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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
BRIDGE PLAN PROGRESS

DEsf1TE the cut made in the apr
~ priation originally proposed, the
Delaware rive, bridge project has heen
materially speeded by the Senate's favor
able report en- the pill at Harrisburg
The S3,0o0,0OO first suggested was more
than enough to further the enterprise in
its preliminary stages. AS the measure
now stands $25O,000 will be available this
year and $500 OCn the year following.
By that time the Legislature will meet
again and will bc able to make further
appropriations. For tic initial phases of
the work there vii, be available the
money already voted by New Jer;ey in
addition to the Pennsylvania fund, the
existence Of which is contingent upon the
setting aside u anc ther half million by
the city of Philadelphia.
The next step therefore will involve
energy upon the part of Councils. When
those bodies act sufficient financial back
ing to start the great work will be as
ssured. Once begun no retrogression will
be tclerable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
MccUMBER, STATESMAN

AMERICAN honor and the honor of the
"A United States Senate were coura-
geously fortified yesterday in Senator
Porter James McCumber's sincere and
manly stand on behalf of the peace treaty
and the league of nations.
Frenzied partisanship would have die
tated that this Republican from North
Dakota should subscribe to the desperate
maneuvering of the Lodges, the KnoXes
and the Borahs. But Senator McCumber
rebuked such an iniquitous code last week
when he refused to vote for the Knox
resolution. His disclosure of his reasons
for this attitude is cogcnt and convinc-
ing and reveals him as a statesman capa-
hle of considering a question of tran
scendent import upon its merits and
without regard to party lines.
In SC doing his act squares with the
ringing Taft doctrine" succinctly ex-
pressed by the ex-President recently
when he said; 81 respect a man who
opposes the covenant upon it's merits, but
have no respect for a man who opposes
it for the reason that it might help Mr.
Wilson and the Democratic party and
might hurt his own political ambitions.
| believe in parties, and know that they
are necessary, but some issues transcend
parties, when we must stand before the
world and give our decisions"
The impression has been growing that
the Republican party, to which the ma
tion is so deeply indebted for innumerable
measures Of sound and clear-visioned
craftsmanship, contains members who
must shrink from swallowing whole the
cant which Mr.. Knox and Mr.. Lodge
have been utterinj.. Such folly is wholly
inconsistent with noble record.
Mr. McCumber's honest stand demon
strates that the party ranks are not yet
devoid of political wisdom and patriotic
sanity and suggests further inspiring ex-
hibits may be forthcoming from other
personal sources. The path of recovery
is definitely outlined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
DIAMOND MANNERS

SoLDlERs at the Country Club for En-
- listed Men at Rockledge may swat the
ball on Sunday without breaking the law
under the decision reached at Norristown
1t : understood, however, that no rough
language is to be used during the prog.
ress of game.
If by trough language" is meant pro-
family or obscenity the Sunday inhibition
might well be extended to the rest of the
week
" If Sunday ball demonstrates las it mil
demonstrate if the Rockledge expert
ment has a fair triaD that a good,
clean game of .all can be played without
coarseness or rough-house tactics, it will
serve an excellent purpose. The Sunday
game will prove to Pe good Sunday les
sor Those big enough to find sermons in
stones ought to find at least one on the
diamond
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, 4
for good government rests

responsibility for good government rests
on the shoulders of the whole people,
The world is not out of joint. II is
pretty good place to live in The pet
pie who are here have made it what it is,
and in spite of all their frailties they arc
getting IN with the task of living to-
gether and keeping the crooks in order
while those who are not crooks are
allowed to live their lives with as little
molestation as possible.
The level-headed judges take this view
and they are likely to treat self-anointed
guardians of public morals with their ac-
customed sound sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
A BIRDS ELEGY

lie WAS The first to welcome Spring;
IL Adventurous, he came
To wake the dreaming buds and sing
The croCus into flame.
He loved the morning and the dew;
He loved the sun and rain;
He fashioned lyrics as he flew
With love for their refrain.
Poets of vines and blossoms, he,
Beloved of them all;
The timid leaves upon the tree
Grew bold at his glad call.
He sang the rapture of the hills,
And from the starry height
He brought the melody that fills
The meadows with delight.
And now behold him dead. alas!
Where he made joy so long:
A bit of blue amid the grass
a tiny. broken song.
Frank Dempster Sherman 1s60 1916).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
SCHOOL IN SUMMER

