ppg. b-"fwspi' irys' h ' T) fnfm-- vww f --!(" :W ft 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2D, 1919 fell? Sjnarwjj v &' 1ft. li J Is Evening $htblic WobgCL TUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY -.. .ctiius it. lc. cur.Tis.riiEiitM.Nr .hyl!! JI Ludlngton, Vict) PrMldmti John C. Martin, Beerrtury and Treasurer: rhlllp R. Collins, Jnnn n.wllllms, John J. fpursTon. Dlrro.torp. nniToniAii noAnni"" Ctnts ir. K. CntTis, Chairman DAV'D 13. BiHLtiT IMItor JOHN C. MAI1TIX Oenwl Husinesi Manager I rubllxh'd dally at l'mtic l.mwtrn Tlullillnr, IndpnandrnfA Kntiarf. Vh1tMllililji. ATl.iKTin Citt. I'm- (Tnfo,i Itittldltif ,Niw York JOU Mctroi-olltan Tower rTiioiT, 701 Ford llulldlnr flr. roris HMS rullTton liulMlne Caicioo 1.102 Tribune BullJIrr NEWS rjlTtlUUS: TXamiikoton Bi-bmI-. .,,, , N, 13. Cor. Pennsylvania Av. una Hlli St. Nrsw Youk Uvniuv 'Hie .Sim Hull. Unit London IJtinntu London Time) si'nscniPTtox tisiimm Th EvuNlsn l'CELin Lush 1' mrved tn mill crlhcrs In l'lilladeliihla and nirroundlnir tovtn t the rate of twelve (is) cent per week. parable. to the rarrlr. ny mall o points ouulle of Philadelphia. In th United States. Canada, or Unlt'il States im rcaslnna, ixntaair fro, fifty (.VM tents per month Bli (fill dollar per yes r. pavable In advance. To nil forelin countries ono 111 dollar per month. , , . , Notice S"Wrlber rrlsliliis addresi rhansed must clve old ns well mi u.' address. DLLL, 5000 VU.MT kcyito.m:. mmv r.ooo C7" Address all fommuntcalionf to .Yf nlnp Public Ltdocr. Independence HQuarc, I'iltcdelpn.d. Member of the Associated Press THE iSBOCIATlU) Plll'.SS U rzclit tlvclv entitled to the use for republication all news dispatches credited to it nr not otlicnclsc ctedltrd in thlt paper, ami alio the local uric? published IhnrcUi. All rights ot republication of special dls patclicn herein, arc also reserved. PhltillpliU, .Moliflaj. lrrrnilir It, lilt MURDER BY "BEVERAGE" T?Y A Pennsylvania statute of 179-1, still J in force, killing by poison is included among the forms of first-degree murder. First-degree murder is defined in both American and English jurisprudence as "killing a human being with malice afore thought, express or implied." Malice aforethought has been compre hensively defined in this commonwealth. In 1905 the court in the cusc of the Commonwealth vs. Signcrski declared that, among other things, malice afore thought means "knowledge that tho act done is likely to produce grievous bodily harm or kill, whether coupled with inten tion to produce them or not.'' The seller of alleged beverages con taining the poison of wood alcohol is a first-degree murderer if he is aware of the presence of this ingredient and of its deadly properties. During the week which ended Saturday sixty-seven deaths occurred in various parts of the country from the effects of drinking wood alcohol. Several victims of tho poison in this city are in a criti cal condition. Punishment for these trag edies is available through channels of ,justice in existence centuries before there was ever a prohibition movement. The infraction is not that of the dry act, but of the ancient and unamended English common law, the basis of which we, in America, have inherited. It is unnecessary in this state to rely upon the federal district attorney. Power to halt this wanton and reckless sacrifice of human life is invested also in Samuel P. TJotan. Tho laws of Pennsylvania on this subject arc absolutely specific. Tho state has a new breed of murderers on its hands. Riddance of them can be legally attained by the electric chair. , A CITY HALL DRAMA BILLED PRESUMABLY, in this instance, poetic x justice will not be bnlked. It is inti mated that Councilmen-clect William E. Finlcy and Joseph P. Gaffney will be able to spare to tho Brothers Vare a couple 'of tickets for the inauguration of J. Hampton Moore. This is ns it should be. These formerly influential gentlemen may thus attend the exercises if they wish or they can imi tate John Adams, who rode away from tho White House without so much as a peep at or a handshake for his successor, Thomas Jefferson. This precedent, however, is not encour aging. The public has a way of remem bering exhibitions of pique with a pe culiar and lasting gleo. But, on the other hand, if