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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
THOMAS JEFFERSON ON DRESS

Here are few remarks that Thomas
Jefferson, statesman and sage, had to make
century ago on woman's dress. Writing
to his eleven-year-old daughter September
23, 1888, he said:
Il omitted in that letter to advise you
on the subject Of dress. which know you
are little apt to neglect. do not wish you
to be gayly clothed at this time OF life but
that your wear should be fine Of its kind.
But above all things and at all times let
your clothes be neat, whole and properly
put on Do not fancy you must wear them
I'LL the dirt is visible to the eye. You will
De the last who is sensible of this Some
iaules think they may, under the privilege
OIL the dishabille be loose and negligent Of
their dress In the morning But be YOU.
from the moment you rise till you 60 TO bed,
as cleanly and properly dressed as at the
hours OF dinner. A lady who has
been seen as a sloven in the morning will
never efface the impression she has made
with all the dress and pageantry she can
afterward involve herself in. hone
therefore the moment you rise from your
bed your first work will be to dress your
SELF In such style as that you may be seen
by the gentleman without his being able
10 discover a pin alniss or any other circun,-
stance or neatness wanting. Kansas City
Times. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
THE POPE'S PROBLEM

! THE Teuton replies to the Pope's peace
L appeal having been published what
| form will the next act in the drama take?
A reply will be forthcoming from the
Entente, but it is taken for granted in
foreign capitals that this will follow the
lines of the American statement The
| next important move then, will center
about Pope Benedict's treatment of the
American and German replies. It would
naturally be supposed that he would now
seek to determine how these two docu-
ments could be made the basis for nego.
tiations.
BY the one side he Is told: "The Ger
man Government is guilty and we will
make no peace with it, but only with the
people it now misrepresents."
From the other side comes the state
ment: THE German Government is inno
cent, has always sought peace under
peaceIoving Kaiser and appreciates the
importance of considering peace negotia-
tions."
The Kaiser and Mr.. Wilson are not
Catholics, nor are the majority of Ger
mans and Americans. It is in the sphere
of secular diplomacy and not in that
which decides questions Of guilt and inno-
cence, that the Pope's authority is recog-
nized in this case. The true middle
course which his greatest admirers say
he will always take, will be most difficult
to follow, for America has taken by no
means a middle course, but stands lucidly
extreme in her demands so far as compro-
mise is concerned. Americas position is
one of extreme charity toward the Ger
man people proof Of which is given by
the fact that it was seriously feared that
our Allies might find it entirely too char
liable. 1t does not even psTory the Kaiser
as an individual, but only the system OF
government which permits him to dictate.
If the Pope makes a second appeal, as
many believe he will, that appeal can
elicit only the same reply which America
gave the first one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
AN ARTIST IN TROUBLE

R REPRESENTATIVES, OF the great
~ arts those arts we usually asso-
rlate with plaeidity and peace only, have
their place In the annals OF war. The
4foatest War has shown that One can.
not penetrate beyond page three of anv
atWspaper without discovering some
fesh glory, or shame. attaching to the
name Of painter. singer or poet Nearly
IIHays Il Is glory.
~ tho case Of IAszlo. tie HUNGARIAN
pairier, Il would seem Il is not glory He
Hlt been interned. Although a technical
t0tmE alien, he has been allowed TO run
|0o4e ~ London society since the conflict
|tfe1 Now some dark act. some sinister
|0aHett IS hinted at, Laszlo. however.
MS 1s Innocent Of the sort Of plotting
N4te foi 90 used 70 in America, but he
.0apfe| o. the oovernment would no,
81|.a
He|I q npnol for ARTISTS "a ne
.|t. |.4 DIA0 long. indeed va
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
SCANDAL

TNHE Texas Senate, sitting as a high
l. court of impeachment, has found
Governor Ferguson guilty on ten of the
twenty-one charges presented against
him.
Chicago is engaged in mn effort to throw
its Mayor out Of office.
The Chief Executive OF Philadelphia
has been arrested and is out on bail in the
sum of $4,000.
The Committee on Public Information
has released incrimnating documents
which show that some citizens and jour
nallsts have been contaminated by Ger
man bribes, and dispatch has been pub
lished in which it is revealed that the
German Ambassador used funds in at
tempts to influence Congress and was en-
gagged in general program Of bribery.
There is plenty OF scandal and moro
but we trust that even the most
exact morallsts will not blame the news
papers for t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

