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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
The HIGH COST OF A KISS
The Vampire Kind Comes High
Saws Sue MacManamy

How much is J kiss worth Is it
worth 81, IS. 500 Or $1,000
How much Is a vampire kiss worth?
All, You smile quizzically. OF course,
YOU are thinking. 1t all depends on whose
kiss. If the proper person is doing the
kissing the value of the said kiss may
be inestimable Or if the wrong person
Is the party of the second part the kiss
may be rated at minus 81 ,00O. 600,
But here is a person who has a clear
cut, decided opinion on the value of "A
kiss--the average kiss. and the seduc-
tive, soul-stirring kiss of the vampire.
She ought to know, too. She is Sue
MaCNanamy, the sinuouS. serpentine
vampire of Business Before Pleasure
the latest Potash and Perlmutter comedy.
During the run Of Business Before
Pleasure at the Eitinge Theatre. New
York, attired in her snakes gown and
'vampiest' manner she was selling Lib
erty Bonds during the intermissiOns and
after the performance. She decided &c
offer kisses as premiums, the quality and
number of the kisses depending on the
size of the subscription. Here arose the
momentous question, How much is a
kiss worth? Since there was no stand.
ard for kisses. she determined to estab'
lish them observation-disclosures.
"A plain kiss is worth 500" she de
cided. and a vampire kiss $1,000. Som
kiss she meditated, and laughed mer'
rily,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
MOVIE MEN TO AID LOAN
All Agents in City Confer on
Plans for Next Great Drive 4

Representatives Of the many motion
picture producing companies taving OK
changes in Phila delphia have made pre-
lirninary plans to aid The forthcoming
Liberty Loan drive. Abe l.. Einstein
has been appointed secretary Of the COM
mittee of the excha ngenen. Those pres
ent at the meeting and the exchanges
they represented were: John D.. Clark,
Paramount-Artcraft Herbert Givins.
Goldwyn; Max Milder, Select Robert
Lynch. Metro; v. c. Carrick, Universal :
Jack Levy. William Fox William
Heenan. Peerless; George Ames. Pathe
j. E. Hennessy. Quaker City; W. ].
Haggerty, Triangle; Mrs. B.. n. Nelson.
Supreme il. Gill, Mutual: F. e. Sam
uels, General. and ]. S. Hebrew, Vita
graph.
The exchangemen all reported on the
activities now under way for the new
loan, and it was said that the stars Of
all the producing organizations are now
at work IN 'lrailers." patriotic and APP
pealing in character, and these will be
displayed on the screen in all motion
picture houses. 1t was also reported
that arrangements were being completed
to take pictures locally to pertain to the
sale of bonds. but full Of interest to any
~motion-picture audience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

tax that is now collected whenever they
go to the theatre. the high-class housGs
will suffer, and motion pictures and the
cir vaudeville will be the gamer.
"rhe present 10 per cent tax on the
So seats yields the Government twenty
cents. Those persons who are accus-
toned to sitting in an orchestra seat
do not care to go up stairs. WherT they
have been in the habit of going to
dramatic houses. If the tax makes il
prohihitiNe for them to occupy their
usual seats, they are much more likely
to 90 to a picture theatre. where they
can sit on the ground floor for fifty cents.
than they are to go up StatrS in the
regular theatre at 81 to $l.50.'
Thus while the Government at 10
ner cent gets twenty cents from such
people, at 90 per cent 1t would receive
only ten cents if those same people
changed from the theatre to the picture
house.
THAT such would be the case in
thousands of instances there is no doubt,
because many such cases have come TO
notice eVen when the tax is only ten
per cent"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
THEATRE MANAGERS
OPPOSE TAX RAISE
Proposed Increase Would
Ruin Many Theatres. Says
Lee Shubcri


Asserting that the proposed doubling
of the theatre war tax hv the Govern
,,o, r.i,, ,., a.. .a, u =
"' Wv '"' !"
a large part OF MS huge
business. leading theatrical managers
and rrodrcers aro o,r,si,r tia o.r,r
:" NV ""''''''" '''"'S'
"lf the admission tax is raised from
10 to 90 per cent, as is prorosed /, is
,bsor,,oI,. ,o,,o. Elan,
-. ' '" "'''
''o"S "'u'iaN ana many theatres Will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

