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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
MORE THAN S25 A MONTH
WANTED

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger:
Sir--What do you mean by saying that
n soldiers wife can live on $25 month?
DO you not know that many married
women are almost as helpless as children in
regard to making their own living? What
about clothing, insurance and countless
other things? Twenty-Five dollars n month
won't pay the rent, let alone existence on
such a sum, with shoes 81 and 81 II pair
and cotton dress IS Furthermore. a
married woman with children or not needs
the support and care of her husband. Put
that down in your editorial ANY govern
ment, | don't care which. that sends my
husband back to me a wreck. without eyes
or limbs. can hire at once i trained nurse
to care for him also settle an ncome On
him
notice your newsboy can take the poor
mans two cents as well as the rich. SO
stand up for the soldiers wife.
WIFE OF 4 DISGUSTED CONSCRIPT
Bryn Mawr August II,
Tho EVENING LEDGER has never main
tained that a soldiers wife can live on S25
a month Editor of the EVENING LEDGERl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
THE "YOU AND I" BOYS

~ me hdtor OF the Erenin0 Led1er;
Slr-For some time I've noticed ar,,o,os
III the papers concerning the displea s,,ra
about the selection of "Sammee" ss n n,ci,
name for the soldiers and sailors Those
VINO do the fighting do not want such a
common name as "Sammee" to he tho
nrother or the already famous Tom Dick
and Harry D''N
name which Is quite distinctive M,
common and yet Is one fitting to be ann,,ed
10 any branch of the service should he
selected BY combining the first and 10 et
letters of United States" ana tha a.,
letters of army" and navy we get tha
basis OF word which is distinctive shor,
and at the same time well Sounding That
name is "Uandis." pronounced as thorah
spelled you and Is" which seems RIGHT q,
the point now that we have conscrip,ion
II Is no more than right that The n.,,
armies should be called after "you ana ~"
VINO are serving and willing to sacr,eco
much' This name has Nsen suggested 81
soldier friends. who have urged me 10 s.nS
IL TO you hoping that 1t will help solve ths
dlfhcuity OF choosing a name suitable 70 ths
majority. FRANK w nsyw, 20 the
Quakertown. Pa, August is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Safe for Democracy

Dear Sir--G am deeply Interested IN the
splendid movement inaugurated by the
Chicago school children Their act of tear
ing references TO the Kaiser from their
school books Is one of the bravest leeds
OF the war I'm my opinion would also
suggest medals for the patriots who want
10 ciange the name of Germantown and
for the Jealous gentleman who would sub
sttute Pittstown for Pittsburgh ! strongly
recommend that II certain cx-Presidcnt be
asked To change his name to Rosefed to
prove ms patriotism. !, too, stand ready
to do my bit I am willing TO Change NV
name TO O'Cohen If that will win any vic
tories Tor us And yet this IL only begin
ming: we must fight to the bitter end nm
less the President has changed his mind
again We must cut all pages referring
to Germany out of our encyclopedias we
must burn up the philosophical works of
Kant the Iramas OF Schiller and Goethe.
the novels of Sudermann, the music Of Bee
thoven. the poems of Heine and all the
other specimens of Kultur We must blot
out Germany. even if every beautiful thing
II has created must be besmudged with
blood 10 accomplish II.
y, doubt YOU remember hcw Checked vo
were at the Hymn 90 Hat, ." Perhaps
you were grieved that German children
were taught IN their schools to sneer at
the allied natiOnSf Maybe you we're hor-
ried at th- propaganda of frightfulness
that Germany carTi.l ON? Well now we're
in the war, and mus. outfrightan and out
hate them. 1t 10 particularly important
that our children who will arrive at ma
turity after the war is over and peace has
been declared, be impregnated with hatred
that will prevent any peace. short of ex-
termination. from being lasting
T"u"s for den Ocracy at any price
WILL LOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Answers to Yesterdays Ouiz

