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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin.
ion on Subjects Important to City,
State and Nation.
70 the nditor ot the Eyenirn L.daer..

To the Editor Of the Evening LedoeY.
Sir-In view Of the fact that the vote In vir-
gina makes eleven States that have gone pro-
hlbtion through the non-partean influence Of
women on the votes of men alone, how can the
suffraglsts circulate such ridiculous appeals al
they sent out recently?
OF the nine suffrage States none Is prohibition
but Kansas. and It went dry three years before
women got the vote there. Colorado, OREGON.
Washington and California, suffrage States. ali
rejected prohibition and Wyoming, where
women have voted 45 years, never voted as much
as one county dry" Can DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw or any of the other suffrage leaders tell
your newspaper why?
If only IS per cent of the Colorado woman
had voted against the saloons in 1912, prohibi-
tion would have won by more than 5000 votes.
without one male ballot in It's favor. Why didn't
the women voters there represent true woman
hood as well as the male voters have in male
suffrage States?
Only per cent. of the registered women in
the whole city of Chicago voted on September
o. Can any sane person believe that the other
30 per cent. are represented as we'll by the fe-
male politicians and feminists as they are by
their own husbands fathers. sons and brothers?
Why are Denver, Chicago and Frisco wide
OPEN on sundays? Because the kind of women
that want to ape men like such Freedom"
EDWARD ToAL.
Ardmore, September oS 1914
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HE WANTS SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger.
Sir-Knowng nothing whatever about the mat
ter, ] am, OF course, competent to discuss the
question of Sunday amusements 1 realize at
the outset that it is wofully wicked to enjoy one
day Of rest week. know that seeing n game
of baseball between healthy minded youngsters
will send me to eternal demntion. I feel too,
that " l were to spend hour watching NOV
ing pictures of worlds events 1 would sizzle
in the sheo of past ages.
And yet being a brave man, would willingly
take chance on the hereafter in order that I
might escape typical Philadelphia Sunday-the
dullest, most horrfying day of all the week.
Truly, I'd rather work than pass a Sunday in
this town.
Is there no happy medium on which the Blue
Stockings could meet the sane Sundayites and
arrange for religious observance until, say 1
o'clock, and decent, orderly amusements after
that hour? Or is this city to remain retroactive
and blue-lawy?
MICHAEL E. PHISTO.
Philadnlnhia Sentnnhnr 1914
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Treat Turkey Fairly but Firmly

TTTHATENER course may be taken by the
w United States in consequences of Tur-
keys abrogation of the capitulations it
should at least he definite and firm For
obvious reasons there is little continuity in
cur diplomatic policy, so far as we have one;
but that is certainly no reason for hesitancy
and wavering in dealing with such ques-
tion as that which rises out of the action Of
the Ottoman Government Internal condi-
tions in Turkey are much disturbed, as is
evidenced by the fact that several Of the
principal American schools in that country
have been cut off from communication with
manner of the remuneration of the treaties
with European nations and the United States
is not exactly encouraging to easy diplomatic
negotiation; and the conduct of Ambassador
Rustem Bey, which may or may not repre-
sent the Turkish attitude toward this couu-
try, hardly suggests mildness in our com
muncations with the Government from
which he is accredited. AS for Ambassador
A. Rustem Bey, he has been blandly insolent.
Our educational and charitable interests" in
Turkey, which were established under the
important as large commercial interests could
be. The American people know compara-
lively little yet, to what the Admin
istraton has said to Turkey and how it has
been said; but there is no doubt that prompt
and decisive action on the part OF this Gov
ernment is Indispensable to national self
respect and the protection of our interests
I'm Turkey
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Hail to the Braves!

DHILADELPHIA extends the hand Of con-
i graduation to the Boston Braves and
promises them a cordial welcome to our
city 1t is pleasant to have new foe, the
first since the Cubs fell before the mighty
prowess of the Athletics. Not the naughty,
metropolitan enemy this time. but an en-
bassy from learned, cultured Boston. The
worlds series OF 1914 will be unusually
classic. To the Braves all courtesies will be
extended the keys OF the Quaker City will
be theirs; everything but the title Of
Worlds Champions.
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Constructive Diplomacy

A certain diplomat, perceiving that the
pcaCe of the world cloud laughtcr) depends
upon "A nicely adjusted equivalence OF martial
bristliug on the part Of the Powers severaIy
was much concerned over the propensity of
superdreadnoughts to become obsolete al
most before they can be got into the water
"A superdreadnought which isn't up to the
minute no more makes for peace he con-
fesscd. than a last years car makes for
social prestige"
He thought moment, 1.-THE amount of II
seems to be-" he reflected, that Obsolescence
as il affects naval construction, is too vital
a thing to be left to develop I'm its own way"
4 little more and inspiration descended
upon him. "What we need" he declared "is
a great many international conventions reg
Native of the tooth Of time, so to render its
mordancy less marked"
I'm short he was from that moment among
the rare company OF the worlds really con-
structiye diplomats.-New York Evening
Post.
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ALTHOUGH THE SEASON OF THY LIFE
DECLINE

