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nlTWW' PS .af;,vs-. m.- Sfetujer , PUBLIC LEDGER COMPAN V crnus it. k cunis. Pkmikist. ' Co. W. Oot. Secretary ; John C. Martin. Trwiurtrj Ctijlt II. Ludlntton, fhlllp 8. Celllm, J6hn D. Wll . iV'.nt. Wreler. .wS S KDltontALBOAItDl ftHfcl ALET. Executive Editor iiii 1 1 ii r L'. MAUTIN Otncral Bulnt Manecer , fuMlihtd dally at Pernio I.rtxjia Bulldlnr, independence Square, Philadelphia. Liwtn CtvTitAt , , Broad and Chfttnut Street Atumrc Oitt rrtts-Vnlen nulldln Jftir font 1T0-A, Metropolitan Tower Chkuoo BIT Homo Innurnnce Dulldlnr U).to S Waterloo Mac, Tall Mall, S. TV. .- V vttwo ntitie l i.e. &V,!U5np nt-n ue 85 VariRbTO' Mumuu .Th rnMo! nulldln '- , Knit- Ybitlc llrattu The Time liulldlnr .ine roar iiu.taina Tl5Si?..,!r111"0 no FrledrlehMreMe- - !K?S ""' Pall Mall Kant, H. W. t'atis nuncio 32 nue JLoula le Grand sunscntiTio.v rants . P1..er,Ki.PW.''M"l '"'" ny mall. poMpalcl fijukla of Philadelphia. Mcept nhere forelirn pojfiM U required. DAlr.t Osi.t, one month, twenty. five centut IlAitr Oilt, one rear, three dollart. All malt bub Aorlptlona payable in advance. .3 i ' ,'Beu, 3000 walnut kcystom:, MAIN 3000 V! W Adinm ell ronitnunlcatlo.i to Ettnlno Ltttstr, tHileptndence Bquart, Philadelphia. imr.ttt) it ma rmi.iDti,i rosTorricc la second. CLAJS MAIJ. UATTtlt, UilLADlOl'mA, MONDAY, UECUlDKII. 31, 1911. f lie careful tohen you taik. Althouuh your 'friend's back (s turned tils cars may 1c open. A-. ' LiiiyUclp for the Unemployed '.DHILADEtiPIIXA Is rich lit sympathy and X generosity, but tho bread lines are begln , rilng to arouso In tho minds of Intelligent , 'citizens an nggrcsstvo dissatisfaction with the- management of affairs. Tho city Is not poor. It has tremendous enterprises lu con templation, great civic undertakings that re quire tho expenditure of vast sums, and In tho achievement of which work for thousands of men could bo found. Thcro arc actually millions lying Idlo In the banks, untouched and untouchable by reason of technicalities which prevont their use. At a tlmo when the labor market Is glutted and thousands of men are literally begging for work, tho city does nothing to benefit Itself by tho condition und At tho same tlmo aid the men who need t assistance; not In the form of charity, but In ' the form of opportunity, Mr. Connelly and tho men associated with him wero talking a. few months ago of tho millions available for public works. Their promises have evaporated. Instead, they havo .appropriated a mlserablo $30,060 for charity, against tho advice of tho permanent and scientific charitable organizations, and with this they seem to bo content. Men are not ; crying" for crusts of bread: they are asking J for a wago. They know, too, that the city Is ) .blc to glvo it to them, to its own great ad vantage. "What or who stands In tho way? , iero is a feeling abroad that far sinister and fish reasons politicians are holding back. , belief is gaining ground that certain gen- ' in arc content to havo tho bread lines 1 because they conceive that tho suffering -' lay will bo laid against the Blankcnburg ilnlstratlon and be reflected In tho clec I next fall. ept for charity drippings, nothing has done and nothing is being done. It Is ' conceivable that Councils If slncero in mrpose to aid tho unemployed, could not v' , means to make available hundreds of thousands of dollars. But there Is no ovldcnce that Councils cares very much ono way or ythe other. It will not oven, sanction tho change from gasoline to gas lamps In certain specified street lighting, although that would assure tho Immediate expendlturo of about half a million dollars by the United Gas Im provement Company, would mean better lighting and would save the city annually thouzands ot dollars. Help the unemployed! Not It the obstruc tionist committee which Mr. Connelly dom inates can prevent It. When Men Are at the Helm UNGENEROUS Detroit! Tho city Is not giving one cent In charity to tho unem ployed. It has merely begun millions of dollars' worth of contracts that ordinarily would not havo been commenced until spring. A few