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The Glenwood post., 1921-07-09
PICNIC AT coBBLEHuRsT

A delightful picnic on the lawn of
the Pratt home at Cobblehurst was en-
loved by few friends of Mr.. and Mrs
Leroy Pratt and Mr. and Mrs. /. f.
Pratt on Monday, July 4.
The guests were Mrs. B. Webb Fry
and daughter, Hazeltine, Of Columbia,
Missouri, Mr.. and Mrs. M j. Mayer
aud son, Jack, and Mrs. Harriet Fra.
zier and Lawrence Dever.
The Glenwood post., 1921-07-09

q. c. Nottingham took party COM
posed Of Mrs. Eta Schwarz and daugh-
ter, Erma, Mrs. j. W. Cummins, Mrs.
j. c. Schwarz, Mrs. L. g. Clark, and
the Misses Anna DeIAn and Edith
johnson to Eagle Monday to spend the
Fourth. They were accompanied home
by Miss Maggie Mcguire, who has
been visiting relatives in Eagle.
The Glenwood post., 1921-07-09

Three weeks is the average time re-
quired to cut a diamond.
The Glenwood post., 1921-07-09

Old papers for sale at this office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
FACING THE MUSIC AT LAST

INTERNATIONAL fnanciers doubtless
j differ, as experts always do, concerning
the effect Of Germany's prompt compliance
with the reparations ultimntum. 1t is au-
thoritatively announced from Berlin that the
Government of the German Republic is pre-
pared at once to pay the Entente $37 500, 900
in gold marks or foreign credits on account
of the $3.50, ,0O0, 900 in gold marks due the
Reparations Commission on May 81.
There can be no question, however, con-
cerning the moral consequences Of this decla-
ration. Germany is at last looking realities
squarely in the face, and nothing more
wholesome has affected the European situa-
ton for many months.
The conversations between DIR. Mayer,
German Ambassador to France. and Premier
BRAND are welcome evidence that Germany
Is ut last setting earnestly about to put
her house in order, which means, in it's
widest Implications, the order and construc-
tive gain Of all civilization.
This same sincerity Is revealed in the note
addressed by Berlin to the Bavarian Gov
ernment upon disarmament. Explicit orders
have been given that all self defense organi
zations, including the Einwohnerwehr, must
be Immediately disbanded.
It will take considerable period for
Germany to regain the outside respect which
she so recklessly cast away during the war.
but 1t is hopefully clear that something like
a start has been made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
THE PROBE BEGINS

CENATOR SALUs, in discussing the Civil
~ Service Commissions inquiry into the
personnel and methods Of the police depart
ment, which Is to open today, has suddenly
become reticent, mysterious. He, too, has
caught the habit of talking of certain men,
and certain ofBcisls' and certain lead
ers." He appears to know far less today
than he pretended to know a week ago.
The Senator should be the first witness sum
moned in the probe. He ought to be made to
talk plain and explicit English. II he cannot
do that he ought to give the city a resi-.
II the Mayor and the police officials are
wise they will push the inquiry to the limit
and spare no one. II there is anything par
ticularly rotten in the police department
Director Cortelyou ought to know about 1t.
He has been talking recently of bis secret
police. What these secret police are doing
we do not know. But it is easy TO realize
that a few good detectives, properly d.
rected, could do more to keep the police
force clear of politics and political entangle-
ments than any Civil Service Commission
ever organized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
EuRoPE'S NEW TiNDER BOX

CILESIA is to the Europe of today what
- Serbia was to the Continent before the
war broke out. 1t is a hnder box certain
to explode IL somebody does not quickly end
the friction that is now generating dan
gerous heat between two clearly defined
allied groups. General Foch Is reported as
saying that a new war is certain to come
out Of the silesian tange and events tend
to prove the truth Of his prediction.
The prevailing belief in many parts Of
Europe is that the Polish claims in Silesia
represent nothing more than the efforts OF
the French to 20 a little further toward the
establishment Of monopoly of the coal and
iron Of the Continent. The French ara
blamed for "a violation Of the principles Of
later peace agreements. The French say
they cannot be safe until Germany Is left
helpless to repeat the onslaught OF 1914.
Until recently this contention has not been
taken very seriously in other parts Of the
world. But disclosures Just made through
the United States Patent Once show that
the Krupps are busily engaged in seeking
not a mere monopoly Of coal and iron, but
a monopoly Of all the newer patents and
processes perfected for the making OF war
appliances, poison gas, airplanes and guns.
A decision in Silesia is not so easily arrived
at ~ some Of the theorists seem to suppose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
cocKNEY'S THE ONLY WEAR

