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END THE SKir-STOrS
"tORONER KNIGHT'S suggestion for
-' the cancellation of the skip-stop rule
on trolley lines Is Justifiable and timely.
Accidents under the prevailing practice
ore inevitable. Twenty-first street is a
congested artery of motor traffic, set many
of the east and west-bound trolleys cross
it at high speed because It is one of the
stops now skipped. Mr. Knight has found
,ln the course of his official routine that
the, danger Is greater even than was first
.anticipated.
The trend of opinion nowadays demands
improvement in trojiey service and a
greater convenience for those who use
street cars rather than the sort of re
stricted service which the skip-stop repre
sents in many localities.
The sole remaining Go, eminent com
muniques are issued from the Weather Bu
reau. Unlike the battle reports, howcer, it
is often Impossible to confirm them.
FREE SPEECH
1HE present relation of the United Slates
to Europe unquejtionab'y represents
the noblest aspiration that ever moved a
peoplfe and the most splendid effort ever
Bigftle by just men to establish justice
.everywhere. Our course in this war has
been imaginative and unselfish and unique.
We have attempted to serve all oppressed
peoples equally, and we have not hesi
tated to suffer and spend am" die endlessly
at the task. The principles we hold may
be too big for comprehension by little
.minds too new and too vast. And to we
have the extraordinary spectacle of a So
cialist meeting in Philadelphia wildly cheer.
ingBolshevlsm.
,.y The name of Lenlne the hater, the neu
rotic, the breeder of class passions and
preacher of class selfishness was wildly
acclaimed.
President Wilson's name was re Lived
with "mild afrplause."
There are times when free speech seems
a questionable luxury. Brt free speech
justifies itself invariably. It often reveals
Jar more than It is intended to reveal. In
'this instance it served to show that, the
'men who like to call themselves radicals
often have no more Imagination, no more
charity, no more vision and no more of a
desire to be fair and decent than he crew
of plunderers that is now being kicked out
of Europe. It is never quite plain whether
they hate the enemy or envy him.
With the chance of a full-fledged base
ball season next summer now suddenly be-
,i come bright, the association of allies stands
i $ , a, chance of being considered only a minor
y&i1atte aer
LIGHTENING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN
IT1HE immediate financial effect of the
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K'-'- ; armistice is to reduce by six billion
dollars the amount of money which Sec
retary MoAdoo thinks the. .nation will need
io raise this year. His suggestion to Con
gress that it reduce by two billion dollars
the amount to be raised by taxation is in
.enrrllLncA with the nlan with which ha
&,? 'started the fiscal year. That was that one-
3' thtrrt of thft mnnw nppripd hft rnlqprt hv
tax and two-thirds by loan.
There naturally follows the conclusion
i that instead of being asked to lend the
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, lend only eight billion.
,. . The six billion dollars thus released will
now remain invested in the constructiva
trorkof peaceful industry instead of in tha
E; .;: ;:,art of destruction.
The Russian Bolshevik! seem relatively
- well off for food. Are we to assume that
they are eating the capitalists?
JVV ; ihl rune wl ratu
3ff -,W7IIBN the Clv" War cam8 10 an end ''
RSifW'J'' ' T ma A aVAIll 1 YSffttfaA Viir Kn Vi nnln
l !- that nrt such terrible toll of Amerlrain llfn
Ma .would ever be exacted in future conflicts.
j3;up io uiti prebeni mat passionately
tleitpressed desire has been fulfilled. Our
Sjyjaerlflces in the wurld fray in killed,
"', kts(i4ivj4 tileiilnD fin4 nrlennoro o n not)
v ,Mrted at 100,000.
ff a VT Without minimizing in the least the
& ,Ssprraous and energetic contribution of the.
