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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
OPPOSED TO PROTECTION

To the Editor OF EUenin1 LEDGER:
Sir-I read the editorial headed, THE
Enemies in Our Own Household" and as
have always voted In presidential elections
the Democratic ticket, | take very much ex-
ception to your statement. 1t would take
too much space here to prove concluslvely
and clearly that the Democratic idea is
right, However If you will permit a few
lines would like to say that whatever real
helpful and humanitarian legislation we
have been able TO secure has come mainly
from Democratic sources, as, for instance
the income tax.
The condition inherited by the Wilson
Administration, and which came through
republican incompetenoy and neglect, or
both' was something calculated to test the
patience and the thinking capacity of any
man. The tarin for protection which Won
and every other person who argues for II
seem TO think so vital to our prosperity
has never benefited the workinRman n
mas been used to make millionaires and
multimillionaires The majority of work.
ing people who come to the United States
do so under mistaken notion that they can
get rich quickly, But they soon find out
how badly they have been fooled They find
out that individual effort is baIked in al
most every line of business They find
that the big companies freeze out" the
smaller merchants and call II business
Between speeulators In railroads, real es-
tate and food products one can never teU
what the price will be tomorrow We fnd
that the protection we need most of ali Is
not from foreign cheap labor" but from
our own "get-rich-quick" Wallingfords.
is so cordially hated by the peop,e who
talk about protection to American indus
tries" Roosevelt is a good sample of a
product of the great Republican party He
tried to make the people believe he was
working for their interests but-amy dear
Hartman" fixed him for keeps. If the can
tains of industry who constitute the Repub-
lican party think the people don't know
what they want or can't get it they have
another think coming
Philadelphia. June ls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
TIPS BUY AUTOMOBILES
To the Editor Of Evening Ledger:

| To the Editor OF Evening Ledger:
Sir-I note with interest the letter in your
columns signed Abe Myers, in defense of
the tipping evil / think his argument is
like bucket that has holes in the bottom
1t won't hold water. l analyze money Sc
cured by tips as wages paid the employe by
the public which should be paid by the
employer. He says that he has two broth
ers who are travelling men. Let me ask
him. Does any one tip them for their hard
and well-earned services? Not at all. They
have to hustle for every dollar they get
Does the mill employe who by his or her
skill produces goods for the public get tips?
Can manufacturer, like the restaurant or
hotel proprietor. hire skilled help for a few
paltry dollars per week and tell them that
what l will not pay you you can make up
on tips? No. He is compelled to pay a
decent living wage. 1t must be a poor rule
that won't work both ways When you go
into barber shop or restaurant where they
have fixed prices and you are positively en-
titled to the best service, for which you pay
in full. you don't get 1t the second time un.
less you come up with your little tip. You
are dubbed a cheap guy because in many
cases you did not give because you could
not afford It, / know of light lunch cafe
on Market street where the tipping evil
thrves splendidly The poor devils who
patroni2e it are we'll trained by the wait
ers. Very few of these fellows who dine
there l venture to say, have any more
money than they know what to do with and
I'll bet my life that many times the baby
or wife at home is in need of new shoes or
stockings. Yet l know it to be a positive
fact that at least three of the walters in
this establishment have their runabout
automobiles, while those in many cases who
tip them couldn't buy tire for a car. Is
Il good and sound business to give to those
who have more than you have and who can
run all around you in an automobile when
-l haFn to he
end of one with your eyebrows? Ill bet my
life that many men who lavish their tips
freely squeal like a stuck pig when their
wives ask them for little extra money
ONE OF THE SUCKERS.
Philadelphia, June l6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

To the Editor Of Evening Ledger
Sir-I read with much interest your edi-
toriaI entitled "Vice President Should Be
Secretary of State" which appeared in the
EVENING LEDGER of June l3.
Although | am heartily in sympathy with
the substance of the editorial. l feel con-
strained 10 call TO your attention the fol-
lowing statements:
The most important officer of the
Government, aside from the Chief
Magistrate himself, is the Secretary
OF State This Is recognized by the con
stitutlonal provision that in the event
of the incapacity of the President and
the Vice President the Secretary of
state succeeds to the presidency
1t was my impression, which have con-
frmed by Investigation, that there is no
such provision in the Federal Constitution.
Article III, Section l. In case Of the
removal OF the President from office,
or of his death. resignation or inability
TO discharge the powers and duties Of
the said ONCE, the same shall devolve
on the Vice President, and the Con-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
THE BRoMIDIoM

