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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

Paul Geraldy's THE war--Madame" is
an exquisite little masterpiece from the
French viewpoint. Mr.. Britling Sees II
Through" has been generally accepted
as "the book OF the war" But what OF
humber competitors? There are virtu.
ally none of them.
Identical is the professional play
wrights course. American attempts were
made two seasons ago with the melo-
drama Of Under Fire" and earlier with
the more ambitious piece, THE Hyphen."
In both instances the dramatist was a
pygmy beside his subject matter. Mr..
Megrue's Under Fire" futllely sought
to depict actual warfare on the stage.
Mr.. Knoblauch's THE Hyphen" was too
close to perious facts 10 be comfortable
as art. Indeed. before the foo'lights the
only war triumphs have been Sir James
NJ. Barrle's His "The New Word" and
THE Old Lady Shows Her Medals" cur
rent in both New York and London,
strike the right key with rare delicacy.
But these are only one.act tabloid
dramas, duly stunning the grand man.
ner.
If, therefore, our playwrishts are wise
this summer they will discuss once more
the eternal domestic triangle" and other
standard social themes and keep clear
of the war topic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
PHILADELPHIA WILL adopt"
A FRENCH TOWN

WE SUGGESTED to the French Am
w bassador that the people Of Phila-
delphia, following the example Of Wash.
ington, would doubtless be glad to
adopt" a devastated town in the recov-
cred provinces Of France and aid in the
rehabilitation of its people and business,
provided he would be good enough to
name the particular town about which
Philadelphia should throw its protecting
arms We print elsewhere a facsimile
reproduction Of Ambassador Jusserand's
reply.
Men talk Of our debt to France. May
we not forget the burden Of specific
obligation and base such helpfulness as
we can offer on the love and admiration
we have in our souls for brave and
devoted people. who have offered them.
selves and all that they possess in classic
sacrifice for the defense of their homes
and their institutions? 1t is a privilege,
a very great privilege, to be able to reach
across the seas and clasp the hands of
such a people, TO work with them and
to help them. What a glorious thing
IL one community in France, above all
others, should wear the word Philadel.
phia craven on its heart, from gratitude
one equal bears another for generous
service done!
We expect to be able TO announce in
the near future the name of the French
town to be adopted by this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
COLLECTING A REPUBLIC

THREE- -FOURTHS of Chinas 400,-
l. 100000 live in little isolated villages.
each with its own laws, customs and re-
lgious traditions and with surprising
degree OF local self-government The
Chinese are called "the freest people in
the East" Having observed that the
Russian people were fundamentally demo-
cratic, President Wilson was on equally
firm ground in expressing the hope and
belief several weeks ago that the Chinese
Republic would eventually pull itself to-
gether. Since 1912 Chinese intellectuals
have been trying to collect a republic out
of the "makings" contained in a myriad
village.republics.
Civil war reopens without a national
consciousness anywhere except among
the immediate followers of the Manchus
and the republican intellectuals. The vii.
layers, almost entirely made up of farm
ers, industrious, home.loving, provincial
know their own vicinities and but little
about the people living few miles away,
owing to the impossible transportation
facilities The rival armies are deciding
SoIHeNlIHB "hiSh appears W CoIlCei II
them only remotely, as the Manchus did
not or could not interfere much with the
local provincial administrations. In the
long run the republican intellectuals
ought to win because of the leaven of
democracy in the whole mass. The viii
lagos have probably learned in the last
five years that a President at Pekin in.
terferes in local affairs even less than an
Emperor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
NO TIME FOR "soB STUFF"

Here is a sensible hint from an officer
In the navy;
81 wish" he says, I'VE could censor the
sob stuff A boy gets a letter from home
filled with Your dear empty chair is at
the table or Mother cries herself to sleep
every night, wishing for her boy and the
result is a homesick sailor made doubly
So Cut out the sob stun Write the
boys cheerful letters and stop feeling sorry
for them"
II will occur 10 any one who considers
the subject senslbly that there can be no
good in writing or saying anything that
will have tendency 10 make the boys who
have gone into the army and navy regret
their action.
Any mother who wishes to do a rss,
service for her boy who is In the army
or the navy will write him cheerful lettsrs
ifstsad Of assuring him that she Is hssrt
broken because Of his absence. II iS ~,
best a selfish sentiment that pronnnts -.
parent to describe his or her sufferinr ~.
cause Of the ''empty chair at the tahie Z,
Let there pc heroism AZ home as well a. in
the traiKir1. .}Qppt and on he trair,t"
rhlnIf fSl1 News
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
PRISONERS OF WAR

