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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

This being Shakespeare's birthday, it
seems timely to announce to the world our
discovery of a cipher proving conclusively
that Shakespeare's sonnets were written by
our own Dove Dulcet. One can take almost
any Of the sonnets to prove this For in
stance, the 10th, one OF the most famous.
it begins;
Devourlng time. blunt thou the lions paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet
brood;
pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tigers
jaws, etc.
Is 1t not plain that the first four letters
OF the first word are simply an anagram
fOr DOVE? To make it palmer, the author
has repeated the same word in the second
line. And then examine the text with GER
tain letters. selected by a very simple
cypher, emphasized by capitals:
DevoUr her own sweet brood; PLUCK
The keen Teeth.
II any doubt were possible, Mr.. Dulcet
has settled II by the following subtle ana
gram, farther down In the same sonnet:
But l fOrBid THEE one most heInous crime:
o carve not with Thy hours my loves fair
brow
II that does not prove that 7halespeare
came from Ohasatr- p " Wa reouldf
pcIlATEa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
FALLING IDOLS

GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER,
VI brightest star in the baseball diadem
OF place known as Chicago, was drafted
for army service in order that one more
man already in camp might be released 30
work on a farm This explanation is made
without a blush by the draft board at St.
Paul.
Two years ago any one who called Alex
ander a farmer would indubitably have
been called mad in turn. Now Alexander
is merely the humble substitute for a
farmer. Times and valuations change.
The really essential things are seldom ap-
preciated until crisis One bushel Of
potatoes is OF more actual value now than
any game OF professional ball.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
OUR OWN NURSERY
RHYMES
The Old Trousers

WHEN Daddy comes home from the
w office
Then Sarah and Peter and John
Go hunt out the old pair of trousers
And beg him to hurry them on!
Those ancient remarkable garments
Are hung on the hall cupboard door;
Their use is not ended, as they are intended
For romps on the nursery floor.
The raggy old trousers, the baggy old
trousers,
That romp on the nursery floor
WTHEN Daddy lies down he's enormous
w He is such a mountainous man.
We hustle and hustle and tussle
And climb to the top If we can
But thenyhe rears up like a grizzly,
And tumbes us off with a roar,
And so far below him we hardly would
know him,
Down there on the nursery floor,
If it weren't for the trousers, the jolly old
trousers,
That romp on the nursery floor.
Tad thinks that those trousers descended
- From some very old patriarch
He says they were carefully mended
For Noah to wear on the ark;
But though they are shabby and dusty
We love them and know what they're for;
And Mother will spare them while Daddy
can wear them
For games on the nursery floor
The old fraying trousers, the old playing
trousers,
That romp on the nursery floor!
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY. \
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

HAVING carried one or more volumes of
IL Shakespeare with me every day for
fifty years. I respond with pleasure to the
editors request to tell what Shakespeare
has meant to me-
1 am no trained scholar, nor have had
the privilege of talking with the great
teachers who have made Shakespeare their
life study. It may seem presumptuous Of
me to don the robe of authority. That's
a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast
on the lip of a lion" But the message I
want to emphasize is how much Shake
speare may mean to the plain man, the
business or professional man, or indeed
any one who faces the universal problems
of humanity. love Shakespeare because
all my life I have found in his words the
richest commentary on all human acts
and motives. He holds the mirror up to
nature. He depicts the human heart with
clarity, with beauty and with the truth
that every one recognizes and afIirms from
his own life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
BEEF, IRON AND VINE
Our Foreign Correspondence

A LETTER from France says: One OF
L the poilus here used to go up to an
American officer every day, salute very
gravely, and say, What time does the train
leave?' The officer would reply, with equal
seriousness and courtesy, 'Damfno.' The
Frenchman would salute again, say thank
you and walk away. 1t was all the Eng
lish he knew. One of our boys had taught
it to him, telling him it was a form of
polite salutation."
A letter from England says: "a curious
incident happened here last week. A lady
got into a railway carriage where were
seated gypsy woman, a soldier and a
civilian. In passing the private, the lady
held back her skirts, at which the gypsy
called out You needn't do that, Madam
he has four pounds in his pocket while
YOU have only sevenpence.' The civilian,
interested, inquired How much have I
got?' Five pounds said the gypsy Tn
each case the sums Of money had been
correctly OWNED.
But there was one more question for
the gypsy When will the war end? In
May"
Humphrey Hack writes that his favorite
desk motto is taken from one of Samuel
Buffers books. 1t is: He that is stupid in
little will be stupid also in much.
We have to be a little sharp with Dove
Dulcet, for all the publicity he's been
getting seems to have turned his head.
He says some Of the magazines have been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

