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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
THE ISSUE OF PERSONALITY

10 he Edtor OF the Eueninp Ledger:
Sir-The American people are not so obsessed
with the doctrine Of measures not men, that
they cannot give it liberal Interpretation
Tne issue OF personality looms large in the
political thinking Of today. 1t is not personal
power itself that menaces. In the church, in
rural life' the great need Is for leadership for
personal leadership which Is genuine sef-ex-
preston Modern philosophy Is permeated with
tne Idea OF personality, just as personality is
the dominant force In social activity In poll
TICS and government the danger comes from
the motives and methods of false prophets and
hlrelng leaders, and the philosophy of per
sonality gives added meaning to the saying of
carlyle and others that history is biography
IN Juuslng candidates for public office the
american people are more than ever inclined TO
accept the doctrine OF measures and men"
Philadelphia. October & 1914 l. r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
THE BABBLINC FOOI.

Anybody can be good A cabbage is qood
Goodness is negative virtue
All you have TO do to be good is N ,,aoa
tate; do nothing; think nothing; be notbi1a
1t takes persistence and practfce - -
genuinely bad. Wickedness is 10 goodnas, as De
force is to inertia. IeSs as
All great men have been apprecisbI,, -,
Therefore, badness is greatness, D"u'
Nobody appreciates a good man. tb a.
OF suspicion points 10 him as a hypncrfts
When man is supeFlatively bad tbe u,or,,
views him with sub rosa excitement epI o5ll a.
clares that he IS the wickedest man IN tSo ue
world-which is better than being - gonS otS
nonentity, s soou
When good man dies the papers nrin+ ta,
lines calling attention to his virtues '9A
When a bad man is caught he pets q
column on the front page, provin9 n a
wickedness is more important to the Tori5,s
progress than goodness '-u
Woman is mentally wicked: she ia too
much OF a coward generally, to be physIcaIIV
Fear OF the law restrains humanitv from,
giving vent to its inherent and ipborI
naughtness Remove legal restrictions tbat
we may all be natural again.
The caVeman wins even today. Ask tba
average woman. +s
Nero was bad ana is remembered 10 tbis
day Can you name one good man of bi
era? Which proves again the value Of bad9
ness 1919
The clam is superlative in its virtue VI,
who would be clam2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

of conditions such as in Kansas City, MO.
where the press complains that macnine .li ,s
corruption has so crippled the department IN III
funds that the average citizen finds 1t I'M I'M
perative to hire private Waterman 10 ISr ths 1,s
house. The Star asserts that TO get tne
necessary funds to maintain the police de-
partment the Commissioners have had 10 sue
the Mayor and Council in the supreme
Court" . r,
In general, the signs are far brighter me
police departments seem not only nloLe
efficient In the pursuit of crime; but they are
beginning to broaden their labors, to Try 10
do the big, valuable, social work that is
worth far more in the end. Cleveland Is
instituting lectures by city officials ana
prosecutors, by prominent lawyers and soclal
authorities, to show the policeman what ms
attitude should be toward the public. rms
effort to make him q friend of the citizen,
helper instead of a spy, is widely COM
mended. The Ohio State Journal says! me
policeman is the servant of the higher enus
of communal life His duty is broad one,
and just as respectable as preacher B. IN IN
line with such a conception, chicago talks
of using it's police stations as employment
bureaus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
India's Troops in Alien Europe

Out of India, from. Mysore and Bombay,
" from the Punjab and the hll-country, to
swarm battling across the countryside Of
France. From the CHATS of the Ganges and
the "tinkly temple bells" to march slug
gins past the gray roadside crosses of the
Champagne. 1t is a strange touch to a
strange war. The fighting flower of the old
Orient product of the warning tyrannies that
brought down the proudest of dynasties, is
hung into terrific, stunning duel of mil
ions-millions of men and shells and dollars
to fight the newest of battles. hard
strategyless pounding. Perhaps the Indian
army wonders at this new war and at
whether its outcome will be the same dry-rot
and decay that has taken it's own land
There they fought by the rule of personal
encounter and personal tyranny; here, by the
machinery of masses and social order What
of the outcome?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

