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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
Filters Ambition

and liked me to be honestly frank with NM,
and presented an attitude of agreeable at
tention which ! spoke of the vice presidency.
Filters Ambition
/ made report to Senator Quay in person
he was pleased with what | had done, and
when told him that Mayor Filter had said
no liked Senator Quay for his manly quail
Lies and great ability as politician and
.rould he glad To have him call at the Mayors
once when next in Philadelphia, the senator
said I'VE make a pilgrimage to the throne
room when nest ! visit your city, and II
was not long thereafter that Senator Quay
and 7 called upon the Mayor-with offices
then at Fifth and Chestnut streets After
n few pleasantriCs | left them together, and
sauntcred back to the hotel to await the re-
turn of Quay. In about thrce'quarters OF an
hour he returned evidently pcrplexed and
blurtcd out: Frazier, you have got me in
bad in this matter. Nothing short of the
presidency will satisfy His Honor. hut ] am
I'm for it. Filter must be taken out of the
hands Of the PhilistineS and we Will have to
do the best we can for him.
From Washington Senator Quay made re.
port to me in writng-an autograph letter.
as to why he failed to present the name Of
Hon. Edwin H. Ftler, of Pennsylvania in
nomination for the presidency. lie wrote:
Washington, July ., 1855,
Dear Frazier-Yours to hand. ! fear my
visit to the Mayor was lll-tlmed. It should
have been postponed. The delegation could
not be carried for him, fir because Magee
thought it was Z scheme Of mine and had
his heelers bawllng against Filter and for
their own mayors and hurgesses. Sec
ond, because Mr.. Smith. Of the Press, and
Mr.. Phelps CIV. Walter Phelps. of New
Jersey avowed the movement to be in.
tended to break up the unity of the dele.
cation and thhd. because the animosity to-
ward all these gentlemen reached very
soon n point which was uncomfortable. An
attempt to carry the delegation would have
been disastrous. Had nothing been said
upon the subject until We reached Chicago
different result could have been accom-
pished. | said in the delegation that I
would vote for the Mayor on first ballot.
hut was beset at once and forced to change
base at peril Of losing my grip.
Yours truly,
NJ. $. QUAY.
John W. Frazier, E,sq.
Several times in referring TO the matter
Senator Quay said to me: "In reaching for
the highest Office the Mayor seemed TO have
missed great opportunity. He could have
been nominated for Vice President as no one
was seriously seeking II at the outstart"
In that letter of Senator Quay two othe,
matters were referred to by Senator Ouay
| the first as to his appointment by the Repub
lcan candidate. General Harrison for chair
man of the National Committee and the othe,
In relation TO the appointment of Samuel w
Pennypacker for Judge, both of which (ths
craftsmanship and judgeship) | had alread,
| written about to the Senator, and what bs
wrote was in reply thereto both of whIcl
| came his way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
The University Of Pennsylvan

The University OF Pennsylvania
alumni are surely not Bourbon enough to
use their influence to close classroom doors
against women at the very time when the
progressive (hought OF the country is open.
ing the polling booths to them. It's a
pretty. safs bet that Franklin. founder Of
~ 1|lx .zxpu'd open 4 wide % 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
What Do You Know?

QUIZ
!. What I. meant by the phrase DARBY and
z. From what source is vanilla obtained:
3. What is argOn?
.. Where are, ,Germsny's principal colonies.
5. Where is Nagasaki? '''
q. Who were the Vikings?
Z. What are "quidnuncs':
4, Who was Cay0ur?
o, Where IL Sandy Hook:
10. Who said "Give me liberty or give m.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

The London Evening STANDARD
speaks of the Presidents latest utterance
as "A Parallel Offensive; Second Blow"
The "thinlS" tank is becoming one OF the
most powerful weapons OF the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

We understand that Mr.. McAdoo
removed "God Bless Our Home" from over
his desk and substituted, "To the busy
all :hings are possible"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

The statement that "U. s. U-boats
Will rival the Germans" is a trife am
biguous. We have no disposition to chal-
lenge their supremacy in murder
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

Barbarians once went to war against
Rome because they could not get any pep.
per. This coal question is becoming
serious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

Mississippi heads the list OF States
ratifying the prohibition amendment 1t
seems that the statesmen down there are
determined to stop emigration TO New
Orleans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
IL cost about $1,000 To. send the w

II cost about SIUUU tos send The WIZ
son message TO every corner of the world
Not nearly so expensive as the franking
privilege. which sends Congressman's
speech to every town and village from
Squeedunk to the Rio Grande.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

White coal does not have to be
mined. and there is u mint Of ii in the
Delaware and the Schuylliill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

The Russians have taken three let
tiers out of the alphabet. We want to put
three into the Constitution and they are
YES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
GETTING EVEN

