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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
BEATl BEATl DRUMS,

Beat. beat, drums Blow, bupIss =,
Through the windows-througb IT, "'owl
burst like a ruthless force uoors-,
Into the solemn church and soat,a
gregation; the coi.
Into the school, where the scbo,ar d.
ing Is STUDY,
Leave not the bridegroom ou,e,-. =
ness must he have now w,,s ,nsappk
Nor the peaceful farmer anv ns,.
Ing his field or gathering hi. pcv-
SO fierce you whirr and pound, Won s grain,
SO shrill you bugles blow. ufums--
Beat, beat, drums Blow, bueles III.
over the traffic of cities-over ~. oowi
of wheels In the streets. rumble
No bargainers' bargains by dav-'r
or speculators-woud thev o,o oo,oksrl
Would the takers be talking? Won,sn Y
singer attempt to sing? ''uu IL
Would the lawyer rise in the coprt a.
his case before the judpe9 sat>
Then rattle quicker heavier, drur.
bugles wilder blow. 's-yu
Beat. beat, drums Blow, busles NJ.
Make no parley-stop for no exnos,,wi u,owi
Mind not the timid--mind not the ,suiatioa
prayer; "eeper o.
Mind not the old man beseechine N.
man; young
Let not the child's voice be beara
mothers entreaties "or uhs
Make even the trestles to shals a.,
where they lie awaiting The e oead
So strong you thump of terrible darses
so loud you bugles blow. uns--
Walt whitm.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
"AN AIR OF EXPECTANCY"

LONDON reports that there is IAN air
- of expectancy" of big things on land
and sea. Yet battles are never announced
beforehand. 1t is only from Zurich and
Ell Paso, which, according to Mr.. Polk,
are the two greatest Observation-Disclosures
in the universe. that accurate accounts
Of what is going to happen emerge.
Something is expected to happen be.
cause nothing much has appeared to be
happening. There Is often a feeling that
things can't go on like this" But this
is a false impression. The great news
of today is precisely the absence of news.
1t is Berlin that really needs and Graves
news" news of forty or fifty merchant.
men sunk each week instead of eighteen
or twenty, news of a Russian collapse.
1t is we who can do without news while
slowly and relentlessly our industrial
processes reduce Prussian militarism to
powder. To quote German, Friedrich
Won Logau, "the mills of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind exceeding small"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
"H Pays to Garry H Home

Regular lahdedahs youse guys dat used
to 60 to the old bathy and cough up your
nicles at the front door to Keebler's man.
wuzn't youse? why none of us Hare
streeters ever done anything so nutty.
We used to hide our few duds in the
bushes under the old Wire Bridge ana
swim up to the south end O. the Bathy
where they wuz loose board we could
take off and alter we wuz inside could
put back again. One of our gang wuz
Hagan. Member him? Youse don't?
Don't remember Hagan wat saved six
kids from drownin' under the ice? Sure,
ats the guy. And there was Johnny
Wise. John Harding, the Carroll boys,
Johnny Gordon, George Dunlap, Jakey
Shaner and me.
HEINIE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
Trade Between Friends

I'VE bought millions Of marks worth of
varied merchandise from Germany yearly
before 1914. We shall make that mill
lions of dollars In American merchandise,
not only for the exceptional needs of the re-
construction period, but for the decades
beyond it. At offering our own merchandise
we shall beat Germany at her ancient game,
but without the avaricious selfish perspec-
tive of the Germans, since we will not
merely seek to sell. And there will be some-
thing In buying in a market of friends.
II think the simple principle of favoring
a customer who is friend as against. one
who is not will, aside from any sentimental
perspective, bring about within few wears
after the war a reciprocal condition of trade
between the United States and France that
will astonish the commercial world.
MY intimate official knowledge of French
commercial and manufacturing interests
since the war and before 1t. and the broad
intent of French manufacturers and mar
chants as made clear to me in many con
ferences, makes very sangune in INV mind
the great and genuine Importance of future
economic relations between France and the
United States" >
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
THE INEFFICIENT POLICE WORK
OF 1S49

