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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
ENVOY
THE WATERLOO OF GENIUS
World-War Phenomenon Too Vast d
Be Encompassed in Words of
Prose or Verse

ENFEN to the most attentive minds on this
~ side of the world the war still remains
somehow unreal and unbelievable because
the writer's have found II too big for them
~ mas passed the comprehension Of genius
IL Is phenomenon that cannot be encofn'
@assed in words
Rudyard Kipling went to the North Sea
70 write OF the fercest naval battle OF all
time and the voices that rise out OF nh
admirable narrative are. after all, but the
voices OF the Brushwood Boy in a naval uni.
form, OF Mulvaney OF blessed memory or Of
the great McPhee in another gulse. II. u
wells took the war as a text for one OF tns
most ambitious and successful novels oi
recent years, yet the visions he presented
10 MS readers led only down the stately cor
rldors OF his own mind. Patrick McGill, ons
OF the new lights of English fiction, enlisted
as private and went TO France and wrou
chiehy OF the somber and incurable humc'
ana the spartan endurance of the irish VI.
dlers from his own Donegal John Masehes
went to GallipolL In the book that fonowse
he wrote of that appalling campaign bu
the sea that was friend and mother TO nI.
always witched him again as he tried Y
turn from her. 1t is of the sea and Its MY
terry and tranquility. its lights and It's pel'-
that he writes with completest understanding
And so the gray war goes on, mo'ih.'
stupendous, complicated and mysterious =
the inner processes of life itself Now -.
then staccato dispatch from some desos~
waste Of the sea or from a stretch OF .o'n
land can carry an overwhelming sugges.Wa y.
OF its reach and scope and terror But tn. y
Is nothing In all the recent literature ~ =
battles that approaches the stark yeracns.
OF the few good war photographs that y. y.
various Governments have caused to De mse.
IT Is these pictures that suggest the uS.
color and dimensions of the tragedy proeIS ~
Ing In an area that covers half the es.s,. s,.
Mile after mile OF British march SOM.
through the dust, their stole faces 70 ~
sky. The French turn from their tornens y
smile at the camera. Air machines ran -. -.
blaze The land appears as II II were ~, ~
to wandering earthquake. The thing u v
big even for Imagination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
SPEED UP THE SHIPS

MO MORE radical suggestion has been
1 made than that of Hamilton Holt that
ordinary business places open an hour later
than usual and close an hour earlier so
that the Hog Island Bristol and Camden
shipbuilders may have the exclusive use
of the street cars to get to their work. Mr..
Holt would have this arrangement con.
tinue until the transportation facilities are
Improved.
He makes this suggestion because of tho
imperative need OF ships. Every man who
has studied the situation has come TO the
conclusion that ships will win the war;
ships to carry American men and Ameri-
can provisions to the field of operations.
Whether it is necessary to go to the ex.
tremes which Mr. Holt advises is not GER
tain at this time. but it is certain that the
sooner We realize that every nerve must
be strained to get the new ships built and
on the ocean the sooner will the needed
re-en'o,cements be on the way TO Europe
to hold the Hun until he can be crushed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
SYMBOLISM OF PIE

WAR pie is n symbol opposed exactly
W in meaning to the war bread welded
so to speak. by the energetic Mr.. Cooke
1t offers nothing to the cause of freedom
1t lifts its bland brown face in one Of
those Chestnut street restaurants where
hurried folk are accustomed to eat on the
jump-an omen, hint, a cynical interro-
CATION. 1t is more significant tEan speeches
In the Senate or the reactions in Wis.
consin, this war pie, because the hvc-cent
section OF year ago now costs fourteen
cents and there is no pie-hatng Trotsky
to start revolution.
Does the eating Of pie dim natural pride
or diminish normal capacities of resent.
ment? Does 1t hinder the processes of
positive reasoning? SO 1t might SEEM For
war pie, newly exalted to a sort of klngly
eXclusiveness, carries on just the same as
Of yore, with an ever-increaslng following.
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DOING HIS LITTLE BIT

