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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
THE PARADE OF NATIONS

DRESlDENT WILSON, in his epochal
address at Mount Vernon. said that the
fate of the world must rest ultimately upon
the organized opinion of mankind. In the
parade of nations on Broad street yester-
day it was possible to perceive how various
a thing the opinion of mankind is and has
ever been-how rich, how truly valorous,
how ennohed by eagerness, hope and faith.
No one who saw yesterdays procession
of Americans of foreign birth will be able
soon to forget it. In the garb and in the
imagery of the various groups were echoes
of all history. And we were permitted to
see the beauty and glory of some of the
things from which these people have turned
for their new AmeriCanism. Here were the
representatives of nations that have been
almost exterminated in their endless fight
for liberty and for honor in other parts of
the world.
The Serbs and Rumanans, the Poles and
the Scandnavians have this great tradi-
ton to make them proud and to make
them brave.
Few Americans are accustomed TO think
ing ntelligently of the Chinese. Few
know them as they areas nation of
wise and gentle people. passiOnately de-
voted to the things of ovelincss. The
Chinese group in yesterdays procession
appeared, as one observer wrote it, with
the swift and sudden loveliness of fairy
tale The imaginative symbolism with
which they lit Broad street flowers from
twenty centuries of philosophy and artistry.
We know enough Of France, England and
| Italy to inspire US. But of the remoter
| peoples we know too little. Yesterday S
| pageant was adequate to show how ar
IDENTIFY mankind everywhere has pursued
| the ideals Of freedom, honor and wisdom.
The procession of the newer Americans
| showed how much of richness we may
| have ultimately in our civilization. 1t said
| rs plain words that we must justify the
| faith and the devotion of these people by
| guarding our vigorous ideals-by keeping
| them ever high.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

GOVERNOR EDGE AND OTHERS

& sTOvERNOR EDGE of New Jersey has
NJ announced finally that he will not cam
paisn--vocally--for the United States Sen
ate. He will let his record do the talking
and depend on the discrimination Of the
people to elect him. If Mr.. Edge is as far.
sighted as his decision seems to indicate
he deserves election. The wisest politician
nowadays is the one who says least.
Permanent issues, dependable issues, log.
fcal issues are as yet nowhere in sight for
either political party. The old phrases
about the tariff and States rights have
lost their meaning since the war began.
The needs and demands of the country
may change overnight.
If these times were like times that have
preceded them, the Fourth of July in Penn
sylvania would have been nothing more
than an incidental and luminous back
ground for the aspirations of Judge Bonni.
well and Senator Sproul, for Governor
Brumbaugh and the Wares, for Mr.. Penrose
and the chosen workers. But these are
new times and most Of the leading candi-
dates We're restrained in their manner and
IN their utterances. They didn't know
what to say,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

An illiterate Wisconsin justice Of the peace
used to consult what looked like law book
but which was really a mail order cata-
logue. One day colored person was hailed
before the squire for drunkenness. The
squire heard the evidence and then after
opening his book and glancing at it, fined the
prisoner $4.49, to be worked out on the road
at 25 cents a day As the negro was being
led away he said to the marshal: Use sho
u unlucky guy" "Unlucky nothing" :" re-
piled the marshal. IF the squire had hap
pened to open that book at automobiles in
stead Of pants you'd be working on the road
the rest of your life."-Gaveston Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
THE FARMERETTE: HER MEANING

ENARMERETTES, lament the telegraph
= wires, are not proving altogether satis-
factory in southern Jersey. The captains
of agriculture have found some of them to
be too frivolous. And so the stern routine
of the soil was disturbed and work was
hindered. and from the region of Wood
bury many of the girls have been sent
home TO Philadelphia
Now, no one of all the millions who have
fed away from farm life will be disposed
10 agree altogether with the farmers
about Woodbury.. little more of frivolity
and a little less of the rod of iron might
long ago have made farm life tolerable to
the multitudes who have left it for the
Elusive happiness of cities. Farmerettes
may be frivolous. But the farms are not
frivolous enough.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
THE FUTURE OF THE HERALD

