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Philadelphia, lr,Hi. Jnnr 31, I4I0
thk clT MMr t.oon
Bricsauikf: cknkkai. .m.m.vm.
after witnctslns the dcbai kutloii of the
troops from the Havrrfurd ,v eteril.i.v. con
fesses to being rc.tllj surprised l.v tho
ecellente of the ,'irratiKements made here
to weleome the men."
The shocU of disillusionment having been
thus wlthttood. plans for the allocation of
other returning transports here should be
contemplated without pain.
The War Depurtment might even be
Justified In nrranglng a home owning
schedule for Philadelphia without being
subject to remorse while the veM'b are In
mid ocean
The cltv has pet formed its part ad
mlrabl.v. It Is now up t" the arm to
decide whether It wants to repeat an in
disputabl.v good thing
UEI) TM'F, RIKNTWI'
NKT to the valedh'toiv of the President
of lilnti. who olIlclul..v lamented his
Inefllclencj and e.prehed the hope that
his sueres-sor would be worthier, the Brit
ish Governr.ieut's esplauatlon of transat
lantic mall dr-liiji) as-suredl.v taUcs the palm
for unaffected frankness. The .Ministry of
Shipping announies that "ow Ing to nn over
sight" It "failed to ghc lo the pohlollke
the usual number of fast ships departing '
In the fate of such uu avowal tlio sharp
idge of erltlclMU Is dulled and huni.in s.vm
pitll clogs the utteranoH of sufferers b
the "oversight." Dlllrl.ildoni craves entr.v
Into the vast eompanv of human blnncis
A fault confessed luiMc the firuber, ren
ders his Indignation verltabl.v heartless
and establishes the offender, however out
rageous ho maj. have bungled. In the de
lightful senUimntal role of the under dog.
Smpath for tin- blonde! s of .Mr. Bur
leson and his meandering postal j.orvne
is as rate today a king's In icntrnl Eu
rope. If he aspltcs to more than Ins due
shaic of it, is there not a stimulating tip
In the Hrllish procedure'
"The greatest of faults.' dei ,ned ,i w ie
old Scoti bin. in, "Is to lie conscious ot none. '
TH.Miit i.s wo (,ooi) ma.m:r,
TS IT possible to bring about a chungo of
-- heart m the oateess drivers of automo
biles to force upon them, let us sav. yin'
such new siaf of mind as the Peace I'oti
ference is tr.vlng to create among reeUiess
nations"
Drivers who consistent n violate the low
could be nuilu safe und vvorth citlrens by
a few les'ons in good manners xueh u arts
presed a'uaja in consideration for other
people. Our liurr.v is nol so great as to
justify any man In pushing u hcav.v au
tomobile madly through a crowd of people
waiting for .street cais .Vor is theie anv
demand upon the time of the ir erage man
which Justifies him in driving at a flftv
inlie rate In -streets where children are.
t'omplaints such as tnat which appeared
from a Walnut sireei resident in this new.,
paper vesterdny wll! grow more frequent
because the uto of a'ltomoolled is mTtas
ing at a tremendous late
The police cannot watch a'.', trutnc There
nren't enough of them, and It mti't piMbie
to follow and arrest everv iolator of tli
npeed laws It is a u itstlon whether motor
Traffic can ever 1 jirwls-pi) legulated bv
police pressure. A better cure for vsting
conditions would be in a dinpfM,trm of
drivers to obsci ve on the road tlio same
decencies which characterize Immii'i inter
course elsewhere in civilized oinnrinlripg.
HUMAN IMPORTS M) lAPORTa
OXK of the details of the Peace Confer
ence labor code which leaps out of the
general plan with the force of a truth that
Is beyond argument ) elates to the old prac
tice of rec ruited labor mobilized in one
country for shipment to another.
It is proposed that heieafter an Inter,
national commission will scrutinize everv
Scheme of this sort and deny the right of
syndicates and Individual!, to move large
groups of workers into new fields unless
it Is shown thnt need for thai extra labor
oxlsts and that wages sufficient for decent
Jiving conditions are to be paid the wok
esr. Ieubor representatives at the Peace
Conference usU this sort of restriction with
a view to taking from the hands of old
fashioned exploiters In all countries the
weapons which they have used heretofore
In flghtlns the workers and In keeping
living conditions at a low level.
