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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-27

N. Snellenburg & Co., Market and
18th Sts.
Wayne Ave. Garage, 5728-30 Wayne
Ave.
Vulcan Supplies Co., l4l8 Race St.
Springfield Ave. Garage, 50l5 Spring
field Ave.
Penna. Garage & Service Company OF
Philadelphia, 329-335 5. Broad St.
O'Brien & Hoover, 243 N. Juniper St.
Locust Auto Supply Co., l4ll Locust
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
rs READERS VIEW 1T
The kaiser's Correct Title
To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger

U tVC EuU)F " tNt JsttHttU fHOttC JcuUtf.
Sir-Readng the splendid educational
editorial entitled THE Carrion Empire
Is Doomed" from a recent issue of the EVEN
ING PUBLIC LEDGER, the words william the
Damned" appealed to me with their iumi-
mating appropriateness. They stuck In my
craw and remained there, as u happy phrase
often does,
believe il the editors of this country
would transfer the title of tho late Abdul
Hamid abdul the Damned to the Kaiser
and continually refer to him as william the
Damned" that 1t will help educate the Amer
lean people to the hdeousness of thu menace
which threatens civilization.
The phrases which are now universally
used of Billy the Kaiser" Kaiser Bill"
etc. re lppant. vulgar and weak, and they
woefuly Inislead in the mental impression
which they convey of the man with the shrv-
cled soul.
But the editor Of the EvENiNG PUBLIC
IEptER did justice to his subject lie gives
the mans correct name, as is ftting and
proper to the head of Il great nation. lie
gives him a titlc---thc damned-a dstin'
guished title select and exclusive. In all his
tory but one man has been "honored' with
this title ami he is dead. II is now looking for
an owner, and William is obviously entitled
to it. He has earned it. lie has earned u
by words and deeds which are worthy of lts
terrible significance. 1t IS dignied. descrip'
tive appropriate. 1t fits the man.
A READER
Philadelphia, March IS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
WHAT IS A REPUBLICAN?

MT1IEN the Twenty.hfth Ward returned
w Campbell TO the Republican City Com
mittee after he had been expelled because
he is not "A Republican" the onlooker was
moved to ask, What Is Republican?
Campbell says that Ware is not Repub'
lican and Ware has already made the same
remark about Campbell. If these experts
agree so well when talking about each
other, v no will be SO rash as to disagree
with either?
AS n matter Of fact, we are inclined to
the view that the anxious seeker after
the truth about what constitutes n Re.
publicai. will have to seek elsewhere than
in the minds and purposes of the local
ward leaders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
THE GERMAN ALARM CLOCK

WAKING up to the iron realities of war
w Is still a difficult process for many
persons, not only here. but aven in Eng.
land, where they can hear the sound OF the
guns. The decision of the Amalgamated
Association of British Engineers, which
was ready to strike when the German drive
began and then reversed suddenly from
an attitude of belllgerency toward the EN-.
ployers and the Government, affords an
Illustration adequate to reflect a general
abstraction still prevalent in some classes
of labor In America. The German armies
were driving toward the Channel ports
before these English trades unionists saw
their peril clearly.
Labor and capital alike have yet TO real.
lie that all the things for which they are
willing to contend In this emergency are
aside from the main issue. altogether de-
pendent ON the main ISSUE II Germany
should win or even obtain widened infiu-
9rcs the day would be IN sight when elI
.slcktp of iahof x4Ion npW rest upon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
HERE ARE LADIES'"

MTE IN this city should be tempted to
w sense of honor bestowed and to Il
trend OF profitable ruminatiou by the ac.
ton of Miss Anne Martin, of Nevada, who
in announcing herself as a candidate for
the United States Senate chose to start
her little boomlet glimmering into the void
Immediately over our heads. lie must be
a very wise man indeed who can say posi-.
lively that the time has not come for
women in the Senate. There are those
who will look back into the little past at
the first appearance in Congress of Miss
givlngs the burst Of tears with which the
Lady from Montana cast her first impor-
tant vote. Tears it will be said have no
appropr late place upon Olympus.
Perhaps, perhaps! And yet tears do
not come unbidden by some deep and
moving experience Of consciousness, and
deep and moving experiences of conscious.
ness are not too common in Congress
which they spring, are not ignoble trib.
utes to an abstract cause or "a great prin.
ciple. This is difficult ground. All the
values in the case are subtle and difficult
to define. Cold reason and the practical
mind seem between them to have made
rather II bungle of affairs all over the
earth. And mere mightiness Is losing much
of the respect that the world once ac-
corded IT,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
4 RUSSIA RECOVERING HER POISE

