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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

or executed, But good leaders always were
left behind
In 1928 revolutionary movement similar
in every respect to the present ,one was
planned The leaders of the secret organi-
zaton planned to arrest the Car and his
advisers in the city of Bohruisk. capture the
fortress there, win over the army and then
march upon Moscow and st. Petersburg
The car did not go to Bohruisk as had
been expected and thus was halted a move
which might have resulted as successfully
as the present one,
Much has been said about the European
war being responsible for the revolution
The war was not responsible it merely
helped things along. There are many people
Of Ge' rlan descent i'm Russia. Naturally
their ~ npathies are with their Fatherland
next to the country in which they live. The
purc slav is for Russia first. last and all
the time.
one of the strongest factors in keeping
Russia free country will be the liberation
from Siberia and other prisons of political
prisoners. They will see TO it that LIBERAL
ism prevails and will take an active part
in the provisional Government.
AS to the future of Russia. ! believe IL
will become a Republic. The royal family
probably will be exiled. They will be taken
care of. and the United States of Russia
will spring up as an imperishable Republic,
where all will have equal opportunities. II
will become a sister nation to the United
States France and Switzerland--a great.
liberal nation in which booklore will be
put above bloodshed How many years
il will take to work that out remains to be
seen. There may be new pacts ID all-
ances. but certain it is that a n-t Russia
has been born and that the peo,I at the
head of the new Russia are stror.E earted.
peace loving people who have the interests
of the masses at heart.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
SHE BEWAILS HEALTH
OF LEADING WOMAN
So This Member of the Fair and
Warmer" Cast Is Dis
consolate

There is one young lady IN Philadelphia
who was in the audience at the Garrick at
the initial presentation of Fair and
Warmer" seven weeks ago and who has not
missed a single performance since that
night. Her name is Katherine Hayden. In
fair weather or foul Miss Hayden is always
"in 'front.' watching Billy" and "Blanny"
getting their nightly Jag and the double
one on matinee days. Miss Hayden's faith
fulness as an attendant at the Garrick
comes not altogether from enthusiasm, since
she receives weekly salary for being on
hand and within cali She is the under
study for all the ladies in the company. and
should one of them be taken i'll she would
Immediately be able to take the place thus
left vacant 81 hope ] do get chance to
play before the end of the engagement in
Philadelphia" sighs the young lady, but
IT doesn't look like it at present. The ladies
in this company are too healthy for any
hing. | am just dying to get a chance to
play one of the parts and I know every
word of them all, but ] guess I will go
on seeing Fair and Warmer from the
front until the end"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
BY ALBERT MASSOUR

4 The revolution in Russia is not the di
rect outcome Of the war in Europe 1t Is
merely the inevitable working out of the
law of Cause and Effect. II is history re
peating itself
In the early days of your United States
q courageous band of men got together and
drew up Declaration of independence
They wanted TO see their country ruled
tor and by the people.
The same thing happened in my country
back In 1920 and It now is bearing fruit
will give short resume of the situation.
In 1900 Gear Paul was the ruler Of Rus
Ella. Conditions were terrible. No one was
safe. A condition of slavery existed in
the working classes
Men of brains who realized how their
country was being ground by one.man
power laid plans to get rid of the Gear.
The leaders of this band were Panon and
PAlenen. They brought about the deat
OF the Car and Alexander succeeded him.
Alexander was very liberal in the first part
oi ms reign. Those radicals--those men
who can be compared only to your Amer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
SUGAR COATING FOR A BITTER PILL
Plea for Court Reform in Humorous Book by New
York Judge on the Way Justice
Is Not Done

