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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
kERENSKY'S MISSION

Mo ANNOU UNCEMENT of Kerensky's
~ specific mission to America has accOn-
panied the report that nc will arrive in
this country on Monday or Tuesday. But
he uudouhtedIy comes In the interest of a
free Russia.
AS such he deserves hearty welcome
and a respectful hearing Even though
he represents no one but himself he is
equipped by knowledge and experience to
give the state Department information
which it can get nowhere else 50 well.
America is sympathetic with the aspira-
tions of the Russians. It Is hoping that
the nation can organize itself to resist the
German plans of absorption in time to
keep the German armies busy on the
eastern front. 1t is hoping, too, that
leaders will arise with ii sense of their re-
spOnSibiliticS to established and orderly So
CiCtY and organize Il government which
will conserve the liberties and resources of
the nation. The men in tho saddle at
present have not proved themselves to I've
men Of this type.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

ionable questions of the hour Councils
have approved the Bourse's suggestion for
an anti-loafing law and a bill to make
loafing crime is now actually in the hands
of ono of the committees. Ant-loafing
laws have been signed in New York, in New
Jersey and in Maryland. It is said that
countless inCuruble iders arc drifting to
Philadelphia rich and poor, young
and old for refuge.
The COmunities that have already passed
laws against idlcness have rcligiOusly re-
Trained from all efforts to define work.
Usually the provision is that all persons
between twCnty-onc and fifty who arc not
engaged in recognized, systematic and use
ful employment" are candidates for the
police court no matter what their prestige
or their social estate may be.
Hut wouldn't an anti-loating bill create
havoc in Councils themselves? wouldn't
it dcsoatc the political wing OF the Lincoln
BuildinE2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
THE RACE IS ON

fFI5E International contest now on in the
7 zhipyards OF Great Britain and America
Is not so spectacular as a, race for yacht
ynk eup. but il Is more exciting just now,
Al present America holds the. riveter's
trophy. for workman in the Baltimore
@ard Of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor
poration drove 1875 rivets in nine hours
on Ihursday. beating Tuesdays record Of
Workman in Scotland by S53 rivets.
This is real sport There is no trickery
e9e1t ii. The rivet has to be driven home
end aeaded or it does not count. And the
game at which the men are playing is
<h3t Of beating the German submarines.
The Baltimore yard holds the prize for
fhe moment. II has been competing with
S<h<r domestic plants where the rivalry
q e,ready keen. Now that 1t has taken on
|&H International character the lovers Of
Iots Of skill are likely to watch for the
ryxe from week to week with as much
1rucss as the baseball fans scan me
SIN noards every afternoon for the re.
tf the days game.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
SANCTITY OF THE "CROwLER" AND
OTHER THINGS

MEL BONNER has made a remark
- which convinces us that one-half tn"
women do not know how the other half
drinks The Retail Liquor Dealers As
ISOLATION has decided that after next
"Wednesday it's membe-s will cease selling
spirituous liquors in bulk, but that it will
protect the sanctty. of the "grower."
The growler? Don't you know what
that is? 1t is the can, the bucket, the
dish, the pail, the pitcher or what you will
that the honest housewife (aCcordin" to
Mr. Bonner) takes to the side door of a
saloon of an evening to be filled with beer.
The canny woman greases the inside of
the can or bucket so that the barkeeper
cannot fill it with froth, but must give her
good measure. MIR. Bonner says that if
the women are not to be permitted to get
their beer in this way they will sit in the
back rooms of the saloons and be demoral-
lied. So the growler trade must be pro-
tected in the interests of womanly virtue!
Perhaps he is right. But he is an expert
and must know.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
THE CHAFFINC DISH


