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premature. Garibaldi, in his Staten
Island refuge, was candle maker. Ker-
ensky can point to historical precedent
while ruminating on whether or not Fame
will over again point in his direction.
And it must be remembered that he al
ready knows more about the goddess than
most of us mortals, for he has felt both
her glorious caress and her ruthless
rebuff. Furthermore, she is not neces-
sarily unknd to walters. If the Carl
baldi parallel fails, there is still M. Ritz
as an inspiration.
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What Do You Knotu?
QUIZ

1. Which one of the three Scandinavian
nations has the largest population?
2. What state does Senator Pomerens
represent?
8. In what year did W. J. Bryan FIRST run
for President?
4. What is wrong with the spelling of this
word-'Kriskingle"
5. What was the nationality of Magellan,
the first circumnavigator of the globe?
6. What is the salary of the speaker of the
House of Representatives?
Z. Who wrote "The Story of a Bad
Boy?
s. Name two towns in the Hawaiian
islands besides Honolulu?
o. What is a manometer?
10. Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth.
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. Wood alcohol is the dstillation of green
wood
2. Oman is country in eastern Arabia,
bordering on the Persian Gulf aud the
Gulf of Oman. 1t is ruled by Sultan.
The capital is Muscat.
8. President Wilson was sixty three years
cember 2S.
4. Catherine of Aragon was the first wife
of Henry VIII of England.
g. Three of the great waterfalls of the
world are the Falls of the zambesi IL
Africa, the Falls of Iguassu in South
America and Niagara Falls.
G. The Isle of Man in the Irish Sea has
home rule The insular legislature is
called the House of Keys.
z. Hiram johnson was the vice presi-
Dental candidate of the Progressise
party in 1912.
8. A hemistieh is half of line Of verss.
8. Seth Pecksniff, the unctuous hypocrite.
occurs in Dickens's novel. Martha
Chuzzlewit."
TO- The armadills il nstiys 70 South
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The Wares and their friends will suffer
most because of such rumors as are ahoat
today.
They should be the first to get out into
the open with proof of their own inno-
cence.
The new Council cannot be corrupted
The people will not let it be corrupted.
There are points at which tolerance
ceases,
A public that rose in wrath and went
looking for ropes when the gas steal was
threatened isn't going to sit idly by and
be robbed of a hope that cost years of
patient effort and more millions than it
can count.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Not all Of life is work.
But Leisure Needs Some of it is leisure
Cash Backing Not all of education
should be devoted to
knowledge of how to make living. Part
of it should be given to instruction on how
to use leisure wisely A man should be n
good companion for himself Which is prob =
ably why Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson re-
CARDS Greek and Latin as the most essential
studies in school curricula.
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There

There is sadness in
Unlucky Number the thought that thir-
teen American tor
pedoboat destroyers must go to the scrap
heap. Thus does Old Time put on the re-
verse. In days agone, where the torpedo
boat destroyers were found was in the 'hca n
scrap"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

The Prince of Wales is being consid.
cred for the position of viceroy of Ireland
1t is thought his personal qualities might
endear him to the people Perhaps; perhaps
not. What reason is there to expect thai a
Prince Of Wales will win cut where n Duke
Of Connaught met with no giittering successy
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willingness to make one more wild charge
before surrender.
The eleven are out front and they
cannot bulge. Any one who deserted now
would have to throw his reputation and all
thought of his own future welfare to the
Winds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

The first arrest FOR illegal sale of alcohol
Is that of Reading man. Evidently be-
lieves with Bacon that Reading maketh a
full man.
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SOCRATES.

The demand of New York Scotchmen
that Macbeth" be removed from school
curriculums, on the ground that it is a
libel on the Scotch, is probably sample of
Scottish humor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Teachers in schools are paid no more
than farmer pays his hired mar to feed
hogs. declared a speaker at meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Educational Association.
This may account for the high cost of bacon.
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Senator Lodge is con =
With or Without

Senator Lodge is con
with or Without ferring with Demo
crat cot her han
Mr.. Hitchcock, y Senator Hitchcock may now
confer with a Republican "other than Mr.,
Lodge AT which stage of the proceedings
it might be we'll for the rest of the senator's
to put an end to the making of faces and
ratify the treaty forthwith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
Desk Notices

