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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
AMERICAN GOODS ARE
 ON WAY TO GERMANY
sy Associated Pres,

Berlin, August ls.--A contract for car rying mails by airplanes from incoming steamers to Berlin has been closed wit, the German Lloyd air line by the ministry of posts The first flight will take place next Monday when the steamer Susquehanna will arrive d, Bremen.
 Initial ccnsisnments of American phos- plates, comprising three cargoes carried in two American and one Dutch steamer
 have arrived at Hamburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
MEXCANS ROB AN
 OIL PAYMASTER
By A.seci,t.s ersss

Mexico City, August 1.-Two employees of Taaopico oil company. the name of which N as not disclosed. were held up and roboered Of 50,oo0 pesos while travel 4ae in an automobile near Panuco, about twenty-five miles south of ranpico, it was reported today in dispatch to Fl Universal. Two of the robbers were Mexicans. the dispatch stated and one was an American. Ii was said to be the second time the same company has been robbed recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
BRYAN'S HEART POPS
 OUT OF THE GRAVE
By Assssiated Pr.ss

Enid, Okla, August H-While stop ping between trains here today, William .J Bryan declared that both the re- publican and democratic candidates in their speeches of acceptance went off their platform in order to inform the vets that the volstead law could be changed by Congress-"
 In answer to a query whether he in- tended to take the stump this fall. he said he had no plans further than Sep Itember when he will complete his lec- ture tnnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
JEAN VALJEAN AGAIN
 VISITS THE PRIEST
Cardinal Gibbons Is In House Robbed
 of Silver Plate
By Associated pr,.,

Spring Lake. N. J.. August l4.--W nile Cardinal Gibbons was being entertained on the front porch of the home of Mar quis Martin Maloney here last night thieves ransacked the house and escaped with large quantity of silver plate. the police reported today
 report that some of the cardinal s belongings were taken could not be con firmed. The cardinal has been a house guest of Mir. Maloney for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

szynn is within gunshot distance of the line of defense.
 SURROUNDED
 Berlin, August l4--General Weger. commanding the Fourth bolshevik army in Lomza. yesterday told the correspond ent of the Berlner Zeitung Am Mittag that Warsaw was surrounded on four sides and it's capture was imminent.
 Asked whether peace would be declared with Poland. General Weger said: Ger tainly it will" He added that the soviet government, which he said had been formed at Bialystok July 9. would pro- ceed to Warsaw upon capture of the city and would conclude peace Ion a soviet basis of the right of self-deter- mination.'
 The headquarters of the new Polish soviet government. which the Russians have established In the occupied parts of Poland will be moved to Warsaw when that city is captured by the soviet forces, according to a dispatch to the Zeitung Am Mittag from Prostken, East Prussia Present headquarters are in Bialkstok
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
CONNECTICUT'S CHIEF
 PASSES UP SUFFRAGE
By A.seeiatsd Prsss

Hartford Conn. August 14.-Gov Mar GUS H. Holcomb has formally notifi u Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee. that he will not call a special session of the Connecticu. general assembly to act upon the suf- fsags amendment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15
Rumble of Siege Guns
 With Red Flashes Of
 Shots Benun1b Wursau
Bolshevist Leader Reports Polish Capital Surrounded Delegates Leave for Conference-Red Cavalry Near ing River-Poles Fight Doggedly, But Are r all-
 ing Slowly Back Day by Day

Warsaw, August 14-The front is being gradually brought nearer Warsaw Before Saturdays dawn artillery flashes visible against the clouds the north and northeast at times the boom of could be heard People the roofs of the highest buildings watched the gun flashes until the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-15

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
ARE WE SNOBS?

