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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
A Shopgirl's Appeal

To fhc Editor Of the Evening Public LodOrr:
Sir am glad for tho opportunity AFFORDED
mo by your Peoples Forum to express Il lit.
tie opinion that | hope will at least be ef-
ftctive In. way. It is to aalS customers 20
be consldCraie and lcnIent with the shop girls
during this busy period. We frequently hear
women complain OF annOyanccs to which
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
Evangelical Church Merger Opposed

Reading. Pa. Dec. :. --- 81. Pnul's
United Evangelical Church. by vote
Of 30 to Il. approved resolutions against
the proposed merger Of the United
citation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
.1ter-Dinncr Tricks

A good trick for dark room. i, +,
past" several strips Of paper over rhr
mouth Of II g.asN ~ water, TIA" Ior-
formers hands are held, but when tic
light mr." turned on the water il parrI,
gone This wonder may be- attrihurrd
TO spirits, even though the glass does
not contain spirits.
All you need is long straw in the
inside pocket This is reached with the
mouth, which withdraws the straw. in.
scrts it in the glass, drinks part Of the
water and replaces the straw. OF
course n little practice is necessary, but
the same is true with every trick that
Is worth while.
Copyright, 1921. by Public Ledger companv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
Asks for Two SONGS

To The Editor Of The Ercntr0 Pubic Ledger:
Str-Plcase print in your interesting Peo-
ple's Forum the words Of two old songs.
Don't Semi My Boy TO Prison and The
Boston Burglar"
DANIEL DOUGHERTY.
Philadelphia. December 4. 1921.
We Will print Don't Send My. Boz 70
Prison. II Il reader viii send 1t III. The
Boston Burglar" has already been printed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
Easton Refused More Policemen

EaStOn. Pa. Dec. s. Mayor
Horns request to Council that six men
be added to the 1922 police force was
refused by city Council yesterday, those
voting no claiming that Easton has too
many traffi" officers now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
Poems and Songs Desired
Wants Alfred Bum Poem

To TIE Editor 0i the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Will you kindly give tho complcte
song by Alfred Bum two Of tho lines Of
which are:
The light OF other days is faded.
And Ill It's Glores past"
II. A. r.
Philadelphia. December (. 1921
Can a reader supply It?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08

49, THE ANIMAL MEETING OF TUE
e62 Stockholders Of the GIrnrd life In
suranCc Compnny. VIII b.; held on Thursda%
oS the Company, 500 Chestnut street, Pi,iia
delphia, for the PURPOSE Of electing a Board
Of Directors and for TIE transaction of surn
other business as may properly come be,ore
the '''e'''" ALBERT SHORT. secra,,ry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
DANIEL DOUGHERTY.
~ Hear II Not"

To the Editor Of tho Ercnino PubHc Ledger:
Sir--I will appreciate II IL YOU can Civ
mo tho poem from which the following line
are taken:
''Now hear It not. but lUiter
Gaily as before:
Yet sometimes I think. and th!nX.ns
Makes the heart so sore;
Just few steps more
And there might have dawned 70. RE
Blue and inhaitc, tho sea-"
c. A. LAKE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08

600. 900 has been appropriated for the erec.
tt"n of building 10 house exhibits OF the
various Government depa artmcnts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08

Rcbcrca ITar,icIn. Shamokn. Pa. - W.
cannot CIV" space to tho printing Cf DARIUS
Green and His Flylng Machine" which
would require at least a column OF spacr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
- FIRST NATIONAL BANK
u~f3 phiIl1plulin Pm

D"cembcr s. 1921
M, t,k, Bank VIII 10 held ut tho Rrnking
House No 80 Chestnut S.. Un TuesIay
January 10th. lOa2, ~ /? O'Clock NJ
Carl u GIIAFrEE Cos lIer
90 THE ANIMAL MEETING or THE
s-P PUIryhuld'rs ~ the standard Mutunl
Fire Insurance CompanS viii be held ~
taelr office, Ol5 Commercial Trust BuIldln"
January IIth. I0e2. Ut ?i30 c'cl0cl, u. VI.
Edwin T. 'Ff ~" s., r''a"v
ccst5s THE ANIMAL MEETING or TIE
strrkhCldc"3 ~ th" SantO Domingo
Taesday, December 10th. 1891, at 12 o clock
noon; at the office of the company, 5i7
i.Ewis NJ. EVANS. Secretary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
Philadelphia, December 3. 1921.

