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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
GIUSEPPE THE GUIDE

rNHE ''Tonys," PasquaIes and Giuseppes
l. who are returning to their native land
or that Of their fathers in American army
contingents which have reached Italy are
capable of performing valuable services
for Allied unity. Happily bilingual. they
can not only converse with their CO.
workers. but solve many perplexing prob
lens for the solely English speaking
"doughboy." Immediate solution of the
sort of riddles which have baffied many
of our soldiers in France is thus at hand
Piloted by companions in arms who
rattle on opera liPretto talk with com,
foftins SeIubility papy priysts aay
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
LEAVE THE HUN NO STAKES IN THE
EAST

A S means of relieving pressure in the
4 Awest the value of reconstructng the
Russian front has long since been so
obvious that delay has been dictated
chiefly in order to let encouraging events
shape themselves and to profit by them
with clean hands The latest swift develop
ments, resulting in the assassination of
Won Mirbach and Won EiChhorn, the af-
fronts to the Allied ambassadors clearly
indicative of a losers frenzy on the part
of the tottering Bolsheviki. and the unique
triumphs of the Czecho-Slovak troops, sug-
gest that Russia may soon be the scene
Of an important war move
With our faces close to the campaign
map any diversion of German legions from
the west has the charm of good tactics
But opposing the Hun in Russia through
tn" forces now arising there against them
and their confederates of the Brest
Litovsk outrage can be viewed from an
even larger aspect.
The words of General Sir Frederick B.s
Maurice, recorded in a special cable to
the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, ring too
clearly with sincerity and conviction to
he regarded simply as apology for English
eXpeditonary operations far from the
Franco Flemish lines. with comprehensive
vision he foreshadows further German re.
treats in the west. the occupation of strong
strategic positions there the avoidance of
| battles and an attempt at domination in
the east, including control of Turkey and
Persia, 10 be used as a Won Hertling pawn
for the release of Belgium and the rest of
France
Such bargaining. assuming that Ger
many's eastern schemes are unclouded
would make the Hun a colossus despite
losses in the main theatre of the war.
| IF Germany" declares General Maurice.
us really to be defeated and cease to be
a menace to the peace of the world in the
future, she should not be allowed what
| she has in the east means of extend
| ing her power in that direction"
Such an event, therefore as the capture
| of fekaterinburg, far off in the Trails by
| the CZecho-Slovaks is not merely welcome
| as move on the new front" but as one
| link in possible chain of circumstances
| which, wisely developed, will prevent Ger
| man retention of military power in field
| from which she could still threaten world
peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Mr.. SCHwAB ON MUSIC

ftHARLEs NJ. SCHWAB is an organist
~ of considerable ability and wide dis.
crimination. He has an affinity with
music which by some mystic process
<Smakes him more efficient in his affinity
With steel The imaginative quality ap-
piled in any business or profession works
wonders beyond the power of the man who
Is without it.
"The sound that is most beautiful" said
Mr.. Schwab at Willow Grove, lis that of
marsed voices singing. Next to that, per-
shaps, is the grand diapason of an organ.
*3ut there is one sound I like better than
4 sfher. II comes when i enter a shipyard
<xnd workman turns and says. Hello,
FGharlier"
The artistic strain in Mr.. schwab ot
rio11sly lies deep. II has done for him
1T art doesn't do for many Of those who
r1fce Il in = pretentious way. 1t has
~ Mn 10 the state OF mind with
1pat work besinsrzto . sense
llefship With ~ men; e.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
THE TERROR
TROM Asiago to Cambria,

LNROM Asiaeo to Cambria,
From Wilma to the Aisne,
Each night the ghosts OF soldiers say,
Don't let us die in vain.' ~
That they should come so far is strange,
Since death lays men so still,
But who can say where dead men range,
Or how they have their will?
SO through the night their tramp I hear,
Briton and Frank and Russ;
And through the night the thing they fear
They whisper deep in us.
How shall we find way to heal
The terror of the slain.
To seek them out and make them feel
They have not died in vain?
--Haniel Long in Poetry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