One of the first essentials in securing a
good -natured equanimity is not to expect too
much of the people amongst whom you dwell.
SIR WILLIAM OSLER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Circulars from Nebraska officially an
nounce the presidential candidacy of General
Pershing. This puts the Ia -ra -ra on the
Wood boom decay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post says that the poll
ticians never speak of Herbert Hoover as
a presidential candidate. Which is the big :
gest boost we hu~ yet seen for him.
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Also one may read between the lines of
Mr.. Moores statement that he is on to the
little game and that he doesn't propose 70
stand for it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Music teachers draw attention TO the
fact that there are few musicians in penaI
institutions. Probably case hardened, II
is their victims who are driven there.
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When Mexi,

When Mexican correspondents are hard
up for crises and revolutions and outrages
it is never necessary for them to tell nIain
lies. Rumor provides lots of ornamental
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OF course. members
Forgive and Forget, of Councils are NOT
Say We Obliged {, take those
engraved resolutions.
The city is willing to let bygonca be bygones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

John Barleycorn has a good name but
"a bad reputation. The first absolves him
from responsibility for wood alcohol; the
second makes him indirectly liable for all the
trOublc
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Perhaps the councilmen will forego the
engrossed resolutions If they are given first
place i'll the mummers' parade. ..s'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

D'Annunzio orders plebiscite with the
insouciance of an early 1919 bon yivant
ordering a martini.
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Kerensky is

Kerensky is now waiter in London
restaurant. If he had taken the right tip
while he was boss of Russia, Lenine and
Trotsky might be passing the roast beef.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Snow flurries and hurries away The
Old Woman who is plucking her goose does
not care, apparently, when she gets the lob
done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

With each succeeding act the opinion
grows on a large portion of the body polite
that Bryan is fairly good dramatist what
ever he may be as a statesman
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

A local cat has gold tooth. The mas.
ticator would have been a valuable addition
TO the Cheshire cats smile.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

The One Big Union is the union of all
the people of the United States, A law for
ANYTHING short of that is class legislation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Internal revenue officers are invariably
art students of still life y
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Our Head Is Bloody but Unbowed
MISS AMY LOWELL is quoted as fol

Our Head Is Bloody but UnboWed
MISS AMY LOWELL is quoted as fol-
A'A lows:
Look at the colyums' in the daily
papers. These are not funny, and yet they
pass as being so. They are featured In
practically every daily of size in the coun-
try They possess practically no humor.
There is nothing funny about them And
to think that the men who produce them
go on. day in and day out doing the same
thing. They are ghastly and pitiful"
When Miss Lowell errs, she e rs with the
gorgeous truancy and gusto of brilliant
and positive mind. We ought to feel crushed
by this blast on the slug horn, but strangely
enough our bosom is unpricktd.
MISS LoWELL's words are Justified ln
A'1 the sense that she has been the victim
of many stupid and absurd discourtesies on
the part of Journalists incapable of appre-
ciating her genuine talent-just as she mas
also been the victim of stupid and absurd
praise by many who ignorant OF the
true genius of English poetry. But she Is
wrong. we hope, in her savage onslaught on
the colyumists Surely her mistake lies IN
assuming that the humble colyumist Is al
ways trying to be funny. Most OF these
chastity and pitifu creatures have no inten-
tion of being funny much oftener than MISS
Lowell herself in her polyphones.
A LADY'S tongue is privileged member,
n one of Thackeray's characters remarks.
We have no desire to contradict or writhe
under the bludgeon, but we submit that ex.
treme vivacity of statement leads Miss Lowell
into unfortunate mental blind alleys. When
she says, for example, that "Kipling is not
considered seriously as a poet today; we
have passed him by; it is pity that his
latest volume was ever published ones
feeling is only that of extreme regret for
delightful mind so wantony astray.
MISS LOWELL also says that lone of
1N1 the hardest battles that the new poetry
has waged has been against the pettiness,
the stupidity and the ignorance of the press
We think that much mot alb of the So
called new poetry has harder battle to
fight than that. 1t fights against the essen :,
tial nature and destiny of English poetry
itself. And curious recoil upon Miss
Lowell's remarks is the fact that almost
the only imagist poetry of any value is that
which has been professedy humorous in
effect.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

