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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-11

HSt tI1Ht. An IhttrufDdn car run
3ver him a few minutes later, inflict-
pg fatal injuries.
Harrington was ninety-two years
Sd, partly deaf and none too spry. But
with the reluctant spring sunshine
there came call to the old man from
outside the white walls of the coun-
ly's home for the unfortunate-a call
too strong and insistent to be disre-
yarded.
The voice must have been In the
Did mans fancy. for there are mona
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
AU REVOIR, OYSTERS!

OUR inexorable calendar is facing n
terless months are hard upon us. We
knew they were coming. We are an
nually aware that Father Times too EASY
colloquialism invokes the month of May
not Maryland yet lives there an oyster
lover worthy Of that honorable title who
laments not that careless familiarity of
nomenclature?
Silently we contemplate our dish of
crackers divorced from its bivalvular
mate. If ye have stews TO eat prepare
10 eat them now. April with her girlish
laughter" with her crisp, rafting "r''
that insures true worship at Eplcurus's s
shrine. is almost gone.
There is a tale that the great Finelli,
of supreme "oysterian" memory In this
vicinity, was always saddest on May
Day. Full well he knew that the cheer
full printed Injunction, Take home a
half dozen fried in box" had lost the
force of its imperative "The "stewess, -
the painless" era had also come
About the only consolation of these
bitter times lies in the thought that the
feuds of ardent oyster eaters involving
heated argument on the best way to pre-
pare the blvalve are now laid aside in
common sorrow. The best these doughty
champions OF stewed panned. fried oys-
ters--the last named considered an indi.
gestibe horror by some red radicals--can
do now is to wait bravely for the radl.
ance, the toothsome splendors of far.off
September.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
BIBLE READERS AND THE WAR

The war development in western Asia u,l,
revive knowledge Of places that figured I'm
some Of the earliest history OF the world.
Airmen have been dropping bombs on Beer
sheba, where Abraham ranked himself
among the foresters by planting a tree, and
whose people were later denounced by the
prophet Amos Near by is Hebron, where.
also Abraham was sojourner, as were
isaac his son. and Jacob, who gave his
name to "a people. To the westward is GAIA
a great city Of the Philistines, which soId
Hebrew slaves to Edom, and for a time
heid samson as prisoner, till, lifting the
gates OF the place from their fastenings. he
went off with them, casting them n1 ,ho no
Mount Muntar. before Hebron. The fur.
ther progress Of the campaign will be- in.
teresting TO Bible as well as newspaner
readers.-Montreal Gazette.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
A BRIGHT DAY IS COMING IN
THE CALENDAR OF WAR

DER1oDs of depression are inevitably
TO he endured by nations at war. In
the long deadlock Of 1915 the greatest
need of England and France was some
thing "to keen up the spirits Of the folk
at home" The men at tho front. II has
often been said, are glad when their brief
vacations are over. II Is more cheerful
to handle rife than n gloomy house
hold.
Eut great though the strain may he,
the nerves of the civilian population never
quite go to pieces. Something keeps the
people hopeful; their faith in some per.
sonality. in some heroic figure.
For many weary months Jonrc stood
as the symbol Of hope for two nations. a
glance at some photograph showing him
standing. with his ready smile in the
easy poise of a man assured Of success,
or graciously rewardinE the brave, made
one feel that all was well after all lie
had let the Germans come all tho way
to the Marnc and to the gates Of Paris in
the faith that his "childrcn' would drive
the invader back when the time came
and they did His inspiration came To us:
and Americans, uuaccustomed to Latin
rcrvor, understood aud applauded when,
as the Marshal set foot on our soil, q
kissed his hand
There is nothing weak or gushing about
this devotion Even Mr.. Wells. who has
! tried to believe that this war. in crushing
! militarism, would hc the end of hero.
worship everywhere, has had to admit tho
| towering cmincnce of Jorfre, who will
always be great, because he has the vir
tue of humility.
! Who has not wished he could have
seen Caesar, if only in a vivid dream.
| our descendants will behold the only
! Caesar of modern times whom we shall
care to immortaliZe--in the moving pic
| lures which will make him, on his visi,
to Independence Hall, llfelilte n hundred
years from now. Photography and the
infinite details recorded by the modern
! newspaper will make the events of these
amazing times live in history as no book
about the past can coniurc up old hero
isms to our imagination.
Philadelphia can look forward to one
of the bright days of the war i'm the visit
of Joffre. We can go back to our work
for IA lasting peace with new assurance
after seeing this man of hope. In sug
EestinG the invitation to him and TO his
distinguished colleague, Viviani, the Pub
lie Ledger has done a worthy service tc
the community.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

