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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
THE WILD EAST

LUR almost Il generation the West has
u been able to boast about its standards
of law and order. Cowboys ride in rords.
What Is known rs "the villa class has
taken possession of areas where, in an older
day, horse thieves were hanged almost
daily. Tourists go in blssful peace over
highways where not so very long ago stage
coaches moved cautiously and heavily armed.
II Is in the East that guns bark in tho
streets and that highwaymcn venture out
and come 10 ends as astonishing as that
which a gunman mot at the hands of au
astonishing taxicabby at Ridley Park The
Wild East is a reality likely TO awe the
tenderfoot from the plains.
There was nothing in the dime novels
more thrilling than the feat of the taxi
driver who opened the throttle Of his ma
chine as wide as II would 60, chased the men
Who had tried TO rob him and finally lunged
from his seat and turned a gun that had
been leveled at him so that the man holding
Il received a bullet In his brain. 1t is sig
nifcant that even the Ridley Park police
men "hesitated' for n few seconds while
young Mintzer fought the issue to it's terri.
bic finish. Yet men with iron nerve are
like poets. They are born. They cannot be
made There are few people who would not
'hesitate" for an instant at the knowledge
that a forty-fv automatic pistol was lcvecd
at them out of darkness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
PITTSBURGH DOES 1T

T1lIE city Of Pittsburgh, it appears has
l. surmountcd the legal barriers to daylight
saving. While it Is true that Il Law Of 1897
established eastern standard time in this
commonwealth, this statute does not prevent
a municipality from turning It's own clocks
an hour forward during the season of long
days. Such at least was tho decision Of the
court, which refused TO grant an injunction
nullfyinS the Pittsburgh councilmanic or
dinanCr.
The point is Of special interest TO Phila
dephia and has been emphasized by Mr..
Roper in his advocacy Of another daylight
saving venture b. Council. Tho desired
light economy may be attained by voluntary
action Of individual citizens The simple
cxpcdcnt of bringing privately owned time
pieces in conformity with the city clocks is
all that would b. required.
There is not the slightest doubt that the
majority Of PhiladclphlRns fRvor the summer
time schedule. The power Of encouraging
this program Is in tn" hands Of Council Il
il not too late In the year, as Mr.. Ropc-
points out. to perform this easy, inexpensive
act Of public service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
EFFICIENCY IN MINIATURE

"I FIND, said Thr Man With me BIuo
/ Tie, whose impromptu dissertation on
present day psychology certainly Is worthy
Of the spnce given il here, that drudgcry
irks me least in the morning. | manage To
get TO my desk by nine. Not long ago
took an early train bocnus" | wanted to pro
cure Il few small articles u comfort a friend
Of mine who was laid UP in hospital and
waiting for them, | knew the shop whore
these things were 10 be had. 1t isn't far
from Chestnut street and ordinarily It has
a look Of bright efficiency. Indeed, IL boasts
Of its up-to datrncsS, the variety Of lts
stocks and its cagernesS to oblgr.
THE doors were still closed when ] ar
rived there. The opening hour was nine
A lot OF folk we're waiting impatirntly out
side At the stroke Of nine the portal swung
open and the little crowd troopcd In. II
was clear, after first look around, that
that shop would not be going normally for
an hour or 80. Few attendants were be-
hind the counters. 4 sleepy-eye boy,
hired, perceived, to dust and run errands,
tried manfully 10 get me what l wanted.
He groped and fumbled helplessly, though
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
SAFE AND SANE PATRIOTISM

TN OUR suburban communities prcDara-
J. tions for the celebration Of thr Fourth of
July are already pretty w"ll advanced
Within a week or two we shall hear from
various quarters tho usual appeals for q
safe and sane Fourth. The usual advice
will be directed against fireworks and there
Il will end.
We shall have a long way to 70 toward
cafe and sane Fourths oven after dangerous
fireworks have been eliminated altogether.
Safety and sanity vii, not have been
achieved in any patriotic celebration until
any man who lives by crooked politics or
betrays tho people who elect him 10 office
or deliberately makes Il Sctrich quick game
out Of public service is forever forbidden by
law or public opinion 20 spout prctcnt!ous
platitud"s in a so-callcd patriotic Grafton.
That sort OF thing. so common In Amer
Tea, IS the darkest kind Of fukcry The men
who on one day pervert and Illustrate the
system Of free government and on the next
paw tho national colorS and shout about
love Of country aifront the popular intcli.
gence, and they must be c!aSsed. IN any
hnal analysis. among actual enemies OF the
state. Vet they thrive and thcy multiply.
When they are eliminated finally We shall
be abl" 10 talk without h,ushing about safe
and sane ToU?'hS Of July.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
ANOTHER voLs+EAp MYSTERY

