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La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1918-08-31

1871 50. Camac 81.
Phila., Pa.
GiacChe vol, Signor D'Aloia,
nella vostra strombazzata polemi
ca, avete voluto tirar fuori nomi
. di persone, le quail Iisentono pin
di tutto, a che la loro dignita non
. venga offuscata con calunnie e
menzogne, e leggendo clio che vol
"a miO carico aSseIite, sento Pim-
Drescindibile dovere di responder
vi, auche perche possa contra
stare / vOsui propositi di farmi
inimicare uno del miei piu calis-
simi e stimati amici; il Dr.. Clio
vanni Ricciardi, il quale, olJre ad
I essere un gentiluomo peIfetto e
soto tutti i rapport, ha qualita
e doti superiori ed indiscutibili
come tutti sanno, e Vol pure
malgrado adesso indOssIate la
veste di CainO.
Clio premesso Vengo subito al
sodo:
Sc Ia mia memoTia non sba-
ella. 81 era di sabato dopo pran-
. 20, non Iammento Sc il l3 o il 20
dello scorso lugiio, ed 10, di pas
saggio per la Falmacia Pelosi,
dove vol state a lavorare, entrai
e, salutatovi, vi domandai cosa
81 facea e che nuove vi fosserO; ;
mi rispondeste, caro- Calcavec-
CHA, niente di nuovo che possa
mguardare POrdine, ma l'attuali-
Ia del giorno, di cui 81 parla do
vunque, e la pace Riccimdi-Di
/ Silvestro-Figli d'Italia. vi risposi
che d moi non incombeva dover
giudicare simile avvenimento,
perche era del tutto personaIe, e
ne potevamo 0 dovevamo india
gare i motivi per i quail il Dr..
I Riccimdi 81 era prefsso mel met
terli in pratica. Potreste smentir-
mi, Colendissimo FarmacisUa
.D'Aloia?
=. Di Iimando vol mi diceste, Co.
.ravate seduto su quella sedia da
barbiere che sta mel dietro bottle
ga ed 10 in piedD che POGO prima
vi eravate visit con il Signor
Giuseppe Di Silvestro, Grande
Venerable del Figli d'Italia,
che, in merito all'avvenlmonto
costui vi aveva mostrato un do
cumento che, secondo Vol affe
maste, era di carattere firma
del DR.. Ricciardi, e che 10 stesso
/ Signor Di Silvestro vi avesse det-
to che per lui rappresentava una
giustificazione verso POrdine del
Figi d'Italia, qualOra questo o.
/ la massa, non avrebbero vistO di
buon occhio tale avvenimento e
che prima di stringersi la mano
dimenticare il passato il Di Silve-
stro 10 avea obbigato di paclfi-
carsi con j suoi amici che erano
stati coinvolti nella polemica del
la scorsa estate.
SlgnOr ID SllVeStrO, Sulla VO-
stra coscienza, e come uOldo e.
capo di una Istituzione, e la veri- .
Ia quella che il D'Aloia disse?
r vol, colendissimo farmacista
D'Aloia, avete il coraggio .
smentiImi?
Certo la vostra dichiarazione .
provoco una risposta da parte .
mia, e schiettamente vi dissi che
m'auguravo non avessero a veri-
ficarsi piu disaccordi ira Di Sill
vestro-Ricciardi perche Sc clio av-
verrebbe in appresso, con quel 4
documento in suo potere, il Di
Silvest y tenea un'arma potente
e il 4 2icciardi non ci avrebbe /
eatto buona fgura.
Pote 0nvincervi che la mia
risposta era affatto scevra di Of
fese per la persona del DR.. Ric-
ciardi, ma siccome a vol place ;
pescare mel torbido, avete volt to |
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1918-08-31

