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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Firhiinc Printers

To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-On June Is. 1913 40sl journeymen
members of the International Typographical
Union and 656 apprentices were In the army
and navy forces of the United States and
Canada. Seventy-five of our members have
fallen in battle in France or have died In
military camps in America.
To the widows. orphans, fathers. mothers
or other relatives Of these men this interna-
tional union has paid mortuary benefits
amounting to $22,350.
During the last twelve months this nterna-
tional union has paid $354,0OO TO 1900 old
age pensioners.
In the same period this union has paid
mortuary benefits amounting to $312,400.
The total expense for the maintenance and
for improvements at the Union Printers
Home at Colorado Springs last year was
s167,60O.
This union has invested $50, 900 in each
of the three Liberty Loans-$9O.000 in all.
Our subordinate organizations and individual
members have invested more than $4,000, 900
In these securities.
Our strike expenses for the last twelve
months were but S1237.
The gross earnings of our members
amounted to more than ST1 100000 for the
year for $4,000 members, and the insignlf-
cant amount expended for strike purposes
reflects our determination to give full pa
trotic support to the Governments under
which we live in the terrific responsibilities
which now confront US all.
The officers of this International union
are volunteers in the army for the preserva-
tion Of industrial peace for the duration of
the war at least, and we will do our level
best to give full effect to the earnest recon-
mendations made by President Wilson in
his proclamation creating the national war
labor board There should be no strikes or
lockouts during the war.
This International union neither solcits
nor accepts contributions to it's benefit funds
Every dollar expended for these purposes is
paid by members of this organization in the
form of regular dues and assessments
NJ. G.. SCOTT,
President International Typographical Union
Indianapolis, June 20.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
news of the big things being done with

news Of the big things being done with
pep and hustle"
When you sit down tonight to write to
your husband. brother, son or friend over
there tell him how many war-savings
stamps you have. Tell him there's another
Liberty Loan coming along in the fall.
Tell him that nearly one hundred ships
will be launched on the Fourth. Tell him
President Wilson is preparing an answer
TO Won Hertling and Won Kuehlmann that
will add one more stone to. the absolute
solidarity that unites the Allies until Prus-
sian miltarism is crushed. Tell him Of
the new draft of twenty-one yearlings.
Tell him the U-boat raid over here was
flivver. Tell him every citizen Of Phila-
delphia eats more food in a week than a
German sees in month. Tell him you
have ordered your coal and you are going
to keep after Garfield to see that you
get 1t.
Most of the things you are worrying
about probably won't happen anyway.
There will be plenty Of food and plenty
of hard knocks for the Huns. And then.
when you have told him all that, 20 out
and buy package of his favorite tobacco
and send 1t to him.
Then you can look your service flag in
the face without blush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

yard from him, and with wild yell
Haynes jumped. 1t is difficult to say whether
Haynes or some Of his mpedimenta
reached the bottom of the stairs first, but
they all arrived in time to interfere seriously
with heavily laden procession emanating
from the drawing room, headed by my SER
geant bearing a large plate-glass mirror In
beautiful golden frame. Stopping only
long enough to collect his own legs from
the heap of confusion and get slightly
singed by the sulphurous atmosphere sur
rounding the pile Haynes kept right on
with his endeavors to get away from the
vicinity Of that region Of prowling phan-
toms. For the sake of his honor and his
country he was willing to face Germans.
and thousands of them. together with every
item Of frightfulness they could devise, but
a weird looking ghost in a deserted French
chateau was different matter--a very
different matter. in fact.
LETTING himself out on the balcony
IL Higgins next proceeded. and still in his
ghostly raiment, to crawl down over the
vines of the front porch to the main
entrance, where a grand effect might be ex-
pected to follow his spectacular entrance
into the front hall. Tied to tree on the
lawn were the two mules. and by the light
Of distant star shell they were afforded
a sight of the porch.climbing phantom. One
look at the horrible apparit!on they took.
and then they weighed anchor and went
anywhere, as long as they were putting
space between them and that specter.
They made four complete circuits Of the
chateau in their endeavors to find an exit,
and each time they selected a new route
through the green house, and otherwise
materially assisted with the alterations
to the shrubbery and grounds which the
Hun shelling had SO nicely commenced
months before. The instigator Of this mad
marathon, after the fourth circuit had
been effected, became aware that perhaps
he was in some way connected with the
riotous merry-go-round. for at each sight
OF him the mules seemed feverishly anxious
to clip a few seconds from the time Of
the previous lap. and just when the SER
geant arrived on the scene. followed by a
| notwithstanding handful of sappers
| with fixed bayonets. and intent on selling
their lives as dearly as possible to what
was undoubtedly horde of looters headed
| by the Crown Prince himself the ghost
| Of Chateau du Mont was tucking the last
| traces of white sheet into the Shiny
depths OF a shell hole.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
THE HUSBANDS DAY
(As Imagined by His Wife,

