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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
sMALl-ARMY RESPONSIBILITIES

THE overwhelming adoption in the House
l. of Representatives Of the army reduction
resolution in opposition TO the Presidents
veto affords striking index Of the rapid
growth Of anti militaristic sentiment.
Disarmament proposals, naval or military,
fall upon sympathetic public ears nowadays.
Less than year ago compulsory military
training was hopefully advocated by its pro.
ponents. As anything like a political issue,
the subject has by this time vanished.
The change Of feeling may be expected %
produce some awakening of interest in world
fellowship, witho,Vvhich there is more OF
smotionalism than of common sense in u
disarmament policy. Representative Mon .
dell, Of Wyoming. yesterday followed the CT @
ample of some other members OF Congress BY
urging that America should take the first
step.
1t Is difficult 70 see how this will lead any =
where unless international obligations arc
sincerely assumed. In that case. Congress
would be justified in tavoring reduced army
and the reorganization could be rewritten ir
conformity with new conditions.
As matters stand at this precise momen
Congress is tinkering with machinery ob.
structively, II with good spiritual intent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

the way OF a coal regulation. system that
would be stranger or In any way more rev.
olutionary than the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The principle objected to by
those who believe that the government should
keep It's hands off industry is operating in
the Tariff Commission and other boards
having to do with trade and business.
The Senate isn't in a revolutionary frame
OF mind. II merely has sanctioned an eI-
tension Of the good influences OF the govern
ment to a basic industry that has been VIC.
lating many Of the rules Of commercial ethics
and most of the laws of common decency. IL
the people cannot be protected In one way
they will be protected in another.
Continuing anarchy in the coal business
will inevitably bring an 'outburst Of national
feeling and q stampede Of Congress to some
system of regulation far less charitable than
that now proposed,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
SQUABBLING OVER THE WRECK

A BOUT fifty members OF the Democratic
n national committee have offered his hat
to Chairman White and told him that they
are sorry he must 20 so soon. They wish
him to call a meeting Of the committee, 40
that he may take his leave with proper
ceremony.
But Mr.. Cox. on the eve Of his departure
for Europe. assumed that he was the leader
Of the party and that Mr. White was to con.
tinue to be the chairman.
Mr.. Bryan is seeking to edge himself into
the leadership and he has started a reorgan.
ization on his own account.
Here we have three different elements each
seeking to pick up the pieces which were left
after the explosion on election day which
wrecked the party organization. and each
confident that it can rebuild an efficient
machine out OF the debris.
AS man is incurably optimistic it should
not be surprising that the Democratic man
shares this trait with his fellows. Mr.. Cox
is confident that IL he gives the Republicans
enough rope they will hang themselves. Mr..
Bryan still has faith in the medicinal virtues
Of the hokum which he has rcddled for
years and is certain that it will cure the Ills
from which not only his party but the whole
country Is suffering. The committeeman who
have offered his hat to Chairman White think
| that II only the man who managed the last
campaign can be got rid of the future will be
| bright for them.
The public can afford to look on with
| amused tolerance at the efforts of the de-
| fpated to place the responsibility for their
| disaster. So long as they fight among them
selves they can do little mischief 10 any one
else. Their antics will add to the gayety O.
| nations IL they do nothing moro.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
A TALE OF TWO MUSIC MAKERS

