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that unlocks the door Of the mystery. or
even clew following which might be led
out of labyrinth into a place Of under
standing and revelation But such IA not
for tho likes Of mo. All / can do is to
look on In dazcd way and, by tho con-
tagion of contact develop like feeling Of
unrest, an itch for perpetual motion.
"To get right down to business and attend
to regular job seems of all things the most
difhcult just now. To concentrate Is almost
as hard ms to feel kindly toward Ger
man You strive your best TO fix your
brain on the problem in hand, tho piece of
work to do and calling to be done, but. 10.
your eye goes out Of the window, your
thought Ia in France or on the far isles of
the sea- or pretty soon your feet begin TO
beat time to the pitter-patter along tho
mllion-footed way, until In despair vot,
clap on your hat and rush forth TO oin
the mobile vulgus we now call tho mob for
abort; mn chronological fact trust one or
two OF my readers, old fashioned enough TO
remember their Latin, may recognize.
"Then, az you merge IN tho multitudInous
heterogenelty OF mankind hurryine by. YOU
So" "''""" NV oHly WIN feeling OF it's
mystery, but Of It's poetry. Bacon speaks
of the intense lonesomeness that ono suf
fers in the crowd; the solitariness OF "A
single soul in such an experience. But
there Is strange, deep music in it, too and
II the rhythm is not plain to make out. it
mas the lure of the unknown, and kind of
voice not without its strong seduction. Nor
IS pathos lacking. All mankind wants to
come at contentment seeks place where
happiness dwells. Ard all mankind ia on
that quest, now and forever. Especially
now' with the wander fever beating in the
Diood' and certain great ideals of social
freedom and equality a glittering goal. des
cried not too far away--a mirage a miracle.
yet an article of faith
mot only Americans 60 a-wanderine but
all men. To wander, to return and to lie
down for rest; it is an epitome of Life. OF
human fate.'
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emotion, for instance. Coffin de-
clares he felt no emotion.
The counsel for the government repeats
the question He offers the defendant q
chance to extenuate his crime: "Were you
not moved at al?" Coffin has but
thing in mind-he does not want to be seen
staggering. Nevertheless, this time he ad-
nlits he was moved. But in what manner?
"One is always moved when ono is going
to do such things. Only a fool would not
have been moved"
"But did not this emotion stop your" asks
the lieutenant.
Cottin's answer reveals his psychology.
He thinks but of himself, not for moment
Of his victim.
"I was sorry for myself. I knew very
we'll what was going to happen to me-"
"Were you sorry for yourself alone?"
And as Coffin hesitates, apparently fear
ing snare, the counsel treasures him:
Not Trap
ri not trying to trap you. That would
be mean trick. I want an answer. Did
you have a notion Of the danger you were
about to incur Of the gravity Of the act
you were committing?"
~ don't know how to explain" says Cot
tin, who only a little while ago could talk
very fluently.
"Tell me what you were thinking, what
in your mind. Well understand you"
Coffin braces himself.
81 felt that it was going to be something,
and afterward"
"Well?"
"\Vor no+h;rrn
That's all. He protested when the wit
ness said he had been staggering. But there
his imagination stopped. 1t did not carry
him to the point of regret.
His whole attitude, maintained through
out the cross-examination, was summed up
in this incident. Whatever he said was
prompted by vanity and by vanity alone.
Not word Of repentance. When the read
ing of the indictment was finished he started
to argue. 1t was said he invited his COM
rades to "admre" his books; he only in
vited them to "look at them" They were
not "books," just "pamphlcts'; he knows tho
difference between book and pamphlet.
1t was said that he participated in "quar-
rels" at the office of the newspaper LA
Plebe"; in fact, he participated in discus
sions." 1t was said he had sold copies of
this newspaper; this was not true at all;
what he had sold were pamphlets published
by the newspaper.
Tho indictment stated he had been
"angry."
"Angry!" he shouted at the top of his
voice. Anarchists are never angry We
leave that to the exploitersl"
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A Diplomat
Born 1919
CENATOR COUNT GIUSEPPE
- GREPpI, tho oldest diplomstIst IN

