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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
LOCAL MARKET
WEAK IN SPOTS
Trading Narro,v and Only I'm.
portant Price Changes Made
in Specialties

Weakness developed ! in scattering
parts of the local list during the day,
but the general market held its ground
surprisingly well considering the sur
rounding depressing and unsettling ele-
ments. Except in the sually inactive
shares the price variations were unim-
pOrtant. The volume of trading was
measureably small and continued Of
narrow caliber.
Lake Superior Corporation was about
the weakest spot and the decline to 10
apparently represented further cleaning
up of impaired marginal accounts. On
very small sales ]. G. Brill dropped Q
points to So. General Asphalt pre-
ferred had a similar loss on the sale of
i small odd lot at 50.
With the exception of the point ad-
vance in Philadelphia Traction to 81,
other changes were made up of small
fractions. The local utility group held
up remarkably well. Philadelphia Rapid
Transit and Union Traction being un-
changed by lS and 80 respectively.
United Gas Improvement was firm at
36la. Philadelphia Electric shaded to
23ls while the preferred moved up a
peg to 2714. American Railways pre-
frrred, came in for notice by reason IF
an advance of nearly two points to 90
In the railroads, Pennsylvania Rail
road and Lehigh Valley hhaded in SYM
path with the reaction In New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Nov. l2.-The openinr
figures for foreign exchange showed
Eains of cent in sterling, s cent,me,
IN francs. 20 points In lire and points
IN Belgians. The other exchanges how
ever showed almost general declines
ranging from 12 TO II points from YES,
terday's final figures. Swiss was 10
oentimes lower at 1886 for cables ana
1887 for checks and guilders were :
points lower. at 1910 for cables and
29.55 for checks "'''
Other quotations we're: Pesetas
cables 1910. checks 1905. a new low !:
Stockholm cables 1870 checks 1850 !:
Christiania cables 1910, checks 1900 !:
COPENHAGEN was l6 points lower at the
same rates as Christiania
l. YESTERDAYS FINAL QUOTATIONS.
Demand sae5liRs anns Frssncs Lire Guilders
Gables ...... 3.87h $40 So 90 9o
ToDAY's OPENING QUOTATIONS.
: Sterling Francs Lire Gui,der.
Demand .... 3,s8% STA s.sSh 30 Es
7 -. -. 80 2970
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
MoNEY.LENpINe RATES

NEW YOHK-Money on call bot,
classes OF collateral, opened today ot
per cent for lending and renewing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Chicago 6 Nth N Y C 4 II r
W'n os 81 r r Is
10. 49,. 95 4..... 10
Chicago & Nth " Y G & II r
Wstn Is r II cn -
10. 1929 10. 89is
81. 1o2% IN Y c & II r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
City Bord'x as New Y N II 4
l,,,,. SO Hartd On

City Of ChrIs'
tIanih SIS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
BAR SILvER IN

Bar silver was Nd lower in London
today at b3Hd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

Utah Power Il
Light bs
2...,. 10
h..... 7S%
Utica & Black
River 4s
1.,... 92h
|Vir'a Carolina
Chem LIST
1..... 02h
1..... O2L
Wa bash II LIST
2..... Sb&
Wes'n Elec rs
&c.! 93 Y
West Shore 4s
1.,... T2K
Wen Union s.
2...., 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

" OF I per cent In cash on common, and u
OF 1 per cent. payable In common, payable
January TO stock OF record December iii
Philadelphia. Germantown and Norristown
Railroad Co., quarterly of 8 per cent, pay
able December as registered November 20,
per cent. payable December 4 as registered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12
YESTERDAYS FINAL QUOTATIONS.
BANK cLEARjNGs

Eank elearings today. compared with oo-
responding day last two years: WI
1920 lpIo ,o,o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-12