No one who knows the history of the
mine fields In this and other States will
have a moment's doubtof the wisdom of
the proposed arrangement. The Irish and
"Welsh miners who opened up the Penn
sylvania coal fields were Urlveti s!owl
westward when Poles and Lithuanians
ere imported in great numbers. VJhen
the Poles and Lithuanians became edu
cated to the American standards of living,
they Bought better pay and better working
condlt'ons a,ul were ,'0"fronlea b' "ew
competitors recruited In other parts of
Kurope. The need for new miners was, of
Four.e. legitimate. Hut it is significant
that floods of Immigrants have alwas
been directed to those Industries In which
workers were seeking a better stnndatd
tif living, '
The sMciu Is mil peculiar to Ameilch.
It exists everywhere. The record of labor
recruiters working tlth Ihiropcan steam
'hip agents has often been n scandal.
Kver.vbody .siilTercil In the otitl. Wages
were kept down. Whole communities of
aliens have been established In the I'nltcd
Suites ttml these newer eltlrens have
sometimes developed a sullen distrust and
mi ugl.v restlessness from the dim belief
Hint the were being hsell ued. Crime
and a degraded voting svstem are two
obvious results In Amerka of the iccU.
les si stem of labor linpoitnllon on ,i largs
seale.
I MJKItS'l WUIM; NKEDKl) TO
m:im industhiai. stress
I eson in l.'nniprnniie Vliitli llie I'eaie
I onferenoc (Uu Tearli Kmplovers
and Tlteir Workers
XTuTUINlt could mom vlvldlv tevea the
' mimes of labor uiiiest here Hiid else
wh'te In the world than the defiant pro
nouncements of leaders on hnth sides of
tbt ruo!is nniro'eis who mi s.nnig
thai iliev "will hold on to advantages
gained through the, war." l-ilior men on
the one hand and the captains and gencials
of Indiislrv on tliv other aie victims of
he Minr mistake. Thev are atteinptlng to
mui.siiic the uucrrtiiin future In terms
of the piescnt
'' Is idle to suppose that rigid eionnmio
sMndntils set up no tan remain llxed In
H world of change and vasl tnov i iii'Mlt
N'o man can sav what he will or will not
do under the forie of Inexorable ulnuiii
stames in the futuii And It Is altogether
eMraoidlnary that even the ablest men in
the opposed camps have failed so far to
tfad the guiding message which the I'eace
Confeienee is writing on the sky as if for
their paitlcular benefit.
The statesmen now at Pans have had
.stupendous iiucstlons thrust at thmi with
tho demand for solutions. Thev have been
forced to forgt t passions, hatreds, su-.
piclous and private ambition. Kadi would
like to hold on to the "advantages gained
through the war." And cich has learned
what eveij man must learn sooner or
Utei -that life and the world move in
evltablj through compromise
N'o nation can get all It wanted out of
the war A nation that got all it wanted
out of the war would be Intolerable to the
icst of civilization It would he called a
t.vrant There would be no loom for it
in the world And so, tluougli might)
strains ami d'sappolntnients the process
of compromise goes on al Paris. The
work of the Peace Confrrenie Is j series
of readjustments devised for the welfare
of the majority.
In the end pv cr) bod will loniprointse
The leddesl llolslievlk will learn to reason.
The most violent Imperialist will have
some of tin- gtied shaken out of him.
Tho future of civilization will depend
not so nitii h i-pou legalistic rules and
regulations as upon an iillghtcned human
consciousness; upon the ability and ills
position of one man to go his neighbor's
viewpoint and to understand ids obliga
tlons to otlieii whether he be the ruler
of a State a captain of ilidustrj or a
mechanic on a strike g one will ever be
nblc to ineastiic the misery ami loss that
spring fiom misunderstandings. Workers
and thoe who direct Industries often ills.
plaj an absolutely tragic ignorance of
each other's affairs and dlRlcultlus. llco
tiomlc warfare in the form of strikes i.
th' usual resulti
Everybody loses. i;virjbod willalwavs
lose.
Nutions tlio world over are now pie.
flaring for great mental readjustment.
Individuals will have to do the same tiling
Meanwhile nriv one who talks about hold
ing on to the advantages galntd through
the war- whether he be a capitalist
iiiimoUs to keep up ii Ices or a worker In
terested In nulntaining a high wage behed
ule- hasn't learned the lessons of the time
Because- the advantage's gained through the
war wmp nrtlfld.i! advantages. War pros
per iv was a shadow and a doiusiuu. What
is in cded now uie the new advantages that
call ruino onlv thiough humane co opera
lion among nir toe element in industrj
with a .iew nlwavs to general welfare.
The lendencv t,, uvi-rriunn judgments
was Illustrated In an addrees deliveicd u
i!a 01 two ago a prominent social and
industual welfare worker of this oitv
before members of the Women's I.and
Arm of -Vew York. She urged that all
uf tho women i.ow doing farm uorit de
mand wages equal to the wages of men in
ilie- same gpoernl eiiiplo.vment. Tin moral
basis of such demand is of cour- un
deniable Biit suppose that farmeis m
-ome future ii of low ju n en are i. Mble
to pa.v high wages m women workers?
