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provost not only money, but in spiritual
,backing, the controller of these stately
forces of culture will be in debt to the
community. Upon him will devolve du-
ties and obligations with which no Sec
ond-rate official can cope.
Organizations of all kinds, however
vast--even, for instance, the United
States-assume in some degree the per-
sonality of their directing head. Rightly
or wrongly, attention is inevitably TO-
cused on the commander.
Obviously scholastic distinction is one
essential in the makeup of such a work.
ing leader as the University requires.
That, nevertheless, is but a single ext
gent factor. Other requisites arc au-
thority of public status, breadth of vi
sion, qualities which make both for ex-
ccutve efficiency and public Endorsement.
In word, big man is wanted for a
big university.
If names cannot be cited, at least types
can. General Thornton, himself Penn
sylvania graduate, who made over Eng
lands North Eastern Railway, fits into
the category. SO does William Ii. Taft.
AS personalities these men are, of course,
not likely incumbents But as types they
are. DR.. William Pepper filled the bill
Men of his caliber, of Lowell's, of Seth
Lows, of Herbert Hoovcr's are not so
elusive that a diligent combng of re-
sources cannot produce them for the
University.
The trustees can bring the University
very close to the heart of the town if
they combine discretion with foresight,
if they eschew makeshifts, if they sub
NIT head for the University commen-
surate with incontestable distinction of
this organization over which he will pre-
side.
Without deprecating in the least the
splendid record of the University in the
past, it may be said that the opportunity
for redoubling its fame and Philadcl-
phia's is strikingly manifest. A more
effective reciprocity of honors between
the college and the town is due. 1t is not
visionary to conceive this fusion Pros
porous Philadelphia abounds in the con-
structive assets. The University has its
admirable potencies.
Get together!
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Wonder if the Home Defense members
would have been called on to clean tbe
streets if they had not already been mus.
tered out?
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Immigrants are again beginning TO Aocl,
to the United States. A little bit of weed
ing out now may save lot of deportations
in the future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-11

Perhaps some of the workless Council
clerks could be given jobs cleaning snow from
the streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-11

Desperate efforts are being made in New
Jersey to resuscitate John Barleycorn, but
at last reports he still looked like cornse '''
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Prejudiced
Against Him

the Allies in place of hundreds of Germans
demanded. The young man is not at all
modest in the value he places on himself
And he can blame nobody but himself if the
world considers his action a theatric gesture
rather than the noble self sacrifice which it
might appear at first blush.
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Among the good deeds recorded. Ware
benehciaries will credSt James NJ. Hazlett
with bunch of nice little appointments
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The crowd in Munich that sang
Deutschland Uber Allies" was lacking in
sense of humor.
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Mince Pie Not a Beverage
Congress Gould Make 1t So
Typewriter-Ridden World
Fears That Dominate Us
Publicity the Witch
Propaganda During Var

during the war, stirring the whole racial
storehousc of terrors and phobias hasn't yet
been hushed.
Like Ludendorff, everybody breads the
typewriter in the hands of the other fellow.
Not merely the congressman confronted by
the peril of being told to the extent of
$25, 100000 worth of paper and ink, that
mince pie is beverage, but all of us.
Dare we think that 51100 of 1 per cent
of alcohol in something more potable than
mince pie makes an Intoxicating beverage?
There is So, 100000 and all the embat-
tied typewriters which say no.
What is the use of thinking against the
force of such arrayed propaganda?
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The renewal of the
Try Few treaty debate in the
Mixed Metaphors Senate puts all the fat
in the fire for the
"bitter renders Article Y may yet be-
come an ext issue. It may be that the com
promisers are now securing their reserva-
tions for a through trip.
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"slush !" nowadays is descriptive as
well as explanatory. "S
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Jupiter Pluvius isn't to be sncezcd ot
as u street cleaner. ~
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is crclu-
Strely entitled to the use for republication
OF al hetcS dispatches credited to it or not
othertotse credited IN this paper, and also
fhe local nctcS published therein.
