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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
HOMEWARD BOUND

THE king and queen of the Beigians
4 board the George Washington at
Newport News today to return home.
We all wish them godspeed.
They have doubtless profted by their
tour of this country. They have seen its
great expanse of territory and the evil
dences of its wealth have been manifest
to them on every hand. 1t must have
been evident that when we contributed to
the relief of their suffering people we
were giving out of our abundance.
1t has been good for Americans to see
them and to discover that king and
queen are merely man and woman
like the rest of US, and can be as genuine
and gracious as the best democrat in the
world. Hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans will have new idea of royalty
hereafter, thanks to the excellent speci-
mems of it which have passed in review
before their ewes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

T'HE regret of the students of the
= Wharton school Of the University of
Pennsylvania when Logan Hall caught
fire that the building was not consumed
is likely to set the friends of the Univer-
sity to thinking about the inadequacy of
the accommodations offered to the young
men studying there.
The building was erected in 1874 for
the medical school, which occupied it for
thirty years. The Wharton school, which
has been using it since 1904, outgrew its
accommodations in College Hail. and it
has now outgrown the larger quarters in
the other building.
If Logan Hall had burned it would
have been necessary to provide modern
structure to take its place, with ample
room for expansion. This is why the
students exclaimed "Let 'er burnt" when
they saw the fire.
A man can get an education sitting on
one end of log in the woods if the right
kind of teacher sits on the other end,
but in a community as wealthy as this
the students ought not to be asked to
get their education in buildings which
have been so far outgrown in size and
equipment that they have to be crowded
in, with no adequate facilities for doing
their work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Mr.. WEScoTT'S cREDULlTY

uARRY D. WESCOTT the Democratic
- candidate for the mayoralty, is an
amiable gentleman, but he is altogether
too credulous to hold the Office to which
he will not be elected.
He has told Germantown audience
that the Republican National Committee
has campaign fund for next year
amounting to between $21 100000 and
>vz5, ZOO, 900.
If this be true, then we must take our
hats off to Will H. Hays, the chairman
OF the Republican committee. No at
tempt to raise funds for a campaign has
ever before been made so long in advance,
and in the days when the barrels of the
great corporations were literally tapped
by the national treasurer no fund one
quarter SO great as that which Mr..
Wescott says has been raised was ever at
the disposal of the committee.
+ Mr.. Hays is proving himself to be a
pretty capable organizer, but no one
would be more surprised than he to dis
cover in any bank to the credit of his
committee sum so vast as that which
Mr.. Wescott has mentioned.
Some one must have been trying to
discover how much the Democratic can
didate for the mayoralty could be made
to believe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
THE WILCOX MUSE

A GREAT novelist once lamented that
\ what was really worth saying, that
what was fine, noble and inspiring was
also trite. George Meredith was sin
cerely troubled by this truth. His efforts
to combat it resulted in the winning of
the most exclusive and one of the small
est clienteles ever devoted to a literary
genius. Not even the lucidly put Mere-
dithian dictum that women will be the
last thing civilized by man. is universally
known.
1t is safe to say however, that Laugh
and the world laughs with you, weep and
you weep alone" is familiar to the ordi-
nary inhabitant Of the English-speaking
world. 1t is commonplace. very simply
stated. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who
penned the lines, capitalized the obvious
That she did so ingenuously and with
out the faintest hint of irony or sophisti-
cation was circumstance which gave
her a broadly oracular standing. Her
verses were facilely rhythmic, facilely
understood. 1t is odd to reflect today that
her "Poems of Passion" were once re-
garded as erotically revolutionary. We
have travelled far along the gallery of
frankness since Mrs. Wilcox first star
tied the eighties.
Americans should be grateful to her
She expressed opinions and often, indeed
sound fundamentals in which her COM
patriots firmly believed-no mean serv-
ice by whatever poet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

as it will begin almost instantly in poll
tics. The confusion left by the Fosters
and the Borahs will engage the attention
of abler and saner men. The radicals in
labor and the radicals in politics are in
the way of moving forces that stop for no
one.
The miners have virtually accused the
nation Of unfairness. They ask the world
to believe that Mr.. Wilson himself is
callous and disposed to ignore the rights
of those who work and that he has acted
in the interest of capital. 1t is possible
to disagree with the President in other
instances while perceiving the folly and
injustice of this contention of the mine
workers.
The facts are simple. The miners
leaders have always been radical. Re-
Gently they have become the most danger
Gus of opportunists. The strike order
implies an ignorance on the part of the
leaders of all the lessons of American
history. 1t shows that they are without
national view and therefore unfit to
lead great organizations of men. Disas-
ter is certain for them and for the men
in their ranks. And since they have
placed their own interest frankly above
the interests Of the government and the
people, the country will find a way to be
rid of them-if labor itself does not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
RAINRoW'S END

