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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
Member OF the Associated Press
THIS WINTER AT HARRISBURG

NIE HAVE business Govern or who will
w take office on January q. Mr.. Sproul
has indicated in all that he has said since
his election that he intends TO conduct the
business OF the State with az great eiti-
cheney as private business Is conducted.
He has called 10 his assistance men whose
primary qualification is fitness for their
Jobs rather than demonstrated ability to
carry primaries and lire UP voters. This
promises much. And the record OF Mr.
sproul justifes the hope that the promises
will be fulfilled
They cannot be fulfilled as they should
b II the General Assembly fails to CO.
operate. That body meets next Tuesday
for the purpose Of organizing Then it
will adjourn TO give its leaders an oppor-
tunity to make the assignment Of the mem.
bers 20 committees. When the committee
assignments are announced we shall know
whether It is intended to have business
session Of the Legislature; that is ses-
sion devoted 70 doing the work marked out
FOR 1t and then adjourning, or session
Of dawdling and delay such a. has need
lessly consumed the time Of the legislators
In recent years.
There are several bills which should be
passed without delay. one Is a bill which
shall provide for a constitutional conven-
ton in the near future Another is a re-
vision of the charter OF this city. A third
10 the authorization Of bond issue for
good roads. These are OF first Importance.
1t Is announced that attempt will be
made to pass a workman's sickness !nsur.
ance law and there have been rumors tha,
tho child labor law is 10 be amended. These
are matters on which there is wide differ
ence Of opinion. They should not be per-
mitted to obstruct the more important
work OF the session
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
GOVERNMENT RAILROADING

d AILROAD service in the last year has
~ been the worst that America has
known since 1860. The Government lost
sl50,000.0O0 in one year OF raj! operation
This would seem to be a eliminating ar
gument against Federal ownership OF the
rail lines
Yet even a more emphatic case against
the theorists who still are opposed to pri.
vate railroad administration is made by
Robert 5. 1.ovett. who through the eX-
perience gained as Mr.. McAdoo's right.
hand man in the railroad administration
has had his faith restored In the old system
OF regulated competition.
In the statement issued as lie eft Office
Nh Lovett says explicitly that Govern.
ment ownership must inevitably fail in this
country. He suggested the need Of such
stimulation as private initiative alone can
provide and a system OF Federal regulation
which shall encourage expansion and pre-
vent the ecoi omic loss Of rate wars.
Mr.. 1-ovett would have done an added
service for the country If he had issued
word Of warning against the old system,
in which Congressmen from the tall grass
country attempted to tell the experts Of the
steam lines how TO run their business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

Italy, Of needless zeal 10 overcapitalize
victory at the expense Of principles for
which civilization expended rivers Of
blood, but there is Roman virtue in ST.
gnor Bissolati, whose resignation from the
cabinet rebukes the expansionist clique.
Unquestionably he is but one represent
alive Of a vital constituency. Its mem
bers may derive spiritual refreshment
from the very stones of Rome and not
merely those Of two millenniums past.
A royal house of sub-Alpine origin
may rule in Italy, but in the capital,
once mistress of the world, four magic
initials grace every new building, bridge
or public work fashioned there. as. p.
Q. r." still runs the legend-"Senatus
Popuusque Romanus" (the Senate and
the Roman People,. Surely the demo
cratic liberty fostering inspiration of
this illustrious formula is not to be dis
counted.
Mr. Wilson has a strong ally in
these suggestive inscriptions, which re-
affirm the sometimes questioned truth
that history is not wholly spasmodic
and inconsistent tale. In facing one Of
the most tangled Of peace snarls, COM
plicated by elements Of justice in con-
flicting claims, the President of the su-
perbly vigorous new republic in the seat
of the old may derive valid moral sus-
tenance from this pregnant index Of
Italian idealism.
Perhaps no visit 1vhich lM,. Wilson has
made is Of such profound significance as
this TO Rome. The best that he and all
OF us con- ASH of the Italian heirs OF
greatness is that they be true 70 1rhdi
they hare taught as.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
ANOTHER NEW IEAI

