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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Especially weather.
Mark Twain Wakes Poetical

AS for variety. you'll discover by statistical
analysis, IL you're patient enough, that the
varieties of weather are far more numerous
than the varieties of religion. One spring in
New England Mark Twain counted 1856 differ
ent kinds of weather inside of four-and-twenty
hours. He wrote, ''It was l that made the
fame and fortune of that man who had that
marvellous collection of weather on exhibition
at the Centennial that so astounded the for
eigners He was going all over the world and
got specimens from all cllmes l said Don't
do it; you come to New England on favor
able spring day 1 told him what we could do
in the way of style. variety and quantity.
Well he came and he made his collection in
four days" And at that we are told "he had
not only weather enough, but weather to
spare; weather to hire out; weather to sell;
weather 10 deposit; weather to invest; weather
to give to the poor"
l don't know what the weather in Philadel-
phIa was before the Centennial, but I am
quite sure that those who have authoritative
information to give on the subject will bear
me out in the statement that the aforemen-
toned collector never took the trouble to take
his weather back TO New England. l was
more than ever convinced of this fact at the
time of the recent ice storm. Mark said there
is one feature of New England weather that
that's an ice storm-'when leaiess tree is
clothed with ice from the bottom TO the top,
ice that is as clear and bright as crystal; every
bow and twig is strung with Ice beads, frozen
dewdrops and the whole tree sparkles, cold
and white like the Shah OF Persia's diamond
plume" That isn't all of Marks description
OF "the bewildering, Intoxicating, intolerable
magnificence." but II there's a Philadephian
who doesn't know the beauties OF an Ice storm
he doesn't deserve any more OF it; and the
other Philadelphians do know, and further de-
scription isn't necessary,
Some Effects of LOhgA"Spells"
Variety of weather and variable weather
are two different things. A spell of weather
produces effects quite important to indi-
viduaI and social economy as the changeable
kind The last time rode in a country stage
the driver remarked that they had been having
quite a spell / learned In the course of the
tourney up into the mountains that the
weather had been fine. 1t taught me a new
meaning OF the word spell" and l suppose
that Il may have several meanings.
Everybody knows that spell Of hot and
humid weather causes irritaeility Wives
henpsck their husbands and the weather Is
really 10 blame. Husbands are unbsarable
and the weather Is really 10 blame. But
there's no charity under the sun at such a
time Only a person OF the utmost good
nature, which is only another name for good
humor should be subjected to the spell OF
not and humid weather. yet the influences OF
weather are ineseapable. Oh, for world Of
humonsts
II is really q serious matter, as you would
learn By comparing the records Of the Cor,
oner ana the United States Weather Bureau.
Between June e ana July ~ asl summer.
ths temperature dropped eHss saee bea9r sa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Five of the inspectors of the Highway
Bureau have been Topped from the payroll
because, in the view of the powers at City
Hall. there was, no work for them to do. Why
don't the powers transfer their view to some
OF the central streets? Then they might take
a look at thoroughfares in the outlying sec
tiens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Girls II 70 "a. with brown or black sysa
weight IFS 70 i45 os respsetabls. sincere. please
write Am a retired farmers son age 26 "a
lsO. blue eyes brown hair. good disposition viii
marry only for love Can furnish refsrencss
Acl Alexander. Saratoga. Ind-claasihed Ad
''TTNHIs ad is from a matrimonial paper that
i found It's way into the home OF a happy
married man." writes w. A. r. Il would GER
tainly like 70 know what he means by
'referepees'?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Trade Schools

