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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Mastery of the air has
The Airplane as a in no instance proved
Fire EXtinguisher more beneficial to man
than in the prevention
of fires and the fact has been demonstrated
by the aerial forest fire patrol in California
and Oregon which, since its Inauguration
seven weeks ago, has discovered ninety one
fires and been able to extinguish most Of
them before they gained any headway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22
On a Pair of Spats
Laid Away for the Summer

Little spats,.
Down among the summer mothballs
Do you banker for the time
When you will once more
Encase her bright ankles
As they glimmer up and down
Chestnut street?
Your gain will be our loss,
But don't be dogs in the manger,
Little spats. .. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Greeks, Italians and
Fear of Imperialism Serbs are encroaching
on the boundaries Of
Albania, according to a cable sent to the
United States Senate by the Albanian dele
CATION to the Peace Conference in Paris.
The Albanians ask for protection. AS if
the Senate hadn't already more than it can
handle without botherng with Balkan
boundaries! But the appeal may serve as
ammunition for the rescrvationists.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Alfred L. ThOm, counsel for the As
sociation of Railroad Executives, has told
the House interstate commerce committee
that the Plumb plan of railroad control is
wholly impractcable. Mr.. Thorn gave so
many reasons that he may be said to have
destroyed the Plumb tree root and branch.
In fact, ThOm played Jerry with the fan
tastic scheme.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Missing on the Field of Battle
De Valera.
Garabed.
The Camden Bridge.
The Philippine sun hat.
W. j. Bryan.
Rev. DIR. Mutchler.
Francis Y. Bushman.
The Philadelphia Tageblatt.
Swiss yodelers.
Moonlight excursions to the shore.
Jeremiah O'Leary. .'
Nectar" s)das.
Plaid skirts.
We are instructed to deny the report that
Henry Ford is using his vacation to have a
new starting and lighting system installed
Just above his eyebrows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

The $4,000 pounds Of fish that rotted in
storage in the Philadelphia market district
may be counted among the fish that got
away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Minister Tittoni of Italy, viewing with
alarm Viscount Morley's efforts to tighten
Austria's terms, is indisposed to dwell ia :
vorably on the injunction to bear another's
burdens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

The All Russian Government has trans
ferred its gold reserves from Omsk to
Irkutsk. This may be simply an effort to
avoid the cold storage laws.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

When Secretary of the Navy Daniels
arrived in Hawaii he passed through col
umns of native soldiers armed with spears.
Oh, well; they were less deadly than uku.
leles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Competent authority has it that there
is one born every minute and those who
trail after senatorial reservationists are
doing nothing to prove lower birth rate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

His nerves are tuned to
Temperament such a gentle key the
wife he wed was sorry
ever after. lie has an ear so sensitiTe that
he cannot abide the noise of childrens
laughter. His better half must keep the
house so still you'd think his soul had gone
to its creator. And here's the sequel
doubt it if you will: He is jazz band tin
shop operator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Bank investigations prove that many a
high fiier gets no higher than a kite.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

If he had only managed to spend trifie
Of $5O,OO0,OO Andrew Carnegis might have
had his wish and died pauper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

The new charter, apparently, won't
leave the city a loan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

1t will be time enough to bring U. s.
soldiers out of Mexico when they have cap
tured all the bandits they went after.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

There are doubtless hams enough in
storage to break the actors strike.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Doctor Batten's views on Sunday recre =
alton may again raise the vexed question
What is an amateur?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Doesn't Moore ask the awkwardest
questions?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22
Acid Ejaculation
Missing on the Field Of Battle

Every man for himself and thedevil take
the foremost
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
1. The famous kohinoor diamond belongs
to the British crown.
2. Norge is the Norwegian mamie of Nor
way.
8. A kobold, in German mythology is
familiar spirit or kind of brownie.
4. Grace Darling was an English heroine
who rescued nine persons from the
wreck of the steamer Forfarshire,
near Longstone Lighthouse, Farns
Islands, in 1888.
o. A nimbus is bright cloud or halo in
vesting deity, person or thing; a
bright disk or aureole round or over
the head of a saint.
G, General Harboard is the American spe-
cial commissioner to Armenia.
z. A salyo is the simultaneous discharges
of cannon or other firearms, especially
as a salute.
8. The family name of the English royal
house is Windsor
o. Mario g. Menocal is president of Cuba.
10. Gimbals are contrivances, usually "a
rings or pivots for keeping articles
horizontal on board ship at sea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22
What Do You Kno,v?


