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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
A SARCAsSo.SEA POLICY FOR OUR
NEW SHIPS?

CHAIRMAN HURLEY announced that
~ within a month or so' he will present
TO Congress some definite plan for an
American merchant marine policy. BY
that time, however. the national legislators
may not be sitting and the present pro.
cedure of perilously drifting will bo un-
checked.
Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, set forth
the dangers Of the situation the other day
in congressional speech for which. how
ever, there was but small audience. And
yet the miracle OF our prodigious activity
in shpbui!dlng will be sadly smirched un.
less some means of making II of perma.
nent benefit to the nation shall be speedily
adopted.
BY next year commerce carriers under
the American flag, exclusive Of those on
the Great Lakes, will total $4,000 900 tons
more than three times as much as we
possessed in 1916. Great Britain and Nor.
way, which suffered so severely from sub
marine depredations will probably be quick
to acquire much of this shipping IL our
present needless policy drives us to dispose
of it. Selling vessels built at war prices
ior tH'SC pieNdIeHl III peace tlIleS CdiIlol
be otherwise than financially disastrous.
Pride in the wondrous achievements OF
our great shipyards becomes but a fleet
ing flash of enthusiasm if we are obliged
to confess inability to master the problems
OF great war accomplishment. Plans for
keeping the American flag on the seas,
where until now It has not been promi-
nently displayed since before the Civil
War. may involve government ownership.
independent ownership, subsidies or other
compromise arrangement Possibly 10
scheme devised will be ideal, but almost
any plan will be better than none. Realiza-
ton that the restoration of the peace status
obigates us not to misprize the products
Of our war energy cannot come too quickly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

ct LOOK with pleasure on my work, how
Lever defective, and deliver it to the world
with the spirit Of a man that has endea-
vored we'll. That 1t will Immediately be-
come popular have not promised to my
self: few wild blunders and risib!e ABB
surdties, from which no work Of such
multiplicity was ever free, may for time
furnish folly with laughter and harden ig-
norance In contempt; but useful diligence
will at last prevail.
Even a whole life would not be suffl-
cient. A writer will sometimes be hur'
ried by eagerness to the end, and some
times faint with WEAKNESS under the task;
what is obvious Is not always known, and
what is known Is not always present; sud
den fits Of inadvertency will surprise
vigilance. slight avocations will seduce at.
tention, and casual eclpses Of the mind
will darken learning; and the writer shall
often in vain trace his memory at the mo-
ment of need for that which yesterday he
knew with intuitive readiness, and which
will como uncalled into his thoughts to-
morrow"
The aboue qvords tcere not spoken by
Woodro,o Wilson concerning the league Of
natious copenant. They are from Doctor
Johnson,s preface to his Dictionary, 1855. 3
There will not be nearly so much living
from hand to mouth after July lst'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
IL the League Of Nations
Vera a Brand Of Tobacco

Hey. Mr.. Man. put 1t flush up to little
old League O. Nations to produce right off
the windmill, more peace happiness than
YOU ever before got wise to! Built to fit
your peace-appetito like union suit fits
n forty-chester. Just the jimdandiest flavor
and coolness and fragrance you ever
butted into!
Come on. put yourself hep about this
lust tho double.quickest thing you do next.
Our little old exclusive process cuts out
all international bite and parch Never
makes your tongue sore. and done UP In
that tidy little covenant that you'll want
10 read aloud to mother and the kids. This
Is tho stuff that puts old man Mars on the
gloom toboggan. None OF the bitterness
and hangover of the old-fashioned brands.
Mellow as a fate man on tho sunny side
OF tho street on payday. FIJI up and puff
hard!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
Prayer to Sleep

