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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
TAKE SEX OUT OF THE CON.
STITUTION

THE Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
! ments to the Constitution proved 10 be
boomerangs. They were intended, at
political territory. What they did do was
to give the dominant faction q battlecry
and slogan which had only to be yelled
often enough to assure handsome ma
jorities. The South got rid of the negro
vote by one device or another. but the
politicians never let the South get rid OF
the fear Of return Of that negro vote.
III we have two political parties down
here" runs the argument, sooner or
later one or the other Of them will begin
voting negroes" and It is an argument
which in that section Of the country no.
body attempts to answer.
Tomorrow the suffrage amendment
comes before the House for vote. There
are some violent Southern members who
expect TO vote against IL, their plea being
that they do not want "to double the dis
franchisement problem" Maybe not. but
why bring up bugaboo Of that sort2 II
the electoral qualifications now required
are just and honest, they will still be
Just and honest after tho suffrage amend.
ment is passed. The amendment does not
say that n State must give every woman
a vote; II simply requires that no person
shall be deprived Of a vote Just because
she is Il woman. There is no proposal to
deprive the States OF the right to deter
mine their own franchise qualifications,
along feasible lines, but only 10 add shes"
to the hes" in the definitions Of citizen
ship and remove the intolerable burdens
and inhibitions placed on women solely
on account OF sex.
As Southern Congressman cannot hold
their Jobs unless they are shrewd poll.
ticians, we more than suspect that a goodiy
number Of them will get into the band
wagon while the getting in is still good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
JOHN DOE MUST INITIATE
PROGRESS

GOVERNOR EDGE. in his message tc
~ the New Jersey Legislature, urges the
immediate building OF tho Philadelphia.
Camden bridge. President Wilson, in his
latest address, as in many other Of his
speechs, calls attention to the enviable
efficiency Of the German people. We would
rather be Cinnamon than Prussians. Nev-
ertheless. we have to admit that the
Prussiens would have built that bridge
years ago.
Are We forever to add but to every
word Of praise We give our democracy? !?
Is it not seriously debatable whether de.
mocracy will survive in its age.long conflict
with autocracy If it is content to pigeon.
hole every progressive plan until some
masterful personality. a Cassatt or a J. J.
Hill. comes along to rescue it from
oblivion? II we are to preserve our democ.
racy the people must initiate. industrially
and economically as we'll as politically. It
is time for the people to be in on every
deal, big or little. John Doe must give I'D
his anonymous character.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
What Do You Know?

QUIZ
"hG .,t.s Is sIi,.s sts, High Commissioner to h.
2. Where is st. Mihiel:
y. What Is meant by "besging the ouss,,o.,,.
=. Locate The Bridge Of sishs."
o. "hS no,,ars nr:t used the phrase THE Alm,~,,.
g. Nine the author Of "Henry Esmona -
J. Identify "The Eternal City,
D. CrSssaiis % tsars-what does this .,D,...,..
8. Which s.a, Z: the iarss.s ubrar, In tn. u,,,.s
10. Who were the eoDperhsad.s
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
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a. I'.ss xn.,,S.. Melton is called 9TH. Father o,
Z. Lens f. e. 0sFmsn salient ip,o A..
rr"en nne IN herthern France. "as'o-
.. Charles Dleksns wrote solver Twist.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

