlng publishers' sales reports. Truly we have much to learn from the East! Rooms to Let COUNTESS BENTINCK, commodious house at Amerongen, expects to have vacancy shortly. Private park, historic associations, excellent table, terms mod erate, references required, no firearms per mitted. Special facilities for autobiography writing. Guests are urgtd not to commit suicide on premises. No royalties need apply. Poems on Ticker Tape Be cruel , , , To poets And don't Let them Think ' j You like Their pre- Posterous Patterns In ink. They write 'Better stuff If they're Not over Fed, and The time To praise , , Poets is After they're s Dead. This Is No Yolk If tho hens knew the prices we're paying for fresh eggs, surely they'd lay them a -j llttlo freaher? , ; - U' & - "ft ; V.-fflk&sifr1. . . . ,.. ".Jtfifcsk tfnF?lr wm mm mmssmmssmmmssEOL mi ,m,$gstffir . it 'fc&?.i:gffBift!ltirwKgfi Mc: j SA isgSfi&a HI msk i?3h i JTOJBJHMa , MLtt 'KMffBHBftSisaKKKS S&rt?3.'3flSRWE."' . i IrrlirTtt1 TiJMsMsBiTFTTsWOrTii ill --issiitt. J !i -fpl " r TTTffirTrr ilfliriri rPfciiinirnlr , MitSP8lSS3f '! js' i . a ill I i I I j I Ml I Ml S MSII m S 1 1 I I I I Ml I ' 11 I i i 4 I THE GOWNSMAN Gifts and Giving HAVING utterly and completely lost from his understanding or recollection any significance attaching to the word "gift," your Gownsman followed an often inculcated precept of his preceptorial guild and looked for the word In a dictionary, But modern dictionaries are distressingly accurate, scien tific and wanting in atmosphere; where fore he went not to such, but to that famous tome which Becky Sharp once threw out of the carriage window when she left boarding-school. If not for good, at least for all, hoping to find therein one, of thoBo delight- fully wayward definitions which have raised uoctor jonnsons uicuonary 01 ra unsiw Language from an extended catalogue ot vrords to an honorablo place in letters. But bookish vanity, which seekB Inspiration In the thoughts of other men, received Its Just re buke. Doctor Johnson Is neither picturesque nor prejudiced in his simple definition of tho. word gift. And to employ the word or the thing as he defines It Is to be hopelessly out of date. Wherefore, like many another barren scholar before ' him, the Gownsman Is driven to a home-mado definition of some thing which he dimly understands to clarify the understandings of those who labor in a similar darkness. U A fJIFT Is a costly and useless copmod XX Ity, purchased with anxiety and be stowed In lively anticipation of reciprocity In substance or In kind." Dare we- hint that possibly In some such wise the shade of Doc tor Johnson might speak, could that Immortal , shadow now revisit tho glimpses of the moon? However, the light of his Intelligence, were he still allvo In this bewildering world, would have given us a greater Illumination. Formerly we merely gave gifts; now wo make donations or at least bestow presents, the presentation counting for more than the gift or the giver. Givers are donors; tho receivers of gifts, recipients. Wo give not for our love, our regard for him to whom we give; but for our own eelf-respect, our self-eBteem, our conceit of our own position and Importance. The trail of the patron Is over our giving and our gifts have come to bo too much In the nature of gratuities condescendingly bestowed, where they are not actually fiat blackmalt, levied without conscience or blush. A wha GIFT Is not wht a man must give; that In an .obligation. A gift Is not nt a msniB forced Idm give: that Is an .rtortlon. Nor is aclft evcrf the thing which the giver, finally concludes;, after., long cogl tatlftn, tq be, that whlch'.Ke 'Ought to give; for-that Is commonly, a vanity.. based on moro thought about himself -than, about. anybody else, however that vanity .be i translated dn hlsown mmd Into an Ideal in the upshot rarely Attained. A gift, to be. realy. such, should ,have the character' of spontaneity. Giving 'should proceed from Impulse, not from consld.eTa.tlon! and'lmpulee Is a matter of the heart, not the study of a calculating head, tolling over the balahce-she?ts of favor and worldly advancement. Wherefore this giving at a fixed season, prepared,, and pre arranged by, tbe conspiracy offeommerce, however It, commemorate n custom, admir able In the past, has becomeplv-ithlng too often perfunctory, meaningless rapd ifrorse. ONE of our, notable musicians toured a few years ago. In Spain. In one of the larger Bpanlsh cities Jje- was milch' appreciated, and one, gentleman,. properly to;be,rde,e)gnated a grandee, wail .full of admlratlon'for the artlsVeiarL In the grandecV hSuse,"1 where thert?waa,much oft,the grandetir',Qf,,the past though "?es of, the wealth"' of i,'the present, the frnu'sitflan happened ' to admire certain old battle' ,fl8"s of embroidery silk, trophies of the' "pas', 'glories of the', grandee's ancestors.