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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
HUGHES IS FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE

MIR. HUGHES has placed himself
IFl squarely in favor OF woman suffrage.
He has not lodged the issue as Mr..
Wilson has done by saying that It is
matter for the States to settle. He has
said that the Federal constitutional
amendment should be passed by Con-
eEass. submitted TO the States and rati.
fed by them promptly.
This declaration win doubtless bring
TO his support all the ardent women
voters in the Commonwealth where the
right OF suffrage has already been
granted. and It should lead all the male
voters who favor the reform TO unite In
his support In the States where women
do not vote.
The declaration Of Mr.. Hughes in his
telegram to Senator Sutherland Is the
kind OF a statement that was expected
from him. He does not believe ia dOdg-
ing the issues. He lodged none In his
admirable speech OF acceptance. and he
win face the music when he begins hts
campaign On the stump. II the country
dos not know nov where he stands on
al ths vital questions L sil know before
tna voting begins
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Exercise for Boxers

Editor Of "Whdt Do You RnoiO"-I am
boy is years of age and am very tall for
my age and would like to be in the best
OF condition about two weeks from today.
AS one of my exercises will be boxing 1
would greatly appreciate II you would tell
me what time of the day should box and
what other exercise l should do and what
foods l should eat. / work from 7 o'clock in
the morning until at night H.R.
Eat wholesome food, avoiding pork, veal
and pastry of all kinds Milk and toast
are very good with meals II you are
thinking Of taking up boxing 1t is necessary
TO have good wind and this can be done bv
long walks with occasional sprints. Keen
breathe fill your lungs and exhaIe slowly II
would be good idea to get punching bag
for exercise and also light dumbbells, about
one-half pound each, to use both morning
and night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

to discover the truth; but, assuming that
there was no plot, there was carelessness
and neglect somewhere or the thing could
not have happened The punishment Of
those responsible for the neglect will do
more to prevent repetition Of the dis
aster than can be done by the passage OF
a whole volume OF new laws. Every one
familiar with the subject knows that ex.
plosives can be handled with safety IL
proper care is exercised. The explosions
in the munitions factories hereabouts
have been caused not by careless
handling of the completed product, but
by some accident in the process of manu-
facture The armies abroad have handled
millions of pounds Of explosives without
accident. There is no need Of any city
working itself into a panic of fear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

II. Shaner endeavors to manage the
Ledger Athletic Association. lie has his
own troubles. Bill Cooper Is one of his
pitchers. Bill is a graduate of the Penn.
sylvania Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb. Shaner is not, but he has to
know the sign language in order to tell
Bill how rotten he is-and how often.
Shaner Is rapidly learning the language.
The other day Bill was particularly linn
burger. Shaner told him. But Bill
flashed this alibi on his weary fingers.
Say, 1 know I'm some bad today, but it's
like this: My arms dead because 1 had
to address a deaf and dumb mass-meet-
ing last night"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

N1HEN we were in Portland, Me-, the
w other day we saw and heard one of
the great organs of the world. It is the
Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, installed
in the auditorium Of the new Portland
City Hall by a prominent Philadelphian
since we do not wish to be called down
by the business department for advertis-
ing him; and we might easily be con-
victed OF such desire, being, as we are,
under obligation to him for a very pleas
ant boatride recently.
We may say, however, that after listen
ing TO the organ for an hour we were
convinced that II beats the Wister Park
Accordion Band all hollow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Handing 1t to the Neighbors

