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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
THRIFT

Thrift does not mean putting a little
money i'm the bank, nor does il mean miser-
Ifness II means more than these It stands
for prudence, foresight getting value for
what one spends, personal efficiency, looking
out that nothing is wasted, proportioning
expense TO income.
Thrift has never been one OF our ma
tional characteristics. We are VIGOROUSLY
extrayagant, in both our public and private
expenditures. II is a shame to us that the
saying, "A French family could live on
what an American family throws away"
should have passed into a proverb and that
we should actually pique ourselves on our
"free-handedness' IL waste were a vir-
tue,
Certain of Poor Richards" sayings are
seen on the posters Great Britain is using In
its thrift campaign" You may think "a
little tea, or a little punch, or diet a little
more costly and clothes a little finer can
be no great matter, but remember Poor
Richard; Many mickles make a muckIe' &"
How many OF US know the foolishness Of
laying out money in Poor Richards "pur-
chase Of repentance" Other maxims remind
us that Always taking out and never put-
ting in soon comes 10 the bottom OF the
tub; "A fat kitchen makes a lean wufY
What maintains one vice would bring IN
two children" And al this moment there is
especial Significance in his maxim: For
age and want save while you may No
morning sun lasts the whole day."-Detrolt
Free Press,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

vert every pessimist in Philadelphia from
the error OF his thinking. The latest
extension projected is an elevated rail.
road on Utica avenue in Brooklyn to
connect with the Eastern Parkway sub
way. 1t Is to cost s5,2t0536 The beno.
fits which will accrue to the district to be
opened up are so great that the property
owners willingly submit to n special
local assessment to raise money TO pay
for the road. Tho Public Service Com
mission has Issued an assessment map
covering ASH city lots in district Of
ten and a half squares each side of the
proposed new rapid transit line Tho
assessments will vary with the distance
from the line and with the distance from
the stations The average amount to
be paid by each lot is sl2522. This is
to be distributed over period of ten
years, making the average annual pay.
ment Sl2.52. Every real estate owner
is confident that the value Of his property
will be increased many times the amount
which he will have to pay for the now
elevated line, because he has seen values
boom in other districts through similar
improvement in transit facilities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
AN EARFUL OF SOUND SENSE

do not know what the national
debt will be at the end OF the war. but
will make a prediction: Whatever IL
IS. what is added in real assets 10 the
real riches Of the nation viii he inf
nitely greater than any debt we acquire.
The resources Of the nation in every
direction have been developed and dl-
rected the nation Itself disciplined,
braced up and quiclSaned, has become
more alert people. Lloyd George, in his
Guildhall speech.
THIS assertion may seem prepOsterous
L at first blush out when we recall that
the wealth Of the United States has in
creased by one hundred billion dollars in
sixteen years without the incentive Of
war and through the ordinary develop
ment Of a great and growing nation It
becomes easily credible.
The British Premier reminded ris hear
ers that millions who had been consumers
have been brought into the labor market,
that old machinery has been scrapped
and wasteful methods abandoned, hamper
ing trade customs discontinued and that
the newest and best were taking the place
of the old and outgrown. Industrial
England has been reborn through the
stress OF war.
This is encouraging to the British and
to all friends of the Allies. for it means
that the British have discovered that they
can bear the expense Of a war to "a finish
without financial disaster. But il is
more than a portent of Allied victory
The president Of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation perceived its significance
when he told the Terrapin Club what
has happened in England is happening in
all Europe. while we in the United States
are dwelling in a faneied security indif-
ferent to the industrial revolution
abroad. His call to the Government and
the people to cooperate in a spirit Of
mutual confidence for the protection Of
our own industries when peace comes
must be needed If disaster is 10 be averted
His speech should be read in con
function with the annual statement OF
the chairman Of the United States Steel
Corporation, in which a similar warning
was sounded.
Il IS no time for stressing theories.
We are confronted by hard facts. They
must be faced. and we must adjust our
laws so that American Industry can hold
its own in the fierce competition that
looms ahead.
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Answers TO Yesterday,s Qulz