FINHE EVENING LEDGER publishes this after
4 noon the first of series of articles de-
vtsed to show the small taxpayer how to
deliver himself from the inequalities and
burdens of which he is the unnecessary
victim.
In simple language the whole organization
OF the machinery OF public plunder will be
explained.
1t is business not political, corporation
conducted for profit; operating through
score of subsidiary allies; levying its toll,
directly and indirectly, on every home owner
and every home-renter, on every dweller in
fiat on all men alike
1t has no politics, although for expedency's
sake it appropriates a political name.
1t dips its wasteful and prodigal paws into
cellar, kitchen and parlor.
II contaminates good men. blackmails
others, drives its mercless machinery faster
and faster for meaner and meaner profit.
On some it puts sivered liveries and to
others gives only drippings; but ultimately
the cash 1t gets, no matter how used, comes
from the victim mass of citzenry.
This newspaper is dedicated to the service
of Philadelphia. 1t will perform that serv-
Ice without fear or favor It will tell the
truth, no matter what name or man shrivels
up under it, 1t will picture and visualize
the parasite which has fastened itself on
this municipality; not in the spirit of a
muckraker but solely for the purpose of
assuring honest government in this city and
relieving its citizens of burdens which they
should not and will not bear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
THE IDEALIST

A great American railroad king sat ar b,.
desk going through his morning mail Nn1,
and then he would open an enyeIope con-
tanning circular matter; to this he gave onIv
cursory attention. O"iS
But a visitor. sitting In his office md
awaiting an interview, noticed a very c,,rio,,s
thing in his disposal OF this mail
II the circulars, booklets form lsttsrs -
whatever the advertising material hannsneJ
to consist of were clipped together ths LII
ROAD KING would detach the clip holding tha
matter together and deposit 1t in a cnn boIS
Ing other clips. H "'Iu-
This procedure struck the obseryant ,,,.,...
as rather an odd thing for a man v,Ieo Soi
wealth was computed high up IN the n,iiIIoss Use
10 DO. lie Yentured TO question him aba,,s .S az
For a reply he received a single terse WorS y:
Surely this bundle of human ae.,.
whose name was not long ago a byunS5i
any discussion that touched upon rstI-u I-u IA
and whose great wealth was common IIs
edge, could gain nothing by savinn toHl-
paper clips from the fate OF the SasfN tSS
No!-but the habit out Of vybi,L
been unable to grow had been on ne hsd
wealth. VI ms great
sometimes we are given TO eaIIip, .-,
rich people "mean"-we often contSS,. certain
L,lbt economical habits with doS"H
Success does not lie in tba d.,
waste-and this is one of the frs3 Tion OF
that the man who hopes to '.ar-rtIsSs ;, lessons
Inc haolt or miserly hoardin1 IsaEhs
removed from the habit OF econo~p - Tar
.y eConolhy ana elimination OF waste r. Ihe
babIt -. ~ the normal-minded r,ar Is
haplt lhat takes nothing away fro,. IAN an Is
Plness OF possessions OF other nso,li the hap
ness. - SAID OF miserIi-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Commerce and Commercial Eootism