DHEIMS CATHEDRAL is just as
1G dear to France as independence
Hall to Philadelphia.
Rheims Cathedral has been set on
fire again, is a burned and blackened
wreck, the marvellous vaulted roof is
falling, stone by stone.
TNHE great cathedral of human civillza-
l. ton will crumble, stone by stone,
unless We do our utmost to support
Americas war effort. There are long,
hard days before us. There is only one
way to end them:
BUY LIBERTY BONDS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
THE BIT OF GREEN

TN THE smoke OF the American sector in
4 France the other day over No Mans
Land. where all things are coIorless, there
burned bit Of green. It was the flag OF
Ireland going over the top. nxed solidly to
the hagonet Of an AWerican infautryman.
me solora are not ed IN action nova
days - ne npg Of Erin wa ainguIarly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

Haywood Broun tells
Henriette's Souvenir the story of a French
OF Pershing waitress who served
the table when Mar
shall Joffre and General Pershing sat down 10
dinner together In France. Henriette was
distressed because Pershing didn't eat anv
Of the picked snaila. But after the great
event Henrlette boukht a new locket ana
hung Il round her neck She was asked what
Zee had in 4 and. opening It. displayed A
Of he cigar General Perahlng had annexed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
J. Where is Rheims?
2. Who Is John Purroy Mitehel9 IT..
8. What i meant by he expression ''hs A"'
4. What Is the Wall Street Of London?
5. What 10 the derivation Of 'maeadamHe
O. which Is the PInetree stateY
I. Who founded Pennsylvanla?
8. What Is the LAGOON?
precision 'Kilkenny cnts"Y
10. Identify 'the Maid Of Orleans"
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. LAiEIon (The EaEIetl name applied IssIss. 20 ~
son Of the first Napoleon and Marie en.ss ass'l AZ
RsIehatadt By the ceasrsss of Vienna at
Tie fall Of the NapOisonic reElme.
2. The Mlssls,;;ippl is known as 'the EA'"'' =
3. william Cullen Bryant wrote "Thanato'sl.
T. Evolutoni the theory Of biology which = 80 MI
mails and. In Eenerai, the aer.yatisen ~ ~ Y.
SPECIES from slmpier terms 20 HIGHER 9 a3''rs rs
SsrsIon 10 less highly organized types.
B. Hamburg is the chief ii0rt ana eom"ei''-'
elty 0f the German Empire. 80
g. Abroad a standard fruit tree Il any liz
does not grey afalpst .s sts Ssts er !" "sissdsF1
small '1aSsss'ia trees isarsitsd on dwarf rOOis.
!. BrldEehead. IN the military sense. h,,a.st.r
comma sesaansasISs MSsA he ssirs@iiy sf hFa''
nearest the enemy. -
3. The battle of waterlee was fquEh' June "
.. yisssess Miner 4 .hs nsv BriEish sse''''''
10. Count Wckerlo 3 The recently rtalSntN Hrr
Garlan tfcuAlr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

The German war prisoners here say
they do not want to go home when peace
comes. They would better postpone their de-
cison till they know what kind Of n Ger
many there will be to go home to.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
Anything TO
Escape

\ couple of Brooklyn
Anything TO girls have tried to
Escape organize a battalion of
death. 1t seems as
though the evening jam the Brooklyn
bridge and the subway ought to be homicdal
enough. But perhaps they're tired Of the city
of unburied dead?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

I'VE will make Philadelphia the cleanest
city in America" says Captain Mills. Go to
1t! No one but those who have been profting
by the dirt will object.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

