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VII. summer now ner cOlOrS uOnS
l. In honor of campaigning days
In purple, crimson. gold and bronze
Her service ribbon she displays.
WITH goldenrod her sleeve is crossed
w Her service stripes. beyond doubt:
And on the maple, touched with frost,
The scarlet Chevron-mustcred out.
Eric Ludendorff. telling of his troubles in
the last German offensive. says that 'th"
numerous slightly wounded made things
more difficult by the stupid and displeasing
way in which they hurried to the rear
This was one thing which the Great Gen
cral staff pever did. They were at the rear
already
Boston is a good tempered city. A habcr-
dashcr on School street in that town was
plundered during the riots. He boarded up
his plate glass windows which had been
smashed by hoodIums, and posted the fol-
lowing notice:
Any Person Who Got Hats
Shirts. or Underwear, We
Will Gladly Exchange
For The Right Size
The Return Of the First
,TIS not with pomp of victory, dearest
L heart,
Nor blast of trumpet nor with roll of
drum,
But as worn pilgrims from some far Sinai
Tis so we come.
For we have felt the finger of the Lord
Grave old commandments on the palsied
heart,
And we have heard that only he is Hun
Whose idols are the High Gods of the
Mart.
We have no lurid tales for gaping crowds,
Though well we know the forced march and
the fight;
White faces, waiting for the gray of dawn,
The red heat lightning of the battles
night.
But best we know the hearts of simple men,
Old mothers toiling in the cot and field !;
And little children playing in the sun,
To whom we would be bulwark and the
shield.
For we have played with the petite Paulette
And handled kleiner Heinrich on our knee |;
Have heard the aged Grandmere tell her woe
Have heard, again, the gnarled old Nut
Ter ) pleu'
The heart Of mere and Mutter are the same.
Petite and kIeine in our hearts are wrought,
And now as pilgrims we are coming home.
The lips are silent. On the brow is
DONALD NJ. GALLEY,
Fifth Field Artillery.
One way of telling whether a weekly mag
azine is any good is to read it a month late.
II il still sounds like good sense, you can
safely risk a subscription.
lion Tanner WEEDS at 92-Headline.
Rem Zeen says it sounds like a pathetic
case of overconhdence'
We wonder who will get more sleep to :
night-Hampy or the Judge?
Eden Phillpotts has written n new novel
coued "a Storm in Teacup." One OF
Tho characters in it is called Philander
Knox. Is it possible that the eminent nov
eHst does not know he is plagiarizing from
tho birth certificates of Brownsville, Pa? =
Willard Wattles, the poet, was in towr
the other day, and told US a good story
which was told him by Miss Eloise Robin
son. Miss Robinson was doing canteer
work in France, up near the front lines
| One evening captain halted his compan,
near them, among the woods. His men wer,
| tired and he asked the eanteen workers /
! they could give them bit Of entertainment
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ut will be a landslide says Judge
Patterson. Who does he think will be
buried?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

Make no mistake about it. You are not
100 per cent American unless you have
voted.
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II Does

An observer writes
1t Does from the West that
the nation is blind to
the real extent Of the labor crisis. Perhaps
it is. But labor, too, seems to need the
services of an oculist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

