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Mathieson & Co. Of Shanghai to take
them on their sailing vessel to London.
The matter was arranged secretly. as
their going abroad was not To be a
public affair. They were hidden Under
a pile of coal when the ship sailed.
When in luz time they reached
Hongkong the manager of the branch
of the company asked them why they
had to go to England, but none o.
them could understand what he sad.
They had one English word in their
mind. that vas 'navi2ation,' They
thought that if they spoke that word
he would understand that their pur-
pose in going to England was to study
naval affairs: but he took ii To mean
that they wished to become sailors,
And so he arranged to ship Ito and
Inouye on the Pegasus. There was
not room enough on board for the
three others.
Sc Ito and Inouye sailed away, ieav-
ing their three friends behicd. To he"
put to work as sailors was not h
they had expected. but their complete
ignorance Of the English language left
them quite unable to explain the mat
ter. They were forced to serve as
sailors or to 90 without food. II they
objected to the work set them. \
piece Of salt pork and some black bread
constituted their daily meal and to this
fare as well as to the sailors work
they adapted themselves ~ hest they
could.
Their boat was only of 300 tnns,
and the way to England by the route
OF the Cape Of Good Hope was long,
NO they endured many hardships.
After four months and two weeks
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they reached London to find the three
men they had left in lIongkong al
ready there, The five arranged a plan
for studying and were in the course
of carrying It out when they heard
that Lord Muri had objected to the
free entry of foreign vessels into the
Inland Sea from the Nest, and had
fired OF the ships at the Shimo-
nosoki Straits. Tho news alarmed
them. Inouyo and Ito decided to re-
turn home and warn tn" people to
act properly but the three others they
advised to remain in London and pur-
sue their studies, Again they took a
sailing BOAT and spent three months
on the return voyage.
They reached home just nj the time
when the four countries, England,
Holland, America and France, were
going To despatch their combined ticc,
to demand of the Choshu an indemnity
of 5000, 900 yen. They made up their
minds that there vas only one course
t. pursue, and that was to conclude
peaC. On any terms, The prospect Of
war appeared appalling 10 them, who
had seen something of foreign civili-
zation and foreign fighting power dur-
ing the short time of their stay
abroad. Consequently lnouye and
Ito sought AN immediate interview
with the English Minister at Yoko-
hama. and begged him 10 wait some
twenty days, while they reasoned with
Lord Mori and others; h granted
them finally twelve days,
They then went to their master.
Lord Mort, and put before him and
others the seriousness Of the matter,
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the dripiIugs from the ruasts of Ven
ls"n or game, which decreased me
sav"rS naNor nf the finished dish.
The modern humble pie can 1r
baked IN a deep |iiroprunf PUDDING
dish of a size to- meet the needs e
the family. Line the dish with pln.n
crust ana place lar-o pieces of raw
potato here ana There. So that tn"
crust shall be weighted down and not
lose it's shape while baking. When
partly cooked remove from the
oven. take out the pieces of rIN
p"'nip and fill with u not mixture oC
Whatever material Is az hand. such -
rrnna'ts of cooked YEA. beef, l.>cr,
nam ar fowl, enriched with bits Il
lln"lN chopped suct, highly seasoned
with onion juice, minced parsley, pop
per II salt, and mui~'clcd with
gravy OF broth.
stale bread cut in dice, cuhos ~
potato or other cooked NcGrtahlo may
he added if the supply "r meat IS
scant. smooth the top Of tho filing
neatly, arrange strips of crust in lat
ticc fashion and return to the u>t n
until the top * well Drowned This
dish somewhat resembles the ccunum-
ical shepherds pie, which is topped
with mashed potato instead of crust.
and which does not have anything he
tween the meat filling and the fire.
proof dish.
Either of these dishes makes n
hearty meal II served with gravy ~
tomato sauce and affords an conum :
cal and easy method Of utilizing left
overs of meat or vegetables, Whore
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longer. But the latter insisted ON
st. wing at the risk of his life.
lnouye was always happy to think
that his life's work che was ST at
his dcath) was more or less bound
up with that OF Ito. especially in his
early days. l believe hat there was
no sweetcr memory for him than that
he sailed to London with Ito at the
outset ~ his life, Oh, those days of
his youth rich In hope and dream,
"Our lives nave been nothing but
n series of struggles and h%ardships,
have they not:" Inouye used to cry
to Ito when they warmed their hands
by a winters fire before the la,ter's
tragic death.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-09
A PROPHECY FOR CHICAGO

