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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
THE BLUE ANCHOR TAVERN

DHILADELPHIA'S old taverns seem n
l. have been cut to the scale of the English
ones OF the period. At least they preserved
the atmosphere which saturates ''The Pick
wick Papers" and their bubbling punch and
creamy ale' seen in retrospect, bring up in
stant visions of Mr. Jingle. Doctor slammer
and Job Trotter
80 far as size is concerned, the modern
imagination rather boggles at the ancient
ideas Of comfort and space. Instead OF the
big cafes and high-ceilinged grills Of the
present day. the old Philadelphian had TO he
content with (nay, was content With so
diminutive an institution as the Blue Anchor
Tavern. This was 22 by 12 feet. with a
two-story height Catering ito man aad
beast" these jolly little affairs of hostelries
featured the apple-cheeked barmaid and
the eupeptic landlord. Napery and tables
were immaculate. commentators assure N.
and the food alluringly wholesome. Tha
roaring fire OF such places, insisted on by
every novelist from Charles Dickens To
Compton Mckenzie, was not Iackin..
The rooms were small, the beds hard. thu
floors bare, the windows tiny Discussions
Of news and politics took place in the INNS
which were a substitute for the twentIath,
century business exchanges and clubs. Com.
plants against intemperance were heard.
pected N~-
All the earliest innkeepers were Friend.
at least so far as the Blue Anchor was
concerned. In front Of this attractive resort
William Penn met and chatted most mi
mately with the Indians. The recordad
faet that he sat on the ground with theno'
ate their roasted hominy and acorns ana
outdid them at jumping recalls the erave
Friends disapprobation OF such frivol,t,'
However, he carried his point.
SO the Blne Anchor grew into the staturs
oi u a prominent institution IL was the kew
he building, remarks an authority. "A w.
timbered house, filled ~ with small BRICK
ana ~es stu ited Az what Is now The norfh'
Nfft corner Of Fronl and Dock stress,
Later q WAS knew as the noainsn s.1
S4'| The t'ae Anchor ItF1rh now si.n4,
ne near 'n|e 6oQl Al ne II|I1 Of that n.r,e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
EFFECT OF STEEL PRICES ON
TRANSIT

WE HAVE never had much faith in
w some Of the extremely high esti-
mates of the cost of the new transit sys-
tenn. Mr.. Taylor has averred that with
reasonable care in the awarding of con
tracts it would be possible to keep far
below the cost on which recent calcula.
tions have been made. In view of the
pricessfor steel recently fixed by the Gov
ernment, which may be considered maxi
mum prices for some time to come, would
it not be worth the while Of the Depart.
ment Of City Transit to prepare new es-
Inmates? Deficits that are so much talked
about result in large part from prospec.
tive abnormally high cost of construction.
II we can get the first cost back to a rea.
| sonable figure, we may get the lease ne
gotiatioRs back also to a reasonable basis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Can You Remember Your Hats?

KIT MORLEY, the young author of
whom we spoke to you briefly the other
day, had what he calls "a great adven.
ture in Norristown." I'm a shop window"
sez he, 81 saw a cap made out of some
fabric counterfeiting the spotted fur Of
the leopard. 1t was remarkable Who
on earth do you suppose would wear a
lid like that?" Oh, some young savage,
Kit. We wore one ourself many, many
year ago. Let's see If we can trace our
hats and caps back to the beginning;
Well, here's this fine Stetson we won
last fall on the election, and which is
plenty good enough for the winds of 1917.
is to play with. And hopping lightly
over the many straws felts and derbies
which are too modern to be interesting,
we come to mouse.colored derby with
peaked crown (circa 1892 which made
us look like a squireen in one of Dion
Boucicault's plays. Beyond that there
were several sane intervals. Then came
cartwheel straw hat with a black I'm.
derbrim (circa 1889. About the same
time our winter thatch was an enormous
derby which made our Adams annie
shout aloud to every passerby. And only
a few years before that we used a fried
egg; low white dip, with our initials
on silk band inside. Now we come to
the leopard skin 1t was a plush polo
cap and looked like heck.
Our first real hat after baby caps with
"boomaladdies') was felt telescope. II
any of you can remember that bird,
you're old enough to vote this new party
ticket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

