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'ihe 2S'iR.-t:'i 1'inito L."ata Is fM-.il to -.:?
i-rlttr.1 la rhlUvlelphln iinG surrounding towne
tt th rata of fvelve CI) e;ntj pir watS, i'n-t'.e
to tho crrlr.
1)7 mall to points is:)!.' r.f PhlladV.pliU, In
the Untlnl flute. Cmiu-;. or t'mted "mm po
'(!onn, $tJK fren Sift iM -er.l v Month.
bit CCO) do.U-s Jer ir v"-;.ble la advance.
To .,'1 for 14 1 tour.'-'s- .-.: (I 1) .lol;r a month.
liowir ucr !er,' n.rOi-o; artlret chut-era
trust rio e'. I 119 v.i .. rv aiMrrar.
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S.M STUNK. MAIN SM
r3" .V '.'-?7.i oJ! ro .' . j;,.ir fo .':. tot J-tiNJo
Jlftnb. r of tiro Afnoclnted Prwi
i.va' .i.;o"f..ri" rREs f.-'rir'-f! .
f.iifj to " ' rril' .'CicM o' all ncu i
t:i fX jj , cut ('1t f.Stf IjwI rtti a"A?i
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VhlllJrlnUli. 'lu'.'i', l)raLr 21, 1920
SEASONABLE GOOD CONDUCT
AN BXCKITIUNAI.M woll-behaved au-
f.tmn retiri's u" 10 -IT tiilht. Nor, :n
tiew of curri'ti! iOji pr. (.. ,vas thf rea-ou
without ltn implii'i.tfo.-M vt btivolfnt satire.
A fail minu.i disp'.a;. . t f rno overeci lntid
cape ot ;t. ttrvts ii a mrity in they
linrN.
As it i rnn-: Murliil buu 'ttiotions, pou
firinf; on (r ronrivaMe transienro is di.
turbiiR. Hut at Uu.-i ".verjthinB hu-, been
Try pleasnnf lo tsr" iad vlntsr lias not
been lor-i-Hr-i.
Its rcapi-otui. (o'.4r i'ti.-r. KJireests tbat
ixvliftps .i hit.- t'htNt'iidi n in the innklni;.
Sentir-icnt will eiini'i'd- inu .i at Yuletide,
even '.o th et:.t v! 'p!ror.i!u a lusty
blirxn.-d as a plefuria' !'); rietj . Wl.ieh is,
perhfijia, us the eyai"1 n.ign UEuert, why
Chri.tr.iUi eve in '.o uiten ba'.m;, "iiouith for
iir.iner fur
A DRUG ROUND-UP
Wll.I, tr.e in-.Jeiit or t.n- $':W ,rj;t
liau. nci' b- l'.. I'aptsin 'l'mpeiS
be r;o)rd Tviier. s t teictivelj r.nimportcnt
eri.iiinnls are ea ,iJ. t or put oc ti." "wtr.tej"
.iat '.r vill thre b a i!e'.rrulr.etl iSfyrt
on t'.e :jrt i.i the pol'ce uud t!i federal
uthoritf-. to t'.h' th- scarce of t!ii "up;!y
of nar.fi'MV
The iti:; t .en by the ;olice from a
houN,' near Twenty -rir3t street and Kalr
mount nr:"'.- reprc-rnte J a potei.tillitj
more dangro-iv o t le coraa,i:ri!t.v than dyna
mite. It in ths sti ft' of ".rl.'eh inurdirH
and yeccmea are made. Yet the nmii'ifac
t'irinR gnd MKtribution of that sort ti .tuft'
apparently go on vitr'ou much hindriinee
to tlie drifMti ?':".n-.s:i of th undrvcr!d
in U.is an j aiir.ust evry other American
cif .
CROOKS AND CROOKS
ALMllST all the cewspepers Rf; te
today of the energy wifh wl.'ch
polio in Nt Yorl: are "rounding
croo!.-." 1',' the rr.o-t tr'ub'"sjme e
T'lll rut b ui:d"il up en i ;' ? 'hat re
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CD 'oks
a son
or. me stitti' . ' '...', "t'.i.i: ro n, wt
liomenal ai l u'.arr ,t x.
Vhe-
Vo'i cr.nr.i.t expect po.leimeu to a
rooks vho lia''j.'n o b'- tl.e to-cr-s of
bo'-ees.
That wo'iid h asliic no much u
-nere
podcemen, who are r.o more eager than
you
jo'j
jet wouid ! to en.::e t..e martyrdom of
leesnes.i at t' wutst cf what tntt:
prove to be a -ire'tv ".ard rvir.e-
THE GREEK "RESTORATION"
THE return of U.nK
hai bet e;a.,r,
i ' r.n fn- seems to
e' ani emensivelv
stRRC 1 A-. i -c tht.st
v. a.i the l'-!n'-! i
Vno.vn i Mi. l.e.:
ut -i.- musIj J reient
'..r'..op'.i. formerly
. u , er cc Amerienn
tin-plate i .ter.tA'- 1
in OTK'i leard a :.
Cae?iT'n tnumpr.s '
not visibi.
-The ,h(,V sp-itacu
: e i.iob roarni lustily
at I'omiri's and nt
n.re'.is Ar-.stldea vts
.jr eer.t '.i'rd it'll:
mort "o v.-e u'.a:iir.
analyil.i. 1 , h
inj- that Consiarti..
,nsly popular ru'
inj!y .n refV. en
It, pronrl-ty p!a; i
lation u" .jrO-.l I'
Ralriin - a-s t n
led '..; to i - v r, 1
imuKii.joon i . .
jlorii
Hov t.i: .-fn":--.
sponsinle tnr '. i -t-be
befte.- w, .--.. . .nl
the ... :.x er :.
fO"err.rae'i: j, s,-;.
