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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
OUR MARINE SOCIAL SCALE

TT is not the size, but the distinction of
the Danish liner Frederick VIII which
stirs the hopes of port enthusiasts. Ships
of far larger tonnage have steamed up
and down our river, and of late the ship
ping board has been turning out several
12,000-ton freighters.
But the visit of the Frederick VIII
imparts stimulus of nautical aristoc-
.xacy. First-class liners are the peerage
of the seas. They stamp any port at
which they call as adult and authorita-
tive.
Years back one could embark from
Philadelphia on the home built American
liners, of which the city was justly proud.
No ships of similar standing in their
day replaced the once-admired Pennsyl-
yknia and her three sister vessels. New
York monopolized the passenger service
and the cargo boats trailed along, too.
There is sea snobbery as well as the land
variety.
The Europa recently started the eleva-
tion of our marine social scale The
Frederick VIII fortifies the ascendancy.
What we need now are few rakish pas
senger ships flying the Stars and Stripes.
Then we can afford to be humanity dis
dainful of the mere exclusively freight
ports, unvisited by Floating palaces
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

DROMOTERS of the Delaware river
bridge must feel encouraged by Gov
ernor Sprouts appointment of Congress
man Moore to the commission to arrange
the preliminary details for the construc-
tion of the bridge.
Mr.. Moore believes in the project. He
will be Mayor after the first of the year,
with power to push it through to frui-
ton Work should be we'll under way
before he leaves office.
The present Councils are expected to
provide $250,000 as the share of the city
in the cost of preliminary work. The
state has already appropriated $750,000,
provided the city sets apart similar
sum. New Jersey has appropriated
100000 for this year. When this city
sets aside $250,00O similar sum of state
money will be available, making round
$1,000,000 at the disposal of the commits
sion. This is enough for a beginning.
There is yet no agreement on the site
for the terminals. This matter must be
carefully considered in order that the
convenience of the greatest amount of
traffic may be served and that the open
spaces in the city may not be invaded.
1t is confidently expected that Mr.. Moore
will give careful attention to these mat
ters in consultation with his colleagues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
THE NEWEST MUSIC

HTF MUSIC be the food of love- play on. -
But not with pokers, cowbeils and ma
rooms.
Let barrage hardened warriors dote upon
The devastating efforts of the coons.
Let others jazz. if such be their delight:
Ny soul the brown skinned mipstrels
shall beguile
With strains that breathe the magic Of tba
In some Pacific isle.
Yea, as the soft Hawaiian melody
Floats dreamly across the polished floor
AS IN some tropic Eden shall see
Inc long, slow combers break upon the
shore,
And mastered by such magic, 7 shall frame
-, me vision of dusky maid and fair
Threading the languorous dance with flow
ers of fame
Twined in her unbobbed hair.
ana when the craze is over and the wave
lrks me by breaking on the coral strand
Yet other stunts my restless soul shall
crave
And L may jiggle to Balkan band
WIN stolid Eskimos vet NAV nranco
Or foot it with the Patagonian deft
" even try British native dance
when nothing else is left
-Touchstone in Continental Ed;tio, =,
the London Mail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
CAVlARE OR SARDINES?

WITH the acquisition of the George w.
w Elkins collection the projected new
art gallery in Fairmount Park will have
few rivals in this country. The Widener
pictures are promised. The Wilstach
paintings will be transferred from Me-
mortal Hall to the new quarters as soon
as the building is completed. Of the in
trinsic value of all this selected art there
can be no question Philadelphia as
civic entity will always be proud of it.
The attitude of the individual citizen,
however, opens an altogether different
field of speculation. Americans are ex-
ceedingly respectful of the fine arts. But
there is vast gulf between unintelligent
awe and the reverence that is born of
the intimate response which beauty
evokes in the sensitive spectator.
Art galeries-some of them of ex-
traordinary worth-are dotting the ma
ton. Those of New York, Boston, Balti-
more, Washington and Philadelphia in
particular are representative of a wide
range of periods and masters. Does the
barometer of popular appreciation meas
ure up to the standard of these estimable
exhibits?
With due respect for artistic develop
ment in still young republic, one must
conclude that it does not Students of
painting and sculpture-and their num-
bers are fast increasing-do, of course
derive the keenest enjoyment and high
inspiration from masterpieces on view
Yet the public as a whole is shy. There
is still to the average American some
thing cryptic and alternating about for
NAL gallery of paintings. Our favorite
pictures move.
Though regrettable the situation is by
no means irreparable. The blame, more
over, cannot be fatty lodged in the public.
The usual art gallery is anything but
stimulating in atmosphere to the chance
visitor. The place is somehow over
weighted with frigid solemnity. 1t is
often extremely dusty and embarrassingly
overcrowded with its offerings. Between
the choice of saunter through its halls
and seat for musical comedy, the or
dinary American-and not always the
despised ow-brow-will seldom hesitate.
Philadelphia, delighted to be the pos
SCISSOR of so much admirable art, has a
notable opportunity to make it really
enter into the consciousness of the pub
lie. The new gallery on tho eminence at
the Park entrance can be made to attract
with specific and gracious charms.
Cleanliness, comfortable seating ar
rangements, lectures, halls where appre-
citation may be fostered, pictorial displays
arranged with a view to whetting the
interest rather than in the Indifferent
manner which so quickly crushes it, can
render the place true Mecca-one that
is not mere figure of speech.
The forecast beauty of the structure
will be an obvious factor of allurement.
The addition of many more is possible
With the thanks which the city owes Mr..
Elkins and the other benefactors, there is
due a regard for its citizens. A genuine
interest in pictures, one that is without
affectations or "frills," is capable of di-
verting into the most ennobling channels
the whole course of our civic develop
ment. The donors have done their part.
We must reciprocate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
BIG FIGURES

