fr'wftp 47 '? -T . t. EVTCXIXG TUBLTC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, JANUARY SO, 1010 W i j I f f S. L W, J flf " H ( uentnglubltc Eefcgec THE EVENINGnTELEGRAPII PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY pk..iRirsfi,i.K.f't;nT,s- pti'iMNi i.,. Vt".-'.' . ,'ud""r!J' v""r P'o'llnu. Jnhn C .A'.i'o8'..-,,',,"5' "i;lTtMipt. Philips' e'ollinv John 11 VVUIIama John J Srur-mn pirertor. KUtTOntAI. IIOAHD Cmm II K CtsTH. Chairman DAVID E. S.MII.KT Editor .(Irnrral liuflincss Manager JOHN C MA11T1N I'ubllahrd daily nt Pib'ic I.kihifh HuiMlne. In.li prmfence Square 1'iiilaJriMiia I.rioi .iMtL ... Uroail and I'h.stnut MreH v-1- Va2-l,it - 'V" t'"'" U'llMlne tt!?.C',K I0H lIMroroIltin Tofr ,.?."..Lnt'" I0S ru.lftion HuiMlne micido isiij rnftune Uulldlntf NHWS liVIIKAfS: WiinivoToN Ilirc. ... N E r IN-nnsHianla Av and Ulh St t Ew-A, "lc-' Th Nun ltuiMlm: Lo.spo.s litiru . . Iti.loii Tlmtt sL'itsciiirrio.N minis Tha Klt.Mvi l'lii Ltp..t I arrvM to sub aerltwra In riill.nle-ii.hu .1 1 . . 1 aurruun.llnK to 111 at th rate of twerlvi. tlL'l crllts lir Wi-tk, t,aublo to the carrier. ..". T.". .!? ,",1"," outald of 1'hlladell.tila. in the initel statu. I'nnada. or l'mie. Mitea i'o V,'.,, I,",' Ju1" '"' nriy a"' "Ms "" month. BIX." "'noIUra rr ear. l)ut.Ie In advance- ro an forclKii countries ne ill. auliur rer month. Nonce Pubs-rlheri wishing a.Mresj chancel tnuit the oM m mil as new adlremi. BELL. 1000 ,IMT ktWOM. VI4.IS JMO KIT1 Address alt rra.nnw., riinit to 'tt.ifMt; '.itn Ledger, hiilif i.biiot Suuiit-i, 'aWnffe Iii in. . Member of the Associate-el Prej T;; AsaoriATi:n vukss m ..rr:u. -tlrdl mflflert fo ffte c or rrjiuMicnfloii 0 nil neir dfvpalrie'.s credited to it or nut otherwise credited i 'this paper, and also the local news puhllihal theiclu. .Ill right of icpubUcntlon of special 111. patches herein are alio teserved I'h.ladrlphia, Unit.. I... Jj.i.utr V), Hl'l passim; the nrcK fTiHKHK i. nothing now 111 u city olikial passing tho luirk lo hi" Bitbordlnnto when calleil to ncr-mint on his own it'.)i.n nihility. Th pumc Is almost ub oIU as .olllce-holtlint;. Flut there is une feat uri uoitli tiotlnc. The plea has never siif t i'.rully stood tho test of cxumliution at tlie liar of ptibllo opinion when the bucU-paser aftenarl sanctioned the offences of the pnst.ee by Iteeplns him in otliw for a e.ir and a half when those (iifeties tleat'lj e.illed for instant dlsmiss.il on the primnd ot diM obedience of orders. The eae with nlurli ..r Johnny can Set a Bun is risjionsibU for mail) liamlvldvs. PERILS OF AUTHORSHIP ON 'THE HILL" pOVi:itNOIt SI'IIOI'IAS pi l ute tary has Just been cleeted at seiTe' assistant secretary of the wu boird at u salary of 200 a montli, additional to hi.s recular salary of JJOOu per annuiii. . There is no possible question of the new appointee's ability t. fiililll the extra duties, nml do so well. Ivrhnps we enuld SO further and say that lie is one of the most competent men aallntle for the work. But we have a distinct recollection of n very Voluminous report, prepared under the direction of the lJcunoiiiy and Hill, iency Commission for Uoverimr Teller several years, apo, in which tho wastefulness of dual olllce-holdinc nnd especially of sucli commission secretar ships uns Inxclnhcd against with commendable loule. Tho real author of that presentment was tltbo preent private' secicturj , Harry lie- " Devltt. O Economy! u L'lticu m ' John IlarleM orn .-ipp.nr. lltlly inter ested in the details nf ln mm vi mioii. STOPPI.Nr. THE ?KIPPI.(. yiCU I'llESIDE.VT Tl-LLV. of the I'. " It. T., indicated a wi'Iincness before) th Public Service rvmmNsi.ner.s ut the publi? hcarlns on the skip stop to order the cars to slow up to four miles an hour at all crossings. This spirit of conci'uition is a timely recognition of the dangers of the present operation method Kut slowing to four miles .in hour means wheels barely turning, almost u full stop. What, then, bet-nnies of the I" H TVs only argument lor the !ip stop the enor mous saing of 1011I and of runninir time? Why not b sensible and aluindoii the whole foolishness since slowing to fmir miles an hour would still i.i,.e the nme inconenieni e in pasHeiiger wi'l.uut materially either fuel or tun. . ing The I-euet '"t f. r t least one i.jlnt , t,r nlcs: !ermn d.i.ii t s is tt m( tiu tli" Hun ' Hi- it. i.ii. k. PROHIHITION ?. AIRPLANE.