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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
l'auntS
MIR. Dulcet


descriptions to those of Walt; the fervor
and feeling in my poems to that of Words.
worth; the melodious elasticity of nv
stanzas TO that of Byron at his height.
the sublimity and sweetness of NV epic
to that of Milton; the dramatic richness
and graceful versifcation of my tragedies
TO that of Shakespeare and Marlowe? And
more and more? Has Mr.. Ducet the least
ray Of hope when he knows that if to win
the combat, he is compelled to show MSS.
that will fill 40 volumes of $50 pages each
in print?
| deem it more probable that he will
cry out: defeated!
However, l shall be glad to read some
of his work.
In the meantime ! am mailing book
Of mins-of popular verse. OF course, no
Judgment can be made before any one has
not studiously digested all of my eighteen
poetry books that are in print
As to MY Ocarina," at another date
shall refer to it. Yours sincerely
LOUIS NJ. EILSHEMIUS.
Supreme Spirit Of the Spheres.
New York City.
Tomorrow zee shall present M DuIcef.
unslcer to the Supreme Spirits first mani
| feSto.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
THE CHAFFINC DISH
Dulcct
Challenges
the
Supreme Spirit

arena of one of the most
s remarkable contests of
ancient or modern times
Our readers will remember that on Sep.
tember Z date henceforth most memora-
ble) we issued on behalf of our most cher
ished contributor. Mr.. Dove Dulcet, the
sub-calber poet OF Obesity. \. j., a chal
lenre TO Mr.. Louis NJ. Eilshemius, of New
York
Mr. Eilshcmius has for long time been
procaiming himself lin the correspond
ence columns of the New York SUM "Su
preme Spirit of the Spheres This having
been brought 10 the attention of Mr.. Dul-
Get. the latter desires by intellectual ioust
and tourney to measure himself against
the pretensons of this self-apponted Su.
preme Spirit. He intends that Mr.. Elshe-
mius shall not bear away this coveted and
itchipg palm without at least runner-up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15

No, ! never was parO-
chial, If my compatri-
OTIS have denied me space
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
Readily Accepts
the Challenge

as to Mr.. Dulcets range Of stuff in poetry
OF course I never heard of him. and proI
ably he is fictitious. All the same, if h
lives l very much doubt that he can hav
any show alongside of my output: qualit
and unapproached diversity of subject
matter combined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15

TO the Editor Of the
'hdWH0 DiSh-Sir: Only
today a clipping fr o m
Romeike m a kes m e
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
PRETTY Safe Man, En-?

The Italians-influcnced by devil-made rumors-
were still retreating before their German-Austriap
"kamerads":
Then British and French troops poured into
Italy, commanded by Foch
. AT once the Italians began to make some sort
of stand
An Italian boy soldier, loaded down with heavy
bag of supplies was climbing a steep path No
horse or automobile could make it; rything must
go on mems backs.
The young italian was very tired The load
was too much for him, but he kept plugging ahead.
He heard footsteps brisk old man dressed
in the horizon blue of France up beside him.
"Pretty.heavy load for you" said the old French
man, speaking Italian.
"Ou m sieu," agreed the son OF Italy, speaking
French to be courteous.
LET me give you hand" said the old French
soldier, and he seized the heavy bag and threw it
over his own shoulders and the of the two
old Latin nations kept climbing. After time the
man in horizon blue said, Lets rest minute" and
they sat down beside the path
Soon some Italian general staff officers appeared
-one of them being on the Kings personal staff
OF course the two soldiers by the roadside came
to- their feet to salute the high officers.
But the Italian officers stopped The one who
belonged to the Kings personal staff calculated one
word:
"Foch!"
That's who it was-Foch, lie Patron, which
is French for the big boss.
He had been caught acting like common human
being But it didn't faze him. He didn't forget
that he is lie Patron He salutcd the Italian high
officers stiffIy, threw the bag on his shoulders
again. and with the Italian boy soldier beside him
protesting volubly, those two started up the path
again.
=. Pretty safe sort OF a man. Foch, eh?
Pretty good sort to have in charge OF our boys
who 80 "ovcr there"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
JANITORS and ICEMEK
in CAHOOTS, REPORT
Food Head, Wilson Finds Proof Of
Combination.