PaIuto delPamlcO SagreStanO GU
bilato.
Passando per sopra al iatto
che 10 mentisco attaccando il
compare galantuomo, mi fermo
Ii dove vol dite I'll D'AlOia e un
uOmo che non ha carattere".
10 vi provero il contrario, ca
10 peperone imbottito, e, al solito
milo, sarete vol a provare come 10
sia ira quelli che, cOnserVando il
proprio carattere, non 81 Ianno
imporre da vol, vi sanno tenere
mel conto che meriLate.
vi destituii da Grande Depu-
tato della Loggia Colombo, non
m'impietosii al vostri piagnistei
e minacce quando volevatc csse-
re reintegrato. vi nominal ALA O.
berdan, dove avreste figuI alto per
un fico secco, ma a vol non con-
venue accettare, riconOscendo
che quella Loggia non era pane
pei vostri denti.
10 non vi destal simp&tia, vol
non mi destavate fiducia, ed ebbl
sempre il concetto che vol, pallo-
ne gonfio d'ambizione, come vi
dissi nella farmacia eravate I'm
prepotente; e me ne convinsI me-
Clio in Seguito per information
ricevute e per lie ietUere da vol
inviatemi. ma dele quail ira
scriVero IN parte, primo, pUr III
levare che vol non sapete scri-
we're g che il communicate We 10
siete fatto cucinare da chi sa
POGO pIu di vol, secondo,
che 10 dico la veriLa, tantO ea no
da fare con Dottori, che con sa-
lumai; terZO che non mi facclo
imporre da nessunO, e conserve
il mio carattere, CantO
Sc no da fare col salumai che con
Dottori.
e cosi. eccovi la Iettcra, cor
velllno dl tOpo lncapsulatO nella
tesla d'una balena:
"Gentilissimo Cir. Venerable,
Sono rimasto oltromodo di-
spiacente ieri perche non potuto
assistere ALA seduta ma fu per
me una Grande cosa perche al
trimente avrei dovuto aggire OIL
tramodo Con persona che ammo
due faccia specialmente con IL
gnoranza analfabete Che vene-
sono moltissimi Mel nosu'o paese
quello che poi no dovuto costada-
re quella accusa che Giampieuo
a presendato cOntro di me con
Pha lettera del Vecchio farabutto
Grande Spuzza latrina di-- so
stiene ecc. -..............
"A Grande Deputato ALA Log
gia di NolTistOWn sono contrario
per 10 dOveve avere la nomina
a Grande Deputato ALA LOggla
Colombo perche non 81 dOyeva
far vingere acquesti Cafoni di
costa special mente quelli che ioN
ne no rifutato darne dele Gros-
serie in credenza perche non vo-
gIiono pagare i bill e specialmen-
te Giampietro ecco tutto ma 10
non no bisogno della Plebaglia
ignoranda Analfabete che esisto-
no Nella Colombia 10 sono state
quello che no aperto Poccio a Ger
te che Pavevano chiuso oggi 81
fanno Grandi pero a tagio a tag.io
arriviamo a tutto.
Salute arrivederci. GiOveddi
no pWo prima in L. T. L.
C.4.n.H.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
How Big Is the Statue of
Freedom?
And How Small Is the Mind Important
Question.
By EARL GOODWIN.

reader asks that we relieve the anxiety of her
little daughter and tell her what the dimensions of the
head body limbs hands, and feet of the statue The little
girls teacher asked her that burning question: it seems
and although the child has searched high and low the
answer will not come.
Having made special trip to the office of he
superintendent of the Capitol for this purpose,
learn that the statue atop the dome nineteen feet and
inches hgh and weighs 985 pounds but beyond that
obtain statistics
And if had what use would they BET Why stuff
chds head with such nonsense to how many people
stand In statues legs its hands, how many
people crawl around in its eyef
wish teachers would begin to take such objects
the Capitol, and its wondrous dome, and the symbolic
bronze placed top of the building by the wonderful
Crawford and tell the children what they MEAN regard
less of the uninportant dimensions The teachers of
Washington could the Capitol Building for an object
lesson for nearly everything child need learn They need
not burden the little minds with the dates the corner
stone the he of the ronware used in the steps the
tholus but they could with great benefit, use every
that great building to base their lessons of the growth
this great Western Republic and the advance of cvza-
ton and the changes in current of thought since the day
Columbus landed.
There scarcely corner of the Capitol in which his
tory is not piled in bales And history is NOT and
dates but Thoughts and Things and People. 1t is not
necessary to make child break his neck looking up the
Brumid canopy in the rotunda that he may learn the
of the gods and goddesses that there mixed up
with George Washington and the Thirteen States But it
might be good idea to that canopy to tell the child
of the ptabe story of the great and Robert Morris
who raised most of the cash for the American Revolution
and then died in POOrOuse Nor is important to know
the date of the unveng of the Robert Fulton statue
is to know what Robert Fulton has done for civilization
The doleful marble portrait of William Penn the old
statue of Daniel Webster the paintings which tell the story
of the Revolution the great Westward Ho view and the
thousand other relics of American history are grouped
rather heerskelter fashion under that perfect DOME
Blessed will be the teacher in this city who realizes that
than to know how many square feet in the foundation
plan.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
WHINING AT THE INEVITABLE.
Continued from First Column ]


