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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-04

Justice McRsynolds. Senator and Mrs.
Charles b. Henderson. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Senator and Mrs. Robert
L. Owen, Senator and Mrs. Joseph g.
FreHnghuysen, the minister Of Poland
and Princess IIubomirsisa, Gen.
Pershing. the charge d'a6aires Of tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-04

Phelps Emo for the benefit Of the Ser.
bian aid fund viii be one of the most
fashiouable events Of the social sea
son, and among those who have taken
tickets are the ambassador OF Cniie
And Nine. dc Matthew, the ambassador
Of Arrentlna and Nine. LIE Breton, MT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-04

sister. Miss Catherine Emyth. at her
marriage to Mr.. Charles Ward Bur.
CESS Of Omaha. which win take place
| on January IL.
The ball to be given tomorrow even
ing at the residence Of Mr.. William
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-04

Rumanian legation, Mr. Lahovary;
Prince and Princess Gagarine. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Lansing. the third assist
ant Secretary Of State and Mrs.
Merie-Smith. Col and Mrs. Sherman
Continued ON Ninth Page.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
A KLEAGLE Is STREETEO

rN1E owners of the Office building in which
J. some kleagles and klPaglcttes of Wizard
Simmons organization settled down i'm
posingly when they set nbout the business
of kluxing Philadelphia have just pro"idcd
an excellent example to those who seek an
efficient and noiselcss method of dealing with
a public nuisance. Kleaglr Atkin and his
Office force have decided, under pressure, to
seek other quarters. That is how the an
pouncement runs.
,-, In effect it means that the kleagle and the
kleaglettes have been, as you might say,
strected.
If the owners Of other Office buildings
prove to be as considerate Of their tenants
as the owners of the Bellevue Court Build
ing are, kluxism will not pcrsist long enough
TO be n matter of concern to Congress or
the general public.
Gradually, as disclosure follows disclosure,
the sudden spread of the Ku KluX is being
! explained. The field force of the organiza
tion appears to include all the propagandists,
promoters and drive experts who found
themselves out of easy and profitable jobs
when the emergency OF the war was ended.
Simmons found an army Of shrewd organ
izers" ready at his hand and eager for cumu-
lative percentages kleagle usually is n
man who, having made an easy living out
of the war while better men were suffering
and sacrificing hates to return to the normal
tasks of peace
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
BEER AND TREATIES

MOT the obstinacy of a former President,
~ not Democratic snipnE in the Senate,
not the antagonism Of William +. Borah
nor the irrltabity of humbled Germany is
OF sufficient obstructive force to forestall a
speedy Legislative ratification Of the peace
treaties in Washington.
Mr.. Wilson, It appears. has not been
posing as an aggressive general Of shattered
political troops. The results Of a conference
OF Democratic Senators confirm the view
that the treaties will not be made a party
matter.
The Reichsrath, or upper chamber Of the
German Parliament, formally approved the
pacts on September IT. The ReichstaE, or
lower house. swung into line yesterday and
voted for the ratification bill.
What, therefore, has been imperiling
prompt consideration Of the treaties and
their expeditions passage through the Senate
Echo answers, Beer"
The plan for bringing up the German,
Austrian and Hungarian instruments on
October IA was temporarily blocked yesterday
when the fight over alcoholic percentages and
medical exemptions was given momentary
precedence over international affairs.
1t was insisted that immediate provision
be made for voting upon the much discussed
Beer Bill" which Is already the cause OF
friction and devastating complications be-
tween the Senate and the house. Later in
tho day a glimmering of reason prevailed
and the objectors climbed down.
While the course Of diplomacy seldom runs
smooth. there Is novelty, indeed, in the tac-
tics displayed. Even Talleyrand would
conceivably have been embarrassed. not to
say dazed, by the spectacle In the Senate
Yesterday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

