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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
Getting Together

AS THE song runs. ut is always fair
IA weather when good fellows get together"
This means that when all the good fellows
engaged in business here get together there
will be brighter skies over head for every
business enterprise. The get-together move
ment of the Chamber of Commerce. to be
celebrated by dinner on Monday night, is
pulling all the men into it who can work
shoulder to shoulder with their fellows in
putting the city in it's rightful place in the
commerce of the nation.
Philadelphia was once the greatest Amer-
can city. Whether it shall ever regain that
place does not matter, but it does matter
whether every business man here does his
utmost to develop the resources of the COM
munity and the country which it supplies,
and utilizes to their limit all the opportun-
Ties for drawing new business not only to
his own establishment, but to the establish
ments of his neighbors. If the whole COM
munty prospers every individual in it will
share IN the benefits. So keep on getting
together, until those who flock by them
selves are conspicuous because of their
rarity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
To Harrisburg on Tuesday

r ET 10000 disciples OF the liquor ring march
IL to Harrisburg IL they wish A show of
popular power is an inalenable American
privilege. The antl-local optionists have
just as much right to demonstrate as any
other people. Doubtless, too, they could give
a demonstration that would be unique. They
might. for instance, show their product.
The march of the 10 600 would be a wonderful
sight, provided the 10000 should be made UP
of those who propose to prove, by an ex-
hibtiun of themselves that booze" is a good
thing, although II would not be wise to
march under banners with the strange de-
vice. Ten Sons in a Barroom'
For every opponent of local opticn that can
be massed at Harrisburg. Tuesday, the
friends of local option should muster ten.
That is about the numerical ratio Of the two
camps throughout the State. This is a chal-
lenge the friends of local option can meet
with a cheer and jubilation. If a counting
of hands is to determine the issue, If the
liuuor ring is ready to stand or fall by such
a test then let the Governor be backed up
on Tuesday by so vast multitude of ad-
herents that never again in Pennsylvania
will liquor or any other ring attempt the
obscuration of the public purpose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
HOW CARTY CAUGHT THE VISION

we first met him. There were no electrical
glneers in those days and man had to blaze
out his own trail This he did with such
cess that today there is no authority anywhere
in the world who will rank with Carty in his
chosen field. 1t would be impossible within a
brief space 10 enumerate the improvements
wrought out by this man and by TIE corps of
500 experts who are at work under his dlrec-
tion at the engineering, heart of the corpora
ton in New York. Not only has he served
America. but foreign Governments have recog-
nlzed his skill, France calling him 10 lecture at
the sorbonne and the Emperor of Japan be-
slowing on him two decorations, the Order of
the Sacred Treasure and the order of the Ris-
ing Sun
About six years ago Mr. Carty visited for
the first time the Pacific coast. In common
with all the boys of the East-so he tells the
story-he had studied geography, seen pictures
of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, read his Buff
fao Bill. knew about the trappers and Over
land Trail and of the old pioneer spirit OF
pixies Peak or Bust" He went over that
trail. not on the back of a mustang but in a
Pullman. In going over the route and reading
and rereading the history of that westward
movement he was seized. he says. with some
of the old ploneeer spirit inspired by the gran
The railroad which he travelled was the
Union Pacific and the fact that It was so called
was suggestive TO him. He was impressed with
the fact that California telephoniealy was
not in the Union
Il was impressed he continued with the
fact that the Union Pacific Railroad was
built for the purpose Of tying that part Of the
country to the rest of the Union. We were
not one nation until California was admitted
to the Union. until it was tied up by the rail-
road and the telegraph Now. telephonieally
we were not one nation until we were able to
talk from New York or Philadelphia or Bos-
ton to San Francisco, and the thing which
promised was that l was going TO undertake
nothing more or less than TO go back and set
to work, 50 far as 1t in me lay. an OF our
machinery and resources to establish tele-
phonie communication between the Atlantic ana
Raelfe.s CHARLES Il CHAPLIN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

