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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

in the midst of a wretched little yard Of we'll
trampled grass A huge board. on which had
been painted Beware the Dog!' confronted
them.
Hood looked about cautiously but saw no
canine guardian OF the grassplot. Picking up
a fragment Of broken brick. he scrIbbled be-
meath the warning this query:
Ware be the Dog?"
Mathews was stumped. and the supper which
followed was a Dutch treat.
Hook once Dragged that he could make pun
on any subject.
well then" said friend, make one on
the King"
The wit replied:
THE King is no subject"
Douglas Jerrold was another famous punster.
A fellow elubman once challenged him;
Can you make pun on the signs of the
zodlae?''
Jerrold did it,
by Gemini, CAM he said
The author Of Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" was clever at playing on words In
company Of literary men It came Doctor Wat
sons turn to show his facility IN rivalry Of
punning.
''come. now, watson" said Hall Game. I'VE
are all waiting"
Quite So flashed back the other. ''but please
don't be Ia such = huErycainAH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

business which its competitors thought they
ought to have The company is charged with
attempting to monopolize the oil business Of
the world.
All this has a most familiar sound. But
It does not seem to worry the Standard Oil
Company in the least. That corporation may
be blessed with a skin of indurated fibre un-
sensitive to such attacks and the Morgans
may be similarly equipped with impervious
integument. But the managers of both are
aware that 1t is not yet considered crime
anywhere, save in the United states, to do
as much business as possible or to reach out
for new business. The war may have
changed the popular view in Europe, but 1t
ia NOT likely
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
BE AN AMERICAN
From the Illinois State Journal.

From the Illinois State Journal
Half the world Is busy fighting the other half
Hatred and malice toward one another is
spreading through Europe as poison spreads
through the human system-blastng withering,
destroying.
The United States has kept out of trouble so
far. But millions of this cOuntry's inhabitants
have kinsmen across the sea-fathers mothers,
sisters brothers, or more distant relatives.
And when one has kinsmen. even distant kins-
men, killing or being killed in the trenches, 1t is
hard TO control the feelings. to be neutral-to
refrain from feeling bitter toward your neigh
Dor here whose kinsmen, perhaps, are part of
the foes your kinsmen lighting.
This is the time then to be an American first
Nail Old Glory to the mast and then stand by
the flag. You citizen of the United States
We do not want to meddle in this affair in Eu.
rope-eNcept to bring about peace If possible!
Feel sorrow and pain that the petty i'll feeling
of crowned puppets should cause the slaughter
of millions of men-some, perhaps, knsmen of
yours-but when hatred begins to steal into
your heart and the blOod-red haze of the battle-
field rises before your eyes
Stop and remember that:
You Amercan-nrst. last and all the
time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
GANDER AND GOOSE

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Calling attention to the article written by
Miss Ellen Adar in the Saturday edition of the
EVENING LEDGER, in which she crticses women
for sensitveness regarding age, and contrasts
Herewith the willingness of men not only to
acknowledge the full number of their years, but
as she asserts, even to add to them. In regard
to this last remark Miss Adair may find calow
youths guilty of such recklessness, but rarely
men whose locks are tinged with the rime of
age or whose bald pates glisten brilliantly
with the setting sun AS for her previous as
sertions, Miss Adalr should remember that de-
spite the proVerb, what is sauce for the gander
is not sauce for the goose. Increasing years
are naturally less of n Hugaboo to the mascu'
line gender, because no reproach seems to be
attached to them, but women-even their own
sex is responsible for much of the hestitancy'
felt by them in acknowledging the flight OF
time, while men are more than pleased TO
extend the hail fellow we'll met-glad hand
to those old enough to be their fathers and
grandfathers.
Few men, too, seem to object very strenu'
ously to their thinning "thatch"-or even 10
the absence of 1t almost entirely-and for the
matter of that neither does any one else, but
woman holds fast to her "crownlng glory" with
the tenacity of despair. and views with unspeak-
able regret its fading sheen and falling threads
of gold. On the contrary, the bald-headed man
wakes his little eyebrow" mustache with low
ing care, dOns, mayhap. bright red tie' a SUIT
of the latest cut and hies himself out to give
the girls treat-no matter what his age, ana
thinks no less of himself when, bowling CALAMITY
before some miss of IS, he diseloses a bare ana
shining poll" to her youthful eyes. But
bald headed woman-ye gods!
Where, for instance would you find woman
old or young. who would sit herself down TO be
lathered and shampooed ad libtum direcpy
in the gaze of the "madding crowd'2 Ana
yet strange as it has always seemed to me- one
rarely or never sees barber shop with cur
tain screening its male occupants from the Vul-
gar gaze Apparently blissfully unconscious
they proceed to make themselves comfortable
while the tonsorlal artists perform upon them
all the mysteries of the toilet Is 1t indiHeF-
ence or eoneeit which makes them so willins
TO display themselves? But no one can de-
clare them pleasing objects at such a time
And isn't 1t true If did such things ths
police would have TO be called upon 10 disperse
the mob of men from before the window?
only give these few instances to show that
on the question OF age, any other point ex-
cept Intellectually, that TO compare the sexes 70
absurd and unfair. A MERE WOMAN
Stoneleigh Court, April 2s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

