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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
KNOX Is WRONG AGAIN

IF PERSISTENCE in a bad cause is
= virtuous, then Senator Knox must be
credited with the possession of unusual
merit.
He tried several months ago to get
the Senate to adopt resolution separat-
ing the league covenant from
the treaty of peace so that the two parts
of the document could be considered
separately.
His colleagues listened to what he had
to say and then forgot all about his reso-
luton.
The senator has now offered another
resolution ratifying the treaty, so far as
it relates to peace with Germany, but
declaring that the United States reserves
TO itself complete liberty of action in all
matters connected with the league lust
as though it were not a member of that
body.
The resolution asserts that the United
States may withdraw summarily from
the league and from any commissions ap-
pointed under it and may accept or reject
any decisions of the council as though it
had never been party to the agreement.
And the resolution further provides that
the Allied powers must accept this form
of ratification within sixty days.
Put into plain English, this means that
the United States declines to become a
member of the league Senator Knox is
a lawyer. He knows the nature of a con-
tract. If client asked him whether he
should enter into an agreement with a
man who insisted that he would respect
the agreement only when it pleased him
and disregard it when he felt like it the
senator would advise his client to break
or all negotiations at once.
II Mr.. Knox feels that way why does
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

A NEW oPEN-DooR POLICY

The doc. of my office will always be
open. ] want publicity. There are to be
no secrets in the Office of the Mayor after
January f.
TT is the Mayor-elect speaking. We can
imagine the effect on every old-time
CRATER, buttonholer and gumshoe politi-
clan still cynically believing that some
shreds Of the familiar system of covert
rake-offs and handouts are bound to re-
main in City Hall despite the new dis
pensation.
Publicity! Open doors What kind Of
a politician is this man Moore anyway?
Doing business without concealment? 1t
sure begins to look as if the jig is up.
It's almost enough to make hard
working handy-man get real job and go
to work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

ences intended to find way to bring
down the price of meat and vegetables
are all very well in their way. What
the people here are expecting is confer
ence of the members of the new city gov
ernment to bring down the cost of admin
istration so that it may not be necessary
for the Tenants Protective Associations
or any other bodies to fight the land
lords who raise the rent because extrava-
'gance or incompetence in the City Hall
has forced an increase in the burden of
taxation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS

DR. JOSIAH OLDFIELD, of London,
~ says the way to keep old age at bay
is to partake of daily diet of dandelion
leaves, fowls eggs, grapes, lettuce, cows
milk, watercress, honey and Salads.
He goes further and declares that an
old man may become young again on this
food, because it will replace the old cells
in his body with new cells.
And, of course, he is right in every
thing he claims. Horace Fletcher was
similarly right. And DR., Harvey Wiley.
And DR.. Alfred McCann.
Mr. Fletcher told us we ate too fast,
and he spake truth.
Doctor Wiley told us we ate many
things we ought not to eat, and he spake
truth.
Doctor McCann tells US we neglect to
eat the parts of food that are beneficial
to US, and he speaks truth.
Doctor oldfeld tells US we eat too
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
The Rainsforn

On stormy days, when wind and driving rain
Are rampant. lashing ev'ry window pane
] cannot idle near a freside,
fragrant call takes me to field and lane.
When ev'ry dripping bush and ev'ry field
Has with refreshing odors me appealed
My mind will dwell no more on tasks
undone
But to those calls from nature gladly yield.
No sultry heat, no dusty herbage seen,
An east wind beats and drives and washes
clean.
Come out with me and have your soul
washed, too.
And learn what life's new secret you may
CLEAN. f. w. X.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
UNDYINC GODS

THE old gods died when Zeus appeared
l. And seized the high Saturnian throne
| wonder if Ieus ever feared
Their ghosts, what time he reigned alone
Pan died when Christ came down to man,
But man soon came to feel and see
A Devil with the form of Pan
Goat 5hoofed and horned as he.
And I, who threw my gods away
For Science, that thought sufficed,
Feel on my futile work today
The fearful eyes of Christ!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

AUSWCTS 10 fcStS'ody Sut<
l. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote mo ques-
tion is ever settled unless it is settled
right"
=. The Columbia. a New England sailing
vessel was the first American ship to.
circumnavigate the globe. She started
on her voyage on September 30, 1881.
4. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in
Switzerland. The name means White
Mountain. Only a part of it is Swiss,
the highest peak being In France.
.. John l.. Lewis is acting president of the
Mine Workers of America.
6. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
has been elected to the New York
Legislature.
Z. Missouri manufactures large quantities
of corncob pipes.
8. Won Specs German feet was destroyed
by the British off the Falkland Islands
on December s, 1914.
8. Won der Goltz, Won Bissing and Falken-
hausen were the German governors AZ
Belgium during the war. =
10. Cardinal Mercier is sixty eight yeaus
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
What Do You KnOm?
QUIZ