1. How many times has the repeal Of theu,
daylight saving law been passed by
the House of Representatives?
q What is prestidigitator and what does
the word literally mean?
8. Who popularized the phrase "a square
deal'?
4. What kind of a ship is polacre? IS
8. Why is the Shantung peninsula es-
pecally sacred to the Chinese?
6. What is the chief town in the Virgin
Islands?
T. What is a cadi in Mohammedan coun-
tries?
s. What is dpsomania?
o. What is the correct pronunciation OF the
word buoy?
10. Who was the classical messenger of the
gods?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Expediency may Wade in and have to
swim out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

The district attorney says he is warming
up some more warrants for North Penn en-
bezzlers.,' As long as Strang is at large,
we might remark that the North Penn still
has banker out to windward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22

Nobody can accuse Uncle Sam Of being
pro6teer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-22
THE CHAFFING DISH

of our statements, absolutely and positively
saying nothing. To have ones friends asleep
now and then is very refreshing. In fact
as we told him the next time we saw him,
it's almost as good as having them dead, O..
We knew perfectly well that the senators
who were so polite during the conference
with the President couldn't keep themselves
under control very long One of them be-
trayed his standard of values in his remark
to reporter after the White House
luncheon. He said that at any Washington
hotel he would have had to pay at least
five dollars for such a meal.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15

Lewis Carroll CCharles Lutwidge
DCdgson) was born in the village
of Darebury. Cheshire. England,
January 81. 1882. He was a mathe-
matiCian as we'll as author. and
while the literary life of Lewis
Carroll" was familiar to a wide cir
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
CARROLL

Gle OF readers, the private life Of
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was re-
tired and practically uneventful. =,
He took frst class in the nnal
mathematical school in 1854, and
the Following year was appointed
mathematical lecturer at Christ
Church, a post he continued to fll
until 1881. He published books OF,
a purely mathematical nature first:
but in 1855 he published. under the
pseudonym of Lewis Carroll"
"Alice's Adventures in Wonder
land" work that was the outcome
Imagination of children and their
sense of fun. This whimsical story
was an immediate success. and the
name OF Lewis Carroll" has ever
since been a household word.
Mr.. Dodgson was extremely fond
of children, and 1t was az open
secret that the original of Alice
was a daughter of Dean Liddel. A
dramatic version of the Alice books
was produced at Christmas. 1886,
and has since enjoyed numerous re-
vivals.
Throughout this dual existence,
Mr.. Dodgson persistent!y refused to
be publicly identified with Lewis
Carroll" although his authorship
of S"Alice in Wonderland" and
Through the Looking Glass" was
well known.
He died at Guilford on the l4th
Of January. 1898; his memory is
in the Children's Hospital, Great
Ormond street. London. which was
erected and endowed perpetually by
publio subscription.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Let the People Know the Truth!

Secret diplomacy has been entirely abolished
relations if did win the
But secret diplomacy and shall be abolished
relationships relations between capital and labor between
his employer between the whole people and the
them.
When the round table conference between capital and
the public the White House October under
stood
There be full and complete publicity.
The Herald had much do bringing conference
For months urged prelude the
industrial difficulties.
This solution must not be mpeded and shall mpeded
official censorship No diplomacy
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15