T WAS thirteen years old, a boy at the
old Northeast Grammar School, when
first became interested in Shakespeare
One of my fellow scholars, Gus Seeds,
brother Of Jacob Seeds, had a great ambi-
tion to go on the stage. He was reading
Shakespeare night and day and got me
to study the plays with him, each of us
reading different parts. read Cassius
and Brutus to his Caesar, and in that way
my lifelong passion began.
How we saved our pennies as boys to
go to the gods gallery at the old Walnut
Street Theatre and see the great ones
play! l saw Edwin Forrest as Lear The
Booth, Fechter, Barry Sullivan as Richard
III, Henry Irving and L. L. Davenport,
who was my ideal of an actor I was one
of those who founded the Davenport ORA
matte Association in this city. We used
to read Shakespeare and play some Of the
easier pieces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

An earthquake in California? But nat
ural cataclysms do not seem to stir us now
that a single battle is destroying more lives
than the most disastrous earthquake on
record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

What patriot will contribute that $780,
600 which the Organization expected to coll
lect from the police2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
The Tiger
Tanner

John Purroy Mitchell,
The Tiger former Mayor Of New
Tanner York. is learning the
tail-spin and the loop
the-loop and other little stunts the airmen
love. Ought to be easy for a man who has
learned TO twist the tail of the Tammany
tiger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
Why LOVE
SHAKESPEARE
By James A. Floherty

At the request Of tho Evening Public
Ledger, Mr.. FidhertV, distinguished ldoyor
Of this city, has tCTttten for ShGkespedre's
d. S5{h birthday this article about his favor
ite poet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

why did nobody ever call them dachs-
huns? or did they?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

o'Nen and Scotia ticket to catch the
virtuous and the vicious?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

Perhaps II some one higher up should
have a vacation also conditions I'm the police
department might improve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
ToDAY's USELESS QUESTION

Why do most of us wish to be called
"old man" at twenty and, at fifty to be
hailed as "old boy?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

mot young and beau
For tiful women alone, but
shame women Of all ages
marched eight abreast
for the cause of Liberty" So speaks an un-
gallant reporter or Philadelphas parade on
Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
She Is

Dear Socrates: To settle a dispute will
you kindly inform me am I right or is she?
HUSBAND.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

The movie people Of
When Texas Washington are try
Went Dry ing to get a fifteen
cent coin minted. The
purpose for which a ffteen-cent coin would
have served I'm Houston, says the Houston
Post of April 16, made a permanent anu sS
somewhat hilarious exit last night at lO;SV
o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

TT is the business of America and the
Il Allies to shatter this disastrous reputa-
tion for efficiency on which the despotic
power of the Prussian military caste rests
only when Hindenburg and Ludendorff are
squarely defeatea on the field of battle viii
the convict population Of the German peni-
tenitary break out of their cells-and oeace
and liberty once more reign I'm Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23

T HAVE turned thousands to reading
Shakespeare. AMI If this little article
should gain one more convert I shall be
very happy. 1; is s54 years today since
he was born. and S54 years hence I sup
pose men viii be reading him more than
ever. OF him we may say what Hamlet
said OF man;
What a Piece OF work is a mani How
noble in reason; how INFINITE IN faculty.
in form. in moving, how express and ad-
mlrable In actlon, how like an angel in
apprehension, how like sod the beauty
Of the world the paragon Of animalsls
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Wanted His Right.

"What the dickens ir the matter
with you?" furiously demanded the
warder of Pat. "What do you mean
by kicking up it row at this time OF
the nightT"
Sure, an 1 only want to go home"
said Pat.
Don't be fool, man" said the
warder, coming across to see IL his
prisoner was quite well.
Fool, bedad," shouted Pat from the
other side of the bars. I'm in me
rights
Now, look here" broke in the ward
er meaningly, you've got seven days
hard; seven days you've got to do, so
you'd better do them quietly"
You're quite right" smiled Pat.
"Shure, the ould boy gave seven days.
but, begorra, he said nothing about
nights, and faith you can surely trust
me to come back in the morning"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