i. SapphO was a Lesbian DOetess. the head Of
a ,cOterie of young women, whom she
addressed In her lyrics, and whom she in
structed In her art. She lived about 600
H. T., fragments of her work surviving.
x a drastic reduction in the price OF bread is
expected to result from the STANDARD
IOaf nlan,' about to be effected by Her
bert Hoover and his food admnstra tion.
B. The Kaiser has been compared b.. modern
poets to Tidal, ruthless, militaristio
King, described In Genesis.
L. Tlentsin, China Is threatened with de-
structiOn by flood.
D. a lemur Is kind Of nocturnal mammal.
especially of madagascar, allied 10 the
monkey, but with pointed muIzle.
o. Probation after death" Is a theological
doctrine. according to which mans fu-
ture destiny Is not unalterably fixed at
DEATH but either all men or a certain
class OF men will be placed on trial in
nnOther life for definite period or until
deeming love.
T. Theodore Rooseyelt's, newly coined phrase.
seditlous attitudes In the United States
toward the war, means new traitors
snake.
3. The scientific name for infantiIa na.aIxsi.
Is pOliOmyelltis.
u United states marines now abroad have
Deen split up Into provost guards in
cities and villages Of France and also
10. "Das ewig Welbllche zleht uns hinan''
means The eternal WOmanly leads ua
Faust"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01

contribution to the prosperity of the region
just south of Philadelphia through the
medium of its payrols alone should amount
to S1,000000 or more month.
The Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Company has long maintained one of
the most important branch offices in Phila-
delphia, and, being a corporation chartered
by the State of Pennsylvania and having
Its headquarters at East Pittsburgh, has
felt at home i'm your city. The Essington
development when completed will be mu..-
the largest of the company's many facto-
res; will give us renewed and increasing
interest in the prosperity of Philadelphia,
OF Chester and the intervening country,
and we hope will result in even closer and
more friendly relations with Philadephia's 5
vast business interests than those which we
have been privileged to enjoy heretofore.
CALVERT TOWNLEY,
Assistant to the President, Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Co.
New York, September 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Sweet Alice. Ben Bolt.

Remember when you used to pull your
boiled shirt over your head?-Bunalo
NeDs.
And hooked your bow tie at the hack ~
your celluloid coliar2-Pittsburoh Posi-
And went out buggy riding on SUNDAY
afternoon2-Boston Globe
And bought three pounds OF pork for a
quarter7--Neio York World.
And wore fancy vest with nearly
every color of the rainbow ?-spartanb, b,,rg
journal
And twisted knots in our socks TO keen
them up?-Aiken Journal
And bought a strawberry miikshaLa for
nickel glass.-Piokens Sentinel
And wanted the girls 70 think vo,, q
regular "lah-de-dah"7 "7--Houston post
And wore o short covert-cloth overcoa
over our wide-wale suit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01

BOB MISHLER says he knows the
color of Frank r. Stocktons hair,
Why" sez he, when 1 was kid in knee
breeches one of me buddies was a felIer
be the name Of 'Muggins, and every once
in awhile f. r. S. used to come down to
'Mansard Square to see his brother, who
was Mugginss Dad, and the whole gang
had good look at Uncle Franks black
hair and heard Of the stories about tigers
and things that his uncle told"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Tom Days Column
TO A pam swEErHEARr

I lore thee. dear, for tchdt thou art,
Nor lcouid hare thee otheri0tse,
For iohen thV ldshes Wt apart,
read, deep-mirrorcd IN thine cues
The glory of SinleSs heart.
Vert thou as fair rs thou art good,
10 icere not giUeH 10 any man
Wth daring eyeS Of flesh and blood
To look thee IN the face and scan
The SpieRdor Of thU tComdnhood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
MORE BILLIONS FOR LIBERTY


