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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
OH, BILL!

VoUR polite, or parlor, Bolshevist is
frankly person who luxuriates in
the sound of his own voice. He would be
shocked if you were to take him Sc
riously. From the impolite Bolshevist
one must expect better things. But life,
after, all, is merely an endless process
of disillusonment.
There is Big Bill Haywood, for exam
pie, fiery advocate of the hard and simple
life, professional proletaran, singer of
the woes that afilict the poor, implacable
costly in modern life, preacher of the
equality of man.
When Big Bill breezed into town last
week he was incognito and, therefore
not in character. He was not nourished
for the time being, by the emanations of
his spirit, nor yet by the scraggy ham
sandwich and the coffee in a mug as
strength and vitality in his hours with
the oppressed.
"To the Ritz!" quoth this Bill to his
,kaxicabby. And to the Ritz he went
with several disciples, also incognito and
also out of character there to feed. in
an atmosphere of silver finger bowls,
and flowers, and glimmering napery, and
red velvet carpet, and walters who are
6eferential to the point of tears.
Such is life! One cannot but wonder
what the horny-handed folk would have
said if they could have seen their Bill
then. What would the Oppressed have
felt if they could have seen the pennies
contributed from their toll being lavished
upon those luxuries and superfluities
which It is Big Bills mission to deride
from his soap box?
Bill, Bill! Is this the way it works,
after all?
The radical life has its seamy side,
too, apparently. But it is a great life
for the little fellows if they don't
weaken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

Wherever the liquor question has been
intelligently studied it has been demon
strated that ,barrooms are crowded by
men with an unconscious desire for re-
lief from the endless routine of their
working days and desire for good-fel-
lowship and warmth. which, if 1t is not
genuine in the saloons, is at least
cleverly simulated.
The liquor interests long ago recog-
nized in the movies a menace to their
business. Wherever the means for nor
NAL recreation have been provided the
saloons have suffered. When the nation
finally becomes dry the need for relaxa-
ton upon which much Of the saloons
prosperity was founded must be met in
one way or another. And until some
way is found to give men an opportunity
to meet in their talkative hours and
satisfy their hunger for normal compan-
ionship the work of the anti-saloon
forces will be only half done.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
POLLY WANTS A CRACKER!

NEW ZEALAND is troubled with
- pest of parrots which are killing
sheep on the ranges.
The'northern hemisphere is also trou-
bled with pest of parrots. Not the
birds fohdly adored by maiden ladies of
uncertain age who want some one to
appreciate them and talk to them. but
icertain trousered parrots who are doing
their best to talk the league of nations to
death.
Polly wants cracker" says the bird,
and then shrieks at the top of its voice,
Vet out!"
Polly doesn't want league" say the
<rouDered parrots. ut may make US do
something we don't want to do! Save
NV sovereigntyw
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Sylvan Night

oyiVdH Ni9nt
THE lonely woods are carpeted with
i needles inches deep;
blazing knot sends fragrant incense
curling to the sky;
Afar, an owl cries; nearer still, my horse,
disturbed in sleep,
Breaks in upon my reverie with gentle,
plaintive neigh.
/ answer to his nickering
The fire sends shadows Pickering
Upon the ghost white of my tent. The
owl repeats his cry.
TyHE wind with wistful sighings, rustles
i through the lofty pines;
1t brings a note of chillness, and I nestle
to my blaze;
Above, the stars are twinkling like fresh
gems still in the mines
But mirrored in my thoughts are other
nights and other days.
We all are prone to pondering;
My inner thoughts are wandering
To other scenes, to other climes, to other
folks and ways
MY CAMPFIRE dies; the embers glow;
Wl now silence reigns supreme;
The creatures of the night are STILL my
pipe has long been dead
The whip poor will has ceased his call; I
rouse from out my dream, r
And, spreading blankets in my tent, I
tumble into bed.
The moonlight now is shimmering;
] think Of days gone glimmering,
While thoughts of home are upmost in
my retrospective head.
CyOMEWHERE yonder, trees are mourn
- ing over days and times gone by,
Telling secrets Of the ages to the placid
waters deep
OF the lake on which they border; they are
restless-so am i
As think of scenes and places that
once had held so cheap.
NY thoughts have gone meandering
On days ! spent philandering
Until Mother Nature lulls me with her
panacea, Sleep.
ROBERT L. BELLEM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
What Do You Kno,o?
QUIZ

