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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Letters to the Editor
Prepare for the Winter

~ tAs Bditoc Of the Evcntro Public Ledger:
eir--Eoonomise now and prepare for the
winter, are words that every housewife
should keep in mind. This 4, the advice
every ono closely allied with economic con-
dlttcns 10 atvins. II is going to be a hard
wintor. that 10 certain, nnd rnany may md
Themselves in the bread line II they are not
careful and fall TO prepare for the emer-
eency.
Recently I was discussing conditions with
= farmer friend OF mine from Banca ster
County. and be said to me that the farm
ers feel that II Ia no use t. soil their
Kfain and hogs now becruse the buyers are
payfnG hardly anything for them. Farm
stun II cheaper than II has been for long
time
fhs money Is being made by some one.
hut II - clear that the farmer Is not
rnskfrs Il at this time. We are COM
riaininy about the high prices. but we arc
doing nothing 10 help ourselves. Why net
take a trip out into the country. not ten
or twslve miles. but twenty TO forty. and
buy . pig for few dollars and have tho
butcher kill Il this fall for yor, II you can't
yourself. md then salt II away for the win
teri
Crowd the shelves with tho canned veg
etables bought from the farmer and put up
at home In other words. start helping
yourself. We would rather complain ana
suffer. II seems. than do little extra work
let us house wives start the economy step at
home; stop wasting fsod. clothing ana
above ali. time. arguing about the marc
times to some. Lots get things IN snape
30 that they will be as easy as we car make
them when they DO come. r. L. u
u Philadelphia, August 49, 1921
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

TO the Editor Of the Evening Pubic Ledger:
Sir-I have followed the controveTs,es in
your Do per rather carefully. and think one
Of the most ridiculous Is that IN which sew
eral writers to the Peoples Forum try to
criticize girls dress and the way she wears
her hair. Recently one OF your writer's. who
signs himself Employer" calmly asserts
that girls with bobbed hair and dresses UP
10 their knees are not efficient workers. In
answer to that statement I will say that I
am a high school graduate. with three gold
and ono silver medal 70 my credit. have
worked n the same office FOR three years
and am almost Invariably there at S clock
In three years I have missed but three
days.
OF course. ! realize that I am not 100
per cent efficient because I have bobbed ha r
and wear short skirt, but 10 "Empoyer ?
/ will add that make those sslf-same short
skirts after office hours besides finding time
TO smbrOidsr and crochst, making hats and
a few other essentials, such as wip!ng
dishes and sweeping floors. Do not think
/ am prodigy, for an not
There are other girls I know who do
the samo thing and still they cater 20 all
those other obnoxious wh!ms and capr!ces,
such AZ powdering the nose, bobbing the
haIr and wearing short skirts. think the
girl OF today is rallied at positively too
much.
II 'Employer' has any old tintypes OF his
ancestors, wish he would stddy them
carefully and learn the prevailing fashions
Of those times. I am sure that II hoop
skirts were the fashion his mother wore
them and did not dress as her mother did
Again, our grandmothers boasted of a
waist lire that could be spanned BY a
mans hands. Was not that fashlona bic
Surely II was not natural. Patches on the
face. powdertng. pluck!ng the eyebrows and
many other so-called aids TO beauty are
NOT the inventions OF tho modern girl at al!
but simply a recurrence OF fashions CEN
turfes old will ask Employer" frankly
II he would give girl place on his pay
roll who sought position clad in ons OF
those old black dresses that swept the side.
walks7 BOBBED.
Philadelphi1. August II. 1921
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1.-THE Boston Tea Party"
To the Editor o, the Eve,,sro p,ibuo LEDGE

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir--I will appreciate II very much II YOU
VIII print in your Peoples Forum, the old
poem entitled The Boston Tea Party
MRS. W. l.. HAINES.
Philadelphia. August 10, 1921,
There was an old lady lived over the sea-
And she was an island queen;
Her daughter lived on In a new country,
with an ocean OF water between.
The lady's pockets were full OF gold.
But never contented was she,
so she called on her daughter to pay hcr
or three pence pound on her tea.
Now. mother. dear mother" the daughter
replied,
Il shan't do the thng you ask
am willing to pay a fair price for tea.
But never the three-penny tax"
You shall" auoth the mother. and red
dened with rage.
For you're my own daughter you see,
And sure tbs quite proper my daughter
should pay
Her mother fair price for her tea
And the old lady her servants called up.
And packed of a budget OF tea
And, eager for three pence a pound, she put
In enough for large family
The tea was conveyed to the daughter 3
door.
All down by the ocean side.
And the bouncing girl poured every drop
In the dark and boiling tide.
And then she called out to the island queen.
"Oh. mother. dear mother" said she.
Your tea you can have when It is steeped
enough
But never n tax from me-
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Query for Republicans

