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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

France Marcel Sembat and Jules Guesde
Joined the cabinet, abandoning their part in
petty political quarrels Gustave Herve
called by somebody "anti-militarst, anti-par-
liamentarian, anti-patriot," asked the French
Minister of War to send him to the front
with the first regiment of infantry.
In the minds of these men there is no
issue now, il there ever was between So
cialsm and patriotism. Only the weakest
thinkers among the socialistic groups see an
antagonism between the two. Patriotism,
moreover, is rooted far deeper in human ma
ture than socialism, with a possible exception
in the case of the inferior socialism of the
very smallest men. Patriotism is me o. the
highest expressions of the human trait of
loyalty 1t is loyalty to "all we have and
are" 1t is really conservatism.
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THE IDEALIST

Every display OF yalor from football to
warfare, brings out curious trait in the
human makeup. Shortly, the feeling. the
discussion, the enthusiasm incident TO the
present conflict will resolve themselves into
a. very definite human desire-a desire as
old as time
The mob wants hero!
A contest proves listless unless IL nm
covers an individual star. battle is only
a free -for-all unless hero emerges.
Few folks realize the tremendous part this
instructive mOb-craying has PLAYED in the
eruptions OF history. The individual. calm
and cool away from the crowd, well knows
that Just so long the laurel wreath is
placed upon the brow OF those that MAIN
and kill, just so long will blood be spilied in
war. And he abhors the reflection
But the mob spirit alters him. He be-
comes a weakling.
We haee succeeded in educating the indi-
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STAIN NOT THE SKY

Ye gods Of battle lords OF fear.
Who work your iron will well
AS once ye did with sword and spear.
With rihed gun and rending shell
Masters of sea and land, forbear
The fierce invasion OF the inyioate air!
with patient daring man hath wrought
hundred years for power to hy,
And shall we make his winged thought
lowering horror in the sky,
Where focks of human eagles sail,
Dropping their bolts of death on hill and dale?
All no. the sunset is too pure.
The dawn too fair, the noon too bright!
For wings of terror TO obscure
Their beauty, and betray the night
That keeps for man, above his wars.
The tranquil vision Of untroubled stars.
Pass on pass on ye lords OF fear!
Your footsteps I'm the sea are red
And black on earth your paths appear
With ruined homes and heaps OF dead,
Pass on and end your transient reign,
And leave the blue Of heaven without a stain.
The wrong ye wrought will fall to dust.
The right We shielded will abide;
The world at last will learn to trust
In law 10 guard and love 10 guide,
The peace of God that answers prayer
VIII fan Ike dew from the inviolate air
Henry Van Dyke, in the NsY York Independ-
ent
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Intoxication of the Panoclus Pilaceus

MO, THIS is not a new cocktail nor a cor
4 v dial of monustic manufacture For the
devotee of the glass that cheers many and
various have been the substitutes devised,
but it has remained for modern science to
discover a stmulant more potent than alCo
hol and if reports are correct, with no after
depression.
The panoelus placeus is said to confer
upon the partaller thereof visions as radiant,
eXhilaratinE as finely haluCnatory as
those of hasheesh, as suhlimnal as the men
tai vaporngs of opium and a sense Of super
well-being and tit-fceing trauscendng that
afforded by the vintagcs of burgundy or
John Barlcycorn.
The panoeus pilaCcus is a mushroom. It's
discovery is announced by no less a savant
than Or. 4. T. Ncrrll of Yale University
In the current number of Science he de-
scrihos the case of Mr.. W." middle-aged
man, vigorous strictly temperate and a bot
anst, who experimental with the hilarious
fungus. According to the description the
panoelus ptlaceus is delicate umbrella shaped
and will grow in any garden.
Possibly with fields, gardens and flower
beds given over to a fond and assduous cul-
tivation Of the newly discovered fungus, the
reign Of Bacchus may he over!
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War Fever

/ used to think that Jones was strong
Within the laws domain,
But now l know that l was wrong
His forte's-Alsace-L Lorraine!
And Smith-(another sudden blow)-
His hobbies. was sure,
Were golf ana cigarettes, but no!
They're Brussels and Namur.
And Brown. so reticent before,
Now keeps waylaying me
To mobilize whole army corps
OF words-on strategy!
And Green, who thought the one best bet
Was peace is now-alas!-
Continually storming Metz
Armed with a demi-tasse.
And Johnson-but enough of spite
The worst of all l am,
For on a tableCloth last night
/ drew diagram!
New York Times.
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Nefarious Political Brokerage

