Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-17

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Help for Europe now is merely case of
enlightened self interest
The lives of deer are cheap in the New
Jersey woods these days
The. reaper" is ancient history; tho
McCormick 'sowcr' Of tarcs is now abroad
What the police perhaps need for Ger. =
mantown 'submarinC thief is n depth j
bomb. n
To the joint Legislative committee in
veStigating the Building Trust Grace pro.
vides meat.
"Cnriow shall not ring tonight" But
ing; say, about | o'clock
railc necessities ban the growing Of
Two blades of grass where one grew before
at Spring Garden and Broad streets.
'Tis but a wee drap o water that is
beng added TO- the Scotch, judging by the
vote on prohibition north Of the Tweed
.. Tho Massachusetts Judge who favors
lie terms for convicted robbers IS permitting
an admittedly serious condition to get on
his nerves.
-, One, useful thing may be put down to
IN" Cr"dif Of the commission on Constitu- 4
tional amendment 1t has suggested the
holding OF constitutional convention.
Perhaps it is the conviction that the
clerk OF the weather is really putting ND a
pretty fair article that has constrained Sen
8tor 8tr rcnrose to keep his hands off the
Weather Bureau.
New York furnishes an excellent OK
ample OF what might easily happen in Phila-
deipna II "a" Mayor rolaX"s his vigilance
and permits harmony to give any ring OF
poitclans absolute control of the police
In the famine districts of China starving
parents are selling their sons for So apiece
ana their daughters, fairly mature, for higher
prices. There seems to be tin concealed
here for ones own particular Santa Claus.
1t is because Uncle Sam doesn't want
to be told by any European operator that tho
lines are buSy--"xcuse 1t, pleas" that he
now insists upon the Freedom Of the wires
as supplementary slogan to the freedom of
the seas.
The Chicago poodle that inhcrits $4,000
and is to have Christmas tree and "A regular
bed and meals Mt tnbIc and things like
that may have proved it's right TO them by
showing at least az much intelligence as its
benefaCtOr.
While western farmers are asking Uncle
sam for financial aid to enable them to hold
their wheat until its price rises the Prus-
sian Government is forcibly taking wheat
from tn" farmers of Germany. Between
these tw" extremes reason aud justice lie.
The Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom which asks the League
Of Nations to take action in the matter Of
international marriages, at least has faith.
But what. tho Disgruntled One implorcs us
10 ask, has marriage got to do with peace
and freedom?
There is suggestion Of 'thc easiest
way about Representative Fordney's plan
to cut taxes to point where they will
simply pay running expenses. IL may Je
that nCIr sam would be wiser 10 pay on
some Of his debts even IL it did mean a little
hard shedding.
st. Petersburg, Fla, prudes having Dc.
clarcd nude art indecent the Florida
Winter Art School draped all statues before
giving n dance in its studio, with the result
that Venus wore more clothes than any
woman present But, come to think OF it,
that may not be saying very much.
When the New Jersey State Board ct
Barbers' Examiners demapded an increase
Of salary from s. a day 10 $50 day and
was told by the governor that was more than
some Judges got, the president OF the board
is quoted as saving that judges Of BARRIERS
required n.urr brains .hNu iUdSo' Of t'H
court which nay br put nowr. either
Aumor, az the fanny strikes sou .-.r-..-,--