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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
a WORD GOES WANDERING

BovE the turgid current of the news
a fvom Moscow the other day the name
Of NJ Ryazonov loomed brightly for an
instant M. Ryazonov did nothing extraor.
dinary/ He merely walked in anger, from
the session of the All.Russian Congress
after the ratification of the German peace
terms. The grave observer who told of 1t,
writing Tor the world at large, spoke of
him as IAN eminent Bolshevik theorist."
The odd association of words was adequate
90 arrest the attention of any student of
events. Eminent indeed! An eminent
theorist!
a few years ago no mere theorist could
BY any chance have been called eminent
theorist in the recent past might have
been wild. or crazy. or advanced, or err.
ratio, or blind, or foolish. but he never
could be eminent Statesmen were emf
nent. So were bankers. clergymen, law
yers. poets. writer's, artists, diplomatists
and merchants. But the distinction is new
for theorists.
Times change
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
TIT FOR TAT ON pENNYpAcKrrs

10 the Editor OF the Eocnim0 Public Ledger a
Sir-1 read with pleasure and Interest ~
Pennypacker autobiography but did not ~
IN Pennsylvania during his term Of se(
as Governor.
would make a suggestion for your ~
sioeration Possibly you can get CoIoo4
Roosevelt, former Judge Hughes and olkol
In public life referred to by Governor Per-:
packer to make comments as to his (PsnnF
packerso attainments and personality. y
this means historians would have the ~
efit OF both sides of the story Maybe Ccle1
Roosevelt would tell why he talked 80 mpI
at that meal. One story is good until
other Ia told. BROWNE
Philadelphia. March 16. In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
DEEDS OF WUDRO, SON OF WYL

things neither shall any man dare to with
stand it,
16 And when he had finished speaking. he
sent out messengers unto the four corners of
the earth, instructipg them that they should
tell these things unto all people, for he was
a boastful fellow and braCga.t. for eper
holding forth in large manner for to be
heard of all the world.
H. Now wudro, the son of wyl, after that
he had made him war. he cried not out from
the hcusetops what things he would do, but
he gat him about IL for to do them
is. And he opened wide the strings of his
purse so that the shekels. they gushed forth
as the waters of brook after rain.
49, And he sent much munition Of war
unto them that were ioith him, and he COM
manded his physicians that they should go
out for to succor the wounded
20. And he did send his vessels of war
also. which were useful things and ready
for the fray And of men that did fly In the
air, he sent also of these, eager band
and valiant
81. Neither was he backward in the matter
or food, making due provision in all things
And he did set him about 1t for to build him
an army. mighty host such as never before
was seen. And he rested him not, neither
In the day nor in the night did he rest him.
doing d'todys those things that were requisite
for the undertaking.
y. And when word was brought unto
"h' thdt Wuur lie ndu taken the coat
from OFT his back, and that he was la,bour-
ing without any respite, he grew sore afraid
and he did shake all over with the violence
of the tremble of his knees
20. And when he was recovered by a
potion of strong drink. he did call the Minis
ters of State unto his chamber and he spake
unto them. saying. Is there no one now
amongst the men of peace that ,oiI: raise his
voice against this bloody war?
"a, And. To- straightway. there uas a voice
and 1t spake concerning peace. And it was
blown along by the wind, even unto the land
OF Amer oas IL blown.
25 And when 1t was come unto the ears
OF Wudro that was the son Of Wyl. he made
answer unto It, and he did say, Verify 1t hath
goodly sound Nevertheless, this peace, IL
shall not come to pass. for the King of Hu,
he hath lying tongue, and his plighted word.
hath he not broken 1t before?
26. And because he is ,Dhut he is there
fore shall the compact of peace be made
only with that man which he is not
~. And the words of Wudro, they were
blown along by the wind, even back from
the land of Amer tcere they blown on the
wings OF the wind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
ELIHU ROOT

