- " " ! -L f i,J '"St"'-., ..-.,- n.-. r p rr r v$ i. itn -,)&! t...H '. iWfj.Jlvt'.-xW' ' IV EVENING PFBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; SATURDAY, OCJTOBER IT, 1919 6'.' 1 ipc i" ! n rimirHTTi i vt v 4iMrjnnvKiBlirii 8 3 r I it V j Wb- . & feuenmcj "Public i&eibger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY Chdtlfii II I.ucllnnton. Vice rrrMilcnt. John C. Jt;itln. Srrrr try ami Treasurer: Plillln H Collins. Jonn n. Williams, John J. Spurgeon. Directors. EDifcmi aTTuoahu . Crura II. K. Cciitis, Chairman DAVID E. SMILET ... Editor JOHN C. HIAnTIN1 Qgneral Iluslncm Manager Published dally at Pernio I.rporn lluUJInc. Indpendenco Square. Philadelphia, AlUNtia Cixr Press-Union Dultdtn Nmr YonK 200 Metropolitan Tower Dsinoir T01 Ford nulldliur St. Locis "... ions Kullerton llulldlng Ciuciao 1303 rrttrano Ilulldins NEWS DtTIlBAfS- TOsmvaTON ncnrtt . N. E. Cor. 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All ilphls of republication of special dis patches herc'n are also tcirrvcd. I'hiUJrlplili. "-atur.Ui, Ortftbrr 11, 119 MOORE IN COMMAND VTO ONE can mistake the significance " ' of the remarks made by CoiiRress man Moore nt the opening of the head quarters of his mayoralty campaign com mittee. The campaign is to be conducted from those offices and not from the Republican city committee rooms at Eleventh and Chestnut btrects. Mr. Mooie invites the city committee to send lepresentatives to confer with him, and he also asks the Town Meeting party and the Republican Alliance to do likewise. During the primary campaign Mr. Moore announced that if ho were nomi nated there would be n new leadership in the party. He is nominated. The offi cial count just announced has confhmed the verdict of the unofficial count and he is now the regular Republican nominee by grace of the vote of a majority of the men who went to the polls. He is assuming- the leadership to which he be lieves ho has been promoted, and it is apparent that he purposes to exercise its functions for the next four years. Every believer in the real traditions of tho Republican party will wish him a clear head, a sense of humor and the power of a lusty wallop in his good right arm. AN AERIAL SANTA MARIA TP THE navy could advertise as well as it can fight, the recruiting mission of the NC-4, the plane in which Commander Read made tho first successful air flight to Europe, would have had a different aspect. The big machine has been lying off Vine street for days, yet she received ""only casual attention because there was no organized effort to find audiences or to show her off. Yet some day in the far future she will have a place of honor in the Smithsonian Institution. She will be as wonderful in the time to come as the Santa Maria would be today if she had been preserved after the first voyage of Columbus to survive the later cen turies. Fortunately for the navy, its practical work advertises it, and any one who gets in the air service with the sea-goers may properly feel that he is up at the front in the march of aviation progress. HADLEY COMES TO LIFE QO LITTLE has been heard of Herbert ys. Hadley, the great trust-buster, of Missouri, since the Republican national convention of 1912 that many persons had begun to wonder whether he was still alive. There was a moment during the convention when it was believed that if Hadley were nominated instead of Taft the progressive movement, headed by Colonel Roosevelt, would be aban doned. He was then regarded as of presidential size and availability. A statement fiom him indorsing tho peace treaty discloses the fact that ho is a professor in the University of Col orado. The text of the statement indi cates that while he has been in obscurity he has not forgotten how to do some straight thinking, for he remarks that if the Republican senators oppose the prin ciple of international co-operation and arbitration as embodied in the treaty, the "splendid idealism which has char acterized Republican leadership since the organization of the party will now be re pudiated." We do not know what Mr. Hadley's ambitions are or whether he thinks that precedent has proved that a professor ship is as good a stepping stone to the presidency as a governorship, but we commend the professor for his belated statement of the truths urged upon the attention of tho Senate in these columns many weeks ago. PASSING OF THE CONTINENTAL TNVESTORS apparently believe that there aro not office buildings enough in Philadelphia. Work has already begun w o twflnfw.Elepw clniitni.n nt- 4-ltn H.iT. ' ucr. rornpr nf Tlrnnrl nrwl -,, af.nAla c(i the site of the old church. The erec tion of a much taller structure on the cast side of Broad Btrect between Wal nut and