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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
Member of the Associated Press
OF COURSE

THE Endorsement of Congressman
Moore for the mayoralty by the pres
ident of the Vessel Owners and Captains
Association comes as matt% Of course.
The members of this association know
that no man has done more for them in a
generation that the congressman. He
has fought early and late for the i'm
provement of the channel of the Della
ware in order that it may be made not
only deep enough for large craft, but safe
for all ships that use it.
And every blow that the congressman
has struck for a better waterway has
been blow for the expansion of the
business of this town. This is why the
business of the town is supporting him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
CAMDEN'S FAVORJTE SON

SHALL have a bully good time"
said Admiral Henry Baird Wilson
last April as he set out to visit his home
in Camden, N. j.. "but | am awfuIly
sorry 'Hampy' Moore won't be there.
Hampy' and are old friends. We went
to school together in the late seventies
and have high regard for his friend
ship"
The admiral's prophecy came true. He
had a, bully good time. He made the
journey to visit his mother, eighty-seven
years old, and the whole town turned out
to greet him.
But when town has one of its bare
foot boys turned into an admiral of the
fieet 1t can't be expected to be able to do
him sufficient honor on one occasion
Camden has another good time coming.
On Saturday Camden will have a peace
jubilee to welcome home the man who
was commander of the Atlantic feet
caring the war. There will be parade
which the admiral will review from the
headquarters of the Ninth Ward Repub-
lican Club, and veterans of the Twenty
ninth and Seventy-eighth Divisions will
march, as will men from every industrial
plant in the city. And it may be that
his friend, "Hampy" Moore, will tear him
/ self away from the exciting joys of the
mayoralty campaign long enough for a
howdy on the other side of the Delaware
We hope the admiral will have the
bully time he rlong ago expected and
which he well deserves. He has done
honor to the city of his birth. Camden
does honor to itself in doing honor to
him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

There is no doubt that the plan will be
bitterly attacked by those who have ad-
vocated a different solution of the prob
lem. The fact that it cmbodies features
of the plan of the security holders, the,
plan of the railway executives and the
Plumb plan will not exempt it from criti-
cism.
But the average citizen is interested in
it only so far as it will affect the inter-
ests of the public. He knows that the
railroad employees and the railroad share
holders have rights that must be re-
spected, but he knows also that those
rights are subordinate to the rights of
the public.
The primary purpose of railroad is to
carry passengers and freight. 1t re-
ceives a franchise from the government
to do this service under general public
supervision. Its owners are the trustees
of the public in fact as well as in theory.
The Pennsylvania, the Reading and the
Baltimore and Ohio roads have been
allowed to lay their tracks through this
city not to increase the profits of the
owners of these roads, but to serve public
| convenience. The people do not forget
| this, even though the railroad managers
and operatives may sometimes act as if
| they newer knew it.
So the first thing the people want to
know about the Cummins plan is what it
does for them. They will be interested
to discover that, besides providing for
consolidation of existing lines and for
compulsory arbitration of wage disputes,
| - aoptipuaC tha arranpement fn,. copo,,,o,r
use of terminals when necessary and for
the diverting of freight from one line to
| another by government board when one
| line is congested-an arrangement which
was made by the federal director of rail-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04


THE shortening days Of the fall are here
And the cooler nights of the autumn
moon.
And again We know las knew last year,
That the summer maiden must leave us
1t is really little inopportunc:
We were half in love with white duck
But now, we must join in that older tune
In praise Of the maiden who rules in town.
hTAN, Polly and Grace. They were all SO
~ dear.
And that wee chic blonde that we met in
June.
We forgot that partings and tears were near.
But the summer maiden must leave us
soon.
'Tis a loss--but isn't it. too, boon?
A rope thrown TO us before we drown?
This leading us back to that older tune
In praise of the maiden who rules in town.
THE winds are getting a bit severe,
l. And sweep too kecnly o'cr beach and
dune.
In the sough of the waves we seem to hear.
1.-THE summer maiden must leave us soon"
SO again for the city's gift triune:
Our club. our shop and tof all the crownD
The joys that chorus beneath the tune
In praise of the maiden who rules in town
DRINCE, September nights are too chill
to spoon
The summer maiden may leave us soon.
Pink cheeks are as bonny to kiss as brown
So, hey for the maiden who rules in town
WARWICK JAMES PRICE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
What Do You Kno,O?
QUIZ