DIETER than any information Of a
- strictly diplomatic character from
Latin America is the news that the
Associated Press will hereafter serve lead.
ing daily journals in the principal South
American cities.
Heretofore the people OF The Latin.
American republics have known Europe
better than they know America The life
OF a country is best reflected in its news.
But Latin America has depended too largely
on what interested or prejudiced correspond.
ents preferred TO send II from the United
states. The service Of the largest and
most efficient news association viii be
like mirror in which the rest Of America
can see the better aims and purposes Of
tho United States clearly mrrored The
educational value OF the "A. p service IN
the great newspapers Of the other Amer
ican republics cannot be too greatly est.
mated.
VIII American business, in its future
programs in South America, follow the
lead here suggested and realize the need
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
FILL UP THE ABYSS OF IGNORANCE

HNHAT Welshman who wants TO establish
- chair OF world politics in the Cniver-
sity Of Wales in honor Of President Wilson
is turning his attention in the wrong
direction. Welshmen, because Of their
proximity to the cauldron OF European
affairs, are pretty well informed on the
subject.
What i needed just now is a department
OF world politics in every. American uri
versity. with a night school holding ses
sions in Washington during the life Of
each Congress
fhere IS a larger assortment of !gnor-
ance on the subject in America than in
any other considerable civilized nation
The Veil was lifted on the abyss when
Henry Ford went 10 Europe 10 get the boys
out of the trenches before Christmas This
successful builder OF automobiles knew,
less aooIt the political history of Euyone
'han the Ahkoond OF swa: Knows abou, lis
mo'orcars. He had not even heard OF the
Sch.esV!gHolstein question, and II Il,
doubtful II he knew anything about In.
A.sace'Lorra!ne question save what he
learned from the singing Of The Blue
Alsatian Mountains in hs youth.
hnowedse OF Vor.G politics is 10 pe es.
SenNa. 10 Americans hereafter II they are
70 avoid htupendous Diunders The war
income tax Of Mr Rochefe..er :or a sjnp,a
cav would provide a. anp.e endowment
'or chair OF world politics IN three o.
'ou' huEdre1 American colleges. and ~ tho
professors did their duty The l4ces..,,. 20
war income taxes would d.-apDear
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
WANTED : A APHIANTHROPLST

ings and nearly knocking pile Of books
to the floor as he did SO.
There is 10 hope for such as l." he
went ON, "unless some philanthropist comes
to our rescue. | have looked at scores of
farms. They are either too far from the
station or the house is univable or they
| cost too much. | have spent time enough
| dreaming about my project to have built
house with my own hands and I have
| spent money enough on car fares to have
| paid for jitney bus. but | am no nearer
| TO my farm than when | began
"Why don't YOU ADVERTISE" | asked
THAT is what I am doing now" he re-
| piled, little impatiently. 81 am adver.
| tising my needs TO you. Some one said
| that if man made a better mousetrap
! than his neighbors the world would wear
! IA path TO his doorstep. Now, it must
also be true that If man has a greater
need than his fellows some one will find
it out | have been waiting; vainly and 7
have decided that | shall take every one
! know into my confidence. in the hope
that the word will reach the right man at
last"
You don't expect some one to buy a
farm and give it to you?"
"Of course NOT" be evc,ai,,oI i,iio-
nautlv "This is INV idea / 1ocs1iyod !,
the other dav whom my. frisrd Doo,or r,,
took me out TO-. his littIa farm, o, L,.,,o,
lie has sixteen acres and = house o,,t ,baro
within tyenty-fye miles of ,o,rr a,,d cots
lots Of fun out of If Pr, t. = ,o, Inc,
what want for an au.tra-,.a,, ,,ro,a
want a ubiIsn,bronis, to hu', rarn, -
hundred or a bIpd,od and sf,. oo,o',
vitbip q ,,,iIs Of q roir.oo,1 tt, 49,.
main line mi moro ,bor ,t,ic,,. ,,,u, g.,
town. divide il nm Inn, te, on, ar,oo,,
acre pIots bui,d modest bo,,.a' an, .,o,,,o
ON eacr, pIot with modem, ,,,,r,.o,.o,,,.,.,
sucb ne water aud srootrf,.i.,. ,,1 ,,,.,'
offer one or Them f., ,,., e,,,. +,,.,,,s, 80
sale = don't want n 700, ,..,.,t, ,,.,,,,,,..
70 ba,e a,,,.,li,,o, . =, ,.,+,, ,
vou,l avrer, mo T., ,,,,. ,,i,,, .,,,.... .,..
tho land is ,.o,..1, o,t - -.
nroat an .,o t,,,,,,,i,,r,
thronist who u.iu I,a sa,i.aad ,,.;,I, esq.,.
,e,,,,,, ~, Iii. ,,,.,,t,,.,'.
nroa- f., ,ha .,.,,,a,,t a,,l I,o,,,i,,
ba u,ir, o,,,so.. -, ., -. - ss',',,,. "'''O"
mo ,.o,, ,b,,1. ,pars ~
| I,a asked ,,is,,,Ir, ''d''
anu "o'' H"'u l. H'eFy man
| Too cro,, H.. - "o"'u oe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
THE CHATTING DISH

