davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-07-16
"ELTI-NOLA"

Ha llegado a este mercado ell gran
fon6grafo EIti-NoIa, cuyo aparatO to-
ca todos los discos. Este aparatO tie
ne la ventaia de que el operator pue-
lie hacer modulaciones en- la mlsica.
Dicho excelente aparato Sc esta ex-
hibIendO en- casa de los Sres. A. ME-
& CO., SAN JUSTO IL,
San Juan, P. R.
Advt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
PuNklN. NOT PUMPKIN!

DECATSE the vain, pedantic piffe Eng
- ish pencil pushcr, the pompous prune
who speaks OF pumpkin" pie has some.
thing coming to him, II Is the pleasant pur-
pose of the present scribe TO kick him in the
Stats A pumpkin IL the gourd-like fruit
of ecu cur bit -co- -Ous you've got to take
this word In easy stages or you'll need caus.
tic) q cucurbitaceOus vine that careful far
mcrs cultivate for stock. That's what
pumpkin il: country pumpkin lacking cul-
turr: II hind to whom imagination is an
unknown quantity; n rustic yokel with no
more poetry in his soul than near beer
knows of Kick.
But when Old Sol has waved his wand
and the housewife has waved her pairing
knife then mark the Transformation The
miracle once wrought by Cinderella's god
mother at once sinks into insignihCance.
Cinderela's godm0ther, you will remember,
simply touched the pumpkin with her wand
and it turned into coach a simple gesture
for O simple thing. But for the Thanks.
giving miracle there must be many rites.
The pumpkin must be cut and pressed and
blessed and mixed with sweetness and equal
parts of sunshine and good temper and
love; with a spice Of mischief and a tang OF
desire for more. And 1t must be cooked in
the right kind Of oven In the right kind of
way. And the result is--a measly coach
Not on your life! Punkin, boy! PUNKIN
PIEll d..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
HOW POLICEMEN LIVE

Cl RPRlSE, touched with sorrow In ex.
~ pressed by some of the investigators at
City Hall who have just discovered that
members OF the police force have occas sion.
ally taken to outside work In of time in
order to increase their incomes Some mem.
bers Of the force are guilty Of keeping cigar
stores. Others have rented rooms
1t has always been apparent that ppople
at the City Hall know too little about the
world in which they live. They have now
learned with frank nstoniShmpnt that ravens
do not descend each morning to feed the
policeman on the beat and that the winds
do not keep traffic man warm
1t would have been surprising II police.
men hadn't taken up odd jobs in their off
time. IL they had been able to live during
the period Of sky high prices on pay that
ranged about 40 per cent lower than the
minimum estimated by government experts
for the needs Of an average family. they
would have discovered a sort of magic that
would have made mllionaircs of them if il
were revealed for price to hard pressed
millions.
Postal employees have had TO do odd Jobs
too. or go without many Of the necessities
OF life. Business men who complain about
the mail service and about the increase in
crime ought to remember that Postmaster
General Burleson is. perhaps, the most back.
ward minded employer in the country and
that the city of Philadelphia has been push.
Ing him hard for his aurels
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Piladelphuns on Subjects They
KnotU Best
KnOtU Best

progressing for many years. Before 1870.
when New York was but a town Of shapties
ana central Park was not even thought Of
Eairmount, Park had not only come into
pelng but had attained considerable develop
ment. In a comparatively short time it had
developed from a small space embracing
what ~ now the old water works and the
reservoir site to the magnificent mark that
u now is. And although few people know
II; this beauty spot is still extending and
adding to it's glories. Recently a consid .
cradle extension has been made 10 the nm
rvaled Wissahickon. so that now it extends
beyond Chestnut Hill and up into the White.
h marsh region. And so we have set the nace
win many other civic improvements.
More and more our people have come
back from Europe filled with the glories of
great cities beautiful, like Paris. Vienna
ana Berlin: In the years gone by these
ana other European cities have made ercot
STRIDES because they had strong imperiaIistjc
governments. which simply decided on i'm
proVements and saw that they were carried
"ut. IN countries with more democrats
IoIns OF government this method of nro.
cednre . has not been possible. But, never.
tneless the Impressions OF our travellers have
porne truit, until now, with the war out of
tne way and people beginning to fnd them
serves. great wave of city planning 10
nhner way. And on that wave. az 1 have
lndlcated, you will find Philadelphia ON Tho
crest p'" oh inc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
THE WILD EAST

