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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
The Way to Treat Poets

James Whitall, Philadephian now
living in England, has had the pleasure Of
translating from the French version of
Judith Gautier a very delightful volume Of
Chinese poems. From this book we learn
the sensible way the Chinese have of deal
ing with poets.
No Chinese poet, it seems, would presume
to Judge his verses worthy Of being put
into volume or even of being printed.
What he does is to read his poems aloud
to his friends, or even to write them on
the wall of public building. If his hear.
ers, or the passers.by, find them pleasing,
they copy the stanzas they like best into
their notebooks, which, apparently, they
keep handy for this purpose. The contents
of these notebooks are recited at dinner
parties and scholarly gatherings, and If
they meet with favor, are copied afresh by
Others THUS, in select circle, the name
of the poet diffuses itself like an agreeable
perfume"
BY and by, IN the course Of a hundred
years or so, comes along an emperor Of
literary tastes, who orders all such note
books collected, winnowed and edited for
the printer So, and SO only, the poet finds
his way into a book. In this way the
public is spared much Indifferent verse;
and the poet himself is saved the distress
Of examining publishers sales reports.
Truly we have much to learn from the
East!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
TIME TO ACT

( A WEEK after Senator Salisbury an.
- nounced that an agreement had been
reached between the Government and the
owners of the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal for the transfer of the property to
the Government for s2,5i4,0oO Representa-
tive Ecully introduced a bill in the House
appropriating s1.OOo,ooo to begin the work
OF deepening the Delaware and Raritan
Canal.
This bill ought to be passed or some
similar bill which will commit the Federal
Goyernment TO the project. Its Importance
Is admitted by every one familiar with the
subject The deepening OF the two canals
III question win mark tho greatest improve
nsnt In inland waterways along the coast
stncs the development of these waterways
l1<ns bsgnn. The Chesapeake and Delaware
<;>nnj vim provide quick and direct water
1r1tu& te>w>en Tits city and Baltimore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
The Readers Viewpoint
Justice to the Jews

To tho Editor OF the Evening Public Ledger:
'Sir-I'm taking the liberty to ask for
space to reply to the letter of Maur Drance
in your paper and his unjust and violent
accusations against the Polish people In
Galicia which is my native country, and also
that Of my two brothers. now in service with
the American expeditonary forces In
France
; why not wait until the Jewish commits
sion suggested by the Polish National AL
lance investigates the whole affair and gives
its report before men are allowed TO write
columns in respectable American newspapers?
Jews have lived In Poland for several CEN
turtles and most of them have made fortunes
In Poland the same as they do in America.
And In all these centuries not Jew suffered
any harm from Polish people. And during
the time when Poland had its own govern
ment and elective king, they were enjoying
the same right as the Polish population. We
have the proof that they did not emigrate
anywhere from our country before the parti-
tion of Poland, although they were well
known trave'ers in the Egyptian times and
ever afterward to this day. When In early
days they were prosecuted in all other Euro
pean countries and driven out as heather In
times of ''Tioly Inqu'sition." they hocked to
Poland ls their salvation.
The Polish people do not interfere with the
progress Of the Jewish republic in Palestine /;
on the contrary we wish them all the good
luck and igodspeed in their proceedings. Then
why should they interfere with us?
~ II . CORP. JOHN r. KURNIK,
Battery D, Thirty-fourth Artillery. c. A, C.
Camp Eustis. Va, December g.
ntsala M on broad streeta saws n head
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

