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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
UNIoNIzED FooTLIGHTs

- ECoGNITIoN of the union label on
~ stage art is a novelty. 1t is not,
however, quite SO strange thing as no
drama at all in land where the theatri-
cal business has been developed beyond
hil its proportions in history. The thirty
DAYS of clark" playhouses which have
tust ended acutely tested the public in
kerest in thestregoing. Statisticians and
revenue collectors may rate the stage as
h luxury. None the less there are per-
haps today even some necessities the
nepiivation of which would seem less irri-
tating than footlight famine.
Un4uestionably the public is pleased
That the actors strike has ended and
glad also that certain demands which
seem inst have been granted by the
mhnsgers. To outsiders the question Of
the r2,oguition of the Players Ek1kv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Association was Of minor import. AS a
rule, only the particular belligerents in
labor troubles are keenly concerned
about union acknowledgment. What is
most disagreeable to the innocept and
long-suffering bystsnder is the strike
itself.
The numerous audiences throughout
the country are selfish. Everybody is.
The average playgoer rejoices that stage
entertainment is once more on sale.
His feelings are not seriously com
plicated with the ethics Of the case, The
prevailing sentiment is now simple,
cynical perhaps, and surely impatient.
1t is Ring up the curtain!" Thousands
of hands burn to applaud the unionized
Melpomene, Thalia and Terpsichore.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
THE GRAND TOUR

SENATORS Borah, Johnson, Reed,
~ Poindexter, Wadsworth and McCor-
mick and the other last-ditchers ap-
pointed to trail the President through the
West and refute his arguments on behalf
of the league of nations may change
their minds. That habit is the rage in
Washington these days. But good citi
zens everywhere should hope that they
will stick to the job Mr.. Wilson's grand
tour, if it included a lot of passionate
opposition senators in its wake, would
be what Mr.. Dooley might call a grand
thing for the country.
One may agree or disagree with the
President, yet it is necessary to admit
that he has a talent for enlightenment.
He is telling the country many interest
ing things about the political and diplo-
matte methods of Europe, about the
origin of the war, about national tradi-
tions and national history in the Old
World. America will benefit by that
sort Of knowledge, whether it accepts the
league or not. This, as Mr.. Wilson has
observed, is a solemn crisis. We cannot
know too much about the factors in
volved in 1t.
Counter-blasts, even from opposition
senators who happen to be candidates
for the presidency, have their uses. Any
of the bitter-enders may think of things
that the President forgot to say. And if
they cannot tell the country anything
new about trends and conditions in
Europe they will at least present sig
nifcant demonstration of the trends and
conditions of politics in the United
States
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
THE CHAFFLNG DISH

n somber little channel between high walls
and barred windows, but it is a retreat we
recommend highly to hay fever sufferers.
For in one of the buildings adjoining there
seems to be a warehouse of some company
that makes AN aromatic disinfector.
wandering in there by chance, we stood de-
lighted at the sweet medicinal SAVIOR that
was waited on the air. 1t had a most
cheering effect upon our emunctory woes,
and we fingered so long, in meditative and
healing ecstasy, that young women immured
in the basement of the aromatic warehouse
began to peer upward from the barred win
dows Of their basement and squeak with a
shrill and nervous mirth. We blew a loud
salute and moved away.
At the rear Of De Silver Court there is
a right angled blind alley that abuts upon
the back garden wall of the Philadelphia
Contributionship for the Insurance of
Houses From Loss by Fire. A friendly
gentleman, Mr.. Herbert Swire, whom we
once met in a second hand bookshop, prom
ised to show us that back garden, but we
haven't yet had a chance to get down and
admire It.
1t seems a pity that there isn't any
tablet on the old house at the corner of
Moravian and Dock streets, where Poe
worked for a year (1S3a- 4O) as editor of
The Genteman's Magazine. This sturdy
four story building, with its gracefully
curved facade, has a picturesque view out
on the old Exchange where the stone lions
(or are they poodle dogs?) sprawl in such
pathetic attitudes. Only a block or so
away Is the oldest house in Philadelphia,
the tavern on the corner of Ionic and South
American streets, Presumably Edgar Poe
may. have lunched there many times, and
we have often wondered what those fan
tastic stone lions may have looked like to
him as he returned from three beakers of
port. 1t is rather surprising that he never
put them into a story. The old Office of
the Gentleman's Magazine, on the ground
floor, is now harness shop, with cheerful
smell of saddle leather and bright tufts of
scarlet wool ornaments for brides. "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
A CITY Notebook