TF 1T is true that the Russians are seek.
ing to renew their relations with the
Allies and organize their armies once more
to fight the Germans, they are likely to
be welcomed with hospitality. OF course,
Russia must give evidence of its good
faith. Some such evidence is already avail
able. for the Bolsheviki have driven the
Germans from Odessa. A renewal of the
military activity directed against the COM
rtion enemy is encouraging 1t will make
1t necessary for Germany to keep its
troops on the eastern front and will by so
much strengthen the an lies that are fight
ing the Germans on th> western front.
While the Allies are kelly to be sympa-
thetic with the Russiars, they will prob.
ably await further develoi ments before
supplying them with either money or mu.
nitions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
Retort to Andrew McGill

TO the Editor Of the EDenn0 FuOHo bou9"'
Sir--Mr. McGlrs article on grammar, en-.
titled "Syntax for Cyncs," sounds very hiue'
as II he had been overhearing his wires c9h.
yersation on the telephone with anothe'
woman, Why criticize her Innocent auo'
ahle cute sweet" contributions 10 hes
friends description of another frlend pav, u,,,
And perhaps the buzzing OF the wire wnsa ~
he could not hear was ''horrid wien o..
Nas irving to talk about the active pas
sion" of her husband" when lie COULDN'T nha
his "hat' to wear to the opera
,vonan's vocabulary contained some oi Wv
interjectlons that grace the Telephone conss, vt
sations of the loud-voiced man az the ma Hs
telephone In the public booths. theie w.. .'.s-
he no danger of her conversation peihs o."
heard. The first exclamation "ou'1
come the eavesdropper
The fact that Mrs. Edwards has no lss.o -
In hats could have no possible interes. N..sr -
a man and any woman would KNOW oes,l Ls
than to mention II to man. Inc man xS-s
he most likely much pleased Win ~
Edwardss latest effort and wan, nn n.n wn,orsd
aat one lust like 1t. That Mr.. McGiii p'cnss
Sis sentence out also sounds as u ne -
been oyerhearing with care. And u .ne .e.,n ov
o,,,d,ng sentences overlapped so that ne cvus. u'
not make them out so much the better. ins ss
d, least were between the two women o',s
When a woman wants TO keep seer ssr s
talks ali around II and leaves II 70 une M. ~.
10 get the impression that she 10 'e""s
ching she wants to keep. ..,,,a
THE idioms OF the Ie,I.nine languase Wa rssd
lose their charm II they were ever s.,sr.a,
and made every day. Listen 10 9.sta ID
tions, IL you will. but don't try 70 unde, What
,han, becauseSif she knows that that ID w. w.
,,o,, are doing she will put so many eu.,v Mi
into her conversation that your Dram "
become twisted like a Kitchener loses zoe,
ONE OF THE DEAR THlNuS'
philadelphia, March 2i' r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
WEALTH SCARCELY
TOUCHED

.yTIORD comes from Washington that
NV $3.50. 900 of the new Liberty Loan
will be allotted to this revenue district.
New York will be called upon TO subscribe
500 000, 900 and Boston $500, 100000.
There is wealth and patriotism enough
here to take up the allotment on the first
day If very one will make his subscrip-
lions tLen. But that it vii. be taken up
in very few days ought to so without
saying.
Financial men will be interested in the
announcement that no further loan will be
fioated by the Government until next fall.
: This will allow interval enough for busi.
mess to adjust itself to the absorption OF
the large sum which is now called for and
to prepare for further drafts upon national
wealth.
We have already provided $500, 900 900
Z Tor war purposes in loans, n sum so vast
that II Is impossible TO comprehend its
magnitude. When the new loan is foated
this amount will be raised to $500 900 900.
This is only about s per cent OF She ma.
tlonal wealth, a patry tax on n great
people when it is levied for the cause in
which the money is being spent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
MR.. MARSHALL AT HIS
WORST

