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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

red hair in the jury box and state distinctly
what you meant by "a Government in control
Of the profiteers." A. I meant a Government
which had the profteers under firm control
@ will now read from the indictment:
In control of the prohteers that our soldiers
have been sent abroad to give their lives for
a cause they do not understand; to whom
does they" refer? A. To the profiteers. of
course.
q. And when you spoke of the Red Cross
as Camouflage. your meaning was what?
\. l used camouhage in its precise sense of
protective covering | meant that the Red
Cross was protecting our soldiers and cover
ing our wounded with the mantle of charity
and Compa 5sion.
G. The members of the / W. w present at
the banquet were all college graduates, were
they not? a. They were
@. There was not the least chance, there
fore, of anybody understanding your use of
the word Camoufage except in the sense you
intended to convey? A. Not the least chance.
n NOW explain the words the Liberty
o' Loan is a Wall street game" A. I had
in mind the fact that the Government has
put the Wall street gamblers out of business
and that the brokers who once spent their
lives fleeing the public pass the time
in games of various sorts, such as tiddle-
winks, mumblety-peg and, among others.
Liberty Loans.
Q, And when you spoke of resisting by
every HledHS III your power lHt tSldDllSIl-
nent of autocratic methods in the United
States, you were alluding to what? A. To
the conquest of the United States by Ger
many.
Q. I will now read to the jury your speech
before the l. w. w, not in the garbled form
adopted by the newspapers when they set up
the speech verbatim from the release fur
nished by your private secretary, but as 1t
actually should be read:
THAT the war against unjust Germany
in which we are now engaged has been re-
enforced for the country by a Government
squeezing the life out of the profteers that
our soldiers have been sent rejoicingly abroad
to give their lives willingly for a cause the
profitcers do not understand that the Red
Cross is the guardian of our soldiers lives
and Wall street is playing the game of
Liberty Loans and that the United States
will resist by every means the imposition of
German rule upon American democracy" A.
Precisely what l meant.
con the redirect eXamination):
The District Attorney-It appears, there
fore, that you really set out TO deliver your
speech before the American Security League
but that you took the wrong turn to the left
and wandered in on the l. w. w. A. Ex-
acty.
(CopyrighD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
WILSON AND HINDENBURG

lloyd GEORGES assertion that Wilson
49, and Hindenburg, America and Ger
many. are at this instant in a grueing
test Of nerve and sinew to swing victory
one way or another may properly have
amazed those who read it,
Actually, the British Premier did not
mean that the other Allied armies are at
any serious disadvantage. His reference
was to the newer strategy of the war.
What he had in mind was the newer
discrimination for swift, sure and over
whelming victory, which has been borne
IN upon the consciousness of civilization
Through recent experience with the violent
insanities of the German in diplomacy,
An the air and in the field
There must be no further mistakes in
the Allied strategy, no further risk of
defeat. This is why the Premier's pictur
esque sentence actually suggested the bald
truth of the situation. There was an epic
sadness in the easy phrase. Europe has
suffered. Europe is willing to see us go
in and decide the finish of a war that it
has carried on with matchless courage
and sacrifice. The occasion is too serious
for thoughts of mere glory.
Well. America has never failed in any
enterprise that required strength of body
and soul. We have never lost a race,
though we have run some hard ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
BEAUTY CULTURE AND MIR. COOKE

- f75zEN JAY COOKE, food administrator
IN Philadelphia, decided that the sugar
f4pply must be, conserved, he struck at the
M heart of the matter in his appeal for
@<Inence. BE sveltel" cried he pas
rarely addressing all men, who are said
pc the greatest consumers OF sugar.
IsFow thin!"
! Deep in the mind OF MIR. Cooke was the
[E16~ledge that every fat man cherishes a
>cre; desire to be .elhn The appeal might
H&Vs been urged upon the community that
1o4rtan restraint in the use Of sugar
t<1ld. by making all men thin. render life
8tIer IN trolley cars and theatres. in ele-
<<ofS and AT the movies. 1t might even
&<> been argued with truth that were
<&of tc be abolished entirely the world
4aId 20 longer have to shrink from the
f&tctacle OF fat man with diamonds on
~ Plump fingers eating buttered as
food administration. knew that all
-, their secret souls yearn to be hand,
Cell. tennis. the colored hatband
< zalt ana the necktie industry
u1ou>nee Mr. cookes appeal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
The Experienced Know How

One of the unexplained social phenomena
arising in England from the war is the
noticeable predominance of young widows at
the altar. The Pail Mall Gazette has made
an analysis of the marriage statistics and
finds that while bachelors wdowers and
spinsters show even more than their usual
hesitation about seeking mates. widows of
marriageable age are coming more than ever
to the fore, This promises to result in a
greater number of "old maids" than ever in
the history of the country for two reasons.
There are fewer available husbands and the
widows are cornering the limited supply
Portland Oregonian.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
The Boob Is
Hunanity's Hop,

