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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
Robbing America to Feed Europe

THERE are numerous suggestions forth
i coming as to how the people of the United
States can get along without bread, or with
eut 80 much bread as they are accustomed
to use. All sorts of substitutes for wheat
loaves are proposed, while some of eur en-
terprisng economists have declared that
hardship in the matter of food will be good
thing for the country, for it will teach
economy.
These things are interesting, of course, but
they are not particularly satisfying to the
poor man, who only knows that the wheat
crop was bumper one and he is required to
pay more instead of less for his bread as
result. Then enter that old scapegoat, sup
ply-and-demand. But the demand has been
artificially created by wasteful and destruc-
tive tactics abroad; and so our own supply
must be artifcially conserved by heroic ac-
ton. The dilemma is man-made and it must
be man-solved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
A Peremptory Mandamus

! A PEREMPToRY mandamus has issued
A from the Common Pleas Court requiring
Councils within 80 days to comply with the
is the answer Of competent judicial authority
to the attempt Of the municipal legislature to
emasculate by inaction a law of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania
The City Solicitor In his official capacity,
will appeal to the Supreme Court. This will
assure some delay, and delay is what the
anti sanitarians in Councils want. They have
idea that they can persuade the Legisla-
ture to take the teeth out of tho present
housing act. They fancy that Harrisburg
can be persuaded to retraot to take step
backward, to swallow it's own conclusions
and substitute make-belleve housing law
for the real housing law that is now on the
statute books
They reckon without their host, for in his
inaugural address Governor Brumbaugh put
the full weight OF his authority behind the
principle involved. A new and toothless
measure will not get by him. He is fore
armed because he is forewarned, and slip
ping one over on him" will not be easy as
some of the Organization men imagine.
The Governor is not OF the same type as
Select Councilman Eduard Buchholz, who is
also Real Estate Assessor at $4,000 year
as we'll as an expert on bathtubs The Gov
ernor has spent most of his life directing the
ignorant into the paths of knowledge and
cleanliness, but Mr.. Buchholz, whose ideas
Of progress are novel, says that the poor
devils who come from Russia and other Euro
pean countries never had bathtub in their
own country and they certainly would not
know what to do with one If they had 1t in
their tenements" Fifty years ago there were
few bathtubs in the world, yet after strenu-
GUS efforts and careful education most people
in this United States know now how to use
them.
A peremptory mandamus from the court
and another from the people! Councils Is
not a big enough obstruction to stop the
progress of sanitation and decent living.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
The Bat as News

FTlHOSE ladies who attended the Russian
l fete at the Bellevue-Stratford should not
be aggrieved that description of the antics
of a bat in the ballroom occupied more space
In the report of the affair than the description
OF the more charming but less uncommon
performers. The reason for this is found in
the facts themselves While the bat was about
no one had eyes or attention for anything
else Therefore, the faithful chronicler of the
news must report What happened; and he did
II with careful precision that is the admira-
tion of his superiors and the delight of the
readers
The bat is news, because 1t was for the time
the thing the people were interested In. The
unusual is always diverting and sometimes
Informing. 1t is the thing which makes us
sit up and take notice. An automobile run
ming up Market street is so common that no
one turns his head to see it, unless 1t be to
dodge. But II George Washington had seen a
motorcar about independence Square he
would have forgotten all about the Revolu-
tion to go out and look at 1t. And an ocean
steamship on Broad street would attract
almost as many spectators as go to watch a
circus parade. The man who said that It is
better to be different than to be right under
stood the art and science of attracting atten-
tion. And the Bellevue -stratford bat-we
mean the winged one-could not have planned
better II he had wished to get into the lime
HIGHT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
A Dntr and am Onnortunitx

FTNEE chief of the Bureau OF Foreign and
i Domestic Commerce is right when he says
that the time is ripe for a rapid expansion
az foreign trade He is subtle, too, when he
exhibits figures which demonstrate the Inn
perative necessity of an annual balance Of
exports over imports amounting to half a
billion dollars II we are to hold our own. We
eve Europe approximately that amount,
which must be paid either in goods or in
gold. Payment in goods means wealth, pay
nnent in gold means bankruptcy.
Europe Is stricken. It's workers are in the
trenches at the battle front instead Of in
the mill and factory. There will be a scarcity
Of labor for the next generation and a con-
sequent scarcity in the product Of labor. The
United States is at the door of a great op-
portunity and great duty. It's duty is to
produce surplus for the consumption Of
Europe and its opportunity lies in the need
OF the bleeding nations. The farmers, manu-
facturers and bankers will do their share If
the Government will permit them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
Terror That Reason AllaYs