/. After whom were the, Philippine Islands
named?
g. What is basalt?
3. What is, the meaning Of the word
nescient?
4. who wrote What viii He Do With lit"
&. What were the names of Alexandra Du-,
mass Three Musketeers'f
6. What is Taoism?
z. Who Is the present French foreign min
lister? tas 4,
g. What is comfit?
O. what Is consistory?
TO- what is the largest city in Porto Rico.
after San Juan?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
II the League Of Nations
Were a Restaurant Syndicate


OVER one billion people are spending their
lives on this earth-such is the lure of
this admirably planned planet.
ONE BILLION bon vivants-lovers of life
and its good things Think ofit!
TO HAVE and to hold such colossal patron
age we must exercise careful regard for
the niceties of human intercourse. We
must give these patrons service; they
must be sold on the attractions of menu or
they would 60 somewhere else.
THESE vivants, whether bon or NAL, are
rightly fastidious as to the kind of life
they live. They like to take it pleasantly,
to linger over it, unhurried
THE principle of The League Of Nations
cuisine is to handle life in a strictly sani
tary manner, with refined service and
wholesome attention to the amenities. We
do not throw life on the table and say,
Take it or leave ii"
OUR carefully planned system satisfies this
unique clientele.
A New York paper is conducting a con-
troversy on the old bicker about doughnuts
and crulers. Our idea is that the ring
shaped sinker is the only true doughnut,
and that the cruller is the form of ballast
that comes twisted rather like a-well,
corkscrew, if you remember what they
looked like. To our way of thinking this
truth,is indicated in the name cruller, which
is simply popular perversion of the word
"curler.'' What the learned professors tall
"metathesis."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
SALOON SUBSTITUTES

7}HEN Bishop Charles E. Woodcock,
Of the Episcopal diocese of Ken
nv, fatty demanded in this city some
Unite suggestion from the anti-saloon
ofcss relative TO their notion of saloon
6nb6titute he approached nearer to the
roTs Of the liquor question than most of
M,aIeur Barleycorns enemies have dared
- altogether wrong to suppose that
ons have thrived because of essen
N|Ren perversity or desire on the
~ millions Of men to go to the
~ the quickest possible route.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Answers to saturdays ouIz

General Ironsides is the British com-
mander opposed to the Bolshevists in
the Murmansk region of Russia.
Q. Cairo is the largest city in Egypt.
q. The Eddas are a collection OF ancient
Iceland poems.
a. Nacarat color Is a bright orange-red.
4. The sachem was the chief OF certain
American Indian tribes. BY extern
sion the word has come to mean big
,\wig, eminent person. II Is pronounced
with the "ch'' sounded as in church,
with the "a" short, and with the ac-
cent on the first syllable.
q Matthias Erzberger is the head of the
German armistice commission.
=. spikenard is a perennial herb. allied to
yalerian The word is also applied to
certain kinds of fragrant oil and
originally 1t described an ancient costly
aromatic ointment. ss
a. The Metropolitan OF Athens Is the Greek
Church prelate of that city, ranking
above an archbishop and below 4
patrisrch. ~
q A sackbut 10 an obsolete bass trumpet
with a slide for altering the pitch.
10. Two Ameiican Presidents Martin Van
Buren and Theodore Roosevelt, were oe
Dutch paternal ancestry IS (, ;.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
sembly every two years for that to which
10 ;e axt,kI~I ~,xbt

sembly every two years for that to which
IL is entitled as a right.
The need for reform is admitted. All
that is required now is that the mem
bers Of the General Assembly shall act,
The bill under consideration may not be
perfect. It's defects can be readily cured.
When it is put in proper shape its unani-
nous passage would do credit to every
man who voted for 1t.
If there is any opposition at the hear
ing in Harrisburg tomorrow, those who
have faith in the spirit of fair play
among the people of the state will be
grievously disappointed. The reform has
been delayed too long already.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Something New
Every Day .

