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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-14
Future of Mr.. Palmer

TN THE event the Senate concludes that
Il Mr. Penrose is without right or title to a
seat in that august body after the Sd Of
next March. following the investigation pro-
posed by the Norris resolution. a. Mitchell
Palmer will not be candidate in the extra
ordinary election Neither will he be Attorney
General Of the United States, as bruited
about. Nor on the other hand, says Randall,
will he be forgotten by the Administration.
He led forlorn hope as politics go, just
as any man does who puts conscience ahead
of the pocketboo<; a forlorn hope, yes, as
the protagonist Of futile tariff views, but
hope far from forlorn considering him as
the champion of elements which refused to
hold their noses in order to vote for system
which temporarily controls the destinies of
a great party.
SO the President will make Mr.. Palmer
Judge, IL a suitable vacancy arises. II not,
he will appoint him to some other office of
Importance. Even Mr. Pamer's political
enemies will applaud such recognition Of his
ability and trustworthlness. Mr. Palmer is
such good Democrat that he ought to be a
Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-14
Watchdogs of Our Riches

THOMAS JEFFERSONS idea of an
i adequate navy was feet or two of small
coastal craft to be used in the defense of our
littoral The nation paid dearly for his atti-
tude in the War of 1912. What few Ameri-
can frigates there were maintained In
marvellous way the integrity Of the country
on the oceans, vindcating American apt
ness for the sea. Had the number of our
ships been at all adequate the war would
have ended before it did, and the nation
would never have experienced the humilia-
tion of the enemy tramping at will the streets
of it's capital and applying the torch to its
buildings.
The United States is the treasury of the
world. Its imperial cities must be guarded.
The cataclysm in Europe has proved that
men cry peace, but there is no peace Mars
broods over the world, sullen, insldious, des-
perate. Tomorrow he may fan animosities
into fever heat. We must have floating bar
ricades Our isolation makes them our sure
defense. We need not rush into eXtrava-
gance or enter a mad race in armament. But
for the richest nation of the world TO be
careless in the protection of its assets Is
Carthaginian folly. 1t invites Zama.
Congressman Mann is right, Mr.. Hobson
is right and so. it appears, is Senator PEN
rose. The nation is entitled to adequate pro-
lection, and an Administration which falls
properly in preparation for the national de-
fense need expect nothing but overwhem-
ing repudiatlon at the polls.
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No Hectoring of the President

nISRESPECT to the President of the
IL United States is disrespect to the whole
people of the United States. There is moth
ing that can excuse it. 1t behooves the Chief
Executive at all times and in all places to
maintain and vindicate the dignity with
which he has been clothed The spokesman
of no delegation, white black. of capital
lists of laborlng men. of any creed or race
whatever, can be forsetful Of this fact with
out merting the rebuke which he is certain
TO receive and which he ought to receive
The reports indicate that w. Monroe Trot-
ter guilty of gross indscretions for
which he was very properly reprlmanded.
The case of the National Independent
Equal Rights League is altogether different.
There be question that there has
crept into the departments at Washington
an un-American attitude toward colored
people. The necessity for segregation has
been forced, with the connivanCe Of at least
member of the Cabinet. The precedent
thus set cannot endure II simply aggra-
Yates a serious problem and gives 1t form
which intelligent. broad-minded citizens
have labored for years to take from it. In
the service of the Government all men must
have equal privileges and equal rights,
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To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir-In Mr. Samuel Gompers' address on the
necessity of health protection" for the work
ers, he implies that the means to that end Is
siX-huur day. OF course, labor might be
abolished altogether but that wouldn't be at
all more ehicacious 1t isn't work that ener-
Yates except in the very rare cases, where
there is really too much of It, or in cases where
the nature of the toll is extraordinarily wear
ing. 1t is worry that enervates ana wears
people out That Is one of the reasons why
the American Federation of Labor should try
to secure the adoption of workmen's compen-
sation laws in the States which are still with
out them. The fight for laws, which make
wage-earners more confident of the future well
fare of themselves and their families, which
makes them more secure against the menaces
of old age or disease accident, is more impor'
tant than the fight for a six-hour day.
ROBERT LELAND.
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"Know-Your. City-Better"