f HALF that is suggested in newspaper
l. reports and rumors Is true, one Of the
biggest scandals Of the prohibition expert
mcnt Is being kept under cover in the Fed
eral building at Ninth and Chestnut streets.
The immediate duty of the local enforce
ment Office is to clear the air with a full
and frank statement, to e1oncrate officials
and men In the service or TO set rumor at
rest by admitting and explaining an ugly
truth.
1t Is pretty generally understood. largely
because of guarded statements recently made
by the enforcement officials themselves. that
large quantities Of confScatcd liquor have
been taken from the storage rooms Of the
postotficc building where IL was placed under
guard as evidence to be- presented at future
trials of those charged with violation Of the
dry laws. The news of the shake up in the
local enforcement organization just issued
from Washington will naturally be asso-
catcd in the public mind with the per-
sistent reports Of plundcrrd whisky vaults.
If the Federal Building was robbed, a
great denl of evidence needed in pending
liquor cases has vanished. But it happens
that the corridors Of the Federal Building
are supposed to be guarded night and day.
The ground floor corridor is brightly
lighted. Mr. Slonaker himself, by occa-
sional hints issued to the newspapers, has
done more than any one else to encourage
the suspicion Of robbery and ian inside
job Of considerable magnitude.
II the prohibition enforcement system is
hopelrssly weak or hopclessly deficient, or
II any of Its divisions are corrupt beyond
remedy, the public ought TO know about it.
The days Of governmental secrecy are past.
Tho revenue officials have no more right to
hold back news Of a significant character
than the officials Of any other department
have to conceal the truth about important
public affairs. If the people aren't to be
permitted TO know all the results Of Vol
stendsm, how are they ever going 70 deal
with The numerous complications that the
dry laws have created? An explanation is
overdue Ht Ninth and Chestnut streets. and
If it is not obtainablc there It ought TO be
wrnng without further delay out Of the
prohibition office at Washington
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
PIE EFFICIENCY

As IT In all fitness should be, pie is the
a opening wedge. The campaign Oh be-
half Of the fabricated menu Is now yig0r.
ously under way with the stern program Of
Standardization adopted In Chicago by ma
tional pastry men. Pie in Gallup, Ariz., il
to taste precisely the same as pie in Ban
gor. Me.
The assembling Of parts, regulated 10 the
subtlest fraction OF crust ovcrhang or
structural contents, will render possible
Identical launchings from ovens ot the
humblcst hamlets and most majestic cities
of this republic. 9 Confusion resulting from
pies cross barred. open faced or covered IS
to he checked in pprpetuity.
The reform will not, Of course, slop with
this impressive imitation ot Hog Island
methods. Maryland chicken. PhiladolDhia
pepper pot, Fulton Market clam chowder
New England boiled dinner, New Orleans
gImbo, Virginia corn cakcS-thcsp are but
a few Of bill OF fare items Indicative Of be-
widering distinctions, reprchcnsiblc indi
viduality and tcmpcrnmcntal scctionaIism
and In a land the synonym Of which Is
Union.
Efficiency experts are loath to dwell on
these facts Fashions, railways. ships time
are TO some extent standardized. Should
consideration of toothsomcncSs and the
cursed personal equation justify the or.
emption Of foOd2 Perish the thought and
the dainties
That one man should eat better pic than
his nelghbor or should even differ In castro.
nomic ambtions--is this not the very mega
ton of democracy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