/. The Canstan IL q machine used on shipbOard
for handling the anchor and other heavy
weights
2. EFT tn, Rrute!' t''And thou. too. BrutusvD
truditiOnnlly the last words OF Julius
Caesar after his former friend Marcus
Junius Brutus, had stabbed him. The
words are pronounced EFT tCO, BTu-
taS."
3. Till EucnSnicrel was a German Of clown
ish wit of the fourteenth century, whose
grass iests made his life tho gathering
point of popular tales of mischief.
4, The Fabian Society Is an English Orgn mia
tiOn for the advancement of socialism.
3. A gun IL said to hang fire when the powder
charge fats to explode promptly upon be-
ing iEnitcd.
q. The harnsiChOrd was n keyed musical instrp-
ment, shaped like piano and similar to "a
nltSnn eNCept that the sound was pro-
duCed nv nieces al CrOw-uull. or leath-
rr. which twitched tho strings instead of
hammering them.
:, The Indus is the great river which bounds
India nn the west, separating il from AZ
Ehanistln ANA Baluchlstan.
g. Mexico CITY Is the largest Mexican city
NEARLY inO OOOl and GUadala lara the see
Ond city u0OO0Ol in size and Importance.
o. John r. Adams. of Iowa. has been elected
vice chairman OF the Republican Ma
tOnal Committee,
10. Strndivarius nGit-l737) was the most IA
nous violin maker of the CremOnese
school
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
OUGHT

Attend, Muse the stunt I have 10 do'
Nor leave me helpless till the task
through
And thou. o Pegasus. be with me now
Leaving thy pasture in some classic cloughI
Wing thy way hltherward, lest If thou walk
Thou split a hoof, or haply bruise housh
These words are puzzllng, at the starting
Some ! IN must grunt and some must simply
coughi
Well. then: The daw, which shakespeaFs
calls the chough,
Is named by scholars easily enough
But next there comes. my simple rhymes TO
The wooily Jolly dog which Shakespeare calls the
shough
That shOugh would be acceptable but
There GS0 is a trench that scOtsmsn call
slough,
And oh, the sloughs these verses drag me
Slough '%1saa@ mosas marsh, and you prOnOun0'
it slough;
The chestnut husk spurned by the satyFs
In yorkshire IsRi dialect is sounded slough"
While, when a serpent casts its skin, the
stuff
He leaves behind Is always called slough
Last. in my lexicon I found. just now,
slough meaning ditch. is always SOUNDED
slough
A truce to chough ana elough and houEa
and slough,
Thou eanst not aid me; Pegasus = ina
through
Ted Robinson. in Cleveland Piain psalse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
THE LITTLEST KIND OF
AMERICANISM

TET us hope that it will be a long time
l. before such counscls Of narrowness
as Frederic c. Howe Commissioner Of
immigration, uttered in the Academy
Of Music are seriously considered in
Washington. The United states is en-
toring on an era OF commercial eXpan.
sion. It's capitalists are seeking invest
ments abroad. We are producing sur
plus which must find markets in foreign
countries. We cannot hold the markets
unless we send our capital along with
our goods. But unless the protection OF
the flag follows our business men-if we
adopt the Bryanlstic theory that man
engages in foreign trade or invests his
surplus in foreign country at his peril
we might as well abandon all hope Of
commercial expansion.
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SIMPLE BE THY CREED

Simple be thy creed;
A creed that reaches every soul on earth;
So clear and free from every mental cloud
That every one may read and rightly know
Just what each word of such a creed may
mean;
A creed that tells of true religious life,
Nor yelled in mystery or magic rite
A creed not based on distant, occult screed'
nut fun of life. the life of the today
A creed that may he lived each day we llFei
A creed to carry in our hearts always
A workable and active, daily creed
To mi our hours and moments as they
speed ~ -,
And make our lives moro beautiful and
true
And lift our hearts to daily thanktulhess,
Irbt croed is Ioye-a love for all on earth.
This be thy creed. r W. o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