the leading opponent OF selection, though
Of course he has always been its warm
friend. He should have left the Presi-
dents supporters in no doubt about his
position. If 1t be necessary TO send an
army to France in "a hurry, there is all
the more reason for selection on ma
tion-wide scale. A division-20,000 men
would not help much. The Colonel Is
not yet in tune with the calm Judgment
which the President called for In his war
speech: 1--WE must put excited feeling
away. Our motives will not be revenge
or the victorious assertion of the physi-
cal might of the nation"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
BALFOUR ON A FREE SEA

Not long ago Mr.. Bafour gave out a
statement on The Freedom of the Seas" as
his contribution to The War of Democ-
racy," volume recently published as a
message TO Americans.
1.-THE ph&se freedom of the seas Is
naturally, attractive to British and Ameri-
can ears" said Mr. Bafour. For the ex
tension Of freedom into all departments of
life and over the whole world has been one
OF the chief aspirations of the English
speaking people, and efforts toward that
end have formed no small part of their
contribution to civilization. But freedom
Is a word of many meanings, and we shall
do we'll to consider in what meaning the Ger
mans use IL when they ask for IT, not iii
may be safely said) because they love free
dom but because they nate Britain For
surely, even now, it is fairly clear that IL
substantial progress Is to be made toward
securing the peace of the world and a free
development of its constituent nations. the
United States OF America and the British
Empire should explicitly recognize what all
instinctively know, that on these great
subjects they share n common ideal III in
our time any substantial effort is 10 be
made toward nsurng the permanent
triumph OF the Anglo-Saxon ideal, the great
communities which accept II must WORT
together. And in working together they
must bear in mind that law Is not enough
Behind law there must be power To me
Il seems that the lesson to be drawn from
history by those who love peace. freedom
and security Is not that Britain and Amer
lea should be deprived. or should deprive
themselves, OF the maritime powers they
now possess. but that. fr possible, these
powers should be organized In the interests
Of an ideal common to the two states, an
IDEAL upon whose progressive Realization
the happiness and peace pf the world must
lnrgoly oeQol ~, !. y. a ( ~ y n. kN IL fI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
St. Giles

c. L.-St. Giles, whose day is the first Of
September, is the patron saint of beggars
and cripples Born at Athens. he after
ward became Abbot of Nismes, France, and
died in $50. 1t is said that the reason he
became the "beggars saint is that in his
youth he literally obeyed the biblical in
junction by selling his patrimony for the
benefit of the poor and that while going to
church. on being asked By a sick man for
aims, he took off his coat and gave that
whereupon the sick man was cured Tradi-
tion tells us that Giles himself was wounded
in the knee by a chance arrow from the
bow of the King of France when the mon
arch was hunting in the forest. The saint,
In order TO mortify the flesh. refused to be
cured. He is for this reason the patron saint
of cripples.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
SCORN NOT THE COLE


CTo r. p A., Column Tennis Champlon)
Scorn not the 9oU. o, critic, you haze
trotUned
Upon the ancient, honorable game;
Mindless Of its just honors, called II
tame,
A play for 0rdnntes and the muscle bound
Why, 1oith this key hedlth's treasure trore
Is found
By mdnU l6ind-broke athlete, stiff
and lame.
our Prery loucs the pdsttme--Htss !
for shame!
Just Datt untu your middle age comes
round!
All then perhaps you'H send for B. L. T,
Or me TO comfort you; and like as not
Wen take you to some sporty 1olnng
plot,
Pleased u your soul TOR such there needs
must bel
That hath telt the acei0ht of tennis liberty
Should find short solace there as Ue
haze found.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
THE TURN OF THE TIDE

