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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
WHY THEY HUSTLE

Leaders at Washington are strainine evarv A.
Tort to bring Congress to early close. Con.
gressmen and Senators are rushing bills through
ana spending sleepless nights In an attempt to
clean up" all unfinished business Speaker
Clark suggests an early end. His followers are
legion. It is easy to understand all this The
truth is that 1t will take all the Democrats
leaders, administrative and legislative working
every day, without exception from now until No
Vember 4 to prove TO skeptieal voters why they
should be fe-elected.--St Louis Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Measuring Shelled Corn

Editor Of "What Do You Knoto-Kindy ata
In your column how many bushels OF shells
corn there are in 525 pounds on the ear
I. X
The equivalent in bulk of a given quantig
OF corn on the ear is, general rule, I've
thirds of that amount in shelled corn. In Penr
sylvania bushel of corn in the weighs
10 pounds and when shelled 5S pounds. Thli
allows ~ pounds bushel for the weight d
the cobs. There would be about 2,3 bushsa
OF shelled corn in 525 pounds of in thts
ear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Judges XIV, is, 16

nEAR T. D-Here's somethingyou ought to
- know. In the latest issue of the Metropol-
itan there is a review Of Roosevet's book
Fear God and Take Your Own Part" The
concluding paragraph reads: "The Israeltes
left Samson to kill the Philistines unaided; are
you leaving Roosevelt to fight today's battles
alone?"
Sure, says we, and with the same weapon.
BUzzFUzz.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Pronunciation of Arbutus

Editor OF "What Do you RnopH--win yea
please give me the correct pronunciation o
arbutus and gladiolus? H. X. d.
"Arbutus" is pronounced as II 1t were spelsa
"are-byu-tus," and the accent is either on ne
first or second syllable; but in the best ussss
1t is on the first syllable "Gladiolus" Is pre-
nounced as II 1t were spelled "glad-eyso'lus'
and the accent is on the second syllable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. The turnpike takes its name from the tafs-
Ing poles or pixies used to halt travelsi,
to compel the payment OF toll.
2. After the rebellion of 1T45 tho Scotch Hiah.
landers were forbidden to bear arms or h
wear the tartan, which was regarded aft
military uniform. @ o4
3. Canberra is the new capital Of Austraha
1t Hes between Sydney and Mefbourns.
q. A gale Is wind blowing at the rate ef
from 40 b. go miles hour, and hzr-
ricane 90 miles and over.
8. The "Open door" in China is the polie5
granting the nations equal trade faeihiIt1
In that country.
9. Frank r.. Stockton wrote "Ths Lady or =
Tiger?
z. Amber Is q fossil resin of vegetable efissz
8. By the "checIe-off" system the employee esE
lects union dues from union men en-
pioyed and turns them to the trad
unions.
D. Soap is produced by n combination Of fsisf
oils and fats with alkaIis
10. There are zoo bones In the human body.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Mr.. Noyes' Lecture

Editor OF "What Do You Knoio"-I am asnd'
ing this post,hasts and I would consider 4
great favor II you would publish II immedlals1
III. C. Willer says in your column that AlHsa
Noyes will lecture before the Ethical Cult1s
Society at the Broad Street Theatre SUNDAY
morning at II o'clock. Will he or some oaa
else positively inform me whether the msstnz
will be open to outsiders. and on what termsl
ANXIOUS
At the offices of the Ethical Culture Sodsu
1t was said today that the meeting would p
open to the public and that no admission =
would be charged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Fifty thousand dollars is not large sum of
money for convention of so great impor-
tance as that of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World to be held here in June
The sum should have been raised long ago.
and it is reflection on the business sense
and judgment of the community that there
should be any further delay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Certain Pittsburgh newspapers are carrying
large advertisements. unsigned. which bear in
on the consciousness OF the reader the fact
that yesterday s1.oOo.OOO" was the loss in
wages at the Westinghouse plants, on account
Of the strike It Is unlikely that the strikers
published the fact or could AFFORD to publish it,
80 one Is led to the conclusion that the com.
panies which combined to refuse an eight-hour
day TO the workers are not at all happy For
every million in wages certain amount In
profits is also lost, and while the million Is
divided among many. the profit is lost by a
fes. Perhaps that Is why a settlement seems
IN prospect at Pittsburgh little sooner than
was expected The street ear men, at least
have set an example. with reservations. A
wage increase amounting to half 4 million
dollars = year has been granted ana the Pitts
haFsh Railways Company Is appealing 10 the
people 70 pay the ffeight-almost literally. A
uss schedule Of rates Is being demanded OF.
The Pittsburgh Councils.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Coming events never cast their shadows
before them more surely than in the Lloyd
insurance rates. They are the surest measure
that we have of the future. That they reflect
an increasing belief in the termination of the
war before the end of the year is not remark
able. Peace is long way off, as days go. but
there comes a point beyond which humanity
refuses to go in its frightful and general
sacrifice That point is being steadily reached
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
SOME EVANGELISTS,
PAST AND PRESENT
The Passing of B. Fay Mills.
Jonathan Edwards, Moody and
Sunday-Psychology of Sug-
gestion and Revivals

