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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
ROoSEvELT'S WAR DIARY

COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S diary of the
~ Spanish War, written in camp and in
Cuba and now made public. is a bitter
record Of calamitOus blundcrings which
after more than a generation seem awful to
contemplate.
The diary records nothing that the coun =
try did not already know. The Colonel
was not man to remain silent or re-
strained in the presence of organized
futility and incompetence He faced all of
this during the campaign that gave him his
real start toward the presidency. He
talked then and afterward as he was ac-
customed to talk in the interval Immediately
preceding the war with Germany.
1--WE would have been helpless" he says
In the diary. IF we had to contend with
a first class country"
Doubtless we should have been helpless
But later, when we had to contend with n
first class Power, we were by no means
helpless, and there we're no embalmed beef
to poison soldiers and no typhoid cpidemics
in the camps and no collapse AMI confusion
In the high command.
ALI of which shows that, bad as things
sometimes seem, we are getting along and
acquiring better control of ourselves and Of
the affairs Of the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
ANoLo.IRlsH HAIR-sPLITTINo

T JINPRECEDENTED in diplomacy is the
- stage Of refinement in dialectics reached
in the interchnnges between Lloyd George
and Eamon dc Valera.
The latest communication by the British
Prime Minister touches earth in definite
proposal Of n new conference with the Irish
delegates, but the word fencing, in which
both parties have proved their adroitness, is
continued in the subioined comment. The
British Empire is described ms a Com
munity of nations" the delegates ms
''spokcsmcn of the people whom you repre-
sent
This is unqucstionnbly one way of de-
fcrring to De Naleras contention that his
ENJOYS represent an Ireland acting on its
own initiative On the other hand, there is
not the least dubicty in Lloyd Georges re-
fusal to imply that the British Government
Cntertans the slightest notion of regarding
Ireland as an entirely independent nation.
From the maze Of argumcntative abstrac-
tions this extraordinary deduction may be
drawn: that while the British Empire cannot
be divided before new form of union with
ireland is devised, nevertheless the Irish may
consider themselves mouthpeCcs of a people
invited to participate in a scheme Of partner
ship.
When hair splitting is carried to this cx-
trCmc the obvious way out of deadlock is
face face negotiations. The reported
pleasure of the Sim Fcin leaders with the
definite offer of parlcy with British states
men in London on October II suggests that
the meeting will take place
For good or Ill this conference is likely to
prove the turning point in the long and
tangled history of Anglo Irish relations.
The responsibilities of both sides have been
crystallizcd. Each party to the controversy
is by this time fully aware of the points of
view of his opponent. A case so we'll argued
deserves an issue definite, constructive and
permanent.
The proposed conference will mark
tuSsle with realities after maneuverings
savoring of the nature of Socratic dialogues
An outcome of honorable reconciliation is q
Legitimate hope.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
RECIPES FOR LEAN TIMES

UNABLE, notwithstanding his native
" gifts, to invent any new compact
formula capable of obliteratng the strin-
gency of the times, Thomas \. Edison pro-
claims his faith in the conversatonally
familiar virtues.
He believes in practical demonstrations.
The idea Is not precisely new. and vet it
must be admitted that no substitute panacca
Is in sight.
1t is the Edisonian conviction, as ex-
pressed in a recent interview, that grit.
faith and hard work can overcome bust
ness depression, which, he is inclined to be-
leve recurs in cycles. The war, of course
accelerated the schedule, and its correspond
ing economic shocks have been trying even
TO those individuals whose pertinacity and
grip upon realities somewhat measure up to
Mr. Edisons ideals.
The obligation to improve this situation
Is laid by the inventor directly upon n
Congress whose vacillatiOns have been
dagrant. The most hopeful outlook upon
business is poweress to restore normality to
conditions that can only be remedied by
tmperativey needed constructive legislation.
Mr.. Edison pertnently quotes the New
York Republican State platform. "As we
must sell, as we'll as manufacture" admit
ted the makers of this document, mo Tariff
Law should be enacted in the unsettled eco
nomic conditions of the present that will
prevent us from re- establishing the profit
able exchange of foodstuffs and commodi- =
ties by burdening those to whom we must
sell to such an extent as to make 1t impos-
sible for them to sell to us, and therefore
to buy from MS.
"We must" explains Mr., Edison, "in- E
crease our output. The most obvious way
to do this is by exporting more of our
products"
Congress has handled this problem in such
way that the prospect of enacting a Tariff
Law that will permit us to trade with our
European and other foreign debtors without
impcriling < domestic manufactures is by
this time lfmentably vague. Prophets have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
A Ballade Of the Ripcning Year