TNRAIN robbery went out of fashion in
l. the West many years ago. 1t became
dangerous and anproitable even in the
prairie country and amid the Rockies. An
occasional stage coach that may still be
found In some parts of what once was the
wild West is good deal safer nowadays
than an automobile In some Of the streets of
Philadelphia. The West is tanned. The
Fast is growing wild.
This was proved again when a gang oper-
ating with clocklike precision held up
fast freight on the Pennsylvania lines be-
tween Philadelphia and New York and pro-
ceeded to loot the cars before special guards
carried pitched battle TO n good finish.
In this instance the bandits knew that
valuabes were aboard the train. This fact
and the nature of the attack prove again
that burglary and highway robbery are no
longer the exclusive work of individuals
operating at random. YcgGmen have plainly
nrganizcd their work upon an efficiency
basis. They have headquarters and clear
ing houses in this city and in New York.
The police know this.
But state and municipal authorities have
turned a deaf ear to appeals made by pub
lie officials and by the public for funds
necessary to provide better police facilities.
The extent to which political favoritism and
interference have hindered and hamperPd
police organizations is not always under
stood. But It is necessary to blame the pro.
frssional politicians for state of affairs
in which thugs have a temporary advantage
in the community.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
AGAIN Mr.. GRATZ DoDCES

kutAhS that the public has misjudgcd the
1 board Of Revision Of Taxes orc c1rrassad
oS simon Gratz in a letter To Francis +
bnrch. chairman Of the Councils finance
committee. II the relation between cmployer
ana employe in general is indeed as Mr..
oru" suggests that it is in this special case
.ne m,sconreption has been widespread. For
there Is rooted popular belief that prin.
eipal is responsible for the acts of his agent
and the law itself is not silent or cvasiye
On this point
II do not doubt comedies Mr.. Gratz
that some of the assessors lost their
nends.' Hut who appoints these officials
VINO IL empowered to discharge them il they
sre revealed as incompetent? Do they
actually make thir assessments. as he as
serts. without the knowledge or interyen.
ton of the board?
IL may be argued that they do and that
thelr independence Of action is vpry similar
to thai of say derrlict or unfit employc of
the pennsylvania Railroad. who may blundcr
on his own account without promptinR nv
MIR. Rea. 1t can also be demonstrated that
properly managed railway company will
endeavor TO keep the various parts OF TIA
machine in good working order.
The Board of Revision Of Taxes names
the assessors and has the authority to dis
miss them. 1t is human. of course for the
public to object when levies upon It in any
suisc are increased. But the grievance In
the present instance goes deeper. Evidence
IL accumulating to prove that the real estate
assessors fixed many Of the new values arbi.
trarily. incxpertly. unfairly.
The boards responsibilities are not con-
nned exclusively to its revisory powers. Its
hrst duty Is to organize or retain staff
professionally fit to perform the work as.
lnnu ut h In l.. ~.
long as the theory of principal and agent
IL accepted in the community and supported
in the courts.
There is certain childishness in shifting
all the blame upon the giddy -headedness OF
assessors who did not appoint themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
A WAY TO NEW WARS7
rs THE world going to lose its head ass