the brothers .show up, as they probably will, that scene, too, is not likely to be forgotten. There are possibilities for first-rate drama, though chiefly of the ruminating and introspective variety, in the pros pect. Art might have something to say about it, also. That fellow who wonders 3'n little serial sketches what certain peo ple are thinking about has here a capital subject. All in all, it looks as though January f, were going to be rather a tense day in this vicinity. What were those touch ing lines of Wolsey's about falling like What's-his-name. never to hope again? A JOB FOR SPROULE BOSTON-S new drydock, long enough .,i? TrL !! i"?0"' ? " """ -""-. icui. oi waier oyer the sill, is now in commission, Big ships which enter the port of Phil adelphia have to go somewhere else when they need drydocking. This hap pened during the war when a ship brought a cargo here and would have taken a cargo away if it had been pos sible to drydock the vessel for necessary vepairs. As it was the ship went to New York, was repaired there, took on a cargo and sailed from that port. Mr. Sproule, the new director of wharves, docks and ferries, understands tho conditions, and he knows as well as any one that without A drydock of tho proper size this port will be handicapped in its competition for business. If he can bring about the construction of an adequate drydock during his term of office he will earn the gratitude of every one interested in the development of tho city. In the meantime some one at the Board of Trade luncheon this afternoon may be bold enough to say why the drydock was not built long ago. BUILDING GOES ON T"UItING the last eleven months of this L year the value of contracts let for building and construction work 13 about doublo the amount of the average for tho corresponding period for the last ten years. Thfs does not indicate that since the armistice was signed more building has been contracted for than in preceding periods, for the cost of construction has Increased to such an extent that a com parison of price totals does not give any proper bnsls for comparing the total sticnt of construction. Yet tho figures -ncourising, for they dc indicate that notivlthstuntling tho high prices for labor and material business men are go ing ahead with their affairs. Ihiildinfr operations now in progress are not for investment but to provido for tho expansion of business enterprises which have outgrown their old quarters. Prices must come down or rentals must bo raised before large sums of money will be put into houses to be let. , If the present high level of' prices is to con tinue fbr several years, as mnny persons believe, some effort must bo made in Philadelphia and in all other largo cities to provide suitable homes for those at present seeking them in vain. A LONG STEP TOWARD STRIKE SUBSTITUTES Plans for a National Industrial Tribunal Rest on the Knowledge That Injus tice Cannot Survive Daylight "DROADLY viewed, the tentative plans - of the latest of Mr. Wilson's indus trial conferences would provide what might lie called jury trial for the dis putes and disagreements that now lead to strikes, lockouts and general unrest. The jury that the conference seems to have in mind is the general public. The .supreme industrial tribunal of nine about which the whole scheme re volves could lie little more than a high interpreter of the facts in given cases. Mr. Hoover, Secretary Wilson, Mr. Wickersham and their associates desire, in a word, to provide for the settlement of industrial controversy machinery as dignified and as efficient as that which t he courts have always provided for the adjustment of the far less important private squabbles that rise between in dividuals. No one can say that their view is not logical and humane. The method sug gested is devised primarily to keep the facts and fuctor's in every discussion open to tile light and to public scrutiny at every turn after a dispute begins to take on dangerous aspects. The scheme is sketchy in its present form. The conference acted with tact in formulating its plan and presenting it to the country for general discussion and criticism before continuing further with the work assigned to it. At first glance it must appear that there is a fatal error in the form