Iteanoning the matter emt to tho enu. we
have a prospe'i of idle luiui. reduced out
put on farms and i force of farm workes
doubled bv the wjr and split Into nvi
group without anv misiirane e of steadv
emplov ment
If there ta need for a atl ine'reas'd
supph of farm 'abor the suggestion ma"
liavti beuellelal tesults. Women who ha1 e
done faim work and women who have
been fwept into nil other industries b.v trie
neeels of the war period refiresent. Indeed
on of the senou'J problems of the hour
It is not bv strikes or propaganda that
they can continuo to earn good wages. It
Is rather by tho s.ystcmatie expansion of
fatmlng and Industry that the whole
ejuestion can be tattled.
This expansion will have to he gradual
There will bo an inieival of time which
will not ho pleasant for laboi. It will not
ho pleasant for the capitalists Hath hides
will faro better if. Instead of making proud
claims, they sit down and try to under
stand difficulties that are universal.
The fundamental caunes of labor Iihao
been advanced greatly by the war. It is
certain that civilized opinion will never
again tolerate ihe sstem under which
workers nased to be an thing but Infini
tesimal bits of meihanUtn In the industrial
machine to Im w,oi n out quickly mid then
scrapped The code of industrial ethics
to be formulated at the Pcaie Conference
with a v lew to making working conditions
humane and constiuetlve is needed Ua'
prcssuie in indiuti) has been a link 100
EVEXTXG PUBLIC LEDGER
high. The race. "with msHilnery has been
a little too swift. Harsh and unregulated
competition Uetween Industrial groups has
Imposrel upon many workers a fcort of
pleasure bejoiiil normal human endurance.
In Kurnpenn Industrialism especially, the
sJtraln has been ahnost Intolerable.
The result lias been bad for chlllrnllnii.
II Ims been bad for the. rate.
The Pe.lce Conference would he Jllstllled
If it could provide in Its code for proper
wages Hut no set of rules can provide a
rfmed for the complication suggested In
the address of the Philadelphia woman.
Time and the evolution ot Industry In peace
will have to decide the various questions of
prices and wages t
Workers and I lieu rmptovcrs too often
have been alike hi demanding the Impossi
ble We shall get oei the difficult places
In the immediate futuio with far gi eater
case If those who employ men will uccept
the new point of view tow aid which a vast
patt of the world Is snuggling and realize
at last tltnt the man who labors has the
s-aiiie hopes and purposes as the man who
pa.vs his wages- the same love of life and
the same concerns for his children nnd the
same fundamental problems In his every
ila existence.
Similarly the wen Id would be better If
workcts ami their leaders could get rid of
Ihe fantastic piejudlccs which they have
hoeti taught to nurture against the
"capitalist."
The capitalist Is usuall the cmplover
It Is onlj the outward signs of his success
that the agitators see. The.v never remem
ber that behind cvci man vhb owns a
buslines aic .vcars of depi ivatlon. of hard
work, of aiiMct.es of sir.iin and wr.n.
effoit lie Is rariK the child of luipp
ruitunc. lie Is moo likel to be nn cv
treniel.v tiled man who worked long hours
dining most of his life until he flnallv won.
lie is the creative spirit In Industry, rlo
lias contributed more than he Is usuall
credited with to the strength and ilches
of the counti. When lie aetuill geis
acquainted with his workers he will have
correct iM nit el for that mav fall ly oe
chargtd againt him And when the
workers follow his ewninple and icalUe that
the life of the boss is also full of ttoublc
wp shall have passed the age of strikes and
moved Into tho ago of cooperation Then
high wages will not have tp be dependent
upon war.
WHAT HIE "MANDATORY P1AV" Is
rpili; uovelt of Hie mandatoi gtcm
of colonial administration cannot legtl
matei alarm suppoiters of a much greater
Innovation the leauue of nations. The
former project is the child of the latter.
An assumption that the parent scheme
will work must Inevltabh Include the
corollat that a p.an deriving its vitallt
from the major piogiam Is also prac
ticable. Kvldenccs that the Paris conference has
subordinated secret treat claims and the
policy of dhei't appropriation of the for
mer CiPrmuii possessions to the machinery
that the International partnership will set
up represent a tie mentions accretion of
faith in the principle of a world league
striving for Judicial appraisement of in
tricate problems And as the Hague Idea
is thus strengthened the dllllcultles of ad
liistmcnt of dclaliu shrink. The particu
lar power temporan' taking over, under
a mandate from the associate nations act
ing us a unit, tho contiol.of Pacific! or
African territories will be enabled to
ubusp Its trii-t onlv if the central mechan
ism Is fault.
