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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

cost by using running squash base As Tor
the small euburbanite farmer-what wonders
open before hint II he will only embrace
vegetarianlsm he can raise his whole dinner
on single tree Some large and sturdy
wide-ranging base. like the banyan; on the
lower branches, little grapefruit; higher
Up. peas and beans Of various kinds, corn
dash Of asparagus, cluster or two Of sweet
potatoes and half bunch Of eggplant stii
further up some berries in season; and close
to the top, onions and cloves. All such gar
den needs is a scenic railway concealed in the
branches
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Kissing the Unhissable


"T will never speak to you again as long
as I live Kissed Dolly" Just try to hiss It.
"a roar of silence followed"
"Her feet were swollen from standing in
wet salty water"
Like Adela, he had dark brown hair, with
enormous black eyebrows, mustache and
short beard"
Davidson stood wiping his wet neck on
the piazza"
what therefore was our surprise to find
Tish sitting by the fire in her bathrobe and
slippers with cup oftea in her lap and her
feet In tub OF water"
We are reminded OF those horrible exam
pies cited in the Rhetoric textbool-like
1.-THE unfortunate woman was killed while
cooking her husbands breakfast in hor-
rible manner"
Errors of quotation are common in speech
and writing. Byron quoted Shakespeare: "An
eagle towering in his pride of place" But
what Shakespeare wrote was. "a falcon
towering in her pride OF place" Milton
wrote. not "as thick leaves in Vallom-
brosa," but thick as autumnal leaves that
strew the brooks IN Vallombrosa.~ He wrote
not .'fresh fields and pastures new" but
fresh woods" Nathaniel Lee did not write
when Greek meets Greek then comes the
tug Of war" but when Greeks Joined
Greeks. then was the tug OF war-a very
different thing. Doubtless. however the
modification OF phrases BY popular usage Is
not wholly evil-it certainly Is Inevitable.
The saying. LET us eat. drink ana be merry,
for tomorrow we die Is OF curious origin.
The preacher IN Ecelesiastes says. "A man
hath no better thing under the earth than
to eat ana 70 drink and to be merry Isaiah:
I.et ua eat ana drink Of tomorrow Ha shall
de Luke. sTaks thiae ease eat drink
and e merry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

city. So far 1t is possible to do both.
John M. Walton seems to have had great
success. He is practical" enough to have
been City Controller for the last 20 years;
and yet his stanchest supporter in the Or
ganlzation cannot deny that his work Is "ef-
ficlent."
Counting Up the City's Dollars
SO 1t is of great significance that he is
considered in the running for the Mayor
atty and that within the last few days his
chances are believed to have improved. 1t
would seem that the five or six practical
men, who, en- breezy porches at Atlantic
City, are about to name as practical" a
candidate as they dare. afraid they may
have to inject q little efficiency into the cam
dIdate's makeup after ALL to stand him in
good stead against strong Independent OPP
ponent. And they would find more than a
little efficiency in Walton's record II they
hit upon the idea of adapting him to tho
mayoral harness. That record rests upon
his establishment of a remarkable system Of
municipal business procedure, which has
attracted the attention of experts in many
cities in this country and abroad; upon a
system of inventory which has been the
wonder of visitors who have made pilgrim
ages here to study 1t; upon a method of ao-
(something absolutely unknown before his
time In municipal affairs), so that he can tell
exactly how much money is on hand and
how much has been spent every afternoon
when he closes his desk for the day In ad-
dition to all this, he has revolutionized the
sinking fund system. SO that nearly s1.O00,O0O
a year is saved the city for use in improve-
mentsi and to cap the climax of this "effl-
cient" though "impracticar' career, he Is
unrivaled for assiduity to his duties and,
though at times in the past he has not been
in the best OF health. enjoys the amazing
record of having missed not more than five
working days in 20 years.
He never takes a vacation; and It Is in
rather striking contrast TO read OF Senator
MeNiehol and Congressman Ware playing the
delightful game OF political chess at the
shore while the veteran Controller Is hard
at work in City Hall on the hottest day in
summer, with military fidelity to the ap-
pointed task.
He has much of the steady bearing and
disciplined habit OF dress and manner that
is characteristic OF a retired army officer:
and that he is-a captain by breyet after
service IN the Civil and Indian wars. There
Is never any question Of finding him in; II
he's out clerk In his department win say
with precision at what time he win return
And presently in walks the Captain. mill
tary, but modest. and rather jaunty for all
his 73 years, with Panama hat turned up
in front and down IN back, immaculate IN
light summer garb OF youthful cut He has
q most quiet ana natural courtesy ana an
air Of taking everything easily He was
asked to verify the statements IN a long list
Of reforms that he had inaugurated. ana It
was murmured that he was a mayoraI possi-
biiity. he raised forbidding hand:
"Ah. I'm not candidate for Mayor"
Would you refuse 10 run If the can for
such eandidacy
That Is putting It IN a very dlaeut way
s. snsEes.. ha replied 9zaRslys There ars
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1t is possible to hear
men who are perfect
ly willing to succeed
Mr.. Blankenburg as
Mayor say with en-
phasis: "I do not be-
lieve in efficiency; I
am a practical man."
The explanation OF
this astounding re-
mark is 81 m p lie;
practical" has come
to mean what is done
for the good of the
Org a nization; "effl-
cient," what is done
for the pood of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
Jitney is as tItney does.

