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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE?

To the Editor Of the Evenin0 Ledger:
Sir-This evening ] read in your worthy
paper a letter by one of your readers COM
plainng of the fact that there is a possibil-
ity of not having the army sent over to
Europe as it has been stated in the Army
and Navy Journal. The writer demanded
TO make it public through your paper. He
was sure that 1t would fall as thunder
holt" upon a large majority of us,
At the first thought / could not believe
NV ewes as to the possibility of so inhumane
a statement. Does our civilized world in
the twentieth century really contain such
brutal and bloodthirsty persons as all that?
or has the bitter struggle across the ocean
affected some of us in such a way that they
have actually lost their human senses?
Some persons do not know how to serve
their country with their socaled patriot
ism. Is he not patriotic enough to see the
hest in his country? And does he not
know that we have among our authorities
responsible positions through their prof.
cheney and competence? Neither will any
one ever doubt the patriotism OF the leading
men of our army and navy. They are un-
doubtedly laboring hard enough to work out
nlans for the welfare of our country.
Consequently / and, / may say, a great
majority of patriotically devoted citizens of
this country cannot see the sense Of the
statement which appeared under the head
ing. "No Troops to Europe"
As for myself. can by no means see how
our beloved country would benent mors by
sendinG an army over to Europe thAn ~
pfooarvin1 y h>rp agatnst fQpoll|n 9lf|4|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
NAUTICAL SCHOOL
The Inquirer Joins in the Demand
That the State Aid the City

1t is safe to assert that there has never
been Il time when there were greater OPP
portunities for young men in the merchant
marine than at the present time. We Will
have the ships in the near future. we will
have them in considerable numbers and
then it will he necessary to find the men
to man them. How are such officers to he
obtained if not from the training schools
such as it is proposed to restore in this
State? Phiadelphia's school ship never
should have been abolished, but unfortu-
nately it was permitted to run down by de-
grees until finally it reached such a decrepit
stage that it did not seem worth saving.
1t was literally starved to death by Coun-
ellis and the Legislature. Congress fur
nished the training ship, but our own State
and city authorities were not willing to
appropriate the modest sum needed to keep
the thing in commisson.--Edtorial in to-
days Philadelphia Inquirer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
NEVER KNEW 1T TO FAIL
Flies in the Ointment

Letter came to us from a man we had
never met asking us to do him n favor.
1t was a pleasant letter and he said nice
things very prettiy; "lf you will come
and be the clubs guest at the dinner and
give us a little talk, I'm sure the mem
bers will never forget you. You are al.
ready known to many of us by reputa-
ton; your name is a household word"
And so on and so on. Fine, we thought
and then we looked at the top of the
sheet. He had our first name Richard"
and he misspeled our surname.
The homespun sign painter who put
forth the announcement displayed at an
uptown movie house last week where
Anita King was shown in flllum is sure
no royaist at heart. Here's how he
spaced it:
AN IT A KING
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
CUT DOWN BREAD-EATING!

