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March of the Veterans

TN 81 they started out
i To put the rebel hordes to rout,
A beardless lot. uncouth, unframed;
But many a face with tears was stained
When, joyously with eager feet,
The men in blue went marching
Marching, marching,
The men in blue went marching
Down the village street.
The streets are lined with crowds today
And flowers are scattered all the way
For the veterans who come marching past;
Tho now their ranks are thinning fast,
And Death has blown a last retreat
For many who came marching,
Marching, marching,
For many who came marching
Down the village street.
Now fifty years have passed, and still
Fifty years may work their will.
But should the moment ever come
When, terror-stricken, zoe are dumb
Then they who never knew defeat
VIII, double-quick, come marching,
Marching, marching,
The veterans will come marching
Down the village street
CASA wAPPY.
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HILL. EMPIRE.BUILpER

MYTH the passing Of James ]. Hill the
w same factors in his greatness will be
reviewed as were noted when he emerged
triumphant over his rivals, time after
time. in the development of success. He
was born like the rest" and the occa-
sions for self-improvement were not more
than come TO millions of others. His sim
plicity and his devotion to the task, what
ever IL was, his energy and the variety
Of his interests. hardly distinguish him
from many other famous men. In his
will and in his vision lay the germs of
his greatness, and of the two, the latter
Is the more rare and the more precious.
He not only saw. he foresaw. The West
was the world for him and he was per-
suaded OF the limitless possibilities OF
human endeavor. To say that he built an
empire and TO restrict that name to the
mere district he developed, would be mis-
leading, regardless OF the importance OF
the work II he built an empire he Joined
il TO a republic. He enriched the country;
but. Tar more than that. he completed
through his own initiative and efforts the
consolidation OF East and West which had
been undertaken by the Government. Ffis
provision was not merely Of the wealth
Of the West. but OF the physical unity
az the East and West. IS Of North and
south upon which she spiritual unity q
ta1 country must aeDend
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EDUCATION OF GIRLS

10 the Edttor OF EOehth0 LedgeE
Slr--I have no personal interest In the
discussion arising from n letter in your cor
respondence columns regarding the obsolete
ness of the Philadelphia High School for
Girls. because I am neither an alumna of
that school nor n member of its faculty, but
l sincerely believe in the exposure OF un-
truths. While l am sure the school does
not wish or need defense, l cannot let the
opportunity pass of protesting against state
ments that are as absurd as they are un-
true. The college I attended had among its
students many graduates of the above
school who formed, likewise, a large group
in the college with which 1 was later con-
nected in n business position. / unhesitat-
ingly speak for both of those colleges when
| testify to the trained and quick ntelli-
gence which won for those girls not only
academic honors but elective positions or
responsibility as class and student govern
ment officers. The modesty with which they
carrled-and continue to carry-thls dis
tinction would seem to refute the back-pat-
ting habit emphasized by your corre-
spondent
1 recall. too, what was brought to my at
tention quite incidentally last December, by
a business associate, that of the emergency
force employed in one store during the holi-
day rush (some department stores employed
high school undergraduates at that time),
the honor of being the first one to do her
work faultlessly fell to graduate OF the
18th Street School. Sne nhu hau no lechlll-
cal business training, of course. II this be
the result of unenlightened methods i advo-
cate their more general adoption.
Moreover, are not the vast majority of the
teachers in the primary and grammar
schools of the Philadelphia system grad
yates OF the high school under dlscussionT
~ for four impressionable years they have
been the victims of antiquated instruction,
how can they in turn, send out from their
cIassrooms pupils capable of assmilating,
with such signal success, the very progress
siye and up-to-date instruction of the high
schools other than that at 18th and Spring
Garden? or is 1t that the Normal School,
in two years, completely counteracts the
baIeful influence of the four that precede?
MAY / add that my knowledge of the
graduates of the High School Tor girls rails
Yerv we'll within the 20 years described by
YOUR correspondent as the period of the
schools decadence.
NJ. r. RAVENEL.
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A MILE WITH ME

