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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
All Points of the Compass
An Adventure With a Bachelor

~ THE course of human events It is neces-
1 sary for us to meet all sorts of citizens
some OF them are interesting. Against
some others we have a distinct feeling ~
WEAKNESS. The other day we met Ra,nh
Mckinney who is by way of being an IN
teresting person, although he is a bachelor
Did you ever read Enoch Arden?" ast.a
Ralph.
His question came as a bolt from,
clear sky--just as though he though, ~
couid nnd us among the men who had rot
wept in our earlier youth over the saS
story. VIC sao
Yes" We replied. but why this sudd.n
question:" ' suuoen
DO You remember the line." said p.,n,
where It says. "she said she'd be a little
We remember 1t most distinctly 4.
replied. but what's the answerY' ~e
Just this," Ralph continual "a.
think 1t is good form for a iadv ~ YOU
little wife to both?" :" "
We admitted we had not nut tba, 49,
struction on the tenets OF good forr, 'o"-
Well" he still went on. Of that
prove to be the case and Mr. Ts. Snouid
was right in his line. ] propose ~ tnyson
me me marriage ~ ceremony as 1t is written ~
me Book OF Prayer. II says thers .,u,'. "
thou, M or NJ. take this man ~ wit
welded husbandT My revised vsr.,a ue my
read. Wilt thou, M. or L.. taL~.sc VIII
to be thy welded husband?" is man
1t was dark and stormy
going home In TAM we thon.hts. ana
suousnly sI y oswned on, US. We csrs vs.s. -
49, .ns unoers.anc,ng M that NJ or H. ma. ~ ~
that The chauffeur Thought y. Y ~ snSsartilx
!; AZ ~ ~ acupsh mn ~. 8. n. \
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THE SUPREME TEST-NOW!

TTNHE President has spoken to every
L American man and woman as one
friend speaks to another, not in for
NAL proclamation but as the true lover
of his country that he is, intimately and
humanity In touch with the people as one
of them.
He has brought sharply home to the
individual conscience of every one of us
the imperative need Of increasing the
imperiled food supply by doing farm or
garden work, or. where that is not possi-
BILE. by rigid economy that will not permit
the waste of one crust of bread mo
one" as he says. "can expect ever to be
excused or forgiven for ignoring" the
dictate of patriotism to economize in
food. in money that can be made pro-
ductive Of food, in everything. Let no
one give shelter to idlers and wastrels.
Let those who do not heed this solemn
warning suffer the discontinue of
ostracism that knaves and fools deserve.
Employer and employe must rise
promptly to this new spirit Of comrade.
ship which never before has war called
forth. Surely the majority of those who
do the actual toll and of those who su.
perintend It win respond unselhshly. But
It 10 UP to them to bring persuasion or
pressure to bear upon the slackers among
employers and employees who may stick
to the old rut of dissension and unfair.
ness about wage matters or the speeding
ur OF work.
This great message OF the President
win 80 to every home In the land whore
= newspaper 10 read. But let readers
alo1o Acsahly sure thst Il reaches al by
<1i4& ~ - Y SvHry - HfizI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
First American Traitor