-.' OMCGnUEHS In the future will rtdi .11 nlrp'anes. Tney will hive 1,1: tb. s! to hide in and him regii.nw beyond stmrns and tempests as plate of refuge Colonei William A. Ulsho: the grfi'rst ace of the war, in talkliid of aMatlcn in the future lms suegested a condition nf affairs that is sur to tax the inirenu . ..f biRatlon.il citnl internatioiml 1 oil. to tho w,c'"'V)reaklng point. Who Is to watch tho flv. ing inarliineK that will Boon I so nlentif'i ' Who is to order their comings and s.ili.gs at national boundary lines? Who is to know what tlir tnn '.' Surely tl romance of amuiigling is to have a fresh beginning And prohibitum l haters are cn now beiiinin to i,M,k, Sy to the slues for tho relief which the feel will somehow ''umc after the country goes dry In tlieor. The most jirosj). rou nation in th world during the next few years mi: be the nation that has trw f. u.sjt labor rr.jiil.it m this ytar. THEV'RE Oil-! OnNATOH II.HI)I.(r.s i.reiiilentlal J boom. launditd upon a tide of the vM oratory peculiar to Ohio, has the) earth and the sky all to Itself for tho time being. In a universe as great as ours it look rather small. Other booms will crowd ttenator Ilardino' ns, time cols on. and If we read polltlcnl omens aright the first candidates In the field aro lllttiy tu bo the first out nf It. Thero is n.i political issue in either party that may in.i be found dead in tho morning. The candidate who will be of most use to tho Itepublli.ms is pretty icitaln to lie watchfully waiting somewhere in tho lack ground, studying tho vast curient of events, looking forward rather than back A man capable of winning will in all prob ability be a lato comer In the flu.d. He will wait until tho dust settles in order that lie stay eel a clear view of our national needs In a mndc-over woi Id Then he will tell us what he thinks of the Munition and Ids boom will be a self-statter. Meanwhile, favorite soils will bo ndver tised at b.inciiels In the arlotis Stales, and there can be no harm In that if bclnt; boomed for th" presidency glcs them In nocent ple.isute. The mention of Senator Harding's nam by politicians who In tho past have bad a knack of knowing what Is afoot lias one aspect of unusual MKlilflcnmc. It would Indicate that flpnornl I'ershlng has been be ml from, though the general's replies to feelers sent out bj the t'meocrnts and tho llepulillcutia nllke have been carefully withheld from the public. Apparently l'i r. Miltig bns said be doesn't Want to get into politics. Did he lell the mlltli'i ins. too. Hint the fnlted Ststes In the next few tnrs will re.iiiri' ,1 I'tisMent selei ted for hi. wisdom, bis insight, his skill and his experience in government rather than a man through wlmm a political pirn could, l.irgel f..j its nwti In in lit, iapit.iH1' the 1 motion .in.l tin sititiniMit .if the 1 inintr.i '.' COI.OM U.SKTT1. KMIC NTS TKST TWO M'l. I'l'MCK-IMIIXTS" Vcrlion of .New 1'iiiu iplc Inipcr.illM' to Jihllfy Wli.itcMT pporliiiniiieiit SI1.1II He M.nlc of rnnniT ( riii.ni l'oeiiin 'piIE Hi st nnd imh of the "I'c Points" piotimlc sharply inti otirtcen nto pro- potnls now licinir made in Paris to dis pose of the foimer (iormnn colonics on a "spoils-of-war" basis. Point one, with its insistence on "open covenants openly arrived nt," pledges ins victorious sifiiiutoriiM to tli" nrmi stico to u i'ouri i,'iint: no coKnir.anco to the- secret pact whereby .Inpnti nnd GiTitt Ilritain were to have divided be tween themselves the Pacific islands foi merly under Teutonic rule. If that agreement sui vivos, then the surrender of Get many will have been secured tin a f.'iNn basis, since but two modifications nf tho President's program were ntauo those concerning freedom of the seas and rcpaiations. Point fivo runs as follows: "A free, open-minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based on n strict observance of th" principle that in determininp: till such questions of sovereignty tho interests of the popu lations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable rln'nis of tli" government, who-o title is to be deter mined." The game of sheer grab is herewith categorically h bulled. Con sideration of the colonial question Ht th" Paris sessions brings forwnid ut once the sincerity test for all the natkns which with uch ostensible heartiness subscribed to this condemnation on armi stice day. American supinencsg in