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MUST THE SHIP co AWAY EMPTY?

CTEAMSHIPS frequent ports where
~ there are cargoes for them This is a
fact which should be considered by the
business men who are wondering why the
shipping trade of this port does not grow
more rapidly.
They soon will have an opportunity to
prove that there is more business here
than can be accommodated by the ships
which make regular saiings. The Japa-
nese freight steamer Malay will arrive in
q day or two after having delivered a
cargo of grain in France. 1t Is on its way
back to Japan. as II has been released from
war service. II 1t can take on a cargo
here for the Far East and be assured of
future cargoes the company which owns
II, will without doubt establish a regular
service through the Panama Canal TO the
Pacific. II there is no freight for III the
ship will never steam up the Delaware
again.
: 1t is up to Philadelphia TO provide the
cargo instead Of sending its freight by
train to New York to be loaded on ships
there. II our own manufacturers prefer
another port no one can blame the ship
ping men when they take their vessels to
other ports.
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old name-stone marked Abbotsford place.
We wonder when and why those two Sec
tions were SO named?
Passing along Pine street. as one gets
below Eleventh there is a fascinating hud-
die of old buildings, with tall chimneys
pricking up, the backs of the houses along
Clinton street We don't know whether
Mr.. Frank II. Taylor has included this
little group Of old architectures in his
delightful drawings Of picturesque Phila-
delphia scenes; but il not, we hope he
may do so. The little windows, with their
white muslin curtains. shimmering In
morning sunlight-one window has a lovely
pot of jonquils peepng out-are pleasing
bit of composition. They usually lure us
away from the antique shops and brick
fronts of Pine street to walk along the
quiet little causeway Of Clinton street, one
of the most agreeable bits of street i'm old
Philadelphia. And. II we are not mistaken,
1t was at the old Carey house, at the corner
of Tenth and Clinton, that Dickens was en-
tertained in 1912. We have never quite
forgiven Boz for the rude things he said
about Philadelphia after the hospitable
way in which this city greeted him.
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THE REDS ACCEPT, NOW WATCH THE
SCRAMBLE!

TNHE Bolshevist acceptance of the invita-
4 ton to attend the proposed Princes
Islands conference should constitute a
marked pressure on the other tagging fac
tlons.
1t was comparatively easy for all sides
to turn down the call for a meeting while
the suggested convocation had imaginary
aspects. Concerning a myth each faction
could bluster and their constituents take
illusory comfort in showy exhibitions of
false pride. But "stand.ofiishness" may
now prove costly. The Omsl government
and other parties will certainly not relish
the consideration of claims from other sides
while their own causes are not officially
pleaded.
The memory of the a b Powers con-
ference at Niagara Falls is hardly a cheer
ing precedent just now, but none the less
its record should not make for unrelieved
pessimism. Direct information about Rus
sla must necessarily be the initial step in
solving the most perp,exing problem of
the war. That much, at least, Will be
gained il the Marmora conference attracts
enough representatives of the opposing
factions.
With the truth obtained. civilization
should be able to decide upon some definite
action. |. nay he unpalatable 1t may be
easier than has been thought But at least
It will put an end TO fioundering.
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Shakespeare at New Place

1911.
ITO LEAVE the courts gay glitter and its
l. cold, false heart
To gaze on gillifowers from hawthorn
bower;
To drop the deadly fruit bought in the
worlds sad mart
To gather. balm, sweet basil, and Our
Lady's flower;
To change the mlnions sneer, the wantons
smile,
For eglantine and lily beds, for Englands
rose;
To veil from memory hatred, malice, guile,
And find, in green pleasaunce fair, the
minds repose;
To dream Of Eden gained, and passed the
long exile;
To dream of Wisdom's magic power, of
Beauty's face;
Till through Gods gift. the garden, looms
the enchanted isle.
And from the violet is born Miranda's
grace.
FERRIER LANGwoRTHY.
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Of other agencies OF relief, and II has sue
ceeded In adding something to the efnciency
OF every institution devised for the pro-
lection and the welfare Of unfortunate and
friendless people.
In the end 1t is essentially a constructive
force devised to relieve hardship without
following the example of the Accidental
Samaritan, whose easy.golng good nature
often helps TO give the man he helps a
pauper's habit OF mind
And there Is something wildly grotesdue
In the thought that we. who have been able
to help everybody else who asked for help,
were at last unwilling 10 aid those at home!
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SONG