(Ad in Hulmeville Delaware Valley Advance }
I, Leonard X. Cox, citizen of the
Borough of Yardley, wish to notify the
residents of said borough that l am at
tending to my own business, and that II
keeps mo busy and when 1 require the
services OF any resident to attend to any
of my personal affairs I will so notify
them.
This notice is published in response to a
persistent Tumor that I am to be married
on July 20. / also wish to advise the gen.
eral public that II I do get married 1t is
none of their business and that I am per-
fectly capable Of managing my own affairs
without assistance from the residents of the
borough. LEONARD X. COX.
Yardley. Pa. July 10, 1915.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Castor oil Is so called from its resemblance
70 castoreum, secretion OF the beaver,
the Greek name for which IL kastOr.
2. A cataract or waterfall Is n chIEnon and
ChignOn Is u large, bun-shaped mass of
hair arranged In n net mt the back OF the
head.
3. Sir William Ramsay, who died last week
was one of the most distinguished British
chemists.
4. Macadam pavement Is named from John L.
Maeadam n Scotch highway engineer, who
invented II. ~
5. Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft
are the only living American ex-Presl-
dents.
6. Andrew jackson II generally charged with
introducing the spells system.
!. The Erie Canal wac completed In 1875.
8. Paul $. Relnsch, of Wisconsin, Is AmarIcan
Ambassador to China.
0. The Conversational Club, Incorporated by act
OF Congress- in 1908, Is an Organize tion
composed OF the wives of men In official
life In Washington.
10. The Orlginal Chestnut Street Theater stood
at 6O3-5 Chestnut street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Go Down Among the Flowers

VIII you not go down among them?
Among those sweet living things whose
new courage, sprung from the earth with
the deep color of heaven upon it, is start
ing up in strength OF goodly spire and
whose purity washed from the dust is
opening bud by bud. into the flower of
promise; and still they turn to you and
for YOU, 'aThe Larkspur lstens-i hear,
hear And the Lily whspers-I wait"
John Ruskin Sesame and Lilies) 1919
The devil is mortally afraid Of roses and
larkspurs and lilies given to US for joy
and the healthy love Of the out-of-doors.
Go down among the flowers. my children.
McTAYISH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Population of Japan

Editor Of "What Do You Rnoio"-What
is the present population OF Japan?
PACIFIC COAST.
The total population of Japan proper ana
her possessions, Formosa. Korea ana
in Financial and Economic Annual Of Janan
for last year. Japan proper has a ponn-
lation OF 54,2S2,s9s, or about 1000 To tba
square mile, The increase has been moTs
than 100000 in the last 10 years. Korea
has gained 100000 in the same period and
100000 has been added TO the total nonr,
lation OF Formosa. There is a largs NJ
ponderanee OF males over females in an
parts of the empire ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
SOLITUDE

Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground
Whose herd with mix. whose fields with
bread
Whose hocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade.
In winter, fire.
Blest, who can unconceFn'dly find
Hours. days and years. slide soft away
In health of body. peace OF mind,
Quiet by day
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixed, sweet recreation,
And innocence. which most does please
With meditation
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlapented let me die
Steal from the world. and net = seona
Tell where l lie.
-Ale4ander Pope.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
me explosion in Jersey

The explosion In Jersey City on
saturday night has been followed by the
usual demand that a Law be passed to
make such things impossible in the
future. as though explosions could be
prevented BY q few words printed On a
piece Of paper There Is doubtless law
enough already to compel the exercise OF
proper care IN the handling Of explosives.
what Is needed. more than new statutes.
4 . pzoper realisation or the risk In the
business ana the exercise OF constant
vigilance. They say that the explosion
va caused by fire IA barge tied up
q lha pier where i had no right. ana
tzat the barge Eas there because IL
osasrs "a ret want e pay q Zee q f2s
far aeHfe ase e 1oEaes e something q
a. so Il Va Fe4alfs e lnvssllEzElon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Tho Deutschland start,

The Deutschland starts on her
hazardous voyage home with nothing but
good wishes. She has stayed long enough
in our port TO make US feel friendly
toward her. We wish to see her again.
and many OF her fellows. We cannot
forget. on command. that her stepsisters
have strewn the seas with our dead. But
We are willing to wish her bon voyage
and to wonder how much longer Ger
many will hold out in the war which
drives her commerce undersea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
The Senate caucus did wen to

on all extraneous amendments from the
child labor bill The fate of that bill
must be decided definitely on its own
merits. and skilful as politicians may
be they are not justified in placing the
immigration bill with its intolerable
ilteracy test in the same offering for the
Presidents signature. A Republican and
3 Democratic President have vetoed the
literaey test. 1t has no standing. And
the certainty that President Wilson
would veto 1t again was the motive for
attaching it as a rider to- the child labor
bill The trick Is bit too low even for
such 3 time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Rx a singular oversleht n.