rs THE world going to lose its head again
L over the soviets?
Whoever obtains in Russia the sort Of
commercial concessions offered to Ameri.
cans through Washington vanderiip. Of
California. and to British tradcsmen
through the cmissary who has been dickcr-
ing with Lloyd George will probably have to
fight before many years to retain his ad-
vantage.
What Is more, he will need armies to help
him In any future crisis.
The first thing the Moscow Soviet did was
to repudlate the foreign obligations Of the
government that preceded It. The first thing
the next government in Russia is likely to
announce is a repudiation of agreements
made by the Bolshevists. If, meanwhile,
Americans and British have established ex-
tensive interests in Russia they will cry out
naturally enough for protection.
III. g. Wells, who is n radical by tenn
permanent, found that in all Russia there
are only about 60O,O0 people who profess
the Bolsheeik faith. OF these only 100. 900
are actively supporting the regime at Mos
cow. Deals such as Mr.. Vanderlip talks
about are being made by this minority.
There are about 0,O0O,000 people in
Russia. They have no voice in the present
business. But they are likely to have n
voice under the government which almost
every one-including Mr.. Wells himself
expects to zee established after the next
collapse.
II Is from the Bolshevik minority that
Mr.. Vanderlip obtained vast concessions In
Siberia. These concessions are supposed to
be worth 5000 900 900. American investors
will be asked to underwrite the Vanderlip
adventure and IL all goes well. their S3O0..
00O,0OO will be used for the purchase Of
manufactured articles needed by the Rus.
SLAMS. The security for this general fund
will be the Siberian concessions. II the
title to these concessions should be with
drawn or contested American investors will
have lost
1t is not safe for either Britain or America
to deal with a, government that exists only
by accident. nor should the western gov
crnmcnts permit themselves to drift into q
situation by which they may be compelled
to give aid to government antagonized
by a vast majority Of the governed. At this
juncture of affairs it may he worth remem-
bcring that much of the confusion now
prevalent in and about Russia is due to the
simple fact that thousands Of European in
vestors put money in loans extended to the
cars government shortly before it, was
hlotted out. Naturally they desire to col
lect. And the position of the French in
vcstors now h similar to that in which
American and British investors may find
themselves before long.
Large dealings with Russia will be safe
only after the Russians establish a repre-
sentative and permanent government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
BEWARE, O HELLAS!

DEWARE, O Hellas, turn not from th.
ID light.
Break not with friends who love thy name
and race,
With whom thou stoodst victorious, by
Gods grace,
Thou, too, constrained by everlasting Right
But thou wilt choose thy portion with the
night
II him thou call to his dishonored plsce
Who 'gainst thy friends and thee with
pslterings base.
80 long upheld the hands of Teuton might. -
Break not with thine old friends-nor, deeper
shame!
With him, thy son, who set the lost lands
free,
And gave them back into the mother stat.
Whose very name Is kin TO Freedom's
name).
Greatness that hour shall fall away from,
thee
When thou forgettest him who made thee
great!
Edith NJ. Thomas, j,s,hs N. Y. Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
THE PROBLEM OF THE Pill oRIMs

FTNHE terCentenary Celebra tiOnS of the yOv-
i age and landing of the Pilgrims which
will assume q local aspect in the town meet.
ing scheduled for tonight In the Academy
Of Music, impose considerable hardships
upon those persons inclined to take their
history Crisply and romantically.
1t Is 20 convenient to believe that the
Roman empire fell with a violent crash on
q certain day In 478 A, u. II is so handy
20 hail the Fourth of July as the date Of
American independence. Congress. however
adopted the resolution Of Independence on
July 2. II Is unfeelingly maintained by
realistic investigators that no cosmic shock
was felt in Rome when OdoaCcr pushed the
puppet emperor. ROmulus Augustuus. from
his throne.
The indomitable Pilgrims were no less
respecters OF sentiments. The date experts
have been kept busy for nearly half year
determining the appropriate occasions for
commemorative exercises.
The problem is by no means so simple
as II appears in Felicia Iiemans poem and
the old steel engravings. 1t Is complicated
furthermore by the reckonings in two cal
endars, Julian and Gregorian, for the latter
had not been accepted by the first permanent
settlers OF New England.
1t was fitting, however, to begin the Pill
xrim obseryances last summer On july %
1920, the heroic band sailed from Delft
Haven, Netherlands. The departure from
southampton In the MayHower and the un.
sesworthy Speedwell was made on August
b. The voyage was resumed at Plymouth,
England, on September o. Provincetown,
Cape Cod, where the first landing was made,
:. reached on November IL, old style, or
! y sber n, new style.
nat event which inspires the com
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
PARADoxIcAL FERRY PROGRESS

