w EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919 8 F . I - J. . iJM ""! S01-: iVtwT it if efc Mb- . w IN.,- Lfc:i "sii j pw 4v I -.i ac rtv" ' j . '"f( - ;? Euening JJublic ffie&cjec THE EVENING"TELEGRAPH PUDLIC LEDCER COMPANY CTnt'fl It. K. Ct'IlTIS. PataiMsx Cnarlre It. I.u.llnaton, vlre Prealilniti Jnhn C. Itastln. Secretary and Tr'Ourrri 1'hlllpS. L'olllni, John n. Wllllama, John J. Cfurifon, Dlrrctora, HDtTOniAt. nOAttD! Cum It. K. Cmtii, Chairman DAVID K. 8MIt.Br Editor JOHN C. MAHTIN. ..General nualneia Manager Publlali-il dally at PiMIC t.Klxira tlulldlni, linlrrerilMice Square. Philadelphia. ATI.1 NTIC ClTt Vrrtf Union PulMIng Naw Vnns 2VQ Metropolitan Tower DiTaiUT 4n.1 Konl llull.llni ht. Iuu lout KuiItiaii ItutMlne Cllicinn ftlitz Trl'miw llulldlnu Nnw8 itrriRAt'tt: WaaiiiNOTnN lliaair, N K. Cor. rrnnflvanla Aw, and lilh SI. New Voaic UiarAi The Sun riulldlna- Lonpu.s IILar.L' London limtt scnscnirTio.v tiuims The Kirmmj I'litlic I.eihii.ii la eer-'l to autf aerll-era In 1'hlln.letphla and aurrnvjridlntf towln St the rate of twthc tll'l centa iur week. pauble to the carrier. lly mull lo pnlnts outxl.le nf rhllnlelphla. In the t'tiiteil SUtea, Canidn. or UiiIImI Hltilca pea ataalim. ikijiiik.. free, fitly (.'01 tenta p-r month. Bli (lit) doilara per ear. ra)alle In ndnnce. To alt fnrelcn cuutilrl-s one lit I dollar per month. Niitics Subieriliera wishing mMr-aa chanced Biuil glvt old aa well aa new addreea. tlFLL. 3000 WALNIT MVl-TOM.. MAIN Jnoo 0 Atitirtts nil cominimlcfltiosa lo r'l enlittf f-uMie J.ttlotr, inif'rriiffritrc Squmr. Philadelphia, Member of the Associated l'reti Tlln ASSOVIATV.lt J'f.V'V.' Is rxrlu tlvelu entitled to the use lor trpuMfcadou o all netcs illspittrhes credited to It or nof othcurlir credited In this pnver, nml nlso the local ricic.e jiifM's'iril therein. All itphts nt renuhllenlion of tpccinl efl patches herein me aim reserved. i i..i.iri'ini4, "niniiii). til. int.. :.. I9H OVERPLAYING THE HE!) QOMEWHI-'Ri: or other the nmnteur Bolshevists of America must hnvo n press nuent who would le worth hl weight In koUI to n rlrruit. A hnnilful of Irrational linulern-mit of clvllizntinn who make a IIWhk ti talk cet Into the news Jiaper.s eer day and are cen advertised widely by the Senate of the I'nlted St.iteK. Sleanwhlte the thlifs that Poncretsmen call ii menace l.s collapsing dlmnlly even In Jluxsla. I.enlnc, havlnt; a mind actually trained In economics, l heRlnK the nsnlat. nee of the men he professed t hate. Only the persistent e of Trotsk, the howllni; dervish of unrest, keeps Itolshevlsm on Its wedkenliiK less In Ilussla. It Is a hit stranRe, therefore, to reafl of Judfto J. Willis Martin's announcement of a vast force of "secret police" sleeplnc on their arms somen here In Philadelphia and waiting for an outbreak of some sort. The home Ktiards nre fairly efficient In a pinch and the navy yatd iMi't far uway. If the city police do not or cannot deal with petty hlKhnaymen and occasional agitators, they can net help that Isn't or ganized in secret. GERMANY STILL LOSING "pnEMIint KISXKIt, of Bavnrla. will be remembered In the future as one of the saddest and most dramatic rasunltles of the war. The bullet that killed him jea terday silenced n voice that was orylnj; out bravely through the wilderness of 1r norance, vanity and discontent that Is the Germany pt today. It was a voice that passionately derided all those in the pros trated country who mutter and complain and threaten nnd boast In these crucial hours and seem unable to meet the Iron responsibilities which He so heavily upon the nutlon. It called to all that was best In the Oermnn character nnd demanded tnat the people admit their slna and the sins of the leaders whom they used to applaud, Germany needed a man like Eisner be cause It Is the soul of the nation that Is sick and thut can be cured only by truths which few are brave enough to utter. It was not surprising that the u!tra-tor!es whom the Bavarian hatrcl ar.d fought should resort at last to the detestable method of gutter assassins. There cannot be room In one country