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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04
Marc Antony Overdraws His Account

Marc Antony Overdraws His Account
IF YOU have coins prepare to spend them
now!-
You all do know this check-book. 1 re-
member
The first time that I filed in all these
stubs:
Twas on a summer evening, in the sub
urbs,
The day | overcame the S'ocers bill.
See what rent the envous landlord got.
Through this the well-beloved gasman
stubbed.
And, as he plucked his cursed steal away,
Mark how the butcher and the plumber
followed
AS rushing to my door, to be resolved
If Antony still had some balance left.
For I was certainly that plumbers angel:
See his Endorsements on the checks | paid
him!
And here's that coal bill
That was the most unkindest debt of all;
For when my nervous banker saw that stub
My deficit more strong than my deposits,
Quite vanquished my account: then burst
my balance,
And while the cashier muffied up his face,
Even at the base of his dread adding en-
gihe
printing a row of dgits in red ink
He damned the check with Insufficient
Funds.
pardon me, thou bleeding bank account,
That I am meek and gentle with these
butchers
o gentle balance dost thou lie so low?
But yesterday this little check-book might
Have stood against the income tax. Now
lies he there,
And not a single check in him is valid.
With I ell, ic
| that they have been seduced by watching
| a typewriter. They imagine that by de-
| pressing a shift key the whole world can
| be thrown from CAPITAL into lower case.
| Desk Notices
| Be reserved. but not sour: grave, but not
| formal bold, but not rash; humble but
| nd seryile; patient, not insensible; con.
4 stant, not obstinate; cheerful not light;
| rather sweet. than familiari familiar, than
| intimate; and intimate with very few. and
1 upon very good grounds.
WILLIAM PENN.
Our idea of a pleasant evening is one
spent in watching Mr.. and Mrs Sidney
Drew on the screen. We wonder why
sidney's face is so much more amusing
that his brother John Drews Is 1t be-
cause John was born in Philadelphia and
Sidney in New York?
II we had a face like Sidney Drew's we
would find shaving every day no bore at all.
We can imagine BARRIERS paying Sidney
for the privilege of razing that dron map.
One of the things we regret is that the
Germans before 1914 were insufficently
acquainted with the poems OF Johann
4 Wqlfgapg yon Goethe. X was 7. w. Won q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

! One of the times when even the most
placid feel upstirrings of Boshevsm is
when they have been waiting twenty min
utes In the tonsorium for a shave, and then
observe all the aristocrats in the chairs
making up their minds 70 have shsmpoos
and vacuum cup messages.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

Governor Sprouts tonsils are swollen,
but his head isn't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

Quintus H. F,laccus sends us the follow
ing head from the Galesburg Republican
Registers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is crclu-
sicely entitled 10 the use for republication
OF all ne1rs dispatches credited TO IL or not
ofherrise credited in this paper, and also
She local netcs published therein.
An rights Of republication Of special dts
putches herein are also reserrcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04
"Some Unknown Motive"

1t grew late Frau Esner put away
her knitting, rose and went into an ad-
joining room, which evidently was a bed
room. A moment later she returned. sat
down and began to unlace her shoes.
After unlacng> them she started to pull
them off, but after a glance at me some
unknown motive made her hesitate. She
rose again. walked into the bedroom, her
shoe laces tapping, and closed the door
Webb Waldron, in Golfers.
Perhaps Frau Eisner had hole in her
stocking?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

One Philadelphil girl,
NJ 1 SIS Cora Duffy.
Mayor Smiths conf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

So. altogether, it is not too much to
say that the men of the Iron Division
are bringing more than victory home
from France. They are bringing intimar
tions Of rule Of life and human reIs-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-04

The trouble with Lenine and Trotsky is
that they have been seduced by watching
a typewriter. They imagine that by de-
pressing a shift key the whole world can
be thrown from CAPITAL into lower case
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
GERMANS ANGRY
At STOCK LOSS
Allied Demand for Cattle
Brings Protest,
nv The Associated Prem)