will fight for Uncle Sam on the land, on
the sea,
will work for Uncle San all can.
I will do my little bit for the cause OF liberty,
And will die, II 1t should be, like a man.
will eat for Uncle Sam in my home every
day,
Though may not like the strange bill of
fare
For the soldiers need the wheat and it seems
the only way
We can send 1t to the boys "over there"
will heat my homo to suit Uncle Sam. for
he needs
All the coal that he can get for each trip.
I will follow Uncle Sam, yes no matter where
he leads,
And my coal will help to fire every ship
l will speak word of cheer to the boys in
the trench
This will be my rule of lire every day;
Wherever I may be, on the farm or at the
bench.
will start word of cheer on the way.
I will help you all can with my cash. Uncle
Sam,
will buy up all the bonds you demand;
II cannot go myself I can send another ma n.
And will pay to keep him there, understand
SO we all must do our part, Uncle Sam, and
we will.
For this cursed. dreadful war we must win.
And our famous Knockout blows on the
monster, Kaiser Bill,
viii most surely land US safe in Berlin.
And when once we reach that goal, Uncle
Sam, over there,
And the victory we have won, my, won't we
Lift our hearts to God above In an earnest
heartfelt prayer
That mankind forever more shall be free?
]. X. CARR.
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GERMINAL

TIME talk Of farms and farmers that is
= becoming so general now can carry
lively mind into odd channels. From any
country road hereabouts you soon will be
permitted glmpses of the first plowmen.
They will appear on the rise of a slope
quite as they do in the pictures-leisurely.
unhurried. assured about the elemental
labor that has never varied and never
changed, altogether the most suggestive
ngures Of the times we are living in. They
change the whole aspect Of the fields. Old
things and even growing things are turned
under aid destroyed. Patience end surety
direct tne process. The surface of the
earth at close quarters appears merely
tori and unpromising. yet all the infinite
forces that make for permanency and bene-
faction are aodve underneath.
Similarly the heart and spirit and con-
sciousiiess OF most Of the world are being
plowed up. The sewers are busy every
where. The ; ews from Russia, the news
froni japan. the news from Germany tells
Of II. Forces as inevitaoIe as the plowmen
are ar work painting new hopes and new
aspiratioi,s ui.oer the broken surface. The
winter Is past for some. 1t 8 passing for
others No such harvest as that now in
preparation was eve, before conceived.
And when the soldiers come home and
great memorials are built for those that
did. the greatest of them all might be
&onoeived not as man In arms, but as a
;D1ovman bent and laboring, with his eyes
~ the ground
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PROCLAIM AMERICANISM

nature in that reply given Norwak, Wis,
man recently by citizen of his home town.
Said citizen number one:
you don't have to shoot your mouth off
all the time to show that you are an
American"
To which the second man replied:
NO; and you don't need to keen vour
mouth closed all the time or speak in whis-
pers in order TO show you are friend of
the Kaiser"
iIard-hcaded logic and red-blooded patri-
otism there are in this reply. ~here is no
such thing any more as being Neutral We
have passed the period when one can remain
silent on matters of Americanism. The time
has come for every one to show his colors.
for every one to be counted-NIiiwaukee
Journal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
DR.. PENTECOSTS QUANDARY
He Doesn't Know What's the Joke or
Who's the Joker

