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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
HERE'S AN IDEA

ONG before Columbus discovered
L America, when An~glo-Saxons were
hobodies and when the wise men of what
Is now Europe were certain that the
fworld was fiat, the Chinese had attained
&he supreme mastery of decorative art
that is theirs to this day.
TO an Oriental artist beauty is enough.
THE detectives which the western world
Books for in poetry and painting are to
aim superfluous. Sheer glory of color
Fand form and sound is what the Chinese
Rsought. 1t is this trait in an ancient
people that inspired exhibitions such
as that given with fireworks the
other evening on Girard avenue bridge.
used them deliberately for their own de-
light before the rest of the world even
dreamed of gunpowder.
The spectacle of a night sky like a
black velvet curtain miraculously en-
broidered with flaming jewels or torn
and rent with fire in ever-changing and
exquisite forms will give any mind a lift
.nnd a sense of inspiration.
Years ago such exhibitions were z
WaIRy 4lCI1 Ol ~ VII J. VI July. DuL a
different use was found for the city's
|nioneyy 1t was distributed for what be-
Itame KIN ywn as safe and sane celebra-
Itions in various Northumberland IL
3tribused always with an eye oes,
icis ms could strut among their fol,
Mowers and bawl the inanities that still
re supposed to represent patriotic senti,
<nent in the trade. There were some
|minor accidents at the Park displays
md finally they were abandoned under
brsssure from the sort of citizens who
'must oppose something or die.
Yet the Templars' display the other
evening gave hours of wonderment tc
half a million people. The Park might
have been made for it. The river was q
esst mirror in which the glorious show
S0xs reflected from a sky of enchantment
The wide banks of the river below the
briage were like a theatre. The deer
eseen foliage added wonderfully to the
scene. Why should not the annual FIRE,
QKosks display reyi.sd on a grand
eals1 There islattle( ,4gR Of coll =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

/. How old is General Pershing?
9. Many English words, such as "labour''
or "honour," lose the gu" in the
authorized American spelling. One
word in that class. however, does not.
What is that word?
S. What is a coxcomb?
4. What English poet swan the Darda-
nelles?
8. In what country has the daughter Of
the ruler held Office in the national
legislature?
6. Name one American city in which trolley
fares nave gone up to ten cents?
7. Who wrote the poem about THE
Heather Chinee"?
8. What is its correct title?
o. What two American Presidents were
the greatest travellers?
10. Where was tobacco once used as money!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Answers to Yesterdays ouIz

I. The Nonpartisan League has been most
active in North Dakota.
Q. Shrove Tuesday, is the day before Ash
. Wednesday, on which and the proceed
ing days, or Shrovetide, it was
customary to be shriven.
3. Boston is the scene of the first police
strike in the United States.
4. Presentment statement on oath BY a
Jury of u fact within its knowledge,
theatrical representation, delineation,
portrait, statement. description, act or
mode of presenting to the mind.
P~resentiment; vague expectation or
foreboding of coming event. q
i. The feet of Columbus when he discor-
cred the new world consisted Of three
ships.
6. Pomace; mass of crushed apples in
cider making, after the juice is
pressed out any pulp, refuse of fish,
ETC.. after oil has been extracted, used
as fertilizer.
Z. Tobias smollett wrote "Peresrine
Pickle"
8. swxs-lsnd uses the franc and eeutims
% ez,,stem.
a&&SMfs1 Jugo- slayia refused to
,6u-rI strian treaty at st. Ger
E..sss &./tsmber 10.
1o.k lpeonpe'' u the national
w. NlslEipm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

the routine of these days. And when
countless thousands of people turn out on
a rainy evening, as they did on this
occasion, it proves that, for once, they
arc getting what they want.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

4 Bucharest CORE
Salvation in Growth spondeut of the Paris
Temps denies that
bolshevism has any foothold in the Ukraine.
1t is pleasant news, but not surprising.
Triumphant democracy will eventually
emerge from the slough of despond into
which Russia is plunged. The people NAV
lack education, but they do not lack %viriIity
The lusty strength of them will mean their
salvation. The only reason a bad appIe can
affect the contents of a barrel is THAT thp
apples have stopped growing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

