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LTORTS of the supoib inception
nvn bv New 01 lv to tin1 'Ivventv
seventh Division inspiie mingled -nut'
montf. tn .the hearts of Phil.iilflplii.tn"'
Nntuiallv wo ate glad that tile notch
hoi ingr motiopohs was enabled to chain
the .up of ecstasv hui thnt fact onh
whpt.s out desno to have .i simil.ir op
pottunit.v This tit . too. would like to
ho emotionally paliiolu. t .iptiit misly
festal.
The lion Division, ' Pinnsvlvania'-.
Own," is hooked foi .in catlv lionie
romtne. 'I ho ix hie trnnspotis that are
to cany the Ileum rwonU-ciKhth tould
ccitainlj ho atcommodati d in the mrr
that lias lately hioii lap.uious onoucli
for the Idaho, Riant of dicadnoiiRhts
The pott facilities, otheiallv domed
when the iclurn of the H.ncifoid was
first broacliod, lime been found ontiioly
convenient. The du-cmbatkation .in.ingc
ments would, of course hac to be con
ducted on a much atrr stale loi the
lion Division, but theio is no sound ir.i
son for holtoMiip; that the ( mei nency
could not be met
The Philadelphia Count. il of National
Defense emphatically thinks so antl is
cairyinp; to Washington the petition of
hundiods of the soldiris' mothois, ure;
inp; that the tlncct home louto be
adopted. If the government hoais these
plca, us it should, the jubilation will
richly warrant the hanp;e
Philadelphia desenot the thiobs and
thrills, the paceantry anil the splemlor
that the boys who foup;ht foi hot will
inspire. Pennsvhania's uuadeis oui;ht
"to cet then fust welcome on Amenum
Boil from their native state Kveiv one
of us wants to feel as pioud as New
York has felt.
WHO INS IN I.KUalli: DKI.V I IS
rpHE Lodt;e-Lowell debato fuinishes a
- happy pietotlcnt foi the oibal ion
test scheduled to take plnce in this cit
between Scnatoi Hitchcock and Geoitre
Wharton Poppoi on April 10 When the
two eminent Massachusetts speakers had
finished talkinp; it was evident that no
gap of fundamental convictions sepa
rated them. Each ap;ieed that a league
of nations was a fine thinjr Senator
Lodfte contended that the oiiKinul diaft
of the nait was bad and should be
nmendod; Picsident Lowell that it was
pood and should bo amended
It is not easy to single out the winner
of a debate m which so much basic hat -mony
amonp; the contestants is lcvcaled
Lincoln and Douglas leally took s pa
late sides and clung to them. The
leaguo of nations "opponents' have a
way of conducting a thundcious geneial
ixing warfaie which looks heaitoningly
like armistice negotiations when the sub
ject is specifically considered.
Before Scnatoi Hitchcock putuies
himself demolishing Mr Peppoi's aigu
ments, tho Nebraskan might profitably
considei how often objections to a league
covenant fade away into meie iintation
over details, some of tho most impoitant
of vhich are now under consideration in
Paris.
"Who won?" askod tho Dodo of Alice
!n Wondeiland at the conclusion of tho
mystifying caucus lace. "Kveiybody
has won," was tho verdict, "and evci.v
body must have prizes."
As matters arc now going and the
time for calling Congress diavvs nearer,
millions who loathe war and are poig
nantly weary of it aie piobably willing
to he equally as generous as tho Dodo
In apportioning laurels in public discus
sions on the topic of the hour.
THE FIDDLERS AT PARIS
THERE will be rabid nnti-Wilsonitcs
who will say, Boonei or, later, that
the smnsh in Hungary, with such confu
sion as may follow it, is due to delay
caused by the Pans debate nbout a
Jeaguo of nations.