A MERICANS who stay at home are per
a. mittsd to observe that princes and kings
and other royalties who visit these shores
are consistently democratic in habits and
temperament.
The nature of the receptions now being
rendered to Prince Carol of Rumana. the
sort of stuff that is being written about him
and the air of iron eXclusivenesS affected by
those who have to entertain the DISTINGUISHED
visitor suggest again that princes. kings and
other royalties. If they are in the habit of
reporting to the folks at home, have to
admit that Americans are not consistently
democratic in habits or in temperament.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
SUFFRAGE lN'THE WARDS

A NEW and vividly human side of the
"A general suffrage question is brought to
the surface BY the work and experience OF
those who are now out making lists of the
new voters. For il is clear that ward work
crs will have to achieve an entirely new
technique il they wish to get anywhere under
the new and revolutionary conditions with
which they are confronted. Indeed, tear
full epic might be written about the present
plight of the common or garden variety OF
heeler.
The cliInination-or let us say the partial
elimination-of the saloon left him t1oundcr'
ing. He was forced to find substitute for
the oldest method of political argument and
for a place in which promises. pledges and
conversions were easily achieved under the
spell of alec holic sentimcutaism. That
problem was not half solved before Ten
nessee loaded down all ward workers in the
country with @ new set of difficulties.
How can women voters be convinced!
How can they be persuaded? The political
routineer rummaging crudely among his own
dim memories is pretty certain to leap at
one conclusion. The confectionery business
will hum during every election period. And
any one with a sense of dramatic values will
wait eagerly for the time when the profes-
sional vote -grabber. intent on convincing
electors in his division that Tweedledum is
a rotter In comparison with Tweedledes, fol-
lows a widely advertised rule and endeavOrs
to say it with flowers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
COntentnIent

A \ ODD circumstance is revealed in the
IA newest census reports covering Penn
sylvania. Farmers and farm workers in
this state have been drifting steadily toward
the cities and the centers of mill industries.
And meanwhile there is a growing class of
men and women who, having grown weary
of the confinement and the routine of cities,
are drifting outward to the country in
search of the open air, the economic inde-
pcndencc and the peace which they hope to
wiring from the ground.
The tides are not balanced. The larger
movement is from the farms to the centers
of population and business activity. But
there is among city folk an increasing desire
for the frecr life which people on the farms
are supposed to enjoy There are few
people who cannot count among their ac-
'quaintanceS at least one man who looks to
the time when he can acquire few acres
and try his hand as a farmer. The eco
nomic stresses Of the hour, the high cost of
food, boredom with excitement and glare of
cities and better general knowledge of the
relation of wholesome open air exercise to
health and long life explain this general
trend.
Who is wise? The farmer or the CITY
man? The farmer will learn that the cities
aren't all that they are cracked lIp to be-
Folk from the city who go out to be farmers
may learn that the same thing may be said
about the country Peace isn't made to
order Contentmcnt is largely matter of
individual effort and individual tcmDera
ment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
"oPEN" THE WlSSAHIcKoN

MAYOR MOORE'S proposal 10 jog on,
A'A jog on the footpath way" along the
upper WisSahckon with a party of Boy
Scouts is an engaging Conceit.
When the excursion comes off in Sep
tember the Mayor and his sturdy young
companions will undoubtedly have Il good
time. They will behold. moreover, some Of
the lOveliest miniature scenery in America
from the sight of which the motorist is
barred The plan, it is said. will be ex.
tended later to include school children on a
similar outing.
But the fact that such trips take on the
nature of special red letter events serves TO
focus attention on the lamentable lack of
sensible exploitation Of the Parks most
signal beauties. Some weeks ago Mr. Moore
urged the Fairmount Park Commission to
provide suitable horse drawn vehicles for
a regular service through the WisSahickun
ravine. This attractive program we'll war
rants practical execution.
The public will not begrudge the boys their
hikes, but it would certainly appreciate out
ings comfortably undertaken through the
gorge, under suitable conditions of comfort
and at reasonable price. Horse pulled
busses would solve the problem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
BEFOUlING A SHRINE

