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, 1921-10-11
Mails Close

About $1,000 worth of musical instru-
ments, enough to equip three complete
school orchestrae, has been sent down as
a gift to the children of these islands
from their little friends in the North.
They will be used to develop an orchestra
In each of the three public High Schools
i'll St. Thomas and St., Croix.
This gift happens to coincide re-
markedly we'll with the increased atten-
ton which we are giving in the public
schools to musical instruction." said Mr..
d. r. Nase, Director of Education. The
instruments will be used under the direc-
ton of Bandmaster Adams and the musi-
cal instructors, and will, | am sure, be of
great assistance in stimulating the
children in their study of music"
, 1921-10-11
24,878.204.2O.
J. TORNOE

The St. johns Church Promenade
Concert, generally known as 8 soiree,
will be opened this afternoon. These di
versio IS usually afford great satisfac-
ton as regards the object for which they
are arranged, and also a source of en-
joyment to a large number of persons
who visit them, or send to purchase of
what is put up for sale there, and it is
hoped This will be of the old order.
, 1921-10-11
LOCAL.

Mr.. Pretto's ice factory is now erect
ed and working. Passing through Wa
ter Gut he hum of machinery tells you
something new is going on in that quar-
ter.
The S. S. Vinton County arrived here
at l .. m yesterday and it is advised
will leave for St. Kits at noon today.
The theatre was very we'll attended
last night, and the show comprising parts
of Who is Number One" was all that
could be expected.
, 1921-10-11
A GIFT TO THE JUNIORS

the interest Of the members of the
Junior Red Cross in the United States in
the Virgin Islands Juniors, has just
been shown in a very practical way.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

Stop and think! The country IS
beginning to emerge from one of
the severest cases of business de-
preston it has experienced in
period of factories running On
half time, with many Of them
closed, construction work at stand
still; strikes tying up what little III
dustry was left; retailers selling half
of their normal quantities; five
million people out of employment.
Yet with all of these handicaps
there has been no whisper Of a
financial panic, such as have caused
widespread disa ster in former years.
Does this say the day of panics for
this country is over 1t would
seem SO No matter how much we
may differ in our political belief, or
what party may be in power, the
fact remain that the American peo-
pie have an abiding faith in the
stability of their government. Also,
that it is as sound as the Rock of
Gibraltar. They know that while
we may have our periodical depres
sions in business as we will alw avs
have at intervals the stability of
the government precludes any pos
sibility of destructive panics. There
fore, We have no panics. This is
the u. S. A.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
SinonsviIle

Elmer Stevens has returned home
from u. V. M. Burlins ton.
Mrs. John Smith has returned to
her home in Ludlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. B. Chase are en-
tertaining, Mr.. aud Mrs. Charli,
Corey, Mr.. Farrar and friend o
Worcester, Mass.
Little Beverly Huntoon is SLOWLY
convalescing from pneumonia ano
Ray with DR.. Doane as counsel.
was attended by Mrs Stevenson ano
Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin Virgins ano
son of Rutland visited his sister
Mrs Eta Huntoon, Sunday.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

N. Y, with her sister and
two children came to Mrs. Mary
Sherwin's Saturday to remain some
time.
Miss Edith Clark has finished
her school in West Townshend
where she has taught the past FIVE
years and is at home. Miss Clark
was made the happy recipient of
purse of twenty seven dollars.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Robinson and
Miss Mary Robinson attended the
c. E. Convention in West Brattle-
boro Friday.
Harold Muzzy und wife with two
friends spent Sunday at J. A.
Muzzy's.
Miss Mary Fits of Brattleboro is
stopping at W. E. Booker's for a
while.
Mrs. A. T. Wood is with her son
Georgh on the farm.
Harold Knight of Boston made
a flying visit in town last week.
Herbert Gardner visited his father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs George
Gardner, last week.
Charles Baily and family have
arrived from Newport News, Va, to
spend the summer in their Vermont
home.
Charles Holton and family of
Yonkers, N. Y, With their mother
Mrs. Cushman, arrived at their
summer home here, while Mr..
Holton returned Friday to the city.
Firecrackers, Roman Candles,
Skyrockets, Noisy Crackers, Horns
etc for 4th of July at L. 7. Land
mans.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

