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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
LOAN RESPONSIBILITIES

THE Board of Education, which has de-
= cided to offer a higher rate of interest
than per cent on the bonds to be foated
In support of the $1,000, 900 building pro-
gram, is risking some delay necessary to
determining the legality of this arrangement
While this is regrettable there is wisdom
In the policy Of making the loan as
attractive as possible. The bunyling which
characterized the boards sale Of its bonds
in the critical days of last summer and
autumn. when the sovency of the whole
Philadelphia school system seemed in peril,
Is a dismal memory.
When the point now in question has been
settled, the board will be privileged to il
lustrate the advantages Of its new blood
in a vigorous campaign to carry the loan
to success The old soporifc methods are
entirely discredited, and in the present sit
uation 1t would be particularly reprehensiblc
to jeopardize projects to bring the physical
condition of the schools at last up to date
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
THE CAUTIOUS COUNCIL

THE decision of the Supreme Council to
l. adopt an attitude of strict neutrality
regarding the Greco Turkish war suggests
a natural aversion to political hot water.
The conference has already a number of
formidable problems upon its hands the
settlement Of which will increase its prestige
and enable the Principal Powers to ap-
proach the Near Eastern muddle with more
confidence than at present. The ironing
out of the Si sian tangle, now apparently
well under way, must inevitably enhance
the authority of this extra legal but per
sstently vital body.
Greece and Turkey alike have played
upon the disscnsions and cross purposes of
the major nations. The establishment Of
harmony upon the subjects now listed for
treatment will give a new complexion to the
Eastern situation when that is, rs it finally
must be, considered The Council can af-
ford to proceed deliberately and to maintain
the new poise which has served it thus far
in this weeks sessions.
IL il is hardly the highest statesmanship
to ignore an important issue through fear
of the dynamite it may contain, there is at
least something to be said for caution and
n practical policy of reconstruction step by
step. Little is to be gained by reopening all
the numerous world problems simultane.
ously.
The difficulties of that method were suf-
fcicntly, though unavodaby, exemplitied in
the Peace Conference
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
A CENSOR FOR cENSoRS?

MOVING G-PICTURE CENSORS talk
A'4 enough puerle nonsense to Justify a
good many of the harsh things that pro-
ducerS and playwrights are beginning to saw
about them.
Successful films" said Major Alexander
). Hamilton, censor for Toronto, at q con-
ventlon of picture regulators In Chicago,
deal with the wholesome, apple pie sort of
girl. Namp films are languishing, Major
Hamilton didn't throw his hat in the air
ana cry that the world is saved at last and
that the proper limitations of the screen
have been fixed according to a standard of
gingham and farmhouse kitchens and undi-
luted sweetness and light. That. however,
Is what he and great many other censors
seem actually to feel
We do not pretend to know what an
apple pie sort of girl is Certainly she
wouldn t be Juliet and she wouldn't be a
Cordeiia or Paula Tanqueray or vet a
Camille. All the good in this world doesn I
go clad in gingham and all bad men do NOT
wear silk hats. Life is not ordered In the
way some of the censors appear to con-
ceive it.
If censor, worshpful exclusively OF the
apple pie girl and the gingham motif in art,
were 10 sit every day at the elbows of paint =
ers and playwrights and nOvests what sort
Vi a. ohOuiu We nave IN me PnuI What
would English literature be like? What
would the Bible be like if it were censored
to meet the whims Of those whose vision is
as narrow and whose nerves are as un :
healthily sensitive as the more talkatiye
movie censOr's?
The movie makers brought the censorship
upon themSel Ives, Their sins were conspic-
uOus enough. But there are times when
the punishment visited on them seems
almost too great for the crime.
1t ought to be possible to develop an art
of the moving picture screen that would be
as dignihed, as true to life and the change
less standards of pictorial and poetic beauty
as the art OF painting or written literature.
But II the players and producers in the new
world OF the movies are to be kept perma :
nently within limits established to conform
to the understanding of provincial preju
diced and untutOred minds the best days Of
the screen are already over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
PAGE THE MONUMENT MAKERS,