Alice sat noddinG sleepily on a
mossy bank beside her big sister who
was reading.
Presently a pink-eyed white rabbit
ran by looking at its watch and cry
ing. "Oh dear-I shall be late" Alice
bounded after the rabbit across field
and into a hole under a hedge. After
running through the hole a distance
she suddenly stepped OF into space
and began to fall. She fell slowly,
and it was a very pleasant sensation.
Alice was wondering whether she
would stop at the earth's center, when.
bump! she landed on a heap OF leaves
unhurt
The rabbit was scampering down the
passage. SpringinG to her feet she
pursued, but it disappeared around
the next corner. and Alice found her
self in a long hail of many doors. all
locked. On a table was a golden key
which fitted the smallest door, only
fifteen inches high. Unlocking this she
beheld a beautiful flower garden. but
On the table she found a bottle
could not squeeze through the door
labeled Drink Me-" Alice tasted-it
was delicious, and she drank it all.
Soon she shrank to only ten inches in
height. Now l can go into the gar
dem" cried Alice, running to the door,
but. alas, she had relocked it and left
the key on the table far beyond her
reach.
Beneath the table In a glass dish
she found a cookie on which were the
words, Eat Me-" She ate this and
soon grew nine feet tall. Presently
the rabbit entered. and, seeing Alice.
fed in dismay. dropping his gloves
and fan. Alice picked them up and
began to fan herself. Soon she was
only two feet high. and dropped the
fan in fright Thereupon she stopped
growing smaller. and knew 1t was a
magic fan.
Hearing footballs. she turned to sec
the rabbit standing near. 1t WAS near
ly as tall as she. and seemed very
angry. You go to my house and
bring me a pair of gloves and a fan"
commanded the rabbit sternly Alice,
I v.
Strangely enour rc hall vanished.
and she found hv f running through
4 deep wood. Soon she came to a
little white house The doorplate said,
/ wv. Rabbit" Entering. she hurried
upstairs to the rabbits bedroom. and
found. not gloves and a fan, but a
bottle on the bureau. 1t was not
labeled, but Alice drank the contents.
She grew so rapidly that the room was
hardly big enough to contain her, al
though she was lying on the floor with
her head drawn up to her chin.
While in this predicament someone
threw a handful OF pebbles through
/ the window into the room. These
turned into bits of candy. Alice ate
several of them and soon shrank until
she could escape from the house
Running into the wood she sat down
beside a mushroom to rest
What can ! do for your asked a
voice Alice looked up and on tor
of the mushroom sat blue caterpillar
smoking a pipe "Oh. please, sir"
replied Alice, make me larger"'
That's easy" said the Caterpillar
''one side of this mushroom will make
| you taller and the other side shorter -
Before Alice could ask more the Cater
pillar disappeared.
Alice broke of a piece from each
side OF the mushroom After eating
| a bit of one she grew so short her
! chin struck her foot Hastily eating
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. MCINTYRE

New York, Sept. IA mage from,
the diary Of a modern Samuel Pepvs .
: JP betimes and about NV paper>
havlnS misplaced a cheque. and in
great pet all the morning. F.
IN the public prints this day praised
the name l gave TO him for his forth
coming book of poetry, II being
something Else Again." and he will
use it III
me news Is that the tenement
dweiIers have gone on strike and most
eu up huge signs, reading: '"ThiS
rouse Is on a Rent Strike" The
landlords, it seems, get scant nitv
Ihrough the town and saw Mark
sullivan. the editor, and In truth he
! doth wear turned surtouts. finding
them equivalent to a new suit I
, vowed to try 1t.
H. Leon Wilson and Mistress VII
son are In town from California and
ne Is planning to do a goodIv anount
OF scr1Vening here. At noon sv.v
IN some haste to see and talk to INV
Lord Young Theodore, but was nm.
aole to reach his demesne in time
rms day my wife engaged a prettI,
Z DIack woman-her name Is Mistress
EIIza-to do some washing Of her
soft laces
V. Porter called and Is in SOM. main
! or the colique, but did cat rnigbtiIv
from my brave basket OF pears albeit
held my tongue. Thence with NV
"lfe. poor wretch. for a walk around
the reservoir. and ! was so retoicad
IN heart at her finding my cheoue that
We stopped at a dairy shop and I
oouSht two large beakcrs OF whey.
In the evening with i. Kelly the
patnphleteer. who told me Of the no
Die DOCK he has writ, and we stopped
on me broad Way and talked with
Slr WINE Collier. who had a COM
ickal story that doubled US up with
laughter. yet I cannot trsnscrihe n
IN my diary. At a collar store +
I paid for collar each with fair prare
And so home and to bed.
II is a brisk business they are do
ing down at the Little Stock Ex-
change on the Bowery these days.
since the oootleggers have come to
the Bowery, the denizens need more
money to appease chronic thirsts.
Neat bargains are being driven eyery
rev minutes Then, too, the Boyrrv
almost went broke in one night re-
Gently. A slick dude from uptown
came down with a suitcase fun of
what was supposed to be whisky.
lie had some professional snush-
/ shushers go down in advance and
Tell OF his coming by shushing, smack
ing their lips and rubbing their stop1-
achs. He sold 500 bottles. which
proved to be a cheap cough syrup,
ana 1t nearly exhausted the Bowerv's
! financial resources. few remit.
lance men who live at the Lodging
Houses for Men-those drearv havens
! Tor wastrels who have whistled down
/ the wind of Fortune the gifts tina,
Z nature gave-are the only Boweryttes
VINO look forward now to a comfort
able winter.
| A New York dime novel publisher
declares that Washington. d g
! buys more OF his literary treasures
than any other city. according to size
lie also is authority for the state
ment that great lawmakers. iudves
a9d the like read these thrilIers
purely for mental recreation
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Ours Is a Great Glory.