MO GREATER insult has been hurled
Vat the patriotism of a great party
than that of which Vice President Mar
shall delivered himself on Tuesday night
in his speech at Madison. He went to
Wisconsin as the official spokesman of
the Administration to assist in the cleo
tion Of a Democratic Senator. Here are
some of the things he said:
II makes no difference how pure and
patriotic the purposes of the Republican
candidate may be- to be elected he is now
bidding for the vote of the German SYM
pathizer for the vote Of the traitor, for
the vote of the seditionist, for the vote of
the pacifst for the vote of the man so
hidebound In politics that he rejoices ut
every mistake made by the President or
his advisers, for the vote of the man who
Is willing to make an inglorious peace, for
the vote of the disappointed profiteer
BY these votes alone can the
Republican candidate hope TO be elected
Mr.. Marshall knows or ought to know
that these charges are untrue. The
Republicans Of Wisconsin as q body are
loyal, as witness the action of the Re-
publican Legislature in repudiating La
Toilette. The effect of Mr.. Marshall's
speech is already manifest in the indg
nation Of the loyal Democrats. They arc
said to be deserting Davies. the Demo-
cratic candidate, and assuring Lenroot
OF their support, as a protest against
this kind of campaigning. But if this
were the only effect of the speech it
would not be SO regrettable. Besides
disgusting loyal Democrats, the Vice
President has heartened the pro-Germans
and the Socialists and lifted Berger, the
Socialist candidate. from obscurity into
the possibility of winning in the race.
with the loyal voters Of the State di-
videc between Lenroot and Davies.
But this manifestation Of partisanship
is not altogether new. It is merely the
elimination of series of acts tending to
make it difficult for Republicans of un-
questioned loyalty like Senator Lodge
to uphold the hands of the President
Some White House advisers seem unable
to persuade themselves that the defeat
of Democrat does not mean Il disloyal
condemnation of the war policy of the
Government. It is fallaciously assumed
that this is a war of the Democratic
party.
Unless the Democratic managers
change their tactics before the congress
sional campaign begins there is grave
danger Of such distraction of attention
from the necessary work of prosecuting
the war that we shall fail our allies in
their extremity. We say this with eX-
treme regret, but We are convinced that
it ought to be said again and again so
Ions as the present policy Of partisan
folly is countenanced by Democratic
leaders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
OBITS WE COVET

Whenever we are tempted TO feel a little
moody murderous our unfailng nostrum
Is that remarkable glad book by the self
laureled laureate of Pennsylvania the Rev
John Franklin Bair. His Complete POEMS"
published at Greensburg is miracle of mer-
riment for the basc-mlnded. ON such subjects
as liuuor and tobacco the Rev. has taken a
noble stand, and glad TO be able to
pass on his cautionary stanzas TO our con-
sumers. For instance, this:
YOU ARE NOT a GENTLEMAN
one night my sister Jane by handsome man was
caught
Who had taken of tobacco a fresh chew;
After they had walked around and had halted
near the spot.
When NJ hent and kissed her she cried out
Then she looked ierccy at him like an angry
little dog
And replied TO him while feeling very sore.
You not gentleman. YOU'RE big tobacco
hog
And I'll never never kiss you any more.
Dove Dulcet objects to our having called
him a subcallber poet. Well, Dove, II you do
want us to be accurate. we'll grant you
seyenty-two millimeters. But this thing on
the income tax which Dove has sent us is
certainly his best. He calls IL:
INCOME TACTIcs
I can't help smiling down toward
My right-hand trousers pocket
when see some Of my most respected acauain-
tances
Ioo.ing as though they had swallowed asafoetida
Eysry time think OF that surtsx They
Walk up aud down the street
Culpins for air.
Aud then SO home again and wonder
How soon golf balls will UP In price.
The question OF Just which bond holdings are
Exempt is 30 easy for me, And as for
Contributions to charity during 1917.
Nttna was time 1 Into automat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
THE LUCKY LOAFERS