this matter nnd on the open-treaty declaiution would not only nilucc the Fourteen Points to twelve, but would seriously imp t il ul! the others save wheie thry happened to coincide with seili..h in'crcst. Rcj ction by our cobellifferents against (ieimany would simply mean u cynical return to the old nefjixiou bargaining diplomacy and indicate a most dubious out loo!; for the league of nut ions. Much more essential therefore than the settlement d tails of the extremely eomplrx p"oblem nmv kfoio th.' puc delegates 1 the spirit in which it is np prouched. It is eu-ily conceivable, for instance, that tho acknowledgment of just claims may produce ic-iults out wardly not unlike thope which could bo advanced on an aggressive bust. It would be folly to deny the position of eminence which Japan, on logical his torical ground-- und through alert initia tive nnd peaceful civilizing abilities, litis won for hirsclf in eastern Asia. The Lansing agreement has lecognixed what has been termed the Japanese Monroe Doctiine. But the analogy with our own politi cal philosophy concerning the western world becomes iirprfret if any of its scope is suppoited by covert puds, Tnf, original Monroe Iioctrtnc becomes an impudent u; sumption cf uuthoiity if uggr Si-ion is 1;, animating - pit it. Ju an will utteily misconceive the whole groui dwoik of the new plan whereby ju-t i is ipvuU-d to rceon ti-ti, t the wo ild should she ncquiir th Hi-, marcks. the Carol ne nr the M-i -hal' merely through ,-om- cb er d. nl. Tho contention not yet publuh ad vanced fiom Tokio- that sho u.i- not actuall n -ign.itoiy of the aim -t ce teim.s based on the J'ouitcen Points would !' specious. -ML the preliminaries to her p.utnrr-hip in th league ot na tions imply .icqu'escei ... Tho llntish position 11 the colonial problem is singular, since th" prcs-un for ipan-ifiii is almo-t wholly resul'ant from the aim- of h' r overseas dominions. A.side from th' advantages to the ("ape to Cairo railway which would accrue from poss's-ion of a portion of German East Africa, the territori. s in dispute would probably be an unequuled burden to the crown. But it is otherwise with South Africa, which longs for u gi.at dominion of contiguous soil, and wrh Austiaha and New Zealand, with their -omevvhat self induced hysteria on "white supiemacy'1 In the antipodes. The ascendancy undei omp.titie con ditions of any dusky-l.ue.l p. opies, y. 1. low, brown or black, hu- long been ertntly feared in the vaat southern con tlnent, in which the aborigin. s now num ber but seventy-live thoutiind. New (iuinea. wliiih the Australian Commonwr tilth covets, is comparatively sparsely sett'ed and almost wholly un developed. Too establishment of civili sation there is certain to be a costly business, but pos cession of the former Geiman colony will insure the main tenance of sucli lacial rulings a.- mav bo desired. As n polite ,1 1 p'otc. t ion th ictcntton of this portion of tho va-t island, of which the Nelhei lands still holds about one-half, is of sontimftttnl, though of father remote, benefit. New Guinea Is thousands of miles from tho settled portions of Australia. The popu lation 011 the continental side of the Gulf of Carpentaria numbers only some four thnuii!iil. It might bo years before the tlnctit of a non-Austranlan nntion In con trol ef parts of Papua would constitute 11 veal "threat." New Zealand some time iigo took the Cook Islands under her wing nnd It was her forces which subdued the small Gor man gaii'lsnn in Samoa. There is a feel ing In Wellington that a New Zealand hegemony In tho giuthweit Pacific would be a development of manifest destiny. As in the ciiFc of Australia, the senti ment is perfectly legitimate, piovlded the fottlomrnts be made in tho spliit which supposedly should govern the transac tions of the new international partner ship. If secret tteaties and selfish ambitions enn be set aside as the animating foice of th" negotiations now In progress, Japan, Auaialin, New Zealand and South Africa may enjoy a double icwniil of viltue ctincteti' gain and tho fruits of sincerity. The eventual settlements may involve th" establishment of manda tory powers as the instalments of civili zation, u'lth the hope hold out that semi- baibarous peoples may in time justify application of the .self-determination principle, now in no wise piacticable. Expansion may be scented as a conse quence