WHEN am dead, my dearest,
w Sing no sad songs for me;
Plant thou no roses at my head,
Nor shady cypress tree:
Be the green grass above me
With showers and dewdrops wet;
And II thou wilt, remember, M
And If thou wilt, forget.
r SHALL not see the shadows,
l. shall not feel the rain;
shall not hear the nightingale
Sing on as IL In pain:
And dreaming through the twilight.
That doth not rise nor set,
HAPPY may remember
And haply may forget.
Christina Rossetti Cs30.94l
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MR.. TAFT AT HIS BEST

GIVE ARE already in an entanslIns alli-
w ance and we must see the thing
through" ,'.
With his usual perceptive frankness, Mr..
Taft thus appeals to the highest type of
patriotism with reference to the league OF
nations. Fixed ideas" are stubborn things;
how obstinate is exemplifed in the fact
that the theory of American isolation has
survived in some quarters even after par
ticipation in the great war.
Virtually the tradition of our aloofness
was shattered by the role we played in
that conflict. 1t is folly 10 seek to define
our attitude in the old terms now when
We accepted the new ones in 1917. The
shell Of isolation" which Mr.. Taft con-
demns cannot be regained, for actually it
has ceased to exist. Those who long for it
are spinning the baseless fabric of a vision.
The Americanlsn of the president of
the League to Enforce Peace is unimpeach.
able. None OF our statesmen is less Euro.
peanized than he. First of all, however
he is a reallst. Neither party affiliations
nor his profound judicial knowledge of
American tradition. nor a desire for the
ease from labors which he has Justly
earned have shadowed his zeal for facing
facts with a view TO deriving the best pos
sible results, These are heartening proofs
Of his clear-sightedness.
: John Quincy Adams was said to have
served his country best after he had left
the presidential office. With no reflection
on the character of Mr.. Taft's administra-
tion, it is easily demonstrable that he was
never more stimulating to the cause Of
civilization than at the present moment
The league Of nations is fortunate in having
such a champion.
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tion. He urges that the same system
which worked so well in war be employed
In the peaceful operation of demonstrating.
Statistical experts may counter his plan
with practical objections, but on the sur.
face at least its simplicity Is allurng.
Taking stock Of the nation, both its per.
sonnel and resources. is a colossal Job. II
the use of the election machinery which
worked so well in the draft can really
relieve the arCuousness, delays and ex-
pense of the great national inventory,
inertia and tradition ought not to stand in
the way
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IS 1T A CITY OF REFUGE?

THE news from New Yorl; that a gun
l. man who broke up a gambling game in
that city apd shot eleven men has fed
to this city once more illustrates the
truth OF the saying that to those that
have shall be given.
Word apparently has gone out that this
is safe place for such. and the New
Yorker fees here as to a city OF refuge.
1t is up to the police to prove how
greatly mistaken is this notion.
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. How long was Italy in the war?
2. Who was Saint Valentine?
3. Where is the vendee and what prominent
member OF the Peace Conference was
born there?
4. To the music of what patriotic Prussian
song are the words of God Save the
King" and America" set?
s. What is the capital Of Liberia?
q. what is a cigar which Is open at bot1
ends called?
7. What Is the Chinese name for Chinay
&. Who commanded the American fleet y
the Mediterranean during the war?
Q. How many plays did Shakespeare writer :
10. who is accredited with invention Of ~
depth bomb? i@<
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". NJ. ROSSETT1
Famous Man Of Letters Who Intro.
duced Whitman's Work
in England

