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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
JERSEYS FIFTEEN PER CENT

HOPE springs eternal in New Jersey.
- There is ground for the belief that
the bill which Governor-elect Edwards
ordered prepared to legalize beverages
with Is per cent alcoholic content will
be supported by majority in the Legis-
lature to which the Democrats will pre-
sent it in fulfllment of Mr.. Edwards's
prediction promises.
But the Legislature alone cannot bring
back old times in New Jersey or any
where else. Until it is known just how
the Supreme Court will interpret the
word Concurrent" in the prohibition
amendment New Jersey and Rhode
Island and other states dissatisfied with
bone-dry existence can only wait in
patience and obey the law.
Il In every other amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States the enforc-
ing authority is vested in Congress alone.
The prohibition amendment provides that
Congress and the states shall have "con-
current authority" to enforce it. Dry ad-
vocates hoped, apparently, doubly to in
sure, prohibition by bringing state and
federal laws together upon the heads of
violators. In New Jersey and elsewhere
it is contended that the term gives a
state the right to make its own defini-
tions of intoxicants and to make and
enforce its own dry laws.
The time is coming when, for short,
exciting period, Concurrent" will be the
most passionately debated word in the
language
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
THE LOOK

AS l were climbin' Jacobs Tor,
"A A soldier lad came oridin' doun;
He stopped and passed the time O. day
An asked how far to Plymouth toun.
l told him, that were all he took
The path that goes toward the sea.
I turned to watch him out O. sight
An he were lookin back at me.
lie waited. Like stone / stood,
Shamed to be caught, yet somehow bound
10 give HIM look for look his ps ..
Moved as to speak, but made no sound.
1t seemed lifetime we did look:
AS drounin' folk may do, they say.
L thought of every little thing
I'd ever done. He rode away.
Iremblin' and smilin' did sit,
And watched the larks an hour or more
Fly up against the golden light
VII songs I'd never heard avore.
JAMS heavy bTeathin' by my side
All else be quiet and still. l fret
And long for day. How can i sleep
When tears do make my pillow wet?
Gertrude Pitt, in the Bookman. London.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

reflective of the public will since his elec-
tion is by the Chamber of Deputies and
the Senate sitting in the National Assem-
bly,. The session will be held in Yer
sailles on January II.
1t is said that Clemenceau's elevation"
to the presidency is foregone conclu-
sion. Whether he will enjoy the alleged
honor is less certain. "The Tiger" the
incarnation of activity, seems markedly
untitled for the grandiose and hollow role.
But perhaps he will take to novel and
play writing, as he did once before during
a period of abstinence from politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. The Goal Sack" is part of The
southern heavens in which no stars
are visible This vast black gulf,
according to the judgment of the human
eye, lies near the Southern Gross.
magellan Cloud is another name
for it.
.. Noah's Ark is said to have been 515.62
feet long.
3. Lord Dundreary is an amusing foppish
character in Tom Taylor's comedy
"Ciur American Cousin" II. A.
Sothern gave the part celebrity on the
stage.
4. The next presidential election will be
held on November ., 1920.
5. Samuel Butler. English satiric poet and
author of "Hudibras," lived in the
seventeenth century. The other
literary Samuel Butler was a philos,.
opher, satirist and novelist author ot
''Erewhon' and "The Way of All
Flesh" His dates are 1851 1908.
6. The dahlia a native of Mexico, IS
named after Dahl, Swedish botanist.
7. Hygeiu was the classical goddess OF
health.
8. The minor planets are the ASTEROIDS
which revolve around the sun between
the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
o. The two largest cities in Australia ars
Melbourne and Sydney.
10. The Scotch sword ''syne" means SINCE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Member of the Associated Press
THE RIGHT VIEW OF TRANSIT

THE temporary retention of William S.
= Twining as director of transit is re-
assuring evidence of ]. Hampton Moore's
intention to avoid haste in the handling
of formidable and complicated problems.
During the additional month of his ten
ure of Office, Mr.. Twining should be of
authoritative assistance to the new
Mayor.
Spectacular moves in the transit stu
ation are decidedly out of place. The
public is weary of sensationalism in this
subject. Progress based on expert ad-
vice and sound principles of economy is
what should be sought.
In taking his time Mr.. Moore displays
a due appreciation of the magnitude Of
his task. That is the point of view
which promises genuine accomplishment
and minimum of vexatious revisions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
MILLIONS FOR NEW BUILDINGS