Wild enthusiasm, say
Inc ureat fuhIle all reports, greets the
senator's who are
trailing President Wilson to fight the league
OF nations by Mr.. Wilson's own method.
Wild enthusiasm is also greeting Mr.. Wilson
along the line Of the grand tour. Now, who
can say which way the nations sympatbies
are actually running?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Unnecessary

Chairman Kahn introduced a resolution
rendering the tanks of Congress to Cen
eral Pershing,-A Philadelphia morning
paper.
To which Tony remarks that they had
already made him n full general.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

The Hun is still sore from the licking he
got, but he permits himself a smile when
he reads of the Boston riots.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

With anarchy in Boston and Lodge in
the Senate, poor old Massachusetts is play
ing in tough luck these days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

GEORGE HANDY SMITHS catholic
taste in dress VAS becoming. in a wav.
to a man of his ample build and forid com
plPxion.
That it was not adapted to men of less
generous build and ~quieter tastes was strik-
inglv illustrated at the session of 1887.
II. II. Colclazer was the representative
of the Associated Press at that session. the
Philadelphia Office being then located on
Tenth street below Market. On one mr.
ticular Monday evening Colclazcr dronped
into the Senate, where he encountered SEN
ator George Handy Smith in full bloom NJ
anparel that rivaled the Rose of Sharon
His necktie had the cushion effect, then In
vogue. 1t was brilliant vermiIion in color.
In a spirit of concealed raillery CoIclaze
exclaimed
"By George, Senator, that's a handsome
tie you're wearing"
"Glad you think so, Colly, me boy. I
fawncy il myself"
The following Monday night when Col
clazer blew into the Senate, before il was
called to order, he met George Handy, who
said:
eve got something for you" :
He led Colclazer over to his desk and
took from it a small package which he
handed over with the remark
"You f&wncied that necktie wore and
I took occasion to get one like it for vou
when was back home on Saturday"
It was a brilliant vermilion tie, that
would have given poor Colclazer. with hi,
somewhat sallow complexion and habituaIII
dark clothes, an attack of angina pectoris r.
have worn it for five minutes on Chestnut
street.
He did, however, nerve himself tn III,
ordeal of wearing it the following MonGs
night in the Senate, where he paradsJ :;
under the old Senator's eyes to the i,t
ter's evident delight. But it was the Iss
time.
I think Colclazer hired one of the cham
bermaids at the hotel to either lose it q
STEEL il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
Martha Complains

Independence Hall illuminated at night
is a sight of rare beauty. Seen from Wal
nut street, the tower of the State House
rises as white and lacy as a frosted we'd
ding cake behind a f~ligree of foliage. But
Martha, the State House cat, is not so keen
about it. She says that lighting up the trees
that way keeps the birds awake all night,
and makes her nightly hunting far less
successful.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

TNHE Lochiel Hotel. owned and managed
l. by George W. Hunter. a courteous old
gentleman. was. up until the Commonwealth
came into existence. the recognized Republi-
can headquarters in Harrisburg.
Matthew Stanley Quay, when he was state
treasurer, held his most important confer
onc"s there. Senator penrosc always kept
= couple of rooms for his personal NE. SEN
ntor John c. Grady. John F. Rcyburn,
Goorg" Handy Smith and the noted James
$. Rutan. of Allegheny. Quay's left bower.
lived at the Lochiel.
During Governor Beavers term. Lieuten-
ant Governor Davies. Secretary of the Com
monwralth Stone. Attorney General Kirk
patrick. Auditor General A. Wilson Norris.
of PhiIadelnhia State Treasurer QUAY and
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart lived
nj the old Lochiel.
1t was Ae unofficial Capitol.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