There is a type OF mind which cannot
express itself except IN stale and threadbare
words and phrases, The more ancient and
outworn the language the better II pleases
s,leh forks TO them ali brides are blushlng,
an banknotes crisp. all citizens prominent.
TO them the by-and-by Is ever sweet; their
tombs are musty. their decorations tasty
and every FIRE is a conhagration II not a
holocaust ]. Pluyius makes rain for them.
their sun Is Ola Sol their future dim and
aisfant ana their tomb silent. They are bes.
pleased. too. when they can clap quotation
marks around a word or phrase, TO set i
on with the unetion that makes a born gos-
sips infections a torture 70 manly ears.
Bromldes WAS the name delett Burgess
gave d these unhappy fragments OF lau-
suaee, ovefWorked until their SAVIOR has
zons from them But Burgess clever notion
has become Itself bromide. since The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Secretary Lansing is a candidate f

Secretary Lansing is a candidate for
no office. and seems to recognize as first
alleet his duty to the United States.
He speaks, therefore, without reserve
concerning the gravity of our Mexican
situation. On Monday the conditions
were dangerous Tuesday they were
worse or unchanged" They have not
grown better since. The Administration
seems at last to recognize that there is
no honesty in Carranza, and what is
worse no authority. 1t is not merely Car
ranza's failure to capture villa One bandit
In ma non OF banditry is of small i'm
portance. Inefficient at the start, Car.
rama has passed through various stages
OF apathy Indifference, lack of co-opera-
ton, until now hs is at the point of down
right hostility to this country. He has
failed to grasp an OPT ,rtunity which most
people believe should never hA e been put
into his hands, He has spoiled a plan
which was always des ,erate. but which
might have worked out u,e sa. .vation OF
his country and of the Administration
which proposed it, There is precious
little good In continuing negotiations with
him. There is no other leader now In
Mexico who gives promise o. better
things. 1t is many moons since the Pres
ident asked Are you ready to go in?'
i there any policy at hand which would
make going in" unnecessary?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
THE DISAPPEARING HYpHEN

ISN'T it entirely possible that the
i campaign issue which revolves around
the mystic word "hyphenism" will sud
denly drop out Of sight one Of these days
and never be heard of again? Following
the equally satisfying demands for Amer
icanism which all candidates and parties
which have SO far appeared (and disap-
peared1 have made, It should be high time
for the average citizen to look about him
and try 10 visualize some tangible 'hy-
phene who. II the descriptions OF him by
extreme hyphenophobes are correct.
should now see no place for him in any
party and be prepared TO stay home on
election day. But interviews with Ger.
man Americans reveal no such thing. 1t
appears on the contrary. that the Repub-
liean German.Amerieans are going 70 vote
for Hughes ana that the Democratic Ger.
Hlan-Amerleans are going 70 Fote for
Wilson And both win be very glad 10
get their votes. 50 why should there be
any more gfatuitous Insults 70 men ana
women who happen 70 be of German an
seslrsz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Tom Daly's Column
DIR vyLLAeE POET

