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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
FROM A JOURNALIST

TO The Editor OF The EreninO Ledger:
Sir-Beng a former newspaperman I feel
impelled to write you my congratulations after
carefully watching your issues for the first three
days of publication. The physical appearance
of the paper commends itself, 1t seems to me,
above everything else. The news is presented
not so that the reader may read, but so that he
must read.
is one thing demanded from afternoon
paper. This you have been able to do. The
generous use of pictures which seems to be
your policy, almost needs comment. Pictures
to most persons convey a more lasting impress
sion than almost anything they read and when
the public see the pictures, the paper will be
theirs FRIEND
Philadelphia, September 49, 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

INTERESTS OF PEOPLE THRoTTIEn

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Permit me, as reader of your publica
tions, to express my observations of the sentI.
ment of the people of this community.
The bipartisan judiciary and the uniforr,
primary acts are rapidly educating the peops
In favor of Independent political action ana
nom partisan voting. You will recollect tba,
the latter act provides that a voter Is entitled
to party ballot where he has voted for
majority of the candidates of that party at tbs
preceding election. These acts can have no
other effect than to place the best interests of
the State and county before the people al
future elections.
The interests of the people of Pennsylvania
throttled by the fact that almost all our
large daily papers are controlled by politicians
that are nimical to the good government Of
our State and counties.
DON G. CORBETT
Clarion, Pa September 15 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Spending Money on the Wrong Things

TNHE Municipal Court has made one record
L which is not likely soon to be broken
its extravaganza has become Il standard of
measurement. Not content with the lux
urious quarters now assigned to It, It wants
building Of it's own. The acquiescent Com
mttee on Finance has provided in the loan
bin the sum of 100000 for this purpose 1t
would be a fine thing for Philadelphia to
have a new public building, or several of
them, and when some of the constitutional
restrictions Of the city's borrowing capacity
are removed it might be good policy to build
them. But just now there are far more ext
gent needs for all the cash available 1t is
very obvious that sound business policy does
not dictate in all instances the financial
nrOErnm of Cnnnrils.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

who assume leadership in public life, coI.
folks view their ascendency with fears =
TO what the world is really coming to. Sears
their power. "r
In the obituary of most every unprincip,o,
man of power you will find hackneyed SIsi Sisa
never broke a promise" e
Perhaps he only made q few But m.
number does not count If the old Chiness
emperor had only guaranteed the dailv sn
pearance of the sun and nothing more, tbs,
would nave been quite sufficient to keen
him on the pedestal of reverence and faar ep
THE IDEAIIST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
IL e.
Honest. This Really Happened

We walked into barber shop to have
luxuriant curls denatured, diminuted. singed
massaged and otherwise maltreated. The
barber went to work with n will and scissors.
He clipped and Combed and clipped. lie
spoke not. Then he brushed off the eXpur-
gated hair, combed what remained took off
the towel about our swan-lilie neck; we paid
him and walked out. Strange? Most as
suredly, for he never even once much less
oftener, raised mirror behind us and asked
whether no the cut suited aesthetic
ideas.
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Oh, Pshaw! 4!

* +. shaw new Chinese Minister arrives with
five children and a retinue Of twenty-seven."-
Newspaper item,
Poor Persia mOurns her awful loss,
The shah no longer rules as boss.
He's in this land, We read because"
(And here for rhymes we're forced to pauseO
lie represents the land of Heaven
OF family Cand scrvants) there are 81
Hurrah for China and its SHAH
Who of five children is the pa!
.Pronounce 10 rhyme with boss"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
nnRs. ETHEL CAUGHLIN. OF Moore

IHlFat, Nevada, is desperately anxious to
resign heT office but Uncle Sam has declined
with thanks and so she is still postmistress,
a mile from the nearest habtaton, with her
husband a hundred miles away, The Gov
crnmeut can get no one else to take the place,
which pays only $40 a month. There must be
some one in charge Of the office, so the pleas
and walls Of Mrs Caughlin have been un-
availing Now she has induced her bondsmen
10 withdraw their security hoping that this
move will force her out of an office that
sought the woman and, having gained her
kept her a Federal prisoner.
BRADFORD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
THE FUNCTION OF A NEWSPAPER

To the Editor Of the Erenin0 Ledger:
Sir-The true function of n newspaper Is serv-
ice to the public. / believe that you are sincere
in your opposition to Mr.. Penrose, and I believe
that the forceful editorials which have appeared
in the Evening Ledger. and those which be.
leve shall come, will contribute to a marked
degree in bringing about his defeat in Novem-
ber. Keep up this service! w. II. X.
Philadelphia, September 16 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