The Boob Is As long as the
HumanltS's Hope Boob ratio remains
high, humanity Is safe The Boob is the
last repository Of the stalwart virtues. The
Boob Is faith, hope and charity The Boob
is the hope of conservatives, the terror of
radicals and the meal check of cynics. If
you are run over on Market street and
left groaninE under the mailed fist Of a
flivver, the Bolsheviki and l. w. w. will he
watching the shop windows. 1t will be
the Boob who will come to your aid, even
before the cop gets there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
He Looks


There is no malice in him, no insolenCe, no
passion to thrive at the expense of his
fellows. If he sees some one on a street
corner gazing open-mouthed at the sky, he
will do likewise. and stand there for half
hour with his apple of Adam eXpeCtantlY
vibrating Fut is that a shameful trait?
May not a Booh expect TO see angels in
the shimmernE blue Of May heaven? Is
he more disreputable than the knave who
frisks his watch meanwhile? And sup
pose he does see an angel. or even only a
blue acre of sky--is that not worth as much
as the dial in his poke?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
MOONLIGHT
By Christopher Morley

MOONLIGHT can never be the same,
N'A Shadow and shine in mystic tress;
In that soft glow, with bomb and flame
They wrecked the wards of gentle
ness.
PORNE on the evenings healing
breath,
With silver-dabbled wings they came
Tears beyond tears, death beyond death;
Moonlight can never be the same
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
He Is
Happy
Of course, what
bothers other people

is that the Boob is so happy, He enjoys
himself He falls into that Rapid Transit
pit of ours and has more fun out OF the
tumble than the sneering 2644S who stand
above untumbled The happy simp prefers
a per cent that pays to Is per cent in
vestment that returns only engraved pros
pectuses. He stands on that street corner
looking for an imaginary angel parachuting
down, and enjoys himself more than the
Mephistopheles who is laughing up his
sleeve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

You say men are not graceful"
The most beautiful rhythmic motion
Known to markind is the Immelmann turn
with which the hustling business man
glides and spirals himself into the
lunch room chair, so that he won't
upset his coffee and the little covey of
baked beans nesting on the arm of the
chair.
Shall we call it the nose dive?
DOVE DULCET.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

~ who invented jazz music is in town.
But we hesitate to give the inventors
name and address, because we have always
opposed lynchnEs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
STATUS OF PROHIBITION

LOUISIANA is the FIRST State TO reject the
IL Federal prohibition constitutional
amendment. New York did not adopt it.
but it's Legislature refrained from voting
on the question. Eleven States have in
dotzed the amendment, The lest WIN come
nexz winter when sh< majority of the
+ fislstnrea xnseh have blennisl sessioas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. What Is n fokker? ..s.
e. Who was the first Secretary of State Of the
United States?
g. Name the British Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer.
4. What is the meaning of the word "Atassa-
chusetts"? ...
K. Name the author of MAUD Muller"
a.. Who wrote "The desire Of appearing to be
wise often prevents our becoming so"?
T. Identity philippe Egalte."
q What is the difference between the two types
- OF Browning guns Of the American army:
o. What is meant by "NpDon'?
TO- What Is the Pantheon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
He Bears
No Malice
The Boob is con-
VinCed that the world

is conducted on eenteel and friendly prin-
clples He feels in his heart that even the
law of gravity will do him no harm. That
is why he steps unabashed into our pit
on Chestnut street; and finding himself
sprawling in the bottom of it, he bears no
i'll will to Sir Isaac Newton He simply
knows that the law of gravity took him
for some one else-a street-Clean!ng con-
tractor perhaps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Perhaps the attacks on Red Cross hos
pitais are the only way the Kaiser has of
Keeping the morale of his troops down to the
rtquired Prussian zero.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
IN PRISE OF BOOBS

Dear SocrdteS--T am not satisfied by
pour definition Of a Boob. win you please
haps I'm boob for dSking-bm I'd Ike
TO kroW. CYNTHIA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

L The title Of the heir to the throne of Hol-
land Is Prince Tor Prlncess) of orange.
e. Texas is called the Lone Star state.
g. "Omoo," O. romance Of the South Seas. was
written BY Herman Melville. an American
author Of about the middle of the last
century.
4 The Amerirau Addison, u sobriauet bestowed
ON Joseph Dennie, an essayist and editor
who, aolrisiisd In this country after the
revolution.
s. Historiclty. tbs quality Of being actually
historical; word used 70 diferentiate what
Is agthentieaily recorded from legend and
partisan opinion.
a. Lord ROthermere, brother Of Lord Northeiiffe,
recently resigned ns executive head OF the
British air service.
L. Hangar, % building In which airpianes are
kept when not In service
9. MAR. had little lamb, |. 2 poem written
BY Mrs. sarah Josephn Hale, New ing
land hutheri who later edited mssniines
>. - ,,:.... the aasssussal a.s<nbl, .,
e ss'i';;;fs 4 ;';:s ::sss ;s:l's ss''s -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
One Good Result

