Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04

To Alec
WHO claims he called to Sheila last April
in Fronce)
A Lee, Alec, Alec, tell me were you
"A spoofng
When you said you thought of Sheila all
the livelong day?
Did YOU really call her, while you were
Up the hills of Clermont to the Igrec
NJ. G. A?
ALEC. Alec. Alec, sure, your nerves ap-
"A palling,
Saying that you spoke to sheila all the
lvelong day; -.
For the only person that heard you calling
Was a deaf old garcon in the Globe Cafe
WILL LOU.
Also of Clermont- Ferrand.
Dr Albert Einstein, the German physicist
has attempted to make plain to lnterVlewers
his new theory of relatively, which dis-
cards Time and Space as absolute entities
and "makes them in every instance rel"'Ne
to moving systems.
The idea of discarding Space Is not ne"
one II has long been practiced by the de-
o;rno-s Of anartment houses, particularly in
New York.
Rut 70 sneak seriously, there is q very
interesting note in Doctor hhsteln re-
marks about English, Dutch and American
scientists who have been thinking along lines
similar to his own. Doctor Einstein speaks
with sincere admiration and respect OF ms
scientific colleagues in other lands, ana this
brings us happily to consider the one pranch
NJ human activity where passion has no
sway. In Science, or more broadly, IN the
whole world of Learning, there is but one
interest the discovery of Truth. When the
no.s;ons of men are unleashed, Truth van
;sbes The search for Truth is the one mo
tive which binds together men OF all lands
ond times into the solidarity of the human
roca-a solidarity of trial, perplexity and
common human pleasures which, when
prasped, is the only lasting consolation hu-
manity may achieve. Doctor Elnsteln S
nraise of foreign scientists is the first sign
we have seen that Truth may once more De
ready to enter into the dusty stadium OF
human affairs.
Uber we were very young we used to
s;oh for a steam yacht, but as one natures
his ambitions become far more extravagant.
Nowadays we go so far as to hope that our
shire will get back from the laundry by
Tuesday of the following week.
arlsf Essay on the Medical Profession
We know a doctor in New York who al
ways fills his pipe before calling on his pa
t;onts. and leaves it, all ready packed, in
his car. AS soon as he leaves the house he
Eghts I'M and puffs comfortable whiffs on
his way to the next call
THAT is our idea of a good doctor
wo hear a rumor that the Kelly Street
pus;ness Mems Association is going to meet
ogain soon. 1t seems to us that the asso-
citation ought to put up one more tablet in
tbot. we'll known thoroughfare, commence
rating with due affection and respect the
Dear Despot who passed away last summer.
We notice that the old apprehension con
oor,,ino the possible collision of the earth
..;,L n ynete0r, and consequent destruction
- tb;. Epelu pidnet, is undergoing its period
;ooI re,;raI' Some dag, zoe dare say, para
oyonh something like the toIlotoing toiH dp-
neor somephere in the back pages of the
| LEADING Mars newspaper
EARTH GOES WEST
AmIabIe Planet Bumped OFF by unfor.
tunate Collision
Inseroosntio Press DispGtchJ
| II is with much regret that we announce
! that the World was bumped off late last
night by collision with a speeding meteoroid
| Although little is known concerning the life
/ Of the deceased planet, those who had
watched his career always predicted a sue
II