Somewhere between heaven and earth is
suspended Mohammeds stepping stone"
unless the Moslem legend is inaccurate. Ac-
cordng to this source when Mohammed
mounted the beast, AL Borak on his ascent
to heaven, the stone started to follow him,
whereupon the prophet laid his hand upon 1t
and bade it stay where it was. Hence to
this day, true believers may see 1t suspended
on high.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Wen Leave This Entirely to Our Reader

Wen Leave This Entirely to Our Readers
Correspondent, writing on n letterhead of
the mental detention room of a local hos
pital, asks whether the following could be
called poem:
GIVE credit whom it due is
To the whiskers of Ham Lewis"
We would NOT call it n poem what we
really think of it shall go down into the dark
and dank grave with our mortal remnants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

DY that strange perversty of human ma
ID ture that sometimes affects men of great
ness, Girard desired to be remembered as
a mariner instead of merchant. although
the latter he is of course better recalled
II may not be known that Booths greatest
ambition was to be a comedian yet it is as
a tragedian that he became famous. On the
other hand, his brother-in-law John S
Clarke, who was a comedian OF the buffo
type believed he had failed in life because
the world would not accept him as u trage-
dian. Napoleon at first desired to achieve
fame as a novelist, but if he did not achieve
that position, he succeeded in providing at
mosphero for countless pieces of fiction.
l feel sure that Phladephians are likely
to forget the mariner In Girard in the great
ness and far-sightedness of the man of bus
mess. GRANVILLE
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CURIOSITY SHOP
BRADFORD

The Field Of Forty Footsteps ps-according to
the legend-was meadow In old London, on
whose site the British Museum now stands.
n was also known as Southampton Field.
During the Monmouth rebellion two brothers
espoused opposite sides and fought duel
on the meadow. Both were slain and accord
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public On;n.
ion on Subjects Important to Citv
State and Nation.
To the Editor Of the Evening 1edoer.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-As an Independent Republican Intar
ested In having honest men elected to of11ca
and the standard of my party restored in Penn.
sylvania, / am writing to commend your onno.
sition to Penrosesm. BY doing, through IN.
agency of your excellent paper you render
great service to the citizens of our State Tbs
anti-Penrose sentiment is very strong throusb
here in Westmoreland County, and only nv tba
elimination of Penroseisn our party bons
to return to its once high standard.
A.. az s. oVERHoLT
Mt Pleasant, Pa, September is, 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

The title of Prime Minister was not
officially conferred, but was given in banter
to Sir Robert Walpole. On February IL, 17l2,
he said in the House of Commons
Having Invested me with a kind of mock
dignity and styled me prime minister the
Opposition mputes to me an objectionable
abuse of the chimercal authority which they
only created and conferred"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
PASSED BY THE CENSOR

TNHE visit to this country Of a special Bel
Il gian Embassy recalls the time spent in the
United States by Ii Hung Chang, Chinese
statesman and admirer of General Grant.
1t was his devotion to the memory of the
American General which nearly precipitated
international complications between the then
Celestial Empire and old Erin. Ii arrived
in New York city and according to the
bylaws of his native land was not permit
ted to touch his sillt-cad feet upon heather
foreign soil So, wherever he went regal
carpets were laid, or the old gentleman was
carried in Sedan chairs.
1t was so when he visited Grants tomb
Riverside Drive, New York. Stepping from
his carriage, he entered waiting Sedan
chair Four husky Irish policemen stepped
forward red of face and Ill at ease. For
moment they hestated, one or two essayed
to speak, but emotion overcame them. They
grasped the handles and New York wit
messed the amazing sight of a Chinaman
carried to anything but a patrol wagon by
four Irish policemen!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Generosity

Mr.. McNab Cto urchin)-Whats the mat
ter, laddie?
Trchin-Tve lost my 'apenny!
Mr. McNab--Aye, dinna grieve. Here's a
match to find it.-LOndOn Opinion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

speaking officially. but he reflected the gen
eral sentiment Of the American people in
favor of neutrality of thought as well as of
speech and action, so far as such neutrality
is consistent with mans respect for his
own intelligence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

What happened to Babylon?" asked the
teacher of her Brooklyn class.
ut fell" cried the pupil.
"And what became of NineVeh?
'It was destroyed"
"And what of Tyre"
ured."-EXChange.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
In A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The War Game

French troops check Germans.
German army checks Russians.
Austrians checked in Galicia.
Sounds like the baggage room of rail-
-Oad station
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Ncighbor's Children

what it the scientific name of the small
creature who is running your fruit this
year?" asked Mrs Dobbs.
1T has no scientific name" replied Mrs
BIobbs But it is vulgarly known Jimmy
Dobbs. Washington star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