l. Who is primate of Belgium? %
.. What was the only bequest which VIII
liam Shakespeare made by will to his
wife?
s. OF what European kingdom was Brazil
formerly a colony?
a. What is a fosse?
5. Who is the head of the Austrian peace
delegation?
g. How much is a farthing worth in
American money?
Z. In what congressional body must all
bills for raising revenue originate?
s. What is a Tough?
0. What flower is called the Rose OF
Sharon?
10. What is the meaning of the Latin
phrase "Suaviter in modo"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Ambrose NJ sherman,
Ambrose NJ Sher- city fireman, while
man. Hero in France dragged
soldier to safety
through CALLING artillery barrage and then
gave his blood to save his comrades life.
Here in Philadelphia he once submitted to
having twelve squares of skin taken from his
body to graft on the body of a man seriously
burned in a gasoline explosion. Today Mrs.
Catherine White. in the University of Penn
svlvania Hospital. owes her life to the fact
that he gave quart and half of his blood
to her. One of the dictionary definitions of
hero is "a man admired for his achieve
mpnts and noble qualities Ambrose NJ.
Sherman qualities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

When they gave General Prrshing fare
well dinner in Paris, fresh caviar was on
the menu. This VIC take to mcau that Rus
sia is on the up grade again. Shakespeare.
with his gift of prcscicncc, probably had
this occasion in mind when he spoke of
caviar to the general
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Toads soon after the government took
over the lines as war measure.
If its proposers can convince Congress
that no better plan can be found, then it
is likely to be adopted and put into effect.
But it will have to stand up against as
severe a barrage as has been directed
against the peace treaty, a barrage di-
rected by doctrinaires on the one hand
and by selfish interests on the other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
4 Paper and a Pipe

WHEN man is weary workin' all the day,
w HandIin hoe or hammer, toolin' truck or
dray,
Addin rows of figures, settin' piles Of type
Nothing's half so restful as a paper and
pipe.
Rcadin' of high doin's, troubles Of q throne
Makes you more contentcd with worries OF
your own, -.,..
Putin like an engine clouds of hazy blue,
Puts sort of smoke screen 'twixt the world
and you.
Rockin' after supper in your stockin' feet,
Soon you fall to dreamin' of q cottage neat
Pretty little garden, apples gettin ripe,
And porch and hammock, a paper and
pipe.
Common clay or meerschaum, cob or black
ened wood.
Eithcrs fine and dandy so they're drawin
good.
Some like mild terbacker, prefer it strong
Gee! without my brier couldn't get along.
Life is not picnic, take it AS you will
Whether drivin autos or diamond drill;
Lots of folks to bury, lots of tears to wipe,
But there's solid comfort in a paper and Q
pipe.
-Mnna Irving, ir the New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
Ernestine's Gift of EXPRESSION

trnestine Myers is one of the few terp-
sChoresSl artists VINO dances as well with
her arms as her feet. It's pleasure, TO
watch her wave hef slender, expressive
limbs about in any old dance Her costumes,
what there is Of them, are delightfully."- ar
tistic.--Nariety.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
THE EOWNSMAN
THE CONTESTANTS OWN GHOST
STORY

TNIllS tale ought to be dedicated to the Ma
tional or International Society for Psychic
Research. for it is of such stun as their
dreams are. | tell it precisely as ! remember
it, which is not always in these cases exactly
the same thing as precisely as 1t happened
However, | can vouch for the verify of each
detail. Only the name of the ghost has been
altered.
The scene is Beluno. a village on Lago
Maggorc. ordinarily charming at this par
ticular time. though in August soaked IN
period of prOtracted rain. There were four
of u.s. two of them children. Comfortably
housed in little hotel on the lake front,
we watched the showers as they cast and
withdrew their wells over the lSola bela
out to the lake in front of us and waited
prayCrfully for better weather TO proceed on
our journey by boat, our purpose. VISIT
to our Cousin Tobias in LOrarno. EarIS on
one Of these dripping mornings the Gowns
man was shaving at the open window OF his
room when one of the children ran IN with
the news. Cousin Tobias has Just gone up
the street Look out at the window. lie
is not ont of sight yet And looking out
to the right, some 200 yards down the
street. which ran parallel with the lake
shore was a tallish figure under greensh
that unmistakablc buoyant stride which we
have always so admired in n man OF COUSIN
Tobias's age The familiar long. tan -colored
raglan which he affected dangled from side
to side as he walked and thought caught
Il glimpse. under the equally characteristic
gray Sombrero. of his long white halr, OF
which the old gentleman was inordinately
proud and which would have done credit to
King Lear or Wait Whitman. 1t was as
Surcdy Cousin Tobias come TO meet us
lie was in one Of his wandering moods and
even the bad weather could not deter him.
| hastcned into my clothes, hurried down
the street. which led me very shortly into
open country. But ! could not overtake or
find him. and fisherman. mending his nets
under the caves of house which L passed,
declared that he had been there two hours
and that no such person as | described had
passed that way. an appeal to his neighbors
bringing certain acquiescCnce in that state
mcnt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The food and succor for which Cardinal
MERCER. in behalf of Belgium. thanks us
was but slight return for the debt We with
the rest of the world. owe a brave country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Somewhere in the United States. out
,ide the White House, perhaps, Burleson
ras friend, but his identity has not vet
)een disclosed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Meditating about shoes. true story
might interest you. On April 22 we were
in Boston. We needed a new pair of tri
bics. and an eloquent brahmin persuaded
us that ii would be genuine economy to buy
something really magnificent which would
(he insistcd) outwe8r two ordinary pairs
We fell We bought n pair that cost S14.
although we hate to admit that we were
such a jay.
We favored those shoes as much as pos
sible walked lightly upon our toes. clung
to the straps of trolley cars raising our feet
alternately from the floor to ease the pres
sure on them, during the days toll at the
Office we always rested them carefully upon
the little rubber mat that stands under a
large china cuspidor bequeathed to us by
some remote journalistic ancestor;walkcd on
soft asphalt on the hot days hoping that a
kind of granolithic subsole would adhere to
them and make them wear longer. kept them
nm on the nearby table for an hour or so
after our lunch while we were reading the
ont of town papers. had them shined once
weel, at a cost of ten cents, but all in vain.
In three months they had gone through.
We took them to a repairer, begging him
by all that he hsid sacred to give us
sGuare deal He charged us three dollars.
and said that he had put heart of oak"
sole on that would last us to our dying day.
= II was not true, for in six weeks our
sock was kissing the pavement through as
nice a little aperture as you would like to
see.
We are wondering what to do next.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Racine, Wis, determines the assessed
valuation of real estate by the amount II
brings in rent. 'Tis but love tan on the
wrist for the rent profteers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

