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SECU.MVC1.1F3 UAIL UATTEH
Mlilfjtlphli. MoniIirt, Moirralxr 1, V)Vt
patience; not panic, in
coal crisis
rTIHE coal question has been worrisome,
" but, after all, a bit academic to most
persons. It was a problem to bo solved
by political economists: a serious problem
to bo sure, but one easily shouldered oft
on statesmen during the agreeable sum
mer weather. With the Bcniallty of fall
In this climate, of course, the problem
fould hardly becemo more urgent for
olutlon. Tho chill In tho nlr that por
tends winter Is talcing the matter out of
the abstract class Into tho concrete. It
may take the first snows to '. lng a realis
ing senso of crisis.
Tho fuel administration, both national
and local, has done marvelous work In
organizing a mode of operation oui of tho
chaos of an unstandatdlzed business, and
one In which tho charges were made all
the trafflc could bear with supremo dlb
regard for tho ultimate consumer.
Abuse's have been e.ided, errors have Ken
rectified, profiteering has been subjected
to. hard blows. But tho facts that all
families have not been able to lay In their
normal stock of coal and that coal Is
being parceled out in tons or half tons
In this city, when it can be delivered at
all, show that Philadelphia Is duo for a
hard winter unless definite measures are
taken to relieve the emergency.
The very poor will suffer most. They
always do. But their ranks will be on
'larged by householders In moderate cir
cumstances unablo to lay In their ropular
fuel supply owing to tho universal grip
of excessive living costs. Even the well-to-do
this year are unablo to translate
their money Into terms, of anthracite.
This Is tho bltuatlon. It Is not duo to
the 'fact of a coal famine. The mines are
freo of labor troubles. More coal Is being
taken out than for many seasons. More
coal Is demanded for extraordinary pur
poses, such as munitions, shipbuilding
and other wdr work, flian ever before, It
Is true, but tho surplusago of production
and individual economies should niako
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theeupply sufficient unto the winter and
nough for all.
Philadelphia will not repeat tho dis
tressing experiences of tho great coal
atr'ke of 1901 If Immediate measures are
devised for a systematic transportation
of coal to the city and for equitable dis
tribution when It comes. The crux of the
question Is one of transportation, an Uls
ttrlbutloh. Authority for correction and
control is vested .n the fuel administra
tion. The public must be patient, must
not becomo panic stricken at the realiza
tion of scarcity, made very concrete these
cold mornings. Excitement and clamor
are not constructive fores.
Tho Government will not permit ex
cessive hoarding by those ablo to buy.
It will not permit "gouging" through
undue profits, cither by railroads, opera
tors or dealers. Already the Philadelphia
coal committee has made mandatory the
supply of coal for home. In which there
la sickness, on tho warrant of u' physi
cian's certificate. Plans to standardize
the bucket trade, both In quantity given
..ytSnl rate, have been completed by the
m-j municipal Bureau of Weights and Meas-
Kv urea, thus Insuring fair treatment of
f-v"- those least able to buy In bulk and least
able to stand extortion on their small
. Incomes.
II. w ur Peopl ar b't too prono to be
, ' like the care free grasshopper and too
:& little like? the thrifty ant in Aesop's fable.
:" It has taken many persons a long time to
p'.reallzo that winter la coming, an abnor-
jwU war winter. For earlier omission
tec thinking must be intensive and con-
atrated on tolerant acceptance, of tho
. that can bo dono In n, crisis. Nothing
Will bo gained by panic.
7
'K,
AHTS LEGACY
?:-
deajh of Rodin removes an in-
) spired 'leader from the world of art,
I declared by sorno to be thc great-
ti sMi!ftr since Michael Angelo. But
It WoWy. 'after half a century of toil
ituktihe won full recognition, from his.
Franee, vwhose spirit of iltanlo en
wa'tnice',hrolam he expressed so
rlaJJlviKmoat. moderp
wwearea
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years appear to hold little promise of
change. The question has even been
raised, Should wo not abandon tho arts
until tho return of peace, with monoy
needed for so many pressing emergen
clcs?
Ono might as well tell us to clve up
laughter until tho return of pcaeo or to j
gho up education or physical excicl'se.
