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Ilfrrint.fr I, 111" TRAFFIC JAMS THE question of traffic lobulations, in this city is little like the question of coal. It has been ignored and evaded and postponed until it has grown to be an almost inkflerablu complication. Everybody in authority has preferred to leave the woik of tolutioli to some body else. The Christmas season opens today in the shopping districts, and the police will have to deal with unprecedented tides of traffic because this happens tp be the first normal holiday season of years. We are likely to have early proof jpf, the necessity for an immediate en largement of the traffic squad, and some system by which at least a part of the heavy vehicle traffic can be diverted from uairow and busy thoioughfares for the Mike of safety, comfort and general efficiency. INCOME SLACKERS VTEWS that the government intends to ' hunt down every big and little war tax slacker in the country teems to have been read with a shock by a good many people vflio supposed that they had suc cessfully evaded a duty that ninety-nine out of every hundred were glad to per form. That same news -will be lead with satisfaction by every one else. Income-tax dodgers were relatively few. But the general total seems to have been pretty large. What the gov ernment asked of them was very little in a crisis that demanded life itself from many thousands of Americans. The in vestigation now being directed in this district by Collector Lederer ought to be patient enough to " be. deep and 1 thorough. And after every deliberate shirker has been made to pay his taxes and the maximum penalty, his name ought to be published to the world. THE GRAND OLD TOPIC 'A NYBODY who happens to be familiar "with the workings of the Washing ton mind will be willing to wager a week's salary that a fervid outburst of oratory dealing with the Mexican trou ble will not be long delayed after to day's rollcall for the regular session. Mexico is the grand old topic. It is a subject upon which anybody may talk vaguely without much fear of being seriously questioned. It invites verbal demonstrations of pride and patriotism. And the Mexicans have no friends. They do not deserve any. Mexico is like-Russia. It is an international nuis ance. We may have to intervene and certainty we shall intervene if justice and honor actually demand that trouble some alternative. We shall have to have an enlarged army if the job is to be "properly done. The air service of the army and navy will have to be greatly expanded, though Congress has just re cused to give the airmen money for their routine work. The draft would have to be put in operation if we wished to avoid great delays. Pacification of Mexico, according to the most conserva tive estimates, would require about three years. Congressmen will make a great many brave speeches about the Mexican crisis. Only when they take the trouble to in form their hearers of the hard and prac tical requirements of an intervention program can we be sure that they are neither ignorant nor insincere. BULGARIA SIGNS ,rpHE league of nations covenant is in- corporated in the peace treaty which Bulgaria signed with the Allies and America at Ncuilly. The Rumanian and eibian delegates were not present at the (ceremonies. There is a significant relationship in these facts. Even the most fervent .champions of the league are unable to "forecast with certainty that all wars between major rattans are henceforth impossible. It js quite conceivable, however, that an international machinery may work ef fectively for peace in the Balkans. Nov nation in that stressful region is jver completely satisfied. Already Ru mania and Serbia are aggrieved, al though boundary lines have been drawn with, the assistance of expert ethnologists and by statesmen intent on effacing the causes of racial discord. War in the Balkans nrnvnViwt il, tragedy of universal strife. It is abso lutely essential to world neacn Hint, tlm 'flame Bhall not break but in that ree-lnn Again, Unquestionably the pressure of jrfWafc nations could preserve order in the refractory kingdoms of eastern Europe. If the league does nothing else than this, it will have justified itself. Bulgaria expires as a military nation, for tsfee is virtually disarmed by the irsAty, Pespite the surrender of her rUiinsJ in Thraqe and small cessions of iemtanf i Srbk and Rumania, a . ubum Wf NweHtt and civilized Bulgar nation still exists. The $445, 000,000 Indemnity is the penalty of her former policy of greed, selfishness and dishonor. Her eventual rehabilitation is