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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
A PRECEDENT PRESERVED

T EGISLATlON to hit very special cases
- has long and rightly been regarded as
inadvisable. In State and city politics the
term ripper is sufficiently opprobrious to
describe the practice of political ousting
which such lawmakng sometimes involves.
The usual objects of ripper" tactics OBJ
viously have nothing to do with the congress
sional measure which would enable General
Leonard Wood to retain his military status
during the period of his service as Governor
of the Philippines.
The bill. which applies only to General
Wood and two other army men, Is, however,
q clear violation of a commendable principle,
even though its purpose is not to get rid Of
these individuals but to honor them. The
shelving of the measure in the House de-
notes a conservative regard for good prece-
dent the effect of which upon the career Of
General Wood will not be harmful.
The prospective Governor Of the Philip
pines will be eligible for retirement. under
the thirty-year service provision, on ,Octo-
Der o. There is therefore. not the least
compulsion upon him to resign from the
army. As matters stand il is likely that
he will simply assume his post in the archi-
pelago after he has been taken off the active
army list In that case the excellent rule
forbidding army officers 70 fill civil Govern
ment positions will not be infrnged upon,
As the sentiment of the House is unQueS-
uonably sympathetic to General Wood, tho
tabling OF the bill cannot be asCribed to OBJ
stSuCtionism. 1t Is the larger aspects Of the
situation and their effect on future legisla-
tion which has been duly considered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
VIE MOTHER MoURNS FOR ALL

rCIiE bereaved English mother who is to
Il come to the United States to lay wreath
ON the grave Of the unknown soldier to be
buried in Arlington Cemetery on Armisticc
pay is to represent all the mothers of the
Two nations whose sons were killed in the
tar.
Her identity is to he concealed. that there
may be no personal element in the beautiful
stcmbolism o; the tribute. She is to be just
81 mother mourning for her SON. She will
l,e there viCariously for every mother whose
spn lies in an unmarked grave on the battle
ftads Each such mother may find con-
setation in the thought that the soldier in
the Arlington grave is her son and that the
English mother is laying the wreath beside
tho monument for her.
And each mother may also console herself
with the belief that tho three veterans of
tbe World War who won the Victoria Cross
and the three Crimca veterans who are TO
csCort the British mother across the ocean
would have done as much for her II she had
IePn selected to represent bereaved mother =
hpDd at the moving ceremony next No
VEinhor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

l. Queen Victoria of Great Britain was the
daughter of the Duchess of Kent
daughter of Francis, Duke Of SAKE
Coburg- -Saalfeld and a sister of Prince
Leopold. who became the first King of
Belgium.
Q The use Of the globes" formerly re-
garded as regular branch Of the edu-
cational curriculum, was the. teaching
Of astronomy and geography by means
OF globes
3. A lory is a kind Of parrot.like, bright
plumaged bird from the East Indies.
I Lenin should be pronounced "I.en-vin ."
!. "Vraisemblance," a French word i'm.
ported into English, means appearance
Of truth, plausible resemblance
G The Island OF Formosa belongs to Janan
7 A vendetta Is a blood.feud, in which the
family Of the injured or murdered man
seeks vengeance on the offender or his
family. Inc name vendetta is taken
from Corsica, notorious for the preVa
lenCe Of the practice
8 Truce of God was the name given to tho
suspension OF private feuds in Franco
Italy and elsewhere in Europe in tbe
eleventh and twelfth centuries The
terms usually provided that the feuds
should cease on az the more Impor.
nally introduced by the Church to miti
gate the evils of private war tho c,'s
tom gradually fell into d!suse as thn
rulers of the various countries beCa mo
more powerful,
Q Alessandro Volta was a famous I,alior
physicist, famous for his researches
In electricity, His name is preserved
1927. ''''-
10 william Fl. Gladstone Ia credited with
GSining ths phrase the "Unspeakable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
AN ARCHITECTURAL GEM

