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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
NINE HOURS FOR SLAcKERS

THE sole change which the new regis
4 tration act made in the system
whereby the citizen qualities as a voter
reduces to a minimum excuses for the
neglect of his duty. Under the old law
the registration places We're open from
z to 10 a. m. and from to 10 p. m. Now
the officials will serve from 7 a. m. until
! p. m and under the former schedule in
the afternoon and evening.
Totalng the three registration days,
nine more hours of opportunity to per
form the extremely simple yet indis-
pensable function of citizenship are pro
vided. Entire Indifference to the ctys
welfare is now the only argument which
the Stacker can consistently advance.
Consideration for the citizens engage
ments and personal obligations has been
deep. 1t is now up to him to be consid-
crate of sensible law framed to prevent
corruption on election day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
CROWDED SCHOOLS AGAIN

THE lamentable spectacle of a great
= city with inadequate school-building
facilities will be presented on September
8. 1t is estimated that $4,000 children
will be on part time. There are no new
structures to relieve the situation. To
add TO the difficulties the treasury of the
Board of Education is seriously handi-
capped by the failure of the state to sup
ply money to meet the new salary in
crease for teachers.
From an economic standpoint. the
schools of Philadelphia are always in
trouble. Yet there is 10 valid reason why
their plight should be chronic Pennsyl-
vania and Philadelphia are rich enough
and powerful enough to perform the pri-
mary duties of state and of a city-to
furnish sufficient school accommodation
for the children and to pay the teachers
what they are worth. The practice of
starting a school year with part-time
pupils is a dismal and aIl-too-familiar
confession of indifference and inefficiency.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
THE WHATS THE UsE?" CROWD

WHEN an otherwise good citizen is
W urged to vote at the primaries he
too often replies with the question,
whats the use? The organization will
nominate its candidates and | have no
time to waste
According to the present indications,
the next Mayor will be chosen at the pri-
marieS on September l6. Unless some
thing unforeseen happens. the man who
wins at the primaries will be the man
who will win at the November election,
just as the man who wins at the pri-
mares in the southern states is assured
of election. The South is not so solid as
it seems to be on the surface. There are
two Democratic parties in most of the
states and they have their contests in
the primary elections. The number of
votes cast in those elections is greater
than the number polled at the elections
which give title to Office.
If there is to be improvement in gov
errment in Philadelphia it must come
about through contest at the primaries.
The Whats the use?" crowd, which is
Indifferent, must put away its indiffer-
ence and assume responsibility. There
are enough voters in it to get any kind
of government they wish. They are con-
trolled by no one. Their votes can be
delivered by no ward leader. But they
do not vote at the primaries and many Of
them do not even register to qualify for
voting al the general election.
To put the case in as extreme man
ner as possible, they are like merchant
who stands on the sidewalk curiously
watching burglars loot his store, while he
says to himself: whats the use of inter
fering? It's the business of burglars to
rob and it is too much trouble for me to
interfere with them in the conduct of
their business"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
STAGE WAR NEARS HOME

DHILADELPHIA'S inconspicuousness
- as a summer "show town" has given
a somewhat academic character to our
interest in the actors strike.
But August is on the sliding board now.
The Labor Day inaugural of our theatri-
cal season has become traditional Are
the returned vacationists to enjoy foot
light refreshment or must they seek di-
version in the ineXtinguishable silent
drama, the museums or the zoo?
Nobody really knows. Some openings
have been postponed, others Cancelled. A
few Of the autumn attractions are still
scheduled. But the situation is as cloudy
as It is phenomenal.
All but five of New York's theatres are
now closed. Burlesaue and vaudeville
are still fiourishing throughout the coun-
try and their exemption from the dead
Lock mRkes it possible to determine just
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

attempting to apply business principles
to state business. As soon as possible
after he was sworn in he removed both
Amber and Lafean. Their administra-
tions did not measure up to the standard
which he had set. Whether they are
criminsly guilty or not is beside the
question just now. They proved that
they were not the right sort Of men for
the Offices which they held. They might
have served successfully in some other
departments, but they failed miserably
where they were put.
The real issue back Of all the other
issues before the voters of Philadelphia
today is whether they want the city to
be governed for the next four years in
accordance with the theory that public
office exists for the benefit of the office
holders, whether they want a Mayor
elected in order to strengthen a local po-
itical organization or whether they want
a Mayor elected to devote himself pri-
marily to the economical and efficient
conduct of public business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
LMMANENCE

