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M.r.li :o, 1910 DOES IT MEAN LOCAL OPTION? pOVERNOR SPROUL is said to favor ' the passage of a law creating a pro hibition commissioner for this state, to be assisted by eight deputies. The com missioner would be entrusted with the duty of enforcing the prohibitory laws of Congress passed in accordance with , the authority vested in it by the new constitutional amendment. The state authorities are not u.sually 1 ailed upon to enforce federal statutes. We have federal marshals and federal c6urts charged with that duty. The enforcement of prohibition will in volve the exercise of the police power. It is well known that this power is ex ercised in the states and in their sub divisions, subject to the tolerations of popular sentiment. In some communities in this state there is a more rigid en forcement of the Sunday laws, for ex ample, than in others. In Maine, with its prohibition laws, saloons arc run openly in Bangor, but popular sentiment in smaller cities will not tolerate such a brazen disregard of the law. Now if the states are to be allowed to enforce the national prohibition laws there will inevitably be a great difference among them in the severity with which venders of liquors and beer are treated, and we shall have some degree of local .option. Is this what the Governor is looking toward in his reported indorsement of the plan to create a state prohibition commissioner? HOMELESS WILHELM TSN'T it fair to suppose thut W. Hohen- zollern was suffering a temporary aberration when, in order to dodge as sassins, he proposed going to Switzer land and forgot the horrid fact that in Switzerland every cheese is inevitably filled with holes? By what route could the former Kaiser get to Switzerland? A world of enemies bars his way on land. An air plane might transport him. Or can it be that one of the German near-admirals has mapped out a trip in a submarine ? TAKE THOUGHT, SAVE MONEY rpHE attempt the postoffice is making to bring butter and eggs direct from tho farms to the consumers in town ought to succeed. It will eliminate the middleman's profit and reduce the cost of living for the families in town. The announcement has been made that the prices of farm products will be announced at the postoffice daily, where a list of farmers from whom they may be obtained will be kept. The postoffice is 'interested primarily in developing business for its motortruck parcel sys tem. The purchaser must communicate directly with the farmers and order what he wants. The postal trucks will do the rest, even to the extent of delivering the goods at the door of the purchaser. Theoretically this plan will succeed. It has been the dream of social econo- mists for years to bring the producer and the consumer into direct touch and to do away with the present! expensive system of distribution. The habits of the people, however, have bt ought previous experi ments to disaster. The housewife de cides in the morning that she must have - some eggs, and she buys them at the corner grocery. She cannot take advan tage of the facilities offered by the post office unless she decides two or three days in advance that she must have eggs , or butter or what not, and sends in her order for what she wants. If people can be taught to plan ahead for a few days the plan will succeed. IT MIGHT WORK Typ. HURLEY'S proposal for trans ATX ferring the government-owned ships to private owners and for assisting tho private owners to operate them profit ably deserves the serious attention of shipping men. It is the first definite proposition made , for the disposal of the great merchant , fleet under construction that really does merit attention. mMff h r' m.my W0Uld BeI1 the- ships to ", .. . . wfi . K"jTHnons a? the en juti. puko icfcuiuitsa 01 wnat they FT I jijs.a TX tnrH4ill Mm Al -. "'"! "o ivuuiu uuve tne POVfli-nmonf r 'Ji a n event a mortirnirn for fh urths of interest, ji.anu ie would have the cnt in- W K'thfl purchase, price at 5 per CBVl H ? wra mo snips Jii uie rates Sf" f. ensrvrA hv nrivnfj rnmn he rate . ej'lnterest wpuld be h (SjtfWMenk usually gets Bti the overn- WijPjkmT avv s"-iWJiMwrance would cost iGfiSTTl an the UstrWi , r, . . ,t- n.v IJ, flmtto comjmnie charge. Mr, Hurley wpuld put the excess interest and tho excess insuranco rate into a fund to bo used for meeting deficits in tho cost of operation of the ships on new routes. This fund he estimates would amount to ?16,000,000 a year. In brief, he proposes a sort of a sub sidy out of a fund contributed by the purchasers of tho ships. Ho assumes that some of the ships operated under our flag would be profitable from the start and that others would not pny ex penses. The latter would be protected by the subsidy fund, which he calls a Merchant Marine Development Fund. Whether the plan would work as he thinks it would only experts can decide. But it has the merit of being a carefully thought out suggestion intended to keep the American flag on the seas and to retain under our control the great fleet now building. SCRAMBLE