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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Soft Music to This

A small. white-haiTed woman (said a
morning contemporary recently, accom-
panied by two sunburnt. stalwart lads. the
Oldest of whom could not have been more
than 49, came timidly up to Captain M. d.
Brown in the First Regiment Armory.s :
You see these boys" she said, pointing
20 the young fellows, they are my only
sons and l want them to enlist In the Ma
tional Guard" I'VE are a family
OF soldiers" she continued MY husband
was killed In the Civil War, etc. etc"
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QUIZ

]. What and where is Camp Brumbaugh?
2. Who Is Jacinto TrevinO?
8. How many mon are there In infantry
squad and what officer commands them?
4. What Is meant by 'tho Latin republics?
3. Name n famous street In Berlin.
O. AboTt how many miles of telegraph lines
are there In the United States?
:. Who was Descartes?
3. Did beethoven write opera?
o. Name bird that cannot fly.
10. How far into the air and how far into the
earth does piece of property, owned in
fee simple, extend?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
THE CAR WAITED

TO the Editor OF EUohilg Ledger.
Slr-Thoss letters about the trolleymen
not stopping at transfer and exchange
points voice my sentiments to T, too, for
il has been my experience for two or three
years to get stung often at an exchange
point at goth and Spruce streets, which /
use every morning. They never wait a
second when cars arrive at about the same
time which Is very often. and the conse-
quence is you get that feeling. like the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Tale of a Kings Marriage

Editor Of What Do You Knosoa-Is IL
true that King George Of England was mar
fiea neIore ne married the present Queen?
r.. j. II.
~ E,aMafa ls' r. Myllus was found guilty OF
an antimonarchical paper published in paris
and containing the story, 10 be circuIated IN.
England The report was 10 the effeet tbat
IN 1880 King George, then Duke of YORK
eentraeted eIilI. a morganatio marriage with the
mour at Malta. At the trial az N5s,lt,S 4,
January. lsll, mass OF evidence was in.
troqueea 10 show that the story was en.
trely without foundation. Admiral sev.
m2or ms daughter who had married a Can.
en- ssln NaplsF IN 1888. the sons of Admiral
denee 70 sei at rest the resers tsbies 49, ~
gained Vide circulation. "-''1a '''AD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Sundays rain was not part of the
program made up by the Entertainment
Committee. But It was given out on high
authority that it did not matter. For it's
always fair weather when good ad men
get together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

road men is that they must have more
money for their labor 1t implies that the
railroads can afford to pay s1OO,Ooo,ooo
more In wages. The latter is the PROPOSE
tion under debate, and Il can be settled
by figures The commission is willing to
act as auditor. why should 1t be denied2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
We have war at hand. but

We have war at hand, but no aero
planes, which have come to be the very
eyes of any army. Fortunately, our
enemy has none either but that is a poor
excuse for us. We do have factories
capable OF producing machines, and we
have got the money, in spite of pork
barrel" legislators. SO 1t is up to Wash
ington to get busy and get busy quick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

TLTALLY SMITH, shut-in, reports that
wv Miss Carolina DeRosa, aged II. ana
just promoted TO 7 B grade Of the James
Wilson school, has written TO inform
him:
The equator is an Imaginary line
just putted on the globe 10 show people
where the sun rises but L Is not real
line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

The "Illustrious Herd of Goats"
has been formed as part of the doings
for this weeks convention. Now IL the
goats of all dishonest advertisers cap
tured by the ad men, whose message is
Truth" could be collected-but we shall
get them after a while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

The demand of the American Gov
ernment for the immediate release of the
prisoners in Chihuahua is not one of the
ultimatums of the previous sort. 1t is
Rn ultImatum that ultimates, and there
are a hundred thousand guardsmen to see
that It does ultimate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

No trouble supplying an army of
even 100000 men with munitions, thank
you! The Government would not pre-
pare, but foreign nations have put all of
our factories into the pink of condition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Colonel Roosevelt, as every one ex-
pected, has declined the Progressive NOM
ination today and indorsed Hughes as the
man the country needs In the present
emergency. There was no other course
for him to follow. If he hoped to assist in
the defeat of Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

The fortieth anniversary of Gus
ter's last fight at Little Big Horn has
Just been celebrated. 1t would be an un-
happy coincidence were 1t not for the
memory Of fearlessness and faith which
Custer left behind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

(WHICH is to say the advertising game
w is still in long clothes and yet to be
weaned, but withal n fine, lusty, promis-
ing young giant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

WYE HOPE we're not rude for remark.
w ing that the massmeeting Of the
ad men at the Metropolitan Opera House
yesterday afternoon didn't allow any free
space for the well-known display adver-
tisement of the u. S. A. The flag was
nowhere to be seen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

II the Republicans are In any
doubt, we may suggest that there are a
few thousand live wires in town, any one
of whom could put Hughes over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Position

at SUPPOSE" said the young clerk in
i the publication office, you'll want
extra position for this ad Of yours, next
to pure reading matter"
well. not too pure" said the shrewd
advertiser; now, II you could put it
alongside a divorce story OF some such
scandal I'd be satisfied"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Why the Barbarity7

An unidentified foreigner was run down
by a Lackawanna train at the entrance
OF the Nuy Aug Tunnel yesterday. The
body was cut in half and taken to cusick's
morgue-Seranton Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Philadelphia. Monday, June 20, 1915.

