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NOT PEACE, HUT THE SWORD
VON HERTLING, as chief of staff for
the German peace offensive, once more
emits his familiar mumble-bumble In terms
too ridiculous for i,erious discussion.
Lloyd George matches him with straight-fromthc-shoulder
talk that is a knockout
blow to the cynical barterers In Teutonla
and the spineless head-shakers In Allied
lands.
Thus goes the battle for pcace-at any
price all against the crybabies.
When peace comes tho first word of it
will come from the Allied commanders, not
from Potsdam.
When peace comes Washington will
have much to say about how and where
and what.
Just now Washington Is too busy making
war in the most righteous and exalted
cause It was the good fortune of any nation
ever to fight for. and there could be no
greater good to the future of the whole
world than that this is true.
Before we can make peace we have a
big Job to finish, and we are going to
do It.
The KaUer's evident desire for peace
comes just sixteen months too late.
The very mildest conversation becomes
a hot discussion under present weather con
ditions. SHOOTING TIED RABBITS
pERMAN ideals of sportsmanship have
seldom been more effectively realized
than In the sinking of the anchored and
unarmed Diamond Shoals lightship off Ilat
teras. Beating -up lame shoemakers In
Zabern Is a poor game by comparison.
A cripple might use his crutch as a
weapon, and even Silas Weg, "with a
wooden leg," enjoyed considerable powers
of locomotion. Hospital ships, though as
yet unconvoyed, are often nrmed and en
dowed with good speed possibilities. Bomb
ing schoolhouses from the sky may be fol
lowed by serious counter-attacks by foe
airplanes or anti-aircraft guns.
In all of the above sports 100 per cent
Hun efficiency Is not guaranteed. But
hurling defiance at a stationary vessel Is
something to make both blood and Iron
simultaneously tingle with glee. Admiral
Mahan, with all hH voluminous knowledge
of sea warfare, never dreamed of such an
undertaking. Nelson or Colllngwood,
Perry, Farragut or Dewey, never once con
sidered embracing such an opportunity.
Tho whole concept is thoroughly original,
quintessential- German.
The only drawbacks to this innovation
are the limitation of the supply of anchored
enemy ships manned by superannuated
seamen and the profusion of craft that
A still persist both In moving about and
carrying guns.
Judging from the latest reports from
Wilhelmshaven, the recent restlessness of
the foe's navies has caused the loss of
some fifty U-boats. There is said to havn
been a revolt In the sea rats' chief lair. It
Is questionable whether even the complete
victory off Hatteras Is sufficient compen
sation. Physicists say that heat Is a form of
motion. Therefore we propose to be as mo
tionless as possible.
PINOCHLE AND WAR
IT WAS odd that the railroad adminis
tration should issue an order against the
ancient Institution of the railway card
game Just as a number of society women
of this city signed their names to a cutting
pronouncement asking all people to refrain
from wasting their time and energy at
bridge whist till the war Is over.
Card games at best are merely a relief
from boredom. There is no reason why
ny one should be faced with the necessity
of killing time In days when there aren't
enough hands available for Imperative
tasks. Card parties are going out of
fashion. Now they will be less popular
than ever. But the women who made tho
formal protest had better reason on their
side than the railroad administration can
claim in this Instance.
It in- true that the commuter who dulls
the ennui of his afternoon trip home with
a, sketchy game of, whist or poker might
find better things to do. There is much to
read, much to think about and many fast
Biovlngr Issues that a man should keep In
step with through tho serious study that
is possible in half hours with a good book.
But the commuter who works in his war
garden at night and in the office during
vU the day Isn't always In a receptive mood
S&. ,.. -r Immediately before dinner. Tho railroad
Br. . iti .- arfmlnlat i-n ttnn unema TnnAA tn dlanlnllnn
Wt;'fp j? jijni too severely. The order was Issued,
'ltif " the railroad mtn say, to eliminate the prac-I'-1
' w'tlce of seat hogging. But there is likely
B$.'i i "' ''ilj be a general feeling that the railroad
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SUFFRAGE AND THE SENATE
A Few Stcrn-Mintlctl Gentlemen Who Have
Clashed With the Forres of Evolution
DENATOR DAVY BAIRD, of Camden,
after a senson of cloistered medita
tion in Washington has decided that he
will not vote for the notional suffrage
amendment.
