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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
THE SUFFRAGE PICKETs

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledoer,
Slr-l nave been a reader of the EVE
MING LEDGER for a ,ong time and entov tba
little letteEs you publish In the evening issua
very mucA' ard would like to put one INV
hrst one) in' In answer to Rights of White
House Pickets." by ]. ].
FIRST OF all, be an American. Jf tboso
women who so heroically picketed the ers,
mouse Oh 'he land ever expect to get the
49,. 49,, s.ey sure are going the wrong wav
aoou. H. Nouid their conduct be tolerate
IN any other land? I don't think so
They think and say they shorId H.
ioweo 10 vote and make our laws whIIe . T,
the Same tiine they are fragrant lawhreaI
ers' should be handled as such. and she',,s
De given tne full extent of the law, no MAJ
yer what they received for their breakfs g,
wnile IN jail. Let them be law.ohI5,so
ladies, and they would eat their braa,,sis
citizens. 'e"pectaple
ihese are no times for this nonsens,o,,
whim' Inc country is at war with a go
elgn country, and we have no time 70 a.
vote to this class of ladies' ~ oe'
These militant ladies' were y,y.u -
days In Jail for being nuisances ana , sixty
triotio while the good, red-blooded ,,a'a-
men OF the country are being drawn 20 tuns W
10 france 10 tight our fight for Old S,s so
ana democracy. -" Siory
ss,w.s we &c soVd ,s americans have pledged our
serves 10 the full support of our Pres,deu.
to stand by him through thick or esiaent ,s.t
this great struggle for a wide. e.worid IN
mocracy. and these ladies should he a, pe, S.'
side giving all the help they can MS
should be one big family, with oniv I'VE we
h tnotsht ,hs ana that to do and give the verne srv
oese 'hat Is In us for our country. very
| Philadelphia July 22. ''NEWS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
BINGHANIS

GEORGE BINGHAMS Hogwallow
Locals, particularly the one about the
village musicians who "discoursed sweet
music at the party within wishing dis
tance Of the ice cream and cake" al.
ways got a laugh out Of us. But Hog
wallow is sleepy in July. This-the first
local from Georges pen that we've seen
In some time-sounds like an echo of
the song of Solomon:
Frogs croak in the grass around the
pond the mud turtle suns itself on a log;
the grasshopper swings to the top Of a
swaying weed and the young squirrel
feasts in mulberry tree: the COW, from
exile, with knockkneed calf, that was
expected last month; the bumblebee is
humping about In his daily round of dis.
turbance the jaybird chatters in the
cherry tree, and the catbird shines In
the orchard; the top of a fisherman's
straw hat is seen above the banks Of a
stream; the lizard goes round on the
other side of the fence and the turtle
dove sits on the dead tree limb.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
WHEN EFFICIENCY ~
CHEATS DEATu
Why Drill officers Force Their Men !.
Do the Best That Is in Them