There are Intimations that governments
delegale'd to regulate.' the iiflalrs of un
developed regions pending their growth to
a stature rendering principles of sCf.de
leimlnatiou permissible miiy unfairly capi
talize economic oppori untiles and bo c-ci-ediT.gl.v
loath to surrender their sw.iv.
The league v ill not be worth a liultem If It
has not the intent and cannot e.sert sulll
dent pressui lej halt such orien'os.
Theoi les of ;.i cinment are of course
onlv to be Justified in pi.iciiie. Twenty
ve.irs ago it was nol e'dsiu eoneclvablc
that the Philippines could ncr bo safely
it.trusted with tho amount of self-government
which thjy now enjo. A few more
decades ma warrant the gitt of inde
pendence to the Islands and prove vain
an accusations that Am i km is shirking
her responsibilities. In iv.'n the Hawaiian
Islands were .scmlbarbari' Puring pjrt
of the ninetlos they com.iosed an inde
pendent Roll-governing, orderly republic.
which was eventually almorbce b the
United ."-'tales only uu sincere request
Papua, the ISIsmarolcj m ! i Carolines mav
necessarily remain In tule.age for man
.vcars The test of t'.e administrative
scheme apparent'. agreed ipon in principle
bv the peace delegates will be referable
dlreetlv to tho functioning of tho league
machinerv. Pine phrase ., imjnwment
will be liiiide'quate. jtui tne prospects of
n vvorins leaguo are sutlkiently bright
.lust now in condemn lis I'luglml doubts of
tho mandatory power stem merely be.
euuo It is new
IJefeets In detuiis wi.i nuturall ause
but with the re.isions Pint can surely be
expected of a league strue'ture worthy of
erecting they ought not to be regarded as
Impugning the spirit of the undertaking
It is the right t.e of that ess, ntial which
is ihe most hopeful of signs In Paris
I. ven i i,. lllosl
llilllanle straightforward must
a! times work b in.
cllreenon. Perhaps it Is unimportant to the
well-belng of a league of nations wheilier or
not the Herman colonies are run my "man.
datorUs." directly responsible to the league,
or b sovereign nations sub!L?lblng members
of the league. Hut It may bo iinporlant for
the well-being of the world for Japan and
the Ilritleli dominions io rerrlso seir-lctild
at this time became of Hie, effect nuch e.elf.
denial villi havo on roine othei nntlons with
territorial aspirations Ml of which, u is
reaiwnablo to suppose is uppreeldted bv tho
American delegates
The Corner Saloon t;iee t'ltlb is e,ad
over tl fact that i' will soon have to cut
"Smtlos from Its ivpe noire.
Tn
on 'he
If lb'"
ti niifl who welcoimd Hie soldiers
Ha'irforU would liave lieeri 1 jo.OuO
bad been room for ilieni
'lie National Housewives' League has
called for a bo.veoit of all food dealers who
do not , u! reiall prli es to conform vvllh
tliosi "t 'v Imlesaleis liut em, i hat won I
brine I'Oir. the fitt iuuuhes of b)gone djye.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31,
SPAIN'S PLAN TO
REGAIN GIBRALTAR
. tn Knglish View uf llrr Proposal
to Snap Cctita for the
I'ar-Famcd Rock
AS AlTUOmrY on itinlcolc rnpccM
-Jof the African and Spanish intisltnt
ihr mouth ot the Mediterranean, Sir
Charles Callicell, K, ('. ., is especlallil trcll
qualified to dtlcuss the lather startling
propo'if of Spain to cxihanne Ceitta for
Oilnaltar and to ictlrc nlloncthcr from
.Uoroico by selling thr test of her present
possessions there to I'inuce Count
I'omatioiics is said to have presented this I
plnii to 'resident It'l'soii in Varlt. When I
the tollotvlny orlUle appeared in Iht
Xinelcenth Vtyilitiy and After, the icilci
described the proposition as one "lapnclu
mooted from time to time," and ttow that
it Is actually' repot led to haic been vtadc
hts anniijsls tcinlrcs additional pcrtlncnte
f'o Hie Spanlaiel-s or toiluv. as Spatilaitls
undoubtedly did in 'he pari, bitterly rcsenl
llrititli pteremo on tho ltock of (libr.ill.il "
ur tin they acquiesce In an arrangement of
pomeuhat long smarting with mcicly a mild
protest as they have for all practical pur
poses been iicquiesclng for Hie last car or
two hi tlm sinking of their vessels and the
murder of their sennien by the crews of sub
marines belonging to an ostensibly friendl
S.ate?