not, however, inconceivable. If the lcaguo keeps an eye on her she will no longer bo a menace. And an eye on all the rest of her neighbors, who have suf fered as much in Victory as she has in defeat, will also be in order. CONGRESS, FOR THIS CITY, CONSISTS OF NINE MEN The Way to Get What We Want In Washington Is to Persuade Them to Give It to Us pONCJRESSMEN ure not in the habit '-'of taking seriously any of the com mon talk about what the nation expects the national Legislature to do. It is too general. They arc in the habit of de livering themselves of similar generali zations 'which mean nothing. They talk about patriotism and the duty of serving the people and all that soit of thing, and go about their usual business of making laws in the usual way. No one can teach them anything about "throwing the bull." But -when any one indulges in the", argumentum ad hominem, as the Latin phi use has it, or comes down to cases, as the man in the street would say, and talks, not about what Congress is going to do but what a specific congressman is going to do and pins him down for an answer, then that congressman will sit up and take notice. ' As a matter of fact, what Congress does is mnde up of what the individual congressmen do, and what they do is influenced, not by what "the nation ex pects of them" but by what the men to whom they owe their election wish them to do. The Congress which meets in regular session today will be made up of men thinking earnestly of the primaries next summer and the election next November. If these men do not "play politics" for the next six months they will be an exception to a rylc of more than a hun dred yeais' standing. If they consider solely on their merits the great ques tions pressing for solution, they will vise to a standard of idealism never yet reached in the history of legislative bodies. If anything worth while is done in Washington this winter it. will be be cause the people in the various districts insist that their individual congress man forget himself for a moment or two nid think of the needs of the hour. The metropolitan district of Philadel phia, including that pait of New .Tersey immediately across the Delaware river, is represented in Washington by nine men. What this metropolitan district expects Congress to do must be done with the assistance of these nine men, if it is done at all. Here are the names of the men and the districts they represent: William S. Yarc, First district., composed of the First, Seventh. Twenty -si:.th, Thirti eth, Thirty-sixth, Thirtj -ninth and Forty-eighth wards. George S. Graham, Second district, com posed of the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Thir teenth. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth ami Thirty -seventh wards. J. Hampton Moore, Third district, com posed of the Second, Third. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. McM-nth. Twelfth, Sixteenth, Sev enteenth, KiKlitceulh and Nineteenth wards. Georjjc V. Edmonds. Fourth district, com posed of the Twenty-eighth, Twenty ninth, Thirtj -second, Thirtj -eighth and Fortj -scenth wards. Peter K. Costello. Fifth district, composed of the Twcntj -third, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first, Thirty-third, Thirtj -fifth, Forty first, Fortj -third mid Forty-fifth wards. George S. Darrow. Sixth district, composed of the Tw cut j -first. Twenty-second, Twcntj -fourtli. Twcntj -seventh, Thirtj -fourth. Fortieth, Fortj -second, Forty fourth and Forty-sixth vards. Thomas S. liutler. Seenth district, com posed of CheMer and Delaware counties. Henry M. Wilson. Eighth District, com posed of Bucks unci Montgomery coun ties. William J. Browning, First New, Jersey district, composed of Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties. Mr. Moore, of the Third district, will resign in the near future to become Mayor of this city. The other-eight men will hold office until a year from next March. They are the men through whom the population of three or more millions in metropolitan Philadelphia get their will in national legislation. It is doubtful if any one of them has any clear idea of what the will of this great population is. Tens of thousands of voters do not know 'the name of tho man who represents them in Washington, so how can that man have any knowledge of their point of view? The voters ac cept the situation in which candidates for Congress are selected by the politi cal machine; and the candidates, under obligation to the machine, are more deeply concerned with keeping on friendly terms with the party leaders than with