BERLIN, May l5-Thc stipulation
IN the peace terms that Germany
must surrender thousands Of milch
COWS, swine, bccye, and other domes-
me animals, TO replace those lost by
the allies, ha, created the most bitter
and violent protest among rich and
poor alike
The Iageblatt describes the demand
as "monstrouS and impossible" and
calls attention TO the irightiu child
mortality because OF lack of milk. It
declares that this is deliberate et
tort to continue hunger among the
Sfman people and rs brutality not
to he exceeded"
The paper asserts that the cattle 10
be delivered would total 10000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
German-Austria
Fears for Safety

COPENHAGEN, May lj-Dr. Otto
Bauer, foreign minister OF German
Austria. in a speech TO the workers
protested against the peace terms
handed to the Germans at Versailles.
An account Of his speech is printed by
the VoSsiche Zeitung OF Berlin, a copy
OF which has been received here.
DR. Bauer objected TO the plan for
making German-Austria a neutraliled
state and concluded:
This small German Austria cannot
eNiSt alone Unless We join with big
GERMANY We shall not even be Ger
mln..Austria
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
BRUTAL PEACE
FOE CHANCELLOR
SAYS OF TERMS
Scheldemann Hints at Pos
sibIe Change in Rule,

LONDON. Monday, Nav l2-The
possibility OF a change in the govern
men, OF Germany as result OF the
presentation Of the allied peace terms
was discussed by Philip Scheldemann,
German chancellor at Berlin today, ac-
cordng 10 dispatch TO the Exchange
Telegraph company from that city
The chancellor denounced the peace
terms which hc said represented a
brutal dictated peace" il is said. The
statement Was made to foreign jour
nall,tS IN the former chancclor's pal
ace and in part follows:
1--WE thought that we Social.dcmo.
cra's were strong enough to prevent a
peace by violence but doubted whether
the masses IN enemy countries could
support us because they arc less
strongly organized than We.
Certain circles IN England and
France are beginning to advise the
necessity ot common sense. Il is too
comic when President Wilson's four
teen points are ynu'rdNed with the
peace ,err, lAo do not mention Mr.
Wilson's terms hu' are .u., a brutal
dictated r,a.c
1T is possible gu,crUucut might
hc iouncd which would gn the peace
terms but II IS doubtful Ghc,hcr tire
allies woul be satisfied with such q
government \ rcactionlry govern
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
Oklahoma Vets Are
On Way to Texas

NEW ORLEANS, MAY l}-The
ll7th supply train OF the Forty-secoud
(Ranbow) division passed through
here last night on It's way to San An
tonic, Texas
Five hundred and forty men and
nineteen officers were aboard the
troop train, IN charge Of Ma. A, +
Divine The supply train is COM
posed OF men from Texas, Oklahoma
and NrN McNlcn-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
LOUISIANA Death
BLAMED ON texan

NEW ORLEANS. MAY IS / c.
DOYLE, alias f f. Bender. who saws
hi, home is in Galveston. Texas. has
been arrested by New Orleans police
and is being held in connection with
Levy.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13

Reserve Eligibles
Ordered Sent Back

WASHINGTON, MAY lj-Re,urh
to the United States for discharge OF
all soldiers who are entitled to be
iurloughed 10 the regular reserve has
been authorized by the war depart
mem, General Pershing also was in
struc,d to iurlough to the reserve
overseas soldiers having dependent,
living abroad
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13

iieers w. c. Hall. W. r. Dunleayy, II.
+. Sweet and IA. Sullivan, were in,
dlc,ed, charged with killing Raymond
shackleford and l. d Hudson al.
legged bootleRgers. a, Fisher Hill,
March %, The prohibition officer,
were not present at the indictment.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
Overseas Men Are
Dead in Explosion

DION, MAY l}-Scycral imcri.
can soldiers were killed and ten were
seriously injured when a case OF dyna.
mite exploded Yesterday IN a quarry
near lS-Sur-Tilc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
"Dry" Raiders Are
Held for Murder

WOODSTOCK. Va, May ia, a
special term OF the grand jury (which
opcned here ycstcrday, prohlbl&n ol.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-13
President Owen
Club Organized

