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THE IDEALIST

One day a merchant erected a newly tired
automobile wheel right inside the entrance
10 his store. He was enteTprsing; more
over he firmly believed in the conservation
of energy
But, more important than all, he knew
human nature one our OF every 70 persons
gave the wheel fresh spin. The merchant
Inquired on the wheel being kept in state
of motion all day.
Down in the basement Of the store a
washing machine demonstration was In
progress. It's purpose was TO show the
moved and moved all day For every turn
Of the automobile wheel upstairs supplied
power for the machine downstairs!
Some men make tremendous fortunes
simply because they bank on human nature
steering along certain fixed and prescribed
lines. They foTesee the movement they
psk ana they know that the change In
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Mad ANTHONY"

ANTHONY COMSTOCk has made another
~ blunder. Smiling round Broadway, in
stead of keeping to his excellent and useful
work curb on deliberate, printed smut
of various kinds, he has come a cropper over
THE Beautiful Adventure"-and Mr.. Charles
Frohman. AS to the play, it is enough to
know that District Attorney Whitman has
turned down Comstock's charges with the
remark among others, that the lines re-
ferred to portray a phase of romantic love
of a nature SO delicate and intimate as to
preclude either expression or portrayal Of
vulgarity. The play is neither indecent,
immoral nor improper All OF which Broad
way audiences had learned for themselves
long ago.
1t is significant and surely a most well
come promise for the abatement of the Com
stock evil. that Mr.. Frohman-wrathy al an
accusation never before eveled at him or
his plays-has sued st. Anthony for sander.
The effect should be salutary and lasting
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Poland Should Be Free

~ ALL the claims made by the subject
" peoples of Europe in the present conflict.
that of the land Of Chopin. S!enklewlcz and
Psehibishevsky deserves particular attention.
Poland, torn apart by tho stress and tur-
moil of Europe occupies The most tragic
position in the struggle, Her sons are scat
tered under the banners Of three armies.
Russia's treatment Of the Poles is COM
parable in cruelty and despotsm only 70 that
of Germany. Austria alone deserves credit
and admiration for her merciful attitude.
people cultured talented and occupying a
place of honor in the field OF art, science ana
literature, the Poles have borne both the yoke
OF classification and the despotjsm of Ger
manization. The Cars promise Of autonomy
10 the Poles, like his promise 10 the Jews. is
but delusion and snare. Yet the people
OF Poland, 20o00,0oo souls in ALL should he
reunited The republic Of Poland should
grace the map Of Europe. Poland should be
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The Dumdum Dementia

NNE of the outstanding evils of the Euro
" pean conflict is the irrational vicious at
titude that the great States of France, Eng
land and Germany have assumed in their
wordy wars over so-callod atrocities. They
have turned what should be carefully rea-
soned, temperate pleas for humanity into
mere partisanship. Accusations of cruelty
the official use of the dumdum bullet-have
been made by both sides with no other ap-
parent motive than the discrediting Of the
enemy Serious. conscientious consideration
would have shown the utter futility OF it all
No reputable evidence has yet been shown
of the use of the dumdum bullet by any
nation now at war. There have been wounds,
grievous wounds, unusual wounds But lag
gard investigation, on top of fierce aCcusa-
tions. has shown that not only will the new
"spitz" bullet, of conical shape. make such
wounds, but that the thin, steel jacketed
missile, hitherto thought almost painless,
will produce a terrible abrasion at short
range. That. and nothing else, accounts for
the dumdum dementia. Meanwhile truth Is
forgotten and nations further embittered
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Feed America First.



