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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04
What All Say

Jane, Mot can never say enough in
praise Of DR.. Pierce's wonderful medicines
Twenty-eight years ago I was In very poor
health. having taken the measles when my
oldest child was one month old. My blood
wal out Of order and I also had in1amma.
ton of the womanly organs and bladder.
] doctored with the best doctor I knew Of.
but gradually grew worse till I wasn't able
TO do anything. Isheard Of DR.. Pierce's
medicines, so got q bottle Of Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and n Of 'Favorite Pre-
scription' and / Immediately commenced to
improve. After taking three bottles Of each
like a different persona very small expense
compared with what I had been paying the
doctor. Since then / have used these medi-
cines for myself and family, and find they
are just as Observation-Disclosures. CHAS.
SHANKS. Lana. Mo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04
Business

Business.
RenO-He always rubs it into tho
people, friends or no friends.
Henry--Always knocking, ehp"
RenO-No; he's an ~osteopath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04

A time for everything, and every
hing in time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04
JUST WHAT YOU need
DIR. CARTER'S K. & B. Tea

For a Few Cents You Can Serve This
Health Building Tea Every Other
Night for Two Weeks.
Take 1t till your bowels are in per
feet condition, till your eyes sparkle
with health and your skin grows clear
and healthy. At the same time don't
forget that there is nothing you can
give the cross, fretful child that will
do 1t more good.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-04

20 regulate the system and aid very much
MRS. AMELIA THORN. goa John
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27

SI.E-NlES lrnNp"Tl"Nc'd ~ nr "xrrrienced
,r, NJ yrltuE riir for list OF lines
rr, f.U rur 'cun,rj AlIr".s NatipnRI Saies
Non p r.. ANbsuoi.uOn Department 2Tf ,
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Why SO Much Crime7

10 me Ed!tor Of the EVeHinD PU6HC Lsdgc,.
Slr--It may sound very rn0icAI mntn I,
say it but fecl that the cause OF the much
crime that We are experiencing IL duo e. the
mothers Of the land and the Indfrei en.r
that they row show toward the home. an"
war has had !tJ influence. the pool tnu
billiard rooms have contributed their share,
az we'll as the movies the public dance halls
nnd tho jazz music.
But tho parents are, IN the hrst p ace,
to bIamo for Il all II boys were tnught
riyht when they were little, | do not bclir,O
they would 20 wrong when they have grown
w. Hut the troubls is thore Is no home
any more THIS IL the fault OF the mother.
The father must be away TO business oud
tho reariuE Of children. naturally must
h. carried on by the mothers. They neg.rc,
theI- duty for q lCss important duty. tho
>otnS privilege. sharing the reqpon giD.iity
z the government, etc.
we are rapidly becoming n pe0D,r OF
',uve dwellers'' or ''Clin dwellers Whole
npartmrnts and there Is no place rur IL
boz or girl to entertain friends so they go
I, The pool hall. dance halls. public places
and the streets. Parents KmUw v-sy little
what thaig children are doing.
A western Judge many times has sent for
-, mothers and fathers OF delInCuents and
IA many Instances has passed sentence on
~. parents ana pot them on probation
,ng chat they, instead OF their chill
l..n were to blame I believe II ia w 1,
g., women and mothers especially. to right
.,irat deal of this cYil, and | bpneyr
.Dc, viii do their duty in the matter lc a
way can bo shown them, G W l.
nhUadelpha DeCember FL 1870
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Question Of Raising Children

To the Editor Of the Evening Pubnc Ledger:
Sir--A serious difference has arisen be-
tween myself and my husband as to the
way of raising our children, and have been
wondering Just how some OF your readers
would be able to handle condition Of this
character. believe in keeping my children
under the strictest department There s,S
three OF them. ranging in ages from seven
teen down to fourteen.--two boys and one
girl. I insist upon knowing where they
arc every minute OF the day and eveniik
insist upon knowing all about their cohi'
panions and friends.
Ny husband takes an entirely dToren,
Wow. He believes that they should be re;f.
reliant--that we should pay no attention ~
them when IL comes to whcrc they want to
go and with whom for he IL sure that II
we set them the proper example at home
they will not want TO go to places they
should not or associate with companions
who might prove Objectionable He s.y .
that his parents were always rcproachins
him for what he was doing and where ns
was going, and boy like. he would inva-
riably search out the forbidden places. lie
believes in the predestinstion of children
and says that will be sorry some day roi
my insisting upon so many exactions.
He may bo right and I may be wrong,
The trouble 10 question It. I am anxious
to rear them In the right way. ana will
very much regret II they 20 wrong through
any fault OF mine. and yet n allowed them
to 20 where they please and with whom
they please It would keep me miserable all
the time wondering wherc they were and
II they were In good company. Is there
anything a reader could suggest?
W l. C.
Philadelphia. December 81. 1890
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Facts About an OLD Sona