TN THE remarkable report of the
Bureau of Building Inspection there is
definite promise of some. attractive
changes in the physical aspect of Phla-
delphia
All records were broken in this de-
partment in 1919, when permits were
granted for structures to cost total Of
more than $65000,000. This is sum
four times greater than that involved in
the building plans listed for 1918, when
the war was on. Not all the signs of
this extraordinary revival are yet visible
The current year should mark the
fruition of conceptions of prime impor-
tance to both the business and artistic
development of the town. The permits
provide for the erection of several hand
some Office buildings in central Philadel-
phia; for the Hospital for Contagious
Diseases at Second and Luzerne streets;
for the huge new drill hall, now partly
finished, at Thirty-second and Lancaster
avenue; for buildings at League Island; !;
for thousands of dwellings to relieve the
present shortage and for the art gallery
in Fairmount Park.
This last-named structure, in addition
to its other functions, should have high
decorative value. On the crest of the
old reservoir hill at Twenty-fifth and
Spring Garden streets, the art museum
will strikingly enrich the pictorial assets
of the Parkway. 1t is likely that the i'm
provements to the hill, giving it some
thing of the aspect of an acropolis, will
be completed before the year is over and
there is chance that by next autumn
work on the art gallery may be started
The city will assuredly present some
new scenes Of beauty by the time another
New Years Dav rolls around
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
What Do You Kno1v?
QUIZ

]. What is the largest city in Siberia?
=. What statesman in American history
was especially known for his skill in
making compromises?
3. Who was John Leech?
4, What type of ship was the Maine,
which was blown up in Havana harbor
in February, 1898?
8. When did Great Britain abolish slavery?
6. How many kings of France were named
Louis?
7. Why are the islands off the Florida
coast called keys?
s. What is sorrel?
0. When did the peace conference in Paris
formally convene?
10. OF what country is the present Dowager
Queen of Great Britain native?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Recall

A LONG the upland roadway dance the
"A swarms of Bouncing Bet
A few impassive clouds are faint and high
The powders round these cedars are not
hampered by mems feet
And no one scars the moss on them but |.
Come back to Market street, stalker of
ShddoDS!
Back to the dust rhere men s hearts 60 by,
Back uhere the steam clouds are plumes
Back ,ohere mems feet drdp your gaze
from the sky.
THIS road is more watercourse than
l. pathway:
Brunela's blue pagoda lifts in vain;
The leaves stink down into the earth that
made them,
And all the worlds a temple rooted with rain.
Come back to Catharine street, hatcher
for toonders!
Back to sec Martie pdde out through the
storm,
Back tohcre Joe's chalk marks are toet on
the pdvcments,
And Rachaers bro,cn feet are both hdppy
and Dlrm.
AN OAK TREE has fallen and choked up
IN the road,
But nobody comes or cares;
And nine old bean poles lie cluttered with
moss
That nobody stoops and bears
AS up through the sundrops and tulip trees
He chambers dawn's golden stairs.
Come back to Pine street, TO Vine street,
to LON bard!
Back to your pGpeHents the coot totnds
call;
For vou mast be snug in the City of
Houses
READING mems he0rts-tohen the red
ledpes fall!
ROY HELTON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
cACINC THE TIGER"

.CEORGES SCLEMENCEAU s announced
~ determination to retire would hardly
Be affected by his election to the presi-
,3ancy of the French republic.
That Office is the expression of the
fear Of dictatorship which troubled the
makers after the war of
5s7n-71. AS directing factor, the king
no rore negligible in England than
80 president is in France. Every act
.~s ta bo cou1tersigned by cabi-
l9ll lieT He Is not even immediately
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Charm