M.re s'f.
t.i'in t ftci .nr'.ni;
" t !b rem.mber-
a- i, ie a;. eiee,l -1
- t A- talis suito -
! : .c t. e a J .
rt.i' -I'.iit, tl. fo
' "'. !, in a sen .
: l'. trtrutlor. Her.-:.'.--:.r-.:
by l;j js;t!j...
'i ".1-, s(i. ,i;( X'
-. f". i', :as, mi
,iie . t.,e t ii-'u:t nud
- -"i ': t ,,H. (f-s urd
.irn :. : is .is et
VHERE WAR WAGES WENT
Al.(H)l) : : r h;;.,. , t': I nited rJ:ab
seem . . e . c i tnt al !ji
wage- a. I i ts .r. t. 4ri''''j,
dURtris '.'r; ' ,. : ; r . ',.re s,,,,-.
riored and -k : .- , , aad i.'sv. '.''nit
Thi tij 1 . ... u.. ,,z: i"-t ;..".-.
'present 'le -s'. :. th'.-'.u rep.,rfj
etun' ir.es o. . t .- rii.i'e -
I .k
different -t ,r, l 'iri.iames i -
urreit ;..-: ',.1 i ' e lu'.-.ere,, Vh' -i -e,
a s'..rtl.r, nb,re-. ; uf titlt-r ,.'., sis ,n
inucy Irn! i-'r.a". s-.s- . rd "rec ..'d j- iK.'.g
bunk i!i;iii ' '1 ' 'lipar-r.. :.. -. r .
r-hlfb re, ,r ' -, -us i:m' , .,", r.-es
found Mm .o.-,.- ' s- t' e r 'arg- In-
orarp :r. ::.- r, x v.e - ..,, . , :. ',H,nx
Them I'.fr- v' ,i ., - l ' . ,!??-, f,,
Biitke '... r.r.jrl"- . .,i ' .nip;. - t. - ri er
ehilJ'en T-cy ,ir; - .- d t! sanits-v .
pllance- In tl.e.r il'iel.tn urd loi u
mon ren1! -r "ir aid .-t,
Some lei, .)' oi.-se. ;ui,-. ,.. ,; ,,,. ,
But l.i; e Ir .I-.e-r.. r' t.i
Jut!f 'M".s.i, ij-r
"WE BRITRONORDS"
nui aivkumi i;eiho,. Ulljr,. Ull .
. T - v'.. V-. .'r.. 1 . . . r. . . I
rv 1 .ii.. .. ,.uio .'".in i e.UHi-
vtni.i ' - i''.er . if'". tei'.tJtivei', - i' cftled
the :ir:i 1'.. i ni.i'i.' ' fo de. .- . ;.,.
lijbrld perpi". .f Kuginnd and ofors of
cindred s'rniu 'I' .-rah'.' m t','.-;,,.. . - .
Cliite.l St..'"". A .-'I'.li'd. Ni' eitlur.d n.ij
So'itfl Afrl, u l'os.'llil' -he word up -..urn
rl.e fi'to n Ts..n.ai -.'' ' ac oir ,i l.i nn
Ingeniic". p' il.i'.gist as a iiatioacl jroup
noun del'- ,i from I' S A. Il hus, o:
Miirw, !-r.g been rcoirxile.t rbat "I'riteii
Sttfs!nns" w''l m." do
Lest a tent op, .,.,.-, : -i" !'. to
the prob'em ttu 'ted !. i" llr.t's.i nir,
bassuilor to 'Lis u..r., Mnr ti an lioO
year'- u. l' ' Hefoe il '. "n .'i.aiwd
tbe dile.mi i. The Trii' (Joiui I.nglish
man." mal.ii'g the p, int t nit the Mood of
his compatriots was dashed hod crosje.j with
nil th" strnins ami races in Europe, but
offering no solution in nonieni l.iture.
Ills failliig was rrlal The English -
rpfklng men hpiI woncn of tills planet are
not conspicuous. skilled in the manufac-
'lure of whut are railed proper nouns. The
,ott tbat crprcn clesunce find fashion -in
I
,., .U'. fcVrSt&fcrU-) -"'
Hotten ltow and those who ehnractcrlsc the
dome of the chief of the world's mistiest
republie an the White House seem hardly to
tmve exhausted the pos-Hlbilltles of dencrlp
lion.
"r.ritrunurds," whether colifiderpil i.u
benutiful or otlierwie, is nt least the hind
of portmnntenu word that would have de
lighted Kewls Carroll' Humpty thnnpty.
Th" Celtic llrltlih, tne IlomHt) and the
Northern in the so itlied English nnd tlietr
more or less dlstontlv related Mnnnien be
jonil the seas is thua ac-irntelv siiRKestcd.
Home such word, one mindful more of
ethnology than of the supcrHclrtlitlea of rcv
ernment, i. torely needed. If he did not
prcrlnely till n want Sir Aucklnud Uoddcs
asuurediy sensed it.
Our verbal- poverty may be rcitiUly tip
preclftted in this imacinary test. Conceive
an American city nnd two street corners".
On on I beltiB held a meetinz of KnxINh
men, and despite the personal distinction
drawn bj Hlr Auckland. Scotsmen nnd such
Celts as the Irish, Weldh and Cornish.
AeroHs tin- ucnue a convocation nf Span
lards, Itallanii. rrenclimcn, (iermaii" and
Voles, Uuiimninif.. Uussians and PortwcuchC.
Which of the two assemblies will bo de
scribed as a lot of foreign rs?