Tho strugglo which the civilized nations
are making today Is In behalf of tho
generations yet to come, and thcie
would be no point In preparing to hand
over to them n gray and dismal world
not worth inheriting. The songs and tho
great noe's which tho war has produced
ate art, helpful to morale unci opinion.
and there should bo no discrimination
aKalnst tho painting and sculpluio which ! Hre lnc r worK ,n tno Ma nt lne recpnl
bring tho same message In another Ian- ml'llon-dollar drive of the Ited Cross and
gUagc j notable nfHMancci In spreadlnc the food
j conservation pr pngandi, by themselves
A PERMANENT NATIONAL ARMY , c",ftBt "f ,hur,lr:ds of, ncrc" f '
J'crtnpa their most recent success has been
A PACIFIST usually goes from bad to thc -l-poal of M00.o6o.000 orth of Lib
worse Thh vtan not tho case with ! ty Bw,- th.e "alc' "' lde-ph'a
Henry Ford Starting lth a loathing of j l 'm'.unMnif to more thnn 12.000 000
war not to be rivaled by any pearo That there Is a mlehiy Mntlm.nt In fkvor
shrmttr In l.tr. h hn enrtrrt hV . of y Sc"t '" Icnr'y evidenced last
giving an example of patriotic service
which many a lover of war for war's pake
might imitate. Ho has offered to turn his
complete plant over to tho Government
for tho making of army trucks without
profit.
It has not been through any slackening
of his hatred of bloodshed that tho lender
ot tho famous peace expedition has
changed his lcv of preparedness unitl
now ho urges that tho tiovermnciit never
abandon Its barracks or Its National
Army. Ho has como to sco tho army as
part of u huge national reorganization of
Industry. Regretting that its chief in
dustry at 'present Is warfare, he bees tho
disclpllno that hundreds of thousands of
young Americans aro now profiting by,
for the first time In their lives, as a per
manent asset. After peace comes, he says,
we must develop a great national army
for training all our young men between
tho ages of eighteen and twenty-one We
can bring them together from farms and
cities In tho winter tlmo to the barracks
and training places. A part of
this national army of young men can be
moed to places where big work for the
nation Is under way. They can build
dams, straighten rlcrs, develop Irriga
tion work and aid hi constructing good
roads that will bring our pcoplo closer
together.
Ho would add factory work to these
co-operatlvo Industries. Some of the tug-
gestious teem Impractical; all of them
aro moro or less socialistic. But through
them all runs a true spirit of co-operation
for tho common good. It Is a strange
fact, by tho way, that whatever phases
of socialistic co-opcratton tho war has
produced hao been opposed by no one
but the Socialists.
Part of Ford's dream Is already realized.
Tho "army" of today would not bo recog
nized as a distinctly military organization
by generals of fifty years ago. It does
build roads and railways, it manufactures,
sets up telegraph and telephone systems,
preserves health and helps finance tho
Government. Ho Is right In hoping that
tho Government of tho future will demand
moro responsibility and belf sacrifice from
tho citizen. For tho citizen who has tho
moat duties has tho most rights.
A PEACE DRIVE FAILS
VICTORIOUS Teutons aro beginning
to pay borne of tho.costs of Invasion
in Venetla, savage counter-uttacks of
Italians defending their homo soil having
caused heavy losses. An especially hope
ful sign of reorganization is tho fact that
the Italians have begun to take prisoners,
a thing not to bo dono by demoralized
troops. There Is still danger to tho left
flank, but If a turning movement were
Imminent tho center and right would
hardly contlnuo to hold tho line ot thc
Plae.
Uen though a new retreat bo neces
sary and Venice abandoned. It Is appar
ent now that tho main purpose of the
drive has failed. In tho last three weeks
the big surprise for the Germans has
been the manner In which Allied moralo
has stood tho shock of leverses that were
Intended to start a great peace movement
In the United States, England aud France.
Governmental agitation in London and
Paris has been all In tho direction of a
strengthened, not a relaxed effort, and
In Washington it is generally felt that
thc defeat has cleared the air and, If any.
thing, made for greater unity of purposo
and concentration of effort. Tho people
as well as the statesmen havo stood tho
strain splendidly, and pacifism has lost
rather than gained by tho reverse. Not
the least of tho lessons of the Isonzo is
that statesmen must be called to account
beforo they muddle and not after.