To NE Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Can you tell me and others whats
the joke and where's the joker" in certain
conditions?
This time last year we we're told there
was a potato famine. and we were all cx-
horted to plant potatoes in our backyards 10
keep the nation from starving. Price, 81 per
bushcl. Not more expensive TO the pro-
ducer, but only to the consumer. Now we
are cXhortcd 10 buy potatoes and cat them
freely at $3.50 per bushe TO keep many
millions of potatoes from rotting IN the
storage houses and save loss TO the whole
salers. Why not send them to our allies /?
Even the Germans would be willing to pay
a good price for them.
For months We have been exhorted to
buy meat sparingly, lest starvation como
TO us and our allies. Now we are told to
eat meat every day, especially mutton and
lamb, because the process of conserving
food has been 50 widespread that the meat
packers find they have " large surplus of
beef, etc. on hand, and II We do not 20
back TO liberal meat-eating the beef men
will suffer loss.
During tho last winter We have been asked
TO go without coal and learn 10 keep warm by
patriotic enthusiasm, SO that we could send
coal to allies. Now that the warm
weather has come we are eXhorted to lay in
abundant coal during April-enough 10 last
us all this and next winter. Price still for
domestic sizes SO. We must do this to
keep down overproduction and lest the price
of coal come down.
We are still urged to abstain from wheat
eating and use substitutes, at twice the
price, or. at least, equal the price, of flour :;
TO cat fish at a larger price than beef Is
there such n scarcity of fish in the sea on
account of the war?
In fact, II seems to some OF us that we
have been educated TO abstain from eating
meat and potatoes until the high price of
food could be fully established, and now that
It Is up, to eat plenty while the price is
high, lest the food barons suffer great loss.
We are asked to save grain for our allies.
but arc told that we must not interfere with
the brewers and dis.ilers, who make and
sell in this country twice much beer as
is made in Great Britain, France, Italy, Aus
tria and Germany, Even Germany has
banned beer for 1918
And now. on account OF the exceeding
mildness of last winter we are threatened
with an ice famine and must be prepared
not only for scarcity but for great advance
in price | wonder il in midsummer We shall
not be exhorted to buy and use ice literally
at the advanced price lest the poor ice
packers find themselves overstocked and their
ice all worm eaten
What's the joke and where's the joker?
GEORGE l.. PENTECOST.
philadelphia, March ..
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away "and never wrote anything Of the
kind in my life"
The address was unimportant In itself,
but his coming showed kindness and was
much appreciated.
I likewise sat on the platform and heard
him make his address July 4. 1902 at Pitts
burgh, noticing his habit of swapping off
his words az though trying to bite through
them with his teeth perhaps this Is what
happened to thru and heard another
later before tho Masons at Masonic Hall in
Philadelphia. on the latter occasion he
attracted much attention by coming at me,
with both fists closed, glaring at me with
assumed savagery, striking me on the chest
with force enough TO upset a light man,
and shouting:
Nothing like q double Dutchman moth.
ing like double Dutchman."
A Repeated Story
On Decoration Day of 1905. which was
the first time Mr.. Roosevelt had ever been
nj Gettysburg, I rode in barouche with
him. Mrs Roosevelt and Ethel over the
grounds. Ethel was then a sweet. attrac
tive little girl Of about eleven years OF age,
and | tried to entertain her. She after
ward wrote me a pretty little note which
will be found among my papers. He asked
me whether | had eve' seen any military
service and | told him that had carried
a muslSct for a brief period, and that IL
had been my fate to be in the first force
20 meet the rebels at Gettysburg. This
aroused his keen interest and opened the
way for me to tell him of the unequaed
contribution Of our family to that war
it having furnished two major generals,
five colones and in all one hundred
aud fOrty.cight men. ut ~ wonderful"
he said. Afterward heard of his repeating
the tale over the country.
At reception in Cambridge. Massachu.
sotts two years later, at which my sister
in.law was present he shouted across tho
room tC her:
81 know something about the Penny.
packers that you don't know. They sent
lis men into the war
The cards, invitations, programs and
photographs relating to his Inauguration
and my participation in it will be found
among my papers.
At the Inauguration ball in the even
ing it pleased me that Mrs Roosevelt did
not need an Introduction and to hear
her say TO Mrs. Pennypacker, Your hus-
band was so good to my little girl"
Roosevelt, tomorrow, Governor Pennypacker sums
up the mans character.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
The Tempting Book

Sometimes when l sit down at night
And try to think of something new,
Some odd conceit that / may write
And work into verse or two,
There often dawns upon my view
The while my feeble thoughts nurse
A little book in gold and blue,
"The Oxford Book of English Verse;"
And though I try, in wild alright
At thought of all / have to do,
To keep that volume out of sight,
If so much as look askew
! catch it playing "peek-a-boo."
Then work may go to pot--or worse.
I'm giving up the evening to
The Oxford Book of English Verse"
Oh. some for essays recondite,
And some for frothy fiction sue,
But give to me, for my delight,
One tuneful tome to ramble through;
To hear the first quaint "Sing Cuccul'
And all those noble songs rehearse
Whose deathless melodies Undue
The Oxford Book of English Verse
ENVOY
Dear Reader, here's tip for you:
Go buy, though skinny be your purse
And other books of yours be few,
The Oxford Book of English Verse
TOM DAILY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
THE UNIVERSAL POET

1t is said that poet died young IN -.
breast of the most stolid. 1t may % - w
tended rather that (somewhat minor, ~
In almost every case survives. and y ~
spice Of life TO his possessor. Justice = ~ u
done to the versatility and the unpiunsfs ~
childishness of mans imagination. HE ,."d "a
from without may seem but ruoe ns =
OF mud there will be some golden cns'S ,1 ~,
at the heart of 1t, In which he dwelS
lighted; and for AZ dark as his petI
Of bullseys 1t his beIt.--Isobert Ious
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
THE BELL STILL RINGS

|4THAT bell ought to make every Stacker
K " jump at the throat OF German"
VA one Of a group of seventy-five sailors
m California who stopped at Independ-
- Hall on their way TO join ship at
Nay. As soon as they saw the bell
IA man drew himself up to the attitude
Mention and saluted II.
IL incident should be encouraging to
pessimists who think that ideals
Mt their pulling force. That old
md today for the things for which
69n y fighting. just as 1t stood l42
~ for the things for which the
~ polonies were fighting 80 thor
N Ieaven Of liberty been
sscIss |,' 4 asssds' Tns
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Answers to SATURDAYS ouiz

