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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08
THE READERS VIEWPOINT


To The Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger.
Sr--G beg TO thank you for letting US read
Doctor Elys letter on the ith instant. pro-
ties. ing against the OF coal-tar deriva-
tiyes In treatment OF influenza. etc. The pro-
test Is of far greater significance than may
al first appear, and it intimates that the
public health should be above the control
Of any school of medicine. The capsule con
tanning acetylsalicylic acid, phenacctln and
quinine so largely used by many physicians
during the epidemic, Is blamed by many other
physicians for the high mortality in cases
whore pneumonia afterward set in, and II
is claimed by the latter group that the
pneumonia mortality was not half so great
where the coal-tar preparations had not
previously been used. Public sentiment wnen
and as il is properly educated. will compel
the abandonment of dangerous practices by
certain groups of physicians unless they
yield to the teachings of experience in the
meantime.
The physician and the newspaper which
suppress nothing affecting the public health
are true guardians of the peoples welfare,>
II. MERR
Mount Airy, Pa, November T.
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NO CONFISCATORY TAN RATE

CONTROLLER WALTON'S demand that
~ such economies be practiced next year
as will prevent an increase In the tax rate
will be indoHed by every taxpayer The
departmental budgets call for so much
money that If it is all allowed the city
rate will be s243 on every 500 of assessed
value of real estate. When the school tax
of sixty cents is added the total burden
becomes sS.O3 on 500, or sS0.S0 on $1,000
such a tax rate would he an intolerabe
burden on every householder in the city
II would force every landlord TO raise the
rent of his tenants and bring investment
iu real estate practically to a standstill.
II is imperative that the preliminary es-
Inmates be cut TO the bone ana that every
superfluous expense be eliminated in order
10 prevent such calamity as So taX
rate For the five years between 1912 and
1916, inclusive, the rate was only $3.50
m was raised TO s1.75 in 1916 and in 1917
was still further increased to seas. If
the men In control In the City Hall have
the faintest glimmerings Of political sense,
10 say nothing of feeling of response
bility TO safeguard the interests OF the
people, they will keep the rate for next
year as low as the present rate. and they
vii refrain from. .piling up deheits to be
ON future administrations
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

TNHEN We got our wings and became
l. pilots of some standing and flying be-
came rather a bore, and incidentally We
learned the way to throw a machine about
And we were appalled, at the things We
used to do and marveled that any airplane
ever stood the way in which we used to
wrench the controls. We learned that the
art of flying is not in rolling and looping,
,but is far more subtle. We reserved stunt
ing to delight .sightseers on occasions and
we became stad and safe pilots, and the
Huns" thought us very tame. | expect
even the particular "anadian enthusiast
will one day find it too much trouble to
spin down and won't care very much IL
all the squadron hasn't seen him roll. But
II will cut him to the quick il he has made
a dud landing and he will never forgive
YOU IL you tell him he is slipping on his
turns-Daedalus in the Manchester Guar
dian.
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II the money available for rapid ira

II the money available for rapid transit
and port Improvement is diverted to other
purposes the people Of this city will have
only themselves to blame, for II was their
vote that carried the constitutional amend
ment which removes all restrictions on the
expenditure of of the 10 per cent debt
limit to which the city is confined. This
amendment was drafted by contractors for
contractors and it win be used for the benefit
of contractors. The people knew it, and yet
ihey consented to Il.
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ThEN We became would-be airmeh and
l. we watched vertical turns and Immel-
manns breathlessy. wondering that men
:hould ever have the skill and nerve for
such feats. We discoursed learnedly and
wrongly about what To do with the con-
trolS and we were very authoritative about
it all at home and in railway carriages.
Then we were actually launched. We
did our first three or four hours success
fully. We felt that we could get around
and land comfortably. We had supreme
confidence and thought that flying had no
difficulties and no terrors-that, by the
way, was before we had crashed. 1t only
remained to be able to stunt Then We
should be the perfect airmen.
The day Of our FIRST stunt was memoir
able. The evening before we had discussed
the art with old hands. We were assured
It was perfectly simple. and we resolved
to try-just cartwheel. Pull the nose
up and switch Off Just before she stalls
KICK on full right rudder She'll fall over
Sideways and come out i'm a dive; then
centrallze the controls" Vt sounded all
rlght-at any rate in the warm security
OF ped' The next day was brilliant and we
were IN the air by 8. Gradually the little
black figures disappeared and the trees
and farms grew more diminut!ye and
checkered as we climbed. 1t was nm.
doubtedly the day AS soon as 4OO0 was
reached 1t was tc be done. Three ,hou-
SAND already! How quickly size climbed,
Now It was three. seven, eight. nine: then
mere was no doubt it was a good 1000
Wouldn't 1t be better TO give her another
oooF NO. coward Here goes. or with
the engine and back with the stick Ths
nose rose incredibly high and the scar
seemed to slip away behind How she
quivered before she stalled! Now for the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Germany has a war debt of $4,000
OOO, 900. and the amount Of the indemnity she
must pay has not yet been estimated. Her
future is mortgaged SO heavily that II win
be o long time before she makes another
attempt to loot the world.
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JograCiUus Mary