days ago some members of tho Board of Commerce of Detroit were considering haw they could become most useful to the Community. "You fellows sit snug and com placent and don't caro what becomes of your workmen," said tho vice president of ono of the greatest manufacturing establishments In . the country. "I would suggest that the board drop all fads for tho next few months and devote Itself to helping the unemployed. I don't call that charity; It's Justice." Every member pledged himself to find a place for Just on more man. That was the be ginning of theDetrolt campaign for the assist ance of the city's unemployed. Yes, .ungener ous.; Detroit Is providing work Instead of charity for tho unemployed. It may surprise eoma of our local statesmen to know that Work was Just what the unemployed wanted. Jet would It not really bo better to begin irao of our great projects now than to hold em back another year In the expectation ,t tnen possibly an Organ ration Admlnls. ijfton will award hn contracts? The un stayed need the money more now than do .hjgfjpfllltlclans who expot to get It then. Italy Makes Ready HK authorization by Italy of a national ,iwn of IMO.000,000 does, not mean that Italy Intends to enter the war. but It does sitan that she Intends to be ready, ""' There ne5d bo no doubt of her ability to float tho Issue. A popular subscription would arafeably bo successful. If not. there remains Hngland, the exchequer of the nations, which J4 able now. as It was In the Napoleonic successfully to finance the conflict on ajf of Its alllea. No war destroys tho rev or me ismpire, for endlesa streams of Oow from her vast colonies when neeeg. Ity rqulM, and her InvMtmunts In all parts SSmmutg itiSr'i i fH '155 rf th iintvorM aMure steady source of sup ply at all times. . But Jet nubody Imagine that n Able a raan m telandre will permit hie mtnlry U) be fMfett BartieJaatiou R tn, frulta e V!story, Irfefefeever We wi. There will t seme- . gtgte tn t peace fw Italy, whether she r .lt r not, and It will be substantial. So, ,, p, t entrance of the Peninsula into the ?. 'tjryiifrt- would probably be decisive. -' r.f aaonaeemaf . : Why SoTauchy? rHt iniruitu UoviW Hat fc &rg a soog Usiit.it uu .,i to worm (tint turned. "Efco &pmnum a m WWineHon from ifee WhW if!te mmkm the venerable upper ifcaBHer u:t like a Mui Lilian, und It besioe sheeting ttt 4ulj, in the fujiu Mf rejtilun. in ail iiitV-Lz tor me Ssciia.lt; iis lKa a 1B v-uii .t ,M.i.- i'u it is uvewiMt i . it;n !tt ft berfioiiiutf lu k4c tt .. ,Ji.. klw t.it!.i. .l $, tiofci IWA- tw EVENING LBDGJ3B-PHILADELPHI& .MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, lOJi: iibout two years ago when a sample Cabinet was Submitted for1 Ita approval. There -was need then for a man of demonstrated calibre In the Department ot StAte, for there was Mexican mennco In every yard of border from El Paso to the Gulf, and there were also lndl eallona that tho time had como for efficient direction of the navy. Tho Senate was not touchy about lis prerogatives at that time, and tho public Is not likely now to rush to Us support In a controversy over a post mastership In North Dakota, or an Assistant Dlstric.t Attorney somewhere else. Besides, In fights of this kind the President always wins. He may split his party wide open and dig his own political grave, but Andy Johnson proved satisfactorily that tho man In the White Houso, If stubborn enough, can mako any Congress appear foolish, L Make It a Hccord Demonstration WHAT tho people of Philadelphia think of rapid transit they will have an oppor tunity to demonstrate on January 14. Tho slzo and character of tho outpouring then will bo as eloquent, and probably as de cisive, as a verdict at the polls. A majority of Councilman have already ex pressed themselves through tho Evenino IittDORn as In favor of tho plans. But moro pleasant than words is action, and action Is what the people must demand. Every Phlladolphlan who believes t tho destiny of tho city, who wants a greater city, who Is convinced that adequate transit facilities are a prerequisite to proper growth and favors a universal