l. The Oroya Railroad, of Peru, attains b
tween Lima and Or0ya an altitude 4
more than 900 feet. nearly as hlgh n
q ,r, the summit 6f Mont Blanc. =
~ nv temporal p0ssessiOns OF the PapseS
COMPRISE the Vatican palace and garisrs
the Lateran palace in Rome and Tia Siis
some distance from the capital. OF Casta
8. Viscount Ishii Is the head of the re
. Japanese mission to the United States. 4
- nom de guerre" means an assumed nan
under which a person fights, plsyI
writes, etc. The literal translation Il
. the French phrase is name OF war; :,
O. vport0 Is the second city Of Portugal,
"' panihe0n was Origi inally u temple dedk
Gated to all the gods. The word is nov
msed IN reference to any building In whkh
illnstrous dead are buried or which cor
O near the stern Of a ship.
o. Eugene Louis Jean Joseph BOnaparte. son 4
Nap0leOn Ill of France and the Empress
Eugenie. was known ms the Prince 70.
neriaI. He was killed In Zululand b
u The Mississippi Bubble was n specuhh0
scheme Organized by John Law at fFS 4
Tor paying Oft the national debt Of Han9A
pr0ft was to have been derived from IN
French possessions in North America, m
bursting of the bubble Occasioned ~
IN IN nnanCtal panic OF 1870.
i"' p"roh Muenchausen. whose name Ia q ~
Onym for u teller of extrava agant sterIeo
was n German soldier in service asaIeN
the Turks In the eighteenth century. IN
correction OF tales ascrlbed to him ~
written by X. Il. Raspe.
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Philadelphia. August IS.
WAYNE WON A MEDAL, TOO

To the Editor Of the Ercning Ledger:
STA few days ago I read in your es-
teemed paper an article upon the medals
that had been granted by Congress for
mertorious military services. In the course
or the article 1t was stated that a medal
voted to George Washington was the only
one granted for services during the Reyo-
lutionary period This must be mistake.
Tor have seen medal and diploma voted
TO General Anthony Wayne for the can
tufe OF stony Point This medal and di
ploina are in the possession of Mr.. William
wayne great-great-grandson of Anthony
WaEhe, VINO lives in the house where An
'hohy wayne was born. at paoli Pa
FRANCIS G. CALDWELL.
Philadelphia, August 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

\ little late for the office yesterday
morning, we were waiting at Eleventh
and Chestnut streets for the car. Along
comes young Mr.. Murray, charioteer of
the Ledger Photo Patrol, and gives us
the friendly sign We hop in beside him.
"Do YOU always ride this short distance
TO the Officer he asks. NO" we reply,
but today we're in "A hurry" lie speeds
1t up, but just as we're crossing Eighth
street he puts on the brakes and makes
a quick stop. Then he steps out reaches
his hand in under tho left forewhecl and
lifts a Crumpled 81 bill from the ground
An the sharpness Of the eyes Of youth.
Also, don't forget we ourself saved a
nickel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
RIGID CONTROL OF EXPORTS

NEUTRALS to the north of Europe,
AN threatened by the mailed fist on the
one hand and dependent on America for
bountful food supplies on the other, have
literally been between the devil and the
deep blue sea.
The lure of gold Is not easy for neu.
tral to withstand. There were indeed,
at tho beginning of the war British sub.
jects who sought to get rich quick by
smuggling supplies into Germany Like
wise, 1t stands proved that the neutrals
of Europe, without exception, have sent
their own food into Germany and de.
pended on the United States for "a com.
ponsatinR supply. We trust, therefore
that the unofficial announcement from
Washington to the effect that the powers
of the Exports Council will be exercised
in full for an indefinite period is au.
thentic. Any other policy would be sui.
cidal, particularly in view of the motto.
rious efforts in Germany TO have the
severity of the embargo mitigated
1t does not follow that any neutral will
be starved We ask guarantees as to
ultimate destination and ultimate con.
sumption, nothing more. American grain
fed to Danish pigs for export to Germany
Is the equivalent of American grain sent
directly to Germany. Since the war is
matching Of natural resources so let it be
We cannot win If we fight the enemy with
one hand and feed him with the other. We
shall take care of the neutrals when the
neutrals learn how to take care of the
food that we send them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
AID SOUGHT FOR A YOJJNC
AMERICAN
To the Editor of the Epenino Iedoor.

10 me EdHor Of the EVening Ledger:
Sir--So many come to you for helm or od
vice have been interested in a bov for
several years whose father deserted bin,
lht lad Is in an institution; is now 6na
tieah tenow or fourteen, I had hoped 70
pul nm IN military school. he has always
fellow he has always wanted a riot,,ra ~
Washington In his room. Isn't there some
one VINO would give him the four years,
training? Our country will be In need
OF such men as l believe he would mako
II | could help him no one else would have
lhe pleasure He can enter at a reduced
rate on account of his musical training in
the band. If any one would ba Willis ~ ~
cast their bread uron the waters Won NAV
give them my address. as
Atlantio CITY, y. j.. August Ii
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
INDUSTRIAL TYRANNY CHARGED

