t EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADErl?Hl!A) TUESDAY, EEBRtfARY IS, 1910 10 Tfr SM & (V : trt$JubUclIc5gcr THE EVENING TELEGRAPH PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY ' CTRls II. K. CURTIS. raisiPixT. ;.& riM n. j-uainaton, vicn rrtnarnii gnnn -. tcratary ana Treasurar: rmiipn, v,oum. Williams, John J. Bpursaon, mractora. KDITORIAI, BOARD) .'Y Crios II. K. Cuini. Chairman JaMYXD B. BMILRT Editor OHK C. lUniTN.... General Bualneai Manastr ,,, ' ''Fabllahad dally at Pouo LcMn Dulldlne, ,Z'"' Indapandanca Square, I'hlladalphla. k . A"'"Tlo cat rreta-union uunaini Ej ll1'ww Toik S0 Mitropolitan Tow.r , f jpnuiii f ........ i.v. iuiu iiuuuiiit t-ocria,,,. . ttiuun ruiitrion ifunuins loo.. 1303 Tribune Building ,.1 ficvo jiunciAi.ai BkaartMATnv TlnaaiTT. Fl vi 'Ar N. X. Cor. 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All rights of republication' of special du patches herein arc also reserved. ' Fhll.d.lpM., TumI.t. February 1 ,....., ,rr.,rr-c 'rTlHERE It shooting antl highway robbery J In New York as well as in Philadelphia, Thero has been a flare ot tills sort of dla Crder In Chester and In other cities and iWna further south. If crlnio of this sort jfl for the moment beyond adequate control, It Is because police departments arc usually rasy going1, subject to routine processes ana Inertia and without the administrative skill that would enablo them properly to meet emergencies. Tho increaso of crime was to havo been expected. Recent conditions In this part of tho country made it almost inevitable 4"ho epidemic of violence and robbery will nubsldo In time. Meanwhile, the pollco can ,Co "littlo but talk and keep it within loose Bounds. The extraordinary demand for labor of all sorts, and especially for unskilled men, who wero offered phenomenal wages In tho War Industries crowded on tho eastern sea board, tempted all tho casuals, tho "float ers," the men who wander over the country in a life of vagabondago because of an un willingness or a temperamental inability to merge themselves in tho routine industrial fhemc. Men of this sort usually aro scat tered In tho "VVest and South. They flocked Si. to) the East. Now with tho slowing down J" Mn the war industries a good many of them are footloose and in need of money for which they won't work. j They will drift out to tho open country gfter a time. Meanwhile, If tho police could net a few of them and treat them In p. manner that would be a sobering example to the whole class- thero would be fewer hold-ups and less gunplay. This the pollco seem unable to do. They jweren't prepared for a situation which everybody knew had to develop. . BETTER LATE THAN NOT AT ALL Tlrit. WILSON ha3 invited tho members " of tho congressional committees deal ing with foreign affairs to meet him at dinner In Washington to discuss with him tho draft of tho constitution of the league of nations. This disregard by tho President of all the precedents which ho has set will be welcomed with enthusiasm by thoso who Jhlnk that In theicondtict of foreign affaire there should bo the most intimate under gandlng among the President, who ne gotiates treaties, the Senate which ratifies -hiiem and the House which participates in legislation to carry them into effect. Th nan. nrnATont n.t.tr.1. La t .., ?,i tor himself ought to commend it to his iif Judgment so that ho will not return to f his old policy of splendid isolation in the , Thlte House. Sr-Jl iff- Hii MAUb fXCTUHES POSSIBLE PS TOUIS E. LEVY, who has Jus', died, may El JL-J properly be called the father of the modern Illustrated dally newspaper. Until 9ft the Invention of the line screen for making nau-iune engravings it was impossiDie to print in a dally newspaper such Illustra tions ai adorn the last page of this Jour nal. Uno drawings woro used, but a line drawing lacks the photographic accuiacy ..of half-tone engraving. It may be rioro :'i artistic, when made by a master of his u?f craft, but it la Impossible for newspapers 11 '"t to! emnlDV for dallv work miph rvnorio iii -Ith the pen aa Charles Dana Gibson. Tho f r mechanical processes which havo been dc- t-Vloped along with photo-engraving have fe,-;j. maae it comparatively easy and