/. When did the Turks win possession Of
Constantinople? sF
. Who was Albert Galatin?
3. What are the chief exports of Hawaiif
f. The war turned. sauerkraut into lib
erty cabbage" What change did It
make in the nomenclature of Ham
burg steak!
). Where and when was the battles of
Crecy fought?
g. Who was President Wilson's first sec
retary of war?
Z. In what island are most of the scenes
of the tragedy of 'Othello" laid?
s. What is sthe southernmost city in the
United States?
o. What is ratiocination?
10. What relation was Mary. Queen Of
Scots, to Queen Elizabeth?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

he not demand the immediate rejection
Of all Of the treaty save that part of 1T
relating directly to peace with Germany
and reintroduce the Fall reservations,
which withdrew the United States from
participation in any of the commissions
created by the treaty for carrying out its
terms? The Senate has rejected the Fall
reservations, it is true, but it has not
adopted any of Knox's treaty resolutions
either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
THE SAUCEPAN

self of the ills he knew for those he knew
not of-jumping in other words, from the
frying pan into the fire. And there is the
roasting pan, which, in n senA. is tauto-
logical, for who is roasted is also panned.
The Saucepan, therefore, - receptacle
for all manner of good things, allowed to
simmer on the fires of good nature and then
served hot to those who do not object to an
occasional stew.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The steamship record between Jackson
vile and New York has been reduced twoi
hours by use of the gyroscope compass. As
time rcducer the gyroscope might be found
useful by the striking miners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

FED on diet of dan
Salad Days Extended dcIion leaves. eggs,
grapes. lettuce. milk.
watercreSs' honey and salads (uncooked). a
man should live from ninety to 1O5 years,
declares London physician. Perhaps Neb
uchadnezHar was not so crazy as he seemed
when h" went the way of all flesh and turned
IN rr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The miners picture
"A iriangie OF their lot as one near
Hard Lines and doStitution THO on
Sharp foihts orators paint them as
living adjacent to a
bed OF roses. liut the average citizen, un-
aware OF their real address, merely wonders
if he'll have coal for his furnace this coming
winter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
ATTENTION, GOV. SPRoUL!

ME DESIRE to call the attention of
tie Governor of Pennsylvania to the
following letter, which was written on
the official letterhead of the Municipal
Court of Philadelphia and signed by a
judge Of that court:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The ruling of the state Supreme Court
concerning city loans will tie IN the sala
ries of number of city employees. This il
not the kind of tie man expects for
Christmas present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The city solicitor has ruled that n man
may fly in the air on Sunday without vio-
lating the blue laws. He is above the law,
as it were. Sf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

There is no likelihood that the Sunday
School Association, in convention in Cam
den, will, pass a resolution congratulatngf
Mr. Edwards on the result of the election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
Why the Saucepan?

Editor The Saucepan:
Sir An anrious and mustifed Dorld
,ropd ike 10 knop tehy IN thunder Bou call
!, THE Saucepan. n. s. Y. p.
The name was conceived by. the members
of the Kitchen Club while the Chatting Dish
was temporarily out of commission and the
fires of hope were burning low. 1t is de-
rived from Fijian word much used during
missionary wofk in the good old days. 1t
was in a manner onoInatopoec "sauce' in
the soft Fiian dialect describing the sl1sh
ing effect of the piece de resistance dropping
into the soup. and pan" the effect of the
changing of the spoon on the pan itself.
Anglicized the word took on greater
strength and virility, sauce meaning not only
the piauancy and savoriness impaired to
dish by some added condiment spice or
fruit, but also the pert hppancy which
hvenility imparts tos serious conversation
"ban," too. grew in its new environment,
and as q verb describes the rough but bene-
fetal treatment accorded to sufferers from
exaggerated ego.
There are, of course, pans and "pans. .
Frying pan describes the condition. of Ham
Let. Tor instance who hesitated to rid him-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

Not having a doctor among its mem
bers. the new Council will have to worry
along with an undertaken ana a cemetery
superintendent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

Loan authorization having been bowled
out by the Supreme Court, the municipal
authorities will have to set 'em up again. %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

Premier Lloyd George
He Probably has indorsed tho can
Reasoned 1t Out didacy of Lady Astor,
who seeks seat in
the british House of Commons. People
don't run for office" in England They
stand for seat - That makes any woman
who has travelled in an American street car
eligible
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The assertion is confidently made that
Mr.. MacLaughlin is not ahxously awaiting
the result of the official count.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

A government cargo carrier has lust
been launched at Wilmington. Del.
number of them went out of commission Julv
| last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is erclu-
siuelV entit;cCc to the use for republication
Of all netcS dispatches credited to 1t or NOT
otherwise credited IN this paper, and also
the local nctrs published therein.
All rights Of republication Of special dtS'
patches herein are also reSerUed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
Commerciallsm