Senator Davy is an old-school politi
cian. Viewed from one nngle ho is effi
cient, temperate, passionless, a finished
handshaker, a woman's-place-is-in-the-home
sort of man. Scrutinized from the
angle of the suffrngists and tho ultra
modems in politics he belongs to tho
school of statesmanship which is not yet
quite reconciled to steam.
It is interesting to observe the in
creasing vitality of tho suffrage issue.
The Cause is to be credited with tho
first decisive victories of tho war.
Tho President has written an appeal to
the nnti-suffiage Senators which would
have been one of tho most remarkable
papers of the whole Administration had
it not been overshadowed by the more
dramatic concerns of warfare.
The Russians in all of the various
forms of government tried or proposed
since the first revolution have provided
for universal suffrage. The service that
women have given in the war has in
spired a revolutionary change from the
old traditions and prejudices which made
the progress of the women's movement
so difficult in England.
President Wilson favors suffrage. So
does the House. In the Senate opinion
is almost equally divided on the question
of tho national amendment. Senator
Baird Is one of the small group which
will decide the matter for the United
States. A constitutional amendment may
not be the wisest method for the occa
sion. Yet it is doubtful whether the Sen
ators will be long able to withstand the
tide of sentiment that has swept aside
so many obstacles in other democratic
countries and overwhelmed prejudices
alike among the Bolsheviki and in the
House of Lords. Senator Baird, in the
long run, will not make up his own
mind. The world will make it up for
him. Universal suffrage seems to be a
certainty of the near future in the
United States.
Even though the militants have chosen
this momentous hour to appear again in
Washington a. d get arrested for picket
ing, and even though they seem always
to have done their best to convince every
body they at least are not qualified for
tho vote, we refuse to let them decide the
matter. They are a small and restless
and excitable minority, the militants.
They are the folk that a clever man had
in mind when he said that there would
be a lot of empty lives in this country
if ever the franchise was granted to
women.
The view, familiar among the majority
of suffragists, that the vote is the moral
right of intelligent women, never has
justified serious opposition. The politi
cians like to say that women would not
know what to do with the vote if they
had it. And most of the politicians obtain
power and office because the majority of
men do not know what to do with their
votes.
In almost every anti-suffrage speech
the statement occurs that women aren't
interested in politics. That is true.
Women are not interested in politics.
Why should they be interested in a
process from which they have been kept
consistently aloof? It has always been
the hope and the belief of the wiser
suffragists and of those who still hope
for good government that women will be
interested in politics just as soon as they
ate permitted to become familiar with
the meaning of the franchise, its opera
tions and its possibilities. This will take
time. It may be years before the influ
ence of women voters is actually felt
either in the country at large or in the
communities where woman suffrage is
now operative. But this knowledge has
no bearing whatever on the rights or
wrongs of the issue.
It is the exceptional man who votes
thoughtfully and wisely. Theie are many
exceptional women who are ready to use
the franchise for high purposes. And we
venture a guess that women, on the
whole, are more conservative, more, likely
to be devoted to abstract and ethical
causes than men are.
Equal suffrage is, after all, a reform
that seems destined, like the Declaration
of Independence or the Magna Charta.
The conscience of civilization is demand
ing u. senator iiairu anu those of his
colleagues who are still unreconciled
might better go along with the crowd.
It is a rather big crowd. And it is al
ways better to go along comfortably than
to be pushed. Meanwhile itis rather odd
to think that any good Bolshevik would
consider Senator Baird and his group
uncivilized.
MARSHAL FOCH
rpHROUGH the pageant of French his-
tory gleams tho fame of gallant mar
shals. All of them were biave and able,
though some Bernadotte, for Instance,
and Bazalne lived too long. In spite of
certain shadows, however, the lustrous list
forms an epic of glory. Ney, JIassena,
Soult, Lannes, Lefebvre, Villara, Turennes,
Bugeaud, MacMahon will be names evok
ing thrills when Hlndenburg and Luden
dorff are ranked by an unchained world
as brutal manifestations of an ugly
tyranny.
Proud of the heroic title, France with
held It from any of her' defenders from
MacMahon to Joffre. Too deeply cher
ished to be cheapened, the great distinction
was kept Inviolate. When Joffre won it
civilization quivered with ecstasy. Un
conquerable France had been born anew.
