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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

In Virginia Carter Glass is "reck-
oned one of the greatest statesmen the
Old Dominion has given the world in
modern times" BY modern times" is
meant since the Civil War. We do not
know that this Virginian can take the
place Of the Presidents son.in-law. for
sonsin-law have ways all their own, but
IN the mere matter of financial statesman.
ship doubtless Mr.. Glass is in the McAdoo
class.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

We suspect that the railroads OF
the United States are going to be oper.
ated IL it takes the entire United States
army to turn the trick. The gentlemen
whit an issue between them may as
well recognize that in this matter the
people are going to have a say, and It is
going to be a say with kick to 1t, If
necessary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Tbe Mayor 4. not An favor of

The Mayor IL not In favor of a
Podunk convention hall for Philadelphia,
but why stop at f2.ooo9 When we want
. convention hall We want a convention
hall. and that means a building capable
Of seating a real crowd. Next thing we
know, somebody will be proposing a sta
dunn to seat 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
A head of cabbage cost

A head of cabbage cost a West
Philadelphia housekeeper thirty.four
cents. 1t was delivered by an automobile
driven by uniformed chauffeur and was
wrapped in a fancy box In addition to
the cost Of rent. light and salesmanship.
the woman had to pay for gasoline.
chauffeur hire and wear and tear on
tires. Half Of the overhead expense would
be eliminated II consumers carried their
own food
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
When the Presider

When the President decided to
make his doctor an admiral that ended
II As an Independent body of statesmen
the Senate is an excellent recording SEQ
rotary. But IL an admiral doctor can keep
the President in better health than a mere
passed assistant surgeon. then the coun-
try will feel reconciled to tho change.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
All Points of the Compass
Adventures in Excavation

At THE risk Of advertising the very ex-
IN cellent stories of our friend Mr.
Porter Emerson Brown. It is here desired
to repeat one of his rather good ones which
he hides In letter to the New York Trib-
une, and which the makeup man almost
hid from US in his desire to keep It ali TO
himself. But be that as it may, here's
Browns story, which we dug out:
The situation with Germany has now
reached stage where it reminds one
strll1ingly of the two gentlemen in an
alteration. After various impolite re-
marks, the first gentleman hauls off
and Kicks the second gentleman in the
stomach, knocking him twenty feet. At
which the second gentleman sits up
weakly and inquiries, rs that the best
you'can do. you poor stiff?'
THIS is a real one' We dug 1t up all bv
i ourselves. We were walking in Broad
way, the main artery of upheaval In New
York We observed a sign. It was thus
written in golden letters:
AARON I. BINsKY
what an ungrammatical person =, we
exclaimed to us. 'He ought to 20 to night
school, Aaron l. Wasky' Is probably what
he meant TO say"
Yet, as nobody was near who would listen
to us, our discovery had to remain hidden
till this moment
A LSO, another of our recent signatorial
~ excavations is this concerning a fairly
good souse we found weeping bitterly at the
corner of Thirty-third street and Broadway,
Our well-known sympathetic nature induced
us TO approach him.
why these tears?" we asked.
'"See thass sign there?" he exclaimed.
We followed his pointing finger and oh
served:
All Persons Carrying Packages Will
Go in the Thirty-thlrd Street Entrance.
well. what of it?" we insisted in our
query.
I'm carryin' constable package, amt
II" he said.
Apparently" we agreed.
well, 'slike this, / knew was carrvin,
IT, ! saw thass sign, an wen roun' Tbir-
ty-third street door. an a feller there
wouldn't lemme in"
''But why weep over it?" we inquired
sympathetically again.
rs always the way. Felier does ms,
what folks tell him to. an he gets trun
down. y they'd kept that sign ofrn IN
from door, ia never thought Of disfurbins
~ fcller eroun' the pprner. n ncnc y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Why All Irishmen Do Not Sup
port England-The City
Beautiful-Vacant
Lots

This Department fs free to all readers tCho
t0tsh TO express their opinions On subjects OF
current interest. 1t Is an open forum. and the
EUefiin0 Ledger assumes responsibility for
tho pietvs Of Its correspondents. Letters must
be signed bv the name aud address Of the
t0ritcr. not necessarily for publication, but as
guarantee of good fuith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

the appofntmmt OF ''Big Bill"' Ed.
wards m q collector Of internal revenue
I. good appointment big Bill" could
oo1iect from anybody, even the Sultan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Bapaume

