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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
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THE CENSUS

THE limitations of acquired habit rest
upon Congress and the government as
well as upon individuals. Otherwise the
national census that began yesterday
might have been made far more useful
and enlightening than any national cen
sus ever was in the past.
The general count is intended to pro-
vide record of the population and data
relative to the value and distribution of
wealth and property. Its by-product will
be valuable information indicative of
vocational activities in all parts Of the
country.
These are uncertain times. Everybody
Is trying to tell us what america
wants." If few additional spaces had
been left on the census blanks we might
know within few months just what the
people actually think of the war and the
.seagye OF nations: of Mr.. Wilson and
Mr.. Lodge; of Shantung and the pro-
posed French alliance and other issues
of the first magnitude.
Such departure from precedent would
have required some imagination in the
Washington bureau and in Congress.
And that, of course, is why it was not
attempted
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BACK TO BARBARISM

CHERIFF PETERS, of Chicago, who
- defied public opinion and the gov
ernor of Illinois yesterday and perpe-
trated shocking outrage by executing
condemned man in the presence of 200
houting and derisive felons, ought to be
sSiclxed out of Office without delay.
Nothing so stupid and brutal as the
incident at the Chicago county Jail is
recorded in the recent history of Ameri-
can prisons. The sheriff was determined,
he declared, to give his prisoners an ex-
hibition of retributive justice in its
actual, dreadful elimination. What he
id was to invite the indecent mirth of
fiant and hardened criminals and send
ahudder of horror over the country.
ut was a demonstration in psychol
w said the Chicago jailer, after he
!. d disconnected the prison telephone to
wsfd of orders from the governor of the
state. "Prisoners are coddled too much
/ wanted to let them see
what happens to murderer"
Everybody knows that there has been
too much coddling of prisoners Warden
sgrKenty has been having proof of this
y the Eastern Penitentiary. After years
effort to help imprisoned men, he has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
ALLEN HAS THE RIGHT IDEA

GOVERNOR ALIENS plan for a
~ court of industrial relations in Kan
sas is conceived in the right spirit.
It's purpose is to settle industrial dis
putes. The governor proposes, not that
the court shall consist of representatives
of labor, capital and the public, but that
it shall consist of three qualified judges
with certain functions to perform in the
interests of the whole community.
This is the only way to secure proper
court. The public always has to pay the
bills. Two judges committed to the in
terest of labor and of capital would al
ways outvote the judge committed merely
TO the public interest, and the public
would be helpless.
The nearer the industrial court can
come to the civil and criminal courts in
its constitution the more perfectly will it
do its work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
BEAUTY

GO MANY people have made palaces for
~ thee;
Made thy house Of marble or summer sea
Made thy home in high cliffs that strange
birds kept,
Or in the laughter Of child who ncvct
wept.
Some men find thee only in that marrow
place
Under the grass, with those who looked and
loved Deaths face.
who think there only art thou found
Away,
That all else goes sleep wise, passing like
day.
But have more beautiful place to see,
That is mine only, there do I house thee,
That shall be as long as there are eyes TO
gaze
The face of my first love, all bright with
loves amaze.
Harold Lewis Cook, in the London West
minister Gazette.
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Keats at the Wistar Institute

TN REFERENCE to that little brown jug
out at the Wistar Institute, which con-
tains rum 141 years old, not to be uncorkcd
for another century or SO, it is the Quiz
editor who points out that Keats has had
word germane TO this topic. In the "Ode
on a Grecian Urn" we hear reference to an
other little brown jug:
Thou still Rnrarished bride Of qntetnc,s,
Thou foster child of Silence and slo,o Time
and then, if We remember correctly, the poet
goes Oh:
All, happy, happy booze! that can't epdp-
Orate, nor bid the Institute ddieu;
And happy the curator, on tohosc map
VIII foam the future potcnce OF that brc'o!
o happicst jug Wds erer demiokned,
For ever strong and still TO be enjoyed,
For cvcr bubbHng at the secret bung,
AL drinking human passion far beyond,
That Icavcs heart high sorroWtut and
cloycd,
A burning forehead and pdrohtng
tongue.
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flushed Songs

