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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
POINCARE AS OUR GUEST

nIRECTLY in line with the doctrine of
international friendship so forcbly en-
phasized by Mr.. Wilson in his Manchester
speech is the announced decision of Ray.
mond Poincare. President of the French
republic, to visit the United States at the
conclusion of the Peace Conference
Something more than a mere exchange
of courteses will result from such an un-
dertaking. Even discounting much of the
enthusiasm ELECTED by our own President
in France as an inevitable convention, the
Inherent psychological effect of his pres
ence there cannot legitimately be disputed
Similar influences will work for good
when NJ. Poincare comes here, The salient
attributes of American character and Amer
lean craftsmanship are pretty clearly uu-
derstood the world over. French traits are
continually puzzng the outsider. America
misjudged them grievously between 1870
and 1914, and new riddles have even arisen
in this reconstruction era. NJ Poincare
will be enabled to perform some valuable
services here of deeper worth than the
mere spectacular flash Of good feeling.
That he is the type of leader to grasp
such opportunities is incontestable. No
President of France since the Third En-
pire fell on September /, 1870, has 50 Wig
orously impressed his personality and pur-
poses on his fellow citizens as has this
scholarly and patriotic executive Loubet.
Fallieres, Faure and their kind were over
shadowed by their Premers, Despite the
eminence of men like Vivian and Clemen.
ceau, Raymond Poncare has remained q
dominant figure in the republic. America
will be proud to welcome him on his own
high merits
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Dr. Henry S. Tanner
Fasting and Fame who won notoriety in
1880 by fasting for
forty days, has just died at the age of eighty
seven years in the county hospital at San
Diego, Cal His experiment. attracted interna-
tional attention, and church people were in
tensely interested in it, for they assumed
that if he succeeded, then the authenticity
of the forty days fast recorded in the New
Testament would be established, Doctor
Tanner made another bid for public attention
in 1913 when he asked Mrs Emmeline Pank
hurst, then visiting this country, to marry
him News of his death was telegraphed
throughout the country. when men who have
accomplished much more are allowed TO die
with no notice taken Of them outside Of their
own community.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
To a Lady Running for a.,
r.. a., -, t.t..~t'
." lTQLn ,.. ...,

MOT irresDonsive to hint of ankles,
~ Not without certain soft derision ). iii
For flashing heels, preposterous !
AS engines of this haste -r.
fall in sauntering with long ease behind
her,
Bralsing even my usual twenty minute do
thirteen gait
Lest shall overrun her snailing with furious
seven-inch steps. .H,, -,
That comfortable half-there leeway; of the
whole time grant ''''.'' = = 'tf
1 hear in unconsulted- certainty within my
waistcoat pocket. . .,.,..
Nor turn a hair when down the line
Wheez. Cluff! Ouch! Cluf! train! ''1
Leaps then my lady full major third put
of her furs- ., =.... 49,. r..
ciel! Has she no watch' Oh. yes but win
she trust - "a ?.
Or even Check up with it? -. So.
Oh, no. =. .u,-..
Further, can it be doubted that she has
allotted
At least one half hour by some credible clock.
!nfallible chronometer of the kitchen. say?
Verify.
Yet 10, this sprint -" 49,
Frantic, disintegrating. synchronizing pun
- with onsweeping puff, e.. -, wa. )
Scuffiing on nonaccelerable heels, ,,sr.
Generously redeeming promises lodged in q
hint of ankles.
/ let out link (
OF course, that's the express and equally, a.
The lady knows as well as. that the town
local -. -
Can't very well climb over it. " s. 90 ',''
But every day for every year she, could
digest this pedal lesson .: a..
Yet-scurry at the near snort of the superior
threat u , '' ,'a'"F
! have let out link .. -.
NO sharp addendum, two more inches in. q
lazy stride, perhaps
And dubitate whether it were not charity
To collar her. ...."' .'r.kr'":
Thinks she to glance around and learn of
that long loafng line behind?,. A
She thinks not. ~ ';F'' ."
l should be glad to translate nonchalahce
for her, t.-,, - ID. - ~
Founding the gravel in her, wake with a
deliberate halt '''' D'ft
But there she futters on and after all
These be ankles = - -.
Breathless but swollen Of triumph she pulls
up at length
And the express yields her a slap in the
lace.
Five minutes later she rushes the local
Dawdling in
And surrender slim farewell for the laddsr
TO rummant smoking CAR I ~
STANLEY * WILSON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