Since June. 1918, we have not lost a
single gun. while we have captured
400. Regarding prisoners we have
taken at least ten to the Germans one,
The tide has now turned. Victory IL
coming increasingly nearer.
floyd GEORGE shocked England on
IL Thursday with the announcement that
ffty-five ships had been sunk in a week
and followed it on Friday with the above
optimistic statement. The combination
ought to give new energy to fighters and
producers everywhere. 1t would be dou-
bly, bitter II the land forces. after turn
ing the tide SO handsomely. should be
robbed Of the reward Of victory by a turn
oe thsf sinister sea tide that would cut
n M ~ IL armi{ ..... '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. New Jerseys Senators are Joseph $.
Frelinghuysen and William Hughes.
2. Sir Ernest II. ShackletOn is a noted British
explorer OF the south polar regions.
3. "Sphinx" is pronounced "sflnks."
4. "IaCerated" means torn or mansIed;
.'macerated" softened, weakened or worn
away.
.. \ baseball pitcher uses the "bean ball'
when he throws the ball at the bat tsman's
head, or "bean," to force the latter away
from u comma nding position at the home
plate where he could hit subsequent balls
o. Augustus Saint Gaudens was a noted Irish
American sculptor, who died In 1907.
cause drank" Is the past tense Of
drink" 81 drank some water and the
past perfect form, 81 have drunk some
water" are correct
3, Illinois. with moro than 5000 recruits since
April 1. leads the States In the greatest
number Of army enlistments, with Penn
syivania second and New York third.
D. Jacksonville. with about 900 Inhabitants,
Is, the LARGEST city Of Florida. Tampa.
with about $4,000, Is second.
10. Count llya TolstOy Ia a son Of the famous
Russian author. Count Leo Tolstoy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Tom Daly's Column
THE VILLAGE POET

1Hh FfLLAGE POEI
Whenever as a Saturday my york Is
nercr through
Unless 1t shous Of sim pie rcrsc a homely
line or t,co;
SO no,o tchcn bethinh me Of theme
to aorite about
NJ fancy flies to Thursday, tohich Is
Ellcm's "arcniM OUT
No'o Ellen is an honest cook though
ouerfond OF saltl
An 7 am not the sort OF man nat.
strong for finding fault.
She's prompt enough Uith breakfast az
her coGcc's al,oays good,
An the mtssus says she's ncrer Uery
1castctm totth the, food.
understand her lunchcons arc as good
as they can be.
Though. Of course. thdt's merely hcdrsuy,
for they're seldom scrrcd TO me.
BIT though her Sunday dinner Is her
masterpiece, no doubt.
M fancy hics TO Thursday, which Is
Ellen's "ducnin' out"
Al! then The household Juno stepping
docn to charm her Jorc,
The nnest cook in Gcrmdnto,cn Is at the
Kitchen store!
Trc had my m of costly fare that makes
the trdistcodts S,Uelt,
An am one that's prone to dine not
iciScly, bit too ,cell;
Tre sampled all the tables dhotc an
Ia CortcS on Garth,
IrC tasted all the bdnqueiS an I kno,r
inst ichdt they're north
BIT chcn I ycdrn to Stu0 myscit 10
opoplcctic Dout
HU tdncY hics TO Thursday, ,chtch Is
EHcp'S "drcnin' out"
Whenever Us a Saturday my rork Is
Hcrcr through
Unless II Sbows Of simple rcrSe a homclp
Inc or ttco;
SO ro,c ,rhen bcthink me OF theme
10 ,critc about
M fancy flies to Thursddy. whtch is
E!Icn's "drenin' out"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
FOUR BALLS

Well smuggle the l. out of Kelly
And put it IN Mister Balfour.
Wen add n new name to our national game,
To speed up the end of the war.
Wen coach him along on the bases
Wen help him put over the runs;
Wen push him along with our national song,
And our coin and our feed and our guns
When old Wilhelm winds up his C-boats,
At which, we'll admit, he's bird:
Well pass BAL" the sign so he'll git started
fine,
And we'll slip him right over to third
When Joffre. steps up to the home.pIate.
And sw"'s the old pill out Of sight:
Wen sens "Bally" home with big things In
his dome,
And we'll all say TO Willie. good night.
H. w. d.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

