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PAYING FOK WHAT YOU DONT GET
TELEPHONi: users fire comi'lnlnliiff to
tho Public Pervlco Commission that they
ro charged for calls when they have not
been able to get the person whom they
called. Other telephone users who have
suffered In the name way are awaltlns tho
outcome of the Inquiry.
There ought to be some Infallible system
which will prevent a charge by a public
corporation for a service which It does not
render. Jt Is annoying to call a number
on the telephone and wait for the connec
tion an unreasonable tlmo without results.
But to be charged for the obortl e cull U
outrageous. That this has happened time
after time is sworn to by tho witnesses
before tho Public Service Commlnslon. Of
Course, It Is tho Indifference or carclesinesi
of the employe which causes the charge
for an unrendered aorvlee.
Where Is the efficiency expert who can
satisfactorily solve tho problem? A big
job is awaiting him.
MR. TAFT AT HIS DEST
TirE AIIE already In an entangling alll-
ance and we must t-eo the thing
through."
With Ills usual perceptive frankness, Mr.
Taft thus appeals to the hlshcst type of
patriotism with referonco to the league of
nations. "Fixed Ideas" are stubborn thing";
how obstinate Is exemplified In the fact
that the theory of American Isolation has
survived In some quarters even after par
ticipation In the great war.
Virtually tho tradition of our aloofness
was shattered by the role wo played in
that conflict. It Is folly to seel; to define
our attitude In the old terms now when
we accepted the new ones In J 917. The
"shell of Isolation" which Mr. Taft con
demns cannot be regained, for actually It
has ceased to exist. Those whd long for It
are spinning the baseless fabric of a vision.
Tho Americanism of the president of
the; League to Enforce l'eaco Is unimpeach
able. None of our statesmen Is less Euro
pcanlzed than he. First of all, however,
he Is a realist. Neither party affiliations
nor his profound Judicial knowledge of
American tradition., nor a desire for the
ease from labors which ho has Justly
earned have tdiadowed his zeal fur facing
facts with u view to'dorMng the best pos
sible rebults. These are heartening proofs
of his clear-sightedness.
John CJulncy Adams w-n said to havo
served his country best after ho had left
the presidential office. With no reflection
on tho character of Mr. Taft's administra
tion, It is easily demonstrable that ho was
never more stimulating to tho cause of
civilization -than at tho present moment.
Tho league of nations Is fortunate in having
such u champion.
IS IT A CITY OF REFUCE?
fTUCE news from New York that a gun-
man who broke up a gambling game In
that city and shot eleven men has fled
.to this city once more Illustrates . the
truth of tho haying that to those that
have shall be given.
Word apparently has gone out that this
Is a fcafe place for quell, and tho New
Yorker flees here as tb a city of refuge.
It Is up to tho pollen to prove how
greatly mistaken U this notion.
MUST THE SHIP GO AWAY EMPTY?
QITEAMSHirs frequent porta where
J there are cargoes for them. This la a
fact which should bo considered by the
business men who aro wondering why the
shipping, trade of this port does not grow
more rapidly. "
, They soon will have an opportunity to
prove' that there In more business 'here
than can bo accommodated by tho ships
which make regular sailings. Tho Japa
nese freight steamer Malay will arrive In
a day or two after having delivered a
ty , cargo of grain In France. It Is on Its way
- ,v bck to Jpan, as U has been released from
iffic-fir' service, it u can laue on a cargo
tfflts&t1 Mere for the Far East and be assured of
g,, & future cargoes the company which owns
BBl X - K If. .will wlthrmt itnuht Hft,lul, .a-..i
tf- .BArvli'n fllrmlfrh tht PnnoMa rn,nl it.-
Pacific. If there Is tin frnlirlit fnJ .I.-
-r ""ship will never steam up the Delaware
if-' again.
i at is up to .F'll'a-delphia o provide the
,, i&i cargo Instead of sending Its freight by
ww lorjc. to te loaded on ships
ojir own manufacturers prefer
another port no one can blame the ship-
hi ffna niH nw 4no u?r vessels 10
Mather, ports.
