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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
MR.. JENNINGS EXPLAINS

TO the Editor Of the Euening Ledger:
Sir-When the women of the Congress
sional Union commenced to picket the White
House to inform President Wilson that in
their Judgment, he was not doing his duty
in not helping the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment through Congress man in passing
nv made the remark, Men would not do
this" | ma answer to this by offering %
helm them and suggesting some men by
name as types of the men who, in my
Judgment. would also serve. / mentioned
Wilmer Atkinson among some others who,
personally knew, were In favor of women
Voting. | was very careful not to say they
would do picket duty. Now Mr.. Atkinson
i'm writing to the EVENING LEDGER says
that | stated he would be willing to Join
me | made no such statement but when
/ thought of the hard and heroic work that
he had been doing for women 1 naturally
thought he would take another forward step
He makes the assertion that he would not
Ike to have men and women picket his
home That, my dear lend, is begging the
question There would be no rhyme or rea-
son for such action. You are a private cit
izen, and a mighty good one. and II is not
In yolr power or jurisdiction to help the
cause more than you have already done but
with the President 1t is an entirely different
matter. II has lain In his power to really
have the amendment passed. for no Presl-
dsnt has N dQminatsd congrsss ~ hs has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD

THE Kaiser and President Wilson are
l. not on speaking terms, but they and
their closest advisers are about the only
individuals in both countries who are not,
This is not simply an added proof of the
deep seated amty between the German
people and Americans. 1t is primarily
proof of that doctrine which the whole
allied and neutral world has accepted
since the Germans entered Belgium-that
the Prussian military oligarchy and the
German n"ople are two separate and dis.
tinct powers, to be treated with sep.
arately and separately judged
A wedge was driven between them
when the outside world began to learn
from prisoners diaries and other sources
that German schoomasters, musicians,
artisans-into whose hands rifles had
been thrust by a military machine--were
as much shocked as neutrals and foes
when they themselves were ordered 10
commit nameless atrocities. That wedge
went deeper when brave Germans began
to make their protests against Prussian
caste brutality heard and We're silenced
only in Prussian jails. The wedge went
all the way through and cut Prussian
autocracy and the German people apart
forever when this country indorsed these
words of its President:
We are the sincere friends Of the
German people and earnestly desire to
remain at peace with the Government
which speaks for them
Mr. Wilson distinguished between the
German Government and the German
people. Events since he spoke have EN-.
phasized the reality of that distinction.
Americans have been properly warned to
leave the domain of Prussian officers, but
the German people have shown courtesy
and even some marked kindness to Amer.
leans in the German cities. In this coun.
try the same courtesy has been shown to
Germans. There is no spy fever"
This miracle of sustained amity be.
| tween two peoples on the brink of war
| is the hope of the world. Therein lies the
| soil in which the German peoples self.
respect will find new root when they see
their military caste humbled before the
nations, as it must be humbled. This is
| not to say that American and allied opin.
| ion is forcing the Germans to abandon
| their unhealthy Government. That Gov.
| ernment is itself forcing the Germans
from their allegiance.
In the last few days hundreds of them
have taken steps TO become citizens OF
the United States in American cities, and
New York reports renunciations of allie
glance to the four Central Powers war
| lords as proceeding at the rate of thou
sand day in exchange for the protection
of the American nag. Imperialism is
bankrupt, Democracy q doing landofice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

MANY great discoveries have been ~.
result of accident, and now comes a Tin,
typographical error to give us a brilian,
idea. The New York World Of SUNDAY
said:
II was by the Presidents own r..
quest that the leaders of bath HOUSE,
discouraged anything in the form OF
demonstration, although they could mot .
wholly prevent the spontaneous ana
prolonged outbursts of applause that
the members of the Presidents own
party were moved to express.
why should not large tanks be bu,,,
under the Senate chamber and the Hons.
and trapdoors be set under each mem.
ber's feet, these last to be operated nv
an electric switchboard at the desk q,
the presiding officer? Thus, IL a lingo,
patriotic blood becoming incandescen,
should generate and cause to issue from
his mouth overmuch hot air, he nigh,
be instantly dropped into a pool of cool
Ing and healing waters.
This might prove quite as effective
too, for those indulging In loud and un
timely yappings for peace. The season
able use of cold water is conducive ia
temperance in all things.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Rasputin