The agent WHO got
JoEracious Mary Mary PlclSford u sal
AIRY o. $4,000 a week
and An annual bonus of 100000 wi,s her
SUIT for Sl0s, 900 commission. We know ID
man who would give a commission of $3.50
OOO or even 100000 to the agent who could
get him job for year at 100000 salary
without any bonus.
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ARABESQUES IN THE AIR

sESEE me roll her lie sg'd. RE was ,
~ Canadian, and his voice pierced the
recesses OF the room. "Didn She 20 over
lovely" he began. Some VI 'ortuna. .e had
bitten He treated him to Il lecture on
the ways of rolling and -rbe !. ethod Of diff
ferent machines for the pur 'se. Having
carefully eXpounded exactly what to do
with the stick and the nom It at which
TO switch off the engine, and !. ustTated all
with copious personal experiences, he pro-
ceeded to unravel the mysteries of loops,
spins, half.rolls and lmmennaras He dis
posed OF each at length, & d. fully satisfied
with a good twenty mint -es' work. he set
out in quest of fresh game. He caught the
flight commander outside Say. did you
see me on that camel huii an holr back?
Gee! she's q pretty li,tle machine. Don't
she spin fast to the right? =" We
heard him echoirg in inc distance as he
pursued the flight commando; to is office,
where he had suddenly remembc, ed there
were urgent papers to sign. We sighed.
81 wonder If he did a single burned stunt
al all?' somebody ventured. "Oh. | eX-
pect he did; we ali 20 through the stage,
you know" replied a time-hCnoled instruc-
tor. Hes very pleased with it all and it's
very nice for him, and as long as he doesn't
half-roll on top of me | don't mind re-
member when I first took him up he was
as sick as a dog. Now he probably thinks
me very dud, and all the est Of us who
don't loop over The ardrome at thou
sand feet
lie was very right First there We. e the
days when we were mere infantry and
read the papers. The flight commander
would go out for IA little diving and bank
ing practice" we learned. His machine
vas seen to do a spiral dive from a great
height" "His engine failed and he nose
dised into the earth"
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VNHE quiet respite az east was gained.
L The re- ults Of thi, advantage were soon
seen when Vassoigne's division, containing
a number of marine battalons completely
disconcerted the Bavariaus near Bazeulles
west Of the Meuse. At day break on Sep
temner !. There were many instances Of
such neetnG success for the French
throughout the engagement. The Bava-
riars and Saxons were outfought number
Of times but their discontinue had no
lasting effect because Of the operation OF
Eon Moltke's plan OF encirclement which
eventually trapped his foe.
The TWO tremendous bids for victory
made by the French proved suicidal ore
was the dashng infantry charge in the
valley of Givonne-au operation completely
uu!lihed by German artillery advauta-
geously placed. The circumstances Of the
event were largely akin to those Of
piokett's charge a. Gettysburg. The other
attempt was the spectacular cavalry ad-
vance which maintained the tradition OF
Ney at Waterloo 1t was brilliant and
pitiful.
Xola in an inspired moment in LA De-
Dacle" has de escribed the scene with unsur-
passed realistic art France lost one of
her finest generals. Jules AuGuste Mar
eueritte, father of the two admirable nov
elists. Paul and Victor. She gained glory,'
increased respect for cavalry in modern
war, and yet defeat.
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Germans retire beyond the Meuse
SAYS a headline. And their musings, when
they go way back and sit down, will be far
from DleaSaut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Those who wish to e,.-
So W. Nave Heard plain Henry Fords de-
feat IN Michigan are
feverishly calling eyerybody's attention to
the fact that a Ford rarely has been success
full in any race.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Ncgar ara South Dakota have .oued
the suffrage States. while Oklahoma a-ld
I.oui siaHa, where the question was voted on,
stand pat.
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Tn VIEW of the manifold instances OF
L Gallic heroism at Sedan, it may we'll be
asked why even granting the earlier er-
rors of organization. was the defeat so
comprehensive? The answer is simple. 1t
was due very largely to three changes Of
suDrcme command while the battle was in
progress. MacMahon was wounded by
shell splinter at in the morning. Gen.
eral Ducrot replaced him and planned
! retreat toward Mezieres which might, per-
| haps. have saved the bulk of his army.
| But then TO the surprise of every one,
/ appeared a new candidate for his office.
| This was General wmpfren, who had only
| Joined the army from Algiers on the night
OF August 3O He was equipped with Sc
| cret and official orders authorizing him to
| assume command OF the army in the event
| of any disablement of MacMahon, The
| newcomers plan was to strike east and
! cut off the German army toward Metz, On
] finding that Ducrot had totally the oppo-
| site attention. he produced his commission
| and reversed the entire scheme of the en-.
| Gagement.
The accompanying confusion, the march.
ing and counter.marching, which resulted
! from such step may readily be con-
ceived The French plan soon became
hopclessy confused The Germans with
their overwhelming forces were enabled
TO envelop Sedan, and SURRENDER for
Wimpffen became the only alternative TO
the slaughter OF his men.
WITH grim resolution he postponed the
w Inevitable for several bloody hours. and
toward the close OF the afternoon he
actually did initiate a fairly successful
counterattack AGAINST Balan and Bazellles
by that time however, the day was lost
by mudding in other parts oc the field.
Napoleon, a physical wreck, his cheeks
rouged in a vain effort to appear inspir
| tied suddenly lost heart
He raised the white flag on Sedan
| church tower 4 Colonel Fauve tore II
down. But it was hoisted gain half an
| hour later, when the Germans were knock
| Ing at the gates of the town.
The next day Wlmpffen signed u un-
conditional surrender. with the sole ailev,,-
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Poor BiiI