for a spirit such as Eisner had and the philosophy that ruined Germany. In France alt the organs of an enlight ened liberalism are admitting bitterly that tho man who shot nt Clemenceau struck a terrific blow at tho fundamental causes of the plain people by an act of conscience less cruelty, which will be wrongly Inter preted as a political stroke Inspired by organized liberals. In Germany, by the samo rule of reasoning, the peoplo should M-l-ituirn t new imirru lor ine imperillisii reactionaries who killed Eisner. For the' Germans have lost one of their best friends with the death of a man who waa trying to free the national consciousness from the curse put upon It by thirty years of perverted education. Eisner's appeal vaa to the older Germany of Imagination and tenderness that vanished under the Influence of I'rUBslanlsm. He. believed that It still lived beneath the surface. THE TERSENESS OF TROLLEYS TpNIGMATIC trolley service seems to " have become a hublt. When the lnllu nza epidemic was at Its height objection to the removal of the route guides to make Way for placarded medical advice In the cars might perhnps have been unreason able. The lesser good had to make way for the greater. Then came the skip-stop campaign, In which the transit company wa so eager to Justify Itself that It neg. lected to dispense other Information. Com pliments to cautious "kiddles" are now prominently posted. The tribute and its accompanying warn ag are unlmpeachably wholesome, but they help not ut all the Justified passenger who humbly seeks to know where his car ts going. The route synopsis was an ex cellent Idea, compensating to some extent for the extreme terseness of tho outside Igns. A mere number anil the awesome word "Wolf" or even the delectable word "Strawberry" are not of muchjistarlee to the trolley patron unvere(fcll the intricacies of tb transit systenvKi. The route keys should be restored? If the company wants to sermonize It should be able to find space In Its cars without shrouding In mystery the way of the pU rrimag, A WISE AMERICAN k TttB spontaneous demonstrations of esteem and admiration that attended Cardinal Qtbbons's Jubilee celebration In Washington Included men and women of gill oreeds'and dispositions. The tribute jTM -f n1 humane man. VMM Mfsjsssntlsl '"truths that nevsr ssasiff JSULAm sst Ufa saV amli that stay flxctj nnd Immovable In nil tides nnd through all time. Minds ruled by n con sciousness of these essentlnls of philosophy are proof ngalnst panic nnd fear and bigotry and hatred and nil the transient passions that degrade nnd confuse exist ence for many of us. Such minds nre truly educated. Cardinal Gibbons Is nn eduentcd man. He Is able to see tho world as n place In which there Is room for everybody nnd happiness for nil who know how to seek It. Wise men are rharllntile and patient. They hate nothing nnd love much. And Cardinal Gibbons Is one of the wise Americans. COCKED HAT AND KNEE BKKECHES OUT OF STYLE Rut the Mnnlincs. nf Wiiahlngion, Which The) Clothed, Descries Rejpert anil Emulation Tntluy II- Till-: spirits of tin' dead could revisit the glimpses of the union George Wash ington would rise fiom his gravi- and rebuke thino who are trying to obstruct the progress of the win Id In his name. It Is tilting that on this one. hundred nnd t-lght.N -seventh minlwrsnry of his birth we should consider the pi Inclples which he laid down In the light of the knowledge wv hive of the conditions prevailing at the time. Tho nation was young. It was Isolated from the Old World by three thousand miles of ocean. ntil,ileiit now to twenty five thousand miles. Communication was slow and dltllcult. America was democratic and Europe, with the exception nf the newly awnki-ned Frame, wns monarchical and hostile to tile experiment begun here. Vet there were main Americans who vanted to go to the assistance of France out of gratitude for wlint France had done, and there were man other American who in spite of tin- war with England, were nnlous to Join themselves nnd their coun try with the Hritlsh. Washington realized that If