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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20
Factory Branch of the Autocar Company Ardmore, Pa

Branch o the Auoca Company
This building is the AutOcar COmpany's guarantee of
RESULTS to Philadelphia of AutOcar With its
expert mechanics duty day and night it is constantly
service To all ntents and purposes it is YOUR BUILDING
built by for your The Philadelphia business who buys
AutOcar Delivery Vehicle is backed by big and
organization right here Philadelphia that will to it that the
makes good in his business.
Ask Phadephias leading business houses what they think
of their AutOcars and AuOcar service Call at 2d and
Market S write for cataOg and list of 2OO
using AutOcars in every line of business
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20
WOMEN's CLUBS AID WORK.

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It has a municipal ly-CatCher, and he Is
wide awake and on the Job" Large
cages are placed in various parts of the
city and, i'm addition to the large supply
of flies killed I'm this wav n rcden II ''uuuC
interest is aroused Boards of Health
nearly everywhere are active against the
fly, especially by means of public educa-
tion. WomenS clubs are commended by
the research bureau for giving much at
tention to the subject in all parts of the
country Its announcement says:
''Philadelphias rank in the list Of de-
sirable cities in which to live depends on
her attitude on Just such questions as this
In addition to being known ms the City
of Homes why not he known as the city
of Health'?"
1t Is something more than keeping
the streets of Jerusalem clean by each
one cleaning his own sidewalk" Citizens
can do much about their own pr"'nircS
to see that flies are kept out of the
house and that none breed nearby. But
their ordinary radius of activity is about
$50 yards. so that whatever householders
can do far from home in all directions. or
get their neiEhbors to do. will be inn
portant. The vacant lot at the corner,
the field where the boys play back of the
house. one must keep an eye on these
and the conditions they are in The
courts have already passed on the dues-
tion Of damages for n sufferer from
typhoid who could trace his illness to
flies feeding upon sewage.
The determination of the mosquito has
long been community Question-why
not also that of the infant-<illng fly? This
is the argument Of the research bureau.
Philadelphia can fight the fly on sCieu-
tifc lines, as Gorgas fought the mosquito
at Panama, and reduce the death rate to
n point much lower than has yet been
reached.
swat the fly is an excellent slogan
indeed. but inefficient So far ms completely
eXteiminating the ny is concerned. The
fy antedates man and thrives readily on
evils of congested city life Therefore,
the bureau warns, the Job is not such an
easy one"
Begin now! Flies are the connecting
link between the home and filth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20

SOMERSET, Pa, April 2O.-Fire last
night burned to death two small children
in an Italian boarding house at Listie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20
More Dangerous Than Tiger or
Cobra, the Citizens D"ty Is
to ENtermindte Its Br 2diHg
Places.

will depend largely upon tn" q OF
the good citizens In that wee
This is primarily a quest h..
ones own health and one s
health but that "neighbor'' en-
in sense as broad as when In
the Rihle. The Philadelphia Dor
may he on the Pacific coast mo-
ment: next month, depending II on
this very question and the wa city
meets IL, he may or may not your
actual neighbor in the same hi ( with
YOU. Fly-Catching has entered very Inn
portantly as n factor in the competition
of cities for inhabitants. The case Of
Redlands, Cal, Is cited
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-20

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The Washington times., 1915-04-30

Both grades repre-
sent the limit of value
giving-come and see
for yourself the
amount of style and
quality the makers
have crowded into
these two hats.
NJ e ms Furnishing
Dept, First Floor.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

The modern scientific historian
has little patience with traditions
He is stickler for facts, and ira
ditions undoubtedly depart from
cold. hard fact In many instances.
Nevertheless, there is a real value
in traditions which even the ultra
scientific historian occasionally
glimpses Only the other day was
reminded OF this in reading the lat
est biography OF that excellent Eng
lish king, Alfred the Great.
The biographer. historian
trained in the modern school. at.
tackled vigorously the familiar ira
ditions centerlng about King Alfred
Not even the tradition OF the
burned cakes was spared. But there
followed this interesting statement:
The myths of the past make his.
tory OF the future, and II is not so
much by truth itself as by what men
believe to be true that they are in
spired TO action.
The legendary tales which have
gathered about the name OF King
Alfred may be shadows from the
actual events OF his life. or merely
the dreams OF later ages concern
ing him. In either case they show
. that the poor have seen in him
their helper, and that his memory
still dwells In good works in the
country for which he fought and
suffered
There is a truth in this which
cannot easily be over-emphasized
The nation or the man that does
not cherish traditions lacks splen'
did stimulus 10 right thinking and
right living,
Traditions help TO form national
and individual character. by the
ideals of thought and action which
they xuhtly suggest,
George Washington, like King Al
fred. may be largely legendary
mythical parsonage. so far as con
Germs the traditions In which he
figures. But even II the stories told
OF him are not literally true. they
represent standards OF behavior
which have profoundly Influenced
the national development OF the
United States.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
Pointed Paragraphs

