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Stihed National Ideals

TNTERNATIONALIs is not denial OF
nationalism. on the contrary, it presup
poses the free and unretarded assertion of
national powers and qualities. The race
hatred fostered in Russia in German Poland,
in the Dual Monarchy, is merely the logical
result of the sitting OF national ideals and
aspirations by oppression and despotism.
There can never be peace in Europe, there
can never be an end to race hatred. until
every people, from the weakest to the strong
est, is given an opportunity TO assert its man.
hood and in the light of freedom lay its
contributions upon the altar of mankind.
There can be no Parliament of Man until
every nation learns the lesson Of democracy
and self-goverument in parliament of its
own. If out Of the holocaust in Europe there
shall arise redistribution of national ana
racial boundaries compatible with the aspira-
tons Of the peoples yearning for emancipa-
ton the price of the achievement will not
ha We been too dear.
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THE IDEALIST

Recently ! overheard an intensely inter-
esting conversation between a young man
who appeared to be in the middle twenties
and an older man, whom later found to he
an eminent business man of a large Eastern
city.
The younger man was plainly Respondent
and was freely unloading this spirit upon
his elder companion. His progress, he said
had been far behind the hopes and anticipa
tions Of early youth.
It was with sort of disgust at the young
mans rawlings that the merchant i'm a few
trite words laid down a simple campaign
for him to follow.
You say you've made no progress in the
last three years. Well. what is three yearsr
Do you know, young fellow, that if You bad
gone stepping upward each month oF
these three years your progress wouId
have developed into nothing but a nonot-
onous proCess2 For one thing you wouldn't
be as aggrieyed, or as spirited, about your
future as you are today. You've got the
advantage over a good many others OF your
age in that you really are excited about il.
when you go back to your desk this
afternoon 80 with the expectation OF finding
something 10 do that VIII mean the tirst step
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
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-Now that "Germanophobia" has soms-
what subsidized, should like to call the atten-
ton of your readers to two fields of human en-.
deavor in which Germany has set the worlds
pace. They are architecture and the theatre
In Germany alone has there been a distinct
contribution to the art of public building ia
the last quarter century. She has evolved
rare and beautiful new technique for the hand
ling of massed stone and tenuous steel work
German theatres, court, State and municipal
as we'll private ventures. have similarly
pushed the technique of scenic production years
ahead of the rest of the world That is why
Max Reinhardts name is a byword for the
beautiful and the unique in the theatre. Is a
nation that has perfected two such arts among
dozens more, barbarian? Are these arts to be
still further hampered In their spread abroad
by the victory of the Allies? Both are ques-
tions worth the attention of all Americans.
CARL BREMNER,
Philadelphia, September 25, 1914.
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Highest Expression of Penroseism

THE highest expression of Penroseism In
i Pennsylvania is the Organization, which
has been impeding and hampering the devel-
opment of the city for so long that it has
come to be accepted by citizens, who do not
realize what pack of cards it is, as Phila-
delphia institution. There is no apologist
for this machine except among Its beneficial
ries. Indeed. ordinary citizens elsewhere are
so satisfied with simple Americanism that
they would ridicule the idea Of substituting
for It in Washington the trickery and loot
which so often in Philadelphia have gone by
the name of government After an experience
with a mild form of Penrosesm in Wash
ington the nation repudiated 1t utterly. 1t
will not now take any part In a conspiracy
to revive the political system Penroseism
connotes. Pennsylvania can recover her
prestige and political influence or she can
cut herself off from her sister states by LASH
ing herself once more to a sinking and rotten
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The Point of View

The days are getting short and dark, and
winter time is near
The optimist is filled with glee and JOY and
goodly cheer;
He does not have to swat the fly nor NOV
the weedy lawn,
And he may sleep in peacefulness for
'skeeters now are gone.
But, ah the peevish pessimst Is quivering
with ire
He must arise at o'clock to fix the furnace
fire:
He has to shovel snow and At the doors with
weather strip,
And live in deadly terror of the little bugs
of grippe.
He hates the work he has to do, the cold he
does despise,
That thrills the optimistic whom it's merely
exercise.
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Philadelphia, September 25, 1914.
sALEsG1RL PLEADS FOR CONSIDERATION

