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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
AN EXERCISE IN FUTILjTY

SoME members Of the Constitutional Re
- vision Commission are taking their
uuties more seriously than others There
was a clash between them at the meeting
OF the commission this week when the com
missioners assembled for. the first time since
the summer adjournment.
Ex- Judge James Gay Gordon was erieved
because the committee on style had treated
lightly some of the proposed amendments
ngreed on earlier in the year. He said the
committee had not only corrected the Eng
ltsh in many instances, but 1t had changed
the meaning Of the amendments. Mr.. Cor
don objected to such disrcspect for the work
OF the commissioners az though he believed
that the amended constitution were to be
seriously considered by the Legislature when
the report is submitted.
The political powers that be in the state
seem satisfied with things as they are, In
spite of grave defects in the fundamental
law. They have persistently argued that the
present is not the time for revision. They
argued that way five and ten years ago, and
IL the same men are In the saddle in five
or ten years they will be arguing the same
way then. Why, does not everyone know
that there has been no 'rcapportionmcnt of
the congressional districts in the state be-
cause OF the objection OF the political leaders
to any interference with their system Of
organization. II the four congressman at
large should be assigned to new districts
created by rcapportionment, half dozen
district leaders would have to organize their
machines all over ngain and there would
have to be a lot of troublesome readjust-
ments. They favor the status quo all along
the line.
The way to revise the constitution Is
through a convention which shall hold open
sessions and agree upon the needed changes,
and through the submission of its conclu
sons to the voters for ratification. This Is
the simple, quick and effective method So
why should any one get excited over what
the committee on style Of the present COM
mission does or docs not do? Attorney Gen
eral Schaffcr, who doubtless understands
what is up, refused to worry over Judge
Gordon's charges against the men who had
taken liberties with the amendments which
he hnd proposed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
A SERMON IN VERSE

TT YOU stand at Fifth avenue and Forty
fifth street In New York city you will be
IN the vortex OF the gaycst and fastest life
in the United States. There no one likes to
think too seriously Life is flashing and
cfervcscent.
There Ia a church OH that corner md it
IL called the Church Of the Heavenly Rest,
and the rector is the Rev. Dr. Herbert Ship
man. DR.. Shipman, weary, apparently, Of
trying to express in ordinary terms the
things he feels after any casual look about
him. delivered a sermon in verse. 1t was
blisteripg verse and it was dedicated to the
proftcers. The author had various sorts OF
profteers in mind. There was that in his
sermon which showed that he hated them
all--the cmotionalists who hnvc profteercd
in writing. who have made marketable wares
out of the agonies Of young men; the
grafters who waxed fat In the war trades
and all the people who were content to get
money or notoricty or social prestige out of
the torment unspeakable that fell to men who
had to hold the trenches.
While DR.. Shipman was delivering his
sermon, a club formed by the new rich was
holding open house not far away, and some
war mllionaires were playing stud poker
for stakes that were seldom less than 500,
600 at any round.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

short skirts which reveal their ankles and
calves without the element of allure which
made frilled lingerie Of their grandmothers
OF the hoopskirt days 80 shocking to the
great .grandmothtrs, who thought the cos
tunes of the thirties modest and becoming.
The protest Of the president emeritus of
Harvard University does credit TO his feel
ings, but It is rather disappointing to find
social philosopher of mature years mis-
taking change In the style Of feminine cos
tune FOR evidence Of a degeneration in femi-
nine morals. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
reared in the atmosphere of the Andovcr
Theological Seminary, once denounced as
immoral the evening gowns which exposed
the shoulders OF the wearers, but DR.. Eliot
knows they are not immoral. The standard
OF social morality is higher today than it
was In the time when women laced them
selves up in iron corsets and Queen Eliza.
beth hid her scrawny neck by high ruff.
why, twenty five years ago some moralists
were denouncing the leg Of mutton sleeves
as bitterly as they condemn the fllmy, close.
hitting sleeves Of today. Yet we seem to
have survived.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
WAGES AND THE DOLLAR