we both knew that the stuff wanted was
somewhere within arms reach. The young
men and women began straying In and all
of them looked drowsy and bored. The girl
who could have sent me OH my way re.
joicing did not arrive until about 8 :15. BY
that time had become impatient Per
hnps, said I to the boy, the manager Of
this department could tell US where the
things are
" The managerT said the boy in amaze
mcnt. oh. the manager will not be in
until 10 o'clock
Nov. going down the street finally with
my packages couldn't help feeling that
had seen reflected in miniature a condition
that afflicts very large part Of these United
States and the answer to the controversy
that RACES in the field Of industry. Every
body IL more or less disposed to lay down
on the job, and since the boss is taking It
as easy or easier than his men, there Is no
one to call the meeting to order. Times
have been little too flush to be Altogether
healthy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

in that time many children were born Of
parents not native to the country. When
the figures of the 1920 census are compiled
1t is likely that the native population will
amount to 90 per cent Of the whole.
Pennsylvania had larger native popu-
lation, in spite Of the great number OF for.
cigncrs engaged in its industries, thnn the
states of New England or than
New York In Rhode Island the native
population wns only G7 per cent OF the total
in 1910 in Massachusetts only 0S.5 per
cont. in Connecticut only 70+ and in New
York Cos. while in Pennsylvania S.2
per cent were native born. In Georgia.
however. the natives amounted to W.4 per
cent and in Alabama to a0.1 per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. half-nelson In hold in WRESTLING I,
which one arm Ia thrust under the cor
responding arm OF the opponent. grad
ually from behind. and the hand pIaced
upon the back Of his neck
2. Cabotage Ia navigation along n coast
coastlng plotage. coasting trade
3. Ancient Babylon was situated on tho
Euphrates '''
L. The battle Of Austerlitz in which Nano-
leon and the French army defeated ~.
Russians and Austrians occurred 90
December 2, 1905. va
8. coppice is q thicket or grove comnosod
OF small trees that are cut for f,ieI ~
other purposes on short rotation a
brushwood or copse.
s, A sestina Is form OF rhymed or lin
rhymed poem with six stanzas OF sir
lines and final trlplet, each sfanzo
having the same words as the otb"ra
ending It's lines, but In difrarent orSnr
7. W. NJ. Thackeray wrote the novel Henri,
Esmond." "'S
8. "The Bonnie Blue Flag" was the rr,,
clpal patriotic song OF the Soutbar,,
Confederacy. ''"
9. Tophet was the place In the VALLEY p,
Hinnom, near Jerusalem, used for
dolatrous worship and later FOR ia.
posting refuse, for consumDtIon -,
which fires were kept burning Topbet
was also Hebrew name for hell
10. Aegis was the name Of the shield OF Zaua
or Athene In ancient Greece. The word
Is also IA metaphor for protection or
tmpregnable defense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
Must Recognize Emotions


1--WE have not yet realized in American
education that the emotions play very
determining part in the final product of our
educational system
In the second place, we Americans have
learned to be satisfied with q very made
quate mass education which compels the
missing out of many children because of
the over; large classes that teachers are asked
to handle.
The school may be compared to great
crucible into which Is poured the raw ma
terial Of widely varied class of boys and
girls iherc are not enough men and women
to tend the furnace. There are too few TO
test the ingredients. Hence much that comes
out OF our public school system Is 70 much
slag-ht only to build the roadbeds on
whiCh the JugGernaut of ignorance and
Dind materialiSm rolls on as it has rolled
for ages past.
1.-THE, hidden gold Is still there. but we
nave missed most of it. If it comes to the
surface, oftentimes il is in spite of. rather
tnah by virtue Of, any ideal or practice pos
sible In the average school.
fortunately, we have passed the day
WhGn ,vna a practical education could define
itself. practical education used to be the
IhTee rs, with enough of the spiritual
thrown In to make girls run from thunder
storms and keep boys away from grave.
yards at night.
The materialist who wants to hold down
the future Of Americas children with tho
chains of his own limitations simply does
not belong In the new scheme of things. The
great common cause Is the right OF hu.
manty to happiness: the right to grow IN
normally, well fed, we'll clothed. sharing in
the laughter of the sun and the cheer OF a
home that is fit to live and love In.
TO this common cause home and school
are together committed. The most casual
glance back over the last six years will re-.
veal what the materalists have done for
civilization; Surprising the real spiritual
their nations councils, would there have
been this endless smear of blood across the
pages Of historyf" ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
MORE NATIVE AMERICANS

