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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
ARE LADY BOSSES COMING?

TN CHICAGO the women voters are be-
ing blamed for the denomination OF a
Mayor whom reformers and rational
minded voters view as disaster. In ST.
Louis. at the jubilee convention of the
American Woman Suffrage Association
a statement of principles has been made
that will shame any bigoted and short
sighted partisan who will read it.
So far. at least the leaders of the
newly enfranchised women in the various
states aren't hypnotized with visions of
office. They are pledged. as the directors
of growing force in public opinion, Ito
extinguish prejudice between nations. in
order to substitute the reign of humanity
for divisions and hatred and the causes
of war." No such ambition has been en-
pressed so far in the strongholds Of the
older political factions, though this
surely is how politicians ought to be
thinking and talking.
On the whole, however. the woman
voter is still something of a puzzle to
conventional-mindc statesmen. She is
revealing signs of the old inconsistency.
11eG NOlN III NVtNaSo "Ao i''N|Ne
able The St. Louis pronouncement was
needed to wipe away the memory OF it,
fnd in this same convention, which was
held to celebrate the fifteth anniversary
of the suffrage grant in Wyoming, the
abest leaders Of the votes movement IN
America set politicians everywhere to
wondering by forming Women's
League, which may grow into something
like definite women's party. More
over, the league which is designed to in
clude all women voters in the country,
will vote according to the "suggeston"
of board of directors.
This news has caused wall from the
old party leaders and tremulous warn
ing of feminine bossism. From this dis
tance it appears that the leaders of en-
franchised women in the United States
are merely being frank. The divisions Of
every old party are run by groups whose
functions are much like those of board
of directors.
What party isn't bossed? And aren't
women entitled to their own bosses If
they want them?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
THE AIR is CLEARING

WITH the formal announcement from
~ the White House yesterday that the
changes being made in the league-of-
nations covenant represent suggestions
offered by Mr.. Taft and gratefully ac
cepted by Mr.. Wilson and the other
American delegates, the last hope van
ishes for those Senators who were eager
to wiring an election issue out of the
strains and anxieties of an unparalleled
international crisis
Criticism offered by the Senate group
went wild in the heat of partisan feeling
and became mere denuncation. Yet the
men who were least hel pful to the Presi-
dent because of the confused and de-
structive character of their attacks We're
the first to insist that the pending revi-
sions in the text of the agreement repre-
sented for them "a great victory"
The victory is, in fact Mr.. Tafts and
Mr.. Wilson's. Americans of the future
will probably speak of the league agree
ment as the Wison-Taft treaty. Before
the election period arrives the peace will
have been established and the treaty
signed. For that reason Congress may
be expected to approach the general
question more nationally than if an cleo
tion issue were involved
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rebuild the structure of capital ruined

rebuild the structure of capital ruined
by nearly five years of war.
There never before was politico-
industrial condition so grave as that
which now confronts us. We cannot
escape disaster without an intelligent,
broad minded protective tariff law,
framed primarily in the interests Of
American labor and the American wage
scale and the American standard of liv-
ing.
The Republicans must now turn
against the Democrats Grover Cleve-
lands famous dctum that it is condi-
ton and not theory which confronts
us. We have our own war debt to pay
and our own industries to readjust to
peace basis, and our own tax problems
to meet. Those half-baked economists
who denounce a protective tariff because
the manufacturers prosper under 1T must
be forced to the rear, where their mouth
ings will be smothered in the dust Of the
forward-moving procession of men with
contemporary minds. Leaders who will
face the facts and do their best to adjust
the tariff laws to meet them are eX-
pected to guide this great parade in the
way that it should go.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
GREATER CAMP DIX

1T is probable that the War Depart
ment has told only half the story in
the announcement of its plan for the
elaboration and enlargement of Camp
Dix. The governments intention to eX-
! tend the site is due to the peculiar ad-
vantages of the surrounding country.
It is altogether likely that the New
Jersey cantonment will yet be one of the
most imposing training grounds in the
world and a show place of the state.
The recent announcement from Wash
ington should be cheering to the neigh
boring towns like Pemberton and Mount
Holly, which will benefit in the future
by something of the cosmopolitan atmos-
phere that usually is created about big
government reservations and extensive
army posts.
The site of the camp has always been
considered ideal because of its conven-
hence to ports of embarkation and its To-
ektion in rich, attractive and easily
available part of the country. One VI
the great advantages from the govern
ment's point of view lies in the vast
stvetch Of barren and useless land be-
+ tween the camp and the sea, which offers
) unusual opportunities for the establish.
ment Of great artillery ranges.
When Camp Dix was first establishes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
Member Of the Associated Press
THE HIGH-PRICED MAN