"Yes, I may say I have an ideal hus-
band"
IAN Apollo for looks, a Chesterfield for
manners" rhapsodiZed the girl.
"Those things don't count in husbands
my dear. Mine stays fairly sober and brings
most of his salary home. tsburgh Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
From the News Columns

SHE.
The fall bride is a wondrous thing
OF furbelows and laCes,
AS pretty as the new blown rose
The wedding page she graces.
HE.
The bridegroom doesn't count at all:
The future, glum he faces;
An ordinary mortal, he,
On checks, his name he places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
A PIIrist

Western Visitor (accosting citizen Can
you tell me a good place to stop at?
Citizen--Certainly. Just before the "at."
Good day, sir-Boston Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Wish We Knew Caption Narrowing Enough
To Do Justice to This!

Some parents think an heir a crying need.
And that's the way he usually turns out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
His Preparation

Have you had any experience in the
movies"
"Oh, yes sir I was for ten years with a
furniture van."-BaltmOre American.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

WHEN Grard died he was the richest
w man in this country. The inventory filed
by his executors showed that his total prop
erty, real and personal-and he had great
deal of both-was valued, in 1892 at more
than s6,OOO,OOO.
We have become so accustomed to the
millionaire in our day and, in our conversa-
tions at least, are even now flirting with
billions, that we do not realize what s6OO0,OOO
meant in 1882.
There was no other man in the United
States at that time who could hold rank
anywhere near Girard in the point of wealth.
The immense fortunes with which we
so familiar are of much later date; they
are even of our own times, when the work of
exploiting the resources of the country
began.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

The pleasing information comes from Wash.
ington that the pork hunting Senators have
been repulsed and that the S93, 100000 river and
harbOr bill will be reduced, probably as much
as One-half by cutting out of II all ''question'
able" items. both new and old. President VII.
son has apparently once more proved himeslt
a much acuter politician than he has been com.
monty credited with being. He does not dwell
in that atmosphere of academic aloofness from
common things that some have hastily believed
him to. It's good politics" right now TO cut
the padding out of all public payrols. The
people are aroused as never before to the ex'
cessive cost of a lot of what has passed iof
government" in this cOuntry.-Chcago Herald
In fighting against the rivers and harbos
bill as it came to the Senate, the hibusters,
although they are Republicans, have really
been doing valiant service for the Democrats
Nothing would have constituted such a yul.
nerable point of attack against the dominant
party i'm this falls campaign as an old-tash-
ioned rivers and harbors bill-New York Even
ing Post.
If Senator Burton and those acting with him
can defeat the rivers and harboTs bill or force
a heavy reduction of the appropriation thF
will render a great service to the country
and also to the Democratic party.-Indianapo
lis News.
If President Wilson is to become "the wateh,
dog of the Treasury" he will find good asa
of watching eccssaTy.-Washngton Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

oxtail soup is of olden origin, dating back
to the Protestant refugees who fed from
France after the revocation of the Edict OF
Nantes, in 1886. In the extremity of want
they bought the tails of oxen from tanners
and made SOUP therefrom. Accident brought
the edible to the attention of an epicure, who
liked the broth so well that he proclaimed its
virtues until it became fashionable dish
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Wonder What Was Meant

"The only homes l want are Paris and
Heaven"
We'll, you'd better make the most of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

From West Chester CPa.) Daily Local News ,,,..
Two issues OF the Evening Ledger oI nTy nm
delphia have appeared, and in all It's mar mar
features it demonstrates that skilled ne"spafbr.
talent is employed In its making OF an event
newspaper for the people. Its 10 pages leu Iioy
an the news of the world that is worth Teau'th1s ~
ANA its every department, notably those iVi "a "a
home circle, the ladies'. the sporting lole' loe a.
carefully considered with much elaboratensSs
detail. ..lirsnt
Editoriauy the Evening Ledger is intellse"'
forcible independent and educational
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

Have you a consulting editor?"
mo, an office boy"
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Matinee today
. +. NJ.
SHARP.

Who in blazes is Sharp? Put stetson
there. he thundered and no amount of ex-
PLANTATION would induce him to change his
mind. But it was when Baron de Grimm,
the artist staged Rider Haggards "She" for
Stetson, that the latter broke all grammatical
records In the play was a line:
She, who must be obeyed," and Stetson
argued for three blessed hours that It should
have been Her who must be obeyed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

