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Evening journal., 1920-07-27
CREATER PITTSRURG
HOTEL AUSTINE

Tenn. Ave, near beach. American plan
special weekly. Special family rates.
J.. WELLuOFER
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WELLSBORO

Kentucky Ave, near Beach: moderate
rates. Bathing from hotel.
MYERS a PROTHERO.
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''THE WORLD AND MS WOMEN. >

At the Strand today one Of the most
novel and interesting screen events of-
ihe year Is being shown. It is
THE World and It's Women" starring
Geraldine Farrar and her husband,
Lou Tellengen. You have read about
and been charmed by their romantic
courtship in real life. Now see their
romantic courtship IN 'reew life in
this most lavish and spectacular
Dr0ducliOn
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ALBEMARLE

virginia Avenue. Near Beach.
Capacity 800 One block from Steel Pier
Wide, cool pOrches. Running water.
Private baths Elevator. Dance door.
Bathing from house. american plan, $3.50
up daily. Special weekly. New manage
meut. GABLE A. RUHWADEL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
1T Is TO LAUGH

MEN with memories will smile as
A'1 they read that Congress is excited
over the increasing control Of the oil
fields Of the world by British capital.
and that certain congressman are urging
the formation of a government oil cor
poration 10 develop foreign oil fields as
the emergency ship corporation built
ships.
They will smile because II was not
so many years ago that congressman
were declaring that American capital
lists who went into foreign countries to
develop oil and mineral concessions
should go there at their own risk and
that it was preposterous to expect the
government to do anything to protect
them. President Wilson has expressed
himself in the same way.
But the British Government protects
Englishmen who invest their capital in
foreign lands. because it knows that
every dollar of British capital invested
anywhere increases the wealth Of the
British empire and strengthens it po-
iiticalIy.
The oil situation may or may not be
serious, but If the United States has
lost it's leadership in the control of oil
fields the government in Washington
cannot escape all blame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
THE BONUS PLAN

THE service men will he interested in
L the optional plans provided for pay
ment Of adjusted compensation in the
bill agreed upon by the ways and means
committee, but the rest Of us will be
more deeply interested in the taxes sug
gcstcd for raising the money needed.
The proposition to tax SO per cent Of
the increase in incomes over those of
1914 was abandoned. and in its place
increased surtaXes ranging from ] TO 3
per cent are proposed on incomes in
excess of $4,000. A per cent con
sumption tax on retail sales and q tax
on sales Of bonds and stocks. real estate
and produce exchange transactions.
combined with the increased income tax,
it is estimated will produce the 81 500 =
600. 600 needed
This sum will be used in paying the
service men SIS day for each day S
service, or for providing vocational
training at the cost of Sl.75 day for
each days service, or for the purchase
or improvement Of homes or for buying
paid-up insurance, according to the
wish of the man receiving the benefit.
This plan will have TO be submitted
to the criticism of both houses of Con-
Gress. But it must be admitted that it
is less radical in its taxation features
than the public had been led TO fear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
BEAUTY AND THE SIGNS