DODMAN WANAMAkER, James Still
~ man and Eugene Higgins are to pub.
lish the New York Herald as executors Of
the will of the late James Gordon Bennett
and later as the managers of a special
corporation formed to publish the paper
and conduct memorial home for New
York journalists founded in honor of Mr..
Benefits father.
The fate of this newspaper. which has
been in the control of father and son for
eighty-three years--a family record ul-
equaled in American journalism--is mat.
ter of national interest. It was the evi.
dent intention of Mr.. Bennett that the
family name should continue to be con-
nected with the Herald for all time. as
the corporation is created as "a perpetual
memorial"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
Reuse of Waste Paper

To the Editor Of the Eucning Public Lcdger
SRI noticed in your paper on June 25
an article stating that beef steak cost less
than writing paper. that all papers are being
affected owing to the supply of raw material
from which paper is made becoming ex-
hausted and calling the attention of the pub
lie to the wastage of paper, and that there
must be halt Who Is wasting the paper ?
The public? In my opinion. no! The manu-
facturer of paper is to blame to a great
extent by not turning back into circulation
news print book stock and writing paper
instead of using this class of waste paper in
the manufacture of paper boxes. etc. This
Is where the waste comes in; common fiber
can be used for the manufacture of paper
boxes, etc. | know that so per cent Of news
print and book stock can be reclaimed with
out any deterioration to the stock treated
Probably the manufacturer of paper knows
the same, but Is il that it pays him better
10 use waste as stated on the manufacture
of boxes, etc, and gouge the public in price
for the finer qualities of papers? If there has
to be halt called upon wastage of paper.
start at the head and not at the tail end of
it. The public cannot be saddled with every-
thing that comes down the pike.
THOS. b. HARRISON.
Philadelphia, July 3.
If this correspondent can tell the paper
manufacturers how to extract the carbon
printing ink from waste NEWSPAPERS so that
the stock can be used again they will be glad
to hear from him.-Editor of the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
WHAT is WELL BEGUN Is HALF DONE

MEMBERS of twenty-five of the fifty
- one draft boards have got together for
the purpose OF agreeing on a uniform in
terpretation of the regulations.
An attempt will be made next week to
set representatives of all the boards
together when decisive action will be
taken.
ibis is a good beginning i'll the work of
eanoving all cause for dissatisfaction with
the decisions of the boards. There has been
wide difference of opinion on the meaning
OF the rules. In the absence of explicit
directions from Washington there is room
for differences of opinion. Agreement can
be reached by compromise and concession
and when the boards do agree no drafted
man will have excuse for complaint
The boards are headed in the right direc-
tion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
SOUELCH THE TICKET COUCE

CHICAGO has outlawed ticket specula-
- tors by providing that no ticket shall
be honored unless sold at the printed price
and at the box Office. similar ordinance
was Introduced this week in the New York
Board Of Aldermen. Our own City Coun-
ellis should follow suit
The sidewalk speculator is only spo-
radio nuisance in Philadelphia. But the
Increased prices charged at ticket agencies
are a persistent grievance. 1t has been
both affirmed and denied that the theatres
share the rake-off when tickets are sold
at hotel stands at an advance of fifty cents
or dollar over the regular price. The
public. however, doesn't care how the rapa-
cious game is played The determination
Of sheer gouge is the issue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

men and the Governors of the future he
like? Will they be wiser, abler, more
sncere7
Ships had TO be built Industry had to
be reorganized on a scale unbelievaby
vast. The finances of the country were
shifted to a new basis. Armies were or
ganized trained transported. New trades,
industries and professions were created.
We have yet to hear Of a Congressman or
a Senator or a Governor who was able to
participate actively in this general task.
Politicians talk and criticize but they sell
dom execute. That may be what they are
for. We gain something by being aware
of this aspect OF the matter-even at this
late date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
FOR SHAMEl

e1HERE are lI70oo coal miners in Amer
= lea Thirty-three thousand of them have
hoen drafted into the army.
i It takes two years to make a miner. A
n0ldier can be made In three months.
President Lincoln once said he could
rake a major general with stroke of
! his pen.
One of the gravest scandals of the war
has been that arising out of the lack of
fores.ght of the men responsible for ex-
enpting men engaged in coal mining from
~ draft
# Ihsy ought to be ashamed of them
1xoe and to do works meet for repent
- ~ repairing their blunders without
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
Nationality Of Noted Men