1919 constitute betrayal Of ideals now
very precious to the whole mass Of man.
kind
The President, mastery in his inter-
probation of popular sentiment, de-
cared in Manchester that the league Of
nations must be full partnership for
the right or America would not enter 1t.
Something wider than national policy
was there expressed. Sound liberal
opinion everywhere unquestionably sub
scribes to it.
The hope that secret treaty huckster-
ing will go is stimulated by that fact.
In spite of immediate clouds, the faith
that men will in the end not be blind to
the wars appalling lessons is very pas
sionate. Furthermore, it is most encour-
aging that the hidden theme is up for
discussion. 1t was never so dangerous
as when quiescent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
1T is ABOUT TIME THE LAW WAS
ENFORCED

VNHAT happens when law is not en-
w forced was again illustrated on New
Years Eve, when two persons were killed
BY firearms and a third was wounded
No one is supposed to be allowed to carry
a pistol without a permit, and no one may
shoot pistol or gun in the streets unless
he is authorized by the proper authorities.
Yet at every celebration for months.
when the people have been crowding the
streets, some one has been killed by pistol
shot.
II there were no pistols in the crowds, no
one would be killed. But the police ap-
parently do not interfere when men and
boys use firearms.
A rigid enforcement of the law would
prevent the shocking accidents" that have
marred the popular rejoicings pre-
lminary proclamation forbidding the carry.
ing of guns and the summary arrest of
every one found disregarding it would
quickly make the streets safe for innocent
participants in street celebrations,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

paid coaches and meddlesone alumni and
the tendency to concentrate interest and
attention on picked squads will be dis
couraged by popular opinion. II will he
well If, when college athletics really come
back" IT can come with something OF the
broader and more human systems that
have prevailed for years abroad. and es-
pecially in English universities, where
sports are mixture Of art and science
developed and maintained not for the sake
of a universitys reputation, but for the
sake Of the youths OF the land whose par.
ticipation in all games gives them a train
ing and temper not available to the
undergraduate who is only permitted to
sit in the beachers and exercise his lungs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
NOT YET. BUT PERHAPS SOON

TNHE suggestion Of the London Express
that the Prince Of Wales come to Amer
lea for bride is not likely to be taken seri-
ously by any one. But IL the prince really
wanted a bride fit to be a queen, he could
find scores of girls In this city qualified
by beauty, grace and intellectual capacity
to adorn any station In the Old World.
And it would improve the royal British
stock to replenish 1t with fresh blood. But
that is not matter of great Importance,
for there is less interest In royalty and
its preservation today than at any other
time for centuries. England Spain and
Italy are the only considerable Powers in
which royalty still survives. 1t has dis.
appeared in Russia, Germany and Austria
Hungary, where democratic governments
are now forming 1t remains in England
merely as a symbol or rallyng point for
the scattered portions of the Empire.
Yet if the Prince OF Wales were to be
allowed to choose his bride without regard
to her titled ancestry, he would doubtless
be delighted with the opportunity Of com.
ing to this country, where he would be sure
to find a girl to his liking. other royalties
have found such girls here, but, alas! they
have had to go back home wifeless, for they
could not get the consent OF their families
TO such union. and the American girls
would not consent to enter union which
dissolved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

THE best that can be said of former
i Superintendent Robinson. as he returns
to his berth at the head of the Police De
partment. is that if he were fit for his job
he wouldn't accept 1t.
The normal pride OF almost any man
would compel him to steer aloof from a
position in which earlier failure had been
conspicuous enough to bring discredt on
the community.
A sense Of tolerance may be general If
Robinson's friends wish merely to let him
serve the short tour of duty necessary
before he can retire under the service pen.
sion fund. Otherwise, unless the Ware
Smith administration is ready openly to
antagonize all the decent sentiment of the
community. it has made an extraordinarily
bad beginning for the new year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
Whai DO You Kno,v? j
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q. What colors are in the flag of ,RnmaHla:a
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8. What Is a Iaburnume ~
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5. The Mont-Csns tunnel runs under ths west.
rance and Italy. nfs nsaISA SA sishs hs't%n:. niiss
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE SPORTS

THERE is moving significance in the
- fact that much Of the activity # those
who are working 10 bring college athletics
back" is inspired by thoughts Of men like
Hobey Baker. who can return now only
IN the memory Of the multitudes who knew
and admired them, Whatever doubts may
have grown up about intercollegiate sports
must have vanished in the last year. Every
college athletic field contributed brilliantly
90 the work Of war,
Like numberless other institutions Of the
easy-going days Of peace, however, college
y,Athletics will never be the same again.
ld'he spirit of criticism and the regard for
settet ethics now felt everywhere in the
IND. p,hs .ill serve to wipe out many of the
vsps N lat formerly existed in the inter
lngy Mssystem of sports, The harsh and
palhlns professlonalisTp ,fosteTed by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
The Horrors of Peace

Douglas Fairbanks writes: Some day
/ propose to write a novel. The main rea.
son for this determination is the fact that
I have never written one. BY SO
doing will expand my imaginative facul-
ties and thus prolong their usefulness The
fact that not one novel in a thousand is
likely to measure up to masterpiece
over a winner If possible"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
The Anatomy Of Melancholy