I. The Japanese delegates to the Dissrrna-
ment Conference are Prince TokugnU,a
Vice Admiral Kato and Baron ShIde-
hara.
g. Peel - TO strip Off tho rind. akin nee,
bark. etc Peal means a loud ringing
or bells. especially a. series OF chanpes
on a set OF bells; loud Vollev oS
sound, especially thunder; TO sound
forth. to utter sonorously.
8. Shelley wrote the famous "Ode 10 IN.
West Wind" ''e
T. The new airplane altitude record 10
4O,SO0 feet made recently by Lieu.
tenant MacReady.
s. Rionek is the opprobrious name enn,ie5
by the South African Dutch TO British
soldiers. II means red neck
o. Rocco furniture Is furniture with rnucb
conventional decoration tnsteIeqaIv
tiorld, in the Louis XIV or Louis
XIV styles 'u'S
z. Tellurium is rare, brittle silver-colorad
element, resembling sulphur,
8. The Chinese practice OF finely chonn,rS
or cutting into shreds foods before
cooking them is due TO n fuel economv
is thus saved 'N meat
Q. The Lake School" ia the name Give, %
group of poets, including Words.oo
worth. ColerdRe and SouthcV' frnn, w.
residence or connection with the IolSs lie
country Of England (CunharIanJ'
Westmoreland and LancashIre)
10. EnBelbert Humperdnck was a Gerno,n
musical composer, noted chieHv Tor
his two fairy operas, "Hnensei ,tOL
Gretcl" and ''KoenigslSinder" T"CSiy
dren of the King'D He died IN Snn-
tember, 1921. ' S'p-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
INDIAN SUMNER MALICNED

A TTEMPTS to poetize the recent UNI
~ mourned September warrant failure.
As is invariably the case when high tenn
peratures outstay their welcome, cheerful
idiocics are circulated in defense OF Indian
Summer. \ delicious season Is thus defamed.
AS a matter of chronological fact, Indian
Summer needs no defense. Its charms are
self evident and are to be senscd in for
tunate years on cloudlcss days. softencd by
autumnal hazcs in October, November or
even as late as December. The glamourous
period contrasts favOrably with the gray
monotones of the waning year. 1t is well
worthy the attention Of SOnneteers or other
yersters.
An excessively warm September such as
Philadelphions have been experiencing is
without this category and is nothing less
than an ignoblc usurpation Of the climate
by an i'll hammered summer.
A compensatory October is in order. and
by the time one Is adjusted to seasOnable
temperatures he can lcGitimately open the
quest for the real Indian Summer, which is
worth the flcaSurab" antirimtion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

MORE than a casual denial by the mu-
lVl nicipal Department of Welfare is re-
quired in answer to the charges OF msman-
sgemcnt and deliberate cruelty formally
lodged by the Grand Jury yesterday against
the officials at the House of Correction.
There are occasions when the solitary
confinement of unruly prisoners is found
necessary. But these occasions are rare in
any prison. No one nowadays can regard the
use of dank and ancient coils as tolcrahe or
decent, particularly when they are set ASIDE
for the punishment of women prisoners.
The lightless dungeon and a bread and
water diet have been eliminated in most jails.
But the Grand Jury found both inflicted on
women inmates at the House of Correction.
In past years scandals due to the stupid
and cruel management of prisons in this
city required as regularly as the seasons.
II Is good to hear that the Grand Jury found
cause for unfavorable criticism nowhere but
at the Correction" which always has had
a bad name. 1t reports conditions at that
institution to be "barbarous and crucl." " The
Department of Welfare. with an air Of mild
surprise, expresses an opposite opinion.
Which is right?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
"IFFERS"

A CITING PROVOST PENNIN1AN'S ao.
~ dress TO the undergraduates assembled
at Penn for the opening Of the college term
had a peculiar felicity because Of its informal
and human tone. In telling the students
that no man ought to ''de on third the
acting provost put in few words bit of
advice that should be even more useful out
side the classrooms than in them. 1t has
been said with truth that the failures are
the men who grow tired too soon.
When he talked OF the 'iffers" and the
problem they present to college faculties Dr.
Penniman added a bright new definition to
the slang of the hour-an achievement for
the spokesman of university.
''Iffcr" deserves to live. 1t fills a void in
The language. Have you a little Iffer in
your home: Probably you have.
Iffers are all about. They are the men
and women and the boys and the girls who
fail because they do not desire to succeed,
and then go about saying mournfUlly that
the world is rotten place to live in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
BRAND DEFlES AUGURY