If the Y. M. C. A.'sarmy work is
worth tho $1,600,000 the city has given, it
Is worth tho $500,000 more that is re
quested. We know what Penn did to Michi
gan with tho aid of Berry, who person
ally scored three tlrnes with one foot. But
what would she have done without him?
We are fighting for faithfulness. Jus
tlce and truth, and It is these that will
win. The Kaiser.
They ,will, with or without the Kal.
ser's aid.
"Savo tho fats. They're fuel for
fighters," Is a Hooverlsm. What's the
matter with u "Fryless Friday" to add to
the other "less" davs. and thereby accom
plish another saving? Fri foods aro
indigestible, anyhow.
Suffragists who contend that men
have no more intelligence than women
may find some comfort In the following
brief dialogue on a Market street "L."
train: She I see that Northcllffe has
resigned from the ministry. He Uh-huh!
" ,
Industrious gloom purveyors aro
now advocating abolishment of tho cus
tom of making Christmas presents. This
species of Individual Isonly happy when
miserable and perfectly miserable when
happy. Good cheer and smiles aro splen -
did lubricants for the earth's axis; let's
sprinkle them around plentifully.
The charge that 20,000 votes for the
Town Meeting ticket wero thrown out
by the election agents ot the murder
bund la credible. Men who would con-
ik,to",ttrdr..,lB. jflatr 'to-ewf W5
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,
NEW LEADERS
FOR BOY SCOUTS
They Will Carry on the Good
Work for the Men Who
Have Gone
ny ALLEN R. ECKMAN
TH13 Hoy Scout movement as a national
asT-t Is dally 'ncrcaslng In value Indl.
cations f this nre not climcult to find One
has hut to oxnmlno tho files of dally papers
lo pee th-e i record of accomp'l'hmcnt
hy lhep ars, the result of which Is felt
from Mnlne to California. Instances In point
week In Thllndclphla by a cenerous re
spone made to an appeil for men to act as
fout leaders In various departments of the
oiganlzatlon.
The boys had been hard hit by the war.
More than 200 young men holding posi
tions or rcoutmnstcrs assistant scoutmas
ters, scout surgeons, naturalists, woodmen,
lecturers drlllmastirs and examiners an
swered the call to "m.nke the world s.ifo for
democracy " Tnlnfd In tho scout school of
clwi cltUenshlp and remembering tho scout
oath to do their duty to Clod and their
country there was hut one answer thes6
jiung men could make They mado It.
With tlnlr depirture for var ous training
camps there vcro left behind In Phlhdei
phlu, leaderlcss, several thousand young
citizens of tho future. When tho head,
quarters ofilco of tho J3oy Sc uts puts out
a service flag, that emblem will bo em
b'azoned with more than 250 stars.
There scarcely was a troop In Philadel
phia but that In somo manner, directly or
Indirectly, felt the loss of an older scout,
all of wlnse avallablo tlmo had been util
ized In teaching his younger fellows the
essentials of manhood. That loss seriously
affected tho bus'ness of Instructing boys In
the rudiments of t responsibility, thus fit
ting them to step Into the place In the
h HiKnhnifi vnr.ited hv aii older brother or
i parent who had answered tho call of tho"
President.
One of tho most noteworthy places whero
scout leaders wero needed was tho Penn
sylvania Institution for tho .Blind, at Over
brook. Two troops havo been In ex'stence
there for moro than a jear. These lads,
though blind, havo been developing tho
scout movement In many of Us branches.
Hands served In tho place of eves, and In
tho naturalist class groping fingers sensed
tho development of vaiious tonus of vegeta
tion and In like manner learned to classify
many b rds and animals. Quick ears mas
tered signal c des and deft hands learned
tho art of bandaging and lesuscltatlon.
