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defantly in their blood and are forever
giving new pride to them. ,.,r

OF the Germans it may be said that
they had the worst sort of teachers
for war and for peace.
The sea itself, the North Sea, where
the German ships gave themselves up
in the shameful process of meek SUR
render is better teacher than the
Neitzches and the Be1nhardis. She has
been the gray old mother of the valiant
from the beginning of history. The
children of all her years have been
trained hard in the ways of wisdopl in
valor and in tenderness. They have been
given gales to beat upon them and cold
and darkness and endless perils to tenn
pei their souls They know better than
any men alive that logic will get you
nowhere in tempest unless you have
strength of soul and faith of heart and
a fixed devotion to a good cause.
The world is full of storms. 1t re-
quires noblcr force than logic--a thing
which modern Germany did not have.
maincd of German pride should be
buried at sea in part of the world
where, every day of the year, humble
men about their days work, fighting the
storms of heaven no more fer3ently than
they succor the weak and the unfor-
tunatc, reveal by example the meanness
and the futility of the defective logic
which was the hope and anchor of an
empire.
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SAFEGUARD THE VICTORY ART

/ - easy to IauSh at ihe heaNN p"mpPs
itN Of B"rlins Siegesallee or the colos-
sal Germania which oierlooks the Rhine
Dcrisi"n with clear artistic conscience.
however, is less facilely suppor,eu In
the majority Of instances the inability 70
express patriotism. however sincere, in
adequate terms Of bronze or stone has
been lagrantIN manifested throughout our
own country. Philadelphia has its Smith
Memorial; Camden its only recently in
tiiCted Washington statue. Most of the
Civil War monuments have only the spirit
which prompted them t" commend their
existence.
Well worth heeding, therefore, is the
precautionary resolution adopted at a
meeting Of prominent designers. ARCHITECTS
and other artists the other day at the
Philadelphia Sketch Cluh. 1t was there
urged that rational, State and municipal
authorities fOreStall in the resent victory
era repetition of monumental follies ny
inuusting the designing and directing of
design to artists, sculptUrs and painters Of
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OUR OWN BOLSHENIkI