~ DosuAuoy N dulZ
l. A protocol Is o preliminary axrermspt ant
nninE mutual acceptance Of terms in a
ny ment % between belliserents prior to q treaty
2. Lord Brassey was an English naval sx,~-t
and explorer. He Is known chiefly thrn,,.b
the notable voyage Of the Sunbeam wbjch
hqaec, heaec srssty to knowledge in various
8. Nhebsk is Russian province bordertn. nj,
Conrland and Liyenia,. Its capital. 81 ths
same name. about halfway between Petrn'
grad and the Baltic. has been a eoneentrS-
ZION point Tor the Russian army Of defence
4. Will N: Hays 10 the new chairman ~ ~.
Republican National COMMITTEES. VI '"'
D. GustSSus AdolghSs q Sweden was called
o. frsnglpani ls perfume made from the West
gipani. marshal I'm the army o; ITnnii. rrsH- rsv
In New York haFbor. Asshd
.. n familiar essay y one on o homcIy .uhi.s.
treated informally or even coiioauisiIyy.'
" insS%s G.Ss fr1ss must b paid on or before
~ o.:is:s T. S's:::;s'ca .:.ss -.:ss.:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

When one man noted for the franlIness
Of his comments on his contemporaries ex-
presses his opinion of another man noted for
his vigorous denunciation of those who dis
agree with him the result Is likely to be
interesting. We have this unusual combna-
ton presented today in what Governor
Pennypacker has TO say about Colonel Roose-
welt in another column on this page. Colonel
Roosevelt Is such a fertile subject that the
Governor found 1t impossible to express his
opinion briefly. His comments tomorrow
will be even more pungent than those APP
nearing today,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

United States army? VI '"o
9. Where Is Irkutsk?
3. What Is the new name. and function os tb.
German liner Vaterland? VI '"o
4. Who wrote "Jane Ere:
8. Who Is Cleofonte Campaninie
@. What was the Peace OF TiIsit:
I. Identify "BluT Kink Hail."
.. What was the League Of the Three En-.
perOrs? WV '"'ee Lm-
0. Who is Leopold Auer?
10. What was the Augustan agee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

II the Government succeeds in stopping
the sale Of dirt as coal the Philadelphia con-
tractors will remain In undisputed possess
sion OF the rights 10 rob the people by cart
ing dirt at two prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

The colored porter who stole box of
cigars from a detective proved that he APP
prcciated the joke on himself. tor he told the
Judge. "Ah reckon it was mistake on nah
part-a big mistake"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Coal supply, car service and thermome-
ter won't drop to a unanimous zero next
winter. The fuel administration is taking,
care OF the anthracite situation and one can
always be hopeful over the weather when it's
months away. There's only the p. r. T. to
worry about.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

l The abolition of tollgates on Old York
rcd. which goes into effect tomorrow. will
p1esse the automobiists, but the pedestrians
Will be In as much danger ever from Joy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

That eleven-day round trip TO France
made by the Leviathan formerly the Water
land. indicates that they are no longer de-
laying the unloading OF transports on the
other side When one ship can make two
trips in the time II used 70 take to make one
4 y - n the size of he ship had been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

1t is sometimes hard to tell whether the
Turk is being driven out OF Europe or out
of Asia. Wherever he's going he is on his
way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Berlin has discovered that there are
more ways 10 get to India than by way OF
Bagdad. But II has not yet found out one
way to get to Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Director Wilson evidently thought the
auto squad was a lvver when lie abolished it,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Let's make all our "heatless," meat
less" "sweetless' and "wSeatless" days
"bleatless' days
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

Boarders asked TO cooperate with land
ladies in food Observation-Disclosures.
We thought landladies were the original
food conservationists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-11

The latest news from Russia is definitely
indefinite.
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oPEKArIc STYLES

