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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
THE SOLDIERS RELIGION

MANY clsrsymen. representing many de-
AvA nominations. went abroad with the
American soldiers. Those now returning
are issuing appeals and warnings to the
churchmen who stayed at home.
They went as youths" says one minis
ter In telling Of the attitude of mind he
found among our men in the field, but
they win return like the Day Of Judg-
menti'
In almost every review these chaplains
tell Of the need for a better and more d.
rect human approach by the churches and
p< the impatience OF theI man OF soldier
type with the formaiities and social abstrac-
<<ions which block his way In the search for
true relisious contacts. Dr. Bernard T.
Ip)I, chaplain at the Great Lakes Training
&hoot told an audience OF ministers at
~ Church House that the war showed a
r1Do among the sailors for greater reality
6pirituaiity In religion.
1apiAlns who served abroad were
e6 they say. to md that the soldier
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Signor Crespi. head
And Dreams Sometimes of the italian dele
Come True CATION to the Peace
Conference. has
suggested a universal tax, the proceeds of
which. with moneys received as indemnit.ss
from Germany, will 60 into common fund
to defray interest on the debts Of the Allies
and eventually cancel them. Charles J.
Doherty, Canadian Minister Of Justice, urges
the Peace Conference to establish an inter-
national peoples house Of representatives.
World Parliament Both suggestions may
easily be tackled on to a league OF nations.
Wel-wishers have already provided the
league with an army. navy and courts. 30
a legislative body and tax-ievyins power
are logically the next steps With . pom
dernble league OF nations established at Con-
stantinople. it's capital city. and backed BY
an International police force on land and sea
the countries OF unrest In Its immediate
vicinity might cease from troubling. Out
Of the dreams Of men today the Superutats
of Tomorrow may be born.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

/. who is president Of the commission on the
responsibility for the war and It's con-
duct7
q Where Is the white Sea?
8. What was the first transcontinental rail-
road in the United statesf
L. How should the word bourgeois" 30
pronouncedf
s. What IL an otter?
9. According to the Julian calendar formerly
IN use In America. what was the date
OF WashinEton's BIRTH n
z. Name two novels BY oliver wsudsll
Holiness?
q. What Is the meaning and origin Of ~
word "serrymander'f
0. which is the Gopher stats"T
10. What is q mesrimf
Answers 10 Yesterday's Quis
1. A woodchuck Is tho North American
marmot. also popularity called srounl.
hos.
2, Edward ID. white, of I1oulslana. n Chief
Justice Of the United States
g. George Frederick Watts was . notSd
English painter Of the ninstssnth
T. Oscar Wilde was n native Of Duplin.
Ireland.
s. A, hierophant In an initiating priest, an
expounder of mysterieA
6. Union Of Soviet Republics 10 inscribed
on the red flag Of the Boisheyists
z. The Northern Hemisphere contains muoh
more land than the Southern.
9. Porto Rico means rich port" .es
.. A periphery 10 ihs bounding line, pass
tlculariy Of . round surface Aiss "a
ternal boundary or surface. t
TO- There ars eight planets In the solar -
NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
THE wILsON.CoMpERs MYSTERY

ANY ONE who wishes to understand how
"A swiftly the world Is mo, ing onward
to place or n state not yet defined by
man--has but to train binoculars upon
Paris and the widening breach between
President Wilson and Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation Of
Labor
There is to be a great congress OF labor
at Berne. Since It has been called to dis.
cuss future universal aspects of labor, it
will be attended by representatives Of
German trades unions. The French and
the British have named delegates who are
already on their way.
But Mr.. Gompers will have none Of the
Berne conference so long as the Hun is
admitted. He will discuss nothing with
the German trade unionists. He has a
moral reluctance to do this, though rep
resentatives Of the military and civil gov.
ernments Of the Allies and America consult
with Germans almost every day. The
consequence is that America may not be
represented at a conference which is to
help In formulating a code OF labor ethics
which later will be submitted to the Peace
Congress for It's approval and sanction.
Mr.. Wilson is said to be profoundly irri-
tated at this attitude of the American
federation head Mr.. Gompers used to be
considered radical. Is he moving back.
ward or does the worlG move forward too
quickly for him? He is no innocent In
matters Of politics and diplomacy. He
is said to have angered French and British
labor and even many Of the Allied states.
men.
Here, indeed, is a mystery to which
Sherlock Holmes might devote his talents
If he were in Paris at this hour
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

looked at the church not with reverence.
but with tolerant patience. They fear that
the moral ii.fiuence Of the church may
wane and that accepted forms and formuiae
may have little appeal for these men when
they get home.
The moral of all this IL. of course, that
there never was so great need as there
is today for a return to the simple. un'
answerable principles which are al the
basis Of Christianity and that the church
is In greater need than ever OF devoted and
inspired men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Victor Hugo's Prophecy

