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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
WELCOMING FRANKLIN HONE

MANY of us entertain the notion hil'
IVl great men were not properly ~
preciated during their lifetime and haI y
was left to a later generaton-Qur ow1'
for instance-to discover" them. Rsadhl
of bitter invectives against Washihsl4
penned and spoken by his contemporary
a too hasty impression Is gained thaI w
eighteenth century was slow to place u.
in his niche Of fame. But this was ~
the case. Friction there must always y
among contemporaries, but usually
statesman's own determined character Whs
produces the criticism which Time efs'n
Old Philadelphia seems to have given en-
Of ms great men more than the usual non-
due a prophet in his own country p
jamin Franklin, on his return from ~
land at the outbreak OF the Revolule.
found a city with open arms. the psor
dropped anchor in tho Delaware on NAY
1775. Franklin at sixty-eight hao ~
been home for ten years. In London ne ~
been insulted, called a rebel, was IN -
apprehension of being thrown into PIrS.f
His wife had died in the new house
never seen, though II was built acco,ya.II
to his directions, He was told, as ne 49,
Of Lexington and Concord. But he ~
the terrible news calmly and undlsmAs'-
There must have been some conso'':Ss so X,
for him in walking the streets again
city had become the recognized meuop.
of the country. At the corner OF f,tsI 49,.
Walnut streets he passed the new ~
lin Inn," the first Of many hunaIel
taverns that took his name. The IA,
the city, gave a fowery welcome 70 .s
worthy DOCTOR" and one paper prin'sS IA
rhapsodic eulogy of THE Friend ot 80
Country and Mankind on His Return -
England:
To these fair western plains thy nSu''
shore
Here live beloved. and leave the TOO"
home
To run their length and hnish out ~
doom,
Here Iend thine aid to auench their O'''''
fires,
or fan the fame which liberty ih'p,.
Or fix the grand conductor tha'
guide ~.
The tempest back. and 'lectrify -
pride:
Rewarding Heaven will bless thy
at last,
And future glorles glorify the pasp
The morning after his arrival ~
sembly of Pennsylvania unanlmoe.rra2. .r2..
solved that Benjamin Franklin.
Walling and James Wilson. Esqpe 4
and they are hereby, added 70 w. M
appointed by this House on ine I..
Pennsylvania 70 attend the CQul.ntI,'. Z.
greaa expected 70 meet on tnf if
IN this city"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Following tand it comes to us through
the courtesy of w Up1 is the title page
of a book of 3S3 pages printed by one B.
Franklin in 174S:
The American Instructors Or, Young
Mans Best Companion. Containing, Spell.
ing, Reading, Writing and Arithmetick. in
an easier Way than any Yet published and
how to qualify any Person for Business,
without the Help of a Master. Instructions
to write Variety of Hands, with Copies
both in Prose and Verse How to write
Letters on Business or Friendship. Forms
of Indentures, Bonds, Bills OF Sale, Receipts,
Wills, Leases, Releases, &c Also Mer.
chants Accompts, and a short and easy Me.
thod of Shop and Bookkeeping; with a
Description of the several American
Colonies. Together with the Carpenters
Plain and Exact Rule: Showing how to
measure Carpenters, Joyners Sawyers.
Bricklsyers, Plai-sterers. Plumbers, Masons,
Glasiers, and Painters Work. How to under.
take each Work, and at what Price the
Rates of each Commodity, and the com.
mon Wages of Journeymen; with Gunter's
Line, and Coggeshal's Description Of the
Sliding Rule Likewise the Practical
Gauger made Easy the Art of DAZZLING, and
how TO erect and fix any Dial; with In
structions for Dying, Colouring, and max.
ing Colours. To which is added, The Poor
Planters Physician, With Instructions for
Marking on Linnen: how TO Pickle and
Preserve; to make divers Sorts of Wine ;
and many excellent Plaisters, and Medi.
cines, necessary in all Families, And also
Prudent Advice to young Tradesmen and
Dealers. The whole better adapted to these
American Colonies, than any other Book
Of the like Kind, By George Fisher, Ac-
compliant The Ninth Edition Revised and
Corrected. Philadelphia: Printed by B..
Franklin and d. Hall, at the New.Print.
ing-Oflce, in Market-Street, l74S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Conscription and Volunteers.
Complaint About Dangerous
Street Crossing
CONsCRIPTION AND VOLUNTEER
To ,b. Fditor of the Eveniu0 Ledoer:

