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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
SCOUTS A GOOD INVESTMENT

IF 1T were only a question of finance, the
L s125,000 which the Boy Scouts ask the
city to put into their organization would
be well invested In maintaining their eff
cheney. The Scouts cultivated more than
200 acres of gardens last summer. They
helped the Red Cross to raise s3000,000
here in August, and they sold any quantity
of Liberty Bonds. This invaluable work
must go on. Any one who would like to
hustle about as a Liberty Loan or Red
Cross booster In the future. but who won't
be able to find the time, can pay for SUBJ
stitute to do the work probably much bet
ter than he could do it himself.
But aside from their practical assistance
to other people and to the Government,
the Scouts deserve to get lot from their
organization for themselves. They have
the makngs of good citizens and good sol.
diers in them. Enough chances to do
bit for preparedness have been let go by
in the past. We cannot afford to let this
opportunity pass.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

TO the Editor Of the EDentn1 Puonc Led9T'
sir-Back Of the pulpit In West i'hiiadel.
phia church is suspended service nas
with forty-two stars in the white center anu
in the red border appears one star IN honor
of one of the church members who has given
his life that democracy may nVe.
Forty-three young and uselul HNes tanei,
away from the service Of rendering material
comfort to humanity in addition TO the grleis'
heartaches and regrets of parents reiations
and friends Viewing this church community
as typical of our larger society may we ASK
the question, Is Il worth 1t all?
II nhysicaI comfort and freedom from care
and anxiety is alone to be 'the chief end OF
man. "a doctrine urged by some VINO eau
themselves radicals and retormers), II the
belief In democracy is not based on real
and permanently efficient basis. II men are
not to rems In free to produce TO hold and
to enjoy the results of their labor IN the
manner best suited to their tndlVidual talents
and desires, then this sacrifice is not "orth
the cost and the one star IN the red border
only commentaries the rash and FOOLISH
sacrifice of what might have been long
and useful lfe
Can we not find an answer to the ques-
tion by considering that star in the red
border? 1t Is indeed hard In this crisis OF
the war to inquire why this supreme sacri-
flee" was necessary, without having our
thoughts warped in their expression through
the intensity of our feelings against those
whom we hold responsible but that should
not deter us from trying.
This life was given. not that the war god
he was compelled to serve be further adored
or advanced. but that the war spirit should
be utterly and forever destroyed. He died
that democracy (the undying foe of war)
might not only live, but that it be permitted
(in a world made cleaner and better through
sacrifice and devotion) TO extend its blessings
in a profuseness never before dreamed of.
He died that the inhuman deviltries and
cruelties practiced by the creatures Of autoc-
racy might never stain the soil or pox0n the
atmosphere OF democratic America He died
that the spirits of freedom, justice and truth
be encouraged to help on the faltering foot
steps Of now feeble manhood to a higher
aspration and nobler endeavor.
Was 1t worth while? Is II possible that
there Is more than one, and that affirmative
answer to this question?
OLIVER MCKNIGHT
Philadelphia, December /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

SEPTIAIUS WINNER has besn acoussd
of writing Beautiful Snow" but the charge
was never proved against him. although he
was guilty of Listen to the MochiuH Bird" |"
There are those who insist that u It wasn't
Sep. Winner some other Philadelphian vas
surely the perpetrator Of those unea Now
comes another. stirred into song By ths
fiivver.6akes of last week:
Shy as q maiden and as slow
First falls the winters snow:
Feebly 1t fiutters round and round,
Fearfu, to touch unfrozen ground,
Where autumns flowers still grow.
But as by safety rendered brave
More daring grows the knave
The flakes fall fleeter and more dseS
Until a spotless winding sheet
Adorns the summers grave
Swiftly the years in sequence dow,
Yet not so long ago.
With joyful whoop Of war ] spgaue,
Long eer the mournful school bal yap4,
Over fort OF snow. ~
It seems such Joys the years deSyy
They fade but never die.
never see without thrill,
The snow piled on the window SIN
To greet the waking eye.
1t brings the cold. 1t brings the vnes
A hundred ills. and yet
This exultation knows no rest.
And while It smolders In my hyesSS
stand in winters debt
JostAcAw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
LOW PAY OF CITY EMPLOYEES
To the Editor of the Epenin1 Public Ledger