Jitnsy is as jitney does.
Next fiction hero: The Jitney Bandit
Those oleOmargarine crooks were slippery
fellows.
France expects every fat man to do his
duty
To iit or not to fit. that is the question
before Councils,
The "Antis" may ask the questions but
the voters win give the answer.
"oliye oil explosion causes $3.50 damages"
French dressing called to the eolors in Paris.
Goodness mel Victor Emmanuel went and
forgot al about declaring war on Turkey,
Edison's portable 100000 candle power
searehnght Wouldn't be bad thing for Penn
sylyania politics. or for Diogenes either,
Somebody ought to reduce the Allies gains
10 a common denominator This business Of
adding up 8 Of a mile. plus 4se yards, plus
s-12 OF kiiometre is little fatiguing.
Prexy Lowell may have told Hargard'a
gladuating class that man reaches his
mental maximum At e. bat he diaa't ask
- = them IA e run rs college 1ar hln.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
MEN OF THE MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN
John NJ Walton City Controller for Twenty YearHe Combines
the Useful Distinctions of Being "Practca and efficient
His Unique Reforms in City Accounting and His Big Savings
By HERBERT s. WEBER

The series of personal sketches Of men
oho totll figure prominently IN the Mdpordty
campaign does not seek to determine tho
ftness Of candidates, but only to present the
personalities behind the names. This is the
nth article of the series.
THERE are two words which, ordinarily,
i mean pretty much the same thing, but
just now, in their application to political af-
fairs in Philadelphia, seem to have nearly op-
posite neutrality-suspicious." and efficient"
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HOMER'S MODS; OR,
LITERARY HOWLERS
Unconscious Humor From the Writ
ings of the Great, the Little and
the -Unintentional Fic-
tion-Familiar Misquotations.
BY ROBERT HILDRETH

! LNROM "schoolboy howlers" to literary
Il howlers' is not so very long step, after
all. our enjoyment of them is due partly, no
doubt, to a defect in our moral makeup. 1t
is not unlike our enjoyment of the spectacle
of a portly man missing a train or the sight
OF man-portly also and carrying an arm
full of bundles-slipplng up (or DOWN on an
Icy pavement.
In the case even of "schoolboy howlers" we
feel prldeful sense Of superior knowledge,
and in the case of literary howlers" we ex-
perience an accession of Importance on dis
covering the fallibllity of famous writer's, In
deed, a good many of us would rather criti-
else than appreciate and not seldom the less
consequential the error is the greater Is its
appeal.
Perhaps, however, as was once suggested
in graduation essay, the slips 0lterary and
otherwlse) of great men owe their pleasant
ness and value principally to their useful
ness in reminding and convincing us that we
are all human and liable to err-the big, the
little and the mediocre.
when Homer nods," the phrase commonly
applied to literary howlers," is derived from
a couplet in Popes Essay on Criticism"
but is often employed in a connection some-
what different from that which It had orig
inally. Pope wrote:
Those oft are etratagems which errors seem,
Nor is 1t Homer mods but we that dream.
But many a slip is due to slipshod writing.
On the following examples the reader may
make his own comment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22
A Long Wait