k {. D-Narious and diverging stories
nave emanated from Russia about Gregory
Nasputlh' the mystic monk" his accession
TO power and his alleged occult influence
scandaIous intrigues and immoral life He
was Dorn IN Petrovsky, province of To-
bolskf siberia, about 1870. He first at.
tracted attention in 1905, when he CON
Quoted seances and appealed to the n,ys-
tlcs OF the Cars court He gained H.
favor of the royal family and exertad
an especial influence over the C'1arina
and the Czarevitch as a healer" Eor
thirteen years he is said to have swayod
the empire as the power behind tba
lhrohe, ana TO have caused the end of the
vodka traffic, In 1914 a woman stabbad
hlm' alleging that he had BETRAYED n pirI
When the European war broke out. he wa :
accused or being pro-German and OF work
ing lor separate peace. In Nav 1o16
he was reported assassinated. on the night
or December 29-30, 1916, Rasputin wae
taken from his home by a partv of 80
supposed to be mobiles, and led 10 q earann
adjoining the home of the younp prinon
FELIX lussupoif, by marriage nanhn,',
or the Car. Here he was ,,,urdns
being shot several times. The body was ro
covered from the River Neva Decemher a.
FIRST news dispatches had il that IL uaa
political assassination, but, accordirn "1s ts
Serglus Michaelow Trufanoff (Iliodor tbo
MAD MONK, once his friend and later his
sworn enemy, who now is in this countr,
Rasputin was killed because he noedai J,
III the domestic affairs Of the young prince
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
THE NEW EDUCATION
TO the Ediior Of the Erening Ledgcr'

To the EditOr Of the EreniHg Lcdgcr:
Sr-rhe new system Of education Will
he a boon 10 parents wherever it is in force
Children will be glad to go to school be-
cause they will know that the curriculum
no longer contains pctrifed Latin and Greek
nor bran-raCling arithmetic and spelling
And then. in the evenings, when the
street LAMPS are blinking and in the glare
of electric lights from the movies are mar
ing blazing red poSterS--then we wont see
the streets fun Of lOunginE schooiboys VINO
ought to be home studying their lessons
on. no. There won't be any lessons for
them to study, and this fact will be a good
thing morally. for them, because they will
he telling father the truth when they say
that their school work needs no prepara-
tiOn.
But lot us look into one Of these ideal
schools Come into this room, where we
see that group Of boys crowded around an
Instructor what is he doing? Why, he is
teaching the dear children how to cut a
paper doll out of the fashion page Of a
woman's magazine. Then look across the
hall there and see those Eirish faces held
fascinated toward the teacher who is show
ing them in detail the art of scientifically
threading a needle. Now peep out in the
snotless demonstration kitchen, where an
other class Of mixed pupils is being taught
"a manipulate the various kinds Of water
the water which they draw
Several years have passed Reginald has
been graduated from high school and has
received a diploma, the seal Of which he
embroidered with his own hand-the dear
child, Besides that. his youthful spirits
have never been Gampened by his being
forced to repeat a year. If he failed TO pass
az examination in cooking, for instance
he took up some other less difficult course
Ana now the little angel is going out
into the hard cruel world with undaunted
courage and head held high to take his
place at the front Of life's rugged battle
what can he do? Why ne makes the most
delicious choColates-they would melt in
I your mouth lie also embroiders his socks
in all the latest patterns, and you should
see the wonderful tatting he sews on the
bottom of his pajamas.
Moreover Reginald is fond Of practcinl
other things that he has learned. He is
! so practical Some afternoons ! have heard
| his hammer pounding away for hours anC
| when / went down to the cellar where he
was working ! saw where the little darling
| had tackled yards and yards of carpet tC
! the .rafters and the brave little man only
! had To cry once because he hit his thumb
! he is so accurate in his work.
! Oh-I'll tell you--if these new educator!
! accomplish their purpose our future genera
| tions will be different from those of the
past, EVERETT T. GLENN.
Philadelphia, February 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
RESTAGING THE ANCIENT FARCE