flushed Songs
LIE SANG, his tiny voice was lifted high
IL Above the deep diapason
OF city noises. Fraught all of joy
His little body trcmbled as he sang
LIS song was varied-sometimes light and
- gay
He trilled roundeay
OF lush green fields in far Cathay.
The tender smiles of little children
Trembled in his notes
The beauty of the nacreous dawn of day
How soft the purple mists rise o'er the bay,
Snow on the mountain peaks,
Frost flowers and lovely flowers of spring,
Love--and love-and yet more love, he sang
But no one listened.
THE wheels of many mills crashed on,
l. The works of war were never done
Struggles too fierce for soft souls to with
stand
Filled all the land,
And soon the lonely bird grew tired apd died.
A ND no one noticed save a poet who sadly
"A said
~ hoped at least a few would hear that
silvery voice
AuO stop tnelr JduBiluB lot q tllne
To look about and see the beauty of the lend
And cleanse their soul of dross."
TNHE world went madly crashing on
l. With greed of gold and lust of power
possessed;
And no one but the poet ever knew
The bird had ceased its song.
EDITH MANTON MARBLE.
The brilliant cleaning optic of our spirited
client, Stanley Cowman, lenses the following
in the Woodbury. Times:
GET MARRIED. A long felt want filed.
Handsome seven passenger Toursedan, liv-
cried chauffeur, for weddings and theatre
parties.
The extra girl, we assume, marries the
chauffeur.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

DR.. William Kennedy came mysteriously
into our Office, and with the air of one con-
ferring favor pressed the following ditty
into our limp hand. We don't know just
what it all means, but somehow it rather
tickes our fancy:
There is not in the pide toorld
A rooter so bright
As that chicken eyed ClauSen
Who makes roofing tight;
What ,cih Stag, felt, pitch, lin.
Asbestos aud copper.
He stands nonparcH
Asa quick tcater- stopper
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Synthetic Poem

Synthetic Poem
MY MIND is like a marble quarry
A'1 (Sec Vol. NJ, page SS4 of the New
International Encyclopedia
For picture)
From the bottom Of the great pit
Rise the heavy shelves and tiers
OF my fundamental ideas,
Carved, Clipped, leaning gloriously upward
To support the enormous weight
With great boom,
Stridng across the abyss,
painfully wind up the huge rugged mass
or an epigram. DOVE DULCET.
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interests; to Mayor who finds il
easy to boost his bonding company; to
a Mayor who is apparently incapable of
experiencing any moral qualms for such
acts.
We mean, in short, that Thomas B.
Smith is not a politician nor are the
Wares, nor were Durham, McNichol and
Martin.
The gangs which throttled Philadel-
phia understood something Of filling
their own pocketbooks; they were expert
in eXhausting the municipal treasury;
they were adopts in fortifyng an organi-
zation in which big and little main
CHANGERS profited according to their sta
tion. They were less immoral than un-
moral, for ethical distinctions and civic
responsibilities had for them scant mean
ing. Their ambitions were strictly mer-
cenary. To call them politicians is to
misuse 9 term which implies some
acquaintance with the art and science of
government and to blacken, as it has so
often been blackened here, the excellent
name Republican.
1t is the prime good fortune of Phila-
delphia that politician, experienced,
adroit, hard-hitting, is about to take the
helm. The relief which this knowledge
brings is coupled with the welcome reali-
zation that whole era of municipal de-
basement is terminated with the extinc-
ton of the Smith administration. A
large-scale revolution is afoot. 1t is
the swapping of the infamous entail of
the grabbers which makes next Monday
memorable.
The rightful heir has a task of high
responsibilities and formidable difficulties
to perform. But, whatever he makes Of
his inheritance, the present is replete
with hope. And it is surely epocha1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

The mother of the unfortunate child who
is Specializing in mathematics" at local
flappcrvcrwcr in order to learn
how to scrapc along on $4,000 year, goes
to the bottom of our private class for Learn
ing the Truth About Life. She says of her
daughter and prospective min law, "The
two children will never have to worry, and
that may mean lot toward their happi-
ness"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