FTNHE death in London, on February 8, of
l. william Michael Rossetti removes the
last OF famous generation Of the talented
English-Italian family. He was the
brother Of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and
Christina, Rossetti Well known as critic
editor of his brothers. works and translator
OF Dante, probably his greatest interest to
Philadelphians lies in HIS long friendship
Cby correspondence with Wait whitman,
whose writings he introduced TO English
readers. He did everything in his power
to encourage whitman at time when
Leaves of Grass" was being scoffed at in
most literary circles; and raised sums of
money to aid the Camden poet when he
was reported in distress.
Rossetti was essentially a critic rather
than a creator. His work was painstaking,
patient and sound in Judgment. His more
gifted klnsmen were rarely fortunate to
have had such an appreciator and executor
in their own family. In respect to Whit
man. Rossetti never asserted himself to he
the first critic i'm England to appreciate
the amazing power of the western poet;
but in view of his energetic and unfagging
efforts to show Whitman's more gracious
and understandable phases to the English
public 1t is only fair to speak of him as
Whtman's chief sponsor abroad.
Rossettl In his book, Some Remi-
nscences" d9o6) tells the story Of his in
tercst in Whitman thus:
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The Peace Conference doesn't possess quite
so many thrills as its bloody predecessors
the war, and action Is not SO swift; but the
celebrated authors are providing lots of
human interest. ftff
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. william II. Taft Is president of the
League to Enforce Peace. Hs
.. Letters may be sent to New Zealand 81
the postage rate OF three cents IN
ounce or fraction thereof. fNH|
3. The magnetic North Pole was Thought
by James Ross in 1891 10 be in KiQG
williams Land in the Arctic part of
Canada. Captain Amundsen. however,
has reported calculations on this sub
1ect TO the Norwegian Government. but
they have not yet been published.
4. Robert Fulton was born In Little Britain.
Pa
g. Dewey destroyed the Spanish neef ~
Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.
feet long. -<l&
Z. The circumference OF circle may ~
found BY multiplying ,ts diaSaete1
+ q e>prn1>u ~ nIn1rrcr
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Shell shock is absolutely durable, says :
Philadelphia doctor back from the front.
Let us hope that the Peace Conference viii
cure 1t for all time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The grain chiefs appeal to Congress 10
appropriate $1,000 100000 and give the
President the power to make good his guar
antee to the wheat growers Is as certainly
q war measure as though the armistice had
never been signed.
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After.Breskfast Walks in Town

Having recently deserted Marathon for
the city. we now spend the after-breakfast
half hour, which used to be consumed in
the jovial smoking car of the cinder and
Bloodshot as a member Of the fine old
order of the ]. w. W.; that is, Walk to
Work We are continually amazed and
delighted by the wealth of color of city
streets. If cities will only make their
streets wide enough, the matter Of beauty
will take care OF itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

We were looking up the ark because we
heard that a clergyman in Pittsburgh had
estimated her measurements as 547 feet
long, 81 feet broad and "a feet high We
have never heard what became of her, but
it is safe to assume that she is no longer
seaworthy II she were. Mr.. Hurley would
have had her running again long ago.
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Our soldiers abroad are to continue their
musical education under the direction Of the
Y. NJ c. A. They have already added
chord or two to the European concert
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A TIP FOR CENSUS TAKING

GOMETHING besides victory in war may
~ emerge from the draft machinery. The
Gecpnuiai census win be taken next year,
.&pd 4 e \ conducted In the old way the
6c>u v)lI b long, lsborious and COM
roI f@rg11er d his rspopf %
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THE CHAFFING DISH

TODAY is Charles Dckens's birthday. On
- his visit to this city in 1912 he wrote
In his diary, philadelphia is a handsome
city but distractingly regular" We won.
der if he would say the same were he
here today?
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The fact that the United States now.
leads the world in dyes gives color to the
assertion that we can do any darn thing We
set our minds to.
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As TO the Ark