Marathon is a great place for thunder
storms Whenever there's an electrical dis
turbance in the neighborhood it comes and
camps out on our hill.
We don't care for thundcrstorms. When
the lightning gets so friendly We always
wonder whether anything personal is in.
tended And lightning is SO hasty, don't
You think"
Wien We see those big purple clouds
piling up over our bean patch, and those
unpleasant yellow and green ribs of light
ming snickcring down in that careless and
irresponsible manner, all the ill-assorted in
formation we half remember about thunder.
storms comes into our mind.
We remember hearing of so many COWS
struck by lightning that We get bit wor-
ried about the baby's milk in the iceboX
So We hurry down and make the infant
drink all the milk and sneak out and put
the bottles on the neNt.doOr neighbors back
porch. Then we recall that milk turns sour
in thunderstorm and are afraid TO tell
our wife what we have done.
Generally our wife is out calling or
storm and we have to bear the peril alone.
We take our new penknife out of our
pocket and put it in an old rubber boot in
the cupboard
We have recently had some new filings
put in our teeth, and we have an idea they
attract the lightning. That worries us
greatly.
We hide our safety razor under the
bathtub.
Then we go down to the kitchen to as
sure the cook that there is absolutely no
danger.
These must be anxious days for Ellis
Parker Butler, the Well.known author Of
Pigs Is Pigs" The 1918 issue of Who's
Who" will soon be out and we hope it will
list him correctly. The 1917 edition had
him down as Alice Parker Butler. We
wonder why they didn't call his famous
story "Sows. Is Sows."
A spare box of matches is Just as impor.
tant for man as spare tire for an auto
mobile.
Desk Notices
Dear Socrates My desk motto comes
from Mark Twain. It is this:
To be good Is noble; to teach others TO be
good is nObler still, and less trouble.
GEOFFREY.
Evidently the petroleum peace" in Ru-
mania has fabricated German propaganda
in Mexico. Carranza is now trying to stir
up an oil war. He may find those TampIco
old fields Carrancid, SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
TROUBLES OF THE AIR MAIL

GBVIoUSLY the new air mail service is
~ experiencing some trouble in adjusting
itself to schedule and in overcoming the
novel difficulties of an experimental serv-
Ice. Some of the mail planes have been
late. Two have had to drop in the course
OF the journey between here and New
York. Their letters were shipped by rail.
The record of the air mail service doesn't
Harmonic so far with the notions Of the
average man, who knows of aviation
Through his reading about the amazingly
efficient work of the air fighters In Europe.
As Q matter of fact the fliers in the air
Odd as it may sound. they face difficulties
unknown to the war aviatOrs Because
their course lies over thickly built up and
populated regions they are forced to fly at
a great height. This is necessary because
forced descent in or near a town or clty
often involves disaster. The aviator who
flies over built-up communities must go
high in order that he may be able to coast
to open country in case of trouble. The
mail aviators have this hindrance in their
work over strange country and on routes
Unfamiliar to them
There is no doubt that the new air mail
service will be valuable inspiring and eff
ncient. The postal fiers are the pioneers
Fof service that is sure to be expanded
within a few years to accommodate pas
eengers as wen as mail matter. And best
\ OF all, il is giving real excuse for trying
out our army hiers-both men and ma
chimes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED?

CEvERAL hundred miners have been
~ taker from the anthracite region by the
draft within a day or two.
This IS mistake. We cannot win the
war without coal and we cannot get coal
without miners The English learned this
early ir the war and they had to send over
60 France and sort out of their armies
thousands of miners who had been put in
uniform.
We knew of the blunder the English
made and we were warned against it, but
those in authority seem to have ignored
the warning.
1t is about time a system was worked
out for exempting from the draft the men
engaged in occupations necessary to the
conduct Of the war. At present there
seems to be no system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
LOAFERS

WORK, when you stop to think of it, is
w rather hard to define intelligently
Labor is not always useful in proportion
to the degree Of energy required in its per-
formance. A burglar works hard. If de-
voted toll was in itself admirable the man
who cracks a safe should be esteemed in
any division of society. On the other
hand. poets do not work, nor do captains
of industry engage in the arduous manual
labor which is the commonly accepted
symbol of simple virtue. 1t is difficult to
define and tabulate the qualities that make
a loafer.
Councils aren't dismayed, however, by
such abstract phases oe one OF the fash
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