Sansom was delayed by the war. It js understood thaEwork on it will ls begin Within a year. And now comes the news that the Con i iinental Hotel, .at the southeast corner of " i Ninth and Chestnut streets, has been old to a syndicate which will tear it down and put a twenty-story office build ing in its place as soon as the lease of -v (he, present tenant expires. There have been frequent rumors that the Ritz-Carlton Hotel was to be turned . ,into an office building, which would not n liave gained currency if there were not shortage of office accommodations. ifti m tiu old Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, which it resembled in archi tecture, had to give Avay to more modern hostelries. In its prime tho Continental was one of tho finest hotels in the United States, but that was nt a timo when the country was smaller nnd not so rich as it Is today. Cities no larger than Philadelphia was when it was built now have finer hotels than the Continental ever was. They aro larger nnd moro sumptuously furnished, with conveniences which tho traveling public in the sixties never expected to find in any place of public entertainment. Yet tho old hotel served its generation well nnd gave distinction to this city. Tho plan to replace it by a lofty busi ness building is n sign of confidence in the future of Chestnut street between tho postofficc nnd the Delaware river. WHY NOT AN INDUSTRIAL CODE WITH COURTS TO APPLY IT? Great Principles of American Govern ment Employed In Regulation of Labor and Capital Would Give Nation a Workable Policy TT IS sometimes forgotten that the effect of tho conviction of a criminal is not solely confined to the individual who has broken the law. His punish ment balances the moral equation. But the act under which ho was sentenced looks beyond a particular violator. Its prime mission is the protection of society. It is urgently advisable that the mo mentous industrial conference in Wash ington keep this fundamental principle constantly in mind. By ignoring it tho sessions will assume burdens which no collection of human beings can lift. Special recommendations to fit special cases, real or anticipated, are hopelessly incapable of settling every possible future clash between labor and capital. For this- reason the convention is off upon a dangerous tangent in seeking to discover either'specific balm for tho steel strikers or specific balm for their em ployers. Operations along such lines can lead only to chaos and to the perfect futility of proclaiming in ugid set terms a panacea for industrial unrest. It is quite as impossible for Mr. Gary and his supporters, Mr. Gompcrs and his and tho delegates between the "right" and "left" wings of the convention to forestall by resolutions ull conceivable crises in the industrial world as it is for Chief Justice White to hand down in a single decision an antidote for all in fractions of the common nnd statute law. This does not mean that the Supreme Court is a failure. It does not mean that the labor congress is simply a pretentious superfluity. Indeed, the sessions are in some ways the most epochal held in thL country since the constitutional conven tion began its ever-memorable sessions in the State House in tho spring of 1787. The purpose of that remarkable body of statesmen was not the direct settle ment of the various boundary quarrels of the states. It was not the propounding of a financial scheme to raise the Conti nental paper money to par value. It was not to fix a federal tariff schedule. It was not to settle a dispute over prop erty rights between John Doe nnd Rich ard Roe. It was not to find answers to a thousand and one pressing riddles. But it was to provide upon broad general lines the machinery whereby justice ac cording the greatest good to the greatest number could be secured in the land. The constitution makers adhered closely to fundamentals In so doing they relied, not as revolutionists, but as evolutionists, upon the vast body of com mon law built up through the centuries in England and tested again and again by decisions, which, although infinitely varied in detail, derived their authority from simple and unimpeachable bases. How adaptable was this mass of funda mentals may be lealized by the way in which they fitted not only England as a monarchy, but tho United States as a federal republic. We changed the names of officials, we changed the proportions of power in various classes of the public, but wo did not change the cardinal points in a theoiy of society to which the most advanced civilization of the age subscribed. The pillars of this recognized social structure are legislative, executive and judicial authorit), clearly defined in scope and limitations. The