THAT figures speak louder than words
is strikingly and interestingly cor
roborated in the record breaking volume
of bank clearings reported by the Phila-
delphia Clearing House Association for
October.
The turnover of checks through the
Clearing House last month reached the
unprecedented total of $2,094, $40 900 and
made the total bank clearings for the
ten months of the calendar year $17.974,-
1893 ,430.
Such figures are almost inconceivabre.
They tell volumes of the growing su-
premacy of Philadelphia as financial,
commercial, industrial and shipping
center. 1t is a record that our bankers
and business men can be well proud Of
1t shows that the city is still on the map
and getting liberal share of the nations
vast prosperity.
These are days Of big figures big
things and big efforts. 1t is in the air
and is highly contagious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
THE HIGHER CLEANING BIDS

WITHOUT going into the merits of the
new street-cleaning and garbage
collection bids, it must be admitted that
the city cannot expect to have this work
done as cheaply as before the war.
The price of labor has gone up. Men
will not work today for what they were
contented with five years ago. The in
creased cost of keeping the city clean is
a reflection of the increased cost of
everything
But if the city is kept clean the people
will not object to any reasonable ex-
penditure of money. The contracts will
be awarded by the present administra-
tion. Their specifications will be en-
forced by the new administration. The
assumption is that they will really be
enforced upon all contractors, whether
they are political leaders or not. This
prospect may have had some effect upon
the amount of the bids.
II may perhaps be fortunate for the
city that the bids for next year are
higher than ever before, for after 1920
the work of cleaning the streets is to be
done by the city itself, if the plans of the
charter trainers carry. By the end of
1920 it is hoped that prices will have
ofae down to more reasonable figure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
The Man and the Job

I'm telt, said Demosthenes McGnnis
that at every crisis in the worlds history
there's man to meet it. 'Tis true, but why
is it true?
'Tis true in the way that beehive, need
never lack queen. The man and the queen
bee are made by the stuff they feed on
Many a man who was great in a crisis
would have lived and died n nonentity but
for the crisis that made him.
Great men in embryo are as plentiful as
workers in hive.
Call it Divine Providence if you will
Why not? Is it not as reasonable for Divine
Providence to provide lots of material to
choose from as to provide one man for one
crisis?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Setting Up Fords

Ns''S w
A \ EXPERT mechanic at seven n dav
rise at the dawn when the east is still
gray,
And prompt begin when the last sirens blow
Screwng on nuts in an eight hour row.
The nut that turn is one hundred and nine
AS slowly before me, down the long line.
The skeleton cars come on ambient platform
Like ants on the back of measuring fat
worm.
| have less than minute to pick up the nut
To hold it secure, where the thread is first
cut,
10 balance it quickly and clasp it on tight.
Then around with the wrench, and turn 10
the right;
And there comes another ear, ready for me
And third and fourth, and on endlessly.
Till the siren shrils loud with its note YES
pertime,
When ] stop screwing nut one hundred and
nine.
]. Nj, BEATTY.
Huge Steamship Finds River Dee, ~
exults our enthusiastic headline yestehlay.
All, yes but little boat would find it deper.
If only the sense of humor were wider
spread, pIoclaims the Office cynic, here
would he lot more suicides in the In.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Moonlight

