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Evening journal., 1921-09-07
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
FOR LEWES SCHOOLS

Special TO The Evening Journal
LEwEs. Sept THE Board Of
Education has elected Ira S. Brisner
OF Elizabethtown. Pa. superintend-
ent OF the public schools here 10 sue
ceed Herbert S. Rausch. who has
held the position for two years. The
schools will open here. on Monday.
September ~.
An 11-year-old son OF MT. and
Mrs. George Preftakes OF West
Chester. Pa. who have been sum-
mering at Rehoboth. died At the
Beebe Hospital Sunday morning af-
ter a weeks illness. He was oper-
ated on the first OF the week at the
hospital for appendicitis The body
was taken to their home In West
Chester Sunday afternoon
Evening journal., 1921-09-07
HENRY B. MNEAL TO
TEACH AND COACH

Special TO The Evening Journal.
ELKTON. Nd. Sept. Henry r.
McNeal. OF Elkton. who for several
years has held a position with the
DUPONT Company. in Wilmington.
has accepted the professionally OF
physics. chemistry and biology (sci-
ence) In the High School at Dubois.
Pa. He will also act as coach OF the
haakelnali ana naaepali teams.
Evening journal., 1921-09-07
CALL RAILROAD
MEN TO MEETING

A call has been issued to members
Of the Brotherhood Of Railway Car
men Of America. who reside in or
about Wilmington, to meet in the
Labor Temple. Tenth and Tatnall
streets, next Thursday night. Mess
ages are TO be received from b. NJ.
Jewell. head OF the Railway En-
ployes' Department OF the American
Federation. and Martin Ryan. presi-
dent OF the International Associa-
tion, Brotherhood Of Railway Car
men.
According TO Matthew G. Ralston.
president OF Brandywine Lodge. No.
S22. who has issued the call for the
meet ~. the messages will have an
imp 4 at bearing on the contro-
veisar between the railroads. es-
peciaBJ the Pennsylvania and their
employees.
Evening journal., 1921-09-07
COUNTY BALANCES.

Walter S. Burris. county treasurer.
reported the following bank balances
OF the county TO the Levy Court yes
terday: New Castle. s4,660.61; mis-
cellaneous roads account. s5747;
Christiana hundred. s3.011.31: Mil
Creek. t3S6.2S; white Clay Creek.
s5S.s3: Pencader. tS11.S6. New Cas-
tie. s64.7S; Red Lion. sSS2.15; st.
Georges. t6.3oo.57; Appoquinimink.
S114S9; Blackbird. s1.31; Brandy
wine, $3.50.
Evening journal., 1921-09-07
AABertOn BraleyS
(E@1 Daily Poem


Whenever I employ myself
In reading books and such,
I certainly enjoy myself;
Yes. very. very much.
From books Of every quality
garner fun enough.
From those OF sheer frivolity
or those OF sterner stun.
But shall never sense again
That magic thrill. indeed.
Nor know the bliss intense again
That came when mother'd read
OF ogres huge and thunderful.
And princcsses and kings.
And princes brave and wonderful.
And fairy queens with wingsi
Amid the books I'm treasuring
1 love 20 loaf and browse.
But in that gentle pleasuring
never can arouse
That JOY in grim or merry tales
Which once I used to know.
In listening TO fairy tales
Some thirty years agoi
Copyright, 1921. n. +. A. servicel
Evening journal., 1921-09-07
PEAR TREE BLOOMS AGAIN.

That nature plays some strange
pranks is demonstrated in the back
yard Of Charles Houk. at Newport
where a pear tree is again in full
blossom. While the tree bloomed
last spring, It did not bear much
fruit, because Of the late frosts.
Evening journal., 1921-09-07

Watch the Want Ads FOR positions
as clerks. bookkeepers and account
ants
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
MORE PACIFIC POWERS