Governor elect Edwards. of New Jer-
sey finds hope in the fact that some states
in ratifying the eighteenth amendment used
the words "alcoholic liquors" instead of
Intoxicating liquors" This seems to be
a hope of about .. rs content.
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THE CHAFFING DISH

dacious acts. Going over to the desk, he
sat down, and wrote OH the front fyleaf of
that book, in his almost microscopic but very
legble hand, Loaned to the Hon. Horace
Rublee by Eugene Field" Whether or not
the book eventually came into the possession
of Field l do not know.
Our guess would be that the book did not
eventually come into Fields possession.
Lovers of the great Gene always speak of him
as the most delightful of men; but it has
sometimes seemed to us, in reading in
Vulnerable anecdotes of his vivacity, that he
carried high spirits to the point where they
become outrageous impudence.
Marshal Foch says he won the war by
smoking his pipe and not getting excited.
We commend the same tactics TO Miss Lucy
Page Castor, of the anti cigarette league,
who has announced herself as candidate
for the presidency.
We venture TO think that the marshal
should have added, And by having plenty
of pipe cleaners handy"
We also are frantic believer in ataraxia
as the only Way of Life. The more we think
about it, the more violently excited we get.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

a belligerent mob Of snarling ingrates on
his hands. The Chicago experiment was
futile and horrible and fantastic. 1t
proved merely that jailer now and then
can be even little more callous than the
men in his charge.
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Literary Notes

J. st. George Joyce, the delightful Nestor
of Philadelphia newspaper men, blushingy
permits his seventy fourth birthday to be
celebrated today. Mr.. Joyce is at work on
a new book, "Ireland's Story" which 1--WE
understand tells how the peaceabIe folk
came to be so widely spread over this cheer
full globe. We hope that Mr.. Joyce explains
one thing. which has puzzled us often, viz,
how the premier of Japan comes to have the
name of Hara.
Jamie Shields, the bright eyed biblioshark
of the district attorneys Office, is vigorously
carrying on his compilation of the Eugene
Field photography that will tell many things
about Field no one ever knew before. Jim
has encountered the following new anecdote
of the greatest of American colyumists. Mr..
Francis r. Keene. American consul general
in Rome, writes thus:
Years ago, one evening IN my home city.
Milwaukee, there was a meeting OF the Shake
speare Club. Eugene Field, one OF the most
ardent bibophiles 7 ever knew was there
After the reading we were In the library. I
saw Gene Field prowling among the shelves
Suddenly he took out a little book opened it
eagerly read the title page, turned excitedly
10 Horace Rublee, our host, the editor OF the
Milwaukee Sentinel, on whose staff I then
was, and said please make codcil TO your
will and leave this TO mel" Mr.. Rublee
laughed and made some humorously evasye
reply Then Field did one OF the most au-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
Coming and Going

Director Hines says
Coming and Going investigation of the
overcrowded condition
of New Jersey trains will not be made until
travel again becomes normal. Which some-
how suggests the story of the man who
couldn't mend his roof when it was raining
and saw no use in mendng it when it wasn't
raining
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
What Do You KnotO?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. OF what state is General Leonard Wood
native?
2. What is an eisteddfod?
3. Who were the Furies?
4. What is pisclculture?
8. What is the correct pronunciation Of
the word dais?
q. In how many wars with the Boers did
Great Britain engage?
Z. What is "fox- fire. and why is it So
called?
s. Who were the Empirics?
.. What is "dies nom?
TO- Where was Alexander Hamilton born?
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
l. Irkutsk is the largest city in Siberia.
2. Henry Clay, the famous American
statesman, was especially known for
his skill in making compromises
humorous artist. His dates are 1917
1854
4. The Maine, blown up in Havana hsr-
Dor in 1898, was a second class battle
ship.
5. The decision of Justice Lord Mansfield
in 1772 freed slaves brought to the
soil of Great Britain. A law proyd
ing for the gradual abolition of slavery
in the British West Indies was passed
in 1888.
6. Eighteen kings Of France were named
Louis. Louis XVII, however, never
reigned. Louis Philippe is usually not
included in the Louis list, as be is
designated by the two names.
7. The word key, descriptive Of the type
of small islands off the Florida coast,
is a corruption of the Spanish wora
"cayo," which is allied in origin with
the roots of the word quay.
s.. Sorrel is an acid -leaved herb, allied with
dock. Some varieties are edible ana
are used, especially by the French IN
soups.
0. The peace conference formally conveneu
in Paris on January 1S, 1913.
10. The present Dowager Queen OF Grea.
Britain is Alexandra, who Is natlSs IS
Of Denmark and the daughter oi 'n'
late King Christian TX. *
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