OF Walnut street, below Fifth, and JUST
east of the window where that perfectly
lovely damsel sits operating an adding ma
chine--why is it, by the way, that the girls
who run adding machines are always so
maryelously fair? Is there some secret
virtue in the process of adding that makes
one lovely? We feel sure that a subtractirg
engine would not have that subtly beauti-
flying etfect--just below Fifth street, we
started 20 say, there runs little alley
called (wo kslieys) De Silver Court. II u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor urges that the princi-
pies of the league of nations covenant be
applied to the Mexican situation. 1t is an
excellent idea. And it might also be ap-
piled to the industrial situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Moreover, 1t Is
Tough on the Dog

1t was an cgOtist as
Moreover, 1t Is well as misanthrope
Tough on the Dog who saia that the
more he saw of man
kind the better he liked dogs. A man has
to possess some good qualities to win and
retain the respect of his fellows, but dog
will do him reverence whatever kind of an
apology for a man he may be. All of
which prompts us to give unqualified in
dorsement to the action of the Scranton
Canoe Club in forbidding n member to con
tinue to have her dog eat at the table where
guests are dining.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
All Ups and
No Downs

A strike of fremen
All Ups and stopped the elevators
No Downs in New York sky
scrapcr and some of
the occupants were marooned forty four
stories up. We should say, offhand, that
if airplanes had been invented before tall
buildings the buildings would never have
been called skyscrapers; that all of the
forty four stories held sustained interest and
some of them more profanity than the law
allows; that the tiremen were indscreet in
firing themselves, and that little of the
heat generated might have run the elevators
more power to them. as it were.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Dusk in the Garden

nUSK in the garden; overhead a sky 4.
~ OF tenderest green, bearing low hung
moon ..~ -- r-.-s..
That peers between the apple branches
ruddily. -. .,... Il
There's one lone cricket chipping, then
stir '..'. - ..;rrs,, , ..,lt.s
As a soft sea wind rufles all the leaves,
Awhile the dim edged fowerbeds fade and
blur. - .' .-;' 49,. ..2>i,,N r,ge
Slowly the darkness thickens.H Now. the
pallid stocks : s,.ss =
Blend into one low mass Of swaying scent;
The huge white lilies and the rosy phlox,
Pouring forth fragrance to the coming night,
Lure from their courses softly whirring
wings, ......... ....F--
AS here and there the great gray moths
alight. ~.
There must be ghosts about in this sad dusk,
Drawn by the far. flung spice of lavender
The sitting sweetness Of the DID, old musk
Entertainments of midsummer nights, for
countless years
Reborn to fill the heart of youth with &C.
stasy, .- '..'' ,a'
And those whose day is done, with unshed
tears. "a "'. '.''. ."tt,! Z.
Ethel Wolff, in the New York Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The Forthcoming visit of King Albert of
Belgium to this country gives added inter-
est to the report from London that Bel
gums security against German aggression
is to be guaranteed by Great Britain and
the United States. ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Toys

A ship from Rotter-
Toys dam unloaded a cargo
of German toys in
Philadelphia on Saturday. The cargo had
been in storage in Rotterdam since 1914
Germany, it will be remembered. at that
time began to play with new and strange
toys-Zeppelins, submarines and poison gas
shells They are all broken now and she
has returned to her old love with the hope
that her former playmates will forget the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
What Do, You Kno,p?

