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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
A TEMPORARY PRESIDENT

DERIlAPS the greatest sufferer under
l. President Wilson's plan to go abroad is
the amiahe and inept gentleman whose
mind, like the minds Of some of his prede-
Cessors. has been gathering dust in the
vice presidency. Mr.. Marshalls plaintive
cries of distress and anxiety echo in the
press. He doesn't want to be temporary
President. He shrinks from the RESPONSE
blities of the office. He will act only If
he is compelled to do so by the courts.
1t is agony for him to feel that he might
have TO shoulder the duties implied by his
title and his salary.
The Vice Presidents loyalty to his chief
and his frank dislike of a situation in
which he may be used as a medium to
confuse the unique plans of Mr.. Wilson
indicate goodness Of heart and no more.
If Mr.. Marshall doesn't feel up to the loom
ing responsibilities of the next few months
as they have been sketched by former At
torney General Wickersham why did he
ever accept his Job? If the Democrats
must shudder at the mere thought Of him
in the Presidents chair why did they ever
elect him? And If the country itself is
unable to sleep O nights in view of the
impending tragedy of a Vice President
actually performing the functions Of his
office, why will it continue to tolerate a
system which insists upon selecting for one
of the most important offices in the Gov
ernwent placid veterans whose chief vir
tue Is an ability to endure political OBJ
Iteration without a murnur of COM
plaint?
Mr. Marshall Is no more to blame in
this instance than the country itself. 1t
remains to be seen whether Mr.. Wilson's
foreign pilgrimage Is justifable by it's re.
suits. Plainly the President feels that
there are stupendous potentialities in the
present situation in Europe. He may be
| credited justly with desire TO serve man
| kind IN a large way. By the results Of
his effort he will be judged-not by the
obvious virtue of his intentions. 1t is easy
to say that Mr. Wilson'S first duty is to
| his country and not to the world at large.
| But what happens in the rest of the world
| will certainly be Of the utmost Importance
in affairs that concern our own welfare
and peace of mind.
The plight of the Vice President at this
moment is another matter. To say that
the President has or has not right to
leave his office temporarily doesn't end the
discussion. What we have to admit is
that II the political system Of the country
were more enlightened it would be posi-
| Bile to view the temporary absence of the
| President from duty without qualms and
shudderngs and a sense of approaching
nightmare.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
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VANISHING AUTOMOBILES

INSURANCE companies for the most part
have had to shoulder the 100000 loss
represented by automobiles stolen in this
city since the first of the year. But they
bear the burden only temporarily. Through
constantly increasing rates the loss Is
passed on to every owner Of an auto.
mobile who invests in insurance.
This is an easy and a Enthusiastically
American method of dealing with dis
agreeable and costly nuisance. Every
owner of an automobile in Pennsylvania
is taxed definite sum yearly through the
negligence or the inefficiency Of the police
systems created by politicians largely for
their own benefit.
1t would not be fair to blame the police
for all losses Of this nature. The auto
mobile presents new problem. Many
owners are careless. And 1t is apparent
that an adroitly devised system exists in
every large community for the theft of
motorcars. But the numbers on the au-
tomobile must be changed and the ma
chine must be disguised in one way or
another Immediately after a thief makes
on with 1t. It is likely that an efficient
detective bureau could find in this city
workshops established for this precise
purpose. And If the police aren't able
to do this the duty should be assumed
as measure Of economy A fairly thor.
ough detective system might be maintained
for less than 100000 year.
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many-before we may go calling and visit.
Ing through the air.

many-before we may go calling and visit
ing through the air.
The expense Of flying and the great
overhead cost are first confederation. An
airplane engine is an expensive bit of
mechanism. 1t is operated at racking
speed and subjected to strains which wear
1t down after a surprisingly short time
and make overhaul and rebuilding neces-
sary. Then again, an air machine must
have a large area in which to maneuver
at the beginning Of a flight and In the
return to land 1t requires the attention
Of skilled mechanics and the aviator him.
as he prepares to soar. Once he is in
the air his work is easy and his progress
easy. Aviation is most difficult and most
expensive on or near the ground.
Airmen OF experience now returning
from the war or the training fields are
inclined to believe that sooner or later
flying may become q more or less risky
pastime. That will be after public landing
fields are established with expert attend.
ants as we'll as police to preserve the
lives of spectators. But they are convinced,
too, that the cost of flying will restrict
that noble sport. Airplane engines must
be eXquisitely adjusted at all times and
they will always cost lot of money. The
life of the flyer depends on his engine. If
an automobile motor stops the driver is
in no danger. If the flyers engine goes
bad anywhere near the earth the flyer Is
almost sure to be killed or badly injured.
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DAD