SllE walked with Strephon in the spring
- Young Chloe cold as Greenland's skies.
DrriSOn In her laughtcr's ring.
But much Of wonder in her eyes.
With much of wonder and surprise
To find swain 40 gentlcsOmc
Twas seedtimc then--how summer flies
Now all things to fruiton come.
He knew the time to plow--and sing.
The time to sow-and imprOvisc
A hymn to Ceres; when to bring
His hoe, that no tnrc long dcies.
But patient SrCphon was too wise
To force loves growth by rule of thumb
Gle COaXcs when n flly SHES >
Now all things to fruition come.
In fields the corn Is ripcning
And glowing pumpkins promise pirs.
On thinning vines plump clusters swing:
For scythc and fork the meadow cries
The orchards peri corps applies
To cheek OF pippn, peach and plum
The marvel Of unfading dyes
Now all things to fruition come.
4 magic spell on Chloe lies,
Her srOrnfu tongue and lips orr dumh.
But low" Spcnks plainly in her signs.
Now all things to fruition canC.
Edward W. Barnard, in uANew York
Times. YX
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Dali Eireann should be pronounced
"DwOll Erin"
.. The body has been meeting In the Man
sion House, Dublin. -.
3. A pOstcrn Is back door, side way o'
entrance. ,n
4. The Panama Pacific Exposition was helu
in San Francisco In 1915. o
S. The question, Can the Ethiopian chaUnGis
his skin or the leopard his spots .s y
prOpounded in the twenty-thlrd NtISS0
of the thirteenth chapter OF Ieremlaatm
g. Maryland IL named after Queen HehTlI'S
Maria, wife OF Charles of England.
Z. The Mcdcs were an ancient Aryan pe21pN
nhahiting the northwest OF the i,n ihs
nian or Persian highland between t''
Caspian Sea and the AraXeS ltNfEo
s. Thr SALARY Of the Speaker or the ilouTS ilnr
of representatives Is Sl2;HOo Il 'In, ne
8. Samuel Gompcrs is the president OF '''
American Federation Of Labor .,,r,
10. III Biblical geography, Gilcad. OF MoTI"c
GiI"ad. was the part Of Palestine LYLE VIE
east Of the Jordan and extending ei,S, S
to about longitude SO east ara Nr,s N,Hss
between the HicromaN on me ~, n'' an
and the Arnon on the south ~ :"
extended sense 1t included Bashs~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
A Now York school teacher. weiuht IA

A New York school teacher, weight 40
pounds, defending a suit for separation
brought by his wife, weight 10 pounds, de-
until his teeth ratified and that she threw
china at him daily; all of which she adj
mittcd, alleging provocatiOn. The Court
declaring that she was m impossible woman
to live with. granted her a temporary sepa-
ration with alimOny of $50 week. As n
more OF less sincere feminist, We hereby re.
spectfully suggest that the circumstances of
the case would seem to demand that the
woman pay alimony to the husband.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
What Do You KnOW?
QUIZ

l. Who are the Japanese delegates ap'
pointed to the Disarmament Confer"
enCe in Washington?
2. Distinguish between the words peal ana
peel
3. Who wrote the famous "ode to the West
Wind?
A. What is the new altitude record for an
airplanc and who made 1t?
8. What soldiers are sometimes known ss
"roineks"?
6. What Is rocco furniture?
T. What IL tellurlum?
s. What Is the economic reason for the
Chinese practice of cooking nne-
chopped or shredded foods?
g. Who composed the famous group or Eng
lish writer's known as the Lake Poets'
10 Who was Engelbert Iumperdlnck?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Now that we have all had our little
thrift jamborcc and have saltcd money down
that would have otherwise boosted business
up, those Of US who have money to spend
may. by spending it. help to solve the prob.
lem of unemployment. The house you build
will put the bricklayer, the carpenter, the
plumber, the plaSterer and the paperhanger
to work. The suit of clothes you buy will
put a tailor to work. And the brcklayer,
the carpenter, the plumber, the plastcrer,
the papcrhangor and the tailor will proceed
by their purchases. to put other men 70
work. BE wise in your thrift, but not less
wise in your disbursements.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
\ society hns been formed in :