TN ALMOST every issue of d Phi:adel-
phia newspaper you are able to read
these days of little groups of restless men
ana women who meet in upstairs rooms on
tlsessby-streets to mutter and humble and
risrke speeches in the name Of Bolshevism.
Russia is a very large country. In the
end will save itself. 1t should be given
tinie
Melnwhle il might be an excellent
plan for the United States Government
to sestablish a regular sailing to Arch
angel and to accord free passage to every
resident in this country who insists on
being a Bolshevik
Such as these should be left in Russia
20 light it out among themselves, to learn
the lessons Of government and to realize
IN bunger, cold, highway robbery and
enferced poverty the value of the system
Of government that now warns. feeds
shelters and protects them
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entirely different pan After such & slap
in the face the only course left TO a self
respecting man was to step out, and that
Mr.. Garrison took.
The first break came when it was neces-
sary to get rid of an incompetent Secre-
tary, and the second break came when a
competent Secretary. resented the attitude
of his superior.
CHANGES ( in the Cabinet are the rule
~ rather than the exception. Washington
had four Secretaries of State, two Secre-
taries of the Treasury three Secretaries of
War, three Postmasters General and three
Attorneys General making fifteen differ
ent men in the five offices. McKinley's
Cabinet was a little more stable although
Mf. Mckinley did not serve eight years
There were eight portfolios at his disposal
and there were changes in <he men in
charge OF 1--WE of them, including three Sec
retaries of State. two Secretaries OF War
and of the Interior and two Postmasters
General. His Secretaries of State We're
John Sherman, William r. Day and John
Hay. Mr.. Sherman was well along into
old age when he entered McKinley's Cabi-
net, but he had been taken in for political
| reasons, as Mr.. Wilson appointed Mr..
Bryan. When serious work was to be done
Mr. Day, capable lawyer from Mr.. Nc
kinley's home city, was appointed in Mr.
Shermans place and when Mr.. Day was
appointed to the Supreme CoIrt John Hay
began his distinguished career in charge
of the State Department remaining there
nearly If not quite seven years. four Of
| them under Roosevelt. He was succeeded
by Elihu Root, who in turn gave way to
Robert Bacon. and Mr. Bacon was sue
| ceeded by Philander C. Knox. who had
| been Attorney General for both MCKINLEY
and Roosevelt.
d OOSEVEI4T inherited Charles Emory
~ Smith, of this city, as Postmaster Cen
eral and kept him a few months. Mr. Smith
was followed in Roosevet's Cabinet by
Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin; Robert J
Wynne, Of Pennsylvania; George b. Cor.
| telyou, of New York, and George Won L.
| Meyer, of Massachusetts. Under no other
President were there many changes in
the Navy Department as under Roosevelt
| He had six different Secretaries of the
| Navy, beginning with Jphn d. Long, under
| whom he had served as an assistant, and
| ending with Truman II. Newberry who
has just been elected to the Senate from
| Michigan
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Those who think that Grub street has
lost its old romance will do well to read
Robert Cortes Holidays sparkling and
sympathetic memoir of Joyce Kilmer. This
vivid and courageous spirit that moved
upon New York TO take it's literary pin.
naCles by storm began as a salesman in a
large Fifth avenue bookstore at $S a week.
Misleading a price cipher in a $3.50 book,
he charged it to a customer at $3.50, and
his position lasted only two weeks. The
next step was defining" words at FIVE
cents each for the new edition Of die
tionary. He defined words so rapidly, how
ever, that his employers found it neces-
sary to put him upon salary instead of
piece wages. Assistant edtorship of a
religious journal followed; then "a STAFF
position on the New York Times, to which
he added innumerable other tasks-select.
ing poetry to be reprinted for the Literary
Digest; lecturing; writing introductons;
anthQogizng; contributing to encyclope.
dias; interviewing celebrities 1t is no won
der, as Mr.. Holiday tells us that. the young
poet invented the engaging theory that
| plenty Of food is satisfactory substitute
ror sleep! But Kilmer showed in his daily
life the same passionate energy and bra
tado that made him loved in France. His
pen was ready, but 1t had the touch of ten
derness and truth. He faced the tough
world that has trampled many a sensitive
soul underfoot, with winning audacity. As
his biographer says. For sapllng poet
within u few short years and by the hare
| business OF words, TO attain TO secretary
Is a modern Arabian Nights tale
/ 4. SOCRATES.
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THE BLUNDER OF 1912

TO the Editor Of the Ercuing Publc LedgCr.
Sir--The nClosed clipping was taken from
an editorial in the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
on Monday evening:
The Republican party was defeated in 191?
because the men In control had failed to read
the signs of the times. Much has happened
since then; but every event has served to prove
with cumulative effect that the men who led
the party to defeat then were fatally wrong.
am at loss to know exactly what you
mean by 1t. l voted for Mr.. Taft and have
been firm in my belief that the party was
right at that time. Viii You please tell me
what was wrong in the leadership of tina,
campaign? HENRY e. MOORE.
Trenton. y. j.. November 90.
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MANY other good Republicans besides
AsA President Moore. Of the Broad Street
National Bank Of Trenton voted for Mr.
Taft in 1912. And many good Rcpubli-
cans voted for Colonel Roosevelt. Indeed
more of them voted for Roosevelt than for
Taft The fatal error of the leaders uf
the Republican party then was, as we
said the other day, that they failed to read
the signs of the times. The Progressive
movement, which began among the alert
and open-minded Republicans was ignored
by the men in control of the Republi-
can National Committee. They attempted
to suppress it and to prevent ii from find.
ing expression in the national convention.
AS a result there was split in the party
If the national committee had had any
realizing sense Of the. strength of the
opposition to the reactionaries it would
have had political wisdom enough to make
such concessions to it as to hold the party
together
The purpose of our editorial article the
other day was to warn the old leaders of
the danger that lies in a repetition Of their
error We said then, and we repeat it,
that we believe that they are humber and
wiser now than they We're in 1912. If
we are mistaken in this judgment then the
Republican, party will not deserve the vote
of confidence which the nation cast for
( Il ON November 5.
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''To CamOens in MesOpO-
tdHnId

