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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
ANXIOUS TO AID Y. M. C. A.

TO the Edttor OF the EDening Ledger.
Sr-A Y. NJ c. A. secretary Just returned
from the firing limo in France was detained
overnight in little country town out West.
Sitting in the corner grocery he began to
tell some of the men round the stove about
the work of the Y. NJ. C. A. with the men
under fire. They were so interested that
one of them begged him to halt until they
could round up all the inhabitants in the
hre hall to he ar his message. He did so,
and within half an hour addressed a gather
ing OF nearly one hundred people. He said
that IL any one felt like contributing to helm
the work he would gladly take care of the
money.
The next morning he went early to the
railroad station, but found that his train
would be an hour late. While he was
standing on the platform he saw a farmer
driving off In wagon, lashing his team
OF horses furiously. One of the men with
him said
You see that fellow over there, driving
heli-for-election? Well. he's got $50 at
home that he forgot to bring with him this
morning. He wants to get home in time 10
get IT and bring it to you before the train
gets here" n ~"
Philadelphia, November 10 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
THE UNENDURABLE FoRTIEs

Time was when the middle forties seemed
an admirable age. One was old enough, IN
nave learned little Of contentment young
enough to undertake new things. II was
an, age to take UP golf seriously without
giving up tennis 1t was an age TO reread
Dickens. even to undertake Trollope. and
still to watch the outcoming magazines.
Now It's sad age: too old to be of real
use, too old even to be wanted but young
enough to feel the pull. The Government
doesn't ask you. or IL 1t does it rejects you
Blessed and >burdened with a wife and
family. the man of the middle forties cant
even ask to do the things he dreams OF
doing. Single. he learns of a blood pressure
he never even know he had. Too old 10
march with the parade, too young to stand
contentedly on the sidewalk and watch he
lags along. hopeful that he will be let carry
water. and ashamed to be seen doing it.
Days like these one should he tnan.,,
and Wen In It or seventy and certainly out
of H.-New York Sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
URGES DRASTIC MEASURES
o the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:

To the Editor OF the Evening Ledger:
Sir
GREAT IS the stake plsssd in our hands epGPs GPest
IL tho responsibility which must rest upon the
oo hs o he atde w Which, Fsas
stand before the world.--Andrew Jackson.
These words were spoken by Andrew
jackson March 4. 1888. and they can we'll
be used at the present time. We have many
persons in our land who came here to better
their conditions when there was no other
place for them to go. No one wanted them,
their own country was not good enough for
them, SO off to America. Your Uncle Sam
was at the shore to meet them. to give a
welcome to our land Of the free and the
home of the brave. Many appreciated their
new homes and became good American
citizens The rest could not see the light
and remained loyal to their fatherand, not
knowing just when they could he of some
service to their good fatherland," in which
they could not make a decent living. And
now when We will be compelled to extend
ourselves to reach out for democracy and
humanity we need every one to be loyal To
America. or leave It.
There ds entirely too much trouble IN.
side our country. caused by people who are
friendly to the Huns. This country must be
rid of them, and that very soon.
"A nation BY establishing a character for
friendship and respect Of others more than the
worth OF mere mohey'-lhomas JEFFERSON.
Our liberality has been stretched and
pulled into treason by these same people to
whom we as nation have been SO good
Nothing is too little or mean for them to do
so that they can serve their fatherland
There must be some heroic measures used
10 bring about a better condition In this
country One way is not to be afraid of
hurting some ones feelings. This Is no time
to think about feelings. but to wake up
before Il is too late and bring out some Of
these people who are caught blowing up
munition plants and other places to hinder
the limited States Government from going
ahead with the war. Bring them out and
have a. public execution in some of the
nubIic places so that their friends can see
them and you will soon see the rest of their
bunch hiking away. or It will bring them 10
the understanding that they must be IoyaI
citizens and behave themselves Just try
this once and see how 1t answers. ! viii
net a big red apple you will not have any
more trouble. Do You for one minute think
we could do this same thing In Germany /?
We'll. I don't think you could. only once.
Evsry one knows how we got into thia
arht 80, We are going 70 stay n Il until tho
veyl6 =. ~ fey. dep3oq qrnov ~ tnnoEl1|k
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
THE HORSES OF VENICE.