INDICATIONS that Pacific problems at
L the arms conference are to be treated in
their broadcSt aspects. and not merely in
reference to the Japanese American situa-
tion. are furnished by the decision of the
state Department extending invitations to
Belgium. Portugal and the Netherlands
The first of these nations is not, strictly
speaking n Pacific Power its single though
vast colonial possession being the equatorial
Congo territory. largely inland, with short
coast line upon the Atlantic. The Belgians,
however. have long been interested in the
development of China. and especially con-
Cerned in railways expansion.
In governmental sense Portugal and
the Netherlands are much more intimately
involved in the Far East
The former country is tho historic pioneer
in Oriental expansion. and although but Il
shadow of the great empire of which Da
CANA and Albuquerque laid the foundations
now remains. Portuguese civilization has
left It's marked imprint upon the East in
contributions to the language of trade. in
business customs and convcntionalzed re-
lationships between Europeans and Asatics
The actual remnants in the Pacific region
Of the old tributary realm Of the sixteenth
century are Macao. tn" nOtoriouSly wide
open seaport ncal IIongkong. and a con-
Sidcrabl" portion Of the large island Of
Timor. in the Malay Archipelago.
Holland. tn" direct heir Of many of the
islands once subject to Lisbon. is more i'm
prcsSiv"ly Represented today. In area the
Dutch possessions in the Far East embrace
more than 200. 600 square miles. with n
population of about 10000. 900. or about
seven or eight times as large as that of the
mother country. In Java alone there are
approximately three times as many people
as in the whole of the Philippines.
1t is understood that the status of Bel
GUM, Portugal and the Netherlands at the
disarmament parlcy will be identical with
that of China. The two categories at the
sessions suggest, as do several other features
of the program the machinery of the League
Of Nations as cxcmplifcd by the Council
with its membership Of major Powers and
the Assembly with its more extended ad-
mittancc regulations.
Save for the comparative modcsty of IIol-
lands armament by land and sea. this ma
tOn would seem to be entitled to upper
class membership. As it is. the fitness of
cnlisting the cooperation of the sovereign
authority in Java. Sumatra, Celebes and
the greater part of ROrneo is unQuestonable.
To be stable. adjustment Of Pacific affairs
must take cognizancc of all the interested
parties.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
SALES TAX PROSPECTS

OK months ago there was little sentiment
- in Congress favorable to n sales tax.
Today the leaders who were once saying
that there was no prospect of its adoption
are saying that they see no serious objec-
tion to it.
The longer it is considered the stronger
becomes the sentiment in favor of It, There
are two arguments for it which appeal to
the Congressman. One is that it will raise
nearly n billion dollars in revenue without
burdening any one. And the other is that
it will make it possible to repeal the nuisance
taXPs and the taxes on transportation.
Senator SmoOt, who is working for the
adoption Of the tax, il confident that it will
come to vote at any rate, and he is hoping
that there will be n majority in favor Of IT,
Reports from Washington indicate that
the President himself may be asked to decide
the issue. 1t is said that If he asks for
the tax it will be passed He has said on
more than one occasion that he likes the
plan, but this has been in informal remarks
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
THE REAL SINNERS

GONE Of that truth provcrbialy spoken in
- Jest appears in Life this week in an
imaginary interview between the editor and
Governor Small. of Illinois. The Governor.
it will be recalled. has been arrested on the
charge of taking State funds when he was
Treasurer. lie is made to say that the
arrest was a put-up job. Then the editor
says:
Look here. Governor Small Of Illinois,
let me tell you something You don't in.
tercst me at all You are not to blame"
Don't you really think so""
NO. There are plenty Of men just like
you. The real guilt lies with the people
who elected you. II they wanted a man
like you why should you come to me now
and complain? Nobody would know who
you were II they hadn't elected you Gov
ernor OF Illinois. They wanted YOU and
they got YOU What are YOU making a
fuss about You are Of mo- CON
sequence. We, tho people Of New York
and Chicago and Of all the rest Uf the big
towns, we are the guilty ones"
Those who do not like what the mon in
the City Council are doing and are planning
to do would do well to devote at least sirtV
seconds to consideration Of their own re-.
sponsibility for conditions here
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
THE cANNIEST PEOPLE