WHY is an evangelist is a question the
w answer to which depends on the point of
view of the person making it. OF course every
preacher of the Gospel Is in way an evan.
gelist but the word has come to have a more
restricted meaning. Whitefeld who came
to Philadelphia and preached in the open to
excited crowds and shouted his denunciation
of sin in a voice so loud that it was heard
quarter of a mile away, was of the type repre-.
sented in these later years by BILLY" Sunday
and his imitators. Charles Grandson Finney
who stirred Ohio and then the rest of the
country in the middle of the last century was
also an evangelist. Marvellous stories are told
of the influence of his preaching upon his
hearers, but not quite so marvellous as those
told of the preaching of Jonathan Edwards in
a much earlier day But Edwards preached
In community of only 1000 people, He
created what the psychologists call an epi-
demic of religious emotion, followed by an
epidemic of suicides. The whole community
was made peculiarly susceptible to mental sug-
gestion. When one man confessed his sins
another followed his example. Then when
one man killed himself in an excess of emotion
others found it impossible to resist the same
impulse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

IITITHoUT naming any names. there is a
w golf club In our immediate midst. noted
alike for the sportinsss Of its course ana it's
members. A stranger who had been enter.
tatnsd there by 2 member on a recent after
noon was asked BY bug: Did you have any
trouble approaching the Isth2a Il think l
did" replied the stranger, passing reeollec-
tive hand over his brow 7 remember I was
bit mixed ! believe J aid. HOteh skyball.
ash nshaal.=
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

The Governor of Massachusetts, and the
Mayor of Boston may not be so well known
in Philadelphia flank" Gowdy and Lefty"
Lewis, but they are just as good fighters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Russia has earned Trebizond. Her eantnr.
OF Il has an important bearing on tha f,,t',ss
as well as on the present, meaning the reprss
sion OF the Turk at one OF the most inportant
OF MS trade centres Turkey will not sEsf ~
4reeizond any more than Il win est back -
keFun, ana The rest q the World I'll 49, -
rezrsza ever tnaE-kea Haven Register.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

William Lorimer's moving and fearful story
of his life was more effective before a jury
than before the United States Senate. The
jury acquitted him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Note? Lots o. Notesl

sir-Is it not worthy Of note that one vol
ume of that Encyclopedia Britannica q &
ms, please) is "Ode to Pay? Gus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

So far as we can gather, there is now but
one newspaper in the city which is In any
doubt whatever as to the wisdom of voting for
the transit loan, and it argues only for post
ponement, having no fault whatever to find
with the plan itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Pogroms against the Jews occurring in
Moscow and football matches in prospect in
England indicate how confident the Allies are
Of winning the war. Nothing short of abso-
Lutte assurance could bring about the resump-
ton of the national sport In either place.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

1t will surprise great many people to
learn that the awful" foundations under City
Hall can probably be attended to with the
extra 100000 available under the McNichol
contract, but that is fact. We are getting
down to brass tacks now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Forwardlooking men of Philadelphia cry
the slogan. ship via Philadelphia" but 1t
seems to be the policy of the railroads to
penalize when possible the one who does.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Damn the people! Let 'em walk" is a sem
timent which no opponent of the transit loen
has had the nerve yet to advance as a
public argument, however often the express
sion has been used in private.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Imitation Bean Boundary

Two dotted lines above you see
Showing my craniums boundary
Before and after friend T. D.
Helped me attain publicity
By printing a little drool for me
In the EVENING LEDGER recently.
The inside line is for my knob
Before I got upon the job
The larger boundary outside
Shows how my bean swelled up with pride
If Stetsons build large 'nough lid
I'll send you another wheeze, old kid.
roXyD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Congress should also remember that n ..r
help along an early adjournment a whole Iot
by leaving most of the unnecessary things I,n
done.-Indianapolis News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
Hide-and-Seeking Round the Town
CARPENTERS, HALL,

CARPENTERS HALL.
As did, SO no doubt will you,
When you're, y-maybe-ninety-three
Come unexpectedly In view
OF this quaint hall where none should be-
G.. L.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

II begins TO look as II throughout the country
William Shakespeare had carried the primaries
by large majority over Francis Bacon-NeNT
York Sun S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

The wages earned in Philadelphia in one
month would pay for the transit system com.
plete
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