TO the Editor Of the EueninD Lcdgcr:
Slr-In your editorial of August 10 YOU
made s. sorry attempt to answer a Corre-
spondent signing himself America First"
You gave no adequate answer as to how
u soldiers family can live on s25 per month
It is very evident. though, how a soldiers
family can live on $25 per MONTH and that
Is for his wife to put the children in n day
nursery and go out to work to earn enough
To supplement the niggardly pittance which
if not you, at least some officials say she
can get along on. How would you like to
do Il? II Is all nonsense for any one 10
maintain that soldier family can be
kept on $25 per month. and IL man is
patriotic enough to throw his life away and
his family on the world with only S25 per
month to keep them from starvation, then
all hats should come Oft to that man, and
all efforts TO maintain that :. soldiers fam.
lily can exist on s25 per month should
cease The man Is either patriotic Or foolish
and that Ia all there is TO II.
And again. suppose that tn, wife goes
out 10 seek employment ana she obtains n
job IN some mill and that she has a ais
pute with some skinflnt of n boss and than
quits. She seeks position In some ,ther
mill. DO you know. Mr.. Editor, that tber.
is not enough freedom in this land OF ours
for that poor woman to Ret another posi
ton II that old sknfint chooses 10 keen
her from getting It? Mr.. Editor, do yo,,
think II fair that a condition exists like
that in ,ur free country, whereby The
soldiers wife is not free to obtain work IN
keep herself from starvation, ano would vou
advocate perpetuating a system that docs
that or urge man &c become a soldier IA
perpetuate such II system? man must ha
either very patriotic or very foolish, Per.
haps you will say that this Is not so but
II Is so and the writer can prove II, There
Is an association with system whereby a
person seeking employment in another mill
cannot get such employment Unless n 4.
agreeable to the last employer The writer
has been trying to better his position o.
several years, but cannot d. 30 because ~
the above system When people are nrs-
vented from changing or bettering that
positions this means nothing but slaverv
and the persons engaged In maintaIn,ng
system of this kind should be prosecm,ad
for conspiracy. According IT, this osaociaN
tion, man II marked mot tc be emplovedn
II he serves on committee. and the n,ae,
bers Of the above association vie with or
another TO pay the lowest wages or q,
other words. member is in bad IL he ma vS w
more and vice versa Is In good IL he nays
less than the other fellow '"''
At the present time, on accom-, a, A..
scarcity Of labor, the above gentlemen an'' a,.e
having a bad time Of II and their svs,s,'.s
are little out Of gear Thets & n 49,
eeefaey that haS afieen ovt 81 ~ -. ~.
seetpseFs ~ = - -, n nv ~ y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
BRAVE BRITONS
AT GRIM TOLL
An Irish Battery in Action-A
Bit of Welsh
Pluck
BY HENRI BAZIN
Special Correspondence Of the Evening Ledger


At THE BRITISH FRONT, July 20.
At the British front ! must not say just
where. believe me. what ! have seen in
preparation and action was only the outer
edge Of some doings that will be history
before this story crosses the sea, or at
least within Il short time from when II is
printed.
And II there is anything in signs then
woe 10 the Boche. or as the Englishmnn
calls him, the Nun! Engishman, did / say?
or course. But, believe me again. there
were Just few others, Irish and Scotch
and Welsh and Canadian and Amaze, who
each and all look and act the fighter from
FightersyIllc. Man for man. any one or
them overseas or ovcrchanncl, looks as If
he could trim any man that ever said
prost ere he drank his beer in the Rhine
country. Indeed, IL this war were but n
man-to-man fight, just cold steel and hot
lead and courage, there would be muffin to
IT," as Chirnmic Fadden or Steve Brodie or
Tom Sharkey or aomcbody elso once upon
time said
This story tells in little tales Of three
types Of the Kings men, banded together
under the Union Jack, faithfully fighting
the doNil and his Internal liquid fire and his
hcllish gas each typ" distinEushablc only
from their fellows by their various bropucs
For their khaki is identical save for a Sigh,
insignia Of regiment and land of birth. And
they cannot he told from their fellows in
fight. Nor can the palm for worth and
Drawn hc given any company Of thCm- |
every man IS a man with his al at the scrv,
Ice of his country. Most Of them are mod |
est, and many of them are shy II, personal |
conversation; but We who have seen them |
In action feel fellowship and romradcship |
among them ana give them orr affection i'm |
something Of the silence that means more |
than words
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
ENLISTING ART FOR THE WAR