GERMAN treatment of prisoners s
~ accordance with all classic tradidon
The ancients looked upon prisoners taken
battle as proper subjects for permansh
slavery; in fact, the bulk Of the enornoa
slave population OF the Roman empire va
almost entirely made up of the eaptives an'
descendants of captives) taken in csmpairi|
of conquest.
However, The Hague war regulations ga
fully with the treatment Of prisoners. II
required that prisoners be humanely treahi
All their personal belongings, except am'
horses and military papers, remain ne
property They can be confined anwhs'|
their captors desire, but only as an nds
pensable measure of safety and only 50 lon1|
as circumstances demand their close dets'
ton. The State may utilize their labor 81
oording to their rank and aptitude, with 'h'|
exception of officers. Their tasks must n'
be excessive and must have nothing % ~
with the military operations. They may II
authorized TO work for the public ssf'i's
for private persons or on their own acap'
Work done for the State must be pan ~
according to the schedules in force for y
soldiers Of the national army employs Il
similar tasks The wages Of the prisons''
must go toward improving their condli0A
and the balance must be paid them on me
release, after deducting the cost OF me
maintenance. AS regards food, quarters .
clothing, prisoners must be treated on u
same footing as the troops of the Cover
ment that has captured them. Any act
insubordnation warrants the punishm''
that would be received by soldiers Of =
capturing Government.
Escaped prisoners. recaptured before th'
have succeeded in rejoining their army
liable to disciplinary punishment. Prs'|
ers who. after escaping, are again eaptui
In battle are not liable to any punishms|
for the previous flight. Every prisoner
war is bound 10 declare his true name
rank II questioned, and II he disregards In|
rule he is liable to a curtailment OF the i
vantages accorded 10 the prisoners OF
class. Prisoners may be set at liberty |
parole II the laws OF their country authon|
IL, and In such cases they are bound on y
personal honor serupulously to fulnlL n
as regards their own Government ana
Government by whom they were made y
oners, the engagements they have II
traoted Any prisoner OF war who IA l'0|
ated on parole and rccapmroe while beH|
arms against the Government 10 whiH
has pledged h|a honor can ta brougiH
fora the ronrIt ana nnn|1NIN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
Tom Daly's Column
THE VILLAGE POET

AhH A@AAaOA wa
Whenever us Saturday IN st0elterinc
JuiU
An Sedshoretoard or mountainicdrd the
rich begin to M.
NJ heart goes out IN pitV to the neigh
borS 1Dho qDtH mind
The patriotic gardens that those Sldckers
leaUc behind.
PUe seen so many councils held across
the garden fence,
II isn't any trick at all to tell hotO they
commence.
The Horticultural Stacker. tDith dpolo0etic
cough,
Remarks: "You bnotC, my tUite an are
tdkin' three ,ccekS of.
The doctor says tCc need q, george.
." You sec the tUay toerc
placed.
We hate to hare our onions an potatoes
90 TO ICdSte,
An though you'vc got enough TO do.
on. ,oiH you, Gcorge7
That's kiadl"
The patriot takes the garden that the
others ledvo behind.
The Stacker and the sIdchcrcSS thcU pack
trunk or ttOo
An iUith merry "tdrc-ye-tCeH" they
disappear from Vtet0.
The plain, heroic stdv-dt-home he
1Cdtchcs, hoe IN hand.
with feelings that are anything but
GLORIOUS an grand;
An tchcn hts otCn apporttonment Of
gardening Is done,
He Stghs to think the nei0hbors' bit Is
stW to be begun.
An tCedrilv he mops his brot0 an bitterly
regrets
That he's the foster.tdther Of those
orphaned onton sets.
And so upon this Saturday IN s,oc1tertn0
July
As sedShorepdrd or mountdin1Cdrd the
rich begin to M,
Ny heart goes out IN pity TO the neigh
borS 1cho 1OiEl mind
The patriotic gardens that those slockers
ledve behind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

