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All tights of republication of special dis patches herein arc also reserved. ri.lli.lflplili, fllnrJ.r. December 14, 11 I : ' ' ANOTHER CITY ClURTER COMMITTEE rpHK list' of members of the newest elly charter revision committee, announced this morning by Hussell Dunne as a result of last Tuesday's dinner conference, Is a roster of Impeccable respectability. Many of the names nro familiar in Important business and civic welfare connections, and the good faith and sincerity of such a body are beyond question. But with all due respect, It ought to bo suggested to Mr. Duano and Mr. Wlnhton, the tihalrman, that there should be n still further expansion of the roll so ns to Include moie men with a practical, first hand knowledge and experience in the devious ways of municipal and Ieglilntlo politics If the effort Is to he suotcssfiilly steered through the shoals of enactment ut Harrlsburg. There are no members who may be said to be truly rcpresemathe of either the Re publican 01 Demrciptlc party organizations and this may prove unfortunate, because It will glvo some of the old guatd oppor tunity to label the movement as meiely another emanation of "theoretic I leform" While It Is desirable that tho committee should be eminently nonpartisan In Vs personnel aj a whole, It Is also essential that It should be wholly representative of ths gieat mass of citizens. Governor-elect Sproul's sound advice not to Ignore the Vpractlcal" aspect of local politics seems to have been somewhat overlooked, but it is not too late to remedy It. Doctor Solf tills resigned at last, and yet It's a good bet that that Irrepressible wltlner isn't. MORE EVIDENCE TN POTTSV1LLE and other coal region - towns arid cities street railway traffic Is not so heavy as It is In Philadelphia. Nor Is efficiency in trolley service so imperative a necessity. Yet the street car companies have voluntarily abolished the skip-stop introduced at the suggestion of the fuel administration, as it was introduced in Philadelphia to conserve coal when coal was a war essential. It was found In the coal' regions that the skip-stop was an annoyance to the public and that the system did not operate to conserve any considerable quantity of fuel. Baltimore reports a slmijar result ana a, similar decision. The experience of these cities and the testimony of corpora tions outside of Philadelphia ought to be studied by the committee appointed by the P. R. T. to make a report of the skip-stop , here. "We didn't bargain for "rabid transit.' LIFTING THE OPERA BLOCKADE TVTEMOIUES of the last "opera war" are A"-- revived by Oscar Hammerstein's an nouncement that the termination of his ten-year period of "captivity" will see him once more marshaling song birds, costum ers and scene painters for a lively season of lyric drama in this city. His promises aaiyet ore somewhat vague, but so was his forecast of a temple of music at Broad and Poplar streets in 1908, when lo! with the celerity of a djinn he reared a "state ly pleasure dome" and, by the grace of competition, grand opera did most ma jestically thrive. Philadelphia is still reaping the benefits of those capacious times. Mr. Hammer stein's artistic and admirable rival, the New York Metropolitan Company, has displayed commendablo initiative and re sourcefulness in its offerings here. Part ly; because of the engaging battle of im presarios opera can never again be the 'jaded art form of the old humdrum Acad emy days. Tho impetus nas endured. New spurts, however, cannot fall to be profitable to music-lovers. If, when the the ten-year blockade is legally lifted In 1920, tho Irrepressible Oscar once again exemplifies artistic self-determination. Berlin's demands are apparently as In satiable as ever, Now she wants our army! IMPORT OF THE JEWISH CONGRESS CONGRESSES held in this, city on behalf of freedom and Justice' have a way of starting things. This augurs well for tho sessions of eminent American Jews which will begin hero on Monday. l ,. ill? I.UUICUtlUil IUIJIW1M IWIUtVU tin Lilt if J .JTiVst American Jewish Congress will con- w. ftlder constructive nlans for the welfare. Bolltlcal. civil and religious, of the race throughout the world, Zionism relative K " a rlA natintillshfMBMt rf n nnrlnnnl TaikIV. . IU uo rau.uuom.rem v. . ......v... uu.r.o.. : , .homestead In Palestine will be considered & ps welt as the rights of Jews In nations 'Ht which have disgraced civilization by op . Hy presslort of a people of high accomplish- mem in an pnases or numan activity. J y t "With the Inspiring projects and liberty festering purposes of tho delegates Phila iJMphlans aro proud to be In sympathy) Thsre Is noblo precedent for the practical raiiUenrof idealism expressed In convoca- jHre. Traditional examples are, of -" tbaiTnliuiHni ftf'lhft, njvturfltlnn I ilnu f nl-ntnnlno thrt neoricramn.. w.9 (TTa I .! - .1. I f.