better IL there were no rules whatever He
regards the Judges charge to the jury as q
farce. As to the usual discussion about
he testimony, he says:
The Judge goes on at great length
about the weight of evidence. The
weight of evidence. he says. Is the
preponderance Of proof and the pre-
ponderance of evidence is the weight
of evidence, and the man who has the
burden of proof must have the weight
of evidence and the weight Of evidence
being the preponderance of evidence is
also upon the man who has the burden
of proof And the preponderance OF
evidence does not mean proof beyond
reasonable doubt as in a criminal action
but that the proof must be heavier on
one side than the other and the one
who has the burden OF proof must sus-
tain the preponderance of evidence.
This is the law the Judge has said II,
What it means the jury gives up. The
lawyers nod stheir heads wisely.
Justice Wells treats the jury system as he
treats the other judicial institutions. That
is. he exhibits II at work. He concludes
his comments OH it in this way, putting
more into a few words than any legal COM
mentators have done:
Law is an exact. definite statement
of principles absolute and apparently
immutable When a man on the street
walks up to another and wantonly in>
suits him. the law is that the party
insulted must turn and walk away.
If the matter came before a jury they
would never convict him for knocking
the other down at once. The jury
system is the mitigation of the law.
What is the remedy for TIL, evils in the
present system? Justice Wells finds that
we have already begun to cure some of
them. The business of the real estate law
yer has been taken over -y the title COM
panies The workmen's compensation laws
with their provisions for the settlement
of cases out of court are driving the dam
age lawyers out of business Why may not
judicial corporations be formed to adjust
other differences in simple, inexpensive
and expeditions manner. he asks? Those
who have suffered from the laws delays
await the answer
THE MAN IN COURT. BY Frederic De Witt
Wells, Justice Municipal Court of New York
city. S1.5O. New York: G. p. Putnam s
Sons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

The homely adage that there are more
ways of killing cat than by choking II
with butter has wide appncation.
Shakespeare had the same thought In nina
when he made one of n:s characters de-
termine by indirection to find direction out
Frederic De witt Wells, Justice in the
Municipal Court of New York, must have
been thinking of these classical sayings
when he sat him down. to write The Man
in Court" The book Is described by the
publishers as humorous NATURALIZATION OF
the trial Of court actions. And 1t Is tnat
The layman who knows nothing about court
procedure will find 1t most entertaining ana
instructive, for Justice Wells takes case
through court from the framing of the
Issues till the verdict is found. He describes
each process not in dull legal pEraseology
but i'm the language Of the man in the
street. He tells how the jury is CHOSEN
how the lawyers open the case, now the
witnesses are sworn, examined ana cross
examined how the Judge administers the
charge, how the jury retircs and dellperates'
and how the verdict is found. His narra-
tive is easy to read and entertaining. ana as
a popular handbook for the information or
those who wish to know how the ends OF
Justice are served by our judicial ma
chinery II is invaluable.
But it is more than mere handbook
1t Is one of the most subtle and scathing
arragnments of judicial processes that mas
appeared in many day. Its effectiveness
lies i'm its perfect good temper and in the
sound common sense which inspires all the
critical remarks injected in the course OF
the narrative. He exhibits the lawyer as
often an agent OF injustice rather than ol
Justice. For example, he tells of dis
tinguished practitioner who won a case by
distracting the attention of the jury. When
ever the testimony was damaging TO ms
tal
pocket a little puzzle popular at the time
and 60 through the motions Of attempting
to solve It, The jurors. who had made the
same attempt watched him intentiy ana
heard little Of what the witness was saying.
He tells how a lawyer with a weak case
will resort to all the devices for securing
delay. in order to tire out. his opponents.
nd the Judges are partners in this sort or
work, for they let it go on The rules OF
evidence make it difficult to get at the truth
in so many cases that Justice Wells con-
fesses to a sort of belief that it might be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
PAINLESSLY TAKEN
At Least That's What Mr.. Bet
TIM Claims for His Interest
ing Invention