WTHEN manufacturers in this country,
w after the European war was under way,
srasped the fact that South America needs
our trade and coupled 1t with the other fact
that We need South Americas trade" they
saw great business opportunities ahead Some
of them saw a chance to unload and hoped
for Immediate returns but they have been
undeceived. Trade between the northern and
southern Americas is destined TO have a
splendid future, following certain necessary
adjustments It must not be forgotten, how
ever that while commerce and trade NAV
be an effective means Of promoting inter
national amity, the commercial egotism Of
nations has exactly the opposite effect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin'
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-1n Justice to the facts as to the appoint
ment of the chief probation officer OF the
Municipal Court in Philadelphia, 1 ask that the
following statement be printed in the EVENING
LEDoER:
Some time last spring the Presiding Judge
of the new Municipal Court invited the rep
resentatives of % more charitable agencies
and institutions for the care of children to
meet with him for a discussion to the quail
fications for chief probation officer and to
make suggestions of persons who seemed to
meet these qualifications. At that time 1t
was specifically stated that the appointment
of the chief probation officer of the Juvenile
Court was not to be in any sense political
appointment.
At the conference above mentioned I sug-
gosted for consideration in connection with the
appointment of chief probation officer Thomas
G. Paris who had singled himself out among
the principals of the public schools in this city
as an able executive and man who under
stood children. Several other names were sug
gested at the same conference.
The Presiding Judge Of the Municipal Court
appointed an Advisory Committee OF seven to
aid him in the selection of a chief probation
officer and In the formulation of the policies
OF the Juvenile Court. In this Advisory Com
mittee were included such persons the presi-
dent of the United Jewish Charities of Pha-
delphia, the superintendent of Girls House OF
Refuge, who is president of the State
Conference OF Charities and Corrections. the
chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Society to Protect Children from Cruelty and
distinguished representative Of the Catholic
charities in Philadelphia. After careful con-
sideratOn of the needs for the position in
question and of the qualifications of numerous
candidates, this Advisory Committee, with its
full membership In attendance, unanimously
voted to recommend to the Presiding Judge of
the Municipal Court the appointment of Mr..
Paris as chief probation officer Not only was
Mr.. Paris thus approved. but he was strongly
recommended for the position by Dr. Martin
G. Brumbaugh, Superintendent of Schools: the
district superintendent of schools under whom
he served; Henry J. Gideon, chief of the Bureau
of Compulsory Education; members OF the
Board OF Education. and others who knew
of the man and would seem entitled to express
an opinion as to the needs of the position to
which he appointed.
My relations to the whole matter are such
that I speak with some knowledge and I
make bold to say that the appointment of Mr.
Paris was absolutely an appointment on merit
CHEESMAN A. HERRICK.
Girard College Philadelphia, October g. 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
The Bravest of Them All

or heroes who deserve high praise
The bravest one is that
True hero of the autumn days
Who wears the last straw hat.
Fun
And he is brave beyond compare
Who scorns the urchins' yaps,
And is the first, each year, to wear
In public view, ear laps.
But we the laurel wreath must hand
Unto the tranquil goat
Who first sets forth in the outland-
Ish new style overcoat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

FoREwORD

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
SANITARY SWEEPING

To the Editor Of tho EUeHHD Led0eT:
Slr-ls there no way to compel storekeepers
to sweep sidewalks before the rush Of morning
pedestrians arrives? And If that Is Impossible
is there any way TO force these storekeepers 10
wet the walks before sweeping? In many other
cities there is a law, strictly enforced which
makes II a misdemeanor to sweep sidewalks
after a. M. or to shake a rug or bedclotbIng
out of windows at any time.
II seems TO me that for sanitary and hvgienic
reasons, Philadelphia might well copy such an
ordinance But, of course. we have Councils
ever with us! ~
Philadelphia October @ 1914
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
To the Level of Prophecv

ALITERARY renaissance follows great
"a wars, After 1860 North and South bore
literary fruit. After 1871 France enjoyed a
literary revival Zola and Daudet head a
brilliant list of writer's. The American Rev
olution marks a distinct era in American
literature War appeals TO the imagination
More than one poet is now being rocked
in the red cradle of Europe Take out the
soldiers OF Shakespeare, the vivid battle
scenes of Thackeray, Hugo and Carlyle, the
shining armor and steel of Tennyson and
Byron, and you leave a great gap
Already the imagination Of Great Britain
and Europe is on fire We may with con-
hdence listen for voices of more than con-
tinental range. When the poet rises to the
level OF prophecy, and interprets, he rises
above flags and thrones and speaks for
humanity, If European idealsm has col
Iapsed as some say, not the least among the
duties Of the seer is the rehabilitation Of this
priceless asset Of civilization
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Verbal Shot and Shell