finding out what the plain people are interested in. By the'Jilain people we mean the man who is reading this article and his neigh bors on both sides of him, across the street and backing up to him at tho rear. These plain people delegate govern ment to a political machine and tho ma chine acts through the officers whom it nominates and elects. And thus arise all the abuses in democratic govern ment which the pessimist has been wont to describe as a bossocracy. When we think of what Congress will do this winter toward solving the prob lems growing out of the war, wo should think first of what Vare, Graham, Ed monds, Costello, Darrow, Butler, Watson and Browning will dp. They constitute Congress for us. They are within reach of our influence. In spite of the boss system, they are beholden to us (still speaking in terms of the plain people) for their political life. If we choose wo can demand of them a certain course and retire them to private life if they disregard thedemand. Now, what does metropolitan Phila delphia want done? Are we content EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHXLAt)ELPHlA, .MONDAY, DEOEMBEK 1, with tho present unsettlcment of indus try by continual labor troubles which no one seems able to prevent? Do wo want n series of strikes growing out of dis agreement over wage3 and hours of labor, strikes that threaten a tying up of all transportation lines and serious in terruption in tho production of the neces saries of life? Or do we wish that Con gress would draft a labor code which would make the interests of tho whole community supreme and provide for the settlement of disputes among employes and employers in courts provided for tho purpose instead of by n free-for-all fight? If we wish an industrial code and wish it hard enough we can get it through action begun by tho men who lcpresent us in Congress whether the men who contribute to their campaign funds want it or'not. If there is concerted agreement hcie that the Delaware river channel should be thirty-five feet deep from Kensing ton to the sea we can get the needed appropriations by making every one of these nine men an active propagandist of the project. If we wish the tariff laws redrafted in the light of the new world conditions which have made the United States' a creditor nation, so that it will force us to allow our debtors to pay us in manu factured goods or raw materials, we can force those congressmen to ignore the wishes of purblindmanufacturers and act so as to protect the interests of the nations which are owing us while at the same time safeguarding the inter ests of every wage-earner. It is not necessary to enumerate fur ther the various" things in which this community is interested and which its congressmen should consider. The point we have been trying to make is that Congress is not an abstraction, but is made up of men, and that if we are to get from it Vdiat we need wo must got it through these men as individuals. If wo can make them believe that wo are in earnest in our demands they will tumble all over themselves in their eager ness to grant them. A BRILLIANT APPOINTMENT TN THE appointment of Dr. C. Lincoln - Furbush as director of health, Mayor elect Moore has risen to his opportu nities. The post is one of the most important in the municipal cabinet, and it is not enough merply to make a "respectable" selection. An experienced, scientifically well-equipped and energetic physician at the head of the Department of Health is capable of transforming living condi tions in this city. That Doctor Furbush will prove an official of this type is not to be ques tioned. His scholarly attainments have been seasoned by years of ripening value in the army and especially in as sociation with General Gorgas in the war against yellow fever. It is impossible that a physician, sea soned as Doctor Furbush has been, and endowed with a broad vision, should act or think in his new role otherwise .than constructively. The field in Philadelphia isapable o the most fruitful tilling. Doctor Fur bush knows a great deal about miasmic swamps in tho tropics. As he assisted in solving formidable problems in Cuba, in Salvador and Guatemala, there is every reason to believe that hp will de vote expert attention to the wide stretches of mosquito-breeding marshes below Shunk street. The "Neck" is a diseaEe-fostering archaism. With proper sanitation and drainage a new development of the city should be possible in that now oozy area. Moreover, (he rigid application of principles vl' modern health supervision in all its aspects will mean a whole