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All rights of republication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. . I-IUdelphla, Sslurdet, December 21. 1111 1 i DEBARKATION PROPRIETIES A RATHER unwonted sense of the lltnesn of things Is revealed In the announce ment concerning the first shipload of ro- turned soldiers which will arrive In this port about the middle of next month. In more respects than one the affair will be distinctively Phlladelphlan. Xot only will soveral thousand victorious doughboys re turn by water route directly to their homo town, but the very ship from which they will disembark is In accord with tho pro prieties of good taste. She Is a veteran of the vacationist era, the Haverford, named for a Philadelphia suburb and long ago placed In service when Clement C. Grlscom, u Phlladelphlan, was president of the International Mercan tile Marine, which owned her. That sho flew the British flag was a fact inconse quentially regarded. In spite of registry, the Haverford and her sister, the Merlon, took rank as familiar native Institutions. The Delaware as well as tho Mersey claims them and will wel come the former with Intensified affection when she fittingly carries back the first of our heroes to be shipped directly home. If the debarkations here are to be rela tively limited, satisfaction Is at least in spired by tho full flavor of the first sched uled event. The fourteen points were neer really sharp until those at the end of liajoncts got busy. CLEAR UP THE CODLENZ CLOUDS GERMANY has no monopoly of after thoughts on the armistice. The new order whereby nearly half of the territory Z$ originally allotted to the American army . Rt the Coblenz bridgehead is now held by tbe French Is, a radical departure from the first arrangements, in which the three great armies of the United States, France and Great Britain were placed on an equal footing. Forces of the first-named nation were to have held the Coblenz sector, those of the jecorfd the Mayence region and those of the third the Cologne bridgehead. As mut ters now stand the troops of General Dick man's Third Army, whose relations with the German population have been preserved on a basis of efficient order and fair mindedness, are now deprived of a large pXt of their stipulated authority. The Intervention in this sector by the tenth French army may be explicable on .excellent grounds, but if so the truth of the situation should be divulged. Dis quieting thoughts are easily aroused at the present, moment, and the knowledge that the severity of the military administration of sdme of our allies in territory they have occupied Is In contrast with normal Ameri can methods emphasises the need for frankness In tnis case. If the French are aggressors that fact should be made clear. If tho present situa tion has reasonable and legitimate war ranty, tho War Department should say so. The perils of truth are eVer vastly Inferior to those of rumor. The Christmas shopping season at home, r. as well as disgruntled junkers in Hunland, brings its quota of counter-attacks. SOLDIERS MAY KEEP THEIR UNIFORMS SECRETARY BAKER'S order that dis charged soldiers may retain their uni forms la the most popular pronouncement that has come from him since he entered office. Tho uniform Is a souvenir of service of great sentimental value. It Is associated with heroic achievements, and even when Us wearer has had no opportunity to do, anything unusual It Is associated with a period of his life on which he will always lopk back with pride. It Is fortunate, In deed, that the head of tho War Department has been able to apprcclato the point of View of the soldiers and has decided to suspend the regulations which require that ull Government property bo turned back when a man leaves the army. Congress Is expected to ratify his oruer. "Con"-scxlpturo seems to have raised an exceedingly slim army of supporters for the Pi R. T. COMMON SENSE ABOUT RUSSIA rpHE frankness of Viscount miner's cs- P'mT pUnatlon ' ll'e Intervention in Russia ',, cot the Allies Is refreshing. He states facts -1" w.mch none but the lioishevliu and their . sympathizers are likely to have tho fatuity 'to dispute. " Among the urgent legitimate reasons for V rnUrference he cites the repeated acts of u Mt Lenlne-Trotsky faction, which were .Vorable to our enemies and permitted eds of thousands of German troops fkW transferred to the western front, the tffry Of the niack Sea fleet to the foe, jiecesslty ot preventing the northern M'i1 - Slf Qt Hueals from becoming submarine H 'from which our North Sea barrage W turned," sad the ucfd tor the iH n ;:o. Allies to protect tho vast military stores lying at Archangel and Vladivostok The presence of tho Entente armies