Editor of "Whdt Do you kHoi0"-By w0Is,'s ~,
in one place for IL long years 10 my Is-
regret / failed 10 learn some trade NV'i
coming from New York few days ago =.
began to look in the shops and factories .,os ~
work, but everywhere one must know ,ssnSs so',,s
or U,orL m would you kindly inform me y
what Do You Know column about a ,ltogs 49,
trade school, as / intend to learn soIls.lsrs .assi
(2) My particular ambition would DC .,,S 70 vou
from one city to another. Mhst "ouiu ~
ADVISED / know several languages anI
present am learning Spanish
The city maintains free trade sehoo, sn,ea
18Th ana Locust streets. Day ana ss..-ine
Vocational classes are conducted at the sp-tso spt
cardan Institute Broad and Spring Ss', SAL-.-
strsetsg Drexel InstitRte. s2d and Oessi eI,rsSi
streets ana FRANKLIN Institute l.h s,ns
, "a ,vhen n WAS said that "a rollins s.9sss ss
gathers no moss" II you wish TO learn .'.,.es
4, do so thoroughly would preesaae u@'S
from place to place
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

The Mayors butler has been appointed as
an elevator inspector From experience with
English plays society novels and such like
one would Judge that butler was qualified
particularly to inspect the municipal wine
cellars and the community cigar boxes, if
there are such things. "Buttling" is, however,
the profession of discreet men, and the Mayor
seems TO appreciate good one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Child's Winter Garden of Verse

IBowing to r, L. 81
Mary bakes our pies and cakes,
And many sugared cookies makes,
And she can cook the incest bread:
But Marys dear mamma is dead!
So every day the p'liceman comes around
To see that she's still with u.s. safe and sound.
WILL LOU.
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IMPORTATION WANTED

lNFOhAiAilON WANTED
ADDRESS Of Edward Lonergani died Feb 90
Kindly write A. LonerEAn. etc.
SPIRITUALIsTs
CHRISTENSEN. Phenomenal PsychIst BalIat
Demonstrations Sunday 8. 8. Monday Thurs-
day :, ete.-classihed Ads In N. Y World
"DLEAsE tell me-" L. e. w. begs. lis there
any connection between the first ad and
tie other?" We can't say, but II we were asked
what Christensen would offer as his guess
at the present address we'd write He"
or He
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Tom Daly's Column

! MIGHT before last we've and three Of
In ours-were the guests OF MIR. Harry Ed
wards at the Olympia A. A., at Broad and
Cambridge streets. Also we were and still
are, the debtors Of MIR. T. Maxwell of our
own dear paper. He not only secured our
seats for us. but literally carried us to them
You never saw such a mobl "Gracous" we
exclaimed TO our three eldest, whom we were
introducing to the game, they never had
crowds like this 25 years ago" We started
to tell how we helped to bring Corbett and,
Sullivan together in 1892, but the story was
old to the audience of three and the expert
ence before them was new--if they were
ever TO have 1t. Fortunately, at this mo-
ment enter T. Observation-Disclosures? r.. W.?
OH that's his pen name; but we call him
Tiny" in the office-j'ever see i'm? Gosh!
Well. all we had to do was follow our in
reference. He plowed hole through the
crowd at the door big enough for the four
of us, and presently We were at the ringslde
We (getting back to the editorial pronoun
now settled ourself solidly in our seat and
looked calmly over the stirring scene. Two
Of the youngsters were some distance away,
but the thrd-who happened to be the sec
ond in point Of seniority-was directly under
our wing. To him we addressed ourself:
Noto, John, mv son,
This 5estiue scene you look upon
Has all the glamour of romance;
The savage pdnoply Of might,
The leuping left, the rigid right,
Like ~icUin In the lamps light dance,
And stir ,Cithin your UeinS the blood
That youth Is calling TO its food,
To mantle sWooth bare checb aud brotD
But, oh, let not this specious jon
RprIoud ,our ,ojod,o bor;,o, bou
Nor orer,ohelm your reason no,O.
Seci here the glddidtors comet
They both hare edr-mdrks Of the bum:
At any rate their broiCs are lou.
And IN their beddy eDe-b balls shine
The cunning Of that tDolfsh line
Which only brutes unthinking shoID.
Behold! the cdulifotcer car
And Hdttened nose, tChcrein Gppedr
The sermon am tdin to preach;
n Dou iciH read the lesson right
need not speak to You tonight
(Gec 10his! that big guys got the redchD |
Of course. these bous are leopard-Rke
And lightning are the blotcs they strike;
But they arc only brutes at best,
And Just to make this one point clear
took the pains to bring you here
(GoSh! hotU he slammed him In the chestlJ |
One point must be quite plain to you:
pugndcity WiH neuer do
(Go get him. Benny, turn IL loosei
You bone-head! II you'd only slam
lett-hOok to his Diaphragm
Hd' there's the bell! Oh, rchdts the usePJ
is tCds saying, John. ny son,
This feStiUe scene Vou look upon
Is delasion and a snare
But John had gone! and 1nercy me!
fbTr uicI 7 fb,
Comparing notes and chuckling there.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Naco Arizona, may be Pancho Villas next
objective point. Reports from this front indi-
cate salient there. At any rate, two guns
were found in cellar at Nogales, Mexico. and
a man was seen carrying what appeared to
be ammunition" He was stout man and
had the salient.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest tciH be dns,persd
in this column Ten questions, the dns,eers
to tOhich euery tUell-informed person should
knot1, are asked ddily
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Picture Rights to Short Story

