I ' f - 10. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK lJHJlADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1919 Vr - i .w l-ct ? tltPtltnn IflltMii TiVrtoi " -t.vnv wvvv PUBLIC LEUGLIl COMPANY .CYRUS It. K. (.xnTIS, Vnrwor.NT Chr)f II. f.udlnKlon. Vied PrraMint: Jnlin ('. Martin, Sertrtarv and Treasurer: Philip B I'nlllnj, John H. Williams, John J. SpurBoon, Dlractur. i:IiiTonl.xTriioA'u:' CUU8 It, U. ClUTH, Chairman PAVID C. ilMH.EY .naitor JOHN C. MAnTI.V.... general Ilmmcsa Hanger Published d.illy nt Pmuu I.itmfh Mulldins, , IndrpcnJcnre Sciuaro, Philadelphia, ATtlNTIO CUT 7Vr'i..F,iJn,i hull, 111. f FA ' New Yobk -MO Jlflf. polltui Tuner 84 pmoir 7(11 Tord nulldlm kt. lrls... . .. inns rnlli-rlun UulMtnU Cmcioo 1S02 Tribuuo Hulldlnc x . Nuv,n ii;ni:Ai'S! TTlBUfNriTnv TlpuiMti TJ. V. l"n llinat'lt'nnl.i Aim ....( 1 III. 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Plnl.d.tpMi, Ulnr'Clv, Urrrmbrr 1, 1011 THE GREAT SUGAR MYSTERY SOME p'-eltj ukibori lo uxplunulions will be nrccsaary to dispel Hie gunoiiil lcscntmeiit pupued by ncfto of ast ex ports of refined sugar from thit city at a time when many houbcholds are alto gether without that important food com modity. An air of secrecy at the docks will not help to reconcile the public to the singular business. A cloud of technicali- x, j. -t. it. ..:.! -f..f l,uf lies cannot ouscuru uiu siiiipiu iu , there seems to bo sugar in abundunce for , export and re at.vely WUe for u c at , home in markets where the price is being carefully regulated in the interest of the public. England, it is said, has had a prior title to IM.SOO tons of refined sugar taken from refineries in this city within the pu.-it sixty days. Is the sugar owned by the British Government? Or is it owned by a syndicate ot British profiteers .' iceprc- f Bcntativcb of the .-ugar equalization j board, with apparent deliberation, nave created llic lmDrcssiou mat no reiineu , sugar was being exported at this time. Yet Mr. McCarthy, who is supposed lo direct sugar allotments in this region, ! has a close association with the refinery j that has supplied cargoes of sugar for , Europe. Contract obligations may have made the delivery of such cargoes im- ' perative. But the public will want to know a little more about -.uch contracts. And if the contracts exist it will want to lnow why it is necessary to sunound the shipment of the sugar with a eil of se crecy, as if an attempt were making ,to get it out of the country surrepti tiously. It is a notorious fact that vatt quanti ties of American products are being held in some European ports to await the rc- moval of the blockade which the Allies j have, established about Russia. Is sugar I a part of this general hoard owned by ; gamblers eager to obtain famine prices in unregulated markets? The now3 of yes- ! tcrday is likely to start a ong tram of (questions in the popular mind concerning other necessities of life. The fart that ,", l.."nil tons ol iHincil Migar lias bppn and is bcin? shipped abroad from riiiladrlpliin whilp l'hiliiilplpliians an on scant siiKiir i atoms is a surt r.isp of refined ernplti IN THE MAYOR'S FOOTSTEPS MAYOR SMITH, as the head of a ' bonding concern, has always insisted i frankly that he had a right to mix his , public and private business when the ' practice was to his own advantage. In I the face of such an cxamnle it is not surprising to find one of the members of . his cabinet charged with following a ' somewnat similar course. Mr. Trainer's chaiges against Director Wilson, of the Department of Public i Safety, imply merely that information j relative to street accidents found an easy way from the police department lo th" law offices of a firm in which Director Wilson is a partner. 'I lie number of claims filed against the citv bv Director , Wilson's firm and the total of damages I lations between labor and capital must be collected during the period of the Smith ' cl by t,le cication of some sort of a adniinistration make it appear that the ' tribunal for the settlement of disputes information obtained by the police de- I without upsetting industrial peace. lie partment as a matter of daily routine was I i not- ve,' definite in his recommenda used to excellent advantage by the asso- lions, but he seems to be clear in his cialcs of the Director of Public Safety ' conception of the ends to be accomplished. in the direction of damage suits. The public is a party in interest in all The Mayor may have been technically ! 