Do you suppose that people will event
ually refer TO pre- prohibition days as the
cork age?
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TIME seamen's Church Institute of Phil

TNHE Seamen's Church Institute of Pha-
l. delphia is going ahead with it's plans to
provide a hotel or general meeting place
where the moral and spiritual welfare of sea
men may be provided for and where they may
be aided to employment The idea is to pro-
vide such place as will encourage seamen
to develop physically and mentally and to
provide entertainment for them while on
shore The incorporators are men of public
spirit who have been brought together
largely through the influence of Bishop
Rhinelander, Alexander Van Rensselaer,, Ed
ward W. Box, Edward T.. Stotesbury ]. s
W. Holton and Richard l.. Austin.
j. HAMPTON MOORE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31

NUR'Philadelphia boys continue to spread
" out. Those who go into the army and
navy are heard from occasionally. generally
with credit. Robert Il. d. Mccullough went
to West Point from the northeast section
and duly qualified. During the war he did
his bit, and now, advanced to the rank Of
major, has been put in command of the
reserve officers training corps at Little Rock
College, Arkansas. The major came home
for the Christmas holidays and of course
received the usual welcome from the home
folks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
BACH CHOIR EXCELS
IN PEACE FESTIVAL
Larger Number of Fine Voices,
Better Trained Than Ever,
Feature of Event
SUNG IN RELIGIOUS SPIRIT

Bethlehem, Pa, June THE Bach
oho;n ~ .h'Gein .L Ile. prSpaos .he hnes'
ta;ni,, AZ 'ne u,.eu .as S'a.es j, anu tel
tr;hnt tne Dess ,,aineu, pasu ano.neI
a. tni' W ". 'ne ntn'y senius itoni TnoL
f.,.;Un, ~. ia nae IN .ne - iTu. pao, rtai av
r.s,o.I. - MN''n n. openeu tI ~ ueAe, onape,
IN S III IN. sI.euae ~, ~ sulpasseu
tbere IL n,t "n q s0at % 80 % ha ahta;nod n ot 81
srn 49, ''
Yesterdays program was divided into
TWO parts ana conslstedly entirely or
cantatas OF the great master. The hrst
was Ihe LORD Is My shepherd,
Morh new 10 tne choir ana prooapiy
sNen IN >ts entirety tor the hrst time
IN tne onlted states. Inc cantata IS
7 eaceeuihgiy dimcuit, out was sung win
.ne precision ana accuracy that char-
M me.erizes all the work OF the bach chor.
IN ms was was Iollowed py tne SOLO cantata'
dor (. g.. .n IVY S.oss s: Sun ~ u,"us , .na ma
,rh,, ao ~ 80. 80 anu anu.."stn 60.
solemn T "'To.ch U Mo Inrd Nv 0ovs n to
Numhe-,, ond tbo iuh;iont .sThe ord
Js a ST., OIL sh;oId - ,,hioh oiosod
n. .fternonn norformonoos
cut. M. r,, x,
o"o" "o''0' h""" H''
Is not necessary 10 go into the
detalls OF the composition OF tnese can
,atas' Ihey are al, the bach ol the
heips,c Perloa' whlch means that .neS
ae all poiypnonic 10 degree 'ecnni-
cany, out ,his poiyphonx Is never III
.ehslVe anu ,heS are luil VI ~ 'he ,nos'
intense remsious leellhs. iha' .hey
were peauuiluhy sung soes M''iiou'
saying. me choi. nus d ,aisei N.Y.
eer VI ii"e ruiees ms ~. t'an wv.
iore anu 1t mas peeh 'rr,neu , @ W nisner
ues,es Vi perieta.oh @ Ihett .n u.esre,upes ,'e.
auu ui'niueoe', naue. wv VI .nI .,:t,, nn..s,
.iusa' Ills .L " ~, a, a'. H. "e,e u.au'..u' ~
aaaI uu NJ az, ' thn r na,;a;a ~" fon,;nn 80 .ho
s,.s s III Wv. - ' .hsn, ,,.;.t, s;nn;.'. @
onJ 49, oann;dt;on w on that % vos M'n nri, natoh NJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC LOVERS
Weekly Comment on Things
Musical in Discriminating
Philadelphia