The Kaiser win not
Poor Bill stand on the balcony
Of his Berlin palace to
elcvlnl his returning armies. His health
is IN such a state that he will find it more
prudent 20 remain out Of sight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Tie favorite song of certain people in
Ohio. Wyoming and Florida Will hereafter
be "Oh, how dry | am.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Now the Germans are dreading the Boil
sheviki at home There is no rest for the
wicked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-08

Now that the Kaiser
We Reel the and j. Ham Lewis are
Pinch Already about to retire from
public life. two OF the
chief comforts aud supports of the quip-
maker have been eliminated,
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Berlin has just ousteG
Tit as They the Bolshevik diplo-
say. for Tat nIatists sent from
Moscow. The Germans
have to GUST SomebOdy in order to expert
ment in game that has been made pain
fully familiar TO them in the last few months
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one reason we felt so bewildercd was
~ that we had meyer before lived through
the cXcitemci, OF the victorious ending Of
world war. We felt that there were no
prcccdents to follow. Our head was hot
our hands cold and our knees kept on
making u sort OF reconnotering on their
own. You know how it feels. We wanted
to embrace somebody, and unfortunately
the only person we have any right t en-
brace is out OF town.
Page ard Mary Allinson came IN ius'
then bringing jug Of cider That aa.
our reason. We embraced the Cide".
& Then in came Ned Muschamp, with he
ace very grave, TO know Il the good news
nd Uccn confirmed We cGrsed him and
drove him away. We wanted 20 write
poen. So we began;
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rudder quickly! Town she went like
stone dashng for earth Everything cen.
t'al, and in anothe' second she was out
beautifully as il nothing had happened
But We were very proud. We laughed
aloud and cheered ant broke into songs OF
triumph. Next to 81 and repeat 1t over
the airdrome. Coud we see the crowd
watching? There seemed to be a lot of
people below.
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1t is sure TO be said
styles In War Of the German gem
eral who toted ban
uor of truce across The Allied line Yesterday
that the white flag matched his liver.
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NONSClOUS with reN pride we stepped
~ out of the machine, scanning the faces
of the mechanics for symptoms Of surprise
and respect They Looked just as usual
and the litter asked If she was running all
right Some OF our pals were standing
around. Did they rLn forward 10 con-
graduate US? Did an body say WORD?
Would nobody even ask who that was
doing cartwheels just now? II was too
eNasperating. We hao to begin Oh some
body. Were those aitwheels of mine all
right?' He looked sur prised and he must
have been envious, but he merely replied
casually, 81 didn't see you doing any"
After that we could only keep 'ur pleasure
to ourselves and people who did not aviate
and resolve on great daring in the future.
Then our contemporaries started, and
somehow everybody noticed them and con-
graduated them. After all. it did not seem
to require great nerve On their part. Then
there came "A time whel, We al ways stunt
ed. First We went l'igh and looped and
spun down: then that grew tame and we
"zoomed" over the hama sars, and "Immel-
manned" over the aird, ONE below thou
sand, and always side"l pped in s'rher ne
authorities took notice and we were IN
formed that "it had e.n brought to the
notice of the squadron commander that
pupils were stunting below 1000 feet. This
practice must cease Any IL fringement of
this rule will be severely dealt with" So
we went off into the countryside hedge
hopping until some Of 'he freshness had
worn off the order.
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THE CHAFFINC DISH
Der Tag
Der Tag
OUR nina has blown out all its

Der lag
our nina has blown out all its
~ fuses .
As we were chatting our way to press
the news broke .
Chestnut street burst into panangelium.
All the lovely stenographcrs along that
