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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
THE WARES. SQUARE DEAL LEADERS

TO The Editor Of The EUcnirD Ledger!
Sir.-"McNichol Is planning to get the upper
hand at this session of the Legislature in order
to be in a position to relegate the Wares to ward
leaders in the mayoralty fight" I quote from
the EVENING LEDGER OF today's date and ad-
dresss you for the privilege of saying, 1T
CAN'T BE DONE. Simply because we who en-
roll under the Ware leadership are host too
large TO crowd into any single ward in Pha-
delphia, or into several wards since we are not
phantom voters" nor transient citizens from
tenoerlon rookeries but sound and staunch
square deal Republicans, rock-ribbed citizens
from every ward in the city, who proudly rally
round the standard of our square-deal leaders,
the Ware brothers. to declare our independence
of boss rule and to fight against being Tam
manyized through the treachery of the ten
derloln boss" CITIZEN.
Philadelphia, November 22
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
HUM OF HUMAN CITIES

Since 1907 the number OF American cittas
that provide equipped and supervised play
and recreation centres has Increased iron,
40 to S4s, the Recreation Survey of snrlng-
field hnds The number of plav leaders ana
supervisors employed in these alties is ssiS
The figures showing the grdwtb NJ tbe
playground idea are indeed gratifying saws
the Chicago Tribune. The results y,hi,h
these Fairgrounds achieve being IarseI,, nS
a preventive nature, cannot be measHrs5
with sufficient adequacy. We hear about ~
boy or girl who is brought to the TuVeniis
Court charged with breach OF Law ana
order But we do not hear ana We have
no way OF estimating the number of bovs
ana girls that have been kept from eoine
70 the bad by the influence OF these plaS
and recreation centres F'
There is much work ahead for The H.
sround movement, however. II it is to be-
come an even more vital institution Tbrs
rar the Fairgrounds seem to have been com
pstlnB with the agencies that provide mn
wholesome amusement to boys and girls
more negatively than positively II Is Dos
slole that the growth OF play centres has
prevented many poorooms OF the ,ndasir
apie character from springing up. But the
play centres should not be satisfied with
that, Ihey should make themselves so az
uactlNe ana interesting as TO lure many
OF the boys who now seek amusement in
pool Joints. One way to accomplish this
Is 20 make the play at these centres viriie
enough 10 appeal not only to the boy who
- moderate and tractable, but also to ne
Is this class OF boys that stands III created
need or saving Eheminate play Surrounded
oy much red tape will not get their pat
ronage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

command, through a trusted and dignlheo
soldier, that the States General must leave
their convention piace-the Tennis courts
as they were called In a heavy voice the
soldier Marquis de preux Breze, delivered
the message. The long habit OF obedience
began to prevail over the newly tormeu
independence Of mind. The deputies, already
far gone in fear Of the king and his coun-
seiors, we're wavering. There was Tor
short time dead silence as each deputy
looked TO his fellow to start, either TO go OF
TO brave the authority OF France. Liberty
seemed 10 tremble at the Tennis Courts.
Then suddenly amid the hestating crowoi
there rose the huge, overbearing fgure 0l
Mirabeau. His great head was thrown back
his black eyes shone with a terrible blaze Oh
FIRE as his deep voice cried out his defiance;
Tell your master that nothing but force
shall remove us from this hall, and that we
shall yield TO no authority but that oil
bayonets"
shout OF applause went up and In that
moment Mirabeau was made master OF the
The marquis went back TO tne
king and reported that the convention would
not go.
"Ah Let them stay" said the monarch
weakly. And they did, led by the one man
who could drive royalty itself before MN
when his career and his right were at stake
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
roll Me One r