T'aE workmen engaged In the building
= trades in Baltimore are acting with the
sound sense which those who are familiar
with their intelligence and fair. .mindcdness
expected.
The carpenters have been getting ninety
cents an hour by an agreement reached a
year ago. 1t was understood that this rate
would be increased ten cents in November
OF this year. Their representatives have
voted to refuse the advance in wages. The
reasons which led to this decision are that
the prospect of steady work at the old pay
II good and that prices of all commodities
are falling. The falling prices will make
ninety cents an hour worth more than 81
an hour would have been worth a year ago
In view of the falling prices. the carpenters
apparently realize that IL they are to be EN-
ployed they must not insist on higher wages.
They have perceived that the worth Of
wages depends on the purchasing power Of
the dollar. The fifty cent dollar which we
have had for two or three years is likely
TO become a seventy five cent or u ninety
cent dollar within the next two or three
years. If the recognition of this fact, which
seems to have begun in Baltimore, spreads
throughout the country. as it should. the
readjustment of wages will take place easily
and without friction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
THE LADY At THE WHEEL

TN ONE place at least the lord of creation
has been accustomed to feel an assurance
of natural superiority even while the rise
Of feminine influence threatened his prestige
everywhere else. That was at the wheel Of
IN automobile. The sharer of his sorrows
a man shares his joys chiefly In the club or
on the golf course-thc sharer OF his sor-
rows was expected to sit quietly by his
side as q wondering admirer of dexterity
which she might never hope to approximate.
Was she not deficient In the ruder sort OF
courage that makes of man the master Of
great forces? She hadn't the strong will,
the firm hand, the iron nerves and the
steady-as they say-bean necessary to keep
a strong motor in state of order and
obedience and she could only greve because
of her inability to handle 80 interesting a
device as the deviwagon
Superintendent Mills, an observant man,
IL disposed to doubt the right Of men even
in their last stronghold Women, he In
sists, are the best motor drivers. They do
not get intoxicated. They are not specders.
They obey the traffic laws and they rarely
have accidents. When a woman driver
does something wrong she stops 70 explain
or to give immediate aid to the injured and
take her own medicine. Woman's true
place, when 1t isn't in the home, seems to
be in the motbrcar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
A BASEBALL SUPERSTATE?

TNNUMERABLE baseball fans have been
i proud to say that they didn't know what
the League Of Nations scheme was about or
what the Big Four tried to do at Paris,
and that they weren't going to lose any sleep
trying to find out BY a peculiar act OF
Providence which may not be unrelated to
the forces of retribution, the whole ap
palling question of International relations
and rivalries as it appeared at Versailles
has been reproduced in miniature within
the organizations which maintain profes
sional ball as national institution. and to
compel the pious attention Of all fans be-
cause II threatens to create endless tumult
and perhaps slow destruction in the game
that they adore. Baseball for the moment
n amazingly like the world at large.
1t is pretty clear even to the lay mind
that the fight for a new and revolutionary
alignment of the professional clubs is di-
rected at Ban johnson. Ban, in a role sug
restiye in some ways of that which Mr..
Wilson played in Paris, Is opposed by Com
fskey. of Chicago. Comiskey is the Clemen-
cSau of the situation. lie has been the
Ciemenceau of ball. lie is content to be
lisye that human nature Is weak and erring
and that you shouldn't expect too much from
II. and that the man who looks out for him
self and hopes not too greatly Is the person
who may be assured Of the tallcst monu-
ment In the end.
Another and an extremely important and
pogerful element Is involved prominently in
The discussions at Kansas City-we had al
most said Paris-and IL Is invested capital.
II speaks through practical men, who know
that there has been a moral breakdown
within the structure OF the leagues and that
. new beginning on new ground under new
and reassuring auspices would be good
thing. since thereby the game would be at
cnce re established in public confidence and
permitted an interval in which TO acquire
enc fresh inspiration and new strength
which it needs If 1t Is to 90 on to peace
and glory.
Rut who car measure the potentiallties Of
restless minds or know how unexpectedly
.bsv can affect human destiny? A voice that
"A the voice OF Davy Fultz-a liberal in pro
Sss.,onal ball and spokesman for the weak
and the aspiring-rises almost as the voice
- General Jan Smuts rose In Paris to chal-
lrnse a plan that at first glance seems alto
s.tbsr wholesome and almost Indispensable
II Is Dayys firm belief that superstate
X ~..h as the powers seek to create would per-
4 msnently endanger the rights OF the minor
,-s-ue groups and impcril their fondcst
I hopes of places In the sun When Dayy
ssr,t speaking like Smuts he speaks like
nAnnupzio. For he Is ready to do more
shsa nrotest. He ID ready TO fight against
s-hst he calls the new autocracy.
Tsbe dominant forces meanwhile are de-
ssvmined TO achieve high court, with Judge
v.cs.av Mountain lands in a place much
~. that which Elihu Root occupied In rela-
W. "a the new world court which is to bo
~. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phladephians on Subjects They
Kno,U Best