TO The Editor Of The Evening Ledger:
Sir-I am salcslady in of the largest
department stores In this city, and, noticing
that you publish letters In your paper, would
like to draw your attention to certain matter.
l think that most salesgirls will agree with
me when / say that the thoughtless attitude
of women purchasers Is making life very hard
for us. These women treat us as IL we were
some piece of machinery, ordering to show
them article after article, when 1t Is quite
obvious that they have not the slightest inten-
ton of purchasing anything Combined with
this thoughtless attitude is a good deal of in
civility. Why cannot women be polite
and kindly toward working girls? A kindly or
appreciative word would greatly Tighten the
days ask, and would surely cost the woman
buyer but little.
a DJSHEARTENED SALESGIRL.
Philadelphia, September 25, 1914.
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Making Ready the Leaven

TINE cause may be war or bad business,
i but the colleges report record enrol
ments. The auditorium at the University
was crowded beyond its capacity during the
opening exercises. The State College was
compelled to refuse admission to more than
200 applicants. No country need despair
when its educational institutions are flourish
ing. They are the true foundations of pos
terity and prosperity. They make ready the
Ieaven. Industrial depression is always a
passing phase in the nations progress. but
the uplift from education is continuous and
without interruption.
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hammer to the new artist with the new
message. AS sn English critic has written
In music in literature, in the conduct Of
life, fathers used to build the tombs OF
the prophets whom their fathers had stoned.
Now, even II stone Is picked up, II drops
from the half-hearted fingers OF the critic,
who does not know whether in few days
he will not have become disciple.
Too hasty, too violent criticism has turned
aside many a sensitive artist from the ac-
complshment Of great things. 1t has never
deferred the "bounder" The creative life
of society depends on never-ending expert
ment. 1t must not be stilled; 1t must not be
hampered. Accept or reject, but do either
with consideration. That Is what the critics
hnnn learnnd
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Put a Feather in His Cap

CENATOR BURTON can we'll afford to be
- abused for his superb work in defeating
the extravagant Harbors and Rivers bill.
Undoubtedly many meritorious items were
lost, but the country congratulates itself
that still more unworthy ones were stricken
from the measure. It is not good time for
pork" 1t is a period when national econ
omy is imperative. Senator Burton pre-
vented a raid on the Treasury. Put
feather in his cap for II.
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DOE was also a frequent visitor TO the
i home of Henry b. Hirst who lived in a
house that stood on Sixth street below
Chestnut, but was effacedfin 1866, when the
PUBLIC LEDGER Building was erected on the
site. The old Fairmount Reservoir where,
just a week before his end in Baltimore, Poe,
showing signs of nervous strain and excite
ment and, accompanied by Sartain, spent
part of night, has been transformed Sar-
tain went with the poet to quiet his fears of
assassination and TO protect him against his
fanCied dangers.
There seems to be little of Poes Philadel-
phia remaining but what there is has not
attracted the attention it probably deserves,
for the city has cause to he proud Of having
had the poet for "a citizen, even if it was for
only five years of his brief life.
GRANVILLE
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in a higher future. II you don't find it tbs
afternoon look for II tomorrow mornins
But never go to your desk without fully ey"
pecting that your opportunity is going 70 he
right there before you. For the very minute
you decide that II is not going to be there
you are doomed"
The motive Of the advice was plain The
merchant had clearly brought out the vast
difference between sitting around and wait
ing for opportunity and actively looking for
1t.
Waiting is passive process; looking
means action. And action is creative.
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Rewards of the Commonplace