'abor disputes. Its rights must be pro right in mixing his bonding business with tecteil, and while tho right of labor to municipal affairs. Mr. Wilson may have ' strike must be admitted, its light to in had no technical right to prevent his ' terfcre with the orderly conduct of busi friends from following the course com- I T1C3f' u' men not involved in its contro plained of. But if Mr. Trainer has not vcrsics must be surrendered in the inter gone wildly astray in his charges the row ' csts of tne rest of us- involving the Director i.s merely another incident that vvill make the end of Ihe pVesent municipal administration seem a little too far off even now. t . .u Director Wilson wants 500 more patiol- men to protect the ciij. Putting on a spurt for the last lap'' NEW WOE FOR POLITICIANS POLITICIANS in this state have been dreaming a sweet dream. Any student of political undercurrents knows that ef forts began a year ago to mobilize femi nine sentiment of the state in behalf of the different parties in order that when the franchise became universal large blocks Of votes would be ready for de livery as necessity arose. The sudden tragic rift in the Women's Republican Club yesterday, and the nature of the charges and counter-charges attending an explosion that experts had long expected, show how far at sea the wise men of the two parties actually have been. Who can control the feminine mind jn or out of politics? Who can predict the future of voters who resign indignantly from a club becaube the president of that club wished to obtain an office?' V Tho presidents pf political clubs alwayr hW oflieo Thft ia what political 'iibd " HV bnr for. Yet Mrs. Archibald U. ;u!t WPP """rlcd bv mntt" of hr . sociatca, who seemingly became angry when tli he becume ambitious. This is not according to political traditions, although creditable to the unselfish spirit of thd resigncrs. Tbero are t,uggCitioiis of moods as old I as lime in this incident. And it is pi city clear, that when iho women of Pennsyl vania vole the bosses will have to guess and pray. Women will doubtless vole sincerely, tlut the leaders will never, never know what is to happen until the ballots arc counted. ' ! WILSON'S PLAN TO TAKE TUP TADIPFfltlTOF POLITICS I I nt lAKIrr UUI Ur rULIHUO " Co.wl.ts In Swinging the Democratic Party Over to the Historical Republican Position MCN u ilh long political memories will find tho 1'iesident's abandonment of Hie historical position of the Democratic party on the tariff the most notable fea ture of his annual message to Congress. The Uemociatic party has been com- milled for yeuis to a tariff for revenue , onlv, with as much of an approximation to free trade as was possible. (Inner Cleveland and other? lights of the paity have insisted that a 'tariff for any other purpobC than revenue is unconstitutional. Mr. Wilbon himself, in his first message to Congress, urged the lowering of all duties to such a point as would put tho importer on the same level in the domes tic maiket as the domestic producer. t"ul now. in icw of what has Imp- pciidiisiiic" he entered oll'icc, lie is r'vom mend ng that "th" p-r-judicc and passion engendeied by decades of controveisy be Uveun two schools of political and eco nomic thought the one believers in pro tection of American industries, the other believers in tariff for revenue only must bo subordinated to the single considera tion of the public interest in the light of . . - . ,.,. ,, - - "-0 that J ,,3lat, ial considoralion , ; ,,1,lial.nt. nf .,,, nl, (Ivnu(T industrv in America," and he suggest., that this establishment can be brought about by an intelligent application of duties. No piotectionist could go any farther than this in pointing out the expediency of applying the policy of protection to an cxlj,tinK condition. Events have forced U)(J lca(,el. of u,0 0pp0!,;t,j0l1 ,)arty t0 come arouml to tile historic Republican posit,0n that the tariff is an expedient to be used for assisting