Sir-with all the high wages that are
being paid, also increases in wages. through
out the country II is a lamentable fact that
employes in the city departments are being
paid about the lowest wages that are being
mad In Philadelphia. Laborers outside of
the city are getting SO and 81 and often
more, while the mechanic who goes into the
city departments as salaried man can
barely get along under present conditions.
n we ask for a raise the Mayor says Moth
ing doing" The city seems to have money
for foreign diplomats, but treats It's en-
nIoves shabbily. Some Of the people who
think city jobs such fine Jobs ought to
he in one now under present conditions of
living If other outside Of city Jobs
demand wages to live, why can't we? There
are not many men after city employment now.
as they can make triple wages outside. and
n would do those grafters good II all the
men would lay down on the city who are
under IL and show these gougers where they
get off
The majority of departments outside City
Hall have Sundays and all holidays. par
ticularly the Water Bureau. with one day a
week off We would not mind this IL we
could get a salary to I've upon as we ought
TO live as other people are getting. Let all
city employees get together and be men and
demand our rights. Don't be afraid Of your
Jobs. because there are too many good ones
outside the city to stand for any monkey
business now. A CITY EMPLOYE.
Philadelphia. December I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
"MADE IN u. S."

The navy's request for gifts of binoculars
and telescopes calls attention to another of
the many curious complexities of modern
Industry and commerce. When the war
started we heard much about the dye scar
city due to Germany's monopoly of the coal
tar field. Now hear of scarcity of
lenses for optical instruments and are given
the same reason. No doubt there are a
good many other articles which we have had
difficulty in replacing by others of our own
manufacture when Germany was cut off by
the war. Still, nobody need see cause for
pessimism In all this. Germany, with her
concentrated population, low wage scale and
more limited resources. found herself early
forced to develop a great variety Of small
industries showing a modest profit. Our
forte. on the contrary has thus far been
quantity production. standardized for cheap
manufacture to meet the needs of a continent
American sewing machines cash registers,
autos and watches subdued the world. Prob
ably, now that we have worked up>a whole
set of new industries. we shall stick to them
even after the war We are at present
making just as good lenses as ever came
out of Germany.-New York Evening Post.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
SWITZERLAND NEED HAVE NO
FEAR
Make way for liberty" he cried;
Made way for liberty and died.

Made way Tor liberty and died.
THESE words, this deed, have given i'm
l. mortality to the Swiss patriot, Arnold
ages, with the heroism of William Tell,
stanch democrat and foe to autocracy. The
freemen of the canton republic, erected
through such bravery and patriotism. need
fear no menace from America.
Insidious propaganda. of the sort with
which we in the United States are only too
familiar, is spreading through Switzerland.
On the German line heavy troop move
ments are astir. The Swiss ask why. Ger.
many replies, ITO block an American inva,
sion of Germany from France through
Switzerland in the spring. Distrust Of
America is being promoted In the
cantons by German emissaries and by Ger
man gold. Dread Of being caught in the
maelstrom of the world war is causing
anxiety among the Swiss. The gravity of
the situation is causing concern at the ses-
sions Of the Inter-Allied War Council in
Paris as we'll as among the Swiss.
The Swiss need have no fear America
has never violated nation. large or small
Germany ravished Belgium. America, like
Arnold Won Winkelried, who threw his body
against the serried lances of the foe to
break the Teuton ranks for his comrades
rush to victory, is hurting the living flesh
of it's best and dearest against the spears OF
Prussianism. 1t is the champion of liberty
not the violator of free nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
BURGUNDY'S OLDEN SAVIOR