10 tie Editor Of the EVeniap Pubic Ledger
Sir-During November was Interested to
notice the discussion ana the several versions
given Of Fifteen Men on the Dead Mans
Chest" or as Robert Louis Stevenson calls
II In Treasure Island" "Bill Bones
Fancy' I am sending one additional verse
to one OF the versions previously given. /
cannot recall where heard It,
Devifa work was abroad that night,
fo, no, no and a bottle OF rum
twas word and blow and q drunken
nsht.
-Yo, no, no and o bottle Of rum,
The helmsman iay with his head stove IN,
HIS hngers clutchns Ia Delaying pin,
Ana his jaws death.lOcked In Il twisted grin,
And there no lay and the blnnace light
Snone on his features through the night.
MY God. but he was a ghastiy sight!
fo' no, and a bottle OF rum.
have heard that the version TO which the
ABOVE Yerse evidently belongs was tho work
OF New York Newspaper man, who wrole
IL as advertizlng matter for the first drama
u2ation OF Treasure Island" Should any
OF the readers OF the Peoples Forum really
desire the original OF this poem, the follow
Ing quoted from Treasure Island, by r. l..
stevenson. Edited. with notes and an in
ttoduction by Hiram Albert Vance, Ph. u.
IJena), professor of English, University VI
Nashville, published 1905 by the Macmillan
Co., VIII be OF interest: Pare 22O lie,
Flfteen men on the dead mans chest.
70, no, no and Il bottle OF rumr'
The hrst two lines OF a song of West In.
dian piracy. which originated In the wreck
90 ',,, an ENGLISH buccaheer on the cay called
ans LEAD Mans Chest from which Il Is
ssid only q quantity OF rum and fifteen men
were saved. For the complete song. whoh
iolIows. l am Indebted to Mr.. Jefery Mon
tague, OF tho Richmond Va, Times, who
together.
BILLY ZONES FANCY
ITo tho tune of BLOW the Man Down.
Fifteen men on a dead mans chest,
70. 'ea (heave) no and a bottle OF rum,
Drink and tho devil had done for the rest.
70. ca. 10 and a bottle of rum
ITO save space l eliminate the refrain
ana give only the remaining couplets)
i"e' u,ahk ana they drank and they got %
drunk,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Canned" Lines

10 me Editor Of the Ev-rin0 Pubic Lcdoey:
Sir - Please publish the following ex.
hortation IN your Interesting People . F'o.
rum. HALT JASON.
Philadelphia, December u. 1920.
LINES TO PROUD STOMACH
All things that you would like to eat are In
cans at modest prices
Heed my advice: Desplse them not their
quality surlCes
You eat the food encaFed in tin at many A
hiSh-toned dinner.
In fne hotels and reRtaurants and Won
haven't grown thinner
This talk about the cost OF eats being 50
outrageous
IL sure exaggerated, II not also contu.
maClous.
with mutton soup at nine a can and dish
Of mashed 'prrtatur."
one almost could this spheruld span in
Guiding the equator.
And salmon pink at fifteen cents and o.co
toast and tea,
A ration fair do declare for a trip acroas
the sel.
There's hfty-seven more "cOmbincs for
meals with frills and cap-rs;
This newsy sheet tells whore and how
also the other papers.
So read the nds each morn and night for,
you dc your buvnG
And quit your juvenile complaints, your
kicks and silly crying.
HALT JASON.
Philadelphia, December Il. 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Letters to the Editor
The Draft Evaders

