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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
ALMOST GROWN AWAY

Somehow I had not realized that you were
grown so tall.
Until found your portrait hung upon my
study wall.
My gift from you-your offering-your love-in
spired surprise;
And | stood there the longest time and gazsd
into the eyes
Which gazed back at me from the frame gazed
laughngly down at me;
IL did not seem you ever were the girl you
used TO be;
The baby girl I'd carried home SO oft agaInsI
my breast
Who only yesterday had asked dad. who
you loves the best?"
did not know that you were grown-I truly
did not know.
You've been my baby all the time. Dear heart
when did you grow?
How long have you been wearing skirts %
almost reach your feet?
You were the sweetest baby girl. and DOW
you're more than sweet
There's something cannot quite grasp, sofs
OF newness there
1t can't be-yes-why. yes it is! You have done
Done up your hair! Your golden hairl In
Madonna braidl
What OF the ribbon bows you wore-of the Inua
pies you nader
! knew that you were hidden there behind ~
study door;
] knew when you crept out on toes whlsa
oSaiSNly loucueu the MOOT
l knew your loving hands we're reached
blind my eyes, but i,
somehow, could not quite understand that yoA
could reach high.
you are. and yet are not the little girl 20
used TO be-
have not told you fairy tales for years
seems 10 me.
And sti in spite of absent bows. in spite q
done up" hair,
can look through your eyes and see my Iis'l'
girl Is there.
away
From me. as you have grown away from pick
a-paek and play.
And Just in time, Il seems to me. your por'Fs''
Has helped me TO catch up with you. my clear
eyed girl and tall.
And now We shall walk side by side a. faf =
we two 80,
Comrades and chums. and / shall tell yos
things you ought a. know.
ABOUT the pathe which walt your feet a'-
when We come 70 part
th carry YOU not A my arms. bal aiNa}s
my heart
-. n Lewis. IN Houssep f'st
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
'BoBs" ADMIRED HAMuToN

When Lord Roberts not long before his
oea'h, was asked whom among the generals OF
the British army he regarded as the ablest
commander In the field. he replied ian Han,
alton" The judgment was disputable. bur NOT
indefenslble and II was founded, not on Han
iton's audacity, but ON his knowledge ana on
nls GOODNESS m directing the complex move
ments Of the battlefield. Like General French
ne mas been serious student OF war an h,.
me NE. ne comes OF a soldier strain, FOR lis
~ ~.s.ner once commanded the s2d HiEhlanders
ana an ancestor Of his was aide-de-carsr ~
she great Marlborough; and his natural aptitnde A.
iof war has been cultivated not merelv ~, a
penence IN the field. but by famiiiarit,, 80
continental methods. A youth he -. "i.n .n
era, 1sinSny, and from the old Hanoverian' Cen
.sa a@ Dssl'Sls. . acquired the strategy thai haa
r,,rn me russians the military masters of
~. Lurope And since then he has learned to ~
ply ana qualify that science by the aet,,sI ai ep
s.nenes OF War In many feids-in Ind1s
Egypt In South Africa '"oia' hi
yehs 1ss % ne' ne lmperturbable quality of ST.
'sh" ffsnen' for bis temperament n th.t ,, or
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
The American Mars Rampant

