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Standing Of Clubs
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

American League.
st. Louis. s: Detroit 0.
Cleveland. 5; Chicago, 4.
Philadelphia, 4: Boston. (four-
teen innings, called on account of
darknesS).
Washington at New York. rain.
National League.
Chicago. IL: Pittsburgh. l.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati. wet
grounds.
Philadelphia at Boston. rain.
New York at Brooklyn, rain.
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lt'e hard To say which il mere -.
noying the man who is asaE,sss -tz.,--yz
thing or the one that Is fSr eve~z-
thing
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uorit thai yon deserve n. Children
81 pies ont worthwhile and not
u N aile People every shot
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National Leasse-

National leaoae-
st. Louis at Chicago
Philadelphia at Boston
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
Open date for New York an
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Y The shiisars1 eF The aaE-hsrraau<f
ann1r scSa- ms the best sign 4 the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1920-04-29
National League.
ToDAy's SCHEDULE

American League
Detroit at ST Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland
Washington at New York
Boston at Philadelphia-
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ers. of Chicago. world champion. her-
late in May.
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man who is in a cheerful mood
an so into a barber shop Hes
70 come out feeling ali cut up
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A U. OF P. CLUBHOUSE

DLANS are making to acquire a club =
4 house in New York for tie Cniver.
sity of PENNSYLVANIA alumni in that
city. The building in East Forty fifth
street, which is to be bought If the
plan goes through, is said to be admira =
bly, adapted for the purpose.
Columbia, Harvard and Yale have
clubhouses in New York which serve
the alumni of those institutions. both
resident and nonresident. pennsyl-
vania has alumni enough to maintain
such an institution. Harvard has an
alumni clubhouse in Boston, as we'll as
in New York.
Why should not Pennsylvania have
such clubhouse in Philadelphia There
are said to be $1,000 alumni living in
and near the city. A few of them are
members of the University Club. but
there are thousands. especially of the
younger alumni, who belong to no club.
The Harvard club in Boston was
organized primarily for the benefit OF
the younger men for whom there was no
room in the old clubs aid for those who
were not yet earning incomes big enough
to enable them to pay the large dues OF
such organizations.
Such a club here would foster loyalty
TO the University and keep alive that
spirit which began to inspire the young
men when they first entered as fresh :
men.
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THE SEESAW IN GERMANY

CENERAb days must pass before the
~ significance of the military uprising
in Berlin Is fully understood. It ap-
pears to have been engineered by the
royalists.
Restoration of the monarchy will be
an issue in Germany for the next gen
GRAFTON, regardless of the outcome of the
present movement. This Is true whether
an attempt is made by the Entente
Allies to prevent the Germans from
setting up an emperor or to keep the
Prussians from putting king on their
vacant throne. The people who will
really decide what kind of government
Germany is to have live in Germany and
not outside of It.
lf\thc men now in power in Berlin
plan to give the throne to n Hohen-
zollern the future will still be unCer-
tain, for the people who were demand
ing a greater share in their govern
ment before the war have had a taste
of power and will not submit to COM
plete restoration of the old conditions.
II there had been no war the establish =
ment of responsible parliamentary gov
ernment would have come within few
years. and the chancellor would have
held office at the pleasure of the Reichs-
tag instead of at the pleasure of the
kaiser.
Anything can happen in Germany and
any form of government can last n lit
tie while. 1t will take years to insure
stability. just as it did in France.
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coNSTANTINoPLE "DRY"?

THE last place in the world where
L the average American would expect
to hear of n campaign for prohibition
is Constantinople. He has been told
that the Turk is forbidden by the Koran
to use alcohol and he has believed that
the Turk obeyed the injunction. Op-
ponents of prohibition have cited the
poverty and squalor Of Turkey as proof
that squalor and poverty were not due
to the consumption Of alcoholic drinks.
But word now comes from Constan
tinople that the Turkish Green Crescent
Society is about to invite "Pussyfoot'
Johnson, or some other American pro-
hibtionist, to go to that city to direct
a dry campaign.
Travellers, however. know that Con-
stantinople is not "dry." War corre-
spondents have reported their expert
enccs at dinners in the city, attended by
Mussulmans and Christians, at which
liquor was served. The Christians
drank their cocktails out of the glass.
but the Mussulmans drank theirs
through straws, so that they might not
disobey the Koran, which forbids them
to allow alcohol ''to touch their lips.
Constantinople is not wholly Mussul-
man. One half of its million populatiou
is of other faiths and under no re-
ligious injunction to abstain from al
cohol, so it is not unreasonable to as
sumo that the city is n good field for
prohibition workers.
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A BAD EXAMPLE

