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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
HUN GOLD TO THE SIKH

MOT content with reaping the disastrous
~ harvest of intrigue on four continents,
Europe, Africa, North and South America,
Germany is now before the bar for foment-
ing revolutionary plots in India. With
Asia added to the list. Australia seems to
be the only continental eXpanse outside
the influence of Wihelmstrasse The high
commission now sitting at Delhi is uncov-
ering interesting facts Of Hindu conspira-
cies hatchel beth In India, the United
States and England through the incubating
influence of Teuton gold. Germanys ideal
has been "the open door" for Germany on
all continents, but apparently the open door
is internationally marked This Way Out"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
RELATION OF SKATING TO LONGEVITY
Here's Abraham Oppenheimer, Ninety-seven Years
Young, and Number of Others Who
Love the Sport
Love the Sport

Young Breen" and lkened to swallow for
''swooping grace"
The first gathering place upon the Schuyl-
Kill was stretch below the dam, and thither
In the early sos came the first lady skaters,
Miss Van Dyke, daughter of the United
states Attorney for Philadelphia Miss Weth-
eril from Germantown Miss Harvey, Miss
Lewis ard Miss Emil'e SchomherE n rreat
beauty, who was afterward Mrs. Hughes
Hallett
Later the center of the clubs activities
moved above the dam. and in the early sos
TOOK up It's residence In the present clubhouse
at the northern end of Boathouse Row Tho
humane feature of the club which oripiraYc5
with William +, Van Hook resulted in the
saving OF twenty-eght lives during the win
ter of 1851 '
Worthless of Later Day
The present writer remembers with what
enVious pangs he watched, as a bow the
graceful maneuvers of the members In their
niue pea-)ackets. as they SKINNED over the
river CLASSY held from Girard avenue to the
dam But Peter p Brcen, as we remember
him, eschewed the pea jacket and never an
peared without his shiny silk hat which uover
lost Its Jaunty perch upon his head. through
all the lntricacies of 'the phllade,nhja
Twist-a variant of the grapevine" which
as iar as we recall only he ard the venerahIe
Robert X. Wright were ever able to axao,,e
with perfect aplomb
Miss Wetherill was mentioned above -,
one OF the frst ladies' to achieve distinction
Phnhnephia skater, and her name baa
always inquired In the annals of the art In
this city. William ii. Wetherill who has
been member since 1860 and who must
" be close to eighty years of age boasted
the other day that he has been out upon the
Ice tnis year. Probably DIR. j. Cheston Nor
rls hasnt donned his runners this winter
but he " still actively interested in the cInh
But these. and Dorrance Evans. the ",ce.
hawk. and Howard. his brother and EranL
Wetherill and others among the Old boys
have gracefully given way to the younper
more supple, but more enthusiastic ar.
lists or the younger generation-W w pot
ter and his brother Henry c. who was r,,n
ner-up to Joseph Chapman last year in tba
contest for the laurel awarded for most fire.
quent indulgence In the sport Curtis T. cIay
the acknowledged premier in figure skating
Hobart A. II. Baker and others
The club has always encouraged the vo,,no
eagles to come forward and II this cold srai,
continues. a particular effort will be mada
TO bring about the contest provided for sew
eral years ago when Walter Thayer gave a
cup-in memory Of his brother lost with the
Lusitania-for the best fancy skater under
twenty-one years of age.
But whether they still tempt the slipnerv
fates, or content themselves with "freside
rockers praisers Of times past when thev
were mere boys. there will be a great out.
pouring Of the skaters I'M th<f clubhouse on
Hoethonse How ou the evening Of Wsdnor6or
9ez3 ~ ~ ~ (11nr< = y = +; = q "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
RAPS FUEL ADMINISTRATION

To the Editoro the EUering Public Ledger
Sir-Re your editorial on coal, "psychol-
ogy' be damned If any one in authority
will visit my town and get II ton of coal put
in my bin, so that my wife and baby can at
least keep warm, I'll pay him the top mar
ket price, pus commission
SO far as the average ultimate consumer is
concerned the so-called fuel administration
has been a curse. We couldn't possibly be
any worse off than we are one cant have less
than nothing, and the chances are that If the
red-tape theorists had been retained in some
fttr gy harmless occupation we might at
least have some coal
The needed coal is in the country; where
is it, and who is responsible for the hold
up" (both in price and delivery?
The fuel administration had best begin
10 "adminstrate" before the people wake up.
]. T. MOREHEA
Merchantville, n. j., December %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
A WINDY CONTROVERSY

