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EVEXISU- PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
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I'Mladrlahla. Tiiridir. Ifbrutrj :J. IMI
TUB FIRST GI.IMMEK 01' NET DAWN
rpiin demand of the men who tire draft-
in? the new city eirirter for home rule
In tho matter of street cleaning methods
and the aetlvlt.v of the committee on nut
niclpnl affairs of the Chamber of Com
merce in arousing interest In the next
mayoralty campaign nrc symptoms of un
awakening which promises much for the
future
When the influential bu-ilhes uml Pio
fessional men aie Indifferent to the Kind
of government we havo that government
wl".l be bad. The unsatisfactory conditions
that have prevailed here for rears have
Krovvn up because the men who should
have taken mi interest In good govern
ment have neglected their elutj. Tlicj
have been too busj with their own pilvate
affairs to libthcr with the larger affairs
of the whole community They have sat
In their libraries and In their clubs ami
talked and thought of everything but how
to get the city so governed that a dollar's
worth of work would be delivered for
vet j dollar paid In taxes.
"We do not mean to Inipl.v Hint the
have been woisc offenders than men of
the same kind In other large communities.
Cit government in America is u bjword
becauso of the indifference to it of the
great mats of business men. The have
farmed out government to men who have
made a business of it, who havo exploited
the cities as a private preserve for their
own profit and enjovment.
Thcie arc signs of a new d.iv dawn
ing in Philadelphia. It will dawn if the
men now active continue the campaign
which thev have begun, for the moment
an alternative to the things from which
o have been suffering Is presented for
tho approval of the voters they will wel
come it with enthusiasm. But they must
bo convinced that that which is offered
them will be an Improvement over tho
things which have lcen. Otherwise the
will prefer the evils they know to others
the extent ot which thej know not.
EXPANDING THE "TEMPERATE" ZUaC
pOXTrtAKY to a rather prevalent im-'-'
presslon. the "dr" L'tiltcd States that
Is scheduled for July 1, 1919, will not bo
unique Canada goes entirely luiuorless
on Ma) Dav . and even now thtre are onlj
" nlnetj towns In the Province of Quebec
where John Uurlcvcotn, has legal
standing
The great slate of Wouoia in JleKo
ncarlv twice the area of Pennsylvania,
prohibited the sale or alcoholic beverages
some time ago A bill for a" white-ribbon
Cuba wan recently Introduced In the na
tional Congress in Havana. Americans
who have been finding it hard to realize
what a "Tempeiate" Zone of literal sig
nificance will be like ate under additional
pressure to plctuie Its certain extension
into the Arctic regions with a possible off
hoot In the Trop,. -
Canada's abtinencc Is a tesull of war
legislation for the ptohlbltlon regime thcie
Ik booked to enduro for only one tai
following the date of tho signing of the
peace Xteat.v But teetotalism in Sonora,
once flowing with pulque, rests on no such
temporary basis, while the Cuban plan is
said to have "teeth" of permanent In
Usivcness Tho significance of the situation lies
Jn the fact that if a really powerful anti
pi ohlbitlon reaction Is coming, It Is
already feai fully belated. The 'Great
American Desert" from but a little way
above the Tropic of Cancer to the North
Tole will be existent bv next Hummer Jf
k mistake has been made the anti-ub-stalners
wilt have the opportunity to prove
that it Is territoilally one of the biggest
t blunders in hlstorv
WILLIAMS APPROPRIATE CHOICE
COMPARED to Amerongen, Ht Helena
was Broad and Chestnut stitcts. Wil
liam Ilohenzollcrn's utter obscurity proves
this, as It also Inspires revision of the orig
inal opinion that he was more fortunate
" n Jils place of exile than Napoleon Bona
parte. -To the latter the (mpdthetlc Las Cases
played the role of a scdulou Kurl llosner,
tpuchlng up tn resounding phraseology the
vCorsIcan's observations and propagandizing
wun untiring zcai on ucuaii oi me appeal
ing "Napoleon legend," The ex-emperor
'if the Trench and his chronicler unc.ues-
ij tlonably passed many pleasant times to-
Bether, j St. Helena, moreover, admirably
"qualifies at one of the globe's island para-
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njciurtsque. Its climate auavc. never truly
d torrid, and Iongwood, where Napoleon was
comfortably housed, enjoys tho refresh-
' MliC delights ot bn altitude of 1700 feet
kfeeve sea level. After a quarter of a ccn-
j'-.'-lirj? ot.oumpalgnlng might there not have
I cMMnMieraoierpaim in sunny, practiui
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gr-nut -', U work!