When a giri mauies she merely
exchanges lover for a husband
What people don't know about
religion causes the fool arguments.
\ lazy man is always on the
wrong side OF the human pront and
loss account
Boy babies learn 70 talk sooner
than girl babies. bur the latter make
up for II later on
A man always wants 10 climb
about three times higher than ne
can ever hope 10 get
Don't expect any man to thank
YOU for trying 20 induce him TO do
what he doesn't want 10 do
Why does young man try TO
keep on the right side Of his best
girl when he knows her heart 10
on the left side?
Although married woman may
have everything that money can
buy she VIII not be happy unless
she Ia permitted 10 have her own
way.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

will be on the alert TO report the first IN
-dication that the place has forgotten it is
on probation.
All this is creditable to the eXpurga-
tory campaign of the Journal and credit
able to its publishers conception OF the
larger field of newspaper service.
There was time when the Journal
would not have lifted damnifying fin
ger against a Republican mayor; but 1t
has vacated the seat of the worShIpfuf
in behalf of the once thriftily independ-
ent News, bequeathing to its contempo-
rary the role of thick-and-thin adherent
and apologist for the local administra-
ton.
The News is putting up magnificent
new home; we congratulate it. But if the
Journal continues to rejoice in the free
dom that permits it TO uncover plague
spots to the shame of recreant officials
it is building a house not made with
hands-a structure of enlarging and en-
during prestige.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
Something Is All Wrong!

1three ot ihrm and she docs but
her salary, her financial mdepen-
dence. the habit ~ earning have a
stronger hold on her Ny stars.
what bunch OF tiehtwads and
tyrants our male ancestors must
have been 90"
In striking contrast 10 this view
is that OF the, young heroine of The
RisinS Tide;
Shall make tho soap. or knit
Mortlmorp's stockings? or do yol
want mo 10 wait on tho table. and
put Flora out of job. 80. where
people have any morcy ~ all.
home duties" ~ far az girls are
concerned. are played out Machin.
cry Is tho cuckoo that has pushed
women rlt of the nest ~ domestic.
ity. That's not orislnGl with me,
she added. honestly. hut it's true.
haven't anything 70 40 ~ home.
so I've 20, 20 DO something out
side"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

IT, the December issue Of the
Womans Home Companion two
writer's show the curious contrast
OF viewpoint on marriage held by
modern young men and women
Several young men we're asked why
they avoided, matrlmony, and one.
whose engagement had been broken.
made the following comment on the
up-to-date girl:
II want Just common. garden
variety ~ wife, like my father mar.
ried. There cant be two business
careers under one roof I'm willing
TO work like two. n she'll drop hers
And, let me tell you. when I'm the
head of a big automobile concern,
III Issue a ukase girls employed
in any branch OF the plant That's
what think OF matrimony for the
business girl Business warps her
view on the home. the husband and
babies. She thinks she wants all
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
From Another Point of NeD

A Chicago woman swallowed table
knife and the fact suggests that 1t must
have been extraordinarily good pie.
Fifty thousand miles travelled on two
railroads, the B. & o. and the Southern.
is the record of a Kentucky man. Hard
lines.
Wayne county's license clerk has left
his lob to traffic in surety bonds. Rep
resenting. indeed some change-In
bonds.
Yost is counting on a winning eleven
for 1916. We haven't deserted him Just
because of the 1915 showing. Blest be
the Pennsylvania tie that binds.
John D. Rockefeller has given orders
to his chauffeurs that gasoline bills must
be cut down. Another way for John ID.
to save on gasoline would be to reduce
the price of it.
Let's see; what's the number OF this
latest subway plan!
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
UNITED STATES DIPLoMATIsTs

