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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
A FouR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA

Things on which the people expect
ne new administration to coneoh-
srafe Its attention:
The DclItoare river bridge.
A drydock big enough TO dccommo-
date the largest ships.
Development OF the rapid transit sys-
fem-
A convention hall
4 building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement Of the toatcr supply.
Homes to accommodate the populd-
ft0n.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

J. James NJ, Cox won the Democratic
nomination for President on the
forty-fourth ballot
e. The Three Wise Men of the East
were Caspar, Melchlor and Bal
thaZar,
8. Persiennes are outside window
blinds of light horizontal laths.
4. Nom do guerre" Is French for
war name" but it is now applied
10 an assumed name under which
a person writes, plays, fights, etc,
6. mo man is a hero to his own
valet is a phrase once commonly
attributed to Madame Seyigne.
but now ascribed TO Madame Cor,
nuel Somewhat the same idea is
found in Moliere and even as far
back as Plutarch.
6. Niobe was a mother Of twelve chill.
cren N creek mythology. She
had two, Diana and Apollo, In
revenge Latona caused ali the sons
and daughters of Niobe to die and
Niobe was turned to stone, from
which continually ran water or
tears.
7. The title Mother of Presidents"
Virginia and Ohio. W
s. Spa is a town and celebrated ,yo,o,
ing place In tho province OF la.
Belgium, situated at the iunct,on
of the Spa, Wayai and Picherotta
rivers seventeen miles southeast of
Liege.
8. Protege is a male person of whom
another is protector (usualIv
. permanently or patron, Protaeaa ~
the feminine person SO proteeted 40
TO- A quadriga is an ancient oh.-,..
drawn by four horses abreast !
seen IN sculpture or on coins -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
HoHENzoLLERN oBscURITY

CUICIDE is in general a cowardly
~ act, although there have been
instances; especially in the Orient,
where a special and distinctive code
prevails, in which the act has not been
untouched by honor. That attribute,
however, is not wildly discernible in the
self slaughter of the youngest son of
the former German emperor, ex-Prince
Joachim. This scion of alleged nobility
appears to have been weakIing. typi-
cal of the worst elements of his racial
inheritance.
The more that is revealed of the
Hohenzollerns, the more it is suggested
that they lacked even the dignity of
grandiose evil. The present abysmal
obscurity of the ex-kaiscr is particu-
-larly proof of the theatricality and
hollow unreaity of the whole parade of
Teuton royalty.
When the curtain fell, the actors, as
personalities, vanished. So far as his
place in human affairs is concerned
William Hohenzollern is quite as dead
as his entirely unimportant youngest
son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

gineers, firemen, conductors and brake
men. conservatives, who stood aloof in
the first switchmen's strike, would al
most certainly join in walk k-out
prompted by refusal of the Labor
Boards awards by their representatives.
Meanwhile, freight and express traf-
fic is being held up all over the country
because of shortage of cars. Shop
men who are supposed to relieve this
shortage considerably by hurryins re-
pairs to existing rolling stock are only
waiting for the word to strike again.
And the Railway Labor Board is the
last tribunal to which appeals may be
made for new wage adjustments and q
peaceful settlement of the claims ad.
vanced by the unions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

in the towns and cities, attracted by
the high wages paid in the manufactur-
ing plants.
Labor is plentiful, the raw material
is awaiting manufacture and the mar
kets of the world are calling to us.
New needs are being developed in the
backward countries and we can supply,
If we will, the products to crafty those
needs.
But, as already indicated, an apprcci-
alton of their opportunity must be i'm
planted in the minds of the manufac-
turers before they will turn their atten-
tion to foreign markets aud to the con-
ditions necessary for success in those
markets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
MORE RAIL CONFUSIoNo

CLEARLI there is to be no peace.
~ for time at least, upon the rail-
roads. The announcement of 10 per
cent cut in the lower paid working
forces on the eastern division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, though it fol.
lows upon authentic reports which show
that the company has been operating at
loss, will nevertheless weigh heavily
with embittered delegations representing
the various unions who were preparing
in Chicago yesterday to reject the
awards of the Railway Labor Board.
The Labor Board, preparing to make
its findings known today, appears to
have given the union representatives
advance information relative to its de-
cisicns. The result was not cheering.
n, NJ. Heberling, chief representative
~ the switchmen's unions, the militant
a.fnent among railmen's organizations,
\ .'Ss,!Ie in 4 tope which indicated that the
1, X,&m(n are yearnipg for new strike
4 the older brotherhoods might
ltely ASecome involved. The en-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Plans to provide New England with
coal have. of course. nothing 10 do with
the recent report of the New England
coal committee to the governors of six
states. The present action of operators
and railroad executives is merely a CO.
incidence. That report set forth that
the coal operators preferred to send
their. coal abroad because the Interstate
Commerce Commission would thus be
less likely to call them to task for prof
iteering and the foreigners didn't care
what they paid SO long as they got the
coal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Sooner or later automobile fatali-
ties. now as common as street car ac-
cidents were twenty years ago, will be-
come infrequent. Joy riders will dis
appear and the men on the job will drive
with more care. But the police, backed
and prodded by public opinion, have
much work to. do before this condition
is brought about.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Germany has agreed to provide the
Allies with the coal demanded by the
treaty, so the European coal shortage is
considerably reduced. Is it mere coin
cidcroo that American coal operators
should. immedi iately following the news.
find means OF providing New England
with the coal she has been demanding
and demanding in vain?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

