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Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Uses Of eypsum.

Crgypsum is used in Portland
eem manufacture, for soil dressing,
as sdulterant in -four. sugar and
haklowder, and in the manufacture
of ons Blocks of clear. white
rv,i called alabaster are used by
ART and sculptors. So It may be
40 that ancient Egyptians we're
nv of the use of one Of our most
v,ble modern materials when they
perei the commodious sides Of old
ops With gypsum.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Enternrlainn Youth.

Coming in on the train the other
day was a little nervous mother and
a flock OF children. AS the train
neared Boston the mother began to
question If everything was all right.
Have you got all the umbrellas,
Johnny?" Il should say had. had
four when / started, and now I've got
Transcript.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Daily Thouqht.

Friendship i calm and sedate ar
fection. conducted by reason and CO
mented by habit; springing from long
acquaintance and mutual obligations,
without jealousies or fears. and with.
out those feverish fits OF heat and cold
which cause such an agreeable tor
ment in the amorous passion.-Hume
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
ugss.

Money viii rccure happiness,
but happiness wi9 procure mon
ey. Happiness es every tasA
pleasure and eFoihel optlmls'lc'
and an optimispsAei @I d pleasan'
task 90, nerforIl no way but well.
Happiness is my US own te"aIu'
hut n is an irliDlo magnet which
is forever DIS uhoApeeleu re-
wards Ana lness can know no
evil; evil hays 70 contradiction
Of terms Hiess is religion in
Itself He has happiness has
Jumped just tne very soai oi me-
Judge.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Nalnahle New Metal.

A new metal called Titan bronze
makes it possible to manufacture drop
forged bronze that viii take the place
OF brass castings. The metal has
tensile strength OF $4,000 to $4,000
pounds, elastic limit Of 10000 TO $4,000
pounds and elongation % to 30 per
cent.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
snlIe's OCCUPATION.

Margaret had two boy playmates
harnessed up and was driving them
for horses. Margaret's mother called
out and asked her why she didn't let
Billie play with them. He was run
ming beside them shouting at the TOP
OF his voice. Margaret called back
Mother, don't you know Billie's play
ing he's the dog?'
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Import Half a Million Birds.

About 100000 live birds are i'm.
ported to the United States every
year. including about 1.500 species, Of
which canaries, parrots and game
birds are the most numerous. No
birds can be imported without a per-
nit from the department of agricul-
ture, which issues about 500 a year.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Mere Ornament.

singiniincludes deep inspiration
and exption; muscular action; in
creased Sulation; joyous and intelli-
gent inpretation-bringing smiles
and tear Song is thus lifted to its
rightful ace of activity and accom-
plishmei and is not the ephemeral
,rnamefhat many suppose.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
60. Eject Saving.

The pros VI d rise III the price
of mustarould not cause much
consternat is there any item on
which a & could more easily be
Effected head of q famous firm
that has a fortune upon the man
ufacture mustard once confessed
that the ey came to him not from
the mrs We use but the mustard
We wasNot one of us but proves
the trul the statement every time
we use mustard pot and dab down
On the Of our plate five times the
uuantie are iiAeiy 10 eat.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
nlo,omas for EvervthIno.

An eastern lover of music wants .
law passed which will require teach
srs of music to take examinations to
prove their fitness to teach. Then. of
course, there will be the same require
ment for dancing teachers and bridge
teachers and boxing teachers. The
man without a diploma will feel very
onesome.-Cleve.and Plain Dealer
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
unselhsh.

Doct-"Is your wife strong-mind-
ed enh to see that you positively
refraitom eating sweets?" Patient
-"Su doctorl She's got spunk
enouao make me pass up the candy
and try and all that as long as
she'sllowed to eat 1t herself
Iude
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
10 This in Your Had.

Here \ a simple little mathematical
iestion the answer to which seems
paraox: Suppose the earth
lpherica and a cable laid along the
souatorn contact with the surface;
It's lengt would be about $4,000 miles.
If the cae were everywhere six feet
from thlearth's surface, how much
onger wild it be-"
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Mot Criminal.