In Russia at tho present moment is defended on tho ground that "if all the Allies wero to scramblo out of Russia at onco tho result would almost certainly bo that tho barbarism that at present reigns in only a part of that country would spread over tho whole of It, Including tho vast regions of northern and central Asia, which woro included in tho dominions of tho Czar." Conditions, however, have lately been such that Viscount Mllncr forecasts a with drawal at no distant date. In the faco of a broadsldo of valid Justi fication such as this It U folly to bo ashamed of what tho Allies wero forced to do In an archaic land so subversive of the progress of true liberty. Tho Russian boglo Is disarmed by unanswerable logic. AN ADMIRABLE BASIS FOR CHARTER REVISION The Nine Points of the Winston Committee Lay Don the Fundamental Principles rpiIE purpose of tho committee at work on the charter is to bring about agree ment among ns many groups of opinion us possible. All groups of opinion should bo represented and all suggestions made should be received with tho respect which the standing and authority of the sug gesting group deserve. Thus and thus only can we get a charter which when presented to the law makers will receive serious consideration. An admirable basis of preliminary dis cussion has been presented in the nine points set forth by the Winston commit tee. There is virtual agreement on tho first one, that there should be one coun cilmanic body and thnt it should be small. Whether a "small" Council means a body of ten men or fifty will have to be settled after comparing the relative merits of each number and after considering the manner of the election of tho members. The second point, that representation in the Council shall not be based on tho ward as a unit, is tied up with the first. The politicians are inclined to favor ward representation because that will permit' thefh to preserve their present organiza tion with the least possjble disturbance. Now, ns we understand it, the purposo of revision is not to destroy or build up any political organization, but to arrange a better system of government for the city. It would seem to be the part of wisdom to discover what compromise can be reached between the politicians on this point of the unit of representation and the citizens who think that the ward sys tem is utterly bad and should be aban doned altogether, for we can have no new charter without the consent of the politicians. The third point, declaring for the re moval of "arbitrary and hurtful restric tions in making contracts," is somewhat indefinite, but it doubtless Tefers to the removal of the one-year limit now exist ing on street cleaning and garbage col lection contracts, which virtually ties the city to a small group of contractors with plants already in existence. With fair and honest bidding and contracts awarded to the lowest responsible bidder no reputable contractor can object to this. And the city would undoubtedly benefit. The abolition of dual office holding de manded in the fourth point is so impor tant that there should be no objection toT it. If. the Councilmen were provided with n salary the only excuse for dual office holding would be removed and the politicians would doubtless favor it. The fifth poh't, calling for the inclu sion in a single act of all legal provisions governing the city, is merely a demand that the city shall have a real charter instead of being governed as now by a lot of independent and unrelated statutes. This is a legal detail which ought to adjust itself as the work goes on. The demand for an annual budget com piled by the Mayor and the levying each year of a tax sufficient to raise the money needed is also n detail of procedure on which there can be no serious disagree ment. In New York the annual budget is prepared by the Mnyor and the heads of departments, assisted by the presi dents of the Various boroughs. The Board of Aldermen may reduce it, but they may not make any increases. The wisdom of adopting the modification of this system in Philadelphia will'depcnd on tile character of tho Council to be created. It will tako the best advice of those most familiar with tho abuses in the present system here to decide where the ultimate control over the appropria tion of money shall rest. There is no valid objection to the sev enth point, that the civil service law and tho Shern law penalizing corrupt prac tices should bo so strengthened that they moy be made enforccablo by action in court brought by individual citizens in default of action by tho legal officers of the city. Tho reduction in the number of elec tive officers, called for in tho eighth point, is merely a demand for tho shorter ballot, which is favored by all