Director Wilson evidently has pre-
monition of what is going TO hAppen today.
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had an enjoyable time. After the show was
over a rough and dusty looking sergeant
came up to Miss Robinson and said that
there was poem he would like to hear. He
said 1t would be appropriate there in the
forest. Miss Robinson asked what it was,
and the sergeant said 'Trees." by Joyce
Kilmer. She was little surprised that so
hard looking campaigner should be fa-
mliar with the poem. She said she didn't
know 1t perfectly, but he said he remem-
bcred few lines. Between them they pieced
out the verses and she recited it to great
applause. Afterward she was struck by a
twinkle in the sergeant's eyes and asked
him a question. YES he said, II wrote
it,"
Changelina
When I go walking
Down old paths we knew
And my hands are cropping hands,
just for you,
Then I marvel that true love
Could change so suddenly
From a fragrant growing shrub,
To barren tree.
FLOYD MEREDITH.
Drama In Four Lines
HE: Oh love is a sprite, he's a moon
touched fay
Whom the nightingale enthralls
SHE: No. Not on your life! He's a
practical kid
In suit of overalls!
THE BARD OF UPLAND.
Outside the Bookstore
W7ORN OUT books of worn out men,
w And worn-out gentlemen lingering
them over,
One for five or three for ten,
Calf bound sermons by Smith Of Dover.
Who was Smith that he got into print,
Dry as DUST but full of damnation,
Fashioning God with a heart sof flint,
Who cursed his offspring before their
creation?
With what a superior scofing glance,
Toss we the doctrines dead aside
Laughing that men could such views ad-
vance,
That others could follow what we deride.
But I wonder what the world will say
A hundred years from now or more,
When the Smiths of Dover read today
Clutter the shelves Of the old book store
]. NJ. BEATTY.
ReeIprocation
The general who medals pins
On heroes Of the nation,
The while the doughboy bashful grins,
Confers decoration.
The doughboy, all unkillable,
His general much cherishing,
Confers an extra syllable,
And calls him John ]. Pershing.
ANN DANTE.
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As to MOdeSty

Much to o-do is made
As to Modesty over the fact that Gen
eral Pershing parades
without medals while his aides wear many.
General Pershing doesn't need medals. The
world knows he has the goods and their
quality. \ golf player doesn't need to blow
his own horn when he has a gallery" to
blow il for him
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Art and
Sensibility

land, the formal presentation having been
made by Judge Alton 3. Parker Perhaps
the BARNARD statue is less 'artiStir" than
the st. GaudcnS Lincoln. which has been
given Il place in Westminster. but it NAV
be thar Manchester will be satisfied with the
'likcness' of the sad faced man by whose
side She suffered. Let it not be forgotten
that til" men and women of the Lancashire
town sided with the North in the Civil War
even though such espousaI of the cause
meant the loss of bread and butter.
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WITH goldenrod her sleeve is crossed
w Her service stripes. beyond a doubt;
And on the maple, touched with frost,
The scarlet ChevrOn-mustcred out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

1t is pretty hard to de-
eide today whether the
greatest menace to the
league of nations is at
gtOn.
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nERsONAL prcdilections count for a whnle

DERSONAL productions count for whole
l. lot in reading object lessons from
history. Violent opponents of the league
of nations may insist that the international
pact is only calamitous set of articles of
confederation. Burdens of proof are upon
them. The exasperating feature is that time
alone will reveal the full truth.
Meanwhile, for Americans of another COM
pIexion, a retrospect of Constitution Day is
food for rejoicing.
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Now and then, when we consider the
perishability of political reputation, we
permit ourself to wonder what happened to
the little button we once wore that carried
on its innocent celluloid the portrait of
Alton B. Parker. SOCRATES.
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THE CHAFFING DISH
The Veteran

THE Summer now her colors dons
l. In honor of campaigning days
In purple. crimson. gold and bronze
Her service ribbon she displays.
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Desk Notices

want to get deeper into the universe, or
quit. VACHEL LINDSAY.
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What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

1. Switzerland, because of its mixed popu-
lation, has three native names. What
are they?
.. When is bird said to be torquated?
3. In what country is it said that the ex-
Emperor Karl of Austria is planning
to take up his permanent residence?
4. What is the origin of the word tory?
5. What is the origin of the word whig?
6. What is the difference between latitude
and longitude?
Z. Who was Thomas Sheraton?
s. Why is fishing called the gentle craft?
o. What are widows weeds?
10. Which is correct, Welsh rabbit or
Welsh rarebit?
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lodge or
D'AnnunZiO?