QUACK LEGISLATION
WILL CURE NOTHING
The P.nsago of a Hastily Drawn Tariff
Dill to Help the Farmers Certain to
f)o More Harm Than Good
WHILE the vajs and n.eans conrnitteo of
the House of Hprnsentntives wan plan
ni:.s Its bill to s'.ubii'i" th" prices nf farm
Tod.-its. I.-. Nicaolus Murray Ilutlcr v.ns
ia .Marion telliuic I'rejidout-elect Hardin?
t'uit s-:ch liglsdntion v.t.s mendj a uuuclt
remei'.i .
The bill, which was reported to the House
je.sicrday, puts n tariff uu certain farm prod
ucts i,o' admitted free of duty mid in
Tes.sc th tariff on otcer commoditii's. It
wo) framed at the Instance of reprev-utu
tives from thr agricultural states, in which
th farmers are complaining bemuse of the
ltcr'"ie in th" prices of what they rat-e.
In s.ei.M instances the rate lltcd in the
oiil i' so high that it will shut out all im
ports. T::at is "sactly what tin' farmera
w ish . Tiiev have been complaining be
cause -a heat Sihh txeu admitted to American
marl.ots troni Canada. They do hit care
eti thing about the pric which the con
sumer has to paj for Hour. If Conxnss
could bu perMided to ll the price of wheat
at S-.BO or Ki a bushel they would be de.
ii(Chtel. The wc-e uidiguunt because the
price fixed for wtieitt b the "' rumwit
durirs the wur was lAer than thej could
have tot If there had been no price regula
tion. Indeed, some of the scnatora from
the .vi'-at-icrouhiR state- dnmned President
Wi'son uphill and down because b his
action, they --Kid. he had talteii $1 ,t)0(.i.0J. -000
trow the poott's if the wheat prowcrs
of the countrj .
There if) evident!
economics in the new
more politi's than
Eirdnij tnriiT bill.
No one pretends thut tl.e rate- Iixrd by it
mm- been arrived at scicitilkaliy. Indeed,
it is admitted that they 1 n- e been tixed nt
such n figure us wi.l rr'.'-ve the farmers
for the next five or sii months, regardless
of the effect on any oa else. The bill Is
frr.nkly an uppeal to the farmer vote in
order to sho'A the fnrm.Ti that the ld'pub
llcun Cuujre-Js has u greater solicitude for
them than tl.e Democratic President dis
played when he fined the price for wheat
during the war.
It is not r.ecessar at this time to di.' is."
the wisdom of a protective tariff on fe.nn
prixl-'ts. Opinion even in the Republican
pa-ty has always diffe d n this subject
The 1'r.ited Stute hu p-cducd so Urge a
'rplus ( food and ha- exported po much
thut the du-irabillty of ivcn lo v protection
was not urged tiniil recei.t ars. Eton
as to wool there has been no ai-reement.
The clothing mauufaetiTTs and the owners
of the woolen mills have sought protection
from foreign competition and the .avi
been able to set it by bringins to their
tip; ort fie oo' growers. I'y the uuul
practice of logrolling weste-n- vote- for a
tariil on ' o'.en eb.-hs were obtained in
xciiange for isst-'i. '. otfj for u u.rlfi on
raw M"ou.
Tl'-rv are i.ii -ail ms a..-eady th.u th"
pians of the- wujs and nieaiw coirmlttee are
to be upset by the siii.ie l''nd of logpillini;.
Til- representatives troni the ir.ui ufacturing
states huve dem.'.r.ded thnt tl protection
for niniri'acturrd articles be .u. reused at
the earr.e tl:r t . .: farm pruduets are pro
tected. Tfie .iave iitfb aiii1. they are
threatening tj use them against the bill in
iU presmt form ur.less rio. concession Jb
made to then.
All rhii suggests that the prtsent is the
wrong time to tnul.e tariff chnngis. The new
Coligreas wi" do its be-t t revise the tariff
li'V on scl'i.'.t'c p.-m. iples ant U. adjust
' to :. r.ew eonduijiis in ni'-n the nRtiou
finm it' ,. J' is in.perntlv thi.t coiiaideia
riou ce g'vee M the lurg r i -vjes involved, if
tie legislation is to bi ife, tli. Hnsty nr.d
i'.'.-'.ui 'dii.'d I'linng-s In ihe tarilT will do
mir- u-" Mnr. auod. 'I'.iey Mill bring no
permi i.i-it btriclli r t; .arui'is. Tlie ari
ii - il"'l 'n l-ri'ig ii'iiivdiii'i. inj'jrj to
t,.tn
' ..j-. t ,o nnt'.uii nee,is nf t'u pnsent tlm"
... a teadj '.stmetit of il- te-lir legislation iu
t..e light of the evei M of the pi.s' si years
Wi'.l.1:, t. it per.od v' hu' e liuiged !p :.i
Oi .itor 'o a ' re.litor 'at'u'i '", ne
'a. 'I "tun".." al! if tue debt ' '. r a ' !
1 "... ' .ill 1 - la( loaned t'i lo't irt.i : ii
50,ffifi nOfl '"i0
(".nee the war r. ' d
I i re! oi.t- R ci oatn:
rs lilive g.-,i"j r.
to furiign pur-
credit
liiisvr-
11 e -
T r '
.i. ii
re- am
SSjiutMiii" 0Oi
A.i er
ican
-i"! i t i J'ir eip,'K
;! ''"i... 'f o'.r in.
i" :i ake it easi I'm ' ,e
pit; 'hi :r debt- t.-.ey wi.l
We can- ot -hut " ,t : cuii
mi
,i
guiifls ir
tl.e'ri eua
jo u i ure!
pTOfl e-n I
( l-er" ISf
.' No plat, for ndii'i'tiug
leviscd offhand There i.j-r
I.
