Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-18

was a long continued strike and tine ias'
| division of the treasury had given eaCh
man % cents. A man went into the ran
road Yards ana got a bag OF coal from
one Of the cars. They pinched him ana ne
came UP before n Judge. He told the
Judge that he had only 20 cents OF the
last division and he spent that Tor iood.
His wife and two children were at home
starving and he had no fire. He stole the
coal to cook their food. The Judge
thundered, Get out of this room and get
home and build that fire as quickly as
you can
SAY, boys, II 1 was on a jury and you
could prove to me that a father had
stolen n loaf of bread TO keep his wife
from starving you could keep me in the
room until the ants took me out through
the keyhole before I'd stick him. That
may not be law, don't know, but you'll
find there Is big streak of human nature
in Bill
There isn't a fellow in this crowd but
what would be disgusted If his wife or
sister would cuss and hit the booze like
he does. II she would put Is or 20 beers
under her belt, he'd go whining around a
divorce court for a divorce right away
and say he couldn't live with her. Why,
you dirty dog, she has to live with you.
WIFE GIVES MEDICINE"
II heard of fellow whose wife thought
she would show him how he sounded
around the house and give him dose Of
his own medicine. So one morning he
came down and asked for his breakfast.
why you old blankety, blank, blank,
bald-headed blankety, blankety, blank,
breakfast He was Mortified, but every
time he tried to say anything she would
bring out a bunch of lurid oaths until
finally he said. Wife, If you'll cut out
that cussing I'll never swear again
"Out in Iowa there were some men
standing along a fence when bunch or
kids came along One man stuck out his
foot and trlpped one for fun and the
youngster got up, about years of age,
ana started such a string of profanity
that 1t would seem the demons in hell
would close their ears and cry Enough
The man staggered back 1t was his
own son. He turned to the crowd. Boys
he said, I never knew what an influence
1 have been until just now. If any Of
you every hear me cuss again step up
and knock me down and when come to
I'll thank you for It, l never knew what
was doing to my children
You say, Bill, 1 can't quit cusslng.
You lie. If was Mayor of this city and
had authority to put men on the corners
with double -barreled shotgups to shoot
every one who cussed you'd see how
much cussing there would be. I suppose
If the law against stealing was repealed
and placed against cussing all of you
would start to steal.
Just think, when at last they put the
clods in on your coffin and your wife and
children go home, and try to earn a living
without you and look at your picture and
all they will remember Is your curses
and blows. What an awful heritage to
leave behind, and yet that's what many a
man does.
Take young buck that cusses and he
Will crush your daughters honor like he
would an egg she'll If you never become
a christian, men, for Gods sake stop
your cussing.
You can't go anywhere any more in a
car, depot, restaurant, but what you
hnd some friend with his foul-mouthed
oaths ready to spew them out What an
aWtul place hell will be when it gets all
of that bunch down there.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Here's a fellow who says, Bill, don't
cuss very much, only when 1 get mad'
He says, I don't drink very much, just
a little, and always put sugar and water
in my toddy at that
"One father says to his son: You've
been chewing my tobacco. The boy de-
MED 1t. Pretty soon he found some OF
his whisky gone. The boy denied that
Then he missed some money, and the boy
denied that. Finally tho father said that
his son was no good, but he would take
him to town and get him a job. He goes
to grocery store and tells the owner he
has just the boy he is looking for.
Sure. he smokes and chews and
steals little he says but that will help
the man out, as he is that kind OF busi-
ness man, The grocer throws him out.
The father thinks it is mighty queer that
a fellow like that doesn't want boy Just
like him, so he takes him across the
street to get him started in the lawyer
business, but he tells the lawyer the same
thing and says he has the making of a
mighty good lawyer in him.
But the lawyer throws them out OF
his office and asks him If he doesn't
know that as nation we are run by law
yers and gives n long list of statistics to
prove 1t, and tells him that nobody wants
a crook. Take the kid and get out He
can't get in lodge, and finds that 67 per
cent of the members OF the Masonic
lodge are professed Christians, and they'll
the odd Fellows are protesting Chris
tians; 81 per cent of the knights of
Pythias, and As per cent. of the Woodmen
are protesting Christians. Fifty-two
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence were Masons the Boston tea party
was an adjourned meeting OF the Masonic
lodge.
MERCY SEAT WATTS
"Here's a fellow who stands alone. No
body wants him. But God has prepared
one place for all, the Mercy Seat. Man
has invented the penitentlary, the jails.
the scaffolds, but God has one place for
all who want to be square. and when he
gets down on his knees before the Mercy
Seat and says he wants to live right. he
can get in the lodges, he can get in the
banks, ana then the saloon doesn't want
him.
20, yes! The boys are going fast these
days. l suspect you can remember when
a stage coach went across Pennsylvania
at three miles an hour, then they went
IN relays and went four and one-half; then
the hrst train went Is miles an hour, and
now today look at the Pennsy. Eighteen