Some day tohen its a Saturday heret
tchde Ce're going TO do:
A lot of us old married men, each leading
forth cretD
OF children Of assorted makes, tciH 90 ou
| to the Zoo
To hobnob ,Uith the animals an see ,ohdt
0nus Is gnu
or u those funny animals should all be
too scdate
Because they're had no UiSits from the
blessed stork Of late
Wen ,cdb round to the monkey house
that's fuH as 10 can hold
OF troiic comicdHtv that neUer toiH 0ro,c
old.
drst, u tCaS mn plan
To pick out on my calling list each gay
young married man
Whose brood Is of an age tc get most
pleasure from the trip
An call on him to come along and Join
our fellowship.
An so thought of Malcolm Moore, Jim
Fo0drty, Tom Rdby,
An hdif dozen other guys that haze at
least one baby
IAN planned to let one bachelor ir--the
musical Art Sdmuels--
Whose melodies might smooth the humps
Of all the sdUd1e cdmuels)
But then thinks I: WHY should scheme
for entertaining you folkp
'TtCere better to reUerSe the thing an
entertain the Zoo tolki"
An so, thought, tUhy not the joy that
such party giues
To let these tob in cages see their hu
man reidtiuesP
A grand idea! with telephone directory
in hand
IN search of proper candidates, page after
page scanned.
First off. among the animals, / came
upon A. Deer,
A. Lion, (JdmeSJ A. Bun, /. Moos, A.
FoT, an (John) A. Steer.
rhen follo,Ced Sererdl Bears and Mtnks,
Lambs, Bearers an C. Whales.
The Whales are mammals an not claSSed
tcith little fish tCith Scdles)
3ut 1ohile tcc're on that subject, come, let's |
make our little song
include teto more fnny folk that ought |
10 70 utOUD'
Cells, Herring, Sturgeon Founders, |
Roach, Perch, Salmon, Pike an
Trout
We're all upon those pages there for me
to single out
In birds that tcing the toide blue air
tCere gathered there In plenty,
looked for all the different sorts an
stopped tChen had ttCenty.
|. Chick, A. CrotU, A. Peacock, HACKS,
A. Stork. S1UdnS an A. Crane.
'our SicdHoiCS, Robins, FincheS. StcittS
an mdny more again,
~ emtnently fit to join our little family
party;
o, to them all ice here ertend an in
citation hearty,
o fr upon a Saturday tchen tDe mdU
seek the Zoo
N hobnob icith the other folk an see
tchdt gnus is gnu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
War Dates

Editor OF ''Whdt Do you RnoD"-ESindly
state % the order In which all the bel
ligerent nations have entered the war; (2)
how many republics there are in Europe,
and (3) whether any of the Balkan States
are still neutral and why? NJ. H.
July 2S. 1914. Austria declared war on
Serbia, August l Germany declared war
on Russia. August 2 German troops en-
tered Luxembubg, virtually a declaration of
war on France. The next day the French
announced "state of war" with Germany.
August German troops entered Belgium,
involving that State. The next day Eng
land announced state of war with Ger
many. August 10 Japan sent an ultimatum
TO Germany. Twelve days later the coun-
tries were at war. October 29 Turkey de-
clared war on Russia. May 23. 1915, Italy
declared war on Austria. San Marino fol-
lowed, October 4, 1915, Russia presented an
ultimatum to Bulgaria. which was rejected
two days later and on October the two
countries were at war, October IA Bull
garia declared war on Serbia, October 10
Italy declared war on Bulgaria Monte
negro has stood beside Serbia from the
first Portugal and Germany have been at
war since March. (2) France. Switzerland
and Portugal are the great republics of Eu-
rope. Andorra, in the Pyrenees, Is also a
republic. So is San Marino, the Oldest State
In Europe. The free States of Germany
might be called republics by a stretch OF
the imagination. Albania has a presi-
Dental claimant () Greece and Rumania
alone of the Balkan States are stlll neutral
The reason Is that they have not found Il
to their advantage TO go In or, possibly they
haven't picked the winner, and-do not care
TO fight on the losing side,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

Editor Of "Whdt Do You RnoiC"-will
you kindly tell me why Thomas Paine, the
great American patriot and author of the
Revolution, was not accorded more prom
inent place in American history? d. c.
Paine lost his popularity chiefly on ac-
count of his virulent attacks on the deeds
and character of Washington. 1t was gem
orally accepted that he was subsidized by
foreign Power, eager to involve this
country in its disputes His religious
opinions differed very little from those of
several other patriots of that time 1t is.
barely possible that his lack of restraint in
expressing those opinions had something to
do with his present place in American his
tory. He is not generally considered the
author of the Revolution.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
The gifts to Haverford COLLEGE