Renewing our acquaintance with the
ninth chapter of Genesis, we note that the
first thing Noah did after his long and
trying voyage was to have go at the
wine.
A custom Loyalty followed by many sailor
men since.
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Take II how we will. It is Just a little
to Father Penn to have to be told
by Uncle Sam how to keep himself clean.
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Old II. c. Of L. is able to stand an
awful lot Of punishment before he eventually
gets the X. o.
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Germany has been cured, says Mr.. Taft
Wen, II took a major operation to do II. and
the doctor has not yet presented his bill
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The peace conferees are getting their
gait and the Wrong I'm at Amerongen viii
soon know what's coming to him.
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withthe first thrills still upon US. IL is
hard to realize that air transportation will
ever be a commonplace.
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UNIR. CAMDEN HOTTEN,

UMR. CAMDEN HOTTEN, the pub.
A'1 Usher, observed my article on Whit
man in The Chronicle Qs6T), and invited
me to make a selection of his poems to
publish. l was more than willing to COM
ply, and the selection came out In 1863
AS some Of Whitman's poems are regarded
as indecent and Others Though quite un.
concerned with indecent subject -matter)
contain phrases open to the same objec-
ton, ] went on the principle of omitting
everything to which any such imputation
can attach. The consequence is that l
excluded several of the compositions which
are the most characteristic and the most
praiseworthy. Let me say here that I
wholly dissent from the idea that Whit
man is an immoral writer: but ] amply
agree with people who think that some Of
his writings put certain matters with a
downrightness and crudity or even a
coarseness OF expression which Is rightly
resented on the grounds not only of de-
corum and delicacy but also of literary art.
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Representative Padgett doubtless finds
congratulations from the President mice,
though may-I-notty"
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WE HELPED OTHER PEOPLE;
CAN WE NOT HELP OUR OWN?
The Plight Of the Society for Organizing
Charity and the Moral Of the
Accidental Samaritan

IT is most unfortunate that the appeals
now being made on behalf OF the So
cety for Organizing Charity faii consist.
emily to suggest the intensely human char.
acter Of the service performed by this
agency. Only those who are very humble
know what the charity organiza ton does
and how IL thinks. And they have nothing
to give. If they had, the institution would
not be threatened with extinction by pov.
crty
The average man has pleasantly super.
hcial notions about charity. He likes TO
put his hand in his pocket and shove out
his dime or his dollar cheerfully to any.
body who happens to appear In need.
There is n glow OF pleasant romance in
this sort of thing, a tinge of color. a warm.
ing suggestion of something done from
the heart
The far nobler service Of those who de.
vote themselves day after day to the unro.
mantle poor is seldom heard of. How
many Of us know how bitter and how fire.
duent arc the unavoidable casualties Of
peace? Only those who meet life at close
quarters realize the tragic contrariness Of
the circumstances that surround the poor
Until the machinery Of civilization works
more smoothly there will always he IN
fortunates--helpless victims Of their own
lmperfections or the imperfectons of the
social order itself Those who help them
do far better service than any that may
be laid to the credit OF your Accidental
Samaritan. ..'-
1t is unthinkable, of course, that the
Society for Organizing Charity should fail
or be compelled TO quit its work for want
OF money No one who remembers the
Belsians can say that we aren't generous
indeed, there is hardly any little or hard.
driven land that We haven't been sharing
with. Are there any forlorn children in
the world the Accidental Samaritan
might say, "or any desolate mothers that
we haven't warmed and fed and cheered
up?"
Any one who knows the present plight
OF the Philadelphia charity organization
might answer very simply and say, Yes.
Those at your own door"
II this were not true the one organiza.
tion which operates for the systematic
relief Of the poor in this city would not
now be in difficulties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The revolt in Portugal was not roya
but merely a four flush
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Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is erclu-
sivelp entitled to the use for republication
OF all netrS dispatches credited 10 u or not
othertciSe credited IN this paper, and also
the local neics published therein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
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As to That Convention