Oh. who will walk almile with me
Along life's merry way?
A comrade blithe and full OF glee
Who dares to laugh out loud and free,
And let his frolic fancy play
Like a happy child through the flowers gay
Where he walks mile with me-
And who will walk mile with me
Along life's weary way?
A friend whose heart has eyes TO see
The stars shine out DER the darkeninR lea
And the quiet rest at the end OF the day
A friend who knows and dares to say.
The grave sweet words that cheer the wav
Where he walks mile with me
With such a comrade, such a friend,
fain would walk till journeys end.
Through summer sunshine, winter rain.
And then?-Farewell. we shall meet again +,
Henry van Dyke.
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Philadelphia. May 26.
HOME TEACHING FOR THE BLIND

To the Editor Of Evening Ledger
sir-The Board OF Managers Of the Penn
sylvanla Home Teaching Society and Free
Circulating Library for the Blind desires to
exnress its hearty thanks for the publicity
given in your columns to the discussions at
the recent conference OF home teachers held
at overlook.
This society employs 10 nlnd or par
.,aiI,, Mind teachers 10 visit and teach the
adult blind of Pennsylvania in their own
homes to read the Moon type, which is most
suitable 10 those who become blind in adult
life. as II is founded on the Roman letter
ana has but few abbrevations. dotted
tvne is also taught to any pupil able TO
The number of Moon" type books loaned
nv our society last year was 1925. They
are sent TO readers In all parts OF the United
ststss No charge of any kind is made to
blind pupils or readers
ISABEL W. KENNEDY, Secretary
philadelphia, May 20,
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Tom Days Column
MYsELr I nEcoRArN

M1cbGF OGJOftht ~
Myself decorate.
with the Jortitude
Borne In the tcinter at Valley Foroej
with the desperate courage
OF those that fought and died
At Gettvsbur05
with the patient IoUe Of Lincoln;
with the reckless bravery Of them that
marched
with Sherman to the sea;
with the righteous anger Of the North
Wth the splendid tradition of the South !
And the undyin0 faith
of OSdiUdtomie BroiOn;
decorate mySeb.
And the tCredth that ldy
on a ndmelesS soldiers grave
Is poor payment, indeed,
For his crotcn of thorns
And my heritage Of liberty.
Will LOU.
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A HORSE CAN BE A HERO
General Meade's Old Baldy Was
Wounded in Many Campaigns

The head OF one of the most famous
horses In history hangs, mounted ~
a shield, in the headquarters OF Geofse y.
Meade Post in this city IL Is lhat "
Old Baldy, General Meade's mount IN ny
operations OF the Armies OF the Potomao
ana Virginia. The horse was raised "
the West and was brought East py C1lohss ,ln,sa
E ID. Baker, of Oregon, who was Al'ea
AZ Balls Bluff on October 2l, 1851 eel
eral Meade bought him In Washlhg'on ~
$3.50. The horse was wounded ~ tns m,
by a piece of shell at the battle % ~,
Run on July 21. 1851, but was NOT na pus
out of service He served at DranesFlue'
Mechanicsville. Gaines Mills and uroYs,d ',,d
ION and was wounded again az the seeo,.s 1870
hattls Of Bull Run on August 49, Ao-'
when he was shot through = hhu are
Two weeks later he was rldaen a. ~
battle of South Mountain ana On 81 ~ fhs
~ he was shot through the NECK -
hattie of Antietam and was apahuoiles, s.,,aa.
narantly diving. He was Afterwards 49, -.
Nv General Meades servant oro"sihs ~
The battlefield. He had recover so az
eiently 10 serve General Mesoe Esl-
October and November canpaisztn ~. .s.,iors.
month In 1858 he was az ChaIls w.,
,tiils during the first three days OF
and AT Gettysburg on July l. anu "a
s,,as shot through the ribs on July = -
,,as in three other engagements ulal -.
and in 1854 he was In ths s,s-- Geek.
paign, at spottsylYaniai Norll s.,.si ai other
cold Harbor, Petersburg and severe. -
nlaess where there was hard nsnt'nS
Al thu end Of the war he was taAs sb,s
General Adeades country place ne. Hs
CIV. where he remained seven - eif,
- ia ii the great parade m tnls -
We .,s'.sn,bar ls 1878, Ia honor Of delsse'
Grant's return from hia tour Of the ss1'.i ~
Hs was later given % 1ohn pzg,7s i. 4
ts,a1snsoVsn. Who cared f0E him aa.a
5,esnle necsssarg TO xiii nm nenza.S =
zscama toe feeble p siana tat -
,izsos master ahept % years.
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RUBERT B. NIXON, Jr.
Philadelphia. May 29
A GOOD WORD FOR GERMANY