A TP FOR CENSUS TAKING
DJtETHINCJ betides victory In war may
mvrse from the draft machinery. The
at 'census will be taken -next year,
. it it b oo4uet4 ia.theoW way the
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which worked so well In war be employed
In the peaceful operation of census-taking.
Htatlsttcnl experts may counter his plan
with practical objections, but on tho sur
face at least Its simplicity Is alluring.
Taking stock of the nation, both Its per
sonnel and resources, Is a colossal Job. If
tho tiso of tho election machinery which
woikrd so well In the driift can really
relievo tho arduousness, delays and ex
pense of tho grout national Inventory,
Inertia and tradition ought not to stand In
tho way,
WE HELPED OTHER PEOPLE;
CAN WE NOT HELP OUR OWN?
The I'Jiftht of the Society for Organizing
Clmrily and llic Moral of the
Accidental Samaritan
TT IS most unfortunate that the appeals
now being mado on behalf, pf tho So
clcty for Organizing Charity fall" consist
ently to suggest the Intensely human char
acter of tho scrvlco performed by this
npency. Only those who arc very humble
know "What the charity organization does
and how IV thinks. And they have nothing
to Kio. If they had, th Institution would
not bo threatened with extinction by pov
erty. The nvrragt man has pleasantly super
ficial notions about charity. He likes to
put hW hand In his pocket nnd shovr out
his dime or hl.s dollar cheerfully to any
body who happens to nppear In need,
there Is u glow of pleasant romance In
this sort of thing, n tinge of color, n wann
ing suggestion of something done from
the heart
The far nobler scrvlco of those who do
votn themselves day after day to tho unro
mnntic poor Is seldom heard of. How
many of us know how hitter and how fre
quent aro tho unavoidable casualties of
peace? Only tliOHc who meet life at close
quartern irallzo the tragic contrariness of,
tho circumstances that surround tho poor.
Until the machinery of civilization works
moro smoothly there will ulways ho un
fortunates helpless victims of their own
Jmperfcplloiis or tho Imperfections of the
boclal order Itself. Those who help them
do a far better nervlco than any that imy
be laid to tho credit of your Accidental
Samaritan.
It Is unthinkable, of course, that the
Society for Organizing Chaiity should fall
or be compelled to quit its work for want
of money. No ono who tememners the
13elf,Ians can say that we aren't generous.
Indeed, them Is hardly any little or hard
driven land that wo haven't been f.harlng
with. "Aro there any forlorn children In
the world," tho Accidental H.tmarltan
might bay, "or uny desolate motheis that
we haven't wdrmed and fed and cheered
tip?"
Any one who knows the present plight
of tho Philadelphia charity organization
might answer very klmply and toiy, "Yes.
Thoso at your own door!"
If this wete not true the ono organiza
tion which operates for the systematic
relief of tho poor In this city would not
now be In dllllcultcs.
Is a hungry tot in a downtown alley any
less appealing than a hungry child In Bel
glum' Aie tho women whoso homes were
swept by pestilence any less tragic as they
sit dazed by gilef and destitution or any
less of a challenge to generous minds than
the tormented refugees In another country?
Thebo aro our own people und we shall
have to share their troubles. It Is to tho
credit of the charity organization that It
spent such money as it had freely at Its
Inconspicuous work when Us representa
tives were tho only people who had time
to think of the obligations near at hand
And It Is n good tiling for tho community
and for the wor. Ihiit the society Is more
scientific by a long nay than the Accidental
Samaritan, who likes to say (hat ho Isn't
fond of mixing statistics with his good
ileeiN.
In the end It Is the Samaritan himself
who Is open lo Indictment. He Is content
to deal with poverty on the surface when
ever he meets It and Jo go upon his way
with an easy mind. Those who know pov
erty better than he, knows It aren't content
with that method. Their way is no less
generous than the Samaritan's. Hut it Is
more conscientious nnd more thorough.
They deal with tho surface of poverty
and then do their best to get down to
apply a cuic at Its source. They aro 'not
only willing to ive a man a dollar. They
follow It up with an effort to give him a
Job and his self-respect.
