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New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
The Christian Church. What OF Its Future?
LhnDR

A1oT many weeks or months had
elapsed after this world war
began before there was pre-
sented to our vision a picture so
horrible it hardly seemed that il
could be truc.
1t appeared that hell had broken
loose and that millions of evil spirits
had become incarnate in human form
ana were going about the earth COM
mltung atrocities and acts of cruelty
beyond belief.
In the face of this awful picture VIC
heard it on every hand, Christianity
has failed.
The war has been going on for one
year two years, three years and now
1t Is in the fourth year And another
picture IS presented before our ewes.
In 1t we sec millions Of men and
women who are cxcmplifying in their
aaliy lives. IN The most commonplaco
lashlon, characteristics and qualities
winch command the admiration Of tho
world. WV
ElRST of all is a spirit of self-sacrj-
- nee ana unsclfishness. Whether
IL be on the battlefield or behind the
iincs' III the pestilence- ridden district
or among the starving villagers, the
,nought IS never of self but always
CT the other man or woman.
We see charity exhibited. brothcrlv
love, as it has never been manifested
before. Whenever and wherever hu
'nan need appears, the last crust is
cheerlully shared, the last garment
Is gladly given TO q more needy one
And We see beautiful and countless
examples OF humility. Who viii for.
get the story Of the titled Belgian
women? The man in charge of a food
distribution depot in a certain Belgian
cl'y needed number OF women to
work IN the depot, scrubbing the
floors, washing the dishes and serving
the food. He could find none to per-
form these menial tasks. He was
uifected TO the house of a noble Bel
glan woman. but it seemed useless
to apply there. However, he was told
to do SO, and as he entered he found
gathered group of titled women,
WORKING diligently, iEdustrously for
Vhelr fellow countrymen. He was
asked to state his crrand. And from
that group there volunteered the nee
essary number of women to go to the
food depot daily, scrub floors. wash
dishes and do the other menial work
required.
This same quality is exhibited as we
see the son of the nobleman bivouac-
ing with the son of the peasant and
each finding that under the coat of
the other beats an honest and manly
heart. The real gentleman or gentle
woman in this great host is he or
she who serves best and who serves
most.
And again, The characteristic of
generosity is manifested to marvel
lous degree. Many people of means
have long since been giving their en-
tire income and in addition cutting
deep into their principal. Those hav-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24
Foreign, Heroes of
Many Kinds Fill
Large Place.
Mar, on Horse
back Bulks Far
Above His Real
Position in Life
of the Country
By William James Black

" 7ASHINGTON, as the treasure
W. house OF national traditions,
should reveal the American
spirit in the symbols it has set up for
worship in plaza and parthenon, in
arena and acropolis.
The moral leaning of the statues of
the capital, normal and heroic. should
be the national gesture.
A feeling that false idols have been
set up here moved Professor McElroy,
Of Princeton University, and other
Americans to purge the temples. speci-
fically by casting down and melting
into bullets for the Hun the gift statue
OF Frederick the Great.
Not q few anomalies present them
selves in Washington bronze, the ab-
sence Of heroines, the sighting of
thinkers, social and industrial. the
prevalence Of the cyan on Horseback" :"
and the surplus Of foreign heroes. One
is obliged to ask: "Do the capital SYM
bols truly represent the passions of
the American people7"
For solace there is French tribute to
American independence, so eloquently
crystalized in bronze and marble in
Jackson Square, the French gesture of
Liberty. infectious at intervals to the
occupant Of the White House at whose
windows these heroic memorials to
Lafayette, Rochambeau and their COM
patriots look in.
At time when one million American,
soldiers embark for France, there to
receive a fresh baptism of democracy,
it repays one. emotionally, to dwell
upon the -equallcd knight-er-
rantry of General Lafayette. Other
memorial statues there are here in
gratitude to Kosciusko, Pulaski, woh
Steuben, Barry. Rochambeau and De
Kalb, but to Lafayette one instinctively
tloffs ones hat.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

WOULD that l had the power to
bring to your minds the vision
as it unfolds before me!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