Brand Whitlock's success as Minister 10 bei
gium under the most difficult conditions mlghl
be cited as an illustration OF the working OF the
regime OF so-called individualism and liberty,
especially in developing the power Oh persona peIsonai
initiatIve Unsatisfactory as Is our American
system of using diplomatists who have nad no
special training. many OF these American rep
resentatiyes abroad exhibit remarkable per
sonal resource and adaptability under trying
circumstances Our history has numerous
cases of this sort beginning with Benjamin
Franklin, the classic instance OF the seifmade
diplonatist who easily the match OF the
most experienced foreign Ministers In the
world Individualism and freedom are very
faulty in some respects, yet under no other
regime is the atmosphere so favorable 20 the
highest development OF a mans power 70 rise
TO an occasion under unaccustomed conditions
Springfield Republican.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
BIRDS AN ECONOMIC FACTOR

One quail will detroy 10000 bugs
and 5000. .000. 900 weed seeds annual
ly. according to Mrs. Margaret NJ.
Nice of the Massachusetts state uni
versity.
Cotton growers lose sl0o,00o.000 a
year because hunters slaughter by
the thousands the quail, prairie
chickens. meadow larks and other
birds which destroy the boil weevil.
II the destruction OF bug eating
birds could be prevented. $1,000
100000 a year would be saved TO
this country, says Col. q. o. Shields,
president OF the League OF American
Sportsmen.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
By Gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 3O.-"The
president was visibly moved and
showed not a little emotion" is the
report Of Mrs. Ethel Snowden. Of the
peace delegation which called at the
White House Nov. %.
The words ere almost Identical
with the report made by the work
lag women's delegation which called
on the president during the summer
TO urge his supper, for the federal
amendment FOR woman suffrage.
During the parade of the Grand
Army veterans a few weeks ago. the
dispatches announced that Mr.. VII
son YepL
Yet. say the surprised delegates.
eve mad heard that Mr. Wilson Is a
cold man"
Wilson is an emotional man In
tellectusls are otter 30. Emotional
ism has 10 90 with temperament;
coldness may be predicted OF TEN.
permanent or Il character. Tempera-
nent is thing Of ;he moment, hav-
INK 10 Go with the sensibilities.
character is the permanent struc-
tGre ana has TO do with those mo
tive forces which make for the final
judgment on ELL problems 20 be de-
cided An emosionalist may or may
not De swayed by his emotions.
President Wilson may or may not
%, as 10 his character. a cold" man.
The answer Is not to be found in
the phenomena OF emOtionalism.
President Harrison was famed for
has c0lGness. IL that instance {, was
temperament The politicians com
planned that hc shook hands in a
cold way. His manner vas repell-
ing Once, Il am told, he personally
ordered from his car a delegation OF
Grand Army veterans who. in their
cn,husiasm to see and hear the
candidate. hal crowded aboard HIS
train. Then NJ the next station Har-
rison made a speech to an audience
Of veterans so eloquent that II NOV
ed them 20 tears.
President Wilson has none OF the
Harrison churiishness lie has per.
sona charm to the highest degree.
He is good listener and a good
talker His sense OF humor is keen
and his imagination active An apt
illustration. or an amusing story Is
always at his command He Is much
more genial han M-. Taft. who was
subject 70 spells OF bad nature and
who sometimes had violent outbursts
~ temper Mr.. Wilson has much
finer mind and while like Taft he
has a violent temper. he has Il gen.
orally under much better control {
should say that Mr. Wilson Is far
more emotional than Mr. Roosevo/
The latter lad stacatto manner.
which often Inisled the person not
familiar with H. In the case OF both
Taft and Wilson II ls the superficial
tiles which have confused thought
about them. The public finds II diff
ficult 10 associate Jesuitical coldhess
with rotundity and the Taft smile.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
NOVEL WAR ACTIVITY

The separation OF families on a scale un
known in the history OF wars Is one OF the by
products OF the present conflict
Thirty thousand OF these scattered families
have been reunited In western Europe. accord
ing TO Miss Katherine Kellogg American
girl who has worked With the bureau The
means employed was index and filing sys
TEN established in Paris, Geneva and Lyons
IL would seem as easy TO dip up the ocear
with teaspoon as to bring 10000 lost babe,
and mothers together
y. Yet II has been done. largely through the de
votiob and perseverance Of women.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
-Breakers-SlOw Down!
Law-EnfOrcers-Sp L Speed Up!

