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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
HOMES THAT AREN'T

TT is easy to sympathize with John
i Ihlder when he rises in the general
debate relative to the house shortage to
object to the introduction of new tene-
ment buildings as an emergency meas
ure in Philadelphia.
In New York and many other cities
natural restrictions make crowded ten
ements inevitable But the hardships
Of congested tenements are easily avoid
able here. There are still large areas
Of undevcloped land ready for home
builders on the lines of existing streets
and trolley extensions. Such is the
nature of this city's environment that
street car lines and special trolley sys-
tens can be established at a minimum
cost in new dwelling areas as the need
for them becomes apparent. In other
words. the city can grow outward with
out any restraint.
Each family ought TO have its own
little house. Life in tenements leaves
something to be desired because II dan
serously retards the natural develop
msnt of children. The smallest of ordi-
nary private dwellings even in the
heart Of the city will provide a bit of
ground on which children can play and
enjoy a right that never should be taken
from them.
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ment. After that no formalities can
impair the right Of every American citi-
zen in Philadelphia to cast his or her
ballot for his or her favorite candi-
dates.
The qualification process, far more
involved in any telling than in actual
performance, may be crystallized In
four injunctlons:
Go to the assessors in the division
polling places and be checked up on
either August 81 or September 1.
Go to the same division polling places
and be registered on September 2, Sep
tember II or October 2.
Pay your taxes (poll taxes or prop
erty taxes If you are over twenty -two)
within two months of election day.
Go to the polls in your division and
vote on November 2.
The women Of Philadelphia may find
all these operations novel, but they
cannot fairly call them oppressive. II
is failure to comply which involves the
penalty thus expressed by a Pennsyl-
vania court: THE citizen shall be
entitled to vote unless he (or she, ac-
cording to the revised version) does not
possess the enumerated qualifications
and every one of them
As enthusiastic participants in the
government of this republic, the en-
franchised women of the nation are now
in a position to read to some careless
members Of the opposite sex a whole
some lesson In active citizenship.
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, MUST EATING CEASE?

r UNCH is the newest of the costly
~ luxuries. We refer. of course, to
the luncheon obtained in more or less OF
hurry In public restaurants. And If
II costs fifty cents to cook and serve
fve-cent ear of corn, or if the labor in
volved In slicing a tomato costs a quar-
ter, then there needs to be a revision
downward in the overhead charges OF
the largely patronized chow houses.
Even a casual comparison Of market
prices and the tolls published on printed
laenu cards make it appear that some
,taurant keepers could sneer at Mr..
{,nzi. Still the luncheon that Is
latched in a hurry is not to be classed
nth basic necessities. It can be done
without. In pinch the folk who com .
plain might bring their oppressors to
terms by the simple expedient OF car
rying their mncheons from home, as
their fathers used to do.
It Is fashionable nowadays to charge
all that the traffic will bear. But an
unfashionable restaurant keeper would
almost certainly become rich. There
are shining opportunities for restau
rants operated scientifically and accord
ing to the almost forgotten Golden Rule
For, contrary to Vice President Mar
shall, the greatest need Of the country
10 not a good five cent cigar. 1t is a
good twenty five cent luncheon.
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EDWIN s. STUART
Women and the Vote

"tyoman's vote, like woman's infiu-
ence, cannot help but be for good
Former Governor Edwin 5. Stuart
made this statement today in his office.
Mr.. Stuart, who has always been Keen
student of politics, even since his with
drawal from active part in them, had no
pessimistic word to mar the note OF
cheerfulness he felt for the result OF
woman's suffrage.
Intelligence? Yes, believe that
women will show, on the whole, more
intelligence at the polls than men have
shown. 1t is impossible to say whether
they will be bound so closely by party
lines as many masculine voters have
been, but / see no cause for the least
worry over the result.
There will be ward and precinct
politicians from the ranks of women, OF
course; but the number of those Will be
in decided minority. The Pankhursts
and their ilk will not be the predomi
nate note in woman suffrage. The great
influence will be that Of the women In
the home.
"There has been lot said about the
probability that women will not vote o
straight party ticket because theiI
fathers did before them, charge that
has often been thrown up to men. Fol
the present, at any rate. doubt
whether all women will vote unaidet
and independently. What more natural
than for grown-up daughter to say
Whom are you voting for, daddy?
and then follow suit! And what more
natural than for wife to take the ad
vice Of her husband which, ordinarily
is the best and sinccrest advice sh'
could get? l am speaking now, o.
course, of the home woman and mo-
the suffragist who has been fighting il
politics for her cause for many years.
Will Control MORAL Questions
"And let no one suppose that th
influence of the woman in the hom
will be negligible. 1t is going to be on
of the very biggest factors in American
politics.
"On matters which in any way af
feet the horne the woman's vote is goin
to be enormously powerful, because |
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians Subjects
They Kno,U Best