To the Editor Of the BVcatno pubHc Ledger:
Sir-Why does the government hesitate
ABOUT getting after the draft evaders2 In
connection with the recent annual report OF
the secretary Of war It should be noted that
1891 men have been classified as wiilful
desetters or draft evsders. rhe adjutants
general and local boards Of the several
states reported 1908, but by q revision
" the list lHrge percentage was clint
mated.
Counting $1,000 men 10 division, there
arc about six divisions OF men who may
10 classsd as villful descrters Now. I
am In favor Of making public on the front
page Of every newspaper in the country the
names Of tho men from the particular com
munity who are so classified. II seems that
the War Department hns long promised that
me names CT the slackers would be pub
iiehod, but 80 far nothing has been done.
These Of us who survived tile great
struggle owe to our fallen comrades the
solemn obligation and trust that these
eVadCrs shall not 20 free. Didn't the gov
crnment prescribe a penalty for violation or
evasion Of the draft law? Then let us
etahd by cur pledges. The list should be
published and prosecutions begun before tho
statute OF limitations serves TO protect the
willful deserters. w. L. q.
Philadelphia, December 90 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27

appeared In your paper. The different par
tios have made many true statements IN
reteronce to his article, but as one VINO, In
the past. has lived In tho country within .
stones throw OF Mr.. Nauciain's house Naho
where was born and raissd) would like
TO make scms comment on his statement
When Mr.. Vauclain speaks OF people NOV
Ing into tho country from tho city no has
not studied the situation very closely, -Four
years ago was forced TO move TO the CITY
30 I would be nearer 10 my work. which.
at that time. was at Marcus Hook and "
saw a chance to get out In tho country
now, certainly would take advantage OF II.
l would bo safo in saying that 90 per cent
or the working people In the country are
employed In the city, or take cars to get
70 their places Of employment Some mar
Ned men know go all the way TO the south
yard Of the New York shIpbuildins Cor
poration, while others 30 TO Chester ana
the sun Shipbuiding Co. every morning be-
cause OF the impossibnity to obtain work
along the Main Line Now. l DO not sup
pose one would travel from BryD. Mawr, Pa,
to GlouceEer. N. J., n ne could get work
within three miles OF his house, as stated
In Mr.. Vauclain's article It Is all very
well II you are fortunate enough 10 have
an automobile to drive to your work, but
when you have TO change three or four
different car lines and the ferries. II Is
a different story
In Mr.. vauciain's letter. where he speaks
to say that II taxes that much for carfhre
every two weeks Mr.. Vsuclain knowo the
fact that the Philadelphia and Western
Railway Co. run care from Strafford to
sikty-ninth street every fifteen minutes In
order to accommodate the working people
who go to their places OF employment In
the city and elsewhere
Regarding Mr.. Vaucfein building II four
room house with sl25 oack In 1889 would
like to say that my father built homo
consisting Of six rooms with 800 to start
and he ala not have any trade either but
unfortunately, was q inborer. not receiving
the wages for his services which Mr.. Fau-
CLAIM received. Howeves, touuy my father
could get $4,000 for that same six-roofn
house with but a small amount OF ground.
It IL absolutely out OF reason to COMPARE
those days with today. In the olden days
my father and every other man with a
family (who lived out In the country could
work in the swimmer and DO like the sauir-
tels, store away enough foodstufTs and sup
plies so when times did get dull In the
winter, they could sit back Of the fire ana
smoke their pipes with case. and that was
all en- $40 a week But today It Is entirely
different. They have 70 work seven days n
week. ffty-two weeks q year (Christmas In
cluded on somo Jobs In the country to Keep
the wolf from the door.
JAMES ROBERTS.
Philadelphia. December 10. 1920.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
SUCCESS ON THE STAGE
Donald Brian Says lizard Work"
Is the Recipe

There is just one way OF getting any
thing worth while, be 1t on the stage
or anywhere else" says Donald Brian,
"and that Is work for It." Mr.. Brian
gained wide fame In 'The Merry
Widow" and other operettas and mu-
steal comedies. He Is now starring in
"Buddies," a romantic play with music,
which opens ut the Lyric tonight. A
success himself, he may speak with
some authority on that subject,
"One may be specially gifted" says
Mr. Brian. but the best that this
will bring one Is to make the path
little smoother or hasten progress. In
between the beginning and your achieve
ment must be work. 1t matters not who
or what you are you cannot buy sue
cess except in the coin of labor
THE hard road is the short road In
most worthwhile endeaVors. You can
not skip or shirk the drudgery and hope
for success in your undertaking. What
IL more, your work Is something you
must do for yourself. The labor and
the thinking must be your own, Just as
you must eat food to assimilate IT,
What others eat won't do you any
good.
1T has been truthfully said in epi-
gram that only aviatorS can fly to
success the rest OF us must climb ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Al JoLsoN's QUICK RISE