DURING the days preceding our own war
~ with Spain, General Weyler was nearly
Iynched in newspaper office, only he did not
Know it, and 1t is doubtful whether his
ignorance has been dispelled even now. 1t
was at the time when the chrome news
papers We're out-yellowng one another to
the fullest extent of their ingenuity and
regardless of their financial wounds The
yellowest of them all conceived the idea that
it would be splendid thing if. it could get
Weyler into the hands of the Cuban nsur-
rectos, obtain his last statement, have him
lynched and then photographed Men were
sent to Cuba to visit the revolutionists, and
all the arrangements for the kidnapping were
completed when the proprietor of the paper
in question backed water and declined to see
the enterprise" through. When pressed for
an explanation, he gave voice to the follow
ing cryptic utterance:
II don't mind being yellow, but I'll be
dashed if I want the world to think that I
am purple"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
News Notes From The Aquarium
In The Sanctum

principal Fish About to Resign"-Wor-
cester, Mass, Gazette.
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WAR AND the ROYAL INVOCATION

Blame not the Christian faith for this O'-
war;
Christ never spoke word that made II f's"
TO murder men ia bitter hate
W. J. Z
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

THERE was yet another delegation from
Aforeign nation in this country, the three
Beers, who sought aid in their war against
Britain. No sooner had they landed than
enterprising weekly paper commandeered
them and brought them into special room
in their hotel, where the sun was bright,
and had photographer take an even dozen
pictures In various more or less graceful, at
titudes.
And when the twelve plates were devel-
oped, just one pair of magnificent coattails
appeared to view! The plates had been
hght-struck, and-the delegates were on
their way home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

TN THE days when Brooklyn was yet a
municipal entity, David a. Boody was it's
Mayor. Mr. Boody is a gentleman to his
finger tips, and was completely out Of touch
with the political gang which ruled the City
of Churches. But a Mayor he was not al
together a success, for the gang" took
great pleasure In putting things over on
him. So it was no wonder that one day
the telephone in his office rang violently
and an excited voice at the other end of
the wire informed the Mayor that at a GER
tain number in Raymond street there was
congregated the greatest aggregation Of
thieves, cutthroats, burglars and criminals
ever gathered under one roof. The Mayor
at once passed the news to Chief of Police
Campbell, who sent a wagonoad of police
men to the place
On dead run the patrol dashed down
Raymond street and drew up--before the
Raymond street Jail!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

ing to the story, 40 footprints were visible
for MANY years for no grass would grow
where the fratricidal blood had stained the
rd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

CTlLL, being purple is not nearly so bad
~ as being born to the purple without the
needed financial backing, as was the case of
Frederic Lemaitre, the great French actor
Lematre was in debt from the day of his
birth to the day he ded-not ordinary indebt-
edness, but overwhelming financial obliga-
lions. So he spent most of his waking hours
evolving plans for raising money. And even
now, in its spare moments, Paris remembers
his vagaries.
\ play was billed Lemaitre was
the star At o'clock in the evening. an
hour before the curtain was to go up the
manager received note from pawnbroker
informing him that Lematre had pawned
himself for 10000 francs and that there
would be performance unless he was re-
deemed. lie was.
Another time Paris was amazed when it
saw Lemaitre driving down the Bois in a
magnificent equipage, drawn by four white
horses. A friend hailed him from the side
walk.
You fool. Lenaitre buying such
an expensive carriage when you are head
over heels in debt Why did you do it?"
Il had TO-" responded Lemaitre, sticking
a torn shoe out of the window. How the
deuce could l afford to walk the street
looking like that?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

If President Wilson is to become "the wateh
dog of the Treasury" he will find good ueA
of watching necessary Washington Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

I'm these modern days il seems that it
would be more up-to-date for the armies to
he autOmobiIized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

~ IRARDS fortune was piled up labori-
~ ously and slowly. 1t was not specula-
tive, in the modern sense of the word. He
was u keen buyer; he knew values, whether
1t was of wines, which he imported by the
estate, which he bought and rented. He was
constantly importuned to take stock in the
various new enterprises of his time, but
where he merely desired to oblige the seller,
he bought but few shares. 1t Is evident
that he regarded these as contributions and
not business.
For instance, we find his executors enter
ing one share each in LIE Courier des Etats-
Unis, the French newspaper; in the Do
nestle Society, in the Susquehanna and
Lehgh turnpike and in the Downingtown
and Ephrata turnpike, but they did not place
any value opposite them. These were not
regarded as investments by a man like
Girard, but we do find him owning 2200
shares in the SChuykill Navigation Com
pany, and these were valued in 1882 at
$264,00O. He held nearly q million in Penn
sylvania 8 per cents. and $l13,5OO in City 5
per cents.
His coal lands, which consisted of nearly
10000 acres in SchuylkiL County, were
tory. Now they return a profit of more than
that every year.
His Philadelphia holdings were listed at
$1,1S9631, and no other man owned so
much at that time The Girard Estate has
three buildings worth more than that
amount, to say nothing Of the college itself.