The announcement that the Sunday closing
law for saloons is to be enforced in Chicago is
going to agitate that city. Then these events
will follow in regular order:
First. The vets will say it can't be done
Saloons in a city can't possibly be closed
on Sunday.
Second. Also If 1t could be done il would
be most unjust to the people because the
saloon Is the poor mans club.
Third Also, it should not be done for Il
will drive travellers away and hurt business
Fourth. But when 1t is done and works
successfully, and crime falls off, and faml-
lies are more comfortable and happier, and
business is better, everybody will say: ''We
never would think of going back to Sunday
saloons; why didn't think of Sunday
closing before?
That's the way it has worked in Kansas city.
That's the way it works everywhere it is tried.
kansas City Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-09
GUST THE TARIFF BUNGLERs

GO LONG as the Democrats are in con-
~ troll in Washington there is no possibility
OF the creation Of such a tariff commission
as Alba r. Johnson has described com
mission that would devote itself to an intel
lgent study Of trade conditions and to
recommendations of tariff changes intended
40 protect American Industries, while at the
same time expanding our foreign trade in
the manner suggested by Mckinley in his
Buffalo speech.
The defenders Of the Administration would
have us believe that the last Congress Gre
atod commission with all the powers neces-
sary, They refer to the Federal Trade Com
mission. That body, however will have more
than it can do If 1t attempts to exercise one
tenth Of the powers of supervision over do
nestle business that have been conferred on
it, without paying any heed to foreign trade
1t is a trust-busting body, intended primar-
lily to prevent big business from getting too
big rather than to assist and encourage
American business men to Increase their
trade at home and abroad
Before this commission can be of any use
in suggesting a revision Of the tariff. it must
approach the subject from an entirely differ
ent direction from that in which Congress
headed it in the act defining is powers and
duties. The moving purpose Of Congress in
its tariff and antitrust legislation was to
hobbe every large enterprise by restrictions
at home and to let down the bars at
the ocean ports, so that what the restrictive
laws at home could not do might be accom-
plished by selling low-cost foreign -manufac-
tured goods in the markets here
Congress, which was committed to tariff
reduction, had an opportunity to force tariff
concessions from foreign countries in re-
turn for every reduction that it made. It
could have created a market abroad for
large quantities of American goods now kept
out by high tariffs abroad, but it deliberate
ly refused to embrace IT, The war has
counteracted the effect of some of its blum
ders but the fighting is not to last forever.
The commercial crisis which will be created
by the return Of the soldiers to the factories
of Europe cannot be met here by theorists
and Missionaries. Practical business men and
law makers in sympathy with the protection
of American industry must be put in power
If we are to be saved from disaster A tariff
commission in charge of such men could do
something worth while.
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GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN

GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN
Give me the splendid silent sun with all his
beams full dazzling,
Give me Juicy autumnal fruit ripe and red
Give me field where the unmowed grass grows,
GIVE me an arbor. give me the trellised grape,
Give me fresh corn and wheat give me serene
moving animals teaching content,
Give me nights perfectly quiet as on high pla-
teaus west Of the Mississippi, and looking
up at the stars
Give me odorous at sunrise a garden Of beauti-
tul flowers where can walk undsturbed
Give me for marriage a sweet breathed woman
OF whom / should never tire
Give me a perfect child, give me, away aside
nestle life,
Give me to warble spontaneous songs recluse
by myself for my own ears only.
GIVE mo solitude, give me Nature, give mo
again. Nature, your primal sanities'
These demanding 70 have them ttired with
eeaseless excitement and racked by the
These 70 procure necessarily asking. rising in
cries from my heart.
While yet incessantly asking still adhere 70
Day upon upon day and year upon year, city
Where you hold me enchained a certain time
refusing to give me up.
aet giving to make me glutted enriched Of
- soul, you give me forever faces;
20 see what sought TO escape confronting,
reversing my cries,
asked fof).
Keep your splendid silent sun.
Keep your woods, o Nature ana the quiet
places BY the woods
Keep your heds OF clover and timothy and
your cornhelds and orchards.
Keep the blossomine buckwheat aelds where the
nnth-month bees hum,
~ife me races ana streeta-sive me these phan-
troltoirsi
-v.tt .v.st...n.
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ONE!

THERE was slight rumbling under
Il Beacon Hill yesterday afternoon. BY
o'clock the Boston Common was devastat-
ed, as by a great wind, and Faneuil Hail
rocked in agony Late last night it was
rumored that Beacon street had given up
the ghost.
For the consolation Of good Bostonians
they are reminded that one game does not
give the Phillies the championship. Four
games are necessary. IL is strange, but after
watching the swapping attack, the dash and
verve of the Phillies yesterday, a large num-
Der of Bostonians refuse to be consoled.
After all, the Philles need only three out
OF the next six
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estimate. II ive can live on so little and
are willing to keep on living in that way
then, Of course, there is no reason for giving
them more. But the fact that a thing can be
done has never been conclusive evidence
that Il should be done.
An elementary economist could explain that
the maximum family budget might be an
extravagantly dangerous thing. II seldom
occurs to one school OF economists that the
minimum budget is equally eXtravagant IL
wastes not money, which is infinitely pre-
cious, but life which Is infinitely cheap.
Some fine day, none the less. II will be
discovered that the country cannot afford
the loss
Il Is pleasant to learn that a family can
exist on Sl5 week It is even more heart
ening to realize that some families drag
along on less. But IT would be pleasantest
Of all II It could be said that the minimum
actual wage was really reasonable living
wage.
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JoFFRE TO HIS MEN

GENERAL JoFFRE, besides being a STRAIT
VI egist, is something Of knower OF men.
In the general order issued to commanders
of army corps he said:
The French soldier Nights all the more
braveiy In proportion as he understands the
importance OF the action In which he is
taking part.
Recognizing this, the Generalissimo gave
detailed Information Of the work which had
been done in preparation OF the great Of
fensive ito chase the Germans out OF
Franeel" He followed that with the plan
OF battle which was 10 be carried out He
added the warning that 1T is indispensable
that communication of these facts be made
20 the soldiers with intelligence and con-
ylctionl"
The machine of war may be an excellent
ming. But at the final. supreme moment
when the highest effort Is 10 be made. the
general must turn again to poor human ma
tufe. 20 the faltering and failing human
soul. and bid II be OF courage.
Ip that crisis humanity has not yet proved
InHofthy OF the trust
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GREECE LOOKS ON

