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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
ONE CURE FOR SHIPPING ILLS

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"Nh|S on 'or"iGh V'HS"IS ana on vessels OF
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In other WORDS IN" trainers Of m" Jones
a"t imagined q gesture "t Such magnificent
dehanr" 'hat pledges FORMALLY give" 10 for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Philadelphia. Mond,y. October 10. 1871
HAVE THEY HEARD OF 1T?

MIHEN. some time In 1926, Nv TNI0QcI
w phia Worlds Fair is ready Nni glit'rr.
ing and the bands arc about +" piu". s1m .
one may have to 60 to City IluN and uo'w
way into the City Council ChaN.brg and
inform the various members that g,aar
event is about 70 take p'arc and invite them
gently TO arise aud see II the Codnr.I ever
heard Of the plan for fair it seems to ha.o
forgotten all about it.
The advancement; of tn" WorId> Far ,d"N
h at the present time dependent wholly "a
the interest and effort of privat" individuals.
Council has done virtually nothing It ha~
manifested no hint of the sort u n,crrsr
and enthusiasm which in almost GUY other
community would follow a propose. { an
International exposition
The city usually gets along in SPIT, ~
Council. And. apparently. II will havA to
continue doing 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
coMMuNlsM,s BREAKDOWN

A BOLSHENIST agent announced in thc
~ summer that Leninc and his associates
had discovered that II would be necessary
to modify their economic program il they
were to retain political control in RuS>ia
Now word comes from Rpval that eco
nomic bolshcvism il 10 be abandoned alto
Eether on October II Y is said that the
change hns become necessary in order to
attract foreign "onccsSionaires to tho country
and in order to bring about an industrial
revival.
Russia NAV not adopt tho economic prao-
tices of the rest Of the world on October -
but she will be forced 70 adopt them in
some form before she can enter into ex-
tensive trade relations with other countries
Whatever may be thought Of the academic
theory of communism. it has been proved
that IL will not work on a large scale oven
among a people accustomed to more com q.
munism than any other nation.
The rehabilitation Of industry will restore
some degree of prosperity 10 tho Russians.
When this happens it will be interesting to
observe the development Of a political con .
seriousness among the people and its effect
on the fortunes Of Lenine and his associates
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
PAGE MR.. FORDSKI

DOLAND is in bad way, 1t is enjoying,
+ SO to speak. all the various and assorted
psins peculiar to the cold gray dawn Of the
morning after. For over year now tho
new Polish state has been on party, and
Il was thoroughly intoxicated by the spirit
Of war.
NJ. Michaelski, the new Minister Of
Finance. who went unwllinEly into nm office
that nobody else wanted TO accept, has made
public a diagnosis that has astounded not
snly Poland, but the world, He finds that
his Government has been spending money
tan times faster than revenues were com
mig in.
The credit NJ tho state. NJ. Michaolsk
declares, Is ruined in England and in the
United States. The railways are dsorgan-
ised and inefficient. Industry lags. Poland
has a population equal 70 about three
fcurths of the population of England-snd
100. 900 more public officials That news is
reminiscent Of the rumor that every second
nan In the Polish Army carries commits
Acn ard a glittering sword.
Thee ristocratic element in Poland hockcd
% shs'trmy and. y course, found not only
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Fair Weather Friends

7 MET friend ono summer day,
l. When earth and sky were wondrous
fair,
We journcyed on our pleasant way,
Without a thought Of future care.
All nature smiled. The larks sweet tr,lI
Came drifting down the long white rooJ
Our footsteps Jagged, we reached hill.
The sky o'orhcad grew gray and cold
threat Of rain was in the air.
Inc lark sweet song had died away.
crash OF thunder doomed somewhere
Ana night was mistress Of the day
Tho road lay long and white and still
Beneath the heat Of falling rain.
And in the shadow Of the hill
For my dear friend looked in vain!
Oh. friend, when bittcr DAYS are here
(Thnnk God. they do not ALWAYS stov,
Oh. friend who smiles when skies are cls.r
Where do you hide when skies are grsv;
-c'sfH star j. Mccullen' In ge' Kansas City
SUR 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Today's Anniversaries