Miss Mary Fitzpatrick. Trenton. y. j..
asks Tor th" poem entitled within the
Law" Can reader supply itc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08

wv. l.. J." asks for Il poem b.. Paw
Laurence Dunbar entitled Angelina"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-15

Again girl carried off the first
prize in the Morning Journals
Jigg's comic coloring contest. Girls
predominant in the contest. Two
boys win prizes this week and fou
girIs. Only six colored sheets were
submitted by boys and more than
40 by girls.
The Journal contest is conduct
ed as follows:
Any school boy or girl in New
Mexico is eligible.
Take the Sunday comic aupple-
ment of the Journal and color the
figures and backgrounds with
water colors or crayons.
Attach to the colored sheet your
name, address, age and school and
bring it to the Journal office or
man it to the Jiggs Contest Edi-
tor of the Journal.
Contestants in Albuquerque
should bring in their colored
sheets by Wednesday night. In
tries win be accepted later If there
is a sufficiently good excuse.
Out-of-town contestants should
mail their colored sheets so they
will reach the Journal Office by
Friday night.
After one has won a prize lie or
she is ineligible to receive a prize
the following four weeks, but at
the end of that time may enter
the contest again.
Ages of contestants range from
to IA years. The prize winner
this week is only 10 years old.
The prize winning sheet will be
on exhibit at o. A. Matson's store
each week, with a display Of the
comic sheet before it is colored
Materials, watercolors and cray
ons can be obtained at Matson's.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-15

Santa re, May 14.--The Pres
byterian church is negotiating with
Tor Hanna, owner of the Elks'
theater, on the basis of a $4,000
offer for the possible purchase of
the theater for remodeling into a
church. The church recently de-
cided to renoyate and remodel it's
present building AT a cost of
$1,000.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-15
GIRLS WIN The
Big SHARE OF
JIGGS PRIZES
OF Nearly so Contestants,
Only Six Are Boys; Out
of-ToWn Entrant Takes
a Place.
THE PRIZE WINNERS.

First prize, $1.O0--Josie OF
well, 1909 West Tijeras.
Second prize, so cents--Hen-
rietta Harris Mize, 316 South
Walter.
Third prize, IS cents-Kyle
Nye, AS West Gold.
Fourth prize, 20 cents-Eliz-
abeth Griffin, 1908 North
Second.
Fifth prize, IS cents-Viv-
ian Marabal, 936 North Eighth.
Sixth prize, rs cents-Robin
Woolgar, Magdalena, N. M. -.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-04-15

msnt - the Hease 81 easwaens ~
Prssns Minister LleyaA-esenfxe that tne
mssmvrs haA declined 70 re- @psm neNms
t4gausaa asth fn@ @mmWHe. w@ssa~ fM~ msT
naa amrwmem& tnwf fns raEArm@a massS Asaa
fh# fFnNsKp@Fg weFANFa A@d emmNwRhsHs
fha sssMe emlAea fm# tmwa@ht.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-04-15
Railway and Transport Workers
Canoe! Strike Order Called
For Tonight

LONDON. April 15--An unexpected and sensational
split In the ranks of the powerful Triple alliance" Of
labor this afternoon promptly changed the complexion of
the hlackes industrial crisis Great Britain had ever
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
OLD CLOWN RETlRES.
CONTINUED From Page One.)

mcmbered and they laughed together.
"And do you remember how Juliana
Booth used to carry a lantern around
the lighted streets of New Orleans?"
asked Laura.
The old man nodded his head. Eyes,
but all the Booths were touched a lit
tle," he said. Il remember my brother
Steve and I met Wilkes Booth in a
restaurant few nights before he shot
Lincoln. Hello, Wilkes said to him,
what are you doing now? He looked
at us with a Wild light in his eyes. I'm
leaving the. stage he said, and when
I leave the stage all the, world will
know about 1T We thought it was just
some more OF the crazy Booth talk,
but" and AL shook his head, "all the
world did hear about it."
Eighteen hundred and eighty
two. From Tony Denier, King Of
Clowns, to an apt pupil, Alfred Frizbe
NIiaco, the Car Of Stills. This man
has sense enough to play the Fool"
"'Sense enough to play the Fool"
he repeated. And I've worked hard
to play the Fool"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

