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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
DIRECTOR TMINING

A SIDE from MIR. Taylor, the treatment of
n whom by the politicians was public
scandal and disgrace there is mo man in
Philadelphia better equipped to perform
good service for the people in transit mat
ters than Mr.. Twining He brings to the
office a thorough knowledge OF the Taylor
plans, as whole and in detail He has
the confidence not only Of the recent Drec-
tor but also of the public at large.
The Department of City Transit is well
served in the subordinate offices, Mr.. Tay-
lor's most valuable assistants having been
retained. Its efficiency has not been cut out
by n political AK. 1t is capable Of the finest
sort CT work. of the sort of work. in fact,
which has distinguished it since the de-
partment was organized.
The Mayor, we take it, grasps the i'm
portance of giving Mr.. Twining a free hand.
There has been some talk of scheme to
let Mr. Twning do the engineering work.
while others would handle the negotiations
with the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany. 1t has not been the habit of Mr.
TwininF to be II pawn, and if any coteric
has an idea it can make him one, it is shoot
ing dice with hurricane,
The appointment merits and will receive
general Commendation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
WHAT'S YOUR FAvoR1TE SMILE?

WHAT'S YOUR FAvORITE SMILE?
Let this be a sort of consolation contest
for the defeated eight, sixteen, in the
recent profanity affair If you know strik-
ing sime mot more than twenty words)
we'll listen to it.
Wen stand some latitude, as for instance,
this sort of thing:
"Shc had an elbow on her would pick the
ey, IA snail"
- opy of Don Marquis new book Of verse
goes to somebody for this contest which
closes February Is.
Sir: If old See Youf Grst hasn't a monop-
oily upon this sort of thing, I'd like to say
word or two upon
HEREDITY.
on ,chy docs the Strcct-c1caner s,cecp 'gdnst
the cind9
and tchy does the traffic cop let hin7
Ivhy doesn't that long-haircd freak hurry
behind
strong bars trhcrc hc chipmunkS cant oct
hiptP
And ,ehy docs the pitcher hcauc ,oiId in a.
pinch9
And tchy docs the umpire miscan cm9
And tchy docs the mob the trrong criminal
Iynchp
And borcrs taH back ,chcn fans bdtci en-?
Thcir slo,rncss Of ,cit from their ancestors
came
7hc Uuth youU discern. in a second:
Whot's brcd in Inc Bone ,ciH come ont in the
same
We're more Hhc our dad than ace rcchoncd, .
JOSH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

Start now and without stopping at gram
matlcal errors, read this jeremiad from the
"Searchlight" OF F1orn (Pa.) all in one breath:
on last Fourth OF JUL. Pastor r. preached
a sermon in New York, liberty and which has
bcen published in many OF the leading newspapers
ali over this country and in Europe well. at very
heavy advertising rates, IN which he accused, very
strongly, the majority Of the ministers Of all de-
nominations, by calling them all kinds of names,
and some Of the iuyectiyes that he used against
tile ministers by calling them towards and
hirelinEs, and we have been wondering what pas
tor" r. really meant by calling them cowardsi
did he mean to apply that they afraid TO take
him about his underhanded, non -scriptural
propaganda for the fear that Pastor Rs
paid agentt, Will become active in every way pos
sble to undermine and misrepresent the characters
and activities OF those minsters who might be
courageous enough 70 take him 20 task and there
will leave 10 Pastor r. TO explain
what he meant by calling the ministers towards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
The Perfect Baby

Editor of "What Do You Knoio"-My laI
girl is years old and to me she seems Just 81
feet. | would like to know whether there Is
standard by which / can measure her to ma
whether she is really as perfect as she seems
me. Can you help me? MOTHER
Perhaps the measurements of Johanna w
gers pronounced a perfect child at conIes!
New York during the week ending June y, w
may help you. Johanna was then 2S months n
She weighed SO pounds II ounces; her hs.s1
was 35la inches; circumference of her head
inches; of her chest, 20 inches, and of her alo|
men, 20 inches; her chest was inches broad >
AZ inches deep from front to back; her
were 14h inches long and her legs l6h
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
DIR. Alexander Hamilton in Philadelphia