pEFORE marble and the eilded monu-
- ments of princes" as well as many
memorials erected under republican aus.
pices. the Spirit of Art has too often
passed with her educated nose high in
the air She is an elusive lady at all
times, but never more so than when asked
to be on friendly terms with patriotism
London's very expensive Albert Memorial
touched not the hem of her skirt. She
was far, far away when a high Rhenish
crag was elaborately disflgured with the
huge marble Germania that is so typical
of heavy Teutonsm at its worst.
Few of our own Civil War monuments
are artistically worthy of their tre.
mendous theme. Gettysburg is a hetero.
geneous collection of good art and bad.
The fun effect OF the mammoth stone
tribute to the Confederacy, now being
carved on mountain side near Atlanta,
cannot be determined until Gutzon Borg.
lum finishes his work.
The present war will bring forth hun.
dreds OF memorials. The National Retail
Monument Dealers Association, that has
just closed it's sessions in Philadelphia,
realizes this and offers the sensible sug.
gestion to furnish an expert art jury to
the Government, any state or community
which will subsequently plan a memorial
to Americas fighting men.
Here is a chance to avoid monumental
eyesores. Expression through sculpture
OF the significance of the great war might
be impossible to a Michelangelo. But
downright bad taste can be avoided at
the outset by taking immediate measures
to prevent art from once more turning
her back when patriotism calls
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RlCHMOND'S FALL HAD TO BE
PROVED

Sophistication as regards rumors 10 an
inevitable product of long war We aN
realizing this today. Almost anything was
credible in August 1914. Belgium's gal.
liant stand at Liege was viewed as a
effective rebuke to the mighty force of
German arms. A few weeks later the per-
dulum of opinion swung in the other dlrec-
tlon. Paris was regarded doomed Tns
Battle or the Marine brought another revl-
sion or judgment. We are wary OF fore.
casts now and still more frigid toward
rumors.
A similar psychological deveopmtnt
marked the progress of our Civil Wal
on the morning of April g. 1865. an
Official bulletin announced the probable
evacuation of Richmond. For three Gays
the city's fall had seemed certain. but tne
WORD probable" still gave us pause Even i
the most sangulne were inclined to moo.
crate their transports until all doubt OF
the momentous event was removed. IneIs
was an hour of quiet suspense. Then cams
General Weitzels dispatch announcing ~
entry into the Confederate capital
Third street first received the news. ~
nashed up Chestnut to the municipal omc0
winch were then In the State House. Juap
Allison. OF the Common Pleas Court tnc1
IN session, made public announcement -
tne fact. and, forgetting legal decorun, cou.s
htisdHtS ana jury gave
cheers. He forthwith adjourned his coun
and his confreres followed his example ~
noon Mayor Henry received dispatch from
secretary Stanton confirming the new
IRON washington. Orders were imms-
dlately given to ring the bell in the toww
OF Independence Hal. Moyamensing hslt
the paramount Engine House, Spring osr
den Hall and Germantown Hall seconess
the clangor. An immense crowd assemp,.
IN front OF the State House, such cheelns
crowd as had not been heard there np@
the ran OF Vicksburg was announced nes,I
TWO war-weary years previous. Flags pv-
from thousands Of windows Throughout ~
city. Joy-delirious wags with dinner ~
announced the auction sale Of the ConisL
eracy. Men with placards shouted w.
Iour cents pound would be paid Tor W
Iederate bonds. Guns and cannons ro.'
steam whistles blew. From the rooI
one newspaper office cannon salutes W.
nred at close intervals until late IN
afternoon All the volunteer fremen ~
the navy yard employees paraded, Cnxx
organized rapturous professions. bonn
and tllumlnations lighted the SUI
throughout the evening. W
Solemn and more orderly ceremonl@
front Of Independence Hall signalt1e9
triumph on the following day.
thrill however. had come on Aprk
9' !. va 22
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