Almost any little boy girl can understand
why we might have to pay more for some
things which are imported into this country
from war districts That is matter over which
We have no control. We have to pay what IS
asked or go without.
But can any little boy or girl tell why we
should pay more for things which are exported?
Alas and alack. the old-fashoned excuse that
they who own the stun are anxious to be richer
no longer suftices. We trying to get away
from the idea that are a nation of cannibals
feeding on each other And there Is such a
simple way to fix it, possibly a number OF
simple ways. National governments are granted
the control over their exports and imports. How
easy 1t would he 10 pass law saying that
goods should be exported long the price
here at home Is higher than before the war
rumors began How would that be?
We have always rather liked the slogan. See
America First" Isn't Feed America First"
quite as euphonious and much more Important
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Applv the Dynamics of Reality

WHATEVER the United States Commits
w sion on Industrial Relations intends
to recommend to the Government as a
remedy for social unrest, it would be
distinct service to society If it would
address at least one of its recommended
tions to the country at large. 1t is a rec
ommendation which cannot be put into law
books or legislative records. There is but
place where its realization can abide,
in the mind and the heart Of every man Wit
feels that he is a component part of a grea,
social whole, and that if society eve
arrive at what early philosopher.
termed "the best possible system Of social
legislation it will have to seek inspiration in
what some people call a social religon-that
is. Christianity applied to the problems OF
the day and made virile with the dynamics
NJ raalitv
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Conservation of Living Resources

SAFETY first, last and all the time is the
~ slogan that civilization in America has
adopted after a series of accidents and trage
dies which attracted public attention to the
value of prevention. Medical practice for
many years has concerned itself less with
the cure than with avoiding the necessity
of g cure. In government the voters are be-
ginning to realize that radical experimental
tion must stand the test of safety before 1t
is indorsed The CompleXity of our indus
trial life, the multtudinous endeavors of
humanity in this modern age the daily in
PRODUCTION of new machinery, Of new modes
OF conveyance, etc, render it imperative
that extraordinary care be exercised in the
conservation of the greatest of our resources,
namely the population, In safety first"
there is social uplift and social progress AS
a mere matter of economics the campaign
iustifies itself.
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IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Recognition.

Instead of the usual notice to staff" the
city editor has caused to be pldcdrded IN the
ne,CS room "notice to gentlemen of the
STAFF"
Ye district, street and rewrite men who
yearn for the days of old,
When the saucy scribe with his diatribe was
a bit of a common scold:
Ha' done wi score for the newer game and
your fodder of pork and beans,
Hereafter ye are gentlemen who batter the
type machines.
Hereafter ye are iournalists-what though
ye long in vain
For flowing tie and a hunk of pie and the
price of q dainty cane;
What though ye dream of the olden way
and the one-time mighty pen,
Give ear to the City Edtor-he calls We
gentlemen.
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the fundamentals of the mob spirit from dsv
to day is quite imperceptlble. -
We can take lesson from these leaders
even If we do not aspire to wealth MANI
of us harbor an indescribabie aversion ~
meeting new people, mixing with folks who
are likely to be quite strange and foreign
in their ideas and activities. Sometimes
we think they know so much less than orr
selves that they are quite apt to prove I'm
interestingly dull.
The minute you begin to mix with tho
mob high, medium and low then Won begin
to know human nature Continue to keen
your acquaintanceships within limited
circle on the strength of their social stand
ing, education or possessions and YOU will
never know It.
Doubtless, the merchant with the automo.
bile wheel had mixed with the mob him
self, for certainly he knew its habits. And
knowing its habits is knowing human nature
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VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir-The story of the death of the former
Duma representative, Dszheparidze, which an
peared in your paper today, prompts me to ga V
a few words about the Cars manifesto to his
dear Jews" | was in Kishineff on that fateful
day of April 1903, which has gone down into
history ass the day of the Kishineff massacre
on that day, the holy day of Easter some 90
Jews were killed, several hundred wounded and
their homes destroyed by the gangs of hood
lums. who, with orders from above" and with
the active aid and encouragement of the polica
and soldiery, exacted horrible revenge upon
the people whose ancestors, they contended
were responsible for the cruciixion of the Car
penter Of Nazareth. 1t is not necessary for ma
to narrate the story of that massacre and the
series of others that followed. They are too
well known and still live in the Mortified imag-
ination of the civilized world. The Beiliss trial
too, is still alive in the mind of the newspaper
reading public
only want to emphasize the fact that tho
Cars promise Is but delusion and a snare
He can no more grant respite from the indig-
mites and persecution suffered by his Jewish
subjects than the protest of an individual can
stop the slaughter on the Continent of Europe
The Car never has acted and never can act
upon his own initiative. He Is surrounded and
ruled entirely by clique of bureaucrats, who
are the real rulers of Russia. There is but one
hope for the Jews of Russia and the people of
Russia in general, and this is that history will
repeat itself; that the present war. like the
Russo Japanese War; will be followed by an
other revolution in Russia which will wipe off
forever from the face of the earth the most
hated and most criminal dynasty of the
Romanoffs, and that the victory of democracy
in Europe will have its effect upon Russia in
firing that great empire with the true spirit of
will the Jews and the people Of Russia breathe
a sigh of relief from the thraldom of ten cen-
turies. JOSEPH SHAPLEN.
Philadelphia, September "a, 1914.
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WHERE DOES THE FUNGUS GROW?

