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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-10

NTHO ever imagined that "a elefunt" had
w a stomach? Who ever believed that the
innumerable peanuts of innumerable little
boys and girls could affect such stomach
If there were one to be affected? Who ever
fancied that the time would come when
science, more stern than war, more fanatic
than superstition, would step in and say
mo" to peanuts?
The unalterabe Nix" has been spoken at
the Fairmount Park Zoo. The chief veter
marian has spoken it and explained that in
digestion has become chronic among the
animals. So there are to be no more peanuts
W. s. Gilbert, of the wel-known Words
and-musc team Of Gilbert and Sullivan,
once commented on the wisdom of nature.
who was cunning enough to "contrive that
every little boy or gal who comes into this
world alive is either a little Liberal or
else little Conservatives" In early voutb
the Liberal strain predominates, and il is
that strain which suggests the following as
a solution Of the peanut problem:
Maybe the eefunts got the bellyake beouz
nobuddy didn't give EN- peanuts enougb,"
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second Thought Of the Prorressirns

THE New York Herald's political canvass
4 Of the country Is interesting but its dis
closures are not news 1t has long been
evident that the Progressives are return
Ing 70 their old allegiance, and that the
party viii have little influence as an inde-
Pendent organization next year. The New
York sun diagnosed the situation correctly
when it said that the way to induce a Bun
Moose 10 respond TO your eall Is 10 make
noise like an elephant
Il the Republican leaders act with the
smallest degree Of discretion they can heal
the breach IN the party and present a united
front The Progressives are anxious 10 act
with their old friends Many OF them have
formally renouneed their heresies OF Ialg and
are finding eongenial SURROUNDINGS among
their old political associates Their heads
ere level. even if their hearts did lead them
astfayi and now that they have had time 10
reflect upon the result OF their impulslve ae-
ton they are ready 70 take a sober second
Thought end do whatever seems best 10 res-
eae the country from the dangerous misr,le
= TIE Democracy They must be Welcomes
eith open arms as men more sinned agalnaf
than SHINING
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Port Of the Future

FT1HE port OF Boston may or may not lead
4 the port Of Philadelphia Let the stntis-
tcinns debate that question. II is true
nevertheless that the New Englandcrs have
accomplished more with fewer natural adj
vantnges than we have.
But the important thing for us to con-
slider is; What are this city and State doing
TO enable this port to achieve its proper
greatness at the close OF the European war?
All New England is now making scientific,
study of the possibilities of trade with South
America. Boston. in particular. is running
q school for manufacturers TO ncquaint them
with the commercial openings in South
America and the need of immediate action,
Can Philadelphia afford to do less? Not
only this port but every port along the At
lantic Seaboard now has the opportunity of
lifetime. Prior TO the war there may have
been some reason to despair of competing
successfully with English and German com
merce. But the complete paralysis of Ger
man commerce and the partial stoppage of
English trade have caused South America to
look to the United States. Our merchants
have read and discussed lot of reports on
South American trade and how to develop
our commerce with it's countries. But what
we need now is action, or before we know II
the war will be ended and all Europe going
after South American trade with rcdoubled
9eal The United States should remember
that the only way to get South American
trade is to go after it with sustained vigor
and intelligence.
Then the greatest port on the Atlantic sea-
board will be that whose manufacturers
show the most comprehensive understand
ing OF the commercial possibilities not only
Of South America, but of other countries as
we'll That and that alone will determine
whether Philadelphia or Boston is to lead.
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A PROTEST. FROM THE SOUTH