1. Who is Judge Elbert n. Garyf =f,A
2. Where are the Ozarksi
8. Who was Fanny Kemble7
4. What is burn?
8. How many Crusades were there?
@. What are plantains? ,t -a.
Z. What Is the correct pronunciation Of
the French phrase esprit de corps''f
8. What are BUSHES?
o. Who discovered the South Polef
10. Who was Lord Charles Beresfordf As,
Answers to Saturdays ovIx ~,
1. A casuist is one, especially theolo.
gian, who lays down the application
Of ethical rules to special cases,
weighs conflicting obligations, clsssi-
fes exceptions and draws distine-
tions. The word also describes q
quibbler, sophist. .u,<
2. Article XXI Of the peace treaty par
ticularly mentions the Monroe Doc.
trine as lying without the scope of
interference by the league Of nations.
8. The welland canal is in Canada, con-
Meeting Lake Erie with Lake On
tario.
4. William Tanner, of Hubbards Wood.
ILL.,, voluntarily accSpted ueatR ,Wlth
his wife when he wac unable to pull
her foot out of railroad frog. nj
s. The population of Belgium is larger
than that of Holland. G
@. The correct American pronunciation Of
been is "bin." In England 1t Is
proper to say bean" s
7. Goldilocks are a species of buttereup.
8. Neddy is the personal name fct. a
donkey.
q. The Virgin Islands were ACQUIRED By the
United States in 1915,
10. Gnstays Charpnntier, Frenchmans
composed the muslc Of the opera
f'Loui1e."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Love Comes First

Pottstown woman
Love Comes First was dragged under the
wheels of locomotive
after she had pushed her FIVE year r-old son
from the tracks to safety Il cheerfully
give my life for my boy" she said The
fact that such self-sacrifce is instructive
does not weaken its quality; it rather
strengthens it by knocking that hoary old
lie that self representation is the first law of
nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Undamaeed Goods

Baron Rodden, of the proof room, smiles
when he thinks of sign he saw down at
Atlantic City. 1t was over hot dog altar,
and it ran thus:
A New Dill Pickle
With Every Saucage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

revenge!

Just because he was
R.rreyenge! twice pinched d for
parking, a local club
man has paid $4,000 for downtown stable
which he will turn into garage for the use
of himself and friends. My, but that will
peeve the traffic cop
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The Chamber of Commerce has invited
the Prince of Wales to visit Philadelphia
the latter end of this week. Our guess is
that when he learns that there is a political
campaign in full blast he'll elect to stay
away, - .r..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The cosmopoltanism of Liverpools
population is indicated by the fact that two
Filjpinos, one Egyptian one Ecuadoran and
one Greek were stowaways on a Liverpool
vessel which arrived here Friday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The federated railway shopmen Of Chi
cago have not yet risen to a realization of
the fact that half a loaf is better than no
bread but they will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

One little bit of information we
squeezed out of the actors strike: 1t re-
quires a longer time to train the chorus
than the actors. And sometimes the mem
bers seem to justify the extra time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Nineteen members Of the Southern
Commercial Congress have gone to Europe
to study trade conditions. And what they
find will be largely contingent on the Rc-
tions of the United States Senate. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

After mature consideration the countsy
has given it as its opinion that the only
thing to commend in the Plumb plan is its
alliterative quality.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
scarcity Of Dark Horses

One hundred black horses have been
ordered for the knights Tempar parade
( u the committee Of ore hundred.
shes'--. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

A LanGhorne justice Of the peace ined
a party of Philadelphia picnickers $52 be-
cause their automobiles lacked tail lights.
Visiting machines in Langhorne should all
be equipped with legal lights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The vote Stacker won't be able to say
he wasn't sufficiently posted and prodded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

The Presidents trip Is worth while.
because it is making people in all parties
think. ',.' -.'s ~. 4: :.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
Our Land