community of which the citizens should be proud. It is vastly encouraging to forecast a physical clean-up as a sequel to the political purging in the last mu nicipal election. The appointment is untainted by poli tics in the unsavory sense. It reflects Mr. Moore's ambition to choose the most suitable aides in administering -city affairs. Many plants classed A Case of :S nonessential have Many Angles been closed iu In dianapolis as u coal conservation measure. Hut tho salaried man can neer be made to believe, the plant in which he Is employed Js nonessential. And what cares ho that coal is saved If he has no money to boy any? A'ictory at the gen I jxU r night eral elections has May Kmerge caused Socialists in Italy to demand Ital ian recognition of boviet Russia. The fact is only interesting as a counter-irritant to the pronouncedly nationalist plans for Italian occupation of Dalmatia. The coal mind's thill is the bhaft of th You I'ajs Your Money and You Takes Your Choice. chariot of progress : or,1f jou prefer it, tho coal shaft is'tlin thill of the aforesaid chariot. We may put among Wo Have It tho things that never on Our List would bo mist pur- don! missed, the fog that envelops the mutter. of price regulation of foodstuff. Mayor-elect Moore is Never Prophesy said to have expressed Unless You Know the belief thut there will bo a shukn-up in City Hall. Mr. Moore is In n position to follow the advice of Mark Twain concerning prophecy. If all contracts are as clear as the Mayor-elect's plans for the placing of con tracts, citizens will have no cause for com plaint. It was thoughtful of the giant meteor to drop into Lake Erie. It would have mussed things up a little in a big city. Recent labor conferences bring home to us the fact that not ull coal gas makes good fuel. General Approval gracefully decorates Colonel Furbush. 1 Hero's fishing ye success, Nauey astUorel TRIO OF TRIED JURISTS Judges Swartz, Mcllvalne and Dregy Have Graced the Bench In Penn sylvania for More Than Thirty Years Hy OICOKGK NOX McCAlN T'UDUn AARON S. SWARTZ, president Judge of the Common Pleas Courts of Montgomery couuty, enjoys the uniciuo dis tinction of being tlio second one of three, judges In the commonwealth who have graced the bench for a generation. To bo exact, for thirty-two jearH, The other distinguished gentlemen are Judges John Add Mcllvalne, of Washington county, and V. A. Hregy, of Philadelphia. Judge Mcllvalne Is the senior of the trio, with Judge Swartz next. Judge SwnrU, succeeded the late Hi Mnrsley Hojcr on the bench at a time when the population of Montgomery county was only 1)0,000. Tn the years of his incumbency ho has seen the population doubled, and In Industrial Importance the county forge, ahead from sixth to third pluce in point of capital inestcd and value of Industrial output. Montgomery couuty lewards faithful services on the part of its judiciary, or at least it has in past years, us the records indicate. Judge William F. Solly, of the Orphans' Court, has presided over its affairs since, that remit whs established eighteen 5 ears ago. lip is serving his second term, with n few j ears to spare, and 11 prospect of equal ing the term of service of Judge Swartvs. Judge tlohn Faber Miller, of Common Pleas, was elevated to the bench iu 1015 with 11 majority exceeding 11.000 oyer his opponent, William Y. Dauucuhower, on the nonpartisan ticket. He also has made an admirable record. The trio of distinguished gentlemen arc held In such high esteem that they headed the list of faithful couuty otlicials when nearly 'J0O of the leading business men of the couuty testified to their worth by a public banquet last week. Such honors nro rare, even in n great btale like Pennsylvania. JOSEPH it GRUNDY, widely known as president o the Pennsylvania Manufac turers' Association, Is authority for the statement that the gross output of the in dustrial establishments of Montgomery lounty last jear were $200,000,000 with a pa roll in excess of $,-.0,000,000. The figures are a tribute to the efiicieucv of the a'-soclatiiiii of which Mr. Gmudy is prc-idcut. They evidently are up-to date, ami compiled from iccords which 111c avail able to his statisticians. Unfortunately the Mute statisticians are just four jenrs behind the time Tlio liit est available information from llarrishurg (111 the subject is for l!)lfi, which shows a total output of but $8'.i,0l?i,00U. In the meantime the war had intervened, and industrial output not only of Montgomery count , but of the entire state, has iucreased to nn unheard of extent, yet there are no figures