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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
The Woman Who Works

N the Editor Of the EUcriro Public Lcd0'r.
sir--Ts It not possible for some pni.ah-
throp,st or phianthropists to DO somethInE
for the woman who has TO work to MAKE
her conditions more comfortable? | am a
vorLinr woman and must make liNiN '"t
myself and little boy. I find II very harn
70 live on the wages paid and pay the pre-
charged for room rent. landIadlHH 90 ~.
care for women roomers except Tor the tooIu
rant Most Of the landladics and landlords
in this city refuse to let any women nav.
company IN their rooms, Therefore" morl
women have TO SO elsewhere with 'he''
friends -. ,
One Of the most regrettable things that
and ia that one woman will not try :,
protect another. No one seems 10 cnre u
YOU live or die. not even yoIr empIoFtr,
3ust 40 you can work. II you are SICK am
absent for a few days you may go o"SH
and md some one else has your loo.
have found from experience II you naNs
money YOU have friends but II you heeu
money you have no friends.
II seems easy for women to Ne ternp'-u
70 do wrong when they are working every
day and they cannot have the money l"eE
n>ed simply for existence. \ huhp"F "'
time, have had 10 room in an undesiranIe
place because the rooms in the nice rN'kn-
borhoods were either too high or IN" an
,wer would be. Yes have nice room Ior
Is or SO week bat don't 80 'HS
TN. II L oH"'''
PhuadelphIa June :. 1921.
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sion Vine" legend Of Peru about the
on the face Of the moon, she
uses her well-known cadenced verse in
which tie lines are adjusted to the
length of time necessary to read them
rather than to any uniform number of
feet. The poem exhibits wealth of
imagery and a richness of Imagination
that command respect. But it has lines
which have no more poetry in them
than there is in the motion of jtney
bus. Here is one of them: " odd, said
the Condor, remarkably peculiar '
NO careful writer Of prose would have
been guilty of such a group Of words.
One cannot help regretting that this
woman with undoubtcd poetic gifts per.
sists in pursuing fads of form and
method which make II difficult for the
lovers of verse to read her,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
"sInce the Baby Came to Town"

To tho Editor o. the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-Dr. william Barnes Lower at on
time represented the omaha World -Heral
throughout the great West. He sometime
drops into verse. and here is one OF h
latest.
SINCE THE BABY CAME TO TOWN
wo used 20 go on picnics
And excursions down the bay"
And say to friends who d ask us.
Oh twill suit US any day"
When friends would call to see us
Wed compiacently sit down;
But we've quit this routine business
Since the baby came to town.
We used to go out driving,
Take IN concerts and the like;
When the mercury'd climb upward
For the shore we'd mako 4 strike.
We'd entertain our neighbors
And friends OF some renown
But we've only time for How d'do."
Since the baby came TO town.
But VIXEN the morning sunshine
Comes a-peepin in the room.
And the little darling wakens
with smile OF hclvens bloom.
As she lies there sweatly cooling"
On her tiny bed OF down.
Then we thank our Heavenly Father
That the baby came TO town.
READER
Philadelphia. June I. 1921
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viscd banner nag Of their own, which bore
this very simple and humble inscription
we Helped &"
A much different story could be told to-
day II the Americans went into the war
when they should have. instead, Of waiting
until it was practically won and since II
is over, why boast Of having won it,
This much Is known. that America came out
Of the war with less loss than any other
nation involved. A. r @.
phMadolphla Iunn . Inoi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

Letters to the Editor should be as
brief and to the point as possible,
avoiding anything that would open
a UNCONVENTIONAL or sectarian dis
Cussion
No attention will be paid TO anony-
nous letters. Names and addresses
must be signed as an evidence of
good faith, although names Will not
lie printed II request is made that
they be omitted.
The publication of n letter Is not
to be taken as an Endorsement of its
views by this paper.
Communications will not he re-
turned unless accompanied by post
age, nor will manuscript be saved.
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Chorus

Then hoist W tho hag. Ions may 1t wave.
over the Union, our honor 10 save,
Up with the fag, and long may It wave
over the Union, the home of the brave.
Twas there that secession FIRST started the
war,
They shot down our soldiers in the streets
OF Baltimore,
And Ellsworth was slain when he tore down
tho rag
The rebels had raised for Jen Davis hag
Then down on an island we call Roanoke
Our men had battle that raised big
smoke,
prise
ITill they oil ian AWAY after Governor Wise
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
Wants "Hooliaan Pat"