nEPORTS Of the industrial and agriCul-
N tural revival of France fix the number
of unemployed as reduced to $1,000 out Of
n population of nearly 10000 900. Various
reasons are assigned for this remarkable
showing by the nation whose economic
structure was the most severely shaken by
actual war.
J 1t can be argued that over production,
one of the lamentable but almost inevitable
results of period of abnormal prosperity,
has not blighted the republic during the last
seyen years Rut this reason would perhaps
imply that acute distress is the necessary
aintroduction to n season of progress. Logic
recoils from such a 2Ostulate.
Undoubtedly the suspension of many of
the normal activities of the nation during
tbe war has resulted in an increased obllga-
tbn TO work as peace conditions are sta .
hlized. But temperament plays most
,Swnlhcant role in the exhibit.
K The French are chronically frugal; they
have even been called niggard. Their eco
Z nbmical propensities are perhaps almost as
bIqhly developed as those Of the Chinese.
Travellers returning from abroad this year
,report that the luxuries of living which are
ssill preyalent in abundance in Paris and
80 large citiee are not tempting the natives.
rhere Is piquancy in the reflection that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
THE POLITICIANS DID 1T

>NTAJORITIIS in favor of the Consttu-
llNl tional Convention were pollcd in seven
teen counties at the primary election.
They wPrc nearly all Democratic counties.
Among the exceptions were Allegheny and
: Dauphin. which are Republican.
The majority against the convention in
Philadelphia County was 10000. Th"
sample ballots ut the polling places marked
for the guidance of tho voters who take
orders or who follow the lead Of tho orCani-
cation had a cross in the negative square
opposite the convention proposition.
The opposition of Senator PCnrosc to a
revision Of the Constitution is notorious.
Governor Sproul was able to persuade the
Legislature to submit the question to the
v6ters. Tho State organization evidently
decided to let tn Governor have his way in
the Legislature, confident that it could vote
the proposition down at the polls.
The Grange. the mine workers and the
opponents Of appropriations To s"Ctar!an in
stitutiOns were opposed to the convention
and voted against it. But if tho political
leaders Of the State had been in favor Of it
= the opposition Of these other interests would
not have been strong enough to dctoat the
project.
The politicians object to any change in the
laws which will require them to rcorganizC
their machines. They are opposed to the
abolition of offices And they have no in
terest in increasing the efficiency of the
Government.
Every disintcreytod citizen however. who
has given any study to the subject knows
that the Constitution is in >ud need of re-
vision Some Of its defects can he cured
BY amendment Il has been amended more
than twenty times since 1900. and It viii
have to be amended many more times in the
future unless the State is to abandon the
program of pubic improvements on which
II j. now engaged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
EVENING PUBLIC LnDGER-pH1LADELpHIA

French women who proclaim silk stockings
dc rigueur persist in wearing hose Of cotton !;
that the delicious dishes concocted III boule-
ward restaurants are provided chiefly for the
delectation of foreigners. Cabbage SOUP
steams cheerfully in the homes, the main
stays of which are more interested in bonds
and securities against rainy day than in
fancy shirts and expensive amuscmcnts.
1t is one of the paradoXcs of history that
a people unsurpassed in the production of
ecgancies have ever been markedly re-
strained in self Indulgence. The fact helps
to explain the rapid recovery of France from
periodic blows sufficient to lay less canny
and far sighted people permanently pros.
trate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. The yendee is western department o.
France, the inhabitants Of which
raised vigorous opposition to the
French Revolution, between 1893 and
= Three unsuccessful military leaders OF
ant-Bolshevist movements in Russia
were kolchak. DenilSine and Wrangel.
D. 'Podsnappery" means the etiquette Of
the fossil gentry nj England, stin,
starched and extremely conventional
ana proper The type was presented
by Charles Dickens in Mr.. Podsnap In
- our Mutual Friend"
4. tray became dogs name as n COrrup'
ton OF the Spanish "trae" imperative
of the verb "traer," to bring or carry
D. John Milton wrote the poem paradise
Regained."
o. Jeremy Bentham was an English jurIst
and uulitarian Philosopher especially
noted FOR his work called "The COnHtl'
tutional Code " His dates are l14S'
1882.
I, luggcr I" a small ship with a four
colner"d sail, set fore mud aft.
D. miuiiAon j. Il wild mountain sheep oil
Southern Europe.
.. When first known the Mohlcan indians
nccupicd both banks OF the upper
Tucson River extending north nearly
10 Lake Champlan. west to the
a go Catskills and east into Massachusetts
10 Sirius is another name for the Dog star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
GANGS