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yffnf wnicn me men wno mea nave given,
.KJwiay be, said with the most reverent
11 '"C,5 yrUtude that this country escaped the full
," ifDe of the most monstrous blow ever
- launched at clvillratlon. We were splr-
i 'JiwaUy ready for, any sacrifice. Tho appall-
r, . tragic tribute paid 'by our allies on
fm altar of freedom would have been
IJWjlnsd forth in similar measure by us
&, had it been necessary.
punting both sides, our Civil war losses
astteunted to 1,000,000 men, A great price
terVltberty was -paid between the years
BL jjpt'-ifc. That a proportionate repayment
ov again aemanaea must sur iaitn
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REPUBLICAN OPPdRTUNlTY
The Leader of Cougress Must Be'.Men Vfiia
Know the Direction in Which the
Nation Wishes to He Led
WASHINGTON correspondents aro
sending out lists of possible candi
dates for the Speakership of the House
in the next Congress. Among those
mentioned are Mann, of Illinois, if ho is
well enough to take the' office; Gillett,
of Massachusetts; Longworth and Fess,
of Ohio; Fordney, of Michigan; Camp
bell, of Kansas; Moore, of this State;
Towner, of Iowa, and Madden, of Illi
nois, if Mann declines to enter the race.
It is not our purpose at this time to
discuss the qualifications of any of these
gontlemen. It is enough to say that
come of them are better than others.
What we do desire to do is to call upon
the country to express itself on the char
acter of the leadership in the House of
Representatives of the Sixty-sixth Con
gress. If the nation is to be served as
it should be served every man out of
sympathy with the progressive spirit of
the times must be deprived, so far as
possible, of the power to interfere with
the passage of legislation fitted to meet
the new conditions which nre upon us.
This does not mean that the old lead
ers should necessarily be forced to the
rear, but only that unless they have
learned their lesson they should give way
to men in fuller sympathy with modern
America.
The Republican party was defeated in
1912 because the men in control had
failed to read the signs of the times.
Much has happened since then; but every
event has served to prove with cumula
tive effect that the men who led the
party to defeat then were fatally wrong.
The war has developed new issues and
it has forced the reshaping of the old
issues in new form. The nation has
decided, after an experience with Demo
cratic leadership in Congress, that it
prefers to trust itself to the Republicans
for the next two years. It has nssumed
that they have profited by the lessons of
adversity and that they will do now the
things which they ought to have done
years ago.
The first test of the party will come jn
the election of a Speaker. That officer
does not now exercise the power which
he did in the days when Cannon wielded
the gavel, but he is still a potent agent
of the majority. Tho broadest-minded
man in the House should be. selected for
the post. He must be a man in sympa
thy with the aspirations of all social
groups, and not merely a representative
of class interests. He must think na
tionally and not sectionally. He must
be as willing to serve the lnboring man
as the big manufacturer. He must con
sider the interests of the consumer as
well as of the producer. He must have
a comprehensive vision of the part which
America must play, whether it will or
not, in reshaping the world, now that
war has put old customs and old insti
tutions in solution ready to be remade
in accordance with the spirit of democ
racy and human brotherhood. He must
be an American first, believing in the
part which nations must play in the
world, and whatever of the spirit of
internationalism he may harbor in his
thinking must be subordinated to nation
alism. Every American is wiser and humbler
than he was four years ago. So we are
confident that the Republican congres
sional leaders are also humbler as well
as wiser. If we do not mistake their
purposes, they will attempt so to organ
ize the House as to make its Speaker
and committee chairmen representative
of the new spirit of America. They will
be responsive to the demand for such
social legislation as is within their con
stitutional power. They will pass tariff
laws intended to develop every industry
in the country that can be benefited by
them. And their internal tax laws will
treat all classes with justice, without
any provisions intended to punish big
business enterprises for the crime of big
ness. They will deal with the question
of Government ownership of the rail
roads and the telegraph and telephone
lines on its merits and not for the pur
pore of destroying great corporations.
And they will deal with the rehabilita
tion of the merchant marine with sound
business sense enlightened by the events
of the recent past.
In view of the multiplicity and magni
tude, of the questions with which the
Sixty-sixth Congress must deal, the self
seekers looking for notoriety are ex
pected to keep themselves in the back
ground and to refrain from making diffi
cult the task of selecting the leaders
fiom among those with the minds of
statesmen inflamed with a burning desire
to serve their country and, through it,
the world.
It is not a time for factionalism or
narrow partisanship. Nor is it a time
when there should be any toleration for
the old practice of promoting men to
high posts merely because they have
served in the House a few more years
than some abler men.
The first qualification for leadership is
the ability to discern the direction in
which the nation wishes to be led. There
are men with this qualification in the
new House. Unless we are to fail mis
erably they must be forced into posi
tions of authority where they can lead.