the new nation was to establish Itself It must keep as far away as possible from entangle ments with Europe. Consequently, ho urged his countrymen In his famous Fan well Address to avoid permanent alliances with any power. "Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture," he went on, "we may safely trust to tempo rary alliances for extraordinary emergen cies." The point for us to note today Is that Washington was statesman enough to perceive that It was Impossible for .my nation, ex en one mi Isolated as the 1'nlteil .States, to exist In permanent Isolation from the rest of the world. Washington understood also that no man could tell whether the experiment which he and his fellow countrymen had begun would ultimately succeed. "Is there doubt." said he, "whether a common gov ernment can embrace so large a sphere? I.et experience solve It. To listen to mere speculation In such a case were criminal." So he pleaded for support of the Constitu tion nnd patient loyalty to It in the confl? dent hope that patriotic men with a com mon purpose would succeed In establishing a free government over n Inrge territory. Men were as critical of the Constitution then as the are now of the draft of the charter for a league of nations. Although tho Constitution had been adopted, they were afraid It would not work. The dif ferent states resented the Invasion of their sovereignty. They questioned tho suprem acy of Congress and the power of tho Supreme Court to Invalidate acta of the State Legislatures. Hut John Marshall came along and by a series of decisions mnde a nation out of what had been a con geries of Jealous states, He succeeded because ultimately the minds of men of all parties came together on the great ques tion involved. Washington met the issues of hfc time and solved them in the light of the conditions which then prevailed, Just as he would meet the Issues of today In the light of the changed world conditions. He laid down policies based on the principle ot fair play and Justice to all. The principles are eternal, hut the policies chance with tho progress, of the world toward complete civilization. The successors of Washington, who had known him personally and had read his Farewell Address with approval when It was made public on September 19, 1791, were not afraid to meet the new Issues which arose. For example, vvlun Canning sought our co-operation to prevent the Holy Alliance from carrjlng out Its pur poso to suppress free government In South America. President Monroe asked the advice of both Thomas Jefferson and James MadUon, who had preceded him In the presi dency. Jefferson, whose dictum against "entangling alliances" is being quoted nowadays ad nauseam, heartily Indorsed the plan to make nn agreement with England. It would effect a division In the body of European powers and It would prevent Instead of provoking wars. "With Great Britain withdrawn from their scale nnd shifted Into that of our two continents," ho wrote to Monroe, "nil Europe combined would not undertake such a war (that Is, a war against the Spanish-American repub lics), for how could they propose to get nt either enemy without superior fleets?" And Madison agreed with Jefferson In Indorsing tho Tlrltlsh proposal for Joint action for tho protection of Spanish America, but he sug gested that they should also agree to oppose the Invnslon of Spain and any Inter ference with the efforts of the Greeks to free themselves from Turkej. Thus within less than thirty years after Washington spoke Jefferson favored a league of nations for tho protection of the American conti nents and Madison favored such a league for the protection of free governments everywhere! "VTonroo agreed with these advisers. And yet we are hearing the sayings of these men quoted now In Justification for opposition to an American program for an International league to protect tho peace of the world. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe were ready to make an atlance In response to a proposition from Europe. The proposition for the league of nations originated in America, We have asked Europe to Join with us in a compact Intended to combine the moral force of the civilized world against war and, If need he, the military power of the nations to compel u. selfish nnd rebellious power to abandon its policy of greed. And tho representatives of the great nations have agreed unanimously to the American program. America tody is Ttot the feeble power It van to Ue tm M WMWwrton er ip the time of Monroe. It Is the richest and strongest nation In the world. It Is no longer Isolated, geographically or commer cially or socially. And It could not be If It would. Europe Is nearer to It than Mexico was) In the days of Washington. It l no farther In time from London to New York than It used to m from rhllndolphla to Hoston. There ran lie no war In the futtiro which will not afTerl us, The only question before America Is whether It will rourngeoiisly shoulder Its responsibilities ns a member of the family of nations or whether It will Ignomlnlously shirk them. Washington would not have ndvled shirking them. He would have confronted the Issues of the present with the same wisdom that ho displayed in solving the problems of his own generation. The glory of the past, as Clemenceau said the other day, Is a Justification for the living only If the sons of great ancestors are of a stature to equal that of their fathers. What we must study today Is the groat purpose nf the mm Washington and not the cocked lint and kneo breeches which he wore; the principles that he Interpreted anil not the siierlllc policies to meet tempo rary ronilifliuis thut he advocated. Most of us, thank God, are big enough to do this. THE UNCHANGING CODE "AriLITAlMSM n America, for war or for ' extensive "preparedness," will not be hetpeil to popularity by the disclosures which Itrlgadler General Samuel T. Ansel! has made through Representative Itarnett In connection with the prellmlnarj moves of a rongresslonal Inquiry relative to the processes of army courts in the war period. General Anell, as n member of the Judge advocate's department, risked court-martial and was himself gngged because he Inter vened to save four enlisted men from the death pen.iltj ami made objections which later were upheld by the Secretary of War and the President. Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder Ik now facing the necessity for extensive explanations In relation to the hnrshntss of the method followed In punishing soldiers. Genernl Ansell's charges Involve his administration directly. There are promises of a mild scandal when the public finally team of the excessive penal ties Inflicted even at the training camps. It Is probable that a great many enlisted men who have been sentenced to thirty ears or a life In prison will receive new trials, since they were often no more seri ously accused than soldiers who, when they went abroad, were punished with light fines and short periods under guard. In the final analysis, however. It Is the military- code nnd not the men who admin lster It which Is chiefly to he blamed. Every army In the world Is held together nnd mnde etllcient b a system of regulations that have not changed In hundreds of j ears. When an army Is established It rules its members by laws that are vastly different from those with which the aver age civilian has been familiar. Military courts cannot afford to be merciful or even meticulous. A whole army may have to depend In nn emergency upon the fidelity of ono man. So armies live by a rule of Iton. Each soldier, no matter what his rank may be. Is subject to the will of his superior. Punishment Is harsh nnd swift. When a military court errs It prefers to err on the side of safety. It Is concerned with the safety nf the army and not with the safety of the Individual. Evidence Is accumulating to show that the military code, administered often by new and Inexperienced officers nt the train ing camps, was made unnecessarily harsh. There will have to be a lot of reviewing In the army courts after peace Is signed. Hut Genernl Ansell's charges against the Judge advocate's department nre the most berlous