SuT IdnU
NH, HAVE You been to Our Land,
~ To Our Land built afar?
No Already were fairer, ...- .. ~.
No night of flow ring star
Were half so softly dazzling
As where our Fairgrounds are.
'Tis not atop the mountains
Enamored of the skies,
Nor where, caressing rockbound shore,
The ocean spindrift flies,
Nor yet where some coquettish brook
Has told the willow lies.
And seek It not in sapphire sea
Beneath the Laying sun,
Nor in the burgeoned meaGows
Where soul white lambkins run,
Nor mid the deserts grandeur
Where God and man are one.
No--you will quest 1t vainly
In mountains, valleys, seas;
Our Land is plated by no bounds
For it is all OF these,
All Of them creatured with your dreams
And journeyed to with ease.
True, you will quest It vainly
Wherever leahet stirs
Until tabled godling
The candid truth AYERS,
And bids you seek the sacred spot
Within your heart-and hers.
TONY.
Our idea of a real cynic is the man who
never makes any high resolves while taking
a cold shower.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Dry as the town is supposed to be,
New York today has one full general. re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Actors in Paris have now gone on
strike. Oh, la. Ia, this strike stuff is becom-
fks bore, There oasht to be change Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

"And the Knights shall be filed with
gladness."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Take the rot out of Tro.sky and
there's rothing left but sneeze.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08
HUMoR OF THE CAMPAIGN
Smiles Are Occasionally In Evidence
Amid the unpIeasantness and
Ruthiessness Of the Warning
Political Factions
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
THERE are CLEANS of humor, II one cal

THERE are CLEANS of humor, II one cares
L to look for them, amid all the un-
plensantness and ruthlessncss OF warning
factions in the present mayoralty cam :
paign.
Naturally they are linked up with or
have a bearing on some phase of the fight.
"You fellows must be particularly fond
of spending money for nothing" remarked
a prominent member of the Ware organiza =
tion to friend equally prominent and ac-
tive in the Moore encourage.
"Glad You think so" retorted the other
sarcastically. eat least we've got the sat
isfactlon OF knowing that we're spending II
ourselves and getting some fun out of It
besides.
what dye mean" inquired the other,
falling into the trap.
"Wcll, even IL Moore does lose we've had
the pleasure Of spending our own money
before the Ware organization could get its
hands on II and spend it for us
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

Our idea of real cynic is the man who
never makes any high resolves while taking
a cold shower.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

WCAY, II you want to see the sight of
~ your life go down to Broad and Chest
nut. You never saw anything like it,
He was a Patterson man and spoke in
seeming seriousness as he buttonholed an
acquaintance who belonged to the Moore
caravan.
"What is it?" inquired the latter with
curiosity.
"Why, say, there's guy down there that
you know who's throwing away money by
the handful"
"Who is hep
'"The treasurer of the Moore OUTFIT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-08

J. from "Over there" who is a member
of the soldiers committee at the Moore
campaign headquarters.
zone of our boys came in with a funny
crack the other day" said Mr.. Ferry.
''He told me he was going to vote for Moore
because, as he put it,
"'For four years We had more Ware than
mayor; for the next four years I'm going
to vote to have Moore Mayor and less
Ware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-09

RIO aDth ST y 2lti HOrSEk EEPISG.
kij,hcnettr. etc: 500 month. bedrooms, over
looking Rock Crock Park. all outside rooms.
,Sn A., ~ To-nuto ofh aud l. SIS as
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FOR RENT-HOUSES.
FURNISHED.

5-RooM BUNGALOW SLEEPING PORCH;
gas; electric light; all modern improvements;
three blocks from car; possession June 10.
2Sfl2 26th 81. n
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.
ROOMS WITH ROARD-Continucd.