T COME in the little things. e
Saith the Lord:
Not borne on morning wings
OF majesty: but l have set my feet
Amidst the delicate and bladed wheat
That springs triumphant in the furrowed
sod.
There do l dwell. in weakness and in power;
Not broken or divided. said our God!
In your straight garden plot 7 come to
flower:
About your porch my vine.
Meek, fruitful, doth entwine;
Waits, at the threshold, Loves appointed
hour.
I come in the little things,
Saith the Lord
Yea, on the glancing wings
OF eager birds, the soft and patterhg feet
OF furred and gentle beasts, come to meet
Your hard and wayward heart. In brown
bright eyes
That peer from out the brake, I stand con
fest.
On every nest
Where feathery Patience is content to brood
And leaves her pleasure for the high en-
prise
Of motherhood
There does my Godhead rest.
come in the little things.
Saith the Lord;
My starry wings
do forsake.
Loves highway Of humility to take,
Meekly fit my stature to your need
In beggar's part
About your gates shall not cease to plead
As man, to speak with man
Till by such art
shall achieve my immemorial plan:
Pass the low Intel of the human heart.
Evelyn Underhill in the London Nation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

how strong the public's regard for the
so-called legitimate stage actually is.
Theoretically, we ought to be able to
exist without the mirror held up to ma
ture. And yet it is denials of luxuries
which always seem so particularly pain
full. Persons barred during the war from
using three Jumps of sugar in their coffee
know just how distressing the depriva-
ton was.
Much as both belligerents in the pres
ent "war" threaten to be unyielding. 1t
seems inevitable that some adjustment
will have to be reached before long. One
side or the other must eventually respond
to the public's zeal for self-indulgence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
Answers to Yesterdays oulz

1. The repeal of the daylight saving law
was passed three times by the House
of Representatives.
.. A prestidigator is a magician. The word
literally means quick hngerer.
g. Theodore Roosevelt in speech made in
Springfield, ILL.,, in 1908, started the
phrase "a square deal' on its career of
popularity.
4. A polacre is a three masted Mediterra-
mean merchant vessel.
:. Shantung is especially sacred to the
Chinese because their great philosopher
and moralist Confucius was born in that
peninsula.
6. Charlotte Amalie is the chief town Of
the Virgin Islands.
Z. A cadi in Mohammedan couRtries is a
civil judge.
s. Dipsomania is morbid craving for al-l
cOhol.
O. The word buoy should be pronounced ms
though spelled "boi."
10. Mercury was the classical messenger Il
the gods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
What Do You Knotu?


1. How many states compose the republic
of Mexico?
.. What do the English call ticket ofics
in a railroad station?
s. What is the "Unrighteous Bible" and
why is it so called?
4. What were the two largest cities in
France taken by the Germans during
the war?
3. Who wrote THE School for Scandal"
g. Where was the late Oscar Hammerstein
born?
Z. When is the next United States census to
be taken?
s. When was the federal constitution de-
clared to be in effect. &
0. Who were the PATRONS? '
10. What is spikenard?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
Arauments in a Wardrobe

<IxxIHAT dress shall 1 wear?" l some
w times say,
And my mother tells me my blue and gray"
"what blue and gray? have no gray
dress.'
Very WELL then, we will call it 'Bess'."
So we have name for all my clothes,
And when say Green" my mother knows
It's the one she thinks is colored Blue
We've agreed to call that Emmy Lou"
1t sounds so funny, when ! go way
To visit sometimes, to hear her say
"Better wear Maria and pack up Jane,
And carry Susanna in case of rain"
So I know exactly what to take
And it saves my making any mistake.
For it's always safer to have name
When you hear alike but don't see the same.
BESSIE GRAHAM'S FRIEND.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

lncIc Sam is not disturbed by the
declaration of one hundred thousand Mexi-
,an railroad mon that they are ready to
night if the present International situation
results in hostilitirs. lie favors one job at
Il time, and the present job is to catch the
handits he has started after.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

IF THE theatrical managers will take our
advice, they wiz cave in. The position
of the actors is the strategic one. For actors
can go ahead and act without a manager.
But no manager can produce a play without
players.
But perhaps our advice Is not wholly dis
interested. A play of cur own was to have
gone into rehearsal recently, but the strike
came along and embalmed everything.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
"Very Deliqhtfui"


