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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
WAR WORKER FAILS
TO FIND WAR WORK
Reader Describes Vain Hunt.
Franklin and Marshall Acad-
emy-Letters to Editor ,

To the Editor Of the Erening Public Ledger
Sir-'The public constantly reads in the
newspapers the great demand for men TO
speed up war industries in this region. 4
Some months ago the writer saw an ar
ticie implying there was demand for men
to aid in the construction of airplanes In
a factory near this city lie wrote applying
for a position. The company did not show
business courtesy enough to reply. .ta
A little later he saw that new ship.
building yard was to be built on the Dela''
ware River near this city lie wrote tho
company and applied for a position end re-
ceived similar treatment viz, no reply.
About the time the new airplane factory
at League Island Navy Yard was completed
there appeared in the newspapers articles
stating the great demand for men to help
speed up the construction Of this very i'm
portant means for combating the Huns. Hs
made an application and received courteous
letter TO call, which he did and was cour.
teously treated at the yard, but was informea
that he would have TO make application, 70
the Civil Service Commission. ,sf.
He then applied at one of the large am
plants near mere III TtSpoHsc |" -
vertisements for men for certain duties, mo
experience required" In due time he receives
a reply that there were no such positions open
Yet on the day this letter was written an
advertisement to the effect that there wes
men wanted for just such positions appeared
in two newspap RS of this city and have
appeared often since. ....-,
In response to the cry for men to nep
speed up the shipbuilding plans Of the GOV.
ernment he applied for a position in one o.
the large yards near here. after he had seen
a schedule of the positions in this yard ~
received a reply that there were no posliions
open, but the application would be put on
file.
Application has been made to another snip
building company a little further down 'h'
Delaware. Ample time has passed ior
reply to be made. but none has been receiVe..
Can any one wonder that men willing J
aid in the speeding up Of the GovernmenI.. ss'..
work become lukewarm in this phase Of ,nsN
patriotism? ~ i'~
Philadelphia, March 81. N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
VASSAR,S ONLY MAN STUDENT
By ANDREW McCILL

nishng the little home to which he will take
his bride this summer. 1t will be charmingly
furnished. too. for years of quiet observation
Of other homes have taught him the rudi-
mcnts of decorative taste. I'm not much on
this Heppewood stuff he said, jokingly
but the root of the matter is in him.
one of his chief problems has been to
learn 20 express himself exactly and flu
entity. The mode of conversation that he
brought with him from boyhood was bald.
ungrammatcal and slangy. He found more
and more difficulty in putting into speech
the finer shades of his feelings. ! think this
trouble is more common among ambitious
men than is generally realized. My friend
has not yet solved the matter satisfactorily
but by diligent reading he has helped him
self greatly. Several years ago he got a
, teacher of English to write out q list of
books for him to read, and more recently he
has been collecting college catalogues and
buying and studying the books mentioned in
them. lie told me with a good deal of pride
that he had nearly finished the freshman
English course at Nassar. And . friend Of
his at that college is going to send him this
years freshman final examination papers to
break his teeth on
Even at the risk of swettmardenism I
have spoken thus at length about my friends
career because 1t seems SO thoroughly Amer
lean in its shrewdness and determination
His curiosity. sincerity and desire to learn
have helped him to outstrip many men much
more richly gifted by birth. culture and So
cial connection. His ambitions are high
but they are healthy; they are selfish. but
Of the liberal and enlightened selfshness
that means more to the world than muddle-
headed altrusm and catchpenny philan-
thropy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
THE HUN OFFENSIVE