CENAToR COUNT GIUSEPPE
- GREPpI, the oldest diplomstist IN
The world, Is now a centenarian.
"The London Times" gives the following
sketch OF his career,
"Born In Milan. Count Gxeppi entered
the Austrian diplomatic service ssventy-
seven years ago under Metternich, and his
first appointment was TO Rome. Thrss
yssrs earlier he had witnessed tho Corona
ton Of Ferdinand l. and three years later
hs visited Vienna, where no stayed for .
short t!ms before being transferred Arst
TO Munich and then 20 Stockholm. He was
a. Gtockhoim In 134S, when Milan rose
against tho Austrians. He resigned from
Austrian service and became a citizen Of
the Kingdom Of Sardinia. After a short
interval he entered ths diplomatic service
at Piedmont, and his career ended thirty
one years ago when he left tho post of
Ambassador in St. Petersburg on Signor
CrispPs accession TO the Premiership OF
Italy. In the interval he had been In posts
In London, Berlin, Athens, Constantinople,
StuttEsrt, Munich and Madrid, where hs
went as Minister In 1875
HE has lived in close touch with all tho
great events Of tho last eighty years, and
has known personally most Of tho chief
figures Of the world Of politics and society
during this period. His memory Of long
past events and Of great figures that became
shadows long ago Is fresh and clear Vi
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kicked by the master and who took his re-
vcngo year afterward. In May, 1918 the
workers at the Rcnault plant went on strike
Coffin decided he would cut figure Being
stopped in front of the factory and asked
what he was doing there, he said, II am
picketing." 1t was for him like impersonat-
ing n part which engaged all his dignity.
However, the police, wishing to protect the
workers who desired to work against the
pickets, charged the latter with drawn
sabres. Coffin, who chad not said thing"
was jostlcd. He could never forget that NJ.
Clemcnceau was Premier then. Coffin held
him responsible. 1t is the memory of this
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= NROTZkY? Lenine? Yes. the IN.
Bolshevists who hold in thai,
grasp the fate of great Ru,s;.
are invariably linked together IN
the mind of the world. Yet, accord,nv
to a writer in "The London Times.n .hsu
are wholly unlike The latter, it seems
is "almost entirely devoid of temp.r,
ment." But Trotzky, on the other hand
is "all fire and passion" We read:
ale has the temperament of the srt,,.
and delights in theatrical heroics. Will.
Lenine sneers at public honor. presum.h,r
on the grounds that there is no b,ros
among thieves, and therefore none an,ono
capitalists, Trotzky makes great plav WITH
the word. He was defending Russia,
honor at Brest. 1t pleased him to barsv
paradoxes with the German generals ava
his sense Of fattery was tickled when q
we'll known American declared in admire.
ton that IF the German General stss
bought Trotzky they bought lemon After
hHeSO, however, lhe lehoh was indeed sour.
Trotzkys dignity had suffered an affront,
and he returned TO Petrograd full Of wrath
with Germany and breathing threats Of re-
venge. At that moment ne would willingly
have died fighting if all Russia had been
present to see him do It,"
When the Bolshevist government left
Petrograd in order to ratify the peace
at the Moscow congress
"Trotzky remained behind to suIk in hi,
den at Smolny. few days later, however.
his equanimity was restored by the offer Of
the Commissariat for War an Office in
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sumes, "the Prussians were eighty kilo-
metres from Paris, too. Was it not natural
that the head of the government wished to
protect those who wero working for the ma
tional defcncc?"
Coffin shrugs his shoulders. His vision
does not carry that far.
The same absence Of imagination in the
last hours preceding the crime. A janitress
in the Rue Franklin testiies that she saw
Coffin staggering" on the morning of Feb
ruary 10 He grows indignant. He did not
staggcr.
Lieutenant Mornet observes one may
stagger without being drunk-that strong
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which his boundless energy and organizing
talents have been Of the greatest service to
the Bolshevists. Impetuous and hot-head-
ed, he is apt, like the Queen in Alice in
Wonderland to solve every crisis with a
wild shrek Of of with his headl' On
more than one occasion It has needed ell
Lenine's tact and discretion TO rescue The
Bolshovist bark from the rocks onto
which Trotzky's fiery energy had driven it
among his colleagues Trotzky does not
enjoy the same respect or admiration as
Lenine, and in this connection too much
importance should not be attached to the
frequent rumors Of quarrels between the
two men. They are probably untrue. Bo-
shevist commissaries viii always smile
whenever one mentions the possibility Of
q Lenne-Trotzky split. Trotzky, after all,
is only one Of themselves. Lenine is Of the
gods.
This does not mean that Trotzky is 10
be considered as an insignificant factor in
the Bolshevist movement. Originally use
full as journalist and a pamphleteer, he
has become to-day the Bolsheyist man Of
action, the Bolshevist imperialist. The Red
army, such as is, is largely his cres-
ton"
Trotzky, the orator
"is powerful demagoguc, kissing out bis
words with degree Of hate which Is not
without effect. He Is apt, however to lose
his temper in the face Of opposition ard to
take refuge in mere abuse Rumor has
