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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1914
Brumbaugh Refuses Tainted Fund

AS STRAIGHT and clean and firm as
"A pillar of alabaster Doctor Brumbaugh
stands before the people of Pennsylvania.
All the campaign lies and libels of his oppo-
nents leave him unmarried and rebound upon
their own heads.
My hands are clean" says the Republican
candidate for Governor. when the cam
paign Is over no man can question the
source of the funds used in placing my can
didacy before the people of Pennsylvania
/ have asked the state Committee to furnish
no funds for my campaign and they have
granted my request"
Doctor Brumbaugh is taking no money
from the Republican State Committee. That
is his own emphatic decision He does not
want any connection with the slush fund or
the whisky till. Penrose may use that
money, but Brumbaugh cannot and still he
q man.
Personal friends of Doctor Brumbaugh are
paying his expenses. Many Of the contrib
utors would rather go to the stake than be
affiliated in any way with Penrose. They
are supporting Brumbaugh because they
believe him to be an absolutely honest, fear
less and capable man and the only one who
can redeem the Republican party in the state
from the bighting curse that the Penrose
organization has put upon It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

munity Of q large number Of cheap ofhces'
Instead Of a small number Of Magistrates
at good living salaries and court rooms, the
Legislature provides a quantity OF Magis-
trates at $4,000 each, out Of which salary the
incumbent must rent court room Four
teen conscientious Magistrates at $4,000 each
and court room would do better and quicker
work than any number of political rousta-
bouts at $4,000 without court rooms
we might go into the case Of one Magis.
trate who split his rent by charging half OF
IL to his ward organization for pohtioal
headquarters; or another who conducts
private business at one end Of the room, ana
superintends the issuing of warrants ana
hearing of complaints in the opposite corner
But these are facts any citizen can ascertain
for himself with slight exertion. Just look
around; we should never be lacking in plans
for reform. only instruments for reform are
lacking,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Medical Movies

TVERY day the moving picture machine
T. invades some new fed-war, education.
dance teaching, and now medicine. The
Philadelphia County Medical Society has
watched the actions of virulent germs mag
niied thousands of times. More important,
It has been demonstrated on the film by
motion pictures of patients that there are
ten symptoms which have hitherto escaped
record In nervous diseases.
The films are an indelible record of scien
tihc fact for ages to come. Cheap yet in
valuable. humble yet mighty, the movies"
defeat time and add their mite to the war on
disease Where will they end'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

They met beside the changing sea in June,
And when the moon was shining in the sky
Twas not surprising that the twain should
spoon,
And when the moon was shining In the sky,
II was not strange he called himself a duke,
Nor that the girl in wonderment should sign
And disbelieve. but give him no rebuke
Twas not surprising that the twain should
spoon,
Nor that the lass should claim rich papa;
For they we're by the changing sea in June,
So he controlled his rising "ha, ha, ha-"
Twas not impossible that each might lie,
In telling tales to each, this lass and youth,
And twas not strange that later both should
sigh
On learning that the otherd told the truth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
THE IDEALIsT

It is a prevailing habit TO seek consolation
for the committing of an indiscretion in some
well-established slogan or proverb No mat
ter what you do whether II be for good or
evil, you can always find lying about some-
where q gracefully put together collection OF
words TO justify your act,
The trouble is that the constant repetition
Of these sO-Called proverbs results in most
people believing them 10 possess real virtue.
Old age does not make an error any less
an error
If some insanely disposed individual in
an era that is gone and forgotten gave voice
10 a weak-minded bit of sentiment and the
saying by reason OF a clever arrangement
Of words spread and spread until It became
part OF the language, then frequently II is
received In later time as thing Of long,
demonstrated merit.
The cynic who said Eat drink and be
merry, for tomorrow We die" has much 10
answer for. 1t is not beyond the experience
OF almost any man or woman TO know Of in
eidents where the dead earnest PRONUNCIATION
OF the principle behind these words has
Esrved as a stApping stone 10 a very serious
Wltimats sAaga and Physiesl condition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
The Poets "If"

If I could put the murmur of the limpid brook
in words,
II could catch and hold it's plantive tune;
II I could make translation of the singing Of
the birds
And the whisper of the budding leaves in
June
If had but the power and the golden words
to write
OF how a sunbeam sparkIes on a leaf.
While the dew to II Is clinging when the dawn
has chased the night,
And the earth is young and very far from
grief.
If could write the lyric of the mating robins
call,
II could but transcribe the crickets chirp;
If l could only put In words the woodland
music all
And Its subtle charm for the whole world
usurpI
If could only learn to tell, so they would
sound the same,
The secrets told to me in forest dell,
I'd write ode to Nature that would make
for me a name
And would have at least a lighting chance
to sell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
No Intellectual Slavery at Harvard