Az rights Of republication of special dis
patches herein are also reSerccd.
rhiladephia. "Wednesday. February II. 1870
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l. cussing and voting on such questions as
whether 81 100 of l per cent of alcohol
made an intoxicating drink, whether or not
mince pie was a beverage, whether or not we
should paint our constitution red.
But $25, 100000 and William Jennings
Bryan say we may not even raise such ques-
tions as the first two.
And A. Mitchell Palmer, another propa.
ganda statesman, says it is an ''act of hate
to discuss the second.
Ludendorff should come, over here and see
where our propaganda, which he admired
so much, has left us, and he would extract
some mild satisfactions from defeat
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FROM DAY TO-DAY

A T THE same time
n we ticrcely d O.
nounced Mr.. Creel, Mr..
Wilson's Witch of En-
dor, because the spirits
he conjured up against
the foe were tame and
mean.
q q q
TNIIE fear of prop
oganda awakened
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Ihe influenza germ continues 10 put in
twenty four hour working day.
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TINE fears which the war implanted are
l. strong in the minds of men still.
There is a dark subconscous storehouse in
men which is full of the fears which the
race has accumulated in its slow rise from
barbarism and its long battle with hostile
environment.
There is the fear of the dark, out of which
death descended upon you unawares; the
fear of foes, the fear of the Clements, the
fear of evil spirits and dozen other terrors.
Awake them and give them new name
and they do not quickly die away
Ludendorff's ancestors used to be in terror
of the evil spirits which were in league with
the foe.
Ludendorff himself is more than vaguely
uneasy about these evil spirits now appear
ing under the name of propaganda.
He is ungTy all the time against the VOC
doc specialists upon his own side because
they cannot summon up evil spirits to aid
him superior In maliguity to the evil spirits
obeypg the call Of the Allies.
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being useless to the community, should be
killed of. But why stop at ignorant people?
Why not include silly people like canons who
GO of half cooked? R~
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0NE of the strange effects of this war is
" what it did to the typewriter.
The conflict started on the theory that a
solemnly written treaty was a scrap of
taper." and it ended in the belief that any
piece of paper covered with ink by hired
publicity man was more solemn that a treaty
1t isn't merely Congress that is typewriter
ridden, but the whole world is.
We are beginning now, with the publica
ton of the German memoirs, to get both
sides of the story of the war.
What did Germany fear during the con
flict?
Not our men or our guns or our resources,
but our typewrters.
1t is amusing to read in Ludendorff's book
how he bames the defeat of Germany upon
the superiority of allied program, and then
90 back mentally to what we were thinking
and saying about the havoc that German
propaganda was doing to the allied cause
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age.sFS
Of Course, it is obvious that mince pie is
not a beverage.
But then it is only brave man in public
Office who would dare say so.
If Congress had had to vote on the ques-
tion whether or not mince pie containing
alcohol was an Intoxicating liquor does any
one doubt what it would have voted by
two thirds majority if necessary that it was
a drink?
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Former Crown Prince
Frederick William of
Germany has offered
to give himself nm to
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The Canon of Coven
try, England, suggests
that ignorant people,
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OT PRESUME the time will come when
l. in future years. we will walk upon
pavements of chicle instead of cement or
tessellated corridors remarked prominent
city official as he gazed meditatiyely at a
corridor floor in City Hall.
AS he spoke he pointed to the innumera
BILE round, black splotches that defaced the
footway in the vicinity.
They were gobs of chewing gun that had
been thrown on the floor by the devotees, of
the jaw wagging practice.
GAS the gum chewing habit is increasing
It is only a question of time until the floors
Of City Hall are covered with coating of
chewing gum" he continued 81 have no.
ticed that even the carpeted floors of court =
rooms are disfgured by this Vile practice,
With a certain amount of care and attention
the corridors can be kept free from these
evidences of depravcd taste but the car
pets are ruined and can only be burned"
Those intrusted with the care of the wait =
ing rooms of the Pennsylvania Railroad and
Reading Terminal manage to keep the marble
floors measurably free from the chewing gum
nuisance. Laborers with small, long han
died, spade like instruments move constantly
around scraping the stuff loose. A subse :
quent application of boiling water, am told.
is used but in many instances an imperisb ,
able stain remains.