NTE NOTICE in the news that tobacco
w dealer who was married recently gave
his bride a check for s4,ooo,ooo as a we'd
ding present. The young lady will be in.
clined, we fancy. to agree with Stevenson S
advice to women, never to marry man
who doesn't smoke.
Dear Socrates: May venture seriously
to inquire whether any significance at
taches to the fact that r. r. often starts
Trouble? Also Trials and TRibulations.
In the street car the other day noticed
on the card advertising a certain we'll
known biscuit, Serve with Chafng Dish
specialties." 4 professional proofreader,
I was startled by what momentarily felt
was a typographical error, so familiar am
I with the Chatting Dish.
ALCIBTADES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
4 Fable for Critics

A friend Of ours, who was quite young
forty years ago, wrote great many poems
in the first fush Of mis- youth. He pub.
lshed some of them In o. little book, of
which the critics all said that they eA-
pressed the immature emotionalism Of ex-
treme youth.
He was annoyed, and kept the rest Of
his verses In a scrapbook until he was
approaching threescore and ten. Then,
looking over them one day. he thought
they were worth printing, and had the rest
OF them published. A new generation Of
critics had come along by this time. OF
the second book they said, having learned
the authors present age, that these poems
were the product Of cynical, disillusioned
and morose old age.
We are uncertain of the moral but at
any rate the story proves the futility Of
literary critics.
We sometimes wonder whether Mr..
Hoover isn't the most useful man on earth
today? While most of us are only talking
about humanity's troubles, he is busy try
ing to fill the worlds dinner pail And it
begins to look as though Bolshevsm were
only another word for hunger.
At any rate the war has not taken the
ire out OF Ireland.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
The Doughboy Speaks
BY Lieut.. Cranlland Rice
Third ARMY, A. Z. F.
CLOGG1NG through the mud Of France

SLOGG1NG through the mud Of France
~ Camping in the rain;
Hiking in "a frozen trance
Down some German plain;
Fall in."-hear the sergeant Yell,
Far from home and clover; ...
Tell me, who the bally hell
Said the war was over"
'hoW for breakfasts for noon
Who says men are free
While the bugler's foolish tune
Pipes the reveille?
Right dress hear the sergeant huzz
From Mainz across TO Dover;
Tell me who the hell it wu2
Said the war was over"
'Ieahlng up mass Of wire
Stained with clotted blood
Where the big trucks bog and mne
In the winter mud;
run of filth and fieas and fuzz.
tannoneer and drover '..
Tell me who the fat-head WIZ
Said the war was over"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
Connections Not Guaranteed