CRAFT within the shrine which of all
VI shrines carries the most basic spiritual
message of America quite surpasses the or
dinary run of offenses inspired by sordid
greed.
Chief Baxter. of the Bureau of City Prop
erty, accuses n majority of the guards of
independence Hall of acting in collusion
with solicitors for sight seeing autos and
.'for hire cars. The rake off for deals
contracted with compliant tourists is said
TO have been twenty FIVE cents per victim.
Anything more offensive than such
strictly commercial capitalization of the gen
erous glows prompted by rushes of patriotic
sentiment il is difficult TO imagine. Corrup-
ton in the Cradle Of Liberty furnishes the
cynic with succulcnt food. Happily, how
ever. this fare will be soon exhausted. for
Mr.. Baxter promises to clean out the State
House, morally as we'll AS physically. Those
attendants that are found guilty of this
nasty business are Immediately to be dis
charged
1t is almost superfiuOus to add that the
strictest surveillance of conditions must be
maintained. The city is acting now. but
Judging from some of the testimony the dis
gusting traffic is not novelty. but bears
tie marks of a thoroughly organized abuse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks W Thinking Phadephians Subjects They
KnotU Best

among the men and women. Married
women in particular are great savers. Many
of them acquired the habit during the
earlier days, when prohibition was among
the things regarded as visionary Then
many of them were affected by the habits
of their husbands and developed the indi-
vidual bank account habit secretly to keep
the family resources from being wasted.
These women. having got the habit. have
been among the most consistent savers.
''In many families among the average
wage Garner the woman is The financial
manager: Where this occurs, the husband
usually deposits his resources with his wife
with the result that portion of it generally
finds its way to the savings fund
Children do not seem to figure so much
in the accounts and neither do foreigners.
Those holding accounts in the savings fund
for the most part are the average man and
woman earning wages or salaries.
''But the biggest incentive to save for the
average man and woman seems to be in the
light of the last few years, not to have too
much money ia their hands at one time and
to have plainly before them the fact that
they may need some of that money in the
near future"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26


the fact that the present medical inspection
staff Is too small and that the examinations
recurring at intervals Of from two to three
years are almost futile. In the intervening
time IL Is all too possible for perfectly
durable weakness to develop beyond the
stages Of effective treatment.
The directors call upon the Board Of
Education to make provision for Ave super
vising medical inspectors, fourteen inspectors
and seventeen nurses before September 8
should he promptly needed. The yearly ex.
animation Of all the school children cannot
be cvaded without a plain violation of the
statute.
There are few surer safeguards to public
health than intelligent medical supervision
of its youth. II the work is only partially
performed, or at irregular intervals. 1t de-
generates into costly and rather imperti-
ncnt pretcnse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
NOT THE OLD SONGS

MOT the old songs; they are too full of
~ tears.
Even the laughter of 80 long ago
Falls faint and sadly on our wiStful ears
Even the love they loved to echo so
Has perished into dust in the long years.
Not the old song for even IL today
We still have tears to shed. oh, let them
be
Warm. living tears, not col with the delay
OF weary century on century.
We NAV not even sorrow as did they
Not the old pageantry of maSquc and mime ;
Not the old songs our fathers loved to
sing,
And hung sad memories on every rhyme
o poet, know, life is living thing
Fashion 6ew songs to fit the newer time !
MARY Leslie Newton in New York Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
ROBERT M. COYLE
On the AVERAGE Mans Thrift