Not casting reflections on the girl
who has invented a gown that can be
worn by any woman anywhere, we
merely wish 10 remark that. consider
ing the taste Of her time. Eve made
the same invention some few years
ago
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Church R.s.mhIed Mosque.

All Souls church. in Fourth avenue,
New York, was once referred to Us
the Church Of the Holy Zebra be-
cause of the daring Moresque effects
of its architecture. Jacob Wrey
Mould, who died in 1866, Was the de
signer and builder
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Knowledge Ca ned by Experience.

During the last school year teach
or in the indianapolis schools asked
her pupils to tell her which was the
most important, to keep the face or
the teeth clean. and why. One Of her
small boys replied without a moments
hesitation: "Your teeth. cause they'll
rot OF, and your face won't"
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
lsnulres Serious rhinkInn.

+ true that thousands Of children
msever learn to like the compulsory
sci attendance law. but they can
lie to like it by lying across moth
eJknee for a few mornings and
tKing seriously while she hardens
hslipper sOles.-HoustOn Post.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Position Of Advantage.

Barnes (to Shedd. who has just fn-
ished a long letter. Funny that you
should write long letters to your wife
when you have so little to say TO her
when she is present" Shedd-"Not
at all When | am writing ! have the
floor. r."-Boston Transcript.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Dreadful Transformation.

Roy was working with his father in
the garden His father found a worm
and holding II out said to Roy: Here,
take this back and give it to the chick
ems" Drawing back Roy said: 20
no ! cant. / think I'm turning into a
girl"
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Elour NAned.n

akers keep -four for about sixty
s as a rule. allowing It to "age"
ore using. They sometimes point
this fact when bread loaves do not
mediately increase in size in sym
thy with a decline in the price Of
e miller's product.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
NAM wax. Of MeasurIna stone.

Because OF the variety Of uses to
which it is put in its different forms,
there is no uniform system Of measur'
ing stone Square feet, yards and
rods. perches. cords and tons are all
included in the list.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
useIess rec .YIeIds Rubber.

A species Of tree of unlimited
growth in Natal, heretofore regarded
as worthless commercially, has been
found to yield a juice that contains
rubber in large quantities.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Nature,s Gentleman.

With plying admiration, one may
all some ill-msnnered but honest fell
Nv creature a natures gentleman"
tut no one 10 this day has ever ven
ured to describe any woman as =
natures lady"
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Uncle Eben.

Some folks said Uncle Eben,
gifts so thoughtful dey amt muck
use. De man dat's allus hggerin' what
kind O weather we'll have tomorrow
generally sits aroun an don't take nc
advantage of his information"
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
EntIr. Plant on Wheels.

The ont.rE plant of a Pennsylvania
ASPHALT block manufacturing concern
Is mounted on freight ,~7s, so that
it can be taken wherever there is
work for it to do.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Not the Only Ones.

New Jersey robins used two-dol'
lar bill as material for a nest. They
are not the only builders who have
put all the money they could get to
gether into a home.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Must Return Fallen Fruit.

II the fruit from a persons tree
falls on to his neigh5or's land the
neighbor is not entitled to keep 1t, ac-
ccrding to English law. He must
give it up on the owner demanding It
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Bacteria IN the I,ome.

Tho average house. where the rooms
are only fairly ventilated, and the
housekeeper is Indifferent. may have
from 10000 to $4,000 bacteria to the
cubic foot
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Uncle Eben.

"Sence I done los so many chick
ems" said Uncle Eben. Il has come
to de conclusion dat mebbe even a
dove Of peace needs a certain amount
OF watchful protection
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
PARTRIDGE Helps Aerieulturlst.

Investigation IN Germany has shown
that the partridge eats the seed Of
many noxious weeds and insects de-
structige to plant life, therefore de-
serves protection.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05

liam France. John Reburn. De Witt
Gunsolus. Daniel Reardon. sherman
Tcein, Frank Kenbs, Donald Leitch.
Ellwood Adams. Robert Stewart Har-
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Collar ~ che World

A mans d. sestion has a good deal to
90 with the color of the world when
he looks at It. There is more yell
low in life from biliousness than from
the state of the atmos2Asre.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Fashion Notes.