Z OFFICERS of the Federal Employment
~ Service not only here, but in New
York and elsewhere, report again that
positions which require high-priced,
talented or specially trained men are
continually vacant because of a lack Of
qualified applicants.
The situation has the force and value
of query in the newer politics.
Let US suppose that a man devotes a
good part of his life to the requirement
of special knowledge or to difficult train
ing in some special field of science, indus
try or art. Is it to be supposed that he
deserves no more from society than the
men who loaf along without any desire
to help themselves or others? Doesn't
a man who brings skill or talent to the
world bring riches of sort, and shouldn't t
his habit be encouraged and his gifts
acknowledged by just reward?
Agitators who are trying to force their
opinions on a good part Of the world say
no man deserves more than any other
man. And they call themselves advanced
thinkers!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
SURPRISES OF WAR FINANCE

AN UNNAMED "prominent American
n financial expert" declares that finan-
cial distress in Europe has been con-
siderably exaggerated and that in Eng
land, France and Belgium improved con-
ditions are foreshadowed. If this is all
true, it is in line with the series Of sur
prises in finance that have been occur
ring since 1914.
1t was prophesied when the war broke
out that armed strife on such titanic
scale could not possibly endure for more
than six months. But all calculations
were astoundingly upset by what ac-
tually took place.
The day of Napoleon's dizziest tri-
umphs still remain the blackest in the
history of the Bank of England, while
even during the Mane crises France
was fortunately exempt from any such
period Of financial degradation as that of
the "assignats" of her eighteenth CEN
tury revolution.
The truth of the matter seems to be
that for all the prodigious destruction
of four years and half the wealth and
resources of civilization were sufficiently
vast to withstand complete collapse. In
this connection it is interesting to note
that income taxes in France throughout
the war were comparatively mild.
1t looks as though the economists and
financial experts would have to revise
many of their premises when they sur
vey the history of the greatest of all
world upheavals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
HIGH PRICES AND POLLYANNA
- A

MElAPHORlCALL1 pauSlng Tor ap-
A'A plause, the ice dealers proudly an
nounce that the price of their commodity
will not be advanced next summer. Ac-
cording to the rather overadmired Polly
anna code, here is cause for rejoicing.
Everything, of course, might be worse
than it is, hence cheer for the status
quo!"-that is the substance of the phi
losophy on which all prqfiteer,ng thrives
1t has been assiduously disseminated
during the last four years and, though it
may have prevented some persons from
losing their tempers, it has certainly
made the path of the gouger rosy.
1t so happens that extortion was not
practiced to the utmost in the ice trade,
but that fact hardly warrants bursts of
sentimental glee over the prospect of
things not getting any worse.
The good news which the public has
the right to expect in this period of ad-
justment is that prices are going down.
Then we can really jubilate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

l. Princeton University is to get the first
flag of truce under which tho first
American staff officers entered German
territory beyond the Rhine.
O. Peat is formed by the artificial decay
of vegetable matter, especially OF
various MOSES.
g. Parma is the Italian city from which
Parmesan cheese takes its name.
4. Mercury is the heaviest of all fluids.
S. "Oom," familiar in Paul KruKer's
pseudonym, is Dutch for uncle"
G. Henry Fielding, in THE Miser,' wrote
I'VE must eat to live, not live to eat"
7. White potatoes are said to have been
introduced into Ireland in the reign OF
James !, early in the seventeenth CEN
tury.
8. The largest bell In the world Is In the
Kremln at Moscow. 1t weighs 443,772
pounds es
0. A lamprey is small ee.-shaped fish, es-
teemed by epicures.
10. James Matthew Barrie wrote Peter
PAN"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

the farmers in this placid section of the
state were doubtful of its possible effect
upon them and upon their properties.
They have had every reason to feel graft
fled. They found that Uncle Samuel and
his soldiers are good neighbors and good
spenders. And in the future they will
find that work such as the government
plans in their environment will have a
stimulating effect not only upon their
own neighborhood but upon the state as
we'll
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
The White,Uashed Wall
WHY does she turn in that shy, sof

WHY does she turn in that shy, soft
w way
Whenever she stirs the fire,
And kiss to the chimney-corner wall,
AS if entranced to admire
It's whitewashed barrenness more than
the sight
OF a rose in a garden green?
] have known her long, but this raptured
rite
never before have seen.
Well, her soldier r-son cast his shadow there,
And a friend took a pencil and drew
Upon that flame.lit wall. And the lines had
lifelike sembance to him.
And there long stayed his familiar look;
But one day, ere she knew,
The whitener came to cleanse the nook,
And covered the face from view.
Yes he said, my brush goes on with
rush,
And the draught is buried under;
When you have to fwhiten old cots and
brighten,
What else can you do, I wonder?"
But she knows he's there. And when she
yearns
For him. lone in the moaning night,
She sees him as close at hand, and turns
And kisses him under the white.
Thomas Hardy, in Reveille.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
King, Militarist