TT WOULD be a real kindness to Mr.
i Roosevelt IL one of his many friends
would tell him that he no longer Is Presi-
dent Of the United states. Unless he realizes
this It is very likely that Mr.. Roosevelt may
do something rash.
Two days ago, "clad in fun khaki uniform.
similar to that worn by him in the Spanish
war" Mr.. Roosevelt went to Plattsburg to
deliver a speech OF $500 words. The object
OF the camp is to teach the country the ne
cesslty of preparedness. II Is essentially an
aid to peace; certainly the last thing 1t en-
courages is war Mr.. Roosevelt, IT seems.
grew rather excited in the presence of 1000
men, not one OF whom was a milltarist, and
in the course OF n speech which passed all
limits of common sense, linked pacifists
with poltroons and classified the Germans
with burglars. thugs and white slavers." He
also persisted in his favorite delus!on that
this country bound itself to enforce the neu-
trality of Belgium. 1t was a characteristic
utterance
The pity of it is that by Mr.. Roosevelts
eNcesses the real value Of the Plattsburg
camp is called into question. He chose to
stage the melodrama OF preparedness. The
Secretary of War unwisely using General
Wood as a scapegoat. reminded him that
feet upon the real value OF this experiment
than such an incident" To this Mr.. Roose-
welt replied in these generous words:
II the Administration had displayed one
tenth the spirit and energy in holding
Germany and Mex co 10 account for the
murder OF American men, women and chill
dren that it Is now displaying i'm the en-
deaVor to prevent people from being
taught the need OF preparation to prevent
the repetition Of such murders in the future
1t would be rendering service to the
people Of this country.
II the President Of the United States had
spoken so of a predecessor who was making
himself obnoxious to a Government harassed
by thousand legitimate difficulties, it would
have been deplorable enough. But that an
eX-President should speak 80 Of a successor
in office is wanton and outrageous insult.
Mr.. Wilson will, no doubt, take no notice OF
it. Unfortunately for Mr.. Roosevelt, the
country will not be so generous
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
A CREED FOR AMERICANS

| believe in the United States, one and IN
divisbe in her mission as the champion Of
humanity, the friend of the weak and dis
tressed in the singleness, dignity and In
volatility Of American citizenship: In he
validity of our national traditions; in< peace
with honor I'm friendship with all nations that
respect our rights; in entangling alliances with
none; i'm reasonable preparations for nationa
defense by sen and land i'm shrking no sacr
flee needed to hand down to the future The
priceless treasures bequeathed to us by the
past; in the necessity of keeping the Western
Hemisphere free from the intrusion of Euro
pean institutions and ambitions; in the capacity
of free men for self government; in the love
of home and country. and i'm the un1nching
resolution that government of the people for
tho people, by the people shall not perish from
the earth.-Chicago Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The fate Of this city is within its own
hands Its ability TO set its share Of the
vast business that Is to be done in America
during the next few years depends in large
measure on the brood- -mindedness and con-
slructve commercial statcsmanship OF It's
local government. The water front must be
developed, enlarged terminal facilities for
railroads and steamships must be provided
We must go out into the world and bring
ocean steamships here, and we must can
vass all the surrounding country TO get busi-
ness for the steamships when they come.
We must build improved rapid transit lines
TO carry the increasing population to and
from the shops and factories. We must
build sewers and pave streets and apply to
the public business the wisdom and fore
sight that have made some Of the private
businesses here the marvel Of the Continent.
And this must be done with an eye single
20 the great end OF lifting this city to the
place TO which by its location and It's splen-
did history II Is entitled among the cities OF
the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
The Real Baby Parade

FTNdE baby pageant at Asbury Park this
l. week was watched by 5000 men and
women who cheered loudly as toddler after
toddler marched by. 1t was hardly a world
shaking event, but it received it's due of
space in the newspapers, and undoubtedly
the babies are all the better for a little
publicity.
The real baby parade-ask any father or
mother-does not, however, come but once Il
year, differing therein from Christmas But
the real baby parade brings good cheer, and
there it resembles Christmas deeply. The
parade starts very early in the morning So
early that father, who before 1T came had
to rush for the s:24 from his suburban apart
ment now finds that he can take the 1902
with comfort. With tones more emphatic
rockng-bed (old-fashioned now considered
very bad for babies) the coop, and heads
for the bathroom. Punctuated by halts for
refreshment, change of clothing, forays for
talcum powder and all the other tender ne
cesslties of militant and marching habyhood,
the parade continues until the whole mag
nlfcent pageantry of the child is revealed.
II is almost incredible that one actor should
play so many parts
The odd thing is that, although the same
high heraldry Of babyhood is being displayed
in the fiat next door, or the house across the
way, IL seems impossible for the onlookers TO
appreciate any carnival but their own Il
makes one almost fancy that parents are
partial to their own children. And that, OF
course, is impossible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

