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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUy

DACK in 1907 Senator Knox. then Secrc.
ID tary Of State under President Roosevelt,
was making a tour through Latin America
and had progressed as far as Guatemala.
There a demonstration was put on and he
drove with much acclaim through the streets
seated beside President Estrada Cabrera,
who is just now languishng in prison. fol-
lowing tho overthrow of his Government.
They had reached the very heart of the
city, where the throng was thickest, when
the President turned to Mr.. Knox and said
II am enjoying this very much. Mr.. Sec
rotary. You may not know that this Is the
first time have driven down the streets
of my. capital for many months. 1t has not
been safe for me to do so
well, Mr., President" said the Secre-
tary of State somewhat nervouSly, "do not
allow me to cause you to cndanger your
life
Not at ALL" was the reply. "Thc fact
that you are by my side is the best insurance
I could possibly have
But Mr.. Knox admits that he would
prefer driving In Rock Creek Park in Wash
ington.
When Woodrow Wilson first ran for the
presidency in 1912 he was poor man
and there was a certain steel gray suit
that came near composing the whole of his
Ho wos ,ho.oto-. co.. . e.. ,.,
.merpencT wbon nrc tn. raer TO iare b ",'n an
ou, on,,d " ~. "n' T an", '"c trousers 10 MS SUIT
''TIo W. hr"oI,SI m"a Ur ,"unu'
prlin,an .aN'IitIu ,hioL ~ Daunrope and the two
aoamohad -, ;,Lt Hl'nn nin party occupied were
ot p"ob,o 'o'u, ~ ~ ',su,'s @ ne was 10 speak
nroaohim a. hf,," AZ ~ ana that hour was ap'
''G"' a. u"e the vorr ,o,. .o. -,
nparpU DrOuIly u,It bo
rsI rro"nN WIZ 'he trousers. lie had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
RICHARDS APPOINTMENT

TNHE appointment by tho President Of
l. George G. Richards. Of Oil City, as chief
Of the Militia Bureau of the War Depart
mnnt will be gratifying to every militiaman
throughout tho United States.
Mr.. Richards has served in the National
Guard for forty four years. He was grad
uatcd from II into the regular army during
tho Great War. II the relations between
the army and tho volunteer militia are to be
arranged on a satisfactory basis it is i'm
rortant that the man in charge OF the work
should be familiar with the spirit and temper
Of tho organized militia. It would have been
difficult for the President to find man
better qualified in this respect than Mr..
Richards.
The appointment Is politically interesting
as recognition by tho President Of the
validity Of n recommendation by Governor
Sproul The Governor backed Mr.. Richards
from tho beginning. Th" final appointment
ia doubtless the fruit of his recent trip to
Washington to SEQ tho President. which was
followed by his announcement that Senator
Knox would probably be- rc elected next year
without serious opposition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
WHERE FLOODS ARE COMMON