BY a singular oversight nothing
appeared in the papers concerning the
fan OF Verdun, which took place yester-
day. The American press is so dominated
by the Entente that 1t refused TO take
the Crown Princes word for it. 1t is
true that the Crown Prince missed It on
April 1. and on several dates since. But
he Is a gentleman and member Of the
infallible. divine-right HohenzoIlerns. The
.Fatherland" ought TO look into this
serious case of lese majestic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

I work ana sweat, my clothes all wet;
For goodness sake it's hotl
/ cannot 20 where cool winds blow
Such JOY Is not my lot.
My winter dope was full OF hope
or summer at the shore.
But many bills and sundFy ills
Took all ia saved and more.
So still slave and try to save
with thrlftiness and care
From every pay TO send away
The sheckels ! can spare.
Far from the heat OF city street
Ths wife and kid have fed:
When they get back. alas. alack!
fear they'll IND me dead.
w. L. sacrey
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

1. What IL q cassOwnry?
g. Under whose charge Is the Washington Ma
tiOnRl Monument?
g. Who Is the Public Printer?
4. Is Adellna Patti still alive?
3. What is "a trivet?
O. What Is bechameI sauce and why Is It SO
called?
Z. What Is the "NIurder League Of Britons"?
8. About how long ago did Goethe live?
0. Who H. thu Chief Secretary for Ireland In
the British Cabinet?
death"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

A phenomenon to which we are
not quite reconciled is the unanimity of
opinion among the Allies that they will
win the war. The only thing which gives
us the same hopeless feeling is the
unaninity OF opinion among the Central
Allies that they will win the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Who Said 1t?

Editor Of "What Do You Kno,O,-can
you tell me who said this:
"Aiaidens, like moths. are ever caught bv
glare. -
And Mammon wins his way where seraphs
might despair"
Perhaps some reader may be able to beIn
this correspondent -s'P
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Tom Daly's Column
HEIMwAERTs
TO Won. Dentschlnndl

Good luck to YOU Deutschland
May your journeys end be all your
galiantry deserves!
But it's too bad you didn't have room
aboard for all your friends here who do
ungallant things in the dark.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Amputate Ankles Close to Ears

Sir-Ons OF our children came IN the other
day, crazy with the heat, and asked me II /
wouldn't please prepare Tor dinners
oiled bunlons.
pswed steaFa.
pemOn lie
cheWed Htlclken,
cozon fruslard
what would you der
ANXIOUS A1oTHEA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
TagOre in America

Editor Of What Do You Rno.ou- -E4ss
Rabindranath Tasore ever been In Anasr-
iest POEPICUS.
fagore was In America four years aeo
he Is now on his way here from Iansn
ana is expected 70 arrive IN san Fran-
CLEO 70 september. whence he viii make
his way laisurely - tha Atlantic c.ssz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

Editorials in the T. r. newspapers on
the speech Of acceptance yesterday morn.
ing reminded us somehow of dear old Jim
Riley and his poem about the "Squidgy-
cumsquees at swaller themselves"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

Next TO reading the efforts OF for
eigner" to write Irish dialogue. the thing
that wearies US most is the stock story
of the Irish soldier who "surroundered"
twenty or more Germans single.handed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

Roland Morris admits that the his
torical Democratic tariff position was
wrong The country had condemned It
so many times that the wonder is that he
did not discover this long ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