And now Ferdinand Foch Is his brother
marshal. Seldom have firmer hands than
his wielded the precious baton. History
will proclaim Foch as a prime agent of
victory at "First Iame" and the organizer
and directo HMr:r,
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
bloodstained stream. The entire world of
liberty applauds tho bestowal of so signal a
distinction upon Its great leuder.
Marshal of France! tho name throbs
llko an epic In tho hearts of freemen.
We arc anvlous not to annoy the weather
man, but he seems to be putting tho hives
In his archives.
STREET CAR MEN ARE NOT FOOLS
IN HIS address to tho operative em
ployes, Mr. Mitten, of tho V. R. T., laid
stress upon tho rulo that motormen and
conductors could not bo permitted to wear
union buttons while on duty.
No other attitude would be Just either
to tho men or the public at this time.
To grant the request would Immediately
plunge tho men Into a rivalry to see which
of the three unions into which they arc
divided would prevail. That would bo fatal
to efficiency when efficiency Is needed most.
It Is flatly declared that this decision has
nothing to do with membership In any
union which a man sees fit to Join. Thnt
is his own business. So it reduces tho
button question to a quibble If any of tho
carmen are still so foolish as to Insist
upon It.
The public Is not In any mood to suffer
Inconvenience In service for such a petty
point.
The best time In which to enjoy the
torrid dogdavR Is September, for they'll be
"doggone days" when that happy montli ar
rives. THE CHAFFING DISH
At the Top of the Tube
WHEN lovely summer gets too blazing
My mind Is slippery as n fish:
I'll borrow Mr. Goldsmith's phrasing
And twist it for The Chaffing Dish.
AND so this bard keeps under cover.
And hides his belfry from the sun:
I'll tell the soda clerk 1 love her,
And call Herr Fahrenheit a Hun.
A Holltop TJrsA- Gathers So Moss
New York has troubles of her own. Six
teen Juvenile Able Cohens were lost at
Coney Island the day before yesterday, and
not a single Smith.
O. Henry had a joke he U'ov very fond
of about hanging your hat on Cape Hat
teras and going in by the I.abiador. Per
liaps that's what the U-boat u-as trying
to do.
The back of our chair is so hot that we
hate to lean b.tck, and If we bend forward
the smell of burnt typewriter keys Inter
feres with our punctuation.
Why Not Admit It?
From Greenland's icy mountains
To blistered Chestnut street,
It isn't the humidity,
It's nothing but the heat.
"When Prince Kitcl Fricdrich fled from
his quarters on the Vesle he left his
shaving soap behind. Hut he teas careful
to take his razor with him. He kncio our
colored troops toeie near
Dear Socrates: The Crown Prince
seems to be coming Into his Alsne.
SMEED.
Dove Dulcet was due to give us a poem
today, but his wife reports that ho was
overcome by It Isn't tho heat it's the .
As an evidence of his honorable inten
tions, sho sends us the manuscript Just ns
it was uhen tho ambulance came round
for Dove. As many of our readers may
never have seen a poem in the dough, be
fore baking, Mr. ulcet's manuscript Is
worth reproducing just as it la:
CHILBLAINS
When howling blizzard comes
Thumbs, strums, drums, numbsttf)
Aloud I cry Jubilee
said my wife to me!
The mercury swarms). (the tube,
(down I
Cube, rube boob (?)
life ,
I Bald to my wlf o !
(Strife, knife, fife, rife. Or try rhyme
u-ives-hlvesf)
And so, all down the street
Prickly heat
(wheat, meat, neat, eat, beat, feat, scatttt)
Hertllng keeps putting out some very
quaint and cheerful peace terms, Including
the payment of an indemnity by tho Allies
to recompense Germany for all the money
sho has spent in crushing us.
Now that the Kaiser's edition of Shake
speare Is being edited, Herr Hertllng might
turn to Act Four, Scene Ii of Macbeth,
where he will read:
Though the yesty waves
Confound and swallow navigation up;
Though bladed Corn be lodged and trees
blown clown;
Though castles topple on their warders'
heads;
Though palaces and pyramids do slope
Their heads to their foundations; though
tho treasure
Of Nature's germens tumble all together,
Even till destruction sicken; answer mo
To what I ask you.
ll'c may expect an abject apology from,
the German navy. Undoubtedly the
U-boat thought that llghtsh.;) uas a hos
pital vessel.