MO ONE can doubt the seriousness of
y the terrific battle now raging on the
British front in France. but we feel that
we have every right to anticipate the
issue with confidence. Field Marshal Haig
reported this morning that in the initial
shock the British outposts were drawn
back. but that the battle positions-that
ia to say, the front.llne fighting trenches
are being stubbornly held.
The Hun rightly realizes that he is
stalking everything on this critical often.
sive. He stands now at the pinnacle of
his military effectiveness, and his only
chance of success lies in the possibility of
breaking through the western wall of the
Allies. The presence of the Kaiser and his
moguls at the British front shows how
plainly they understand that this is their
last chance.
But when a visitor has been long ex-
pected, generally his host has made copi.
Gus preparation for his entertainment.
Aho Diitisl IlllltdlN illdCHlne WAS never
more, perfect than at this moment: the
French are braced by their immortal
spirit; the Americans are in ever.growing
strength and enthusiasm. If the Hun Of
fensive should be transferred to these
latter sectors, there, too. the latchstring
is out, and their hosts will give them
royal welcome.
The menacinS thunder of the guns in
this greatest of the worlds ! 1ttles is said
to be plainly heard in Dover and other
English coast towns. But the throb of the
crisis is felt just as plainly in every liberty
loving heart all over the world Once and
for all, the Kaisers loaded dice are thrown
on the board. Our hearts are with our
Allied brothers on that flame.rent battle.
line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
YESTERDAY IN RUSSIA

MO NEWS out of Russia in these days,
whether it bring bright promises or
omens of further confusion, may be de-
pended upon in a final analysis And yet
there have recently been signs Of a rally
ing of moral forces about some of the
more conspicuous leaders. There has even
been the suggestion of spontaneous or
ganization of some of the untamed energy
OF the revolution into a tangible force op-
posed to the common enemy. Intimations
of some such logical elimination were in
the dispatches yesterday which told of
stiffening of sentiment at Moscow, new
ro-operatid& between divided political ele-
ments, more talk of a great volunteer
army and a revitalized pro-Ally sentiment
among influential revolutionists.
There is general mistaken assumption
that the pipes of American diplomacy have
been tuned to WOO only the Bolsheviki.
The mistake is so common that even Colo.
mel Roosevelt falls into it. And yet it is
only just to realize that the President, in
addressing the more active revolutionists,
has addressed himself to the only visible
representatives of the countless millions
Of poor and middleclass Russians who,
still unconquered, are concerned definitely
for their country, for peace, ior liberty of
action and for assurances of freedom from
the furies of crazed militarism. These
millions are still a great factor in the
situation even II large part of the writ
Ing and talking world has utterly forgotten
tham.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

May 8. 1912.
| showed John an old Dutch brass snufr
box with a representation on it of Christ
drinking at a well.
My grandfather, Chon pannebacker.
had rount black snuff box. He dakes
de white snuff and de black snuff and
mixes 'em togedder. | often wishes I had
dat snuff box. Dere vas red flowers on
de lid ] don't know we're it vas any more.
| don't know vat YOU dink, but Y am no,
vor Teddy Roosevelt. l dnk dat man had
better not come out vor President any
more. He has had enough and dat is vat
We hafe had too"
The conclusion of this sketch, and the last In
raphy will be printed tOmOrrOw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
PARTY LEADER OR PEOPLES
LEADER?