Written after q thirty.Str hour "trick' on
a United States naval conuoy)
Sleep. I am deadly weary,
And the WEAKNESS stabs like q knife:
Sleep, enfold me and lift mo
Out of the halls of Life!
Bear me away from Time,
Over the walls of the world
over the silence Of tho sea
Where the sunset flags are furled.
Into your purple kingdom,
Where myriad treasures are found,
Sleep, with your wand Of magic
Lead me, and make no soundl
More deep than the mystery Of Death,
Than the deeps of the sea profound,
o Sleep. plunge me in silence,
By thy strong arms enwound
Carry me further. Sleep,
In time to your noiseless fife,
over the walls of the world,
Out of the halls Of Lifel
DOUGLAS CARY WENDELL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

officiaily ranked In winter. and IL April be
dank and chilly the calendar proclaims
Spring" and the inevitable crop OF poets
chirp gaily OF It's charms. Even repeti-
tion Of the famous March blizzard cannot
seriously shadow the good record Of the
open winter in the new age Of peace.
If the season has any critics they are
probably among the pilgrims who have
wandered South. What are the delights Of
Palm Beach really worth IL the stay.at'
homes are also baskng in invigorating
sunshine and caressng airs?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
A FEBRUARY WITHOUT TEETH

YrHE public parts company with Feb
= ruary tomorrow night with tho best
fssiings entertained for years toward that
usually tsmpestuous month. The blue
slEiss Of the Riviera are hardly more ius-
trous than our benign canopy has been
'oe late. while biisssrds. sleet storms and
~lfking SHOWS fade almost from tho Nom.
NV llhs the hitternesses OF war.
MAI bcc<s Il 4 the omniscisnt Mr..
y @nrnc1nG 0vDlle about Nareh7 But
- aa'''s ssassa ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
Life on the
Ocean Wave

out OF the Hurley
Life on the hurley of shipping
Ocean Wave board conferences
with business men for
the purpose of formulating a policy for an
American merchant marine arises the con-
viction that the merchant marine in the
making will not be wholly American until
the American small boy desires to be a sailor
as earnestly as he now desires to be a cow
boy. How can this desire be awakened +?
The movies might help. And Kiplng's Cap
tains Courageous" might be good story TO
flm for IA start
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
BEFORE 4 MASTERWORK

CAD brother ours. who with thy vision
~ whole
And hand unswerved within the long
duress
OF Deaths dark self, but gazed through
rcspiteless
And bunting years that won far less than
dole:
Strovc. suffered. thought; gave Strife and
Thought thy toll
With no despair that Lifes own iron
Gave back scant room to seize tho full
impress
In compromised retent of one strong soul;
But what Of you remains,-ths sign alone
Surviving the stilled hand that made IL
KNOWN
Tho dying dream Of immortality
Returns, and with u time.trued sense to
Our questioning days, and bid them OF
It see,
II but for one brief hour some nobler form.
James Edward Richardson, in "The For.
est.Altar and Other Poems"
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THE COWNSMAN
The Lowell Centennial Celebration

THE American Academy OF Arts and Letters
commemorated last week the hundredth
anniversary OF the birth OF James Russell
Lowell with appropriate proceedings and
festivities In New York. Beginning with
reception by the president OF Columbia Uni
Versity the ceremonies included, besides
other functions. a gala performance OF Mr..
Barrie's charming comedy. Dear Brutns a
formal dinner, at which Mr.. Root presided
and Mr. Galsworthy. the English novelist,
and Prof. Brander Matthews were chief
among the speakers. and a public meeting
where Prof. Barrett Wendell and Mr.. Croth-
ers spoke and Mr. Alfred Noyes and Mr.
Edgar Lee Masters each read original poetry.
The presence of many guests from Great
Britain, from Canada and even one from
Australia gave full significance to the invita-
tion. which read: I'm honor OF the one
hundredth anniversary Of the birth of James
Russell Lowell and In celebration Of the
unity and power Of the literature of the
English-spealsing peoples
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
Homeopathy for Leninc

Lenines automobile got stalled in a
snowdrift, says dispatch from Russia, and
footpads appeared and demanded his fur
coat. He explained II am Lenine"; but
the thieves retorted, That's all right. We
know you don't object as long as wo arc
comrades" and made off with It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