"T'HE mountains look on Marathon-and
4 Marathon looks on the sea-" wrote By
ron. Today the new Greek Cabinet, gathered
In the face of the most terrible conflict of
the ages, does nothing but look on, too.
The ministry. headed by NJ. Zaimis, is con-
fessedly compromise. 1t is pro-Ally in
sentiment, and long as it does not place
obstacles in the way of Allied landings al
Salonica it is pro-Ally in action. But it finds
no just cause in the war; no great incentive
to make war itself.
''Tino"-King COnstantine-said when war
broke out that it was the mission of Greece
70 carry civilization to the world Apparent
ly. neither Germany nor France is fighting
for civilization as Greece conceives it. APP
parently, In a neutrality which would ad-
vantage Germany at every point II rigorous
ly observed, will Greece find it's salvation.
Between refusing to attack Germany's ally
-Ph allowing the landing of French troops
on It's soil the Greek Cabinet is making a
record for the higher neutrality.
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on the Improvement OF our newspapers in gen.
eral And | stin think that catching up OF
the crowd with the leaders. so far as they have
caught up, Is as recent 1 said II was. After
all, the important thing is not the date OF the
Improvement but that We have the improvement
make the Journalism OF a country.
by the way, / wonder II the writer OF the
John L. Sullivan STORY" mentioned nv ~
Editor and Publisher as a partiouIariy az
specimen OF the far from bald" news ,sr,,i, NJ
In the Boston Herald 80 years ago. isn't ne
same reporter who wrote the last words ~
ralph Waldo Emerson. viii the Fditor y ~
Publisher please enlighten me? Emerson diaS
l believe, In a state OF coma But tha ise.
woros OF famous men were much In fashion at
that time, and have been crediblv tntor.. ~
that the reporter mentioned gracefully sunniisd
this thoughtless lack In Mr. Emerson N ,t,ts
Is So agree with the Editor and P,Iblisbsr tas
the writers on that great Boston paper So s s,,as
ago spared no EFFORT 10 present the nevs VII.
all the interest Of nction / am. sir yonrs w'sn ~as
truly. RITRrctr yg,s ~ very
Boston, Mass. October g. slime
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DRAMATIC COLOR IN NEWS
The Discovery That News Is Life With All
the Interest of Fiction
TO the Editor Of Evening Ledger;

To the Editor Of Evening Ledger
sir-I see that a writer in the Editor and
Publisher takes me 20 task for dating as did
I'm nv article in your Anniversary Number the
introduction OF dramatic color In our news
papers so recently as is years ago. He retorts
that the Boston Herald, for instance, went in
for colorful news writing easily 30 years ago,
in the heyday OF John L. Sullivan, TO be exact.
/ have no doubt that the Boston Herald did
that very thing. I never met a man associated
with 'the old DAYS on the Herald" who could
not instantly, and sometimes Of no ones par
tIcular desire run down the long catalogue of
its matchless and countless projections. II was
not my fortune 20 read the Boston Herald 80
years ago but a paper with stan like that,
40 crammed with enthusiasm for their work,
must have been a wonder. The Editor and Pub
fisher reminds me- too. that the New York Sun
also shone In those days.
i admit II, cheerfully But when a mighty
book can be written about American newspapers
and stin not exhaust. or even md. the subject.
how little can be naid IN single article OF
thousand Wordsl A few pioneer papers may
have discovered, longer ago than IS years. the
strange fact that news Is life. and that real
life may be given all the interest Of Action,
with an the force OF truth besides What Of it9
An honor 70 the penetrafinE pioneer But
was. modestiy. hope, passing few comments
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OF punishment; that tells us in platform Efforts
that children and criminals should not be pun
ished; II is the form Of babble which we asso-
ciate with pompous sermonizing and hands laid
on hearts-the emptiness and wndness that
incite the public to pose before the mirror and
admire itself prodgiously. 1t is not only an
absurd and dangerous habit, but a morbid one
Hysterical gush and windiness serve no good
ends, except to butt thick heads against hard
facts. They help to deceive the people for
time, to deceive them as to their brains and
nerves; to prevent them from regarding IN.
creasng idiocy and hysteria clear enough in
the light of symptoms of national disease The
way most assuredy to fight the malady is NOT
to 'go up in the air. on political or piratical
airships, armed by crazy mobs, for on such
craft II is impossible to steer clear of vertigo
or provide rules of law and common sense
New York Medical Journal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-09
GOOD FELLOWS" IN PERIL