The Resolutc and Shamrock Nv,
ladies and gentlemen, will next perform
on the triangle" There isn't much tune
in triangle and the performers are
not seeking harmony, but IL it's jigging
You want watch your step, for one of
the contestants is going to show her
heels to the other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
ASKS LIFE OF COURTS
general Gonzalez Obtains Writ Nul.
lIfyInq Possible Court M artlal Decree

Mexico City, July 20.-(By a. P.)-
General Pablo Gonzalez, who was cap
tured recently and charged with being
the intellectual head of the revolts Of
Generals Carlos Osuna, Jesus Guajardo
and Ireneo Villareal, has been given
writ of amparo against the death pen
atty should the extraordinary court
martial in session at Monterey so scn-
tence him.
A hearing to determine whether the
decree. shall be made final will be held
curly in August.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
FOR "KING AND EMPIRE"
Australians to Form Alliance I,
Counteraet Disloyal Doctrines

Sydney, Australia; July 2O.-De-
cision to form liking and empire al
lance" to counteract what were term
ed disloyal doctrines. was taken at n
big mass meeting here. Speakers de-
nounced the utterances of Archbishop
Mannix, of Australia.
American Consul Norton, who ad-
dressed the meeting, said movements
such as the one being inaugurated by
the gathering were needed "to counter
act the influence aiming at destruction
OF the mutual condolences existing be- :
tween the British empire and the United
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

A dispatch from Washington states
that coal operators and railroad execu-
tives have plan to facilitate the dis
t,ibution of coal to the Northwest, New
England and Canadian territory; that
they have submitted it to the Interstate
Commerce Commission ; but that details
are withheld until the commission has
time to study it. That's the worst of
these serial stories. They always leave
YOU in the air at the most thrilling
point.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

There is at least one optimist in
the Democratic party. On his arrival
at the White House to visit the Presi-
dent, Governor Cox found there let
ter addressed "The Hon. James M.
Cox, White House." But an optimist
is very frequently a darned poor
prophet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
JEWISH SOCIALISTS WIN
zIonIsts Declare Settlers Must cuI.
tivate Land Themselves

London, July 20.-(By A. P.)-The
Jewish Socialists won a victory in the
Zionist conference today when, after
three hours of tumultuous debate, they
forced the adoption of an amendment to
the report of the colonization commits
sion, the amendment declaring that all
settlers in Palestine, with or without
capital, must cultivate their lands them
selves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Added testimony is given to the
worth of the Boy Scout movement by
the admiration expressed by German,
town Hospital physicians at the first aid
given by the youngsters to a boy who
had fallen and broken his leg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

The Board of Educa-
Between Two tiOn appears to have
Stools fallen between two
, stools. 1t was so fused
up in the matter of teachers salaries
that it quite forgot. unless DIR. Fur
bush IL mistaken, to provide medical
inspection for public school children.
And, of course, it may easily be that
concern for the proper medical exami-
nation OF school children prevented the
quorJm that made unavoidable the delay
In adtion concerning teachers salaries.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

When the Young Lady Next Door
But One read the headline, "Bolsheviki
Take Ida From PoIes," she said. Il
know! bida was their, cook. No won
der they're mad!'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

The President and Cox are said to
be in full accord in the matter of the
League of Nations. Which, presum-
ably, means that the governor is willing
to forget his pro German editorials II
everybody else will.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Far be it from us to find fault with
a good publicity manager but-but does
IL look reasonable that Senator Harding
should become a good linotype operator
while fighting shy of the typewriter!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

1t is the hope of all good citizens
that political cleanliness will 60 hand
in hand with municipal street cleaning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

The one thing Franklin D. Roose-
velt must curb IL he wants to get any
where is his evident inclination to lay
the goo on too thick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

One reason the League of Nations
VIII stay in the spotlight during the
campaign is that the people will have
it so. H..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
SHORT CUTS