TNHOSE admirers of President Wilson
who have steadfastly maintained
that partisanship should be eliminated
from Congress for the duration of the
war will certainly regret some of the
expressions he used in his letters to Mr..
Davies. the Democratic senatorial nom-
nee in Wisconsin. and to the New Jersey
Democrats.
Nobody can quarrel with the standard
of loyalty which the President fixes as
the acid test for candidates in the coming
congressional campaign. Such stand
ard is obvious. There . room for no
Republican versus Democratic issue on
the question. With the exception of a
few isolated and incorrigible groups OF
pro-Germans there is not shadow OF
doubt that the entire country is Loyalty
behind the President for the successful
termination of the war.
But when Mr. Wilson, in seeking to
emphasize this very thought, goes out OF
his way to write the phrase, 81 cannot
overlook my responsibility as leader of
great party" he Immediately invites
partisan challenge and partisan criti-
cism.
iiO" HluCH HlOIc upptdliIlE anu WI
vincing this phrase would have been had
the President substituted the word
nation" for "party" and thus kept to his
greater role--that of leader of the
American people.
This is not the time for reminding the
people of New Jersey or any other State
that President Wilson considers himself
in any other light than as the mentor and
guide of all the people, regardless of
party lines, and the interposition of such
self-designation in "the present posture
of affairs" can only have the effect Of
red rag before those Republicans who
place party fealty first.
Again in the letter to Mr.. Davies the
President seems TO lay more than neces-
sary emphasis upon the necessity Of
electing Democrat in what is normally
a Republican State. BY personally
indorsing the candidacy of Davies in
Wisconsin. as opposed to Mr.. Lenroot,
the Republican nominee, the President
gives opportunity to the factionalists to
maintain their trenches rather than urg-
ing them to unite against the common
enemy as represented by the Berger
La Toilette disloyalists. A ringing plea to
all the loyal voters of Wisconsin to get
behind the best man, regardless of
whether he were Democrat or Republican,
would have been the wiser course.
IF both Lenroot and Davies continue
to divide the loyalist vote of Wisconsin,
who can say that La Folletteism may not
prevail at the special senatorial election
on April 2, to the utter shame not only of
Wisconsin, but the whole nation?
For the first time since war was
declared the President in these letters
seems to have lost his intutive sense of
public opinion. Certainly he cannot hope
to solidify the voting strength of the
nation behind the President of the United
States by donning the guise of party
leader. The dual role is incompatible
while the question of loyalty is involved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
SOCIALISTS

IN EUROPE socialism has not been
traitorous or unpatriotic. The abler
md more influential members of the party
~ England and in France and in Germany
have seen in the war OF the Allies the
actuai progress OF many of their ideals
foWard realization.
IN Wisconsin almost the entire Socialist
1<e was cast for a man now under Fed
1s1 Indictment for activities opposed to
United States Government.
might be interesting to know whether
octrines Of the sincere and intellectual
IIsts are warped In the American in
Nations or whether socialism is the
new most popular with renegades
1rabls pro-0ermans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
No War Use of Franklin and Marsnan
Academy ~

To the Editor Of the Erening Public Leos".'s
Slr-will you kindly correct the statemsas''
which recently appeared in the EVhS.Sso
PUBLIC LEDGER, apparently made on =.
basis of IAN announcement OF army on's os"r
that the buildings of Franklin and Mars.,s
Academy would soon be taken over
Government to establish school ior a.. ~,
hautic training and stating further -
the buildings are already being rearr.ns
and improved" to this end.
There has been no request or proposNs.
from the Government that could sugsest ~
taking over OF the buildings or the dise.S
tinuance of the school. The story as prin's
probably originated In the fact that ~
weeks ago an army officer visited the lps'
stitution to inquire whether East HAM ~ WI
OF the academy dormitories, might be pIey
ticable and available for housing numps' Z
aviation mechanics IL 1t should be found e,
pedient to bring them to Lancaster TOT 49, ~.
ing at a technical school In another part
the city during the three months u
summer vacation. T.. NJ. HARTMANN n
Lancaster. Pa, March 81. N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

Judges Shoemaker and Vessel
Have. forbidden all this desul.
tory dancing, song and play:
No more roof-tree apes will nestle,
Nor the python'gliders wrestle-
Sing hic jacet. Cabaret!
All the razzle-dazzle jazz'n
Soon be beaten to frazzle.
Gone exotic ukuleles.
vegetable-skirted frailies,
Gone the license and the tights.
Stronger Vessel, weaker vessel.
Take away the stage and trestis--
Threwell cabsrebisA Nights. y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

Germany has issued
Between the Kaiser an ultimatum that she
and Zuyder Zee will blockade Neither
lands ports on account
of the United States seizure of Dutch shins
The Kaiser substitutes for one end of the old
adage, but is the Zuyder Zee deep and blue?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