regularly robbed Keller never had to
elevate his hands once while he was
in the country.
He took more than five thousand
dollars in gold doubloons out Of the
country packed in asphaltum and after
nerve -racking experiences succeeded
in evading both the robbers and the
government officials.
Keller has played before Queen Vic
toria, Car Nicholas Of Russia, nearly
all the principal rulers Of Europe, the
rajahs Of India, the mobiles of China
and Japan as. well as the. big: men of
South Africa, Australia and, South
America: He has been staked wren
financially embarrassed by some Of the
greatest financiers of the world .includ-
ing the grandfather of, the present
Pierpont Morgan.
Successor Works With Inventions.
= Keller was never especially clever
with his hands. His hands are. large
and his fingers thick like coal
heavens as he described them to me.
Because Of this physical handicap he
was driven to invent mechanical de-
vices for most of his illusions. And as
a result Keller is today the inventor
of the greater part Of the modern
magician's paraphernalia.
Most of these inventions he has sold
or bequeathed TO his successor Keller
was the inventor of the famous levita-
tfon trick where a body Is apparently
suspended in the air. This trick while
widely initiated has never been done
the way Kellep. does it but by one per-
son to whom the old master told the
secret. 70 t... ~,
: Although retired, Keller, true to the
ethics Of his profession, refuses to ex.
plain the: thousand and one stunts OF
the illutionist. He makes one exception.
He will expose any person who claims
to do his tricks through supernatural
aid. He has no use for anyone VINO
uses his art to play upon superstition.
For years he exposed the tricks OF
so called spiritualists and other noted
fakirs.
There is nothing spiritualist can
do" he says, that 1 cannot do and
show how ii, is: done. 1t is all tricks.
Like puzzles they are difficult until
YOU understand them and then you
wonder how you could have been 50
dense. Even an amateur magician lear, can
fool me with a new trick for a little
while but will eventually solve it by
the process Of elimination or hsurlhs
out the ways it couldn't have been
DONE"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
a9u,,lpruailts. Il department.

Demand: 'for brushes. young
Englishman* tpjfiso'posed to a girl, ,nand
her: father said to him.. You need not
come back HntilEyou are preparedkto
settle $4,000 iohi 4rny daughter. I1am
not going to- fet- YOU :marry without a
proper: settlement le: ~:&f.":"ii!' :"
The. ardent weber, went: away in a
despondent frame. of mind for, though
he: had q fair income, he had no. money
to settle oar hisrfancee:.,;S:;: :.,,::,e $.
Next ;dayaheptelds his story to 2
friend ,in.the, city. who said: "SuRpose
you. try a little Speculation. I'll buy a
thousand, .Brushess,ss';7 shares
in: the Brush ELECTRIC company. s.:
Ten days .tlateGs the, friend handed
s17,ooo-the profits of; the transaction
TO. the young, Jman.: who went
straight i to-; his future: father in law
with "a; check. oS,.s1a, ,noQ. 49,. - q =.
The latter. asked |" how the money
had been found so quickly. >. =,
"Oh, it's all right, the lover replied.
"a friend of mine bought me some
brushes on the stock exchange and
they went up in wonderful way.
don't know if they were hair: brushes
or nail brushes: or tooth brushes. but
there was a wonderful demand for
them" -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