those stifened joints, that backache. rheu-
mstism, lumbagn, sciatica, gall stones,
gravel. brick dust" etc. They are an
effective remedy for all Diseases of the
bladder, kidney, liver, stomach and allied
organs.
GOLD MEDAL Harlem oil Capsules
cleanse the kidneys and purify the blood.
They frequently ward off attacks of the
dangerous and fatal diseases OF the kid
neys. They have a beneficial effect, and
ften completely cure the diseases OF the
bodily organs, allied with the bladder and
kidneys.
If you are troubled with soreness across
the loins or with simple aches and pains
in the back take warning, it may be the
preliminary indications OF some dreadful
maady which can be warded OF or cured
il, taken in time
Go to yonr druggist today and get box
Of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
Money refunded il they do not help you
Three sizes. GOLD MEDAL are the pure.
original imported HARLEM Oil Capsules
Accept No Substitutes.--Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
WEAK KIDNEYS MEAN
A WEAK BODY

When you're fifty. yoar body begins to
ereak little at the hinges, Motion Is
more slow and deliberate. Not so young
as / used to be- is frequent and unwei
come thought. Certain bodily functions
upon which good health and good spirits
so much depend, are Impaired. The weak
spot is generally the bladder. Unpleasant
symptoms show themselves. Painful and
annoying complications in other organs
arise This is particularly true with ell
derly people. II you only know how, tais
trouble can be obviated.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil has been relieving the in
convenience and pain due to advancing
years, It is standard, old-time home
. remedy. and needs no introduction 1t is
now put up in odorlesa, tasteless capsules
These are easier and more pleasant to take
than the oil in bottles.
Each capsule contains about one dose of
five drops. Take them Just like you would
any pill, with a small swallow OF water.
They soak into the system and throw OIL
the poisons which are making you old be-
fore your time. They will quickly relieve
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Acid Stomach Victims
Sickly, " eak, Unfit,
Depressed

Maybe you have an acid-stomach-
and don't know I'll There are millions OF
such people--weak. silinE tired. worn
out and "ail IN before the day IL half
gone---llstless and Indifferent TO their sur
runndingH-often with aches and pains
all over the body-woefully lacking In
physical power and mental yigor--pale.
emAeinted-Just dragging out a weary
existence. Nine ont Of every ten OF
these people are unconscious victims OF
acid stomach.
Thousands upon thousands OF people
who are subject to attacks OF Indigestion
and billousness; who are nervous. mel
Rncholy, mentally depressed. who sufrer
from rheumatism. lumbago or sciaiicn
yes. even many Of those who have
ratarrh. ulcer or cancer Of the stomach
II the trouble il traced TO Its source, II
win often be found to be just acid stom-
Ach. For these only some Of the all
ments that are cansed by what the doc
tors call superacidity, which Is another
name for sour ncid.stomnch.
What you want 10 know above all
else is how to quickly rid yourself Of ex-
ccas acid. A wonderful modern remedy
called EArONIC literally wipes II ont.
II does the work easily, speedily and
naturally. II makes the stomach pure,
sweet, cool and comfortable. II helps
you get full strength out OF every month
fnl OF good you eat: and unless you DO
get fun strength from your food You
cannot enjoy robust vigorous health.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

You cat to LIVE Your life depends on
the strength you get from your food
There IA mn other way.
EAToNiC IA In pleasant tasting tab
let form--iust like bit OF candy We
urge you-no matter what you have tried
take Eatouic Just one week and hnh
out for yonrself how wonderfully In
proved you viii feel. See how quickly
EArONtC banishea thr immediate ef
fects Of Rcid-siomnch r bl9at, heartburn,
belchlng, food repeating, sour. Enssy
stomach, indigestion. etc. See too. how
quickly your general health Improve
how much more yon relish your fond
how much more easily II In ,iigc-trd--bow
sonndly you sleep-hnw nervousness and
irritability disappear. And all simply
because by taking EAToNiC you have
rid your stomach of lot OF excess acid
that has been holding you back and max
ing your life miserable
EATONIC Is absolutely harmless. 1t
can be taken by the most delientc. Tens
of thousands OF people who have used 1t
are enthusiastic In It's praise,
EATONic Is absolutely Guaranteed. 80
get n big 5pc box from yonr druggist, lf
n does not help yDu your money Will be
refunded. n your druggist does not keep
EAToNIc, send yonr name and address to
the Eatonic Remedy Company. iOiS s.
Wabash Ave-. Chicago, ll1., and they wili
at once mail yon a hoc hox and you can
send them the money for it after you re-
ceive It.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Flowers Given Fighters Names.