ohy oV opSNlhS aS IiV AnVhioS 1VS-
trine can, without losing its inherent
structure, be legitimately thus elabor-
ated. Monroe himself furnishes the
answer, and even the literalists and
fetish worshipers should be content. In
the Doctrine message these words may
be read:
at is only ,vhcn our rights are in
rdded or seriously menuced that zoe re-
sent injuries or make preparations for
dcfense."
That such invasion can come from a
foreign nation not in possession of an
inch of ground on the American CONT
men, was proved in tragic fashion by the
course Of Germany in the world war. 1t
was almost inconceivable to Monroe that
despotism abroad could threaten liberty
at nome, and yet far back in 1923 there
was the proviso to his isolation pro-
nouncement.
The unlikely is now the existent. Un-
less an autocratic nation surrounds itself
with Chinese wall and adheres faith
fully to a policy of peace-most improb-
able of hypotheses-its actions on what
ever continent are of the utmost concern
to the entire world, emphatcally inclu-
sive of the United States.
A logically expanded Monroe Doctrine
is therefore one to which civilization will
subscribe if the League of Nations is
formed with the proper authority and is
honestly reflective Of sanity in freedom
If the precedent-mongers must be salts
fed, they should know that it is because
eve resent injuries" that the dictum of
1923 can be enforced by the United States
in the just punishment of Germany
Looking beyond the words and into the
spirit, as the President did, we find also
sanction for the theory of self-deter-
mination.
This phrase, however. is as full of pit
falls as was unconditional surrender"
Selc-determning nations which resolve
upon a course of organized murder and
rapine, as did Imperial Germany, or
self-determining South American republic
seeking a foreign alliance capable of
placing world peace in jeopardy could
not be morally justified by this handy
and often illusory cliche. The self-dete
mination of the thug is not at all what
is meant by Monroe's Endorsement of in
dependence in young nationalitics or Mr.
Wilson's plea for "unhindered develop
ment."
The safeguards, especially necessary
with respect to Central Europe, to allow
liberty, not license, to live, present the
really critical problem for the Paris dele
gates. If thneo o"~ fo~rd and admins.
"0d with justice, tho fate of the Mor"oc
Doctrine reed lot be a cause for alarm
"Entanglement" with dynasties, which is
what its originator really meant, will be
out of the question when the free peo-
Piles of the world are pledged in the
cause for which the war was won.
1t is consistent, not a shattered doc.
trine which Mr.. Wilson will champion at
the peace table if he is faithful to his
own avowals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,

for large boats, and the Raritan Canal will
connect Baltimore and New York by way
of Philadelphia. The military importance
of the development of these waterways
was demonstrated time after time during
the war. If we could have used ther our
coast shipping would have been in no
danger from submarines. The commercial
Importance of their development is so OBJ.
vious that no argument is needed to prove
1t. The time has come for the Govern
ment to act, and to act without further
DELAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

SLOW WORK

IF EVER the p. r. T. is to wipe away the
= grudges and suspicious maintained
against it by a badly used public it will
have to fill small volume with unms.
taxable and lucid argument conceived in
frankness and written without pretense.
So far in a southland highly expen-
sive-campaign of self.revelation the p. r.
T. has required two weeks for the utter
ance of seven cryptic words: Know the
truth" 1T is your say"
How many centuries Of absolutely mean
insless English would ordinarily be re-
CURED to explain away the uneXplainabe?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
As Others See Us

1t is always entertaining to see just what
news about ones home town gets into the
papers in other cities. News doesn't travel
very far or very fast unless 1t happens to
have a surprising or humorous flavor. For
instance, in reading New York evening
paper the other day, these were the four
Philadelphia items 1t printed. to show its
readers that the Delaware is still flowing:
War Veteran Can't Sleep in Feather Bed
Grimy Urchins Publicly Scrubbed
Perfect Baby Exhibited to Mothers Con-
gress
Quaker City Has Smallest Top Sarge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

The Government officers who are now
using pressure to compel Chester to behave
decently where enlisted men are concerned
are finding conditions that parallel those
which existed here before the Navy Depart
ment put pressure on City Hall. Therefore
the sharp things that we might say about
Chester must go unsaid. a. .3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
THE GOWNSMAN