Notice,-Forrherly Mrs Wilde. now Mira
husband. to pick up my Clothes and leave
her place, which ! did. I now forbid any
one % rust>hsr in my mana !. 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

We trust that the Germans will not
offer 10 Mr.. Trotsky the Swiss navy In
return for territory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

The man who won't buy bonds de.
serves to wear them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

NeigIbors Of ours about ninety
miles to the north are requested not to
call the new British Ambassador "Oil"
Reading.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

Nobody's for everything and every.
things for nobody.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10
NO TWOWAYS OF LOOKING AT THIS

Million yards short Of uniform cloth at
Philadelphia quartermaster's depot. News
headline.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

Russia Adopting American Ideas
Headline
All right but he sure you get the
right ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-10

one Of them comes two years earlier-the
vice presidency" I said to him.
There was one thing liked about Mayor
Filter. lie talked frankly and freely 20 me
and liked me to be honestly frank with him,
and presented an attitude of agreeable at
tention which ! spoke of the vice presidency.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
Authoritative Wrers-A Daily tora Feature.
CHILD LABOR HORRORS AND A FEW COLD FACTS.
ALFRED

Many may be surprised to know that
the national child labor law, declared to
be unconstitutional by the. Supreme
Court OF the United States tn june: IS IN
so, requiring all 10 whom orders Tor
goods are given 10 comply with the
terms Of the attempted act Of Congress.
One coordinate branch Is rcpudlatlng
another. The court overruled Congress
and tho executive ovcrrulcs tho court.
II incongruity is an element OF hn-
NOR, there Is much humor in all TINS
child laber agitation. 1t Is humor;
however. that provokes no evidence or
merriment beyond a cynical grin The
persons and politicians whose constant
slogan is trust the people" undertake
TO declare by law that the idolized peo-
pie shall not be trusted with the control
and born children. Obviously. children
could not be sent to work By ANYBODY
but their own fathers. the voters OF the
present spoken OF so highly. and moth,
crS. whose votes are TO redeem ana
purify tho land III the future according
TO promises. Tho money Molochs and
cruel capitnlistic fends. Of whom we
hear no good and much bad. could
hardly reach into the homes, yank forth
the children and devour them. as pic
tured in cartoons, without assistance.
refrain carefully from censure OF the
fathers who make the children work
and center their ferocious denunciation
and legislation on the employers who
accept them. Employers havo few
votes. The new Bolshevik constitu-
ton, just promulgated at Moscow. says
they shall have none.
Child labor. especially In the South.
where the growth OF cotton manufac-.
lures threatens serious rivalry to other
sections. offers lovely opportunity to
muckrakcrs. OF all grades. and to sob
sisters both in breeches and petticoats.
Many moving and thrilling articles are
printed. Photographs. obtained by GULL
Ing and grouping before the camera all
the Juvenile detectives, cripplcs and
sickly of communities. arc presented to
thousands of Mortified eyes as repre-
sentative mill town children. Every
body loves children and likes to think
OF them as we'll and happy. Enough
OF us to command careful catering to
our tastes have open or secret dislike
for the rich, or those supposed to be.
Hence two popular chords are touched
when tho ruthless rich are said TO be
seiZing tho children OF the poor and
fattening on their blood. We do not
stop to analyZe the history OF the trans
action. Few care TO disturb the melody
Of pothos and passion with harsh, hard
and discordant facts.
One impassioncd editor told his pub
lie recently that the alleged sovereign
rights OF the States TO consider their
own respective climatic and other con-
ditions should be torn away and the
Supreme Court decision somehow over
como. lie spoke piteously by the hor-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11
Books and Authors

