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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
THE GOVERNMENTS WORKERS

DUSINESS and the processes Of com,
- merce maintained steadily in a state
OF efficiency and good cheer are essential
necessities to American success in the war
1t Is imperative, therefore, that every pos
sible means be adopted to protect business
against unnecessary confusion in a slime
when extraordinary demands are being
made upon 1t. The Government itself is
aware of this. President Wilson has de-
sclared the belief time after time. And it
win be well, therefore. if the Federal De
partment of Labor, in the plans announced
yesterday for the pooling of all Govern
neht labor to avoid wasteful competitions
between divisions and departments. ship
yards and munitions factories and the like,
gives a little thought to the problems of
the plain business man.
Workers have a right to whatever high
wages they can obtain But the raids that
have been made upon private business by
some OF the Government departments have
been unwise in more ways than one Work.
ers are tempted from permanent places
for employment more or less transitory.
And disorder is created at the source upon
which the country must depend for the
essential sinews of war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Kings Without Countries

Place--Somewhere in Mittel-Europa
Time-Last Sunday evening, after the
Conference of kaiSerS
Characters-The newly appointed Kings
of Iithuania, Esthonia. courland and 20
land
Lithuania-Which way are YOU fellows
going?
Poland-I'm for the berstuhe around the
corner. feel the need of bracer.
Courland-Ich auch.
ISeated among the scidcs, the merry
monarchs contemplate cHch other IuGu-
hriouslyD
EsthOnia-It's pretty raw deal, think.
Got It Baedeker with YOU? | don't
know where this Esthonia place is
anyway.
Poland-Why, haven't YOU heard" 1t isn't
place at all; it's only geographical
expression. Full Of very wild and say.
age soviets, too
l.ithuania-Thats a pipe compared with
my job. I'm not even sure whether it
is Lithuana or Livonia I've got to take
charge of. | don't suppose it makes
much difference
Poland-Oh doesn't it, Livona has "A sea
coast, believe. Much easier to escape
no chance at all
Esthonia Chas been lookinc at the mani
Oh. hoy, I've got a scacoast Let me
see, are oysters in season? Ru gosh.
I'm right across the gulf from Helsine-
fors. Those Red and White Guards
Courland-Why should we go at all? I'd
rather 60 into the front-lipe trenches.
Lithuana-The fellow Tnl sorry for is the
lad who gets the Finland assignment.
Poland-Bill says the first thing we must
do is to put through compulsory serv-
ice. He says he must have fifty more
divisions for the western front Tie
says Hindy and the Prince have fallen
down again.
CourIand-How about those Ukases? Are
there any of them in my territory"
They're the fellows I'm scared of, they
and the lkons.
Esthonia-,Here comes Karl; maybe he
knows something about it,
(Enter Karl Hapsburg looking peevtsh)
courIand-IIello, Karl what cheer? Hows
motherm.law?
Karl-iielIo boys. Bill has beat it back to
Hunquarters. I'm writing a new an
them. This IL how 1t begins:
Austria Hungary
Land of cthnology,
ON thee | gloat:
Slovene and Pole and SlaV
Magyar and Jugosav,
And then we also have
Czech, Serb and Croat.
Lithuania-You say Bill has gone back 10
headquarters?
Karl--True. And I've just chartered a
special train to take us all to Switzer.
land. We can get jobs here as cor
respondents for the American papers
Come along.
| All--Oh Boy! QGxeunt in high spIrits)
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
THE READERS VIEW POINT
Baseball and War

To INC EdHor Of me ErcuHD PUJIic Lrdu,,.
Sir-In your columns Of today's i.s,,, e,
description is given Of q baseball pIayer who
when he foupd that he was eligible 70 dr.rt
fastened to secure position as Daintcr In
a s!lpEard, and that as he was found unable
TO do that, he was used as an inspector The
statement IS made that when Uniformed nv
the draft board that he was physically m
for military service he decided to get busv
aud look around" tfor what"J Further he
has played ball in professional ranks since
1908. eve may assume that he played he
fore that. II now in the draft in what van
did he qualify to become a skilled factor in
ship production?D
Even il our existing laws allow a man IN
eNade military service and secure "A n,u,h
larger salary than those that did moi "rot
busy and look around" Is 1t in keeuinE Win
the basic spirit of America at wal to ,i,n
the eraders large advertisement in lis
papers? How many parents of boys in active
service read such accounts with pleasure .
How many real Americans do? Whv head-
lines and double columns to such news? Ret
ter not mentioned. 4 READEp
Philadelphia, May II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR JOB!