in Iho development of industry hcie and that il .should be used to th" limit when ciicumstances justify it. The necessity of modifying the tariff laws to meet the conditions brought about by the war has impressed itself on every one who has given any thought to the subject. This newspaper has been uiging it upon the attention of Con giess. America has been changed from a debtor to a creditor nation since 1 9 1 1 . We have brought back fiom Euiopo neaily all of the American securities held there. We have lent about nine billion dollars to various European nations. We have exported goals in such enormous quantities that the purchasers arc put to it lo find a way to nay for them. As the President says, payment can be made only in one of three ways by shipment of gold, by shipment of goods or by an cxtpns'on of credit. We have so much gold already that we cixuld not absorb much moie without dis- j astrons consequences. The European l uaticn.s aic in no condition to borrow moie money with any hope of paying it. Thcie lcmains only tho expedient of pay ing in goods for what we shall continue ' to send abroad and paying in goods the interest on inc loans aircauy mane to ine European nation.?. The tai iff laws muat be so framed as 'j make imports possible on such terms as will permit the expansion of inter national trade. This means that there must be a careful study of the whole i robleni of foreign trade with a view to the ditcovery of where il is e.spodicnl to apply the protective policy and whcic it is expedient to modify it. If Mr. Wilson's paity vvill follow him the tariff will be taken out of politics for many years lo conic. Mi. Wilson has also reached the con clusion in which others anticipated him that the solution qfJhe problem of the re- ae aocs not hUKKest 'e "ratting of an industrial code, but an mat lie says points in this direction. The best thought of the country Is with him on these two important matters. It is with him also in the ends which he seeks In his recommendations for relief from the burden of high prices and for the suppression of bolshevistic propa ganda, but there will be regret that the methods he proposed do not seem more adequate. As to the suppression of bolshevism, he says: "With the free expression of opinion and with the advocacy of orderly political change, however fundamental, there must bo no interference," but he urges the passage of Attorney General Palmer's anti-sedition bill, which would give to the courts power to interfere with "the free expression of opinion" and with "the advocacy of orderly political change." It may be urged in extenuation that the President has not been able, in view of his illness, to give to Attorney General Palmer's bill that careful study which it should receive from every one jealous of the rights of free speech and a free press. F, ivv one will join with the President j i i his denunciation of profiteers. They - tiV" n Inn' i7t h"r" l - to do them reverence. But it is doubtful if federal license for corporations en gaged in interstate business and regula tions compelling lite wholesale price lo be plainly marked on all articles where it is practicable would have the bcncli- cent effect which Mr. Wilson anticipate.-, I'lio general impicssion is thut the worst i profiteers are not corporations engaged in Inlertlatc businosR,, but individual ex ploitera who do business in one state or one city. As to marking the wholesale price on 1 articles, it would do nothing more than give tho purchaser an imoression of the t'0-'1 of totalling and confiim him in the ! , e , knowledge which he u'ready possesses. ' he wludesa lc pnw r, CW 1' i and apples is no secret. The householder ulio pays live cnla apiece Jr apple's loiuws how much thc,y cost a barrel. When a woman pays forty or fifty cents a pound for bacon nhc can look in the market columns cf the newspapers and find out what pig caicasses sell for in Chicago. Yet llicic arc other recommendations madc ,jy t)(; ,,iegil,cnl whidl bUKKcat that he favors general piice fixing by the government. Such a policy might be de fended in a temporary crisis, but as n permanent practice it would do more hat m than good, because prices are de pendent on so many complicated condi