THE urban spirit is indestructibly demo-
l. cratic. Rittenhouse Square, tricked out
for it's annual Flower Market the other day,
presented the most engaging scene of varie-
gated social classes in festal mood and in
juxtaposition.
White youngsters and black frolicked on
the grass and danced to the rhythm of an
excellent band. A small boy lost his balloon,
and as he climbed tall poplar to regain the
toy a pquanty composite audience watched
his efforts with breathless interest. There
were tolettes and dainty sports yestments
in the crowd, and just clothes.
The medley of ages and ranks throughout
the day was so unaffected and spontaneous
that it might seem condescending to en-
phasze it were it not for its significant bear
ing upon metropolitan conditions
Contrary to the poets to Tostoy and
Rousseau, artless simplicity is elusive as
soon as one forsakes the busy haunts Of
men.
Pictorially, the Flower Market tempo
rsrily established in what is theoretically
at least tho city's most exclusive quarter,
resembled a charming garden fete, but there
was nothing at all Of landed propretorship
or insufferable paternalism in its essential
nature. SA
Kings, aristocracies, tories generally began
TO pull wry faces as soon as town communal
life succeeded the bucolic Journalism of the
Middle Ages. The town is your only leveler
Cockney's the only wear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
HOME THOUGHTS ABROAD

A MERICANS have frequently been ac-
"A cused of giving domestic twist to the
ball of international politics. The after
math Of the Silesian hare up somewhat per-
tipently proves that our statesmen hold no
monopoly over this phase of the game.
Both Lloyd George and Aristide BRAND
are unquestionabiy stronger at home than
they were week ago. Each leader, the
British and the French, has declared in vi
brant, not TO say heated phraseology that
the nation which he represents will do what
il pleases regarding the muddie in the peb-
iscite area.
1t Is noticeable that Lloyd Georges threat
10 sanction the employment of German
troops TO restore order has not been carried
out. Nor have the French turned over
Upper Silesia TO the Poles whom they are
professedly so eager TO befriend.
The two verbally bellicose Premiers will
participate in the Supreme Council when It
considers the Siiesian problem. Their task
will be made casier than formerly by the
sudden tractability of the insurrcctionst
Korfunty, who seems TO have awakened to
,he fact that machinery for dealing with the
tsngle Is specifically provided BY the YER
sailles treaty.
Mr.. Brands reluctance to sitting down
,mmediate,y at the conference table with the
british Prime Minister Is not diffcult TO
relate 10 politieaI conditions in the Chamber
~ Deputies. The simmerinE OF the oppo :
sitior caldroa there prssares meeting OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
THE CINDERELLA OF BRIDGES

THE Cinderella of bridges. that truly lam
l. entable structure spanning the Schuyl-
kill at South street, has waited long for
Prince Charming or Fairy Godmother. In
default Of magic wand, the City Admins
tration will at last oblige.
Councils ordinance providing for reha-
bilitation Of the bridge, amounting almost to
rebuilding 1t, has been signed by the Mayor.
Dilapidation, it appears, has reached the
danger point. Makeshift repairs will no
longer suffice.
or a dog walking on his hind legs DIR.
johnson declared, "It is not done we'll, but
you are surprised to find it done at ALL"
Thus it is with the contribution Of the
decaying South street structure to metro
politan communication needs. That 1t has
not collapsed is indication that debility may
pass the stage even of destructive action.
The engineers promise that the new bridge
will be handsome and efficient. Though
their word and the city's determination in
this instance may be trusted, the strain
thus imposed on the popular imagination is
severe.
1t is easier to picture the great interstate
bridge completed and in all its majesty than
the South street Cinderella exalted in accord
with its years OF patient suffering. The
necromancy Of science will warrant the
lowest obeisances when this feat is practi-
cally realized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
WHAT'S LEFT OF KNOX PLAN

