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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

There seems to be absolute incom-
patibility between those who wish the
governments Of the world to recognize
the Soviet government of Russia and
those who see in such recognition n
surrender to forces that will bring
about the disintegration of modern
civilization. But things are not always
what they seem. There is no earthly
reason why other governments should
not recognize the Soviet government so
long as it is frankly and authorita :
lively a Russian government with the
ability and the Willingness to assume
the responsibilities of a government,
A country has right to the kind of
rule it wants, however wild and foolish
and wicked it may appear to the rest
Of the world. But to give official rec :
ogntion to band of fanatics with
neither national hopes nor aspiration,
whose one aim and desire is to destroy
all the governments in the world, is
something entirely different. Let Lenine
and Trotzky make declaration. Tho
rest of the world may be depended
upon to keep them to their promises
Of fair dealing if such promises are
made. .r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The Michigan Health Department,
by means of its laboratory on wheels.
which makes the round of the resorts
in charge of an engineer. bactcriolo-
gist and an expert in garbarge disposal.
has cut deaths from vacation typhoid"
he half in seven years. And just when
it is getting safe to take vacation
the railroads begin to stop giving ex-
cursion rnteSi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Curiously enough. the crowds are
not gathering around the bulletin board:
to watch the progress of the army avia =
tors who are flying across the continent
on their journey to far Alaska And
yet. apart from the military and com
mercial possibilities of the trip, it is
one Of the biggest sporting events OF
this day and generation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Mr.. Christensen says the Forty
eight are "pink tea upliftcrs" Mr..
Pinchot saws their ranks were infl-
trated with "wcll meaning mush
heads" Mr.. Barlow say he never
saw so many nuts as r." saw at the
third party convention. And the coun
try heartily and chcerfully indorscs the
expert opinions of Mr.. Christensen
Mr.. Pinchot and Mr.. Barlow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The trouble with the Farmer Labor
party is that there is some "class" to
it. Its nominee, Party Parker Chris
tonsen, says bitterly and arcusingly of
his aforetime Confrcrrs, the Forty
eight. that they are coupon Clipping
intellectuals. 4" Well There is
nothing peculiarly malcficcnt about
coupon clipping" else every owner
of Liberty Bond is a malcfactor. And
since when have good Americans started
to look down on intellectually We
have faint notion that we could,
without half trying, say something much
more biting about the Forty eight than
anything yet achieved by Double p. C.
And one of the most biting would have
reference to the fact that the Forty
eight were responsible for bringing Mr..
Christensen and his tribe to the front,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
W hill
Some Doubt for Il
Expressed Wary

While our admiration
Some Doubt for the Presidents lit
Expressed Tary ability is high and
strong we take with
some interprCtatve reservations Gov
ernor COx'S enthusiasm concerning the
humorous anecdotes he told. In the
first place we are not familiar with the
governors taste in humorous anec-
dotcs"; and, in the second place, we
have a faint notion that Mr.. Wilson's
stories have something of the flavor and
smack Of Godcy's Lady's Book of sew
cral generations ago; the formula being
"a good story is told of Governor A.
1t appears that while visiting tho coun
try home Of Senator b. he remarked tC
his hostess; - To which
she wittly replied, '---.
Whereat everybody laughed heartily"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Bachelor Macauley might do worse
than accept the offer of the girl who
wishes to marry him. BY joining the
ranks Of young married men the Single
Tax strength might be augmented by
the Carpet Tacks vote.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Speaking Of cups, lot us not forget
that there is strong likelihood that n
Philadelphian will bring back to this
country the Davis tennis cup, which
has had an interesting journey around
the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

There is n certain amount Of ap-
propriatcness in the fact that the pres
Dental nominee of the Single Tax party
Is single man. lie is apparently
single minded in all things.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