J. Ogden Armour says meat prices are
going to fall. As Mr.. Armour is in a no
sition to know before he prophesies. his
words have weight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Carbondale miners may call a general
strike for the removal of mechanical load
ers. With coal shortage in sight the
public will hardly sympathize with this un
derstudying of Mrs. Partington and her
broom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Homer Rodchcavcr. We observe, is at
Willow Grove, but where is Billy Sun
day?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Chorus girls and musicians of Madrid,
Spain, have formed labor union. Now
watch out for the bulls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Old General Apathy has been the re-
cipient of number of swift kicks since the
campaign opened.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The Austrian delegation has doubtless
by this time made the acquaintance of the
dotted line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The Leviathan is now on her way with
Black Jack in her hip pocket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

When Otto Kahn gets through with
''our unscientfc excess profits tax he
doesn't leave any of it for his suggested
Federal Bureau of Salvage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The Knox Borah johnson lodge Bran
degee crowd have been dubbed in Wash
ington the bitter cnders'' but they might
better be called the bitter renders -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The Presidents labor message and the
letter carriers plea cant be sung to the
same tune
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

The Federal Board for Vocational Ed
ucation is encouraging disabled soldiers TO
take up the subject of beekeeping. II will
be all honey for some of them; others will
get stung.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

We have been poudering why it is that
our left sole always wears through fort
night before the right. As far we can
observe. We use our left leg only as a trailer.
always doing all our aggressive work with
tho right. We use our right foot as our
principal instrument of propulsivc locomo-
ton. merely swinging the left along behind
because we don't like to leave it around,
The conclusion we have reached is this
we carry our keyring in our left trouser-
pocket, and our money in the right pocket.
The keyring so far outweighs the kalc that
the extra friction causes the left shoe to wear
down much faster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Newtie Baker the jolly little Secretary Of
War; was not in Washington to wave good ~.
to- the President and Admiral Grayson. But
duty before pleasure, says Newt, He gave
a talk to the Chemical Society, and got by.
with 1t in good shape
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04
Literary Notes

All the magazine editors, including genial
John Parker, the art curator of the Ladies'
Home Journal busy getting up their
cheerful covers for the Happy New Year issue
of the magazines. But it's hard to tell, with
the Senate acting the way it is, whether it's
going to be Happy New Year or not,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Clement Shorter, the London critic of wide
reading and quick sympathies, has been going
the customary American tour and writing il
,p for his paper the Sphere. We fear that
Mr. Shorter has gathered some strange i'm
nressions For instance he speaks OF 'Mr
lack I.at popular American novelist" We
don't know how he can have got that idea
except from Jack himself How many OF
our very intelligent cliepts ever heard of
Jack? Georgiana, opr pet bookworm. who
has been nibbling over some of the con.
tributed stuff, on our desk, says she never
tasted any of his stun
Phil Warner the agreeable BOOKSELLER says
he is going to harry an oyster stew shortly
and knock II for loop, Phil has been pick
ing up lot Of slang lately
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

