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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16

LOVE is NOT EA!
did not expect, little book, that
Dick would answer my letter, but
much to my surprise he did and re-
2eived it this morning.
jim Eide said once Dick subscribed
to the tenets of the sophisticated
who say to women, do right and
fear no man." and to men, Don't
write and fear no woman" Jim is a
funny chap, but with all his nonsense
he usually hits the nail square on the
head.
However, there are times, as Jim
says, when even a man will take
chance" and this must have been
one of the times for Dick. His letter
began, little book:
My Own Dear Wife-YOu cannot
tell how glad I am, dearest, that can
write that word wife at the head of
this letter, and you cannot tell how
happy your letter made me and how
sad. Happy because your letters
have been few and far between late
", and a letter from you has always
Deen one of the joys of my life.
"Oh, yes, dear! 1 know am to
blame, but Margie, surely you have
found out at this late day that man
wants a woman to love him through
good and iII-and some way down in
his heart he wants her to be always
devoted, no matter whether he strays
Or not.
Perhaps it is our education, dear,
but I think most men, whether mar
ried or single, believe a wOman's first
duty is to be devotion itself to some
man.
q am not good at quoting, but
don't you remember in Mrs. War
ren's Profession some woman. says
that is womans only duty? That
idea has gone out of fashion since
Shaw wrote it, much to the hurt of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-16

} Or A WIFE
silly CONVINCED.
until can write her just what want
to say Oh, Margie, the things have
wanted to say to you and did not,
would fill book. That you wrote
me at all made me very happy, but 1
missed the old note of love, dear,
with which your letters used to be
filled
Dear, must I tell my heart that
have lost you?
Us it true that there are some IN
pardOnable sins against love? Is it
true that cherry blossom time in a
wOman's heart isl as brief as it is in
the orchard, as a clever woman pro-
claimed the other day? She forgot,
dear, that while cherry blossom time
might be brief in the orchard, yet it
recurs year after year. Is it not the
same in the heart?
"As l write this, dear, 1 wonder if
the trees in my orchard are dead.
viii they put forth blossoms again
or will l have to stand outside the
wall and catch the fragrance which
is Tor others, but not for me.
ut will be impossible for me to
come down Sunday wish could,
but a committee Of school book men
will be in town.
I'D rather like to meet Malcolm
Stuart, have heard so many con-
f1icting stories about him. Women all
like him. I know Mollie and Eliene
swear by him, and, of course, you
must, since it was through him you
met DR.. Virot and regained your
health.
The business is just in the same
state as when I was down there. 1
am sure I can pull it through, pro-
vided I am allowed to keep my health
and strength.
Sometimes, Margie, I have the
most curious feeling. I get Danicky
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
J. H. ANSWERS MR.. QUINLAN

To the EditOr Of the ECcHiH1 Ledger:
Sir---Referrng to T.. +. Qunlan's letter.
| beg to say in answer thereto that there
are plenty of other reasons for not having
ones name published, outside of being
ashamed. and when |, as an American
woman of American ancestry for some gem
erations back, give expression to views held
by the majority Of Americans of standing
and education, among them our President
who contends that the injuries inflicted on
this nation by Germany are far more intol-
cradle than those which may have been in
flicted by Great Britain ! am quite content
to remain in such distinguished company.
Some utterances are anything but pro-
American at the present time. However
there is German-lrish Society in Germany,
just founded by a German-Irish-anti-A
can. namely, st, John Gaffney, and it is
looking for members
As to past history, I was under the i'm
preston that in 1916 it was mostly She Hes
slams otherwise Germans) who fought for
the British on this side. as a great ma jority
Of English people sympathized with the
Americans in their struggle for liberty and
were against the unjust measures used
against them by their German King, George
III, and his cotere.
1t is however, n curious but well-known
fact that the worst of enemies $50 far as
nations are concerned) often become the
best of friends as witness the French and
British al present, and it is equally true that
in the last twenty years Germany has been
changing toward the United States, as we
know, for instance, that she sympathized
with Spain in our war against that coun-
try 1t is a well.known fact that the Mon
roe Doctrine has become very rksome TO
Germany, which Is inclined TO make Brazil
over into a German colony, and that If it
had not been for the wel-known intention
of Great Britain to help the United States
to support that doctrine and for the great
British navy, the German insidous inter
penetration of Brazil would have become
much more open. j. Fl.
Philadelphia, February 2S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
MISS SAPOVITS OBJECTS