Thursday, June T. 1Tli.--G remarked one
instance of industry got up and
looked out at my chamber window and that
the shops open at five in the morning. |
breakfasted with Mrs. Cumc and dincd by in
vitaton with Or. Thomas Bond where after
some talk upon physical matters he showed me
some pretty good anatomical preparations of
the muscles and bloodvesscls injected with wax.
In the evening at the coffee house, l met Mr..
III, and inquirinE how he did and how he
had Jared on his way, he replied as to health
he pretty we'll but he had almost been
devoured with bugs and other vermln. and had
him very uneasy. parted with him,
and went to the tavern with Mr.. Currie and
some Scots gentlemen, where we spent the
night agreeably, and went home sober at eleven
o'clock.
Friday, June s, 17i4.-I read MontaiEne's Es-
says in the forenoon, which is a strange medley
of subjects, and particularly entertaining
I dned at q tavern with very mixed COM
pany of different nations and religions. There
Scots, English. Dutch Germans, and Irish;
there were Roman Catholcks Churchmen,
Presbyterians, Quaiers, NewliGhtmen, Method
lists, Seventhdaymcn, Moravians, Anabaptists,
and one Jew The whole company consisted
of twenty five, planted round oblong table,
in n great hall well stocked with flies.
The company divided into committees in con-
versation: the prevailing topick politcks,
and conjeCtures of n French war knot OF
Quakers there talked only about selling OF flour
and the low price it bore; they touched little
upon religion, and high words among
some of the sectaries, but their blood was not
hot enough tC quarrel or to speak in canting
phrase, their zeal wanted fervenCy.
CTo be continued.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
WAR ON THE HYPHEN
To the Editor Of Evening Ledger;

To the Editor Of Evening Ledger:
Sir-Having read in today's EVENING LEDGER
about the war on the hyphen, / may say that
from my point of view the scheme of the Vim
and Packard companies is going to create more
hyphens than we have at the present time.
Coerce man to become a citizen so as to
gain living. what kind of citizen is he going
to make? Not a good one that's certain. AS
for the statement that the alien Is after the
almighty dollar, why we are all after that
citizen or no citizen. The scheme of the Vim
and Packard companies is evidently the easiest
way to get 1t. If man wishes to become a
citizen force is not necessary-use force and
you get the hyphen.
THOMAS b. HARRISON.
Fox Chase, February 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
Nobel Prize Winners

Editor Of "WhGt DO You EnoD"-Has a
American besides Colonel Roosevelt received
Nobel prize? PENN CHARTER
Yes. Prof Albert A. Nicholson, of the W
versity of Chicago. received the prize for phyaa
in 1907, the year after the peace prize was gtTa
to Mr.. Roosevelt. Two prizes came to Amehd
in 1912, that for medicine to DIR. Alexis CaH4
of the Rockefeller Research Institute in M
York, and that for peace to Flihu Root, Tor I
efforts in pacifying Cuba and the Phillpph1
and for his services i'm preserving amicable Fs1
tions between the United States and Japan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
A Youthful Hobo

At the age of II, without friends or rela-
tives, he had to hustle through the streets of
Yakima Wash, for his own bread and but
ter, finding shelter where he could. Finally
he went to work for a blacksmith, who owned
a few racing horses. Johnnie became jock
cY. After that he worked as a hotel porter.
At one time he operated Il bootblacl stand.
At another he owned a strength testing ma
chine, and took it about from one county fair
70 another. 1t was rowing life, without pur-
pose.
But when he was approaching 90 he deter
mined to get an education. He went through
Seattle High School in three years, supporting
himself by selling newspapers and backing
boots before and after school hours. Finally
he secured a license as schoolteacher. After
a while he came East and worked his way
through college. Still later he accepted an
appointment as professor. Much of his
thought he devoted to the condition of the
poor-not only his thought, but his activity.
He is still a young man. First it was pur-
pose then it was perseverance-and with
that combination he won out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