AS he reached out for his hat with It's
unusually broad brim. he said:
My time is all but up arcady and
must so home
"John. what was that contriyance used
for that you sent over TO me the other
day. I inquired
II consisted of slab supported upon
four hickory legs Through the center
ran movable strip. ON the upper end
Of the strip above the slab was fastened
the heavy end of a log and the lower end
below the slab could be controlled with
the foot.
Il pouGht dat sing at de Nlarhley sale
1t vas a kind OF n vice. y long dime
ago, ven de olt fellows vaunted to make
an az handle dev sat on dat slab and holt
dc biece of wood dght wiss dc end OF the
log and den dey cuts it into shape wiss
knife"
What shall | pay you for it. John?"
"Ach noting. 1t only cost few ben.
MES And then he added with charmins
navetc: II would hafc kept it myself only
| had no room for il. Ven YOU gets so
much such stuff. den you don't know vot
to do wiss it. So I Gifes it to you.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

When did the word cabaret get its I'm
pleasant significance? We remember that
old Daddy Wordsworth frequented a
cabaret" in the Lake Country a hundred
years ago. We found that information in
De Quincey's gosspy book, "Reminiscences
of the Lake Poets" Certainly the cabaret
that William enjoyed can't have been much
of a tenderioin, because that excellent poet
had strait-laced ideas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

lie ambed along: Ven | vas a poy dey
didn't SOW any wheat arount here II vas
all rye. My mutter she say to me, 4
should chust come Offer here vonce. She
vas making rye pread. Dat vas de only
pread We had and it vas goot, too She
raise de dough in one Of dem straw pas.
kets. Den it vas turned upside down on
paked on de ofen floor"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

Possibly those frequent stories of strik-
ing thousands meant to camoufage de-
pletion of German man-power.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
THE LIBERTY BELL ON TOUR

UDRoCLAIM Liberty Bonds throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

Among the Pennsylvania Dutch with
whom John has passed his days there is
a peculiar use of the word why" which
is always curious and sometimes startling.
John" I once asked, "can you tell me
when the next train will leave Schwenks
willie for Pennsburgh?"
Yes, I can. vy?" was the response which
came promptly, but was more illustrative
than instructive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
CABARAVINGS

Speaking of cabarets. didn't Virgil. bewor
of lofty rhyme, say somewhat anent "FaciIis
est descensus Taverni?" Speaking in the
as II were
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

The p. r. r. service fiag. just hung in
Droad Street Station. fiies for 1859 men.
Keeping up the Pennsy service standards.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

John is the largest land holder OF the
neighborhood, owning in different tracts
about 400 acres-"coot and pad" according
TO his description.
Dat warm where you vas ronce where de
persimmons crow is out of de way down in
valley and hart TO get at. but my fader
gate me dat farm and I will take care of
IT so long as ! lif. Ven am gone vonce
den dat is someding else"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

T HEARD the other day that friend or
l. mine, twenty-five years old has been APP
pointed general manager of an important
enterprise, with virtually unlimited oppor-
tunity to make good. lie has had TO re-
organize the sales department of the COM
pany and has under him men twice his age.
This is a situation requiring much tact, but
think my friend will handle it with the
correct blend of sympathy and decision. l
know no man more clearly marked for COM
merclal success. lie is everything | would
want TO be If were the hero of business
novel by Oet us say) Sinclair Lewis or
Peter MacFarane. l have been thinking
over his various contacts with life and find
ing much interest in the meditation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

There was a cold eastern rain upon one
of the early days of May, a day not bracing
with the cold OF winter, but that makes
the nerves creep with dampness and chill
illness and renders any glow OF extreme
heat a real comfort
"On such day as vat desc is a stole
comes right handy" was Johns sage com
ment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
PENNYPACKER AUTOBIOGRAPHY

and ven Won OF 'em vas across de field
and I called to him, Come Offer here vonce,
den it vas de utter yum"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

TIE WAS working as travelling salesman
II for the firm with which he had been
for nine years when his great opportunity
came, Another house offered him the gem
erai msnasership At 80 week plus sub
.s's' ass NV sie ess; e ~ es;Is:s s e ;s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

A lot of this early spring daylight is
worth saving.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