available, tit least In print. The lack of readj -to-hand information in all depailments at Harrlsburg has been notorious for a quarter of a century. The state's publications are never up to date. Department reports find their waj into the hands of tho public jears after they have been compiled, with one exception Smull's Legislative Handbook. It is usually ready for distribution a few months after the close of the legislative session, which is due to the untiring eCfprls of Senate Librarian Miller. The. new com missioner of labor and industry. Doctor Connelly, 1 huve no doubt, so far as his department is concerned, will speed up iu this respect, for he has come to the work with a great lecord for efficiency. Mi is tasting some of the iirbt fruits of vic- torj. These post-election dujs are a trugic rcalttj for him. Like Bjrou's Assyrians, the officeseekers have not only descended like "the wolf on the fold," but are giving htm their undivided attention day and night. Willi all his jears in politics it is a new experience to him. He knows now what it is to have friends of the ten-carat brand, llo also knows wliut it is to own n plum tree. So do the job hunters who are making his life a regular nicrrj -go-round with their importunities tlmt lie shake it frequently and vigorously for their benefit. I violate no confidences in the statement that the Major-cloct is compelled to sacri fice even his 'meal hours to the work of extending an car to those vv ho would senc and save the city. TUHN-H. "JACK" ROBiNSON, late member of the stutc Senate, erstwhile congressman, and for jears United States marshal nud one of the political leaders of Delaware county, is nu ntithor. The general public is not. aware of the fact, I believe, for Mr. nobiuson's book, ".Midshipman to Cotigrcss," was publisjied in Media for private circulation. It is to be regretted that "Jack" did not put his work in the bunds of u big publish ing house where it would have gained the circulation which it deserves. There is seurecly u politician of note, cither in the eastern or western end of tho state, who does not figure somewhere in the 3L'5 pages of the book, And there is no sliding over the rouch spots to. avoid the bumps Iu his descriptive pliruseofogy. In many respects the work is nkiu to the autobiogrupby of the lato Governor Penny -packer in its treatment of men, TACK" ROBINSON'S fraukness is ex J ceedingly refreshing, cspcciclly where he deals with events lu winch ho was a par ticipant. For the first time In any endur ing form the confession Is made that the famous chairmanship fight in 1805, in which Quay mude literally, a tight for his political life and was elected btatc chairman, was woti on a pure fuke. It is one of the land marks for Pennsylvania's political history. This is what lie says of it In his book: "I do not think he (Quay) ever came so near meeting his Waterloo as ho did in this 1805 battle. "Now thut twenty jcurs lrbve elapsed, I muy not be giving away any of tho secrets of politics to say that we really did not have the necessary number, of delcgutes at the caucus the uight before, but we had bluffed the other side, und it wus n game of bluff on our side all through that won out. Iu point of fact, In u close contest in politicsft Is often a question of qcrvo and individuality more than uuythlug else that carries the day. Of course, 'sinews of wur' is a great help, und hundreds of thou sands of dollars were spent In this me morable campaign." Colonel Furbush will not have to worry about either tho microbe of politlen or the germ of jealousy. His appointment as direc tor of public health seems to meet with clty-wldo acclaim. We have a hope rather than a coqvici tiou6tliat the Stafe Department kuuws cx actlX ! B wiJSf THE CHAFFING DISH - A Sub-Elevated Sonnet WITH unresponsive rib and callous corn, With knees us adniuaut und elbows steel, The native rider of the "El" Is born And never knows the wounds thut others feel. But we, by fuir stenographers insphcred, Hy portly men and powder serried round, Wo bcrntch ourselves upon our neighbor's beard While curses mix with corsets Under ground. For thirty minutes dream we deep of case, Of greut armchairs, and meals, and good cigars, Of "Late.agaiu!" and, in the stuffy cars, See Chestnut street a-flutter in the breeze. In hopes of girls and heaven, fears of hell, Wc duilj ride who tako the morning "El." ALEC B. STEVEN.SON. Our observant client, Wilson Jefferson has sent us an interesting little cssuy about riding in btreet cuis. We have not space to print all of it, but tlio following is too good