during Napoleon's six jears of enforcofl
rcsldcnco there. Jamestown harbor, an
Important port of call on the India route,
bustled with activity between 1S1G and
1821.
Cooped within tho tiiurow confines . '
the Ucntinck estate, can the last of the
Ilohcnzollorn monarchs regard the futo
of tho world's greatest military genius
with aught but envy" No ltoner cheers
tho sham "conqueiot " No Interviewer
records his babbling The Netherlands
have a wretched winter climate. It begins
to look a It the Bluff of Berlin In choosing
his own place of exile had for a while at
least saved persons, unaware of how de
lightful some Islands can be, from select
ing one altogether too good for his deserts.
Whatever he has lost. Mr Hohcnzollern
seems to have kept his senso of proportion
AM Ell ICAVS
HAM)
IS UN THE PLOW
Mr. VTHmhi Vani to Kiiou t hctlier It Will
Hold Pad to tlic End of the I'urnm
TI" MR WI1..SOV had wished u motto
A for ills Boston speech he would havo
quoted the words of tin- tlreat Idealist,
who said. "No man having put his hand to
tho plow and looking back, is fit for Him
kingdom of C!od '
Tim I'rcfldt'iit did not lefei to the lcaguo
of nations In set terms He said illscnsloii
of it was piematurc Ho came hack to le
port piogiess tovard me leullzatlon of the
Ideals to establish which America went
Into the war. Arrangement of details took
time. There had to be careful considera
tion of u multitude of questions, all of
which wcte moro or less Intimately l elated
with the gieater question of drnlting ,i
treat which shoutd adjust the issues ot
the present wai and make future conflicts
difficult
lie tepoited that Kurope, wlihh had dis
ttusted America for throe eais and hail
suspected her of gross and selfish mate
rialism, had changed Its opinion. When we
sent our men acioss the seas to light for
the realization of an ideal Hurope re
sponded at once, because wi demonstrated
that wp sought not selfish advantage but
the freedom of free men rverj where.
When the war became u fight to make
the world safe for tin plain people who
live in it. the pliln people who were
fighting began tn lift their heads to heaven
tuut to fight with a new ardor and n new
hope Europe discovered that "America
not only lirlil Ideals hut acted Ideals." And
he assured his heaicis that the wai had
been won b that inspiration.
The tide of Idealism is running high not
only here hut in Europe There is no mis
taking this tact. And as the President
said. nn man who resists it "will find him
self thrown upon a shine so high and
barren that it will seem ns if he had been
separated fiom human kind forever" The
ideal toward which wc arc striving i the
abolishment of war. that our children and
our children's child! en maj be spared the
honors of the last four years L'nless Hip
arrangements of the Peace Conference arc
guaranteed by the ilvllbed world, the
President Is rlcjit when he sas the) will
not last a gcncradni.
It is up to America to decide whether it
will Join with the other civilized nations
In making that guarantee. Wo went to
the help of the world: that Is. wc put our
hand to the plow, and now there arc men
who would look back. If we palter now,
If wo prove that wc can hold ourselves
true to an ideal for mils, a few mouths,
we shall not only earn the contempt of
tho world and forfeit that respect which
we well-nigh lost through three cars ot
doubt and hesitation, but we shall piove
ourselves as a people unlit for tho kingdom
of God, which devoted men aio now doing
their best to set up on eatth.