r1HE only objection to the curfew rule
i which Director Porter intends to enforce
is that it allows children under 16 years old
to be on the street too late. Eleven o'clock
is later than any boy or girl should be out at
night unattended by parent or guardian. An
hour earlier, or even two hours earlier would
be better. The street is not a proper place
for children. If their parents do not keep
efzsa sar'ate home in the evening the police must
do it for the s9l>e of the community at large.
Few men become criminals after they
reach maturity The seeds of crime must be
planted early if they are to germinate. The
number of criminals between the ages of 16
and 21 years with which the courts have to
deal is appallingly large. Each one of these
youthful lawbreakers got his start in the evil
associations of the streets at night The en-
forcement of curfew rule. therefore. is not
return TO puritanical practices, but the ap-
plication of common sense to a pressing
problem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
Growing Harmony in Italy

ITALY, confronting a great crisis In her
i history, is different from the Italy which
deprived the Pope of his temporal power.
The Vatican statesmen have evidently de-
cided that the time has come to abandon
the policy of aloofness which they have pur-
sued since Rome became the capital of
United Italy in 1871, and to recognize more
or less formally the status quo The new
Archbishop of Genoa has definitely prayed
for Victor Emmanuel, the royal family and
the civil and military authorities and an
amicable arrangement has been made be-
tween the Church and the State for the con-
duct of diplomatic negotiations in case Of
war. The Pope has agreed to dismiss the
the King has agreed that the Pope may deal
with the hostile capitals through the neutral
diplomatists who will be asked to look after
Italian interests.
This friendly cooperation could not have
been arranged If the bitterness engendered
by the seizure of the Papa States nearly so
years ago were not disappearing. Even the
great crisis would not have been sufficient TO
restore harmony between the political and
the religious powers in Italy. 1t is useless
to speculate on what the rapprochement
means to the church, which has considered
the whole subject most carefully before act
ing. and doubtless faces the future with
definite purpose. Italians everywhere must
rejoice at what they regard as the beginning
of the end Of deadlock which has been un-
fortunate both for Church and State ever
since it began.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

NN A hot summer day in Boston more than
" 35 years ago an old lady toed up the inev-
table flights of stairs which led TO the tele-
phone office of those times. out of breath
she sat down and when she had recovered
sufficiently to speak she said she wanted to
talk to Chicago, The operators of that time
of type that the ethnologists would
rank a little lower than wild Indians. These
youngsters or all but one, set up a great
laugh and, indeed, the absurdty of the old
ady's project could hardly be overstated. be-
cause in those days Salem, 10 miles away, was
then long distance line. Considering the diff
hculty in getting a message even to Salem 1t
was no wonder that the old lady's proposal
was greeted with undue merriment. She
wanted to talk to her son in Chicago when Is
miles was the uttermost long distance frontier.
But there was one of the operators who did
not laugh. After the visitor had departed he
turned and said that the day would come
when Boston and Chicago would be linked
by busy telephone wires. At this the others
set up a laugh as loud and even more derisive
than before. The boy who made this prophecy
was John ]. Carty, today chief engineer OF
the American Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, the man who perhaps more than any
other was responsible for co-ordinating and
psrfectng the system which has made pos
slbls conversation from TO ocean.
Others. it is true. have had their part, and
not a small part. in the work. from Theodore
n. Vail. president of the company, who said
"Do It," and it was done, through the long
series OF inventors who have smoothed out
the wrinkles in the Transmission OF the elec-
trio fluid across the continent Bell and Wat
son ana Pupn and hundreds of lesser lights
have done their share, but when all is said and
done We must come back 70 Carly. He 1t
was who not only had the vision, but had the
ability TO bring this vision into the fun frui-
tion OF reality.
Born in Cambridge. Mass, April 4, 1851,
Carly after going through the Latin school
with the intention Of entering Harvard. found
ihat his eyes would not enable him 10 pursue
The scholastic course he had mapped out.
ana Ia 1879 he landed iob e switchboard
operator u tie Boston once shs place where
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
AUotd all 0rtevin0 soue for vour oton
mtSdCeds
WHO Will Neutralize the Neutralizers7 2