I. and -i-in'l.. study f .ie v. ,o,e
ref.ire ur; legislation . '. viseij
, t.'iere w; 1 be intern. i-ubli ,
I t' danger of grai- '!.-.i tec to
t'm'.i ai
our 'iidi-trie- und in
tions
our bnosiiii; in t.' . -
I- tr ..-, us iJr. Uutler sh.,1 n Mir on,
that o-ir :r.ot Important dome-tl pro!. ,n
:.i.d o'-r 'i ti rr.atiot'u! problem ar t .,
.ispect. ?', und the siune thim.' T o y
i acuut ! oiisidcred separiitnlj wita m,j
' ope of rea 'Mng a solution of either. It
...HJ be po-sib'.i to hoodwink the farmers for
h fw u.oiitj.s, but when the,) discoie- tiiHt
the I.ui been deceived there will t u
ri'el'iii.M & for th" Mien wlm bv beep gui'ty
of rriscr.biiig quae'i; remcdiis.
Kor' ,i itelj , for the isn.ntry there ia
(iiilit.fr 1 and eooaoinl" wisdom in th Se-mri
h . Ho ise t- ny rush through the Fordiny
(. '. ' :' v l.ei, 't reaches the Senn'e t r i,
t la more serious cotisldi ration of
i r . l-c os and a firmer determlmitlo.i
tl.a" no c.ange-j be made in the tariff laws
without a lul'er .iilerstandir.g nf thft etfec
ot tl.e I'lianirrs on hot. i tne domestic and
the international s'tuafion. Hut even if the
Republican r ajority is not '.mammon v in
t'aMir "t postpcpirg action there is liks'r.
to be Hi moeriitic senatrrs enough opposed
to men using the protective duties on farm
pr-slucts to force n delay until the present
Congress expire- The lines uni already
drawing for a sectional fight, the representa
tives of the agricultural states on one side
nnd the representatives of the manufacturing
states on the other
The -Treat
body
of conyuiueri; latercst.i l
i.
EVENING PUBLI"6 LEDGEIPrilLKADSttHIA; TUESDAY, ' DECEMBER
' 111 keeping the prices of nil kinds of products
at a reasonable figure, Is hoping thnt all
I plans for hasty and 111 -considered action may
j come to naught. It is opposed to clasii leg-
i Islatlon of every kind, whether It Is for the
, benefit of the farmers or for the benefit of
. the manufacturers. The kind of economic
I legislation for which It Is hoping is thnt
' which takes Into account the whole public
producer and consumer nlllce "-ami which
nl'io takes nccouut of the new relation of the
i I'nlted States to the rest of the world. Much
legislation will be worth while. Anything
' short of it will be a waste, of time at the
best, and at the worst will make the present
confusion woMe confounded.
A TEST OF THE MANDAMUS
AGENl'INK and really challenging op
portunlty to test the mitl-mandamus
section of tho new clt charter may bo
offered to Mayor Moore if he decides to veto
any portion of the 1,000,000 appropriation
for the Municipal Court. This section, No.
10 of Article XVII, plainly proposes that
the city shall not be liable, either by suit or
by mandamus, for payment. which arc to
be met out of tho proceed of city taxes,
"unless there shall have been a previous ap
propriation by Council" to meet such pay
ments. It will be recalled thnt Henntor Penrose,
in the course of his recent disposition of
the affairs of city, state mid nation, argued
that tho Mn.ior might just nit well approve
e-er. thing President Judge Ilrown asked
tor on the ground that the judge could get
ill! he desired, in nny e.cin. by the use (or
was It "abuse"?) of the power of mandamus.
Hut such an argument ignons a bit too
sumninrll the provisions of the city charter.
It appears obvious that in the cunt of a
MiccKsful M-to by the Major and the sub-ref-iient
resort of Judge Ilrown to the man
damus Mayor Moore could order the law de
partment to resist tho mandamus in the
courts.
Of cource, It mny bu argued that because
of tin state's relation to the Municipal
Court there Is some abstruse constitutional
objection to vhi.s limitation of the "sacred"
power of mandamus. In writing the char
t'T the frumers seem to have had this ob
jection in mind. For an orderly way of
obtaining funds, thnt is extra fund, is ap
parently provided for In the same section. It
is provided "that the Council may by ordi
nance authorize payment for material fur
nished or services rendered without a pre
vious appropriation, If the same is agreed
to by a two-thirds vote of all the members
elected thereto, nnd is approved bv tue
Mayor."
Without enttring into a lengthy technical
nimlvsis of the various legal questions raised
b the state's creation of the court, the
rcor of mandamus, the special section
abridging the mandamus, and the relations
of Ooun'il and the Mayor's veto thereto,
it is clear that Muor Moore occupies n
'iniijue vantage ground. I'rom this com
manding position he may nt once, us he
apparently intends, halt thf extravagance nt
the Municipal Court and put the mandamus
to the acid tent of flnul judicial decision.
In brief, the expenses of the court would
be checked, at least, until u decision was
reached lly that time public opinion may
have shiiveled the sinews of the mandamus
as a political "strong nrm."
This is a good time to raise the question.
The Legislature is uliout to convene and
one uf the b,g problems under considera
tion will be that of revision of the consti
tution. If the charter provision is uncon
stitutional, now is the accepted time to lltid
it out.
THE HAITI SCANDAL EXPLODED
IT WAS a naval board of inquiry that In
quired into Colonel Harnett's charges of
"indiscriminate killing of natives" by the
murines iu Haiti and there will be people
quite ready to believe thut this circumstiinci!
had something to do with the verdict of ac
quittal rendered for the American military
administration in the most turbulent of in
habited isle-.
The tact remains, however, that none of
t... testimony offered at tl e hearings held
nr-t in Wa-hington and later at l'ort an
Prince justified a sweeping indictment which
included not only tne eniistcd personnel of
the marines and the officer but the char
acter of virtual! ever American imolvcd
in any w . '..i'h tho Haitian problem.