The fact that they fight Sundays is proof
that the European concert Is not sacred one.
Gable dispatch says that General Wing, Boer
hero, has been injured, but fails to elucl-
date whether it's the right or left of that justly
celebrated family.
We must positively decline to print what
Penrose and the Colonel think of each other.
Without intending to be the least officious We
desire to call attention of the proper parties to
an evident oversght-Emperor Franz Josef
hasn't died once during the last week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Greenwich Time

"Gol durn that clock!" exclaimed Farmer
Blinks.
wife.
ITS one of them French clocks. When the
minute hand Is at and the hour hand Is at
and 1t strikes IL / got to stop work and
figure out that it's II minutes to g."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Classified

There are three kinds of people:
Those who interest us,
Those who amuse us,
Those who bore us.
And the alias of the last is Legion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Take Profit Out of Armament

THERE shall be no more private munition
II factories. On one result Of the war men
Of the most diverse viewpoints seem agreed.
H. g. Wells was naturally among the first 10
condemn the private exploitation OF national
defense. The latest is SO eminent a conserya-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMoR
Rrothers in Misery

"I said something to my wife a week aso
and she hasn't spoken to me since"
"Bill, you're friend of mine-try to re-
member what you said"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
APPROVES OF VILLA

To the Editor Of the EreninO Ledoer:
Sir-I want to say that | am sure ,,,,,,. -
eIs applaud most heartily your open-minSsd
stand on Villa Give him a chance
Pbirads,nhta r,o,a,. a.. f. W. II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
THE BRAVES WINNING AVERAGE

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
SRI think l can give &c. S. NJ" the figures
Whlch ne asked for in the EVENING I.EpGER
concerning the Braves phenomenal spurt since
July D. when they occupied the foot OF the lad
uer, with 70 victories and 40 defeats, they nave
won % games and lost only 16 The latter
hgures give the Boston team an ayaro - ~
.7lS for the last three months n VI
Philadelphia, October ,a1I 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
The Placht That Failed

A sailor shanghaied on yacht.
Was nacht satisfied with his lacht;
He planned to desert
But the mate was alert
And he stopped the poor man with shacht.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
No Eve to Beauty

"Ephraim Bones done gone an married
a yaller gal" said Rastus Johnsing, "an
when Ah tole him dat All didn't think she
wus purity, he up an says dat Ah mus b.
color blin"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

Comics bludgeoning Athletics
Have a combat almost due
With the hired men of Stallings;
With the Boston baseball crew.
VIII they put the rue in Rudolph?
Win they make a jay of James?
VIII they tie up knots in Tyler?-
Wait until you see the games.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
A Fall Delicacy

Father, what do you know about the Diet of
Norms?' asked young Mr.. Callowhill, who was
studying his history lesson.
The chap mast have been eating chestnuts"
replied Mr Calowhill. who busy with tha
war news, and did not wish to be bothered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

Registration is vexatton-to Penroseism
Clothes do not make the man, and in this
era neither does the man make the clothes
Carranza agrees to quit if the army says
so. But whose army?
Hatchets and cooked hats were buried at
the White House yesterday with affecting
ceremony.
William Of Wied is busiIy engaged in look
ing for job in the king business, and has
no references from his former employers.
It's said they are now canning whale beef
in Alaska, 20 tons to the whale whale of
fish story, if true or not.
Suppose We give both sides permission to
recruit a regiment or two OF croakers over
here. They would be agreeably missed.
Not a living soul will worry even if the
strike OF the Wood Workers Onion does
boost the price Of cofhns.
Industrial pessImIsts Will read with regret
that the grain exports from the port Of Phila
delphia for September showed an increase Of
a million bushels over last year.
The German retreat from the enyirons Of
Paris was said 10 have been followed By gen
eral confusion. Not to mention General
French and General Joffre.
The Chicago proposition 10 use police sta
tions as employment bureaus has at least one
merit 1t would bring the bluecoat into the
undeFdogs life as a helpful instead Of 2
punitive influence
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Glass Extinction