Short women should avoid much
trimming on their skirts, says a fash
ion writer. Yes. and so should long
women il their husbands are short
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Spreading Happiness.

Mankind is always happier for hav-
ing been happy. So that if you make
men happy now. you make them hap
py twenty years hence by the memory
OF it.-Sidney Smith.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
Innn.Eelt Want.

A Sabetha man. Doc Tennal reports.
is working hard TO perfect a device
by which an umbrella can be opened
only oy its owner.-Kansas City Star.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05
sureIv Not.

"wikki-Wikki-Pau-Aloba" is the ra-
tional motto of Hawaii, a sentiment
to which none but the most particular
can possibly take exceptions.-Ex-
change.
Evening journal., 1915-11-05

old Dorsey. Robert Pierson, Shermsf
King Robert Jackson, Louis Sasse
Miss Carven. Mr. and Mrs. Richard
McLauehlIn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
WITHOUT HYSTERIA

THE crisis in American character which
i was bound to come as a reaction from the
European crisis may be upon us sooner than
expected. If we cannot weather this crisis.
1t would be we'll for us to import at once
an efficiency manager from abroad and to
install, lock, stock and barrel, the whole
dreadful and effective system of bureaucracy
We have decided, although Congress has
not acted, that as a nation we shall be ade-
quate in our preparation against war. In
what fashion will that preparation be made?
In what spirit will we spend? II mere hys-
terra and cowardice. the brute fear OF an in
vasion and the love Of comfort are the NOV
ing desires, then preparedness will be vain
thing indeed. No gun outside the harbor
will defend small heart. Unless we are
morally devoted to peace and morally deter
mined to bear the necessary hardships OF
war, we can never be prepared
Preparedness must be accomplished with
out hysteria and without partisan influence
II there are vague Interests" seeking gain
in the new policy, 1t is unfortunate, but their
evil motive must not be permitted to cloud
over the honest motive of others. The pre-
paredness policy must not be made a sub
stitute for the pork barrel II must not be
shield for graft
The test will prove whether the country is
capable of action, unhampered, without waste
without scandal. If we cannot save our
selves, we are not worth saving.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
ALL FOR PHILADELPHIA

COUNCILS and the Mayor will have legiti-
~ mate business enough to occupy their at
tention for the next four years without
taking on any factional quarrels.
There is great program of public work,
on the principal items in which every one is
agreed. There is room enough in this work
for men of all factions and none. The city
is expecting the leaders to cooperate in
pushing the completion of the new subway
and the new elevated lines in the construc-
ton of a convention hall and stadium, and
in rushing work on the Parkway There
are other needed improvements, some of
which can be cared for by the proposed loan,
but those mentioned are of first Importance.
The present disposition to postpone squab-
bles among the leaders ought to become the
permanent mood while the work of making
Philadelphia a better city to live in is being
prosecuted. This work will demand the ex-
ercise of all the energy with which those in
charge of II are endowed. No strength should
be wasted in profltess pickering. The "har-
mony" with which the mayoralty campaign
was begun ought to last all through Mr..
Smiths term, and Philadelphia should not
Be used as a pawn in either State or national
political fights
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
DISAPPEARING OBJECTIONS

As THE date approaches when the new
- child labor law is TO go into effect the
employers are showing a commendable dis
position 20 adapt themselves to the new con-
ditions. and the Attorney General has indi-
Gated his willingness to interpret the statute
20 literally that its enforcement will work
little hardship upon any one.
II the law permits young people within the
protected ages to work one week and go to
school the next, as Attorney General Brown
saws Il does, the youths can be kept at work
= alternating shifts and get even more edu-
cation than the eight hours a week which
tie law requires. II the spirit OF the statute
i satisfied with this arrangement II would
also he satisfied Eith two shifts one OF which
should work Aye hours IN the morning and
the pther ave hours Ia the afternoon. This
asTaHseEneat would be an improyspent over
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
MR.. DATESMAN'S PROGRAM