U,HE bronze horses of Saint M}fx3
i added another journey TO tner
travels through time and distsnc,. -
famous steeds, notable as a worA
even in Venice opulent In treasures ~ y
ture, painting and architecture WI
celebrated possessions OF the gsin.n
public places, have been taken " ,lI
They will not fall into the greeoy W.
Huns advancing on the Misus'' 80,
Adriatic. The g.lded coursers As n
to Americans who made pilgrimsss n
Basilica of Saint Mark in days ps'"'
war. .,,rsuf
To pilgrims whose ideal was e,r ~
in the thought Beyond the ~
italy. and in Italy is Venice" us N
of art, the proud mien. the hne ca,.S IA
natural nose of the horses maze 'ns ss,I
Gallery of the Basilica, where tne' .sr.i
one of the revisited Venetian poln.S' w ,,sI
interest with the Campanile, wnile
and ether noted items OF baedese' p.aa
And now the horses are oseT poni N
Since first they came out VI ~ csrsf
have had a checkered ana 'chahs" ~ "
More than millennium anu IN Rco|
elapsed since they LETT home r
they stood for hundreds OF yeA.e sho.s =
of the triumphal arch OF Nero ~ rsat1
spiration tradition ascripes ~. - h,s n
The purpose Of celebrating one VI ~
ries Of war or statesmansnip OF - srpkI1
lyre or fiddle in the arena OF a. thsu
the proud bearing Of the statua,, s.w "a y
the nobility of design is the rsss' ,rou1l
terity of some unknown artist VII "a n
well because >of his artists ,s.,or syS. n
by virtue Of Caesars coii''i',s tsselr
horses have been placed ior sn ssnIr,oclstI
during the war in the baths y. ,sn 10 Cl
Venice's bronze steeds were '"" "snrIch n
stantinople by Constantine " ,aes II
newly founded city. Thehce ~. -,s.t r.
were taken to Venice by the - d
Enrico Dandolo. He was the who Il
Venetians among the Crusao "a ~
Constantinople In 1908. linus s,ch n \
revenge by taking the city IN WIZ IN
been affronted and af1icteu. r,,rirs h
went as envoy to the Byzantihv, r,sl
was blinded by the Emperor srtao1
was elected Doge In liss Tss Voub
Venetian power and territory. ~, q M
Crusade gave him his opportuhn -
vengeance on Stamboul. p..cnls 4
portion one-half OF Cons'ai'Atsuafl Asutsuafl
diving there in 1905, almos. NJ II so
was buried In state In the s1sstfoye1
Sophia. His monument ~
the Mosiem conquest IN ifo'. ,,,fu M
= In Venice the horses staysu ,ook y
by another corfqueror, Napo.sy"'ssr ,'ssre
TO Paris more than huha,r. .srs
The Congress of Venice, whlcn NssI9 w.
map Of Bonapartized Europe: ~
steeds to the venetians, wv
sessed them since md WI
whsn ths Prussianf sre df(gs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
THE BOOKS WE READ

1t may be We think less of our modern
books and authors than We should for tn.
reason that there Is such an abundance
OF both. You know there is an old savinS
that there may be too much of n sooS
thing. And SO II may be with our modern
literature, though We are frank to saw I'VE
much prefer the old. Il apathy can be said
to have q preference. We do not care for
the Roman classics. nor the old Greeks |;
and the great-overwhelmlng- iorify
are as we are. As a matter of fact we
would rather read Hope or O'Hara than
Homer or Horace; and Shakespeare ever
always. before Aeschylus, Sophocles
Menander. Euripides and all the rest of
are admirable (O0 yindi.
Gator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
Answers to Yesterdays Qui.