GRAND-"Playmates," a juvenile must.
cal comedy Mullen and Coogan. come.
dians: "Charley's Visit" by Easie and
Ramsden: Back to Childhood" by
Rob and Robertson Nolan and Nolan.
jugglers, and the eighth episode of "A
Fight for Millions"
PHoTQPLAYs
STANLEY-"The Hun Within dealing
with a German.American's adventures
among spies in this country. The,
cast includes Dorothy Gish. George
Fawcett, Charles Gerard. Bert Sutcb.
Douglas Mclean. Max Davidson. Lii
Ian Clark, Robert Anderson. Eric Won
Stroheim. Adolph Lestina and Kate
Bruce.
PALACE-"Riddle Gawne.' with will
liam S. Hart. The supporting cast in
cludes Katherine Macdonald. Don
CLANCY. Milton Ross, Gretchen Leder-
err and Len Kent.
ARCADIA-"Hearts Of the Wild" with
Elsie Ferguson in the leading role, as
the daughter of a tavern Keeper On the
Canadian-American b0Andary line.
The scenario is based IN Edgar Sell
wyn's dramatization of Gilbert Park
er's novel, Pierre and His People
VTCTORTA-"Riders of the Purple
Sage" a perturbation Of Zane Grey's
novel of the same name, with William
Farnum in the stellar role. The sup
porting cast includes william Scott.
NJ. r. Robbins. Murdoch McQuarrie.
Mary Merch, katherine Adams, Nancy
Caswell and j. Holmes.
EEGENT-"The Source" a story of the
lumber camps. with Wallace Reid. first
half of the week. Ethel Clayton, in
THE Girl Who Came Back" based on
c. NJ. S. McClellan's Leah Kleschna,'r
last half of the week.
LOCUST-"The Pursuit Of Polly" with
Billie Burke. first half of the week.
Green Eyes" last half of the week.
STRAND-Wiiliam S. Hart. in Riddle
Gawne," first half Of the week. Green
Eyes" last half of the week..
BURLESoUE
CASTNO-Dave Marion, as "snuffy, the
Cabman." and his own in.
Guiding Frank Wakefield, Frank viii.
Hanson, William Cameron. Richard
Anderson. Agnes Buehler, Eva Null,
Mile. Bartoletti.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from .Joyland,.
Sim Williams's show. Billy Gilbert ia
the featured comedian. Among the
cast are Sidney Rogers, Billie Davis,
Jean Pollock, Joe Dolan, Sadie Rose,
Tom Barrett.
GAYETY-Hughy Demands American
Burlesquers.' The featured members
Of the cast are Charles ]. Burkhardt,
Tony Cornetta, Attic Mason, Flo Owen.
Cora Meese, Hughy Bernard, Mark
Thompson and Dick Hahn. 4
MINSTRELS
DUMONT'S-Season opens with today's
matinee. Old favorites and new mem.
bers include Eddie Cassidy, Charley
Gano, Bonnie Franklin. Joe Hamilton;
Tom O'Brien. Harvey Brooks, Burke
n Walsh, Billy Sheldon and Rich
ard Lee.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
SEPTEMBER o.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
SEPTEMBER 10
BROAD-"Not With My Money"
FORREST-"Going Up"
SEPTEMBER sS-
GARRICK.-"Johnny Get Your Gun.
SEPTEM So &
BROAD-"Tiger Rose
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CONTINUING ATTRACTIONS
SHUBERT-"Chu Chin Chow a gor-
geous extravaganza of the Orient. by
Oscar Asche, with capital musical
= numbers by Frederic Norton. The plot
is woven about the tale of A Bahia
AND the Forty Thieves and the pre-
s%entation engages a company of 800,
with a corps de ballet and numerous
animals
OPERA HOUSE-"Leave 1t to Jane,
musical comedy. based on George
AIDES college widow" Guy Bolton
and p. G. Wodehouse are respectively
librettist and lyricist the score is by
Jerome Kern. Oscar Shaw. Ann Orr,
Georgia O'Ramey. Juniata Fletcher.
George {. Mantell, Frederick Graham,
are in the cast. .
, VAUDEVILLE
kEITH'S-Gus Van and Joe Schenck,
late of Miss 1917" in vocal and
piano selections George whiting and
Sadie Burt, in Song Sayings: Tameo
kajiyama. Japanese handwriting ex-
pert ndrew Tombes and Rena Par
ker. in a musical revue american
Beauty Ballet" with Leo Pirkinoff
and Ethel Rose The Decorators" a
comedy: John Ragay and the Lorraine
Sisters. in dances Bert Hughes com
pany of cyclists Fred and Daisy Rial,
aerial athletes.
GLOBE-"Who's My Wife" miniature
musical comedy Billy Hart, in a com
edy MahCney Brothers. in songs and
dances Zerthos' dogs: Al n Leah
Bell. in comedy and songs; Hall
Brothers: Louis London. comedian ;
Douglas Flint, in Easy Money ;
Fiske Fallon.. in musical comedy bits:
Pero and Wilson.
WAY-Fall re-opening bill in
ciudes for first half of week. THE
Rialto Revue" with a cast of four
teen Kaufman Brothers, blackface
comedians Burke Brothers and Ken.
dali. comedy iugglers: Hyder and
Morgan. in comedy, songs and dances;
film, Theda Bara, in Cleopatra.
Paly's Circus. Joe Cook. walter
wroe's Dancing Buds, Padula and De-
noir, n william Farnum. in "A Sol.
dier's OATH last half Of week.
! WILLIAM PENN-Farrel. Taylor and
COMPANY. in The African Duke"
walter wroe's Dancing Buds: Sid
Townes and Otis Spencer, "A Story in
Song Thomas Trio, athletes: Norma
Talmadge, in The Safety Curtain
Aim for first half of week. Ralph
Dunbar's Tennessee Ten heads bill for
last half of week.
EOS KEYS-Mckay's Scotch Revue
Polly's Circus: Joe Cook Carrie Lille,
singing comedienne Keefe and Shaw
Makerenka Duo, in THE Russian
Prince and Princess; "A Fight for
Millions" film feature, first half OF
week. Eggs" tabloid musical com
edy, heads bill for last half of the
week.
NIXON-Carl Emmey's Pets, trained
animal act Bobby and Nelson, com
edy singers Van and Carrie Avery
Ergotti's Lilliputians. late with Trixie
Friganza; Frozini. Film feature, w
S. Hart, in Riddle Gawne."
COLONIAL--"The Golden Bird" novelty
act: Francis Renault. THE Persian
Fashion Plate; Carlisle and Roma,
aerial musicians the Naldares, three
singing cyclists. Film feature,
Douglas Fairbanks, in Bound in
Morocco"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
Uniforms Welcomed at Woodside