When Mr.. Hall spoke of the loyal le
rion" in Council did he mean to infer that
as ten is to a legion so politics is to loyalty?
Or was he merely indulging in poetic license +?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

Among the things on which the lid
should be clamped are the ash and garbage
cans that garnish (if you knew what we
mean) the sidewalks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

1t may be that we have wasted so much
time hunting profiteers that we have neg
lected opportunities to increase production
and reduce cost.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

The oldest hen in America died recently
at the age of thirty two years. The first
egg she ever laid is about due to come out
of cold storage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
More Wood Alcohol

The health OF General Wood as next
President was literally drunk at cam
naign dinner In Chicago-News item.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

Wood will win in a walk" declares
Senator Moses. Moses may fancy himself
as a lawmaker. but the President has al
ready discounted him as a prophet.
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Desk Notices

BY nature man is the incarnation of
idleness, which quality alone, amid the
ruined remnants of Edenic characters, re-
mains in all its primitive intensity.-SIt
WILLIAM OSLER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

One thing may be said fr the wood
alcohol drinker: He takes no thought of the
rnorrow. And sometimes there isn't any.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

A hundred Camden saloonkeepers have
applied for licenses, putting up $500 apiece.
Another case of faith without works,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

The only skates that cut anSte thcs
days are those that come in pairs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

Much of the opposition to prohibition
lies in the fear that 'Bacca will follow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

The Chamber of Deputies is one spot til
Tiger intends to change.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

The wise politician doesn't care who
makes the slate so that he may use the pencil.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03

Sober Second Thought Is staging his
little congressional act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
uERE is an acrostic which Judge Will
- liam Fl. Stake, of Common Pleas No

Faithful
Loving and Loyal
Obedient
Watchful
Earnest and Energetic
Right minded and Righteous
Servant"
lie revives it for men who go into the
public service determined to do right. The
judge is thinking of the bououets that come
the way of those whom the public approves
DRINGING the dredge Corazal up the At
- lantic coast by Cape Hatteras, for work
in the Delaware river is said TO have been
more hazardous than sending the vessels from
the Pacific entrance TO the Panama canal
around Cape Horn all the way IN TO tbe
Atlantic entrance. Another argument for
the inside passageway along the Atlantic
coast. But if it was difficult to bring the
Corazal up, let us hope the voyage will be
easier for the U. S. S. ANNAPOLIS. which
Secretary Daniels has ordered from the west
coast at San Francisco through the Panama
canal to Philadelphia for the purposes of n
schoolship. The sea going tug Sonoma has
been designated by the commander in chief
of the Pacific fleet to tow the Annapolis as
far as the Canal Zone, where she will be
taken over by sea going tug from the At
lantic fleet, with the expectation that she
will arrive early in February.
TIME Armstrong Association Of Philade-
l. phia is interesting itself in the welfare
work among rolored people as contemplated
by the new Department OF Public Welfare
The Rev. DR.. c. Il. Grammer is president
of this organization and John r. EmIen is
it's secretary treasurer. The association is
inclined to approve the administration plans
for special work among the colored popula
tiop. but throws out the very p, oper sugges-
tion that the work should not be conducted
upon political lines. Director Tustin will
probably agree with this conclusion.
J. HAMPTON MOORE.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02

1t will pay you to read The
Chieftain Want Ads.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
FRENCH PRAISE FOR
OUR RED CROSS WORK