.30CRATES.
The Saxons are re
rlilloloelcal ported to have "be
haved very badly" at
the second Battle of the Marne. It may be
recalled that they acted In much tho same
way during the first historic engagement
along that river. Is It possibly because of
their name's typographical relationship with
the prefix "anglo" that such Ulsclinatlon to
fight against liberty was twice evidenced?
The primary meaning
of "marechal," ac
cording to the French
A Sort of Oood
Lntk llomslioerT
dictionary, is "horse
shoer." It thus becomes still further evident
that even before he became Marechal Foch
the superb generalissimo had his steed of
victory well heeled with Iron.
In so far as they relate to the gunnery of
American troops, Germany would richly wel
come a "modification of war alms."
Speaking of wiseacres, the wisest of all
are those that are producing corn.
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THE GOWNSMAN
Two Saints and an Angel
THEItn Is a robust old story about two
saints and an angel, who were strolling
town tho street one afternoon. This was in
former times when there were more saints
xtant to any square Inch of Europe than
thero nro now sinners per acre in New York.
Moreover, there was nothing unusual In those
llberul times in the vlsiblo necompaniment of
perambulntory saints by angels, as the
epidemic of temptation, wherein every saint
was Boon to be ridden by his own familiar
demon, had not yet set in, nnd saints might
comrnuno with angels on the thoroughfares
or where they would without fear of the
dictagraph, tho shadowing detective or other
malign Inventions of latrr degenerate times.
But to return two saints nnd an angel were
strolling down tho street one afternoon
THE unimaginative critic interrupted tho
Gownsman here ho is always Interrupt
ing to ask why tho saints and the angel
were walking? "The proper locomotion ot
angels, sir, at least. Is by wing see Milton
nnd they wheel In aerial flight (for thero ts
no gravity about angels), circling through
Interstellar spaces, brushing tho hair of
comets, playing with tho rings of Saturn;
they fly incalculable leagues, putting to the
blush tho latest acrobatic antics of the agile
ncrlalist ; but angels do not proceed by the
foot." It Is quite remarkable how Imaginative
tho unimaginative critic can be when he
tries "Moreover," he continued, "I am not
sure either about tho strolling of saints. Who
ever heard of n saint going aimlessly any
where? Your saints should be, at the least,
on an errand of mercy; nnd you ought to say
so, or they will be unrecognizable. I.ltcraturo
and art, sir, know saints beatlfically gazing
into tho vacuity of tho heavens, that vacuity
reflected In their upturned faces. Art ano
literature know saints In cells, In the
dramatic processes of terrible temptations, In
the agonies nnd contortions of racking, hang
ing, boiling, roasting on the. gridiron, under
the meat-chopper but strolling! nonsense.
"None the less," said the Gownsman, unper
turbed, "two saints and an nngel "were
strolling down the street, one afternoon, when
a cart happened to pass by "
U A CART!" said the unimaginative critic,
Jr and quoting the Edinburgh Review,
exclaimed: "'This will never do!' When
you tell a story, you should at least set It
appropriately You appear to know nothing
of the natural history of saints, tn say noth
ing of tho low habits which you attribute to
angels'" In his heart, secretly the Gowns
man wished that the U C. (unimaginative
critic, pronounced "ugh") wero In a place
where ho might stud the natural history or
angels in their opposite deviation, but being
patient, liki AeneaH, ho enduted "A cart'"
continued the IT. t, "and in heaven ' You
might as well have made It a limousine'"
"The scene of this story," said tho Gownsman,
"Is not heaven ; besides, the limousine Is
coming" "Preposterous1" exclaimed tho II.