partly due. I believe, to the fact that many
writer's are preiudiced against the screen and
has grown so rapidly old plays and books
nave been used up-new material Is needed.
II had an amusing experience here re-
Gently. i went into theatre on Market
street after the picture had started. Some.
thing about the play seemed familiar and
wns wondering If ! had read 1t before.
Graduaily 1t dawned on me that It was one
OF my own-Tbut almost unrecogniznble on
the screen. have heard many authors OK :
claim that they could not recognize their own
children when dressed for the screen.
But the screen drama will not rcplace
the legitimate. We are going to change
fashions in the real dramas soon. When
only three out OF sixty. four legitimate plays
running In New. York are serious drama.
welcome the change ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
Mr.. COlBY'S PILGRIMAGE

TN THE absence of a League of Nations,
! or even IL there should be an experimental
sort OF league, a League OF the Americas
would be a good thing for the people Of this
continent. From the viewpoint of the United
States and the Latin republics, 1t would be
the next best thing to the harmonious asso-
citation Of peoples which was dreamed Of for
q while at Paris
A whole continent with its governments
and peoples united in aims and sympathies
would be thing to command the respect Of
all the world, not only because of Its strength
but because Of its moral implications.
Many Presidents and many secretaries Of
state have sought to make the way easier to
complete understanding and friendly CO.
operation among all governments in Amer
lea. Mr.. Root toured the Latin American
republics with that end in view. Now Mr..
Colby is to go upon similar tour. Every
body should wish him luck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER -PH1LADELpHIA 4