Tommy Atkins at the front
Is queer and self-willed lad
Slips away on a still-hunt,
For what he wants-he wants II bad
Not wooden mtt he seeks,
Nor galoshes for his hoofs.
What cares he IL trenches leak?
He requires no waterproofs.
Simple Tommy Atkins knows
Just one thing to soothe his achins
While the cheerful watch-fre glows.
All he asks is just-"the makins
We're Just like you, Tommy A.
When our spirits gin to fag,
At the close of some bad day.
All we ask is Just-"a scag."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

faNE authorfty has set the toll OF the Euro
peea var al 5ooo.eoo casualties IN IS
Granted that the number Is q guess
a 44o 81 exaeseratiun. the price Ia hu-
- ntaaf b - high that Il VIII handicap
productive capacity 81 the several nations
teo 81 three generations.
feai cost e var ia not financial Money
as q azuanants ana ammunltion is stn
money distributed. 4 some one spends il
1Hs must SCI r. And the waste can Be
esa But nothing can ever bring back
#relns psver lhat Is lost when ths Wig
aE men = 5 nation are slain 90
- asesa seau ~ psfsrtT;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Up to the Commission

fTNHIS afternoon at the Gafrlck Theatre the
Representatives Of 500 business organiza-
tions lead " meeting Of protest against the
proposed increase IN communication rates
II Is unfortunate that the Public Service
Commission, the one nstrumentality through
which the people can obtain redress, is so
limited IN authority that IT is powercss to
apply a remedy until full hearing Of the
case on its merits has been held The law is
painfully lax in this particular. The com
mission obviously should have the right TO
suspend the proposed rates II is the rail-
roads that must prove the necessity for the
increases The assumption is that they are
without Justification, for there has been no
radical change in conditions which seems TO
warrant so revolutionary n revision OF rates
I'm the exigency, It behooves the commuters
to urge the commission to give them an i'm
mediate hearing. Tho commission itself must
remedy tho defect in the law by adjudicat-
ing the case in record time and thus giving
almost as immediate relief as would have
followed a suspension Of the new tariffs
Every effort of the complalnants therefore,
should be directed toward bringing the com
mission to this point OF view. The commits
son in fact, by prompt action can justify its
as an instrument OF government.
II is unfortunate that the railroads, at the
very moment when public sentiment was be-
coming fixed in their favor and against
urther batting should 50 boldly challenge
and enter on program which is
certain greatly to impair tho good feeling ex-
sting. They are likely to lose more from IL !
han they can possibly gain even II the
proper authorities acquiesce in the imposi-
ion of the new rates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Director Harle on Willie's Side

TN THE old days sore throat was the
i metaphoric battlefield. On one side ranged
boys and girls with an aversion to teacher; /;
on the other, mother and the school board.
Many a carefully nursed cold" was encour-
aged by injudicious exposure at open win
dows up to the point where drastic medical
treatment threatened to step in and stop the
fun of "stayin' home from school,"
But that is all over now. Even public ofi-
cials-let alone doctors-are lined up with
Willie and Mary. If your child has sore
throat or hoarse voice. says Director Harte,
don't send him to school until the doctor has
made sure it isn't incipient diphtheria
This is good advice, just the sort OF thing
a Department OF Public Health should be
doing for a city. But that won't prevent
Willie from suspecting the Director of bid
ding for his vote in some future candidacy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Time for Councils to Act

TASr NIGHT Director TAYLOR went further
IL than he had vet gone in his campaign of
educatlon on the rapid transit system He
demanded Immediate action. practically
isnering the Union Traction Company. and
pointing out the entire Feasibility of the city
going ahead whether the plans for operating
the new lines when completed have been
agreed upon or not
Il Is time for City Councils to take action
definitely to establish the routes and submit
them TO the Public Service Commission for
It's approval. The entire program calls for
an annual fixed charge of only S2,99OOOO
which includes not only interest charges but
sinking fund also, which will in 80 years
extinsuish the debt entirely and leave the
city In absolute ownership of the magnificent
enterprise.
TO offset this chargey there will be a tangi-
bic annual return to the city of 81, 100000. re-
sultins from increased realty values saving
IN time, elimination OF exchange tickets and
the subsidy granted to Philadelphia by the
one mill tax on personal property by the
State.
tt viii be foolish in these circumstances to
wait indefinitely for the Union Traction Com
pany TO say whether not II wishes to par
tcipate in this splendid municipal program.
II is involved to the extent OF a relatively
small sum only-too small an amount to tie
up the plans and future of Philadelphia. 1t
has been offered remarkably favorable terms
although the city has always held the whip
hand. II 1t cannot see this, so much the
worse for the company. But It cannot hold
this great city back and prevent the achieve
neut Of proper transit facilities
Councils should wait no longer The time
Is ripe for action. The $780, 600 recently voted
'or the relocation of sewers should be made
AVAILABLE, the plans in general indorsed and
arrangements made for an election in which
The citizens can record their practically I
unanimous approval of the enterprise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
scRAPPLE
Portugal

