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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
WHAT ARE TRoLLEYS FOR?

DEOPT.E who have money invested in
i street railway lines rs we'll as the oX
ecutives in their employ. will De happier and
more prosperous in the futur" il they will
remember the advice extended to them by
Roger Babson when he addressed the Flee
tric Railway Association in Atlantic City
yesterday.
THE right road for the street railway.
Mr.. Babsun said ''iS the prod gal, road
home. As an investment it Is beng and
will be rehabilitatod whenever it is operated
as local community enterprise for the
pubic good-for service and not for pro.
motion profits.
The street railways ought to hsv" every
opportunity to enjoy prosperity which JUS:
laws and fair general treatment can give
them. They are and will continue TO be in
dispensabN TO the country. But they cannot
be safely exploited and "rornered.
Losses due 20 bad management and ab.
sentee control cannot be made UP through
increased fares. Political influence cannot
he made to serve instead Of wise udminstra-
tion to keep street railways prosperous
II tho delegates in Atlantic City didn't
believe what NIr. Babson said. they might
make few inquiries al Trenton and at the
hendouarterS Of :he New Jersey pub'ic Sery-
ice Corporation. which ar" now puint!I.y
struggling out Of the dreadful Slough !aro
which opposite beliefs l"d them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks " h Thinking Phiadephans Subjects They
KnoU Best

modern expression of an idea which has
existed for many years. The idea Of the
Forum is not new one--it is simply that
the expression Of that idea, or rather it's
form, has changed to suit the conditions
brought about by the changing Of civiliza-
ton.
Prior to the Civil War and subsequent to
it the United States saw the development
OF the Lyceum. This continued to the
closing years Of the last century and the
University Extension took root and gre"
rapidly; now The old Lyceum and the latcr
University Extension have been combined
into the modern Forum.
New Feature Explained
The Forum, however. will be Forum
In fact as we'll as in name. One feature OF
its meetings. which was not included. r.
least in comprehensive manner. in the
organizations which II is superseding, will
be that the members Of the audiences may
take an active part in the proceedings By
asking questions OF the lecturers or speak
ers. which the latter will answer in SO far
as they relate to the matter under discus
sion.
This feature has obvious advantages. It
will make the events far more interesting
and intimate and it will clear up any points
Of doubt in the mind Of the individual who
has not clearly followed the lines Of reason
ing of the speaker and therefore has not
reached the same conclusions from the
premises as stated
The Forum will not confine itself to dis
cursive events, for the arts will receive their
full shares Of representation. and there will
be symphonic and choral music. Shakespeare
can rcctals and dances for the young.
Organizations Retain Identity
None of the four organizations which
have made the Forum possible will lose its
identity. They have merely sunk their in
dividualty to the extent of concentrating
their combined efforts along educational and
amusement lines in the new central body.
Whatever small loss there may be in in
dividualty will be more than compensated
for By the unifcaton Of effort and the great
saving in expense.
This experiment in Philadelphia is being
watched with much interest by many Of the
other large cities OF the country, which hope,
as we do. that the movement will meet tho
need which America feels for larger knowl-
edge OF economic, political and intellectual
problcmS.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
THE POISON PEDDLERS

A CCUMULAT1NG evidences available in
"A hospitals and insane asy!umS proves
that there is no limit to tho danger with
which many sections Of tho country are con
fronted through the combined ignorance and
rapacity Of organized hoot'Nggcrs.
Wood alcohol is n deadly poison lIut T.
Is hard to distinguish it from tho grain
dietillates ordinarily present in whisky and
other tntoXiCantS Wood alcohol (, being
sold to the unwary in diluted forms under
fake whisky labels. II is used in the boot
leg trade because il is cheap and easily
procurable.
The amazing thing is that it should have
been left for physicians like Or. Andors
and Dr. Ieisler and their associates in the
convention Of tn" Pennsylvania Medical So
ciety TO suggest that wood alcohol be deeply
colored before It Is marketed for any pur.
pose. by that method its sale 20 pcopl" who
still seek and buy strong liquor would b"
made impossible.
II there had been less blind zeal and more
logic among those who first Formulated the
national dry law, means 10 protect the "rcd-
ulous from III" danger Of wood alcohol poi<-
oning would have been found Mt the begin
ming.
The suggestion advanced by the Pcnnsyl.
vania Medical Society ought to BE- accepted
Immediately for the future guidance of Com
Eress. II the manufacturers of wood alcohol
were compelled 20 color their product dark
blue it couldn't h" Us"i in the various
atrocous mixtures now sold as whisky.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