The Presidents acceptance speech
will not be as long as Mr. Hughes's. In
the words of the dime novel, little re-
mains to be said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Are there any storage houses for

Are there any storage houses Tor
munitions in or near Philadelphia? Are
they properly guarded against accident
or intention to destroy? Is every safe
guard for the city being taken? Is the
law being scrupulously observed? These
are questions to which an answer may
be given now. Otherwise very definite
answer may come later on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

A Spanish woman crops up in the
news as the villain in a bandit raid. 1t
"a only few days since the Spanish
uncle fraud worked right here in Phila.
dalnhia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

Philadelphia is building one new
garage for every ten new houses. Now
that touring car can be bought for 1850
It is likely that We shall build ten new
garages for every single new house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
Copyright.
FUTURES"

Pity the schoolboys OF 1850. who will
have to learn by heart the history of the
present decade. The lse drastic notes alone
would stump a regent.-Albany Knicker-
booker Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

Provost Smith evidently struck fire
when he said the University needed
s20.00o,0 900. The Alumni Association is
planning to raise a quarter OF 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

The ladies who play golf on the
Cobb's Creek course ought to know that
high heels are as much out of place there
rs sport shoes in a ballroom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

EDUCATION INCOMPLETE
The feHol1 t1ho brdgs OF his college
And all his great ledrHin0's bore.
The man t1ho is proud of his "krotuledge''
Is badly In need Of some more.
4 Crouch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

again changed his story, stating this time
that he had, at Patrick's instigation,
placed over the face of the sleeping Rice
with chloroform.
Medical Experts Disagree
Patrick was brought to trial for the
murder. Coroner's Physician Donnelly
and DIR. Hamilton X. Williams, who had
assisted with the autopsy. went on the
stand and swore that only the vapor of
chloroform could have produced the ef-
fects noted in the lungs. They were
backed by the testimony of two other
physicians, but were contradicted by that
OF dozen medical men.
Patrick was sentenced to death. Four
and a half years he languished in the
death house at Sing Sing, and II times
during this terrible period he saw fellow
convicts pass the grating of his cell to
enter the death chamber. At the time of
Rice's death the young lawyer had been
engaged to woman whose confidence
in his innocence induced her to marry
him in the Tombs Prison after he had
this devoted wife waged an untiring battle
for his freedom. Like a veteran criminal
lawyer, she sifted all OF the evidence and
presented the facts to specialists. One
OF these. DIR. William Smith. OF Kirksville,
Mo-, stranger, who had not known Pat
rick, volunteered to help her and circu-
lated in Patrick's behalf petition, which
was signed by 100000 persons. Mrs Pat.
rick charged that 100000 of the fund
left by Rice for the founding of the negro
institution in Texas had been spent in
the endeavor to send her husband to the
electric chair. AS the result Of her fight.
Patrick's sentence was commuted to life
Imprisonment on December 20. 1906, and
six years later he was pardoned by Gov
ernor Dix, of New York.
Valet Jones mysteriously disappeared
and remained in hiding for three years
after the Communication of Patrick's SEN
tence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

YOUNG MAN wanted for outside work who can
row boat and make himself generally useful
on genteman'a summer residence on Toms
River. n, J. Apply this evening etc.
Where Is the young man to row the
boat on the gentleman's residenee7 In
the guttersf G. W. ID.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

When Mr.. Hughes breaks the ST.
lence he makes a noise that can be
heard from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

The New York Tribunes article on
''The Decline of the Lawyer" does not
refer to fees.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general Interest tCiu be dnStDered
IN this column. Ten questions, the dnStOerS to
tohich cueTy loeil-iHJormed person should knoto,
are asked duilU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

There is widespread opinion that
the reason for the removal Of the State
Entomologist lies beneath the surface.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02
PhIlsdslphi.. "wednesday. August q. 1916.