Inexpen- JK?,atfVo for tho reproduction of pictures of im- r'Mttant events within an hour or two of ipfolr happening. Such pictures, illustrat- the news, make the dally journals ,, ft Invaluable records of contemporary his r-t6rjr. ., Before Mr. Levy's processes were per- L fee ted many attempts were made to print .' an Illustrated dally paper. Tho Granitic. published In New York a generation or fe-tVp ago, was a notable example. But none (,, 0C the Graphic's Illustrations were made ''oiiithe day of their appearance and most &.. "of them wero old wood cuts which had jf( BrevJously been used In the art magazines. Tg the Graphic could havo printed artistic tures such as appear overy Sunday In fwm , intaglio supplement or tho public siir or on every page of the EvE.vj.va JO LcDQEn It would have succeeded re it railed, nut it was born ahead 'rUa time and It lias remained for tho tKnals whose primary purpose is mint- Ui the news to surpass in pictorial ex Mrttence a periodical which hoped to sue- by virtue of Its illustrations alono. , )THE LETTER OF THE LAW contract wnicn me itapia Transit. fjOimpany made with tho underlying ales", by which it 'agrees to pay all i tho underlying companies, ie valid twill be enforced, according to the dec!- f the state Supreme Court, in splto .fact that wfyen the contract was mo aueh heavy taxes as have been war tirposeB wera) in contempla- . -j - , at Um mm aMtrt la the matter of tho right of the Register of Wills to retain tho fees paid to his office is based on tho same kind of technical Inter prctatlon as that which dictated tho tax decision. Thero Is a law fixing a salary for tho Register of Wills and ordering that the fees bo paid into tho public treasury. But thero Is a defect in tho wording ot tho statuto which, tho court sajs, makes It unenforclble. Tho purpose of tho Gcncrat Assembly Is unmistakable. Now that Mr. Sheehan has won his suit it would bo exceedingly handsome of him to turn tho not receipts of hla ofllco above his salary of $10,000 over to the city. A LESSON FOR TODAY FROM ANCIENT PERSIA How the Cupbearer in Sliuslian. the Palace, Succeeded in Rebuilding a Shattered Fabric IN THE records of an ancient race It is set down that In tho fifth century before Christ tho captive cupbearer of the Persian king was sad In tho presenco of his lord In Sliuslian, tho palace. The king nsked what was troubling him, and the cupbearer replied that the place of tho fathers' sepulchers was ljlng waste and was In ruins. "What wouldst thou do'." said tho king. And the captive asked to be sent to tho city of his fathers' sepulchers that ho might rebuild it. The king was gracious and gavo his consent, and gao authority nl.o for tho use of tho necessary timber and stone from the royal domain. So Nehenilah went to Jerusalem and set the people to rebuilding the walls, "cery one over against his own house," and In fifty-two dajs tho Job was done. War has ruined tho Industrial fabric of Europo and shaken that ot America. Work Ingmcn are striking for higher wages and a shorter working day. Employers are short of raw material and do not know where to find tho money to buy it. The rrench aro insisting that no foreign manu factured goods bo admitted, as they wish to sell their own products In their own market. They aro demanding that Ger many be forbidden to rccelvo certain taw materials until tho French manufacturers havo recovered from tho effects of tho war The British are making similar but less extreme demands. Tho wage earning people aro dissatisfied with tho high cost and the ccari-Ity of food. Pessimists aro looking forward to a great Industrial upheaval, the result of which no man can foretell. In America there ii unemployment, and the discharged syldlers arc not being taken back into their old Jobs .is rapidly as they would like The labor a&I'ators on both sides of tno otcan aro busy demanding that tho war scale of wages bo maintained and that tho price of food and other neces saries of llfo bo reduced. And the law makers aro drafting bills intended to bring order out of impending chaos. It seems to us that the example ot tho cupbearer of Artaxerxes can be studied with profit at this time. The walls ot Industry are shaken here and they