To the Edtor or tte ECehihD Ledger:
Sir--I want to tell you that youNare alb
solutely wrong when you say the Woman's
Congressional Unonss not concerned about
the European war and its consequences to
the country
Never before, since the movement for
woman suffrage was established in America,
have American women realized how neces-
sary II was to have'a direct voice in the
governing of their country as they do to-
day. Because a war crisis is apparent, and
because our women will be compelled (if
such a contingency does arise) TO contrib
ute and participate as American citizens,
a direct representation in the government
should no longer be denied And since the
fate of the national amendment for woman
suffrage virtually lies In the hands OF the
President as the leader of his party, the
Congressional Union has concentrated upon
the White House as the center OF activity.
And TO keep the demands of the union be-
fore the eyes of the President, a constant
nicketing has been I'm progress before the
white House for several weeks as a psy-
Geological means of impressing the need for
immediate favorable action before the pres
ent SIxty-fourth or the coming Sixty-fifth
Congress.
Furthermore Mrs. Belmont's contribution
has been supplemented in every State In
our Union by women who will be part OF
the thousands OF women who will form an
unbroken line of piclSets around the White
House March 4, when II Is expected that
president Wilson viii receive a deputation
anpolnted to represent the demands of the
west and the unenfranchised women OF the
| East and South 70 ask his support and 60
/ on6<h1Ion beforo Congress. * n .t .l Z
l 14. ..aE ~ 4 &ou. ~,<-1~.I - &,~H 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
X. III. Davis

IL. A. W.-Itichard Harding Davis novel
list and playwright, was born in Philadel-
phia in 1864, and died at his home at Mount
kisco, y. Y, April II, 1916, He was edu-
Gated at Lehigh and the Johns Hopkins Uni
Nersities receiving his early training as a
writer through elementary school" eyneri-
ence as newspaper reporter in PhIadel-
phia, and through the excellent criticism
given him by his literary parents L. Clarke
Davis and Rebecca Harding Davis. He was
a war correspondent in the Graeco-Turkisb
Spamsh-American, Russo-Japanese south
African and European Wars, and I'm clssbes
in Mexico and South America. From naws-
paper writing he was graduated into mag
aZine fiction and book writing hut never
gave up reporting, lie was inclined 70 be
spectacular, which caused some adverse
criticism. This feeling for the dramatic he
carried into his work to the patent delight
of his readers His heroes are dashiny
brave and manly; his plots exciting, Just
as his profession carried him to MANY narts
OF the world, so his pen described many
climes in his masterful manner He yas y
prolific writer, producing many volumes %
books, among which the most important ~
Gallagher" Soldiers of Fortune " w.
Bibber," The Bar Sinister" "The lion ana
the Unicorn" our English Cousins" 80
THE Kings Jackal." Among his pIavs ra
"RansR's Folly" '"rhe Dictator" owbo,s
Whog~ and The Tanning of Helen " Us
married twice. His first wife. Miss CT,
Clark, of Chicago. divorced him. His secons
wife was Miss Bessie Mccoy an actress
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

EVEN in England there are some wn0
refuse to take the game seriously u
"A Book of Laughter" Edwin Pug
writes:
Have you ever seen a professions
billiard match? The players wear eve.
ming clothes. but they wear the coat ohv
that they may take 1t off before they
begin to play. And then they play ~
a pool of white radiance. whilst ~
around them, in a dim religious ignl,
sit rows on rows of silent devotees as
at some holy shrine, observing som7
esoteric ritual. Not a word is spoken
There is never a smile. From time -
time the marker calls the scores as
he were chanting responses. The pa,.
kiss.kiss with a hushed sibilance, ~
seems all so dignifed and awe'inspirlns
that we begin to wonder what II Is you
miss, what ii is you are waiting io''
And then you realize It is either inc
grand strains of church organ OF NV
aides-man with the offertory bag.
once Inman, in a match with StevenI
son. mscued, and Stevenson sHIieu
The reporters on the following mornins
referred to that startling episode gun,
rightly. as IAN hilarious incident.
need only add that Stevenson lost NV
match, and with IT the championship
OF course she did. A man OF uss
frivolous cast of mind was obViousp
no more ft to push balls about WIN
stick than l am to cha llenge La.
cashire lad to a game of knurr ah'
spell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