RAILROAD EARNINGS

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN
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PHILADELPHIA-Call, 6 per cent

time, per cent; commercial paner
three to six months, s per cent. 'e'
(Note-These are merely nomina,
quotations, as the legal rate of Inter- a.
IN the state OF Pennsylvania is fxed AZ
per cent Plus premiums and com
mission. time money for thirty to ninetv
days Ia loaned at 8 to 8h per cent
while commercial paper. from three ~
six months. is being offered at TO *
Der cent? -
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

deadly poison would make 500, 600
matches, or enough poison - XIII
500 persons. THIS, with two ounces
Of lime, makes the stiff bones and
the brains. No difference how sour a
man looks, he contains about sixty
Jumps of sugar Of the ordinary
cubical dimensions, and to make the
seasoning complete, there are twenty
spooufuis of salt. If man were
distilled into water he would make
about thirty-eight quarts, or more
than half his entire weight. He also
contains a great deal of starch.
chloride of potash, magnesium, sui
phur and hydrochloric acid in his
wonderful system.
Break 1000 eggs, including shells.
into a huge pan or basin, and you
have the contents to make a man
from his toenails to the most deli
cate tissue Of his brain. And this
is the scientific answer to the ques-
ton, What is Man ?"-Electricci
Esperimenter.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

And the best she can get for her
explanation is that it is a good out,
for the ghosts will rise. When she
says of buying land and titles that
the one is nearly as readily pur-
chased as the other, some one unfail-
ingly recalls the suit of the brewer
Wyatt against Lady Warwick in
1910. The suit was settled out of
court, but the explanation given was
that Wyatt, having social ambitions,
was told that by paying 100000
to the right persons he could be
created a baron. Shortly before the
list Of honors in which he expected
to be included was published a de-
mand was made on him for 100000
more. Wyatt paid over the money,
but the list came out without his
name, and he brought suit against
the Countess Of Warwick.
Her career has been filled with
such incidents. That she has not
always been a Socialist goes with
out saying. No Socialist could have
been leader of the Prince of
Wales's set for more than ten years,
while soon after her husband inherit
ed the title Of Earl of Warwick she
declared:
81 am myself absolutely nom
political, and cannot help thinking
that women's work in the world can
be quite as we'll done without their
taking an active part in politics. l
feel personally no desire to have
seat In the House of Commons.
Only a short time later her hus-
band had become mayor Of the town
of Warwick and she was addressing
public meetings. At her first one
she got new nickname, the "splen-
did pauper.'
We are not rich aristocracy,"
she declaimed. Owe are many Of
us deadly poor We are many of Us
splendid paupers."
Her voice was filled with pathos
and many of her hearers were moved
to tears for her hard lot, but the
next morning farm hand with a
wife and six children, whom he was
trying to support on So week, was
brought before the local magistrates
on a charge OF stealing the coun-
tess's $4,000 sable cloak at the
very moment when she was describ-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

Parliament in the West Ham south
ern district.
She went to the meeting in a mag
nificent motorcar, but that was all
right, for it was painted a bright
red.
"Comrades and friends" she be-
gan, 81 am lone figure here, and |
would not be here if / was not in
full sympathy with you in all your
political hopes and desires-if | did
not believe from the very bottom of
my heart in the political principles
you believe in and your candidate
believes in"
She told her hearers In the course
Of her address that she was Of a
different order from themselves, and
made it plain to them that there was
a wide gulf between them and her.
The Yeasr,:ng Mother
GIVE not seen my children and
grandchild for twelve long days"
she said, "but, comrades, I'm going
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Science Answers Ouerv:
What Is Man? ?

"Oh, 1ctat piece Of york IS nlonP'
-Hcmlet
4 MAN weighing $50 pounds con
tains approximately $500 cubic
feet of gases-oxygen, hydrogen
and nitrogen-in his constitution,
which at so cents a LOCO cubic feet
would be worth 81 so for illuminat-
ing purposes. He also contains all
the necessary fats to make fifteen
pound candle, and thus, together
with his $500 cubic feet Of gases,
he possesses considerable illuminate
nag possibilities. His system con-
tans twenty-five pounds and ten
ounces Of carbon, or enough to make
$50 dozen, or $3.50, lead pencils.
lhere are about fifty grains Of iron
IN his blood and the rest of the body
would supply enough Of this metal
to make one spike large enough to
hold his weight.
A healthy man contains fifty
four ounces of phosphorus. This
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

home tonight to see them. My motor
car will take me to them, and I shall
look upon them in their beds and say
a prayer over their sleeping forms
I shall pray that they, reared in all
respects as children should Be reared,
may not fail to take an interest IN
the children of the poor, who live in
the slums, denied proper air and
nourishment.
"You can't expect anything from
either Liberals or Tories, can you,
now?" asked the countess, clasping
her hands behind her back and bend
ing forward to get her answer.
"No, damn 'emw a man in the
front row shouted.
"Quite right" said the countess,
giving the man sweet and fetching
smile.
That was in 1906. In 1912 she
was in America, giving her opinion
in lectures on the rulers Of Europe.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