b. S.-Benjamin Church, a graduRt4
harvard and member of a distingull
New England family, was the first Al
can traitor, He became eminent as .
geon and as a writer of Verse and was
OF the leading Wings In the years Just
ceding the Revolution. At one time he
a member of the Massachusetts, Provia
congress and became a member OF IN
nous Boston Committee of Safety.
committees plans were consistently reve9
10 General Gage, Governor of the provil
nut the source Of the leak was not d.
cred until after the Revolution was a.
under way. At the time of the actual
between the Colonies and England, C1
was assigned to an important Colonial
pltai. In September, 1875, a letter
Church to British army officer. COM
ing secrets of the Colonist army. wa.
tercepted. Church had intrusted the ~
written In code. to a woman. to be
veyed to one of General Cages staff onlQ
The woman confessed her share "
reasonable move and implicated CIV
He was taken before a council prel
over by Washington and he there adm
his guilt. Congress, acting on the suQ
tion of the trial council. ordered c1
kept In close confinement in the Camul
jail without this use of pen or paper
that no person be allowed to converse /
him, except In the presence and ne!
OF Colonial officers. until further orders
this or future Congress" Churchs
iailed rapidly and he was permitted ee]
deryo banishmsnt to the West Indies
sailed In a merchant vessel In May. !
ana neither the ship nor Church ever
heard OF again.
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to be. The answer should impel us 10 the
utmost measure Of endeavor, for our part,
even II not decisive. is to save slaughter.
The speed OF the new offensive is only
relative We can scarcely doubt now that
France and Britain will maintain su-
periorlty in the war in the west. But
every month, every week. every day cut
from the calendar of the conflict means
the sparing OF thousands Of lives. II we
do our duty with intelligence. courage
and skill our proud boast will surely be
that we shortened the war. Even the
most obstinate pacihsm must fall before
an incentive so glorious and so humane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Yesterday afternoon at Rittenhouse
Square her auto stalled. She did her best
to crank the thing. but she was too weak.
A strapping young fellow looked at her.
smiled and offered his services, which
she accepted. She had been trying all
day, she said to enlist recruits for the
navy and asked the gallant If he be-
longed to any military organization. He
told her he didn't. She became interested
and asked him if he'd mind telling her
his age. "rwenty-three." sez he; whats
yours" She beat 1t. JOE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
A TRIUMPH IN PESSIMISM

THE Mayor expresses himself as salts
fled with the remarkable decision Of
the Public Service Commission to hold up
the construction OF high-speed transit
lines until the politicians have had time
to play with a mass Of proposed legisla-
ton, OF doubtful value, now under moro
or less serious consideration at Har-
rsburg.
The timidity Of the Mayor, re-enforced
by the jeremiads Of Director Twining
has already cost the city millions of dol.
lars In the present dispensation, an APP
plication for a certificate of public con.
venience is generally accompanied by a
groanful argument evincing an almost
pitiable fear lest the request be granted.
The enthusiasm Of the city administra.
ton in transit matters would freeze alco.
hol on the desert of Sahara.
Mr. Taylor is again in the field today
with some matter-of.fact arguments for
pessimists to chew. 1t is encouraging to
see real champion Of rapid transit again
on the attack.
We suggest to citizens for their con-
sideration the following facts:
/. 1t is Smith -Twlning legis-
lation which now offers an excuse for
further delay by the Public Service
Commission
.. 1t is Ware Governor who re-
fuses to break the deadlock in the
commission by filing the vacancy
therein existing.
3. The work for which 1t Is desired
to let contracts is necessary whether
there is a lease to the p. r. T. or not.
4. The delay is costing the city
hundreds Of dollars daily.
8. There is delay because public
representatives are building political
fences instead Of subways.
The proposed lease to the p. r. r. may
or may not be the best obtainable-our
analysis is not yet complete--but the one
big thing that stands out is that the
Mayor and Director Twining, between
them, have managed to introduce chaos
into IA simple situation.
There is hope however since City Hall
has not yet fallen down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
SUFFRAGE MEANS SOCIALISM,

10 the Editor Of the Evening Ledoer.
Sir-ln your Issue of yesterday a cor-
respondent to your column objects 10 the
alignment or woman suffrage with social
ism. saying 1t Is as unjust as the align
ment of the anti-suffrag glsts with the Iin,,nr
interests. Inc latter case is, however, vary
different from the former. The anti-smf.
fragists have never had liquor dealers 10
presidents OF their associations. advertised
In liquor journals. employed liquor dealers
10 speak ana write against votes for wom-
en- or printed and circulated Inarot,,n.
favoring the saloon in their Efforts IN a.
Feat woman suffrage. as the suffraRists he v.
printed and distributed Socialist ana E.n,,
mist literature. used Socialist speaker. ara
elected Socialists heads of their as.oc,a-
tions, which. Mrs Brock noted in her ,.t
ter. A movement can only be Judged hv a..
Official utterances and actions. = '''
Daniel De Leon truly says, woman sr,
frage Is an integral splinter in the tornh
that lights the path of the social revnh,'
tion." and Beatrice Forbes Robertson uaIe
one Of the most noted suffrage speakers
tells us woman suffrage is an essent IN !
branch OF the tree OF Feminism. Feminism
we are told by innumerable Socialists . "a
suffragists. is the women's departmsn, nu ns
socialism. Vi
Let us face facts II we have wo
suffrage, we shall have socialism Ts
have socialism, we shall have woman .re
frage; political economic and social ina.
pendence or women, also of men IN. ~
struction OF the home the decline ~ ".
Christian religion and morals. the dscsv ~ ~
the state, ending In anarchy and foiic-ss ~
by dictator This has been the history ~ ~
: ..s ses'sI z - Az ysssa i psllsi,u
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Tom Days Column