classic with the topical may be turning back,
now that another great chapter in the his
tory of Constantinople is under way, to one
of Walter Scotts less popular works, Count
Robert of Paris" And there they will find
one Of those curious slips analogous to the
woman noveist's horse that "won the Derby
three years running" and to the eclipse of
the sun in king Soomons Mines" followed
by moonlight night. Scott usually ac-
curate in his descriptions, makes the Crusad-
ers wait before crossing a bay on the Bos-
phorus until the tide has ebbed. But there
is no tide in the Bosphorus.
Some of the great panjandrums of French
literature have perpetrated more amusing
"howlers." An exceedingly familiar figure
of speech gets the historian Theirs into
trouble. Throughout the day." he writes,
torrents of rain poured down and 10000 Aus
trlans bit the dust"
The weighty and erudite lawyer M. Trop-
long, proclams in one of his sombre tones
that "n the midst of many crumbIing insti-
tutions that of property stands erect upon
it's feet, seated upon Justice"
Francisque Sarcey the great critic writes,
ION his helmet waves a missing plume" and
again, I'm the tones of Mile. Ugalde one rec
ognizes her mothers familiar hand"
Gustave Flaubert takes pains to collate
many of the slips of contemporary writer's
but he 1t Is who wrote of a most accom-
plished lover that with one hand he caressed
her hair and with the other he said to
her" He describes a duel In which "the
two adversaries were placed at an equal dis
tance from each other"
He also refers to man who was 20 years
old and looked twice his age; but doubtless
the author means just what he says. One of
the slips charged against Shakespeare like.
wise, is no slip at all. Shakespeare speaks
of 'the seacoast of Bohemia" At that period
in which the action of the play occurred
Bohemia was a maritime Power and had an
extensive frontage not only upon one sea, but
upon two seas.
In one of Scott's novels the sun sets I'm the
east Dickens makes Captain Cutie put both
hands in his mouth in giving a "halloo, 4"
though the gallant tar had long before lost
one of his hands. Victor Hugo has Charlie
magne talking of the Sorbonne, which was
founded more than 400 years after Charlie
magne's death.
Mrs, Edith Wharton, strange to say, de-
scribes a man as walking on a stony beach,
"his legs and arms still lashed to his Sides"
Chesterton writes of a man whose two dark
eyes on each side of his protuberant nose
gistened gloomily like black buttons" Well
fixed TO: eyes. Robert Chambers: Her
throat was full of tears"-doubtless from her
eye teeth.
From recent popular novels and from
stories in the magazines a great number of
amusing blunders may be culled As
"I screamed in silent rage"
"a girl tore her eyes from the stage, but
her ears still fingered"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

Edison's portable 100000 eandle-power
syiyania politics. or for piogenes either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

The "Antis" may ask the questions but
the voters viii give the answer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

Goodness mel Victor Emmanuel went and
forgot All about declaring war on Turkey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

"oliye oil explosion causes $3.50 damages =
French dressing called TO the eolors IN Paris
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

To ilt or not to jit. that is the question
before Councils.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

EUery fool t0ants to 0tve ddUicc, but this
does not mean that men lDho give
adUice are necessarily fools.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-22

France expects every fat man to do his
duty
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city. So far as it is possible to do both,
John M Walton seems to have had great
success. He is practical enough to have
been City Controller for the last 20 years;
and yet his stanchest supporter in the Or
ganizatlon cannot deny that his work Is "ef-
fcient."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
FEDERAL A
MEN MAY COME
Commission Making a Tour Of Central
West aud Pacific COast-MSy Visit
Oklahoma City Soon.
MAIN
AT
HARVEY

II Is possible that Oklahoma city
may be- included In the itinerary "
members ~ the federal trade com.
mission who Will begin a tour next
Monday N the states VI the central
west aud Pacific coast for the purpose
" promoting close cooperation with
the business interests with foreign
nations.
Edward y. Hurley, vice chairman NJ
the federal trade commission, In II
statement made by him while IN Chi.
cngo. said that II the European war
continues six months longer, The
United states would be beneficiary 10
n large extent on account Of foreign
trade. The trip to be made by the
members " the commission will be
the first NJ the Kind for \ similar pur.
pose and the result Is awaited with
considerable interest.
While the purity may make OKLA.
homa city Il visit. II is not clear just
what character N business may he
investigated II Is explained that the
packing house business would prob
ably hc NJ Importance. but that II
handled through Chicago and proha.
bly, the local business would hardly
Justify special attention. However,
there II n possibility ~ Interesting the
commission otherwise II n visit Is
made 10 Oklahoma city.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
CHAPLIN AS A WOMAN
Funny Film Fellow Appears in Fem.
mime Gsrb for First Time In His
FrOllCsOme Career.