FOR LAURELS BULWARKS PEACE PACT Acceptance of Reused Coenant Seems As sured, Now That Both Parties Want Credit for Tlieir Fxcrtions ALL DIFFERENCES of opinion, how - x"jl ever bitter, concerning responsibility for a good thing, even the league of na tions, are grounded in a heartening pre mise. It is necessaiily admitted that the high accomplishment has been made. Sir Francis Bacon, bay some investi gators, wiote "Hamlet." The Stiatfoid lan author of that unsentimental last will and testament leaving his "second-best bed" to his wife has more champions. But while the lively wai of "experts" lages the much more vital fact that we possess. "Shakespeaie" gloriously re mains. Whether we owe the instrument of railway transportation most to George Stephenson or Oliver Evans is still de bated. Meanwhile, however, the locomo tive is a substantial and civilizing fact. Hamilton, Madison, Roger Sherman, James Wilson have all been lespcctivcly lauded as the "father of the constitu tion." James Bryce dismisses them all with the contention that much of the great document "is as old as the Magna Chaita." Philadelphia may be loath to yield to Runnymede in this matter, but even if the English publicist could con clusively prove his point, would the bene fits we enjoy under the fundamental law of 1787 be modified. Not a jot. And not a jot of intrinsic ment can bs subtracted from the league-of -nations pact by contending that Mr. Wilson voluntarily revised it. or that he was frightened into changing it, or that Mr. Lodge indiiectly made it, or that Lord Robert Cecil was its real inspiration. Here is a situation and the case of the American constitution closely paial lels it when the act is of infinitely greater significance than single contrib utors to it. If the citizens of this lepublic will realize this condition they will piesene a fortifying sense of proportionate values against which political prejudice in each of the two parties powerfully operates. The beclouding process is well under way now, since the fate of the pact is very much less debatable than is the .query, "Who made it right?" As we emphasized, the veiy existence of such an argument is the best possible evidence that something admirable has been done. The wrangling of credit-claimers may be exciting, but the firm base of accom plishment usually survives the turmoil. So far as its spiritual vitality is con cerned, the league of nations was in ex istence before any member of the special commission at the Quat d'Orsay had put pen to paper. The mass of mankind throughout the globe passionately de sired an international pact to preserve peace. The Reeds, Borahs and Poindexters of America and their counterparts abroad" have been a noisy crew, representative of some extremely silly interests and others blackly malign and selfish. But the en tire aggregation has composed a mi nority. There cannot be the slightest doubt that a world poll on the subject would sustain the verdict which the Evening Public Ledgek is recording in its local referendum. Whether many statesmen and diplomats in Paris were averse to the league plan is relatively immaterial. The conference, whether it wants to or not, is lending a keen, even an anxious, ear to -"orld opinion. . The eventual formulation of some project to police civilization was inevitable. That being the case, a political drama of a very familiar stamp was staged in this country. Naturally the paity in power is the party that does things. De structive tactics by anti-administration factions are trite political strategy. Cynical as the statement may appear, it is entirely conceivable had a Republi can President been in power during these times the majority of Democratic Sena tors would havo sobbed for American isolation and the Republicans have cheered for world solidarity. Certainly such was the state of affairs in 1898, when the present "ins" and "outs" were reversed. The play has run u conventional course. Republican opposition to the league of nations has been made up very little of inherent antipathy to the idea, which the bulk of mankind indorses, and very largely of antagonism to programs which might by any chance be labeled Democratic, or more particularly Wil Bonian. Hence the cry for amendments hence the extremely diBingenuous con tention that the President was oppose to any changes. What Mr. Wilson dfd say, of course, was that the league pact would be in extricably involved in the peace treaty and that alteration of it then would bo virtually impossible. But political capi tal, however extravagant, is eagerly seized upon when the opportunity arrives for an anti-administration party to.be constructive. The fact that the Republi. cana were prodigal of suggestions for changing the covenant is in itself con vincing proof of how deep is their in terest in the league. Men like Mr. Taft are superbly among its bulwarks, but his attitude needs justification. It is apart from tho political "game," and as such truly exceptional in American his tory. As to tho Democrats, selfish or ideal istic, it was plainly their