The at Woodside Park
announces that all enlisted men will be
permitted TO ride on all amusements at
the park free en- Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday. This means that for
three days the soldiers. sailors and ma
rines will virtually own the park. and
the only ticket required of them will be
their uniforms. This invitation is ex-
tended to all branches of the service
from the time the park opens until it.
closes. In keeping with the patriotic
spirit. Conductor Rodia has arranged a
special program which will include many
patriotic numbers. The closing of the
season is announced for sunday, Sep
TENDER s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
PLAYER OBJECTS TO TYPES
Diantha Pattison Ranges From
Sonbocles to Shaw

Diantha Pattison. the Nenus-like Ruth
in "Phoebe Pretends,' takes cheerful en-
ception to the current complaint that II
Won want to succeed on the stage you
must be a type" a physical Xampie
of a particular human specimen. gro
tesuue or otherwise. Miss Pattison says
versatility is more in demand h Is
type"
Pressed for her reasons. Miss Patti
son after modest hesitation exclaimed :
Look at me for instance-take my
latest roles-Greek plays with MISS
Anglin Mrs. Warren's Profession =
here Miss Pattison ana
Phoebe Pretends.f b..
From Aeschylus and SophocIes TO
Bernard Shaw and Eleanor Gates
isn't that Versatility?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
ACTOR MERGED In ROLE
William Farnum Felt Animated
by Character of Film Hero

William Farnum. who interprets the
role Of Lassiter in Riders of the Purple
Stage at the Victoria next week. de
clares that when the Aim was being
made he became so absorbed in his part
that he merged his own personality In
that of the fctional character.
"Lassiter simply absorbed me. espe.
cially when we filmed the final episodes
of the picture amid the wonderful nat
ural scenes described in the novel.
got into a mental state that made me fee
almost as IL the spirit of I.assiter-the
type of the frontier regulator and vigi.
lante Of the early days of the West-was
animating me-" he declares.
Il only hope that through my screen
impersonation ] may make motion pic
ture audiences realize Lassiter as I fel,
the role
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
nth TWO COMEDIES. DRAMA AND MUSICAL IA
THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK
A Whimsical Comedy by Eleanor Gates, Charlotte Walker in
Play Of Hectic Modern Life. a Potash and Perlnuner
Comedy and Musical Comedy Open -Four Theatres
NEW ATTRACTIONS

