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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Tom Daly's Column
McAroni Ballads

DA FINE ITALIAN HAND

L4IIIT
DA FINE ITALIAN HAND
Joe Gessdpa'ena can't ,orite hecs ON.
name,
But he can crite othra theenos. h.,-
dd same;
An mebbe pou, too,
Bdyfore he ees through.
IveeH read to'ot he's torote an be ala.
dat he came.
You see, Get ces Uerra good theeno "a,
dees Joe
He com to dees countrd so long time M.
Baytore dev bay0een desc ne,o cmI
grant laics
Dat max you kno,o readin' an yr,t,-,
buycdase
Dd 'Mericdn story he's maxim today
Ees justa tcrote doton cen deefereu,
acdy.
Ehp Pieassd, my frand, PH cspldin, a.,
you scait!
You eUUa been up cen Conne'ticn Stat.
An see dose ole farms dats so f,u
aDccthd stone
Dat mos oUrd farmer ces leaUin' alons.
Baycduse dey amt ut for nobody to o,p,,
Wal. Joe he ecs bug .,oan O. den, losta
gear,
an noio he ces dom som ,oritin' up ders.
An even hees frstd years tcorle tcas "A
good
He sure aCs dd tails for d1 tcholc neioh.
borhood!
You no ondrastand7 o! mn trdnd. non NJ.
slO1C!
Wal, he acceH espldin Get. SO spcaka dee,
Joe.
"T acrite tcccth no pen, but 7 taxa mn hoe
An use Get so 1Cdl 1oceth 7ny stronoa
right han
Dat I aCrite, cen italian, oil oper dees Ian,
AL dd treecks I haze learned, all da
theengs dat i bnoD
Dat tUeeH charn,a da plants an Jus nako
dem grop!
drdfus theen0!-
| Dough I torite on my fields cen italian
cen spreeng,
You can read, cen du summer, all ope,
NM Ian
Soochd message for all cen good, plais
Mericdn,
Euen dose dat max la,os mebbe might
ondrdstun'V
Joe Gcssapalcnd can't ,orite hees on.
name,
But he can 1orite othra theenos, justa do
same;
| An mebJc you, too,
Bdyfore he ees through,
WceH read ao'dt he's 1prote an be oldd
dat he came.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

either the whole work shall cease or the
American commission shall continue TO
direct IL as heretofore" Ten million help
less persons in Belgium and northern
France await the decision. Spain is nego.
tiating with Germany to open a lane of
safety for the relief ships. In the words
Of the Belgian Relief Commission: mo
matter what contingency arises
Americans must not desert the cause
which has been so peculiarly their own,
and we must give our every support to
some other neutral body IL we should be
forced to retire from administration Of the
relief"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Automobile Patents

MOBILE-(a) It Is impossible to say
how many automobiles are made in this
country under patents held in Europe. The
patent department of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce furnishes the
information that there are tens of thou
sands of unexpired United States patents
which purport to relate TO the automobile
and that it would require an enormous in
vestigation Of each of these patents before
It could be determined how many cars are
being made under foreign-owned patents.
(b) The f. I. AT. car is an American-made o
car The company is controlled by Italian
interests and manufactures It's cars under
Italian patent rights The letters stand for
Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Torino, or
italian automobile factory at Turin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

or without banners, to picket my home
unless invited to do so. i know of no per-
son but would be angered at such intrusion
upon the privacy Of his or her home. The
sentinels themselves, and the persons who
put up the money to equip and pay them,
would not like it any better than the rest
of us.
Let me ask. as a friend of those who
are financing and mothering this enterprise.
and the ser'Inels who are taking an active
part In 1t, to forbear, and If need be, try
some less untoward method, less spectacu-
lar, and less likely to give offense.
WILMER ATKINSON.
President Pennsylvania Mems League for
Woman Suffrage.
Philadelphia, February g.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
LOCAL ITEMS