pro posed for tho tribunal suggested as the supremo court for labor troubles. This board is intended to include three representatives of labor, three represen tatives of the employers' groups and three representatives of tho public, to bo named by the President and ratified by the Sen ate. More properly the Supreme Court of the United States might be the model for an industrial tribunal of the sort proposed and, as we all know, the Su preme Court is not made up of special delegations representative of opposed in terests. It is not infected with class consciousness. At the outset it must appear that the unanimous decisions required to make tho findings of the proposed industrial tribunal final and binding would be no easier to reach in a pinch than was unan imous action in the industrial conference which, similarly constituted, was wrecked upon the rock of class feeling a few months ago to make way for the newer group which is now struggling with the task that its predecessor couldn't per form. It appeals, then, that the present in dustrial conference is still thinking in terms of conciliation and depending chiefly upon the force of public opinion which the hearings and the reports of its tribunal would arouse and upon the wholesome effects of daylight in the dark places of the industrial system. It is seeking to have the service of trained and even technical minds in its high court of appeal. There may be wisdom in that aim. But anybody who has watched tho course of recent industrial disputes knows that labor men and employers' representatives alike find it difficult to forget their prej udices even when they sit upon what are supposed to be impartial boards. The tribunal of nine could unquestion ably enlighten the country by means of minority and majority reports. But de cisions of the sort which would be bind ing under present or future laws because they were unanimous would be, in all probability, cxtremoljiJare. An industrial tribunals necessary. It is quite as necessary as tho Supreme Court. But it should be a tribunal com posed of impartial men, free from special i .andT J countr y, a"nd the prosperity of its people and its industries. - , j,.:,,,,,,,,! i,m u vV,. in the name of society. Then its decisions could not be questioned, and it would re ceive readier support from Congress and from the people. Technical knowledge is necessary for the just settlement of many of the prob lems that are being made only more, acute by strikes and violence. But a court ordinarily depends on witnesses to supply that knowledge. Judges are not expected to provide it unaided. The general provisions of the plan of fered today for tho consideration of the country are promising. This first report from a group which faces a long neg lected and complicated task has a whole some sound. The conference is pioneer ing over virgin ground and it is going slowly to avoid pitfalls. . The suggestion that regional indus trial boards operating within the bound aries suggested by the twelve federal reserve districts bo established to deal' with and settle labor troubles in their early stages is inspired, in all probabil ity, by the excellent work of the war labor lioard. which found that an intelli gent and fair approach to any minor dis pute insured a peaceful and satisfactory settlement in the vast majority of in stances. Under the plan now suggested employers and employes would bo forced to sit down calmly and talk over their disagreements before making appeals to the higher tribunal at Washington. The great virtue of such an arrange ment Is that t ought to make strikes unnecessary. So long as tho workers' organizations know that their demands are being fairly investigated and bo long as there romairfs a high court of appeal established in the name of peaco and jus. ice, Proptnlsjyfnr n strike could 'come only from mnlignant ugitntors who want something more than justice. The machinery suggested for tho re gional boards is an elaboration of that set up by President Roosevelt for the settlement of tho anthrncito strike in Pennsylvania. In suggesting that such machinery bo mado permanent and in formally propos ing what is at least the forerunner of a supreme court of industry, the indus trial conference has taken a long flight into new realms