TUE disruption of IN ambitious musical
i organization in New York, the National
Symphony Orchestra. under Artur BodnAzky,
is announced almost simultaneously with the
billing Of three additional concerts 10 be
given by our own orchestra In Philadelphia
70 accommodate music lovers unable to secure
subscription seats.
From these circumstances it may be
argued. somewhat specifically, that New
York Is suffering from musical overprOduc-
tion, while this city iS undcrsupplied. But
such reasoning disregards the question Of
quality. the prime factor in all fields of high
artistic endeayor.
or good music the public in most we'll
developed cultural communities eIperie ices
no surfeit Comparative mediocrity seems to
have characterized the National Symphony
and the merger of this band with the New
York Philharmonic appears to have con-
stituted as graceful an exit as was possible.
| The contention that labor troubles were at
the root Of the difficulty Is hardly convincing.
| That the appetite OF New Workers for
! high grade musical fare is keen IL evidenced
! in enthusiastic patronage of Mr.. Stokowski 4
organization in the metropolis. There Is a
| marked demand there for an increase in the
now limited number Of Philadelphs Orches.
! ira concerts.
At home the problem Is complicated by
the fact that fifty concerts are given in the
regular series and that time must be had for
rehearsals and road tours. The three extra
offerings listed are squeezed in not without
considerable ingenuity Of planning
The situation is as complimentary to Mr.
Stokowski and his fellow artists as 1t il
clearly q proof that esthetic tast" is stimu
lated by the esthetic opportunities. Th
growth Of patronage for the orchestra ha
kent pace with the artistic progress Of thu
organization.
Similar results are conceivable even II
concert. dcluged New York when the meri
OF the attraction Is authoritative Pur
yeyors of music, as Of shoes and ships an
scaling wax, must produce the well fnshe
article in order to flourish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
WILL THEY RISE TO lT7

THHE school board Is to make another at
l. tempt this afternoon to elect a superin-
tendent No one, In or out OF the board, Is
confident that any decision will be reached.
Unless the members agree on some one today,
they are likely to postpone further action
until after the meeting Of schoolmen In At
lantc City, to be attended by super
intendents from all parts Of the country, in
the hope that some one may be found there
who will be willing to come to Philadelphia.
The situation. however, is not encoursg.
ing to friends OF education. The board has
an opportunity to Cooperate in solving one
OF the most pressing educational problems
that Is, the problem Of the management OF
the schools in a large city-but 1t does not
seem to be aware Of 1t. Some effort has been
made to bring the opportunity to the atten.
tion OF the members. but with what success
has not been disclosed.
New York cannot solve the problem be.
cause OF its borough system, a system that
fosters local pride and interferes with the
organization of a unified and homogeneous
method OF school direction. Chicago has
never been able to do anything that would
help other cities because it has never been
able to free itself from the notion that poll
tics and school management should be closely
related. Philadelphia, however, Is dis
tinctively American city, with a homogeneous
population in which the opportunity Of de-
veloping q school system In which there is
hearty cooperation between the teachers
and the public and the teachers and the
experimenting force and the experimenting
force and the school board Is unique.
This opportunity is perceived by school
men outside Of Philadelphia. There are
probably dozen brilliant men any one OF
whom would be glad to come here under the
right conditions to do what he could to solve
our own problem and to set an example to
the rest Of the country. The board, how .
ever, up to the present time, has seemed to
be more interested in getting n man v'ho
will disturb existing conditions as little as
possible than in getting man who will take
the lead in correcting abuses which every one
but the members Of the board admits and who
will ever do his best to create an enthusiastic
esprit Dc corps among the teachers, now
separated into hostile factions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
THE MAYOR AND THE FAIR

SUGGESTIONS, wise and foolish, regard.
~ ing the sesquicentennial are certain to
arise from & diversity of sources. 1t has
been proposed that the fair should rehabil-
itate a somewhat shabby section OF the
town, that an important feature should be
the Olympic games, that the money expended
By foreign nations on the buildings should
be considered as a part cancellation of Euro.
pean indebtedness 10 the United States. The
variety Of ideas denotes a healthy public
Interest.
None the less. the exposition cannot be re-
allied by attacking its z 'andiose possibilities
6rst. Mayor Moore understands this and
sensibly insists on the execution Of the only
formula that will achieve practical results.
''Obtain the support" he has said, "and
consent Of the Council. then 60 TO the Legis-
1ature and Governor and then TO the federal
government and the nations OF the world
There Is time for evolving the message Of
The fair when some accomplishment along the
above tangible lines is visible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

