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Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
BASE BALL.

All Stars vs.. Lumber Co. at 2.30 p. m.
on Saturday.
Milford lost to Dover at Dover last
Friday by the score of s to 3.
The All Stars defeated the Lumber
Co. last Saturday by a score of 8 to 3.
On the local grounds Tuesday after
noon, with Legar pitching, Milford ad-
a sound beating to Dover by
the score of 6 to 0.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
PUBLIC SALES.

Leroy Sapp will sell some valuable
stock at his home on the Isaac S.
Truitt farm, four miles west of Milford,
on Thursday, October 1st, 1914. For
particulars, see advertisement in this
paper, and posters.
Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
OBITUARY.
ADAMS

Rev. R. H. Adams. one Of the well
known preachers of the Wilmington
I Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, died last week in Philadelphia
where he had gone for treatment.
FITZGERALD.
Mrs Margurite Fitzgerald died at her
home in South Milford, Delaware. on
Sunday September 18th, 1914, in the
18th, year of her age. She was the
widow of Garrett Fitzgerald. and her
funeral took place from her home on
Tuesday last at 10 a. m. Rev. L. A.
Bennett in charge. and interment was
made in Odd Fellows Cemetery by w.
G. G.lPowders, funeral director. She leaves
two sons and one daughter.
WOODRUFF.
Aron B. Woodruff. aged 50 years. /
died at his home at Church Hill, near /
Milford Delaware, on Saturday morn
ing, September 18th, 1914. His funeral T
was held at his late home at 10 a. m,
on Tuesday last, with Rev. H. l.. Bun
stein officiating, and interment was made
in Odd Fellows Cemetery by funeral
iirector W. G. Powders that afternoon.
Mr.. Woodruff was a native of Pennsyl-
y D
ears ago, where he has been actively
in farming and dairying up to
he past year. He was a member of
he Kent County Levy Court for eight
ears, and its president for two years
f the time. He also served as Assessor
or the Tenth District for two years. I
nd was a member of the District School /
iOard for many years. Mr. Woodruff
esided on the Harrington road two
lilies west from Milford, and for many
ears each evening he came to the town
} get the evening newspaper and to
njoy a few hours of social fife with his
ANY friends at the Milford Club, of o
hieh he was one of the first of its I
He leaves a daughter j
I'd one son, who resided with him, and j
no are well known and highly respect p
citizens of this community. l:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

But in the same magazine q. X. Chester
ton answers the question, What is a bar
barian?" THE psychology Of the barbarian"
he says, "is this: that, like the lower animals,
he does not understand reciprocity.
II leave bee his honey, he may leave me
his sting. And he has not broken any con-
tract, because bees like Prussians, are bar
barlans" So Germanys most delightful man
Is a barbarian.
Professor Muensterberg makes this grace
full thrust: Every one knows the mild ex-
preston of the face of George V, and the
gentle, melancholy features of Czar Nicho-
las, and the comfortable, phiistine express
sion of President Poncare, and the pretty,
youthful look of Albert of Belgium The
professor adds that havoc has been wrought
in American public opinion by the Kaiser's
mustache. so formidable in cartoons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER so. 1914
Political Decency an All.party Issue

DOLITTCAL righteousness rises above
L partisanship. The public is learning the
lesson every day. Even Penrose will know 1t
by November. OF course, the Senator has
never been SO devoted to the interests OF
party to interfere with his personal COM
fort or the wslfare of his friends But that
bipartisanshI, of his which the liquor
interests have justly counted has received
rude blow from another and very different
sort of party alliance. The National Popu-
lar Government League, itself an orGanza-
tion of men OF all political creeds, has
voted unanimously to campaign against the
election of two notorious candidates, one
from each of the two great parties: Roger
Sullivan, Democrat. out in Illinois, and Boies
Penrose, Republican, here in Pennsylvania.
The issue is broader than party. The life
and virtue of our political institutions are at
stake.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
THE IDEALIST