Ambrose writes that he sometimes finds
our train of thought little hard to catch.
But ah. how much harder It is to get it
started,
And sometimes it stops at a way station
! and it is almost impossible TO move it
| along TO the terminus.
! Unfortunately. there seems to be no Pull
| man attached to IL.
We have to keep our rolling stock shunt-
| ing so rapidly that it has no time to
gather any moss
As he sweeps up the fallen needles and
untrims the Christmas tree Count Ben.
tinck may be pardoned for wishing that
he could untriin his guest "a we'll Think
OF the delight OF the Ameronsen ashman
IL lie were to come along some morning
and find the Kaiser in the rubbish barrel.
But Wilhelm prefers TO draw mis- own
conclusions.
A jewe!ry expert says that half the dia.
inonds in the world are in the United
States, bat this is small consolation to a
| householder surveying a depleted coal bin.
We are always filled with amazement
when we see in shop window a little bot.
tie containing a model OF a full rugged
ship, or some other little toy. that com.
pletely fills the interior of the bottle We
have no patience with the people who in
s!st on explaining TO us how it is done.
Some people have an explanation for
everything.
In regard TO every form OF human ac-
tivity' says 4 philosopher, "it is necessary
that the question should be asked from
time 70 time. What is its purpose and
ideal? IN what way does It contribute to
the beauty os human existence"
Like most questions asked by phtloso.
Pliers, this is extremely embarrassing
The most who,e-souel benefactor Of
humanity that We know is fellow who
fries ham and eggs at a certain lunch
room. II few hundred thousand Of his
kind. with sufficient ham and eggs, could
be scattered round central Europe, We
should hear no more about Bo,shevism.
II We can't manage TO settle down pretty
soon the League OF Planets may decide
20 stand the earth up in front Of some
cosInic firing squad.
EVer since RouGet de l.is!e sat up all
night 70 write Tile War Song Of the
Army of The Rhine" since called the Mar.
sellaise) great many minor poets have
imagined that the only thing needed 10
turn ouc great poem was 10 sit I'D all
night writing L.
H. spite oS our best efforts 10 d!ssuale
them, the American Press Humor!s,s are
determined 10 hold their convention here
next spring Suggestions are in order as
to what IS the funniest thing in Ph!ladel.
pha, So t'.dt We can take all possible pre
cautions 20 prevent those fellows from
seeing II.
one Of the most modest and humble ad.
Vertlsements We have ever seen comes
from Hanover, New Hampshire. where the
Hanover Inn announces itself as A com.
Portable, modern inn for nice people who
-sn enjoy a New England environment"
Who has been browbeating New Eng.
land ard making her so meek?
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
W neither r
\ New Tune for
Paderewski

whether Paderewski
'""r r"r ls to be The first presi-
""e'e"sH' dent Of new Polish
republic we do not
NhoW' Some of his admirers are ro,ninatin,
MN fof that important post. Some of his
enemies are saying that lie is not fitted for i,
lie mas been charged with being a pro.
"eFhlah propagandist and he has been praised
as a Polish patriot Time alone will decide
"hich lie is, But amidst all the doubt about
him 1t must be admitted that he is the
greatest living statesman among panists and
the greatest pianist among statesmen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
u Begins
al Home

There Will re another
"'s'n' "'tbErst % adm.rius
al nome wonder az the news
that Henry Ford (, 10
pd" those Jar.tors Of his Sc a dsy yo,,ba.
performance seems little less wonderful
Nhen reading farther down the column. we
are informed that Henry can pay his twenty.
four. eaC-o!d son S15O0Oo a year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

Inc recent bomb ousrages suggesr that
Superintendent Robinson returning C, his 1ob
in the police department, has row an ex-
cellen- opportunity to display the efficiency
which he does not seem 10 possess.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

The Bolshevlsts according to dispatches
seem intent upon preclpitating a civil war
IN Germany. Would it not be more appro
pirate TO speak of that sort of thing as
unciyil war?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

When headline said yesterday thsc
costly dolls had narrow escape in a nre,
one could not avoid a wild impression OF a
destructive blaze in a fashionable restaurant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

The Bolsheviki have looted $4,000, 900
from the Swiss Legation. They probably
will use It TO issue pamphlets preaching
righteousness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

\ Hun soldier wore the ka!ser's clothes
in Berlin after the castle was sacked b..
mobs. And yet they say Germans are not
courageous
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
SOCRATES.
one OF the big res,au-
rant syndicates Is ad-
Vertising a triup,nL


ihe sesmS Side rant syndicates Is adj
NeTt!sins triumph
peculiarly American Il boasts thar, though
It feeds more ,han fifty million people a year.
the average patron in its establishments
spends only twenty minutes in dlsposlng OF
his luncheon or dinner. There is no sugges-
ton in the blurh OF the time which the sans
patrons waste while they are down and out
with dyspepsia or Of tho fortunes in doctors
bills that are spent in the United States by
men and women who are forever engaged in
dragging themselves back from the brink OF
nervous pr0strat.on.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