of economic thought. But it bus not gone too far. The record of the last few years shows that n sub stitute will have to be found for strikes, and found soon. In the futuie, when Legislutuies and Congress have the courage to define tho rights and wrongs that may be legally sustained or opposed in industry, a su preme court of industry may make strikes altogether undesirable and unnec essary. Meanwhile, tho industrial con ference, which will meet again on Janu ary 12 to hear the country's judgment of the work already done, has made an ex cellent beginning. PREPARE TO BE COUNTED rpiIK enumeration of tho population of - Philadelphia for tho fourteenth de cennial census will begin next Friday. Householders are expected to lie pre pared with nil the data sought by the enumerators. They will be asked whether they are while or black, mule or feniule, native or foreign, how many children they have, what their ages and the state of their education, whether they own their own home or lent it, and a lot of other things which the director of the census thinks should be known in order that the statisticians may find out tho stale of the population. When tho population figures aie com piled tho cities which have been boasting of an enormous increase in population will learn whether they have been draw ing the long bow. Cleveland, for exam ple, expects to have it disclosed that it has grown from 500,000 in 1910 to 1,000,000 in 1!)20 and has risen to the -ank of fourth city in the Union, held by St. Louis in 1010. Detroit, however, is just now disputing that title vith Cleve land. Many Philadelphians expect that the enumeration will show that this city has a population of 2,000,000 and will hold its place as the third city. Indeed, there is no possibility that it can lose that place, for it had 1,000,000 greater popu lation than the next city in 1910. KAIGHN'S POINT FERRY rpiIE Reading Railway Company ought -- to rebuild the Kaighn avenue ferry house in Camden to replace the tempo rary structure. The Camden authorities arc applying such pressure as thoy can to the rail way company. There was some excuse for postponing the work while tho war was in progress, but that excuse has long ceased to be valid. The projected bridge across the Delaware river will not serve, tho terminal of the Reading, for its Camden exit will be a long way from Kaighn avenue. The ferry accom modates a largo number of people of both cities. It goes without saying that proper facilities should bo provided in Camden. Two statu miniiifc' sce Aiiicricaiiiiiis ii'turii-N lrnre been ap tlie Aliein pointed lv flic Indus trial V. M. V. A. for the Wei-t Virfiiniu eoal fields, and tho sec retaries will lie permitted to secure the serv ices of souk lenders and women workers for the various huts. There is his and useful work ahead of them. Democracy is less readily learned from textbooks tlmn from social centers intelligently run. New York nurses have. The (Joat as I 'Mia I formed a union, pro pose to affiliate with flie Federation of Labor and will demand an right-hour day. This will mean an in crease in cost ot .'!,'! 1-T. per cent. And the man who is not rich enough to afford the service and not poor enough to have ir given to him will be (lie -lifTerer. Disdaining the cou- M11IT With a Kick tents of the old oaken bucket, dipsomaniacs are treasuring it nevertheless for the wood alcohol it may contain. Thoe vtho on a time rushed the bucket are now kicking it. The duel in Little Fight Inciter Italy which may cost two jjnen their lives causes one to viomler if Love has really lost his running mate, .upior. The train of thought started in th minds of housewives by the contemplation of the list of prices compiled by the women's fair-price commission cunnol, of course, be expected to run on schedule. Wonder if the fur manufacturers charged with not malting proper returns in connection with tho federal income t Jit' neg lected to mention some Mts from local bandits'.' If .1 ship curries the American Hag (). song will have to be mined to jun : "Vo, ho, ho. and a bottle, of grapejuico!" Nineteen nineteen has abouf lost its chance to bo remembered as the year in which the peace treaty was finally ratified. Perhaps we won't be able to beat all other nations in the world at the