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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
NOT A "RICH MANS WAR"

The favorlte statement OF the soap box
pacinst since the entry of the United States
into the war has been that this is a rich
mans war and that America was forced
into IL by wealthy men desirous of consery-
ing and increasing their war profits.
Any thoughtful person, whose mental proc
esses are not wllfuly clouded by dema
gogy or near treason, knows that this Is
not the case but there are many who permit
their thinking to be done for them by these
windy expounders of false doctrine, who have
been made to believe that the rich men of
this country really brought about our part!c-
!pation In the war.
The sacrifices made by the rich men of the
country already the enormous burdens laid
upon them in the way of war taxes and a
score of other things haye made 1t plain to
every intelligent mind that II they had
brought about the war they were, TO say the
least, much shorter sighted than their busl-
ness success would Indicate
But II any further proof is needed by any
one we suggest a perusal OF the stock market
reports The best securities OF the country
after declining steadily for many months
reached a new low level few days ago, this
figure In some instances being lower than
Il was In the panic times of 1907. There is
but one cause for this. and that Is the war
and the financial adjustment necessary TO
providing the money for the war.
Considering the greater part of the wealth
of the country is invested. those Hypothetical /
rich men who are charged with bringing on
the war for their pront by some process
OF unexplained legerdemain would stand con.
yicted OF utter imbeciity.
The assertion that this Is a war for the
bensnt of the rich man Is OF piece with the
statements always made by those windy
demagoguss who are pest TO the country
in tinnea of peace and menace to II In tir,en
q battqoa1 e1reex- Milwaukee Sentinel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

msr. But not now. Everybody knows
!. ./mncemeat, plum pudding and fruit
cake are like antique furniture-they mel.
low with age. The early days of December
are the appointed time for housewives to
start the Yuletide culinary drive. Canvass
OF grocery stores. big and little, chain. link
ana unit. reveals the tragedy OF currant.
less Christmas.
what Is Christmas dinner without mince
pieY What is mincemeat with hiatus
where the currants ought to be when one
sticks In thumb to pull out a plum?
You can't put in more sugar. for the
shortage prohibits. You can't put in more
meat, for flesh conservation prohibits. You
cant camouhage the mincemeat with an
extra pound of the raisins of Muscat or
California. Any housewife will tell you
her venerated recipe calls for so many
raisins and no more.
Who will put currants or something as
satisfactory in Philadelphla's mince pie?
somewhere in this great city some house.
wife has doubtless found way to preserve
the joyous tradition of the great American
Christmas dessert If she doesn't soon
share her secret we simply will have to
add Guarantees mnce pie to our other war
sacrifices. And score another black mark
against the Kaiser.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
FOR MUSICAL AMERICANISM

To The Editor Of the EUcnin1 Public Ledger:
Sir--In reference to your editorial Must
Boston Band BE Scrapped?" as a general
thing. your patriotism is at fever heat, but
why make fish Of one and fowl of the other?
Doctor Muck and his twenty three musicians
are alien enemies and must be treated as
such. If these members join for life and it
and as soon they get job with the or
chestra they should get busy and declare
their intentions of becoming citizens.
Doctor Muck can do more injury TO our
country in the circles he moves than all of
the poor enemy aliens who are forced to give
up their positions and homes because they
happen to live in restricted zone created by
things to do than chaperon them around the
country
Regarding Mr.. krcisler. he has not been
lddling In these dear old United States for
the last eighteen years, not because he loves
us so. but for the reason that the American
dollars roll quicker into his pockets than
those of any other country If they were
more plentiful in the~Fiji Islands he would
soon kick the dust of this country Off his feet
cannibals because they have the artistic tenn
permanent
Mr. Mccormack had the right idea. After
travelling around the world for a half dozen
years concert tours. he no doubt found out
this was the land of golden opportunities. and
then Immediately took out his first papers.
We are told that music Is elevating brings
out the esthetic soul, etc, but II seems that
our German and Austrian friends. who have
so much of it, have taken an overdose from
the they are acting now. No doubt
'kultur" covers 1t all.
CHARLES +. 'ElsELE
Camden December
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
AT GRIPS WITH UNSEEN FOE