so far madu anywhere in the American rr.iiita.ry estiblishrr.er.t. Soldiers sentenced to'dcath have a right to have their cases reviewed by the President and the Secretary of War. General Ansell charges that General Crowder nnd his asso ciates made such an appeal Impossible and disciplined him when, after trying every other method, he carried the matter Indl rectly to Mr. Wilson and Secretary Baker. Thern should, and Vnrmers lluvo there probably wU be, Muny Yiitri nn uproar from the country If tho Sunate Agriculture CommltUe can find support In In iffort for the repeal of the daylight saving law. In all Industrial communities d.i light saving brought comfort to Innum erahlu millions during the warm weather period. Fanners complain that the rule In terfered with their schedule of work and the Agriculture Committee Is willing to act upon their suggestion for n rexil. f - Proftssor Roman, of The New eat Antl .Srucuse I'nlverslty, one j of the ardent lenders of a new- anti-tobacco movement, leaps to the spotlight to warn the nutlon that his movement Isn't to be taken "with levity," He Is unduly alarmed. That movement will be met with an even mixture of pity nnd di-rlslon. It the work at Hog Ho It Henna Island Isn't hurried along Bhlps of the sort they nre building down there now win be obsolete and the wnjs will have to be changed for the construction and launching of Zeppelins. The great man-dale Fibruary Tho President has a habit ofi using telling words, nnd that's JubI what makes Senator Sherman so angry. I.Ike all iiersons who come, here from nlirouil, Mr. Wilson will soon be telling us what ho thinks of America, "Of nil the kings In Europe," boasts Alfonso of Spain, "I am the latest creation," Really up-to-date rulers, however, are not wearing crowns this season. The man that shot Premier Clemenceau can take small delight In the reflection that tigers are In the habit of "couching" before a new spring. Time was when a true Westerner con demned ns unfit "to be trusted over night" would have exploded picturesquely. "Mis leading." twitters Mr. Borah. Is he really from the great state of Idaho? , . vjj A new Gibbon Is hardly needed to devote another eight volumes to the latest decline and full exemplified In the situation created by Mr. Wilson's senatorial 4aar CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Wt'strrn Interests in Philadelphia. What the. Bankers Should Dm- cuss Lcit'M E, Bcitler on Ex'Secretaries Washington, Feb. 22. rpiIE white roso of York nnd the red rose of Lancaster differ In this, thnt Con gressman Orlest, of Lancaster, stays per manently In place nt Washington, while the whjte rose of York chnnges Its Ilepre Kentntlve In nlmnst every Congress. Bank ing Commissioner Dnnlel F, Lnfenn, who wont nut with the Brumbaugh administra tion nnd who likes Washington ns much as ho docs Harrlsburg, If not better, was tho first Itcpuhllcnn to take the York Adams dlsttict away from the Democrat. In many years. He yielded to his former successful opponent, Andrew It. Brodbcck, of Hanover, a Democrat, who now gives up to Edward S. Brooks, a Republican. Lnfenn was down looking over tho situa tion lost week. He learned that Brooks had been here nnd was already making a hit. TF WE only knew how many people nre Interested In Philadelphia and Phllndel phlnns we would be prouder of our city. Ramifications of Its Influence nre so ex tensive ns to nfford us a pleasant Introduc tion to nil corners of the earth. How many people In Philadelphia 'know Ira Copley, nn Illinois Congressman, who tins grown rich In the gas business? Yet he has very close connections In Philadelphia. John C, I.owry, vice president of the American Gas Company, and one of the stantibus nt tho Union League, Is one of them. So Is Mor ris W. Stroud. William U. McKlnloy, of Illinois, sometimes spoken of as a candi date for Senator to succeed Larry Sher man, Is another westerner who stops over at Philadelphia occasionally for personal nnd financial reasons. McKlnley wns the congressional manager of the Taft cam paign of 1912. He has large traction In terests