TNHE highly creditable and interesting
l. concert given week ago Sunday
evening by the Symphony Club ar the
Garrick Theatre brings that unique or
ganization again to the attention Of the
musical public.
1t has now been nbout eight years
since the Symphony Club was formed by
Edwin A. Fleisher, who still continues
as its president and who, incidentally,
bears all the expenses Of the organiza- :
tion, which Is purely philanthropic. Its
object was then, as now, to give musi-
cal instruction and practical experience
in the performance Of music Of various
kinds to those young people to whom
otherwise 1t would be an impossibility.
The early meetings Of the club were
held in one Of the downtown school
houses. which was obtained for the pur-
pose, but as soon as Mr.. Fleisher be-
came convinced that the idea would be
n success he built a home for the club
on Pine street, and in the fine building
which he put up oil the meetings, re-
hearsals and smaller concerts of the
society have since been held, except for
one or two concerts year, which are
given in a larger auditorium and are
open to such Of the public as cares to
attend.
The club has grown to large pro-
portions. Two orchestras are now
maintained. one complete orchestra
and the other composed only OF string
players. For them Mr.. Fleisher has
purchased an excellent library and all
the other multitudinous paraphernalia
necessary for orchestras, and one who
has had any experience with these
bodies will know what an incredible
amount of it is required.
DUT the activities Of the organization
- are not confined to orchestral music
Mr. Fleisher. himself an ardent lover
and excellent performer Of chamber
music. has not neglected this important
and little understood branch Of the art
He has provided another excellent IL
brary Of chamber music. the use OF
which. like the orchestral library, is
free to members of the club, and the
result has been that those members who
take advantage of this opportunity are
rapidly acquiring n knowledge of and
love for chamber music that will GER
tainly produce good results in their more
mature years.
However, the main feature Of the
club is the fact that the members are
given the necessary instruction by MIR
William Happich. who conducts botf
orchestras. and other capable teachers
not only in actual playing but In theory
as we'll. One Of the most remarkable
numbers of the last public concert was
group of four highly interesting ono
creditable piano compositions, played b!
the young woman who composed them
and who, rs Mr.. Fleisher said in tn
foreword of the program, was "a prod
uct of the Symphony Club
There is much promising younl
musical talent which has received it,
first guidance in this excellent or
ganization. and Mr.. Fleisher may vel
feel proud of the work which he ha
accomplished in eight years.
DUT. entirely outside of the practica
ID element in performance and even il
composition, the club has done an enor
nous service to music not only in Phila
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

But of the soloists, II was Mr.. Douty
who carried off the honors. He is
Bach expert and was in unusually fine
voice, and the combination. with his
perfect enunciation aud artistry Of in
depreciation and delivery: made a re-
markably beautiful performance of some
hideously difficult tenor parts.
Four Cantatas In Evening
The evening concert, or il might
better be called service. consisted Of
four more cantatas: The solemn and
exquisitely beautiful "Bide With Us,
for Eve is Drawing Near; the solo
cantata, "Strike. Oh Strike! Long
Looked for Hour" for alto voice /;
"Thou Guide of Israel" and conclud-
ing, 20. Light Everlasting" The
soloists of the evening were the same
as those of the afternoon, except that
there was no soprano part. Mr.. Douty
finished perfect day by another
wonderful performance, and amply vim
dicated the assertion that he Is the
greatest tenor singer of sacred music
in the country. Miss Roberts was in
better voice than in the afternoon and
sang the solo cantata with excellent
effect.
The cantatas, as n whole. were OF the
same general character as those OF the
afternoon, except the solo work, which
showed n radical departure from the
usual Bach style. 1t is purely melodic,
with accompaniment in the strings and
sustained tones in the reeds. and has
virtually no polyphonic work. In the
first of them Bach showed that the
practice Of writing effective rests did
not originate with Beethoven, for there
is n most wonderful effect in the can
tata.
The orchestra was composed prin-
cipally of members of the Philadelphia
Orchestra and they played admirably.
At one place in the afternoon perform
ance it seemed as IL the trumpets played
the parts an octave lower. for the bril-
liancy of effect was missing. although
it must be admitted that the parts at
this piece are terribly difficult, IL not
almost unplayable. The work of the
orchestra, as a whole, was excellent, al
though at times it was almost too strong
for the soloists, excepting Mr.. Douty.
Doctor Wolle's plan at this Bach fes-
tival was TO present the double aspect
of n peace celebration and memorial
for the American soldiers who gave up
their lives in France. He selected the
cantata "Oh. Teach Me, Lord, My Days
to Number while the peace theme
was represented in the opening can
tata, 1.-The Lorc Is My Shepherd, and
in various other cantatas which have
for their subjects peace and gratitude
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
MUSIC FOR GRIFFITH
Producer Has to Call Of Chinese
Program