."aEslral address,
recommended tha. he state police h. dis
banded In Pennsylvania the sta. no,,cs
organized Upon the principle os fair n,,,. .,.n
eEeryhody composed OF selected men op d,s-
cp.ned character and held aloor a,ua,.s
FROM politics. made record for quiet eff.
CLERGY that has given the service per,naDe,t
value The personality OF Major Groone va
reflected in the Pennsylvsnia sery!ce TIE
failure IN New York shows again nov vain.
an.e quality personality can be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
lie Has
His Nerve

England t" France, has 10 fear of rough
weather THIS is reassuriug TO those Of us
Who watch the ominous lightning that is be-
coming visible in the political skies of
Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

Bang goes another precedent, M~
Wilson, in Rome, seems determined not 10 !.
as the Romans do
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
{ CompAny

Clemeneeau seems 70 disagree with Presi-
dent Wilson There are politicians IN Wash
inston VINO are irritated because the Amer
lean people agree with the President in his
foreign policies. A world crisis makes
strange bedfellows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

Are you patriot, or did YOU merely
become an acting patro, for the duration OF
the war'?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

The President, Wire
leSses a correspondent
from the ship tina
'ook Mr.. Wilson from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ


!. What is the Italian name for Genoa:
.. What IL n auidnunc:
g. How often Is the nited States census t,k.,
and when will tho next one be comniiadsse" se"
L. In what part Of the Netherlands is Am,ron-
D. HOY much ner day is the pay of a private In
6. Who was Vice President Of the Confed.r,,.
states during the CiNil War"
q How old Is the Coliseum at Rome.
g. What is another name for the yooL of Pa.
Iaton: " " ''''" " he'e-
s What il IA priori" reasoning:
10, Why Is m actor sometimes msf,nbo.;,.u
described as ROscius? ''o''""'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

The S o ciaIIsts an
France are irritated
profoundly because NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

"WHATs the use OF regretting?' he
w said at last, shaking himself and
making sweeping gesture with his right
arm as If to wipe away all mis- vain long
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

l.. spite of our best efforts 10 d!ss.ale
them, tie American Press Humor!sts are
determined 70 hold their convention here
next spring Suggestions are in order as
to what IS the funniest thing in Ph!ladel-
ph!a, SO t'.at We can take all possible pre-
cautions 20 prevent those fellows from
seeing II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-03

One hears now of rash Junkers in
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-11-14

Mohave-Rice mine in high grade ore Sinking of new shaft to start.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-11-14
GOES UP ON HIGH
Wealthy Chinese has novel trip from
 This Life To Next

There was a pretty custom among some of the ancients when a pro- minent citizen died to send his valet along with him on the road to Para disc and it was oftentimes necess- ary to resort to extreme methods to insure this company for the departed. But in the territory of the China-Am- erican Trading Company, Ford deal CTS in Tientsin, China, they have dis covered much better aid to the de- ceased over the rough places on the trip to the Promised Land.
 It IS a custom of the Chinese to burn various kinds of effigies at the funeral ceremonies of the rich, the more wealthy the departed the more elaborate the figures burned over his grave. These effigies represent ev- ary manner of thing such as human figures, horses, sedan chairs, tables loaded with money, etc. The figur- es usually conform to some of these steretyped fashions, but at the tuner al of MT. Lii, who died a short time ago in Tientsin, and who was a very wealthy man, the bereaved family out did themselves and made an imitation of the deceased gentleman's Ford car to be burned at his grave.
 This Ford effigy was made entirely. of strong Chinese paper stretched on bamboo and reed frames. The car was complete in every detail, the pedals accurately placed, and all made of paper and bamboo The interior of the car was also accurate in de- tail. being carefully upholstered in paper. The effigy of the driver as shown in the photograph was a work of art. The car was carried about three miles through crowded streets to the graveside where a match was applied and it was consumed in a few minutes.
 This is the first time a motor car has been burned at the grave of Chinese, and there is every reason to believe that the deceased went up "On High" adv.