DCRITANIC persons who inveighed against
l. the New Years mummers in this city.
calling their tribute to King Momus wasteful
ana overly gay for serious times would prob
aby write scolding letters to the Times IL
they were in London. London, saddened by
war. none the less is human enough to tighten
tic gloom with s1mcthing to bring a smile
that will dspel the lines Of care, Mt least
temporarily. Revues, 'pantos' and what not
in the amusement line give an hours surcease
from carrying on" they say over there
in idiomatic equivalent for business as
usual"
Just now the correspondence columns of
the press are filled, not with burning commu-
nications concerning the disadvantages of n
Bolsherik peace, but with fervent and anus
ing, perhaps bit ironical, epistles concern
ing the pronunciation of wind" as fiscoy-
cred in poetry, song and prose. A music all
ditty rhymed it unnstakaby with find"
and then the pathological pot began bubblng
till recent journals have brought it to the
boiling point
The pronunciation of English is anything
but regular, there being often two ways given
in the dictionaries of pronouncing a word
e., "tryst." either" "wind"-without
changing the part of speech by the alteration,
as in conduct" wound" one well-known
singer. Madame Belle Cole varied her pro-
nunciation of "trysting tree" to suit the local.
ity of her concert tours.
one writer states that to mispronounce a
word shows one to be "ilterate and ignor-
ant" II rhyming wind" and "unl<ind.
makes one so, then he is In good company
as Shakespeare, Pope, Tennyson, Browning
and Sir Walter Scott all aommit this terrible
oifense. 1t Is only polite to give the word
the poet l&s obviously intended by his rhyme
when there Is a choice Of pronunciation al
lowed by custom. as in wind" No poet
worthy the name chooses rhymes which only
appeal 70 the eye and not to the ear (Which
is the final arbiter), or rough" dough"
and plough would all be admissible as
rhymes, being nearly as good as have" and
save" as these words have each one fixed
sound only.
As for the pronunciation of "wind,-to
twist" or turns this pronunciation f,xed
Windsor takes its name from the winding
banks of the river.
Pope rhymes obey" tea" following tho
French pronunciation of they and "be-
ged" with Obliged" but this Frenchiaed
pronunciation of the latter word In each cass
was used by the beau monde" of his day so
the ear would be satisfied. w, s. Ciilbcri take.
liberties with the 'epgth of the go In tho fol-
lowing famous lines:
Every boy and every gal
That's born into this world alive
Is either little Liberal
Or else little CONSERVATIVE"
Yet the author of "Iolanthe" was neither
ignorant nor illterate.
Another writer refers to the metrical yer.
sion of the Psalms.
However. on referring 10 an old Praye,
Book containing the Psalms IN verse form
at the end Of the volume. what does one flnd
IN Psalm IT, - RI. =.
ungodly men ana their attsupts 4,
a. II M HG'InH<rloI 1|{1H I'M - r q f, y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
A GOOD IRISH POEM

To the Editor of the EUe1dn0 Public Ledger'
Sir--I cannot refrain from expressing my
appreciation of The Man at the Turnpike
Bar" which appeared in Tom Daly's Column
a few days ago.
As n refreshing delneation of fine old Irish
sentiment it is warming to the heart of one
whose forebears came from the Emerald Isle.
Mr.. DAILY has touched the hearts of thou
sands with the delightful humor and pathos
of his Italian verses, but the recent offering
referred to above shows that he eXcels in
Irish dialect verse as well, and hope that
we may be entertained with more of his
exceptional talent in this direction
MARY II. CANNON.
Philadelphia, January l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