TTARvARD will not hesitate. Years ago
II President Eliot fought the battle for
academic independence He fought It under
Sificult conditions, and he won It so de-
eisively that never again at Cambridge will
influence or money drive from the university
dts minds that defy conventions leap into the
unknown and cut the hawsers that bind hu-
Inanity 70 the commonplace.
Professor Muensterberg as the price for an
endowment, real or imaginary, would be too
big a price for Harvard 70 pay He has ten
dsred his resignation TO relieve the trustees
Of embarrassment; but they would as soon
barter the soul OF the institution as make
any such bargain with purchaser. No. the
principle involved was settled years ago, II
ss imbedded now In the very stones OF the
university.
RrSfsssor Muensterberg will never be elected
arom his seat in Harvard simply because
some individual does not approve OF his
uasntal processes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

the discoveries recorded by the Harvard ex-
pedltion to Nebraska.
There, in a recently eroded river bed,
they found living everyday tokens left by
prehistoric America. The relics OF three
towns testified TO the humdrum pursuits Of
man in periods centuries old. In the last and
the furthest stratum was found-what? Not
any of the stupid commonplaces Of research"
but the remnants Of a deserted feast. And
there at the end Of the menu were mute wit
nesses to the American mans oldest and
most modern of friendly designations, three
ash-flled pipes. AS a record of common
humanity they were worth searching years
to dud
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
THE BABBLINC FOOL

A Chinaman makes use OF the doctor when
Wen Wen TO keep from getting sick. Others enjoy
lhe doctor when sick to prevent them from
getting well. The logic is on the side OF the
Chihaman' The man Is an exception who does
hoI ger the cart before the horse, or at least
lock the stable after the horse Is miles away.
CHINA Is much better trained in manners
and morals than America Manners are yio-
lated here as In the case OF the kings Eng
lish As TO morals, there are none except
among the undiscovered.
Missionaries ought to be sent to the top of
society at home. not TO the bottom OF society
IN China and Japan. There is no such thlAa
as Christian nation. 1t is still to come.
The art OF living is lost one In the Occt-
dent. Orientals know the trick OF living. -
American society is rotting at the top. The
poor are better than the rich and the poor
haven't much to boast about. F .alr
II civilization keeps going down the toboE-
gan as II has started, the yellow man viii
ride as king through the streets OF Berlin
and live In the White House AZ Washington
within a century. @-if@ =
r1sgzmE ifl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Doubtless Somewhere, Sometime

THE Councilman who accepts a salared
i office from the Organization invites scru-
tiny Is it not the old trick of the Organiza-
ton to pay it's servants with public funds, to
find places for the men whose votes it needs.
to trade it's snecures for individual sub
serviency?
1t is not a good time for dual officehoders
The eyes of the community are on them.
They are marked man. They are objects Of
suspicion Yet doubtless somewhere some
time there was or is or will be dual office
holder honest and brave and independent
forgetful of the Illicit influence productive of
his salary and vgilant in the public service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Annanolis Ventures Out

TF WEST POINT won't play" the Navy.
j at any rate, is ready to venture out into
the great world in effort to spread the
football prowess OF Uncle Sam beyond the
bounds OF the backyard. Tomorrow the An
napolis eleven comes up TO Philadelphia for
the FIRST game ever played outside home
grounds except for the annual contests with
the Army Penn must deal gently with the
little stranger, so far from home, mother and
his little playmate, West Point But Penn
has dealt in Just that way with everybody
else this season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
From the War Smoke of Europe

TOLsToY predicted the great man in Eu-
! rope He has not yet appeared. That he
may rise up out OF the tumult Of war is not
an unreasonable hope, since this has been
the history OF crises When he does come
he will probably not be recognized at once.
It is opportune for master mind TO appear
tust now, whose task II will be to gather up
the scattered fragments OF society and gov
ernment and readjust them. It requires
greater man to build than to destroy. Crea-
ton is more difficult than iconoclasm,
Whatever the outcome Of the war may be.
a great mind must reconstruct and uplft
The next era will likely he one Of sober
thinking, not Of violent and destructive fight
ing. An age Of titanic forces demands
Titan to rule them. The great man-some
Amos or Savonarola-may confidently be
looked for rising up out of the war smoke Of
Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Philadelphia, octobef is.
LOVE OF MONEY IN BASEBALL