I'm tired of being made the goat for
these political factions. Mayor Smith
SO are the people of Philadelphia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Count Won Bernstorffs smile is now recoRnizsa
Washington Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Sign in two-cent coffee house, on 9th street
near Cherry:
POSITIVELY NO TIPPING ALLOWED
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

We venture to suggest TO the leather men thar
the high price OF paper should encourage ths
use OF more leather in shoe soles.-Richmond
TimesDispateh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
What Do You Know.

queries Of general interest toiH be ensrerci
In this column. Ten questions, the Gagsxtt
to ,Uhicb everv 1oeltintormed person should
knotC, are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

out on the career of evangelist. Crowds
1ocked to hear him. In the ten years of his
greatest activity 1t is said that 100000 persons
were converted under his preaching. Then
there were reports that he had not entirely
abandoned the dissolute habits of his youth.
They may have sprung from envy or they
may have been due to his retirement during
periods of exhaustion from his labors. But
they persisted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

The New York Evening Post Is inellnA6 -
despair over the c9lonel's veFaety some IONS
have such profound respect for the truth that
they never approach near 10 it--Buffalo courier
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

obregon came north like lion and went
south like lamb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

And one of the towns up in that section,
possibly Rochester itself. recently soliciting
suggestions for a cleanup week" slogan. re-
ceived this. among others
sCooT HOME AND SCRUB
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
THE ENEMY is AWAKE

The people Of Philadelphia are up against
positive, thoroughly organized and oraftiIy
calculated conspiracy in the transit situa-
tlon and not a mere negative and bIunder-
ing regime Of pulibacks and standpatters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

fhs supreme Court has spoken ana the wolf
Atlanta PenltentiaFy. There no doubt, Il viii
be somewhat different from the well known ana
well established New York yariety.-IndianapoIi
News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Had the President of the United States
resigned yesterday forenoon at 11:45 o'clock
scores of persons would have been less af.
fected than they were when all the elevator
men in skyscraper at Broad and Chestnut
quit work.
We do have a Vice President but we
have no wings to carry us to our eighteenth
floor offices
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Spain may back the United States in
U-boat stand.-Headlne.
Yet there are some people who imagine that
England and Germany will never again be
friends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

News from Verdun IN the last three days
Has hen only Htlle more diseouraging than
- complete lsck e news n the weeks before.
- Preach advance sa simply ; mors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
wHEN THEY STOPPED. OF coURsE

LosT-Risht front wheel on Ford ROADSTER on West
Chester pike Reward. Colonial Rubber Company,
1909 spring Garden strseL-Eyenns contemporary.
When do you suppose they discovered their
loss2 FILL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Up in Rochester the other day we noticed a
sign, advertising a hotel-whose name we've
forgotten-which announced:
$50 ROOMS WITH BATS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05
-Girard in yesterdays p. L.

But, goshallhemlock can't you marshal a
notion how far down a V. P. might carry us?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-05

Neither fear, nor toish for, your last day.
MortiaL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
The Senate.

The fight for the Senate will be un-
usually interesting. and conducted some
what on new lines That is to say. the
party managers will put the contest into
the hands of the Senate itself. On the
one side, democratic senators will be
told: at is important that our control
here be maintained, and we make you
responsible" On the other side, repub-
lican senators will be told: at is impor-
tant that we carry the Senate as well
as the House and the presidency, and
we lay upon you the task of wiping
out the sixteen democratic majority"
Both parties in the Senate are strong
as respects the political experience Of
members. A most capable campaign
committee could be organized on either
side of the chamber Some of the best
politicians in the country are members
Of the Senate. Either the President or
Mr.. Hughes could have found there the
ideal man for campaign chief. But, in
the circumstances, both were wise in
going elsewhere.
The republicans, with high hopes Of
the House and the presidency, realize
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
Kill Every Fly!

The District health department urges
that every fly within reach Of swatter
be killed as a special precaution against
the spread of infantile paralysis in
Washington It is not known to a GER
tainty that flies carry this disease, but
their capacity for spreading malevolent
germs is well demonstrated and there is
a reason to believe that the germ of
poliomyelitis, which is the scientific
name of the scourge now raging in New
York. is borne by the housefly. A dead
fly is always an investment in better
health. On general principles flies
should be exterminated, and especially
now, with terrible disease raging in
various parts of the country, from a
single case of which it is known scores
or hundreds may spread, it is most de-
sirable that each person become a sani-
tary vigilance committee Of one to kill
as many flies daily as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
Verdun and Picardy.