YTNHE view that skyscraperS are beau
! tiful and interprctatve of the'Ameri-
can spirit may also be extended to c,"-
tric sign displays. The point Of art is
at least arguable No wonder then that
Council is confronted with n variety of
contending proposals.
1t has been suggested that Market
street should blaze like Broadway, while
Chestnut street should preserve dec
orous twilight; that projecting signs be
reduced to a pssjmum long dimension
of eight inches and of eighteen.
Simplicity, however, is clearly CO.
Incident with safety. The strong
breezes, very common in this region,
can make of a large, heavy, swinging
Sign real danger,
The duty Of Council however. is less
10 establish a fiat on what is beautiful
and what is diSfguring that in
wolves an unsettled controversy of art
but to fix definite ruling which shall
be enforced. IN 10 now the ordinances
regarding signs have been observed with
confusing laXity, Special privileges and
accepted inRractions Of the law sntirizc
municipal government.
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probably will he Senator HI, who, since
the fight in California spccded up, has
manifested a disposition TO heave some
mud at Hoover. Hoover would benefit
by that experiment. Mud is uncon-
vincing and Hoover has an astonishing
talent for clean, straight uttcrancc
which Mr.. johnson will do we'll TO keep
in mind.
The SOLDERING effects of the war and
the greater sense of responsibility that
remains to the people arc manifested in
a desire for fair play all along the line
and in general impatience with the pre-
tentious piftlc that once made few
conspicuous journalists and politicians
admired and famous. IL the editors and
leaders who created sentiment" in
the campaigns of Lincoln, Grant. Blaine
and other Presidents were alive and
active today the air would probably be
so filed with meaningless noise and
rumors that clear understanding of
| any major issue would be impossible.
The country may be going slowly in
its political advancement, but it is get
| ting along, nevertheless.
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that the discussed presentation of pic.
ture plays in the Academy raises dis
turbing DOUBTS.
Music plays an ennobllng and ex-
panding role in our civic progress and
due accommodation for IL must always
be considered. The projected conversion
OF the Metropolitan Opera House into
home of theatrical entertainment or
unspoken drama naturally increases the
demands upon the Academy for orchcs
tral concerts, rccitals of illustrious vir
tuosi, lectures and meetings.
Even IL the Philadelphia Orchestra
we're at once to bend its energies toward
the erection of a suitable new concert
hall, provision could not be made in
that way for next seasons series. There
is real. practical need for the Acad
envy in its present status.
Sentimental considerations are also
present and speak loudly. Much Of the
history of this community in art and
manners has gravitatcd about the audi
torium wherein I'll Trovatore" was
hailed as n stirring semi novelty in
1851
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
WORD TO SUBURBANtTES

CUBURBAN pride is commonly re
- garded ms 50 commendable that
there is at first blush mild shock in
the comments of the Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research on this theme, as CON
tanned in it's current weekly bulletin.
But this warning Is by no means
wholly i'll considered. The knots of
residential population growing up with.
out the municipal boundaries of Phila
delphia must sooner or later be alb
sOrbPd in a greater city. The request
is made that growing cities should
plan ahead with view to adding to
their political jurisdictions such con =
tiguous areas as are reasonably and
appropriately IN be considered as be-
longing to the same communities. "
The consolidation Of the present Phil J.
adclphia even in the fifties was long
overdue. The town unquestionably suf-
fcred from the haphaZard nature Of its
development and the tendency Of the
public to think in narrow parochiaI
terms.
II will speed the day of political
metropolitan district far exceeding the
present one II suburbanites keep their
eyes upon the future and refrain from
refinement Of artificial boundary re-
strictions The habit of metropolitan
thought is something which may be
practicrd in this region with consider
able DTOtt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
LEFFlNCWEll ON PALMER

A TTORNEI GENERAL PALMER
"A ought to get after Assistant Sccrc-
tary l.cffingwcll, Of the Treasury Dc.
partmeut. and tell him what to say
about high prices. il he wishes to pre-
vent tho public from reaching the con
Clusion, that the law department of tho
government is trying to do what the
/ financial department regards as i'm
possible.
Mr.. Hoover remarked for the infor-
nation of Mr.. Palmer the other day
that proftcering is an effect and not a
cause and that the cause was economic,
and he said that "tho attorney gen
erals policemen could not overtake an
economic force allowed to run riot in
the country"
Now comes Mr.. Lcfiingwcll with the
statement before scientific asscmblngc
in New York that instead Of telling
the people frankly and boldly that
prices are high because they are wasting,
we fix prices and prosecute profitccrs.
There is n law against profitccring
but it forbids excessive" profits, with
out saying what constitutes excess
Lawyers know that depending on such
statute is like leaning on a broken
rcCd. Mr.. Palmcr's associates in gov
crnmont in Washington are telling
him so.
Relief will come. ms Mr.. Lcfingwell
points out, by the practice of intelligent
economy on the part of the buying public
and by the abandonment of high living.
! But in the meantime Mr.. Palmcr's po-
licemcn will get some exercise chasing
the economic force allowed to run riot
in the country
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The Merry Moneth of May

rs NOT thilke the merry moneth OF
L May
Yougthes folkc now focken in every
where.
To gather May buskets and smelling
brcre:
And home they hasten the postes to
digit,
And all the Kirke pillours care day
light.
With Hawthorne buds, and swete Egg
lantine.
Sicker this morrowe. no longer agoe,
I save a shole Of shepeheardes outgoe
With singing, and shouting, and jolly
BEFORE them rode lusty Tabrere,
That to the many Horne pype
playd.
To see those folkcs make such jouy
sauncc,
Made my heart after the pype to
daunce:
From "The Shcpheardes Calendar, "
by Edmund Spenser.
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Answers to Yesterday,s Quiz