We must confess that a great many,
aye mos. of the difficulties Of the Re-
publican party come because EDDIE
and Jimmie" cannot ee.--Senator
Charles A. snyder
s.LNDDIE' is Senator Ware and Jimmie
IL is Senator McNichol. This remark
Of Senator Snyder, in a speech on the
Sproul investigating resolution, throws a
food of light on the situation for the
benefit Of those who have not yet realized
that the fight in Harrisburg is purely
factional and that each side is more in
terested in putting the other in bad"
than in clearing the honor Of the Com.
monweath We have had previous in
vestigations under the direction of the
same kind of men who are planning the
present one. They have been pushed
until it became evident that they would
make damaging disclosures and then they
have been dropped.
There are no indications that the pro-
posed Sproul investigation will be any
different from its predecessors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

that that feet has patroled the North
Sea for thirty months without serious
loss caused by submarines. What these
defending destroyers dc for the arme
fleet they will now have TO do for the
mercantile fleets. and il is natural to
suppose that England has built and Is
building many more of them. That the
submarines are limited to short dashes
was indicated by the sudden cessation OF
their activity off our coast. 1t would seem
that what our navy needs most is not
more submarines, but more destroyers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
FORGIVENESS

My heart was heavy for its trust had been
Abused, its kindness answered with foul
wrong;
So. turning gloomly from my fellow men,
one summer Sababth day l strolled
among
The green mounds of the village burial
place;
Where, ponderng how all human love and
hate
Find one sad level; and how, soon or late
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meek
ened face.
And cold hands folded over a still heart
Pass the green threshold of our common
grave,
Whittier all footsteps tend whence none
depart,
Awed for myself. and plying my race,
our common sorrow, like a mighty wave.
Swept all my pride away. and trembling,
forgave!
s=Whittisr,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

The President, in deciding that
merchant ships should not be conveyed,
takes the stand that the presence Of war.
craft in foreign waters would weaken
the force of his statement to Congress
that he could not bring himself to believe
the German Government would carry out
its threat This attitude is paralleled by
that of the French troops, who took up
positions several miles behind their
frontier so that the world should know
the Prussian authorities were the aggres.
sors. 1t is not the place OF the American
Government to warn travellers Of the risks
of travel-Berlin has relieved it of that
necessity. The tragedy that will serve
rs an example of covert act" if the
German threat is carrjsd out, will -un.
happily fall upon poo< seamen-Ameri.
cans-who are driven by force of neces.
sity to a risky voyage in order TO get
their bread and butter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
POLISH RELIEF CONCERT

To the EditOr Of the EVeninJ Ledger:
Sir-Allow me to express the gratitude of
myself and the members of the Polish COM
mttee of the Emergency Aid for the splen-
did assistance rendered in our recent con-
cert by the -LvENING LEDGER. You will be
pleased TO learn that the entertainment was
successful Much of it's success was duo to
the aid Of the EVENING LEDGER and other
newspapers. May we convey through you
our thanks to the music and society editors
of the EVEHING LEDGER?
ANNE Won MOSCTIZISKER, Chairman.
Philadelph :, February 6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

The Mayor and his advisers are
said to believe that the financial con.
dition in which the city finds itself will
not permit the erection of the Conven.
ton Hall in the immediate future. II
may be that it is prudent in the present
national crisis to delay final action, but
It should not be forgotten that a conven.
ton hall would be one of the most profit.
able Investments in which the public
money could be placed. 1t would earn for
the city each year many times the in.
terest on its cost. Even if war should
come, conventions will still be held, ana
they will go to the cities which have
proper accommodations for them A dec.
laration of war would be followed by such
m excess of active patriotism that con.
ventions would be in a mood to come to
the city in which the American Govern.
ment was started. In our planning for
the future we should not forget this big
fact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Tom Daly's Column

THE TREE OF SoNg
sang n,v songs for the rest.
For you,. I am stiil;
The tree Of MP song u bare
On its shining hili.
For you came Ike a lordlv to,nd.
And the leaves Dere ,chirled
Far as forgotten things
Past the rim OF the ,oorld.
The tree OF mv song stands bars
Against the blue
gaze mv songs to the rest,
Myself to you.
SARA TEAsDALE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Remarks About the New Methods of Education
Mr. Jennings Replies to Mr. Atknson-Why Production
of Distilled Spirits Increases

done Therefore I have seen no impropriety
in doing what the band of women have been
doing to impress on his mind a duty that
has not beer done. However, in the present
crisis that now Confronts the country
would not I'D one iota to Presidents
cares, and further. in my judgment, the
pickets should he withdrawn for the time
being. RYERSON w. JENNINGS.
Philadelphia, February Z.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter

MY Daughter Mary's weeping Bitter Tears,
The Beau she's had throughout the last
Two Years
Forgot to call week ago last night,
And she is filled with seven thousand
Skeers
But | know well the Reason why he'd not
Shown up that night. The Game was pretty
Hot.
played him Poker down there at the
club,
And Marys Beau won Every Single Pot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

The thermometer at the kaisers
Potsdam observatory registered twenty
six degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, the
night after Bernstorff got his walking
papers. But the Allies felt warm when
they heard from Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

1T WAS on the Sports Page. We saw
it, but we hoped nobody else would No
such luck! OF course, Krab noticed II
and, since he calls our attention to II
we must be a sport and admit that oui
own dear paper was guilty of this heao
"Lu Lu Temple Golfers Planning Erec
ton of Classic Site on the Charreo
Embers of Old Building"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

Government reports show that in
the eleven months ending last November
the quantity of anthracite hauled over
thirteen of the leading eastern railroads
for sale to the public exceeded by l,497.
s2s tons the quantity hauled by the same
roads in the corresponding months Of
1915, and yet one of the stock arguments
of dealers for raising their prices is de.
creased output at the mines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

While every one is hoping for the
best. he is also hoping that the Govern
ment is and has long been using its ut
most endeavors to prepare for the worst.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
This is the eighth dav NJ

This is tAs eighth day of unre.
stricted sea warfare. Or, deducting the
nye days grace allowed neutrals (and not
observed by the German Government.
this is the third day of renewed sea fright.
fulness. About fifty ships have been sunk.
only half Of them British. OF the 20, ,ooO. 900
British mercantile tons afioat about so 600
have been sent to the bottom-twenty.
ave in 10000. The submarines can no
1oubt infiic. much more damage. The
Gull brunt OF their onslaught will prob.
ably not be felt for another week or
two They are not stationed like other
bIockaders. dotting the ocean. Their tao.
Tics are rather to be described as dashes
across the paths OF traffic, each submarine
Wing limited to a voyage of four or five
Rqeks At the most. They are hunted
ut and day by several thousand swift
1TQTers. whose speed and small size
~ fa<rly esfe from tsrpsdo. rns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

The suggestion that Mr.. Bryan he
tnterned is a good one, hut all that is
needed could be accomplished if he were
equipped with Maxim silenCer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

If any one is anxious to know the
exact amount of the citys present bor
rowing capacity, he should consult the
last guess of the Controller, or a dream
book or something.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Fortunately the Senate is not to
be judged by it's Works

Senator Underwood is after the
farmers vote. He has urged Il tax of two
cents a pound on all oleomargarine to
increase the revenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

L. Iutuila Is the American island OF the
samoan Islands. In the Pacific.
e Spain's coast line Is not included In the
German war zone"
D. In ',Dominican Republic, W H. the initials
stand for West Indies"
o. n total of seven eclipses OF the sun and tho
moon ls the maximum possible In a year
D. yesterday was the birthday anniversary of
'hnrles Dickens thorn 1922.
death" ' "'a'A
'' n word is not necessarily good Englisb''
necanse 1t Is included In dictionary; il
cOllOquiaI "' '"s UT
o. me uonJon of ancient castles was n tover
projecting the main entrance and used ~
nm emergency fortress in case the castle
u Ihe Lincoln Memorial, at HodgensyiIIe Ev
marking l.incOln's birthplace was ma
ssented et to the nation September L. 1915, by
the Lincoln Farm Association "
10. The University of Minnesota (coad,oa ,,, !,
win more than 1900 students, has dbs
Nersities. N"" UNI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Territories Representation

L. B,-The Territories of the rni,od
states including the insular possessionsW
are not represented I'M the Senate AIasL.
Hawaii Porto Rico, the PhiIinnipas o.'',
Guam are allowed one delegate each ,pho Sto
has seat in the House of Representa,%i,,.aao, ~
and the privilege OF entering into the ae
bates; but he has no vote. The delegates
tories ierri-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08

Senator Ware apparently thinks the
Governor may exercise the same dis
erection in the use of the contingent fund
rs in the disposal of campaign contribu-
tfons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
QUIZ

]. In case Of war, Pago-Pago may figure In the
worlds news. What Is IL?
2. Ho" many books are there In the Old and
New Testaments of the King James ver-
sion of the Bible?
.. which il the Eternal City?
D. What IL "nrewnter"?
D. what is the man-power Of the United
States?
D. How many National Guardsmcn are there.
npprONimately?
a. VINO are the "CornCrackers"?
o. what states of the United States border
on Mexico?
D. who was the Cid:
United States"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
Our Blackmail Dept.