Editor Of "What DO You KHot0"-I wish %
obtain the moving picture rights to sho''
'' GRIFFIN {
II the author has reserved all rights eAcsps
that OF first periodical publication you N.Y. sh'
have 10 make an arrangement with MIN ~
erwise the moving picture rights are the prop'
ertv Of the publisher, with whom you mus'
negotiate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

wouldn't it be Enthusiastically Mexican
trick for the Carranzstas to capture Villa
before the Americans get a lick?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Orchestras

OrchesIas -. ,,o,, tel
editor oJ eWhas Do You Kio~N-can sog ~ sss
nae now many years after the founalns ~. " IA
rl..en ssVrnphony the nrst concert was Eis'H = y
PhiIadelphia by IL? Also how many stsis4
has the Philndelphia Orchestra peen
concerts2 s,o.lsi
es..,ss,heev 80 ths afsf Ia Phiadelplaia y
answer - your question would p - Il. a.az.
rhe present 3 the tsth seesQa p tAa
.'e Oreaesfra
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

We sincerely hope that when Portugal reads
our proclamation of neutrality she will not
feel that 1t is aimed against her and that we
have some occult purpose behind. The proc
lamation is probably kept in type at Wash.
ington ready for any emergency.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Mexico again is safe for Americans. First
Chief Carranza has issued general military
order directing complete protection for ctl-
zeris of the United States. Their lives are as
safe as those of American passengers on armed
liners. theoretically, of course.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Mr. MarshaIl's hat is still in the ring. He
answered presidential felicitations on his
sixty-second birthday by issuing a reassuring
statement that he "felt sure" the Adminstra.
tion would be reelected next November.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

The President must bear UP under a new
shock. William Howard Taft and Elihu Root
oppose the Brandeis confirmation. Still. this
may bring several more recalcitrant Senators
TO the favorable voting point.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

AnyoWe can hold the helm tohen the sea Is
coist.--PabIius syrus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

British Cabinet Undecided Polish Re-
- hef.-War news.
The British war command may be undecided
on the relief of the British at Kut but. for.
tunatey. the Russians know their own minds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15
Redistricting the Weather

Too much fault is found with the weather!
Much too much But there's this interesting
view as expressed the other day in the Bos-
ton Record: Nothing is so futile COM
plant of the weather but nothing Is so sat
isfying. 1t has the very essence of salts
faction because 1t Is inward. The joy of
finding fault with the weather is everlasting,
and is in no way hampered by the thought
that we cannot change conditions"
learned professor named Ward has lately,
however laid before body of savants a
plan for redistrcting the weather. He seems
to think that present conditions are wrong.
He divides the country into eight provinces.
The Eastern province includes all the eastern
United States except for the Gulf province
a strip along the Southern coasts extending
inland about 200 miles from the Gulf of
Mexico. The two plains provinces have their
eastern boundary roughly set at the Tooth
meridian-more exactly on the 2000-foot con-
tour The two plateau provinces begin at
the main crest of the Rockies and the two
Pacific provinces occupy the region west
of the crests of the Sierra Nevadas and Cas-
cades. The line dividing the northern from
the southern Pacific plateau and plains prov
inces follows in general the southern boun-
daries of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Ne
braska AS Science remarks, "These service
able subdivisions not only follow Professor
Wards specifications but also can be easily
remembered" Master Mark Twain would be
Interested He used to complain that in
spite of all the talk about the weather moth
ing had ever been done about it.
Personally, we believe that the weather
ought not to be changed. If we can't get
along with it, it's our own fault0lt is the
measure of ourselves 1t is the measure of
civilization. A certain famous geographer
draws maps to illustrate the distribution of
civilization, and how does he entitle his
article? Weather and Civilization" Not
climate" That man-knOws what he's talk
ing about. It's weather. X. II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