AMERICANS will continue to help the
Il Kaiscr's C-boat campaign of bread
wasting until they see clearly where it
| leads and what proportion of the horizon
of war the submarine terror fills 1t is
wastage of scores of ships and millions
of bushels of wheat overshadows every
other military and naval consideration,
A nation that can do with tho C-boat
what Germany is doing can never bo
beaten except by extraordinary sacrifice.
The sacrifice that must bc made is the
immediate ana continued cutting down
of the consumption Of bread in every
American household. We must have
wheat to waste; we must waste it in the
cargoes that inevitably will be sent 10
the bottom of the Atlantic in order that
at least two out of every three wheat car
goes reach their goal. Tho officer who
orders his men to charge a battery does
so in the deliberate knowledge that he
must waste a number Of his men in order
TO accomplish his purpose. In the same
way do we know that We are being
called upon to waste, deliberately, q GER
tain percentage of our wheat that is now
charging the battery of German C-boats
to accomplish our purpose.
If so much necessary waste is the order
of the day in this friGhtfu situation, how
dare we waste one crumb or crust of
bread at home?
To use as much bread as we have been
using, to refuse to cut down our con-
sumption of it by one-half or three-quar
ters, is the equivalent of killing our own
soldiers in camp. Berlin does not care
whether Allied soldiers are killed in
tie; the result is the same And Ber-
lin will not care whether U.boats sink
wheat ships or Americans waste bread;
the result will be the same. The battle
line has come to our dinner tables The
Kaiser has called upon our stomachs to
be his allies.
The U-boat is winning; the building of
American ships can defeat it, But they
will not defeat it unless there is enough
wheat to put into the ships; wheat to waste.
Perishable food, food that cannot be
transported long distance, vegetables
and the like, can he eaten freely. But
we must school ourselves to eat no more
than one piece of wheat bread with them
because wheat is not perishablc; it can be
transported. It is the only thing that can
keep the British navy and the $4,000 900
persons back of it holding our foe off for
us until we are ready to give him the
Knockout
of the British King plead with their peo-
pie to be sparing Of food. Every citizen
should take upon himself the duty of
spreading this message. The eGotist who
has his own notions of what must be done
and who goes his wasteful way should be
roundly rebuked The family must be
content with half the loaf. For a new
and terrible meaning has come into the
old saying that Half a loaf is better than
no bread"
If Englands navy and the Allied cause
are starved out, our navy must fight
Germany's single-handed. That would
mean the loss of many thousands of
American lives. We can save them by
saving wheat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Minimum Army Height

CONSTANT READER-Only a person
visit to the army recruiting office will Y
eide whether or not you are eligible
enlistment. The minimum height for y
plicants less than eighteen years old v
five feet two inches and for men of i've
ty-one or more years five feet four incns
Since war was declared however, this
been abolished. according to recruiting 2
ficers, to the extent that if an applicant
physically fit and otherwise appears 10
a likely recruit n slight deficiency \
height will not keep him out of the serye
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
PATRIOTIC RAILROAD WORK

A QUARTER of a million miles of Amer
"A lean railroads are now under Federal
control. The IT'S companies that share in
this mileage have turned over their
properties to the Government without
demanding a single guarantee. A board
of five men appointed by the Council of
National Defense controls the destinles
of these organizations. Here is an ex-
ample of constructive patriotism of the
highest type.
Shipbuilding and food production take
time. Equipment for rail transport pur-
poses is already at hand. That not q
moment has been lost in organizing these
resources on a war basis vastly facilitates
our handling of other problems of the
conflict.
Chairman Willard, of the railroad
board has urged the suspension of full
crew laws in order to release expert rail.
way workers for other service; the reduc.
ton of free time for loading and un.
loading freight from forty.eight to
twenty.four hours in order to release
q quarter of a million cars for one trip a
year. and the cancellation of unnecessary
passenger runs so that additional facili.
ties can be devoted to carrying food.
stuffs and munitions.
Such suggestions are of the most vital
practical value. They. and the many
others that will undoubtedly be forth.
coming from the commit ,e in Wasting.
ton, should be needed with the same
patriotic celerity displayed by the rail.
road heads when they submitted without
question to Government control. Con.
structive measures Of this type win win
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
The Birkenhead Drill

X. D.-The troop ship Birkenhead
lost off the coast of South Africa JAM
7, 1852. The troops on board werc5
going out to war. but to form part q
garrison in South Africa, and NUM-
Of the soldiers were accompanied by II
wives and children. The ship struck
sunken rock at night and the sea pou
into her. The women and children "
placed in three boats, which were sal
pushed off. while the soldiers stood at
tention on the doomed ships deck as ste
lily as If on the drill ground and W
down with her, In all, asa soldiers W
thus bravely to their death A few m
aged to swim ashore, while some chung
wreckage and were picked up next me
ing by a passing vessel, which had
rescued the women and children jnf
boats, From this tragic incident cor
!! tern The e,xssnhsas y. prill." a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Answers to Yesterdays Queriel