highway (which nourishes the fairest
damosels I'm the world rushed to the win
dows and began joyousy tearing UP news
papers into little bits and scattering them
into the air like snow. Among the futter-
ing fragments we noticed many portions
of yesterdays Chatting Dish which gave
so broad hint (even ahead of the United
Press, BoyO that Der Tag was at
hand ...
AdUt.--Order me Chd0iH0 Dish Ia dd-
rdhce and hare Il Scrrcd on yoUr supper
table ,cith the tcclsh rabbit.
Now believe it or not as you like, but
when we heard the roar Of those tri.
umphant and excited popGlaces beneath our
windows the frenzy seized us. We grabbed
all the papers on our desk, including sew
enty unanswered letters and several bra
vura poems and quips we had been dreds-
ing up from our Mammoth Cave. and.
flying to the fire-escape, we tore them into
little scraps and flung them to. the winds
of glory.
Then we realized what we had done. We
mad jettisoned today's Dish.
our brain was missing on both lobes.
There was a complete lack of a quorum
in the left lobe. where the poems come
from: and while majority Of the G.. o. p.
(the Grand Old punsI was claimed in the
precincts Of the right lobe. the returns
were still incomplete. and this IL too great
q Tag for puns anyway.
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have happened before we had memorized
the second verse Of the star Spangled
Banner"
AFTER eup.ug 20 lhe lIe.escape to
4 watcn various bands and parades.
ana watching lie leading editorial writer
growing v.siOiy bald under the strain of
trying to cope with the situation Cexamne
that leader today. wen bet there are bald
spots in it every time . band went under
the Window, we tackled our poem again,
thus:
When a. IN sackcloth Wilhelm goes
Then. then methinlls. how swestly flows
The abdicaton OF his pose,
Next when | cast mine eyes ANA see
! Tie world safe for democracy
o how chat glitterng taketh me!
TT - natural that in moments of great
stress one reverts to Mother Goose,
under whose sheltering downy wings our
4 mind was matched OF added jas the case
/ may Ue:
Ride a cock.iIun
ON the end of gun
To see Bul the Damnable rue what he's
done
Irons on fingers and shaclies on toes,
He shall have trouble wherever he goes
HERE comes another band. Rum tum
IL TUM, rum tum TUM and rum tum
rum tuml rum tum TUM.
They say there's 81. Helena broken loose
at Broad and Chestnut 49,.
Never mind independence Square is in
it with both feet; we have just watched
the Emergency Aid Emergency Parade go
by under our window, 1872 blondes and 174
bruncttes.
We have had q great idea. II Foch can
be so punctual and run an early-closing
war, shutting down officially at p. m,
why can't we follow suit?
We can Hereafter we declare that our
working day will close at p. M, and We
advise that every one do the same
NOV we know why Germany has been
~ short of napkins, table cloths and
sheets for the past year. The Kaiser has
been boarding them to make white flags
with.
ONE Of our equerries has just rushed
" upstairs TO say he found fragment of
our typed copy (which we tore up and
threw away in our eXcitemenb on the silk
hat of a dignified gentleman who was
frolicking up Chestnut street. He recog-
ni4ed the complexion of our new typins
ribbon and rescued the piece though the
wearer was eager to keep 1t as souvenir
He said he had never thought the Chatting
Dish was actually written out beforehand
He thought 1t just blossomed, on the press
by spontaneous combustion
Here II is; think what the rest must
have been like:
Hhcn ace are ror7sHG, me often remark
btiterly holD much ce lcould Ike TO sit
around and have nothing to do but medi-
tate Bat Whcn 1e hare TO spend hcentD
minutes sitting in the odrber's chair think
ing, It bores us almost to tears.
SOCRATES.
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Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is erciR-
Sire!y entitled TO the use for republication
Of ~ ac,cs dispatches credited to 10 or noS
oNerwisc credited iR this paper. and also
thc local 7eirs published therein.
Az rights Of rcpU blicotioH Of special ois.
patches herein are also rc9errcd.
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Nerves