slsTT NEVER will be missed" is evil
4 IDENTIFY principle not universally
applicable. Congress questions its valid
ity and the public is likely to concur in
its opinion of propaganda publicity con-
Quoted by Scribe George Creel. The news
bureau which he headed during the war
turns in bill of more than $6,000,000.
OF course, the measure of accomplish
ment with such pot of gold is debatable.
Mr.. Creel will be likely to assert that
his efforts in a national crisis were in
fiuential AS there is no way of deter
minining the potency of unit of propa-
ganda, he is in a position to floor the
statisticians, but without convincing
them.
II is not, however, the relative worth
Of his departments endeavors which is
the matter at issue, but it's absolute
aspect. An item of $6,000,00O is formid-
able by whatever standard it is judged.
Furthermore, the accounts of the un-
rtsking csptained by the fluent Mr.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
THE SAUCEPAN

paws on her breast, looks in her face and
purrs like coffee mill.
l take it that there are fiddle strings in
that cat that proceed to vibrate in sympathy
with certain high notes in the tunes whistled.
deduce from this that mans love for
music has the same foundation; and that
having trained his fiddle strings to appre-
ciate, first, melody, then harmony, he pro-
ceeds to accustom it to classic dissonance.
But because he is not satisfied to be Sim
ply pleased, as is the cat, with what he hears,
he needs must analyze his emotions and dis
sect the various notes and combinations of
notes that cause these emotions.
Naturally, having gone to all this trouble,
he is quite ready to prove that appreciation
of music is something very much more than
sensuous pleasure.
But, personally, I'd as lief be cat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Halloween "reminiscences
WTE LINK the present with the past,

WE LINK the present with the past,
W Glory in what has been;
Our thoughts we sometimes backward cast
Through dim and misty screen,
Reviving long forgotten days
When we kept Halloween.
At gloamin' we walked down the dell;
We watched the shadows play,
AS dimly then the daylight fell,
At close of short'ning day
The hawthorn hedge, the spring, the well,
Fields turning scar and gray.
And then we dauner't doom the burn
To deep and darksome pool.
And tremblingly we each took turn
At winding O. the spool,
Till at the end some freak was caught
Decked out in granny's wool.
To keek DOT o'er our shouther then
Some boyle we would see
(From some grim, dark and dismal den
In lands beyond the sea-,
Ready to show both maids and men
The things that were to be.
AS spring revives sleeping year,
Repeats things often told,
So in our children now appear
The bygone days of old.
Then let them laugh and sing and cheer;
'Tis better far than gold.
Renew in joys and lively ploys
The old times on the green,
The shouts and laughter of the boys
Such times as we have seen.
Trip light and long and swell the song,
In keeping Halloween.
John McAaster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
What Do You Know?t
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. Who is the first Polish minister to the
United States?
2. What is the name of the presidential
yacht?
8. What is pyx?
4. Who created the character of Flora Mac
Flimsy?
5. What is the capital of Mississippi?
@. What disposition of the island of Hell
goland has been proposed?
7. When is the next French president to be
elected?
8. Who will elect him?
o. Which state produces the most soft coal?
10. What is koumiss?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. Tripoli belongs to Italy.
2. Oysters are most edible when they are
from two to three years old.
8. Jefferson Davis was a native of Ken
lucky.
4. The woolsack Is the stuffed cushion on
which the lord chancellor sits in the
House of Lords.
5. The Red river Is tributary of the Mis-
sissippi and flows in a southeasterly
direction. The Red River of the
North flows north in the United
States, crosses the Canadian boundary
and empties into Lake Winnipeg in
Canada.
6. Numbers is the fourth book in the
Bible.
z. Alma Tadema was a noted Dutch painter,
especially of classical scenes. He
resided In England from 1870 until
his death.
g. Horace Greeley ran for the presidency
and was defeated by Grant in 1872.
8. The word vizier should be pronounced
as though 1t were spelled 'vizeer,"
with the accent on the last syllable.
10. The House Of Commons can override the
veto power Of the House Of Lords BY
passing the same bill at three sue
cessiye sessions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Protection for Poachers

The Abingdon Game Protective Associa-
ton draws attention to a new law in effect
in Montgomery and Chester counties which
virtually confines to landowners and their
friends" all hunting privileges. Patrol war
dens, with authority to act" have been
sworn in to attend to strangers. There is
hope and promise for the stranger, however.
in the notice sent out by Secretary More
land. He says, mo shooting of strangers
or gunners from city districts will be allowed
this year In This section.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
How About This?

