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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
SCRAMBLED DAYLIGHT LAWS

nISPATCHES from Harrisburg arc re-
- minding newspaper readers that no mat
ter what the cities and railroads may do the
official time Of the State will be as it always
has been, since it is necessary. under law
Of 1887, for the State to run its clocks ac-
Cording to- the schedule recognized and cs-
tablishcd in Washington.
National time is now made by the farmers
Of the country. and until the farmers have
fewer votes than they have now or until they
experience a change Of heart Congress will
not change the time to provide an additional
daylight hour in every summer day.
No one will wish to see the farm vote
decrease. Farming means too much to the
country for that. But it is worth rcmem-
herring that the defeat Of the national day
light saving law was due to the more or less
haphazard and unexplainable opposition Of
the agricultural areas. No commission ever
sat down to look at the question scientif
cully. Until that is done there will be grow.
ing confusion in all parts Of the country
with each succeeding summer. The longer
day is now an established institution which
no large city will willingly dispense with.
Farming is an exacting business. No one
can succeed at it without long advance train
inS. 1t is the basis Of the economic struc-
ture everywhere. And vet farmers. like
other people. have some things yet 10 learn.
The work Of the Department Of Agriculture.
which revolutionized farming methods within
the last generation, is not by any means
completed 1t is not too much to supposs
that the Department of Agriculture. if il
were permitted to do so. could show the
farmers a way 50 to revise their methods
as TO make opposition to daylight saving
unnecessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
OUR ELUSIVE SENATE

TN The basement rooms under the two
i great wings of the National Capitol were
two restaurants. One was for the House
the other was for the Senate. They were
in some ways old ia shioued and suggestive
Of the eighties.
The prices on the House side were always
lower than the prices on the Senate
side, though the fare and the service under
one wing were not noticeably different from
thefare and service under the other. Corned
b3ef and cabbage. hapjacks. corn pope. apple
/fie. boiled beef and other dishes similarly
national in character were available in each
place. 'rhc members Of the House liked TO
see strangers eating in their restaurant.
The members of the Senate did not. They
had way Of seeming hurt at the sight Of
an unfamiliar face.
The House still eats in the Basement res
tauraut. The Senate has Withdrawn for the
summer to a brightly and luxuriously ap-
pointed eating place on one of the Capitol
porticoes. 1t has established barred zone.
at last. thank heaven the Senate seems
TO say. I'VE can be alone
There could be no rational objection to
Senators desire to sit down to meals in the
open air. in an atmosphere of appointments
suggestive of Palm Beach or the Riviera.
But the Senate isn't merely gratifying its
estbctic se.se. II appears to be desirou. of
getting as far away from the country as it
can without taking ship for foreign lands.
And it has succeeded at last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
AN EXPERIMENT WORTH MAKING

MO BETTER thing could happen than for
IN the members of the building trades
unions Of New Jersey to carry out their
threat made ct their convention in Atlantic
City, to begin the erection of dwellings by
co operative pl;n unless the building con
tractors resume operations on a larger scale.
The delegates say that the contractors
must cease demanding a lower wage scale,
AS "the time is not yet ripe for wage
parings."
Building operations. not only in New
Jersey, but in every other State are staguant
because there is no demand for houses at the
prices which they will cost. Both labor and
material are high The prices Of material
arc slowly coming down. The price of labor
has not come down.
IL the New Jersey unions begin building
operations on their own account they will
come up against the same conditions which
are keeping the contractors idle. When they
are forced to find market for the houses
which tbey erect they will have n better
understanding than they now seem to have of
the relation between the cost Of house Of
a certain type and the price which the man
who wishes such house can afford to nav
for il. They NAV succeed in bringing about
great economics in building costs while they
continue to draw the wartime wage. If they
can do so no one will be more delighted thar
the people who are looking for homes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
A PIONEER FOR STAGE TRUTH

GO FAR as the American stage is concerned
~ Lady Bancroft who died in England this
week at the age OF eighty -one, was much
more of an influence than a personality.
The gifted actress and her husband
Squire Bancroft. later knighted, retired
from the British theatre iu 1885. At that
date American histrionism was nourlshing
enough--indeed it is customary to refer 10
the period as ''the palmy days'--but the
native drama can hardly be said to have
been born.
Theatrical vehicles of real validity we're
mostly importatioDs. Among them WAS a
group of popular dramas which were neither
reeking with false sentiment nor rampan
with sensstionalispi. In Caste, 4" School
and Society" the attempt was made by
Tom Robertson, their author, and the Ban
crofts their Interpreters abroad, to tran
scribe to the stage the actualities of exist
enee.
Sco6ers, startled by this invasion into the
verities, afiixed the label cup and saucer
drama aud bewailed the vanishing DAYS of
ponposity and fustinn. But interest in the
alleged littlcness, the minor nuapces, OF life
persisted before the footlights,
In time American dramstists became up
afraid to depict the rich and varied phases
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
RIGHT OF A STATE TO TAX