The Iliitlli public, to a lame )iro"poitlon
of tile peeipl of thlu country at all events, a
proposal lo give up Olbrnltar wotilil come a"
a iremendous shock There Is a glainoui
about that razor-edged. Ilineslone inotiiita'i
jutting out from Hpanlsh territory such
Invesls no oilier portion of the King's do
minions he.vond the seas. In the part that
it has placd In building up the empire 11
has rlvahd Quebec. The Fight of the ltock
standing sentinel over the strnlts ssiiiiessc's
the traveler from the United Kingdom "
even Ihe first gllnip"e of tho flat-topped
heights overshadowing Table Il.iv will not
affect him. We have been brought t,p to
believe the stronghold to be Impregnable mid
to call It Hie ke of the Meilltermuean. We
have all of us heard of Its hidden galleries,
hewn In the pieclplces of the northern face.
We revel in the story of the two cars' McRc,
of the successive rclb fs of the stricken gar
rison, of the great bombdidnient and of tlt
ied-b,ot shot. Iiellver It up? That would be
much to ask.
Little had been done previous to 1SDD to
make' the ltock of real value lo out naval
forces, although such harbor works a-.id
establishments as existed were useful enough
tn i line of pe.u e. Hut In that car a pro
gram of development, conceived on ambitious
lines, was taken In hand, It having been
decided to create the Inclosed port nnd the
dock ard ver.v much as these are to be seen
today, and Willi a. singular lack of foie
s'ght the western, ri'id not Hie eastern, side
of Uiliraltar was chosen as the site.
A very few eara before Hie new harbor
works were stalled the writer had occasion
In make n Jour of the peirtM and const line
of Morocco, whlih was in those da.vs a
sovereign empire of ionievvh.it eild-faslilotied
ways and one with which there was alvva?
atl off-ihiince of mining lo, blows, nnd ell
his vv.i.v home hu paid a first visit to liibral
tar. Lvcii then lie was Iniprcs'sed with ilie
cramped iliaractcr of Hie position In which
the famous place of arm was planted down
ami with tho extent to which Its biislmss
side was dominated b.v rising ground hi alien
keeping There was alri.nly tall, of develop.
Ing the existing h.ithor works for naval pur
poses, iiml it oeeurieil to him foiclbl Hut.
rather than commit the lountrv lo so doubt
ful .en undci taking, it might be desirable
to abandon the pl.n e altogether If .Spain
would hand over euta In exchange. Ho
made representations to thai effect faniil
Iarlt.v Willi the boundless ngi ii tillural and
coinuieicial resources of Matireliinia and a
reinenibranie of the mass of seaweed-grown
boulders marking tlio she of the mole we
built when we held ihe gates of till:' land of
promise, perhaps lli.ide him a not impartial
Judg".
The pear-shaped pii.".isula with nartiivr
uee known as Ceut.i projects ea-twatd hi
extension of Hie southern shore of tb.i tint
of Ulhrallnr. On Its land side it is only
commanded within an aic of Do degrees,
ii-nl that only from us immediate vlcinii
Tho frontier between Hpanlsh a'lil Moorls-h
territory rais lit a dis'ance of between 1001
ni.cl 5000 arils from the barb u (which Is
on the northern elde and within the bight
created by the IMlimus joining the peninsula
'o the mainland) to the early nineties; but
sini e those dns all this part of Shimc o has
become a Spanish prote-ctoratc Weie an
ixehaiigo to be effei led under exist 'g con
ditions we s-hould naturall insist upon the
cession of an adequate tailor of hui'e rland,
one with a tadius, say. of a does n miles,
struck from the Isthmus a'ld the harbor.
Tills would secure for us that elbuvv room
vviiiih is so linking al ejlbraltar vioiild
provide us with site'! In health upland for
barracks and habitations, would place a uple
training areas al thej disposal of the g.n n
son and would add to tho King's dominions
bevond the seas a health resort to vvhhli
the leisured classes from the old lojiitry
would flock In crowds In winter time
The truth Is that were vvc starting iur-li
with (ilhraltar and Ccijt.i to choose i-,
just as nature made them, nobody u this
countrv would dream of selecting tho firmer
ns nn outposi of the elliptic the objei.ions
to It arn manifest and manifold. Itesirnted
area, la k of training groc-.id, water prob
lems overeemie only bv much ingenuitv .mil
labor, a congested township Incapable of
expansion and a climate apt to be oppress ve
In" the iiutunin months, combine lo make tho
ltock an unsatlsf.K tory military station unite
apart from lis topographical disabilities as a
fortress Furthermore, It Is part nnd par. el
of Spain even If the British flng floats from
the battlements, Jurt as much uh the Isle of
Wight Is a part and parcel ot Kngland ; and
that In I'belf Is objectionable Hut when v
come lo consider tho question of exclurge
we nro de-allng with (llbraltar nnd Ccuia
nol as naluie made them, but ns they stand
today.