"A LTHOTGH III" census figures are not
~ completely nuHlyzrd, It IS likely that
they will show that the percentage Of nstivc
born in the population is larger than it was
in 1910 This inference Is based on the an.
nouncement that the foreign born popula
tion In New York city has fallen from 40
per cent in 1910 to 35.4 per cent in 1920.
This 35+ per cent includes approximately
1900 900 persons.
In 1910 the population of the whole coun-
try was made up Of S5.3 per cent native
and 14.7 foreign born. Immigration yir-
tuaily ceased for the period Of the war, and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Sixteen .girlish legs protruding through
the curtalnsAof an auto travelling forty. y.hys
miles an hour through Chicago suburb
caused the arrest Of the driver for violation
Of the speed laws and indecent exposure.
That the legs were papier- mache hoSsry
forms seems to show that the authorities!
hadn't Il leg to stand on in the matter OF
the second charge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
What Do You Kno,O?


!. Where and what is Carcassonne?
2. What Ia bronze?
3. Why Is II so called?
4. What Ia meant by the descent 10 Aver.
mug? '''
8, How many provinces are there IN ,ba
Philippine archipelRgoP '"'
6. Where IN William and Mary Co,I.oa ,.
uRted? "'S-
Z. What are Wellingtonia?
8. Who was John NJ. Synge?
8, OF what Is brass composed
10. What is the capital OF North Dakota?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

A sixteen year old Chicago boy accUsH
of the larceny Of $772, 900 in Liberty Bond;
has been freed by a jury, which declared
that he was bond drunk and didn't know
what he was doing" There Is nothing IN
the law Of the land to justify such yer.
diet, but It may be, taking into account the
youth of the accused. that II Is not wholly
devoid of common sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

There has been found in n New York
saloon telephone booth equipped with a
spigot. After n dollar has been changed fCr
brings hooch. The liquid tones have now
been dried up by prohibition agents, wno
forced the white -aproned central TO ring OIL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

II every voter were member OK
working political organization It would
really be Of little Importance whether the
convention or the primary system obtained
lie would receive the adequate representa-
ton his indifference now denies him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Philadelphians, who consume 6o ooo
pies daily, will be interested in the now's
that the Horner treasure aud ChnnIin
missile has been standardized, the N.,ii Nat,onni
Association of Pie Bakers, in conycntion ~
Chicago. having decided, after gentle prod
ding by the government In Washinpton
that some pie bakers were getting trmpera.
mental" A tempernmental Dle. .boier
usually an alien of BOlshevist tend.nciesi
is prone, we are told, to use substitutes TO-
eggs, sugar and other necessary ingredients,
Hcnceforth, We are assured, nothing but ths
real thing will find Its way into the national
NAV filler. Up to this point we are ali for
STANDARDIZATION. And happily stondardiza.
tion can go no further. We may still show
our enthusiasm for the home pie. baker whose
temperament puts individuality into the Die
she bakes; who fills It with sweetness that
never clogs and gives the crust exactly the
degree Of ''shortness'' to titillate an eager
palate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

London was fooled, says dispatch
from across the water, into the belief that
Harry Thaw was in town. But why, We
pause to inquire, why the excitement!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

And there are still pessimists in plenty
who believe that after Germany has prom
ised to pay she will think up an excuse Tor
breaking her promise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Let us forbear criticism long enough
to admit that in the matter of plebiscites
the Germans can, as 1t were, be aas opposite
as the Poles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

The Allies declare that Germany must
say "Ycs" before May II, but our own
Quizeditor opines that they will be satisfied
with ia"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

May the movement against the per
pctual contract" be characterized as per
petual notion?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

That young Chicago man who had cards
printed announcing the birth OF little son
and then became the father Of girl twins has
lost faith In the hunch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

When Senator McCumber grows pesst.
mistic over the emergency tariff bill, adro-
Gates of sales tax perk up and take notice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
SHORT CUTS

Well, If nobody else will pluy at Master
and Jefferson streets, members Of Council
may.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