Haiti is an odd sort of country with odd
traditii.es. i i'ii , the natives organired
secretly to. murder and massacre, swept ul!
the white population, su'di as it was, into
the sen, and tlieie are many shreivd and
ruthless native leaders who still hope to see
the dnadlui perform-tnee repeated. These
are the men who have made most of the
trouble for tl.e American torces. The ma
rines and th- ci'-ii administration devoted
thr-elves to the tusk of chlllzlug the island
nnd putting it on r. iclf-governing and pro
ducthe bu-iv, Ilicau'e they sought the aid
of thr u'lthee In a scueme of road building
the nave bad to c iiitepd vith a growing
spirit of revolution fomented bj bandits uml
Me r fi llowers who, like the Mexicans under
Villa, hide it. the hills. Naturally there has
I. en fig.iting and a pretty real sort of war
fare, but evidence obtaiiud by impartial
ii.wstig.ition shows that it has been mostly
efensive fif-htlnj; on the American side,
'luere remains t.ic question of American
n. administration, which wbb not up-,-ruac!nil
or considered b the nnval bonrd.
It huB 1-en charged thut civilians of the
i I'lcjn force of occupation hnie been
I .gh-handed and cont'ti.pti oun in their in
.I our-u with the native government. Such
i iirgis eir.anat' for the most part from
d.snmtled HaPlan politicians, Eor the
(ik" or the Americans thim.vhes CfingreM
unlit to rake up the inwstlgntion where
the nnval Iniiinl droppnl it and thus clear
h- whole business up once und for all time.
The man who sitl.'iil lis conscience by
sending ai'onymously SHU."!! to the receiver
of taxe did not thereby wholly clear him
self He v ill not be altogether straight with
the world until h has made a liberal con
tribution to aid the --tuning babies in
Europe
Navy n."n are now denied leave unless
tin have tlnir hair cut according to navy
regulations. What u duudy Sunday school
superintendent Secretary Ounielh would
make !
libTTOS
..QPKAKIN' of buttons" said Uncle
U eke.
Shifting bis quid to l. is other cheek ;
"Speukin' of buttons I want to say,
'I here's the beatcn.-t kind down New York
way !
'Twu in one of them big hotels, by jing,
That melts your dollars like mow in spring,
That I see them buttons along the wall,
itlght iu u bunch, mebbe six in ull.
'Twuz gittln' too dark to hc out doors,
And I got to foolln' '.ith them, because
T'i"fe wuzn't much else for me to do,
When, .liminy cm kit-! before I knew,
1 thought I had set the house afire,
And I yelled as loud as our old town crier'
My. but them folks jest laughed nt me!
They showed bow thut button worked, and
gee !
It made a blaze I ke a bonfire done.
The said 't'Mir invented bv Eddy'o son'
I don't l.unw jut v (.., Ed is, but say,
His .on Is the feller that gits my pay!"
-Pauline Frances Camp In the Editon
Monthly.
Mary's Little Lamb
Yt .rn in iiiv Y'rk It&ru.d,
Mary had a little lamb- . ProbaLlv iiu.m.
in one of those restaurants wberp they nerve
I nod bi calorie
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ABOUT FAMOUS FLAGS
The llrst Flag of the Confederacy lo
Here In the North The Signal
That Inspired a World-Famous
Hymn Paul Jones' Flag
lly GKORON NOX MeCAIN
IP
'NITKU STATES SENATOR P. C.
KNOX made n very interesting contri
bution to the IIltorlcal Museum nt Valley
Forge the other day.
It was tho large American flag thnt floated
for many years above the Senate wing of
the Capitol during the times that the Senate
was In session.
Its historical value alone Hen in this fact,
thnt It was raised abovT- the Senate during
a portion, at least, of the world war when
vital measures were being considered by
that body affecting our participation in the
mighty struggle.
One of the finest collections of battle flags
In the I'nlted States is Infused In the library
and museum building ut Hiirrlsburg,
Years of Inquiring nnd research were re
quired to complete the collection, but today
the tottering vrterun of the oldest or the
youngest volunteer nnnv organization from
this state, engaged in the great Civil War,
can there rest his dimming night upon the
flag he followed upon the battlefields of tho
south.
BATTLE flags have nlwayn been the most
highly prized relics of civilized nations.
Within the past few weeks Germany has
returned the buttle flags 'captured by her
from the armies of France iu the struggle of
1S70.
For fifty years France fretted over the
loss of her colors. Ho precious worn the
lost banner.! iu her sight thnt their return
was made one of the conditions of the trcRty
of peace.
The national anthem of the United States
is a flag soug.
A vigorous nttempt wns mode in the
House at Washington Iu 1810 to change tho
arrangement of stripes und stnrs, nnd it wns
during the debate on this question thnt
Mr. Taylor, of New York, declared that our
llag could be seen nnd recognized ut n
greater distance thnn that of any other
nation ; that ended the mutter for a few
J ears.
lly an act of 1814 it was required that all
captured flags of other nations be exhibited
to the public.
In IMS Congress passed a law making the
flag what It is today: thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white, with tho
addition of one star In a blue field on the
admission of every new stnte in the union.
ONE of the rarest flag relics in this coun
try is in the possession of members of
the family of Mrs. Herbert A. Wilcox, of
West Philadelphia.
It is the first flag raised as an emblem of
secession by South Curolltia. which was
known as the mother state of the confed
eracy. Until the time of bis death, the flag was
in the possession of Captain" Henry W.
Hand, of Cape May, N. J., who was an
uncle of Mrs. Wilcox.
He wus n Union naval officer during the
Civil War nnd ut the time of his death was
editor of the Cape Mny Wave.
The flag is eight feet long by six feet broad.
It is of solid turkey red with a large white
star and crescent iu the upper left-band
corner.