8RoAD-"Phoebe Preends" a whimsical comedy dealing with divorce, the
movies and other human affairs from the viewpoint of the child. by
Eleanor Gates, author of The Poor Little Rich Gir' and I'VE are Seven"
The cast includes Robert Lowe, Diantha Pattson, Elizabeth Kennedy
and Harriet l. Mendel Monday afternoon.
GARRiCE-"Nancy Lee" a drama of modern life by Eugene Walter, with
who live beyond their means. Charles Z. Mackay, Lillian Kembhe, Will
liam !. Mortimer, Charles Riegl and Charles Meredith are in the cast
Monday night
.LYRIC-"Business Before Pleasure" the third footight, presentation of the
amusing business affairs OF Potash and Perlmutter. In the present COM
edy Montague Glass and Jules Ecket Goodman depict the erstwhle
Bernard and Alexander Carr continue the firm. Monday afternoon.
FORREST-"The Girl Behind the Cum" Klaw and Erlangers annual anbi-
tous musical comedy production. The book and lyrics from hi French
of Madame and Her Godsons' are by Guy Bolton and Pelham Grenr
willie Wodehouse. with the score by Ivan Cayn. Cast includes Donald
Brian John 4. Hazarad, wnda Bennett, Ada Meade John E. Young and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
HAZARDS OF film WORK
Actor in The Hun Within" Took
Dangerous Risk

To be thrown from a swiftly moving
automobile down a steep decllNtty into
a river is a dangerous experience ever
in motion pictures. But this is one Of
the things done in filming The Hun,
Within" which will be shown at the
Stanley next week.
The actor who underGoes this har-
rowing experience is Douglas MacLean
who in this picture plays the part of d
United States Secret Service operative
He lis trailing Hun spies who are de-
termined to destroy American transports
at all hazards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
AN ORIENTAL MYSTERY
Tameo Kajiyama Has Rare Men.
tai Concentration

Tameo Kajiyama, the Japanese hand,
writing expert. has returned to American
vaudeville after an absence OF almost
two years in Japan, and is again mystify-
ing the American scientists with his re-
markable exhibition of ambidextrous
skill and feats of quadruple mind con-
centratiOn. kajiyama is to be seen at
Keith's next week. Kajiyama invites the
audience to try him out by asking him
questions about the war, about japan
and other questions of importance while
he is writing on an entirely differens
subject.
a student and before entering vaudeville
was in the college of mechanical a.
cheering in Washington.
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ROAD, LYRIC, GARRICK AND FORREST OPEN
8oh Haee
@Me
gN71uI11A

believes. They have given the young
sters q much keener sense of the dra-
matte than ever before, she insisted, and
mentioned numerous episodes by way of
standardization In Phoebe Pretends' |
lave endeavored to snow the influences
of the movies on the child mind, as we'll
as the way it is affected by divorce
There are some lessons that we might
profitably learn on the subject
This raised the question of propa.
ganda in an artistic WORK, which en-"
abled the playwright to emphasize the
distinction she sees between propa-
ganda and a legitimate idea. Every
play or novel must have some deitnlt
idea. But any lesson involved must be
so carefully sugar-coated that nobody
would suspect that 1t was a lesson.
w are too brusque a people to de
vote time to many things. that older
civilizations relish. Generally speaking,
The United States doesn't want whimsy,
We've got to grow mellow for another
generation or two. before we will really
appreciate whimsy. Then, too. we've
got TO consider more "aried viewpoints
in the theatre than at present. Many
attractions are concocted primarily for
the tired business man But who ever
thinks of the bald headed old lady in the
front row."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

MISS GATES has been writing plays
lfl ever since her undergraduate days
as a girl at the University of California,
She vastly prefers writing plays TO
novels" she explains. What? oh. yes,
it's far easier to write a play. ! find II
so. at any rate. never think of audi
enCes when write. If I did Id never
get anywhere. | write to please myself,
| have TO shut myself away from the
world as CompletelVas possible. I don't
think anybody can write who ism I &C.
centric in some way or other. ! begin
to work a play out in my mind four or
five years before am ready to write
it. II grows II changes surprisingly,
but the actua writing takes compare
lively little time, Recently ! devoted
thirty months work to The Darling of
the World \ fantastic farce dealing
With the typical fairy story folk in a
modern setting, with telephones. air
planes and so forth
The seance with Miss Gates WIS in
]terrupted by the appearance of Miss f..
b. Manner. director of phoebe Pre-
tends" with the information hat the
Phoebe of the play wasn't pretending
at all, but was imperiously demanding
her foster mother, Miss Gates, in upper
regions at once.
VIVA can a mere man hope to do in
the theatre against such aIi-around
feminine competition as that reflected
the dramatic chronicIer as he departed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
Floyd Gibbons to Lecture her.

