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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
STILL LINING UP FOR MOORE

WHOEVER thinks that the average
politician has not certain canni-
ness where his own interests are con-
cerned has another think coming.
The local politicians who fought the
nomination of Congressman Moore are
rapidly getting in line for him while the
getting is good. Every day a lot of
them visit his headquarters and pledge
their support. They know that the con-
gresham as Mayor will have power to
drive them out of business if he chooses
to exercise it. And they know that he
is a politician who understands how to
play the game, and will not hesitate to
play it to the limit if the needs of good
government demand such a policy.
Therefore the little leaders are accept
ing their defeat at the primaries with
good grace and are preparing as rapidly
as may be to assure the congressman
that they are with him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
A GALLERY OF ROGUES

THE list Of names Of German offenders
i whom the Allies are planning to ask
that the new German Government sur
render for trial reads like a section of
the Almanach de Gotha.
1t is list of princes and mobiles of
high degree and suggests that the famous
register of European nobility has many
of the characteristics of rogues' gal
lery.
The German princes in question are
charged with crimes against the common
law in France and Belgium. Their de-
fense will doubtless be that they were
acting under their war power and can no
more be held criminaly responsible for
what they did than when they ordered
charge of their soldiers against the
enemy and killed hundreds of the oppos-
ing force.
There may have been time when such
a plea would have received respectful
consideration in court; but most of us
are hoping that it has passed never to
return.
Judged by the standards applied to
other men, the great kings of history
IeNS uSCh lIo SohCoI my
have robbed by force as Germany robbed
France of Alsace-Lorraine in 1870. The
looting of private residences by soldiers
has been recognized form of rewarding
them. Men who have resisted kings
have been hanged or shot for no other
reason than that they resisted. The
kings have regarded themselves as
hedged about by divinity which made
their person sacred and themselves i'm
mune to punishment, no matter what
they did. And the world for centuries
accepted this view.
Some day student with nothing bet
ter to do will study the careers of the
great kings and measure their conduit
by the standards of conduct by which
the common man has to stand or fall.
He will produce book which will do
much to buttress the cause of democracy
and may have some influence on the con-
duct of the kings that happen to remain
on their thrones.
What the world needs is recognition of
the fact that crime done in the name of
the state, whether in time of peace or
time of war, is still crime. The theory
that the king can do no wrong has had its
day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
SKY BLUE LAWS

THE arrest of an airman for carrying
passengers on Sunday arouses Curl
osity at once as to the area over which
the blue laws extend.
The question has not arisen hitherto,
unless it is involved in the flight of
baseball through the air when the game
is played on the first day of the week.
If the laws extend into the upper ether
and to the center of the earth several
complicated problems will arise over its
enforcement. Mars is supposed by some
astronomers to be inhabited. The Mar
tians, when their planet happens to be
within the celestial area bounded by lines
run from the center of the earth through
the corners of the commonwealth to the
uttermost bounds of space, come within
the jurisdiction of the PENNSYLVANIA
courts, and if they play ball or pay
money to go to movie shows or engage in
other forbidden amusements on Sunday
they are liable to punishment
We have not yet found way to reach
them, but there is no knowing when some
daring aviator will not wing his way
thither and get in touch with our neigh
bors on the blood-red planet. In the
meantime, the good people who are seek
ing to have the blue laws enforced will
doubtless do their best to keen their
feet on the earth and base their COM
plants on the charge that the airman
made noise and disturbed the Sabbath
peace when he started from the earth
rather than on the fact that he flew in
the air
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. When is Roosevelt's birthday?/
2. What classical goddess Is represented in
the word cereal?
3. Where is the city of Kronstadt?
4. What is a hatchment?
5. What winter did Washington and the
Continental army spend at Valley
Forge?
6. What play by Shakespeare Is listed in
the first collected edition neither as
comedy, tragedy, nor history?
Z. What is polonaise? Isl.
8. OF what country is the queen of Spain
native?
0. Which was invented first, the tele-
phone or the telegraph?
10. What people use meat as condimentr
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. "Croix de Guerre" should be pro
nounced somewhat as if spelled
''Crwad Gair."
.. The surrender of Cornwallis,s army at
Yorktown was the decisive event in
American history which occurred on
October 10, 1881.
g. Louisiana is the chief cane sugar pro
duoing state in the Union.
4. The word lush means luxuriant and
succulent.
5. The land OF Canaan was the promised
land or Palestine, bordering on the
extreme easterly coast of the Medi-
terranean.
6. A calory is q unit of heat.
Z. Thomas Mast was an American car
toonist, especially celebrated for his
anti -Tammany drawings In the days
of the notorious Tweed ring.
8. A calender Is mendieant dervish 10
Persia or Turkey. l
Q. The colors in the flag Of Greece are
blue and white, 6
10. William @, isedheld Is secretary Of com
mercs Fa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
THE RIVER