Thlrty-hve colonels In the Portuguese
army who took part In the nonarchist re-
volt have been reduced to the rank of
second lieutenant. The government evil
IDENTIFY didn't take them seriousiy-probabiy
considered them merely nut colonsls. But they
had best be careful Another revolution
might win sAsni spsnkipa.
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The Paris Temps has announced ,ts .,

The Paris Temps has announced it's fun
support OF the covenant for the formation of
a league OF nations. It's action 10 significant
as indicating a lessening Of the doubts tho
French have felt as To tho efficacy Of tho
league AZ to their sympathy with its aims
there has never been any question.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

The success or failure Of Representative
Rorkes House bill to permit movies. orches.
tral concerts and lectures OF an educational
character on Sunday will depend not on It's
wisdom or its unwisdon. not on the testl.
mony Of witnesses. but on the strength OF the
organised public sentiment for or asainst
the measure. II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

less than the amount at the corresponding
time last year.
But these figures are not sustained by
known facts. Judging from the extent of
the recent expansion OF the industry OF
peanut politics in Washington and else
where, there must be at least 2o0,00o,o00
pounds of peanuts stil on the market, with
the supply continually increasing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

A bill has been presented In Harris
burg to enable the voters TO cast their bal
lots through the mail Perhaps the time has
not arrived for anything so downright, but
assuredly anything that will simplify the
matter Of voting is worthy OF consideration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

1t may yet turn out that euro for
Bolshevism will be found In the deliberations
of tho Peace Conference Commission on In
ternational Labor Legislation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

LOWELL lost something In his achieve
- ment from the variety of his interests
and the versatility of his talents. lie has
lost something in fame for the same reasons.
He devoted himself with no such singeness
of purpose TO poetry as did Longfellow;
he wrapped himself not go closely In the
pontihcal robes of thought as Emerson. Nor
did he lead US arduously to a height and TO
the contemplation of our vastness like Whit
man. Lowell was man among men. a man
among books. because men had made books !;
q man who loved nature. because nature is
the environment OF man. Such an author in
too occupied with the larger things to be
merely stylist wherefore. a certain fine
carelessness about him. notwithstanding the
appreciation Of form which was his. Such a
man IL too open to passing impressions to
worry much about tho permanency of the
ideas which no expresses; wherefore the con-
temporaneousness OF the Biglow Papers.
which We are now beginning to read with
notes. OF the cold aloofness Of him who
writes only for posterity. Lowell had nothing.
Hence the love In which we hold him, hence
his place as the most truly American of
| American writer's, and yet the strongest of
the many literary ties which knit US to our
brethren Of Greater Britain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

. The need for a league of nations to en-
force peace is none the less insistent be-
cause of tho conviction of many Of it's
backers that the league sooner or later will
have to fight to keep the peace secure. That's
what saves u naval appropriation bill from
being an anomaly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

storker storkerson and party drlfted for
six months on a cake Of ice in the Arctic
circle. There Is o leisureliness about Arctic
exploration that is positively refreshing in
these days Of worry and fuss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
THE CHAFFING DISH

in Moscow has led to a government decree
making tho undertaking business a state
monopoly. It's very i'll wind that blows
nothing toward Lenine and Trotsky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
And with Hoover Over There, Too

We are expecting almost daily to hear
so,no one call down the commander-in-
chief for his cruelty In permitting some
Of our divisions In France to DO "skele-
tonized."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

Tho dean Of Hahnemann College prom
ises "a real egg from the chemical labora-
tory" He adds that 1t will have the yolk,
the white and the she'll But no synthetic
chicken will ever crack that shell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

The BIbulous One says he Is glad the
price of nut sundaes has gone up 1t makes
him realize that he isn't the only ono to
suffer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
To BE sung
Slowly

John Barleycorn. my
To BE Sung 10, John: they've left
Slowly you high and dry,
with Pennsy forty
fifth. John, your doom to ratify. And Phils-
delphia helped. John. to give the final blow,
though three men still remained your friends,
John Barleycorn. my jo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

What our Congress has TO decide within
the next few days is whether our soldiers
died In vain or for something worth while.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