TN THE camps where officers are bs,r.
L trained and in the huge cantonmsrts
where presently half a million men -,
be undergoing the intensive work To MAJ
soldiers of them In the quickest poss,,,,.
time many a man feels and will feei :.
sentful toward his superiors WIN -.
doing the training and think them und,,,.
severe, captious and exacting. Tn.
should read the sketch entitled "Drillr \,
Boyd Cables Action Front" which ,.,,.
about the grilling and grinding to wt,.,
an instruction sergeant in a certain .r.r
lery regiment of the British armv .,.
jected his detachment.
Mr.. Cable describes how he sears thar,
with sarcasm and chastises them with ~.
tongue because they are not quick enou.A
Hours on end he keeps them at IL ens
says Mr.. Cable, "at the end of II he sn.,.
another five minutes pointing out ~.
manifold faults and failings OF each I.
dividual in the detachment" Disn,s..s
the men went away grumbling to ors
another, calling him "Old Sergeant c,,A
the-Time." and complaining becaus. =.
would give them no credit for aoh,ss.
ment.
THE better we does It," says ono of
them. "and the faster, the better and ths
faster he wants 1t done. It's my bel,ss
that IL he had a gun detachment n,cy.a
from the angels above he'd tell 'em thai,
buttons and their gold crowns wa. I.
disgrace to heaven and that tbav -
too slow to catch worms or catch a co,ds
But in the meantime their instructor !.
saying to fellow sergeant:
They're good lads. We cut tbrea ,ons
seconds this morning from Off the tinos
we have been taking to get the gun ,nto
action and second a round off the f,rin,
of ten rounds"
Three seconds is good enough" sa,d
the other mildly.
1T isn't good enough" said the IN.
structor, "if they can make It four ana
four's not good enough IL they can mai.
it five. They won't be blessing ma ,o-
1t now. but come the day maybe tb.v
will"
And afterward, in hardfought battle.
the battery obeys signals so quickly ana
perfectly that it misses destruction nv a
few seconds. Then Gunner Donovan. wbo
had complained most bitterly when thew
were under training, leaned over to Mich
as the battery numbered and skiddlsd
along and shouted in his ear:
"Gawd bless old Cut.the.Timep'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. kerensky has become Premier of RusSis.
Lvon having resigned.
z. The peace formula "No annexattons no In
IDENTITIES" originated with the Russian
SJGcisiists; although. Of course. similar
mula was thus suCcinctly adopted By the
Russian peace advocates.
8. Peru Is north Of Chill.
4. plateau. or tableland. Is an extensive
elevated region with o level surface.
o. drafted man can now enlist and pick the
branch Of service he prefers. Just as hs
snnSunSsd s9gla 90 before the draft numbers were
o. PrssIsgre sIsgaeof Of deep water puts Q limit to tho
with safety. The Germans are said to
have perfected a submarine which can
travel goo feet under wate- with safety.
T. "Junker' is a German word. pronounced
.yoOnker," derived from words meaning
,Soung sir." OF young lord" a Junksf
and militaristic party in Prussia.
D. The falcon. as Of old, can be taught to swoop
down on given objects. II has been suS.
gested that falcons be trained to sweop
down on periscopes. carrying bombs tied
about their necks. the bombs TO- explode
and sink the submarine on touching the
0. Catalonia is tho northeastern corner Of
10. The frat Pacific railroad, linking the East
and Middle West with tho Far West. was
opened In 1869.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
FERNAU'S PLEA FOR DEMOCRACY

Away from Bismarck That is the lesson
Of this world war for Germany. Justice
and liberty not blood and iron, are the
cement of modern fatherlands. Let US
break with the development of the last
century. Tho world war signifies the coll
lapse of system and spirit of culture
that were thoroughly un-German; that is,
thoroughly Prussian. Let us Join hands
with the other civilized nations of the world
as peaceable, equally privileged and equally
efficient laborers In the field Of culture No
longer Deutschland ueber allies but Ger
many with and by the side of all. Democ-
racy is the only possible, only enduring
basis OF the future peace of nations. On
ward TO democracy!" These words. aston
ishing though the fact Is, are addressed by
a German to the German people But 1t Is
done from the safety OF Switzerland. where
the author, Hermann Fernau. now lives.
The book from which the extract is taken,
"The Coming Democracy" will be published
In this country In two or three weeks. II
makes a study of what the Hohenzollern
dynasty, and the idea Of submission to dy-
nastic dominance, have done for the German
people, shows how the war was the ineyi-
table outcome of the direction In which Ger
many has allowed herself to be led by that
dynasty, and pleads with the German people
to cast aside the falsehoods that have
blinded their eyes and to make Germany
for the German people, not. Germany for
the dynasty. their aim. He begs them to
establish democratic form of government
| keeping the royal family for show II they
must have pageantry--and tells them that
| the reforms which he pleads with them 10
make are for methods Of government and
| for social and political conditions (which IN
| all the civilised countries Of the world have
| for decades past appeared 10 the dullest
peasant an understood thing" The original
German version Of the book was published
In Switzerland at the end Of last February.
| Fsrnau once before criticized beverley me
government Of his country in Because I an,
oerman which examined the Accusa ton
Vs. Ana fopn4 y true. That hcok vaS "a.
n ~ Q .easx ~ ~ ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
JAMES J. HILLS LIMEBycuc

