-&53 ifr ; j- n" ya.vm iU .? i i i l j-v ,- 'I EVENING PUBLIG LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1919 W1 i m ht r1 to - IS R V fc i? V tf-i. r4 Pv -t i .. ,?fc W$ ' Lrf:." HW ',. mt jyfrr ; "it-ii i fretting public ledger fL" THE EVENING TELEGRAPH L TUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY I5 t emus It. K. CURTIS. rriDrvr .Charles H. I.udlnrton. Vies rrr'litenti John C. Martin, Secretary and Treasurer! Philip S Collins, John n. Williams John J Spurgeon Directors. EDITORIAL EOAHD: r Cites II. K. Cnitu, Chairman DAVID E. SMILEY alitor (JOHNC MARTIN.. .General nurincss Manager Published daltr at rent to I.rrara nulldlnff, Independence Square, I'lilladelr-hia, Att-aNTIO Cut rrrsj-fnlon Building Kbit Yokk 206 Metropolitan Tower Uethoit "nt Ford nulldlnir St. Lock 1IMS rullrlon nuttdlng CHICAGO 1302 Tribune IlulMlpg news nrnnAt's: TisntNOTON Bcarin. N. 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All right of republication of special din patches herein arc aho reserved. PhiUdrlphU, Mnmt.y, JuW It. 11 A SLOGAN OF ALL FACTIONS UPON one slogan at least both inde pendents and city administration leaders are agreed "Rofrister!" Neglect of this injunction would render every budding move in the cominp mayoralty campaign utterly neclipible. Both sides keenly tealize this and each is probably hoping that all its constituent'' will remember the warning, while mem bers of the opposition forget it. What the city deserves is more sweep ing. Philadelphia is entitled to know that the swing of its elections really rep resents the opinions of its citizens of voting age. The verdict can never be conclusive while thousands of citizens are annually deprived of their franchise merely because of indiffcrtnee to regis tration. The act is extremely simple and the date and hours are convenient. Three days in the fall will be devoted to this purpose. As usual, wide publicity of the opportunities will be given. This year, more than ever, the obliga tion is pressing because of the large number of J&jauiSki soldiers, whose names are noCTjaljMfehe voting lists. If Philadelphia W'SmHRhK? rulc' it ouk'ht to have it. If jSnflnt to prevent such a regime, tlKpME! rejection is also its privilege. BWuHRlirit of majority rule is utterly subverted when the regis tration books are incomplete. If the "ripper bill" authorizing the ap pointment of new commissioners does no more than keep interest in the subject alive it will have performed, despite its debatable nature, a valuable public , service. A PLATFORM THAT ISN'T rpHOSE who made the most recent Re- publican platform in New Jersey sought to satisfy everybody and to say much without saying anything, and the result is "a chaos of ivied platitudes in which no man can find the suggestion of an answer to any of the immense ques tions that confront the nation. The document reads like a stump speech rather than a declaration of the principles of a great party. It is against the limitations of free speech, but would put down "all sort3 of isms." It is against militarism, but recommends a national system of military training "modeled after the Swiss system." It is for the return of all political powers to Jhe people, but religiously refrains from any suggestion of means to this desirable end. There might be a glimmer of hope if the Democrats could do better. But the Democrats have already done far woise. PHILADELPHIA IN MEDICINE JEFFERSON Medical College, the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania medical school and Hahnemann College, to mention only three great schools, are known wherever people think seriously of medical science ,and its advancement. Pepper, Leidy, Willard, Gross, Da Costa, Keen, Van Lennep, Deaver, Northrop and others have made this city the center of medi cal and surgical science in the United States. Whenever a young man in Japan 1 or India or China or in France or any where in Europe decides to study medi cine after the American theory he thinks instinctively of Philadelphia. The distractions of the war, easy com placency and the lassitude of mind that often follows after a considerable achievement have brought neglect and a Jack of appreciation to the great medical colleges in Philadelphia. New York, through institutions heavily endowed and with the co-operation of its richer citi zens, is now preparing to displace Phila delphia as the seat of medical learning in this country. In times like these money Is the great need of every school and college. Some of the best teaqhers are actually being driven from Philadelphia faculties by low salaries. It is almost impossible to be lieve that a city like this can regard with out interest or emotion the naacino- ne jtJIfeVone of lts proudest traditions. But thac k, appears to: be what is happening. TODAY IN FRANCE ' I r. VJ.FHE thoughts of the world are with . i .i . ! i?onia Inin,, Cniili n anlAliHilis -s v fte anniversary of the fall of the Bastille s3? li i Jn nmfrfKn in Pftria as han not ncmrrpH MTV. 