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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

|, Radium is metal resembling barium,
yielded by pitchblendc, discovered in
1898 and named from its radio ac-
tive power.
., Eugene Scribe was n prolific French
playwright and opera librettist His
dates are 1891 1861.
8. The Bolshevists have been in power in
Russia since November, 1917
4. Augustin de IWrbide was emperor Of
Mexico from 1922 to 1925 Ferdinand
Joseph Maximiian, archduke of Aus
tria became emperor of Mexico in
1868. He was executed at Queretaro
in 1867.
.. Artificial legs came to be called cork
legs because numbers of them were
manufactured by a firm in Cork. Ire
land
6. Franklin ID. Roosevelt is assistant
secretary of the navy,
I. The minotaur was legendary mon
ster with the body Of Il man and the
head of bull, kept in the labyrinth Of
Cnossos, Crete, by King NIinos. The
seus of Athens slew the animal.
s, "A laverick in the lift'' means a lark
in the sky. The line is from BurAs.
o. French is the language Of the island Gf
Gnadaoupe in the West Indiess
10 The great general of King David was
Joab.
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The Hopes That Vanish

Like a sentinel at n lone campfire
A star shines at break of day;
And it seems like the planet of Hearts
Desire
(Though the hopes will fade with the dying
fire,
As the star fades at break of day..
Like beacon bright on the storm tossed
The sun shines at close of day;
And it seems like the land of Things We
Crave
(Though our hopes will vanish beneath the
wave
As the sun sinks at close of day..
Like the watchful eye of the God of Night
The moon shines at early eve
And it seems like the promise of hopes in
sight
(Though the promise will fade at the close
As the moon sinks at early eve).
So the Sentinel and the Beacon Bright
And the Eye Of the Darkness God
Hold out strands of hope to the earth bound
sprte
TO the pauper aud prince and clod
(But the hopes will vanish as does the night
When the day lights the path we plod y
ROBERT l.. BELI.EM.
Eight hour day with rates unchanged
urged for nurses.-Newspaper headline.
Let's see Three nurses at $50 week.
doctor at So visit, medicines? Cheaper
to die than be sick now.
That Reed instrument persists in keep
ing out of tune.
The fear expressed in these columns
that. some among the city's policemen would
feel lonesome when taken out of politics has
!. already been justified.
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What Do You KnOW?
QUIZ

l. Name two famous books. written bv
foreigners. concerning American.
government and institutions?
.. When was the first fall of Jerusalem
3. Who is the patron saint of Scotland?
4, How many submarines did Germany
build during the war?
.. What is the correct pronunciation Of
the French phrase 'bon mot?
6. What is the attitude of the British
House of Lords concerning the adj
mission Of women as members?
{. Who was VieuXtemps?
S. Name three kinds of whales?
o. How old is the Washington monument?
10. How did William Penn come into nos
session of Pennsylvania?
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A Household Hint

There is hardwood floor polish that
can confidently vouch for but hesitate to
recommend said the Lady of the House ;
but III give you the recipe and you may use
your own judgment.
Take a dozen ounces, half dozen pears
and five apples carefully pare, core and
quarter; cover with water and cook until
soft. fruit in one saucepan and parings in
another. Put in a stout bag and let drain
and drip until moisture has all been squeezed
out. While waiting for the next consign-
ment Of sugar return to the saucepan and
heat, carefully measuring exact quantity in
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A Prescription

p PRESCRIPTION
When YOU have what they call the blues,
When zest and joy of life you lose
And at your task you balk
Don't stay indoors and nurse your ills;
Try this-'ts better far than pills
Go out and take walk.
You II find that brcasting winds and storms
Oft drives away those ugly forms
OF doubt that with you stalk.
Go wash in Gods pure air your soul
And let the sunshine make you whole
Go out and take walk
Although within Il town you bde
There's sun, there's rain, sky arches wide,
And children at their play;
And even on Il city tree
The leaves of healing grow for thee
Go walk from care away.
The ones who sit and NOPE at fate
OF ''melancholy days" who prate,
SHOW plainly by their talk
They need the robins song to know,
TO find the treasures of the snow
They need to take walk
MAUD FRAZER JACKSON.
Laurel Springs, \. j., November 10, 1919.
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LITTLE ESKIMO