TO Joachim Du Belloy, Antoine Wutteau,
Charles Lamb Frederick Locker, Emily
Dickinson, Hans Christidn Andersen, eto.
WE ASK not whether she be fair,
w We simply lay our armor by;
Our hearts are won when not aware,
We know not how, we know not why
We breathe a soft delighted sigh,
Glad captive of her viewless arm,
We bide her slaves until we die,
Mysterious elusive charm!
LIS FATE is blest beyond compare
IL Whate'er his station low or high,
The lucky wight she makes her care:
If pen or brush he deigns to ply
Vainly his rivals seek to vie;
Before her spell in strange alarm
Time sees its power his power defy,
Mysterious, elusive Charm.
TINLESS she smile no thing that's rare
" When absent haunts the memory's eve
Unless she waves her wand the snare
Of loveliness will empty lie;
But il she wills there's naught will die
Arts thistle drift float free from harm,
Giver of immortality,
Mysterious, elusive Charm
L'EnvoI
WHERE doth she bide? AL, she is shy
w With love and gold the wooers swarm
But no man can her favor buy,
Mysterious, elusive Charm
SAMUEL MINTURN PECK.
Our New Year wish to our stout hearted
clients is that their pipes may always taste
like the first one after breakfast their books
read as though William McFee had written
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
The Celestial CoIyumist

TT WE have faltered more or less
L In our great task (see r. i. s.,
If often, in this Dish of Chaff
We brew no single honest laugh,
If offerings from blest contribs
Have moved us not if genial squibs,
Verse or prose or merry wheeze
Have failed our sullen heart to please
Lord, may some super client rise,
Whose song will shake the lucid skies,
Uniting r. L. Bellem's punch,
Roy Helton's socologic hunch,
The satire of Will Lou to flay EN-,
The simple art of Bessie Graham,
The merry little lyric bells
OF our admired Miss Winifred Welles,
Alec Stevenson fame touched sonnet,
Old Dove Dulcet's bee -buzzed bonnet,
Dick Desmond's hint of purple sin
And to this dull Dish run them in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The white liners evidently believe that
if you want paint with which to paint the
town red you should 60 to paint store.
Investigation shows that that's where most
of the wood alcohol masquerading as whisky
came from in this section.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
There is a little brown

There is a little brown
Here's Rum Go! jug in Wistar Institute
containing rum 141
years old which will not be uncOrked until
1892. The Bibulous One says this looks like
sad waste of good liquor, for after seventy
two years of prohibition people won't know
what to do with the stuff.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

x,1,o.. r;,,o ,,orros In days gone by a beer
Into Eternity p".! "aS spoNen Vi as
party as & hot time and a champagne party
as a royal time. We are wondering how to
characterize a wood alcohol jamboree. The
name ought to have something to do with the
coroner's office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Hysteria

monwealth'S Attorneys Association in
Louisville that the death penalty be visited
on any anarchist or radical spreading inioui
tous propaganda in Kentucky. That's a
species of wildness one does not expect at a
meeting of lawyers. Red doctrine is bad but
a law such as suggested would open the door
to larger evils.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

When Bob coins an epigram, it travels
with dazzling speed among the admiring
clans. The latest one has already had a
twenty four hour start, but we pass it along
to our own clients regardless.
They are making the loving cup with eight
handles nowadays, says Bob, for the con =
venience of the pallbearers.
SOCRATES,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

Coolidge has an
His Turn Is Still On nounced that he is
not candidate for the
vice presidency. This is not surprising. A
time comes in the life of every man when he
must step from the spotlight into the dark.
but it is too much to expect that he should
make the step right in the middle of his act.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The fact that the fact that Philadel-
phia has peoples administration should
be worthy of note is worthy of note 1t is a
sad commentary on local political history.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The new captain of the good ship Phila-
delphia, having selected his crew with care.
is now about ready to set sail. Everybody
wishes him fair and prosperous voyage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

We regret we were not Bile to provide
visitors in town yesterday with finer brand
of weather. But We showed them a large
variety Of samples.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

1t looked for time as though st.
Swithin would lead the mummers' parade,
sharing honors with Jupiter Puvius.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

rt,.o Tn, When we become un-
An ~ Not Ios. duly alarmed at the
- spread of radical ideas
it is well to remember that when war
descended upon us the population of the
United States almost to mrn rallied to the
flag; and there is little likelihood that they
will be any less loyal in peace times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