District Food Administrator wiIsor
will not permit the ice situation u
be complicated by apartment houss
janitors. according 20 a statement
made by him yesterday.
A careful investigation il beins
made OF the fact that many janitors
have working agreements with ics
dealers or their drivers regarding thu
drumming up Of trade and the de-
livery OF ice to apartment houses.
One housekeeper in the northwest
section protested yesterday that her
ice was arriving later. and looked
smaller each day. until she finally
decided TO change dealers. She wai
Immediately notified by the janitof
that this was not permitted. Only
her former ice dealer was allowed
TO sell ice In her apartment house
Others complain that service q
withheld or disagreesble delays ex.
perienced IL the icemen are not tipped.
All these complaints are being in
vestigated and Will be remedied.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Uncle Sammy Samson.
Bv EDWARD VANCE COOK


Here comes old Samson. just a-httin' down
the pike!
Used to call him Uncle Sam, but call him what you
like,
He's got a punch in either fist that's fit to drive
spike.
Yes, it's true he patronizcd lady barber shop
Where Deah tried to scalp him, taking too much
off the top.
But after ALL it happens what she really did to him
Was to give him what you might call just first
class hghtin' trim
Fer hair amt strenth and was, and Lilah put
him wise,
Fer since he's lost his wool it can't be pulled across
his eyes.
Speakin' of his eyes, you know, they said that he
was blind,
But this haircut operation proved him nothing of
the kind
So he the Temple of Autocracy next door
And its two imposin pillars just rotten at the
core.
One of them pillars bears the sign of Military
Might
And the other pillars label is Divine Imperial
Right,
And when Uncle Sammy Samson pulls the pillars
down, by thunder!
He'll step little lively, SOS he won't get ketched
in under.
That's why Sammy SIMPSONS trained and gettin'
set to strike;
You used to call him Uncle SAM but call him what
you like,
He looks like old man Samson just a-hitting down
(copyright 1sla,
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
YIN. c. A. TO Send 20
D. c. men TO FRANCE
c. N. Ramsey Returns from New
York Conference.

Charles N. Ramsey. secretary In
charge Of personnel war work coun-
eli for the Washington district. Y. NJ.
C. A. returned yesterday from New
York. where he attended a conference
Of more than go other secretaries Of
personnel. who discussed ways of en-
listing 1000 Y. NJ. C. A. workers. OF
more than draft age. TO go into the
foreign field by Sept ].
An effort will be made to send
This city already has sent seventeen
workers abroad. Two more were an
nounced last evening. Rev. Frederick
w. Smith. formerly pastor OF the Ia
koma Park Episcopal Church. who re-
Gently has been secretary at Belvoir;
and Arthur L. Smith, perhaps the
most widely known war work secre-
tary here. who has been associate
general secretary in charge OF con-
struction. Every effort will be made
to speed up the process OF getting
men abroad. Mr.. Ramsey stated.
"Dr. John r. Mott. who has just re-
turned from the foreign field. told US. )"
Mr. Ramsey said, "of the great need
of men over there; first to work among
the increasing number Of American
soldiers. and second to develop the
work among the French and the
Italians.
He said that the work is being
carried on among Americans in France
at eo6 points and at $50 points among
the French troops.''
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
The Marne, 1914 and 1918.