In the West. SEVERAL questions nre agitating Phila delphia bankers Just now, and It might be well for the Philadelphia Chapter to dis cuss them n little more fully. One relates' to the restriction of Immigration, which some bankers contend should be encour nged to check Bolshevism: another Is the Increase of loans nnd Interest rates thereon, nnd still another Is the Investigation pro posed by Congressman McFudden, concern ing the activities of Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams. Tho Comptroller never was very popular with the bunkers, but he has n reputation of being a fighter, and Congressman McFad den will probably need help to put his reso lutlon through. Material here for Austin W. Davis, of tho First National; Anthony G. Felix, ot the Peoples, nnd Howard E. Deity, of the Tradesmen's. rpHE little party nt the Manufacturers' Club which Is led In thought nnd spirit by Benjamin P. Obdyke is partlnlly broken up by tho departure for Chile of J, R. Brunei. Jr., and Dr. Emlllo M. Barrelro, who recently touched Washington for pass ports. Mr. Brunei, who has large interests In Chile and South America, has purchased a costly home at Merlon, to which he ex. pects to return In May. Meanwhile Brother Obdyke has the consolation of knowing that his grandson, who recently became a midshipman at Annapolis, Is making good. TT WILL be interesting to Johr. W. Liber- ton. of the Atlantic Refining Company; E. W. Drinker, of the Lehigh Navigation Company, and O. C. Purdy, of Wilmington, who have Interested themselves In the merchant marine service, to know thnt the Emergency Fleet Corporation now has In hand no fewer than 10,000 applications for tho position of supercargo and that they come from all parts of the United States. This Information will nlso be Informing to that group of young men who were engaged In Emercency Fleet Corporation work during the war who desire to be con tinued In the service. Tll. EDWARD MacI.VALL, who Is at-L-' tached to City Solicitor John P. Con nelly's force, has been digging into the nrchlves of the Pennsylvania Historical Society But the doctor nnd his good wife do not overlook the movements nf public men, and dispatches from Washing ton seem to contribute to their mental re freshment. For one thing, the doctor likes the Evckino Punuc Lkdoch letters, which, he tells us, flt In delightfully with research work. TTEUK Is what Lewis E. Beltler says LJ- about the proposed society of ex., secretaries; "I was first Mayor Filler's private secretary, 1887-1891; then Mayor Stuart's, 1R91-1R5; then Governor Has tings's, 1885-1S39. Edgar C. Gerwlg, of Pittsburgh, followed me as Stone's, 1809. 1303; then Bromley Whnrton, Philadelphia, as I'ennypncker's, 1903-1907; then A. B. Millar, Philadelphia, as Governor Stuart's, 1907.1911; then Walter S, Gaither. Pitta J burgh, as Tener's, 1911-1915, and then Wil. Ham H, Ball, Philadelphia, as Brumbaugh's, 1915-1919, I followed Humphrey Tate, of Bedford (now deceased) as Governor Pat tlson's private secretary, 1891-1895, and he, George Pearson, Pittsburgh, as Gov ernor Beaver's, 1887.1891, so you see wit 'Ex's' now come In at least half-dozen lots, assorted." TWTAGIBTRATE JOHN MECLEARY and ' the boys of tho Vesta Club have reason to rejoice over the home-coming of Colonel Horatio B. Hackett, of Kensington, who was shot up In France. Since the days when "rtash" Hackett, the "little drummer boy" ot the Civil War, was Republican ruler of the Thlrty-flrsi Ward, they have been watching the progress of the Junior Hackett with neighborly Intertit and pride. They kept track of him on his Journey through West Point, and when he went to France they knew he would give a good account of himself, and he did. 