T TITLE Eskimo, are you
IL Glad you live in your igloo?
! would spend the snowy day
Thinking thoughts of far away
If | were you
In your igloo--
Here the houses are so tall
People need not creep at all
When you creep in, Eskimo,
Do you find it pleasant, SO?
Little Eskimo, do you
Play with snow the long year through,
Make sumMer- snow man, too?
You have never been at play
In wagon full of hay,
Rompcd about in meadow flowers
All the long vacation hours.
Little Eskimo, would you
Like to live in our land, too?
Wynnc, in For Days and Days,
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My Girls


There's Annabel, Alice and Dolly,
Elizabeth, Elsie and Flo;
Also Margaret. Mabel and Polly,
And Katie and Mary and 10.
Now Annabel says I'm n darling.
While Margaret calls me a dear;
Jo thinks I'm the king of Egypt
She must have been dreaming, l fear.
Elsie and Flo seem to doubt me,
Their tender regards | have spurned.
Elizabeth swcars my love is the kind
For which she has always yearned.
It's nearly the same with the others,
I've set each dear head in a whirl;
Because every one of them loves me
But | love another girl.
CLAYTON ALCOTT.
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OAKI4ET.

Amy Lowell looked at the assembage OF
men and women in evening clothes and said
apologetically. Il had to appear as l am
because my trunks have not arrived.
And we have no doubt in the world that
she would have looked very well in en-
But she managed to make sensation, any
how.
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The spectacle of syria
Sounds Like Kultur cusc students armed
with rifles pauoling
their grounds in order tor prevent Colgate
"spirs' from learning their formations for
the annual football game tomorrow savors
somewhat of farce comedy. Are we to pre-,
sumo that they would have used their guns
il 'spics" had shown themselves; What
kind of game is football becoming, any
how-a gcutIomau'S game or game for
Huns with Hun tactics?
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Vers Libre


T CAN
L Write vers librc.
All | need
Is Il few ideas
And Il publisher
Who'll pay
Space rates
For what | can fill.
And then
I'll make enough
TO keep me
And my friend wife
In luxury
The rest of my days.
II pays,
B'gosb. OAKLET.
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Officials of tine University Hospital ex-
pect to catch the thief who stole the $4,000
tube of radium by burns that will develop
as a result of carrying it around. Either
that or the evidences of worry consequent
to the expectation of such burns developing.
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Somewhere in town there is still man
whose heart has not prompted the giving of
Il dollar, and Red Cross workers continue the
search for him until Saturday midnight.
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L
~ Contemporary Club?" he asked "No?
Neither did ! until "Wednesday night" and
hc smiled rrmiui.ccutly. '"rhat club is n
great institution. | left my coat. hat aud
umbrella with the check boy and strollod
toward the meeting room in the bellevue
Suatfnrd. \ few men smoking cigarettes
were jouuging in the outer corridor. At tho
door stool guard. AS | was passing him
h' suid quietly. but with firm usiStcncc.
y our Invitation, please. | handed him the
taIismauic card aud was admitted to the
sacred precincts | found the large room
iIlrd with men and women in evening dress.
seated in row on row of chairs which my
maid tells me are made of gold Women
Wcr" bowing TO one another across the room
and the mon were looking for the most part
rs II they knew many place where they
would find greater enjoyment Before the
evening MaS over | was unable to find a
single man who looked as if he were bored
1T was as pretty n scrap rs I ever saw
And the charm of it lay in the fact that it
was conducted the way children play their
games. You know they make thcir rules as
they 20 along. When one of them is get
ting the worst of it he insists on new rule
which will let him out"
Put what was it all about?'
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Chatting Dish or Saucepan,
We like our evening treGt
Broiling in the saucepan
Or chafng dishes heat.
Wissahickon glories,
Both would fain repeat:
Chatting Dish or Saucepan,
Keep up the glowing heat.
Life is but n chatting dish,
The daily round of man;
And many of our worries
Are like the frying pan.
The wiscst man will seldom fret,
Enjoy life while he can,
With relish taste the Chatting Dish
Or wealth Of frying pan.
JAY MA KEN.
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The Bard of Common Things