BELIEVING that what school children
need in the summer is not absolute
rest, but less work and different work
the University of Pennsylvania from Julv
n to August Is will conduct vacation
school for Philadelphia boys and girls.
Y The classes will be conducted by picked
teachers; and for recrcative purposes the
pupils will have the use OF the school
Fairgrounds, the University swimming
pool, the Botanical Gardens and the Uni
ivefsity and Philadelphia museums.
The experiment will be watched with
interest If it is justified by attendance
the idea will unquestionably b. developed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
DROUGHT AND FISH

MO PRONOUNCEMENT of fate ever
~ showed more ironc twist than that
which opens the bass season July and
shuts down the supply Of "bait" on the
same day.
There is room for fascinating con-
lecture as to the possible result Of ma
tional prohibition or the supply Of fish
stories.
How long will man sit on a bank if
he may not alternate a "nip" with a
"bite"?
What effect will the absence of the
natural bait" have or the size of the
fish that got away?
These and countless other questions
suggest themselves to the earnest seeker
after truth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

All of US together-the whole of human
society-make the social system.
Now. if you allow relentless logic to take
its course with this form of statement, and
begin to speak of reforming the social
system. then you find yourself confronted
at once with the problem of making a pro-
found and complete change in human nature.
No doubt. with less faulty human ma
ture than ours is less faulty social sys-
TEN would have grown up. Or, il human
nature were worse than it is a worse system
would have grown up.-Henry Ford, in the
Dearborn Independent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
Time Limit
for Visitors

The fact that two
Time Limit radicals under arrest
for Visitors on suspicion of being
implicated in recent
bomb outrages have been in this country
twelve years and have never been natural
lied draws attention TO phase Of our i'm
migration laws that might well he amended.
There Is welcome here for foreigners who
desire to become citizens. There is wei
come here also for sojourners But it might
be well to SO arrange matters that the
stranger who has no desire I" become q
citizen shall net be permitted to outwear
l.; ,xnln
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
The Route of All Evil

apologies for being seen at vaudevills
show in Nashville which he was prevailed
on to attend He SAYS "Thatiwas no place
for Pastor Pile am very sorry was ther,
and have deeply repented of same."-New
York Times
Satan did exert his vile,
That was no place for Pastor Pile;
An orchestra seat. right on the aisle,
That war no place for Pastor Pile;
Mistaken friends did him beguile,
That was no place for Pastor Pile.
The Pastors face expresses shame,
And deeply 10 repents of same.
SOCRATES. I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
TOO LATE FOR ooDcINo

rTshE favor with which Americans sup
81 ported the war that was to bring Ger
many to terms III accords with any disin-
<lination contribute our share in
naking those terms valid.
Secretary Baker has lately announced
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
To Mistress Germania the follow

To Mistress Germania the following
little poem by Jean Webster is respectfully
submitted:
Somewhere soon something nice Is going to
happen.
BE good little girl ana take ibis hint.
swallow with smile your cod liver lie,
Aud first ihins yen knoA you wiD hive
peppermint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

The German delegates might better un-
derstand the "harshness" of the treaty ii
they were permitted to accompany President
Wilson op his trip through Belgium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Members of the American Medico
Psychological Association are holding a
three days session in the Bellevue STRAIT
ford As nut specialists they ought to ''lay
over a week and meet the chestnut men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Germany has until June % to consider
the revised terms. With that little formality
disposed of the American Press Humorists
will forthwith begin their convention il this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