1927 CHURCH ST.-Iarge airy rooms for
three Young lancs. Si5 month. %
1884 s uncomfortable home for gentle
men; every convenience: very superior table:
rooms airy and elegant; references exchangd. 90
1902 VI ST.-Iarge doub;e room. two beds. for
man and wife two gentlemen, single room,
.ah1,
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APARTMENTS TO LET
FTRNISHEn-Contion.,t

5 ROOMS and bath. furnished
complete for housekeeping; $50
per month. Falkstone Courts.
l4th and Fairmont SITS. a. l..
Gilbert. Mgr. Phone Col. Az.
UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE. FURNISHED. 3
room bungalow apartment overlooking Poto-
mae: on car line: 40 minutes 10 Treasury
sIac.o's screened n porch fireplace. piano.
electric range: RVailahl" NJ once yearly
lease. 10 adults only $40 month Call ~
premises or telephone after G pm. Sunday.
T ". SWEITZER. Glen Echo. Md. or tele-
i,.rnuc Bethesda 2oi-F3. 9s
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RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE FOR THE
heated term a fine old colonial mansion with
in few hours Of Washington completely fur
nished. including supplies for table from gar
den and creamery. Mrs. MARY KINZEL. Win
chester. Va. Information, Phillip T. Hall. 141l
st. NV: Main 1891.
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COOL, WELLFURNIsHED APARTMENT. 8
large rooms. Washington Heights. July l 10
October 1, with privilege Of longer lease. un-
furnished. Address Box 18Th. Star office. 1i'
5 ROOMS AND BATH; SOUTHERN EN-
posure; two blocks from Dupont Circle; Sl2J
per month; June Is TO Sept. Ii. Tel. y.
1891 References l0s
SUITE OF BEDROOM AND SITTING ROOM,
twin beds; non housekeeping. THE BEACON.
Apt. As, 1901 Calvert st. (near 18th & Col. rd.)
10s
MT. PLEASANT ST, NEAR LAM0NT-6
large rooms and bath. completely furnished
immediate possession; lease months or longer;
per month. S125.
1922 18TH ST. NV large rooms and bath
nicely furnished; immediate possession; per
THE F.. H. SMITH COMPANY,
S15 18TH ST. NV.
COMPLETELY FURNISHED. ROOMS
bath, kitchen, porch apt. in Mt. Pleasant sec
ton; immediate occupation. Tel Col. 1851.
LIVING ROOM. KITCHEN. BATH. LARGE
closet; $65 per month; until Oct. 1. Apply
Ant-b07. the Farnsboro. %
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1892 FILLMORE ST. APT LONE FUR
nirhch ROM. neNt hath. 10 rnunlc. @
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ACTION AND CASH!
That's what YOU WANT, and that's what we
give. We buy autos for cash within 10 minutes
II the price is right. Franklin 6Js5 or call
e45 Eye st. NV. before pm.
STORAGE BATTERIES. used will buy any
number. 400 18th ST. NV. Phone Franklin
1926 90
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1880 HOBART ST. N.W.-ATTRACTIVE g.
room house. beautifully furnished; bedrooms.
l bath hot-wnter heat electricity: near Rock
Creek Park; high and airy delightful neigh
borhood convenient 10 Mt Pleasant and 1th
st. cars. Call Col. 1891. jos
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LARGE. AIRY ROOMS FOR WOMEN.
$40 to $40 per month. ~ blocks from Conn.
ave. cars. Ample bath facilities With hot
water. Iced water. Telephone N. 3174.
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WANTEn-GARAGES

SMALL GARAGE TO 10 CARS: STATE
location. rent and improvements. Address
Box e-H Star Office. -
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COUNTRY BOARD.

BLUEMONT. VA.-Five tJl minutes from
electric car: modern improvements. frst-class
board: by month. week and week end: adults
PREFERRED; references exchanged: terms
upon application 10 Miss Bette Ferguson
Buemon.. Va. IL
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14th ST. NEAR wARDMAN
Courts: elegantly furnished in ma
hogany; just redecorated; 6 large
rooms. bath: sleeping porch; very
cool, with south and east exposure;
rent reasonable to adults.
SHANNON & LUCHS,
NJ. 2345. lib 14th st. NV. NJ. 2345.