weeks. Mrs, Burroughs will come
a little later.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hecht Miss
Dorothy Hecht and Walter Hecht
of Brooklyn. spent a few days at
the Bromley House he last of the
week, making the trip from their
home with their car. This family
spent several summers here few
years ago.
The school in town closed a
term on Friday with picric at the
home of the teacher Miss Farmun.
George D. Hapgood of New
York. is spending a few days with
his parknts Mr.. 2nd Mrs. L. B.
Hapgood at their home here.
A. M. Best and family are at the
their summer home here.
Kirt w. Adams and party of
Rutland were i'll town a short time
on Sunday. Mr.. Adams is q. Peru
boy but has been absent for num-
Der Of years.
Miss Sophia Bebee of Manchester
and her sister were guests at Russell
Inn for few days last week.
Marjorie and Rudolph Loon are
spending their vacation at the par
sonage with their parents Rev. and
Mrs. c. G. Lyon.
Mrs, Perry Warren and her father
M ]. Hapgood are spending few
days in Somerville, Mass, with Mrs
Hapgood who has been in poor
health for some time.
Miss Julia Lakin and neice Mis-.
Barbara Bridges returned to theil
home in Waterville, Maine, las
week at Russell Inn.
The long drouth was broker
Sunday morning by several shower:
and crops are looking much better
for the needed rain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
There He Goes again

With each pound of 4oc Coffee
Less Benson gives two pounds OF
graduated sugar.
Three cans peas for 25c.
Less has gone crazy.
You can get Lightning quart Can
# Cocoa for 24c.
Two loaves of bread. 25c.
Mems hose, nc.
He has a good liue Of mems
hits, pants and overalls.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

When man of brainsis hit by an
item he keeps quiet, but a halfwit
always throws out low insults, mani
Testing that a gnat's brain would
be lifesaver.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
Jamaica

Eight delegates from the local "
G. T. u. attended the Count
Convention in Newfane Thursday
Miss Lucille Noble of Brooklyl
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

Oh, boy See the Fireworks at
L. 7. Landman's Store.
Great men are privileged to swear
with impunity. Others are content
to do so with their mouths.
It is not easy for the rch man to
enter the kingdom of heaven. They
never want to die.
Firecrackers, Roman Candles,
Skyrockets, Noisy Crackers, Horns
etc. for 4th of July at L. 7. Land
mans.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
Boarding Houses

We are equipped to get out your
fancy cut booklets and high class
letterheads and envelopes you have
been sending away for. Consult
Mundell Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
Peru

w. H, Burroughs and daughter
Miss Evelyn of Springfield, Mass
are at their home here for few
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30
81. so Per Year i'm Advance
To Every hody Everywhere

Cash with order or no paper. No
exceptions to this rule.
Advertising rates, zoe per inch
net for display matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-30

Entered as seeond-class matter
March II, 1913, at the post office
at South Londonderry, Vt under
the act of March 8 1910.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
FIFTY YEARS OF AELPFULNESS

TIME celebration of tho ffticth anniversary
l. of the Incorporation Of the Presbyterian
Hospital last night called attention to the
benefcent work of one of the largest lnstl-
tutions in the city for the relief Of suffering
1t has had an honorable record. and 1t
has done its work handicapped by the lack
of sufficient room to meet the demands upon
1t. Plans were made before the war for the
erection of q magnificent new modern build
ing. but because Of some needed modification
in the plans the contract was not let.
Now that building conditions arc .mprov-
ing, the friends Of the hospital are hoping
that it will be found eNpcd!ent to 90 ahead
with the new building TO replace the plant
that was long ago outgrown. The city needs
It, for it is iuadcquatcly supplied with hos
pital beds. There have been times when
patients who tmpcrativcly required hospital
treatment could find no vacant ioUm in any
hospital in the city. This condition ought
q not to be allowed to continue any longer
than it will take to remove it.
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA s.