involved In the fate of Constantinope. Ma
poleon called it the prize of the world Fer
It Russia has striven for centuries. For IL
Austrian and German statesmen have been
working for many years. And for them the
pathway was blocked by that little Servia
whose quarrel with Austria has brought the
world to ArmaEeddon.
If Constantinople falls we shall see the
passing of the Osmanli. He is fighting with
his back to the wall at the precise point
where he entered Europe at Gallipoli Pc
ninsula, more than five centuries ago. we
shall see the Cross replace the Crescent on
st. Sophia. But beyond this we shall see the
final extinction of the German dream of
place in the sun, which has moved her to 50
many sacrifices, to such gigantic labors in
war and peace in the recent decades.
Constantinople Like Quebec
For the future this will have, a very pro-
found meaning For out of the war all ma
tions will come well nigh bankrupt, If not
actually ruined. But France, Russia and
Great Britain will retain their empires, in
crease them beyond their own frontiers, If
Constantinople falls. Even Italy is assured
of some territorial profit. She will keep
Rhodes and establish herself in the Aegean.
But sea power has already spelled the ruin
of German colonies. The markets for the
manufactures of the Allies will be expanded
new tariff walls will bar the German exports
Constantinople may hold out, France and
italy may be crushed, Russia forced to give
up the war and her Polish and Lithuanian
provinces. Even Great Britain may be in
Yaded and made to pay the price of the con-
queror. The war is yet to be won, but 1t Is
necessary to recognize that while the battle
in Europe is being waged on fields familiar
to us all there is being fought in the obscurer
regions where Europe and Asia touch the
battle which means as much to Germany as
did the struggle in America to France and
England At Constantinople as at Quebec a
great empire and a magnificent colonial
dream are at stake. The German place in
the sun is being won or lost.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
HULDA, GULDA, BOOl

To the Editor Of the Evenin0 Ledger.
Sir-The counting out rhyme which Mr. w
p. Eaton quoted the other day in the EVENING
LEDGER-the one beginning "Ene. meme, mini,
mo"-ought never to be quote' without its
starting companion so sta '7t when
properly recited by an iro l,ld N
will make the person coun with
alarm 1t runs
Enc, meme, meme
Huska, lana bona sl4
Hulda, gulda, BOO!
out goes you!
Latham Park. August "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

Not only do these men propose to seize
control of the State organization. but they
are generally supposed to be planning to
loot the Penrose ammunition chest for car
rying the city in the coming campaign. II
must be demonstrated to the nation that
Philadelphia believes In protection The
election OF William Vare-assuming that he
Is TO be the candidates. to be urged on
the ground that he Is a Republican and a
protectionist' and every opponent of the
Underwood tariff law is to be called upon 10
express his dsapproval Of that measure.
passed by the national Congress. by voting
Tor Ware for an office whose duties have no
more relation to the tariff than the func-
tions OF thS Shah OF Persia bear TO the
tides In the Delaware. The fact that the
Penrose- McNichol faction also intends 10
wage a protection campaign does not make
the plans OF the Wares and their associates
Jess preposterous. The nation knows that
pennsylvania is believer In protection. ana
Il is not unaware that PHILADELPHIA. the
greatest manufacturing city In the country
has grown great through the DEVELOPMENT
OF its protected industries No demonstra
tion Of these obvious facts is needed IN a
mayoralty campaign. And however i'm.
portant II is that the dlscredited lender.
ship OF Penrose In the State should be con
demned' the mayoralty campaign should be
fought on the issues laid down four years
ago which have since then been branded IN
letters OF nre on the consciousness Of every
patriotic citizen OF the community.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
The Great Fight for Control of the Repub'
ican Organization and Philadelphia

rNHE honest and efficient conduct of the
i government Of Philadelphia is the last
thing considered by the leaders who are
talking about a harmony candidate for
Mayor. IL they think of it at all.
They are engaged in n fight not for the
good OF this city, but for the control Of the
State organization and they are using this
great metropolis as a pawn on the chess
board. What happens to IL they do not care,
because their whole attention is concentrated
on what is going to happen 10 them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
IN FAVOR OF CALLAHAN