To the Editor Of the EueHiHg Ledger:
sir-That all OF Britons defenders have not vet
answered kiteheuers impassioned appeaIs for
recruits is evidenced by the reply Of "John
bull of Palmyra, n, j., TO my recent comment
on the enlargng scope of the American Legion
John Bull' is evidently laboring under me
impression that this nation is yet a colony OF
1feat Brltain and as such should do sits hit,,
IN the unpleasantness now raging Just over ina
pond the said bit Of course. TO be performed
IN England's behalf Any prediction OF apv
or our citizens toward the Teutonie en,nIras
should under these conditions be treated a. bisb
treason, worse sA
Now John overlooks the fact that the greater
patt OF thla nation has never seen a Brjtfsb
nag save on a circus tent or wagon. ana as ~
majority OF the Inhabitants of this aforsssid
peFtion OF the country have had no sneal-ias
segsaintanee with England save through geoEs
tapny, Il Is idle to presume any furtber fbst
ms ls British colony dependent me-
1ohn Bun Is evidently not interested IN cof
koh az ieaat not from the producers sfandnoit
TOT a miserable sfsooo0 e000 600 loss On ee,f ~
tns Meihels % the south, VINO have old h, ~
s'9a ssi hslas rom early daYareak q Iate nIehf-
i4iL nnaef The hAstering rays of s Ts5lg -
Aasqss SUM- eaas forth only tha asro., &c 80
ts9A tais sfAai1e son q Britain .hat - s5s3a
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To tho Edttor Of the Ercntng Ledger:

To the Editor Of the Ercping Lodgcr:
Slr-The four amendments to the Constitution
of Pennsylvania arc to be submitted to vote OF
the people IN November in a manner never
before attompted that is, by concurrent res
olution covering three and another concurrent
resolution covering ono amendment, instead OF
by an act Of the Legislature specifically COM
mandnE each amendmeni to be submitted. The
laws approved by the Governors submitting all
the amendments which hnve been adopted since
1874 to be found in the pamphlet laws of
1901 1909, 1911 and 1913 If a mere concurrent
resolution is sufficient for tho purpose, 1t seems
strange that all the Governors ana attorney
Generals ind legislation steCrers that have been
at Harrisburg never discovered it until now.
The recall of the Legislature in extraordinary
session is not too high price to pay for the
preservation of the strictest respect for con-
stitut,onal order and regularity. 1t would be
better than cGltivHting the habit of laundering
legislators in saying: Let her go, Gallagher;
will have a case steered to the Supreme
Court and 1t will correct our blunders"
JAMES YEARSLEY.
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LINcoLN's RELIGIOUS vIru,,,

relipiopsE iE oT me m9eh-diseussed question >, -,
ilshed Is ~ OK Lincoln. this letter inst ms
G9snsy M''sen to prominent QUAKER '4lee Fltsa II
Major Geaepel r = l quoted for the arst time time b.
som soaal Eeeolleetions issued for nm, N MS Per
NY esteemed Frlend-I have not So.
probably never shall forget-tbs not h9t ioFgotten-
on sabba,b Sssa yourself ana friends yssd R,sssl1e
has your Ens 'i.ssnoon iss'i Two years ago. NoT T
vonr s5l r,,r ggef been forgotten In all II year
am much t. strengthen my reliance an ssaa 9ssh
s99 p99pe o. she country for their Christian
than 10 vonrleie ana 70 no one Of them qSers ms
are perfect and must prevail tbopeb sRs almighty
in advanee We is bdS. % accurately perceive them
= thls terrible war long befors sf4ination
aenowIsds. a9q has ruled otherwise We e sssf S'ea
therein. No. I. & @iaaom ana our ows ersas
+, - tseAhhle Ne must vorl siseA
eorslna Z ~, 4snl - siges Us. ,tFustns ssss y
A eeaaaesa 70 lie areat 80 e
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SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND
Varied Views of Readers Topics Of Timely
the Outlook in National Potcs-Further Comment
on the Delights of the "Forbidden Road"

thank heaven that this country has such a
guide John Bull"
The farmers of the South have been raising
for nearly 100 years the major part of the cot
ton crop of the world. Any interference with
their deserved and legitimate profits and sales
affects indirectly the prosperity of the nation
That the United states should stand calmly by
and see England tell us to whom we shall and
shall not sell this commodity, in defiance of all
international law, is beyond belief,
No doubt this arrangement would be consid-
cred cminently proper by the manufacturers of
ammunition, etc, and also the pro-Allies ele-
ment generally, but there is considerable pro-
portion of this nations citizens who have no
particular interest, financial or sentimental, in
the outcome of the European war, and from
these people comes this protest.
Il. A. CREWES
Fort Worth, Tex, August l.
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AMERICAS NEXT PRESIDENT