A s MIGHT have been expected work upon
n the reconstruction Of the old City Hall
and Supreme Court Building at Fifth and
Chestnut streets has Immediately empha-
sized the contrast between the original
beauty of the structure and the reckless
and inartstic character Of later additions
Traces of charming old srairways have been
brought to light Subsequent patchwork
improvements are responsible for the present
unprepoSseSSnG appearance and arrange
ment of the interior.
The restoration. rs is entirely proper. will
respect the original plan. This is not ex-
clusively because Of historic associations.
Appreciation Of csthetic values will also play
its part.
just why So much Of COlonial architecture
was beautiful is as difficult to explain as
the hdeOusnPsS of the Mid Victorian or
"Lnte General Grant" achievements. Each
age is wont 10 pride itself upon its sense Of
structural beauty. Historical perspective
however. invariably reveals marred oscilla-
tions of taste, and IT is possible TO appraise
with some accuracy the course of architec.
tural stupiditioS and architectural inspira
tion.
The grace that ahides in the Georgian
style, initiated in this country. is absolute
and can be estimated apart from the soften
ing influences of age. The American Insti-
tute of Architects. which is supervising the
reconstruction of the old City Hall, has an
nnviable opportunity to rerreate n structure
Of which Philadelphia may be proud.
The primary asses for evolving gem Of
Its genre are all present
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks Wh Thinking Phiadepans Subjects The,
Knosu Best
KnoN Best

the case of a prominent business man who
loses all. He might shoot himself. but not
because he was insane. Merely because his
outlook on life showed nothing ahead for
him.
Coming back directly to the war-of the
men who entered the service and participated
in warfare, there were two different types
of those who since the war have become
psyche mental wrecks. One of these was
the man who entered the service with an
originally diseased nervous system, An
other type is exempifed by the man who
from childhood possessed a functionally
weak nervous system a nervous system that
was adequate for his ordinary civilian re-
quirementS, but could never stand up under
the trying circumstances of military cam
paigning.
From these types of individuals came
that vast ma iority Of cases of shell shock
and war shock which form one of the most
vexing problems that the hospitals of the
country face today.
That the war shock patient is a sick
man no one who is familiar with the facts
doubts. His is new type of illness, ono
that will be with US for the next ten years.
Lastly. but by no means least, might be
mentioned the type of neurological patient
who has the condition which we call com
pensatonitis. He believes that his present
condition. regardless of what it is, has some
relation to war service and that 1t consti-
tutes an adequate ground for compensation
from the Government.
Close Study Is Required
To be fair to the patient and at the
same time to be fair to the Government,
these cases require the very closest study
to determine their exact relation to previous
military service.
while in the naval service l had great
opportunity to observe thousands of these
cases mt the naval post AT Cape May and
the general army hospital at the same place
Today 90 per cent of the cases from the
Public Health Service hospitals are neuro-
logical cases.
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cigarettes apiece for every man. woman and
child AS no children and few women smoke
tobacco in any form, the average consump-
tion Of cigarettes by those who use them
must be at least 1900 year per capita.
AS S1,00O,0O0 cigars were manufactured,
the average consumption Of cigars per capitS
must be about $50 on the same basis
1t would be easy for Mr. Cattell. the city
statistician to figure out how many pi@tes
Of ice cream could be bought for what is paid
for cigarettes and tobacco every year. or
how many pairs Of baby shoes. or how many
suits of clothes. or how many automobiles,
or how many missionaries could be main
tanned in China. or how many times the
cigarettes would reach around the world If
placed end TO end. or the economic value df
the ashes if the chemicals could be extracted
from them. But these figures would have
only q curious interest. The fact that the
Government receives revenues of nearly
$500 600 900 year from the taxes on to-
bacco Is of more practical concern. IN
means that those who do not use tobacco
are relieved from that much taxation I'M
other forms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
MILLBOURNE'S FINE MILL