Fiume or in Washington.
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IN THE spring Of 100 Congress was con
sidcring treating baIky Rhode Island as
foreign power. When the smallest state
did ratify the document it was only by the
narrow vote Of thirty four to thirty two.
Amendments as thick aS leaves in Val
Iombrosa were suggested during the pro
trartcd period when the American public was
making up its mind. Comparatively speak
ing the senators Of today are amateurs when
il comes to fault finding with the league
Of nations. From every conceivable stand
point the federal constitution was viewed as
document of grcvous error.
And vet the convention which closed op
September II. 1877. never rcaSSembed. The
pact was never rewritten. NUt ono of the
eighteen amendments now affixed to it was
adopted until after the instrument in its
original form had been unanimously adopted
by the thirteen states. Franklin was right.
The sun was rising. Years later it was
darkcncd by the Civil War, but it never set.
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Eric Ludendorff. telling of his troubles in
the last German Offensive. says that 'th"
numerous slightly wounded made things
more difficult by the stupid and displeasng
way in which they hurried to the rear
This was one thing which the Great Gen
cral staff pever did. They were at the rear
already.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

The BARNARD statue of
Lincoln has at last
found a resting place
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plseusslon q nursery Need.

Discusslon Of Nursery Needs
The Philadelphia Association Of Day
Nurseries will hold meeting at the
College Club, 1900 Spruce street, this
afternoon. to discuss the need for day
nurseries for negro children in specific
districts of Philadelphia and the type
of nursery most desirable. The speakers
will be John Emlcn, Clarence White,
Miss Julia Jones and others. An open
discussion will follow,
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force and must take the consequence. y
The heaviest part of the sentence, the
News adds, is contained in the economic
and financial terms. eve demand" it
continues, both the golden eggs and
the corpse of the ghost that would lay
them IL is hardly an exag
geration to say that Germany is first
stripped naked and is then told TO turn
out her pockets"
The News argues that but for the
covenant of the league of nations the
treaty would not be peace, but Il
truce.
The Herald, the labor organ, roundly
dcnounccs the whole treaty, saying:
"Thcrc is no honor left for any oI
us. The league of nations is n body
without soul. President Wilson has
been beaten. He compromised on essen
tails, and, therefore, the details have
gone astray.'
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WILSON'S OPTIMISM,
HOPE OF LIQUOR MEN
Dealers Think Treaty Will Put
Him in Mood for Revoking
Dry Order

Atlantic City. May ProphcsiCs
that when President Wilson returns fror
France with tho peace treaty in his
pocket he will be in mood so cheerful
that he will wipe all war legislation, in
Guiding war prohibition. off the slate,
turned tho closing session of the Ma
tional Association Of Retail Liquor
Dealers into n joy celebration at the
Hotel Traymore today.
State associations today were Cmpow
cred to take all proper measures to send
back homo as soon as possible all state
legislators who. despite the aid long ac.
corded them by saloonists, voted to af-
firm th" bone dry amendment. Nci
Bonner is to arrange the "dOwn nnt
ont club program in the Keystone
State. Attention was called to tho fact
that six supporters of the amendment
in Massachusetts already have been put
upon the toboggan.
j. J. Dohcrty, Of Boston. and George
r. Carroll. of Jersey City. are riva
dCncy.
The convention today 'appealcd tc
all fair minded citizens to lend their
moral assistance in helping to offset the
enforcement of an unfair and un Amer
ican attempt to deprive vast majority
of the people of the nation Of tho funda =
mental privilege granted through the
adoption of the original constitution by
the founders OF the greatest nation on
the face of the earth
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WAR VETERAN CAUCUS
CLASHES FORESEEN
Opposition to Regulars" and
Negroes Crops Up When
Session Opens
LEGION CREED SUGGESTED

