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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

i. What historic event will the suffragists
initiate when they perform their "Jeri-
cho" march about the white House?
=. Where did Delaware get Its name?
3. What is n nocent act:
=. Have the Nobel peace prizes for 1914 1919
and 1916 been awarded?
D. What Is the difference between bweekiy and
semiweekly?
y. What Is Downing STREET.
!. What is the value Of the widows mite
Of the Bible: f
8, What President Is buried at Princeton.
D. Pronounce Archaeology"
10. Which Is the crystal wedding annjyerssrye
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
LXXXVI

LXXXVI
Strange. Is II not, that of Commuters who
Before me passed the train-shed Portal
through
Not one but carried Sundry Packages,
Which Is the way / have to travel. too.
LXXXVII
For remember stopping by the Way
TO get some things my Wife wants every
day,
And laden down with Bundles great and
small
! catch train as early as I may.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Speaking Of the Irish, let us announce
in ample time our determination this year
to repeat our performance Of last St.
Patricks Day and admit to this column
on March II nothing that doesn't carry
a bit of green with II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Many Economies

Great economies in administrative ex-
penses will be effected. Doctor CARRIER in
his last report, stated that at present there
are $40 seventh and eighth grades in l25
schools Wide distribution Of these classes
is responsible for an average attendance
of thirty-et tght pupils per teacher which is
three perjcent below the normal REQUIRE
ment, and represents the equivalent Of ff-
teen teachers and classrooms needlessly
tied up. Salaries involved represent on
the Philadelphia scale, $4,000 annually
and the value of the classrooms on the
unit basis of $4,000, is $4,000.
The reorganization plans the utilization
of every inch of space and every minute
of the teachers time. Use all the space
all the time" was brief characterization
of a member OF the board
Concentration" Doctor CARRIER saws
means more normal attendance per class
thus effectng financial saving There
will be "A closer classification.
The centers will mean more econornic
provision for continuation classes required
by the child labor law They will likewise
provide better facilities for evening schools
Larger school units would mean decrease
In the number of principals required and
the bringing of high school facilities to
the immediate neighborhoOds of children
of high school age. Thcre is also a possi-
bility that the often-discussed plan IN MAKE
the Central High School. almost century
old and housed in building of collegiate
equipment, inclusive of high-class labora-
tories museums. Libraries and a 800 600
astronomical observatory, with a faculty
composed almost exclusively of men with
the PHI. L. degree from American and for
eign universities into city college as
capstone to the Philadelphia educational
system, will be forwarded by the reorgani-
cation, since great deal of the pressure
will be removed from this old institution
which has since 1857 been empowered by
the Commonwealth to confer the same de-
grees as are given by the colleges and
universities OF the state W. r. NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Fond father at the breakfast table. look.
ing UP from his morning contemp: We'll,
! see they are going to require license for
cats-fifty cents per-"
Little Mabel. brightly. oh. so brightly:
"Our Peter ought to get a dollar for his
purr, it's so loud"' MIkADO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

1t is Unconstitutional" to appoint
= commission of distinguished citizens TO
investigate the Governor. Yet the Gov.
ernor wants such a commission to find
out the truth about the food shortage and
high prices
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
DOG MUzZLING PROCLAMATION

I, Harry Bacharach, Mayor Of the city Of
Atlantic City, by virtue of the authority vested
in me by AN ordinance Of the city Of Atlantic
public streets or public places In Atlantic CITY
for the space OF ninety days from the date of
so as to preysn. said dog from biting any person
ming at large and to dogs held in leash.
Issued under my hand this seventh day Of
February, a. p. 1917,
HARRY BACHARAcH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Bird Spider

s. E.-whether or not the bird spid.,
II is called a bird-eating snidsr hu. @
never been detected attacking or =. tIas nas
Its supposed prey, nor have any tracss IS
It's food been discovered in its burrows oI
body is about two inches long, biscS .s .s
very hairy Counting legs and ali. IL I IL
about a foot In diameter. It's hoh,,. -
tropical and subtropicaI America. is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Now that Philadelphia has intro
duced city government by telegraph since
Mayor Smith went South, we suppose
some more progressive city will be try
ing to put one over on us by using the
wireless on an absent Mayor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
REORGANIZING
HIGH SCHOOLS
Plan for the Institution of Junior
Divisions Proposed Because
of Rapid Increase in
Enrolment
IyIE proposltIon advanced by Henry z.