hear less of the gift which shall suit the
condition of the recipient, his taste his
habits, his needs. And this neglect results
In some exquisite tortures Who knows not
the man-may he be recompensed--who
smokes the things called cigars that Christ
mas and his beloved wife have conspired
to bring him to, in that detestable smoking
Jacket and with those ridiculous smoking
appurtenances, heirlooms of earlier Christ
masses? (There should be a law forbidding
any woman to buy tobacco, except for her
own personal use, to be consumed on the
premises: but this is parNnthetical) And
who also does not know in his own guilty
conscience of the purchase of book. too
frivolous for him to own, to- be bestowed
upon some one in the household as a covert
rebuke for her frivolity and likewise that
the bestower may secretly read It? The
ways of givers are devious and a scandal
to the upright who never give.
DUT delcacy and ideality in giving are
- not confined to Spain. The Gownsman
is honored in the lifetime friendship of the
most recent of our Americans essayists. who
from having been A. Edward Newton is now
the Edward Newton of the day, author Of
that charming and most readable book,
Amenities Of Book Collecting" AS this is
Mr.. Newton's first book to stand on it's feet
in the markets Of the world, his is a becom-
ing modesty on the subject, modesty from
which may he be spared to long recovery.
Now this same modesty made 1t difficult for
Mr. Newton to bring himself to bestow a
thing so merely his own on even so old
friend as the Gownsman for there Is i'm
modesty in giving a book of your own writ
Ing, even with an inscription in 1t. Where
fore, feeling that such an advent must be
celebrated as between old friends in some
fitting manner, the essayist sent the Gowns
man a bigger and better box of cigars than
are likely to come his way as the world
habitually wags and the Amenities" which
are lasting, are now fragrant with the
evanescent amenity of the best of all literary
incense.
THE purest of human gifts is gift to a
i child, for such gift Ia immeasurabe
in the joy which 1t can bring to the child
as to the heart of the gver 1t Is the leaven
in the heavy loaf of Christmas time, the one
ingredient over which the weary and the
worldly do not sroan, the one element which
upholds that superior blessedness of which
we hear. and hear far too much the superior
blessedness of those who give over such as
merely expect. .. t..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

1t Is reported that one group of "Reds"
would name" Doctor LieblInecht President
of Germany We were under the impression
that the presidential office was inherently
elective. but there's small use trying to keep
up with the Boshevist zeal for novelty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
Rooms TO Let

COUNTESS BENTINCK. commodious
house at Amerongen, expects to have
vacancy shortly. Private park. historic
associations, excellent table, terms mod
crate, references required, no firearms per-
mitted Special facilities for autobiography
writing. Guests are urged not to commit
suicide on premises. No royalties need
apDly,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

Fuel Administrator Lewis says he will
resign his post when assured that the city
is warm. In that case, why does he hesit ate ?
He made this community hot some time ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

Senator Hitchcock. of the illuminating
Bielaski pro-German list. calls the revealed
propaganda data "silly," So, in fact, it is
Records of campaigns that fail, however in
iquitous they may be, always look that way
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
Drop a Tear
for Bill

a state of real luxury, surrounded by
wealth of art reminiscent of Napoleon, must
fall like a eliminating agony on the soul of
the First Hun. How Wilhelm would have
rolled and reveled in the grandeur which
the President doubtless will accept because
he must One last trial awaits the exiled
Emperor. If Mr.. Wilson eats a Christmas
dinner in Paris Wilhelm will surely die of
maddened envy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

In Chicago they arrested man because
he looked like the Crown Prince of Germany.
Yet there are politicians in this city who
act like the Kaiser and get away with it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
Don't Be Discouraged!

Wilhelm tries to commit suicide, but Is
Observation-Disclosures.
It seems incredible. Who would want
to stop him? Certainly not Count Ben
tinck.
Go on, Bill; persevere! Where there's
will there's always a way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

There are places in Europe where the
fourteen points appear to -cratch painfully.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

Ludendorff Bethmann- Hollweg. Will
helm Hohenzollern, Count Czernin and Hin
denburg are leading in the race for the title
of champion buck passer of the Teuton
world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

OF the watch on the Rhine 1t might b,
said that 1t records only dark hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

When self-determination is guaranteed
to the small States in Europe will it be as
sured, too, to the small voters in Philadel-
mia?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

Secretary of War Baker asks that only
encourag gng news be sent to our soldiers in
EuronA THAT Is fair. Our soldiers in Europe
gen. only encouraging news home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

The Mayor is on another vacation. And
like lot of others, he will come home to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

There are Senators in Washington who,
when they come to die will use their last
breath to gasp of corruption at Hog Island
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
"YOur Say!"