'Jtn.B 4ttA nnl stlrimtn VMttmr. lira. vnWA.1 fi. T wni'wwwiiwuo fiiowa vino IttACUi Vf A menace worse than the Bastille hunc- jjj ? France for (our years. Indeed, the Wtj $ reat had been impending ever since ,f38u. ine present generation oi r rencn '"wan had been reared under its shadow, ;- Mm MWWR'war broke In August, five years mrm Ff-H" "4" ww im- cw.uwr '7m,,",.bhi"" thw'eatt UU ABW!Cn newspaper puulteber di tthtttklk., , . X J ,rfSpfrfartteiMr'it. Th whde slruc- u (boy. dU.lt. tfcy will.-iwt,liYe 'to "ryait!- Z , ..t Ji'La :s lLAJ ;;j. f ?.; iHir'Mfm-JMi itiTv iiti imIt i "mini y f'',jVMi e: nation rallied to the da- &m Vi. but the French are deserving of as high praise. They had been called degenerate nnd spiritless, with no heart for war. But when th'ey were called upon to defend their homes from the invader they responded with a solemn joy the like of which has not manifested itself In any other nation In modern times. There was no burden too heavy for them to bear. The men went to the front and the women did the work at home. They turned their savings over to the war fund. They starved and suffered in innumerable ways, but they did not give up. And now in Paris there is a great triumphal procession participated in by the men of the victorious armies of all France's allies, and in every considerable town there is rejoicing of the same kind. France celebrates nnd the whole world of decent people joins her in spirit. EUROPE'S FINANCIAL COLLAPSE VITALLY AFFECTS US ALSO Even Apart From Sentiment, It Is Impera tive That American Wealth and Re sources Be Used to Repair the Industrial Breakdown Abroad pHE most endunng blockade ever fash- loned passes into history with the decision of the Paris council to lift at once the ban on trnde with Germany. Ostensibly that country is forthwith en abled to resume the economic activities of peace. In appearance, save as legards the Teuton empire, all the Entente nations of Europe have been similarly privileged since the aimistico. If civilization could subsist on decrees and protiunciamentos it would now bo swinging ahead at a lively clip repairing war ravages and building up the shattered structure of in dustry and commerce. i!ut this picture is utterly at variance with facts. Eicht months have gone by since the last shot in the universal con flict was fired and Europe is still indus trially prostrate, still economically paralyzed. The states which Germany commeicially lejoins with the raising of the blockade aie partners in a common disaster. In community of financial debility and its attendant moral and psychological de linquencies Europe is classifiable as a single nation. Boundaiy lines mark de grees of collapse, but they becloud a com prehensive estimate of a problem in which America's concern is unavoidable. In a word, the world, now marvelously shrunk by distance-killing dericos, pre sents the vivid spectacle of a single civilization, one-half of which has eco nomically broken (.on, while the other half is vigorously solvent. The Atlantic ocean is the dividing line. There is a dark continent and a white continent. Inhabitants of the latter region, how ever, have no sound basis for believing that this striking diversity of hues will remain. The financial isolation of America is impossible. Self-interest will mock itself in any attempt to ignore the multiplicity of links that bind us to Europe. Her industrial peril will ulti mately affect us just as did her military danger, from which we thought ourselves exempt. This indefeasible fusion of interests is impressively exhibited by Frank H. Van derlip in his richly informative book, "What Happened to Europe," the serial publication of which begins in the Evening Public Ledger today. The writer has translated Europe not in terms of its many attractive cities still untouched by war, nor in terms of charm ing scenery, nor in terms of excellent meals obtainable in London or Paris, but in terms of economic chaos. The extent of it upon the continent, and even in some phases in England, is hardly graspable. It refutes once and for all the airy charge made when the war was three or four months old that political economy and the laws of modern industry were confounded by the very conflict itself, which the prophets had declared would be made "impossible" because European bankruptcy would ensue. In one sense they were entirely correct. The war went on in defiance of prognostications. The shadow of financial collapse was ignored, but it was none the less existent. It was forecast that a general conflict