incomparably heroic deeds of our army and
navy be aware that we are fighting and struggling
for existence, and that must make the utmost
effort to defend ourselves victoriously.''
IL the Great Headquarters where the Kaiser and Luden
dorf and Hindenburg gather there hangs In it
stuck multi colored pins On it crooked wggly lines.
As the three chief assassns of all history look at it the
pins and the lines tell them these facts
An allied army advancing in the north of Russia.
Another allied army gathering at Vladivostok
British soldiers victoriously marching through Meso-
potamia.
More British soldiers in Jerusalem
An Italian army stretching from Venice to the Alps
Greek and allied force dominant in Salonk.
An onward marching allied army that stretches from
the Channel to the Swiss frontier.
A fleet useless and mpotent in the North
failing submarine endeavor and whitening force III
the air.
And worst of ALL perhaps not the maps, BUT AL
WAYS IN THEIR MINDS sailing the Atlantic the
ending armies of America whose courage they al
ready know and whose power they already dread
Those are the why the Kaiser turns from
to peace; why he is whining instead of boastng
'To make peace two needed, says the war lord.
To ENFORCE peace may be accomplished by ONE.
To that enforcement America and her allies bending
every effort with closed and eyes shut every form
force propaganda that is intended to delay the certain
and complete accomplishment of the task.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
TODAY'S TOPIC
FORTY YEARS YOUNG.

woman OF forty Hiss Leslie wrote
OF fifty years ago. the lady who put
on a cap and folded her hands,
etc. Today's woman of forty
hasn't time to stop and dramatic
her birthdays with caps or any
thing else. Her time is as full as
a prime minister's. She is so glo-
riously vital because every faculty
is on the alert; her face is young
because her brain is active.
She does not keep young by that
ancient method of trying to make
every other woman appear old,
neither does she spend much time
in steaming and creaming her face;
her preservatiye comes from with
in. and its name is interest.
It is the woman with the multi
plicity of interests that keeps
young, old age gets no chance to
creep in between the joints of her
arms as it does with the woman
who rusts away watching the clock,
waiting for something to happen.
This may be dinner, or the return
of her husband from business to
entertain her with office gossip, or
a visit from the woman across the
hall who has a way of dropping in
and dispelling her ennui.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
HEARD AND SEEN

l read your reference to JOHN
REH and the Globe Theater! And
thereby hangs a vision Of other days:
My pop took younger brother and
me there once years ago. remem-
ber a storage house on the corner
across from Harvey's. The Globe
gallery was reached by a rickety out
side stair. We saw the Punch and
Judy, and then-some ladies m mos
quito net started something didn't
see the finish, for while pop was not
a consistent churchgoer, he grabbed
brother and me and hustled US out.
l always wondered what the end
Of the ballet was like, but never
found out B. A. r.
SONGS OF A DAY LONG DEAD.
I Iiue for the good Of my HotioH,
And my sons are all 0TotOin0 lose,
But hope that the Hezt generation
WiH remember old RosiA, the beos.
Zoe Travelled this country al orsT,
And Aoto to the Hezt aciU 90,
For kHot0 that good quarters dtcott -
To HeleopS0 old RosiH, the beGS.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13

wits, her resources, and above all.
her technical knowledge of the
thing she is after.
The legislator who loves to pay
compliments, purvey platitudes,
and stand with his hand between
the buttons of his frock coat in the
favOrIte attitude of the bronze
gentry on pedestrals that mar our
city parks and highways would If
he were given the choice between
meeting the devil or a modern wo-
man Of forty unhesitatingly choose
Satan rather than the lady in ques-
ton.
Satan Sometimes Makes a Bargain.
For he might, after the manner
of Faust, drive u bargain with
Satan, but that terrible modern
woman will pin him down, pierce
the fine fabric of his eloqueuce,
compel him to be logical and tell
him appalling facts backed up by
statistics.
And like the new daylight saw
ing schedule, she is a time-saVing
proposition. She has put the clock
back not an hour, but whole dec
ade. She has a disconcerting way
of being forty years young instead
of forty years old.
She is of another race from that
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
Whining at the Inevitable

The Speech of the Kaiser at Essen Is the Complaint
of the Defeated.