court free from the civil. service regulations
which apply in city departments and to con.
centrste the distribution of patronage and
to enable the court to mandamus the city Tor
all the money that Il chose to spend.
The simplest way out Of this and many
other complications is to abolish the dual
form Of government which exists within the
city and county, SO far as that is constitu'
tionally possible. There Is no reason what
soever why the Municipal Court should not
be made city court subject to all the super
visions and regulations to which other city
departments must submit. II the time Is not
ripe for abolishing entirely the fiction Of a
county government a beginning could be
made in this way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
WHERE The TROUBLE LIES

r AWYERS for the city are examining the
i ! charter 10 discover whether that docu-
ment does not put the control over the erec-
tion of the building for the Municipal Court
in the Department Of Public Works and the
supervision of the House Of Detention in the
Department OF Public Welfare.
They may find something which suStains
the contention that the charter provisions
repeal the earlier laws under which the court
So acting. But II they do it will be because
the men who drafted the earlier laws did not
accomplish what they were after
The Municipal Court is county court,
expressly so described in the net creating it.
The 80. called city commissioners, who are
commissioners for the county of Philadelphia
are directed to provide quarters for thu
court and the appropriating officers Of tn
city are directed to find the money, as ther
are no county appropriating officers.
There was deliberate plan to keep tn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
VISIONS

STILL have visions of the golden days
And of the paths we wandered side BY side
Forgetting all save beauty and the tide
OF love that joined us in immortal ways
As it joined olden lovers whom men praise
In that they loved 80 wholly, and took
pride
In loving thus, and let the world deride,
II NO it would, what heart to heart betrays.
The loveliness that 1t was ours to see
As in some disemboded ravishment
That 10 us was a visual harmony;
And so. as though through memOry's lifted
haze.
still have visions Of the, golden days.
Clinton ScVl!ard in lle New York Herald.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
W. L. GEORGE FINDS US HUMAN

w. L. George. in Harper's Magazine.
American business, shrewd as it Is. seems
yidual men the fair and the generous thing.
Inc whole trend Of American civilization
Is toward stressing the human factor; in
aeea, e.sH lhe word human" (n the sense of
,,trirndIy') is used in no other part of the
English speaking countries Also, a certain
reverence attaches to power: reverence is
always apparent in the American character,
cnriously combined with irreverence. For
instance. the magazine and novel contin.
uaily present illusions to 'the great sur.
geon and the great lawyer" The cynical
European suspects that the great surgeon
is scruoby reactionary who does not read
the medical journals; he views the great
la%yer either as foxy fec snatcher or as
a toothless dodderer on the bench, Dut
the American seems to invest these peonl.
WITH menta! robes of ernne and scarlet
dera lie Is diroot more easily impressed his vision is
doubt; where a European would douht
an American often hates. Nou0''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

II see in the paper" said Demostheh'
McGinnis, as he rolled n quid in his cheer,
thnt an anti-tohacco shark in New ioIs .
Is wondering II the assassin Of PrcSideH.
Mckinley was guilty of greater crtms
than the President himself. Czogosz mrtev
killed a man. but Mckinley, by smoEins;;
set horrible example to humanity. Az y,
which naturally moves n man to throw ava!
his ch"w-and hit the anti tobacco shark IN
the eye with it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

We gricvc not at nj! at the reduction 70
the size of the nrmy as indicated by tTe
action of the House OF Representatives w
reducing the size of the army approprl rlaton !
nor at the drfrHt Of the amendment Of Rcp,
reScntatiYc Jones, which would have in"an'
q larS" reduction iu the number Of Officers
Disarmament Is nm excellent thing when ID,
t"rnational agreement IL made to disarm pu'
equally excellent IL adequate prcpRredneS
In the absence Of such agreement. sue.
preparedness dues not necessarily mean
large army, but il uSsurcdly does mrup
TO lead. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
What Do You Know?