We do not believe that the lonllileiiie
in the peoples of Europe, which Mr. Wll-on
frequently expressed when on the other
side, nor Ills conlldonco in the. people of
America, which hi- made known in Boston
)esterdaj, is mlspl.ueil. Statesmen on both
sides of the eceau should read and pondei
these portentous sentences which oocuued
near the end of his latest remarks:
The nations of the world have set their
heads now to do u great thing, anil they
ale not going to slacken their purpore
And when I speak of the nations of the
vsorld I do not speak of the governments of
the world 1 spenk of the peoples who con
stitute tl nations of the uoild They are
in tho saddle anil the ai going to see
to it that if their piesent governmental do
not lo their will some othei governments
shall. And the see ret Is out and the pres
ent governments kno li
If tho Euiopcan governments fail the
people who have saffeied agonies because
their iiileis either failed to piotcct them
fiom a gnat calamity or dellbeiutcly
brought that calamity about, then the peo
ple themselves will change their govern
ments. Whispuings of discontent with
the slowness of rule-m aio alrcudy being
heard in England and Prance. In America
there- is a handful of men demanding that
we tut n our backs upon our icsponslbllltles
and wash our hands of the whole matter.
These men aio quibbling about constitu
tional Inhibitions and national sovereignty
and tiadltlonal policies and aie forgetting
the great world Issues with which wo aro
Inextilcably Involved whcthei we will or
not
The Piesldeiit has ananged to see some
of these men tomorrow night In Wash
ington, und It is understood that he Intends
to explain to them Just what is Involved
In the lcag-ue-of-natlons plan He pi of esses
to have confidence in their patriotism nnd
in their openness of mind. We do not
suppose that he will Insist on an accept
ance of cery lino of the league covenant
as made public. Hut unless wo mistake
his Intention lie will use all the liilluence
which lie possesses to persuado them to
agree to Its general purposes and to com
mit tills nation to a polley which will throw
the weight of IN power and wealth on the
side of world prare, not only for Its own
sake, but for tho sake ot the whole family
ot nations of which It Is a distinguished
mcmbei
,!S ORIENTAL INVERSION
THE quler of resentment folt In Japan
whenever her subjects are denied rights
of expatriation is a striking commentary
on the wide disparity still existing between
Oriental and western modes of reasoning.
American opinion regarding those ot our
i-rlsen "l'0 chanwo their nationality Is
Jt- let be tart. .A'llHum Waldorf Astor
had a liberal dose of It. Germany, Prance
and Italy hao long refused to recognize
the adoption of a new national status by
emigrants from those lands.
Until 1888 tltcat Britain clovo to tho
rigid doctrine "once an Englishman always
an Englishman." "Once a Japuncfc. per
haps subsequently something ory differ
ent." sums upt however, the eastern doc
trine, Insistence on which is creating big
nlflcant Issues in tho Peace Conference.
The Island empire would prefer that her
roaming subjects lu Austtalla. California,
South Africa or Mexico should becomo
Australians, Callfornlaus, .South Africans
or Mexicans rather than that they should
remain pledged to the Mikado.
This view point directs pressure on the
non-Japanese nations to grant to new
comers to their shores privileges which
these countries have been always rather
anxious to withhold from their own wan
derers. Even in u reconstructed world
East and West continue to approach cer
tain questions from most divergent angle?
CHVMP CLARK, RY AM, MEANS
CHAMP CI.ARK was referred to at a
Washington-Wilson dinner In the na
tionul capital ns "the second most dis
tinguished American" nnd nominated for
the piesidencv
Tile man who did not get the nomina
tion lu 191- smiled at the speaker and
ictnarkcd, "Darkls is wlllln'"
Thus encouraged, the toastninstci. when
his turn came, expressed tho hope "that
Champ Clark will bo the next Piesident
of the United States."