Possibly some OF the school children will
wonder what n-tional hero is being commemo-
rrted during the progress OF Shakespeare
Week" proposed as the local educational con.
tribution 70 the tercentenary celebration. The
works OF Avon's poet have become more and
more infrequent In production in our theatres
during the past decade. Famous passages are
not found in the new style school readers, and
-reeltations," which We're largely drawn from
3 Shakespeare. have passed with the Friday
afternoon elocution OF the little red school,
house. Maybe the efforts OF Superintendent
Garber and Professor Lacy win result in a
new birth OF shakespearean interest among
the young, Possibly. too, the charming and
iIformative tales BY Charles and Mary Lamb
can be placed on the list of supplementary
feading for the seventh and eighth grades.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

And afterwards, in the turmoil over the
decision of the referee youth Of about his
own age ventured to jostle John a bit. and
he said Hey What are you tryin to pull
OFF," And the other after looking him in
the eye said: "Nuthn'" And John said,
You better not"
And as we walked home with the three o.
them, we said to ourself: whats the use?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

<om the moment the Mexican situation
heeaAs serious a censorship was established
~ eai29za, and yesterday the same move
aas madsNpy Major General Funston. The
necesslty ana the wisdom OF censorship are
a1parenf IN this case. and the EvENINs
ItenaEn intends 70 observe both the spirit and
khe Istter OF the ofieial order The news serv.
- which Is reporting Mexican AFFAIRS for the
press Of America IS energetic and alert. and
eart Of us work is the communication OF
znomeial news. The EVENING LEDGER rec.
asnlzing iis dnty 70 give its readers the news.
S alsp conscious of the superior claim OF the
E1lzad States, which has, through the censor
z|,r. requested that nothing which can be OF
eIee . the common enemy be published
He IAe 80 oblisatlons % aOt come into
HaGH|tt al Aiany points. aud f s not likely
Iz 4s ztaHsditlss e the British sen-
e.u 81 nitsfea la this eoantfe but
- 1aaI Hf1s ass eene zaa newspaper
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-15

degrees. In that period there were seven
murders in this city, seven murders and 21
suicides. To go into the statistics with
greater detail would be too gruesome an
investigation, but the records show that the
murder and suicide rate goes up and down
with the weather Weather makes people
cross. misplaced pencil becomes a calam.
ity a Jest becomes an insult. Typhoid and
appendicitis are not serious diseases
than aggravated irritabity. But, after all,
the weather is not wholly to blame. People
are to blame.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-08
,f the state asylum for the insane at