The Daily "Good Turn"
On November 10 tho boys began a seven
day campaign to obtain volunteers for tho
places vacated by those leaders who had
gone to Join tho cohrs. "Cach troop In
Philadelphia organized Itself Into groups of
canvassers and thoroughly worked the dis
trict 'u which It operated. Hundreds of
posters were placed at p Ints of vantago
thr ughout the city. These bore striking tes
tlmony of the manner in which thc scouts
labored for thc public good, and at tho
samo tlmo set out their present imperative
need. Various other devices, such as pa
rades, recrult'ng wnpons and safety gates,
wero employed in different sections of the
city. Uvcry scout woro his uniform during
tho campaign week. Scout headquarters at
S25 Walnut strett maintained a recruiting
station and received dlstr'ct reports. Re
membering past performances of tho boys,
Philadelphia generously responded, and tho
campaign was a success
By the mlddlo of the week 187 persons
had appl ed at scout headquarters alone,
volunteering their services. Various dls
trlcts wero similarly rewarded for their
labors. Not only will the personnel of lead
ers again bo brought up to Its full quota,
but tho scout master.' reserve corps will
bo augmented materially. This means that
In tho formation of new scout troops, made
necessary by the ever-Increasing number
of boys Joining tho organization, leaders
will bo provided.
At tho present time thero are moro than
5000 Hoy Scouts in Philadelphia being
tnneht to "Do a Good Turn Dally." Good
turns are the heart of scouting. They vaTy
lemarkably In their scope and nature. Tho
following four examples were presented at
a recent troop meeting:
Prevented a dog from being hit by a
Picked up pieces of glass where chil
dren were playing.
A dog's foot was bleeding; I bandaged
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A llttlo girl was crying. I asked her
what was tho matter, .and she told me
that she lost a cent. I gavo her a cent
and 'she went away happy.
Not long ago one boy reported to his.
scoutmaster a good turn done for his sis
ter. Ho said: "Sho wanted to go away, and
mother would not let her go until she drank
her cocoa. When mother left tho room I
drank tho cocoa for my sister and bhe was
allowed to go."
The good turn, whllo Important, Is but
ono phaso of bcout activity, there being at
least fifty-six branches of scout craft at
which a.boy may become proficient. These
. . - ...... . .. ..v. e.a..MA . T. In
inciuue nearly ever duu ui viu.vDt..iidiii.,
from agriculture to taxidermy, and embrace
woodlore. building and its sidelines, rudi
ments of business, bee keeping, chemistry,
all sorts of farm work, first aid, cooking,
music, work in metals and seamanship.
Scouts' Work in War
Upon tho scoutmasters whose ranks were
so thinned by voluntary enlistments for
military nervlce depends much of tho
training of boys In these various grades of
handiwork The master receives his com
mission from tho National Council of Boy
Scouts, upon tho recommendation of the
troop committee. Ho must be twenty-one
years old. and Is responsible for carrying
out the general program and the super
vision of tho troop. To help him in this
work he has ono or two assistants, each of
whom must be eighteen years old.
Although essentially a nonarms-bearlng
organization, the Boy Scouts may be count
ed on to render Invaluable assistance to
the United States during the present war.
The activities along this line will bo of a
nntiira entirely civic and tantamount to
an auxiliary home defense of a nonmllltary
character.
What they are in snape xo ao, nave
aheady accomplished or may be called
upon to perform, perhaps may best be Illus
trated by mentioning a few things tho
scouts have done abroad:
Organized relief measures among inhabi
tants J helped families of men who were sick
or wounded or employed In defense duties;
established first-aid dressing and nursing
stations, dispensaries, soup kitchens, etc;
acted as dispatch bearers, wireless oper
ators, signal corps; maintained lines of
communication; did patrol work; watched
bridgeheads, culverts, aqueducts, telegraph
lines, etc : as assistants to military or clvlo
guards ; collected Information as to supplies
and transports: 'forwarded dispatches
dropped by airships ; distributed notices and
performed other duties of billeting and com-
mnnclerrtns: utilized for all sorts of work
1 when workers were called ; patrolled the
coast: assisted the police, giving alarm In
case of riot or fire: collected material for
wounded soldiers and families; kept waiting
crowds In order in front of Government
offices; were experts In maptmaklng and
map-reading; established first-aid stations;
when worKers wn? emicu. yairimeu ma
farmers In, harvesting crops.