So the dinner, arranged to celebiato the
achievements of two Presidents, was re
solved Into an affair to boom the nomi
nation of a less distinguished American.
Clark 1ms a hitherto unsuspected or at
anv rate unnoted, claim on the consldeiu
tloti of the Dctnociat.s, who hope to elect
their presidential candidate net eai, a
claim which ranks him with both Cleve
land and WiNon. tho only two men whom
the Democrats have elected since ISJG All
thiec have taken liberties witli their
baptismal name. Cleveland was chrls
tened Stephen Grover and dtopped the
Stephen. Wilson was named Thomas
Woodrow and dropped the Thomas Clatk
was culled llcauchamp bj his ndoiing
mother, after her own father. But the
canto outh thought that Ileauchamp was
not u name with which votes could he
won nnd he dropped the flr&t syllabic and
secured an alliterative and what ho thought
a demorcatle tIe .which has Justified his
Judgment b.v earrving him to success in
n long scries of elections to Congress and
won him a majority ot the delegates to
the 1912 presidential convention. Now If
picccdcnts count for anything, Clark- is
tho man for tho Democrats to tic them
selves to next .vear No nomination could
give the Republicans greater satisfaction
Tho inllltai.v tteatj
vviiicn Marshal Toch
will soon present to
lli-r lluiiilv
Vln-I llr 1I-.I
tho Germans will pro
vide for the demobilization of the German
nrmj down to a small peace basis of be
tween five and ten divisions of 10,000 men
each Before becoming unduly optimistic
over the news, It may be wlso to recall tho
fact that a German delegate to the Socialist
conference, at licrnc mado the following sig
nificant statement- "L'ndcr the pretense of
defending tho Prussian border ugalnst the
Bolslievlki and the Poles, a volunteer nrmj
of con 00o Is being organized b) Hlndenburg
lu Potneranla and eastern Prussia " Germany
will play fair only when she must.
American experts arc
Moix-j in .lunk said to favor the sink
ing of surrendered Ger
man uar'hlps because a division ot the spoils
will be difficult and attended with complica
tions Tho Prcncii, n. thrifty nation object
to such waste. Why not sell the ships for
junk and elevoto "be proceeds to the Inter
national Red Cross."
Tho balvution Ami)
All l-ua fur m will hereafter gather
-IticWnot funds for Its work In
an annual drive, und
the passing ot the tambourine will be dis
continued. Now let some Salvation Army
poet write a song celebrating the passing
of the passing of the tambourine
Padcrcwskl finds life noadas forever
at concert pitch
'Ihere will be no setting up ixnclsck
aftei July 1.
Bolshevism is stusslng the last sj liable
of Budapest.
Any victim with a stor of ii hold-up
iim) now tell it to the marine.
Boston had the President's Inain, but
Philadelphia has grandpa's lie-ait
What lias become of the eurmuffs the
thoughtful citizen was wont tu vveai at this
season of the 3 em "
The pullie lime not et managed to
make the crime wnvti waver Tli.rc v. no let
up In the hokl-ups
The Allies will need it lung spuon to
skim off the scum that rule to the top when
the Russian pot boiled.
In Spain another eatilnct lias quit Pull
tlcs In that country must ncceHa.ii lly be
taken with a gri-Ht deal of resignation.
I.at nltiit's meeting at the Metropolitan
Opera Houie whs nut a dead one. though
'the Will and Testament were prominent.
Kurope promises May peace, but
Americans can't help thinking that It Is
likely also to bear the "May I not?" Impress.
All trusts arc not iniquitous after all.
Witness the mighty one which Americans,
according to Mr Wilton, have built up In
Europe
Champ Clark may or may not have
hoped of succeeding Woodrow Wilson In the
White House, but it may be accepted as a
foregone conclusion thOjt he wilt not call on
William Jennings Brjan to help his boom.