In Hddltiori lo the harbor at Olbraii.n
being oinpleted and being more spado is
than that at f'euta, there is tne dock.v.ml
with its drjdoiks nod establishments: ti
eosl ver nearly f3.000.nOO to constru,
between 1855 and 1903. The defense wtr s
are mre complete and appropriate and th.
barracks better than those on the far tide
ot the water To bring Ceuta up to the
(Jlbrnltar t'andard as naval station and base
in uspeet to elllcacy of coast defenses and
as regards buildings to he occupied by troops
would probably In-olve an expenditure of
quite tri.iiii'i noo. Would Spain, for the -i,,
or getting rid of us off the flock, of aequo.
Ing a valuable iirl usklng for the consin., .
Hon of onl some six miles of branch line io
link It UP vvllh the gcvieral railway s.vs'nn
of the countr, and of gjjnlng possession of
the excellent docks ind efbcloard buildings,
'be prepared o pav so large n turn as mis,
as well as to cede lot) square miles or so
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TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA
liy Christopher Morloy
'Ilie Haverfonl Comes Homcs
PIIIL.MHILPIIIA'S hands
inattci of welcom.-ig
were tied in Hie
the 1 lav ci fold
Whata greeting we could have given her
men If Hie had been pel milled to parade
through Hie center of Ilie cltv, past Inde
pendence Hall the s.vnibol of nil Ihe fought
foi --and down the shining sweep of ltroad
"treel" Slid et, although we weic inoioselv,
forbidden to "ionic In loutnd vvltli them"
fit sounds rather like tho orders given to
citizens of Coblenz), what :i line human
note there was hi Hie mass f humbler ilil
?ens that greeted the Hansport lit Hie foot
of Washington avenue. I vvhii Mr. tl.ihcr
might have been there the see lie would have
made him more tender toward those lo.val
Phll.idelphinns who don't iiulle see why mo.t
of the transports should dock I nt well, at
another Atlantic port :
PIIII.AI)i:LPl!tANN were tliiiikmg id out
th.iig above all else cstenlay morning.
Hut I hadn't intended to go down to si e
Hie llaverford come In I hud traveled on
her in self and know hrr genial habits of
pioir.islih.ilion. I shrewdly suspected i he
would arrive at In r dock long nfler Ihe hour
announced I)as ago, when we weie told
she would arrive em the L'Tth, I -lulled know
ingly. When she was off the Opes and
vieni was telegraphed of n "disabled steering
gear." I buckled. The jovial old ship was
herself again' It is almost nn redible thai
an eneni s-ubniarlne should have dared to
tire a tin hsh at her. I should think a call
tlous, submucous eouimand-r woiihI have
sheered ofi' and dived away in panic, fearing
some devil's uise. Surely no ! armless vessel
he ought to have gutturaled to hlniselfi
would travel as leisurely as that ' How man
I'.ho.it captains must havo fled her dlgMllhd
prcsenee. sil'pec'tlng her to be one of
Itealtv's trick Heel, sent out to hue Innocent
submarines lo death by lollerltig blandly on
the purple se. This Is no Ill-natured Jibe.
Slow ships are ever the best to, travel on
Her unrutllfd. Impel cepllble progress ncios
blue horlzonH ie her greatest eharui, and
vas undoubtedly her subtle security.
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along Pine street, about
hlrty Mb.iceo w biffs after breakfast, I saw
three maidens run out from the I'elrce hciioni
in a high cackle of feminine excitement. Kv i
dently they had been let off for Ihe d.tv
" Wli.it shall wo do with these old hooks '
I heald one sa "Do we have to cart then
round vvllh us'" It was plain from tin-it
gleeful chatter that the.v vveio bound for
Washington avenue. And then on Hi nail
street I saw little groups of pedestrians
hurrying southward Over that spiclous
thoroughfare there was a feeling of suspense
and excitement the feeling of "something
happening" lhat passes so quickly fiom brain
to brain 1 could not resist temptat on lo
go down nnd join the throng.
tlTAS
VV vard of pleasure. Most of it is a dreaiy
expanse of huge factories nnd fi eight iars.