University Of Pennsylvania professors Of
international fame have fallen out over
definitions Of Germany's guilt. Professor
Schellirg takes issue with Professor Jas
trow. He finds in the latter's book. '"rhe
War and the Bagdad Railway" a fabric
thread after thread Of a color dangerously
un-American," and he is informed that
trustees OF the University and thinking
men and women in many walks OF life
have been dissatisfied with the easy and
noncommittal reviews of this book"
Il have spoken out" says Doctor Schell-
ing, because It seemed unlikely that any
one else would do so and have paid my
price I'm so doing. but when we risk our
blood and our treasure we must cast, too,
our friendship into the fire"
Apart from the question as to where
Doctor Jastrow's subtleties lead, we well
come Doctor schellng's assumption that
there is a high code, a straight and narrow
path OF patriotism, and that there must
be stout challenge for every one whose
opinions can be interpreted in two ways
Doctor Schelling's quest for truth in this
matter is the kind Of personal patriotism
which is every day making this nation
think straight and think in unity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
ARNOLD BENEFITS ENGLISH

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-In an interesting essay on the art OF
writing which Arncld Bennett contributes to
the February Cosmopolitan there appears the
following sentence
II any among you asserts that he has no fear
of the written word merely because Il Is writ
ten. let him try the following experiment
He says further that 1t is easy to write If
a man will only attempt TO write as he talks
But the sentence quoted indicates that it is
easier for Mr.. Bennett to write than to write
correct English. Leaving out of account his
abandonment of the subjunctive mood in the
first clause of the quoted sentence--the sub
junctive is falling into dlsuse-he has made
an objectionable error in writing about trying
an experiment. He might as well have written
about trying trial, for an experiment Is only
a trial. / hope that the teaching i'm the gram
mar schools Of Philadelphia is thorough
enough for the school children to be able
to tell Mr.. Bennett that he should have writ
ten about making an experiment
C. w.D.
Philadelphia, January 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
GARFIELD ORDER
IN READERS VIEWS
Suspension of Industry to Ease
Fuel Crisis Criticized
and Defended

To the Editor Of the Erening Public Ledger;
Sir-Where does your editor acquire all his
wonderful knowledge that enables him. on
hand, TO decide that Doctor Garlelds bravo
order TO close certain industries temporarily
70 conserve coal IS i'll advised? You talk
about the rejoicing in Germany over the news
Of this order! 1t will not be the order that
causes rejoicing, but it will be such hasty,
iil-consdered opinions OF responsible editorial
writer's as are expressed in your leading
editorial today that causes rejoicing in Ger
many! Won't you feel foolish--just as many
Of you must now feel in your past wild
criticisms Of Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
when it turns out that Doctor Garheld's
order issued when conditions were most
abnormal and drastic action was absolutely
demanded, was the very thing that the stu
alton required?
do not know nor do I pretend to know
neither do Nou--What was the right thing to
do at this crisis: but trust absolutely in
the patriotism and competency of President
Wilson and his very able advisors and say
that all this fault-hnding and persistent nag
ging of those who are trying to do their
duty is doing far more toward giving COM
fort aid and encouragement TO the enemy
than any Of the mistakes" you have 80 often
charged against President Wilson and his
advisors! OF course, Doctor Garnelds order
will very greatly inconvenience the whole
country and many will have to suffer. But
II we intend TO win the war we must expect
10 suffer! Those who do the actual fighting
must suffer; why should we not also bear
our share?
Back up the President and his advisers and
don't get panicky IL things do not always
run smoothly Mistakes VIII be made OF
course Who is, or ever was, perfect? Let
us not be too hasty in our Judgment for in
most cases we do not know all the facts, and
what may appear TO us to be mistakes may
have been the very thing that the occasion
demanded. Instead of obstructing Doctor
GARFIELD in his drastic efforts to help the
country, give him the valuable assistance
of your influence by urging the public to be
patient and that each try TO do his bit to
help relieve the tangle
True patriotism is what Is needed now!
After the crisis has been passed we can re-
sumo playing politics HARRY c. COPE.
Bethlehem, Pa, January 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
LET THE CABINET FACE CONGRESS