The Department OF Labor has hopes
that the Governors will be able TO prevent
the industrial engine from running wild.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
PEANUTS AND POLITICS

nEPoRTs from Washington indicate
~ that there are lit,ooo.ooo pounds Of
pssnuts still unconsumed IN the United
sl.z>a ana that thIs y about 70 per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
Suggested Subjects for Historical Paintings

SuSScotCu SebJSSss sSs AAiesoi'taA
Senator Borah saying farewell to Wash
ington's farewell address.
Mr.. Tumuity showing w. w. tho declina-
tions of that dinner invitation.
M. Clemenceau's doctor trying to keep
the patient in bed
Rear Admiral Grayson explaining to Mr..
Tumulty the difference between binnaclo
and barnacle.
Guests at a White House dinner wonder
Ing whether their sovereignty would be
impaired by second helping of pie. and
uneasily waiting for the MayI.notting to
begin.
Democratic Senators defending the league
of nations project. strafing the Senate by
saying Hont soft gut mai pense.
Thomas w. Wilson as a young man
making up his mind whether to grow a
beard.
The man who graduated first in the
Princeton class of 70 being reminded that
4. w. Wilson graduated thirty-eighth In
that class.
Mrs. Wilson wondering where to put all
those gifts brought homo from abroad.
Colonel House committing himself by
proposing marriage to Mrs. House.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

And not a saloonkeeper in the state
feels grateful TO the legislators for attention
given to him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

It's a darned good country! We love 1t
all the while; so wen now duff up our taxes
with a smile
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

The salary raisers in Harrisburg are Of
the opinion that Father Penn can afford 1t.
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wh., Youth Suspects. Age Confirms

When Thomas w. Wilson was an under
graduate at Princeton he wrote in an essay
that congress is conglomeration Of in.
harmonious elements" and we have not
heard that he has changed MS views.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

Mrs. Ebert. the wife of the German
President, is said to be very domestic and
unassuming person. but we will wager she
has made mental note OF the new bonnet
Mrs. Wilson bought In Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
Piez in
n Pod

up of industrial conditions in the shipyards
His words should be read with thoughtful
interest by workers everywhere, on the
other hand. 1t was perhaps nl-advised of Mr..
Pez, Immediately after a conference with
strikers, to speak Of the stamping out of
Bolshevism in shpyards. Not all labor un-
rest is Boshevisn, but every movement 30
labeled boosts the uroDoVa-da of discomfort.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
What Do You Kno,v?
QUIZ

QUIZ
/. Who Is the premier Of the Commonwealth
of Australia?
2. What arc the colors Of the flag OF the
German republic.
g. How do currants get their name?
T. Who wrote THE Rose and the Ring"f
s. What American statesman was known
as the "old Man Eloquent?
8. What is the difference between analysts
and synthesis?
7. How many states have passed the pro-
hbition amendment?
8. What Is the origin Of the word foolscap
as applied TO paper?
0. Who is Storher storkerson?
10. What is meant by ''manana policy"f
Answers to Yesterdays Quis
1. Julian Story was a noted American por-
trait painter, who died In Philadelphia
this week.
g. Twenty-eight states, two territories ana
q federal district comprise the republic
of Mexico
8. The date of the Boston Tea Party" was
December is. i77s.
4. The Suwanee River is in northern Florida.
II flows into tho Gulf OF Mexico.
8. Rupprecht was Crown Prince OF Bavaria
before the German revolution.
9. Dry. wines are opposed to sweet or
"fruity' wines In sweet wines some
of the sugar is not yet decomposed;
In dry wines all the sugar has been
converted into alcohol
7. A palmer In the Middle Ages was r..
lgious pilgrim privileged to carry 4
palm-stPff He spent all his days In
visiting holy shrines and lived on
charity.
q. Leal means loyal. honest.
. q. President william Henry Hayrison's
grandson BENJAMIN became Presidut
OF the United States In 1ssa
10. viscount Ishii II Japanese ambassador ~
ths unitsd atrtes & IS. 3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