vast majority of the present popu lation of the globe believes in these in struments for reflecting the public will today. In fact, repudiation of them leaves but two other conceptions of tho body politic' available. These are tho wholly anarchic and the wholly social istic. It is safe to assume, despite crack brained di earners and embittered icono clasts, that this country, regarded as a unit, has no longing either for a dras tically socialistic or a wildly anarchistic state. Its intense desire at the present moment is for safeguards against indus trial warfare and the constant alarming threats of it. Tho average citizen, tho invariable victim when employer and employes are embattled, is quite naturally so distressed at what seems to be an entirely new series of crises that he calls for abso lutely new remedies. Therein, it is argu able, lies the error in his demands. The situation is not so novel as the unfortunate innocent bystanders main tain. Doubt on this point is swiftly dis pelled by the most superficial acquaint ance with the state of England in the year 1381. Wat Tyler, Jack Straw and John Ball raised a very formidable social rebellion in that exciting year. They had valid grievances. So to a lesser extent did their masters. The Fishmongers' Company of London had the power of a modern labor union. There were unreasonable and tyrannical employers in those days. There were dictatorial and autocratic workmen. The "strikers," mostly peasants, op pressed by serfdom and a wage scale fixed in the. interests of the landlords, marched upon London. The suffering public then, as now, cried for a confer ence. It also cried for on immediate, miraculous and wholesale remedy, to be administered regardless of the estab lished channcJa of legislative, executive and judicial authority. Nobody appar ently cared a button for fundamental principles. King Richard II met the rebels nnd strove to patch things up with a particularizing panacea. Of course, it was woithlcss. Both sides went too far. The government crushed tho strikers nnd then recalled its hasty promises. And yet, by evolution, justice did prevail. Tho machinery of tho law, grounded in sane general principles, was equal to ac complishing the reforms. Tho courts passed upon violation of codes, ndopted in tho interest of society as n whole, and tho executive authority punished offenders. The most wholesome influence which tho present labor conference could exert upon tho nation would emphasize the need for keeping the provinces of our democratic machinery separate and avoiding tho folly of special legislation in which Congress nnd state Legislatures chronically indulge. Upon the legal fundamentals in this republic it is perfectly logical to super impose consistent principles covering in dustrial cases. They must be clear and comprehensive. To indulge in details covering a variety of cited contingencies is to step into a morass. Just as the criminal law does not specify the color of tho possible infractor's hair, so the legal labor fundamentals should avoid handi caps concerning specific wage rates and the incidental trade rights of particular classes of employers and workmen. Given tho guiding groundwork, which it should bo the aim of tho Washington convention to suggest to Congress for enactment as an industrial policy or code, it wlll'be up to the courts or other com petent bodies created to reason specif ically upon tho broad principles and to apply in the particular case the particu lar remedy most beneficial to society. The individual offender, capitalist or worker, is in a sense incidental, as he is in causes before our courts today. Pro tection to the public, which indorses old lnws and shares in the making of new ones, is the first concern of a democracy worthy of tho name. It is imaginable that if Congress avoids the special legislation swamp, such, for example, as that into which, under severe provocation, it tumbled in the railroad-wage acts, its formulation of sound, sweeping principles regarding labor, its rights and tho public's, may call for some new legal machinery. Industfial courts may be evolved. If the notion is startling, think how astonished Alexander Hamilton would have been at the idea of a Department of Labor in tho American cabinet! And yet it conflicts in no way with hif basic conception of government. It merely amplifies and develops it along lines which strain tho constitution in not the slightest degree. That instrument is broad enough to cover industrial causes, as it has done a prodigious host of un foreseen cases. The labor recommenda tions now in process of formulation will have to be similarly elastic to further the ends of justice. The task of framing comprehensive