many unkind things to say about his pri-
vato life and his commercial honesty They
may be untrue. but they give illustrs-
tion Of the different estimate Of the char
acters Of Lenine and 1rotzky which exists
in the mind Of the Russian people. Always
neatly dressed aud with carefully mani
cured nails, he is tho best dressed of oil
tho Bolsheyist commssaries Vain ano
easily susceptible to nattery, he IS By no
means aversc from publicity md is or OF
any rate was. far moro accessible TO foreign
Journalists than his more famous colleague
To-day he has initiated Kereneky'n fanhion
Of appearing nt Red army concerts or
parades Ia ecml uniform Of khaki, and
even hia own friends have taunted him with
Nopoleonic designs.
"When the world Is going we'll with him
he can be very ailable, and, indeed, is rot
without certain charm Of manner. In this
way he has been able ut times TO make
favorable first impression upon foreigners
ono American in ht of exuberation once
describing him as the greatest Jew since
Christ These impressions, however, DO net
stand the test of time. Behind those fierce
black eyes Turks ever the demon Of suspi-
cion and distrust. 1t is this ever-present
fear of treachery which inspires the ter
riblc, pitiless cruelty of which he has beer
guilty 1t was probably after much hesl-
tation and with some misgivings that
Irotzky finally threw in his lot with the
Bolshevists. To-day, however, he knows
that he has crossed d Rubcon to which
there is no returning More conscious Of
less indifferent too than Lenine to the fate
that awaits him in the event of failure, he
is prepared to sell his life dearly and 10
shrink before nothing in his attempt to
carry Bolshevism by fair means or foul into
the four corners of Europe"
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Burton in "The Belman,"
never in its history did
New York City present
such a spectacle as 1t does at the pres-
ent moment" For one thing
"the hotels, large and small. are so crowded
that not only are you unable to sccure q
room at call, or in tho near future bu+ I,
some cases you find 1t dlTlcult to elbow
your way to the desk to make inquiry The
stereotyped reply by tho desk clerk ia.
Sorry, we are turning them away Che
doesn't mean ho Is sorry to turn them
away; we will put your name down, vou
are I'LL Whereupon, you probably toll
him to make it 700. and go sadly forth for
further seeking OF place TO lnv vour
weary itncrant hoad-~to snv nothing
about your baggage. -.
who arc all these wandering Americans
now pouring into the nations chisf citv7
Where do they como from, and whitber
are they going1 What arc they after. and
why do they subject themselves To- tb,s
homeless, sleepless discomfort1 Really. Il
is question for tho student of life. You
ask 1t while the wanderers flow past and
no ono Of them all heeds your cry. nor
stops for an answer to 30 foolish An In
quiry.
u, for one humble observer, am bv no
means sure Of the reason for thi. curio,.
congestion of humans on the hunt-foy
something. 1t is but intelligent guessing
at tho best. Still, ono or two contributorv
causes can perhaps be named Tho phenom-
email mild weather is one such; it makes
travel and outdoor circulation so easy and
delightful that shoppers and sightscors and
amusement mongcrs arc lured from the
adjacent towns, or from further aficld. into
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incident which made him fire ten bullets at
his victim
He lived in his spite. He has no i'm
agination. The government counsel, as he
examines him, asks: "Do you remember
what was going on in France at the time
you were on strike ?" He remembers, but
only the fact Immediately touching on him
self: "The workers at Renault's were dis
satisfied"
"But," Lieutenant Mornet. the counsel, re-
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~
"A delegate the German press is
bitter against Herr Erzberger.
Rejoicing in the fact that he
was not included among the peace dele
gates, George Bernhard says, in the
'Vossische Zeitung":
att is a piece Of good fortune that tho
German nation would have been glad to en-
joy long before this. For this inverted
Northcliffe, who in spite Of reckless ex-
penditures Of state money and shameless
corruption Of the press could not make his
propaganda successful could have no sue
cess with the Entente, as they have too
complete dossier regarding him. He
should never have been allowed out of Ger
many as a negotiator. The task OF the
difficult because OF his mismanagement of
the armistice negotiations, and the German
nation has him to thank for what Is taking
place in Posen to-day"
The "Berliner Neueste Nachrichten"
thinks a survey Of his past career worth
while and states few Of the blunders
committed by the statesman:
"His extraordinary following as parlia-
mentarian led to the belief that he was
supremely fitted to occupy the position of
chief of propaganda, while his willingness
and zeal showed itself in the sum expend-
ed for this end, which was no less than
2S,000,0o0 marks"
On the other hand:
"He used his Office lightly, afiliatng
himself only with those papers whose cor
ruptibility no secret and whose sig
nifcance had already sunk to low level.
The discovery of this fact gave Italy and
Rumania additional reasons for making war
upon Germany, and when America declared
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Coffin With the ''Chin of an Infant"