There eeems to be some doubt as to
whether the Germans are really well red.
BRUMBAUGH A WAR HISTORIAN?
fTIHERE is a disquieting color of veracity
- in the report from Harrisburg that
the Legislature will, so to speak, endow
Governor Brumbaugh after the expiration
of hi term and name him war historian
of Pennsylvania. Friends of the Governor
appear to be fascinated by this idea. A
considerable part of the State's emergency
war fund is still unexpended. The Legis
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lature will probably be urg-d in January
to apply it, td the upkeep otIr. Brum
baugh In the rolo of scholar end chroni
cler ,of our achievements in the work of
war. Some one has suggested that such a
history as is proposed should bo in ten
volumes.
It Is a pleasant habit of this State lo
look after Its ex-Governors. But history
writing is serious work. It Is difficult to
avoid the conviction that the work of
Pennsylvania and rennsylvanlans In .the
war Is such as to Justify the best record
that the art of letters can provide. Mr.
Brumbaugh Isn't distinguished as a wrltfcr.
There must bo a-college somewhere that
would provide a better field for him.
The country might expect borne spec
tacular reaction If all unfortunate poli
ticians are to be occupied In the work of
war memorials. If Governor Brumbaugh
is to write a war history of Pennsylvania
there Is no reason why Senator J. Ham
Lewis shouldn't be appointed by the State
of Illinois to design a series of war monu
ments. Similarly, tho State of Massachu
sets might appoint Senator Weeks to paint
n new set of mural decorations for the
Capitol.
At least there Is no lack of food for
thought in hungry Germany.
DEMOCRACY AND THE NETHERLANDS
rpiIE Netherlands as the refugo of a
J- despot presents an unconvincing spec
tacle. That the Dutch themselves have
been quick to realize the Inconsistency of
the scene Is fast becoming manliest In
tho rising tide of uneasiness over the ex
Kalscr's residence' In the stanch little land
and In the extremely frank expressions of
antl-monarchlcal sentiments.
Peter Troelstra, one of the Socialist lead
ers of Europe, is pointedly outspoken. The
possibility of a queenless Hague is dis
cussed It Is supported there by one of
the noblest of historical bases.
For more than two centuries the flame
of democracy was kept alive In the Netherlands-
-a gleaming challenge in an era of
despotism. The Dutch republic, fought in
turn the sinister nbsolutlsm of Philip of
Spain, the dissolute aristocracy of Charles
II of Britain and the grandiloquent
tyranny of Louis XIV of France. It
assisted In freeing England from the
Stuarts. It was the first of all nations to
sa'lute the American flag, a standard derlv -Ing
Its hues directly from the freedom
loving Dutch.
When republicanism had appeared tra
duced by the Napoleonic Infatuation, a
kingdom was for the first time organized
in the gallant lowlands, following the Con
gress of Vienna In 1815. Memories of the
old glorious past were preserved In the ele
vation of the line of the Grunge Stadt
holders to the throne. Kingship, however,
thrived chiefly on sentiment.
Dauntless William of Orange "was the
guiding star of a brave people, and when
he died thf little children cried in tho
streets." Queen Wilhelmina, who has ruled
with liberalism and discretion, has been
honored as the descendant of the Wash
ington o the Lowlands. Fol more than
a hundred years the nation has furnished
the paradox of a monarchy whose sources
have been affectionately traced to a heroic
republic.
Any governmental transition there now
would be in strict conformity witli logic
and tradition.
Some of the noldlers
votes obtained by
Pennsylvania ballot
When War
Win Ileafn
commissioners detailed
to the various camps by Gosernor Brum
baugh cost the State almost $100 each. The
money was Bpent for "expenses" by the vari
ous commissioners. Obviously we must have
a few men in Pennsylvania who had reason
to feel that every war cloud has a silver
lining.
What more delightful
One With tht scene of misery can
Crown Prince Added be imagined than that
of Mr. Hohcnzollern
pacing a chilly railway platform and trying
to light a German cigarette with a Swedish
match?
Seven days of uni
versal peace and still
not the faintest hint
Irreconcilable)
of the Millennium
of the slightest pros
pect of a Princeton-Pennsylvania football
game. There are some things not een the
most glgantk- of all wars can fettle.