The Kaiser is preparing for the inevitable He sees
the end. He is making ready for defeat.
Last May he saw victory and profit hand in hand as
he said:
''God will help TO fight on vctorously,
and to force Our foes Ia conclude a peace which
will be source Of glory and profit to Germany and
her allies
Speaking at the Krupp works in Essen day or two
ago. he did not mention any present expected assistance
from heaven but devoted himself whining complaint
that while he asked for peace he could get to listen
The glowing boasts of few months ago have dsap-
peared The arrogance of the conqueror was no longer
evidence he said to his Essen audience:
''To make peace two needed. If either is
willing, the other cannot presuming that he does
overthrow the other. Thus are confronted with
the enemy's absolute will to destruction, and
against this absolute will to destruction we must
place our absolute will to existence.
"Even though in the opinion of many among
you it is lasting too long, every German man and
very German must, in witnessing these
=" Continued Column)
The Washington times., 1918-09-13

She may be young, as years go
by birthdays, but she is, neverthe-
less, your genuinely elderly wom-
an. She may not yet be thirty, but
in her brain are already the seeds
of senility. The woman who leads
a wholly objective life, who de-
pends on every one except herself
for interests is as old as she is
uninteresting.
Enjoys Poor Health"
That is the type of woman who
"enjoys poor health" she is driven
to invalidism for an occupation, the
important events of the day with
her are her symptoms and few es-
cape them from the letter carrier
when he leaves the morning mail,
to the fireman on his way to put
out the fire.
It was that clever novelist, Mrs.
Crowninshield, | believe, who spoke
of such 4 woman as giving a con-
tinual "Organ recital" She mag
ines her friends as vitality inter-
ested in her headache, sore throat,
her alimentary tract and her fall
en- arches, whereas they are inter
ested only in escaping her and hcA
continual composition on one
theme.
When not actually engaged in
giving "an organ recital she is
telling you whether or not her last
meal agreed with her, and if she
slept well or i'll last night.
New thought" which by the
way, is the worlds oldest thought,
Christian Science" TheoSophy
have been the salvation not only
OF such "blighters" themselves. but
also Of their friends and long-suf-
fering relatives.
1t is now, thank heaven, con-
sidered the worst possible form to
talk about ones health or feel
ing badly" or being miserable.
the world wants you at your best
or it does not want you at all.
1t welcomes the modern woman
of forty because she is at her best,
she has outgrown the crudities or
youth and she has acquired the
poise, the confidence that comes
from having mastered the tech
niuue of life. She is the very
antithesis of Sir Walter SCOTS,
stair, fat, and forty" one thinks OF
her rather as the QuiverinS blue
fame that burns within the yellow
circle of light
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
Can This Be True?

Nou AAAS do
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Many strangers when seeing our
high school cadets think that they
are ushers or bell boys. Why? Be-
cause of their uniform which has no
distinctive military appearance.
Why not remedy this great defect?
1t is not necessary to change the
whole uniform. II the cadets would
wear a pair of khaki-colored canvas
leggings it would give their uni
forms a decided military touch which
is necessary in these war times.
We hope that MR.. KRAMER, who
has charge of the cadets, will read
this and take the necessary steps to-
ward having the cadets wear leg
gings. II. F. B. and J. l.
A woman's slipper was on view
in the show window of the Washing
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis ticket
office the other day. Torn off in the
bootlegger rush to get on the cars,
maybe?
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Pitfalls Workers
Especially for Washington Women

0NCE on time, and not so
LONG ago either, a woman
~ of forty was dead so far as
the real activities of life were
concerned.
If she had not married at forty
her case was regarded as hope
less, romantically speaking. She
had reached what DR.. Osler brutal
ly termed the "chloroforming age"
The same point of view was held in
regard to women in business; at
forty they we're tolerated; nothing
more cordial could be said con-
ccrning their tenure of office.
If her hair turned gray, she felt
justified in restoring it to its nat
ural color"-that being the kindly
euphemism in regard to dyeing it
Oncoming age was viewed with
despair, and rightly so, as it meant
the end of her social activities and
her consequent shelving as back
number. No wonder they touched
up" their complexions and ere
stored their hair" TO its natural
color-these poor women of forty
who faced decades of enforced
idleness.
Sought Refuge In Cap.
Miss Leslie, 4 popular writer of
fifty years ago, says: "A woman
upon reaching her fortieth year
, will gladly take refuge in cap,
which will indicate TO her immedi-
ate circle of friends that she
claims exemption from the more
pressing activities of life, and will
row begin to fold her hands for
that period Of contemplation that
should proceed the journey to that
undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller returns
Can't you hear some people sigh
for those good old days, among
them the grave, reverend and po-
tent seniors in the Senate, the
House, the State legislature, for
it is the woman of forty who has
been leading these gentlemen such
a merry dance, the last few years,
in her still hunt for reform legis-
lation.
She has demanded suffrage, bet
ter schools, better factory laws,
the abolition of child labor, the
employers, liability act, and heaven
only knows what else Chis cease
lessly active creature has not de-
manded OF the poor men in high
places who are no match for her
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
From The Public To The Editor