TIME effect of the German airship raid upon
i the east coast OF England is almost en-
tirely psychological few houses were
wrecked by bombs dropped from the invading
aerial fleet, six persons were killed and about
a score were injured. This material damage
is not commensurate with the risk taken by
the invaders. But the British have been
dreading such visit ever since the war be-
gan and last year and the year before
the whole country was excited by reports
that German aeroplanes had been seen at
night over various coast towns, When the
airships actually cross the North Seat mat
ters not what they are Zeppelins or aero
planes-the actuality strikes terror to the
heart OF the timid and makes the brave Won
der what 1t portends
But the terror will react into determina-
tion. The invioability OF British soil is a
sacred tradition not to be disturbed with inn
punity, and the British will take a grip upon
their courage, hasten the drilling OF their vol
unteer armies and send them across the
Channel at the earliest possible moment to
reinforce the troops on the battle line. The
Germans, perhaps, do not make allowance for
this psychological jaeking up of the British
courage by these affairs. But It is the most
noteworthy result of the aerial raid, as well
as Of the sortie OF German warships which
attacked the coast towns a little farther
north few weeks ago
Notwithstanding the momentary panic, the
Intelligent Englishman knows that the Yep
pelins have not yet done anything which JUS
tines the belief that they can be used for
actual military attack. They are useful as
scouts but that Is about all They can
frighten people by dropping bombs, but the
bombs do not hit what they are aimed at.
England is still safe from invasion II she
keeps command of the North Sea with her
navy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
THE PRIDE OF THE Low.BRow
Illustrated From History, Our Supreme Achieve
ment in Fiction.
By BURTON KLINE

TTISTORY, our supreme achievement In f1c-
i i tion, has somewhere among her fascinat-
ing records the story of stag dinner given
by Plato to bunch of his friends. But being
not quite certain of the table manners of
Diogenes the Grecian Emerson had omitted
that most celebrated OF lowbrows from his
banquet. Whereupon Dogenes promptly
came to the dinner anyway and, arriving
right in the middle of 1t, he panied them
all by kicking up the rugs and yelling in
a fury This Is how trample on the pride
of Plato"
"But with still greater PRIDE o Diogenes!"
Plato gently insinuated; for the rare old
boy was always there with the ready answer.
There Is the whole essence of low-browism.
And there is the complete answer to 1t. Now
and again you read in your newspaper of
the death of some hermit who has retired
from society in great hun. The old fellow
had probably applauded himself all his life
for being a strong man, quite above the
disgusting follies of life in Philadelphia
Strong? He was nothing OF the sort. Do
genes, "trampling on the pride of Plato" was
not more naughty than he.
The great thing is to wear trousers eat
scrapple live life according to all the rules.
and be somebody in spite OF 1t. History also
records the pithy remark of certain French
man who was running for Senator. When
asked why he was doing so, he answered. "In
order not to seem eccentric" Everybody else
in his district was running for Senator. and
he was too well-bred, too strong, to seize
an easy opportunity for seeming to be SUI
perior to his fellows, There was a real
man. He saw that no one is really on the
way to distinction till he has conformed to
all the rules.
wedding may think he is trampling on the
pride OF Plato Instead he is confessing to
an enormous love OF himself. 1t isn't brains,
but the lack OF brains. that thinks to win
not by beating the game but by busting the
rules. There's the weakness of the Socialists.
Their philosophy is a confession that they
can't play the game and want the rules
changed in their favor.
Among the many distinctions Of George
Washington, one of them. perhaps the most
important, has been forgotten. George was
perhaps the loyeliest dancer Of his age. Now
go to any dance, and you win meet many
men who seorn to be thought "loyely''
dancers. They feel superior TO grace but In
reality grace Is superior to them And they
confess that fact in their very defiance.
They expect to win by not playing the
game. Whereas the great thing Is 10 be as
superb in the minust as you are in the Presi-
deney.
Pity the poor law-brow. He thinks he is
'belng himself" when he Is only tripping the
dancers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