1. MOhOrks; n Drototpye OF "hOOligans." who in
Tested London In the eighteenth century.
2. Florida comes from . Spanish word meaning
"Iand OF flowers"
3. james Is the most frequent given name OF the
Presidents OF the United States.
4. Old Glory IL "a DOpular term Of affection ap-
7 piled to the American flag.
5. Proserpine; In ella ssic mythology the daughter
OF Ceres. She abducted by Pluto and,
as his wife, was queen of the lower regions.
@. Responsible ministryi u cabinet whose pro-
gram and policies must have the indOT
ment Of a parliamentary majority. The
government retires Rn adverse vote reg
istered against vital party policy. Eng
land has q irresponsible ministry"
!. tom SAWYER; story Of American life
by Mark Twain,
8. Betsy Ross Mrs. Elizabeth ClaypooIe), who,
according TO tradition, made the first Amer
lean flag, IL buried In Mount Morlah Gene
terry. PHILADELPHIA.
o. Harvard University Is In Cambridge, Mass,
10. Jonkberr u. Loudon is Foreign Minister of
Holland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I. How many Democratic Presidents have there
been In the last fifty wears?
.. Name the author OF "Sntrona"?
3. What were the thirteen Original States:
4. Which IL the Bayou state?
3. What Is the national flower of France:
o. What IL the capital OF Ohio?
I. What is sergeant major?
4. what is meant by the initials "K. Of C."P
o. What Is the origin of the name OF Kentucky?
10. Who was Juyenal?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

Some one is hunting for Americas
bsddest boy There have been times when
the President thought he could name the
worst one II the limit were raised to include
those who wear long trousers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

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! NE\ S'"'s"' W '''' man wiz "
L snonsible for filling un these pages with
.,.,,, .,,,. hi, ,,,ororcd ,iroretto and undor
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cover "l III" S'l"N'-''""" N'' '''' w"
trenches and into his foremost positions he
ror, ho Lnryv it.
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IT """'"n ,'''''''''''',' H'' ~ ~,
would H. now S''"' u "'A "'''''' i"'''" ~
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uo'' III ms m'ah'-un , , ri ornic
'I'i,'i,'' .!i- ,, L.rd -, I2ut hp rc-
and say Nnmerau' haHtI"u "L nI' Wv ,' "a
urea "THe,"IA 10 l,,S''",t' ,L'Id tnrc,y
;.'S Tu''oI 'I,t 70 Li orn,,, nf ,nanau
III the hrSt INSTRUMENT ol MS army VI '''"'''"
N' ~ -
"ThcroS reason, suppose ne S''u'
"Colonel" said. the reason is fair and
warmer with thunder showers at night. There
is a haze over the top of the Equitable Build
ing The straw hats are blOsSoming like
mad The grass in the park across the way
is ridiculously green Before the incubators
in the windows of the horticultural stores
tho multitude sEirls hither and thithCT. and
the women gasp over the darling litt"
watering cans and strong men turn pale
at the low price of California privet. The
iadica in the subway have nut on their furs.
The classified columns are full of furnished
APARTMENTS to let and bungalows right over
the water: the kind you leap out Of tn"
windows Of YOU know. and right into the
waves at the risk Of breaking your neck.
Thr orators i'm city Hall square quote from
tho Greek Testament Trousers will be
worn rather snug around the leg. The news
boys are diving into the municipal fountain
,rhora we're people for dinner last night, and
amer that | sat uD writing poetry. | haven't
a cartridge in my head. 1t is spring,
Rriradiar General"
TIE CALLED up another battalion OF the
IL "rulH Vi ''''' - o
Salu' HtH are S p'S 81" sJtL tcranofrmit
IN ",Ih I,iiti Jid,,t h,,, tLe
StahG nE Mootl.su,' 5, ,i ,i'1ar,,,os ON th,
SKetc"' nu' ne i"' - t i,7 ,,Inna or ,o,,r
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STUN az uTS ''U', U w., w go, ,,,, ,.idoo and
chaSeu nun "'t ''s .n "rS ~ i'o ,n, .6ut IN
halt way o""h llie rs rNs'IT go! Saon' id ~ -
SO,,,T' ,; ''''i5I ~ snid forn,ino a salient
lioW' he S4lu, ,2 lGl :, " 80 "i,, ,bo
'ehtr' "i iiN I',ol', ..,,'aII +,,a ,,oo,,io
easiest tiIIls Im s''t go tbo bat stnra y,in
WIZ az w " ,'aT maGr met as heavily on No
COWS 1''t. T.. az, 49, ~, ,bo hnst * panar,a
@ aiai' l"Iu 'II % ~ IN 10 cunning oars that things
zen tlie w., a,,IFortobIa 40 On tho stretrhers
ar are LlIuIlt LIS Pon,ind tho neonIe in the
III tmr ivy tI|"i tbern is less air around the
pul,satUm' ,t, ,abfo,, H,t IN the Jugouts"
oPT' at'me @ hi IjDn waverinr Int he called
ot,oueage corne
up it1S o, ro On :" he said and Thought there
, w ori ,,rin9 smile in his eve,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