Electric rates may go up" Still
another shock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Prince Joachim's suicide is said to
have been brought about by poverty.
or course, 1t never occurred to him to 90
to work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Turkey with wings clipped still
shows disposition tHShake her wattles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Little Nell Suffragist Is forever
being assured: "Codlin's your friend,
not Short p
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Prince Joachim has at least shown
his relatives way out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ


/. What country is ruled by a negus?
2. From whomSdoes "Hetcherisrh" take
it's name?
3. What celebrated newspaper editor
was once defeated for the presi-
dency.
4. What was the richest antique
treasure ever found by digging In
the earth?
s. What last lair of yellow fever was
General Gorgas planning to clean
up when his notable career was cut
snort by death? .
6. Which one of the planets shines
with a somewhat reddish glow?
7. How many kings named Victor EN-
manuel have ruled over Italy?
8. What color Is puce?
0. Who said, in reference to n move-
ment in favor of his presidential
candacy: II shall not accent a
nomination If l am nominated |
will not run and II am elected
will not serve?
10. What is the capital Of Siam?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
HOW DOESIT The YGung orat0r-lfs Not Exact
~ nv NJ iy What He Says, but the
y 1 ~ n ~ " u Blooming Way He Says
By KELLAMY

THE young orator walks across the
L hall with the manner of Ty Cobb
going to bat.
He does not hesitate.
He walks quickly like man about
to meet an emergency and perfectly
sure he could meet it. He goes to the
rostrum like general seeing his men
in confusion and confident that he has
only to put himself at the head of them
in order to reform them instantly in
the face of the enemy.
Every movement indicates confidence
the stride. the way the feet are paced
on the ground, the swing of the arms,
the carriage Of the head.
He does not walk as one feeling, his
way and uncertain of his purpose, but
as one who never in his life knew
doubt.
His chin is firm, not obstinate; not
consciously set, but sure. You feel as
he goes to the speakers desk that there
is the most perfect embodiment of con-
fdence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

LIE DOES not say anything.
IL Confident people never do say
anything.
People who think much are never
confident.
Those with full minds never have
such firm chins as the young orator.
They don't walk with his cocksure-
ness. They don't use their arms as he
does.
They are balancing two lines of ac-
ton in their minds, and the delicate art
of intellectual balancing affects their
walk and their gestures. They are not
sure.
But to be a young orator it is not
necessary to say anything.
Kerensky never said anything.
Yet he talked his way to the front
of the Russian revolution and made all
the world think for n few months that
he was the savior of Russia.
q q q
TT is not what you say nine times
l. out of ten but the way you say it.
1t was not what Kerensky said.
1t was the way he said it. He was
weak.
But he was flaming personality.
When he spoke he seemed strong.
His voice inspired troubled Russia
with sense of security. !
They call our young orator the young
Kerensky Of the Northwest. Hence
the propricty of bringing in the Rus
sian leader.
In private life this confident young
man is the inventor of bomb or of a
cogwheel in an automobile, or something
| like that; an engineer by training but
an orator by choice, headed for Con-
gress or the presidency, for heaven only
| knows where young man will stop
who can walk across the floor in way
to arrest attention, and mount the plat
form in a way that brings a hush in the
noisiest audience and fills it with the
instant belief that now it is going to
get the last word on the subject it is
thinking Of.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

4 ND when one seys that it is not
"A what the orator says but the way he
says it that counts one must make
further reservations.
This young man commands his audi .
ence the instant he has taken two steps
toward the platform.
He does not have to speak.
The audience may not know who he
is.
1t may never have heard his voice.
And when he does speak, you realize
if you are critical, which most auditors
are not, that he has nothing but that
arresting confidence of mien and gait
and posture, that habit of assuming
command.
Our orators equipment consists of an
eloquent facility in speech, strong,
rich and harmonious voice, an inn.
pressiye presence, an actors skill IN
facial expression, gestures and bodily
motions.
q q q
THIS young orator has none of these.
~ He is small of stature, looks more
youthful than his years, which are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

Cox men are now seeking to trans
late Cummings into Goings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
The New
Slang

"Old top" and "Old dear" for "OId
fruit" and my festive" We venture
the opinion that, as ever, the popular
ity of the phrases will be in inverse
ratio to their appropriateness. The old
man likes to be addressed as My boy
will enjoy being spoken of as a dried
prune or a preserved peach, though the
terms, affectionately applied, may tickle
the vanity of the immature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
THE DRUG HABIT
"Dream Powders" and Their
Growing Use In This city-co.
caine the Greatest curse,
Absinthe, Hasheesh and
Others
BY GEORGE Nox MCCAIN

