Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-14

PHILADELPHIA, SAT-
RUBBER HEELS
OF ALL the delegates to the Peace Con-,
~ ference. certainly Doctor Koo is the
most appropriately named. We are sorry,
our own Dove Duloet didn't go. - stSi
Freedom Of the Cheese -,
If the seas are to be made free, how
coming back to us? ... '
We see so many little books around on
How to Learn French In Ten Minutes"
that we think the French children should
be ashamed of taking twelve or fifteen
years to learn It,
On hearing that the Crown Prince has
dismissed three cooks 1878 Philadelphia
housewives called us up to ask what we
thought the chances were Of their getting
them
The Last Shall Be First
We are not one of those who are making
fun of the new Republic of Brunswick for
having appointed a shoemaker as Presi-
dent and washerwomhn as Minister of
Education. Probably they will be much
better administrators than the statesmen
Germany has been plagued with. Ger
tainy there will be plenty of dirty linen
to wash.
If prohibition really goes into effect, ono
of the few pleasures left some of our citi-
zens will be the reading of Burns's poems.
Ed Howe, the philosopher of Potato
Hill, Kansas, prints an article in his paper
called why Do So Few Wives Poison
Husbands?' That is what we call ire
sponsible Journalism. Once start an idea
like that on its way and no one knows
what it might lead to. We presume that
Ed Is a bachelor.
w A.
rivalry with any other nation is
menace" There are a lot Of remarks
floating about to the effect that American
shipping will be a menace" to Great
Britan's commerce, and vice versa. Surely
there's enough trade to go round, and
honest competition is the salt of both bus-
ness and friendship.
Not a little Of the apprehension" about
the freedom of the seas comes from those
whose real wish is freedom for the German
dreadeverythings gathering rust at Scapa
Flow.
One Of the most pteous illusions of this
season is that of the man who knowing he
won't have time to send a Christmas card
to all his friends, decides to send none at
ALL He hoaxes himself into believing that
each one Of his acquaintance will think
"Oh, well, he couldn't remember every
body and probably I'm the only one he
forgot"
Our national mania for committees flour
ishes apace. The latest instance that we
have heard of is the Committee for the
Relations with Enemy Sympathizers. The
object is all right, but why make COM
mittee out of it?
No very active steps have been taken yet
by the Allies toward Furnishing Germany
for her misdeeds. but judging by the re-
ports from Berlin that city is trying hard
to punish itself.
There is no mood quite so grave and
reflective as that in which man starts on
a new check book.
The Missing Link
Dear Socrates: I notice that an order
Of frankfurters now contains only two
sausages. II always used to be three.
Can't something be done about this?
BEN ZEEN.
Notices for Beer Mugs
Among the matters that the Peace Con-
ference might discuss. but will not is the
regrettable fact that the notices on beer
mugs are always in German. Surely we
have native poets capable of turning out
sentiments in rhyme appropriate for blaz-
oning on seidels! Tentatively. and just to