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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-08

The Hodges-Cook Mercantile Com
pany was fortunate in securing one of
the new Ford trucks received Monday
by the City garage. This addition to
their motor truck equipment will en-
business with greater ease and dis
patch. The mystery of the new garage
put up during last week by the mer-
camille company is now solved. 1t is
the dock for the new boat
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-08-08

c. E. Foster, who was injured while
working for the Gardner Ranch Com
getting along as well as could be ex-
pected. While driving a four horse
team he was thrown from the wagor
seat and the front wheel of the heavy
crushing it and breaking several o
the bones. At the time he was campe,
near Delamar and it was necessary t
| ride twelve miles before aid could b,
| obtained. 1t was five days before h
obtained surgical attention and tn
| injury has proven stubborn, but he i
now able to be around on crutches an,
it is hoped that he will soon discar
these helps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
LIMITS OF PATIENCE

THOSE who agree with President Will
= son and those who disagree with him
are alike nowadays in feeling that he has
done his utmost for the people and the
governments of Europe and has ventured
as far in efforts to guide and pacfy them
as he may safely go. There are limits
to American patience. The time has
come to inquire whether the President
may properly bring further pressure"
to bear on Japan in relation to Shan
tung or on Italy in relation to the Fiume
controversy.
Viscount Kato has just announced that
the Japanese will hold on to Shantung.
The party in Italy which wishes to hold
Fiume is a pretty powerful one. If the
further peace of the world and the destiny
Of the league Of nations are to be threat
ened by these issues the fault is not Mr..
Wilson's. Nor can any blame rest upon
America. There are statesmen and gov
ernments in Europe who are far more
dependent for their safety upon the sue
cessful establishment of league of ma
tions. They, more than America, have
a right to be concerned with the crisis in
the Adriatic and the confusion in China.
We as a nation have little to gain by
inviting the enmity of one or another
foreign government. Nor will we be JUS
titled in fighting to protect peoples and
governments who seem unwilling to
fight for themselves. There is too great
tendency among European statesmen
to depend upon the President of the
United States whenever "pressure" is to
be brought elsewhere. If the men who
direct the affairs of Europe prefer to risk
another avalanche rather than make the
open fight for decency that they seem
unwilling to make the consequences will
he fer them to face.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
THE MEMORY OF A VOICE

4 A URAL memories are tricky, but re-
"A garding Adelina Patti the complete
concert of Retrospective opinion cannot
be, discounted. That hers was the most
celestial voice which ever graced the
realm of song has for years been an
accepted fact in musical history,
y The lack of monographs in her heyday
has compelled the newer generations to
take the verdict on faith, with the curious
result that in the artistic sense Patti
herself, while she still lived, passed into
the enjoyment of unehallenged posthu-
NOUS fame. None of the lamentable and
numerous farewell" tours tarnished the
recollection of those silvery tones which
eaptiIated the world in the sixties, sew
entiey and eighties of the last century.
The distinction was emphatically
drawn between the Baroness Cederstrom,
whose vocal powers had inevitably de-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

cayed, and The former queen of the
operate and concert stages.
Modernists in music have occasionally
questioned the appeal of a voice of the
Patti timbre today. The diva was not
noted for her acting, and except in GER
tain passages Of aida" none Of her
vehicles contained hint of music drama.
1t is incontestable, however, that when
ever a soprano of bird-like and futy
tones scars into the musical armament
she is rapturously received, even though
it is necessary to dust off the old purely
lyric operas.
The way in which the memory Of Patti
at the peak of her career is treasured
proves the permanency of taste stand
ards in the matter of radiant song.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
Member of the Associated Press
Philadelphia, Monday, september 20, 1910
THE CASE AT HOG ISLAND

Under agreements recently made be-
- tween the Navy Department and the
, United States shipping board the war
scale of wages was to be made perma-
nent at all shipyards engaged with gov
eminent work. Meanwhile every facility
at the disposal of the fedel al authorities
is being used to reduce the cost of living.
Unless pressure from Washington and
the force of public opinion prove made
quate to restrict or abolish profiteering-
circumstance that is altogether un-
likely-shipyard workers would in the
end find themselves pretty well off under
the existing wage rates.
Yet it is to force the government and
the shipping board to provide further in
creases that labor leaders have agitated
for a strike which threatens to close Hog
Island. Here, as well as in Pittsburgh
there are signs to indicate that the wage
question is but an incident in a cam
paign of unrest designed primarily to
paralyze essential industries over a wide
field, to bring about depression and hard
ship and to aid the narrow group of radi-
cal agitators who feel that they and their
asSocldteS ouSnC 10 nave power as great
or greater than that of the constituted
government.
The men at Hog Island and at other
yards will be i'll advised if they should
strike before their grievances and claims
have been submitted to the industrial
conference soon to meet in Washington.
1t is at this conference that attempts
will be made to find a rational solution
for questions such as employers and en-
ployes alike have been accustomed to set
tie by the crude and costly method of
strikes and lockouts. In this instance
ship workers in eastern yards are being
asked to support a policy which is de-
structive, un-Amefican and in the final
analysis unpatriotic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
HELP THE ORCHESTRA