Dave Barrows and his brother the Ger
mantown florists have been entertaining
crippled snowbird all winter. It broke ID
wing somehow last fall, but managed to
hop into the hospitable hothouse, where Il
was out Of cat-reach and where generous
daily offerings of crumbs have helped It 10
keep body and song together. nj
The Reading Terminal has put up new
mural painting in the clearstory over the
west exit to Market street. It's a comic,
The 'four-sided clock pictured in 1t Is max.
ing faces ut a scared tourist
Speaking of tourists, Doc Lane left for
Florida Sunday, and we're sorry now that
we asked him to send US a coupla alligator
pears. He's liable to get 1t twisted and
send us coupla pairs alligators.
1t was the scribe's painful privilege to
see bride and groom on Montgomery ave.
nue. captured and maltreated by party
of friends of the young couple" We never
felt so much like going to war. This sort
of thing is the acme of what George Watson
calls gorilla Cor is it guerrillaO humor."
And friend Buck, walking past the saloon
at Walnut street and Delaware avenue
chuckled and called our attention to the
sign at the side entrance: watch Your
Step"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Conditions undoubtedly justify the

SOhutiohs tuhuOupttuly lHt
Presidents shipping proclamation. A
national emergency exists which makes it
imperative that every ship under Amer.
lean registry shall be and remain at the
disposal Of the American people. If they
are to be chartered by others than the
owners they must be chartered for the
service either of the Government or of
American trade. We are still neutral.
The ships which are carrying large part
of our foreign trade belong to the bellig.
erents and are liable to attack at sea
under the new German proclamation. We
must carry what we can in our own
ships for our own protection, and in the
event Of war we must have our own ship.
ping at our own disposal. The President
~ fortunately empowered by specific law
to protect the nations interests in this
way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
ENCOURAGEMENT

The youth was in love, and he made us all
know it
He had such far-away look in his eyes,
He threatened to bud as an amateur poet
He uttered sighs
SO / said: Little man, IL you're smitten
with Mabel
Go tell her the secret you have to i'm
part"
be able
To win her heart"
Then l gave him good cheer, and insisted
upon it
AS only efficiency experts can do;
That's nonsense" l said to him. "Others
have done it,
So why not yop?'
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
QUIZ

I. What and where is Guantanamo:
2. in case war IL declared. who would COM
mand the American forces?
3. What IL cruiser warfare?
4. How IL ruthless pronounced?
8. Compare the areas and populations Of An
dorra and San Marin0, the smallest
countries In the world.
q. Who IL BO Sweeney
Z. What In an covert act" mentioned in Presf.
dent Wilson's notification Of severance Of
diplomatic relations with Germany:
3. Who are the 'Yarrowdale prisOners'?
D. Who are the German and AustrO Hungarian
COnsuls In Philadelphia?
TO- What art school IL the Oldest in America?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

The other night
j went to tho theatre
With q lowbrow friend
And the orchestra played
Little Brown jug"
And he thought 1t was the national anthem
And stood up.
And did. too
Darn him. Arkansas Gazette.
And two patriotic but Gf we may say
ploratively for the brass rail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

There is something humorous in
the haste with which the Senate Judiciary
Committee has made a favorable report
on Attorney General Gregory's seventeen
bills, intended to equip the Government
for protecting it's neutrality at a time
when the neutrality of the United States
may be changed into belligerency at any
moment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

DICK FRANCIS and John Maxwell
Dicks name is in caps because it hap
pened to be written frsp played eightesn
holes of golf over the Merton course On
Saturday. There is no record OF tne'F
scores. but both were much higher tnsn
the zero emperature-thats a cinen
When they got back to the clubhouss
they heard ne vs. of the Gimbel warenou'
fire, SO they hoped into MaxwelPs 81
and drove in to ses It. Diok got ho
at o<5, y played eiahf4en BONN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