It Is not surprising that twenty-nine hos
pitals, settlements and similar organiza
tions whoso acquaintance with the unfor
tunate Is closest and most personal should
unite In u general appeal for the relief of
the Society for Organizing Charity, For
It is not merely ns a relief organization
that the society performs Its best work. It
Is as a constructive critic 'of focluf condi
tions that the organization is most val
uable. Us reports and statistics are Inex
orable. It deals bravely with the circum
stances that conspire to induce and enforce
IKiverty and hardship In places where the
poor themselves are the vlctlins of, condi
tions bejond their control. It Is a constant
challenge to the minds that have learned
to tolcrato slums and lgnoranco and tho
dispiriting tenements whoso children it
does Its best topro'teot.1 'if, s, Indeed, tho
relentless reporter- Pf 'tho other side of
life. It has told us repeatedly how tho
other half lives. The reports of the society
do not help to sustain our Inherited com
placency. And if Its work Is hampered wo
shall be without the one agency that tends
constantly to keep In plain sfhtlhe needs
for a constructive method, In relation, to
the whole question of, destitution.
For most poverty Is needless or artificial.
What socJely needs Is a. better Know ledge
of its origins.
Meanwhile the Society for Organizing
Charity is the bne'fiBehcy that can protect
the unfortunate by a sytitem that make It
Impossible for dishonest people to monopo
lize such help- and-sympathy as belong; to
them. The maintenance of tne cjiurlty or
ganization Irt 1U present fprtn la impera
tive. There may be stress and strain
during the period of readjustment. The
epldemlo left an. incredible! lot of hardship
and many destitute families In its wako.
It will not.JJa a the-credit or Philadelphia
It the organization l compelled to flounder
in nnanotaidlwWl''H'eVejto rastriat
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of .other agencies of relief, and It has suc
ceeded In adding something; to the efficiency
of every Institution davlscd for tho pro
tection and tho welfare of unfortunate and
friendless people.
In tho end It Is essentially a constructive
forco devised to. rellcyo hardship without
following tho example of the Accidental
Samatltan, whose easy-going good nature
often helps to give tho man he helps u,
pauper's lytyii of, mind.
And there Is something nlldly grotesque
In the thought that we, who have hern ahlo
lo help everybody else "who aslteil for help,
were at last unwilling to alii (hose at home I
THE REDS ACCEPT: NOW WATCH THE
SCRAMBLE!
THE Bolshevist acceptance of tho Invita
tion to attend tho proposed Princes
Islands conference 'should constitute a
marked pressure on tho other lagging fac
tions. It was comparatively easy for all sides
to turn down tho call for n meeting whllo
tho suggested convocation had Imaginary
aspects. Concerning a myth each faction
could bluster and their constituents take
illusory comfort In showy exhibitions of
false pride. Hut "stand-olllshncss" may
now provo costly. The Omsk government
and other parties will certainly not relish
tho consideration of claims from other bides
while their own cautcs are not officially
pleaded.
Tho memory of tho A II C Powers' con
ference at Niagara Fulls Is hardly a cheer
In precedent Jiibt now, hut none tho less
Us recoid should not make for unrelieved
pessimism. Direct Information about Ilus
sla must necessarily be the Initial step In
solving tho most perplexing problem of
tho war. That much, at least, will bo
gained it the Marmora conference attracts
enough rtprcscntatlves of tho opposing
factions.
With Iho truth obtained, civilization
should bo ablo to decide upon some definite
action. 1' nay bo unpalatable. It may bo
easier than has been thought. Hut at least
It will put an end to floundering.
THERE'S NO EMBARGO ON CALM
THINKING!
SENATOIt LEWIS, the Democratic
"whip," In supporting tho Weeks reso
lution calling on the State Department for
Information as to what steps had been
taken to meet "llrltlsh aggression," warned
British officials to beware of awakening
"tho spirit of 1812" if they prcsisted In tho
extended embargo of American goods,
which Is to go into effect March 1.
It might bo well for Senator Lewis to
remember that the spirit of 1S12 didn't go
off half-cbcked If tho mixed metaphor is
permissible.