To tho Editor Of the Erenilg Ledger!
Sr-I cannot let go unchalenged your edi-
toral, Next President Must Be a Republican"
in the EVENING LEDGER of today. You say the
policies of the present Administration are un-
scientific childish and destructive | say they
are scientific, manly and constructive You say
the next President must be a Republican | say
he must be a Democrat and will be a Democrat.
Who is right?
Woodrow Wilson on one occasion during the
campaign of 1912 said: 1T is an intoerabe
thing that the Government of the Republic
should have got so far out of the hands Of the
people; should have been captured by interests
which are special and not general" On another
occasion he said THE Government of the
United States in recent years has not been
administered by the common people of the
United states" The American people will no
longer tolerate this.
The Republican party, as now constituted
viii never be in control of the Federal Govern
mont again r. S. NJ,
Philadelphia, August o.
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ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES

To the Editor of the EUeHiR1 Lcdger:
Sir-I should like to call the attention of your
Intelligent readers, who are presumably close
observers of the present European war, to a
certain dark phase of it, While the search
light of publicity has been turned on this war
as never before through those far-reaching in
struments of modern civilization, wireless and
telegraph, used by the most gifted brains of
the present century the war correspondents,
yet by a mute understanding or, to be more
plunt' conspiracy, veil of ghastly silence is
drawn over the atrocities committed against
a certain defenseless race the scapegoat of
humanity, compared to which the Belgian
atrocites are a mere child's spanking to the
tortures of the lnquistion | mean the hendish
cruelties practiced by the Russian Government
on the Jewish race in Russia, hemmed in as
Iiley are by monstrous laws along the border,
where the present conflict is raging and suf-
terings the brunt of the battles The Russian
government, adding insult to injury under the
preteNt that they might spy on the Russian
army, where their husbands fathers brothers
ana sons to the number of 100000 Hebrews are
nEhuhG shoulder to shoulder with their more
fortunate countrymen thousands of whom have
won military medals for bravery granted b,y
uhwllllnS military officers with ti-JeWish
sentiments mas destroyed and burned every viii
iaEe ana town with a considerable Jewish nopu-
I.i i@Iion III an or RUSSIAN Poland between the
bhlCpef ana the NiStula, sparing neither sex
nor age The unholy alliance of Eng
Iahu with Russia muZzled the English nress
ana they are deliberately blind to the bIood-
curdnnE monstrosties of the Russian Gar
uut WINE thefe Is a shadow of excuse for them
tnere are not words strong enough to condemn
the attitude of certain American neV,sno,,nrs
VINO peWan the destruction of n cathedral In
helElum and pass over with sinister silence
Shat awtul catastrophe Of race whose chill
"'en are toun on every battlefield
PbiIadoInbto ,,,,,.. p FREEMAN.
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A RACE OLE FIGHTERS

40 INC Editor Of the EUening Ledgcr.
sir-so you think the Germans are no bettar
msnters than the other nations and tbnt neace
VII VII De declared in Berlin Well the Germans
iioIlanders and Scandinavans constitute thn
a SaMoh race They are the worlds sturdiest
most ehllshtened, purest in blood and the
@ @MorIu greatest lighting stock You r,ist
Know that it is an impossibility for anybod,i n9t
palp Lo n,ooaed to form an opinion on the Euro
tbe Se' WAR You better go up among your cousins
Won ''"na' a+ in as thnk they may be able To teli
" u, urh M Irom Bulgarian and so ON. 90 ont
feet s "q street o and fetch some tiny boy CchiIG
inches niCn nol ~ height, chest measurement "a
rgtSau'insl, or go into any picture show spt,
repressn rTs M 'no city stand up and tell them You
cackljng ~ ,bo1, an american newspaper and start
sympathes for the Allies ""s ana your
,,i,..aar lou aare not because you have not po+ a.
courage Of a Saxon, that's am "ot sol the
Philadelphia, August Q A'' i'lNAVIAN'
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THE UNFORBIDDEN ROAD
% The Editor Of the Euenina Ledaer.