It was mnde by the ladies of Charleston
on the eve of thnt state's declaration of
secession In Decembei, lf-00, uud was
hoisted the following morning over the
Charleston custom house.
Some time after n small privateer and
blockade runner, the Dixie, was outfitted
in that city, and as it had no flag, the Btar
and crescent banner of Charleston was pre
sented to its captain as his colors.
The Dixie qontinued its depredutions until
the spring of 180.1, when it was captured by
the U. S. S. Keyttone State.
Captain Hand, then a division and wntch
ofdeer on this Union gunboat, wus the board
ing officer who hauled down the Dixie's flag.
The commander of the Keystone State
gave him iiennlssion to letaln the emblem,
which lias been one of the treasured relics in
the family since that time.
CAPTAIN HAND is still remembered by
the older newspaner editors of Philadel
phia as the most noted and reliable tieaside
i orrespondent of his time on the New Jerbey
coast.
There was crowded into his life a series of
the most thrilling romances.
At twenty -one he was u master in the
merchant marine. Throughout the Civil
War he sercd at. un officer in the nuvy.
During the New York draft riots of that
time he wn'i in charge of the turret division
of the monitor Pussnie unchorid in New
York harbor.
Just prior to the war he was arrested in
Mobile, Alu.. on a charge of carrying off
negro slaves nnd liberating them " In the
north. He was acquitted of whut was a
crime, Iu that day, in tha south.
FIFTY years ago P. P. Bliss, the famous
song writer, composed u hymn that be
cume. world famuus: "Hold the Fort."
It wuh based on an episode connected with
the buttle of Kenesaw Mountain.
The new $(0,u00-u-yeur ctar of the base
ball world, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis,
received his baptismal name from this battle.
The white signal flag with a Ted square
in the center that flushed the mes.sugc that
gave P. P. llliss his inspiration is in pos
session of the family of A. D. Frankenberry,
of Fort Marion, Pa. The flag was used by
Sherman's headquarters signal corps. Tlicy
were known us the "flag nnd tntch" mm.
Private Frankenberry maintained thnt he
had actually sent the message "Hold the po
sition" with the signal flag, which RHss
afterward immortalized in his famous hymn.
"Hold the Fort."
A PHILADELPHIA litter dated December
111, l"s(. wr.s the stoim center around
which one or the most interesting tUig epi
Bodes In our national hMnrv centered.
The authenticity of this 'otter wns used
ns pronf of the fact that the fl.ig of John
Paul Jones, vhich flew above the Ron
Hoiiitrc Richard in the immortal fight with
the Serntus und cherished by the government
as one of its most precious relics, Is what ir
is claimed to be.
The genuineness of the telle was called In
question some yours ago.
The flag was presented to the government
, bv descendants of .Tnines Bayard Stafford, of
New Jersey, who claimed thnt he had tnken
it from the staff of the Ron Homme Richard
just befi re she sank after the baffle.
The letter in question from the secretnrv
of the marine committee of Congress in
formed Stafford that the committee hud de
cided to present him with the Puul Jones
flag
It was claimed 114 years inter, and this
led to a bitter controversy, that Stufford
hid not been a midshipman on the Bon
Homme Richard; that he bad not rescued the
ting before tbe ship sank, find the whole
thing wi n fraud, for the flag hud gone
down with the brave old craft
The episode created quite a furor, but the
flag continues to remuin in the possession
of the government.
A Pesslmlct
I'rom the Iy Ar.gtlen Times.
The curbstone philosopher says there is
nothing which the Americans demand so
eagerlv or surrender so easil ns their1 llb
erv. ' They fight like wildcats for thi Ir
independence and then yield it like rabbits
to tbe first crusader who conies along. Nov.
the philosopher is looking for a moke!es
country und a noiseless .Sabbath.
A Mystery
Krom the Ilounton Veil
We can't understand why eggi should be
so expensive when there Is to bu so little
Christmas eggnoR-
Two of a Kind
I'rom the RprlnfleM Jlejnibllcan,
Tbe mayors of America's two largest
cities. Hylan and Thompson, nro now on
exhibition. Their function is to make dc
mocracy stew in its owu urease
Ot . 1 .knltfjA j. , tXl
"AW,
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. FELIX E. SCHELLING
On Business English
ONE of the great questions now before the
universities and colleges of the country
is the question of whether we shall have
English courses especially designed for
evcrj'-dny business, nccording to Dr. Felix
E. Schelling. professor of English literature
at the University of Pennsylvania nnd noted
Shakespearean scholar.
"The question is constantly being asked,"
said Dr. Schclllng, "can we not have in our
universities und colleges a course in English
that will be good enough for business men.
engineers and others, one that will be free
from frills and furbelows? Will it not be
sufficient to teach a man or woman to Buy
or write what he or she thinks or feels, with
out wasting time ns to style or form? We
need well-written business letters and speci
fications. Can wp not get right down to
business nnd enable a muti to do what he has
to do und not waste time with highbrow
stuff?
"We might class business English in
three ways: buslne-s English, business
English or business English, where we con
sider each subject as a separate entity.
"I might answer, there Is no short-cut to
good English. The mastery of English good
enough for business purposes presupposes
a knowledge of English that is fairly ex
tensive. Without u background of English
that is not directly applicable to business,
one cunnot bone to successfully write the
best busiiuss English. The writing of a
business letter or a set of specifications is in
itbclf a pretty high form of art.
Fairly Extensive Field Covered
"Business and engineering uud other
practical things in life cover a fairly ex
tensive field today. The engineer, for in
stance, is not likely to build un ideal or
even a good bridge if he knows nothing else
about his profession than building u bridge.