NaHAT men have built towns at the feet oi
L volcanoes and have continued To build
them there in spite Of succeeding disasters
argues no great wisdom on their part.
though one is prompted to pay homage to
their pertinacity.
Similar criticism may be levied at and
similar homage may he paid to those who
are In danger from food and this is rar-
ticularly the case whore foods are fire.
quent.
The disaster in Pueblo is overwhelming.
but the property damage done year in and
year out is no greater than that wrought By
the Ohio. The difference is that floods 10
the Ohio Valley have become n common.
place and they only rarely result in loss
Of life.
River towns in W"st Virginia and Ohia
take their foods in tho spring and fail pretty
much as a matter of course. Tho stage OF
water at Pittsburgh and Wheeling gives
them warning of what is going to happen
with ample time TO remove their goods to
higher levels. Then they rest with com
posure 10 not with content until the food
has reached its crest and begins to recodo
After that their work begins, for the water
indoors must be aCitatcd So that it will
carry away tho mud it contains Regular
spring or fall housccloaning follows Stores
are fixed anew, buildings are given coat
Of paint: and as n result the riror towns
are invariably fresh aud now looking
No man needs to do much thinking Ia ind
a remedy. The trouble iq that he would
have to he a Croesus or a Caesar to nut il
into effect.
The remedy might he the construction ~
levees. Pittsburgh has such levcos in tho
: nsighborhood of its stool mills: hugo banks
of Stag. both on tho ALLEGHENY md tho Mo.
nongahels. The drawback il that this pro-
Vision is purely local and that il infirts it's
penalty elsewhere, The Iowlnnds have added
burdens because Of the pcnt-up streams
where levees exist.
The Government already has rights in all
navigable streams. An autocratc govern.
rnent might extend those rights from hill to
hill and forbid habitations on its property.
The land could still be cultivated with nroft
by those who wished to Lease IT, Factories
and mills could still be built and bc made
comparatively food proof And the unused
and could bc turned into parks that would
e little the worse for occasional foods.
: with riverside roads at least 100 per cent
better than those that now exist.
Yes. indeed II could be easily done by
Benevolent despot with the purse Of For
tunatus. The curious thing is that familiar
demon with ability TO do the work may be
already with us; demon who runs on
wheels.
4 River towns grew around the wharves.
n there had been automobiles and motor
trucks when the towns wcrC born tho said
GOWNS would not he on the Ohio ten mont hs
n the year and two months in the Ohio
q hey would be on platcaus among tho foot b
Ills, aud the lowlands would have remained
" cultivation save where mills were needed.
Being where they are, thew will remain
< Nr some time at least But be sure that
u ture business viii observe the rule OBJ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

said It seems as though God was not going
to work through leaders any more. but in.
stead He was working through groups: that
in the future 1t would be the action of the
many rather than the vision and high resolve
of the one that would lead to success.
This may be so. We have waited long in
Philadelphia for n Moses to lead us out of
the wilderness into the promised land of
education. Mayhap, In the search for the
outstanding person. VIC have missed the po-
tential power and energy that make for
progress In some group near at hand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
Cupid at the Crossing

WHEN people soc n traffic cop
w His mastrrshp full we'll they know,
And when hc bids them stop, they stop,
And when he bids them go, they go.
All; who ran hope to circumvent
So great an autOCrat as this?
Well II he young, with life content,
Just try him with pretty miss.
Src'll tanglc up his eyes with hers;
She u IL" him up with half smile;
Shell bundI" him with ease, good sirs
Aud do him UP in proper style.
And those who must his whimsics boar
May put their ire on ice, poor fools.
When Cupid's at the crossing--'W Ware!
For Youth disdains all traffic rules.
g. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
A Mechanical Bull

From the Popular Mechanics Magazine
school in Madrid suburb Is devoted
to training young toreadors and matadors in
the dangerous art. The apparatus used con.
sists of massive block of wood roughly
shaped like the head and shoulders of bull,
equipped with real horns and mounted on
pair Of rubber tired wire wheels BY means
of handlebar Mt the rear the instructor
plungeS this formidable machine toward the
student, who must learn to avoid the men.
his lanCes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
FLOWERS IN TOWN

DID not know l loved the flowers
l. The while was at home,
never cared to soil my hands
With digging in the loan.
But now the streets have shut me In
With just starveling tree,
There's not bit of earth about
To feed its roots---or me,
I'm raising pansics in pot
Upon my window sill
Two ionquil bulbs are in cup
That's cracked and like to spill.
watch the lonely tree each day
For just hint of green
oh, every country girl In towp
Can tell you what uasanI
IL. B.. n Nsw xoxk 0Tsua8 -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

served by inhabitants In times Of danger and
stress It will take to the hills.
And by that time Il may be, the noun.
tains at the headstrcams of the Allegheny
and Monongahcla will be clad with verdure
once more. the SHOWS will not melt SO rap.
idly and floods will become far more iufrc.
uuent than they are today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
Return Of an Old Stand.Rv