TINE programs OF appointees to public office
i are seldom moderate, and should not be.
Even in politics and social economics "a
mans grasp should exceed his reach-or
what's Heaven for?'' So it is chiefly as an
insight into the desires of Mr.. Datesman,
chosen Director of Public Works, that his
program, printed in the EVENING LEDGER
today. is important, We are justified in
wanting 10 know what he intends then we
may judge his performance.
The striking thing is that Mr. Datesman
has already been impressed by the multi
tudinous difficulties of his task He knows
its boundaries. and is making no attempt to
restrict them. And beyond the grasp of de-
tails. already indicated, the city will take
pleasure In Mr.. Datesman's large conception
OF the duties of his office. He generously
places the period of progressive" develop
ment within the last few years, and he OBJ
viously intends to continue that progress
He purposes that Philadelphia shall not be
satisfied with less than the luxuries of civic
life. He wants a beautiful, home-like. an
active city
The city. too. wants these things
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
1T CAN'T BE DONE TOO QUICKLY

I am urging you TO do nothing less than
save the honor and self-respect of the ma
tion.-President Wilson on the activity OF
the native and foreign agents of the bellig-
erents.
TTARDLY day passes without some reve-
II lation of the pernicious actions OF Amer
leans who have been more loyal TO the home
Of their ancestors than to America, or OF
some foreigners who have abused the hos
pitality of our shores in order TO wage wars
upon our industry and to conspire to embroil
us in war.
The details of the plot TO finance Huerta
revolution in Mexico were published on the
day after the Presidents suggestion that
Congress pass laws to secure the punishment
OF those guilty OF such offenses But this is
only one OF the many conspiracies. which
have grown so numerous that they can no
longer be tolerated. The applause with
which Congress received the Presidents de-
nuneiation of the hyphenates and their SYM
pathizers augurs well for quick action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09

those a d jective s.
might have been OBJ
served advancing TO
greet a nervous gen.
tleman who seemed TO
hang upon her words.
sir" she said, "it is
a boy and a lusty one"
Instantly 6 e n t | G
reader, as if to cor
roborate her words, n
wild yell percolated to
the room from above
stairs. And that was,
perhaps, the loudest
and the rudest noise
that the young gentle
man ever made, for he
was ever a modest and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09

that or theodore Roosevelt Wnen Cne piue-
stocking Colonel was "a youngster and his
friends were trying to keep him out of "the
dirty pool of politics.
Take 1t Seriously
Further remarks of Senator wadsworth on
the same subject, and revealing something
of the influence of family ideals and family
pride, are interesting. "In the family to
which 1 belong" he said, land in the COM
munity in which live active participation in
politics, as well as service in the army a
volunteer in time of need, is expected of every
man. We in the Genesee Valley take our pol
itics seriously. Once we convinced as to
the soundness and correctness of our party's
position thenceforth we regard the statement
of it's principles as creed. We may be
right or we may be wrong, but that is the
way we feel about II. fractional quarrels
and questions of personal expediency make
no appeal l prefer to contend in behalf OF
principles rather than persons"
Young Wadsworth, who at the age of 81
sits in the seat of Elihu Root, comes of a
very old family" He belongs to the Wads-
worth "house." He is a rich man who knows
the taste of earth. AS a boy on the family
estate he trained in the performance of
farm tasks He is still farmer, or perhaps
a farmer would say still an agriculturist.
certainly he Knows now to make his land
pay. In Texas he has a cattle ranch. He
has lived the life of cowboy and roughed
1t with the rest of them 1t is safe to say
that the exclusive social set of New York
and Newport knows him no more intimately
and sees him no oftener than the cowboys
of Texas and the farm hands at Mount
Norris
He manages several hundred acres of the
Mount Morris estate himself. Other wads-
worths manage the other farms. Bookkeep-
ers are employed and records are kept which
arc as full and careful as those in any busi-
ness. The Wadsworths know the money spent
and the profit earned not only on each farm
but each field, and the records go back
for over q hundred years They possess full
figures of their paintings for century, know
just what was planted each year, what was
reaped what fertilizers were used, the con-
dition of the soil, what money was spent for
repairs-indeed, the complete annals of the
family farms.
Graduating from Yale, where he played on
the varsity nine and was tapped for Skull
and Bones, Wadsworth enlisted in Battery
A, Pennsylvania Light Artillery This was
one of the batteries of General Grants bri-
gade during the campaign in Porto Rico. on
the conclusion of the war with Spain Wads-
worth saw active service in the Philippines
His political career has been remarl<a BILE
After year in the New York Assembly he
elected Speaker of the House. in which
position he served five years. He was 28
years old at the time of his election as
Speaker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
THE FLAG MUST PROTECT TRADE