flve-ccnt fare, should Join In the demonstration. Not one hundred, but two hundred thousand people at least should take part. They will, for on this question thcro Is a unanimity of opinion that will countcnauco no further obstructionism, cither through guile or igno rance. Human Trait in Juries WHEN damning the kind of verdicts that Juries sometimes give and the Cleary case Is likely to cause much of this sort of criticism It Is Just as well to remember that ono of tho most valuable? functions of a Jury Is Its power to disregard technicalities, or even the law Itself, and render a decision on no other grounds than Its own human view of things. It is unfortunate that guilty men should go free, and to6 often American Juries have been unduly contused by an abundance of tears or the beauty of a defendant. Nevertheless, there are fundamental traits In human beings which no phrases of law can control. So long as we have Juries we shall have verdicts utterly out of tune with tho facts. In par ticular cases, but It will bo found generally that tho citizen Judges took into account cir cumstances which tho ordinary man con siders vital, however unimportant they may seem In law; and thcro nro men who defond other things more vigorously than their pocketbooks. The flght for exact Justice will always bo waged earnestly, but there Is ono fact con stantly to be remembered, and It Is that you do not chango tho human qualities of a per son merely by putting him in a Jury box. Tho Cleary case, of course, showed this truth In an extravagant and revolting way. Cold Storage Ship?, Dementia, Etc. A COLD STORAGE navy Is as Interesting as many of tho exhibits in tho Smith sonian Institution, and Just about as effective for purposes of defense. Representative Gardner has become so well acquainted with our demented naval policy that ho launches a broadside of language formidable enough to overturn tho whole system. This New Englander, It seems, labors under tho Im pression that a navy ought to bo a navy and not a kindergarten, although tho Secretary of tho Navy Is sure that the real purpose of the establishment Is to provide spelling lessons to tho enlisted personnel. One or the other Is right, or starboard, and tho general opinion will be that Instead of spending (3,000,000 for a flouting institution of learning and guns It would bo wiser to endow n university or spelling school on land. It would be nlco If the nnval experts were accorded as much respect as the gentleman whom London newspapers wero fond of re ferring to as tho First Lord of tho Admiralty. It would be nicer still if both parties could forget politics when appointing a Secretary of the Navy and Invariably place In that position somebody who knows tho difference between a battleship and a washtub. Per haps such a person would see to It that a third of our llne-of-battle ships wero not un available for service. Sir. Daniels Is Just as fit as many of the distinguished gentlemen who huvo preceded him and passed soberly Into oblivion. But times have changed. Efficiency and expert knowledge are now being demanded. The nntlon would Ilka to have even more con fidence In the Department of the- Navy than It has in the Department of State, It want to know that the money spent is spent wisely. People become Inquisitive when they pay war taxes. Mr. Gardner need not worry. Ho may bo a little brutal In his language, and even unnecessarily emphatic or exaggera tive, but there is flro where 'he scented smoko and a general alarm will do no harm. The nation is not going crazy on the naval ques tion; It is simply going to Insist on sanity In administration and preparation, It would be better for Germany If It had Jess Kultur and more Von Hlndenburg. The railroads now say they want more. If they get it the commuters, will have nothing. The shopping crowds Indicate tha ytere are a. few thousand people, anyhow, who have employment. The small Counoll is not tha trouble in Pittsburgh; It's the men who happened to get Into It. Ohio is trying to get taxes on 1311,000.000 from Mr. Rockefeller, as if anybody would care that rnueh about living in