1I99 - William Henry Harrison was
elected the first delegate to Congress from
tho Northwest Territory.
1S7l--Ford's Grand Opera House in Bal.
timorc was opened.
1H75-npNning Of the Hebrew Union Col.
lego in Cincinnati.
lNTI.-Ti"tjCms, celebrated Hungarian
rrima donna, died. Born July II. 1891.
1S06-'rhc Most Rev. Sebastian Marti.
n"lli, apostolic delegate to the United States,
arrived In New York.
l9l0-'rhc King and Queen Of tho Bel
gans were received at the New York city
Hall.
1020--~prcsdcnt Wilson issued an appeal
TO the American people in behalf of tho
PCaCc Treaty and the League Of Nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

delight but comparative safety in the busi-
ness of war making. It brought little
talent to the solution of the industrial and
social problems which confront the people.
The new financial minister is going to try
to organize the railroads lie will take
away hundreds of private cars now used by
officials and he will agtate for n rcorgani-
cation of the army. He seems to have been
reading about Henry Ford.
Henry would make great hit in Poland.
They wouldn't let him into the Senate of
the United States But ii is likely that
the disiIlu>ioncd Poles would welcome him
with oHcn arms. And if his name were
Glcnryk F"rdiitovicz they probably would
be more han glad to make Il king nt him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
What DO You KnO,U?
QUIZ

l. Who said There is no royal road to
geometry?
. who was the Patient Grsclda'?
3. What is n mOrganatiC marriage?
A. What celebrated ariStOCTatC family was
destined to have its coat Of armR per-
petuatcd in the insignia Of pawnshops?
D. What is kerseymere and how did tho
namo originate?
6, How much Is a bit in American money?
= What is the meaning Of the nautical
term "huGging the wind"?
s. What Is hisscXtile"
.. when did Titan, the famous Italian
painter, live?
10 what is the name for the young OF
whales?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
\ womnn dcIegale to the convention Of

\ woman delegate 10 the convention "
Affiliated Advertising Clubs of AmerIItaS eiItS
meeting in Hamilton, Ont, declared "'sJd sJ
evident satisfaction that the pretty Slra ..
has PASSED; that twenty years ago eve, no
thing man bought was decorated WIN W u
pIrtur" Of pulchritudmous dHmS"I o'.t !,,c -
wasn't 80 now; and that, sold Shr' n
middle aged women lonthc the pictur" tnt
chicken" Well. she needn't btag n%"s
it, The reason Is evidently that 50 ii,Gn, ,a;n,
women lave broken into the GdyeI''s...ss ~
game and that they grow to middle 'iw nm
there; It lent thut the taste Of youAs "N'
has changed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Lct MS bc optimIstic. If II

Let us be optimistic. If the chariot oi
political progress is to be run on the pU.
system. the issues on which its mempeIs
fight should be clear to all electors lhere
traIistS, vets. drys or whntuot calling
themselves Republicans or Democrats j..
they go to the polls for exactly what tne' itS
are. free from the clouds of party loyaIGG'
the voters may be obliged to do some tninS
ing Who knows; Some Of these aa}S
citizens may give as much enthusiasts Sui Sui
scores
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

JNmCs INCe, tiftv .tW0
Another Brave Man years Old. clerk for an
oil company in Ard
more, looked a would bc robbor in the eyes
while the thug pressed gun at his stomach,
thcm landed the bandit II punch on the jaw,
fought with him and snved the compnny's =
rcceipts for the day. Here's a man whose
idea Of duty is something moro than Ger
min amount Of labor for a certain amount
Of compensation,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

AS is usually the case with compro.
misses, the Tax BIZ IS going to please no.
body.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Today's Birthdays

Crown Prince Carol, heir 10 the throne
OF Rumania, born in bucharest twenty eight
years ago.
Royal e. johnson, Representative in
Congress Of the Second South Dakota Dis
trict born at Cherokee, Ia, thirty-nne
years ago
The Rt. Rev. lanes DoWolf Perry. Epis
r"pal Bishop Of Rhode Island, born at Ger.
mantown, Pa, fifty years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

The fact that Clemcnccau and ldGye
George have monuments while they stili r, Nv W
imprcSses Pittsburghers not at ALL inV
have in Schenley Park monument TO Il. W
Public Works in that city way back In the
nineticS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

conduct on the part of the United States
would be painful to say the least
The process of rchabilitating shipping
affairs is likely to be long and arduous But
the promise Of subsidies would inject into
the crisis n note of hope which up to now
has been dcplorably elusive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

When the Michigan state Reformator!
burned down only one of the prisoners ran
away. The rest turned IN and helped cIest
away the debris. There Is here strong 'cs s.
timony to the humanity or efficiency V
bOthD of the management.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Food Control Needed

