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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-militarist anti-par-
Humanitarian, 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 if there ever was, between So
cialism and patriotism. Only the weakest
thinkers among the socialistic groups see an
antagonism between the two. Patriotism
moreover, is rooted far deeper in human
ture than socialism, with possible exception
in the case of the inferior socialism of the
very smallest men. Patriotism is one Of the
highest expressions of the human trait of
loyalty 1t is loyalty to "al we have and
are" 1t is really conservatism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Penroseism is Democracy's Chief Asset

fTIHERE will be no weeping in the White
\ House if Penroscism is iudorscd in Penn
sylNana The Democracy is quite ready to
do without one vote in the Senate in return
for the continued use of Penroseism as cam
paign material 1t has majority, anyhow
The President knows, and his advisers know,
that Palmer victorious will not he worth half
so much to the party as Palmer defeated II
the Republicans in this state wish 10 deal the
Administration mighty blow, they can do
1t by eliminating Penroseism as an issue in
American uOlitiCS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Socialists Flirt With War

ACCORDING 10 the reports of American
~ Acorrespondents. 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
ln its history may be sold on Government
property and even In the army. few weeks
ago the Socialist deputies in the Rechstag
Yosea unanimously foFIhe war credits. In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
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
Miss Vera Castner returned to the hospital
in Grand Rapids after nearly two months
vacation.
G. r. Clifton, Third, and Lowell Bonewel
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
Looking Toward Peace Sunday

From the New Haven Comm journal Courier
We may well 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-servce, To add TO our supplicatons for
happier days an offering for the relief OF
afflicted nations will put religion to q
practical and blessed use.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
ENTITLED TO APPROVAL

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Snce the first issue of your paner
nave taken 1T each evening and studied II wifi
interest. The opposition that is made in vonr
coluinns TO Penrose and all that he represents
is of itself enough to earn the approval ~
every right-thinking citizen in this boss-ridden
state. GEORGE q. ELLINGTON.
Philadelphia, September 81, 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Let the President Alone

From the New York World.
This war is not our We did not make 1t
and we cannot end it. If we mind our own busi-
ness, however, we may be able to smooth tho
pathway to peace when blood and iron have
determined the main issues. If we do not mind
our own business, shall be regarded
impertinent medders and shall have no in1u-
ence for good whatever
The President has been petitioned enough and
nagged enough. He knows the situation better
than any of his sef-appointed counseors. His
motives are quite exalted as those of his
volunteer advisers Let him alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
WILL NOT VOTE FOR PENROsE

To the Editor Of the Ereniu1 Led1sr.
Sr-f have been lifelong Republican but r
won't vote for Penrose! And there are a lot OF
us who feel the same way. 1t res me when 7
get out of the State to hear the choice surs
that are cast at the quality of Pennsylvania
Republicanism which will nominate Boies
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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Jerusalem" Whalley walked from Dublin
TO the Holy Land and back in one year, on
wager of nearly 100000 a large sum In the
days of 1889. Being asked in jest where
ne was going he replied To Jerusalem" and
then and there the wager was undertaken,
the condition being that the journey be made
on foot, save where it was necessary TO take
q ship. lie staFted in l7ss and finished In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
STATE is TIRED OF BOSSES

To the Editor Of the Euenin0 Lcdocr:
Sir-1n my view the State of Pennsylvania IN
tired of Boies Penrose 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 he n
powerful aid in that righteous work
T. KITTERA VAN DYKE,
Harrisburg, August 81 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Junt of the following year, winning in addi-
tion to the money, the soubriquet of "Jeru-
SALEM.
Fleet marriages" were so common in Eng
land at one time that between October 10,
11O4 and February 12 1905, there were con-
tracted 1854 marriages in Fleet prison, Lon
don, from which the ceremonies derived their
name. Twenty to thirty couples were welded
in day, their names being concealed by pri-
vate marks upon payment of an extra Fee
abuse
The English word lullaby" is thought to
have strange origin. 1t is said that Liith
or Lils, the first wife of Adam, according to
the legend, haunted the abodes of men, seek
Ing to kill their children So when mothers
lulled their babes to sleep exclaimed, "Lilla,
abil' ("Begone Lillith'D, this being converted
into lullaby"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Efhics and PnIiiirs
GRANVILLE.

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 i'm the tariff schedules
seem determined to let every citizen know and
feel where the Federal Goyrnment pinchrs btm,
It's good thics. But is it good politics?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Asking Too Much

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Apropos the incident of the steamship Robert
Dollar, ii may be remarked that with all due
respect and regard for England the land OF
Shakespeare, we really cawn't you know, old
chap, admit that the Atlantic Ocean, or any
other is an English lake.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
The Retort Frosty

81 suppose, captain" said the inquisitve
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?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
For Home Industries

What is your opinion of foreign rea
tions?" asked the patriotic citizen.
They don't do you any good replied the
local politician What you want is a lot of
relations right here in your own country
that'll vote the way you tell e mto."-Wash-
ington Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
CURIOSITY SHOP

The famous Salic Law is a chapter in the
Salian code regarding the succession to Salic
lands. which We're 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
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 McAstcr,"
"Weel. Sanders" Mac replied, "I wis near
vera near-daein' it; hut the bit lassie had nae
Eiller, so I said to masef, Mac be mon.' And
gOnaut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

yidual at the hearth OF his home to tho
round wisdom of peace. we still he. bae Pros
OF individuals, the mob 'oiiecton
Europes deluge of blood and pain -.
develop only one true hero. He viii X VIII
man who changes 1t to peace. ' "e the
THE InIr t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Super-Optimist

What a cheerful woman Mrs. Smiley is"
Isn't she? Why, do you know, that wo-
man can have good time thinking what a
good time she would have if she were hav-
ing it."-Boston Transcript
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Internal Strategy

For idotic strategy why not have the
French name one of their towns Ipecac ant
let the Germans take it? 1t would be all III
with them.-Chicago Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
The Horrors of War

Ethel Gn apprehensive whisper which
easily reaches her German governess, to
whom she is deeply hed)-Mother shall
we have to kill Fraulein London Punch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Welded Persiflage

Miss Fluff-Mr. Deepthought, do you think
marriage is failure?
Mr.. Deepthought---Wel the bride never
gets the best man.-Judge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

once upon time there was a political
" boss in Philadelphia, and there are more
Of them now. reporter asked him one day
whether Jones' which wasn't his name, would
be nominated for Congress
If WE think our opponents will win,
Jones will be nominated; if WE think WE
will win, then / viii be named"
Jones was nominated. If this were a short
story or a play, Jones would have won. lust
TO make a dramatic climax. But this being
a true tale, Jones was everlastingIy licked
BRADFORD
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he isn't candidate, But wait until l9l6-
Springfield Republican.
The railroads can hardly be so bad as they
have been painted, II President Wilson be-
comes one of their Observation-Disclosures EYen-
ing sun.
In comparison with the present European
war, Caesar, Alexander and Hannibal we're
guilty of nothing more serious than disorderV
conduct,-kansas City Star.
The Government ought to show its appre-
citation of what Ambassador Herrick has done
and avail itself of his capacity for further
service Of the same general kind-ChaFlestoh
News and Courier,
Reports of the first football injuries. broken
collar bones and the like, cause small thril or
protest this year. There are too many WoiSo
things going on behind the Veil of the Euro-
pean censorship-sprnghel Republican
ono small, imagined sigh from sweet Cor:
della. one fancied smile upon the llPs OF
lmogcn. one iicctinS dream of Juliet from , IyL
window leaning. brings England closer TO l,l'
land Of ours than kipling, FineTo, poSiJ'
Bridges and all that list of authors ever coud'
Chicago Herald.
The Presidents remark upon the activities
of certain professional jinEoes who are no"
crazy for peace-that their prosram IS uH-
practical and silly'-is mildly true. W nal no
might have said If he had been in lll-hull5s HlJ,
would have been much more to the point
York World
Senator Burtons brilliant struggle has oetH
amply repaid and the admirable rules ana VG7
toms OF the Senate which made his slahu & ~,
justice to the taxpayers possible have 2ssA
abundantly justihed.-Eew York sun
The British navy has done nothing 50 daT-
ing as the exploit Of the German suohalll 80
One Of the oldest lessons Of human hlslo lag,
York World.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Funny

Turkey protests against the jests in
American newspapers at her expense. If
Turkey will stay out of the war she will not
be a Observation-Disclosures Post.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
But Not for Father
0TT-HARDER
Caption of Buffalo wedding report.
Fair Warming

Maid at Country Hotel-"Please, sir, will
YOU use the hot water soon, as tehre's an ole
in the can?'-London Punch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
A Burning Question

Parke-Is your house insured against fire?
Lane-I don't know. I've just been reading
over the insurance policy.-Lfe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

10 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
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
Ihen she showed how cruel she could
really be when the occasion offered itself.
She bought the library at Diderot's own
price, made him the librarian of her new
purchase and -
Paid him 80 years, salarv in advance,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Mr., Roosevelt is correct In announcing that
he isn't a candidate. But wait until 1916
Springfield Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
Paid him 50 years salary in advance!