Idaho Falls 'orrcspondouoN Idaho Statesman
The 'two-bit' piece came back jnto ire
own here Monday morning when tho Iorgost
restaurant in tho city announced ham and
eggs back az tn" old pre- war price. Other
price cuts that attracted the hungry at tbo
two bit price We're beef and qravy anJ
been fifty cents. ''''' nave
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

plifcation Of its essentials. The sole OBJ.
stacle to a friendly settlement today seems
to be- an ultra literal Interpretation Of the
confScatory clauses Of n constitution i'm
pcriously established by a discrcditcd and
now deceased dictator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The cOncrcte IB invariably distressing
Those who 60 down to the sen in ships lose
esthptir interest in North Atlantic ircborps
after their vessel has bumped into ono
During the last few days we have received
reports Of the beautiful scintllatiug color
effects Of the massive travellers from the
Poles. But the more recent report of n
shin In distress because of one of them
causes one to forget their beauty and to
think only of the terror they inspire and
the damage they do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
The ImmIurant Problem

From the Boston Herald.
The problem is to tell In advance whether
a given immigrant will shift from asset to
liability in our national balance sheet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
An Economic Suggestion

From the Boston Transcript.
There are said to be nearly half million
idle box cars in this country. Why not
convert them into flats and relieve the hous.
ing shortage?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Now that the United States military
government is to be Withdrawn from the
Dominican Republic, a good many Ameri
cans will learn for the first time that n
United States military government had, as
Rnnmhlir.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

If Or. Butler, president Of Columbia
doesn't know what to talk about when he
goes TO the Imperial Conference, 1t won't be
because lot Of obliging newspaper editors
faied to give him enough tips.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Boston expert says that married mon
employed in industrial plants are loss de-
pendable than single men. This is contrary
TO general belief and experience, but per
haps the Boston man asserts himself by
loafng every time his wife gives him beans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
On a JoyrIdo

From the Providence Journal.
Tho Swiss glacier that has broken az
records by moving six inches a day should
be arrested for speeding.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
Answers to Yesterdays ouix

|. Pueblo Is the Spanish word for town. In
America the word has come to be ap-'
piled particularly to a Spanish Ameri-
can town or village or a settlement Of
sem-civilized Indians.
?. The fastest days run by an ocean liner
was made by the steamship Maure-
tania, In January. 1911. the distance
travelled In one day being 676 knots
3. Martin Van Buren, succeeded Andrew
Jackson as President Of the United
States.
I. An impeyan Is an East Indian pheasant
with crested head and brilliant plum.
age
8. Tho Lincoln Highway Is the longest
memorial dedicated to an American In
the United States. "a
3. The last nation to declare war on Ger
many was Honduras on July 10, 1918
7. The Nambezi River in Africa flows into
the Indian Ocean.
g. Tho poem How Sleep the Brave" was
written by William Collins. an English
writer. His dates are 1721-17b9.
p fitssmmons. tho pugilist, was a native
of Cornwall, England
~. runagate Is vagabond. The word 10
an antique form of renegade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Lloyd Georges doctor has done what
his enemies couldn't made him promise to
lake q rest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The per capita circulation Is 81 % loss
this year than last. Sounds as though this
might be duo to tho last bargain the wife
bought.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Chicago is to he congratulated on the
sand it has shown; and on tho CheprfuTncss
with which she dropped it into Thompson y
nnlitical .maChino.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Though a dollar Is being treated now.
adays with a little moro respect in a grocery
store 1t Is not vet putting on any lug.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The man who said "What'S tho Con o
stituton among fricnds?' must have had
prohibition in mind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The Republican National Committee
oucstionnairc may be more far reaching in
its effects than that made fnruous by Mr..
Edison.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The regularity with which colleges year
after year ban hazing speaks much for the
virility Of the custom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
Can't Be Done Any More?