A MESSAGE FROM THE FARM
This spring come on us ,oith a rodri
You surely must "a heard II.
Perhaps the iron heel O. pdr
Dug into IL an spurred II;
We nerer seen this earth dfore
When spring so deeply stirred II,
necer seen spring, vou,
SO huely In It's courses;
And et ye don't beliere me noD
Come out an see our forces
o. patriotic farmers plo,o
with flags upon their horses!
And we might flash back this:
CINcINNATUs"
All over America
Stick to plowshare. We are beating
our pens into swords
CITY FOLKS.
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Boats

(As Miss Kipling would see them)
I'm hone-hone hone -honing for pair of
shoes.
Hunt hunt hunt hunt hunting in the cheap-
est spots.
Boots-boots- boots s-boots--movin' up in price
again!
We've got no charge at the stores.
Twelve e-eleven-ten-nine nine and fftv
cents today:
Eight-eight EIGHT eight eighty-nine the
day before;
Boots ts-boots-boots-boot - moving up in
price again
We've got no charge at the stores.
n't-don't-don't-dont - look what folks
are wearin' now:
gh-hgh-high-eyelets must he seyen
Msnmen.men-men = men go mad with
watchin' 'em.
And I've got no charge in the stores.
Observation-Disclosures. gloves and dia.
mond rings,
But not.notnot-not-not the chronic sight
Boots-boots-boots-b ts-boots--movin' up in price
again
I've got no charge In the stores!
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Laundries

Laundries are places supposedly for the
washing of dirty clothes. They make
certain amount Of profit from this. but
their chief source of revenue Is from the
sale Of buttons accumulated from the gar
ments they wash.
Nearly all laundrles have adopted the
sandpaper or saw-tooth effect for the edges
Of collars. This has a bad moral influence
on the male population and produces more
rughnecks than the saloons.
They have a wonderful system for identi-
flying clothes and returning them to the
proper owners. In some cases. they have
been known to return whole wash with
out making a mistake, In all instances
where other peoples clothes are sent to
you In error, they are of poorer quality
than yours and not worth keeping The
check system calls for the marking of each
piece with large, black, mysterious sign
As each laundry has distinct series of
these symbols the clothes of a travelling
man look like the Chinese alphabet
Laundry work Is so disagreeable 40
hard physically, that men are unable to do
1t. hence 1t is done chiefly by women whose
husbands drink or children whom nobody
cares ABOUT NARLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Dear T. D.-I have in my hand the card
Of an italian gardener left at my house
which Is a little unusual. 1t reads In part:
Fred Garzzareli, trimming hage, prone.
ing trees and shrubs All sorts Of work to
be done on Lown."
hope he does not mutlate the landscape
as he does the English. ATE.
Give him a trial and we'll wager his
work will speak for itself in terms Of
universal beauty. Afterward we'd like
to send him to that same Mr. Bert Taylor,
who is fan on "proneing"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
EDDYSTONE PHOTOGRAPHS

10 the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Sir--I feel it is but simple justice to your
newspaper to record my appreciation of
the almost wonderful manner in which the
EVENING LEDGER gave to the public pic
torial illustrations Of the terrible scenes at
Eddystone.
Ihat this was done, and done we'll, with
IN Few hours after its occurrence is a
tribute alike to the enterprise and to the
resources Of the EVENING LEDGER.
Philadelphia, April II. PAUL PRY,
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