What would II
be worth 10 DR.
J-ck Da aC-st-tc u
suppress the story
of how ne won
the admiration and
friendship Of DIT
Nicholas Sem by
drinking, in the
course of a lons
night S e S o n
quantities Of gin
which was really
n t h n 6 b u
Schuylkill water?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-08
WHAT RUSSIA
is FIGHTING FOR
She Has Learned She Can't Live
With Germany and Wants
to Live With the
World
BY GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Spccto' Correspondence Ercnng Lcdger

SpCCiW correspondence ErCNWg IrdOer
IoNpON Ian. IS
| rI,ITE conscientious obicctor ls not the only
L cha'actcristoally Er,tish contribution to
/ 'n'S war Ihe CONSCIENTIOUS volunteer Is
/ quite as important and far more numerous,
/ although not So much is said about him
I.rcr,b,,o, and r,,s.f,,s ,,,,t,r o,.,r hor,
'''' ''''.S
nave commented again ana again on tho
! struggles Of conscience through which many
! Brtuus had io go before they could bring
/ themselves tu 20 tp war no matter In
/ what cause. Conscience, according to
: Snakasptar, who I.urw the Britons Of to-
! day fairly well. makes towards Of us all
| Bul he also knew that ~ sometimes makes
/ heroes as we'll
! ,,, Of t. ,.f.z, ,,,.t ,r,uhIog tho
I ,,,,.,..c,,,, ,r r I'LL t,..i,,r ia pucsia
/ H., I,,I.. n'I, ',r,',,, ur.,n tb, dazz,inp
4 .l,.,,.,... r i,,i.,,.. .,l i,., c,rb prorpi,r
r,1rg n. r.,i. ,,,a, ,In nos, 6nc v,'u uir
',r,r,f,,, r,,,, .,. ,Ir,rnus ,rrsccu.
ton ur the war aud - close entente with
Britain" RoacnouarIcs and semjlihcrals
. follow each other. the. Iuml protests quar-.
. ru|- rs dismissed And tho Brit0u OCCa-
stoual}y wonders what Russia is about Thor"
. iy yr,y utllr communication TIA" Russian
censorship is several centuries older nud
cIpvrrrr than Oh. ErNsu. II is oven hard
/ 20 find ont what the Russian people are
I doiuE or tniu,ng
u.b, II,.yI Ir.i,r d,,sn't like n hIt the
/ r,rt b,t r'. In,nrrrnni was directly on
/ r,dir,,.r, ,,dirr r,.. Hvsgfan bureaucracy.
.l.l, r,, w ,r..r Inns, AS GERMANY boil
/ ',,,.,,I ,,,, p,,..,,,, ,r, IN "a, ,orious times
r,,,, ,r,, ,.',,I,,,,,,,., 90, ,oro making head
,.,,, @ ,.,.,,, ,,,...,,.. ,,,,, r,,ssi, - ,,r,,,
49, 80, a., t,,,,,,,, W. L,
,I G,,,,r,n, ,..',,,.,,ii,,t, ,r IN. Entente Th,
l.,..,. r,, ,I, r,n,,,cr ,rfi,n had
/ ,,,,., r,...., .,.,,,.,,tior,II,. ,,,r.
/ ~ Nv l. tf,,1 ,r,,r, no ,,,,.,
/ ,F ,,,,,., g,uI D., ID,
, ",'', SUI I.,.,,,,r ,,a,,t, g., ,c,I
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/ '"' '"'' veg '''u ",.'H',',,'' ~ ~
/ <'l''"I '''', as wa, -, 'S
| ,'"''"l yes anu ''.'. Wv. ~ ~,
/ ',P ''' ,'"'' '' ,'''".', ','''N 49,
/ aH''I ln"' '" WY S"cn "''i,rI ''r ,''''
/ %I' 'e'uE ul'"' I'D ',Nl''' ''' "'''' W.
! '''SS'" I'I h''''>' '''"''''
/ Good DiI,'t KIN Vou bu+ Wa VIII"
The Russians resent this. ! was speak
/ ing tp one of them. recently com" to Eng
/ land ON somoIo.aI mission, ana he sa O..
81 hope that ~ the United states they
/ have not this new notion about Russians he