students of municipal reform. And the ninth point, demanding that tho police and firemen should bo removed from politics, is agreed to by every one. At least the politicians say that the police and firemen should bo taken out of politics and Senator Varo has recently announced that the Republican city com mitteo is drafting a bill to accomplish that end. When it conies to drafting an act cm bodying tho principles laid down in these nino points it may be as difficult as to embody President Wilson's fourteen points in a peace treaty, but neverthe less the attempt should be made sin cerely and in good faith by all tho par ties in interest, which means all groups of opinion in the citj'. .But it ought' to be remembered that there can bo no satisfactory and vsuc- !; U i.. cessful charter revision engineered by a small group of citizens representing only a port of tho interests of tho city. This is so obvious that no argument is needed to prove it.. A new charter drafted by a group of reformers for put ting tho politicians out of business would bo as objcctionablo as a new charter drafted by one political faction to make it impossible for nnother faction to live. It is impossible, even if it were desirable, to put the politicians out of business. Successful charter revision.will depend on securing tho co-operation of tho poli ticians. They control the Genornl As sembly in Hnrrisburg and no charter can be enacted into law without their consent. Tho first thing that should bo done is for tho charter revisers to call into their counsel tho political lenders of both fac tions; to nssumc, which is not a violent assumption, that they are interested in perfecting, the Inw under which the city operates, nnd to ask them what in their judgment, based on long experience, is the best way to do it. It matters not whether they have expressed opposition to this, that or tho other proposed change. Even the reformers are not ngreed on what is the best thing to bo dono nnd the politicians should not bo condemned for disagreeing with'Some of the reformers. They do not agree among themselves. Xaturally enough, tho big show In Paris, enacted by statesmen who as yet rcfuso to commit themselves, Is In tho bands of adroit mummers. 1 MORE SELF-DETERMINATION TT7HILE the world Is discussing the ' " rights of small nations to self-determination, the Now York courts aro sus taining the same rights for mothors-ln-law. A woman charged In court that tho mother of her husband did not love her,- and tho Judge remarked that there Is nothing In tho law which will compel a woman to love her son's wife. This obiter dictum establishing' the right of freedom to dislike Is ono of tho most Important social pronouncements of the last twenty-four hours. Its Implications aro manifold, for It frees a husband from any obligations to his wife's relations as well as freeing tho husband's and wife's ancestors from any obligation to bo friends. In brief, It makes husband and wlfo an independent social unit commissioned by law to paddle Its own canoe over the rough seas of life, nnd Incidentally warns out siders from Interference. If we mistake not, society holds to gether because this view Is recognized as valid. Parents would like to pick the hus bands nnd wives for their children at least some of them would and they do not patiso In awe at the magnitude of the task suggested by contemplation of the results of their own Individual choice. Marriage Is a difficult gamo at. best, as the cynics and bachelor." backed by Punch have been wont to say. It Is about as important that the parties to It should be unlnterfored with as that the little na tions should enjoy the right of determining their own destiny. "Docking" soldiers can be made the most eminently satisfactory of acts If It's done on this side of tlm Atlantic. A DUTY TO RETURNINC SOLDIERS THERE Is logic In the suggestion made by those Interested alike In returning soldiers and the means of Industrial sta bilization that all firms which are holding places open for men In the service should notify the United State Employment Bu reau to this effect. Curiously enough. It has been found that soldiers who are on their way buck to civil life often feel a dlllldence about seek ing the Jobs they left even when they have reason to believe that an eager welcome awaits them In the old place. "I don't want to crowd them" or "They may take mo buck only because they promised" are sentences that dally become more familiar to those who meet the returned soldiers on an intimate footing. The largest and best managed business firms In the country have taken palirs to keep In touch with their homecoming men through the me dium of the Federal employment service and have reiterated their wish to