Bapaume
G. T. Wf-The southern tip of Belgium
intervenes between Bapaume and the Ger
man Empire. Bapaume Is about sixty
point on the Relgo-German border is near
Bastogne. Belgium, on a 14O-mile line
through southern Belgium. Bapaume ia i'm
miles from the nearest point on the France
German border, at the junction of the
Luxembourg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
ps1NGLE.TRAcK PSYCHOLOGY

PsINGLE.TRAcK PSYCHOLOGY
The other day our own dear pap',
announced a lecture "at Witherspoonla'
Hail." and we joyously battened upon
for one of those slips O. the types wnel's,
wheezes are born; but we have iouD.
that the thing goes deeper. we psS
in our midst a linomauler who Is ~.
and painstaking workman withal ~
whose train of thought occasionally ruu'
single track. 1t was he VINO adueu
"ful" to our glee; and the deed was ~,
shortly after this order was posted w.,
the bulletin board In the composing ~
In recipes use spoonful. not spoon =
a spoonful (not spoon) OF sugar t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

Ca1annfties never cease. The Civil
league, through old blue laws, has
eeopped the sale Of ice cream on Sunday
IN shfppsnsburx, Pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

door work and homelike dwellings and
surroundings II q difficult to see why
any faction at Harrisburg should oppose
liberal appropriation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
FIVE CENTS A MILE

Within short time the price Of a 1000
mile mileage book is likely TO 70 to S25. ana
there are shrewd traffic men among the rail-
road executives Of the country who TO-DAY
say that within twenty years Il VIII co.t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR
cULATIoN OF THE EVENING LEDGER
FOR FEBRUARY WAS 9s.s72
Pbiisdelphis, Friday, March 10. 1917

II leather is so scarce. why not de-
crease the threestory women's shoes to
bungalow height7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

from her while returning from z neaa,ntes asan,ntsua4
tire TO her hotel. -Mor'f, u ~
And M. H. @. is moved to rfmasx
this surely overtops the bypucn
acter who took up his bedf enQ
Possibly the snatchsr was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16


The Little Theatre will see the nreu,...
of Howard Shelley's farce, ''The Faru.
Tree" on Wednesday night, II nror,,...
fun for all but the pedigree-prou n M.
at. Frinstance: ~
am Tracey Ro. world famous gsnnslosS.,,ss ns sS,ss
COMPILER or ALLY histories have conductsi ~
genealoglcA Investigations in the most rsrsss
regions of the earth and have traced tho 'mo's rss
sangulneous concatena tions of both ancIen, w M
established the degrees Of cousinship t.,n.ss nsw
BENJAMIN Franklin and Ajax Plato and ss'Ses' M
L.angtry. Homer and George AIDE, Victor HsrS.,
and Pan and so on. Can | assist You II
tracing your pedigree? wv
Louise: Let us have motto characterize.
Billy. That's easy. There's one born ,y,,,
minute" ~" w"
Louise Cnewborn heiress)' But. washinrtos.
Wash tyoqng aristocraO: That is perf.ct,
true true bqt ~ DO eyerEthing TO remedy the y.
, brawl II make myself worthy OF you.
sacrifice even TO become your wife =
Ivy: That woman Will be Just as welcome y
a coffin at wooden wedding. y.
An interesting line upon We oden time
notion of playing up the news is fur.
nished by the facsimile of the Boston
Gazette for Monday, March %, l7Tas
put out as supplement of the Boston
Transcript on Monday last The first Of
the four pages is devoted to an academic
letter from voX populi of the day and
to resolutions passed at town meetings
against taxation without representation
The two inside pages, with column rules
Colonial equivalent of our display typs
gives what was perhaps the first news
paper report of the Boston massacre. a
mighty good graphic and straight-out
account it is, too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
The Association for the Protects

