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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

tween the successful and the unsuccessful man
is that the man OF success begins WORKING out
his idea and sticks to tito finish. While
your man who is failure gets a siorious sim.
mer Of riches far beyond, starts working out hi.
idea, smashes into the first fence, and quits
cold. MY boy, begin and stick. And don't stick
as matter OF duty or merely TO make good
your self-promise. Stick as IL you wanted Ia
stick!'
We are all doers OF sood-mentally. But
either through fear Of making bungle Of our
efforts or because we lack the courage to put
into operation good instincts and inspirations
and to keep them going" we do not become
actual doers Of good.
The next time you get an idea that has an
honest, worthy ambition in front OF It. whether
you consider it DID, worn out, insignificant or
what not. Just remember the real estate man.
Begin to work IL out
But, most important OF all, work It out to
finish.
Conceiving, operating and sticking - thess
three. But the greatest Of these is stickingi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
For the Service of Philadelpbi,

T'HE sympathies Of The Evening Ledger
will be instant I'm favor of programs which
promise TO make this city a better r.rv in
which 10 I.Ee lr will not accomplish trs
purpose unless il senses the social and civic
ioneinss Of th" thousands Of lomeowrors
and homemakers who have made phIsdeI-
phia the splendid metropolis. that +, ie r.
viii battle with rLem FOR better facilities .,
every solt 10 which they are reasonably en-
Titled and OF which they are unreasonable
deprived l. is the duty OF great news
paper 70 mirror The aspirations OF the COM
mnnIty ia serves. 10 visualize conditions ~
life as hey ar" and picture them as tbe,.
can he and viii he. n must he rl. smokes
man N TN" man to the street Tho woman i'm
the house. rao 4rI who meets tho oprlsb
NJ necessity Dy hnr own tol VITA whole
hearted enthusiasm and with no interests
70 serve save the interests Of the commrnit,
the State and the nation, the Evening Ledger
dedicates itself To this policy of service and
takes its place among the institution. Of
Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
Nine Points of the L aw

Harper's Magazine describes an excellent sit
uatlon suitable for very young ladies':
The lovely girl having fingered minute in
her room to make sure that her skirt fitted to
her entire satisfaction, descended to the parlor
to find the family pet ensconced upon the knes
of the young man caller, her curly head nestled
comfortably against his shoulder.
"Why, Mabel" the young lady exclaimed,
"aren't you ashamed of yourself? Get right
down"
"sha'n't do it, retorted the child. 81 got here
first"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

poisons are known only to the Indians, who
have kept their secret for hundreds of years.
The municipality compels mourners to deco
rate the Paris crematory with flowers and
charges from 90 cents to s1O03, according to
the class OF services desired Before crema"
tion can take place half q dozen certificates
signed and counterslgned and vsed, are re-
quired under the red tape which prevails In
the French capital
White is the badge of mourning of the Chi
nese. The Andaman Islander, who still eschews
clothes, paints his entire body white. The
Egyptians used yellow as their visible sign OF
grief. In Europe white was used by the Cas-
tilians as late 1898 in connection with the
obsequies of Prince John
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
A Spring Poem Without Flower,

Contrary to general opinion there are several
varieties of spring poems, some of which bloom
in the fall. Mr.. W. p. Eaton deserves credit for
this:
''1t is spring today; know the sight
The smell Of asphalt fills the air.
The gas-ppe men are mendng lines
And digging bitches in the square"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
Is William II wearing IT?

BUFFALO BILL who is still active in the
ID show business, once took Sitting Bull 10
the colonel commanding the nearest frontier
post OF those days-probaby an inland
metropolis by this time. The Colonel seeking
4" impress the doughty Indian with the ad-
Nantages OF civilization, invited him 10 a for.-
mai dinner 4 dOrid round faced butler.
nlred for Tie occasion, handed a spotIcss
White ma pkin 10 the Indian warrior. The lat
ter looked the serviette over grunted once or
twice and then-spresd it on his chair and
sat on II BRADFORD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
A Kind of Stick.fo-it.ivencss