TULSA, May lj.-An "Ower.ior.
president club was formed yes,er.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

cultivate a sympathetic silence, II that
Is what Is demanded by the lacerated
nerves Of your man Don't expect one
who has Just escaped death-snd has
seen his friends drop around him 5y
the score-to call for his dancing
pumps and betake himself to the near
est cabaret, as soon us he has hung
uD his trench helmet.
However, It Is AL = question Of
nerves and their sensitiveness 20 re-
ceiving and retaining Impressions. The
cabaret may be exactly the medicine
that will work wonders in restoring a
certain type. it may give the necessary
stimulus craved, or, again. Il may be
an added horror
So II you are q wife, or sweet
heart, and are puzzled by having q
soldier man given to long, deep re-
Election, don't despair. Il may be only
natures way Of restoring the balance
1t is hardly fair to expect a sensitive
man who has been through the hell
OF the trenches to come back to you
as II he had returned from jolly
weekend. and Is feeling particularly
tit after the experience
In the first enthusiasm OF getting
back Il may even seem that way, but
the energy for frivolty is more than
apt TO flag, and q pipe and slippers
TO win the day.
A correspondent who signs herself
Louise" Is feeling particularly dis
couraged at this state OF affairs She
was married just before her husband
sailed for France, and she has taken
great pride IN her loyalty Eternly
declining to attend any OF the meet
ings OF the dancing club. OF which
they were both enthusiastic members
before the war began.
She had fully expected to find her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

young husband quite as keen on dane
ing after he got back as he was be-
fore he sailed And I think, in spite
Of all her determination to be a
model wife, she is beginning 10 feel
Just a little sorry for herself
Louise tells me that she Is just
IS, so IL IS not difficult to understand
why she expects her man TO display
the customary ardOr for dancing and
musical comedy that he had before he
went marching off he has been
through an experience that Is likely
TO exercise q SOLDERING influence for
years II not for life.
no man can have been through the
hell and glory Of Chateau Thierry and
not have reached the climax OF human
emotion. He has taken part in the
greatest conflict the world has ever
known He has drunk his coffee in the
gray Of early morning with his COM
rades, and at night he has come back
without them He has made a crony
Of death, week in and week out in
the trenches. and there have been
times when death would have been
easier than living.
Whatever life has to offer in the
way OF emotion keyed to the utmost
limit, the men who fought during
those last days experienced to the
full And q man cannot drain the cup
70 the dregs and in few weeks ac-
cOmmodate himself 70 the pace Of a
suburban husband. interested IN his
former dancing club and the lawn
mower
He can easily manage 70 drop back
into his old place II he went over
there and got no further than one
Of the big training camps, but IL IS
not quite reasonable 20 expect It II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