CONSUMPTION AND NOLUNIEEh
To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
sIr-In a recent issue you published
an editorial, entitled Beating the Wheel"
In this article you mention one man, "a"
who is not in favor Of war, but who
will. Of course go, though half-heart-
edly, when he is called. The other man.
"B." wants TO be conscripted and, If he is
not intends to enlist next spring anyhow.
You assume that these are the predom-
inant types in Philadelphia, and you also
saw that IL "B" wants to be in the army
he should enlist. When "conscription," or
,'selective draft" was first proposed your
paper indorsed it and in one of your edi-
torials said that there were thousands Of
Young men in Philadelphia ready to serve
their country when they were told the
method by which they could be Of the great
est service. This was one of your argu-
ments in favor Of the selective draft. And
n is certainly a fact that the volunteer
system is in error, yet you are now advo-
eating II.
on another occasion you made some ref
erence to the "seective draft" and called
the army which will be raised by that sys-
ten, an elected" army. That article would
was a patriot worthy of the name and yet
YOU are now attaching a stigma TO conscrip-
tion.
Isn't II true that conscripted man is
seryinR his country better than a volun-
teer? The former is allowing himself to be
placed where he can be of the greatest serv-
ice regardless of what that service may be,
whereas a volunteer is picking out the
branch of service that makes the strongest
appeal 10 him, but not necessarily the
branch where he can be most useful
The "selective draft" is the most demo-
cratic and fairest way of raising an army,
and IL certainly is the most efficient method
that could be employed, as Z conserves our
Industrial forces better than the worn-out
volunteer system, and is also the leveling
place for all classes
These are things that you claimed for
transcription when II was first proposed, and
N they were true then they are lust as
surely true now and no attempt should be
made by the press to belittle the squarest
system ever adopted by any warning nation.
l.. E. r.
mo attempt was made to bellttle what
the EVENING LEDaER also believes to be
the squRrest system, nor were volunteers
aver ciassed as superior To conscrpted men
BY this Newspaper The editorial IN ques-
ton said. Perhaps they represent two WE'LL
known typesf Il BY no means assumed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
THE BARBARA y
FRIETCHIE MyTu
Modern Skeptics Incline,
Doubt the Tale as Whit Whit
tier Told It
Up rose old Barbara Fris,.A,. .
Bowed with her - IIetchle. IN

| 1p rose OLD Barbara Friet.bt. .
p..,.., -, score years and "a,
| sesssVest OF all In Frederick e..
--'''n hurlsd dova
90 RUNS whttier's ballad
~ whose lines this anoler, a.. rans y
erick' maryland, set the tInios OF F,,
MI om-SIll In defiance Of the ayr.,s lag N h
it, ooChSor' who, after IL vss I, vi vi sloas.
bIl rea.eneu i,t with a dogs death .s Snot dcvt
| hair ~ ,ha , would dare 10 t.,'a. tsns
'''' ht,I.a ~ .Ie ioyal old lady's "Trav oueh !
genoratiaI every American schooih..
eeheratlon ago believed in Ra,Solooy ct /
chie as implicitly as he ba,ta,roara para Frlu.
washington. several authort,,.uu IN Georr.
tuat Whlle such person did ros,,InoW nov ave
rreuerlck Town during the ci,,n y exist 4
u!tioh gave to her honor and war n.
| ulu not deserve. And as a y mat 81
cnaIIehge a spirited controversv oi Nh
waged in the press. mas W,
hesearch proves that one Rarh... ! &
daughter Of German immigr,ut haus
sylVania was born in Lsncs str 70 Penn.
cember 3, l776, and later r,ovsd "a, "a, D
IaInily' TO Frederick. On Nav 6 isns n ~
nearly Iorty years Of age she rnarrjs, W.,
Caspar Frietchie, fourteen years 49, b'S Si seai
sne son or Tory who had. by tbs ,!u .unle'
tered" lawn ana quar.
Barbara Frietchle, not bs,,,,
dren Of her own, reared her hro,,sy ,sly nl
and sister-in.law. Her husband sf,.. ,'a-as
ing as prosperous glovemaker d,as ~ ~,
vember 10, 1S49, when he was in NJ. N 10
tieth year and his widow In her 49,.
fourth year She survived him ,SIss.V'
years, dying on December is Isss
ninety'siN, The alleged flag episode ~ ~
Cured only three months previousIv 1 IS
According TO her obituary. nuhi;,h.
Frederick paper at the time Of her h...I, y
the real Barbara Frietchie had reroy.s y
that town when child and had remsrS..,s :
the signing of the Declaration Of Ind.O'.
dence, as we'll as the scenes Of the RsvoIr'
tion and the War of 1912.
ITO one thus strangely Identified vii. a..
origin and growth of the Republic iov,,s.
necessarily became a deep-seatsd ...s}
ment," this obituary went on 10 relats ssss
when the Rebels were expelled from ~
city on the memorable 18th Of Septemb..
this venerable lady, as a last act Of dsv.
ton, stood at her front door and waved q.
glorious Star Spangled Banner in token y
welcome to our deliverers."
In the opinion of some authorItIes ,A.
was the real basis for the story OF NJ
taking up the flag that jackson had orders
shot down from her window.
According TO one Engebrecht, a unIouu
who became Mayor of Frederick, the M
dent described by the Quaker poet nsy,,
took place. He lived directly across d,
street from the Frietchie cottage and frun
his window saw Lees army pass There b
also published denial Of the story by Sam.
uel Tyler. a lawyer, who wrote the bloga.
ply of Just.co Taney. Various other n.
thors have published denials based upd,
information alleged to have been obtaIns
from Barbara Frietchie's family and nsigh
bors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
THE CLINK OF A DRINK