rYSHE better, sweeter and holer Governor
4 at Harrisburg is extending his better,
sweeter and holier frontiers in a manner
shockingy suggestive of Lithuana In
oluen days the dalliers in State jobs at the
Capitol were seldom rounded up for po-
liticai contributions before primary elec.
tions. 1t never has been usual But the
toilA-s in the Governors own departments
on the Hin have been dazed by orders to
contribute to j. Denny ONeils campaign
fund.
t There are various ways of spreading
sweetness and light. Mr. Brumbaugh has
10 this instance manifested an astonishing
lack of foresight. He should pause to
mediate on the unholy things certain to
ensue in the vocabularies of his humble
associates. 1t must be remarked. that if
MIR. O'Neil cannot win by fuirer methods
he might at least stay out of the pulpits.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
THE DOOR TO PEACE

fXYHEN A. ]. Balfour, British Foreign
secretary. said in the House of Com
mons Yesterday that the Allies were ready
~ accept proposals of peace, honorably
teHdered. there was nothing in his words
- imply any expectation of such offers
~ any suggestion of change for the exist
he war program.
M. Baifour probably meant his words
Tor Austria. where recently it has been the
hAeit Of the hard-driven people to listen
n1ore intentIy for the voices of their enemy
t1aH for the voices of their friends.
Austria. or rather the restless and suf
f<fin& eonglomeration of people and races
& who conpose the empire. have begun to
epk far beyond Germany for help and
peace President Wilson's pronouncements
have helped to give them sense of the
{ttilit5 sf their position And Mr.. Balfour
s|a4 not solng beyond the ordinary methods
6if'jonacy Ia the phrase which involved
1cf Banded Indictment of Germany.
" tr spoke OF honorable" proposals
Il concieved And honor and justice
.IIfles mat no one looks for at the
1i1se IA The diplomats procedure
II1L ~ =. ~. i. = 2 - III /. ~ 9
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

We may be boob. each time we pull =
wheeze perhaps We bone it,
We may fall down, hackfre or stall, and
readily We own it,
We may he numh, we may he dumb, our
mind may so on rrutches.
We may ho asinIne, and vet to our rcnown
this much is;
We have totally ahandoncd
Forsworn.
Denied ana
Cast overheard UcttisonedD
That word
Camounage.
II somebody rang a bell every time the
word camouhaGe is used that noise would
reach from here to Mars and back again.
If somebody committed murder every
time the word camouhage is used Cand
many are 50 temptedD the earth would be
depopuIated in fourteen days six hours and
three minutes
If everyb"dy bought thrift STAMP
every time h" heard the word camouflage
| mentioned Mr.. McAdoo would have vertigo
If all the energy used every day in say
| ing the word camoufiage were concentrated
! in the neiGhhorhood of the City Hall, Phil
adelphia politics would be cleaner than
| Phoebe Snow.
If the people saying camou1aEe every
| day were mobillzed and armed and pnt
where they belong the HohenzolIerns would
be hunting lodgings somewhere east Of
| TObolsk.
| What is all this uproar and
| hulabaloo about the
| German language? The
| German lang uage is the kind of
language that when you want
to say penny
YOU have to say pfennig.
| Good night! DUNRAVEN BLEAK.
A man after our own heart was tho
| Kansas legislator who became annoyed
at the ratio of the circumference of a circle
to the diameter. He said that a great deal
of time was lost in multiplying the diane
ter by 3.14159, etc, in order to determine
the circumference. And so he endeayored
to induce the Kansas Legislature to pass
a law that the circumference of a circle
should be exactly three times its diameter
neither more nor less.
To its lasting dishonor the State of Kan.
sas refused to sanction this measure OF
so'ss' es'o''' DN,,1is<A 70.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
THE KAIsER,s FOUR OF A KIND

TNHE world waits in painful suspense to
i learn whether it was five kings or only
four that the Kaiser appointed for those
new Baltic priGoipaIities that are said to
be so yearning for blue-blooded Prussian
face-cards,
Is the Kaiser a poker player?, Four
kings is reputed to be a middling good
hand but even the Kaiser must know that
five kings is too many for one pack. Can
Il be four kings and joker2 And the un-
worthy set;cence as 70 the Identity OF these
royal cards seems e spsgsst that William
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
THE MULBERRY BUSH