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sr-Kindly let me know the correct na-
tionality through your valuable paper of the
following men: General Foch, General Per-
fetti, in charge of the Allied aero welfare ::
Bartholdi maker of the Liberty statue and
john Sousa. d. A. +.
Philadelphia June %.
General Foch is a Frenchman. born in
the Basque country in the south of France
Major, not general, Perfett is an Italian.
Barthold was an Alsatian born in Alsace
when II belonged to France. John Philip
Sousa is an American of Portuguese descent
Editor of the EVENING PUBLIC LEpoERl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
Man Wants but Little Here Below

All Turkey now wants
Is the restitution
OF Arabia, Palestine.
Mesopotamia and Egypt:
And the Crimea and Crete.
Which reminds us
That all we want
Is couple or three
Million dollars and
A private car and
limousine and
A summer cottage
BY the sounding sea and
A ticket to Atlantic City
And a self-acting tly-swatter
And a greyhound
And something that'll stop
A sunburned place from singing
And silencer that'll
Work on cats
And a large tub o. suds
And an invitation
To the Kaiser's funeral
And few more little
Old trif1es like that.
When It comes to sitting
Down and yearnins for things
Turkey hasn't anything on Us.
Macon Telegraph.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
Answers to Wednesdays Ouiz


l. Trinity Collsge Amer;ca) is at Hartford,
Conn.,
Q Connecticut Is known as the Nutmeg State.
sometimes as the Wooden Nutmeg Staie IN
reisss,ov reisrssnses 10 az IN naeged Yankee trick Of
3, Chancet1uus proeess; IN Important method
Of extracting sulphur from waste.
A. Code Nppeple0n: 4 generalization Of French
civil laws enacted between 1894 and 1910
based mainly on Roman law and sponsored
by the first B0napnTte.
0. Th.. CheyalieE ,Bayard WAS known as the
proach" tsaIJ peqr ct sans reproche).
score of aida" 1850 ''s
T. "Aida" was written to order on Tn. cam
mission Of the Khediye OF Esypt for tie
enffn,nf II the Royal opsra House Ia
8. Evacuation Day; The, anniversary Of the dag
o. Count Silva Tarouca is minister OF agricul-
ture In the Austrisn Cabinet. and an In
b BEEN msstionsS iateis is eohns.tsn aS,ns VII. ats
:. .. the ntsm1lsr, ,in; :,
said bs Fisher Anne. 1Iss-iiGs'. An,cI-
Great urltain In 1895. ~, n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
THE DAY AFTER

A FTER Thanksgiving, the Fourth OF
n July,
Or any kind of fun-day,
Each of us says, with puzzled eye,
1t feels just like Monday
But after a fellows been out on bust
Or any old kind of heyday,
He never says. as he hunts for dust.
1t feels just like a pay day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
WAR LESSONS IN GOVERNMENT

yJoLUMES are being written of the
changes that experience may dictate in
the theory and methods of industry after
the war, Nothing is being said of the
possible reactions in politics.
What will the Senators and the Congress
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
What Do You KnOtU?
QUIZ

l. Where IL barnard College"
9. Ner,~ th. author Of ''ships That Pass In the
Might"
g. What is the national air Of Germanye
L. What Is the ForeIgn Legion?
5. whs was the sixth President Of the United
Statese
g. What is meant by "Croix de Guerre"c
4 What IN the highest noncom mil stoned eRieer
in the United States army?
g. Who was w. f. Henley:
o. What H. meant by Qualification" In a military
sense?
10, What II q vampireT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