IT took about a week to get Patruluan
Aucrhach in Jail Now that restauT mt
keeper whom he assaulted ought to be al
lowed to do business without further molcs.
tatiOn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

The commandant of the Boston Navy
Yard has ordered the officers to salute the
yeowomen, but not in the New Testament
manner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
(COpyrightl


There is just one kind of peace talk that
is useful now, and that is the voice of the
cannon discharging explosive shells in the
German trenches.-New Haven Union
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

TlNNEMER was born for the air. and
His letters home, brief. witty, intoxicated
with the passion of the sky. show how every
energy Of his soul ard brain were con-
Centcrcd in this magnificent gymnastic and
jugglery with death. llc found II "fOllcmcnt
amusaut'-mady amusing. or his first
flight he wrote to his father, II was not "A
bit nervous: it WAS quite comic | cnioyed
it enormously, hut I'm glad mother wasn't
there. don't think | established a reputa-
tOn for caution"
No man was ever more utterly absorbed
IN any task than Guyuemer in his burning
zeal to conquer the air. He could not con-
CciNe that what delighted him could trouble
any one else. In June, 1915. sent to Join an
active eSCadrilc trhe St0rkSl ON duty near
his home, tompicgne. Ii" made il his custom
every day t" 'reaSsure' his mother and sis
tors of his safety and progress by perform
lnS the most fantastic CVOutiOnS over the
house. MOSt Of his letters were of this tenor.
"N"Stcrday morning about o'clock | did
some twirlS over the house. about 100
meters up. Did you me? | punished the
motor for five minutes so you'd be sure to
hear me-. This strain of laughing boyish-
ness was characteristic. After hard duel
he would come down eNutiug over the
wounds in his plane, and could not rest until
he had showed each rent o. fracture to his
companions. On July 10, 1915, he brought
down his first BOChe; but he had to wait
six months for his next one and also for
his new plane Neuport. When he rot
it he performed outrageous loops and spirals
OVER the home roof to "Consecrate it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

TITS father. however, discouraged Tia" idea.
L i Aviation was not a career, he told him :,
II WAS only sport Which was trEt hof"r"
the war. And then Georges admIlt"d his
great secret, that as Il S"hoOlbOy he had been
up in an airpauc Tic had persuaded nicr
at COrbcaulcu. near his home in COmpicEmc
to take him up. trourh"d behind the pilot
his arms rlutCh"d tightly round tn" mans
body, he had tasted the glory of the air.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

Uncle Sam will spend $4,000, 600 for new
houses III Camden. This is one way of
relieving the pressure ON tn" ferries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
THE HARPOONER
SUSPECTS
By Stephen ". Meader

TJNHE nautical-looking old man who spears
l. the scraps of paper and cigarstubs in
our square dropped his bag of waste
on the end of my bench and sat down with
Il brief nod of greeting. 1t was fine
afternoon My polite observation to that
effect brought forth only surly grunt
and / turned away to the company of my
pipe. There was no wind stirring. A blue
puff of smoke, gently impeed from the
corner of my mouth, found its way past
the nose of the cX-Car-fcrryman, and watch.
ing him sidelong / saw him sniff and tumble
in his pockets The ancient black pipe ap.
pcared. The Harpooner shifted his weight
uneasily and fidgeted the pipe about in his
hands while | smoked on with deep and
obvious content. At last he cleared his
throat.
Lets see he muttered, what did you
say was the name o that terbaccer?"
l swung around. "Angelica," ! replied,
genialy. Here, fill her up"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18
GUYNEMER
THE ACE OF ACES
By Christopher Morley

tn THE dnEy hall of dsmantled depart
i ment store on Market street lies little
brown bird with outsprcad wings, IT seems
TO strain upward, eager TO launch itself into
the clean blue air above the gloom ana con-
fincmcnt of that crowded space. Its tail Is
striped with the immortal COOrs of France.
on its body Is painted a red stork. 1t is one
of the famous Cigoguc esCadrille--it Is Guy
nemer's plane II is the riCur Charles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