I sing Of haystacks, nails and tacks of
plumbers bills and mlkman's tricks; of
gladstone hearts and weary backs; of joyous
blurbs and grouchy kicks; of out of doors
and coming frosts of hearts and sweet en-
gagement rings of poker games both won
and lost. for I'm bard Of common things.
No highbrow stuff eer hits my Tyre. My
low geared muse ne'er hits the high. OF
simple things | never tire. To give them
interest / try. Of prohibition / may tell !;
and oft the daily poem, sings of trials Of
II. C. of IT,, for I'm n bard of common
things. So hail the Pegasus l ride! lie
prances at a joyous gait along the merry
country side. lie isn't dull at any rate.
And what have to say mayhap will cause
your troubles to take wings. All, yes, / am
a clever chap! / am the bard of common
things JERRY BlIT.
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place, with the privilege of money chang
ing in the approaches
There are easy ways to deal with them.
The method was provided when the
constitution was written.

The American Legion as an organiza-
lion should keep out Of party politics.
1t will be wiser to stand apart as an
influence for consistent and enlightened
criticism all along the line from the city
wards to the United States Senate. If
the organization is to help in peace to
realize the aims for which its members
fought in the war it viii have to keep its
eyes free Of the dust that blinds a great
many wcll-meaning people. 1t will have
to look beyond facts to fnd-the truth.
1t will have no easy time with the
politicians. Little and mean men will
scheme and fight and plot and posture
and dcclaim for its support and friend
ship. Yet the Legion cannot afford to
move hurricdly if it is to effect the gen
cral mopNing up that is needed in the
field of politics II ought rather to be
felt as an agency Of stcadying, rational
and inspired opinion and as the enemy
of any one who deliberately tries to mis-
lead The casy-going and the crcduous.
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The JOY being manifested by the few
newspapers in the country that are opposed
to both the covenant and the peace treaty
in the fact that both seem TO be in danger
Is on par with the psychological candition
Of the man ID pre- prohibition days who was
''sxgak and glad Of it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

Mr.. Walton finds much significance ia
the telegram once sent by Senator Quay to
Governor Beaver Dear Beaver, don't
talk"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14
THE SAUCEPAN

cupfuls. At boiling point pour into a glass
fruit jar with a cracked bottom.
Mop up the mess with a housecoth and
scrub pail. The result will be a perfect floor
polish with jelly finish
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14
llrnENNYSON in M. Intcr

SS h-NN y hH'N III ms later years used to
L bewoil the fact that the younger poets
were occupied with triolotS and other poetic
confcctions instead Of dealing with the big
human problems of their generation. The
free verSifcrs seem content with medium
which does not lend itself TO the expression
of big ideas and their attention is so fully
occupied with technique that they do not
seem to be able to think of anything else.
'But that was pretty scrap Wednesday
night" he went on. "And il did not settle
anything. The championship belt was NOT
awarded TO the victor. for there was not any
winner, Yet they tell me it was one of the
most satisfying and successful meetings of
the Contemporary Club in all its history
escaped just rs Pcricarp began to read 20
me from an anthology Of new verse poem
beginning;
live in one-room house
Because a one-room house Is all have
G. w d.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

Today, let us hope, miners and opera
tors in conference in Washington viii sbov,
a disposition of mutual helpfulness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

The Entente has
Pretty Raw granted Austria loan
Of 500, 900, 900. most
of which will be utilized for the purchase
of raw material, Must be going to buy some
Of its old propaganda.
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UNREAT. .iumpil