i. The war zone" odict By tho Unitsd ol1
Government restricts movements s& G.
into and out Of certain American p
to the period Of daylight.
z. More than 5OO.o 900 volunteers are nee1oal
bring the National Guard and Psg1
army UP to war strength.
8. Rear Admiral William 8. Benson. ehlef
OF the United States navy.
=. st. Thomas. ono Of the Virgin Islaa1G,
called the Gibraltar Of America beo10
~ its excellent and well-protected haal
ono OF the finest In the world.
D. 1t Is incorrect to say ''He don't care"
cause "dOn'c' In q contraction sf
not" HE doesn't care" Is cerFsek
9. John Paul Jones WAS the American RI
hero who. during the battle bstNqt t(
b0nhomme Richard and tho Brt64
apis, made the famous declaratle4 Il
haven't begun to fight yet"
:. The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy ri
disaEreoment over the sutheroh!p u
ShakesDeare's plays. Some contead T.
they were written By Francis Baesn.
y. Herbert o. Hoover. chairman Of the A.
lean Commission for Relief In. ~
has been appointed chairmau Of IL
American Food Board of the Nael1
Defense Council. x
3. Lincoln II the capital Of Nebraska.
~. Joss Willard. an ex-cowboy, 10 eha4X
heavyweight pugilist Of the United -
and the world.
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What Do You Knowi
QUIZ

I. Because Of tho war, will the United ~
Intern Germans In America or Gs1R
intern Americans In Germany?
2. What are plenary powers, which The Al
to have?
8. Locate the Columbia River. Absst
long fs It?
4. Who was called the scourse Of Gsds
B. In what city IL the famous LeanAR Ie1
and how Is the namo Of tho
nOuncod?
.. What. is the intention Of the ssSo1
espionage bill in Censress:
=. What Is polyglot population? 3s5
.. What Il Scotland Yard, and where b "a
3. What IL Q truoulont nation, and how Il 4
word pronounced?
10. Why does one call person fond Of ~
an "Izaak Walton''?
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PROHIBITION AND WAR

V '''0 ""''"' " '"e NItHTHg Ledger:
Sir-One Of the greatest things that
could be accomplished by this war of ours
now raging would be prohibition. The fight
for law making 1t crime to dispose of
intoxicating liquors has been fought Ionysr
than our country has existed. 1t was a
fight that until recently seemed a useless
one but now more than half our territory
is in possession of local option.
Imagine the misery caused by not having
such laws! Imagine the number of homes
broken up as result Imagine the num-
Der OF thousands of broken hearts caused
oy the lack OF such important celebrating I!
LINCOLN MEYERS.
Philadelphia, April IA.
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The charge that our interference

The charge that our interference
In the European war is contrary to
American precedent hasn't ,eg to stand
on now that Ambassador Page In London
has compared our present position with
that taken by our Government against
the Barbary pirates in the early years
Of the nineteenth century. Success Is
also happily part of that precedent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

And still the ruthless Submarine
warfare goes on. sinking friend and zoe.
hospital and relief ship alike. Greece and
Spain, both friendly to Germany. are
among the latest victims.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

II Mr.. Bert Taylor hasn't already pro-
vided a wine supply for his Academy OF
Immortals this should interest him:
Western Vinyard and Mildred Metz
gar spent Sunday afternoon as the
guests of Mrs Porter Detrlck.
ST rn,idahurg Times
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SEVEN BILLIONS-AND MORE

IF SEVEN billions and twice seven bill
i lions will end the war, 1t will be money
well spent. We need not fret about re-
payment. Peace will Justify any ex-
penditure, and it is peace that our bill
lions will assure.
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A good way to dash the hopes

A good way to dash the hopes Of
young men who seek exemption from
military service through hasty marriage
might be to define their true position in
society. These sudden servants of Hymen
are not properly married men," They
are only "newlyweds"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Philadelphia might pay Cubas es-
pousal of our defense of civilization a
neat compliment by initiating the scien
tifcally organized war against flies just
opened In hygienic Havana.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

SENIOR DON Julio Baldenama, some-
time Young Julio" Spanish Indian boxer
in local fistlc circles, writes us again from
Honda, Colombia, S. A. lie tells us how
he recently handed gentle k. o, to a
lady. He said: (Which is the animal
that resembles man most?" She said
"Oh! that's an easy one. The monkey"
He said: No, you are wrong; the
woman"
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Mother GOOsesteps