The British embargo on American goods
may be Ill-advised; It may work Injury to
Amerlcnn manufacturers; it may causa
and Justify retaliatory me.ibiires; It may
fituso Ill-feeling; It may ,be at variance
with President Wilson's pronouncement
concerning "trade barriers," and may even
savor of ungratefulness for American aid
and good will. It may do and be oil of
these things, but with It all it Is well to
remember that it is a matter that pri
marily concerns Cireat Britain. Wo may
'prove to her eventually that she is making
a mistake and cause her to correct it; but
that Is a matter that can bo attended to
without heafatid without excitement.
The condition 'in .(Jrcat Britain Is vir
tually tho samo a thafc.cxlstiiif; Jn France.
Tho French Government's action In barring"
t!00 Ford autos seems to Indicate, advices
from Pails Aay, that a policy of exclusion
of foreign products from French markets
has been definitely launched.
Whllo France Is painfully struggling to
her feet we ore not going to make too
much fuss If she accidentally steps on our
toes. r .
Undo Sam 'Is big enough and strong
enough to take cuio of himself. Ho may
he depended upon to see that ho Is not tho
victim of Imposition. Hut ho Is not going
to grow hysterical when he may set things
right with a llttlo quiet talk or a llttlo
economic pressure If It should appour nec
essary. THE VITAL QUESTION
A SMALL, boy on tho Boardwalk at At-
lantlc City the other day said some
thing to his mother und then called out
t'o a younger brother a fow steps ahead
of him:
"Hey, Dan, would you mind If I had
some candy and you didn't?"
The Bolshevist uprising In Hussla and
the discontent of tho workers throughout
the world aro duo to the fact that no ono
has thought to ask them If they minded
If some one clso had luxuries und they
didn't.
The men with the ability to buy luxuries
Jiavo bought them with no consideration
of uny one elso savo as tlcy said that
tho moro thoy lavished on themselves the
moro work there would bo for thoso who
had to work.
Tlio boy asked tho question under tho
direction of his mother for the sake of
peace. If his llttlo brother minded ho
would have to go without candy, Tho
moral of this Is so plain that It points
Itself.
The revolt In 1'or.tugal was not a royal
but merely a four-flush.
Old II. C. of L. Is able to stand an
awful lot of punishment before he eventually
gets the k. o.
With-the first thrills still upon lis, iT Is
hard to realize that air transportation -will
ever be a commonplace. ,
Representative Padgett doubtless finds
congratulations from the President "nice,
though may-I-notty,"
Th rsjace conferees are getting their
gait and the Wrong 'Un at Amerongen will
soon know what's comrng to him.
Take It haw we wllf, It Is just a little
humiliating to Father Penn to have to be tpld
by Uncle Sam how to keep himself clean.
Germany has bn cured, rays Mr. Tift.
Well, it took a major operation (o do it, and
the doctor has not yet .presented- bis MIL
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Famous Man of Letters Who Intro
duced Whitman'! Work
in England '
THE death In London, on February C, of
William Michael Itossettl removes tho
last of a famous generation of the talented
English-Italian family. He was the
brother of Dante Gabriel Itossettl and
Chrlstlnai Itossettl. Wcl known as critic.
editor of his brother's, works and translator
of Danto, probably his greatest Interest to
Phllftdelphlans lies in liis long friendship
(by correspondence) with Walt Whitman,
whose writings ho Introduced to English
readers. Ho did everything: In his power
to encourage Whltmnn at" a tlmo when
"Leaves of Grass" Was being scoffed at In
most Ulorary circles: and" raised sums of
money to aid the Camden poet when he
was reported In distress,
Itossettl was essentially a critic rather
than a creator. Ills work was painstaking,
patient nnd sound In Judgment. His moro
gifted kinsmen vvero rarely fortunato to
have had such an apprcciator and executor
In their own family. In respect to Whit
man, Itossettl never nsscrted himself to bo
the first critic In England to opprcclate
tho amazing power of tho western poet;
but In view of his energetic and unflagging
efforts to show Whltmun's moro gracious
and understandable phases to tho English
public It -Is only' fair to speak of him as
Whitman's chief sponsor abroad,
Itossettl In his book, "Somo Iteml
nlsccnccs" (1906), tells tho story of his In
terest In Whitman thus:
t(T HAD known the 'Leaves of Orass'
J- almost as soon as It was published In
America in 1S55, a copy of the book having
t'oino Into tho hands of Bell Scott In New
castle and ho having presented It to me.