l. What is the correct pronunc,aron
BuenoS Aires? 1''aUoh OF
2 Who Who Vas Aubrey Beardsley?
o. Columbuse tme "a arE"st , island discovered by
New World? 0'"se 10 the
T. How .o,na many y. american Presidents we're
wbat ,sctsd Is cbH 6X the FcderaIist party?
o. In %nat place does Shakespeare Icv ,,o
action o. Tho Tanning Of the SbyT.u1,m VIC
8. To what countries ara rbodo,
native? '"ououehdrons
o. name Nv Two p OK the most important battles
10. What Is the name OF tho ins,ru,,... a.
for recording eHrth1uakesD ''"' uSed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
Answers TO YESTERDAYS ouI,

Incte Is a boundary or boundary ,,,...
ip ne ~" "oiu ,n i, IS usually in the plur,i i ns
, -, III lnc IA" term. mettS and homrd, "'
1"1 Famous n%S,e feGdh Tf MHrcns? resulted IN The
Pletra Napolcon's campaign in nor,I'"I ON
E@aS way IN & 1890 The b"IiIg"rcnts Tr,"t[ We're tbn
g. chamos is Il European Wild a,to,o,.
goat size N antelope OF
T. The "G5d SsSo may be pronounced "shamwab r."
o. "enSrat uric was Commandcr.in.ch,o,
[Ho "t the Canadian forces in the ',SntCi worId
'Itah"is TTu 'aboosH Is from the Dutch
l. The name Bourbon dcscrifns "N'
pUdnr p0t,cMn Who clings obstinate 10 az 1S
olutr OF things gone by. Tho ynrI az i
sometimes applied 10 c6nserVnt, ~ ~
S93atthern Democrats in the EnitcSG E;niIiST
and home. VI Hedrth
" phl'mpsest Is n manuscript on ,yb,,
nc "rHlnn, writing has mode room,
10. Uruguay should be propounooa mo-
gwy." ooroo-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

The Federal Government has 5000 600.
600 available for road improvements in tns
appropriate $300.O 900 for the same pulr'
pose. IL every state does It's share woHn'
while start will have been made toward per
mancntly settling the present state OF un'
employment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

United States lemons, says the De;
partment Of Agriculture, are threatened
with aeurocanthus woglumi. With such 40
atfiiction the only effective lemon aid IS q
dictionary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

The Chinese New Year celebration this
year lacks something of the enthusiasm
noticeable in other years; which may %
due. as alleged, to the Americanization OF
Chinese residents; but may also be not en-
tirely unconnected with the absence this
year Of the customary rice wine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

There Is a shortage in the country Of
] ,25O, 900 houses. Once that shortage is
overcome 1t will be an easy matter to cure
the rent hog and bring home the bacon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

No sooner do women avail themselves
OF the privilege Of smoking than along come
Senator SmoOt and Senator Trammell win
the thin end Of the wedge ready to abolish
smoking altogether.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

A Towanda man arrested for wife
beating has announced his intention to run
for president judge on platform uphold
Ing manhood" Bet somebody has been
talking to him of the feminist movement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

The few remarks casually and gently
dropped in Washington recently by Mr..
Chairman Butler of the House naval com .
Inittee. Mr.. Butler Gays people will lot be
interested in expenditures for air forces until
they know what became Of the money spent
on aviation during the war. BY the same
cause the war produced food protteers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Trade with Portugal has recently fallen
off. Portugal's chief export Is cork. Thus
do We see how the hip pocket flask hs,
deposed the bottle on the sideboard
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Mr.. Harding's mental processes have
the unhurried quality of the houseboat Vic
torin 1t will be noted In this connection
that the Victoria invariably reaches the
point she sails for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Two Atlantic City cows have been on
jamboree. BY eating fermented ensilase
they have been responsible for staggering
amount Of publicity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

The German menagerie Is always noisy
First Berlin roared like an angry lion: row
she squeals like a stuck pig.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Our own combination of Art Critic and
Fond Parent assures us that the original
Dadaist was q four-yea old with q piece
of chalk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