Jlr. Gilbert, who tepresents this news
paper ot the conference; Doctor Dillon,
jv whose dispatches to the Public Ledger
uiR i .1 i- i.s.i i l-.i
jTCVeai u tnoruugu uiamu kmuwicuku ui
the fotce.s opposed at the peace table,
'and every other journalist able to sco
ci, ,. ., i , ,. , .
Wi-i peneaill me suriuco mivu inaue it; piain
" hot the diafts of thfe league covenant
1 IiV weio agreed upon long ago and that the
I -?& procrastination and delay that irritatea
r Viivisrva Itt fliin in Inn lnnniiifi nf riAla
Utvj'v . y- w .. '""""'V' viw-
I A vets vo rvcuutiiu uuiuuk iiiujimuivca tnu
collar ambitions of their various mi-
mv
K-AWWi'ic in this Instance is no only
M, fof the newer confusion in
, Mixhvif to ffapb set an waBl-
to follow our lend to some degrco nt
least
The wai cost us close to fifty billion
dollais in money. Hut our irpiccnt
atives nt Paris hnvo vet to put in a
claim for such vast indemnities as many
other ippiesentntives have been tletct
mlnctl to impose in a program that
.meant fifty jeais of virtual slaveiy foi
tho defeated nations. Their- may bo jus
tice in such claims. Ceitainlv the Ger
mans should bo punished, and punished
thoroughly. But if a few of the diplo
matists at Pans had been willing to
admit what every lational man knows,
thnt thoy themselves were foimeily par
ticipants in a soit of competition that
solved to make war inevitable, they
would no' have piovuiod tho eacl soit
of incentive and oxiuso that the mala
dioit leadots m tho (!ei manic states ro
quirctl for the pcipotration of new dis
oider on the lontinent
("II VKM If l!K IKHs (,Iil'"
MMIJE'IIIW llll'A DII-riiR
Itul Hcforin in not be Pm riiri)iish Prnprrly
I nlc- Who Itclipvr In II Work
I opi llicr
7 1' Ih to ho hoped that Sinaloi Evte, of
(hostel was light when he said,
uttoi tho ihaitei healing in Hairisbtug,
that the piopononts of the different
loinis of lpvitiou were closei together
than the loaliod
11ns newspapei has been Hilling con
tinual attention to tho points of agioo
nient in th'1 belief that if the two bodies
of opinion lould g( t tiigethei and unain
tnoiislv suppoi t lertuin ilinnges on the
nrio-sii foi whiih theio is no dispute
it would bp r.iMoi foi them to adiust
ihc it difTeienies on the othei m ittei
Pi ogress srenis to lie making in the
light direction Scnatoi V.no iinnounied
in llai i islmig that ho would favoi anv
budget s.tem that has tho indoi moment
of (ontiollii Walton, and lie suggested
that tho' menthoi , ot the citiens' iom
mittee, togothci with Mr daffnoy, of
totincils, ( it Solicitoi ( onnellv and
Mi Walton inci t with niombi r of the
Senate Committee on Municipal (T.tns
and dtalt a moa-uin whiih would bung
about lefoinis, m the fiscal sjstrm of
tho lit v
If this meeting can bo arianged and
thoip si puis to bo no icason loi objeiting
to it. the budget question should bo vn
tuallv settled Intolligent and n.ison
able in n will had a loiniiioit ground on
which to stand
Evcivbodv piofessos to dcsiio to take
the police and hi omen out of politus
Whole w cement is unanimous on the
end sought it should not be difTiiult to
find a wav to loach it '1 ho wav pio
v idod in the bill of tho citizens' commit
tee seems to be much moio effective than
that ot foi th in the altoi native bill sup
posed to have the indorsement of Sena
tor Vnie. It is assumed, undoi the wai
tnnt of bis woid, that the Senator is sin
ioi o in his announced wish that it be
made impossible foi an politician to use
tho uniformed servants of the citv to
futthoi his personal ends. It is known
that the mombois of the citiens' com
mittee .no not socking political advan
tage foi anv one in thoir plan foi 'di
voicing tho In omen antl tho policemen
fiom all connection with political or
ganizations and in preventing them fiom
intotfeiing in anv wav with the political
fioedom of the voters
If lopicscntatives ot tho two plans i an
git togethei and enmpale then bills
section bv section, and agieo on that
which will most effectively bring about
what each desnos, tho polae and fite
men pioblem will be solved as casih as
the budget problem undei the confotenco
method suggested.
