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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
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Slf Qt Hueals from becoming submarine
H 'from which our North Sea barrage
W turned," sad the ucfd tor the
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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!" & '-
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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,
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