men was shot down before my eyes. They
died and did not kill. What is the life Of
German soldiers TO Prussian military pres
tge, that proud thing fading into a past?
Suddenly they broke the second time
And almost instantly the British artillery
IRE slowed down and out sprang the men
from Canada. They carried everything be-
Iore them. The guard, that which was left
OF it, wilted like a flower And Canada
went right through. Every inch of ground
threatened in the Boche counter-attacl re-
manned in Canadian hands plus some more
that was found to be- a mass of tangled
wire defenses thickly strewn with German
dead bodies. All along a line as far as tho
eye could reach the fight went on far to the
left 4 could just make out the blue of tho
poilus uniform. for a certain French army
was fighting in unison. saw them ad-
vance, and I knew what they could and
would do. Here, / thought, was a real com.
bination, the fighting poilu and the fighting
Canadians putting it across
Toward noon there was a lun. Appar-
antly nothing in the way Of added counter
attack would take place for a little while.
The artillery fire resumed and great shells
passed from behind me far off into Ger
man lines With my officer escort, I left
the observation post and went forward to
meet the first Of the incoming prisoners
The first bunch I saw comprised perhaps
fifty men, that met us in the ruined street
of ruined village, now but a mere blot
of crumbled stone in the landscape. I
noticed that with perhaps the exception
of five the lot I looked upon were mix
ture of seasoned guards and boys of the
1918 class of the l65th Prussan regiment,
I wondered how they had been mixed up
with the guard No one will ever know,
perhaps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

l. Make the welkin ring" means 10 make The
sky ring. The noun "welkin" 10 a poetio
term in this connection.
z. The nearest equivalent to the English adjes-
i've 'bOred' In French IL "ennuye."
D. SO. Francis of Assist was the founder Of the
order OF the Friars Minor, or Franelscsns.
lie lived In the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries,
T. The most recently launched British drive n
along an eight-mlIe front east Of YpreS,
In France.
o. StuIents OF Government schools Of nayiea-
non and marine engineering who obtain
licenses as seag0lng engineers as nayi-
eating OFFICERS Will be exempt from service
In the National Army.
o. The chief tenets Of the Mennonite faith are,
Delpllne rather than dogma, abstinence
from the vanities OF the world, refusal
TO take part In civic dutes, to bear arms
or to take Oaths.
.. The expression putting teeth into q Bill
signifies making a legislative act strongly
operative with regard to the purpose fer
which IL was framed.
3. a LaOdieean Is a person Iukewarm In opn-
IONS with especial bearing on religion
" The Monroe Doctrine was enunoiated for the
mrst time In that Presidents message 10
Congress, December g, 1923.
10. Walhalla is the hall OF the fallen In battle
The term Is used in Icelandic mythology.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
MORE ABOUT PARAMOUNT PARK

nF ALL the charming spots In Fair
" mount Park perhaps the third division.
Wissahickon Park, is the most entitled to
that adjective II is a romantic tract re-
plete with legend and visual beauty. The
body OF FOLKLORE which hangs around
Wissahickon has grown TO be a prominent
part of national American romance There
is a sort of analogy between the way the
tales OF the Wissahickon are held in reyer-
ence by Philadelphians and Pennsylvanians
and the way i'm which the average New
Yorker regards Washington Irvings RIP
Van Wrinkle"
When one trips" through this part OF
the Park one may follow the Wissahekon
drive six and seven-tenths miles until one
reaches the county line. Sunlight and noise
or trafno become negligible matters as ohs
enters the place. In the ravines recesses
natures grandeur and omnipotence are iet
irresistibly. Just over the top (not IN TINS
case the British "Tommie's' top o.
trench, but just the top of the hilD trolley
ears rattle by dangerously and business
speeds up. But one forgets it. For NEARBY,
In the shaded recesses, one sees the trsss %
growing close TO the edge Of the water VITA
rustic vines hanging from the pousns
Great rocks that have loosed themselves
from the hills have rolled down the slope
They are covered with moss, whence uny
rivulots start and these find their va
through little valleys, eventually meeuns
the waters of the WissahiclSon.
This part OF the Park may be entered ~
way of the drive, where the pier Of y,
Norristown Railroad rests on the nortnwss.
bank OF the creek. It's said that on uus
site there was a -four mill In the Gays -
the Revolution. The owner ground glass -
plaster with his wheat, and thus furhlsns-
mixture to patriots of the army. tns
thought is not nice one 1t recalls inousi,aa
criminal trials. Being detected, it Wouo
seem, at his nefarious business. the nl1n
was seized by some OF General Washingtons
soldiers. and hanged from sycamore ", w.
In front Of his own mill 1t was mere ~
General Armstrong; corps attacked
British and Hessian soldiers on octopu
1777. during the progress Of the parus -
Germantown.
Going a quarter OF a mile further ~
one encounters WissahiclSon Hall IN
now a shelter and guardhouse IN ~,
is Maple Spring Hotel. restaurant s
has much to offer TO the wearied peassu,--- -
Quaint figures OF birds ana beasts 49,
carved from the native laurel These .e',' y,
the hosteiry. Just beyond Is the ~
q loa cabin Opposite is a footnf|oI. ~ (
little way etpFe csrrlege bridge n''''
~ |. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
A FAKE NONPARTIsANSHIP