rTsHE campaign to launch the second
sreat Liberty Loan hsgins today The
call Is for a minimuui Of three billions.
Ten years ago the isnmensity Of the sum
would have staggered the imagination.
since then oyc theories Of finance
have undergone radical revision and
we have ssun to understand that
th1 progr6s Of the world has been handi-
capped6y our failure properly to tap the
sours(s Of credit and utilize the wealth
A olxhe earth for the good and comfort of
&<&ze inhabitants thereof. II the war does
4 nothing more. It has definitely shown the
way to the achievement Of prodigious
4 peaceful undertakings, the financing of
which generation ago. or even four
n years Rgo, would have seemed hopeless
and impossible. No man after this will
question the financial feasibility of con-
q rtructing a subway under the English
Channel and transcontinental railway,
4 via Alaska. would cost no more than a
week or two Of war. We have had the
wealth all along. but have been unable to
utilize the evidences Of II fully and COM
prehensively. The war. We surrnise. will
prepare the way for colossal national and
International enterprises OF priceless
worth to the comfort and vell-being Of
the human race
Money is merely money The nations
crops this year Will be worth at least
two billions more thaa they were worth
lsst year. What is true of crops is true
ef manufacture. Vast as are the national
eSpenditufes. hey do not outrun the
u,pstional incez INDEED. the nation sucks
1l1f a large part of the
hcial blood that is taken from them.
e process is a remarkable one and
tinctly encouraging. But were this not
were every dollar spent on the war
leave these shores forever. were
man who supplies a dollar ever
nnoet it back. or any interest upon it,
then the entire amount asked by
Government would be subscribed and
tould be good Investment
Honey il merely money Man aftef man
& gone bankrupt and lived to ride in
lnousines or yachts. There is always
Enore money to be got. The world is full
Of 1t. But few individuals have lost their
character and got it back. Few have sac
rzf1ced seifrespect and lived to regain
former standing. A nation can never be
pauperized by offering its cash in defense
or its ideals. It can sink into nothing
ness only by making gold instead of ideals
its idol Croesus had wealth, but II
nvaiied him not. and men OF Carthage
who valued their wealth above the liber
ties OK the State, awoke to find that they
had neither wealth nor liberty, but were
reduced to the condition OF slaves This
ssuntry could AFFORD to sacrifice every
ounce Of Eoid that is in it, every cent
~ income & possesses. and begin again
where our ancestors began il it were nee
4ssary to pay such price for the vindica
sltn Of the principles which are menacet
+ ard tnreatened by the conspiracy OF
ItsIaerism, There are few men who car
4Eofd not 20 subscribe to the new loan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01

The London Times feels that Ger
many has closed the door TO peace.
Maybe 30. but we can't help believing that
Pershing win open It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Lending the Government money is
ust another way of buying an annuity.

Mayor Stands by Bennett.-Hsadline.
Well the evidence seems to show
that Bennett stood by the Mayor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
A HOT FIGHT IN
PARADISE WOOD
A Colonel Tells of an Episode
Near Chemin-des-
Danes
Bv HENRI BAzIN

sfag Correspondent Of the Euenin0 LEDGER ,Uith
go the AmertcaR Army ht France
lAMERICAN EEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept 10.
NKY OFFICER escort said to me. LET
1Vl us visit regiment that has Just come
out Of the trenches after a full forty days
stood the shock Of formidable Boche at
taoks upon three different occasions"
Our car rolled rapidly toward little viii
lage a village that. like hundreds of others
have seen this last year, was a ruined
hsbitation OF peaceful country folk. The
- regiment Of chasseurs had been there
three days, coming direct from front-llne
trenches Their objective was partial
cleaning up ere full repose a change Of
clothing, a decent wash, luxures that the
poilus Of France have almost forgotten
these last three years, and which in mild
astonishment they find are still part and
parcel Of the life Of peace they have left
behind them.
They had scrubbed themselves and
washed themselves, changed their under.
wear and shirts and socks, put on new uni
forms in either part or whole, and for the
first time in more than a month removed the
mud from their boots and leggngs But for
the unmistatable expression of men who
have fought, they were as new soldiers.
The sky overhead was gray and the re-
cent unaccountable August rains, for all
the world, save iciness, like those Of No
vember, continued The village streets were
mires OF mud. II was tiny village with
few houses left standing, and most of these
showing she'll or shrapnel scars Little gar
dens sloped from the gray stone moscow
cred cottages to the road, a mass Of red field
poppies and marguerites, the grass showing
through them here and there, a touch OF
| green and red and gold and white.
The colonel with few OF his officers
| received us in a peasants modest home,
a simple house of a story and half, with
the typical sloping roof Of the French
| country districts. Here in n scantlly fur
| nished room he smiled upon us, bade us
welcome and without ado led us to a
| table on which a map was spread. And In
| quiet tones he told of one of forty days:
I'VE stood in the trenches in Paris wood
| on the Chemin-des.D Danes, opposite Courte-
| con, still in the hands of the enemy You
| know the Chemn-des-D Danes. 1t is or was,
until torn to pieces by shellfre. an ancient
| Roman road elevated above water level
/ through low section resting upon a
| height. rebuilt in the Napoeonc era on the
| plateau rising north from Scissors and
northeast Of Rheims about the village of
Craonne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
PROGRESS ON BIG
PLANT NEAR CITY
Westinghouse Company Expects
All the Buildings to Be Com
pleted by January l