part to 'conduct the campnign as they have. Keen poli tics and round ethics havo seldom coin cided more effectively. Tho first act in the piece is nearly over. As so frequently happens in tho life of this land the people's will is being registered. When this happens, political maneuvers become lespectful. Therein lies the true virtue of republican govern ment. Tho strategy of the parties may be dramatic, as was the round robin in cident in tho Senate; it may be lavish of sensations, but in the end it heeds the popular voice. Measured by the results, all the showy artifices become tolerable. Such ns are now in evidence are espe cially harmless in that they imply, and more and more significantly each day that Congress will accept tho league pact. The discussion is shifting into competitive claims for glory. If Mr. Lodge votes for the league under the im pression that he has been responsible for its good points, no harm will be done if all tho Republican party applauds his consistency. Of i datively minor importance will be Democratic jubilation because Mr. Wilson "has put it over." It wouldn't make a particle of difference, so far as the destiny of civilization is concerned, if Britain should single out Lord Robert Cecil, General Smuts or Arthur Balfour as world saviors or Fiance should ac claim the erudite Leon Bourgeois. Such rival commendations will chiefly serve to enliven life; but what will really make it so that man may feel that he has not traduced that gift is the substitution of co-operative endeavor for the utterly dis credited order of things that developed the most appalling catastrophe in the annalsof the planet. It is altogether inconceivable now that the nations of the world will not be united in a pact of peace. The infallible augury of its adoption is the scramble tor credit in its making. THE HOUSING PROBLEM IT IS about time that some authotita tive body presented tljj other side of the housing question. We havo been hearing the views of the builders and tho landloids for some months. The landlords aie laising rents and aie in some cases attempting to foice the tenants to buy. The buildeis are saying that there is a shortage of houses and that at least 20,000 new buildings must be put up to meet the actual needs of tho city at the present time. They are saying also that the increased cost of building material and labor will inciease the cost of the houses to such an extent that at least 50 per cent higher rent than is now paid must be assuied before any builders will undertake new operations. The homeseeker would like to know what the actual facts are. He finds it difficult to secuie the kind of a house to his taste in the part of the city with which he is acquainted. But he would like to know whether there are vacant houses in other parts of the city. A police census of the vacant houses for rent cduld. easily be taken in twenty-four hours if the officers were ordered to re port all on their beats. One cannot walk the streets east of the Schuylkill with out seeing rental signs on many houses. The man who has lived in West Phila delphia or Germantovvn or Oak Lane may not like to live downtown. It is his re luctance that is partly responsible for the high rentals in the distinctively resi dential districts. But if the families with no small children should begin to seek houses in the older districts, those houses would be put in livable condition and tho pressure on the other sections would be relieved and the excuse of the landlords for raising rents on houses built five or' ten years ago would disappear. What the people are objecting to most strenuously is this attempt of the land lords to charge rental on an unearned in crement in the value of their prop erty largely in excess of the actual in crement due to the growth of the city. The tenants call it profiteering, and their resentment is natuial. At best the con ditions are unsatisfactory. Nothing, however, would do so much to clarify the situation as a census of vacant houses, for this would show just how much and how little truth there is in tho present assertion of men interested in higher rentals that there are not houses enough for the population now here. SJarrh weather Wma to have caught tho revolution epidemic. Mr JIurley'8 Idea la to provide a per manent setting for the "(Jem of the Ocean," Smothers as well as mothers will greet tho Twentj-elshth when the day of days rolls around. "Sco what a rent tho envious profiteer mad!" tided the Buffering Philadelphia tenant. Metaphorical medleys go the pictur esque limit when an Iron Division 13 com posed of doUKhbojs. Clearly it Is up to the "Big- Four" to show some "big fortitude" in grappling wlth the Bolshevist pest. Though ratification may mean stulti fication for some of the round-roblners of the Senate, It begins to look u.s though they w-IU submit to the process. "Dear Boy," writes "William Hohenzol lern to Frederic William. "Expensive" might be the way the German people would put It. The announcement of the Installment payment' scheme for the Victory notes re veals the excellent Intentions of the govern ment to Dut them on good terms, with the public. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Philadelphia Hankers Wil Help tho Victory Loan The Late Frank Dumont and the Local Elks Washington, D. C, March 2D. SECRETARY qLASS takes the ground that the American people will buy the now Issue of notes because they will not permit the honorablo obligations of the government to be repudiated. This was about tho situation when the expiring Wajs and Means Committee was called upon to authorize this new loan. The long and short of it was that tho Treasury needed tho money to meet obligations au thorized and Incurred. There Is no ques tion in the minds of those who understand the revenue situation In Washington that tho banks In the Federal Reserve sys tem will assist In the placing of tho notes. The loan did not take the form of Liberty or Victory bonds because tho enthusiasm incident to wftr sales had passed away and tho new Secretary was faced with the stern necessity of meeting the debts Incident to and following up the close of hostilities. It Is a cheerful sign that K. I'usey Pass more, of the Philadelphia district, and other bfltlltprn nr finTift nront tVin nlona fit firm- rotary Olass and talk of giving him their Best assistance. The Secretary Is placing reliance upon the Philadelphia machinery which was used for disposing of Liberty Loans and which Is ready for service In connection with the note issue. SERUMS and toxins which ate con stantly discussed in government medi cal circles bring to the foro that energetic Philadelphlnn with Jersey antecedents, the head of the II. K. Mulford Company, whoso place at Olonoldeu Is generally commented upon by I'ennsjlvanla Railroad passengers on their way to Washington. H. K. Mul ford has had a good deal to do with the departments during tho war and has been of moio than a little service to tho Allies. He is one of the active spirits In the Chamber of Commerce agitation to secure a "big man" for Mayor of Philadelphia. There are signs that the business men pro pose to take an exceptional interest In this tiuestlon this year. IT IS easily within the lecollectlon of up town politicians when David II. Schuy ler, of the Thirty-second Ward, was the president of the Anti-Cobden Club over in the Nineteenth Ward. But David has been very successful In business and, feeling oung as even, lilts through Washington occasionally on his way to and from Flor ida, for David has a reputation as a fisher man. Politics Is no longer so attractive to him as It was, but he does not hesi tate to speak kindly of "the Vare boys." The Schuylers and tho Armstrongs and the Ashbrldges they were pretty active uptown a quarter of a century ago! JOSEPH U KUN is to succeed the late Louis Edward Levy as president of the Jewish Community. This will bring the former Deputy Attorney Gereral In touch with legislative life at the capital, espe cially If he follows In the footsteps of his predecessor. Levy was well known here as a spokesman for liberal Immigration. His sympathies for the Jewish people, who were sometimes turned back at tho ports under the old laws because of their In ability to read and write, was strong. It was seldom that any hearing on Immigra tion bills took place that Levy was not present. On one occasion he told the story of his early life, leading up to tho point where he had become an Inventor and, In tho matter of tho graphic arts, a very use ful and effective pioneer, and It made a profound Impression on a hostile committee. He was arranging certain Immigration matters In Washington on the day prior to his sudden death. PHILADELPHIA LODGE, No. 2, B. P. O. E.p according to Exalted Ruler New ton, Charles H. Grakelow, John C. Brewin and some of the stand-bys, not to mention George L. Phillips, secretary, is doing big things Just now for sweet charity. Tho Philadelphia lodge suffered a big loss when Frank Dumont "went out," and that re minds us that Dumont was a Philadelphia minstrel whose reputation extended far be yond the city lines. Like John L. Carn cross, Edwin F. Dixey and Bob Simpson, Dumont stood high In the world of min strelsy. He was a clever writer, a versatile actor and one of the best-liked managers In the business. Like all good fellows, the Elks accept tlieir losses with good grace. Philadelphia Lodge still has Frank Gladlng and other old-timers to call upon. THE National Catholic War Council "keeps steadilv on the Job in Washing ton. The president of this influential or ganization is His Eminence, Cardinal Gib bons. One of tho state organizers is John H. O'Gorman, of West Philadelphia. The war council and the Knights of Columbus have been In close touch during the war period and have been extremely watchful of the welfare of the fraternity. This re minds us of the services of James A. Flaherty, supremo knight of the Knights of Columbus, a Philadelphia lawyer, whose headquai tern aro now at New Haven, Conn. Jim Flaherty belongs to that" group of lawyers who were young fellows In the days of Lewis Cassldy, which Included