;Isn't it high time we passed up the
36ck gravity-the brow-knitting busi-
IeC6 lover our slaughterous street prob
1l and came right down to the self
cusatory fact:
81 Motor cars are murderous in the city
} Detroit because they are permitted to
ove at criminally reckless speed
II few years ago The Times kept track
1.-The death dots on the city map. The
op was thickly sprinkled with dots
Ia then. 1t is appallingly worse now,
The city passed an ordinance requiring
1pr cars to stop when street car
5Bling ahead in the same direction
0ped. This saved many lives in the
gweeks it was in effect, but it incon-
6f6nced the motorists and IN response
<heir protests twas repealed.
How many lives have been sacrificed
nuse of this placing the automobiles
1fort ahead of the pedestrians safety.
~ not know; but the bloody record is
awful blot upon the fair name of this
H is proposed to re-enact this ordi-
6ce, now that the mistake of its repeal
bean written in terrible series of
ut casualties. There should be no
~ in doing so.
For the motor traffic of Detroit needs
3fng down. The stop-when-the-street-
ttops rule will make it slow down.
Hut something more will be needed
Tn the Littlefield ordinance becomes
Sctive; and that is speeding up of
1(een1en, prosecutor and courts, so that
lcguArds will be something besides
ia letters.
Nd along the line the law-enforcing
onts are too slumbrous, too timorous,
E too solicitous for the favor of ma
ine-owners. The winking at fragrant
nance of speed regulations; the break
sn in prosecutions; the abortive
NScoes in court processes present a
&tGhtful mockery of justice as the blood
The slain cries up from the pavements
IS time that policemen, prosecutor
ri courts were compelled to speed up.
NV have been as disgracefully -deliber-
~ and tolerant as the drivers of death
Sahng cars have been insanely speedy
N slaughterous.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

Bird appreciation. the study OF
bird songs. and hunting with an
opera glass" are popular sports.
There is great deal OF time given
70 bird study in the public schools.
with college girls and women.
But the average boy and thought
less hunter who carries a loaded
gun into the woods seldom responds
with any enthusiasm to the aesthetic
appeal OF birdology
They might. however. learn 70 re
spect birds as a considerable econ
omic value 10 agriculture. II they
received frequent lessons in figures
such as those quoted above.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

And for this same reason, despite
he iconoclastic Efforts OF certain
historians. the George Washington
traditions should la fondIy held in
mind by all future generations Of
Americans
AS with national traditions. so
with family traditions. Every fam.
lily has ancestors invested with Ger.
tain heroic qualities. Cold strutiny
or contemporary records. when
these are available, may reveal
these ancestors as OF less heroic
quality than tradition has pictured
them
Notwithstanding wniCh. IL is well
to cling 10 the traditions. for the
purpose OF melting oneself 70 prove
worthy Of the long-gone dead
This, BE- II observed. Is very
different thing from ancestor-wor-
ship OF the ignobie. snobbish sort so
often in evidence.
Such ancestor worship d;shonors
the dead, in that il irresistibly sug
gests that the example of their lives
has been quite without develop
mental value TO the descendants who
are content to bask IN the radiance
OF their fame.
Look back TO your ancestors.
cherish your family traditions, not
for the purpose OF Dragging about
what they have done and been. but
in order TO live a better, nobler life
yourself
This Is the real value, the real
meaning. the real object OF tradi-
tions.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
BOLIVIA USES MOVIES

To advertise its industries among the bust
ness men OF the United States, the republic OF
Bolivia has made use OF the movies Four
reels of films. showing the wealth, resources
and business activities OF that nation have been
shown recently 10 commercial organizations in
the large cities OF the United States. The at
tentlon Of business men doing an export bust
ness has been called 20 this South American
country In a forcefuI manner Reports say that
exporters have taken advantage Of the new
business field and are sending representatives
to Bolivia The moral OF the feature Is that II
pays TO advertise.-Ricbmond Palladium.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
pught a Good Fight
Because 1t Is Free

lttough fiercely fiagellated by Mayor
In y hts canned response to protest
32ens Carefully prepared in ad-
cf the presentation of their cause)
81 fnal comes out of its warfare
kt TIE fithy Folly burlesque dive
ying colors.
mayor was not sufficiently unfet-
III ~ pafraid to put an end to this
!!!l Fces 7 ssssam Of surface sewerage
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
WHY ROSES FADE.