principles is formidable. With the best of intentions, the delegates in Washing ton will be unable to embrace the whole problem. They can, however, make a transcendently important beginning. They can keep our democratic machinery, with its tenets on behalf of the rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness (which does not mean license, oppression or crime), in motion on a standardized path. Notwithstanding detours and collisions, civilization has followed it to somo fine accomplishments. Some have been slowly gained. Capital and labor and the public are doomed to disappointment if they expect an instant antidote for all the present ills. The conference has an unexampled op portunity to renounce quackery in favor of treatment by general principles, which will permit of genuine cures for specific diseases when they break out. The whole course of American history indorses this procedure. Tho Marietta (O.) Fanned Catholic priest who, because he had played with Uie Cincinnati team when it won the championship in 1SC9, vowed he wouldn't witness a world series till the Reds were contenders, didn't fiee n game after nil. He set aside money to take in tho series nnd then decided that his church needed the money more than he did. Inclination hasn't a chance at bat when Conscience, is pitching. If the world were overstocked with coal and production were in excess of labor there might be sense and reason in the demands of the coal miners for shorter hours. As it is, they are doing tho foolhardy thing of flout ing public opinion. The country Is sick with prosperity, says n government expert. There is no question ns to the correctness of his diag nosis. The grievous thing about the disease is that one cannot look forward to a restful convalescence. A woman deputy police commissioner wants n curfew In New York. Why not? With the white lights and the red lights dimmed the.e will be nothing left but tho blue lights. Those who despair of anything good coming out of the industrial conference may console themselves with the thought that though oil nnd vinegar don't mir, the com bination mnkes good Balad dressing. Adolescence is at once tho most frivo lous and most tragic period of life, and it isn't very bard to get tho viewpoint of tho poor kid at Annapolis who "drank the iodine hurriedly." Lloyd George has shown in the past his willingness to compromise, but in the matter of the nationalization of the mines he "has dared to be a Daniel." Soft coal miners demand n thirty-hour week. I'rctty soft. But to get It may prove pretty hard. The industrial conference plans to omit speeches. Well, may be it's so, but we doubt it. With Doctors Grayson and Stltt brevity is the sole aim. To wit, the daily bulletin. "The aviators were off before 0:30 this morning." Up with the lark. CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Railroads Congested by Automobile Shipments Gossip About Fred erick P. Gruenberg, Isadore Stern, Louis H. Elsenlohr and Others Washington, Oct. 11. miin shortng of rnilroad cars is said to be duo lurgely tu tho inability of the rnilroad companies to get men to make nec essary repairs; but this Is only one o the many reasons advanced by way of cxplanar tiou. Oddly enough, Philadelphia motorcar i-Q.nip.inics havo been among the leading complainants about the failure to deliver freight. An inquiry by a I'hiladclphla con gressman on behalf of one of the companies brings word from Manager Kendall, of the division of operation, enr service section, United States rnilroad administration, that there hnve been very heavy shipments of automobiles lcccntly, nnd thnt one company during the period from September 2 to 20 wns furnished 210 cars and is demanding that more bo sent into Detroit to relieve tho situation. AH of which goes to show thnt the automobile, while itself an important fnctor in transportation, is helping to crowd tho rnllronds. Tn. FREDERICK P. GRUENBERG, '-' director of tho Bureau of Munieipnl Re senrch, gets a good deal of information from Washington in support of the Philadelphia Housing Association, tho Public Education nnd Child Labor Association, the Civil Service Reform Association of Pennsylvania and the Bureau of Municipal Research, which aro conducting a civic enmpnign for improved conditions in Philndclphin. It is tho contention of the Bureau of Munieipnl Research that the city needs nt lenst 25,000 more houses nt once to nccommodnte tho recent increase in population due to our war nctivities. It is also asserted thnt thou sands of the houses nre now unfit for habi tation and that nn intensive campaign Is newv-nrj to piotcct the health nnd hnppi nets of our people. J. Henry Scnttergood, who is chairman of the civic