MELANCHOLY is the privilege of hu-
A'A man beings. Horses and dogs, ee-
plants and canares may suffer extremes
of pain want or discomfort; they are not.
] think, melancholy, which is a pain, of the
mind and implies some power to consider
the world as a whole. Melancholy is Ger.
tainly very superior gesture of the in
tellect 1t is not to be confounded with
peevishness. IT is proud misery: man
never feels so elevated, so entirely wise, as
in his melancholy fits
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
Senator Hoke Smith cannot underst.,

Senator Hoke Smith cannot understand
why President Wilson can seriously consider
so impossible and impracticabe" plan as
that for League of Nations. And we can
not see how Georgia can seriously consider
soyimpossible and impracticable ., man as
Hoke. - fh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
General Pershing,s Coblenz order IL |

General Pershing's Coblenz order is in
tended to let the Germans know that peace
is not yet made and that war conditions
enforced by the occupying army must be
respected, willy nilly. The sooner the Ger
mans recognize that they are conquered tho
better it will be for their comfort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

1t is surprising TO learn that a riot in
Posen caused ignace Jan Paderewski to faint.
Judging by his valor in the concert hall, We
had thought him proof against the nervous
shock of any tumultuous uprising
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Belfasts Sim Fein prisoners are re-
ported playing revolutionary tunes on
instruments made from kitchen utensils" and
it's safe TO bet that the opposition got thor
oughly vigorous pannng.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

The Brooklyn Rapid
ReapinE Transit Company,
what l. S"wn with its consistent
record Of bad service
and arrogant manners has gone into the
hands Of receiver The New York New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, for
similar reasons, met a similar fate soma
years ago. This IS the familiar fruit of in
stitutiCrs which persstently antagonize the
public, irritate It with incompetent admins.
tration and at times inperil its life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

One war that never
where Peace will be settled that
Conferences Are Useless will go roaring
down the line of
time long after all the nations have settled
down to ways of permanent peace Is that
which RACES between the "wets" and the
"drys."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Surely these are dream days in England
Count Plunkett, just elected to Parliament
by the Sim Fein, had to be released from jai
before he could take his seat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

II must appear to any
They "on' rational-minded person
Believe You that the news from
Europe is adequate to
assuage the anNieties OF those politicians
who have been worried sleepless over the
likelihood of a third term for Mr.. Wilson
If the President has any special craving
nowadays it must be for rest and peace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Nndlcated who long ranked with
his collaboration and
brotu,r Victor, as Of the leading
writers Of France, are mitgated in part by
the fact that at least he lived to see the justi-
hcat.on of his conception of his country's
destiny The two authors Were sons of Cen
eral Jean Auguste Marguerite, mortally
wounded in superb Yet fruitlcss cavalry
charge at Sedan In 1870, Perhaps their most
important literary achievement, in addition
to the novels was their history Of the Franco.
Prussian war embodying their earnest belief
that French courage and French military
genius would once again thrill the world
NIndication Of his forecast must have been
sweet TO Paul Marguerite.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Pluck carried the French armies to glory,
Pluck. under the other definition, seems TO be
the watchword of not a few French states,
men,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

The responsibilities of this new year
are heavy enough to make it feel old at the
very outset.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

The ex-Kaiser will be getting jealous OF
poor old Torquemada If he learns Of the
outrages now being committed in reference
TO his name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
ReTiescat

Here Wilhelm sleeps. For Mercy's sake, A.,
Tread softly friend, lest he should wake,
Oliver Herford, in The Laughing Willow o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Man blasted his road with dinamyte"
screams our Bolsheyist manifesto, And his
spelling likewise
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
THE GOWNSMAN

