Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-16

In these strenuous times, when what is left
Of the Civil War is fast fading from view,
to know that steadfast few do not forget
the sacrifices and the heroism of those who
struggled in the great American conflict.
Colonel Samuel 2. Town, who used to run
things In the Twenty eighth Ward, and
Major Levi G.. McCauley, formerly auditor
general, are among those who keep weather
eye on the orphan school situation in Penn
sylvania, and when Holcomb and they get
together the veteran Of Gigs does not
suffer.
DRESIDENT CHARLES 8. CALwELL,
4 of the Corn Exchange National Bank,
is Philadelphia booster who thinks the
city was overlooked in the State Department
itinerary for the president of Brazil, who
recently visited the United States, more
especially as Philadelphia now has steam
ship line running direct to Brazil. One of
the difficulties which Mr.. Calwell and all
the other hopeful citizens of Philadelphia
run up against in matters Of this kind Is
the diplomatic situation. The State Depart
ment is always more or less stilted and COM
plies quite often with the wishes of the
guest. In this instance President Pessoa
seemed to want to take in Canada and thus
had to cut out certain large American cities.
However, wide awake trade bodies are gen
orally on the lookout for this kind of busi-
ness and it Is not infrequent that some of
them cut under. They score what news
paper man calls beat.
LNORMER DIRECTOR ROBERT D.
L >DRIPPS, who is more or less interested
in the movement to bring soldiers bodies
back from France, has been to Washington
on a strange mission. Some of his associates
discovered that the luxury tax had been
carried so far by certain revenue collectors
of the United States rs to apply to the
trimmings of cofins. 1t developed that some
people, more luxuriant than others even in
the matter of DEATH desired coffin more
highly ornamented than ordinary, and as
precious metals like gold and silver had been
used the revenue collectors deemed it fair
that the extras should be made to assist
in providing revenue to run the government.
The Treasury Department has taken this
matter up and is giving it due and weighty
consideration.
TTNHE big fellows keep dropping in here one
L by one. Today it may be Schwab, of
the Bethlehem Steel tomorrow Vauclain of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works. and the
next day Dinkey, who is beginning to know
his Philadelphia as president of the Midvalc
Steel. Now comes Charles Fl. Schlacks as
president of the Remington Arms Com
pany, at Eddystone. Schlacks was formerly
vice president of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad. He is getting acquainted here
and in Philadelphia. 1t used to be said
that big jobs went searching after big men,
but we seem to be finding good many Of
these high priced organizers in the Quaker
| City environment
| no CHEFS work more than eight hours :?
| - The interest exhibited by the Culinary
| Beneficial Association of Philadelphia, of
which Ernest Henry is president, in an
| eight hour workday bill, would indicate
that the chefs themselves are aroused on
| this subject. Their secretary, Joseph H.
| Probst, points out that to Il certain extent
the men who prepare our hotel meals have
been Disseminated against as unskilled
| labor. whereas they rank fifth in Importance
| in the United States. Conceded there are
| good cooks and bad cooks, apparently it re :
quires years of training to size up to the
dignified and important station of chef. And
for that matter there are some folks who
tire of Washington food and come back from,
Philadelphia jaunts with high estimate of
our cuisipe.