Well, ever so many resolutions have
lasted thirty six hours anyhow; and that's
something.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

Bob Maxwell, according to the Soothsayer,
remarks that the modern substitute for wine,
women and song is wood alcohol, weeping
widows and angelic voices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The New York Sun says the New yorL
crowds were strangely silent. Hadn't vet
realized what struck them '''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
W aShinpto

W ashlngton confer
Hopeful Signs pnces seem TO show a
willingness to give and
take and Give and Take are the forerunners
of Treaty Ratification.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

In one respect the morning after re
sembled the uight before for some OF the
reyelers. They we're slightly hipped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The mummers proved that they kueU
how to put color into a gray day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The old Council has retired perms
nently behind the green screen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Desk Notices

An inscrutablc face may prove a fortune.
SIR WILLIAM OSLER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

Well, anyhow, wood alcohol doesn' I
t.. two bites at a cherry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
AN UNUSUAL TRAVELLER
Frank M. Ritter Covered $4,000 Miles
Without Missing Train or Los
Ing Piece OF Baggage
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
E,RANK NJ. RITTER has just returned from

~ NtHohNOG ANOsN "NSEhhN
ENRANk NJ. RITTER has just returned from
a an unusual trip. He Travelled 10000
miles and never lost n piece of baggage or
missed train.
Frank Ritter was q militant independent
when some of the present day leaders were
in knee breeches. The cycle of politics
moves rapidly these days.
The events antecedent to his unusual jour =
ney go back to the war year.
Mr.. Ritter is one of the most prominent
laymen in the Lutheran Church in the
United States. Because of this he was Sc
lected as commissioner to go to France and
look over, in physical way, the welfare
work that was going on behind the lines for
the boys of his faith.
He established permanent headquarters
and welfare rest room in Paris. He did
other things of the like that were needed.
He likewise made discovery.
There were no less than fifteen Lutheran
congregations in Paris about which their
brethren over here knew practically nothing.
They joined hands with Mr.. Ritter. They
helped him in his work, extended the
right hand of fellowship and made him at
home.
When Commissioner Ritter returned home
he reported these facts to his people. The
churches was surprise to them. They
were the survivors of the great religious
movement that had swept into France after
the Reformation.
The American Lutherans invited their
French brethren to send delegation to this
country. They came, little band of FIVE
people.
Having met and known them over there,
Mr. Ritter was appointed their guide and
friend over here. How well he did his
work is told in the opening paragraph.
D EXPERIENCE to Frank NJ. Ritter as a
~ militant reformer stages the fact that
when n roster of Philadelphia militant in
dependents is compiled the name of Colonel
George f. Mapes heads the list
He is not a Philadelphian, either-only by
adoption. He has been a resident so long
though that he seems always TO have been
here.
After being born in New York state he
was raised on farm in Nenango county.
Then he got into commercial life. and later
into the newspaper business. His people
in Nenango sent him to the Legislature
for four terms, beginning in 1877.
Nenango county, let it be known, used
to be regular hotbed of Independent Re
publicans. 1t fairly blossomed with them.
General Willis J. Hulings, another of the
fiery sort. was in the Legislature with
Mapes. That was in 1881.
General Ilulings, who commanded in
Porto Rico during the Spanish American
War, went to the Senate later and then to
Congress. His propensity to kick against
crooked politics stays with him to this day
All those Ncnango reformers were tall,
wiry, sinewy fellows.
And they knew how to fight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
TOWARD HEINZ tells me