To the Editor Of the Ercnin0 Public Ledger:
Sri am anxious to obtain tho words
Of a song entitled ''Hooligan Pat" Can
YOU or any of your readers supply it7 II
eontcins these lines.
"Ill sing you OF nice young man,
His name II was Hooisap Pat;
He was born in n town In Italy
In a place called Ballinafat"
]. W. wYNNB.
phiIndelphIa June Z. 1921,
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Civil War Sona Wanted

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger!
Slr-I will appreciate Il II you will print
in your interesting Peoples Forum the old
Civil War son, Hoist Up the Flag."
MARY r. BCRLING.
Philadelphia, June :. 1921
Here are three verses and the chorus Of
this old song.
HOIST UP THE FLAG"
Away down in Dixie the war hrst begun
Way down at Fort Sumter with Major An.
derson,
He stood by the nag with a heart brave and
true,
And fought like a man for the Red White
and Blue.
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Philadelphia, June 7. 1921.
"A Strange Road"

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
SRI am des.rous OF securing the com
plete poem OF which tho following 10 a part
IT'S strange road leads to this House
nf Dreams,
To the House Of Dreams come true:
Its hills are steep and its valleys deep,
And salt with tears the wayfarers weep,
The wayfarers--I and you
MRS. ELEANOR SIDNEY.
PhiladelphiA. Lune I. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
EUGENE O,NEILL
CAN WRITE VS.
Emperor Jones and Two Others, Included in Single
Volume, Giue the Reader an Opportunity to Find Out
Why They Succeed on the Stage
y FELIX +. SCHELLIN,
Of English Ieratnre In the Unixersy Of Pennsxania

Jones, reaching n trumpet crash and
then silence with his death the sure.
persistent touch in the portrayal Of
that strange mixture of confidence and
cowardice so peculiarly true to the type
represented; the mastery Of the dialect
OF Jones--these are fine things finely
THE EMPEROR JONES. DIFFERENT: THE
STRAW. BY Eugene ONeil. New York;
Boni & LiveriRht.
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Poems and Songs Desired
"He Drew Touether"

To the Editor Of the Eventn0 Public Ledger:
sir--I am very anxious to get a poem
which relates the story of a robber and
his horse. who escape by leaping over a
precIplce and which contains these lines:
He drew together his four white feet,
And leaped as leaps the ocean wave.
MRS. w. l.. CLEMENS.
Philadelphla. juno Z. 1921.
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The
PASSIONATE
PURITAN
By JANE MANDER

author o. "The Story Of a y.,,
%esSana een1.,t R'ver." Cloth. si.os
,,s something n strikingly fresh in
e clever sS9ry cIty ne p,Sl sidney nsyS Carey was
little village in the Nav ~. ~ 70 2
bush and found that tbsra a,and ,
more things In heaven and were were
than she had ever drean,odda dartn
and that the most nnsxu ol:
thing of all was-HERSEi SEiEse'ed
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rNpEROR JONES has his Sorrr~rj

TMPEROR JONES has his Sop"rSn-
l. tions however one is that only
siIvar bullet can kill him, and his re-.
yuIycr after the other chambers shall
Iovc been exhausted contains ON" such
h,llct rnr need should thrr" oyer J."
need By nightrall he reaches the place
ON tho border Of the forest where H."
Lng cached his food, but in n" ap-
,roaching darkness he fails 10 find Il,
He nlungCs, however, into IN" forest
with ITS weird blaCkncSS and glntiHg
moonbrums. As he wnndcrS on alter
natcIy confident but with rising fears,
as thr tom tom thrObS, visions come
to him. In terror h" secs once more
Jim. whom he had killed IT crap, and
in desperation fires one OF his prcr!OU,
bullets at the Spcctcr. Again he secs
tho chnin gang and the guard whom he
is about to fell with his spade; ana an,
other chamber of his revolver discharged
rrccs him Of that. \ vision Of the
slave mart and his old nanny about
to he sold takes still another until
stripppd and torn in his struggle through
the Jungle. he lives over again in I'm
nrinatiUn the ancient beast Worship Of
his African fOrefathCrs and SarriiirCS
his last. his one silver bullet. to the
destruction Of the crocodile -g"d about
To- dcvour him. Qt course, his shots
have located him and hi cu"micS are
upon him. And in the end he is drawn
ont Of thc jungle, pac" or two from
where hc entered II. shot to death with
the silver bullets for the inc0utarions
attending the casting Of which the
Voodno tom toms had beaten all uight
Emperor Jones" is original rs it is
forcciul. The atmosphere Of the moon
lit forest jungle. pulsating with the
throb of the tom tom, rising and falling
with the fears and hallucinationg -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
Has a Sully