COMETHING may be said for our contcm-
- porary simplifcation of Commencement
itself, however we have amplifed its at
tcndant festivities. One speaker of note is
better than host of promising tyros, a
concentration on the granting of degrees is
better than the old diffusion of topics, and
the sloughing off of procedure by means of
sometime universal language, which is no
longer such. is one among many marks in the
reform of things grown obsolete in use.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
What Do You Kno,v?

ii. When did the Turks acquire Constanti-
nople!
2. What is the literal meaning of ineffable2
3. Who is Joseph Korzeniowski? .-
4 Who wrote Darius Green end His Fly
ing Machine?
3 Where is Schleswig Holsteju?
G. In what war was the battle of Molino
del Rey fought and what does the name
mean?
~ What is asphalt made from. F..
s. What is caret? .gL
0. Who was the vice presidential candidate
of the Progressive party in 1912.
TO- What kind of weapon is ar assegail
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
/. victoriano IIuerta was CarranAs's pred
eccssor as president of Mexico,
2 Nickname is derived from "eke name"
meaning 'also name.
3. A cleek is an iron headed golf club.
4 BY the terms of the peace treaty Ger
many yields to Belgium the territory Of
Prussian Moresnet ~est of the road
from i.iege to AK Chapele and
Eupen and Malmedy, also near the Bel
gian border,
3. Shintoism is regarded as the national
religion of Japan;~although 1t receives
no aid from the state.
@. The e-rail of n ship s the rail around
the mainmast~with Delaying pins.
z. Henry James wrote the story of Daisy
Miller"
s Strain is the plural of the word stratum.
0 Patristic literature is literature of the
church fothers.
10. Henry Clay was chiefly responsible for
the Missouri Compromise. fixing the
Line for slave and free states Ia 1870
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
A City Notebook

nNE OF the pleaSantest glimpScs we know
~ is on Latmer street, the little byway
just south of Locust between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth. AS one walks east from Six
teenth large tree on the r.ght-hard side
lifts gracefully curving bough across the
narrow street and under this arch Of green
is framed a pleasing picture of foliage and
back walls On the left rises screen of
thick ivy, topped by a tall chimney; below
this an ailanthus Tor, free of heaven,
Phiadelphia's S favorite back yard growth,
ruStcs its fantastic fronds. The little brick
wall shows the back gates of 1924 and 1522
Locust street; over the wall projects a
trelis of wistaria-also dear to, Philadel-
phia. in memory of CaSpar Wistar-and the
climbing shrub runs up the right hand wall,
framing the vista on that side. From this
belt of shrubbery. with its trailing blue
blossoms. projects a hanging conservatory.
which must be pleasant place to smoke
pipe At the back of the view rise the
cocoa coorcd pinnacles of calvary Church,
ovcrtopped by domed corner of the Belle
vue Stratford.
NNIIE Bellevue Stratford, we understand.
l. gets the latter half Of its name from the
old Hotel Stratford. which Mr.. Boldt ANAL
gamated with the Bellevue. But why was
the Stratford so called? Did the statue OF
Una -, L;ob now, St,nds in tho front
,"rn u ,'.aI hn,,o on,,thin, to ia With
;'D'' ;'D Vi INV "N''
FTNHERE is q cobbler's shop On South Fiji
l. iaanth street-but all the cobblers nova
DAYS call themselves shoe repaircrs--which
disnlsv. some amusing mechanical figures.
sort of Napoleon III sits in chair
having his shoes shined--or shone-by
ChanIincsuuc figure. which wags its head
In manner passinv strange. Another
,titcbo, and pods. n fourth hammers and
t,r,s its he,d stifly Napoleop III raises
Iii. ,;.,ar and lowers il as his shoes are
Lrrn,shod , nr,Ionped scrutiny of these
,,,,n;atnrn figures causes n kind of vertigo
j.. rLa ,h..or,or and IL confirmed roo long
I',,ds 70 meditations on the subject of fl 90
GESTURE os most humans.
10 YOU know Mole street! 1t is well
- named, for il is one Of those small
saouna ao,;n ',.a Lro,y rms eff Market street be-
twoen Fifteenth and Sixteenth. 1t has
rou nf very ouaint little HOUSES, two stories
and an attic. whose well worn marble steps
Show their age. At the corner of Ranstead
is dark and interesting little grocery store /;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