The gifts to Haverford College dur
ing the year-more than half million in
all-rank with those that are the portion
of some large universities and serve to
emphasize certain truths which those who
flock to the institutions which count their
students by the thousand rather than by
the hundred often forget. There are two
strong points in favor of the small col
iege-the closer intimacy between in.
structors and the individuals of small
classes and the predominance of the
study of the "humanities" over the pro-
fessional courses. The strength of Amer
lean scholarship lies in the many small
colleges. They are drawing the picked
men, one evidence of which is the mum.
Der of athletic victories they have been
winning from the Big Four" in recent
years; for, as a rule. the sound mind is
in the sound body.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

No, was no here yestaday. 1 was to
da basaballa game. Sure! an eet maka
me seeck. Too moocha politics. Eth?
ALA right wat you gona say for dees?
Ees COM TO da plate bigga steeff dat's
call Mollwitz. Easy he could keella da
ball. But wait! Ees COM leetla, dark,
skeenny man an wheesper heem cen da
ear, Mollwitz he looka round like he ees
scare. Den he go wan. two. three strike,
out! Wat you SUPPOSE ees da fallow dat
wheesper heem cen da ear? Blacka
Hand Sure!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

gress may by law provide for the case
of removal, death, resignation or in
ability, both of the President and Vice
President declaring what officer shall
then act as President, and such officer
shall act accordingly until the disabil-
ity be removed or a President shall be
elected
1t is by virtue of the authority conferred
on Congress by the above-quoted clause
that 1t has been provided by act of Con-
gress of the 18th of January, 1886, g.,
"a Stat. at l.. l, that in case of the death
or disability of both President and Vice
President, the following officers in the
order named, shall act as President or Vice
President until the disability of the Presi-
dent or Vice President is removed or a
President shall be elected: Secretary of
state, Secretary of the Treasury Secretary
of War, Attorney General, Postmaster Gem
eral, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of
the Interior.
This letter is not written as an un-
gracious correction. Its purpose Is to point
out what was undoubtedly an oversight
ID. ARTHUR MAGAZINER
Philadelphia, June ID, 1916
1.-THE word CONSTITUTIONAL" of course.
ought to have been Statutory" The point
on which we were laying stress was not
the original provisions of the fundamental
law, but the recognition by the nation of
the Importance of the office of Secretary of
State,-Editor of EVENING LEDGERl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

AT LUNCHEON in the Players Club,
n New York, the other day, Bert
Boyden told of a Smith College graduate
who had never heard of Francis Wilson.
To some of us who remember Wilson in
his Erminie glory this sounds unbeliev-
able. but wait minute. Francis Wilson
has been off the boards virtually ten
years. The young woman we're dis
cussing is 21 years of age. so she was
only 10 or IL when the press agents
ceased to interest themselves in the IA
nous comedian. Similarly 1t might sur
prise us to discover how few know who
or what were Coin Harvey. Coxey, Dowie,
Mary Ellen Lease and Mary MacLane
and what has become of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
In the railroad strike situation Il

In the railroad strike situation the
only hopeful feature is the evident dis
inclination to strike on the part of the
Brotherhood representatives. Failing to
come to any acceptable compromise, the
representatives OF the trainmen are about
70 submit strike ballot 10 every worker.
regardless OF his affiliation. ana 1t viii be
mtdsAugust before the result OF the ballot
Is known. In that time some fuller reali-
zatlon Of what the strike would mean
should come 10 both parties. and should
come. Il It can. TO the minds OF those
Administration officials on whom the reg
nIation OF our railroads most depends
There S very little sense IN the present
policy OF opportunism, OF bounding or
threatening railroads Of waiting until the
Iaak moment 70 intervene between striker
aaa employer The amount OF business
asne bF many railroads IN the country
during the last year has been enormous.
so fha roads are entitled 70 4 profitable
3ass = they are not getting i ana
eanne1 aHord 70 pay their men q fair
zsasz then tie Interstate conmsTes Com
a..szsaa Azs osezslepnza is bounds in
- azlaz 1he alternative suHcisnt
zzH.s - szHszsl laek of enthusiasm
- ~ nszI alza bs considered
z=IzHz. Hsa snniaxsFs ana an
- z= - 4szszIeH .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