Two business men, 1t is told, were Iunch-
ing together when an old graybeard stumped
by. That's Brown lie works for me-" said
the first business man.
Hes an honest-lookins chap Has he got
staying powers?" asked the second business
man.
"lIe has that" said the FIRST. "TIe began at
the bottom of the ladder in rs, and he's stayed
there ever since"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
War and the Dictionary

cable dispatch from Paris read: '"ren
members attended the French Academy's reg
ular meeting this week and discussed the word
eXodc' for the dictionary. 'Exode mean e1o-
dus." Evidently the French are suffering from
lack of sufficient words TO express their de.
light over the retreat OF the Germans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
Another Kind of the Same

What do you think Of this example Of
constancy? 1t is cited by the Alta Vista (Ilan)
Journal:
Jacob Eisenhut in town Monday wear.
ing work shirt he bought Al years ago when
he lived in beautiful old Switzerland. 1t cost
S15O."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
A Long Shot

In a textbook arithmetic the Sacred
Heart Review has discovered the following i'm
genious problem: "a cannon ball travels $40
feet in one second. How far will it be from tho
muzzle of the gun after the lapse of thirty-lvs
rlinutcs?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
A Double tumble

who was that tough-looking chap 1 saw you
with today. IIcks?r
"Be careful. Parker That was my twin
brother"
BY Jove old chap. forgive me. ought to
have known" Boston Transcript
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

SUPERSTITION plays a large part in the
~ lives OF the Hohenzollerns The appear
ance Of the mysterious White Lady in the
palace i'm Potsdam--or is it Berlin?-is said
10 presage q death i'm the family And now
comes word that the Kaiser is wearing his
lucky ring. Whence came the token no one
knows Frederick the Great, on ascending
the throne, found among his fathers posses
sons a small box containing a ring set with
a strange black stone and a note by Fred
ertck /. stating that the ring had been given
to him by his father on his deathbed. with
the injunction that so long as n remained
i'm the family the fortunes Of The IIohen2oI-
lerns would endure The ring was stolen
from Frederick William II by his mistress.
Countess Lichrenau, and win irs dfsappear-
ancr came the disasters Of the NapoIoopic
wars. lr was restored i'm 1913, tho YEAR Of
the Prussian liberation, and Schneider the
biographer Of William I, declares that he
saw 1t on the hand Of that monarch during
the war Of 1870.
Is William II wearing fl?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

Mr. Pinehot may be without q party b,,r
what does he care: lie has the nomination
Mr. Bryan is not for peace an any price
I'm fact the price depends entirely ON I'M.
sE. of rHo audience.
The n"sy awaio.g $ also doing me.B.n.
10 bring about the END Of The war. NapoIeon
had an idea that II generally would in any
war
The only Thing The people understand
about rapid transit is that they are not get
ting fl. 1t VIII not take thom long to fnd
ouL why.
Cutuu2 down the river and harUor hin Dy
cutting everything out OF il except The
porl may De good politics. Dut ir is mot
e"od business There is trade bon ,he ,'Hega-
n~ah' ant Delaware Canal bur few votes.
FlaHEHm could generally state "a .onmor-
sense conclusion without wasting words
This sentence Of his was much used in the
Revolutionary period: They that can give
up essential liberty TO obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
Z tstys1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
PASSED BY THE CENSOR

IIFB in some newspaper of1ces-that is,
Lofiicial life-is about as certain as the
weather week hence, and no one knows
this better than the theatrical manager. Not
so long ago the dramatic editor of Phila-
delphia paper called upon a manager and
was amazed to find him giving a pass for
two seats to the papers office boy.
Great Caesar, YOU don't give tickets to
that boy, do you?" asked the dramatic
editor, after the boy had departed
You bet do" responded the manager, ~
don't know how soon he'll be your boss and
I'm not taking chances"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14
THOU NAMELESs COLUMN
A Reminder

Our own private war in Montana is also I.
Butte.-Boston Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

NTHERE there's a will, there's Il way,
w says the old adage, and there appears
a way to fulfil the alleged last will Of Peter
the Great. This will. the object of 100 years
of controversy. is said to rest in the archives
of Petrograd, but far as Is known no
modern eye has ever been laid on the orig
nal copy of this mystic document. Accord
ing TO Frederic Gaillardet, a friend of the
elder Dumas, the will contained Is clauses.
Peter asserted that in order to become great
Russia must always be at war with Europe
ntermarriages with Germany are to be fos-
tered; Poland is to be divided; Sweden and
Denmark melted TO discord encroachment
is to be made along the Black and Baltic
Seas: Austria is to be used as an ally against
Turkey and then defrauded OF its gain and
plunged into defensive wars against other
European States, and Russia made dominant
by a policy of playing one State against
another.
The authenticity of the will is very much
in doubt. but it gains interest, nevertheless
in view OF Russias present stand in Euro
pean politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