"IF YOU want to go anywhere you have
/ 70 start from where you are" said Burke.
First steps are as important as last steps
Starting from where one is involves right
understanding of the commonplace.
4 great motive invests every deed with
significance. Murillo painted Angels
Kitchen" The convent porter, faithful TO his
humble duties, finds the kitchen filled with
angels. each doing simple service. The
monks vision was his reward for ordinary
work we'll done. Commonplace tasks become
great achievements when performed with all
our might The soldier dying in the trench
lis he not enqual 10 the king on his throne?
To do common things in a perfect manner is
a truer sign Of religion than to do great
things ir an imperfect manner. The de-
spised ordinary relationships Of life may he
the rounds in the ladder that reaches to
the skies
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LET THEIR NAMES BE SEEN

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-May suggest that for the enlightenment
of urthnkng voters you place in some con-
spicuous position as standing matter until after
election a list of Councmen who hold county
or State jobs and name the yearly pay Of eachf
Over 1t all let the caption be Good Republic
cans arc We"
If the space required is too great for its daily
appearance how about several times week?
1t makes weary to every effort work
ing toward business methods frustrated, not to
say anything about downright stealing.
JOHN S. EVANS.
1915 North Camac street.
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THE VILLAGE ORACLE

Old Danl Hanks he says this town
Is jest the best on earth;
He says there amt one, up nor down
That's got one half her worth;
He says there amt no other State
That's good as our'n, nor near;
And all the folks that's good and great
Is settled right round here,
Says 7. pier ever travel, Dam"
You bet / amt" says he;
Il tell you what The place I've got
Is good enough fer me-"
lie SAYS the other party's fools,
Cause they don't vote his way;
He says the "foeble-minded schools"
Is where they ought ter stay.
If he was law, their mouths he'd shut,
or blow en- all ter smash:
He says their Platforms nOthin' but
A great big mess of trash.
Says I. ID jer ever read it, Dan?"
You bet ! amt" says he;
And when | do-wcl, / tell you
III let you know, by see!"
lie says that all religions wrong,
'Cept just what he believes;
He says them ministers belong
In Jail, the same as thieves:
He SAYS they take the blessed Word
And tear II all 70 shreds
He says their preachiu's Jest absurd;
They're simply leatherheads.
Saws i. dyer ever hear EN-, Dan?'
You bet / ain't"' says he;
I'd never go to hear EN-, no;
They make me sick ter see"
some fellows reckon more or less
Before they speak their mind
Ard sometimes Calkerlate er guess
But them amt Danps kind.
The Lord knows all things great or small.
With doubt he's never veXed:
Tie in his wisdom knows II all
But Dan'l Hanks comes next!
saws I. How dyer know you're rlght?"
How DO 4 know?" says he.
well. now. l yum. l know. by gum!
I'm right because l be-"
Joseph c. Llneol
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ENGLISH HAVE THE ADVANTAGE

To the Editor Of the Public Ledger:
Str-The English have the advantage because
they use our language and print their
poems If some of the stirring which has
been written in Germany could be published in
tine United States so that everybody could read
it. there would be a very great change in opin"
ion. We only get the London point of view in
this country and the London journalists never
let anything get by that is not favorable to
their cause. S. 7. LEINBERGH.
Atlantic City. September %, 1914.
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Cautious Critics of CapabIe Artisls

ONLY In such small matters as wars and
" the fate of races are the American peo-
pie gwen to snap judgments Everywhere
else. even down TO fashions and the movies" ="
they are Chary OF quick yItuperation. They
have learned their lesson. A few Wagners
Ibsens ana Darwins, misjudged yet 'trl-
umphant, have been enough. Now 1t is the
brave oT the foolish man who takes the sIedgs
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On the Right Track

A seedy-looking man walked slowly up to
the farmhouse.
Madam" he said to the farmers wife,
may ] chop some wood for you? I'll do 1t
for nothing
The lady looked at him suspiciousy "Do
you be needn' exercise?" She inquired.
Not exactly madam. The only thing
require is that you let me sit by the woodpile
and paint for few hours. am an artist of
the old school, and have been commissioned
to do a futuristic impression Of an aeroplane.
| wish to use the woodple as a model"
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GARLIC OBJECTIONABLE