It Is patriotic, of course, but is It not a
trifle Incongruous to honor, as lias been pro
posed, so intensely live a. factor In American
history aa TUdpre Itovseylt wth a.
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BRINGING WATER TO
JERUSALEM
SOME months ago an account xvas pub
lished of the new water , supply which
tho army under Sir Edmund Allenby had
contrived for Jerusalem. Tho event was
of great importance to the people of Jcru
salem, and very cxprcsslvo of tho change,
from Turkish to British administration.
Since tho llcrodlan system fell Into de
cay Jerusalem was dependent upon an Inadequate-
plpo lino from Solomon's Pools
nnd upon the clstorns, public nnd private,
which storo up rainwater. The cisterns,
for the most part, had become dilapidated,
foul and breeding places for tho malaria
fly. The new supply Introduced by the en
gineers means freo water, clean water nnd
more water, nnd u great gain in sanita
tion The January Issuo of the "Quar
tet 1 Statement of the Palestine Explora
tion I-'und" prints tho full report of Major
Stephen, 11, E., who designed nnd executed
this notable public Improvement in the city
which appeals to so many millions of three
faiths. The report contains some addi
tional facts worth bringing out. The r.e
cessltj for a new sottrco of supply arose
from tho circumstance that tho army was
di inking up all the good water nnd most
of the bad, so that a water famine was
threatened for tho Hummer. The old sup
ply consisted of cisterns Vltli a storage,
capacity of 360.000,000 gallons and a plpo
supply from Solomon's Pools of 10,000 gal
lons a day. Many of tho cisterns were, In
fact, empty, when not dirty. Tor prac
tical reasons a new source could be found
only to the south of Jerusalem. Somo
spilng heads were found lu the Wad!
Arrub, twenty-two kllometerH from Jeru
salem on tho Hebron road. On investiga
tion they turned out to be fed from
ancient underground nqucducts, probably
the work of Herod. These spiings had
n iell of 14,000 gallons an hour of ab
soltttelv puie w.iter. A pumping station
was creeled, a icservolr with a capacity
of 300.000 Milluns was built on the Hebron
load nineteen kllometcis from Jerusalem,
a pipe line to tho city was lild and a
icservolr of 2 000,000 gallons was erected
there Within two months water was pour
ing into Jerusalem at the rate of 230,000
gallons a da). It Is estimated that the
new-old sources thus tapped again after
manv ccntuiles once jlelcled, and can
again jleld, 1,000,000 gallons a day. That
fact Is one ot a host which Indicate how
much more was once done with Pales
tine and the great potentialities of the
countiv. Tor Jerusalem there has been
opened out a clean nnd regular water sup
ply in place of a dirty and irregular one.
It Is a great boon to the poor, nnd should
lead to the stamping out of malaila.
Manchester Guardian.
RIDING WITH ALLENBY i
Ai I dieam, it .ccim to wc
1 hai-c ilddcn ulth .Ulcnbi'
ON A day, in the time long gone.
1 rode into tho heart of the dawn
Out of Gaza. My desert steed.
Son of a sire of the NedJId breed.
Took the breath of tho morning sun
With never a pause till we had won
O'er rocky sweep nnd o'er sandy swell
To the liven House of Gabriel.
Then, eio the shut of the eve, wc came
Whcie the last red streamers lit with
flame
The mosque of Helnoii set In the 'vale,
With its towering minarets, nnd its tale
Of Isaac's nnd Abraham's tombs.
Where only the Knlthful In tlic glooms
Ma bow, vvhllo faintly tho cressets flare,
And the swart muczr.lu calls to prajcr.
Thence on to Bethlehem we sped,
With the dome ot Allah overhead,
And never a sign of a cloud In lew
To blur the breadth of its gold and blue.
ho he matched, and It seems to me
I have ridden tetth Allcnbyl
THEN Jerusalem, and the hill
Of Colgotha, and the sacred, still
Church of the Holj Sepulchre!