When anything goes
Twenty Times wrong Russian says
Day !nchevo," which
means never mind ="
How many opportunities Russia has had to
say that while Lenine and Trotsky have
been on the job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
A NOTE FOR DIR. DERINBURG

proving that England had damned herself
forever (among cultivated people) by using
Hindu and other dark.skinned troops to
fight against the white gentlemen who had
raped and burned and drunk their way
through Belgium and France.
ERMANY and America, means Doctor
~ Dernburg in the throe of his hdeous
dream, had neither common borders nor
collding interests" How preposterous,
, then, that two such fraternal and mutually
| estimable nations should be at each others
| throats! Alas. Doctor, it seems TO have
| been matter of colliding psychologists.
We have never had, nor have we now,
| nor will we ever have, any bitterness of
! hatred for the German people. We feel
much as a man does when he is attacked
| on the high road by a maniac. The mad
| man must be overpowercd, he must be held
| and bound and the knife ripped from his
| hand, though it takes all the neighbors to
| do 1t. Even in the fury of the scufIle we
| are too proud to hate the man himself
| But for the dreadful and unclean and in
human possession that has perverted his
| brain and sense we have infinite pity, in
| finite horror. 1t is that grim spirit of evil
| that creeps so often and so subtly through
| human affairs. To cleanse the aching
earth of this poison we have set our teeth
and shall give ALL to the end.
ME ARE sorry for the whole anguished
w earth, Doctor, but sorriest of all, per-
haps, for you and those of your kind who
have cast the great abilities and fervors
| of your manhood into the barren task of
| justifyng wrong and sacrificing your
hearts for a bleeding error. We did not
want this war: you yourself were one of
those who by your endless pratings thrust
it upon us. 1t seems to you a bad dream,
| you say? All, but ere it is over you will
| see 1t more than bad dream. 1t will be
| very tangible reality. Why not run down
| to Chateau-Therry for your next week.
| end? SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

The weather on the Fourth provided
subtle rebuke for those speakers who seized
the occasion to criticize the Government
The weather was fair
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

y II the food administration could eliminate
vocal beefng with the other sort there would
be rest for ears made weary by the restless
voice of the kicker
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

The mill" in our million now in France
aspires to grind as exceeding small that
of the gods. and at a higher rate of speed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
Experts!

Hoetzendorf, the de-
Experts! feated Austrian gem
eral, is being called
stuck-up ignoramus in the German press The
German press is familiar enough with the
species to make its verdict generally accept
able.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

Congress is worrying about its vacation
but think of the Reichstag. It may have to
sit until 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
The Alibl

Il notice. Mr. Inter
The Alibi locutor, that the Aus
trians are putting their
troubles right up TO Emperor Karl"
"Hows that, Brother Tambo?"
why, the paper says that they ascribe
their recent defeat solely to the rain"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

The Germans planning a coup In
Russia. In Russia they speak of it as a
coop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

The best Fourth of July celebrating was
done in the neighborhood of Chateau-Thierry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

Polish problem solved" chrps a head
line. but it's hard to credit in these days
of ten-cent shines
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
The University I
oh, Boy !

The University Mu-
oh, Boy! scum may have
treasure in the re-
Gently acquired pillar of Pharaoh's palace
but a hunk Of the one at Potsdam would
enrich it still more.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

How many let their patriotic ardcr pasG
with the day?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
LAURELS FOR LOTT