Gets to Office at a. m. Finds his desk
busted and mail opened by beautiful
fair-haired stenographer, and vase of
flowers on it,
$3.50 "a, m.-The Boss calls him in to con-
gratulate him on the fine work he has
been doing.
10 a. m.-Dictates letters to beautiful fair
haired stenographer; active, ambitious
Office boy goes errands for him.
II a. m.--Conference with heads of de-
partments; his opinions are listened to
with respect.
12:3O-An out-oftown customer calls him
up and they go to lunch at roof gar
den They match for the check and
husband pays it, $3.50.
2:3O-Returns to the office; signs letters
that have been typed in his absence.
8 S:30-Receives telegram from rival firm
offering him position at twice his present
salary; shows it to beautiful fair haired
stenographer; she says how much she
will miss him.
4-Decides to stay IL Boss will give both
him and stenographer a raise and post
pone putting in debating machines.
4:30-Boss raises his salary and fires beau
tiful stenographer.
5-Home with box of chocolates for
beautiful dark.haired wife.
We suppose that the anthem of the
sugar administration will be THE Watch
on the Saccharine."
General Crowder did we'll to appoint a
young woman to pick out the capsules in
the draft lottery for men of twenty -one
Young women have always been experts in
conscription.
People in Paris don't worry as much
| about German names as we do in Phila
| delphia. We notice that the telephone
number of the Stars and Stripes, the A
F. +. newspaper in France. is Gutenberg
1895"
An American battery in France has
named two of its guns Betsy Ross" and
| Elsie Janis" which shows a genial choice
in heroines. When they are looking over
the list of American ladies' who might be
SO honored we hope they will remember
Julia Ward Howe.
| II they do name gun after Julia Ward
Howe it ought to be a big one. Might we
with apologies. call Il Jislia Ward How
| itxer? - &ocRATE6,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
THE WEEKLY CHEER

Once n week the Berlin populace is per-
mitted TO gather in front of the imperial pal
ace and cheer some member Of the royal
family.--News item.
WHAT do you cheer for, German
" friends?
Why the applauding? Odd and odder
That Prussian hynotism lends
Such joy to being cannon fodder.
WHAT do you cheer for? For the hell
w That fouls and bloodes earth's green
F.. acres?
For oozing brain and charnel smell,
For shattered homes and village break
ers?
MTHY do you cheer?' For those great
w chiefs
Who have consistently deceived you?
Who are the cause of all your griefs,
Who starved and bullied and bereaved
you?
WHY do you cheer? For stunted
youth?
roT DlCttT gas 'lHdt TenuS anu
smirches?
For earth that has forgotten Truth,
For blackened orchards, broken
churches?
WHY do you cheer? To see earth
" strain
And stumble in her happy spinning?
Against such vast arrears Of pain
Can mercy even make beginning?
WHY do you cheer? For women's
tears,
For torture, bitterness and famine?
These hardly seem cause for cheers
When one takes leisure to examine.
A ND if there be, in some far place,
- An all-attentive ear for hearing
The tragic voices of our race,
Saddest must sound--your loyal cheer.
ing.
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
What Do You Kn0,U?