TNHE Sultan is reported TO be suing for
i separate peace. He is not likely to get it.
Nothing could have pleased Russia more
than the entry of the Ottoman Empire into
the conflict. Constantlnople is a prize worth
fighting for; worth, in Russian eyes, all the
sacrifices in the Carpathians and the bitter
harvest OF death in Poland
Either the cause of the Allies or Turkey
in Europe is lost. The Crescent will not con-
tinue to fly above the Bosphorus unless the
eagle flaps his wings permanently in Ant
werp. There is peace for the Sultan only
in a surrender of his European territory.
Because the saving of that is his prime rea-
son for wanting peace, it seems that he is
in an inextricable dilemma. Since there
must be a carnival of map-maklng, by all
means let 1t be thorough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
"TIPpERARY" AND BREATHING

The theory of natural respiration" ac-
counts for the popularity of ITS Long,
Long Way to Tipperary" the marching song
of the British army, according to Thomas Hem
derson, an English music teacher Recently,
speaking at University College, Nottingham.
Mr.. Henderson is reported follows in The
Hospital:
Judging from their works, Handel and
Beethoven respired more slowly than Men
delssohn. Most people breathe about 20 times
a minute and he saw in that reason why quite
apart from the melody. the most popular music
was that in which the rhythm was even and
the accent always came the beat The
song, "Its Long, Long Way to Tipperary,"
was case In point. 1t had been asked why 1t
should be more popular than Elgar's patriotic
song, Land of Hope and Glory" The reason
was that "Tipperary' was in agreement with
the theory of natural respiration, while Elgar's
song was not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
Antitrust Fight Crosses the Water

FT1HERE is no rest for the rich. The thorns
! are no sooner taken from their couch in
one part of the world than they appear in
another part.
When the Supreme Court dissolved the
STANDARD oil Company into its constituent
corporations. thereby Increasing the market
value OF its shares. the long campaign that
had been waged against II here was ended
Ana when the new banking law was passed
- Congress it was announced that the
money trust" the head OF which was said
s Be j Pierpont Morgan's banking house,
4aa Destroyed. and the way was opened to
fhe lesseH men TO get what business they
thought they ought TO have.
r several members of the British Par
sut have begun 70 question the Govern
II about the var contracts awarded TO
s. MORGAN house. and 70 charge the Ameri-
go bankers with making Too much money
#na Slgh refusing to lei outsiders participate
s. Their business And an English company
= profit by the trade which Ger
has lost because Of the blockade, Is at
eas re STANDARD OH Company on the
a haf q = q corporation once ami
szla & set Iaera arst and secured
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
Smash the Pullbaeks, Program

TT is quite true that the whimsical argu-
ments advanced by "Dave" Lane against
rapid transit are self-contradictory and alb
surdly anti-progressve. He thinks that
convenience is something to be avoided
sedulousy. But when he talks about the
achievement of rapid transit as nothing
more than stealing" he is thinking, perhaps,
of some former franchises which were put
through in this city. There is no stealing
in this deal, and there win be none, unless
through some trickery or other the people
are deprived of the Improvement they so
urgently require
There were Dave" Lanes in the good old
days, and some OF them owned stage lines
on which account they bitterly opposed the
introduction of railroads They are dead,
but the country has survived and even
prospered Yet 1t is interesting to know that
there is Torysm left. 1t takes all kinds of
people to make q city, and if there were no
obstinate fellows to stand in the way of
any and all progress not of financial benefit
to themselves the fight would not be half so
gripping
It is WELL however, that the people of
Philadelphia should understand that their
project is in peril. A group of interested
are gathering their cohorts together to
defeat the loan. They are small in number.
but they hope through the apathy and over
confidence of the public to put one over.
They have an idea that they can catch the
people asleep. Instead, they have sounded
the alarm Unintentionally they are Paul
Reveres shouting warning to all citizens
to be UP and doing. Their card OF mac
curacies, freely distributed has convinced
citizens that n conspiracy is afoot and
warned them to so to the polls in great
numbers.
There are not enough Dave" Lanes In
this vicinity to stop rapid transit, which will
prove a Juggernaut for the whole lot of
them. 1t is a big thing, a compelling thing,
with body and a sweep to it, and all tho
intellectual Lllliputians hereabouts combined
or uncombined, cannot stop it, At every
turn so far they have been chockmatcd and
now they have the audacIty to attempt a
coup at the polls. They are in for as fine
a trouncing as pulbacks ever got. So, at
least, the auguries point
There is nothing now that can prevent the
success of the loan except the people them
selves. They let it go by default and
forfeit their privileges. But will they? Not
unless they are the dumbest set of sheep
that ever gamboled in a slaughter pen; and
recent events have given the impression that
the dumbness is on the other side. As be-
tween do-nothingism of Dave" Lane, whose
pockets are heavy with Union Traction
stock, and the constructive program of Dl-
rector Taylor whose interest is the public's.
citizen should have any difficulty in maxi
ing choice.
But remember Mr.. Voter, that your
choice will amount to nothing unless it is
registered in the ballot box
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
GaiIlard's Paradoxical Monument

