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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
Apply the Dvnamics of Reality

WHATEVER the United States Commits
to recommend to the Government as a
remedy for social unrest, 1T would be
distinct service to society II it would
address at least ono of its recommenda-
tions TO the country at large. 1t is rec
ommendation which cannot be put into law
books or legislative records. There is but
place where its realization can abide,
in the mind and the heart of every man whC
feels that he is a component part of greal
social whole, and that If society can eve
arrive at what some early philosophers
termed "the best possible system of social
legislation 1t will have to seek inspiration in
what some people call a social religion-that
is, Christianity applied to the problems of
the day and made virile with the dynamics
OF reality.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
Poland Should Be Free

OF ALL the claims made by the subject
~ peoples Of Europe in the present conflict.
that Of the land oS Chopin. slenkiewicz ana
Pschioishevsky deserves particular attention.
Poland, torn apart by the stress and tu--
moil OF Europe occup rs the most traslc
position in the struggle. Her sons are scat
tered under the banners OF three armies.
Russia's treatment Of the Poles is com
parable in cruelty and despotism only to that
Of Germany. Austria alone deserves credit
and admiration for her mercIfIl attitude
people cultured, talented and occupying
place Of honor in the field OF art. science am,
literature, the Poles have borne both the yoke
Of classification and the despotsm of Ger
manization The Cars promise Of autonomy
10 the Poles. like his promise ~ the Jews. 10
but delusion and snare. Yet the peopIa
NJ Poland, 2ooooooo souls in all, should he
reunited. The republic Of Poland should
grace the map OF Europe Poland should bs
free.
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THE IDEALIST

automobile wheel right inside the entrance
to his store, He was enterprising; more
over, he firmly believed in the conservation
Of energy.
But, more important than all he knew
human nature. one out of every 20 persons
in the throng that passed through the door
gave the wheel a fresh spin. The merchant
figured on the wheel being kept i'm a state
of motion all day.
Down i'm the basement of the store a
washing machine demonstration was in
progress It's purpose was to show the
mechanism of the machine in action N
moved and moved all day. For every turn
OF the automobile wheel upstairs Supplied
power for the machine downstairs!
Some men make tremendous fortunes
simply because they bank on human nature
steering along certain hxed and prescribed
lines. They foresee the movement, they
know what people in the mass have done
before; and they know that the change i'm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
The Mayor Docs His Duty

THE Mayor has signed the loan bill in
i spite of the 100000 which 1t carries for
the first of a series of Municipal Court
palaces. There was nothing else for him
to do. Other items in the bill were Of such
overwhelming Importance and the necessity
for haste was so great that wise considera-
ton of the peoples interest required Mr..
Blankenburg to acquiesce in one indefensible
item rather than imperi the success of the
bill as a whole.
But the Municipal Court grab is not yet
accomplished. The gentlemen who are paid
with sinecures for their votes in Councils are
on the way to daylight The public is watch
ing them. 1t is suspicious of anything they
support. 1t is watchfully waiting. It has
its eyes fixed on men who call themselves
representatives Of the people, but take their
hire from the Organization.
There will be no business administration
Of this municipality until dual holding
is in fact abolished. 1t is even now consid
cred by observing citizens as presumptive
evidence Of guilt in betrayal of the citys
n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
Conservation of Living Resources

SAFETY first, last and all the time is the
~ slogan that civilization in America has
adopted after a series of accidents and trage-
dies which attracted public attention to the
value of prevention Medical practice for
many years has concerned itself less with
the cure than with avoiding the necessity
of cure. In government the voters are be-
ginning to realize that radical experimental
tion must stand the test of safety before it
is indorsed The compleXity of our indus
trial life, the multitudinous endeavors of
humanity in this modern age the daily in
PRODUCTION of new machinery, of new modes
Of conveyance, etc, render 1t Imperative
that extraordinary care be exercised in the
conservation of the greatest of our resources,
namely, the population. In safety first"
there is social uplift and social progress. AS
a mere matter Of economies the campaign
iustifes itself
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Two-For-a-Ouarter Lives.