DALMYRA. y. j., and Tacony, Philadel
l. phia. are to be united by a steam ferry
service and hope iS entertained that by next
August there will be two boats in operation.
Boosting about ferry transit on the Della
ware is like extolling the worth of candles
for house illumination. No doubt they will
serve il modern lighting equipment is un-
procurabe.
1t is to be hoped that the Tacony Palmyra
line will be efficiently worked and will re-
leve some Of the traffic congestion at an
interstate boundary. But the deeper and
unanimous public desire is for something
else
Nothing but the bridge, which will rele-
cate ferry service to the past from which 1t
vcxatously obtrudes, will satisfy this un-
mistakable longing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
ALBA 3. JOHNSON
On Philadelphia Public Improvement,

xJsynN . r,r,,, 81, :,
a oS OF Fhiiadeiphia WIN its place
- % mrmiy nxed as the most beautiful city In
.ne ccuntry Is seen by Alba Is. Johnson,
Penueht Oh the 'hampef OF commerce.
Just as the city has made enormous strides
In city Identification in the last decade or
40, 30 will 1t take further seven .league
steps in the decade or no to come, Is his
opinion.
masnnreht chain OF parks and 6ouic'
yards encirciing the city. great stately build:
ni,, ihss WORTHY OF the dignity OF the third
clS IN tne country: ana monumental
achievement In the Delaware river. bridge
are among the improvements seen by Mr..
yohhsoh' ne mlGht nave ADDED. You don
Hno" 'he hait OF u, when the tentative and
az YET undisclosed changes contemplated by
rit! engineers ana planners are taken into
conSueration:
fhiladelphians are so often engaged in
tne great munlclpal sport OF knocking that
they dont stop to realize what they have at
their very doors, said Mr.. johnson. 1--WE,
nave peen 10 busy roasting contractor rule
ana city ofhcials and other features OF our
CITY government that we have not noticed.
man! OF u.s. what has been taking place
pefore our very eyes.
Follow Beaten Track
Most OF u.s. i seems to me, follow a
bnnwicdcc oS tbo cit, ;n' nt,s n,1s' Part' our
limited r. "o,ta ,hn. r,r'V ~. IheS 10 pe
' hnros =, =" az az ,nas We .ake from our
n"',ss - @ iI To- "hces ana back again. But
n..sna W. W. aoouL us ana pack over a
phis has NOR t'S onv I'VE .sn. % nm. hma % saat hi'aael
citles OF the country in civic Identification,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
what Do You Knou?
QUIZ

QUIZ
l. Wn'ch is the Old Bay Stateq
Mantuan"? N"o"h as The
D. wSat hHtro Is the correct pronunciation =,
hiinH' hemioR name, name OF the celebrated DO. ot
New World symphony"S OF the
= IN what date did the pilprir,.
E u nne.r permanent landing at PiymomtSS g 3
D. "nat Icpaet planet is sometimes known 80
o. III Wnat general directions does ,h.
7. How many farthinss n.r
English money? ""e penny in
8, What Is a harrdanq
., What Is a syllabus?
10. Who was the first aviator % a..
English channel? " hS over the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

memorations begun In our churches last
Sunday. The journey was completed at the
American Plymouth on December IL. old
style, December 81 new style, and has long
been celebrated in New England as Fore
fathers Day on December %.
Recognition Of the year, however, Is quite
Snfe. An epoch In world history was begun
in 1920, worthy of emphasis in Mr.. Wells
Outline" Mr.. Taft, among others, will
analyzc the immense Significance Of the
event tonight 1t cannot be misprizcd even
though history puzzles the will of the eager
cclebrant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

sired end. Senator Knox is opposed to the
end itself or else his language has not con.
yeyed his meaning.
In spite Of this, the effort to propasapdize
Root out and Knox in is likely to continue,
for the noisy minority 10 con~inced that II
II makes noise enough It can create the I'm
preston that IL Il the majority. In this
case, however, it Is not dealing with an
amateur Senator Harding has been In poll
tics and in the newspaper business long
enough to understand oil the tricks Of the
special pleaders, so ID is not likely to be
,nislpd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

