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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks Wh Thinking Phiadephans on Subjects They
Kno,U Best

press young collectors with the notions
that Americana and first editions are the
fundamentals of book collecting and do 30
honestly because they know no better them
selves
Help for Young Collector
"A seller Of second hand books IS npt
to be OF more help to the young collector
than the man who sells books as they come
from the publisher and whose principal
business is to purvcy the Pollyanna school
OF literature to the polyanna school OF
readers. 1t is through the second hand
bookSh0p that most books Of proved value
pass. II by chance the owner Of the second.
hand shop knows why these books are OF
value beyond the price they fetch him, he
IL q good man to cultivate. indeed.
In short it Is man like this the young
collector must find and depend upon until
he has learned nll the mysteries Of tho
curious world Of bibliophiles. At present
there are not enough to 60 ar0und--so few.
In fact, that the young man who has found
one may count himself extraordinarily
lucky.
but I have Il solution Not long since
the booksellers fostcd on ny the slogan.
Read book Il week. Let us turn 1t baCk
on them. Let the booksellers themselves
read n good book each week. If every
second hand bookseller in the country wouli
follow this plan we would have in the course
Of few years fairly sufficient group
of cruditr and competent advisers for the
young bibiophile."
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Answers to saturdsv,s Quiz

I, Three kinds OF palm trees are royal
palms. date palms and coconut palms
2. Seoul Is capital OF Korea
3. Rheims was formerly the coronation city
of the French kings
T. Lord Morley Is noted English LibeTaI
statesman and author. During the
Gladstone period he was an ardent
champion OF Irish Home Rule. Among
ms chler works are his lives OF Crom'
Well Cohden and Gladstone
., woodrow Wilson was the only PresldanS
Of the United States elected from New
Jersey.
.. Mauye IL bright but delicate purple;
7, The Corfiotes live In the Island OF CorIu,
one OF the Ionian Islands belonging 70
Greece. ...
g. Each state iS represented In the Elee.
toral College by as many electors "
the total number of It's Senators ana
n ,, Representatives In Congress. q.
D. Inc Koran 10 the sacred book OF w
=. :. MohaInmedans, "a ~
10. ThA southernmost railway In the wpfe
- y In Southern Chile 4 ~ !. "A .nlall-
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prncticing dentistry there than here. lie
came back to defend his citizenship, but de-
stroyed his chances by admitting that
whether ne should remain here would depend
IN his prospect of doing better in America
now than I'm Germany.
The Court did not seem to think that
citizenship for profit should be tolerated.
and II very properly Cancelled the mans
papers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

The declaration of an eminent pro.
f"Ssor that there Is vegetation on the moon
leaves us cold. Ever 40 many of us have
known for long time that it Is made Of
green cheese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

North Carolina Is said to be the home
OF the biggest moonshine stills in the coun.
try. Somebody must have been repeating
what the Governor Of North Carolina SNid
to the Governor of South Carolina.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

VI. Han!hnra, of the japanese dclr:a-
tiom I" the Washington Conference. says
the Four Power Treaty has given Japan
argued that Japan has no kick coming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

1t Is m unusual day that does not pI'.
vide reason for the merging Tor something
of the Railroad Labor Board and the Inter.
state Commerce Commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

One thing that may be said in favor Of
Carson for magistrate to succeed Eisen.
brown ~ that there must be something good
IN man whom the gang 30 persistenty
opposes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
Hint for Gardeners

From the Boston Transcript.
A correspondent asks us what we do about
cutworms. Our method Is to carry them to
a vacant lot and turn them around three
. times. thus getting them 80 confused that
Khpy cannot find their way back F ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

PIHns to save the Anglo Irish Treaty
may be linked with desire to save 10
Valera 5 face. Nowhere is belief strong that
Erin will make the biggest bull in Irish his.
tory by rejecting what tx now offered to her.
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Much Ignorance Shown

"Whcn was associated with one of the
great English presses | Travelled through
out this country visiting college and uni.
vrrsity towns and doing business in them
with booksellers. | was impressed by their
astonishing crudition about the title pages
Of certain books and by their complete
Ignorance Of what followed the title pngcs.
Most booksellers know to exhaustion
only two things-AmcricNna and first cdi-
tons. Both these subjects are highly de-
serving. but of the underlying associations
thnt make them so highly, deserving, book
seIlers know little or nothing. The obscure
facts about first editions and local history
nrc of no interest or Importance to tho
world, outside of relatively limited field.
yet the booksellers who have devoted
most of their lives to the study of one or
both OF these subjects. are likely to i'm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