export jnme, but we have the IMge. The fate of Turkey U still on the knees of the gods, which suggests thut the gods should traubfer it to their Iocs. These arc hard days for the hobo. Prohibition drives him to Canada while winter lures him South. Senator Lodge will by and by persuade himself that he intended from tho very be glnniiii' to rush the treaty through. Pershing propagandists are still lap ping Wood. The principal things they appear to raise in Mexico are crises. Every successful office seeker approves of the plum plau. In June next most of the favorite sous will sv stal's- Money nowaday can barely talk above a wliiciieiTj FAR AFIELD FOR WATER Philadelphia's Needs Demand Avoid anee of Stream Pollution and Upper Delaware Is as Yet Free From Contamination Hy GLOJUJE XOX McCAIN THE necessity of safeguarding Philadel phia's water supply is becoming every j ear a question of vital and paramount in terest to the future. It is the opinion of rxpcrtH that ultimately the city will fbc rnmpelled to go fur afield for Its supply. 11 this connection my friend William 1!. .McCnleb, general superintendent of thfi. Pennsylvania Railroad Water Companies, directs attention to' the necessity of avoid ing stream pollution in the state us an equally vital problem. It is a quest Ion that has foncd itself to the front only during the lasl quarter of a century, and ' as .Mr. McOaleb points out there are n number of streams in Pennsyl vania that have been rendered practically useless throush industrial and coal mining pollution. The real mining pollution of streams is confined largely to the western part of the state here tho youghiogheny, Oouciunugh anil KKUiminefas are. fair samples; though the Lehigh is tin eastern sufferer in this respect . Industrial pollution is a more difficult proposition to contend with, and is ccrtaiu In Increase, unless greater attention is given to its prevent inn. The upper Delawaie is generally re garded as the region from which Phila delphia's future water supply must come. As yet its watershed has suffered but little, if any. from pollution except such 11s might be expected in n territory of that character. As yet it, is coniparatiely free from this danger. ' Mr. .Mil'aleb directs attention to the fait that the first act of assembly for the protection of water suppl wus passed in JM'.S to preserve the Fiiirmount dam, which supplied Philadelphia, from contamination and pollution of Its waters. p S. OSMOND has shipped thousands of -; Philadelphians to Europe in the last fifteen or eighteen years. It is his business as one of the Philadelphia representatives of a great transatlantic shipping corpor ation. The world war put a pretty bad crimp in shipping activities, although busi ness between here and European ports is beginning to assume the position it occupied prior to 1010. Mr. Osmond tells me there are two things which militate agninst the resumption of transatlantic passenger traffic, the lack ot ships and the passport regulations. Every passenger steamer that leaves American .shores for Europe carries its full complement of voyagers notwithstanding, and this will be increased as fast as additional vessels can be placed in the trade, and passport regulations relaxed; particularly the latter. Nobody much goes abroad nowadays ex cept business people, army or navy officers, those engaged in after-war relief movements and aliens anxious to revisit their former homes in the war zone. Tourist and steamship agencies are ex ceedingly optimistic about the future and are planning for a great rush as soon as conditions of travel on the ocean and abroad reach the normal. This, lie believes, will' be reached during midsummer of the coming j ear. "From the number of business men and American representatives of manufacturers and exporters who have been going abroad in the last six months," said Mr. Osmond, "1 have the impression that this country is not going to be left when it comes to picking up a big shnre of foreign business. We have neer experienced anything like it; though possibly this may bo due to the fact that it is so particularly noticeable this year." Mr. Osmond does not anticipate any re duction iu the cost of ocean travel for some time to come. Hates will remain about ns they are as long as