.0sULEBRA cut, which carries the Panama
~ Canal through the backbone of the
Isthmus, is no longer to be known by the
name of the divided range of mountains. but
heneeforth 1t is Gaillard cut. named in honor
of the engineer who fought and tore a chan
mel through it.
Colonel Gaillard's monument, therefore,
does not lift itself into the air, but bores its
way through the hills Nevertheless, It is a
fitting memorial to great achievement and
to its achiever, who gave his life TO the
work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
at WAS THE EARLY SPRING"

(Translated from the Russian OF A. X. Toissos-i
1t was the early early spring,
The grass was young; above no stream
A sultry air was quivering;
OF green the forest did but dream.
The shepherd pipes, with tuning soft,
Had but begun their tale to tell
The slender fern had not yet doned
Its ieeey coil IN woodland dell
1t was the early. early spring,
Still fine and thin the birehen shadei
] caught the smile tnat. hoveringi
At last beneath thine eyelds Played
Thy smlle-it said my love had won
That smile thine eyelids stroVe TO Yehl
life o budding wood sunl
Q youth. hope. that could not faili
with tears my eyes were glistening.
So tender shone thy lovely face;
It was the early, early spring.
Faint birehen shade all round the place
This was the morning OF our day
o ioyl o tears So strangely bleptl
o hfe wood 0 sunny ray
And o the birch trees thrilling scent.
--Haith II ThQnas. n NsW xork saa-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
THE IMPORTANCE OF MANNERS

Manners are of more Importance than laws
Upon them in great measure. the laws de-
pend The law touches us but here and there,
and now and then. Manners are what vex
soothe, corrupt purify, exalt or debase,
barbarize or refine us, by constant, steady,
uniform, insenslble operation, like that of the
air we breathe in They give their whole form
and color to our lives According to their quail
ity they aid morals; they supply them or they
totally destroy them.-Edmund Burke.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

When Barnes said that Governor Hughes
was planning to build a machine OF his own
he proved that he did not know what kind
OF a man Hughes was. But when he said
that the success Of Hughes was bad for the
Barnes machine he proved that he knew
what Kind Of q man Hughes Bas not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

1t win be difficult for Barnes to prove that
Roosevelt is any different sort OF man from
what the country has long known him to be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

Perhaps a medical expert would be able to
decide whether the epidemic OF beri-beri on
the German cruiser at Newport News Is
really what they say 1t Is or just cold feet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

thousand corpses to gain yard seems
TO be the rule in Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

The colleges in oxford University are fol-
lowing the example of the King by barring
the use OF alcoholic drinks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

Prof Ernst Haeckel. who is 50 years old,
does not think he viii live long enough to
recover from his hate of the British. and in
this respect he agrees with many younger
Germans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

One cannot escape the thought today that
there are Dukes in America also
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

Professor OBolger evidently thinks that
kindergarten methods are not necessary in a
university.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

Even If the General Assembly should ad-
journ on any other day than Nay IS it could
not escape the hoodoo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29

The jitney is so invigorating it was in
evitable that a cocktail should be named
after It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
Stimulus for other Cities

The work has been absolutely a volunteer
work. spontaneous in origin and tributary
to the interests OF no national party, no class
or clique, no politieo-business interest. It
has held strictly TO it's purpose. refusing al
side issues, all collateral temptations The
city Of Chicago as great business enter
prise. deserving the best Of Its citizens ana
demanding a high degree Of capacity ana
honesty In its aldermanie directorate
that subject the league devoted its enortsa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