ENVEN before the war devastated the
- Boston Orchestra the magnificent or
ganization directed in this city by Mr..
/, Stokowski was being regarded as the
/ best Of it's kind in the world. There is no
question now of the pre-eminence of the
Philadelphia Orchestra. 1t is unequaled
1t owes its existence to the generosity,
the artistic discrimination and the pub
lie spirit of the group of men and women
who met its deficits in the days when
deficits were large and frequent The
whole city was benefited immeasurably
by the work of the organization and life
has been made richer for innumerable
people who at the winter concerts re-
ceived their first introduction to the
really significant literature of music. In
Europe the municipalities, aware of the
social and educational value of great or
chestras, contribute literally to. their
maintenance.
Those who gave their money to estab-
lish the Philadelphia Orchestra have es-
tablished public institution of an indis-
pensable sort. The public ought to well
come the privilege to aid in maintaining
it and increasing its prestige Doubt
less the public will when the campaign
begins in October for the 81 100000 en-
dowment which the orchestra needs if it
is to continue in its present form.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
The Nature Class

The Nature Class
THE teacher stood with her. Nature Glass
= OF little tots. who gazed between
Large bars of iron and rails of brass
At the animals they had never seen
Outside the pictures in book;
Or the drawings that the teacher drew;
Or the many crackers, made to look
Like all the beasts within zoo.
"I'll bet that wolf can smell our blood"
Said little girl with a gaping stare;
And gee! I'll bet if Riding Hood
Were here she wouldn't go in there"
'Augh that's no wolf, said grinning boy /;
THE wolves are up among the rocks:
] guess I know, for had a toy
just like him, and he was q fox"
at is so. too. WOLF said she.
IN prove it. See his long teeth snap?
Now make believe that you can see a'
Red Riding Hoods grandmother's cap"
And the teacher smiled. "We'll have to draw
wolf in a cap, guess, for John
Before he sees what Mary saw
Now children, come, we must move on"
Then off they went to gaze between
More bars of iron, beyond which
Saw burning darkness having seen
The soul of Blake in a tigers eye.
FRANCIS CARLIN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
HOW TO YoooD CARDS

SGT BELIEVE declared DR.. Paul s.
Reinsch, former United States min
lister to China, ''that Japan holds trump
card if she will only play it. That is to
return everything wrung from China by
Germany and to retain only the privilege
of entering Shantung on equal terms
with the rest of the world"
In other words, the finest hand in any
game is best directed by sense of fair
play. Germany stacked her cards and
lost. 1t is refreshing to note that Doctor
Reinsch is among those statesmen who
have not yet forgotten that pregnant
fact
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
My Dream of Yesterday

WHERE is my dream of yesterday,
w My buoyant, hopeful dream, a
That led me on without command ,
To many distant fairy land?
What 'unkind fate took it away?
My dream, my dream of yesterday.
Where is my dream of yesterday,
My brave, ambitious dream, IL
That placed the whole world at my feet,
And made me feetest of the feet?
j thought it would forever stay
My dream, my dream of yesterday.
Where is my dream of yesterday,
My soft and healing dream, -
That pierced the darkness with its rays,
And gave me peace on bitter days2
Oh, come once more and never stray;
My dream, my dream of yesterday.
Where is my dream of yesterday,
My sweet and radiant dream ..
Of stainless life, of love and rest,
OF joyous home by children blest?
Oh, come again, pray, l pray;
My dream, my dream of yesterday.
Robert E: Farley, in New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29