yNTHEN motor drivers. venturing a passage
w through the borough of Millbourne.
neglect TO observe the exact letter of the
road law. the Squire of the place. one
Yerkes. has them hustled before him, from
trap dcftly arranged. and fined Each
catch means a little more than 81 for the
Squire and his constable When watChmCn
were posted by one of the motor clubs TO
caution drivers and to keep automobiles well
within the speed limit they we're arrested at
the Squirps order and charged with-ds.
orderly conduct 1t is pretty clear. there
fore. that the astute Nerkes is Squire of
hated legend. a justice of the sort that
beset the roads of New Jersey in the old
days before the State authorities harshly
disciplined them.
Too many road laws are made to be
broken. When the authorities in n small
borough put signs on their section of
great highway ordering all motor drivers to
70 no faster than eight miles an hour they
really mean that they do not want motor
cars to go faster than fifteen miles an hour,
But they leave II within the power of jus
tices of the peace and fee hunting constables
to impose unjustly upon drivers Of automo-
bies.
There ought 20 be standardized road laws
applying in all boroughs, nationally drawn
and nationally enforced Then we should
hear less of fine mills. AutomobtlistS mean
while have it within their power to deal
effectively with the hnng Squires. They
can avoid the towns in which these 'SQuircs
hold forth. Thus in the course of time
business mcnNwho rule the bOrouGhs and put
'Squires into office and kick them out will
learn that the prosperity of a community
depends invariably on the nature and extent
Of the traffic that passes through il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
RICHES AND DIPLOMACY

THE report from Washington that Presi-
l. dent Harding intends to keep in the
Diplomatic Service those men who have en-
tered 1t with the expectation Of making
diplomacy career is very good 70 far as II
goes Most Of these men occupy small and
comparatively unimportant posts. The i'm.
portant posts arc filled in the old fashioned
way. Appointment is made to pay some sort
of political debt.
General Dawes was brought face to face
with the consequences of this practice when
he was at the head Of the purchasing de-
partment Of the American forces in France.
He sought to make arrangements for sup
plies and labor from Spain and Italy and
Switzerland. but he found the American
representatives there incapable of giving him
any effective assistance. In his diary he
says that so long as we continue TO send
rich men abroad without any consideration
of their other qualifications the interests Of
the United States will suffer. The only
American diplomatic representative in Eu
rope with whom he had any dealings who
was equal to the emergency, he says, was
Ambassador Wallace. In France. He does
not mention the others by name, but when
he speaks of them in his political diary he
puts a dash where the name appeared in his
record.
Some of the embarrassments suffered by
man VINO ls not rich are described IN the
letters Of Walter Hines Page, who repre-
sented us in London. The salary paid Is
inadequate and no man can serve in London
without drawing on his private resources.
Whitelaw Red's house rent amounted to
more than twice his diplomatic salary. Am
bassador Herrick, now in Paris. is finding IL
difficult to obtain any house suitable for his
occupancy. He Is rich man and is not
forced to restrict his expenditures lest he
impair his fortune beyond recovery. But
for lack of an embassy building in Paris the
dignity of the United States is suffering.
Mr.. Herrick is a capable diplomatist, as Mr..
Wallace was.
But the American Government ought not
TO be forced 70 seek among the very rich men
Of the country for its Ambassadors. Mr.
Page was not a poor man and he was an
admirable representative Of the United
States. But he wrote the President that he
would not have gone to London If he had
realized fully the humiliationS to which he
would be subjected because of the nlggardi-
ness With which Congress treats the Diplo-
matte Service
1t is all very we'll to keep the trained men
In the smaller posts and to promote them to
higher positions as they prove their fitness.
But until Congress provides buildings In all
the foreign capitals for the use Of the
American representatives and raises the pay
ITO figure commensurate with the demands
for expenditure the most expert diplomatist
in the service will find promotion blocked for
him unless he has large private fortune.
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Sun Of the Vest, Good Night

GUN of the west, good night, good night;
~ Orb of splendid day;
Slowly YOU sink from my eager sight
Into the far away;
And night comes down and the shadows dare
To creep from the depths of their hidden
lair;
Safe till the dawn may they linger there
Sun OF the west-good night.
Sun of the west, good night, good night;
Ages may come and go;
And you swing on in celestial flight
Nor reckon on things below;
But ] know naught of my destiny
Tomorrow my fragile bark may be
Far adrift on troubled seq
Sun of the weSt-good night
-Grif Crawford in Kansas City Star,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
DR.. FURMAN ANGEL
On Postwar Psychology