To the Editor Of the Euenng Ledger:
Sir-May congra tulate you upon the engross-
ing conveyed through the columns OF
your paper, both in the news and editorial
columns? Very interesting recent edi-
torial telling of the discovery of Intoxicating
mushroom and it's description by Doctor Verrall,
of Yale. An Intoxicating mushroom must surely
prove popular delicacy, especially it, the
discoverers assert, it has bad after effects.
| have been interested-purely from scien-
tifc standpoint, l you-n the use of
alcoholic stimulants from ancient to our times.
"The Banquet" of Plato is chiefly fascinating
in that it gives a vivid picture of the bibulous
habits of philosophers Socrates is described
passing his cup until morning Jack London
and VIII Lexington Comfort are the most recent
confessors along this line. 1t indeed seems all
the struggles against the redoubtable John have
been in vain. AS you say, perhaps the reign OF
BaCchus may be over But can you tell mo
where the delectable inebriating fungus can 10
secured? R. d.
philadelnhia Sentennher %
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

In spite Of the high prices reported elsewhere
pork Is at a discount in Washington just now
New York World.
1t is unlikely that any news derived from
German sources would change the current ot
opinion in the United States as 10 RESPONSE
bity for the present war.-New York Times
Speaking Of governmental economy, this
would he a good time also to shut off the abuses
Of the franking privileges and to reduce the eA-
pense of the Congressional Record by cutting
out the unspOken speeches.-Pittsburgh DIS
patch
The President has the emphatic support OF
the country in his vigorous protest against
fake" peace stories which have been sent out
from the National Capital. They could De
nothing less than seriously mischeyous to me
cause of peace and, moreover, must put inc
United states In false and ridiculous POSITION
Brooklyn standard Union.
There is need for the prompt opening OF inc
Federal Reserve Bank system There Is neea
for system of finance in the United states
that will stabilize and locaize the financial al
fairs Of the lfnon-one that will be national IN
its character and free from Illicit control IN
the slightest degree by the bankers, hnanciers'
and promoters Of Europe, or of our own couh-
try.-Cincinnuti Enquirer.
The President Is to be recommended for ms
refusal to change his Mexican policy as result
of the reported quarrel between carranza anu
Villa So far as the United states is copeeTheI
these men represent the same idea. IL . w
principle Of self-rule. II they must night 10
order 10 settle the personal issue, the tact 70
10 be regretted, but the Uringple remains 1h'
ssme.-New York World.
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CURIOSITY SHOP

Written on a hackmans slate in Keunebec,
Me, was the following Joe, send hacks
and wagons in time To carry the following
10 the Bar HarboT train. one wife. two
nurses, three servants, four children five
trunks, four valises, three grips, two bum
dies one Me"
About 1915 a strange sect made It's appear
auce in England, maintaining that the mil
leunium was at hand ana that the Saviour
would descend from Heaven and erect the
NTH universal kingdom. Its followers went
far 10 elect Jesus King Of London.
Cromwell dispersed them in 1853 but in 1861
occurred another uprising. which was sup
pressed with loss Of life. They conspired to
murder the Protector and usurp the Gov
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To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-ln an essay university and research
work, written by Hamilton Wright Mabie before
the slogan of Educated in America"
created by war conditions, the author has this
para graph:
Opportunities for advanced work in the
American universities ample that
study in foreign institutions, while not without
its advantages, is no longer a necessity and the
number of Americans in German universities
has greatly fallen off"
The whole essay is substantiation, by means
of concrete facts, of this assertion.
F. R. G.
Trenton I Sentenher 1914
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New Duties and Old Troubles.