them and they have not failed to take
advantage of the situation and a sense
of humor has been developed among
the Germans as an occupied country
which they totally lacked when they
were the occupying forces.
The absolute refusal to speak
French even by persons we'll acquaint-
ed with the language is one OF the
most common ways in which Germans
show their dislike of the French mill
tary men. The correspondent walked
into a cigar store, the other day, while
a French officer was attempting to
make the woman in cha. &c understand
the brand Of cigarettes he wanted She
seemed absolutely at loss to under-
stand him when the correspondent
translated the officers request in Eng
lish.- After the officer had departed
she told the correspondent in ;Purest
French: "I understood him the hrst
me but 1 would not give; him the
satisfaction" Many shopkeepers have
forsaken good sales by the same reluc-
tance to speak French.
Few women in Dusseldorf, Ruhrort
or Duisburg will be seen in the COM
nany OF a. uniformed French soldier
or officer in the streets. The few VINO
transcress the unwritten law are
promptly catalogued at the German
city headquarters and are marked tor
reprisals. In some cases the difficult
ty is avoided by the occupying swain
adopting civilian clothes, which seems
to be satisfactory all around.
In the wine cellars Of the most
fashionable restaurants Of Dusseldorf
there is a. corner called 1.-The occupa-
ton corner:.": There are deposited all
the bottles of wines whicA have been
refused by: the German customers as
having soured owing to defective
corks. When a party Of French Of
ficers puts in an appearance they are
always served with two or three
bottles:of the special wine which they
promptly reject, as Frenchmans S
taste for wine is infallible, but by the
time a, real good bottle Of wine IS
reached "the French cannot taste the
good of it" as one headwaiter put II.
The entrance of a party of Frencn
officers in a. beer garden causes the
temperature to descend to the freez-
ing point and surrounding tables 10
be vacated as promptly as they were
by Belgians in their cafes when Ger
man officers came marching in. overt
insults are avoided as carefully as
they were in Belgium but acts IN
contravention with the DEGREES OF the
occupying forces are treated by the
French as they were. by the Germans
in Belgium, ;. Fines are imposed II
marks
The Belgians and the French SUI
fered occupation of territory more
stoically than the Germans and WITH
less self pity. The owner OF the
palatiar home recently requisitionee
in Dusseldorf for the general stan
of General Desoutte, the French com
mander, .wept bitter tears as he de-
parted from his house.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
DOWN ON ;THE DANCE
Southern Baptist Convention VIsor-
sousIy Opposed.

SOuGneTR pdPtiot
SousIy Opposed.
The Southern Baptist convention at
it's recent meeting in Chattanooga
gave its following unequivocal deliv-
erance on the modern dance:
Another gross and growing eVlt
must be mentioned. 1t Is the modern
dance. One of the most serious anu
menacing by-products of the World
war is the great increase in the dance
evil and the cxtravasant extremes 20
which it has gone. Accompanied. as;
it is, by the inlmodest dress, by clo:Se
physical contact of the sexes, by Hs1
lack of restraint, it Is undouptedyii
doing much..t undermine the morais
of our you1g people: 1t is beyond.
question that in many cases it leaas;
to moral wreck and ruin. The tlme;
has, come, when, from every 'puipHf;
strong and persistent protest much pc;
made and wise and faithful teachings
must be given The time has come
when our churches, as such, must take
a positive position against this cor
rupt and corruptng evil. Undoubted-
ly the parents are largely responsibie'
Your commission would appeal, with
all possible epphasis,tto all our peo7
nle, especiallyto the pastors and par.
ents, that this growing menace shall
be checked and abolished" =
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17


Different darling little baby
had reached the. age when. he could
COO. an:accomplishment. in .which:'he
indulged most of the time. =
And proudly his mother was telling
the tale of his accomplishments. :.
HE is the most welcome visitor !
ever had" she said. giving him "a
srnacking kiss, "He Just lies and talks
to me by the hour. Don't YOU, baby7
Don't 90 tell mother et'erythihs%
The baby cooeed 'oblfginsly. and
mothers friend: reRllea: ~ =, SO,
''1snt: that nice!"' 80 unlike other
visitots- they just talk and. lie to you
by, ths hour!". ;. - - :: :
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

sianiAsant.-Nihe-y yyeesr:oid ). Charles
carried letters from: the lawyer next
door to his best girl. Every time he
took one. the lawyer gave him a dime.
But one day he decided to reward
atm s.slittle better He sarted to nsh
two dimes ont Of his picket. :. !.
! II guess these letters are about
worth twenty cents he remarked ia
cctiously. :, : - -.
Yes. slr,"' Charles agreed, soberly
"that's what 'get--a dime from you
and one from Her" e. -,-., .,;, =
But he didn't know what there was
about his speech to make the fellow
grin SO happiiys-1hdianapolis News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
Worried About poetor.-Among

- o. ..r-
Worried About poetor.-Among the
patients Of a certain hospital there
was "a man who, was disposed to take
a dark view Of his recovery
/"Cheer up. old, man" ';admonished
the. youthful rnedieo attached to- the
ward in which the patient lay. ."1our
symptoms are identical with those iof
my own case four years ago. I was
just as i'll as you are and look at,tne
now" -: - -
The patient ran his eyes over the
physicians stalwart frame. then shook
his. head feebly and said: hass
e. Yes, but what doctor did you
have ?.'r'.. ..--,';'?.,.:'.' -. a''''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
Not From Het.-char1es looked very