Ohio. ''' ! i II ll"NBM The debate on the Immlgratlsn bill indicate that if a literacy test were applied some of the debaters would not be. admitted. ii..!, in... , vHtpmi , Mr- Taft eaya that the referendum aad. the ?ea)l are sat representative measure. Their afelet purpeeo seems to be to destroy stability 1b government. " " ' i It Is a seed thing that the Emergesey Aid will distribute the HUM. The Organization is Aotiiomd to handing put mure than that In en day. bnt sat fey eAaritabhi puj jw. In view at the eawnu(e.ti8 tatc tnereawu, th gejMFfti 4JNt I b t&4. m Kw , get Many mere UMitum ! tiAes Philadelphia wlfl he to gftr up ita suburbs. Mi Ambler's MlecUua as tkw of it,e Huuse al doabtij oe rU bj thd tm)j iL:r Mi (Ambler ti Urt tut be 1 iv juimd 0. -itUely to er flaaiL It. Bo4.lo.r- AN INTIMATE VIEW OF EUKOPE'S SPY SYSTEM BccruiU From Every Walk of Life, But Crinlinnls All Tlie Part That Women Tlay as "Secret Agents" of tho Vari ous Nations. By VANCE THOMPSON IT'S a stralige thing what men will boast of. Hero you havo "spies" and "secret hgonls" writing their so-called memoirs and relating proudly tho crimes they claim4 to havo committed. "Ho was scant of news," uald tho Scot, "wlio tauid his grandfather was hangit." It is not much to boast of. And the curious part of It is that theso "rovelatlons" by Illustrious spies nro nine-tenths gammon and ono-tehth plagiarism, Ior Instanca: Last year when It was thought In every capital In Europe that tho world war could not possibly bo prevented In 1913 I spent thrco months In Brussels, and my chief busi ness was studying an a scientist studies vermin tho spy systom. From tho tlmo of tho Dreyfus affair down to tho present I have known tho leading spies of Europe. A good deal of what I learned last winter appeared In an article which I wrote. One nnocdoto I told was that of a woman spy who, by pre tending to bo a Canadian heiress, becamo engaged to a young Russian revolutionary in Switzerland, Sho gave a prenuptlal lunch eon to her flanco and got him to Invite all his friends. That unwitting young- man drew up a list of nil the revolutionaries in Geneva. Ono and all thoy camo to tho luncheon, and when they wero gathered In the garden sho had a commemorative photograph taken. Within two hours this much-wanted Infor mationnames and photographs was in tho hands of tho Russian authorities. Now this adventuro was told mo by tho girl herself and a young man who had posed as her brother as we sat one evening In a Gorman beer hall In Brussels a famous beer hall known In all tho spy world. I had known tho malo rogue for years. He was glad to havo tho story told, but It was de cided best not to use the real names. So over tho beer tablo we Invented tho names of Charlfes and Thcreso Provost. Thoso aro the names I printed In my article. Now In the last few months that story has been printed In two of tho books by famous spies false .names and all. Each of tho spy au thors claimed to havo had a hand In It. You mny tnko that as a fair Indication of tho trustworthiness of those spy con fessions which nre making such a noise In tho world, Any ono at nil familiar with the spy system carried on In Europe was per fectly aware of tho fact that such a book as that of "Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves" was sheer gammon. Ho had no need of tho as suranco of tha German Ambassador to the United States that It hns "no more valuo tmn a Nick Cnrter novel." The Heroic Fallacy Under the circumstances It might not bo out of the way to Btato at no great length Just what the spy system Is. In tho first plnce discard onco for all tho Idea that tho spy Is In any way heroic. I am speaking, you will understand, of tho spy tho spy In tlmo of pence; and calmly, reflectively, with c.xtremo precision and scrupulous exactitude I state: The spy Is always a criminal. Tho raw material out of which ho Is mado is thief, robber, embezzler, forger, gambler, pickpocket, rogue, white slaver always and without exception. I could name a score of tho most famous spies In Europe men at the top of their dirty trade and show you tho preciso truth