-'Soon after the muslati'jsV, visit the Spaniard sent him one of thelnostibeautlful of these flags, asking htm to receive It as a gift, Van" appreciation of the Joyjwhtelv his art had glveij .to' the sender1. The musician' deprecated, receiving such a gift prlcdleso to the glver.'an article of curiosity only to the receiver. "But although' returned, , the gift was-lafer 'stntvafter hltn- with this explanation! "Your .jart. sir, iave me an unusual pleasure. I want to mark my appre ciation' In an unusual manner. I know that you aamlre this banner of silk, for It Is no more to you,. To me, as the symbol ot a brave deed of one of my family, it means much more; and I wish to give you some thing the giving of which I shall feel." Quixotic? Yes, and very Spanish, td be righted only by the codicil of the musician's will j but assuredly an Ideal in the way of giving not unworthy the pondering. 0 N THB'glft -s at) expression reeelonef thBivr1' M'fc4M, written' THE MAN WHO WAS P4r.tr?rR;nfot:iaHrfjnjiL'i"'uir BmxMimnemtrzmmmmnntszmtJ&niwpaixxnwi - tj--"T,? r. . .;. -.i- iin!7TjiVrir ivikitMiWWaTirfiizzi fradMnlllfilm mh'u's ' la m , sn" f" ", j. . . i &"& g-'ay.-ygjrrf'SaJtrjF wvfn?feil'ji'br'iur&fJlMWtWi Snl '-V)'V:,;s''V-ir ' t it if t i v ziW'Sii: vimitfz- a urn lU&Fsaei&t- i issr-imsm ivft-.-j-Qsai--- ,i v. srsae-nw, -sffiDPHy:"r 5JJEWs.-'aCfii "c;"wUv.S- -!if " 'i VMiTrr'"fr7:iifr-i' ' '"BsMrfMsilr r.L?jt&r .., - hear less of the gift which shall suit the condition .of the recipient, his taste, his habits, his needs. And this neglect results In some exquisite tortures. Who knows not the man may ho bo recompensed who smokes the things called cigars that Christ mas and his beloved wife have conspired to bring him to, In that detestable smoking Jacket and with thoso ridiculous smoking apptlrt'tnances, heirlooms ot earlier Chrlst mases? (There should be a law forbidding any woman to buy tobacco, except for her own personal use, to be consumed on the picmlses: but this Is parenthetical.) And who also does not know In his own guilty conscenco of the purchase of a book, too frivolous for him tn own. to hn hostntl upon some one In the household as a covert rebuke for her frivolity and likewise that the bestower mny secretly read It? Tho ways of givers are devious and a scandal to the upright who never give, BUT delicacy and Ideality In giving are not confined to Spain. The Gownsman Is honored In tho lifetime friendship ofthe most recent of our Amcrlcanl cosavlsts. who from having been A. Edward Newton Is now tho Edward Newton of the day, author of that charming and most readable book, "Amenities of Book Collecting." As this Is Mr. Newton's first book to stand on Its feet in the markets of the world, his Is a becom ing modesty on the subject, a modesty from which may ho be spared to a long recovery. Now this same modesty made It difficult for Mr. Newton to bring himself to bestow a thing so merely his own on even .so old a friend as the Gownsman ; for there Is im modesty in giving a book of your own writ ing, even with an inscription in It. Where fore, feeling that such an advent must bo celebrated as between old friends In some fitting manner, the essayist sent the Gowns man a, bigger and better box of cigars than are likely to come his way as the world habitually wags ; and tho "Amenities," which aro lasting, are now fragrant with the evanescent amenity of the best of all literary incense. THE purest of human gifts Is a gift to a child.' for such a gift Is Immeasurable In the Joy which' It can bring to the child ,as to the heart of the giver. It Is the leaven In the heavy loaf of Christmas t'mc, the one Ingredient over which the weary and the worldly do not groan, the one clement which upholds that superior blessedness of which we hear, and hear far too much, tho superior blessedness of those who give over such as merely expect. , The Reader's Viciopoint Justice to the Jews To tfl Bdltor of the Evening Publlo Ledgtr; 'Sir I'm taking the I'berty to ask for a space to reply to the letter of Maur Drance In 'your paper' and his unjust and violent accusations against the Polish people In Oallcla, Wh.lch Is my native country, and'also that of my two brothers, now In service with tho American expeditionary forces In France Why not wait until the Jewish commis sion suggested by the Polish National Al liance Investigates the whole affair and gives its report before men are allowed to wr'te columns In respectable American