A FTER n long period devoted to reckless
"A spending. the average wage Garner,
through force of circumstances. is beginning
to see the light and save more than he has
been saving, according to Robert NJ. Coyle,
second vice president Of the First Penny
Savings Bank.
There is no question that the average
working man and particularly the working
woman has been spending money freely ana
much more freely than he or she should:
The tendency to blow money, to spend
1t in grand and OstentatiOus manner, has
taken firm hold on many.
'Thc men have spent their money in
many ways for luXuries. For instance, L
notice travelling in the trains. especially
nearby, that the most luxurious accomoda-
tions on the trains are taken up by those
who probably can least afford it. The club
and parlor and other Pullman cars are
crowded with travellers, who give the i'm
preston that they probably Travelled in a
much humber way not so long ago.
''In fact. this class of traveller has liter
ally crowded the man Of means. who is ordi-
narily supposed to travel in this way. out of
these cars altogether. Many wealthy men
whom ] have known have declared that now
that they are out of these luxurious forms
of travel, they intend to avoid them
until economy is more the order of the day,
1.-The idea with the wage Garner has been
apparently that the best is none too good
for him. So he goes in for better houses,
nd orar, ot,mr f,,rn' of ,xmr;ors "nord;mc
anu e'''' ''"'' i'' ii VI ''>"' 'o"' "'''e'
Women Have Been Worse
ana. ,.I Il, ~ .,o ,oo,, .ho
pu' va" Us Wv nv, n",s g., I;na
Women nav now p'LH Mo'Sr: tn"'s H. ~, '' fn,, n
Ihc l'oi'eS ""h'E l"i io,n VI ,,,n '". 10" Nv
yours h"rr NV '''' EninS ''rll ,S ',"p0 !.
huseS.~. ih' u'"" ~! 'hS iue" wa" 'ha' ~
woulu ehao'r uE'n 10 SuVe money II Vac
argued that II lh'lr SA'arleS were Supportlns
them theSe bonuses would De pure VelVet'
Whlch tne! 'oulG save.
III tnc oi" H"EH 'hat hIi9ht nHVe p'rn
true KNOW 81 one man VINO Salu that DE
'he !'arS poh"H "cheulr nc nnu rh4p'e9
many men 10 Ert start III ne ana hau
been reSpohSlDI" Tor the creation OF AT least
SIX milllonair"S'
But u" psychology OF the Dohns seems
to be diiter"ht today The average glrI,
She blows il Nnyho ~ n trip or some
thing of that order, but for the most part
she invests in her hereditary Weakness
clothes.
"For every girl who comes 10 work
plainly and simply dressed, there are great
number who dress rXucnsively. Not only
is this to be found ut her work but in her
leisure attire. The idea that her social
life will be on II higher and more plcaSng
scale seems to lie hack of il TO a great
extent, but ! SUPPOSE it is q natural weak
ness with the fair sex.
.'The time seems To he coming when this
is going to stop. Lucrative Jobs are not
so easy TO find MS they once we're and the
lesson % Of hard Knocks ' will I' probably @ teach
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
THE CATBIRD

THE catbird thinks he owns the place
l. Because he comes along
And with an air of jaunty grace
Proceeds to sing a song.
No thought of mortgages has he.
Nor taxes that are due;
The well, the garden and the tree
Are his the summer through.
lie sometimes scolds us from the shaue'
Where he delights to sit odo
lie thinks that hrman work was n'a'e
All for his benefit.
There's naught would tempt us 10 en"''
His confident delight. .,ooa-
The catbird thinks he owns the pace
And maybe he is right ,y.sbingtor
-Philander Johnson, In the
S.ar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

lied that on their loyalty great issues de-
pend. ....
IL the demands Of the League Of Third
Glass Cities are backed up by the demands
of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and Scran-
ton they are likely to receive more respect
full attention in Harrisburg this winter than
has been their lot in the past.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
A HEALTH FUNDAMENTAL

RIO BE at all worth while, the state law
providing for the physical examination
of school children must be administered
Systematically. Haphazard inspection de.
feats the very purpose of the act, which is
designed rather to point out the remediable
defects Of the pupils then to operate directly
as Q cure,
Doctor Fsrbash has correctly emphasized
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

why" Mrs. BjoncS may whisper
darkly to Mrs. MacSmith at an interval
given to the usual uplifting conversation al
carry her division -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

As bidders for Hog Island must put up
81, 900, 900 as guarantee Of good faith
Admiral Benson has postponed the sale of
the shipyard until October 30, 80 that the
men who have been paying the vacation bills
of their families may have time enough to
save up their pennies before putting in their
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

1t is difficult to avoid the impression
that the woman who charges Il man with
the outright theft of her soul must have
left her soul lying around pretty loosely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