have all their former employes report for a wel come and tho Jobs they left. And they have made It plain that the needs of tho time as well as sentiment animate them In this Instance. Many smaller flrniB, on the other hand, which are Just as anxious to re-establish tho organizations broken up by the draft and enlistments, fcivc failed to make their desires known. As a consequence a great mnny men for whom places aro waiting may soon be put to the trouble of hunting work elsewhere. Tho Institution that Is reserving places for returning soldiers can glvo the men tho best sort of welcome by transferring this information through the Federal em ployment service, which Is one of the first agencies to concern Itself with tho welfare of American soldiers when they land on American soil nt the end of their service abroad. The end of autumn On tlm today evokes thoughts ltetlred I.lst of how fervently many have relied on General Winter to give Germany the knock out blow. That he amazedly greets a world ot stacked arms only emphasizes the honors that, are really due tb General Fall. If a fair-minded man Where loir la Foul Is one who takes all sides,' William Bayard Hale, quondam American Investigator In Mexico, Kaiser eulogist and HUlqult booster, Is assuredly a prize winner. Lamentation over the announcement that the Qufitconck's dip In the Delaware was "premature" Is tempered by the reflec tion that so was the end ot'the war. Now that, the quickest and moat direct of all routes to India Is being established by flyjnc, Germany's rejfrets concerning the Bagdad railway aro likely to be more poignant ' than ever. If It can be proved that any lawyer has been guilty of participating in automobile insurance frauds the duty of the courts Is obvious, Disbarment Is the lightest penalty that, should be inflicted. it THE CHAFFING DISH. Christmas Cards TJY A STROKE of good luck we found a " llttlo shop whero a largo overstock of Cnrlstmas cards was Belling at two for five. Tho original 6"s and 10's wero still penciled on them, and whllo wo wero debating whether to rub them off a thought occurred to us. When will artists and printers do sign us somo Chrlstmaa cards that will be honest nnd appropriate to the tlmo wo llvo In? Never wan tho Day of peace and good will so full of meaning as this, year; nnd nover did tho little cards, charming as they were, seem 'bo " formal, so merely pretty, so .devoid of imagination, so Inade quate to tho festival. THIS Is an ago of strango and stirring beauty, of extraordinary romance and adventure, of now Joys and pains'. And yet our Christmas artists havoj nothing moro to offer u.fi than tho old formalism of Yulotldo convention. After a considerable amount of searching .in tho bazaars we have found not ono Christmas card that showed even a glimmering of tho true ro mance, which Is to seo tho beauty or wonder or peril that lies around us, Most of the cards hark back to tho stage-coach up to its hubs in 'snow, or the blue bird, with which Maeterlinck penalized us (what has a bluo bird got to do with Christmas?), or tho open fireplace nnd Jug of ale and churchwarden plpp Now tho old-fashioned stage coach, the bluo bird, the blazing hearth' and also tho Jug of ale aro merry enough In their way, but wo plead for an honest romanticism' In Christmas cards that will express something of the en trancing color and circumstance that sur round us today. Is not a commuter's train, stalled In a drift, far moro lively to our hearts than a pictured stago coch? Or an Inteiurban trolley winging Its way through the dusk Uko a casket of golden light? Or even a country flivver, loaded down with parcels and holly? And where, among all tho Christmas cards, Is the airplane, that most marvelous of all our triumphs? Whero Is the camouflaged ship, a sight that makes the senses swim? Where Is the stalely apartment house that stands like Gibraltar against a bunset sky? Must we, even at Christmas time, fool ourselves with a plcturesqueness that Is gone, seeing noth ing ot what Is around us? IT IS said that man's material achieve ments have outrun his Imagination, that poets and painters aro too puny to grapple with tho world as It is. Cer tainly a visitor from another sphere, look ing on our fantastic and exciting civiliza tion, would find little reflection of It In the Christmas card. IIo would find us clinging desperately to what wo have been taught to believe was picturesque and Jolly, and afraid to assert (hat tho things of today are comely too. Even on. the basis of discomfort (an acknowledged criterion of plcturesqueness) surely a trolley car Jammed with parcel-laden passengers Is Just as satisfying a spectacle as any stage coach? Surely the steam radiator. If not so lovely as a flame-glided