|. The "onus Of war; il the burden OF war
or the responsibility for 1t.
2. Iodiacal light Is the reflection Of sunlight
after sunset or before sunrise upon the
thin material surrounding the sun and
lying almost directly in the plane Of the
earth's orbit.
g. The Rev. Henry Noble COudpn IL chapan
of the House OF Representatives.
=. Epicurus was noted Greek philosopher
t32-2sO u. O., who taught that pleas
nre which includes honor, prudence and
Justice, IL the highest virtue.
D, kut-ei-Amara. on the Tigris River, In Meso-
notamia, was surrendered to the Turks by
General TOwnshend about u year ago and
recently was recaptured by the British.
g. The United States IL by far the greatest
mot otOn-picture film producer. the cOun-
trS's annual output being estimated at
1000, 600 feet, worth $40, 900. 900
I. President Buchanan IL buried In Woodwar rd
Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pa.
y. Rear AdmiIa! Henry Y, Mayo IL comma nder
Of the Atlantic fleet, with the rank of
ADMIRAL while serving as commander.
D. England depends up0n oversea prOductiop
for about twO-thirds Of its food
10. Counting armies and nayes. the United
states forces In the Civil War numbered
24OS; Confederates. $50, 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
BOY DAY
asleep.

| respectfully suggest to the fathers
of the boys of our State, If they
have any ideals they would like passed
on TO the next generation, that they pass
them through their sons to the benefit
of posterity.-Governor Edges Boy
Day Proclamation.
TT WAS a Camden poet who wrote,
i "I celebrate myself" Governor Edge,
who has designated Sunday. March 25,
for the purpose, is calling on the citizens
of New Jersey to celebrate the Boy. He
urges fathers to be big brothers to their
Young sons and concludes with the sage
advice quoted above. There is certainly
no surer way of passing ideals from one
generation TO another than directly from
father to son. 1t produces more satisfac
tory results than any other method II
a boy is caught young enough he can be
taught almost anything. The fathers OF
this generation who have descended from
worthy sires have inherited ideals that
deserve transmission to the third and
fourth generations. II they take time to
think Of their obligations to the future
ths fathsrs Of the present are likely TO b
loxal 70 the high PRINCIPLES Of their owr
g P9x ecrc He Fixer oaxh|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Spring will not be here, accordi

Spring will not be here, according to
the calendar. until three weeks from next
Wednesday. but signs of it's approach
are already multiplying in the country.
Word comes from Berks County that the
farmers plowing are turning up snakes
which have awakened from their winter
lethargy. The blowing itself is a sign
of spring. White crows are seen, the
cub foxes are getting so tame that they
trot along the roads beside pedestrians
and birds have begun to come north.
But spring will not really be here till
housecleaning begins and the men of
the family have to subsist on cold vittles
for week while the wife wages war on
dirt. Another sure sign is the release
OF the small boys in the remote rural
districts who were sewed up in their
winter clothes last fall And when the
boys in school begin to make the two
nngered sign we may be sure that sum-
mer has arrived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
QUIZ

I. What is n collateral descendant?
2. How many inhabitants of the United states
live In cities?
B. Who, is u. Won Eckhardt. mentioned in the
alleged German plot to array Japan and
Mexico against this country?
j. What is Italia Irridenta," for which Italy
II fighting?
D. Name the two GeneIais Bell In the United
states army.
H. Representative Mann. Of Illinois, IL mi nor
ity leader in the House. What Is a minor
ity leader?
!. President Wilson Is spoken of sometimes as
the twenty-seyenth and sometimes as the
twentS-eighth President. Explain this.
y. What part OF the human body's weight Is
water?
D. Has Germany any Diplomatic representation
in this country now?
10. About how many cords of wood are used
this cOuntryc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

BILLIARDS has ever interested u.s.
within reason. We have always spokea
of it as "a Gentleman's game" and upon
occasion we play a fairish cue. But 70
watch a game We much prefer to le'
our own Tiny Maxwell do it for us and
present us with a two or three column
report of it the next day., The mefs
thought of Tiny being "cabin'd, criooa
confir'd, bound in billiard arena gNe
us gusts Of ghoulish glee. Then to reaa
his own story of his, martyrdom--oh, my
dear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