To the Editor OF the Public Ledger:
Sir-There should be some law forbidding peo-
pie who have eaten garlic to ride on the SUBJ
way until the effects have dissipated them
selves. Last Sunday the odor was so objection
able that was compelled to leave my seat and
walk to the front car where fresh air came
through. Can't something be done about this?
8. T. VERNON.
Overbrook September 90. 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
WASH FRANKLIN'S FACE

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-I am glad to see the EVENING LEDGER
calling Philadelphias attention to the shock
ing state of Ben Franklin's face. AS your re-
porter truthfully says the head is streaked
with the weather, the wastcoat with what
might pass for Cruel. Surely Philadelphia Is
neither poverty-stricken-even with a NUM-
cipal Court to pay for-nor shameless, as to
begrudge the small courtesy of bath to so
eminent man. f. X. L.
Phiadelphia. September %. l9l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
In 10 Fill in to Suit Belief

The woman presidential candidate had
just concluded the keynote speech of her
campaign.
Hoarse cheers from the multitude shook
the rafters of the big auditorium, and as
TO the poor old welkin, it could ring no more
An enthusiastic man, standing on a chair in
the rear, threw away his hat and coat and
slapped glum looking neighbor on the back,
Some speech" he yelled. "What?"
Fair said the glum man. but not the
kind that mother used to make"
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Down With the Dreadnought

From the New York World.
When one submarine can sink three 12,000-ton
ships in 20 minutes the forethought of tho
Germans in keeping their dreadnoughts in forti-
fed harbors becomes apparent. If big navies
cannot go to sea shall not need them, for
they altogether too expensive to maintain
as mere ornaments
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Whatever the truth of the charges leveed
at Southern national banks by Secretary
McAdoo, we cannot but feel that his method
of making them was seriously ill-adyised.-
Baltimore News.
The National American Woman Suffrage
Association has appropriated from its slender
fund 500 to buy one bale Of l0-cent cotton
i'm each of the II Southern States. Fine
womanly helpfulness, sound economy, ad-
mirablc politics! Winning hearts beats
smashing windows.-St. Louis Post-D
patch
Those Reconstructed advisers of the
President of the United States who urge the
Chief Executive to drop diplomatic repre-
sentatons and take some steps to "compel
the contestng nations of Europe To put an
end to the war should realize that beyond
the usual methods OF diplomacy there is no
way to persuade the fighters to stop fighting
save making war on them from these shores
Boston Post.
The order of the Secretary of the Navy 10
close the Marconi wireless station at Sas-
conset Mass. for violation of neutrality WIN
be contested after Il fashion i'm the courts
Enforcement of neutrality in war is haFdlg
a judicial function. Ii court disagreed
with the Commander-in-C Chief, who woua
execute it's DEGREES; Neutrality subject 10
litigation would be belligerenCy and nothing
else. The Marconi people may as well sur
render gracefully. They VIII have 10 sur
render anyway.-New York World.
So long as il Is regarded as good national
morals for a country 10 bu- other countries
trade by means of tariffs there Is going 10 re-
main a possible cause of war-kansas Cly
Times.
President Wilson is doing great thins for
the country In his effort to make Congressmeh
believe that America Is greater than any
party" The President may succeed in making
some Congressman believe this. hut he WIZ
never be able 10 make Tammany Hall believe
t.-Albany Press.
Sound sense and sound patriotism are as
played in equal parts by President Wilson VIZ
he refuses his consent 10 a second-teFm ~
York World
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DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

MISS MARY E. PHILLIPS, of Boston,
lKl who has been here for a few days in
preliminary research for her biography Of
Poe, told me that her life of Fenimore
Cooper, which she published last year, had
required seven years Of travel and research,
and that when the book was ready for the
press 1t had cost, on an average, more than
S21 a page. AS there were 400 pages in that
very excellent biography of the author of the
Leatherstockng Tales, the reader who Is
quick at figures will note that 1t is not
always a profitable undertaking to write a
book
In the course Of a conversation had with
Miss. Phillips she made several remarks
about Poe that surprised me. Probably the
most astonishing was that the, Poe family
had declared to her that of all the biog-
raphies of the author Of THE Raven" to be
found on library shelves, not one really was
authentic. Evidently, we shall have to study
the subject all over again.
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Lines to the Hen