in the Prince Of Wales's set. The
Prince was incensed and if he ever
forgave her no one ever noticed it,
while she devoted herself to activi-
ties with which it was obvious the
Prince could not have any sympa-
thies. In time she became an out
and out Socialist and in April, 1917,
issued an appeal to the landed aris-
tocracy of Great Britain to follow
the example of the Russian Grand
Dukes and turn over all their feudal
properties to the state.
I'VE must CO." she said. "Thc
aristocracy Of England in it's posi-
ton Of hereditary landowners must
go. The only cure for the present
evils seems to me to be state owner
ship, the abolition Of all private
property in the earth that was given
to all of US in common.
There are two classes of large
landowners in England, the aristoc-
racy and the plutocracy. AS a class,
the aristocracy have been good land
lords within limits, but the limits
are very marked, because they have
always been a narrow minded BODY.
The average chatelaine who plays
the part Of Lady Bountful is to me
an abomination, because her philan-
thropy Is so closely associated with
dogmatic religion, personal pride
and party politics.
"As for the plutocrats, the men
who have bought lands and titles in
the open market-and the one is
nearly as readily purchased as the
other-they have not the old feudal
traditions Of the aristocracy. They
have been accustomed to make busi-
ness ventures pay; they demand 6
per cent on their outlay and employ
an agent who will see that they get
it. The landlord of this class is a
bad landlord.
THE old feudal landlord is an
anachronism; the new money-spun
landlord an abominaton.
1t is unfortunate that there should
always be something Immediately at
hand to contrast vividly with about
everything Lady Warwick says or
does. She declares that the heredi-
tary landowners Of England must
go, and the sound of the words has
not died away before some one points
out that she herself is the heredi-
tary ow Ter Of $4,000 acres, while
other Il ousands are included in the
Warwick estates, her husbands prop
erty.
"Our property is entailed," she
replies. I'VE cannot diyest ourselves
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
IT Castle of England's King Maker
Iz ZZx May Be Club for American Milli0nalres

King George she characterized as
splendid megaphone.7
Russia" she said, "was ruled
over, nominally. by crowned Han
let" while Of the German Emperor
she said he possessed the genius o.
Hammerstein. I think it is quite
beautiful to have him, he is SO ysrv
picturesque. But he IS like a solen-
did ghost from the Middle Ages
And in 1913 she was back in Fno-
land, ordered by the Appeal Court
to tell the whereabouts Of prope7t-,
she was said to have disposed Of
notwithstanding injunctions ob-
tanned by her creditors, following
judgments amounting to $4,000
Lady Warwick mortgaged her prop
erty, including an automobile. a bust
by Rcdin, silver plate and a picture
by Sargent, and, according TO coun-
sci for the creditors. sold the picture
for a large sim, paia of the mort.
gage and pocketed the balance.
1t is really difficult to take Lady
Warwick seriously as a Socialist.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Her Name in Trade

Just what it was that made Lady
Warwick Socialist is only to be
guessed at. Perhaps such affairs
as the Sardanapalian fancy dress
ball had something to DO with it..
At any rate, it was only few years
later that most of the immense
income she had inherited from her
father seemed to have disappeared
and her name was over a millinery
shop in Bond Street. Then came
the organization in 1899 of the War
wick Estates Company, Limited.
This company was organized to
take over the entire sources of in
come of both the Earl and Countess
Of Warwick for the sum of $l,475,-
600, of which they were to receive
5l,075, 900 in cash and $4O0, 900 in
stock in the company. The cash
payment was raised by the sale Of
per cent stock in the company and
the redemption Of the stock was pro-
vided for by insurance policies on
the earl and countess in the pro-
portion of three-hfths on the life Of
the earl and two-hfths on the life
Of the countess. Payment of the
dividends was secured by a specific
first mortgage to trustees of the life
interest Of the earl ~ the Warwick
estates and the life interest of the
countess in the Maynard estates.
No explanation was forthcoming
Of why the Warwicks were in need
Of such large SUM Of money, al
though they had inherited such great
fortunes not so many years before
but it is evident that life at that
pace must have some effect, and in
1906 the Countess of Warwick, the
splendid pauper,' erstwhile leader
OF the Prince Of Wales set, who was
absolutely political" and "could
not help thinking that women's work
in the world can he quite as well
done without their taking an active
part in politics" )" wzs addressing a
meeting in Canning Town in behalf
of viii Thorne, Labor candidate for
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

ing herself as splendid pauper."
And then it was recalled that only
few weeks before a fancy dress
ball was given at Warwick Castle
in which the countess appeared as
Marie Antonette and literally blazed
with diamonds, while the total dis
play of wealth was s. profuse that
England rang with accounts of the
oriental magnificence of the enter
tainment.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