Prayer" said simple japanese convert,
sis like the two buckets Of a well. When one
bucket is sent down empty the other bucket
comes up full"
And there we have the true concept OF
prayer. Not only is 1t impartive; il is re-
ceptive. As one gives one receives.
TWO young men were camping in the
woods. Neither was what is popularity known
as "ChurchgOer" They were Just two
average American boys-healthy alert and in
for a good time.
When bedtime came one Of the boys knelt
down TO pray The other looked on in sin
cere amazement As the kneeling lad arose
from his prayer his companion was gazing
fiXedly at the ground.
Bin" said the one who had not prayed.
Il hope you said one for me-" The words
bore a suggestion OF the jocular.
Fred" replied the other, 80 per cent OF
my prayer was for you. II l had prayed Tor
myself ! would not feel nearly so happy not
nearly so much at peace with the whole uni
verse as l do now"
NhssA bEsnss out the great big substance
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Watchful Waiting in the Philippines

CtINCE the Spanish war too much partisan
y ranCor has been caused by the Philip
pine question. Political lines have been too
tensely drawn, 1t may be granted that there
are essential and important differences be-
tween the two leading parties in respect to
their notions of colonial policy" but broad
conceptions of national responsibility have
sometimes been subordinated to narrow, Bit
ter partisanship. The real issue which hinges
on the Jones bill, under discussion in
Congress, is not Shall the Fipinos ulti-
mately have self-government" The bill
does contain a provision which pledges ulti
mate self-government; and a promise even
OF something certain is rather dangerous in
a case like this. But the real question is,
Have the Filipnos proved themselves
worthy of more liberal share in their own
Government" That issue does not call for
partisan rancor.
The United States assumed grave respon-
siblities when IL took over the Philippines;
and in determining the future Of the islands
its responsibilities are fully as grave. 1t Is
imperative that the mistakes Of the Recon-
struction Period in our own history shall not
be repeated. The Fifteenth Amendment is
dead letter for the very simple reason that
previous condition of servitude" is some
thing that absolutely must he considered in
reference 10 any grant or extension OF politi
cal liberty. Knowing the past history OF the
Philippines and something OF the present eX-
tent of ignorance and barbarism among many
Filipino tribes. and knowing that the forces
Of democratic civilization have been working
there only a few years. less than a single
generation. the United States should go
pretty slow in relaxing its civil guardian
ship. The slower the better,
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The Kaiser. Bad or incompetent?

From the Columbia Is. @ State.
The Germans continue to protest that they
did not want war; that the Kaiser was for
peace.
II we grant the truth of the claim one OF two
conclusions is inevitable:
First. that the Kaiser grossly incompe.
tent as a cOnservatOr of peace and ought TO
ubdicate so that some more intelligent German
can 70 on the Job. or
Second. that practically the rest of Europe
was wic6edly and insaney eager to make war
upon him.
In the latter it must be confessed that
the Emperor has failed to so govern his empire
that Other nations would not hate it, or else
that other nations are altogether bad while
righteousness is German monopoly.
Accepting the Emperor's own premises IL
seems to follow that If not a bad he is an in
competent ruler.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Reform the Patent Office

Nov that Congress has torn itself regret
IN fully away from the pork barrel, it might
turn its attention to some matters in which
there is neither political profit an oppor-
tunity to sandhag the Government one Of
these is the American patent system. If any
public service needs reorganization it is the
patent office. There may be very good
sons for altering much of our attitude to-
ward the vested monopoly Of invention, hut
Congress need touch no such moot question
in order TO do good work in readjustng the
laws and proceedings by which we try to
stimulate inventive genius Let il merely
make the present scheme workable. Yards Of
red tape should be cut away. The whole
method of testing the priority Of a patent
should be simpliied. Now it is only the cor
poration with endless resources and a multi
tude Of lawyers that can outlivo the ten or a
dozen mazes Of legal proceedings through
which d case may he driven. And the public
Is quite defcns eless when a rich company
prefers buying and suppressing a patented
Improvement 10 using IL for the peoples
benefit.
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BelIigerent Footnotes 10 Hi.lory