After a performance of "Broken
Blossoms. at the Garrick Theatre the
other night, d. w. Griffith asked If the
Chinese troupe would not "play some
thing" The men would be pleased
but the weird music that they offered
was a little too much. A little China
man with white beard, who is the
leader of the musicians, then volun-
teered for the concert. He brought for
ward his stringed instrument, which he
began to strum as though he loved his
art. On and on he went.
"It is beautiful" declared Griffith
with n smile. but the only trouble
about the Chinese music is that it never
stops And it might not have stopped
that evening either had not the producer
of Broken Blossoms" finally declared
satisfaction. That old fellow was
grateful for the thanks and that night
he was the happiest resident of China
town when he clambered to his room
over a chop suey shop.
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Birds and Flowers In Color

birds and Flowers" will be the
Stanley's added attraction next week,
and will portray the beautiful shades
and colors of the originals in their nat
ural environments. Birds lend them
selves readily to the simplicity of the
special process Of recording colors as
perfected By William V. d. Kelley in
the PrizmN studios. Dahlias growing
on a large farm in California provide
excellent subjects for study when viewed
upon the screen in true colors as against
the hand colored or stencilled films of
the past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07

Edith Graham. an EngliS: mission
teacher. who escaped from Turkey with
Aurora Mardiganian. will appear in
person at each performance of AUG
ton OF Souls" at the Forrest. Miss
Graham will give short narrative of
the horrors she witnessed. During the
second week Of the engagement 1t is
planned to have a daily morning matt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
MUSICAL EVENTS IN
PHILADELPHIA CIRCLES

1T The Matinee Musical Clup. ~ Phlindei-
phia, onerh a prize Of 800 for a cantata for
The subject may be selected by the composer.
and and The work must not exceed forty nor be
manuscript must % be submittsd dsi WITH snp plane ,n
formed by the club on, April 90. ie2o. The
are 70 be submitted anonymously. but with
address OF the composer is 70 bo sent in a
separate s envelope. The club reserves the
csntatSs are decmed @ 10 be of fonS suffcIent Nj n
merit All msnuscrlpts must ho in the hands
81 the secretary. Clara r. Estahrook. $50
l. 1910.
W, Le Roy Fraim announces a concert TO
9S fiyen Sy The pupils q the Phlsdeiphia
Saturday SiteFnqon June fF r. at pO'tHS oSoeF Gn
lnVitatons may be secured upon application
e the offlce OF the Institute in tho Fuller
; l. has been announced that Nine. Lutsa
tour OF tho United States in the fali. she
ss,s ssies, and sail for this country early In
The pupils of the Central School Of Music
eoth vocal and instrumental. gave an inter.
esting concert last evening IN the auditorium
1921 q 'hg hfcf ffon9s st2s Mems
The Second PressytsRan n usiTsI cSTro5 57erTr", At
mrs. mrs. and Walnut streets have been ne,iS az.
TSm'in9sa osf for the summer months after
speca sunday serviees Il the e'ctIIHn cbd,T 70 ths
ehurch also gave three.weekday recItais
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-07
Tho musical services will be resumed early
In fall

The ninth annual concert and commence.
ment exercises Of tho Central School Of
Music win BE- glvsn next Tuesday evening. at
Branch AZ she Young Mems Christian Aseo-
citation, 1927 Arch street. A program Of ylo-
by pupils of J u" i. i.emSn. Howard Gerry
and Benjamin l.. Knecdler. Arthur {. Bug
bee. director OF instruction, VIII make n
short address and award diplomas to tho
graduates. The public is invited to attend.
no Gu rds being reouired,