others equally loutish, applied to strangers
whose chief offense seems to be that, though
perhaps versed in the idiom Of Cervantes,
Dante and Molicrc, they have not vet mas
tered the irregular verbs and still more ir-
regular spelling of English, are sometimes
lightly but never harmlcssly used.
Crazy Foreigners is a ready cpithet in
the mouth of the circumscribcd and small
visioned provincial.
The want of decent mannars. failure to
realize the necessity of con'idcratc decorI'n,
lies at the base Of international misUnder-
standing quite MS significantly as the
blundcrs of diplomatists.
Considering that the American Republic.
above all other nations. is medley Of races.
the existing obligation to cultivate sympathy
with aliens is profound
One hundred per cent spiritual charity"
is slogan unmarried by the shallow clap
trap which passes for patriotism among tie
thoughtless
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
GOVERNOR WOOD

A THIRTY SIN-YEAR AMY record.
n characterized hy vigorous performance
and consistent progress was closed yesterday
with the retirement o. Major Grneral
Leonard Wood from active Scrvirr i IS
as a civilian that this public servant. whose
nomination has Just been confirmed by tho
Senate. will assume office as Governor Gen.
eral OF the Philippines Tho formal in
stallation is expected to take plac" on Sat.
urday.
1t was somewhere near this date ,na, tap
trustees Of The University " Peunsylvania
hoped 10 sec General Wood Assume hi,
duties at that instItutiou. The postpone.
ment OF this program for an"ra"r year speaks
eloduently Of the Nsteem in wh.ch he is
held as an administrators d. O. urF" fcI
While honored ny Ia, po,jt.on m Nanua
General Wood an Srnr,",y fail - realize
that tn" tribute which grrat university
has paid TO hE abilities j. exceptional. The
situation implies thai un will b. received
with fervent graufca'on when a year vua.h
may prove evcnrful IN the history of NE
Far East has elapsed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
Today's Anniversaries

1771--Jeremiah Morrow, first Congress.
man from tho State Of Ohio, afterward Gov
crnOr and United States Senator. born at
Gettysburg, Pa. Died March %. 1853.
l7S4-First Protestant Episcopal conrcn.
ton met in New York City.
1906 Prussia joined the allies Of Eng.
land against France.
1Sl0-The first cotton goods printed from
cylinders were made in Philadelphia
1s48-George Westinghouse, inventor Of
the airbrake, born at Central Bridge. y. Y.
Died in New York City March IL, 1914.
1B02-Lord Alfred Tennyson, English
poet laureate, died. Born August 8. 1S0O
lSa8-Lord Rosebery resigned the lead =.
ership of the British Liberal Party.
l9lo-Sir Thomas Upton challenged for
the Americas Cup.
0-Brookyn defeated Cleveland in the
second game OF the Worlds Series.
l02O--President- elect Obregon. Of Mexico
was greeted with enthusiasm at I'll paso
Tex. ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