In view Of thc fact that the Panama
crashed into the Starboard side of the de-
stroycr Graham off Sea Girt. the presump-
tion Is that it fell victim to the white
lights. Or 1t may even be that the Panama
thought it Was making n Culebra cut out of
[ l, IN I'm m brenu. IN. .....
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

The fact that bootleg hooch Is less than
half Of per cent whisky doesn't save II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
Issue Is Joined

A New Orleans cat Is
Issue Is Joined mother of knot of fur
with four lively heads
and four kicking legs. "MccouyrUus :"
she IL understood 10 have remarked when
interviewed. "And YOU can't hurt our
fclincs by referring to them as IL Four
Power Packed. "
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HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATEERTON NJ Ply

DRESIDE\T IJIRDJ%f, .o,o.., - .
f,,,,,i.,''i' ''''''''''" recently "r","
TO insure thr lfo Of thn ,r"a. mm" "nn n'rl,ncu
graccd thc Whitc IInm.o tnhio ", m MY ~, WIZ"
giving Day '''''' WI i""''NS'
..r,hi, atl,,,,
,,oi.ht htoI"t' nc ShlG, may he over.
cirrmn.,ono nv, Nv ii h'E" nrcIn"0Iy oTer-agc.
rin1 dntn ~ thi, ,,ro,'r ~ IJJ,nS I" IN" a''uh'
sivr t"nocity mF i,to ,1'"ntrS nn 'inprrS'
rho rnhh'cr thnt ,'t' ,'t'' wv M'HHcS , hrc that
Christmas In0Il{nn tLnroh,f i".,,MHs!EIlg-
ncunircy now I"o.o ~ ,iE, "nl"lnnti"hilF
Indicating thnt Lc iY rro.,,. . ,mt H"''Stl'S
nl"tc - ,nc,,'J n," =, L'.,H r'r'"'h 7" com
Sticks intnct rnL comoro, "'"'i,'t'' nhH "rnm-
WLiln rn"rt,iit, = '*' nr"nn nnlmpHlrrd
immature turErys thnr rocorI e go - "''','iS
once they have nnSscd thn rri tinoi '"srtIIN tN
Is calculated TO make cvcp no of;onLaiI,
Cnvious. '' ''''''''H
"L'urthnr T or, ,,ro,lo
provoI to yorr ''r nii I,,"o', J." give "hcIRI an-
rohblnr /. n Jnngorn''kk i tmn' an m overweight
Sobhlcr's c%istnmcc is'" i 81 r'SM, Inc aim OF
f. sho,,II y" h" trn u i" "'ta'n overweight
~ omcn,rooo '"r Nv. "',i"''"n 5i. "t your company
cornmloncn WIZ ~" I,""urhSc' tnS' MY efforts at
Coif nv frn,n Wy ,oI, u" goOnI'rS abstain from
WI w. VI ',Tn, T,. ,nMang courses Mt Muldoon'S?
,nes "ory ",r v ond T"mr"sco T." lose their waist
1ntI,. t''tH '"I's unu nrErr recover thcmf Mani
bcigGt and "'~"t w"tWHt "t,r ,rI'",l"nShip between
scrihcd for gohs Gnoan't ~'t'm N property pr".
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

Orvillc Wright says the airplane is still
in its infancy. He is probably right, though
it got out of its swaddling clothes eighteen
years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

Herbert Hoover rcverses the old Jingle.
It's what he says that counts, and not the
blooming way he says It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

We assume that the clean sweep Occa.
SiOnRlly referred to Is not q chimney sweep.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

The angry emotion od Senator Reed,
would be more significant " y were not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
Prof. irving Fisher. Of
What the Yale Yalc has been telling
DO We Care? the London School Of

Economics he has beer
reliably informed that German chemist Is
making synthetic gold out Of bascr metals
and when the process Is sufficiently cheap
cncd Germany may food the world with gold
and make 1t worthless thus making II farce
out Of rcpNrati0n payments. Huh I'M. Yes
indeed. Quit" ~. But hasn't she made
farce of it already And after the farce
to MIR Ford for relief by mems Of his bug.
energy unit dollar and all will be right as
right can bc once again already yet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19

AS n deserving Democrat. Postmaster
Thornton Is convinced. apparently, that no
Republican deserves the adjective.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
SHORT CUTS