A GOOD show and POLITICAL demonstra-
"A tion in one-that is the know Your
City Better exhibition in the City Hall
pavilion The little building is an ocular
demonstration of what the Blankenburg ad-
ministration is trying to do for Philadelphia.
II a citizen wants to know Just what Phil
adelphia is, let him go look at that wide
spread relief map of the city. every smallest
house in it's place. If he wishes to see what
It may be, let him turn to the model of the
proposed Parkway, beautiful piece of work
that deseryedly won a medal and a diploma
at Leipsic, and is fOreshadowing OF a still
more beautiful reality TO be.
II any citizen wants to know what the
Blankenburg administration has been doing
for him in its three years OF ONCE, let him
look at the photographs maps and charts
that record the abolition OF grade crossings
the waterfront and port improvements. the
creation of concrete sewers and better streets
the safety first" work of the health and
police bureaus, score OF such achievements,
and finally the elaborate rapid transit plans
OF Director Taylor 1t is a magnificent record.
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"TETINE is a mocker; strong drink Is
w raging; and whosoever Is deceived
thereby is not wise If the Biblical writer
who penned those words had known of the
frightful ravages caused by drugs he would
have added Drugs are death; and whose
ever is mastered by them is insane" The
liquor habit is a bondage of silk when COM
pared with the iron tyranny of such things
as opium, cocaine and heroin.
No one knows this better than the prac-
tcng physician. SO deeply has the medical
profession grown to feel on the subject that
the Philadelphia County Medical Society is
drafting bill for the next Legislature to
restrict the sale of habt-forming drugs.
The sale might well be prohibited entirely
and their use left solely to physicians, who
should administer them professionally only
in cases of absolute necessity.
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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 Evcrtno Ledger!
Sr-As an American whose ancestors nave
been I'm this country since the early part OF
the last century, which ancestry happened 10
be German jewish ard one whose nearest
approach to any religion is that of the JEWISH
1 wish to protest most strenuously against tne
anlmus (I will not say "prejudice"-the artl-
prejudced) of the article with the title Eterna,
Tragedy of jew Theme Of Yiddish Drama anu
the accompanying sketches
ANY attempt whatever at seriousness on the
stage in these days OF desuetude of the Amerl-
can drama Is n thing of commentator IN the
highest degree. 1 have witnessed but one pro
ducton on the Jewish stage-that OF the
Merchant of Venice" by Jacob Ader-and
must honestly state that, compared with MT
Aders Shyocl, the late Sir Henry Irving
was as n paste diamond is to a genuine GEM
and Mr.. Irvlngs Shylock was q peculiarly
pathetic and humane creation. Thc attltuoe
of the audience Is u compliment to the author
of the play rather than "a study in mob psy-
chology worthy OF Nuensterburg," and cannot
have been much other Except, perhaps, that
It was more sncerc) than was wont to sway
the naive souls of the meodramatic dcnizens
of the Tenderlon In the good old National III
the merry days OF yore.
The tone OF the article is too patroniznS. IL
nattcrs too much the ignorance of your read
ers It Is on a par with the tone of patronS-
ing leaders that call attention to starving
belgium" and forget to call attention to now
much misery and suffering and want and priVa'
tion arc caused by a rotten political and social
system right in these United States 1t might
lie good thing for us If some thrifty alien
stock-the Belgans themselves for instance
were assimilated into the race hope
NJ. IL NJ.
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sCRAPPLE
Complicated

Complicated
littie group Of his friends {.,ge Tss tss great
surgeon SURGEON was at work Two ngTss' no $500 sound
his side to help him. Ihere We "A OF the
surgeon. , ~ ace the eminent
man came out He held UP ms 5,,ta hsnI tbs hall,
,,,etl group for silence and passed into 'he "1''
They followed. .,..5
oT ouyLverv low" The surgeon was one
80 those candid men who do not oeheVe ;"
deSs5TiG deGg,;ii i he d die7" The quivering Voioe
vos that of the patients sweetheals' a ,,,..
II cannot say" The surgeons
TTS TSeTe Te'' was period of silence the ens sur r.
,,oa, started for the bathroom, but one ol
the group halted him. ,-,. Doctor. he
DO You mind explaining, q. Goeto[, stnl,,a he
asked. why case Of appendicitis shouiu 70
so Certainly Se9i not" said the SURGEON aoup ta0ga
friend has been learning TO dance ot tn fwisted
and his vermiform appendix got t"is'eu
about one of his ribs.
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HUM OF HUMAN CITIES