/. In a work cnUed Purchase His -,
grinmos" published in 1G3S Is tnIa !,
story Of Juan dc Fuca, n Graeir" "Ir ,oL 'n9
ner, whose real name was AMos,ILi nt" y,
Nalcriarca who cained TO baS%n 'I;os I
covered the strait separating Vanrou",taE "
js,and from what ts now The St.t
Washington, and 70 have sailed GI - -
for moro than twenty days Tbn,'oIiI I' IL
the story was tabrcation, the gtrsSj,
still bears the name Of Juan de Enca
.. sydney Smlth the English es,ayist
wrote ~ $50 'I' the four uuartcr's' ~ 81
tho gl"b" WI" reads AN An1crI,oy, -,
book, or goes 70 an American ujo ~ -" a., al
looks at an American statue or p'rtljr. ~,
g. The opening day Of the regular scosio,.,,
Of Congress l9 the first Monday in Ha ~"
Cember 81 'e-
1 There have been nine chief Justices =,
the CnIted States, including WiIiIan,
:. The Carolinas were named after K,u.
Charles Of England "CarohIs," IN NtTHS ,HSe
Latin iorm. ]" 'he
6 The watt is the electrical unit exnros,,,..
electrical energy az horsepowDar Ing s
presses energy i'm mechanics II 60 -
result OF the pressure (volO tIres rat e',e
Of tiow (ampereG Seven hunGred tSs ,ats
fOrty-srX watts are equal to one h,rgo aiau
power.
Tie first gasoline vehicle is said IN ho,,,
been in operation on July I, iS64 '"''
s. Van Depocle and Sprague arc accredited
with the invention Of the trolley CSr in
the United states between 1884 and
.. The i.ustanta was torpedoed by Ger
man submarine ON May 7 1918
70. NM IN Roman notation means 1000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Addressing the American Bankers A..
sociation in Los Angeles. the president Of
the New York State division blamed Con.
greSs for existing unemployment because It
tlnkered with the tariff when it should Be
revising taxes. Bankers. he said, do not
dare to lend money to business men, who
are liable TO go bankrupt because OF
wickcdly faulty system Of taxation. Whicn
may be good and sufficient answer to 4"
frequently reiterated allegation that bankers
are not doing their whole duty in the preseA!
nrlGiS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

New York's real estate brokers declare,
and with some truth. that the new rent law:
limiting landlords profits tend to obstrucI
the law Of supply and demand; and what Is
stricted rent means restricted building
Unrestricted building would eventually mean
lower rents. Meanwhile, every man wtn
money enough to build house will be doing
a patriotic duty by going ahead with IT.
And good hosS sense will 60 with the patrio!.,,
ism for the house. despite present price;
OF materials, will eventually prove g00'
Investment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
The Census Bureau report shows thai

The Census Bureau report shows thi,
the Nation s population In 1920 was grouped
into "a ,35l GIG families residing in 2o'oe,Ico
2O4 dwellings, making an average OF 40
persons to a family and 81 persons TO
dwelling. In 1880 there were 3 persons y
the number has steadily declined since tna.
time Whatever significance the hgurHss
might have, however. has been lost by 'Gs
fact that hotel or an apartment house
classcd ns dwelling, and the occupants ..
said hotel or apartment house, though tnH
may embrace numerous families, are rIasssu
rs one family. The compilation may nov,
ever, have afforded some amusement TO tns
hgurcr and, Of course, Uncle Sam paid ~"
for his trouble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Panama. In thousand ways they could
improve the life of the country. The men
who built the Panama Canal could within
a few years turn all the water power of the
land to good account.
Like the rest of us they are chained to
the wheel of the war machine. and they
cannot escape SO long as the world talks
Of disarmament as II II were dream of
visionaries rather than a practical mems
for the rescue Of civilization from the edge
of a precipice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
Teday's Birthdays

Sir Thomas G.. Shaughnessy for MANY
Railway, born in Milwaukee sixty .eirht
years ago.
Charles +. Mitchell, the successor os
James StiIlman as president of the National
City Bank of New York, born at Cbcl;an
Mass, forty four years ago. ''''"'
Hubert f. Fisher: Representatives ir Con.
at Milton. Fla, forty four years 49, wv
Major General Joseph Il. Dickmun >,Lo
retirrS from the United StutcS aroy ioJaw
born at Dayton, o., sixty.four Irars ngo,
g. Albert j. BeverIdge, former tniteI Statcs
senator from Indiana, born In Adams
County, Ohio, fifty y.nnc Years a.o, ''""
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Pittsburgh court has ruled that
women voters must tell their exact age. Still,
be it noted, there is little likelihood that any
severe penalty will be inflicted for the telling
OF wee fib, For purposes OF identification 4
woman will remember that abe is as old q;
she looks which, interpreted, means as Old
as she thinks she looks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
TON" MARSHALL AS
THE TOLERANT CITIZEN
The Former Vice President, Rcappear.
ing in Washington, Denies That He
Has Been Leeturing the Country