HotD many HiustrioGs and noble
heroes have lived too long by one
day.. J. Rousseau.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
What Do You Know?

Queries OF general interest toiH be answered
81 this column. Ten questions, the dnstCers to
tohich evory i0elI-informcd person should know.
arc asked duily
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

sir-Isn't 1t singularly and plurally re-
markable that the man who wrote THE
Girl Left Behind Me" was Sam Lover?
B. X r.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Sir-I met guy here the other day
who should be spreading himself ut that
ad convention in your town. His names
Trip Collom DRUMMER.
Akrnn OHM
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Frank Bierfund. who ought TO know,
says the Germans are stenciling jokes
upon the fronts of their uniforms so the
English can't see 'em.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26
Indirect Taxes

Editor OF "Whdt Do You Knoto"-WilI
you be kind enough to print in your column
one or two examples of an indirect tax?
T.
Internal revenue taxes duties on imports.
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Tom Daly's Column

TO THE AID CLUBS
Horb pow to our 'Rdhl 'Raht 'Rdhl
Honor TO VoU, A. A. C.i
Not alone for iOhdt you are,
But for 1chut you're 0oino TO be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

This Department Is free TO all readers toho
t1ish to cypress their opinions subjects OF
current interest. IL IS an open forum, aud the
Evening Ledger assumes responsibility for
the VieUs Of as correspondentS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Nonadvertiscrs are the serblans of
industry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-26

Among those who will attend will be
David Bispham, the tenor
Morning Contemporary.
And why not add to the novelty by Sc
curing Enrico Caruso, the basso?
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
Dickens Fellowship.

The Dickens Fellowship is an organ.
ization with it's center in London and
branches ir the principal cities of the
English-speaking lands. Its member.
ship consists of people who enjoy read
ing and talking about the novels of
Charles Dickens, and in supporting the
sort Of benevolent enterprise which
would especially have attracted him.
Fellowship meets every month at the
Nation Arts club, Gramercy Park. New
York city. The program of the meet
ing. consists of discussions, debates,
the reading of papers, the presenta.
tIon of brief plays and music. At the
fellowship's annual dinner, Aeld on
Dickens birthday, the guests of honor
are the most prominent nOvelists of
the day. The New York branch of the
fellowship supports cot in child's
hospital. gives a Christmas treat to
crippled children, and has other benev.
olent activities.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
ASSERTS MUSIC IS A TONIC
Physician Claims 1t May Be Used With
Much Benefit in. Treatment Of
Consumption.

In urging the value of music as II
treatment for consumption. DR.. Thorn
as j. Mays of Philadelphia asserted.
in an article in the New York Medi-
cal Journal that it seems probable by
far the larger number of cases will
receive benefit from those forms that
are In major keys.
"For," he adds, "it is 4 patent fact
that, no matter how cheerful and
elated patients of this kind may seem
to be, in their lonely moments there is
nearly always present an undercur-
rent feeling of tribulation and oppres-
SiOn."
"MajOf music" writes Doctor Mays.
lis tonic to the emotions, at least in
moderate quantities, and wakes joy,
animation, hope, happiness and cour-
age, and its action may be compared
to that of a tonic or Stimulant dose of
strychnine or quinine, while minor mu-
sic depresses emotional activity. the
action of which. Is analogous to that
Of bromide or of sleeping potion"
To the objection that most lullabies
are written in major keys, Doctor
Mays answers that sleeplessness is
generally due to n subnormal mental
or nervous state, so that toning up or
elevatiny is more likely to cause sleep
than is further depression.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16

4 very courteous gentleman was old
Dr. Il. Owen, who once took chair at
Il lecture given to students by Dr. Da-
vid Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford uni
versity, California. Doctor Owen was
then eighty years old and exceedingly
deaf. Not one word of Doctor Jordan's
lecture did he hear. But every now
and again he nodded his head kindly
and arplauded What the lecturer said.
Now, how could he tell when Doctor
Jordan said anything wise or witty
that called for clap of the hands or
a word Of cheer? He watched the
young students. When he saw them
applaud he applauded, so that he
might not appear inattentlve to what
was going on. I think the smile on
that aged face must have been beau
tiful. This was a true gentleman
From ''People Worth While" by F. J.
Gould.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
BOYS REQUIRE MUCH FOOD
Growing Youth Needs More Than
Would Satisfy the Man Who
Has to Work Hard.

