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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
RAILROADS ON THE JOB

TN THE month of July the railways OF the
l. United States handled 4S per cent more
frelght traffic than in July, 1915, and 10
per cent more than in July, 1914. The rail.
ROADS war board has just issued statistics
showing that the ton mileage Of freight
handled In July, 1917, was 20.2 per cent
more than 1t was In the same month Of
1915. This increase in the traffic handed
reflects a remarkable performance in view
Of the fact that the traffic of 1916 far sur
passed all records up TO that time. Be.
cause 1916 was a record year. II is neces'
sary to compare the results being obtained
now with those of years prior to 1916 in
order to realize fully the magnitude Of the
achievements of the railways in handling
the present volume of business as well as
they are. The increase in freight traffic IN
July, 1917, over July. 1915, exceeded the
annual freight business of the railways Of
Japan, Spain, Sweden, New South Wales
Switzerland and Brazil combined.
1t should be borne in mind that there has
been almost no increase in railway facilities
wIlnin the last two years. There was an
actual decrease In the number Of locomo'
tives and freight cars in service on June ~
1916, as compared with the number ID
service on June 30, 1915. The number Of
locomotives and freight cars has increasea
within the last year. but the number now
In service certainly is not more than ~
per cent more than II was two years aso,
In other words the roads are handing "
per cent more traffic than they were TWO
years ago with perhaps l x per cent moi'
locomotives and cars.
OF course, business was comparatVev
dull at this time two years ago. Ihes
were 1885, 900 surplus freight cars on Au'
gust 1, 1915; on the other hand there
car shortage now, but there would pe
vastly larger number of untitled requisluo0uns
for cars IL there had not been withlh ~.
tast two years an enormous increase IN ',s
efficiency with which railway equipmeh' !"
operated. =,
We note that the coal mine OPERATOR, :.
the country have a friend In ofnelal ~
at washington. The United states Heo'Vss' ~.
cal Survey has issued a statement 70 49, AZ.
press. dated october IL, which pears p's ~ >
oaption. Coal Mines Doing TheI D,S s.
''DaiIy Output of Coal Breaks Al ois hsVT,r Ton.
10 Meet This Years Demands lslI ~. ~
maze promises to Exceed 1915 Records ~
Ok Per Cent" II the coal miners are oolns
tbair bit' by Increasing their output 70 pe'
cent as compared with 1915, what nay ~ y
said for the railways, which are hanus,rs n as,s
B0 per cent more traffic than In lslS "a
record being made by the mines Is nhe an an
deserves all the commendation wni9n AesS-
he hestowed upon II. We could wisn, .s a..
ever that there was some GoVerhnlsps ~, "a
nartnent which would show as muen muI,. !.
Vagarding what the railways are ool,s y.
ire Geological Survey very properly ~ ~ AZ.
.eg,rAfna what the mines are doing ~ ~.
! arblevement Of the railways y fe,t, fe,''.
greater than that OF tho mines
Axe oaaeltt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO
LITERATURE OF THE WAR

TNHE EVENING LEDGER feels that it has
l. performed a real service to its readers
and to the country in publishing Carl
w. Ackerman's notable series of articles
entitled Germany, the Next Repubic?"
Mr.. Ackerman's intimate knowledge of
conditions in the Central Empires and
his ability to analyze situations so clearly
that no reader could fail to grasp the
essential points combined to make his
contribution to war literature one of the
most important which has yet appeared.
BY arrangement with the EVENING
LEDGER, the articles have also appeared
in the London Telegraph and in a num-
Der of other newspapers throughout the
United States and the world.
Tomorrow Mr.. Ackerman's articles will
be concluded. Tomorrow also will ap-
pear the first installment of the Prin-
cess Catharine Radziwills notable study
of Rasputn, the Russian monk, whose
activities were instrumental in bringing
about the downfall of the Car and the
establishment of the Republic. The
career of this Siberian peasant rivaled
fiction in its amazing intrigue, plot and
counter.plot. He played a mastery
game, building his structure on the
superstition of the Russian people AS
a picture of recent conditions in Russia
not always a pleasant picture-this con.
tribution is of real Importance II will
not appear in book form until after publi-
cation in the EVENING LEDGER has been
completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
THE AMERICAN FACE