1 have met Mr.. Root on two occasions
at Chicago, where he made the speech
nominating Roosevelt for the presidency a
speech which could not be heard and
therefore. made little impression on the
audience. and again at the Franklin din.
ner of the American Philosophical Society,
where he sat between me and Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts,. whom he spent
most of his time in jibing. slim, rugged,
iron-gray man who gives the impression
of will-power and intelligence, which he
undoubtedly possesses. He is a living
illustration of the old saw, First get on,
then get honor, then get honest" Begin.
ming life as an associate Of Tweed, pro-
crossing into a successful corporation
lawyer and accumulation, he now, in his
old age, proclaims that there are higher
motives than the pursuit of money, and
he is keen to perceive corruption in pol
iticians outside of New York He stood
manfully by Roosevelt while the latter had
power and then promptly dropped him
AS United States Senator he repro
sented the financial interests OF New York
city, and II a choice had to be made be-
tween the welfare of the country ana the
welfare Of these interests. always found
good or plausible reasons for clinging to
the flesh pots As q statesman he ought
never TO be forgiven for his part in the
surrender of our sovereignty over the Pan
anna Canal. On the whole he is a man ca
pabls OF great usefulness. but entirely too
shrswd and worldly-wise TO e safe de-
psndsnce.
e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
THE KERNELLS
To the Editor Of the Evensno Public Lsss

TO the Editor OF the Evening Public Lsdes& "a
Sir--1n the publishing of the very r.
esting letter of the late John l.. for
benefit of old timers. recalling the old -
II Is singular that no mention was naee
the late Harry and John KernelL They ~
not classed as minstrels but were. IN W
writer's opinion. productive OF far H.
laughs Harry with his quaint styie -.
John with that gruff voice answering
questions and appealing to the audieH
Where are their successors today? csN.y
think OF any one.-team that ever surp9
them in their act? c. ALLMkj}
Philadelphia, March 16 x4|
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A ND. somehow or other, at this time of
"A year, ones heart goes back to those care.
free days--"sweet hours, and the feetest of
time"-when there were no wars, no meat
less days, no coal bills no more pressing
problem than buncoing the faculty with some
kind of intellectual barratry we called a
graduation thesis" When warm. moist
puffs come into the air and we know that the
forsythia is out near the Conklin gate, and
the bricks In front of Founders seesaw up
and down as the frost leaves the EARTH and
the golden windows of Barclay Hall blaze
In the dusk at the top of that long slope Of
campus-then there comes very real nos
talgia for that dearest of places OF course,
II would never do. really. and 1t is childish
folly to imagine 1t. but we would like to be
back there-just for a week--with Ike"
looking at us In that quizzical way. ! think
the secret of our love for him was that we
knew we couldn't bluff him. Most of the others
could be hocused one way or another. But
there was no getting past Ike"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

TT MUST be pleasant feeling to round out
i ones seventh decade with the sense of
honorable accomplishment and fine human
service that President Sharpless ought to
have But probably he doesn't have that
feeling at ALL he's SO busy thinking about
what he's going to do during the next ten
years And II you read his "Story Of a Small
College you'll see why we love Haverford
and love Isaac Sharpless.
A HAVERFORDIAN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Can't nnd basis for peace tslk.--Hesd-
line.
Have the pacifsts-at-any-price quit
prattling?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Having stolen part of Russia the Kaiser
seems willing to trade his loot In the west
for few years of peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

The throneless Czar Is said to be grow.
ing dull In his captivity Was he ever very
brilliant In the days OF his freedom?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Germans captured several thousand Rus.
sian troops and one general according to q
late Berlin communique. Well, they won.
rnobilizing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Germany brags Ludendorff. is stronger
than her foes. But Germany must be
stronger than her leaders II she is to avoid
ultimate disaster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

War conditions In Philadelphia were re-
auired to prove finally that the rum demon,
with all his other failngs. is also Economically
stupid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

The Interstate Commerce Commissions g
ruling adding IS per cent to the rates Of
the eastern railroads viii boost freight bills
1B9. 900, 900; but this Il . case, where the
people win gladly pay the freight to win
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
A COMPLAINT IN VERSE
TO the Editor Of the Evenin0 Public Ledger