The shape and freshness OF flower is pre-
served by the amount OF water contained IN us
t,asue The air dries out a washing on a clothes
line Before the flower Is cut, II continues TO
drink up water through the roots and stems OF
the plant After II is placed in vase. IL sucks
up water to some extent, but not IN large
enough quantities to make up for what Is lost
through the petals
Loose flower petals like those OF the rose ex-
pose a large amount OF surface TO the air and
fade in day Flowers with close firm petals
like the violet and carnation hold their moisture
and therefore last loncer.--New Orleans Daily
States
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
EXPERIMENTS WITH LoBsTERs

To determine the success of i's efforts II
transplant Atlantic Holsters in tie Pacific, y
bureau OF fisheries shortly will send Lobe
fishing apparatus 70 the Pacific coast 10 try
catch according 20 a statement OF that bure
Another shipment Of Atlantic Holsters is (
i0 Anacortes Wash today. and they wilN
sent 10 San Juan Islands for release IN tho ~
waters The Washington fishery aui hoTities
cooperating In the work. and viii furnish :
federal officers wish vessel I'm which y
Holsters viii he transported from Anacortes.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

Little Elsie entered the parlor one
morning and her quick eye discov-
cred that the slip coverings had
been removed from the furniture.
Look. mamma" she exclaimed.
Some one has taken the nighties
of the chairs
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
NOT Up ON THE BIBLE.

young wife. wishing to announce the N /
Of her first child 10 a friend In n distant 4 \
sent the telegram. isaiah TX. g." beginning, 4 =
unto us a child is born, unto az son is giveafA
Her friend, more literal and lcss familiar with
the scriptures, read the message and said 10 her
husband.
Margaret evidently has boy: but why on
earth did they name him Isaiah? lie must be
healthy. though, for he weighs nine pounds and
six ounces Stray Stories.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

Another thing we never could IN
derstand is why the heroes in all
the plays and moving pictures and
magazine illustrations smoke Gig
arettes instead OF a corncob pipe
like editorial heroes .do-Coyingtop
(Ind) Republican.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
A STUPID PROBLEM

The mo treating order is now IN force IN
London, and. 70 judge rom the London evening
papers the question Of whether II can be evaded
seems 20 be one OF the topics ~ tho hour Which
ever way one look a. II, there is an unpromlsng
frivollty about a type ~ mind which accepts a
kprnciple w.thc.' protest and then immediately
tends its mlsdirrcted wits 90 considering how
'he application Of tnc principle can be- eyaded--
The Guardian. LOngon
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

health habits
that II broken
would never be
missed.
Parents should
take pains 20 keep
children from
forming the habit
OF ssoGsns or
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
A Poem a Day
no YOU rEAR rHE wINDt

10 YOU fear The Force or tor ~fr1ri
The slash % the rainf
Go face them and light them,
BE savage aguin.
Go hungry and cold liNo the volt.
Go wade Ike the crane.
The palms ot your hands vii
thtcken.
The skin az your cheek viii tan.
You'll grow ragged and weary auo
swarthy.
But youu walk5 like a man
-li8mIin Garland
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
USELESS MAN.

Science tells us that the average man weigh
Ing 150 pounds contains enough grease TO make
rs candles and one pound of soap Since can.
dies are not used generally any more and soap
is. science has made man about as useless an
animal IA can be cited.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30

chewing on psncfls. Pencils in the
school room which may have been
passed from hand TO hand OF have
fallen on dirty floors are likely to
be covered with disease germs.
Moistenins stamps OF the fsps or
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
The Keep Well Column
DANGEROUS HABITS.

envelopes with the lips also IL a
dangerous habit. Although in the
process OF making the gum on
stamps is sterilized. afterwards. in
passing from hand TO hand they are
likely 10 be covered with germs.
For the same reason the habit
OF moistening ones fpsers in turn
ing the pages of book or in count
ing paper money is dangerous. BE-
cause II is constantly charging from
hand to hand, paper money is gen
orally covered with tiny PARTICLES or
nth.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
HE nrGHr TO -KNnw

Brother Buckaloo- How do Il come sab. dot
20 daughtah mAr'd Babdlst. whom yo' am a
Moferdlst OF Tong staudin?
Brother Clank- Somebody hccn uhceivin' 20
sab. She done mar'd gentleman OF her own
sex
The Detroit times., 1915-11-30
WORSE YET.

''Yer honor" said the plaintiff, you have no
idea how serrible ~ Is to have wife who can
cO1fs nit won't do IL st-ff
1 NO" replied the jurist -but l know how
terrible u Is TO have wife who can't cook but
WILL do e."