the population joins in fervent
prayer for our men over there"
/ really thought this was n pretty
good record. However, l note that
we have another one-in the Times"
today announcement was made from
London that a portion OF the Times
Of that city had been printed on
paper made from sawdust In 1913,
while Commissioner Of Agriculture
| organized what was known as the
Grown in Mississippi" association.
In the early part Of 1914 a paper
mill located at Moss Point, Miss,
manufacturing a very high grade Of
wrapping paper from sawdust, con-
tributed the paper and forty OF the
newspapers throughout the State
printed Grown in Mississippi and
Made in Mississippi editions. 1 pre-
served copies of each, and have had
them bound. So l am still proud OF
the fact that / am a Mississippian.
II. L. BI4AKESLIE.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
Proud of This Record.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
Some time ago / sent you a nota-
tion something like this:
81 am gratified to note that Fair-
banks, Alaska, went "over the top
three times in the present Red Cross
campaign. Am proud to be able to
say that l am from q State, Missis-
sippl, that as a whole went over
three times and that one county.
Jackson, went over ten times, and
is now displaying the honor flag.
"a great many of the principal
grocery distributing centers in the
State of Mississippi have given up
their available stock Of flour which
has been sent by rail to New Orleans.
and there loaded on to ships for our
boys in France.
"A great number of Mississippi
towns shut off all lights for three
minutes at $3.50 in the evening and
The Washington times., 1918-09-13
The Next Senator From Illinois

II WAS uredicted on this page before the primaries that
Mr. Medn Mccormick would be nominated for Senator by
the Republicans He has been nominated, and this news
paper congratulates him
The election of James Hamilton Lewis to succeed him
self predicted here along with the other prediction ana
we believe that the Lewis prediction like the Mccormick
prediction, will come true.
Mr. Lewis represents the Senate in peculiarly per
Sonal and important way the President OF the united
States And the President of the United States is the man
that good Americans of all parties most earnestly desire
to uphold in every possible manner.
Thousands of lifelong Republicans who gladly paid
their tribute to Mr. McCormcks character and ability at
the Republican primaries WILL, VOTE WITH WOODROW
WILSON FOR JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS ON ELEc-
TIoN DAY.
The majority of citizens this State will vote with the
President with the Chief of the American
army and navy He publicly requested Mr. Lewis to set
ting forth the Senator's importance the work of the Ad
mnstration In so doing the President let be known
that the presence of Mr. Lewis in the Senate desirable and
THAT WILL BE ENOUGH FOR THE PATRIOTIC
CITIZEN Of Illinois he is thinking not of politics not Of
party but of the war; of the in the White House upon
whom rests the wars burden.
would please US all if we read that great section of
Germany section most important highly educated and in
huen had openly declared against the Kaiser and refused
him Endorsement and support.
It would make pleasant reading for Germany in No
vember the cables announced that the central typcay
American State of Illinois had voted against the Pres
dent against his expressed wish against one OF his abes
supporters in Congress- against that patriotic Senator
James Hamilton Lewis But Berlin in the opinion of this
newspaper will get such pleasant messages from the
State of Illinois.
Illinois is normally Republican if you like. But
Illinois is first of all, NORMALLY PATRIOTIC, IN
TENSELY AMERICAN.
There is thought in any mans mind except to win
the war and support the man directing the war Illinois
is satisfied with the President satisfied with the American
army satisfied with the magnificent from the battle
front
illinois will say to the President: "You have our
confidence admiration intense gratitude and 10y
atty. And matter of and of respect return
Mr. Lewis to represent State and wishes in the
Senate
Illinois will not send to the Senate this year any critic
however able brilliant to tell the President how to do
better For this election Illinois will be content to tell the
President how well he has DONE how splenddly he has
deserved the nations gratitude and confidence.
Mr. Lewis services to the State and nation his value
to the Senate and his right to reelection because of his
own merit exclusively are thoroughly recognized by this
newspaper and will be presented between now and cleo
tion day frequently and, we hope, convincingly.
The Washington times., 1918-09-13

1.-THE foowng editorial is reprinted from toddys Chicago
Herald Examiner. 1t will interest Senator Lewis rleHaS
in Washington There only tWO morning newspapers IN
Chicago the Herald and Examiner belonging to William Ran
dolph Hearst and the Chicago Tribune, Of the dbest ana
most powerful newspapers in the country belonging to the
family of Mr. MedH Mccormick. II nil be interesting TO
see what happens in this election. The Washington Times
concurs in the prediction that James Hamilton Lewis NIL De
reelected.