TWO small black tones that saw the
- light ~: ....- ...5,..- .r.,. ." "5. ~
In Lisbon scores of years ago, t.5tt.
y wanderers friend have often proved @
Amid the desert or the SNOW.
When first I turned the yellowed leaves )
Twas 'mong the palm trees of Brazil
Now in the caliphs' land l find ~
Their magic unabated Still
And when the sweltering troopship
streamed "
Through Ormuz Strait meath molten sky,
The sea.worn galleons of Camoens
Seemed there at anchor riding high. .r
Upon the housetops of Baghdad'
I've read Of IneZ' luckless fate %. d. ..s. i,
And mid the scorching desert dust
Heard stout da Gama's sailors prate.
In long sea- watches, of the bout
That once was held in London town.
'Twixt twelve of Englands sturdy knights
And Portuguese of far renown.,
Now in pursuit of cautious Turk, ,S.
With kit reduced. to the absurd, q .r vi
One volume still I've brought and read
Among the mountains of the Kurd.
And so I've scrawled these svagrant lines
To offer thanks where they are due. KS
For many a weary moment cheered ~
BY these companions tried and truea, !. (
Kermit Roosevelt, in scrlbners Mags-
zine. -'.... .... .,. &g
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Battalions of the Soul

Gro remind our readers mat the men Il
'crrice stW need their suppori--pcrhap
more than betore)
n IE at home in comfort
" Who laugh and love at ease.
Remember those who perish
TO guard Your luXuries.
Who on the far.fung ocean
Or through the smoke -dimmed trees
Pay with their bodies anguish
For the souls lone Victories
VOU have been quick to strengthen
The sinewed strands of steel.
And squat and splitting monsters
Move forward wheel by wheel;
Across the whitened waters
Cuts swift the avenging keel.
And through the fields of heaven
The aweful dews CONCEAL.
DCT not alone with cannon
- Are Gods stern battles won,
And not with driven thunder
We smite the shameful Hun;
But with our clean young splendor
And pulses swift that run
We raZe the walls of Sodom
And helps battalions stun
WHAT will you give to guard us
w Not in red holocaust
When the torn fields are streaming
And storms of shell are tossed
But in the lonelier trenches
Where faiths of home are lost
And only day of living
Seems worth the bitter cost
A SONG of Annie Laurie"
"A In Y NJ. c. A. hut at night,
A stamp and sheet of paper,
A book, a pipe, light.
a reel of Charlie Chaplin.
Two boxers squared to fight,
These are the things you pay for
That keep our bodies white.
WHAT are your fields and burrows,
w Your bursting barns of grain,
The haze of yellow harvests
Across the purple plain,
If, when the war is over
And your sons come home again,
The souls last fort is taken
And faiths defenders slain?
PVT. WILLARD WATTLES.
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MORE @LosT PROVINCES" UNREST

Y CtpUTH AMERICA reports cloud in
~ the peace sky The old Tacna-Arica
question, unsettled after thirty-eight years,
+ ts up again, and three republics--Chile,
Peru and Boliyia-are nervous over SEN
Hational rumors and false reports of the
very type that have so often been pre-
lade to strife.
4 Al the same time, however, saner in
fstsnees ia all three countries prescribe
;,,odaration in q crisis,and the presentation
~ the whole ysxiug problem to the world
Observation-Disclosures With the prospect Of
lpstics 70 Alsace- Lorraine and Sehleswig
{iolsteia confdentg assured, as il is, GER
4 &I,ti> any isasae of nations, properly au-
fear<< ,sloaia Pc abe e settle s'ost
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The Kaiser wanted
Tables and Turning mo nonsense" from
Them America, and he didn't
get any. The serious
and substantial proportions Of her victory
are magnfcrn'ly eXemplifed in statistics for
which the Germans used to have a passion.
The Huns took 2l63 American prisoners dur
ing the war while our bag of captives was
more than $4,000. The story of. persistent
success could hardly be more. succinctly put
than by these official figures.
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Maybe one of the reasons why the Kaiser
can tolerate having the newspapers read TO
him at Amerongen is that none of them yet
contains any authentic iecord Of his having
abdicated '-r. n' u
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Few die and none resign declared
Thomas Jefferson, referring 10 holders of
government posts. And yet the American
peoples consciousness that Mr.. McAdoO is
still very much alive is profounc, Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