"rTHERE has been considerable increase
l. in neurological cases since the war
ended This no one can doubt today. es-
pecially II he has come into contact with
large numbers of hospital patients. says
Or. Furman Angel, chief resident physician
on the medical side, Pennsylvania Hospital
1.-The question naturally arises. Why
should this be? Many widely different fac,
tors are believed to be responsible FIRST
should be mentioned the cessation OF the
so called war psychology. During the
war we were led to believe by the press, the
itself was right Many, further. enter
tained the belief that the war would never
end. it seemed, and money was very easily
made. 1t was as easily spent.
Easy Jobs Were Lost
THE post war period found large mum /.
ber without employment as result or
changed conditions. This factor alone has
caused countless numbers to develop neuras: :
thena, Mysteries and allied conditions, and
it has been the cause of not a few of our
suicides
I'm fact, there has been an alarming in
crease In the number Of neurological cases.
Every hospital of any size should have a
clinic for the examination and treatment OF
these cases. In this way the ordinary
practitioner would be able to recognize the
obscure phases of mental arrangement as
we'll as the ordinary forms Of insanity.
These clinics would safeguard the public
by removing from the streets dangerous per-
sons or those likely to become dangerous
through the development of their mental ills.
In addition. adequate treatment could be
given the mentally aiing, many of whom
could be cured.
Causes for Suicide
LAS for suicides, the majority Of them
are not to be attributed to insanity. Take
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION

THERE is small group of persons in the
l. United States who regret that the
bucket of water which the servant of Sir
Walter Raleigh threw over his head when
ae found his master smoking did not ef-
fsctually check the disposition Of white men
20 experiment with the soothing effects Of
tobacco.
There is much larger group who are
dad that Sir Walter persisted in proving TO
5is satisfaction that the American Indians
knew good thing when they found it.
How large that group is no one knows. No
census of the smokers ever has been taken
IN We know is the amount of tobacco that
they consume.
According TO the statistics gathered by
the census takers last year, $4,000 900, 900
n garettes were manufactured for cOnsump-
tion ia the United States. This is 40
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
DARWIN DIDN'T KNOW THIS

tn is too bad that Henry Adams did not
i live to read tho latest report of the
Field Museum. of Chicago, containing the
det Gription of marsupial which has re-
prrtuccd itself for 3.O0O.0 600 years without
GAmgp in It's structure. If he were still
a I've he could find more convincing argu-
mnnt against the early Darwinian theory Of
eM0lution than that Of the fossil which he
dit use. His fossil is found in the rocks
Of all ages. continuing without change for
hun ldreds Of thousands of years until the
4 crdiblrp became extinct.
Ale Field Museum report tells of a small
South American marsupial about six inches
long said 10 be Identical in structure with
the fossil skeletons found in rocks 3 900, 900
yesr, old, The animal has survived and
repsrduced itself during all this period with
out notifications in it's structure such as
Developed the present horse from a small
fve- toed animal of prehistoric times. 1t
may be- that the cvolutionists can explain
this as an exception which proves their
rule, But however that may be, men Of
sciUsce will be deeply interested in the
st,rty'o Of the animal known as the cnPnolcstcs,
and in comparing living specimens with
fossil remains Of his remote kinsmen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Today's Anniversaries

177T-AmeriCans under Gencral Sullivan
landed on Staten Island, surprised two reei
ments of Tories and captured many prison.
ers.
1916 General Kearney established gov
ernmcnt for New Mexico with himself az
Provisional Governor. '
lS6l-facht America wins cup race Mt
Cowes; trophy has remained in this country
ever since, though frequently contested for
lS61--Miss Lucy johnson. the inventor
of seamless bags, died at Elmwood. r. l.
lSS6--W. J. Kendall, in a cork vest,
swan through the Niagara rapids
101o-Friedrirh Ebert was sworn 1, a..
Imperial President of Germany. - "'
l"2OIWomcn of Costa Rica were granted
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Today's Birthdays

