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rTeacber's Cbeatin'l"

JTTHAT is the youth of America coming
w to? over in Illinois a student who edits
the daily paper of Chicago University is hav-
ing a scrap with the faculty over cheating in
a course. Oh, they did that in the old days.
did they? Boys will be tax-dodgers when 1t
comes to lessons7 But the trouble over the
present situation is that the boy In the case
is the prosecutor. He accuses the teacher OF
cheating, not vice versa.
There have been plenty OF professors who
were ready TO give good marks for no work
at all. If 1t meant little ease for them
selves and plenty Of pupils to take them. But
here is a boy who objects strenuously to
getting cheated out Of work He has made
the astounding discovery that he wants his
moneys worth. He went TO college to learn
something, and he won't have mere pro-
fessor preventing It. What-it Is the only
question worthy OF the occasion-what is
the youth OF America coming to?
The hrst thing we know, some college
fellow will be reporting a cash balance in his
expense account.
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sCRAPPLE
World Series Football


without waiting for the whistle the boys
jumped into the game, and it was clear to the
spectators that a great game was going
to be put up. The Kaiser took out some OF
his best players to send them In against
Russia in the other match he was play
ing. This weakened the team considerably.
AT the same time French the plucky little
captain of the Allies, took out some OF ms
men and sent fresh substitutes. In series
of clever formations, engineered by Jonre,
quarterback for the Allies, the team al.
vanced slowly but surely to the middle OF
the field. There the Teuton line braced, ana
II seemed for moment as IL the Allies would
buckle. Instead of trying another plunge
Joffre called for punt.
French lifted a long spiral, which was
caught by Won Kluk at Antwerp, the Ger
mans 4S-yard line The Allies tried to send
Italy the fullback, into the game, but he was
protested. Both sides took time out to band
age up, and the next formation was a fake
kick to DunkirlS on the Allies 40-yard line.
Instead of kicking, Kluk tried the double
pass, but only got away with the first part,
he was tackled at Ostend and thrown
heavily, keeping possession of the ball. The
Kaiser protested that the referee was coach
ing from the sideines, and that the Allies
weren't playing fair, spilling buckets of water
all over the field. Protest overruled. The
half ended with Germanys ball on the AllieE
4O-yard line. Score, 90.
Third period still on No score yet
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Philadelnhia,s Great Heart

JTTITH splendid enthusiasm Philadelphia is
w meeting the demand laid upon her. All
little conceptions have been broken up, all
selhshness has been abandoned, and the city
is doing more than she was asked 20 do, and
doing 1t joyously and proudly. The hungry
are to be fed and the naked clothed. who
is my neighbour" We are answering the
Scriptural question not in words but in
deeds. not with mere sentiments but with sill
yer and gold. Loaded to the gunwale the
Thelma, symbol OF Phiadelphia's sympathy,
will sail forth on her mission OF mercy She
is but sample of the big, fine soul of our
American city, and in her wake another and
perhaps many others will follow.
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HUM OF HUMAN CITIES

The Cleveland Foundation, a new depart
ure In community welfare, has been organ
lied and is ready to begin It's activities It
Is sort OF community trust designed to Sc
cure efficiency in philanthropic public well
fare work that will invite the support of men
and women who wish to see their money
used to the best advantage.
The central idea of the foundation is that
II shall be an organization such that men of
means VIII leave bequests in their wills for
the general welfare of Cleveland. There is
to be a central fund, administered by five
trustees, two chosen by the Cleveland Trust
city, the Probate Judge and the United
States District Judge II is said that already
S3O,OOOOOO has been written into Wills the
income from these bequests to be used by
the foundation.
Cleveland is starting the work in compre-
hensiye manner. There are to be painstak-
ing surveys of social conditions and agencies
both private and public Everything having
relation TO the citys philanthropic needs is
to be carefully studied the purpose being to
arrive at the peoples necessities before or
ganizing the work that will come later.
There has been complaint in Cleveland and
other cities that efficiency was lacking in
charitable and philanthropic work one
charge Is that too much money Is spent in
overhead charges, due largely to duplication
OF enort by many similar organizations The
Cleveland Foundation is designed TO cure
many OF the defects OF present-day efforts by
organized charity
The Ohio eity's etfort to make charity and
philanthropy more efficient, comments the
Portland (ore) Journal, will be watched
with keen interest by other cities. Com
munity welfare will be promoted as II shouId
be when the people who furnish the money
are assured that none OF II Is -Tasted.
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CRISES IN GREAT LIVES