A few years ago the short-lived Socialist
administration of Milwaukee tried the eX
pertinent of municipal dance halls. So far
as can now be asCertained, they accom-
plished what they were meant to do. They
supplied place of amusement entirely clear
of any sinister moral influence. Rum and
the debauchee were barred. while rhythmic,
happy exercise was obtainable at reason
able price and under self-respecting con-
dtions.
Chicago is to take up the venture where
Milwaukee left off. Five municipal dance
halls, under the direction of the City's De-
partment of Public Welfare will be opened
early next month, Mayor Harrison has an
nounced. The City Council, at the Mayors
request, recently appropriated $4,000 for the
project. Mayor Harrison believes the dance
halls will be self-supporting as a small ad-
mission will be charged and soft drinks and
other refreshments will be sold.
Fifty years ago the proposal would have
sCandalized our grandparents. Now with
dance halls in Tepute than then, the
proposal of the municipalities directing
them causes next to no adverse comment.
We have at last learned the necessity of
play.
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Republican Progressivism

From the New York Globe. - u,,,
That the progressive elements In Some VIZ We,
will take command of the Republican paiy
does not seem open to doubt II IS 10 DC a
nembered In this connection that political pro-
gressvsm. as the term is now used. originate
within the Republican party-with the sroup
calling themselves insurgents" that arose sOlus
PARTIES have since raced to adopt was devel-
oped by them. Control of corporations, dlrecI
primaries. conservation, enforcement OF u@e @
antitrust laws-al these and many like theiIl
were specialties OF the Republican insurgents
when Colonel Roosevelt was but partially edu-
Gated, and President Wilson was teaching semi,
torysni at Princeton, and Mr.. Bryan hau
futlley waged three foolish campaigns-eacl'
on an issue that ho was compelled to abandon
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Practical Gratitude

DELGIUMs needs are more exigent than
ID imagination has dared to picture.
Wealthy Belgians have just subscribed $3OOO,-
600, which the Relief Committee must use for
the transportation and distribution of sup
plies sent from America, The vastness OF the
task OF feeding the famishIng millions for
nearly year will require S4OOO,OOO a month
in food supplies and sl,OOO,OOO a month for
getting the food to the hungry.
Philadelphia is about to send another ship
with a cargo that will be the one barrier
between thousands OF women and children
and death by starvation. There must be no
pause In our charity. As the season ap-
proaches when Americans turn their hearts
to the Almighty in thanksgiving for His
blessing to the nation, let every one who has
cause for gratitude manifest it by sharing
with those who are stricken and broken.
Sympathy that is not practical is only a cheap
kind OF cant
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CRISES IN GREAT LIVES

The battle of Waterloo is a succession of
crises; it was the turning point in the lives
of Napoleon, of Ney, of Wellington and of
the countries they represented. Wellington's
crisis came at the old stone chateau of
Hougomont, The Allies had already been
pushed back at Quatre Bras. Their posi-
tion at La Haye Sainte was captured. Ma
poleon realized that if he could once pivot
his army on the hill occupied by the Hougo-
mont castle, he could turn his left and attack
Wellington's right flank His army was
small, but II was infinitely better trained
determined to send his choicest troops, un-
der Prince Jerome
wellington was not unaware of the crucial
Importance Of the hill of Hougomont He
had sent to hold 1t the detachment Of the
Coldstream Guards, with orders that they
We're to die before giving up the castle.
Twelve thousand men were launched against
the half-dilapidated castle, with only loop
holes for the rifles Of the defenders. The
French were pushing against the very walls
OF the chateau. Wellington had given or
ders to James Macdonnel, colonel OF the
guards that in such an event a sortie must
be made. Out went the guards, bayonets
leveled and for a few minutes they pushed
back the French. But they retTeated into
the castle again the French dashed up in
mad charge closing In on the defenders SO
closely that they did not have time TO close
the gate. There was perhaps a moment Of
advantage TO the retreating guards.
That moment meant the victory Of the
day, and it was taken TO the utmost by two
Englishmen, Colonel Macdonnel and Ser
geant Graham, who stepped quietly forward
under the calling fire Of the French and
slammed the heavy gate TO. Once closed,
they were never opened until the French at
tack had ended
Wellington said afterward that closing the
gate was the bravest deed he had ever wit
messed or heard Of II was that deed which
turned the Waterloo decision in his favor.
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From the Cubs Notebook