The hest foreign correspondent Tho Mul.
berry Bush has is William McFec, the
author of "Casuals of the Sea" and Aliens"
and now an engineer lieutenant on II. NJ. S.
city Of oxford. on active service some.
where cast Of MercatOr's PROJECTION Says
the lieutenant:
"A creole lady, whom YOU will
some day meet in story. once told me |
had great deal Of 'hautcur What she
meant was had the typical Englishman's
standOffishncs# sticking out all over me
like n hedgehog spincs. True. | cant
help that. But how | wish ! could explain
to strangers how genial. how humble, how
conCiliatory | am inside. What friend
ships have missed, wt:ct iove affairs, sim
pA because Of that damnahlc 'hauteur'.
The fact is, that although one or two gen
erations have passed since my people were
Irish, and although we have been crossed
with few braid Scots and narrow Eng
lsh the bad old Irish blood is roursinG
still. feel this most when boiling with
rage over some grievance or choking with
venomous thoughts about others because
| can sec the joke can sec the folly Of
my anger at the time And | can see the
joke when my perception of the joke is
taken seriously by others and they ask
what / am GrOusng about. anyway.
| am having weekend away from the
ship, which is at .----. that weIknown
base ON the Caspian. | am living tat famine
prices in a hotel and wandering about the
town of Hub -elBubh.el, where AS you have
read, the Algerian Deys are continually
chasing the Arabian Nights and, | may add
the fleas are thronginE in throngs. You
wouldn't believe how these spring heeled
little demons disturb ones philosophy
have hiffed two since starting this letter.
WILLIAM McFEE.
The Fanfcdcratrd I.andadleS Of North
America have fallen in line. They have
decided /" rename their association the
League to Enforce Prunes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

nIsTINCTIONs of nationality will one
- day he lost in Commonalty of ideals
Democracy today has united against its
foe, autocraCy; score of nations have he.
come as brothers; and their unity is in no
better way eXemplifed than by the fact
that they are singing each others no.
tiona songs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
\ War Chest Salute

To the Editor 0J tie Evening PrtbIic Lcd0.r;
Sir
Fill up the War Chest
DO your very best
Then your mind will be at rest.
Buy a stamp
For boys in. camp.
They look to you
To pull them through
Saying
We will end this fuss,
You stand back Of US
So I'll up the War Chest,
Do your very best.
Wyncote. Pa, May g. II. l.. POUND.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
AuN armeS. Citoyens ,
FOrmez VOs hataillons

II was an elemental appeal for the de-
fense OF country and home sung by the
eager defenders. The inspiration came not
50 much as result of their singing it in
French as from their singing it with such
fervor. elan, pep. | wondered to what
heights of enthusiasm the French people
will be reused when the marines arrive
in their country singing their national
hymn in its native tongue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
The TerminoIogy Taboo

We've voted German from our schools
Wen have no Hunnish language;
So now we must revise food rules:
Take sauerkraut from cabbage!
Such alien terms must all come down
The frolicsome frankfurter
Win have to bark some U. s. town
Or else we will deport her.
The leberwurst, and pretzels, too,
Are doomed; we'll hear no pleas.
But neutrsls can't be made taboo:
Three cheers for old Swiss cheese!
l.. r. Al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

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scenes, consumed 'i.'t' P,p,,. bor. ,,,a,,v
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

German Emperor William has visited Aus.
trian Emperor Charles and the result, as an
nounced in a Berlin dispatch, has been 'con-
plete accord on all questions tending 10
deepen the existing alliance" That is, VIE
liam has given Charles orders that Charles
at present Is not In position to dlsobey
the Potsdam gang being in full control
Troy Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

the Damned has had difficuty in persuad.
ing his noble kinsncn to accept these paste
board crowns. Probably they realize that
it may be easier to nominate kings than
to keep them comfortably seated. Far
better in these days to be among the
humble pips, say two-spot. who wants
to be king Of Livona Tor is it Lithuania)?
We do not. The king business is too deadly
uncertain
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

TNHE marines were singing the French
= words. Up under the stage the band
was playing for dear life. but it could
hardly be heard. Every man was stirred
to the depths by what he was singing. Like
leap into It German trench came the
lines
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Admitting that the
oh Surely! Kaiser is hard boiled
egg and with the ad-
vent of the French Blue Devils" fresh in
mind 10 suggest what the rest Of them are
doing in France and with Austria pressing
on one side and the Allies pressing on the
other, would it be permissible to remark that
the Kaiser is in a devilCd-Cgg sandwich?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

.1 The Yale Record says that Benjamin
Disraelis middle initial was V. and then
puts the three initials together for the pur-
poses OF a very ancient jest. The only trouble
y that Ben had no middle name
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

AnZacS have an army call. 1t is "Coo-ee ~
and shall probably get that into our Ian
guage; reCiprocatinG with "Ee-yahw'-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Genial Bill