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THE CHAFFING DISH Inside Stuff "How- nice It must be to sit down In a quiet office and have nothing to do but write simple little poems." A Friend of Ours. THE building hums nnd trembles With the dull roar and boom of the presses Tearing off the Sports Extra. In one corner of our cavern An eddying whirl of tobacco smoke Surrounds the leader-writer who Is clasp ing George Washington to his bosom, As leader-writers must do once a year. In the next room an editor is shouting "The best thing that could happen to the league of nations Will be to have Borah Stump against it!" And while ho says this, a colleague is en treating him To supply some more "ears" (You know them, those Jolly littlo squibs With Indented blackface heads, That run In tho third column). And nnother Is brooding mournfully over his typewriter. Bleeding his brains away Over a Jocular paragraph. OUTSIDE, In the Local Room, half a dozen reporters Are clashing away on local storleo. Two more are rushing to the phone booths With handfuls of copy paper To take down something big coming In from the districts. Tho smoke from Innumerable pipes swirls and sifts, The floor is nnkle-deep In papers, Two young ladles, seated near" the clear green water-fountain, Are busy about something the details of which We are too bashful to Inquire, And the dramatic critic With a cup of coffee and n pot of paste In front of him Is spearing the adjectives out of press agents' flimsies. BACK In the telegraph room Is tho con stant chatter Of the Instruments, wireless stuff coming In from Paris At twenty cents a word. And Old Bill, the veteran operator, Is grunting to himself Because he can't get n clean wire From St. Paul to Worcester, And It is raining, And that "takes the stuff off tho wire," And some boob keeps breaking In on him. The more delicate clucking of the stock tickers Reels the slender tapes of cryptogram un heeded on the floor. AT THE news desk a man with a corncob Is shirt-tailing Kurt Eisner's obit. In other words explaining who Eisner waa when he was somebody, And the, Rewrite Man, of whom It Is said "He could do the Fall of Man In a stick," (I. e In two Inches of type) Is weaving Into an Intelligible story Something that has been gathered over the phone. THE Assistant City Editor, seated before his enormous Assignment Book, Is checking off his list of Items covered during the day, Politics, City Hall, Federal Buildings, Shipping, KarlyP Duty, Lau FeUea Duty. i ' . k. " TODAY '. , -," '":-d., Hotels and Clubs, Weather, Society, Finan cial and U. of P., And mennwhllo shouting up tho speaking tube To the make-up man "Thnt Number 8 on tho price-of-mllk story Will have a. new lend It tho Final," "OHILIP GIBBS once wroto a novel About the newspaper business In London , Called "Tho Street of Adventure" (That street being Fleet street). In which he described young men and lady reporters Taking tea and muffins together In tho Reporters' Room, By a nice open Are. ' He goes or. to tell ia the story (Which you ought to read) That the newspaper failed. Oh boy, they don't sip tea In the Local Room Of nn American afternoon paper, At least not In Philadelphia. ''VVER In the far corner A man with a whimsical luce Is putting a new caption On a photograph, some mistake Having slipped In In tho early editions. And tho Cartoonist, coming Into the sanc tum While the-editors are feverishly Trying to "get through," Shows a strange Inclination to tnlk over the news of the day, Hoping to snare some elusive Idea. It is In the welter of this strnnge, delight ful confusion, O friend of ours. That these "simple little poems" are written. Dahy Poems Wo nre exceedingly sensible of the honor conferred upon us by those who send us photographs of babies, asking us to write poems nbout them. The rules of the American Federation of Sentimental Songsters are very strict on this matter. Union laws forbid our', doing this gratis, though ot course we would be happy to oblige. Our rate card Is aa follows: Male babies, under one year,, poems. S5 per pound. Female babies, under one year, poems 10 per pound. Male babies, over ono year, $20 per pound. Female babies, over ono year, $30 per pound. Young women, over sixteen, If brunette, poems Ave cents per pound. These weights refer not to the weight of the poem, but the weight of the baby. Please Inclose stamps for return of photos of the babies, otherwise we shall keep them and display them as pictures of our own offspring. SOCRATES. Monday will make It the "Hubbub" of the universe. Milk, has come down a cent a quart, but we have heard no report tbat restau rants will serve It In bigger glasses. Howard Coonley says that Philadelphia Is certain to have three new drydocks. Ifs hope he knows. IOs1 bit odd to realise that when you stop'tas raooMJfhws you'"ilifc tM Mashlne '".I '"- "5 ; ;. ;' .Ti ,.