TT IS beginning to appear that Mr.. Villa
i tackled a bear when he began wrestling
with Carranza, and there is some reason to
assume also that Washington made bad
guess when it picked the Juarez bandit as
n winner.
There is some decency left IN Mexico.
There are people there who will not and
cannot countenance the orgies which Villa
has introduced into government. True, most
Of the awful things he does have been kept
from public knowledge in the United States,
although every now and then reports Of
typical incidents leak through; as when Cen
eral Scott waited patiently for an interview.
and Villa, somewhere else, waited impa-
tiently for his prey to be brought to him,
in the form of Spanish girl, whose reputa-
ton for beauty had reached his ears.
Carranza is not a paragon by any means,
but in comparison with Villa he shines luni-
nousy Our own President, meantime, de-
clares that blood-Ietting and murder and
rapine and pillage are the privilege of the
Mexican people, in which they should be per-
mitted to indulge to their full content They
are doing IT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
AS they hustle along the agent says,
"Where is your fight, John?"
On OF

AS they hustle along the agent says,
"Where is your fight, John?"
ION street"
Does your gang fight mostly north or
south of your own street?"
Huh, we don't care, we fight anywheres
we get it,"
At IL o'clock, as they part, the agent says
I'm awfully sorry we couldn't get through,
and you had to miss your fight"
ooh, never mind" says John, 1--WE have lots
of them. 1 was glad to help YOU"
More Episodes of the Jungle
Many episodes of girl life in the city streets
are such as to make the soul shudder. There
grows on the mind through an extended
sojourn in the jungle, an understanding of
the frequency of such episodes and the part
adult men play in them. 1t is unspeakably
base and horrible. One is struck with amazed
horror to find how widespread is the expec-
taton of sex danger to little girls, and how
often the fear of the risk is justified by the
event No one piece of knowledge of the
street is so damning an indictment of human
backwardness in the care of offspring. In
stinct degraded to unreason, not grown up to
reason, seems the basis of life.
The Child Federation stands for the idea
that since (note we say since, not if) children
are to live in and be formed by the street,
the street must be made a place where
children may safely live and be formed.
1t hopes to hammer out of It's studies of
child life and it's surveys Of conditions a
concrete program of certain practicable
measures of street and development.
Some points are already clear some things
are being tried already in other cities We
hope shortly to present an account of such
efforts and to indicate in some detail the
work to be done in our own city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
A New Kind of a Trust

fTlHE lawyers in the Attorney Generals
i office In Washington should give careful
consideration to the status of the Forgers'
Trust. the existence Of which has just been
disclosed. There Is an exceedingly nice point
involved in the classification OF this com
bination. Does II exist for the purpose of
restraining trade and driving competitors to
the wall. or Is It's primary purpose the pro-
motion OF business and it's protection from
undue interference with those who would
destroy it?
The forgers are no worse than the steel
manufacturers, or the oil producers, or the
tobacco men. If we believe all that has been
said OF the great combinations which they
have organized II the Attorney General viii
ean to his assistance the acute legal mind
of the Secretary of State he may be able
90 decide whether to invoke the Sherman
law IN this case or leave the officers OF the
trust 70 the tender mercies OF the criminal
eourts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
what Is Shaking Eurone2 2

r4EIsMoLoGIsTs viii soon be telling us
y Why the Alps and the Apennines ara
trembling on their foundations and why
earthquakes have been felt IN Switzerland
Western austria and Eastern France. As wen
IS throughout the whole length Of Italy IN
eiaains sicily on the west and ths Greek
islands % the east Tne shocks began IN tbs
ahfazzi but within 8 week they have spread
s fhe aorta and south along ne Ereat noun
<aIn aHsas saszesslaa 4nak same unusual
@ezssz s. vert .aHEI|Hz Hze7 re Es4ozIe
1zs
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77z Hz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

q question about which men OF science and
laymen may speculate to their hearts con-
tent. Some man familiar with the compare
lively slight jar that 1t takes to send an
avalanche hurtling down q mountain side
will doubtless come forward with the theory
that the cannonading in progress in the
southern theatre Of war for the past five
months has shaken the earth to its founda-
tions, and that the vibrations passing through
the rocky masses have finally produced the
appalling catastrophe which is for the mo-
ment dividing the attention of the world with
the war
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
no A PHoEBEBIRD