I. What is the amount Of the recent and Rrvs
loan made by the United States Govern
ment to Great Britain:
2. What Is an Administration bill in Congress:
3. Submar rincs frequently are reported rs sink
Ing trawlers. What are trawlers:
4. The United States Is said 10 have the Iargps,
war chest ever assembled. What Is u
war chest""
3. What and where Is Winnipeg?
o. What Is meant by "army service uniform.
q. d.?
:. What is alIuyial soil?
y. What famous baseball team Is called the
Giants?
o. Identify the two most famous American
military leaders named jackson.
10. What great American wrote the autobiog-
raphy most widely read In this country?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
RICHES IN A SMALL pr I.OT

Eben f. Rexford. author of "A-R-c .,
vegetable Gardening" says that too manv
persons refrain from having a yspstsh,s .
garden because they believe that snscIs !,
training is necessary or because thsv ne
meve thsy must expend a large amount OF
ume and labor Nor Is 1t necessary To hava
large piece OF ground. .In rsrS.n nave Ne
more than twenty-five feet SQUARE" -.
says, a friend Of mine grows All ,he
g1mmer Vegetables required by his fsnsaSs
e ssvr 'ss' pssssnt" 4 snslI .9eupS x W. ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

Not marble nor the gilded monu.
ments Of princes" constitute the won.
drous permanent memorial left behind by
the late Frederick Gutekunst, but the
very faces of the princes themselves and
Of Presidents. statesmen, soldiers. poets,
philosophers and scientists as well. The
eighty-1ve years of the indefatigable
camera artists life coincide with almost
the whole development of modern pho
Biography. His huge gallery Of portraits
becomes thus a historical record of the
most permanent and Illuminating kind,
OF our revolutionary heroes we must be
content with painted lkenesses often
woefully inaccurate. There is no such
dubiety about the achievements of Fred.
erick Gutekunst He has helped to make
the faces of some of the greatest figures
Of parts Of two centuries faithfully vivid
for posterity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
MENACE OF EXCITED AMATEURS
Harvey the Importance Using Experts
and Protests Against Roosevets Plan to Take
Unframed Men to France

whom the heavy responsibilities of guidance
nave dovolved, through no fault and in some
Instances from little merit, of their own but
simultaneously we would try to retain our
perspective, give heed to possible future
consequences of hasty and ill-judged acts
and emulate as slightly as may be the ex.
citedy erratic conduct of bcheaded fowls.
A Banquet for the President
Despite the fact that Germany has a
larger number of men in the field than at
any previous time, her armies are either
yielding or making no headway along all
their lines; innumerable indications of de-
spair appear in the ready surrender of both
officers and soldiers; her allies are weak
ened to the verge of exhaustion and not :
withstanding their display of truly amazing
fidelity her people must now surely realize
the impossibity of success-and they are
starving, Clearly all hopes now rest upon
the submarine. which is not fulfilling expec-
tations. and upon possible counter-revolu-
ton in Russia. These are reeds so slender
'hat the ultimate outcome can no longer be
considered doubtful For this very reason
it doubly behooves this nation not only to
put forth all its energies. but also to make
plain, through ostentatious preparations for
long and hardly fought contest, its stern
determination to win at whatever time, at
whatever cost. In no other way can Amer.
ica hope so soon to realize her ambition to
shorten the war with full heed to tho doc
trine of the Pilgrim fathers that no oues-
ton can be settled until it is settled right.
Having now demonstrated with sufficient
conclusiveness that this is not one of the
times when we are too proud to fight, IL
remains only to prove. as we are beginning
to prove, our full understanding that las. :
ing peace can be achieved through victory
alone. His demand for colossal appropria- :
tions, universal service and preparations
TO" years instead of months of warfare
upon the largest scale makes evident tbe
PRESIDENTS own true comprehension and
manifests capacity for masterful leader
snip which cannot fail to inspire the whole
people with confidence and enthusiasm I.
That many troubles lie in the womb of
the future is certain. but they need not he
anticipated; they need only be met and
mastered with the calmness and resolution
whlch bent the intelligence and dignity OF
sane and sober people.
TO your tents, o Israeli"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