FTN1E proposition advanced by Henry T.
l. Edmunds, president Of the Board OF
Public Education. In his annual report
points way by means of which school
taxes. levied directly by the board under
the new code. can be held down to an in.
crease within the present circumscribed
condition of municipal finances without inn
pairment of the growth and efficiency OF
the schools, and II suggests an attempt tC
apply the modern efficiency doctrine in its
principal manifestations, elimination Of
wasted energy and complete utilization Of
eduipment-to the cltys educational system
President Edmunds announces that the
high school enrolment is increasing in a
far greater ratio than the elementary school
population. His opinion after analysis Of
the figures, Is that parents appreciate more
than ever In the past the money value Of
education and desire their children to have
advantages better than the three RS to
insure successful careers
The high school system Of Philadelphia
has been enormously augmented in the last
two decades. At the rate of present de-
mand new millon-dolar high school per
year will be necessary unless some other
device is adopted The plan suggested by
the president of the board and indorsed
by members of the body is the institution
of Junior high schools in neighborhood CEN
ters and the continuation of the present
high schools az senior high schools. This
plan would obviate the necessity for vast
expenditures and would mean the compre-
hensve utilization of all the resources of
faculty. buildings etc Finally. the plan
would work out problems in that border.
land, or twilight zone" which marks the
transition between the elementary and Sec
ondary schools
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Add Famous Triplets

Three wise men.
Gold, frankncense and myrrh.
Three for ten while they. lasU.
One yard
Tom McNaughton's Three Trees"
Three Little Maids From School"
MIKADO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

THIS WILL deal largely with James
Montgomery Flagg, artist and monopolist'
We can't help It.
The Dutch Treat Club of New York.
holds Dinner with Stunts annually ana
Monday last saw the 1917 eruption we
We're present and we liked II, ana IN
writing about it we can't avoid mention
ing ]. Mont. Flags. The dinner, very
probably, was not cooked by j. NJ Flags
but everything else was so Monty Flags
must have place in our story. James
NJ Flagg is president of the club, and
]. NJ. r. presidenticates in regular Wood
rowan fashion. Mont. Flagg permits Inc
congress to be eJaculatory and corropor@
tive merely. We are not even absolutely
sure that j. Monty Flagg did not COOK
the dinner, but these things we do know.
Montgomery Flagg made all the medai
presentations and all the after'dinner
speeches; James Montgom. +. wrote the
book and the lyrics for western stun
the movie burlesque which followed the
dinner; J. Montgom. F. painted all tho
scenery. hired the heroine. painted the
cover for the libretto, hung the smahel
and less conspicuous red-white'and'oiu'
relatives with which the stage was
draped, and iast-but b. n. m. L-dea'
TO Jas. Mont. Flagg the role OF Director
which allowed Jas. NJ Flags to DO .n'
only persona dramatis constantly IN tno
glare of the footlights. jamie F'sss
never once left the stage!
There be those who raise eyebrows anu
Jealous murmurs at all this, but our own
inclination. at finding a man who = suon
a glutton for work so skillful IN
performance. Is to say. Gosh! lot in'
and lift our hat.
Hence this extra publicity for james
Montgomery Flagg. monopolistio genius
But not one line Of tribute. not evsn
mention Of its name, shall we give Y
the Ohio Newspaper which, IN REVIEW
our latest book, speaks OF 10 = n@> f
et4.-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

High prices are more effective than
any law which can be passed in Harris.
burg in forcing cold.storage goods on the
market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
LESS to Fear From Germany
Than From England"-War
and Christianity

THIS Department is free TO all readers Uho
THiSh 10 cyprcSS thcir opinions on subjects Of
cHrr'nt Interest n IS an OpCH fOrHJl. and the
ErcritO Ledger assumes no TeSDOHS biittV for
the ric1cS Of its correspondents. Letters must
be NiOHcd bU the name and address OF the
critcr. not uoceSSqriiy for publication. but as a
guarantee Of OOOG fdith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Look Who's Here!

Dlsintegrating bricks, laths and plas,.r
were dropping under the inslstent blow.
Of alien picks and crowbars The old
building at Fifteenth and Arch street,
was dissolving and fading from tho na,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

AND WHEN our Bunkhound has
quite recovered his spirits we may send
him to Atlantic City to interview Mayor
Bacharach, who recently addressed the
canine world in this fashion:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Are the Palm Beach ladies wear.
ing aeroplane hats to remind their hus.
bands that the prices of everything are
up in the air?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

M What Is word worth? This is
~ q foolish question. but one which
courts may soon have to pass upon.
e1<ed N the question win be the right
han Or . c6rporation TO have ex
~ r1rhta - Tho use Of word The
~ ~ Qf the proposed uss Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Germany boasts that she has sunk
%sss,5oo tons of shipping since the war
began. II she is not pretty careful she
will sink two or three tons too much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