Until we can feel certain that Gov
ernment will maintain the rights of Amer
ican citizens who have made legitimate In
vestments in foreign countries, it Is hope
less to try TO create real market for for
eign securites-Mortmer l.. Schiff to the
international Trade Conference.
MIR SCHIFF did not stop with this gem
lfl eralization, but came down to specifica-
tions with conditions in Mexico as the most
fragrant instance of the indifference OF the
Government to the interests Of American for
eign trade. American investments in Mexico
have yielded no return since anarchy took
the place OF government. Customs duties,
specifically set apart to pay the interest on
bonds, have been diverted to other uses and
investments in private enterprises have been
practically wiped out by the ong-continued
reign of loot. Such a state of affairs, in the
opinion of Mr.. schiff and Of every other we'll
informed observer. does more to discourage
tho investment of American capital in Cen
trail and South American countries than all
the talk of the opportunities of foreign trade
and the possibility of making America the
financial centre of the world does to encour-
age commercial adventures abroad.
Talk is cheap, but action takes courage,
and right action takes knowledge and judg-
ment 1t is easy to denounce dollar diplo
macy and to condemn the practice of sending
warships to collect debts owed to Americans.
But so long they are given to understand
in Mexico that they can rob Americans with
impunity and can repudiate their just debts
owed in this country Americans will have
rights across the border which Mexicans
think they are bound to respect.
The first requisite to that expansion of
American business of which every one Is
dreaming is the assurance from Washington
that the American flag will protect American
dollars wherever they may be legitimately
invested This involves radical change in
the policy now in favor in Washington
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
WILSON AND -? FOR 1916

WHEN his New Jersey friends wanted to
w indorse him for denomination Mr.. Will
son objected Perhaps the National Demo-
cratic Committee did not consult him in ad-
vance about commencing his Administration
and pronouncing in favor of his reelection
Although there is no doubt about what the
st. Louis convention will do 1t is interesting
20 note that the actual campaign has begun
with the resolutions adopted by the National
Committee.
It is interesting, also, to note that Vice
President Marshall was not mentioned. The
ticket to date stands as Wilson and -?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
THE wIssAHICKoN REMAINS SAFE

TIME refusal OF the Fairmount Park Com
i mission to open the Wissahickon drive to
automobiles will be welcomed with delight
by all those who have found pleasure in
strolling through that beautiful region.
1t is possible for motorists to take another
route If they wish to go up the valley, II
the roads are not in good shape at present
they can he improved, while the Wissahickon
glen is left free to nature lovers. unterrifed
by rapid moving motorcars. Even the mo-
torists. themselves have agreed that this
comparatively short stretch of road would
better be restricted to the use of pedestrians
and horse drawn vehicles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-09
Tom Daly's Column
To a Sandwichman

To Sandwichman
In tdnouid, djter-iwncheon mood,
Today matched pou in the throro.
M mild, dpprdisin0 eve pursued
The crude Indictments unto food
Upon the signs you bore along.
big oyster Steics" and "Sip Large Rdtc"
And "Pepper-hdsh and Crackers Free"
Upon Bour stOuvin0 signs sd,c,
And ntdrueied that pour dropping jdto
SO lean and Idntern-hte should be.
"Ahi"-so unto mySeD thought
True humorist indeed thou drtl
Thou brinoest us message frdu0ht
with rare good cheer that mdU be bought,
But IN the 'ohich thou hast part"
so, too, thou hast thine audience
That turns a cold, Indifferent ear,
And iostles thee and hurries hence
To spend some other 1cherc its pence
But not upon thu 0oodiy cheer!
"Ahl brother, tohen the eUenin0 beH
Rings curtetU to this toll Of thine.
trust one stetc, tcdrnt, rich Of smell,
And Uelvet to the tongue, may dtCeH
Bettcirt thu 71ishbonc and thy Spine"