Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
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! | II near Browns station in the Catskills
| ~ they destroyed seventeen villages and
tore up the tracks of two railroads. No, this
is not a story of the war, merely a recital Of
what man can do. Having finished the work
of destruction, they built a reservoir thirteen
miles long and two miles wide-the largest
! in the world, They also constructed a dam
/ of gigantic proportions, the whole work cost
| ing more than $12,500,0O0
| young man, blue eyed, straight of build
! and alive to his work, was in charge. He was
unknown to the great mass of the people,
for he had no press agent, but Philadelphia
heard of him and his work. So Mayor Blank
enburg induced him to leave the employ of
the city of New York and take charge Of the
water system of this city. At once a hue
and cry raised that the salary of the
new man, $4,000 year, was out of proper
tion to his services and that in any case the
position should have gone to a Philadelphian.
Since then, Carleton r. Davis has worked
wonders with our water system. Typhoid
has been reduced to minimum. The water
is clean-the department is run on a busi-
ness basis which should delight taxpayers.
UD AVIS is the wrong man in that job"
~ said member of City Councils to the
writer How in war can he do his work
right when he drives out to the pumping
stations and filters at three in the morning to
see If the men are on the job? No man can
disspate that way and get down fresh to
the office in the morning"
Which Is one of the reasons why Davis is
making good.
once upon a time there was a gentlemanly
~ waiter at the exclusive Philadelphia Club.
Because of his pleasant ways, he was de-
servedly popular with the members. Now ii
so happened that he fell in love with the
daughter of the clubs steward, who frowned
upon a young man who had prospects
The members watched the love affair with
interested eyes, and when they saw how mat
ters were going they decided to help the
waiter.
Encouraged by them, he finally eloped with
the girl and married her. Then the men,
bers furnished sufficient capital for the waiter
to take charge of the old Hotel Bellevue.
Since then, George c. Boldt has become rich
and famous in hotel life
VTOLTAIRE was one of those who proved
' to the world that the pen was mightier
than the sword. Once, when he had paid for
box at the Paris opera the Due de Lauzun,
a favorite of Louis XIV, drove him out. Vol
taire brought suit for the ejectment, and the
dukes lawyer, in his opening address, ex-
coriated the plaintiff thus:
What! Is it Monsieur Voltaire a petty
ink-slnger, who dares to plead against the
Due de Lauzun whose great grandfather
was the first to scale the walls of La Rochelle,
whose grandfather took twelve cannon from
the Dutch at Utrecht, whose father captured
two standards from the English at Fontenoy,
whose"
Excuse me-" interrupted Voltaire, II am
not pleading against that duke who was
first on the walls f La Rochelle, nor against
the duke who took twelve cannon, nor against
him who captured two standards. I am
pleading against the Due de LauZun who
never captured anything in his life except
my box at the opera"
He won his suit.
TITLE MISS NINE YEAR OLD went to
IL the theatre with her father. They had
the best of seats and box of candy. Her
father treated her as a grown-up. The light |
opera was drawing TO close.
Father" said the miss, don't you think
I'm getting old enough to be taken to supper
after the show?"
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