Consideration of what
A Boj-al Four-Flush America owes John J.
Pershing and the Huns
owe the Kaiser suggests that Germany made
the mistake of not drawing a ."Jack" instead
of a "King" m her war game.
If Governor Brum
Not He! baugli would promise
to tell all he knows
about Pennsylvania politics we might be
willing to accept him as State historian at
any salary he might name.
Cabbages and kings are about equally
scarce in cfertain European countries.
The ex-Crown Prince, scurrying to cover,
seems to have symbolized the "Him of
Haste."
Even yet tho ex-Kaiser's trip to the
Netherlands Is incomplete, but the prospects
are stll bright, not to say ruddy.
The German request for Hoover's serv
ices proves again that crow was never a
nourishing diet.
Now that airplanes are .actually carry
ing letters on a regular schedule, It will be
proper to talk of love notes as hot-air mail.
Having failed with the sword, Germany
now takes Richelieu's tip and tries out the
pen. Up to date she holds the note-writing
championship.
Hog Island's Qulstconck, which sur
passed her speed requirements on her ex
perimental trip, has been truly "tried and not
found vaunting.
It Is safe to forecast that. Peter Troel
stra is not the man to plug any cracks in
the Dutch royalty dike.
Line, by the lorn
It Is Vik, Vlk Vlk,
You cruihln' Russian bombshell, Bolshevik I
Though my armies worked id aid you,
It can now be sadly said, you
Have the bulge on banished Wiihelm, Bol
shevik
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CHOWDtiR-1
SOME of our lawless contributors"1 are
threatening to raise the red flag and
appoint a committee of workmen and poots
to run this column uhless we treat tlnilr
ejaculations with more respect. Rather
thun Incur any assassinations we will give
the poets the best of our space today.
The Organ Man
Tho organ man Is playing
Tho tunes we used to dance: '
"O Boy" and "Tipperary,"
And Is It Just by, chance
He plays the fox trot and the waltz
Till all the children, too,
Catch up their feet nnd whirl and turn
Just as wis used to do?
There's "I'nderneath the Stars,"' perhaps,
Among the things ho plays,
"Poor Butterfly" or VEgJ'pt,"
And now tho "Marseillaise." ,
He plays those tunes so very loud
The ones wo used to dance
So happily those months ago
Before you went to France.
BEATRICE WASHBURN.
Midnight Lunch
What is so delightful' as
An all-night lunch room at midnight?
The shining porcelain counter.
The bright-nickeled tanks of coffee,
With their glass gauges showing the clear
brown liquid,
The pics and puddings keeping hot In tho
steam-chest,
Mince pie, apple, raisin, cocoanut, lemon,
pumpkin
And the. fried egg sandwiches and frank
furters And tho little pots of baked beans
And the corn cakes coming up hot from
the kitchen
With their minute silver-plated Jugs of
syrup!
I admire the waiter In a white coat:
And the waitress In a white shirtwaist:
They bustle about on their-feet
From 5 p. m. until 1 a. m.
But they are never too tired to do their Job
Promptly and humorously
And they please the newspaper men
By asking to see the bulldog edition of the
morning paper
When it comes off the press just after mid
night. 1 admire also the little brass speaking tube
that talks
Down to the kitchen
And I can never help thinking what fun
it would be
To pour a beaker of hot coffee down it
While the chef was listening
At the other end. DOVE DULCET.
Lads of the Khaki Returning
(To the mrmorv of Lieutenant Robert C. West
man, kitted in action. August 10, si.)
You tell me the war is now over,
That Hunland has crumbled down,
And peace In triumphant advances
Has won through each flaming town
I greet you, rejoicer, with gladness,
Yet mine Is the harder fate,
For peace with her banners and bugles
Has come to me too late,
In a grave on the Lorraine sector
Where I cannot know even the place.
Lies quiet a torn young body,
My lad of the shining face.
He rose In the hour of our anguish
With his eyes on the ultimate star;
Now never again may 1 greet him,
He has wandered so far.
O honor and beauty and splendor
Of manhood as clean as the wind,
O hands tha were hearty to welcome,
O Roland whose trumpet was thinned,
Who blew in the beleaguered passes
Tho horn of our desperate chance,
Whose faith and whose body were" white as
The lilies of France!