10 the Editor Of EVenfng Ledger.
Sir-H l.. Dubois is a great joker. Ger.
MANY mas never hypnotzed her own people
with deception, as he states it. She has
from the very start laid her case before the
forum of her own people without besita
uoh' so every German soldier knew exactly
What he was lighting for when he entered
the held, fighting for the existence of his
fatherland. This conviction has been
Germany's greatest strength, not the big
guns; the living human wall not only re.
sisted the onslaught from east and west
put carried the war far into the territory
OF her enemies by a series of victories
unparalleled in the history of any country
The Allies entered this war to fight Prus-
sian mllltarism. In reality each of them
haa special issue. France to recover the
lost provinces and lost prestige. England to
wipe out the German commerce and Russia
TO dominate the Balkans and Asia Minor
The world has never witnessed such a
downfall of ambitions
He is suspicious of England? Right YOU
are! II 1t serves England's interest to-
morrow she will insist upon making peace
and eventually desert her allies But of
course, there is Russia, he argues, Frances 8
hope. But there Is no more hope for
France. With her 1s-year-old boys in the
field she is unable to hold back the Ger.
mans at Verdun How can she ever start
a successful offensive with her infants?
She is indeed the worst beaten nation in
this war and in another generation or two
from now she will be reduced to the role
of Spain In population we'll as in pres
tige By that time the French will prob
ably know why Jaures was murdered
GEORGE DoRNAUER.
Philadelphia, May 20,
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Answers to Yesterday's ouiz

1. Aaron Burr was tied with Jefferson In
the vote for President. He became
Vice President and later was tried
for treason.
z. Bas relief is sculpture In which the
projection of the figures from the
surface Is slight.
8, A fifteenth century Earl of Warwick
was known the KIng-maker, be-
cause of his great power.
4. A sybarite Is one given to excessive
luxury and self-indulEence.
D. The Blue Mountains are about 90 miles
from Philadelphia, cutting across
the State from Delaware Water Gap
to n point at about the middle of its
southern boundary.
o. Eighty per cent. efficiency means 80
per cent. of the power applied Is
realized In results.
Z. Seventeen amendments. The last two
refer to direct election of Senators
and the income tax.
8. Hllaire Belloc Is an English author
0. John Milton wrote Paradise Lost"
10. North, north by east. nOrth-northeast,
northeast by north, northeast, north
east by east, east northeast, east by
north, east.
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1. Who were chiefly interested in the
Northern Securities Company?
2. What is n libretto?
3. For what purpose was the Mason and
Dixon line originally defined?
.. Who was Mayor of Philadelphia 10
years ago?
0. What is the prophecy of st. Malachy?
O. What do the British call freight
train? pee. 81.
Z. About how old is Justice Charles e.
Hughes?
3. Arc there any States In which murder
Is not punished by death?
o. What Is the difference in time between
st. Paul and Philadelphia?
10. How many votes are required to nomi-
nate presidential candidate in the
Republican convention?
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The Ralkans cropped np AGAIN -.

The Balkans cropped up again yes
ferday and by some trick of fate there
was luli at verdun. SO due prominence
vas given their re-emergenee. The situ-
alton has nothing new in it. At salonica
the Allies are strongly intrenehed. but
lhe German influence still dominates the
directing power OF Greece, which has been
promised beautiful things If it stays neu-
lfal The Bulgarian flag has been raised
II Macedonia and II the Central Empires
neditate = triple-driye Greece win be the
scene Of one A tragic feature OF the
zFent Is the appearance OF Serbia. literally
Al there Is OF the country ana It's spirit.
II 100000 men, ready to return to battle.
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OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Praise of Girls High School-How the Blind
Are Helped at Home-Roosevelt Admirers Attack
Hughes-Other Current Matters