Sir
Unhappy day. unhappy day.
When Hoover took my eats away;l y
I'm tired of eating in disguise NH
The substitutes for meats and pies;
cannot eat the bran and hay
That's forced upon me every day q
The next war food that comes 70 toHl
Lord. give me strength to keep It dQ13
MRS w. C. BAkAr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Credit for starting daylight saving
belongs to some roosters we have heard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Concrete seems to serve more admirably
in ships than in some of the heads in Com
gress
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

TT WOULD i'll beseem any of the thousand
i or so men who abode at Haverford during
Isaac Sharpesss presidency to vaunt above
its due place the success OF that quiet Quaker
experiment in education. President Sharpless
has made self-effacing modesty almost a vice,
and his quick sense of humor would render
1t unbearabe for any of his nedglings to
offer him too public or too patronizng praise.
The purpose of these remarks is to call atten-
ton to his book, THE Story of Small Col
lege," which has just been issued by the
John c. Winston Company, in which he tells.
with naught extenuated, of his adventures
in steering course. Fortunately for some
Of his duckings, he does not tell all he knows
about us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
The Haverford
of Isaac Sharpless

THERE Is little college. not much more
L than eight miles from the brim Of William
Penn's beaver. Get on the loveliest campus
In the world. Her sons are not so very many.
but they love her. Let us call her Haver-
ford. for that Is her name
Tho loveiest campus in the world Let
there be no argument on that point. When
William Carvil. an English landscape sculp-
tor, iai1 out the college grounds some eighty
i've years ago he found IN the richly swell
ing tract settled by the Welsh Quakers some
hint or the old-world countryside that was
SO dear to him. He leveled cricket helds.
plotted terraces. gardens, avenues OF oaks
and naples, nodded lawns dropping away
into fragrant hollows He designed for the
little Quaker academe a bowery retreat. full
OF sweet dream, and quiet breathing He
taught the first generation of Haverfordians
to play cricket, noblest of games to cry
"Bowled, indeed, sir :" and well held :" Then
he retired into obscurity and legend knows
him no more.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Thiefess days In Philadelphia would be
. welcome novelty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

MORE OF THAT NEW RUSSIAN MUSIC
Russls,s new song; 'oh. How She Could
BolsheNiki Wicki Wacki Woop'--YaIe Record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Have you little hoard of flour In your
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

Apparently the Donski cossacks are not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18
GOV. PENNYPACKER
ENDS MINIATURES
Stotesbury, Whitman and Root
Among the Last Interesting
Character Sketches
EDWARD T. sToTEsBuRY

Copyright. 1918. bv Public Ledger compuryj
PENNYPACkER AUTOBIOGRAPHY-No. 1os
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

ISAAC SHARPLESS was president OF
l. Haverford College from 1887 until 1917
In 1887 the number Of students was ninety
four. the salary list $4,000. the college en-
dowment 100000. In 1917 the number of
students was 1876; the salary list s71,475 /;
the endowment $2.577,574 This expansion
seems in itself sufficiently remarkable; but 1t
has to be remembered. to President Sharp
less's honor, that not once in the thirty
years of his office did he or his associates
encourage growth at the expense of ideals
Under his sure and steady hand Haverford
has chosen a niche of its own, and proved
the value and need of the small college as
against the contrasting claims of bigger insti-
tutions. and adhered Loyalty but not pedant
ically TO the tradition of cultural rather than
technical training.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