1t has remained for
Something New the Rev. DIR. Newell
Every Day Dwight Hills to
evolve the most pic
turesque charge yet made against the
Wilson administration. Doctor Hills feels
assured that because the federal authori-
ties did not restrain Trotsky when he pre-
pared to leave this country for Russia,
President Wilson is. responsible for the
Cars downfall and the overthrow of the
Russian government. He neglects to sug-
gest, however, that there must have been
something profoundly rotten in a govern
ment that could be overthrown by a sec.
ond rate agitator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

The tale of how Mr.. Wilson, in Octo-
ber, talked directly with the Germans by
wireless, insists that he addressed them in
plain English" Yet they seem to have
understood him far better than they did
the Kaiser's native tongue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Unquestionably

The Germans, says
Unquestionably Ludendorff in his
latest book, aban-
doned all hope of victory last August.
And yet they continued to send their men
to slaughter. Surely. II Ludendorff is read
in Germany he will find it necessary to
reside somewhere else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

The "ma-rade' will precede the parade
when the Twenty-eighth comes home, for
it will begin at the gangplank.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

If we can believe some sensationalists,
It Is a crime against the peace of the world
for japanese to buy land in Mexico.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

When the air routes become regu-
lated and policed 1t will at least be i'm
possible TO roast the traffic cop for stand
ing still and doing nothing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

1t is a dismal paradox that May coal
prices will ,be inseparable from the must
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

Excitable Italy is still ''Fiuming" a
the Peace Conference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

Cardinal Mercier in the flesh will soon
make his first visit TO America. His soul,
however, preceded him here by nearly five
wears. O..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Tho caIorIo Value Of Plump urchlns

'It had been a strenuous night. All day
the mercury had been flirting with the zero
mark and soon after sunset bnrrowed down
into the bulb below all readings. Ny bed
that night fe,t like well iced tomb. Prob
ably daylight would have found me frozen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Reports

Reports from the
The New Version dry regions in the
south show that the
time has come when some master Of color
full fiction may easily make a fortune by
writing book that might be called Ten
Nights In a Hair-Oi Factory"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

The inference that General Blanquets
projected and deliberately pressagented
revolution In Mexico Is not unconnected
with oil wells helps to confirm the belief
that he is slippery customer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

The Reds in Ger
Colors Of History many and in Russia
might be a little
more popular II they were not proving to
be yellow fighters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Our Postman

Our Postman
They signed the peace-his boy was safe at
last,
He sighed relief for all the danger past,
Then waited hopeful, but no letter came.
He trudged upon his endless rounds, the
same
Old smile as in his sack he bore
Good news from France to each familiar
door.
His son was near Sedan, that much he knew,
But still no letter and the doubling grew.
Always courageous on his plodding way
He went, hope ebbing slowly day by day,
No word for weeks-then a short blessed
cable:
"Am wounded, Dad; will write as soon as
able
"Mother and will have him home again.
He beams. ''Of course, I worry now and
then,
But oh the change! Why, lately it's joy
Giving you folks the letters from your boy.
used to smile so that you shouldn't see
The pain those soldier letters gave to me-"
PHOEBE HOFFMAN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
How to Know Satan When You Meet
," Him


Him
H. 6. Wells imparts some advance infor-
nation that may be of value TO some of us:
Satan has the compact alertness of
habitual travels he is as definite as d grip
sack, and he brings flavor of initiative and
even hustle upon a scene that would other
wise be one of serene perfection. His halo
even has a slightly travelled look. He has
been going to and fro in the earth and
walking up and down in it; his labels are
still upon him. He believes that he is a
necessary accessory to God, and that his
incalculables quality is an Indispensable re-
lief to the acquiescences of the archangels. /"
Mr. Wells goes on, through long and
very polysyllabic philosophication, to express
the thought that Samuel Butler said long
ago ins one sentence !: "Vice exists to keen
Virtue within bounds. -
At least the kaiser has attained one of
his cherished aims, for his soul Is said to
have turned into Gaul and wormwood. The
latter, we recall (never mind howl, is one
Of the ingredients of absinthe. which is also
said to make the heart grow fonder and the
brain go,wander.
Wonder what McAdoo's doing these days?
Max Harden, the well known German
blurter Of unpleasant truths IL quoted by
the New York Sun as having said that the
kaiser was infamed with a passion "for
eauze and effects. Is that simply a Ger
man cultural that got mislaid on the cable
or does 1t refer to the kaiser as impresario
of the ballet at the Berlin court theatrei
For the moment and under Admiral Doc
tor Grayson, the supreme council of ten has
become council Of quinine.
Colohel House keeps on saying nothing,
but he says 1t 10 demurely that we can't
help loving him for II, SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
PRUNE.S AND PRLSlNS