w 0ucIlc8
l. post village is n village that has ~
Z. ALFONSO XIII IL King Of Spain.
.. Mt. Ararat is in nOrthea stern Turkey,
tween the Black and the Caspian 81
not far rom the corner where the tn
Ish, Russian and Persian boundaries md
4. An omnibus bill is one authorizing Q v
refs of legislative measures, such az -
tary and naval apprOpriat tiOns for amns
milton, stores, Notifications. etc. &
D. Elihu Root. former Secretary Of Stats
70 head the proposed American COM
sion 10 Russia. n
u. Mush Is In Turkish Armenia. near tho 81
sian border and about 625 miles m
ConstantinOple on an air line.
!. Dante Alighieri, the "Shakespeare Of Italy'
was noted poet of the thirteenth :
fourteenth centuries who wrote "Ths !
vine Comedy"
y. Lack OF ships would he the cause Of ~
IN sending American troops to France
y. They went with he and - Is incofss
because "he" and "I" are the nom1l
tive forms Of the prOnOun. "They W
with him and me" Is correct because 4
objective forms follow a proposition.
10. AS the crow flies" means in stfa1I
line, coming from the fact that the eis
usually flies In "a straight line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

With n vigilance committee form
ing in one part of the town and the
police themselves forgathering in an
other to protest against present con
ditions, is it not possible that the city
administration will forget politics long
enough to introduce even some small
measure of efficiency into the conduct
of the several municipal departments?
Never has there been such chaos and in.
efficiency, beginning in one department
and ending in which other no man knows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

When Joe Potsdamcr first thought he'd
like to learn to sing he picked out for
teacher the now famous Louis Koem.
mench, who was then the leader Of
Phi 'adelphia's Junger Maenn erchor. "Mr,
Potsdamer." asked Kocmmenich. after
the first lesson. "didt you egspecdt some
time to he n rcg'lar singer, even par.
lor singer?' Joe disclamed ambition Of
any sort AN right then" said Koem.
menich, II take your money"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

which may he anticipated at any time, and
in its stead giving the Allies financial help,
of which they are in much need at this
very moment.
| shall remain hoping that people will
adopt the principle of thinking twice before
saying or acting once when it comes to so
serious n crisis as the one we are in just
now a patriot in the full sense of the
word. SIMON CHANlN.
MillVille n. j. May !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Tom Daly's Column
RENAISSANCE

Cdrrcn gold and sHtcn tissue grdccd the
old-tinlc renaissance:
beauty from the soul Of Florence, glad
ness from the heart Of France
SO Is spring as bcduty-loriug and drtif-
ccr as GHc.--
Painting skies Of dsurc panels, 1ccdutn1
silks of cgldntiHc,
Building HlU-SpircS, Humiu0 the rcd du-
rcolcs Of the roSc,--
Whtsprmg do,cn her garden chdnccls,
"Pluck the blossom Gre II 0oeS"
THOMAS WALSH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Church of the Advocate

NJ W.-The Episcopal Church Of the AZ
vocate. Eighteenth and Diamond streel7
Philadelphia, is very similar to the ct
thedral at Amiens, France, though muf1
smaller. Both of these edifices are ml
types of the French Gothic style of archt
lecture,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Marking Time

Absolute confidence have / none
But my aunt's charwoman's sisters son
Heard a policeman on his beat
Say to a houscmaid in Downing street
That he had a brother who had a friend,
Who knew when the war was going to end
Rhyme current in London.
And orr predicaments quite as queer.
We have no "charwomen" over here,
Nor have We, either, a Downing street;
So were unlikely ever to meet
Enough wise people to hear of one
Who knows when ours will be begun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
German revolutions seem