The high cost of living in Washington is
sending officeseekers home. The optimists
are right. There's bright side to everything,
Birmingham Age Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Making 1t Over

About the only geographical question
school children can answer with any surety
at examinations this year is that the world
is still round.-Rochester Post Express
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
But that does not
prove anything cred.

table to human nature. For though 1858
people would fall into our pit (Which any
Rapid Transit Company will dig for us free
Of chargeD 26.44S would cautiously and sus-
picously and Contemptuously avoid it. The
Boob ratio is just about to Is,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Betcha

To worrys foolish, I'll agree,
And 1t will gain you nothing. friends;
But oh. how rich some men would be
If worries paid them dividends.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
He Is
UnsuspiCious
The Boob is hope,

1SUSVIJTUUb y
cerned over other people S troubles than his
own. He goes serenely unsuspicious OF the
brick under the silk hat, even when the silk
hat is on the head of a Mayor or City Coun.
Gilman. He will pull every trigger he meets,
regardless that the whole world is loaded
and aimed at him. He will keep on run
ming for the 5:42 train, even though the
timetable was changed the day before yes
terday. He goes through the revolving
doors the wrong way. He forgets that the
ha nks close at noon on Saturdays. He asks
for oysters on the first of June. He will
wait for hours at the Chestnut street door.
even though his wife told him to meet her
at the ribbon counter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Doctor Krusen declares that owing TO
the increased need for labor the cost OF
killing mosquitoes has doubled since the war
Dead anopheles, however. are cheap at any
price, which is more than can ibe said for
some other things nowadays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

The Turkish Sultan's
But Berlin Is recently reported cries
Crying to Turkey for peace, vaguely ad-
dressed to the world
need a more specific direction. They should
be forwarded right to Berlin, under whose
orders the Ottoman empire was forcibly
driven into war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Turbulent Prague fully establishes the
familiar line, I'D rather live in Bohemia
than in any other land" as very palpable
specimen OF poetic license
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

once in a while we feel the 'uesire to
get up a controversy about something, II
doesn't much matter what. One OF the
things that annoy us is to have people
abbreviate dates thus. 2I4L1s when they
mean February 4, 1918.
1t should Be written thus. 4I2l1s. The
only logical way Is TO write frat the day.
then the month. then the year
socRATEn,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Carriages and Wagons

Baby carriage manufacturers, IN conven.
ton at Atlantic City. say that there is
going to he shortage of those husband
propelled vehicles There may also he a
shortage of motive power for infant hug.
gies if all the young husbands are going
to be drafted What if the wives had to
push them themselves?
But Atlantic City needn't worry. 1t has
those Boardwalk rolling chairs to fall back
on, better known as chicken Coops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

We're getting tired Of being told that
every successful German war invention was
stolen from some American inventor. They'll
steal chewing gum from us next.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

The boys who aren't quite sure OF get
ting their college sheepskins have an easy
solution this 3sas, Instead ut grinding en-
lstl What alma pater wc,ild be 80 ehurlssh
a % refuse 2 diploma 70 a son In service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

II Is odd To- think that
Perhaps Five More! Senator r. Larry Eyre
would have to win
four more libel suits against Mr.. Berry
before he could obtain damages adequate to
buy ride on a =. r. T. trolley
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

II Hoover is taking the rice out Of the
wedding ritual how about the rice powder
on the noses Of the bridesmaids?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
The Muse al the Ballot

H. T. c. says we are a pretty poor ver-
sifier if we can't find a rhyme for Bonni-
we'll Here's his:
The sports VINO want their tickets to be
wet"
And find Here's how" refreshing and
"bon-tonny"-well
May find it worth their while to be discreet
By casting votes for Mr.. Eugene Bonni-
we'll,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

The wife of a self-ma6e man is often very
much dissatisfied with his job.-The Chris
tan Herald
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
BE Friendly
with BOobs
The Boob. my dear

device for mitigating the quantity blended
infelicities of existence. Never be too bit.
ter about the Boob The Boob is you and
me and the man in the elevator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