TT WOULD have been a miracle Elihu
L Root declared on Saturday. IL a great
body Of public servants selected in time
Of profound peace had all proved 10 be
the right men for war, and
That miracle did not happer England
has had TO change and change again;
France has had 20 change and change
again Italy has had 20 change: Germany
has had to change--that is one Of the nee
essary Incidents Of human nature. 1t rests
on the Congress Of the United states to
find out what changes Il must make II We
love our country and will win the war.
The country is taking stock Of Mr.. VIII
son and the members Of Congress. for the
time has definitely come when the eXecu-
tive and legislative branches Of the Gov.
ernment will either clash as they have
not clashed I'm many a year or agree upon
cooperation such as has rarely been at.
tained in our history. IL is not simply
question Of discharging this or that official:
IL is far deeper. 1t is a question Of replacing
the series of bureaus which we call cab.
met" with that united group of leaders
which in England anad France leads the
national Legislature. We want no Com.
mittee on the Conduct OF the War such as
that which nagged at Lincoln and his gen.
erals. Congress is not really trying to
lead: It is trying to be led.
No one has seen more clearly than Mr..
Wilson in the past the difficulties inherent
in the lack OF responsible leadership in Con.
gress. He has set down the statement that
without careful reform the national
Legislature will even more dangerously
approach the perilious model Of a mass
meeting Ministerial RESPONSE
bility supplies the only conditions which
have YET proved efilcacous. in the political
experience Of the world, for vesting recog-
nized leadership in men chosen for their
abilities by q natural selection OF debate
in sovereign assembly Of whose contests
the whole country Is witness.
We do not have 10 change the Constitu.
tion to get this at once. Let Mr. Lansing,
Mr.. McAdoo. Mr.. Baker. Mr.. Daniels meet
the House and enter it's debates with the
whole country witness Of the contests. Let
the meetings be "in committee or in what
ever form a proper procedure may die
tate. There would be nothing more start
ling in this than was Mr.. Wilson's own ap-
pearance in Congress and his determina-
tion to lead TO it's fulfllment the legislative
program Of his majority.
Then we'd know. We would know IL
these members of the Wilson Cabinet can
prove before the country and its chosen
representatives that they have the goods.
AS IL is now the Cabinet member
faces a congressional committee. The next
day the chairman makes an ugly insinua-
tion about the testimony, and two days
later the Cabinet member makes a bitter
retort and nobody knows who is bluffing.
Face TO face before the nation, the Cab
met and the Congressman would weed each
other out. The unfair attack would col
resignation.
We are trying to do exactly this thing
now in a roundabout way; It is time to do
it in a straightforward way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
Little Polly's Pome
Boards


Boards are hairs that grow on men
If they're not careful now and then
To shave themselves and once one grew
Upon real live lady too.
That styles called Freak and it's 50
strange
1t costs ten cents and count your change
For ticketmen are bad and try
To keep little on the sly
And then they growl anu swear at you
And ask you what you're going to do
And Uncle John said we'll you'd see
If | didn't have this child with me.
Some animals have boards like men
And even longer too and then
That gives nickname to the beast
Like "Bruin" for the bear. At least
We hear folks speaking now and then
of "Beard"-the lion in his den.
To raise beard takes lots of care
To keep it nice and thick with hair
For if you don't it soon gets thin
And when ] look at Grandma's chin
think if / would ask I'd find
She started one but changed her mind.
TOM DAILY,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
JUNIOR RED CROSS

Membership on the part of school Children
In the junior department of the Red cfe~
is not individual membership. but Is mempel
ship In a school which becomes scnoo
auxiliary of the Red Cross when Il has e.
cumulated a school supply fund which eq.A-
twenty-five cents for each pupil enroilea -
that school,
This school fund may be raised by enlsg
tainnents given by the children; by men..
they have earned individually or IN sfo.l.
or classes or grades by contributions ~, y,
interested patrons. No part OF this 1eroe
fund is to be turned over TO the RED ~ y
chapter or the Washington headquarters
Is the case with adult membership ices. ~ N
is all to be spent In buying supplies on VIZ s,.f
the children may work. one OF tns ,s..6 w..
kinds of service which the school cn''y,f,' ',,
may render is 70 clothe the destitute ~
dren abroad Anna Hedges Talbot Is al1.e,, a...,.
OF the Atlantic Division, Junior pepa''
OF the Red Cross, New York, Y. y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
COLD OR COAL?