Miss Gertrude O'Reilly's page In our
morning sister brings much comfort to
our house, but the most helpful news
for mere man that we've seen there
lately is this portion of a sensible letter
from a York Countian:
tools 80 Beat the Injuries to It.
since you must tip the BARBER shave
myself: shines went TO ten cents-I
bought a brush cigars go up--I smoke
pipe: shoes ADVANCE buy seconds
at a factory; before paid twenty cents
a pound for meat-now I buy twenty
cents worth, take what ! get and
don't feel the difference.
But in another column we find a bit
that puzzles us, our chief difficulty being
to keep cool:
Dip the slices Of egg In batter, then
brown in bacon fat. Cook two slices
Of bacon fat for each service. Keep
warm while cooking the egg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
The Grant Monument

b. M. C.-The monument to General
Grant in front of the Capitol in Washing
ton was contracted for August 10. 1908.
The contract provided that the work should
be completed In five years, but the con-
tractors have asked, and been granted, sew
completed within year. All of the archi-
tectural work is finished, the cavalry and
the artillery groups are in position at
either end of the PLATFORM the lions and
lambs called for by the design are In place
and there remains to complete the memo
rial only the placing of the equestrian
group, 1, e., the figure of General Grant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
THE VALUABLE DREGS

HOW much wasted sugar is left undis.
IL solved in the 10000, 900 coffee cups
that are taken away from American
breakfast tables every morning? With
the bread that is similarly thrown away.
enough of this food is doubtless wasted
to represent money sum that would go
into four and perhaps five figures
One way to plant an acre is not to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

"Ieeers" was once a term limited
to those most useful citizens. the London
policemen. Perhaps 1t will be applied
in the future to those skilled peelers of
today who can lose the least possible por-
ton Of food while removing the skins
from valuable potatoes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

Certain food experts have recently
tndorsed shark meat by telling us it is
fully as palatable as that OF the sword.
fsh. In view of the general ignorance
of the delights of this latter article, the
recommendation lacks conviction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Mr.. Kahn made "A telling

Mr.. Kahn made "A telling point in
citing the case of Mrs. Bixby. who lost
all her five sons in the Civil War. as
evidence of the unfairness Of volunteer
ism in wiping out brave families. That
haphazard principle would leave all the
cowardly families intact to perpetuate
themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
That the athlet

That the athletic spirit celebrated
In Penn's relay carnival is n help and
not hindrance to military preparedness
is evidenced by the University regiment
which polices the fields today. That regi-
ment would never have been so large had
not the University by compulsory physi-
cal education spread athletic training
throughout the student body.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Hoardng OF money can produce q
I0nic, but It never can produce victory,

IL those latest Italian earthquakes
Tad only happened on the Carso plateau
instead of in Tuscany and Umbria there
would be cause for rejoicing by Allied
high commands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
A German paper insists that

German paper insists that we
have only a million tons OF shipping and
that this is insufficient to transport a
great army to Europe. Evidently our
nice little haul Of Teuton interned mer.
chantmen aggregating nearly seven hun.
dred thousand tons is being conveniently
ignored In the Fatherland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
Personal popularity can son

Personal popularity can sometimes
~ = hindrance to its possessor. Every
one In excited England knew In. August.
{v14. that Kitchener had but to clan his
Eonds and cry For king and country"
~ the volunteers would flock I'm.
echener knew 1t. too. and a recruiting
ptem a. bad or worse than ours sent
the front thousands Of men who later
20 b called back for skilled indus.
eervice Roosevelt's personal pop.
~, though much less than Kitcb.
thai military man wisely kent
cllt1cs -actuslly became the focus
- test vote on selection In the
NonGressmen who wanted to
3(ccf eystem and were op-
1oH Voted tor the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
An eight. hour day for wome

An eight.hour day for women is
necessity that has been too long de
iayed. Our best endeavors at production
will not he made by overwo>..ed men,
much less by overworked women. The
only motive that has fought this refol m
Is greed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28

The country has almost gone
"daffy' over vocational training in our
schools but when it is called selective con
scripton outside of school there's a howl
set UP.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
The French commissioners en,h,

The French commissioners enthu-
siasm over Washington's clean streets
must give Philadephians n sinking feel
ing when they realize that these foreign
admirers of civic nes.ness will soon he
inspecting Il somewhat different spec
tacle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-28
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest ,oil be cns,csyed
In this column. Ten questions, the ans,eera to
Dhfch cpcrv UelIintormed pcrs On should know.
are asked ddilv.