Lauding the work accomplished BY
American philanthropy for war
stricken France. Andre Tardieu, form
er high commissioner from that ma.
don to the United States, in recent
article widely commented on through.
out the French press, says:
"The American Red Cross has &C.
eomplished q work which calls for
the heartfelt gratitude Of every true
Erenchman. In 1918 this great relief
organization spent in behalf Of France
nearly 100000 francs. and in 1919
its expenditures on charitable projects
in our country attained the tremen.
dous total Of 17l.0OO,0O0. 1t has re-
Gently turned over to the French relief
organizations huge stocks Of sup
plies whose value must be counted IN
the hundreds Of thousands Of francs.
"Fifteen million American boys and
girls, banded together in the Junior
Red Cross Of America, are back Of a
movement to establish the closest ties
between themselves and Frances
younger generation through the char.
table works they have financed, and
are now carrying out among our little
war sufferers.
"The bonds Of friendship between
France and America is cemented With
mutual admiration, respect and grati.
tude." =
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
SAM D. NICHOLSON,

SAM D. NICHOLSON,
Faithful to Our State for Forty
Years."
Mr.. Nicholson, during his forty
years residence in Colorado, has
visited every county and Is famil-
lar with the needs of every COM
munity. For many years he has
been engaged in procuring more
water for Colorado land, and in
actual farming. He knows what
the farmer wants and as United
States Senator he would have the
force and ability to get 1t.
Cooperative bargaining on the
part of farmers has Mr.. Nicholson's
heartiest support.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

Having served in the capacity
of Deputy County Clerk and Re
cOrder for nearly three terms, l
herewith announce myself a can
didate for the office of County
Clerk.
Knowing that my experience
will be of benefit in conducting
the office in an efficient and bust
ness-like manner, 1 appeal to the
voters of PrOwers County for their
support at the Republican pri-
maries on Sept. 14th.
EDWARD G. HABERSTROH
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
Lion Attack. Trainer.

Sioux City, Iowa.-Fred Delmar.
owner Of n wild animal act, suffered
badly lacerated arm and other in.
juries when attacked by lion in a
cage at the fair grounds here. The
attack was made after Delmar had
jabbed at the lion with fork. While
the lion was chewing Delmar's arm
the trainer gave mighty lunge, throw
ing the animal off, and then ran from
the cage.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
suffraoi.t. May Take Appeal.

Burlington, Vt.-If the suffrage
amendment is not soon ratified by the
thirty-sixth state, Vermont suffragists
will appeal to the United States Su-
preme Court to declare Illegal Gov
ernor Clements veto of the presiden.
tial suffrage bill passed by the Yer.
mont Legislature last year. This was
announced in statement from suf-
frage state headquarters.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
FARMERS BACK
OF NICHOLSON.
Republican Senatorial Candidate
Always Active In Their Behalf
Is Believer in Cooperative
Bargaining.

The interests of Colorado farmers
and stockmen will be given full
and efficient protection if Sam D.
Nicholson goes to the United States
Senate. Mr.. Nicholson was the
first choice of the Republican State
Assembly largely because of the
support he received from agricul-
tural communities. The farmer
who votes NICHOLSON at the Re
publican primary September IA
will be voting for his own best
interests.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
After Rum Runners.

Windsor, Ontario.-Reports that nu'
merous small craft from the American
side of the Canadian river, believed ia
be engaged in rum running" are opsr>
ating at night without lights and with
out permission led to an order BY A.
7. Montreuil, collector Of customs,
placing a special patrol on tho Canae'
an side.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
PIANO FOR SALE AT SACRIFICE

For immediate disposal, tremen-
dous sacrifice in price will be made.
This is strictly high grade I.iano
now in storage in Holly. If inter
ested write at once to the Denver
Music Company, Denver, Colo. 5-12
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
C. OWENS

L hereby announce myself can
didate for County commissioned of
the First District, subject to the
will of the Democratic electorate at
the primary on September 14th
c. E. OWENS.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
J. d. FULLER

Candidate for the office of Sher-
il subject Ia the action o: the
Democratic Primary September Ia,
1920. Your vote will be appre-
ciated.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-09-02
Aid for Spanish Red Cross.

The Iberian chapter Of the American
Red Cross, composed Of Americans
resident in Spain, has Just contributed
$3.50 to fund being raised by the
Spanish Red Cross and the League Of
Red Cross Societies for the purpose OF
lighting malaria.