C. "Your scene must be laid in heaven, for
even you should know that no saint is worth
anything until he Is translated" ; a remark
which the Gownsman reluctantly confesses,
quoting 'Hamlet," imido "a palpable hit"
NOW. vvhc
with tho
ien these two particular saints,
io angel between them, met the
cart, which was filled, by the way, with
manure peculiarly malodorous, the saints. In
very unsaintly manner, forthwith held their
noses, making distorted faces, until the cart
had passed by. "What a low and horrlblo
Idea!" said the XT. C "1 am astounded, sir,
to find you seeking a cheap notoriety in the
exploitation a fine critical term ! of bucji
unsavory matter. Literature and art, sir,
should always be " But the Gownsman,
despite his resemblnnce to tho patient Aeneas,
was wearying and was disposed to combat
the theory of the U. O , stated eloquently and
at length, that the only odor permissible In
tho literary "exploitation" of saints was the
odor of sanctity wherein or whereof It Is
not quite clear which they commonly die.
BUT tho angel, strange to say, was entirely
undisturbed, the patient Gownsman con
tinued, and, to tho astonished saints sain
mildly: "I perceive no taint In the air, I seo
no Impropriety In tho necessary transfer ot
this vulgar necessity to the growth and glory
of the Illy and the rose." "Now that," sain
the U. C , "sounds more like the actual con
versation of angels Get In 'lilies anil roses,"
'beatific poses,' 'diaphanous white clotbles.
'shell-pink toesles' " (tho XT C. Is that thing
abhorred of gods and men, a facetious
rhvmester) "nnd the angelic Job Is done. Be
sides, I rather like 'mildly' ; angels always
speak 'mildly' (once more see Milton), vvhosu
'Paradise Lost,' sir, I have read through nine
times." The circumspect Gownsman uttered
a single word under his breath which wagons
and wainropes shall not force him to divulge;
for the U. C Is even more powerful physically
than mentally, a fortunato or perilous cir
cumstance dependent, ns the philosophers say,
on whether ifls considered objectively or sue.
jectlvely.
THE party continued their stroll. "If thero
is a word," interrupted tho U. C , "that
I detest, it is the word 'paity' " ; and then, in
a tone "superciliously sardonic" (this phrase
is quoted from the Saturday Evening Post),
he added: "I suppose that your mild-spoken
angel is 'the party of tho first part,' your
saints of delicate olfaUory nerves '.-our
party of the second ' Legal jargon, sir. In the
telling or a story " but the patient Gowns
man "diverted his attention," nnd after n
further discussion of fitness of environment,
atmosphero (at the moment badly tninted in
this story), and other topics of high art, tho
U. C. suddenly recollecting It himself, de.
cltired: "Well, after all, you have forgotten
tho limousine." And the patient Gownsman,
emulntlng tho angel, replied mildly: "Tho
limousine Is coming."
THE party forgive me the beatific group,
the heavenly three, the celestial aggrega
tion, continued their stroll And before long
there rolled past theni a handsome limousine,
manned with chauffeur and footman In livery,
on the luxurious upholstery of which lolled a
beautiful lady, dressed, painted and scented
to the eyes, yet not so obtrusively as to de
ceive anybody, except, perhaps a saint. Tim
saints looked and admired at least bo far as
wo may decorously suppose even Saint
Anthonv was permitted to appreciate tho ex-
fi-iir-latlnK charms of the hourl-demons who
attempted his undoing. But now it was tho
angel who held his nose.
ff-pijE angel, how ridiculous!" said the
X. XJ. C. And after some argument as to
the Incongruity of limousines and angels,
ilther within them or outside, some dlscourso
more or less learneij on palanquins, gigs and
sedan chairs as "more appropriate, sir, to the
antique spirit of tho locus of the action," tho
U C. settled into the lowest center, so to
speak, of his gravity with the words: "Ana
what does It all mean? A story, sir, should
always be significant, edifying, able to glvo
an account of Itself " "Yes," said tho
Gownsman, "and thero should always bo a
nail for a wooden head with a heavy mallet
handy. Don't you see, my poor U. C, tho
aura of her ladyship w.ib tainted?"
i"Oh, yes! to be. sure. Tho aura, very good:
Why, sure enough, tho aura !"
DEAR READER, the Gownsman will not
believe that you aro an Unimaginative
Critic; but, are you only a saint? or are you,
perhaps, an angel?
The lot that the former Frencn minister
Malvy once misrepresented in Parliament
was decidedly more enviable than the one
which will now be his as a discredited exile
from his fatherland. M
The statements that Austrians are J'llv
Ing in the middle age" and that middle-aged
men do not make the best fighters seem
suggestively to harmonize.
It is perfectly obvious what kind of a
time the German soldiers who have charac
terized our fighters as "Satans" must have
been having.