The national capital will become
saloonless next fall by act of Congress
and without referendum. A great outcry
has arisen in some quarters. protesting
hat thin Is not a democratic way of
doing things. and generally speaking this
n true. 1t would not be democratic for
the Pennsylvania Legislature to declare
Philadelphia dry" But the District of
Columbia Is plainly an exception. The
Ireopie Of the district do not vote on any.
ming that has to do with their officers.
|lavs and administration. II they are to
y p<e - to how much or how little LIQUOR
| ~ - be permitted in washington. they
mould also vote as to what taxes they
should and should not pay. The theory
h4s been that a Government that was
1ood enough for the whole nation should
~ rood enough for the city which is Il,
1oo,q. Washington should be the most
IoSel and psfriotic Of cities. for it, wei
~ tsn<s m fslls vtth ne Union's. i,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
There are sound ethics in holding

III IHeTe are souhd ethIcs IN holding a
saloonkeeper responsible for the injuries
sustained by man to whom he has sold
enough liquor to make him unable to
care for himself. There seems to be
sound law in it also The Court of
Common Pleas has awarded $4,000 TO the
widow Of a man who died from injuries
sustained while drunk. The man who
sold him the liquor must pay it. A few
more verdcts Of this kind will make the
liquor sellers less greedy for the money
Of men given to drink.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

The old toll road between Willow
Grove and Germantown is no more.
Montgomery County has bought 1t from
the turnpike company and opened it this
week to the free use of the public. The
remaining toll roads in this vicinity may
some day be made free, but at the present
rate of progress the baby born yesterday
will be gray-haired before it happens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

As explained by the program at the
vaudeville theatre, the scene was sup
posed to be one of fifty years ago There
was the motto in crewel on the wall, and
the setting altogether might have passed.
but when the comedian began reading
local news of the upstate town from a
more recent copy Of the Saturday Evening
Post, palpably in evidence. we understood
why Mr.. Beiasco takes SO much pains 10
get his details as they should be. Half
tones In color were not au fait In the coun-
trx pswepePer of 1857. That tNsn1 M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Young Cleveland has lost his

Young Cleveland has lost his news
paper ally in the fight against the Prince
ton eating clubs. The Daily Princetonian
under its new board of editors is very
well satisfied with conditions as they
are. The conflict, however, is irrepres.
sible and is likely to go on as long as
Princeton lasts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Postmaster General

Postmaster General Burleson's
fight on the pneumatic tube service in the
large cities has failed. The House con-
sented to the Senate amendment to the
appropriation bill directing the Postmas.
ter General to continue the service after
striking 1t out to save the face" of that
official. 1t might we'll have ordered an ex.
tension of the tubes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

The unloading of food at low prices
ts likely to break the market just as sell
ing on the stock exchanges brings prices
down. A little concerted application of
stock exchange methods to the food mar
ket will make any one sorry who is try.
ing to corner the supply
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Tom Days Column
TILE IILLAnE ponu

THE VILLAGE POET W
Whenever us a Saturday lope 10 =.
the blue
That Is TO say, the Spanish n,oin--..,-
all my tcorb Is through.
Yet be not far from Chestnut ,.
tchere tdmer netcs Is nc,p.
You ponder hoto us possible, n,
simplest thing you kno,ci
They're taken Treasure Island.
they're framed 10 az a sho,o
An brought 10 TO our uery door. an a..
one can 90.
From Robert Louis Stevenson tb.,su
Wted many page
OF squedly, squdliy thriliers from a l..
but golden age;
They're brought Romance TO life 49,.
an put 10 on the stage.
Fifteen men on the dead mans cb...,
Hark! how the winds do blow, s
Whose bones bleach in the vuture's ~.
An whose with the sharks below, :
Devil a hair
Does Long John care,
For this much pirates know:
Whether they lie
Or low or high
There's one place all must 20,
Drink an the devil had done for n.
rest"
Hark! how the winds do blow,
Snakes may hiss from the parrots crs,,
An hell in his eyeballs glow.
Devil a hair
Does Long John care,
For this much pirates know:
Whether they die
Or drunk or dry,
There's one place all must go.
" one cdn sail parquet chair besE.
ones maiden duntu,
An from the circumdm bient air epolu
so 1cild a chdnty,
The peanut odllery'd make OF hin, 4
Shakespeare or a Dante.
An so mean to try It out. with hect
against rdtter,
A-hdrkentng TO the shots an shouts, tn
ribdid odths an laughter,
YouH find me at the matinee, oalIcry
god this "dfter."
For rhen II comes Saturday 7 loue b
sail the blue
That is to say, the Spanish mdin--tpAes
all my 1corb is through,
he
1Chere tanner netCs Is nciC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
A TRANsvAAL MYSTERY