Under caves. out OF the wet,
You nest within my Teaehi
You never sing for me. and ye'
You have q golden speech
You sit and auirk a rapid staiA
Wrinkle a ragged crest
Then plrouette from tree 70 ran
And vault from rail 10 nest
And when in frequent. WHY ne
You grayly slip and faas, -
And when at hand you reaAisAs
Demure and unafnald'
And when you bring your pios1
OF iridescent wings .us
And green legs dewy N YOU
Your silence + what slnk4-
Net q : feather that entogs
70 pz4ie or praise er Psssss -
D Phoebe. Nith feEF iass =
What 9eInaaeaea 4aA =z#z
a4I4zk H3HHzHE 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

There Is ever q divorce between the world OF
sense and the world Of spirit, and the question
OF how much love we may expend upon ex-
ternal things Wlll always arise. aud will always
- 4 cause Of perplexity 70 those who do not
choose 70 abandon themselves 70 the general
dHlEt g zsnsual lie Tbs question 3 as DIM
ealz - kHs eazHHEa question q What aHe aaH
aazIa4 f1Ea1d ourselves ana OR d4Ilaa toward
aEHzz azozss Heefs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

what grudse ala the Mercantile Library
have against the Washington Memorial
Iabrary It valley Forge that It should send
q i lsea eolnmes 81 Government reports 70
make foan On Is ON shelves ~ interesting
hae<Hz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

The District OF Columbia really ought to be
4dry'' for the protection OF the innocent ana
unsuspeeting Congressman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

What Pennsylvania needs as much as a
new Constitution in the law books IL a new
conscience In the voters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21

Better sell those "a old hre engines for junk
before they fail at fre, and a whole ware
hoase. With It's contents. e reduced o ashes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-21
It's a Fight

Christmas Eve-about s o'clock.
Sixteen year old John is driving a grocery
wagon and, with one of his pals is help
ing two feminine agents of Santa Claus de-
liver Christmas dinner baskets in the mar
row streets and alleys of the -th ward
Suddenly a peculiar piercing whistle splits
the air. Johns head jerks to attention and
his answering whistle travels back before
the cleft In the air has had time TO close
Round the corner from the wider street
dashas a chunky boy on the dead run. Johns
horse Is stopped before the boy is near
enough to speak ana John leaps 10 meet the
painting word.
How soon can you Gomez We've got a
hght"
Il ean-no can't I'm helping with these
d. Christmas baskets"
Then. turning TO the supervising agent
OF santa. who listens with interest the more
intense because John Is volunteer free 70
stop At any preferred call OF pleasure he
inquiries How much more long viii It take7a
With a sudden access Of calculating optime
ism she responds hrmly, About half an
hour should say.
eHot stuff" sayz ths foof-loose scout
eaa.n hold 4 hack I'll 2 aeJoeks
eEzieht III Be vi yer 6iaaan. 4lans.
hurry ars hixHIs aIElH
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
Waldleii1n School.

Following is the program Of the
Christmas entertainment held at tht
Waldhei1 school under the direction
of Miss Idna E. Vix, teacher:
+ Opening address, by Mr.. F.
Dutsch, which was extremely inter
esting, and was listened to with great
attention by the immense audience
that was present.
Recitation, when the Shepherds
Watch Their Flock By Might" by
Annie Thomas.
Recitation, "A Loving Little Girl. .
by Louise Dutsch.
Recitation, Holiday Acrostic." by
Arthur Scheck, Clyde Adcor, Jimmie
Talley, Addison Downs, Archie Cook.
Rachel Dutsch.
Play in three acts, Lost On Christ
mas Eve" by Willie Cook. Adolph
Dunn, Charlie Dutsch, Gertrude Tai
ley, Ruth Scheck, Jennie Cook.
Recitation, by Matte Nelson.
Recitation, by Jennie Cook.
Recitation, by Carter May Adcox.
Recitation, by May Bell Window.
Recitation. by Esther Cook.
Recitation, by Blanche Scheck.
Prizes were offered for the one
that compiled the best Autumn Book.
First prize was won by Gertrude Tai
ley; second, by Jimmie Talley; third
by Katie Dunn; fourth, by Ruth
Scheck.
There was a beautiful Christmas
tree. Santa Claus appeared and
made each child happy by his jolly
appearance and also by giving to
each child lovely gift.
The entertainment was brought to
a pleasing close by few appropriate
remarks from the teacher.
Everybody went home happy and
with nothing but praise from the de-
lightful evening which they had spent
at the Waldheim school.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
Blond Notes.