BoriuRai
Portugal. which has recently shaken ~
oct 81 Sgern1any from a safe distance is
sr,sii corntrv which has made deep oents
in bistory and geography In its time, ~ -
not as large as the state OF NeW t tULN -. 49,
often during its variegated career ne nde 4. ~.
tained less than million people. Yet " ne
suno bass in the concert Of nations AZ unes
and has recently renewed its youth by KICK,
ing out It's king, establishing a repupnc ahu
ioinine the big European rough mousse
portugal Is located on the west side Of the
Spanish peninsula and Is q sunny PiNcyts.,-.
rescue country which supports e,VUvUVV WIZ WIZ
less than half Of its area. It's chief pIoauC.ts
are wine olives, fruits, onions ana Dull hgnls'
some Of the implements used by the PoT-
tuguese farmers were invented by ths
Romans, and II a self-binder were INTRODUCED
in some provinces the inhabitants wouIu
climb trees for safety when they saw II com
ing Only 20 per cent. of the Portuguese
can read or write more than half OF them
can sail boat. The Portuguese sardine meet
Is composed of 10000 vessels ana the foItu- t-
guese have been flrst-olass navigators Tor
500 years.
The Portuguese first discovered the way
around the Cape of Good Hope at time
when the reptiles in the southern seas we're
supposed to be more deadly than submarines.
Four hundred years ago the Portuguese
empire extended around the globe and Por-
tuguese sailors were travelling over oceans
which were unsuspected by other nations.
However the Portuguese navy is not going
TO make much trouble in the present war. II
consists of one rickety battleship and few
gunboats, and one German war cruiser
would p the whole thing before breakfast
Portugal settled Brazil and owned IL for
almost 900 years. At the end of this time
Brazil was so much bigger than Portugal
that a dispute arose as to which country
owned the other, and Portugal barely es-
capped with its independence. The Portu-
guese have always had hard time with
their kings and have started out with a
republic knowing as little about self-gov-
as a missionary does about aero
planes But they have gotten along four
years with only few minor revolutions and
are very hopeful.
Portugal has one great city, Lisbon cele-
brated for It's earthquakes II also has bet
ter roads than America, but this is almost
an unnecessary statement-George Fitch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
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 Bveriro Ledgeri
Sr-I am not in the widely travelled position
Of n. L.. Anies who writes you that the tele-
phone service in this city Is the worst in six
American cities he has known. have had less
experience. but had to come to Philadelphia
TO be treated to the prime example of telephone
outrage insult and evaporation. II happens
this way. I call Walnut 65432, for example
Through the corridors OF time I hear Walnut
65iS2 echoing onward. Every operator is made
conscious Of my deep desire to chat with Walnut
6oi32 Every operator, Judge, does her best to
lot me chat. There is a buzzing an ear-ractng
cracking then a profound omlnous silence.
! listen The answer is silence And then. FIVE
minutes later. I wakened from my sweet
sumber by lovely far-off voice. which says:
Special operator. what number did you call,
please?' Having by that time forgotten the
number missed my tran and lost all desire to
speak coherently to any one answer in what,
fear, is no proper tome and go away, leaving
the receiver Off the hook. Nasty, but man
must have some revenge! GEORGE KING.
Philadelphia, November o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Knocking Progress Into a Cooked Hat