The best indorsement of our policy to
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A, THURSDAY, , kUtfUST 8,
QUICK YQU STRAFE
IF I WERE THE KAISER
By MLLE. MARGUERITE CLEMENT
(Mademoiselle Clement, a distinguished
French teacher, was sent to this country
by her Government to study vlmr) (ran
reaeffons in the tear. She has been writ
ing a brilliant scries of articles in
1,'Ocuvre, of Paris, from one of tohich the
following extinct is translated. Editor
Evening Public Ledger.)
THE Kaiser has been very fiank. He
has admitted that German! docs not
wnnt to enslave tho world, only to civilize
it; to reveal to It efficiency and justice at
one swoop, to teach it to clean Its streets,
to educate Its children and to scorn money
a noble enterprise against shameless
England and money-grubbing America,
sunk in imperialism and dollars.
How America was nmazed! Sho had not
suspected Wllhclm of this civilizing fever.
I WOULD advise Wilhelm (after the war)
to visit New York. He might go and
study some of tho immisrant families
Polish or Russian, perhaps and compare
the patents with the children. The chil
dren bathe every day; they take part In
the administration of their school; they
learn to speak in public; they swear alle
giance every day to tho law that protects
them and which they will be able to mod
ify at will when they nro old enough to
vote. They believe In fair play; they drink
water; they go" by thousands to read good
books In splendid libraries. They aro
phlets written to inform and fortify the
that life affords; and it seems also that
they have learned, too, to prefer to life
itself the things that aro greater than
life.
It seems to mo It would take a good deal
of courago to explain to America Just what
one might do to civilize her.
AMERICA'S reply to tho Kaiser is writ
ten in the booklets of Idealistic propa
ganda that she distributes to her people.
I am referring not to the official messages
of President Wilson, but to tho little pam
phlets written to Inform and fortify the
American soldier. They bpeak his own
language and deal with those thoughts that
are most potent to Inspire him. I shall
quote one of these, distributed In millions.
It is called the credo of the soldier:
I believe In my America, in this land of
Individual liberty, of Justice and oppor
tunity for all in the America which has
given mo my home, my friends and my
work.
I believe In a government that draws
Its authority from the people, in a democ
racy canablo of evolving with the years
to adapt Itself to the changing needs of
mankind.
I believe that the pledges of a nation
are sacred and that all civilization reBts
upon agreements faithfully observed. I be
lieve that national honor Is as real as
personal honor, and that one cannot exlat
without the other. I believe that there Is
no neutrality possible between good and
evil.
1 believe that I am going to fight for the
right, for womtn and children and for my
friends, without any spirit of revenge or
hatred, but with the single desire of as
suring the peace of the world,
I believe in the stars that stud my flag.
They mean that it is the flag of liberty, of
democracy and of brotherhood among men.
ANOTHER pamphlet that I shall quote
was distributed In American streets to
small children during the last Liberty Loan
campaign. Unfortunately I cannot repro
duce the humorous illustrations. I will
translate a few passages:
What fs a Kaiser? A Kaiser Is an old
anachronism thirsting for blood.
Why are there still Kaisers; since there
are no more dragons or unicorns? Don't
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being killed as soon as his Kaiser feels
the need of a little exaltation.
Is the German soldier ready to dlo for
his Kaiser? Surely.
And what Is the Kaiser ready to do for
the German soldier? Why, to let him die.
Tho German soldier fights to be sure of
the privilege of being deprived of his
rights. Tho American soldier fights to be
sure of being able to enjoy his rights.
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TF I were the Kaiser, to 3how that I did
- not fear ideas any more than I feared
other nations. I would have this credo and
this catechism distributed among my sub
jects. It would show them what evils I
am saving them from and Just what the
Idealism of a money-grubbing nation is
worth.
THE
READER'S VIEWPOINT
Mr. McFee in New Orleans
To the Editor of the Evenlno Public Ledger:
Sir By the kindness of a friend I have
read my friend Mr William McFee's delight
ful letter published recently in three install
ments in The Chaffing Dish.