IT'S the glory of the morning,
It's the coming Of the dawn,
And the sun rising red DER the hilltops
When the mist from the river is gone
It's the laughing rush of water,
It's the thrushes' morning song,
And the splash of the bass when he's feedips
The rocky banks along.
It's the far off blue of the mountains,
It's the green Of the nearer bills,
And the deep blue green OF the river
The woodsman's heart that thrills.
It's the wonderful glow Of the freight,
It's the call of the whippoorwill,
And the quiet hush at the midnight hour,
When all the world is still.
It's the moon rising over the treetops,
It's the lullaby Of the pines,
And the wonderful song of the river
Where the white spray leaps and shine.
So, pal, is it any wonder,
When we live dull city lives
That We sit by the fireside and dream AMI
think
or that River Of Paradise?
John T.Collins, in the Boys Life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
PRINCE LEOPOLD AT PENN?

rTHE reported desire of the Belgian
crown prince to complete his educa-
tion at All American college does him
| credit. There is no other place where
Ms could get an education which would
10 him so much good. He would derive
benefit not so much from what he learned
10 books as from his life in the atmos-
phere of a democratic American univer-
eity.
The characterization of the world will
rome about by the spread of democratic
IDEAS. We have an excellent illustration
of how it works by what is now going on
ia Japan and China. Many of the politi-
ia leaders in both Of these Oriental
,.ountricA were educated in America and
hnTla,N They came here young and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

THE higher you go the farther you may
4 fall. 1t is for that reason that sensi-
BILE men tread carefully in positions of
eminence.
1t is possible to imagine instances in
which a sentence of four years in jail
would mean relatively little. To man
like former Judge William T. Wheeler,
of the Municipal Court, such a sentence
means disbarment and the end Of a
career, the loss of such prestige as may
be attained by years of work and the
necessity for a new start at some future
time against tremendous obstacles.
Yet the sentence imposed yesterday
by Judge Johnson is by no means eXces-
sive, though it provides for~the maximum
punishment possible under existing laws.
1t must always be matter of regret
in this city and dreary commentary on
the nature of the political system toll
Grated here that a judge had to be
dragged down from the bench to stand
trial for an offense peculiarly suggestive
of loose ethics and a defective sense of
honor.
By the proposed appeal to the Superior
Court Mr.. Wheeler can escape only tenn
porarily from the least important conse-
quences of his acts. The heavier judg-
ment of public opinion is already opera
tive.
Every one who realizes the Importance
of an mtainted judiciary will feel that
the defendant in this instance deserves
no sympathy. The sentence ought to be
carried out as quickly as possible in order
to provide a warning for those who
looked lightly upon venal practices in or
out of the Municipal Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

rank is clear. The canal enthusiast who
is to be the municipal executive is pal
pably peculiarly well fitted to make HIS
selection wisely and with the best inter
ests of the city in mind.
All down the line there are appoint
ments TO be made which should bring into
play those qualities with which, as
waterway expert, Mr.. Moore commended
himself to the House of Representatives.
With worthy lieutenants the task OF
opening communications with the prac-
tical principles of constructiveness, due
economy, vigor, farsightedness and gen
eral progress will become increasingly
easier.
The channel through Councils still pre-
sents, it is true, certain obstacles. The
outmoded towpath is in places uneven
and there are archaic dams which impede
transit. A good skipper, with keen
eye and forceful personality, can, how
ever, still steer an effective course.
There is every indication that Mr..
Moore intends to be pilot who will not
be swerved from following good-govern-
ment charts. His political seNtant is &C
curate, and taking significant observa-
tion is one of his specalties. Time was
when altogether too much latitude was
taken.
According to the present outlook, the
position proclaimed will be correct and
contenders to the contrary may feel the
force of wholesome discipline.
The Panama canal is not perfect. If
the Leviathan whisted for entrance it
might cause considerable perpleXity.
The waterway is a splendid work none
the less, stimulant to progress, an
economist of time and money, magnifi-
cent servant Of civilization.
Canalist Moore will not make Phila-
delphia utopian. Nobody will, But his
specialized equipment should be of no.
table advantage to the city.
1t is encouraging to reflect that an
expert in short routes, clear channels
and direct communications is coming to
the City Hall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