To the Editor OF the Evenin0 Ledger: 5,
Sir-The Worlds Series Is over, alas! out IL
may not be too late to call attention to tne
high compliment Christy Mathewson palu ,re rhe
veteran pitcher applies the psychology of base
ball to the case of the Giants, and explains explains
gamcs In the worlds Series of 1911, of 1872,
or 1918, they all thought of anything but t. the
execution of the play of the moment. Ineg
thought instead what 1t meant IN uoIsrs aI.u any,
centsV Verify money is the root of many
evils. But of the Athletics and the series last
wear he remarks: "They played that series with
the sest of college boys. They seemed 10 e@ISoy @
,,orv minute of it. while the Giants made labor
of it." The play-sprit of the Athletics Will win
neN' A. C. HENSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
THE HANDS OF EsAU
Justice Politics Remarkable System of Magistrates Leaders
Judges Bring Their Courts Officers With Better Fay
SuggesedPlace of Magistrates in the Organization
cob's uoioe, but the hands are the hands of Esau"
FOREWORD
"T'he voice is Jacobs "

o be more
vsed ncordden
Of the bench
bu
Of completely
subctSoME
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Bala Boy Scouts

CEVEN scouts of Bala, the Bucktail troop.
y have been enrolled in the Eagle Patrol
This is the highest honor that Boy Scouts
can win, the supreme degree of their order
These soldiers of peace have learned a thou
sand things that all manly boys should know,
and they can now exemplify their motto,
BE Helpful" with efficiency and distinction.
Thus they have early become experts in the
art of living Long may they lve
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
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 EveninD Ledger!
Sir-I noticed a little story in the EVENING
LEDGER the other night concerning the Har
ward school, of playwrights May Suggest
that the prowess of these students has oeen
somewhat overestmated. Edward Sheldon rs
practically Harvards only really suecesstul
product The other young men have rev OF
no successes to their credit, and Percy Mac
KAYE and Edward Knoblauch graduated from
Harvard long before the course In playwrlsht
ing was established. AS Harvard man,
appreciate what has been done there but
don't think overstatement helps IT:
~ L, I. BROWNE,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
The Finishing Touch

The young man hesitated to believe the
statement of her little brother that the young
lady was not home. He repeated the ques-
tion' at the same time displaying a quarter
in the negative.
But didn't she leave a message for me?"
asked the disappointed swain.
fessir said the lad-and nothing more
AS one who a great light, the Young
man tossed him the coin Now" he said
"out with the message"
she said she's not gonna see you any
more and you're not TO give me any money"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
PHILADELPHIA. Octobef Is.
AMERICA THE FATHERLAND

To the Editor Of the Erenin0 Ledger;
Sir-Patriotism is virtue, ana all goou AH,erl ,L
cans should encourage IT, To Americans there
is but one Fatherland, and that is America
All who come here and profess to want to Do
Americans should have sufficient strengtn Q,
n,,rnose when they are benefting by the good
things of the land of their adoption to torego
the pleasure of insulting our Fatherland.
Wv w. H. HALL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Coming to an Understanding

An old gentleman who had reputation for
crowded trolley car when young lady en-
tered. He instantly offered her his seat and
was rewarded by bright smile, but as the
girl was about to sit down the trolley gave
Iurch and she stepped squarely on the old
mans foot -.
"Oh, | beg your pardon" she gasped Il
didn't mean to step on your foot.
mot at ALL not at ALL he replied quickly,
"I don't mind a bit. why, step on II my
self about thousand times every day"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Father Mathew

THE anniversary honors paid to the great
i temperance leader by the Catholic Total
Abstinence Society discloses another element
that will figure in the political situation this
fall There are thousands of Father Mathew
men who will not be disloyal TO the princI-
pies Of their leader by tolerating any aili-
ance nH nnlitics and liquor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Naturally

said the soldier returning from Lille,
"Of this warfare I'm having my ME-
And this lead In my neck
II has made me a wreck,
For a fact, am terribly ille."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
There Were Pipes in Those Days

ARCHAEOLOGY is not the grubbing OF
"A dry -dusts." II is the illumination OF
present humanity By the light Of the past
People Of today have only 70 look on at these
researches with the eye Of Gan interested
ArothsE ana the results are AZ fascinating as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

Today brings home the realization that
the season is over when rubbers, umbrellas
and oyercoats are a matter OF comparative
indifference. And about the time Phlladel-
phia has bought its goloshes Indian sum
msr will probably take another inning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Philadelphia, octobef 15.
THE TWO SIDE, OF THE WAR

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger!
Sir-Somebody has just published an aruGle
which has the title, THE Human Side OF the
war" The other side, of course, Is the IN
human, l. "a iA-A'
Philadelphia, Octobef is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Justification

'vhy did you jilt that poet friend OF
yours7'
"He wrote verse dedicated to me and
called it Lines on Janets Face,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
lust Like That