of valid rights. Hut the ma chinery is ef inferior concern compared with the imperative necessity for a new tl"tl in t'ic uppottionment of tcintory. The lengtio of nations, with all th" un avoidable human imperfections to which it will be heir, should bo entrusted with the full judicial authority. Thus alone will the two typical Wil soninn nnd distinctively American "points" now bristling in a delicate situa tion be registered as forecasts of tuith. The admirable work of the Peace Confer ence and yesterday's encoui aging evi dences of British suppoit of the Ameri can progiam thus far warrant the belief that adjustment is not far olf. The unde veloped und undei populated, hot and in pan unhealthy legions in discussion will very likely be the gainers by whatever government is accorded them be it Japanese, Austialian, New Znalander or Anglo-Boer. Trnnsctnding that gain, however, will be the stimulation of tho world's moral ttni'doi.l if tho tiansactions do not clash with the avowed ptinciples of all truo lovers of the new spiritual freedom. The ,n I .. ..r 'net I b.xl bes have a .are l.st di moli. ii.n ion and d. muralizatlnii UT COMMON' s-EY-r PRE ML T)l III. li' hum st .in, 1 appi.v.il ho.irtils siin.ii th' str-,, uiidet akei! to com pos. He ihili reives hitmen tlm textile wmkc's .in.l tniploviis in ihi eitj. A stuke ut this time would be a i.ilnmity. The distress iliut would follow would In v le nut unlv the parties dlre.ilv cn i'i rued but a huge part of the puullc as nell. The great itidiistrlnl M'ciioint In the iiorthi 1st mil M'liuiMiiik coii'd not undergo s 11 li .1 'tiu.Kl.' vv tliuiil serluu-lv artVel. Iny the interests ,.f (he elty as a whole. The 1. .hi nf the public are nt staj iiile .is mil. h as those of the mill owners and woikcrs. These rights .ire In the linger use siipniior. Mo it is the duty of IkiIIi Mil.s to (h mst every effort at nmlcuble sett.oinent 1 fure ic-ortlng to any of the forms of foi.e sin 1- ns strikes, lock-outs, shtit-dowus or walk-nuts When the whole world ,ws the folly of vc lent opposition rutin.' than reasonable .iiliud.e.iiii.n In deciding lnti natlonitl dlf fi nine., 11 would be a confession of weak-lies- not P. be able to use the common sic . method in defeimliung it matter of mi li 1 lilivc.lv Jess iniiort,tnce b the die titcs of uiiitv .ind calm n asoiiinij. May r in. 1 nil hope tint one of tho great corri ',it,i results of tho I'cuio Con. teiemc mil le the pennant nt and absolute adoption in the world's industries of the pili.clpln of eou.iil.iitioii mi, 1 mediation be tweeli t'li two turtles whose Interests es sentially should be idetitl. al like that In an f'li'.il i'ojMrtmi'sli!i for the benefit funda metit.i'l of tin pcopl. at irge? It is an .iNli.m, which s, ,,n must be universally nc ! owl. due.l, t licit wlui is bad for the woikii I- bid for the cmplovtr Olid view v.'si in, I li follows that what Is bad ffir both is fot' the pios.rit of all their fellow eolllltlVllll'll I'isj e is the greatest vcrd before the world t "Ins It cannot be travestied at hoiiin di alu ii.nl Till' trouble will, 1, tthlnkv and - revolver eoniii.iilitinii is t,,,t Fciot Ullli-r . .iv on Id Iirmr tin fool killer ilrj.'sn t g. I l.i- mil I s, 11,, ,o,l ,1-, Js isitlitl. The r. Hi, bin U 1011 v.111 be hink n In the iiejcr future . Mil the de'nttse' ol e1iisl, ; tint thete Is iossi,.1iy timt 1 1 - 1. vi lv.r will do 1, frW Miigl.' nuns I., foie 11 1, plugged l.y the law. Tl ..si li.llil.ilis u ho 1 ii'niliini of "mi tiiitin.'il Klein li .ili.lt) ill ii inulids not Justl. il.. I b. tin t. nns of tin- armistice" should I,.. .nt to well, on No Man's lacml for twelve lliol.tlis :il 11! llnis b given a CllRlit'o to gl't ni.oth' r v Ivvvjiolnt, N'n'e- tli.it the IN .ne I'onf crenel has st. ut .1 to elis. "ss 'iii. stloos n luting to prl v r. 'id timrltln laws," a wai.liful wult on w..i d 1n.1v li, irn just what Is nimtit by "lis 1 .In 11 of th, 1 us ' In id. in Wilson !a ncn.il a pro,sa. imiMoii in Tan- t 11, iv itiw rmtrii lions on tlm nui'i'ii.e Hue of to .ii -le r Tins Is the only .1 iH 'i '' marl.. 1 Im- evir had. Til. ti 111 tl . 1 nto lit . ,irr thai liquor firoliib il ti 'I li ,nl 10 i " w 1 iii other ihr.it 01. Tl 'di -'in. 111 r.ivor of faking sui b I1' stni Is .is . 1 1, fitofiliets." Tbe (spiliHiiins have s.'izul llPinN haven Hue W lln hn's b.ivcn. Allieinngen, .r..i e.,u 1 I I in ,1 v. long 'im," s Rtui tin- I Th. n.ii ..I 11 be olhi billy dr January I'l.