s0TNHE clink Of the ice in the pitcher
the boy brings up the hall" prompted
Eugene Field 10 lyric rhapsody. Had
the French ''poilu" ever heard that
soothing tinkle II would have now
prompted him TO better understanding
OF one Of the ways OF the "Sammee'
boys that puzzles him most. From "An
American Training Camp in France"
comes word that the passion OF our troops
for huge masses OF friEid water has com
pletely staggered the Gaul's reasoning
powers.
Foreigners IN France have done some
queer things. according to homegrown
opinion. The Germans OF 1870 had a
craze for clockl Perhaps they sought
q prevent spy caitulalionsof day Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quis

1. William Denman Is chairman Of the Unit,
States Shipping Board and GeOrge v.
Goethals is general manager Of ~
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
2. STEAMBOAT Is the Turkish name for csn'
stantinople.
3. COckaigne is an imaginary land Of w
ness and luXuT~ The word u sOmevme
used in punning reference to the Coekne
district of London.
4. Bavaria is the largest State in the Gernl'
Empire after Prussia.
5. President MenocaI is the Chief Executive =
Cuba.
9. Coleoptera are beetles, with front vine
converted into sheaths.
!. Louis ii Of Bourbon, PRINCE Of COnde, ~
called "The Great Conde," He was 2.
tinguished as general during the IsIn
of Louis XIV Of France. Condos daA
are I621-16S0.
8. Delaware was the first State to ratfy ~
United States Constitution.
0. "Sinn Fein" Is Gaelic for "For Ourselves
10. Mark Twain is credited with saying ~
good and you Will he happy, but ~
won't have n good time"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. What Is the first name Of General Csdanf
2. What was the Platt amendment hIinr N
relationship OF Cuba with the rIla
States?
8. In 1884 certain Americans formed the shs
of Franklin. Where was this Comnas.
wealth which never received sanriu
from the Federal Government
4. What Is an aplarist?
8. An aeroplahe shed Is called o 'hshcH'
From what language Is this word takc
and what is its original rheanlnEf
9. Across what river have the Russians Ju,
been driven by the re-enforced Austrians
!. Alexander Hamilton was not boFr IN III
United States. Where was h bornS
g. Who is said to have declared that "the bat
tie of Waterloo was won on the PLAYING
fields OF Eton"?
o. Who wrote "The Lady Of Lyons"f
10. Name the eight planets visible 10 the nAka
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Germany is said to be preparing
for a winter campaign. Concentration
by America and the Allies on the victo-
rious good old summertime" ought to
be made all the easier thereby. There is
such a thing a. looking too far beyond
nss nose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

that they were the predominant types. The
point made was that of these two types of
volunteers, or would-be volunteers II was
OFTEN the case that the man who had talked
loudest for war was sowest to volunteer
ana that the man who had been against var
was often the first to volunteer.-Editor ~
the EVENING LEDGER -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
Tom Daly's Column
THE BALLAD or CAsTLE.Brn