TTNDER an administration OF the Southern
- Democracy the country IS ready to 90
farther than buying bale" 10 preserve the
cotton planter from financial decrepitude
Secretary Daniels has come out for cotton
clothing. Perhaps he has his eye on a winter
vacation in Florida. Maybe he is only an
ttcipattng an extension of recent fall
weather" However that may he, he has cast
in his lot with the Cotton Clothing club and
rushed to the support-moral. Of course-os
Miss Genevieve ciarks anti-slk stockings.
The first thing We know the carpet bag viii
come back into fashion and We shall all be
leading comfortable, humble, two-for-a quar-
ter lives
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

In spite of the high prices reported else"hs'~ "
pork is at a discount in Washington Just lloT'
New York World
1t is unlikely that any news derived itOlp oi
German sources would change the curltn, sI
opinion In the United States as TO Iesl"'
bility for the present war.-New YORK lln''7
Speaking of governmental economy a. ins
would be a good time also to shut on the ~ ~apus
of the franking privileges and to reduce thT thTf,tny
pense of the Congressional Record ny eu'n"s nis
out the unspoken speeches.-Plttspursh
patch.
The President has the emphatic support
tho country i'm his vigorous protest Asa,t
fake" peace stories which have been seiS IA
from the National Capital They coulH ~
nothing less than seriously mischieyous u ~.
cause of peace and, moreover. must puttt
United States in false and ridiculous P"S"
Brooklyn standard Union.
There is need for the prompt opening OF ed ssi
Federal Reserve Bank system, There - 9s.atcs
for system of finance i'm the United siSst
that will stabilize and localize the hnanclal, in
fairs Of the Union one that will be natonai in
it's character and free from Illicit CohuIi
the slightest degree by the bankers hnahs mn.
and promoters of Europe. or OF our own s1
try.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The President Is to he recommended Ioi Ioni..nl
refusal 10 change his Mexican policy as and
Of the reported quarrel between Carran4a ~
Villa So far as the United states IS COZ S m |
these men represent the same idea. u = - a
principle Of self-rule. II they must hsst
order TO settle the personal issue the - - tbs
to be regretted, but the prinrinls remsAN-
same.-New York World.
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IN AIEMORIAM

Notre Dame de Rheims. September 1914.
Men raised thee with loving hands:
Thy stones, more precious than gems,
They wrought for a Light To the Lands;
Now the Light OF all Lands condemns
Hun and Nandal and Goth
Who serve tn" Lords Of the Night
Who have turned the coat OF their troth
And darNened our Lady of Light.
Men made thee beautiful yea
Their hearts flowed out az they wrought;
Thou vast builded not for day
For an age thou vast builded not:
And they carved thy portals and towers
For peer and brugher and clown,
That the Book Of our Ladys Hours
Night endure tho the sun burned down.
By the grace Of thy ruined Rose
By the sullled strength Of thy Towers.
Thou shalt triumph Lady. Thy foes
Shall cover the hunted covers
Thou hast not fallen IN vain
Fallen? Thou canst not fall:
They shall crave thy pity Ia pain
Who hung thee hate for a pail
Les W lson DodJ. In New York Trlhaee.
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CURIOSITY SHOP

Written on a hackman's slate in Kennebec,
Me, was the following: Joe, send hacks
and wagons in time 10 carry the following
nurses, three servants, four children, five
trunks, four yalises three grips two bun
dies one Me"
About l645 a strange sect made its appear
anCe in England, maintaining that the mil
lennium was a hand and that the Saviour
would descend from Heaven and erect the
NTH universal kingdom Its followers went
far as 10 elect Jesus King of London
Cromwell dispersed them In 1858, but in 1851
occurred another uprising. which was sup
pressed with loss Of life. They conspired TO
murder the Protector and usurp the Gov
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25