Hannibal is the most pathetic figure among
the great generals OF the worlds history
and It Is not surprising that the great crisis
OF his life should have come while he was
unconscious OF II and that il should haye,
ended disastrously for him.
1t was in the year 207 b. c., when he had
spent eight years away from Carthage, raw
ishing the Roman countryside. striking ter
Tor into all Rome. Consul after consul had
gone down TO defeat before him. army after
army had been destroyed and now, braving
the same Alps he had crossed, his brother
Hasdrubal was coming from Spain 10 ioin
Is q last desperate attack on Rome.
Hasdrubal entered Italy ana encamped by
the Metaurua River faced by the Consul
Marcus Livius. TO erect a junction with his
brother, Hasdrubal sent word that he would
join him 10 lower Umbria, but the letter feil
into the hands of the other Roman consul
claudius Nero Without hesitation Nero
sent on a detachment 10 engage Hannibal
and oy the sreatest march Of Roman history
Joined l4iyius gna offered battle 70 Hasdrubai
hazafupal retfeateu. Was betrayed al the
Metanfus and left wandering through ne
MaAt tbs nfas da4 tiie Romans aftaesad
aHa "9n sae meet decisive battle q ihe
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WOMEN WILL GET BUSY

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Thank God, at last we have a Philadel-
phia paper not afraid to print tho truth about
the inhabitants of our City Hall. The ignorance
of actual conditions there is appalling
"Why Is Councils7" is a question I have
thought many times since spending a morning
sitting among them when they were fighting an
attempt TO make them appropriate money for
the Division of Housing and Sanitation. AL
though Judge Sulzberger told them "to do their
duty" came home that day and called up the
chief worker for woman suffrage in this part
of Germantown, saying, Put me to work II
a whole city full of men have to fold their
hands and let a set OF men like that run this
city it's time the women got busy"
Educate the people through your paper, and
at least the women will wake up. q. B. NJ.
Germantown, November 6.
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VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin-
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.


To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Philadelphia beats any city rye ever been
In. This afternoon I gyrated for full hour try
Ing to get out Of Falrmount Park into the sub
urbs There were statues and monuments
thick as sea gulls in harbor, but never sign
post to tell stranger how to get out of the
maze 1 took three months Of out Of the
gears asking policeman how to guide me
to the next policeman AT last, b. following a
that looked as If II had an objective, be-
cause II had box at the back full of tools and
not likely to make itself dizzy cutting cir
cles for fun through shrubbery. / got by the
last cop and over a bridge onto the City line.
Then I ran on into the suburbs, where the
houses looked like pages from the hossy maga-
zines that tell you how to turn the country into
the city the city into the country They looked
all right. too, and made fellow think either of
what put the knk into my line of thought was
the toll-gate hold-up. I meandered ahead for
a few miles and only got mad. 1t seemed as II
they had one coming and going. l paid to get
onto road and then paid to get off, and they
have IL systematized so that they squeeze you
every few hundred yards, whether you detour
down dinky little lanes not. 1t didn't matter
which side of the railroad YOU went they nab
bed you. And most of the time I would
past the seat OF custom and have to back UP
and shell out. II wasn't really much at any
place; cents, cents, IL cents, but 1 must
have invested couple of dollars before l got
onto the game. I'd always heard, of course, that
Pennsylvania is the most corrupt State, politi-
cally. in the Union, but didn't know that any
fellow who couldn't get regular office by cleo
tion appointment could haul sentry box out
onto the highway and make the public cash in
for the privilege of using II. 1t may seem all
right to people who haven't known anything
cept Pennsylvania, but It's the funniest thing
I've run Into In these parts, except that string
of grimy pergolas that are the city side OF
the park But that isn't really @ funny It's too
PHILADELPHIA Noyember TO-
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China rs. South America as Borrower