There IL pronounced difference Of
sociOlogists and neuroIogists as 10 whether
)hrsp the drug habit Is increasing and
(second) II such Increase III there Is anyl
is due to the prohibition law; but thos
VINO mourn the departure of John Barley.
corn corn include among them some WHO belisN
.hat many who take . shot In the y,'.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

While common sense must indorsc the
action OF the Interstate Commerce Commis'
sion in denying the power Of the New York
State Public Service Commissions to main
tain discriminatory intrastate passenger
rates, one cannot but sympathiEe with the
old time advocate of state rights who sees
them one by one disappear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
Relative Coat

From the New York Herald
a., discussing the high cost of college training
that this year the development OF Tho Gin
son 70 football d6 team requires the cxnenditmro
OF S!0,oOO. How much it, costs ta douoIn,,
scholarship winners has not been toted nn
bnt It is believed that the cost f' Of hinh hHiI,
tth1ihnikins t1dnis will be less than the cost Of hisb
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

From Denholm, Pa, comes the story OF
wild turkey which, late In rising" smots
hunter and stunned him. We know the
counterpart Of that story. Early or late,
it is the upward flight Of the store turkey
that smites the bargain hunter and stun'
her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23
Important II True

From the Indianapolis News
AZ, IL coal is really moving direct from nro.
imrnrtao. =" consumer, this new route is AZ
passage would be. north"est
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

What Senator Capper's proposed bill
to need is "a little coinpromiser,' device
to separate the sheep from the goats
Rightly applied, the Speculation" Is merely
crop insurance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

1t is possible to read a little optimlstl.
promise into. the British recognition" Of
the Russian Soviet Government: Peace 10
Russia may hasten the downfall of the
Soviet Government.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Would Il be presuming on the reader s
long suffering nature to suggest that the
New York butchers who were locked in an
ice box while bandits robbed their shop were
given cold deal?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Until the tailors told us that we were
to wear Harding clothes next year, few Of
IN knew what kind Of clothes he wore
don't, for that matter, now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

In little while we shall listen to
the man who brass about the alcoholic con.
tent Of the mince pie he met.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

The New York Investigation seems 10
prove that the trouble with a trust Is that
it Is so untrustworthy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Just at time when some other critters
are preparing to hibernate the gerrymander
betrays symptoms Of waking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

The turkey arrives as usual with 4
chry rysanthemum In It's mouth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

From Chicago comes the news that the
girls there are now affecting big galoshss."
Why, what other kind could they use?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

The Red Cross needs your aid this far.
from drab November; 10 grab your dollars,
man and maid, and pay to be a member.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Whether he keeps himself busy. as In
phiisdelphia, or is kept busy, as in New
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

THANKSGIVING Day draws near and pur.
chasers all sigh: THE turkey Is a bird Of
cheer. What makes It roOst 70 highi'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Assessment victims ponder, though not
vision OF Axes Il might do some choppins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

One cause for thanksgiving Washing.
tonians have is that Mrs. Asquith lives 10
London.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

With fodder, hay and mill foods de.
creasing In price, what Ia keeping up the
price OF butter?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Another thing war did was to demon.
strate that government operation Of business
is costly, cumbersome and ine6icient.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Friends Of Judge Brown are Arm be.
levers In the virtue Of benevolent
despotism.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

The fool who sets q revolving door
a-spinnins II again having his inning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

The weather man could hold Of no
longer. Gray days are here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

| The wise squirrel nowadays emisrst.s
to the city parks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-23

Are there yet any signs Of harmony in
Europe? Not by q plebiscite!