In ail of ithese activities a seoiit releasee
." mwn nskn for defense. , ' w
".! OH- PMMP J '
Tom Daly's Column
THE BOLDlEIt'B FltlEND
The lied TrianoXCt drive is done;
Thc tctnd'Up wet a hcautill
But 1 confess I am not one
Who did Ms fullest duty.
I didn't find the time to Join
Thc workers us I thought to,
yor did I pony up thc coin
That every fellow ought to;
I knoio I've been a slouch, a tehclp,
A selfish, thoughtless blighter,
Who hasn't done a thins; to help
Our brave and youthful fighter.
I've slluhtcd him Kh many ways:
I have Indeed, but dammel
I'm due for Just a little praise
I've never called him Bammce.
COLD SjORAGE In tho 17th Century?
To bo sure! Unless somebody was spoof
ing Mr Samuel Pcpys. which seems not
Improbable. However, sco his diary:
Sfarch 7, tRtli
At the vffee-houe I went and sat by
Mr Harrington, and some Kat country
merchants, and talking nf tho country
above Qulnsborough, and thereaboutH. he
told us himself that for fish, none there
the poorest body will buy a dead fish, bnt
must be alive, unless It be in tho winter:
and then they told us tho manner of
putting their nets Into thc water. Through
holes mado In tho thick Ice they will
spread a net of half a mile long; and
ho hath Urown a hundred and thirty and
a hundred and seventy barrels of fish
taken at ono draught And then the peo
ple come with sledces upon tho Ice, with
snow at the bottomo, and lay the fish In
and cover them with snow, and so carry
them to market And ho hath seen when
tho said tlsh have been frozen In the
sledge, so ho hath takcrt a fish and broke
a piece, so hard It hath been; and yet
the samo fishes taken out of the snow,
and brought Into a hot room, will be alive
and leap up and down. SwaJIows are
often brought up in their nets out of the
mudd from under water, hanging together
to Borne twlgg or other, dead In ropes,
and brought to tho fire will come to life.
Fowl killed In liccomber (Alderman
Barker said) he did buy. and putting Into
the box under his sledge, did forget to
take them out to eato till April next, and
thoy then wero found thero, and were
through tho frost as sweet and fresh and
cat as well as at first killed.
DA BTTLEESIIA WIFE
Giuseppe, da barber, ccs catcha da wife!
Ol my, you ueel laugh vfen yoti sec
w'at he gat.
She gotta da face ecs so sharp like da
say "ccs no stylccsh for face to be
fat."
Ucr fingers, so skeenny, ees nothecng but
bone;
Toil 'frald dcy weel bust vefen you go
for shak' han',
lie say: "Dat's a sign she ees vera high
tone', Bhe no gotta han's like ttco bonch da
banan'."
Hal w'at you thcenk dat
For talk ccn hecs hatt
Wat good cesa wife ccf she don'ta be fatt
Giuseppe he tal vie I no ondrastan'
Da 'Mcrlcan lady so gooda like hecm;
lie tal me hecs wlfo ccs da "swell Mcrl
can," An' looka so stylcesh baycause she ees
"slecm."
I tal hecm da "styleeshness" notta so
good
For kecpa da house an' for helpln' her
mooch
To nursa da baby an' carry da wood,
lie say: "1 no care eef she nevva do
sooch,"
Hal w'at you theenk dat
For talk ccn hecs hat?
W'at'good cesa wife cef she don'ta be fatt
WHAT has becomo of all tho folks who
should havo rushed to help us rovlvo
Frank R. Stockton? Thero aro lovers of
Stockton In this town, wj know, but most
of them dread tho light. Ono of them
sneaked out of his hiding place on Thurs
day last and mado off with a copy of "Tho
Late Mrs. Null," displayed on tho pave
ment counter of Leary's Old Book Store,
and quite broke the heart ot our own
Kit Morley.
"Early in tho morning," says Mr. Mor
ley, "I noticed tho book on tho pavement
counter. It was marked '15 cents.' I
turned it over and hummed and hawed
about It, but I was feeling mighty frugal
Just then, so I went away without It It
bothered mo all day. At 5:30 I passed
there again and rooted all through
the books, but, of course, some one had
snapped it NOW, what I want to say is
this. If the gentleman who bought that
copy will declaro himself I'll give him a
bright quarter, for It when, ha has read
it. My wife saya I oughtn't to buy eo
many second-hand books because there
are germs In 'era; but you know, Tom.
that a germ that has good taste enough
to live in a book by Frank Stockton Is
tho kind of germ that I clasp gladly to
my bosom."