An historic week dawns for Washington.
The army are TO pass in
Pehng and the who will be in the parade personal
representatives of the largest marshaed
the GREATEST army world not greatest in
numbers, but greatest the field of battle
That have materially rewarded this army
OF provide the entitled
That appear through lack OF emotion
because gratitude that capacity
express it.
The know grateful They know too that the time
will individually collectively the
full which they entitled
When Prhing and the of the First through
OF the Capital Wednesday will
alone that cheering old
United States OF Amercatha ycls delight
On grand be- Washington is
Washington, but AMERICA.
: God bless the boys in khaki.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
J. Fred Shafer,

Prsident Jacob c. Skafsr Con.
pany, Baltimore, MaIyiand.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15

A New York dime novel publisher
declares that Washington, ID, G.
buys more Of his literary treasures
Than any other city. according to size
lie also is authority for the STATE.
ment that great lawmakers, Judges
apd the like read these thrilIers
purely for mental recreation
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR
By John Kendrfck p,r

BY John Kendrick Bangs.
Copyright, 1873. by The McCur, N-xu,
cyndicate)
ON A RAINY DAY.
Raining hard. but let 1t raini
Why, indeed, should I complaint
Stead Of sitting down to scoff
shall let 1t cool me off,
And maybe il out 1 go
Like plant twill make me grow,
And put forth some flower of wort
That shall beautity the earth
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Alice IN Wonderland
By LEWIS CARROLL

(Condensation BY Newton Newkirk, editor and
writer of Bentleyve Pa. Mr.. Newkirk is the author
of several books, including "Stealthy Steve, the Six
Eyed Sleuth," The Stork Book" and Back to Ma
ture He is member of the editorial staff of the
Boston PostO
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
Independent Packers Deny
THAT They Exist By Sufferance'
Az CharSed Rx redera1 Trade Comr;..;or

Small Packers from Buffalo, Philadelphia, Denver, f
and Pueblo declared before the Senate Committee {
culture that there is positively monopoly unfair pr
the packing industry.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15
MINUTE NOVELS

T0DAY-"Aice IN Wonderland" BY Levi, Carroll Condeasa.
ton by Newton Newknk
T0MORR0W-"The Scarlet Letter." by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-15

Johnson Borah and Mccormick Wilson's trail and i,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-15

I Capes, too, are together with the
frocks afeather for evening wear in
the mild spring weather Instead of
the collars so huge of fur, which all
winter we did immur our redeemed
noses and double chins and all of
our other facial sins, the collars are
now of feather fluff, that clings
round the face in manner ruff
One on a blonde with its flues aflut-
ter with each soft breath or each
word she'd utter, was palest of
pink, like blushing rose, aframing
her face to her tilted nose. A
feathery mass of a pink delight atop
of the cape, of a pink as light of
chiffon all lined with soft old blue
and bordered with fringe of the
feathers, too.
On some French frocks in a man.
ner daring, the plummage of cocks
they are also wearing irstead of
the ostrich; so take your pick. It's
a cocky style and one might say
"chick."
But what do you think! OF all the
things! The lovely ladies are sprout
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-15
GERMAN HARNESS
MADE OF PAPER
(By Webb Miller United Press Staff
Correspondent