thing feels therefore that he may speak
with authority on all others. One who knows
little law gives forth delverances on state
craft for the instruction and enlightenment of
potentates. And he who can translate some
prehistoric inscription-or has imposed on the
world belief that he can--becomes, there
lore, an authority on the latest air route to
Japan Oliver Goldsmith was not content to
be the foremost stylst OF his time. a master
alike in drama. essay and fiction but he was
even more proud of his skill as a gamester
wherefore he died heavily in debt He was
einulous one day of the feats of an acrobat
wherefore he fell over a chair and barked
MS shns. Alas. poor Noll.
DOSSIBLY. like much else, egotsm is only
matter of degree Consciousness Is in
separable, from life and self-consciousness Is
only a more concentrated a more centered
consciousness and or to egotism and it's
excess in vanity and mogalomania. II is not
only the weak no are cgotstc Indeed
some of us float ordinarily below the line OF
a proper appreciation of ourselves, water
logged with the notions prevalent at the
moment, which ooze in on all sides and
leave us at the mercy of every wave and new
current. However, some of the strongest
men have been quite conscious of their
strength Artists, authors, musicians and
the like irritable genus exhibit an eXasperat-
Image Of the ego and there Is something
about religious ministration which-well, not
to mince matters-justly herds together
many of the cloth into class, not wholly
male nor yet quite female. As TO such AS
make profession of that art which we all
exercise, the criticism of others, it was said
OF one such that his love of letters centered
in the middle vowel of the alphabet ana
stopped there. Certainly his charity never
extended to the fifth, for there is nothing so
repugnant to the true egotist as excellence
in others.
CTlLL great men are not infrequeatly ego
~ tistic Greater men lose themselves in
the largeness of their ideas, their art their
projects. Carlyle was a grumpy egotist;
Whistler waspish one. Bernard Shaw Is
an eXasperating egotist against whom there
is only one remedy: Don't read him" And
there are not wanting examples of any Of
these much nearer home, did not politics,
discretion and good taste forbid the naming
of them. On the other hand, il is difficult for
the man of average self-assertiveness of the
possessed of a woodpile wherein an African
of greater or less stature and blackness Is
not continually hiding The last thing that
Neritable egotist appreciate Is disin-
terestedness In anybody other than himself.
and In himself disnteres edness Is commonly
an optical illusion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Mr., Daniels's notion Of disarmament
seems to he power strong enough to make it
universally compulsory
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

NTELANCHOLY is of two kinds II may
4'A be settled philosophy or habit of
thought, incllning the individual to a dark
ened view Of life and its problems; or it
may be only a transient mood due to some
vivid momentary realization of human NAL.
adjustments. 1t is not to be scoffed at.
because 1t may be due to the most trifing
causes such as the contemplation of work
undone, or surfeit of pastry, or a choked
pipestem when no' cleaners are handy.
melancholy founded upon trivial matter
may rapidly spread. like ripples in a pond
filling all the mind with active pulsations
Of discomfort touching upon innumerabIe
topics, such as municipal government, the
price Of beef and the activities of the Boil
sheviki Again. melancholy may be due +,
self-pity, or TO pity Of others. A man may
pity himself because he is so poor that he
has no run, or because he is so rich that
he has no fun, or so wise that he has no
fun, or because others are pitying him
This form Of melancholy is agreeable hut
transitory. man may pity others be-
cause they are unlike himself or he may
pity them because he sees them baft,ed by
insoluhle problems. This form Of melan.
choly is to be encouraged
II FACT, all forms of Just mechanically
are to be encouraged, A thin and ouar
ulous melancholy based upon the minor
horrors Of life, such as the growth os
boards that must be shaved or the reoes.
sity of having some jolly japery ready for
NOV
couragement and careful solicitation. grow
into tender sympathy for all human
woes. Think Of the brooding melanchoIv
of car conductors, before whose eyes is
dali enacted panorama OF human dis
tress which they are helpless TO relieve
man VINO Is never melancholy is either
cruel or insensible. | have seen lately n
number OF statements to the effect thar
the Kaiser is very melancholy at Amer.
ongen. This is not So He may be peeyish
or disappointed or insane; certainly he ia
not melancholy He has not sufficient
brain or heart for that noble emotion.
MELANCHOLY, \ however is an essen
tN1 TALLY contemplatve function. II 70.
quires thought, and those who are too busy
TO think have no time TO be sad. Some.
times you will hear it said that the world
is sadder now than it used to be. This is
not so-in public at least man who at.
tempts to be melancholy on the streets will
not long survive the taxicabs. Perhaps the
increase of motor traffic will rob us of our
melancholy. the racial heritage OF the
Anglosaxons. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is erolu-
siveIy entitled to the use for republication
Of all netcs dispatches credited to u or not
othertCtse credited IN this paper, aud also
the local ne,cs published therein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
Dotches herein are also reserved.
Phladslnhia- Ih,ir.dax- Ianiarx 1910
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02
THE CHAFFINC DISH
Tn Our Pairona

Very early In this New Year we take
occasion TO thank our patrons for their
forbearanoe during the period Of the War.
Owing to the humor ratious imposed by
the Government Humor Administration,
and the very large amount Of huinor
needed in Congress and by the Committee
on Public Information, II was frequently
impossible for us to deliver adequate sup.
plies Of amusement for civilian use. Not
infrequently we had TO fall back on sub
stitutes, synthetic jokes, patlios or even
poetry. The public has been very lenient.
and we appreciate the patriotic spirit In
which you have subsisted on scanty fare.
It is expected that In future deliveries
Of genuine goods may be made with greater
frequency. The Chatting Dish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-02

Two words describe the creed of Boil
shevism: buns and bombs