will pull with it large percentage of
the male vote. The influence Of one
mother with five or six sons will be
worth more than all the fathers in the
country. On moral issues she is going
to pull her sons with her in the matter
Of voting. The liquor question Is. of
course. settled, but kindred problems
will come up from time to time, and it
will be the women who will decide them.
Take, for example, the matter of
wars. We have seen the attitude of
American women in all our wars In the
| past. They have hated with all the
love in their hearts to see their sons
| go away, but they have at the same time
insisted that it was the duty of those
sons to go, because they have realized
that the war was just and wise one.
You can well imagine that their
| influence will be against war unless that
war be necessary one involving some
great moral or spiritual issue. In such
case, we need not worry that women
will be too pacific.
"Reverting again to the matter of
the way in which the women will vote
and as before, j am referring to the
| great mass of women in the homes-it
seems reasonable to suppose that there
will be a great deal of vote duplica
ton. In great many families, the
giving of suffrage to women will mere
ly mean doubling Of the vote in that
family, or, if there are daughters OF
| Continued on Next Pngs
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HARDING AND THE VETS

ONE piece Of desired and desirable
" legislation that will be properly for
warded through the election of Senator
Harding is the homesteading of avail
able portions Of the public domain by
war veterans. This is one of the very
important features Of reconstruction
program that has become virtually OBJ
liberated in the mass and mess of poll
tics which have replaced really con-
structive reconstruction.
As far back as the fall of 1917 Sen
ator Harding realized the Importance Of
making systematic plans for demobili-
zation. He spoke in the Senate on the
text of beating swords into plowshares.
He was a pioneer in the proposition
that the government give farm to each
returning soldier who wanted one, and
he foresaw the wisdom also of provid-
ing means for the financing of the SOL
dier farmers in way that would give
them a legitimate initial lift: but,
through fair system of repayment,
not make them "beholden" as bene-
ficiaries of charity.
In those days many persons were
worried over the problems Of demobili-
zation. Senator Harding's knowledge
of history and his supreme faith in the
intelligence and the patriotism, in peace
time as we'll as in wartime, of the
American, was wholesome antidote to
the fretfulness of the worrisome. He
knew that Cincinnatus came back to his
unfinished furrow after saving Rome
from the barbarians. He knew that
Pompey's soldiers were given of the
public lands and settled down to peace
full agrarian pursuits. He knew that
after the Civil War the armies returned
to normal pursuits quietly and gladly.
He knew there would be no upset when
our 5,000,00 were through with active
service.
Above all, Senator Harding saw a big
opportunity to satisfy large numbers Of
men who might wish to continue a Wig
orous outdoor life on the land, and,
linked with it, perceived an opportunity
to stem the cityward tide and to restore
agriculture to something like its prestige
of half a century ago. Underlying his
proposition TO allot the fallow lands
millions of acres of 1t in government
possession, was a thoughtful and deer
philosophy of benefting not merely the
men who would profit by the land given
as a well warranted recompense fol
their sacrifices, and of replenishing the
farms with strong, hearty men. but also
of adding to the national welfare as @
whole.
Food production is one of the great
needs of the country. Return of in
terested men to agriculture Is necessary
to counterbalance the marked industrial
and commercial trends of the age. 1t II
not too late to take advantage of thu
desire of many eI-service men to entel
farming, though some Of the oppor
tunity has departed. 1t is certain tina
Senator Harding's interest in this vita
subject will develop it to the highes
success when he is in the White House
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CORNFED! WHY NOT?