People returning from Europe declare
that living is cheap here compared to over
there. But give us time, give US time If
strikes continue prices will do some more
jumping.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

Colonel House has resumed his place as
member of the American peace Commission
IN Paris. Thus the work of swapping viewa
and other things receives joyous Impetus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

Pershing is no Hobson, but the girl he
kissed in New York is willing to bet he is
not an amateur, either.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

General Pershing is the only full gen
eral we have. General Strike is the only
empty one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
TIL CHAFFLNG DISH

90 1eet III height, surmounted by the statue
or Russell II. COnwell. The building with
tne dome is Mr.. Cattell, the city ,statistician.
the author of the famous baseball poem,
Acres of Diamonds" The vast edifce on
your left is Temple University, founded by
stephen Girard, the originator of the price
'Sl.oS, marked down from So" Here we
make an interesting detour to avoid the con-
gestion on Broad street. On your right the
residence of the late Doctor Munyon, the
famous hair restorer, the man who said that
every self respecting man should have a
ROOF garden of his own. This is the city of
ONES: there are 375 900 single homes in
the'city, each one equipped with the little in.
strument you will notice attached to the
second-story windows. This is called a
Busybody, and is n rejecting mirror used to
tell when the rent collector is at the front
door. On your right is the North Penn
Bank, where Benjamin Franklin flew his
famous klted check. extracting electricity
from the bank examiners.
ME- ARE now approaching Paramount
w Park, the largest public playground in
the world. On your left is the aquarium,
the local headquarters of the Anti Saloon
League. 1t is open to the public six days
n week and to the fish at all times. In this
aquarium is held the annual regatta of the
Schulylkill Navy. The building in the dis
lance with the dome is Horticultural Hall.
filled with all manner of weird tropical Wis
itors. This commodious tunnel was carved
out of the solid rock of the Ware organizs-
ton by j. Hampton Moore, the well known
sculptor of public opinion. Across the river
is the Geological Garden, the summer resi-
dence of Robert Morris, the well known
cigarette maker. On Your right, carved out
of sandstone, are the lifelike figures of Tom
Robins and the other three members of the
committee of 1000, immortalized in Edgar
Allan Poe's poem Tam O. Shanter." Re-
turning down the Parkway we pass the
magnificent grand stands erected at the time
of the Centennial Exposition and maintained
ever since for the resuscitation of those un-
able to get seats on the Market Street troll
legs. I thank you for your kind attention
and have here some, nice postal cards
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

In Russia, at this
Costly LuXuries moment, they are
wailing ABOUT the
high cost of bolshevism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

It's all settled now. If you didn't
register you can't vote.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

Hickey -pokey, wlnky-
Senatorial wun, how do you like
Mother Goose your treaty done?
Wilson sugar or Borah
rum with a bunch of Lodge reservations?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

And the wind may blow through Their
II the BARRIERS strike continues.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

We have been admiring those little black
tarpaulin hoods the Sir knights have for
their plumed hats in wet weather. 1t occurs
to us that it would be a good thing to have
u miniature hood of the same sort for our
pipe during a heavy rain storm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

No matter what he had TO say, there
are carping critics ready to declare that the
president was attempting to josh billings
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

SAMtEL ]. RANDALL on tho rare or-
~ casions when he appeared in Harrisburg
stopped at the Bolton. William McAleer,
when he was senator from the Second dis
trict, then composed of the Third, Fourth.
Fifth. Sixth and Eleventh wards. met his
henchmen at the Bolton.
Thomas Benton Schnatterly, known over
the state as Bent" and one of the hand
soonest men of his day. lived at the Bolton.
II" was senator from Faycttc and Greene.
George Ross, of Bucks. one of the nblest men
his party ever sent to the state Senate. lived
at the Bolton.
Then there was Milt G.. Honninger. from
Lohigh. one of the Democratic predecessors
of the present Republican senator. Horace
w. Schantz, who is now fighting for the
iudgeship in Lehigh county. and the gaunt
and rugged Gerard c. Brown. of York,
whose Democracy was as stern as his visage.
were guests of the old Bolton thirty odd
years ago.
Tn" most unusual politico social event in
IN" history of the Bolton occurred during
tho session of 1909. There Ind been a slight
outbreak of smallpox in Harrisburg. It
was Just serious enough to cause alarm.
One noontime when senator's and men,
brrS trooped down for dinner. and dinner
vas at midday in those days. they were in
Oormed that n reception was in progress in
thr narlOrs upstairs.
Those who went un found their friends
and most Of the women guests of the hotel
sitting with arms barred to tho shoulder. Two
gentlemen, physicians. with lancet and vac
Gin" Ouills. wero holding tho reception.
Almost everybody in the house was vac
"inated that day at the 'reception."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