TT YOU had skated on the Schuylkill River
i for sixty-nine years-let us say. foot
running-and the next year along came a
thaw or something, wouldn't you be sore?
OF course you would Therefore pity Mr.. A.
Oppenheimer, ninety-seven years young who
sits in his chair. at 22l9 Green street, re-
GREETING that he wasn't able to get on the
river that winter to round out his seventieth
year on the steel blades.
Tho river is prime for skating now, but
Abraham Oppenheimer doesn't expect to en-
ioy IT, His skates have been rusty these
many years Nevertheless, he Is still the
dean of the Philadelphia Skating Club and
Humane Society, which he Joined In 1860.
Under date of February s, 1915, In reply TO
the secretary's call for the annual dinner, he
wrote In a quaverng hand upon postal
card: "I don't go out at night, as l am
ninety-five; but any information about skat-
irg since 1886 will gladly give to the club
Some day, IL we have time to do ourselves
the honor to call upon this wonderful young
ster we propose to ask him how he missed
being a charter member of the club; which
he might easily have been. for the club
wasn't formed until December ls4s
In very old times the Delaware was the
scene of most of the citys skating. and we
hear tales that seem wild to us now, OF OK
roasts held upon the ice But within the
memory of the oldest inhabitants the lower
schuylkill was the favorite spot for winter
foregatherng. 1t wasn't any too easy OF
access because from Broad street to the
Fairmount water works was vast expanse
of farmland but when the omnibus lines
began running to Fairmount and the later
extension Of the horse-car lines increased Its
accessibility. more skaters were attracted to
the Schuylkili Then came other troubles
The Schuylkill Rangers. or. perhaps, their
forebears got into the habit OF lying In wait
Tor the fashionable folk and stealing their
skates This means something when you
realize that solid steel skates hrst intro
duced to Philadelphia by +. w. Bushnell In
he '4Os, were sold at $40 pair, pr ce
which. In view of the worth Of money at that
time would be equivalent to about 800 now
. Z was largely for defense against IN, 9
guerriIlas that a meeting was called at stig-
mans Hotel. on George street (now Sansom)
above Sixth.
The Skating Clubs Beginning
Colonel James Page. the most graceful
skater of his day. was called to the chair TO
1rm the club. whose object. 80 John f.
Lewis. the clubs present head tells US In his
interesting sketch Of the organization. was
ito Improve its members In the art Of skating
and afford them pleasure and safety In mu-
tual companioLship." The most skillful
skaters Of that day. besides Colonel Page.
were Josiah Evans. Jacob Snyder. George
w. Paul. Franklin Peale. William F. Van
Hook and Edward y. Yates And only : it,
- laeeE enme fssss A<32 &he 1ls4 bot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

I san League We're misconStrued on every
occasion and in the most INSCRIPTIONS man
rcr. But the Nonpartisan League waXed
strong.
The Nonpartisan League has virtually no
newspaper represe ntation in Minnesota.
Therefore. all newspapers Of that State
interested in making out that, with the Nom
partisan League growing, Minnesota is a
nest of traitors But the conflict there is not
II conflict between Germans and Americans:
it Is "A conflict between the farmers, aided
by the industrialists, and economic moss
backs. JOHN PAUL MAY.
Philadelphia, January !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
The murder Of zoo persons by III

The murder Of 200 persons by the
brigands that infest the northern strip OF
Mexico Is only another chapter in the long
tale Of outrage and there win be more
chapters The only compensating feature
is that the marauders are as unpopular in
Mexico City as they are in Washington
There is but one permanent cure for this
evil the development of the section. Has
not the time arrived for two neighborins
peoples to banish the last trace Of their old
mutual p1strust and to co-operats for the
rlolelr(anG sf thef 6}rip e eGll}o9sx, ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
The Good Roads Movement