One seems to glimpse certain not
entirely unfamiliar promotion meth
ods, and surely enough there follows
the report that g syndicate has ar
ranged to take over the castle, pay
ing off certain encumbrances, while
other mortgagees will allow their in
terests to remain in the syndicate.
But the castle is not to become
hotel. 1t is to be guest house"
run on club lines, and no more than
thirty guests will be received at one
time, while their stay will be limited.
It is expected that there will be a
sufficient number of American mil
1ionaires who will be glad to pay the
rates.
Shades Of Alfred the Great and
che King Maker! Warwick Castle
"a club for American millionaires!
Who but the present chatelaine
would ever think Of it, and who else,
having thought Of it, would dare to
put the thought into words? Take
glance at history.
it was the daughter of Alfred the
Great who laid the foundations Of
Warwick Castle. The town it over
looks was occupied by the Romans,
destroyed by the Danes and rebuilt
by the British. The Normans made
of it one Of their strongholds and
William the Conqueror lived in the
castle while he superintendent the
building of the fortifcations. Guys
Tower, still standing, was built in
1894, and Caesars Tower is so much
more ancient that the date of its
building has been lost.
Guy of Warwick, the legendary
hero, who slew the dragon and de-
feated the Danish giant Colbrand in
single combat, lived there. Richard
Beauchantp, the great soldier and
statesman and chief lieutenant of
Henry V, was Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, the King Maker,
was the greatest of the earls; and
Robert Rich, the Puritan nobleman
who played such an important part
in the colonization Of Rhode Island
ard Connecticut, was Earl Of War
wick.
The present line is descended from
Sir Fulle Greville, q favorite cour-
tier Of Queen Elizabeth. He received
the title Of Baron Brooke and a
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

been In America six years, but her
head she is in Italy. She no unner-
stan hospitals, but mebbe she be-
lieve me. We try, signorina.
With that she slipped on her Sun
day best skirt, shooed all the chill
dren in little flock to No. IS
across the hall and urged Mrs. An
gelo, with wink, to ''giva da blow"
if any disciplinary troubles should
arise.
Drawing her knitted shawl close
around her shining black hair, she
led the way down the tenement
stairs, with the visitor following
close by. They walked quickly down
the street to No. 40 and pushed
back the crowd of children playing
games at the door. Mrs. Rocco
brislily led the way up the creaking
wooden stairs, past two gray cats
and some broken milk bottles, on up
TO Apartment 40. She knocked with
much vigor on the streaked door to
make herself heard above the baby's
cries which emerged from within.
katie, Katie she called, finally
putting her head in the door, cts
me, Giuseppina.
Mrs. Palermo, who was STOPPING
over the crib in the far corner,
started up and, brushing her hair
back from her thin, worn face,
hastened over to greet her visitors.
Chairs were assigned with gal
liant wave of her hand, but conver
5ation was difficult because Of the
outburst of rage from the crib.
S matter with the bambino.
katie?' asked Mrs. Rocco. "she
seek?"
Mon sach;" shrugged Mrs. Pa
lermo, "alla time she cry, cry, cry;
me Graz, my man seek, no money:
5ambino cry, cry! Oh, so much
a-troub', SO much-a troub'," and
mere she broke into s0bs.
But, Katie" demonstrated her
eountrywoman, you no do what the
lady say, SO you have always trouble.
The baby she cry cause a seek she
eat same as you, meat, peppers,
when ALA time she ought have milk. ."
She went over to the crib and picked
up the little black-eyed Palermo,
who was sucking on the green rina
of watermelon. Mrs. Rocco
brushed the food to the floor and
brought the baby over in her arms.
Katie Palermo, she said, angrily,
you make me shame our country.
you ac' SO theek The professor he
tells you bambino ought have milk;
you no listen-you think you know
better Soon baby die, SO seek :.
then you cry-non-.-it is too late
then"
Isl, Giuseppina, ST." answered the
other, "but you no have troub lila
me. Ny leetle boy he seek in da
bed to-day; nobody help me, no.
body, nobody And she shook her
body to and fro
At this point Mrs. Rocco was un-
able to bear the destructive self
pity of Mrs. Palermo any longer.
She burst into full blown gusts Of
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Called ''Babbling Brooke"