A rooster that recognized its owner was
the chief witness against a Chester man
charged with stealing chickens in Camden.
The rooster on the witness stand is under
stood to have crowed n Democratic homily
against the invasion of state rights.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Spreckels thinks the reason the sugar
business is dislocated is because Uncle Sam
has too long spoon. But the proverb mon
ger, Mr.. Spreckels should remember. has
cited case where a long spoon is necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
THE CHAFFLNG DISH

passersby with an appraising gaze. Every
now and then, Ed says, this chap steps up
to some man and asks him politely, "Haye
you any old clothes to sell?" Ed is won
dering just on what principle he selects the
men he questions.
We are wondering, too. We 60 past that
corner almost every day and have never been
asked. Somehow we feel a little hurt. but
we understand perfectly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

A broken plate and broken pate re-
suited from a quarrel over a spoonful of
sugar in a Market street restaurant 1t is
very wrong for cooks to let their angry pas
sions rise. One never knows the minute
when there may be a strike in the crockery
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
We notice a movie ad that says that Char

We notice movie ad that says that Char
lev Chaplin is the best known man in the
world. We question this. There is no
public character of whom one knows less.
One Of the agreeable things about Charley
;s that he has no taste for personal pub
licity, and his private life remains strictly
iucognito. We have never seen him in
dorsipg some brand of garters or vouching
for a particular blend of tobacco-we don't
even know what he thinks about the league
of nations. though we'd be willing to lay
small bet that he's for it.
Come to think about it, and really exert
our mind upon the problem, Charley is much
more mo of mystery than Colonel House. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Newspaper accounts have advised the
bandit who robbed a saloon that he over
looked SO in a cash drawer. He will prob
ably return for it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Twelve thousand strikers

Twelve thousand strikers are said to
have returned to work in Youngstown. Per
haps the employers in conference in Wash
ington feel that II they hold out the steel
all their iirmness to bucking against colIsce
tive bargaining.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

1t is to be hoped that the seeming do.d.
lock in the industrial conference dooS ~
presage bolt, and that the presidontS. ny.
letter will be bar to such proceedins .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Revised Version II

Just because the young
Revised Version men Of Camden dis
covered they could
take their sweethearts jitncy riding pretty
nearly all evening for dollar the iitney
drivers are considering raising rates for
spooners. All the world loves to soak
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The arrest Of an aviator for violating
the sabbath seems to indicate that the blue
sky is the limit for the Blue Laws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The Ware committee is distributing
Moore posters and Moore buttons. To him
that hath Moore shall be given.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The interest men are taking in the food
fair shows that while they may know moth
ing of the art of cooking thy know what
thev like -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

No sign yet of any tables of ston.
coming down from the industrial Mt. Sinai
in Washington, And no sign of any Moses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

One difference between the sugar that
was dumped on the street and the strikers
that did the dumping is that the sugar was
refined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

hve feet.-West Chester Local News.
Ihe king of Spain is wearing soft collar
IN Paris, and every one seems to be taking
it quite calmly
we feel that we may have helped Just a
little toward this happy state of affairs.
we broke the spirit of the Partisan popuace
oy wearing soft collar there for several
weeks in the spring of 1912.
We also note that Alfonso is wearing a
FEDORA hat The Quizeditor, our source of
all miscellaneous and useless information.
tells us that the fedora is named after Sar-
dou's drama of that name, because in that
play Mr. Mantell wore lid so comely that
all men initiated it. But the fedora. liRe the
Homburg hat, gets mentioned in the papers
now and then, and we always wonder if we
have ever worn one without knowing il
Our hat, we sadly fear, is of the variety
which used to be known as "slouch.''
Another troublesome suspicion is, have we
ever worn "Melton" overcoat?
What is it, we wonder. that first started
the tradition that the taiIors' ads should bc
so full of verbal jazz? One of the best de-
scriptions of male happer that we have
ever seen occurs in the ad Of New. York
WIZ utocTlUtS MIN as the fellow
who is only manufacturer of cigarette
ashes''
The Boston Transcript prints the follow.
ing ad under the head TOO Late to r..
Classified:
WANTED MAN
One accustomed to handling a complete
set of books. Ideal living conditions
Reply in confidence, as strctest secrecy
will be maintained.
If only we felt sure that complete SET
of Joseph Conrad or o. Henry would he
considered adequate we would reply at once
and throw secrecy to the winds
Two thousand students at Syracuse went
on strike because the faculty wouldn't give
/ them day off to celebrate football victory.
The report is that they rough housed the
profs and raised general cain around tho
campus. Poor technique, poor technique
The only sage way to behave after an un =.
expected victory is to take 1t as matter
of course and pretend you expected 1t all
along.
Bill Murphy calls our attention TO the fol
lowing, in the most modern of bards:
HAMLET will come by and by.
POLONIUS-I will say so.
(Act III, Scene ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
This Frenzied Existence