A PROMINENT physician of this
1city, whose practice runs the gamut
Of the social scale, indorses the decla-
ration of Director Of Public Safety
Cortelyou that the use of drugs Is rap
idly increasing in Philadelphia.
The fact will become more apparent,
he believes, as the months and years go
by.
Just now the habit is represented by
two classes of addicts; one that is just
learning and therefore extremely care
full to conceal the vice, the other the
of individuals who "plunge" in the use
of drugs and supply the bulk of ply
sician's cases and criminal exploits as
result of excessive use.
Heroin is the real 'devil drug" 1t
inspires the user with degree of false
and momentary courage which no words
can adequately describe.
"a heroin dopester, who is ordinarily
n creature Of weak moral fiber and ply
steal stamina, becomes perfect lion in
courage and a wolf in destructive ten
denotes under it's influence" said the
physician.
"I agree with Director Cortelyou that
most of the crimes now committed in
our large cities, and particularly in
Philadelphia. are perpetrated by drug
crazed men, most Of them recent recruits
to the growing army Of drug iends."
COCAINE or Cooke" as it is popu-
~ larly known in the underworld. is
the drug most favored, because it is so
easily administered. 1t is only thirty
six years since DR.. Carl Roller, an IN.
known Bohemian physician, announced
its discovery.
Anesthetic effects Of the drug had
been discovered twenty nine years be-
fore, but it was regarded only as lab
oratory curiosity until Rollers an
nouncement.
The drug has created more widespread
disaster and distress among civilized ma
tions, in proportion to its years OF gem
eral use, than any other drug, possibly,
in the history of mankind.
Bellevue Hospital, New York, was the
first institution to direct attention to
the increase in its use twenty eight
years ago.
One of the peculiarities Of the CO.
came naDlJ Oh tHaJ tllle Was tnuI "a
majority of its victims were physi.
clans. This fact was partly accounted
for by their efforts to arrive at. a
thorough understanding of the action
and effect of the new drug.
The first nationally wide case that
directed attention to the danger of the
formation of the cocaine habit was that
of DR.. Charles Bradley, of Chicago. He
commenced experimenting with the
drug, using himself. his wife and his
children as subjects for his experiments.
In short time he became a mental
and physical wreck, lost large practice
in Chicago, and became vagrant.
This led to careful. study Of the
drug, which was accumulated by the case
of a prominent physician of Pittsburgh,
who, having formed the habit, became
violent and under the delusion that he
was being attacked by burglars began
firing right and left and almost killed
several persons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

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about thirty. His voice has neither
power nor richness.
1t is little husky.
It has none of the organ tones of
William J. Bryan's voice.
His gestures are awkward, forcible,
that is all like his voice they lack fiexi-
bility and variety. His language is COM
m.onplace; it has no virtue but
punch.
His facial expression never changes I;
lt is one Of invariable confidence. His
IDEAS are ordinary; as already ex-
planned, he says nothing.
He snaps his jaws together, he stamps
his feet, he flicks his hands out into
sudden rigidity. You see the firm chin.
You hear him say "We shall do"
whatever it Is the audience wants to
do. And he stands printed on the
mind in capitals of an indescribable
height.
The feet bang the floor.
The chin shines in sudden illumi-
nation.
And you, or at least all your neigh
bors, jump to their feet and yell, waving
their hats in the air.
All the young man has said Is I'VE
shall do it, in a way that makes every
body confident for moment that it will
be done.
Doubt and that young man can't
dwell together one moment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

WITH only that gift, the arresting
w manner of taking the platform, the
stamp of the feet, the flash of the chin.
and the power to say 1--WE shall do it,
in n way that leaves no doubts, the
young orator has organized three states.
He has heaven knows how many
followers!
He is indefatigable in making
speeches.
Whenever men are gathered together
he is there, walking to. the platform
like an Alexander taking command of
his men, stamping his feet, flashing his
chin, and saying. I'VE shall do it,"
Some time we shall.
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TT IS the way he says it, his extraor-
l. binary. capacity to inspire for q
moment in others that perfect conf
dence he himself feels.
All of us have coward souls which
want to feel at somebody's expense or
other the sense of confidence. And with
that sense for a moment we are lifted
out Of ourselves.
We rise to higher levels of courage
and faith.
And this young man, the Kerensky
of the Northwest, has the extraordinary
gift, by the way he walks across the
floor, by the way he stamps his feet
and shows his chin, by sudden rigidity
in his arms, of inspiring confidence.
When he says 1--WE shall do it." for
a moment all doubts vanish.
The impossible ideal is realized.
We cease to be men of little faith.
And we are lifted up by our belief.
He dramatizes> US for ourselves as he
roes, reformers or what not.
For a moment 1--WE shall do it,"
1t is intoxicating to feel confident.
The young orator fills you with his
confidence.