China vs.. South America as a Borrower
TlHE question OF Chinese loan seems to
j be up 20 Washington again. Yuan shih-
Kai needs money to keep his new Govern
ment alive. and the United States Is the only
banker left.
from the point Of view OF the Admlnistra-
ton. however. things are no petter on than
they were when Americas share In the six
Power loan" was turned down. Indeed, they
are worse. Yuan Shih-Kai. according TO ru-
niors brought BY dissatisfied Chinese ana
vouched for BY Professor Beard, OF colum-
bia. Is threatened by more revolutionary dis
content. And the European war has vastly
altered the commercial ana financial rela-
lions Of the whole world.
Even II President Wilson does not inter
vsne American capital 4 more than likely
Is hesitate at the risks Ia China. when South
alnerlea now lies open to investment. Buenos
aires opening its hrst American hank. holds
6at : brighter promise thaa Fezin.
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lust a Snrresfinn

Now that bigger warship's blast
Has finished up the Emden scrappy,
Now that her wondrous deeds are past
And every Bnglishman Is happy;
The Germans, ere they start to raise
A statue of enduring granite
To keep their names alive and praise
The daring sailor men who ran it,
Should find, in that she found the range,
A good and quite sufficient omen,
And make certain little change
OF letters in the ships cognomen.
Full many ships the Emden fought
And to the bottom she did send 'emi
We really think the Germans ought
To change the vessels name to Endem.
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existence. Perhaps the conclusion Is wrong;
II is conceivable that the war might end
without the obliteration OF any nation as
nation, but with limited armaments for the
future and territorial adjustment that
would lessen the racial problem Of Europe.
But not one OF the participants would
accede to such an arrangement at the present
time. Each oombatant is invoking the aid Of
the Almighty, each believes tina, his case
rests squarely upon immutable justice, each
is willing to stake everything upon the out
come. Months OF desperate strife lie ahead;
how many no one can Nazard.
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The Babbling Fool


There are still places in New England
Where II Is high crime and misdemeano-
to suggest, ever so mildly, that Ralph waldo
Emerson was not quite the greatest thinker
who ever lived. This same Emerson wa =
few generations back the stock argument
for everything slipshod and foolish that came
into the minds Of men. II one venture5 ~
protest the answer was always, well Ehaf
does Emerson say2"
And lust what did he say7
IN MS most celebrated essay, Self Ha
lance, ne said two words OF the Ereafest
Importance; Trust thyself IN those fEe
words are concentrated more OF the essanes
H oI .q9lishness than IN any other two known
% this cheerful human race
trusting yourself Is giving credit "a
pankrupt-or 70 a charlatan. II a b,tilSf.-
On the himsiest foundation because fbs3
aeeha4t ton ton happens 70 be the hrst Al hsnd
trust myself, indeed Half of 81 Vyo,14..5t
expect any one else to trust "a Az 80
the loan. eF71 return
-, the world Is cheerful place 10 lixa 1.
49, - 81 aeont eur days business uIlh 4
ettts nsa4s e We know the world rrt5 s-',-f
sslese Il Ss esn Ne begin e trusf oars
2. A-4tenf more fnan lrsolirnfis ltst
tftln g ai5lluss others 1shsf n 49, ~
s pt Afna IKE q pallosorhss.
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Horrors of Peace

We'd really like to trounce
That man, and make him lame
Who thinks he can pronounce
Each European name.
He says-it makes us sore
1t fills him full Of bliss
To read about the war
AS 1t is fought at Lys.
At that, he may be right,
But we believe he lies,
When talking of the fight
Reported as at Lys.
But that we could endure;
We would not wish to brawl;
Wed hope for time to cure
The breach If that were all.
O'erlook our salty tears,
Our woe will not behave,
He says the Kaiser fears
The onrush of the Slav.
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Carthaginian wars. Then they turned to
Hannibal. In all this time Hannibal knew
nothing of the battle which had been fought;
he still confidently awaited word that his
brother had come to meet him. Suddenly
the Romans came upon him.
With a refinement of cruelty the consuls
had preserved the head Of Hasdrubal, and
as they advanced to the conflict they flung
the horrible trophy, with its glazed eyes,
into the tent of Hannibal In that moment
the commander who had weathered the perils
of years Of warfare wllted and collapsed. 1t
was the real crisis of his career, because,
although he fought and won many battles
thereafter, the spirit was broken, and the
future of the world lay with Rome.
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A TAX ON CHARITY