A high born young Miss of Manassas
Fell into a cask of molasses;
And the folk who gave aid
Got so stuck on the maid
That she came out as one Of the masses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
The Song of Gambrinns

Though sadly out of tune an officer seatad
on keg of beer was evoking a noise from its
battered keys and 10 its accompaniment some
soldiers were bawlng lustily."-The outlook
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
OrnithoIogicallv Speakinp

Boarder-I don't eat enough to keep a bird
alive
Landlady-An ostrich?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
The Zero of Meanness

Hes awfuly small!'
Small? He's smaller than the West Phil
adephia apartment in which he lives"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
The Peryersity of Woman

Though Virginia is dry State, Miss Ruby
Wine still keeps sober house at Brandy Sta
tion, that State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
See Colorado First

From the Boston Transcript
According TO news from New York Jobr II
Roekefeler has decided 10 devote a larrs sbar.
OF MS millions to solving labor problems Wsu
rado. - S'io-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
Why Not Try Dynamite?
We PLAY il Safe

Girl fnisher wanted"-sgn on a Chestnut
street store.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
THE HANDS OF ESAU

First of Series of Articles Showing the Methods by Which the Ogan
ton Beays the Txpayer-Wholeale Misrepresentation Used
Discredit Honesty in the Public Service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05
CURIOSITY SHOP

Once when Rabelais was a great distance
from Paris and without funds, he prepared
three packages Of brickdust, one labeled
POISON for the King; the second, poison
for MOnsgnor," and the third Poison for
the Dauphin." His landlord at once informed
the police, and Rabelais was shipped 10
Paris, where the affair ended in a laugh
The "Paphian Mimp" was an expression of
the lips much in vogue a century ago. Lady
Emily told Miss Alscrip, the heiress that il
was acquired By placing ones self before a
mirror and repeating continuously the words
"nimni pimni" when the lips cannot fail
70 take the right pile"
In olden times a grasshopper was known
as a "grig," hence the expression merry as
a grig" Tennyson in The Book" refers TO
the grig;
"High-elbowed grlgs that leap in summer
grass"
Sir Christopher Hatton, who died in 1891
and the date of whose birth Is unknown
danced himself into the favor OF Queen Eliza
beth, who made him Lord Chancellor and a
X, C. He was known as the Dancing Chan
sailor"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

William Of Wied is busiIy engaged in look
ing for job in the king business, and has
no references from his former employers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

Clothes do not make the man, and in hi
era neither does the man make the clothe!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-05

Hatchets and cooked hats were buried at
the White House yesterday with affecting
ceremonY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
HUSBAND AND WIFE
BURNED TO DEATH
Caretakers of Old Steinway
Mansion Lose Their Lives in
Fire That Destroys House.

Matthias Obmann, 65 years old, and
his wife, Annie, SO years old, were
burned to death yesterday afternoon
in a fire that destroyed an old country
mansion occupied by Philip Burkard,
whose family was for number Of
wears associated with the late William
Steinway, in the Steinway section Of
Long Island City.
Owing to his wife being detained in
Germany on account of the war, Mr..
Burkhard has been spending most OF
his time with his sons in Steinway,
his home being left in charge Of the
Obmanns as caretakers.
When the fire was discovered smoke
was issuing from the windows, and
following the alarm several people ran
20 the house 10 see what had become
of the Obmanns. Through basement
window they saw the couple sitting to-
gether, apparently supplied by the
smoke. The would-be rescuers were
unable TO force an entrance, and in
a few minutes the upper floors gave
way and the blazing embers fell into
the basement.