LA LIBERTE, so the dispatches tell
us, vouehes for the truth OF the story OF
the German officers encounter with the
Belgian lad whose donkey was not named
Albert because he had loved his King too
much nor Wilhelm because he loved the
donkey too much We are ready TO be.
lieve ana laugh AZ that sort OF thing
without asking for the proofs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
Paper Golfers

There was young golfer named Jensil,
Whose grip and whose stance were pre
hensile
He turned in each score
Around seventy-four;
But his favorite club was a pencil.
GRANT RICE.
Another, most oddly named Gentle,
Whose vtctories mostly toere mental,
Performed his best rounds
with the cultural sounds
And the Iabtdl, Hn0UdI and dental
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
WAR TOO BIG FOR DRAMA

WITH the stage now becaimed in its
w annual doldrums, American dramatists
have sufncient time 70 get busy on a
crop OF war plays. 1t seems safe 10
prophesy. however that there viii be no
rich harvest OF such products. The tre-
mondous realities OF the conflict seem 10
lend themselves 10 neither fctional nor
footllehf treatment In the former field
I've ho4|'e appeaf aitunsa % the times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
There is always some Idiot n NJ

There is always some idiot to play
a practical joke, but term in jail would
do no harm to the man or men response
BILE for the hoax relative 70 draft mum.
bers. conscription is serious matter.
and intimations that there Is anything
crooked about f. which Is contrary TO
the fact. have BAD eject.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
Some farmers who

Some farmers who have been
caught in the maelstrom Of overproduc.
ton and face bankruptcy as a result are
crying for help Mr.. Hoover would have
given It to them weeks ago If Congress
had been willing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

OVER in England Lord Desborough
has been advising people to cut an eye
out of each potato before cooking it and
to use these eyes as seeds whereupon
another peer, Lord Dartmouth, thus
MARBLES:
A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
Were the lessons we learnt In our youth
Now Lord Desborough shows how the care
of an eye
Will provide for the needs Of a tooth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

MY OBJECT ALL SUBLIME, ETC"
Those Pekin correspondents may be able
70 fool the younger generation, but they
can't palm OF on 'us old-timers" any of
that Gilbert and Sullivan "Mikado" stun
and call II news For instance:
PEKIN, July 1 (delayed).-The edict issued
today in the name Of Hsuan TunE, the young
Emperor, follows; LII Yuan Hung memorial.
ICES us to take over the Government, stating
that he was forced by the troops durinE the
first revolution to become the nations head
He bemoAns his defects as head OF the re.
public and asks to punish. We recognize
his mistakes, and also his merits. We hereby
appoint him n duke Of the hrst class"
Pooh-Bah And so he bemoans his de-
fects, does he. Koko, and asks us to punish
him2 Well then, we must surely make the
punishment At the crime-so hereby an
point him duke of the first class :"
CAMBERTH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

Norway has lost $50 ships by Ger.
man assassination and wonders why we
won't release more Of our tonnage 10
supply her with food and materials.
People who want food these days must
fight for Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

Daniel Blumenthal, former Mayor
OF the Alsatian town of Colmar, is re-
ported to be on his way to America to
EXPOSE the Kaiser" At the risk of using
a long word, we venture to call his mis-
sion somewhat supererogatory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

The Goulds' marriages with non.
millionaires are said 10 have made So
ciety sit up" According to some folks,
a little uprightness for a change won't
do Il a bit of harm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

WHY shouldn't the Government exact
of each man found guilty OF being n
horticultural Stacker" the equivalent of
the vegetables his vacatloning permits TO
rot? 1t would provide some work for our
statlsticians, surely. How many toes to
potatoes?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

why do you spell Brussiloff with two
s's?"-Inquiry by a correspondent
Because he does.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

1t serves Mr.. Creel right--a news.
paper man ought to know better than to
try to be a censor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

What a simple people we are
Washington thinks that German secret
agents are paid huge salaries for read.
ing American newspapers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
What Do You Know?