tions and fluctuate so rapidly that no government bureau could find a just basis for action. The treatment of temporary conditions such as bohhevistic agitation and profil- curjiig j., nut what the country has a right to expect from the President. Hut when he speaks of industrial conditions and foreign trade, he utters words of soberness and truth which can be con sidered by Congress and by the whole country as a broad-minded, patriotic, statesmanlike contribution toward con structive legislation. COAL: A CRISIS TT IS difficult lo estimate or even lo -- imagine the losses and hardship that business men, wage-camera and the pub- ic at large will have to endure if the fuel lcstrictinns tentative! v nronosnd liv Doc- I tor Garfield are made generally effective because of a continuing paralysis of the soft-coal industry. Suffering will be hitler and widcspiead if the coal has to be meagerly rationed only to preferred industries, and the losses in business vvill pass anything yet dreamed of in the United States. This is because restrictions of the war pciiod were casual and limited to one day a week. As tho matter looks now the country has to piepare for a coal famine that may continue for an indefinite period. For the moment at least the Fuel Ad ministration seems to be following a policy of drift and hoping ardently that the drift is in the right diiection. But surface indications are not of a sort to encourage optimism. The government's strike injunction, necessary and justi fiable as il was, added a new element of bitterness to the soft-coal strike. It has not served to renew production. Doctor Garfield's suggestion that the miners ac cept a wage increase less even than the operators had promised in conferences villi the union leaders has fuithcr in cciiEed the men. The cfi'ort in a number of the states to reopen the mines with v oluntccrs is more picturesque than prac tical. Such a procedure haidens the mis taken conviction among the miners that the tight now on is primarily intended to bic.ut the unions. Volunteers can do little in the mines. Mining is difficult work and it lequircs experienced hands. The enthusiasm of college men and others who are new in the pits will not long survive the danger .... .,.v0o i,l B.,.Kj, iiuimiuu-, ui feet below the surface of the ground. It is apparent that the Fuel Adminis- tration still shrinks from (he sort of con- trol which, as we have suggested bcfoie in these columns, would piobabiy have b.ought order and pioduutivity in the .....,, ,' . , ' ,, , sofl-ccal fields, Such contiol would huvc t l .- l ....it :,..,:.. ,.. l lu ui: antcumi; -u'hi uui 'luriuun e llO'll one end of the noft-coal region to the other. It would be a trying task for "vh'ch Doctor Gai field has neither cauip ment nor oiganization at present. Uut it would have enabled the government lo summon all the mineis back to work, with a promise of fair treatment at the outset and such an investigation of ail their claims as would insure an cuuilable adjustment of wage scales later along. The government may vol be forced ti adopt such a prop-ram. Doctoi Garfield's proposal for lightless nights and the withdrawal of fuel and light and power from nonessential industries opens the way to a period of suffering without any apparent end. For a time it will be pos sible to live without tho industries classi fied as nonessential. But wdiat is to be come of the millions of families that de pend on these identical industries for their very existence? There would be no And a Miss .Misht dullness in the neigh - Mean Hit at That borhood of Citj Hall when the letter carrier was clue if the suggestion were netpcl upon lo ti a contiivance on William Pum's hat to catch fulling mail bags. There would alwajs be possibility Hint the aviator would sioic a miss. All the new Congress No Place for Ii7.v hau to do is (o deal Men or I..iij .Minds effectively with the Reds, regulatp food transportation, smash thp profiteers, provide emplojnicnt for the soldier, adjust the rela tions between capital and labor; and, when these chores are attended to, sohe the t nil -road problem and ratify the peace treaty. Some Congresses run lo seed and tome buffer from acedia. Burglars In this city arc still bhowing lack of judgment by stealing furs instead of sugar. We muj naturally expect from Mr. Me Ailoo an indorsement of the plea of ihe noil -co.il upei.iloiH for a price hearing We judge from the rcpoit of the weather hiireau thut December is golni, to be cold (jnougli to give snupplnesH to the coal stiikc. Ilvcry Industrial plant dosed down as u ICMlIt of the coal ilrll e helps tq crjulalll .