SHTNHE ways and means of travel in Bur-
i gundy have considerably changed In the
last 200 years. but the old-time flavor of the
road still hangs over all. and the traveller
down through Burgundy today, especially If
he goes by road. may experience not little
Of the charm which has all but disappeared
from modern France and its interminably
straight. level, tree-lined highways. Often
enough one may stop at some old posting
inn famous in history. and as he wheels
his way along will the same historic
monuments. magnificent churches and cha
teaux as did that prolific letter writer Nine.
dc Sevigne." writes Francis Mitoun in
Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy"
Semur-en-Auxos. which lies some thirty
odd kilometers due east from Avalon, pos
sesses "one Of the most astonishing silhou-
cites Of any hilltop town in France. Like
Constantine in North Africa, 1t is walled and
battlemented by series of natural defenses
In the form of ravnes or gorges so profound
that certainly no ordinary invading force
could have entered the city.
"semur was formerly the capital of the
Auxois5 and for some time held the same
rank In the Burgundian duchy.
| "The city from within SUGGESTS little of
medievalism. Prosperity and contentment do
not make for a picturesque and romantic
environment of the life of the twentieth
century. 1t was different In. the olden time
Semur is of the age of medieval
ism. however. though one has to delve below
passed the great walls and portals of the
natural and artificial ramparts.
"Semurs bourg, donjon and chateau as
the respective quarters OF the town are
known. tell the story Of its past but they
tell It only by suggestion. The ancient forti-
fications. entire works. have disappeared,
and the chateau has become a barracks or
a hospital. Only the chateau donjon and
immediate dependencies, a group of towering
walls. rise grim and silent as of old above
the great arch of the bridge flung 30 daringly
across the Armancon at the bottom of the
gorge.
THE last proprietor of Semur's chateau
was the Marquis du Chatelet. the husband
of the even more celebrated Nine du Chate-
let. who held so great pf1ce In the life of
Voltaire. The philosopher. 1t seems resided
| here flor time, and his ropm is still kent
sacred and shown to visitors upon applica-
tion.-
"Semur much as anything Is q re-
minder Of the past rather than a living
| representation of what has gone befors
| Within the city walls were enacted msnv
| niomentous events of state while still II was
| the Burgundian capital Again during ths
| troublous times of the Ligue' Henri Iv
| transferred to It's old chateau the Par,i..
ment which had previously, held its sittinss
! at Dion" st ssf-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

st9tAps". which 80 on sale today. When
he has bought sixteen of them. four
dollars worth and pasted them on a card
the Government will give him in exchange
war-savings stamp. which may also be
bought direct. for which twelve cents In
addition will be charged. Interest at per
cent compounded quarterly will be paid on
these investments. 1t will mean MILLIONS
for the Government and the Government
will need every million it can lay It's
hands on.
The man who can save a quarter now
and then. and who cannot save much more
at any one time. is the very person who
ought to save the quarter. Saving is a
fascinating game, once one gets started A
quarter saved each week will buy the pres.
ents for the Christmas of 1918.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

A TIME.YELLoWED piece Of papse.
which turned up among some old lsttsrs
the ,thcr day, contained eight lines Of good
blank verse whose author We are unable a
trace The lines are probably centuries Old.
but they ft modern tyrant quite snus1ys
o! thou tyvaat,
DO not repent these things. tos they crs
heavier s.
Than al thy woes can stir; therefore ostaks
thee
To nothing but despair. A thousand knsesL
Ten thousand years together, naked. fastiaG.
Upon barren mountain, and stilI Wtntsr.
In storm, perpetual. could not move the Gplo
To look that way thou vert.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Life Pleasant at Camp Meade.
Low Pay Of City
Employees
To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger: l.:

To the Editor Of the Euensn1 Public Ledger:
Sir-I am writing to inform the new re-
cruits who will be sent to Camp Meade In the
next call of the life that they Will undergo
I'm writing from experience.
My life in Camp Meade. while 1t only lasted
for eight weeks. one that will never be
forgotten by me- I happened to be rejected,
owing to a physical defect, but you can say
for me that I am one disappointed fellow. !
don't know of anything that is as interesting
as that of drilling and exercise down there.
II called to Camp Meade. please do not run
and try to enlist in some other branch, but
go to the training camp; 1t is the best place.
On the level, there is not a man who was
In the company that I was In. which was
Truck No. 4. Ammunition Train. that does
not say that they all have improved in
health. The "eats" are really good. They
are wholesome foods given you In the army
They help to build you up In very short
while THOMAS J. DOYLE.
Philadelphia, December /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Tom Daly's Column
A oR1Ns ROOM