MO ONE denies the justice of the de-
= mand of the high school teachers for
an increase in their pay. Many of the
men teachers. with a family dependent
on them. find it necessary to engage in
some kind of outside work in order to
exc out their incomes. As n result the
strength and freshness which should be
conserved for their work in the class
room is impaired.
They are now talking of striking for
higher pay. The strike is a brutal
weapon. Efforts are making in indus
try to provide machinery for settling
disputes about pay without resort to
1t. Kansas has set up an Industrial
Relations Court. The Cummins- Esch
railroad law provides tribunals before
which the disputes may be taken and
adjusted without resort to a strike.
Is it beyond the ability of the high
school teachers to find a way to state
their case with such force that its MR.
its will commend themselves to the sal =
ary paying authorities without the
threat Of a walkout? Appeals in the
past have often been unfruitful and
some of the teachers are desperate. but
: It would be regrettable to see the teach
ers set an example to the pupils which
no one would wish the pupils to follow
{ when they begin to work for wages
There must be ingenuity enough in the
teaching force to devise better plan.
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Brown McCabe,
of 2217 st. James place. announce the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Mary Elizabeth McCabe. and Mr.. Allan
Earnshaw, Of Germantown Miss
McCabe is a sister of Mrs. Henry Du-
plessie Beylard. of Louisville. Ky, and
Mrs. William Simpson Sd. of Overbrcok.
Judge and Mrs. Mackenzie Moss, of
Bowling Green. Ky, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Mary
Mackenzie Moss. to Mr.. Eugene Carter
b. Simonin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Moore Simonin. Of Shirley. st. Martins.
Miss Moss has just returned to her home
in Kentucky after visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Walter Hemsley Avery in st Mar
tins, and Mrs. George II. Earle I'd.
Miss Moss is a sister of Mrs. Arthur
w. Howe, who was Miss Willie Moss.
Mr.. Albert Kelsey will entertain the
members of the Mumismatic and Anti
quarian Society at the Art Club this
evening.
Miss Eleanor w. Wister and Miss
Deborah Wister will be the guests of
honor at luncheon and mask and wig
party. to be given by their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander Wister. Jr.. 420
School lane, Germantown, on Saturday,
April y.
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Brinton will
give a mask and wig party in honor of
their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Brin-
ton. to be followed by supper at the
Ritz Carlton, on Saturday, April 10.
The guests will occupy four boxes.
Mrs. Thomas Mexican. of Rosemont,
is spending month at White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va.
The wedding of Miss Dorothy Hollo-
way, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wallace Holloway, of the Wellington,
and Mr.. Macaulay Wallace, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Wallace, of Over
brook, will take place April 9.
Mr.. w. N: Seymour Coffin. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Winthrop Coffin.
of st. Davids. who Is attending Choate
School, Conn, spent the week end ut
his home.
Mrs. w. Il. Cochran. of st. Davids.
will give luncheon on Tuesday, at
her home.
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them for centuries. In Germany It will
doubtless be alleged that the general
staff committed an irreparable blunder
when 1t ordered Won Kluck toward
Paris instead of toward the channel
ports. Had the latter course been
taken the shortening Of the conflict
might have produced different victor.
In France investigators can prove"
today that it was Grouchy's tardiness,
or the sunken road, or the enforced
absence. of ,Murat which was respon-
sible for Napoleon's overthrow at
Waterloo. Gettysburg, it has been said,
insured the success Of the Union. Out
in Missouri it can be demonstrated that
the gallant Lyons laid the foundations
of Federal victory.
Hindsight is a fascinating game.
Any number can play and the rules
are made by each individual participant.
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HOW DOES 1T
STRIKE YOU?
Supreme Courts Decision Declar-
ing Stock DiUidends Exempt
From Taxation Is Virtually a
Tax on businesses That
Do Not Expand