MOTHER is a darling and, Of course,
AVA we've got to love her.
She's the idol of the heart Of every
chunky Tad.
From the pedestal she holds no critic e'er
can shove her,
But while we give her wholesome praise,
let's say word for Dad!
Dads patriot sure enough, although he
did no fighting.
Dad bought bonds and never let his con.
fidence abate.
Dad just did the prosy jobs went shy of
things exciting.
Sonny shipped the Hun to He'll, but
Daddy paid the freight!
Hey, Dad! Ho, Dad! Get your Home Guard
trappings!
Put your belt around your waist, your
helmet on your dome.
Take your jubilation from repression's
gloomy wrappings
And let er rip my hearty; for the Boy
is coming home!
Sister Susie sewing shirts and Busy Bud
boy.scouting
Deserve the praise we swift accord each
patriot lass and lad;
But Buddie would be sore. I think, and
Susie would be pouting
For lack OF necessary funds If 1t were
not for Dad
Daddy buys the uniform and stakes the
Red Cross worker.
Daddy buys war savings stamps at quite
a lively gait
Daddy is hustler, and he never was .
shirker.
Sonny shipped the Hun to He'll, but
Daddy paid the freight!
Hey, Dad! Ho, Dad! AS sure as you are
living
There's everlasting JOY aboard the ships
that breast the foam.
Hey, Dad! Ho, Dad! There's cause for deep
thanksgiving,
And you've got a right to jubilate!-The
Boy is coming home!
GRIF ALEXANDER.
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THE GOWNSMAN

is certain to be impoverished The thing as
it stands Is preposterous and a reproach to
our good fame. Let us hope that the bill
which we hear is in preparation by the State
Board of Education will redress this wrong
as a simple act of justice, and that the next
Assembly will put if successfully through
before that inevitable day when women will
have in Pennsylvania that free and equal
voice in the making Of the laws of the land
which they already enjoy where public opln-
ion Is less backward.
ITO THE business man the life of teacher
l. seems life of idle leisure. The teachers
hours do not seem long: . to 4, to less
than in high schools, three or at most,
four hours of recitation day. But this takes
neither into account the years of careful
training nor the hours before and after
school in which the teacher is busy with
preparation, laboratory, students papers, re-
ports, grades and what not. The Gownsman
will venture that the clean desk, with moth
ing to carry over to tomorrow's task. is less
frequent in teaching than in business and
the solicitude of the conscientious teacher
that he may prove equal to his difficult task
and not mislead those under his charge by
carelessness or negligence Is at least as
lively as any of the usual anxieties of bust
ness life The teachers task, like the house
wifes. Is never at an end 1t Is not one piece
of work pursued to completion, to be followed
by another 1t is rather a continuous contact
with small things to be Judged only in the
aggregate and less by actually appraisable
results than by the conscience within.
THERE has been complaint that American
L education has been too much feminized.
Men could demand higher wages. and for
the most part they have done So But the
profession of teaching has long since ceased
to attract our strongest men. 1t is an ex-
pensive luxury to remain a teacher Now
our best women. too. leaving us. Even
with the return to more normal conditions
we are running dangerous risk of further
weakening that in which it is imperative
that we should be strong
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
WHAT THE g A C DID

" A DMINISTRATIyELY the revolution in
the American colleges will be over by
january 1, when the rehabilitation of the
Students Army Training Corps, Just
ordered by Secretary Baker, is expected to
be completed. Intrinsically, however, the
effects of the sweeping changes made in
upiversity life are likely to endure for
many years
Before the sudden process of militariza
fion set in this autumn a sense of proper
ton was not the distinguishing character
tstic of student days. Athletics were emo.
sionaily overplayed. So were fraternities
SO were other features of university exis-
tenee which only assumed the proper rela.
tive value to their champions when
graduation day was years past.
Pretedents and prejudices, some of them
Illogical and naive. were inevitably side,
tracked under the army regime. With the
bonds removed old customs will, of course.
return and rightly so. but with modifca-
Mona which cannot fail to be beneficial to
1he college atmosphere. 1t is inconceiyable
4 itat the ola intercollegiate ructlons and
111casltionsl eoncerning professional foot
& "a blo4ps4 viii ever recur under the new
IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
DANCE. WILLIAM!