Sadler boomers appear to be in harness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-19
WILLIAM n. ALLEN
On the Making Of a Bibliophile

A I SOME time or other nearly every one
"A gets the wish to acquire library.
few with elldevclOpcd literary interests
carry this wish throughout their livcs-and
sOme OF them fill 1t. A library, however,
according to William II. Allen. n post
graduate student at the University of Penn
sylvania, who was chosen to make the Sc
lection Of Americana that Bryn Mawr
College Is giving to the SOrbonne in Paris
n library Is much more than Il mere col,
lection Of books. 1t is collection of
particular books.
The fret requisite of successful
bibliOphile,' says Mr.. Allen, lis, of course,
q broad education. Therefore 1t is almost
inevitable that he be a college man"
Reads But Doesn't Own Books
"And yet the way of college students with
books-although many Of them develop
genuine literary taStcs--is an unhappy one.
from the viewpoint Of the bibliOphilist. He
depends almost altogether upon the college
libraries, and not until after he is gradu-
ated does the need of owning the books
that give so much to him impress itself
very deeply on him.
"In the years that he has been learning
about literature he has been learning moth
ing about book collecting Even If he has
the money to afford it, his library will not
come to much II he sets out to collect It
with no more notion of what he Is about
than an understanding of what Is good in
literature and what Is meretricious.
"IIe needs the counsel of bookseller.
And why: Because only n bookseller or II
man who has lived much with booksellers
can know what books add value to Il
library and what books cucumber IT,
but here is another difficulty. Although
booksellers know n great deal about books,
most OF them have read but few. There
are-I think ! may say it-few booksellers
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TNIIERE is something pathetic in his at-
l. titudc toward the "Gcntlem0n Of the Dycl
MustarhC." whom he speaks Of always ny
Ellis Majesty. my Emperor, King and
Master" the capitals are his, or as "!All
Highest War Lord.
In his farewell he says:
"Iikc SiCgfricd stricken down by the
trpNchcrOus spear of savage Hagen. our
weary front collapsed. 1t was in vain TINT
it tried to drink in new vitality from the
fountain In our homrlnnd that had run dry
II IS now our task to save what waE left
Of our army for the subsequent revival of
our fathcrland. The present was lost. We
had only hope In the future.
80 to work.
One gathers from sentences such as
BRAND quoted, that "to work" has another
Significance from that Of mere labor. The
book finishes with thoughts such as these :
"Thc old German spirit will descend uDon
MS again, though It may be we shall have
to go through the purifying fires Of passion
and suffering. imr enemies we'll know whnt
that spirit means. They admired and hated
it in peace. they feared and were amazed
nj IL on the bnttlriiclls of the Great War =
Well II looks from the "mmOrtal work"
of Gcrmnny'S greatest hero RS though hc
"srotrhcd the snake. not killed him, and
II the world j. tu have peace something vital
must hc hrcathcd into the souls Of the chII
drcn Of Germany 10 rid them Of the pOieon
Of the esprit Of old Germany" Ii will
take miracle. Perhaps what men nnd
women Of the Socicty nf Friends are doing
over there for the love Of God and their fell,
low men. in feeding the children" il the
miracle or itS beginning.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

Nov. 23, 1921, expiring Nov. "a, 1922
is hereby approved.
Also the Bond of the First National
Bank of Hinsdale, amounting to $780,
900, dated Nov. 18th, 1921, and expir-
ing Nov. 18, 1922, approved and or
dered filed with County Treasurer.
Balance of Bank Bonds were ex-
amined and approved.
At IL o'clock Noon, Board of County
Commissioners took a Recess until 2
o'clock p. m. of even date.
CARL J. ANDERSON,
Chairman.
Attest:
LOU E. BRETZKE. Clerk.
At 2 o'clock P. M. December 18th,
1921, Board Of County Commissioners
resumed pursuant to Recess taken at
Noon. Commissioners Anderson and
Stiley, and Clerk Bretzke present, c.
H. Pippin being absent.
General business and 1922 Assess
ment considered.
Bids having been called for Medical
Attendance Of the County Poor to be
opened at 2 o'clock p. M, December
18th, 1921. There being only one bid
IcSCINCu, CIletC VI IA. ANs oIIilIIl, LoI
S1S0O.OO per year from January 1st
1922 to December 31st, 1922.
On motion, the bid Of A. N Smith
is hereby accepted as County Physi-
clan at $1800.O0 for year beginning
January 1st, 1922 and ending Decem-
ber 31st, 1922, and Contract ordered
entered into.
The Board of County Commission
ers audited their own Bills as follows:
Carl J. Anderson, per diem &
NllledSe --------.-..--- -------.--.----. S1OO.UO
C. H. Pippin, per diem & mile
Andrew Stiley, per diem &
mileage .................... .............. 5000
At o'clock p. M, Board of County
Commissioners of Valley County ad-
journed subject to call of the Chair.
CARL j. ANDERSON,
Chairman.
Attest:
LOU E. BRETZKE, Clerk.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