"DIsoRDER and bloodshed in the year
IL 1s49" would at once suggest csD,
fornia to any one acquainted with the biz
tory of this country. But there were fsv
communities in the California of 1s4s gok
digging days that could compete in Law.
lessness with the Philadelphia of that sun
mer. For about fifteen years the spirit Il
disorder had been growing in the city, sM
the police seemed unable to cope with 4
What the precise causes were would h
hard to say, but the general cause is clear
enough. The Jacksonian period of hs
thirties was the awakening of the 'masssf
to consciousness Of their power. Thar
frontier President showed little regsrd'
Tor the old restraints Of courtesy Ind
caution, and this spirit was sure to per
meate the whole country.
Organized gangs of ruffians became bold
er and bolder in misunderstanding on uH'
outskirts Of the old city. They were know
by such names as the Killers, the Blood
Tubs, the Rats. the Bouncers the Schuyf
XIII Rangers. etc. One reads of bat1s
ers No. 1, but nobody ever seems to hsw'
heard of the Killers No. 2, 'or No. 8. nA'
district of Moyamensing was particulsfy
AFFLICTED with these gangs. The frema
OF this district were also in deadly enmiQ
with each other On a June Sunday vi
lS49 battle took place in the streets an
lasted all day. Bricks stones and frearn
were used and hundreds took part. ~
hghting ranged from Eighth to EeventA
and from Christian to Fitzwater street
Two weeks later a shed on Shippe
Nbalnprldge) street between Ninth ~
Ienth streets was fired purposely. IN
carriage or the Franklin Hose Compan.
proceeding toward the place, was seisa
py gang OF rufflans who were lying
wait and run down to Washington avenus
whari on the Delaware, where It was pusnsa
INTO the river A retaliatory operation o.
the same night was brought about by -.
nhg nre to shed on another part
Snippen street. The Moyamensing no.
company was attacked by adherens
tne FRANKLIN. A serious fight took plan
win nrearms, in the course of which ooe
Alexander Gillies was killed and nine 9
zen We're wounded. Another terrible ~
Sroke out on election night. ending In nv
uer ana In the burning of the Californ1
Rouse at Sixth and St Mary streets; ~
that Is another story in itself> III
rms disorder of the summer and He|
OF is4o was all the more awful in W.
VI .he fact that cholera epidemic
rasihg In the city. The deaths In ths
anu county between May 80 and Septen
wsre iviz, ana there were probably
spout svVo cases Of cholera, A. the
sc'.ss s VA va neeyiiy R29 ths poo{
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Not All Newly Married Men Are
Slackers-Latin Inscrip-
tions
MARRIAGE AND SLACKERIsM

To the Editor Of the Erening Ledger:
Sir-The military authorities f,the War
Department are said to have declared that
no man within military age married after
July 20 shall be exempted from the draft
Tor the dependence of his WIFE Such n
declaration is unjust, illegal and undemo.
cratic.
l know OF man who had contemplated
marriage since two years ago; and the
wedding Yas incidentally set last DECEMBER
Tor the twenty-fourth of July of this year,
ana he was then married accordingly The
couple had no idea, when they planned their
marriage, that war would take place hence
the bridegroom had no intention to eyade
the draft and the bride made no ATTEMPT
to aid evasion. The marriage was regular
and lawful and It was to take place. war
or no war. Cannot this man claim exemp-
tion on the ground Of having a dependent
wife? And can this woman he accused Of
disloyalty and unpatriotism?
There are no doubt many cases similar
to this where marriage Is not Intended to
escape conscription and conforms to all
morality and legality; and, therefore, the
married should be entitled to the full Legal
right, that any other man married before
the declared date has, to claim exemption
on the ground OF the dependence of his wife.
should this man be deprived of this right.
could not he use his individual rights? How
could the Government separate this man
from those who really are "slackers." in
tending to hide themselves under petti.
coats?
Furthermore, In every nation, in time Of
peace or war; there is a certain normal
marriage rate; that is, there must be a Ger.
tain number of persons married every wear
every month every day. Did the dra ~
law provide that men shall not marry within
the war period7 or does the constitutionai !
law or civil law or any other law Of the
United States? No, of course not. For
II 1t did. the United States after a hundred
years war, which is not impossible wouId
De totally depopulated, and then there would
De no people to fight for her. II no law
prohibits marriage, but, on the other hand
every marriage license is granted bv Gov
erninent and every wedding ceremony nar-
FORMED by the church, people married updsr
these circumstances cannot but be IawfuI
cuted w '' piose-
AT any rate. the Government mus. d,v,d.
~ .,e ~ai'er-Juiy-twenueth marriages into two
"iasses' the normal marriages and tha
assa~, marriages. If, as it is, such A
discrimination is impossible IL ia advisah,a
e' 'he siackers have their way rather
guilty Moreover. 1t is perhans r,nro not
sirabie to exclude all the slackers frnn, tI. ue
Uhited states army for slackers are r,oss
nSeiy 10 De deserters, and the valiant r,,,''
ol .he United States should not he va,
up Of deserters "o' pe MADE
De II understood that In presenting th,.
@ar.icle, @ ! am quite disinterested ana un
''''efheo' as am unmarried and allan
uun,,,s GAN C. YEE.
huntington, Pa, August 2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

