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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

sized" cone Of ice cream, In any one OF
the numerous so-called saloons" that are
still typical Of the city, flled the Dill.
More elaborate food was undreamed OF.
Meals were standardized home products,
ample and Observation-Disclosures at 1880,
dinner at poon, supper at $3.50. After
noon tea, with all the edible accessories In
its train. was a pure affectation, silly
supernuity. Fashion demanded change
of dinner hour. Fashion dictated after
noon teas and after-playhouse suppers
Many Of us succumbed. But our hearts
weren't really in the new regime 1t was
imported. II seemed un-Philadelphian
kind of left.handed reflection on substan-
tial home living, even on scrapple and
other highlights of the long.honored local
menu.
Thoughtless outsiders, ignoring our
signal function Of being the mighty work.
shop of the nation, have called US a big
village" Psychologically there was, new
ertheless, grain Of truth in the remark.
But now that the patriotic value of sim.
pliclty is being preached TO us, surely we
can return to it with no small amount of
local pride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
THE LEADER

This is the man they deemed Of ,an.,,,.
blood, ""suid
A schoolman versed in books. who. B,r,
let-like, H.m-
Showed but heat-f,ashes power,es.
His resolution blighted in the bud
They knew him not-nor we, who trust.s
See how his brooding purpose, tat,r.
form, Ans
Falls like swift lightning from lonp....1
cred storm. u'
While fateful thunder shakes the ror,.
worlds rim. '"
His country, stirred by him to lofty str,,.
Sharing his vision. with high passio,
thrills; 'S'ou
1t climbs. renOuncins minor good. ana
And stands beside him at the crown =, ia.
To new knighthood he ordains the brav.
To be soul-worthy of freemans h,r,,
NOT ior our wrongs alone, but that on
None shall be master, none shal, h.
slave.
But yesterday secret of his heart
His welcome message floods the e,oh.
like light; e'''s
1t cheers the farthest darkness h., "a
might; ""
Its boldness makes the undissceptersh
start. u
Where 1t has spread, by sea or mounta,,
side, ''a
Or by the bivouac of the caravan.
The lowliest feels a part of Ue,you,.
plan
And stands erect with new-awakened prds
BeleaguNed Liberty takes heart again
Hearing afar the rescuing bugles blow
And even in the strongholds of the foa
His name becomes the whispered hone a,
men. "
Wilson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
AN ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT

1NHE Government has relied exclusively
- on the newspapers Of the nation to
announce to individuals their place in
the draft aThis is logical sequence Of
the earlier sservice rendered by tie press,
which was the exclusive instrument EN-.
ployed in securing the registration Of the
millions of men sooner or later TO be
brought into the armies of the nation
II may be doubted If the Government
even with the postal service at its dis
posal, would have been able to accom-.
plish in months what it has accomplished
so readily in a few weeks had not the
newspapers of the country operated as
the publicity arm Of the nation. What
Is true of the draft is true also of the
bond issue of the subscriptions for the
Red Cross and of virtually each and
every other activity in which the Govern.
ment has engaged on a large scale in
this period Of making ready.
1t has, we believe cost the newspapers
literally millions Of dollars to put the
program through. The wires yesterday
were used almost exclusively to carry the
draft numbers. The office corps were
employed in the presentation of those
numbers. The clerical work was great.
But no newspaper has made any claim
for remuneration, nor will any. 1t is
part of the public service habitually per
formed by and always expected of the
press. Naturally SO, for the press is the
nations megaphone.' 1t is also the ma
tons safety valve. 1t kills conspiracies
by publicity, it drives incompetence out
of Office by publicity, it brings competents
into the public service by publicity and
it educates public opinion by publicity.
Honest publicity will do much to win
the war; censored publicity will do much
to prolong il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

Dear Tom-We We're on our way home
from Paris Island, S. c., Jack Harris and
/, where we had been erecting cantonment
camps for the Government. Reaching Port
Royal, Jack suddenly discovered that he
had grown much thinner around the belt
line, so we rambled in search of a chow
house. We came across one of those stable
like shanty restaurants so prevalent in this
part of the country, where the main entree
on the bill of fare is just plain stew. Jack
ordered his stew and the mess didn't look
good, but his stomach begged him to take
a chance, so he dipped his bread into the
juice and forced 1t down with reluctance.
'Twenty-five cents. suh," said the colored
waitress. What, for that mess' said Jack.
Just then the proprietor entered. SARAH
said he, "how much of it did the gentle
man eat?" "Jes' de jooce, sub (; he didn't
touch de meat, nohow." ''Well. then, sub. -
he said, turning to Jack 1.-The charge will
be fifteen cents" l.. f.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
WAR AIRPLANES