The question which
"YOur Say!" the Rapid Transit
Company is trying to
explain to the public can be narrowed down
to few simple words: Is the trolley system
devised and administered for the benefit of
the owners or for the benefit of the public?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

The, unrest and
Teut, Teut! happiness and uncer-
tainty in Germany Is
easily understandable. The Hun steam roller
Is going backward
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

Held J5b on Broad Street says head
lins. 9ithwaymsn er q waiterf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

At Amerongen, in the
Netherlands, the news
that President Wilson
ic tn live IN poriy In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12
This Is No Yolk

II the hens knew the prices we're paying
for fresh eggs, surely they'd lay them a
little fresherY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

TOCtnb OIL liChCT ape
Be cruel
To poets
And don't
Let them
Think
You like
Their pre-
Posterous
Patterns
In ink.
They write
Better stuff
II they're
Not over
Fed, and
The time
To praise
Poets is
After they're
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-12

rNN THE gift ss an expression OF the giver
U much has been written and said We
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
7ERSoNAL AND LOCAL

W. A. Kinney, OF Portland. spen,
the day In Grants Pass ON business.
DIR. II. l., Riese and n, J, Riese,
OF Chicago. are visiting friends here,
Highland Llnen--Sabin has 1t. SO
II, W, Dickinson, OF Portland. Il
a Grants Pass visitor
Mrs. Floyd Duley, OF Crescen,
City, is visiting friends In this city,
Mrs, c. ]. Hatch. OF Rogue River,
spent the day In this city.
Miss Mary Ashurst, OF Eugene. Is
In this city visiting friends.
Red Cross needs more knitters,
i,to0 pairs socks due September lat,
You must knit. Il
W. n, Palmer and family OF Med.
ford, motored TO Grants Pass Thurs
day on business.
F, T.. Gallagher, OF Los Angeles,
is stopping In this city on his way
north.
Mr.. and Mrs, Albert Dennis. OF
Rogue River, were In town today on
business.
Crepe de chine and georgette
crepe waists, the latest Is per cent
discount, one week. Kinney n Truax,
T. NJ. Talbot left this mornins
for Roseburg, from there he will 20
to Powers. on business.
Forest Ranger Melville Lewis, OF
Page creek ranger station, returned
to Grants Pass this morning.
Mrs. l.. l.. Patterson and daughter.
Hazel, went to Merlin today to spend
several weeks
Mrs. W. II. Damewood, OF Gazelle,
Cal. who has been visiting In this
city for several days, left this morn
ing for Canyonyllle.
What your son needs Is college
education. Mt. Angel College. st.
Benedict, Ore. Address Rev. G. y.
Meier.
A. p. Plypton, who has been here
installing the new pump on the fire
engine. left this morning for Ash
land.
Mrs. W. c. Hale. who spent the
summer visiting In New Jersey, re-
turned to her home In Grants Pass
this morning.
Special drive on silk parasols Au-
gust 10th to 18th. All new season
line at 20 per cent discount. Kin
ney & Truax. "a
j. A. Orton and daughter. Eva.
arrived this morning from stockton.
Kan. to spend some time with rela-
tiyes.
The alive-to-the-times parent gives
his son a college education. Mt.
Angel College, st. Benedict. Ore.
Address Rev. @. +. Meier. 33
Mrs. F. F. weissenfluh and two
children. who have spent the past
seven weeks with Mrs. Welssenfluh's
Mrs. F. W. Russell. returned
% their home In Idaho this morning. |
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lafferty.
who have been visiting here for the
past few weeks. returned to their
home In Fort Jones. Cal. by automo-
bile today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

Mr.. Wansley. of San Diego, Cal,
who was In town looking after bus
iness Interests spent the week END
with his friend, G. A. Hamilton and
family.
Harold Potts returned from Port
land sunday. His hand has yer,
nearly healed.
Prof. Wardrip and family motored
to Glendale Sunday to see his broth
eP. Glen.
Mrs. l. J. Hagen entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson and two daughter.
and Mrs. Redding and two children
At dinner Sunday.
With threshing in the day tim,
and fighting fires at night the mer
folks put in full time this week.
George A. Hamilton received 4
telegram Monday from his brother
in Stevenson. WASH. telling OF tn,
death of his niece at that place.
Herbert Peterson came home from
work quite sick with a cold Mon.
day night, but is better now.
colman Williams. of Kerby, spen,
the week end with his cousins. Roy
and Clara Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quaif. Mrs. Kemp
Mrs. W. W. Walker and son. Ray.
mond. of Grants Pass. and Mr.. Pc
terson. OF Medford. were dinner
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
Pios and People.