TO the Editor Of tho Ercain0 Public Led1er:
sir-According to Mr.. David Lawrence,
political writer. Secretary Of state Hughes
is negotiating a separate treaty with Ger
many without consulting the Senate IN any
way, Mr.. Lawrence says that the terms
are In the hands OF the German onioiats.
hut no one IN the American Senate mas tne
least information on the subject. When
the treaty Is ready II is TO be presented 10
the Senate for them to accept.
should like TO know the opinions Of the
Republicans In regard 20 this matter HOW
can they uphold the Harding AdminisTa-
tion for doing the very thinss for whicn n
they criticized the wilson Administration
n seems to me that Nir. Wilson Is oelns
vtndicated much sooner than MS i''e"uS
and supporters expected him 10 be.
There was 10 be complete chahge OF
foreign policy when Mr.. Harding oecafhe
President. Will some one tell me where me
change has been made? Nr. Harding shouIu
apologize to the country for his SHY cam
naixn utterances and admit that MI. wilson
10 a very fne example 20 follow: He seems
10 be doing his best TO initiate MI WILSON,
espeoislly in the matters OF toTeisn poHcS.
won't some Republicans answer my cues
ttons7 49,, DA,
Ardnnore Pa, August S. 1921.
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For a Noise Inspector

TO the Editor Of the EUcrtng Public Lcdosr.
Hr-We have inspectors for health, smoke
food etc. Why not noise inspectors? The
automobiliat goes footing through the
streets at all hours Of the day and nlEht
making hideOus sounds, whether you are
trying to take an afternoon nap. or getting
those few hours sleep before midnight that
are beneficial to the health Then In
the morning quite early the icnman arri,ea
and he begins hollering out the numbers OF
the houses all along the block in a shrill
voice. demanding TO know how much ice fl,
wanted. and you are awakened from your
last nap. and from that on you might Al,
well get up an hour or two before your
required tima for you have been SO DISTURBED
that further sleep is Impossible. These arc
kat two Of the many noiFCs that help 10
make life almost unbearable In the resi-
dsntiai sections, MRS w l.. @.
Philadelphia, August H. 1921,
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Fairness to Drafted Men

10 the Editor e thJ EventnG Puonc Ledger, rr,o
sir-In reply 10 Samuel T roster WI"
hands a tolt TO the drafted men "ou'u
IKE to enlighten him and his kind a ntIe.
The draft Of 1918 was an entirely dineren'
drnft to that OF 1888. I am one OF nun
drrds OF boys who tried to enlist in the
srmy and could not pass the physical exam
nation. ., :,
When the draft came along they lowered
me physical requirements and l. IKE 'he
rsat then passed When I arrived at camp
I nsyer received . uniform until the day
before We sailed for France. was one
Of the early bunch Of drafted men. and
Uncle Sam could not At me out with
suit.
What wouli ne have done with the two
million drafted men II they all had en-
listed? The regular army requirements were
too strict. as proved In hundreds OF
cases. l. for one. passed more lax ex-
animation and served overseas and was
wounded. and all as a drafted man.
Some OF our fellows were used as re-
pj.cem.ats in the National Guards and were
received rather coOlly into their outfits. Some
of thsi1 called US yellow birds" but the
peculiar part WIS that the ones who did the
most talking were as yellow as gold when
vs got under hrr.
80. Mr. Foster. the twelve million fam
lies gave freely their sons, whether they
went nrpt or last. II you can't boost, don't
knock. Three cheers for the drafted men
and the regular as we'll
EIGHTIETH DIVISION.
Philadelphia, August IA 1921.
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Southerners In Union Army

