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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
What Do You Kno,u?
QUIZ

.
1. What was generally regarded as the
most important of the former German
colonies?
Q. What is the literal meaning of "papier
mache'?
8. Who was Marie Taglioni? VI,
4. Who was the classical god of the North
Wind?
8. What kind of a structure is gazebo?
6. What is the latitude of the Mason and
Dixon line and what two states does
it separate?
Z. What is the brightest star in the hea-
.. vens? r- M rs
g, How fast does the Gulf Stream flow?
o. What is the regular meeting day for
the cabinet?
10. What is the original meaning of the
word piazza?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
I. Itasca is small rake in northern
Minnesota.
Q. 1t is usually regarded as the source Of
the Mississippi river.
3. Tauromachy is bull fighting.
a. Henry Clay was a native of Virginia.
K The battle of Gettysburg ended in q
victory for Meade on July 8, 1858, and
Grant captured Vicksburg the next
day.
q. Washington Irving wrote '"Tales Of
Traveller"
7 Tasmania lies south of the southeastern
end of Australia and is part of the
Australian commonwealth.
The three brightest planets in. our
I,,x@i
O. Napoleon was an exile at the island OF
Elba from May A. 1914, to February
26. 1915,
10. ys<e Willard defeated jack Johnson Il
Haypas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
"Bare Cat" More
Appropriate

Just how bound we
Bare Cat" More are by convention was
Appropriate evidenced by the burn
ing of the motorboat
Bear Cat at Smyrna. Del, on Sunday. The
fire destroyed the clothes of eight men and
they were forced to come into the city in
their bathing suits. You may take their
word for it. it was terribly embarrassing !!
1t is all right to go strolling on the beach
in abbreviated costume but just try it on
Chestnut street,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

is the right one We always believe in keep
ing a paying teller in a cheerful frame of
mind. We would never admit to him that
we think it is going to rain. We say, rather,
well, 1t may blow over" and try not to
surmise how many hundreds there are in the
pile at his elbow. Probably we think the
explanation for the really bizarre architec-
ture OF our bank is to keep depositors at
tention from the money. UnGuestionably
Walt Whitman's tomb over in Harleigh-
watts vault-was copied from our bank.
The checks in our book are blue We have
always regretted this. If we had known it
beforehand perhaps We would have inflicted
our problems upon another bank. Because
there are so many more interesting colors
for checks, tints upon which the ink shows
up IN more imposing manner. A pale pink
or cream colored check for $2.74 looks much
more exciting than blue check for $2j.
we have known gray, pink, white, brown,
green and salmon colored checks. A friend
of ours once showed us one that was bright
orange, but refusecAt to let us handle it. But
yellow is the color that appeals to us most
strongly. When we were very young and
away from home our monthly allowance, the
amount of which We shall not state, but it
cost us less effort than any money we ever
received since,, came to us by way of pale
primrose -colored checks. For, after all,
there are no checks like those one used to
get from ones father. We hope the Urchin
will think so some day.
We like the distinction made in the log of
the R-34 between "course steered' and
'course made good" When we attain the
summit of our literary ambition, which is
to write volume of sermons, we shall in
clude homily with that thought as text.
We hope Doc Crane will let it alone until
we get round to it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
All the Cruise That's FIJI 10 Print

Harris unwisely shuts his hand In door
OF wireless cabin--painful, but not serious.
Flow OF language not audible to me- as the
forward engine happened to be rpnniag.-
General Maitland's log on the R-s4
We suspect this of being what they call
literary art. General Maitland probably
heard the fluid language, but decided not to
record it.A
The crew of the R-34 seems to have been
affected by the prevailing American catch
word, Lets 20" We wish they had had
time to give Philadelphia once over. But
probebls they are very keen to get back 10
their favorits brsnds Of boccy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

The R-34, having given the Atlantic
the once over, has decided that one good turn
deserves an equally good return.
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Belated Respect

Although the Weather
Related Respect Bureaus usefulness
has long been apprec-
ated by farmers and residents of districts
subject to foods, the Weather Man has al
ways been fair game for funmakers. But
the advent of the transatlantic flights of
airplancs and dirigibles is giving Old Probs
the dignity to which hesis entitled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Desire to take William Hohenzol-
lern's place in court appears to lave become
endemic in Germany. a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

There is something at once epica! and
epochal in the story of the first stowaway
on transatlantic air trip. ',sf "A
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
POLITICAL GATHERINGS
AND STYLE IN CLOTHES
Observations on the Three Best
Tailored Men at the State Capital
and on Some Precedent
... Breaking Costumes
by GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