The sea-" says j. st. George Joyce
bless his untamable Irish heart and
speech lis no mans land"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Window glass up in price ten per
cent.--Headiine.
Whoever would have thought that
the high cost of living would extend 10
looking at the neighbors' wash in the
back yards?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Senators

w. T. r., Jr.-In the closing sixtv-,or...
Congress there are fifty.nve Damnn,..S,hn
Senators and forty-one Republican ssna'
tors. In the Senate of the Sirtv.rs.t
Congress there are hfty-four Democra.a
and forty-two Republicans. aus
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest UiH be unsuered
rhich everD WeYl-infor,nsd person should kmo,c
asked ddilu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

Philadelphia streets are bad enough,
but one has only to go to New York to
discover how much worse they might be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

YOUNG MAN wanted for light factory work.
experience not necessary; 81. so per acre; Ap'
ply. etc. -Ad IN o. o. o. p'
The desirable applicant, thinks John
Dee, being one who. can cover lots OF
ground.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

THE combined ages of father, mother
L and Bobby amount to seventy years
Father is Just SIX times as old as Bobby.
When their combined ages amount r.
twice seventy years father will be on,,
twice As old as Bobby. Now, then wha,
10 the age Of mother3 ""~'
Answer 70 Yesterdays PussIe
noBBy made his spssch upon a.,
- ttmhsr a. .,s 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

The Holanders have got their
Dutch up
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Details of Plan

The theory Of high school division al
ready has been worked out by Superintend-
ent John 7. CARRIER and his associates The
senior schools will remain much as they
are In curriculum and faculty, hut with
subtraction of their students. The first
year students will go to the junior schools.
which will be established in present build
ings in widely enough separated localities
to be attended by the high school freshmen
and by the pupils of the seventh and
eighth grammar grades. An experiment of
measurable value demonstrating the pos
sibiities OF the plan has been under way
for more than year in the James G.
Blaine School.
II has been long recognized by educators
that there is distinct line Of cleavage be-
tween the grammar school and the high
school. No satisfactory method has hith-
erto been devised to bridge this gap Yet
more and more. business mon and great
corporations are requiring the preparation
OF higher education in their prospective en-
ployes. The customary four-year term has
been deterrent to many who have not the
time or inclination TO complete the course
for high school diploma BY the institu-
tion Of the Junior system opportunity will
bs given for "hnishing-off" process for
many of those who ordinarily halt in their
educational progress with the grammar
school
The curriculum will he adjusted TO the
requirement of youth in one OF its transit
tional stages, when II is passing from what
psychologists call the period of memory into
that of reasoning II will have the moral
effect of cultivatinG the developing capac-
tiles of youth at a time when self-relance
is succeeding the dependence stage Gull
tural study attention to what may he
called citizenship studies (history, politics
and civics), and opening at just the age
for commercial education opportunities i'm
such branches as industrial and business
arithmetic, stenography bookkeeping etc.
are all factors
In recent years algebra and elementary
science have been introduced in grammar
grades here and elsewhere, and in some
places beginners Latin and German. Junior
high schools will be enabled, through the
presence Of specialists on their stafrs. TO
amplify the tentative experiments already
made in these branches
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-22
Courts to Say Who Is Warden.

Wade Hampton Gibbes of Columb
appointed by Gov. Manning March 8
| chief game warden, was granted leave
at Camden by Mendel l.. Smith, cir.
cult judge to institute such proceed
ings as he may be advised against
Alfred A. Richardson" in order that
his rights and those of Mr.. Richard
son with respect to the office Of
chief game warden and to the books
and papers appertaining thereto may
be determined"
Mr.. Gibbes. by counsel lodged with
Judge Smith petition as follows:
"Your petitioner would respectful.
ly represent:
"That he has been appointed and
commissioned chief game warden Of
the State of South Carolina. his COM
mission therefor having been duly
signed by the governor and secretary
Of state OF said state. and dated
March 8, 1917 and that your petitioner
has complied with the requirements of
section TAT of the criminal code Of
South Carolina, having furnished bond
in the sum Of $4,000. which has been
approved by the secretary Of state.
That on the 25th day Of February
1913, Alfred A. Richardson was ap.
pointed chief game warden Of South
Carolina for the term Of four years,
iaving been commissioned in purs i.
ance thereof March 7, 1913, and has,
so your petitioner is informed and be-
lieves, administered the office for said
term; that on the Sth day of March,
1917. your petitioner exhibited his said
commission to said Alfred A. Rich.
ardson and demanded that he surren.
der to your petitioner the said office
and the books and papers appertain.
ing thereto. which demand was re-
fused. said Alfred A. Richardson TAX.
ing the position that he was still chief
game warden Of South Carolina and
entitled to perform the duties Of said
Office and to retain the same, as well
as possession Of the books and papers
appertaining thereto, withholding said
Office. books and papers from your
petitioner and continuing to withhold
ings. as he may be advised, against
Wherefore, your petitioner prays
that your honor will grant leave unto
your petitioner to institute proceed.
infs, as he may be advised, against
said Alfred A. Richardson, in order
that the rights OF the parties with re.
spect to said office. books and papers
may be determined by a court OF this
state of competent Jurisdiction, as pro.
vided by law"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-22
Liquor Laws Do Not conTict.