-'i it vim be virtually dry 111 July. 1C, It will bo actually dry r THE GOWNSMAN M.vlli Ataklng TT Ki:i:.MS that I'rof. Abel Iz-frnnc, of tho -- f'ollcgc de 1' 'ranee, has rerently elaborated a theory vv hereby Shnkrupenre Is once Inoro elfprlvrd of niilliorshlp In bis own plays and II. ey are handed over, thin time, to William Stanley, tho sixth Karl ef Derby. This earl, like ever body elo la his lime, was Inler e steel Iii the ilr.iniii ami, like nearly every other earl, was patron ef a theatrical com pany There Is even a teport nniong tho Stain Pupils thai, about the time that ''As You l.lke It" was on the stage, Derby was "buslrd only la rirntiltig i-omoiles for the common players." These are doubtless the giotinds upon which Professor Lcfraiic li is re.iird his speculative buttre-sen, a some what flimsy one among the m being app.ir mtly the statement that no other KnglMi man of that ago could have given un scenes so I-'reneh save the luiirk ns thoso of "Love's Labour's LoM." Hut it Is not this that Is Interest Ing. 1'reif.sMir Le franc, it may b.i observed. Is 1111 iiiilmtit authority on Italic lain. It is alvviijs 1111 inilnent authority on soinclhlnu e be who makes new nml startling discoveries nbiuit SI1.1kespe.11e. Now It Is nil ciiilueiit Jmist, or a novelist; niiem. It Is a scientist or a spiritualist or 11 reporter. There la something a bout knowledge even a lltllo kiiovvlcelge as to Shakespeare and his times win. h precludes the making of startling ells, cove tics by anboily but an eminent special ht in some thing else'. Wherefore It was le- scived for a publisher of books to fine! eme of the dozen or more ciphers elucidating one of the 1I07CI1 or more "mysteries" as to the niilliorshlp of the Klinkespe.ire'an plays; anil to 11 madwoman to suspect that "the whole sunt" was blilib 11 away Willi the pot's bums In Stratford Church It was an Ameil e.ui doctor who "digged' In the ford of an KnglMi river to find a. i.iskit holding the ni.v.steiy" of this authorship, doubtless In solution. And It was a lhitlsli banister who illscovoml that the man who wrote these) pla.vs likewise penned the bulk of Kllzabclhan litetnture. Our hearts go out to this last poor elcvll, chained to his desk eternally to write fiom dewy morn to dewy eve, at a low estimate for at least fifty arduous eniw. Hall Immortal Tom. l'rancls or Hilly the reninan In (111 matter eif the authnrshlp of the Mi.ik. sii.,ue plnjs we have not been utile to save our ltiii'eni. tu point ol tact. Hie fin mil) now be regarded us a son of eaily l.riakfnst-fno.l, long slnee consume d In tin morning of this rich feast of 1 Iphcralile ui.vsterles K01 his Inductive lordship has been supers. doe bv the Karl of l.utlanil, tin Karl of Sussex, Sir Waller Italrlgh anil now b.v the Kail of In thy. -Tliete remain sev -einl other inrls In the bullish ieer.ige s It sieiiis issinliiil lluii the aiitbni of "Ham lei" be nt bast nf that null,, bv nil means lit us bear from the rest of them. rpllKSK attemtitee! - rent opinion and eel recoils! 1 notions of ciir- plnlon and hlsloiy by lirnoiaiue and I'ngularlty are not iinlnter. sling psychologi cal! v. if not taken too uitic' to heart. When a pleasant gentleman accosts The (Invviipinnn on the street of a line summer evening and nsl.a him to observe for himself that tho moon Is innele nf green cheese, lie eloes not send for a ti loscope but for the alienist. It Is not the inoiin III. 11 needs Inspection, but the Mi. mint, who may be really mini nr p riiilvi nture onlv nlfei-tlng mailii'ss to at. tract a popular ntlrntlon Ije-joinl the. reach eif mere sanity. Tlje m.v tli-maki is, conscious or unconscious, are always with us And they are not nlvwijs unhappy In their wink. Possibly Washington never chopped down n cheiT.v-lrne It may have b.eu n penr-tree nnel he tuny have employed rati a. IJul the old story well exemplifies the jouthful truth fulness of the father of bis oovmtn Pro fessor McAllister has elisproved the tale that Jefferson- nr was 11 Jncksnti -Hide to his Inaugiitntlon em a v.