are outside the sessions and it is by no
means fully demonstrablc that the successful
transformations can be successfully made.
The mere limiting of dubious procedure is,
however, rcgrrttablC. The public ms Il whole
is unafraid Of the vigorous word scrap
ping as applied in prospect TO costly, war
breeding capital ships. If the proposition
goes through rspturous applause will over
whclmngly drown out the murmurs of near
sighted disscntvrs.
And speaking of the lack of great pas.
scngNr liners, It is pertinent to note the his.
tory Of the Leviathan. Nearly three years
have elapsed since th" once crack vessel of
the seven seas, originally built for luxury
travel and fast freight, was removed from
the troop carrying service. The restoration
Of the worlds largest ship TO commercial
routes under the national flag has not yet
been accomplished.
In Wow uf this achievement in rctrogres-
sion it may be wondered when drCadnoughts
Constructed for naval purposes exclusively
could be made ft for the pursuits of peace
full trado.
The moral obligation to play fair is strict.
In addition there are practical considora-
tions to support q decent ethical standard.
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party? The name, largely self EXPLAIN
tory, is new in the effete East but doubtless
the Middle West knows all about it.
But the results of this set of awful ques
tions The most pulchritudinous coed
registered only 90 per cent ladylikc and the
llvelicst Of them scored but 20 per cent;
the average was 60 per cent-not bad when
we consider the war and other contrlbutory
causes to supCrheated college life. The
pulChritudinous ono, who wrote mo- nine
times, answered YES TO the charge of
cheating. perhaps choosing this as the least
compromising in case the authorities wanted
TO go behind the returns and demand ncon
vcnient and embarrassing details. Besides,
ten answers of Yes" might have engendCred
a suspicion of a violation of question No. i.
Sixty per cent means that the average
co. ed had TO write "Ycs' to four of the ton
questions, a percentage which would havoc
shocked our Victorian ancestors But it
must not be forgotten that the Victorian era
had a record of national achievement equalcd
by few similar periods of history. as we'll as
reputation for intensive morality which
bids fair to remain unbrokcn by the present
generation 1t would be interesting TO note
the results of a similar QUESTIONABLE among
the male youth of Northwestern University.
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CONSIDER TIE FISHES

ORIGINALLY tnconspiouous and from a
~ superficial standpoint. uneXciting, tho
development Of the city aquarium has now
reached the stage Of genuine metropolitan
distinction.
The opening Of the much enlarged exhibit
yesterday attracted a crowd Of holiday
makers the members of which, it is safe to
. hazard, were considerably more interested,
impressed and charmed than they had an
ticipatcd.
Perhaps it is the habitual taciturnlty of
fish, perhaps the CirCumsCribcd mOmOtony Of
their lives in captivity, which invests formal
display of them with alleged humorous sig
nficance. Supposedly it is difficult 10 thrill
over an aquarium.
r But If no deep spiritual glow result from
a casual inspection by the unlniuated in
ichthyology, fascination is By no means
aienated. Fish, fantastic and radiant or
dark contortcd and bizarre, make an excel
lent show If the arrangement Is we'll directed.
, The aquarium in the picturesque old water
works at Paramount IS suitably planned and
distinctly worth visiting.
The Battery display in New York and ITO
marvellous swimming creatures housed in me
Meehau's devoted and authoritative superin-
tendenCc of the already important exhibition
In the Park is grNccd with the interestin.
opportunity Of eventually becoming equally
noteworthy.
Even now it furnishes an attractive sup
plcmcnt in natural history to tho geological
Gardens, in the fortunate possession Of which
Philadelphia scientifically ranks high.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
FAIR PLAY AND DREADNoUCHTs

CHIPPING experts, who are reported TO
- he admitting the praCticability Of con-
verting prescribed drcadnougLts into liners
for commercial use, are counsclors ~ be
needed only with Scrupuluus caution.
The interests Of cconomy and the ro.
sourcefulness Of the American merchant
marine would, of course, both be served if
suitable alterations could be effected with
out virtually rebuilding the craft Where
the danger lies IL ia the reverse adapta.
bility.
Vessels transtormUble into cargo and
passenger carriers suggest IN Cu>l rr,rr-
sion to original type in case Of what is
diplomAtically termed Il "natiouaI cmor.
gency." The chances Of such ntuvism .hod
an ungeniuI, perhaps even dishonorablc,
light upon armament. reducing progruma
In Secretary Hughes basic proposal
there was no juggling with words or ideas.
The eventual fate Of the capital ships and
the financial sacrifices involved were not
specifically considered, although it was ub-
yious that the sudden haltug OF an
elaborate construction program mast in the
end prove cheaper rLau its continuance and
expansion.
The United States with its gratfy ingly
clean record in the Conference, cannot afford
10 indulge now In equivoeation, Fortunately
the whispers Of the ship conversion scheme
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TodaY,s Anniversaries