The Spirit of Dreams, fitting OIL from
myself,
Flew into a hand organ out in the street.
And tossing the notes to the dance OF
young feet, >.
Came back to a manuscript long on my shelf
And now that the urge for to sell it de-
mands
That the script be typewriter, herewith
/ must hint
That the Spirit of Dreams has been lost
in the print
While ! tossed out the words to the dance
of old hands. . o..
FRANCIS CARLIN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

As star campaigner. the woman as
pirant for seat in the British House of
Commons is a good Astor- risk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

Charles l.. Brown
President Judge
James F. German
H. Gilbert Cassidy
william Gray knowlei
EuEoae c. Bonniwell
Raymond MacNeille
Uiley +. Crane
Charles Z. Bartlett
Thomas +. McNichol
Judges
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

Those who went down to defeat in Mas
sachusetts may be accepted as Red.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
The Spasn1 of Life

The Russian BolSherists hare abandoned
he system of Christian names, and the
members Of crery family wiH hereafter be
designated Jy numbcrs.-News report from
%.
TyNELL us in specific numbers
l. What we really want to know;
For nomenclature encumbers
And arithmetic's the go.
Life is figures and statistics
And the grave is but the sum
Of its factors. Dare the mystics
Challenge our millennium?
Art is false Imagination
Is the foolishness of bards
And a curse upon nation
Welded to its index cards.
In the dauntless revolution,
Clearing paths before untrod
Ban the obsolete lOcution
BE number in your squad.
Trust no tale of Tom or Jerry,
May the dead past prate of Jack
Or of Jill Let each be merry
With digit on his back
,. Lives of Six and -Four remind us
OF lot. and Twelve does more;
Ignorant We shall not find us
OF how many beans make four;
Beans that are perhaps symbolic
OF the way free babies thrive.
Hush" we Groom on nights OF co"c'
'Hushabye, my Twenty five :.
Let us then be up aud draining
Ev'ry drop from wisdom tount;
Ever changing and arranging,
Learn to INDEX ana - codnt.
H. T. c.
BY a pleasing dispensation OF providence
the fire that is started by lightning is some
ti,nes cxtipguishcd by the accompanying
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

The Sparrow
Bright in the hall the torches burn.
Whirling their fame in the wind;
Singing, the saffroned mnstrels turn.
With the boar's head borne behind
Ruddy the Yule log roars in the hall
While the warriors bask around,
Aud the beams creak loud in the timbered
wall,
With winter boding sound.
Out of the rain and sleet and snow.
In through the open door,
A sparrow flying, futters slow,
Then out to the dark once more
Darkness, light, and dark again,
And never the mystery dies.
For out of the light to the sleet and rain,
Man. like the sparrow flies.
+ j. NJ. BEATTY.
All Wise Old Owls are listed in Hoo's
Hoo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07
On Going Dry


Prohibition seems to have created consid-
cradle excitement in both town and country.
Within sight of the Country Life Press
there is a wayside tavern conducted by one
August Porrier. i have it on good authority
that during the spring he decorated the
mirror behind his bar with this lamentation:
The first of July will be the last of Au.
gust
Up here in the farming country cider bar
res are at a premium. but that is anpar-
emily not the only result of the edct How
my cows came to learn of il / do not know
for, yaluing their peace of mind above all
things, | keep the newspapers away from
them. At any rate, they declared a general
strike in June and went dry Matilda. in
fact, had gone dry some time back. and when
her calf came in June she was due to re-
sumo production. But that calf immediately
developed such an elephantine appetite that
he left little or nothing for the rest of us.
Then Nancy began to show signs of an an
preaching change and on July / she also
was dry
l went over to Hiram Belden's to buy
milk, but his two cows were in the same
.ease as mine. Joel Cutters Holsteip had
also obeyed the law on July | Hitherto an
advocate of prohibition on general principles,
| began to wonder whether this universal
drought were not being carried too far, and
/ found myself quoting the poet:
"What are we gsing to have to drink
When the whole darn world goes dry?"
OF course, ] cannot but approve of the
morals of nay cows, though there was a time
once, in apple season, when Matilda-but
| that is another story.
Who ever fancicd what far reaching re
| suits this war would have?
WALTER a. DYER. a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

BY pleasing dispensatioh of Providence
the fire that is started by lightning is some To-
times cxtinguishcd by the accompanying
rain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-07

November D, 1919.
Editor
Erening Public ledger.
Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1919-11-11
SMALL POWERS SHARE
IN MIXED TRIBUNAL S
Will Have Part in Judging Persons
Who Are Guilty of Offenses
Under Common Law.