The movement for the Improvement OF
the roads of the Commonwealth interested
me exceedingly A bill for the purpose was
fostered in the Senate by Sproul, of Della
ware. and Roberts, of Montgomery but
another was introduced in the House and
the two houses failed to agree. The end
of the session was approaching and was
informed the movement had failed Then I
sent a message saying:
Throughout the whole of the session
| have RETAINED as you have no doubt
observed from all attempts to affect leg
islation by personal influence, pressure
or solicitation eXerted upon the members
of your honorable bodies The ConStitu-
ton provides, however. "A method for the
presentation of the views of the Gov
ernor upon that subject, which is as lol-
lows:
He shall recommend to
their consider alton such measures as he
NAV iudge eXpedient."
| feel that the time has come when
my duty requires me to indicate my
view upon measure now pending before
you. In my opinion, the most impor-
tant subject you have had to consider
during this session is that of providing
a system for improving the roads of the
Commonwealth. The measures affect.
ing the COVER ment of cities and extend
ing the privileges of railroads and other
corporations, grave as they may seem to
be, are of much less consequence and can
much better be deferred. To reach
conclusion with regard to roads / believe
to he essential | have read with great
care the bill which recently passed the
Senate and failed to meet the approval
of the House. and. while not perfect, II
seems to be bill which. if 1t became a
law, would go far toward the accom-.
plshment of the purposes intended and
he of great benefit to the people. ],
therefore earnestly recommend its pas
sage, with assurances that whatever the
Governor can do to have ii executed so
as to be fair toward all parts of the State
will be done.
Then / summoned the entire committees
of both houses before me, listened to full
discussion of their troubles and dismissed
them with the statement that l expected
them to come to an agreement. The bill
was passed and this important step in the
way of progress taken.
AS had been recommended in the inau-
gural message an act had been passed and
approved uniting the cities of Allegheny
and Pittsburgh,
Tomorrow. Governor Pennypacker discusses the
.Snlus-f;rady Bill'' designed to control news
papers of the state. In the argument he char
actcriyes "the doctrine Of the liberty of the
press" as 'an anachrOnism.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
General Crowder urges the INN

General Crowder urges the imme.
date registration for military service of
all men who have become twenty one since
the first draft. There can be no opposition
to this. II the first selectve conscription
law had been delayed until now the men
affected would be summoned along with
those few months their seniors and who
are at present in camp. The provost mar
shal's request simply amounts to bringing
the FIRST draft law up to date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
POLICE.

Mayor urges young men to join police
force.--ieadline.
WE FEAR that before they come for
w ward in large numbers his Honor will
have to suppress all knowledge Of the his
tory of the administration of the insttu
tion for the last two years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

to prevent pronteering has been taken and
that change In price, when allowed. will
be an economic necessity as well as a war
measure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
BLESSING OF A SMILE

is il not a thing divine to have smile
which, none know how. has the power to
tighten the weight OF that enormous chain
which all the Ivi-g in common drag behind
them Victor Hugo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
HOW LIKE WHISTLER

Some one asked Whistler If he was
acquainted with King Edward He said, mo,
I have not had that pleasure" But the King
avs he knows you" "oh, WELL" responded
whistle" "vou know he's always Dragging"
trgonaut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

Why be quitter? The United
States has not yet begun to fight. We
set out to lick the swashbuckler and we're
going to do IT,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
DIRECT APPROPRIATION GIVEN
TO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Governor Pennypacker Revived Status of Common
wealths Greatest Educational Establishment
as a State Institution

ground that, attempting to add to their
compensation during their existing terms,
II was unconstitutional My view was that
IL could not possibly be unconstitutional
for the reason that IL could be sustained
by holding ii not to apply TO the existing
terms of the Judges then in office. l. there.
fore, signed the bill thus aiding my old
associates of the judiciary, including Bea-
vcr himself who was then a Judge OF the
Superior Court. II never came to INV
knowledge. however. that any of them
refused the salary during the then exist.
ing terms. While giving them larger com.
pensaton, to encourage more steady ap.
plcatlon. there was no increase of the
number of the judiciary while I was Gov.
ernor. Bills were passed to add TO the
courts in Philadelphia, Allegheny. Erie,
Cambria Delaware and other counties, and
ali Of them failed. This course interfered
with many movements and caused many
disappointmcnts but my judgment was the
Judges were already too numerous and
that, besides, litigation was not "A thing
to be encouraged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

We do not wish to be too inquisitive,
but a great many people want to know
how Colonel House got along without any
sleep during that trip to Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

Senator Reed will Insult" Hoover
into the presidency II he Is not careful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

Whoever sail that the cold wave
was moving out to sea ought to be ducked
himself. We want no German weather
propa ganda.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

Marie Corelli has been fined $3.50 for
food boarding. Some of us have waited
long years for vengeance upon the author
of "The Sorrows OF Satan"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04

The Bolsheviki may make more his
tory than peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-04
What Do You Know?