From the Boston Transcript
When did the old proverb, What man
has done man can do," cease To annly ny ~
the running Of railroads! ''' "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The alacrity with
Virtue 2 Necessity which New York fire
underwriters promised
tn he good whom the Lockwood Committee
got after thom might serve ms an object lesson
to coal operators who are now protesting
against "furthcr governmental Interference"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
Lodge In 1918

From the Springfield Republican.
Mr.. Lodge himself Is on record as saying
August %. 1918, I'VE seek only the safety
of civilization"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

All that a Southern Republican delegate
wants IS to be let alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
A Hopefuj Sian

From the Baltimore Sun.
Germany quarres about that indemnify
just as bitterly as though she intended 70
pay it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
What Do You Kno,u?
QUIZ

!. Name two Presidents Of tho United States
who died on the Same day.
.. What Is the official name of Italy?
3, What Is tho size of a displacement ton
used in measuring ships?
I. Who was Sucre?
s. What Is a cenobite?
s. In what plays by Shakespeare does the
character of Falstaff appear7
Z. What kind of an animal Is a pangoln?
s. Who was Ixion In classical mythology!
.. Why was the celebrated italian painter
whose name was Jacopo Robusti called
Tintoretto?
10. What Is geography?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

The oldest homo brew is trouble,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

Senator Fall appears to have crowned"
King Coal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS

Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephans Subjects They
Best
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09

"TTNHE principal business Of railrot
l. managers and experts is to di
travel. They lie awake nights sche
ways to place obstacles in the way ,
mate travellers.
Then they howl about bad
They rip and tear and rush around
ington demanding this and that. v
trouble lies right within their ow
doors.
I'm beginning to think that raj
in its financial aspects is just a pla
nary laundering business. and that
railroad executives have lot less
and common sense than they are
with.'
Thus he spake; and thus he cont
speak:
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
She Knew

The girls In the seventh grade all
wore large hair bows made of beau
;iful. bright tissue paper. They @ere
not only inexpensive but 50 pretty
that they were declared great sue
cess untll one day II rained and the
bows faded all over the little owners
hair. Then great was the lamentlng.
One of The boys looked from the
girls with their spotted red and blue
and purple hair to two spinsier teach
srs In the nfty-year-old class. Il don't
know as they're so badly on" he re,
marked 10 the teacher who was young
and pretty and with strong sense
Of humor, I'D rather be faded on ac-
count OF having beaus than to be on
account of not having them"
Then teacher smiled. She too had
indianapolis News.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
J. D. DRAPER. Agent
AutoIna for Wolves.

The motorcycle threatens TO out
rival the broncho as an instrument of
,ocomotion on Western ranches anu
cattle ranges. According 10 the Illus
irated World, cowboys are Using Il
for rounding up cattle. driving In stray
animals, inspecting long lines OF
fences and other such work. By all
odds the most remarkable purpose for
which the motorcycle is employed,
however. Is that OF chasing coyotes.
Such a machine. II the terrain be not
too difficult can easily oyertake one Of
those little gray wolves, tlripg the
beast down to point where IL can no
longer turn and dodge successfully.
Then 1t Is simply a matter Of a whiri
OF the larlat, and the vicious brute.
with a few quick spurts OF the motor
cycle Is choked to death.-Phiiadel-
phIa Public Ledger.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
DEFECT IN EXISTING MAPS
Tha; They Are Not Drawn to Uniform
Scale 10 Felt 10 BE an Educa.
;ional Handicap. 80