F. p. A, writing in the New York
Tribune about the prevailing drought, says:
We have known joints, We have known en-
pora -
Where the rum was sold, where the gin was
vended;
All, all are closed, the old familiar places.
Now we would like to know what William
Allen White; Emporias most famous citi-
zen, has to say about this. Kansas has been
dry good many years, but if rum is sold in
Emporia it has not been so dry as outsiders
have supposed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Creel are said to be fearfully muddled
and chaotic. Congress apparently thrives
on Investigations. Here certainly is
legitimate opportunity for it to wax
healthy and at the same time to be of
genuine assistance to an inquiring public.
And, by the way, it will take the in
come taxes of very considerable num-
Der of citizens to meet such bill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
halloween Nonsenaa

This world is full of 'ifs" and 'buts."
How curious is fame
The squirrel cannot sing for nuts
But gets them just the same.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

The Belgian crown prince is suffering
from indigestion. The divinity that doth
hedge king-or prince--has no jurisdic-
ton over the royal tummy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

The high cost of labor is making gold
mining in Alaska Improbable, according to
u returned traveller Even owning a gold
mine has its drawbacks nowadays.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

New York shipping business is being
diverted to Philadelphia as a result of the
longshoremen's strike. 'Tis an ill wind, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

A banker and convict contributed a
thousand and one dollars to the Roosevelt
memorial fund on Wednesday. The propor
tion is immaterial; the sentiment that actu
ated the gift, everything,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

A barn dance is to be given to raise
funds for a memorial tablet for soldiers
killed in France. First thing you know
We'll be having taffy pulling to pay funeral
expenses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

A man was fined yesterday for deayin,
funeral. Probably a protestant agains
unseemly haste.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Mr.. Moore's appeal to those who went
through "pitch and fire for him" is also
notification to those who opposed him that
they had better pitch in or look for fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

While the chronic optimist is forever
being bumped, life for the pessimist is full
of joyous surprises. And the moral is
Just be as darned cynical as you please.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Examinations for state police will be
held in Harrisburg Saturday Those who
mass are not likely to suffer from ennui.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

If man boards food to get ahead OF
the profteer and another sells at a profit
to avoid being called a hoarder, what's the
answer?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
At 6 A. M.

Conscientious Wife-Don't you hear the
alarm clock?
Sleepy Husband-Yes, but don't believe
all hear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

With the death of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
tbe author of Laugh and the world laughs
with you'' may be settled definitely on the
other side of the Styx.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Government agents arc said to be scour
ing the country for prohibition lawbreakers.
When they come to close quarters they will
presumably have a scrubbing brush with
the enemy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

The one thing the miners had to con
slider was just when a strike became a re.
bellion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Making a Farce
OF the Law

A New Yorker in
Making Farce rags, on esday
OF the Law pleaded vainly in court
for the privilege of
going out to earn money to pay his wife ali
mony. His wife, in silks, opposed his plea,
demanding that he be kept in prison until he
furnish a bond of $500 for back payments.
He has been in Jail since March. He is
likely to remain there. Common law. we
are told, is common sense. What justfca
ton is there. then, for New York's so called
Alimony Club?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Strikers cannot go far in the face of
public opinion. 1t is a hard face and not
the kind that turns the other cheek.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Treaty amendments are celebrating
Halloween with cute little rejection slips
stuck in their bonnets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

''No knitting" says Mr.. Moore. "Forl
out the votes.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

There is no danger of revolution ir
this country, for the good union man is al
American first
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

The dockmen's strike appears to b,
nearing drydock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Music

Demosthenes McGinnis has no more music
in his soul than a COW, which, of course,
prompts him to speak of the subject.
My wife, says he, possesses whlte An
CORA cat with blue eyes and excellent hear
ing-the color of the eyes and the effective
ness of the ears making combination, l am
given to understand, most unusual.
When my life partner (bless her hearty
whistles (and scorn all disrespectful super
stitIons, for she whistles very well indeed)
tia est jumps On her lap, places tts fore-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Allopaths, homeopaths and osteopaths
are not at the present time paths of peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

populacc is anxious to see the President up
and Rround.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
A Wrona Impression

"My husband struck me last evening
began the placid little woman.
"And do you stand for that sort OF thingP"i
demanded her strong minded friend
'You interrupted INT" explained the
other, ''I was about to remark that my
husband struck me as being particularly
kind and thoughtful. He bought me
beautiful box of candy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