-hite sidellf-horse. It iiip. nts that the burse was tmt white nnd that thei. wire re.illv two of him. hlieel nt a livery stuble and hitched to on orillnary fotir vv heeler. llul the nnoe'dnte exemplifies democratic slinpllcltv. if fiine'ilnn not nltogethei super fluous In tin so latter dns The Psilmlst vas possibly more dlreoiirtioiis than untruth ful In his outburst, "f rail n my heart, nil men are linrs." ns ev. 11 the bust accim pushed among us find It less ellillcult to draw 11 long lsivv than a nice line of institution between what vve are 'tire of and what wo are 1101 su certain about Mvtli-ninklng Is an i'funl stiiiln on human Inginuity nnd l.umiin honesty: bill to neither Is II wholly illsereilltnlile And It is ultimately icfrrnhfc to tbe artist, lunate in us all If we are to I.II stories -nml, pmv. elr.. wlm among in does not tell Ftnrbs'- why not tell them vi 11? And what true artist b.is nPr ,, bainpered by life studies 111 th. poses eif a miked fact? CT ItKATXKrfS Is itiheri'tit ; but fame l ' rocoinltlon of greatness or the report of grealmss. The great, r the fame, Iheiefore, the rl. Inr the myth n.ibes. In further Asia en tlie'r mother's knees are stilled even now. wlih folk-tales of Alexanilcr of Maevdnn ; in d the horrors of ilv Altlla of a In islileneel fb'tlnn have only b, en eiu.iloil by the Teuton li.aele realities of our own times. Th. re is no saint, cunonlzed or potential," who eloes not ntttact to himself the nimbus of a gloij not Ids on, And there Is no merely human 1 reiitur, vi hose f. Hows do not contrive, huinanlv or Inhumnntv, to gossip about him,' lo inagiiifv or mliiimisi. him. Our President! nt the iiionnnt, Is Imsv abroad iiMkmg lilt toiv: we are ut I.11-1 eiunlly busy, at home. Making myths about him Whenever popu lar fstinn has gut he red repute about ,1 man so tbiit In. Iiesonirs a Mari'us Autobus . . m sio. i" a King Arthur, there are nlvvnvs n,e diBKus in tho dustbins of fme to ell-iitove Ms v utiles or perhaps bis 1 xlstene. n, whenever the popular Imagination has found in sum tsirlenfoiiH figure, such as liUhird c'liiol.b.n k or llemslkl rnod, an obju-t of ablloir. t,i . and revolt, there is iilwavs some iicsuist at bHinl to show that ho wns. after all, m ver reputable cltlzeMi. The vvhlti'ii ash ing .f great tcoundrels is one of flu nmst approved and elegant pursuits of the li. lorlnli And the eonti mporary ait of malign. Ing Mini blackening gnat ininies Is bv no nieurs wlmllv lost iimnng us. Thus are alw'ios raveling and unraveling our myths. rnllK greater the repute, then, tho neh.r Lthe myth; for a larger corps of myih iiiakers aro at work, and unfortunate la he about whom no one of his fellow men has anything to fabricate. Vw of us isonpo being thought something other than we are; und tills, for tlie most part, Is fortunate , fr,r. vvhn till is said, in 1I1 balances myth and such an airy hnbitn'loti as has been made for many n man Is often epilie as goo. I ns a name. "An honest pod Is the noblest work of niun" : and so Is an homst myth. When a repurtnrlnl person, ii'imcei Ilairls, fliuls out le his own satisfaction that Shakespeaie un tl man of utterly base and debauched lil.. nnd that the price win. h the world had to pay for tl.e great. tit of plavs was tho wreik of the greatest of personalities, we may not know what to make ol sin h a Shakespp.u. , but we know rxnitly what to make ol Hie icportorlnl pet son nforemlel. Tim noble si rthakcepeiireihnl It ban ever been The linvinu. Minn's pilvllcge to meet was that whlih the fate levind llotuie Howarel l''uruess carried about with bun In bis heart Tills Slial.o pearo was as kindly as gracious, as adota lib. as his benign and memorable maker who wrshlped him ever 'e.i this side of t!o ay-o-)" After all, much depends on tho myth, maker. "BUT THERE'S A WORLD OF WELCOME IN THESE FEW MINUTES!" I s. I "'..i.ij'S .. ';. -n. fmm 1 .. .:.; -V.S? nk - '-' 1-Z.C "J5-, ';;&- ':--' - JLmKSS0tBUh ' f I j -.fc. :.j &.?: TX' i Ezztrt? - . i rs jz.-32iri'ij-.i i -vj-iT-ni1... it i rV w.'i scrri-.-'iiw'r,' im w.h JvirPsTJ "; tvsvi; r , rzr.t "- -Kz."'"xr iiTrVcr..' . .' . r.in '.n .ui..r- ifiwi i m l-1sZJBaia.l.Il ',-T a... ..' I4L . .- " -K .' a ' V-..- '-TSTV I 1 I.VKI1 T LJ"1 . 1 XI V "I tw a. . i. . . -- i J'. .-.TTCl' sTJl-- I aTaTH wmmm&m-mmBE. .-hmmssBm w.fi'.ESHF'i n.-" ajja-sitr vs rt'f-:.:f jl- .r T'zu ".miat.'ejji t. -, - ,r-crr-v-..'Jiw.,iiitr,.fcrf- .ih -.V-3WnSiWJBlWo3SFelJi ,'; IS ?i i"'1 I'lK'rvS'WtiMi . rysft'e:ii 'iC'JoH'VKrVS "; ' Q'-sait :2 ",. aH ta-i -i - ; r j t zm - re-i u-.