(By Webb Miller, United Press Stat
Correspondent)
With the Third Army on the
Rhine, Feb 2O-(By mail Am ex-
animation of the huge mass of mill
tary material abandoned by the Ger.
man Third Army in the region of Co
blenz shows the straits to which the
Germans were reduced by the short
age of leather and cotton.
In every case where it was posi-
BILE a substitute was utilized in the
manufacture of war material. For
that reason much of the supplies
abandoned will be of little use to the
American army. Whenever practi-
cable, paper was used instead of
cloth or leather.
One warehouse contains thousands
of bags of a rough paper cloth for
use as sand-bags in the construction
of trenches and defense systems. Ac-
cOrding to military men, these bags
would weather only few weeks and
are probably not worth the shipping
space.
Another storehouse was packed
with horse equipment, most of it man
ufactured from paper cloth The
American salvage officers discovered
in fbfc .uo vol, 4,,eo a ,,our ,,.r;,,l,1o y,
the use Of paper. There were hun
dreds of sets of harness for hourses
made of paper fabric, reinforced with
thin steel cables; also halters. bri-
dies and saddle bags. Salvage men
believe that for the rough usage of |
war, this harness is as good as leath- |
er harness, inasmuch as it is replac-
ed cheaply, and in case an animal is |
killed on the battlefield the loss is |
less. In the same storehouse we're
thousands of horse blankets of paper,
which are probably as warm as cot
ton or wool blanket. Other finds
were hundreds of coils of rope ar d
cord of twisted paper strips, which
is of little use bacuse it quickly trays
and pulls apart after wetting.
Among the abandoned material
was several thousand thick straw
horse shoes. The use of these shoes
is puzzling military men, but it is
believed they were used to muffle
the tread of horses hauling artillery
near the front. The Germans even
used paper for the covering of
stretchers for the wounded.
Also there were great quantities of
bolts of paper fabric for use in max
ng the uppers of shoes. The fabric I
a heavy black canvas with
/ shiny finish. Upon casual inspec-
ion it is difficult to determine that /
he material is not a thick shiny can
Tas except that it is less pliable than
otton fabric. =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-15
ANNOUNCES SUBJECT
FOR SUNDAYS SERMONS

Elder w. E. Morgan, who will fill
his regular appointment for the
Church of Christ, at the X. P. hall,
tomorrow, announces that his sub.
ject for the II o'clock service will
be "How to Build Up the Church"
and for the evening service he will
take "The Three Heavens and the
Three Hells" for his subject.
The song service will be conducted
by a special singer who will accom-
pany Elder Morgan from Ell Reno
and the public is given cordial in
vitation to attend both discourses,
with special request to come early
and enjoy the singing. .-,.---,-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-15
"PETTIGREW'S
GIRL"
A 5-Part Aircraft Picture

This is perturbation of the fea-
ture story in the Saturday Evening
Post of September IA, last, entitled
Private Pettigrew's Girl" by Dana
Burnet. Those who read the story
can imagine what wonderful picture
it would make. Monte Blue plays
the part of Private Pettigrew, and
Ethel Clayton portrays the role of
Daisy Heath, a chorus in the new
musical comedy: Bubbles" This is
a brand new pre-release Aircraft pic
ture and we positively guarantee it is
not only a "First-run' but run
FIRST" at the Sugg today.
venus in the East" with Bryant
Washburn, the picture we were to
have run today was unavoidably de-
layed, but viii lbe shown at a later
date.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-15

ing wings. All, surely this apeine
Of heavenly style is enough to make
all the angels smile. In a smart
shopwindow l saw, did you, this
new winged garment exposed to
view. Tis an evening gown of a
sunshine shade, the lovliest yellow
that ever was made. It's fabric the
softest of silk doth seem. shot
through and through with n sun
beams CLEAN. The skirt and the
bodice with graceful drape, careless
ly cling to perfect shape and
punches of feathers in yellow hue,
perch on the bodice, the sash end
too. And round in the back, like
hustle old, two rows of the flues
spout their fluffy gold. Then crown
ing glory, oh, glory bel On the
shoulder straps feather wings you
see, where the yellow flues of the
ostrich start, the acme indeed of an
gelic art. Although to be proper
you always try, one must in this
gown feel a little "fly."