The Association Tor the Protection
Of Jewish Immigrants protests against
the literacy test passed over the Presi-
dents vetossby the last Congress. The
new Congress should repeal this obnox-
ious measure. which would keep out of the
country the very people that America was
intended to welcome and protect. The
labor leaders who forced through the bill
professed desire to raise the standard
Of citizenship by excluding immigrants
who could not read and write. but their
Intention was only to exclude immigrants
who could work and compete with their
followers. This is just the kind of selfish
provincialism which the world war and
the new sympathies 1t has created have
doomed to disapp9arancs in this country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

yesterday In New York appe,,.
have been a crawfish day amor @ y
newspapers. The Tribune led Off n. Y. T.
torial page with a most abiect su'
to Justice Hendrick for "an . 0u
article that ought neys, !.
have been printed in the Tribunos ~ .
the Worlds first editorial paras,..s ~
acknowledges the justice of secrs,.r
Daniels's protest against the publ,cs,,.''
OF a story relating to the arming a. u.
Menchuria. "The World stubbed y. y y
when it printed that particular ~. ~
article said the editorial. First M M
we know we'll get soft and wri,. !.
paean to W. j. b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
MAINE VIEW OF MAINE MEN

II there In q farmer In Maine who IL eeIi-
ing his crop Of potatoes at fair profit prlcsr
he deserves 70 have monllmenf -Portlnn1
unstorn Af1rua Z. 4 Y "a Z. #. M Rs. a q x Az
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
What Do You Know?

, Queries of general interest toiH be onsUered
IN this column. Ten Questions. the unsJUsrs to
tohtch eUsrU tgell-informed person should knotU,
are asked ddiIU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

Mr. Gerard is personally guardlr,
small leather bag. There's a cat IN a.
says Bert Lesion Taylor And. NAV.
add, without. saving clause? -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Gladstone Champion of Ireland

Few would have the hardihood today to
defend the course OF England as Il whole in
her past treatment of Ireland and the Irish.
but 1T must be admitted that England has
In the past produced many courageous cham
pions of even-handed Justice for Ireland,
notably w. f. Gladstone. John Bright and
others through whose efforts many beneh-
cent laws for Ireland have been enacted and
successfully put in operation.
The Irish question" in the early sixties
was largely religious question The Eng
lish Church was n firmly established state
institution in Ireland. Every denomination
was taxed to support it. one of Mr.. Glad
stones earliest and most notable triumphs
was in the introduction and final passage
Of a law dsestablshing this church after
series Of campaigns characterized by ex-
treme bitterness on both sides
Then the Irish question took n different
turn and became an agrarian question. It
was at this period that Gladstone scored
his next great parliamentary success by
successfully passing what was known as
the tenant rights bill"
This law was to remedy peculiar con-
dltion which existed in Ireland, but not
In England or Scotland IL acknowledged
the principle OF dual ownership of the land
In this way: 1T assumed that the Irish
farmer and his ancestors, and not his land
lord, had reclaimed the land from it's
original wild state had made all improve
ments such drainage. fences. farms,
buildings and the like, and IL for any rea-
son he was forced or compelled to give up
his farm he could sell these improvements
to the incoming farmer or tenant ohI..
at public sale.
For many years previous this right or
principle had been voluntarily aclinowl-
edged by the better class of landlords In
the Province OF Ulster only, and was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Warships

WarSnlpS
X E-Gunboats, among the smallest of
the warships. are classed with coast-de-
Tense vessels. They are of slight draft and
are used largely as auxiliaries. Armored
cruisers, which are being supplanted by
battle cruisers, are larger than gunboats,
which heavy armor and big guns are sacri-
feed Battleships carry big guns and heavy
armor. Battle cruisers combine the speed
of the armored cruiser with the big guns
Of the battleship and have medium heavy
armor They usually are larger than bat
tleships, among which, however, is a dis
tinct class of warship the largest of all
the dreadnought, the first of which was
the British Dreadnought, laid down in 1905
This ship set the style for all subsequent
big battleships.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

The appeal of tfese in charge of
The ''feeblemindednes exhibit" at Harris
burg should not fall upon deaf ears in the
Lesislature. Ample appropriation should
- made for the segregating and hous-
ms Of mentally Incompetent women in the
co,ony at Laurelton provided by former
xcrisIaturs but a.nce left without finan-
~ial provision. These women. left at
nrss o. inadequately protected. consti-
80 : nenacs which grows larger with
rorokfon- They bear children,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Tom Days Colum,
I. BERGMAN
Pyjanas