The visions music brings before the mind, Soul secrets shrouded in sweet melody, Wherein promised ecstacy we find
 Is there no sweet fulfllment yet to be? How sad would be the sorry scheme of Were death the end, and but oblivion
 there?
 But no-like seed of flower or weed,
 through strife
 And death itself-souIs live again-some-
 where.
 New York's traffic policemen have been the butt of many jests recently. They have been uniformed--on rainy days-in white raincoats, white helmets and white rubber boots. This was done in or der that the people might easily distin- guish them, and it is never safe to cross street without keeping your eye on the traffic policeman, as well as watching your step-and obeying his majestic ges- lures.
 However, the street cleaners also wear white and are referred to as the white wings" so that the traffic ''cops," as soon as they appeared in their new rainy day clothes were kidded almost into state of inefficiency. But the white uniforms are generally approved and are here to stay.
 New York is too large for the jitney bus, as it is operated in smaller towns, and as a result we are still unable to get an automobile ride for less than 10 cents The enormous special cars that were built for the jitney bus idea have failed to reach an agreement with the city authorities.
 ''On Trial" and Tt Pays to Adver- tise,' the two Conan & Harris produc- tions that have had nearly a years run here. are still filling the Candler and George M. Cohen theatres, and 1t was recently announced that they would continue throughout the summer.
 It takes somewhat of show to have run like these have had in Manhat- tan. "On Trial" is one of the most re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

they actually feel sincere pity for those who for one reason or another do not in dulge in it. This is, in fact, the life of the "trimmees;" the "trimmers' go about it differently. However, since all habitues. or regulars must belong to the one class or the other, I would recom- mend the life of the ''trimmees" as the more desirable The life of each is brief and blurred as artificial as the lights that lure them on. and even more likely to snap out and leave them in darkness that may be eternal.
 SOUL LIFE. But little light have we upon our way Though much we know, how little of
 the whole! We must, forever groping, day by day, Fight onward toward sure death--ths
 unknown goal Is that the end, or but the fairer dawn7 An, who shall say. since none has yet
 returned? Do souls beyond that barrier pass on To some reward through well borne sor-
 row earned? Nay-death the end-Ill not believe 1t so And this poor life deserving souls sole
 joy;
 Despite his boasted prowess men. we
 know,
 Cannot one atom wholly here destroy. The dying flower and dying weed as well, Drop seed that, once again, earth's bos-
 om fill With subterranean life-throbs that soon
 swell,
 And grow in greater plant profusion still. The yearning of the soul for unknown
 bliss;
 Vague thoughts and fancies of a iream-
 filled gloom Have these no purpose nor intent savs
 this:
 To rot with mans poor corpus In .
 tomb7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30

Here, then, Is one recipe for smart ness" in the white light district, accord ing to opinions brought out at the Kelly trial:
 If you are member of the quondam gentler sex, awaken about Il a. m. ; breakfast and start forth an hour or so later Take in a matinee, bridge party or something of the sort, then to the Oea) dansant, where you must drink plenty of the not teal. It will then be time to rush home and dress for the Tit tie dinner' with a friend, at about ' D. m. Begin this little dinner with cocktail follow up with sips of Sauterne throughout the meal, top off with a cog nae and creme de menthe and then drink champagne until you discover it is time for the theatre. Get through the performance as best you can then start on the early morning round of the cabaret restaurant. Drop in at Rector's for a little atmosphere" thence around to the garden, in Seventh avenue at Fiftieth street, and imbibe more 'atmosphere' and other things. From there you might go up to help out zeigfelds Follies atop the New Amsterdam theatre. then out to Rustanoby's domino room. where you will enjoy the relaxation permitted. and final ly tot Reisenweber's where you are sure of not being noticed, no matter what your condition, and from thence taxi, or your friends car will take. you safely home before sunrise. efaEg
 If you are man, the same programme will hold with the exception of a few minor details. You must arise in time to get to your office during the morning and frequently you will have to cut out the matinee. This however. will not de- prive you of any of the early morning. you may follow the female programme and the female-to your hearts content.
 Come to think of it. there isn't great deal of variety about that kind of living, but the white lighters have convinced themselves that 1t is life. and I believe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-30
Warns of Alaskan Lure

rrom tne WashlngtDns Post.
 Reports of an impending stampede of labor to- Seward. Alaska, in search of work on the government railroad from Seward to the interior has called forth warning from the Alaskan engineering commission that no large number of men would be needed there this year. s
 Tt Is much to be regretted that large numbers of laboring men are f1ocking to Seward seeking work on the proposed government railroad.'' said statement by Chairman Edes. No construction work is going on at present nor is there any possibility of work being started for sev- eral weeks Most of the work will De given out to station men, who will do their own work. and who will require a little capital to begin with. Not moro than a few hundred men will be needed this season, and 1t Is probable there srs sufficient numbers there now.
 "No man should go to Alaska without money enough to return to the states in case he does not find work. At present the opportunities for employment in Alaska are very few.''
 Commissioner Edes said that the com mission already had thousands of appli- cations for positions in connection with the construction of the road. and that not a fraction of the applicants could be e. ployed.