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger!
Sir-With an excuse that hardly seems to
justify their action the Germans have imposed
another heavy tax upon the Belgian people.
Brussels must pay fine OF $1,25O,00 While
Germany continues to mpoverlsh Belgium and
reduce the people to the point OF starvation.
America, great in charity, is sending relief
ships laden with food. But the situation is sug-
gestive of the bottomless barrel We are sup
plying necessities while Germany is continually
creating need There is no doubt OF our duty
to Belgium in her dire distress. But how can
we fail to take into account the conduct which
leaves to stricken people nothing more than
the charity of a neutral world? f. G. r.
Philadelphia, November 10.
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Prohibition Spreads

Scientists discover moisture Mars.-News item.
Now prohibition spaceward takes It's way,
And comets all surrender to its rush;
The movement spreads and gains, and soon
the day
Shall be no more of him who loves to lush
For, having found this world of ours too
small,
1t has invaded space and cen the stars;
Lo, comes the news senses to appal,
They've found there's moisture some of 1t,
on Mars.
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Scissors Cake

fFrom R0mbIiHg Recipes for Robust RussiarsJ
Take the juice OF four fair to middling sized
scissors, making sure that they are ripe and
let stand in the open air. II the air Is not
open enough. pry 1t. This will give a rich
brown taste to the cake. Fry over a slow
oven, while you discuss the causes of the
downfall OF the Roman Empire with your
neighbor. When you have arrived at the
assassination OF Julius Caesar, add in quick
succession one cake OF Bonehead Soap and a
copy OF the Declaration OF Independence,
When cold heat. Lay the frosting on gently
and open the window wide when you throw
IL ont.
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Went to Pluck a Flow'r !

] went to pluck a foW'r,
To send Il to my love,
But no bloom could / find
Perfect enough and fair
To set among her hair,
or where the laces bind
Her bosom, or above
Her heart to lie an hour.
And so my choice prefers
An unpretentious bloom,
"A simple meadow weed,
"A humble, blue-eyed thing:
Like the weak praise / sing,
II Is to interceds
For one whose sighs presume
10 beauties such as here.
Aud Whsn my Offering
She sees. and reads my rlme
She'll Eently put Il b.,
Shell ponder Ior a Whii4s
Then suslle q htt1e sr1il4.
And sizh a little sigh,
And Wander th4I old I4ma
Haa sueh q leaaeu NIae
: a. la fe. Ia eftIaslzf aaa-|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

THERE are degrees of want in the world.
L A family with an income of $4,000 in big
city may be in very desperate straits. But
the refinement of suffering is when men,
women and children, who are accustomed to
plenty. find it almost impossible to obtain
even dry bread. Want is then real, the only
real thing in the world. 1t throws caste
aside, confuses ordinary conventions. brings
humanity down through universal sorrow to
an absolute level. When Clara Barton vIs-
tied the Atlantic sea islands on her errand of
mercy. after one of the great storms, she
found scores of destitute Negroes being cared
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The German snip Indra. iso days out from
Chill need not Be eontsnt With the ro-
mantle tale q its escape nom the cruisers
q sha allies lts oaggo q niuates. which
iett soath Aaaafica worth only 9l25 Gee.
reaeae AeR York VITA q value of soms-
m.alen dellafa another miracle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
LIKES MICHIGAN

