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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
NOT \ MOMENT TO LOSE

TT7HE submarine menace grows mightier
l. England's shipping losses for the last
week are greater than those of any
previous seven-day period since ruthless.
ness began. The British themselves are
admitting that no land successes can
compensate for such failures at sea.
Every one who is familiar with the
shpbulding districts is aware declares
the London Daily Telegraph, that the
efforts being made to put out new ton
mage are quite Inadequate. There is a
shortage of labor and shortage of na.
terial"
Could any confession make palmer the
immediate part which America must
play? Civilizations cry is for more ships,
and still more ships America can fur.
nish them. The plan actually to bridge
the Atlantic with boats must not for a
moment he regarded as hyperbole if our
cause is to triumph.
General Goethals and his shipping
board are contemplating the construc-
tion of one thousand wooden mer.
chant vessels to carry supplies to the
Entente. It may be necessary to double
or triple that amount. The only tangible
remedy in sight is simply stupendous
preponderanCc of ocean craft. Our ship,
building must reach such a point that
| losses of one-third of our commerce car
riers will not seriously cripple the trans
portation of adequate supplies to Europe
Germany once called the proposed con
struction of the Panama Canal n sheer
! impossbility. Yet we succeeded. IT is
| Panama Canal energy, and even vgol
! more intense that we must now invoke
According again to the London Tele
| graph, 1T is useless to lean on America
| anticipating that she will solve our prob
| lem" We may rightly interpret this sen
| timent as being deliberately uttered as
cruel spur to British pride. But it touche,
! our own self-respeCt, We know that We
| can save the day if we will.
| Much of the latent might of America
/ must Immediately be expended in ship
| building on an unprecedented scale
| There is not a moment to lose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
EDITING BY MOTOR

o The Paris Temps informs us that the
little Belgian newspaper called La Libre
Belgque is still alive, and has celebrated
the second anniversary of its existence
It's hrst number appeared in January, 1915
According to the Temps. the offices of La
Llbre Belgique are in a motorcar-today in
one place and tomorrow in another or at
one particular hour in one place and at
another hour at another-so that the Ger
mans may not discover where the editors
work
FOR two years the Germans have searched
hlgh and low to ascertain where the paper
Is printed, and have offered a reward of
$4,000 for information which would dis
close the names of the editors and pub-
fishers as well as the place of publication,
But their search has been in vain. Instead
and what mus. make the search specially
eXasperatlng-every morning General Won
Blssing the German Governor of Belgium,
finds La Libre Belgique in his mal-at least
so says the Milan Corriere della Sera
This is the only announcement we have
seen that La Libre Belgique had been
changed from n weekly to a daily Ger
tanly daily iteration might deepen any
impression of Belgum's condition as seen
by Belgians which General Won Kissing got
out of the journal Indeed, one issue pub
lished portrait of this official shown as
reading that paper The caption recited
that our dear Governor. disheartened by
the lies in the censored journals. sought
truth In La Libre Belgique THE Outlook
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
THE TRUANT SCHOOL
r Editor Of the Ercuing Lcdgcr.

TO HC EduOr OF me EG'HlnU LcdDff.
Sir--If the saying, There are really no
bad boys" is to become current, why in the
world do we allow the truant schools to
remain? IT is an assured fact that they
do not accomplish nor have they accom-
plished, their object. for boys graduating
from such institutions are fit to enter any
Jail with honors The school makes rOgues
out of most boys sent there. The instruc-
tors are not to blame. but the conditions
under which they attend are very bad.
Take for instance. the one in the south
ern section of the city | pass it every
day. and almost always | see a crap game
in full bloom. 1t could be wagered that
half the boys never shot dice before being
sent to the truant school and that 90 per
cent of the boys attending are harmed
instead of made better. If their mothers
knew of the company their angel chill
dren' are permitted to keep. they would
raise a howl that would be heard in the
seventh heaven.
Pass and you will see most of the boys
smoking cigarettes. DO you think they
would be smoking and gambling We're they
attending their regular class? Yet, while
they are young and not headstrong as yet
it is unfair to them, their parents and to
the world that they be placed in such an
environment. The junk heap is the place
for the truant school
A. LINCOLN MEYERS.
Philadelphia, April 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
WHAT IS A MAN?