IdE BALLAD OF CASTLE-RED
Theoderic, lord Of Cdstle-Red,
Halls and chambers Of jetDeled story
Many head has bent and bled
To oive thV name ITS glory.
Ptnndce splendor and ddmbedu flare
WdUe to thee honor and light thy PAGES
No kings Of the West before thee dare
UnveH their faces.
Yet something, i0hispering soft, has said :
"Thou hast chests Of agate and braided
pearl
In the splendor and fare Of Castle Red
But hast thou the miIk-ltn bed, Holy
GtrI9"
Theoderic, lord Of Cdstle-Red
Girt tCith thy band Of Gallant bo,onten:
StCift tods the tread Of them that fed
In a tCrdth Of 11dr, thy toemen.
And noto IN the rutous and hardy tcdls
Of thy UaSt, mUiolate naughty palace,
TN laughter olitters. thy great 1Oine fails
IN TIM titan chdlicc.
But a ghost Of a dream that hither sped
To dance on the carpets thy SLAVES
UHturl,
Through the uine and laughter Of
Cdstle-Red,
Asks, where Is the rose-toot, HOLY
Girl2"
Theoderic, lord OF Cdstle-Red,
The delicate pages, Wrath and Lustino,
Though regaHy bred, SHAH soon lie dead
While the lCtnd IN the ledves Is ousting.
The cry Of the Prides, thy chdrtoteers,
Shall faint and thy queenling, Hate, be
bdrtsbed,
White thou, King Of the kissing spears,
Into dust art Udnished.
For not for ndu1bt the uind's cry pied!
"Thy riches hang by shddotCy curl
(Ah, great one and golden Of Castle RedV
OF love, the daton eyed. the Holy Grl3"
CHRISTOPHER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
II the Denman.Goethals frictIo,

II the Denmhn'Goethals friction
continues we may at least be spared the
pain of lamenting that our merchant
marine is built before our sailors are
trained. That's pretty clammy comfort,
but it's the best in sight in these days Of
the costly shipbuilding deadlock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

RICHARD S. FRANCIS, with 70, holds
the record for the Merton Cricket Clubs
east golf course because he did his work in
fewer strokes than any one else. Why not
send him to Congress? 1t surely would
make for improvement Here's the sort of
record that sticks up like a sore thumb
in the current Congressional Record
Index:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Smart as the Germans consider
themselves, they'll have a tough time get
ting on to Sir Eric Goddess curves. Brit,
aims new Lord of the Admiralty in the
days of his residence in America, was a
valued employe Of the Baltimore and Ohio.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
Americans who may be inclined Z

wonder what Sir Edward Carson, as
Minister without Portfolio" can do are
invited to consider their own Colonel
z. NJ House, whose varied and valuable
activities for some years have not needed
the spur of any Cabinet title whatever.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

CHERRY PIE
Oh cherry pe Yum. yum! Oh, gee.
Let not the crusts close edded be- Ir,
But pufed and 4aky, pumped with meat
And all the red heart dripping sweet
with luscious ooZinEs syrupy.
All, that's the cherry pie for me.
I'll want two "helpin's,' maybe three
Who got enough 10 eat
o. cherry pie?
What odds II in our dreams we see
Nightmares and goblns7 We agree
Though pain usurp joys earlier seat,
No collyWOhs can quite defeat
The Eustatory pleasures we
Owe cherry pie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

1t may be that we have been deceived,
but these strange answers seem so
natural and withal so new that we are
quite prepared to believe our correspond
ent's assurance that they were recently
made by applicants for admission to
college:
Sixty gallons make one hedgehog.
Geometry teaches us how TO bisect angels
The Government of England is a limited
mockery.
A mountain range Is a large cookstove.
The qualifications OF a voter at a school
meeting are that he must be the father
OF a child for eight weeks.
The skeleton is what is left after the
insides have been taken on.
Weapohs Of the Indian - bow, arrow,
tomahawk and war-hoop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

The navy is turning down typists
with fiat feet. What about the head?"
is a sigh that will probably be forthcom.
ing from the Tired Business Man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