To the Editor OF the EpsainO Ledger:
Sir-I have just finished the delightful essay
"NcGnligan the Middle Class" published in
todays EVENING LEDGER. In it's humor, In its
truth and in its style It is literature / like
EIcGilligan himself. q. H. BRENNAN
Philadelphia, November ..
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s1l4HkH : nef 8 sigp IA tbs siy that susurs
IS sariy isrlafnaflqn q Ihe var. When
~ rss1ensible ministers q the British Goe-
niatsl unife ln adHitking thaf the very
st rcos q khe empire via 1e nesdad
lsrs a15alued - ane days nope To-
esaan ef Aas1''la4s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The English InanUfaetIrer VINO presented
1000 alarm clocks TO his employees has at least
shown his mental superiority 20 the AmsFi-
can factory owner who still thinks Il his
business 20 wake up the whole neighborhooa
every morning with his steam whistla
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Today does not seem likely TO descend to
the atmospheric depths OF yesterday. which
registered two degrees below freezing All
the Same. It Is cold enough for violent sxsr-
else ike football or catching cars.
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No Failure

I'm glad to see that CRATER caught with
the goods. He's failure at everything he
ever tried"
You're premature. His fine may not be
moro than half what he grated"
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Proof Positive

"They say criminal always returns to the
scene of his crime" a
Eyes. I've noticed our best authors hanging
around the bookstores"
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The phrase, don't care a hg," probably
was originally don't care a hco," the latter
word meaning a contemptuous swapping of
the fingers. Shakespeare uses the expression,
"a fco for the phrase"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The high cost OF living has not been ma
terially decreased by the announcement OF
the Massachusetts, prison executioner that,
on account OF hard times. he win reduce his
price for eleetroeutions
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Shopper-Are these eggs fresh?
Grocer-Fresh? Why, they wouldn't have
been laid until tomorrow If 1 hadn't torn
n page too many off the calendar by mis-
take.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The word "dun," when used in the sense
OF entreating a person for the payment of
a debt, is said to refer to one Joe Dun, a
famous bailiff of Lincoln in the reign OF
Henry VII. The British Apollo says he
was SO active and dexterous in collecting bad
debts that when any became SLOW to
pay" the neighbors used 10 say TO creditors,
Dun him." meaning send Dun after him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

Thomas Topham, son Of a London car
penter 1710-1753), was known as the British
Samson. He lifted three hogsheads of water
Weighing 1885 pounds in the presence of
thousands of spectators assembled in Bath
street, Cold Bath Fields, London, on May 2s
woman.
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Theatrical Definitions

"The Silent Drama" The life of the oys-
ter.
"Opera-Bouffe." The stage luncheon.
"Supe" One who needs 1t.
Wardrobe" Obsolete-see d c =
tionary.
Chorus" See chickens
Chickens" See chorus.
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Very Singular

1t seems odd that seats on the New York
Stock Exchange should be selling at the low
est price in years, just at the time when
brokers have more leisure for sitting in them
than they ever had before.
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Hardly

'I saw no evidence OF refinement at that
house."
did you expect toF'
"Well, relations there are somewhat
strained"
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In former days the owl was known as
BILLY Wix" BILLY was a word play upon
the beak or bill and "Wix" is the German
"weck' or wig, in allusion to the judge-like
appearance OF the wise bird.
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Encouraged. as We're

Have you ever noticed that the man who
tells funny story never laughs al yoursY
1t isn't that he's jealous; he's simply tryfne.
to think up another one as you talk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The Roman general Quintus Fabius Maxi
mus Verrucosus (died 203 B. c. was nick
but effective tactics in opposing the progress
NJ Hannibal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

The boy who broke his ankle trying to put
his toe in his mouth is evidently a crying sub
teot for the cattle auarantine.
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Ten thousand dollars an hour for the re-
lief OF the Belgisns One ship ready TO sail
and another 10 be chartered. VINO says
Philadelphia is slow?
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CURIOSITY SHOP

Argan was a miseriy hypochondriac, who
reduced himself to this dilemma: II his
apothecary would not charge less, he could
not afford to be Ill; but If he swallowed fewer
drugs, he would suffer in health.
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One Thing After Another
Dated Ahead

The Crown Prince of Germany, who was
killed last week, has been seriously wounded.