The Truth o' the Matter
I
1 Who touches a hair of yon gray head
Dies llko a dogl March on!' he said."
Then Barbara Frietchle, glarlrj doion,
Cried out: "How dare your 3ly hair ts
brown I"
n
The. boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but him had fled,
Because he icore'-upon his neck
A solid one-piece head.
Don't believe It If they tell you the town
la full of counterfeit twenty.flve-cent
pieces. There are two 19i7 quarters In cir
culation and they're both perfectly good.
When the coin was first put out tho
eagle, on the reverse Bide, had seven
stars on one side of him and six on the
other. It made him .lopsided or some
thing, bo tho stars wero rearranged. Three
were put under him and five tin either
side. The first coin Is still good for twenty-five
cents, but If you happen to have
one In your pocket this morning and are
afraid of It, chuck It Into the Y. M. C. A.
or the soldiers' smoke funds,
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jVOBITIVB AND aOVPAJUTirX s
K .. ( x
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19,
"IF SOMETHING AIN'T WRONG, 'TAIN'T RIGHTS
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U. S. TAKING WAR
BACK TO EUROPE
Seeds Brought by Our Ancestors
Seeking Home Field, Basil
King, Novelist, Says
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ASIL KING, author of "The High
Heart," one of tho Important novels of
the year. In an Interview explained tho un
derlying Idea of his fiction. Mr. King, now
known as the anonymous writer of "The
Inner Shrine," maintains that our ancestors
in coming over brought the seeds of war,
virtually brought tho war, with them and
ndw aro taking it back to Europe.
' "It does not seem possible that the coun
tries engaged in tho war were, at the
start, conscious of the vastness of tho Issues
involved," Mr. King said. "'They wero"
aware of a glgantlo physical struggle, but
not of what was behind It However they
wero Impellod, Immediate action went no
further than immediate motives. It was
not until the conflict was all under way
that England, France and Russia began to
percelvo how Immense was their cause. I
suppose that In the beginning they acted
In obedience to some human urge that
far transcended their Immediate needc
"I ven the great word democracy very
Inadequately sums up their aim. It is the
word, however, which we best understand
and through which the hugeness of the un
derlying Impulse Is most easily compressed
for common knowledge. '
We Could Not Avoid War
"As a matter of fact, the whole purpose
of my book, The High Heart,' Is to show
how. In tho last analysis, tho United States
could no more avoid Its entry into the war
than could a drafted toldlcr. The hero,
Larry Strangways. points out that national
ity Is not wholly a question of geography,
vbut very largely ono of past Inheritance.
The American people, In this, aro scarcely
in the same position as are the French.
f Pngllsh or Germans, since they Inherit
only their own pasts, while vie come
In for a share of the history and responsi
bility of virtually every nation of the
earth.
"We did not leave this history and re
sponsibility behind us when we, or our an
cestors, crossed the water. Wo brought
with us our full share of the great Inherit
ance which, ns David Jayne Hill wisely
puta It is largely an Inheritance of evil..
"The early reluctance of this country to
enter the war' was undoubtedly due to the
Idea that It was an International war. It
Is evident now, however, that it is no In
ternational war, but tho great btruggle of
mankind with Itself. My heroine, AHx
Adare, speaks of It as part of the great war
In heaven: 'Michael and his angels are
fighting, and the Dragon s tlghtlnr with
his angels.' This, she hastens to explain,
does not mean that .all the good Is o. une
Bide and all the evil on the other, but that
the good and the evil In every human being
are now openly In conflict.
"To understand this fully one must break
away from all the old local Interpretations
of the word heaven," the speaker explained.
"You and I know what meaning was given
to that word when we were children. Our
Christian heaven was a kind of ascetlo Mo
hammedan paradise" to which good people
went when they died. Nothing Jess Chris
tian has ever entered Into the heart of men
to conceive. Whn the founder of the
Christian religion appeared the words that
heralded his approach were 'Repent ye.
for tho kingdom of heaven Is at hand.'
