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Show u Necessity for Persistence. Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia was the guest of honor at a dinner given by A. J. D -exel BIddle. In tho courso of tho dinner the reform mayor said: "This great cleansing movement now at work In our city will only succeed suc-ceed by being persistently kept up. Wo must not grow weary In welldoing. well-doing. Our enthusiasm must not cool. Abovo all, wo must not expect our friends to do the work. Wo must do tho work ourselves. "A wise old man said wisely to mo yesterday: 'Too many of tho reforms I have seen remind me of fie way my father used to weed tho kitchen garden. gar-den. Father would rush mo into the garden with him and weed llko a madman mad-man for about two minutes. "There," ho would say, "now you see how easy It Is." Then he would go off and sit down in tho shade with his pipe and tho weekly paper and leavo mo to keep at It all tho afternoon.' " n |