TO the Editor OF the EveninO Ledger.
SRI most heartily indorse the candidacy OF
John Callahan for Mayor Of Phiadelnhia
honestly think he would give us (the citizens1
a worthy administration aa he is not controled
py any party boss or so-called ward leader
WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
Philadelphia. August 49, IN Wa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The Idea OF limiting the amount OF money
a man can legally make in the United states
appeals to some people. Doubtless they
would have liked law 10 prevent Abraham
Lincoln from doing more good for his coun-
try than his assistants did. thus securing
for himself larger place than they could
set In human history.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

There have been occasions when II was
worth mans while TO give up life and
everything else, or such stuff are heroes
made But only fool wants to bring about
a situation where such sacrifice on his part
Will be necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

This is a time when Americans are rightly
being advised as to the value of preparedness.
Let us be prepared not alone I'm a military
sense but in an industrial and commercial sense
against dangers that threaten our welfare and
security.-Sprinc Geld Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The Penrose- -McNichol faction, on the one
hand, is fighting for its life. The Ware
faction. on the other hand. is seeking, under
the shrewd advice of the Attorney General,
assisted by the moral force Of the Governor,
20 supersede the Penrose- McNichol faction
os the dominating force in State Republican,
ism. II hopes to win the mayoralty this fall.
and by the prestige thus secured to gain
control of the delegation to the Republican
National Convention next year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The first duty of an efficient Government
to provide justice at home; from Mr.. Taft and
Mr.. Root down to the average farmer there Is
full knowledge that neither the laws nor the
lawyers nor the courts furnish the justice which
they are supported to provide.-F1orida Times
Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

Phiiadelphia Is too big to be a pawn in
any factional night In the State, and II can
be used as such an insignihcant thing only
through the supineness Of It's voters The
substitution OF Ware contractor bossism In
the Mayors once and in Councils for Nc
Nichoi contractor bossism involves no
change which win benefit the city. even
though the Wares should abandon an their
city contraets and devote their knowledge Of
the ways OF milking the treasury to driving
NcNichol out OF business. And in the state
Goes any one believe that the Wares nave
such high reputation for probity ana dis
interested public splfsf "a. the game Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

They used 20 think that there was no de-
mand for high schools but one In every
eight OF the children in the schools here is
in the once supernuous Institutions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

the artist and he once confessed half jestlnev
but with certain seriousness that he had
never gone into battle without being in
blue funk and wondering how on earth he wa,
to get through. ALFRED Gardiner in the A.
lantiC.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Isn't 1t past time to make some of this "po.
tential strenPth" of the United states actual
strength ?--kansas City Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

To the thinking man the Weather Bureau 10
fast becoming one of the most prized bureaus
OF the Governmental Washington Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

II some men would insure fewer luxuries
for themselves and more life insurance for
their families II would reduce the tax rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

BY the time Mr.. Roosevelt gets through
with Secretary Garrison there will be moth.
ing left OF Mr Roosevelt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

Said the Kaiser as the last Russian fort
ress fell, Thank goodness, there's still Ver
dun to shoot at"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

Ware files nomination papers, anticipating
a widespread demand for his candidacy
no doubt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

II Illinois is to get behind any candidats
that candidate ought to be Sherman. We do
not know what type of man the nation is pre-
pared to receive, whatever ideas may have
az to the kind of man it ought to have. But
Sherman Is the only man of any type in I'LL
The fitness Of the Offering.-Chicago Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

1t would be a good thing to get rid @
Penrose but why put Philadelphia in paw
four years 10 do 1t?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The fans are hoping that Cincinnati will
do better in Boston than it did in Phila-
delpha.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