hao fallen down in Europe. AVe can wait till they fall down hero or we can set about strengthening them at onco with each business man, each emploo and earh com munity working "over against hi3 own house." We must throw theories into the discard and boldly faco tho existing con ditions. The determination of tho city govern ment to go ahead at once with public Im provements Instead of waiting for a stabll izlng of prices for material and labor will assist materially In stabilizing such prices. Nothing more disastrous could happen than a cessation ot all public and private works in the hope that they could bo carried on moro cheaply at some indellnlto future date. Much work of nil kinds must be postponed because thero are neither the materials nor the men to do nt onco all that has been held up by the war. But every contract let Is a stone In the buttress which will prevent the Industrial walls from falling. The contiacts for public work aro of first Importance, for they will absorb tho prices when they are highest and make It posslblo to distribute tho burden of excess cost over the whole community Pier building and paving and sewer build ing in this city and road building in the State will set this Commonwealth at work repairing tho walls "over against its own house." If the other States and their great cities pursue a similar policy the dangers which threaten private- Industry will bo diminished. The wise men In the privato industries, meaning both the employers and employes, will consider their own problems regard less of what any ono else may do or bay and will attempt to adjust themselves to the abnormal conditions which will pre vail during the transition from a stato of war to a stato of peace. Many a business man who has a largo stock of goods bought at war prices will decide that It Is more profitable and more patriotic to sell those goods at cost than to hold them for what he could have got If the war had con tinued and thus deprive the manufacturers of a market for new goods which they are ready to make. So long us goods and money continue to circulate, industrial con gestlon and panic can be prevented. And If they do not circulate the loss which is bound to follow will be much greater than cart possibly attend tho sale of accumulated stocks at a peaco price. There are a few business men looking for a panic and hoping that It will come soon, in order that the losses can be written off the books. But there Is no need for a finan cial crash If each business man assumes his share of tho moral responsibility for keeping business going as usual. This U true for the United States. The European situation is more serious. The reports from across the ocean indicate that there Is a mental panic over there, and that ill-considered and foolish reme dies are hospitably welcomed. From this distance it looks as If the British and French statesmen were forgetting that prosperity is dependent on an Interchange of commodities and that French goods must be paid for by English goods and English goods by French goods if there Is any surplus for exportation, and that American goods must be paid for by both French and English goods. Insurmountable obstacles placed in the way of International trt,At will delay rather then hasten the I restoration of tWroal eeudttteni. When .mE.. they will onco moro recognize this funda mental truth. And It Is io be hoped that they will recogniio It before the worlters, who are tho people suffering tho most, grow weary with tho dciajs and do des perate things. Every ono admits tho Importance of getting tho Industry of tho world Into working order as soon as possible, and as tho Paris correspondent of this newspaper reports, Europe Is looking to Mr. Wilson to lead In that great entcrprlso as ho has led In securing tho draft of a constitution for a leaguo of nations. If tho minds of men can meet on tho second problem as they have met on tho first tho task ought not to bo difficult of accomplishment. KEEP YOUR HEAD TiriLSON," sneered Lcnlno when he ''read tho platform of tho proposed leaguo of nations, "is a shrowd man." Trotsky shouted his contempt. Mr. Beck, .Senator Vardaman, Mr. Borah and the other Incurable objectors are, to say tho least, In