1. viscount Cowdray. president ef Tie - -
Air Board, has resigned his peet, ~
Just has been erected into eablnA -
fstry.
2. The franglpani " q tree found p =
South Sea Islands,, bearing -
od0rifer0us flower. the essencs d ~
Is used for a popular perfume.
3. DvOrak's From the New World" UnsAaV
IL based on American negro thsneA 4
4. Charles Brockden Brown. Of Phlla4sshz
was the first American noveaia.
wrote highly dramatic tales Of HeS
tlOn. m0rbldness and trrR.
.. The name Tammany IL d6fivst ~
chief Of the Lenni Ienape. -
spelled Tamanen. ~
O. A cover crop Is one planted to plos -
T.. yiscount bryce, former British A.
dor to the United states, yvfs@
American Commonwealth"
8. The opera "Aidn" was written 3
on commission Of the khedlSe,
for the Inaugural Of the CaiW
House In 1871. -
0. A "coup d'etat." literally e..
"stroke Of state" means -
forceful political move.
10, T, Metropolitan Museum OF Az
Central Park, New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
In these days of high costs ~,

In these days of high costs, why
not make employers pay the wages of
their help themselves? This can be done
by cutting out the walters tip. We do
not tip the man who sells us our clothing
or household goods. and there Is no reason
why We should tip the salesman who
brings our food. Here is an opportunity
for the sociological workers who aim to
make humanity Independent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20

Our best boys are In uniforms doing their
bit, and glad that they can do it. Citizen
ship means undivided loyalty to America.
You can't go fifty-hfty on it. 1t must be
100 full or nothing. Our allegiance must be
ono American language, of the Declaration
of Independence and Lincolns Gettysburg
address. That is the kind of citizenship we
want, and we insist on 1t.
JOSEPH DE c. ANDREWS.
Philadelphia, November 10.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
that impelled him was desire to be an

example TO his countrymen.
Nearly all the nations have made a
heavy sacrifice for the poets roll Of
honor Ireland lost Francis Ledwidge In
the trenches the other day, England has
given Rupert Brooke and in Seeger this
country sent its herald to the rendezvous
with death"
Death has made heavy inroads in tho
lists of famous men. but no class has
suffered so much as the militarists. The
four men in Europe who in 1914 repre-.
sented the military spirit were the Kaiser,
the Car. the Austrian Archduke and
Kitchener, Two are dead, one is a life
prisoner and over the fourth hangs the
tragedy that is deserved by those whose
motto is World Power or Downfall"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
SONG OF THE SENSITIVE por,

love the Redeemed autumn moon
love, the smell Of fields,
love the silent midnight moon
And the romance 1t Yields
l love-the mists all .gemmed with star
The roadside shapes aud sheaves
love the twinkling lights afar,
The burning Of the leaves.
love It all q line or two.
. In mAlancholic spite y rfr
Except hate the chaufteurs who
po{nme the ptarlit night a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
CELEBRITIES ON HONOR ROLL

n'ANNUNZlo. modern Italy's greatest
~ poet is missing after flight over
the Austrian lines and is believed to be
dad. OF all the men Of worldwide fame
who have served the Allies none has
>1lken greater risks. than he. He became
- ~ Ioaly's most daring aviators and
yocpnt that one, af The motives,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
What Do You Know
QUIZ

1. What was "The Federalist" and wk ~
the authors?
2. How long Is u meter. In inchess
8. Who Is Major Henry L. Hlgginssss
4. What Is arbor vitae?
8. Name the painter Of the most fsnsus I'D
supper"
9. Who IL civilian head Of the United S(slnl
shipping Board?
7. What IL colorntura?
8. by what name were the medleul Nh
Of Venice called"
0. Identify "the Wizard Of the Nsfth"
10. Where are the greatest three nav ufh
on the Atlantic seaboard?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20

Ice men and ice cream dealers
have not turned cold shoulder to the
call Of Uncle Sam. They are quite warm
in their patriotic resolutions of support
for his food administration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
AN ULTIMATUM BUILT UPON
A ROCK

The President is at liberty. both in
law and conscience, to be as big "a man
as ne can. His capacity Will set the limit
and IL Congress be overborne by him u
will be no fault of the makers Of the
Constitutional will be from no lack of
constitutional powers on its part. but
only because the President has the ma
tion behind him and Congress has not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
A KNIGHT ON JUST WAR

War ought never to be accepted unit, n
Sir Philip Sidney.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-20
Tom Days Column
A BUNCH Of Old Newspapers

A PASSING band of music, or even
single horn, will always pull us to the
window, but fire bells interest us not at
all. We wouldn't walk around the corner
to look at the most "horrifc holocaust"
yet we know men who would evacuate
warm bed on freezing midnight to run
O mile to a $4,000 blaze. Everybody to his
taste; and everybody knows some one
thing he'd rather loaf over than do his
days work.
We ourself confess our utter inability
TO resist the lure If a century-old news
paper. One Of those things is always sure
to rob us of an hours time, and n bundle
Of them will knocl; an eight-hour day to
smithereens.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-03
STREET TO LAST BOURNE
Thoroughfare Leading 10 the City of
the Dead in Immediate Need Of
Repairs.