17O3--The famous Eddystonc lighthouse,
built in 1896, wa. destroyed by storm.
17S3-Thc ninth session of the Contl-
mental Congress opened at Annapolis.
lS20-Bu>hrod Washington, Associate
Justice If the supreme Court of the United
states, died in Philadelphia. Born In West.
moreland County, Va, June ), 1862.
lS32-Dr, Mary Walker, the first woman
uhyscan in the world to he commissioned
an assistant army surgeon, born at Oswego,
\, y Died there February q, 1919.
1SV4-Marriage Of Emperor Nicholas II
Of Russiu and Princess Alix of Hesse.
1S06-Mathildc Blind, famous author,
died in London. Born at Mannheim, Ger
many. March y, 1S41.
1GO2-Englnnd and Germany united to
prcss their claims upon Venezuela.
1yl0-The British Government proclaimed
the suppression of the Sim Fein and the
Gaelic League.
1920--Arthur Griffith and other leaders
Of '"Irish Republic arrested in Dublin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
ANOTHER GAS MOVE

A FTER thinking it over for more than
n three weeks, Councilman WCglcn has
at last made public the reply CC the tinted
Gas Improvement Company to his INQUIRY
about the Kind Of arrangement which 1t
would like to make with the city.
1t would he easy t. examine in detail the
proposition made by the gas company. But
at this time it would be a waste Of effort.
The Wcgoiu request for information was
merely u move in tn" game that tho City
Council is playing.
i is generally believed that It Is the
purpose If tho Job Combine to postpone,
if possible, all settlement Of the controversy
over ihc gas lease until after the noEt
mayoraIty election. II then hopes 70 con-
troll both the executive md Legislative
branches Of the City Government and to be
free to make what terms seem t. II best
Whether it will be able to do this OF not
la, not vct appeared. T. will depend some
what upon the Cum2luCeuCy Of tho gas com
rany. There have been intimations that,
after giving the city a reasonable time TO
adjust its grievances. the company will nD-
zeal to the Public Service Commission and
argue that the commission has the right
under the law to intervene It Is Cou-
cc!lable th2t the circulation e this report
has been allowed in order to force Council
to act for fear the State commission viii
tax" the natter entirely out Of its hands.
And il Is conceivable also that the state
commission may insist that II has no juri>-
dictton at the present time,
In the meantime tho gas company is sup
plying Cas which docs NOT measure up to
the standard Of its lease, and r. liable - q
fine for every day that the stardard falls
short. The consumers are not interested in
the details Of the controversy. They want
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
SHRIEKS OVER TIE WATER

| LO1 ID GLORGE, il is said, will prob
IL ably meet Aristidc BRAND soon after his
return. Difficulties in connection with the
separate Peace Treaty recently negotiated
by France with the Turkish Nationalist
Government at Angora and tantamount to Il
superscssion Of the pact of Sevrcs were
considered by the British Cabinet on Tues
day of this week.
Two days later Earl Curzon, the British
Foreign Secretary, was vocally aghast at
what he deemed evidences of French mill
tarism.
Among the itcmIzcd objects of his dcnun.
citation was the new "srtOcmcnt" in the
Near East. More important than the VIC
tory Of either party" he insisted. 'is that
there should be no victory, hut that there
should b. peacc This will never be achieved
if any ono Power attempts IN steal march
ON another and roucludc arrangements on
its own account"
l. is at least pardonablr 10 fancy that p
thread oE consecutive interest can be idenu
fed i'm the above assortment Of facts and
Surmscs
Earl CurZon it has bccu hintcl, was kept
at home during these Conference days TO
prevent the intrusion in Washington Of the
peculiarly unconvincing. not to say disturb
ing, brand Of diplomacy which he has long
cNp,oltcd Conccvahy ho imagincs that tie
monkeywrcnch which he WicldS can be
effectively hurled overseas.
There i uudoubtcdly ,uhstratum of
truth in the fears which lie processes con-
corning French militarlstir ambitions. But
the reconstrurtionists in Washington arc not
children and their sense Of proportions seems
thu. far to have been rather well preserved,
No, all Of NJ. Briund rlea for Il French
rD1lf+ar1 oh Ii 'rlrrrCCEpI nv iDtnr-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiadephians Subjects They
KnoU Best