An American. whose name has never
been published. a year or two ago 40.
hhnnfd and brought GU, OF Germany
Industrial Exports" by S. Heron roman n
German engineer OF reputation. This
D19k has now been translated. and
sy '' Do oe hI d, early in Sep,ember
cinnamon TO Bernhardrs Germany
and an, the me Next War" showing the same
Fumes rn,niess attitude toward trade that
-. n fhhardit showed toward trade that
Inc nuthor recognizes the fact that
sme German people have gained tho
n NAE OF me world, and realizes that
1pHtcrate the signs OF German origin
re lays out In most painstAking way
me course by which Germany can re-
rieve her trade after the war, partly
nE inc most ruthless methods Every
American manufacturer ne eds 70 study
u ms BOOK. i, means as much to tho
merchant and manufactures as Born
hardfs book meant to the armies and
as quaint n book as one could md
IN weeks search is The Diary OF n
Girl In France in 1871" which. for
some time out Of print. Is now being
d Co. IT contains the diary of an Eng.
lish "napper." Mary Browne. who at tho
age or fourteen. went 10 France with
her, family and spent there The spring
and summer OF 1921 They were =
party of thirteen. including the several
servants whom they took with them.
anu tHss thNelSN ABOUT good deal I'm
carria Ges but spent much OF the time
I'm Paris or Versailles. Mary kent a
diary in which she recorded the han
penings OF each day. together with her
own observations and comments II
is evident that her eyes were keen and
her mind alert and that she had a
very shrewd head upon her young
shoulders. The book has an introduce
ton by a descendant Of Mary's family,
Euphemia Stewart Browne. who eX-
plains that Mary's frequent and en-
phatic disapproval of French manners
and customs was due. a least in part,
to her whole hearted conviction that
everything un- English must he bad.
and that even to admire anything for
prim and condescending attitude. evil
IDENTIFY reflection of the sentiments OF
her elders, in the light of hundred
years later imparts certain humor
to her naive narrative. Amusing also
are the humorous Illustrations. done nv
the little girl herself: for her disap-
prevail apparently led her to emphasize
characteristics which she did not like
almost to the point Of caricature. Tho
narrative is interesting historicaJlv,
ana not without value. because of liz
simple, direct pictures OF life in Franco
a century ago as It appeared to ar
English girl of wealth and good famijv
Paris there were no pavements for foot
to be careful to escape being run onas
by the carriages. and she declares thot
the streets were narrow and dirty and
the shops in general very shabby. And
or their dancing master she says that
he had one very disagreeable thouph
common French trick: lie used to shbit
80 about the floor that it was oI;ta
unpleasant to dance"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
The Culture OF Boils.
(CopyTtEht 1918. by National Newspaper Seryicel

A boil is a simple matter collection of
matter It matters not where p you have it. The
The microbes have to get in first. OF course.
And they have to come from somewhere. Whence
como from the surface of tho skh. You may
imagine your skin is nice and clean, for you
mo scrape bit Of Suticie on and put 1t under
the microscope and I'll prove that your skin Is
surgeon in the Operating room realizes the I'M
possibility of rendering the skin of his hands
that is whg ne rubber gloves
The state OF the blood as regards purity has
nothing Whatever to do with ones Susceptibility
true that an individual with diabetes is pc.
culiarly liable to such infections, but that is
rather because of inherent deficiency to
germ infection.
Your first boil is case of involuntary inocu-
lation. for you rub it in or your clothing rubs
implanted. under the cuticle. Your second third,
tenth or thirtieth. rs the case may be-but we
rub it in voluntarily. you inoculate yourself with
some of the pus or the germs from Boil One:
One: Well. then. the poultice merely pleased
tho rus germs. offered them the ideal conditions
59F EroM1h and mn,ipieaton and an mGreasG
food warmth. darkness and moisture. enough to
delight most any harmful micro6e Or maybe
quite SO pleasant naXseed meal or other
ordinary poulticc. for it didn't retain heat so
long. but IT did soften and macerate the sur,
rounding skin and opened up new portal
of entry for the pus gerE,s Hence Boil Two
And SO on ad infntum. The doctor knows the
grateful feeling OF poultices. But he doesn't
like to boost microbc stocks moro than neces-
sar% SO he applies large, hot moist. mildly
or gauze moistened with boric acid solution
before the boil is open. After 1t opens he APP
salt water-about three tablespoonfuls to the
pint-which favors drainage from the boil
dressing as often as it becomes slightly soiled
and to avoid irritating surrounding skin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11

rrible results of child labor TO tho race.
most me tdeS cn,t Massachuset,s has the
laws. South Carolina has the worst"
As IT happens. cotton manufacturing.
~ LEV Wh nc practically all the child labor
70 expand thirty to tnirty-nve years
ago; The report of the provost mar
sshhai-general on the first draft shows
ana thirty-one years old the reflections
LOT physical unntness were 2S.3l per
gent IN south Carolina and 35.4S in
limited to white men tho difference in
south Carolina's favor Is FAR greater.
Nj, me NIL workers OF that State are
IN the Oldest manufacturing county of
south Carolina the reflections were 80
per cent while In an adjoining county.
physicai unftness were SO per cent
Nobody contends that the employ
m aS, OF children should be unrestricted.
vast deal OF bosh and rank falsehood
nave been spoken and written on tho
s son eti,, The truth is the Southern cot
OF great masses OF fine human material
bringing II from burinl to life, activity
anu anu usefulness. Most OF their labor
where people OF good stock and noble
natural qualities and capacities
were , smtagnauns in isolation and pow
munities with community ADVANTAGES.
or churches. schools and contact with
the world The labor was cheap but
IL worked out it's own gain. AS mills
increased the competition for labor in
creased and managers were forced TO
old against each other with higher
pay ana more attractive conditions
teople accustomed TO putting their
children In the corn fields al eight
ana ten years. saw no horror In the
lighter and sheltered work OF the mills
one Southern mill town with this
history keeps careful Statistics. Last
year in a population OF 5000 its births
were l52 and its deaths forty three
IL has sent l6o men into military ser
vice II oversubscribed Its allotment
or the third Liberty loan five tImea
being eSoelled, however. by a neighbor
mill town which oversubscribed nine
timeB and holds the record for the
country. It's local savings bank has
over 500 depositors with 5000. 600 to
their credit and 500 OF its child wngs
saves are in its public schools ~
COBB and Joe Jackson, tho bali play
ers. are examples OF the blfehting ef
reefs or child factory labor One of
them went from this same town.
~ course improvements can be made
ana they VIII come. There is sim niv
no sense. however. in the periodic out.
oursts OF hysteria on manufacturinp
conditions and child la Dor in Tho Snn.,,
guided by them ""u oe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11
SEEN ON THE SIDE