VERY PLEASING
CONTINUED from page one)

expressing their keen desire to attend
the Christmas eve services at the
cathedral in the village. They were
reluctant to start however, being alone
and fearing to go through the forest
at night. AS they were standing by
the window debating an old woman
appears, in the forest, and beckons to
them and her unusual appearance
startles them. Soon they hear knock
upon the door and an uncle appears
upon the scene; he came to escort the
brothers to the cathedral services,
much to their joy. AS. they are about
to start they see the old woman of the
forest sitting by their fire place, SEEM
ingly half dead with cold and hunger.
The brother Holgar Immediately is
touched with sympathy and renders
all the service he can to make the old
woman more comfortable, and decides
to remain at home with her while the
brother and the uncle attend the SER
vices in the village. The moral Of the
play was founded upon this verse of
scripture: "In as much as ye have
done it unto the least of these, my
brethren, ye have done it unto me-,
and the boy Holgar, who was so anx-
ious to take his gift for the Christ
child and place it upon the altar in
the cathedral, but who, in his unself-
ishness remained at home to care for
the old woman, did not know that he
was ministering to the Christ in the
form of the old woman guest in his
home. The climax of the play was
reached in the second scene where
through the supernatural power of the
old woman, the boy Holgar was shown
the interior of the cathedral and wit
messed the ceremony Of the gifts, for
the Christ child, being placed upon the
altar by the worshipers.
The cathedral scene was very clev
erly arranged and was decidedly eff
fective. The invisible choir singing
chants added to the solemnity of the
scent.
The characters acting in pantomine
were Erma Shoemaker, Margaret
Klein, Velma Taylor, Nelson Cooper,
Arden Snyder and Vivian Hoffman.
Miss Elaine Kent who appeared as the
angel at the altar took the part in a
very effective way. The costumes of
the entire cast were very appropriate
and in keeping with the story of the
play.
Miss Mary Tattan who took the
leading role of the peasant boy Hol-
gar gave her lines in clear, distinct
voice easily heard from any place in
the house. Isabel Walker, Bertha
Leistiko, and Julia Murray also did
their parts in a pleasing manner.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

ment that they could hardly drag
themselves along the ground, crying
for something to eat at the gates of
Near East Relief orphanages in
Alexandropol and Erivan. The in
stitutions are already overcrowded,
and unless additional facilities are
provided, no more can be admitted.
This means a situation so horri-
bic that | hate to think of it. for
winter is coming, and winter in
Transcaucasia is bitterly cold and
the starvation and disease that is
now carrying off scores every day
will grow worse.
If more American women could
only see the sights that l saw, of
babies dying in their mothers
arms; of youngsters who still need
q mothers care scratching In refuse
for morsel of something to eat;
Of others SO shriveled up from
starvation that they more resem-
bled mumnlies from some ancient
Egyptian tomb than anything hu-
man; if they could only see these
sights, and worse, l know they
would see that America did not
forsake task that up to this time
has been SO wonderfully done"
Mrs. Duryea was the only woman
member of the Commission to visit
Transcaucasia, where she was the
guest of the various local govern
ments.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23
WON'T DIE: AND LEAVE WORK
Japanese Mortality Rate Lower In
slIkworm Season, II Is Said, for
Remarkable Reason.

There are many reasons for death.
But 1t is q remarkable thing that dur
Ing the silkworm rearing time In the
silk districts, even the sickest people,
contrary to all expectation, do not die.
The rate Of death among old people
and invalids in the silk regions dur
ing the busiest season Is very low in
Heed
What Is the reason? Well, most Of
these people unconsciously think,
well, If / die now, everything will
be very much upset because ] do not
finish my work, and If die, too will
be very much upset in the other world
because no one here will have time to
give me a good funeral and to see
that l am properly and comfortably
buried. So l guess l had better live
just bit longer" And remarkable
to relate they do go on living. The
will to live makes them bear the Ills
OF living and they do not die during
the growing season.
But after the transfer of the ma
tured silkwOrms to the cocoon beds,
for ten days there are people dying
everywhere. That is strange, too But
really 1t Is because the spirit no long
er holds them up. The excitement is
over and with rest comes death; the
time of anxiety is over and the strain
Is lOOsened and with the loosening
comes the end of life.
In the silk regions there are not
many deaths in either the extremely
hot or the extremely cold times. But
Just after the silkworms are trans
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23
Heard In Every Homo.