A GRE&T many words are being
n wasted over the Supreme Courts
decision denying the governments power
to tax stock dividends.
One party calls the court reaction
ary."
The court may be, but the decision
does not prove it.
No one can conceive for a moment
that the justices reached the conclusion
they did from any desire to protect
property.
They are much too wise for that.
No court would put the label Of tax
lodging on property in order to protect
It.
And in n critical time like this, when
it is difficult to make revenues meet ex-
penditures. no court would curtail the
power of the government to tax unless
1t felt forced to do SO.
Had the war gone on and such a
decision been made its consequences
would have been grave.
Should another war come the con-
sequences of this decision may be grave.
The court was aware of all this.
And the division of the court in
dicates its reluctance.
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NAMES BIRTHDAY

MAINE, as a member of the federal
lVl union of states, is one hundred years
old today. Sister commonwealth ad-
mire and respect this sturdy, pine clad,
rock bound land. Maine gave us James
G.. Blaine, Thomas B. Reed, first steps
in prohibition and some of the most
formidable Indian names in the geog-
raphy.
The conditions of Maine's entrance
were, however, pregnant with influence
on our history. In 1920 Maine and
Missouri knocked simultaneously at the
doors of the United States The result
was Clays Missouri compromise divid-
ing the unorganized territory of the
Union into free and slave soil by the
line $3.50. Bartering thus with injus.
tice bred tragic results.
The trade is worth recalling. even
while We, ever freedom loving, felicitate
Maine today. "Expndienry," says
Meredith, ''is mans wisdom. Doing
right Is Gods"
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USE OF GOOD ENGLISH

nOCTOR VAN DYKES recent la =
- mPnts over the decay of good Eng
lish are doubtless justified. Our
language, despite the fact that declpn.
sions and conjugations are reduced t.
a minimum, is tricky and slang is an
insidious invader.
The antidote. according to the essayist
and OK diplomatist, is good reading,
This, too, seems obvious, until the spe-
cifc medicine is sought. Doctor Van
Dyke suggests Dickens, but the creator
of PickwiCk had a persistent weakness
for writing "don't" for doesn't. Con
rad :" perhaps the mOdrrnist NAV cry.
But the gifted Anglo Pole has not vet
earned to distinguish like" from "as. ."
Shakespeare in loftiest vein ends his
famous passage about the stuff of
dreams with a proposition. Hardy splits
his infnitives
Are we to fall back confidently only
on Lindley Murray. or is Doctor Van
Dyke himself to save us?
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A s FOR benefting property the de-
a cision does nothing Of the kind.
One may pass by the discomfort which
such a decision may cause.
That probably is not important. for
II the people want to tax in the end they
always find a way to tax.
But the immediate consequences of
the decision are not beneficial to prop
erty or business.
It's chief effect Is almost sure to be
to fasten the excess profits tax. at least
for time, firmly upon the country.
Both parties in Congress were
virtually agreed after the election to
abolish the excess profits tax and shift
the burden to incomes.
But now 1t has been shown how a
very important part of incomes may
escape taxation. and il will accordingly
be difficult to abolish the excess profits
tax.
And the excess profits tax is bad for
property and bad for the country.
1t puts premium upon extravaganza,
unbusincss.i Ike methods and i'll -consid-
cred expansion.
In times when capital is scarce the
world over it is driving capital into
future commitments which are only
entered because thus profits avoid tax
alton and expansion may be had, in
effect. at forty or fifty cents on the
dollar.
1t promotes an industrial imitation
of the kind that precedes a panic. by
for! forcing liquid a1 capital, to avoid taxa
Yet now. as n result of the Supreme
Courts decision, If it is proposed to
abolish the excess profits tax people will
eXclaim. "And let the big profiteers
escape by declaring stock dividends"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-15
LAST THORN FOR SUFFRAGE