But over the cobbles citizens of nil noits
were hurrying with bright faces. Peddlers
carried bundles of flags and knots of colored
balloons, which tugged and eddied in the
cold wind. In an Itallnn drug store at the
corner of Sixth, under a sign, Telefono Pub
bllco per Qualslasl Distanni. a distracted
preuel basket man, who had aluady suld
out his wares, was calling up snne distant
base of supplies In the hope of leplenlshlng
liis slock Jefferson Mquate. blown and leaf
less, was packed with people liuwn by tho
docks loomed up a tall, black funnel, drib
bling smoke. "There she Is 1" cried an ex
cited lady, leaping from cobble ta cobble.
J-'or a moment I almost apologized to the
good old llaverford for having misjudged
her. Was she really docked nlu-ady, on the
tick of time'' Then I saw lhat the vessel In
Bight had only two masts, and I knew Hint
in old favorite had four, or used to have.
Till irowd at the lower end of Washing
ton avenue was immense, held fliinly in
check b mounted police. Ild ' ross anibu
lances nnd truiks were slowly butting their
vva) down lo the pier, envied b.v us humbler
souls who had no way of getiing closei.
Perched on a tall wagon a group of girls,
ipparcntl) facial hands were singing mei
rlly "Erin Bsck My iJonnie to Ms." On
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THE MONEY CHANGERS
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every side I heard scinps of delne h"d eon
veisatioii, "He was woiiiieled nnd g.o.ed,
nnd he sn.vs 'If the send me back to thai
siulf it'll be luiii box.'" Sheltering In hind
a stout telephone pole, perhaps Hie verv
one which was flinging the peddler'." an
guished nv for more pretzels. I sriught
a light for my pipe and found in -e-lf
gnzlng on a red-printed dodger: " OltKINC
CLASS, Iv'MiW Till: TIJl'TH Thr workers
of Itussl.'i have done awn with the eapitnl
isiie, dlsttoctivc, parasitic sistem, which on
one hand creates .Vllllloiiaiies and luxniv
and on the other hobo's and misci.
Tin:
'sliei
eirlcst vvy home, and it net until to me
that the gi.ivcii!d of Old Swedes I'liunh
would be n useful vantage point. I found
my way tlirre ilown the epiaiut little vlstit
of League street and Hie oddl named chan
nel of ltecklcss street. Apparently H.e same
thought bad oceiincd to several other wise
acre's, for I got to the gaps just as Ihe
sexton was locking them Ignoring Hie gen
eious offer that the ihuich makes on seveinl
slgnboarels "10 Itewnrd for Any Person
Pound Uestioving the cburch 1'ioperty" -I
took mv stmid at out corner of the church
Mild, looking out over llio docks and the
thousands crowded along the pavements be
low. Heading the tombstones passed away
tlio tlmo for the better part of an hour.
TIT still there was no sign of the Havei---
ford. I stiollcd up the waterfront, stop
ping by the baige Victor to adnilic a very
fat teuier fondled bv tlio skipper's wife. I
was about to ask if I could step n1io.it el.
thinking lhat the deck or the barge would
nftord a lather bitter view of tho hoped-for
transport, when I taw the ferry Peeiles.s,
one ot Hie three am lent oddities that ply be
tween South street and Oloucesler. And nt
the paine moment the whistle's down the tiver
began to blow a deep, vibrant choi us Obi I
oiisly. the best way to seo llio Haverfonl
was to take a deep sea voyage to Cloiicestei.
AM o il was. When the Peerless pulled
away from her slip the Hist thing we
saw was the lecrptlou boat City of Camden,
with the Maoi's ceinimitteo nbo.ud (but
tho Ma or, vvheie wns he'.') b.uklng up.
stieam In a Mutter of flags. And then we
came right abreast of tho big liner, which
had just come opposite her pier. She blood
very high In the water, and seems nono the
worse for the five months' ducking she Is
said to have bad. Her upper decks weie
blown with men, all facing away from us,
however, to acknowledge tho oar ot cheer
ing, from tlm piers. So they did not hear
tho feeble piping set up by the few Inticpld
travelers to ejloucvstrr. A spinster next to
me cried out enu. meed; "Oh, I would like
to taku each ot those bos and hug them."
A?