What is man? How much is he worth
from a scientific viewpoint?
According to one way of looking at it,
man is worth about $3.50 a day from his
shoulders down and anywhere from $50, 900
to s. 100000 year from his shoulders up.
This may be said to be the estimate of the
average successful business man
The scientist, however, looks at the ques-
tion from another angle, says the Popular
Science Monthly for May. According to him.
a man is worth SEAS for Illuminating pur-
poses, since a man weighing $50 pounds
contains about $500 cubic feet of oxygen
hydrogen and nitrogen in his constitution,
which at seventy cents per 1000 cubic feet
equals the price above, Also a man contains
enough carbon to make 1850 lead pencils {;
enough phosphorus to make 100000
matches or enough to kill 500 persons and
enough water to fill n thirty eight quart
reservoir.
Furthermore, ii makes no difference how
sour man may look. he contains about
sixty Jumps of sugar. a great deal of starch
chloride of potash, magnesium, sulphur and
hydrochlorlc acid in his system.
What is a man? This is the somewhat
cynical answer of one scientific man:
Break the shells of 1000 eggs into huge
pan or basin and you have ingredients
from which to form him from his toe ails
to the most delicate tissues of his brain.
New Orleans Daily States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
NO TINE FOR HYSTERIA

rNHERE are two kinds of economy. one
kind is sensible and the other kind is
hysterical.
The Government Is not proposing to
send any money out Of the United states,
II is proposing TO extend large credits
to our allies. That is not only patriotism
but it Is sound business policy. 1t ere.
ates an enormous market under eXcep.
tiona'ly favorable conditions, assuring
good trade conditions for the present and
for the future. It IS we'll recognized that
the liberal s' bsidies extended by Great
Britain to support her allies during the
Napoleonic Wars prepared the ground for
an enormous trade harvest in later
years. We are giving nothing. We are
lending, and, whether we wish it or not,
are lending under such terms as 10 insure
American prosperits for years TO come.
Not dimnution Of business, but an
enormous expansion all a'onE the line Is
the outlook for the United states. It is,
i'm fact our primary duty.
There are commodities in the use of
which the utmost frusality is imperative.
There is only 50 much food in the world
Every ounce Of it wasted is that much
taken from the mouth of some person
who needs II. Food is energy, and energy
We cannot, must not, waste. For Amo,i
cans however, to stop buying genera
merchandise. to crawl into their holes
and hide. would bc to- halt IN" wheels OF
industry, to minimize profit and to render
supcratively difficult the great task oi
financing the war The greater the in
come of the nation the greater the ease
Of raising money. II is business that pro
duces incomes and profits. There is ne
danger of money famine; there is dan
ger of a TODD famine.
We shall win the war by doing business
as usual. 10y upscttng as little as possihl.
the accustomed modes Of trade. Hlster
ical economy in all directions. on the
other hand, might readily induce pani,
conditions, III which ease the cost Of IN,
war to Us would indeed he stupcnduus
Merchants are comp aiming that there il
timidity in trade. There ought not Il
be ON the contrary, common sense is
the most valuable asset of the nation at
this time, and common sense means
speeding up the machinery of industry. ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

To the Editor OF the EUentng Ledger:
Sir--In regard to the defeat of the woman
suffrage amendment in the lower house Of
the Legislature, we feel II is well to know
just what our enemy is and to force it to
the open. We shall use every effort to de-
feat and render harmless the invisible sys-
tenn Of which the liquor lobby Is very
tangible part which system we all know
governs Pennsylvania today, absolutely
blocking, every effort toward good govern
ment or progressive legislation.
Our members who were not at the con-
erence will be interested to know that the
State board has appointed Mrs. f. f. kier-
nan, Somerset, Pa, State chairman of
suffrage agriculture Mrs. r, f.. Umbel,
Uniontown as State chairman of suffrage
thrift for the State, and Mrs. William r,
Derr. Philadelphia, chairman of thrift,
which includes conservation of food for
Philadelphia County.
| We have the best and most active or
ganization In the State with headquarters,
secretaries and ONCE STATS. The suffragis
are able to present to the Government a
most efnciert working body.
The Lycomipg County plan. which was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE
GREAT WAR;"