1t IS evident from the comments in
the German press that some comfort is
being derived from the virtual German
failure at Verdun. The heavy drive of
the allies in Picardy is now being com
pared by the German newspapers with
the Teutonic offensive which began in
February and has been resisted by the
French for nearly four and half
months. Attention is being called to
the fact that the concentrated attack
carries the aggressors over a certain
amount of territory only to be met by
steadily stiffening resistance as the
forces are consolidated. This occurred
at Verdun and plainly the German mill
tary observers are expecting it to be re-
peated in the battle of the Somme. It
remains now to be seen whether the
likeness between Verdun and the Anglo
French drive in Picardy will continue
1t all depends upon whether the Ger
mans have in reserve as many men rela-
throw into the defense of Verdun. If
the losses suffered at Verdun by the
Germans were as much heavier than the
French as the latter claim, it is possible
that, especially in view of the necessity
of keeping large forces on the eastern
front to meet the new Russian agrees
sive, the kaiser's generals cannot main
tain as stout resistance now as the
French did in February.
Conditions are not altogether parallel
between the Verdun offensive and the
present move, for there was no counter
aggression against the Germans for
many weeks after the Verdun drive be-
gan, and consequently the Teutons were
able to concentrate tremendous force
at one point of attack. Now Germany is
being struck tremendous blow in
Picardy, while the Russian offensive on
the east is in full force, and the Italians
are keeping fully occupied all the Aus
TRANS who can be spared from the east
ern battle line, where the Russians are
forcing them back mile by mile. 1t may
be true that the allied offensive in Picar
dy will fail of its object and that after
few miles of advance the conflict will
settle down to renewal of trench war
fare. The dispatches, however. show no
lack of confidence on the part of the
French and English commanders even
tually to force the fighting into open
country beyond the formidable trench
lines constructed by the Germans during
the last eighteen months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

their need Of the Senate if they are K
do anything of large importance during
the first two years Of power. A demo
cratic Senate, even with q reduced ma
jority, would block their way. But will
full controlSenate, House and thu
presidency all Of one color-they could
put their plans at once into operation
and make substantial record for the
congressional campaign of 1918.
For their part, the democrats, If re
tanning control Of the Senate, would b.
able to force compromises and conces
sions from a republican House and
President. or halt the whole republican
program Then in 1918 they could ma
neuver for democratic House as the
first feature of the campaign Of 1920.
Some of the candidates for the Senate
have not yet been named. Some that
have been named are not particularly
strong. There are weak spots on both
sides. But, at last, policies more than
men are likely to count this year
Whether the candidate is standing TO,
the Senate or the House, the paramount
question will relate to what policies will
be offered for his support by the party
to which he belongs If elected, will he
vote for protection, or a tariff for reve:
nue. only; for preparedness as fixed
policy. or as policy to be determined
by varying conditions; for discharging
this country's full duty to the Filipinos
r. abandoning them to native agitators
who would soon land them in the ditch
And so on.
All features of the campaign now
opening promise entertainment and in
struction for both participants and
lookers-on. Something will be doing
every hour of the day, and every day of
the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
The Murdoch Mystery.

Victor Murdoch left Chicago in fit
Of deep disgust. He had seen his fond
est hopes decay. Bull moosery stood
helpless and discredited Mr.. Roose-
welt, it could be predicted, would de
cline the bull moose nomination With
out him what could be done! How
many voters would care a rap for a
bull moose presidential ticket with
anybody else at the head of it!
Hamlet without the name part would
be quite as interesting.
Thus discouraged and perplexed, Mr.
Murdoch "lit out" But not for home
nor for the woods, nor on a protracted
fishing trip. For China. So it was
stated
Ever since, in political circles, the
question has circulated, why China
Why should such a man, at such a
time. in such circumstances, have gone
in that direction for "surcease Of sor.
row." or, put in the vernacular, in an
effort to forget it"i Why not have
sought country less disturbed than
China now isl A president just buried
his successor just inaugurated. AL
eyes turned anxiously toward Japan
Hades liable to break loose any day.
But Mr.. Murdoch is accustomed nov
to commotion. He has been bull
noossr for <HU tour years. he ha,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

recently been to Europe and a visitor
within the war zone. He has seen war
the real thing-close up. He may have
acquired taste for the rattle and bang
of life.
What of the future - Mr.. Murdock's
futures He is too young to think of a
permanent retirement from politics. He
has seen too much of large affairs and
been too long an actor in them to
make the editorial duties on a news
paper in small Kansas town alto
gether satisfying. He would feel the
limitations of the environment-would
sigh for larger worlds to conquer.
Meanwhile, former Senator Bristow
will support Hughes. William Allen
White is mentioned for a place on the
Hughes campaign committee. And
other Kansans, once high lights in bull
moosery, are now practical men," and
seated comfortably on the republican
band wagon.
But Mr.. Murdoch by his step has
probably added a new phrase to Amer
lean politics. In future disgruntled
partisans will not be confined to taking
to the woods, or going fishing. They
can go to China. And there will be
campaigns, if one may judge by the
present disturbed state of things, when
the emigration to the Flowery King
dom will take on large and alarming
proportions.