PARIS, November 11.-Representa-
tives of the small powers are to be
admitted to the mixed tribunals ap-
pointed to judge persons guilty Of
offenses under the common law as
provided in articles 22S and 229 Of
the German peace treaty. This was
decided today by the supreme council.
(Article 229 of the treaty, which
deals with the formation of the tri-
bunals in question. provides that per-
sons guilty of criminal acts against
the nationals of single power shall
be brought before the military tri-
bunals of that power, while persons
guilty of such acts against the ma
tionals of more than one of the allied
and associated powers will be
brought before military tribunals
composed of members of the military
tribunals of the powers SO con-
cerned.")
The council today received the re-
ply of the Rumanian government to
the allied note of October 90. 1t will
be communicated to the various al
lied delegations.
Evening star., 1919-11-11

once into a portfolio whence he pro-
duced a sheet of paper covered with
his fine flowing handwriting. He ex-
amined it, altered a word he thought
might not be quite legible and pro-
ceeded to read the document aloud.
"It Is a Great Pleasure"
IT hope this is what you wish,
he said, passing the paper across the
table. "It is a great pleasure to US
to address America"
He added a few sentences explaining
how the obligations of his position as
the constitutional president of France
limited his public expressions. He spoke
in French. >,
was suggested He smiled. "A little,
was the reply.
Then in phrases whose f1uency was
surprising, considering the brief time
he has studied the language, he spoke
of this pleasure at his coming visit to
the British Isles. For moment he
sat thoughtful. Then the light of a
mind busy but liking it returned to
his face. He rose, stepped briskly from
behind his desk and conducted his Wis
itor to the door, summoning from his
grave nature geniality for his good
byes and receiving with pleasant nod
wishes for a pleasant voyage to Eng
land.
Thus the meeting with the business
like head of the French republic came
to an end and l went out through
what seemed like miles of corridors
and saloons.
Evening star., 1919-11-11
TREES AT TENLEY SCHOOL
TO HONOR WARS DEAD

Trees were planted in the yard of
Tenley School, Wisconsin avenue and
Grant road. this morning. in memory
of four former pupils Of the school
whose lives were given in the world
war.
Those in whose honor the memorial
trees were planted were Elmer Kid
well, Benjamin Perry. Aubrey Reed and
Hart Sonneman.
The exercises were in charge of the
principal and teachers of the school.
the pupils participating in singing
patriotic songs, in salute to the flag
and in the planting of the trees
Evening star., 1919-11-11
PROMPT DRY TEST ASKED.
Sunreme Court Receives Motions on
Wartime Measure.

Motions asking that consideration
of government appeals from the de-
cision of Federal District Judge
Evans in Louisville, KY, holding the
wartime prohibition act unconstitu-
tional be expedited were filed today
in the Supreme Court by Solicitor Cen
eral King, with the concurrence of
the Kentucky interests which insti-
tuted the proceeding.
Evening star., 1919-11-11
BOXING BOUTS FOR MEN
AT REED HUT TONIGHT

Armistice night will be celebrated
at Walter Reed Hospital this even
ing. Many events have been arranged
to entertain the veterans under treat
ment there, and the Knights of CO.
lumbus have promised them another
of their famous boxing shows, in
which some of the best fighters OF
the District will meet. Secretary Patty
Courtney probably will be the referee
The bouts will be held in the knights
of Columbus hut. Smokes and candy
will be distributed among the men
by the Casey secretaries.
Evening star., 1919-11-11
BY HENRY X. SMITH.
BY Cable to The Stnr and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1919.


PARIS, November 11-Raymond
Poincare. President of France. sends
the following message to the Ameri-
can people on the anniversary of the
armistice in the world war:
"The anniversary of the armistice is
for France as for the United States
a thrilling date. 1t recalls to our two
nations and will recall eternally in
the future the great deeds accom-
plished in common for the victory OF
right and of liberty.
sFrance will never forget the de-
cisive cooperation accorded IN III
and 1918 by the valiant American
armies to the people OF Europe VINO
independance, but for the safety OF
the world. Our two countries. whose
friendship has never suffered eclipse
are more united and closer than ever
in defense of the same ideals Ihelr
intimate relation which has enabled
then, to win the war will not procure
for them the means of working to-
pether in peace for the good of hu-
manity."
Wrote Message With Own Hand.
On the eve of his departure for
England. President Poincare wrote
with his own hand the foregoing mes
sage OF lrlenOSiilp " INC thiiiei iStliA
people and authorized its transmits
sion to the United States.
He was about to participate in the
official celebration of Armistice day in
one great allied country and perhaps
realized the fitness of sending a greet
ing simultaneously to another. For
whatever reason, he welcomed the sug-
gestion that he convey to America
renewed expression of esteem.
Not only did he inscribe at personal
pains the sentiments quoted. but instead
of leaving the latter to his secretaries
he invited me to call at the palace and
receive the document. He handed it to
me himself, and with what he termed