WITH an announced bumper crop of
w corn In prospect as the reward of
this years tilth, the question arises,
What are we going to do about it and
with It? Cornfed cattle always took
the prize for bulk and beauty at the
county fairs, and the public can absorb
some of the surplusage Of the cereal
indirectly via beefsteak, bacon, ham
and roast pork, especially if the cheer
full forecast OF a drop in meat ever does
reach the ear of the butcher.
Hooverism during the war taught a
great majority of Americans the value
of corn as a food for humans as well
rs stock But the necessity of eating
it, AZ a personal sacrifice in aid of the
national emergency, unfortunately put
on It the label Of something good for
u.s." and folks simply abhor what is
preached as good for them.
AS people, Americans never did
fully realize the food value in maize or
Indian corn, though Hooverism and the
cookery experts did much to restore to
the table the many nutritious and deli
cious viauds based on this sole cereal
contribution Of the New World to the
worlds granary.
A moderately cornfed people ought to
be a healthy people if they would use
It not merely as a deliCacy on the cob,
! but in the varied dishes into which II
NAV be concOCted. The Indians, q
cornfed race, were vigorous and mill
tant. The pioneers drew much of their
strength from corn.
It's really high time for the American
people to return to this economical and
wholesome provendcr. The Southland
corn pone, New England's johnnycak'
let their geographical bounds be un'
confined For there Is nothing sec
tionaI about corn. Even Philadelphia
priced and celebrated scrapple Is simply
cornmeal mush camoufaged with minced
pork and adroitly sifted seasoning. Al
the more reason, then, for boundinl
corn made dishes by the Mexican revo
lutions, the Canuck line, the Colder
Gate and the Bartholdi statue.
Corn is substantial and variabl
enough to make regular meal, or ever
n full days menus. And full meal a
that which will be hearty and no hard
shin on the palate. Hasty pudding ca
be a breakfast staple, and the residurm
If any, can be translated into frie
corn mush. For dinner let us sugges
hawg m hominy for the piece &c resist
anee (if ono wants to proceed from tn
collooriai to The elegant IN phrase)
Aanked By corn bread or mullins, an
4 80, Anrnnuk 1nnx&nr tu1pu nnddiuS
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least half of them were killed or
MANNED.
The Poles," we are informed,
fought desperately for days" In other
words, the Poles have suffered tragic
losses Of which we shall hear later.
Behind the Russian armies and behind
the Polish armies there are groups still
consecrated to a policy of military ag-
gression. What is II for? What do
the captains and the generals seek?
No one seems to know. And those with
the least chance Of knowing are the
soldiers who are being sacrificed in
thousands to the guns, TO poison gas
and to the tanks.
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz

1, New York is tho Mother OF Vice
Presidents" ten of them having
been elected from that state.
2. Santo Domingo Is correct. not San
Domingo There is an invariable
rule in Spanish that the word San
to (sainD must not he abbreviated
before another word beginning
with the syllable do"
3, Solferino Is purplish-red color,
mado from rosaniline.
4. Leviticus is the third book in the
Bible.
5. VaIhalla was the abode of the souls
of heroes slain in battle, accord
ing to Morse mythology.
6. Three barleyCorns make an inch In
long measure.
7. Two Polish generals In the present
campaign against the Red armies
are Haller and Pilsudsld
3. In Persia husbands hold the mother
in-law in special Veneration as
the guardian and protectress of
the wife.
Q. Tantamount means equivalent II
is compounded of amount" and
the Latin "tantus." so much.
10. A timbrel Is a tambourine. A tum-
bril- is n two-wheeled cart for car
rying tools ammunition, etc. II
conveyed victims to the guillotine
in the French Revolution.
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BACK TO DARKNESS

NoMES now General WeygNnd to the
" center Of the disordered stage to
inform the world that the Red armies"
are almost done for.
Perhaps the Red armies are almost
done for. But any one who believes in
open diplomacy openly arrived at will
need very strong glasses to find any
hopeful or reassuring signs in the situa-
tion that has developed between Russia
and Poland. Jubilant dispatches from
the seats of Continental powers favor
able 10 the newer Polish policy an
nounce that six Russian divisions have
Nm annihilsted. That means that
sBout %. 900 man, who probably would
rather BE- working peacefuiiy In ths
slslds AZ home, endured the tor-
,pana = s6sn battle md thst q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

The Chicago Vocational Guidance
Bureau says child labor is on the in
crease in some sections of the Middle
West and the country generally. Com
pulsory school attendance appears to be
the remedy-when there are schools and
teachers enough. In other sections of
the country, however, there has beel an
Improvement. Internal revenue men
report that in the seven months follow =
ing the imposition of 10 per cent tax
upon tile net profits of any concern EN- :
pioying children child labor decreased
40 per cent.
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The New York American says that
IL China were to attack japan and take
Shantung the League of Nations, II we
belonged to it, would force us to help
Japan with 'our men, our ships and
our treasures. But opponents Of the
league have been gloating all week over
the fact that Lloyd George admitted in
the House of Commons that the league
could not function in the Polish Rus
sian question because there was no
unanimity among the Allies. If there
can be no action without unanimity,
how can there be any compulsion?
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What Do You KnoiU?
QUIZ

I. What Is meSnt by such expressions
as 1.-THE Quai d'Orsai says" The
Wilhemstrasse Announces Down.
ing street asserts?
Q Who was Thomas a'KempisP
3. With what famous literary work 10
his name associated"
4. Name the four Scandinavian nations,
5. Which Is the only state in the Union
containing an active volcanoY
G. What We're the two most decisive
naval victories gained by any bel
ligerents in the world war;
7. Who are the present United States
senators from New York state?
8. What is the mizzen mast of ship }?
0. What is bhang?
10. What Is the original meaning of the
word Eden?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
A-FouR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
- PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the new administration 20 concen-
trafe Its attention;
The Deldpare riVer bridge.
A drydock big enough to dccommo-
date the largest ships.
Development Of the rapid transit sys-
TEN.
A convention hall
A bpiidinO for the Free Library.
AH Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the Wdter supply.
Homes to accommodate the popttld-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