ROOM TO LET-Tkrd story front va
cant, unfurnished Tenants wanted Es
pecially desired, some quiet, well-behaved
ideas as to the successful future of Prus-
sian militarism. Southern exposure, gable
roof, fine view over devastated cathedrals
and Red Cross hospitals. Any congenial
ideas wanting permanent lodging without
crowding apply KRoNPRINz, Behind the
Lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Could It have been the
Think Carefully, prevalence of strikeH
Now! in baseball which
caused its artists to
be rated as nonproducers by a war-grded
Government?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Nick Romanoff is to be tried by the Bolshs-
Wiki for something, probably for having
money.-Toledo Blade
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Natures
Darling
Nature must love

Darling the Boob, because she
is a good deal of a Boob herself. How she
has squandered herself upon mountain
peaks that are useless except for the Alpen.
stock Trust upon violets that can't be
eaten; upon giraffes whose backs slope too
steeply TO carry a pack! Can 1t be that the
Boob is' Natures darling, that she intends
him to outlive all the rest?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

No German aviator can sleep on a
moonlight night until he has bombed a Red
Cross hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
He Sees
Them
It is the Boob who

look hopefully for angels who will see them
ultimately. And the man who is only look
ing for the Booh's timepiece will do time of
his own hy and by.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
His Wife

His Wife Yes, he has a wife.
But if he was not a Boob before marriage
he will never become so after Women are
the natural antidotes of Boobs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Receptive

uuarresome. He is willing to believe that
YOU know more about it than he does. He
is always at home for ideas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

There are some advantages in not being
a railroad president
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

And speaking of wagons, an ingenious
friend of ours coined a name for a sport
which is very common these days He
called it hydrohamaXatiCs which students
of Greek will perceive to be our old friend
the science of water wagoning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

The shortage of steel,
Babies Must diminishing alike the
Learn to Motor production of corsets
and perambulators at
least insures the American baby an unrigid
resting place when mamma picks him up
from his tabooed vehicle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

If the Germans call a tank a Schutzen-
grabenvernichtungsau what would
they call a baby carriage? A Maenner-
Observation-Disclosures
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Nowadays in Wash
1t Sounds ington when man
Jabberwockish begins to talk excited
ly and wave his hands
some one is sure to ask what he is Borglum-
ling about.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
As Reported in Berlin

Another British atrocity: German svia.
tor placed in Red Cross field hospital ex-
posed to our bombardment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Commencement commences earlier than
usual this year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25

Perhaps Hindenburg has been filed with
cpncrete and sunk as obsolete?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
But never, dear
Conclusion

Conclusion Cynthia, confuse the
Boob with the Poor Fish. The Poor Fish
is the Boob gone wrong. The Poor Fish is
the cynical, sneering simpleton who, II he
did see an angel, would think It was only
some one dressed up for the movies. The
Poor Fish Is Why Boobs Leave Home,
4 SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
A small boy once
definition

A A small boy once
Definition defined a Boob as one
who always treats other people better than
he does himself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-15
PIONEER BOY SCOUTS
WILLIAM PENN

Milliam Penn was lover of the
woods, and a friend to the helpless.
That, in few words, sums up his at
titude toward the world. His vision
of. a Utopia for the friendless and a
haven for the hunted, among the
woods of America, may not have
been realized in full measure but
out of his vision, has grown the
greatest state in the Union:
William Penn was often styled an
idle dreamer. Many people in these
times are also styled idle dreamers,
but ofttimes they make their dream
come true. Penn founded a city of
Brotherly Love and a state wherein
peace and prosperity reign. His
Quaker ideals, his visions and
dreams were almost Uptopian, but
many of them were realized.
Boy Scouts will find much of
great value to them, in a study of
the published writings of William
Penn. His letters and essays are al
most without a peer. They can be
found in any public library.
A distinguishing feature about
the life of the founder of this state,
was his readiness to help everyone
at any time. Many tales are told of
him, and his characteristic generos-
ity. Every boy remembers the story
of this mans life; how he secured
the grant of land known as PENIS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-15

Woods. The King of England owed
him large sum of moey. The
kings treasury was low and he was
unable to pay the debt. AS substi-
tute, he made grant of land in
America to Penn. Penn founded a
settlement of Quakers with religious
liberty as one of the articles in his
creed. The Quakers brought to
America the meaning of brotherly
love, and Boy Scouts now find in
their scout oath, the obligation to do
a kind deed every day, following in
the footsteps of William Penn. 1t
may be helping a woman across the
street, or carrying a basket for some
one who needs help; it may be
showing someone how to get to a
certain street, or helping your little
brother with his lessons, but do a
kind deed every day.
James Whitcomb Riley, the great
est of modern American poets, wrote
a little verse, which Boy Scouts
should adopt as their own motto.
The verse is this:
It's the song ye sing
And the smile we wear
That's maxim the sunshine
Everywhere"
Let us, like William Penn, be true
scouts, ever ready TO aid those who
need assistance. We, too, can do a
kind deed every day, and wear a
smile.