He threaded the shadows and byways
And the gimmering ways of the town,
Like an outworn waif of November
In wornout gown.
II
He sought for the faces and fancics
That were known of his sylvan retreat;
But faded were faces and fancies,
They had passed like wind in wheat.
III
He came in the mystical midnight
Where the waters of boyhood wer. gray,
And a weak wind crooned as he whispered |:
"All have passed away! !"
"
Softly he turned where Maytme
Was glad in n laugh Of gold
There on maple branches he played in
Was the moonlight he knew Of old
j. A, f.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

officers of the railway expressmen have
warned the members to ignore efforts ~
outsiders to get them to strike. They ne
'urea the wage board in Washington that
ample time would be given to digest the dat
submitted, and they will keep their word
they say There speaks the good union man
ana american as opposed to the Bolsheyik
and the /. w! w. 'NeN'h
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

'~S'S'udJS QulZ
/. Casimir I-ubomirsi is the first Polish
minister to the United States
.. The Mayfowcr is the presidential vocbt
8. A pyx is the church vessel in which CON
secrated bread is kept. It is also tho
box at the British Royal Mint in which
specimen gold and silver coins are de
posted to be tested at the annual
'trial of the pyx" by the jury of the
Goldsmiths' Company.
a William Allen Butler. New York
lawyer and writer, created the satirical
character of Miss Flora MacFlimsey
of Madison Square, ''who had nothing
to wear."
r. Jackson is the capital of Mississippi.
Doctor Hornaday and other American
ornithologists have suggested that the
island of Hegoland be used as bird
sanctuary.
r The next President Of France will be
elected in January.
G He will be elected by an absolute ma
iority of votes cast by the French
Senate and Chamber of Deputies,
united in national assembly.
q Pennsylvania is the state which produces
the most soft coal.
40. Koumiss is fermented liquor from mares
milk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

mines rather than demonstration for
better wages.
In the end the unions will suffer. They
will lose prestige because they have lost
battles.
The "borers from within" who are
using them for a political purpose are
bringing upon all labor organizations a
suspicion and dislike that is not deserved
by the rank and file. It is doubtful
whether one miner in a thousand knows
the plans and purposes of the men
higher up.
Mass sentiment in the United States
always is ranged upon the side Of the fed
eral government. The action of the gov
err;aent authorities virtually outlaws the
miners leaders and deprives them of any
chance of public support. AS we have
said, the injunction does not interfere
with the rights of an individual to quit
work But it does explicitly forbid use
of the facilities of peace for the creation
of something very much like war.
This government has never fought in
an unjust cause.
This is time to stand by the Presi-
dent, even though Congress, with the
caution that always afilicts politicians in
prediction years, seems bit uncertain
and indecisive. Mr.. Wilson has mani
tested willingness to sacrifice his party
for the good of the nation. He has given
additional proof of fairness, sincerity
and courage. The country will be behind
him to the end.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
ALONG THE DELAWARE

Det Forenede Ddmpskib Selsknb!
Polysyllabically awful;
Why do you haunt and pursue me,
Have done something unlawful,
That you should illuminate through me?
Det Forenede Dampskib Selskdbl
Is ii a curse or an omen,
Boding n hideous wonder
Hitherto listed by no men
Wilder than Jovian thunder?
Det Forenede Dampskib Selskab!
Have been lax in my duty,
Careless in mailing 'those letters"
Blind to some virtue or beauty,
Rude in the presence of betters?
Det Forenede DdmpskiJ Selskdb!
Have l been kicking a cripple,
Panning the league of the nations,
Overdisposed to my tipple
Barred by the new regulations?
Det Forenede Ddmpskib SelSkdbi
Have of drives been Il scoffer,-
Even with missions of merit
Quick with my Nothing to offer"'
Sinking away like ferret?
Det fOfeheue DdWpShtO cetShuO
What do l see coming toward me
Causing my cheeks to grow paler,-
Striding as if he would board me?
Can it b.? Yes, it's sailor!
"Det ForeRede Ddmpskib SelSkab.'
Stricken, kne,o he would say it,
Making shudder run DER me.
When, in a rush to allay it,
Swiftly he seeks to restore me.
"Det Forenede Dampskib Seiskab"
Shouts he. What phrase could be finer:
l can revive your backbone, sir.
I'm from the new Danish liner,
This is the comp'ny that owns 'cr-
"Det Forenede Dampskib SelSkob'
/ can explain your excitement
Nerves all a list and athwart, sir.
This is the happy Indictment
Something is doing in port, sir"
H. 7. c.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

If this comes to pass, then It will be easy
for the city to do the work in 1921 for
less than it will cost next year and the
contract system will, be condemned by its
own showing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Enterprise