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger:
Sir--I take pleasure in responding to a
request for brief description of my COM
pany's latest manufacturing development
near Philadelphia.
Starting thirty-one years ago on the top
floor of a building owned and operated by
another concern, the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company has grown and
expanded until for itself and some fourteen
subsidiary corporations it owns and oper-
ates twenty-one separate factories or sets
of factories distributed through eight States
1t has outstanding just under S75,OOO,OOO OF
capital stock and no bonds-there being
however, a little less than S3,O0O0 900 of
debt, represented mostly by the remnant
of a note issue still to be liquidated before
the company's property will belong entirely
unencumbered to it's shareholders.
The company directly or through its SUBJ
sdiary companies is engaged in the bust
ness of manufacturing and selling a wide
variety of electrical and steam machinery
and appliances, ranging all the way from
the smallest lamp socket and switch and
the miniature incandescent lamp TO the
largest generating units for electric powe.'
houses or for ship propulsion. During the
fiscal year ending March 81, 1917, the
gross sales totaled just under $50, 900, 900,
the largest years business in the company's
history.
During 1915 it was decided to increasJ
existing facilities, and after an exhaustive
study of the advantages of manufacturing
in different parts of the United states the
Philadelphia district was selected as the
most desirable location. A tract of land o.
about 500 acres was acquired, situated be-
tween the towns Of Essington and Lester,
about nine miles from City Hail. and having
frontage of something more than one mile
on the Delaware River, and at just about
the close of the year 1916 the immediate
construction of a factory development there
on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
Hand-to-Hand Fighting

but the information he had given me
enabled me TO learn that a mitrailleuse
squad was pouring lead with deadly de.
struction into the Boche and that two COM
panies had counter-attacked with the Boche
attack and broken through. to be imme.
diately surrounded; that Captain -. with
one company. had come to the rescue and
broken the Boche line l sent forward
fresh battalion in counter-attack They
went through the enemy line like a train
through tunnel and took as prisoners
Boche troops that had held some of their
comrades captive for twelve minutes
There was death all about Hand to
hand and body to body, men fought and
died and won and lost, amid she'll explosion
and bayonet thrust. Later we found two
of each crew dead about them. We fought
the fight all night and gave more than we
lost At dawn we held true to the previous
nights positions save for few meters here
and there, and by 9 in the morning we
had regained these. Not foot Of our line
was in enemy hands. Not an observation
post belonging 70 us was taken. All our
line was ours Our dead and theirs attested
why"
After moments silence he said, Let
us stroll through the village"
Here during this walk I saw again the
true France, the fighting France. that has
astonished Germany and the world; saw
why France is what she is--what she has
| so often proved herself to be during these
last three years. Saw II In countless little
significant ways, For one, the smiles OF
Affection between the colonel and his men.
They are all des braves" he said; "ail
ces ehers enfantsw
stopping to speak TO some Of them !
was struck by a curious combination OF
| pride and confusion In their expression
| They all had about the same thine to sav
20 me; yes. It had been something IKE
hell out there, but they had come through
II. and after a little while they would be
ready 70 so in II again II need be Thes
had had a chance 10 clean up, 10 eat to
sleep aud rest; never had the pinard tasted
20 good and now they were going en- renos
back home to see their own. And one
added with q smile. I'm be glad to see my
wife and the two boys again.r
looked NJ his smiling. no longer vounr
man who WAS going home for a tiny rrril
feeling something Of embafranslnonf befc.+.
h|m' IYe||.InE ihaf here about ms wha no.
p11 here pai What WAS lei| tf ftelmen'
AZ. '..|a "a 81 sha,al .dnls.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-01
To Employ 5000 Men