the prina donna last night, Mrs. comsupf"
x. IT, e ~ xii = 4; :s ~
Evening star., 1918-03-30
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths hare been reported to the
health department in the last twenty-four hours:
Joseph H. Allen, s3 years, 1881 18th street
northwest -
Joseph NJ Hill, 63 years, Cochran Hotel.
John T. scriyner. 70 years. Georgetown Uni
VeTs,f Edith " Frank. 20 years. s25s street north
"tsa Sarah Watson, "a years. Sd and H streets
Thomas c. Lyons. 27 years. Georgetown Uni
William H. Fiei.chmann, s5 years. 2212 Mime
Louis G. Jones. o. years, st. Elizabeth Hos
p'ts Cyril F. Mickler. as years. Walter Reed Hos
George c. schaeffer, 20 years. Episcopal Hos
p'iS Kate Lester. 4s years, 1928 Massachusetts
John r. Charnley, IS years. Walter Reed Hos
Emma E. compson, SO years, b17 Harvard
Philip Maus. 81 years, Casualty Hospital.
John r. Myers, 81 years, So 7th street north
James C. Smith. 8 years. 7oe 7th street north
Arthur F. Mclean. 30 years. Walter Reed
Lucy A. Kidwell, 70 years sibiey Hospital.
Kate E. Schmalhoff, &c years, S. Wardman
Henry Norton. 10 years, 7os eth street north
Austin Winston. 80 years, Emergency Hos
B. Saunders Rockwell. "A years. 1341 18th
street.
west.
southwest
Mary f. Mundell Z months, 1888 Maple View
place southeast.
Marion G. Loyeless. months, 111o 9th street
northeast.
Isaac Howard 40 years. eo5 I'd street south
west.
Armstead Randall. 80 years, 106 44th street
northeast
AGsRiiisli William F. sewe,l years, 1928 stree.
Arthur Brown. 60 years. Washington Asylum
Hospital.
Lillian B. Tyler. 80 years. so4 22d street
northwest.
Elizabeth Crawford. 81 years. 1892 Champlain
street.
william n. Gaskins. SIS years. 41e 9th street
southwest.
George Young "a years, Emergency Hospital
Alex Brooks. 81 years. 1920 18th street north
west.
Paul Lggons, IT years. 1ais 1st street south
west.
James E. Pratt, 70 years, 1903 Half street
southwest.
west.
Evening star., 1918-03-30
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following
Ellis s. Middleton of Berwyn, Md. and Anna
NJ Blake of this city.
Louis Cox Of this city and Nancy Leveane Of
Waycross. Va.
Henry NJ Thompson and Ada E. Harper. both
Of Waterford. Va.
Thomas Kaiser and Dora Edel. both OF Baiti-
hssn willara @ I'S T: woodman q Peabody Mass and
Eleanor Williamson Of Port Portlsnd. ,1tL.,,i Ne.
joseph 5osepn' F. Sebei and Resale /; Kelly.
| Sheriey Fortune and Sadie Taylor.
Hsns, F9Ss Ts '1a q Sasss cSsTs c.s NO.
cyrena Van sickel Martin Of this city.
William NTfsa e G. Lessel @ % and Florence l. A Moody.
Henry F. F., sonnahend and Elsie c. Hedrick OF
Henry N. Davis and Ida P. Watson, both of
Francis G. Owens and Letn A. Remarxue.
0osv W,ll,e lie Me Il. Lewis Of Locust Grove. Pa. and
| Milie =. Conner of this city
plats naros ot Il Whselins. Gmaa ". NV Va @ anu 's'- "
Raphael Errera Of this city and Esther
Aston S1 olasn n mi. city and
Bowling of Atlantic City, n. J:
vsrnon Daley and M,saa Mae y. MeGarthy drs
Clark Of Cedons. Va.
Clarence G. Thompson of Dell Rapids. 8. D..
and Laura F. Bower of Philadelphia, Pa.
william l. Blake and Eva Fl. Harvey.
William Crawford and Alice E Grace.
| John P. Weeks CT Hartwick Seminary, N. T.,
| and Lillian Miriam of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Sidney Perlman and Helen Ashkan, both Of
Baltimore, Nd
Vernon NJ Chase and Gertrude D. Eichman.
both Of Baltimore. Md.
| Clarence s. Hasgas and Helena R. Gambel,
J both of Philadelphia, Pa.
Harry s. Copperthte Of this city nnd Rose
| NJ stuart of Alexandria, Va.
Iyphor r., Low Hen Of Fnrt Worth md
! Lula o. Heathwole Of Dayton, Va.
Ernest A. Lovcless Of Cheltenham, Md, and
Lillian v. Kershaw of this city.
Joseph Grayson and Mary c. Briscol.
Miner F. Smith and Bessie L. Shuman, both
Of West Union, W. Va.
Everett d. Reeves of Newark, N. J., and
| Marcelline NJ. Kenney Of this city.
Charles @. Ovcrcash and Beulah NJ. Helman
| of Chamhershurg, Pa.
| Fred A. Carr Of Boston. Mass, and Estelle
| @. Coffey of this city.
George W. Henley of Manikin, Va, and
| Minnie Gasunght of Richmond. Va.