King Barleycorn is dead. Long live
King Candy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
INDIRECT ADVERTISING

EVOU like fried oysters! In that case
Let us adjure you: Never
Neglect to buy our Persian ]ace"
Dear me. !" thought ], chow clever'
"You powder always when you shave?
Then burn our coal this season.
''Does your new auto misbehave!
"Eat Choke -O'-there's a reason
'You wear a coat in winter time!
You have your pencils pointed!
You mustn't miss our table chime
The clapper's double jointed y
"You boast watch? Then wash your shirt
With 'Smere'-it's all pure tallow.'
"You keep dog? There's no dessert
Like Marmalademarshmallow
How wonderful, methought, IS art.
| see myself in clover
One simply needs a subtle start
To put the Big Thing over.
And straightway to Maria Jane
/ hastened, much elated.
"You know" quoth !, "Bil Merivane:'
Tile was my rival hated y
"Wby. yes" she smiled. "You like him,
too?'
She nodded. IlOpt WAS
/ felt that / would put it through
BY crafty advertising.
"You really like him very much!
More business of assenting.)
'His charms are such and such and such!'
She sighed. 20 circumventing
"And hence thrilled, ~ am your man.
When, in her accents mellow, H..
She warbled, "Jack, l love your plan,
And hence the other fellow!
Courage and common sense do not always
90 together. Many heart of oak has
head to match.
Ring Out, Wild Bells!
Clarice-He has the right kind of timbre.
He rings true.
Eunice-Oh I suppose SO. But there are
rats in his wooden belfry
From a Rural Correspondent
Glen Wiley's hired man says, IA good
way to strengthen your legs is to keep tur-
keys"
Ad Classified
"Lorer Is finished scholar rather than
an original thinker.
Eyes he has what you might call
hardwood finish"
The Young Idea
"pon't go too near the fire with your
Dress
''What shall do, mother; take it off?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is erclu-
siuely entitled to the use for republication
Of all nctcs dispatches credited to IL or not
othertASe credited in this paper, and also
the local ncics published therein.
An riohts OF republication Of special dis
pntches herein are also rcSCTrcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

The multitude of Barkises seeking audi
ence with Congressman Moore and talking
about vacancies to be filled reminds Pericarp
of a famous limerick which runs something
like this:
Ware men flock around him galore
And say to a Mayor named Moore:
IF you name me, of course,
You will have to use force,
But God knows you are able to score"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
More Commercial candor

One of our most prominent fruiterers car
ries in his window the following sign
CALIFORNIA HONEY DEW MELONS
LARGE AND SWEET AS HONEY
The advertisement is silent as to whether
honey was peeved or flattered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
The Younq Idea

"Don't go too near the hre with your
dress
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Such men always happen along when
they are needed. They find the meaning
of America and they come with minds
and spirits endowed seemingly by destiny.
They belong to no class. Rich and poor
are alike to them-because they have
been rich and they have been poor.
1t was said that there could never be
another Washington. When Lincoln died
the nation mourned and said he was the
last of his kind. Roosevelt appeared in
the psychological years to advance to
power as if he were pushed by mys-
| terious hand against all the tides of cir
cumstance, and in time we came to know
that the miracle had happened again.
Bryan reflected very definitely much
| of the virtue of the middle western
America that lives in peace through sim
| pie contact with the generous land. But
| a platoon of Aladdins couldn't make him
| President, because he had not universal
mind.
1t is being said now that no man will
ever arise to work out the great pur-
poses defined by Mr.. Wilson. Yet Gov
ernor Coolidge, of Massachusetts,, has
loomed suddenly above Lodge to speak in
a voice and manner unmistakaby ma
tional. So has Hoover. Neither of these
men has yet been wholly revealed. But
they have made it clear that the old order
prevails and that the places of vanished
giants will never be empty.
When the present tumult subsidies the
work of reconstruction and cleaning up
will have to begin in the trades unions,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
Ad Classified

"Iorer is finished scholar rather than
an original thinker.
Yes; he has what you might call
hardwood finish"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
From a Rural Correspondent

Glen Wiley's hired man says, "A good
way to strengthen your legs is to keep tur-
lavS -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

VOU came again, to get your things,
l. And stood within my door,
The silken gowns, the shadow robes,
The rings you seldom wore;
All love, If you had only known
The words longed to say,
/ think you would have pitied me
And kissed my lips that day.
FLOYD MEREDITH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

When the present tumult subsidies the
work of reconstruction and cleaning up
will have to begin in the trades unions,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Clarice-He has the right kind OF tlmbre,
He rings true.
Eunice-Oh, suppose SO. But there are
rats in his wooden belfry.