rian, unacquainted with declensions and con-
Jugations had constructed this marvellous
rendering Of put on the whole armor of
God by the use Of an Englsh-Latin
lexicon.
Mr' Freeborn might readily have solved
the puzzle by assuming a combination of
homemade Latin and typographical errors:
Adserton is adsertor defenders conctia,
united; exergne, ex equo recaperatumo, re-
cuperaturo.
OF course, these are conjectures but the
inscriptions seem fairly clear: To George
washington supreme leader Of the armies
In United America Con the reverse, on
horseback, About to capture Boston.
THOMAS FLINT.
Concord, N. H., August 5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

ONCE when w. ]. Glackens had his
studio on the third floor of 724 Chestnut
street fellow artist who was doing com.
mercial work blew in with sketch he
was doing for seashore concern. II
showed the conventional summer girl ~
the time disporting on the beach. "I'm
thinking of calling it The Fair Bather' >"
said he, with marvellous originality. "Weu
BILL" said Glackens, squirting at the
work on his own easel. your works 40
Photographic your title should be abso.
's:s'y s.:ss HsZ e ne Z. ssn = tn ysis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
THE IDYLL OF OLD JOYS


You started It, Judoe-and the Colonel
vou Knocked at my bedroom door,
Disturbing my peaceful slumber at the
ridiculous hour Of four.
and hopefully led us atody
Up orer the hills that ,oerc family pre-
dieting the coming OF day,
And so, to the lake In the hollo,o, green
trimmed by its deep-acooded shores,
And then, ,oten 1Ce got In the boat, Judge,
1oith you hard at 1oorb aOith the
oars.
We found you'd forgotten the bait-Eh?
what nonsense! OF course, It tcas
We brought your fault home at the time,
Judge, and made you acknowledge
II, too.
o! a0ell, let it pass. Then the Colonel be.
nignly remarked that although
Our fishing rds off for that morning, 1oe
ought to hare something to sho,U;
We shouldn't 90 home empty-hdnded, he
said, and suggested the joys
OF hunting those silly pond-Hlies, like so
many Sunday school boys.
You fell into line 1Uith the notion and
started to roto as inShore,
And then ace discorered that springboard
1oe never had noticed before.
We 0dsed at the board and each other,
and gazed at the springbodrd again:
You trailed one fat hand In the acater and
t,ciddled your fngers-and then
You gaue as the taoo-tingered signal that
no fello,o ever torgets.
We looked and 1oe 9rinned at each other
and whispered In chorus: "Letsp
There wasn't a soul there to see us, so pe
just beached the boat ,otth rush
And fell to dtscardin9 our garments In the
ledty underbrush.
I had to laugh so at the Colonel-Un-
gdtnlyS Yes, tcusnt he, thought
Ny dtve9 Well, It 1oould hape been grace.
tuI " you hadn't hurried me so.
But, say. aohen you ducked the poor
Colonel, I thought that toas shabba
OF you.
And you sipty-tour last December and he
only strty-t,co!
IL serUed you right, too, that you had to
"chaao beef" tchen you started to
dress.
WhutS AeS Why, didn't do that, JUDGE;
that trick ,oas the Coloneps, guess
But aoasn't IL great, thought And didn't
you thrill tohen pour body shot In,
With nothing 't,otrt you and the aoater
just nothing at all but your sktnS
Wed come to this lake rather often and
bdthed In the fuH Hight of day,
With thron0s of those summer sojourners
toho trttter their time In that ,oou.
But then there toere thick bathing oar-
ments to curnber us, body and I'm,
And that sort Of things but a bath. !.
Judge. but this aoas regular
"s,otnp"l
And then, toalktn0 back to the farmhouse
,oith the rising sun In your face.
Just gliding the hilltops aoith glory, non
thrilled 1otth netoly found grace
That toaEened a host of s,oeet memories
these long years forgotten, and
then
Say, Judge, " toe 90 back nert summer
dare you to do 1t again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
interruption