]. Edwin Y. Meredith is the present
a -, secretary OF agriculture
q Inc word strength contains eight
letters and only one vowel
D. Christopher Columbus died in the
city of Naladolid, in northern
4. Specific gravity is the ratio between
the weights of equal volumes of
any substance and of some other.
chosen as a standard.
b. The laughing iackass Is a bird. the
great brown kingfsher OF Austria
la 1t derives It's name from it's
peculiar cry. It's eggs, which are
pure white in color, are laid in
tree cavities. 80
6. Thomas A'BeCket. also called Thopoo q
OF London, was q celebrated Eng :.
lish prelate, Archbishop of Can,
terpurS' especlally noted for his
Quarrel with King Henry II over
the jurisdiction of the church
ana the monarchy. He was mur
dered IN Canterbury Cathedral on
December 20, ITO,
l. The Three Graces were Aglaia, Tha-
liza and Euphrosyne.
D. Ihe word amateur originally meant
simply lover. =
,. The United States went to war tbrea
times IN defense of its rights as
2 neutral; In 1898, when naval
hostiilties with France broke out
without 2 formal declaration Of
war with Great Britain In 1915
IN ana with Germany In 1917
w. prism separates u ray of light int
seven different colorB.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
NEW TRAFFIC RULES

WHAT Superintendent Mills appears
w to contemplate in the new plan for
traffic regulation, announced Yesterday
is an experiment in restricted aud Rys.
tematized truck routes,
Slow moving, heavily laden vehicles
cause serious congestion Of all lighter
traffic in many Of the narrow central
thoroughfares at some hours Of the
day. With all the cross streets open to
them and easy access by means Of FL
bert and SAMSON streets to delivery on
frances, heavy trucks should operate
without decreased efficiency and still
leave Chestnut and Walnut streets for
other traffic in the rush hours.
Strictsr enforcement of the parking
rule, intended to keep one side Of one @
way streets always open for moving vc.
hicles, is needed. That rule Is being
needlessly violated in the central part
of the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
PENRoSE OUT FOR KNOX

DEPUBLICANS need not got unduly
In excited over Senator Pcnrose' s
declaration for Senator Knox for Presi-
dent.
Democrats need not get unduIy clatcd
over the announcement. either.
Since Governor Sproul made his wise
decision not to stand as the goat for
trading purposes at Chicago, it has been
necessary to look elsewhere for Penn
sylvania's "favorte SON"
II the Junior senator wants to fill the
Job he can have it. SO far as the senior
senator is concerned. That's all it
seems to mean.
At no time during the last year and
q half has Senator Knox led any con
siderable following among the members
of his own party in the Senate on any
vital issues.
Actually he opposcd and stood aloof
from the majority Of the Republicans
In that body because he was persistently
one of the little group Of wrong headed
irrecopcilables.
What a joke il would be to ask the
men who represented the majority son
t1mept of the party TO accept him now
Does Senator Penrose think Mr..
Knox's astonishing attack on the Yer
sailles treaty because 1T was too cruel
to Germany Is so soon forgotten?
And does he think his opponents
would not be quick to point out that
Mr.. Knox's Republican colleagues
thought so little of his superb Inter
national craftsmanship" that some Of
his foolish proposals for resolving peace
without treaty were spceded into the
obscurity of his own foreign relations
committee and there quietly asphyxiated
AND decently inferred in the waste
basket?
The boomlet may be meant kindly,
but it isn't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
THE OLD AcADEMY'S FUTURE