Although the season Of thy life decline,
And this thy body show her wiutry night
These springtime suns will grant perpetual
light,
Nor ever coldy on the lily snine,
Nor ever codly on this flesh Of thine;
Earth's children take no unreturning flight
. Yearly the primrose halls thy yearning sight
Yearly each hedge restores the eglantne.
And though thy brain and body tire and fail
And though Death make a harvest Of thy
dears.
And hang his sickle near thy door by night
Before thee then new mercies viii unyeil,
New hands full OF old kindness, stay thy
tears,
New eyes console thee with the old love-
light.
Edith Anne Stewart in London Nation.
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TNHE writer's OF each warning nation pre-
l. sent united front against the pens Of
the enemy ana no quarter is given 10 per-
sons or peoples who wave a foemau's flag.
The literary conflict is interesting 10 watch
Hugo Muensterberg, who usually backs his
German propagandism with the name Of
Harvard University, presents in one OF the
October magazines most engaging picture
Of Emperor William, the Man. The
kaisers sense Of humor, the beauty OF his
domestic life his marvellous intellectual
versatility. which suTpasses even that Of
Theodore Roosevelt; the Incompatible mag
Retism OF his psrsOnality-all blend in this
portrait Of "GeTmany's most delightful man"
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To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
.Sir-Like many readers. 1 have been puzzled
t" account for lack of a sea battle in the Euro
pean war. We all expected England's great
navy to do something spectacular when Church.
i'll first gave 1t sealed orders. But so far moth
ing has happened beyond few petty engage
ments. Germanys fleet is apparently able by
means of the Kie Canal to scuttle back and
forth from the North Sea, where England waits
to the Baltic, where the Russian navy Is not
strong enough to do any damage. But where
all this time are the French ships? Why have
not the combined navies of England, France
and Russia been able to close up both ends
of the canal and cut Germany off from inter-
course with Scandinavia, across the Baltic?
WILL BOND.
Camden, N. J. September % 1914
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To the Editor Of the EUeuimg Ledger:
Sr-As a saleslady. l have been much inter-
ested in the letters appearing in your columns
regarding the treatment of customers. | was
pleased, of course, that shopper should admit
her occasional feelings; but feel we girls owe
it quite as much to her to admit that very often
we are far from courteous or patient. Some
times, of course, ii is not our fault. Standing
all day at work gets on ones nerves. But often
we are merely "soured on life," and let out
our feelings the customer. F. A. c.
Philadelphia, September 2S, 1914
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A COMMISSION FOR PHILADEIpHIA

To the Editor Of the EvcninD Ledger:
Sir-7Therc is Very plain lesson from the
''marhe halls'' grab. Philadelphia needs a
commission form Of government. She needs to
be able to put her finger squarely on the man
or men who plumber her She needs the chance
of elccting few good men like the present
Mayor, instead of drove of nondescript pro-
fcssiGnal politicians. She needs to get respon-
sbty and business efficiency into her govern
ment. \ commission is the way.
H. L. PLUMMER.
Philadelphia, September 90, 1914.
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How Firm a Foundation

Two Philadelphians We're talking of the
fortune of a third denizen of that city when
one said:
Ills first lucky strike was in eggs. He
bought 10000 dozen at a low figure, put them
in cold storage, and sold them at a profit Of
more than 800 per cent. That was the
cornerstone of his great fortune"
"Ah!" exclaimed the other. "Then the
hens laid it."-Harpers Magazine
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State Conscience Mields Power

~ power Of the collective conscience when
men make an iuterIocking society Of their
consc!euces. Public opinion takes the shape
of something that resembles an avalanche
in strength. Nothing is more feared by
enemies Of the public welfare than the COM
bned moral sense ot a State Issues OF the
campaign are supposed TO be determined by
this nom partisan morality which represents
the sound good sense Of the citizen who
believes that Righteousness exalteth ma
tion but sin is a reproach % any people"
The illumination Of this faculty which CO.
ordinates the human with the divine, ought
10 he one Of the purposes Of the campaign
now making appeal 10 the people Of Penn
svlvania.
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In true prayer--unselhsh petition for the
well being and happiness of others
Later Bill asked Fred IL he had ever rone
out on hot, dirty tramp and on coming
home enjoyed the thrilling sensation OF AZ,
exhilarating bath. Well" continued Rill
that's just the way feel when pray, 1
teel that the real self of me had been put
through cleansing process I am re-
freshed, new all over"
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Indeed our beef will be so high
The Hotel Child