A GRIN'S ROOM
Good Morning. folks. good mornsn0S
What sunshine here 70 shedi
Nv tyotDns hare died d.bornin0
And smiles break out tnstedd-
For here, at last, ! hare the spdcs
To spread grin upon my fdce.
Before, I used to tconder
What pinched and crdmped me 40
And Kept my spirits under.
But noto. Oh JOY, ! knotoi
For here, at last, hare the spdoo
To spread grin upon ny fdoe.
tried to oeNioht-hearted.
But felt a perfect fool:
M smile as soon as started
Would strike colun,n-YuIe-.
But no,D. at last, I hape the spooe
To spread grin upon n,y foos
THIS shaft piI breed moro pleasSss
Then Ger 10 did before.
We've stretched our column nteasSScs
IT'S one, tchole picd morei
So noto, at last, I haze the spooet
To spread grin upon nty fdoe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU ENJOY

TO the Editor Of The Euen'ng Public Ledger:
sir-Just a few words to our loyal and
patriotic citizens Of the U. s. A. Meaning
also foreigners who are enjoying th: free
dom of our country.
remember the spirit Of July 4, 177e!
our forefathers or ancestors fought foy
,,barty and conquered. Now that they have
passed away peacefully and contented. ieav-
inr us TO protect what they fought for, shall
,ys failp No! Under no consideration.
Remember we cannot recall them. They
a,d their duty and won Now we must do
onr duty and win. We were not raised in a
var cradle or trained TO defeat humanity.
nut we must train to uphold our liberty !:
thsrsfore. we are compelled to night
Do you know we are the best educated
people In the worldf We were never de :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
II Bolsheyiki had gained control ~

II Bolsheviki had gained control Of
France, the Germans would have captured
Paris. The essential cowardice of the
Russian Bolsheviki is that the immense
size of their country made it comparatively
safe from further invasion, while their
Allies had to bear an added burden be-
cause of their detection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

ARE only the small towns to know the
real Joys o. life? Why should the women
OF New Castle Q'a.) alone taste the spice Of
adventure described in a recent issue OF the
New Castle News? Isn't the weeks wash
as important to metropolitan wives as to
tho hussies of New Castle? Also. fellow
citizens. what's to become of US II the
guardianesses Of our honors and our homes
permit domineering washladies to trampls
them under foot? Not thus supinely do
they behave In New Castle. But read:
washwomen of the city who have made
demand for $3.50 per day met with q coun.
ter.proposition by the housewives The
proposition Of the employers is to pay the
women So per day and give them their
dinner, or pay so cents an hour. Il the
women bring their own dinner.
1t is claimed by the housewives that q
higher rate than they are able to pay. It
is also contended that it is not q fair propo-
sition to make fiat rate Of $3.50 per day
with no specified hours Of labor.
A small party Of housewives got together
and discussed the situation from all angles.
They decided upon the proposition % out.
lined above, but how to get in touch With
all the women of the city who employed
washwomen was a puzzle until q bright
mind proposed an endless telephone scheme
1t was decided that each of those at the
meeting call up five women. inform them
of the wash problem status and ask than
TO call five others and do likewise This
was done and soon the telephone wires OF
the city were burning with wash talk
In many cases the same women were
called a half dozen times and were giveu
the pleasure of going over their wsAh trou.
bles with the party at the other end Of the
line.
So far as can be learned the proposition
met with the general approval Of the house.
wives and 1t is now UP to the washwomen
to accept or refuse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

WE'RE rather proud Of our new dress
and the wider skirts we are wearins for
the first time this morning. Wen have
room now to say more things TO you and
more frequently. To begin with. may We
not remind you that there are--let's see-
less than twenty shopping days tn Christ
mas?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
ROOT OF GANG EVIL
To the Editor Of the Eventns Public L

