Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
PASSED BY THE CENSOR

IL pears in print, George g. Tyler, who pro-
duced THE Garden of Allah" lays in a new
supply of sackcoth and ashes and exolaims
"Mea culpa; mea maxima culpal" And Incl
dentally, he says unholy things about GER
tain ex-dramatlc critic now a resident OF
Philadelphia 1t all happened In the days
when Tyler had just turned the financial cor
ner with "The Christian" The dramatic
road had been full of hard shedding, and his
first big success had increased his bank ac-
count to mans size. Then, into the verdant
and unsophlstlcated life Of Tyler crept that
nefarious critic. In the latter's behalf II may
be said that he has reformed now and is try
ing to live down his critical past
At any rate, the critic had Just read zang-
Wills Children Of the Ghetto" then newly
published. Full OF misplaced enthusiasm he
went to Tyler and urged him to have 1t
dramatized and produced. Tyler bit" and
as subsequent events proved was bitten, for
when the play closed after a while, Tylers
afore- mentioned bank account had been de-
creased by some $4,000.
A BOUT the only thing in which James
"A Gordon Bennett, owner and editor of the
New York Herald, not to mention the Paris
edition and the New York Evening Telegram,
showed hesitation, was in matrlmony. 1t
took him 70 seconds to reach any other
decision. In fact, his precipitancy has been
notorious on two continents This is best
exemplined by a happening one Thursday
morning without warning, the New York
office received cable dispatch from Paris,
signed with the usual Bennett" ordering the
suspension uf the Evening Telegram. There
was no reason given and as Benefits word
is law, no one asked for an explanation. The
staff was dismissed and then-there came
another dispatch to resume the publication.
Since then the Evening Telegram has be-
come BENEFITS best paying property.
TIME next time some British friend reminds
i you that lynchings take place only in the
United States ask him or her II he or she
has ever heard of an historic lynching in
Edinburgh The reply will most likely be
mo-" vet John Porteous was hanged by
mob in 1886, and the entire populace was
delighted beyond words. Porteous was cap
tain Of the guard and was known for his
wanton cruelty In street riot he had
forced his men to fire into the crowd seven
being killed and more than 20 injured. He
placed trial for murder and found
guilty. reprievc was granted and Porteous
was placed in the Tobooth. on September
mob formed, took the keys from the
jailer, set all the prisoners free and dragged
Porteous to tree and hanged him, after
first torturing him.
TURING the last strike Of the cloak and
IL suit-makers in this city, there came an
influx Of gunmen from New York city-real
bad men" of the "ent-'em alive" type.
Stories of their prowcss and fre-eatng pro-
pensites were spread broadcast to scare
away strike-breakers until Detective Isaacs,
of the Central Office appeared on the scene.
Single-hunded he marched up to the three
leaders OF the gunmen. Taking one in his
good right hand and another in his equally
good left, he bumped their heads together
with precision and force Then he took the
precious trio to Broad Street Station put
them aboard a New York express and told
them politely and all that, but sternly never
theless, that it would be wise TO beat 1t"
before real trouble ensued
Since then Philadelphia has been free from
rinmen. and the Philadelphia police force
has reputation among New York gangsters
Of being brutal In the eXtreme-impolite, in
fact
A i. ye housewives who make your hus-
~ bands get up early these chill mornings
to Light the kitchen fire, take note that the
man who invented the kitchen range as con-
sttuted at present, was one Henjamin frank
hn. nauV" OF Philadelphia and said TO nave
0e'n intimately connected with certain mel
dents of our Revolution. FRANKLIN first IN
vented stove to burn bituminous coal
which consumed Its own smoke, having
downward draft Later he devised another
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