Xo tosponsiblo men have appealed to
oppose a teform in Councils. The plan
foi a body of twentj-ono salaned Coun
cilmon elected fiom constituencies of
uuifoim population is in accordance with
the best thooiy and piactice at the pics-
cnt time.
Scnatoi Varo does not like It. He is
said to maintain that the pioposed Coun
cil is too small and that the anange
mont of districts will not give a fair
lopicsentation to the votcit. Ho wants
a Inigcr Council, whoso members will bo
in such eloo touch with tho people that
when a citien wants a new lamppost
set up in bis neighborhood ho can find a
Councilman neai at hand familiar with
tho locality to whom ho can piesent his
icquest.
As wc understand the purpose of tin
men who have drafted tho proposed
charter, it is to give the new Council
much more important duties than order
ing now lampposts and to abolish the
system of government by favoi con
ferred upon the people by their elected
servants.
A Council of fifteen was fust proposed,
but concession was made to the desne
for a lai Ter body, and as the diaft now
stands tlw number is twenty-one instead
of 145, as in the present Councils
It may be that Senatoi Varo would
like the system of ward leprosentation
picscrved, with at least one man fiom
each waid. As tho population of the
smallest waul is estimated this jear at
7000 and the total population of the city
at 1,800,000, this would lcquiic n Coun
cil of 250 members if theio is to be
equitable lepicsentation of the people of
all sections. So large a local legislature
Is unthinkable. We think tho Senator
himself would agree to this. But he and
the others stand on the common ground
of advocating some kind of Council re
form.
A definite, sensible, modern plan has
been proposed. It is up to those who
object to it to suggest something equally
as good or gracefully to accept the plan
now before the Legislature in Harris
burg. 'fhc two gioups of charter revisers di
vido radically on the matter of street
cleaning and garbage collecting by con-
EVEX1XG PUBLIC LEDGER
fhjcnce tho men who supcrviso the exe
cution of tho contiacts nro appointed,
and tiint consequently ho cannot nppic
ciatc the need for any chnnge in the
piesent system. Ibis is the Senator's
misfortune.
Tho scandal in private business an's
ing out of similni conditions in England
became so great a few ycnis ago that a
law was passed making it n cume for
the pinchnsing ngent of any corpoia
tion or fiim to place himself undei finan
cial or other obligations to the men from
whom he bought supplies for his em
ploveis. The sjstcm can be defended in
neither puhlie nor private business.
If the political loaders of this city are
contutctois, it is impel ativo that as
much as possible of tho public work be
done bv the citv. itself instead of thiough
the political leadcis.
It is beside the question to iiigue that
contiacts aie always avvaided to the low
est biddoi. There have been ndministia
tlons heio under which the successful
biildeis would have been mined if they
had been foi cod to live up to tho speci
fications in thou contiacts. Eveiy ono
familiar with the histoiy of tho city
knows this. The freeing nf the hands of
this lominunitv so that it maj do its
woik ilsoli or bj contrail, as seems best,
is demanded, not primarily in the in
iirest of ccmiomj, but in the interest of
decent government In he brought about
bv a transfer ol (he allegiance of the
ittv offni.ils from the politico. contractor
inlluence to the ciKv itsilf.
'Ibis is a mnttei th it mteiosta the
whole lommonwealth, as, m fait, the
whole siilnrit of thai loi levision hole
allots the people of tho state at huge.,
Miti hell Palmei. tho official head of
tho Demount ic paitv in tho state, has
pinmisod to do what he inn to fuithci
helteimrnl liiuiuse he knows it is
needed and aNo heiauo ho realizes that
tho issue m not ono of paitisan politics,
hut of good goviinmint.