TTHE fates have been kind to those
- loafers in New Jersey who now are
tearing themselves away from the pool
rooms and the corner cigar stores and the
grocery emporia to scutte madly in all
directions for bits Of land which they may
cultivate in order to escape the rigors of
the anti-loafing war law recently hurled
through the Legislature at Trenton. An
arduous season awaits them. of course.
,Daylightsaving will not mitigate the stern
Routine Of the soil. A farmer works while
the sun shines. and he usually labors until
he has just about energy enough remain
ing to put out the cat and wind the clock
And yet, aside from all this, the young
|. men who are now giving up the profession
0f loafng to till the soil will soon have
many of the advantages of exclusive and
Y polite associations. The farms are soon
TO claim as much of our excess and mis-
directed energy as can be modified under
the whip of public opinion.
x A great many Congressman will be sent
40 the farms If the idea is wisely devel-
oped. and a considerable number Of Mr.
-Ereers bright young men may be hurried
~dut to urge life into the reluctant cabbage
and to nourish the hesitant tomato and
lure crowding vegetation into the sum of
our natural resources. After-dinner speak.
ers In great crowds probably will be en-
listed for this useful service, as we'll as
thousands of the in yentors who are now
: wearing out perfectl.' good stone stairways
- washington. The plain, ordinary loafer.
/. (esured Of such inspiring company should
< consider himself fortunate indeed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
THE TRUTH OR SILENCE

THE discovery that the official news
l. bulletin of the Government contained
inaccurate information about the shipment
of airplanes to Frai.cc very properly was
followed by a protest in the Senate.
The people have right to the truth in
whatever formal statements come from
the official news bureaus. If it is mex.
pedient to tell the truth, then nothing should
be said. The people do not want to be
misled nor do they care to be codded with
camouhage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

will: but in the end there shall be recon-
ciliation. There must be for the world to
endure
shoulder to shoulder the world of enght-
ennent and liberty Is ranged to meet this last
"hrush OF the Brute. Millions of men have
suHered cach on his own cross of agony and
remuneration, TO the endssthat there may yet
DC an Easter Tor thes#world at large an
i~"ster Oh "ider hopes and dearer visions.
FTNHE days to come will need the braced
L nerve and resolution of every citizen.
This wasteful, needless and complacent ma
ton is yet to be the cornerstone of liberty
to come, and greatly we may vindlcatc the
'r''m SSss srantea US IN the past. But we
shaIi need courage stout, yalor unbendng
1t is easy to midtown high creeds on naner
easy to call others 10 the colors Ivo h,,,o
the world looks to us for the virtue in our
blood. Much has been granted us, Much
will be required.
IN the community of suffering. in the
jolnture of our resolution men and women
will have to lean upon each other for COM
fort Each one of us will have to contribute
what best he can, asking his soul dav nv day
Have / done my part in abridpipg tho
worlds torment? Those who heartIcssI,,
fritter away their chance to help will merit
the damnation of their fellows The lives
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
QUIZ

I. What office does Leon Trotsky poyv bo,, l.,
the bolshevik government? '''u !"
2. Who Was the crislnstor Of the "ruthIess sub-
8. What Is meant by tho aIIusion "Knlcker-
4. What cathedral Is called '.tbe Parth.n.., ~.
Gothic Architecture: ''"oh OF
his official title? " ""at Is
@. Where Is Picardy:
7. What Is meant by the Julian calendars
8. What was the Morey letter?
0. What was the "know Nothing" partye
10. Where ~ Odessa?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
The Wheat Situation

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger;
Sir-The editorial in the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER Tuesday entitled Don't Make tne
Same Mistake Twice was publicly read ~
the Produce Exchange today and unanimous.
ly approved. It's good work. keep up s ,n,s
kind of work that producers and the puohe
may know what we are up against.
SAMUEL S. DANIELS.
Secretary of tho Produce Exchange
Philadelphia, March 27. ..ti
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

the principle of freedom Of action must
vanish. Labor in the scheme of empire
visioned by the Kaiser would do what 1t
was told to do. Strikes of sort likely to
hamper the general war seem futile indeed
in the light of this obvious reasoning from
indisputable facts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Collector Berry is willing { be the
Democratic candidate for the governorship
if no else wants the nomination. Now Is
your chance. gentlemen If any of you wish
to get your name among those mentioned"
for high Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

"only persons in love
xxh., Doctor Wiley want to die sAys =
was An Love Doctor Harvey wney'
food expert. SONY,
ching ,yrorg hare our recollection doesn
confirm that melancholy musing' wns~ ws dIe.
were that way we not only didn't want g Az. W.
but we did our best 10 keep the nofists, u.,.
bon inakera and telephone oootAs x Z
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