Old Doc Evans, the How-to- Keep Well
savant of the Chicago Tribune, saws
heating cream to $50 degrees (sixty de-
grees short of the boiling temperature) will
kill all the bacteria in it," If the doc
tor can make water or cream boil at a
temperature of 210 degrees he's got old
man Fahrenheit skinned forty ways and
should be able to save considerable coal
bills in numerous steam plants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Conduct of the Firemen at the
Market Street Fire-White
House Pickets Con-
demned

This Department Is free to all readers Uho
tpish to erprcSs their opinions on subjects OF
current interest. n is an open forum; ana the
EUeninO Ledger assumes no responsibility tOr
the uiccs Of Its correspondents. Letters mus
be signed bU the name and address. OF the
Writer, not necesSorilY for publication, but as q
guarantee Of good faith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
There is a very wide and compr

There is very wide and compre.
hensive field for thought in that part Of
ex.Presldent Taft's speech in the Brook
lyn Academy of Music when he asked:
"What would be our situation today If
the English navy were not between us
and Germany" Is there any loyal Amer
lean who has the least doubt as to what
II would be?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

The President did not need the
assurance of the chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee that all the funds
Necessary would be placed at his dis.
posal. Congress can be trusted to respond
90 the undoubted sentiment of the nation
that 1t cooperate with the Executive to
the fullest extent, and vote whatever
sums may be required to prepare us to
meet the crisis and to see 1t through to
the end.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

MIR. AND MRS. NEwLYwED were
4V1 told by the furniture dealer that his
terms were IS cash and IS per month
until the goods were paid for. but in
case they wished TO pay spot cash. sIo
would be thrown on, making the articles
cost only $sb. They accepted the in.
stallment proposition, 30 who can tall
what interest they paid for the use Of
the money!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
DISPLAY THE FLAG

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
'Sir-May / suggest that in this crisis all
householders in this great city of Phila-
delphia display the Stars and Stripes to
show they are with the President, be II
war or peace. Let us put aside our politi-
cal views and place our country first, last
and forever.
THOMAS VINCENT McHALE.
The Racquet Club, February 5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Barney" Baruch let the leak

Barney" Baruch let the leak"
committee understand pretty clearly that
he based his stock market operations not
en- rumors, but on the facts which form
the basis of rumors. He might have told
the committee that Wall Street is strewn
with the wrecks of men who have tried
to get rich on tip which sopebody else
has given them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

Mr.. Bryan is in Washington, where
he says he is "at the Presidents com
mand" If he wishes to consult him. The
other Cuban war colonel has postponed
his trip to the warm seas in order to
await in Oyster Bay the turn of events.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

Events are moving so fast that
comment on conditions at 12 o'clock may
b. out of date at 8. But there were some
Indications when this was written that
Germany was attempting to modify her
eubmarine order and practice to meet the
demands and the rights of the neutrals.
She has released seventy-two American
citizens who had been captured on ships
sunk by the raiders. She observed all the
xeQuirements Of international law in de.
ntroying the Housatonio. She has modi-
1ed her blockade zone in the North Sea
~ the relief of Holland. And she has an.
Ic11nced that all her ships win have re.
<olyed orders by Match which viii pro.
<>ct neutral shipping in all its rights on
>he sea. II she shows decent respect
15r the opinions OF mankind 1t may be
>>ribls for the United States to pass
reush this crisis without having to fire
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

Evidently old Arctomys Monax
knows his business, but we don't want the
whole six weeks of winter to which he
has condemned us squeezed into three
or four days. Spread it cut Mr.. "A. NJ!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
A MOTOR RACE I'M 1sa5

Twenty-Five years ago a few enthusiastic
''horseless carriage" manufacturers decided
that the time was ripe for race. AS we
look back at 1t now the contest was a
mechanical Jest. The vehicles started
bravely and then stopped lamely, while their
drivers made repairs One inventor fol-
lowed his mechanical wonder with n team
OF horses The winner of the race had
averaged the mad speed Of seven ana o1s-
~ mi1on ~ hour Hla enn1no - r.Srs11.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a COmmuter
XIX