Seven years ago an unknown youth
was one OF the many entertainers In the
first show produced at the New York
Winter Garden. He was regarded as
lust another recruit from vaudeville ::
many better known entertainers were
on tho bill nobody noticed him. Now
that same youth Is listening to applause
as star Of the present Winter Garden
The man who began as boy singing
for small change now receives n good In
come for telling stories and singing
SONGS for an Hmusoment-hung public
JolsOn as a boy ran away from home,
was brought back and ran away again,
because he preferred to sing songs and
tell storiea TO the work his father de-
sired him to do. He has grown up on
the stage and the life behind the sCsnes
IS practically the only life he knows
He thinks OF very little in his hours
away from the theatre except Of new
songs 10 sing and new a'ortcs TO tell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Why We Lose Our Love

To the Editor Of the EUcnin0 Public LeGucr:
sir--In your various discussions In tns
Peoples Forum Of tho EVENING PuRLIL
LEpdER which have been very interesting
to me and seem to have been 30 to many
people | have wondered why one up ~
this time. has touched upon tho question,
when so many divorces have been mon
toned as TO why men and women lose tnerr
love for one another 40 soon and how such
a thing could be remedicd
AZ rule, the man bIames tho trouble
on the wife and vice versa. with the result
that no definite conclusion IL to b. arrived
at. | have been married for seven years.
We have no children. For some reason
have grown to dislike my husband and can
not tell for the life OF me why. He IL
good 70 me. probably as good az tho aver
axe husband and have no real complaint
against him other than that my life is mace
miserable because my husbands company
bores me long for the companionship
Of some one elise. Some one with whom
Gun discuss new subjects. Some one who
will bring novelty into my life. The monot
ony OF living with man seven years Is
nervc-ractins.
why do l feel this way? cannot say.
All the artihce that my husband used to
win me has tarnished and I see tho
copper underneath the gold lining which
was always shown TO me just previous and
during our carly married life. / feel sure
no man can continue this artificial gold gilt.
ter continuously. might have expected It
would wear on. Unfortunately. It tarnished
only too soon. What am to DO? I don
believe he car ever win my love back again.
and yet l feel that IL was not his fault
that lost It. II" ~ Just q mere man, when
I thought him much more when I married
him Il Is terrible TO think OF. but ] am
sure that my present hate for him Is guing
to increase as time goes on. What will bo
the consequence? II will DO either divorce
or my living thus unhappily to the end OF
ht,uh NJ In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Deaths of a Day
DR.. H. F. TAYLOR
Founder Of Ridley Park Hospital
Dies From Septic Pneumonia

Dr.. II. Furness Taylor. founder of
tic Taylor Hospital at Ridley Park and
one of the most widely known physi-
clans in Delaware county, died yester-
day Mt his home in Ridley Park of sep
tic pneumonia Septic infection dcvel-
opcd in his right index finger last Sep. &.
tember, resulting in septic poisoning and
finally pneumonia. He was thirty nine
years old.
He was born in Wallingford, Pa,
January 90. 1881. the son Of Millar
Fillmore Taylor and Hettie G. Taylor.
In February. 1910. he founded the Tay-
lor Hospital, which six years later
received state appropriation. The
hospital had its first home in the Burke
mansion. In January. 1913, ground
vas broken for a new hospital building,
which is used at the present time.
DR.. Taylor was coroner's physician
Of Delaware county for number OF
years. director Of the Essington and
Ridley Park building and loan associa =
lions vice president of the Tinicum
National Bank. at Essington. president
and secretary OF Taylor Hospital, presi :
dent of the Ridley Park Board of
Health. school inspector for Ridley Park
and Norwood boroughs and a director
Of the Ridley Park National Bank.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
NEW YEARS CLUBS
ADDF|NAL TOUCHES
Some Costumes for Mummers'
March SO Elaborate They
Need Two Men
FLOATS ARE WELL GUARDED