To rhe Editor n the ErcHhiO Ptibto Ledger;
S!r-Tn discussion recently friend
said thai rag!men,a for the Union Army
we're recruited IN Southern States, and that
uany Sou'horners fought In N" U0'On
army - this cor-nct? q. w. r.
Phuadelph!a. August ~ 1921
Regiments were recruited from but one or
the sec,dri States TenNesEec, FOR service in
the Union army Tennessee sent nineteen
regiments. Regiments were raised In all
II the Sou'tern s'at"s that did not secedo.
and ircluteA n the Northern armies were
men from ovcrv Southern STATE who had
enlisted with the men Of soma other State
From Alabama there were during the war
257C men serving in the Union Army.
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What About Il. Men7

10 tAe Editor Of the Bvenir0 Public Ledoe'.
sir-There Is much said about women ,u,. :
slavery TO fashion. That's nonsense. lneE
are soions compared to men. WhoeVeF
heard OF woman on red-hot day cranp
ing her throat in a thick linen collar three Cth
piy and doubled. and q thick silk necXtie,
and wearing a thick cloth coat ano u.e ~
often wearing a vest. tool. and a pair OF
shoes that weigh pound apiece. ana a
narrow -brimmed heavy hst7 Whoever heer9
OF women making such fearful sacrlhcee OF
comfort TO the goddess tashiont Un'ii ~
= Tim. pIease let women be known as the
sensible sex. Also. what women ever IN
vented or wore in winter such hideous heeo-
rear as the derby or the stoVeplpe nat
+. w. METSGER.
Phiiadelphia, August IA 1921.
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Citizenship

To the Editor Of the ErcrtrO Public Led0e-:
SRI am engaged 10 marry Filipino.
Do lose my citizenship by doing so? He
served with the American forces during
the war What should he do to become
citizen? T. E *.
Philadelphia. August -. 1921.
Your prospective husband Is not a citizen
and you lose your citizenship by marrying
him. 4 special law was passed during the
war which permits any honoraby discharged
soldier 70 obtain American citizenship at
once. Let him go 70 the naturalization
Bureau in th" Federal building with his
discharge papers from the army. and he will
receive his citizenship papers.
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THE PEOPLES FORUM

soon driven back by the Germans. There
was also lighting the western front on
German soil. The French invaded Alsace
August 7. 1914. and soon took Mulhausen,
but they were driven back and forced to
vacate that city on August 25 OF the same
year. A short section OF the Vosgcs battle
line continued to hold on to that Alsatian
soil.
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To Remove Tattoo

70 tho Fftor Of the Erento0 Pr,tlc LCd1cr:
Elr-W'hat Is the best way 70 rerrova a
tattoo which has been on my arm for the
past three yesrET II. ". II.
Philadelphia August 10, 1921
ono method that Is said to 10 e'f!ca-
c!ous II 70 apply e paste made from sa,icyIlc
pcld and r1yrNriue. leaving II under a cYm-
rrasq for . matter Of eight days when Il
can bo rer~nv-d. together with the tend akin
Three treatments ~ THIS sor. should he
efficient. although u complete "haoewcnt Of
the nlrIs cannot be TuIrar'e"'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
FIahtIna on German Soil

To the Editor Of the EUentn0 Pub1" LCd0er:
sr-I am very anxious 70 know whether
there was any Aghting on German soil dur
ing the recent war II. ". l..
Phuadelphia. August ~. 1921
The Russian arm" invaded German '"r-
ri,ory early In tho war whom rhn Russian
troops crossed he frontier INTO Eatr Prussia
at schwinden. soI'h ast of BluU and near
Rlchenred in P1-cn. RIFsa'H northern
army was successful for time IN the In
yasion Of KoenlEsherg, A.!enstein, Soldean
and other East Pruss'an points. but was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
mWlthln Il No Rlrda Slna"

To the Editor Of the Evrniu0 Public Ledger.
SIr-There is a poem that / am yer!
anxious to get, I do not know the It'll
or the author but It contains these lines:
within Il no birds sing,
And though no piltered house Is there
And though the apple boushs are bare
OF fruit and blossoms. would TO God
Her feet upon the green grass trod"
MARY T. MORSE.
Philadelphia, August 13, 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Poems and Songs Desired
"The Angel Of Conversation"