"The Atlantic City convention OF the
Federation Of labor has SO far demon.
strated that the horny handed are level,
headed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Denmark's well grounded fear that she
may be forced to take territory she does not
want is at once understandable and unique.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Switzerland now shelters three kings.
That's a pretty good hand to draw to. But
most any aviation camp can show four aces
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Berlin shot an appraising glance at
Washington, and then made gesture of
disdain toward Versailles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
Sunny Mich.

The Michigan Su
Sunny Mich. urcmc Court has de-
cided that the sale of
any stock not listed By the State Securities
Commission is void. This removes the last
cloud from the blue sky laws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

The appropriation not being as big as
the Job. most of the street work will be done
by the Sheo Good Intention Contracting
Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

The protection of mnorities is doctrine
not wholly foreign to the democratic idea Of
rule by the majorities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

II cleanliness is next tC godliness. Phil
adelpbia streets are more holc-y than godly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

"Unscrupulous politician who
belongs to the other party
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Given the right kind Of men, a new
charter would not have been needed Given
vastly imprnved charter the need v still
great for the right Kind OF men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Germany's seven days will probably Sc,
A weak end
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
Plane Trip for
Plain Thrift

the Treasury IN Washington to the British
rational war savings committee. and its
subject was national thrift. There was fit
ness in the message. for it was the nations
response TO a demand for rctrcnchment that
made the air service possible during the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
Ready for
New Drive

uususpected tuberculosis and the additional
fact that the white plague annually kills
100 900 people in this country, the Red
Cross next Christmas will start caln-
paigp for $4,000 600 to prevent and coz
trol the disease As no one can tell whose
family may furnish the next victim. the
drive win probably be successful. as it de-
serves to be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

s"On to Berlin :" is the natural result
of being ''OntC' Berlin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
One Star
in the NIurk

War did one good
One Star thing for the railroads
in the Murk anyhuw--it helped to
staudartize them. This
solitary little word of praise for the
goat comes from Atlantic City where the
American Railroad Association is holding
convention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
In the Grill, Perhaps7

The German peace ENJOYS were received
at Versailles the Austriaus at st. German
and the Turks in the cloakroom at the Quai
dOrsay. Now where will the Bulsurs get
theirs handed to them?
What, with breaking blossoms and auc
tioning souls, these are narrowing days On
the screen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

that the book Lending solemnlty to Market
street window full of summer draperies vas
kiping's "A Diversity of Creatures.
MIE DO not often yearn to be a municipal
w Official except when we happen to be
passing through the tunnel on the west side
OF City Hall and are overtaken by one of
those moguls horning in with his car, scat
tering pedestrians right and left The lawn
in the City Hall courtyard, by the way,
doesn seem to be much of success. Even
the sparrows sneey at it.
TWO of the uaintiest and most adorable
l. lovers we have ever seen are the two
delightful little birds-arp he. wrens, or
titmice, or what?-servlng tinlr in an op-
tician's shop on Chestnut street The win
dow there is kind of miniature garden
ot Eden; there are a pair of goldfish, a pair
OF tadpoles, pair of turtles and the birds
The latter sit like disConsoate Paolo and
Francesca on a toy bridge owe. tiny stream
OF water, nesting wing to wing and appar-
emily not knowing just what t. do next.
Their evident affection for each other is
pleasant to see. The only other evidence of
such devotion is to lie found in an animal
shop on North Ninth street, where small
alligator and red checked turtle lie side
by side in Il shallow tank in mutual and
patient esteem.
IN A Market street window is a display
= of sporting goods, including the customary
tennis racket with ball suspended on the
strings. You can always find n couple of
small boys watching aud arguing how the
ball can be held there.
A SIGHT that always amuses us is the
"A butter dropper in the window of q, res
taurant at Tenth and Market. If you 90
by there about breakfast time in the morning
you will see the silver plated butter dishes
piled up neatly and white lproned wait
ress sliding them under her ingenious in
struineut. She pulls n handle and a neat
pat of butter falls on the dish. As long
as the King of the Hot Cakes, in his chef s
uniform, doesn't distract her she lands
them precisely in the center of the small,
round plates but when batter fipper begins
to jazz she is likely to miss her aim and
has TO justify the pats with fork.
COME time, if you want to get a liue on
~ the favorite aphorisns of the great
public have a look at the cards in II e
window at 80 North Ninth street. After n
careful study of The desk notices displaycd
there we are convinced that the favorite
postal card of the human race is the one
that says: What If ! Am Fat, / Hare a
Tn,,;n1 Diennsif;on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
Smoke Up!