If our weather bureaucracy is In
ny way responsible for one Of the pleas
ptest summers on record, there can be
10 objection to its binding the seasons
ogether with the reddest tape available.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Until now standees in moving pub
lie vehicles have been unenvied, but the
new order to the Pennsylvania Railroad
that its employees shall yield their seats to
paying passengers may move us TO call
some straphangers lucky dogs, after all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

HENRY F. MICHEL bought us all
the cherry pie we could eat at luncheon
at the Northfeld Golf Club on Tuesday,
whereupon we went forth and properly
licked H. Michel and /. Horstmann, with
some slight assistance from our partner,
f. Sommer. Since all three of these men
missed our lovely rondeau in praise Of
our favorite fodder, the least we can do is
10 reprint IT here:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

We need no inside information to
convince us that the Crown Prince is
back on the Verdun front. The brilliant
new French victory there tells the story
with sufficient clearness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Barricaded Chestnut street and
wartorn Verdun can unite in a common
slogan this summer. They shall not
pass" fills the bill
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
Rut what Could They Exchanpe1

Possibly we're on the wrong track
here but it has always seemed to us that
there are enough of these fellows in the
world to form the club referred to in
this paragraph from an eve contemp.:
The first floor Of the ive-story building
at 100 North Delaware avenue has been
leased TO the Butterin Exchange by John
II Cipharg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Uncle Sam is indeed the doctor now.
He's putting the draft numbers in cap.
sules.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

"slavs in Retreat" This habit Of
rushin' forward and back again begins
70 give VS. some notion how Kerensks's
home folks came BY their name
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

OF all the pictures of Sir Edward Car.
son that we have seen in the public
prints the one that pleased us most was
one published last eve. in the most con.
temp. of our eve. contemps. 1t gave him
a lovely caulihower ear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19

Lovers Plan Elopement in Auto But
Fall" said the newspaper headline. Can't
elope? Rocky Ford?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
What the Trenches Are Like

First, a series Of trenches marvelously
constructed which is saying something, for
the Boche has trench building down to a
science, quite in order since he is par ex-
cellence a scientist A series of trenches
in the angular form of saws teeth, and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-19
DIGGING OUT THE BOCHES
Hindenburg Line Built Like Ancient Fortress
Whose Defenders Fought Like
Trapped Rats
BY HENRI BAZIN

rrc.ronaeni d the Erenlna Ledaer ln Franoe
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-10-19
A. A. WHITE
Townsite Promoter

Business and residence lots for
sale in new towns in Minnesota,
North Dakota, Montana Oregon,
Washington and California. Also
21 government townsites on Flathead
lake, dimple on the "cheek of ma
ture," nestled in the heart of the
Rocky mountains, :.ear Glacier ma
tional park, on the Line of the Great
Northern railway, the only trans
continental railway with a branch
line reaching the beautiful shores
and awe-inspiring scenery of the
'Flathead lake, destined to become
the greatest resort place in the world
General office: 1910 Pioneer
building ST. Paul, MINI.
Branch offices: Hotel Missoula,
Missoula; Mont; Conrad block, Kali
spell, Mont.-Adv.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-10-19

| hoppers strike the tin, start sliding
down the curved front and then
strike another shield of tin which is
curved the opposite way and throws
them through a narrow opening back
into the box. When the hoppers get
| to be about 10 inches deep in the box
the screened door at the top is raised
and they are shoveled into the sack
Visitors to the state fair who visited
the educational building will remem-
ber seeing a small model of this ma
chine in the state college exhibit.
Mr.. Greenwood found that best re-
suits were obtained by working the
machine in the early morning before
the hoppers became too active. 1t
was no trick at all for him to drive
his machine three or four times
around his two acres of alfalfa and
come in with $50 pounds of live
hoppers.
eN1thod of Curing.
After the hoppers were sacked
they were allowed to stand over
night, during which time most of
them would die. They were then
spread out on canvas in the sun
and allowed to dry, after which they
were again sacked up and stored for
winter use. In drying about SO per
cent of weight is lost but the fin
ished product is highly concen-
trated food consisting of rs per cent
protein and containing in addition,
several important minerals which
are instinctively craved by chickens.
Should grasshoppers become num-
erous another year farmers would do
we'll to secure one of these machines
The grasshoppers caught would in
most cases pay for the cost of build
ing and operating the machine and
he would thus be securing the pro-
lection of his crop free of charge.