( public scull.in.nt ugaiu.t the mines hclug rrmlttpd " reninln Idl, MAYOR-ELECT MOORE'S LETTER How Congressman Vare's Colleague Tried to Make Him Pay the Money They Lost on Beto Made on His Tips on the Mayor alty Primaries Washington, Dee. ",. T IKi; (lip stock market on Blue Monday, -Congress opened sluggishly. There was a llsilcssncs. In both lioiiscs, and the galleries nn.' "" nM"w of nn.hic excitement. H. House ni"mb,'rs who were lipid in "-ps- . , ,, iin ,!,.,, . ., " " I.-..-, ;(!.,. I'.fjl.lcnt practically rommamled ti,Pni i inunlii nft(, his rptuni from l.imipp. frit as if tlip hud lmd no vnca linn nt nil, imi! plutif?pd into the "mi nnlniniis couspnt calendar" lo consider n fo public land bills jtibt ns if school lind not. Ipl mil. Oil flin Mnnnln nliln tnllpll POn - cpin whs expressed nbnut President Wilson ann ins aimiidc on tup iphsiip oi iiaiioni hitina Linti. Ilacli liouac sppius to feel that Hip 1'iTslili'iit nppds s.Miipathy both us In Hip lraBi.p of nations 'and the niilioads. vhirh ' he lind indicated in one of his messaprs would lie turned buck to the owners bj the in vt of Jnniiniw, Thp Prpsiilent is a sick miin and the tnsk ahead ot him is heavier than one mnn bliould hear. Tlierenre those who icRiird the outlook ns serious indeed. The nbaeiice of Senator Penrose was noted, particularly becnupc of rumrtrs re lating lo his physical condition. Truth is the senior seuntor from Pcnnsjlvan'm has been overworked and must lay off for prubabb a month or more. This Is the wuy Hip ph.vsii'inns talk about it. i (her mi the House side Hip opening tiny found most of the Philadelphia mrmbprs on Kuan), includitiB thp Mnor-elect and Messrs. Vaie, lhlniomlM, Costello and I)airo. Home nf the outside members were inclined to "collect" from ConRressmau Vare. l'hey lepresented that they had Konc wrong in bets on the primary election, due to tips given out by him. One western member claimpil lo have lost MOO, but the First district member was finally "madc wise" to the frame-up. tONflUKSSMAN HENRY W. WATHOX, of the niickR-Montgomrry district, did not L'cl a vcrv long vacation. 1 he inter- state and foieign commerce committee, of which lie is n memlipr, was nnngeci in ml until the last horn blew to consider the rail - load bill. The I.anghorne member has ele ciihsl views on the lailroad situation and does not think the bill as finiillj brought fioni the committee solves the problem. TT talks of the S20,000,0()0,000 investment ns if there were some people throughout tho land, including widows anil orphans who have some rights with respect to railroad management; but sees government owner ship looming up aR a possibility if condi tions remain as they are. The congressman knows, ns every other observer does, that Ihe railroad brotherhoods have a great dcul to do with the solution of the problem. Some of lhee organizations arc now be ginning lo talk of an extension of railway control bv the government. Ke.vstonp Lodge No. IKJl. t'nited Brotherhood of Maintenance of Wnv Ihnplojes and Railway Shop l.aboicrs. ot Philadelphia, through the sec letni.v, John .1. Caldwell, is petitioning Washington lo agree to nt least a Iwo cars' extension of national control. HOW manv people know that Editor Thomas .1. T.iiidsej, once secretary of the collector of the port, came within an ace of being secretary to n mavor? Tom was voungcr in those da.vs than he is now, but no mine vhncious. Apart from his cdi tori.il woik and his proximity to the "dcan ship" of the profession, Mr. l.indsej has another love. Il is I.ansdowne. the spot be lias chosen for sleeping purposes. If it is a Fourth of .Inlv celt-bullion or a union ath letic association nffeir jmi will genrrallv lind Ihe veteran newspaper man on the job. He now has in mind n big function for the 'Jl'il men. mine or less, who left T.ans ilowne In so