our trust companies for investment These
funds. as in the past, will, in the future,
seek gilt edge mortgages on Philadelphia
real estate as sound form of investment.
While much of this money was directed
during and since the war to other invest
ments that were tax free or paid higher
rates of interest, thus causing the real estate
brokers', owners and builders to become en-
vous and jealous, we felt that the financial
institutions were justified in their wisdom
to properly invest their money to the best
advantage.
Mortgages Are Accepted
Our ambition for the protection of the
tangible and material wealth of our city
might cause us to look upon mortgage in
vestments with certain civic pride. Money
Is now free for mortgage investments, and
Philadelphia's financial institutions are
daily accepting numbers of mortgage invest
ments running into large sums. The trust
companies are displaying a more generous
attitude toward their depositor and the bor-
rover who is requesting mortgage funds.
These companies are permanent city insttu-
tions interested in A Greater and Better
City, and / am confident will stand ready
and willing to entertain sound projects for
development of operations that are worthy,
for undertakings of every kind which will
appeal to intelligent judgment as offering
good business. Many large hotels, apart
ment houses and other great city develop
the Worlds Fair of 1926.
with large trust companies such as the
Girard Trust Company, the Land Title and
Trust Company, Real Estate Title and
Trust Company, the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, the Philadelphia Trust Company, the
pennsylvania Company and numerous other
trust companies from whom millions of dol
lars have poured out freely for our past de-
velopment, and savings fund societies such
as the Philadelphia, the Western, the Bene-
hclal, the Germantown and a number of
others, why should there be cry for mort
gage funds? These companies have demon
strated their knowledge and appreciation of
the merltorious value of protected prnci-
pal.
Mortgages rarely show a loss, but are
liquidated at 100 cents on the dollar
Therefore 1t is only natural that trust funds
and the funds of millions of depositors
should be securely invested in the safest
form of security.
Must Seek Aid Here
ut will be to the financial institutions
of Philadelphia that courageous promoters
of these projects will appeal for co opera
ton, and have no hesitancy in predicting
that the men Of brains, who are in command
Of capital, banking and credit resources
will display the same willingness, courage
ability and power to give effective and sue
cessful help, as did their forefathers, the
giants Of finance whose names are re-
corded in the annals of American finance. !"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. The son Of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra
was named Caesarou.
2. The Suez Canal is 100 miles long.
3. During the Middle Ages it was believed
that the Holy Grail was guarded hv
knights upon the heights Of Montserrat
or Montsalvat, a Enthusiastically shaneG
mountain in Northeastern spain
4. Gerard de NerVal, a gifted French noet
and prose writer of the nineteenth cent
tury, hanged himself. by an apron
s.ttting, which he said was the girdle OF
b. Ihs pitt Is the turn Of a cable and tho
bitter end Is that part of the Cahie
which is wound around the bitt, henne
tho extreme end. ' ''''''e
6. The French word ."entente" originally
accord. soou
7. John G, Fremont was the unsuccessful
candidate for the presidency in ISfe
lie was defeated by Buchanan. ''oO'
8. Batavia Is the capital of Java
0. The hrst article of the United States
CONSTITUTION 10 devoted to Congress-
and the legislative power. 900
10. Vermiceht literally means little worms
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
l. Who said Revenge Is profitable; graft
tude is expensive?
2 Name three world famous Spanish char
acters In literature, all created bv
Frenchmen.
g. What Is a prebendary?
4. What animals are prtmates?
B. What Is a propylaea In architecture?
t. Who was Puvis de Chavannes?
7. What is a quern?
s. OF what State is Boise City the capItaIo
9, When was Marie Antoinette executedo
10. When and where was the battIo or
Families fought, and who were tba
bellgerents? '"o
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
Another Infant Industry

From the Chicago News
If the rum runners continue to bring in
may DO compelled to ask Congress to imEosc
protective tariff on the foreign product.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
NothIno "a Sea

From tho Toledo Bada
Why should the Disarmament Conference
be open to the public? There isn't going to
be a fight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26

Slightly revising the late W S. Gn&
bcrt's famous versicle 1t may be said Of Earl
Curzon "nOukcy wrench speech that
1T was wild, it was fitfu
As wild as the breeze,
1t wandered about into several keys;
1t was jerky, spasmodic and harsh, we're
aware,
But vet It distinctly suggested a scare"