A NEW YORK Congressman is trying TO
= invahdate the Pennsylvania tax on
anthracite on the ground that it is an export
tax. He has introduced bill in the House
of Representatives which forbids the trans
portation in interstate commerce of coal on
which State tax has been levied. and he
has offered resolution requesting an opin- =
ion from the Attorney General on the con
stitutionaity Of such tax.
The Attorney General will doubtless tell
him that there is nothing in the Constitu
tion which prevents n State from levying
any tax II pleascs on any commodities pro-
duced within its borders. The only const
tutional restriction on the taxing powers Of
the States is that which forbids them TO levy
q tax on exports. II would be stretching
this prohibition to the breaking point to
make it compel State with a tax on any
commodity to exempt from that tax all of
that commodity shipped outside of the State.
The constitutional provision giving Con
sress power TO regulate interstate commerce
has been applied in ways which would
have surprised the men who drafted it. but
it is doubtful whether the members of Con
gress will vote in large numbers for any
measure which will interfere with the rights
Of the citizens Of their States to ship any Of
their products TO other States whether those
products are taxed locally or not.
IL the anthracite tax is upset il will
probably be by the courts of Pennsylvania
and not BY an act Of Congress or an opinion
from the Federal Attorney General.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
NOW MY IDEA is THIS
Daily Talks Win Thinking Phadelphians Subjects They
.r. KnO,U Best -.,3.. '..-. .,~.

the trim ankle depends on him to help her
ont. Shop girl, stenographcr, lady of fash
ion. debutante-they all look to the mer-
chant, and he to, the jobbcr, and he to the
mill owner. and he to the kpltter and
boarder and boxer. ... .. .....
Here at the textile school we plan to
make men more than mere machinery. Our
opportunity is limitless. We need more
room and We need more equipment for new
departments. 1t has been a long time since
we were able to accommodate all our appli-
cants for admission. We need funds and
we need the interest of the millions of dollars
invested in textile making here, because to
hold fast to the traditions of real artistry
in the textile branches we must enlist a
growing number OF recruits from the mill
ccnters like Kensington, Frankford, Della
ware and Chester Counties.
we've entered~a new era of co opera
tion between capital and labor, although
theN are some short sighted men who think
they can force labor into feudal relations,
and there are some short sighted workers
who fail to grasp the relation between living
costs and wage reductions.
Must Face New Problems
IF Philadelphia textile manufacturers
and the bankers they represent want to look
calmly in the face the problems of the next
decade, they will begin by recognizing what
we here have taken pride in acknowledging
long since, namely, the craftsman serves his
fellow men in ways little known and apprc-
ciated. He must not be isolated from them.
even the best of them, by any tradition Of
executive superiority over manual skill
He must be bound TO sense Of worker
responsibility, Of citizen pride through an
educational course that will make Of him
less the hide bound tinker with machinery
and more the master Of the mechanics
whereby the world is made hourly better
place to live in.
we are still looking forward stead =
fastly and with faith TO the time when this
school may accommodated those who seek
this new consciousness of craftsmanship in
the textile trades. When we do SO enlarge,
free of any entangling allowances with either
union or stand pat union hatcr. we expect
TO turn out greater numbers of men and
women worthy Of the traditions of textile
skill handed down in Philadelphia from gen
GRAFTON unto generation."r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