James ]. Hill. empire maker. bad
old sense OF humor and was wei, ,splen-
among MS intimates as a wit. He antN nnown
composing limercks and the ,o1,yoyed
eoupie-narreled one Is recorded in IN. th".owing .v m
by Joseph Gilpin Pyle: :" 'ne Life
sners was young farm in ths w..
90 rhs, mucn oyerworked and hard prssssS sss
III lust take to my bed
And drop through to China "a -
SuL alas whom the roots of IN.
z y ~ - y. s3e ~ o. the frugal chinSssss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
THEATRES IN OLD PHILADELPHIA

THE theatre had n hard time holding on
L in Philadelphia during the eighteenth
century because of the opposition OF the
Friends, who were of course more numerous
than now In proportion to the total popula-
ton and generally controlled the course
of public opinion and action.
The first theatrical performance in Phila-
delphia of which there Is any mention was
given In 1749. The actors were evidently
amateurs. The first professionals arrived
In 1754-Hallam's Company-and got
license to open what they called THE New
Theatre in Water Street." in William Plum
stead's store. at the corner of Water street
and the first alley above Pine street. There
they acted The Fair Penitent" and Miss
in her Teens" The box seats sold for
$3.50. seats in the pit were 81 and In the
gallery so cents.
This company seems to have made
hit, and is found playing at the corner OF
Vernon street in 1859. That was beyond
the city limits, where the opposition of the
Philadelphia Friends could not directly
affect them. However. Friends both inside
and outside the city continued to hound the
players and sought to make their business
failure. To evade this hostility the COM
pany called its entertainments Concert
of Music" with tho purpose of improving
youth in the divine art Of psalm and churcn
music" When they gave the play George
Barnwell." they advertised that It was 'fos
the benefit of the College Of philadelphia"
The British occupation Of Philadelphia
did much to revive the drama and place
on good foundation. They used the South
wark Theatre, the performers being oficsrs
in Howe's army. the proceeds going to the
widows and orphans of tho soldiers. Major
Andre and Captain Delaney were the scene
painters. ~
In 1893. when Washington bstHp his
second term In the Presidency (and he often
visited the Philadelphia theatres). the Chest
nut Street Theatre. at the northwest corner
of Sixth and Chestnut streets. was erected
under the name of the New Theatre" o.
account Of the yellow fever spidsmio Il wee
not opened until November. 1874. An un6s
lish traveller dsscrlbea TIE hquss - ''slecac1
Penys2lepf ~ loxF9 - Qaeoht 0eF1P
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Tom Days Column

THE COW
I Ike TO tcdtch the co,o and think
OF all Il means to nc.
At home ,ohen hare nttlk to drink
Or sometimes cream IN tea
Because I do not see the cop
neper think about It
But on the farm ironder hoD
We could oct on tithom II.
I stood for quite uhile today
To sec hoD milk Is made
I tcdtched flock Of co,cs tohen they
Were feeding In the shade
And they tcoud eat some grass at first
And then hey rent and stood
Right IN the brook to cure their thirst
And then they chetced their Good.
And most important 10 ,ooud seem
Is this strange Good they cheto
Because It, turns to milk and cream
As soon as they are through.
At milking time the farmer takes
The mix aud cream so stceet
Aud ,cfth the cream he often makes
The butter that acc eat.
SO here ,oith milk and cream to drink
And butter too you see
Ike to 1cdtch the co,o and think
OF all It means to me.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
What Do You Know?


!. What is the original meaning Of "bourse,ss
z. what is meant by "the suspension of con,
stitutionai guarantees": W WV
3. What country has Just declared n stst. ~
war between itself and Germany and
=. what branch Of American military service
Is represented by a bright red hat cor1Y
5. Who Is Nikolai Lenine?
o. VIII any effort be made to restore the bo.s,
ton? " ~ ""'"nas'
7. In what part Of ENGLAND IL FelIxstovs
pombed bS enemy aircraft last Sundayf '
D. Has the identity Of "The Man In the iran
Mask" ever been discovered?
0. Who was "the liberator Of Texas"s
10. What Is the ordinary period Of service IN
the marine corps? ''S~ -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
A SOCIALIST COMPLAINT
To the Edition oI the Epenina Lsdner.