Live hsh nave neen found In the bottom
OF a Transvaal gold mine. in a vertical
shaft $500 feet deep In exceptionally dry
weather small bullfrogs have been seen 10
distend themselves and deliberately iumn
down the shaft. in search OF water. How
they ever reached the bottom alive is a
mystery.--Columbus Citizen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

EFT by the enforcement Of that American
principle in this land of majority rule.
Anyhow, would Washington drink when
n man can walk from coast to coast with
out striking an oasis?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
81. H." Answers Mr.. Quinlan.
A Suffrage Leader Defends
Picketing

Thus Department is free 10 all rcddCrS WhO
WiSh 10 cypress their opinions subjects Of
current interest. N is IN Opch forum, and The
EteHjJG LCdOsF assumes rCSDOHNtbiitU Tor
the tioirS Of its correspondents. LctcrS must
be signed bU the and address Of ~"
icrtfer. not ,cccSSqriW for publication, but as a
guarantee of 0OOd fdith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Read What Is Natural to You

Deliberate regulation of reading is going
to great lengths nowadays, 1t is trying to
shove aside the literature that is most nat
ural 10 childhood. ] mean what saw when
| say natural | haven't space to ex-
plain what ] mean | have inst about
space enough at a rough guess to ouote
from man who vigorously and righteousIv
denounces the cult of the useful so far a g
ii applies to the reading OF children This
man visited an old college chum. who wa 9
married and was trying to bring IN his
children on useful literature. Little Harold.
it seems, was just learning to read.
And what does he read? Mother
Goose?' inquired the visitor of his friend :
wife.
Mercy, no; Mother Goose is quite ont
of date. What an old bachelor Won are'
He has nice modern books-useful hooks
about animals and birds. He can tell a
red breasted grosbeakw
The visitor went home and wrote a
firstclass article for the Unpopular Re-
view: Poor lutle Harold He is growing
up in ignorance of the three wise men OF
Gotham chose earlier ouixotes). who mi
to sea in a bowl; but he has a nriceless
substitute in his bowling acquaintance with
grosbeaks. Personally, I contriyed 10
rub through childhood without ever seeing
a grosbeak. / do not think should
have cared for that bird. / should much
rather have seen dodo. or the great roc
that carried Sndbad on his back He
would have been a bird worth seeing. a
thing. even In a picture, to make one
tremble and believe" More follows In ,bs
same vein, ending with the sound advice
"If you want your child to love Homer. dc
not withhold Mother Goose?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

THREE men who started to play nj.
i nochle each possessed two ITni,aa
States coins. The six coins totaIed 90
When the game ended each man s,,Ii
possessed two coins, but Claus had won
eight cents and his brother Karl profit.
ed twenty-five cents. Now, how much
at the end Of the game?
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
/. TlsH, Fist, Fiat, Feat, Meat; More
!. QTe, k1pzs ko5o' hess; nide, VIA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

again picket in Washington March 4, I
commend the work as highly efficient
means of winning recognition
BERTHA SAPONITS.
Philadelphia. March I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03

Many a pacifst would change his
mind in a minute If he were assured that
we would have one of those well.known
moratoriums which forbid the collection
Of rent during hostilities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general interest tCiH he dHstoered
in this column. Ten questions. the dnS,Cers to
which ercry wcH-informcd person should knolC.
arc asked ddiiU
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
Kaiser confined to room by severe
chill.--Headline.
Is he getting cold feet?

La Follette's ultra.pacifist course
has disgusted a number OF his adherents
In Wisconsin, who are wondering why
they everecalled him Fighting Bob"