The appearance in the City C.orncll
this week of an ordinance authorlZ-
ing the city to assume @on!roi OF
Wilkes street from Payne TO the Ma
tional Cemetery, the government
having relinquished its control,
caused several Old Alexandrians TO
ask the question, What became OF
the movement several years to rera!r
this much-used street," According
to their statements, money for The
! Improvement of the thorouGEiare
was appropriated by Council several
years ago.
; The Gazette during the past thirty
years has at times directed attention
to Wilkes street. 1t never was IN
proper condition. Almost from FAIR
fax street to Payne street it has
ever been in an unsightly condition,
and in unpropitious weather it is
muddy and difficult Of use. In fact,
like Franklin street, it is one OF the
most neglected streets in the city.
Up to 1856 it was in worse con-
dition than at present, although II
something is not done soon it will in
Il short time be in the condition it
was before the U. s. government
macadamed the roadway and placed
brick sidewalk with granite curb
ing from Alfred street 70 the Ma
|: onal Cemetery. The city declined
70 assume charge of the thorough
fare west of Payne street, as the
corporation line then ended at that
point, but now that the city has been
enlarged by absorbing the outlying
territory. the City Council must as
sumo jurisdiction, the government
having relinquished control.
The new roadway and sidewalk
began to go to pieces almost as soon
as it had been constructed. the city
ncglecting to keep the street in re-
pair The government, however,
looked after the section extending
west from Payne street.
There have been number Of fun
erals during the inclement weather
of the past few weeks. and on Il re-
cent occasion automobiles became
stuc!; in the mud, bringing them to
4 stand2tll, while forming part Of
funeral corteges. Such things should
not be.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-03
CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARY
Osceola Tribe of Red Men Seventy.
three Years Old.
however.

Osceola Tribe of Red Men Seventy
three Years Old.
During the celebration Of the sew
enty-third anniversary of the organi-
cation of Osceola Tribe of Red Men
of this city, held on Wednesday even
ing, the fact was brought out that
the lodge had held a meeting regu-
larly every week since 1S45 up to
the present time, with the exception
of short period during the civil war.
It is claimed that this is a record
which it is believed has not been sur
passed by any fraternal organization
in this part of the country. Another
interesting fact which was referred
to. and although a matter OF record
NAV have been forgotten by many, IS
that Osceola Tribe is the oldest Oh
the Improved Order of Red Men IN
the United States, having been IN
stituted February 20, 1s45. The tribe
was originally Osceola No. 2, OF the
District of Columbia, but when Alex
andria was made part of the State Oh
VIRGINIA the number of the lodge was
changed to Osceola No. l. Hon. H.
c. Sullivan, Great Senior Sycamore
of Virginia, was present at Weones-
dav evenings anniversary and gave
a fine address on "Present Day heu
Men" and also paid a fine comPA-
ment to the members of the oruer
for the excellent showing they were
making in this section Of the sta'e'
He was followed by Chief Of Rec,
ords Charles Nagel, who was initiated
into Oscecla Tribe in 1888 and mas
served faithfully in that lodge as
Chief Of Records for % years
another interesting fact of "h'ch
the lodge is proud. He mas
also represented the tribe at many OF
the meetings of the Great Council
In the course of his remarks he re-
ferred to records showing that the
Red Men were originally formed De-
fore the Revolutionary war ana Una.
the ancestors of the present improved
order of Red Men were the first order
of organization in this country-the
original patriotic order of America
Interesting remarks were also maze
by Messrs. Z. F. Downham, j.
Luckett. A. ]. Butcher, c. NJ. Schwar
and others. Since 1s45 Osceola Tribe
has had over fifteen hundred members
on its roster. Over five hundred
thousand dollars have been paid out
in death claims by the Order OF Rec
Men since its organization, it is said
also many thousands more to disabled
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-03