established under the auspices Of the League
of Nations. There Is even Fiume In the
baseball complication. 1t Is Babe Ruth.
Babe, IL the new scheme il carried through,
might be torn forever from the passionate
bosom Of New York.
While the talk proceeds the interests Of
ball arc suffering greatly, and with that fact
in mind fans and those who are not fans
can shake hands knowing that they-that Is,
baseball and ciyilixation--are In the same
boat and that the boat Is being dangerously
rocked. To perceive the real beauty OF the
general parallel IL must be remembered that
the millions who arc really interested in
baseball have no voice in the current debate
no more voice, indeed, than the dough.
boys, the poilus, the Tommies and the other
hahters had Mt Paris when the time came
TO make a practical use Of the victory which
they and they alone had won.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Point Isabel. where Senator Hard,,s l..
spenaing his vacation, is on the 0uif ~
Mexico In southwestern Texas, aboUt
twenty-five miles from Brownsville,
e. E'aSne was the wife Of Capansus. one of
Because of impous Language Capanoms
was slain by thunderbolt from Zsus
ana ENadne then threw herself on
ner nusband's funeral pyre. The inci.
e"i bv r,r,rsed s presented In The suppliants"
.. Appanase Is provision for the vourv.,
cnll1ren or kings, eto peruulsits AZ
pendeney, natural accoh,pa nIpnnt "e-
attribute. The word is from ,Sa
aFemch .apaner'" to endow with means
I. A barcarole Is the sons q, n ,onao,
an Imitation OF one. 'ef Ut
g. The Crimean War was wapea hs,,,ao,,
husslh on one side and tho allied fnrcan
ol Great Britain, Frahce, TuTkav ons
Sardinia on the other. "'' anu
o. El greco was celebrated paInter ,,t,
century T N and nd tbs t@'%, r., half Of The S%toeR
snteenth century HIS real namn me seV. M
Domenico Theotocopuli As he NO was
native OF Crete, he was given iSa ""s nn
farS' NJ Srsto' the Greek, Many of his IaaIse mas.
feIpeces were wrought In Spnin III LIZ
marked. s nus pcen
7, MANY things difficult to dssirn n,o,..
easy to performances" is from ffn IT, prove
usl Johnson's tale, 'Rssselas. - s"'"-
g. The word coup should be pronounc.d .
thoush II were spelled COO" "a
D. FoHr rm Sinss w,,a 81 Gnslqpd were named VIII
Victoria, died in iss7 VI queen
10. Texas Is called the Lone star st.,. l..
cause as an Independent repubiie bs-
iore It's admission to the Union IL Az -
bore single Ptar. ''s nag
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
What Do You Know?

QUIZ
!, What President Of the United States r,s
inaugurated In April? " O."
2. What IL a mesalllancc?
D. How should the word be pronounced7
=. WHO was the founder of the Vanderbilt
fortunes? u''''
s. What is tarrason?
g. Distinguish between amnesIa md an,.s,.
T. What American general yas desor,hsd b.,
MS foes ns "Old Cock Eye"v ~
D. VINO wrote Tales OF a WaysIde Inn"7
.. What kind Of ish Is the tnrn,n ava
"hHt maximum size does Il attain
by Pizarro? Aoi opn'"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

When at last II Is demonstrated that
q graduated income tax of a substantially
deeper cut will be no more popular than
the excess profits tax, which now has no
which Is yielding the maximum of revenue
with the minimum OF Inconvenience In
France, may be given earnest attention by
the committees Of the House and Sonata.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
DRIFTWOOD

MY FoREFATHERs gave me
~ My spirits shaken fame,
Inc shape OF hands, the beat of heart.
The letters of my name.
hut It was my lovers,
And not my sleeping sires,
VINO gave the flame its changcful
And iridesccnt fires.
AS the driftwood burning
>, Learned its jewcled blaze
From the seas blue splendor
Of colored nights and days.
Sara Tcasdale In Flame and Shadow ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

When we know what brain Is and
Just what convolutions are necessary to the
evolving Of a thought, we may be ready to
wrestle with the probable variations from
type which make possible the short cuts to
exact knowledge possessed by certain math.
ematical experts and by prodigics such as the
and confoundng chess players. And in the
meantime we must content ourselves with
understanding the happer who, viewing the
Grand Canyon, yawped, "Ain't nature won
dnrfuI ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Is paradins as a protest against al t pro6teering;
stores are closed; newspapers have sus.
pended publication and a railroad strike is
threatened. Truly the protiteer is without
honor In his own or any other country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

The fact that Judge Kenesaw Mountain
TO 500, year suggests the thought that,
wasteful as Uncle Sam frequently Is, he
doesnt squander his money on his federal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Perhaps Or. Eliot, of Harvard. has
been little unkind In his structures ON the
attire OF Boston women. 1t may be that
they have been influenced by the laudable
so common among them as has been gen
orally believed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

There is growing belief that when q
public school has taught child to live
cleanly; observe closely, think clearly and
whole duty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