DOCTOR CHALMERS sermon topic, The
- Expulsive Power Of a New Affection" ="
finds illustration in more than one instance.
Where is the trouble in Ireland? 1t has been
expelled by a new passion for the British
Empire. A new duty compels US to forget
an old grievance. The greater determines the
lesser Miss Christobel Pankhurst attracted
attention a few days since a fury" Today
she is training raw recruits for the firing line.
The suffragettes have lost their political
madness for the time, and rallying
around the colors of the empire, which, after
all, they love. Such is the eXpulsive power
Of a new Affection such the influence of a
new duty breaking through prejudice. ami
mostly and bitterness as the sun breaks
through the clouds. The big perils and possi-
bilities unite. the little issues divide one
way to overcome an old trouble is TO engage
in a new task. Then does man take up his
led and walk. This truth is amply Illus
trated in the experiences Of the everyday
life and especially in the European war.
The Turk has talked himself into a return
voyage.
The Democratic party in the United States
is Woodrow Wilson.
"Watchfu Watttng"-Grand Spectacular
Revival Of Last Seasons Tremendous sue
cess
Doctor Brumbaugh has been teaching
morality too long for any bosses to teach
him to forget it.
The "atrocity" howlers may learn some
day that human kindliness is about the same
under any helmet.
If the poet Vtllon had been a Virginian his
plant would have run, Where is the mint
Of yesteIycar?'
Wherever there is calamity there is the
strength Of Mr. Penrose He is at his best
in the community with the most men out
Of work
Italy can tread on Philadelphia S toes as
much as she wants 10 and she viii dnd them
10 be the best toes that her soldiers ever
wore.
That New Jersey iron and steel mauufac-
turer who went into bankruptcy ION account
Of war has probably not been dealing in the
styles Of those metals popular just now
abroad.
The President still insists that the Govern
ment should buy a merchant marine Of its
own. The war in Europe had nothing TO do
with this scheme except 10 give its sup
porters an excuse for bringing it forward.
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The Sure Struggle Inward

THE history Of all society is the history Of
i strife and struggle out Of the conflicts
of the ages has risen the modern structure
Of civilization All along the path Of history.
through sayagery, barbarism, feudalism and
our modern industrial state humanity has
made its way toward the realization Of an
ideal which in its sum total can be charac-
terized as social happiness. The attainment
OF this ideal may be far of as yet but as
sure as the earth reyolyes around the sun
does humanity march forward toward its
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Monarchists

ernment. They were known as the Fifth
Monarchists
The phrase "gossamer days was orig
mated in the legend that one Saturday even
ing maiden was spinning fine thread IN
the moonlight. The moonlight drew her
up into the sky and now she may be seen
spinning i'm the moon When "gossamer
days" set in, in the early autumn, the white
threads she spins may be seen floating
about in the air.
Jack Ketch, the English hangman, was
first mentioned i'm 1873. 1t was he who be-
headed Lord William Russell and later the
Duke of Monmouth. His successors have
been popularity known by his name
The quotation "He that runs may read" is
not from Habakkuk, who says, That he
may run who readeth it," but from William
Cowper, who wrote:
But truth on which depends our main con-
Cern,
That 'tis our shame and misery to learn,
Shines side by side of every path we tread
With such a lustre he that runs may read"
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Divorce in Kansas