The American Forestry Association,
which has suggested trees as war memo
rails has hold OF an excellent idea. Con-
Somitants OF ropes and Juhkers, however,
would make ii unmatehably sliuring
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!. ..MlNl,GEl.P1E

s'S,I Lnnchrooms Again
7 HAVE read what Dove Dulcet and Only
an Op ,ss.
Have to say about their midnirht lunch.
rooms ~
But believe me
1t is the seven a. m stuff that Is really
picturesque.
As | get my early morning coffee
And Corned beef hash
Il OFTEN wonder how the horse-halr. gets
into icy
Young Lizzie is at the slicing machine
Shaving off thin slips from a
Wonderful big pink haunch of ham.
The whirling blade comes and goes. and
win her 'eft hand she catches the slice
of ham ,. ~ s.-
As it falls. She is so dexterous
She can trim her nails at!the blade
While she catches the ham
But some day she'll lose three fingers.
At the same'tme the Wild Wop
$50 Lizzie calls HIM
Is slicing the fresh fragrant three. foot
loaves -s' r.s......
And Mother Nose lis fidgeting with the
coffee boiler q.
Snatches of conversation are entertaining:
The bakers man hats apparently been get.
ting fresh ..@ >, -.
Lizzie says, He asked me if [ could speak
Yiddah"-- D. 's -.
Great gusts of chill air blow.tin as various
Delivery men bring in baskets. of rolls,
Trays or pies and cinnamon buns, ~ !"
And Mother Nose cries .e g.,
hot H.
Ana Lizzie 2'l says What: are you hollerins
Amt you right by, thesboiler? Pre-.
Look at me right y9the, door .....,.,,
And no El heat in. the radiator YETI r..
And the Wild 5Wop goes on Shaving the
bread .'fF~ 7 |>I., g.. ~ H..
Moufnfully. 1'., IE &-..l..' H. y
He is crazy about Lizzie, ~.
But the 'haker's guy ysh:s. bold brown eyes
"'' HENRY PI4ANTAGENET.
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The crew of one Of the German subma-
rnes which appeared for the grand surren-
der showed its sense. of historical fitness by
being intoxicated. 1t really was Der Tag"
Won know. ~ L.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

1t seems to be decided that the bonds
mans key 1ts the lock of financial security
as witness the auintuple oversubscription' OF
the citys new -four and one-half per cents"
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READERS VIEWPOINT,
Soldiers Are Not Tax Exemp,

To the Editor Of the EUeping Public Ledger.
sis-Please would you tell me IL I am to
pay any taxes, My husband is in France
He has been in the army for over year 7
have four small children. We have our
own home. but that is all the property we
have. READER.
Richandtown. Pa, November 21
(You win have to pay the tax on your
house this year as usual-The Bditor)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Though the crippled German ships
crept up at snails pace to surrender ,noner
theless they We're the gray hounds of the
ocean. .....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

No trip to Europe in the old tourist
days was ever half so alluring as is the
thought of the home voyage to several mil
lion American visitors to France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Though certain activ-
Conviction Anent ties. may have lapsed
Convicts in Gegmany, the nu>
tion that she is too
much occupied to bring the. Kaiser back ac-
quires conviction every time one thinks Of
certain armies marching eastward,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Lightless nights We're not so great a
hardship as they may have seemed. They
still have eatless weeks in Berlin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

They all seem to want their railroads
back, Americans as we'll as Germans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Formerly the German Ocean is It nov
the Sea of tho United States and of the
Nations Associated With Is in the War?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

There seems decidedly to have been
more of bull than bear in Bolshevlk Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Defeated for the Senate and retired from
hBs notorcar business, Henry Ford seems
eeneraiiy averse to "hlFvers''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

The danger of the hyphen persists, Wit
ness the skip-stop.
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'ut the hakers guy y;h.s. bold brown eyes.
HENRY PLANTAGENET.