" your little brother or sister could make
600 separate and distinct photographs of
you in one minute and twelve seconds, show
you the negatives inside of ten minutes and
give YOU the chance to select any one of
the sixty dozen poses for enlarged photo
graphs. all within the hour. you might be
willing 10 admit that painless photography
has arrived
n French scientist, now of New York,
has evolved "A wholly new system of photog-
raphy which is not only revolutionary as
to simplicity and economy, but which places
the motion picture easily within the reach
Of every amateur, every home, church,
school and club. q. Bettini is his name. and
he has devised a camera which for portrait
work and motion pictures. for projection
and for enlargement gives an altogether
new value to photography as it may be
practiced by any amateur
AT the rate of about twelve per second
the various poses assumed by the subject
are photographed on a standard glass plate
negative in horizontal and vertical rows
the plate being sufficiently large to take
something like 500 or more exposures Each
exposure or image is one-quarter or three
eighths inch square. the former dimensions
being that OF the existing camera while the
latter will probably be that adopted for the
commercial cameras. When the camera has
recorded the series of poses the negative is
removed from the light-proof magazine and
developed in the usual manner.
positive glass plate or lantern slide
is then made from the negative. and the
subject then has an opportunity Of see
ing himself on the motion picture screen,
just as others see him. Since the glass
plate is nonnflammable, the subject can
have the motion picture protector stopped
at any desired point Thus a selection is
made of one or more poses, and by means
of two indices-one for the horizontal and
one for the vertical rows-the operator can
make note of the images approved Of
The photographer then returns to the
negative, which he places in an enlarging
machine. The latter, in its main essentials
is counterpart of the protector in fact
The protector may as well be employed for
this purpose IL there is no occasion to use
both machines at one time
The finished prints made by the new
process have the soft, harmonious effect
that is so much in vogue among leading
photographers today and despite the in.
tense enlargement the amount of detail de-
manding attention is surprisingly high
New York Morning Telegraph.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
SlA TO CLASP HANDS
WITH u. S. AS REPUBLIC
|enlocratic Future of Northern Country Outlined
by Slavic Actor, Now Appearing in
Motion Pictures

ican patriots of Colonial days--wanted a
Constitution for Russia
Alexander would not give 1t to them His
argument was that "the people were not
ready for it, lie did lberate the peasant
slaves-only to put them back into bond
age again Could II be expected that any
senSibleminded people would countenance
these conditions?
The Liberals began organizing secret so.
cieties. General Orlov was at the head of
the first of these, which was formed in
1870. and had at its head such famous men
as Glenka, the writer and arstocrat Toll
stoy. Prince Dolgoroukev. Turgancv, Ivan
Shipov. The secret declaration drawn up
by these men was like your own Declaration
of independence
Pestci eventually became the real leader
of this organization and the idea of it's
members was to bring about a republican
form of government in Russia. They met
secretly. in their homes or at the fairs
held ~ different larts OF the country. 10
be found out as Il m1mbar of the secret
society meant torture or death. Yet If you
consider the men who were at the head of
ii you can readily understand why Il
'bloodless revolution" just has taken place
in Russia
These men were thinkers-mcn with
imaginatons and brains-who saw in the
future great and free Russia and who
ri1kcd everything for their ideals Al
honor to them.
Meantime the court oblqucs" in Russia
were going along in their self-satislied way
They thought they knew what the peopie
wanted. how the people live. They refused
to see the handwriting on the wall"
The leaders of the secret organization
were arrested on all sizes, sent to Siberia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
Susan LennoX's Career

In this novel posthumously published, OF
two volumes respectively 500 and 55o pages
EACH Mr.. Phillips writes in Thackerayah
quantity and it must be confessed, III the
quality. of Robert w. Chambers, Rupert
Hughes and owen johnson. In other words,
this is a sex novel The vogue OF the sex
novel as a class or school has rather passed
in the last two or three years. However
this book goes back some time in the writ
ing as the authors unfortunate deatn
really antedated the so-called sex O'CLOCK
hour on the chronometer of fiction.
Mr.. Phillips. perhaps more than any other
American writer. was originator ana oe-
yeloper of the fictional type that ended Its
evolution as the sex novel. 1t was
reaction against the roseate sentimental
stuff that the early years of this century
brought forth, a change from the swash-
buckling historical novel, and sort or
protest against turning fiction to the uses
Of the pollyanna kind of thing
At least Mr.. Phillips has in his long list
of books closed by this one helped to make
American novels more realistic Sometimes
the realism degenerates into naturalism and
bald liberalism. The criticism Is true in this
case But at least Mr. Phillips always had
definitely artistic motive in forming his
plots and developing his characters. There
was no conscious morbid or salacious ap-
peal There is none in the present work,
stark and unpleasant as some parts Of
it are 1t Is the nearest thing-this chron-
icle and psychological chart of Susan
Lennox to an American Comedie Humane.
1t is a novel to take seriously both on ac-
count of it's elaborate contour and its vivid
colorlng. Achievement almost attains the
ambition of the authors project.
SUSAN LENNON; HER FALL, AND RISE BY
David Graham Phillips. New York: d.
Appleton e. Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
Small Talk About Books
and the Writers of Them