German revolutions seem to belong
to the realm of deusive hopes. There is
a ray of cheer. however, in the appoint,
ment of Philip Scheidemarn, an avowed
Social.Democrat, as head of Reichstag
committee to revise the German consti.
tuition. If there is no revolt in sight in
the empire. there is at least considerable
political unrest. Schedemann is even
mentioned as possible successor to
Bethmann-Hollweg as Chancellor. The
former is said to have actively urged
peace with Russia. His accession to
power might mean new and more reason.
able peace terms offered to all the bel.
ligerents. In any event, the career of a
German Socialist, who is also a pro.Gov.
ernment man, is well worth watching.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

The Redpath Lyceum Bureau gave
party at Rochester, n. Y. recently for the
edihcation of its agents and several hun
dred chairmen of Chautauqua committees.
1t brought Strickland Gillian from Balt-
more and Ralph Bingham from Philadel-
phia To show off. Strick began his stunt
with this one: "Once upon n time church
gave an oyster supper. There were two
oysters in the stew and one sidled up to
the other and said, What do they want
with both of us?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

The Noel Printing Company being in
pressing need Of help, offered job to an
eX-pressman who had been highly recon-
mended. The "eX-pressman" explained
with some difficulty that he was not an
ex.pressman but an expressman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
EXTENDING MONROE DOCTRINE

Nearly "a hundred years ago President
Monroe enunclated his famous doctrine.
One Of its main tsnets was and is that
any extension OF monarchy on this side Of
the ocean Is menace to our free institu-
tions. 1t has become even clearer lately
that any spread of the Prussian autocratic
power was menace to free institutions ali
over the world. ours as well as all others.
II the Monroe Doctrine was wise IN its day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
TO TlE pRESIDENI

President Wilson works day and night
For to give our COuntrN's right
As | read the n"wspapor every night
What he says is to he right.
For con inscription We are all
We shall he ready for our country's call
If 7 only he a hoy
| would Join with pride and Joy
The tcn-ycar-od poctoss
REGINA ABRAMS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
QUIZ

1. What Is the meaning of "Vive rAmerqu
and how is II pronounced?
2. Who was Fremont:
.. Who Is Enoct II. Crowder?
. How did the expression. "Jeffersonlan d
JacksOnian simplicity" originate? Z
0. What does zip loyalty" mean: ~
D. Lexington Market is one Of the largest 4
most noted In America. In what 4
Z. Who is Johannes Kaempf, who said n
President Wilson will .bite granite"{
y. What bird hides its head when dsnp
threatens?
y. Name the capital Of Poland? II
10. What Is "cOndign punishment"c III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
tNBELTETABLE NEWS

"Sldrs Abandon NHSh."
WHATS the bioOmiR ruSh9
Wonder II bCD bnctc Just 1chdt they
were UbOHtp
"SidrS AbdHdOn NUSh"
PiSh! ami also tUSht
JhdfS no sort Of pctcs 10 make a STIR
dbOUt*
"SlnrS AbdHd0H NUSh."
TOmmBrO ana SluSh'
ThdtS Hc atHG TO hold their ddo dloH,
! HOU0hi.
Ai,rnDS dCcmCd the lush
Stars n band on mUSh:
Thcy 1roUld ncrcr lcnrc q ming so soft,
hOUght.
G'rnH! ! ten Uou' Hushl
Stars nbnndOH NRSh?
TUSh!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
"NOblesse Oblige"

f., T. W.-"Noblesse oblige" is Fren9
meaning mobility obliges." 1t is usea
denote the idea that accompanying
rank or birth is the obligation or duly
just and generous behavior 1t Is ~
nounced 'no-bless o'bleezh," the 20" SOW
having a trace of the short ''u" sound
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

The Frankfurter Zeitungs COM
plant that America has become as
militaristic as Germany suggests how
promptly the bully will whine when
one attempts to fight him on anything
like equal terms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

President Wilson will bite
granite" thunders DIR. Johannes kaempf,
of the Reichstag. Philadelphians can
best retort in the immortal words OF the
late Mayor Reyburn, "Ah, but think of
the strain on stonew
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Even the cd cans and paper
which lie in the city dumps may now
be transformed into money; about the
only thing really going to waste is the
professional politician.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