QUIZ
WIZ Il: Y:,.. f;%%:nd Of the Au"tr.n' on
3. what h the capitai Of Delnwarsf
3. Who "Chnese" Gordon?
Z. whs said. "As o man advances tn life he
!.Ss..:::;F !ss.s:; to sst'mats thinIs as thsif true
5. Whs ss Baron Rhsndda?
Q. Name the author Of lode to NiGhtinEals."
7. What 10 = hegesnony?
.. What is the mast imEcrtsnt ,manxfa:turans
0. When and what was the Peninsular WsPs
10. Who were the saddueees:
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
I. Cs~plexne; An .importsnt railway and supgly
sts. ssd HSs ~ ss f.ss ysfs Jsss sss "a
about farty-hve niles from Paris.
?. Dr.; W: W Cs|fert IL new uresident Of
8. NaYrow-Gause Paiiyead; One IN which the
:a ssss: h fs. ss i:s S.h. ss:" the
= .,s:..s s''s s.aa:::sf :sif':;e 81
s. Sir Waite: scot. yrs,. "The ,Js,Is9ss,,. 9
Sevfl q tine Crnsades and Richard cesur
q. joan Of Are; The national heroine sf France.
.. ''I.s brabanecane" t.'e' rvonaunceA softl In
the natlenai air Of BeIglun,.
.. ssTss M%;:lss; % W.. the foprih Psss'deat ef
ssIss.:ii, rs y III. i:.'''s''sa' ''''''''s !. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
SINCE YOU INSIST


1Hc lTyst
ACCORDING to tradition
"A The place where sweethearts m
Is meadowland and hillside,
And not the city street.
Love fingers when you say it
By lake and moonlight glow:
The poets all o. X. it
1t may be better SO!
A ND yet / keep my trysting
"A In the department stores:
l always wait for Emma
At the revolving doors.
1t might dismay the poets,
And yet it's wholly true
My heart leaps when l know it's
My Emma, pushing through!
TT MAY be more romantic
L BY brook or waterfall,
Yet better meet on pavements
Than never meet at all:
I want no moon beguiling,
No dark and bouldered shore,
When / see Emma smiling
And twirling through the door.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
On the Taxing Of Cats

Sympathy naturally goes out to the person
who proposes a tax on cats. There speaks
zeal without knowledge. A tax on cats would
be great loss to the Government. Only
dear old ladies with kind hearts and stall
fed unnatural cats would pay such tax.
and there are not enough such dear old
ladies to count. There are cats. of course.
millions of cats. but cats do not pay taxes.
And most cats have owners to pay taxes
for them. An owned cat is a rarity, and
would be still more rare IL cats were taxed.
II the Government desires to get rid of
cats, the way to do II is to offer bounty on
cat skins. but II seems scarcely worth while
A cat. left to ITSELF Is self-supportng. Leave
the canary bird cage open and the cat will
do the rest.
As a matter of fact, the cat ~ a problem
that has never been solved. 1t Is one Of the
eternal mysteries like woman. and which
came first, the bird or the egg The Egyp-
tisns had the good sense not to meddle with
cats. and our Government ought to be as wise
as ancient Egypt-Chicago News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
END THE FARCE

TIME nonpartisan judiciary primary law
s - has not produced the results which its
advocates anticipated. The Republicans
have voted to put Republican lawyers on
the bench and the Democrats have voted
for Democratic lawyers. And this year,
when two Supreme Court Judges are to be
elscted no voter may cast his ballot for
more than one under the provisions of the
Constitution. This means in all proba-
bility a Republican and Democrat will
- elected. And they would have been
e1octed just the same IL we had no non
rertisan primary law.
The State Bar Association has referred
b it, committee on law reform a resolu-
tton demanding the repeal of the law, and
inafructed Hampton l.. Carson, its chair
j0an, to prepare a bill dealing with the
aubject for presentation to the next Gen.
'etal Assembly.
1t II not known whether Mr.. Carson
w1n attempt to remedy the palpable de-
i1tctn In the law as it stands or will draft
Y 6eneral repeal bill But none but the
{&6orists will be grieved if his bill is one
(o repeal the existing act. The farce has
a1nued long enough for every practical
- ~ realize that it is a farce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
INTERESTING BUT UNIMPoRTANT