H oil the year tDere playing holidays,
To sport Would be as tedious as to
work. --Shakespsars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

pillow, but when cross-examined the valet
again changed his story. stating this time
that he had, at Patrick's instigation,
placed over the face of the sleeping Rice
towel containing a sponge saturated
with chloroform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-02

4eA0Eros4's aftfcls t1ill dsdl i1ffh a. 8I1f
f-t.sz. 2 ~ afcof tzcr lnd lazf1 1te 1nz1.=
llaliq4s q ih.s eeaaiT4 IS rcsnfct = iht c9aI=
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-08

:, a.. - = o,,as,,,ns satoona.
ns'N ,sst,rg ~ the lansing Cham
- Commerce held Tuesday. No
- $3.50 1aI5 me Following was OF.
ss-.S.
- ss n, the / Lansing Chamber of
c-s,, -. 80 = an oreanization to pro
'sss1 ~ onjv the. Commercial pros
Ill., - - 49, sSs,ns Int 10 40 any and
s VI - thsf ,.,iI' MAKE / ansing q
e. ha,t2- 'S,,a more desirable city In
$3.50, - 1,vc We believe the open
49,. 81 X, ! menace I'd the moral
49, ...ss5 -, @s,fs q and 4 iletfiment to
~. ~, ,re, =, AZ our city,
,<e ~ 1870 1870, * was signed 6yE al
&. {. ~ *, s ,','s,nsss men
49,. !. q. ~.
u ~ 4, ,,,s..,,b &, ming MAJORITY or
~. - =, ~ ~ r ~. fhe citizens Of
.' = 70 adopf me
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- ~, ~. = =, ~ Z nrcvince Nav
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= ksr,a ssSnti. e
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~ 1900 S-'s,s. {Sss- pF,,ns ozicf has pro-
s'.,..t:.. q, 80, ,,,,t ~ IL counties and
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- e $3.50 'en ~ ,a.t i,hs~ta declareli
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49, 80 s,,,,,, :, nsvsnaners ~ the
49, t eis. ,, ,yas..s was eo;nr on
s..is .'s St,ss srs discussed
-, 49,. ,,,,ls - waa re-
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g2L'ea s1 a.. s' ssc, ~ :, tom MAJ sn,d
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-08
Worlds Strides In temperance

that much money formerly spent in
drinking is being used to improve the
homes or is going into savings &C
counts.
Oregon.
When prohibition went into effect
January, 1916, according to the San
Francisco Examiner, the penitentiary
contained the largest number Of con-
victs IA the history of the state. There
were 541 prisoners confined within
the penitentiarg walls. A little over
10 weeks of prohibition in Portland
makes good showing for the law.
Bankers report the starting of more
savings accounts than during the first
10 weeks of 1915, and an increase in
the deposits Public safety Is i'm
proved, according t. The police depart
ment fewer street accidents have oc-
Cured. Arrests Tor drunkenness and
vagrancy during the months of Janu-
airy and February, 1916, totaled 53l.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-08
!" JESUS, Babes
SERM0NSUbJECf
BY DRasCUDDER


q All persons interested in prison re.
form have watched with great interest
the efforts made by the political OPP
ponents of Thomas Mott Osborne to
discredit his splendid work in the
transformation of Sing Sing prison.
1t is a matter for great congratulatiop
that he has been so triumphantIy vim
Dictated in the first suit brought
against him.
Recognizing the widespread enthus-
iasm awakened all over the country
by the work of Mr.. Osborne, the heads
of the prison reform movement have
asked that every minister make ref
erence to this great cause in his pull.
pit on Sunday, April 8. DR.. Doremus
Scudder is very glad to accede to this
request, and .doubly ( so since the
course of sermons which ne is Civ
ing every Sunday morning at Central
Union church naturally points to such
a theme The general course is en-
titled Jesus Father and the sub
title of Sundays sermon is His
Babes. All students of social reform
in addition to the usual sermon-tasters
are cordially invited to hear this
address, which will be given at IL
o'clock ~ ! ! -