TNHE National Nonpartlsanship League
L which says it is enrolling 90 per cent
Of the farmers in Dakota, Wisconsin,
Montana and Minnesota communities
where It Is at work, cannot be called nom
partisan when it is noted TINT Senators
La Toilette, Gronna and Borah rushed
all the way from Washington to St. Paul
to attend its meetings. Tho Leagues
platform might have been written by
La Toilette Whatever ideas we ai in
dividuals may have had as to the wisdom
of our nation engaging in this war; 1t
says, we realize that crisis now con-
fronts us in which It becomes necessary
that we all stand unreservedly pledged
to safeguard. defend and preserve our
country"
1t might as well read this way: I'VE
are opposed to the war, but we are going
to make every effort 10 twist language
into such n shape as to lure both patriotic
farmers and unpatriotic pacifsts into the
same political camp"
1t is TO be hoped that the farmers get
a just price for their products, in ac-
cordance with the basic demand of the
League. But what has this TO do with the
following La Follettisms in the plat
form:
I'VE urge that our Government -
make immediate public declaration of
terms Of peace. We demand the aboli.
tion of secret diplomacy. To conscript
men and exempt the blood-stained wealth
coined from the sufferings Of humanity
is repugnant to the spirit Of America"
There is no nonpartisanship in belong
ing to a peaceat-any.price party
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Food Conversation"

Mistress-Bridget, Mr.. Hoover SAYS
you must stop feeding the policeman
every time he drops in the kitchen to
see you.
Bridget-Hes, mum. An they say he
do be afther youse wimmin that keen
thin darlin' pet poodle dogs"
Master--Now, Bridget, just how do YOU
mean that?
Bridget-An' I've been takin' notice
Misther Hoover'd be doin we'll T. give
attention to some other fine feeders I
cud name If they wasn't me employer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
And They Lived Happily Ever AfteI

anu lHey Lived happily Ever After
An automobile horn sounded in the dis
tance
Hes blowing his own horn" said John.
What horn?" asked his wife, without
looking up from the flowers she was
transplanting.
John glanced sadly at his dog Scrub.
The dog grinned sympathetically as John
went silently indoors
The next Sunday Johns son came with
his family to dinner at his fathers house.
After dinner they were sitting on the
porch. jltney ratified past. It was
labeled "Jitney to Blackboro": its passen-
gers were all negroes.
THAT fellows carrying Goals to New
CASTLE" said Johns son.
where's that?" asked his wife.
John and his son exchanged glances.
Scrub smiled at their discontinue
Come inside, son, want to show YOU
something" said John.
They went indoors together.
One Sunday, a number Of years later
Johns sons son and his parents came TO
Johns house. The grandson had brought
his hancee to meet Grandfather John. II
was hot August afternoon. As the fam
lily party sat on the porch, tanning and
painting for breath, three girls went bv
Ihey were wearing white summer furs
the style that summer.
Gee, look at that bunch of false
prophets!" exclaimed Johns grandson.
Yes and in Sleeps clothing, too" |
added his fiancee
Mop descendant of old Scrub. dashed |
OFT Joyously after neighbor's cat John
and his son smiled happily at each other.
THANK God!" murrlured old John.
HORACE HOOK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

have sent poets. and doubtless painters.
to the front. But the Tyre and the pal
lette are not the only symbols that will
wear a new uster when the war Is over
Especially fine and thrilling has been the
response Of musicians TO the call Of nation
and self. Granger, schelllng and spald'
ing are three who have laid aside catgut
and piano keys and exchanged the
"faultless evening dress" beloved Of rural
society reporters, for khakl\end severe
hair cuts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
IN THE NEXT YARD