Pyjamas
Chestnut Street "'
knew man In Regent stree,
Who walked four blocks from II,
with nothing on from face 10 90. Z 1os
He wore high hat very we,,
And later he spoke cryptic tb,n.
Through the grill of a paddoa
PROFOUND that men are aptlv o,,,
In pants and coat and CAV o.
Some lean, iconoclastic lad
VIII boldly brag a nay IN ,,,.
By strlding out to salt his ,,,.n'
Wrapped in multi.colored w..
Pyjamas and a pair Of gloves
Mean more than garments uo
The magnets for elastic loves ~
And fashions joss for fools ,..
Gloves and pyjamas!-heroes, s,.~
or sumptuous sleep and cbiva,s'
HoosTHn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16

British Consulate
M j. P.-The British consulate In Phila.
delphia is at 222 South Third street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
Electoral

| j. j. McA.-Electoral is pronounced with
the accent on the second syllable, "lec."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
HEINIE

Ayers American Newspaper pire'.s''
for 1917 gives the Citizen, OF La o,s
ILL.,. a circulation of $500 (sworne ~
cookie itn drop TO 27o9 when ce''s
lady sees this, from recent issue,
Mrs. M, e. Wyatt left Wednesdsy e nIes -
Marshallville. Ga. From there sne ne,,,hiand q
Florida and other points In the south'e~ IN
will be away three or four months 1
small loss. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
THREE PHASES
OF HOME RULE
First Religious, Then Agrarian
and Now Religious Again.
History of the
Movement
BY EDWIN S. RALSTON


Land Law Reform Association and former
parliamentary Secretary Of the Senior Mem
Der OF Parliament Tor County Armagh. =
TT is deplorable that every time set
Il tlement Of the Irish question seems in
sight some insuperable obstacle looms up
and delays II TO some unknown period In the
dim and distant future
Just as home rule for ireland had been
guaranteed a fair trial after more than a
century OF bitter and Acrimonious debates
the European war broke out. Then, in the
Judgment OF former Premier Asquith and
ms cabinet, II was considered best not to
attempt to put home rule into immediate
erect. and 1t was necessarily postponed.
To many people this decision seemed rea-
sonabe under the circumstances. No doubt
Mr Asquith and his colleagues were anxious
that the experiment be given n fair trial,
but knowing that under war conditions such
trial would be most unfair they decided
TO adopt what they considered the wiser
course. Few dreamed that the war would
last for three and perhaps four years.
Among n certain section OF Irishmen VINO
had faced disappointment so often in the
continuous rejection by the British Govern
ment, and especially by the House of Lords
of remedial legislation for Ireland this
postponement of the goal Of their greatest
and most persistent aims was the last straw
and the almost immediate result was the
misguided and most regrettablc outbreak
OF the Sim Fciners on that memorable
Easter Monday almost a year ago.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-29
Much Interest is Being Manifested
and the Little People Enjoy
the Fun
Playground is Wide Open
Play Ground Schedule

'osS VII p'dS6louiiu.
Afternoon
, 400 to 600
Outdoor games.
Baseball
Basket ball.
Tennis
VOlley ball.
Other active games.
Evening
900 to 7:l5
Outdoor games
Saturday, 80 to 7:l5
Picnic Day for:
l.. All over years, who have been
on the playground 2 hours or more
day for days in the week.
2. Anyone under years.
A playground has a double pur-
pose; instruction and amusement.
1t teaches your boy Or girl to play
with other children and to be fair
with them, to be willing to give up
his own preferences now and then
and to obey those in authority.
His muscles are hardened and his
senses quickened by alert games.
Moreover by having a good, heal
thy, amusing time he is kept out
of mischief.
Our playground is aiming to car
ry out these two purposes. We are
not running simply to give the
children some place to 60 and to
take care of those whose mothers
. want to get rid OF them. We have
a definite end in view and we are
sure that those children who at
tend the playground most of the
time this summer will show ply
.sical and mental improvement in
the fall. We want all the children
in town to attend-not for the
sake of the playground but for the
sake of the children.
Age makes no difference. The
tiny youngsters can come with
their old brothers and sisters.
Some of the older boys and girls
from sixteen on-coilld help out the
younger ones by taking charge of
baseball and basketball games
and acting as umpires. Don't for
get that our playground is for
everybody between the ages of one
and one hundred.
The playground hours are from
! p. m. until sundown. That hour
after supper is the top of the even
game or volley ball match or
game of hideand-seek. Some of you
fathers come on over and let your
twelve year old sons fan you out
with their fancy curves.
You will notice by the play
ground schedule that the early
part of the afternoon is devoted to
definite activities while the choice
of games is left with the children
during the latter half of the after
noon and the evening.
During the boys hour in the
gym. they have marching and drill
ing and games of various kinds.
Progressive Dodgeball is one of the
popular new games we have tried
The smaller boys have practically
the same work in squad of their
own.
During the girls hour they play
folk games and other games. have
exercise to music and sometimes
read or listen to stories. The girls
have learned to play Dodgeball
and can make the boys work to
keep up with them.
The tennis court has been put
into fine shape and is ready or USE
The hour from to 5 in the after
noon is reserved for the use of the
children who wish to learn to play
but outside of that time the court
is open to anyone WITH TENNIS
SHOES ON.
We had fine time last Saturday
at the picnic and are expecting to
have finer time every other Sat
urday Look over our schedule
again and see If YOU can't find
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-29
HOLLY COW CLUB
WILL HOLD PICNIC
Annual Event Will be Held at the
Model Farm on July 18th