~ Some twenty millions have been asked, by
no less authority than General Goethals
himself for completion of the Panama Canal.
This does not include SS,OOO,OOO for further
81 defenses. The requests come at time when
the Colombian treaty, involving fifteen to
twenty millions more, is under consideration.
, and indicate just how big job the canal
still is Not to mention slides.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

posing to I'll large place in the business
and professional life Of the country. The
college graduate is no longer looked down
upon by practical men. They have dis
covered that the man with his mind trained
can do better service than the man without It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
Calendar of Flowers

Editor of "What DO You Rnoto"-The =.
endar of Flowers" for which Anxious ~
you. can be found in "Flowers and Fes.'44z
by w A. Barrett, of ST. Pauls CathedraI 4
don. l inclose copy of it,
AN EARLY CALENDAR OF ENGLlsn
FLOWERS
The snowdrop,' in purest white arraie'
First rears his hedde on Candelmas dale'
While the Crocus hastens TO the shrine
OF Primrose love on Saint Valentine
Then comes the Daffodil, beside
Our Ladye's SmOck at our Ladye-ude'
Aboute Saint George, when blue Is Worn
The blue Harebells the fields adorn'
Against the day of Holie Cross
The Crowfoot gilds the flowerie grasse' i.
When Saint Barnabie bright smiles nlshl
dale,
Poor Ragged Robin blooms in the hay.
The Scarlet Lychnis, the gardens prize
Flames at Saint John the Baptists tlde'
From Visitation to Saint Swithin's showers
The Lille White reigns Queen Of the noIss'
And Poppies, a sanguine mantle spreau ,.y.s
For the Blood of the Dragon SAINT "e''
shed
Then under the wanton Rose, agen'
That bushes for Penitent Magdalen'
Till Lammass Dale, called Augusts MhssA
When the long corn stinks or Camomle
When Mary left US here belowe
The Virgins Bower is full In blow -
And yet, anon, the full SunhoWre pis"
And became a starre for Bartholomew
The passion-fioure long has blowed,
To betoken us sings OF the Holy hooee' .sst
The Michaelsmas Daisie, among deae -
Blooms for Saint Michaels valorous deso7'
And seems the last OF fioures that stoas' -
Till the feste Of Saint Simon and SAM
Save Mushrooms and the Fungus face
That grow till All-Hallow-tide takes plaos
soon the evergreen Laurel alone Is -
When Catherine crowns all learned meAN-
The Iyle and Holly Berries are seen 80
And fule Log ana Wassaiie come foHHe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
FISHING VS.. SINGING

Hamlin Garland thinks the Pilgrim Fathers
should have devoted more time to fishing and
less to hymn singing. What does he think the
MayhoweF brought over-a chowder party?-
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
VIRTUES OF BUTTERNUT

Finding it impossible to get German dyes for
blue overalls manufacturer asks IL work.
men prefer pink, Why not try the Confederate
butternut If they cannot wait till we gather a
crop of indigo Our plants will provide enough
dyes for all purposes of utility or ornament
Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

President Evans, of the Grocer Seminary
NJ reminded the Colgate alumni at their dinner
Z at the Hotel Walton last night that the
young men of America are preparing them
= selves to conquer the world, while the
young men Of Europe are being killed in
r battle. The expansion OF the American col
leges in recent years impressed bin. as one
OF the most remarkable modern phenomena.
Bucknell. when he was graduated had only
90 students. now it has 500. Colgate, which
20 years ago was only little larger than
\. Blcxnell now has more students than were
attending Harvard in 1870. Columbia has
1i1 1000 and the University of Pennsylvania is
teaching 5000 Doctor Evans did not say
anything about the growth of the high
schools but the number OF students in the
!. colleges could not have increased If the
i number getting preparation had not also
erown The School Board is finding II diff
r ealt to build high schools fast enough 20
supply the demand for them here in Phila-
8elDhia large number Of the boys ana
airs Who haye been graduated this week
ziiH enter college ana swell tne classes pro-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
First Savings Bank

Editor of 'Vhat DO You Kno0"-When =
THRIFT
The first bank for savings was estaolsisa
England in 1904. The first savings bank ~
tered in America opened its doors In Phl.l1
phia in 1916, Its centenary is to be eeisp''~
this year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