Oh yes. you are very cunning
/ can see that;
Out there In the snow with your red cart
And your woolly gray coat
And those ridiculous
Little gray legsingsl
Like a rabbit
demure brownie.
Oh, yes. you are cummings
But do not think you VIII escape your
father and mother
And what your brothers arei
know the pattern
It win surely have you
For all these slish times IN the snow--
A. commonplace - ths others,
Little gray rabbit
IIsIfn Nsy1 q =. a1IAA An
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Tom Daly's Column
McAroni Ballads

A'PROTEST
Oi call me "DaOo," cet you please;
You do not tease.
Max Jokes 1Oeeth me; I don'td mind.
For you arc kind.
Dcre ocs no talk I toceH not stand
From you, nry trand,
BdycdUse yoHT smile ees Kind an siCeot
Eon back OF eet.
But tcdn theeng, please, I dSE dat you
WccH neUUa do.
Dcro's Jus 1odn 1oord dat aCottld stop
DON'T coll me "TVopi"
bnotC dat "Ddoo" co1n's to me
From Portu0uce,
Who came bayfore 1oe settle dolDn
Fen dcesd toioR.
diego" 1cds so common name
Wen first dey came.
Yo" called dem dat; an now, you see.
Ect coHps to me,
I don't1 mind eet you should call
Dat name at all
But don't be like dat Irish COP
An call me "TVop"
I S'posc dat eet qUould malc' heem Eeecb
To call heen "Meeckl"
But ddt's name ddt you could use
Wccth good eScuSc;
An "DdgO," too, baycaUSe 1Dc seen
Jus achat Get mean,
Don't do no harm or sound so bad
To max You mad.
gut bero,o area, ,,a-y lyo.s4- -.
or Ike, an so
Please don't be Ike dat irish COP
An call me "Wopr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. In what famous novel does the char.ets,
the book? ~
z. About how many drafted men will be put
into training at Camp Meade?
3. When will the second Issue OF Liberty I..n
bonds be put the markete :,
q. What are the three meanings Of 'paIm"Y
o. Why was Mrs. BrOwning's sonnet-s -sequeues.
S0nnets From the Portuguese" y
O. Who was William Ernest Henley?
O. VINO composed an unfinished symptom
which has since become popularS
D. What charge has been made against Cen
erat kOrnilof. OF the Russian armyf
o. What Is n panegyric?
10. In which Testament. Old or Nav 4. A.
story Of the ProdignI Son2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
H. G. WELLSis WARNING

We could have won the war in 1916 II
we hadn't been so stupid. / hope America
won't be so stupid as we've been. II II is
the result Is bound TO be a stalemate in
stead OF a victory. We've muddled along
with a lot of old men who have had an idea
that the only honorable thing was 70 take
one another's part and see that Sir John
crackpan or Lord bumpers wasn't chucked
out OF once just because he was incompe-
tent. That's great mistake. We should
have young men to run this war Old men
aren't flexible. They can't meet new con-
dliloflo They think backward instead of
forward IN q Ne|Ia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Baltimore American Paper Please Conv

Replying to yours of even date we
would say to II. b. W., ain which you ask
us If you are too tardy in telling us that
the heyser Building is on German street,
IN Baltimore the answer is; No, you are
not Teut tardy, but couldn't You move If
around TO the American Office"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

Doctor Delbrueek professor OF his
tory In Berlin University. is pleased with
the German note. but only wishes Il
might have definitely Incorporated the
statement that the restoration OF Belgian
sovereignty and integrity is self-under.
stood" II that is "self-understood. the
GerInan Government certainly took great
palms to preyept ANYBODY else from under
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

The German reply 10 the Pope
speaks OF IAN intellectual rapproche-
ment." The United States has been giving
plenty Of examples recently of what the
German intelligence system IS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
BEWARE THE DOG .