of my statement. Take, for example, the German spy system. Tho great clearing houso was, until war bioko out, In Brussels. Here the work against England was centred. That against Franco and Italy had its headquarters In St. Lud wlg, a suburb of Basel in Switzerland, but lying Just across the frontier. Here Leopold Paul von Llebroch, a major In tho Bavarian army, was In charge. Ho was there on July 30 of the present year and I saw him. Hero one thing should be said: I do not rank Major von Llebroch with the criminals. Ho Is an army officer. His duty In tlmo of peace wns tho wretched duty of acting as general manager of tho spy system. It is not to be supposed he was proud of the position, though after rolling In the dirt for years It Is probable that one acquires no love for cleanliness. Under him was Schultz, a captain In tho engineers who lives In Treye until tho war broke out his address was No, 8 Saint Helen street. The odd thing "about Schultz Is that his wife, under tho name of Frauleln Jlllou, acted as his assistant. Tha Long Chance These officers and their like are detailed to do this work. And It Is as honorable, per haps, as any other part of a soldier's bust ness. At all events It carries with it no obloquy, Under them ore the spies. These men and women are recruited, from all ranks, for In all ranks of life In Europe criminals aro to be found. Many of them have been officers In the army. As an Illustration take the case of Weasel, who Is one of the most successful Bpiea of the last two decades. He was a lieu tenant of engineers In the German army. He fell Into the hands of a German adven turess and spy named Mathilda Baumler, who was then working for a French agent. His first crime was forgery. With this as a weapon he was forced Into stealing military plans. He managed to cross the frontier be fore he was caught. With Mathilda he set -up business as a spy for France, Like all these spies he has In the years worked for Germany es well as France, for not one nf these men Is ever true to ono employer. Of course, Germany could Imprison Wessel It she wanted to do so for that old forgery, for treason, for a more recent forgery; but she prefers to keep the sentence hanging over his head. When she wants him she whistles. What is true of Weasel is true of the others. When an officer or aub-offleer in tho German army .Is caught In a. orime he is given a haneelf be Is fit for the wor-rof entering the spy service. If ha Is caught It means prison In France or Italy or Bngjandj -but it he refuses It means prison at homeland he takes the long obanee. This, roughly. Is the way the spJm of this elase are reejrujted. There Is a sort of spy work that only military men oau do, A third awl muh larger olasa of spies U waile MP of ween and tralioM. Th women feave taken t the work usually t keep out !! J fcfW t wwMK. Ir&wever MaftOM ?4mIh and Rom Jleiuntqmn wao'wtet fatf tt tor sneer lve of ad vesture, danger, crime and debauch. Both of them have "done time" in prteon, though they u.jved in at jr Uld swart Urla tu MidU t'ilo ana Serlsa SUHhldl Bamaler IHt. H!J"-'i" Ju "or n 8brJ. The rmmimtmMBr v Uakni ul ScfeulU fc J -.- 4.VI ' - ; rV ' 4&39S fr -' " slonat. agents such as Thlessen, who was In charge of the German clearing houso In Brussscls up to August 1, 19U. (Thlessen, by tho way, was Imprisoned for flvo years In Franco under tho name of Mullor.) Women Usually tho Dait Tho young spies aro blackmailed Into the business or netted by profligate wonion In tho employ of Government. Thcro Is no other way of becoming a spy, for hardly any youth ever chose that dirty trado as a reasonable way of getting on In the world. And so you see the system. At tho top aro tho military chiefs and fas In Schultz's case) their wives and military assistants. Then como tho professional agents, llko Richard Cuers, Thlessen, Lajoux, and, of late, Schwartz. They aro fairly secure In their positions, although (as they are all tied to punishable crimes In ono way or another) they may be whisked oft to prison at any time by a dissatisfied government. But so long ns they "mako good" they may bo