They met in private rest cure.
Sick nerves were the trouble with each,
He was a youthful neurotic.
And she sweet nervous young peach.
He twitched as he said, You will think me
Abrupt and bit nervy, too
But I have"-and he winked his left ear
"A nervous affection for you!"
HORACE HOOK.
II only Elisabeth Barrett Browning were
alive Think what poem she could write
about the triumph Of her beloved Italy
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SEDAN, THE BOOMERANG
American Victory on the Meuse bnds a
Brutal Dclusion n

CEDAN, hatchery of German miItarstic
~ imperialism, has become its grave.
History affords no parallel to this tale OF
a town at which the most sinister OF des-
potisms rose and fell. Sedan made Won
Moltke's fame Hidden in obscuflty ana
defeat is the name Of the German general
who hustled his forces from the western
suburb Of Sedan when the Americans en-
tered yesterday.
For forty-Cight years the Hun has
drummed into the peoples Of the world
that Sedan spelt irresistible power for Tcu.
tonic armed forces. lie has advertised
Won Motkc. who directed battle fought
under exceptionally favorable conditions,
competently but quite without any Such
dazzling briliancy Of performance as the
Americans have recently shown over much
Of the same ground. tie has eNtolled the
yalor Of the Teuton armies, when 1t was
actually the French who carried off the
superb laurels for courage ON that terrible
September ], 1870.
Now that the days OF German piuif are
forever ended. it is possible to entertain a
.ancr and faircr outlook on the first OF
the Sedan battles-the one Oh which a
spcclous tradition of military cminence
was yainly based. Sedan. il is true was
once a sickening tragedy for france, but
in no sense reflection on her hcrosm.
1-ndcr the rulc OF Napoleon III ,he had
strqycd after false gods, which we're OF
CLAY. Shocking mismanaEcmcnt charac.
tarizcd her opening campaign Of the
'lng BG natF 20
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Todd Danc would have been "A little
wiser T. nc had raidcd the Department Of
Justice Tor slacSers
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We mad 20; as far as this without much
satisfaction, when the telephone began to
explode NJcrl Mordell and Clyde Mar.
Guis and other charming gentlemen. all in
a frenzy 10 snow IL the Chatting Dish had
had confirmation of the good word. We
Informed them that in our opinion mail
for the German arrny had better be for
warded east Of the Rhine The only blot
on our happiness i that all this should
have happened before we had memorized
the second verse Of the "Star Spanged
Banner
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Poem Written on

Ticker Tape
! never saw
\ happy Hun
I never hope
TO see one
But this I'll
TELL you
Dear Old son,
I'd rather see
Than he one.