OF COURSE Villa and zapata would he
~ delighted to have Mexico City neutral
ized 1t would relieve their armies from much
hrduous labor and leave them free to fight
In other parts of Mexico with the capital as
the prize of final victory. But Carranza has
yet to be heard from. He holds Vera Cruz
and dominates the line of communication be-
tween the capital and the Gulf of Mexico.
He has been asked to consent not only to the
naturalization of Mexico City, but of the rail-
road as well. But IL he should consent, what
guarantee would sany one have that either
the railroad or the capital would remain neu-
trail? Villas guarantee is worthless He
would respect 1t only so long as he profted
by IL, and If it should appear to be to his
advantage to seize the city he would not
hesitate TO send his army there.
The trouble with Mexico at the present
lime is that there is no one in the country
able to guarantee anything No Mexican
leader will trust his fellow leaders any
farther than he can see them. The groups
formed today are broken up tomorrow and
friends of last week are enemies next week
Yet Mr.. Bryan would doubtless count it one
Of the greatest triumphs OF his diplomatic
career If he could secure signatures of villa,
zapata and Carran2a to document purport-
ing to neutralize the Mexican capital. And
there are few who would be so cruel as to
deny to him the pleasure to be derived from
such an empty victory over the forces of dis
order. even though some curious souls might
be unkind enough to ask who would neutral
fZe the neutralizerS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
EASTER THANKSGIVING

Thank God for the dear ones safe today,
Safe at home on the happy shore,
Where the smile of the Father beams for ave
And the shadow of pain shall fall no more
Thank God for the hearts that have done with
sin,
For the eyes that shall never be blind with
tears;
Thank God for the beautiful entered in,
To the perfect rest of the deathless years,
Thank God today for the pilgrim feet,
Which have trodden the last of the tolsoms
way;
For the strong. for the fran. for the babes so
sweet,
Who have left forever this crumbling elayi
Who have changed earth's trial and loss and
moan
For the vctor's palm and the voice OF praise,
Who dwell in the light of the great white
Throne,
And ion in the songs which the ransOmsd
raise.
Thank God today for the hope sublime.
Which hlls our souls in the darkest hours;
Thank God that the transient cares of time
Are wreathed in The glory Of fadeless flowers.
Thank God for The rift in the desolate graysi
"fts the soldiers couch, not the eaptiYes
prison;
He hallowed its portal. who died to save.
And We write DER its arch, The Lord y
risen
-Marsaret F. sansster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

three-deckers as "Tom Jones" and Penden-
MIS-" Evidently in literature, as on the stage.
the output is calculated TO meet the demands
of people whose duration of attention is
shorter than OF old.
The Stiffening Up Process
1t Is quite useless to deny that this popular
demand for the rapid-fre school of drama
and fiction is a serious handicap to the man
who Is trying to do fine, serious work either
in the drama or literature 1t is a terrible
handicap. and the dramatic artist is perhaps
the harder hit But it is not so easy to say
whether our modern weakness of attention Is
due to vaudeville and the movies or the other
way around. May 1t not be that the whole
trend of our modern world, with its universal
education making millions of people factors
in the reading and playgoing public who
were once not factors who once left the field
to persons endowed by nature with greater
powers of sustained attention, has something
to do with the matter? May it not be that
our modern city life. with it's hurry, its eX-
citement, its lack of leisure, its hundred ap-
peals to the attention where one appeal eX-
listed century ago. has much to do with our
Scatter Drained" condition?
At any rate we might as well face the fact
that no matter how much we deplore the in
ability of the modern American crowd to
concentrate it's attention for a prolonged
period we cannot rise up and abolish vaude-
vlle motion pictures and the cheap fiction
magazines. The way to increase the dura-
tion of attention is by education. 1t is by
stiffening up the schools and by giving every
possible encouragement to worthy art works
which do demand prolonged attention. There
is no little truth in the charge that our
schools al present are too soft. And it is
nobody's fault but our own, surely, that our
theatres have been left entirely in the hands
of commercial traders whose interest it is to
cater to the largest number-the largest
number always being those whose powers of
attention are the weakest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