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E1ACTS do not trouble congressman
l. He is typewriter ridden.
Somebody introduces bill that mince pie
is beverage or that liquid containing
81 100 of per cent of alcohol is intoxi%ting.
All your congressman does is to STOP and
think how many typewriters are behind that
bill
The click of typewriter makes him jump.
He is as much afraid of the sound as
horses used to be of the toOt of an auto
mobile in the days when there were more
horses and fewer automobiles on the roads.
Experience has taught him that there are
many typewriters behind any bill that con-
tains the word beverage.
Introduce bill saying that mince pie con-
tanning alcohol is noxious beverage, and
he hears the sound of $25, 900, 900 being col
lected to put it through.
He imagnes the effect of $50 900 900 upon
the typewriters of the land.
He sees his mails bulging.
He imagines each of his constituents get
ting $1,000 a day telling what recreant he
is to the cause of virtue because he hesitates
TO vote against the evidence of his own senses
that a pie is drink
So he hastens to get in his vote on the
side of the typewriters.
What is needed is some league to make the
typewriter safe for democracy
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II the city win Oye much to the new
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of shame for what he was about to do
he was conscience-stricken only in
respect to what he had done already,
long ago; and his nervousness was due
merely to his fear that he might fail
in his purpose.
After all, what was there to dis
courage him? He had worked out a
system Of campaign as clear. as defin-
lite, and as inexorable as any field
marshal could ever hope to devise
and perfect. He was simply bringing
home one vital principle of trench
fightlng-to rely on indirect fire. That
was ito fight! To fight for reputa-
tion lost. and to defend his new advnn-
tage gained. The end would amply
justify the means; or If the end nv
any chance proved to he disastrous,
why. there was another principle he
must remember-no quarter given or
asked for.
an teach EN-" he said unsmilingly
to the blurred landscape. "I'll show
'em whether l can make good or not
Time! Time That's all 1 want
timev
At tht uCpOt, aiuOhS lHC
cars and taxlcabs, motor omnibus
bore on Its side the name of the new
est hotel. which was his immediate
objective; but for reasons which he
couldn't have explained. he avoided 1t.
and sgnaled to n taxi. AS the car
came to standstill at the motor en-
trance TO the hotel. he managed by
great exercise of will-power to main.
tain his mood of arrogant conquest,
and 1t was imperative for him to main.
tain 1t, inasmuch as his first ordeal
was SO soon to come. More than that,
he had an ancient grudge against this
hostelry for 1t had successfully de-
clined to continue his credit. refused
to honor his checks. and, toward the
last. had politely suggested, that he
refresh himself somewhere else. Ore
of his most calling memories was con.
nected with this very entrance; his
cheeks grew hot as he fought the
vision down.
"Now!" said Hilliard. on the outer
threshold.
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to be fraternai and heartening. And
well both make good until the cows
come home-and / think 1 hear 'em
coming. Don't forget-they can't stop
you. It's your second shot at life. and
you've got the cards stacked the way
you want EN-"
1.-THE only thing" Hilliard had said,
sis the the story"
Oh It, Hilliard. what's the mat
ter with you? Aren't you justiiied?"
'Y-e-e-s, but so much of it sounds
Unnecessary to me-every now and
then. / wish we could have thought
up something else. that's ALL"
''Well. did we?"
mo. but"
"Then don't be a rank gutter! IT
was your own idea: and l say it's
darned clever; stand up to it. You
will. won't you?"
"Oh. I'll do that, Mr.. Harmon. I've
got to-"
"Yes. you've got to. And just keep
smiling. son; that's all. That's what
l hired you for-start of smiling, and
the battles half won already. =.
That's it, Keep your nerve. son
. Good-by." And here he had
staggered Hilliard by another friendly
buffet between the shoulder blades,
and swung him cordially into the rum
way, and disappeared.
On the observation platform. Hill
lard had ensconced himself behind Il
newspaper and cigar, and tried to
hold his emotions and his imagination
in check. His purpose. now that it was
crystallized. brought him no aftermath
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A stranger lin his home
town.