It's fine day for Theodore Roosevelt wher
a mere Secretary of War can call the turr
on him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

The new interest of people and Government
IN the subject Of better military preparedness
is brought home to Cleveland by the decision to
establish training camp for civilians at Cha
grin Falls next month. The prompt response
on the part of representative Cleveland men 70
the call for volunteers indicates what local sen
tlment on the subject is.-Cleveand Plain Deal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

All this and more has been done because
It is evident that there was never q more
favorable time to make war upon the PEN
rose State machine The Democrats are in
power in Washington and the senior Sem
ator has no Federal patronage at his dis
posal Penrose does not control the Gov
ernor. consequently State patronage can
not be used to bolster up the Penrose organi-
cation. II the Wares can win the mayoralty
Penrose will be defeated in his own city
Then. with the prestige OF victory here and
with the assistance of the anti Penrose
leaders in and around Pittsburgh and in the
northeastern part Of the State they believe
that they can name the men who will rep
resent the State in the choice of a Presi-
Dental candidate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

Whoever doubts this is unable to read the
signs of the times. The open confession
OF It by the leaders is not necessary. All
the events OF the last six months have been
pointing to it. The Governor has been cul-
tivating the anti-Penrose leaders in the
State and throwing sops to them in the way
OF appointments. He has displaced the
henchrnen Of the old machine by men who
can be trusted to assist In building new
machine. And little while before he started
for the Pacific coast, to put 5000 miles of
rugged country between him and the bitter
hight now waging, he bribed Smith, "neu-
tral" candidate for the mayoralty by ap-
pointing him, by and with the advice and
consent of the Wares and Francis Skunk
Brown, to place on the Public Service
Commission. He gave certificate of ability
TO Smith, which would be useful to him in
playing the game from now on. and at the
same time he bound him to the new alliance
BY that emotion which has been described
as a lively sense of favors yet to come.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

substitu,ine them for renrose would be
worth the candle7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
The Prize Of the World

Yet these can hardly concern Germany.
II the Gear comes 70 the Golden Horn IL
win be the sea Powers. the Mediterranean
Powers, which will alone be able to contest
for the Turks estate; the road from Ber-
lin ana Vienna will be closed. ana closed
with many bolts.
Such bFieay. then. are the issass that are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28

A man might as tceii be dead as to make no
use Of his time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-28
The Pathway of Empire Ready


AS for Germany, such an expansion struck
at France and England Controlling the Sui
tan she would control the spiritual com
mander Of most of the 3OOOOO,OOO Mahome-
tans not alone those subject to the Turks,
but also the subjects OF Great Britain OF
France, of Russia. Once the Bagdad Rail-
road connected Constantinople with Bagdad
made junction with the Syrian railroads
which led down past the Egyptian frontier
TO Mecca, her pathway OF empire was ready
To the completion OF her colossal plan the
small Balkan States were a barrier
When Italy had done, Bulgaria, servia
Montenegro and Greece attacked the Turk
and in brief war swept up practically all
OF his European territory. This partition Of
Turkey. II It should persist was instantly
fatal to the great Berlin to- Bagdad dream
Between the Danube and the Golden Horn
there now interposed three compact states,
Joined by alliance and Increased by large
accessions OF territory and population. I'M
less they were separated they could not be
attacked safely because Italy would not
Join her Austro German allies In such an at
tack and the Triple Entente. backing the
Balkan alliance, would be a force beyond the
powers of the Austro-German armies. who
would have also 10 expect the possible APP
pearanee Of Italy in the ranks Of the foes
Reread Bernhardi and it will instantly be
seen how completely he recognized the extent
OF the disaster incident to the Italian at
tack upon Turkey; indeed. he ventured "a
say that Il would have been better for Aus
tria ana Germany TO have supported Turkey
and attacked Italy
There were many intricate and conflict
ing Issues involved In the dispute OF 1914 to
permit Il 20 be said with accuracy that any
one precipitated Armageddon, but the i'm
portance Of the Austfo-cerman dream ol