The South Carolina quart month
law is not in conflict with the federal
law, according to an opinion rendered
by Thomas II. Peoples, attorney gen
eral. The opinion, which was given
upon request Of the r. l.. Bryan com
pany Of Columbia, is as follows:
with reference to the preparation
Of forms for use for probate judges
under the quart month act, I beg
to advise that there Is no conflict be-
tween this state statute, approved
February "a, 1917, permitting the i'm
portation Of one quart Of alcoholic
liquor, containing not more than so
per cent by volume Of alcohol within
any one calendar month, for medici-
nal purposes. and one gallon of wine
for religious purposes within any cal
endar month on permits to be issued
by the probate Judge. and the act Of
congress, approved March 3, 1917. pro-
hibiting the transportation of such
liquors in interstate commerce, except
for sacramento and medical purposes
into the states where the manufac-
ture or sale Of alcoholic liquors for
beverage purposes Is prohibited. The
forms of permits for use by the pro.
bate judge should, therefore, be print
ed and distributed in accordance
with the state law"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-22
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No foolishness! Lift your corns
and calIuses off with fingers
It's like magic!

Sore corns. hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of corn. can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers IL you
apply upon the corn few drops of
freezone. says Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get small
bottle Of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet of
every corn or cnllus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
1t is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying 1t or afterwards
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any frcezone tell him to surely
get small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug hOuSe.-adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-22
HIGHWAY BOARD
BEGINS ITS WORK
ELECTS MONROE JOHNSON CHAIR.
MAN-is COMPILING DATA
MAY GO TO WASHINGTON.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
Ooings and Happenings That Mark tho
Progress Of South Carolina People,
Gathered Around tho State Capital.

Columbia.
The state highway commission of
South Carolina was organized at q
meeting held in the governors office
ny the election Of J. Monroe johnson
OF Marion chairman of the commits.
sion, with G.. o. Hearon acting as tenn.
porary secretary. All members of the
commission were present: Prof M.
Goode Homes, University Of South
Carolina; Maj. Robert G. Thomas, the
Citadel, Charleston; Prof Halle Hous,
ton, Clemson College; c. .. Hearon,
Spartanburg, and j. M. Johnson,
Marion.
The election of an engineer, assist.
ant engineers, secretary OF the com
mission was deferred and will pos
sibly take pla"e at the next meeting.
The commission designated Prof.
Homes to prepare digest of the state
law creating the highway commits.
SION, together with estimates of the
possible income from the state tax on
motor vehicles and brief statemen!
OF the relations Of the state commits
sion to the federal government and
the provisions for federal aid. Mr.
Homes will probably go to Washing
ton for conference with highway Of
ficials Of the federal government.
The commission is particularly anx.
ious to make clear the manner in
which the state highway commission
is to cooperate with the several coun.
ties of the state. Chairman Johnson
and Maj Thomas were designated as
the committee to pass upon appica.
tions for the positions Of engineer.
The committee will report to the com.
mission at it's next meeting, which
will be held in Columbia at the call
OF the chairman.
The commission will request the
cooperation Of the comptroller gen
erals office in procuring information
as to the number of automobiles reg
istered in the various counties.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-03-22
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time II!

Really does" put bad stomachs in
order--"really does" overcome indiges-
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes--that-jus
that-males Papes Diapepsin the lar.
gest selling stomach regulator in tho
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn humps. you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated: your insides filled
with bile and indigestibc waste, re.
member the moment "Pape's Diapep.
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-alm marvellous, and
the Joy Is it's harmlessness.
A large ffty-cent case of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth it's weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom.
achs regulated. 1t belongs in your
home-should always be kent handy
in case Of sick. sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. Its the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.