strango company. Thcso critics of tho President represent a transient and limited opinion. What the'y say, or what tho supporters of Mr. Wilson say, is not tho important thing. Tho most discouraging reaction to tho leaguo-of-natlons schemo was observablo In Washington when it was apparent that the praise and tho blamo were confined al most completely within party lines. Tho tlmo Is one, surely, when men should bo able to get beyond their normal prejudices. Doubtless they will In time. Thero Is a tldo of feeling running In America which Is not Inspired either by dislike or admiration of Mr. Wilson, that has nothing to do with politics or party alms, nnd It is this that will decide tho action of the Senate in relation to tho leaguo of nations and the peace treaty. The people In tills instanco aro not going to let politicians on cither bido do their thinking for them. What we have to do now Is to think coolly, without njsteria nnd without unduo en thusiasm. Wo shall make wiser decisions If wo aro patient enough to look at Mr. Wilson's plans in tho light not only of tho last four years, but in tho light of the futuro as well. A side glance at the disas trous popular reactions in all European countries, reactions from four years of Intolerable agonies, will be helpful. The suggestion that other wars may come and that they may be fought with 'disease germs because weapons will bo so terrible that armies will hardly bo iiblo to ap proach each other is not too horrible to bo taken seriously. The people have an instinctivo sense of tho Immensity of tho Issues involved now with the league-of-natlons plan. They will make the decisions. The men who seem to believe that their party is bigger (ban tho country wilt havo n. short political lite. Ttc!e members of The Old Thlrt? the New York Legis lature who ted to ratify tho prohibition amendment hae ex perienced a change of heart and are now ready to ote for a law permitting tho sale of light b-ers. This Is not what tho "d"rjs" would call "sober second thought" No one tan read the Hear, Hear! general run of war crso that is being consistently unloaded upon a tired world by authors who neer saw een a tin hat with out feeling tempted to report a crlmo wave lit literature Current discussion on ot Kirn a Wolf! tho far side of the Rhine confirms the earlier theorists who held that Germany was the black sheep of Europe. Mr. Bryan indorses the leaguo of nations Right for once! Suppression of public reports on crime will not suppress the criminals. fc'o far as the United Statew Is concerned, Bolshevism la simply indigestion. The dally hold-up will soon be as com monplace as the dally weather report. Jltniny Sheehan is "fcc-alty" personified, and In this lnstanpe tho noun is not abstract hut thoroughly concrete. Germany may enter tho leaguo of na tions by the back door. But the Trench are haunted by tho fear that, site may break In. 77T a stll The battleship JJalne still sustains the explosion record for February IB, since the Prlnklpo meet scheduled for that day failed to come off. f Doctor Krusen was not talking about the constitution of the leaguo of nations when he said that special attention should be given to the teethv The railroads arc to bo left In statu quo by the present Congress, which means that they are to be left up in the air with their toes dangling The Queen of Italy is In Paris, osten sibly to visit her father. But we all know that the Paris dressmakers are show Ing their spring styles. No, Geraldhie, the report that French aces are coming here has no relation to the rumor that has gone abroad about the w Ide open gambling houses Olfford Plnchot Is becoming a real Permsylvanlan by moving his winter resi dence from Washington and New York to this city-. What can this mean? Naturally enough, all the flying up of the Germans against the new armistice terms proved unavailing. Foch waited until he taw the whites of their rise and then fired. England Is to have a national conference of representatives of capital and labor. This Is due to a realization of the fact thai, with one world war Just over, It would be absurd to "start another. Dr. Isaao Sharpless says that If the Peace Conference brings universal peace there