1NliE officers and men of the destroyer
Jacob Jones gave an excellent account
| OF themselves before disaster overlook
them. one of the ships first calls to ac.
ton came with the sinking of converted
cruiser, when she put German submarine
out Of commission and saved 800 British
sailors. The speed and courage with
which this feat was accomplished earned
high praise abroad. and we have no doubt
that these 120 Americans. more than half
Of whom are lost, behaved as splendidly
when the unseen foe got them at last.
Compared with other losses at sea- that
OF the Jacob Jones is small in its strategic
significance. England and Germany have
both lost whole squadrons in the tropics
and suffered heavy losses in the North
Sea engagements, with casualties in the
thousands Three thousand French lives
were lost in the sinking of a troopship in
the Mediterranean, a disaster which, after
two years of war, the all-endurlng repub-
lie bore with equanlmlty. We have not
had occasion as yet to set our teeth for
the endurance of such wholesale, imper-
sonal blows our dead are named and
known, not merely numbered Life cannot
be reckoned numerically; the sympathy of
the nation has gone to threescore bereaved
families as poignantly as 1t would have TO
many times that number.
1t is gratifying TO learn that the Navy
Department has had the foresight to pro.
vide deck RATS on destroyers, automati.
cally released a vessel sinks. Through
this innovation many lives were saved
when the Jacob Jones sank. And Secretary
Daniels's report. published today is evil
dence that in numbers and strength our
navy is reasonably well fitted for its pres
ent work, there being now more than 1000
ships in commission instead of the 800 we
had in January.
The percentage of war craft sunk is
small. That the latest Allied warship to
be struck was American indicates that
many more of our ships are in action than
are generally supposed to be in the war
zone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
CHRISTMAS GOOD CAUSES AT HOME

TET the light OF youi Yule philanthropy
II send a bright beam into the darkened
life Of the destitute blind. That is one good
Christmas cause. Another Is the sale Of
Red Cross Christmas seals to provide
sinews of war in the unceasing campaign
against the white plague. The Blind, Re.
lief Fund of Philadelphia appeals for
money needed now for its Santa Claus
work. The Pennsylvania Society for the
Prevention Of tuberculosis urges gener.
Gus purchase of its "stickers" for holiday
letters and packages.
Tho tribute can be paid TO the Blind
Relief Fund that it is one Of the best con-
Quoted charities anywhere. Contributions
are spent entirely for clothing, coal and food
for its benefcaries. Overhead charges are
met by The officers and directors. It's a 100
per cent charity.
Heavier contributions than usual are
required, for tho mounting costs of STAPLE
necessities have not been balanced by
higher compensation for the industries in
which the blind are able TO engage for
self.support.
The Red Cross Christmas seals are sold
most economically, virtually all the pro.
ceeuS going 10 better the condition of the
tubercular--to save many OF them from
lingering dissolution. A tuberculosis char.
ity is not merely a private benefactlon but
public protection. Persons in the sound.
est health are not safe so long as any one
anywhere is afflicted with the dread malady.
The Red Cross seals are a symbol of popu.
lar education to the menace, the very ef
fective agency for promoting mass con.
seriousness Of the scientific campaign for
conquest of the white plague. This move
ment has decreased the death rate and
diminished the dangers. 1t must be main.
talned in wartime.
Our people are willing to tax themselves
voluntarily for good causes. And this Is a
fine spirit in time when the war is i'm
posing heavier and heavier burdens OF
taxation and expense on all.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
Answers to SATURDAYS Quiz

l. NJ. Potpin Is the Premier Of the new Siberian
Republic.
2. Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "Mosses From
an Old Manse."
q. Gothic architecture may usually be Identified
by the pointed arch In openings for Win
4. Boston Is sometimes called "Ths Hub of the
s. An Aipinist Is 9 desotee Of mountain clImbInx
g. saullls are buiboys, noysrins plants Of the
sprinE. somstlmss before the snow l. on
the Eround, -"
Z. The phrase raisen d'etre' means .res.o,
for being" literally celloquslly. the under.
lying cause for result or effect.
A. navId \. Houston II the Secretary of A~.i
culture of the United states. s
q. Intensive farming 10 u term applied to arrl.
culture 'condactsd on : limited area, III
givtne large erepe thvough special methoSs
e sqlaystlsa. fsrtiiiaatisn sid sssesssisnsi
{: .:.E;::ii: s ~: X: ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
SUCCESSFUL APPEAL TO REASON