To the Editor Of the Evening Public LEDGER,
Sir--I will appreciate II very much n
one OF your readers can supply for printing
the poem that begins as follows:
over n pipe the angel Of conversation
Loosens with Elee the tassels OF his purse;
And in a spirit Of exuitation.
Hastcns a very spendthrift TO dispurse.
etc MRS. w. L. CLARE.
Philadelphia. August IS, 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Questions Ans1Uered
Local and London Temperatures

To -bo Editor Of tho Ercrirg Pub'ic Ledgsr:
S!r-Is the temperature Of London about
what It is OF Philadelphia in summer? V.
Philadelphia. August II. lN"l
London Is cooler in summer than either
Philadelphia. New York or Boston. The aver
age In London for July. It's hottest month,
Is "a degrees and = fraction. Its winter
average in January. It's coldcst month. Is
IS degrees and the mean temperature for
the year is so degrees and a fraction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
"he Spun No Cloth"

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
SRI will appreciate It II any OF your
readers can tell me who wrote the follow
,ng lines. and whether or not there are more
verses:
He spun no cloth,
He reared no dome.
But out of his heart
He built home II. r. d.
Philadelphia. August "a. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

To the Editor o. the Bveniro Public Ledger.
Sir--I am anxious 10 fud who is the
nuthor OF the following lines;
Gould but our tempers move like this ma
chine (olock).
Not urged by passion or delayed by spleen.
And true to natures regulating power,
BY virtuous acts distinguished every hour,
Then health and Joy would follow as they
ought.
The laws Of motion and the laws Of thought
sweet health to pass the present moments
DER
And everlasting Joy when time shall be no
more A. II. NILES.
Philadelphia. August II, ls.l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Girls Should Use Brains

TO the Editor Of the EvenfHO Public Lcdgsr:
sir--Your column, the Peoples Forum,
published recently letter which was In
defense OF the short skirt and hobbed-
haired grl Of today. May inform the
business man who Is so much concerned
with the comfort Of women that hts argu-
msnts are most Illogical
No one will ask that the girl or woman
Of this age wear dresses which scrspe the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Rnferred to Readers

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-wil you kindly print in your
Peoples Forum page the poem or let me
know the author of II, entitled The
whitest Man | Ever Knew"
CHARLES MURRAY.
PhIlndalphia. AUGUST 10. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
Manufacturers Should Not Regard
The Chicago Market as Either
Too Easy or Too Hard.

Every manufacturer with national aspira-
tons quite naturally looks to The Chicago
Market because it is the most important market
in America, and Chicago proper is now the fourth
largest city in the world.
But many manufacturers stay out of it be-
cause they have heard that it is a hard market to
conquer, and others rush in and pepper at it a
little bit without accomplishing much, largely be-
cause with many people, they think it must be
an easy market to conquer
Now Chicago is neither hard market nor an
easy one. 1t is perfectly normal market. and
certainly not costly one, considering its size.
The trouble with those manufacturers who
though it was too hard, we'll with those who
thought it too easy, has been in confusing the idea
of the "Chicago Market proper with the So
called "Chicago Territory"
The Chicago Market proper, which is Chi
cago itself, has population of three million peo-
pie living shoulder to shoulder within a radius of
forty miles. The Chicago Territory, which is the
market of the fUe central states surrounding Chi
cago and influenced by Chicago, has population
of sixteen million people within a radius of four
hundred miles.
But The Chicago Market and The Chicago
Territory have been pictured to the manufacturer
as one and the same thing, which he must put
over at one and the same time. He has been told
that this or that far-fung circulation, going
everywhere, but in reality getting nowhere,
would do the work.
But it can't be done that way.
The Chicago Market proper and The Chicago
Territory two quite separate things. The
Chicago Territory is influenced strongly by The
Chicago Market, but The Chicago Market is not
influenced greatly by The Chicago Territory.
So you can't sell "The Chicago Territory'-
that is, the hundreds of cities and towns in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22
A Short Poem