will be no need for miliary training. But a Peace Conference can no more bring peace than a health conference can bring health. The conferences can only tell how peace or health may be procured and preserved- Military training snd cleanliness are ttMM the means to tbe-eaisyAeviM. . v -' i. ' -r VI . ! t . ' ' ' ' . "BLUE LAWS" THAT STILL FROWN AT US Not Even the Proposed Amendment to the Act of 179 1 Will Legally Exempt Pennsylvanlana From Walking Sunday Chalk Linci rpHE impression that Pennsylvania's "blue, laws" will vanish from tho statute books If tho amendment recently Intro duced In the stato Legislature goes through very Imperfectly recognizes tho drastic sweep of thoso ancient mandates. Mr. Rorko's bill would enablo tho Philadelphia Orchestra to glvo "pay-concerts" on Sun day and would legally sanction other lec tures or "entertainments of an educa tional character" to bo held on that day, but It would involvo no repeal of certain stringent commands of 1794 to which so called "law-abiding citizens" havo for years given scant heed. Critics of tho lenguo of nations cove nant who find It inadequately supplied with "teeth" might alarm themselves still moro did they but reflect how subtlo is tho process of destructive dentistry regard ing laws running counter to tho matured consensus of public opinion. Custom and tho growth of new modes of thought can play havoc with legislation conceived In n sincere spirit of rectitude. Interpreted literally, tho Pennsylvania "blue laws," still unrepealed, would render Sunday quite as static a day ns In the time of Cotton Mather. "If any person," declares tho act, "shall do or perform any worldly employment or business whatsoever on tho Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday (works of neces slty and charity only excepted), shall use or practlco any unlawful game, hunting, shooting, sport or diversion whatsoever on the same day, every such person so offending shall for every such offenso pay four dollars." Tho altemattvo to the flno was specified as blx days' imprison ment In tho Houso of Correction. "DUT though the languago of this law has - been unmodified, tho spirit In which It has been observed has varied strikingly with tho rolling years. As recently as 1SSS tho sale of a cigar on Sunday was Judged Illegal. Six years later, however, tho purchaso of a pcrfecto "for purposes of consumption" did not brand tho smoker as "engaged In a vvorlflly employment." In 1S67 It was decreed wrong to operate street cars on Sunday. In 1894 Sabbath transit was Judicially Indorsed, although It was some tlmo thereafter that tho system Indulged in bell and gong ringing to tho full secular extent. Many Phlladelphlans can recall how tho littlo tinkling contrap tions attached to tho trucks of the Market street cable cars wero discreetly silenced on tho first day of tho week. During that period, however, tho selling of soda water on Sunday Involved Ingeni ous legal hair splitting. The druggist who offend It was an offender, jet the restaurant keeper who furnished It In con nectlon with meals was exculpated. It was tho "Indiscriminate" selling -which was offensive to tho "blue laws," viewed an even century after their promulgation. Three years later Sunday courtship was emancipated and oven floridly Indorsed by tho cheerful decision that It was "not a worldly employment." That it was also pronounced "not a business" refreshingly cleared Its amateur htatus from all sus picion. TT IS .evident, therefore, that the courts considerately encouraged the changes in popular opinion by Intt rpretlng the Dra conian flats of 1794 with diminishing se verity. On tho subject of Sunday "pay" entertainments, however, tho old rigidity prevailed and it has endured to our own day. The amusing Sabbatarian veneer with which New York clothes Its "sacred con certs" has been consistently unappealing to our authorities. At the present time tho stellar vaudeville bills at the Winter Garden and other theatres "get by" with tho elimination of tho elaborate stage setting and tho spectacular work-a-day costumes of the performers. Tho movies, too, victims of a sternly clamped Sunday "lid" In our own city, enjoy grace In Gotham. Recklessly Indiscriminate