The Vale of the Mount, and the cease
less stir
Of pilgilm feet wheie the Chi 1st onco
strayed,
Under Ihe ciuel Cioss down-weighed!
I rode by Jenln with its palms
Clear cut ngnlnst the noonday calms;
I rode by Nablous, I rode by Naln,
And over tho wide Esdraelon plain
l.'p the. slope to Nazareth, '
Where out of the dim bazaats the bieath
Of the shaven sandalwood was blown.
I skirted tho snow -crowned mountain zone
Of Ilermon, und saw tho morning stai
Silver the loots of Keif Hawar.
And then I looked on the lovely loom
Of orange, pomegianute and citron liluoin,
(A bower that to tho Prophet's eves
Was the picsclence of Paradise)
And came to Damascus by the gate
That leads to the ancient Stieet i ailed
Straight
No hr .luiiihcd, and it seems to me
hair ildden tilth AUcnby!
NEVER again the Turkish blight
On all this land of lure and light'
Never again the brutal ban
I'loin far IJeeishcba unto Dan!
Rather tho beam of His promised Peace
In this homo of holy memories!
His peace for all men under the sun
i-'iom Ncljo north to Lebanon;
His peace thiough the hand that set them
f t ec '
hntr ildden with Allenbi)!
Clinton Scollaid in Asia,
.o matter how the February calendar
disputes It. 191. with prodigious bounds
toward world peace, Inspiring!) deserves
classification us a leap year.
Secretary Daniels, a few days ago, talked
by radio telephone to President AVIlBon, 800
miles avvny at sea. This was one of the In
frequent times when the President couldn't
talk back
Time Is a. confirmed sentimentalist. A
pair of Sir Walter Scott's old slippers has
been sold In tendon for $80 In spite of the
known fact that his poetical feet were not
nlnas correct.
A correspondent of the Frankfurter Zel
tung, writing from Spa, sayas "The English
have not yet arrived. They were not able to
keep pace with tho swift marching time of
the Germans." Which suggests tho story of
ti colored gentleman who kicked a. Jack-
rabbit, from tils path wUfe the adjqmtlon,
''aWaV VlHV fa-lf b rdtauLan Jdlail j In . 1... tat
BENEATH CONTEMPT, BUT WORTHY
'.
ELBOW
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ship ncativ ran
aground in Boston harbor. It seems
as though Hoston should have dredged tip
those tea leaves by this time.
The nct Liberty Loan will undoubtedly
be a success. It comes, we believe, during
Lent
When the ctowds ubioad hailed Mr.
Wilson with enthusiasm, he snld ho re
garded It as u ttlbuto to the American
people.
When the American peoplo hall him
with enthusiasm, he sajs It Is a tribute to
the efforts of the I'caco Conference,
What nrc vou golnsr to do to get over
n personal tribute to a man like that?
Think how baffled Mr. Borah mist feel.
Sjnllictic Poem
T wiote to n noct. savlnc
itenilinc- our noems has convinced me I
That ou could write a good novel
In prose-."
And when he got my letter
Tho poet thought to himself,
"Did he buy my book,
Or did somebody lend it to him?''
What Is going to become of the ai lists
who used to draw the goats for the Bock
beer signs'"
1 lie Troubles of Press Correspondents
Itofloii. Fell. 23. President Wilson to
night Is passing his tlmo in such vvnys as
passcngets do on a ship that has arrived
homo but has not landed. A dispatch to
tho New York Times.
Meaning, wo suppose, tolling over tho
customs declaration on that long list of
gifts from abroad.
Boston, Feb. 3 1. President Wilson this
afternoon is pusslng his time In such ways
as oratots do when they are delivering a
speech that has not yet been finished.
Dispatch to the Chaffing Dish.
Boston, Feb, 51. Your conespondent
this afternoon Is passing his time In such
wuvs as coriespondents do when C000
seciet service men sunound the man
whom they wish' to interview. Dispatch
to the Chaffing Dish.