If the Republicans, in the Legislature
fiom distints outside of this citv will
combine with tho Philadelphia icpic
sontativos who favoi ladical lovision of
the chattel, not onlj those changes on
whuh all gioups heio are agieed can be
made, but those whuh tho standpattcis
oppose cm aNo ho put thiough.
h.V IhRhrVS I ROLLED ROW
TN A time like this, when governments,
cnipoialions and individuals alike aie
heioming aiutilv aw. tie of tho impei
ativo need foi lo-opciation and undei -standing
in human relationships, the
plight of the Public Seivicc Coipoiation
in New Jersey is interesting and even
slightlv humoious.
Echoes of a state-wide upioai icvoi
hciated at the hearing hold in Ncwaik to
dctciminc the tights of tho coipoiation
to institute a new 7one faio system on
its tiollov lines.
It is plain that the Now Joisey coipo
ration has .vet to sco tho light. It has
a monopoly of tho street-car lines evcry
whcio m the stale. And its scheme for
a five-cent initial fare antl a cent for
cveiv mile aftei the fust one cannot but
appeal to a lav mind as a pciveision of
the ?onc rules winch piovail abioad,
wheic street fares lange as low as two
cents for short tups
The leaction of such a faio s.vstem on
leal estate in the subuiban communities
in Now Jeispv could not bo othei wise
than unfavoiable, and tho mavois and
tapaois of the one bundled and forty
one towns and cities which piotcsted aie
thoroughly justified in insisting upon an
inquny to tho limit.
But tho lesson foi corporations which
lay in jostoidav's healing at Newark
docs not i elate solely to questions of
stieot-car fates. The New Jetsey Public
Service Coipoiation is only leaping what
it has sown when it finds itself mot with
opposition fiom oveiy quaiter. It too
often failed to enlist public confidence
or to intetpiet itself to the people whom
it solved. It piefened to exist upon a
highei piano, aloof like a deity The
tiolley seivico in many paits of the state
and particulaily in Camden was fre
quently inefficient and casual.
Long sufTcriiig has actually picjudiced
the Jorsevmcn against his public seivicc
oiganiration. Even when tho big coipo
ration has a valid cause, even when it
may be stnving to be honest and help
ful, it will be distrusted. Yeais will be
lequncd to live down the reputation
built up in the past bv wiong-mindcd ad
ministtatois, who felt that the profitable
thing to do was to deal with the poli
ticians and let tho people look after
themselves. That rule of conduct belongs
in tho dark ages of American affairs.
Tlin V-,,,, I-, t- . .,.. . , ,
.... .,..,. uumej. uuiiiujuiion is late in
learning, utner organizations of tho
same soit perceived long ago a message
that is wiitten on the skies for all those
who believe that it is better to be clover
than just in dealing with tho public:
"You can't got away with it."
Now that Collector
Wo Knew It Ledcrer has an
Woultl Come nounccd that the fed
eral (jovornment pro
poses to tike a rnther heav toll for war
expenses fiom all tho new fangjod, ncir
licer danio resoits, it ma) be cried from
the housetops that the tttxluibitret is here
at last
It Is important to find
Tho 1'oollsli Urst out whether or not
tho advertised Apill
red ifvoltH in Berlin and Vienna aie sched
uled foi the iHt of next month
No MpiIohii Ih so
poor that he cannot
True
boast of a Villa In the
The llch arc? not ptoud of it.
countiv.
It will be the "Irony"
Sarcasm Division if t is
In ought back to port
in any other than Its native state.