With the problems, facing the govern
ment in the imminent years to come. 1t
would seem that the opposition will have by
far the easier job of It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Lumber men in convention in Chicago
lumber industry because lumberjacks cant
get liquor and won't work without 1t.
Necessity may yet provide them with the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Recruiting posters always make inter
eSting reading - but how does Secretary
Daniels know that two huge fleets will en-
circle the globe next Junef
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

The business slump that inevitably fol-
lows the end of a war is at the present time
happily eascd by bountiful crops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

According to II dispatch from Sebas::
ttopol, Captain Emmet Fitzpatrick, a Red
tured by the Bolshevists at Novoalexeyevka.
Probably entangled him in the alphabet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

The correspondents who speak Of a SIX
foot tarpon as the biggest fish Senator Hard
ing had ever hooked have evidently already
forgotten November 2.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

If Uncle Sam would but recognize him,
John Barleycorn just now would be willing
to pay any amount of taxes but he Is .
tough guy who has lost his citizenship.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Just when Shenandoah Joined the pro-
cession of Pennsylvania towns bearing bushes
laden with blossoms and berries, along came
Jack Frost and spoiled the parade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

II you had to live without a conscience
which would you rather be, a sharer in
shipping board graft or a coal gougerf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Now Approached the season when We
talk turkey. And some of us will have to
take it out in talk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
SHORT CUTS

Only a defeated candidate knows how
sour the grapes are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Incidentally, nobody can say that the
shipping board disclosures are merely cam
paign material.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Now that Indian summertime has ar
rived, Indian summer appenrs to have de-
parted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

1t is merely a postal that winter has
dropped to let us know he is on his way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Coming down to cases. do oficeholders
thrown out Of Municipal Court consider
themselves done brown?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

The Camden murder confessions show
how far afield circumstantial evidence may
lead one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Forty water -colors by james Men.
Whistler have been discovered in Baltimore.
Forty Whistcrs make q right artistic band.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
A Cause Of Unrest

IRON the Dallas Ncws
One thing that keeps us animated by the
spirIt OF unrest is that nobody ever offers
reward that we have got any chance n
collect. ''""'' "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Interest in the coal controversy grows
acute as the furnace eats the matter at issue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

Slavs; despite economic and indus
trial wreckage on a colossal scale, a
piecins together Of fragments In Europe Is
under way, and the distinction between
today and the terrific strain Of the early
days of November, 1918, is so plain that
allusion thereto Is almost trite.
But in the United States, where contrasts
so striking are less readily grasped, tho two
years just elapsed have been period in
which skepticism and idenlism have vio-
lently clashed. 1t Is for the historian to say
whether the time has been wasted. Ger
tainly the national debate upon the League
Of Nations has crystallised much thought
upon the world program, regardless of party
lines, though not Of party tactics.
The consensus Of opinion IL unquestion-
ably at this time In favor Of a world organi.
cation to preserve the peace, and, though
critical Of the treaty Of Versailles, out
standing document of the two year period,
Is inclined to sanction it's enforcement with
such notifications as new conditions may
determine.
Recognition Of Armistice Day need be
neither Snug nor vain Under prodigious
difficulties tho world has had to struggle to
repair self inflicted disaster. This, stripped
Of extravasant fancies, was at least one Of
the thoughts behind the original celebration.
1t Is blindness to denounce a valiant effort
or to despair so early Of success because the
plant is still young.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11

American observance of the armistict
anniversary must naturally be OF different
complexion from any abroad. Despite tn,
distress still existing in France, Germany
Austria, Hungary; despite the prolonged
disputations of the Italians and Juso'
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1920-06-18
KENTUCKY DAIRY
EXPERT BUYS BIG
0KT|bbEHA FARM

The blue grass region of OK
T1BBEHA equals in every re-
spect that of Kentucky-and
OKTIBBEHA has far better cli-
mate conditions" says Gano
Johnson, famous horse breeder
formerly Of Lexington, KY.
And he almost repeated, word
for word, similar statement
made by H. W. Collingwood,
editor of Rural New Yorker,
when he was here last week.