This is the story Of "A Woman" the
Chaplin picture which was presented
on the Lyric screen for the first times
Thursday noon:
Charlie Chaplin takes u stroll In a
park where he sees Il man, his wife
aud daughter seated on II bench. The
husband sees a pretty girl passing aud
smiles at her. She smiles back and
he makes an excuse to his wife to get
away and follows her. The grl In.
VEHICLES him into playing Il game Of
blind mans bur. aud when he is se.
curcly bllndfOlded, robs him of his
pOckethOok.
Chaplin offers to lead the man
back 10 his wife. but instead takes
him TO tho sea aud pushes him IN. He
then Introduces himself 10 the wife
aud daughter ana they take him home
win them. When the husband gets
hnck he II introduced to the new
found friend. He recognizes Chaplln's
voice and Il fight tx started. Chaplin.
nfter losing pnrt NJ his wearing ap
parel, escapes by running upstairs.
Presently he re0ppeGrs sans nous
iAche, dressed In the daughters cloth
Inc. The Nrtatlous husband then
tries to make up to Chaplin and stlrs
his wIfP's jealousy. Another battle "
started and the wife discovers thnt
Chaplin Is not a woman. He finally
Is hurled ont into the street aud
Wcuds his sad way homcwnrd.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
CITY MARKET Is FINE
Fine Line Of Garden Truck Is Offered
Al California Street Market and
Prices Are Very Low.

Everything good to eat may be had
Mt the city market, and Il visit there
will show a full line of garden sass,
fruits, poultry aud roasting ears, The
reason why roasting ears ARE given
special mention Is because they are
50 numerous. Ten cents Il dozen or
three dozen for n quarter, they are
Utmost the first thing YOU see IN max
Ink your way to California avenue
and the last thing you see when you
leave.
HUT there are lots u other things.
pnmS berries Of all kinds, except
those now out OF season, green apples,
big beats, sdunshes, beans, peas aud
tomatoes. From . o'clock In the
morning until Z o'clock In the evening
the market IL kept open aud the pro
duce II kept In a splendid state Of
preservation. Notwithstanding the
heat NJ the middle part OF the day.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
THE EMPRESS

A detective drama declared TO he
entirely different from the usual mo
ton picture, The Mystic Jewel" will
head the film program Friday at the
Empress. 1t is q tworeel Majestic
subject featuring SIgne Auen, Lucille
Young, Charles West and Spottswood
Aitken. Another unusual picture
scheduled Is "rhc Americana" two
reel Reliance. dealing with some Mexl
raj war Incidents and the part PLAYED
by American mining rnglheers therein.
Lawrence Payton, Thomas jefferson
and Marguerite loyeridge are fea
turpd.
Tonight the attraction Ia Brother
Officers" the Paramount feature
based on the famous military romance
drama and one ~ the most noted "
stnge productions.
ON the new vaudeville bill opening
today appears HtymOn and Bell, nov
city singing and dancing.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
At the Theatres
THE FOLLY

New vaudeville began Il three day
engagement at the Folly Thursday af
tcrnoon. New pictures, too, succeeded
the program offered earlier In the
week. Milton. Carlton aud Ballew
with a singing and p~ianolugue act and
Hilton and Lewis another musical
team will occupy a half hour on the
Folly program between the six reel
offering. Under the Crescent Is the
fenture Offering Tor Thursday and
Friday This is the sixth episode In
the thrilling serial NJ the adventure
Of Princess HHssau In the Turkish
harcms. With this picture Friday
will he offered another two reel
thriller, Betty Dream Hero
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
CULTIVATED SIX LOTS

As another evidence NJ the fertile
soil and what Il little organized aud
well plaAned effort will do. il the re-
suit accomplished by George Nelson,
~ the Pioneer Telephone company
who Tor pastlme aud ont " door e1
crciSc this spring has cultivated six
Vacant lots near his residence at 1927
West Thirty first street.
On these lots besides y great a,inn
tity Of beautiful flowers he has raised
such quantities ~ vegetables. corn.
beans, potatoes. tomatoes. peas and
onions that all ~ his friends and
nclrhhors I'm a wide radius have
shared In them. The garden has only
taken n part NJ his time In the eyen.
ings. md was very little expense
hut has repaid his efforts an hundred
fold.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
CLOSE WATCH Is KEPT ON
VEGETABLE PEDDLERS NOW

A close watch over fruit and yege-
table peddlcrs Is being kept by the
health department, following several
complaints NJ customers who have re
ceiyed spoiled goods D. d Dixon was
arrested at the city market this morn
ing when he attempted to sell rasp
berries which were said by n health
Inspector to be unfit Tor food. Ac.
cordlng to the fruit men the warm
weather affects soft fruits and her
ries very rapidly, aud while the fruit
is often somewhat injured, Il N still
useful for leltr making aud canning
purposes Hut the health officials ac.
cept no explanations, and allow the
police Judge TO say whether or not the
public is getting what It should for It's
money,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
ALL NIGHT IN WOODS
Little Girl Searched for BY Parents
and Police, Came Out This Morning
safe and UninJured