Gra situation in Egypt," weeps
Winston Churchill, and many a mummy
gives corroborative evidence.
roltowtng: the league covenant's necleel
of the(Monroe. Doctrine comes the smash-
..n fr?fillirnrv.r Ttilft LHnri nf 1nrl,? ...,.,.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27,
THE GOWNSMAN
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Educational Nostrums
Tin; educational cpeit is much nmonR
us, and no matter what the hubbub
ho Is alwajs audible above the din He Is
sometimes an eminent lawver, sometimes
i banker or a toal baron, and no matter
where ho statts he is opt to degenerate
sooner or Intel Into a "ps chologlst." He is
not so often a teacher himself, for teach
ing Is llkelv to beget n certain modestv of
opinion which I not nnionK the attributes
of the professed educator. If he does con
descend to teach, he seldom makes much
of a fist at It because his 19 that higher
tvpo of mind outt of which leaders are
made, and knowing exactly t-ow twenty
things must Inevltnblv be done why should
ho bother to do anv one of them''
T1IH oldet tvpo of educational cxpett was
n meat pialsei of things gone bv and
nf the wn in uhlclt thev used to do things
In tho schools nf his bov hood and the col
leges of IiIr jouth Hut this tvpe Is ncarlv
estlnet, except wlieie ills grappling hooks
stilt hang mooted to Gteok Tho newer
tvpo agiees with the eldet ns to tapldllv
with which education is now going to the
bad, but ho offers a dlffetent nostrum, or,
nt least some old nosttum put up with new
labels In i now bottle At present things
nrn in a vetv bad wav Out children can
neither spell nor cipher, and thej won't
lead As i iiile. they Know less at eight
een than at eight Tltcv nre not only not
educated, oni schools de-educate 'them.
'1 ho are drhen too hurd and thev have
not enough to do Too much is expected
of them and loo little Thev stud too
mrmv stiblccts and thev do not study
enough Thev hive too manj holldavs,
vet hivo no time In which to think. In
shoit oven thing should bo ns II is not. and
whitovpt Is tint should be
Till: (low nstn in listened the otl er eve
ning with much pitieiuo to a tvplcal
tluido of the kind mil to the exploitation
of a somen lint nov ol nosti mn eloquently
si i foi Hi b n icjihot in one of tho most
noltiblo of mn enstci n fieshwatcr colleges
fter tho usual hallowing plctuie of our
educational ilecenciaov, based mostly on
assumptions tint wo aro living under con
ditions which the (lownsman had supposed
wero obsoleto at least a generation ago
eon in freshwater colleges, tho end came
In tho simple prescription, 'Read Plalo"
Heie was a pcisistent and tnnepentant
Crook ' Xo not a bit of it What our
tnoilcnn student needs poor follow Is a
' pittern, an example precept his teicher
ein alw.ivs bn depended on to givo him in
abund mco Therefore, let him givo up the
studj of litciatiiip language nnd the arts
and rend the 'Dialogues of Plato' ttans
lited Into nn old 1 menage or new one
and nil his educ ition tl defects will slough
off like the shell of a seventeen-jcar
locust us ho ciiwls out into the sun, glu
tei ing, volreful and destructive
TIMP.S lne changed and we In them- It
used to bo thought that knowledge had
become so complex that ho was a happy
man who giilng ills attention solely to
the musleiv of ono subject, succeeded in
learning- somen hit about it before he pic
sumed howeci modesth , to teach it Now
It ippeits tli at It is better not to know
too much about am one subject and gladly
to sactlflco much to the inestimable ad
vantage ot being taught technically how
to teach it bv those who know least prac
tically about It. Om friend of the other
evening took up the new old slogan: 'Stop
stiidving voitr books and studj tho child"
Alas' liow the child has been studied' lach
child, it would seem, is a new problem to
knit our brows over, to experiment with,
to shape, mold, eloate. mcasuie ves,
above all things, to measute weigh, theo
ilze about, chail ami vet the child sur
vives, foi natine is sttong and delight
fullj wnjwaid Hach child, it would seem,
is to be me mined for his individual suit
of odiic ition, from the cuttj satk of the
A B t" to the guarded robe of post-grad
into emditlon there shall be no moie cus
tom mado garments, no iead-made arith
metic, no standaidlzed geographv and not
spelling enough to keep the schoolmarm
warm Or, to vary the figure, each child
is a vessel of differing- capacitv. shape and
contoui. You cannot put as much into one
ns into another, although jou can fill
them all to overflowing1 if vou rain long
and hard enough nut tho new education
will have more than this There must
be a chemical analjsls of tho fluid to be
lained in the case of each Jug, for one
was created to hold rosewater, another
vinegar, a third wine of precious spice.