90 REAT. jumping Jchosaphat. man,
~ Don't YOU read the papers? 1t was
hbout the etiquette OF literary criticism.
Amy Lowell. brahmiuee from Boston.
apparently intoxicated bv the incense which
has bcnn burned bv her admirers onG sin
suffering from tho cerebral t,mofoction
which alvays accomnonfcs = STATE of IN
toyiratior,. had many nunrnut thinrs to 81,
..r,.,t N,,,lt VIII ,,.'g '"'"sN u '"E
about r.itI,,,+ ,.,,,,i lug N'i"r
a,,,. ,,,, ,,,J"' snJ ', '7"I" 70 Tue Ie'!'nsS ..
TW"' Wv ,'"" N"' Sro'i'd 10 ENJOY II. but
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EET HAVE been rcrcading some of the now
poetry" he went on. "And I have been
refreshing my memory on Miss LowelI's
views about it. She takes il and herself
very seriously. Did YOU ever see an
eighteen year old boy order Il new suit of
clothes? He has studied the fashion plates
and is most deeply concerned about the width
Of the lapels. the number of buttons on the
cuffs and such things. That the suit is to
cover his body and give it warmth seems to be
forgotten. The trivialities of its structure
seem to him of much greater Importance
than anything else. Now the free verse
people remind me of such a bov. A new
fashion in poetry has arisen. Who set the
fashion in the present day does not matter
Miss Lowell, Ezra Pound. Carl Sandberg.
Helen poolittlc and score of others are
following it,
"What does the now poetry amount to?''
! asked to keep him going.
Tie opened a thin bool, and read:
when Kang VI had been long dead the
empress decreod upon him posthumous
decaptation, 50 that he walks forever
d'sgraced among the shades"
"This is II sample from Profles From
China by Euncc Tcticns It is a whole
poem, contained in sentence with no at
tempt to break il into lines of varying
length 1t is an extreme case it is true.
but much Of the free verse is like it. Moth
ing more Is attempted than TO produce an
impression on the mind Of the reader. They
call it imagist verse rs n subdivision of free
verse, II reminds me of an artists pre-
limnary sketches for painting. If there
| is to be Il group Of figures the artist will
| draw hand and an ear. foot and bit
| of drapery, an arm and Il leg. Il torso and a
nose But the artist does not regard these
| sketches as completed pictures They are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

The market anticipated the mercury in,
the Thermometer in the matter Of taking
.drop.
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Considering that II


It's piers and warehouses to commercial in
tcrcsts, pll Of which has significance in
making Philadelphia one of the greatest
ports in the world, Greenwich Point may
we'll be considered one of the citys chiefcst
points Of interest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

sLctts Clear Riga of the Germans says
n newspaper headline. Good advice. Let's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-14

1t seems to US that the men who went
abroad into mud and fire and desolation
TO fight for the faith and the beliefs that
are native to this land of ours have now,
and will have in the future, better con-
coption Of Amcricanjsm than a good
many people who talked more and did
less than they. The United States is in
no danger. 1t has warmed and be-
fIiendcd and lifted up too many millions
and made homes for too many Of the
homeless ever to be in danger.
In it's faith at least, it has been per-
feet, 1t believed in people and people
naturally believe in it. It will grow
stronger and more splendid, not by laws
alone or by repressions and restrictions
applied to groping multitudos, but when
every man everywhere turns to it, in
some future day Of enlightenment, with
all the strength Of his arms and all the
passionate devotion Of his heart, rendered
because that tribute is we'll deserved
There will be no exceptions after we
have had a little more time. And mean
while, so long as there is man or a
woman or a child removed in any way
from the inspiration that flows from the
consciousness and experience Of pure and
friendly justice, we can only feel that
our work is not yet altogether done
1t is because the American Legion will
be greatly honored that it can easily in
spire broader definitions Of Americanism
than those we are accustomed to hear.
The traitors, rioters and murderers have
had their day Of futile violence. They
are eliminated And if there is any
danger TO the country it can come only
through mean or unfit men who are per-
mitted for time to misuse the ma
chinery of national affairs. There
always have been men who like to drag
dirt into temples. And there always are
others who believe that they are the
] diyinely appointed guardians Of the holy
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PITH OF T n <
VIC DRY NEW S

a cable dispatch 70 ;he Wh'te House
from Parls s.ys the controversy over
Fiume is rap ily clearing
Rome IN Wildly enthusiastic greeting
10 Pretaer Orlando hears hin, say
the country IS running short CT food
and thunders Is willingness 10 risk
hunger and engage IN new military
operations
Preparations for the German delegates
NJ Versailles include the erection Of
barriers between their hotel and the
place where treaty meetings viii be
held The French government an.
nounees that the Germans viii be re.
streted in movement.
Alexander ? kerensky IN an Interview
says the allies are forcing Russia 10
an alliance with Germany. declares
Russia saved the allied cause IN 1872
and blames the allied statesmen for
not understanding the situa, ion In
the cas-;
The Socialist parliamentary srotp mas
adopted and sent 10 Premier Orlando
a resolution emphati.ally declaring
against new mar. warning thd gov.
eminent not ID submit TO parliab nent
fat aeefmpl" accomplished
faeo which would lead to the re.
sumption Of Astilities or the delay
!" 'hs ds"o' Aaiien
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WORLDS NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