The tendency in alrplanes has been IA
run to two eXtremes-for fighting as small
and fast as possible, and for bombing az
large and powerful as possible. In a three
scatter one passenger sits out in fron,
mounted in machine-gun turret. The
pilot comes next Immediately behind The
motor, while the second passenger sits ba.
hind him mounted in another machine-eun
turret. This airplane is.capable of carrying
many hundred pounds of explosives. and
being very fast and heavily armed gen.
orally accomplishes it's mission.
The German "Albatross" is capable OF
horizontal speed, of 800 kilometers (about
1s7 miles) an hour. 1t is a single-seater
and carries three machine guns which
being controlled by the motor shoot auto.
matically and simultaneously through the
propeller. The sight of these weapons con.
verges at approximately fifty yards in front
of the airplane, making the chance Of
hitting the opponent three times as sure.
The pitfalls and dangers which an aviator
must avoid at the front are becoming more
numerous every day Anti-aircraft guns,
mounted on fast motorcars, chase around
the country behind the lines and prevent
the enemy airplanes and Zeppelins from
remaining over our territory. This type of
battery was responsible for the Zeppelins
brought down at Compiegne in April, 1917,
and Revigny in April, 1916. In fact, this
invention was one of the immediate causes
of the Germans giving up their "strafeing'
with Zeppelins. The record for distance and
height in hitting an airplane with this type
of cannon is 5000 feet in the an at 5000
yards distance across country. A very large
crew is required to man one Of these
cannon. Beside the cannon a telephonist
gets the report of the position over which
the German machine is flying. - Carroll
Dana Winslow, in Scribner's Magazine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
THREE THINGS ABOUT SETTLED

TODAY the nation can draw a long
l. breath. 1t begins at last to see light
ahead on a horizon that for many weeks
had been banked up with three clouds
of doubt. The three great tasks and
duties before us centered about the words
Draft Food and Ships, and each has pre-
sented its unique and veXatious difficulty.
The draft had had difficulty enough
getting through Congress. Since the
tions for it's enforcement have gotten on
the nations nerves. 1t should have been
taken for granted that such an un-
precedented task would present obsta-
cles. But what was at the bottom of all
the irritability was the desire to know
who's drawn and have it over with"
The typical remark of the drafted young
man yesterday afternoon was, THANK
goodness, that's off my mind at last" He
would rather, il seemed, have been drafted
ten times over than have had to wait
so long to find out what he was ex.
pected to do.
A final vote on the food,control bill
Is Oll lile pIOGIuHl III llle senate tOuay.
The row over the shipbuilding program
seems now about to be settled by private
agreement between Goethals and Den.
man. AT a moment when the strain of
these two big fights was becoming in
tolerable, there is a sudden clearing of
the atmosphere.
With the draft, food and shiphullding
machinery all working toward one end,
the country will feel that the first stage
of Americas highly complex war closes.
The second stage is actual fighting
abroad and hard work at home. We can
enter upon this second stage with a
feeling of satisfaction that all the tussles
of our first four months of war expert.
ence We're, after all, mighty big efforts
for beginner If we were slow getting
started 1t was because we wanted to start
right. If we had known the war would
be over in few months it would have
been objectionable TO debate so long. But
we are embarking on many months, DOS.
sibly two or three years, of war. The
great preliminary measures now reaching
fulfllment may save time and effort in
the long run.
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THE SPREAD OF FEDERA11c,,