A man must needs be an optimist to
the point of folly to believe that the sale
of the stockynrds by the big packers Is
going to bring down the price Of meat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

So far as smoking is concerned, Sen.
ator Smith would have women employees ol
Uncle Sam un -Trammelled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

The question Of hard and soft terms 1
simply, WHO shall pay for the war, Ger
many or France?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Anti-tobacco shriekers should get after
Lassen peak. It's smoking again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

There will be no talk of a boycott of
American ships when American ships can
piye merchants better service than ships Of
other nationalitics. There In no reason why
we can't have the finest merchant marine
/. Lie void.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Careful dietitans and moralsts will
tomorrow begin. for q stated period. to do
without the things they will least miss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

It Is as We feared. Some person has
discovered that General Dawes was vulgar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08
SHORT CUTS

For a short month February has more
than its share Of red-le days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-08

Today is England's greatest Fry day
Pancake Tuesday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14
FLORIDA SUNSHINE

1t seems meet that the butcher
should make big profit.
Dead men tell no tales, and even if
they could their wives wouldn't be-
lieye em.
When lady steps on your foot
say: That's all right don't mind n
little thing like that
There's one thing certain--a train
may be late, but it always gets in Il
little behind the engine.
Truth, crushed TO earth, will rise
again, but when pa steps on one Of
Mas flowers she has just set out he
will he crushed by her, it's lead pipe,
copper-riyeted cinch,
A bullet from a big gun can so
through a six.nch wall pretty quick,
bandit can go through fat man
swiftly hut scandal can 80 through
neighhorhood at the speed Of a
comet. Jacksonville Times Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14
SAP AND SALT

Many poets die young, and some de-
serve to.
Virtue gets rather tlresome if no,
body gives you credit for it.
YOU can't inherit happiness. You
have to create it for yourself.
1t makes woman awful mad when
otod she resembles somebody she
doesn't like.
Hez Heck says: at is better to
have freckles on the face than on the
BRAIN
The trouble with college graduate
is that he shows SO little inclination
to buckle in and 90 to work. Bert
Moses in Detroit Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14
To Attend Convention.

Miss Mary Mulyhil, Grand Regent
Of Court ST Mary, No, 80 Catholic
Daughters of America, formerly the
Daughters OF Isabella of this village,
will attend the state convention of
the organization, which will be held
IN Buffalo on May %. Miss Mulyi-
hill will be the delegate OF the local
court
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14

Never sleep In your oyershoes.
Never tide a thin horse bareback.
Never walk Is miles before break
fast.
Never carry a barrel Of potatoes on
your head,
Never jump out Of the window for
a short cut.
Never give tramp your summers
clothes in the winter
Never jump more than ten feet to
catch a boat.
Never sit on red-hot stove with n
sealsku cap or ulster on.
Never kick an Infatuated bulldog
when you have slippers on Slsseton
Is. ID Courier.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14
Teeth Of Various Creatures.

Rabbits have IS teeth, and rats and
mice 70 each. Sheep and oxen pos
sess the same number as humans.
Frogs have no teeth at all on the low
err jaw, and toads are quite toothess.
The shark has several rows OF teeth,
the outer ones being replaced as they
become worn, at the expense of the in
her rows. The pike IS provided with
what might be called hinged teeth, as
they certainly can he turned inward
to enable 1t 10 hold IT'S prey firmly.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14
Gu. Fro.A soal,s fllnnnrs.

Hitherto ue llippers Of the whales
caught 10 car waters have been re-
garded as a waste product, but the
fisheries bureau finds, that they will
yield CT per cent Of their weight In
very excellent glue. Ii hopes to find
market for seal fppers with the
glue manufacturers. Each year about
$4,000 fur seals are killed on the
PrihyloT islands, In Bering sea. Reck-
oning four htppers at eight pounds
the annual production Of nippers is
100 to 40 tons.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-14

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