newspapers? Jewtf-have lived In Poland for several cen turies and .most of them have made fortunes in Poland the eame as they do In America. And In all these centuries not a Jew suffered any harm from Pol'sh people. And during the time when Polnnd.had its own govern ment and "elective kjng, they were enjoying 'the same right ds thePollsh population, We fiavA (hit nrrtnf t hfti' thpv HM rtnf mlvraia Wnywhere from our country before the parti tion of Poland, although they were well known trave'ers In the Egyptian times and ever afterward to this day. Wheh In early flays they were persecuted Inall other Euro pean countr'eB and driven out as .heathen In times of ''IHoly Inqulrltlon," they flocked to Poland cis their salvation. The Polish people do not Interfere with the progress of the Jwth republic In Palestine; on the contrary we wish them all the good luck artd,'godspeed In their proceedings. Then why should' they Interfere with us7 a, CORP, JOHN R. KURN'HC. Battery D, Thlrtytfourth Artillery, C. A, C. Camp Eustis, Va "December 6. M Hfe on Broad Street; pajra . .MSttMf Vttr&j?.-r- J?ISSSlSifrji'--l-Srr !-.'TCV'rfJ: .-!;--':-?!j': .-:. 2T'.5&-r.iJ-' .i 17 .JL.'.V-.i'" jC' trjri-rri 4 r wt , - -r- -. . y J'J --' , BOLSHEVISM W HAT fearful phantom rises from the What sullen specter enters as the day of carnage yields? Be this tho ghost of mortals who with shrieking fled the world, a. With the baydnet In their bosoms or on cannon missiles hUrled? ,, Wero Heaven's gates unyielding so tnat entrance none could find? Were Lucifer's dark portals sealed to v waning human kind? Star of hope, upon thy orbit fading, reel- lng backward go; Peans of rejoicing perish on the ashen lips of woe. Gird again, O youthful warrior, gird again thy armor bright, For a new and darker terror has arisen in the night Than tho monster which thy valor writh ing left beside tho Rhine, On to meet tho hosts of Satan led by Trotsky and Leninei E. 5IUBPHY. Little Studies in Words DOUGHBOY rpHE term doughboy as applied to the -- United States Infantryman dates back to the American campaign against Tripoli In the early part of the nineteenth century. The uniform overcoats of the soldiers at, that time were adorned with large light-" colored buttons as big as a dumpling. The flour dumplings served to the. sailors were called doughboys and the sailors in a jocular mood applied tho same name to the soldiers because of tne resemblance ot ( their pvercoat buttons to the dumplings,,, The namo has been used ever since, but It is confined, to military circles in peace times and it Is only when we are at war that the word gets Into general use. The Government officers' who are now using pressure to compel Chester to behave decently where enlisted men are concerned are finding conditions that parallel those which existed here before the Navy Depat ment put pressure on City Hall. Therefore the sharp things that we might say about Chester must go unsaid. i, What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Whnt nerccntnire of Amerlrnn troops 'were rarrlrd to K'iropc on Anicrlcun vessels dur ing the wnrT ' ' 2. Wliat l the Trench name for JInlni? 3. To whnt cartful commercial use hare' the French put the war tanks alons the Mama t'nnal? 4. Who wn (he "Prlfaner of Chlllon," the sub-, Jfft of Hyron's poem? 5. Whnt Is Romanesque "architecture? 0. Who said "the desire of nnpcSrlns to be nls often prevents our fcelns so"? , 7. Of uhat provinces Ls'the Dominion of ' Can , nila composed? 8. What Is Candlemas nnd when does It occur? D. Whv Is northern Africa sometimes called Car- barjr? )0. What was a hauberk? Answers to Yesterdsy's Qufr 1, Port'irufse Is the lansuuse of the Azores Islands. 2, John Wilkes nooth, tho slayer ot Abraham Lincoln, was nn actor, 8, Admiral, Maro. Is commander-in-chief of ths , Atlantic flret. , Klrhurd Wasner was forced to flee from (leriniiny hecauss of lili shara In the lib- rrui uprising ui lototi S, The navnl station of nunntnnsmo, la Cuba, bclonss to the United Mates. 7 it sVvt tilhtmlnain trollop In tit In sTIaIha aaa lluddlilant and. Confucianism, The latter Is, strictly speaklns, u system ot ethics. l ' vf 1, "Trlllrs llRlit its air are. to the Jealous con-' ' -T nrinntioiiM stronir uh nroors or Holy Writ" Is from Mhiihcjipeure's "Othello," 8, Ilabrardi rone, tackle for lowering- or raisins a sill, Jiird, etc, . v3 , . 0, Tilt oohUii of the Rrlilsh flag (Union JseM'V Is toumosed u( the croHgea ot St. Menr. at. .inurcvr uim ni. i-airicK. a io. TUr tot orijinaiix, ji,.ior ino pwrtaiw swms wiw-iuifiwsf wap isawi'i , r ... .1 V l H.I s I . J. XI sfi ' w 1 i j-i' B
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