Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-25

looked down from the galleries?' the colo
nel's friend was asked.
, Every interesting" was the blunt reply,
'but fused up a little
TNI1E number of Americans desiring to go
l. abroad to meet relatives lover there is
legion. This accounts to large extent for
the demand for passports. which the Depart
ment of State is carefully checking up. p.
+. Young. who is we'll known in the shipping
world as the manager of the international
Mercantile Marine lines. has daughter in
Europe. the wife of General Atwell G. Bay
lay. of the British army. George f. Parker
the real estate man who trotS into the
Manufacturers Club occasionally, has
daughter in Copenhagen whom he has not
seen since the war. She was bright Phila-
delphia girl who learned TO sing so well that
she enjoyed fine contract in grand opera
at Berlin, circumstance which impeded
her return to the States. With the close
of hostilities and the return of our soldier
boys it is expected that shipping space may
soon be had to enable the relatives of the
many globe trotters to fraternize once more.
A SIDELIGHT on prohibition and one
n which will interest Ephraim Lederer
William McCoach and others who have held
the Office of internal revenue collector at
Philadelphia, is the probable fate of the
storekeepers. gaugers and storekeeper
gaugers whose tenure of Office will be affected
when national prohibition steps in. Many of
these men, who number approximately 1900,
held their place under tho civil service laws
and have been in Office for many years.
They are both Republicans and Democrats.
After January 1 next there will be little for
them to do in their regular line of duty
except at denatured alcohol plants. Possibly
the internal revenue commissioner may find
use for them in other branches of the serv-
ice, but this is probematic.
TlHERE is a group of Irish Americans IN
i Philadelphia which keeps thoroughly we'll
informed on the doings of the Old World. 1t
is force of habit and dates back to the Irish
municipal league days, when Hugh McCaf
frey. Patrick Dunlevy, Robert NJ. McWade
and others used to show Davitt, O'Brien,
Redmond and other leading visitors around
the town. They were the forerunners of
Thomas F. McTear, Thomas F. Burke, John
B. Friel. John J. Farren and others of today
who keep close tabs on the progress made
toward Irish freedom.
HEADLINES in Washington newspapers:
Il Government Clerks Unanimously In
dorse Bill to Increase Pay" More headlines
in Washington newspapers: Retirement
Bills Urged Upon Congress" Still more
headlines in Washington newspapers: Gov
ernment> Employees Favor Shorter Hours"
And so on for ever and day. Everybody
who draws money out of the federal treas
ury seems to receive favorable mention down
here these days. When it comes TO appro-
nriations of millions and billions, AL of
which must be levied against the people in
taxes or in loans, there is mighty little space
left for publicity.
CONTINUANCE of the Federal Employ
y ment Service will be heavy tax upon the
government resources. and Congress is not
disposed to encourage it beyond the present
fiscal year. There really is no authorization
of law for the service, but nevertheless many
Philadelphia organizations are writing in
favor of the continuance of the appropria-
tiops. The Settlement Music School, of
which Mrs Edward Box is president, is
among these organizations. Former Lieu
tenant Governor Frank McClain, however
takes a positive stand IN favor or the state
service. which he insists is more efficient
than the expensive government service.
TAMES B. ANDERSON, of the Fifth
y Ward. belongs to that group of lawyers
who developed largely in the Office of the
Iotc Attorney General +. Carroll Brewster.
He will also be remembered as a councilman
and political leader who divided up his time
between the Fifth Ward and point on the
New Jersey coast across from Ocean City.
Despite all that he has something to be proud
of in the military record made by the ADder
son offspring. Here they are in one, two,
three order: James b. Anderson, Jr., cap
tain. 316th Infantry, Seventy ninth Diyi-
sion Frederick Brewster Anderson, sergeant,
1o3d Engineers Charles K. Anderson, first
lieutenant, Company B, l09th infantry
Twenty eighth Division Richard van Gil-
dsr Anderson, Students Army Training
Germs. Princeton College. The first three