speech on nny day In the week whatever Is also an Infrac tion ot the Pennsylvania "blue" tenets. Moreover, profanity has emphatically grown more costly since the eighteenth cen tury. Back In Washington's administration an oath Invoking any of tho names of the deity was punishable by a flno of sixty seven cents, whllo swearing by any other namo or thing whatever constituted a forty-cent breach of tho law. To be guilty, however, the uttcrer had to bo sixteen years of ago or more. But In 1860 more formldablo punishment was applied. By the Pennsylvania act of that year any person willfully blasphemlngin the name of Almighty God, Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit or the Scriptures of Truth shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding ono hundred dollars and undergo imprisonment not exceeding three months, or either, at the discretion of the court." The law is enforclblo tdday. should it be accorded, and accompany lng sanction for lectures and "entertain ments of an educational character' will leave some of the most interesting provi sions of the "blue laws" untouched. If ho is respectful of statutes, the Pennsylvania!! will swear not at all and he will be obliged to Inquire with considerable scru pulousness Into the nature of his Sunday employments. If they aro "worldly," within the meaning of the act of 1794 and subsequent Judicial Interpretations thereof, ho 3vlll desist from his activities. Legally at least we have by no means attained the "Continental" Sunday. The spirit of 1791 still thunders against it. Deified A private of the Ninth Infantry was looking at General Catlln's book. "With tho Help ot God and a Few Marines." "Pretty decent of General Catln," he said, "to deify our regiment." F. P. A. In New York Tribune "JIuilc." declares John Philip fiousa, who has retired from the service, "was the fourth essential of the War." Unless, of oburM, one happens to ingjyf wrong u'M Germany, i LaOBHylWi-t,'fw ' MwlLwtw Q 3UCWijfi'k. -i . LfaWKr , . 1 TrWtHMsWk!, L ' ' iilaWiIlliir i l .'.nillaal' T aaalBam. f,tii. iiiiiii i iinmlMaWfi afimWilifBi 4v'V .-fT-' jj: i-.i' r-' r - m mlsss&t tLrjm ' mmwmMakYMM-'Kimkf. TRA VELS IN PHILADELPHIA By Christopher RIorley DID EDGAR ALLAN POE FREQUENT WHENEVER I feel weary of life, liberty and the pursuit of some ono elso's happl noss, whenever some one tells me that the league pt nations Is sure to be a failure or reminds me that tho American preis humor ists are going to hold their convention hero next June and wo shall all have to flog our lethargic brains Into competition with all tho twenty-one-karat drolls of this hemisphere whenever. In short, life Is wholly gray and oblique, I resort to Veranda's for lunch. Veranda's, of course. Is not Its name ; nor shall I tell you where it Is. Eighteen months of faithful lunching, and perhaps half a ton of spaghetti consumed, have given me a certain prestige In the bright eyes of Rosa, the demurest and most Innocently charming waitress in Philadelphia. I do not wish to send competitors In her regard flock ing to that quiet little Italian restaurant, where the table cloths are ao while, the coffee so fra'grant and where the liver and kidnrvs coino to the board swimming In a rich brown gravy the reality of which no words can approach. And that Italian bread, so crisply crusted, so soft and obsorbent 'within! A slab of Veranda's bread dipped in that kidney gravy atones for three speeches by Senator Sherman! And then when Rota brings on the tall pot of marma lade, which another devotee and I keep there for dessert, and we light up our ciga rettes and watch the restaurant cat sprawl ing In Oriental luxury by the steam pipes then we come somewhere near the throne of human felicity mentioned by Doctor Johnson. , . . ...... Veranda's Is an outpost of Little Italy, which does not really begin until you get Bouth of Lombard. And the other day, after lowering the lvel of the marmalado by several Inches. It occurred to me to renew my acquaintance Wfth Little Italy proper. NINTH STREET la the best channel of approach to Philadelphia's Medlter-.