DOPULAR government consists in the con.
troll of political affairs by public opinion
Hosssm and popular government are incon-
sstent.
The boss" says President Lowell, Of
Harvard, does not act mainly as an expo
nent Of public opinion or frame the issues
therefor. He cares little for public policy or
legislation relating TO the general welfare
so long as he is allowed to pursue his trade
in peace. He is a political broker but one
whose business relates far less to subjects OF
a genuine public opinion than TO private
benefits"
The reason why the boss has been allowed
to continue at his nefarious trade is public
indifference. So declares James Bryce, whose
judgment comes of long and close observa-
tion Of American politics. How long is this
indifference to continue? How long are tho
voters 10 overlook the weapon which lies at
hand? Unless all signs fail they are going to
use it in Pennsylvania on next election day.
Indifference to public welfare is a crime
of citizenship.
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Socialists Flirt With War

ACCORDING to the reports Of American
Acorrespondeuts, the Socialist movement in
Germany has disappeared i'm these times OF
war. Vorwaerts the famous Socialist paper.
has turned patriotic and for the first time
IN its history may be sold on Government
property and even In the army. A few weeks
ago the Socialist deputies in the Reichstas
seted unanimously foSAthe war credits In
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Let the President Alone

From the New York World
This war Is not our war. We did not make Il
and we cannot end it. If we mind our own bust.
ness however, we may be able to smooth the
pathway to peace when blood and iron have
determined the main issues. If we do not mind
own business, we shall be regarded as
impertinent meddlers and shall have no inau'
for good whatever.
The President has been petitioned enough and
nagged enough He knows the situation better
than any of his self-apponted counselors. His
motives are quite as exalted as those OF his
volunteer advisers. Let him alone.
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Jerusalem" Whalley walked from Dublin
to the Holy Land and back in one year. on a
wager of nearly 100000 a large sum in the
days of 17SS-S9. Being asked in jest where
he was going ne replied ITO Jerusalem" and
then and there the wager was undertaken,
the condition being that the journey be made
on foot, save where II was necessary to take
a ship. He SERTED in I7ss and finished in
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IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Why Exchange Editors Die

with daring worthy of better cause, the
editor grasped his shears, adjusted his eye
glasses, and from the heap Of newspapers
before him extracted the following gems
Adelbert Fuller is back at home from Pitts
field, where he attends school on account OF
illness
in Grand Rapids after nearly two months
vacation.
G. II. Clifton, Third and Lowell Bonewell
have gone to Grand Rapids, Mimi, for visit
with those who have gone before
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
STATE is TIRED OF BOSSES

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-ln my view the state of Pennsylvania IN
tired of Boies Penrose as its Representative
in the United States Senate, and more tired
of corrupt State Government known as
"Penroseism." Patriotic citizens want to de.
feat both. The EVENING LEDGER will be
powerful aid in that righteous work.
T. KITTERA VAN DYKE.
Harrisburg, August 81, 1914.
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The Inquiry Courteous

EIxasperated telephone subscriber Chaying
found six different numbers engaged)-
well, what numbers HAVE you got?"-
London Punch.
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WILL NOT VOTE FOR PENRosE

To the Editor of the Epcrno Ledger.
Sir-I have been lifelong Republican but
won't vote for Penrose! And there are a lot Of
us who feel the same way. 1t riles me when
get out of the State to hear the choice slurs
that cast at the quality of Pennsylvania
Republicanism which will nominate Boes
Penrose for United States Senator. But have
to swallow the pill and reply, He is not elected
yet" L. c. DENISE
New Kensington, Pa, September 81, 1914,
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June of the following year, winning In addi-
tion to the money, the sobrfquet of "Jeru-
SALEM"
Fleet marriages were SO common In Eng
land at one time that between October IT,
1904. and February 70, 17O5, there were con
tracted 2954 marriages in Fleet prison, Lon
dom from which the ceremonies derived their
name. Twenty to thirty couples were welded
in a day, their names being concealed by pri-
vate marks upon payment of an extra lee.
The first marriage act of 1853 stopped this
abuse,
The English word "lullaby" is thought to
have strange origin. 1t is said that Liith
or Lillis, the first wife of Adam, according to
the legend, haunted the abodes of men, seek
ing to kill their children. SO wnen mothers
luiled their babies to sleep they exclaimed,
LILA, abii" t"Begone illith"), this being con-
verted into LULLABY"
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Looking Toward Peace Sunday

From the New Haven (Conn.) Journal Courier,
We may we'll be thinking during the coming
days how We are going to make of peace Sum
day" something better than perfunctory per-
formance. something infinitely finer than mere
lip-service. To add to our supplicatlOns ior
happier days an offering for the relief OF
afflicted nations will put our religion to
practical and blessed use
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Ethics and Politics

FROM the New YORK Herald.
Statesmen OF past generations always sought
to conceal the hand Of the tax gatherer, but
our Washington solons of today, having cut
down the levy concealed in the tariff schedules
seem determined to let every citizen know and
feel where the Federal Govrnment pinches him.
It's good thics But Is II good politics?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Thirty-six thousand tons of British ar
mored cruisers are at the bottom Of the North
Sea as the result OF a submarine attack.
Measured in dollars, there is no comparison
between cruisers and submarines; measured
in results, the little fellows have nothing to
be ashamed of
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ENTITLED TO APPROVAL,