The blossoms which viii he lending
features of the annual chrysanthrmnm
show at Washington, when the health
authorities again permit public gather
ings, are named for Gen. Hunter l.ig-
gett and Admiral Sims. They were
christened by American. English and
French sailors. Several new blossoms
of the General Kuhn" Seeding named
last year have been placed near the
General Pershing," also christeEed Mt
last years show.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is local disease, greatly iniiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
" Is taken internally and acts through
System. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is composed of some oil the best tonlcs
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
of the ingredients in HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE is what produces such won
derful results In catarrhal conditions
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
+. j. Cheney &c Co., Props, Toledo. o.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Mistaken kindIiness.

Cyrus. all the hired man | had left,
he's down to the hospital in Paterson"
says Uncle Abimeleeb Bogardus of
Preakness, n. ]. Cyrus. be had n tus-
sic with our bull yearling. Had pole
in the critters nose ring and was calm
in him down. when he tuck the pole
out. Says the yearlin' WIS snortin'
like it hurt him.
Guess he thought he'd grant n
armstiee or somethin'."
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
One on Pam.

Father said the sharp small boy,
81 saw deaf and dumb beggnr in the
street this morning, and lie Ind an i'm
pediment in his speech
"A deaf and dumb man with IN inn
pedipent in his speech 80 exclaimed
father Don't talk nonsense. lance
lott
But he had. fnthcr." insisted the
boy.
"one of his middle fingers was miss
Ing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
After the ohense.

ut was portly but very polite per-
son who sat next to Jones in railway
station.
Pardon me-" said he TO Jones, 'but
what would you say If l sat on your
hat?"
Suppose you sit on 1t and then ask
me-" sarcastically suggested Jones.
Il did" said the Rortly person. i'm
perturably.-Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Not Valid.

"Gadspur is II disappointed man."
"Why so2"
"fIe wanted TO get into the army,
but made mistake in his question
naire."
"How was that?"
'He waived exemption on the ground
of domestic infelicity and the exemp-
tion board couldn't see it that way
Birminghan Age-Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
A Marathon % herIIn.

First Map Guzer-Now, that the
president has answered MaX's note II
is Gcrmuny's move.
Second Map Gnzer-Move; why,
man. they're already moving SO fast
that it's II question whether they can
slow up enough to know when they
pass Berlin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Some SEASONING.

"They call our American army un-
seasoned troops"
well, they were fairly well mus
tered in, have plenty of pep and now
everybody admits they are the salt of
the earth"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Real Masters of sIana.

Things have come to pretty pass"
whats the matter nowi'
'1've got n seven-year-old boy who
can speuk better slang than | can"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Correlation

81 hear your daughter raised every
thing before her"
$50 she did. but raised the dust"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Quite Handy.

How do you propose TO float that
the stock, of course"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets pnt nm end 10
sick and bilious headaches. constipation, dizzi-
uees and indigestion. 'Clenn hoiise." Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Got to Shut Him Up.

Got to Shut Him Up.
Met your new neighbo:s YETI"
Not yet, but | expect to have to
call on them shortly
''That sof''
ayes. They've got a dog that howls
all night"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

If only have the will to be CRATE
ful, am so.-Senca.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
OF Course.

",rhe fate of this enterprise hangs
on IL hair"
THAT is bald sort of statement"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22
Influenza and kindred
diseases start witha cold.
Don't trifle with it.
At the first shiver or
sneeze, take
%lltS
cAsCARA 81 ouIIyINE
@sSsasSSS
Standard cold remedy for 40 yesrs--in tablet

Standard cold remedy for 40 yesrs--in tablet
form-ssfe, sure, no opistrs-breaks up cold
back If IL fails. The genuine box has a Red top
with Mr- Kills picture At All Drug Stores
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

Her Doctor the Man These Times.
He-If | should kiss you. | suppose
you'd 20 and tell your mother,
She-No, my lawyer
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-11-22

grateful .aouglit toward heaven
is Of itself a prayer.-Lessing