DREMIER BRANDS contempt for re-
L cent warning precedents extends beyond
his determination to represent abroad the
republic Of which he Is the actual head.
Not only has he decided to defy political
opposition at home by heading the French
delegation to the Washington conference,
but he is arranging to quit the sessions
should they be prolonged beyond Christmas.
In that case, Rene Viviani will probably rep
resent the Prime Minister.
1t Is not little fascinating to trace the
parallels between his purposes and those
executed when America was the guest and
France the host.
Although accounts still differ. It is sener-
ally understood that the intentions Of the
President Of the United States were not
scrupulously carried out in the interval be-
tween the George Washingtons first return
voyage and her second trip across.
Perhaps NJ. BRAND, closely pressed by his
political adversaries. is in mood to defy
augury. Certainly his rou"o"" = undeniable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

with favor policy increasing the difficulties
OF communication, and particularly trade,
between the United States and Europe.
On the other hand, advocates Of restricted
immigration will to some extent realize their
desires. Not only will the food Of strangers
be checked, but the limitations Of service
established by the steamship companies
themselves should put an end to the nom
sensical race Of liners from the three mile
limit to quarantine on the monthly dates
when new quotas Of immigrants are ad-
misslble.
Anything that will alleviate the injustlces
Of the system as lately manifested should be
welcome.
As for the reduced liner service, that rep
resents one of the possibilities apparently
unconsidcred by the lawmakers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

England primer compared with the labyrin-
thine miseries of the Shipping Board.
But intricate as the situation Is, It's
primary factors are plain. The Government
possesses a fleet of ships which private indi.
viduals or organizations are unwilling to
purchase at anything like a reasonable price,
The S2100 bids were ridiculously low.
Nibbles raising the scale to $4,000 per ship
have recently lightencd the gloom In the
Shipping Board Offices.
But even this price, although acceptance
Of It might be preferable to the burden Of
maintaining the vessels, is absurd.
Only the richest Government on earth can
afford to accept with n certain degree Of
philosophy the penalty for embarking on one
Of the most cxtravngantly futile programs
ever undertaken "" IN" nnodc~l milton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
SARGASSO
THE herring gull on tilted wing

YTNHE herring gull on tilted wing
l. Is wary of its winnowing,
Nor shark nor barracuda's fin
Will venture meath its dreadful whin,
For ever since the world began
Atlantic currents round IL ran,
Nor ever crossed Its mighty span,
Nor counted It as kin.
Sometimes a ship that's lost Mt sea
Slips down the green profundity,
Some, rudderless from tempest fled,
Drift to this liquid Limbo dread,
Where. though the sky above Is blue
And sun ard stars shine brightly too,
They seem like birds Of brilliant hue
That hover Ger the dead.
Here treasures from the Spanish Main
Wait for adventurers in vain.
Poor ships with rusty chains a-clink,
They cannot sail and cannot sink,
Wearily lurching to and fro,
Their huddling squadrons all a row
Cast on the greasy tide below
Reflections black as ink.
OF all the shining oceans floor
This spot Is cursed fOrevermore,
And as q sign It's lost to grace,
Great God has turned away His face,
And SNilOrmen In terror tell
When Lucifcr from heaven fell
Right through the sea he sank to hell
Upon this very place.
Leon D'Emo in Leslie's Weekly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephas Subjects They
Knotu Best

men of both these organizations Is excellent.
not only in reducing labor turnover, but IN
keeping them satisfied with their places and
with their treatment by their employers.
1--WE have found from practical experience
that II Is a good deal cheaper In the end to
duties on account of advancing age than It
Is to try to find them other places in the
employment Of the road. places which they
perhaps would not fill satisfactorily and all
the time be longing for their former positions.
"But besides these reasons. the time has
now arrived when public sentiment, which
Is yearly becoming greater and greater
economic factor, will no longer allow an
employer. especially II that employer be q
large corporation. to dismiss men after long
years Of faithful service without some meas
ure Of provision for their future"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
THE UNEMPLOYMENT REPORT