upon all sides. Everybod talked about 4
and nearly everybody bought a COPY Of IN,
toolish paper. Did this stop Robert Bonner
NOT at all He continued upon his wild ca
s'.,r sesr and called IN Mrs f. d. f. n. Southworth
| oyivanus Cobb and others to give his reader,
| light fiction: and for ballast set on arsins,
them Edward Everett. William Cullen Rrv.
ant James Parton and others.
ABOUT this time, that Is to say, Just before
the war. Henry Ward Beecher Joined his stan
Is said to have received $4,000 for one novel
which. It's dollars to doughnuts, YOU. dear
reader, never even heard Of before Neither
oio we. Norwood" was its name. And
unless you happen 10 be a Dickens fan, like
our own Judge Patterson, the name of an
other Ledger story will mean nothing to you.
II was called Hunted Down." and it's the
oniy thing Charles Dickens ever wrote for a n
American publication.
But wait. for that isn't by any means all
There lived In New York in those days a
man whose life had been as full OF adyen,,,ra
as Samuel W. Pennypacker's and who W.T.,
she fecoilections Of a Busy Life" Tbere
were no typewriters In those days and hou,
the poor compositors in that Ledger offoa
ever got by with his copy for each weekly
ims'aiii'eht nnas,ni soodness knows! For Horace
greeley wrote an undecpherable fist
The town was startled to hear one n,or,,r.
that Bonner had paid rennyson $1,000 for q
single poem. and upon another rnorninv ~,
I1onsfeliow had received $4,000 for the sans
sort or work. But the heaviest drain unon
the Bonner purse appears to have been tha
wage OF Edward Everett. who is said 10 have
received $4,000 for his various services in
ciuains $4,000 for fifty-two weekly letters
Even that isn't all. but It's enough 20
mention Tin addition to the $4,000 to s26 ooo
per week spent In advertising compairns, ~
account for the quarter Of q million circn,ao
uon which the New York Ledger obtainsa
In Its heyday. 'A"eo
Robert and David Bonner had been WORKING
their heads on at this publishing proposition
and IN. one day their physician said in efYect
you TWO men have been working like borsss .
now 80 out and play with some" So poSo.,
bought pair Of trottsrs ana began % SDs..t
them out In the park for his heai,S p'.s
there he had to take the dust Of Commodoss
vanderbilt. Frank Work and other snsaS
boys OF the day. which got into hIs throo.
or something ana made him mad So ~
went after them. He bought the fast m. ~.
Lady Palmer and Fiatbush Maid. ana -.
soon he paid $4,000 for Dexter Th., -
gave Commodore Vanderbilt $40. 900 sor ~. ,'S ,'s
b.. and about that time David ana =. ~
friendly disagreement about the r..n.,s...sa ~
merits OF the various blooded trottsr. ss.'.
had acquired and Robert was mads ,. .sy s.sy
that David knew moro about such shin~. ss.N
he. 90 he let David have the fob Of oirc,,i.ss-n
them and went back to his pubIishin~ hr.;s
ness ousi-
To the average man in the streets On.
Bonners will be most worthy Of rsmsmbra ncs
for having raised to prominence AmericS,s
nrst weekly paper Of wide circulation. ave-,
q Il has long since sunk below the eurfacs
% mefreponean 3eurnalisa TAD.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
Tom Daly's Column
Little Polly's Pome
ROMANCE


Sometimes when it's a stormy day
And l can't go outside to play
l like to make believe that I'm
A Princess like in olden time s
That's locked up in lofty tower
And will sit there by the hour y
And ring my hands and look around
To see if / can hear a sound q
Like some bold hero's chargers feet
Come prancing nearer down the street.
And oftentimes when have spied
A cat or something else outside
] make believe that it is he,
The Prince, that comes to rescue me.
And then / lift the window high
And lean out from the sill and cry
"Hist! hist!" and make up talk to say
And plan how ] shall get away.
It's lots of fun and yet know
If had lived long, long ago
would not have enjoyed it so
To be Princess in a tower
And have to sit there by the hour
And wiring my fair young hands q
grieve,
] much prefer to make believe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
AN OLD SKATER swEARs GENTLY
To the Editor Of the Erenino Public Ledger:

tn the Editor OF the Erening Public Ledger:
sir-I write this from a stool Of repentance
and Of pain, cooling gentle curses at You as
the cause Of my present trouble. My right
lag Is stretched out straight upon a chair
and there's a smell of horse liniment In the
air.
This In the way OF 1t: y1ur article upon
the Old Skating Club stirred my old blood
and moved me today to take down from an
attic hook and oil up my old rockers. and
later TO venture upon the Ice with them the
FIRST time In ten years. My age? 1t doesn't
matter. I'm still spry and graceful; and
am one Of those who contend that the only
real skating Is the long. sweeping, leisurely
roll which It was our wont to practice in
the days when 2a0 gait was reckoned fast
oh, long before the present speed craze
affiicted our country.
Well, got upon the ice today and found
that my feet had not forgot their cunning,
and / was rolling with grace and rhythmic
precision. when a lad In his teens coming up
behind me, like q steam engine, struck me al
I swung OF upon my left foot and sent me
sprawllng some twenty feet before him. As
he helped me to arise. he said. 81 didn't ex-
pect you to make that slow curve" or
course, he didn't. Young America doesn.t
use the outer edge. but piunges straight
ahead to its goal. In some things that's
commendable. but 10 II art?
For you. sir, who got me into this trouble
I have no grudge. ] shall be about again
in day or 30, and while loaf here shsii
invite my soul. and shake my pussied old
head over the flying progress OF the years'
have before me at this moment John
+. Lewis's h.story OF the Philadelphia skat-
ing Club and could wish your own cbrnn-
iclsr had quoted more from II when he wrote
the other day. of the vensrabls Abraham,
oppenhsirn. now tsnsclously and happIIv
clingtng 20 the tree OF life In ali the sres,
visor Of his ninety-ssven years. Mr.. Lewis
skating club IN 1851. Lcitsd Arfiois II 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
AN OLD REGRET VANJsurc