Even the walls have ears" they say;
And even the floors must prate,
For found in dwelling house today
That the rooms communicate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
REST BASEBALL DISPLAY

To the Editor Of the Evering LEDGER
Sir-Your recent baseball pages with big por-
traits of Mack and Stallings l Thought the pest
baseball display l have ever seem b. IA
Boston, Mass, October l3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
The Fly in the Ointment

"Thank goodness" said the fly, the
swatting season is ended. I don't know how
| survived it. I'm sore from head to foot
Then, signing gratefully, he jumped into
the ointment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

The poll Of the State Federation OF Penn
syIvania showed that about two OF the dele
gates were for suffrage TO every one against
IT, Yet this vast majority refused to use
its power 10 dedicate the convention to the
principle Once upon a time men used to
argue that women possessed no self-restraint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
The Limit

This is carrying caution to extremes.
Brown has been accused of violating our
neutrality
what did he do?"
Nothing; he merely had foreign sub
stance in his eve"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
The Fate of the Kicker

DR.. S. A. Faulkner has been slightly dis
abled this week from a fracture In one Of his
feet caused by kicking an unruly cow
Blum, Tex, Bulletin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

A city employees first vacation IN IS years
Is a record that the clock on Independ-
ence Hall hung up yesterday and that no one
need expect 10 see equaled in 3s more. Ger
tainly the old timepieee cannot be accused
OF Ievehng the usual cry OF hands up" at
the City Treasury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Classified
The Chance

Hes a gambler, pure and simple"
Especially simple"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Woman Suffrage

Most married women would make good
Congressman. They are so apt at introducing
bills in the house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Only ns Vote Holders

No. Gladys, the piggeries of South Phila-
delphia have nothing to do with the cele
brated pork barrel-not directly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
in A SPIRIT OF HUMpR
Ennui

Now that trouble has broken out In South
Africa, was is getting to be an awfui Boer
for the British.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Reversed

"The last shall be f1rst'-when a girl starts
to read the final chapter of the latest best
seller
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Mistaken Identity

A little girl with a nickel and an appetit
for ice cream walked into a confectioner's
"Cones?" she asked,
mo- said the storekeeper "O'Hara's."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

Representative Frank P. Woods Repuhli-
can Congressional Committee will soon be
explaining that the Clayton bill was added to
the tolls repeal as good measure for Hill and
carnegies support Of the Administration.
One Is about as likely as the other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

Loose Coat Field was at Stamford, Eng
land and was called because at the battle
there in l470 the men led by Lord Wells
being attacked by the Yorkists threw off
their coats that they might run away the
faster. Drayton in his "Poyolbin" says;
Cast off their countrys coats to haste their
speed away,
Which Loose Coat Field is called cen to
this day."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

Camilla. virgin queen OF the Volscians,
could have taught our athletes much in the
way of sprnting. for of her 1t is said that
she could run so fast over field OF corn
her way over the without even wetting
her feet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

What put that hneI new theatre out OF
business so quickly?"
There was too much room between the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
Oh, Certainly
Unnatural

Peace hath her chickering's no less re-
nOWned than war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

If Senator Lewis was at home at midnight
when the serEeant-at-arms came to arrest
him, It is clear that good many Of the other
Senators were not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

Another arrow night of olden times was
that in a trial of skill, when Acestes the
Sicilian, discharged his arrow with such
force that 1t took fire. Longfellow refers to
this allegoTcal incident:
Like Acestes' shaft of old,
The swift Thought kindles as It flies"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16

How can IT be a Progressive party without
Quay2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-16
CURIOSITY SHOP

Zoroaster instituted the arrow festival to
commemorate the shooting of an arrow from
the top of the peak of DemaVend Persia, to
the banks of the OXus, causing the whole in
tervening country TO be annexed to Persia.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-03

CURED a taste for the doped pulque.
refuse to drink the unauthorized prod
uct.
Cantinas, or pulque shops. can be
found on almost every corner, and
each one glories in a picturesque IT,
tie. Inside they are gaily decorated
with paintings Of saints, usually of La
Virgen de Guadalupe" and with pic
lures of a religious nature
Pulque is the neverfailing beverage
of the servant class Of Mexico. Any
cargador. or porter. upon delivering a
package, will give forth gEieyous sighs
as if entirely worn out and end by re-
questlng "Unos centayos. senior, para
mi aguita. "a few cents for the little
water"
The owners of some OF the large
haciendas live ike feudai lords on
their vast estates. They have a large
retinue of servants and retainers.
They are men Of great wealth and
power Each hacienda is little town
in itself, with its collection OF adobe
houses and stores. all the property OF
the owner of the ranch.