TIME writers OF each warning nation pre-
J. sent a united front against the pens Of
the enemy, and no quarter is given 10 per
sons or peoples who wave a foemans flag.
The literary conflict is interesting to watch
Hugo Muensterberg, who usually backs his
German propagandism with the name OF
Harvard University, presents in one Of the
October magazines a most engaging picture
OF Emperor William, the Man" The
Kaisers sense OF humor the beauty Of his
domestic life his marvellous intellectual
versatility, which surpasses even that OF
Theodore Roosevelt; the Incompatible mag
netism OF his personality-all blend in this
portrait Of "Germanys most delightful man"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Treat Turkey Fairly but Firmly

WHATEVER course may be taken by the
w United States in consequence of Tur-
keys abrogation of the capitulations, 1t
should at least he definite and firm. For
obvious reasons there is little continuity in
our diplomatic policy, so far as we have one;
but that is certainly no reason for hestancy
and wavering in dealing with such a ques-
tion as that which rises out Of the action of
the Ottoman Government. Internal condi-
tons in Turkey are much disturbed, as Is
evidenced by the fact that several of the
principal American schools in that country
have been cut off from communication with
manner of the renunciation of the treaties
with European nations and the United States
is not exactly encouraging to easy diplomatic
negotiation; and the conduct of Ambassador
Rustem Bey, which may may not repre-
sent the Turkish attitude toward this coun-
try, hardly suggests mildness in our COM
muniCations with the Government from
which he is accredited. As for Ambassador
Bey, he has been bandly insolent our edu-
cational and charitable Interests" in Turkey,
which were established under the protection
portant large commercial interests could
be. The American people know compare
lively little as yet. as to what the Admin
istration has said 10 Turkey and how It has
been said; but there is no doubt that prompt
and decisive action on the part of this Gov
ernment is indispensable to national self
respect and the protection Of our interests"
IN Turkey
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Trilinc With the TeIenhone

TELEPHONING isn't what it was, It
i won't even be what II is very long. if
the inventors keep on. One of them has
spent II years on the misanthropIc job OF
turning out an attachment 10 detect the
third party VINO cuts in TO listen 10 a little
gossip. With 100000 party lines in use in
the United states the misery likely 70 be
caused by this single invention is appalling
Worse still, the same mechanism may be set
10 cut off "A conversation a the end Of a
certain number of minutes
And do any Of want the "seeng-by-
wire" attachment that another OF these busy
bodies has invented? Imagine the embar-
rassment Of the fve-foot man with the tmid
eyes who prefers 10 blow up the coal COM
pany over the phone. Contemplate the con-
fusion Of miady who likes 10 chat with her
friends I'm boudoir negligee, How will the
busy husband at the club he able To pull
the old, old bluff OF detained al the Office?
The inventors had better curb their passion
ate genius
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
HE WANTS SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-knowing nothing whatever about the mat
ter, | am, of course, competent to discuss thu
question of Sunday amusements. realize at
the outset that 1t is wofully wicked to enjoy one
day of rest week. ! know that seeing a gams
of baseball between healthy-minded youngsters
will send me to eternal demnition. I feel too
that If I were to spend an hour watching NOV
ing pictures OF worlds events 1 would sizzle
in the sheol OF past ages.
And yet, being a brave man. would willingly
take chance on the hereafter in order that
might escape n typical Philadelphia Sunday-ths
dullest, more horrifyng day of all the week
Truly, I'd rather work than pass a Sunday In
this town.
Is there no happy medium which the Blue
Stockings could meet the sane Sundayites and
arrange for religious observance until say
o'clock, and decent, orderly amusements after
that hour? Or, is this city to remain retroactive
and bue-lawy?
MICHAEL E. PHISTO.
Philadelphia, September 20, 1914
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VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public On;r
ion on Subjects Important to CITY.
State and Nation.