Knocking Progress Into Cooked Hat
MIR. PERKINS, who was an influential
1F1 Bull Moose when the Bull Moose party
was influential, is quite sure that much of the
business trouble of the day is due to the fact
that our statesmen learned economies when
oxcarts were hauling most of the countrys
produce. Invention has made that sort of
economies a back number but our legislators
have failed to grasp so elementary fact.
MIR. Perkins is right of course. There are
men talking solemnly about restoring COM
petition by statute or limiting this and that
business, as If the whole trend of human
development had not been the achievement
of the very things they are endeavoring to
outlaw-and are outlawing in too many in
stances
A business is not moral because 1t Is little
or big, but it is big or little according as it is
moral. There are men who have done big
things and will do big things no matter what
captious little men say or think. 1t was an
awful thing, doubt, that the electric light
contracted the market of kerosene lamp
manufacturers but who would put Mr. Edi-
son in Jail on account Of his invention? The
ingenuity of man has played havoc with the
disorderly and wasteful processes of our fore
fathers, but we have politicians who harp on
the good old days, and succeed too often in
deluding otherwise intelligent citizens into
believing that things were better when they
were not one-fourth so good. The improve
ment our ancestors strove to secure, we have,
and we seem to be quite amazed that 1t does
not burn our fingers.
1t Is passing phase. Within another ten |
years we shall know enough to appreciate !
the good things we possess instead of trying |
by legislation TO knock them into cooked
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
PEOPLE WANT PrTRI1CITy

To the Editor Of the Evsniro Ledoer:
Sir-The people want the truth about ''Twi-
light Sleep" about the purity of food products.
and about all announcements by reputable
scientists and disreputable quacks which have
relation to health and hygiene The more pub
licity given to these subjects the better for the
public. DAVID w ROSS
Philadelphia, November o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Over the Brow of the Hill

THE South Chicago Converting Mill put
i 1000 new men to work yesterday. OF all
good news that is best. Prosperity is return
ing. Each day brings a report from some
part Of the country that are strding for
ward to our normal output. Tomorrow's
news will be better than yesterdays Con-
idence increases confidence and optimism Is
contagious We shall soon forget the dreary
days as we do horrible dream in the sun
light of a new morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
A Legal Discovery Late in the Dav

FT1HIs seems a ridiculously late day for dis
4 covering that wife has a legal right to
presents given her by her husband But it
has taken the year Of our Lord 1914 to bring
that decision out of the Supreme Court of
Missouri few little evidences like this of
The legal subsection of woman do a lot toward
kfinging the day when the ballot will give
Ter rights instead Of privileges and disabli-
ties
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The Babbling Fool

The Babbling Fool
inposstbls oosvsrsatioAs
You hate that manP
What has he done to you7"
Nothing. l don't even Lnnv, -,
Yet you hate him" niil'
bitterly"
"Why?"
- 7 made a fool Of myself on. A.,
ah,5 NSs 81 .s'dinains is by. He saw me- ~heh
Dlo ne laugh AT you ?"
n. no ihats why I cant f..,
~ he h4a laughed / would bsva siEe MIN.
Fshss' ! could call him nanss - some re-
s sou ana looked al me-and II Az 40 merely
eNlul ass OF myself And All ~ make an
eyes seemed to say. i ,,n5a,Ii ei me time his
man ls acting that wavSS s'@Ha "hy that
.65 sps s.p ne did Understand
H.. IN yes, That's another q..
iitsI. i1il nate people TO understsssS,osn sson hate
I 1,,ss - @ seAtieman can ~ rr,et NAet
He 4eaIfeilng with dIdn,f - ne man
frienlss 70 this day we are -. stand.
neneS Put That man VINO n,ssy sty good
frisn5 e9 re standing By viii nsSay nap
.vs ~ you are afraid ~ bi,,s
We never hate nsa I'm.
iInmor,G Ms say they are detssssts not
hearls thst naf not-hat We i-s.,s.s -s9is' on
And zsne. - ey taey are stronger Nv lh our
Its e..,7 can KIN them - ~ are.
fosl laois revenge But nate them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
CRISES IN GREAT LIVES