the hOwitZerS of Fortune. 1t is a protec-
tive discoloration that conceals the de-
fenseess and sensitive soul. Often it is
the man who. is supporting dozen
drunken cousins who laughs hardest at
the prohibition fanatics. 1t does not pay,
in this perverse world, to let the gods
have an inkling of your inner secrets.
The man who sings Swing low. sweet
chariot" too melodiously will be oblt Grated
by a motortruck at the corner of Broad
and Chestnut.
pUT after a man is forty the gods will
~ stop pestering him. If he is still smil-
ing. what of it? They can afford to bide
their time. And by then he can usually
take minute off to see the comic side of
things He is probably able to pay his
coal bill. so he can afford to see the subtle
comedy in not being able to pay it. There
is no question about life being a joke, if
you can only stay with it long enough.
HuMOR-at any rate the kind of humor
= that vibrates In the neighborhood of
Don Marquis--is largely the dangerous
ability to see things straight straight
i'hc' spSehilS IdpluiN between TWO points,
is one Of the most humorous things in
the world. Why? For the plain reason
that most of us wambIe and oscillate so
tediously in curves and zigzags man
who can do days work in three hours
Is a scream. That is why so many people
viii stand around and hinder him. Even
his employer won't like it. 1t seems an
indignity to toll.
RY THE time man is forty he will
~ either be humorst or the cause NJ
humor in others 1t doesn't really matter
which, so long as the worlds stock of
cheer is bettered. But even after forty
no one need despair. Think of I.udendorff
so rapidly taking old Hndenburg's place
as champion jester After the recen.
ALLIED drive in the Marne sector what was
his merry quip? Certain replacements
and strateGical regroupings have taken
place" Ludicrous Ludy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
BoLsHEyIsM IN WASHINGTON

DOLSHEVISM in a minor form appeared
- In the West years ago. 1t was called
Populism then. 1t still remains under the
surface OF many Congressman, as occa.
sional erratie manifestations of the spirit
testify
The proposed heavy taxes on motor
trucks, pleasure automobiles, and gasoline,
for instance. reflect this sort of reaction.
There is blind hitting out at anything
that smacks Of money or well-being or
welldoing.
Heavy taxes on motors and gasoline
proposed in the war revenue bill will
cumber business with a few new cares
Pleasure cars will be used less frequently
by those who feel they cannot afford the
tax. Then there will be small revenue
Business will be hurt and a major indus.
try will suffer greatly.
But Congress will have had the salts
faction of indulging an ancient prejudice
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
A Suggestion TO Senators

Any one who likes plenty of words in
his reading matter will find the Congress
sional Record an unfailing tonic
In case Washington should ever he af.
f1icted with a shortage of syllables and
parts of speech, We would like to suggest
to Mr.. Sherman Senator from Illinois,
little trick of condensation:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

The Kaiser's own particular "gott"
seems to have gone back on him in every.
way. Following the recent American vic
tories, the famous hunger stone" which
supersttious Germans regard as an omen of
famine, has appeared in the Elbe River
This is, literally. asking for bread and being
given a stone
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Mr. kospoth. the correspondent of this
newspaper In Switzerland. believes that we
have spoiled Austria-H'ngary by being too
nice to her Well. the error will not occur
again. The little Huns are as dangerous
as the big Huns, the only difference being
that they have nicer manners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
OLD BOONVILLTAN.

The American troops have recently cap
tured the emplacement of one of the Zig
guns that bombarded Paris babies They
report that the cannon revolved on bail
bearings ten inches in diameter. PERHAPS
before many years have passed some of
the men behind the gun will revolve on
an island ten miles in diameter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Once the gentle art of ''muckrakng" was
the most profitable branch of journalistic
enterprise But even clumsy wielder Of
the whitewash brush today may get a reward
that Is princely in comparison il George
Sylvester Niereck may be considered a cri-
terion. But the whitewash may be more
odorous than all the muck
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Coal miners have
Quite Right, Too! abandoned picnics and
other pleasure excur-
sions TO aid the war. but those Congressman
who are so bithely touring the western front
evidently feel that a cessation of their
junkets would have no appreciabIe effect in
helping matters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Mr.. A Edward Newton, whose friends
refer to him affectionately as Daylesford's
leading essayist, tells a good story about
gargoyles. 1t seems that some travellers
were admiring a beautiful Gothic building
in the presence of the Janitor and alluded
to the gargoyles.
What" said the janItor, them rain.
spouts? Do you call 'em gargoyles, too?"
"Why; yes" said the visitors.
'Well, amt that queer! There was a
fellow here a year ago and he called 'em
gargoyles. The name must have stuck
to EN-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

with their eye on the yellow Perir' for
so many years, the Germans entirely neg
lected the Red one which proved so potent
when some keen-eyed native American scouts
on the western front got busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

The 10000 ton fabricated American
ship Inyincible has been built in twenty-four
days-just about the time it takes a ferocious
German submarine TO sneak out of Kiel cross
the Atlantic, dodge the conveys off our coasts.
sink few barges and return goriously to
nort
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Even Mr. Hoover. who has just arrived
in Paris, may acquire some valuable tips in
that city-long the headquarters not only
of the best food, but of the most ingenious
and effective table economies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
What He Said