would hreak Europe, and that is precisely what it did. "America," declares Mr. Vanderlip, "must be brought to understand what has happened to Europe and be filled with sympathy, but not with sympathy alone, for charity alone cannot save Europe. Let no American feel that he can escape responsibility for post-war developments in Europe." The coincidence of moral obligation and material self-interest is complete. If ideal motives have lost their stimulus and such reaction is inevitable after a great war the instinct of self-protection should dictate that American aid in re habilitating Europe be given with the utmost celerity. Excluding Russia and Hungary, the economic structure of society in Europe, based on property holding, individual en terprise and competition, is similar to our own. continuance ot tne industrial disorganization abroad will breed in creased starvation, and increased starva tion will beget revolution. The Atlantic frontier Is narrow nowadays. Mr. Vanderlip is convinced that the "catastrophe may be averted if states men are wise enough and if America is wise enough, for America is the last hope of Europe." And by the nature of the case our own hopes are inextricably bound up in the fate of the war-rent con tinent. Reduced to its simplest terms, the paralysis abroad is of the difficulty of placing credits. Europe has not enough goods to exchange with us to secure by the pre-war system of trading alone suffi cient financial support to set her indus tries going again on the proper scale. Italy cannot work without coal. France is so far sunk in bankruptcy that her government until recently has refused to ccv&icttr mo .situation anq.wunnejq any mighty change, which can be directed for good if industry is speedily buoyed, but which is full of terrible potentialities without substantial spurs from the out side. The currency muddle in many of the countries suggests "an economic mad house." Transportation is appallingly crippled. The consequence is in numer ous instances demoralizing idleness. No ingenuity can render an exclusively in ternal plan for recovery productive of anything but a vicious circle. F. 11. Sisson, a New York financier, recently estimated the national wealth of America nt nbout three hundred billions, our national income nt sixty billions, our crop wealth for 1910 at twenty-two bil lions. "We cannot doubt," he told a gathering of bankers, "the adequacy of our resources or our, ability to meet the unpiecedented icsponsibilities and the unoqualcd opportunities which peace has thrust upon us." Realization is therefore the main thing. Discounting all sentiment, what ever its valid claims, we have the option of saving ourselves by saving Europe, just as wo did at the peak of the war tragedy. Then the instrument was armies. Now it is wealth. The expenditure of it will be futile without vision or without speed. Complicated ns-'arc some of the credit plans devised, they must be heeded as a step toward a workable financial ma chinery which will set the wheels of in dustiial Europe again in motion. The test of America's distinction as a warder of civilization is here once more. The task is not hopeless. Mr. Vanderlip, Mr. Hooei and many other keen and spe cially piivileged observers have not hesi tated to foiecast complete cure with the immediate application of sound remedies. Financial crusading is America's mission now and her necessity. EXPLOITERS OF HUNGER TT WAS to have been expected that Charles J. Hepburn, after his period of illuminating experience as attorney fo.r the food administration in this city, would put the blame for exoibitant food cost.s flatly upon the middleman. Food gambling is more common than poker in the Unite 1 States. And what Mr. Hep burn says of the causes of high food prices in the everyday Philadelphia market suggests the precise nature of the problem which confronts the Federal Trade Commission in its effort to find workable rules to curb the packers' combine. The Big Five in Chicago are middlemen in the regal mood. Their interest in the food markets of the country is imperial. Until Swift, Armour and the others be gan to extend their control to the grain maikets and to all foods that may be utilized as substitutes for meat they might have passed without challenge. But as it is they have created a situation that the country cannot regard without foreboding. Such practices as theirs are part of evolution. Recent inventions, intricate banking systems cold storage, industrial efficiency, make for powerful combines. And they are not easy to control. The trouble lies far deeper than per sonal ambition or a thirst for money in Chicago. Big business organizations and the centralized control of commodity production and distribution were en couraged during the war period