THE composite voice Of the Academy
i Of Music has spoken in the accents
s.nf politics and prime donne, of pianists
and fiddlers, of celebrities and shams
from Patti to Doctor Cook and beyond.
n ever a building were vocal this sea o.
soned old structure is.
: The silence, however eloquent, Of the
MN drama therefore involves consid
erable strain on local traditions in con
section with this storied edifce. The
prodigious development Of the movies
IL. OF course. sign OF the times, and
-hiladelphiaps have welcomed il with
anthusiasm aud generous patronage.
q Nonetheless the prime virtue of acous
Ties Is so rare and is possessed by the
2Acndcin, iD such extraordinary measure
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The CITY

T OOK, love, across the city from this
II height
And see it smolder under us. a fire
OF blazing jewels. Hark, the hum
ming choir
or moaning trolleys reach up through
the night
And undulate about us while the white
Exhausted moon bows down her
weary head
As some pale mourner looking on the
dead.
And gazing through hot tears that blind
the sight
This is the city OF desire and greed,
The city. of gaunt madness. Hunger,
strife
Lay daily here their ceaseless hands
on life.
But after all II Is our city. Freed
A little from its sorrow we look down
With yearning eyes of pride upon the
town.
Herbert S. German, in New York Sun.
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Member of the Associated Press
A FouR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
the now administration to concen-
trstc its intention:
The DetdtUdre river bridge.
A drydocb big enough 10 dccommo-
date the largest ships
Development Of the rapid transit Sys'
tenn.
A conuentton hall
A bitiIdi,g for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the rd'or SUpptp.
Homes to accommodate the poputd-
ton
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What DO You Know?


QUIZ
J. Who was the first attorney generaI
in President Wilson's cabinet?
2 What are tho Colors of the flag of
Greece? VI
!. Who was Frolssart?
4 What were the Sybilline books?
D. For what is cwt. an abbreviation?
b. What Is meant by a Pauline con-
version?
J. or what state is Phoenix the capital ?
s. How many Vice Presidents 81 tbe
United States subsequently, be-
came President?
2. Who were they?
TO- Who owns the famous diamond, the
Kohl moor Wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

A Chicago banker declares that the
'nitcd States is too rich for panic.
1t is, of courSe-in the way that n man
may be too strong TO think of sickness.
But the strong man may grow weak for
lack of exercise; and the rich country
may grow poor when labor ncglects It's
natural resources.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

There is no cause for dismf in the
refusal of the anthracite miners scale
to accept the offer of a 10
per cent wage increase offered by the
operators. Discussion will eventually
bring about an amicable agreement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
ALLEN does moi

TTENRY ALLEN does not pussyfoot
II on organized labor.
And remember, it was the West that
started regulating the big public service
corporations.
IL Is the West-Kansas- has
started regulating the big public service
labor organizations.
Kansas draws the same line on labor
that the West did on capital.
The new idea may not operate as the
old idea did.
II helps, at any rate, TO understand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Making a draft Of the new state
constitution was an easy job compared
TO the adoption or rejection Of the 5000
COR was it only 5000 amendments sug-
Epstpd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
Governor Allen Says Prohibiting
Strikes Is His Polecat and
He'll Skin II Himself