Dance, since you're dancing, William.
Dance up and doun;
Set to your partners, William.
Wen play the tune.
See, make bow to Paris.
Here's Antwerp toun,
Off to the Gulf of Riga,
Back to Verdun--
Aye. but Pm thinkin', laddie.
Yen use your shooni '
Dance. since you're dancing, William. q.
Dance UP and doun; m,
Set to your partners, William, -
Wen play the tune, 4.
What. wad ye stop the pipers7 -.
Nay tits over soon -. ~
Dance, since you're dancing, William.
Dance, we puir loon!
Dance till you're dizzy, William.
Dance TIL you're swoon.
Dance TIL you're dead. my laddie~-
Wen play the tune t
-5.pndon rss,ies oetaber. 1914.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
PRUNES And PRISMS
soNNETs IN A LODGING Ho1-sE
The Landlady

The Landlady
Zach morn she cackles upward. tread by
- tread,
All apprehensive of some hideous sight;
Perhaps the Fourth Floor Back, who reads
in bed,
Forgot his gas and let 1t burn all night
The Sweet Young Thing who has the mid.
die room,
She much suspects: for once some ink
was spilled,
And then the plumber, in an hour of gloom,
Found all the bathroom pipes with tea
leaves filled.
No league Of nations scheme can make her
gay
She knows the rank duplicity of man;
Some folks expect clean towels every day,
They'll get away with murder IL they
can!
She tacks a card (alas few roomers mind
iD
Please 1cdue the tub as you ,could 1cish
TO find It.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
Justice 10 the Teachers

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-The campaign now being conducted by
school teachers for the purpose Of receiving
an increase in their salaries should receive
the hearty and sympathetic support of every
citizen. The time, labor and thought given
public education has never been properly
paid for by the public and In view of the i'm
pending reorganization of our public affairs
1t is important that ahe public school teachers
should not be overlooked. 1t Is difficult to
see how any person who Is familiar with
their work and conscious OF It's usefulness TO
the community can fail to indorse their de-
mand for better compensation. In common
fairness. therefore, their reasonable demands
should be satisfied. D, w. AafRAm.
Philadcipkia, November es
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order The democracy OF the army should
have an excellent effect on fraternities
which will be duly revived and under
saner spirit of fellowship.
The idling college boy" contemptuous Of
even a fair amount Of study and most
ignorant OF what he's most assured" viii
be an anachronism. 1t Is reasonable to
deduce that the leaven Of patriotic shake.
up has done higher education in this
country very good turn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
THE FUTURE OF AIRPLANES

MOST of the men who are coming back
4'A to earth after a year or more of
experience in war aviation are less assured
about the future Of flying than are the
spectators who used to applaud them from
a safe place on the dependable earth. They
are aware of difficulties beyond the COM
prehension of those who struggle about
on mere wheels. Aviators who know most
.bout their machines believe that wings
WIN not soon be a common possession and
that Il VIII be somssyears- perhaps good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

The German radicals
They'll Get Him taking leaf from the
Yet boolS of the Russians
are demanding that
the Kaiser and Crown Prince-that is the
former Kaiser and his heir--be delivered up
to them No wonder Wilhelm fed. He may
fee still further if they don't catch him pretty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28
What Do You KnO,j?
QUIZ

QUIZ g.
1. In whose administration was George w.
WiciIersham Attorney General Of the
= United States? rs
2. Where Is seb,stornl. for which an Allied
fleet has Just sailed?
3. What IL the origin Of the word damonds
4. Who was TIL EuIenspiegel? ,rs
Who is the dictator in the Omsk Russian
Government
@. What, IL alfalfa? .'
I. Fr9m what hook In the Bible is the name
s. What is the meaning Of ValparaisoY
o.. What President Of the United States caught
cold at his Inauguration and died about =
month later?
10. What book of cynical political doctrine was
written by Macehiayelli?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

The assemblage of
General Obiivions hitherto unpublished
Command facts about the war is
going to make many a
reputation, but the fellow who tried to have
the American soldiers called "Sammees' will
share not at all in the new laurel harvest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

When 100000 letters from the soldiers
in France arrive in one ship we can get some
faint idea of the number that will go out be-
fore the holiday mail Is all on the way to the
other side. .'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

The one-time Crown Prince of Germany
is still talking about his future. He seems
not to have realized as yet that his future
is in the past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

Germany, it is said, will now have only
two classes Of soldiers, but there are some
persons who may none the less think that
her soldiers have no class at all after what
Foch did to them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

Though the President has lot to do in
Europe, the Great Lakes quintet which is
TO furnish music on his ship is doubtless de-
termined that it shan't be case of all work
and no play on the way over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

The Peruvian bark turns to a coo as
Lima apologies to Santiago in Hidalgo style
and the South American war cloud is tenn
porarily dissipated.
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Over $5OO,0O0 wortl

over $5OOo00 worth
Or Into q Cafe? OF automobiles were
stolen In this city
since the first OF the year. fortune awaits
the man who will invent a devilwagon that
the owner can take to bed with him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

Something to be truly thankful for-that
the man who said the war would last ten
years is mute today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

1t is all right for the Germans to try to
fatten up the American prisoners before re-
leasing them. 1t is a confession of brutality
of which there is already ample evidence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