into the sei vii e of the United Stales during the war Thev do not pio-p-i to fm git those bos out in l.unsdovviic, CAPTAIN .IOII.N P. VIRDI'.N is happy, iind when the uiptain i happy George r s. ,,, ht,rctarj of the comniissioupin f niniK.Uion. is happy, and when he is mppy ncurl.v cvervboth along the wharves 'is in' the same frame of mind. Captain i Viiden'x sijnle is due to the appointment f l his nephew, Menu Vnden Rice, loncadel- -I''" '" w,,rl ';,.",,,-11 'nnK U,,n' '" 'iV" nfWill mm - ic. he hot maker, and Anna . ', ,, "v ,:,. ui.,.. .I.mtl.trr f the hue '.'" - . . Himiiv I. Vuili-ii v iruen is n goon 010 Del.ivvnie inline ami runneth back to the oiigin nf the I'due lien's Chickens, Cap lain John kieps up the tiaditious as presi dent of ihe pilots' association for .the b.i.v and liver Delaware, and he is Vxpccting voting Vlrden Rice to do the same thing at West Point TIID lhigmceis' Club of Philadelphia has an inten-sting membersliip list. Inclildid in il me men who li.ive travejed over the win hi and who have done big work in Phila delphia a"" iniougiioui ine iiuiioii. .insepn A Sleiiiuieu. the pipsideut. was reiently invited t" submit a list nf members of the club who might be eligible for high station under the new citv administration, but Mr. Steinmel. takes the gioiind that the club i eally stani'.s for a principle nail that it i.mil'il be dangerous to mention names. If Mr. SteiniucU were given the opportunity to pick "the prettiest girl" he probably could not be more admit. NATHAN T. VOIAVRIil.. whose judgment as former president of the Manufac turers' Club is entitled to weight, protests against "the miitllatiou of Logan Squurc and the multiplied dangers to children and others crossing the square because they really have to cross two boulevards instead of one." Mr Vidvvcll thinks the Parkway should have inn diicetiv through the squaic. In this opinion Mr. Folwell is backed up by Harri son S. Morris, why, sn.vs the treatment of the square hns been the subject of many protests on the 'part of the nrtistically in clined. These gentlemen think the orna mentation should have been on the sides of the boulevard rather than in the center of two. TVNKi:U JOHN W. SPARKS is presi 13 d'ent of the New Jersey Society of Penn Kvlvunitt. and ns such is accepting suggestions for the ncxl dinner which is to celebrate the ratification by New Jersey of tho constitu tion of the United States. Mr. HparU is an unliable president and like all his pre decessors is 'of open mind on dinner details. The "open mind" in the New Jersey society eenerally Rives play to some verj brilliant M,BBentloiiH from William J. Conlen. the secretury, whose i.mgc of vision is broudened hy his intimate association with mu.ders, nates and pilots from every shore. Whether ho New Jersey society wjll serve vvutcr melon in December or produce any of (he other Jersey truck farm specialties ia a question hut such things have been done it Cornier u'clioK'' '' these PctinMylvauiuiiB ot Jcn-vy llueagc HAMPTON M,09UIS. - r . ia r . ..u .tif- .... ., . -Sg3KJ?!5aaKBCHa 'j" ,r"IKtJfM,rw-lw i-rrrTVrTrt iiv.t-i-yTirir?r7l tTPgf nrvMPfv PaT rrrr iSia:rTrrr:"rrptr rK-v i rr -, j : &r: . rgsmsmamsssssmEms i-.irv Jr,M.-.L. ''.j - --- -m-u-cwjwrrspstwiFii mtrrjrun'!. isrjurw.- - .. --,-. mmml mmimimMmmmtmm ! mmmm MMlmmmmewM-wMi. 3ISks i - t7i fii - I'l. Ti .li.. rBSJKi. ustf.4t.. 'j u .u..,jinjc"rjtTr t: it r- iT-Trvt-! r' ' .--r;; . ? 'f-Miiiir.crai yimti fti ti pteipf; iff Jsr-x - . ..- - "'"--S- Sbsfc BMJr'v'jr' '-;;iIv:L:'- s " ,,---v'--''.,".;1i''f'''!'":-jPi' THE CHAFFING DISH Reminiscences of a Hard Guy WHDN I woke up out there in Fiance, With blankcls like a clam, And found I'd joined the aimv And made mvself a ham. 1 simply lolled a cigurctlc, I didn't yivc a damn. AND when I'd done mj very be-l Willi caisson and with horsp And tound I had lo listen To language that was ionise Instead of wildly l nviug It was the better plan To roll lnvsclf a cigaict'i And not to give a damn ! SO, . W O, 'lli;.N I went a hiking ith caisson unil with gun And most devoutly hoping W'c wouldn't meet the Iluu Whcn shiapncl stinted twanging And shells lit gap to blamb, I'd .slide into the nearest hoi And tr.v the same old plan. I'd loll