I used to be the proprietor of "Allson'n
Old Boolto Shoppe," which Mr. McFee men
tions In his letter. The shop was on Royal
street. New Orleans, only a few doors from
the late Armand Hawkins's famous antique
store, which used to be a favorite resort of
Eugene Field and Lafcadlo Hearn. My place
became, as old hook shops do, the resort for
any visitors with literary tastes who came
to the vlcux carre, or French quarter, of
the quaint old Crescent City.
At that time McFee was engineer on the
Cartago, of the United Fruit Company, which
then Hew the British flag, and during the
intervals of his stay between sailings made
"the old booke shoppe" his club of an .eve
ning. Many delightful talks we had about
literary London nnd about cabbages and
kings. I was privileged to read "Aliens,"
one of Mr. McFee's novels. In proof, while
he was correcting it. It was during that
time that the world war started, and we had
plenty to talk about. The "Kansas lawyer"
was still In New Orleans when I left there
recently to come to Chicago, nnd tho little
Englishman from Mexico was still sojourning
there when I left. I never laughed so much
ns over McFeo's graphic portrait of "Smith,"
which was not his name. Truly "those were
the days," nnd I remember them affection
ately. Sincerely yours.
STEPHEN H. ALISON.
Chicago, August 4.
Tipping vs. Thrift Stamps
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir It seems to the writer that the almost
universal habit of tipping, which Is In vogue
In restaurants, depots, barber shops, etc.,
should, in such strenuous wartimes as wo are
now experiencing, be abandoned, at least for
the present, and the money thus virtually
wasted be dlyered to some of the numerous
war funds f6r the boys over there, who are
risking thrlr lives and making many sacri
fices for those who remain at home, and this,
too, for a very, very small compensation.
The "man behind the gun" is, in my opin
ion, vastly more entitled to the sum that the
tips amount to than those of our civilians
who stand behind bars and barbers' chairs
or wait In restaurants and cafes, and who
are now, under protection of labor unions,
enjoying comfortable surroundings, etc, at
dictated wages, and to my mind not any
more entitled to tips than are conductors on
street cars or clerks In stores. Tho ordinary
man will spend In a weekabout fifty cents
(6ome even more) for this foolish habit of
tipping, and I trust tome of the readers of
this article will follow me In carrying out
my Idea of abolishing tips and buying thrift
stamps Instead. A. M.
Philadelphia, August 2.
Gabriel D. Fahrenheit died In 1736, but
his mercury keeps marching up the tube.
It is Inadvisable for even the most agile
to walk on Ms hands during this weather,
Tho pavement's too hot.
"Lenine." says a headline, "threatens
war on Japan," Is the rash Bolohevlk aware
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WEATHER :
TTlOUNTAINS that frisk, and sprinkle".
J- The moss they overspill;
Pools that the breezes crinkle;
Tho wheel beside the mill,
With Its wet, weedy frill;
Wind-shadows In the wheat;
A water-cart In the street;
The fringe of foam that girds
An Islet's ferneries;
A green sky's minor thirds
To live, I think of these.
Of ice and glass and tinkle.
Pellucid, silver-shrill.
Peaches without a wrinkle;
Cherries and snow nt will
From china bowls that fill
Tho senses with a sweet
Incurlousness of heat;
A melon's dripping sherds;
Cream-clotted strawberries;
Dusk dairies set with curds
To live, I think of these!
Vale-1ily and periwinkle;
Wet stone-crop on tho sill;
The look of leaves n-twlnkle
With windlets clear and still;
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The feel of a forest rill
That wimples fresh and fleet
About one's naked feet;
The muzzles of drinking herds;
Lush flags and bulrushes;
The chirp of tain-bound birds
To live, I think of these!
William Ernest Henley"4
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What has become of the old-fashlonedf
summer magazine, with Its three fiction
stories, an article on tho trusts and 248
pages advertising perforated underwear! i
Rochester Post Express.
What Do You Know?.
QUIZ
1, Who wi Mesmcr?
2, Where In Cntnp Hlierldan?
3. What wan tho CoIoa!. of !thoi.rt?
4. Who U Admiral IMnhanH Schtfrt t
6, What n the curfew bell?
0. ForhH 'FaMiin polio wan recently
tloneil. What In tho allufclonf
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10. Who Mhl. "Every man feeln lnatf.net If Hrl
that nil the beautiful sentiments In ihm
world welch lets than one lotely actlojtn
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mrirne. The legend U thai whateTerM
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