LOWELL, despite all his conservatism.
- stood out boldly against slavery. that
terrible negation of the very principles of
the Declaration of Independence for which
Americans had bled and he lived to see
slavery wiped off the slate of civilization.
Lowell. despite certain clannishness which
is the strength and weakness of the New
Englander stood out with equal boldness
against disunion and the dlsmemberment Of
the nation. The triumph of this ideal. too.
he was spared TO see. For when he went TO
Spain, and later to England he went TO
represent a great people, which out of the
furnace Of civil war had come forth welded
into one as never before But Lowell cher
shed a third ideal above either of these,
and that was the ideal of a unity of the
Englsh-speaking. the Anglo-Saxon race
Political unity, no. That was past and gone
and after ALL less essential. We had begun
in the old quarrel to fight for our rights as
Englishmen until we found in them our
higher rights as Americans; there was no
need to go back. The unity Of Lowells
dreams was that higher unity of race spirit
language. literature and aspiration. II was
we'll said by speaker after speaker at the
celebration dedicated to this practical
dreamer that Lowell, OF all men. would have
joyed to attend meeting devoted to "the
unity and the power OF literature OF the
English-speaking peoples" 1t was not quite
so clearly said that. could he have lived to-
day. he would have recognized and welcomed
with the provision Of poet and patriot
the coming realization Of his dream and It's
transcendence In the league of nations. the
essential sanction OF which is Anglo-saxon
| unity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

Who can say now that the Bolsheviki arc
not practical? According 20 an Associated
Press dispatch the nreof ~umper Of deaths
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

TT WAS the privilege Of Lowell to be born
on the birthday of the Father of his
Country, as 1t was the fortune of Hawthorne
TO be born on the Fourth OF July They
manage these things very well In New Eng
land. And Il was the fortune OF Lowell to
represent. in his blood an ancestry more
purely English and New English than It
would be easy to equal in our land of mixed
blood and jumbled opportunities. In his ex-
celent presentation of the matter. Professor
Wendell well brought out the Brahninicai
soundness OF Lowell. despite the tang OF
radicalism in him. when lie said that It would
have delighted Lowell to sec a common fell
low slap julius Caesar on the back. though
he might have resented like familiarity to
himself Lowell was OF the best of the con-
servatives in that he could distinguish what
was worthy of conservation he was one of
the best of liberals In that he recognized that
all change is not necessarily betterment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27
THE American Academy Of Al

THE American Academy of Arts and Let
l. ters. II might be explained. is the inner
circle. SO TO speak, OF the National Institute
OF Arts and Letters a club or guild OF
American men who are the producers OF
books. pictures or music in sense somewhat
above that of manufacture. The institute
arrogates to itself no primacy or leadership
save In so far as its members may be ap-
proved and accepted. each in his chosen art:
but II stands for high ideals In all the arts
represented, honors those whom It can ap-
prove by membership by the higher honor.
on approval, of an election TO the academy.
and by the presentation annually OF gold
medal In recognition of achievement, artistic.
literary or musical. to the OBSERVER, irre-
spectve of membership In this or in any
other association Tho joint annual meetings
OF the institute and academy in the city OF
New York and elsewhere alternately, have
become an inspiration to those who have
been privileged to attend them, because
they are characterized by the simplicity and
the idealism which habitualy sustain
American men Of arts and letters and be-
cause to every worker there is helpfulness
in association with his kind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

A correspondent reports that Mr.. Balfour
yawned twice during the first meeting Of
the Peace Conference. At least let us pray
that Il was the Cape of Good Hope.
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Epiiaphs for Wilhelm

He came. he saw. he Yunkered,
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The last piece of pic
on the plate" Is Dl-
rector General Piez $
a1IItarattyp summing
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Member Of the Associated Pre.s
GOOD ENOUGH TO BE AMERICANS

Philsdelphia. Thur.day, Frbrusr, q, 1919
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-27

There will not be nearly so much livin
from hand to mouth after July list.