Sir-In Philadelphia the other dav ,h,r-
teen Socialists were arrested. Their oniv
9nsnse one s consisted & IN Distributing circular.
stitution Of the United States =" II onota.
the thirteenth amendment as foIlows.
Neither slavery nor involuntary seryituSs
except as punishment for crime whersot
the party shall have been duly convtcted
shall exist within the United States. or nv
place subject TO their jurisdiction.' ,rhs cir,
cular makes the claim that this provision i.
violatsd BY the conscriptien act ana "a IL
wen - s''els - 2 ?, es'f = Z s. e r Fs.sa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

And TO read the New Testament in
haymows with the light of lantern. be-
fore rolling up in ones blanket, must
bring to one all the reality and poignancy
of the parallels" says Harry Kemp in
The Independent. Well, now, 1t might
bring to one "the reality and poignancy"
of that parable which has to do with
the bundles Of tares-or was II cockle?-
thrown into the oven to be burned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

The reduction of ocean freight
charges by agreement among the Allies
is encouraging. but 1t is worth while re-
membering that ordinary wages for sea-
men in these days would not be alto
gether fair. Doubtless the new rates
allow for liberal profits from operation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

1t may make Senator Reed uncom.
Portable. but the President has decided
that he will not deprive the nation Of
the advice and counsel Of It's leading busi.
ness men even TO please Missouri. The
country 4 bscoming more and r,ore
oFefefal fho1 ~ eehate 2 ~ nol>eG
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Month by month the business of
the port shows extraordinary gains.
Never before in its history has the Della
ware been of such use to the nation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Mr.. Moore and the Liquor Ques-
tion-A Socialists
Complaint

This Department Is free to all readers pho
,Dish to cypress their opinions on subjects OF
current interest. II is an open forum and the
EpentnO Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the rtetos Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed by the name aud address OF the
trriter, not necessarily for publication. but as
guarantee OF good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Congress gave the money for air
planes in hurry. If there is no Dem
man on the board commissioned to ex-
pend 1t, probably well get the airplanes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

WHENEVER catch myself forgetting
that the world must be made safe for
democracy I go out to the ball grounds
and see coupla thousand voting citizens
run a ball game. WI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

There is some reason to suppose
that Russia also has Scott Nearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

The mailed fist has more work to
do. Siam has Joined the Allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

The office boy said he thought he knew
coupla girls that would do, II there
wasn't mistake somewhere in this classi-
fed ad:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
TO ].

II all the suns ldy dead and lope
Were eaten By corroding drouth,
There StW tcould be the memory of
That little lyric thing, your mouth.
And those felicittes, your eyes,
So faint and toon and fine Nth mist,
Recalled, 1could rear a paradise
With memory as It's rhapSodtst.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

Let fdH the sky's old span Of blue;
Let dH decay but memorys might.
Your smile 1oiH form, the 1corld dne,c,
Your look ,ciH spur its pulse Alright.
CHRISTOPHER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
PHIL.
FRIEND

THE FLAGMAN HNA
There 1ods man, 1H2-5
A poor Italian, TN[ M
Who had not been N mn
among NIlI2Wk
Our people long, W/YAE
And toho began 4 mr."
no be American" /"
In humble duocatton
At Harvey Station
On the B. and O.
Not pery long ago.
Hts service tods to render
Hts days as crossing tender.
An easy job, thee'll say;
And ioell, indeed. thee may,
For Harvey only knep
A train or taoo
A day.
The fdgmdn might hdpe Kept
The crossing tohtle he slept,
But there toas In his breast
A heart for beautys guest
That tcould not let him rest.
And of his oton accord
From hts oton nteaoer hoard
He bought the seed
To bedutify the bank
That heretofore tods rank
with tangled grass and soeed;
And fotoers came to bless
Hts toll t1tth loneliness.
What may not such as he,
Industrious and clever,
What may he not endeavorS
At least he tUtIl not be
A mental forever.
Already on his toay,
He's master of a store;
So here's our t1reath today
To help a little more.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24