WAsHlNGToN.-May 7 has been
dc>i .uarcd m,N daA ht carter
GLASS. SECRETARY ~ no tfra>nr, IN
the VICTORY lhcriy loau drNc
NEW YoRk-colonel Haywood re
crivc> Lesson ~ Honor dcc"r.jl ION he
fore 1noo Spectators. Willie >eNun on
Gers aul men NJ ld> rc-imrni lle oid
Fiflcruili. rcrr,r war crosses
WASHINGTON Secretary OF Com
mrrrr Erdiirld >ouds un ulHmum ia
Walker Il Hines. direction 4eucuu II
railways. 100 which L." SANS thr indus
trial lioard Will res "a unless the qlu.s
ti"n Of steel prices Is rcpnued N M
early date
NEW YoRk-Publisher viii ash
Congress io end "r suspend Narim,
postal rate T. T. Glass r,-cleetet
president If uS>ucial Iou
BoSToN-The demonstration at
tcndanl upon the parade "f th" Nauke,
Division I'M lioStou is described ~ nm
parnlrlcd in The city's hi>inrN
PARIS.-A Hungarian eonmunis
farce. part ~ which He'd has Surren
dercd 4" the Rumanians southeast q
budapest French and Rumnuians ar,
nearing The River Thesis. an The cas-.
while CZcchn Slovuks are coming down
the Danube nn the west having taken
komorn and Ranb.
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Washington The STATE department
announced II Lad "c"i,ed ad,ces
from MrNico City giving thc tex, u
the statements by the McHtean COR
clrn office and published IN Mcytcc
city new >pap"rs The adyire> =, The
state department also announced he
rc an "t the Mexican agent in Paris.
officials recalled 'hn on NJ lcas; one
occasion M"Nic" 't"ngnizrd Re Nlon.
roe portrin" Al the close ~ The
Ci,n War the United States applied
the Monroe Doclriur IN Mexico Ia The
case ~ Emperor MaNimiliau ~ The
h"hc>t ~ ,hr M"Ni'auS. and thc friend.
ship g fhc United States for Mex
ico had large part IN giving tiat
country The moral 81 Myth 70 throw
m the imperial woke M execute the
emperor
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Monroe Doctrine. Exclusion o.
0o este Questions. and Other
He Points Covered.
.rQ 81 NO SUPERSTATE.


Crs~ M MEMBERS OF
rAGUE OF NATIONS AND
STATES INVITED TO JOIN
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suspeet coIonlzatlOn seheme.

Washington Failure ~ The allied
powers 10 invite Mexico ~ participate
In the conference ~ ucu'rals ~ Paris
has aroused President cHrranza "a bit
ter resentment. which has hocn IN
HANGED 10y M" Incorporation ~ recos
milton nf the Monroe nocjrino IN fhr
covenant ~ 'tr l.enguc ~ Nations
without consultation with Mexico
This WAS he explanation In we'll
informed quarter, ~ statements :
sued hv 'hr Mexican forclau office
,liSaNoWu4 adherence" n, the monroe
Doctrine aud Announcing the with.
lraVal of ME M">i,uu representative
boo France
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SEVEN DIEM JlTNgY CRASH.

and Girl the Victims.
.IrrSo, GitN. Seven persons were
Killed and half dozen injured wher
iva passenger buses came into col
ll>ion near The knickerhocker road Ell
trance To- Camp Merritt, nj Tcnafiy, y
J The dcnd include Major Stanley A
Baldwin ana rrlvates Jeremiah Sneb.
bed Anthony Iauck and Timothy
Marnell Of the array: civilian, wo
man believed 10 have been Mrs. Pau.
yecking and a five.year-old girl.