NTEANWIT1LE experiments had been made
lHl with dough in a native bakery to obtain
a product that could be baked hard enough
and still be eaten. The proper combination
of clements was attained The cones were
baked. the ice cream put in and the sign
went up. ice Cream Cones at the Y. NJ.
e. A."
The "Tommes" had never eaten them be-
fore but they we're willing to take n chance.
And they certainly did take to the ice cream,
cones.
With Americas entrance in the war Clark
came back home to do his bit lie describes
his previous work that OF "stagehand
In the drama of war" He wanted to become
a real actor in II. so he has enlisted in the
United States aviation service.
on the way home he stopped off in Pekin
where he helped in the Y. NJ. G. A. worl,
among the troops there. Clark, by the way
lives in Flushing. n. Y.
All this Is pretty good work for a young
fellow who IL he had stayed in Princeton
would have graduated from college just this
spring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Barrie, Pinci, and Shaw in tho movies.
they say. Barrie will play opposite Theda
Bara, and Shaw will handle the custard pie.
being n vegetarian, and Pincro Will fiddle
while Rome burns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Tho Government is fixing dates for the
sale Of the wheat in storage. Now we want
to know when they will begin to fix dates for
eating il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

The extra daylight hour on Monday will
save some persons from Jail It will give
the bitter-enders time to make out their in
come tax returns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Hog Island has amazed Japanese mis-
sion. but the astonishment of the Japs is
nothing to that which the Germans would
experience IL they could once see it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Was 1t by coincidence or through eX-
traordlnary foresight that the Bostonese
,EaSut Doctor Muck in stone Jail few min
sS.tites before Colonel Roosevelt arrived feeling
4sinc:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Philadelphia Is about to fall, The Phila-
dcphia in question. however is fifty miles
cast of Jerusalem. in Palestine. 1t is also
known as Ammon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

The Kaiser's big gun seems to be al
most as futile as some others that might be
mentioned by name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Eat whale and keep hale, says the food
experts. We went to the market, but we
couldn't find any.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

propagander is one who tries to lay
golden eggs for the Kaiser.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

war-savings stamps cost only stii
until April !.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

ARRIVED in Bagdad close on the heels OF
EAthe fleeing Turks, the Princeton Unit
proceeded to set up one Of the largest Y. NJ,
c. a. huts in the world in building which
had formerly been occupied by the Turkish
Red Crescent Society as a hospital
And here it was that Clark brought the
fee cream cons to Bagdad. For the heat was
terrific and he knew the. '"rommies" would
appreciate cones CT the Atlantic City variety.
He didn't know just how to make ice cream
or cones either, but he had ideas on both
subjects.
A tnsmth made the tin cylinders for the
inside parts of the freezer. Ice was pro-
cured from the quartermasters department
Of the British army. There was a big Arab
TO turn the crank and do the freezing. When
everything was ready he got a native herds
man TO drive his cows up to the V NJ. G. A.
The native brought two or three wives along,
who. at the word of command, miked the
beasts and soon had n pail full Of the neces-
sary fluid. The Arab started tho freezing.
There was ice cream.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

NTESOPoTAMIAN war conditions are far
lNl different from those in the west. There
is the monotony of the desert, the tremen-
dous heat. and there is sand--sand every
where. Clark tells an amusing story about
a British officer almost suffocated by the
heat--it was 10 degrees in the shade and
there was no shade-who received a letter
from "A female relative which said that she
was glad he was suffering none of the dis
comforts common to the men on the western
front
Up tine Teris Clark went with the British
Army until Bagdad fell. The casualties were
heavy. The hospitals were always full and
the suffering "Tommies' were in constant
need of his violin to help. and the concerts
he organized 10 cheer them up bit. The
talent for these entertainments was recruited
from the ranks, and one evenings bin would
contain acts as varied sentimental songs,
which the British soldier loves, and stunts
by acrobatS and contortionists.
Clark describes the days work as Morn
lug. Interruptions agd adjustments after
noon. crrand5 and getting ready for the
evening; evening, athletics and the pro-
gram"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

Mr.. Garbarino is playing tag with the
Tageblatt.