10 the Editor Of the Ereniag Public Lsdo..
sir-Often in the past I have -. .
that l was not among the privileged snditos etaea
OF Lineoins Gettysburg address. 7, ','o''i >
nave been a precious thing, | felt 70 "ounu 0
,r peeh contemporaneous with such erea,nass n.ave
read ,,nh prasia.a an hour after its expression,
gress' My old feelings of envy Are Con- 20 ooh-
p,,r. j. LOCDON DOM
Philadelphia, January s. DD'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

The Boishsviki. It is Just as well to
remember. would not be negotiating at all
unless the other Allies still had their
armies in the neld. We're the rest OF us
to follow the Russian lead. II would re-
quirs somsthing less than week for a
6lsrman-mads czar to cit in Pstrograd and
hold The 5ob BY the might Of German
hayonets Let's hsve Qnly one Bolshevik
norp>1o<}cu at tlme "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
ICE GOING TO WASTE

what wonderful use Real Estate Assesa(
9onn =. surley could have made Of this co|
spen y ne had had II. say thirty odd yeo|
aso 80 scnn lived In Camden then and cal
~ ~ n sale College every day TO echo
excuse--svsn late Into the marry Snoni1
et--was couldn't get hero 4nvl 49,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Of %. They. TOD. are suffering. Better
two or three or nve more years Of war
than century's dread Of Il hereafter.
Many men in public life declare that
this is the greatest of tho Presidents state
papers. We prefer TO await the results Of
Il before passing so fulsome a verdict.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

The way some Of the statesmen talk,
one might imagine that rainy days will
cease to be when the new worldo gets
firmly fixed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

II every one has his war aim correctly.
let's shoot---New York Sun.
Well. 1t was just as important that
We learn to shoot all together as to hit the
mark.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

The tale that American dyes would
not give fast colors to our woolens has
proved to be another German yarn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

Australia used to be held Up by radi.
calls as an example Of progress to America.
but rejection OF the modern efficiency prin.
cipls Of the selective draft sets II back into
the old-fashioned class.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

George Harvey seems to think that
dealers in shoddy put something over on
Uncle Sam. The weather man is helplnc
the Colonel to prove his case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
The "Keystone Navy"