by gov ernments everywhere. Big business unquestionably has emerged from the crisis with a newly exalted ego and an increased faith in its own destinies. The phenomenon is not evident alone in America. It is being revealed in France, in Italy and in England. Mr. Gilbert's letter to this newspaper on Saturday, in which, writing from Lon don, he told of plans already perfected by British capitalists for a monopoly of cable and wireless systems a monopoly that easily might be extended to control information and, later, public opinion showed how the thoughts of some power ful groups are running thus early after the war. The industrial combinations that are now beginning to worry America and other countries were under control while the war was on. But when the armistice was signed this control was abolished. The combinations remain". In this country they represent a complication in affairs that should interest Congress as greatly as the league of nations. Com bines like that of which the Federal Trade Board complains will have to be kept within limits. Existing laws are inadequate. By licenses or boards, of control or by new laws the country must Be saved from the possibility of hunger pressure applied by men in search of big profits. A groat many people One of dip are still unable to nn- Mjstrrirs dcrstand nhy the kaiser should be trioil or why a solemn jury should be called to wrangle over n verdict that has already been sanctioned by all the rest of the world. Now they are talking $10 to Feel of a medical trust in 'our Pulse? New York made up of n combination of all the medical schools and hospitals In the rity and capitalized at $50,000,000. There is no law nt present ngaiust such a combination in icstraint of disease. Joflre had a place in the Paris parade today, after all. Another runaway mnrriage is ending the divorce rourt". The easy spenders seem to have taken to the woods, If one can believe the waiters In the hotelJ Perhaps one reason work ou the farms about Philadelphia is popular with the girls Is that they start in the morning at 8 o'clock and are through for the day at G That man who was fined $10 for run ning his automobile on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City says it was worth the price. The staff of the Stars and Stripes, the American soldlera newspaher In France, which made $700,000 In eighteen mentlm. will arrive in New York, next Saturday. If they' ear tell Awwican newspaper publisher MAKING AMERICANS IN UNIVERSITY CAMP- Where 125 Boys Are Running a Little Democracy and Living In the Open WHV did liberty-loving Americans sub mit to conscription? Why do they sub mit to prohibition? Perhaps jou enn find the answer In T'nlveralty Camp. University Camp Is three miles nor'-nor'-ent by west of (Irceii L.iiip. a "village as pretty as its name, forlj -mid miles north of Philadelphia on the He tiling mail. Part of the three miles is piett.x nearly perpendicu lar; but so smooth-running is the camp "tin lizzie" that it can carry u suitcase from the station to the first tluiuk-yoti-tiin'iiin with out disaster. After thnt jou do whnt oii should hate done in the Hist place and put the suitcase inside. In t'niversllv Camp there nre ninety neies of near-paradise, containing one beautiful river neatly dnmmed, two swimming holes, thiee boats, one springboard, nine large tents, ninety seven large glnclnl boulders, nernging six tons; one bungalow, one exec tttite mansion, containing dispensary nnd ofllioM, two open-ulr dining tooms, one stunt hall, one icereation hnll in process of const ruction, hundreds nnd hundreds of beautiful trees, hundreds and hundreds of birds and grasshoppus and katydids and frogs nnd minnows nnd other delightful little country things; one department of the In terior, including n fnt larder and n plump rook; one house mother, handsome, courtly nnd a joy to meet ; one superintendent who has rerentlj come to the conclusion thnt it is not well for man to lie alone and includes matrimony in contemplated improvements, nnd 11X5 'elf-respertlng American bins. A S('ni -TV hj r SCOItn of these American hos are Imjs ourtesy ; in stature nnd intelligence they are men ; but they nre chums with the little fellows for whom the camp is designed and deserve the honorary nnd honorable title. When Superintendent Dana How picked the bunch from the University of Pennsyl vania they knew they would have to work, but. that's nothing! Put wait! lie ndded, "You'll have to rut out the smokes for the season!" And they did it! Incidentally Mr. How rather likes his pipe himself. And it mny he thnt the doing without tobneco for the sake of example to the little fellows is suRKitie of the meatless days and whentless iI.ijh of wartime. Hut it is nnxing the smaller bojs, guests of the rump, that