T, S.-The prophecy of st. NTalachy set
forth the vision OF St, Malachy an Irish
prelate, before whose mind was unfolded
the long list of pontiffs who were to rule
the Church until the end of time, Their
names We're not given, but they We're re-
vealed by their natures, and for each there
was a mystical title, supposed clearly to
represent some dominant trait OF the Pope's
character or some outstanding event of
his rein. The manuscript remained hidden
in the Roman archives Tor more than 400
years 1t was first discovered in 1890. and
was published later by Arnold dc Wyon.
There has been much discussion as TO
whether St AIalachy was actually the
author II is undoubtedly one of the most
remarkable prophecies known. For instance,
Plus IN was the 101st Pope in ST. NAL
achy's catalog. His designation would seem
almost something more than a coincidence
II was "CruX de Cruce--"Cross from a
Cross" No Pope in history had had a
reign so filed with trial and trlbuation as
Plus IN. The present Pope, 1O4 on st.
Malachy's list, has a dlsquietng title
"religIo depopulata' the faith laid waste"
1t might have any one of the omlnous
meanings which pessimstic Interpreters
place upon it, but as intrepid trust" is the
summing up for the following pontirf, there
is evidently prophesled great catas-
trophe at this point
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Tom Days Poem
THE MAGIC APPLE

THE MAGIC APPLE
- thing of beauty Is a jon toreuer."
Though gears becioud it, nerer may they
SeUer
It's IoreIy essence utterly from earth;
NeUer a ioy tCas born but hath rebirth.
There loas a sunset lost, long, long ago,
An qhtumn sunset seen through orchard
boughs.
4 boys eye frightening IN the amber
0l0lD
GpUe to his mind no more OF It to
house
For the delight of manhoods pensive
days
Than The bare memory Of time and place;
So nigh forgot, it seemed
As something he had dreamed
Yet nolo the man, before 1ehose Boyish
Ken
The glory melted on The euentng
breeze,
KnOtos it Hred on. for he hath found
again
His Ion0-lost sunset of the orchard
trees.
A peHny tribute to siOarthy Uendor
nam V4eo JoI me tHtS cttU street dctth
SpleHdOr.
A meaGer applei yet MS crushed pulp
drips
A lon0fOTgotteH sGuor on lay lips,
4 rare, faint essence tasted once before.
But only once; and suddenly find
The hoHeyed 9lsh hath 'loosed a long
locked door,
And all the oIden splendor foods mn
mind
A care-free lad I stand,
An apple is BiU hand,
And t0atch the amber glory 0roto ana
audHe.
feel upon nV cheek the evening
breeze.
Joy liUes foreUeri hare found again
~ loRg.lost sunset Of the orchard
treesi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Another Attack the Betsy Ross NytThe First Flag Was
Made by Hannah Rore, Great Grandmother of
President Mckinley

three were more closely connected together
than the others in a way. James married
Martha Mckinley. Mary, or Polly Rorc, as
she was called, married David Mckinley
and was President William AIcEinley's
grandmother Jacob being grandfather Of
the writer of this article These three fam
HES Kept up close intercourse during their
lives. David Mckinley Williams grand
father, learned his vocation as an iron
manufacturer in the Rore furnaces.
When the family went to Mercer County
II was a wilderness, with Indians, bears
deer panthers and many snakes This
famlly, undaunted, established grammar
schools, singing schools. spelling schools and
the Presbyterian church. 1t has furnished
pennsylvania and Ohio, but particularly
A'ennsylyani many prominent men--law-
yers, Judges, Governors and one President
William Mckinley, all descendants of Han
nan Chapman ROre. who made OMr Gag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
On Humor in Women