II has long been the dream OF geos-
raphers 10 mase a series OF maps Of
the world on 4 uniform scale. Indeed.
II Is consIdered unfortunate for school
children that the Biographies do not
show all countries By maps On
single, uniform scale, for unless a
student observes very carefully tho
figures showing the scale Of each msp
or the 6gures showing the area Of the
country mapped he Is likely TO get tho
impression that certain dlstan. lands
which are generally mapped on
small scale. are smaller than those
with which he Is most familiar Take
Australia. for example: The maps In
the Biographies now used in most of
our schools show II on a small scale
about one-third as large as that used
for the map Of the United States: yet
Australia Is. In fact. nearly as largo
as the United States-only about one
fortieth t2h per cent? smaller. China
is generally shown smaller In area
than the United States, yet II Is about
one-third larger.
The work OF preparing maps Of the
entire world on a uniform scale Of one
10 one milllon-thst Is, maps on which
one unit (any unit-inch, ceuumeter.
mlllimeier. etc. represents one million
Ike units on the ground-has been
under way for several years. and tho
United States geological survey. De-
pariment Of the Interior. has made
considerable progress In It's work on
the parts of this map that were as
signed to the United States. The
principle used In preparing these
maps. II adopted by the publishers OF
school books. will give the children ac-
curate impressions OF the relative
sizes OF the countries OF the world.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
TEMPTED BY BRIGHT LIGHTS
Adventurous Bossie Attempted 70
Make Her Way Into vaudsviils
In City Of Dallas.

Gentle Bessie, tired OF the humdrm
life OF giving milk and butter for the
hungry mouths Of some family. aud
bored with the pastoral quiet Of the
farm, determined the other night 10
have taste Of the gay life of the big
city AZ least once before she crossed
the River Styx. Accordingly she
sought out the brightest lights OF the
city a vaudeville house.
But first her bovine majesty saun-
tered gayly up Elm street from La
mar, gazing IN 'le show windows as
she roycd " IA this vicinity she
even attempted - enter street car.
Then. pursuing h's primrose course. she
plodded on iyga~5 the center Of tho
city until she vaa confronted with the
gray. yellow iieht, Frightening the
front of yanaeTine show. Not con-
sdering whe.h.r he would be a vel
come guest. Z walked into tho
lobby. of ,he @'ow thereby nearly
causing tie head Usher % be smltten
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
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Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
Notice.

To the n essengers and men,
bers composing the East Mt. Oh
i've s. S. Convention, you a e
hereby notified that the Convex
ton will meet with the Mt. Zion
Baptist S. S. on Wednesday be-
fore the 18th Sunday in June 1921.
Every S. S. is asked to cooperate
in the great work. The church
and S, S. have made ample prep
ara,ion 10 entertain the messen-
gers. Come with your hearts all
aglow with the split OF Chri t.
Let the watchword be onward and
upward.
Prof. M. Singleton, Mt. Yer
non, Pres
Mary L. Cox. Dewmaine,
Cor. Sec'y.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
hLLENBY STOPS
CRAFT OF TURK
Persecution Of Armenians and
Confiscation of Property Pre-
vented by English Officer.

The most arbitrary city boss In the
world, It seems safe to say. as well as
the most unscrupulous politician Of
modern times, has turned up In Aintab,
Armenia. to Judge from an official re-
port recently made by Major Stephen
Trowbridge. under Gen. Edmund II. II.
Allenby's orders.
He is Turk named Besim Bey. Untll
the Near East Relief agents stopped
him, he praetlced upon the terrified
Armenians such forms OF super graft
as might well make every other cor.
rupt politician In the world green with
envy, and such cruelties as make all
other heartless rulers, from Nero
down, seem sweet and gentle char
acters. His Office was that OF Munic.
ipal Chief Accountant Of Aintab: but,
as all dishonest Office holders know.
It Isn't the job that matters. but the
sugar-plums that go with 1t. BesIm
Bey plucked sugar-plums with both
hands, night and day.
Even inspired city bosses have their
day. Besim Bey's came when the
Near East Relief agents found that no
thorough Armenian relief work could
be done In that city while such condi-
tions of terrorization existed. General
MacAndrew ordered the arrest and
removal Of the six worst Turks In the
ring that ruled the city. and Besim
Bsy qualified. as usual. for first place.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1921-06-10
To insure publication all cores
pondence should reach this office
not later than tuesday morning.
The editor.

Any church needing a good
pastor and a splendid preacher. a
man OF kish ideals and broad vis-
ion. we can recommend Rev Jno.
b uen. of Mt Vernon. Ill who
successfully pastored Shiloh Bap-
,ist church Of that city for ) con-
secutive years. His address is
1911 Herbert. St.