st. Louis, Mo-. May S.-Thc Amcri
can Legion. composed OF mcu in tho
military or naval service of the gov
crnmcnt durfng tho war. opened n
three day session here today with moro
than a thousand delegates. representing
virtually every state in tho union, pres
ont. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt. Of New York. presided.
Tho sessions of the various temporary
committees during the past two davs
have brought to light many differences
Of opinion. Foremost among these i,
the diSScnsion between the Nationa
Guard and the regular army.
An effort is being made ON tho part
Of national guardSmcn to exclude rcgu
lar army mon from the legion. al
though tho temporary executive com
mittcc has voted TO open tho Nom
bcrShip to all men and women who
saw sorvir" in the war. Lieutenant
Colonel Rcnnot Clark, son of Chamr
Clark. of Missouri. and who few
days ago told tho National Guard con.
rcntiOn here that "thc regular army
must be smashed" now is tho leader
of th" forces fighting for recognition
of the regular army in tho legion.
Another question brought up today
was that of admitting negroes to mem
bcrShip. \ group Of southern dele
gates proposes that they should form
an auxiliary organization.
Tho report of the committee Oh rrccd
which has been adopted by the tom
norary rxcrutiv" committee and place.
hofor" the convention. states that tho
American Legion has tho following def
mite purposes
|. To inruratc the duty and obi
CATION Of citizenship.
. TO preserve tn" history aud i'll
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Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
"Such an agreement between Great
Britain and the United States, agreeing
to give military and naval protection to
France. should Germany ever commit
an unprovokcd war upon her. is. to my
mind, good,
II think We owe it to France to at
ford hcr that protection should sh'
ever need it. to safeguard her security
as q nation"
Reuben o. Moon. former Congress q
man. an authority on international IA"
"It is impossible TO give an Intelligent
opinion of hand but it was my OPINION
that the league of nations was lntcnd
ed TO obviatc the necessity for Just sue"
alliances. thought that under inc
league nations. every country, ln'ludlhl
the nitcd states and Great Britain
was to 90 TO the aid of Franco when
ever attacked by Germany or any one
else.
Alba johnson. president of the Bald
win Locomotive Works: This treaty
as it has been outlined in the press
sCCms TO bc entirely satisfactory. II ha'
IMPRESSED me most favorably in every
respect. There are reservations. I"
course. but taken on tho whole. from
the American point of view, the treat!
seems to have bccu admirably designed
"Gcrmany is permitted to survive n'
rTI;. &c il SlnIflT
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LONDON NEWSPAPERS
DIVIDED ON TREATY
Some Think Conditions Too Sc
we're, Others Too
Mild
N0RTHCLIFFE IS CRITICAL

London. May S.--CBy 4. PD--Thc
peace terms, while receiving consider
able approval from almost the entire
London press. do not escape from sharp
criticism on certain points. The obicc-
tions center mainly on the question Of
financial compensation from Germany.
Some newspapers are dissatisfied be-
cause they consider tho terms too SO
we're. Others think they are not severe
enough.
The Morning Post thinks Germany
will not accept unless under durcs. and
says "thc indemnity conditions are un-
satisfactory and do not fulfill the cleo
ton promises of the British govern
mcnt. -
Tho Daily Mail (owned by Lord
NorthrliifcD fears Great Britain will
find the terms very far short Of the
pledges made by Premier Lloyd George.
| II adds:
"If tho summary actually represents
the text. tho provisions are good on
the military and naval side. but dan
gcrously full of Ioopholcs on the inan-
cial side
The treaty is described by tho Daily
Telegraph rs stern and stringent
throughout. although without a trade
of the brutal exercise of mere vic
| torious force. 1T is rigidly peace of
! JUSTICE" the Telegraph adds.
The Daily Chronicle thinks the con-
| ference missed an opportunity as re-
CARDS Poland.
The treaty cmbodies the most Sc
we're sentence ever passed upon great
| organ). says, and continues:
"Gcrmany is handcuffcd and in
irons from top to toe. She appealed to
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cidcnts of our participation in this
war.
3. TO Ger cnt the ties of comrndc
ship formed in service.
4. To protect, assist and promote the
general welfare of all soldiers, sailors
and marines.
). TO encourage the maintenance Of
individual and national efficiency TO
the end that the American people shall
never fail iu their obligation to
humanity.
q, To maintain the sacred doctrine
of undivided and uncompromising 10y.
atty.
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U-BOAT CHASER BURNED
Crew Saved When 343 Is Destroyed
in Bermuda

IIomeward bound, after months of
exciting serv,. in the war zone, tho
American submarine chaser No. 3i;I
was burned late Wednesday while at
Hamilton, Bermuda. Several Phila :
crew. among them John A. Whitcraft.
uuartcrmastcr. and Alden johnson, of
Havcrford. Both were reported safe.
Seven mon from the entire crew wcrc
injured in the blaze. one of them scri =
ously.
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ably resign as governor at the end Of
next week, and this will make Senate
President William n. Runyon, of Union
county, acting governor.
Governor Edge said he regretted leav-
ing the state as its chief. especially be-
fore all the New Jersey boys in the
fighting forces may have returned from
France. Mr.. Runyon will serve until
January, 1920, when the newly elected
governor is inauguratcd.
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TREATY ACCEPTABLE,
!. SAY BUSINESS CHIEFS
Pepper Sees Compromise and
Thinks U. S. Needs Skillful
Representative.
NOT TOO SEVERE, VIEW HERE