Speaking of lunch counters, crab outlet
was what the sign painter meant, but he put
an extra dash on his Z ana MADE IL u,
And the sign on Walnut street reads
Grab Outlet at the Bar, 25c,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The air derby has-knocked records into
a cooked hat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

And the only place where there still are
"apothecaries is Phiadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

That boy who started four fires In
Chestnut street stores because he was sore
at the jsnitor might have done something
really desperate If he had become peeved at
the superintendent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The teamsters dropped little worm
wood in the sugar spoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The only place where we ever heard an!
one 20 into a drug store and ask for ,
"dentifrice" was in Boston,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

II an aviator can be arrested for Sunday
flying he'll soon have TO look out for the fy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Necessary
Discrimination

are not permitted to do that the co eds do
with impunity. Tut, tut Well wager the
girls have troubles the boys know nothing
about. Girls, bless en- can be disciplined
with a word or a toss of the head, where a
boy needs the boot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Ed Mumford, that bright watcher Of
the human scene, tells us that there is .
fellow who stands on the southwest corner
Of Brood aud Chestnut streets scanning the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Turks are harassing Armepisns AZ
zanghizur and Azerbaijan. The Armenisr
still has difficulty in laEins his gees
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
TransIations From the Chinese

Transatons From the Chinese
r AIDES classify husbands into two
~ classes
Those who are Attentive
Those who are not.
] fear / am of the latter,
For ! never can remember
Ny home telephone number.
DUT my friend WI WI
- Always knows his home number.
He calls up so often to say
my dear,
| will not be home to dinner this evening.
Cutting in this tea house
- Looking out on the clear cool water
And the silver lilies
How wish I could press dripping lily pad
On my burning bosom
To ease me of my smart
A broken heart, you say, Mar Quong:
No no. mustard plaster.
JOHN CAyENDISH.
Many women would feel happier about the
Future Life if they were sure there would
be shop windows in heaven.
The world has grown sadly skeptical and
disillusioned. No one nowadays pays any
attention to the annual weather forecasts of
the Pennsylvania hermits.
Our observation of the public attitude
toward legal troubles is that the defendant
is presumed to be guilty until he is proved
guilty. He is then presumed to be innocent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Prohteerinu

John II. Sassaman, of Cedaryille, has
perfectly healthy good sized pig which has
five feet.-West Chester Local News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Our informant was also rather startled to
find the first act Of Hamlet" ending with
the remark, Lets 60" You have to hand
it to Master Shakespeare. He keeps abreast
of the times. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
Desk Notices

No man can see over his own height.
You cannot see in another man any more
than you have in yourself.
SCHOPENHAUER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

T OUlS BUkk is yachtsman and so is
~ brother Fred, the president of the Manu-.
facturers' Club And maybe this 10 tho
reason the Governor wants to keen A n
Burk on the Delaware bridge commiss;on
The Burks know all about steel. pier con
struction and they also understand ~,
right of way to which navigation is nntitIod
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Score one cheer and couple of banzais
for Doctor Mayo who says that drinking
LIQUIDS too hot for comfort may cause cancer.
One of our chief grumbles against the uni
verse has long been that we could never find
n lunch counter where the coffee is served
cool enough for us to lush it down without
anguish. The quaint feature of the matter
is that it is served hottest of all at railway
lunch rooms where one usually wants to
rurgle rapidly and catch train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

The camel who had trouble in gettn
through the eye of a needle didn't have an
more difficulty than the stout man. squeezn
through the door of a taxicab.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Penn freshmen are
crying for sex equality,
There are many things
thCv I h n freshmen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22
A LBERT SMITH TAUGHT is on. ~ n.

"A active spirits in civic movements in
Philadelphia, his specially being the civil
service. Mr.. Taught, along with II. Henry
Walnut and others, pressed civil service
regulations into the new city charter during
the session of the last Legislature, bnt did
not get exactly all they wanted Mr.. Fauebt
takes the place of Cyrus D. Foss in civil.
service work in Philadelphia, Mr., Foss
having been the secretary of Mayor R,snL-
enburg and long identified with independent
political movements in Philadelphia,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-22

Many women would feel happier about the
Future Life if they were sure there would
be shop windows in heaven.