The lads of the khaki returning
March down the long lanes of the flag
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And some of their coat sleeves are empty,
And some are on crutches that drag:
They are back to the home cf tholr father fl
TViov hnvp KlnrmpH tho mh nllnna r.i
Hate,
Yet one face of gay laughter Is absent
Peace, you are late, you are late!
PVT. WILLARD WATTLES,
A Portrait
Light as the angel shapes that bless
An Infant's dream, yet not the less
Rich in all woman's loveliness.
With eyes so pure that from their ray
Dark vice would turn abashed away,
Blinded like serpents when they gaze
Upon the emerald's virgin blaze.
Yet filled with all youth's sweet desires
Mingling the meelt and vestal Arcs
Of -other worlds, with all the bliss.
The fond weak tenderness, of this.
A soul too, more than half divine
Where through some shades of earthly
feeling
Religion's softened glories shine
Like light through summer foliage steal
ing, Shedding a glow of such mild hue,
So warm, and yet so shadowy, too,
As makes the very darkness there
More beautiful than light elsewhere,
MEREDITH JANVIER.
Dr. Edward Muybrldge, of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Invented the movies
when he began to study and photograph
the motions of walking, trotting and run
ning horses, thirty years ago.
If tie found the gait of horses curious'
and worth study, we wonder what he
would have thought of the gait of Charley
Chaplin?
It is amusing to recall that the first
movie theatre, erected by Docto. Muy
brldge in Chicago in 1893, was called a
Zoopraxographtcal Hall.
Economic Pronouncements
We believe that the seriousness of after-the-war
economic problems has been greatly
exaggerated, ft is our conviction that the
onlypeople out of a Job will be the un
employed. Tsking the Joy Out of Life
What does the legal profession think of
these crape-hangers who keep on telling
us that Marshal Fqch doesn't look like a
soldier at all, but more like a lawyer? If
the war hadn't come to a triumphant con
clusion we would say that these reports
were intended to undermine our morale.
SOCRATES.
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THE READER'S
Where Did McKinley Review the Parade?
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir May I correct a statement In your
Issue of November 13, made by Hon. ,J.
Hampton Moore concerning .the Peace Jubilee
of 1888?
President McKinley did not review the mili
tary parade from the Mayor's office, nortn
side of City Hall, but from tho official stand
In the beautiful Court of Honor which was
designed by Joseph M. Huston, tho architect.
Referring to the photograph made of that
Btand by William H. Rau, I see President Mc
Kinley, Mayor. Warwick, General Alger, Gen
eral Shafter, Charles' Emory Smith, Henry
Clay, James H. Eckersley, Joseph M. Huston,
Secretary Porter, and in tha foreground
Frank Thomson, president of , the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, and James W. Nagle and
Director Frank Rlter. HISTORICUS
Philadelphia, November 16.
Liberty Da
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Today conceiving the idea that It
would be a fitting thing to commemorate the
great defeat of Kalserlsm by making Novem
!,. 11 n Mmanpni ipral hnlldav. 1 snatched a
Xcouple of spare moments to hastily pen you
note In the matter.
Tonight I got a glimpse of a leading article
the Evening Public ledoeii relative io
omethlng of the kind, showing that you
ere already "on the Job," which I was giaa
to note.
Whether or not the encet bears results, it
Is quite certain, In view of Monday's
spontaneous outburst, that there will always
h"'manv who will on their individual ac-
count, at least, celebrate the 11th of Novem
ber, as many do Easter Monaay, rorjinsiance,
without any legal warrant.
This sentiment will doubtless find expres
sion in Europe also,' particularly In those
countries that have suffered most ; even Ger
many, for the Germans, too, have much to
be thankful for in tha overthrow of Kalser
lsm. "
In this country, coming so close to our es
tablished Thanksgiving, it may become ex
pedient to combine' the two in one grand day
of Thanksgiving.
As It will probably be at least springtime
before a, peace conference would complete Its
work, your suggestion of a peace jubilee at
that time would also prove a fitting celebra
tion of that event.
All patriotic citizens will most assuredly be
with you In this -work. C L. .MANNING.