William F. Harrlty, who became a Demo cratic national chairman and subsequently I'ostmaster General under Grover Cleve land; Maxwell Stevenson, who In his day was one of the leading criminal lawyers; Colonel Edmund Randall, who berved In tho Civil War along with General" St. Clair A. Mulholland, and James Gay Gordon, who subsequently went upon the bench and then retired to become a legal thorn In the side of almost any one who dared to an tagonize him. Just as a matter of history, it might be recorded that the supreme knight also had tho honor of teaching young "Joo" Rogers, now a Common Pleas judgo and an oratpr In the same class with John M. Garman, how to keep a docket. IF SENATOR PATTON'S schoolship bill goes through at Harrlsburg, there will be little difficulty In obtaining federal gov. eminent co-operation. Philadelphia had a schoolship of which it was proud, but the state, failed to make an appropriation dur ing Governor Tener's term and the ship was lost to the city and state, notwith standing that Iloston and New York re tained their ships. The old Nautical School ship Board, which at one time or another Included Charles Lawrence, Richard G, Oellers, formerly City Treasurer; Richard Williams, George A. Cotton and several other well-known Phlladelphlans, went out of business with the uhlp. But throughout the recent war graduates of the Philadel phia schoolship were constantly coming to public notice. It Is tho feeling In Wash ington that the schoolship? should be en couraged 'where Ihe, states are willing to co-operate. What Senator Patton has done will doubtless meet the approval of men like President Holtorr of the Maritime Br change; Secretary Sproule, of the Commls sloners of Navigation, and President Ber nard, of the steam navigation men, alj or whom hove JepH pleading- for facllltloa t 1 train youn oen for service at sea, 0. UaA .." , .! l Jefi5sMiJri VS&Skff::-.'' '.. :t THE CHAFFING DISH The Sound That Makes Strong Men Turn Pale THROUGH the darkness comes a rustle, a soft secret stir. You lio in absolute stillness, hoping that it will pass Bafely. Again there comes a soft movement, a sound of a breath uneasily expelled. You fear the worst, but btill He quiet, uttering fervent prayers. A gentle tentative chirping, a clucking, a gasp. You know tHnt the crisis Is at hand and vou must rise and meet It like a man. A whimper. A wall. A roar. That Is how a three-months-old baby starts to cry. Ask the man who owns one. Sam Daniels sends us the following with the assurance that "It Is one of his own composures." Perhaps Sam Is related to Josephus. "Yankee Gobs" Out on the ley deck There stood a mother's boy To guard the ship from wreck And to submarines annoy. To guard the flag of many wars This sailor boy was there, And e'en mid ocean's giant roars He spent the night in prayer. The morning fair did come at last, And such a morn It was, The sun shone bright on every mast As after stormB it does. a But peace was not to last aboard, For out the deep bluo sea There peered forth one of Uultur's horde To sink the ship with glee. But on that ship stood "Yankee Boys," With none on earth their match. And all let forth a Joyful noise With thoughts of their good catch. The guncrs, who were at their post. Let loose with all they had, Which gave the sub an awful dose, For not one shot went bad. SAM DANIELS. We wanted to writ ea poem about Hog Island today, but wo shall have to wait until we recover from the cold we caught down there. During that cheerful little downpour on Thursday we were clamber ing round the hulls of half-built ships, with the result that today our bou! la wafting Itself away on gusts of quinine and cam phor. Wo only wonder whether our genial conductor, John Fitzgerald, of the Hog Island News, Is sneezing as hard as we are? HUMAN MIND - IN SAD PLIGHT, SAYS HIGHBROW Adams Raps Annoying Predica ment in Which Intellect Finds Itself UOOD DKKHDING TO FKION FLEASUltB Hut Actual Satisfaction Woald Pruv Complete Idiocy "Every fabulist has told how the human mind has always struggled like a fright ened bird to escape the chaos which caged It; how appearing suddenly and Inexplica bly out of some unknown and unimagina ble void; passing half Its known life In the mental chaos of sleep; victim even when awake, to Its own Ill-adjustment, to dis ease, to age, to external auBffostlon, to nature's compulsion; doubting Its sensa tions, and, In the last resort, trusting only, to .Instruments and averages after sixty or seventy years of growing astonishment, the mind wakes to find tUelf looking blankly Into the void of death. That It should profess Itself pleased by this per formance was all that the highest rules of good breeding' could ask; but that it J should actually b satisfied would prove LOOK OUT, LADY! that it existed only In idiocy, cation of Henry Adams." "The Edu- The only thing we have against tho above very admirable passage Is that It seems, an unwarranted criticism of sleep, which is the most delightful experience we know and quite compensates for what wo havo to endure (n th'e