I. What Chinese general has Just replseed 4,
boy Emperor on the throne at Pehni
2. Where Is POntn Delgada, which was n
Gently bOmbarded by German subns
Tlne?
3. What is regarded as the national game I
Canada?
4. When did st. Patrick live?
8. In what Chinese city IL there an Amerier
court for United States citizens?
9. What Is a mirage?
7. Who II the author Of the remark, Good
Americans, when they die. go to Parbas
8. What was the real name of Bill Nys9
o. OF what island is Premier VenlEelos ~
tive?
10. What plant blooms at night?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

According TO Senator Pomerene
there isn't much difference between the
Coal Trust and the Black Hand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

We do not know who the German
spies are, but there is a man in Chicago
who would stand investigation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

Bases are opened for Pershing's
men," sings the cable. Time to play
BALI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07
Logolepts on a Spree

We had occasion to invade the den Of
our proofreaders yesterday to search for
a piece of copy containing a street ad-
dress we needed and we overheard a
couple of the wise denizens discussing
the misfortune Of Sam, the nlghtworker
Sam, you will remember, had his UNI
brella stolen from him In a police station
by a stranger he had befriended.
Pretty tough on Sam, the lychnobite,
wasn't it?" quoth one.
Yes" quotha, "lychnobites and nycta-
lopses seem naturally to prey upon each
other"
But to be preyed upon in the exi.
gency of celestial lachrymation"
quite so. Speaking OF praying, that's
what my wife does at the first fulmineous
rumble"
Subject to astraphobia. is she?"
Terribly. 1t keeps me poor erecting
paragreles."
That reminds me-" said this one, draw
ing his pipe from his pocket, have you
a locofoco? Thanks!"
"Logolepts!" we snorted and went our
way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07


File Three stood motionless and pale,
OF nameless pedigree;
One of a hundred on detail
But would l had been he!
In years a youth, but worn and old,
With face OF ivory;
Upon his sleeve two strands OF gold
Oh. would had been hel
The General passed down the line,
And walked right rapidly.
But saw those threads ana knew the sign
All, had l been File Three!
Twice wounded? Tell me where you
WERE"
The man OF stars asked he.
"Givenchy and LavenZe sir
Oh. where was ], File Three
Then crisply quoth the General
You are a man, File Three"
And Tommy's heart held carnival
God Would 1 had been heI p. W.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-07

IT MAY be we will not be able prop
erly to appreciate the value OF poems in
spired by the war until the war is over,
but it seems to us there will be perma-
nent place for these lines from the Chi
cago Tribune, built upon the news in a
London dispatch that General Pershng
stopped in his walk, turned sharply and
faced File Three.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

five or ten miles an hour is reached.
The gear should be shifted when the
car speed has been decreased 70 this
extent and THE driver should guard
against the shifting before slowing
Gown simply because his Judgment tells
him that he IS go.ns Go have % use a
cWcY scar. IL he desires 20 make a
silent SHIFT, There Is tendency 20
anticipate the necessity and then TO do
it Immediately and before 10 is required
the consequence is noise
~When climbing sjeer hills il Is de-
S.rab.c % make the shift, ar little higher
car speed than on the level otherwise
the car may lose 50 Uluch momentum
during the operation that the engine
VIII De unable 20 pics up the load and
win stall This Is a rather difficult sit
uatiou which ree'S special handling
IN great many cases q silent shift
may De made on hin by leaving the
throttle slightly opsr So that the engine
speed Win increase when the clutch Is
released and make q very quick shift
with The 'c,u,ch but parity released
After the driver becomes a little ex-
periencei he mar shift from third o.
second w.;hou, sound 40 practically arv
car speed thst the engine is able o.
attain on second Eear. This may Pc
found valuable even when climbing q
Stee0 hu and in anticipating necessary
shifts tn make ,h.s sl.t, s- high speed
release tre clutch. ship, scar lever .o
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09
HOW TO ATTAIN EASE IN
SHIFTING AUTO GEARS