We saw little old man on Chestnut
street asking two postmcn how to get some
where. They were trying to find out if he
knew any landmarks by which they could
guide him.
DO you know where the City Hall is?'
they asked.
"No.' he replied.
"Do you know where Broad and Chestnut
is?' they inquired patiently.
"No."
do you know where the Postofice is?'
NO. he said, hclplcssly.
did you come up from the Market street
ferry" they asked. thinking they had dis
covered an cnigrant from Camden.
"No.'
We passed on. and didn't learn how they
solved it. Our own theory is that he must
have been dropped from some nocturnal air
plane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

TT WAS strange: but we sat down to break
L fast. Soon after. the other child. who
was lOlling at the window. cried out. There
goes Cousin TObiiS now. know him by his
cloak - We rushed to the window and all
of us saw NOV to the left of us. the back
turned as before. the same figure. about as
far off. Striding buoyantly away in the Op-
positc direction, the tan raglan dangling
under the dripping greenish umbrella.
glimpse of the white hair beneath the wide
brimmPd sombrcro. Clearly the wandering
fit was upon our old kinsman. So much
indeed did he love to 90 up and down his be-
loved Switzerland that we had provided him
with universal ticket-excellent provi-
sion for the ''wandcrlust' of old age-by
which he could travel anywhere by any boat
or train within the bounds of the little re-
public. 1t was quite like him to go off
whenever the mood took him. at a moments
notice. This time said 7. '1'll get him. -
and | rushed down flight of stairs within
the hotel to be greeted. as | emerged at the
door. with chorus of three from above at
the window. "IIe went into the little wine
shop. opposite the picr!" To the wine shop
I hurried. looking about as I went. In the
shop was a half grown boy. polishing glasses
and no one else. Nobody had come in,
and two old cronies, already absorbed in
dominOes in the arbor. just outside of the
house and barely escaping the dropping
caves. had seen "Nessuno. siguore, pcssuno"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

Fl. NJ. w. protests that it wasn't Pershing
who said Lafayette, we're here!" He in
sists that il was Colonel Charles II. Stan
ton, of San Francisco
that pleasant tradition. The fellow who
said II came, saw conquered" wha-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

We don't want .to discard those shoes
altogether because they have a uniquely
Bostonian outline. We don't know just how
10 describe it, but there is something Uni
tartan about them They look very much
like what we would imagine Ralph Waldo
emerson to have worn on a summer outing
70 the Grand Canyon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

( There is only one ray of light in the situa-
ton, and that is that the sheets of card
board the laundries put inside shirts make
admirable insoles with which to buttress a
pierced shoe bottom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

A Ill that day VIC watched the boats and
"A trains and the bcdragglcd few who came
off or went on them. Not one of them re-
sembled in any wise Cousin Tobias. So
the next morning. bright. clear and early,
we ourselves took boat for Locarno, ominous-
ly haunted with fear and prcsagc Of mis-
fortune. On landing we fastened to the
house of our old cousin. learning. by the
way. that he had not been very well lately.
Let in by the maid, we noted with fore
boding the tan colored raglan hanging on a
peg in the hall, overtopped. almost as when
he wore it. with the gray sombrero. In the
corner near stood a big grecnsh umbrella.
Now, by all the rules of ghost stories. the
maid should hereupon have told us how il
was that our Cousin Tobias had died on the
previous day, his last words those of re.
gret that he could not have met us in the
rain at Belluno. RrIt facts are st6bborn.
and here our vertable ghost story breaks
down. Cousin Tobias welcomed us at his
sitting room door. in the flesh though he
never had very much of it. He had MR.
posed meeting us in Belluno. but what with
the weather and not feeling very well he had
taken ait out" 50 he said. I'm thinking
about us"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-04

CURIOUS. But Cousin Tobias had habit
~ Of darting in and out of places into which
no tourist would go for he knew and loved
these italian peasant folk and had long spent
his winters among them. migrating north
over the Alps with the birds to return south
again with the seasons. Further search
failed to reveal trace of him. though later
in the morning. on looking up and out at
back window of tho hotel I. myself caught
n glmpse-or thought that I caught a
gimpse--of the raglan and the greenish UNI
brella disappearing. this time within the
portals of the church. which stood on higher
ground. Immediately back of the hotel. |
remembered that there was a train going ont
about noon, hastencd up the slope. searched
tho church and the station, still higher, be-
yond it. but not a trace could find of raglan
or umbrella nor of tho man or wrath who
bore them. He could scarcely have gone
beyond the station, for thence the only
path headed for mountain pastures