western progressivism. which now
seems as conservative as anything in
the world.
In fact, some Of the former western
ProgressivCs now appear, without in the
least changing their faith, to be our
very best neor- iunkcrS.
q q q
THE West had and perhaps has a
l. kccner sense of tho phrase, ''af
lfcctcd with public interest,"" than has
the rest of the country.
The community spirit has died out in
the East. relatively at least.
| When the West saw the corporations
getting too big and arrogant for the
community it passed laws to protect the
community.
They reminded the corporations, none
too gently sometimes, that they were
public service corporations
The East didn't, or did 80 slowly and
only in emulation of the West.
That was western progressivisr,,
There wasn't anything .fduraI about
western progressivisr
On the subject e. private property the
West was as conservative as a miser
about banks.
There is a great deal of private prop
erty in the West.
Almost everybody has property in the
West.
The West is as sure of private prop
crty as it is sure Of religion.
1t laughs at soviets.
Why, soviets would disturb private
property.
One might as well say that soviets
would set the forces of gravtation pull =
ing away from the earth instead of
toward.
If there is one thing the West is
sure of it is private property.
Therefore, when everybody else was
stunning Lenine as the devil, William
Allen White was cursing fate for hav-
ing prevented that Prinkipo conference.
As White says, There would have
been lot of talk. And it would have
done those Bolshevist fellows a lot OF
good TO talk to somebody else. They
have had to talk to each other too long.
Too much inbreeding in conversation is
just as bad as too much inbreeding in
other things. I'm sure" says White
regr"ttully, "Prinkipo would have done
em good. -
a western afraid of bolshevism. A
wcsternCr is the surPst person there is
in the world today; the one sure person,
perhaps.
q q q
60, TAKING western prOgressivIsn
~ to mean keen sense of the public
interest and the public rights. it is easy
to see how the westerner, without shift =
ing ground, without becoming reaction
airy, is for restricting the right of labor
to strike when the strike threatens
gravcly the public interest.
q q q
A LITTLE story about General Wood
n '"Thc general used to tell the little
girls to play ball just as hard as their
brothers did," she said He would
say to them Now you girls must play
baseball like hoy, il you play it at ali
and you must be ready to take a knock
in the eye, but after the game is over
= ! want you TO go up to the house and
take cup Of tea with Mrs. Wood and
have her teach you to do plain sew
ing. ~
; You hear tho ancient echo: "Don'l
finch, boys Hit the line hard :" This
may decide the primaries, unless some
, one can think of what Hiram johnson
said to his baby when he bumped hi,
little nose on The floor.
The Roosevelt heritage is again In
doubt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

The weather man simply couIdn t
forget the old Jingle to the effect that
| April showers briIlg May flowers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Those who continue to pay increas
ing prices for sugar may console them
selves by reading Of warrants being Ia +.
sued for alleged prOfiteers,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

The Chattanooga (Tenn.) cafe pro
prietors arrested as prOfteers bccausc
they charged fifty cents for club sand
wich were victimp9 Of geography. Fur
thor north they would have got away
with II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Music lovers would be inclined 10
view the purchase, Of the Academy Of
Music by a movi Ing picture firm a. n
film move rather than n film develop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

\ Washington scientist said to
have discovered something smaller than
an atom Probably was experimenting
with the conscience Of a prOGtecr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

There's somnolent sound about
Sonora that the news dispatches seem
determined to dissipate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

II the shortage in overalls con
tinues. the plumber may have to go 10
work in his Sunday suit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Bankers, Educators and economist,
Of the United States aud Europe ir
addressing the Academy of Polrica
Science In Newl York in the more ~
less technical Language of their re-.
speCtive schools Iall told the same sim.
pie story: "PrO{luCc. or else We die
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Every day Sd, ould be clean up day
and Monday will oe a good day to start
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

Every sugar profiteer considers
himself the candy kid.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01
THEODORE ROOSEVELT invcn

.HNi iEODORE hOOSf\ ELL invented
l. the phrase, Tread softly and carry
n big stick
In practice it has become Tread
softly and carry n big voice.: pussy
footing. in short. the great American
art. prevailing everywhere. in politics,
in the newspapers. in literature.
The fact that we have invented the
word pussyfooting to describe it shows
that we have one saving grace; we can
still laugh at ourselves.
The word pussyfoot puzzles our
nhighbors in the world.
4 Briton. Major Wrench, who was
here the other day and who imported
"Pussyfoot" Johnson into England,
asked in n perplcxed way what pussy
foot meant. .,
It was explained to him, but after all
had been said it was plain that he was
as much in the dark as ever
But" he said, " 'Pussyfoot' john
son is a very brave man
So is General Wood n very brave
man. who treads softly among the is
sues. carrying a very loud voice.
And the name of pussyfoot applied to
Johnson is n puzzling thing.
"Pussyfoot" johnson started out in
Oklahoma, when Oklahoma was n terri .
tory and it was forbidden to sell liquor
to Indians.
Killing man was quite casual in
Oklahoma in those days.
Yet Pussyfoot would enter dive
where he was the only man without a
gun. null sawed off billiard cue from
under his coat and smash every bottle
in sight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-01

II Is well TO realize that there y
danger in Philadelphia Of water wass
becoming water want.