campaign com mittee, is a frequent Washington visitor, ns is John II. Mnson, trcasuicr of the com mittee, who connects here once in a while with the tieasury officials. JOHN PAUL JONES is n mighty good old American name, nnd it happens in this year of our Lord to belong to tho son of Congressman Evan J. Jones, of Bradford, Pa., who first saw the light in the town of hhamoliiu. loung Jones is a student in the Wharton School, University of Pennsyl vania, nnd is a magnet that attracts to Philadelphia occasionally tho member from Cameron, ('enter, Clearfield nnd McKcan. Tho son is n graduate of tho Bradford High School, was president of his class and cap tain of the football team. The elder Jones is a member of tho committee on agriculture and had a great deal to do with shaping the cold-stotnge bill which recently passed tho House. Another one of his bojs is a sopho more in Cornell University. COLONEL JOHN P. NICHOLSON, of the Loynl Legion, who has been chair man of the Gettysburg National Militaty Park Commission since IS!)!), sends nn an nual report to Congress. The latest comes under date of July 1 nnd deals with several matters of interest to Philndclphians; for instance, the mounting of the memorial tab let of tho United Stntcs signal corps, which has been the pet hobby for years of Colonel Jacob Hynemnn, of the I'uion League. Dr. Fred W. Owen, of Morrittown, N. J., who wns on Gcncrnl Webb's staff, wns nnother of the signal corps veterans. Colonel Nichof bon treats also of the Pennsylvania stntc statues to Generals Geary, Hays and Humphreys, scvernl memorials for which were postponed for a timo because of tho death of General II. S. Huidekopcr, chair man of tho Pennsylvania commission. WHETHER tho plan to make Thomas Robins n congressional candidate in the Second district works out or not, there aro indications that that district, now repre sented by former District Attorney George S. Graham, will bo contested. Isndoie Stern, who wa3 tho star witness in the Fifth ward murder trial, let it be known in AVashiugton on his la'st visit that he is thinking of run ning for Congress. Isadore does not now live in the Fifth ward, but has taken up his residence in the Second Congressional dis trict. Mrs. Stem, who went through nil the Fifth ward troublo with her husband, is one of tho active spirits in the Philadelphia section, Council of Jewish Women, headed by Mrs. E. A. Margolis. THE Civil War volunteer officers' retire ment list is still hanging fire. It brings mnny letters to senators and congressmen from the old fellows who wore the blue. One of the latest is from William II. Myers, formcrlv captain, Thirtv-fourth Regiment New Jersey, United States Volunteers. Mycis now lives in Rosedale, Kan., but ho keeps up his interest iif Philadelphia af fairs, where he was once employed by John Wanamaker at Oak Hall. Tlie veteran, who is now past eighty years of age, participated in the union of the Blue nnd the Gray nt Gettysburg when the fiftieth anniversary was celebrated several years ago. JOHN C. WINSTON, who has devoted so much of his llfo to the improvement of civic conditions In Philadelphia, keeps a sharp eye on the world's production of books. lie knows authors nnd their nvnilahllity for best sellers, and particularly such American authors ns attract attentidn nhroad. Mr. Winston's knowledge of men nnd books, for no IS u uiK juhoml "i'H muy nccount for his ability to draw strong men together for public work. lie tells nn interesting story of the timidity with which ho first ap proached one of Philadelphia's leading men who lived quietly in a nandsomo house on one of our leading streets. Three times, he said, he passed that man's door before he mado up his mind to try a visit. Then he went in nnd found the citizen bubbling over with appreciation of the visit and prompt to make a substantial donation for what he estimated to bo n worthy cause. Phlladel phia has many big men and many who think clearly upon civic affairs, but evidently many of them avoid the calcium light. COLONEL JAMES ELVERSON, owner of the yacht Allegro, which was built nt Esslngton ,for George Thomas, the banker, is building a speedy launch in Camden that is to do thirty-five miles nn hour. Commo doro Louis II. Elsenlohr, who has been vis lticg Battle preek, Mich., for a brief spell and whose yacht Mirnmar is, therefore, tied up for n corresponding period nnd whose speed yacht Nymph II has been a winner of most prizes along the Atlantic coast, has given orders to nn Atlantic City builder for a new bont thnt is to be a revelation. It Is designed especially for inland nnd coastal wntcrs and will serve delightfully In the semi-tropics. A feature of this boat Is to be a fish well, in which live fish nre to bo kept until ready for the table. The boat is to have glass bottoms, so that the passen gers may be able to observe the marine vegetation and the coral or other formations over which it passes. This novel craft is to have 100 -horsepower and be capable of twenty mlls an hour. The commodore ex Tet to have Jt reed by 'NoYember 15 Hoo-Doosi twvce IHTKE.SNME PJ.