To the Editor Of the Epenfns Public Ledger:
Sir-Let's get at the root of the evil. Our
election laws are absolutely no good. No
assistance or even sample ballots should be
allowed II citizen does not know how to
mark his own ballot then he does not de-
serve that honor.
Get together, you newspapers. and wage
a relentless battle for the right kind of cleo
ton laws. predict that II the present cleo
tion laws are not repealed and corrected we
will never have a respected city admnistra-
tion u. Z.
Philadelphia, December l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

feated and under no circumstances can think
of such a thing as defeat.
We have the will, brains.. courage and
controlling power. Now let us combine ana
show Germany that she must suffer the con-
sequences Do not let politics Interfere with
our undertakings. If you are Democrat
Republican, Socialist or whatever you may
be, forget 1t think Of protecting liberty. BE
a true American, not a Stacker. Slackers
must suffer through shame.
E. +. c. WERNETT.
Camden, December J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

We shall soon have women conductors
on our street cars. 1t Is rumored incident.
ally that the transit company will employ
married women for this important job.
This will make it utterly futile for mothers
to lie about the ages of their children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Mems Wear

SOME ONE asks. "why are soo&sY'
He advocates their abolition. Our own
socks seem to abolish themselves. They
probably melt in the mangle. AZ any rata.
they seldom come back to us.
Comes Carl. also, to suggest that sII
shlrt-tails be shipped off to be made into
pockets fitted to the bosom. for the holdins
Of pencils and such things. for men who
work In shirt sleeves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
EFFICIENTLY ORGANIZED

Speaking of the Y. M. c. A. war work.
Lord Northcliffe said: IF the Allied armies
had been as well organized from the start
as the Y. M. c. A. the war would be ended" {"
This was q handsome tribute to the efficiency
of the National War Work Council of the
Young Mems Christian Association ana n
was we'll deserved.--Springfeld Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
There should BE- recognition Of N,

deeds Of our boy heroes Ten-year-old Les
ter Good. of Reamstown. Pa. lost his life
while trying to save a playmate from
drowning. II u to be regretted that the
Stats does not have fund for the purpose
81, psrpstuating the memory Of thoss who
make such supreme sacrtfcsa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
THE OLD "FROAr

With gay old boys he'd been adTod&.
And, reaching home, tcas ouey-odd
To see friend ,cite upon the stdtS.
She barred his tcdy aud held HIM tAsl,
The tDItile she joad and joad and joddI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03

e 1t was high time to put New York
piers under military control when German
watchmen were found there guarding them
from Germans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
THE DREAMER

tctsh kne,o ho,o, ,ohere and schsn
That much-discussed zone chdnce In ten'
Is due to shoio itself to me
That golden opportunity
That comes once only to oil men,
Oh, 1CtH II cdckle Ike hen,
or cro,1, or flash upon my Ken
with signals Ht for mo to see?
I tCish / Ene,pl
" could sleep and ,0dke again
Ere 1t becomes a "1ight hdve been.S
Just let 1t In and turn the ken,
I'd be as HAPPY as could bel
totSh and ,oish for thts--dnd then
,DiSh dneao.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
IL QuARTERs

~ or would not disci-
Identity to buy
~ previlen With
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-03
Organizing the Movement

The little band of women began their work
in a storm-on a cold night in April when
the rain came down in torrents and two
prominent men caught colds TO aid In the
organization. Forty people turned out and
eleven handed up 81 each and the organiza.
ton was under way.
Members were the first requisite. so a
campaign was begun and when It was con.
cluded 100 and women were enrolled,
which has since increased to lS7, or one for
every house in the town.
The proprietor Of the shirtwaist factory.
like many other manufacturers, derived the
benefit of increased business by the war, but
found a scarcity of labor, so that only
twenty of his thirty sewing machines were in
use. He Immediately offered the ten Idle
ones to the Red Cross and donated the power
to run them. The offer accepted.
Then came bazaars and festivals and
tumble sales and the like. until the little
branch and its patriotic women had ra ised sew
eral hundred dollars to begin work. The first
war loan campaign came along and, although
nearl.' drained of spending money" the town
was canvassed again and several hundred
more dollars were raised, and all of this from
men and women who working for wages
and buying their own homes in addition to
keeping large families.
When the effects of the campaign had
quieted down and a better understanding Of
what the war means to the United States had
become installed in the minds of the inhabi-
tants, the Red Cross got down to real work.