You're nice enough to eat!" she cried
"HuSh!" said her beau, "rny dear. you
Must kHo'o your pdpa's dogs outside.
Spedh louer or hen hear you."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
What No Woman Can Do

Hang up blanket or tableeloth on the
line in the yard and go back into the
house without turning around at the
door to give it the once more over.
Put hairpin back in place without a
final pat.
Refrain from using her eyes when
some man tells her she knows how.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

may have to quit
letting a sleeping
dog lie. and Just
naturally resurrect
a faithful animal.
We loaned that
DunkuO11nd cR o,us
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

Rumor is not to be relied on. The
report current in April to the effect that
the Mayor had agreed to give the p. r.
T. a 4 per cent dividend was obviously
inst talk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Unnatural History

Some strange new knowledge, every now
And then, we learn by bits and sHatches:
We gather from the Fifth Ward row
What ugly bids mares net hatcbes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

to Chester or Coatesville or some other
corrupt and contented village, IL we re-
member, and he was never returned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

Just can't stop Yercas from making
anagrams, and he's so impertinent about
it. The nerve OF him turning this in
TO us!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

Argentina has sent another ultima
tum to Germany. What good is an
ultimatum? The only thing TO send is an
army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
Government by murder and murder

Why was it necessary to go to New
York to get thugs? We apparently have
plenty OF our own.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24
EDITORIALS
ADROIT LIES

The horrid fear strikes us that unless
there should be a change for the better
in the neighborhood OF the City Hall we
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

William Marryat. OF Hamburg. was
considerably laeerated by sitting on
paper OF pins left on chair by his wife.
Frankln Free Presn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-24

star Correspondent Of tho EUcHiHO Ledger trith
hhe American Armv IN Trdnce
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-28
THE PYTHIAN BALL.

A Grand May Revue and Military
Ball will be given by Pride OF the
West Co. No. /, Uniform Rank
Knights of Pythias at Lanes Hall,
9th and Nicollet, on Mondy, May 7th'
Admission 35c.-Advertisement.
The Grand May Review and Mil
itary Ball given by Pride of the West
Co. K. of P. at Lewis Hall, 9th and
Mic, Monday night, May the 7th'
promises to be the most brilliant at
fair given in Minneapolis in a num-
Der of years. Gen. w. R. Morris and
his entire staff in full dress uniform
resplendent in gold braid and but
tons will be present. This is one OF
the finest appearing K. of P. stalls
in the United States. The Company
in dress uniform under Capt. w. T.
Jeffrey will give short drill during
the evening. A feature of the even
ing will be the grand march led b.
the uniform body.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-28

Miss Adah Lewis and Miss Adina
Adams returned Sunday from very
pleasant visit in the city of Chicago.
They were the guests of Mrs. D. p.
French and great many social func-
tons were given in their honor dur
ing their stay.
Mrs. John w. Mack, 3505 Bryant
Ave. So, left Wednesday for Omaha,
Neb. to spend two weeks.
e Mrs. w. R. Donovan and daughter,
Marguerite and niece Bertha Bolden,
were luncheon guests of Mrs. c. c.
Perkins. after which they were Wis
itors to the State Capitol.
Miss Marguerite Carter and Miss
Bertha Bolden, who, have been Wis
iting their aunt and mother, Mrs. w.
R. Donovan, have left for Chicago,
where they will visit relatives enroute
to their home in Detroit.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-28

Sidney Glover, son of Mr.. Ed.
Glover died Wednesday at the Hope
well Hospital.
Adelbert Jenkins. 9l0 Hawthorne
Ave-, died suddenly this week He
collapsed near the West Hotel.
The trial of Mrs. Garfield Golf
(white) is on in the district court for
shooting her husband. There are a
large number of spectators, among
them several leading church women.
Atty Francis is assisting the prosecu-
ton.
Atty John Erwin is counsel for
Wesley Gresham. who will be tried
for shooting bartender. Gresham
was an officer of the St. Paul police
force.
Atty. Hammond Turner was Wis
itor to Minneapolis last week on legal
business.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-04-28
DIR. Redo ASSAULTED.

DIR. 7. H. Redd met his former
friend and present foe at the Porters
and Walters Club last Friday night
Mr.. Justin M. Brown. (whose home
had been broken up nearly year ago
by DR.. Redd), struck him with a
bottle. He claims that DR.. Redo
provoked him by mannerisisms and a
remark Brown and his wife are now
living together and proceedings
against Redd had been withdrawn
DR.. Redd was dazed and after several
DAYS secured warrant for Brown for
assault and battery. Brown was ar
rested and gave bail. He will appear
for trial on April 18th. Brown will
plead guilty.