\ society has been formed in New York
for the presentation of new plays for the
benefit Of managers. This may be boon TO
American authors-if American managers
can be induced to attend. 1t is notorious
that few managers read plays submitted to
them. In this they are not so much to
blame as onesis tempted to think. The
printed word must be translated for his
minds eye and ear; and 1t may be that the
modest manager lacks faith not so much in
the author as in his own judgment as a
translator. Most men are cautious when the
pocketboOk penalties error.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

lately ceased to envisage an early passage
Of the needed new 1mposts Law, without
which economic and industrial uncertainty
cannot be rcctified.
Optimism will naturally be a psychology
cal help, and practice Of the homely vir-
tues will be of material assistance. But
the most exemplary private conduct must
be deprived of full effect while law makers
blunder and procrastinatc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
Arson Unpublished

From the Honolulu Advertiser.
A chicken set fire to poultry house be-
longing to Manuel Corrca, Kaimuki, Sun
day, by carrying a lighted cigarette butt
underneath the building. This wns the cX-
PLANTATION Corrca gave the fire department
after the flames had been cxtinguished, ac-
cOrding to Chief Thurston Correa said he
threw the butt out of the W indow and the
chicken picked it up and took it under the
house. Then it dropped the hot snipc. As
cording to Chief Thurston the chicken was
not arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

fire in the crowded and busy st. Lnzarc-
Haussmann district in forty years. How
many business communities in the United
States would be similarly Mortified? .
To be contemptuous of fire dangers is to
traducc the name Of courage. Realization of
the cost of reckless indifference and vigorous
preventive action are more authentic indices
of true civic bravery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

A country's real prosperity. said the
Cute Economist. must be gauged by the
surplus in the pockets of its workers after
necessary expenses are paid. Tho gauging
is made difficult because every surplus begets
new desires, and the luxuries of one gencr
alton become the necessities of the next.
Every industrial rCadjuStmcnt following a
world catacysm means the passing of some
necessity" bnck into the luxury class
where it originated, This causes as much
outcry as does the actual need of bread
and huttpr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

The pcssimist has fine opportunity
to indulge himself in his favorite dissipation
by considering the fact that at Tuesdays
election in the Sixth Massachusetts Con.
grcSsonHl District nearly $4,000 voters
stayed away from the polls. Massachusetts
is far enough away-isn't TITO keep one
from appearing personal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

''The more Germany has to work (be'
cause of rcpnrntions) the more other ma
tions cease working" says the German Min.
lister of Reconstruction. And the sad fact
is daily becoming more patent, through un-
employment reports, that he is telling the
truth. Winning the war may prove more
costly than losing it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Sir Alfred Mond. British Minister Of
Health, says that before the unemployment
problem can be solved there must be re-
duction in the cost of production in order to
stimulate buying. TO which may be added
that II little courage on the part of pur.
chascrs would also help.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

The report of the various committees to
the national conference on unemployment
should make interesting reading for the
members of Philadelphia City Council who
by killing the Loan Bill, have made it diff
cult for the city to provide work for the
needy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

If you doubt that we are bound by con.
vcntiOn, just count on the fingers of one
hand the number of straw hats you have
seen during the last few hot days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Sir Alfred Mond's declaration that the
unemployment problcm in England was less
acute than in this country is hardly borne
out by the London dispatch of yesterday TO
the effect that 100000 miners and their
families are starving in Cornwall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
Legitimate
Criticism

is a disappointment to men of parts in the
Where's the consistency tried and true in
the weather we get? l dunno; do you?
Where are the glorious days Of fall? Why,
we ain't got any nt all, at all. Because of
the weather clerk n big mistake we sizzlc and
stew and simmer and bake. And ask you
straight why such things can be. Where is
that promised normacy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephas Subjects They
Kno,U Best