1 read It with great delight: not supposing
that It Is Impeccable in taste or unassail
able In poetic or literary form, but finding
In It u majestic and all-brotherly spirit, an
untrammelcd outlook on tho multiplex as
pects of life, and many magnificent bursts
of sympathetic intuition allied to and
strenuously embodying the Innermost spirit
of poetry. That the form In which this
book Is written falls short of some of the
graces and fascinations attainable In poetry
Is n fact so manifest ns not to deserve any
discussion; hut, on tho other hand, I never
could sco that, because Whitman omits
ihjmes and omits regularity of metre, and
introduces Into his compositions passages
indistinguishable from ordinary prose,
therefore his performance Is mere literary
bastardy and has no title to be numbered
among poems. My brother once, In a
letter addressed to me, called Whitman's
writings 'sublimated Tupper.' But I con
ceive that ho was qulto wide of iho mark
In this. My friend Watts-Dunton, an adept
In the criticism nnd writing of poetry, onco
toM me. with all good will In 1837 that,
within a lapse of ten years from then, my
character as a critic would bo entirely lost
because I was a professed admirer of
Whitman. Several things have happened
fclnco 18S7: ono of them Is that tho fume
of Whitman stands now much higher than
It did then In America, In England and
la somo countries of foreign speech as well.
It seems qulto within the limits of possi
bility that 'Leaves of Grass' and "Drum
Taps' may outlive some poetic volumes of
recent years, highly lauded' for literary
competence dnd grace.
-jWTH. CAMDEN HOTTEN, the pub
' Usher, observed my article on Whit
man in 7Vie Chioulclc (1807), and Invited
me to mako a selection of his poems to
"publish. I was more than willing to com
ply, and tho selection tamo out In 1868.
As some of Whitman's poems tiro regarded
as Indecent and othcijs (though quite un
concerned with indecent subject-matter)
contuin phrases open to the same objec
tion, I went on tho principle of omitting
everything to which any such .Imputation
can attach. Tho consequence Is that I
excluded several of tho compositions which
are the most characteristic and the most
praiseworthy. Let mo say hero that I
wholly dissent from tho idea that Whit
man Is un Immoral writer; but I amply
agree with people who think (hat somo of
his writings put certain matters with a
downrli'htness and crudity or even a
coarseness of expression which Is rightly
resented on tho grounds not only of de
corum und delicacy hut albo of literary art.
TT HAS sometimes been said that I was
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tho first person who Introduced Whit
man to British readers. I would willingly
claim this credit If It truly pertained to
me. I was, It Is true, the first jvho brought
out here a volume of his poems; but so
far as reviewing him in .a sympathetic
spirit Is concerned, others had preceded
me. I gather that tho first of all was
Georgo Henry Lewes IGeorgo Eliot's hus
band in an article published toward 1850.
"Several letters from Whitman reached
me about tho date of my selection and In
years ensuing. He was a punctual, busl-ness-llkp
and warm-hearted correspondent,
not addicted to discursive utterances of
any kind and totally free from 'tall talk."
Whatever ho hud to say was expressed
with candor and moderation, At ono time
lie surmised that I was intending to pro
duce an expurgated edition of his writ
ings. To this he was decidedly opposed;
but he had no objection to my project as
It really stood that of a selection of par
ticular pieces In which thero was nothing
to expurgate." "
IN CONCLUDING his reminiscences
(writing in 1903) Ilossettl'made some In
tcrcstlng remarks on human progress
during his long life. Looking about htm
at that time he found the matters most
Impressive to his mind "Tho immense do-
rvelopment In the antl-dogmatlc und antl.
traditional tendencies in religion; the freer
field open to women, and their Increased
independence of character and mental at
mosphere; the advance, limited though It
as yet Is, In socialistic Ideas and schemes;
and the enormous Increase of artlstlo ac
tivity and the multiform phases of art."