bent ~ mat ireland should no,y
onn . on pelng republic ana become
wopld ha ene British people that 1sd 1snould
nance 30 ., nore reconcled to the iahd n,ois
the sister is,o oie political connection Wiz,
ne ,o''t,, republic together .Ssould all
tinad WIN states taking tbe eral ,. re-
ana incipalities-whatp th OF
,,,a,, VII De said that we are ps,nn
han' "hagination. That is tr,, very
Ifn,,o5 sanother flight Assume tI But
had baa,, 'aees @ OF Great Britain ana Ia Ta the
only the l,Shed certna, Of course, IL wo,,id nc
Grafton including Canada smuriu.wide fed
assraiasia' 20 t' all under a rennhi,nca lrlca and
" ieuerated government wou'sh form
Seaer stes federation between tho a still
S .aes OF america and the JJnitea @. united
49, brtain, Ireland, Canad, e'ases OF
possb,Iitw australasia - then be beyond a,,
Republican institutions
spread today than thew naa Nc more far
great war began Even az When the
regime or the German Kaisa,. autocratic
., unuer tne strain Of the conflict ., '.acking
ions M thrones topple and monae the ma
r,,h,Ios up IN their cellars while ,hs are
WINS rysa. Vi tne world endure every ae re-
OF the rsnnh,,n. inns. mean II not the snrsaS
~ "e Iepppican principle among pread
lions where the democracies tne ma
Government? control the
ne purposes OF the Almighty ar.
W, ,,, IN mysterious ways. The sinn worried
,ana mn never make their dream OF an e,nsrs
pot ha reiand reality Ireland on,,ss ,aue,
no. no. DC an Independent sovereign e.. could
tne older sense. and prosper Ru, S'ate' In
princ'ple o. federalism under a rsn,,. "a the
-o,m there may yet be found xs"iscan ~
*otuslon of The difficulties which a,s,n, mS nnai
"a 'P9 world r~&prinedslS yss-,ss'& ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
MILITANT CHRISTIANITY

To the Editor of Public Ledger:
Sir-I would suggest to "A Christian
on Guard" that he read up the history
of our present war. ! am only a girl, but
l would like him to know my point of view
and also have him answer my questions.
If "A Christian on Guard" does this
perhaps he will discover who entered
Belgium, who disregarded all the laws Of
peace, who in reality caused this whole war;
He will be able to figure out why ministers
of the Church are praying to the Lord,
mighty in battle (Psalms xiv, 81, also our
Mediator q Tim. ii. 50 for victory over
our brutal enemies. the. Germans In
looking over the list OF names, titles and
characters of Christ in the back of any
Bible our friend won't find the title Of
God of Battles" he mentioned. Will he
please tell me where he did get it?
1t seems that heretofore the Socialists
didn't say much about Christ, but now that
the present war is on and virtually the
whole world is at war with the few brutal
countries still in existence, they take refuge
behind the cloak of Christianity because
they are too cowardly to fight for the right
and are almost all pro-Germans to the
backbone.
hood is being kept alive on our battle.
fields through the aid of the Church. the
Red Cross, the Y M C. A. and several
other organizations without the aid of
the Socialists. The majority of the So
cialists never enter a church unless II Is
to hear lecture on socialism. What is
socialism? Why, every Socialist will give
you different definition of the true mean
ings Of socialism. i once heard a So
cialist give lecture He told the audience
that with the exception of two crimes
he had committed all the crimes in the
| category and at that time was beinp
watched as a suspect in the big Los
Angeles blowing up of a large building
the Times Building. What kind of peon,a
are these who call themselves Socialists ?
Will some one please explain?
l am really glad to know that tho t-,a
Christian spirit is to allow Germanv e.
walk over us, to kill our peopJe on No
| senger vessels (such as the L,lsita nia, "a
still not do anything for our own nrotac-
tion. II our friend "A Christian on Guardr,
had signed himself "a pro-German" 7 thinL
1t would be readily understood wbv ho
wishes to know the reason the ministars s
OF the gospel pray for our victory over
our enemy. o'si
Will some one kindly tell me wbv ,v.
| the people OF the United States shor,d
allow our enemy to murder our peon,e q rd
yet not pray to our God that we sbomia
be victorious and finally have an eyerIast-
ing peace? O. N
Philadelphia July 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
TEEToTALIsM FOR TEAS"

Mr. HoovER's demand for the extinc-
~ ton of afternoon teas and after-the-
atre suppers ought to be filled very easily
in Philadelphia. Home-dwellers and
-snack"-hunters have essentially little in
common. and our association with this
latter tribe has never been more than
euperficiaily initiative.
Time was when an ear of hot. buttered
oorn. purchased at Broad and Chestnut
e(rpets. affectionately carried on top of a
e11h ~ south bound omnibus, and there
IA Vim iike devotion. was consid-
ls ''se ss;sasst,s !,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
DANOLOCK writes from Atlantic City
Just spotted this one in the window
of a dry-cleaning establishment on At
lantic avenue near Ohio avenue:
AM TO FINISH ALL WORK
IN "a HOURS
DYEING"