"Why on earth you will persist In
coming into the house with all that
dirt on your feet beats me. never
saw such man."
Nov you leave me little money
before you go downtown. How do
you expect me to pay the gas bill and
vegetable man with nothing to pay
with?
But l just gave you a dollar last
Thursday to shop on. Do you mean
to tell me you've gone and spent a
whole dollar so soOn?"
ut seems to me you might hose of
the porch once In while when you
are hanging around doing nothing"
"Now, l don't want to see you
winking at the hired girl again, or I'll
pack right up and go straight home to
mamma"
my land. Take those big feet of
yours Off that sofa cushion right this
minute. You are the limit San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23
Fortified.

Are you going to polish up your
French in order to engage In diplo'
matte cOnvertsationsw
'It might be valuable" said Sena-
tor Sorghum. "a man speaking IN a
foreign tongue naturally commands
forbearance and gets lots of chances
to correct himself. But | guess I've
had enough practice in flibustering to
make myself sufficiently misunder-
stood without going outside the Eng.
lish language"
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23
Freaks Of Sound,

II. when the air Is still, you stand
near high wall and speak word
loudly, it will come back to you as If
repeated by an invisible person. 1t is,
Of course, an echo Parallel walls
separated by few hundred feet, as
canyon, may so reflect sound as
to cause it to be distinctly heard
again and again in n long-undying
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

series of repetitions. If the rejecting
walls are irregular, the repetitions. In
steaZ Of being distinct to the ear, Will
BE- mere jumbled and unintelligible
reverberations. This is noticeable ID
cnrtPip rSyerDs
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

ferred to the cocoon beds, after the
strenuous days Of rearing them from
the egg are over, then they die like
Hes In winter. It Is all a matter of
mind. Advertiser.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23
CARD OE THANKS

To the many friends who so kindly
assisted during the illness and death
of our little Freddie, we extend our
heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Thomas.
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

PROCEEDINGS

At 10 o'clock a. M, December 18th,
1921 Board of County Commissioners
of Valley County resumed pursuant to
adjournment of Dec. 10th, 1921, All
members of the Board and Clerk
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

THOUSANDS of orphans
throughout the Near East who
owe their lives to America
still look to us for their food and
shelter, according to Mrs. Florence
Spencer Duryea, Director of the
Women's Organizations of the
Near East Relief. Mrs. Duryea
was member Of the Commission
which has just returned to this
country after two months inves-
tigation of conditions in the Levant.
"They look to us, for they have
no one else to look to-" Mrs. Dur
yea declares. I'VE have been car
ing for them during the long years
of warfare, which has not yet ceas-
ed in the Near East, and we must
continue while the present need
exists.
Though much of our work has
been done and it will require just
little more effort to complete the
task. the situation this year makes
immediate and effective action nee
essary. Due to invasion and dis
turbed political conditions an addi-
tional burden has been thrown upon
us, especially in Armenia. where
there are thousands of little tots
facing a dreadful death unless we
answer their appeal.
'"I saw hundreds of children, so
thin and weak from under-nourish-
The Glasgow courier., 1921-12-23

present.
Board proceeded to check warrants
issued.
At IL o'clock noon, Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners took a recess until
2 o'cloak p. M, of even date.
CARL !. ANDERSON,
Chairman.
Attest:
LOU E. BRETZKE, Clerk.
At 2 o'clock p. NJ, December 18th,
1921, Board of County Commission
ers resumed pursuant to recess taken
at noon. All members of the Board
and Clerk present.
The County Treasurer is instruct
ed to cancel 1921 personal taxes of
Paul Skrugrud and Ignatz Stoirkl ac-
count of having no property in coun-
ty also cancel S72.89 tax of j. E. Ar
not on page 7, line 21, account of
duplicate appearing page rs, line 80,
which was paid.
The following claims were audited
and allowed as follows, viz:
Road Fund