LIVERY foreghthering of political leaders
~ from now on will be regarded with in
tercst by people who know politics. There
was notable week end conference at Cherry
River, up in Union county. recently.
Cherry River is n. combination summer
home and clubhouse of State Senator Will
liam c. Mcconnell, of Northumberland.
The list of guests is notable for two ren-
sons. They were all up state political lead
crs. the big cities being unreprescnted.
They were friends of Senator Boies Pen
rose, and there is not man on the list who
cannot do or deliver something.
Among them were Lieutenant Governor
Bcidlcman. Auditor General Snyder, State
Treasurer Kephart. Harry Baker, secretary
of the state Republican committee: Senator
Grow and half n dozen lesser luminarics.
The lines were being laid for next years
campaign. the campaign which his friends
hope will land Senator Penrose in the United
States Senate for the fifth consecutive term.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

BY the time the bartenders' strike is
over the bartending business may be dead as
a dodo. And just how dead dodo IS let
the courts decide. l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Maybe the record crowds at Atlantic
City were due to the fact that there was wet
ness on both sides of the Boardwalk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

When politicians fall out honest men
not infrequently have an opportunity OF
voting for people of their own kind. q,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Five hundred Chicago barrooms were
open on Sunday and women rested their feet
on the rails as they imbibed soft drinks; Sex
equality here takes a Alag at Sabbath OBJ
seryanee. John Bsrleyeorn was not among
s'those present"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

And in just little while We'll be able
to grumbc about the rotten service of the
Philadelphia Camden bridge cars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Weather note-Prohibition or mo pro-
hibition, the glass is still high.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

One wonders at the shortage of ice when
one considers the number of kegs that are
not being cooled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

The log of blimp is the direct antith-
ess f a bump on log.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Another blow at "woman's rights. 4"
The woman" automobile bandit proves to
have been a man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
One Thing at a
Time

The country will prob
One Thing at ably be quite ready
Time and willing to hear
charges against the
President and his administration-after the
peace treaty has been ratified. Before that
time there is always a suspicion that the
charges are simply trail destroyefs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
BUST OF Il LADY

CHE lived in Florence centuries ago,
~ That lady smiling there.
What was her name or rank do not know
l know that she was fair.
For some great man-his name, like hers,
forgot
And faded from mems sight
Loved her-he must have loved her-and has
wrought
This bust for our delight.
Whether he gained her love or had her scorn
Full happy was his fate.
He saw her, heard her speak he was not
born
Four hundred years t% late.
The palace throngs in every room but this
Here I am left alone.
Love- there's none to see-I press kiss
Upon thy lips of stone. 81;
Kenyon Cox. N
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Truth, Ltd.


ability, might write diverting disquisition on
the blackness and hardness and the lack of
sustcnancc in the square inch of metal on
which it lodged but of the wheel itself of
the power that makes it whirl and of the
results of its revolution, the fly, of course,
could say nothing. There are students of
world conditions afflicted with similar lack of
vision. Flytime is about due in the United
States Senate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Tnhappily the mercury is no Humpty
Dmmpty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
Soul.FIowers


The little spirits of the ROSES living
on in the Immortality of the vinaigrette,
ARTHUR sYMoNs
TN THE hot garden of your eager heart
So many and many a spray of blossom
blows;
There woodbine and the vivid crocus start
Beside the footprint of the running rose.
Larkspur and lilies and verbena cool
Climb up to touch the air and break the
heat;
BY crystal river and by silver pool
Waivers the manifold, saffron marguerite.
Yet, Love, your garden merits but disdain,
Since in your spirits altar vase I find
Perpetual petals, freed from sun and rain,
The limited essence of your blossoming
mind:
To know you true, I search those depths
where stir
Rose ashes and the, dust of lavender.
RICHARD DESMOND.
Our Own QuIx
1t took 300 men to hold down the RIA
How many senators will 1t take to hold Mr..
Wilson?
And will Mr.. Wilson also discharge cold
water ballast upon the senator's .endeayorinr
to tie him to his moorings?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

TN1E Hon. William. Calder Mcconnell,
l. the host on the above occasion. was one
of three men in Harrisburg conspicuous for
their attire during tho last legislative scs-
sion. Taste in dress" modistps and man
tailors would style it. Sartorial perfection
if YOU please.
The other two gentlemen thus distin
gushcd were the Hon. Thomas Lawrence
Eyre. senator from Chester. and the Hon.
Charles A. Snyder, auditor general of
Pennsylvania.
When attircd in the matter of habiliment
and personal adornment according to the
dictates of their artistic instincts. or, in
the language Of the street when "drcssed to
kill" the lilies of the field had nothing on
this trio.
They were. during the session. the most
carefully tailored men in Harrisburg.
"Charlic'' Snyder has been famous for
twenty years for his vests. i. e., waist
coats. or as the immortal Sam Weller
would have it, "wcskcts."
There was time when he had three vests,
radiant and rcsplendpnt. for every legisla
tive day covering a week at stretch. The
late lamented and largely beloved James
Murphy Sweeney. member, of the House,
once remarked that he made it a rule to
wear smoked glasses on day that Charlie
Snyder was scheduled to speak
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
Thoughts on Beginning a New ch;eekbook