the cost of transpor tation keeps up. Thousands of foreigners who have lived in this country during the war period have gone abroad, but they are eager to return and are writing their friends in this country to stay here and not think of returning to their former homes, where conditions, made so by the wslr, are almost intolerable. A I!. ROSS, lawyer, publicist, who, dur " ing tho operation of the federal food ad ministration in Pennsylvania, established curb markets in Philadelphia and over the state, is having the time of his life destroy ing some age-old theories on the subject of farm fertilization. Mr. Ross tells me, as the result of his in vestigation, he has discovered that our entire system of crop fertilization is at fault ; that the loss in crop values and waste of fertilizer amounts annually to hundreds of millions .of dollars-. He has 20t farmers, agricultural experi mental station managers and fertilizer manufacturers all over the country in his hair as a result of his publications on the subject. As he is a gentleman of pro found convictions this fact does not cause him any worry. It is a condition, he sajs, which can be easily remedied. It involves, however, a complete reversal of present practices in the manufacture and application of fertiliser on the farm. Fuller the present system, and both farm ers and scientific agriculturists are to blame, commercial fertilisers lire applied to the soil on the theory that certain chemi cal ingredients are permanent iu the huil and that it is only necessary to add those which crop rotation annually diminishes. Thus, it i.s taken for granted that, as 11 rule, there is a certain amount of potash in the soil and it is only necessary to supply other chemicals needed in the production of crops. This is an error. What vegetation needs, according to Mr. Ross, is a balanced ration of chemical fertilizer without reference to soil Ingredients, until such time as experi ence and experiment necessarily indicate changes. , It is Mr. Ross's theory that vegetable life is the same as animal life. Thnl cows, sheep, horses, poultry und even the human animal require a balanced ration, ami so do plants, vegetables and cereals; Meantime Mr. Boss i.s receiving litters from all over the country telling him when; lie is wrung. ' The Young Lady Next Door Mui One opines that the sugar equalization board u.14 designed to prevent a boarder from gettiu" more than his share on his cereal or jn j, coffee. Taxpayers arc apparently unwilling that tho Vodncilmcn should take anything but their leave. The signing of the Sweet bill indicates that service men are to get a little sugar. "Berth or Death!" is the way the poli tician reads his Patrick Henry. What some Cherry Hill officials seem to be pining foV is cherry bounce. In the matter of, cost of ltrjng, the tur- JffJiprwH """iviMMnj Efiy' LOOKS LIKE t ''y i-'.'? . ,r-iiSXisiJ, Jtx7S, -;5jir v .. i. V 'J..--.iri ,f .-' v "-i S- .f.--iiW'',a!rfftiTai2S:5-. .i tEN X ft' ir , ,--:i."ri?yssi-j'r -'-r THE CHAFFING DISH First of the New Year Poems WHAT arc the days that stilt lie hid Within the casket of the year? None knows, and while Hope lifts the lid My palaces of dream I rear. THEN let tjiis be a New Year's prayer : For every Dream a Day be found, And may all Castles iu the Air Find firm foundation on the ground ! SIMON SIMOLKON. We Should Dear Socrulm Should not the following make M. V. N. S. less pessimistic? Our icorld is so free from a number of drinks I'm sure, we should all he exemplary ginks. DAVID ABEEL. We have often wondered what Walt Whit man meant by "the endless tenacity of early risers." Our Snow Maid The snow packed splendidly this netk: TTe made a snow-girl out of it. To hare her vem up-to-date 1I routed her chilly cheeks with "lltf." M. V. N. S. An Ungrateful Protest Dear Soviates Mav a submerged bard, revellins grossly In bis unimportance, usk what you mean by the unspealtablo oiitrago of bracketing Ids monumentally minor con tributions to your Dish with thos-e of the l'arnasslans? I would have jon know, sir, tliat thero is an aristocracy of unlntellec tuallsm that resents this; just as tho sea soned Sorffeant-Mnjor would flush hulllly if you addressed 1dm as "Lieutenant." Yet you have the face to put 1110 on your foot ball llno-up (I never played anything but tennlB, parclicest and pitch) and to insinuate with disgusting adulation that I am a brother under the skin of tho erudite Helton, the atately llellem, the. cosmic. Ixivenltrono and the ineffablo McFoe. I consider it in espe cially faulty taste, as I havo just wearily completed a revlow of your "Allneo l'lo" for a rival rair, in which I do nor suggest that you, Doctor Johnson, Kurlpldes and Lord Alfred Douglas arc all fairish writers. Yours in mournful rage, MLfHAllD DESMOND. Jn honor of the fact that General Horace Hook has just marched under our windows to be mustered out with the Homci Defense Guards, wo print the following which we have long been holding iu our vuults : My Farm (With due apologies) IT MKS among tho unmended was. As peaefol 11 a ilovo; A farm tiiat f was wont to praise, And ono that 1 did love. IC'ALLF.D in farm "The Mossy Hluue," Hecauso its meadows Ho llcntath moss-covered rocka, and one Lifts bowlder. to tho sky. "UtOKS were unknown, they would not urow, v-' Ho now my f.trm must bo A third tlnio mortgaged and o'.i ! The difference to mc ! HORACE IIOOUV Our Annual Desk-Cleaning XA8MVC1T as It is our habit to share our jogs Kith our high-born clients, it seems to us only just that they nhould partake of our sorrows also. Therefore ire propose to take thejn with 11 on our annual desk-cleaning expedition, in which trc endeavor to sweep and garnish, making our paths straight for the ew Year. With unflinching courage we shall lay hare our infirmities, realising that nothing conduces so surely to 'human, complacence as the contemplation of the errors of others.' Among our papers ice find the following: Two notebooks full of poems by our friend Pete Sepeheuko; Pete, who works on a farm up in Ottsvllle, Rucks county, has the right Idea about writing poetry, for ho likes to imagine himself very miserable when he is really having a jovial time, nis master jiijce U,a, MYPce soIllopj' .reprinting, his A DARNED GOOD EFFORT, ANYHOW r JS.V-7---" J ' ..'fsrr . " " "" feelings if ho were behind prison bars. Thus Pete : That dish of soup with nothing in, Gives hunger more than nourishment. I tried tho door to break within But foil on lloor In great torment. What is this for I'm sitting hero? My years aro Just ono scoro and one I wns preacher's son when 1 was free ; But hero now what have I becomo! A living soul of mystery. . THE next item is a letter, dated April, 11)11), from Carroll II. Frey, inviting us to go down, with him to Walt Whitman's old loafing place at Laurel Springs. Unpublished poem b,y Ella Wheeler Wil cox, given us by Frank II. Taylor. Recipe for a mustard plaster given us by a medical friend two years ago wiien wo thought we were dying. We have saved the formula ever since as a memorandum to get even with that doctor. We still carry on our bosom the cicatrice (or is it the cocka trice') caused by that fiery plaster. Pamphlet sent us, we don't know why, by the Corrective Eating Society, called "Why Some Foods Explode iu the Stomach." Memorandum to use the word mansuelude in the Dish some day, as an attempt to im press our clients. Memorandum to keep on roasting Orison Swett Marden and George Creel. Notes for an esmiy on Keeping Children Covered at Night. NICE photograph of an Irish terrier scut us by a lady in Pittsburgh, N. Y., saying that she is sure we have a dog and that her pet, "Terence Mulvancy, the brightest, truest terrier that ever lived," would enjoy exchanging letters with him. Our correspondent adds that shii is sure we arc one of the few who feel about dogs as she does. Letter from a lady in Doylestown saying the Dish exerts such a helpful moral influ ence 011 her that she regrets wc did not enter the church, and asserts that wc would have been "a very comfortable preacher." Letter from a man in Wilmington bawling us out for maKi. g fun of religion. Letter from 11 man in New York offering us n job as headmaster of n school for girls. Letter from our high-spirited contrib., Milton nnrvey, saying "1 have gathered thnt my poems do not impress you." This is not the case, Milton; but they have got so far down in the pile thnt it will take some dredging to reach them. MEMORANDUM to write to Rill MeDcr mid, of the Mennen Co., to thnnk him for that bottle