Philadelphia. November 13.
Justice for the Hun
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Lest we forget just retribution to
the forever hateful, hated, hellish Hun, it is
only a fair question whether all of the down
trodden, military-oppressed German people
would not have taken American swag and
loot and put it In their pocket if they could
have gotten away' with It, just. aB they did
in Belgium and France.
If they would commit or have committed
murder and robbery, let them take what la
justly coming to them just retribution for
murder and rapine and robbery.
May no nice pretty lady or ladylike man
with maudlin sentimentality carry them
flowers as was wont to be done to Jall-blrda
at Moyamenslng.
Did the poor, down-trodden, military-oppressed
German people whom we are asked
to forget and forgive and to be merciful to
did they celebrate the sinking of the Luei
tanla, the foul deed of drowning helplesB
women and children, our own neighbors?
Did the very school children celebrate the
event? k
Was amedal struck In Its honor and glorl
Red in by the whole German people7
' Did any' one hear of any protests or dis
sent by any of the downtrodden, military op
pressed German people?
In 4he early war days did I dream It or
did i hear it from a foretime friend a German-American
upholding, the drtwnlng of
women and children on the Lurltanla, our
own fine citizens, as a military necessity of
the great German empire?
"Might, without honor, Is right" seems the
foul'creedi of all, of some few here and of
all of, .this generation there.
Did officers rfrder crucifying and unman
ning, or were .such foul deeds dene by .the
poor, -Ignorant,, -aowjurcouru,- imiu em-i..i..e.tiai.vi'v.nwnfoul'VolltlpaT
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VIEWPOINT
Who committed tho foulest crimes known
to humanity? Otllcerp only, or the poor down
trodden German soldier whom vc aro now
asked to pity? '
Perhaps the next German generation may
be different, but with this present cruel
German generation as they have shown them
selves tho American people want nothing
nothing but Justice for' wrongs done them
or theirs. '
I pray the peace coin-mission will remem
ber liquid fire and gas and the blind. Did"
you ever see the war picture of a handsome,
noble blinded youth wearing a basket'.'
In justice, I hope tho peace commission
will remember the thousands of blind young
men In the prime of life, their chiefest spe
cial sense, their sight, obliterated: and by
what means? By gas and liquid fire hell's
weapon which only Satan would have orig
inally used.
I do not rpeak of revenge, though Heaven
knows In that I might even then strike a
strong chord of American feeling. I write
only for justice.
The will of the American people Is for
justice, full and plenty, that the chlefest of
thoso foul German murderers be brought
before a tribunal of justice and their just
deserts meted out to them.
Nothing short of that will satisfy the
American people, with dead and maimed
and blinded. E..C. W.
Philadelphia, November 1C.
The Tale of Mons
IN ACCORDANCE with the principles of
both poetic and transcendental justice,
the tragic Belgian town of Mons was cap
tured by King George's warrlortJ, on the
last complete day of the world conflict.
The piteous, yet soul-stlrrlng, tale of
British valor has few parallels in war
annals. The retreat of Sir John Moore's
army at Corunna In the Peninsular cam
paign of the Napoleonic era foreshadows
the tale in little. But In that campaign
a very small expeditionary force was con
cerned. In the epic of August, 1914, the
flower of the entire British army was in
volved. By Hun computation this daunt
less body was in numbers petty, yet it, and
armies operating nearby, constituted at
that time the maximum of Britain's mill,
tary effectiveness. Von Kluck's hordes over
whelmed it.
The heroic stand of General Sir Horace
Emlth-Dorrlen. outranged and still out
ranges tributes. The chlvalric nobility of
this episode was so stupendous that a
flavor of tho mythical was soon associated
.with it. The-legend of the angels of Mons,
with its narration of the (visitation of the
three medieval bowmen, gleaming in gal
lant armor.to inspire the cause of justice,
soon became one of the persistent super
stitions of Jhe war. It matters not that
Arthur Ma'chen some months later con
fessed the fancy to be the product of his
imagination. ..Its spiritual significance
abided. !.r'.