To the Editor Of the EVenin1 Ledger:
Sir-Snce the first issue OF your paper
have taken 1t each evening and studied it with
interest. The opposition that is made in your
columns to Penrose and all that he represents
is of itself enough to earn the approval an
every rght-thinling citizen in this boss-ridden
State. GEORGE 2. ELLINGTON
Philadelphia, September 21 1914.
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Asking Too Much

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Apropos the incident of the steamship RobeH
Dollar, IL may be remarked that with all dus
respect and regard for England as the land Of
Shakespeare, we really cawn't you know oA
chap. admit that the Atlantic Ocean, or any
other, is an English lake.
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CURIOSITY SHOP

The famous Salic Law is a chapter in the
Salian code regarding the succession to SaIic
lands, which were limited to male heirs,
chiefly because certain military duties were
connected with the holding OF those lands. In
the fourteenth century females were excluded
from the throne OF France BY the application
of the Sale law.
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Suner.Optimist

what a cheerful woman Mrs. Smiley is"
Isn't she? Why, do you know, that wo-
man can have a good time thinking what
good time she would have If she were hay-
ing it."-Boston Transcript.
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vidual at the hearth Of his home to tbo
found wisdom of peace We still pfo-
our hands the task of educating q cniiNe on
of individuals, the mob N''ecuon
Europe's deluge of blood and pa,p -.
develop only one true hero. He will ho VII
man who changes II to peace. "e the
THE IDEATre,,
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DONE in PHILADELPHIA

AN INSTITUTION that enters upon its
N 91st year Of activity, It seems to me,
Amght very we'll be called venerable,
but knowing the enterprising character of the
Franklin Institute as l do the term vener-
able does not exactly IT. 1t implies weakness
along with respeotability; II seems to echo
the past. But, while 30 years ago the insti-
tute was the most progressive organization in
its own field in this country, so 1t is the very
last word in modernty in science applied to
mechanics today.
And write this just because had my at
tention called to the reopening of the schools
of the institute last week.
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A Man and His Money

A Scot of PEBBLES said to his friend MacAn.
drew "Mac, l hear ye have fallen In love WI
bonny Kate McAllister."
"Weel, Sanders" Mac replied, 81 wis near
vera near-daein' it, but the bit lassie had nae
siller, so ! said TO maself, Mac, be mon And
/ wis a mon, and moo jist pass her by.'-Ar-
gonaut.
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To Cover the Ground

The great American novel that
The nation still expects
VIII have to be, experts agree,
In 40 dialects.
Louisville Courier journal
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Internal Strategy

For idotic strategy why not have the
French name one of their towns lpecac and
let the Germans take 1t? 1t would be all up
with them.-Chicago Tribune.
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For Home Industries

What is your opinion Of our foreign rela-
tons?" asked the patriotic citizen.
They don't do you any good, rephed the
local politician. What you want Is lot OIL
relations right here in your own country
that'll vote the way you tell 'em to.-Wash-
inpton Star.
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The Horrors of War

Ethel Cn apprehensive whisper which
easily reaches her German governess, 10
whom she is deeply attached) shall
we have to kill Fraulein?-London Punch.
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The Retort Frosty

"I suppose, captain" said the inquisitiye
ocean voyager, that the passengers make
YOU dreadfully tired with the questions they
ask"
''Yes, indeed" replied the captain. what
else is it you want TO know?"
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international Diet

II is reported that the animals of the Ber
lin zoo have been killed for food, which
may explain why the Germans have lately
taken to eating crow.
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A Burning Question

Parke-Is your house insured against hre
Lane-I don't know. I've just been reading
over the insurance policy.-Life
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Maid at Country Hotel-"Please, sir, will
you use the hot water soon, as there's an ole
in the can?'-London Punch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

The world does move. It seems but yester-
day that universal excitement was caused by
a successful aeroplane flight across the Chan
mel from France to England. Just a few days
ago 36 British army planes were reported to
he making the passage from England TO
France at one time.
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Funny

Turkey protests against the jests in
American newspapers at her expense. II
Turkey will stay out OF the war she will not
be a toke.-Washington Post.
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It would have been fine thing for Penn
syIvania if Mr., Knox had offered for the
Senate last spring. II would be a finer thing
If Mr.. Penrose would retire in his favor now.
But such things do not happen in Penroseism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Welded Persiflage

Miss Fluff-Mr. Deepthought, do you thlnk
marriage is failure?
Mr.. Deepthought-Well, the bride never
gets the best man.--Judge.
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Mr. Roosevelt is correct in announcing thar
he Isn't a candidate. But wait until lslA-
Springfield Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