-vr-- iiji.ti -31 ii-r j-viis r - r 11 n cri ' - i-. - 1:11 .'" -". -.T-' s .r it j - it PRUNES AND PRISMS Itnpld Transit t'liinhliiu il i'iiiii nml ,viil( on Pnnieis'vtn.' Knocking iny tilpe out I enteicd .1 book shop: There found a book of verso by a young poet. Comrades at cuice. how I saw his 111I111I glenving! Saw in his soul Its inagnillccnt doting Then I 11111 with I1I111 on hills that wcro vvlnd.v, Hashed and laughed with htm on sun elaz Bled benches. Sharing his ardors nml all his endurances; (iliitted mjself 011 his green and blue twi lights. Watched him dl-poslng his planets In pat terns. Tumbling bis colors anil toys idl beforohim. 1 iiieslnntd Hie with lilm, his pulses my pulses; Ooubted his doubts, too, and gilevcd for bis anguishes, Salted long kinship and knew him from boyhood Pulled out my own .sun and stars from my knapsack. Tijlng my trinkets with those of his Unit ing All. en I left the MioA'vioii 21 U l'Uo ill 'Vl'" ti'irm In my hand. rixed Idea It is said that 11 l'lxeel Idea Is the be ginning of madni'.ss. Yet vve aro rtfteii worried because wo have so few I'lMel Ideas. We do not seem lo have any 1 cully dcllnlto Theory about Life. Ve llinl. on tin. other band, tint a sunt many of those wo know have some fluld ing Principle that c.vuses and explains all their conduct. If jot! liavu senile Theory ribiuil Life, and urn thoroughly elevoted to it, you in.ij enmo to 11 bad end, but you will enjoy jotrrsulf heartll.v These theories may be of many different kinds. 0110 of our friends rests Ids c.ncer and hope of salvation 011 the deictilne that citing plenty of llsh and going without tin overcoat whenever possible coiistlluto su picmo happiness, Another prides himself on lint being able to 1 oil a cigarette. If ho wero forced, at tho point of tho baonet, to roll a fjg, It would wicck bis life. V Another Is convinced that the Lost and round ads In tho papers ull Lontaln an archist codo messages, and sits up lato at night trlng to unriddle them. How elellghtful It mus't be to ho pos sessed by olio of tbeso Theories! All tlm experiences of tho theorist's llfo tend to confirm Ills Theoi y. This is alvvavs so. Did jou ever bear of a Theory being con futed', Pacts aro ipiUc hplpless In tho faec of Theories, 1'iir after all, most Kacts am only seuuu one's Idea about some one else's Theory. Theiefoio all argument Is 'itiltc useless, for It only icsults in stiffening jour frlenel'H belief in ills (presumably wrong) Theory When any 0110 tries to urguo with you, say "You arc nothing If nat accurate, and WWmf' rVr-v'--" - 1 you are not aeciuate," tho loom. Then escape fiolli When vve- hear our friends diligently ex pounding the ideas which i:.p,iit Kveiy tliing, vve. me wistful. Wo go olf and say to ourself, Wo 1 cully must dig up some kind of Thorny about Life. a Wn lead once of a ureal man that he never said. "Well, possibly so." This gave Us an uneasy pang. It Is a mistake to bo Open to Conviction on so many topics, because nil one's friends try to convince one. This Is very painful. And it Is cmbnirasslng if, for the sake of n 'inlet life, one pietends to bo con. vltiecd. At the comer of Tenth and (Tiest. nut we allowed ourself to agree with A. I!., who said that tho (lei man colonies slioulel ho InternutlonnlUcil. Then we bad to turn down Ninth street hecnuso wo saw (', p. coming, with whom we had previously agree.! that fircat Krlt.iln should buvi' Herman Africa. And in u moment we had to elo.lgn into Sansom stieet to avoid 13. P.. having already assenteel lo Ills prop, osltlon that tho Herman colonies should have self-determination. This kind of thing tnakos it Impossible) lo see emu's filonds more than 0110 nt a time. Pei Imps our fixed Iden Is thai v.o haiu no Pixel Ideas. Well, possibly so. Tobacco seems vciy drj this winter. our private convictions. Ill.o n certain brand of clg.tiotte, nio mild yet thoy satisfy. Putter nml eggs aro until to bo recover ing from their "war psychosis." A'o hasten to deny tho rumor that sotno nf tho statesmen at tho Peucu" Conference aro to bo eicateil Knights of the Karter. The I'lliiretou debating clubs have chal lenged the Vassal' girls t.i an lutereolleslalo debate, and the Piiiiieteni campus Is in ait upioir of alaiiii. The apprehension of tho students suggests that when those boyn grow up and get mnrrleil they will uiako discreet and tactfiii husbands. .Memcirjiiil.i Humanity luckily, perhaps ... forgets quickly. And jet theto mo things wo must not forget. One heats moro talk