it's conduct SO far az international afsirs
are concerned.
who knows but that speedy adjournment
might be followed by q vigorous evolution
Of foreign policy betraying the master hand
of Secretary Hughes and the cordial sane
ton Of the President?
IL such things are TO be, peril would be
in store for the notion that the functions OF
the Executive can be ovcrriden and be-
Titled by Senate committees. The public
would eventually be forced to take the con
stitutional tripsrtite division of the national
authority seriously.
Imagine, for instance, the Strengthening
out of some Of the foreign relations Of the
United States unaccompanied by minatory
oratory in the Capitol! Conceive, IL pos
sibe, progress in untanging several Of the
difficulties now besctting civilization, with
all the Senator'S aud Representatives on
home bases,
The idea is just bit staggering. 1t mat
ters not that business is clamoring for carly
adjournment Business is all very we'll in
its way, and IL is always proper to promise
1t the utmost consideration in political cam
paigns.
But almost anybody who has watched the
national sessions during the last five years
must admit that congressional pride takes
precedence, and that the privilege, whether
usurped or not, Of hurling monkey wrenches
into the machinery of state is not one to
be lightly forgone.
mere elementary understanding Of these
facts will help the public to realize that
high summer temperatures in Washington
are not dreaded by Congressman and Sem
ators as the worst of nfiictions.
Moreover, il is understood that this stern
conception of duty will not be devoid Of
compensations. Temporary adjournments,
inspired by the combined Alexandrine,
Babylonian and Partisan charms of the new
Senate cafe, are not entirely inconceivable.
As for the public, it should rest contented.
Some Senators are more pleasing poring
over their pate de foic gras than over mat
ters to which their gifts are alien.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!, General Richard Taylor, son of General
Zachary Taylor. President Of the United
States, 1849-1S50, fought through.
out the Civil War on the Confederate
side At the time of his surrender to
The Federal army under General E r.
>. Candy, May 4, 1865. he was in CON-
mand OF larger body OF troops than
any other Southern leader.
Z. Illinois was the first State to ratify the
Thirteenth Amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
3. George Meredith wrote the novel "Rhods
Fleming"
=. Alfredo zayas is President Of Cuba.
D. Three kinds Of palm trees are coconut
palm, date palm and royal palm
D. Lady bancroft (Maric Wilton) wastRn
English comedienne, noted especially
for her productions OF Tom Robert
sons plays, In which she was asso-
ciatcd. with her huband. Sir Squire
Bancroft. She died In England this
week.
Z. County Galway is one of the western
counties of Ireland in the province Of
Connaught
D. TO Jettison cargo Is TO throw il over
board TO tighten IL ship In distress
y. A motet Is a vocal composition in har-
a. rnony TO words from the Scriptures,
lo' Bismarck died in 1898.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

upper House some of tho luxury-loying
attributes OF pagan Rome"-News item.
DRIDE in his port Though somewhat lack
ing pupch)
That he is sit" each Solon has huncb.
Because tbe,pomp OF circumstance has shed
A halo round each senatorial head
Betokening possession of some wit
II may be that he struts a little bit:
Whereat the common people cry Indeed ,
Upon what food do these our Caesars feed
That they have grown so great? Full we'll
We know
They creep in service where we may not 20
And they serve we'll who serve Gods crea.
lures, but,
In heavens name, why should they want to
strut?
IL men are what they eat, as Bismarck said
And Shakespeare binted, heated air was fed
10 some we know. But that is by the way'
The u. y. Senate's open air cafe
Where Nnbian slaves the tasty viands bring.
May be designed to keep the vulgar mob
From knowing how they feed while ON the
job; '''
Since, IL they knew, these voting kings and
1t might well be would give the Senate
beans
The tyrant custom, Senators most grave.
Will oft insist on how we shall behave
There Is no harm, we'll swpar, in ali the
style -..ra W"
You're putting on. The man who's madc
his pile s'
May splurge a bit. But he becomes n dub
Who colors rumor Of "A rich mans cluh :"
EIclusiyeness may hurt and secrecy
May raise suspicion where content should bo
And ~ the past great Senators have
tbriycd at
Open restaurants openly arrived at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
Mental SlackRosS

{ / he Government
Mental Slackness planned to arrest every
Stacker there would be
no need to publish "slackers' list" n the
Government realized the impossibility of ar.
resting every Stacker there might be reason
for publishing the list, so that the Stacker
might be punished by being held up TO public
scorn. But this last Is only possible IL the
list is accurate. But as the list Is glsringly
inaccurate, its publication only serves to give
unnecessary pain 10 men and relatives Of
men whose names are wrongfully there. And
the real sIackers escape contumely because
the list itself has fallen into disrepute.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

I. What is alabaster?
2. Which is the Granite State?
3. What is the meaning Of "a lar in such
names OF foods as Chicken Ia King"
''salade n la russo?
4. What jewel was supposed in ancient
times to prevent drunkenness?
&. What is escheat:
6. Where IL Sierra Leone.
z. What is the origin OF the expression
running amuck"?
s. What woman was executed for completely
in the plot TO assassinate Abraham
.,'. Lincoln?
.. In what town did George Washington
spend most Of hi5<boyhood:
10. What Is u requiem?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

Times are always normal when the abb
normal Is most evident in the news. II We
were all crooks virtue would be the biggest
news in the world.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

The Harvard scientists who declare that
the law Of liquids is wrong have the indorse
ment Of Louis A. Shaw. also Of Harvard,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

There is joyous significance in the fact
that the bands in the knights Templar
parade played no jazz. Jazz will be dead
when s'it simply isn't done, you know" :.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

There is abundant evidence that las
bears active in the stock market are not the
two little bears, Bear and Forbcar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