lLeler.- And between the Two OF Lneni
the railroads IS left dry and high, the
war risks bureau claims that they
could only keep going for week or
so, the soldiers relations people Is
sending out J. o. signals. and that's
the way IL goes"
And who do you think IS right
Mawruss?" Abe asked. Mr.. Wilson
or congress2"
''Weii, I amt exactly prepared to
say understand" Morris replied,
@but it's a question IN ny mind
whether or not there amt Just 90
much need for q peace conference IN
Washington as there is IN Paris, and
Ia SO, Abe, whether Mr.. Wilson amt at
the wrong peace conference
No More Gold CasketH-
$50 far as that goes, Mawruss,- Abe
said, he might Just so well be IN
Washington as IN Paris. because the
tapestry and gold casket period OF
this here conference is already a thing
Of the past. which 1 see that Mr.. VII
son amt even staying with the Mu-
rats no longer"
Naturally Norris said, after the
way this here Murat went around
talking about the league Of nations
why, though he was in favor Of
He was in favor OF it." Morris said.
up to the time Mr.. Wilson and Lloyd
George had the conference with the
Jugo-Slobs where they laid out the
frontiers by making the ink bottle
represent Bessarabia and the mucilase
bottle Macedonia When Murat saw
the library carpet the next morning,
he began to say that after all, why
shouldn't France control her own for
Il don't blame him Abe com
Later on the Polish national con-
mittes called on Mr. Wilson and was
shown into the parlor before the but
Ter had q chance TO put the slip covers
on tbs. furniture Norris continued,
and that very evening Murat went
around saying that II France was go
ing to have to police the corridor
through west Prussia to DantZig, he
was against articles Il TO 20. both in
elusive, OF the league constitution, and
where could he find q good dry
cleaner"
THAT don't surprise me. neither"
Abe remarked
Insurance Against Damage.
But It wasn't tin the presidents
bodyEuard OF secret service men had
an all night stud poker session in
the yellow guest room. that he actu-
ally made speeches against the league
OF nations" Morris went on. 'and at
that, the room viii never look the
same again"
Il wonder II there amt some kind
- er1-1- -. -. ttf.
happening like that2" Abe Epeculated.
I don't know" Morris said. but II
there Is, you can bet your life that
this here Mrs. Bischoffsheim where
the president Is staying now, has
got It."
and she IS going to need It, Nav
russ" Abe said. because what the
best home trained men do with cigar
cts and fountain pens when thelr
minds are occupied with business mat
ters, amt calculated to improve the
appearance OF a barroom. neither"
"SayI" Norris commented THE
president oser cares what his address
Is IN Paris. but I'll bet you he Is do
ing a lot OF thinking as to what Il is
going to be IN Washington after
March 4. 1871
Who'll Move Into white Housed
1T amt q question OF who IS going
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

nortraval IN subordlnats partE Nos
that Miss Barrynora does not EtA14
out and dominate zach Gcena y aneef
personal charm and defines q touch,
II tie art OF which she q mistress
That much you expect OF Al11 B1rry-
more but not always - q great acres
fortunate enough 70 gamer 2rcuIl
her q company as succeds1ul n t1e-L
own way in creating the Lllu1lon %
reality as herself Each q NJ. car
tons Characters IS made q real entity
by the actors. The pleasure given by
the play Is the sort that might cone
from watching a real and euullng
drama unfold among real nice peo-
pie. The prime purposo OF ne arase
Is 70 give that sort OF pleasure. but
v-hen its purDoss q achieved % the
extent evidenced IN The OF Chance,
Il becomes noteworthy.
A Real Cemodys
The play IS q comedy and LADY
Csrdoneu Is q creature Of comedy,
but there is one poignant and marvel
ously effective scene, a second IN
length when Lady Czrdon1u intro
duces herself to the daughter she has
not seen for yearA A slight choking
almost indlstinguishebis; a tiny
change IN the face, a bit Of huskires1
in the voice. and 3 simple. Pm your
mother" It's an extraordinzy bit OF
acting though. for that matter. Al %
the BarrymOrs acting IS extraordln-
airy she seems never more deft.
quicker. more flashing than IN this
piece
Il Is the playing that places The
of Chance among tbs two or three
most entertaining plays OF the sea-
son One who placed e fir1t would
not 90 far wrong For those who
like comedy played a. Il should Be
but seldom IS played. Il g not 70 b
missed
Miss Madsieins Marshall tlI bsas
engaged for the part OF Ruth IN the
Messrs- ShCbert's production OF -Su-
san LeonL"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