(To BE coNTINUEDJ
LIgnum Vitae for PropeIIers.

While inspecting the head of goli
club or fitting a caster to the dining
room table. few landsmen realize they
are handling wood from the West In-
dian guaiacum. or llgnum vitae tree.
says Popular Mechanics magazine.
Fewer realize that this same wood has
been used to make propeller shaft
bearings for every battleship and ocean
liner on the high seas. This wood.
alone of the thousands upon the earth,
will survive the grinding rotation of
the great shafts. The reason Is found
on examining lignum vitae log. The
sap cells are seen to be full OF heavy.
solidified resin. Successive layers of
fiber nre arranged obliquely to each
other. making 1t impossible to split
the log.
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big. you understand-and making
those fellows look cheap? That's bet
ter than using a club on 'cm. isn't 1t?
Goals of fire, man. Goals of fire! Show
'em what you can do-and take your
satisfaction In that. Don't fight your
enemies-you don't have to, Make a
profit out OF 'em! And then .
oh we'll don't care what you do after
that-come out in the open and give
'em the ha-ha or not, just as you like.
Could anything be neater little come
back than thnt? More sort of Biblical
and thorough? Poetic justice? Could
it?"
Hilllard was still alert and rigid.
There's good selling argument ?
And something good to sell?"
"As straight as a shoestring and as
sure as you're II foot high. And II
you can't do business on this basis.
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CHAPTER III.

According to the railway schedule,
the journey from New York should
have taken about six hours; as a mat
ter of fact, 1t took seven, and yet to
Hilliard, who hadn't once left the OBJ
servatiOn platform, 1t was accom-
plished with the speed of a projectile.
The dramatic value of his purpose had
seized him, and partly on this account,
and partly because he was going home,
he was temporarily relieved of percep-
tive judgment. whether of time, space,
or attendant circumstances.
Now, whatever else you do, son."
Harmon had adjured him, stick to
the story! First, last, and always
you stick to the story, It's your own
business, in way; and In another
way, it's my business but you keep
your head clear and don't let anybody
shake you OH the facts, and we're both
all right. OF course, you're starting
out by lying-but it's good lie
You're justified. As far's the rest of
the worlds concerned. you're new
man. You're just born. Well, you've
got perfect right to be whatever you
wanr TO be. Nobody can Grove you
aren't what you say you are. Just
remember these three things One.
capitalize your experience, and fill 'em
full of war-talk-they'll love it; two
capitalize your position, and stick to
your story-they'll swallow 1t whole,
and never dream of the answer: :
three. capitalize your face, and smile.
man. smile" Here lie had planted
his hand between Hllliard's shoulder
blades with thump which was meant
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LASKA, the land OF mystery
Y and silence, the land of the
midnight sun and the North
aru IipbtS tho land nf ro-
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the rocks. Near by, too. Is Lynn
canal, the most beautiful ford In Alas
ka, and still another wonder of the
Northland Is mighty Taku Glacier, an
astounding mass of ice one mile long
and rising from the wafer from 200 to
300 feet. This great igacicr, from
whose summit huge bergs are con-
stantly falling with a roar to the wa
ter below, is in plain view Of the pass
ing steamer. Some of these bergs. es-
timated to weigh 80 tons, disappear
beneath the waves and reappear sew
eral times before they finally become
floating Islands of ice.
The trip by coast steamer ends at
Skagway. once the widest and wicked
est city in the world, but now model
OF propriety and known as the "Fiow-
er City of Alaska" Hard by is the
grave of 'Soapy Smith," whose gang
OF outlaws once terrOrized the town
before the strong hand of The law end
ed his career.
At Skagway the tourist goes over
the famous White Pass by rails
steel highway that is one of the great
engineering feats of the world. to
CarcrOss. AT times the train giides
along the side of wall that rises
hundreds of feet, while below are the
dark depths of an abyss. Majestic
mountains, waterfalls and flower-be-
strewn valleys please the eye as the
train climbs Tunnel mountain, and
then for 81 miles the railway follows
the shores of Lake Bennett. Twenty
miles north of Skngway is the inter
national boundary and here the Brit
iSh and United States flags fly side by
side.