Government red tape is phrase familiar
to the public. Its true meaning. however can
be appreciated only by an employe Of or
person who has dealt with Federal depart
ment.
A striking illustration Of the working OF the
vermilion ribbon is furnished In the follow
ing story of custom house clock:
Prior TO the change OF executives from Re-
publican 10 Democratic wall clock probably
not at all in favor OF the prospective reyo-
luton, stopped AS the time OF filing various
Government documents Is recorded, the clock
was needed for more than merely announcing
the opening and closing time of the depart
ment's business. Red tape" forbade any per
son TO pay for the needed repairs unless au-
thorized by Washington. So the Collector pi
the Port wrote TO the Secretary OF the Treas
ury and Informed him OF the clocks deiin
quency. In reply he was instructed 70 pre-
pare plans and specifications and supm
them 10 the Treasury Department for aF
proyal. This was done and from Washing
ton an order was issued 10 advertise for psV
posals Tor repairing the timepiece, Adftl
tlseInents were prepared, approved and pte
mugated. Bios were received two In nun
o. KID
Instead OF the o. K there came messass
that Inadvertently the advertisements
peen legally incorrect in technicaltty L -
necessary 10 begin all over again. In The
one Of the two bidders a local company
cured the contract, fixed the clock and 81.
mltted bin Tor SO cents.
ftsQ tape made it require neatit
months time and the expenditure Of Hs4
~ lnleh az the job cost ia postage haa
government not been using tLa ifaa
pfAhese 70 say nothing of the cost q
~afs4' 'issfnents and stationery
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Child Labor Means National Suicide


DHILD LABOR is a prodigal and senseiess
" waste of national resources. No defense
OF Il can ever be valid To work is the duty
OF adults; 10 learn and to play are the in
alienable rights Of childhood
A nation depends for its intellectual and
commercial supremacy upon the health OF Its
population; 10 drain the vitality, fray the
nerves and circumscribe the mental range of
the people by wearing them out before they
come 10 maturity is a clumsy method OF COM
hitting race suicide. Children who spend
the formative years OF their lives in the
dreary and cFamping work OF mills and fac
tories are united for the high and response
ble duties of citizenship in republic.
When President GOmpers sets his face rig
idly against child labor upon such broad and
sane grounds he has the support Of ali
clear and far-seeing Americans, His position
IS unassailable. and neither the urgent tenn
f,0rary necessities Of parents nor the demand
f0r cheap labor by employers should ever be
allowed ia the argument Mr., Gompers says:
sIt must be remembered that the children OF
today are the future citizens OF this Republic
II Is not question Of dollars and cents. nor
~ industrial supremacy but OF the future
development Of the American race. II these
ohildren are going TO take an active and
healthy part in the civic and cultural life Of
the United States they must be taken from
the factoriea7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-14
AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE

Ancestral Bible leaves / turn,
on ancient yellow page discern
some trace Of birth but can't acquire
The name Of my great great grandsire
$50 small the band
Each generation,
That Withstand
Obliteration.)
The ink Is pale, the page is marred,
Good Book you safely now may guard
His little span OF incarnation,
All record gone OF appsllation
CHis fate the same
AS millions more.
Time swept his name
on chartless shore)
But no! the reading lens / bring
And focus brilliant lighted ring
Read name, and date OF death and birth,
OF one who long has passed from earth.
CWhen ages pile
Oh! may / shun
A little while
OblVion)
The written line can be erased.
Tie carved stone Is oft defaced,
But soodly lives their courses run,
From worthy sire through better son
cru Good shan blend
With man 70 bless,
And Evil end
IN righteousnessl
-Nius X Hoeksr g shs Pins BiuR fsFk. esssa
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The Paradox of Winter