e FLOYD GEORGE says that the Entente
~ Allies are fighting for the principle
Tor which Ireland has been struggling
x He has also said that his Government
would stand or fall on his plan for home
rule and Irish conscription.
~ But conscription has been abandoned
hnd home rule is not so near as when the
tar began.
The British Premier's statements on the
Irish question are always interesting, but
unfortunately they have ceased to be i'm.
portant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
CAKES AND KINGS

sU4I3E amiable intent of the cablegram
- ANNOUNCING King George and Queen
3Gory's consumption Of one order each of
AMorican buckwheat cakes is entirely evil
Exut 1t was pleasant to record that Brit
@31fa monarchs visited the Eagle Hut in
X4alon and there did eat of the food pro-
v1dad for our soldiers.
xz Internationally the English censor was
6eliHhted to pass the dispatch and it's ten
8 90 one he never had qualm about it's au-
thenticity. With the least training in the
fsflories OF American gastronomy, however,
NJ suspicions would have been aroused.
"A row of Americans" asserted this
hfous report, "were devouring sand
<hos and pancakes" Here is loose Ian
xpoee indeed. and sufficiently insulting to
1oho any self-respecting griddled disk Of
& y1(~cdswheat batter flop back into the fire
1Aogust! Pancakes are aliens and have
~ been branded such. The real
rican breakfast table. where. If the
wheat cake does not daily reign su-
~ Il at least ever remains a glorious
4 ~ knows not these foreign "pastles"
ofFupted with eggs ruthlessly folded
end effemnized with jelly. the French
sfDlea u q dessert, not a staple The
but pitifully thin German variety,
'i1fod with lemon Juice, is monstrosity.
~ empire Of its origin.
Dancakes what King George was
- taste. far better had he initiated
otor Alfred and let his breakfast
>pubtless politeness restrained him.
oal state of the case and of his
1nts is revealed by the damaging
NJ he declined second portion.
- masGusrading products of Eagle
coDsry must have been pancakes
~ Indigenous buckwheat master
11uply soft. softly crisp born OF
PhRre pable nucleus. with proper
G1r ket wintertime. be-
~ 6ockoS shining with syrup, is
n@,l1G ~ ken misinformed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
SENSIBLE Mr.. BENSON

ALLAN l.. BENSON, who ran for the
"A presidency on the Socialist ticket In
1916 has formally withdrawn from the
party on the ground that it is now con-
troed by leaders devoid of Americanism
and by IAN anarchistic syndicalist mi
nority."
There was no other course open to a
thoroughgoing American who is Loyalty
supporting the Government in its prosecu'
ton of the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Won HERTLINC FIXES THE BLAME!

Won HERTLING tells
~ the Reichstag that "the responsibility
~ the continuation and immeasurabie
speolongation of the terrible war rests en-
ontireiy on the enemy Powers, for it goes
without saying that there can be no ques-
t>oh Of lessening our energetic defense or
Gear Win or of shaking our confidence in
yietory."
Just 80. If the Entente Allies will sur
fo3der to the Germans there can be peace
<tonorrow If they would only stop fight
rtng, Germany would be delighted. But
Way does not she stop fghting and end the
~ II She is so anxious for peace? She
- have 1t whenever she is willing to
&1n6it that she Is licked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
How 1t Seems to Margaret Deland,

Margaret Delapd. who went to Paris to
engage in war work after the death Of her
husband writes home: "Over in America
we thought we knew something about the
war and the conditions In France, but when
you get here the difference Is as the differ
enoe between studying the laws of electricity
and being struck by lightning have been
struck by lightning. The only way In which
] can keep sane and steady Ia to look very,
very closely at my own immediate little
trivial foolish job--writng or working in
the canteen, for II l dare to lift my eyes to
the black horizons, lose my balance"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
WHEN YOU WRITE