To the Editor Of the ErcninD Public Ledoer:
Sir-1 will appreciate It very much IL
you will print short poem which starts
with the line: give man a horse he
can ride JOHN T. McNILLIN
Philadelphia. August IA 1921.
This short poem was written by jaime,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

five states surrounding Chica ago-until you have
actually sold The Chicago Market itself. Every
live merchant outside of Chicago knows just what
every dealer in Chicago is doing with every
ional product on his shelves. And the thirteen
million people surrounding Chicago like to buy,
and are influenced in buying, tOhat Chicago buys.
But when you do sell The Chicago Market,
when you find that you not only have complete
distribution but popular demand at this center of
influence, you will discover to your amazement
that the cities and towns surrounding Chicago
are already more than half sold before you get
there.
Therefore, don't hesitate about your inva-
sion of Chicago and the middle west. Come
when you ready. Take Chicago first and
hunt up the medium in Chicago that all of the
merchants in Chicago rely upon.
Don't worry about these far-Rung circula-
tons, scattering hundred surrounding cities
like load of birdshot. just come to the medium
that coUers Chicago and all of Chicago and
nothing else.
That medium is THE CHICAGO DAILY
NEWS
rour hunored thousand daily circulation six
days in the week, reaching out of nine of all
the English speaking people in the fourth largest
city in the world, and 949o of its entire circulation
of 100000 concentrated within radius of fortv
miles of Chicagos city hall.
Every successful merchant in Chicago use.
it, and wouldn't think of not using it. He NAV 90
into this or that other medium as subsidiary but
he that J~s:T..
daily advertising in THE CHICAGO DAUy
NEWS.
Remember-The Chicago Market frst-and
thoroughly. And after that, the widespread Chi
cago Territory is already well in hand and easilv
developed to the full.
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To Tour Canada

To .hc Fditor Of N, Errrtu1 Puhir Lci0or;
Sir--what must do 70 arrange FOR an
automobile trip through Canada? Is a fee
necessary? Must I give any bond?
=. +. v.
Philadelphia. August "a. 1921
You may tour In Canada for period
not exceeding thirty days without paying a
fee or giving bond FOR return Of car 70 this
country. You will be required however, to
register at the point ~ entry into Canada.
and to obtain a permit 10 tour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-22

The Peoples Forum viii appear daily
In the Evening Public ledger, and also
In the Sunday Public Ledger. Letters
discussing timely topics will he printed,
as well as requested poems, and qnestions
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EmpIoymen. and Girls Attitude

Philadelphia. August IA, 1921.
, 1921-05-30

anger and led them In that devoted
love OF honor and country 10 make
the sacred offering and pay tho great
price.
While we all love 10 sniff the smoke
Of battle and feel tho peculiar JOY that
winning gains. yet there Is the day
aft>r- when h misty graz OF even
ing quickly turns To somber brown
and smiling confidence waits no more
for the football OF fidelity TO chez tho
fireside in tho greatest and grandest
institution Of learning. that occupies
space pm the mundane sphere, the
American. home. but ~retires in ioncii-
ness to the sweet repcso Of sleep TO
dream OF a zero who has fallen IN
battle. the spreading Of pinions TO soar
and bloom on a more glorious day.
May e family in Glendo festoon
an encomium and decorate the home
OF h dead. and oxtol their virtues
with honor n reverence to the dead
and cheer and respect e the living
on this Memorial Decoration day
, 1921-05-30

restraining influence upon the executives. In the
first year after the signing Of the armistice congress
cut = billion and 4 half out Of the demands of the de-
.partments- In the next year q billion was cut out.
The present congress has not yet made its record Of
appropriations. but there is every Indication that au-
thorized expenditures will be far less than the amounts
requested by the executive branch Of the government.
The Post is unfair in charging the present and past
congress with responsibility for taxing and spend
ing Taxing, Of course, to pay the governments OBJ
legations, but spending w~astefuly as viewed in the
former administration it is not the fact and the Post
upon reflection must admit it. Congress is always
called upon TO make up the deficits which the execu-
tive departments have created in excess of approp-.a-
tons.
This, however, is a minor matter. The Posts ar
ticle is excellent and points the way to better manage
ment- And as stated, high taxes mean loose meth
DDS and extravagant management, incompetent plan
ming and wasteful execution"
The man who has other peoples money 10 spend
is very likely to seek means of spending rather than
saving it. A full treasury is always a temptation, not
only to useful expenditure, but useless expenditure.
An effective means, therefore, of securing the earliest
reduction Of taxes is to compel executive depart
ments to reduce their expenditures and then cut the
revenue so that there wiz be no excess of funds in
the treasury to tempt officials to incur obligations
which. eventually, the public must pay.