Newton Baker informed the President
that the two soldiers he pardoned fer sleep
ing on outpost duty had done untlnchlng
service in the fighting last summer, that one
of them had been killed i'll action and the
other twice wounded. Mr.. Wilson wrote
concerning 'the two youngsters tas he IS
pleased to call them) 1T is very delightful
TO know that they redeemed themselves so
thoroughly.
We don't wish to be harsh, but it seems
TO us that Abraham Lincoln would have
found some more marrowy phrase than very
delightful same words Woodrow used
in inviting the senators to ttfn.
We are frequently told that Mr.. Wilson
bes n marvellous command of English. We
demur. 1t is the marvellous English that has
control of him
Actress AIarries Broker" says New
York headline That is one ingenious way
to get even with the managers. There are
very few producers who can fall back on
broker for support.
The great number of people who are found
dead in bathrooms perturbS us. Is there
ANYTHING fatal to the human race in ablutlon!
Perhaps there's some joker i'll the old saw
about cleanliness being the threshold of god
illness?
At modest estimate, we have about 100
poems stacked up in front of us, sent
in by our gracious and nice natured clients.
These range from the roaring ballades OF
client Bellem to the dainty jocoserias OF
Client Horace Hook. Were we not such a
Geyotee of furious and unstinted toll, it
would be a simple matter to take fort
night off and chafe up the Dish with these
nourishing gruels.
And in fact our clients are threatening
n strike unless we print more of their con-
tributions They have already begun to
picket our Office with talking delegates. But
we shall never compromise with violence.
We have taken very sagacious measures.
We have retained our friend, Fred w. Brei-
finger, as legal counsel, and got him down
to the Office the other evening to look over
our vaults. BY his advice we are printing
the following, which he thinks the best of
our present accumulation:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Names Ot dead men
The sham of Life still remind MS of those
venerable snares where
0y cemetery voters line up solid for the
Wares Councils berth by fake petition such
as that for William Horn, prompts the
query why some mission wasn't given the
unborn As it is, this very hoary dodge
rommingeS cheer with gloom as an index
that gang "glory' seeks its refuge in the
tomb
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Twenty thr"" thousand children in
Philadelphia are going to be robbed of their
rights when school opens They will be
forced to go on half time during the term
because of the lack of school buildings.
And not more than twenty two thousand
nine hundred and ninety nine will make
rOmnlaint,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

No. Irene, the proposed federal depart =
ment of aerOnautirs will have nothing to
do with the regulation of high fiers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

The public is more or less apathetic
corcerning the actors strike; but if the
strike ever reaches the movies-well, that
Lii he something else again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

When the aviation race at the Olympia
tournament at Camp Dix comes of next
rnonth Philadelphia City Hall will be the
cunning point. 1t has already been the
turning point of many a political career.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Archduke Joseph of Hungary hates to
be among the unemployed, and he doesn't
care what kind of job he gets so that
he's working.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
COLONEL ED D. SMITH, who has a

COLONEL ED D. SMITH, who has
Y stock of stories equal to the best on the
road, has returned to Philadelphia and re-
sumed his political status in the Thirty
sccond ward Colonel Ed was one of the
hovs who helped to fight for the union of
the states Some years ago he was one
Of the ponuar comrades at the National
soldiers Home. at Hampton Roads In
tiot shaded atmosphere. where the veterans
dcIiphtpd to swap their war yarns. Cap
tain Ed had his biggest battle to get the
buildings screened to keep out the mosqui-
toes and being vigorous fighter he sue
cpeded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

On the other hand, consider the numerous
devices humanity has invented for abbre-
waiting the journey through the valley of
tears. Motortrucks, grade crossings, all
night poker and chop sucy are the first that
come to mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

And always there is hope that while
the orators are busy with the high cost of
living somebody will find remedy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

While the police are driving away
street venders' stands, why not also drive
aWay some of the mcndicants?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
The Hoo Island Helen

1t is safe to assume that there will be no
vote slackers in the Hog Island beauty con-
test! The original Venus, one recalls. was
born of the sea; and Helen of Troy was
hailed as ''the face that launched n thousand
ships" Sailor men have ever been brisk
judges of female charm, and the world looks
to Hog Island to single out some damsel
who will sadden the fifth decade of Maxine
Elliott. Ladies, we who are about to Ian
guish, salute you
'Ehe Better Ole" running in New York,
has been closed by the actors strike, The
embittered producer uttered a yell TO the de-
parting actors. Some say he said, "If YOU
know a better role, go to t." Others aver
he said, IF you know better olo, 70 to
itn'
Judge Bonniwell is going to talk on the
Power of the Press tomorrow night, The
press, more generous, will refrain from re-
turning the compliment.
1t seems heartless of Mexico to keep on
trihing with the affections of trusting
neighbOr.
When Hamlet addressed his sharp words
to the players they would have been en-
] tirely justified in at once insisting on an
Equity Association contract. Most offensive
to them must have been his reference to
'inexplicable dumb shows" which can
have meant nothing else but the movies.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