June ~. 1873, the French Revolution had
lust begun 70 brew on that day ne Third
Estate, LED BY a cool silent thin-lipped
abpe, declared themselves the National AS
sembly There sat among them a man with
out innuence and with only the doubtful
notouety Of a pair Of slandarous lawsuits
He vas ugly, hideous with pock-mar<s a
livid green face. fat. domineering sWaqeer-
ins. His name vas Airabeau- Honor
Gabriel Rquetti Comte ds Aiirabeau
"a days later the King q France sent 8
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

natufsi resources arc left undeveiopsd and
raw material unused the drop IN population
caused by ircapacitatinp million mon re-
stricts every markets taxes fall heaviest Just
when the people are least able 10 bear them.
War Is industrial and social insanity and no
one can vet estimate how much civilization
must paw for The prosenf carnaRe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Quite Natural

why are wom' % crazy over these bat :
tered-up football players?"
II suppose it is because of the innate
feminine love of remnants."-Baltimore
American.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Worth Irving

Let's drop into this restaurant"
u don't believe / care to eat anything"
well, come in and get new hat for your
old one, anyway"-Boston Transcript.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
CURIOSITY SHOP

In other days Moslems had an aversion TO
photographs but now the feeling is dis
appearing from Turkey even to the extent Of
printing the likeness OF the Sultan Pictures
OF the reigning sovereign have at present an
immense vogue in the orthodox Near East,
and are very popular in the Turkish reEi-
ments 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

Economists, sociologists and other students Of
the capital and labor question seem to agree
that the present Industrial unrest is due prl.
marily TO a readJustment that Is going on be.
meath the surface. The Colorado and Butte out
breaks are hardly, as the Radicals sometimes
aver. to be taken evidence OF an increasing
tendency TO settle Industrial differences with
guns and kniyes.-Indianapo News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Getting Rack

Turner, the English artist was once al
dinner where several artists, amateurs and
literary men were convened. A poet, by way
of being facetious, proposed as toast "The
PAINTERS and Glaciers of England" The
toast was drunk; and Turner after return
Ing thanks for it, proposed, Success 10 the
respond. F0 ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Paraphrased
III aeroplanes were n.y.

British and Turkish aeroplanes we're n.y.
ing over Egypt.
Pyramids" exclaimed the Sphinx, ven
turing to speak for the first time these many
days, the goth century looks down upon
u.s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

Babies are carried on, or rather In. long
pillows by the peasant women in Hungary
A babe is laid on the pillow. the end Is
Tapped over and is usually long enough 10
come up to the infants chin. A string Is
then tied around the pillow, holding 1t close
about the youngster, thus making a snug
and comfortable little bed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
NATIONAL VIEWPOINT

Slowly but surely spirit is shaping itself
in this country. Indications of 1t are multiplying
fast, not that anything definite is threatening
us, or that there is the remotest fear of our
country being invaded, but that the madness OF
the European world is sure to manifest itself
In some equally mad venture against the United
States and its guardianship of North and South
America.-New Haven journal Courier
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

humane and enlightened Government would
not at this time take offense at the action OF
a Belgian representative, even though that
action were somewhat Irritating But the
world sympathy for the most unfortunate and
heroic OF nations has not penetrated Mexico.
sympathy and chlvalry are unknown qualities
In the land Of pulque.-Tacoma Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24
Insectivorous

Having reached the River Bug, the Ger
mans VIII now proceed to scratch them
selves into trenches.
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Not Up to Date

THE Conklins say that they came over
on the Mayhower"
That's nothing to boast of; she was only
a sailing ship"
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THIS SHOP WILL BE CLOSED r
ON SUNDAYS
IN THE HEREAFTER
Not What He Mean,

ter stay to dinner 'Ou pel-
The Guest-oh, thanks very much b,. a..
not oad enough for that-YaIs Record
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II will be interesting to observe the results
of his enthronement in the capital as the fourth
popular idol since Pordrio Diaz was knocked of
his pedestal. So far luck has always been with
the insurgent until he wins his fight and as
sumes benevolent dictatorship; then the gods
OF war and public favor desert him in favor of
the next coming man. Whether fate has this
irontc end in store for Villa remains to be seen
But II is announced that a clash with that
other possible pacifer, Emiliano zapata, is
pretty sure to be the FIRST fruit of his arrival
at the goal Of his present struggle.-New York
Sun
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-24

That shortage Of coal in Belgium is one
thing they can't blame on the Germans.
They didn't use that kind OF fuel for their
ares in Belgium.