No man has ever started upon new check
book without a few sourly solemn thoughts.
In the humble waters of finance wherein
we paddle we find that book of fifty checks
lasts us about four months, allowing for
two or three duds when we start to make
out a foil payable TO bearer (selfJ and de-
eide to rcnounee that worthy ambition and
make it out to the gas company instead.
1t occurs to us that If BuEyan had been
writing "Pilgrim's Progress" nowadays in
stead of making Christian encounter lions in
the path he would have substituted gas
meters, particularly the quarter in the slot
kind that one finds in sensible cottage.
However,
Four months is quite long time. 1t
may be weak of u.s. but we can never resist
wondering as we survey that flock Of empty
checks just what adventures our bank ac-
count is going to undergo during that period,
and whether our customary technique OF
being aloof with the receiving teller and
gepial and commentary ~ith the paying ditto
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

The nautical lore of our valued contribu-
tor. Robert Leslie Bellem, becomes matter
of public inquiry. We present the following
comment: ....
Dear Socrates; I want to criticize little,
and hope 1t will not be taken amiss. as do
It only to correct mistake In your Rubber
Heels of June 80 was poem by r. l.. Bellem
entitled IAN Old Salts Piaint." 1t is very we'll
written in its sentiments, rhyme. meter, and
the facts which It presents but-the writer is
evidently sailor He is betrayed by
line In the poem. which reads: 'While the
sheets strained at their hayards." Now.
aboard a sailing vessel the sheets have abso-
lutey no relation to the halyards, they are
used for trimming the sails. while the latter
are used to hoist them, Perhaps the writer by
poetical license applies the word ''sheets' to
the sails. IL so, I would suggest that in nauti-
cal affairs poetcal license cannot be carried
that far without caricaturing the ship and her
rigging. 1t woIld be stretching the imagina
tion until 1t as long as the halyards them
selves. Hoping that the writer Of this will
not be deemed hypercrtlcal, AN OLD SAILOR.
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Comfort and
Goodness

here last Sunday and they promptly re-
sponded This is rs it should be. Man is
likely to be most virtuous when he is most
comfortable, Puritans to the contrary not
withstanding.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

Men were urged by
the minister to remove
their Goa t $ during
services in a church
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08

But it Is not necessary for him to insist
that the treaty is perfect or that the
league covenant is ideal. Neither is true.
Both are the result of compromise and
concession. No man living in close touch
with actualitieT expected an ideal league
covenant or an ideal treaty. That we
have any sort of covenant at all is
astounding. 1t was dreamed of five years
ago, but, the most optimistic felt that it
would be years and possibly generations
before anything would come Of il. But
events have proved that II civilization is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-08
ICE CONTROL?

Philadelphia, Tu'.d,,, JrI, ?. 1910
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Though uicidc has in
creased throughout the
nitpd States it has
lnunnnnn.l ;,n DLiln dol
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13
(WIRELEsS SERvICE.)
March 13, 1919.

WASHINGTON. = Legislation
to put down firmly all propaganda
urging overthrow Of the Govern
ment of the United States such as
that INDUCED in by 1WW and ra-
deal Socialists as shown BY their
public action Of recent date, will
be strongly urged upon Congress
by Senate Judiciary Comn;ittee,
which has been investigating pro-
paganda in this country.
BERLIN. - Spartacans have
opened negotiations for surrender
to Government forces according
to reports circulated last night.
LONDON.-Riots have occurred
in various German towns outside
of Berlin and Spartacan revolt has
broken out at Hamburg says Co
penhagen dispatch. Riots said to
have resulted from general strike
supported by Spartacans.
WASHINGTON. - Desi g n
approved for Navy Distinguished
Service Medals was unanimous Sc
lection Of Navy Department Coun-
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13

ell secretary Daniels said today.
Medals wereosuLn nitted, twenty or
more Individuals, and one was
chosen una. imously.
WASHINGTON. = President
John A. McIlhem.r and Commits
sioner Herman w. Z 'aven, both
members Of the Civil Society Com
miszion have resigned. President
Wilson has accepted the resigna-
ton and successors will probably
be announced from White House
today.
BASLE. = Frontier between
German-Austfia and Czecho-Slo-'
yak was reopened at midnight
Sunday, Vienna papers reported
trains again crossing frontier.
WASHINGTON. - Martin A.
Morrison Of Indiana, and George
R. Wales of Vermont We're appoin-
ted to fill vacancies in Civil Servi-
ce Commission following resigna-
tions of two members earlier in
day.
WASHINGTON. - Victory Lii
berty Loan Compaign will open
Monday April 21st and end Satur-
day night May tenth.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13

IS FOR SALE. = Six Cylinder
Chandler touring Car. In good
shape mechanically but needs
coat of paint. Tires good. Will
sell this car at a bargain as 1 am
preparing to leave the Island.
Inquire evenings or Sundays or
address Room, 8 Y. NJ. c. A. ADyT.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13
EMIGRATION.
(Wireless Service.
March 13. 1919.