Theaa were the words which He repeated
later as what we might call the slogan of
His campaign. The words at hand mein. If
thv mean anything at a'l. near .nrv
near, hard upon us, and as If to maka their
roeanlnr the clearer and the more Intense,
He Mnafair '). -rurward. The kingdom
-heaves- u ww JTjtat u t-j say.-
1917
Heaven Is within jour grasp now as a con
d'tlon of Individual consciousness and world
consciousness.
"Right Works, Wrong Doesn't"
"Tho essenco of that state of mind r.iust
surely lie In tho great Idea on which the
Blblo has always thrown the tremendous
weight of Its emphasis and which Is summed
up In the simple word righteousness. Right
eousness Is neither moro nor less than tho
right way of thinking and saying and
doing It Is more than ethical, In that It Is
Intensely practical. A'lx Adare hits on a
mighty psychological fact when she tays:
"Right works, wrong doesn't'
"Now, mankind has always gone on the
contrary assumption. Right didn't work
and wronj did. It has been a kind of adage
In the commercial world that a thing might
be right and not good business, with tho
contrary, that It might bo good business
and yet wrong. There never was and never
could be a moro destructive fallacy. Wrong,
whatever the shade of wrong wo may bo
thinking of. Is never business. It Is nosl
tlvely certain, whatever the Immediate
promise of success, to bring with It ultimate
falluie.
"Nowhere In human history ts this better
illustrated than In human government There
are no words In 'hlch to describe ade
quately tho greed, lust and general corrup
tion of nil the governments that have ruled
the earth Some have been better than
others and still are. but there Is none which
has not made Its motto, 'Wrong works and
right doesn't'
"All this national and Individual wrong
has now fused to the explosive point and
to the stage which brings about Its own
self-destruction. What my hero and heroine
mean Is that, when It Is all over, there will
come by degrees the glorious new epoch,
which might bo compared to the splendid
sunlit weather we often have after storm.
"I feel very sure that It Is tho American
people's slow but Instinctive anticipation of
this that has roused tho nation to maVe Its
preparations on so sober and glgant'o a
scalo.
"Gradually a wonderful vision Is rising
before our eyes, and the American people
are bracing themselves to fight for It It Is
a vision that emerges slowly and nobly out
of the rast,confuston of obscure Issues and
cross and counter purposes now so much
In the foreground throughout the world
the vision of the Sou of God. It seems to
me very strongly that our people are gird
ing themselves-, consciously or unconsciously,
or subconsciously, to fight for that This,
I suppose, will bo what tho Blblo means
by 'the new heaven and tho new c'arth
wherein dwelleth righteousness.'
"It Is not the reward beyond death," Mr.
King concluded hopefully. "It Is a new
heaven on earth, a new earth In heaven.
It ts In sight now, but It will come vnly
when old. things have passed away, as they
are swiftly passing,, and all things snail
havo become nw."
roofIS
The road Is wide and the stars are out
aud the breath of the night ts sweet
And tills Is the time when wanderlust should
seize upon my feet; ,
But I'm glad to turn from the open road
and the starlight on my face,
And to leave tho splendor of out-of-doors
for a human dwelling place.
I nover have seen a vagabond who really
liked to roam
Alt up and down the streets of tho world
and not to have a home;
The tramp who slept In your barn last
night and left at break of day
Will wander only until he finds another
place to stay.
A gypsy-man will sleep in his cart with
canvas overhead:
Or else he'll go Into his tent when It is
time' for bed.
He'll sit on the grass and take his ease so
long as tho sun Is high,
But when tt Is dark ho wants a roof to
keep away the sky.
If you' call a gypsy a vagabond, I think
you do him wrong,
For he never goes a-traveltng but he takes
his home along;
And the only reason a road Is good, as
every wanderer knows.
Is Just because of the homes, the homes,
the homes to which It goes.
They say that life 'Is a highway and Its
milestones are the years,
And now rand then; there's, a tollmte where
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What Do You Know?'
QUIZ
1. Who Is lUconnt Con dray?
i. Whut Is frnnelnanl?