&CC- r THE CHAFFING DISH FAMOUS EDITOR GOES FISHING Bill Reedy, of St. Louis, One Literary Junkers at Corson's Inlet of CHANNEL BASS WOOED WITH FIRST EDITIONS A large limousine was seen purring down Chestnut street late yesterday afternoon, with a heavy list toward the stern. It was obvious to tho reporter of tho Chaffing Dish that some important enrgo was being car ried. At a halt in tho traffic the car was held up, and peering discreetly within he saw the floor of the vchiclo littered with valuable iooking volumes. Looking more closely,-ho snvv thnt tho rear sent was occupied by n largo gentleman, on whoso massive flo'iks perched two others, somewhat pinched for space. "Holy cat!" cried the reporter. "Bill Reedy!" So it was. Bill Reedy, known to the literary world as William Marion Reedy, tho famous editor nnd critic of St. Louis, pro prietor of "Rccdy's Mirror," one of the most universally beloved nnd tespected of savants. Bill is perhaps best known to the world as the discoverer of Edgar Lee Masters, whoso "Spoon River Anthology" he printed in his weekly, nnd Zoo Akins, the brilliant young St. Louis playwright, whose new play is now the sensation of New York. But he is equally famous ns tho encournger and friend of every young writer who does honest work. Mr. Reedy is a man whoso genial kindliness has become proverbial. In spite of his emi nence in the world of literature, he has no pose whatever except adipose, that is. Mr. Rccdy's companions were Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, tho well-known collector of literary rarities, nnd Mitchell Kennerley, the New York publisher. Gently disengaging themselves from their cloying friend, they explained the purpose of the expedition. "Mr. Reedy has never caught a channel bass," said Mr. Rosenbnch. "We're taking him down to Corson's Inlet to have a try. Next to discovering a new poet, Mr. Rcedy's pet ambition is to cntch a channel bass." "I see you havo some bait with you," said tho reporter, pointing to the books with which the car was loaded. "We have brought a few little things along to nmusc Mr. Reedy with while waiting for tlm fish to assemble.'' said Mr. Kennerley. the president of a famous auction company in New York and well known wherever lit erary and nrtistio collectors nre gathered together. "Hero is a first edition of Dry den's 'Mr. Limberham,' a play which Is calculated to attract the attention of any self-respecting fish. We also have Somerset Maugham's 'Tho Moon and Sixpence' nnd 'Peter Mlddleton,' perhnps tho finest novel ever written fn America, and an auto graphed copy of George Moore's 'Avowals.' " "Aud a first edition of the 'Complete Angler,' " added Doctor Rosenbach, "If the bais won't bite with all these In the boat, it will be very surprising." "We invited a couplo of Philadelphia poets to go along with us," said Mr. Reedy, "but they begged off. What is tho matter with your poets in Philadelphia? They seem to lack tho adventurous spirit which is the essertco of romance and poetry." Mr. Iteedy has been in tho East for two months,, mnklng his annual voyage among the literary circles. Ho has been staying with Mr. Kennerley in New York, nnd Mr. Kennerley says Bill Reedy is an ideal guest except that ho will sing "I am the mayor of Greenwich Village" whilo he takes his bath, and Mr. Reedy'H voice corresponds with his stature. He returns next week to resume the editing of his magnzine, which he has been conducting by telegraph. J "Well," said the reporter, as the gigantic car moved away, "I hope, you catch your bass." "Hnih," eald Doctor Boenbach in a whiiper. "We .hAve 0n all put away .in cld rtorag in eaM-kujtbfg'OMwroDg, JUST REMARKS Ss: .. N. AXWtGOS &...-Z,..i?1 . (WVr'. 'J , . ;'""n?i!yx'i"-"';-."