To the Editor Of the Evcning Lcdocr:
Sir-ln view of the fact that the vote in WI,
ginia makes eleven states that have gone rro
hbiticn through the non-partisan Influence =,
women on the votes of men alone, how can IN.
suffragists circulate such ridiculous appeals a.
they sent out recently?
or the nine suffrage States, none is probib,tio,
but Kansas, and 1t went dry three years beforn
women got the vote there Colorado. orcpon
Washington, and California, suffrage states al,
rejected prohibition. and Wyoming vber.
women have voted IS years, never voted as much
as one county dry" Can DIR. Anna Howara
Shaw or any Of the other suffrage leaders tell
your newspaper why?
IL only IS per cent. of the Colorado wom.n
had voted against the saloons in 1912 prohibit.
ton would have won by more than 5000 votes
without ono male ballot in it's favor WHY didn't
the women voters there represent true woman
hood AS well as the male voters have in mai.
suffrage States?
Only per cent. of the registered wonon In
the whole city OF Chicago voted on September
o. Can any sane person believe that the other
96 per cent. are represented we'll by the fe
male politicians and femlnists as they are bv
their own husbands, fathers, sons and brothers,
Why are Denver. Chicago and Frisco ''wids
open" on sundays? Because the kind of women
that want to ape men like such freedom"
EDWARD ToAL.
Ardmore, September o. 1914
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Constructive Diplomacy

A certain diplomat, perceiying that the
peace of the world cloud lauEhter) depends
upon a nicely adjusted equivalence of martial
bristling on the part of the Powers seveTally,
was much concerned over the propensity OF
superdrcadnoughts 10 become obsolete al
most before they can be got into the water.
"a superdreadnOught which isn't up to the
minute no more makes for peace" he con-
fessed. than a last years car makes for
social prestige"
He thought a moment. THE amount of 1t
seems to be-" he reflected that obsOlescence.
as il affects naval construction, is too vital
a thing 10 he left TO develop in it's own way"
A little more and inspiration descended
upon him. "What we need he declared, "is
a great many International conventions reg
ulative of the tooth of time so to render its
mordancy less marked"
In short, he was from that moment among
the rare company OF the worlds really con-
structiye diplOmats.-New York Evening
Post.
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ALTHOUGH THE SEASON OF THY LIFE
DECLINE

Although the season of thy life decline,
And this thy body show her wintry night
light,
Nor ever coldly on the lily shine,
Nor ever Coldly on this flesh OF thine;
Earth's children take no unreturnnB flight
Yearly the primrose halls thy yearning sight,
Yearly each hedge restores the eglantine.
And though thy brain and body tire and fail
And though Death make harvest OF thy
dears,
And hang his sickle thy door by night
Before thee then new mercies will unyeil,
New hands, full Of old kindness, stay thy
tears
New eyes console thee with the old love-
Light.
Edith Anne stewart in London Nation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Leader or Bandit?

TT WE are ready for little faith, the sit
L uation in Mexico Is not so bad as 1t APP
pears If we accept Villas sincerity, he
seems to be striving logically for those things
that he has always stood for. Consistently
through all his campaigns, he has championed
the peon. And he has stood always for a non
military government to perpetuate his re-
forms. Carranza has not given evidence of
carrying out the plans which Villa thinks
necessary to the salvation of the peon. The
First Chief" has hesitated to indorse the
land program He has shufhed over the
military question; worse. he seems to have
kept his personal ambition squarely in the
foreground. Villa is demanding-and with
what looks like success-that the military
leaders, himself included be eliminated from
present or prospective holding OF political
Office
1t is a good stand that Villa has taken.
Why does it receive so little Endorsement in
the United States? Primarily because Ameri-
cans have lacked faith in his sincerity. They
on self-aggrandizement. The evidence has
been his recorder what is said to have been
his record-before the revolution. The one
word, bandit" has done the trick. Yet 1t
is we'll to remember that the very conditions
in Mexico against which Villa is fighting are
the sort to make our definition of bandit
next to useless. Many a Revolutionary
leader of 1776 was technically smuggler
against the navigation acts of England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
WHERE IS THE FRENCH NAVY?

To the Editor Of the Ercnin0 Ledger:
Sir-Like many readers, 1 have been puzzled
to account for lack of a sea battle in the Euro
pean war We all expected England's great
navy TO do something spectacular when Church.
III first gave 1t sealed orders. But so far moth
ing has happened beyond few petty engage
ments. Germany's fleet is apparently able, by
means of the Kiel Canal, to scuttle back and
forth from the North Sea. where England waits
to the Baltic. where the Russian navy Is not
strong enough to do any damage. But whers
all this time are the French ships? Why not
have the combined naves of England, France
and Russia been able to close up both ends
of the canal and cut Germany off from inter-
course with Scandinavia, across the Baltic?
WILL BOND
Camden, n. J., September 90 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Hail TO the Braves