A lad from the proofroom rushes IN
10 hand us a wheeze: Has 1t anything
10 do with swimming?' we demand,
holding him off. WELL" sez he, some
people swim in It," So we permit MIN
to point out what nearly got by in an
advertisement about dried beer In this
very paper:
Nice tender beer; deliciously good when
creamed. An emergency" ration to
have in the house.
"f Pays to Carry H Home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
The agent of the Mavo

The agent of the Mayors bonding
company notes "a desire on the part Of
contractors and dealers to place their
business through the Smith company un.
solicited" The public has also noticed
the same desire, which is due. no doubt,
to the fact that the Mayors company
furnishes better bonds, and not at all TO
~ 3.et tnse ~. smith hsppsns 70 b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
LATIN INSCRIPTIONS
To the Editor Of the Eueni,o J.S.

Co. " '"o EUeHth9 Ledger.
-Ihe letter of Mr.. Frank w ru
oe oSrn, which appeared in the issue n, I'.s.
20, inuicates the difficulty of findinS ooui un'
tstons e nat,n s inscriptions unless they are ouo
'a.rons from classic writer's. orc quo
The Central Branch Your. n.,A
s,an association. of BROOKLYN w,,s Shris
s.a.eiest association building in the tn'
ra nas .nis legend In all its library ho.',,e
omplsmentum sSss1 hgo deus armatus ns ySs..
zsssa = ';se;ss ~ ssxs s,,s:s ss.p'i A. =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
The MunicipaI Court

IHe MuHICIpdI Court sometImes
releases offenders on probation; the mag.
istrates nearly always release offenders
altogether. 1t is evident, therefore. AYERS
the Director Of Public Safety, excusing
his failure to hold vice In check, that the
Municipal Court is detrimental to the
proper policing OF the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF LIVING
= IN A GREAT ERA
Pennsylvania

CIR ERIC GEDDEs, First Lord of the
~ British Admiralty. is good for gloom
wearied souls. 1T Is great war;" he
writes to Pittsburgh friend. "and a
great age to live in." Amen! So timor.
pue ars we Of being jingoes that we have
cpoe almost afraid Of enthusiasm. The
stss| 4 = Z lsErahly ressn1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

AND VIII Lou reports from New York
that he passed the physical examination
swimmingly and so that let's him in here.
He has resigned his teaching job and is
ready for France If they need him. Carl
Shanfelter is already there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
IIEINIE.
CollabOratIons

Give me the splendid, silent sun,
As long as daylight fingers.
Take back your splendid, silent sun,
The darn thing burns my fngersi
WALT WHITMAN AND WILL LOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
Tom Days Column

LET'S make this Swimming Number
Our talk about the old "Bathy' has
stirred UP so many old rascals with no
hair left to get wet, and they seem 80
hungry for more OF 1t, that well just
plunge right In again. Stand back IL
you've got your good clothes on!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

BY declaring war on Germany,
Liberia lines up with Gunga Din. She
is white, pure white. inside"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

A.
I. Abyssinia Is an independent nation in A..
not involved In the present war " aim
2. The two great "K's" Of Russia ora D..
kerensky and General KOrnllof,
3. William II. Taft Is now a major gsn.-, !.
the American Red Cross service.
A. In the British trench slang cigarette. -
known flags" ~
8. The Doomsday Book was n digest In No..
French OF the results Of n census AZ - -
yey undertaken by order of WiIiism ~
COnqueror and completed in 1855
o. The city Of Czernowitz has changed h,,i.
ten times since the war began. -
7. Garret A. Hobart and Theodore Roo..-s
were Vice Presidents under William II
8. Georges Bizet wrote the opera of "Caru..
produced In Paris In 1873.
o. HORACE Greeley. founder Of the New Va
Tribune, ran for President In 1879 Il.
was defeated by General Grant. ="
10. "Adelphi'' Is a Greek word meaning ssbr,aS
ers." In London the Adelphia is n r.s}s.
comprising several streets on the scSS
side Of the strand and the Adeiphi ~
race. facing the river. The name Vs.
given from the fact that the terrace w.
built by four brothers named Adam. w.
names were given to the streets-jsSs
street. Robert street. James street sni
William street,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

The truth Of Mr.. Gerard's story of
Teuton diplomacy is triumphantly con-
firmed by the decision of the Imperial
censor to bar 1t from Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

The streets have not been any
cleaner since Director Datesman reor.
ganized the Bureau of Street Cleaning.
but the contractors fines have been less.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
,yEVER SEE 'MS