Statistics of the Industry and Hints on
Conservation
EIFTEEN MILLION persons in this coun-
l. try are shoveling coal every normal day.
of whom 10000 are flremen in power plants
and on railroads. BY midnight they have
converted 100000 tons into ashes With
these ashes are thrown away thousands Of
toas of coal, only partly burned. Other thou
sands of tons have been wasted in careless
burning, or unnecessary heating Of unoccu-
pied rooms in the making of electric lght
which illuminated empty rooms and needless
places, In twelve months we have burned
500, 900 tons.
OF late we have increased our consumption
Of coal much faster than It can be delivered;
our mines are adequate-with sufficient W
bor-to produce what we need, but trans
portati0n is limited. During the last year
the steel industry has used 40,oo0.oOO tons
more than the previous year; our cotton
mills, 100000: our railroads, 4O,0OVevv
tons-while other industries bring the In
crease up TO 100, 5000 tons. A single new
munitions plant alone takes the entire outpu.
of two large mines. Our own navy and our
allies constitute a new and large demand iof
fuel.
Coal has always been so abundant here Ne
have given little thought 10 saving IL Ws
must manage some way 10 save at least ~
100000 tons The damper in your stove, Ief-
mace or heater can help win the war aoel
In your ashpit which leaks air, and soos y
fiues. pipes and chimney are all aiding ~
enemy. Weather strips, storm sash. ash snt
ers, careful firing. curtailment Of coal ~
just as much as possible are all instrumshn
of first aid to the great cause.
Every owner or manager OF plant us~h
coal can do lot How long, Mr.. Manas.t'
since you inspected your boiler room. and %
you know OF your own knowledge whetnes
the utmost fuel economy exists there or notl
1t is of very great importance TO saw
every pound OF coal possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
SAVING POWER AND LIGHT

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-I am employed in one OF the largest
machine shops in Philadelphia on night shift.
1 noticed electric lights left burning over
machines while not in use just through care
lessness or forgetfulness ! also have noticed
the same waste OF power in different shops
| have worked for The employe would be
working at a machine for an hour or so,
leave machine for ten or twenty minutes
and leave electric light burning. l have
noticed electric lights burning for ten hours
and nobody working at the machine over
which the light hangs. have no doubt there
Is an enormous amount OF power wasted In
this manner II would not surprise me IL
this waste OF power happened the same way
In other lines of business.
I would suggest that notices be posted in
conspicuous places In all shops and Offices
asking employees TO turn on lights when not
IN use, II only away from machine or desk
for hve minutes. thereby saving power and
coal or. better still have tags printed.
These tags could be attached 10 the guard OF
lights or q few inches above light en- the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
THE FAITH WORTH WHILE

WYE HAVE received many letters from
w laboring men who want TO know why
we object to the Garfield order when they
do not. I'VE are satisfied to make sacri.
fees" runs one of the letters.
Fine. But nobody is complaining about
the sacrifice. What men are complaining
about Is that conditions should have
been permitted TO arise that would Justify
the halt" order. Every American is will
ing TO make any sacrifice whatever that is
necessary, but no American wants to make
a sacrifice that is unnecessary. 1t is not
so rnuch n question Of making sacrifices
as It is Of making sacrifices that will win
the war Sacrifices which do not work
toward that end may be meritorious
spiritually but they are OF no practical
benefit.
But the American, whether he is a labor
ing man or "pIutocrat," who is satisfied
TO make sacrifices" is an American very
much worth while. He is the material out
of which victory is moldsd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
GEN. ALLENBY's EXTENDED LINE

General Allenby's progress north OF Jeru-
salem, steady II slow, and now extended by
a mile, shows that the re-enforced Turkish
army, which week ago began counter
attacks, has been thrown back on the de-
fensiye. Resistance however. seems to be
stiffening, and II Is not TO be supposed that
the army based on Egypt will have an easy
time in completing the conquest Of Palestine
Every mile Of advance brings IL nearer to
the enemy's bases and puts It 10 some extent
at a disadvantage, though the army itself is
not greatly weakened by the advance because
OF the aid given by sea transport Strategi-
cally the situation Is OF much interest be-
cause of the triangular relation between the
Turks under General Falkenhayn and the two
British armies In Palestine and Mesopotamia
That the German strategists are giving studi-
Gus thought TO the problem is a matter Of
course. but IL Is made difiicult by the fact
that at present the British have the better
communications In both fields.-springheld
Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
THANKS FROM SONS OF ITALY