CURIOUSLY enough there are several
~ million Republicans eager for speedy
senatorial confirmation of Bainbridgc
Colby as secretary of state. Frank L.
Polk's ad interim term as acting head
Of the department expires today.
Proclamation of constitutional amend
ments is one of the duties of the secre =
tary Of state. II Delaware and Wash
ington soon ratify the suffrage amend
mont and senatorial approval of Mr..
Colby lags. an awkward situation will
be produced.
The issuance Of passports, requiring
either the signature Of the secretary of
state or the acting secretary, will also
be held up.
But this forcshadowed difficulty is
secondary compared with the possibility
Of an eleventh hour and fifty ninth
minute obstruction in the way of fem
mime franchise. Certainly the poltica
freedom of American women ought not
to be hindcred by the familiar displays
Of professional political technique which
are usual sequels of presidential ap-
nOintmcntS.
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FRUITS OF NAVAL INQUIRY

TT is quite possible that beneficial re .
i sults may flow from the Senate's in .
yestigation of the naval conduct of the
war. Admiral Sims has frankly pointed
out certain specific errors which should
serve as warnings in future emergencies.
As an exercise in hindsight the
inquiry Is, however, somewhat less
profitable. "It is hard to say" con
fessed Mr.. Hoover on the witness stand
sswhst would have heightened OF
shortened the war. Such elements as
internal conditions in Germany, the
morale Of the opposing forces and the
cuecess OF the Bolshevist propaganda in
; Germany had much to do with It."
The former food administrator merely
emphasizes one set of reasons. A
multiplicity can be advanced by other
nxpsrts. There is indeed an inexhaust'
ible variety. Of causes for Germany q
dsfest. iprians win sift and assOrt
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SPRING AND SPECTATORS,
HOUSING AND Mr.. TUSTlN
A Humping Job Is All Ready 70
the New Department Of Pub.
lie Welfare

DIRECTOR TUSTIN'S DcpaI tment
10 Public Welfare had n blithe
beginning. 1t was launched with
luminous speeches. For a glad day or
two imaginative persons saw Mr.. Tus-
tin as n dispenser of happiness and the
anointed advance agent of the civic
millennium.
1t is plain now that a hefty job is
looming on the skyline for any one who
assumes to be the official friend and
guardian of the neglected public; that
it is growing bigger every minute and
that Mr.. Tustin will have to roll up
his sleeves and take a fling at it with
such reserves and re endorsements as he
can muster.
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licity to the agencies responsible for a
condition that is not only disgusting but
dangerous.

dangerous.
What is apparent on the surface
proves that this procedure might easily
have instant and wholesome results.
There is no law to stop speculation. But
there are laws under which the persons
and agencies engaged in every important
real estate transaction are named in
public records.
The, circumstances attending many
sudden and extensive transfers and
deals in parcels of dwellings would
speak for themselves IL they were clear
ly illuminated by somebody in author
ity. An intensive study Of the methods
by which such speculations are being
financed might lead swiftly to reforms
from within the system itself. since it
is apparent that the fate of investments
made by innocent persons may depend
ultimately on the ability of large scale
spectators to put through get rich
quick schemes in n hurry and without
accidents.
y housing conference called at once
for businesslike purpose would be the
most popular move made by any mu-
nicipal administration in a generation.
The time for relief efforts is now, before
the crisis arrives,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-15