hearth, Is more real to most of us? And Instead of the customary picture of shivering subjects of Georgo III held up by if highwayman on Hampstead Heath, why not a deftly deline ated sketch of victims in a steunvheated lobby submitting to the plunder ot the hat-check bandit? Come, let us be hon est! The romance of today Is as goo'd as any! TWrANY mu I'-- ness Ih must have felt this name uneasl- trying to find Christmas cards that would really say something of what Is in their hearts. Tho sentiment behind the card Is as lovely and' as true as ever, but the cards themselves are outmoded boti ties for the new wine. It seems a cruel thing to say, but wo are impatient with the mottoes and pictures we see In the shops because they are a conventional echo of a beauty that is past. AVhat could be more absurd than to Bend to a friend in a city apartment a .rhyme such us this: As around the Christmas fire you sit And hear the bells with frSsty chime,, Think, friendship that long love has knit Grows sweeter still at Christmas time! If that Is sent to the Janitor or the elevator boy wo have no cavil, for these gentlemen do actually see a fire and hear bells ring; but the apartment tenant hears naught but the hissing of' tho steam In tho radiator, nnd counts himself lucky to hear that. Why not be honest and say to him: 1 hope the Janitor has shipped You steam, to keep the cold away; And If the hallboys have been tipped, Then Joy bo thlno on Christmas Day I WE HAD not meant to Introduce this Jocular note Into our meditation, for wo nro honestly aggrieved that so many' of the. Christmas cards hark back to an old tradition that Is gone, and never at tempt to express any of the romance ot today. You may protest, that Christmas is the oldest thing In tho world, which Is true; yet 'it is nlso now every year, and never newer than now. A dally paper mentions "tho Senate sub committee which is investigating beer and German propaganda." Evon tho hardest task has its compensations. A French visitor to the Murat mansion speaks of "his charming smile," and a number of Congressman aro trying to rq member what It looks like. . Home of us have to wait a long time for posterity to do us justice. Eve, for instance! what a lot of mean things have been said about hor. But now comes Oliver Herford, who utters the last and fhaal word on the subject: It is not fair to visit all Tho blame on Eve for Adam's fall; The most Eve did was to display Contributory negligee. The Garden of Eden incident may now bo conuldered closed. ' ) None Sadder The saddest words wo over get Aro these: Your laundry" not done veil HENIIY THE HERMIT. I sent my oul into the invisible, , Borne secret of the after life to spell, And soul, returning doleful, said to me 'No chance of lowering the H. C, U" BOCItATES. "IF YOU AREN'T IN( HERE, I DON'T "IP YOU AREN'T IN HERE, I DON'T KNOW YOU!" & '- ' . - ' ' 1 ' '- CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S .LETTER Speculation About Who Originated the Song, "Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here" Cyrus D. Woods in the Dctamater Campaign When John Wanamaher Brought Blaine to Philadelphia Washington, I). ('.. Dec, 21. - CYRUS V. WOODS, who is to be con tinued as Secretary of State'under Obv-ernor-clect Hproul, it from Greentburg, In western Pennsylvania, although ho (grew up In John O. Johnson's law office in Phil adelphia and practiced there. While In tho Quaker .City Cyrus fraternized with the then youn&er group of Republicans, 'of whom Bill Sproul, of Chester, was ono. Ho took an actlvo part In the disastrous Dclamater campaign and made some speeches In behalf of that candidate for Governor which "the boys" still remember. If what Cyrus then said It was twenty eight years ago should be treasured up against hiui It would lie difficult to explain away his present youthful appearance. "George W. Delamater!" ho woula say. "Why, gentlemen, we wero boys together. For, thirty years" and so forth. But those wero the days when the young fellows had a good deal of fun among themselves when they got out on the hustings. During tho same campaign the Young Men's Repub lican Committee arranged a reception for Delamater which he was delayed In attend ing. After holding the crowd with ad dresses by George Stuart Patterson, David Lavls, Joseph T. Taylor and 'a few more ot the budding orators of the committee. It was decided to go on with the reception, and Jim, Eckersley, "the daddy" of tho affair, who looked moro llko Delamater than any one else, was put forward to do tho handshaking. It was a difficult half hour for Jim, but he had the nervo and got through with the loss of a little per splrntlon. : rpiIAT Delamater campaign aroused cer- tain 'members of tho Union