CPEAKING Of the elder Dumas recalls a
- literary document OF another nature
which was not authentic, but-here is the
story:
In the middle +O's Dumas had engaged q
large corps Of tIanslators, among them being
the father Of the writer, then an impecunious
newspaper man. To him fell the task of
translating "Das Boa Konstriktor" u German
novel OF stupendous length. written by Spin
dler and published in Hamburg in 1897.
Dumas took the translation, transposed the
scene from Germany TO France and rechris-
tened the book The Count OF Monte Cristo"
Dumas katherine Blum is also trans
lation, almost verbatim from The Fores-
ters," German play
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

TUTHER BURBANK has a rival in con-
Instructive eugenics. IL it may be so called.
His name is George White and he lives in
Eaton, o., which will now become famous
as the home of the scratches chicken, for
that is the type being evolved by White
through process of elimination and eugenics
as applied to poultry. White bred and cross
bred chickens until he produced a big white
fowl, with legs fit only for the tiniest OF
bantams. lie asserts that his new breed
cannot dig UP a neighbours garden and is not
so apt to stray from its own fireside, because
Its legs only reach the ground" In addition
the new breed, being more sedate, is of a
lesser temperamental mentality and prac-
tically devoid of all neurasthenic symptoms.
He says nothing of its capacity for laying
eggs, however.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

DEFLECTED in the light Of his great
lGunce, Helmuth Won Moltke. Chief OF
Staff of the German armies, has stood the
acid test Of publicity very well. Though
little is known about this siX-foot- -four giant,
his father-iu-law, the Danish Count Won
Moltke. is responsible for the story of his
daughters wedding to the present military
leader. Helmuth fell in love with his distant
cousin and namesalie Eliza Won MOtke but
her father declared that he would withhold
his consent until the great Won MoltlIe, the
uncle, had given his consent. A few days
later came a telegram to Copenhagen an
nouncing the coming of Germany's silent
man. The Danish Count waited at the rail-
road station to welcome the victor of Sedan,
A man dressed in a snuff Colored worn suit
emerged from seCond-Class carriage, carry
ing dingy little bag. 1t the General
Inquiry elected the fact that his worldly be-
longings were in the bag and that he did
not possess a valet The consent was given
and Helmuth and Eliza Notke have
lived an ideal family life ever since. Incl
dentally, it may be mentioned that Helmuth
Won Moltke won the Iron Cross for personal
bravery during the of 1870.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-14

MI Pinehot may be without q party but
what does he care: lie has the nomination
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
FRENCH OFFICER SHOT
AS TRAITOR TO COUNTRY
Wife Was German-born, Reported
Cause of His Conduct at Namur.

NEW YORK, Sept, l5-Accord.ng 10 n
story related hore today by Ralph Dewey
an American merchant Of 5sl Fifth ave-
nue who has lived IN Paris l5 years,
General Percin. Of the French army was
sentenced 20 death and shot following
Peren's conviction before a field court
martial on charges OF being traitor
Reports have reached this country that
he was killed by another French officer
because the alleged traitor had surreu-
lared Namur 10 the Germans without
good fight, but no confirmation OF the
incident has been received except Mr
Deweys assertion.
Mr.. Dewey said Percin commanded
about 5000 troops ana had received orr
drrs 70 rush 10 the relief Of the British
Belgian forces operating near NaWur, but
the Freuchman did not obey them.
III was brought ont az General PerCln's
trial that lie was married 70 a German
woman" said Mr., Dewey that he was
member Of a secret society which is
strong IN Germany, and that he had fire.
4usntly visited that country
When questioned as 10 why he had
not 51syed his orders he made a trivial
excuse. and he was sentenced 10 death
and shot within an hour"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
Camden and Suburban
Railroad .....r-r......
231,760 s4Tc5 50
$1,000 TOWARD RELIEF
FUND FOR PALESTINE
Contributions at Meeting Addressed
by Brandeis and Doctor Levin.