the answer to the (pies t tons may be 'found. They're independent guys mot of 'em. Thej Know what's whnt mid jou can't put anjthing mer on them that isn't just so. Very well, then! They'd been in rami) exactly one week when 1 visited them. 1 saw them line up before breakfast at the rail of the biiRle nnd go through a somewhat strenuous course of setting-up exercises. They went nt it with im. They watched every movement of the well-built instruitnr who stood mi it big rock in front" of them and nt the word of command imitate?! his eveiy motion. And they enjojed it. At the breakfast table thev were waited upon by counselors, nil University men. They never touched their plates until nil were served nnd grace was said. After breakfast they went across the creek nnd prepaid! their tents for inspection. They had uii hour to do it In. This seems ample time to fix up n tent but when I snw whnt those little fellows had done 1 was amazed. K NSPECTIOX is pretty much ot a func- ion. The tent captains hud their "men" in line in front of eneh tent, ten or a do.en or more. After "Attention!" nnd "Right diess!" nnd "At ease!" mine the questions, "How ninny of you have been in Mimmitig since jesteidny morning?" and "How many of jou scrubbed your' teeth today?" The bath and the teeth -scrubbing nre obligatory. And with the bojs still in line but stand ing easy, the tents nre inspeited. An', hero is where the visitor gets his surprise". On the clean strnw the blankets were neatly folded, and on every blanket was a floral design. As a rule each boy worked out his own design ou his own blanket. Occasionally there was evidence of teamwork as when one boy's blanket stood for a Hag and another for a flagstaff. The flagstaff was tastefully decorated with leaves and flowers. The Hag itself was, a work of art; the stars in the union were white flowers and flowers formed the stripes. There were words of welcome for visitors nnd texts from Scrip -tilt e- on other blankets n tremendous lot of work! Try it yourself.' Make "Welcome to Demosthenes Mctiinnis" in little green berries nnd first go out nnd gather the berries ! And these are boys! just buys! Not a molljcoddle among 'em! You ought to see them play ball ! I WAS fortunate enough to be there on stunt night. As the night was hot, the entertainment was "pulled off" in the open air. A dozen lanterns were the footlights. Dinner plates kept the light off the audience and threw it into the faces of the entertain ers. There was rivalry among the tents. Each tent was anxious to do the greutest number of stunts ami "the best in quulity. The matter wnt decided later by acclama tion. Most of the stunts were athletic. One clever boy walked on his hands. Others did flip-flaps nnd liundsprings. There were weird nnd wonderful combination acrobatic stunts. There was a human pyramid of a dozen bojs thnt collapsed nt a futeful nnd delightful moment. Some timid soloists were accompanied on guitars by a counselor. An Indian jouth permitted himself to be lifted by the hair of his head nnd later performed an Indian dance. There was an Improvised blackface vaudeville sketch that wns a Bcream until the censor came along with a blue pencil. THE boys rule themselves. On an impos ing fluster of rocks they hold court every night. Those accused of breaking the rules of the camp get a fuir trial. If found guilty they are punished. Thev extreme penalty, I understand, is going without dessert. The judges (chosen by the boys from among themselves) hchltntc a long, long time before imposing the sentence ; but when imposed it is enforced. It Is u particularly harsh sentence when ice cream ig on the menu. I was privileged to see ice cream served It wns greeted with loud cheers. ' And here I think we have the answers to the questions asked in the first paragraph. These American boys submitted to conscrip tion. They found rules nnd they promptly obeyed them. -They submitted to prohibition. Those of them who had cigarettes or the makings promptly turned them over to the management, nnd there has been no smoking since they arrived And why do they do it? Well. It's only my own oplulon and you may take It or leave It; As Americans their native pride is backed by a strong sense of humor, and they are willing to try anything once. Later ou, if they find a thing worth while they may stick to It. Hut that Is another story. G. Ji. What in a .name? That xvoman who the mouicker of a wu.knnivr...Phlii Jiten'ln lgnlnj checks, Ji Bajtiware dli;' VZJZLT-JJU "iV:Cil?.'p)i. MPSMHKH BTT WsTOIK 1VI IBM MKim. , , -i itfW&zJ 1 '!-... Ti- V- r-. "ER e- V . -i'r . f . s i it- ."-I".-.. ..: -yr." - . ' 1 X t:i - - -'"l- . r.TA' '--?": ' l,r W,r- is".--..""- .' :;':-::-' v;;::.:-:;rrY.'C -.- .-: . ....;.',:" ''." V ,,.,- VV ,. ---" 5. surras. '-.A.