FINALLY, in 1859, Councils agreed to the
i removal of the sheds from Market street,
and then the market houses began to assume
Importance. The Eastern Market was erected
on the site of the Bourse. The Franklin
Market erected the building now used by the
Mercantile Library. Indeed, this building
was never occupied as a market, and the
statue of Franklin. which cut by l3ailly
and adorned the platform over the entrance,
was later erected on the PUBLIC LEDGER
Building. At Twelfth and Market streets
two market houses were built, the Twelfth
Street Market and the Farmers Market.
These have been superseded by the Terminal
Market. Above Sixteenth street on Market
another market house went up, and still an
other at Nineteenth street.
But they were put up in so many quarters
that the housewives soon appreciated their
convenience and the old, nngainly sheds
were never missed. GRANVILLE.
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the fundamentals Of the mob spIrlt ,s...
to day Is quite mperceptib1e om gay
We can take lesson from these T.. !.
even II we do not aspire to wealth esxesrs
meeting new people, mixing with fo,sso to
are likely to be quite strange and ~ who
In their ideas and activities. 1,soaI3eign
we think they know so much less thar me aes
interestingly dull. P''Ve un+
The minute you begin to mix v,th !,
mob, high, medium and low, then Won 't ths
TO Know human nature. Continue ia gTsln
your acquaintanceships within n iirsNeep
circle on the strength of their social .lted staNd
ing, education or possessions and yo,, no, na.
never know 1t. ''u VIII
bile wheel had mixed with fhe t,oL lp9no.
SELF, for certainly he knew its habits IN. an.
knowing It's habits is knowing human no and ,And
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The Sure Struggle Upward

THE history Of all society is the history Of
Il strife and struggle. out of the conflicts
of the ages has risen the modern structure
of civilization. All along the path OF history.
through sayagery. barbarism, feudalism and
our modern industrial state humanity has
made its way toward the realization of an
ideal which In its sum total can be charac-
terized as social happiness. The attainment
OF this ideal may be far OF as yet. but as
sure as the earth reyolyes around the sun
does humanity march forward toward its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
in A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Recognition.

Instead Of the usual notice to staff" the
city editor has caused to be pldcdrded IN the
staff"
Ye district, street and rewrite men who
yearn for the days of old,
When the saucy scribe with his diatribe was
bit of common scold
Ha' done wi score for the newer game and
your fodder of pork and beans,
Hereafter ye are gentlemen who batter the
type machines.
Hereafter We are journalists-what though
ye long in vain
For flowing tie and hunk of pie and the
price of dainty cane;
What though We dream of the oden way
and the one-time mighty pen,
Give ear to the City Editor-he calls ye
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public on;.
ion on Subjects Important to Civ
State and Nation.
the Editor OF the Everino Ledger.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir-The story of the death of the to.
Duma representative, Dszheparidze, which ~
peared In your paper today prompts me In ~.
q rev words about the Cars manifesto to ii.
dear Jews" | was I'm Kishineff on that fatoass
day of April, 1903 which has gone down in,a
history as the day of the Kishineff rnas,a
On that day, the holy day of Easter son,a y.
Jews were killed, several hundred wounded .rs
their homes destroyed by the gangs ~ y guy
lums, who, with orders from '.aboven ana ,ri.,
the active aid and encouragement of the noi.a
ana soldiery. exacted a horrible revenge No.
the people whose ancestors, they contendaa
were responsible for the crucifxon of the Car
penter OF Nazareth. 1t Is not necessary for ~.
to narrate the story of that massacre and bs
series of others that followed. They are I tns
we'll known and still live in the horri6ed iraS
ination of the civilized world. The Beiljss trisI
100 Is SUN alive in the mind of the newspaper
reading public. '"p0S
only want to emphasize the fact that N.
Cars promise is but deluson and a snars
He can no more grant a respite from the indis'
mites and persecution suffered by his Jewiss
subjects than the protest of an individuaI 30.
stop the slaughter on the Continent Of Euron.
The Car never has acted and never can 10,
upon his own initiative. He Is surrounded ana
ruled entirely by clique of bureaucrats wha
are the real rulers of Russia. There is but on.
hope for the Jews of Russia and the peonle a,
Russia In general, and this is that history viii
repeat itself: that the present war like tba
Russo Japanese War, will be followed by sn'
other revolution in Russia, which will wine os
forever from the face OF the earth the most
hated and most criminal dynasty of ths
Romanoffs and that the victory of democracy
in Europe will have it's effect upon Russia in
firing that great empire with the true spirit of
culture and modernism. Then and then alone
will the Jews and the people of Russia breatha
sign OIL relef from the thradom of ten cen.
turtles. JOSEPH SHAPIEN
Philadelphia, September "a, 1914.
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ernment They we're known as the Fifth
Monerchists.