The River Marine ought to represent in 1913
exactly what it did four years 1t ought to be
the stream which the enemy shall not cross.
Doubtless it will be.
Ii is inspiring to have American troops fighting
on the Marne under Foch. it is more than in
spring to have them victorious stopping the rush
of the Hun. Surely the days not far; distant
when we will be celebrating American victories
in France in the good old American style. and
yielding to the Fourth of July spirit in old-time
fashion.
1t is stated that the American army has six
complete divisions in the second battle of the
Marne not including the troops brigadcd with the
French and British. We cannot yet boast guam
titatively OF our forces in the field. But
boast aualitatively. At every point where Ameri-
can troops have fought they have been effective,
At Cantigny, at Chateau Thierry, in the Villers-
Cotteret forest, they have demonstrated their
ability to defeat the Boche. They haye not yet
bungled single job assigned them. They have
not even been compelled to give ground at any
point; have not yet taken part in any retreat.
We are third in strength in France; perhaps the
day is not far distant when will approximate in
strength the French and British. Our boys al
ready have made name for themselves fighting
men. They have been acclaimed by their comrades
in arms and perhaps their caliber is not entirely
unknown now the Kaiser and to Ludendorf.
Pride has thrilled all Americans they have
realized the purport OF the cable news OF the past
few days Our troops not merely are fighting,
but they are beating the Boche. They demon
strating that man for they better fight
ing timber than the enemy.
Surely we could ask surer argury for the
future than that This war is going to be won by
the kind OF fighting that Americans have shown in
France We are fresh in the struggle, eager to
show our mettle and skill. We have the
Drawn and the stamina, the quickness OF wit and
the s,cadiness OF nerve that win battles. The
enemy is tired and sodden with four years Of
slaughter he wins by force of numbers and by
caIlous sacrifice OF life. For the time being, at
least he has been stopped. and Americans have
had hand in the stopping.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Far from the Mainland.

Speaking at a political meeting Representative
Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts, referred to
wartime economy and httingy related this little
anecdote:
One afternoon went into restaurant
and selected an Irish stew from the bill of fare.
Soon the dish was placed before him, and, after
giving it a critical glance he removed his coat,
then his vest and then his collar and necktic.
what in the world are you trying to do, mis-
ter?" demanded the wondering waiter as the pa
tron reached down to unite his shoes. This isn't
bedtime"
"a casual glance young man." responded the
patron, should suffice to show you that l am re-
moving my clothes"
"But-but," objected the waiter, you can't re-
move your clothes in here"
81 can't swim with them on" answered the
patron pointing to the stew, "and swim this ocean
of water | must in order to reach yon tiny island
of iladelphia Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
he city cousin
By Jehn Kendriek Bangs.

THE TREE.
'Tis nothing to be sad about
Because you cannot CAD about,
And roam from place to place
Ia search of things to wake you up.
and possibly TO shake you up.
In an eternal chase.
Yon Tree is anchored where she is
Ard y, how wc1drous fair she is
As motionless she stands,
You never hear her maundering
Because she is not wandering
Ger distant seas and lands.
She stays in her appointed place.
She takes her own anointed place,
Tap-rooted to the sod,
And does her task beguilingly.
And grows. and grows. all smilingiy
Up, ever up. 20 God.
Copyright, 1851
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Bermuda Onion Crop
Cut Due to Thrip

Laredo. Tex, June 5.-Due to the
vast amount of damage done by thrip
early in the maturing season. the
Bermuda onion crop this season in The
Laredo section is the smallest In
many years past. Early in the sea-
son the prospects were good for a
heavy yield and 1t was calculated
that at least $500 carloads would
be shipped. but the devastating work
done by the thrip (onion louse) has
reduced the crop to that extent where
at least 1000 carloads were lost and
the total shipments from the Laredo
section will not exceed 100 carloacs.
of which more than 1000 cars have
been shipped. The work of the "Trip
represents a loss of approximately
100000 to the onion growers of this
section of the State.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Claude.

Claude Kitchin says Postmaster General Burle-
son told him weeks ago that the President had
given up the idea of tax bill. Then the Presi-
dent comes along and urges one-and good one
on Congress. Now the question is, not who's a
liar. but automatically, who was in error?
p S.AWonder if it isn't Bureson who has been
telling Claude about that "insduous newspaper
lobby" that wants the postal rates changed and so
proposes to keep poor old Congress working all
summer?
NJ B-No need for Claude to be worried
about it at all that see. Conservation OF
both wool and cotton cloth is urged upon the coun-
try as war policy. Let Claude put in few good
hard licks during the hot months and he ought to
be able to conserve quite bit around the middle
himself Then he'll be hero, to say nothing of
what he can save his next winters suit.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
No Boast of Narrowness
Nowadays, Says DR.. Wood