of muscatel he opened round at Verandah's. Feel that wc ought to cul tivate his acquaintance. Ten unanswered letters from ,7im Shields, all very witty and delightful. Memorandum not to eat so many dough nuts. Memorandum to learn at least one stanza of some famous poem by heart, so that wc can mal'e a better impression on strangers. Twelve pcems dealing with the woes of Ireland, Pnwn ficm .L Sacefutti. the barber at Fifth and Sansom, offering among other blandishments to keep us "healthy, fair and fnt." Memorandum to write something that Will make us really respected as a serious thinker. Letter from a ung lady in New York Inking issue with Stevenson's remark nboul women not being good companions ou a walking tour. This damsel says; To 1110, a woman Is tho Ideal companion for a wnlkiiiK trip. I can talk moro easily with another woman and can Ket moro out of myself with her than with a man. Don't you think that It's moro a question of not mixing the sexeB In a walking trip than of outright damning a woman by saying that shn would not bo a good companion on a walking trip? Memorandum not to forget anything. ' SOCRATES. Wheii Jock Frost takes offlcej most of tW.pjJllIIll'gQ W, l','J l'ili".':n ".j l r- a ) i .. rt i ,u i f i ft I j 9 THE MOTH IS LED in the midnight air, Musked with the dark's faint bloom, Out into glooming and secret hauuts The flame cries, 'Come!' Lovely in dye and fan, 1 A-tremblo in shimmering grace, A moth from Jier winter swoon Uplifts her face : Stares from her glamourouy eyes; WnftB her on plumes like mist; In ecstasy Iswirls und sways To her strange tryst. Walter Do La Marc in Westminster Gazette. D'Annunzio seems to illustrate the fact that patriotic genius is to autocratic madness near allied. It is understood that New Jersey's cam paign against the Reds specifically excludes the wine that is red and old Red Eye. The good ship Daniels appears to have sprung a leak. A. W. O. L. The Dollar of Our Dad- dies. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. When is the next president of France to be elected? -. AVho was Sarah Siddons? .'!. Name two plays by Gabrielc D'An nunzio. I. What does the United States shipping bontd 'contemplate doing with the former German liners now in its pos- , Fossiou? 3. What is the salary of the chief justice ot the United States? C. Who is governor of Porto Rico? 7. What political party has never had a' President die in office, S. What is the plural ot gladiolus? 0. From what is the name Santa Claus derived? 10. What is a sapodilla? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. It has been announced that the railroads will bo returned to private ownership I on March 1. , -'. The fleche of a church is a slender spire, especially at the intersection of the nave anil transept. f!. The word chore is a corruption ot! chare or char, the original meaning n( which is work by tho day at house cleaning or odd jobs. Char, preserved in charwoman, is derived from tho Old English, "ccrr, ccrran," meaning turn. 4. The Ilrldgc of Sighs connects the palace of the Doges with the old state prison of Venice. Over it the state prisoners were conveyed .from the judgment hall lo tho place of execution, which fact makes tho metaphorical name obvious In application. 5. "Mrs. Mory Smith, nee .Tones," means "Mrs. Mary Smith, born Jones." Nee simply means born uud is the feminine pabt participle of the French verb "naitre," to be born. ti. The Canary islands lie in dhe Atlantic ocean, northwest of the African coast, iu nbout latitude 27 north, longitude 13 west. 7. Kel Ilara is premier of Japan. 8. The mean heat of the body is between 08 and 00 degrees. , 0. "Vermont celebrates August liC, the anni versary of tho battle of Bennington, as a legal holiday. On that dato in 1777. rhe Americans under Stark defeated the British under Gaum aid Breyman. 10, John Adams was tho lonrlest lived of the American Pesldeuts,, dying oa July -L 1820, at the age of plasty years, , , , eigbti months and few Mrs. ,iitr1 n M ,v.;v-.ja ;,. VJ , -',j(5 r TrT.fi 1 ' "i 1 sm!L '. $J.r!& K v v i - , vm '. f r. , - V t.'Hl kchSy,' i, ry 0 iff . )lffi .iidlaJtle ffiS auwV m&MkAt m iii'X s :,VmiBM. X ...iiiiJti&i&m&-, i j j'f.A: iSsSSESSSfln&fiZSSSSSEZii
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