My Wife and were journeylpg last Spring
To Willow Grove, where Vaudevillians sing,
A Fairy in a Shirtwaist wlnked at me-
My Wife said. MY! but she's the Sassy
Thing!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

We were discussing the warlike moves
made on Saturday when the President
made us finally realize that we are, after
ALL real Americans Roy Freck. the cele-
brated cadillacquer, spoke:
DO you know where the Welsh noun
tains are?" he asked.
We admitted our ignorance of their ex-
act whereabouts.
Nobody knows. except few of u.s." he
said. "Confdentially, I'll tell you. They
are up In Eastern Pennsylvania, over
against Pike county. Nobody lives there
but couple of rabbits. II there is going
to be war, Little Roy Is going to pack
his grip. and he is going right--up-therel
None of your submarines are going to tor
pedo him. II we stay up here on the
eleventh floor of the du Pont Building
we are are LIABLE mao,e 70 get sn0. ~ we jump
pieces. No. sir. Little Roy is going I'm
and play with the rabbits"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

Ex-Ambassador Bernstorff is to be
treated with all the courtesies. The State
Department has prepared to ask the Brit
ish to permit him to go home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Munitions Tax

B. c. THE munition manufacturers
tax will end "one year after the termina-
tion of the present European war, which
shall be evidenced by the proclamation Of
the President of the United States declar-
ing such war to have ended"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
South American Trade

T. R.-Detailed information on trade re-
lations with South American countries NAV
be obtained from Superintendent Poe, OF
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Philadelphia Chamber OF Commerce.
Widener Building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

The German crisis has blanketed
the petty Brumbaugh.Penrose fight so
completely that it is now attracting the
attention which 1t merits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest tcill be ansWered
IN this column. Ten questions, the dnstcere to
Which everv ,cell-intor,ned person should knoso,
are asked ddtlD,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

IN SPITE of our fine sermon tses
above) which was first fired at the head
Of w. J. Bryan several years ago. the
immigration bill, with its wretched IT.
eracy test, yesterday became a law
Parlous timesi parlous times!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
When War Was Impossible"

All this autobiography is of recent days.
Ny first recollection of the war takes me
back to the last week in July, 1914. 1t
was after the assassination of the Arch
duke what-was- is-name. and before any
of the numerous declarations of war. / was
riding on an elevated train in New York
city, hanging to strap with one hand and
holding morning newspaper in the other
My friend Briggs and | were on our way to
the office and the days work We spoke
of the prospect of war | said there wasn't
going to be any war. l forget my argu-
ments. They don't matter anyhow. I re-
member only that was emphatic, certain
l remember that war was unthinkable
Only few events In my mental history
OF the war stand out. | remember my early
hterest in maps, in military strategy in
new methods of warfare-the aeroplanc the
submarine. ] remember my interest in the
slang of the trenches and journalism at the
front | remember the Lusitania and the
Presidents historic address at Philadelphia.
l remember a number of conversations with
my wife over the prospect of Americas be-
ing drawn into the conflict All these things
now seem of the very distant past. things
OF long ago. Only my interest in the higher
cost of living has persisted and grown.
or late-until last week--I have been
thinking mostly of other matters-knowinR
little OF the war except that IL was still 90
ing on Then somebody urged that | read
Wells's book, "Mr. Britlng Sees 1t
Through" / followed the suggestion i'm
about the same spirit as IL it had been any
other book-'"The Way of All Flesh" for
instance, My interest was not in the war,
1t was in Wells, In modern literature and
even In literature as affected by the war
There was another source of interest. A
professor of psychology had told me that
the Psychology of the book, or in the book
was marvellous, that Mr.. Britlng" was
one OF the best of books on the psychology
or war time So / read 'Mr. Britling"
was reading Mr.. Britling" when the Ger.
| mans slapped the face OF my country
when they once more slapped the face OF
humanity. don't say that "Mr. Britling" 4,
"a good book" as / say that about othe,
| books. only say that it is part of me
| part Of my seeing and feeling in this time
| of times.
Such are few Of my recollections of thi.
| war. But now live In the present. desnit,
this reminiscent mood nor fear what IN,
future may bring forth. When a deed 4,
done for freedom and for right, in the pres
ent, let the future take care of itself
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