This ultimatum had the effect of max
ing a certain insurance company 81
up and take notice:
Gentlemen-I write personating my
sister. who legally holds the policy of
-, who is now on the list of the
deceased. | am tired of enduring her
statements Of the difficulties which YOU
people try to exact on her unjustly You
have not one legal right to ask her
question that is not claused in nor con-
nected with the policy. Mr.. --'s
insurance was paid past quota.
We have proof coming from persons Of
authority who declare his sickness was
not of dissipation, Men and concerns
that do business with the masses OBJ
serve all laws Of commerce, such as
square deal" without force of law.
We do not expect trouble from you
people / made a complete copy of the
policy. with all the prominent numbers
/ hope you people will not force me in
this affair. Such an act will lead to the
publicity of my relatives difficulties and
your unfirm policy, your bad courtesy
and etc, My knowledge of law and com.
merce shall fortify me. Please have the
money on Wednesday, 10 inst. the day
of burial Hoping for peace and pros.
perity, i remain,
Yours truly,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

TO any one who will study the question. a
Hishty ornamental truth becomes appar-
ent, and although single takers are com
pelled, through an inadequate language to
use tne word tax and apply it to the
collective taking Of ground rent the foot
remains That the collective taking of
ground rent is not a tax on individua1 in
uustry and enterprise; it is a mere taking
Oh Vaiue, by the community, of a fund
Which only arises because of the COW
munity The dictionary gives rent as being
periodical payment for the use of land y
70 impose rate or duty for State
OF municipal purposes" Property. as 80
tnlng owned to which the owner hoe ~,
ciusiVe right of possession" Accordjng 70
these dehnitions, land rent cannot ha
.iasaeu as private property because tho
o"ner uoes not make it. Only the con,ing
~ population can originate 1t and only Ire
sy,ooIIar ~ ~ Increase can make larger or
sih"iier the volume of rent. VI
.,,hil ls peing true, then land rent IS n A.
uoJeot ior the levylng of a rate or 5ut,,
Tor state or municipal purnosas,, uuty
SUPPOSE a State or municipalitv lo,,,,;r, uo "
,ate or duty sufficiently high to tol,n Us q
.a .anu rent and, at the same time 70 -, -
.,nue our present method of 'tavino III
products Of labor. ""'iis the
tha St easily evident that the coffers 90
nc o.ate or municipality would ba e,,es
s,mers ~ ns ana the producers and con
for reiiof me community would cry out
ties M 'etei az ian, and petition their taxing avtbore
i'es 10 tighten their burdens "u'i'or-
Let us suppose the taxation hoo.s.
composed Of men possessed ooaras We're
,S saAation knowledge, but WITH , oiui-
the nrincusa % Justice and proper regard i'Jg for
notiopp.i pres or morality Tbay -
n,oa. y near all the welI-kno,y, woulu
rent bo ot nose who would ask that gro,tas arsu,
be followed t e5ehed bs from taxation This woud
and consumeys ey the claims of the producers
tion i'o oe freed from taxa
striving after fHs the taxaion boards in their
erse ent ,nat land rent being entreIv to de-
exertion pSpoa5iGn Sbon15 and not on ndividuaI
products of 'Hip labor pear the burden, and that
indvi%no,0 hHr on population but atorsten naent al
trely from He[aGn taxatin should be relieved ena
iii'auelphia, July 10. eNNlGHT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
WHEN OUR ARMY NEEDED LEAD