Not the least of the Presidents intellectual
triumphs is his conversion of the Appeal to
Reason, Of Kansas. The Appeal to Reason is
probably the most widely circulated of Amer
lean socalistic publications. Its enthusiastic
Endorsement of the Presidents latest state.
ment of our purpose in shows that true
Socialism and true democracy are not so far
apart some people have supposed.-New
York World
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
What Do You Know?
Quiz

I. Who Is commander-in-chief Of the French
armieS
e. Name the author OF the Deerslayer stories
g. What are ruba!yat?
4. Identify "The Lion Of the North"
g. which IL the Pelican state?
O. What Is the budget system?
l. What Ii meant by the letters =. J. after n
clergyman's name?
g. Who was Currer Bell?
o. What Is an armistice:
10. What are the population and area of Japan?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
THE CRITIC CRITICIZED

. To the Editor Of the Eventng Public Ledoer:
sir-vlt seems to me that with a single
exception, the reviewers OF musical matters
on the various Philadelphia newspapers are
a remarkably unframed and unskilled lot.
The EvnNNa PunLic LEDGER critic made
some singvlarly unhappy. not 70 say spzpid
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

The Wilson whose resignation is de-
manded In Philadelphia is the Director of
Public Safety In the Quaker City, not the
Wilson who is the Director OF Public
Safety in Washington.-New York World,
The one has the world on his hands,
as II were, while a city has the other on its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
American business is the goose tina

American business is the goose that
lays the golden eggs on which Allies and
democracy are dependent for sustensnce.
Let's make the experiment this time of
keeping the goose In prime condition. It
has previously been shown what happens
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

THE Jacob Tome Institute at Port De-
posit has a school paper, which. cutely
enough, is called The Tome. We chatted
with the lads of the school on Thanksgiv-
ing eve, and The Tome reports "a very in.
terestng address was given last Wednes-
day by Mr.. Arnold Daley Of the Philadel.
phia Ledger. In the course the
evening Mr.. Daley read The Dinner Soar
by Bert Taylor The Furnace
Kit by Morley"
Our enunciation was probably poor,
What we said was The Dinosaur.' by
Bert Taylor" and The Furnsce.' by Kit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

The French may imagine that they
invented camoufisge. but there were poll.
ticians In this town who practiced It long
before this war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

1t is said to be difficult to get place
to sleep in Washington. although it is a
lace noted for its soft berths.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

Who'll start a fund to take care of
war orphans? The conservation of posterity
may become the biggest of all issues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10
cURRANTLEss MINCE PIE

ApELPHIA is today Ii. the grim
e : currant famine. It's more
ehortage; it's vacuum. The
= yoblic bore with more or less toll
oc1voy dencits in coal. sugar and
~ ~, 0erfisld and Mr.. Hoover
1lPa eqpitably and Ak
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POSTSCRIPT

SHE'S MARRIED. The word she gave
to bless one heart has broken many more.
For she leaves an unfillable void in the
office where she was employed. She was
the telephone operator, but most helpful
silent partner in the business We cannot
mention her name here. for she is no longer
in public life 0ucky dog. that husband Of
hersD but. perhaps you knew her, IL you
did it's certain bet that she knew you
That was her business
You will recall how the moment she
caaght your voice on the wire, before you
had chance to tell who you were, shed
come back brightly, Good morning, Mr.
Blank, you want TO talk to Mr.. Buyer,
don't you?" I'm sorry. but he isn't in"
mo, but ! think you could catch him by
calling number so-and-so." "And where
and when could he reach you?" I'll be
glad to; no trouble :. all"
And do you remember the morning you
burst into that office with Crouch, and de-
manded to see Mr.. Mainguy AT ONCEe
And have you forgotten how she began
pushing the plugs in, apparently breaking
her fair young neck to locate Mr.. Mainguy
for you? You probal ly have forgotten
how pleasantly She chatted with you be-
tw whiles, and always uron topics in
w she knew you were interested grad
ualiy smoothing your ruffed feathers and
bringing the sane, human light back into
your countenance. And when she got you
into the proper mood wasn't 1t funny how
quickly she located Mr.. Mainsuy and sent
you in to him?
But now she's married. And her going,
that means so much JOY to one mans heart
has desolated many another
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Tom Daly's Column

