Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Letters TO the Editor
-. ed,,orIa, In Hospital


-. =, tho Everirp Public Ledger:
10 We 80, the liberty of clipping from
ST. issue Of the EvBsiSa PUBLIC
yesteross, ,.as,r editorial entitled The Forgot.
LhDes ss,S,sr, who Can March No More.
ten adIns the same at my ward OF this
sno,.i sno Needless 90 say that " was mel
~ ,be feelings Of praise and appreois'
w W. ,,blch Il richly deserves.
nom ,nse m isn't II. that this grand country
csn afford to spend millions OF dol
OF ou nrohibition and European entansle'
lhs ~, ia not able to appropriate sufficient
men.s, tor the care Of our sick. wounded AND
s,.ahIed ex-servlce menr -
IyJtb broken hearts we read tne news
W. ar magazines and mournfully real
psp, our noble country is about to be
ne ,ias,,v bankrupted by those cx-service
near, ,,bo ask for the restoration OF their
ppp,s and vocations just because they KEPT
nea', sarmlcss. peaceful Huns away from de-
uasorInr tno our homes. families and institu'
tons. ,,,.. MAN thu d,sab,ed
n,,,lv III Ia a sood-natured., tolerant sort
.,ss willing to make the best OF bad
o.In o. e and smile oasylike. But where are
,hoso national promises patrlotlo eui'or'
IA reople told us we could nave any.
.u,nu .r We wanted-that nothing was too good
Tor Americas beroesI - ,,,. 49,.
a. lonely fields OF Franco little rude
o,sodon on orosses, SO appealingly pointing TO-
Woo .J me sky, mark the graves OF our brave
,.sdcs who gave their lives that this
.,,on might live" And how they died
n,ano hut those who struggled and shared
,y',, ,bem the sorrows. pain, suherinss ano
WIN tn ~ war can know and under
stand. rr,aa nr,,oin,o ano
',i,use7 Have we already succeeded IN
.aMstns compnsation or necessary meoi'
~; care and relief to the youthful veterans
ma the disabled men OF the recent war
oh how far from II!
,.xan IN YOUR editorial article OF January ii
!. Justined and admired by all eS-service
~ no,nded veterans recuperating at this
sosnttel, Also that II the nation believes
.1., I, has met It's obligations TO the mer
who bore arms in ss defeRge; SSS ns,p 'n'
on'''U u. s. p. H. Hospital. No. AZ.
psrr,ville Md. January IL, 1921.
The Raid on Women. Gamblers
=. ,,c Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
e,.-I, .oems to me that tho papers this
-.srrIrg have not told the whole truth about
A. raid on n house In West Philadeiphla
shsre a number OF women were arrested
sor,use they we're caught gambling. Care
lii reading the story and noting the de-
.ums ,ums 7 do not believe the police had any
.I.ht IN enter this private homo and carry
- these women TO the police station. even
,h,rgh n poker game was In progress unless
.ha deiails that arc missing may put another
phsse In the incident. .
shou,d Imagine that II the police In the
.,,v had all been equally alert at the same
ssrr each one could have found In his vicin'
uy n poker party In progress. In fact.
So,hf ,yhether In n single club in this city
nhsre cards are played they could not have
,ownd the same kind OF n game going on. Al
,he sane time Of thesc arrests at my home
onIy fve blocks away, myself and party
N friends were playing poker. We may
mt have been playing for the same hgf
,,akes. but we were playing. and surely the
Iow docs not designate a sum or certair
,,reet vhcro such playing is not permissible
and I would certainly resent the police en-
saving my home to interfere with my private
amusement.
Wa have the under standing that, generally
.peakInr. a mans home is his castle, ant
that he has full privileges in that home al
,one as he Is not annoying his neighbors.
do not believe the patrolmen, merely be
cause they saw several machines outside
~ this house on Spruce street, had ans
right TO enter 1t and humiliate the occu
pants.
Now " there Is more back of the stors
than has been printed and the police were
Justified then why were not the names o.
the Criminals" II such they were. given
a. wcrld be the case whom any kind o
criminals are causht7 Why withhold th'
names OF some and print others when botf
are sqrslly guilty? c. l.. II.
Philadelphia. January 10. 1921.