TNHE Colonial Danes, Philadelphia
L Chapter No 2, had another meeting
last week in their rooms at 400 Locust
street and this time they had visitors
representing several cities with which
their chapter is affiliated. New York,
Baltimore and Washington sent dele
gates, and the talk was on the effort
that is now being made to return to the
customs of established courtesy and a
higher standard of dress and dancing.
Some persons who have not clearly
understood the aim of the Colonial
Danes have been poking fun at the
matter and several have even suggested
that they wish us to return to the min
uet. That is, Of course. all twaddle.
Simply because they are Colonial Danes
does not mean that they wish to re-
turn to Colonial doings.
MO. WHAT the Colonial Danes have
~ asked others to cooperate with
| them in is a restoration to good man
ners. and proper way of dressing ana
dancing, plenty Of entertainment ana
wholesome fun, but no vulgar display
nor undue extravaganza. ,
The meeting of parents today at Mrs;
Charlton Yarnalrs home is arranged
TO carry just such an idea through tor
the entertainment of the younger SET
The Colonial Danes do not seek IN
any way to deprive us OF our pleasureS
sensible movement organized by the
leading women of the city. and l., for
Ine, think it is one of the finest things
tbe society has ever done. I'm sure
when their purpose is fully understood
thev will he upheld more than ever.
Those who do not go out much these
days do not realize the necessity Tor
| rrotests about things. If they had gone
| tut much this year they would nave
been utterly amazed, so greatly nave
times changed. Ao
The Colonial Danes have chosen the
right time to make their efforts known
md NAV their fine example be followed
by many others!
TTAVE you heard about the dance
| II which has been gotten up for the
| uarrison Day Nursery's benefit and
which will be held on March % at 5 80
o'clock. at the Philadelphia Cricket CLUB,
81 Martins? The patroncsses OF the
nartv include Mrs. James Fahnestock,
Mrs Reniamin w. Frazier Mrs. Irwin
iE;nc Mrs. Howard Lewis, Mrs. Fran
c;s Noble, Mrs. Harry c. Potter, Mrs.
Henry L. Reid and Mrs. John Strubing.
A committee made up OF seven OF this
season's buds has the affair in charge,
and Emile Noble is chairman thereof.
The other girls who are assisting her are
Julianna Baker. Mary Fannest3cK, x.
Katherine King, Mangl N hciu. r'''""oe'n
Strubing and Eloisc Warriner'
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A FouR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration to concen-
frate its attention;
The Delapare rivcr bridge.
drydock big enough to dccommo-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
TEN.
A conrention hall
A budding for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the wdter supply.
Homes to accommodate the populd-
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Answers to SATURDAYS Quiz

1. Five republics carved out of the ter
ritory of the former empire of Rus.
sia are Lithuanla, Esthonia, Letvia.
Finland and Poland. The last.
named, however, includes also por.
tions OF former Austrian and Prus-
sian territory.
2. The plurals of the word stigma
are "stigmas" and "stigmata-"
3. The great blizzard Of March, 1888,
occurred on March II.
4. Emir Feisal is king of the Hedjaz,
a portion Of Arabia, including the
holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
5. A stickleback Is small fish with
sharp spines on its back.
6. The new government railroad in
Alaska taps the rich Matanuska coal
fields.
7. General Gallieni was the military
governor of Paris during the first
battle of the Marne.
S. Montana, Nevada, Colorado and
Maine are the American states pro-
ducing the most gems.
3. bartholomew Diaz or Bartholomew
Dias was a Portuguese navigator
who was the first to double the Cape
OF Good Hope at the extremity OF
Africa. He sailed from Lisbon on
his famous voyage in 1886.
70. Maroon Is brownish crimson.
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What Do You KnotU?
QUIZ

1. What is the oldest European settle.
ment on the continent Of America
2. Who were the Twelve Caesars"2
3. What kind of an animal is a pango.
lin?
4. How old Is Gabrielle d'Annunzio?
8. Who was the Roman NEUROLOGICAL
protectress of agriculture and of al
the fruits OF the earth?
6. Who surrendered Fort Donelson tc
General Grant in 1862?
Z. Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell as
lord protector of England?
s. What animal. besides the elephant
is valuable for its ivory?
8. What is n pirouette?
10. Which IS" in the word visa Wis
should be pronounced?
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3 JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Hears of Another Meeting Of Colonial Danes
Dance Philadelphia Cricket Club

friends. for instance. Marion" And
such like sentences were employed
Finally Peggy said. "I see. it's like
this: MY house has lots. of things in it /;
for instance, my house!"
NANCY wYNNE.
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Students of the mandamus system
are undecided whether to pronounce the
word with the accent on the dam" or
the "mus,"
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A cynic would probably see in
Frances unwillingness to take official
cognizance of Mr.. Wilson's letter 10
Senator Hitchcock a desire to diferen :
tiate between the President and the
nOlitiCian
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The Geneva correspondent of the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER so frequently
and so accurately calls the turn on Ger
man affairs that we are justified In de :
claring that our own particular Watch
on the Rhine has n Swiss movement