The gratifying as
surance from my col.
league falls upon my
sensibilities like a
b ! q S s e d benediction'
and I am profoundly
grateful to have that
relieving information,
! know the Senator is
informed and is sin
cere. He many times
speaks prudently and
with authority. / have.
however, read in quo.
tation marks from a
source that is acceSSi.
BILE to the general pub
lie and which has not
yet been repudiated.
disavowed. modified or
denied that the condi-
tions which I have
just criticized do exist.
If. however. this in.
formation is erroneous
and the conditions are
such as the Senator
Sugge SITS, II only indi-
Gates a happier state
of affairs which |
shall hail with I'M
bounded satisfaction.
] shall never be dis
satisfied. Mr.. Presi-
dent, because fears of
mine are not realized.
| shall join with my
fellow citizens in re-
joicing IL those fears
shall upon further in
quiry be found ground.
less.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

scissors in French also means beans If
this fact is generally realized by the con-
sumers of our army fare abroad, their desire
to advance in that direction may be sadly
modified
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

George Gibbs is the author of The Sc
cret Witness" which recently ran in this
paper and we ought to have grudge
against him because many people were so
thrilled by his story that they forgot to
read The Chatting Dish. As you know
there is great jealousy among literary
artists.
But anyway. what we are leading I'D to
is this. Mr.. Gibbs says the motto of the
fuel administration is
You can't fuel all the people all the time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Russian business men are reported as
characterizing the Bolshevik rule as crazy
tyranny" The first adjective is superfous
No tyranny he sane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
In God We Trust
Kansas or bust
Busted. by God!

And al Boonvile among the bluffs over.
looking the treacherous waters of the
Big Muddy is found the original Levers
Leap rock from which the despairing
pair chose to end it ALL in the sandy depths
below. Not far from that tragic spot is
the field where flowed the first b.cod of
battle in the civil War.
OLD BOONyILLIAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

While the output Of coal is worrying
Uncle Sam, It is decidedly the 'input" with.
which the average householder is most con-
earned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

We'll, Mr.. Bones. l
VINO ihrew Ihat see that the Germans
hgg' VIII have to abandon
western front" ~
"Why so, Mr.. Tambo?"
Because the Americans have made plane
sailing impossible for them,P
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

The new Liberty Loan campaign will
begin on September 2s Months with an r
are good for bonds as well as oysters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

In view of the frequency of poor plays
under which theatre patrons suffer the pro-
posed heavily increased tax on smusements
would seem TO come under the head of cruel
and unnatural punishment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Oui Viye i'm Kiey

Ukraine is seething with anti.German
sentiment, say the dispatches, And the
murder of Eichhorn at Kiev seems to
show that Kiev is on the qui vive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Uncle Sam is to be asked to bear hal,
the cost OF the proposed Camden bridge
Which half, we wonder?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Senatorial ApproyaI

The Sen7tors are In sympathy with the
work or fight rule-sometimes they work
and oftener they fght.-Milwaukee Leader. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

The news that Britain's war bill is
ss6.eeo per minute need not stsgger us al all
II We reflect ON what subjection 70 Germany
would cost per centu l,...X
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Quite Familiar

Shortage in bathing suits' is a news item
which does not sound like news-Nashville
Tennesseean.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
All for the Allies

This country is going to have bumper
wheat crop. and very little of it is going into
pretzels.-Chicago News. tvA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Hindenburg promises blow against the
British. We don't doubt it, Promises have
become his long suit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Answers to Yesterday's Oui.

I. Elder st:tesmen: term applied TO the uaat
eminent statesmen Of Jspan. ~
2. Former CsnEressWsn Francis Burton Har-
erai Of the Philippine islands.
8. Providence ts both the capital and largest
city af Rhode Island.
A. ..Aiysteries of Ud0lpho,' the first Of the son~.
.stionaI school q English fiction. BY MFs-
Ann Radcliffe u164-1823).
g.. Kari Won HELD erich. nrst Vice ChancelIer e
Germany and newly designated Ambat~
sador to Russia. 737t
O. Fort Dupont In In Delaware, on the r1vor
and opposite Fsft Delaware. 49,.
T. George T. s,s.s z.eri'.is: q MY ysst: = ~.
- issarod sssss as = fsss6S1
!. csS. I,sssss = q A,er.. nauu. #
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Lord Lansdowns's spirits and the last
syllable Of his name seem to be in repre-
hensible agreement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Proverbs Resoled

Among the Bolsheviks, factions speak
louder than words
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02
Grass

Green, tender and moist, the grass is
forever sleeping, lying snugly on its
mothers breast.
And when at last it opens it's fiowery
eyes, we see them twinkling with pansies.
honeysuckles and violets.
These are the gifts of Mother Earth to
her chosen child.
Oh, Mother Earth. how much more YOU
love the grass than me!
BERNARD BRODIE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

the rise in prices caused by the war. In
other words. the shanghai cost Of living.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

Schwsb will build the ships or eat his hat
Headline.
And the German papers will say: Ter
rible food shortage in America! American
autocrats compelled by hunger to eat
straw hats as breakfast food
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