The ravenous appetltes Of healthy,
growing boys are notorious. An in
vestigation of the food eaten by 300
boys in one Of the largest private board
ing schools Of America, published in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, shows that the food was
of the best quality, including 1913 w.
rietieS; 1t cost an average of 20 cents
meal per boy, or 1873 cents per thou
sand calories.
Each boy consumed 1850 calories a
day at table, but bought an average Of
GO additional calories at a neighbor-
ing store, the principal item in this
being chocolate.
Thus each boy averaged 5000 calor-
les day, or half again as much as a
farmer at work is believed to require.
The total fuel intake was three times
that of the basal level of LOO to 1900
ca!ories, which is the heat production
of boys from thirteen to sixteen years
NJ age when resting or asleep.
DR.. Graham Lusk remarks that lack
VI appreciation of the ravenous appe-
titcS OF boys and lack of provision for
it are the probable causes of much
of the undernutrition seen IN children
Of school age.
Al this particular school bread, but
ter, milk and sugar together furnished
half of the food fuel. and the Journal
al the American Medical Association
comments that this is an exceptionally
wholesome combination.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
How Clever Plants Are.

The cleverness Of some plants is
indlsputable. A sundew, or fly-eater.
deceived by q piece Of chalk. seized 1t
In its tendrils, but upon discovering
the fraud Immediately withdrew them.
A fly. held Just out Of its reach. did
not tempt 1t to move, but AZ soon as
it was brought a little nearer the plant
prepared to take possession Of 1t. Oar
win showed that begOnia had habit
Of searching for hole to insert its
tendrlls into, and even Of Withdrawing
the tendril to insert II in another hole.
II the flrst proved unsuitable. Nor u
this power Of selecting combined to
any particular class. Climbers like
the lianas will refuse to coil around .
branch not strong enough to bear their
weight.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16

He'd ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that big
bunch Of money has been distrib.
uted among the farmers for this
one item which farmers do not
usually regard as a paying in
vestment.
\ special election has been
called in St. Clair county for De-
cember1 ~ for the purpose of vot-
ing on a proposition to issue
bonds to pay off the old railroad
debt that has been hanging over
that county for years. The old
bonds, with interest and judg-
ments, amounts to $4,000,000.
The holders of the bonds have Of
fered to compromise for 100000.
The engagement of Miss Stella
Ruth Baldwin, daughter of SEN
ator and Mrs. John Baldwin, and
Mr.. Tracy Carleton Weltmer, of
Nevada, Missouri, was announced
Wednesday noon at luncheon
given by her sister, Miss Mary
Chambers, at their home. Mr..
Weltmer is vicc-president and
business manager Of the Weltmer
Institute of Suggestive Therau-
.peutics at Nevada.-Appleton
City Journal.
w. II. Dunn, of Grand River
township informed an Adrian
Journal reporter Saturday of the
luck they had last week catching
wolves. j. G. Lyon, of Cass coun-
ty was down and spent the week
with Mr.. Dunn and brought with
him his pack of wolf dogs. Dur
ing his stay with Mr.. Dunn they
succeeded in bagging three
wolves. These catches were made
by the dogs in chases that lasted
from thirty minutes to three
hours.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
R. L. stevenson's $40 coIdpieee..

Then back to San Francisco, where
the only memory that remains is that
Of confused blur Of preparations for
leaving-packing. ticket buying and
melancholy farewells-for Mr.. Steven
son was then homeward bound to old
Scotland to introduce his newly &C
Quired American wife to his waiting
parents. One day he came in with his
pockets full Of $40 gold pieces, with
which he had supplied himself for the
journey. He thought this piece of
money the handsomest coin In the
world. and said 1t made a man feel
rich merely to handle It. In testing
mood he drew the coins from his pock-
cts and threw them on the table,
whence they rolled right and left on
the door, saying: "Just lookl I'm
simply lousy wild money!" OF course.
q wild, laughing scramble ensued.-
Nellie Van de 0rift Sanchez In Serb
nef's Magazine.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
TRIBUTE TO JANE AUSTEN
Why the Writer Considers Her to.
Have Been a Greater Artist Than
George Sand.