nowadays about tho necessity for helping "poor bioken flermany" 011 to her feot than one does about testorntlvo measures for the lands defiled and outraged by (Jcr nnn cruelty. Let us look back for a moment to tho famous Kryce repoit on Herman atrocities In Ilclslum. Theie me one or two liti0 eye-witness stories thero that must not bo forgotten In this new day. This account of an Incldert in MuIIiids, August, 1011, 'was vouched for by two iel- glans who saw It; "O110 day when tho (ienuiius vvete not actually bombaidlng tho town 1 i(.u mv hoiiso In go to my iiiiitliei'H house In i, slieel. My husbaiiel was with inn, K,"u. eight (ieiiibtu soldleis. mid they wuo ilruiy!;. They vveiei Inging uiul making a lot of noise ami dancing about, As nlc, Hcriuan solelicis came along the street I saw 11 small child, whether bov or Kill 1 pulcl not see, come out of a houso, Tho child was about two years of use.' The child camo Into tho middle of tiio street mi ns) to ho In tho way of the soldiers. Tho coldiers wero walking In two. The llrst lino of two pasted the child; one of the seeoriel line., the man on the left, stepped uslde nnel drove his hajoni't with both bauds Into the child's stomaeh, lifting tho child Into the air on bis hnvonet and car tying it away on his bujonrt, he and his cemuades still singing. The child screamed when the snldiei stiuck it with bis bayo net, but not ulteivv.iul." of the massaiie In Aneleime. ,1 finnll town neir Klege, the liryce icport sajs: "About pin people i,t their lives in this mncisacie, some on Hie banks of the llfiise, where ihey were shot .11 . n'lllng to orders given, and some In ilie 1 ellars of the bouses vvhu-e they had taken icfuge Klght men belonging lo on., faiiu.y wete murdered. Another man was placed close to a macblno gun which was filed through him. Ills wife brought his hniij homo on n wheelbarrow." Iluvu we forgotten these things" SOCKATKS There Is a hill bcfoio the Legislature In Harrlsburg to llcnto theatu-ti. ket scalpers Z' ,'"'t'".,t "i",'!". f""" sharging morn than fifty cents additional to ihe vru.e ot tli'ket. That's 110 way lo in, it a ticket fculpir! K'lll 'Im! ' I he President of the Ameiie-an I'Vdeia ein e.f I ,b,)r , , jvlmtt IfJp lliou( tlmt Socialist eonr. reni'n in It, me before niiiiotiin ln whet h. r or urn r. nt, sentatives of his organization will attend Mi (lumpers s ton old a bird to allow (bin,,., .Socialists to put salt on bis tall I VlinDo You Know? OI'IZ . W IJulne.T. .mil Ml,.. 1. I Where another nam,, for that large island? What Herman general has Just resigned freeni the aiinlstice commission? After what Kngllsh emeen was tbe stni. it. or Maryland named 4. What Is usance.' 5. Who wroto the fatuous collection of stories called "The Incinieron"? C. Who were the .Molly .M.tguiies? 7. What iiiv was capital of the Southern e-onfedcra. v previous to the htlcctlou of Itklimeuiel? K. What is 11 simple menus nf rii..i.,..,i.i,. Ing ikmeis from sei.call.il llxed btarslf- P. Whin merlean general, explorer and Ijoltiiian was known as 'Tho Path. It. AVhiit color roe was the emblem of the ......... ,,i ,.,rK during its struggle, wlih the llnuso of I. monster in the War of tho Hoses 111 Knglaiul? Aiiswrrs to Ycslrrda)- Quiz 1. The Cyiiosutft Is l,o conslellatlon of I run. Minor or the I.lttlo Hear and contains the Pole .star. :. Stephen Decatur, the famous American jinvnl 1 commander, was kllleel It, a duel In 18.0. llo Is bulled m Philadelphia. 3. Deucalion may be regarded ns the Noah of (li-cek legend. He was saved from the ililugu and landed on Mount Tar- IlliCsllrj " " " '"'fOKi'. VHs 4. Adellna PattI was born In JIadrld, fpatn. S 5. Sally l.tinn, a klml nf tea-cako, deilves BV Us name from S.illv t..m n .,.'.... .cook, of Hath, Knglan.l, In tho eight eentli century. D.ihner, tho baker, bought her nclpo and made a sonc ubout tho buns. " . ""Wilkl means "belonging to tho ma- A machine-gun company In fha United " in my lousisis or six ofllccrs anil le. men. S. I.iigl.,11,1 was under a 110n1110narchlc.il toini of gov 1 1 tune ut ,,,. c noiiweallh. which lasted from 1G13 . The scuppers or ship ,. m d , ft. .1.1 11... edges or the .locks, discharg ing eivel board H 10 Kiiianuil Siiidinborg, the philosopher thiosophlst ind foun.iee . .V "Ivr.V. Church, was horn In Stockholm Kw. r de,.. I,, H88 and died la L0nd07?oj
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