r TITLE of the labyrinthine grandeur of
- the original Knox peace resolution is to
be found in the House substitute. the draft OF
which has just been completed by Chairman
Porter, of the Ways and Means Committee.
No appeal is made for the negotiation of
Q separate treaty with Germany, nor is the
congressional declaration of war of April
1917, revoked. Mr.. Porter contends that
such a formal repeal might imply regret
for our period Of active belliserency.
The House resolution, which seems due
for an early passage, while asserting that
certain American rights gained in conse
quence Of the war will not be forfeited. is
intended chiefly to recognize the fact that
fighting between this country and Germany
has ceased. This Is a truth which no per-
son, whatever his partisanship, can deny.
Neither in its present modest form is 1t
easy to see in what way the resolution will
affect the definite peace settlement that must
some day be made. The President Is left
without instruction, something Mr.. Knox
revealed no hesitancy in offering about one
year ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
A TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN RULE
Wood-Forbes, give us in :
w dependence -

SNxI IELCOME w N00d-torbes, give US in
w dependence -
There is in this slogan Of welcome to
President Hardins's mission to the Philip
pines significant tribute to American colo
NAL administration.
General Wood is hailed not as the repre-
sentative of a domineering Power, but as
an interested friend Of the Malaysian realm
competent to appraise its needs and fit to
develop program in its best interests. II
independence, complete or partial, Is ever
accorded to the islands, it will be attained
as a consequence Of fair investigation and
sincere CO operative action.
At the outset, America, as the heir of
Spanish misrule, was placed in the embar-
RAISING role of suppressing a rebellion for
whose original causes il was in no way re-
sponsible. That twenty three years Of our
control have sown seeds of confidence and
generous trust is a fact bright with promise
Of eventual adjustment of the islanders best
interests to those Of the governing Power.
Conditions in the Philippines can hardly
fail to inspire thoughts Of what might have
happened in Ireland had both sides so wisely
and tactfully kept their heads.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
GIVE HIM A MEDAL

NIHO would not cheerfullv second the
w proposal of the tax Office officials VIII
have asked City Council to add $500 year
TO the annual stipend OF Joe Ramona, the
tax department messenger From the cages
into which tax payments are handed this
Ramona carries satchels Of money to the
vaults in the Treasurer's Office. He has
carried as much as So 1000, 900 on one day.
He has been known to tote as much as
$50. 900 900 in one year. These things he
has done in the corridors of City Hall. under
the hungering eyes of the friends of poll
ticians. Never has he Hinched. He has not
been afraid. He has not lost nny of the
money, and his pay has been $1,000 a year.
We don't know Joe. But clearly he is no
slouch. He is no coward. He Is not only
an efficient person. He is hero.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
white-thoush it isn't white, whatever way

u W06IRVRr
you look at Ii.
These wanderers belong to the army Of
fun hunters who, driven by the dry laws
out Of the cafes, are now to be driven from
their last cntrenchments in the roof gardens
The most famous Of the midnight roofs"
Is to close, perhaps forever. Its manager,
like its patrons, could not tolerate the pres
ence OF dry agents-men who went about
and shifted at ones table and sampled ones
drink. We are informed in cold and sombsr
tones that a dry roof garden Of the sort
familiar to New York cannot endure.
Any one might have surmised as much.
There are a great many modern diversions,
a great deal Of modern song that must be
altogether intolerable to a wholly rational
man. That, however, Is aside.
Tho question now must relate to the
future fate Of the great army Of Broadway's
daylight savers the folk who habitually
have breakfast at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and find life intolerable without electric
lights.
What is left for the afflicted multitudes?
Books? Tennis7 Good works, None OF
these things will do. The folk who wander
In new wilderness Of virtues, who are as
lonely and desperate rs the lost tribes OF
Israel, seek Broadway as they seek prom
ised land. They are the cloak and suit
buyers from the Far and Middle West, the
Friends Of the House who have to be taken
out and dined, the rich young men from
Wall Street who have mysteriously and
without any union achieved the forty eight
minute week, and some of the new and old
rich who go through life believing that
pleasure is happiness.
To them Manhattan was a Deectable Isle.
What shall they do now? A questionnaire
that would cause Mr.. Edison to swoon with
despair might begin with that awful query
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
TIP to the Gang