Your story Of the old PUBLIC LEpGER's
failure to play up Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address" writes Ancient, leads me to
assure you that press and public alike
were slow to get IT, ] was close enough
to the President at Gettysburg to hear
every word he said but he didn't thrill
me as Everett did. I don't think any.
body there that day caught the starry
beauty Of Lincoln's few words. Colonel
Forney' I remember, sat very close to
Lincoln on the platform and yet Forney's
Press next day handled the story quite
as unintelligently as the PUBLIC LEDGER
l think 'you'd find all the PHILADELPHIA
papers in the same boat, II you were 10
take the trouble to look; all the papers
in the whole country. in fact Genius is
seldom acclaimed spontaneously"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

than, autocracy, and II seems as though the
time Is fast approaching when this, as well
as other economic evils, is going to be
corrected.
ceived OF n like character and then think
of all the men and women from whom you
have not received any letters but have
similar views and perhaps you may get
some idea of the trend of thought of today.
There is great industrial unrest and those
in power had better sit up and take notice.
A REAL AMERICAN.
Philadelphia. August 10.
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Tom Days Column
A cHILn,S FORTUNE


tFor Marian sadtler. of 2iO South IT, IN
tecnth street, whose book OF pressed MOVE
deliehted the bard.
Child, achose dormcr tcindo,o looks
Not on feids or running brooks,
BIT on chtnn ney- pots that greet
D,celicrs IN the citp street,
Let me tell and tell you true
What the future holds for you.
She tho lorcs Gods blossoms so,
As Dour tddcd treasures Shoic,
No unkindly fate could doom
10 the citYs grime and gloom.
Let me tell and tell you true
What the future holds for you.
Tonn I'm priSoncd you mdD stay
TiH vour SUnny locks arc graz.
NdU not Intimately bnotC
country mcodorS--crcn so,
Let me tell and tell you true
What the future holds for you.
You Uho joUcd 10 be- dmOHg
Fiotccrtuu dclds tchcn yon ,cerc Donng,
May not crer Hrc apart
From Hct beauty M BoiI heart
There, I've told and told you true
What the future holds for you.
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Artillery in Actinn

] experienced on this trip my most thrin.
! ing experience of the war. 7 sat htIddlcd M
with "A British helmet on my head and
my ears stuffed with cotton watching an
lrlsh battery In action. | think every man
was red-hcadcd, bat am not sure Whether
or not, he was surely ed-bloodcd And "A
nRht"r born, toilng hard and dcfyng
danger.
With this battery | rode upon a gun car
riaEc on the very heels Of two companies Of
canadian infantry in a local attack over
Sholl-cratercd ground foul with the car
caSSeS of dead animals. rcrknE with human
decay, past a little of wars he'll and cduip-
ment of every conceivable sort great and
small All of this virtually was German.
The painting team before me ran fun into n
new berth, in twinklinE the horses were
embarrassed and led 10 the rear, while bc-
fore they had made forty PAGES i'm the
night, for it was blacller than ink under a
heavy dark-cloudcd sky the gun was un-
limbcrcd and made ready.
AS If by magic, n temporary shield from
observation was thrown up, the gun began
to roar, the men. with rhythmic punctuality
and practiccd mien, swinging shell in and
exploded shell case out as though they had
been doing it forever. | received the sen-
sation that these Irish fighters were as
surely engaged in hand-to-hand fight as
any French or English infantryman that /
up Boche trench in all these months at
the trout
I stayed an hour and II seemed like ten
minutes There was n never Ceasing of
action steady repeat of the same move
monts fun of grace and muscle every man
doing his bit, doing it with hand and heart
saying nothing. listening to the battery
commanders dronc, working driving lead
into the BoChe line. | felt the Justice OF
every she'll and prayed each landed true.
quite believe it did too. for In hut a few
minutes past an hour. the enemy found
our range, and we shifted position To the
right and rear the horses appearing as if
from nowhere and the gun being yanlicd
out, smoking hot.
The communique did not say n word about
this bit of work, because, fOrsooth il was
but tiny part of Il local something going
on here and there along a wide line But
the cloSeness of personal contact sunk into
my system. and as | left I shook the
Erimy hand Of every sweating. lighting
lrlShman. who | hope with all my heart
may each and all be preserved TO tell. in
happy days TO come. around an Irish peat
IRE the tale | here but outline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

Dear Tom-On pages 5S5 and $50 Of "Th-
Metallurgists and Chemists Handbook" :"
compiled by Donald NJ Liddell consulting
metallurgicaI engineer and sometime man.
aging editor of The Engineering and Mining
Journal, find advice about cyanide poison
ing, with minute directions for he use of
antidotes To be kept in easily accessible
parts of the yanide plants The directions
cOnclude
Incte vOmiting--After the antdote has
been given try 10 make the patient vomit
by tickling the back Of the throat with
n feather or with the fingers, or giving
a tumberful of warm water and mus
tard Then call The undertaken.
This italics are Liddell's. not mine
SPERO.