QUIZ
1. Who IL Sir Cecil Spring-Rice?
9, What is the capital of bulgaria?
g. What American city Is referred to
"Gotham''?
a. Identify the Virgin Queen.
g. Who Is mentioned for the Federal post 10 he
created to corresnond to that Of the British
Minister Of Munitions:
@. Who was Adam?
T. Who Is the British Lord Chief Justice?
8. who was "Old Tippecanoe"?
d. What Is the seilla?
10. Who Is Philip seheidemann?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
I. Frederick stock Is the conductor of the CHI
eagO symphony Orchestra.
2. Camp Meade Is ct Admiral. "a Maryland town
near Baltimore.
3. CAPTAIN Andre TardIeu Is the High Com
missioner f-"m the French Republic to the
United States.
4. Henry David rhoreau. Of Concord. Mass
wrote ''Waden." one cf the earliest Of
American works ON nature.
5. Rair = tie cc-ae"'c y, - ~ the atmosrber.
falling TO the earth IN drops large enough
to nttain sensible velocity.
Q. Mussulmans, not Muss ''ine Is the nlu-,I NJ
Mussulnian. The termination Is from an
Saxon analogy Of man n-men. ''" VIC
Z. San Francisco Is called tile Golden Gate City
.. event. yidl. Well was said by Juiins Caesar
means. n rsns, i saw cessuerss.; !"
.. Ashssstss 4 4 .ahss9, n'ssrol vhe>e Hlus
z -. ~ w I. III 4 1. = +. i - cI..
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-17

ticulars.
The next morning the Tribune
had a full account OF H. journal
Reporter Nearly Drowned in At
tempted Rescue" was the headins
and the story went on 10 tell how
the young lady who was being res
cued found il necessary 20 lend a
hand 10 her WOuld-be rescuer. The
Journal had Murray's version Of the
story and IL was in very different
form.
They'll smell a rat and tn lose
ny job for this" Murray muttered
as ne compared the accounts
The more ne thought OF IL the
more dreadful it appeared 10 him.
Tie would be the laughing stock %
the beach and what was more If be
didn't lose lis position the boys on
the Journal stan would never LET
the joke on him 20 down T.
wouldn't have been SO bad u they
hadn't used Junes name. She was
too fine a girl 20 be brought i'm on
a story like that There was not n
ing 90 DO out 60 home and theu gel
out OF the city as soon as ne could.
he would have 10 see June before
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-17

young opponent
Coin to take you with me so
YOU can't get away and 'scape mn
ishin' the match" he explained. as
he led the way TO his fiivver
A moment later the fiivver was
staggering along the street headed
for the hotel at the other end OF
town. The machine wobbled up in
front of the Tickety structure and
King leaped out. Borden, however,
refused to bulge.
Feel like goin' to sleep" he
mumbled and gave vent to a snore.
King shook him, but without
avail.
The only result was another
snore, and the doctor settled himself
as comfortably as possible in his
cramped position for snooZe.
mo use" the young man told
himself L might as well so in
and explain that the doctor can't
come It's just as well, cause Ia
hate to take a chance with him doc
toring any one with that load"
\ burly man wearing a red shirt
and corduroy trousers met him al
the door. His weather-beaten face
was creased in an expression Of
worry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-17

at least twice a week 10 Dave. she
welcomed Johns visits. for even the
movies i'm Glendale weren't much
of a diversion. So. when November
found both Dave and John at Camp
Dix. the latter had drawn almost
on even terms with his rival.
But as an officer. Dave had the
easier time of it. Occasionally he
found il necessary to give orders to
his riv--. but when he did SO there
was d Twinkle in his eye which rob-
bed the situation of all bitterness.
I'm the matter of leaves Of absence.
ne was perfectly fair also. Each
Of the men was permitted 10 visit
home once every two weeks. and
Dave managed To fN up things SO
that he and John alternated on their
visits 10 Glendale
Things might have gone along
without change until the end Of the
war. but one evening Dawes division
commander told him that within
three weeks il was expected that the
young officer would be ordered TO