MUCH of what the unemployment confer
AVl ence suggests in series OF suggestions
offered az an emergency program intended
to operate whllo the various committees seek
means for permanent industrial stabilization
in the future IL necessarily contingent upon
a return to the rule Of normal prices and
profits ut the sources Of the essential ma
terials Of industry.
Broadly, It Is urged by the unemployment
committees that all people who have work
to do do 1t now. But it happens that all
sorts Of people, from the executives of i'm
portant Government departments to the
man who has only a small house or new
plumbing in view, have been waiting for
further declines in the cost of material and
labor. Some materials are now almost at
bedrock. Others are high. Involved with
the question of high prices Is the question
Of high wages. That complication can be
cured only BY time.
Meanwhile. no set Of rules that the con-
ference might formulate would be adequate
to ease the unemployment situation wholly
and at once.
What the country must rely on now Is
the public spirit Of all sorts and conditions
of men and the ability Of employers and en-
ploycs alike to recognize an emergency when
they see It. Great sacrifices are not neces-
sary. Small ones will help immensely II
they can be made by large and small en-
ployers as we'll as by wage earners.
AS usual, tho chief source Of trouble Is
the profteer, who will not mend his ways.
He Ia a man who must be reckoncd with
even by the manufacturers who would follow
the suggestion Of Mr.. Hoover's committee
and "manufacture for stock" A manufac-
turer cannot safely manufacture for future
sales IL the prices Of his raw material are
maintained somewhere In the sky along with
the prices Of fuel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
AREvoLUTIoN IN TRADE ROUTES

CUPPORTERS of the quota Immigration
- Law now operative cannot consistently
object to inclination of important shipping
interests to effect radical change in Atlantic
routes.
The program now under consideration in
wolves the diversion of many liners now
making ports on the Eastern scaboard Of the
United States to Canada, Central America,
Mexico South America and South Africa.
The majority of such vessels hs will un-
dergo route alterations are especially equipped
for carrying emigrants. MANY Of them,
however, receive other classes Of passengers
and all are, Of course, partly cargo boats.
According to London Rdvices, something
like a revolution In ocean traffic Is now
under way.
The results In this country will be mixed.
Americans in general are unlikely to view
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
A kentucky CHALLENGE

From the Harrodsburg Herald.
Add STOPPER. who Is In his eightieth year,
tells us he has been harvesting ever since
he was ten years old and has only missed
two harvests in all that time. once when
he was laid up with two broken ribs and
one year with crippled foot. This year
he and his youngest son put all his wheat
In the shocks and when he put the last
bundle in place he Jumped up and cracked
his heels together twice. If any one can
beat this Uncle Add would like to hear from
them,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
THE WOODEN SHIP HooDoo

VJyiE pleasure which the Government may
i have experienced in accepting an offer Of
S2lO0 ship for units of the wooden fleet,
which originally cost from 100000 to
$500, 900 each, was short lived.
The proposed sale has fallen through and
the United States remains in possession Of
the greatest number of timber ships ever
constructed in one program since Rome
felled her forests to vanQuish Carthage.
ID Legal experts of the Shipping Board al
otsge that no certified check was ever deposited
y the prospective purchasers, the Ship Con
ed; Y, .rction and Trading Company, Inc. With
yenturing to unravel the additional com.
ities of the case, this barrier to the
ANIMATION of the sale is convincing.
scourse, a new legal contest Is threat
The most involved records of the
Af Chancery are as simple as the New
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
What Do You Kno,p?
QUIZ

1. What is the origin Of tho slang word
boob? 0'N
2. Who Is to head the French delegation AT
the Disarmament ConrerenceP
Q. Who was Mazzini?
4. Name three plays by Shakespeare III,
scenes of which are laid in republics
3. What is a capias In law2
6. What is meant by Lemnian deed7
7. or what State Is Jefferson CITY the
capital? '"e
8. What attributes are typined by the color
purple? '''
9. What is the symbolic significance OF n
sapphire?
10. What Is meant by a whip in legislative
assemblies?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
I.sse r. Fifer. one Of The nina 2.