Query: "Who is to concoct these precious
educational liquids, this x'ariegated pabulum
of an infinite variety, when the world of
teachers is whollj emplojed in meafesurlng
pint-pots.'
TT
1 in
T HAS been well observed that, consldei-
ng bow long the human race has been
on this planet, man has been submitted to
the influence of education a remarkably
short time, and it may be added that he
remains remarkably impel vious to merely
oducatloml Influences, which are super
ficial as compared with traits of race, even
witli those of nationality. For example,
a perverted education in Ideas of German
superiority and dreams of universal empire
have just been defeated largely by a
strongor laclal defect tho German Incapa
bility of comprehending any psj etiology
other than his own. Educational nos
trums are not altogether harmful, they aro
concocted mostlv of drugs long known and
tried in the pharmacopeia, and the healthy
human sjEtem is strong against them.
There is no true teacher who does not con
sider who It Is that he is teaching; hut ho
who is nbsorbed in" tho processes of his
teacher's art should bo called by some other
name best a hard one. Out of the fullness
of his knowledge alono dare the honest
man speak. Happily there Is much In hu
man nature that must remain Imponderable
In the balance and Immeasurable with psy
chologic tape It Is equally fortunate that
there is an Insight nnd discernment In th.e
true teacher which even the nostrum
monger cannot destroy.
I TO THE AMERICAN WDIAn
My nUOTHEn, with the piercing eves,
Tho swarthy cheek, the distant mien,
In whoso Impassive port is seen
The habit of fiee centuries,
The dignity that scorns surprise
Brave without hope, and proud, I ween,
Only of something that has been,
And In tho dead past burled lies
I,ook up with happier courage face
Thla modern strife; accept the plan
Of a strange world no longer young.
The future beckons to your race;
You, the self-centered, silent man,
Shall yet gain friends and fli.d a tongue.
Elalno Goodale Eastman.
la it possibly because "Steve" himself
"took a chance" that the marching Bolsha
lets are Inclined toward Brody?
. '
Tho blue ot the now triumphant Sun
day laws Is the Bort of "fast" color which
promises quite me rvern oi Bpeeoy limes.
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THE CHAFFING DISH
Small Talk
WYNNE hB been chuckling
'The Home Manual," published
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NCY
in 1889, and has been kind enough to lend
It to us With some difficulty we got It
awaj from the Intelligent gentleman who
edits the Dally Quiz In the southeast cor
ner of this page, as he found It a mine ot
material. The following is from the chap
tet on 'Society Small Talk":
A billroom is especially the place for
airy nothings ' This Is ourdance, I think,"
a gentleman might Bay; 'jou are not
afraid that I am not able to pilot u
through the crowd?' If the lady answers
'No, not at all," her partner would have
to seek some other opening; but were
she to respond: "Xo, I shall believe In
jou till ou prove my confidence mis
placed," the joung man could reply he
'considered himself put on trial, as It
were," or that she "should have np occa
sion to regret her trust."
Ornaments worn In a ballroom often sug
gest gay conversation to ready-witted per
sons For Instance: "I envy that butterfly
on jour hair, close to jour ear. What a
chance to whisper secrets, lucky butterfly!"
The answer might be: "Oh, no, the but
terfly is not so happy as jou think; I
shut It up in a velvet case when I go
home, lest I should lose it. Nov, jou
could not be shut up, and jou wouldn't
like it if jou could."