The Chamber of Commerce has issued
80 circular letter to every charitable insti-
: tutio.. III this city earnestly suggesting that
.sll no appeal for funds be made by them through
children soliciting on the streets The gem
eral feeling will be that the Chamber is
right, for nothing is more distressing than
81 this method Of gaining funds, Whether a
80 person gives refuses he is certain to suffer
- from a sense Of wanton infringement of his
- privacy. Solicitation for a personal gift,
81 made necessary by obvious poverty, is bad
i enough But charitable organizations have
iiieothar moro dienf6ed and more pIeasant
~ '
49,. hlelhooa OF recIulIIhs' Anu t''S apart iIoiil
saethe major consideration that the street is not
3 the best place for the activity OF young boys
\ and girls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

They have decided in Iowa, where there is
% an anti-tipping law that tip is not a tip
when it can be regarded a souvenir. So
the maids to whom Mrs. Wilson gave some
money may be allowed to keep it, if of
saving dispostion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

Tomorrow the annual art exhibit of the
Academy is open to the public. For many
years the free days of this institution have
been days of crowded halls and of deep ap-
probation of art But what is there which
makes it possible for people to pay for music,
to pay for theatres and moving pictures, to
pay to see dancing and which forbids them
to pay for seeing paintings? The exhibit is
worth many times the small amount charged,
and many persons know this. But COM
paratively few are willing to take the time
or to spend the money to go. The exhibit
is quiet place, 10 be enjoyed in comparative
solitude, such as the pay days afford.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

~ The Woody Tiger has emerged from the
80, jungles of toyand to fight the Teddy Bear.
: JsBut the Great Faunal Naturalist is convinced
sH that the Woody Tiger is more like real
- one than Woody himself is like Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

u' One sometimes doubts that there is a Provi-
sdence that takes of fools, drunkards and
children 1t was not working in Camden this
.n week, anyway; for one boy who wanted to
have some fireworks filled his mouth with
gasoline and blew the fumes into a lighted
match. He is in a hospital, seriously
=, burned. Another boy, arranging to explode a
dynamite cap by current from an electric
= battery, put the cap between his teeth while
he was adjusting the Tres. One end of a
al wire touched the cap and Pre- ed that his
theory that electricity would set 1t off was
= correct. The boy is now near death, with
i little hope of his recovery, 1t would be easier
~ for Providence to take care OF children il
their parents would prevent them from play
e,ing with dynamite and gasoline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

AS the company is earning large profts,$
w the management thought that it was no
than just that the employees should
also share in the prosperity of the company.
~ News Report from the William Cramp e
~ Sons Co.
The time is not beyond human memory
when such a sentiment would have been
called anarchistic, or socialistic, or something
equally disagreeabIe. The world do move!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

q Jess willard is to get s475OO for u ten
'round, no-decison bout in New York. The
public will put up the money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
NATIONAL POINT on YIEW

Public service corporations have been Slow
to learn that publicity-of the right Scotland
courtesy are necessary to financial prosperity
Indianapolis News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

a. A truce has been declared in the German
Vi7 town school war Have the pupils discov-
Cd cred that peace hath her victories no less
= lasting than war?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

conquest of difficulties. Kngsbury is the
live-wre Commissioner of Charities of
New York city. He is making the whole
country sit up and take notice He was once
a hobo, though not from choice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

The Government in the continental army bnI
has given US a plan which would furnish ms
with an ample force for defense without in
hcting any strain our institutions or oiIy
tempers.-Richmond Times-Dispateh.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

er The city spent s2,OOO,OOO more than it re-
ceived last year, but no one seems t. be wor-
ried about IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

India's cotton crop is low this year. No
luck like American luck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

The war in Europe has shown how easily and
Unexpectedly great wars can come. AS Presi-
dent Wilson has recently said. no man knows
what day may bring forth.-Nashville Banner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

When these busy advocates and critics have
popular understanding OF the merits OF uniyer-
sal military service, ana we shall adopt ~
because IL Is essentially democratic aud Amer-
iean~Boston Record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