IIaaadds that "Th enthusiasm for Ideals,
which made possible such a colossal Up
heaval as; the French Revolution, is no
where apparent wwr" It would be Inter-
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THE CHAFFING DISH
fTIODAY is Charles Dickens's birthday. On
his visit to this city In 1842 he wroto
In his diary, "Philadelphia Is a hnndsomo
city but distracttngly regular." Wo won
der It ho would say the samo were ho
here today?
As to the Ark
P.enetvliig our acquaintance with the
ninth chapter of Genesis, we nolo that tho
first thing Noah did after his long and
trying voyage was to havo a go at the
wine.
A custom loyally followed by many sailor
men since.
We were looking up the ark because wo
heard that a clergyman In Pittsburgh had
estimated her measurements as D47 feet
long, 91 feet broad and 04 feet high, We
have never heard what became of her, but
it Is safe to assume, that sho Is no longer
seaworthy. If sho were, Mr. Hurley would
have had her running again long ago.
Afler-Brcakfait Walks In Town
Having recently deserted Marathon for
tho city, we now spend tho after-breakfast
half hour, which used to be consumed in
tho Jovial smoking car of tho Cinder and
Bloodshot, as a member of tho lino old
order of the I. W. W.: that Is, I Wall: to
Work. Wo aro continually amazed and
delighted by tho wealth .of color of city
streets. If cities will only make their
streets wide enough, the matter of beauty
will take care of Itself. .
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Broad street Is a wholo palette of colors.
Walking north from lino street, for in
stance, on a clear, winter morning, tho
western side of tho wuy glows and shim
mers with blending hues. After tho curi
ous putty-colored columns of tho School of
Industrial Art comes a mass o'f rich, mel
low, red brick, In which a number of bright
llttlo shop windows show the change that
Is rapidly coming over South Broad street.
A few years ogo it was still a residence
sectlon.'wlth the white marblo steps and
polished silver bell-pulls. It will shortly
bo a briBk shopping district, with tower
ing apartment houses, like upper Broadway
in New YofK." Broad street, after all, is
almost tho ortly street In central Philadel
phia where large apartment houses can
bo fittingly displayed. Those vaBt Glbral
tars of concrete need open, spaco to sun
themselves.
Boyond this potch of rod brick and the
old-fashioned' drug storo at tho corner of
Spruce comes the pale grcon stono of a
dismantled church, now used by the Union
League ns ,( soldiers and sailors club.
Then the square, straw-colored facade -of
the Bhubert Theatre. The eyti passes on
to tho faded port-wlno color of the ancient
Academy of Music, and above It looms the
huge flank of tho Bellovuo-Stratford Hotel,
which shines with a' curloufc flesh-colored
pink when there Is a web of mist In Ihe
air, Steeped in, a faint washing of blue,
the tall, dark spire of the City Hall closes
th.o prospect,
Another very agreeable ofter-breakfast
walk is down Pine street, from Broad street
to nhe Pennsylvania Hospital, We havo
noticed, by the way, two rather Curious
echoes o Sir Walter Scott along pjna
street. Just yest of Broad street there
Is d little" sUt, now called (we think).
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old name-stono marked Abbotsford place.
Wo wonder when and why those two sec
tions vvero so named?
Passing along Pino street, as one gets
below Eleventh thero Is a fascinating hud
dlo of old buildings, with tall chimneys
pricking1 up, tho backs of the houses along
Clinton street. We don't know whether
Mr. Frank H. Taylor has Included this
llttlo group of old architectures in his
delightful drawings of picturesque Phila
delphia scenes; but if not, wo hope ho j
may uo so. The llttlo windows, with their
white muslin curtains, shimmering In
morning sunlight one window has a lovely
pot of Jonquils peeping out are a pleasing
hit of composition. They usually lure us
away from tho antique shops and brick
fronts of Pino street to walk along" the
quiet Uttle causeway of Clinton street, ono'
of tho most agreeablo bits of street In old
Philadelphia. And, if we aro not mistaken,
It was nt the old Carey house, at tho corner
of Tenth and Clinton, that Dickens was en
tertained In 1842.' We Have novcr quite
forgiven Boz for the rudo things he sold
about Philadelphia after tlio hospitable
way in which this city greeted him.