nivsplf a eig.uetlc And wouldn't give a damn. DONALD M CALLi:. .Mi xiiii Killed Iwo Ameiicuns l.i'-l week. Cancir killid foi't.v-foiu, i Philadelphia atone. If we want lo iliihue win on some one. Ill's tinkle cancer liisl. It looks lo us moie dangcious. Il was William YVoidswoith, we llimk, who s.ibl, "The poet wiites under one restriction onlv. tunnel, tbc m-cessily of giving iiiiiiiidinlc pleasure." We doubt if any one ever had the hardi hood lo mil Wordsworth "Hill"; even his sister alwa.vs addicssed him icsppctfully us "William"': but still he Knew a good deal about poelrj Inexorable Time It is sol low fill to think that nil the joiiiig girls who used to play ukuleles In the moon light uic now gi own up and wrestling with the sugar shoitage. A Voice From the Back Benches The onlj suit or strike I like Is when on my land oil they stiike. Then let the miners rave irfid rove ! For I'll keep wurm with m,v oil-stove. M. V. N. S. Boy Howdy! Uuir Huvtates Just about tins tunc ot ear the proper fixings for Chester-' county cider is u nice large bowl of old -tune N. O. molasses gingerbrc.nl. In order to properly appreciate this delcctiiblp combination there should be a libeuil helping of good pumpkin custard well seasoned and a dish of old fushioued shellbark kernels. Rut boy, to appi relate it nt HC cst, a nice fat roast rabbit stuffed with a liberal helping ef Ches ter county sausage ; and breadcrumbs toasted to a turn give the proper tuug to the deli clous juice. Then jour pipe and dreams "Oh wilderness were i-iiruoiso enow;- nut seriouslv, Hoc, wasn't it Hchucss.'h XXX? DO DOOOIT, Oxford, Pn, Spcukiug of cider, the fellows who, trans lated the Klug James version of the liiblc lmd tho right idea. Ill tho course of their ,rdiligently comparing and icvisiug" (hey found that the Latin vulgutu said (Judges xill, 7) "Drink no wluo nor elder." These judicious uieu piomptly canceled the word cider and substituted "stroug drink." Wc arc glad to inform our ilicut, W. l Miud, of AUcutowii, (hut Mr. Fletcher Du Ro'ib has been kind enough to send lib thu text of "Ksscx Junction," the poem Mr. Mead asked about. Wo will reprint il some day when business is dull, Sweden must have hud a change of lirai t. W" liuveu't tpcu a' dod iiialflr for quite a while. -, m i "WHY? WHO? WHERE? WHEN?' M Return This Coupon WJth Remittance Of all sad worth uf ionauc or pen, I'lic saddest arc: Income tax again. I i cm, niiJ my heart grows deader and diadcicr, "JJhect all payments to Vphraim Lc'dcicr." One of our clients, in irresponsible mood, has written to us suggesting that the cou tiibulors to the Dish should have an annual dinner. We wish them better than that. AVe hope lhat the vvill have lilw every year. The Only Place Left The smoking car of an express train, wc have often observed, is the best of all places lo think. Not the smoking compartment of a Pullman, of cour.se, for there one is so liable touiect Victor Jones, of Minneapolis, who vvill insist on telling how he improved his memory, or some other terrible person. Rut Hie plain, ordiuar.v smoking cur, particu larly on an early morning train that is not too ciowded. is a bully place for meditation. In fact, civilisation being what it is, it is almost the onlv pluie loft where a man can think iiudistilibcd. Tim time may come, nud perhaps it has come already, when the only way u man can get a chance to indulge in an high philosophy is lij bujitig u ticket for New York, We emphasize also Hie fact -of tr,ing the experiment rail in the morning. The course ol our existcuie has frequently caused us to p.itioni.c the t a. m. trains from Philadel phia to New Yolk. Theie is something about the placid Hilling of Hie level landscape, as the sun conies up through a winter haze, thut is verj agreeable to the mental parts. A beaker of loffee at Rroad street or the Reading Terminal (if propcrjy 'cooled by the insertion of a large boulder of ice) makes a just foundation for a doen pipes of tobacco. Riding on a train under such conditions, wo ham noticed, is almost tho only time vvhcu vie can really get much fun out of reading Woidsworth. 