Washington, Feb. 2,"i.- Senator Borah
this morning is passing his time in such
ways a. statesmen do when they have de
clined an Invitation to dinner which they
now wish they had accepted. -Dispatch to
tho Charting Dish.
Miss Bliss, the lady observer lu the
Philadelphia weatherman's bureau, has cer
tainly had a soothing effect upon our cli
mate. Wo would like to assign her a per
petual mand'ate In such mattcis.
On the noith pavement of Matket stieet,
near Third, thete stands what a sign pro
claims as "the only cork tree In America."
We hope it will be removed after July
first. It will be too tragic to have these
emblems of ancient haprJness still con
fronting us,
It seems sad to think that befote long
cellars wilt be good for nothing but to
keep the furnace In,
Social Chat
After watching tho gentleman who sells
gyroscopes on the north side of Market
street wo have come to the conclusion that
the solar sjstem has been pretty well
thought out. . t
Stevo Mcader onco wrote a poem on Lin
coln, at our buggestlon, and It Is so good
that come one has put it Into a collection
of Lincoln literature. We think we ought
to draw some 'royalties on that.
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Ned Muschamp returned our copy of one'
of Philip Glbba's books, and gave us a
sack of tobacco and half a box of safety
matches as usufruct or lagnlappe. We have
lots more books, Ned.
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Yachel Lindsay, the well-known poet and
agent of the AntyMfMfcLatueleft town.
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tho aquarium at tho Talrmount water
works. Ring Lardner was in town recently and
spent two bedlcss dajs with Bob Maxwell,
the most circumferential sporting editor in
town. On lcavlntr. Mr. Lardner was heard
to remark, "Whoovcr named Philadelphia
tho Sleepy City was a degenerate liar"
Taking a visitor down to seo Old Christ
Church ycsteiday, we found tho church
yard full of clothes fluttering out to dry.
And our companion remarked, without any
signs of premeditation, "You see, clean
liness Is nct to godliness."
The most surprised render of the Presi
dent's speech, first published in last night's
papers (Advt.) was undoubtedly Oliver Ilcr
ford, the well-known raconteur. !
Vie onco wioto a poem on "Washing
tho Dishes." A mining engineer in New
York, who read It, nnd claims to have done
considerable dishwashing himself, sends
us tho following, with tho laconic com
mont that it is tho best poem on the sub
ject ever written:
Dish Willing
Why dry them If jou like, dear heait. You
know
I loio to have jou near me.
The pretext doesn't matter.
Still I hato to sco you get
Your hands all greasy.
Aly own?
Yes, they are not like what my mother
used
Tocoll a lady's hands, well kept and satin
smooth. Sometimes I look at other women's hands
So white! So tender! Tempting I should
, think
To men If I, a woman, sometimes long
To stroke them,
Then I look at these poor hands of mine.
Nails blunted, flesh burned rough.
I can but think with some rogrot
Of the roso-pink of yoilth, that long ago
was theirs.
I can remember they had dimples, too,
Where nbw are wrinkles only.
It was not vanity that made me prize
Such beauty as I had.
I had the more to give jou that was all,
Now I can only serve ou with these
hands.
They have been useful all these twenty
years.
These twenty busy, happy, anxious years
We've spent together.
No, darling! Don't' They're soapy still
and wet!
Now jou have made me uy.
They aie not hands, but swords of valiant
serv Ice.
Your kiss the accolade that nobled them!
Anne Hlgglnson' Splcer, In "Songs of
the Skokle."
On Seeing an Airplane in the Early Morning
When first we saw lis radiant mothllko
grace,
Its gliding wings of gossamer outspread
All golden In the morning, arid the red
Fire of the sun ablaze upon its base,
Entranced we stood and raised our ejes
to trace
Across the sapphire heavens where it led;
Now diving behind a cloud, now high its
head,
As it rose' again athwart the sun's broad
face.