''Ncw laws were recommended To include
the control Of all foods and TO increase the
number Of competent inspectors whose re-
Sponsibility ii should be to enforce these
laws. TO suppose thar meat and milk arc
tho only foods which need public control Is
10 show a fundamental Ignorance Of "ondi
tionS or an Indifference to social welfare.
Why the handling Of certain foods should
be regulated and others left untouched. why
some dealers arc, as they SOC 1t, diScrimi-
mated against and others arc not Is almost
as inc0mprchensblc TO us as to them
within the last week W" made merely
casual survey of the food stores in our own
district--to b" accurate. from Second to
broad street on South. including the Soc
ond street market This supplemented a
careful study made in the summer Of 1920
when We sought to investigate how much
Improvement. if any, had been accomplished
since our previous report.
1T is rather dishCartcning to feel that
such Investigations, undertaken not at all
in the spirit of fault finding but rather with
a view 20 improving unhcalthful ronditions
should lead TO so little action on the part
Of the authorities
Laws on the statute book nro ono thing :
law enforcement is another. Education Of
the people is of course, necessary, and in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Adults will not be admitted 10 Sto'
kowsbI's childrcn's concerts unless accom-
panied by children. 'Tis an excellent ldeaI
and grown. ups who have no children ol m
their own should Immediately make plans
borrow some
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

when Majority Leader MOndcll urges
a short breathing spell he is suggesting, ac-
"ording 70 ancient precedent, the payment
Of mileage to members, which, at the present
Time viii amount to about 5000, 600. Com
gressmen may be dismayed at tariff statis-
fics, but mileage adjopsnmrnt figures have
seldom caused them 70 hat an eye.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Groceries Are Criticized

I'm addition to tho puShcarts there are
about scv"nty-onc stores where food Is sold.
rs well rs ono market. In every instance
tho bakeries are screened and clean, but
the groceries. for the most part. arc un
screened and the food inadcquatCly protected
from flies and handling. The meat stores
arc the chief offenders.
There arc twenty four. all screened. but
in fifteen cases the meat was uncovered and
frequently displayed on tho sidewalk. in
many places the screen doors were wide
open. Dried fish and fresh fish arc often
left outside. uncovered and unprotected
'Thcs" conditions are obvious: they arc
ais" clearly contrary to ordinances or rcgu-
lntionS Of the health authorities 1t would
seem that even a limited force of inspectors
could. If their hearts wcrr in the job. bring
about NJ least n superficial bettermcnt in
these important particulars.
1T would cost little for storckccpcrS to
keep screen doors in good repair. Why
can't the policemen tell butcher to keep
his meat inside and the screen door closed? :?
''Simar conditions prevail and are only
less obvious in the handling of the milk
supply. and in the observance of the
housing regulations in the neglected districts
Of the city.
Attention to action in some simple mat
tors such as this would go n long way toward
reducing infant mortality--Whch is only
another way of saying that the lives Of many
children would be saved ench summer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

All Jugo. Slavs of military age have been
called to the colors. Perhaps they are going
TO hold mass meetings in favor OF dissrma.
ment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Pennsylvania prohibition enforcement
apparently demands that whisky sIeqtas
have other slcuths upon their backs 70 bite
en- Then slcuths, mayhap, to trail the"
slcuths and so ad infinitum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Tho extra tax, said TO have been agreed
upon by Republican leaders. Of 81 gallon
on all alcoholic liquors withdrawn from
bond, may be considered by cntcrrriins
bootIcggers rs plan. 80 boost home industry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Happily for baseball prophets, few pee,
pie remember prophecies after the event;
Competent sport scrlbes, it may be addea
in parrnthescs, find RS much virtue in now
pvcr' as TouchstOnc did in "if.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Lloyd, George left this evening for
Chequers Court" Well, it's his move
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

No cash for the railroads until freight
rates como down, cry the Hgrarians Az o
consequence it is generally understood that
the railroads wholly and heartily disapprors
of the bloc system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Tho giant with the seven league boots
ruminated the Bootleg Investigator. would
swap them now for seven quart boots.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

1t has been slow in coming. but there.
has arrived at last faint little gimmer OF
the fact that among the prices that ought
to come down is the price Of a scat at
World Series game.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Add one more point to the credit score
Of tho movies. Film of staged hold.up
has caused the stagcrs of a fake hold.up
near Hog Island TO confess to the police.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
Need for a Trust

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
A bootlegger complains that there are SO
many in the business they waste time IN
trying to sell to each other. There's held
FOR proper organization and division OF TER
ritOry. .sly6IA "a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

1t didn't take the cleaI, cold winds Of
truth very long to blow away the smoke
screen thrown out by Council.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

Now that Holland has mentioned the
fact that Philadelphia is going to have
Worlds Fair, Philadelphia very naturally
gets busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