There is storekeeper on South street who
apparently never overlooks the main chance.
Two women were looking in at the win
dow yesterday and he rushed out crying,
Come in, come in We've got 'em. We've
got 'em -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
What DO You Kno,o?
QUIZ

j. Which was the first state to mine sof,
coal? 'oi'
2, Who wrote 'Seven Lamps of Arcbit.o
ture"?
D. VINO was Charlotte Corday and whom
did she kill? ""oh
a. Where is the Firth of Forth?
.. Who was Mommsen?
t. What is the present population OF
Ireland?
Z. What is the meaning and origin of tbs
word persifiage?
s. What is a perimeter?
0. What is an earwig?
10. Whom did Abraham Lincoln marry?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

Humane Society representatives are
holding "A conference in Harrisburg. Won
der if they'll be able to find a comfortable
home for the goat that was wont to play in
the windows of the corner saloons?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
THE SAUCEPAN

is an insidous attack on our favorite break
fast food.
Motto Of the bridge builder: Life is but
span.
Speaking as one but imperfectly versed in
legal and slang terms, is or is not man
called to City Hall ON a John Doe summons
privileged to pass the buck?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

The captain of the Frederick VIII has
crossed the Atlantic more than 500 times.
And We'll wager the sea told him different
story every trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Llfe's Little humors

SIS Doctor Blank in?' asked the reporter
over the telephone.
al dunno" replied thick masculine
voice; "I'll see," And then in few min
utes "No, he amt here. Was he coming
to take BATH"
The reporter had been connected with
bathhouse instead of Doctors Office.
The destruction by fire of twenty five
hoSs and scores Of chickens at a nearby farm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

Philadelphia was second choice of the
Frederick VIII, which dOcked here yester-
day, but it'll be a first by and by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

The electrical bureau razed hello at the
MacLaughin home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

The first leg of the walk to Camden has
been made One of the bridge approaches
is in Council
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

MIR. Mitten says Mr..
Knocking Twining's questions
are lacking in con
structive thought, Mr.. Twining says there
isn't a single constructive, suggestion in any
thing Mr.. Mitten has put forward Speak
ing constructively each accuses the other of
using hammer without nails.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

North Penn victims hope that Justice s
leaden heels will eventually be equipped
with rubber
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

Camden $ fight against the Public Utility
Commission does not countenance even n
neutral zone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01
Topsy-Turvy Times


THE times are topsy turvy.
= Not thing is as it used to be.
Even the climates changed;
Change is in the air;
Ships are, too,
And under the water
Instead of only on the sea as formerly they
were.
Kings are off their thrones
AND emperors-sawing wood.
The worlds gone on strike.
No harmony anywhere:
Musical comedy has no music
And not enough comedy to keep you from
noticing it.
Modern poetry never rhymes
1t can have as few or as many feet as are
necessary
To put it across.
Stoves cook without fires,
Most dinners are cooked without cooks
Would that we could buy them without
Drinks have no kick.
Phones phone without wires
And the other day
l saw an orchestra
Conducted
BY leader without hair.
A. REBECCA BAKER.
Those who pray "Give us this dav our
daily bread will look upon the government
plan to prevent the strike as a scriptursl
injunction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

There is apparently no diminution #
the fuel of unrest supply.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

Orchestral notes are contingent on those
issued by the treasury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

'"o iu''''o''Hs "suies III the political
l. world who never fail to keep posted on
state conditions are Harry s. McDevitt. the
governors secretary, and W. Harry Baker.
the secretary of the Republican state com
mittee. Both of these live wires are as famiI-
lar with men and things in Harrisburg as
they are in Philadelphia, and neither of them
sights the rest of the state. McDevitt. who
close tab on the Governor here and MT the
Capitol and is an encyclopedia of official
life Harry Baker has his ear to the ground
from one end of the year to the other. and
not infrequently keeps the wires busy be-
tween Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. Baker, moreover, is the proud di-
rector of the only institution of its kind in
this section of the country, Republican
state headquarters actually owned by the state
committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-01

But there is always the question
whether the men who formulated the
miners demands really desired peaceful
settlements. The soft-coal unions asked
impossible things, Their strike is
strangely timed with other sweeping
labor demonstrations organized with a
frankly revolutionary purpose in France,
Italy and Spain.
Labor has been going over bodily to
the theory that you have right to any
thing that you can frighten or club out
of society. Recent big strikes have been
restricted to what the agtators refer as
the "key industries" and they are in
tended to weaken, disorganize or destroy
the facilities upon which the peace and
safety of modern communities are abso-
lutely dependent.
When such demonstrations are not
planned to weaken or change the estab-
lished order of government they are ar
ranged with view to forcing acceptance
of political and economic doctrines that
are distasteful to majorities everywhere.
The British railway men struck to
force the naturalization of major indus
tries They failed, though they were a
more powerful union than the, soft-coal
miners of the United States, The coal
strike appears like an effort to force gov
ernment purchase and operation Of the