TT WAS promised a few davs sc, ,,.,.
/ would revert to the more ancient ia az
who had what they called a sense 20
humor Let us consider. then, tho prlnc,os
Tamara. Of immortal legend. T,ormontos,
has described her beauty as being entlrc,,.
resisless. To her castle, which sttll gus rd,
the pass in the Georgian road Of the Trans-
Caucasus came lovers in streams.
Thus Lermontoff:
And lovers hands. since Edon'a days. ,r,.
No'er smoothcd the wrinkles from 40 tfrow,
But the Princess Tamara, tlrlng Of her
lovers, as moro modern women have dow
from time to time, achieved merit bv cas,.
Ing them into the raging torrent of tho
Darrell from her castles tower. Therebv
she was amused. and Just herein she sbov,.
how like her sisters q today sho was ,''oTs =.
ia recorded that somo Of them have bson
nightly pleased in tho throwing down ~
their men friends.
Sir John Maundevillc relates. too n s,or,.
of tho daughter of lIippocrates. lord NJ ~
Isle Of Cos who bad tho highly dlvcrtfnr
habit Of turning herself into n dragon m
will, by the grace of Diana:
And also a young man. that wlst no,
of the dragon, went out of n ship and
went through the isle til that bs
came to the castle, and came into tina
cave. and went so long till that be
found chamber; and there he saw a
damosel that combed her head and
looked in n mirror, and she had much
treasure all about her
And she asked him II he were a
knight, and he said nay. And he de-
parted from there and went to his
fellows to the ship, and they let make
him knight, and he came again on
the morrow to kiss the damosel And
when he saw her come out of the cave
in form so hideous and horrible
chat is to say she was hundred
fathoms In length, as men say, for I
have not seen herr, he had so great
dread that he fled again to the shin.
and she followed him, and when she
saw that he turned not again, she be-
gan to cry, making great dole out or
measure, as n thing which had much
sorrow, and then sho turned again into
her cave.
And anon the knight died.
Here only n sense OF humor could have
saved tho llnight-made him kiss the
dragon thereby changing her back into tho
princess of incredible lovelness. Had she
suggested this. had her humorous sense
been highly developed, she would have
been changed
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WHAT THE RAIDERS DO

To the Editor OF the EUening Ledger:
Str-In your editorial today on the latest
German sea raider you say: ~ score
Of ships sunk most OF them small and
none of them n frst-class merchantmen,
is not a great hole in the 600 strong the
British merchant marine can muster"
That is quite true, but that i-/not en-
tirely the point, which is that the sinking
Of every Allied ship Keeps at least half
a dozen others in port, and thus renders
them useless, The British navy has sunk
very few German merchant craft, but II
keeps them interned in neutral ports or
locked up in German, so that the result
is about the same as il they were now
beneath THE glad waters of the dark blue
sea"
one hundred such cruisers as this latest
one would tie up Allied shipping all over
the world and starye England.
Il. J. COY.
Philadelphia, January 1S.
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ArcKlNLEl"s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MADE THE FLAG

NTcKINLEY's EAT-GRANDMOTHER
MADE THE FLAG
Andrew Rure was driven from England
10 Holland b- religious persecution, then
came 90 America and obtained land in
PENNSYLVANIA from the Indians by treaty,
the same as Penn. This land was got from
the Indians by what was then known as
"a "waIJ-aGuund"-- much land as man
could walk around from sun TO SUM- or
sunrise tD sunrise agatn-the Indians re-
uciyiug SO much goods in barter for each
nwalk-around" In this way he became
owner of hundreds Of acres of ground,
situated in Bucks County the county seat,
poyiestown being situated ON the old home
stead.
Later Andrew Rore moved nearer Phlla-
delphia, where he had fisheries, ferries,
lumber mills and iron furnaces, an Of which
are named iu his will. filed i'm pOylestown.
Almost all the manufacturing part Of PhIla-
delphta Is on his ground Most important
of all there were his furnaces, lie was
the first iron man in Pennsylvania and
probably the first in America lie was
known as an "irOnmonEer," the term in
those days for an iron manufacturer. All,
or nearly Nall, the shot and shells of the
Revolutionary War We're manufactured in
the Rore furnaces In fact he was kept so
busy with this work that he participated
in only "a few of the battles. Those de-
scrlbed are Monmouth, the Brandywine and
Chadls Ford.
His wife was an English Quaker lady
of "A wealthy Philadelphia family Her
name was Hannah Chapman, relative of
Doctor Chapman, who was considered the
Father of Medicine in this country.
Hannah Chapman Rore made the flag
for our country [ believe at this time
Philadelphia was I'm a state of siege at
any rate, materials We're hard to be OBJ
tanned Nothing dauntad Hannah Rore
said it should be truly am American flag :"
All fabrics at that time were imported from
England except homespun linen and wool
ems. so she used for the red a red flannel
shirt and for the white a white flannel
pettcoat This history has been handed
down from one generation to another ever
since the Revolutionary War. Unfortu-
natelv they failed 10 say where the blue
az the flag came from. We think Betsy
Ross, being a iaEmaller, must have been
confused with Hannah Rore. for Betsy never
made the flag Thus, eFroneously, she has
been given the credit of II, Hannah Rore
was considered very refined. welI-edu-
Gated. gentle laliy,
After the war was over everything was
exceedingly duh al Philadelphia, so Andrew
Rore and his family emigrated to Center
County. where he established more iron
flIrrraces known until a late date as the.
Rore Furnaces Then our Government gave
bln, land in Mercer County for services rem
dered during the Revolutionary War. This
h known IN history as the donation"
This land was divided among his sons.
Re had a large family prominent among
which were jacob james and Marys Thess
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
Van Buren's Presents