ALONG came the Pennsylvania Railroad
"A in course of time The brick pavement
in front of Founders Hall grew squashy
with many spring thaw and undulated un-
der eager feet. The ivy sspired and covered
the simple countenance of that plain build
ing sparrows twittered there SO loudly as
10 interrupt the professors at their lectures
other halls arose one by one AS the years
went by hundreds of stalwsrt Quaker youths
bunked in the narrow cubices of old Found
ers. took in their nourishment of Greek and
calculus and biblical literature. sat on First
day and Fifth-day on the bruising benches
Of old Haverford Meeting, and listened to
the revelations of their elders. They de-
veloped the prowess of pillow-fghting from
rude instinct to a ballstic science BY and
by the curriculum. designed as "a guarded
education In morals and manners" admitted
the existence of the heavenly bodies and as
tronomy fourshed. Later the literary arts
and finally even music were acknowledged.
CNot until this present winter did the college
officially admit the existence of the dance)
A seminary for young ladies, by some called
a college, was founded within range Of stout
legs. only a few sonnets away. And then
came the telephone and broke down the last
ramparts of the old Quaker claustration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

TN THE autumn of 1875 young man just
i under twenty-seven wise and humorous
beyond his years. came in as scratch sub
stitute on the faculty, because" as they told
him. they could not get any one else" This
man, Isaac Sharpless was to be the shrewd
and kindly pilot under whose guidance the
little college has grown in wisdom and stature
to play valuable role in the educational
ideals of our time. Under his hand the in
stitution became more than happy py-go-lucky
country club for the young Quaker bourgeois.
II is due to him, and the corps of devoted pro-
fessors he gathered round him, that Haver-
ford stands now in a unique position; a
college where the tradition of old Quaker
simplicity is linked with sound scholarship
and the necessity of hard study 1t is now
one of the half dozen mems colleges In this
country where students are admitted only
by examination. not by the certificate of
some complassnt schoolmaster.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25

delegates from all parts Of the
state The text of the message
sent TO The president is as follows:
We, the officers and members
of the Minnesota State Conference
of Bricklayers, Masons and Marble
Settlers International Union of
America, in convention. assembled,
do hereby wish 10 coni sratulate you
en- the stand you have taken in the
present crisis and do hereby pledge
to you our most hearty support. :
Most OF the speakers urged a
policy of America, and win the
war first. Conserva tism was urg-
ed until successful conclusion of
the conflict overseas. The dele
gates demarded, however, that no
existing labor standards be lowered
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25
TO EFFECT SAVING or C0l}L
Important Matter That Should Enga ee
the Attention of Every Man in
the Country.

Economy in the use of fuel is one
of the requirements of the present and
approaching months. This does not
mean that people must suffer from
cold. 1t merely means that they may
avoid wasteful methods of handling
AID using coal by following approved
methods. This affects every one, and
all may read with profit the sugges-
tions of Van Fl. Manning, director of
the federal bureau of mines:
''Tt Is everybody's business to save
coal. If the consumers can be aroused
to an intelligent consideration Of the
burning of coal, they can begin to save
10 per cent of the production (600000,-
600 tons) at once. With more effort,
thorough instruction and moderate re-
modelling Of coal-burning equipment,
which could all be accomplished during
the war, further considerable saving
can be made.
"The immediate problem is difficult
one. We cannot scrap oil eut-of-date
power plants. We must start by doing
the best with what we have. We must
reach the man with the shovel About
15, 600 900 people shovel the 20 per cent
of our coal used for domestic purposes.
Only about 250.O00 fremen shovel the
6O-odd per cent of our coal used by
power plants and railroads.
soThe householder must realize that
when he throws shovelful Of anfhra-
cite coal into his furnace its value is
equivalent TO half pound Of sugar, or
half loaf Of bread on a pint of milk
ssHe must appreciate that II IS worth
while to axamine his house and to over
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25

nauI MS nearng equipment. weather
strips, double windows, pipe coverings,
clean fiues and chimneys, and tight fit
tings in ash pit, doors, dampers and
furnace parts will all pay.
"The fireman is, however, the biggest
single factor to be considered in a
campaign to secure the largest saving
of coal. Many manufacturers have
made a serious mistake in falling to
consider the fireman as skilled work
er. Too often he Is treated as roust-
about. He is not well instructed nor
given proper labor-saving devices. AS
coal increases in price or becomes diff
flcult to get, the fireman handles more
and more Of his employers money.
SIN carrying out campaign to pro-
mote the saving OF coal, let the appeal
be made to the householder to cut
down his consumption In every way
possible, but above all give serious
consideration to methods by which q
systematic relationship may be estab-
lished between the office and the fire
man."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25