SHIP is alwa.vs a noblo sight, and whllo
:he Haverfonl was never built for
h- .-.. . - . . f . im
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beauty, shej has tho sercsio dignity of one
who has gone about many hard tasks In bet
own uncomplaining fashion Shu has a latge
nnd solid slalellness. Hurricanes cannot
hustle her, nor have nil the hosts of Tlrpitz
marred her sturdy coinellhood. Her funnel
Is too outrageously tall and lean, her hows
loo bluff, her beam too broad for her to
take on any of the queenly grace of her slim
and swagger sisters. She is a square-toed,
useful kind of creature; Just the sort of
esse1 thostald Delawaio loves, with no
swank or swagger. And et, in t lio clear
jellovv light of tho whiter morning, she
seemed to have a new and very lovel.v
beauty Her masts were dressed with flags,
fiom the blight ripple of the Stais and'
Snipes at the fore to tlio deep scarlet of her
own lied i:iislgu over the taffrall. Half a
dozen tugs churned and kicked besldo her as
she swung slowly to the eloek. over the
water cainn a continuous roar of cheering
as the waiting thousands tiled to say vvlmt
vvaa In their hearts, In the ciudo language
of the Hoard of Health, her passengers had
not been ' disinfected' and wo were not to be
allowed "contact" with them; but they bud
traveled far and d.ued much; they li.nl
gimo out hoping no gala; tlie.v had coinu
luiik nsklng no gloiv From ihe low deck
of the Peerless vvc -oukl see them waving
their blown nips against Hie bright blue
nothr.igne.ss of llio nkl!uc. The vvcio homo
ugulu, and wa were glad.
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REALITIES
"V'tyr when tho splendor of the earth
J- Is fallen into dust,
When plow and sword and funic and worth
Aie rotted with black rust.
The Drcaiii. still deathless, still unborn,
IJIovvs in tho hearts of men,
The star, the invst.cry, the morn,
P.looin ngelossly again.
qi.i.i:.
xV The t
K than Time with ages shod,
The matins of :t thrush.
Ucppcr than rev erc'tice ot Clod,
The summer evening's, lup-li.
Thau trampling deaths Is grief muio strong,
Love than its avatars,
And echo of an echoed song
Shall shake tho eternal s.tais
- Aichibalil .MacLclsh, In "Tower of Ivory."
Ilipresentatlve Mann sa s Secretary
Daniels ought to be Impeached for having
bought radio plants without authority of
CmiKiess Hut let not Mr Mann be unduly
hnrsh 'Ilie lies! of us will make mlsleaks.
A Oimltn lad blain'i the movies for
having caused him to steal a car and bhoot
nt his pursiieis. Shall we can the pictures
at once or wait for u campaign"
In Plvmoiitli, Unghind. thero has been,
itarted by tho V. W. C. A. an organization
know u as tin' Columbia Club, tho charter
members of which are 100 HnRllsh girls, all
well eoiimeted, and 'J00 American navy boys.
Can't for tho life of us s,ep how thero can be
much linrnionv with live fcoio triangles.
I What Do You Know?
QUI.
1 hat Is the capital of the Commonwealth
of Australia pending tho transfer of
the government to tho new federalized
ell) of Canbeira'.'
.'. What is tho literal mtanlng of tho word,
"s.iutc," ns applied lo foods'."
?. Which Is tho "Hawkc.vc State'?
4. Which Is the shallowest of the five Great
Lakes of America?
." What Is tho iibbrexiatlou for baronet?
r. What Is the Hum paid annually by tho
Culled States to the llepuhllc of Pann-'
ma fur tho occupation ot tho Canal
Zone'.'
7. When was wireless telegraphy Invented
by Marconi'.'
s. l'runi the tanks of what profession were
tho majority of tho Presidents of th
United States drawn?
! How many minutes make a degree In
circular measure'.' ,
10. Who wrote tho novel ' narchester
Towets' ?
Answers lo Yeslerdj' Quit
J. Papua Isj another name for New Guinea,
the laigo Island lying directly north of
Ausiialla.
J. Ocncral Wlnliifeld has just resigned from
tho Herman armistice commission.
.1. Mar land Is named after Henrietta Maria,
tlio wife of King Charles I, of Ungland,
i. Usance Is tlmo alluwed on tho payment
of foreign bills of exchange
S. "The Decameron" was written by Boccac
cio. 6 Tlio Irish Molly Magmres composed a
seciet organization furmed with the
object of defeating terrorizing agents
and process servers and others engaged
hi fennnt eviction, In Pennsylvania
i lie same name was adopted by a law
less secret organization, notorious for
the commission of crimes. Including
murderous attacks on coal mine owners
or olllclals. It vvus suppressed In 18"7,
7 Montgomery, Ala,, was capital of ther
Southefti Confederacy before tho selec
tion of Jllchniond.
i Planetn may be distinguished from fixed
stars b) the fact that the former do
nut twinkle.
j. John C. Fremont, first llepubllean can
didate for President, was known as
"'I he Pathfinder."
I"
Tho emblem ot tho House ot York in the,
Htiullsh War of the Hoses as,d will".
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