Floyd Gibbons. newspaper corrs-
spondent who was wounded at the bat
tie OF Chateap-Thierry, Is in the United
States 10 deliver a message from Gem
eral Foch TO the people of America.
He will be heard in this city at tn1
day eyenins. septenaber IL when ~ VII
be Introduced BY Major General 4 NJ,
=. Wallss. Y. 3 xesfue cespg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31
PHOTOPLAY PRESENTATIONS FOR WEEK. OF SEPTEMBER 2 TO SEPTEMBER :, 1913
SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN HI PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER

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52d and Thompson SITS.
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Chestnut below 18th st.
BEL MONT
5.d and Market SITS.
BITFRIRD 10y
Broad & Sus1uehanra Ave.
BROADWAY
Rroad and Snyder Ave.
CFnAR
6Oth and Cedar Ave,
COLISEUM ts>
Market below 60th st.
COLONIAL
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EMPRESS Il,
Main st. Manavunk
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GREAT NORTHERN
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IMPERIAL Isl
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JUMBO
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LEADER Isl
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LIBERTY
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LOCUST
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MONDAY
Srssu" Hayakawa in
Clara kimbaIi Young
Elsie Ferguson in
Wallace Reid
Pauline FrrIa~irk in
rheio Rara in
Douglas FairhanI,s IN
II ' ' ~
Wallace Reid In
Douglas Fairbanks in
Narv. Pickfnrd
Mabel %nrmand
William s, Hart
psuline Frederick
Cecil de Miles We
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

HKlss GATES is slim. trlm and nerv-
1Xl Gus in her movements. She is
working under the handicap of Injured
ayes. the result of a gust of lime dust
fr0m Broadway's subway work.
8tI think the best literary work is
done on an empty stomach" she said.
II ind tea the best possible stimulant.
In fact, I think tea has much to do with
11nglahd's pluck and determination in
9fhe war, and her brilliant literary his
Beer results in mental and moral
<abbiness. Look at the Germans. Beer
plays a large part in their failure"
"How do I write my plays?' she
nbused. well conhdentially, ] make
|4rse use of the folk ] know. The
f<0nake' In The Poor Little Rich Girl
1n drawn from an English maid I
ia. and Big Ears vas my English
~ Indeed. some Of my assistants
STOUT claims TO eo-ar.norship when
1Y And some casual remark Of theirs
& Into n play. | have seen one maid
- ~ THE wings night after night listen
ec1faticzlIy Tor one line that was
The whole play reyolved about
Tor her
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SATURDAY

Douglas Fairbanks
m Bound in Morocco
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

VIM. Farnum in Riders
of the Purple Sage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

Sessue Hayaka wa in
The City of Dim Faces
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-31

VIM. Farnum In Riders
Of the Purple Sage
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Dorothy Dalton in
Green Eyes
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-25
A VANISHED DREAM

Conditions in Russia are illustrative of Pacism gone
to seed The rich golden harvest is ripe for the sickle and
the German egons under Hindenburg doing the har-
vestng 1t pretty dream that Of the BolsheviE,
dream in which the playful lamb led the hungry tiger
through pleasant pastures and taught him to change his
diet and fatten on grass 1t dream too in which
the absolute equality of all mankind materiaGzed. No
one was work except when he she felt like it. Every
one was to have whatever most desired, and all
furnished by the government which in some mysterious
way was to take the place of individual endeavor and sup
ply everybody with whatever needed or wished 1t
was dream in which the purse was to be drawn on in
definitely without any returns being made to it. The
awakening has The tiger refuses to eat hay but
instead is helping itself to fresh Russian lamb At the
same time is learned that that intangible thing called
government exist only by the efforts Of all the gov
erned. Before it rub the lamp which makes the
Gen appear the people must supply the oil for the lamp
The dreamer has found that the laid Cain has
never been lifted and that only in the swseat Of mans
face can he eat bread What the result will be can
fore tell for the problem is based the actions of the
Russian peasanry ignorant uneducaed and yet mbued
with the idea that they qualified govern themselves
They are not in condition to put up fight against the
kaisers armies and yet it is hard to believe the masses
will submit to German rule. They have dethroned car
and it is not likely they will be content with kaiser in
his place They have had taste of self government and
while they have made bad mess Of it. they will not be
content to surrender their found liberties poor as
they were in results.