Army officers used to
King, Militarist estimate that an in
vading force in Rus
sia would require at least a million men to
guard its lines of communication. Senator
Kings clarion call for 100000 volunteers to
crush Bolshevism will not inspire any one
who knows anything about Russia. And
while the matter is being discussed YOU
may be sure that the Senator himself has
no thought of going personally in the
crusade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

1t is no less a person
Dig Deeper than the former pas
tor to the last Ger
man Emperor who confesses sadly that the
Evil One whispered in the ear of the man
who is now at Amerongen and brought
ruin to Europe. The reverend gentleman is
wrong. One mere devil could never have
trained so great scoundrel as Germany
produced in this instance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

1. Who was chairman of the convention
which drafted the constitution OF the
United States?
@ Who was Ducinea? ---.
g. Where is the Banat?
4. What is the meaning of the word
"derring-do"?
g. Who was George Bancroft?
g. What is a majuscule?
T. What is the origin Of the word tonsor-
ial?
g. What state In the Union is the third
largest in population?
0. What German diplomatist lately wrote
eulogstic obituary notice of Colonel
House, under the belief that the Amer
ican statesman was dead?
10. Where Is Bessarabia? ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
And BE No Joke

That II don't know
And BE No Joke your face but your
manners are very
familiar" "wheeze" of the President would
come in handler than ever now IL any
speech concerning the Hungarian Reds is
under way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

According to the Jersey trolley riders,
the pubic S,atas,, h ,a.1nS5s a, am are Just
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

1t looks as though Councils would soon
be in the class Of the green motorman--
unable to regulate skip-stops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
About Vacations

This is about the time
About Vacations when a great many
people begin to plan
vacations. There is one great comfort for
the heads of families this year. Many OF
them are likely to feel that 1t is cheaper
to go away than to stay at home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

The real yellow peril comes from a
Germany trying to escape from the peace
terms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

Even the blue-law champions will have
to stand for short Sunday when that
hour is cast away on March 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

The chances of the roundrobins nest.
ing again grow increasingly dubious as
their eggs are stolen by the pact revision
lists of Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

And now Mr.. Hohenzollern, formerly
the imperial violet plucker, would be quite
content with edelweiss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

News that league of patience was
formed would inevitably be cheering to
certain gentlemen working on civilizations
cryptogram in Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28
Rooseuelfs Shortest Speech

A MONG the hundreds of speeches made
L by Colonel Roosevelt the shortest one
occurred as follows. says James T.. Dubois
of F'ellsmere, Fla: 'It was during the
campaign which made him President. He
was speaking from the rear platform of a
special train. The engineer, who was run
ming in advance of the schedule of a fast
express, had orders to keep his time, no
matter who was speaking. The special
was running few minutes late. / had
been selected by the committee to intro
duce Colonel Roosevelt to the crowd at
the stations. At one place I stepped
quickly to the rear platform and found
myself facing several thousand people. I
said Fellow citizens, I introduce you to
your next President. He will live in your
hearts forever and pay no rent Colonel
Roosevelt stepped to the platform and
said, Fellow citizens. I am delighted to
see you "Toot toot!' sounded the en-
gineer and we moved quickly on The
Colonel turned to me, laughing and said,
That's the shortest speech of my life ~
Central Missouri Republican.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

Gas is no inconsiderable generating
force in the power of Bolshevsm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

It seems to have qualified as Worse
arabia"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

1t is best to make all those jokes about
July / while "smiles" are still procurable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

Why Not?

Would you say that
Why Not? the restaurant keep
ers who charge dol
lar for an omelet are egging us on to
desperate reprisals?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

Remedies for the Budapestience are
in order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-28

1t is evident that we must seek our
foreign markets for years to come pri-
marily in those countries which are not
burdened with heavy war debts-that is,
in South America and in the Orient.
And it is evident also that we must pro-
tect our own markets against the COM
petition Of the countries which must sell
as much as possible abroad in order to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26