Constitutional amendment may be
necessary. in the opinion of George
Wharton Pepper. 10 provide means OF
selecting the right sort Of representative
of this country on the executive council
of the league of nations.
Mr.. Pepper gave this opinion in dis
cussing published terms of the peace
treaty. Several other leading Phindcl-
phians. in interviews. expressed favor
able opinions on the peace treaty pro
visions:
The treaty appears to comprise two
classes Of provisions. said Mr.. Pepper.
"provisions of the first class are those
which subject Germany to some of the
consequences Of her crimes. This must
have been by far tho easier part Of the
peace problem to solve.
Tho second class arc those which
postponc for, future decision all the more
difficult questions which affect the peace
of the world. Apparently II is proposed
that these shall at some time b" decided
by the executive council of tn" league OF
nations if and when that body comes
into effective existence.
Tho decisions reached by tho Peace
Conference arc subject to ratification by
our Senate. The decisions reached by
thc cabinet of the league of nations upon
the vital matters referred to it arc not
subject to revision b.. us or by any
nation.
'Thc wisdom Of leaving great future
problems TO the decision of an intcru1
tional voting trust has been widely dis
cusscd From now onward We must
consider also whether this would be a
safe tribunal to intrust with tho final
settlement of all tho present difficulties
which have proved too great for the con
ference,
Need Skilled Pilot
"If we assent to such plan Of refer
ence wc shall want the wiScSt and sancSt
representative in the voting trust that
this nation can produce. ITo must not
be hastily chosen. Legislative action
and perhaps constitutions amendment
will be necessary TO determine the man
ncr of his choice. 1t may hC that the
league of nations is a carefully con
structed airplaue, but it will surely
come to grief even under favorable
weather conditions unless it is handled
by pilot who prefers plain sailing to
looping the loop.
Judge j. Willis Nartin--"It appears
TO be very scientific document. It has
been prepared by a thousand experts
aud I should call it an admirable piece
of work. Possibly it would have been
better to leave the league of nations
agreement for a separate document aS it
might run the risk of involving matters
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GOV. EDGE RESIGNS SOON
viii Take Seat as Jersey Senator al
Extra Session

Trenton. May S.--Whcn the special
session of Congress, called by President
Wilson to convene on May 10, is called
to order. Governor Edge will take his
scat as the new United States SeRator
from this state. he says. lie will prob
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machinery for the peaceful settling
OF differences does other than recon-
mend compromise which the United
States does not under the League
covenant have to obey. In all other
respects these bodies are mere in
struments for conference by rcpresen-
tativs for dev.s.ng plans which are
subm tied 10 the various governments
OF the League FOR their voluntary ac-
ceptance and adoption.
"Ne are Informed that the Peace
Commiss on. now sitting in France.
appointed ID draw up terms Of
{ caty between the Allies and the
Central Powers. shall preset for con-
urmat.on to the United States Senate,
Treaty Of Peace embodying u its
integrity a provision for a League Of
NDii9ns such as ! have described
"Thls seems TO be 10 me unfair 90
the countries OF Europe who are still
at war; and equally unfair 90 the pa
tr.oic citizens OF the United states
III is very important that The peace
terms be concluded signed and our
soldiers be allowed to return from
LN olff anu iNaA uueluto- tuuliliuN.
throughout Europe should become
settled The greater the delay ln
this. the greater chaos. uncertainty
and damage done 10 those nations in
volved
'W IN the Treaty or Peace and the
Constitution Of a League OF Nations
entwined into one article, either
peace must be delayed OF the United
States accept the Leazue OF Nations
with these uncertain powers.
Right 10 Consider Steps Taken.
Before the In ted states should
sacrifice those trad tions which have
made us great. the American people 1
should have the right 10 consider
well the step to be taken. Publicity T.
should be gwen 20 the proposition T.
from one end OF this land to the
Jther."