'riinl we regard tot as a slur on Wordsworth, but as an indictment of our modern way of life. The author nf "The Ralsam Uioyps," wc notice, uses the plnase "the tired business man." His book wus published in 1S02. This suggests n question: When did the business mini begin to be tired? Social Chat Our star correspondent, Wllllum McKee, Is soon lo return from .South America. Mr. JIcFce's first book, "Letteis From an Ocean Tramp," published in 1008, remains the scarcest literary item we Know or. Jim yiilelds told us that a bookseller In Troy hail a copy, and we hastily wrote for It ; but a New York lawyer had alrclidy bought It. , The Urchin attains the age of three years tills week. It Is tad to contemplate that he will never again know three years bo devoid ot carklnjf care. 1'ians Dooncr's hot mince pie cured a serious fit of depression for us yesterday. Wo are told that Dr. Tim Bowes mislaid his uutomobilo the other day. When It was found It contained a brand new blanket. Doctor Howes unwrapped tho blanket In alarm, fearing lli.it some one might have passed ofC mi oiphau lllvver on lilm, But no such mlfchap, anil the genial doctor saya uny one else tan meal his car again on the same lei ma. When Mr. Wilson wrote to Congress about Russiu us "a painful object lesson in tho power of minorities," ono con hardly resist the suspicion thut ho wus thinking also of another very paluful example of this, vi, ; in tho United Mtutes .Senate. Human beings, says Air. Wilson, arc pos sessed of deep jpuriilngs mid drsi'res. After watching a good mauyot tho species, particu larly about curfew time, tho most conspicu ous yearning we nolo Is a scul to get; (o Hie ucflrcsl movie before Iho feature lirglnft, MOnRATNS. "Su T If J Had Loved You More TF I hud loved you more God would have J- had pity, He would never have left me here in this desolate place ; Left me to go on my knees lo the doorof Heaven Crying in vain for a little sight of your race. How could I know that the earth would be dark without you? For you were always the lover and I the friend, Now if there were any hope that T might find you I would go seeking you to the world's end. "God is a jealous God.' You have loved too wildly. You have loved too well," one baid, I bowed my head. Rut my heart in scorn was crying That you whom I had not loved enough are dead. I look on my heart and see it is hard and narrow. That its leves arc slight and last but a little space. Rut why do I go on my kuccs lo the door of Heaven Crying in vuiu for a little sight of your face' Rrigid Murray, in the Roekman. Though Mr. Burleson has dropped very A mrgeiy irom ine news, it would nppcar that ever so mauy letters with unfniling rcgu- larity remain undelivered, ' What Do You Khoiv? Quiz n 1. What eminent expert on food has de- ?f clarcd it possible to live in the Unllcd States on eleven cents a day? 1'. What were the two kingdoms ot the Jews in Bible times? 0. Who is the new assistant secretary of the treasury? 4. Where is Kcrguellcn Land? 5. How long aher the opening of the Amcr. icon Revolution was the independence of the states declared? 0. How often is there a reapportionment ot congressmen in the House of Repre sentatives? 7. Who 'wrote "Bug-Jargal"? 8. What is a spldnaker? t 0, What Is the origin cf the vvoid cannibal? 10. What is caoutchouc? Answer to Yesterday's Quir 1, There will be a tie of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate if Truman H, Newberry is excluded and u Demo crat replaces him. In that case i the Vite President vvill have the de- i ciding vote. n 2, Penetralia arc the innermost shrines or ' v recesses, a, Two books by Maria Edgevvorth are "Castle Rackrent" and "Belinda." 4, Tasmania is tho smallest state of the Australian commonwealth. 15. Polyandry; plurality of-husbands, 0. Water hemlock, poison ivy and white hellebore arc poisonous plants. 7. United Italy, slnco 'the acquisition of Rome in 1870, has hud three kings. S. They were Vlttorlo Kmauuclo II, Um, berto and Vittorio Kmunucle III. g 1), Lady Astor represents a Plymouth dirl. sion In Parliament. 30. The Federalists and tho Whigs ejected, respectively, two American Presidents, Washington annd John Adams belonged lo tho former party and William Henry HarrJsvu and Znclmry TnjJor t)i llif ltUr. , a i ra n c, V ' n j"-.
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