No amount of money, however
vast, is commensurate with the value of
an invention that will crush the sub.
marine menace. Financial encouragement
of any one with an idea is imperative.
The Government can equip great labora.
tories for experimentation. In an era
when nobody blinks at billions, huge sums
can and should be at once promised to the
scientific miracle-worker who produces
the device to subdue the Frankenstein
monster of the U-boat which we our
selves created. No sum is too eXtrava.
giant for that end. Let a million dollars
be offered for a submarine queller. No
man with an idea. however humble he
may be- should be despised. Uncle Sam
must give him workshops to develop his
conceptions. The Yankee of inventive
mind" is supposedly national type. Now
is the chance for him to prove his mettle.
The Government should back him to the
utmost in all his endeavors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Some far-sighted German, having in
mind the perils of the sea and with an
eye to psychological effect, must have
had a hand in naming that sunken tanker
the British Sun
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Esperanto as the Hope of Future
Peace-The Question of Send
ing an Army to France

This Department is free 10 all readers tch0
riSh TO CTprCSS Their opinions on subjects OF
current interest. n is an opeh forum ana inc
EreNiu0 LCdgcr assumes no responsibility JoT
the rieicS Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed IN the uHd address OF me
wrtcr, not peccS&drdy for publication. bW as
llinrnMtrn Of nnOH fnlth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

If the Car and his family are
banished to England, as is now proposed,
they might form a nice little club of
crownless monarchs, of which eX.
Empress Eugene of France and ey-
King Manuel of Portugal could be lead.
Ing members.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Temperance is undoubtedly a good
thing, but let us also be temperate in
our remarks. Do not make suggestions
which hurt a necessary business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
RISSINNS GIVE Ip NIsE
*Irish joke.

7.
Gracious! and the warm weather coming
on! Hey Michoovitch! Lead the goat
out of faintng distance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Seeds of patriotism have at least
brought forth great munition plants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Many athletic.looking youths are
now wearing flags on their collars. A
gun on the shoulder would be more
becoming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Highest Mountain

Il. T. W.-Blue Knob, in Bedford Coun1
~ is the highest point in Pennsylvana|
It's altitude is 1886 feet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

The truth is better when it's
young; this should be remembered by
the censors who handle war dispatches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
Love Does Affect the ENes

Dear Boss-Second avenue, Asbury Park
is within two or three blocks of Wesley
Lake, and far too distant for even a glimpse
of Deal Lake. at the other end of the town
Moreover. there are no lighthouses on the
ocean front, but along the Boardwalk at
intervals are the bath houses where surf
suits may be donned.
George Weston, in his Putting the Bee
in Herbert" Qast weeks Saturday Evening
PosD, says;
" at a boarding house on Sec
ond avenue She was sitting nao /,
the steps of the veranda. looking down the
avenue at the moon. Fairy boats
festooned with paper lanterns made magical
moving splashes of color on the ripples of
Deal Lake" And again Herbert and
Nellie sauntered down the Boardwalk, past
the lighthouses '"
Are such inaccuracies the sign of genius
or would you judge the author to be mar
rating an experience of his own, and, undo,
the circumstances, forgive the lack of obser
walton? HUGH MERR.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

The answer to the submarine
problem is al Kiel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

Billions for defense, but not one
cent for graft
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04
A. Camden champion of Whitman mb,

A, Camden champion of Whitman who
jeers at us for defaming our peers" mot
understanding the meaning of that word).
cites "O Captain, my Captain" as proof
of Whitman's ability to handle rhyme.
That excellent threnody is our chief wit
ness against the pompous old prattler.
IT. rhymes are .fsw ANA fumid, 3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-04

No one should waste much time with
General Staff objections, based on GEN
eral Staff suppOsitons of how America
should raise armies -- New York
Tribune.
Why, indeed, have a General staff
when the Tribune is always on the Job?