The chief thing that struck you was the
American soldiers faces. They looked grim
and set, and however loud the cheering by
the way and however racy the London
greetings, there was never smile to be
seen The Americans seemed TO be tre-
mendously conscious of being on show-so
different from the British soldier on a march
out. who always gives the crowd as good
as he gets in the way of repartee and never
allows himself to be betrayed into solemnIty.
This unyielding appearance seemed espe-
cially TO impress the volatile French and
Belgian soldiers among the spectators,
Every one said they looked like business
these men with set, rather hard faces.
strong-jawed and -Manehester
Guardian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Teachers Underpaid - Beefess
Days-Lloyd Georges
Libel Suit
TEACHERS UNDERPAID

To the Editor Of the Evenirg Ledger:
Sir-The inslstent demand that the citi-
zens of Philadelphia assist the public school
teachers in their fight for increased salaries
will never be answered until two things
are made clear: First, that the teachers
do not receive proper living wage; second,
that the teachers deserve fair and ade-
quate salary.
Because the teacher puts up fairly
decent appearance, and because in the past
his pride has kept him from complaining,
the impression is abroad that he is well
paid This is not so Men who have been
in the school system for three or four years
and whose average age is twenty-five re-
ceive s1s or $40 per week.
In the case of women the pay is consid-
erably less How any one who has even
only himself to take care of can live on
such starvation wages Is more than l can
see In these days when commodities have
gone up 40 to so per cent 1t is impossible to
get along on an ante-bellum salary whlch
was insufficient even in peace times.
Let the reader compare the wage he
would expect an ordinary laborer to get
with the miserable stipend handed out TO
the teachers and he will understand their
clamor for an increase
But II may be said that the teacher is
not worth a good salary That while 1t Is
true that he is not paid we'll, 1t is because
he does not deserve more. Let us see
whether there is any truth IN such an
argument.
The school teacher Is in school at half
mast O'Clock and works on incessantly
with an hour and quarter for lunch, until
a 40 o'clock. There are very few who leave
schooI at that hour. Papers have TO be
rnarked records compiled and reports made
Aside from these there are numerous extra
scholastic activities (athletics, orchestra
etc), which engage the attention or teachers
for hours after class is dismissed.
But we should have advanced beyond the
time when we Judge the utility and Nalue OF
a n employe by the number of hours he puts
in ''on the Job" The important element Is
NOT time but intensity; not length, but
rather depth. To control and discipline
1ftv Youngsters with fifty different per-
| sonalities and widely divergent desires TO
Mace before them subjects OF various KINDS
| and see to 1t that the children grasp and
assirnilate them is no easy matter. Teaehlng
| is Ear more delicate and far more dir1cult
| than most people can imagine no matter
how sympathetic they may be.
I1ttIe wonder then that the average
| teacher is high-strung and nervous as re-
| suIt ~ the continual mental tension. AT
| the and of seven and half hours in school
| he Is physically and mentally exhausted.
| No salary would be sufficient to pay for
| tbe sacrifice the teachers lay upon the altar
~ tut,Ire generations. but they may expect
Al least a living wage-and that they DO
| not get.
| An increase in salary will benefit the
teacher primarily, but in a larger sense the
',,comunity will have the greater gain. For
a satisfed worker is far more efficient than
q SrumblIng one. LOUIS FISCHER
| philadelphia, october lS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
A LIBERTY LOAN APPEAL
20 the Editor Of the Eueninq Ledqer.:

To the Editor OF the EUentn1 Ledger:
Sir-Now is the time for every red
blooded American TO show his loyalty to
his country by subscribing TO the second
Liberty Loan.
This is your war, and II you cannot fight,
let your dollars go to the firing line and
help your brothers and fellow comrades win
this great war for democracy.
Every bond that you buy, whether $50
or $1,000 bond, means that you are re-en-
forcing the boys at the front and helping
them win their battles against the ruthless
enemy.
War time is always a time of peril. Only
by united stand against the enemy can
the safety Of the people be insured.
Not only must the soldiers in the field
be united and determined to win, but the
people behind them must be equally united
and determined to win this great war for
humanity.
This war depends on you, citizen! It is
your duty to help win It.
RALPH S. MATz.
Reading, Pa, october Is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
REEFLEss DAYS

To the Editor Of the EUenin0 Ledger:
s,r-At the risk Of being called a carping
critic trespass again upon your space to
call attention to the farce OF Seeaess
;russday-presented the first opportunity TO
,ha nsople of Philadelphia to make good
the,r cooperation in the matter Of abstain
ing from eating beef dn IN .hs,SooI accordance with
ss,.strentiv sane war measure Yet the re-
s,it as observed In my case. was that a
'saiirsss aid not faint when man ordered
roast beef sandwich In the restaurant
,t,,, IN a matter-of-fact way. It being on
tha MENU. and he ate II In a matter-of-fact
Sysv This, then, Is one restaurant where
.'bseness'' Tuesday was not observed This
.stinr house Is one OF several operated by
~ -srne company, 30 that Il Is safe TO as
cure fhat the other restaurants IN the chain
H+~ rof 'beonoa1." understand that
oniy two Of tat large hotels IN the cli,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
soCIALISTIC TENDENCIES

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger
Sir-Under a Washington date the fol-
lowing appeared in the EVENING LEDGER
THE United States is moving toward
complete public ownership and operation
of public utilities, especially railroads, tele-
phones and telegraphs,' according to a spe-
cial investigating committees report to the
National Association of Railway Commits
sioners today"
Whether this be true or untrue, whether
wise or unwise, It is socialism pure and
simple. l am not a Socialist yet but 1t
seems to me that day after day the tenets
of socialism are coming to the front more
and more. Is this blessing or a curse? 1
really don't know. OIL
Philadelphia, October IS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Five billion Is the maximum, three bIIlst
the minimum, required from the second
Liberty Loan.
2. "Jerked venisOn': cured deer meat. Tn
meat Is cut In long slices and dried IN
"charquenr."
o. Ihe Forum; market place or any Opsu
PUBLIC place in ancient Italyi particularly
the Forum of ancient Rome the place d
public discussion and assembly.
T. Famous waterfalls: Gavarnie, France, i3ss
teet hight Grand, Labrador, 2OOOj NJ.
agara,. 164l Victoria, Africa, 1905 Uppg
Yosemite, CAL, 1896.
o. alliance trancalse: Association for ths
study OF French literature.
D. HelicOn; mountain in Greece CBoeotal
sacred TO the MUSES. and source OF poetic
Inspiration.
q Magma Charta; granted In 1915.
4. POrtcullls: strong, heavy grating sliding mn
ana down In vertical grooves at sides d
N gateway In Old-time fortress.
y. SOrcerer; a wizard, weaver Of magic spells.
lO' Marcus Aurellus; a Roman Emperor, one Of
the, best who wrote famous books Of
Stole philosophy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
What Do You Know?