Guilty conScicnces make people cotcdrds.-
From the Sdnskrit of Pilpdy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
What Do You Know

queries Of general interest 1cill be ansee,
in this column. Ten questions, the ans,o
to tchich ercry 1CcH-njormGd person sho
knolC, are asked daily.
I. Is the President of the United States anthem.
to declare war?
.. More tonnage passes through n canal on n
American Continent than through the sN
Canal. Name the canal
3. Does the steamship route from Philadelphia
Panama pass east west of Cuba?
4. Name three members of the Interstate q,
mcrCe Commission.
3. Did the recent Exposition at san Francisco j,
expenses?
o. If the President and Vice President should N
die, what officer would succeed to the PM
dency?
. :. who is in command of the Allies at Salonia,
8. Name the officer in command of the main Bl
ish fleet.
o. Who is Governor of Delaware?
10. Is the London Times Liberal Tory NV
paper? f|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
Date of Easter

Editor of What Do You KHoW"-Eaas
comes on April 23 this year, Can you tell !
If II will ever occur on n date later IN U
month? EPISCOPAL ACADEA'
Easter will fall on April % in the year la
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
fl1AXlS1SEE YOUF IPSTEA.N

On Towering Things in LOwly
Places.
The Waterman who from the
river hauls
His dripping gOatskins to his
patrons, shows
a keener wit than some on
whom he calls,
A wider range of Circum-
stances knows.
So, many ragged shepherd
plays a part
Less suited to his talents than
his clothes,
Gifted beyond his role in mind
and heart.
The mountain spring obscure is
purer far
Than muddy Tlgris strutting
TO the Sea;
and worth, not pomp or fame.
makes fair the star
That Ger the date-palm glim-
mers patiently.
In lowly place be not amazed TO
find
a towering Soul. BY Fortunes
trickery
Luck makes the Princeling,
want OF It the Hind
A. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
IGNORAAlUS

Pilpay, or as he is sometimes called Bdal
was Brahman gymnosophist who lived ssvs
centuries before Christ. The exact year Of Z
birth is not known. He was a writer Of fab
the earliest eXtant versions of which appear
the Panchatantra and Hitopadesa of the 81
skirt. They were first translated into Eng
in 1870. ... Hiilt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

WE know what the National Anthem is
w although, being an average American, We
forget the words-but this line in the tele
phone directory moved us strangely when we
first saw it:
NATIONAL STOMACH HOsPITAI-I514 N. 18TH.
We wonder if ours is that sort and if it
needs attention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
Tom Daly's Column
TO ADD TO THE APPAM.

to ADD to THE HfFHW.
Hare the British ship named "Attor"3
For inst tico SyIldblcs more
TO add to the ttco that the Germans dreto
Would sound like the end OF the tCdr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
Pilpay

Editor Of "What DO You KnoD"-You cr4
to "Pilpay" the quotation about every rose haNt
a thorn which appeared at the head of the 4
torial page of the EVENING LEDGER on Fndi
Who in the name of curious cognomens sh
gentleman? or is he a lady?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
FINANCIAL on sURGIcALP

FOR sALE-A plano repossessed from wealthy
woman; had oDeTauoni income cut on.
want Ad IN Local Paper
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

Here are some answers TO examination ques-
tions by High School students of Pennsylva-
MIA city,, and-though the McKeesport News
doesn't tell US so-we believe the city is New
Castle:
What is a gubernatorial candidate?
gubernatoTial candidate is citizen
VINO has been recently naturalized,
A gubernato torial candidate is one who
preys upon the emotions OF the dear
public"
A gubernatorial candidate Is one who is
exceedingly garrulous.
A gubeTnatorial candidate IS one who
tries 10 bribe his way into oniee
What are news editorials?
News editorials are comic sayings Of
other people.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05
A sign in Fairmount Park:
GASOLINE AND ICE CREAM

Taking exception to Fra Alessio's gibe at
the writer who used "novtiate" as a syno-
nym for novice" c. Fl. b. cites Webstef's
Imperial Dictionary: "Novitiate-one who
is going through a period OF probation; a
novice"
Well, WebsteTs Imperial Dictionary is
wrong. that's all there is about il. All
ecclesiastical writer's today strongly object
to the use of the word in that way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-02-05

Sir: If old See Youf Grst hasn't a monop-
oily upon this sort Of thing, I'd like to say
word or two upon