NOW the stream widcns and deepens
~ as it flows through tho wilderness
bordering the lake, still winding and
doubling, however. and disclosing every
now and then blind channels choked up
with fallen trees and sand or ovcrgrown
with water weeds. As we pass into the
last stretch the sunlit lake CLEANS be-
fore us at the end of the vista of tall,
dark trees which line the banks and a
solitary heron flies across our way
with heavy onward flap Of powerful
wings. A few strokes more and we are
in the lake, the blue mountains afar
on the horizon, the waters dancing
about us in a light breeze; and the
little river has yielded us the secret OF
it's course from end to end.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Doctor Dercum says. in effect. that
the ouija board is responsible for the
increase in the nut crop. We have
been wondering what to blame for some
of the political platforms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The Philadelphia street car patron
is hanging on to the five cent street
car fare with the pertinacity that has
hitherto characterized his hanging on
to strap.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
Member of the Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is
eaclasirely, entitled TO the use tor
republication Of all ue,os dispatches
credited 10 il or not othcriCisc credited
IN his paper. aud also the local neios
pablished therein.
4 All rights Of republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The Young Lady Next Door But
One says that, judging from the number
Of legs lost, yacht racing must be
very dangerous sport.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Perhaps Erwin figures that Grover
has had too much Of the limclight and
wants to do spectacular brcakaway
Of his own.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

'SN'o"S'c ~ eey . SbI[
/. Chung -Hua Min-Kuo Is the Chinese
name of China.
2, New York casts more electoral votes
for President than any other state.
3. A creel Is a large wicker basket for
fish; an anglers fishing basket.
4. Braddock and his British troops were
defeated by tho French and In
dlans in western Pennsylvania in
1855.
8. "All we want Is to be let alone" is
a phrase used by jefferson navis
at the outbreak of the Civil War
and refers, of course, to the wish
of the southern states to be per-
mitted to withdraw peacefully from
the Union.
6. Kotowing is the Chinese custom of
touching the ground with the fore
head as a sign of worship or abso-
lutte submission.
7. The fireworks, catherine wheels, take
their name from the heraldic fig.
ure of a wheel with a tire armed
with hooks to represent the instru-
ment OF the martyrdom OF st. Cath
crime
3. The Giants Causeway u a group of
basaltic columns, situated on the
coast of Antrim, northern Ireland
0, Abram was the middle name OF
James A. Garfield
10. A codex Is a manuscript volume
especially of an ancient Bible OF
classical text.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
SHORT CUTS

Our idea of mush is sob stuff writ
ten about dogs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

In the matter Of the country's food
supply Nature has done her bit this
year. It is Man who has fallen down
on his job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The good yachts Harding and Co,
are still jockeying for a start.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

George Washington has nothing on
the japanese beetle. Word has just
been received that it has crossed the
Delaware.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
Whereat everybody laughed heartily.

The only thing that
They Probably some Of the drug
Forgot gists in this city
didn't do, il the re-
ports of the prohibition enforcement
Office are to be believed, was to put the
stuff In the soda fountains.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
Oh, Of Course!

Much of the talk
Oh, Of Course! you hear about po-
lice scandals and a
revival of strong arm methods in the
various districts may be true or untrue.
But, viewed from any angle, the gossip
of the hour at City Hall means only
one thing. 1t means that the departed
are trying to come back, and that they
are doing their utmost to convert, pur.
chase, frighten, trick or intimidate
every one who stands in their way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Now, If ever. is the
time when ReSolute
must live up to her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The Big Splash yesterday was not
at Sandy Hook, but at Hog Island.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The gratitude the world feels at
the silence of D'Annunzio is tempered
by the thought that he may be writing
an epic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

When Erwin has explained how he
managed to keep out of sight perhaps
Grover may be nailed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
DEFORE 1t is done with the woods