ernment. They were known as the Fifth
Monarchists,
The phrase "gossamer days" was orig
mated in the legend that one Saturday even
ing maiden spinning fine thread in
the moonlight The moonlight drew her
UP into the sky and now she may be seen
spinning in the moon, Whan "gossamer
days" set in, in the early autumn, the white
threads she spins may be seen floating
about in the air
Jack Ketch, the English hangman was
first mentioned in 1878, 1t was he who be-
headed Lord William Russell and later the
Duke of Monmouth. His successors have
been popularity known by his name.
The quotation "He that runs may read" Is
not from Habakkuk, who says, That he
may run who readeth It," but from William
Cowper, who wrote.
But truth on which depends our main con-
cern,
That tbs our shame and misery to learn,
Shines side by side of every path we tread
With such a lustre, he that runs may read"
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WHERE DOES THE FUNGUS GROW?

To The Editor Of The EueninO Ledger.
Sir-May congrat tulate you upon the engross.
ing news conveyed through the columns Of
your paper, both in the and editorial
columns? Very interesting was recent edl.
torial telling of the discovery of an intoxicating
mushroom and it's description by Doctor Verrall
of Yale. An Intoxicating mushroom must surely
prove a popular decacy, especially IT, as the
discoverers assert, It has no bad after-efects
| have been interested-purely from a sclen-
tfc standpoint, ! you-in the use OF
alcoholic stimulants from ancient to our times
THE Banquet of Plato is chiefly fascinating
in that it gives vivid picture of the bibulous
habits of philosophers. Socrates Is described
as passing his cup until morning Jack London
and VIII Lexington Comfort are the most recent
confessors along this line. 1t indeed seems all
the struggles against the redoubtable John have
been in vain. AS you say, perhaps the reign Of
Bacchus may be over. But can you tell me
where the delectable inebrating fungus can 10
secured? RD
Phiadelphia. September %, 1911
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WHAT HAS PENROsE DONE?

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-I am glad you are devotng the edltorla
columns of the Evening Ledger to a campaign
against the election of Penrose.
You know the saying, ut is the man behind
!he gun that counts" applied to war. 1t is
much more pertinent saying when applied 10
peace and the development of real prosperity
The prosperity of a country cannot be meas
ured by l.. great material and financial De,
velopment 1t can only be measured really ana
permanently by the character. development ana
opportunity of the great mass of its peopIs'
A H. TOMLlNSON.
Pa IL
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES IN U. s.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-m an essay on university and research
work, written by Hamilton Wright Mabie before
the slogan of Educated in America" was
created by war conditions, the author has this
paragraph:
Opportunities for advanced work in the
American universities are now so ample that
study in foreign institutions, while not without
its advantages, is no longer necessity, and the
number of Americans in German universities
has greatly fallen off"
The whole essay is a substantiaton, by means
of concrete facts. of this assertion.
F. r. G.
Trenton, n. j., September %. 1914.
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A NON.pARTISAN VIEWPOINT

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Knowing the powerful influence Inc
LEDGER wields in Pennsylvania write TO you
in all sincerity and ask whether you do ios I
think that this influence should be dlrec'tII
against the re-election of Senator Penfose'
do not write from Il partisan standpoint nav
ing only in view the welfare of my s'a'@
Won't you give this your consideration;
SAMUEL KUNkEL"
Harrisburg. Pa Snniamher L. 1917.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
Disillusioned