-., .i.v There la a good deal to dls- tract attention before you cross tho Alps of South street. If you bave a taste for alleys you will be likely to take a Bide tour of a few versts in the quaint section of sta bles and little brick houses that lies Just below Locust street and between Ninth and Tenth Just now you will And that region liberally placarded with e-mail neat notices announcing the loss (on '"'. lance yellow and white Angora cat, having white face, breast and feet and answering to the name of Taffy. This struck at my heart, for I once owned a yellow Angora of the B.ime name, which I smuggled home from Boston one Chrlatmas Eye n a Pullman sleeper, against all railway rules, and I hope and trust that by this time Taffy has re turned to hla home at 260 South Ninth street, and to Mrs. Walter M. James, his bereaved mistress. THE little notice about the recreant Master Taffy was strangely appropriate for this queer little district of Hutchinson. Delhi. Irving and Manning streets, for It la Just what In London would be known ns a "mews" Ills a strange huddle ot old brick houses! full of atablea and carpenters work hops, with agreeable vistas of chimneys, attlo windows, and every now and then a gentleman of color leisurely bestraddllng a horse and clumping along the quiet pave ments. Small brown dogs of miscellaneous heritage alt sunning themselves on doorsteps; Sn Hutchinson street a large cart was re celvlne ateamlng forkloada of stable straw, in the leisurely brightness of mldafternoon. ltn occakfonal oVclo' men chanting their litany down the devious alleyways, It seems almost village-llke In ita repose. A great pace to lead a fat detective a chase I The nixt time George Glbbs or John Mclntyre writes a tale ot mystery and sletlthlng. I hope he will use the local color of .Delhi street. Why do our native authors love to lay the scenes of their yarns In Venice. Madrid, Brooklyn or almost anywhere except Philadelphia 7 , , N NINTH STREET below Pine one comes U .. ."ther. n Otl. q.n. u Don a DOm in wm" "".. ...m- itmas-- .j--w - : i m rMf 7iie&4Siiari.- mm WjELL? . -.'- ve-.-V' S Si S5?-- 7& fiti -v-vii-..". THE RONALDSON CEMETERY? have puzzled even greater poets such ns Don Marquis. The poem la called "Welcome to Our Heroes," and begins: Welcome! home, Great Heroes, Nobly I- hath thou fought and continues, Wo know tho price, tho sacrifice That ye each paid to learn, and by and by concludes: Welcome 1 thrice ! ! ! welcome, Uieat Heroes, Defenders of Humanity,: The world now lives, on what thou didst give. For tho great yplrit, De-moc-ra-cy. , AFTER putting Lombard street behind tho -J- voyager becomes Immediately awate of the Italian atmosphere. Brightly colored cans of olive oil wanton in tho windows; the Tripoli Barber Supply Company, whoso win dow shines with all manner of lotions and shampdos. offers the Vesuvius Quinine Tonic, which Is said to supply "unrivaled neutre ment" for tho hair. Little shops appear dis playing that curious kind of painting which seems to be executed on some metallic sur face and is made more vivid by tho Inser tion of small wafers of mother-of-pearl where the artist wants to throw In a note of high emotion. These paintings generally portray Gothic chapels brooding by Jakes ot ultramarine splendor; their only popular competitor Is a scene of a white terrier with an expression of fixed nobility watching over the bedside of a young female Innocent who lies, clad In a blue dress, beneath a scarlet coverlet, her golden locks spread over a white pillow. The faithfulness of the animal and the secure repose of the child may bo profitably Btudled In the length of time neces sary to llghtj a pipe. I feel sure that no kind-hearted llfootpad's home is complete without this-picture. THE Ronaldson Cemetery, laid out In 1827, at Ninth and Balnbrldge streets, comes as a distinct shock to a sentimental way farer already unmanned by the above appeal to the emotions. Mrs. Meredith, the kindly caretaker, admitted me through the massive Iron gates, surprised and pleased to find n devotee of cemeteries. In the damp chill of a February afternoon the old graveyard la not the cheeriest of spots, but I was re stored to optimism by this Inscription: Passing stranger think this not A place of fear and gloom: We love to linger near this spot, It la our parenta' tomb. This, however, was