DEFORE 1t is done with the woods
- and the mountains our little river
stretches itself out into n pond, OF late
denominated "a lake" in the fine par
lance of the city bred. who are always
calling some good old thing by some
newfanglcd name. "The lake" is a
pretty sheet of water, less than a mile
long and cherishing in its middle n
picturesque little island. the very beau
ideal of place in which to play-were
one only boy again-the treasure
island Of the buccaneers Of the sea.
The Gownsman once met n man who
was accustomed to camp alone on this
little island in the middle of Bear
Camp pond. lie was n minister or n
college president or something of that
sort, so one can understand why he did
it. There is only one farm on Bear
Camp pond. and that is deserted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

Well, anyhow, Bryan and Sunday
would provide a campaign with some
Dpn,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
THE highest point of the Gowns

THE highest point Of the Gowns
L mans acquaintance with our little
river Is at place well below the water
shed of the Notch, where it has become
n respectable trout stream, rushing over
bouldcrs. swirling about fallen trees.
collecting in deep pools, gravel bqttomed
and clear as crystal, and hurrying with
hcadlong, incessant current. In one
place, further down, it has found way
along the foot of ledge Of rock so
shadowed by fir trees and hemlocks that
the water looks black and flows slowly
and deeply as in a pcnsive IL not n
tragic mood. But it is not for long,
for soon it comes out into an Inter:
vale-which Mr.. Frost prefers to call
an Intcrval-that is a flattish stretch
of mcadowland between hills and tor.
csts. Here the trees are sparse and
the stream winds serpcntincly. doubling
on itself among aldcrs and other under
brush. scooping out banks OF rich. dark
soil and depositing glittcring shoals of
sand by way of compensation on the
other side.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
THE GOWNSMAN
The Little River

TNHE biggest thing about the little
l. river is its name, the Bear Camp
river, and it rises in what Is known as
Sandwich Notch. The Gownsman has
not traced 1t to the particular spring
which is the furthest from its mouth
and therefore its true source. But he
doubts not that this beginning of river
is not unlike the spring on Whiteface,
which the benefcent genius who pre-
sides over tramping in the hills placed
near the summit of that delectable
mountain. Tired and breathing hard.
you do the last bit Of "rock work" and
emerge among scrubby pines, bent and
twisted by the winds, to find, moss
trimmed and dark, little pool as big as
dozen pals Of water, retaining in its
gurgling depths the coolness of winter.
Perhaps a white flower has budded to
decorate the margin or clean, 1.-the
frog plunges in to rise, floating slyly
to view you with its google eyes as you
become a partner of the moment in his
riches. The Gownsman does not doubt
that the particular source Of the Bear
Camp river is as delightful, and he will
leave the matter in perfect faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

The Elwell case appears to be n
kind of beauty show. A new woman
is trotted out every day or so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
What Do You Kno,u?
QUIZ


/. What is the Christian name of Vol.
stead, after whom the Volstead act
is named?
q In what decade of the nineteenth
century may railroad construction
be said to have begun?
g. Who Is the present owner of the
famous antique Greek work oi
sculpture, the Venus Of Milos?
4. Who is the present holder of the
world championship for tennis?
s. Who invented the sewing machine?
6. What Is the meaning of "Fitz" ir
such names as Fitzpatrick, Fitz.
james, Fitzsimmons?
Z. What Is a tringle?
s. What Is the meaning of the muslca
term allegro?
o. How old must an American either
be before he - may be elected q
United States senator?
10. How many Presidents of the United
States came from New York state
and who were they?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
Nep Chairman of Democratic COM
mittee Had to Get 100000 in
Order to Win His Wife
BIZ KELLAMY

Such man could easily so to th
Klondike and pick up 100000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

She VIII
name. VIII she 7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
DELOW the pond the river resumes