THE slogan, every Boy Scout feed a
J. soldier" is cheerful, and the way the
scouts are organizing for farm work
promises the fulfllment of that splendid
ambition. Scouts everywhere have done
more than their share in the war, They
did invaluable police work in England,
taking the bluc"na'3' posts in directing
traffic, guarding bridges and in many
other capacities taking the places of men
who had gone to the front.
Rut Scout activity is cheerful in other
than in actual accomplishment in
e depressing days. We builded better
tian we knew when seven years ago we
,lid the foundations for this manly fell
lowship in which there are now enrolled
the scouts in the world. We no longer
have to talk of "character-building" in
this organization-the scouts are turning
the tables and are building up character
in their elders. This well-drected work
indispensable works. developing keen
sympathy for the great ideal for world
democracy.
Those who were boys during the Civil
War have confused and painful memories
of the time. They could not help. They
were helpless in the presence of tears and
sighs-they were told to run out and play
and not be In the way. But the young
citisens n our day will have different
tale = "A When they are asked BY the
What a. yeq ~ a ths
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
IN NARPING LANDS

Spring drifts across the grceHing sligo
Htll8,
Moist Uhere the North atlantic Gust
lcard spills
It's saline odorS fresh from tossing seas.
WhiIc Hctc life StirS in rcSurrcctcd trees.
HopC's penHnntS futter far across the
UCdr
Where pregnant 1cindS Of promise
pcrScrcrC--
BIT all her thoughts ddrcHtHrc uhCrC
he stands
In rarring lands.
MINT brings the drumming Of the tender
rains
Washing across the leagues whcrc plant
life gains,
And frost -imp priSoncd hearts in countless
homes
Thrill in the April dag 1chen morning
fodms
Along the eastern rim, and stcift blood
calls
Through lenotheninG dnys whtlc Stlrer
laughter fails,
But she secs ndught bit one on hostile
sands
In tCnrrtn9 lands.
r. j. MURRAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
WashingtOn's Address

r. Y, Jr.-George Washington's advice
against "foreien cntanpIeren,s" +, his
,a.,,., -. -, -.
'"'e"ei a"u'ess 10 'he american peop'e
was as follows: Against the insidious wiles
of foreign influence coniure YOU TO be-
Hovo mo fo,,o,, o,,i.o, t,o ;,o,o,,s,, n,
Tree people ought 10 constantly awake
since history and experience prove that
foreign influence Is one of the most baneful
foos or ro,,,,h,,o,, ,,o,.o,.,,,, p,t tha.
VI ''P''''N"' eoNei i'''''e"'' D'' '
jealousy to be useful, must be impartial
else it becomes the instrument of the very
influence to he avoided instead of a de-
soa,, -. :. ,,,., .,-,,... g.,
i'"Se "sa''S' It, TNcessi'e par'i''i'S io'
one foreign nation and excessive dislike
for another cause those whom they actuate
to see danger only on one side, and serve to
veil, and even second. the arts of influence
on the othar RaaI natriote u,ho NAV re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
Tom Days Column
THREE TO ONE

hfbfI 4 ~ ONb
StgHor, remember ycstadaU,
Hoto mad am baycuusc you sag
Dat nearly al Eetuiiun
EeS d-tor-nothtuD iusy man
An! iecs'en, pienss, an yoH WccH be
lShhWe, for U'dt you SAP 10 me.
Wen haze tai you ,c'dt sec.
ref you no hccuk I Spcaka true
got, som tccctncSS here for you;
Here cCs not only uan, bit three:
Antonio,
Grcgorto
An me
I speak for al an tai Of Get.
Today ces COM cen dessn street
Bceg Strongd man for dceg dd trdnCh.
You theenk ccs mcbbe Dootch or Frnrch,
DecS grdndd, biggn, Strorgn mani
An no, ect ces Eetoltun,
He no can Spenkd 'Hericnu,
But, oh! dd ran he drtre du pCcCt;
An S'ctng da spade, so strong, so queech.
ECS max rs proud as 7cc can he
intouto,
GreDorio
iU' me.
YoU ttecpk ecs in:u man dat wccN
SO corb, from Cnrln morn OptccH
ia stars ccS Shirn from dn Sky,
He pile SccT hOudrd SpddcfW hi0b
BaUsidc dd trdHCh c'cn he ccS Hrou0h---
Eh' hOW ! EHOw dat dccS ccs irUcr
Hd' HOlc Is 5rhCrc I cutchn non,
Al d0U, riGW here cen dccS0 street.
We sect an rofch hcem doiu' Get,
Wan wcctpcSS2 No, here cCsa three;
iutOUiO.
GrC0OriO
IN 1Uc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. The Department of Labor estimates that
1000. 900 men will he needed on the ma
ti0n's farms this summer.
=. France aided the United States in its
struggle against England for inde-
pendenCe.
3. 1t is about 900 miles by rail or by water
from Libau to Petrograd.
4, ID. A. r" is the abbreviation Of "Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution"
D. General Won Falkcnhausen Is the new Ger
man governor of Belgium. General Won
Jalkenhayn was last reported with the
German armies on the southeastern war
front.
g. There is no final "h" in "height."
!. Representative Irvine l.. Lenroot is from
Wisconsin.
y. Hunters. not fishermen, are called "Nim-
rods" NimrOd il mentioned in the B-
BILE as a "mighty hunter"
D. Lansing is the capital Of Michigan.
10. Tobacco was not known to the white man
until the discovery Of America.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
THE TRUTH ABOUT GREECE