DEOPLE who worry about U-boats and
L various other war Nightmares can con-
sole themselves with the thought that there
were more formidable more seemingly
hopeless worries to be encountered in this
city in war that was just as important
in making the world safe for democracy a.
the present one, The problem that beset
Washington in the Revolution was essen
TALLY the same as our troube-namely, the
difficulty of getting supplies through
blockade, with failure certain If the sup
plies We're held up. This' anecdote, told
by Richard Peters, was repeated many
years after by Henry Simpson:
II was Commissioner of War (said
Peters, in 1879. General Washington wrote
to me that all his powder was wet and
that he was entirely without lead or bull
lets, SO that should the enemy approach
him he must retreat. When / received this
letter I was going to a grand gala at the
Spanish Ambassadors who lived In Mr
Chew's fine house in South Third street
The spacious gardens were superbly dec
GRATED with variegated lamps; the edifce
itself was blaze of light; the show was
splendid. but my feelings were far from
being In harmony with all this brilliancy.
II met at this party my friend Robert
motifs, who soon discovered the state OF
my mind. You are not yourself tonight
Peters. What's the matter?' asked Morria
Notwithstanding my unlimitdh CONF
dence In that great patriot. 1t was some
time before I could prevail upon myself
TO disclose the cause of my depression. but
at length ventured to give him a hint OF
my inability to answer the pressing calls
or the commander-in-chief. The army y
without lead. and know not where to get
an ounce to supply 1t; the general mus
retreat for want of ammunition
well, let him retreat replied the high
and liberal-minded Morris; but cheer up;
there are In the Holkar privateer. just ar
rived. ninety tons of lead one-half OF
which Is mine and at your service; the
residue you can get by applying to Blair
McClenachan & HoiRar. both of whom are
in the house with u.s.
Il accepted the offer from Mr.. Morris
with many thanks and addressed myself
Immediately to the two gentlemen who
owned the other half for their consent TO-
sell. but they had already trusted a large
amount of clothing TO the Continental Con-
gress and were unwilling to give that body
any further credit. ! informed Mr.. Morrie
OF their refusal. Tell them,' said he. 'thax
iiwiil pay them for their share This 81.
tied the business The lead was delivere4|
I set three or four hundred men to WON
VINO manufRctured II Into cartridge bull
2< raw [sn,P nzn'y, ~ 36ieh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
Sure! Give Her an Assist

Are you interested in musical scores?
asks w. l.. If so, / think you ought to
do something for old lady No. ia X
center, who sat behind me the other
afternoon and helped Frances White sing
her latest song, not missing a single note.
She wasn't mentioned in the program,
but l thought you might be able to give
her honorable mention either in the hit
or the error column.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

A practical Joker, so it seems, went
to the trouble of taking out marriage
license in the names of two old folks on
Long Island, who had no intention Of
marrying. But more cruel still was the
New York headwriters who labeled the
story.
LICENSE TO WED A JOKE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Righteousness of Prayers
for Victory-Views on
Just Taxation

THIS Department Is free to all readers ,oho
toish to express their opinions on subjects Of
current interest. II Is open forum and the
EUenin0 Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the pie,os Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed bv the ndme and address Of the
tUriter, not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee OF good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21
SINGLE TAX NOT ESSENTIALLY A
TAX
To the Editor Of the Epenino Ledoer

TO the Editor Of the Epenino Ledger:
/, sir--A little trade paper, publishsd IN
western Pennsylvania. gives this as the
first law OF government: Levy no taxas
and collect all the ground rent for nnhIIc
purposes"
This statement will probably appear. ab-
surd to those who feel that dean ana
taxes are inevitable and 10 those whc
believe that they have right 10 coir.st
%saa's ~ ISas %ss assSs. sss' v1'S5 ~ ssz s'.sa
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II any connection can he dra

II any connection can be drawn
between the indisputable facts that
Turkey is black spot on the map of
Europe and that this same nation
has been rigidly lined up for total pro-
hibition since adopting the nonalcoholic
Mohammedan religion. congressional blue
ribbonsrs have . nasty historical snarl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

Germany is fully entitled to any
satisfaction she may derive from the
report that American conscription re.
suited in nothing more decisive than a
di.ax
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-21

And the seit.sdme thought encumbers
Certain anxious youths zee knotc.
Meanwhile let us pluck from this ad
Of the Globe Theatre a little smile that
wasn't supposed to be on the bill:
This Weeks Feature
who's To Islame?"
20 Artists.
SURRENDER
Let as hare done acith battles,
7 am tired.
Let as hare done 1cith dreaming;
Dreams are dead.
When 1CdS the time,
"God said, am tired Of kingS'"S
cannot find II IN the Book.
But ! hare read
Ho,o the people cried unto God for King;
And He set Saul on the throne,
Because they desired a King.
md kHolD
That men desire something TO lCorShip;
That the throne dare not be empty,
Though they boiC dotcn
To a pnppet.
An old cry rings IN my cars
And 1ciH not be still.
A mi ! c1p fbp streets of pdtis
Red 1citb blood,
Bdrricdded 1Cith cobbleStores,
ruled lCith q SUrgin9 mob,
Screaming its bdttlccry.
Chanting its pdedn:
The King Is dead,
The King is dead,
The King Is dead
Long Hve the king! WILL LOU.