I. Franklin X. Lane delivered Liberty Loan
appeal here yesterday. Who Is he?
9. What is the most striking achievement q
the railroads In the rush work Of war
time?
3. What Power possesses the Yukon territoyi
4. Denmark has a grudge against German
What Is the reason for it7
8. What was the purport Of the nihri,u,
movement in Russia?
@. What was the origin Of the term "dagoT
!. What is a sycophant? ....
8. Define 'lang syne."
0. Name the Great Lakes.
10. What is the Decalogue?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
MR.. GEORGES LIBEL SUIT

TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-It is a pleasure to read that Lloyd
George has won a libel suit against news
papers which mad said he ran away from
London to avoid Zeppelin bombs, Entirely
too much license is taken in the warfare
of politics, and public man, even a Premier
or President, should feel 1t a duty to
trace every false assertion made about him
to its source.
The English law of libel is said to be the
most severe in the world. People even sue
novelists for inadvertently putting their
names in their books. Perhaps this sort
of thing has its bad effects. But It GER
tainy is an excellent tonic for those who
suffer from the maady of inaccurate and
irresponsible assertion. ]. TYSON.
Philadelphia, October 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
rHE WONDERS oF soIENcr

A camera man working for the eduea-
tional department of a hlm company met an
old farmer coming out Of house in the
town where he was working and explained
his presence in these words;
II have just been taking some moving
pictures of life out on your farm"
eDid you catch any Of my laborers IN
rnotion3" asked the old man curiously.
"Sure. did"
The farmer shook hls head renectlvelv.
then said. Sclence ls a wonderful thlne. -
our Dumb Animals. -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

scrupulously eliminated beef from the menu
for the day.
This is, indeed, a sad commentary upon
that willing spirit of cohesive obedience
that is so prominently absent in the gen
eral character of our nation. Perhaps we'll
do better next Tuesday.
FRANCIS LUDWIG.
Philadelphia. October H.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
BACHELORS ON STRIKE

n ABoR and capital are too often in.
~ articulate IN their controversies.
What does the general public learn OF the
underlying cause Of strikes and locltouts9
Wages hours, conditions. recognition Of
41|ons these are the vague terma which
n1 n'.n|af|s1s bx repslllIop IN re-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

The Government Printing once
has been working day and night to turn
out 100000 copies of La Toilette speeches,
which are being sent all over the Union
under his frank, Really important work
has been seriously interfered with.
Senators refuse to tax their own salaries.
but they will tax the mails.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

Within two and one-half months
the new tax Of Ss 1-3 per cent on gas
viii go into effect, according TO present
plans. Why should anybody in PhiIadel.
phia complain about excess-proht taxes
and other things Of the kind7 We smile
and endure here in our own connmun,tv
the most lntolsrabls sort Of tax known 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

You doubtless believe from the things
that t0e tOrite
That there's nothing but oluttony
strongly .inrbued In US,
That all 1Ue can see IN the toay Of delight
Is the prospect Of constantly ptring the
food IN us.
But, reader, you're toron0; though admit.
ting tce might
Be triHe drun0ious, 1oe're not ptnout-
tudinous.
THE HIGH HORSE
Prdncin0 horses sometimes toin,
PGcers are by far the toiser-
Thus to gain a toorId-toide peace
We must harness up the RaiserI
H. O. WHITE.
Just three questions asked by a small
child, which some reader may take time
from the contemplation Of his own wor
ries TO find answers for:
1. How did God make Himself?
2. What will this world look like when
we're ali dead?
g. what's the color OF little gras
dogs hair when It's old7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

The President has set aside a day
next week as Liberty Day. We trust the
Governor and Mayor will hear of it
shortly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

Reports of the sugar shortage ap
pear TO be somewhat exaggerated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
BLEAK HOUSE