ONCE We had a dear old cousin who
" used to boast that we were the scons
OF royalty, but none Of us quite believed it
One OF the family. however. seems to have
achieved the purple. The Journal Of the
Southern California Retail Grocers' Asso-
citation prints his picture, with this cap
tion; Richard DAILY. otherwise known as
Dick Daly the Corn King who is get
ting numerous write-ups IN papers through
out the country" Here's another. o. royal
brother
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

Former Director Cooke, who with
others financed the fight for lower cleo
trio rates, deserves to get the $4,000
Councils voted him even more than Doc
tor Trinkle and Mr.. Sewers deserved to
be sat upon," as they most effec-
lively were, for suggesting that he be
"Lexowed" for his services to the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
Five Historic Landings

Editor Of "What Do You kaoto. win
you kindly name the five great landinRsn
In England, to which | have heard frequent
reference. G. B. c.
"a The landing OF Julius Caesar IS b.
c.. which revealed the Britons to the civii.
ICED world. and q civilized peopla to the
Brltons. "a The landing OF Hengist and
Horsa traditional leaders Of the hrsl sue
cessful Teutonie invasion of England. 44s
A D. ca The landing Of ST. Augustine,
597 (4) The landing OF William the Con.
queFor. iQee - The landing Of William
Of oFaase. 1888.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
QUIZ

1. What Is the meaning and origin of the
phrase Ito lexow an ofHciaP'?
2. Who Is John Galsworthy?
3. Who wrote "Hypatia"?
4. What Is an oratorio?
B. What are eyeteeth?
0. Can water be boiled without applying heat?
I. Who "Old Tppecnnoe"?
8. What does II mean "tO be quixote"?
0. What was the Black Death?
10. Who the "LittIe Engla anders"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

bromidiots have taken it up ana made a
bromidlom of II.
Barrie In the days when his style was
forming, dreaded this failing. Artistic sem
sibilities as keen as his shrank from the
trite. In his room he kept only a few books
One OF them was Bartlett's Quotations
When In his writing, phrase or line came
tripping on his pen that seemed 10 him 10
have been said or heard before he turned
10 Bartlett II he found II listed there
among the familiar" out 1t went. He was
. Mrlter--Albany kniekerbocker Presa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
1t needs no argument to nrnv

1t needs no argument to prove
that. If the city can afford the land on
which to build them, one-story school
houses are better than schoolhouses of
two and three stories. Every physician
knows of young girls who have had to
leave school because they were unable
to climb the stairs several times a day
in going from classroom to classroom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

America has been stretched to mean
30 many things of late that word of
wider significance was trotted out by Mr..
Wescott. 1t was Civilization, he said. that
was nominating Mr.. Wilson. Why not
the Cosmos?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

Q EVERAL contribs have asked us to
~ mention that A. Coin is a dealer in
novelties on 18th street; and one asks If
we can match it. We never gamble but
We'll be inclined to toss the next one
who bothers us about 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

p aig n consulted
the records and
found that Vance
Criswell M C c Or
mick, W h 10 was
born in Harris :
burg in 1879, was
fullback and cap.
tain of his foot
ball team at Yale
when he was 81
years old, that be.
ing his third year
of play. Appar.
emily he played
football well. In his
last year Yale beat
Hn r,rnrl q Il a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17
A RIGHT IDEA

Now ana again Mayor curley OF Boston
Is selze1 VIII the right idea As. for 81
ample. on Mentay. when he sent telegram
to President Wilson urging the appointment
Of William Howard TAFT 10 the Supreme
bench % succeed Mr.. Hughes Springfield
Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

the result Of .ie.up in trafic this Sall.
The precedent for intervention has been
set. why not extend IL to conciliation
before the fact7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-17

Perhaps the proposed automobile
ordinances are unfair to the motorists,
but the motorists disregard of the public
safety is certainly unfair to the pedes.
trians