TO CLARE BRiGGS, CARTOONTST
Your sharing soap" Thing made me stocar
For, declare. your idcc, clare,
Was ono thdt tong ago ia jottcd
In my old notebook, and I'd plotted
To icritc piece about that DuU
Who diWdys clean for1cts 10 buU
The sharing stick he badly needs
Til ncTt he starts to trim his 1rceds.
said your cartoon made me s,ccar;
IL also MADE nc thank Uou, Glare.
For 3yscj cos in the Gr
~ those IN need Of sharing sticks
when FIRST appeared before mn riep
7hdt rCry human sketch uou drec.
"7hdts me-" cried and so ran
10 show il 10 my drugstore man.
N0U, nc" bird Of my oW1 feather.
ana so 'cc IdH0hcd at IL togctHcr:
AND then hrc started in 10 tell
Edch other hor tcc lorcd you 1ccH
And all Uour StUU. and laughed again
AZ those creations Of your pca,
Your when q FcHcr NccGS a Friend"
"GoU." "KcHy Pool" "Skinnuy'-no end.
POSTSCRIPT
I'm home again. And. Clare I'm ravingt
For starting in to do my shaving
I found-you'vc guessed; ! needn't tell ID
That druggist clean forgot to sell it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-10

We guess Lenine put the deal" in
idealism.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
.Teuton Peace Talk
Aimed toDelayU.S.
London Thinks

London, July 30.-Statements by DR.
Michaelis, German Imperial Chancellor
and Count Czernin, the Austro-hun
garia Foreign Minister, which are re-
garded here as obviously made In col.
lusion, dominate the news columns OF
the morning papers. They are gen.
orally treated editorially as signs OF
weakness, while the absence Of refer
ence 10 the future of Belgium and Ser
bia is considered TO exclude all ere
dence in the desire for peace by under
standing. Austro- German peace talk,
unless accompanied by an undertaking
TO evacuate and restore conquered ter
ritories. is declared merely TO be aimed
at delaying Americas preparations for
war.
Herr Michaelis's accusations against
France are dismissed by some COM
mentators as best left for refutation by
French Allies, but discussed by others,
one Of which says the story is too thin
even for the Germans to believe. THE
Daily News" however, maintains that,
although the Chancellor's statements
are valueless as evidence, they cannot
be left unanswered, and insists that a
statement Of war aims to be formulated
must constitute an explicit disavowal
Of all thought of conquest for con-
quests sake. The paper denounces the
Ignorance or the folly of Sir Edward
Carson's threat to drive Germany be-
hind the Rhine" which, il says, gave
Herr Michaels q weapon which he was
swift TO use.
at is in the power of the Allies to
render the weapon innocuous, even
turning it against himself, but the re-
pudiation of his charge must come
quickly and in a form leaving no loop
hole for misinterpretation," the paper
says.
Tho Chronicle" proclaims its belief
that 1t would be unwise for the Allies
TO deprive Germany Of genuine German
soil. II points out that while the Chan
cellor talks Of vast territorial modihca-
tions he mentions only the Saar Valley
and il suggests that France may be
aiming to restore the old German from
tier of Lorraine, which would involve
"a little strip on the German side Of
from FIVE to fifteen miles"
If France desired this for strategic
reasons The Chronicle" would not say
she necessarily had the right, but "it
would be an exceedingly small affair
not comparable for an instant to Ger.
many's seizure Of two large provinces
In 1871. II must be remembered, too,
the paper points out, that after losing
scme millions in killed and wounded in
q war forced upon her and wherein she
has borne the brunt of battle for lib
erty throughout Europe, France has the
right to make exceptional claims for
her future security such as Germany
ha not in 1871, and no other state un.
less Belgium would have to-day.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
Peaceful Revolution
Coming in Germany,
Vorwaerts' Declares
Socialist Organ Says Reichstag
Must Recognize There Is No
Turning Back