GIRLS, experienced girls to do smoking; steady
broidery Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-24
Kept Calm Under Strain

Follows grimly suggestive sketch of
the mortalities of those wild times:
1T is well known that in those hectic
days there was not always a fine discrim-
nation shown as to those Cinnamon who
Arizona republican., 1917-06-20
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION |S
 SPLIT ON CAMP

A division of effort in Arizonas congressional delegation is imperlling AriZona's $ chances of securing can tonment camp. That information came from Washington in a semi -offi- cial telegram yesterday. It is under stood that while Representative Hay den is for Phoenix, Senator Smith is working for Tucson and Senator Ash urst for Prescott.
 bell states that the only cantonment site so far selected in the southwest is to be on the government reservation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. and con- tracts for work on it will be let at the end of the week The telegram says: If you could have your people decide upon some one point your delegation here might succeed in getting a can tonment camp, and failing that they might land a national guard mobiliza tion camp"
 Six sites for the latter have been ac- cepted at Fort Worth, Houston, Fort Sill. Waco, Deming and Linda Vista, the latter near San Diego. It was stated in the dispatch that the prox- imity of Arizona to the border might aid in securing either a cantonment camp or a mobilization camp. An other inducement would be the climate, which would permit work at all sea sons of the year.
 Governor Campbell at once took the matter up, not in behalf of any point in Arizona, but in favor of some one point on which the members of the delegation might agree and forwarded the following telegram to each of the senators and representatives
 "Arizona will be much disappointed if no cantOnment selection is made in the state. We have unequalled climatic and strategic surroundings in connec- tiOn with the several sites offered the site board. UneXampled forage and foOdstuff crops will tend to make prices reasonable. I believe Arizona cantOnment could be managed as eco nomically as elsewhere and the eff ciency derived from the better condi- tion of the men is not to be disre-
Arizona republican., 1917-06-20

requested the court to continue the case until Friday morning when Pres ton T. Slayback auditor of the Arizona Hercules Copper company, could ap- pear as witness. The continuance was granted by Justice Wheeler.
 The expert witness who was to ap- pear yesterday could not be located by the county attorney who did not resist the motion for a continuance made by the defendants counsel. When this tes- timony was not offered when the case came up for hearing County Attorney Laney presented as his first witness Thomas A. French. secretary of the State Federation of Labor, who swOre to the complaint. It developed that MT. French had sworn to the complaint without making any investigation. He based his charge entirely on the fact that the petition bore MT. Korrick s name more than once. He did not take any steps to locate D. O'Conner who made an affidavit that he had positive knowledge that MT. Korrick signed the petition twice, according to Frenchs own testimony. No search was made for O'Conner.
 Did you sign MT. Korrick's name to the petition" French was asked under cross examination.
 q did not" replied the federation secretary.
 Do you believe MT. Korrick wilfully knowingly and unlawfully signed the petition twice?'
 ''I do.'' said the complaining witness.
 Hugh Callahan was the states next witness. He also testified he had made no attempt to find O'Conner.
 The state then rested. Counsel for ha dafa rt arlya fpr the ground that there was no proof of corpus delicti, that the chief witness had never been interrogated and that no effort had been made to locate him. Primary evidence had rot been in- troduced conteded counsel. The county troduced contended counsel. The county the court ruled with the state.
 Do not wait till tomorrow-Phone that WANT AID to The Republica n office now. and get your wish fulfiJ d
Arizona republican., 1917-06-20
CHECK ARTISTS
 IN LAW TOLLS

Charged with issuing a bogus check, Ralph I Colby was taken into custody yesterday. The $25 check made on the Valley bank and passed at the Owl Drug Store is said to be but one of many put in circulation by Colby who was arraigned before Justice De SouZa. His preliminary hearing was set for 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
 Harvey Ward another alleged check artist, who is charged with obtaining money by a bogus check announced his guilt when brought before Justice De Souza for arraignment yesterday. He waived examination and was bound over to the superior court in the sum of $1 ,O0O bond Ward is the young man who is charged with working with Ashley Stelzride the boy who is alleged