Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
PASSED BY THE CENSOR

n NTETAPHYsICALLY speaking, Britain's
lNI mental viewpoint is best reflected in the
agony" or personal column of the London
Times. AT present when the land is dis
tracted by war, the column is veritable
mirror of human emotions, running the
whole gamut, from pathos to bathos; from
love messages to the sale of an auto. Most
often, Brown Eyes" appears:
l LOVE YOU, speak.-Yours, Brown Eyes.
The next day she spoke thusly:
BROWN EYES probably off shortly Don't
phone me 116 till let you know.-B. e.
But she was misunderstood evidently as
the following notice indlcated
BROWN EYES, for whom is your message
meant? Re as explicit as you can,-B.
But Brown Eyes" was not the only one,
for there were messages from the front,
uncensored and from the heart:
LIEUTENANT ]. McD.-My heart is with
you.--JEAN.
ADA V. Nam still we'll and unhurt, dear
est. Every one in best of spirits and very
confident. All my love.-ARCH.
But we are not through with women as
yet though this one is of different type
perchance militant:
DOCTORS WIFE, midde-aged. will under
take to perform the work of any tramway
conductor. coachman shop assistant or
other married worker with children, pro-
and fight for his country in our hour of
need All wages earned will be paid over
to the wife and famy.--Apply Mrs Lowry
l Prory terrace. Kew green, S. w.
Then comes a plea:
BOY months, OF officer going to war;
wants some one, good family, to adopt
him; r. c. preferred.-Box 14o, The
Times
There are many others. some begging for
funds for hospitals; others asking help to
obtain MILITARY. Cpa ay+ro
denounces Englishmen for staying home at
their work instead of getting themselves
carefully killed. And at the bottom of the
column we find
TO THE CLERGY-Sernons supplied each
week. New, fresh simple and drawing
lessons from the present Send for
full list and specimen, sxpence.-Ouston,
43 Page street, Westminster, S. w.
ON THE Isle of Capri beloved by the MUIR
" dered Empress Elizabeth of Austria is
an inn some so years old, conducted under
the will of it's founder, an artist of the school
of intemperance and i'll fortune. The will
provides:
THE charge a day. two bottles of red
Capri wine included. shall never be more
than six francs (s1.14). If any artist is too
poor to pay he shall paint picture on some
wall space, receiving all the accommodation
accorded those who pay the highest price
If any German artist shall come to the inn
he shall be accommodated and shall receive
the amount of his fare to Germany upon his
promising never to return to Italy"
What grudge the proprietor had against
German artists is not known-perhaps he
was one himself!
AMACHlNE politician and an independent
L IAwere discussing the Penrose candidacy.
Don't you like the way I'm dealing with
the question:? growled the machine man
Il don't mind the way you deal" retorted
the independent, its the way you shuttle"
T ORD KITCHENER's press censorship is
~ mild compared to that exercised in 1868
by Roger rEstrange in London. Being placed
in charge by the Government, he advocated
a reduction in the number of master printers
from 90 to 20; ordered periodic inspection of
print shops; closed their back doors and
issued an order that all printers guilty. Of
even the slightest infraction of his law be
compelled to wear insignia of their disgrace
But his special aversion was the newspapers
because reading of them makes the multi
tude too familiar with the actions and coun-
sells OF their superors, too pragmatical and
censorous and gives them not only an itch
but kind Of right and license to lie meddling
with the Government" He was so success
ful in suppressing newspapers that he elected
the admiration Of the Government, according
to contemporaneous accounts.
@ ARAH BERNHARDT is raging at the
~ nefarious Germans, but never again will
she be as infuriated as she was once upon d
time, many years ago, when she visited
Vienna At that time the Austrian capital
boasted Of wit named Saphir, who edited
weekly and wrote all of it's contents. Then
Nine. Sarah was as thin as the proverbial
rail fence. The day she arrived Saphir's
paper contained the announcement:
An empty carriage drew up to the hotel
entrance and out stepped Nine. Bernhard"
The actress threatened all sorts of dire
things, but the worst was yet to come for
when she announced that she was learning
to play the flute Saphir came back with:
Mime, Bernhardt is learning to play the
flute. In order 10 distinguish the instru-
ment, she has decorated it with blue
bow"
But il was as an impromptu wit that
saphir shone. Once, when he turned street
corner he bumped into a stranger.
Donkey" Numbered the stranger
And MY name is saphir," replied the wit
politely bowling,
once upon time an ex-President of the
" United States and the Governor of a
Middle West State were taking luncheon at
country was anxious TO know how the ex-