TT is not easy to connect Captain Louis
L Marie Julien Viaud formerly Of the
French navy and now winner of a special
citation in army orders, with Pierre Lott.
subtle spinner of perfumed phrases, cham
pion of the exotic and the antique, creator
of wistful romances OF Polynesia, Japan
and Turkey. In the picturesque life of
the exquisite literary craftsman, whose
well.known nom de plume originated in
languorous far-fung Tahiti, art and arms
have always curiously clashed
AS naval officer his mission in pre-.
war days was often to carry progress and
order to distant lands. Captain Viaud
honoraby performed his task and then.
as the better known Lott, he wrote the
swan song of fading charms in once dyllic
realms fast sullied with civilization" He
criticized French rule in the Society
Islands and Cochin China. exalted the most
un- European customs of the Turk and
roundly berated the English for submerg-
ing the Philae temples by the construc-
ton of the monumental Assouan dam.
A CAREER so paradoxical has warranted
"A explanation. Since the beginning of
the war Lott has persistently provided one
by pointing out that as literary artist he
might have written things which he would
be ready to repudiate as a patriot
But such sacrifice is needless. Gems
like The Marriage of Lott" Olsen
chanted' or Madame Chrysantheme"
have their secure place in art. That their
author now puts this mistress secondary
to patriotism is sufficiently proved by his
Governments recognition of his distin-
gushed recent services.
The whole situation is typical of his
heroic fatherland and recalls the case of
Anatoe Iarance. whose acid pen satirized
the whole course of French history in
Penguin Island" and then wrote passion
ately in defense Of his country in "On the
Path of Glory" In a land Of literary
masters. patriotism comes first. France
the scoffer, Lott the delicate prose poet
heed its call.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05

Germany missed her chance to have
Seine Fourth of July
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-05-23
Pee Dee Dots.
(ContHbUtM)

Pee Dee school closed last Fri
day night. The closing exescises
were fine. Prof. Bell and MIR. W.
N. Everett made interesting talks
on War Savings Stamps.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Young and
little Dorothy visited at Lilesville
Saturday night and Sunday with
friends. Miss Jessie Ballard re-
turned with them
Miss Allie Mae Stewart spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
her mother in Lilesville.
Miss Mary Luther gave a party
Tuesday night. 1t was enjoyed
by quite a number of her friends.
Mr.. Frank Phillips and wife re-
turned home from Randleman
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Burrel Luther was the
first to get green beans from her
garden.
Mr.. Hamp Dean is home from
camp on a ten days furlough.
Mr.. Gus McAskill from Badin,
is home for a few days before
leaving for camp.
A letter from John Phillips in
France brought much joy to his
mother.
We are very sorry to lose our
overseer, MIR. Henry Jenkins, who
is called to service. He will leave
the 25th for Camp Jackson. We
hope he will make good as a SOL
der as he has an overseer.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-05-23
How to Secure Sugar.
(Contributed)

The sugar certificates which it
is necessary for the individual to
use in securing sugar for canning
can be furnished to merchants of
the county from this office with
out cost or the merchants can
secure them by applying to the
office in Raleigh.
Please be careful to distinguish
these certificates which can only
be used by people doing home
canning and preserving, from
the certificats upon which COM
mercial users must purchase sug-
ar. All commercial users includ-
ing drug stors, soda fountains,
ice cream manufacturers, bottl-
ing works ETC., must secure their
certificates direct from the Raj
eigh Office after they submitted
to them a sworn statement show
ing their consumption of sugar
last year. Blanks for this sworn
statement may be obtained from
the Raleigh Office upon applicat-
ion to them.
Yours very truly,
w. N. Everett
County Food Administrator.
May 22nd.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-05-23

"THE first duty, the duty we
must keep in the foreground of
our thought until it is accomplish
ed, is to win the war"-that was
the Presidents message delivered
in a speech in New York city
Saturday night. The man who
fancies he individually has no
part IN the winning of the war is
badly mistaken. We must ALL
have a part whether it is in
wearing uniform, sewing and
giving to the Red Cross or pro-
ducing and conserving food.
In the Presidents Baltimore
speech some time ago he said
force would be used to the limit
dealing with the Germans. And
now in his New York speech
Saturday night he reiterated the
same sentiment when he said
that men would be sent to the
limit. why limit Our forces to
five million?" he asked, intimating
that the United States would send
ten million men if necessary.
But in this latest speech the
President particularly empha-
sized the present duty of our
people in helping the Red Cross
Here is what the President adj
vices on what we ought to give:
"And when you give, give absolutely
all you can spare, and don't call yourself
liberal in the giving. If you give with
self adulation, you please your own van
ity. but if you give until it hurts, then
your heart blood goes into it."
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-05-23

Special attention is called to
the shirtwaists being sold by w
E. Harrison & Land Co. for SLIGO.