Among the letters called out by the cele-
bration of William Dean Howels's eightieth
birthday, one of the most interesting was
that Mr. Howells had done more than any
living architect to cultivate good taste in
architecture
"A single sentence in Silas Lapham,'
he wrote, about black walnut changed
the entire trend of thought and made it
possible for the architects of the time 10
stem the turpid tide of brownstone and
black walnut then so dear to the heart of
the American millionaire"
William Johnston, author of the lust
published book, "Limpy,' and of several
other volumes Of fiction and many short
stories. was one Of the editors of the Cour.
ant In the University of Pittsburgh twenty
years ago. and it was there his first at
tempts at fiction writing appeared.
Investigators have been unable to dis
cover the exact date when the commercial
manufacture of cigarettes began or. for that
matter when men first began to smoke
them The Indians whom Columbus saw on
the island of San Salvador were smoking
cigarettes. The wrapper. however, was not
rice paper but corn leaves. The Spaniards
are supposed to have been the first to use
paper as wrapper. according to William
w. Young, in THE Story of the Cigarette :"
The name is French and the manufacture
was made a governmental monopoly in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

impartial a causere, called De Sobremesa
(Table Talk, which consists of delightful
comment on the events of the week
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

France in 1S43, but II was not until after
the Crimean War that II became of anv
commercial importance. About 1866 manu-
facturers here and In England began 10
make cigarettes for the convenience of those
who could not roll their own The trade has
grown until now we smoke about $4,000 O00
cigarettes n day.
In addition to his skill as a playwright.
.Jacinto Benavente. whose volume of plays
is about to be introduced TO the American
public through a translation by John Gar.
rett Underhill (Scribners), is an actor of
real ability and an orator of quality. He
speaks at the poetic fetes Luegos F'lorales)
in Spain. in academic reunions. in popular
lecture halls, schools and workmen's clubs
His lectures, delivered In 1913 in the Madrid
Conservatory on the theatre in Spain at.
tracted wide attention and. in their Severe
criticism Of contemporary stage art, greatly
incensed managers and actors throughout
the country.
lie writes every Monday in the Madrid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, the author of the
new novel, 'rhe Hornets Nes.," just pub
lished by Little, Brown & Co., is a native
of Chillicot.ie, Ohio After her marriage to
Mr.. Woodrow (who was a cousin of Presi-
dent WILSON, she spent several years in
mining camps in the Rocky Mountains She
now lives in New York.
In connection with the return to this
country of the noted French philosopher,
DR.. Henri Bergson who created furore
when he came here first some six years ago,
it Is interesting to learn that Messrs Henry
Holt & Co. report that his Creative Evo-
luton" is still, despite the lapse of half a
dozen years, selling as we'll as ever and
even better than some of their current
fiction This book is already in its twelfth
printing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31
1927 STUDY AT PENNSYLVANIA

An enrolment of 1927 students at the
University of Pennsylvania and faculty
list of 1877 members is shown in the 1917
University catalogue. which will be issued
next week. There are seventy-two students
from foreign countries including twenty
three from South America thirty-eight
from China and four from Mexico.
The Wharton School Is apparently the
most popular in the University, as its en-
rollment is 2825. The next largest is the
academic or college department with 2753.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

Sessue Hayakawa, In
The Bottle Imp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-31

Anita Stewart, In
The More Excellent Way
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
RADIO PLANTS CLOSED.
BUT CLASSES CONTINUE
Twenty of Men Now Studying Wire
less at University Plan to Enter
the Naval Reserve.