London, July 3O.-Germany is on the
way to a peaceful revolution, according
to the Berlin "Vorwaerts," and there is
no going back for her. The paper,
which is the mouthpiece of the Scheide.
mann Socialists, says:
Amy one who during the last few
days has not shut his eyes to the facts
can no longer doubt that the empire is
on the road 10 a peaceful revolution.
The movement can no longer be ar
rested. What has become necessary
may be accomplished in days, weeks, or
months at one stroke, or piece by piece.
Prompt and thorough measures are now
necessary. Whoever, in view OF the
present state of public feeling. arouses
hopes in order to dsappoint them
afterward, acts like a man who Is IN
able to estimate the consequences of
his actions. II the present crisis does
not lead 70 decisive and positive re-
suits. then it will very soon be repeated
in a more intensified form and with
more unpleasant concomitant occur
rences,
What Is necessary is a change of
system regarding internal and external
policy. A system must be introduces 4
where there was none before. This
system can be no other than the demo-
cratic and parliamentary treatment of
internal affairs, united with a policy
Of constant and comprehensive readi-
ness for peace externally. This de-
velopment leads toward the formation
Of parliamentary government and of
national defence. II will bring US the
peace We need in order TO live as free
people among free peoples.
This aim, once recognized as a right,
must be pursued with all our strength,
without wavering and without senti.
mental considerations. The Reichstag
must recognize that there must be no
going back. IL must recognize that IL
is easier TO accomplish great things
than small"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-31
News Is Withheld From
Troops, but French Pre-
pare to Receive General
Mail of Hospital
Units Goes Astray
Returned by Authorities;
Work Proceeding
Satisfactorily

American Training Camp in France,
July 30.-News that Major General
Pershing, commander Of the American
expedition, would visit the training
camp to-day, tomorrow and Wednes-
day was withheld from the American
troops until this morning, in order
that the general might see the actual
everyday working conditions-that he
might find the men at their daily task
without undue preparations being
made for his inspection.
General Pershing, motoring from
Paris, is expected to arrive at the field
headquarters late this afternoon, when
he will be received with honors beft-
ting his rank as commit nder in chief
of the expeditionary forces.
The inhabitants Of the French viii
lage where the American headquarters
are located quickly sensed to-day the
fact that something important was
about to happen, and there was much
enthusiasm when they heard who was
coming. The simple peasant folk
brought out their French flags, and the
tiny village assumed quite an air of
gayety. There was much speculation
as to how to pronounce General PERISH
ing's name, the nearest approach TO 1t
being "Peer-shan," with that distinct
French nasal sound on the last sylla-
bic.
The general will find the troops in
splendid condition physically and the
equipment in the best of order. Some
scattered units Of the American force
have been having great difficulty with
their mail, which seems to have gone
astray. Tkis is particularly true of
the Red Cross hospital units which re-
Gently arrived and is causing much
concern among the doctors, nurses and
enlisted men, who fear their folks at
home will think something untoward
has happened to them. II can be stated
that all the members of the Roosevelt
and Johns Hopkins units are we'll and
happy and anxious for their real work
to begin.
One difficulty about the mail has
been that letters destined for Ameri-
can units in charge of British base
hospitals have come to the hospital
units here, and it is presumed that
some mails which should have come
here have been misdirected there.
The members Of the, Roosevelt units
were somewhat dismayed yesterday to
find that all the letters they had writ
ten home since their arrival had been
returned by the French authorities,
owing to some Misunderstanding as to
censorship. Mail facilities for the
troops have been satisfactorily worked
out, however, with quick distribution
after arrival and daily collections. I'M
proved facilities for the isolated units
are being arranged.