said to bo ralrly safe. Underneath them aro the wretched victims of blackmail and intrigue, who do the real work of the spy system In times of peace. They aro In a web thoy cannot break. They aro veritable slaves. And unless they happen to bo exceptionally useful they are thrown Into prison or tho trash heap after a few years. Their usefulness rarely outlasts two years or so. (Wessel Is a rare exception.) Then they aro betrayed to the police of the country thoy have betrayed. A Gambler's Chance I wa3 in a famous tavern In Brussels one night and I watched a game of cards, played by Lajoux, the French chief of Bples, and Cuers, who was then chief of the German spy world. And tho stako for which thoy played? It was to see which one of them should deliver up a little spy. Lajoux lost and delivered up one of his agents then on a mission In Germany. And this Js a fact. Men without honor, criminals nil such are the spies who In the last dozen years havo swarmed darkly over Europe. And thoso of ono nation are no better than the spies of any other nation. Now that tho world la at war men of a different stamp are risking their lives to gain Information for their countries. You may think of them as yqu think of Nathan Hale and Major Andre. It Is hard to think of them ns spies; and another word should be found to describe their dark but herolo way of life. There nre also political spies, who belong In a trifle higher class, though the "secret political agent," as he exists In Europe, Is anything but a desirable acquain tance. Indeed, he Is the sort of person that only a newspaper man should claim acquain tance with. But the plain spy, In times of peace. Is always a criminal. That ho has done good work Is evident. Tho concrete foundations In Belgium and France his ex act accounts of cities and , fortresses his lists of agents and traitors Svho hopefully awaited tho Invader give ample proof. He had to earn his pay the spy or part of it; but only a diseased Imagination would think of seeing anything herolo In him. THE "GOOD OLD DAYS" OF EGYPT Relics at Univeriity JIuieum That Bring Close Wars of Human Life Long Ago. By WILLIAM A.McGAItRY IN THE collection of Egyptian relics re cently presented to the museum of the University of Pennsylvania by Mrs. Dlllwyn Parrlsb, formerly of Philadelphia, there was found a loaded die, such as was used by Egyptian gamblers centuries before our era. It is a shocking and interesting thing, this die. Shocking1 because moderns are very apt to think that such a device Is the prod uct of their own time; Interesting because. It makes the past live again as no work of art can make it live. Now that It Is known that the pyramid builders knew how to make the six come up every time, the criminologist and the man in the street may both begin to pay more attention to the vestiges of ancient times which the University museum holds. There, are, among other objects given to the museum by Mrs. Parrish, a complete out fit tor counterfeiting Roman coins and a, string of fanoy beads, apparently of gold. By aoeldeht a broken bead came loose--th true composition of the b$a.d? wau found, It was clay. The great discovery is not that the Romans knew how to cheat, but that without the aid of modern appliances they were able to equal what the beet eteotro platers of today can d. One of the most interesting objects at the museum U the anient Sunsterten tabled aonUln'ng a ttry of the ereatlen of the wortd which anU4t anything hectotore dhweveMd. Not even famluUm is nay, (t tibia unlet and soa other In the cuneKwyt collection at the mueeum are to b bellaved. Tha Syprme Betajf nlnrtil to m thl old Sjsoerisii tale uf the creasiau of the vertt Is a vniBian Aueth!' evident ot vcnu'i ay "ore fet4 tts Sptuu' vm ia MS4 t t vui.lfoi-m ibiu 4mg iifi ajt "I WANT TO PLAY SANTA GLAUS 1" i talnlng the payroll of the temple there. Comparison of theso reports, tho oldest ledgers In the world known to exist, shows that In tho few months elapsing between the making of tho two ono workman died, one was forced to submit to a cut In his wages, increases wero given to three and another