Ambassador Davis has got back from
London in time to vote for Cox but he
would have cast his ballot with a little
more satisfaction il the San Francisco con
yention had nominated IL man whose name
begins with the letters in the alphabet next
heYnnd &.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
Philsd.irhi.. Tbur.d.y. August IS. 1920
A roTR-yEAR PROGRAM FOR
pHII.ADEIrHIt

Things on which the people expect the new
administration 20 concentrate Its attention;
Tn, DsIuUdre river bridge.
A frydock hi0 enough TO accommodate INC
largest ships. .
Development Of the rQptd trdnSN SVS5e"'
4 building for lie Free Librdrv.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the tcdter supply.
Honcc 10 accom- m oddtc the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

The way to clear out the pest holes in
the block on Lombard street, owned by the
city, is to tear down the buildings and make
a playground of the site as was intended in
the first place. The bricks could be used
for building new houses somewhere else.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

There. is no such thing in the world as
sustained excellence. You've got to have a
little punk now and then to make the fire
works worth while
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

The best wheeze of the week was manu-,
factured by the writer who observed ma,
an Olympic prize for the long jump shonu
be reserved for the leaders of the Red army
that didn't take Warsaw.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

If people did not have to ride ON the
ferry no one would care what the fare waa
This state Of Indifference will not be at,
tained, however, until the bridge Is built
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

The discovery of gold along the Susquc'
hanna is really not so surprising. Long
ere this has that substance been found in
HARRISBURG
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

The consistent propagandist against III"
Delaware bridge will. of course. continue 10
use what is left of the ferries when the span
is completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

The registration clerks who will have to
ask the women voters their age are lust now
envying the assessors who have only to get
the names.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

To an important element in the com.
munity the canvasser is welcome at last
when he appears in the interesting assess.
ment role.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

Somebody is always taking the ioy ont
of life. Small boys on their vacations are
reminded by the shortening days that the
schools will soon open up for business,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

Those misguided people who are trying
to block completion of the processes OF
putting the suffrage amendment in the con
stitution might properly be described as
futilitarians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

If Mr.. Cox can describe explicitly how
large sums of money are cx
pended he has the ordinary citizen of these
times at u distinct disadvantage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

Accord to David Lloyd George the full
measure of respect when he charges Presi.
dent Wilson with diplomatic inconsistency
Icgardlng hussia. The British prime min
istereis.s taipllssau ,authprity in thAt line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26

1t may be advisable to explain that
voting on age" is really voting on youth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
WHO shall agree when poets disagree?

WHO shall agree when poets disagree!
w which phrase, by the by. makes not
n bad verse in itself. We could call it by
n hard technical name. but we won't. 1t
appcars, then. that there are times in which
10 live in the country and there are times
in which to abide in town. The one thing
of which the Gownsman feels very certain
is that there is no time in the year in which
il il cudurahlr to tarry. stay. dwell or So
iourn in the suburbs, that no mans land in
which the city abutts-or rather butts
upon the country and the country expresses
itself in lawns, trimmed hedges. florists.
truck patches. streets newly projected and
left in mud and havoc. Truly. nature is
alike spoiled by man whether beautifcd or
uglicd. Critical reader, there is authority
for this wOrd) And unhappy above all is
he who under compulsion of labor in the city.
must journey in some gregarious trolley or
electrical apparatus on tracks to sleep
nightly amid greenery and beauty which he
sees rarely by daylight. We notice that the
"L' is piercing even the cOnvivial soul
OF our sometime Kit Morley in his daily
peregrinations from Salamis to Bowling
Green. Wherefore:
Who shall agree phcn poets disagree,
As poets do-especiuliy pith nc?
Gire me to d,ceH rhere men most congrc.
gate,
Where throngs press on, no~ ta'ter, and
nor ,odif
Al the bchest>ot some tall man in blue,
Who guards the peace and masters me and
you.
Or gire me expectation By brook,
with Waltom's hook and line aud Walton's
book;
So idle that the thought OF fish has caught
Ne nothing scalier than the fish Of thought.
Nine be the country's stiffness or the
hUbbubs
OF torn: preserve me from the STUPID
suburbs.