leniency Of the court--the gesture Of vain
fellow believing himself a philosopher, for
having read what he did not comprehend
Revenge
But in the course OF the cross-examina-
tion we discover what was perhaps the
primary Of his crime, an element Of
personal spite, around which all the
traneous excitements Of the hour crystalline
the spite Of the apprentice who was
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ex-staff officer in "The London
Daily Telegraph" AS a regimental Of
ficer In the zoos "T. c." never seemed to
get an opening.
Nor did his early staff work bring him
much recognition. But an officer of his to-
day, who was a clerk under him when
he was first staff captain, insists that he
always gave the impression Of great power
IN reserve. 'He believed in the British army.
in hard work, and in himself That was
the foundation Of the career Of man who,
once an opening showed, forged ahead with
marvellous speed to his destiny"
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One Of the witnesses said Cottin's theories
were wicked" Here he Strengthened up:
"17S9 was wicked to the royalists. Keren-
sky was wicked to the Czarists"
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VIVID picture Of Sir Travers
D Clarke, the British Quartermas-
lA- ter General, is furnished by an
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Erzberger
Pen Point
Target

FTER his fiasco as an armistice
delegate the German press is
f. bitter against Herr Erzberger.
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City Of Restless Feet

* EVER" observes Richard
~ Burton in "The Bellman,"
never in its history did
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1rOtzky an
Actor of
Parts

E%RoTzKY? 1enine? Yes. the ~,
k Bolshevists who hold in their
grasp the fate of great Ru.s;.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
Social Activities

MI. ana -hTS. Inlilp +. ftdCt VIII give Il
dinner at their home, 32S South Twentieth
street, before Mrs. Wurts's Dancing Glass. in
honor of their daughter. Miss Katherine +.
Peace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Curtis Wood. of Ger
mantown. have also issued invitations for a
dinner on Friday evening, January "a. before
Mrs. wurts's class, In honor of their daughter.
Miss. Annabella ID. Wood.
Miss Mary C. Wister. daughter of Mr..
Owen Wister. will give a dinner this evening
at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Will
liam Rolch Wister, ll12 Spruce street. in
honor Of Miss Harriet Camac, of New York,
who is the guest Of Mrs. George Mcclellan. OF
1116 Spruce street. The guests will include
her aunt, Miss Frances A.. Wister, Miss
Frances X. Wister. Mr.. T. l.. Jefferys, of
Boston; MIR. Edward Gardiner, Mr.. Austin
NJ. Purves and Mr.. Edward Biddle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris w. Stroud. Jr,, gave
a dinner last evening at Hollow Tree. their
home in Villanova, The guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Stockton Townsend. Mr.. and
Mrs. John S, Meigs. I'd, Mr.. and Mrs. b.
Sellers Mckee, Jr, and Mrs. Julian Davies.
of New York,
j lirvs ". Kembls Yarrow is spendIng- .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
FOES AIRMEN FOOLED
BY "QUAKER CANNON"
Camoufage Trees and Cannon
Drew German Fire From
American Activities

Eak. frees and cannon ,ut ,i, lac. ,n,,r-
~" ""' "N'' u"e tue 'oSs u 'hou-
sands OF German shells and drew attention
OF virtually all the German ayiators away
fran, ia. obi.r a.,iyi,b,s -, ,ho ,uiod oo,
~ '00r''
"NCo'"i'S 10 uiscIosultS hlaue last hlsht Dy
NJ. l.tickiesh. charInain of the camounage
committee of the national research committee.
lie spoke last night at the Franklin In
stitute.
we let the Hun get fooled on his own
wisdom" Mr.. l.uckiesh said. THE Germans
made II marvellous discovery that We heard
of concerning the differences in spectral
analysis between various kinds of color that
looked the same to the naked eye. SO we
fixed him up a bunch Of Quaker cannon and
let him feel happy in Smelling them.
The theory Of it Is that a green pain,
used to simulate the green of the grass may
look all right but does not photograph in the
same way as the vegetation does. The Hun
flier came over and took pictures of the
camoutiage on the grass W had painted
round our wooden guns. and promptl re-
ported that We had a great battery nearby.
shells came hurting over almost at once,
We let him waste all lie wanted to. Mean
while We were doing our work elsewhere
Airplane photography as developed by the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
HONEY" CHRISTMAS
1900 MILES DISTANT
Merchantville Naval Lieutenant
Writes to Friend of "Creat
Day" i'm Brest