was displaced by a woman at the same wage. Insight Into the laws of the day also is gained from these tablets. There are at tho museum Innumerable records of loans, prom issory notes and othor legal documents. One, recording a loan of grain, sets forth that when It Is repaid at harvest tlmo the tablet Is to be destroyed. As tho tablet Is still Intact, apparently the debtor put off pay ment until he could takp advantage of tho Babylonian statute of limitations, and tho creditor preserved the tablet so that pos terity might know of tho other man's perfidy. Tho earliest bankruptcy law extant Is pre served on one of theso tablets a.t tho museum. There aro also In tho collections records of the first laws of Interest, the marrlago and divorce laws and the penal codes of tho long ago. Milady will find much to Interest her In the Parrish collection. She will learn that the vanity caso Is new only as to its style. The women of Babylon had them, wrought In precious metals. They also had far moro beautiful ones than those of tho presont day, mado of fine-spun, Iridescent glass that sparkles with alt tho colors of tho rainbow. In a few aro preserved tho daubers used by the fair charmers of three or four thousand years ago to touch up eyebrows and cheeks. Mirrors of bronze were the fashion In Babylon and several specimens of these aro on exhibition at tho museum. Razors of tempered bronze products of another fa mous lost art also nro shown. Antedating theso, and of even greater Interest, are the relics of the stono age razors, knives and many other Implements crudely cut out of hard rock. Theso razors, according to the authorities at tho museum, aro still sharp enougn to suave. It Is a mystery how the ancients managed to give them tho fine edge. Mrs. Dlllwyn Parrish was Miss Sarah do Coursey, of this city. She Is. related to the local family of that name nnd, until her re moval to London some years ago with her husband, was socially prominent In this city. Dlllywn Parrish made tho collection his widow has given the University Museum. Mrs. Parrish has two daughters, the Misses Elsie and Constance Parrish. Both are known In this city. Miss Constance Parrish Is the founder of the famous Three Arts 'Club, of London. She Is an amateur musician of recognized ability. Getting Late From th Milwaukee VkWy Kowi.' ping" 8eUI,l? ,at for early Christmas shop- "The Gentlemen's Agreement" From the Pitubursn OaU.TImi. Ill othor times "gentlemen's" agreements were esteemed as quite the cutest and most "f LVB .d.av c" to bat h9 same, the pSbho and the statutes. But so many gentlemen have gone to the grave because their 1IUU ? compacts were discovered and wouldn't atand the tt ot publicity, grand Juries and prosecuting attor neys that that ort of practice has pksfed out of fashion. Even so, Leiter got oft easy. ,Ther are men n New York-or rath... .,.. ' "y' who have paid more than i:.000,000 for a broken word, and some of them haveinade more tha2 I muv ur lurstwns a promise at the convenient eriil. but their folks aren't braggingXut Some there are who cling to th old truth that gr'eaf rfche"sT " rath" 0 ba " & The Romance That Ts Kansas EraiMOn Hotjh, In the Saturday Ev.nlnr Po.t Ana tradttlons-hUtoryT tou do nSt ?d ,n go to Europe for such things. To" 5oul(? i, Iwake at night and look out over lS .wheat field of i;nnrfl,-)..r.,ln. ,. J r: "" Wlieat known jn ho hUtpry'Vtharefa.rTjro'n' greit when the need pf th world was rre&t- anil im paaalng In the moonlight ov the" wheat, knee-deep as they rode, the steel-clad band pf Coronado's soldiers, dead and eon years ago, THEJ OLP, OLD STORY Now names the time when he of aWi, hr Wh9'd give his little on,,' ttT&t measure-. uar. And docaiiot mind the hardship of the b Of almpje Joy. and I W-onrt twJiEKiT in num. ; puMsnobh garb, with good mteat. At no SSs knows what cost haJdlwoi , ffiH And down sooty ehtaney HakV desert What though the edge pf the briofc b ,- &y faw enii be , nof 0t fee sm ,Hllr At any ate w . th mmL ho hick & k.a, o row el lmtautisa Whli ittBvfliase boW mm la it r.u owl If h stens. tu of ,,, 4mfce' VktLSQ he t SfcMS. ia, fc,au