1t is the hope OF every
Revised Version politician that gov
rrnment Of the office
holder by the oficeholdcr and for the office
holder shall not perish from the earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
To Socrates In Auuust

To Socrates In August
Hay fever sets one wondering.
d Death, about thy famous sting
And one concludes that 1t might be
\ pleasure to be stung by thee.
HORACE HOOK
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

RcserVatiOnists are now bending their
energies to make an ex-articIe out of
Article y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

All the states having been made. voters
will get ready to mark EN- and clean EN-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Every economist comedies that a fsi
price is p complicated affair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

The North Penn movie is just one in
close up after another
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

And once again the fact is brought
home to us that Senator Borah's name is
one syllable too long to be really descrip-
tive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Uncle Sam would sell blankets more
RAPIDLY II the weather were cold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
THE CHAFFING DISH

end And the fact that it has never given
much serious thought to the business Of
elongating the span of life seems to suggest
well. draw your own conclusions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Corn on the cob is composed largely oi
profit ears.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Scene: South Broad street. the western
pavement. A balmy summer evening, 10. 10
p. m. gentle cooling breeze putting up
the line. Tapping the trousers of gobs es-
corting damsels home from the movies. In
Il big club window. a vast leather armchair
drawn up toward the sill. The room behind
it dimly lit, and nearly empty. In the
chair sat a gentleman softly musing, while
the breeze toyed tenderly with his whiskers.
We halted, entranced. 1t was plain that
the gentleman was girdled with contempla
ton, bathed in abstract scrutiny. 1t was
Mr.. Cattell the city statistician, and we
thought we saw his lips move secretly to
the refrain of that fine old hymn, Where
Is Ny Wandering Decimal Tonight?''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Living cost viii slip into its propsr
niche when everybody gsts down to work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
A City Notebook

South street is the last fortress of the
watermelon and the witch doctor. A stroll
on that murmuring thoroughfare on warm
evening will convince one that rattlesnake
oil is still the most merciful specific for
human nilings. Patent medicine manufac-
turers live to Il great age--this is one of
Natures compcnsutions. az their customers
die young-and their souls wander happily
along South street Here is an extract from
an ad we found pasted to the window pane
of South street apothecary:
This is a prescription that we have pre-
pared especially for Malaria, Chills and
Fever, Intermittent, Remittent and Bilious
Fever. We especially recommendation
those exposed to the weather as they
take 1t. eat anything they want, and
go right on with their work with no fear
of being Salivated
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Ths H0sn play was reaNy bone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
Acid Ejaculation

Humanity gets what it wants, II is per.
seysring and stubborn, and prevails in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

1t seems heartless of MEXICO to keep o.
trihing with the affections of a trustin
neighbor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

The system has been irritating for
years to the high-minded men in politics.
They have seen state departments run
ming along in slipshod way, wasting the
public money, when the application of
sound business principles by a man
familiar with them and interested in the
work of his department would have
brought order out of chaos and would
have returned to the taxpayers full value
for every dollar they have paid.
1t is not too much to say that the pres
ent Governor of this commonwealth is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

A tLBERT GAW has been IN the govern
~ ment service SO long that the memory
of man almost 'runneth not to the con
tiary.' "tllegory." as he is known to
''the Bold buccaneers of Barncgat, informs
us that the mayoralty contest in Philadel-
phia is a hot one. although that is about as
far as a government official may dare express
his opinion. Colonel Sayen. of Wayne and
ST. Davids alleges that Category" has as
fine sense of poetry as the late Frank
Fcnmore. Of whose acquaintance he was
very proud
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

Actress AIarries Broker. says New
York headline. That is one ingenious way
to get even with the managers. There are
vcrV few producers who can fall back on a
broker for support.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23

We are frequently told that Mr.. Wilson
has a marvellous command of English. We
demur. 1t is the marvellous English that has
control of him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-23
Member of the Associated Press

Philadelphia. saturday, August p. 1919