Headquarters Of the New Years clubs
ere busy places these days - final
touches being put on the costumes to be
rsed in the "big show" next Saturday.
and scores Of workmen being engaged In
huildinq the floats and skeletons Of the
huge canopies which will be features OF
the parade:
Tho rcgalia Of some of the members
will be entirely too elaborate and too
heavy for one person to control and an
Innovation is certain to result in that
two men costumes" will be seen in
the parade for the first time. Guards
ere watching the handsome costumes
at all hours to prevent any inkling or
description from reaching the listening
ears Of rival clubs.
As the mummers are determined TO
give the New Years parade fans the
finest and biggest spectacle they have
ever beheld, they have decided that any
member who refuses to march the full
route from Broad and Porter streets to
Broad street and Columbia avenue will
be disqualified, even though he should
be awarded a prize by the judges.
Won't Get BY" Now
In former years some of the mummers
made It a practice to fall out Of line as
soon as they had passed the judges
stand at City Hall, considering their
duty as mimickers accomplished. That
sort of thing will not ''get by" this
time. the leaders say.
Another decision reached unanimous
ly by all of the twenty clubs anil as
sociations which are to participate in
the procession is that the parade will
start at S:30 q. m. sharp, rain or
shine. Last year the "big show" was
postponed several hours on account Of
a drizzle and thousands Of would be
spectators were disappointed. Club
lenders declare such delays will not be
countenanced again. no matter what the
weather conditions.
Rivalry, It IS said. has reached the
straining point among the mummers.
The majority of the kings capes and
testers and jockeys costumes have been
finished. They are on exhibition at the
various club headquarters for the benc-
fit of the initiated, but they ore guarded
day and night.
Must Be Ready Friday
From now on the members of the
examinations will devote all their spare
lime to the construction of floats and
other apparatus and sundries. Every
thing has to be completed by next Fri
day night, New Years eve, when a
preliminary frolic will be given by the
costumed revelers around City Hall and
In the streets of the central section on
the occasion of the revival of the
Mayors New Year reception.
Fifteen thousand masqueradcrs, it is
predicted. will march in the procession,
competing for the prizes, aggregating
$40. 900. offered by tile city and for an
additional $1,000 offered by the Colum-
bia Avenue business Mems Association.
In order to capture the latter, the pa
rsdr will be continued along Columbia
sTcnuc east to Tenth, after the official
dsbanding point has been reached.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
Movie Treat for Orphans

Tvclvr h0nl;.l cnNhrF9 o. ~ NArl-
nus nsylums, homes and iratltutIons Of
Chestnut Hin ana vicinity
manv at the Colonial Theatre Grrmu e
town. on Wednesday morning, at Il
sneclal invitation performance arranged
by Manager Frederic Leopold,
TO MANI OF the little ones this VIII
urorram OF comedies of the best typo
Eas been arranged
This entertainment has been spOn-
sorrd by the following patrOnGSs, Il
iuy D6bson Altemus, Mrs, c, Reed
C,Ty. Mrs Lincoln Ferguson, Mrs, j.
lyiIIig Martin, Mrs, H. s. lrcnU-s
EI"Holg. Mrs. ,rohn G Norris, Mrs, VIII
INN RUycr. Mrs James starr Mrs
Wi..er &. gnl,y, Mira william Warden
Mrs George Woodward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
GETTING STAGE EXPERIENCE

These are merely means to diver
sion and perhaps Of information when |
am not busy on the stage" says Earl
Benham who IL appearing in THE Ed
Wynn Carnival at the Metropolitan
Opera House. BY these he meant a
dozen or more books, mostly political,
economic and dramatic literature, with
sprinkllng OF works on psyche
analysis, that fianked his big makeup
mirror.
"All of this study" declared the
actor. II believe to be helpful in one
way or another. Yes, I even confess
that l studied as preliminary to
taking up the profession. And why
shouldn't one study for It? If you are
going to be a lawyer. a doctor or a
chauffeur you get the best technical
training possible, and then Ja2z around
FOR the real experience. That's what
I did. But when l approached man
ager after manager for an opportunity
to demonstrate they turned me down
because | hadn't the necessary expert
enGe SO hustled 10 get IT In those
disCouraEing DAYS"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-27
THE PEOPLES FORUM

And called her his DInsh, tho she was no
more
So he finished up the pisOn' like love" 80
brave,
And Vilkens and his Dlnsh lie 10Th In one
grave.
So oil you young msIdens take a warning,
be sure
That you never by any means offend tho
gov'nor,
And all you young fellows mind who you
cast your eyes on;
Think Of viikens and his Dinah and the
cup of cold pison
srhe label on tho bott,e was british
bra ndy