3, What xtandnrd sjmnhony mu lumbal trVl
4. Name the flnt American noTtlM, '
B. Olio the origin of the name Taeuaaar, 5.r
(I. What la a cover crop? avg
7. Name the author ot "The Amerbu .0a
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8. Under nhat circumstance wa tki
"Alda" written?
0. DcHne "coun d'etat." ' ' SA
10. Where la the Metropolitan Maaraaaf irfl'
Answers to Saturday's Quli.
1. Georces Clrmenceau la a French atataaafa, i
formrr rrrralcr, who hai tntt tarsal a J
new cabinet.
Ten nlr minlntrr Is the new paraag Mas j i
fa th llplfUli rnhlnat. l
Bucknheat ta a small site of MatraSS
coal, next smaller than pee coal. .
The Fortress of Saint I'eter and Satrt fas) "
Is In I'ctrocrad. v 1 H
John Qulncj- Ailnms was called ."TM W
man r.ioqutnt" uurinc on mvw
Kreiislonal career after hit rtttreasat
from the Presidency. ,
Francis Itonklnkon. of PhtlaaekUa.i eias
"Hall Columbia" In 18. C
A complete fertilizer la one that MaM
scientifically prescribed proporttoas
nitrogen, potash and DbOiDhatas. r "f i
"Drlpulncs" Is the term spplM tt.MJ
renaerra in nome coomnf. --"'n
The next draft b scheduled for
1018.
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lfatieni! tfnll la n nlil mark! la !
It was ine renter or tne BUisimaaaai
movement In new Eiiclana.
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ii-vaiuiNi.fi. run ijicu i "
Ail. second lieutenants In thJJn
Ktntri urmv soon mav be honored WW'
the offlceri' insignia. Tho plan being eofts .
rt iiw fVi Wnr Denartment la to UtV
second lieutenants wear one silver t.
the shoulder strap. First lieutenant! m
to wear two bars and captains three-
No change for the present Is beu m
bldered for officers of higher rank In A
.. . ...... i.. a -(i.'li.nl chant MB
uer-sirp insignia v .-... .rf
been proposed for, tho sleeve scroll tin wn
service overcoats. ij
.DO""r "T..jr"ijr .TiMriDoflu
pian unoer nuviscnicin. ---.-. ii
... K...i...ntii tn wenr the OI16 Ml '"as.
present tho Insignia of first "eutnlj2, '
would give tnem more buvu .- "-iffl
men. Tho plan Is similar to that.waajjj
Is used In Kuropean armies. j
Needless to say, all second ""ST "
are In favor of the suggestion. On is W ;
main reasons for the proposea cnai--.
that these officers wear no insigru- -So
many enlisted men wear leather 'J
that second lieutenants aro not casuy T
tlngulshablo. J
Those In favor of the change 5j,rT
the captains couia easily t", -
and point to the foreign method Jj
this assertion. TJie plan a,soiwJul,i,3l
'hof e.onnri lUntonnnts would OS Ji-"
more ' punctually: ' Much complaint v
reached tho War Department on tnav
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it is true mat me uniiu - rjt, ;
ir, ..,.,." la otmnut hsihful In It OB-'- fM
Ity. Many officers have expressed the V
un i.n .. nhanirA will ha maao id Tvl
near future. 5 'J
fiecond lieutenants now wear -TEi
coal wnnoui serous u V a 0S
new method would allow them to JLj)
on each sleeve. First lieuienn f
wear two and captains three. . .f-ji
rpi,. ..iinn tunulil wear one oro05"-il
band on the overcoat sleeve. .u"?'l
colonels would wear one broaa .?
small band and colonels vo vi ,
and two small ones. ir'ataresl
The advisability of this method r"3 A
by the fact that it is hard to Mgi
a. glance more ,man ""'""" J rr.H
almost an optical impoMiraw. ta
Adjutant Qeneral McCain recently
an nra e firrtlV- HOlCi CrM "- 7Li
clerks of the quartermaster's' w"l",f!!rS:3
would seem to speak in favor V& J
in.i. ... .. in Mm effect tnai -"
clerks are to wear the uniform of ,o
without Insignia or rami :rj 't
band on thearm or rvic --r-
lor service) ni v ...-t. i
The collar Insignia are crosser jgjj
pens, twun eiuier roimaw---
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