Just so, hov can u business inun ably ex
press himself, even in his business, If his
Knowledge of English is not uuginented by
some Idea of the growth of the language, of
its antecedents, its changis and ninny other
details. How can he hope to acquire that
vocabulary that will enable him in bis full
ness of equipment clearly nnd ueeurntclv to
express himself or to master the expression
itself?
"There is rather too much of n tendency
to accentuate the vocational side of educa
tion these days. Of course, it is necessary.
Every roan und woman wants to be equipped
to make the best living he or she can. But
it must also be remembered that we must
have some education for our leisure moments
or for those moments when we lire not
actively engaged in some gainful occupation.
"But it is argued we do not have the
time to spend years in getting a cultural
education ; many of us huvu to get jusy and
devote our time to earning u living, to meet
the many di mands thnt ure made upon us
and to fulfill our responsibllitied to our
families and oursvUes.
"Right here I might state thut the fault
lies with our elementary -school training.
There is n tendeii"v here to teach the nunll
un thing but the work that is Intended for
the grutle in which he might bo. In the
lower grades, instead of touching the pupil
to read and writo in an intensive way, the
pupil is taught lalry stories.
"In the suocoullng grades lie i.s taught the
work of the grade or two ubove htm. In the
high schools, if the leum thut the uni
versities are teui'lilng Shakespeare or ure
havlug a course in Wordsworth, they must
Imvf one, too. The point is that the pupil
Is never bi-lug fundamentally taught the
pure elements of leurnitig and is quite liable
to ,bo gettinr something that is beyond his
powers of comprehension or ut least of as
similation. "There is also u tendency to muke. study
attractive by making it us easy us possible.
All sorts of ways ure devised to muke school
cour.'.cs entertaining und attractive. I be
lieve that learning should be made us pleas
nut as possible, but the great dourer in
the present course lies in the loss of re
sisting power which the pupil is likely to
sustain in not being compelled to exercise
self-discipline. Theie is a distinct loss of
liber here and the result is that the pupil
comes out into tho world not niuippuj to
meet the rigora on the unsympathetic out
side. Too Many Seek Short Cut
"That is why we are constantly con
fronted with persons who ure seeking a
short cut to leurnlng fundiimentuls ou the
ground that they are pressed for time. The
real trouble lies iu the fact that they were
not tuugbt these fundamentals uud in a
proper wuy when the w.re in the ele
mentary stuges of their education
"The importance of more attuition to tho
cultural courses or further leurnlng in Eng
lish In the present case lies in the fact that
eventually it hus u practical application of
vast moment. It is said that Oxford taught
the monurchs.
"It Is u fact thnt English politics an
on a higher pluiie than ours. That arises
from the fact thut the classes who are not
so closely pressed by the necessity of earning
their dally bread and therefore have de
veloped their education further go iu for
politics in England and do It for tbe sake
of adventure.
"Thus brains and equipment are brought
to ueur in nine upon one oi tne most lm-
ni leniuroi in our uauv me, ij
.Lw tip the ho. culled, leisure cltteaes make ' streamer on a knlnlifjtllanco. nuuiied. In face - -TM
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DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!"
their contribution to society for what society
has done for them. In the same way could
our own leisure classes bo made of some
service to this country.
"But it would be nn aristocratic and un
American attitude to sny that a few people
should be groomed to the highest educational
notch at the expense of tho many. So rec
ognizing the need for vocational training, wis
must not lose sight of the cultural side,
and stress its importance so thnt every
leader of thought or of achievement mar be
brought out und developed and that our lives
may be fuller and more worth while."
Cermany'o Army of Officers
Vt Ktchnnl CJrelllnir. author of "J'Acruje,"
Tr.le Review,
In
One is impelled to laugh ut the ridiculous
farce of pretending thnt an asylum for offi
cers of the old regime exists for the protec
tion of the Oermnn republic. Here ore a
few items from tbe Intest military budget.
The army of 100,000 men bus fifty-four
generals, 70,i staff officers, "Ofi lieutenant
colonels nnd 10.rS captains. To every ninety
soldiers are assigned u ciptuiu nnd two lieu
tenants, not to mention the higher office! h.
There is u noncommissioned officer for every
five men, so that instruction in the "goose
step" will be given by 10,413 noncommis
sioned officers who serve ns common soldiers,
but draw the pay of their rank.
A Word for the Reform Element
rrom tho Ohio Mate Jourim'.
We would much rather have tbe reform
clement tbuu the powers of evil on our side
on any given question, not only for morul
reasons but because the reform element can
be so much more disagreeable thun the
powers of evil if it thinks we're not exnetly
shoulder to shoulder with it.
Children Are the Past
V a. Vi)rtln In Life.
Children in these days are not only the
future but they are- the pant. The younger
they ore the better. They know nothing of
the war, nor of the peace, nor of the troubles
of the current world. They aro a kind of
poultice for the heurt, and there arc many
hearts that need soothiug.
A Flimsy Fabric
l'rom the Illihrr.onJ Tlnics-Dlapateh
If the paper suits (lermuny is sending to
this country are no, stronger In texture thnn
thut on which it wrote its treaties, the
wearer of one, for pnfety'H sake, will havu
to curry a barrel with him.
Hard to Argue With
Kicrn tt.e New York Trlbuno.
A difficult man to argue with, probably,
is Jnines It. Reld, who announces in the
Mintni. Flu., Herald. "I have moved from
the offices where I was to the offices where
I am."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. For what part of America did tho Pil
grims orlKlnnlly set out"
J. Who commanded the British I'.eet which
deatroyod the Oermnn squadron of Von
sspeii oft the Falkland Islands?
Z Who wero tho skalds?
I. What wns the real name of Henry M.
Stanley, the Anglo-American explorer
and Journullnt?
; What aro tho three largest cltfeii of
France?
6. Why Is foolacnp bo called?
7. What )h cartomancy?
6 What Presidents of tho United States
wero tallorn In early life?