Then France will suddenly arouse herself.
She will become formidable. she will regain
Alsace and Lorraine ID It enough7 No No (!
She will capture-listen-Treves, Mainz.
Cologne, Cobienz. And you shall hear France
cry: ''The clock strikes my hour Germany
hear me Am I.thins enen,yf No. am thy
sister, have taken all from thee. return
all to thee upon one condition--that we shall
no longer be divided people, that we shall
be one united family. one republic. will
T. demolish my fortresses. thou thine--my ven-
detta Is brotherhood. No more frontier. The
Rhine. mine and thine.
We shall be the liberty Of Europe And
now let US clasp hands. for We have rem
dered each reclprocated service. Thou
hast freed me from my emperor. i will free
thee from thine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The strength of a league Of nations will
lie not as much in the fact that the MAJ
jority members are pledged to spank reoaici-
trants and force the maintenance Of peace.
as in the fact that subscribing members are
now avowing their belief that It Is possible
to get justice In the world without having u
night for H. 4f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Trenchern,an on the
Hireling Line

''Kamerad" the crinsing German cried
With soundless lips and eyes nat on the
floor; %,
And 30. as I'd lunched passing well inside,
gave him the quarter he grovelsd for.
STANLEY X WILSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

After enough carxoes have been suE-
gested for the good ship League OF Nations
to All the holds of a fleet. there is danger
that she will be launched at last with barely
enough aboard 10 give her an even keel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

There mny be little sardonic humor in
the suggestion Of the Peace Conference that
America should make itself responsible for
Armenia. You started this thing. Uncle
SAM" tho conferees say in effect. nov
prove that you are In earnest"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

II American troops
Two why's by are to be withdrawn
Ono Less Wise from the Archangel
front why were they
ever sent thefe2 If they will have to return
there eventually why not send them re-
enforcementsr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

And the harder the income tax car
lesitimately hit US the greater the cause fol
rejoicing. And that isn't all pure patriot.
ism, either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

BY the time tobacco smokers have be-
come a real source Of revenue to the gov
srnment somebody will start a campaign to
prohibit smoking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Gratitude

NJ klotz. when elected president of one of
the Peace Conference committees, made a
speech Of thirteen words-the briefest yet
uttered at the Quai d'Orsay.-News item.
Brevty is the soul OF Klotz:
Omitting all the May nots
He said his say in thirteen mots.
Reporting the Peace Conference
Is costing US something immense.
High is the price Of cabled speech;
With. words eleven cents per each,-
And wireless stun at twenty cents,
We like these terse laconic gents
So next to House, who costs us nix,
Klotz is the man our fancy picks:
Accept, sir, this assurance crude
OF this newspapers gratitude!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Because of an occasional fathesd among
q body OF brave and efficient workers the
Y. NJ. c. A. Is forced TO keep on proving
that It did its work at the front exactly as
Il should have been done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Since the Bolshevists have swapped the
gas that wearles for the gas that kills 1t
may be that the military Powers will be
permitted to take them more seriously
There Is growing belief that the only way
to remove Boishevism from the system 10
with a bayonet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The p. r. T. Know tho Truth" cam
paign is justifying itself by bringing results.
The company has decided to discontinue
many of the skip-stops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The critic has. Of course. one advantage
over member OF the Peace Conference: /:
When he changes his mind II Isn't vacillation.
Il is simply mental progress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Bolshevist discord Is mighty hard on
the nerves of a Peace Conference trying &c
compose World Song OF Harmony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The Crown Prince Of Germany is suing
his wife for divorce. Poor lady, luck's
coming her way at last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Members of the Peace Conference appear
willing to give a fair hearing to anything.
suggested. Why pan the panacea?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

One of the troubles the world faces is
the tendency to consider the Peace Confer
enee . Panaces Factory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

A local gas-mask plant has closed. The
management must have become convinced
that there will be no extra session
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

These guys must think me silly" MUIR
murs Manuel with a frown. Better a top
per in Piccadilly than a crown in Lisbon
town"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

It would simplify the work of the Police
Department IL criminals would insist upon
an eight hour day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Philadelphia to Portland, Ore: Don't
mention it, old top. 1t was pleasure to
welcome 'em. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Bernstorff' other name is Gall.