An appeal for aid for about 1000 Jews
scattered throughout the Zionist colonies
in Palestine and who are now suffering
privation as a result OF the European
war was made by Louis p. B-andeis.
lawyer and publicist OF Boston and DR..
Shimriyuha Levin, a former member Of
the Douma and wOuld-renowned Jewish
Nationalist leader, at a meeting last night
In Musical Fund Hall. The meeting was
held under the auspices OF the Zionist
Federation.
IL was explained that because OF the
war in Europe the material support that
Jews in Palestine hitherto had received
from their brethren in all parts Of
Europehas been cut OF It Is the
purpose OF the Zionist Federation 70 coll
leet a fund Of 10000 in this country
Tor the relief of the destitute in Pales-
tine. Contributions OF 5000 were received
az last nights meeting. In addition 10
the two speakers brought here, Dr. Solo
mon solis-Cohen, Of this city, made an
address,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
CANADA BECOMES
FERTILE FIELD FOR
AMERICAN EXPORTS
Introduction of Austro-Ger-
man Wars and Stoppage of
European Trade Creates
Receptive Market.

Great opportunities are available for
the establishment of an enormously In
creased export trade with Canada in
made In America" goods, according to
Dudley Bartlett, chief of the Foreign
Trade Bureau OF the Philadelphia Com
mercial Museums. These opportunities
are direct result of the European war,
through the action of the Canadian Min
lister of Customs in prohibiting the i'm
portation into Canada of goods from Ger
many and Austria-H Hungary. The i'm
ports from these two countries into Can
ada amounted in round numbers to &c.,
100000 annually. 1t was also pointed out
that the Imports from France, Belgium
and Russia, which for the time being
are as effectively cut off as If they were
forbidden, amounted approximately to
$20,oOo,oOO q. year. So this prohibited and
interrupted import trade of Canada totals
$50, 900. 900.
ut Is reasonable" Chief Bartlett says
ito assume that Canada will be in the
market for substitutes for the goods
which make up this total. That they
will have to be imported Is a reasonable
assumption. 1t is hardly likely that the
Canadian manufacturers at this time are
in a position to make up the deficit
though they may seize the moment to
develop along the necessary manufactur-
ing lines. This leaves two alternatives:
Importation from Great Britain or from
the United States. 1t is hardly reason
able to expect that British manufac-
turers will be able to take advantage OF
the present opportunity. On the other
hand, 1t would not be surprising if i'm
amounted 70 Sl39, 1856 last year, should
be temporarily curtailed."
The present opportunity for American
manufacturers in Canada is principally
in the lines here enumerated. And to
make the information of practical value
the importation on the lines given from
each OF the belligerent countries are also
given for the fiscal year ending March
81, 1915:
Baskets-Bsglum. Slaa24; France. sC375;
Brooms-France, s13G,a11; Germany. S45.O2o.
Cutlery-Germany. S4OO,O
gary, s5i.2is; Germany. s6i 566. nun
Hosiery cottOn--iermany, S+il, sos
Lamp chlmneys-Austr!a-H Hungary, SIS lS9:
Germany. SlTT.GST.
SuEar-Germany. 5000, Sf5.
Tableware and china-Austria- Hungary.
f73T2S: Germany. $3O0,5S6,
Sa2G, 300
Moolen underwear-Germany. s28i,454.
Woolen knit goods-Germany Sl0i. 159.
Regarding the Canadian tariff, British
goods enter Canada under the 'preferen-
tial tariff" most Of the French goods
under the intermediate tariff and all
American goods under the general tar
III" The preference given to British
goods is generally from 20 to 10 per cent.
OF the duties On American goods
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
BERLIN DISTRUSTS
WAR OFFICE DENIAL
OF ALLIES VICTORY
Crowds Gather on Streets,
Demanding the Truth.
Whispers of Socialist Up
rising in Interior of Ger
many.
LONDON, Sept. Is.