of the state asylum for the insane at Phoenix
 Republican members of the house of representatives will be T. H. Cureton of Williams, representative from Coconino county, and formerly principle of the Williams schools; Harold Baxter, a young attorney of Phoenix; c. c. Green, a rancher of Phoenix, and A. R. Buehan, a pho tographer of Tucson
 Although it is seven weeks until the opening of the legislature, canGi- dates for president of the senate and speaker of the house, as well as other offices are already springing up. Mulford Winsor is a candidate for the presidency of the senate. His claim will be contested by D. H. Claridge, Senator from Graham coun- two men senators from Yavapai The conservative democrats, it is expect ed, will not caucus, but will support either Claridge or Attorney Fred Slut ter of Bisbee.
 Hn this move they will have the support of the republicans. In case Sutter should be their choice for president of the senate, it is proba- ble that either Thomas P. Walton of Maricopa or W. E. Wiltbank of Apache will be chosen speaker of the house Otherwise the speakership who is being mentioned for the post will go to T. A. Hughes of Tucson, who is being mentioned for the post, and who received the highest vote of the legislative candidates in Pima county.
 News reaches Yuma that J. B. Flanagan. editor of the Parker Post and candidate for representative at the recent primaries, will be a can didate for secretary of the senate. It is stated that if he is, he will have the support of the conservative dem ocrats and some of the republican members It has been impossible to confirm this news, however. He will have the opposition of Oscar Zapf, of Bisbee, if he is a candidate, while Maricopa county, which will very naturally try to cop the ''whole cheese" will present Ira Huggett for the position. For clerk of the house there are two candidates so far, F. Pinkley of Pinal, and Oscar Cole of Florence. Cole was secretary of the senate the last session and is now secretary of the state prison.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-08
WOMEN IN
 NEXT AS.SE N BLy

Three women will be seated in the next Arizona state legislature when that bcdy is called to order on Janu- ary next. All three women mem- bers of the legislature are members of the house of representatives and all are representatives from southern Arizona counties. They are Mrs Rosa Mckay of Bisbee, Mrs. Pauline O'Neill of Phoenix, one of the six representatives from Maricopa coun- ty, and Mrs. Theodora Marsh of No gales, the sole and only representa- tive from Santa Cruz county.
 This is not the first time that women have sat in the Arizona leg islature, but it is the first time that there have been so many women members, and the first time that they have all been elected to one house. In the second state legisla. ture which met in 1915 there was woman senator and a woman repre- sentative, the senator being Mrs. Frances Munds of Prescott, and the representative being Mrs Rachel Berry of Apache county Mrs. Munds was not a candidate at the recent election and Mrs. Berry was defeated in the primary election by a large majority, the voters of Apache coun- ty evidently preferring to be repre- scented by a man.
 Five of the nineteen members of the state senate of the third state legislature are republicans The re- publicans also elected four represen- tatives of the thirty-five members of the lower house, making the largest representation they have ever had in the state legislature. Two of the re- publican senators are from Maricopa county, one is from Pima, one from While five out of nineteen is not a large proportion, the republicans say they have a good working minority in the legislature that will serve to eiCI d CucCh Ou HdSIy dAu vised legislation on the part of more radical members.
 The republican members of the senate are H. B. Wilkinson, presi- dent of the Phoenix Title and Trust company, and a prominent attorney of the capital city; Ernest Hall, an architect and owner of what is known as the Blue Ribbon ranch, near Phoe- nix; F. O. GoddelI of Tucson, chief clerk to President Epes Randolph of the Arizona Eastern Railroad com pany; N. H. Getchell, mining Oper- ator from Yavapai county, and Dr. Ray Ferguson of NogaIes. Dr. Fer guson was formerly superintendent
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-12-08
ALLEGE THEY WERE FORGED INTO
 ARMY
Fathers Apply for Writs of Habeas Corpus to Secure Release; Both are under Age; Say Dads; Threats Are Charged.

Alleging that they had been forced by threats to be mustered into the United States service, application of writs of habeas corpus were filed in the United States district court yesterday to secure the release from army duty of Karl Jacobson and Roy Charlson, of Stafford, Arizona, both alleged to be minors The lads are members of Company B, First Arizona infantry.
 The applications for the writs of ha- beas corpus are signed, respectively, by the fathers of the two boys, Geo. P. Jacobson and H. R. Charlson.
 The application for habeas corpus filed for the release of young Cahrlson it is alleged that he is only Is years of age, and that he enlisted without written consent of his parents, and that the officers knew that he was not of age at the time of enlistment
 It is also alleged that on June 8 he was forced and compelled by threats to muster into the United States service, and that he was threat tened with Imprisonment in the Fort Leaven worth penitentiary unless he agreed. Captain E. H. Roach and Colonel A. M. Tuthill are named as the officers who now hold him at Naco.
 The application in the case of young Jacobson is similar in the main points His age is given as under IT years.
 Monday was named as the date on which the hearing would be held.