to miss: We fell into an interesting talk with an old colored man, a real before-the-war gentleman, who roae only ten uiocm out who managed to confide to us that the good old-fashioned white people are "dpina out mighty fast," and that the other kind, be sides not dying, "are growing mighty sassy and ambiguous." We stnrt the Christmas season in a high good humor. All our most pleasant suspi cions nbout the amouut of latent kindliness in the brcusts of ourvclients is homologated by the arrival of a box of lady apples and a lnrge jug of cider Jxoih our admirable friend, Onirics C, Bell, of Hoonville, Mo. Mr. Rell leads what we think must bo the most agreeable life possible. He raises apples und he lives in the town that is sacred to the corncob pipe iudustrj'. And having lived through Civil Wnr days and seen n good deal of rougli nud tumble iu his time, he Is. not disposed to undue alarm nbout the hor llble plight of this country nt tho present time, us a good many of our younger think ers are. Judging by the way our colleague, the Soothsayer, Is tackling this sparkling Mis souri cider, we estimute thut the jug will hold out until sunset tomorrow. As the old joke Jias It, in the midst of llfo o nrp in debt. Another dellchtfttl present hus come our way, one, tfiat will last longer Ihnu the Hoonville elder. One dny lust spring wc mentioned the quaint little jungle of back gardens, old brick uugles, dormer windows and tall chimneys to be seen along Orange street, the little alley that rups off Seventh just below Washington Square. Wo said that this little vistu becmed to cry for perpetuation by the cunning hand of Mr. Frank II. Taylor, tho veteran and well loved artist whose drawings of old Phila delphia bywnjs will givo immortality to many a picturesque scene thut may not lust much longer. Mr, Tuylor went down to Orange Btreet, fell in love with it (ns we knew he would) and has drawH a delightful picture of .the view as seen from the rear windows of the Drcer warehouse, including Nicholas Kiddle's bathtub which lies iu the backyard of tlio Catholic Historical Society, Ho hns just given us an autographed print of the drawing, which wo deurly prize. Mr. Taylor has done hundreds o" charming drawings of old Philadelphia scenes and wo hope thut lio is going to do Hundreds more, for surely there Is no other artist who has qultp his affectionate feeling for the lights nnd shadows of those queer and humble prospects that the rambler love. Thoughts In a Dining Car A human characteristic wo notice is that if you happen to be eating breakfast in the dining cur and are slushing your wny through sausages and griddle cakes, everybody else at the table will note carefully what you ure eating and then order the same. And tho odd part of it la that you then feci rather com plimented, as though they hnd-subtly Hat .tcred you, But this human tuetinct of feeliog pliaeni 1919 SOMEftOW, THE TASK SEEMS , tt(fv. - -- " when other people follow in your lead is sub ject to certain exceptions. For iustuuee, when j on have read a book and thought very highly of it and several months later some oflirelse leads it uud praises It you feel a curious inward anger und contempt. und nn almost irresistiblo impulse to speak rather condescendingly of the work. D'Aninmzio being a man who yearns, jo make two problems grow where but one blossomed before, wo suggest he try his huud on Mexico, Why Editors Go Mad Lditor the Daily Chime. Sir: 1 have just read the leading editorial, entitled "Hideous Paradox," iu your valuable paper todaj I congratulate jou on j-our courage in speaking out so plainly on a subject that must eogugc the couccrn qf every right thinking citizen. As long ns the press fuees present issues with such refreshing cundor, democracy is sate and our form of civilisation is secure. BERTRAM WHUZISS, Editor the Dmly Chime. Sir: I have just read the editorial "Hideous Paradox." It is painfully evident that this is a wanton affront to the raisin packers. It is a cow ardly uttuck upon the liberty of the subject, and such ubuse of the power of the press will be prompt to underiiTinc our untionul institu tions. Muskcd behind the nLouymity of the editorial pngc, I visuulize you ns a Jauus faced viper. This abuse of your functions proves beyond question tho utter nnd fatuous degradation of the ouce-respected profession of journalism. OSCAR SHAMBLE. Uditor the Daily Chime, Sir: Your sar donic editorial "IIideo.us Paradox" is plainly a spiteful uttuck upon the monkey-wrench industry, uud I fecL it necessary to protest. It is generally agreed that 110 class of