Wen, V " went over IA top for
ssrThing today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

GEORGE HANDY SMITH was one of the
~ bright particular stars of the Senate in
thos" days. He represented a part Of the
district now represented by Senator Ware.
HN was a genial fellow in spite of his
devious way of politics in those days.
George Handy" as he WAS Familiarity
known. had his own peculiar and very we'll
defined ideas on the subject of dress. He
was at his best when he wore a light coIored
suit of check. a brilliant red tie and glossy
patent leather shoes.
His white whiskcrs in his later years
were parted in the center. English fashion.
and, whether it was natural or acquired, there
was a suggestion of the English infection in
his speech. bloomsbury Square, London,
would have received him with open arms
as one of her children simply on his check
suit and accent.
He was one of the most loyal native
born Philadelphians I ever knew.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
"BUTTERWoRTHs OF BOLTON
Visit Of Hotelkeepers to Races at Bel
mont Track Suggests interesting
Stories Of Harrisburg
BY GEORGE NoX MCCAIN
TI1E Buttcrworths of the Bolton we're

TNlE Butterworths of the Bolton we're in
l. the city the other day. That is to say j.
:. and NJ. s.. Butterworth, of the Bolton
House in Harrisburg.
No matter how often they may come to
Philadelphia in the course of business there
is one period in the year when the two
brothers, leaving their hotel in the care
of employees, visit the city without fail.
1t is during the races at Belmont track.
Both are lovers of fine horses.
There are few men in state politics in
the last quarter of n century who do not
know the Butterworths Democrats par
ticularly. Tn Bolton House. which they
have controlled for the last third of a cen
fury almost, is the last survivor of the
three big old time hotels in Harrisburg The
Lochicl and the Commonwealth have dis
appeared before the march of progress.
For fifty years the Bolton has been the
recognized rendezvous for Democratic lead
ers from over the state. To this day the
dwindling remnant of Pennsylvania De
mocracy wonds its way to the Bolton. 1t is
state headquarters whenever n Democratic
convention is held in the capital city.
The Lochiel under Hunter and after it the
Commonwealth under Jim Russ were head.
quarters for the Republicans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

On the philosophic principle that
somehow good" may be extracted from
i'll, it is possible to give a courageous
sigh of relief at the Boston shambles.
America now knows just where it stands.
1t has beheld concessions and m~ollycod-
ding tanning the lust for the awful
tyranny Of class power. 1t sees the
Boston police force and the truculently
"sympathetic" unions, which disgrace
the nam and principles of trade union
ism, pirate of the infamy of a general
strike as agencies of contempt for ma
~jorities and Of the entire democratic So
cial order.
The veil of illusion is rent. Now is the
moment to make that unmasking perma-
nently profitable. No American of sane
ana honest instincts can withhold his
support of unfaltering, drastic action 10
save the republic. 1t is not hysteria to
employ such terms. The fallacy lies in
disregarding their applicability.
Weakness III facing the issue with a
full grasp of its meaning sealed for q
season of dreadful m~artyrdom the fate
of freedom in Russia. That nation was
ignorant, newly released from another
dark despotism, 1t loundered and sank.
Tlnsss j., it Il. is
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-26
APPROVE INCREASE
OF COURT JUDGES
Senate Passes House Bill to
Raise Number of Jurists
From 8 to 5-Vote $165, 900
for Lewiston Normal.