been told that in order to keep healthy they
must abstain from all meats, eggs, alcoholic
beverages. tea coffee and all stimulating
drinks. BY happy oversight the learned
doctor didn't say word about '"harco.
Mavhc he smokes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

A MOTHER device of the Commence
n mcnt was the Greek salutatory and the
Latin valcdictory, between which extremes
English mostly was the spoken medium. The
look of assumed comprehension ON the FACE
of father, WHO had forgotten great deal of
Greek, and his genuine pleasure when he
caught a familiar scrap of Latin which had
happened to adhere-thesc things were among
those innocent little affectations which VIC all
practice and bv which none is deceived. One
wonders whether Demosthenes or Cicero
might not have been stumped as well as
father, and have inquircd-pOlite old gentle
man that each was-Demosthenes, 80 that
is I.atin?" and Cicerb, as the ,valedictDry
80 this is Greek" This idea of putting
the young through their linguistic PAGES to
an audience of admring unacquaintance
with the classics is almost as old as the
commencement itself. Only in older English
days it was a debate on some abstruse topic
in the contemporary spoken Latin, which was
as yet far from dead. or play of Plnutus
or Terence in the original.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Germany is reapins the whirlwind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

TNI1E thought in the word Commencement
l. is then of the future, the new state into
which the student is inductcd with all its
rights and privileges, " as the current phrase
goes, and not Of any past condition of serv-
itudc now brought to a happy or unhappy
termination. But we must &c deeper into
the lore of the past if we are to find the
actual origin of the term Commencement, or
nt least the usage out of which our usage
has arisen. In the old monkish division of
university study into the Tririum, made up of
grammar, logic and rhetoric and the Quad
ririum, which was composed of the higher
subiects-music. arithmetic, geometry aud
astronOmy-a student who had completed the
trivial triad, or little three. was said to
commence bachelor of arts in his appren-
ticeship to a master Of faculty, under whose
guidance he continued his study in the Quad
ririWm or what we might translate 1.-THE big
four This was virtually passing from
what some American universities call the
lower to the upper college, from the grades
of freshmen and sophomores to those of
what used to be called not so long ago junior
and senior sophisters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19
ELBOW ROOM

that the book lending solemnity to a Market
street window full of summer draperies vas
kiping's "A Diversity of Creatures,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

TIME league of nations is bound to be a
i success. for we see that little, linoleum-
bound edition of the covenant is on sale in
the ten cent stores. And the ten cent stores
don't sell things that the people, Ton't want,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

ONE of the most serious disadvantages of
" being short sighted Is. that W. can
hardly ever make out the titles Of che books
the department stores use 10 help out win.
dow displays II furniture. We did ma mage,
beweyer, after some pseEIps' TO ssceFtait
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-19

Because If the fact
hat 100. 900 IN @ n
were rejected at the
time Of the draft for