Tho dream of Icarus Is at last fulfilled
Oh gods of old, restrain awhile your hate
From that bold hero who, by daring
thrilled,
Essayed at first to pass your lofty c&te:
For who could worship, If the gods had
killed
The first whose spirit ventured to be great?
J. M. BEATTY, JR,
Why didn't some one point out to the
President, while the train passed through,
that he was equidistant from Independence
lall, one of the oldest things in Pnlladcl-
la, ana wooarow winon Havre, one of
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I. God Send the Regicide
WOULD that the lying rulers of the
world
Were brought to block for tyrannies ab
horred. Would that the sword of Cromwell and the.
Lord, . ''
Tho sword of Joshua and Gideon, '
Hewed hip and thigh the hosts of Mldlan.
God send that ironside cro tomorrow's sun;
Let Gabriel and Michael with him ride,
God send the Itcglcldc.
II. A Colloquial Reply: To Any New'tboy
Tr YOU lay for Iago at tho stage door
with a brick
You havo missed tho moial of the plu;.,
He will havo a midnight supper with,
Othello and his wife.
They will chirp together and be guy.
But tho things Iago stands for must so
down Into the dust:
Lying and suspicion and conspiracy and
lust.
And I cannot hate the Kalsor (I hope you
understand)
Yet I chaso tho thing ho stands for with a
brickbat In my hand.
Vnchel Lindsay, in "Tho Chlneso "N'lght
ingale and Other rooms."
The Youngest Colony
Tho Incorporation of New Guinea, de
manded by Australia, would bring a" singu
larly Infirm race under the flig of the com
monwealth. The average 'duration of llfo Is
shorter in New Uulnca than in any thr
country, owing to tho peculiar diet of lh
natives, who devour with gusto the larvae ot
beetles, dug out of decajed tree trunks, and
habitually drink sea water when JKar th
coast. "The people die oft about forty," we
are told in Mr. A. IX Pratt's "Two Yar
Among tho Cannibals ot New Guinea." "We
saw one very old man, who may hava been
about sixty years of age tho only example
ot longevity that wo came acros.. He was
bent almost double, nnd had a long, .white
beard. Ills fellow tribesmen regarded lilm as
a great cut loslty, and brought him to see us.
Despite tho decrepitude of his body, however,
there was no trace ot senility; his semes
were unimpaired, and the poor old crt&ture
showed great gratitude tor a gift ot to
bacco," Manchester Guardian.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, Who filed the first shot in the war be
tween tho United Htates and Germany?
2, What two Republicans are rival candi
dates for the Speakership of ( the
House of Representatives?
3, Who wrote "The Ring nnd the Book"?
4, Who lnvtnted the telephone?
5, For how many ears was Napoloon
prisoner on the lslandof St. Helena?
6, What Is the meaning' of the word "largo,"
used as a musical term?
7, What Is another name for the famous.
plctuie, the Mona Lisa?
S. What river flows through the Grand
Canyon?
9, In what war during the nineteenth cen
tury were Orcat Britain and France
allies?
10, Who was Phil May?
Aniweri lo Yeterdf)'i Quia '
1. Kurt Eisner, who was assassinated in
Munich 'last week, was Premier o(
Bavaria.
2. Benjamin Franklin' said "There never
was a good war or a bad peace,"
J. Henry Hudson, who laid claim to New
Amsterdam, for the Dutch, was nn
Englishman In the employ of tho
Netherlands.
4, Charlotte Bronte wrote under the name
of Currer Bell.
C. ranacea: Vntvenal remedy,
6. Itufus Daniel Isaacs Is Lord Reading,
British ambassador to the United
States.
7, The Seven Sages of Greece were sup
posed to hays .been Thalcs, Bias. Child.
Cleobulua, Perlander, .Plttacus and
Solon,
I A tlmocracy Is a form of government
In which there IS a nropertv rjiiailfle.
tlon for office, . ., .. .at
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