WliAT the police used to call campaign
w OF terrorism in the days when thugs
ronmed the streets in motorcars and COM
mitted highway robberics at their leisure
ended suddenly when the illicit whisky traffic
became general and profitable Gangs of the
sort upon which the limelight was thrown
with the gunfight that ended the career Of
Red Murphy near Fifth and Montrosc
streets had found more profitable occupa-
tion than THAI in which they we're previously
engaged.
Every gang-and many of them are highly
organized and expertly lcd-maintains a con-
ncrtion on one hand with ward politics and
a connection on the other with the bootleg
SyndlratcS. 1t is persistcntly rumored that
there are in this city policemen and police
officials more or less deeply involved in the
underground whisky trade If that is true.
the guilty policemen are involved also with
the gangs.
Murphy was typical gangman. He had
friends higher up and no small degree of
influence in his general ncighborhood In
some parts of the city ward leaders have
deliberately encouraged and ably protected
gangs similar to those which collidcd in the
fight that ended the life of one leader.
Gangs are sometimes depended upon TO do
necessary dirty work in local elections.
Sometimes they OvCrdO the jobs assigned to
them. They ovcrdid the job in the Fifth
Ward. In return for that sort of service
they are given protection of sorts in their
routine work. That work is dope. selling,
gambling and the exploitation of unfortunate
women in the mysterious region known as
the underworld.
1t will be interesting to see how far the
police are able to 60 in explaining the cause
of the gang duel at Fifth and Montrose
streets. Behind the foud that led to a gun
battle in the streets there probably was Il
conflict of interests thnt would amaze and
shock the city II il were described in detail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
]. Who was Juan de Fuca and where 10 the
strait that bears his name?
>, Who said I'm the four quarters OF the
globe. who reads an American book
or goes to an American play or looks
NJ an American picture or statue"
and when was this observation made?
3. What Is the opening day of the regular
sessions of Congress?
4. How many Chief Justices of the United
states have there been?
8. After what King of England we're the
Carolinas named?
6. What Is a watt?
7, When was the first gasoline vehicle in
operation?
S, Who invented the trolley car?
9. When was the Lusitania torpedoed by q
German submarine?
10. What does NM signify in Roman nota'
tIon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

III he should send for the Senate and House
leaders and tell them 1t is important that the
nuisance taxes be repealed and that the tax
burden on transportation be removed, and
that the sales tax provides the best way to
raise the revenue which is now derived from
these offensive taxes, It is likely the SnIoot
plan will have smooth sailing through both
houses
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

II believe the future of the world Is
bound up in the fortunes of France" said
Ambassador Herrick Aye. and In the for.
tunes of the United States. Great Britain
Gcrmany, Russia, Italy. Mexico and every
other country, large and small. +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Despite drought and heat, the worlds
wheat supply is 1877 .O0O, 900 bushels greater
TINS year than last. The world has never yet
failed to provide an adequate food supply for
It's tcrming millions. 1t is only when man
permits transportation to so to ruin that
famine comes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
Hard Battles Won