to death if it had not been for saving idea.
Hurrying into the childrens room 1 selected
two of the warmest and chubbiest. Banking
them on either side of me in my bed, just
survived the night. Of course, it was hard
on them, but then any round, warm child of
proper sentiments should welcome an oppor
tuntiy to save the life of an aged parent. -
Sam Scoville, Jr., in the'Yale Review.
Those who went to the Academy the other
evening to hear the Afro American singers
were startled to see "The Battered Bride"
mentioned on the program. 1t ought to be
The Bartered Bride" which is better, be-
cause If bride is popular enough to be the
subject of barter she will probably be kindly
treated.
The man whose name we covet is MAJOR
General Beaumont Bonaparte Buck Az he
is West Pointer, he never had the salts
faction of working his way up from a Buck
private. ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
SCANDAlOUS? NO:
ONLY THE WIVES
Announcement Of Dnnccr Gave proiui,c
of Startling Sen
SRtiun.

CHICAGO May lI.--"Now, boys. when
the little lady dances for YOU YOU
must remain in your seats. Cut out
the noise. we don't want to &c, pinchcd
You'll see this shoA hut once in life
time. SO don't muss things ur and spoil
everything"
Twcnty-four OF thc boys from tho
city gas and electric departments sat
tiSh;-scttlcd back in their seats and
waited for the fun TO start.
y. I. fordham. master OF ceremonies,
stepped little nearer a mysterious
curtain hung over an entrance TO the
banquet hall. lie ncrvously caught
hold Of ono end Of tho drapcry, then
sounded this final note OF warming.
"Rcmcmbcr. We are all married mon
and must not bc caught.
one OF tho boys couched ncrvously.
The suspense was telling. The boys
mentally went over their lis; OF alihis
trying 20 Gull tho good from the bad -
thr ola ones sprung on tho wife in
days gone by from the new ones.
Then Fordham dal'iuSly pulled back
that mysterious curtain. revealing the
wives Of the hoys-all dressed up in
thcir best bib and tucker and primcd
for a good time with hubby.
They 90 say Gu, Of the boys rcClcd
SaSpcd and then tainted from SHOCK.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
SEE GERMAN HAND IN
BARCELONA TROUBLES
General strike believed to Have Becn
fOmcntcd From Hun
Embassy.

BARCELONA. SPAIN. May l7.--,Spe-
>cia lD--C;crman propaganda and the
spread of Bolshcvist ideas among the
working mon are. III part. blamed for
the general strike which took place
here last week II is generally be-
licvcd that the Germans have all along
been working TO create trouble among
the Spanish lahorne men. Their
machinations during the war were cX-
posed by the Madrid daily FL Sol. which
showed how the German embassy was
implicated III provoking labor troubles
hoth in Barcelona and Madrid. II WAS
reported TWO weeks ago that a wireless
message had been intercepted asking
that further funds he sent here for
piopa Eanua work.
The wealth which the war brought
10 this manufacturing district Of spa in
was not shared by the working people.
While the cos; OF living steadily in
creased. wages remained uuaitcrcd or
inSI!mii,rlsmtiy increased
were judtClouSly toStcr"d bN uuidcnti-
tied persons wife" provided funds aud
clerks III offices. were forced 10y threats
10 join the labor Syndicatcs. Those
who refused were warned hy auony-
NOUS letter. aud il they disrcrurdod
these warnings were murdered by
masked men. The police failed To dis
cover the authors of these crimes
The strike began among the cm-
ployccs Of The light and power COM
pany and the c,y was left without
street cars OF, electric light. Tho gov
eminent mohiljzcd the strikers hut the
tramwaN conductors refused to take
the cars out under military orders. and
were arrested and taken 10 the fortress
OF MontJuich.
Finally the Madrid government
Obliged the light and power company
TO Conccdc the demands Of the men. hut
tho army authorities refused the de-
al
conductors be liberated
The general strike cusucd and thu"
city was left without light power or
TRANSPORT There is good authority For
stating that the strike leaders had
planned = general pilarc OF the city
1903
Martial law was prccla med and INC
military authorities stationed machine
guns IN tho leading tho,oushfarcs
while special constnblcs maintained or
der in the side streets. The soldiers
SUPPLIED electric light and water. hut
no street ears were operated No Ear-
cel"na papers were printed for S.cral
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
CHICAGO WOMEN DIDN'T
REAR SON TO BE COP
fricuJ wife Comes TO Henduuartcr>
To say Mother-iu-I.nv
Had Objections.