~ '''1 N'"''V' W ''' N'''s''S S'"Vo''
Sir-lhe picture of the so-Called forbidden
road along the Wissahickon in your paper OF
the I'd instant attracted my attention. II should
not be called forbidden because automobilists
are not permitted to use the road. The beauti-
tul Wissahickon is open to motorists up to Lin
coin Drive. If the rest of the road were opened
1t would mean the widening of the road. the re-
pairing of the road for automobiles and the
building of a pavement, To widen the road
either a stone wall would of needs be built
along the creek or a few feet of the towering
hills would he taken down at their bottom.
from the creek The rustic beauty would be no
more The only place of real rest In the Park
would be gone. Lives of persons who prefer
walking rather than motoring would be endan-
gered. Numerous turns and sharp curves along
the road would invite auto accidents have
frequented this shady cool and pleasant road
FOR years, and hope for the good OF all that
motors be kept from it, believe me.
NATHAN HALE GOODMAN,
Philadelphia, August G.
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Philadelphia August S,
NoN-PARTIsANsHIP OF FATE
the Editor of the EUeniag Ledger;

10 me EdWoF OJ We ECGHlhg LeGgGf:
Sir-Nndy allow me to reply that Presi-
dent, Mr. Wilson, was not elected by the nation,
but by fate. Therefore, fate is neither Demo-
cratic nor Republican You can't say "the next
President must be n Republican" for fate
might put the United States under the German
rule. Who can tell?
The worlds prince OF merchants, John Wana-
maker has more than once said the Democratic
tariff is workable Even honest banking houses
and business and manufacturing houses admit
much workable good in those very enacted
laws which your paper is telling the country
are, to all intents and purposes, destroying all
business and spreading hardship, misery and
suffering of all kinds. Can this paper publish
such monstrous untrurhs? Can a Woodrow
Wilson wish nothing but ruin for this great
Republic? But after ALL there an Ananas
in the days of St. Peter who smote him dead,
there industrial Ananiases among us.
Alas lameutaby and unfortunately journalistic
Ananases, too. l read n Democratic paper in
the morning and a Republican paper in the
evening. oh, my! Thou the EVENING LEDGER!
A DISAPPOINTED READER.
Philadelphia, August s.
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September MomentOus Month in the Balkans

I Until the Greek Parliament meets in
~ September and Venizelos takes the helm
definite Developments in the Balkans need
not be looked for Turkey may give up rail-
roads and cede small bits of territory to Bull
Earia, but the question of how Bulgaria ul-
timately lines up will wait on the action Of
the war party OF Greece. That action can
be no more questioned than the rapidty
with which Rumania and Greece will plunge
into war on the side Of the Allies as soon
as Bulgaria is satisfied
The Great War-so far as It's immediate
occasion goes-is the product of Injustice
south OF the Danube, Misery and suffering,
racial and individual, were sown there that
peace might prevail in upper Europe II has
not prevailed. and now the resultant conflict
seems likely 10 redress even such minor
wrongs as the despollment of Bulgaria after
the second Balkan war
According to the newest dispatches Ser
via Is ready 10 cede its claims in Macedonia
70 Bulgaria. Though the present govern
ment in Greece stands firm against giving up
the district about KaVala as her share of
what should be Bulgaria's the present
government no more represents the Greek
people than did the action of King Constan-
tine In forcing out Venizelos on the same is
sue. The Greek voter has given mis- answer
az the polls II will remake Balkan align
ments In the course OF September.
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Peace for a Change

OPERA BoUFFE has been the word for
Orerolution in the little republics of
the tropic zone. But it does faint justice to
the latest development in Haiti Stirred by
the American occupation Mr.. Solon Menos-
note well that front" name Haitian Minis
ter at Washington, up and demands that
Uncle Sam guarantee the freedom of his
country, 1t might strike the casual observer
that If any one were in a position to demand
guarantees it is the nation which has to
spend time and money paclfylng political
bandittt Haiti might try guaranteeing the
United States little peace on its precious
island.
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ordains. Surely He intends some great s.a
to follow this mighty convulsion. which y
mortal could make and no mortal could slay
Your people-the Frcnds-have had, and i
are having great trial. On principle A.
faith, opposed to both war and oppression nv
can only practically oppose oppression by wsi
In this hard dilemma some have chosen ~
horn and some the other For those appeaers
to me on conscientious grounds, ] have dons
and shall do the best | could and can in mg
own conscience under my oath to the Lord ma,
you believe this / doubt not, and believing h
I shall still receive for our country and mysq,|
your earnest prayers to our Father in Heaven
The ChurChman.
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THE LAY OF FRIED CHICKEN
A Delectable Distinction, in Which Indian,
Claims to Lead the Whole World