Although government erders. have
been received for the dismnntling Of
the wireless equipment at the Uni
versity OF North Dakota, classes will
be continued by Alfred Crossnlan, op-
orator.
Only the aerials must be taken
down under the government orders
and students may still make consid-
cradle progress In the study of wire
less.
If he can secure permission from
the federal government, Mr.. Cross
man will 500 go out in the field with
portable instruments and hold prac-
teal demonstrations with his men.
Twenty Of the men now studying
the wireless at the university under
Crosaman plan to enter the naval re-
serves with their instructor as soon
az the university term comes to a
close in June.
All amateurs have received orders
from the government to discontinue
wireless activities. Twelve local sta
tons will be forced out Of commits
sion and over $50 located at various
points In the state will be closed up
during the period Of the war.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
AID CLUB DINNER TO
BE BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Women Looking Forward to Event
Wednesday Night With Pleasure
and Big Time Is Anticipated.

Women Of Grand Forks are anttci-
pating with pleasure the April
meeting Of the Ad club, which will re
held Wednesday evening in the Com
mercial club. expecting to learn some
thing of the art Of advertising as an
aid in their daily buying for the
1t is going to be a very large meet
ing judging from the long list Of RED
ervations made at the Commerciai
club already and a very interesting
time is assured.
A special committee has been Sc
lected by President j, A. Poppler OF
the Ad club to apply the anti-lone-
some rule. No one knows just who
are on this secret committee. but they
are going to be on hand in force to-
morrow night an penalixe any shy
bachelors who forget to bring their
lady friends. They are to be given
the pleasure of buying the dinner
ticket for some holder brother.
The caterer has arranged a special
menu for the occasion, and promises
some feed" to the ad men and their
guests of honor.
Treasurer r. NJ. Edmunds reports
renewed activity in membership APP
plications. Many Grand Forks mer-
chants are evidently being spurred to
action by their better halves, who
nave suddenly displayed a keen inter-
est in things advertising.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
|SLACKERS in
HURRY TO We'd
Parade to Marriage License
Bureau unprecedented if
They Are Sinking.

Chicago, April 1o.-The Stacker
parade to the marriage license bu-
real reformed today. but it faced
hitherto unknown obstacles. In the
first place. County Clerk sweitzsr. OBJ
serving that 1,116 Of the 1880 appli-
cants yesterday were of military age.
decided to eliminate his emergency
force Of 20 clerks, which expedited tho
parade. leaving the normal force of
four clerks.
Let EN- wait" said Mr.. sweitzer.
The second obstacle was a plan to
place recruiting offices in the building
where 6lear-eyed young men, in uni.
form, were to ask each applicant,
ARE you going to sidestep your duty 2
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-10
BAcoN's PRIZE BULL
IS HIGHLY PRAISED

Some interesting records indicating
thep rogress being made in North Da-
kota In the way Of raising high class
pure bred Holsteins are contained in
q letter just received by J. D. Bacon.
proprietor of the Lilac Hedge farm,
from F. W. schafer. manager Of the
fomus Arden Dairy Farms Of st. Paul,
who writes In part - follows:
"PEesume you will be interested to
know that the half sisters Of the bull
you purchased from US are doing re-
markAbly we'll. Another Just finished
with $3.50 at 2 years, 1 months. Still
another two-year-old made $3.50. His
first throe.year-olds to freshen made
the following records: Lady Hendrix
Ike De Kol 3rd at the are Of 3 years, 2
months made $500, milking as high
as SO pounds per day. Still another,
Lola Pontiac SoSis. who made 20 fbs.
a. q 2-yeAr-o!d, has 1910 fbs, to her
credit, at the age of 3 years. IL days,
and 10 still In test.
Star Watson End. the dam Of your
bull, has Just finished her years work
with over 1000 ms. OF butter and
over 5000 lbs. Of milk. which makes
her the best daughter Of Sir johanna
Fayne. At this writing I feel quite
surs that within the next two weeks
We will have at least hve daughters Of
King EeSis Pontiac over 80 lbs. and
probably six; This fact, togetherwith
the record of. his dam: surely makes
your bull very valuable. and a real
bargain"