"Not n little of the worlds work has been
done by men and women of this type, people
who throughout life have fought successfully
a continuous fight against insanity. Such
neonle need in childhood TO learn discipline;
thry need the wiseSt Of school masters to gct
them interested in the intellectual life. Thr%
need work and. above all, they need moral
raining especially the moral training that
makes children rCal!Zc that they have duties
and other people rights;
'.In this country children are taught, con
.ciOusIy and uncOnsclouSly, too much about
their rights, nothing about their duties.
Mental hygiene cannot help such in late
ndoIcscence and adult because their idea of
thoir rights includes the notion that they
ron break all natures laws concerning eat
inc and drinking and everything else without
paying the penalty -,
Natures laws, unlike the multitudnous
laws of the great republic, are always in ac-
tion always enforced. Punishment, nature
hoinp blind, is meted out not only to the
iow. breaker but to his family and to his
Gescendants Nature never pardons, never
puts on parole.
,nentaI hygiene, do not realize this. They
i,moginn they are exceptions and can drink
80 nTrcss and do other things to excess AMI
,.ot escauc. Really. they do not think any
thipq about it but, being creatures of i'm
,ulse not Of reason, they follow impulse.
ln'oycr having learned the greatest lesson
meedcd TO pass safely through this life, the
lesson of inhibition. Inhibition is the scien-
tifc word for self control. The sane man
has il. lie acts not from primary impulse.
. but only after reason has sat In judgment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Senator King, of Utah. says retailers
and manufacturers the country over have
combined to muintain/ the present high
prices, and that THE Attorney General
should send thousands Of these conspirators
who are responsible for the paralysis of trade
to the pcnltentiary" This is the kind Of
pifle one expects from n soap box orator,
but not from a United States Senator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

If two or three of its magistrates were
defeated. it might have Christening effect
on the Contractor Combine. This seems to
be pretty good reason why the Voters
League should give it another tussle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

The Contractor Combine evidently be-.
Iieves that 1T can get the job of street
cleaning if it raises dust enough to fill the
eyes of the populace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Secretary of the Navy DENLY is calling
for volunteers for the naval reserve. Opt
msts hope that some day they may prove
mercantile marine reserve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

"Contractoritis" is what philadcIphin
is suffering from, according to DR.. Moore,
1t will be remembered that the patient re-
fused to have an operation performed last
month
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

1t took a long time for summer to &c,
through saying good-by, but 1t looks aS
though she had at last departed Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

The animal that is terrorizing resident
of Eldersville, Pa, and is said to look lik
a timber wolf, may be nothing more than
bottle imp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Sentiment is veering around in favor Of
a sales tax. But how could the opposition
know that raising "h" would give the SmoOt
bill Smooth running?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Every once in a while community get,
sufficiently interested in forestry conserva.
tiOn to hunt up new pOlitical timber. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

October is the finest month in the year
and If you don't believe it ask any hay.
fever victim.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
SHORT CUTS

The natural and morally healthy sue.
sentsF. ccster of the ward gang isl the e0mmoni's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

We gather from the sporting pages thai
philosophers continue to grieve over a Word
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
Fourteen
Painful Points

nounred the selection of fourteen moorinp
sites for ships that can't be- sailed and can't
be sold; fourteen points on which Govern =.
ment economy is being impal"d Hog Island
is one of them, Which gives interest to the
fnct that twenty four hours after n bnge
tanker left the Chester yards it sailed from
New York for Mexico for II cargo of oil
Why is it necessary to build wholly new
ships while Uncle Sam has so many for
sale?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
Thirty five thousan,
In the Swim

privacy of the prize
goldfish at the annual exhibition at IIor.
ticultural Hall, FairmOunt Park, but no
action in trcspass has been entered hV
the poor fish. The forbcarancc Of the cnte
wee things speaks well for their value ~
pets. They neither kick, bite nor scratch
and never have been known to keen n"onic
awake o nights. low many Of the s. 60O
were quiet folk who prefer gold standard
in pets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05

Senator King should study the remarks
of Senator Edge. quoted by Governor Sproul {:
''The big capitalists do not want to risk
make money it is taken away from them by
the income tax, while if they lose there is no
rocompensc." And having digcstcd them.
pcrhaps Mr.. King may turn his talents
toward tax revision.
\ young Russian inventor in Paris is
said TO have invented n process by means
81 which he can make silk stockings from
sand ; and, by varying the quantities Of other
Ingredients. make non -inflammabc films and
crystal blocks for the building of houses.
Now II he only turns the stuff into hivyers,
furs and hooch the world will ask nothing
further Of him.