!!r- - - We can't let Mr. Reedy return to St. Louis without that fish." Tho Phantom Trees rnHE gentle places of Athnaglare Have nil been harrowed and seeded down, And the rowan-trees that trembled there Have gone with the turf to town. For the sunny boughs thnt shadowed the gaps Are lying now where the turf is laid ; While the green of barley or wheat, perhaps, Shall grow where tho Wee Folk played. Maybe the grain shall yet be good, But I would rather bo fed on whins; And as for a fire of rowan-wood, I'd rather havo frosty shins. For the gentle places of Athnaglnre Aro forever planted with phantom rows Of ghostly rowans, trembling where Whito gulls are out with the crows. FRANCIS CARLIN. Paradise NE day into my revery -' A query came 'twas this: Of all the joy Life holds in fee What brings man purest bliss V Is it beauty? High estato? The nameless gift to please? Or gold? Or honor from tho great? Men risk their lives for these. Each one my reason keenly eyed, Ay, long nnd well it conned them, And left my soul unsatisfied The answer lay beyond them. T THOUGHT of travel in far lands - For which the fancy pines ; Of lackeys who nt one's commands Serve rarest foods and wines. Ferhaps 'twas to be loved most dear? Perhaps? but no, not yet; Though something whispered it was near, The iTnswer was not met. For, oh, the bliss nil bliss above, Ay, even the song of poet, It is with nil one's soul to love 'And make the loved one know itl SAMUEh MINTURN PECK. In Days of Yore IN DAYS of yore they were discreet, Those modest, shy, retiring feet! Dainty shoes that showed, at best, Their soles; the uppers were but guess'd Beneath their crinoline retreat! With grace andcoquetry replete, Like maiden secrets, half-confessed, They quickened many a beau's heart-bent Iu days of yore ! But now they boldly throng the street, ' And modesty grows obsolete ; The "uppers" give tho cyo no rest! To eee the souls, nh, that's the quest! To think this surfeit was a treat In days of yore! ' JESTA MINNIT. Bernard Shaw says that almost everybody lost their minds during the war, and he is not certain whether ho still has his or not. However that may be, Bernard's case is different from a good many of his fellow sufferers. If he lost it, he lost something worth keeping. SOCRATES. Koreans who sought to celebrate the anniversary of the inauguration of Japanese rule by closing up shop wcro forced by the Japanese to remain open for business. Which, when you como to think of H, will nojt make the Koreans love Japanese rule any the more, - i ' .. And what is the industrial conference but "collective bargaining"? That double thirteen wtt unlucky for 1 -w A Love's Secret Revealed taTHEN wo two kissed. O maiden. "' 'Twas night with nono to see; The night nnd tho dawn saw only The stars nn(l thee nnd me, But the morning star descending Has told it to the sea. And the sea with her hundred voices Whispered it to the oar; The oar blade told the mariner, And when he enmo to shore He sang the secret openly At his beloved's door. Translated from the Greek by Rose Keir. Coal operators turned down the resolu tion of miners to nllow newspapermen to attend tho conferences in the Bellcvue Strntford. Why? Newspapers represent the third party to every Industrial controversy tho public. And the "public has a right to representation. r The trouble with John D. Rockefeller' golden rule, offered ns n resolution in the industrial conference, is that it i3 not marked off into economic' inches. Japan will have sixty delegates ot the international labor conference in Washing ton. Which meane that California will be mentioned at least once. And how are we going to keep the home fires burning if tho miners go on a thirty-hours-aweek schedule? School enrollment shows the old town is still growing. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. General Gorges reports that yellow fever has been virtually exterminated from the earth. Where was its last strong hold? 2. What is meant by nn Olympian man ner? 3. Who first explored the Mississippi river from the north to its mouth? 4. Who was Edward MncDowell? 5. What is a cony? G. What is tho measure of purity for gold? 7. Who invented Pullman cars? 8 Who commanded tho Union forces at the first battle of Bull Run? Who were tho first men to make an uninterrupted flight across the Atlantic ocean? What is a caravanserai? 0 10 Answers to Yesterday's Quiz i. Halloween falls on October 31. 2. The Germans falsely charged the Freprh with having discharged bombs from an airplauo upon Nuremberg on August 1, 1014, and employed this fic tion as immediate justification for de claring war on France. 3. A medicaster 13 a quack, 4. A simile is a figure of speech which likens, or dravv'3 an explicit comparison between, two different things in one or more aspects, as "errors, like straws, upon the surface flow," C. Tennessee was the first of'the seceded stntes to bo rendmlttod to tho Union nfter the Civil War. (1. Sisal is a fiber of the American agave from which hemp cordago in made. 7. Mark Twain was a native of Missouri. 8. Gclett Burgess first popularized the das. hificatlon of people as "bromides" and "sulphites." 0, An ambassador is higher In diplomatic rank than a ministers 10. 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Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers