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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
HUGHES IN OREGON

TT IS apparent that the voters of Ore.
i gon are content with an oracle even
when 1t is silent. They voted for Hughes
solidly and overwhelmingly, and justified
the point made in the EVENING LEDGER
last week. that Justice Hughes has a
known status. made definite in 1908 and
never abridged or amended.
1t is almost incredible that any group
of voters should have gone so heavily
for candidate without trust in him far
superior to their trust in others. Mr..
Roosevelt's vote in Oregon was very
small. smaller than that of Henry Ford,
whose name also had to be written in the
ballot. The double significance of this is
that the Republicans OF Oregon think
Mr.. Roosevelt unacceptable and think Mr..
Hughes highly desirable. And Oregon
spoke no louder than Vermont. For what
ever purpose the Hughes boom was
started. it now goes forward on its own
strength The voters know him as an
estimabls man. They are at least sure
that with him against the President
clean ana sharp campaign battle would Be
fought
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
woodrow Wilson is fortn,

Woodrow Wilson is fortunate no
longer in the possession of a Protean
citizenship. Hereabouts he has been
Jerssyman. but in Dixie native of Vir-
einla. There was a touch of the "profes-
aional Southerner" I'm his jest at Char
lotto. n. c.. about the MecElenburg dec
1aratlon being more important than that
.sminor Declaration of Independence"
Il Philadelphia. But he did not hesitate
70 inform his audience that 1t was not
from tae South that the real America has
come any more than from New England
'afhe CHARACTERISTIC part OF America orig
mated IN the Middle States OF New York,
Hennsylyania and New Jersey, because
there, from the first, was that mixture
Il papuiAtions, racial stocks. antecedents,
which IS the most singular and distin-
enished mark Of the United States" The
pre- eemlnenee which he grants to this
eieinity win so far toward making up for
that slur about our Declaration and at
TIE same time fixes him as a Middle
szates man. It IS for the future to say
4 ne Is a mlddling statesman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Answers to SATURDAYS Quiz

/. The rattlesnake was favorite emblem
of defiance in the pre-Revol lutionary
period, and with the motto, "Don't
Tread on Me-" was inscribed on the
early Revolutionary flags.
g. The stars are suns, which are the CEN
tres of systems of planets.
3. United States possessions are so dis
tributed about the globe that "the
sun never sets" on them.
4. "SOphomore" means "wlse fool"
8. The Mint stood the site of the
Widener Building.
Q. The ball is the symbol of the material
world and is properly surmounted by
the cross, symbol OF the spiritual
world.
Z. shooting stars" or meteors: fragments
of matter ignited by passing through
the earth's atmosphere.
8. Joseph BOnaparte, exiled King of Ma
pies, came here and later settled at
BordentOwn, N. j.
o. The maulstiek Is held in the artists
left hand against the edge of his can
vas, and on IL he rests and steadIes
his right hand.
10. The southern boundary is straight to
the Delaware circle, but the northern
Juts above the line In the north
western orner of the State.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
President Emeritus Eliot, of IIa

President Emeritus Eliot, of Har-
ward College. has written letter to Sen
ator cuIberson urging, with the dignity
and assurance and judgment at his COM
mand, that Louis Brandeis be ratified for
the Supreme Court. At the age of 50
many years retired from office, Charles
w Eliot as still spoken of as president
~ those who love Harvard, and is still
known as the most distinguished Ameri-
can by those who appreciate their coun-
try. With courtesy essential to his
greatness. he has not interfered with
President Lowell at Harvard. With the
honor OF the country at stake Mr.. Eliot
does speak, though all the Brahmins OF
Boston speak against him. brave and,
we hope. an effective thing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

of these political vices. Enough that
Mr. psinler ls little known. for the nomi-
nation Of IittleTnown men Is essentially
scure man for Governor is a virtual inn
possibility; the voters elect an expert
enced man they think they can trust,
who could take his time. with competent
advice, to appoint men of known ability
to the bench. His sense Of responsibility
would be no less than that of the Presia
dent in appointing Justices, and the Fed
eral system has worked well.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
QUIZ

1. How long, in miles, is n degree OF lati-
tude?
2. Did any man ever decline n presiden-
tial nomination after Il was made?
8. When was gas first used for lighting
streets In the United States?
4. What was the site of City Hall used for
before the present public buildings
were erected?
5. Was tobacco ever made legal tender in
the United States?
o. What is the highest mountain in
America?
4. who Is Charles Palmer?
8. What is meant by "a white elephant?
o. Was gold discovered in Alaska before
or after the United States acquired
1t?
10. What rank do West Point cadets re-
ceive on graduation?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
THE STORMY PETRELS OF EUROPE
Germany England and France Have Their repressble Critics
The Strange Powers and Personalities of Harden
and Shaw-France's Miracle

TURING the Civil War Abraham Lin
~ coin had a little trouble with man
named Clement Laird Vallandigham.
Vallandigham was so keen for the Con-
federacy that a commission was in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
U-boats and F-boats

Editor OF "What Do You Rnolo o"-Kindly
give me some information about the mean
ing Of U-boats and numbers Also about
F-4. which appears to be one of special in
terest My opinion is that U or otherwise
lettered bdat means one without any special
name. A. NJ. LENOX.
Letters of this kind are used to describe
types of vessels and it is generally under
stood that in Europe as in this country,
they do not stand for any particular word
They are numbered as a rule according to
the order in which they are built.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
STATIONARY
Kute Kid Stuff

DEssIE, who is ten, is the daughter of a
and often hears her mother
talking with customers. One Of these no.
ticed Bessie playing with a new com
panion, a little crippled girl of the neigh
borhood. you've got a new little play
mate, Bessie" "Yes'm," said Bessie, put
ting her arm about the little girls shoul-
der. "She's-she's a second but I like
her very much" MAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
american Railway Manufacturing
Company"

Editor Of "What Do You Rnoto"-Kindly
inform me through your column If THE
American Railway Manufacturing Com
pany" is still in existence, or If they merged
with some other company? This company
was Of New York, and was Incorporated in
1855. ID. c. c.
Poor's MANUAL Of Industrials" does not
mention a company of that name, nor does
Smythe's "Obsolete American Securities
and Corporations" though both mention
past and present companies with such
names as american Railway Supply Com.
pany"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Tom DAYS Column

DART Of the exercises Of Kindness to
i Animals" week was the planting of a
horse chestnut tree in Independence
Square last Friday afternoon. The prin-
cipal address was made by Mr.. Robert r.
Logan. We're sorry we missed II. We
had hoped to attend and to read this
dainty poem Of Joyce Kilmers:
TREES.
think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose hungry mouth Is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has laini
Who intimately lives with rain.
POEMS are made by folks like me,
But only God can make tree.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
rhe New york world. which has a

the New YORK World, Which has
leaning toward the party now in power,
reminds its readers that William Howard
Taft is the real leader of the Republican
party, and breathes a prayer that he will
assume the powers and prerogatlves of
his office. The World is not alone in it's
respect for Mr.. Taft, but it sounds too
much like French courtier praying for
the child Louis XIV to oust Mazarin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

structed to inquire
into his loyalty.
Found wanting, he
was sentenced to
imprisonment. b u t
Lincoln, with his
customary sagacity
and humor, decided
that Vallandigham
should have h s
dearest wish full
filed. Since he sym
pathized so strongly
with the Confeder.
acy he should go
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Celebrating the addition of motor
driven truck to the Collingswood Fire
Department, 5000 volunteer firemen went
on parade. At that rate, 100000 ought
to get banners for every aeroplane added
to our army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Whether Charles Palmer. obscure
e. actually becomes Supreme Court
taslIce qr not. the manner Ia which
IS has been enabled 10 run a neck
neck race with Justice Walling
1aIa Is suficient warning to the State
z change 70 the appointiye system.
s.sness 'listlessness.H enagll-
folerances are some of the terms
erihe the attitude OF the voters;
aoi nacessarx 70 prove any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

The first time Estrada Cabrera in
formed an anxious world that he was
President of Guatemala he added the
words, "I abdicate." Senior Cabrera has
had singularly simple history, all things
considered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

>@..Ity was sound suggestive of the
occasional report from the powder works
son the Delaware when it was said that
du Pont was doomed" That the boom"
has "blown up" might have been ex.
pected. But there are no casualties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

There is food for reflection in COM
pairing the rapid action of the House on
the shipping bill with the same body's
action on the army bill. Is there some
thing in the shipping bill for some one?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Had 'enn.

THE Russian Cathedral Choir of New
i York city gave recital in Weightman
Hall University of Pennsylvania) last
Saturday a week ago. believe the swim
ming pool is in the same building. How.
ever, the first thing noticed on my way
up the stairs to the concert was this sign:
Ear Shoppers and Life Savers for Sale"
n. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Jail terms for reckless drivers of
autos, even when their recklessness re-
suits in no injury to pedestrian, would
cut down the present homicide rate
promptly. But the plural is not needed.
One jail term would probably be enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

When the Kaiser returned to Ber-
lin to face the food crisis his hour of ar.
rival was kept quiet ito avoid demon
strafion." Nature Of demonstration not
defined in Berlin dispatches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

sOlon Was an Athenian

Editor Of "What Do You Kilol0s-In the
answer to the quiz OF May 16, you stated
that "solon was the law giver OF Sparta.
state that Lyeureus was the laWeiver OF
sparta ana that Golon wzs the lawgiver Of
AthenE a. y. @.
..44sr eIsa eoIaol1mss aod1td solar
y 1..5za s. z1za .Ezoza IaedserEsaes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

I1H? You not wanta me taka to you while
IL J Shawn you, eh? ALA right; | amt
starta for shava you yet Pleass'!
joosta weesh to aska to you wan question
was you to da concert for da Redda Cross
Italian at da Metroneapolitan Opera House
lasta Monday night? No? Wal. den
gona tai you w'atsa happen dere. First
eesa com, yonga man for play piano
Bravo! bravor ees cry da crowd Queeck
ees com from eenside baCkside da stage
man weeth bigga bonch da rose. wheech
eesa tied weeth pink ribbon. Da yong
arteest he grabba da bonCh an go away.
Da ribbon eesa catch on som'thceng an
wan end ees pull from da bow Ha! ha! So
1 know eet agen. Mex ees com da tenor
an he seeng. Bravo! bravow ees cry da
crowd. Queect ces com from ecnside
backside da stage man with bgGa bonch da
rose. Ha! eet eesa da same. | see da rib
bon. Da tenor he grabba da bonch an 20
away Mex ees com da soprano. "Bravs.
simav' ees cry da crowd. Quecck ees com
from eenside backsidc da stage da sama
man weeth sama bonch da rose. So, too,
wen ees com da basso. eet ces da same;
ALA time da same. but now all da ribbons
ees loose an da flowers dey look ashame';
dey blush.
Now wat I aska to you ees dees Wat
for dey peck for Manager dat fina concert
a man dat shave heemsal?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
There, But for the Grace, Etc"

Editor OF "What Do You RHop"-Can
you tell me wfis It was. on watching man
being led to the gallows. said: There. but
for the grace of God, goes -- ," :"
mentioning his own namer N. s. WARE
The saying is attributed to several great
men. 1t is said that Goethe remarked il
on an occasion when he saw man being
led to prison. Dr. Samuel Johnson said II
to a friend on a somewhat similar occasion.
In one form or another, OF course. the idea
was expressed many times before johnson
and Goethe were born.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Lines to a Wax Lady with Gray Wig
i'm a Hairdresser's Window

WHATS THIS? Gray hair seems out of
w place
Upon face so fair;
Ger such smooth skin, so pink, so white,
And DER those flashing eyes so bright,
with no faint hint of age, or trace)
Demure and debonar.
Those eyes! What CLASSY languor there
Peers blankly into space,
on whistling boy and hapless wight
Who whines for coppers, whom the blight
OF a blurred mind makes unaware
OF your quaint waXen grace.
Go to You're fooling me for spite;
Come, lure me to the chase,
Your matcnless skim without compare,
But i'll becomes that wig you wear;
], pray thee don, tomorrow night,
Another wig-or face.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Perhaps, this being Cleanup Week,
the contractors who are paid for keeping
the streets clean will strain a point and
keep the streets clean.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Now that the 100000 army bill Is
ready for the Presidents signature 1t
win be possible to start the campaign for
preparedness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
What Do You Know?

Queries of general interest aoiH be an
StUered IN this column. Ten questions, the
anSloers to tOhich eUery aOeH-intormed
person should knot6, are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

II there are any goodies in the con.
vention banquet at Chicago for favor
ite son" Of Pennsylvania, he will have to
eat them of the mantelpiece.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
Music Note

When the very sweet young thing
Asked the baritone TO sing,
He replied. Nay. nay!" OF course,
That proved him a little hoarse.
VIII I.ou
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
The Immoyable Loafer

CIR-At Mannheim street and German
- town avenue the other evening I saw
a corner Adonis" posing before the win
dow of drug store. Just above his head
a sign-appropriately misspelIed-an-
nounced:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

II was mistake to let the Hisnlsnas,5 .ti E'lsne5
-. Shs,r kits in France. Now me fts.'sl ait.
srsss % designers have an idea IT'S ~ Lit, tilts
',.sns =. to their British ally to use lns -
as model for next summers so"A
Blnghamton Press
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Three thousand babies were eA4.ls'. .ss,e and
80 ~ were pronounced perfect OF tne ~.
nsTs rsn one was Irish. and SO was the o'ns'.
Rochester Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

BARTENDER wants position; low wages; knows
the business single, honest as the times will
permit.-Classified ad
Fair opening for a saloonkeeper. with
a cash register
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Mr.. Bryan win probably eomProass has ashsd
the Aero club Of Amerie@; whisa ~ seTouians
sll an ~ Gebraska National Guard p 2e
is .ol - y. s,,rnish ne air II the clap ~ e.l.
aes = - nlsne.-sait Laks Herala'z.sP
can.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

sir-'Tother day there was a little note
on the sporting excuse! sports page Of the
Z. l., thus:
Other sports on PAGE II
So far as ! could see, the only things on
page II we're help wanted ada and tha
obituary notices. Which uips7 T.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22
TREES.
Score One for Uz

VTTE WISH we had strolled on Olney
w avenue Gust east of Wister street,
on Thursday instead of yesterday, because
on Friday we were asked if we thought
this Coruscating Colonnade had made
any dent at all upon the community and
we couldn't answer. But yesterday we
noticed that the sign of Donna Vita,
Private Sanatorlum," at whose bum
latinity we snorted some time ago, has
been repainted and reettered: "Belfeld
Sanatorium. Private"
We confess were soft. 1t tickies us al.
most to tears when we find any little seed
we have sown bearing fruit. Imagine our
JOY, therefore, when he drew from our
morning mail this assurance that there is
at least one neophyte toddlng in our lyric
footprints:
Whenever II is noontime,
And half my work Is through,
/ Hike to walk by Michell's shop
And see what flowers are new.
y. BAILEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Economic preparedness Is as vital
60 the nation Ms military preparedness.
During the next four years protec-
tive tariff will be essential 20 the pros
perlty and welI-beine 6f the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22