40 the Editor Of the Evsn,r0 Pubic Ledger
sir-A little while ago I reaL In Your
pr Der al article stating that Messrs Man
tie Fielding and Edward 3ldd.e you'll Ike
10 know the Whereabouts OF nn oil PAIN
ing by Thomas Su.ly, | have at m" h0mH.
so2 Bala avenue. Cynwyd. Pa. por'ruit
by him Of Mrs. John Hemphll.. % Thila1"l-
phia. a niece Of stephen G!rart. II nt lr-
tersst to these gentlemen. | shRl. b" g.ai -
have them see g. Would - trouble vou 700
much 10 so inform them. since DO no, nave
the sddress OF either?
HENRY \ INGE M,
Cynwyd. June l. 1871
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THE
GOLDEN SHOE
By JUSTIN H. MCCARTHY

author Of "Nttrse Benson m,,
Were King" etc. Cloth. ~ Ok
a story CT modern life vb,,h
has for its principal strand fT' NJ tn
terest n curious and original cas-
or impersonation. BY stepnIns
into the Golden Shoe Of her dasS
friend, the Cinderella Of this stors,
finds the Prinee-and happiness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
THE PEOPLES FORUM

stand hard usage. The wood OF which the
bars are made Is seasoned In order that the
bars will stay In tune. The sounding board
Il ames are usually made OF white quarter
sawed oak, with sound boards of spruce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

DTT among these plays "The Emperor
D Jouc," is "diff'rcnt. and in every
wise deserving the praise which l nav"
recently seen bestowed upon it by re-
viewers and the success which, in the
.kilIful hands of Charles Gilpin, the
Negro actor. it has had upon the stage
Emnnror Jones Is a some tim" Pullman
car rortrr who, escaped from WStl""
for killing cheating pal over gam"
of crau and telling the guard "i MS
chain gang. has made his way To ON"
of the West India islands and become
rhe "rmpcror' Of the day. W" meet
him after his sicsta on the last day or
his ruIe His entire "COurt 10 the
last old woman has deserted him, and
m the sound Of the distant beat of tn"
,om.-Om. which he knows means the
gathering Of all his some time sub
ircts against him. he plans to max" his
wav across the island in tho night l."
a French glnboat and max" ms escape
IN tho fat bank account which MS cY-
tortions have gathered and which awaits
him in ncighborinG port III con-
vrrsatiou with a COwardIE, hunting
rochnpy Englishman. his accomp1ic",
all mis- is brought out; and likewise,
tha snnrrmc confidence which Emperor
lone, tricknd out in his taudry uni.
form. has in himself and his ability
"wid trash niggcrs like des" yorr, t"
"nutr,r,S. outrun. Outright an outpIaE
do whole lot o dem ovnh de board any
time o de day or night
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.srrHE STRAW" is less unpleasant,


l. concerning as it does the passion,
ate soul of a young consumpti7e and
how she stirs a fellow patient into a
realization oG his powers to write, what
was to him Irritation at first ending
on the verge of tragedy in the union
of the doomed young couple. There is
good character skctching in the Car;
mody family, from the brute drunkardI
father to the children, but all THIS ana
the scene, chiefly in sanat0rium, Is
depressing. However, ',why should ART ART
be joyous?" says our friend. Mons FIN
du Steele Life is not Joyous; life IS IS
even very depressing. But art hha, has
nothing to do with life says another
of our new critics. Then why be mis- e
crabc:" queries still another. Whether
| like given subject or not i, ono sort ;lt
Of II question; whether, the SUBJECT
granted. the work upon it Is well done
IS quite another. Mr.. O'Ncill has drawn
his figures to the life. what more have
we right to demand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

Fanny T. Floyd asks for a poem which
Itarts:
Too far TO reach but To-, far no, to fol.
low"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
NEW BOOKS
SLASH OF THE MARSH COUNTRY BY
Harold Waldo. New Yorr: George II.
Doran Co
Fiction