7 once kneto a st1inpmer named Bo'omd'
Who had all the airs OF shotcmdn;
He seemed to opfne
That his dues tcere Just nne,
But he started them ,otth hts abdomen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09

Mayor wants transit lease fully dis
cussed.-News head.
1t will be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
SWIPING THE PEOPLES NICKEL

Ninety-fve-cent gas would not bring
any real benefit to the people at this
time because we should have to get the
money out of them some other way
Controller Walton.
CUPPOsEDLY people who meekly en-
~ dure tax Of 25 per cent on a neces.
sity of life will be quite willing to have
it raised to 33 1-3 per cent. Between now
and the first of January, however, 1t will
dawn on Councils, we believe, that not
only has the city no moral right to Sc.
quester the five-cent reduction guaran-
teed by contract, but that 1t would be
sumption under the lower rate would
eventually more than compensate for the
reduction in unit price.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
What Do You Know


I. How many Presidents of the J-r,... =.
.camss from New York State. and d NM esst.!
2. What Is the chief city, Of the pa, ,..
ent nation Of Arabia? " "depsa1
3. When was the first submarine cah,.
the Pacific completed? S""'o acssol
4. Pennsylvania had more slgnator,s. a. -.
DECLARATION of Independence tSoW 70 u
other state. Who were these msns ~
8. What position In the British army \. -.
by Sir william Robertson? ' " ~
o. What famous Frenchman said, "If a.. :.
him.? 70 inve1l
:. What is, the meaning Of "notsam and \.
sam? ' ana ~
8. How many yards make a perch?
0. Where are the Spice Islands?
10. Who is the hero Of Homer's Ilia5s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-09
RECIPROCITY
WITH AMERICA
France Plans Closer Trade Re-
lations for the Benefit of Both
Countries After the War
Rv HENRI BAZIN

Sta6 Cores pondent Of the Evening Ledo~
IN France.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-15
Grain Men Ask Support
OF Conservation Bills

The Omaha Grain exchange at a
called meeting, adopted resolutions,
asking the Nebraska senators and rep
resentatives in congress to support
the food conservation bills that have
been introduced and are in COM
mittee.
Preliminary action, looking to the
securing seed wheat for next year
for the farms of Nebraska was started.
Committees will be appointed at a
subsequent meeting and they will be
instructed to ascertain the quantity
of wheat thatEvil be required. These
committees later on will get in touch
with elevator and warehouse men with
view to making plans for the distri-
button of seed.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-15
Class Day Exercises for
St. Mary's Seminary Girls

Graduating exercises for Mount St.
Mary's seminary were held Thursday
morning at the Brandeis theater. Rev.
Father F. X. McMenamy, president
of Creighton university, delivered an
address, in which he reminded the
young women OF the sacrifices that
had been made that they might re-
eeive Catholic education. Every
great good requires some great sac
rifce," he said. "You yourselves have
doubtless undergone many sacrifices,
but your parents and the Sisters Of
Mercy have sacrificed much more. All
that now seems bright in your pros
poets has been sacrificed by these,
your teachers; they have taken upon
themselves life that the world
styles one of drudgery."
The exercises were opened with a
salutory address by Marie Roach.
Misses Petersen, Kilkenny, Foley, At
kins, Wacek, Steinke, Torpy and
Swoboda gave piano octette and
Clare Perkins sang Moonlight and
Starlight" Helen Mcmahon was vale
dictorian and Faye Chambers spoke
"a Story of a Yale-Harvard Boat
Race" Gold crosses, diplomas, laurels
and teachers certificates were con-
ferred upon Inez Hughes, Ellen Han
ley, Margaret Hoctor, Faye Chambers,
Mildred ConnoL Rose Bulin and
Eileen Brown. Gold crosses and di-
plomas were given Marie Bell. Mar
garet Harmon, Ruth Ke;', Helen Nc
Mahon and Marie Roach. Miss Jesse
Lane Dragoo was awarded q gold
medal and diploma for music. Ger
tifcates for typewriting were issued
to Eileen Brown, Anna Krejoi and
Olga Zimmerman. Gold medals were
won by Eileen Brown, Marie Roach,
Helen Mcmahon, Rose Bulin, Mable
Grogan. Lucille Flynn, Mildred Flynn.
Ruth Mcmillan, Faye Chambers and
Alice Osterman. Gold pins were
given Anna Krejci, Anna Rozmajzl,
HELEN Dworak, Luree and Margaret
Kelly.