- mw.A A vm.w rtil..l.H .ul ... I Aimm .iindirffn ncr ll.A1.i ft,.. . M-lflnl-M I oinrU. PrnfndBnP Hnllnr alirVAVeu Tne Anln 1 signers and of tho Constitutional delegates, but thcro Is happily a. very recent heart ening Instance. Only a few weeks after the creed of Bohemian Independence was voiced at the State House this fall, Czecho slovak emancipation becamo an accom plished fact. It is our prlvllego to expect that tho nnnals of freedom will also be Illumined by tho deliberations of theso latest wel come guests. The monument to religious liberty which tho Jews erected In Fair mount Park In centennial times it likely to be still further enhanced In Import. TAKING THE POLICE OUT OF POLITICS It Is Up to You, Gentle Header, nnil Not lo Senator Varc or the General Assembly, lo Do'It rNE of thu laws of physics is that water will not rise hic;her than its source. It can be forced higher by pdmps, but when tho pump stops work ing tho lnw of gravity resumes its opera tion and the water sinks to its natuial level. One of the laws of society is that gov ernment is never better than tho govern ors. It can be fotced nbove their moral level for a time under pressure of tho indignation of a minority, but when that indignation burns out, as it always does, government sinks back to its natural level. Philadolphintis have seen this law i operate time after time. Tho latest in stance was when Rudolph Blankenburg was elected to the mayoralty. Rut within two years the people elected a Councils opposed to him and to all that he stood for. And within four years it elected tho present Mayor. There is widespiead dissatisfaction with him and his administration, but the dissatisfied are more noisy than numerous. He knows it. Tho Republican city commit tee knows it. Rut those who believo that tho administration is bad, wasteful of the public funds and moved by low moral standards are hoping that they may be able during the next few months to stir up sufficient 1 conization cf these facts to induce the votois to repeat the experi ment when they elected Mr. Blanken burg. The Republican city committee is aware of what is going on and it has set out to "pander to the moral sense of tho community," to use the phrase invented by Tammany leaders when they were confronted by a popular upiising. The committee has commissioned Colonel Sheldon Potter and Edwin 0. Lewis to draft a bill which will "take the police and firemen out of politics." Senator Varo has reminded the charter revisers of the existence of this committee and has announced that the bill will be in troduced in the General Assembly at Harrisburg this winter. But Senator Varo, Mr. Lewis, Colonel Potter and the members of the city com mittee know that the bill now drafting will not take the police and firemen out of politics unless the men whose proxy the Mayor is wish them to be taken out of politics. They were not in politics during the administration of Mayor -Blankenburg. When Colonel Roosevelt was Police Commissioner in New York the police were not in politics. When ever in any city a man has been in con trol of the police who sought only to make the police force an efficient instru ment for preserving order and protect ing the lives and property of the people, the police force has not been in politics and its members have breathed ficely and stood erect with the consciousness that faithful performance of their duty as peace officci's was sufficient to warrant the approval of their superiors. Nothing would please the rank and file of the police and firemen in this city bet ter than to be assured that the only thing required or expected of them is attention to their duty. Director Wilson, of the Department of Public Safety, began his administration with the announcement that the police and firemen were to be taken out of politics. But the men who controlled him and who controlled the city admin istration did not want any such thing to happen. They had been brought up in the same school as that which taught "Blue-eyed Billy" neehan, of Buffalo, who became Lieutenant Governor of New York, that the men who controlled the police need not care how the votes were cast. They could swing elections to suit themselves. They were determined to use the policemen as political agents. They have done it repeatedly. Officers who have refused to obey political orders ,have been transferred to districts a long way from their homes and have been subject to consistent persecution. When these men read that thp Organization is planning to take the police out of politics they say that this is a tale which must bo told to the submarines, for no marine will believe it. The police are in politics because the Organization puts themthero and forces them to stay there. It could take them out of politics tomorrow if it wanted to, without asking the General Assembly to pass any laws. And no law that the General Assembly is likely to pass will of itself prevent the present Organiza tion from using tho police for political, ends when it controk the Mayor and desires to use them for this purpose. The law may be strengthened and im proved, but it requires honest and sin cere observance and enforcement. We may have a metropolitan Police Commission appointed from Harrisburg or we may have a Police Commission appointed from the City Hall, but each commission would be political In origin and of no higher moral standards than the power which created it. 