SO like is the pigs eye to the human
eye that fedgling oculists, learning
their trade, practice all sorts Of opera
tions upon eyes Of freshly killed swine,
which are easily obtained from the
market.
Even the skilled and highly trained
ophthalmologist. when he wants to try
out an ldea-for instance, a new kind
Of operation for cataract (which means
the removal of the crystalline lens)-
will get pigs eye and see how II
works. II It succeeds, he tries II on
q patient.
All the wonderful muscle-cutting op-
erations by which squlnt and other ir.
regularities are so successfully rene.
died, were worked out originally by ex-
periments with pigs eyes.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
lsaes,. Of .As syIasson tamlly Sal.

guests OF the Ryinstcn family Sat
Iurday.
ID, w. Hearn and wife OF Grants
Pass treated the Alonso Jones family
to an auto ride to Ashland Sunday.
They had dinner in Lithla park.
The fire that has been raging
around here since Sunday threaten
ed the Alonzo Jones property We'd
nesday afternoon, but thanks to the
help Of number OF men from town
the fire was controlled. About so
men were served with supper at the
Jones and Roper homes.
The Berg family OF Gold Hin were
all day Sunday visitors OF the Chas.
Peterson fanny.
A. 8. Farquaharson. wife and
children were Sunday afternoon
callers at the Stanbrough home.
The firefighters are asking who
the mysterious stranger was, He ap-
peared from nowhere, worked hard
and disappeared.
The Roper and Scarborough fami-
lies Joined the Christian church pic
mic at the Riverside park Sunday.
The Churchill. Harry Clark and
Demaray families had picnic din
ner Sunday in the grove at the
Churchill vineyard.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
COMING EVENTS

Aug. n. wednesday--l.adles N'd OF
Newman NJ. ". church will slve an
Ice cream social AZ tho home OF
MrA Arthur While. '7so North
Firth street.
Aug is.sopt. o---Josephine county
tcashers training school,
Aug. 1924. Friday.wednesday--
National Il. A. r. encampment at
Portland,
sent Opening OF city schools,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

Harold Lundburg had serious
accident this morning. when the saw
with which he was working at the
box factory. slipped and mangled the
index finger on his left hand. II was
thought at first that the finger
would have to be amputated. but ef-
forts are being made to save II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
From Pennsylvania--

Victor Brown OF Pittsburg. Penn.
arrived this morning to look after
property interests In this community.
He wIll spend most OF his time for
the next month on his farm at Jump
off-Joe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

General Logan w. n. c. will meet
promptly at o'clock In their hall
at the courthouse Saturday after
noon. A large attendance is desired.
This will be the last meeting before
the National g. A. r. convention to
be held In Portland and all members
going should be present. 80
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

d, u Sales, an attorney from san
Francisco. accompanied by Paul
Blanchard, George collard and T,
A. Bird left by automobile for Med
ford this morning on legal business.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
Ml.. hamilton In Francc-

Miss Anne Hamilton. daughter OF
Rev. VIM. y, Hamilton, formerly OF
this city, Is now In Paris. working In
Red Cross activities.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09
Uncle Penny,hse Says.

II is difficult to DO anything for n
man who Is so ignorant he doesn't
know he's ignornnt.-Loulsville Cour.
ler-Journal.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

Your patriotic chance, Teach
your neighbor and your neighbor's
boy or girl to knit. Your country
calls for your help.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-09

Rev. bclknap at ". ~ Church
Rev. L. 7. Belknap, Of Central
Point, viii preach the morning ser
mon at the Newman N. ". church on
August II.