Lady Brooke was, Of course, in
cluded among the guests, but at the
last moment she had to 90 to Scot
land because Of the death of her
stepfather, the Earl of Rosslyn.
She was not, therefore, present
when the Wilson's accused Sir Will
liam Gordon Cumming Of cheating
at baccarat. But when the scandal
became public property, although
all those present had been sworn to
secrecy, Lady Brooke was at once
accused Of being unable to control
i propensity for gossSing and was
nicknamed "Babbling Brooke.'
This ended Lady Brooke's reign
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Xxx nUON GIoRNo, Mrs.
=" " X Rocco" came tt out-
"a ~ Of breath greeting

KY of-oreath e e &
through the keya9,e OF
Apartment 20, top floor, left. A
rustic followed and the door opened
ooh, it is signorina, from the or
gan-i-za-tica; come in, come in. 3"
One Of the me- Rocco chilarcn was
whisked on Z; aeacts cuf and
after an all verf'l rep Of the
Rocco apron ,he wooaeA obiect was
designated az being ready Tor occu-
pancy.
80 dear Mrs. Rocco" sighed the
visitor from the Charity Organiza-
ton Society, sitting down, I'm so
discouraged and don't know any one
who can help ME but you. Do you
want to?"
Mrs. Rocco beamed excitedly.
"Me helpa you, oh, it is funny,
for 1t is always you helpa me. All
'-time, after my Marito die, you
pay-a da rent, and no leta me chill
get closed up in the college, Oh,
signorina, if give you assistance,
oh me vera happy"
"All right. Oh, I'm 50 glad, Mrs.
Rocco; now sit down. Here, III hold
Carmela-now listen, this is the
trouble. You know Mrs. Palermo, on
the next block, with the husband in
the tuberculosis hospital?"
eyes, yes, l know" answered Mrs.
Rocco, "she is paesan' of me. She
come from same place in Italy long
time ago; she have two chill now,
Tony and Lena"
WELL" continued the visitor,
"she needs help, but do not think
it right to give her money unless
she does what the doctor demands
for the children's sake He says
Tony has a touch of tuberculosis,
but if he stays at a preventorium
three months he will get we'll. The
baby is Ear under weight and Mrs.
Palermo insists on feeding her great
pieces of Italian food, instead of the
barley and milk she needs.
well, Mrs Rocco" she con-
tinued, owe talked and talked and
showed her how. but the next time
come she is always doing the same
thing. And besides she fatty refuses
to let Tony go away and it simply
means he won't live long.
Il know she doesn's mean to be
cruel, and probably people have told
her lot Of silly stories about things
that happen to children in the coun-
try, but-well, | can't do anything
with her. Yet I'm worried because
know she needs help, What would
you do, Mrs. Rocco"
The latter's little brown eyes
snapped.
"Oh, Katie Palermo, she vera
check here" she said, tapping her
head, "but me FIX, me fix"
"W hat do you think we can do?'
asked the visitor.
'You and me togedder, we go
now ALA casa Katie and I talk to her.
and when she no DO what you say /
make big talk and she mus de,
that's all. Katie she sighed, "she
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
wv 7 HAT is the Countess Of
w Warwick p preparing 1,t to

spring on the public now?
Something, one may be
sure. That noble and restless lady
cannot be long content in semi-ob
scurity. Moreover, there is evidence
more concrete than psychological
analysis. There are recurring
runors that Warwick Castle, if not
precisely on the market, is, at least,
the subject of negotiations.
The rumors began with denial
by the countess that the castle was
to be sold.
"It is absurd" she said, "to think
we might sell it. Sooner or later,
suppose, the state will acquire all
properties Of such historic value as
Warwick Castle, but until then we
have not the slightest intention of
selling"
The next stage was the suggestion
that the castle might house Amer
lean visitors to the Shakespeare
country for the coming summer sea-
son.
owe have leased the castle now
for some years during the summer
season to American Friends" said
Lady Warwick, because it is much
too big for us to live there all the
year round, and the proposal was
made to us that we should lease it
again this next summer season, as
its accommodations would give
facilities to a lot Of American visi-
tors who we know are coming to
England. But, SO far, we have not
made any reply"