Or the lady might replj'. Jestingly:
"Unlike jou, mj' butterfly has no feeling,
so it doesn't appreciate its happiness, a
trait, I believe, characteristic of butterflies.
Vou ought to know something about it."
This icfers, lie presume, to the cos
tumes. "In the croitef, probably.
We aspire to bo the kind of poet who
writes about homely topics and makes
them seem homelier still.
We notice that some ono nas collected a,
number of the worst poems that have been
printed in this column and published them
in a book called "The Hocking Horse." We
warn all our readers against this book,
which contains some of the poorest poetry
we have ever seen.
To the Eastern Shore
There's a little houso tn the holly tiecs,
Down on the Eastern Shore,
Where the scent ot pine drifts down tho
breeze,
And It's there I'd be once more.
The wild geese call from high and far,
And spring is In the air;
And southward, spray leaps bright on the
bar, '
And the bay gleams blue and fair.
There's peace where the seagulls Idly sail,
And quiet on the dunes,
And kindly hearts Uiat never fall,
And a lilt to tho darky's tunes.
There, far to the south, Cape Henry lies
A-beckoning to me;
South as the wise old gray goose flics,
And It's there that I would be,
DOUGLAS C. AVENDELU
Euclid Euchred
"His manner was not at all that of a
man who for nearly four years waB Eng
land's single official army interpreter! of
events." Interview with General Maurice.
And yet If he was that man, that must
have been hts Manner, exactly, as It were.
Put It this way:
General Maurice had a manner.
General Maurice was the man who for
nearly four years was, etc.
Therefore, his manner must have been
that of the man who for nearly four years,
etc. Q. B. D.
. Thomas Harned. one of Walt Whitman's
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the house where Mis. Gilchrist lived when
in Philadelphia. In ono place the book
gives the address as J 99 Nottli 22, In an
other as 1729 North 2 Perhaps Mr
Harned or some one else will ho gracious
enough to tell us which is the correct ad
dtess.' Lieutenant Earl C'adbuiv Is back ftom
fljlng over the German lines We tiled to
interview him for The Chafllng Dish, but
Eail is far more scared of newspaper men
than he evei was of the bodies And then
there's Lieutenant Henry Carvill Lewis,
another flying man, hiding out In German
town at 51 Cliveden avenue. Henrj . who
spent some time in a German prison camp,
is so afraid well put his name in the paper
that he Just won't come to see us. We're
going to keep on putting It in until he
comos to call. That's what they call the
power of the press
Lieutenant Charles H. Welgandt. of the
Signal Corps, A. 13. I, sends us the fol
lowing, which he sas was written by an
American soldiei abroad
Don'lg for ex-Soldiers
DON T hurry Into jour clothes In the
morning and then run out Into the street.
Thete'll be no reveille at HOME.
DON'T ask the "old man" whether you can
go out at night. He may be jour new
C. O , but he's not so awfully strict and
vou won't need a pass to get in after
10 o'clock.
DON'T neglect to take a bath at least once
a week. Tho old gag of being A. 13. F.
won't hold good then.
DON'T faint at the sight of a bulletin
board Your days of detail areovcr.
DON'T embarrass your fi lends by rushing
around and picking up cigarette butts
every time jou hear a traffic cop's
whistle.
DON'T "hike It" when you go to visit jour
relatives. Remember the railroads ore
still doing business,
DON'T be afraid to call on a doctor when
jou get sick, He will have forgotten all
about "CC" pills by that time.
DON'T try to "parley vous" when you
enter a store. Tho clerk may have been
stuck at Camp Meade.
DON'T make any loud remarks in the
movies. They don't do It In civilized life.
DON'T shout "ALL TOGETHER," when a
friend tells a story at a perfectly re
spectable party.
DON'T forget to put stamps on your en
velopes. The old game of soldiers' mall
won't work all the time.
DON'T eat fast at meal times. Remember
there are "beaucoup" seconds and nobody
In line. 1
DON'T call jour homo a billet. Your
father or father-in-law may feel insulted.