manu facturers ure more vvurthy of. esteem or did more to win the 'war than theinakcrs jf monkey -wrenches, and I inclose you stutls-, tics to prove that fact. Kindly make Imine diutc disavowal in your paper or I shall cancel my subscripiion. ALBERT CRANBERRY. Editor the Daily Chime, Sir: Your de lightful article "Ilideous Paradox," while put iu somewhat veiled language, Is. obviously an Ironical commentary on the absurdities of modern cubist art, and I wish to congratulate the writer on his souud und refreshing views. I urn nbout to deliver n lecture In Dandruff Hall on this topic, and would be glad if you would send u reporter to givo my address the widest possible: publicity. Thanking you for your untlaggiug support of ull worthy causes, SENECA VAN MUTTON. To England, Upon the Return of the Troops WE WHO had known no other land than ours, Aud lightly scorned memorials of dead kings, With all the pride that youthful vigor brings, Disdaining mould nnd ruined crumbling towers Wo have learned to love throughout these testing hours The mystic charm that England's glory flings Arouud her monuments, where ivy clings With shielding leaf against erosive showers, t Oh England, mighty mother of our sires, Once more thy Wnyword children turn from thep With homesick hearts, cravlug to behold Their untive shore. But in their souls the fires That thou hast kindled burn across the sea, Reverence of years, of custom ages old. J. M. BKATTY. It seems that the Lidy Astor uproar dors not end 'with her election, It now "extends to what sMFis going to wear. Even Jeaunctto Rankin in her most tearful days never got such a good press, . BOCtLVrK EASIER t .IS1 SHRINES Dedicated to, the Church of All Nations, ' Boston. I'VE traveled far in many lands;. The open road I've trod; And through the devious ways of men I've searched with them for God. r The nncients worshiped in their groves Tho God enthroned afar; He comes to some in paths of peace, To some in flaming war. Before the Buddha some men bow J Some love tho Nazurcne. Tho Mystic feels a Presence near, Although no form is been. On desert sands the vision comes, As meu turn toward the East. In fasting some men see His facet Some find Him at the feast. Iu temple, mosque, cathedral dim, Through vigil, chant and prayer, Wherever man cries out to God Tho Living God is tSere. Wherever man has fought for. right, Where man for man has died; Beside him stands, could we. but see, One that was crucified. Alone I have communed with Him Beneath a starlit sky, , ' And I havo touched His garment-hem Where crowds go surging by. And this I've learned in all my search Under tho shining sun; The name and form are naught to God, To Him all shrines are one. ' Ilinton White, in Boston Transcript. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What Is the canltal of Oklahoma? 2, Who was the firbt great American naturalist? .'. Whnt is tho Alamo and where is It? 4. Who Is Truman U, Newberry? 5. Who coined the expression, "In tbs name of the Prophet, figs!"? 0, Who Invented logarithms? 7. What is polygyny? 8. How many transcontinental railways aro there on the American continent south of the United States? 0. AVhut is the meaning and origin of the' word gargantuan? JO, What are the "A. B. O." nations? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Puebla, is the third largest city In Mex'ico. It is the capital of the stats of Pucbla and lies seventy. six miles southeast of Mexico City. 2. Maud Powell ranks as the first Ameri can woman to become a concert violinist. .1, W. E, (Pussyfoot) Johnson is the Anti-Saloon League's covoy to Great Britain. 4. Neuilly, where the Bulgarian ptac treaty was signed, Is a suburb of Paris, near the Bols de "Boulogne. B, "Chlnaficatlon" was Theodore Roose velt's word for the state of helpless ness to which, ho declared, pacifism would reduce tho United States. 0. Feldspar Is the name for kinds of crystalline, white or flesh-red min eral. 7. The Americans at Bunker Hill were commanded by Prcscott, assisted by Putnam and Stark.- 8, The Mohammedan religion forbids the use of alcoholic liquors. 0. Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea. 10, The War. of Jenkins's Ear waa the name popularly given to the conflict be tween Great Britain and Spain which broke out in J.730 and became merged In tho War of the Austrian Succes sion, Its Immediate causa was the ' grievance of an English mariner, "Robert Jenkins, who alleged that h , had been tortured by the Spaniard : with ,th Isaa of, hla Mr. , s n -rvl ! i M P ( W
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