I.eaguo to action and resulted, In bringing Jaynos G. Bldlne, then Secretury of State In Harri son's Cabinet, lo Philadelphia. With the "Plumed Knight," then in tho hoyday of ,hls 'popularity, came our fello.W townsman,. John Wanamaltcr, then' Postmaster Gen eral of the United States. It had been a great trip up from Washington, with the usual attempts qn the part, of reception committees to do the honors. -Tlicro woro Levering Jones and Hampton . Carson, 1 of tho Pennsylvania Club, and John h. Hill, of tho Public Buildings Commission, who had been a Blalno shooter. The Academy of Muslo was packed to tho doors, Mr. Wanamakcr was put forward to introduce tho orator of the day. Who will ever for get that Introduction! Strong, patriotic and full ot sympathy for the man and the, occasion 1 But Sir. Wanamakor trusted his audience Just one point too far. Ho had described the statesmapllko qualities of tho guest; had told pf tho great tasks the latter had laid down in Washington in order to attend this mooting, rind thdn of passing Mr. Blaine's apartment In tho car whero they had left him to collect his thoughts, "Was this great man per turbed?" asked tho rostmnstcr Geperal "No, his great mind was at oasoj ho was enjoying tho beautiful landscapo even as you, and I, and moro than that, ho was whistling. He was a boy again; and what do you think ho was whistling" Quick as a rifle shot a piping, volco in the gallery exclaimed, "Annie Rooney," That was enough I "Annie Rooney" was the popular stage song which had been caught up by every whistler In ho land. Blaine Joined with Wanamakor' in tho daughter that convulsed, tho house, but as soon pa I tho mlrjtta hud subsided the great merchant IJrwt' slrtirlns tjiat famous downtown )yrc, ' uik. ijBkAii .'VA. ;.,,v.jyvfei i i 1 1 . . . . , . , ... got back, and got there quickly: "No, it was simpler, It was sweeter than that: it was 'Home, Sweet Home.'" JOHN DAI.ZELI. keeps homo In Wush- lngton but seldom returns to tho Capi tol, where, ho oiico figured as a "High Priest ot Protection." He dropped In to hear tlte President's "farewell inessuge" beforo his departure for, Europe, but that was a rather unusual circumstance. DaU zell likes Washington for Its old associa tions and keeps up his reading his library Is said to bo .his chiefs delight although there Is a spot up along tho St. Lawrence that welcomes htm to the wild In tho sum mer months. James Francis Burke, who was hero during the latter part of Dalzell's activities, Is another Pittsburgher who finds the Capital City attractive. Jim is hero frequently on law business. Ho Is counsel for( the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, which Is getting up a water ways convention for January, at which It Is proposed Jo bring about a better under standing between tho. Middle West nnd the Atlantlo coast people, Jim does not appear to takp much .interest In tho political, game, In the old days wo would get a. few Words about Bill FUnn or somo of the other Pittsburgh -leaders, but now It Is all business- business and tho law. lyrAYort jamesii. pre&tox, of,Bujti- more, Is tho head of a recontly organ ized association of Mayors whoso object Is to assist tho Atlantlo Deeper AVoter ways Association In promoting the intra coastal' project" from New England to Florida. The movement to bring the Mayors togother took form at the con vention of the Southern Commercial Con gress. It ,was participated In by tho .ex ecutives of all tho largo cities along tho Atlantic seaboard, Including Mayor llylan, of New York, w'ho made an effective ad dress lp favor of '. tho New Jersey ship cahnl, the' Intrac'oustal link connecting Now York, aiid Philadelphia. Mayor Donnelly,' of Trenton, who has been agitating tho New Jersey ship canal for twelvo .years, n!so srioko of its Importance' as n part of the goncral scheme. Tho Philadelphia. Mayor was represented by Assistant Direc tor Joseph V; Hasskarl, of the Dopartmont ot "Vtfhorves, Docks nnd Ferries. Tho Sec rotary ot .Commerce, Mr. Redflold, went over toBaltlrhoro from Washington to glvo tho Mayors' movement his Indorsement. ' . JT1WO things in connection with the Presl- dent's reception at Brest deserve pur special notice. Whether wo approve or disapprove Ills- leaving tho United States personally to transact our foreign business incident to tho war, 'ho Is still our Presi dent, whoso ovofy movement on this ex traordinary expedition wo may wut'ch with eager Interest. So far as his' Journcylngs bring homo to us tho ovldoncos of our local 'partlc.ipa'tlon In convoying, receiving, c"s-k coning ana protecting nun, we. may rov Jdice. Therefore it Is gratifying to know tjtat tho comniander ,of the fleet which welcomed htm to Franco and saw that lie landed safely