=. CHICAGO May ,l7.-Mrs. John +.
ner son t. be cop. Not in . thou
John, her husband, was reccn,ly
SWORN in as patrolman. ON report :
'nE tho same afternoon Balik show ed
UP At ,headquar;ers with small NO
man clingins to his arms
"hh.' beamed the lieutenant II see
you have made an arrest already"
Arrest nothing was The quick
comchack. This is my VIE
= II think your husband Will make =
:ine policeman" encouraged the lieu
tenant as soon as he recovered his
speech.
You have another think coming to
you this from the small lady Nh
nothcr-tn law didn't raise this -ou OF!
ncrs 10 he cop. John makes fine
book keepcr But copper" That's out
Furthermore, / understand You havc
policc"omcn on the force and that
some OF them are real smart looking
John. this 10 ;hc husband poiiccmaE
"hcres the pen and there's the inh &c
Right then and there the new OH d.
Ger set himself down. wrote out his
res Enation and after his wife had
revised Il: read cory on it. read proof
ana @. I'd II, turned in his nice patruI
Don kcys his brand new shiny star
and his hook of rulcS--then lief, ,hc
room with the Mrs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
Rough.

The young man rolled his eyes as he
entered the editorial sanctum.
Here is poem which YOU may pub
lish in your paper. I dashed it off in
an idle moment. and you will perhaps
find 1t little rough. You can make
any corrections YOU please.
THANK YOU said :hc editor. ~
VIII give YOU a check FOR IL at once
You arc very kind. ! shall be de-
lighted"
Tho editor handed him a check.
Many thanks" said tho poet. II
VIII bring YOU some more poems"
lie had reached the door. when sud
denly he turned
Excuse me, bat you've forgotten to
I'll up this check"
oh that's AL right" said the cdi-
tor. II have given YOU - check in its
rough state, as II were. You can make
any corrections YOU please"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
ADVISES EVERY WOMAN
TO KNOW WORLD EVENTS
Good Fiction and Articles OF Interest
TO the Sex, Also Found of
Value.
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS
Census Shows Few Women Arc
Represented in Glass OF Readers OF
Thoughtful Periodicals, Indicating
Few Know OF Political Affairs.
R,- rt,:,Nou ,;,I.Rnur

There were TWO girls in = street car
"ae was ndec,inE with an cvenin 6
ously glanced every few moments; the
other sat next 70 hor. taihinc vivaci-
cad the papers" she announced in
Supcrior fashion. ITS lust fun Of this
STUN ahou: tho peace conference. Ana
] don't understand it anyway. Why
DO they take 50 long and fuss when
Then she chartered on abou, some
new clothes She was planning. Md
when her friend left her she looked
about lisilcssly At the advertisement, Z
her own empty mind evidently was
Most business women read the news.
papcrs -unques;ionahly this type is the
exceptional one. although she exists
study OF newspaper and magazine
readers 1t was intcrcstinS TO note how
>iiEhtlN women are represented among
@ocsn't really care TO probe decp into
;hc mysteries of the present political
reflects, and The peace conference will
be neatly settled somehow. Nothing
TO worry abou; AZ all,
Visiting EnEl!Shmen ALWAYS cXprcsS
astonishmcmt at tho great lack OF in
lcrest IN things political which Ameri-
can women manifest English women
hsNc always been keen students OF
national affairs and have welded their,
influence long before il WAS presented
TO them with the suffrage. We'll.
don't know politics." young Eng
topic i oNnaustible
OF course. il takes much time 10
Eccp up 20 date on international At
fairs a present But any women can
Iroulre some slight grasp % the sitUa-
ion on, by nSsuiar reading Of ,homgh9t'ul
the news columns OF some OF the dallv