From the Kansas city Times.
ono divorce proctor representing society and
a raft Of divorce lawyers making fees out NJ
that particular branch Of the administration
OF IIstice'
I~ it any wonder that our divorce business IS
in a very bad state OF health and hygiouce
Two or three or half dozen proctors attached
10 the divorce courts could handle all the busi-
ness Al far less cost 70 the clients" ana 10
society. The business would be- much reduced
In yoIume-uo one would be- interested in pro-
noting it, no coilusiye suits would dare be
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To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sr-I am glad YOU are devoting the editorial
columns of tho Evening Ledger to a campaign
against tho election of Pcnrose.
You know the saying. ut is the man behind
:he gun that counts" applied to war. 1t is
much more pertinent saying when applied to
peace and the development of a real prosperity.
The prosperity of a country cannot be meas
ured by k great material and financial de-
vclopment. 1t can only be measured really and
permanently by the character, development and
opportunity of the great mass of its people.
A. II. TOMLINSON.
SWarthmore Pa SeDtembcr l5 1914
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He Lived in Boston.

There was a young fellow named Murray.
Who knew not the meaning of hurry;
And when he was Chided
He laughed and derided
His friends and declared
Really, if ! were addicted to the reprehen
sibe habit of using slang, ! should find it
incumbent upon me, at this particular juno
ture of circumstances, to enunciate the
lightly ironic current expression, Il should
worry
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A NON.PARTISAN VIEWPOINT

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Knowing the powerful influence the
LEDGER wields in Pennsylvania, l write to you
in all sincerity and ask whether you do not
think that this influence should be directed
against the reelection of Senator Penrose. l
do not write from partisan standpoint, haF-
ing only i'm view the welfare of my state
Won't you give this your consideration?
SAMUEL KUNKEL.
Harrisburg, Pa. September l5 1911.
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Killing OF the Race

From the Christinn Herald. 49,
From the Christian till the present time
as statists and historians tell us, there haVe
been less than 24O warless years. Up to tho
middle OF the 18th century 1t roughly com
puted that nearly 7,OOOO0O00O men had died IN
battle since the beginning of recorded history.
a number equal to almost five times the preseM
estimated population OF the globe.
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DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

MORE serious attention to markets has
1Nl been given lately than at any time since
1859, when the city had time for little else
But the occasion which drew attention to the
erection of market houses all over the city
so and more years ago had nothing to 90
with reducing the cost of living.
We are now beset with that problem IN
addition to the one of convenience, which
was all that seemed to call for consideration
in 1852 The establishment of a farmers mar
ket at seth and Market streets, where farm
ers from the surrounding country, and as
far away as Lehigh and Northampton Coun-
ties, may bring their products to Philadei-
phia, promises to be a very interesting eX-
pertinent.
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Not a Bit Heroic

why don't you that your daughters
learn to cooke"
why should I? They wouldn't cook for
me. Let their husbands supply the material
for them to practice on."-Louisville Courier
Journal
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garden"
M right" said Mr., Nurich. And we'll
pIunt some spagkctti io-kansas CITY journal.
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FINALLY, in 1859 Councils agreed to the
i removal Of the sheds from Market street,
and then the market houses began to assume
importance. The Eastern Market was erected
on the site of the Bourse. The Franklin
Market erected the building now used by the
Mercantile Library. Indeed, this building
was never occupied as a market, and the
statue of Franklin, which was cut by Bailly
and adorned the platform over the entrance,
was later erected the PUBLIC LEDGER
Building. At Twelfth and Market streets
two market houses were built, the Twelfth
Street Market and the Farmers Market.
These have been superseded by the Terminal
Market. Above Sixteenth street on Market
another market house went up, and still an
other at Nineteenth street.
But they were put up in so many quarters
that the housewives soon appreciated their
convenience and the old, ungainy sheds
were never missed. GRANVILLE.
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SYNONYMOUS

Tommy Figgjam-Paw, doesn't reverse"
mean to back?
Paw Figriam-SureN.
Tommy Figgjam-Then what did Uncle
Bill mean when he said that he busted up
in business because he had too many re-
verses and not enough backing
Post.