'We have a EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIIiADELPHIA; SATtmD&T, :E0EMBEB f " .,... '- ...... , , i ., . ..'-.:, i.. . ... - w.l J holders for compnign purposes, but tho leaders of the very party which passed lt conspire to disregard it. Tho police can bo taken out of politics in this city wheneVor this city t wants them taken out. And until It does clearly and Insistently show that it wants this result the police will continue to bo used for political purposes, no matter what tribute to tho ncod of n reform the men In control may givo with their lips. It Is up to you, gentlo reader, -and to your neighbors on.both sides of you. If you like what ft going on, then that is what you like. If you don't like it you can end it by choosing nt the next mu nicipnl primaries and general election men who will stop it. Tito associated husbands have a Yulotldo feeling that would bo quite nil right. 'of America "sklp-eliopa" SIR THOMAS AND HIS SPORTSMANSHIP THE wholesomo compensations of being a "good sport" were Imperceptible while the war lasted. CJcimany broke all the rules at the outset and Britain soon trag ically icftllzed the Impossibility of pre serving her traditional code of "cricket" In the midst of a shambles. To call the struggle, as did some sen timentalists at first, "a big ' game" was sheer sentimental nonsense. It wat a gigantic contest between International policemen and a gang Of thieves and mur derers. Sportsmanship In a world of ocean mines ii nd deadly submarine, of bombed cities and gased regiments cuts an tin hn flgtne. But It Inevitably quickens Into life the minute thi madness caused by a Mustering malefactor Is dispelled. Sir Thomas LIpton, a good sport, If there ever was one, bus sensed tho passing of the eclipse with vei liable hair-trigger promptitude. His gallant challenge for tho America's Cup is a heartening Index of the good fun obtainable under conditions of a s-ane civilization. It is doubtful if even "icfoimed" Gcim.iny could yet comprehend his action. It forecasts international rivalry and to the Hun that is something to be fosteied only with machine guns and goose stepping cannon fodder. The sense of spott must be instinctive. Ameilc.i and Btiton have long enjoyed It and seldom more vividly than In tho inter national yacht races not for colonies or trade routes but for a paltry cup "lifted" off Southampton one interesting day more than a half century ago. The Irish baronet has contributed more than his share of zest to the contests. After thrcH failures be so Invlgoratingiy bobs up osain that only tho most re spectful sense of sport subdues the temp tation to glvo him tho trophy as a merited honor. With the cup races once more In pios pect and, significantly enough, with tho same Shamrock IV and Resolute which were to have competed In 1014, the lm piession that we are at last getting back to normal K spiritedly speeded. , Postmaster General Wlint Did Burleson made pleas- You Knect? ant reverberations in the press bf tho coun try with nn announcement of the Invention of a marvelous device designed to make the elegraph systems of the country about eight times more efficient than they are. But It Is noticeable on a close rending of tho good news that no politician had any part In per fecting the Invention, which Is the work of engineers engaged to work for the wire com panies when they were under private owner ship. It will be a fine thing to have a direct Cu nard Line service from Knterprise Counts A Little this port, and the project is also Informative with respect to the tales of British dismay over our vastly Increased merchant marine. For all Its ex pansion we have yet to hear of an American passenger line between this city and Europe. There-are members of PuttlnR the Ten the fair sex who will In Intentions doubtless soon find a way of profiting by tho latest telephone device by calling up ten different persons at once. We admit that the problem Is difficult, but of Its allurement there can be no question. For the fltst time In her history Eng land holds her elections all on one day. If this sort of hustling becomes chronic over there, cricket games will be losing their appeal. The request for Allied troops In Berlin seems to indicate that even peace, if it is to satisfy the Hun, must be warlike. And then there Is the lady who, having done her Christmas shopping early, rushes to the btores at 4 o'clock In the afternoon of December 24 with an armful of bundles for exchange. It was some figure of speech which Lloyd George used when he addressed his constit uents on tho theme of a bill of hundreds of billions for