of the mental and moral strength of the con-
qucrOr.
''In this the boy is assisted by the coach,
and the up to date coach will not for a mo :
mcnt tolerate dirty football playing or
what is known as 'muckcriSm of any kind by
any of his players. On a properly regulated
field there is no longer any place for pro
family or violent language. And all this
helps in the development Of the character
Of the players.
Forming Good Habits
college athletics also help in the fOrma =
ton of good habits. and here again football
is in the first rank, because the game is
harder and therefore the training rules are
more severe. On properly organized team
every member must conform strictly to the
training rules. The players are forbidden to
smoke, to chew tobacco. to drink liquor, to
stay out late, to visit improper places, to
gamble, to bet on their own games. to eat
candy or to drink the ruinous mcsscs which
the average non playing college boy pOurs
almost hourly into his stomach. He is
obliged to study and to satisfy his teachers,
because failure to do so Injuries not only
himself, but jeopardi2cs the chances of the
team for victory and thus places in peril the
hopes of the whole college.
This discipline is well worth while for
any boy. And nothing except the love of the
game would make him go through with it.
The whole discipline and the atmosphere of
the football feld are advantageous The
candidate for the team learns promptly.
chccrfully, without question and to the full
extent of his ability. Whether he likes it
or not, he has no option except to do as he
is told and to do it at once. Nowhere else
i'll his college life does he come into contact
with such discipline and learn to toe the
mark as he does in athletics. and this is
often of the utmost value to him later in life,
When Training Is Broken
Il have often been asked whether it is
good form for players to inform on each
other in cases Of infrNctiOn of the training
rules. believe that in any institution
whore football has reached high state of
perfection and has become one of the domi :
nant institutions of undergraduate life, it il
not only the correct thing for the members
of the team to report such infractons to the
head coach, but it is also the duty of every
man III the college to do so.
Il know that boys will not tell on one
another in the playing of college pranks and
jokes, and this is right and honorable. But
breaking training is no prank or joke. 1t is
in effect the breaking of a mans word of
honor. If member of the team is dcrclict
in his duty he harms others as well as him
self lie has been trained and worked with
for weeks to fit him for certain work. and
when he breaks training without permission
he is guilty of treason to his college. That
is the code which governs Il real football
college, and it is the right one"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
SHORT CUTS

Judge Lazarus appears to have won
some crumbs of near wisdom from the table
of Dives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Once on time. said Dcmosthenes
MCGinniS. wOmen's hats were fixed up with
birds with long bills. This year the birds
are missing. but the long bills remain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

One wonders how the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce ever let that report
Of slight carthquake' get out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Ford is going to start drive to clean
up politics. We seem to remember that
Henry once started ship to bring about
peace,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

1t may at least be said for the weather
that it is fav0ring the poor and swatting
the wicked coal man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Louisiana Senate Wants Beer
Headline. Evident sympathy here with the
Governors of the Carolinas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

that ArGuckie will get his vercst ' Sentence, @S"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

Because Judge Brown
fought the Wares at the
last election Combine
members of Council may
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

"In no game and it might be added
truthfuly in no calling in after lifc-is there
so much temptation for Il participant TO
cheat, to take unfair advantages, to do small
mean and petty things, to lose the temper to
indulge In profanity, to show nasty DISPOSE
ton and even to indulge in downright fight
ing, as in football.
Ts'But that is the time. the place and the
way TO learn how to govern, to control and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30

A COLLEGE Ike NaSSar wound have girls
~ from all these places with the same
standards Of what Is right and wrong, but
with very mixed standards of what is con-
ycntional-"what is done"
And 80 We come back to the point from
which we had started.
Proyinciality is a lack of observance, on
the part of n stranger, of the local conven-
tiOns.
| remember as an infant being taught a
very tcrse definition of sin.
"What is sin?" said the cateChism
"Sin." saal l, answering by the book as
any want OF conformity unto or transgres-
sion of the law of God"
Fortunately for most of us, n lack Of con
formity unto or transgression of the law OF
the society in which we find ourselves is NOT
sin. But it is rather a stupid way of rails
ing the flag Of independence, and Is gcner-
ally more sign of egOtIsm than broad =
mindcdnCSs.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-21
LOVE TOKEN is NOT WANTED
Resort "Bud" Advertises When PHI
Owner Fails to Call for
Frat Pin.

On Saturday nights at the shore no
tel where Florence spends the sum
mer, cottagers and week enders ap
pear on the ballroom floor for the
weekly dance. On these occasions
Florence dances with so many mer
she can't remember all their names
1t was after one of these Saturday
night dances that Florence found she
was wearing fraternity pin. A
blond-haired boy whom she had just
met coaxed her to take the pin while
sitting beneath the moon. Florence
kept the pin for several days and
then became anxious over the owners
failure to return for 1t. So she placed
the following advertisement In the 10
cal paper:
"Young man with blond hair who
gave girl fraternity pin while sitting
by the sun dial during dance at the
hotel last Saturday night will please
call for his pin."-New York Sun.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-21

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-21
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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-21
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