Has Been Leeturine the Country
THE country needs NOR" mon hk" Thomas
l. II. Marshall, late Vice President, who
presided over the Senate for eight years
| without allowing the milk Of human kind
ness in his heart to curdlc
Mr.. Marshall has just boon visiting
! Washington t" call OIL his old friends. lie
! paid his respects 20 President Harding.
whom ho likes as n fellow human being, and
hc exchanged "reminiscences with Vice rrcsi-
dent Coolidge.
When hc was asked if be were lecturinE--
he confessed that he had bpcn exchanging
old stuff for new money"--ho replied that
10 lecture is TO instruct dogmaticauy."
and that his statements on the public
trum w"rc neither instructivc nor dogmatic.
His remarks must not he taken too III
orally, for occasionally he has been dog
matte. Ilo puts his statements in such
pleasant form. however, that they do not
offend. For example, n year or 20 ago he
said That what IN" country needed was
good fvc.ccnt Cignr
N'hcr men had been saying tina, ti.r prof
it""rs should BE- jailed. thar the prevailing
high prices were cXtortiOnatc and that tho
m"rchantS charging them wor" Shyorks
Ih"s" d"noun"crS tore their hair and
froth"d at tho mouth. but tho prices re-
mancd unchanged
Mr.. Marshall. with n quirk of his lips
and q fwjnkIo in his eyes made his remark
about tho cigar. and pretty soon there was
evidence Of what has been called n buyers
strike
The smokers who had been paving ton
"cntS for tvN-c"n cigar hogan tn dcrdc
that it was not worth tho money. and thoy
applied tho same reasoning 70 other articles.
fri"e~ ar" lower today than they w"ro
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Hugo SHINES has formed motion.
picture company for the production of ma.
tional films and has appointed Genera
Ludendorf as critic Of manuscripts. Ther
10 perhaps here an attempt TO keep up the
hghting spirit which Iiindcnburg advocates.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Wage loss in the United States in on,
year is estimated at six and n half billion
dollars. Which means that workers har.
tailed to produce goods to that amount.
which, in its turn. means that prices have
been kept up by scarcity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Half of one per cent Of the stock Of In
ternational Mercantile Marine Company Il
owned by the British. Strange what an
amount of kick so small percentage can
develop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

I'VE arc NOT in position 10 wacc
war. says Field MarslnI IIindouhurg, ''hnt
we must cutiyar" the fighting spirIt 20 be
prepared for all p"Isibl" ,Md GE"y"!"rmGGnts. ."
frances dcsir" that Germany shall bc made
and kept helpless.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

There are some drawbacks in being
President. He can't always think up a good
enough excuse for taking in ball gam.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Was it "A schoolboy blunderng over BIZ
ponS asinorum' or n former Secretary o.
the Navy who said be would gladly stand on
a bridge while Il was being bombed from
the air? Consult Joscphus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

II politics we're as fascinating gam,
as baseball what n we'll governed people We
would be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Considering the amount of work th,y
are required to do nowadays it is no wonder
raisins have wrinkles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
Future War Fleets

From the Indianapolis News,
Before this country can go to war again
it is imperative that it have two fleets one
composed entirely Of Democrats and one
composed entirely of Republicans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

When Senator Pcnrose says he has an
open mind on the Smoot sales tax it mean,
that he is preparing to take the sting out
OF the basting his own bill ~ due 10 get.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Perhaps il is because ex-Nice President
Marshall hasn't had drink in thirty yean
that he was flooded with hooch recipes on hi,
arrival in Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

AS We get the story via South street
when Sir Oliver Lodge got his latest spirit
message he said, "-Ain't it hell?' and the
spirit replied. You said IT, bo.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Mrs. Mccormick says life is fows
garden. but how full of burrs is this
workaday world.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