WE HAVE said it before, and we shall
w continue to say II. the kind of letters
to write to our men in France are letters
full of CHEEKY. encouraging and hopeful
gossip about home affairs.
When the good news OF the Tuckahoe
launching at Camden was cabled to France
the Stars and Stripes the A. e. F. weekly
newspaper. said editorially. That Is the
kind Of news We IKE to hear from the
States = chesry r. heartenins news.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The Piave now takes
IL Rose to the its place among the
Occasion other gallant rivers to
which we all owe
gratitude: the Marine. the Disc, the Aisne.
And the Piave seems to have a shrewd idea
of tactics it has done some excellent "infl-
tration" on its own account
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The news that American troops have
taken the last strip of Belleau wood" sug
gests that by this time they should have
enough timber to build a mighty fine struc-
ture of defense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

Save your old shoes runs new
.6noGan Of the leather men. Excellent advice
~ those Germans who contemplate march
~ to Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The watch on the Rhine" will be tick
ine less regularly when that American sector
IN Alsace is pushed forward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

If the dealers have no place to empty
the coal and release the cars. ordered by
the fuel administration, our cellar is at their
service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The Germans using convicts In their
front-line attacking force. This is one way
to get rid of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
4 Cure
or Kill Case

ITS easy to under
a Cure stand, Mr.. T a m o.
or Kill Case why our doctors have
been so eager to go to
the front. What makes you say that,
Mr.. Middleman?' why, because I've just
seen all Germany described as patience per-
soni6cd.' "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

Representative Kitchin wants the new
zone postal rates to go into effect before
the sentiment of the country has had time
to express itself
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

One of Kerenskys aides has arrived in
Washington and another in Paris-presum.
ably to discover whether they can find any
aids for Russia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The Belgian minister says that his coun-
try is bled to death; but the world will see
TO it that Germany does not get the corpse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The epidemic of cold which is said to
have held up the German drive seems 10
have settled in the feet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

"Wirtschaftskrieg, Germany's name for
economic warfare, sounds very dreadful, but
it's meaning will be still more dire should
civilization ever conduct 1t against the out
law nation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The French for bill is addition Z"
Somehow the word seems fully Americanized
nowadays
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

Is II possible that Providence sent US
the recent spell Of cool weather just to
remind us 10 be sure To get next wiutars
coal N belofe k's too Iats7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Mistakes Of Science

Prussian diplomacy proceeds on the theory
that a new victim Is born every minute
Washington Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

t The River Chianti is probably doing
some overnowing on its own account in Italy
~ now,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Like .Nut" Steak


Can't Mr.. Burbank give US vegetabi,
chop Chicago News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

If one regards Ike Deutsch as pawn,
his request for lone trial. seems only
natural
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-23
lletic Sports Help Make
 Soldiers for Uncle Sam

fair play such as are inculcated by well regulated sport would have aided in avoiding war.
 Now that American regiments are brigaded with the allied forces. won- derful Opportunity is afforded for the development of common play life. As the men join in games they --come to know, to understand, and the more fully to respect each other That does more than help in the war by improving physique and morale. It gives basis for mutual understand ing and international friendship that will be powerful agency to maintain peace by holding the allied nations together.
 When enough trained men and suf- ficient equipment can be secured and transported there will be an athletic director and ample athletic equip ment with each American regiment. A start in the same direction has been made by the American Y. M. C. A. workers attached to the French forces. Similar work is being car ried on with the British, Canadian and Australian armies by their own Y. M. c. As.
 But it will be upon the day that fighting stops that the athletic pro
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-23

buildings, countless barracks; and be- yond stretch miles of fine concrete roads that disappear into the haze of the Virginia woodlands.
 This officers training camp at Ouan- t1co, which has just been opened. is the first of it's kind in the history of the Marine Corps. It was established to meet the sudden need for 1900 new commissioned officers required in the increase of the Corps to 75.5OO enlisted men.
 They're Picked Men, Every One The Marine Corps follows the demo. Icratic plan of recruiting its officers from its own ranks-Marines who have demonstrated their fitness for appointment to the officers training camp. Every Marine in this camp is a picked man, selected from a Marine Corps post or training camp, or from la ships guard, by a selection board. whose duty it is to recommend the most promising Marines.
 Thousands of college men have en- listed in the Corps. Youth, health and sand" are conspicuous, and should make it easy to produce an efficient commissioned personnel for the Corps big increase.
 Mystifying to the outsider at this camp is the sight of students ram bling about, heads down in most un- soldierlv attitudes, passing their su-