After several years of hotel life. Pcrcival's
parents took up their residence in city
suburb.
What are you doing, SOM" the mother
asked him, when Percival came into the
house one afternoon.
Il was just out on the front porch" re-
piled PercivaI, listening TO a man with
pushcart paging blackberries es"-Judge.
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mating the phrase, from the sublime to the
ridiculous" vet Paine in his age of Rea-
SON antedates him as follows:
The sublime and the ridiculous are often
SO nearly related that IL is difficult to class
them separately. One step above the sub
lime makes the ridiculous and one step
above the ridiculous makes the sublime"
The "odor of sanctity" of old was some
thing more than a mere play of words Su-
perstition held that the body of dead saint
emitted a sweet odor while that of one un-
baptized smelled extensively.
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Never Fails

Life's grim perversity appals,
And makes one frown.
The darn fly paper always falls
Sticky side down.
Kansas City Journal.
"Life's cussedness would try a saint"
| loudly cry.
The painted chair I sat upon
Was not yet dry
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An Unkind Cut

Let us once more take look adown the
vista of time as the years unfold them
selves
1t is the year 1928, and the women have
been thoroughly emancipated and endowed
with complete and inalienable political
rights
She" remarked citizeness, "has the
Presidential bee in her bonnet"
'She has added ctizeness No. ., "and
the bonnet is dreadfully out of style, too"
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Violated Neutrality

why johnny, what's the matter with
you?"
we had free fight mother"
what do you mean2"
There's % fightin' nationalites in our
school mother, and only three stayed neu
trail al"-Clcveland Plain Dealer.
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NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

No greater opportunity has been offered
American genius by the eXigencies of the
European war than is to be found In the
great chance for the development OF real
dye manufactures.-W Times
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A Winner

There was a man in our town
And he was wondrous smart;
There never was an auto that
The fellow couldn't start.
There never was trolley car,
There never was n train,
There never was a vessel that
He galloped for i'm vain.
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Applied Appellatives

Mother" asked Tommy "is it correct TO
say that you water horse when he is
thirsty?"
Yes, my dear" said his mother.
We'll then" said Tommy, picking up a
saucer, I'm going to milk the cat."-Ladies'
Home Journal
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Exposing an Epicure

The cpicure provokes smile:
He babbles ON and will not hush;
He talks champagne and reedbirds while
The doctor feeds him oatmeal mush.
Washington Star
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Taking the Gin" Out of Virginia

From the New Orleans state,
BY actual count 325 paragraphers up to
date have observed that the Prohibitionists
have taken the gin out OF Virginia.
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DONE In PHILADELPHIA

JTTHBN a small news item announced a
w few days ago the death of the driver Of
the first police patrol wagon used in this city
| have no doubt that many who read the
report were rather astonished to learn that
this adjunct to the Police Department had
been introduced so long ago as 30 years. An
other generation has grown up since that
time, and it cannot properly appreciate con-
ditions that existed here before this system
was introduced
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Let the suggestion OF B. C. Forbes, of New
York, lind response everywhere in America. He
says: "To keep every American worker fully
employed and every honest American business
man prosperous. demand made in America
goods. This is self-defense and true patriotism
Detroit Free Press
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
CURIOSITY SHOP

The word "factotum" denoting a man Of
all work, dates back several centuries Ben
Jouson in one Of his plays, makes Tip ask:
Art thou the Domnus?" 10 which the host
replies: "Factotum, here. sir" Fouls. i'm
his History of the Plots Of our Pretended
Saints" 1914 says: HE was so fare the
dOminus factotum in this junctio that his
words were law"
In other days, apothecaries were called by
the name of BOlus because they admins
tered boluses George Colman adopted this
name for his apotheCary who wrote labels
in verse, one OF which was the celebrated
: When taken.
To be well shaken"
But the patient being shaken instead, died.
Although Napoleon is credited with orig
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

Even in baseball it Is good to get out OF a
rut. New Hork's failure to win the National
League pennant for the fourth time in sue
cession is from that point of view a boost
for the game.-New York Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

TIME Introduction of this system was as
i good as a hundred extra men on the force.
BY the end of Mayor Smiths term there
were eight patrol wagons in the city There
was still need of many more, but he had
made a decided step toward efficiency.
At first when the wagons were a novelty
the drivers believed they were expected to
respond as rapidly as fire engine. AS this
was found to wear out the horses unneces-
sarily, after the many runs in the course
of the day, moderate rate of speed was
ordered The plan proved to be the best
adjunct to the police department up to that
time, and with the Introduction of motor
wagons the efficiency has been again in
creased, Although Mayor Smith was i'm
peached, he did a good work, and there are
still living persons who believe that he was
a dandy Mayor" GRANVILLE.
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Happy College DAYS