In spite OF our best efforts to dissuade.
the American Press Humorists are still
intending TO hold their annual convention
here during the week Of June 23.
Suggestions are In order from all high
spirited Philadelphians as to what we can
do with these humorists to keep them out
Of mischief while they arc here.
If any one has a copy OF "On a Slow
Train Through Arkansaw" they might lend
1t TO u.s. so we can spring some OF the fine
old vintages That will certainly prevent
anything like convention of drols coming
here again.
The trouble is. those fellows were here
a few years ago and folks were too nice
to them.
Never be kind to a humorist. He doesn't
understand 1t.
philadelphia has a mandate
From the Joke Administrator
To be host to all the drolls.
Now. we definitely plan date,
rwenty-third OF juno and later
Keep this nome on xopr rol1e
(1HVo &och 1epo, '1n&. or1c INA Vkon|n
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Broad street is a whole palette OF colors.
Walking north from Pine street, for in.
stance, on a clear winter morning. the
western side of the way glows and SHIN
mers with blending hues. After the curl.
Gus putty.colored columns of the School of
Industrial Art comes a mass of rich, mel
low red brick. in which number of bright
little shop windows show the change that
is rapidly coming over South Broad street.
A few years ago 1t was still a residence
section, with the white marble steps and
polished silN er bell-pulls. 1t will shortly
he a brisk shopping district, with tower
ing apartment houses. like upper Broadway
I'm New York. Broad street, after all, is
almost the only street in central Philadel-
phia where large apartment houses can
be fittingly displayed. Those vast Gibral-
tars of concrete need open space to sun
themselves.
Beyond this patch of red brick and the
old fashioned drug store at the corner of
Spruce comes the pale green stone of a
dlsmantled church, now used by the Union
\
Then the square. straw-colored facade of
the shuoert Theatre. The eye passes on
TO the faded portwine color OF the ancient
Academy of Music. and above 1t looms the
huge flank of the Bellevue -stratford Hotel.
which shines with a curious fesh-colored
pink when there Is web OF mist in the
! air stepped in a faint washing Of blue.
the tall, dark spire OF the City Hall closes
the prospect.
Another very agreeable after,brealSfast
walk is down Pine street. from Broad street
to the pennsylvania Hospital. We have
noticed, by the way. two rather curious
echoes OF Sir Walter Scott along Pine
| street. Just west OF Broad street there
| is a little street. now called 1--WE think
Carlisle streSt, but the original nsms OF
| which sssr>e. ~ p marble slab lnset n
;';;;:':s' :''| |||''' n;
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at HAD known the Leaves of Grass
almost as soon as II was published In
America in 1855, a copy of the book having
come into the hands Of Bell Scott in New
castle and he having presented II TO me.
] read it with great delight: not supposinS
that it is impeccable in taste or unassail-
able in poetic or literary form, but finding
in ii majestic and allbrotherly spirit, an
untrammeled outlook on the multplex as
poets of life, and many magnificent bursts
of sympathetic intuition allied to and
strenuously embodying the innermost spirit
of poetry. That the form in which this
book is written falls short of some Of the
graces and fascinations attainable in poetry
is fact so manifest as not to deserve any
discussion; but on the other hand, never
could see that, because Whitman omits
rhymes and omits regularity of metre, and
introduces into his compositions passages
distinguishable from ordinary prose
therefore his performance is mere literary
bastardy and has no title to be numbered
among poems. My brother once, In
letter addressed to me, called Whtman's
writings 'sublimated Tupper.' But con-
ceive that he was quite wide of the mark
in this. My friend Watts.Dunton, an adept
in the criticism and writing Of poetry, once
told me. with all good will--in 1SS7-that
within lapse Of ten years from then, my
character as critic would be entirely lost
because l was professed admirer OF
Whitman. Several things have happened
since 1887: one of them is that the fame
Of Whitman stands now much higher than
1t did then-in America, in England and
in some countries of foreign speech as WELL
1t seems quite within the limits of possi
bility that Leaves of Grass and Drum
Taps may outlive some poetic volumes of
recent years, highly lauded for literary
competence and grace.