LIE LEFT school at fifteen. without doing
L much damage to the curriculum. lie
played baseball enthusiastically until his
early twenties, and from this sovereign game
he learned the quckness and clean physical
pose that have helped him greatly.
He began his business career ten years
ago as errand boy in the stockroom of
large firm Unlike nine out OF ten such
youngsters, he always neatly dressed,
we'll scrubbed. quick. eager and thorough.
lie got 81 a week to begin. At the end Of
a fortnight they forced five on him.
The outstanding feature of his character
is his anxiety to learn. lie has this Ameri-
can passion of acquisitiyeness in its most
admirable form. Wherever he goes he Is
watching to what he can assmilate from
places and persons. In shop windows, in
magazine articles, in theatre programs and
in the conversation, habits and dress of other
men he CLEANS hints for his own use. When
he was an Office boy he noticed that his su-
periors wore "A certain kind of clothes. a GER
tain tint texture of cravat particular
sort of collars or shoes. He watched and
made mental notes If he went out to din
ner he observed the conventions OF etiquette,
the silver on the table, the flowers, the fur
niture. He was good listener. cautious
talker until he felt ground beneath him.
There are a thousand tricks and trincs in
cultivated life that come almost instinctvely
to those born in the purple. My friend knew
himself handicapped by scanty education
and means by imperfect culture and natural
self-consciousness But by keen observation
and adapting to his own use what he thought
worth while. he made every circumstance of
his daily routine minister to his ambition
He turned his necessity to glorious gain"
C1OON he discovered the greatest aid which
y is at every ambitious mans disposal
the almost universal sackness. peevishness
and incompetence of those holding subordi-
nate positions. Every job that came his way
he did better than the previous incumbent.
BY the time he was twenty-three he had for
his assistant a recent graduate of leading
Eastern university, who was known in the
office as "the Duke of Ostermoor" by reason
of his lelsurely and dreamy ways.
Never imagine that the Stevenson role of
"sedulous ape" is played only by literary
apprentices. My hero deliberately studied
the men about him In each he found some-
thing to initiate or to avoid. He found that
speaking the truth always, holding his tongue
generally, keeping his nails trimmed his
desk tidy and his shoes polished were great
helps in getting through his tasks Some
of his companions used to laugh at him for
hanging up his overcoat on hanger in the
locker room. for polishing his shoes with a
cloth before he went 10 his desk but these
kuppenheimer maneuvers were part OF his
whole instructive program To be point
device in dress made him feel comfortable:
he could work better and face the boss with
out quailing. He OWNED that those born 10
the easy manners of cultivated society could
AFFORD to be lax in such matters; but for
him, the only safety lay In a thorough-goin
nicely.
vuyA 6
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

They ARE taking the bar" out of
cabaret" without waiting for the prohibi-
ton amendment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

"Poys is fiery much alike" said John.
philosophicaily. wen my poys vas growing
up Jonas he. vas pretty near as pig as
Isaac. And my wife she makes deir clothes
all out Of won piece Of stun. II safes money
10 puy stun BY Dc biece Ven dey vss not
I, ,dIn11rf n reor. 4 eoul1o't ~ ~ eport
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
And No One Regrets II

But it's hard on the Decanterbury pill
grims.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

This Is the worst summer, John,
have ever known G909. How does your
corn look?'
"Chust like yours. We ought to hafe
some rain vonce"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

Seems to have been more gassln' than
gas in that new gasoline substitute.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

The only kind of shipping We have toe
much of is partsanshipping.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22
But We
Admit 1t

Our definition Of n
INT We war expert is a .msn
Admit IL who knows as ns'
about the Russian ~
uation as we do. but analyses It more
tt..., S3t1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

The Huns in Wisconsin are bewailing
he Lenroot of all evil
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

nlog nseens more sl'an saving
- 1es,erE hIIls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-22

In the new geoQ
That Nsv ply Russia Is . 70
Russisn Mar iyshrinking
n - IN bounded by ~
!s% !.:s.. ea a..s ses =! 49, Y z 2: 1s'|sy