The Holly Cow club, assisted by
the Holly Commercial club. will
give their annual picnic on July
18th, at the Model Farm, just north
of town. Elaborate preparations
are being made this year for the
entertainment of those who attend.
Definite arrangements have been
made to have few short speeches
by noted guests. Principal speaker
now being assured is Ex-Governor
f. Nj. AmmOns. Governor AmmOns
is a strong advocate for the use of
live stock on farms, and will be
sure to have many interesting facts
to present to our people.
The committee is also in receipt
of line from Governor Gunter
stating that it gives him pleasure
to accept an invitation to attend
to arrange his plans. He gives them
every assurance that he will be
present, but wishes it understood
that he will attend as any other
guest, and will not care to make a
set speech.
A cordial invitation is extended
to everyone to attend this picnic
You will be expected to bring a
basket with your lunch-Old-fash-
ioncd picnic style. Lemonade and
all forms of entertainment will be
furnished free by the members in
charges of the affair. Over a thOus-
and people attended this picnic
last year and we hope to make it
much larger this year.
Plan now to attend and tell your
friends that Holly invites them to
their annual Cow Picnic" on the
18th.
The Holly chieftain., 1917-06-29
PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO
INTEREST IN MINING STOCKS
State Board of immigration Re
ceives Many Inquiries

Inquiry being received by the
State Board of immigration indi-
Gates a strong desire on the part of
people OF considerable means in all
parts of the country for epportun-
tiles to invest in mining property,
where there is reasonable assur-
ance OF at least fair income from
the investment and good chance
that large profits may be made.
This inquiry has been stimulated
by the large profits that have been
made in mining since the begin
ming of the European war, and is
being made stronger every day by
the prevailing high prices of all.
minerals, both metal and non-me
tai, that are mined to any consider
able extent in the Rocky Mountain
States.
To meet this demand and to en-
courage the development of the
mining industry in Colorado at IA
time when conditions are peculiar
ly favorable, the Board of Immigra-
ton is now completing copy for
small pamphlet on the mining in
dustry and mining prospects in the
state. 1t will not be technical
booklet, but Il plain statement,
such as any one can understand, of
what has been accomplished in the
mining industry in the state, and
some indication, based on official
government reports, of what may
be expected for the future. 1t will
be nothing more than fair, con
servative introduction to the min
ing industry in Colorado, meant
for distribution to those who are
seeking initial information about
opportunities for investment in
mining districts.
By means of this booklet the
Board hopes to attract the atten-
ton and fix the interest of prospec.
tive investors, and through core
fspondence to determine what min
ing district they are especially in
terested in. After this is done the
board will then turn the prospects
over to such local organizations
and persons as can give them the
special technical infOrmtion they
need regarding any property in
which they may become interested.
In the past year the Board has
brought more than S1,0O0,O00 in in
vestments to the state, chiefly to
The rural districts. 1t believes that
by systematic and conservative
campaign, it can bring double this
amount to the state for investment