IL deserves the support of all who are
hoping that the peace Of which the angels
sang was something more than the base
less fabric of a dream.
The progress of good will Is like that
of the tortoise in the famous fable of the
race with the hare. Many of the rulers
Of the world have been like the hare.
They have thought that they could reach
the goal quickly and they have sunk into
the nightmare-burdened sleep of war,
while the men Of good will have been
slowly plodding along in the direction of
the bright goal toward which their hearts
are yearning. But war does not bring
the peace of good will. 1t retards it.
There can be no permanent peace of any
kind until good will dominates the hearts
and purposes of men and through them
controls the policies of nations.
There was time when ambassadors
were sent from one nation to another to
deal in trickery and deception, and that
time was not so very long ago either.
But when the ambassador from. one great
nation to another announces that his
purpose is to develop to his utmost the
frendlest possible relations between two
nations, which alike desire nothing but
justice, the first glimmer of new dawn
has shown itself above the horizon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
Answers to. saturdays Quiz

Answers to- saturdays QUIZ
/. A brigantine is two masted vessel
with square sails foremast and fore
and aft mainmast.
2. William Jessop, an English engineer, Is
said to have been chiefly responsible
for fixing the standard railway gauge
at four feet eight and half inches.
8. Reddle color is red ocher.
4. In the word bacillus the accent should
fall on the second syllable.
8. A regicide is killer or participator in
killing of king.
g. The Carpet baggers were northern poll
ticians accused by the southerners OF
making money by irregular and some
times criminal means out of, the cor
rupt governments set up in the South
in the reconstruction period after the
Civil War.
z. Parking" applied to an automobile Is
a transference of the word from its
original use in army parlance. Ar
tillery was parked when it was as
sembled compactly in given space.
g. Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crlsoe. ;,
o. The winged boots or sandals Of AIer-
curry were called talaria.
10. Gutenberg liz 9sths fifteenth eeutcrss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Or if, for some reason or other, former
President William H.. Taft cannot appear
before the House appropriations committee
to enlighten the members on the budget sys-
TEN, they may be accommodated with some
of his articles on the subject from the fles
of the Public Ledger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

The story has it that
The Three Musketeers Il carrier pigeon got
gasoline jag when
Mulvaney of Ardmorc tried to remove tar
from its feathers. We suspect Orthpris
and Learoyd had something to do with the
bird being found stuck in the tar on the
Haverford road. Page Mr.. Kipling and
ouiz him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

There are thirty mem
Both In Moderation bers of the Monroe
County Octogenarians'
Association. and their ages aggregate 2423
years. The members to man declare that
pie and hard work are conducive to longevity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Cardinal Mercier is to receive the de-
gree Of doctor of laws from Yale Uniyer-
sty. 1t is an honor that will be worthily
bestowed on one who stood for the higher
laws during adversely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

The latest Shantung development would
seem to show that japan is inclined to pay
no more attention to President Wilson than
does the United States Senate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Massachusetts anti suffragists who
seek to have the Legislature reverse its
action in ratifyng the federal suffrage
amendment are understanding Mrs. Parting
ton. And their failure TO get sufficient
signatures to their petition seems to indicate
trouble in getting the broom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

The fact is now seeping into the Ware
intelligence bureau that ]. Hampton Moore
was nominated for Mayor at the Republi
can primary election,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
4 Natural Query

\ story from Reading
A Natural Query has it that five gal
Ions of whisky were
poured into a cellar by the chief of police
The whisky. in bottles. had been confiscated
from guests during the last half year. Far
be it from us to show unscemly skepticism--
but do the police of Reading never suffer
from COlicp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

With the present prices of coal dnd
clothing, perhaps a kindly fate will see to
it that n man is hot enough under the collar
to keep him from getting cold feet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
Why $Otf

Now that the girls
Why Motif are wearing cork
screw curls like Hopi
Indians and the boys are wearing busbed
scalps over shaved bases like Hottentots.
we may soon expect their fathers and mothers
to wear snuff boxes in their ears like Zulus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

After a study of internationalsm. de-
clares Demosthenes McGinnis, ! have come
to the conclusion that the Dance of Death
is in the nature of Fox Trotsky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
Up. Up. Up!

w h Eisenbise. a
Up. Up. Up! Reading barber. bet
Croft, a Reading bar
Der. that the latter couldn't shave him in an
airplane, Croft took him up. Then an army
aviator took them up. The trip was made
and the shave accomplished. Eiscnbse ad-
mtted that it was the closest shave he
ever had,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

The st. Louis balloon race was note
worthy because no restrictions were placed
on contestants. Free as air, as it were.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Another get together meeting hoped
for is one between Japan and China on tn,
Shantung matter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
On a Book Of Lyrics