LONDON, Sept. Is.
Gloom prevails throughout Germany in
spite of the German War Of1ce's denial
that the invasion of France has been
checked, according to dispatches received
here. Excitement over reports of Ger
man defeats persist and in Berlin people
are congregating on the streets, demand
ing to know the truth. In Munich news
paper offices are besieged.
Advises from Berlin admit repulses at
some points owing to the preponderance
Of the allies forces, but declares that
these at the most are but partial victories,
not hindering the general German ad-
vance. 1t declares that the battle in
France was without decision up till Mon
day night.
The Government is making public only
some of the losses and the newspapers are
carrying only small percentage of even
the official lists. There is declared to be
grave discomfort because the Government
has failed to make any provision for the
unemployed. Business generally is at
standstil and the leading Socialist news
papers are complaining because the Gov
ernment is employing prisoners on road
work instead of hiring German unem-
ployed.
Some of the reports received from inte-
rior Germany say that already there are
whispers of an uprising by the Socialists,
who feel that the country has been de-
ceived by the Kaiser. These reports, how
ever are extremely vague and Impossible
Of veri1cation.
Letters to the Daily Telegraph from It's
correspondent at Stockholm say thnt Ber-
lin has undergone startling changes IN
the last two weeks. The singing, shout
ing, enthusiastic mob that thronged the
streets n fortnight ago has divided into
hundreds OF little groups that stand ABOUT
discussing news Of the day In low voices.
The stream of humanity that nightly
coursed UP and down Inter den Linden
has thlnned. 1t has lost its boisterous-
ness. Landsturm call to colors has drawn
heavily on the male population In Ber-
lin. Women fill beer garden now, with
a sprinklng Of older mon and, here and
there, soldiers in gray carrying arms In
sings. Confidence was the spirit or all
two weeks ago; today it is doubt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15
CzAR'S AMBITION 7
TO COMMAND TROOPS
THAT TAKE BERLIN
Embittered at Kaiser, Plan,
to Occupy German Capital
at Any Cost-AbandoD,
Hungarian Campaign.
PETRoGRAD, Sent ~

PETRoGRAD, Sept IL
That the proposed invasion OF tt,n.
gary by a strong Russian body has b.,,
definitely abandoned was intimated bsr.
today. 1t is realized by the Rus,,s.
General Staff that the German resis,aro.
will be very strong, and Il has been dsa.
nitely decided that the entire Russlon
field army, first and second line troon,
will be retained for the capture of Berlin
The Car is determined that Ber,,
shall be taken IL 1t costs the Russlsn
Empire It's entire fighting strength. HI,
former friendship for the Kaiser ha,
been replaced by an enmity which cour,
officials say is the most bitter he ha.
indicated against any one. He Is detsr.
mined that his forces will take Berlin
and that he will ride into the city n.
the head of his troops.
Because Of this 1t is officially stated
that there will be no side movement,
The crown land of Buckovina was taken
and the passes through the CarpathIans
have been held purely as defensive
part of Austria for the passage Of their
troops toward Berlin, but It is unlikely
that any real attempt will be made to
invade Hungary proper. The seryian
troops may do so ana will be aided by
the Russians in every way but the main
Russian columns, after the Austrien
army Is completely disposed Of, will be
sent directly across Germany IL possible.
There is growing feeling here that
Austria will soon admit inability to con.
tlnue the war. The fact that her main
army has been crushed and its capture
is considered n strong possibility means
she will soon be no longer active.
Discussing the general situation today
Minister of War Sukhomlinoff declared:
The Russian army is going to cap
ture Berlin. That Is the task as
signed to it by the allies in the pres
ent war. The entire strength Of the
Russians will be used to this purpose.
We have been compelled to remove
the Austrians as source of danger,
but we have not planned any general
invasion of Hungary or any attempt
to take either Budapest or Vienna.
The Austrian army is crushed Its
losses in killed, wounded and prisoners
exceed 250,O0O. They have lost grea.
part of their artillery. The position
of the remnants of their army Is
precarious, and its surrender would be
no surprise. On the other hand. the
spirit of the Russian troops was nevee
better, and they are ready to press
forward without further delay. Rus
sia Is administering the captured terri
tory, but it will not forcibly annex any
of Austria's territory Questions Of
that sort must be left until after the
war Is over.
Russia will be inclined to be more
lenient with Austria than with Germany
Petrograd officials declare.