W. s, D-Durng Martin Van Buren's
administration as President there were
presented to him pair Of Arabian horses
and pint Of altar of roses. AS Presidents
are not allowed 10 accept gifts from foreign
Governments, he disposed of the horses In
some way and the altar of roses he mad
sealed and placed in the Patent Office The
jar OF altar Of roses was for a time on
exhibition in the Patent Office and was
stolen few years after being placed on
exhibition there. The exact date of rs dis
appearance Is not now known but II was
probably some time between 1850 and 1860
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

/. Name two or three places that are below
level.
g Who formed the "BlncF Horse Cavalry?
3. What arc "traCSlcss troleys"?
4. What IL the Gate City of the South?
.. What is the City of tho Saints?
O. who ara "thc American BOnapnrtes"?
:. What is The NicaraGuan Canal Route con-
Ventionn
3. Is church property exempt from taxation,
and, IL 50, under what conditions?
o. When was BENJAMIN Franklin born and
when did lie die?
10. What is the name of the Austrian Empress?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
mMOYIESn AND BOOZE

The number Of saloons in st. Louis is de-
creasing for lack of support. It would be
to know how much the picture
shows are responsible for this.-St. LollS
Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

The pressure exerted by the Allies
has squeezed the Venzelists oIt of Jail.
1t may squeeze Constantine out Of the
royal palace unless he behaves himself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
CORN AS A PRICE MEASURE

Tho relative values of farm products and
farm equipment arc very forctbly Illus
trated in the following conversation, over
heard and reported by n salesman for the
Parlin & Orendorff Company Canton, Ill,
which took place between farmer in his
territory and tho local retail dealer. Tho
facts, as stated should go far toward stay
ing the walls of the most active calamity
howler The farmer drove up to the deal-
cr's place of business and tho following
exchange Of greetings took place.
Good morning, ST."
Good morning Hi"
'G say, 81, what Is tho price of that
wagon over yonder?"
NINETY dollars, Hi"
"Ninety dollars Why, my father bought
the same wagon thirty years ago for $60"
"Yes, 81. he did, and be bought 1t OF
me. but MS money was scarce at that time
and I wanted some corn, your father de-
livered to me 300 bushels of corn in pay
ment for the 500 wagon, and I can use
more corn Mt this time, and I will make
the same trade with you today as I did
with your father some thirty years ago on
the same wagon, and will give you from
my stock in addition to this wagon
Mt .....,..,., ''''''''' S'VuV
birrv NJ Observation-Disclosures. 5000
suit of clothes for Yourself. ...... 20O0
dress for ybur wife. ............. 2OOO
dress for the baby. y.............. 500
crib for the baby ..........,,.. 500
Box of cigars for your friends..... 800
8 pounds of coffee ...,.........,.. l,5O
pounds OF tea ''...'''.' i w
90 mounds of sugar .............. 2rO
200 gallons Of gasoline .........., 1000
Lubricating oil Observation-Disclosures. $50
$4,000
the present purchasing power of 300 BUSH
els of Auburn CInd) Weekly Bee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

only one out of every POI New
Yorkers is now said to be insane. We
had thought the percentage of those who
had made easy money in war babies was
larger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

Why should any one be surprised
at the Peurose plan to keep lobbyists
out of the State House? Do not the
lobbyists themselves know that it is a
waste of time to so there when the
can deal with Penrose himself at his
office in this city?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20
The Northeast Corner

XII

Would you your Substance rlotous,v s,.-,s
Then to Rummage saio 10 VIII ~.
Friend iuo'
or Food Sale or the Shakespeare studv
Club ''uuy
For on these doth our Social Life dorors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

British war notes to yield six per
cent.-Headline.
This is more than American peace
notes have yet earned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-20

The courage ana confidence with
which NeW York goes ahead wish its
fznId transit development ought 10 con