The walkout of London subway employees
meant walkout for others besides them
selves
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

bill picking" is over. says represent
ative Scott. Naturally, nothing will be
"pickled" with the dry" sentiment prevail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Swiss Socialists have decided to observe
strict neutrality during the Berne Peace Con-
ference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Somewhere in February

Some time in February" says Stewart
Edward White in one Of his delightful
books, when the snow and sleet have shut
out from the wearied mind the memory of
spring. the man OF the woods generally
receives his first inspiration. He may
catch 1t fror, somea companions chance re-
mark, a glance at the map, a vague recol.
lection Of n dim.past conversation, or 1t
may flash on him from the mere pronuncia-
ton Of a name"
Spring this year won't mean what it
generally does-we have had too much of
it-and yet the old thrill will be there just
the same. 1t generally comes at night,
Some evening, toward, the latter part of
this month, you will be on your way home
from the office. There will have been a
spell of sharp weather. followed by a.
thaw. II you are suburbanite you will
be on your way up the hill. Under frozen
lids of ice you will hear soft tinkling Of
gutter water as It sluices downward. And
then you will sniff the unmistakatle smell:
a sort Of pungent metallic favor in the air,
STEPPED In an earthly exhalation from the
sodden fermenting ground. At that mo-
ment you will know that the planet has
heeled her vast shoulder over toward the
sun; that the great envelope Of soil and
air and sea and forest that cloaks the spin
ming ball is electric with new stir; you
will go home and begin to monkey with
the fishing rod.
Mr.. Wilson's French is good enough to
enable him to explain where he wants to
CO." cables a correspondent, describing the
Presidents I.eetings with Partisan chill
dren, who are always eager to greet him.
II seems sad that Mr. Wilson should
have to come homo just when he has at
tanned such command of the language.
Compromise 4
My wife fair-mlndedly discusses with me
all our differences Of opinion. so that we
may without any bitterness reach the COM
promise OF doing what she originally sug-
gested.-James Branch Cabe..,. ~
Another Legend Pops
Brigadier General Catiin, of the marines.
says: some one has reported that the
marines advanced on Be.leau Woods cry.
Ing, 'HememDtT tnc 1uSASohAos thSy
did SO I failed to hear It. Somehow that
doesn't sound like the sort Of thing the
marine says under the conditions"
Legends explode SO rapidly these days
we shall never be surprised to hear that
what Psrshing actually said was. ".Attaboy.
Lafayette' look whos "ee g'tt,
-
The New York drolis,r according to a
caller from that city, are saying that
rumulty cabled to W. w. the other day.
Come right back; they're threatening to
start republic" %
Another was says: Cheer rpi The
thirst IS yet to come" .>t
Speaking OF which. some aver that the
new constitutional amendment Is uncon-
| stitutional. OF course It is. 1t wouldn't
be an amendment II It weren't
When the Kaiser passes out the whole
world win say. 80 iong!" And 1t will
mean II literally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
THE CHAFFYNG DISH

MIE USED to depend on the book beer
w signs to tell US when spring was here.
Is it possible that from now on we shall
have nothing to go by but the calendar?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The City Hall is rather proud of its new
underpinning. Perhaps It is time The
Chatting Dish overhauled it's underpun.
ming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05


seller. has a new edition in his family
a boy.
Loan family. will be in our midst shortly.
Wharton Stork, the well.known editor of
Contemporary Verse;" has been up in the
Adirondacks waiting for the rush of poems
to slacken Off. Wharton says that II SO
much poetry continues to be written his
magazine will have little excuse for ex-
istence.
Alfred. the well.known Noyes. and Miss
Amy lowell, the wellknown poet, will visit
this town next Monday.
Mrs. Breshkovskaya. or whereabouts, the
grandmother of the not so well.known
Russian revolution. will be here soon to
explain how her grandchild has changed
since she knew It,
Sam Scoville. the well.known barrister,
has written another book.
woodrow Wilson. tho well. known peace
maker. is said to have been photographed
with his left trouser cuff turned up The
senate's fears that something would go
wrong are at last justified.
The race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong. but as another
New York droll observes. the betting Is best
that way. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Another Legend Pops

Brigadier General Catiin, Of the marines.
says Some one has reported that the
marines advanced on Be!leau Woods cry
ing, Remember the Lusitania!' II they
did so failed to hear It, Somehow that
doesn't sound like the sort OF thing the
marine says under the conditions"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Social Notes

Mr.. Philip Warner. the well-known book.
seller. has a new edition in his family
a boy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Compromise

My wife fair-mlndedly discusses with me
all our differences Of opinion. so that we
may without any bitterness reach the COM
promise OF doing what she originally sug-
gested.-James Branch Cabe:.,. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

The New York drolis. according to a
caller from that city, are saying that
Tumulty cabled to w. w. the other, day.
Come right back; they're threatening TO
start republic" %
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Another wag says: Cheer rpl Tn,
thirst Is yet to come" .e>t ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