ProNably the chief busaboo Of the
new car owner is gear shfurc rhis
is evident from the fac, ,ha, the aver.
asc motor drlviOg rovics vM leave
The gear ir hlgh when the ear is Slow
"a down practically 90 a Stan3S,u aud
make thc cusinc laoor iu orisr 20 PICK
up Si,eci asa.n, rather than run tho
riSN ~ making a noisy gcar shift he
haS learned tuom the br.et experience
that. On addition 90 the noise he creates
be does rot ALWAYS Saccced I'm meShirg
the gears ana failing 20 90 So has To
star; on from "a >,Snd>tiu Hence the
tendency ~ the new owner rot o. shift
sears, out 20 make the start on hish.
scar.
ON yhe Sut5ec, ot gear Shif,irr II
Cllttori Erokaw Principal % the West
SSte y NJ. T.. a. Siti. II a man should
st; lrto strange c4r DE- could harsrv
oe tNpe,iei 20 >hlf, the sears sfSsleSs.
d urte- $40 co-au,nS but . man wh,
owns a ear ar3 drives it should learn
very quickly the pecular.tseS ~ thst
par,icu.ar car ana be able @, make
the relu.0ed star shifts wiki stse ana
ccalls-ce.
Sratrr sears at ttc proper :.me
saves cons >terab,e rack % tire ertr.
1',re1r->-r 20 ,ht CAR 10 u>-alv IS r.1-
Ns-l t-t.---, -r the average GAP t- Shfs,
O. t-sre- scar. although >-e car
owners r-.rase % stir ur e1-s.se-sa'-
->e Oh cr.l- THIS one at tra >---.s>
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

unless the car is at a standstill. The
owner who is eager to drive noiselesAy
and well ought 10 try a quiet country
road and practice for an hour or two
on several days until he has the hang OF
IT, He viii be well repaid for the time
spent"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

E le-- -Fc-s- -eoss -s-1---S taSs
b ,e d -F--f- >7real>t -sT R--v-.
Ire -Fc-s- Re74- -. ~ = -a-
% R-,;e- & So. E-vur & A-s-. PMS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

t-t-,- .- another c.,y Az sl-s.s
St1>c- --e c-rcl> train t-avs-s a---1s.
@ MES. r,sSlrc >;oQ> .- aac-t so
c.t1s> sr. Sang 80 ~s-t1---a-ct> --s
tS >r.N ra> sNr----et .- ever. c.-y d.
a-E >.-e - -Es CrEei States W. s
-rs HaSs- tecS Wallace >r-w Is an
A--s-.-a- .->-,--l-- ana entirely c--.
t-cle5 -g ,4a-,aI os ,als c---.1 ys-
t-t >rlu IS equally vt- known .- -rs
C-t cc--.-1. NJ Esl- has passed
u.,ec-t improvements ana e-Cvth
rl-e>lAy CHE s-e sh-v VII cc--s o.
Ar--c-e u--h an sru-s rev e1uir-
--t-t T-r p-,s-a- thzt j. osss7e1 IS
,ee -->, t-l> >-Asc- .- the f.s---y cs
chs c-S4C-l-1,-. G1s-s are -,--s thar
-, artists On tss -.s; ,h1t ctss- rev
1-1 ss-Slts--al novelties ana th--ls
Flf.y evans v-- ass On. Ire Haze
oe-S trained v-5 &ni-.z-s W. os seS-
-- al --=s-Ss scev3 AREA Ire c---->-
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ccascA D. an immense s-rey. -4-z5s
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

II your Ford" needs repairing take
il 10 a Ford" specialist. BIZ Brown.
The Ford" Repair shop, Mil St, rear
Of Ritter & Sizes. Brown & Allen. Props.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09

NEW RANDOL CAFE OPENS IN
DER NEW MANAGEMENT =. W.,
THURSDAY. SEPT. 6. POPULAR
PRICES.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-09
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Waaact ccas IS ,-ty vs,Al- s,ss,s
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