To the Editor Of the Erening Ledger:
Sir--The organ of the representatives of
the Athenan clique in Washington publishes
today a new manifesto in the form of pri-
vate telegrams from Athens AS if the de-
posed King were really on the point of en-
tering the war as an ally or the Entente :
AS if the Allies would yield to the demands
of NJ Zaims' These are inventions of the
charge d'affares of the clique, published by
ordinance,
All such plots constitute the last mach
nations of the tyrant to save his throne,
But the great decision has been obtained
by the Allies, and soon we shall hear the
verdict SO don't give the least credence
to such imaginary fables
The tyrant of Athens has no longer any
place among the Allies. Condemned by the
universal conscience, he is destined to de-
part from Greece.
NICK r. KOELELLIS,
Greek-Amercan citizen,
philadelphia April 25
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
QUIZ

! Name one Of New JERSEYS two Senators.
,. Who IL Shackleton?
3. Pronounce "sphinX.
4. Distinguish between the meaning Of
'laccrate' and 'macerate."
.. What is the "bean hall' in baseball:
q. Who was Saint Gaudens?
:. Correct the sentence. 81 have drank some
water" and explain.
y. What state has furnished the greatest num-
ber of army recruits this month?
Name the largest city in Florida.
10. What is the relationship between Count
llya TOlstOy, now in this country, and the
late Count Leo TOlstoy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
IN A CLASS BY ITSELF

Great Britain has organized a directorate
OF three to take the place of her large
cabinet of twenty odd members.
France and the other European Govern
ments have done virtually the same thing
In the interest of governmental efficiency,
1t is reported that the conduct of our
war. with Germany will be intrusted to a
Joint committee of six Senators and siy
Representatives.
Yet there are still people who insist that
fhiladelphias affairs are best conducted
by two-chambered body of 1873 members,
--Citizens Business, organ of the Bureau
of Municipal Research.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
THE STAINLESS STANDARD

ean see the colors lifting,
where the April gale increases
streaming DER the urban miles.
Seas OF red and blue are drifting
Skyward as the silk releases,
while a nation proudly smiles.
Memory holds no bitter taunting
When with other flags It foated
Far on China's restless floors.
not for gain we sent II fauneine
Nor Withdrew II money -coatel
o1Do {rom o1nin91nn1 ~ ~. y X \
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
In their eagerness to damage Il

In their eagerness to damage the
Vaterland's machinery the Germans for.
got that even a ship that won't go may
be immensely valuable to us. This
greatest vessel in the world is now 70 be
used by our Government as a training
ship for naval recruits. Meanwhile ex-
pert mechanics are at work on her en-.
gines, and when they are repaired we
shall have the most capacious commerce
carrier afioat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

GEORGE w. SctDDER has a deep
bass voice and we have long ears; that's
how we happen to be able to report this.
We sat near his customary Luncheon table
yesterday, and when George came in we
heard his cronies reproach him FOR being
late. 'f met an old man who wanted to
he directed to the pOorhOuse," said he.
SO you took him all the way out there"
said they. NO. said he, but bought
him real meal before | put him on the
car and told him to come and sec me if
they didn't let him in. He was n pros
porous tailor in this town once, he told
me, and believe him; and think some
body should tell the tailors about it,"
And so do we.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
Most Novel of FIiyvcry Stables

would YOU complain to the =. NJ. Gen.
eral or the interior Department about this
unsafe garage meEaphonos C. f. Price
from Ocean City:
ON Monday night thieves "blew" the safe
in the West cape May postofIicc and got
away with $40 and new Ford automobile
belonging to resident of the town
- 'ane MaN 20. cnntomn-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