TT Is considerable step from Presidents
L and Empresscs to mere Mayor, but
there was one Mayor who was as autocratic
in his way as was DOM Paul or Catherine
the late William j. Guynor whose last Off
cial words were, Il have been Mayor" In
contradistlnction to some of his predecessors
who were mere tools of Tammany, Mr. GAY
nor was recklessly fearless in his outspoken
opinions. He cared not whom he hit nor
what the consequences might be. One incl
dent shows this clearly. He had been in
office two days when friend called on him.
After the usual preliminaries, Mr.. Gaynor
commented upon previous administrations
and their lack of common sense.
My predecessor in this Office was the
smallest man who ever sat in the Mayors
chair thundered Mr.. Gaynor, bringing his
first down on his desk. That predecessor
was George b, Mcclellan. son Of the Little
General, who fought Tammany furiously
and was crushed beneath the claws of the
tiger. Not that there was ever breath of
suspicion of wrong against Mr.. Mcclellan
but he played politics instead of governing
the city and paid the price.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Thlrty-siH thousand tons of British arm
oTed 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

TAKING breakfast with a real, live Presi-
L dent is undoubtedly an honor but some
times there are drawbacks as in this in
stance. | had been in johannesburg, South
Africa, for well nigh year, when William j.
Leyds, Secretary of State, invited me to par
take of a frugal morning meal with Presi-
dent Kruger. So to Pretoria, the capital,
went by stage coach. So miles in six hours
and called upon the Staats-Sekretaer
II suppose o'clock is the breakfast hour?"
l asked.
THE President has a Cabinet meeting at
! in the morning, so you'd better come half
an hour before that" replied Doctor Leyds
Regretfully l retired, sleepily | 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, was awaiting my coming. For ten
minutes Dom Paul cross examined me on
America; then Nrow Kruger brought huge
bowls of steaming coffee and black bread
covered with real creamery butter And at
a. m. sharp the Boer Cabinet went into
session with prayer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

The railroads can hardly be so bad they
have been painted, If President Wilson be-
comes one of their adyocates.-Baltimore EYen-
ing sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

In comparison with the present European
war, Caesar, Alexander and Hannibal were
guilty of nothing more serious than dtsorderiy
conduct.-kansas City Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

The world does move, Il seems but yester-
day that universal excitement was caused by
a succe ssful aeroplane flight across the Chan
mel from France TO England Just a few days
ago 80 British army planes were reported 10
be making the passage from England TO
France al one time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
PASSED BY THE CENSOR

! FTNHAT Joseph IIrt the artist, married a
L Philadelphia girl shows his good sense:
that he was chased a couple of thousand
miles by an earthquake is indicative OF his
ability to dodge trouble. 1t began in San
Francisco, where Hirt 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 a remittance
from his family in this city. Then, dis
gusted he became a passenger de luxe a
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 a quick lunch
room for week, but, having higher aspira-
tions, he started once again. this time for
Buffalo. There, too, work was unobtanable
For two weeks he managed to eke out de-
cidedly precarious living. One day, just by
chance, he sauntered into the postofiice 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, was an express order |
for 5000.
Hirt 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

The Government ought to show its appre-
citation of what Ambassador HerriGk has done
service of the same general knd.-ChaFlestoh
News and Courier
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

T HAVE no desire to claim credit for
L the discovery, but l 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 Izaak Walton, he
went fishing near Frankfort during his va
cation in 1919 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. cast was
made bite and-Wegle 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.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

New YorNs sl0ooooooo loan oversubscribed
thre" times by private investors and tidy
htt of tine money from Philadelphia, We stiIl
have a few pennies to rub together in spite
If the pcsSimiSts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

AN INSTITUTION that enters upon It's
~ 91st year of activity, 1t seems to me,
Amight very we'll be called venerable,
but knowing the enterprisng character of the
Franklin Institute as I do, the term vener-
able does not exactly ft, 1t implies weakness
along with respectabilty; 1t seems to echo
the past. But, while 80 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
tentlon called to the reopening Of the schools
of the institute last week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Everybody except the Interstate Commerce
Commission thinks the railways are entitled
ID. relief
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Doctor Brumbaugh is confoundng his
critics and he will confound Pcnroseism be-
fore he gets through.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Herman iiidder explains that the war is
AN expression of the acute nourasthcnia
from which the nations are suffering" This,
of course" makes it entirely plain, but isn't il
stealing Mr Wilson's psychological theory
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Ne" Jersey has habit Of standing by the
President The Democracy gets the credit
for W0pdro" Wilson's personal victories
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

Reports Of the first football injuries broken
collar bones and the like, cause small thriI or
protest this year. There are too many worse
things going on behind the veil of the Euro-
pean censorship.-Springfield Republican
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23

TIE COULD not say in 1924 what man in
i similar position today could say; he
could not take his rejection lightly and turn
his steps to technical school. If he could
not share the information with these young
mechanics, he must settle himself to learn
his trade and it's secrets by the slow process
of observation in his own foundry. Mr..
Merrick did not choose to do that, but deter
mined to interest others in the establishment
of institute that would be founded not
only upon more democratic principles, but
also would considerably expand the original
idea of mechanical Institutes