The first section of this development Is
now rapidly nearing completion. In fact
manufacturing operations were started
there the latter part Of August, and it is
expected that by or before January / all
of the buildings and equipment will be ready
for production. There will be seven build
ings aggregating approximately fourteen
acres Of floor space, which when fully
manned will furnish employment for about
5000 people and call for monthly payroll
of more than 100000.
About 5000 tons of structural steel are
being used in the framework and roofs Of
the buildings, and between five and six miles
Of railroad track on the company's prop
erty are necessary to provide transporta-
ton facilities The Chester branch of tn,
Philadelphia and Reading Railway runs
through our property. passing Immediately y
north OF the first development and that
company Is making an extensive change
In the grade and alignment of its main
tracks and constructing new yard at that
point. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has almost completed the construction Of
an entirely new branch line bordering our
development on the south
The section now nearing completion will
be utilized by the Westinghouse Companv
for the production of steam turbine engines.
and 1t now seems more than probable that
the Federal Government will require ~.
entire output OF these works running AT
their maximum capacity on turbines FOR
their shipbuilding program
Ready for Rapid Extension
The factories now building viii amount 4,
between 25 per cent and 80 per cent OF
the ultimate Development planned for this
property. Most OF the grading necessary
and much other preliminary work FOR ~.
completed plant have already been dome,
The property Is Qlertfore IN shape for a
very rapid expansion should It bectnie nae.
essary to dopn|1 oI triple tho factory oh..
put quickly p Vh|fn event ihe conpspy
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A Veritable Inferno

"It is upon the outlined form Of this
plateau that the front shapes itself mt this
section, its edges of spur-shaped land dem
tiled between little valleys.
paradise wood is partially inclosed in
one Of these valleys. The trenches of our
regiment were in its very center, first, sec
ond and third line with communications
on the fourth day after our occupation of
this sector, at o'clock in the evening,
hail of Boche shells began to fall upon our
lines. II was a veritable inferno, great
shells sent toward us and bursting every
where about us, destroying small abri and
observation, breaking connection with the
rear That meant the immediate establish
ment Of a relay courier system, in which
man after man picks UP a message and
carries 1t under fire to a given point. It's
life-giving business, and to avoid loss of
the message in transmission l divided the
relays into two sections, starting from diff
ferent points and going toward the objective
by different routes. Sometimes both reached
home sometimes but one And often during
that day neither.
I'VE knew an attack would follow the
bombardment. Probably the attack would
begin in close formation Immediately after
the bombardment ceased And when this
moment should be announced by a lull in
the storm of shells thrown upon u.s. our
men stood to take to the open, to leave
their deep shelters and girded to the loins,
receive the Boche shock. We had only one
aim--the aim Of Verdun and all the rest OF
it-They shall not pass!
But on this occasion the grenadiers of
the Guard left their trenches before the
bombardment ceased, while their artillery
was still launching shells upon the terri
tory to be assaulted.
Here and there along the line our de-
lenses were wreck. Here and there, too,
we had no men living TO defend them. Here
and there finally, we held firm. little group
OF heroic men standing fast in a hell OF
fire. One of the couriers sent forward with
instructions from myself to Major
saw the enemy's preparation for assault
and understood 1t was to be something new,
an assault with a continuous fire, instead
Of an assault after fire. He Immediately
abandoned his mission. returned to me and
delivered the information, indicating to me
on this very map the portions of our line
that were destroyed the portions still hold
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star Correspondent Of the Erenin0 LEDGER tUil
TIE american Army ~ France
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-02-05
ALASKA'S OUTPUT GREATEST
 EVER IN ITS HISTORY

which in 1916 was s17,050,000 and in 1915 was s16,7OO,OOO. Of The S. lc produced ip 1916, $10,640.000 Is to Lo creJltej to the placer mines. Alaska also produced In 1916 silver, le; d, tin, antimony, tungsten, pe- troleum, marble gypsum and cot to ire value of $1.8OO,ooO. During 32 years of mining Alaska has produced s351, 100000 in gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Of this amount s27S.- 100000 represents the value of the gold, and s6s s,OOo,oOO tha. ot the cop ,Gr.
 IL cannot be expected that Alaska will continue to produce so much mineral wealth each year, yet the large amount of preparati n made