Republican party to nominate man who
is so little known? Who recommends
Hughes? Is It Root or Morgan, Rockefeller
or who is it? Roosevelt recommends him
self, and we who are oppressed salts
fled with the recommendation. The Old
Guard Republicans, Penrose, Barnes and
company, recommend Hughes. Are the peo-
pie crying for Hughes? Have the labor
unions demanded Hughes? Candidly and
honestly now, who is 1t that wants Hughes?
The American people are not going to play
,politicS this year We are going to play
Amertcanism. We can't afford to play
politics in this crisis 1 would like these
questions answered and thank you in ad-
vance for the favor.
ROBERT B. NIXON, Jr.
Philadelphia, MAY 90
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Poison in Canned Goods

Editor Of "What Do You hnot0o-I have
been told that II is unsafe to leave canned
goods in the cans after opening. as a pecu-
liar and dangerous poison is generated
Is this soH HOUSEWIFE
The National Gamers Association saws
that 1t Is not So but the sickness that
arises occasionally from eating canned
goods that have been left In the can after
opening arises from the decay OF the food
itself and Is not caused by the tin. Fish
especially spoils very quickly when exposed
10 the air. Careful housewives however.
always empty can as soon as II Is opened
and never use canned fish "a hours after
removal from the can, unless It was heated
when the can was hFst opened
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Hence the Name

The mate stood on the empty deck
Whence all but him had fled;
He made Grafton without end
About the navy's dead
And 81 the crew that day agreed
That thirtieth of May
Hereafter should be known by them
AS Deck.oration Day
G. L.
'fum, Mrs Hemans 20 the contrary notwith
standing,
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shipa OF twenty natlons were IN u

bHIpd OF IWeHty IIdIIOnB We're IN the
port OF Philadelphia last week. The
Director of the Port announces that so
crowded are the docks that no new busi-
ness can be taken on. The pending suit
against the enlargement OF the piers is
based on the assertion that it will lie 25
years before new facilities are needed. A
splendid indifference to the fact Is the
surest sign OF genius and Of madness.
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HE LIKES GOLF NEWS


o TH5 EuTFOT OJ EV5HUV Lsuy0T'
Sir-In today's EVENING LEDGER the
writer read with much disgust the article
w" AS to the piece Of bone on the golf
club, except the driver. the writer cam
not imagine where he ever got that idea
The writer and numerous other members
of my club read your golf news daily and
receive much enjoyment therefrom. so
hope you will not pay any attention to such
a letter as that from ~. S. W."
f. T., Jr.
Haverford, Pa, May 27.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-30

Commencement season is upon us.
The graduates preparing to settle the
world war have only one thing against
them. That is the success of those who
tried IL a year ago.
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Coal Briquets

Editor Of "What Do you Rnop'-can
you tell me whether the production of coal
briquets in the United States is increasing?
SHAMOKIN.
In 1912 the production amounted to
22O,054 tons; in 1918 It fell to lsl,S59 tons,
but rose in 1914, the last year for which
complete statistics are available, to 25O,635
tons
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The Literary Digest has taken .
sIrsw vote Of some 1000 Republican legis-
|zI67s and the results are nearly 10 l on
Hughes against Roosevelt and 2 to 1 on
tzhes aEainst Root A strong wind Is
nInf &c ana unless q shelter 8 rapidly
# ths Republican party aill fna Itself
~ Eas IuzE'ee ainesE b foFce. 4 Is
Itsk zRsast Hughes ~
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Justice Hughes would at least be.
able to meet Carranza on equal terms. As
the two foremost spurners of the razor
they would have enough in common to
start conversation without dragging In
fhA HRea Their
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Widow's Rights IN PennsyIvania

Editor of ffWhat DO f0u kHot0'-Vhat
share OF her deceased husbands estate q
4 Widow entitled 10 IN this State Il he dies
without making = WillG K.M
Tha widow Is entitled y PeunsgIzania
Law . rhe entire personal estate = Is
t6aao ana te onshzif e ~ a ezcezs &
lhaf ancan1
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Representative F'arr seems to have
common sense. He told Congress that 1t
would be more economical to spend $780,
100000 for warships to prevent war than
TO have four weeks of war costing
100000 day. This is the right way to
&aYtr
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If Mr.. Ford continues to send peace
parties to Europe, one of them will get
there at about the time the belligerents
are ready to stop fighting. Then he can
claim credit for getting the boys out of
fhe trenches
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It 8 not disgraceful that Phlladel-