PHILADELPHIA extends the hand of con-
i graduation to the Boston Braves and
promises them a cordial welcome to our
city. 1t is pleasant to have new foe, the
first since the Cubs fell before the mighty
prowess of the Athletics Not the naughty
metropolitan enemy this time, but an en-
bassy from learned, cultured Boston. The
worlds series OF 1914 will be unusually
classic. To the Braves all courtesies will be
extended; the keys of the Quaker City will
be theirs; everything but the title of
Worlds Champions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
A COMMISSION FOR PHILADELPHIA

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Therc Is very plain lesson from the
marble halls" grab. Philadelphia needs
commission form Of government. She needs to
be able to put her finger sQuarey the man
men who plunder her. She needs the chance
of electinE a few good men like the present
Mayor instead of a drove of nondescript pro-
fessi6nal politicians. She needs to get respon-
sbity and business efficiency into her governs
ment. A commission is the way
II. L. PLUMMER
PHILADELPHIA. Septemher 90 1911
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A SHOP GIRL PLEADS GUILTY

To tho Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-as a saleslady. l have been much inter-
ested in the letters appearing in your columns
regarding the treatment of customers / was
pleased, of course. that shopper should admit
her occasional feelings; but l feel we girls owe
1t quite much to her to admit that very often
we are far from courteous or patient Some
times, of course, 1t is not our fault. Standing
all day at work gets ones nerves But often
were merely "soured on life," and let out
our feelings the customer. F. A. @.
Philadelphia, September 2S. 1914
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How Firm a Foundation

Two Philadelphians were talking of the
fortune of a third denizen of that city when
one said:
His first lucky strike was in eggs. He
bought 1000 dozen at low figure, put them
in cold storage, and sold them at a profit Of
more than 800 per cent. That was the
cornerstone of his great fortune"
"Ah!" exclaimed the other. "Then the
hens laid it."-Harper's Magazine.
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mating the phrase from the sublime to the
ridiculous" yet Paine in his Age of Rea-
SON antedates him as follows:
The sublime and the ridiculous are often
so nearly related that II is difficult to class
them separately. One step above the sub
lime makes the ridiculous, and one step
above the ridiculous makes the sublime"
The "odor of sanctity" of old was some-
thing more than mere play of words. SUI
perstition held that the body of a dead saint
emitted a sweet odor, while that of one un-
bapized smelled offensvely
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State Conscience WieIds Power

NOTHING can Withstand the resstless
N power Of the collective conscience when
men make an interocking society of their
consclences. Public opinion takes the shape
Of something that resembles an avalanche
in strength. Nothing is more feared by
enemies 0f the public welfare than the COM
bined moral sense Of a State. Issues of the
campaign are supposed to be determined by
this non partisan morality which represents
the sound good sense Of the citizen, who
believes that righteousness exalteth a ma
tion but sin is a reproach to any people"
The illumination of this faculty, which CO.
ordinates the human with the divine, ought
to be one OF the purposes Of the present
campaign now making appeal TO the people
Of PENNSYLVANIA.
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An Unkind Cut

Let us once more take a look adown the
selves.
1t is the year 1928, and the women have
been thoroughly emancipated and endowed
with complete and inalienable political
rights.
"She," remarked a citizeness, has the
Presidential bee in her bonnet"
she has added citiZeness No. 2, and
the bonnet is dreadfully out of style, too
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Indeed our beef will be so high
The Hotel Child

After several years of hotel life, Percival's
parents took up their residence in a city
suburb.
What are you doing, SOM" the mother
asked him, when Percval came into the
house one afternoon.
II was just out on the front porch"
piled Percival listening TO man with
nushCart paging hlackberries "-JudEe.
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In true prayer-unselfish petition for a..
we'll being and happiness of others. inc
Later BIZ asked Fred II he had ever oo..
out on hot, dirty tramp and on cots9e s9ne
home enjoyed the thrilling sensation 30 fing W
exhilarating bath. Well" continued " p an
that's Just the way I feel when nro,, Dii,
feel that the real self of me had been nrt
freshed, new all over" rs