Raisa, and Myrna Sharlow lived
up to expectations, and delighted the
entire audience. Baklanoff has a
gorgeous voice, and Dolci, Arimon-
di, Nicolay, one could 20 on for
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26
Concert By the Vatican Choir Promises
An Evening of the Richest Charm
Singing of Group of Men and Boys Said to Be Reves

nO those who have long been
under, the impression that the
only great music which has
come out of Italy is that of the won-
derful Italian operas, the concert to
be given on Saturday night, Novem-
Der 8, at the Auditorium by the
Vatican choirs promises an astound-
ing revelation. For in their rendi-
tion OF the works of Palostrina,
Vittoria and Viadene these notable
singers from the Roman basilicas
and the Vatican will reveal the un-
told beauties of liturgical music,
beauties that the great body of
music lovers in this country have
had too few opportunities to enjoy.
The choirs are composed of 90
boys and men, including the fore
most soloists of the Sistine chapel,
81. John Lateran and St. Peters Ba-
silica, under the direction of Mon
signor Casiniri, head master and di-
rector OF composition in the schola
cantorum in Rome. For $50 years
the choirs never were heard outside
of Rome, and this city is among
the first to be visited by the singers
IN their brief American tour. The
personnel of the choirs consists of
about 20 young boys, some of whom
are no more than E or 7; Young
men, men of middle age, and frankly
old men.
For years Americans returning
from Rome have brought back en-
thusiastic reports of the splendor
and magniticence of the higher
classical music of the old world as
IT is given in its developed perfec-
ton by these marvellous vocalists.
There, OF all,cities and countries of
the world have been preserved in
tact the traditions of ages. Their
place in the musical world is so pre-
eminent that none can question it.
In recent years further word has
focused attention upon the genius
of Maestro Casimiri for his devoted
adherence to the traditions of the
great masters and the vibrant inter
pretations of this monumental art
which he has infused into the choirs
under his direction. That he has
chosen from the very best material
from this wonderful field and has
come himself to Amerca to bring
this message adds luster and dis
tinction to the American tour.
The balance of the choir is report
ed to be one of its remarkable fea-
lures. There is not a preponderance
of the sopranos and altos of the
young boys, as is often the fault
i'll chancel choirs. On the other
hand, the basses at no time drown
the other parts. Altogether it is
said to be as near perfect blend
ing of male voices as possible. An
other Of the remarkable things
about the performance of the Vati-
can singers is their mastery of the
arts of crescendo and diminuendo.
Time and again, so it is said, the
audience listens spellbound to the
onward rush of the song, gaining
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26

Older and weather. one. There is
naturally an individuality about each,
but both are excellent. Those who
would not listen to Destinn patiently
because she was stout have many
disappointments on that score if
they visit the Metropolitan. Caruso
was Rhadames the night | attended
and he is also stout and hardly
looked the part of the dashing young
warrior. Nor did Matzenauer look
a very youthful daughter of Pharoah
for the same reason.
1t is easy to see why the Masked
Ball" is not frequently given, when
the large number of stars with de-
cided ability are demanded by the
music. Never shall ! forget Bonci's
great solo, the quintet and the de-
risive song of the enemies of the
count with chorus, nor certain other
excellences of this performance.
Upon the whole the visit of the Chi
cago Grand Opera company was a
great artistic success.
A visit of the Chicago Grand
Opera company should be made an
annual affair, for it is one of the
greatest art exhibits" which we can
have. Grand opera is not like per-
formance of some trivial musical
comedy. 1t is an art form demand
ing the greatest artists in its inter
pretation, and there is almost al
ways a deficit financially in connec-
ton with opera companies. There
should not only be so guarantors to
make the season success, but 100
or $50. 1t was unfortunate that the
50 guarantors met a deficit, but as
| understand it, it was partly their
own fault. After they had guaran-
teed, financially, many of them did
not even show enough interest to
buy tickets, but instead of boosting
talked like this: Il do not care for
grand opera, anyway; why should
Il ,go?" One merchant who had
guaranteed, instead of advertising
gloves and gowns for the opera,
filled his front windows with under
wear. The Chamber of Commerce
attends to the advertising of Oma-
ha. Why not advertise the Omaha
grand opera season and make it an
event?
| did not like it when an eastern
man told the story that after listen
ing to the talk of middle-western
man, who said, THE only things we
lack are the mountains and the sea-"
another easterner replied. "Well, if
you work both ways and your sue
ton works as we'll as your blow,
you ought soon to at least have a
port" The point is that middle
westerners where growth has been
rapid are too inclined to- blow their
own horn hard and not attend to
helping the city advertise itself. Re-
Gently certain of our citizens staged
the rottenest riot which has ever
been staged in any city in the
United States. That advertised
Omaha, but hardly in the way we
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26
Young Girl Keeps Three
New York Judges Guessing

New York, Oct. 2s.-Three JUS
tices Of the court of special sessions
in this city are debating what is to
be done with Ruth Carter, 20-year-
old miss. The superintendent of the
reformatory for women at Bedford
Hills, where the girl was sent fol-
lowing her conviction for petit lar
ceny, wrote to the chief justice that
the girl was incorrigible and was
stirring up things among the other
inmates so he did not have calm
nom.nt IN the day.
The three justices took, her case
under advisement, but after con-
ference could devise no new treat
ment FOR the far too spirited young
woman While they are thinking it
over she will remain in the city
tonbs.