Did you ever do anything wicked at col
lege?'' asked the first sweet junioress
I'VE once pulled up a bed of iimson weeds
dear" replied the freshmanette.
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The Open Season for Idiots

The hunters now will get in line,
Their turn will soon be here;
And every COW will wear a sign,
Don't Shoot Me, I'm No Deer"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Indeed our beef will he so high
This warning will be heard
As cows go sailing thro' the sky,
Don't Shoot Me, I'm No Bird"
New York Mail
If Cost-of- Living bars the way
And throttles Loves sweet tune,
Why, then, to Cupid men will say
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Immunc."
cleveland Plain Dealer
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Modern Poetry
Tl1is

This gag
is zig poem,
runs then
Which first down.
(Old Milton didn't know EN-; 1t makes the
printers frown)
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in A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Means to an End

Means to an End
you taking cornet lessons, and so years
of age?"
yes, but not for long. I expect to bring
the young lady next door to terms within q
week. She takes singing lessons"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Chance for a Stout LADY

From the Chicago Tribune.
Wantel-Woman, clever, to fill vacancy
with large corporation.
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DUT even with all these improvements,
ID the fact remained when patroman was
taking a prisoner to a police station or an
injured person to hospital, his beat was
unprotected for an hour even as much as
three hours. More delay was caused by the
necessity of taking "drunks" to the police
stations in whelbarrows, when they were
too much under the influence to walk. To
reform condition such this was a real
work of civic betterment and having
learned how successful the police patrol sys-
TEN had worked in Chicago, Mayor Smith ad-
viscd that the system be adopted here. Lare
in the year the first patrol wagon was in-
stalled in the Third Police District, and its
first driver was Alexander Boyd, who died
Il few days ago
The system included the telephone, which
in 1854 was not in general use even in busi-
ness places in this city. Consequently the
police patrol system more than mere
reform; it was radical change. The patrol
man went to little box, telcphoned to tre
station for the wagon and remained at MS
post The plan also provided a system ny
which the police reported every hour to show
they were attending to business.
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PASSED BY THE CENSOR

WHEN King George was still a midship-
w man in her Majestys navy and his
brother, the Prince OF Wales, since dead, was
known as collars and Cuffs" because of his
fondness for those appurtenances of every
day attire, the twain were aboard ship off
southampton. Wales was a sleepy head,
hard to wake, and one morning Prince
George found it we'll nigh impossible to rouse
his brother in time for the usual inspection
Finally, driven to desperation, he bawled
out:
Hey, Collars, get up! They're singing
God Save Your Grandmother already"
history fails to relate whether collars"
ever told Grandma Victoria.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

WHEN your gaze runs afoul Of a male
w adorned with wrist watch and pink
socks and a purple neckte, think kindly or
unkindly of hint all depends upon whether
you swear by Thomas Carlyle or Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes both of whom have furnished
intimate descriptions Of the dandy" Says
the former in "Sartor Resartus':
- dandy is a clothes-wearlug mana man
whose trade, Office and existence is the wear
ing Of clothes Every faculty Of his soul.
spirit purse and person is heroically conse-
Grated to this one object, the wearing OF
clothes wisely and Well so that, as others
dress TO live, he lives TO dress"
And now look on the other side of the
picture furnished by Holiness
There was Alchlades, the curled son OF
Clinias,' an accomplished young man but
what would be called a swell in these days.
There was Aristotle, a distinguished writer
Of whom you have heard-a regular dandy
he was. So was Marcus Antonus-so was
Sir Humphry Davy-so was Lord Palmer
ston, if I am not forgetfuL Dandies such as
was speaking Of have rocked this planet
like a cradle, aye, and left it swinging to
this day"
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(WHICH brings back 10 memory that his
w toric joke about the American girl who
would not marry a British peer declaring
that the Yankee dude'll do"
BRADFORD
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THIS may be base libel on an honored
Il profession, but it is told by the man who
perpetrated the faux pas. He was a reporter
for Baltimore paper-or had been one for
about an hour, this being his first experience
In newspaper work-when the city editor sent
him out to see Cardinal Gibbons. The cub"
rushed down to the modest white house
where the venerable prelate lives and rang
the bell A man servant opened the door.
rs the Cardinal at homer" asked the
reporter.
mo, sir"
"oh, Mrs. Gibbons will do" calculated the
Cub"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

Britain has yet to learn the lesson which
all nations must learn. War is a terrible
thing and the nation which INDUCES in II
must pay the price that staggers" as Presi-
dent Kruger OF the Transvaal put IT, And,
above all, no war is won until the last battle
has been fought.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

Never talk war with your barber. Perhaps
he IS one Of them