0NE could go on for many pages recount
~ ing anecdotes of this cavalier of the Sky.
Henry Bordeaux, in his just published Vie
Heroique de Guynemer," tells the story with
infinite charm and tenderness This boy.
scarcely bearded, was possessed of an AL
most maniac JOY and fury in his airy COM
bats. His nervous, electric temperament was
unappeasahle. His face, departing for ac
tion, was terrible" Even returning from a
successful duel his countenanCe never lost
its savage hunger and eagerness. After he
was wounded at Nerdun he was afraid that
his nerve had been shaken, so on his next
flight he determined to test himself lie
commanded himself not to fire at his
Boche. He circed round the enemy hier
(who fired 500 shots at hm) without pulling
the trigger of his mtrailleuse. This was TO
satisfy himself that his spirit was intact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

NN1HAT could surpass the tenderness, the
w simplicity. the masculine fccling IN those
two brief words --- IiCWr fhGriCS! "Oid
ChUrlcv." the little brown plane ESQ gallant
and 50 smalD in which Guynom"r won twen-
ty-two of his hfty-thro" official trtunphs.
What story that itt" brown bird-he
called il arfcctiunatcly his cuckoo could
tell If it could speak, Never again will il
soc the familiar figure. tall pale and thin,
with the burning black eyes. Guynemcr. the
Acn Of Aces tho idol of France, the heroic
boy who scared 80 high into tho heaven OF
glurv that nuc day h" disappeared and never
came bHrk luvucucr l., gone, There is
legend in Frauc" that his plane rides the
air ytiI French children sQuiut into the sky
to sec that imaginary hlack sp""k. tie whose
soul was lik" flame huNcrs forever i'll tho
azure Of TcnOv I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

TT WAS whou he rhumm"d with Jean
= krohs. tn" son of woll-knowu French
automobile engineer. that his vocation began
10 show itself Th" two boys used to walk
in the Champs flISocS NNluE with each
other to identify the make and power of tn"
ears that passed When the scholars mad"
expeditions with their teachers tn So" eugi-
u"cring factories, GEORGES was always ltnEer-
ing behind to ask questions of the worklnen
when tho others had been lined up for the
return trim Ito wanted 10 soc and touch and
understand everything. puc day an airplanc
few over the school yard Years aftCrward
he told his father Of tho incident:
II don't know what happened in me.
felt an emotion 50 profound it was almost
religious You must hrlCv" me when ] tell
you I'VE got t. be an aviator.'
And ono Of his SChNolfvllowS says: "Whcn-
eyer an airplauc happened t" fly over that
part of the city II" followed it with his eyes
and remained watching the sky long after it
had disappeared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

Creel says he was only joking, but
Congress does not yet see the point of his
Jest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

LIE PACKED the tobacco in with a horny
IL thumb and thanked me quite civiy.
Now" I said, when the black pipe was
drawing, tell me what has spoiled your
day"
He took puff or two in silence We'll"
he said finally, things amt what they used
to be-"
NO" said ! seriously.
Us miXin' in with all these different
Alleys an furriners," he went on. We
generally used to manage to fight our own
wars, without callin' in fellers that couldn't
even talk American"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-18

NN SEPTEMBER II, 1917, this king of the
" air flew into the Flanders sky and never
returned His Comrade, Lieutenant Bozon-
Verduraz. last saw him engaged with a Ger
man plane about 10 o'clock that morning
Apparently he was killed by a bullet through
the head over POelcapelle, but neither his
body nor his plane was ever found That
territory was under very heavy bombardment
al the time. and the village of PoecaDelIe
was shortly afterward retaken by the Brit
ish. AS Henry Bordeaux says, he accepted
nothing from the enemy, not even a wooden
cross, His name was carved on the wall of
the Pantheon in Paris. and there can be no
finer eptaph than his last citation
"a legendary hero. fallen in the full
heaven of glory after three years of ar
dent fighting. He will remain the purest
symbol of the qualities of his race: in
domtable tenacity, ferocious energy, SUBJ
lime courage"
TRANCE could have done us no greater
II honor than lend us the Vteur Charles
OF all her gracious and noble gestures of
affection, this the finest Think what
that little brown hawk of the sky means 20
her. On those wings the darling of France
outrode death and laughed in air above the
roofs of Compiegne, swoopng and spinning
to "reassure" his mother. PieuU Charles
Vteu1 Charles, l think your wings must
CULVER for the blue sky Of France.