Theoretically the State had q navy, but
| Il never owned a vessel until at this time a
quarantine cutter was built for 1t BY Neafie
4 Levy. The boat was launched September
| II, named the Governor Pennypacker and
was christened by my daughter Anna, who
broke a bottle of wine over the bow.
On the 22d of September. along with
Elkin, made a speech at Wilkes.Barre
before the League Of Republican Clubs,
reviewing what had been accomplished. in.
cludins the newspaper act. The resolutions
adopted declared that had proved 20 be "a
wise, prudent, f1rm and conscientious execu.
tive" On the invitation Of Uncle Jerry
Roth, an enterprislng Pennsylvania Dutch.
man, saw the Allentown Fair, gen.
orally regarded as the most successful agri.
cultural fair in the State. and found $4,000
people there. Colonel Henry G. Trexler. OF
my star, a comparatively young man, who
made q great fortune in the manufacture
Of cement. having the largest cement works
in Allentown, drove me through the coun.
try to see his large unfenced farms, and
he entertained me AZ supper, where. in
stately home, his agreeable wife dispensed
hospitality
On the 2sth, Major General Charles
Miller, in command Of the National Guard,
gave an entertainment at Franklin to thet
Governor and his star. Miller a poor boy,
born IN Alsace, came over TO this country
and little by little. BY energy, activity and
business sense combined with a canny.
worldly wisdom, he got alongside of the
Standard Oil Company. was one Of its mag.
mates and secured an immense fortune. Sell
dom are the fa.es altogether kindly to ana
man. With all his success there was much
unhappiness In his life. He was a captain
on the stan Of one Of the brigadiers. was
ambitious, made large contributions in the
political campaign and was put in com
mand of the guard. over the heads OF his
general and many other officers Elevations
so obtained are ever more or less tottering.
At Mount Gretna he said to me IN the
presence Of Stewart after exhibiting to us
the antics OF his beautiful and trained rid.
ing horse:
Governor, I am going to send down 10
your home ono Of the finest pairs of horses
to be found in the State"
told him this story:
General. when was boy I went to
school among the Irish on Tunnel Hill, in
the town where was born, and had three
nstnghts with boy named Bradley, Many
years later we both drifted to philadelphia.
and l became Judge and he became a
bartender In liquor saloon. Much to his
surprise and pleasure, he, on one occasion.
received license to conduct an establish.
nent Of his own. Later. he one day came
to me and said he was about to send a pa,r
OF hofses TO my summer homo at Moore
fiaii, and / said to him that if he did I
shouid go into court on the following sat.
urday and revoke that liquor license"
Neither Of those pairs of horses was ever
received.
aS9norrow Goyernor Pennypacker contipu.. III. |
''a'"''eences OF miscellaneous events. "''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09

McAdoo out for sufrrage.--News Head.
1t may be that McAdoo Is also out
for something else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-09
SIDELIGHTS INTO ACTIVITIES
OF FPENNSYLVANIA'SG GOVERNOR
Mr.. Pennypacker Recounts Several Incidents
Which Relieved the Strain of the Regular
Duties of State

campment. when there was work to do. he
resigned. and that plan failed. then
appointed DR. Joseph X. Weaver. much
less snowy. but more stable and useful, and
he proved TO be entirely acceptable.
There had been much adverse comment
upon affairs at tho Eastern Penitentiary,
and put at the head Of II a penal expert
from without the State. Of wide reputation.
He remained a few months, and, instead
Of improving that institution, used 1t as
means Of getting n larger salary elsewhere
and departed. Such instances, Of course.
went long way TO Justify the position OF
the politicians.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06
FROM GUNS TO NEEDS;
BRITISH PLANTS SHIFT
War Munitions Give Way to I'M
plcmcnts Of Peace in
English Factories.

London, Dec. 2.-P g. Kellaway,
Parliamentary Secretary To the Ministry
Of Munitions, in statement regarding
the turning over of munition factories to
the production OF peace materials, says
the problem facing the British manu-
facturers is not nearly 80 serious rs that
which confronted them when they were
asked to turn from peace TO war pro
duction.
Three mtnition firms ut Leicester,
Elkcston and Nottingham and three at
Loughborough, are taking up the manu-
facturc of hosiery needles, imported from
Germany before the war, MIR. kella-
way continues Another Leicester mu-
milton plant will produce hose -srlspender
fittings, also formerly imported from Ger
MANY. There are several cases where
manufacturers who were producing AIr-
plane motors will make engines for motor
cars. while one concern which made shells
is turning To the manufacture Of shoe
machinery.
At Nowcastlc-on-Tyn an airplanc
firm will take up the manufacture Of house
furniture and will give work to 5000
persons, while another factory in the same
CITY will change from the making of guns
60 the building Of locomotives new
industry which Will give employment To
5000 A firm at Burnley which was
manufacturing guns will make electric
fittings. and Sheffield plant from the
manufacture Of shcle, will turn to the
making of files and springs, employing
900 workmcn \ plant which has
ceased the manufacture Of copper bands
for shells, will turn ont dairy utensils
while another which was engaged in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06
HUN FLEET, A PROBLEM
FULL OF DIFFICULTIES
If the Germans Had Blown Them
Up They Would Have Bcnc-
fitted the Allies.