In the history Of literature George
Sand Is the great example Of worIlan
who won success by the MASCULINE So
luton Of detachment from experience,
and Jane Austen, the great example
Of a. woman who won success by the
feminine solution OF Identification
with her own dailyness.
am inclined to think the latter by
far the greater artist. just as ALL
inclined to think that in literature
rather than In uny other forlu Of rier-
tai activity will always &c found
woman's highest intellectual achieve
ment, for the simple reason that wor,-
ans genius consists in personality. and
for the expression of personality
words are the only adequate medium.
Jane Austen's example is the great en-
couragenent for the woman who
wishes to write without ceasing to be
a simple everyday woman.
Jane Austen was capable Of de-
tachment that enabled her to write
books that give no hint Of the thun-
uCa VI tAC ANupoiVoHAS >" oAS VNSA "ACA
she had two brothers on fighting ships.
She was capable of an Identification
with her surroundings that enabled
her to write novels of universal tu-
mainly and eternal artistry AMI to
keep right on being everybody's aunt
ut the same time.
She was sane and humorous in her
novels because she was sane and hu-
norOuS out of them. She achieved
fame because she had first achieved
personality.
Still, Ter fame is only thin, frail
fire set beside the effulgence Of
dozen men Of her time. Yet, l would
rather have beer Jane Austen than
Shelley. or Wordsworth or Keats
Winifred Kirkland, in Atlantic
Monthly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
WHY NEGROES SKIN IS DARK
Scientist Ascribes to Climatic condI-
tions the Different Colors Of
the Human Body.

The baby negro Is not born black.
Even 50 long ago as 1855 La Cat no.
ticed that the newly born negro is Of
a reddish color. This observation has
since been frequently confirmed, and
1t is nov pretty widely known that,
though the baby negro begins to follow
in the footsteps Of his parents as re-
CARDS color within few days after
his birth, vet at the moment Of birth
he shows a disposition. to aspire to-
ward the Caucasian race, being white,
or at worst red, in hue. It Is generally
assumed that the chief Of all the
causes Of negro's blackness is the
hot sun beneath whose more or less
vertical rays he is doomed to live.
There Is, however, physiological con-
dition of the skin which differentiates
that organ from the integument of the
white man. In other words, there is a
difference In what is known as ''pig-
mentation."
The negro" says a scientist, pos
sesses more developed vascular su-
doriparous system than we do" In
other words, he has more and larger
sweat glands, and they are more lib
orally supplied with blood. BY means
OF these he perspires much more album
dainty. This condition is possibly a
contributory factor in his blackness.
1t is an important element in the in
vestigation to remember, however,
that the blacklist of all black people
are almost invariably found under GER
tain very definite climatic conditions.
That is to say, they are found where
great heat, strong light and much at
mospheric moisture are in combination.
For example, ''the blacklist negroes in
Africa are those who live in Guinea,
where the greatest amount of rain
annually falls" But "the people who
live in the dry section of the Nubian
desert have red skins" Tit Bits.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
Shave Yourself Barber Shop.

Owners of barber shops Of Pat
terson, N. j., who have been in
trouble lately on account of the
BARRIERS strike, have solved the
problem by laying in a store Of
safety razors and accessories.
Citizens Of Patterson can be seen
standing in front of mirrors in the
shop shaving themselves while the
proprietors brought them lather,
towels and face powder. One of
the proprietors thought out the
idea and put it into execution and
soon every barber shop in the city
was being run on the same plan.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
Deutschland Ready to Sail.

New London, Conn.,, Nov. 12.-
The time of the departure of the
German commercial submarine
Deutschland was still uncertain
tonight, although everything ap-
parently has been in readiness
since Saturday for a quick dash
to sea.
There were more rlmors today
that. British cruisers were outside
the three-mile limit waiting for
the Deutschland and that two
German war submarines were off
the coast to convoy the boat back
to Germany.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16
Is the Present European War the
Last One?

Is the Present European War the
Last One?
Is the present war going to
turn mankind to peace3 Nobody
can answer this question with
the postiveness of plainly for
seen fact. But it has undoubted-
ly created a wonderful amount of
sentiment in this country against
war. Modern wars have three
features that will appal and re-
strain in the future. They are
so horribly deadly, they are so
fablously expensive, and it looks
as if, in most cases, they will be
so hopelessly indeterminate. The
only place in the world, before
the outbreak, little more than
two years ago, where war was at
all popular, was in the German
Empire. There the people were
taught that their country was
able, once. it became involved in
hostilities, to force an early and
very profitable peace. So the
people generally throughout the
domain of the Kaiser, = were in
clined to look with favor upon q
trial of national strength upon
the field of battle. But where is
the nation that is going to feel
this way when the present slaugh-
ter is finally overt It is pretty
certain that the next really great
war will have to be fought BY Z
generation that il born after the
present conflict has passed into
histoEy-Lamar Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-11-16

The bonds voted last July to
erect new school house at Am
oret have all been purchased by
the Bank of Amoret, says the
Leader.