BLEAK HOUSE
BLEAK House" they call the four-square
manse.
The name was born of Folly,
For never could a traveller chance
On house or host more jolly
Joy lodges there though overhead
The skies be gray and dreary;
But when the hunters moon is red,
o : then the place is CHEEKY
I cannot take map and trace
It's "locus"-more's the pity
For crowds would storm the quiet place
And make of it a city.
Yet here's one hint your search to aid:
Take any road, until it
Conducts you to kitchen-maid
Who wields magic skillet
The jolly host of Bleak House bears
Your bedroom light before you;
The only SHADOW on those stairs
Is his that fic<ers DER you
For: Here" he says, II bid you shed
Your clothes and cares together.
Here's warmth and comfort in your bed
And windows to the weather.
Here Nights your hostess happy guest!
Ope wide your windows to her.
Ale, better than my cellars best,
October breezes brew her.
Taste now her hospitality,
For healthful slumbers fill it;
But morn will bring you back to me
When Maggie wields the skillet"
The jolly host of Bleak House needs
No 'larum-bells his clocks in,
For something in his kitchen breeds
A most effective tocsn.
A lyric lisping starting there
Grows gradually crisper,
Becoming, on the sunlt stair,
An appetizing whisper
And gaining volume as 1t goes,
Yet gently still, and sweetly,
II comes and takes you by the nose
And wakens you completely.
o sleep is good. / love 1t we'll
When Bleak House is my billet;
But give me morning and the smell
OF sausage in the skillet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

why haven't the Allies any nava
vessels in the Baltic?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

We suggest to Mr.. Rotan that he
find out If the other side is also keeping
the "gentlemen's agreement"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19

HENsEL's MAGGIE was taken into
wanamaker's tea-room for luncheon one
day when the family had motored into
town. After the food had been ordered
Maggie was asked If she'd like a cup of
coffee. Yes" she said, 'if it's on the
fire, but don't make 1t just for me-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
Tom Days Column
Sausage and Such

The moist breath Of earliest spring has
always been tinctured-at least, for US
with the pungent, leathery odor Of a
new baseball It's been that way as long
as we can remember For nearly life
time too, the first spice of frost tingling
in the October air has put the aroma Of
country sausage in our nose and pro-
voked a watering Of our neither lip.
This imagined odor costs us nothing,
but the actuality is 45 cents a pound this
year! Some of us will buckle our belts
tighter and dream of the past when lux.
uries were within our reach, although we
are sure we were poorer. Downtown
folks will recall, with a sigh, how II was
once possible to carry home two pounds
of the famous Gregory sausage for a
paltry quarter of a dollar and the same
brand of scrapple for as little as four
cents a pound
In those days, too, in the Spring Gar.
den Market, which was housed in long
sheds in the middle of that broad thor
oughfare, extending from Sixth street to
whose homemade links of lusciousness
won enthusiastic following, and the chief
of these was Twlning. Folks Travelled
from all parts of town, gladly paying
the twelve cents carfare, to get Twining's
sausage or scrapple. Not far from his
stall, on the market days, the old hominy
man, who had no permanent abode, was
In the habit of pauslng long, and he sang
a little song for the special benefit of
Twining's customers. It went something
like this:
Here's de finest food dey is
Good hom-i-nee
Cook II with yo' sassiges,
Buy some from me.
This quaint fellow, the original homlny
man, was a tall, thin darky, with bushy
white hair, who always wore a blue army
overcoat and a coonskin cap. He carried
a cane and a great double pouch of hom-
my slung over his shoulder.
OF late years October has always con.
jured up before us the portly figure Of
Maggie, a Mennonite cook, and that, in
turn, awakens affectionate memories of
her employer, who, besides being much
else that makes men great, was the kind
liest host and most open handed country
gentleman it was ever our pleasure to
know The late William Uhler Hensel, so
long the first citizen of Lancaster County,
will never be forgotten when the quality
Of Pennsylvania hospitality is under dis.
cussion. Those who were privileged to
know Bill Hensel well--and he was on
speaking terms with nearly every man,
woman and child in the county-held for
him feeling that was very close to
idolatry. Since his death the affections
Of his neighbors have been transferred TO
his only daughter, who was long his
tireless housekeeper and careful guard
ian. She is now the Lady Bountiful of
Bleak House, which bellies its name with
hospitable looks, peering through the
autumn foliage upon all who journey into
Lancaster City by way of the turnpike
Washington Journal., 1917-11-23
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griiben 81 o%iirfen,
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nah0em tie bon ibrer Soh5eitsreil,
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