We feel rather treasured about the Ger
man republic FOR we note that one Of the
hrst things it did was to abolish tipping.
Maybe the Huns will make pretty good
democrats when they get started.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

And after all, it was
Woe! Woe! the grip of a neutral
nation which brought
he Kaiser to his sneeZe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

E Congress adjourns and the demand for
fruit pits a gas antdote is simultaneously
revoked
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

l. Admiral sir David Beatty received the surren-
der Of the German fleet.
2. Dranghts is another name for the game OF
checkers. 1lsf'r
, 8. To ''Dree ones welrd'' means to submit 70
ones lot. The expression ia Scotch.
4. Luxemburr was deelared neutral territory By
the Treaty Of london. May IL, 1857.
g. Turbipate means top-shaped. ~,
@. Oliys 3oldsmith was known as Old Neii
T. A certain kind Of ehairbaek coverings wars
Is known AZ, antiniaeassars. In alIsion Ia
their function of proteetlng the furniture
much used on the hair. " = ~ 4.
s. An antphen Is = yfre.sle Or ses3snec snn,s
~ qnt et0ir Ia reeponso 10 anoihtrf s,r.4-
e. sssss eSnsessis's9 s sansIs:ieJ q sa<h
q k.etsoAy !, shs .'rlue satass ssp<s.''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

The only thing cheap about PhiladeI-
phia's street cleaning seems to be the talk
concerning it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

If the Swedish Government wants a
good man TO reorganize the siifct N.match
industry, now's the time TO offer Mr. Nc
AdOO a job.
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!. 5000 WALNUT KEYsToNr. MAIN 5000
Member of the Associated Press

" Address at conruli5 cotous 10 ErCHUy Pubic
Ledger, independence SQUARE, IF l0drThtu.
Newark post., 1918-03-06
NEWARK OPERA HOUSE
PROGRAM WEEK BEGINNING
THURSDAY 7th

THURSDAY 7th
Ann Murdoc supported by the original cast in her latest
Broadway success the happy and aughabe stage comedy
"PI-EASE HELP EMILY" and the 10th Chapter wen
geance and the Woman"
FRIDAY 9th
Mary Anderson in "TIIE FLAMING OMEN" Al
gripping of love and mysticism set in the Andes Wds
Also--a one-reel Big "V" Comedy.
SATURDAY 9th
Herbert Rawlinson in "THE HIGH sIGN." five
reel drama of mystery. Up-todate news and comedy.
MONDAY 18th
Marguerite Clark in "BAB'S DIARY" One of the
SubDeb stories that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post
written by Mary R. Rnehart Five reels of fun of which
school girls most fond.
TUESDAY 18th
Jack PcSford and Louise Huff in "THE GHOST
HOUSE" The happies boy and girl in the world in the
happies mystery play of spooks written And the 8tn
|Chapter of Mystery Ship"
WEDNESDAY 18th
Emmy Wheen in " "OUTWITTED." A fvereel Metro
Wonderplay, and Pathe News.
Coming Attractions:
Monday, March 25May Pkford in Rhe of Sunnybook Farm
Wednesday, April 3rdi star cast, i'll Treasure Island
Newark post., 1918-03-06

enlist or accept commissions. 127
others are either graduates of the
institution or those attended but
did not graduate.
"Of these men, 65 were engi-
neers, 60 arts and science, and "a
agricultural students. actically
all of these men are included in
the enrolment from the year 1900
to the present date.
'eThe disposition by branch of
service is as follows: Infantry, SO;
Artillery, 10; Aviation, 10; U. S.
Engineers, 10; Navy, 10; Naval
Reserves, 10; Medical Corps, 10;
Cavalry, a; Marine Corps, 3;
Quartermaster Corps, 2; Ordin-
ance Department, 3; Y. M. c. A., 1;
total 144, leaving Is for whom the
information is incomplete.
"By rank, Delaware men held
the following positions: Under this
head, my information is complete
for only S5 men. Colonel, l;
Major, 4 Captain, 16. The per-
centage of men holding commits
sions of Captain or above is al
most 25. 1st Lieutenant, 16; End
Lieutenant, 21; thus So out of IS,
or almost 70 per cent, for whom
the information is complete, hold
commission. Sergeant, 9; Corporal,
Z.
Navy: Lieutenant Commander,
g. Lieutenant, 2; Midshipmen, l;
Gunner on Battleship Delaware, l;
Quartermaster, l; Surgeon, 2;
Paymaster, /.
$50 far as l have been able to
discover, 19 men are now actually
in foreign service and do not
doubt but that several others have
recently been sent over, specific in
I formation, however, has not yet
reached me-"