P. What nro tho asteroids"
10. uf what state Is JufTerton City the cap
Answers to Yesterday'. Qulr
1. Thomas llrackutt P.eed, whosn strict par
liamentary methods wiro bitterly criti
cized by lily political enemies, wns
Known uu "Czjr Heed." Ho was speaker
or tho House of Hepnsenttitlws from
lsSS to JS.'l, and from 1R95 to 1S01.
2. Tho two largest cities of Chile ar San
tiago und Valparaiso
3. A stanchion of u ship Is un upright bar,
post, prop or support, ns fur a dick
awnlnr. etc.
1. Sophism It. fulso ancumept intunduil to
deceive
Z. Joan of An1 was nineteen euri old .it
the time of her tM-ciitloii iy tho Kiic-.
llsh In Rouen In 1131.
b Tbe War of tho Hoses In Unglai'd in th,,
fifteenth c-enturj was fought li-twcnri
tho royul houses uf I.ncisti i- uml York
', Modern alabaster Is u llne-gralned va
riety of the mineral, gypsum The ula
b.istor of the ancients win. u curboii.ito
uf llmo and when treated lieounin much
tho harder of tha two imbalances.
8. "Una touch of naturo makes, the whole.
world kin" Is a line spoken by Ulys.ies
In .Shukehpcaro'M piny, "Trollus und
e'resslda."
9. A cassowary is a larso bird related to
tlm ostrich,
10. A banderol or banderole Is a lone, nar
row nut; wth a cleft tml, flown at the
nw;
r JltVUl-lllUI
SHORT CUTS
Lloyd Georg" has nt least a genius (0.
hanging on to his job.
Let us hope at least that the baDd.j
win contriDtiio noerauy to cnarity.
There is likelihood that Judge sm.
won't like what Santa puts In his stockirj
.iiisiieiuc is scuri'e wuh year; out tilei
tlicTO s a win nony is a good substitute.
Give it Roper enough and trie M;.
nieipal Court upproprlution will han; itself.
If legislation can save his bacon tii
farmer is not disposed to take the lean iduj
the int.
These ure tho days when the wiie bind 1 1
decides it is about time to retire frta I
business.
Girls who wear whort stocking up I
going to be sorry when Santa Claus ccr.'i I
to till them.
Let not Benedick forget that San'il
Clims has the huppy faculty of turni:l
a wue into a sweetheart.
Perverse fnte sees to it that whenetel
a man finds what he wants he finds alio th:l
it isn t whut he wunted.
-Viewing itself in the liizht nf rearno:-
tionment, the House decides that one cacti
have too much of u good thing.
Santn will plecs take ,ote that wic
the Lutheran Orphans' Home burned till
children's toys burned with it.
When politicians fall out honest rwl
fool themselves with the belief that text
thing nice is going to happen.
Man is n forward-looking animal. Till
moment Santa Clutis turns his back on bbl
nc II be watching for the first robin.
There nre onp or two nothouse tioli-
ticinns iu this town who would like to tl
a. new mnyor in their Christmas stocWtp.
It may be taken for granted that tfln
Charles Evans Hughes goes buck to the S
premo Court he'll never, no, never, rei'p
again.
"Every heart knows Its own Mttc:-
ness." Senator Vare's heart bleeds for till
poor election officers who arc forced to -H.1 1
tor starvation wages.
It will surely jar Chicago politician!
to realize whut a number of poHble job
nicy nave overlooked in running tueir m
nieipal Court.
Tho auto bandit Is not a rood spon.
When the odds arc against him he refusti
to operate. It is therefore the cue of til
police to pile on the odds.
Add Nonli "TStnev" nffnrds moths'
instance of u word that remains -vNen .!
reason for it has departed; while niw
odeon," another word with th- son.e wl
Is almost forgotten.
It !b significant to note that after rsi I
icnls railed at n "crooked preis" tbe on J I
evidence time has adduced in support of f- I
charges is the exposure of u crooked NW'i
Mieut.
'Do Ti-nrbl Is full of hrave men Sj
diers prove it; policemen prove it; iirets"
prove it; nnd now comes Alderman J
Hogan, of Chicugo, who proposes mi "
nuncc to ubollsh the puffs in which the s
hide their cars.
The fact thut Incrensc In mdu-tr-
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weakness and Inability to speak nnglW
a talrly good nrgunicut for tue nanw
n new Immigration law.
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lliui uecrciise lit """"""",, r, .. i.
not Immediately reflected in retail pfifj '
easily understood. Apart from tne mi
and, it may be that running .,e.n.,jl,,i
main uncnungeu, muj "l- ",-. v: ,,..,i
because the retailer Is so busy that be Usui I
time for icllection.
Governor Edwards bus probably pM
neither wets nor drys In placing u bott.e"
fine Scotch whUky In the foundation o
new building for u bank iu which i "
interested. The drys will think M '
. !.i- i i. .....i is., neia i,w
striven to gioruy noocn mm "
consider it a shameful waste.
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The .New lorK nuprc-un.- -" v,,i
ruled that light boxing Ls to be MI'j", .
a military school, ami is, therefor',
NibU.. We judge, therefore, that trouble '
the past bus been largely metwrolofi"1;
unskilled tnvestlgutors being unable '
ferentlate between a light Hare unu u "
cloud.
Here's a pretty stew! There mi j
no ojsters forty years from now. ,?'.
raw? Culturlsts say the number u"iMjj I
lug nnt.ually iu D''l?vnro and W';,,,
waters und ure nppeallng to the i.i. t
for conservation measures. Tin ; '.''.ifij
be tile for legislators: but if thf)' ''W
tucij." wnoiii qr-T .ii'y pk'hv -- -
i ti.ni.. .-nn il fii'-v ni'v ni ,111. tw - - t
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