tight trousers to appear. for they completed
the costume OF the man Of fashion in that
far.off time when the newly recurring styles
last prevailed. and when the dandy once
known as a fop and earlier called beau,
was characterized as dude"
women's fashions recur also, and some
observers OF the human comedy are so bold
as to insist that the women give to their
Easter hat almost as much thought as the
men have been giving to their new one
buttoned, braid bound cutaway coats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
APRIL IN THE SOUTH

She comes to us in balmy winds,
Sweet with the breath of spring,
Aglow with blooming daffodils
While tuneful warblers sing:
Their notes Commingling with the brooks
That dances in its mirth
And Shine and Shower passing by,
Make glad the waking earth
BediGht with lovely velvet leaves,
a robe of royal green.
Adorned with apple blossoms rare,
She is the seasons queen;
A dainty maiden fresh and fair,
Unburdened vet with years
That faces life with changeful mood,
A child of smiles and tears.
Jake II. Harrison, In Southern Womans Maya
zine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
Clothes Cycles

TTsIIE cycle OF clothes completes itself with
! regularity almost as unvarying as that
Of the seasons; but II takes years instead OF
months for the old fashions to recur When
Nature made a rose she looked upon it and
pronounced 1t good. She reproduces 1t year
after year in unyarying fashion. but man
Is not content with the cut of his coat for two
seasons In succession. This is why It takes
- long for the old fashions to reappear,
They have TO be forgotten by the mass be-
fere they can come back. even in form at
ali suggestive of their first estate.
lei Us take the eutaway coat as a type.
Twenty -flve or thirty years ago every young
man owned one. Il was usually made of
dianonal worsted and the edges were bound
with braid. The length OF the tails and the
naaher Of buttons varied from season to
season. but the general style OF the coat
ss Unchanged Tor several years. Then It
disappeared. though hot-house specimens
Hsfa occasionally seen. And the fashion Of
aafns mems coats with braid went with
Hal year OF two ago the eutaway coat
ze back The early examples were rare
Ihs afst flowers Of spring that show
Themselves when the sun begins 20 warm
zasllerea places. Bur this year We are
zaa fhal every man whe wishes 70 be we'll
nasf have olie' and they are an
aaa after the manner Of their pre-
= Ihe ast century Hhsx viii be
asEs slsle = - tie churches
lz7afeasea naan en
41aazss eisY HaI = clad
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03
THE CRIME oF THE ROSE

10 The Editor Of ths EesHiug Ledger:
slr-I cannot help Benjamin West who asks
about the color OF the American Beauty rose
for | have hated the flower and never sought
10 know what it looks like ever since heafi
that John u, Rockefeller Jr said that IN ofasa
10 develop the blossom 10 its greater peFfeetioa
Il was necessary 10 nip OF all but one Of tas
buds on the plant and send all us strength iate
the remaining bud. Such Illustration Of ne
plain intent Of nature Is criminal
ANGELINA PERKINS
Bfsn AaHr April Z.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

When al. Bryan enters the Senate all hope
of passing q elotaFe rule vim disappear. for
i there i one man IN the country opposed
= -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

whether Francis Joseph il surprisingly
wella or not depends on the expectations OF
those who are surprised at his state OF
health They might have expected to find
aim sick abed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

The Mexican lumber swinalers fooled a
great many people including a Few United
States Senators, and they deluded the Presi-
dent. but not for more than 80 days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