On Saturday morning a woman got on ,o
car at Second and Pine streets with W.
heavy market baskets and bucket
she passed another woman. also burdoheo,
she leaned over and said with wh,rnscs
smile. We don't get much out OF 'h'S '''
,VuS a hard, hard job that a houssw''
i holds;
There are SO many duties, deuce 70"
them,
And all of them cast in such commonplace
molds
She Is filled with a longing to- break thsn,
But she sticks to her work, like corn
the cob,
Despite every act that annoys her;
And just what she gets from her common
place job
Depends on the gang that employs her
II children are thoughtful and father 70 nns
When worry has made her feel tesrsul,
Despite all the work there's TO do, DO ''S
mind A.,
You'll find she'll perk up and be cheeriiI,.
With the wages Of love and \ bonus OF prs'"
Her labor becomes that much lighrr.
And the gang that employs her VIII INV
happy days
II they with s6ection requite her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
LES MISERABLE

A WAR correspondent, with something of
"A the terrible power of description which
war correspondents acquired when they had
to write Of the desolation and bewilderment
and the crowding sorrows OF beaten armies
and scattered non .combatants In Europe,
would be required now to tell the true story
Of the refugees who, without hope or help.
crowd the Way which New York eails
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

the Supreme Council dedicated to serious
business.
II the home ground had been in good con-
dition week ago there would probably have
been no Lloyd George BRAND tif to divert
attention from tho real and pressing aspects
Of Silesian controversy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

/. What is the capital Of tho kingdom e
the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes?
2. Who was jose Echegaray? -.
3. What Is the origin Of the exprssslsa
"hand-in-glove"?
4. What is the Julian, calendar and what
modern countries still use III
s. Why are wealthy persons sometimes
called plutocrats?
8. Who were the original Terpiars?
7. What Is q diapason?
8. What were the hrst names of the tvo
Cabots. discoverers of North Amsriea!
Q. What IL the meaning OF the name
Idaho7
10. Why IL the flower zinnia so called?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
Youthful Fires
Must Burn

Sympathy with Vice
Youthful Fires President Coolidge's
Must Burn distress over the radi-
chlism rampant in
womsn's colleges is tempered by the knowl-
edge that inevitable middle age invariably
pieks from the ''radicalism" Of youthful
aays the stuff worth while and rejects the
inasmmntory chaff Youth must BE- radical
10 prove itself aliye, ...,....... ..,.,......
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Hinkey -Dink's saloon in Chicago is now
being used as a restaurant and his huge
schooners are now filled with tea. From
Hinkey- Dlnk to Rinky' 'Dinx, says the
Bibulous One.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

The mobbing of the Aquitanis eanno!!
exactly be considered an Endorsement Of
Colonel Harvey's speech.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
Answers to Saturdays Quiz


Cabinet to be rejected by the United
States Senate was that Of Roger D.
Taney as Secretary of the Treasury.
Later Andrew Jackson appointed Tansy
2. The battle Of Chapultepsc occurred during
the Mexican War. The American We.
osS says tf f G.asc GsnsT. ss sso' army the
3. The South Sea Bubble was q financial
scheme which originated in En1i.9.
about 1711 and collapsed in 1920. II
u%d Ssns ey d.Ss ass of a'f %
stockholders in a, corporation. tno
sSSs msns1as Sea g co II, Which slss, ~SpS S % s.,:
America. The refusal Of Spain to enter
into commercial relations with England
made the privileges Of tho company
tive operatlons 1%s aSd az the s intstuatIes q
the people It's shares were innatsa
from fl6o to 1850. The failure Of tns
sch scheme ne,;a. caused great distress 'hr'osA
4. Jonathan swift in polite Conversation.
@ wrote ~ wont quarrel with my bread
s. The Rock Of Gibraltar has been In po.-
session OF Great Britain since 1905,
when It was taken by British and Duteh
forces under Rookie.
8. Haakon VII Is the present King OF Nor
7. Seven Romance languages are French.
Spanish. Italian. Portuguese. Proven
cal, Catalan and Rumanian.
5. Ajax was one Of the Greek heroes o.
the Trojan War, famed for his phyaen
strength. and beauty. According 70
various legends ne was either slain 0!
died by his own hand during the period
Of the siege.
9. Tho initials Q. e. d. stand for 'qued
erat demonstrandum." meaning which
was to be proved.
10. The motto on the Liberty Bell b PRO
claim liberty throughout the land unte
all tho inhabitants thereof"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