Edward II. II. Green. son and beir 80 ,.o
lat" Hetty Green, born in London fftv.
three years ago. ''
william l.. Douglas. former Governor ~
MassNchu.ctts, born at Plymouth. Mass ~
seventy six years ago "'"'' =
Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the Uni-
versity of Washington, born m San In Lmi'
Calf, forty six years ago. 'oS''
The Rt. Rev. Alexander ]. McGavicL
Catholic bishop OF Chicago, born at Foy
Lake, H.. ffty-eight years ago, 'oA
Daniel K. Anthony representative in
at Leavenworth, Kan, fifty one year, oorn ann
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

arately from his room. Or he takes his
meals in outside restaurants wherever he
happens to be when he Is hungry.
Those who have nothing more important
to do may try to decide which is the better
plan. The rest of us know that the plan
now adopted in the cities was not forced
upon the public, but that the hotel managers
have adopted it because they have discov.
cred that 1t serves the convenience Of the
people. II some other plan shall be de-
vised that is more convenient 1t will be
adopted as soon MS It iustifes itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
What Do You KnOW?


l. Name three American generals promi.
nent in the War of 1912.
.. What Is meant by 'poste restante"?
g. Distinguish between the Camorra and
the Maia.
l. What is the fer.de.lance?
3. How are the Territories of the United
States rep1 esented at Washington?
6. What is an epyorns?
Z Who was Cornelius Tromp"
:. What is the meaning Of the term dolce"
in music?
0. What Is a corOnach?
10. Name a European country in which the
capital Is not the largest city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

No growing nation like Japan can be =
whole hearted subscriber to the doctrine ,ol Oh
self determination for small nations. ne. ne.
contention is that the doctrine was brougn. ougn.
into being after the other big nations oil wv
world hnd 'gOt theirs"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

Stephen Coundouriotis, of the Greek Con.
.sulate at Washington, says this jazz that
they call music is just noise that makes you
want to shake your shoulders. We take y
that this means that the gentleman does not
want to want to shimmy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

1t is said that a substitute has been
found for anthracite. If it could only be put
on the market this winter the consumer
might say of the coal magnatc, Now wa'en
me make this bird come off his perch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

One ls justified in supposing that Gen;
eral Mitchell does not give whole hearted
approval to the finding of the War BoarIi
that the batteship is still the backbone oil
the navy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

Bear Station, Del, man says he killed
eighty five blackbirds with one shot. TO.
cainc, perhaps. With three black crows
and seven men in buckram the eghty.hw
ought to make an army to delight the Father
of Lies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

II Grover Bergdoll and Bill Haywood
could get together what beautiful little
hammerfest they could have.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

After mature deliberation we arrive 1t
the conclusion that Suzanne can stand the
racquet but not the gaff
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

The ship of state is still suffering from
n shattered boom; but repairs are being
made as 1t moves toward the port of Nor
malcy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

What is the difference between an ash.
cart seat and an anxious seat? None worth
mentioning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

We take 1t from the report of the Joint
Army and Navy Board that the battleship
is neither absolute nor obsolete.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

The hay fevered paragrapher consoles
himself now and then by sticking one Of his
wheezes In print.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

Canal barges are carrying grain in great
Quantities from the Middle West to New
Yonk nt one fifth less than rail Yates and
are making better time. II is odd that at
a tirue when arplnnes are opening up posi- =
biHtb,s of quick freight trips the oldest. and
usuNly the slowest, means Of transportation
shou1d be coming into it's own again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

What, shall there be no more cakes
and ale?' asked Sir Toby Belch. Cakes,
Toby, with luxury tax on 'em, but no more
ale.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

Literal minded Congressman have de.
cided that General Wood must go out before
he can come in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

There is something distinctly bolshe.
vistic in Vars's endeavor to inject class into
the campaign.