A retrrating army often damages,
If il cannot destroy, the guns that must
be left behind. If the German Admiralty
had blown up, or torpcdoed, its fleet III
the North Sea before the Imperial Govern
ment asked for an armistice, there would
he one less problem for the Peace Con
ference to solve. But great deal more
than a nucleus for a powerful modern
navy is riding at anchor at n British base
The question of what to do with scme
of the best battlcships and cruisers OF the
late German Navy seems TO brlstle with
difficulties. The title TO these warships
Is vested in the victors. No one OF the Allies
can be allowed to have major claim To
this fleet held in trust to wait the de
cision of the conference. Its disposal
will depend upon a decision taken Mt
the council table after full discussion.
If a proposal should be made to divide
the ships among the naval Powers rep
resented, differences of opinion about
the share OF this nation or that would
surely arise. As the strongest sea Power
and the one which contributed most to
the downfall of Germany, Great Britain
might expect To acquire larger part OF
the fleet held in trust than the United
States France, Japan, and Italy would be
willing TO conccdc 10 her, a division ac-
cor,iing 10 existing ratio of battle strength
could not be satisfactorily arranged. There
can hardly be any dispute shout that
To put the German ships up at auction
would certainly not be an attractive
proposal 10 nations with lean purses.
The United States would he in position
to bid higher than any other nation.
\ proposal likely TO have some support
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06

assembling airplanes will devote lts
activities To the making Of iron valves.
A Birmingham firm is changing from
the production of fuses and airplane parts
TO tho manufacture Of motor accessories
At Matlock, another firm is arranging 10
make cream ,cparatorH, now largely inn
ported.
Reminders to the public thnt a general
rehabilitation has not yet begun, and
that the naval and military situation does
not admit Of any general relcasc Of men
from tho forces have been issued by the
British Admiralty, the War Office, and the
Air Ministry.
When the general demohilizntion does
begin, it is announced priority will be
given To officers and men who have def
mite employment awaiting them. Strictly
limited numbers of men, however, will
bc released before the general dcrnobiliza.
tion for pivotal industries and pro-
fessions, which include machincmakers-
agricuturists, bootmakcrs, bricknakcrs
ccmentmakers, builders, miners. wharf
men, foodmakers, papcrmakers. railway
men, shipbuilders, ship brokers, overseas
commercial agents, accountants and ar
chitecte.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06

would be the turning over of the ships in
controversy to nm international patrol
Of League of Nations for police work in
emergencies. But the League of Nations
would have to be sanctioned and establish
cd first. As yet it is IN ideal, and states
men do not agree about the practlcabihty
Of it, The Peace Conference may take
favorable action, but # that should he
the case time must elapse before or
ganization and the distribution Of duties.
Meanwhile the warsbips in rust would ride
at anchor, and II two much time passed
before use should I've found for them they
would become obsolete Nothing but an
agreement for general disarmament. for
the dismantling Of navIes, would cX-
peditiously decide the fate of the waiting
ships. II has been suggested that these
battleshipe and cruisers be sunk as The
easiess way out OF the maze Of controversy.
But that would seem to be criminal waste
of materials. an view of the enormous cost
of the war on the victoriuos Alhes, which
has been estimated at 5000, 600 OO0, GOO.
Something useful should be done with
the metal, engines, apparatus and at
tachments OF these warshipe OF dis
honored navy if they cannot be converted
into peaceful freighters, assuming that a
division among the interested sea Powers,
or their use for police purposes, is decided
To be impractt liable. They would bring
a considerable sum il placed on the market
with the understanding that they must
not he added 10 any nations navy.
This sum would belong to the victorious
Allies, and it would be for them TO settle
what should be done with the money.
Should it be spent on Temple Of Pence,
TO defray the expenses of an arbitration
tribunal, or should it be applied to the
necessities of the weaker nations that
have bccn dsrolnted by the war?--New
York Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06
SWEATERS

Always appreciated oY The
boy or out-of-do man We
1--we a particularly FINE ~ol-
lection that offers unusual
values at $500 10 $500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06
UNION SUITS

Ribbed. fleece lined N
tighter weight garments for
fia office man Of fine material,
well cut and well made,
priced $500 to $500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-06

Bathr1bes that will make
an man thank the thought
hlInees that prompted the
gift In many styles, aIl
wanted fabrics from $500
To $500.