The New York Herald likes Haryey's
speech. This must be plum dscouraging to
Colonel George. What's the good Of daring
TO be Daniel when some guy prevents you
from standing alone?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Greenwich Village has been raidsd 9
the police. Evidently another effort to y'''
a thrill to the commonplace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

The shade of Franklin X. Lane PROB.
ably smiles understandingly at his wifsf
unwillingness to accede to his last request
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Perhaps the Newberry case may "
classed as a Ford fivver.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

So long as he may write the Nations
care who makes its after. dinner speeches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Old King Coal puts his glass down long
enough to pipe that his fddlers three ara
Labor, Freight and Taxes, and that 1t II Z
mighty doleful tune they're playing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

The French and English Premiers are
giving themselves plenty Of time TO cool OF
before meeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
Bootissgforss
May Object

enable physicians prescribing whisky for
scriptions as they consider necessary. II
the stuff may be used at all, to limit its use
is an insult to the profession. The Govern
ment might with as much reason limit the
number of prescriptions for calomel, Gin
chona and ipecac.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
Radiant Rays

Radiant Rays Harding presented
the gift of radium to
Nine. Curie he expressed the hope that the
principle Of radio activity might be found to
dominate the relations of mankind lin the
present world crisis, so the yearnings and
the aspirations of the many may radiate a
new spirit of service In the souls of chosen
leaders," And perhaps 1t does. And it may
be that Colonel Harvey didn't have his sup
ply properly covered and that burns may
ren,lt One never knows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

Thoughtful men will
find nothing objec-
tionable in the new
regulations which will
The Washington herald., 1921-01-30

Millarde, director for William
Fox, who made "Over the Hill. o."
The Washington herald., 1921-01-30
DNecmrS
~
DOXHS

Chester Bennett
left direcuuR
Tony Moreno in
his forthcoming
p o d u ctio n
" Three Sevens "
lean Calhoun, the
leading woman,
and the usual
camera man. This
will be MI.
MorenO's hrst rO-
mantle production
after seve
seasons in serials.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-30

Tom TeTTiss,
VItagrsPh }
while out on
location in Nat
cher, Mississippi,
filming scenes
for his next
special, " T h e
Heart Of Mary
land, Consider
ing the fact that
MI TeTTiss' pro-
ductions are
ringing the bell"
the pose is most
appropriate.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-07

S M GfN>I JTNNI
 Decorated by five different allied Powers and en route to Serbia from Chicago, where he will receive the Serbian War Cross from the Ser bian ruler for distinguished service in the late war. Sergeant Jake Alex, of the Thirty-third (Prairie) Division, Illinois. receives the dis tinction of being decorated more than any other enlisted member of the American Expeditionary Forces.
 The five decorations worn by Ser geant Alex include the Congres sional Medal of the United States. given to him by General Pershing in Luxemburg after the MeuseAr- gonne offensive,
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-07
TEAMS PUNCHED FOR HONORS IN
 ELKS' TOURNEY
But Thirty Pins Separate Teams Four and Six in
 Last Nights Matches

With but thirty pins separating the two leading teams, Capt Bar ragar's Number Four and Capt Me Cauls Team Six, the lest match of the Elks' Tournament will be bowl cd tonight. Much interest is being manifested over the outcome. All but four of the teams have rolled all of their games and Team Two leads in the total number of pins. Number Four with one game to roll is but S99 pins behind Team Two that is one game ahead so Team Two is eliminated as an average match means at least 1900 pins.
 Close scores featured the games of Saturday night, Eight defeating Nine 1494 to 1449 and Twelve win ming from Team 1912 to 1903. Teams One and Five and Four and Six roll the games that tell the tale tonight.