"Tho German people must bear patiently
the hardshIps and pIiNations Of wars hor.
r"rs. Kaiser Wilhelm to the Town Coun.
eli Of AaChen
How patiently the kaiserbiU
Bears other folks privations;
How Graciousiy he contemplaIes
itls subjects scanty ratIons
How sensible are shabby clothes
When other people wear them;
How bcarable all troubles are
When YOU don't have to bear them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
The "Will" That Wont,

Germanys will to win" might gain her
the victory but for the existence of other
husky and healthy Wills 10 win ia America.
England and Francs. Charleston News ana
Courier. * a ~ 4 + f. IS. M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

MORE of this variety followed xxx.
A'1 Katy" the suffering song; Good by
Broadway. Hello France" and similar dit
ties. They were enjoyable--even insprit-
ing.
Then the "Marscillaise" was announced
A thousand men rose to their feet. the song
leader raised his baton and thrill at the
recollection Of 1.-THE great patriotic an
them that thrust autucraCy off the sacred
soil of France was begun:
Alous. enfants de Ia patrie
LIE jour de gloire est arrive!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Rut Russia will probably find that mar
rage will continue even though II is renamed
the panfederated domestic soviet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

The Kaiser didn't stay long in Berlin
Curious how distrustful he seems of his loya
civilian population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Russia has abolished tho institution Of
marriage. And the mother-n-law also?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

AS Mr.. Taft says, the best league to on
force peace is an American army Of 5.ooo,oOo
mon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Every garbage pail can support a flock
IF chickens. Try it, suburbanites
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

VIII Hindenburg please confirm or deny
Reports of his death? 1t is unfair to keen
US In suspense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Five-cent fare or six-cent unfair7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
/. Who were the Mohocks"
. What is tho origin of the name of TIorIdaP
-. What given name pred2minateS among the
g. What nag is known as Old Glory?
g. who was Proserpne?
g. What is meant by u responsible ministryo
:. Name the author Of tom sawyer"
4. Where Is Betsy Ross buried?
0. Where is Harvard University located?
10. Who is JOnkheTr j. LOudon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

THE inventor tells me he is even now
l. working on a machine to compose poetry.
Whether in rhyme meter or In free verse;
he does not say. Soon everybody can have
his own little Spoon River right in the house
He has already invented. he says. a machine
for composing music, whereby anybody
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

tn" Fanfcdcrated I.andIadIes Of North
America have fallen in line. They have
decided /" rename their association the
League to Enforce Prunes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
Ground Hog in Cold Storage Watch Out!

According to late returns from the
rural districts, the ground hog, for the
first time in many years, left a shiver-
ing and coalless world to its own fate
yesterday and refused absolutely to is
sue from it's burrow so that humans
might know how soon this winter was
to end.
Yesterday was Candlemas Day, and it
was the duty of the grounding to come
forth. If he saw his shadow he was
expected, according to precedent, to re-
tire again and let the wintry blast con-
tinue for forty days more. If he did
not see his shadow and stayed out then
the world could rest content with the
thought that the worst of winter was
past. This year of all years, witnesses
assert, the grounding preserved an at
titude of strict neutrality and never
left his hole at ALL
Uncle Hiram Minton. of Second
Mountain, N. j., and a group of neigh
boring agriculturists dared chilblains
and frost bites for several hours yes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-03
"Perfectly Absurd"
Says Senator Stone,
In Emphatic Denial

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-"Perfectly
absurd" was how Senator Stone, chair
man of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. o-day characterized the re-
port that he was concerned in an or
ganization to foment strikes in Ger
many.
ut is absolutely without foundation" +"
he said. "The reports might have been
circulated in Germany to head off the
unrest and strikes now going on. Over
there the United States is supposed to
have money to burn, and it might be
that the government would circulate
such reports"
That circulation in the enemy coun-
tries of President Wilson's address
also may have contributed to the ru-
mors was suggested by Senator Stone.
II learned only last night" he said,
that the Russian Bolsheviki are them
selves circulating the Presidents ad-
dresses, not only in Russia, but in Po-
land. Germany and Austria. The Boil
shevik leaders have had the Presidents
address translated into German, Polish,
Czech and Slavic and circulated them
among the peoples whom Germany
dominates. Their purpose, under
stand, is to stir up sentiment SO as to
force Germany at Brest-Litovsk to en-
ter into the peace the Bolsheviki de-
sire.
"But as for any strike propaganda,
as far as l am personally concerned
and from all l know, the reports are
ridiculous"