Jesse II. Fifer one Of the nine MEM
bers OF the School Board OF Lyndhurst.
\. j., says the teachers in the public schools
are like bathing beauties with skirts too
short and stockings too fancy and clothing
too loud. But Filters toot was no clarion
call, for the other members Of the board
refused TO take any action In the matter,
1T Is much ensier 10 shorten n dress than
to lengthen It." said one Of the teachers, II
this is threat Mr.. Fifer seems to be due
FOR a shock
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
A Good Slnn

From tho Portland Oregonian.
Inquiry Is made whether wave Of some
thing cannot be discovered that would add TO
the sum OF happiness, as a relief from the
crime waves and suicide waves with which
we are constantly rcgaled. It Is nevertheless
a good sign that q wave Of happiness still Is
not news. Happiness is a good deal COM
noner. and hence more commonplace, than
the pessimists are willing to admit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

The president Of the Monroe County
in stroudsburg, denied that the world Is
going to the bow vows. and declared that
the good old days do not compare with the
present time. He is eighty nine years old
II he were not IN optimist he might not
have lived so long.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

The American High Commission at
vestigating what Ia said to be a perfect food
invented Tor discovered) by a Hungarian
scientist after eight years of experiment
The soy bean is said to be its base. OF the
professor and his product an admlring world
may remark, "Somc bean!'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

When a lawyer in New York court
tauntingly asked a doctor what an intoyi.
Gated mans breath "smelled like these days."
the witness promptly replied, Something
like combination of chlorine, mustard gas
and garbage" This Is not NICE but II is
so descriptive and true and so discourag ging
to souscs that 1t deserves all the publicity
Doauihla
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

The New Jersey Poultry Producers
York by the United States District Attor-
ney to explain why the association should
not be charged with prohteering. We ven
ture the opinion that one explanation is that
the term he's never yet been adequately
defined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

A Poughkeepsie, y. y. street car con-
ductor who lost his memory "a year ago as
the result of an accident has had it restored
by being thrown from n street car This,
though remarkable is by no means un.
precedented nor is the popularity noted
peculiar to humankind, supplements the Sub.
urbanite. l have an alarm clock that is
periodically afflicted in just that way. It
sometimes forgets to go after fall from the
table, but the accident OF swift kick will
invariably restore it's memory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

We can remedy economic conditions 81
we have grit enough. says Thomas A. Edi-
tho bearings Of the wheels Of industry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

Fate, a cynical satirist, never played u
more characteristic trick than when she
made William Dooley, "a tumbling wizard, -
misstep as be alighted from n taxicab.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
Mary's Style

Mary got little skirt
The way that others got 'em;
It was as long as any skirt
It went from top to bottom.
New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

In a Honolulu court recently q Ha-
waiian woman was fined So for beating her
Chinese husband. Hasn't woman any
rights in that benighted country?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

Just about the time when tho folders
IN the shock the fact occurs to us that 40
poet James Whitcomb Riley was soms pun.
kin that the frost never touches and that
needs no frost to ripen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

This eugenics idea, remarked Demos
themes McGinnis, Is a good thing so long as
you don't take IL too seriously. And Dan
Cupid sees to It that nobody shall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

Harding Shakes Thousand Hands''-
Headline. That's nothing. Just in a little
while the Senate r. due to see him shake q
leo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

A doctor is quoted as saying that aleo-
hol before the Volstead act was designed to
kill off all worthless human beings. We
wonder why he said "before the Volstead
Rct,o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

On second thought We are opposed TO
any movement to retire Congressman Her
rick. The world bps little enough laughter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01

The fact that there Is new bogus 800
bill In circulation has merely academic In
terest for most Of us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-01
Missouri Nature Students Discovery

From tho Lamar Democrat.
Judge Isenhower, who has some corn IN
Muddy Creek bottom, says muskrats are cut.
ting down the big, heavy stalks of corn.
though they are supposed to live chiefly on
small fish and frogs.