Mons, a symbol both ot,fjirly incon
ceivable bravery in the face of inseparable
obstacles, became a byword in the .chroin
cle of 'England's honor. Tho feeling 'that
atonement for the sacrifices made there
was exigent beforethe wholelong grim "ad
venture of combat could, bo brought to a
close, doubtless (pulsattngly inspired the
troops which rushed'Mhe' capture' W the
place Just before Germany admitted in
writing the full extent of her, hideous
folly.
As the curtain fell onthe most terrible
struggle in history Mpns woo redeemed.
Canadians were the victors. The .children
.of old England have, been supremely worthy
of their- sire's. Among the "epic -notes of
tho war there are few that sound with more
of Homeric beauty than those of the tale.
of Moris with ita Ylyid nuances of both,"4
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pathos and triumph,
I THE SERGEANT I
WE 'AD a sergeant once, oh lor!
With a voice to wake the dead;
Twas a sbrt of a 'usky animal roar,
An" we couldn't tell what 'o said.
An' one day 'o was drilling us,
When in a sudden pause,
'.A dog barked,
An' we all formed fours. ,
'E swelled 'Is gills like a turkey-cock.
An' oh tho rippling word!
Wo felt like pfis'ners In a dock,
As wo stood at ease an' 'eard.
An' as 'e paused In slangln' us,
An' our sufferln' ears burned,
A 'orse neighed,
An' we all 'bout-turned.
With that 'e threw a foamln' fit
Upon the gravel 'ard;
'E squirmed an' writhed an' rolled an' bit,
An' cursed us by the yard.
An' when 'e (ailed In utterance,
An' shook 'Is nobbly fist,
A rook cawed,
An' we all dismissed.
E chased us with Ms swagger-stick,
An' 'is language was a dream!
'E formed us up in arf a tick
On the banks of a runnln' stream.
An' while 'e stood an' glared at us
(You could 'ave 'eard a pin), '
A duck quacked,
An' we all fell In. .
G. F. N in The Passing Show.
The Swiss are as richly entitled as Ger
many to boast that their fleet' Is unbeaten.
In both instances there were formidable rea-f
sons why the ships could not plow the ocean
waves.
Doctor Solf suggests that the task of. jrffl
feeding Germany be entrusted to "the tried & SA
Mr. Hoover." "Tried" Is exactly it, as they
who harassed him tho most in Belgium must
now be poignantly realizing.
v..
Are. the guns of a new wattjrloot canv,-!t'' l
paign ominously audible In the 145,000,000
plana for revising and extending the filtra
tion system?"
If the Germans aren't careful their big',
river will be rechrlstened as the Whine.
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
1. In what hullnliur In Versailles did the armi
stice) frniners meet?
2. After whom I. the Delaware River named?
3. Whr are Ihr- nrltera honored by election to
vn i-cnn .wajimmv innuin a a 'Bra'
Immortal."?
4. Who waa called ''The Mumarrk of China"?
5. How moor American Prenldenti-hato flrcle3'
tha slobe and who were therf
6. What Is the meanlnr of "On lea aural" used
a. a French army i.Ioran dorlnr tha war?
7. What U fharlea'M. K'lmah'a official io,nion
In the Emencener Fleet Corporation?.
S. What la the Oerman name for llatarla?
0. Whr Is I'armentler soap so railed.
10. lVh.1 Amerljun ceneral was '..known, m
"Flchtlne Joe"?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. I'eter Troelstra Is ona or tho leaders et the,
Soclallnt psrt.r n the' Netherlands. - --,
5. Arthur Henderson la one ot tho chiefs of the
' llrltlsh Labor nartr.
3. Queen Wilhelmina of the Ne'therlaiula I.' a
member of ibo house of Nassau-Oraase.
4. The White Ifouite wns.hm-neil. In, 1X14 'In th.
administration -or 1'ree Ident Madison, when
tho IlrltUh. under General Ro.s, capturea
Wa.hincten. , !
5. rbin l it forniii'i-n of trnons in perotlel
ttvl'ons. ear with Its front clear of that
In advance. -The word is; derWed from tha
French "echelle." meaning, ladder.
6. 'Th. Hreek rod PJnn was tho eoulraleat
of the Roman- Daccha.
7. The. Dlonet Saturn Ins elcht moons. -
I,' Deciduous trees nre (hose which shed their
leae. '
o, Bamboo Is the tallest of all crnaift.
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