bratlon last week. 1t was the hftleth
Th 'a,s ., 'nr lounulns ot sne,. o"s,s. n:
"",n '"' i''e'' '''''"s paw vi "''
S'sr.ihen' ,r t"ouSn.
nau ea'iuns el WI nels to'i'' vi,
,o.' r"'" il''r -" ~" an" ,
aonn 1"."pe my s"'e all 'n'i' e'np'os''' "oou'
'',' !" ou"qu'
p"I 'na' WASH '"e interesting part ol
IL ''se u, ,i.n alc u'lne 'n"' SUM-
, ~ .h'' .n S, uaS VI 'o' i'"'
"eIV was the unusuai '''hs
"neh ,nes peSah 10 arrange ior the
p"nIue. ',, @'nes Eou.un ,I nlu cu.'rer VINO
"o0U men and women! Nothing doing.
h,,aot t'un aao;. VIC Fiu'p,lrna lt was
~ - ..a;. I,,, ~ -, -. M:
- .Lo +ohIo outft ,,oodod9
rrho, NJ IIoiny tool, tto i,h :. h;. ...,
'h.n, H. ,,. v'Y, ,i ~ ~ ~ iio "" 'o II
600 r;ooan oe aLino h. .,irn o'.r ~ 81,
,,ooospar,. - siIror,.'ra ooon a.1 t, az une
,,i,t;nr, nd hiroL hrmdnoJ, "su as .;o - iu'
Thn honnuot ,,.as hoIJ j., ~ oa ma'sela. @
ono ot thoir our hniIJ;nns Sic sa. rum ,; III
%it,. C%t u Hi ine'' Wv" s' nail us o's as
IA +boro ,,oro ma GOOD ,,.+.
i,to.foro or r,,,ss +b;no, 49,, o;.ts, "
'''e' 'e'' vi "'1'' 'A'Ns' up e''''ei
THERE were several faces sadly missed
L at the Newspaper Veterans dinner TO
Mayor elect Moore last Monday night.
James Rankin Young was one of them,
He has lived in Washington since his retire :
ment from government service. He was a
member of Congress for two sessions.
He is best remembered by his delightful
IS. NJ" letters in the old Evening Star
They were a feature of its pages for wears:
Jim Young knew every public man of
note in PENNSYLVANIA from a period follow :
ing the Civil War. And he knew how to
write about them. too.
TTARRY SHROFF BROWN was absent
II also. "Harrv', Of tbo nousnanou ,o-I,
of twenty. five Years a,o
In tho ,sst feU yoars bo do.ou.oJ ;o.,
isn, and ren+ in for n rnonaaor;oi u:.;'
uo hos ,yed in Nov, yori, 81 '"a .I p"s.,'on. su
oyor tu.o docodos "1 "0'o"u i'i
10 Ieft Pb;ladelnbio for tho ..-r-
in tbc late nincties There bo nan tho
ma,o,,t of od;tor;aI nosi+;ans n' ran 'he
80 Errono os foreiar ro, oo.na anu men "eh'
Tor,o, cnrdoD Ronnott's tIanai5 M io'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
THE CHAFFING DISH

them, and they won't be discouraged if they
can't answer all the Quizeditor's questions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

The Forty-niner
oh, MY HEART is turning backward to
" the scenes / used to know
When the redskins roamed the prairies
and my blood ran light as wine;
And my minds eye sees a vision of the bright
and long ago
When ! drifted to the Gold Coast in the
rush of Forty nine
THERE were deserts that we crossed
l. that seemed to be the gates of Hell;
There were skeletons along the way that
seemed to cry "Beware!'
There were vultures overhead that wheeled
and pounced on those who fell
But we trailed in dogged silence through
the fetid desert air.
THEN the mountains loomed before US,
= austere. warning us away
What train of graves we left to mark the
passage ere we crossed!
But at last we reached the end and stood at
San Francisco bay
Though by then the romance of the trip
was gone, forever lost y
~ the days of long ago,
When the prairie schooners rumbled and
men died without a sign;
And I'm dreaming of my vanished youth and
friends / used to know
When I drifted to the Gold Coast in the
rush of Forty nine.
ROBERT LESLIE BElLEM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

We had number of cheerful New Year
poems from our rock ribbed clients, full Of
oak bosomed determinations of virtue and
highly commendable resolve, but after a
good deal of shilly- shallying we decided not
to print any of them. We have grown too
canny to put any resolutions of our own into
print and it did not seem fair to us to com
nit our contributors to such public profes-
sions of sweet conduct.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

\ reco m m endation
was made at a recent
meeting of thp Com
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02

Our New Year wish to our stout hearted
clients is that their pipes may always taste
like the first one after breakfast their books
read as though William McFee had written