Christmas. spent 1000 miles from home,
could hardly be the most joyous of a life.
time yet, TO the thousands OF Uncle Sans
sailors quartered at Brest. France, their
Yuletide celebration lacked few essentials
OF the holiday spirit that was rife in their
American homes.
Lieutenant George Patterson. L. S. ~, Of
Merchantville. who has spent more than a
year In the little French port. tells of the
Christmas celebration in a letter TO a friend
here. Lieutenant Patterson's two brothers
are also in the service.
Following a band concert in the harbor,
all hands sat down TO n real turkey dinner,
and a Y. NJ. G. A. man. dressed as Santa
Claus. visited every American ship with
cigarettes, candy and other gifts for the
boys. many of whom were spending their
frst Christmas away from home.
In the afternoon the officers were enter
tained by a vaudeville show on the flagship
and the evenings program included a dance
for the men of the original rainbow fleet and
a vaudeville and moving picture show for
the "short-timers."
1T was truly a great day" Lieutenant
Patterson writes.
lie remarks on the strangeness of seeing
so many soldiers embarking for home after
watching them arrive by countless thousands
only a few months before. They seem much
more subdued than before. he says, and at
tributes the change to the ordeal through
which they have passed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Mothers of Members of lO3d Trench Mortar Battery to Meet.
Nancy lynne Talks About ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of Women Next Week o.

few days with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Robert Emott Hare, at 400 South Twenty
second street. Lieutenant Yarrow. who has
been overseas in the air service for over a
year, is expected home this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pollard Converse and
their infant daughter. who have been SPEND
ing several weeks with Mrs. Converse's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William l.. Austin, OF
Rosemont, have returned to their home in
Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Pearson Cummings. of Dayton, O.,
Is visiting her brother and sister-in-law.
MIR. and Mrs. j. Graham French, OF Rose
mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hayward Roberts. of
School lane. Germantown, have as their
guest for several weeks, Mr.. Roberts's
mother, Mrs. James Roberts. Of st. Joseph,
Mo.
Master Charles Quail Lesher and Master
James Edgar Lesher, who have been spending
the holidays with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Y. Lesher. of 723 Westview avenue,
Germantown. have returned to school at the
Military institute. Bordentown. y. j.
Mrs. Edward II. Lycett. Of st. Louis. Mo.
has come on from the West to visit her
daughter. Mrs. c. Cresson Wistar. Of SEM
mole avenue. Chestnut Hill, and will remain
In this city until April.
Mrs. Carl Williams, of Chestnut Hill. left
early in the week TO join Major Williams
in Texas.
Mr. anu Mrs. John W. Etsweiler have re-
turned from their wedding trip and are re-
ceiving at their new home, 6019 oxford
street. The bride will be remembered as
Miss Mildred v. IIest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry II. Heist. of 1926 West Tioga
street.
m a,1 Ma. .l--- --
at GLE Germantown avenue. Mrs. Bauer
Will be remembered as Miss Clara T.. Eisen-
hardt. of Mt. Airy.
Mrs. Ralph Beaver strassburger and her
son. Peter, of Normandy Farm. Gwynedd
Valley. have gone to the Jekyl Island Club,
Brunswick, Ga, where they will remain UNI
til April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Eastlake are spend
ing a,month travelling in California. Their
daughter. Miss Alice Eleanor Eastlake. is
living with her grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs.
$. J." Levy, of @2o7 Walnut street, until their
return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Marshall Adams
announce The birth of n son. Howard Mar
shall Adams, Jr, on Tuesday. January :.
Mrs. Adams was formerly Miss Neva Hart
zell. of Tioga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ferris. Jr. announce
the birth Of a SON, Lawrence Allen Ferris,
on Monday, January 9.
Mr.. and Mrs, William y. Roberts, of 1852
North Fifty-ffth street, ANNOUNCE the en-
gagement of their daughter. Kiss Xelma NJ.
Roberts. and Mr.. A. Stanley Ezekiel, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred :. Ezekiel.
Mrs. John Burt, OF Atlantic city. has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Samuel Cum
mings, of 1900 Walnut street.
Mrs. y. g. I.odley and Mrs. X. Il. Weaver
are spending the month in New York.