"Mr. Wilson's French is good enough to
enable him to explain where he wants to
co." cables a correspondent, describing the
Presidents L.eetings with Parisian chill
dren, who are always eager to greet him.
It seems sad that Mr. Wilson should
have to come home just when he has at
tanned such command Of the language.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Speaking OF which. some aver that the
new constitutional amendment Is uncon-
stitutional. OF course II is. 1t wouldn't
be an amendment II II weren't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Legends explode SO rapidly these days
we shall never be surprised to hear that
what Psrshing actually said was. "Attaboy.
Lafayette; look who's here!" g,L
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

When the Kaiser passes out the whole
world win say. 80 iong!" And 1t VIII
mean II literally.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05
Member Of the Associated Press
THIS CITY CAN LEAD THE WAY

Philsdelphis. Wednesday, February S, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-05

Liberty. tho fifth of the well.known
Loan family. will be in our midst shortly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-06
HELPED BY WESTERN IDEALS
American f,i:cc .cnaries Must Be Given
Much Credit for the Uplifting
Of John Chinaman.

He is now to be found in every
country of the globe. AS an immi-
grant he comes ignorant of language
and subject to oppressive laws. but
he makes his own way. Drop him
down on any spot on the earth's sur
face and he will make a living for
himself and ask odds of no one. The
Chinese beggar in a foreign land is
unknown. He is miserly and lives
cheaply only when circumstances COM
pei. When prosperity smiles there is
no more generous people. AS a trader
and a merchant he has no equal. In
the Philippines there are only $4,000
Chinese, less than 1 per cent of the
total population. But this handful Of
Chinese controls 80 per cen of the
retail trade of the islands. In trade,
In scholarship, in bodily strength and
endurance, in industry John China
man individually is able to hold his
wv against all Corners. He car live
and prosper in adverse conditions
where all other races fail. Yet his
country is weak and helpless against
the aggressions Of smaller countries
and its future is a subject of appre-
hension- and doubt. Official corrun-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-06
Passing of Emma.

Emma is dead. She died, not per-
haps altogether that others might live,
but she surely died to make AIN Ameri-
a holiday. Most of her life she had
been petted and dined, for it was de-
signed that she put on weight, much
as the female Of the species objects to
embonpoint. Emma was, in her tender
youth, removed from base hospital Is
to base 80. And that is just where fn-
terest for all the folks at home who
have Boys at base 80 starts, for surely
no member of the hospital so far for
got his surroundings as not to mention
Emma in his letters. So Emma grew
and grew. Recently the end came. 1t
was announced in a letter home thus
laconically and graphically: 1--WE ats
Emma yesterday" She was served to
the hospital attaches, and while it may
be disloyal to say so, the diners say
she tasted better than American pork.
But weep not, you outsiders who read
this, for Emma was only q wild hog
Stars and Stripes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-06
Inconsiderate Infantry.

One artillery unit worked hard dur
ing the afternoon of the second day OF
the attack to get it's pieces into posi-
ton. 1t had moved up for the second
time, and had not fired a shot.
1t was four o'clock when the lieu
tenant in command gave orders for
every one to stand by. The gunners
were to fire their first volley into the
German lines.
Every one stood waiting for the final
word when the telephone rang and
word came that the infantry had adj
vanced so far that it would be neces-
sary to move up again before going
into action.
"Oh!" said a gunner; chose infan-
try guys amt got no respect for us
at all !'-Stars and Stripes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-02-06
TOOK NO CHANCE ON CHANTS"
That Batch Of Troopers Didn't Intend
to Be Caught With the Goods"
on Them.

There was a colored labor outfit in
the S. o. S. engaged in quarry work
near a base port. A few weeks ago,
n the course of opening up some new
ground, they discovered an old Roman
burying ground with many skeletons,
coins and relics. The find made quite
an impression on the minds Of the find
ers, n there were many speculations
as to whether the shades of the de-
parted DICTIONARIES still lowered around
In the vicinity Of their last resting
place. The general opinion was that
a man ought to be on his guard when
out late at night.
About that time the sum of 60 francs
disappeared from the counter of a
nearby Y. M. G. A. hut. The captain
Of this outfit doesn't know a great deal
about classroom psychology, but he
has learned a lot about it in the field.
He called his outfit together one night
in the Y hut and told them Of the dis
appearance of the money. Then he
outlined tine history and c%haracterls-
tics of the old Romans.
Boys" he said, "there was one
thing a Roman hated worse than any
thing else, and that was a thief. If
the ghosts of those old fellows who
were buried up there on the hill should
learn that somebody in this outfit had
60 francs in his pocket, l don't know
just what would happen. I'm going to
put my hat here or the table and turn
out the lights. The guilty man will
know what to do"
There was quite a shufling of feet
and milling around in the hut, and
then all was quiet. When the captain
turned on the lights again and looked
in the hat he found not only the 60
francs, but 300 more, and a few odd
centimes for good measure.-Stars and
Stripes.