4 Boston professor claims to have dis.
covered life in the moon. Mites in the greer
cheese?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

There are times when Senator Borah
cannot quite decide whether to be pacifst
or a jingo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
SHORT CUTS

The best that can be said for the Tax
Bill is that Penrose is n sick man.
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DR.. PAUL A. LEWIS
On Proper Food Protection

TTNIlE careless manner in which food
siuffs. especially those which are
eaten raw. are exposed TO the promiScuouS
handling of prospective buyers. to street dust
and to flies. constitutes IN important dan :
ger to health. particularly the health OF
children" according to DR.. Paul A. LOWS,
director of the laboratory OF the Henry
Phipps Institute.
"1n our cndeavorS 10 prevent tubcrcuI"SIs
We have. from time 10 timc, made surveys
Of the living conditions in the "0nGcSic CT
parts of the city. including studies of th""
way in which foodstu(fS arc bought and
Sold," DIR. Lewis said.
".tS far back as 1918. in conjunction with
the Bureau Of Municipal Research Of Phila :
dolphia wc made an intensive study of the
food situation in tho city. 1t was found
that tho lack of screening and covering Of
foods inside tho stores, the wholesale street
exposure, especially in the southern section
Of the city. demanded attention. For the
10000 food stores in the city there was only
q limited number of food inspectors. 50 that
II was unusual for n store to he visited more
thHn three or four times q wear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
StiII a Hero

was decorated. AS q
civilian he get no decoration for service.
though the service b" as great rs any var
Jampnds To save tho life Of a Pottsvlle
doctor hc gave three. fourths Of his blood in
two trnnsfu sion operations. He gets no
,nrdoI but his fellow citizens salute him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10

NE ARE not very generous over here
w compared TO our ability TO give, but we
did collect $4,000. 900 TO help the famine
sufferers in one part of China last year
which We understood China was unable to
feed.
ono would suppose the grain would be
bought in this country with that famine
fund and shipped to depleted and suffering
China. Not at all. The grain was bought
in China--mo>t Of it. to he sure. in the
province of Manchuria. where there was
plenty being held for good price.
By their fruits yC shall know them.
We admire the art Of japan and gaze on
Chinese porcclans and on Persian rugs and
on Turkish carpets with awe. when wc real
iHc THAI our own ancestors were probably
running around stark naked. painted blue
and worshiping DruidCal circles of stones
when their ancestors were reading charming
verses. reclining on Silkcn coucheS and toy
ing with IaCQucred bowls of rose leaves
All very humiliating for us. until we think
Of the suicides of japan and the famincs in
China and the ono baby out Of every three
that p"rishcs from neglect in India. and
recolIoct that in spite of tho nrt and mySti-
ciSm TINT have come ont Of the East in tho
past tho bubonic plague and cholera and tho
disease We call influenza are what we look
for out Of the East today. so TINT the very
rats that escape from those lands by our
ships are creatures 10 fear.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-10
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Those Who Discover Old Trails, Re.
llslous or Geographical, Are Al
ways Delighted to Believe
Them New
by SARAH ID. LOWRIE

T HAVE been looking over the book shelves
L of some women I know. not their
library book shelves which hold the books
they never read. but the sitting room shelves
that accommodate the passing books Of the
year. and ! have been interested to find
numbers of books on ocCultiSm and the
mystic philosophy of Asia done into Amcri-
can semi religious text.
II is curious fact that women of the
most advanced independence of behavior find
the religion of present day Buddhist teach
crs so sympathetic that they feel breathed
upon by n new life Yet by all the rules
heath women are badly treated and worse
thought Of
If it is question Of by their fruits We
shall know them" then the feminine fol-
lowers of the teachers of the "Aryan Path"
and The EightfOd Way" had better
clear of the homeland Of Gautama- Buddhn
or rather of the CountreG where his follow
crS nre most enthusiastic and numerous
l. q. Tibet and China.
The same thing il true of another Eastern
teacher who has some vogue in American
dilettantn literary sets of the younger gen.
Grafton. Lao Use, a sort OF contemporary Of
Confucius. whose sayings have been trans
lated aud minted into little golden aphorisms
that give his temporary disciples of this
generation much satisfaction in repeating
offhand 10 n parlor audience who has never
heard Of him and tries not TO feel impressed
His real followers in China. who have been
born and brought up on his philosophy ns n
religion. would give the Youngsters who
quote him ScntontouSly over here q mighty
poor time Of It II they got Il chance to prac-
tie" thcir religion on foreign lives and prop
Crty with no t"ar Of n comeback.