Rev. DR.. Charles Wood. pastor Of
the Church of the Covenant. ad-
dressed a conference OF Y. NJ. c. A.
war workers meeting at the Wash
ington Y. NJ. c. A yesterday after
noon.
To-day people are realizing that
they dare not confess living the
restricted lives that yesterday they
might have boasted about" he said.
There are those who. by force Of
Circumstance or training. have led
lives within narrow limits: their in
terests confined TO social life. clubs
or business interests. Suddenly they
found these limitations which they
felt TO be impossible barriers crum-
bic. and the field in which they now
must move Is the wide world"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

should be accepted with fortitude.
The prohibitionists should bear II
with the same fortitude they and all
Of the people are bearing some slight
inconvenience at this time. II this
is done there will perhaps come a
day when the prohibitionists can seek
what they want-and when Mr.. Bryan
can again feel free to go about the
country on the stump advocating
what he thinks is best for the people
OF the nation TO drink. Until that
DAY comes. let us accept this as an
order from the commander -in-chief-
and obey 1t.
Mr.. McAdoo goes a long day to-
ward dissbusing the minds of some
classes of laboring men with re-
gard to their rights if the rail-
roads were actually owned by
Uncle Sam-that is what would be
their rights il our administrative
officers had the courage to take a
stand in peace times as In war. Mr..
McAdoo lets them know. to be specific,
that they have no right to strike.
Government work does not permit
such a step. he shows them. This
is good. II there were likely to be
real conditions which would Justify
them in striking ii would be diff
ferent. But there are not. Nor can
there ever be. probably. II heads
of some of the other branches OF
the government would take the
same ground-and had done so long
ago-our war program would have
been far ahead of what ii is now
and superlatively high wages, far
beyond anything before paid, would
not now be paid men who restrict
and limit their output.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
REAL ESTATE PROFITS
TO BE RESTRICTED

Profiteering in real estate at the ex.
pense of the government will no long.
er be tolerated in the District
Hereafter the District Commissioners
will be consulted by the heads Of ths
various departments before such pur-
chases are made. The plan is the re-
suit of a conference between tho
President and Commissioner DouR
Brownlow.
Secretary Tumulty advised the head
OF the various departments anc
bureaus in a recent letter that such
consultations would be both wise anc
serviceable." The letter stated that
the assessments Of valuation made
by the Commissioners are based upon
very careful consideration and ouri.s
to furnish a satisfactory basis for es-
timating a price"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

powcring desire to cater to and increase the war
profits of certain big business interests of Mime
sofa it tried to knife" loyal union labor. And
tries to make it appear as "patriotsm!"
But every right thinking man and woman knows
it isn't patriotism. Nothing so unjust and unfair
can disguise itself in the folds of the American flag
The National War Labor Board does well to
set itself to the task of investigating the commits
sion's action No doubt it will arrive at the truth
of the whole matter-and apply the needed remedy,
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
Aged Seeds terminate.

Connellsville. Pa. June 5.-Wnen
aunt Jane Abraham, of Smithfielc.
accidentally broke a gourd that had
been in her family for more than
fifty years a number of seeds rolled
out. She planted the seeds and they
have begun TO germinate.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
PURELY PERSONAL.

Louis r. Livingstone. Of the Navy
Department. is on Sick leave
Ira L. Donelly. Of the Bureau Of
Standards. has received a promotion.
James q. Kraft. Of Baltimore. u
visiting friends in TennallytOwn. ID.
C.
Paul r. Morrison has received
temporary appointment in the Post.
office Department.
Joseph A. Raker. OF the Government
Printing Office. has resigned
Milton 5. Zimmerman has returned
from a flying trip 10 Yonkers. y. Y.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