o most serene, o calm, prosaic fowl:
. Hen, thy laziness makes millions growl.
o barnyard bird, o dawdlng dowdy hen,
When shall the laying mood seize thee again?
o loudly cackling and complacent bird.
BY what elixir may thy blood be stirred?
Source of great wealth, so plain, so simply
plumed,
Each day we see cold storage eggs exhumed.
Each day we hear thy queer, discordant clucl,
But find no egg as mOtive-no such luck!
And so a nation waits upon thy will,
or with the grocer runneth up a bill,
For eggs fresh laid" by thee and thine, o
Hen;
Fresh laid" the grocer saith-aye. but
When2
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All the Same in the End

Hotel Waiter-Come, sir you really must
go off to bed, sir (Yawns.) Why, the
dawn's a-breaking sir
Late Reveler-Let it break and put it down
in the bill, waiter-London Punch
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Slaughter Ahead

And then Turkey may be superstitous, in
which event there will be no Mohammedan
participation in the war until after Thanks
giving Day.
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The Horrors of Peace

This is neutral land of ours;
No foe is at our walls;
But spite of all our vaunted powers
Niagara Falls!
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An Ideal Match

Are they well mated?"
Perfectly. She's afraid of automobiles
and he can't afford one"-Detroit Free Press
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King Cotton VS.. King Coal

From the Detroit Free Press
To a man who is figuring where next winters
ten tons OF coal are coming FROM that buy
bale of cotton" slogan sounds like sarcasm.
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One to Garry

Teacher-Who knows what triplets are?
Bright Pupil know, miss; it's twins and
one left over.-Boston Transcript
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Where We Come In

When Europe wants peace and n meal
ticket she will see America frst.-Chicago
News.
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In the War Zone

Venus de Milo is in the Louvres vaults
for fear Of asship bombs" Naturally, being
unarmed-Wall Street Journal.
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BRADFORD,
CURIOSITY SHOP

pot wallopers," the idomatic name for
dishwashers, was originally applied 10 class
forming the constituency Of certain English
boroughs or hOusekeepers considered suf-
fcieptly well established 10 boil a pot within
the limits OF the borough over a fireplace
erected in the open air.
The phrase, who steals my purse steals
trash" is not original with Shakespeare,
after all II appears originally in the Hon
lly Against Contention set forth In the
time Of Edward /, which says
For the one taketh away 4 mans good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26

once upon a time an cX-Presideut Of the
" United States and the Governor of
Middle West State were taking luncheon at
the old AstoT House in New York city. The
country was anxious to know how the ex-
President, who was soon 20 be reuomlnated
stood on the free silver issue. But the ex-
President was as silent as the grave, so
far as public utterauce was concerned.
Now it so happened that reporter on an
evening paper had just received his salary
and i'm a moment Of mental distraction had
decided to eat at the Astor House Fate
willed it that he sit at the table adjoining
the ex- President, to whom he was unknown.
Suppose Congress should pass a free sill
yer bill Mr.. President asked the Governor.
I'D veto it, thundered the ex-President,
bringing his fist down on the table.
An hour later the newspaper ON which the
temporarily rich reporter worked had an
extra on the street, announcing the ex-Presi-
dents attitude on the silver question.
And 10 the day of his death, the ex-Presi-
dent suspected the Governor OF abusing his
confidence.
RIP AnFOPn
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The superstition that certain persons have
the "evll eye" has its strongest hold In Italy.
In Carniola or Naples, or in fact in any part
of Italy, if you tell farmer that his crops
are good or his cattle fine, he will expecto-
rate at your feet to avert the evil 1t Is said
that once, when driving through Rome,
Plus TX, one of the best beloved of modern
Popes, looked UP and smiled at baby In a
window. little while later the nurse
dropped the infant to the street. Ever after
the superstitious looked upon Pho Mono as
the possessor of the evil eye