A FTER the automobile manufacturers of
"A the country have done the decent thing
by erecting on the highest available hills
some beautiful marble and bronze statues
of the rate boosting railway executives of
the country who have been working tire
lessly to make every American yesrn for a
motor, they should turn their attention to
New Jersey. Mr.. Ford especially ought to
put aside ton or two Of money to honor
those Jerseymen who seem intent on making
him and other automobile men tho we'll
rewarded saviors Of the people.
No monument which the motor trade could
devise would be too good for the executives
OF the Public Service Corporation Of New
Jersey and the members Of the old Utilities
Commission of the State who have helped
In one way or another to keep street car
fares on the upward trend.
Judge Rellstab, Of the United States Dis
trict Court, at Trenton yesterday reversed
himself and refused to permit the street car
corporations to charge eight-cent fares,
though he appeared to be convinced that
higher fares are necessary to keep the troll
ley combine out of something very much
like financial collapse. The lawyers for
the Service Corporation insisted that imme-
diate relief in the form of increased revenue
was necessary to keep their concerns oprrat-
ing. All this may be true. But argu-
ments such as those just mace at Trenton
are the sort that must react inevitably to
the everlasting benefit of the motorcar in
dustry.
Already the motor is being seriously
recommended as n substitute for the trolley.
Motors will continue to improve and the
cost of their operation will continue to be
reduced as the scientific methods which pre-
vail in the industry become more efficient.
Meanwhile the men who control the desti.
MES OF trolley corporations seem unable or
unwilling to recognize the Importance OF
the new competition in their particular field.
And even the easier going citizens are OBJ
serving that while other costs Of living
decline the coal combines and the street
railway combines. interests which always
appear to have the closest political affilia-
tions higher up, manage not only to con-
tnue wartime rates, but to increase them.
In Jersey, where the question of trolley
fares Is most acute the man in the street
has stopped trying to reason the case of the
Public Service street-car rates to a conclu-
sion. The task has wearied him. His
newer hope and his state of mind could be
described clearly in few words. He wants
a car,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
PlNCHED

TITLE sympathy will be expressed by
l. women who paid thirty cents a pound
for sugar last summer for the holders Of
common stock of the American Sugar Re-
fninr Company, who will not get their Gus
tomary quarterly dividends Of Sl.Ij a share
on their holdings.
The company has just passed its dividend
for the first time in its history. The reason
doubtless goes back to the period of high
prices for sugar, when that necessity was
rotioned and when the supply on the mar
ket was so small that there We're times
when it was difficult for househoders to
get it.
There was suspicion Of profteering then,
though the American Sugar Refining Com
pany has been at elaborate pains to create
the impression that it was not one Of the
proiteers. Other sugar dealers who we're
loaded up with raw and refined sugar
bought at high prices, had to take their
losses when the slump came And now
sugar is selling at a reasonable price and
every one can get all he wants. The profits
in refining have been reduced to normal
figures. But if the refners have had to
pocket heavy losses on past purchases Of
raw sugar they are not in a position to
make net profit today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
THE CITY IN COMMAND

T1NHE somewhat inglorious nature of the
1 contractor gangs victory" in prevent
ing the inauguration of large scale mu-
picipal street cleaning In October is forciby
displayed by Mayor Moores approval of the
ordinance appropriating 81 300, 900 for
equipment for the work that IS to begin on
January l.
The Ware Councilmen have done what
they could to postpone the inevitable. But
20 far as the year 1922 is concerned their
sniping and pestering methods have proved
futile. The Charter supports the munich
pality in its undertaking and contractor
nonopoles will soon be archaic.
The success of the city In its care of the
streets in central Philadelphia this year is
substantial indication Of the value of the
reform when it is applied comprehensiveIy.
Trickery and obstructionism are UNEQUAL 70
the task of blocking the opening of the work
on January /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
OPEN WAR
WIHAT has been going on in the Police
w Department?

W1HAT has been going on in the Police
w Department?
The two headed gang which was pref ared
to rush to power at the coming elections
and transfer control of municipal affairs
from the Mayor to loot hungry political
yeggmen accepted Mr.. Moores threats with
easy nonchalance. 1t was not until the
shske-up began in the Police Department
that there were signs of panic in the tents
Of the raiders and hurried purchases Of
railway tickets to Washington.
An election can be as clean or as dirty as
the police want to make It. 1t is possible
That Mr.. Moore could shock and amaze the
city by a matter of fact recital Of the details
of heller control in some of the divisions
Of the Department of Public Safety.
This isn't time when the Mayor can take
chances with q view to sparing the feelings
of any one. Police officials who do not obey
instructions from the Mayors office are
obviously working against the interests Of
the Administration and the interests of the
people.
The shake-up in the Police Department
ought to be continued until every gang par
dsan is either shaken out of the service or
- placed that he can do no harm.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
TIMES CHANGE