Atin Lake and LieweIlyn Glacier.
Atlin Lake. which reflects like
huge mirror the snOw-capped peaks
that tower above 1t, is one of the
scenic wonders of the North. This
lake is 80 miles long and at Its south
ern end is Llewellyn glacier. called
big Ice" by the Indians. Out of IT.,
apparently. rise mountain peaks which
stand like huge sentinels on guard.
Continuing the trip by rail. Miles
Canyon and White Horse Rapids, two
historic gorges. are passed, and when
the Yukon is reached, the tourist takes
steamer again for 461-mlle trip on
one of the worlds greatest rivers to
Dawson, made famous in song and
story ky Robert w. Service, Rex
Beach. Jack London, and other writ
ers. Dawson is still great gOld-min-
Ing center. Further north is Circle
City, so miles south of the Arctic cir
Gle and Fort Yukon, where the sun
may he seen at midnight for nearly
two weeks during June. Seven hun
dred miles from Dawson the Tanana
FLYER empties into the Yukon, and on
the 275-mlle trip up the Tanana tn
Fairban good view is afforded. If
the weather be fair, of Mount McKin-
ley. the highest peak on this continent.
All in all, the trip to ''the great, big,
broad land way up yonder." as Serv-
ice calls it in the "Spell of the Yukon"
is one filed with rare Charm and in
terest.
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BY HOLw woRTHY HALL

| incognito-and don't make any mis-.
take about 1t. Is that quite clear?"
Harmon swallowed again.
They'd recognize your voice.
wouldn't they?"
II had to get used to this one my
self. Something went wrong with my
vocal cords. and the antrum on both
sides was hurt; II seemed to have an
effect like changing sounding-board."
"Sol And you used to be fatter in
the face, didn't you? How about your
general size. and so on?"
1--WE taken on twenty-five pounds /;
my face is a lot thinner. but there's n
reason. 1t hasn't grown on me: 1t
was manufactured. Incidentally, while
l think of 1t my strides shortened six
inches. That's another identification
gone. Bullet In my knee. / don't ex-
actly limp, but"
Harmon was beaming now. and
flushed with excitement.
Q a"That's great. OH that's wonder
full! Wonderful Nobody'll know you
from Adaml Thunder and lightning,
what chance-what a chance! Hold
on-how well do you know the big
men in Syracuse? Well enough to
know what their weak points are2
Well enough to know how to approach
EN-? Know Cullen? Know the Du-
rants? Know Embree and McEachern
and Cooke? Know"
AT one time" said HIlliard. with
sudden tragedy in his eyes, 'ali those
people you've just named were about
the closest friends had in the
world"
well, II you've got nerve enough to
try to pass yourself off as a stranger,
why"
aust a moment" The young mans
gesture, although calm. was never
theless commanding. Now listen
l lived In Syracuse twenty-six years
If l ever had any friends there I've
lost 'em now. l."
"Whose fault was it?"
"Nyhose fault? Don't make NE
laugh The point Is that my friends
and 1 aren't on speaking terms"
go ahead" said Harmon satisfo1.
DO they know you went to France"
'They don't know anything. 1 left
between two days, I've never written
anybody SO much as line to tell
where / was. or what 1 was doing. 1
went over on a tramp. A French lieu
tenant got me into the army. and
didn't give a d-n whether i got
killed or not-and then / got this"
His hand was on his cheek. where n
long scar crossed 1t. "And for over a
year I've been hoping that somehow,
some time. I could get back at a few
Gt those men principally Cul-
len and Durant and McEachern. Get
back hard-you understand! Perhaps
this suggestion OF yours will give me
the opening. Perhaps 1t will. That's
what I'm wondering. I'm thinking 1t
over. That's ALL"
Harmon controlled himself; his
voice, when 1t came. was low and
seductive.
WELL" he said. could you get back
any harder at people who haven't
treated yoH right than by going back
up there and making good? BY put
ting something over on eni-somethlng