was a Camden boy, 'nW "Vice Admiral Harry B, Wilson, who ''won Ills spurs'' on the ,scou cruiser Chester und aftorward becamo commander of tho Ponn aylvanla, tho largest battleship afloat. An other fact ot locut interest is that tho Presi dent was welcomed y. the chijdron of KNOW YOU!" "Hall, hall, the' gang's all here!" whloh' begins und ends with a slnglo stanza. It would be difficult to say Just whero and how-this rattling marching song originated. For a tlmo It was decried as unworthy and , sacrilegious and In certain ticklish cam- ' palgns tho bands were forbidden to play it for fear of offending the religious element, . but that It has attained a world celebrity during the ' war cannot be denied. The ImnrnvlodtlftH "irrpw lin" Ulfo Tern.- flrf' ' obtaining, a foothold' In tho streets aha1" clubs of Philadelphia, especlallj South' j Philadelphia. And if any musical his torian desires to trace tho song to Its sourco tho guess Is ventured that Joseph R. C. McAHster, formerly Select Council-' mnu and Mercantile Appraiser, had some-' thing to do with it, or that Arthur R. H.' Morrow, secretary ' of Councils" Finance Committee; James II. Hazlett, Recorder of Deeds; James E. Ijcnnon, president of Se lect Council, or Hugh Black, for many! years Tax Receiver, could give him some Inside Information, ' Little Studies in Words TURNPIKE ANCIENT toll roads were obstructed at, ii-lntervals by n pike laid across them to halt the wayfarer. Ho paid his toll, the plko was turned on a hinge at ono end and' ho was allowed to pasa through. This simple lollgato was called a turnpike tor, obvious reasons. Tho plko Ins course of time developed Into a gate of moro or, less elnborato construction and tollhouses were " built to protect tho toll gatherer from. jJia t weather. Then, In accordanco with a fre quent English custom, tho namo pt the tollgato on tho road was transferred to the t road Itself, and tho road becamo Jn, com mon parlance a turnpike, and this ln. turn has been abbreviated tq pike, as In ,, tho Lancaster plko or the Baltlmoro plkp running out or tins city. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Where l the (lerniun fleet, VIiosk final ills. 'i Dosllion is now helm illwqssrd? 3. Of nlmt mrtnls Is brass composed? ( ' 3. Who Ik (he Dowuter Oueen of Great llrltalnT 4. In' what tun caiinlrlfH are the scenes ot Sliakrsneare's 'Othello" IftldT ' B, Mho wan llenienulo Ctlllnl? . What Is another name, anil a morn correct ?."fi;i'nr.ihe""ul0 of ,llM"llnf(i. In which , Wl Ham the) Conqueror defeated the ICnellsli ( iindrr llaroldf 7 . 7. Wit Is the, mranlne of the wont welkin, used In the uhrasa "to make (lis welkin rlns"T 8. Whnt noted noted . American noirllst wrote the ramnaifii life or lnmklln 1'lerio Hhen th latter- wnu united itrd Htates, ns runnine Tor I'rrmurnt oC the" 0. AVhat kind of footwear nro Welllnrfons? 10, In whose administration wus a trrntr nro-1 vlillng for the annexation of Nanto Domlnro, .a .i r.ii.K.i uii.i.. ....... ......... i .I:.1 . Henate? ' fl Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, Arthur J. Balfour Is the llrlllih BecreUrr it , I Htnto for l'orelm Affairs. . V I 2. Durlnir tho war 100 persons wero killed and "J - nuu.M.r.. am, a u, iiioin .rum WIS (iermnn IniiK-ranco cannon. Purine the Ins ten months ofthostriiiflo there were 111 casualties In tho city from air bombs, 3, Tho Three Orates wero ISaphrosjne, lAzIala and Thalia. I, tienerul (I rant 'Was christened Hiram' Ulrsses, but was commonly known.. by hi Iliuuii' 1 UY ."' "iiir,ul wnUfllf, uiumcMiicu. iiiiii iur n CHI) l Din UrllOV nilsd. him for llNt I'nlnt li-llvt ...h it bo his (list numo nnd on his own InllU- I he Inserted, tho m dd e name Stiupsoa. I that of Uranfs mother's family, llo w , J therefore listed nt West I'olnt ns " U,l" "1 (Irant und the Initials wero retained by I 5. Juneau ,1s tho capital of Alaska. 6, The. first ten amendments to 'the Rontlltul'lan of tho. United Htatea compose) what Is sea-' rrttlly known us the 1111 ot Wshts. 7. Thnmns Hurijy wrjto tho novel "Teis.of tbe ' I D'Urbervlllos." T ; a. ..vi'D .a i rmn. n iiuirii ni'MHivil writer. WHS tho molt proline of the world' dramatists.'' ,1 IIo Is accredited, with tho authorship ( ), ISOO play und Mot), autoa." shortest d nieces, ins uoiro aro loos-iuo, , (:t c 0, Itobert, tho Dovll was, n puke of .Tiormaniyi ' - who' supported the ICililUli athellng asainji1, t.'unuto and inndo nlltrlmuxe to' JeruM-i' feni. Many myths have collected, about fcU. name.' Is dates nro 1030-1131. " , 0. "11eur-d.iy" should be pronounced.. .' fnouxli spelled "lluhr-dult-lcrc' ultli U i.''l,,l. ta" , .poiitntoa oniwht a " lu, t slh wiwd blur, .-. rj"' i .. , , -i- ! tin
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