-iiESyr.''- - tor-i'f ii'tt . ' - ( t - .BOsfe .jjBMft.pJ;- THE CHAFFING DISH When Janet Reads (To Janet, aged twelve) WHEN Janet leads Hans Andersen Or (Srimin, or Peter Pan, why then This world where daughters sweep and sew And cook and knit, is gone nud lo, The age of magic blooms again When Janet reuds! THE Dragon flames within his den, Princesses masquerade ns men, And to the sky Hennstulks grow When Janet reads ! FUO.M many nnd many n golden pen Thee visions come before her ken : Then xvonder-wide her brown ejes glow "Oh, Daddy, is it really so? And did the Tailor kill nil ten?" When Janet reads ! A friend remarks that he has found the meanest man in Philadelphia. lie's the guy who ndvertised thus in one of the papers recentlj : lTJn Jl- 1 will tell jou wher you can rent houst. Answer to Inquiry XUNOPHON The poem we referred to is "To a Thrush," by T. A. Daly. You will find it in the volume called "Songs of Wed lock." Perhaps one reason why some Philndel phinns nre doubtful nbout the league of na tions is thnt this community has had such trjiug experieiues lately In the other leagues viz., National and American. We seem to notice n gradunl shifting of the public disdain away from Mr. Burleson and toward Walker D. Ilines. Fifteen slivers of unripe peach and n small jug of 12.7." cream cost us twenty centB at a Chestnut street victualing house. If we. have profited s, let's prepare to shed them now. Our Own Quiz A schoolboy once wrote that gross Ignor-, ance "is 144 times as bad ns just ordinary ignorance " In that case, bow about Borah? At Brood Street Station we snw a gentle man verj earnestly .Inquiring ut the infor mation desk nbout trains to Bnrnegnt. He received the data and a time-table, which lie studied for some time gloomily. We watched him. having an inkling that he was a kindred spirit. Hy nnd by he went downstairs to the other information desk, asked the same questions, got 0 wme answers and the same time-table, taiogain studied the folder with creased brow. We were much pleased to see another human being with the same despeiate dis trust of transportation phenomena which we feel ourself. We have been studying Walter Crall's fine photos of Mr. Wilson, displayed In a win dow on Chestnut street. e wondered, ns we lingered bv those pictures nnd studied the lines of Hlmself's face, why some of our friends seem worried about W. W. and rather more faint In enthusiasm than they were sit mouths ago. When nny one asks us what we thluk about Mr Wilson our mind usually travels toward the lines of Itudyard Kipling where he has described the typo once for all : He bcaice had need to doff his pride or slough the dross of Earth JJen as he trod that day to God. eo walked he from his birth. In Blmpleness and gentleness and honor and clean mirth. So cup to Up In fellowship they rave him welcome high And made him place t the banquet board the Stronir Men ranged thereby, Who had done Ma work and held hl peace and had no fear to die. A. R. X'. wonders a little morbidly, we (blqk"-wbat be, beoksftdX'all .thMe.HtyUly, Jffamd'rt;sHB(H: ftiraNM&WVfK -WWf ' .vrmuMXiA-i v-ji. ' - R, HOW DO WE LIKE ,"-'- ..s . IfffAmr- b,a3a NSX X. is3&V$ v xm. 1 -'--. VJ. . . jvsr' - - , f. - ". u..-c.---' '--!- -. ins vr;:r:-.:" -jis-lVJ,!,.,, Olivia's Feast A Roadhouse Rapture YOUIt birthday . . '. And the board was fair With bread and sweetness from the hive; The steak nnd chilling clams were there, Washed down with two point seventy-five. Crude feast, unspoiled by kiss or tear, Honoring one so youngly sweet. The fragrant four-aud-twentieth year Made bright her hair and swathed her feet. Tct something failed? What was it. then? Of honey and meat there was no lack. One girl : and half n dozen men To write the evening's almanac, Might almost fill two rounded hours With honest reverence, nnd serene, Scping in her the flower of flowers, And quaint, young peer of any queen. Yet something failed. What was it, dear? The drink too flat? The bread too sweet? Although your four-and-twentieth year Turned gay your hair and touched your feet. Inept and mute, bereft nnd cowed, We thought our lack the spur of wine, Till one leaped up and called aloud For a dish of olives, rich with brine. And then, in his inspired demand, We felt her spirit, every whit. That sleek and spicy food was planned To shadow forth her pungent wit, Her piquant face, her eyes so clear, Her agile satire's crisping brine: So, Lord of Kitchens, grant next year No meat be spread, no honey shine, Save with that finpl grace of green Her henchmen never shall forget. And we shall eat your health, young queen, In olives, sprightly Olivette! KICIIAKD DESMOND. About a week ago we remarked that an editor had asked us to write him a Christ mas poem nt ouce, and we added thnt It