II seems altogether natural that the
Kasers troops, meeting our new soldiers
should have got raw" deal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-02

TINE true humorist. however needs no
i audience; therein lies his safety. He
can go on laughing at himself and sur
vive. Humor Is indeed kind OF your
psrdon) camoufage whprewith luckless
In copcp9ls 6ig txsp3 qontl.Aepts fyom
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
Presidents Daughter
Sings To Soldiers

Mlss Margaret Wilson, the .Press-
GENTS talented and charming daugh-
Yer. has captfv1Aed an the audiences
OF soldiers before whOm sae has suns,
9nd tnere 10 every reason for be1fev-
ing that she win be accorded an
equally enthusiasts reception ut all
sae other camps and cantonments in
which she To soon 10 appear. f
Miss WflBcn recently announces
hef intentions OF going 10 France to
sing to the American soldiers there.
Miss Wilson Is making q tour Of
the camps and ean&onmenfs to sing
Tor the soldiers under the auspices
OF the 7. N. c. A. She In paying her
own expenses. Before staYting on the
TOUR she gave several concerts In
large cities 70 raise money with which
TO make the trip o. fe- South a.
Texas and as Ear West as Colorado.
She has been giving all the money
taken In at her concerts to charity or
% war work, but she wanted to make
the tour Of the camps at her own ex-
pense as a contribution to war work
more personal than the mere handing
over Of money.
Her first concert was given at Fort
Totten. near milestone Landing.
Long Island, New York"
I'm awfully glad to see you" she
said, smiling down into the faces of
500 enlisted men. This Ia the first
audience I've ever had composed en-
tirely OF men, and I like IL. never
bad any doubt of what sort of sol
d1ers you would be over in France,
but now that have seen you, feel
gurer than ever that you and your
brethren In the other camps will
make the best fighters Over There. >"
Deafening applause greeted this
statement and the soldiers made the
Fafters Of the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium
ring when she sang plantation melo-
dies and French love songs. They
Joined her in the singing OF "Over
There" and s4The Star Spangled Ban
her." At camps and cantonments
where she subsequently appeared she
was rendered a. similar ovation.
Miss Wilson's tentative itinerary
calls for her appearance at Camp
poniphan, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, On
April /; Camp Bowie, Ft. Worth,
Texas, April 3; Camp Macarthur.
Waco, Texas, April z and 8; Camp
Travis and other camps near San
Antonio, from April IA to April 10.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04
U.SSod&ers 70 Work
Gardens IN France

sLaft sp sAsss saed Aeppsrs d
tAink ySars dome, ut0wine Q fsld7'
This eype e agricultural rebuke BY
exaet1ng 0rill sergeants viii be out
OF order azmomg American soldiers IN
France this spring and sammer and
for all the 0tAer springs and sum-
mers u my % neceesary to keep the
boys In khaki "Over There" The
man WHO sA0ws an aptitude for han
ding the hoe or the plow will be
quite as valuable 60 the sharpshooter
and expert MaEAExman, for the United
States 10 going into the gardening
business beAind the lines overseas.
While the government VIII con-
tinue to sen0 beek, pork. other meats.
the ingredients for making bread,
jams and o great variety Of other
edihles across the ocean TO the boys,
they viii be required to raise their
own "easg's or greenl vegetables. It
il impFNcticable to send these perish
ables overseas. And then again, the
soldiers will have lots Of spare time
while waiting for orders 70 serve
their hitch In the trenches. This
time can pFodtably be spent In gar
denfng.
Last year the French army estab-
lished garden patches IN the training
areas and In the more quiet spots
back Of the lines and raised enough
vegetables to supply 100000 men
during the season,
The United States army has en-
barked upon o similar enterprise. A
captain, son Of a former professor In
botany in the University Of Chicago,
has been appointed head of the Amer
lean Army Garden Service. He has
purchased thousands Of vegetable
sprouts from the owners Of French
hothouses and II recruiting q force
Of gardeners from the ranks on a
basis of ten men with agricultural
experience out Of every 10000 Amer
lean soldiers lover There" An Of
flcer will be designated at each camp
who viii be responsible for. the pro-
duction of vegetables. When one
unit moves another will take its place
and continue the gardening.
II you like hghbrow vegetables,
such as arttchoke, cauhfower, ro-
maine, okra, asparagus, etc., you'll
have to pack a few seeds or sprouts
over the pond with you, for they are
not ON the army menu.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-04

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ed that out o. ID COT men only b1S
had no ehufch connections. Uncle
Sam made theDe 1gnras. and who's
going TO caH uhc50 Sam q prevari-
Gator?
One cannot aWe through a Texas
sunset and n0e 90 ths handiwork OF
God. Men hsve mved and used buck
cts on bucketD az peecious paints and
then died and gune ON 20 their re-
ward without neUgO0ue1nG this won
d0rful Gp0ceMc10.