The first day of September has been set ass
as "Fried Chicken Day" in Missouri and X
every town where there is an organizaaosl
affiliated with the State Poultry Association An,
day picncs with fried chicken the chief All
will be IN order.
1t is no more than right to do honor ia /,
fowl that adds much to the prosperity of Nj
souri,, though whether the bird enjoys being
slaughtered for the sake of celebrating itself
Il question: but Indiana, where also poultry ~
great and profitable crop, does not need a sps.
cla. day for showing its appreciation of Chicken
by eating it. In Indiana any and every day
when the c. Of l. permits indulgence in ths
luxury is fried chicken day. but Sunday Is espe.
cially sacred to the delectable dish.
Fried chicken at it's best, fried chicken as HI
can be and should be. is known only in the Nd
die West and South, and nowhere has the at
of frying it been so well mastered as IN NJ
diana New England has fricasseed chicken
smothered chicken, baked chicken but TO fra|
chicken in its perfection it is a stranger Thsl
cold storage chicken to which Eastern ciaei
are condemned does not possess trying proper
ties. Fried chicken Is the reliance and the com
fort of the country housewife in emergency. A
fat pullet is beheaded, its feathers removed, iu
BODY dismembered and the pieces placed In ths
frying pan bfore the unexpected guest has tmd
to think of dinner. In an hour or less froml
the time that unsuspectng pullet was pursuing
the elusive bug 1t is served smoking hot upoal
the table with all the ''fiXings"-Crcam grayy3
hot biscuits and other toothsome dainties-ani
is fulfilling the highest purpose of its being that
of giving keen qualification to the Indiana aF
petite.
The fried chicken dinner is an institution
Indiana. Its fame has travelled far 1t 81
served in its perfection on the private table 81
draws tourists from long distances to waysas
inns and adds to the joy of living. 1t has mus.
to do with Hoosier serenity of mind and heath
OF body, Missouri may have its one chleka
day; Indlana's celebration of the bird is con
tinuous.-Terre Haute Star
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Philadelphia, August O. a SCANDINAVIAN
FIXING THE REsPoNsIBuITv

- |UUo' q me Ereniug Led0er.
letters tan 9fe oeen cen very much interested in the
Ef,a5s Iinr me way to resume Is to res'o VI te i
are rie Greeley No doubt your 70
the SAVING " to so sn aIng but one of them credits
ene erees !he authorship to John shermau SMh9ther
I'm STba oi mem corrected the quotation Nelther
patiently e HSy % r9snmption is feaa
tod me Horace Greeley Said I'm If an5 .9e man who
rat5ns rn1pteF ana verse on second tbona do quoted
ra'her meet him face to face 'nought ia
Cynwyd, Pa. Aps,,., SAMUEL HARRIS.
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water has held out There is the explanation
of germanys victory.
"The men receive three warm meals daily
Millions Of bottles Of mineral water are
distributed among the men" So runs a
German account And It is not surprising
that this army, which can build so miles
Of asphalt roads in two days, has accom-
plished tho master coup. Fresh meat is
brought to il daily from Berlin; the very
bread the soldiers eat is baked in Germany.
Mobility is the key word Of Germnnys sue
cess and It applies to food as well as to
armies
General Won Buelow is right In saying that
comparisons with Napoleons Russian cam
palgn are Irrelevant Napoleon at waterloo
was actually farther from home than Won
Llnsngen at Warsaw The Russian army
folding In on itself, gains nothing by a hun
dred years OF invention. Germany pushing
forward. gains everything in Its contact
with home. II gains mobility, 1t gains mu-
nitions. and apparently It gains mineral
water. II will not be denied.