carved some fifty years ago. I fear there is little lingering done In Ronaldson's Cemetery nowadays, for the atones are In 111 repair, many of them fallen. According to Scharf and Weatcott's history, It was once considered the finest cemetery In the county and "a popular place of burial." Just within the gateway nre two little houses, In at least one of which a merry little family of children Is growing up undepressed 'by the strange surroundings. One of these houses, according to Ronald son's cautious plan, was "to havo a room provided with a stove, couch, etc.. Into which persops dying suddenly might be laid and the string ot a bell put Into their hand, so that If there should be nny motion of re turning llfo the alarm bell might be rung, the keeper roused and medical help pro cured." JAMES RONALDSON was a Scotchman, as I had already surmised from an obelisk erected, "Sacred to, the memory of Scbttlsh Strangers," and possibly hla cautiousness in the matter of burying people alive may have suggested thta favorite theme to Edgar Allan Poe, who was living In Philadelphia at the time when the magnificent new ceme tery muat have been the talk of the town, Scotchmen have always been Interested hi cemeteries, and as I walked those desolate paths among the graves I could not help thinking ot Stevenson's love ot the old Gray friars and Calton Hill burying grounds In Edinburgh A man was busy digging a grave near the front gate, and a new oak caaket lay at the door of the keeper's house. It was strange to see the children playing round happily in such scenes. a I ..MEANT to get as far -as Christian a tree t, the , Forum ard Applan' Vay of Little "this U-avel,' hut agape' ! ...iril... mi,.. , "; '-.; . auaajllftFSlKBajaSa w?T V i ". ARS V1CTRIX "V7"ES; when tho ways oppose -- When tho hard means rebel, 1'uirer tho work outgrows More potent far tho spell. O Poet, then, forbear Tho loosely sandaled verse, Choose rather thou to wear . "The buskin strait and terse; Leave to'tho tyro's hand Tho limp and shapeless style; Sco tlmt thy form demand Tho labor of tho file. Sculptor, do thou discard The yielding clay consign To P.iros marblo hard The br-auty ot thy line i Model thy Satyrs faco For bronzo of Syracuse; In tho veined ngato trace The protllo of thy Muse. Painter, that still must mix But transient tints anew', Thou in tho furnace fix Tho firm enamel's hue; Let tho nmooth tllo receive Thy dove-drawn Erycine; Thy Sirens blue at ovo Called In a wash of wine. All passes. Ait alono Enduring stays to us; Tho Bust outlasts the tin one The Coin, Tiberius; Even tho gods must go; Only tho lofty Rhyme Not countless years o'crthrow Not long array of time. Paint, chisel, then, or write; But, that the work surpass. With tho hard fashion fight With the resisting mass. Austin Dobson. What D6 You Know? 1. What was the date originally set for the opening of the conference with the Rurslan factions nt Prlnklpo? 2. Who was James K. Paulding? 3. What Is teleology? 4. What kind of person Is described as a , "Paul Pry," nnd what Is tho origin of tho expression? , 6. Who wrote tho romance, "Paul and Virginia"? 6. -What Is the capital of Java? 7. For what place do the Initials P: Q. stand? 8 What noted Canadian statesman died yesterday? What is a "plou-plou" In French soldier slang? Who vlaH In command ot the British fleet ut the Battle of Jutland In 1916? 10, Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ' 1. President Wilson will land at the port of Boston on his return to tho United States. 2. Tho Persian name for Persia Is Iran. 3. Thirty and a quarter square yards make a square, rod or perch. i 4. Beaumnrchals wrote tho play, 'The Barber of Seville." E. The Gurmlson tunnel in Colorado Is the longest on the American 'continent. ' 6. Hygeia was the Oreek goddess of health, 7, '.V dodecagon la a plane figure of twelve side. v 8, A cresset was a metal vessel for holding grease or oil for light, usually mounted on a pole. 9. "Bijouterie" is Jewelry, trinkets. lQ,,WTMJWM;an $kU$k$ ertaVX .. tip IMMmiW JSmX: ... a m il tM.iJ MHBffiJESUFT,Wa!ll&'.- a v'i ;'ia 1 Ai -a t i "v jf tVi 3 1 A. I "i I 1 I tfl J 1 M 3 M, 1M vl it" M
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