A federal prohibition agent In this
city on Saturday deplored that existing
laws prevented agents from forcibly en-
tering houses to search for Illicit stills.
Homes may be entered at the present
time with the proper warrant from
court. That police should have the
right to break into the home of decent
American citizen merely on suspicion
would be intolerable, and would as
suredly lead to many abuses.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

American Legion posts are plan
ming celebrations for Armistice Day. 1t
is but right and proper; but to every.
body will come the realization. that all
possible celebrations will be but as milk
and water to the Big. Big Day. concern. :.
ing which there were no plans, but
which ran itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

That West Orange justice who sem
fenced six small boys charged with rob-
bing fruit trees with bed Mt 6 30 each
evening for thirty days has common
sense as we'll as sense of humor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

Some day not far off and some
where not far away restaurant keeper
will discover that he can sell meals at
half the price charged by his competi-
tors and make more money than they do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

A representative Of the republic of
Tetvia, on his way to Washington to
legation there, is being held
by the immigration authorities at Ellis
Island. This appears to be both Lett
and hindrancc
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with the French backing the Poles
and the Cossacks going to the aid OF
General Wrangel, it would appear that
the Reds have nothing to get but the
blues
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

Three boys steal $1oo, ,0oo.-News-
paper headline. What won't they do
when they grow up New York Sun.
Refrain from entering politics, perhaps.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23
SHORT CUTS

Mt. Gretna is more than a mem
ory IL is a promise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

Our excitement concerning the drop
Of sugar to seventeen cents pound die.
solves when we think of the days 1t sold
at twenty pounds for dollar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

A Wilmington, Del. Holstein bull
valued at $1,000 last week drank red
paint and died--one of many victims Of
red liquor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

The original Fourteen Points are
overwhelmingly overshadowed by Amer
ica's 15S points at Antwerp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

It will be up to the registration
sharps to find the answer to the ques-
ton, "How old is ?'--or Jane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

The trouble with most alarmists Ia
that they have all the material for pate
de foie gras except the deadness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

The city bathing beaches win need
no publicity manager other than the
small boy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

At least we'll appreciate the menace
of bolshevism when bolshevism punches
us in the face.
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It viii cost $185, 900 to give women
the vote In Philadelphia. And worth
the money. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-23

Does the latest rule agninst un-
necessary noises apply to candidates1
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Women being people, we may ex-
pect the country to 60 on pretty much
as IL has in the past.
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DUT, when you sliced your tomato,
ID you found that the slices cut this
far from the middle were considerably
smaller around than the middle slice.
So Il is considerable less distance around
the earth, straight east and west, in the
latitude of Philadelphia than 1t Is at
the equator. The distance Is, in fact,
lust about 10.0S0 miles. With one
revolution of the earth every twenty
four hours, this means that Philadelphia
is whirled only 795, miles an hour from
west to east.
But the upper current OF air now over
PHILADELPHIA, which came from the
sauator, whirling at 1042 miles an hour,
a still whirling at that same rate, so
that it's speed from west to east Is
greater than Philadelphia's speed by the
difference between 1042 and 7o5, or 247
miles an hour.
That, in its simplest form. is the rea ?
son for this upper current of air. There
arc many quite complicated Contributory
reasons too involved to explain here,
and other conditions which oppose it,
but the sum of the opposition is not
nearly so strong as the sum of the fay-
Oring impulses. so that when Captain
Rudolph w. Schroeder, of the American
army, descended after making hh
worlds altitude record Of over "a, ,OOt
feet, or more than SIX miles, ant
raportsd that he had encountered ives
10 east wind of 220 miles an hour.
merely confirmed the reasoning OF IN
Iscisntlsts and the results OF them ow'
IxS.u.ufdaaklnnn- tta.f
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Philadelphia, Monday. August q, 1920
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-01-22
NJ. Il. CHURCH NOTES

Sunday school at 1000 a. m. All
the public are invited to meet with
US. Our aim is to make our Sun
day school useful to the work of
the church.
Preaching service at 1900 a. m.
All are welcome. Epworth League
at $3.50 p. m.
The program for the evening
service will be announced at the
morning hour. The meeting at
Gray is growing in interest and may
need some adjustment in the usual
program for our evening service
here to conform to the need of the
hour at that place.
Reports from the meeting at Ded-
ham are very encouraging. Two
more were added last Friday night
and two more on Sunday night. We
have had no report since Monday,
ID. j. SHENTON.