Now winter comes with seeming PARADOX =,
For him who hath, and him VINO ha'h HO'
rocks
Tor all who venture into basement deep a
And DER a madd'ning furnace rave anu
weep.
For him who is without the golden pef
For hired men, and does the work hirnseh'
For those whose dealings with the Janltor
Are threats OF dire deeds or open war
And all the logic that a man may get
shall not destroy this truth, nor yet upset
Nor show wherein our statement may be
weak.
Then TO the paradox, ye who may read
HariS to our statement and our message
heed:
Whose homes not coaled. we do contend 10
cold; ,, .,. =.
who would be warm, his dwelling must DC
COaled.
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Philadelphia, November 10.
MAIL BOX FAMINE AT THE READING

To tho Editor OF thc brclInD Lcd0er:
Sir-Perhaps there is a mail box of some
sort on the Concourse of the Reading Terminal
Station. but l haven't found ii yet. Even the
suburbanite mails letters once in while, while
the ordinary traveller frequently finds it neces-
sary to get hold of Uncle Sans carriers. In
stead of its being the easiest thing in the world
to mail a letter where the trains run that
carry such things. you have TO hunt all over
the place for a letter box Surely the Post
Office Department afford better accommO-
dations. PAUL RINGER.
WAYNE Junction. November 18.
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an aim could be devised than the public ros-
trum for free speech now proposed. There
Is no more precious American liberty than
this for which Joseph Fels always fought.
Nothing so well assures its non-abuse,
either by fanatics who strain 1t or reac-
tlonarles who persecute It, as the setting
aside Of a sanctuary for it's exercise. Boston
has long gloried In her Common. Philadel-
phla should have her Fels Memorial.
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Harvard's Long.Iost Playmates

DY THE time Harvard got ready to drop
ID Dartmouth and ease up on its playing
schedule 1t had learned it's lesson. Penn
supplied the text: Don't drop team after
It has beaten you two years running. So
Harvard bided its time trimmed the boys
from Hanover and then reversed the eti-
quette OF poker by quitting II winner.
Today Harvard will doubtless recall these
things. For it will see the two husky
discards Joined in combat. And combat
II should be! Nobody but Harvard seems to
be the loser; and even the Cambridge col
lege may well rejoice in having saved its
SCALP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-14

TNIIE Presidents secretary, Mr. Tumulty is
L greatly encouraged by the result Of the
recent elections thinks it nothing short OF
remarkable that things should have turned
out so well and agrees wholly with the opin-
ion expressed by Senator Swanson that what
ever may happen the United States Senate
will be securely Democratic until 1921. The
same opinion is held by Postmaster General
Burleson, who has figured it all cut by pure
mathematics, and seven years is a long time
in American politics BY 1921 the only speci-
mems of the Bull Moose will be found, along
with the Coloneps other collection, in the
National Museum, under the Bergman desig-
nation, "Alces Progressivus," and with the
Senate on one side and the House changing
it's political complexion possibly from time to
time on the other, the country will have the
satisfaction, it is hoped, of fewer laws and
better laws. RANDALL.
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CURIOSITY SHOP

Going on a bender" was an old slang
phrase to signify the alcoholic state of the
bendee. How it originated Is not known,
but Putnam's Monthly of August, 1854, dig
nifes the phrase with this little verse:
met her at the Chinese room;
She wore wreath of roses,
She walked in beauty like the night,
Her breath was like sweet poses.
led her through the festal hall,
Her glance was soft and tender;
She whispered gently in my ear.
"Say, Nose, amt this bender?'
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President Roosevelt and It DESTROYED tne ,,or, ts
Administration tho moment Mr., Tafts .,,, oeyo.lS,
TO the Progressive cause fell under suspis,o., sp.e,
bac, into power under radical auspices anu
the Wilson Administration has, in reality, veeI
desperately engaged In cllnching as DesL
could, so much OF the radical program $50 IT, ,,,,
possible before the onruehing tlde OF le'
ehnnld herntnn irrRaleIlhle.