"You may be interested in this, as illus
trating anew the conservation of the Eng
lishman to- his tub" writes X. d. B. from
Jamaica, inclosing the following from the
Kingston Cleaner:
Mr.. Andrew Smith, for many years
connected with the West End Fisheries,
died Somewhat suddenly on SATURDAY
last. He was able to take his bath In the
morning, but apparently succumpec
shortly .afterward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Cape Horn

II. C. S.-Cape Horn is at the southern
extremity of South America.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Divorce Laws

law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
A DIG AT US

A DIG AT US
The poet OF the column
Thinks he has a Celtic soul.
But I'H 0ire a toarrdnt solemn
Epery It A ID must be pole.
A. WAKE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
NEWLYWEDS

Yokel frightened our morning mall wiz
his, clipped from the Lebanon Report;
NEWLYWEDS
Before buying your Household
Furniture inspect my styles.
l can save you money
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALITY ri
Embaiming Free of Charge
ARNOLD FURNITURE STORE
Campbelltown. Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

"Didja know" asks r. c.. that the
church visitor for the Fourth Presbyterian
Church is Mrs. Scattergood?"
No, r. c., being an r. C. ourself, but, be-
ing unbigoted, we readily believe 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
HOW WAR COMES
HOME TO A MAN
WEAKNESS With the Long Story
of Tragedy Disappears When
American Rights Are
Challenged
BY ROBERT HILDRETH

WHEN did the European war begin? Ask
w something easy. Ask "Iiow old Is
ANN" or something like that doubt
not the European war began about the be-
ginning of time, for do we not hear that
evolution, including civilization, is process
OF creative synthesis and that each event
and development In the process is condl-
toned by precedent facts and factors? In
this sense the world turmoil is product
of conditions lost to present view in those
dim, forgotten periods whereof the memory
OF man runneth not to the contrary.
Tho actual history of the war, more COM
prehensibly covers a good deal less than
three years-long years, however, years so
long that the world has aged century or
two since the middle of 1914; years so
long that the mind of the individual must
strain and struggle to recall its own re-
actions and experiences during the sum-
mer and autumn of that momentous year.
So changed is the world, so changed is
thought itself, that we are all different peo-
pie from the people we we're in 1912, TO
say nothing of what we were, intellectually
and morally, In 1913.
know that / myself have changed,
grown old, In many ways-ways deter
mined by this war on the other side of the
ocean. | have even become so old-fceing
that have now the reminiscent mood char
acterlstic of old men without its Joyous
ness. | seem to have lived long time. |
seem to have seen very great deal OF life.
Of world history. / have a sense of tired
ness--not ennui, indeed but just plain
world yeariness, or rather weariness Of
what now has an awful samcness. All
this seeing and feeling, all this experience
ing, though ! am but one of many humble
citizens of America, seems to have drained
my emotional reservoirs, at least so far
as war news is conCerned-leveled my emo
tiona responsiveness almost to the plane
Of deadness. So, in my Indifference, | feel
old. look back
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06

As Pippa sinss. "Alrs wen with thu
xSs!a sst ;,.s. :: ys . sey e shs sop|syssd:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-06
Famous Triplets

Three aces.
Three strikes.
Three balls.
'Three stars. e. <
IoLLIPoP.
.Hennessy. BeefwIneandiron as well as STOP
lookandllsten might also be considered elfioie-