I'm the March OF the II. c. L)
Sing a song of sic pence
A pocket juH Of kdle,
But Uhen the prices are so Moh.
Pray, tchat doth that auaH,
w. UP.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
That for the NeiQhbOrs

It has been reported over town that
this Is the third trip to the penitentiary
of Burt Myers my husband, and | wish
the public to know that this Is the first
time he was ever In the penitentiary,--
Emma Myers.
Lima to) Republican. Gazette.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
pROVERBTAI

"Patient Uuitip0-no loss"
What about this patient 1caitin'
And no Iossp
The stone that missed It's roll might
OFT the moss,
But patient tcditer you'H be shy,
When you serre some gent his pie,
II he takes the gate before he
Comes across.
p. NUT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Proprietors Of seaside lighthouses
announce that up to the present time they
have received no orders from the Kaiser
limiting the bathing area in the Atlantic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Mr.. Wilson has tapped the reservoir
Of human hopes and from it will flow
abundant recompense for all humanity is
suffering.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Doubtless the interned German
sailors who lack beer would gladly well
come nationwide prohibition as one means
of getting square with their captors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

The quantity Of Allied warnings on
how not to conduct our share of the war
ought to compensate us in some degree
for that lack of notification from U-boat
commanders which was the gravamen Of
eur charges against Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
history Of the world, and always with the
same results. c. Won o. WHITE.
Philadelphia, April 13.
ANSWERS CALL OF DUTY

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-I burn with shame to be here in
the United States, cherishing the fortunes
it gives me, and not there to handle
musket for my native country. I remem-
her that I belong to the United States. Yhe
Stars and Stripes recalled me to the Con.
sciousness Of duty.
B. J. wEXLAR, P. d.
Philadelphia, April 10,
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Cardinal Virtues

The obituary of Diamond Jim Brady,
in 0. o. d. D., concluded:
He never married and he never drank.
lie was sixty-two years old.
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French Army

A. w. W.-There are about 100, ,00e(
sroes in the French army. according u l
ports. These figures are not accul1
MOST OF the negroes are inhabitants of
French colonial possessions in Africa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

The loan vote I'm Congress shows
that little groups of willful men, are at
last being merged In the patriot multitude.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

The report that the Kaiser Is fatally
Ill with Bright's disease continues to
recur. His trouble. we are inclined to
believe, is not in the abdomen but in
the head.
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Opponents of selectIve conscrin,io,

Opponents of selective conscription
who cling to the idea that a campaign for
volunteers produces nothing but inspir-
ingly patriotic phenomena in the COM
munity will probably have to modify
their views after reading the article by
Mr.. Seldes on this page about early
recruiting methods in England. Already
some campaigners for recruits in this
country have adopted tricks which repel
rather than attract young men to service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Even a shattered Lens does not
obscure the view OF a mighty English
victory i'm northern France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

THE LEADING poem in "Contempo.
rary Verse" for March is Lovers" by
Louis Untermeyer. Among other things
he says:
TAen came the hercer. call Of tho world, ths
43lEEs enceunter with q; I :,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16
Three Leaves of a Violet

The Colonel.
Billy Sunday.
The Commoner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-16

Nrem0h8 F1ddIes
n. J. A., JR.--Cromona fiddles
their name from Cremona. a city
haif way between Genoa and Vere'
northern' Italy. They are rsckoned
hnest violins, mahy famous masters
made violins OF this type. Among theM
stradiyayi and the Amatis. 1'
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The anti.German riots in Bueno,

The anti-German riots in Buenos
Aires prove that not even the instructive
opposition to Brazilian policies which
usually prevails in the rival republic of
Argentina can quell the rising tide against
Teuton tyranny. Indeed, all internal
South American jealousies are fast being
effaced by democracy's irresistibl, surge
Colombia, where German influence is
strong and where the United States il
atill mistrusted, and Venezuela ,minously
Aniet under. the rule OF the dictator
Gcmex. have yet to be heard from. but
the rest OF Latin-America is a unit in
sentiment. A war that can unite in com.
mon aspirations Britain and Russia,
Chill and Peru and Brazil and Argentine
may be the greatest. factor for eventual
peace the world has ever seen.