Yesterdays weather was calculated b,
turn the bleachers into frcezers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06
SHORT CUTS

II is as we expected. New York won
the opening game Of the World Series.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-06

i oughfarcs.
Mr.. Ros"ngartcn fires this salvo at the
concrete kind of road:
'"ro build even thicker rigid slabs re.
enforced with steel. is an effort to defy the
pounding of traffic and the mighty expansion
and contraction Of matter during temper
ntur" and moisture changes by sheer un-
yielding strength.
cannot b" done within allowable cost.
''lt is b"tt"r to rely upon resilient. water
proof cushion surfaces. to take up the shock
atmospheric changes.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-10-14
THE GIRL ON THE JOB :
How to Succeed-How to Get
Ahead-How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS
TRAINING SALESWOMEN

TT WAS thriving little store in a
i small village in New England. had
some chintz to get, and she was real
help In finding something, though the
stock was necessarily limited. But she
had taste,, and q sense Of color, and
she was Interested. q
found that. she had graduated that
year FROM high school, and gone into
the store. to, earn money during the
summer, and that she meant to go to
the city and Try for the position of
saleswoman In one Of the large depart
ment stores. She asked me what /
thought OF her chances.
l advised her to go to the highest
class store Of the kind she wished to
work for.
take a lot Of pains with your ap-
pearance. Remember that you are not
only applying for the job that is now
open to you, when you are ignorant
and unframed, but for the Job in the
future when you have got your train
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-10-14

A Japanese parlor of ordinary size
usually is square six yards by four,
with a few walls and many sliding
paper doors. These screens and doors
noiselessly open into adjacent rooms
or else cross verahda that over.
looked a little garden. A little gay
folding screen in larger corner adds
variety to the room. and many win
dows with slender frames of wood
pasted over with this semi-transparent
paper, give enough light to make IL
restful and comfortable. The floor Is
elevated about two feet above the
ground and is covered with thick
soft mattress. In the well-tO-do house
holds when people sit on the floor they
sit on a little padded cushion about
three feet square and three inches
thick. Besides this there is little
brazier placed in the center of the
room. There is no other furniture In
the parlor. The panels and screens
are changed according to the seasons
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-10-14
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
JACK,

VIZ HILE this name is, Of
w course, the diminutive of
John-or, rather, the Anglicised
form of the French Jacques
1t appears in English in a num-
Der of ways which apparently
have no connection with the
name. Among these may be men,
toned boot-jack, iack-knife, lum-
ber-jack, black jack, Union-jack
and jack-tar.
The reason for this usage Is
because the proper name or
nickname, Jack" has for many
years past been applied in Eng
land to servants or laborsrs as
a class. Jack is a handy and
easy name for a waiter or
caddy, or groom, much as many
Americans apply the name
George to any negro porter. For
this reason, many appliances
which are subject to rough usage
or which perform the tasks OF
a labOrer are known by the
prefix Jack" with noun which
designates the use to which they
are put. The expression Jack
of all trades" Is another ex-
qualification Of the same usage,
while the substitution of the
name Jack" for the "knave" In
a pack Of cards Is an indication
of the hard usage which this gen.
tleman undergoes at the hands
Of the queen, king and ace.
(Copyright)
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-10-14
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
ByF. "A. Walker


put them together. One side Of his
work kept him interested In the other.
When boy Is at school or college
his reading is divided into two sorts
voluntary" and "involuntary" He
reads for pleasure and he reads for
business
AS nobody's education is ever fin
ished the same division should mark
later life.
Mrs. Asquith in her celebrated
autobiography" tells how she be-
longed to sort of society the men,
bers Of which agreed to do an hours
serious reading every day.
Doctor johnson said that II a man
read any subject for an hour daily he
could not help becoming learned" His
own great difficulty was that he was
unsystematic
By reading certain things for recre-
alton and at the same time following
course laid down in advance, a per-
son gets the additional benefit Of dis
cipline.
In. the Eighteenth century they
thought nothing of reading through
Homer. Virgil and Shakespeare once
year. No wonder they were able to
think In those days.
(Copyr1ght)