SLASH OF THE MARSH COUNTRY. BY
Doran Co.
INVISIBLE TIDES. ny. Beatrice Seymour.
New York: Thomas !;eItzor.
An able and brilliant first novel which Is
written with keen knowledge OF character
anv unerring taste in words. Many British
reviewers acclaim II the best novel In Eng
llsh or the season. II recounts detailedly
ana passionatoly the story OF a man and
womar who are brought together by the in.
visible tides Of circumstance. The heronc
Is a modern type OF womanhood and meets
problems with bold and open spirit.
THE GOLDEN SHOE. BY Justin Huntly
Mccarthy. New York: John Lane Co.
An ingenious novel based on a curious ca se
OF impersonatior. II is written with all the
authors wit and llghtness OF touch and is
rich In plot suspense.
THE ISLANDS OF DESIRE. Rv Diana
Patrick. New York: E. p. Dutton &
romance full of the dreaming and ad.
yenturing OF youth. II is marked by the
fresh individuality of the writer. whose sec.
ond novel II Is.
SIX GHOST STORIES. BY T. G. jackson.
-, New York: f. p. Duttor 4 Co.
OF Sir Thomas leisure. They are Original
In invention and varied In theme. He is a
well-known artist and architect.
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General

PRESENT DAY COMMERCIAL FRENCH
GoRREsPoNDENCE. BY J. A. Barker.
New York: z. p. Dutton & co.
handy ard complete guide to the sub
ject, arranged according to business topics
such as credits. reports. accounts. orders
etc.
CIVIL. WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA. BY Win.
throp D. Lane. New York: b. w.
lIuebsch
This latest number OF the Freeman
Pnmphlets' discusses from hrst-ha nd 'knowi-
edge the industrial Corhiict in the coal
mines. The writer has made personal in
vestigations and talked with REPRESENTATIVES,
OF both sides. From liberal platform he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

The Peoples Forum VIA appear daily
In the sunday Public ledger. Letters
discussing timely topics VIII he printed.
as well as requested poems, and que stions
Of general Interest will be snswered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11
MUMMER's TALE
By ANATOLE FRANCE

CEoth, sa.50
This translation of Anato,.
Frances tale of theatrical iifs
which appeared in France in 1901
marks a further step in the com,
pletion of the collected English
edition of his works.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-11

TNH1S volume costains three plays Of
l. the kind that act. and by an author
obviously at home in the workmanship
of the stage. BY this / do not mean
one who has SO self consciously labored
in his craft that the scaffolds on the
buildings of his construction are still
standing; but rather one to whom the
stage and its methods are simply a
means to the effective telling Of his
story. These plays are in the popular
mode which chooses to represent the
drama of the ordinary man In the ord
nary events Of an ordinary life: that
Is all with n saving reservation assured
ly for The Emperor Jones'" But he
would be a strange reactionary who
would go back to the old idea that in
the hero there must be ALWAYS something
heroic. something dilated with the ex-
aggeration Of romance, distorted with
unusual crime. decorated with extraor-
dinary virtues. To be sure. in this ban
ishment of the heroic we have lost
not little, but possibly the most that
we have lost Is novelty. Although ]
suppose that it must all come back to
the old question, shall the author seek
to arouse an emotion in his auditors
which shall find expression in the
words. How strange.' or shall he be
content with what after all may be the
more difficult task, elicit the express
sion. How true"
THERE is no side in any of these
L plays, they are written simply. di-
rcctly, in the speech proper to the char
acters concerned. There is no attempt
to get the reader of the ground and
they would be none the better for such
an attempt Diff rent" is what Mr..
Shaw would call an unpleasant play.
Caleb. a young captain of whalcr in
small New England port, is about to
marry Emma, the daughter of fellow
captain and neighbor. The young
people have grown up together and the
bride to- be, of romantic turn of mind,
nourished more or less on cheap fiction,
prides herself on Caleb's and her diff
ference from those about them. But n
tale is told her Of Caleb in his last
voyage and of the brown girls of Tahiti,
or one of them at least, and of trick
that his fellows put up on Caleb. Caleb
is too honest to deny the truth and
Emma refuses to marry him, as after
all ho has proved not to be diff rent
The two remain friends, however. Caleb
always hoping. Thirty years later, on
his last coming home he finds his poor
old love utterly infatuated with a
worthless nephew of his who works
upon her folly for what he can get out
of it. She has transformed her staid
old home with gaudy curtains and hang
ings. Victrola and the like, and Calets
favorite chair has been sent to the attic.
The picture of the old doting woman;
in short skirts. high -heeled shoes and
powdered face is repulsive in the ex-
treme and so unusual a departure from
that norm which after all has some
thing to do with fiction, as it has to do
with life. that we recoil from it as from
n thing unnatural. And yet II Is a
tribute to Mr.. O'Neill's art that we DO
so recoil. In the upshot Caleb hangs
himself and Emma. pitifully dlsillu-
stoned. follows him.
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At THE FREE LIBRARY
M isceIIane