Germany. It hardly modifies our shivers at the new Influenza warnings to realize that the head of the Fedeial public health service is Blue. Admiral Bowles has called Senator Var daman a liar because of the Senator's charge of graft and waste at Hog Island. Seamen always were a reticent lot. Now that the United States has made a friendly overture to restless Peru and Chile, the next thing to be desired Is a full-fledged harmonious symphony in Latin America. For obvious reasons we have always maintained that Svlnhufvud was not a name to conjure with, and our claim now has valid Bupport In his retirement as Finnish Premier. With, the new air mall service between Chicago and New York In operation the real high-fliers are In neither Of those lively towns, but somewhere between them, The French welcome to President Wilson more than made up for the lack of enthusi asm manifested on this side at the time of the George Washington's departure. While Oscar Harnroersteln U alive it will take more than the first formidable deerees at a Paris Peace Conference ,to end the RUBBER HEELS OF ALL. the delegates tb the Peace Con-' ference, cortalnly .Doctor ICoo Is ttie.. most appropriately named. Wo are sdfryv our own Dovo Dulcet didn't go. " ' Freedom tf the Clieeio If the sens are to be made free, how about good old free lunch? When Is that coming back to tls? Wo see so many little books around on "How to Learn French In Ten Minutes" that wo think the French children should bo ashamed of taking twelve or fifteen years to learn It, On hearing that the Ctown rrlnce has dismissed three cooks 1G7S Philadelphia housewives called us up to osit what we thought tho chances were of their getting them. The Last Shall Be First . Wo are not one of those who are making fun of the new Republic of Brunswick for having appointed n shoemaker as Presi dent and a washerwoman as Minister of Education. Probably they will bo much better administrators than the statesmen Germany has been plagued with. Cer tainly there will be plenty of dirty linen to wash. If prohibition really goes Into effect, one of the few pleasures left some of our citi zens will be the reading of Burns's poems. Ed Howe, tho philosopher of Potato Hill, Kansas, prints an article in his paper called "Why Do So Few Wives Poison Husbands?" 'That is what we call Irre sponsible JournallsnV Onco start an Idea like that on its way and no one knows what it might lead to. Wo presume that Kd is a bachelor. Wo aro opposed to this Idea that a trade rivalry with any other nation Is a "menace." There are a lot of remarks floating about to the effect that American shipping will be a "menace" to Great Britain's commerce, nnd vice versa. Surely there's enough trado to go round, and honest competition Is the salt of both busi ness and friendship. Not a little of the "apprehension" about tho freedom of the seas comes from those whose real wish Is freedom, for the German drendeverythlngs gathering rust at Scapa Flow. One of the most piteous Illusions of this season la that of tho man who, knowing he won't have time to send a Christmas card to all his friends, decides to send none at all. He hoaxes himself Into believing that each one of his acquaintances will think "Oh, well, he couldn't remember every body, and probably I'm the only one he forgot!" Our national mania for committees flour ishes apace. Tho latest Instance that we have heard of is the Committee for the Severance of All Social and Professional Relations with tinerriy Sympathizers. Tho object is all right, but why make a com mittee out of It7 No very active steps have been taken yet by the Allies toward punishing Germany for her misdeeds, but judging by the re ports from Berlin that city is trying hard to punish itself. There Is no mood quite so grave and reflective as that in which a man starts on a new check book. The Missing Link Dear Hocrates: I notice that an order of frankfurters now contains only two sausages. It always used to be three. Can't something be done about this? BEN ZEEN. Motlocs for Beer Mugs Among the matters that the Peace Con ference might discuss, but will not, la the regrettnble fact that the mottoes on beer mugs are always In German. Surely we have native poets capable of turning out sentiments in rhyme appropriate for blaz oning on seldels! Tentatively, and Just to glvo greater bards a start, we suggest the following: Drink hearty: wallow like a flsh For next year may bo prohlblsh. All worldly 111 that man pooh-poohs Who takes on board sufficient booze. He careth not for any hap While good old bourbon Is on tap, Make sure, ere wits begin to spin, Which pocket your latchkey Is In, On, stalwarts, on! The night is young! Ho, landlord, start another bung! Wipe your bridle, Start anew, Bring the seidel And the brew, Never mind the going home: Blow the foam, boys, blow the foavnl Bravo commuter, feel no pain If you miss the midnight train: The police, if you get tight, Will give you lodging for the night. The wise manufacturer of mugs, how ever, will be prepared for any emergency. In case what Is predicted actually happens, rhymes of the following type will be advisable: A viper lay within this mug: Ho stung -us when we went glug-gug; But now, In softer stuff Immersed, "We quench a harmless safety thirst. The old hard stuff stung like an adder: It used to make the bad man badder , No more that hideous sight we see, Come, souse yourself with nice hot teal No more, no more the demon rum Your noble intellect will numb: Come, Jolly brdther, shodt 'your Up Over this buttermilk. Have a nip I We often wonder what will become of all the spurs when Washington gets back into mufti. 