To the Editor Of the EUeniH0 Public Ledger;
sir-The Grand Council for the State of
Pennsylvania OF the order OF Sons OF Italy
in America wishes formally 10 express its
thanks and appreciation for the cooperation
and assistance of your newspaper In connec-
ton with the grand bazaar recently held by
this fraternal organization for the benefit of
Italian war refugees
IThe publicity given 20 this humanitarian
movement both in English and Italian in your
columns has received not only the official
appreciation of the Grand Council Of the
state, but also that of every member of the
order. which counts over $4,000 in this Com
monwealth. GIUSEPPE DI SILVESTRO.
Philadelphia, January 10. Grand Master.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
NOTICE!
GARFIELD CRITICIZED

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--The drastic order OF Doctor Garfield
prescribing a fivc-day 'rest-cure" for our
fuel and economic ills appears to be but the
splenetic Comeback Of n man who, having
been harassed for weeks by criticism, fault
finding and call for fuel administration
that would "administrate," and having found
It impossible to please everybody has decided
to show 'em" by Misunderstanding" in a way
that would please nobody.
AS an illustration Of the beauties of CEN
tralized governmental control of industries
and the source OF supply It ought, however,
to set the most radical Socialist wild with
Joy. c. l.. MANNING.
Philadelphia, January ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
BAROMETER RECORDS BROKEN

Editor EUen'n0 Public Ledger:
Sir-So far this month has twice given
two extraordinarily low barometers:
January IL, about a. NJ, It read 2s.93
inches
January Is. about a. m, Il read 1884
inches
These readings were observed on a self
recording barometer. My records, which 20
back about eight years, do not show two
such extremely low readings within a few
days of each other G. DECKER
Philadelphia, January 16.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

wire as a constant reminder to turn off light
when not in use. Tags might be worded
NOTICE!
Power means coal
Please turn of light when not In use
NOTICE!
1t takes coal TO make power or electricity.
Please turn Of light when not ip use
FRANK MCCAIN.
Philadelphia, Jan. 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

our observation Is that when a sinp
bachelor decides TO marry for a home he
usually picks out a wife with a delicatessen
taste and cabaret temperament-Dalla
Nows.
The cold wave last week came from Art
zona and the snowstorm OF this week is from
Louisiana. However, the new orange croD
from the Dakotas isn't in yet.--St Louis
POst-Dispatch.
Not a single member OF Congress has been
able to get contract from the War Depart-
Inent for a constituent Not a single mem.
Der OF Congress has been able 10 get a COM
mission from the War Department for a con.
stituent. DO these two related facts have
anything to do with the feeling In Congress
that Secretary Baker Is taking too rosv'
view OF the conduct OF the war?-New
York World.
The reports that the Irishmen who have
been trying to arrive at satisfactory solu-
ton OF the AFFAIRS OF Ireland are FAR from,
agreement and that they may adjourn with
out having formulated a workable plan on
which all parties can stand together are
depressing. No convention Is over dntil the
motion 10 adjourn has been carried IL will
be wise 20 wait until the last session Is COM
pleted before forming any opinions on the
value OF this attempt 10 bring unity out Of
the Irish aituation,--Boston Globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

In England no one ever thinks Of money
now.-sir i. i. smith. Attorney General OF
Great Britain.
The world is surely not being made safe
for plutocracy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

Eight thousand masters and mechanics
at the navy yard telegraph the President 10
say. while deeply regrettlng the necessity
vet we loyalty and manfully sustain you In
carrying out the fuel order."( Good we
can make up for mistakes, but there is no
substitute for patriotism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-21

can teach any person. male or female 10
draw or paint, but God alone can make An
artist out OF him.--Joseph PennelL
Who was II said that something 10 the
effect that poems are made by you and
me, but only God can make tree?