Frank Gwynn Tudor. leader OF The
Labor party and member CT me
house of representatives, w.a sc ms
next prime minister of Australia. VIII
liam Morris Hughes rendered the res
ignation of the nationalist government
to the governor general as result of
the defeat Of the conscription pro-
posals.
Frank g. Tudor has for d consider
able time been head of the Labor party,
which was successful in defeating con-
scription, but this party is In the mi
ncrity in the Australian parliament. Il
is believed that under these conditions
the Tudor ministry will be short lived
But the political future is elondeds
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25
COAL MINERS NOT RESPONSE
BILE FOR FREQUENT
LAY0FFS.

In statement made public by
the federal trade commission
this important government
board completely demolishes the
claim that coal rnines are In any
way responsible for the present
coal shortage.
The men responsible are railroad
managers and spectators who
held up cars until this practice
was stopped by the presidents
coal price order. 1t is stated
that coal trains moving on an
average of IL and 15 miles a day
is common knowledge, and that
miners have been forced to re-
main idle two and three days a
week because OF lack of cars.
These conditions. in connection
with the fact, now acknowledged
that the so-called Labor short
age" in ship yards and muni-
tions plants is because of lack
of living con ditions In these
boom towns, shows the frenzied
methods that(will be resorted to
by men who are demanding that
the conscription of labor theory
be accepted by the government.
Testimony recently given before
ne senate manufacturing commit
ae by Federal Trade Commissioner
Vm. B. Colver is of pecul liar inter
st to labor unions generally, and
. mine workers specifically. 1t re-
1ted statements that the miners
ave re efused to work full time be-
ause of high wages. Commis-
Ioner Colver's S replies to inquiries
f senators Investigating the coal
ltuation emphasized conditions
which made it impossib ible for miners
0 work six days week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25
NEED BIG HERDS
Europe's Meat Supply Must Come
From America.
Warning Nations Have Depleted live
Stock at Enormous Rate, Even
Killing Dairy Cattle For Food. :

American stock breeders are being
asked TO conserve their hocks anG
herds In order to meet Europe's tre-
mendous demands for meats during
the war and probably for many years
afterward
The United States food admins
tration reports that American stock
raisers have shown a disposition to
cooperate with the government in in
creasing the nations supply Of live
stock.
Germany today is probably better
supplied with live stock than any 9th
er European nation. When the Ger
man armies made their big advance
into France and then retreated vir-
tually all the cattle In the invaded
territory approximately 100000
head--were driven behind the German
lines.
But in England-where 100000
acres OF pasture lands have been turn
ed into grain delds-the cattle herds
are decreasing rapidly One of the
reasons apparently is the declining
maximum price scale adopted by the
English as follows For September,
$1776 per 100 pounds October, SIT 72S f;
November ane December, S160S jan
larry, $1440 The effect of these prices
was to drive beef animals on the mar
ket as soon as possible.
In France the number of cattle as
well as the quality have shown an
enormous decline during the war.
Where France had 14,S07, 900 head of
cattle in 1913, she now has only 12,-
S41, 300, a decrease of 1876 per cent.
And France Is today producing only
one gallcn of milk compared to two
and one-half gallons before the war,
Denmark and Holland have been
forced to sacrifice dairy herds for beef
because of the lack of necessary feed.
Close study OF the European meat
situation has convinced the Food Ad-
ministration that the future problem
of America lies largely In the produc-
tioN OF meat producing animals and
dairy products rather than in the pro
duction of cereals for export when
the war win have ceased
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-01-25
COFFEE
TO be Given by The WOman's
Union Label LGaguN.

The Ladies of the Woman $ Tn
ion Label League will give a sffea
on Saturday afternoon and evening
February End, in Trades Council
Hall No. 2, Admission will be 10
cents. The ladies say that all
those who attend will receive 20
cents worth. They extend i cor
dial ipvitatiou to all,