LONDON.-Behavior of Sparta
cans in Litchenburg was worse
than Bolsheviki in Russia say Ber-
lin advices received in Copenha-
gen. All well dressed citizens
appearing on streets were robbed
and many killed. Government
troops it is said continue to kill all
prisoners. sIir2!1s :
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13
"oIGAN sREs.
RES.
ESTUDIANTES. {"

Cuando necesiten libros de Tex
to de Taquigraffa no los compren
sin pedir precio a la LIBRERIA
NUEVA donde encontrareis eco
nomia.
Allen 30, Box 961, San Juan.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13

The Federation Of Labor Of Por
to Rico appears before you re-
questing you kindly to take into
consideration our demands, if be,
lieved to be just, and to convert
into laws the suggestions which we
are taking the liberty to make and
which are inspired by the love that
we feel for those not favored by
fortune, and, in general, for the
country in which we live and de-
velop our activities.
We believe that the most. i'm
portant problems to be solved at
the present session are problems OF
an. economic nature, and that any
question Of any other character
should be postponed until the Leg
/ islature shall have decided the
numbcrless questions affecting the
economic life Of the country which
are demanding prompt attention.
The condition Of the laboring
classes is so deplorable, partieu
larly in the rural districts, that it
NAV we'll be affirmed that q large
majority Of our people live
without a home Of their own, lead
ling a miserable existence, and most
q: tie inhabitants Of the Island are
.ict,1ne Of the mos: cruel cxploiia-
ton crd Of hung.r
In Our, industrial system in under
gning a. crisis; there are in the
Island only two prosperous indus
Hesa ta witt spgart an tobaecos on
NHqfssnds tdf fanilies and
hearty ali the economic ihovsenients
of the country depend. An island
such as otirs, controlled by the
monopolizers Of these. great in
industries, must be poor, official
REPORTS eIp,otrts to to the Contra Contrary FIiioEfwith
standing, and its Inhabitants must
suffer. the disastrous effects Of d
Capitalization prejudicial to all in
every respect. 20
Notwithstanding the provisions
of the laws in force, the fact re
mains that our most fertile lands
are in possession Of few persons,
most Of the foreigners, devotins
such lands to the cultivation OF
sugar cane and tobacco, and in
consequence of such Capitalization
the people are in want of articles OF
prime necessity (minor crops)
which are indispensable to life,
and we are compelled to consume
imported articles of food.
Eggs, meats and garden truck
in general brought from the United
States are cheaper than the same
vegetables grown in Rio Piedras.
Barranquitas and Juana Diaz +;
and this happens because land
has passed into the hands OF the
few and the small property owners
Of twenty years ago are now la
borers of the corporations to which
they sold their small properties.
The prblem of latiestates must
be attended to and solved in so
far as the welfare of the people is
concerned, to the end that laborers
may be assured at least some OF
the articles Of prime necessity
which can not be produced owing
TO the present system of corpora
tons. ltl
We believe that members Of tho
House of REPRESENTATIVES. should
stop a momnt to consider whar
would be the fate Of the sugar III
dustry after the signing Of thu
treaty Of peace, and be ready tt
enact protective industrial laws 81
as to provide work for the 10000
laborers now employed in the can'
fields. This is one of the most in
trieate problems confronting u
for the very near future which
must be taken into consideration
before the expiration Of the present
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-13
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE
LANDS.
DAMAGES CAUSED BY

'IAAl 1ANk O1AIA14'1
1t is publicly affirmed that
there are hundreds or houses Sc
riously damaged by the last earth
quake which are being repaired i'll
very superficial manner. This me-
thod of repair renders insecure the
lives Of our inhabitants, should
there be a repetition of these seis-
mic phenomena.
The Government should lend its
attention to his matter and make
a conscientious investigation Of the
situation so as to avoid future mis-
fortunes which will surely happen
if property owners are allowed to
repair their houses to suit own
convenience.
The foregoing statements are
sugfstions which we respectfully
commend to your consideration for
proper legislation, in case the same
meet with your approval.
Ecdngelista Calder6n,
Presidente.
Martin Clemente,
General Secretary,
San Juan, p, R., Febraury II,
1919. !