81 HENRY EDWARD MANNER


My dog and I. good Admiral
Go strolling in the fragrant wood
And know together, life is sweet
And know together. life Is good:
ana KNOW we two with kindred minds
What nook invites the cleanest breeze.
And feel the same fine solacei lin
The murmuring of the swinging trecs
/ toss a stick-brave Admiral
or like II shot. retricves nor fails
To come back so delighted that
lie seems to wag a thousand tails!
And when pat his head and say:
Good boy" lie wants to run ,cain,
Dogs not so far from human like
Appreciation now and then
So far we stress. my friend and L
So swift the hours in pleasure roll
That hours like minutes seem to fly
On careless pinions. as we stroll;
And never wearicd up we go
And down, DER sleeps and meadows fair
CHASING our dreams, stopping here
To drive a rabbit to its lair
We have no language OF tho tongue
Save his glad bark and my reply
But how we talk in friendships tone
My faithful little dog and l!
Come IL you will. and you NAV 20
when next we venture on a jog
But love me not, good friend unless
You are prepared to love my dog!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-11
What Pan-Americanism Means
BY LOUIS F. POST,
Assistant Secretary OF Labor.

II we have correctly interpreted Pan-Ameri-
our governments with those beyond the seas it
Th oroe M is .hf pdS Of the
United states; Pan Americaaism is an interna-
tonhl policy OF the American
The motives extent different: the
ends sought arc the same. 10Th can exist with
exist and. we trust, Will ever exist in all their
sphere politics and finds its application in the
that S" the 81 sef
corporation. il becomes necessary for effective
better man an we edo do nov e'''N 'Ne" ''"e'
We must be not only neighbois but friends;
derstand one another. We must comprehend our
material and intellectual deveionmsnt Which en-
ter into the varied problems OF national
We should. therefore. when opportunity Of
terS; come tSgsther and famiiiatize ourselves
ing with legal. economic and educational Ques-
lie and private law soNsrnmen and educa3ion.
OF ths ls.etations of the ran-American Con-
ot experiences through this congress we will
i" WheS @ and 10 earn 5 10
knowledge CT our neighbors than we have had
We believe that from that wider knowledge a
mutual esteem and trus, will spring which will
sommereiaily and intellecinally and viii give 10
Witch H nsSr f know al 6e inuse and
The present epoch which must bring
home to every II mixing American the Wonderful
and by 'eins trusted by. them. by opera ton
and helpfulness, by a diEnitied regard for the
rights Of all and by living our national lives in
ha -nlony and good VIII.
We now actual participants in the mo-
mentous struggle which is shatter!ng the ideals
toward which civilization moving. and is
breaking down those principles which inter
nationalism is founded. and anxiously await the
outcome of this most terrible example of ma
the cardinal evils of that idea Which has for
nearly century spread It's baleful influence
Apprehension is an expression of the idea
OF Internal ionaiism. America has become the
guardian of that idea. which will in the end
rule the world. Pan -Americanism is the most
advanced as we'll as the most practical form of
II has been made possible because of our
geographical isolation. of our similar political
institutions. and Of our common conception of
other factors have strengthened this natural
boyd and given impulsc to tho movement
tho significance of the words Peace" and IRA
,ernity" Never have the reed and benefit of
human activity been evident as they are
to-day
Tho: path of opportunity lies plain before us
republic should strive to inspire in others conf
dence and cooperation by exhibiting integrity
of PURPOSE and equity, in action. we should
| and together SEEK the common good.
makes for the common good whatevcr dnmanSs
united effort is fit subject for applied PAN
Americanism. Fratern&I nelpfuness iss the kew
tice. I
With all earncstness, therefore we commend
+! one sovereign and independent nations bound
| together by faith and justice and firmly ce-
and no feror but wheh resSennss on1r
equality and acknowledgements. 1918.