1t Is not disgraceful that Philadel-
phia win spend only $4,000 for Fourth
OF July celebration. On far less than that.
II the heart be In it. fitting memorial
service could be held. But it is a little
unfortunate that the city should be so
Impoverished that $500 is the maximum
It can actually AFFORD to spend.
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A Socialist has at last been ap-
pointed to an imperial office. Judging by
the activities of BRAND and other French
Socialists the reason must have been that
Germany needed a dictator more than
anything else. A Socialist In Office is
usually tyrant over there.
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To let the world know what their
sentiments are. the advertising men are
planning great water pageant for their
And the water will not be
iiluted with a stick either.
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Capacity of Freight Cars

Editor OF "Whdt Do you Rnoto"-What
is the greatest capacity OF freight cars in
use on American railroads? STUDENT.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has built a
great many cars capable of carrying 70
tons, but these are exceeded by the sO.ton
cars Of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
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Somehow Mr.. Taft fails to appeal to
the Imagination in the role of convention
.boiter. Yet, by all logic, If the Republi-
cans nominate Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Taft
win have to find a new party for himself.
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Movie men declare that their profits
are not so great as generally supposed.
But when we know that some of them
have risen from clerks to multimillion-
aires we cannot be persuaded that there
IS no money in the business.
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II the nation had been prepared be-
fore it's past wars there would have been
fewer graves of men killed in battle to
be decorated today.
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The chief assets or the Wares seem
to be Governor, an Attorney General,
the Mayor and the police What they
need now is some craftsmanship.
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What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest tciH be an
stcered In this column Ten questions. the
dnstoers to tohich euerv tceH-informed
person should knoto, are asked daily.
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This Department Is free to all readers tcho
,0iSh TO erpresS their opinions on subjects ot
current interest. II is open forum. and the
Evening Ledger assumes responsibility for the
utetcS Of its correspondents.
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Words are the daughters of earth
and things are the sons of heaVsn.-
Samuel johnson.
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CENTRAL HIGH

You are wrong, Pennsylvania produced
l57,4O7.61s tons OF bituminous coal in 1915.
West Virginia, the next greatest producer.
mined only T4.O0O.000 tons. The total pro.
ductlon OF bltuminous in the United States
was 4s4,744,922 tons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-30

James J. Hill was not eligible to the
Presidency, but he did more for the North
west than any President has ever done.
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The Iowa delegates are said to
think that Roosevelt is trying to hog"
things. Who could have given the secret
away7
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NEEMoRIAL DAY!
lfl To just few,
Awakes anew the memory
OF blood-bespattered fields,
Victims, begging in the name Of God, for
water
Widows. orphans anguish like the very
depths OF hell
To the rest of us passing millions
The waving Of flag, patriotic song.
And more than ala holiday!
And this is what but fifty years can dol
F. DeS. 4.
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The Parkway claims are soon to be
paid. All, yes But where is the Park
xvnv7
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nRTSG THE LAD RIGHT IN. MA,AsIi

slr-can't you hnd room IN your column.
,vben Il paradsB on Tuesday, Tor my John
Ioszob4 H was born on Decoration Day. chris-
1snsd s. FIas Day and tosz ha aFst rlds - las
Eoazlh q July ..
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European hotel proprietors optimisticall,,
nFure thAt me entire eesl q the war win
nual American tourist season cpenu.- B..
len TEanzcrlpk
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Production of Bituminous Coal

Editor Of "WhGt Do you Rnoto"-I as.
serted that Pennsylvania produced more
anthracite than any other State but was
far from the first in the production of
bituminous coal. but my statement was
disputed. Am / not right?
CENTRAL, IJInII
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Some more signs over an uptown pic
ture house:
DECORATION DAY SPECIAL
THE POWDER WORKERS IN
SIX PARTS
Connolly.