There is very little difference, after
AL, between the compulsive power of
public opinion and the Compulsive power
Of government But we call one volun.
teering and the other the selective draft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

sand prisoners But to construe the great
action now being waged as terminal
battle In the fray is to be as foolishly
optimistic as England and France were
in the early days. Facing facts is very
wholesome procedure for Americans just
nov.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

I approve of this censorship leg
isiation. but ! need not assure you and
those interested In It that whatever
= action the Congress may decide upon,
so far as | am personally concerned,
m shall not expect or permit any part
of this law 10 apply to me or any of
my official acts or in any way to be
used as a shield against criticism
President Wilson.
The laws, after all. are executed by
the President and not by Congress. That
body car make Mr. Wilson sacrosanct
tf he does not care to be. 1t is coin
:ctdence. by rhe way, that the Congress
men who are so intent upon preventinq
Tree rism of the President should be
3ust T. engaged in criticizing him them
oeIves TO their hearts content.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

sh Prohibition of the sale of fireworks
Is being considered to save gunpowder
1t is not only the powder that must he
saved. July enthusiasm can wei he
conserved until we have made the mean.
ing of that day permanent fact for
the whole world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

Of the suffrage chairman there, Mrs. Henri
ette Badly Lyon. of WilliamSport
With Rhode Island and Michigan conf
ing in with presidential suffrage, giving us
16l electoral votes we think we have a
chance of winning presidential suffrage even
with the Legislature as at present consti-
tuted. MARTHA B. DUNNING.
philadelDhia April ii
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Shortcomings of the Truant
School-The Truth About
Greece-A Suffrage
Letter

This Department is free TO all readers tcho
irish to cypress their opinions subjects OF
CurrcHt interest. II is dU open forum and the
EUcutuD LCdDCr assumes no responsibility for
nc ricwS Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed bU the name and address Of the
tcricr, not ncccsSariV for p-blicdtion but as
guarantee of good fdith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

Poor richards patriotic Night" missed
fire; at least, it bagged on'y 102 souls by
actual count, including the twenty-five
/. Of +. lads who drilled and the orchestra
which played stirring national airs. Pre-
meditated patriotic parties are sometimes
sad and many of them get nowhere. We
venture to wager that fewer recruits re.
suit from such affairs than are born of
the inspiration which eleCtrifies the i'm
mediate neighbOrhoOd of man like Err
nest ShackletOn. His heroic modesty and
simple humannesS made the blood tincle
in the veins of the audience here on We'd
nesday night that listened to his tale of
Antarctic triumphs. And this was his
peroratiOn ,but those who heard il got the
brogue, impossible to repeat hereC "WelI,
now, it used to be the Allies, didn't it?
And now tbs just Us"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

Our anxiety over the likelihood of
Russia concluding a separate peace is
often comfortably counter-balanCed by
tales that Austria and Turkey are still
more eager to stack arms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

Doubtless thousands of Ihiladcl-
phians sleep more soundly now that they
know the lights are out on City Hall
tower and "A Zeppelin cannot find Phi Il.
delphia on the map.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

OUR COAT LAPEL is clutched by
Rolls
"'Hand- to-hand battle with U-boat,
says a head. Can anything that has no
heart have hands?" sez you. We might
mention a clock. but you could come back
with "the clocks heart ticks" and besides
one never can tell these days where hands
are going to sprout and how many. Firm
stance. Irv. Cobb in the Saturday Evening
Post tells us:
"In one withered, trembling old hand
he held a box of matches, and in the
other a piece of chalk With one hand
he scratched match after match and
with the other, on the wall of that little
cowshed, he wrote, over and over again,
his name"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27
The scraps at Harrisburg do

The scraps at Harrisburg do not
get the publicity given the little affair
going ON over in Europe but unless
citizens keep their eyes open they may
wake up to find that the battles at Har.
risburg have cost them more money than
the battles in Flanders.