way of mental skip stops during the day. Then there's Don Marquis, who also Is very unjust to sleep. "If you go :o sleep while you aro loafing," says Don, "how are ou going to know you are loafing?" Wo hope we are not unconstitutional In this respect, but wo have given so much careful thought to the matter of sleep that wo know perfectly well, while ableep, that we die asleep, and that we are enjoying It. , The Spring Poet Sure, I tried my hand at painting, and I found it rather hard; Then I took up ancient fossils, when I found I couldn't sing; And tho fossils they annoyed me, so I thought I'd be a bard, And, llko every poet does at times, I wrote a lay of spring. First I spoke of Mother Natuic, with her overflowing horn; And the robins In tho tree tops, suro I wrote about their play; How the wind wag gently nurturing the growing sprigs of corn, While the bullfrogs in tho marshes tuned up for their nightly laj. Not forgetting Old Sol's comfort, I then dipped my pen In ink And splashed off a dozen verses -on his warming, golden light. Then the love-bird caught my lnt'rest, and I sat me down to think Of a couplet that would tell of spooning couples in tho night. Faith, the work was done In no time, and I had a wond'rous rhyme; Sure, it filled a score of pages, tied In string of baby-blue; And I felt so very happy o'er my efforts ,at the time That at first I thought that mayhap I I had caught spring-fever, too! So I sent it to a paper, and my heart, It beat with glee When I thought of folks perusing nil the children of my brain. But the editor thought dlff'rcntly; ho sent It back to mo With the comment that he'd shoot me If I ever wrote again. ROBERT L. BELLEM. Two Insurance men came In to see us the other morning. On of them said something that chimed rather gingerly in our ears. "Yes," quoth he, "our company has enjoyed a wonderful mortality during the -last few years." The Hooverizing Habit The wheatlessmeatless days aro o'er; On substitutes we feed no more, We'vo sugar In our tea; But when an extra lump I take Or cut a.Julcy piece of steak. Misgivings trouble me. As on a piece of all-wheat bread The golden butter thick t spread (So strong are habit's ties), Ere I can. take a bite or two They seem to bore my soul right through II. Hoover's piercing eyes. Will ever come that happy day When conservation's ghost I lay? Will life e'er seem the same? Though we no longer Hooverlze, When shall I doughnuts eat, and plea, Without a blush of shame? MAUD FRAZER JACKSON. A correspondent speaks jf the Lenlne and Trotzky regime In Russia as a merci less yokef At any rate It doesn't seem like a prao tlwU yolw. t .SOCRATES. , -., y -v A BABY'S DRESS IT IS made of finest linen Sheer as wasp-wings; It Is made with c flowing panel Down the front, All overrun with fagot-stltchcd bow-knotil Holding hours and hours Of fairy-white forget-me-nots. t And It is finished. Tonight, crisp with new pressing, It Ilea stiffly in its pasteboard box, Smothered In folds of tissue-paper . Which envelop It like a shroud In Us coffin-shaped pasteboard box. Tomorrow a baby will wear it ata "chris tening; Tomorrow the dead-white of Its linen Will glow with tho tint of baby skin; And out of Its filmy mystery There will, reach Baby Hands. . . , But tonight tho lamplight plays over it and finds it cold. Like the flower-husk of a little soul, Which, new-lived, has fluttered to its des tiny, It lies In Its coffin-shaped pasteboard box. Tomorrow will malto It what hands can- not Limp and warm with babyness, A hallowed thing. Tho Touchstone. With the superb Twenty-eighth Divi sion booked to land here. It Is becoming Joyously evident that Philadelphia cannot escape her fete. t It Is interesting to recall that even alter tne united States constitution was Jn forco Rhode Island was still offering amen, nienta. It's a case of scrapping the Bcrappers when those once doughty fighters of the Spanish War, the Indiana, Massachusetts uuu iuwo, aro nonoramy atsmantiej. (A- ,0 What Do You Know? OUIZ 1. In what vi ay did the United States acquire California? 2. Who was the architect of the Eiffel -J Toner? V5I 3. vrnat color is named alter a ilea? 4. What Is the meaning of the word auctorlal? E. What percentage of the ships now under the American fiag are owned by ,the Euvernmiit7 ' 6. Who Is known by the Sinn Fein as the President of Ireland? 7. Who. was director of .military operations for1 the BrltUh Beneral Btaff from 1915 to the spring of 1318? 8. Who wrote the music of the opera "Wil liam Tell"? Dt What series of victories does the Paris "Arc da Trlomphs" celebrate? 10. Who was the first American President to fall for re-election? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. George Washington was chairman of the convention which drafted the United States constitution, 2. Dulclnea was the idealised and Idolized mistress of Don Qulxqte In Cervantes'9 story. ?. The Banat Is a region In south Hungary, 4. Derring-do means desperate courage. 6. George Bancroft was r. celebrated Amir, ij Ir-nr. 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