THREAD softly, oh We passersby,
L For here all congregated lie
The souls enshrined of lyric bards,
Who reared the fame of poesy.
Here is the holy inner shrine,
Where raptured souls in rage divine
Eternized wait the judgment day
Read in awe each sacred line.
For none have entered in save those
Whose heart with sky drawn music flows
The glorious spirits, bred of May
In whom perpetual blooms the rose.
j.. NJ. BEATTY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
We Depart From custom

After some meditation we have decided to
leave to General PersRing himself the ques
tion whether he is going to get married or
not. SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Cardinal Mercier is a living exemplifi
cation of the fact that sturdy patriotism is,
after all, the only true internationalism.
What he did for Belgium he did for the
world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
What Do You Knotv?
QUIZ

1. Where was Adelina, Patti born?
Q. From what game was the American
style of football an outgrowth?
8. What state in the Union has only three
counties?
4. What is the capital of Honduras?
5. What is the English pronunciation Of
the surname Coekburn?
9. When was the Hellenistic period in his
tory?
Z. What is the Cordilleran system?
8. How is the word cordwainer associated
with Spanish city?
8. In what century did Nell Gwyn live?
10. Why is a mansard roof so-calIed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Revolutionary leaders in Mexico are
said to be rallying to the banner of Villa.
Sort of Steal Corporation and subsidiary
companies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Somewhere in the middle ground be-
tween Capital and Labor Truth stands with
extended hands ready to bring them together.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

1t is astonishing with what clarity a
statesman can see his own side of the case.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

King Peter of Serbia has returned to
Belgrade. Now all that his subjects need
is that prosperity return.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Senator Ashurst is now definitely tied
to the treaty with may II not.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

1t is apparently the purpose of the mild
reservationists to make the article ten
tative. .''.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Can members of the local fur gang"
be said to be working a skin game?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

And with all due respect to Admiral
Grayson, Washington seems queer place
to 90 for a rest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

With a breakdown at the city plant,
said the Bibulous One, it's mighty little
water Wen have for the whisky we haven't
got.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

One of our hated rivals has been ",con-
densins' the classics. Its most notable
triumph of compression, however, is when
our rival states that the fourth booth of the
Aeneid contains the passionate love of Dido
for Aeneas. If all the vamps were shut up
in booths that way, many problems would
be solved. 49,. .....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

Justihable tautolOgy--Patti has made
her final farewell tour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
THE CHAFFING DISH

thought through years OF war, In next days
paper."-Philip Gibbs, in September
Harper's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

England, with her railroad strike, is
now suffering from the Hun within.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

We are going to take hand at condensing
some classics on. our own hook one Of these
days. Lovers of literature will please stay
away,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29
Phil Gibbs Pays His Respects to the pIsh

"one young man boarded the train at
New York. bought me drawing room for
private conversation, and by the time we
reached philadelphia made IL entirely futile
for me to give lecture. because he had
II all in his memory, and wrote the entire
history OF everything had seen and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

A sign seen by one of our adorable clients
in a millinery shop:
WANTED: Girls to Trim Rough Sailors,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

The greatest mistake we can make at
the present time is to consider these
great problems with our back toward the
future. The past is past and it should be
allowed to bury its dead. There is a
shining goal ahead of us toward which
we should face, keeping our eyes upon it.
Grim energy and resolute courage will
be necessary if we are to prevent our
selves from being turned aside to dig in
the muck of current controversies and
past quarrels, as the Senate is now paw
ing over the chips that were made in
framing the great structure of the peace
treaty in the hope of finding something
that will compromise one or more of its
builders. That treaty is an attempt to
increase the area of good will in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-29

TT WAS on this memorable occasion that J.
l. Hampton Moore first displayed that ten
dency to concliatp difficulties which has led
to much of his success in political life.
Sitting on Il hillside above the silent mills
one afternoon, Moore and Watrous fell into
discussion of the Homestead situation.
Moore insisted that something should be done
to end. the bOOdshedB Band strife He tried
to induce Watrous to accompany him on a
mission to interview Hugh O'Donnell, the
strike leader, and afterward the Carnegie
people, in the hope of arbitration or adjust
ment,
Watrous, by nature a gentle soul. de-
clined, The fight had gone too far, he in
sisted Moreover, he declared that O'Don-
nell was a fire eater who would resent such
interference.
The fact was, as | afterward discovered
from personal contact with O'Donnell, that
he was very mild hammered sort of chap
impusiVe and impetuous, but obsessed with
a hatred of Andrew Carnegie. .....
The outcome of all the talk was that the
proposed Cancellation scheme was born and
died that same afternoon on the Homestead
hills