Books added 70 N" Free nibrarv Th,r
'ecnth and Locust s'ir"'-. during the wrel
ending June .
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sara r. Duyharst asks tor pp. m can.
"a .rIrg these iva lines.
My love dwelt IN a northern land
In a grey tower by a grew s.2
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Seek ou'--."ss often sought than found
A soldiers grave. for thee the best.
Then >,oE AROUND and choose 'ng ground.
And lake thy rest.
VIRGINIA STANTON.
Ph.ade phia June g. 1927
The Holly chieftain., 1921-04-28
COMMERCIAL CLUB hELD BUSINESS
and SOCIAL SESSION MONDAY

The Holly Commercial Club met
Monday evening at the club rooms.
The usual routine business was
transacted
The committee appointed for the
purpose Of investigating the feast
bility of securing rural motor route
north of Holly, reported that in
formation had been received from
Senator Phipps and Congressman
Hardy at Washington, D. c., that
they had taken the matter up with
the postoffice department and
would keep the committee inform
ed of the progress made. Congress
man Hardy stated in his opinion
there would be no trouble in secur-
ing tri-weekly route.
The committee appointed to erect
signs on the roads entering Holly,
ported progress is being made
and that they expected to have the
signs in place within the next two
weeks.
E. G. Habcrstroh as chairman Of
the Clean UP committee reported
their work completed anr the city
in a sanitary condition at this time
with the exception of the alleys.
Tho city had agreed to furnish
team for this purpose and Mr. Hab-
erstroh was assured the city would
ut once put team on the job.
J. N. Swafford of the drainage COM
mittee reported work was progress.
ing and as soon as the proper place
for the ditch determined the work
would be started
The club extended vote of thanks
to the ladies who had been instrli-
mental in cleaning and re-finishing
the club rooms.
After the business session d social
hour was enjoyed the wives and
friends of the members of the club
having gathered at the club rooms.
The Mems Double Quartette gave n
number of selections after which cot
fee and doughnuts was served by
John Cheney whose experience
along these lines made the affair an
especially enjoyable one.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-04-28
Civic Ciub Meeting.

III g Civic Club Met in regular
lar session Tuesday afternoon, the
.sesident Mrs Ivy Sprinkler pre-
siding .Afte short business ses-
sior Mrs Sprinkler gave an inter
eHtins account Of her trip to the
convention OF Federated Clubs of
.ha southeast district OF Colorado,
held at La Junta several weeks ago,
Mrs. Sprinkler reported a profitable
and enjoyable time spent at this
convention. The Inspiration deriv-
ed from y meeting of this sort is al
waHs well worth the trip and time
sDont there. After the report Prof.
Shanner talked for q short time OH
educational matters and also gave
some interesting accounts Of hie
trir to Boulder. His address was
full OF interesting things spertain.
ing to- the teaelling profession 4 a
very entertaining feature OF the af
ternoons program were the vocn'
diets given by louise and Dorothy
Riley, accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Riley. The songs were well
given by the little girls and enjoy
cd by their audience
Refreshments of cake and coffee
were served by Mesdamcs Morich
and Shanner.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-04-28
SANTA FE ANNOUNCES
WAGE REDUCTIONS

Recent press dispatches from Chi
cago state that notices of reduc.
tion of 20 per cent in the pay of all
subordinate officials and employees
of the Santa Fe Railroad Company,
other than common labor, were
mailed out from the gceral Of
fees of the company the day pre-.
viOus. The proposed wage cut
will be effective on May IL. In the
neantiIne the company asks for con-
'erences with all classes of its en-.
',loyees on the subject. These gath.
orings will be held between April
?5 and May at the office of the
general manager in Topeka, Kan
so far as known none of the Holly
Employees of the Santa Fe will at
tend these conferences.
The notice received in Holly Of the
contemplated cut in pay states that
the wage award OF July 1920 was
Just and reasonable and then adds
that the new scale is sought be.
ea,,se conditions have SO changed
that the rates thus created are no
longer just and reasonable in view
of the decreased cost of living, the
scale of wages paid for fairly com.
parable kinds Of work in industry
adjacent to these lines of employ.
ment and because of other delavant