,, Come to think of II, every duty Is an
cntanglement' that necessitates the per
formance Of succeeding duties. ... .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

1t cannot be charged that the Unitsa
States note has made President Obreson
position more secure. -.s.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

In the resolution that bears his name
Porter appears TO have been reduced to inv
strength of 'alf and 'alf n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

The Bibuous One read with righteous
scorn the story of a baseball umpire being
bombarded with pop bottles at a game in
Brooklyn, Say what you will" he de.
clared with conviction, you won't find men
behaving that way with whisky bottles"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

p. Minutes Of the Allied Council confer
ences on Upper Silesia would make excellent
material for scrap book ,,.-.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

II seems TO be a pleasant tee parl
American golfers are having In England
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

Perhaps Mrs. Bcrgdoll wants TO Prov
tl.at woman can keep secret.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

The trouble In Poland is without bognd'
and the cause Of the trouble is being WIN
out them. ~ ..... sr- .r-..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

The reason Congress
Or Is II wants to put tax
Lack Of Thought? on lumber is probably
- that there is no hous-
ing shortage. no timber shortage and no
paper shortage. '.-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
Congressman Appleby
Frinstans. Hail. Hail. wants every session Of
The Gangs All Here Congress opened with

Star Spangled Banner" II his suggestion
is acted upon we may some day read "The
vote on the Blank resolution resulted in a
strict party vote. the sopranos and con
traltos voting solidy for the resolution the
basses, baritones and tenors voting SolidIy
against But before Congress rises to the
dignity Of songfest there must he many
sessions Of preparation. Perhaps il would
be better for the members to try something
asier, something they all know
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

Gapd lespisx. good AaiEltl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
The Glory That Vas Rome's

The United States Senate has opened
an exclusive open.air cafe, giving 10 the
upper House some of tho luxury-loying
attributes OF pagan Rome."-News item.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25
Those who favor and
those who oppose dis.
Tail End Cut

Those who favor and
Iah End Cut those who oppose dis
armament are willing
to agree that reduction in the Naval Appro-
priations Bill at the present time is due less
to conviction on the part of Congressman
than desire to cut something in Difference
TO the prevailing sentiment for economy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-25

Hosiery Big Feminine Factor
This may seem rather light aside, hut
the fashions have made of the hosiery knit
ter ono OF the most important craftsmen In
tbs ls&ille G2deS laaal. Liz woman viii
Arizona republican., 1921-12-02
JEALOUSY a DISEASE

How utterly foolish a child wife
can be and how terribly a jealous
husband can make a woman pay for
her indiscretion is related in a
strangely frank letter:
Il was not 16 when I married a
boy of Is. We were perfectly happy
for a few months. Then his work
kept him away from home evenings
and l was very lonely. Once / went
to a dance with an old friend, and
then for several auto rides with a
young man l had known for years.
There was nothing more to my
pastime than what l have told, and
of course my husband and L quar-
relied violently.
This happened over two years
ago. 1 have been married three years
and my husband is still Furnishing
me for my folly.
He refused to pay the bills when
my little baby came until he saw
plainly that his child was the very
image of himself.
Having set out to be unkind to
me, he never has compromised.
Nothing I say or do pleases him.
But he will not discuss divorce.
Il have always loved him, but /
think three years Of this kind of tor
ture is enough.
''He and the baby are very fond
of each other.
when l have tried to make up he
invariably refers to those old dances
Arizona republican., 1921-12-02

Don't plan your Christmas dinner
without remembering that another
feast day comes in just a week. Let
there be no left-overs from the din
ner.
If you have no maid to help you,
serve a simple dinner with few
courses, and decorate the table with
tiny Christmas trees and Santas.
There is always so much candy at
hand during the holidays that the
zest of the dinner may well be in the
table of decorations rather than an
over abundance of food.
A simple Christmas dinner that VIII
require little last-minute fussing
might be the following:
Grapefruit Cocktail
Baked ham Twice Baked Potatoes
Glace Sweet Potatoes
Nodded Spinach Waldorf Salad
Frozen Fig Pudding Sponge Cake
Coffee
When the time for preparing din
ner arrives, not more than a hour
and a half at the most is necessary
for this dinner menu. The ham may
be boiled the day before, the cocktail
prepared and put on ice in tightly
covered glass jar, the nuts cracked
and picked out for the salad and the
dressing made. In the morning the
pudding should be made and packed
and the cake baked.
Grapefruit Cocktail
Three grapefruit. Ia cup sugar. Is
teaspoon salt. maraschino cherries.
Cut grapefruit in half. Remove
center fiber with scissors. With a
stiff spoon scoop out the fruit be-