Not From Hst-charles looked very
glun. .... .:
Matilda has broken our engage
ment," he confessed. to his chum. :"
Sorry to, hear. that" replied his
friend Hal. "Why did she break it?:
Because stole q kiss" -
What" cried Hal. ."Do You mean
to say she objected to the fellow TO
whom she is engaged stealing kiss
from her?" - -, IT,.
Charles stammered and suffered.
.'It wasn't exactly that. he admit
ted. "You see, the kiss I stole | didn't
steal from her. -,.... =: -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Wow!-T:want> YOU to put up scrae
wall paHertS1. have bought. said the
clergyman, to the local decorator
when :can you do 'it?" - -
well I'm rather'busy Just now
said tho spaperhanger. Hung Mr.
Smith yesterday. hanging your deacon
tomorrow, but If It's convenient I'll
run around and. hang you on Wednes-
day." - ~ =. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

His Preferenee.-A Boston artist
relates that while he was painting in
an open field one day a rustic came
up and stood watching him. Pres
emily the fellow remarked: :.
"purty clever you be. mister, a.
paintin' two ;picters at wunst. But l
like the one you got your thumb
through best. st."-ExchanSe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Learning ouiokly.--"'rm not at all
sure" said the. prohteer's wife to the
head master of the fashionable pre-
paratory school. how your school is
going to suit my dear boy"
The head master smiled confidently.
you need not worry about that
madam" he said; we've taught him
how to hold his knife already" =,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17
GERMANS HATE FRENCH
Occupation Forces in Rhenish Prussia
Have Rubbed Il In.

IIdSe nabGSd ~ ths
The anti-occupation sentiment is
much stronger in Dusseldorf, Ruhrort
anu Duisburg, the cities Of Rhenish
Prussia recently occupied by the
French. than in Mayence, Coblenz and
Cologne, which also have been under
foreign occupation for more than two
years by the French, Americans and
British.
Az one crosses from the left bank
of the Rhine and enters recently oc-
cupied, territory. the mood, of the pop
|uiation, becomes more sullen. their
behavior more aloof and their hatred
much. more pronounced.
The reason may be that the French
afe occupying that part Of the right
bank of the Rhine that they hold
near the Ruhr in real military fash
ion and the occupation is much more
severe than that on the left bank.
The hatred of the population is d.
rectcd more especially against the
French and children are being brought
up in a constant terror and. undis-
guised scorn of the occupying forces
which gives but little promise that
the real brotherly love. between French
and Germans will be achieved with the
coming generation.
Occupations bring out the witty
sides Of the occupied populations and
books have been written about the
good jokes which the Belg!ous per-
petrated. on the Germans "niie the
latter were ruling their country by
force of arms The Germans are now
in the same position toward the
French as .he Bclgians were toward
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Trying to Get .out.-Jimmys MOTH
or was giving him sound scolding
about. his unwashed neck. you know
YOU haven't washed your neck" said
his mother. =. Gee whiz!" said Jimmy.
. note Of desperation creeping into
his voice.. "ain't goin' to wear col
lar?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Riaht O!4The rouEhneck politician
burst into the lawyers office and in
an excited manner asked:
What wosiid yop do If paper
should call you a thief and iiar?"::
We'll" said the lawyer "if I were
you I'd tosstup:a nickel to see whether
I'd reform or pay no attention to the
statement" ..' ..a --,' ......'..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Rare TaIent.---Mrs: Parvenu Ito CALI
err: Improvise? Why, my daughter
can improvise any piece of music you,
put before her. "y-Exchange. =.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Appreciative.-."You know, Henry, 1
speak as think"
"Yes darlingS only ofteRer."-cape
Town Argus. : -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Really He Is.-'I wonder If Grigss-
by really does come from such eooo
family. He's always Dragging about
It." -,
.Oh, yes, he's very well connected
indeed, but I've never heard any
other member of the family brag
about him.dWNeNw York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

A Rare aGiri:-'Jack said 1 was a
dream" -.......... g..
.:-.What dIU YOU say ny?''-'- -' -''-'--'
Il told him to wake up."-E1change.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

Busy men and ennui are not on
speaking terr1s "
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-17

-Rubbisg tie meat of n pecan nut
into q scratch. m a polished table Will
successfully conceal the scratch.