TAKING breakfast with real, live Presi
i dent is undoubtedly an honor, but some
times there are drawbacks, in this in
stance. l had been in johannesburg, South
Africa, for well nigh year, when William j.
Leyds, Secretary of State. invited me to par
take of frugal morning meal with Presi
dent Kruger. So to Pretoria, the capital
went by stage coach, 80 miles in six hours,
and called upon the Stats s-Sekretaer.
Il suppose s o'clock is the breakfast hour?"
I asked.
THE President has a Cabinet meeting at
in the morning, you'd better come half
an hour before that" replied Doctor Leyds
Regretfuly l retired, sleepy l arose.
dressed and went to the little cottage which
served for the Boer White House 1t was
still dark. but the President, surrounded by
Generals Joubert, De Wet, Botha and Doctor
Leyds, awaiting my coming. For ten
minutes Dom Paul cross examined me on
America; then Vrow Kruger brought huge
bowls of steaming coffee and black bread,
covered with real creamery butter. And at
4 a. m. sharp the Boer Cabinet went into
session with prayer.
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NNHERE are half dozen medals and pre-
L miums at the service of the institute to
bestow upon inventors and discoverers and
need not tell you that they are priced far
above their monetary value by their winners,
who are not always Americans. They are
not bestowed until committee thoroughly
examines the claims for the invention or dis
covery entered for the prize and the award
in itself is proof everywhere of the value of
the idea that is accepted,
In the weekly lectures and meetings Of the
various sections OF the institute each winter
the visitors will hear the last word on the
latest contributions TO the mechanic arts.
l know of no institution that is so young
and modern In spirit and feels so little the
effects of age when passing Its Goth birthday
as the Franklin Institute
GRANVILLE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Herman Ridder explains that the war is
AN expression Of the acute neurasthenia
from which the nations are suffering" This,
Of course makes it entirely plain; but isn't it
stealing Mr.. Wilson's psychological theory?
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PASSED BY THE CENSOR

7NHAT Joseph Hirt, the artist, married
i Philadelphia girl shows his good sense;
that he chased a couple OF thousand
miles by an earthquake is indicative of his
ability to dodge trouble. It began in San
Francisco, where Hrt was more or less busy
drawing cartoons for a daily paper 1t so
happened that he was not busy on the night
in question, that is, not until the earthquake
started-then he became extraordinarily so.
In fact, he never stopped being busy until
he reached Oakland in safety, minus cloth
ing and money For three weeks he lived In
the refugee camp, awaiting remittance
from his family in this city, Then, dis
gusted, he became a passenger de luxe on
freight train for Los Angeles. But work and
money were even scarcer there, and so he
continued in haphazard fashion until Chi
cago was reached.
There he became chef in quick lunch
room for a week, but, having higher aspira-
tions he started once again, this time for
Buffalo. There too, work was unobtainable.
For two weeks he managed to eke out de-
cidedly precarious living. one day, just by
chance, he sauntered into the postofice and
inquired at the general delivery whether any
mail had been forwarded to him via Los
Angeles, Kansas City, st. Louis, Chicago,
etc. There was, said the man. In the letter,
which was from home, an express order
for 5000.
1Irt says that he dined that night and the
after effects of that dinner will be his death
some day, but he doesn't care now, for he
is wed to that Philadelphia girl and has
more orders than he can fill.
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no YOU recall that when you went to
~ school you were induced to learn some
thing about Peter the Great and Catherine
and how wicked and cruel Catherine was?
Well, she wasn't so bad as you imagine,
for Diderot the encyclopedia, says she was
not and he knew. Desiring TO provide a
dowry for his daughter and not having the
means, Diderot decided to sell his magnif-
cent library. 1t came to GATHERINGS ears
and she sent for Diderot.
Then she showed how cruel she could
really be when the occasion offered itself.
She bought the library at Diderots own
price. made him the librarian of her new
purchase and -
Paid him 80 years salary in advanced!
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New York's s1OoOo0OOO loan oversubscrlbed
three times by private investors and tidy
bit of the money from Philadelphia We stul
have a few pennies to rub together in spite
of The nessLmists.
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r HAVE no desire to claim credit for
1.-the discovery, but 1 have found the
champion fisherman, and he halls from To-
ledo. His name is Howard Weigle and he
dates his fish story from Frankfort, Mich.
According to this modern 1zaak Walton, he
went fishing near Frankfort during his va
cation in 1918. In the course of time he
hooked a huge pickerel, which, after a long
struggle, got away. This summer Weigle
went to the same stream and dropped his
line into the hole left in the water by the
dropping of the escaping fish. A cast was
made, bite and-Weigle had caught the
same fish, so he says. In it's gill was fast
ened the selfsame bait which Weigle had
lost the previous summer. Which proves
that, after all. some fish are honest enough
to return things which do not belong to
them.