| Mrs Lizzie Rudd, of Strasburg
| Va, is the guest of Mrs. L. II. Do!an
| Miss Mildred Borden, of Tom:
| Brook, Va, is an Inauguration Visitol
and is stopping with her friend, Miss
C. Pauln Dolan, at her home Ii
south Columbus street.
Friends of Mr.. Charles B. Swan
will regret to learn that he has beer
confined to his home for the past
week by severe attack of lunpago
and is still unable to he ub.
Miss Gertrude keegan, prominent
attorney and President of Woman's
Suffrage League of Binghamton, n.
Y. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Eliza
beth Chevalley, at her home in south
Patrick street.
Mrs. Annie Owens Jolley died early
this morning at her home near War
renton. Mrs. Jolley is survived by
her husband, Mr.. Jefferson D. Jolley,
five children, Mrs. Hubert Temple
man, of Richmond, Mrs. Hunter
White, and Mr.. Charles w. Jolley, of
Providence, R. l., Mr.. William Jolley
and Miss Violette Jolley, and her
mother, Mrs. Belle Owens, of Warren
ton. Mrs. Jolley was cousin of Mrs.
NJ e. c. Peyton, Of Alexandria, who
will leave tomorrow for Warrenton
to attend the funeral.
There were but two cases before
the Police Court this morning. A
soldier had been arrested for being
drunk and for carrying more than. a
quart of whisky upon his person. A
comrade, who said he was commits
stoned to act for the captain of the
company, stated that the latter re-
quested that the delinquent be turned
over to him for punishment. 1t was
shown that the offender would lose
two-t thirds of his pay and be under
arrest and forced to undergo punish
ment for at least two months. JUS
tice Cation turned the man over to
his commander. A colored man had
been arrested for being drunk. He
promised he would not repeat the act
were he released. He was fined s.,
however.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-03
LEADER BALkE ED
Armed Neutrality Measure Held Up
i'm Senate Last Night 90.

Armed Neutrality Measure Held Up
in Senate Last Night -.
In a session tense with excite
ment, the Senate last night baked
the efforts of administration leaders
to force through that body the
Earned neutrality" measure de-
manded by President Wilson.
At midnight the Senate was con-
fronted by long drawn-out dis
cussion of the proposal and it was
grimly reminded by administration
Senators that the body will be kept
in session until the bill is passed.
The night was marked by the de
fecton of Senator William Stone, of
Missouria, heretofore the Presidents
spokesman and champion in the Sen
ate, from the support Of the Chief
Executive. AS remarkable, was the
sudden shift in political sentiment
which allied with Mr.. Wilson, Sena-
tors Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and
Lodge, Of Massachusetts-upt to this
time two of the Presidents severest
critics and opponents. Last night
both supported him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-03-03
CHINA MAY ENTER WAR.
Celestia!s Waiting to See What
Awards They May Receive.

Negotiations looking to China's en-
trance into the war against the -en-
tral powers now. are in progress at
Peking ard in all the entente capi-
tails, it has been learned in Wash
!ngtop. and their success depends only
upon the harmonizng of the rewards
to be given China with the amount
of cooperation demanded of her.
l. is regarded as practically cer-
tain that China will sever relations
with Germany, and declaration Of
war probably will follow if the en-
tente will guarantee satisfactory re-
Taxation of the restrictions imposed
upon the Eastern empire by the worlu
powers after the Boxer troubles.
Facts learned yesterday from Of
ficia! and diplomatic circles serve to
clear up much of the .obscurity which
has ovcrhung events in the Far East
in the past month. Occasional vague
dispatches from emma and reference
in the reichstag to ''China's aban-
donment Of neutrality" have thrown
only din light upon Germany's en-
deavor to Keep China out of the
struggle, the. ententc's moves to
bring her in ard China's reluctance to
change her present state of peace
without adequate guarantees.
China desires TO secure the COM
plete remission of the Boxer indemni-
ties, which total over S30,000,000 a
year and continue until 1910. If she
entered the war, the part which
otherwise would be paid to Austria
and Germany could be repudated.