There have been times
ME. Too" when Mexico was re-
in Mexico ported amenable to
veuton influences. And
now while abdication is the fashion in Ger
many. Nenustano Carranza forecasts his
retirement by refusing to consider nomina-
ton for second term. Can it be that imita-
ton is still the slncerest fiattery?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

with a lady opposing Mr.. Asquith in
the coming elections the Tories in England
must feel that the world is actually coming
to an end
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

With demobilization of the Students
Army Training Corps now on II is undeniable
that more matrieulates win nee the football
than the battle field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

VIII Governor Brumbaughs war history
have any mention of the battles of Frog
Hollow?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

When the Paris conferences abolisl
aristocracy, what Is to become of the hat
check boy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

One Of these days some one will realize
the necessity of compiling daily skip-stop
casualty list.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

About the only thing the Kaiser will
have to be thankful for today will be Count
Bentincks dinner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

Do your Christmas shopping early. And
do 1t earlier II you have aesoldier in France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

We hope that Dutcn parson took care
10 get the Crown Princes rent in ad.
vance. But even if he didn't, he can have
one consolation; empty bottles can usually
be sold for several cents each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

tne Capltal or Chlle.
That Mrs. Charlie Chaplin is going to
let her husband stay in the movies
That soldiers who have been in shat
tered towns of France think the debris in
the City Hall courtyard was put there to
keep them from getting homesick for the
battlefields.
JOHN DOE.
The above is all very well, but the fel.
low who deserves sympathy today is Count
Bentnck, the Kaiser's host. What has
he got to be thankful for?
Many people are greatly worried about
tho freedom Of the seas" and say they
can't sleep until they know what the Pres-
dent means by it. Our friend Cynthia asks
If it means that sea.sickness will be abol-
ished. One writer, who signs himself
Bitter Non-Partisan," says that it evil
IDENTIFY means a President Is to be free to
go overseas whenever business is too
pressing at home. Inconstant Reader sug-
gests that it means that steamship fares
are to be done away with.
The quaint thing is that no one has
suggested that the phrase may mean just
what it says, viz: that the ocean highways
| in peace or in war.
1t was a mighty public.sprited act on
| the part Of Chile and Peru to get up their
| brawl just now, to prove Gf further proof
| were needed) that human nature hasn't
| changed since November II, and that
League Of Nations is the worlds most
peremptory necessity.
When we see toy soldiers in the shop
| windows we stop and think moment
| and wonder whether the men who have
been over there will give them to their
children for Christmas?
| Was Goldsmith thinking of a sugar ra-
ton when he spoke Of being passing rich
on forty pounds year?'
News From Mr.. Bleak
! Dunraven Bleak writes to us that he
is having the time of his life cleaning
desks in Berlin. He says he has found
one or more Jumps Of sugar put away
| in almost every desk used by the former
cabinet ministers. He says that he does
not approve of the Dutch tendency to
hoard Hohenzollerns.
What was the first movie you ever saw?
We remember seeing animated pictures
or the biograph' in England during the
jubilee of 1897 And one of the first NOV.
les we remember in this country illus.
trated the adventures of a publicity man
who kept on going up to billboards and
transposing the sign POST NO BILLS
into BOSTON PILLS. We wonder IL any
of readers ever saw that historic
! film?
Our Own League of Notions
We wonder If there are still any feud
hoarders in Kentucky"
The Strange City
A puzzled Philadelphian writes US from
New York that on that island an evening
newspaper issues a last" edition at P
NJ. and a final" at p. NJ.
We hope that Dutcn parson took care
10 get the Crown Princes rent. in ad
vance. But even If he didn't, he can have
one consolation empty bottles can usual,
be sold for several cents each.
There's always something to be thank
full for, even II it's only the bottom Of
the column.
SOCRATES.
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That strassburg is now strasbourg.
That Henry Fords new magazine doesn't
start until next week.
That bone isn't always dry.
That we knew enough TO contradict the
guy in the smoker who said Peru was
the capital Of Chile.
That Mrs. Charlie Chaplin is going to
let her husband stay in the movies.
That soldiers who have been in shat
tered towns of France think the debris in
the City Hall courtyard was put there to
keep them from getting homesick for the
battlefeds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

It begins to look as though the indicted
Kaiser would experience trying times before
England and France get through with him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

There's always something to be thank.
full for even IL it's only the bottom of
the column.
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The STRANGE Ci,x


puzzled Philadelphia writes US from
New York that on that island an evening
newspaper issues a last" edition at p
NJ and a final" at p NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-28

Our Own League of Notions
We wonder If there are still any feud
hOarders in Kentucky
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JOHN DOE.

The above is all very well, but the fell
low who deserves sympathy today is Count
Bentinck, the Kaiser's host. What has
he got to be thankful for?