DELOW the pond the river resumes
- its course with gathered waters,
but is safely navigable as vet only to
fallen leaves. In one of the several
Sandwiches with which this country is
we'll provided there is great swim
ming hole. rock bound. sand bottomed.
much too deep for beginners and much
too cold for those less than vigorous.
The Gownsman has swum in it alone
and uhshackled. once beneath the stars.
There Is something solemn in the pri-
vacy of a swim such as this. orches-
tired with the monotonous chirrup of
crickets and the quavcr of an occa
sional katydid. A dive into inky wa
tcrs of an unknown depth, star shin
ing deep as you prepare to plunge the
audible signing of the wind in the
branches about, the whiteness of the
rocks. the depths of the shadows. rip
pling into visibility: very different is all
this from gregarious bathing in a sun
swept lake. TO say nothing of the clown
age of tumbling in public in the surf.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

, Philadelphia, Thursday, July %. 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

A Nd now tn" Bear Camp river be-
"A comes navigabc for canoes Of
three inches draft as it proceeds in
a more leisurcly course with occasional
hurrying rapids through farm country
into big Lake Ossipcc. The Gownsman
has drifted down to the lake moro than
once. past banks deeply indentcd by
the current when in its winter rage,
past shoals of silvcry sand and over a
sand and gravel bottom embroidered
into laccry by rirNling water. Here the
trees arch overhead and there is a
swirl and n gurglc about n huge root
or fallen tree; again the waters
spread out over shadows and your
craft CRATES as it goes over the bar
into the deeper channel far below, where
the river grass rises and falls in the
flow of waters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-17
PICKS SEVENTH YIRGINIAN

In appointing John Garland Pol
lard, of Richmond, as member OF
he Federal Trade Commission, Pres
dent Wilson gives major appoint
nent to The seventh Virginian called
% public service since the beginning
# the Wilson Administration. The
other six Federal appointments o.
unusual Importance given to Virgin
ans were as follows:
Carter Glass, Secretary of the
Treasury; Thomas Nelson Page.
Ambassador to Italy; Joseph f.
Willard, Ambassador to Spain; Rob
2rt W. Woolley, Interstate Com
nerce Commission; John Skelton
Williams, Comptroller of the Cur
-ency; II. C. Stuart, Interstate
Commerce. Commission.
Former Governor Staart has but
recently declined the offer of a place
on the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Mr.. Pollard was the Attorney
General of Virginia under the adj
ninistration of Governor Stuart.
He resigned from that position
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-17
SELLING THE SHIPS

1t is difficult to understand til
Juror raised over the auction sale
steamships held by the shippinG
Board yesterday. Of course, it is to
:Jaken for granted that there is SONS
thing wrong about the statement tia
The board proposes to sell ships wort,
from S150,000,000 to $500, 100000 fc
S28,000,000. If they are worth fror
$3.50. 100000 to 100000, 900, it is to b
presumed that something near .thoss
figures would have been bid for Their
yesterday. The ships will go to IN
highest bidders.
But. assuming that fair prices vii
oe secured, there are obvious reason:
why the Government should sell tt:
ships. Government ownership of ship
is no more desirable than Govern
n,ent ownership of railroads. What
ever price the Ships may bring nc"
he chances are that they will brinc
less in the future. The prohibition ar
gulnent is a valid one, Chairman
Payne of the Shipping Board says that
Government-cwned dry ships canrot
compete with foreign wet ships. The
Government cannot be dry on shcre
and wet at sea.
The Government should get out Of
he Shipping business while the get
-ing IS good, after placing such 70
ztricticns on the sale CT the ships rs
rT-ill protect the interests Of the com.
sry This the Shipping Board seems
c have done.--Baitimore Sun
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-17
OFFERINGS TO DROP FROM SKY
Two