80CRATJSS, 4 Two rules for today; Join the Rod CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Presidential Dooms of Schwab, Henry P. Davison, Pershing, Wood and Others Former Governor Stuart as a Lawyer When Penrose Read "Pilgrim's Progress" . Washington, ,D. C, Dec. 14. IT IS early to talk about the next Presi dent, but President Wilson's absence from the country has given opportunity for many wiseacres to discuss the ques tion. It bobbed up momentarily when Secretary McAdoo announced his purpose to retlro from official life. The gossip still Is that it was not alone tho matter of per sonal finance that Induced him to part company with the President. Mr. McAdoo had more machinery In hand with which to promote a presidential candidacy. If he desired to nvail himself of It, than was ever enjoyed by any other man in the history of the country:' but Mr. McAdoo Insisted he was no candidate and could not with propriety be one. Be that as it may, several feelers have been put forth with regard to other men. Charles M. Schwab has onjoyed a tcmrdrary boom. In this connection It has been said that the President hesitated about appointing Schwab- as "shipbuilding boomer extraor dinary" until It was reasonably sure Schwab could not permit himself to be considered. Another name that has been quietly sprung in financial circles ,1s that of Henry P. Davison, president of the American Red Cross. There are tHose who say that Mr. Davison's friends, notwith standing his close association with the house of Morgan, are seriously advancing his- claims. Like Schwab, he has certain Pennsylvania connections. These rumor3 account to a certain ex tent for the war booms of General Per shlng, General Wood antl others. The old-line politicians, however, are not mak ing any real predictions at this time, and Republican National Chairman Will H. Hays Is going 'about the country, as he himself confesses, "Just keeping an ear to jtho ground.1' THINGS sometimes happen Just as we would have them. Sometimes they hap pen., by design. When he was Governor, 'Edwin S. Stuart, who-is not a. lawyer, but a bookseller and financier, made a remark able hit with a bunch of big lawyers, and he admits It was no accident. In an Idle moment he picked up a law book and found a decision that attracted his attention, He read it carefully, made a mental note of tho page and title and then laid it away. Some days later a dlst'lnguished delegation, men of tho type of Alexander Simpson, Jr., M. Hampton Todd and Dimner Beeber, appeared before him to argue an Important question of law. They cited a number of cases. The Governor listened.. Presently he broke In with: "Gentlemen, this Is all very Interesting, but I'm Inclined to think the case of Smith vs. 'Jones, thirteenth Weekly Notes, page 1141, covers this sit uation thoroughly." Then the Governor sent for his book, looked as If he had been hunting up legal decisions all his 11 fo and awaited developments. The lawyers ex. amlned the decision, conferred with each oth'er and then looked at tho Governor, as If to say, "We didn't know It, but he's some lawyer." .The ex-Governor holds the, opin ion that things do often come our way without our special planning. HERB'S another. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, author of "Hugh Wynna," was thrown next to Senator Penrose In a pailor car en routo to Washington o'na day.. It was ai a nme wnpn jno i'ennsyjvania senator & 1018, , -. -t.;...-i-- SJJNSHINE AND SHADOW for dlleged political offenses. Ho had just reached down Into his grip for something to read, and as fortune would have It ho fished up a quaint old volume of "Tho Pilgrim's Progress." "What are you read ing, Penrose?" said the distinguished lit; terateur as he settled himself next to the Senator. "Just refreshing my memory," said Penrose, handing the book over to the doctor. With a glance which seemed to say, "I would not have been surprised if it had been 'Nick Carter' or 'Solid for Mill hooley,' " the doctor handed the volume back. Subsequently, when there was some discussion about the Senator In a meeting of Philadelphia savants, the critic's were dm phatically squelched by the learned doctor. "Too much loose talk about that man," he said, relating tho parlor car incidents "You don't know the real Penrose." WITH, the prospect of Increased