CEVERAL years ago a man named Coxey
~ started to march to Washington from
Massillon, o., with a small army of dis
contented men, which grew as it moved
over the country. The men were dscon-
tented because they did not have larger
share of the wealth of the Nation.
This week large company of automobile
tourists drew up in front of the Capitol,
IN Washington, and its leader announced
that they were from Massillon and asked
to be shown where the Coxey army camped.
I'VE don't march now" he said I'VE
tour. And every car has six cylinders. -
( 1t is not disclosed whether any Of the
tourists were in Co1eys army, but their
equipment ought TO suggest to the discon =
tented that there Is six cylinder car wait
ing for every one of them who is willing
to pay the price in work and thrift.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. The SCilly Islands are q small group
southwest OF England belonging to the
county of Cornwall The name Is pro-
nOunCcd silly"
q Artemas Ward was an American soldier
ara g. jHr!st who in May, 1875, soon
a.n after the, the outbreak Of the Revolution,
was appointed to the chief command Of
the Massachusetts forces He con
Quoted the siege Of Boston until the
arrival OF Washington and was an
pointed next in rank to Washington,
but was forced to resign at the Close
or l77G because of i'll health
3, A paraph Is flourish after a signature
as precaution against forgery
4. Paaphernalia Is from the Greek word
pherna' meaning dover. 1t originallv
meant n articles or personal property
10 Keep ana treat as her own.
8, A clerestory is a part of q catboaro, -
other building with a series of windows
or light openings above the aisle ronf
6. Thomas Jefferson in his inaugural address
warned the nation against contracttna
"entangling alliances" Washinpt onPs ing
warning was against permanent aiii9
T. George Canning was a celebrated English
statesman and orator, who heen,nn
Premier in 1897. lie is CreGIteG oaiHe n.i.e
having hTst suggested the germ Of tbn
Monroe Doctrne to Benjamin Rush
american Ambassador to Great RnIt
ain "'e"l Brit
s, Paraguay tea is mate" (nro,orn.,,
ma,tay): The word is an bbbpT.,Ged abbrnwiesdl
berh ,oI 81 ~ ''e ca1S5 spanish "yerba de mate"
tute for tea, mate is used oxten.istl nupstl-
alo IN south America. The drink iS'nTly ia nTGy
d%uCed % by making an Infusion " of pro t6o
leaves and green shoots OF coz, ~. aI one
species Of holly, dried and romahII gersain
soEhn ground Ihe name mate really dayy
wbicb SGbii"SS the me sourd So or calabash, from
drunk Paraguay and Brazil arn St'aIy ,hy
GM'St a,tnc producers oH% Of mate. the SHINE ome
are due to 'ItS'"5rs it's In rse elects Of which
CanCn ''H''uoh of
8, Because Of his impetuosity ana rash co,.
age, General Anthony Wayn" 'Vur, vtn':
known as Mad Anthony '"' was
10. An "idee fxe" (French for axoa ,,.>
an idea that dominates the mind y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
Day of "Mine Host" Passed
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

l. What is the original meaning Of the word
demise?
2. What noted South American patriot
fought in the American Revolution?
8. What is another name for the sensitive
plant?
4. Who were the belligerents in the battle
of Salamis and what was It's effect
upon world history?
s. What is the science of ballistics?
6. What is a banderol?
Z. What foreign nations have possessions in
Morocco?
s. What Is a fantasia in music?
Q. What Is a debace?
10. What is a ''paysage" in painting?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
Two billion dollar
Coming Home
To ROOst

Two billion dollars worth of
Coming Home American made goods in rho
To RoOst possession of the A. Il. r.
were sold in France after the
war Mt greatly reduced prices. Shrcwd mer
chants on the other side are now shipping them
here. lanicky manufacturers and business
men seeing prices reduced MS a consequence
are bcsccching Congress to take action
Representative Graham says the laborer
must work and the factories must run and in
orier that they may do so a tariff of 30 per
cent ad yalorem should be placed on the
goods which, under the Underwood bill,
consumer isn't saying word. He would,
presumably, rather work than eat. And,
speaking Of dumping, the people Of France,
in this particular instance, might rca 3nnably
have made the first complaint
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Divorce is all right, remarked the LI "a
take IT and when to leave it alone ~.
trouble with too many men and women n
that they don't know when they've ,hi asI
enough. But there are too many haril.s. naS'
limitations in the market to attempt 10 p''
hibit IT,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
THE RELIEF TERMS STILL HOLD

u,HE release of only six of the consider.
= able number of Americans detained in
Russia while there is perhaps certain
reluctance on the part of the Soviet authorl.
Ges to accept completely the terms of famine
ltlief explicitly set forth by Secretary
Hoover. is an instance of performance under
pressure Of realities. Naturally, Lenlne and
Ms partisans are loath to confess their
inability to handle the situation without
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
LONELINESS

7 SIT upon my lonely hill
l. Above the little town
just at the further edge of day
When one white star looks down.
The huddled houses murmur soft,
The drifting shadows meet,
And little lights show red and warm
A-down the drowsy street.
The slow stars gather while / watch;
The houses, one by one,
Put out their lights and 20 to sleep
At last the day is done!
l sit, of all the town, awake
So quiet that 1t seems
The hill, the starry night and
Are fragments of their dreams.
But oh, ] am not quite content
To watch here all alone
To be Of others dreams a part
And never have my own!
Abigail Cresson, in the n. Y. Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