In Denver they tell of a young Brtisher
who will some day inherit title, and who
not long ago married a daughter of a sup
posedly wealthy man of that town. month
or so after the marriage the father-in-law
took the husband aside
Il am Tulncd!' ne exclaimed. practically
every cent is gone"
The Briton was a good loser, however, for
he gave vent TO a long, low whistle, and ex-
claimed with little laugh,
by George! Then I did marry for love-
after all"-Harper's Magazine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25

Divorce in Kansas

From the Kansas city Times,
one divorce proctor representing society and
q raft of divorce lawyers making fees out Of
that particular branch of the administration
Of justice
Is il any wonder that our divorce business Is
IN a very bad state of health and hygiene?
Two or three OF half dozen proctors attached
ty ttla divorce courts could handle all the bIsi-
ness IL far less cost To the clients and 10
society The business would be much reduced
In volume-no one would be interested in pro-
noting il; nu collusiye suits would dare be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
He Lived in Boston.

There was young fellow named Murray.
Who knew not the meaning of hurry;
And when he was chided
He laughed and derded
His friends and declared
Really, II I were addicted to the reprehen-
sible habit of using slang I should find it
incumbent upon me, at this particular juno
ture of circumstances, to enunciate the
lightly ironic current expression, Il should
WORRY"
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Harrisburg, Pa, september 10, 1914,
Killing OFF the Race

From the Christian Herald. H..
From the Christian era till the present uhe. .
as statists and historians tell us there hass ass
been less than 80 warless years. Up 10 NV Inv
middle of the 18th century it was roughly com
puted that nearly 7.OOO,OOO.OOO men had diea ~
battle since the beginning of recorded hls.O,s
a number equal to almost five times the pFeSs"
estimated popuation of the globe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25

Brander Matthews says the war will slim
ulate literature, Possibly somebody will
write book on the six best Shelters De
trnit Free Press
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Does your wife battle? The girls on the
beach make some pretty pictures"
My wife has no time to join in making
pictures, She and some others have formed
a board of sOrship"-Pittsburgh Post.
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SYNONYMOUS

Tommy Figgjam-Paw, doesn't reverse"
mean TO back?
Paw Figgiam-Surey.
Tommy Figgjam-Then what did Uncle
Bill mean when he said that he busted up
in business because he had too many re-
verses and not enough backing ?-Chicago
Post.
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Vegetable Gardens

You should by all means have an Italia
garden"
"Al right" said Mr. Nurich. And wei
plant some spaghetti. kansas City Journal
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Not a Bit Heroic

why don't you see that your daughters
learn 10 cook"
why should /? They wouldn't cook for
me. Let their husbands supply the material
for them TO practice on."-Louisville Courier
journal
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DONE IN PHILADELPHIA

MORE serious attention to markets has
1Rl been given lately than at any time since
1859, when the city had time for little else
But the occasion which drew attention to the
erection of market houses all over the city
50 and more years ago had nothing to do
with reducing the cost of living.
We are now beset with that problem IN
addition to the one of convenience, whlch
was all that seemed to call for consideration
in 1859. The establishment of farmers mar
ket at 69th and Market streets, where tarm-
ers from the surrounding country, and as
far away as Lehigh and Northampton Coun-
ties, may bring their products to Philadel-
phia, promises to be a very interesting ex-
pertinent.
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Unlimited Opportunity.

The publisher in despair.
Whats wrong?" asked the eminent
author
MY best advance notice man has left me.
He's writing letters for breach of promise
plaintiffs"
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Not Yet Decimated

Przemysl still holds out, only three of her
consonants having been put out of commits
sion by the Russian guns.
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Ilo'
Architccturally Speaking


Shooting a the towers of ancient cathe-
drals is something to which not to aspire.
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Naturally.

II say, old man, you're looking rath
drawn"
Yes, I've just had a tooth pulled
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The Friendly Isles Will Stay So.

King George II of the Tonga Friendly
Islands has just heard about the war in
Europe. 1t may be ended by the time he
reads through the files Of the last two
months to learn what it's all about.
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Yes. Where :?

Where, where is Whitcomb Riley now?
lis rhymes we seldom see.
Remember how he used to write
Step-ladder
po-
ct
rec?
Kansas City Star