appro priations for the Delaware and Schuyl kill Rivers, local communities along the Delavare aro beginning to look up their own. premises. Shipbuilding- has done much to Increase the feeling of expectancy. The Philadelphia Navy Yard is also a big fac tor. In the coming rivers and harbors bill provision Will be asked for several over looked projects. One of these is Darby we call It "river" for legislative reasona-t-concernlng which thero has been quite a revival" of,interest. E. F. Dodson, clerk of Council of tho borough of Prospect Park, sends along resolutions from that body In harmony with the demand for a survey of tho stream, which Is confidently ex pected to be authorized in tho forthcoming bill. Much of tho Darby agitation is due to George Kyle, a business man of Darby, who has been preaching tho doctrine of waterways lr. that vicinity. C, J. Berlin, chairman of the highway committee of the Woodland Avenue Business Men's Asso ciation, Is also taking a hand In the game, TOMMY LOGAN, whose rise In the news paper world In Washington has been exceptional, has gone abroad. There Is a suspicion that he is one of the forerunners of the President Wilson expedition, Tom Logan is the son oi Thomas F, Logan, opo of Philadelphia's old-time newsp'aper men, a contemporary of Joe Robinson, Clayton Fife and Joo Reed. He was active before William Pcrrlne Inaugurated his famous "Penn" articles, and his son came Into the newspaper field about the time Clem'Congdon was doing1 the Builders' Ex change and Billy Mates, of Swarthmore, was dreaming of big advertising business to come. To a certain extent the news paper boys In Washington have kept their eye on young Tom, He has married Well and mixes with the social set. He was very close to the White House during the Taft Administration 'and has stood pretty close to Secretary Tumulty under Presi dent WlUon. -ITTATERWAYS are looking up again. VV president Wilson In his farewell mes sage to Congress spoko of the necessity of their utilization to catctv uy with the n 'suftlclent railroad service. Professor Lewis M. Haupt, of Cynwyd, a- distinguished en gineer, whose father, General Haupt, was tho big bridge builder of the Civil War, reminds us that It took two centuries to get the Cape Cod Canal built and that It was not built until private capital 'did tho ". -J" canal route across New Jersey long befori, that project was approved by the United, States armv onclneers. He wonders whi the United States does not take advantage I of the offer of New Jersey, which stands, ready to spend $1,000,000 for the rlgmV of way as soon as the Government is 'pre. Tinrpd in die-. 1 ,ill ' They are bringing to that city the"nYsV American Jewish congress, which is., to deal with tho world status of the Jews Is! the peace negotiations and with the esjb-JI lishment of a national home in Palestine. ;fj Editor Jucob Glnsburg, of tho World,' antO'l Editor Louis Gerson, of the Journal, are, 1 getting ready for the big event, some,, of the details of which have been arranged at tne capital. Vf FLIES T HEY'RlE a-buzzln' round us always; jLney re u-uuzzin uuy uuu .jhbiu, wi When we're sleeping, eating, working jjjpl Or starting into ngiit. ft There's a dead horse down the vallejy And he's1 in an awful state, h(- From thero they como a buzzln' ,9 Right upon our dinner plate, nt When we're In our dugout resting, Weary from a sleepless night, '"' For the Boche had tried to shell us "' And a little sleep 'seemed right, ;u From thero they come a-buzzln' "' , And his humming seems to say out Wo are here and only waiting jj For we'll swarm on you some day. n'V And as the shells go whistling, And we duck down very low, Those darned files keep a-buzzln' And they're waiting, yet, I know. i.v tf Si, -fl ,fv? For the shell that stops a-whlstlln' And goes "bing",Just where I am, ' " Then those files'U come a-buzzln.' '" i But I won't give a damn. J8j PRIVATE J3KIO SAUVXLLE, Btjfrjf,g F. lOJth Field Artillery. A. E. F. f What Do You Know? o j QUIZ 9P 1. wnat race instinct from tne Frrneli ramoi l tho bulK or the population la llrest? -3 ..i-," 3. Who. wns. the. last Kin of i'ortural ' n4L 1 3. For how lone a period doe Sir. MeAdoo tJuti.gl rest that the railroad be retained br-rt U I j-i .! 4, Who said "In the ndrerelty adversity of oar iint"! nnd Bometfilnc that IS In n irf' . ,,.- rrirnaa we not wholly frlrnda we always aispiens 5. What In tho oriiln of the phrase "hw1 ... .V . - ., I Uocus'T "'iS,.? What l reredot? g What celebrated French, marshal was aa "the bravest of tho bravo"? LVlwa'V.' . !l 8. What Is the correct pronunciation of tba.Btwf K maruscuidOT . J'ji 0. What kind of a bird la 1 t'juean? w ,4 wr 10. How man: ir time baa Sir Thomas Llp'lon'W? tally competed for tho Amerli' aurrrss; CUPT VJ" Anttitfara In Yjtarlaira ftitfar ffii &.'-& 1. Charles Tie succeeds Charles M. Bchwa agriY director general ol tho iimcrtencr .JfreUlt' . Corporation. ''fy WB 2.. Th. 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