They hung the portrait of Thomas JefTer-
son in conspicuous place in Independence
Hall yesterday to remind the Administrations
that such a man once lived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

The stormy weather for which the captain
OF the Eitel Friedrich has been praying is
now clustering around Newport News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

There seems to be a feeling that Billy
and the devil win not both remain in Pater,
son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

What's the use having new dress If the
weather man fixes 1t so that neither you nor
it can get out?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

The Municipal Court is doing all it car
to supply the hungry with jobs,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

Chicago women are demonstrating thei
ability to play the game of politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

Perhaps Austria wants peace before there
is nothing but the pieces left.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

Industry is beginning to hum now that
Congress has quit buzzing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

COUNCILS Fourth of July Committee is
~ expected to use all It's influence with the
General Assembly to secure the passage of
bill approprating money for the celebration
of the Nations Birthday in Independence
Square If the anniversary is to be fttingly
observed this year and in future years it is
necessary that the Commonwealth join with
the city in inviting the other States to par
tCpate. Although the title to the piece of
ground on which Independence Hall stands
is i'm the name of the city. the famous hall is
a national possession. We have to guard it
and preserve it as its custodians. but both
city and State must make the nation well
come here on the great anniversary and must
make II feel that the shrine belongs to 1t
in Il very real sense. This cannot be done
without money. The expenses of the guests
must be paid and adequate decorations must
be provided. and the committees in charge
must feel that they have ample funds to meet
all reasonable expenses involved in worthy
celebration.
A bill making State appropriation was in
troduced in Harrisburg early in the session,
but it did not have the backing of the local
authorities The determination of the Com
mittee OF Councils TO back this or a similar
bill ought to be enough to secure its passage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

The baseball season has been officially
opened by riot in Colon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-03

Admiral Fiske probably takes the Navy
seriously.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
HERE II coon NfN~
FOR STOMACH We TINS.

SOME very remarkable results are
being obtained by treating stomach,
liver and intestinal troubles with
pure vegetable oils. which exert a
cleansing, soothing and purifying
notion anon the lower bowels, re-
moving the distractions OF poison
Gus feeal matter and gases and pre-
venting their absorption by the
blood This done the food Is at
lowed free pa sago from the stom-
aeh. fermentation ceases and stom-
aeh troubles quickly disappear.
Georee Il Mayr for twenty years
leading chieaeo druggist, cured
himself and many of hH friends Of
stomach. liver and Intestinal rou-
hles Of wears staudiHs hy this treat
mem. and so successful WIS the
remedy he devised thaf it has since
been placed in the bands OF dius-
eists all over the country, Who have
solid thousands of bottles
Though absolutely harmless. the
effect Of the medicine y aufiicient to
convince any one Of it, remarkabie
effectiveness, and within "A hours
The sufferer feels like new person.
Aaxrs Wonderful Remedy is sold
BY leading druggists every whore
,ith the positive understanding
that your money viii be refunded
without question Or quihbio Il ONE
bottle fails 10 siYe sou absolute sat
istaedon. Cnrlins Two Drug stores.
adv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-10
DEMONS RAT|ON WORK
STARTS IN COUNTY
ID. ID. FLOYD viii REIGN At
EARLY DATE TO REVIVE
IIST
FINDS Farmers CiamoTiug for In
structions in Scientific Methods
OF Work.

After two DAYS work as farm, de-
monstration agent y. p. Floyd says
the work is beginning 10 appeal to
MIN, aud that hopes Of success are
taking form in his mind already
Mr. Floyd is a farmer who knows
the practical side of the work ami
who has made Il success of farming
as business He is now giving his
attention to the scientific side of
the business. During the day ef
Monday and Tuesday ne was kept IN
tit Office By reason Of very disagree
able weather but this did no. pre-
vent him from launching ont uDg4
this great ana important work. Re