is hard to twirl off the snow-spangled Yuletide stuff at this time of year. Hut genial Sub Itosa comes to our rescue. She sends la the following just to show us bow easy it is : Brumous Verses Oh, the ions: and dreary winter! Oh, the cold and cruel winter! First It alams you with a snowstorm. Then It DeltH ou with hani hall !,. Then the rain comes down In torrents. Freezing as It strikes the pavement, While the wind howls like & demon mows great euns and little pistols, l'oor pedestrians slip and Aonnder, Autos skid and hreak thstr axles. Horses rally dance the can-can. Trains get stuck In mlffhty snowdrifts For thts "pood old-fashioned winter" Hure Is handing; out some weather. Cheer up, folks, the spring Is coming! What thourh roofs be leaking madly? What though enow be wildly falling? What theugh trales rip off the bousetopsf What though poets (?) write blank verses? Each day's passing brings us nearer, Nearer to the irladsome springtime. Nearer to the beauteous summer. Nearer to the dear mosquitoes. awaiting nies ana perepiraiioni Though there's lee upon the. furnace. Ice to cover roofs and windows. Ic to freete your pipes and bust there, tots of Ice In kitchen boilers. Though the coal bin yawneth empty Winter will not last all summer! All theus grave discomforts suffered Boon will fada away and vanish, leaving nothing but a memory. Nothing but the thills and fever, nheumatlam, Influenza, Chilblains, frostbite and neuralgia. Ho be brave and cheerful-hearted Lift your voice In songs of gladness. Hop around and get your work done (It will keep you that much warmer). And when It Is all completed. Nothing more to be accomplished. Naught tc Aa until the morrow. After you have had your supper. Spread out In jour comfy, arm ctair, Itea4 the DHh for relaxation! . BUB ROSA. We re heartily grieved to see that Ser geant Alvln York, though still on UIs honey moon, has been doing some more public speaking. If Mrs. York doesn't ake him In hand right speedily he'll get into the Chautauqua circuit. SOCRATES. .New the British re planning an nit- iJiVtlfy tltJaCsIM, ? t,-V . mmiMmiimmmm &. MOBT",T.W7, G?fc7A,' . ' " JZ'i v, " rr "aJ f m IT?" - You Have Loved a Garden HAVK j-ou seen tall larkspur With rosy hollyhocks? Or purple wings half folded, Of Irises in flocks? Do you know the arrow sweet Of honeysuckle bloom? Have you seen the apple trees Weave color on a loom? There is n wave of roses Hreaks ou a wall I know. And some are red as sorrow. And some are white ns snow. If you have loved a garden, My rdses bloom for you, For you the honeysuckle's sweet. And the tall larkspur blue. Though walls be high about them, Your gardens bloom for me. I have seen your heliotrope Cut like a little tree ! I know the way the birds go To pools I have not seen, You know how the bees come The high, blue way between A garden and a garden, Wherever it may be, Because I love a garden, Your garden blooms for me. Have you yellow marigolds, Vivid, pungent, strong? Goldfinches will find them With n lovely song! I have little clove pinks, Sturdy, fringed and gay. And the golden bees come A loug, long way! Louise Driscoll, In Harper's Magazine. Whether we have an International exhi bition in Fairraount Park In 192(1, the lfJOth anniversary of the. Declaration of Independence will be observed here in a fitting manner. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who was the sculptor of the statue of Washington that Is regarded as best combining fidelity of portraiture with, artistic merit? 2. In what city Is this work to be found? 3. What is the meaning In finance of amortization? 4 Where did Columbus die? C. Who said "I regret that I have only one life to give to my country'1? 0. What is an amice? 7. What Is the chief American controlled cable line? 8. Why Is a chafing dish so called? 0. What kind ?f drawings am eallfcJ graffiti? 10. A certain kind of small onions are often called "scullions." What is the correct form of this word? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. The French nstional holiday, cele brated ou July 14, signalizes the tak ing of the Ua8tille,pri8on by the revo lutionists In 17S0. 2. Complacent means satisfied, especially self-satisfied. Complaisant means dis posed to please, obliging, courteous, compliant. 3. Victoria is the capital of British Co lumbia. A. Oxidized silver is not really oxidized. It Is treated with silver sulphide. 5. Thomas De Qulncey wrote "The Oo fesslons of an Opium Eater." 6. The Alabama claims after the Civil War were adjudicated In Geneva, Switzerland. 7. Pabulum Is food. The word Is often used in a figurative sense in the phrase "mental pabulum" g, The character pf Mark Tapley occurs In Dickens's ''Martin Chuzalewlt .' uuBniewu. 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