u, ,w ouvTu o.s v.tws , b, IU.H, eat. haW, :'Jk THE SEVEN SOUP SOCIETIES? They Are All Hero in Philadelphia A UnM viuaniy vim au xoicrciung ulttorr. COUP societies aro an institution pecu! O to Philadelphia. Thcro arc seven orgai& zatlons which dispense wholesome soup-aW occasionally loaves of bread to tho nttij, through the winder months, all of them trmlnJ talned by private contributions and an-t5 vuoiui.ai ibut. n ma lutiouiii season Ifil distress and suffering havo been so gmf that one of tho houses opened Its doors?? week ago. Although the first to bo established hi was founded as long ago as 1805, the son! houso movement cannot be said to havo;bS gun Its development before 1837. E"xceptic two, tne associations which maintain ti form of charity dato from that year or law years. Tho most recent ono is the Rli mond Soup Society and Relief Assoclatlji which was founded 16 years ago. The origin of this valuable charity Is v Interesting. In tho fall of 1793, Just aBffl Philadelphia had been visited by Its flnt.to rlblo cpldemlo of yellow fever, there was1 great deal of distress among the worthy mg In tho city. The plague left many widow? nnd orphans, who wero unprovided for, l tho Fcmalo Society for tho Employment of Poor was then organized. Its object wi glvo employment to poor women during winter months, and to care for thefr cl dren while the mothers wero at work; goon dinner in warm rooms was glve3l tha workers' each day, and a nureeryw opened for tho .children. Eaoh pfjto women thus employed received, In adaiUoSl to tho meals, a small wage. There was nothing in tho lino of phll thropy like It anywhere. The society CM; tinned Its ministrations winter after wlnl and la still In existence. Southwark, that part of the city lying W or Houth street, had at the beginning of,tt last century a large population principal composed of worthy mechanics. In wlnUt tlmo there was a good deal ot distress amoos these people, and about 1805 a numberol tho charltablo citizens In tho district formes a society to distribute soup during the wuv ter to those who wero In need. Here the la; splratlon' was directly traceable to the weffl of the Female Society already mentioned, ri tnough in Southwark the soup society not limit its charity to widows and orphan! In the families of tho destitute all the men? bers shared In the distribution. The Northern Soup Society was establish' In 1817, to do In tho Northern Liberties wb' was being done in Southwark, The houlg was opened In January of that year, nnd t organization has ever since been maintain It now owns Its hoiiso on 4th street abo Brown, and a few yeara ngo added to tin property and made some improvements which permitted an extension of tho work. But after the panic of 1837 the poor In m city wero discovered to be more numeron and in greater destitution than had bell known for 50 years. It was then that Charlg reirco rounded the -Western Hour. Soeiei Mr, PelrCO had had soma nnrUnn In nli Ing the poor, for In Portsmouth, N. H., whtra' he had published a paper called Tho Oracle of the pay. he had from his own door eiven bread to the hungry. Ho was the first per son to establish a "bread line." and this ne oia after the great flro of 1801 had de stroyed a larga part of the city of Ports mouth, leaving many of the Inhabitants In great want Pelrco came to Philadelphia In 1813, and made this his home v until his death many jreora later. e Was an amarniii- mot.vimtn- glst, and those who know nothing- else about ." win recan nu oft.quoted book, "Pelrc n me v earner," which. Is a record of th weather in Philadelphia for so v, Althpugh societies for tha distribution o sour each winter had been formed hero be ,? h.p western Houp-house was pen: V .. T ",y was th founder of that! efiarlty, but he was instrumental in t, the Idea, successfully Imitated j 0thr parts.! ,, w,k wnera mere were no soup-houses.: He was tons known as the "Father of the Soup-House, Pelrqa waa a native of Kittery, Me., and rn,n iSml9f W m t0 Philadelphia until hi, death fee was tatMed with many philanthropic here. 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