Blond WAS jolly place during the
Christmas holidays.
A Grand concert was greatly en-
toyed at the Middle Roads school on
December %. Quite crowd was
present, although the weather was
very threatening.
A Jolly crowd met at the home Of
Mr.. r. +. Dyess. December gath, and
went out shooting birds and mistle-
toe.
Quite a number of guests were en-
tertained at the home Of Mr.. H. A.
Ezell. Christmas afternoon.
Miss Minnie Ezell, Of Bogalusa, Is
home ON a two weeks vacation. She
will return to Bogalusa Hospital and
Training School for Nurses on Janu.
airy 2. where she hopes to finish soon.
A number of--guests were at the
home of Mr.. R. T. Dyess Christmas
night. They played games and had
jolly good time.
Services were held at New Zion
church Sunday. December 9th. A
large congregation attended and q
grand sermon heard. A number Of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02

visitors from Folsom were present.
Mf. Willie Burns and Miss Ollie
Dyess visited Miss Ada Ezell.
Miss Clara Dyess and Miss Deecle
Mckee were the guests OF Miss Ruby
wilkins and were Joined BY Miss
Ola Fussell and Miss Bessie Mckee.
and all enjoyed = walk to Blond. sun
day afternoon.
Messrs. Jules Mckee. Robert Nc
kee, Jessie Booth and Murphy Mapels
were weekend visitors to Blond.
MT. Timer Schilling and Claude
voth. Of Isabelle. were visitors 70
Blond. Sunday.
Miss Eula Talley. the assistant
teacher Of the Middle Roads school.
left to spend the holidays 1t her
home.
Mr.. Howard Burns, Mr.. Mark Fitx-
gerald and Mr.. c. 8. wilkins are on
the sick list.
Messrs. Harvey and MN. Mckee.
OF bogalusa, are visiting in Blond.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
Edwards School.

Creditabie Christmas exercises
were held in the Edwards school on
Wednesday afternoon. December %.
and were largely attended. Each
number on the lengthy program was
enthusiastically received. The child
rem displayed much talent In their
presentation Of three very interest
ing and instructive playlets: THE
Christmas Spirit 1.-The Ringing Of
the Joy Bells" and 1.-The Snow Fair
ies." Delightful music added much
to the evenings entertainment.
There was a beautiful Christmas tree.
the ornaments of which were con-
structed entirely by the children.
Santa Claus, Of course, played an inn
portant part in the presentations,
distributing gifts to the children.
The entertainment was under the
direction Of their teacher. Miss Chris
tine FitzSim0ns.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
SOME REMARKS BY THE EDITOR.

In omn;, 400 Nth Mr. request the ABOVE oecson "
Railroad has published full We want 10 oe e'e
Fair u the railroad and fair to the peope
Mr. a = lawyer and ne IS N Tue p'
the railroad company is man OF s.Iois
fine man aud ~ excellent convincing talker ne v
=" his testimony Qelo1e tue
ecmmio, ra ions uninterrupted stateneh. q. 1
up Jo Tic request TO take on trans n m two
fis h.h oa,nment Howard Is 'fi0u'e ~ -
edged .ors Of argument while SHOWS soo
interest Of investment also ss hoT 'n east in the
the road h, No. .,fcient system tna a. 'eaS ~
~. seen 10, II the wealthy Pennsylvania Road MT
Davis
al gentleman this ass
era! Howard came eighty
railroad O he mud. y y = Ses'-~-'se ssss -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
Fair Associatian VIII Probably
Be Organized in the Near Future

The st. Tammany Parish Fair 10
one OF the ve-." few in the State that
las proven self-supporting. Most
parishes hav. been we'll satisfied if
only small deficit has to be made
good. We cannot now make q state
ment of the exact financial standing
of the last fair, but We feel warrant
ed in the statement that there will
be some cash on hand after all debts
are paid. The statement will be
ready shortly. In the mean time we