The airplane was twenty five years
old yesterday, and 'Langley's Folly" living
after him, gives glory to his memory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Many guy gets the reputation Of being
sphinx simply because he doesn't know
what to say.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

The Bibulous One complains that the
prohibition shake-up is poor substitute
for q cocktail mixer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

sonality Is spirit. Why, then. do we spend
so much time discussing content in courses
of study and so little time in finding the
way to the deeper spiritual nature in chill.
dren? For two reasons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Bandits may eventually come TO the
conclusion that these taxicab drivers are
good guys to let alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

Let brothers, sisters, husbands. chumS'
cetera, ct cetera,
Their buttonhole bouquets display
And give the world cheer. =.
Let trumpets sound and beat the drums
cetera, ct cetera.
Tomorrow IL the glorious dhy
We honor mother dear.
Dear mother. high In church and court
ceterd, ct cetera,
Throughout the country has her way
And finds no moment dull. =.
In politics. finance and sport, ct cetera, o
cetern,
All Mothers Day Is every day
Aud every day Is full,
etc., etc., etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07

French scientists who arc grieving over
the numerousness OF the graphomaniac-
who Is "a prey to an irresistible passion 10
write''-should cxult over rather than ne
plore the fact that there are so many OF him
John Lewis Roget few generations bac1
drew attention to the truth that words no,
only explained ideas, but also gave birth
them. Why should wise men sorrow pc,
cause 80 many in thoughtlcss world brlnS
fetal excrcitation Of the intellect?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-07
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS

Daily Talks With Thinking Phadelphians Subjects They
Knor Best
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-09
REPARATI0NS
BEING Made
FORABI('' BOON
'TuecuInbia, Florence ana
Sheffield (AIa.) May Be
come Biggest Industrial
Center in the South.

Florence, Ala, Dec. 8.--I4iviDs
the most romantic industrial drama
in American history, Florence, Shoi-
field and Tuscumbia, Ala, stand
today ready to fulfill. thor destiny
It is these three cities, with an
aggregate population Of approxi-
mately 10000, who are in the midst
of Henry Ford's proposal to dc
velop on a gigantic scale, the Gog-
ernment nitrate plant and Wilson
dam, the greatest hydro-electric res
ervoir on the North American CONT
nent.
1t is these three little cities and
their present residents who VIII
benefit quickest and most from
the acceptance OF the Ford bid
Geographically, the situation il
rather unique. The Tennessee river
here flows almost due west. Al
the foot OF Muscle Shoals, and
by shoals is meant merely rocky
upthrust in the bed Of the river
where the stream cuts its way down
1870 feet in 16 miles, is the city OF
Florence. It is on the north bank
Abutting on Florence city limits
is the north end OF the Wilson dam
and the government reservation
which is the center of the FORD
proposal.
Four and one-half miles west OF
Florence and on the south bank Of
the stream stands Sheffield. be
tween Sheffield and Florence, part
ly in both, is Nitrate plant No
q.
Two miles southwest Of Sheffield
and one mile off the river is Tus-
cumba. Opposite Trscumbia on
the river is Nitrate plant No. 4,
The three towns are connected By
railroads, one free bridge and an
electric interurban car line.
A movement is already on foot
to merge the three towns under
single government and enlarge
the Incorporated area, now about
Is square miles, to 90 or rs.
Problems confronting the Deoplo
here on the eve Of the expansion
that is expected overnight with the
formal announcement OF acceptance
Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-09
RAILROAD EMPLOYE
KILLED BY TRAIN

Benton, Dee. w. s.. T'eight,
aged about 35, of Gurdon, connect
ed with the water service Depart
ment Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road, was struck by a freight train
and instantly killed about nine miles
west Of Benton yesterday morning.
He and his companion, p. 3. Yves
son, aged about IS, pumper, were
riding a gasoline "speeder" when
they saw the train approaching.
Wesson, who has but one leg, threw
his crutches beside the track and
Jumped. He shouted to Feight to
jump, but the latter stopped the
car and was attempting to remove
it from the track when the train
struck him. Apparently he mis-
judged the distance of the train.
YVesson escaped with slight bruises.
Feight is survived by his wife and
several children.