Shakespeare at New Place '
1611.
mo LEAVE the court's gay glitter and Its
cold, fulse heart
To gazo on gllllflowers from a hawthorn
bower;
To drop tho deadly fruit bought in the
world's sad mart
To gather balm, sweet basil, and Our
Lady's flower;
To chango tho minion's sneer, the wanton's
smile,
For eglantine and V'y beds, for England's
rosoi
To veil from. memory hatred, malice, guile,
And find, In a green pleasaunco fair, the
mind's repose;
To dream of Eden gained, and passed the
long exile;
To dream of Wisdom's maglo power, of
' Beauty's face;
Till through God's gift, the garden, looms
the enchanted isle,
And from the violet is born Miranda's
grace.
FERRIEn LANQWORTHr,
At to That Convention
In splto of our best efforts to dissuade,
the American Press Humorists are still
intending to hold their annual convention
hore during the week of June 23.
Suggestions ate in order from all high
spirited Phlladelphlans as to what we can
do with these humorists to keep them out
of mlschlot whllo they aro l.ere.
If any one has n copy of "On a Slow
Train Through Arkansaw" they, might lend
It to us, so we can spring some of tho fins
old vintages. That will certainly prevent
anything like a convention of drolls coming
here again.
The trouble is, those fellows were here
a few years ago and folks were too nice
to them.
Never be kind to a humorist. He doesn't
understand It.
Philadelphia has a mandate
From the Joke Administrator
To be host' to all he drolls.
Now. we definitely plan cate(
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WHEN I am dead, my dearest.
Sing no sad songs for mo;
Plant thou no roses at my head.
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be tho green crass abovo'mo
With showers and dew'drops wet;
And If thou wilt, remember,
And It thou wilt, forget.
T SHALL not see the shadows,
J- I shall not feol tho rain;
I shall not hear tho nightingale
Sing on, ns if In pain:
And dreaming through tho twilight,
That doth not rise nor set,
Haply I may remember '
And haply may forget.
Christina Rossettl (1830-94),
Tho fact that the United States .tiow,i
lends the world In dyes gives color to' tb I
assertion that we can do any darn thing w
set our minds to. '
Our soldiers abroad are to continue their I
musical education under tho direction of the, I
Y. M. C. A. They have already added a,' I
chord or two to the European concert
,.
Shell shock is absolutely curable, says a
Philadelphia doctor back' from the front, J
Let us hope that tho Peaco Conference will
cure it for all time.
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The Peace Conference doesn't possess quits
so many thrills as its bloody predecessor I
the war, and action Is not so swift; but tita J
CClCUrtllCU KUMIUIS 4 Q l,vw,. iv.a v
human interest.
The rraln chiefs', appeal to Congressto'l
appropriate i,uv,uwu,vuu mv
President the power to make good his guar
antee to the wheat growers Is as certainly,,!
a war measure as though the armistice hM'l
never been signed.
Wltaf fio You Know?
,- QDIZ
. 1. How long was Italy In the war?
2. .Who was Saint Valentine?
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3. Where Is the Vendee and what promlneat
member of the Peace Conference w
'born there? w' - '
i Tn h mualn of what patriotic Prussian
song are the words of "God Save the
King" and "America" set? 4 i
5. What Is the capital of Liberia? jfr
t. Wtlat Is a cigar which Is open at bo4
ends called? ' .
7, What Is the Chinese name for China?
g, Who commanded the American fleet W
iim Mediterranean during the war? -
9, How many plays did Shakespeare wrlti
10. Who Is accredited tvltn invention oi z
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Aniwen to Yesterday's Quia vj
1. William H. Taft is president of
League to Enforce Peace. j J
2. Letters may be sent to New Zealanf t'
the postage rate of three cents v a
ounce or fraction thereof,
3. The magnetic North Pole was tnouM
lv James Ross ln 1131 to be in KlM
William's Land in the Arctlo part;
pinada. Captain Amundsen, however.
has reported calculations on UuVMfc- I
ject to the Norwegian Government, tt I
4. Robert Fulton was born In Little Britain,
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E. Dewey destroyed me spamsn neet
Manila Bay on way i, ui. t
(. The statuts knot or Sea mile Is '191
feet, long. ' -. ,
7. The circumference of a .clrcJs majjS
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