sTTTHEN . Teller gets his name II
w the papers Es often As Mr.. VII
son. Nauruas, q don't take long FOL
them highWaymsn 70 get on 70 him
ABE Potash remarked shortly after Mr.
Wilson'S return to Paris.
what hiEhwaymsn7" MorriH In
CURED.
Them presidents OF orphan asylum,
and homss." Abe said, "and IN & way II
serves Mr.. Wilson right. Na~rusS be-
cause Instead Of keeping Il TO him
self that he got stuck ever $4,000 for
tips alone While he vas IN France,
cumberland. As soon a. he arrives in
Boston he goes TO work and blabs the
whole thing TO Newspaper reporters,
and you could take It from me, Nav
ruHE that for the next six months Mr..
Wilson would be flooded by letters
from Associations for the Relief OF
Iudigent Armeniana, Homes for Chron-
lo Free Masons and who knows what
else So therefore you take this here
Carter h Glass, MaWruss. and he nat
urally comes to the conclusion that
M Wilson IL an easy mark, be-
cause"
EXCUSE me. Abe" Norris interrupt
ed ecoily. hut who do you think this
here Carter h Glass Is. anyway"
Glass Wanta q Big Fund.
I don't know" Abe went on, but
whoever he ia he probably figured
that II he was going to get turned
down, he would anyhow get turned
down big. because Il says here in the
pager that he cables Mr.. Wilson he
should please let him have S3,000.O 0O
for this here bureau for paying allow
snces to the relations Of soldiers
and
Listen, Abe" Norris said. Of you
wouldn't know who Carter II. Glass IS
made over $4,000 last year, yiunder-
stand, nothing that could say would
ever learn you, 80 therefore I amt
got no expectations that you are go
ing TO remember Il when I tell you
that this here Carter H Glass Is sec
cabled Mr.. Wilson for 100000 it
amt 90 hopeless Ike Il sounds. Also,
Abe, while Mr.. Wilson gives II out to
the papers that he got gtung $4,000
for tips e also appears In the papers
that he came home with q few gold
caszets and things. not to mention one
piece OF tapestry which the French
government presented him with, val
ued at 100000 alone. understand.
and ~ that kind Of publicity Is going
70 give Mr.. wilson q reputation as an
easy giverup. Abe Al I can say IS
that the collectors for orphan asyiuns
and Eizs' homes don't read the papers
no more carefully than you DO, Abe"
Glass and His Nerve
But why should the secretary OF the
United States treasury got to touch
Mr. Wilson fort" Abe demanded '.Ev-
cry day the people OF the United States
is paying into the United States treas
ury millions and millions dollars IN
come tax money and AL the president
owns IS a few gold caskets which he
got presented with. and maybe a little
tapestry understand What's the
matter with that Teller Carter H
Glsss7 Il he afraid be is going to run
short II he spends q couple million
dollars OF so2 Has he lost his nerve
or somethinEf'
wen, m ten you. Abe Norris be-
gan The secretary Of the treasurer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05
] By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. q

CEvERAL letters have come to ne
y from women who have their SOL
der GEssthearts and husbands safs-
y hack from over there but who
are sorsly puzzled By the change that
has come over them
In every case. the men In question
have been in the front line trenches.
AID have Eons through the shot and
shan Of those last terrible. fighting
days. They felt rather than heard.
the numbinE silenes-more awful
THAI the din-that began At II
o'clock. that fatsful November morn
ing when the erdsr 20 cease firing"
vas given
1T was the silence that got ne
I could stand everything but that, =
one woman quoted her husband as
saying, and abe goes On to say that
after the first enthusiasm OF home
coming was over, he seemed 70 care
for nothing but to sit quietly and
.think. The old amussmenta about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

he went over the top" and has come
back 10 you either gassed or wounded.
Dropping HerOies Attitude.
All along the line there Is begin
ming to be a general let-dowu in the
heroic attitude taken by women dur
in gthe war The Near East" may de-
mand their charity and sacrifice as
much as Belgium, but 1t is difficult 70
get them keyed 20 the necessary pitch
OF enthusiasm over further horrors;
they have been fed up" on atrocities
and the pendulum Is beginning TO
swing back again
They saved. rationed their families.
sewed for the Red Cross and prac-
tised amazing economies. Now they
want to eat dress and be merry and
realize that all OF life IS not Wailing
and lamentation-
But It would take an incorrigible
pessimist to believe that they viii
ever 90 back TO the utter frivoity OF
their prewar existence. Shopping for
amusement, shopping when they never
intended to buy. matching scraps Of
bright colored ribbons to while away
n morning. Judging their friends by
the initials on their dollies and the
size Of their motors, and the names
that always rose like cream to the
tops OF their card baskets-no, ]
don't believe they viii go back TO
these things; a little abiding light
must have come to them while they
rolled bandages for their men over
there.