The present Legislature believes that
the number of judges on the supreme
court bench Of this state should be
increased from three to five. This
was clearly indicated Tuesday after
noon when the senate passed the
house bill amending the present laws,
The house also passed, under sus-
pension the Lewiston normal bill APP
propriating $150,oo0 to rebuild the
administration building and $4,000 In
payment for lands purchased by the
city, which will be added to the
campus.
Among the important bills intro
duced in the senate We're the follow
ing: 176 by Nash, regulating and IL,
censing manufacturers of imitation
milk products; IFS by Walker ap-
propriating $4,000 to build a steel
bridge across the Kootenai river at
Leonia in Boundary county; 179 by
state affairs committee, creating state
department Of public lands; 1871 by
public lands committee, limiting state
land leases to five years; 1872 by fl
nance committee appropriating $685.
600 to have all state departments
audited.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-26
ALEXANDER'S $3.50
SHOE SEEN ADVERTISED
ON PARIS SIGN BOARD
..B,v A,exander,s $3.50 shoe"

BUY Alexander's $3.50 Shoe"
A khaki-clad boy from Idaho re-
ceived somewhat of start in Paris a
few months ago as he was sauntering
down one of the chief boulevards Of
the fashion city and saw in the corner
of large white sign board. chalked
in blue letters, the above sign, with
which he was so familiar.
For an instant he thought he was
back in Idaho, that the war was all a
dream, and that he had never left the
land Of plenty and sunshine to play
his part in whipping the Hun. He
pinched himself to make certain that
he was really alive and in Paris.
Close scrutiny, however, revealed
that the sign was printed in chalk, and
it dawned on him that some other
Idaho fellow, who had spied the sign
board with nothing on 1t, could not re-
sist printing thereon the sign with
which he was most familiar, one which
can be seen on every rock, tree and
signboard in southern Idaho sufficient
ly large on which to paint the words.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-26

Camas county is represented in the
lower house of the present legislature
by Victor La Vale, one of the more
quiet, although active, members of that
assembly.
Representative La Vale was born
on farm in Checkasaw county, Iowa
He received his early education in
the common schools, after which he
attended Valdez college, and also the
State Teachers college of Cedar Falls
Iowa. He excelled in mathematics and
during his school career had the repu-
tation of being one of the best anna =
teur baseball catchers in Iowa.
In 1904, Representative La Vale To-
Gated in Idaho, and after teaching
school became connected with reclama
ton work. Later he went into tho
livestock business, under the firm
name of Brinegar & La Vale, A. E
Brinegar being his partner. This com.
pany operates not only III Idaho, but
in Oregon, Nevada and Texas. They
have added herd of registered Here
fords to their stock as a side issue. II
is said to be one of the best herds il
the west.
Representative La Vale is a mem.
Der of the livestock committee and has
been active in all measures pertaining
to the livestock industry.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-26
ADJUSTMENTS
MAUD POWELL-AMERICAN
BY OLIVER c, JONES.

! believe that the time has gone by
or at least is rapidly passng-when
the stamp of European approval is
prerequisite to artistic success in the
United States. Not so very long ago
our brothers, sisters, cousins and our
aunts changed their names If not their
nature in Europe, and returning to
sing or play for us were rendered in
cognito by an Italian, a French or
German sounding patronymic. In this
now passing period of the history OF
music, Maud Powell was brought by
her own genius and hard work to the
concert platform. She, too, went to
Europe and played for the critics and
audiences there; but when she came
back she was still Maud Powell, en-
riched. perhaps, in experience abroad
stronger in her artistic aims for the
race she had run successfully with
the pace makers over there, but she
was and still remains Maud Powell
an American.
She will return for recital at the
Pinney Thursday evening, March 6
and great audience will greet this
renowned American woman.