Be honest, but hate no one; overturn a
mans wrongdoing, but do not overturn him
unless IL must be done in overturning
wrong. Stand with anybody that stands right.
Stand with him while he is right and part
with him when he goes wrong.-Abraham
Lincoln.
IF ANY ONE had been asked to set forth
the principles which guiding the lead
ers Of the reform movement here this year,
he could not have stated it better than in
these words of Lincoln.
No one is fighting McNichoI and the Wares
as men. They have many admirable quail
ties. They make friends and keep them
They are successful in business. No one
begrudges them either their business pros
perity their friends. But they are dan
gerous citizens because they stand for
pernicious political system The more ad-
mirable their personal qualities, the more
lilxable they are, the more dangerous they
become because they make the unthinking
say. for example, that "Jim McNichol is a
good fellow and what he does must be all
right"
BY being "good fellows" McNichol and his
like have hoodwinked the electorate for
years and succeeded in exploiting the city
for their personal profit. If they get hit in
the campaign now beginning It will be only
because. I'm Lincolns phrase, II may be nee
essary in overturning the wrongdoing to
overturn the wrongdoer also.
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A WORD TO TICKET SELLERS

Does railway ticket seller ever think of the
value of friendly attitude toward his clients
the travelling public? Apparently one of them
does. for he is reported as saying, in an address
to his fellow ticket-sellers: "You need the help
and friendship of every possible. A man
may not travel more than once a year, and is
absolutely in the dark and cannot always grasp
your ideas and terms readily. The best asset
you can have is pleased and satisfied
toner When you shake a by the hand,
put your heart in 1t that he can feel the beats
are for him. not that you want to beat him"
Outlook
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-09
THE AUTUMN OF THE BIBLE

THERE is something in the fall of the
i year which is kin to the blood of all of
us 1t is a zest and a clean spirit that are
world-old and eternally new. Spring may
be the renewal of life; autumn is it's re-
freshing
Turn to the Old Testament and read there
of all the manifestations of autumn and
early winter-of the east wind, the breath of
the Lord coming up from the wilderness the
clouds and the storm and the rain. The com
PARSONS of the Bible are all with simple
things, but none are more effective, none
more beautiful than those which link the
humility of man or the glory OF God with
the powers of Nature.
In the imagery Of autumn there is some
thing sombre. Calamity cometh on as a
whirwind, we read, and, 81 have blotted
out as a thick cloud. thy transgressons and,
as a cloud. thy SINS" The rain of fall is
not the early rain of spring which covereth
the valley OF weeping with blessings, but
the latter rain which watereth the earth.
The dancing of brown leaves in fantastic
procession and the whirling dust before the
storm bring TO nostrils. sick with the citys
odors, a breath of that sharp, tingling air
which makes life glorious and love a lovely
thing
The city in autumn takes on new features
and drapes herself In fresh garments. over
her embattled skyscrapers the setting sun
throws strange colors and the pavilions of
the clouds bank in grandeur The snap. the
lSeenness of vitality, are about all.
After a year OF tragedy and disaster one
looks upon autumn as omen OF better and
braver things.
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the presidency OF the
Carnegie Steel Com
pany, after 13 years
service to Decome the
head OF the Midvale
steel Company, sue
ceeding William r.
corey. Followed
soon the announce
ment of a giant mer-
ger under the title Of
the Midvale steel and
Ordnance Company in
which Mr.. Dinkey is
one of the directors.
The various deals"
among ste-' and mu-
nitions plants have
Hoo, s..aN,t.aI -. A..
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A REASONABLE WAGE

1yIroM the Brooklyn Bureau Of Charities
comes afrlnteresting set Of hsures known
- the minimum family budget" OF "rea-
&onabIe Living wage" These figures indi-
cate that family Of man. wife and three
I1||dfep under the age OF Is can live on
<.& - week or f7e5.2o a year. The wage
<##stf Il there he but one. must needs bring
IS 0|0| $3.50 i aet
z..n.-I AnllEIns can y proved y Lhls