1t may be definitely forecast that all th'
correspondents assigned to cover the as.
armament conference will be strongly
favor Of the open door.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Spanish blockhouses, featured In Inv
news in 1898, are again appearing on tne
front page In dispatches from Morocco;
Which is strange, for modern tank cou"
SQUASH them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

The long drought is threatening Frencn
crops. Farmers are selling their cattle pe,
cause they have not grass enough to leea
them. The Weather Man is further COM
plicating the muddle war brought about
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Since the Riff coast is the one uncivilized
spot on the Mediterranean, what paragrapher
could refrain from referring to it as the
Riff Raft coast?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

If all law enforcing officers were law.
abiding there would have been no need for
the Stanley amendment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Perhaps the Senate could have made
better job of the Anti Beer Bill If 1t had
followed the example of some saloonkeeper
and called it "bee."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

What gals the combine is the fact that
the Mayor is not only ,reformer but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
II may we'll be that in the matter

1t may we'll be that in the matter maroUt NJ
dealing with foreign debt an e'hnvIIdi nnuId
banker, backed by board of experts. T cUI,v hv
make a better job of it if unhampcir,eur rSy AZ
Congress. But Congress, faulty aS y m n]t
he, is the nearest approach to tn" Eo'U NAV a,
the people available, and the n"olltIn "o an
want to have a hand in what Is golnS ,sa. a.
irrespective of efficiency That is one sa. rso
son why a growing interest. in the t.onIus. gw
visions of the Penrose bill is hear!emat hn sst
Perhaps by and by the populace WIZ ~
line on just what n intended
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

There is abundant evidence that Coone
Harvey is finding his ENTHUSIASTICALLY a
liberal education.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Ford and Hylan are now In agreement
that cross examination is designed to prove
how little one knows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

That Japan should have acquired Gym
icism with Western civilization is perhaps
due to Western civilization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Chicago store has ordered girls with
bobbcd hair to wear nets until it grows
Gross interference net results.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
Chance for Nature to Improve

From the Osborne Count uinl Farmer.
Nature made grave mistake when She
provided for only few weeks of strawberry
shortcake each year and salads just any
old day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

In the matter of protection the motto
of the House is never say dye.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

The Emergency Immigration Law Is at
least living up to its name. 1t provides q
new emergency every few minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

First the law checks the bootleggert
cache and then cashes his checks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

There is every indication that the
striking musicians are due for few blue
notes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

SpirituNiists in London, gettlhs him
that Il t was his while on earth. "No, he re, e,
piled. according to report, "for singing az a.
it is known in the world is but dlscotas""' dlscnias"
noise compared to heavenly harmohles,n harmCinSsnt
Which brings up the bitterly pClsnas, pHsraSo
thought that some lesser souls than .a'''
have to die to learn that they cant sing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Muscle Shoals sinews Of war turn ont n
be torn tendons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Ienine makes no secret of his willing.
ness to bite the hand that feeds him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

1t may be that in the matter Of SiIrslo
France has been Chastcned for her own good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

derstood or appreciated by the conscientious
men apparently held responsible for the life
and limb of the preachers.
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A Personal Application

From the Arkansas Gazette,
We have never sunk to our neck II,
qucksand and struggled to get out, butswe
know the feeling. We have tried to get
out of debt. e..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

The calendar is now steering its bark
toward the dog days
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NOW MY IDEA is THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phladelphians Subjects They
KnO,U Best

the hotelman who would have suggested mu-
sic as a regular feature in hotel would
have been laughed to scorn by his coll
leagues. But it was introduced. and today
you will find large crowds while the or
chestra is playing gathering eagerly drinking
in every note. They hear the worlds best
music played by the best artists who can be
obtained and they benefit by it and enjoy 1t.
Dancing Also Popular
at has not been more than ten years
since dancing was first inaugurated in the
hotel. but in that time 1t has caught hold
of the popular fancy and there is no sign
that it will ever wane as long as people like
to dance. In fact, it is the nearest ap-
proach to sociability that the hotel af-
fords.
II also find that just a little bit of en-
tertainment is appreciated by the late diner,
just enough to stimulate him so that dining
does not become too pcrfunctory.
Day Of "NIine Host" Passed
''The day when that fine, mutual spirit
of hospitality that led to an exchange of
courtesics between distinguished men and
women and the hOtelman seems to be past.
The little manifestations Of admiration and
sociability, the exquisite notes that followed
begets delightful "reminiscences is apparently
product of another age.
''Plain business and matter OF con-
venience seem to be the basis of present.
day relations between host and guest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
SHORT CUTS

Sober Second Thought may yet clarity
the rail situation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

Now that accord has been reached on
the tax bill we may expect to see the surtax
strangled.
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Not Yet Arrived

From the Washington Star.
The Near Fast is, as usual, in a state of
near peace.