BY A MEMBER OP THE A. E. !.
Please Qualify
Simple affirmatives and negatives close
the avenues of talk, "Yes, I urn," "No, I
nm not," "Yes, I Ho." "No, I do not," give
little encouragement for further efforts, if
such answers aro nocessarj, try to qualify
them, instead or a Diunt "No, I am not,"
tt would ba better to s.u : "I. do not think
I am very fond of It. Do ou care for It
much?" The Home Manual.
We hope Messrs. Pepper and Hitchcock
will bear this in mind when they debate
on the league ot nations. It would be a
pity to close the avenues of talk rlrht at
the start.
We tried a new experiment the other
evening took a pair of opera glasses with
us to the movies. It was quite entertain
Ing, as through the lenses all the Infinite
number ot tiny cracks on the Aim are
visible. It rather marred Blllte Burke's
beauty as registered on the screen, but as
a scientific stunt It Is quite infonriing.
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A Prayer in Time of Peace
REMEMBERING how our torturtd
heai ts
Turned unto Thee In time of wai,
Por help to bear its blistering smarts,
its fears, Its teais,,rts shifting scoie,
Dear Lord our God, let us not cease
To pray to Theo in time of peace,
Givo to tlie eyes that wept and wept
A clearer vision foi their teais.
Grant to the hearts all passion swept,
A manlier courage for their fearr,
Let feet that through the depths have
trod.
Learn to walk humbly with Thee. God. l
Out of the foulness let us bring
Clean hands that hold life's standard
high,
Souls that will brook no bargaining
With greed or lust, deceit or He.
Ears deafened by war's murderous din
Make Thou to hear the Voice within.
Let us forbear to strut and boast
Because of triumphs we have won,
Remembering the valiant host
That died or ever we'd begun.
O Lord, protect us from tho shame
Of thinking we are free from blame.
Let the great hour that now has struolc
Wake a great echo In our breasts,
Let us. each one, with Joyful pluck
Turn to the task that with him rests.
Lord, may it not have dawned In vain.
This day of peace Thou didst ordain.
Julia M. LIppman, In Good Houm- "S
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Wliat Do You Knotv?
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QUIZ
1 What university Is to get the flag ot
truce under which the first American.
staff officers entered German territory.
beyond the Rhine?
2. How is peat rormea.' $
3. From what Italian city does Parmesan l
cheese take Its name? 'II
4 What Is the heaviest of all fluids? 1
5 What Is the meaning of oom" in "uom
Paul," the pseudonjm given to Paul jjl
Kruger, when President or tne aouin
African Republic?
6 Who said "We must eat to live, not live
to eat"? (
7. In whose reign are white potatoes said
to have been Introduced into Ireland?
8 Where is the largest bell In the world?
9. What is a lamprey? ,
10 Who wrote "Peter Pan"? '
Antwen to Yesterdsy's Quiz
1. The Magyars are a Mongoloid race, pre
dominant In Hungarj-. ,'
i More than four months elapsed between
the signing of the protocol In the Span- i
Ish War and the signing ot the treaty
of peace In Paris In 1898.
3. Glasgow ts the largest city In Sootlancl.
4 Carl Schurz wis a celebrated German
American statesman, reformer and
Journalist. He served In the Civil War
on the Union side; was Senator from
tllbBAii-1 1BAQ.7K and ia an AHIfn
of the New York Evening Post. I
G. Sanskrit was the language spoken In
'India In ancient times. '
6, The word lorgnette should be pronounced
as though spelled "lornyett." with th
last! syllable slightly stressed. i
7, A duodecimo book ts one in which each
leaf is one-twelfth of the printing sheet,
8, Reading, Pa., Is the "Prstiel City,"
9, The Jains are a religious sect hi India,
subscribing to a inoaincauon ot uua-
anism, oasea on me lancunojiion ol
the Jalni, or sages, who have rtacbH
omniscience
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