George Washington's tomb will
be decorated with floral offerings
dropped from the skies by 81 air.
planes from Boiling Field as fea-
tare of ceremonies in homer of the
Father of His Country on the lS9th
anniversary Of his birth next Sun
day. :.
Announcement was made at the
War, Department last night that the
planes would leave Bollin- Field in
formation at 1880 a. m, circle over
Washington and then fly to Mount
Vernon.
Before returning to Boiling Field
The fleet again will circle the city.
Alexandrians will, of course, VIII
sess this aerial fleet as it will pass
over cur city going to and coming
from Mount Vernon.
About two-thirds Of GENTRY ago
it became apparent that the railroad,
steamboat and telegraph had come
t. sfay. a nsn enjoying information
81 prominence made this obseva-
ton: "a man living amid the al
vantages ard activities of the nine
taenth century is a condensed Meth
usalah. Fad this great thinker
been allowed to look through tie
horoscope into the twentieth century
he would have had much more to
ircite his admiration. At the time
he made the above observation fl
ing machines were regarded as I'M
possible, as mach so as perpetua.
motion.
There were no ocean cables at that
time, nor wireless biography, no.
telephones, nor were railway trains
bairg operated b. electricity, nor
was. that wonderful power suppressed
ing steam by furnishing power &c
factories. etc.
When George Washington paid ths
6att of nature, one hundred and
twenty-one years ago, the world
had advanced but little since the
days of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
50 far as the conduct of business %
travel were concerned.
Today airships running at the rate
81 $50 miles an hour are rushinr
across the skies and next Sunday a
fleet OF these modern wonders WI
encircle Mount Vernon and drcr
Covers upon the tomb of the Father
# His Country. In the meantime
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-17
=. -. >. = - - .
TWO MAIN FACTORS
First the Testimony of William Bull
it Before Foreign Relations
+: Committee


Washington, Feb. 17.-There were
two main factors in bringing to a eli
max, President Wilson's long-known
desire to eliminate Secretary Lans-
ing from his Cabinet, it is declared
here.
The first of these, it is said, was
the testimony of William Bullitt be-
fore the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, during which he quoted
Secretary Lansing as saying the
American people would not support
the Presidents peace treaty if they
really understood what it meant.
The. second, according to the same
source, was the Presidents belief, de
rived from Secretary Lansing's sum
moning of the Cabinet, that Mr.. Lans
ing implied, whether Intentionally O
not, the Presidents inability to func
ton as the nations Executive.
Of the two factors, the second play
ed it's part last and hence is regard
ed here as the immediate reason TO
The Presidents summary action.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-02-17
.BIeoD AlNDsRoNy,

- IS tsSf 4
Al interesting appeal to the DEM
ocrats &c Germany IS made by Dr..
Hugo CAM, a leading Viennese pub
licist, says ! the New York. Tribune
Writing in the Neues zurcher lei
tung, fDr. CAM points lout that Ger
man Liberals have committed an ell!
but fatal disaster in a systematic
effort to educate the German people
politically. For fifty years, ne says,
German Democrats have been stig-
matized by the ruling junker class as
impractical idealists. Their en-
beavers wsrc frustrated by the prev
alence of the 'blood and iron" ideol-
ogy Of the Bismarckian tradition
which parmested every lawyer OF the
population and became the national
creed.
Today, DR.. CAM continues, Ger
many may lie PROSTATE, and her
collapse is merely "the inevitable
consequence of the methods by which
the empire had been created. !" Tic
outcome of the war brought full JUS
tification to the impractical enthuS
siasts" OF yesterday. The "blo9d
and iron" Realpolitik of the junkers
stands revealed before the world as
policy of fallacies. On the corr
trary. the doctrines preached by the
idealists-those of international rec
onciliation, Of peaceful democratic
Development in good understanding
with the other European natior5,
shove all France and England-haVa
proved themselves not only morally
Sight, but also far more realistic.
lad the Impractical idealist" pre-
vailed, Dr.. CAM says, Germany
would not be today the best hatral
IF all nations, and her contribution
to civilization would not be repudia-
ed by resentful world.
So far, Dr.. CAM concludes, the
German Democrats have failed t.
make the most Of this lesson CT
German disaster. BY impresing
hat lesson. upon the German peorie
they would perform a genuine secv-
ice to their nation and to humanity,
Whether, in the present state of the
German mind, that lesson would not
tall on closed ears is different
question.