-'. , ! a;,T',r .:, v. Yes, He Was Human! ITIOTTT .1.1. I.a nt .a t s1ltni-a mimmnvA XJl In thc,lr flies for the familiar materlalilj for the annual editorial proving that Oeorgey Washington was a human being nnd not the austere, Impeccable prig of tradition, the Washington of the cherry tree and 'the "Rulea of Civility and Conduct." , Our own favorite evidence that Washing ton was something more than a marble bust lies In his own account, written, nt the age of sixteen, of his experience With those crea tures slnco called "cooties," during a sur veying trip In the Shenandoah Valley. It runs thus: We got our supper & was Lighted lntof a Room & I not being so good n woods man ns ye rest of my company, striped myrlf very orderly and went Into yo Bed, as they called It, when to my surprise, I found it to be nothing but a little straw rr.atted tdgether without sheets' or any thing else, but oftiy one thread bear" blanket with doublo Its weight of vermin, such as Lice, Fleas, &c. I was glad to get up (as soon ns ye Light was carried from us.) I put on my clothes & lay as my companions. Had we not been very tired, I nm suro wo would not have slep'd much thnt night. Wednesday, 16th. We, got out early & flnlsh'd about ono o'clock & then travell'd up to Frederick Town, where our Baggage camo to us. Wo cleaned ourselves -(to get rid of yo game we catched ye night be fore.) I took a Review of ye Town ft, then returned to our Lodgings, where he had a .Nl ..-Ann. .a n. ,0 Xl'InA A VTtlOTt KOOU iliuiirr iu-,i.nr.A v um. .. ...v - ......a Punch in plenty, k a boou reamer with clenn sheets, which was a very agree. ablo regale. What Do You Know?- QUIZ . - 1. Who was the. man that .attempted' to assassinate Premier Clemenceau? o How manv farthings make a penny In English money? . "wsJ . .;.. .. 3. VVnat IS tne Jiumanmn iiiune iui u- manla? i. What Is the derivation of "cock and bull, story'? - B. What Is another name for leap year? 0. What Is the origin of the.' phrase, "si' tight as Dick's hatband"? m m. ...n. Via first nnma of Tird- Ifa. 1 r.iulav? ) a nn.. n.na TnPAh T7ll VHlinol ? " I 9, What was supposed to be the food of ' VHC Via fcvH, i - n- .. feA nnlv Amrlrnn Pr-fflnt u'hnfiA nn filao became President? xJ ... U Answers to Ye.terijay's QuU ' 1. The twelve slgns.of the zodlno are Aries, the Ram; Taurus, the Bull"; Gemini, the Twins j Cancer, the Crab ; Lso, the X,lon; Virgo, the Virgin i Libra, the Balance; scorpius, tno pcorppn, Sagittarius; the Archer: Caprlcornus,". the Goaf, Aquarius.. the'Water-Beaxer, and Pisces, the Fishes. . s 2. Quito 'is the capital of Ecuador; ' S.James Russell Lowell was ' born oa Washington's Birthday, 181B; 1 4 The Ku-Klux Klan was a secret orge.ni ration which sprang up Irt' the Bouthi' In reconstruction days after th7 Civil Wan Its object, was to Intlra- in. iiacrwinn rnrnet.hairrArM anl mum o.-, ,--r- ...-- -... . - "scalawags." and to prevent them from 1 H.llil.il nMlnn. I 5, Vlvlanl, Brland, Rlbot, Palnleve and Clemenceau nciu me umve ot rremicr 31 of Franco during the. course of the ? war. 'An S. Senator .Polndexter represents the ftaU jf' Ol WU3IHHSW"- l " " - )ij 7. Thomas A. Arne, an English 'composer 'f n ihA Alirhteenth century, wmini thm r music of -"Rule Britannia." U 8, The Duko of Wellington ,dppo8ed""?fa- J J . . ........ ,.... . ... .t. m poicon uunui'urie pui unco in ' oaiUfi,T$ at WaterloA. ' ' ' "',7 ne Austen wrote "Pride, and PrcteU-J 9, Jane Austen wrote "Pride, and PreJsiUvs dice'' arid "Sense and 6ensb!il(y,V L, 10. BlsvsM. states cemtasea tke vtixtimtrnt j- .. Ki Ii- A ' .'.'- A J f , i rt A '' ' '"- . 1 r, T , I? ViiC.'aH. n -i
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