A night In the woods ulunr. with 10
place to sleep aud nothing to emf. Ind
apparently No terrors Tor ]7.ycurold
fIOra Cameron, the little girl who I've
came separated from her parents while
hunting plums near PucLlugiuwn We'd
nesdGy evening Men from the Morris
packing plnnt and police searched all
night for the little ]wRudcrer. but 10
trace Of her could be found
This morning the child Knocked at
the door % a family unInrd Wolf Ily.
Ing near the river west .of Packing.
town, and tmldily asked fot q drink NJ
water. Mr. Wolf took the tfrrd little
girl to her parents, who live several
miles southwest NJ the city. She was
scratched badly by brlars aud vines.
but uninjured.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Snyder VIII
entertain with Il dancing party Mon
day evening Mt the Country Club In
honor Of Miss Stella Zenor Of st.
Mays Parish, La.
Mrs. ". c. Burke who has been III
for the past week at her home on
North Shurtel Is still confined TO her
room.
Mrs. Charles Il. Ames aud children,
Charles, Fisher md Longstreet Auics
will leave Saturday for ChautAIqua,
n. Y, where they have taken Il cot
tagr for the remainder " the sum
lncr. Judge Ames will join them Az
gust ~.
Mrs. W, H. Merchom OF Marion,
Ind, arrived this morning for u weeks
visit with her son and daughter, Dr..
ana Mrs. Robert l.. Hull Of Classen
boulevard. DR.. and Mrs. Hull ure
planning to leave the last " next
week FOR New York, Boston and points
In Maine where they will spend the
reu'a'huer OF ihe sutlmer
Mrs David ucxir.,r. wm ,,oro
Saturday Tor ,aw Jo,s f. vv,,hI,a
Kan with her parents. Mr.. aud Mrs
Henry Herzer
-.
Mrs. T. O. Duggan Of Denlson Tex,
Goudelocl and .Istor wrg IL
SNYDER
..s
Mrs. +. y. McKlllp will leave
Thursday of next week for ST. Louis
and Chicago, where she will spend
two months.
Mrs, Fred VI. Hong u Dallas is the
guest on her sister, Mrs J. T. Moore.
head.
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W." II" pi'.' '~"'uIun,
INNS "" ''e I""l VI .n' ie'. tiu'A
~ "o'e' ~ n""o' VI Mt' "nu hrH'
n''nalu -. 'u'''S WI" ARE 'fa''ls soon
'o' '"e'' '"s'ern ZIP
Mrs Nont uughl.y an, ,,ul1,on ro
turro1 wodnasd"r ;.,n ,, ,
~ W. W.
,,ai' !" ,u''ln' "A'a' Mts ii'H.,leJ
nuS hS ner guests net sisierS' hrs'
,"nloI" n~'uInpnuEh ana MISE Lu'iIt
hl,s'o, W hIuheu arrow VkIn' VINO
"''''eu 'ou"y LOT u Ten DAYS Nlslt'
Mrs " ~ Uo,mos or,or,otrod
Win nm a,ton nvaa w"
I"y ~ nono' ol N.s, rrei W. iioag OF
ha' ni"'' a. lH'y VINO
7" le.en'S r''nUn'u mere from
haa"rn,"t n,,,n houNS WINS
1"'eu WIN N"''' pens hIu mhrl
ho'u "nu .ne no"o,S VI 'he uI,eI
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
THE LYRIC

Chaplin came Ia his Oklahoma CITY
home Thursday with Il flourish.
Manager Slnopoulo announced late
Wednesday that q business mans noon
duy matinee would he held at Il 30
and the response was generous. This
IL the latest wrinkle at the Lyric. AZ
usual the wrinkle is a good humur
wrinkle. II requires one half hour for
the Chaplin picture 10 get across the
screen.
"A Woman Is the latest Chaplin
scream. This is the first time "a
Woman has been shown IN IN the.
alter In the United states.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-15
COLCORD GARDEN

Hot summer nights are never In
evidence at the tolcord Garden nm
less one were To Judge by the crowds.
Manager Slnopoulo declares the Col.
cord Gnrdeu has a certain Bohemian
atmosphere peculiar TO Itself. o.
Henry says, bohemia Ia always whore
you are not. Granting him to he au.
thority one viii come as close TO IL
as possible Mt the Colcord Garden. Six
reels Of pictures aud the grooming
melodies Of the fayorite sextette ere.
ate this atmosphere