stay there. He went to Bermuda.
The Vallandigham case ought TO be
brought to the attention of Kaiser VIII
helm and Sir Edward Grey. Negotiating
through Switzerland, for example, they
might arrange a transfer or exchange Of
stormy petrels. Bernard Shaw would go
to Germany and Maximilian Harden
would come to England or to America.
The Two Critics
These two men, Harden and Shaw, were
predestined to their Office of Pooh'Bahs
and Thorns in the Flesh. 1t is peculiar
thing that the mordant critic of England
is an Irishman, and that the sarcastic,
straight.dealing analyst of Germany is a
Polish Jew. Yet each of them is devoted
to his country, to the country he attacks
and hampers and infuriates, with the pas
sion and the zeal of a convert. Shaw is
playwright. critic, novelist, wit, debater,
writer of letters to the papers. Harden
is one thing and one alone, the editor of
''Die Zukunft," most OF which he writes
himself 1t is a 4S-page weekly, more
feared in Germany than the edicts of the
Kaiser and much better written. Both
began their careers as critics, Shaw of
music (under the pseudonym "Corno di
BassettoO and Harden as critic of books
and plays.
Shaw we know well. At the outset he
wrote Common Sense About the War"
which most everybody considered uncom-
mon sense about the war. They wanted
10 hang him for it and they had reason.
on the face of it Mr.. Shaw accused Sir
Edward Grey Of starting the war, drove
out of court the pleas of Belgium, in
sisted that English militarists were a
sight worse, because they were hypo-
critics, than German junkers; ridiculed
every fine emotion and ideal for which
England fancied she was lighting. Sew
eral DAYS later Mr.. Shaw was defending
Grey and attacking Arnold Bennett Be
fore month was out he was the best re-
eruiting agent in England. Were in the
war" he said, with certain reservations
about the propriety Of that condition. $50,
for goodness sake, let us be in it WELL"
In December, 1915, Mr., Shaw was urging
America 10 spend two billions for defense,
ana insisting that the Entente troops
must enter Berlin with this deep under
living purpose: I'm fighting the German
army we are not lighting an infallible,
perfeet organization, but a romantic
dream from which It is necessary that the
German peoples be awakened. We must
make up our minds that the war is going
on I'm we have shown the Germans that
they must be content and confess their
common humanity"
So much for shaw's swinging around
the circle. At any given point he y ire
alstibie. You eannot argue him down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

PDs stood upon Achiiles' tomb,
And heard Troy doubted: time wHl
doubt of Rore.-Byron.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

Sir--I dislike to put a poison label on
any ones jar of preserves, but speaking of
''the shortest poem in captivity" how about
this one which 1 read several years ago?
It's title is IAN Answer to Strickland w.
Gillilan's Statement in Regard to Germs
That Adam Had En-" The poem is:
80!
No"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-22

AND 20! No" is also our answer. This
"A last is a mean little parasite that
manages to exist merely by fastening it
self upon the first. And, by the way, we
didn't quote Gillilan's classic quite cor
rectly. 1t should have been:.
THE ANTIQUITY OF MICROBES
Adam
Had 'em.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-03-02

Of Chicago, is TO be the principal
speaker at the commencement eXeT-
cises to be held next June, accord
ing to an announcement made by the
members OF the faculty board of
control last night Timothy ?. Gal
vim of Pierceton, Ind, was chosen
by the board 10 be the valedictorian
of the class of 1915. and Eugene r.
Mcbride of the Journalism depart
ment. from Pittsburgh. Pa. was Sc
lected for the class poet.
The Newspaper and Democracy
is the subject OF the triolgy selected
for the bachelors OratiOns. which
viii be divided among the students
Of the journalism course, history and
economics, as well as the law
courses. Instead Of general competi-
ton amongst all students in each
course. as in former years, for the
honors of commencement speakers,
two students in each course have
been appointed to prepare orations.
The topics assigned to the various
departments are: The Newspaper
and Education" for the students of
journalism; THE Newspaper and
Morality" for the students Of his
tory and economies; The News
paper and Religion has been as
signed to the students in the law de-
partment.