New York. June Sit was the hour
of the listless lull in a gilded dan
SAINT on Broadway. The tea Slippers
had departed and It would be a
couple OF hours before the evening
dinner rush eddied in. At a table
sat a group of parlor cobras-white
faced, slender young men who lived
by their wits.
The draft had not caught them yet
Their borrowed cigarettes glowed and
life all about them in the streets was
on the gallop. Yet they sat unmind-
full OF anything save their personal
! appearance at which they gazed from
time to time in the wall mirrors
They were waiting for prey. Their
prey being frivolous and corpulent
| women who pay them so much an
hour to drag them around the polish
ed floor.
| There was a commotton at the roped
/, entrance. A headwaiter almost un-
| jointed his spine. The visitor en-
tered. Broadway used TO know him
well. He was not a part of Broad
way but he liked to look on.
He is an adventurer in the clean
sense Of the word-a wanderer who
wants to see everything from Connec-
ticut to Tibet and who is always glad
to do any work. from waiting on table
to bombing a city.
| He is one OF the strong young
eagles of the air-an American Ace.
He came back for a short spell and
will soon return. He walked over to
the group of idlers. He knew them.
| In earlier days he killed time with
them around the dansant tables.
| He shook hands with them and sat
down. There was a pause. Boys"
he said. Il mean to be kind. What
I'm going to say may not hurt you
for you are calloused ! guess. But
when | come in here and see you
with your pommaded hair. pasty
| faces, cigarette stained fingers. I think
OF a lot of vultures l once saw in
No Mans Land"
Then he got up and walked away.
That was aIl-save Broadway hears
that the next day three of the young
hooters enlisted In the navy and the
other has gone to his cantonment near
| New York.
| Winthrop Ames is home from
France where he visited amusement
| huts in the American camps. At
the Twilight Club he told this
story:
Say" said an American soldier
to his bunkie. you speak French"
Sure"
well. there's an old girl in the
grocery store down there who gave
me franc short in my change
| when l bought some cigarettes.
want you to go down and tell her
just what i think of her. in French,
fand get my franc back"
Sure, I'll do that thing" And
| to the shop they went.
| "Polly-vous' francais?" demanded
the soldier.
"Mais parfaitement. monsieur"
y well. say. why in hell don't you
give my pal back that franc you
short-changed him out of"
A New York newspaper is dis
cussing what building is the most
impressive from the standpoint of
| the visitor. Some say Madison
Square Tower. Some say the Wool
worth building, and others the Con-
solidated Stock Exchange. The
Herald building. with its lighted
owls, never fails to draw admira-
tion. but to my mind the most in
| teresting building in town is a
| three-story structure set in the
corner of a huge skyscraper at
Broadway and Thirty-fourth street
1t has resisted all efforts of the
owners of the skyscrapers to sell.
Upon their refusal. the skyscraper
people just built their giant struct-
ure around it
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06
BURGLAR GETS $50.

William Blum. sH Pennsylvania
avenue northwest. reported to the
police last night that his store had
been entered and $50 taken from
the cash register.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

There is nothing to report from sectors occu-
pied by. troops" is the 1918 way OF saying,
"A1ls quiet along the Potomac"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

Won Tirpitz listen to this: U. S: destroyer Ward
launched seventeen and one-half days after her
keel was laid.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

Hun gas attacks mighty serious affairs, but
the home guard still has to do her horseradish
grating without mask.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

Let's not wait for history to punish the Boche."
Why not do it ourselves and permit history to tell
about it?
The Washington herald., 1918-06-06

The average size garden can be persuaded
TO pay the average famly's income tax.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-17
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
PUBLIC LAND SALE
UNION COUNTY
Office OF the COMMISSIONS OF Public
Lands,
Santa Fe. New Mexico.

Office Of the COMMISSIONS OF Public
Lands,
Santa Fe. New Mexico.
Notice 10 hereby gwen that pursuant
to the provisions oil an Act OF Congress
State Of New Mexico. and rules and reg
Som%;:.io Sa the ui Publ Public i land. oi ~;ii oi ses
; o'clock 4: n. on Wsda.:day, July ,oth;
Iyle, IN the town OF SIayton' County OF
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NEA, NEsSEH, Sec
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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-05-17
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
= NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
PUBLIC LAND SALE
DE BAcA COUNTY

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