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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
Curbstone Brokers

To the Editor Of the Evenin0 Public Ledger:
Sir-What Is meant by ''curbstone
broker? @. w WELSH.
Philadelphia. January g. 1921.
Curbstone brokers are brokers' who are
not members Of any exchange. but transact
their business on the street or In offices.
Transactions effected outside the exchange
Of as ION the curb, -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
First Negro Presidential Votes

To the Editor Of the EvenimO Public Ledger:
Slr-When were the Negroes allowed to
vote the first time for PRESIDENT
- G. l.. r.
Philadelphia. January :. 1921.
The first time that Negroes were allowed
to vote for presidential electors was in 1868.
when Ulysses s. Grant. OF Illinois. and
Schuyler. Colfax, Of Indiana, were elected by
the Republicans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11

bitters to the Editor should be as
AVOIDING anything that would open. a
sion. "S'iah oisco'-
NO attention will be paid to anony-
wus , letters. Names and addresses
must be signed as an evidence of
koou Iaith. although names will not
they be omitted.
rhe publication Of a letter is not
70 De taken as an Endorsement OF its
Views by this paper.
Gommunications will not be re-
turned unless accompanied by post-
ase' nor VIII manuscript be saved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
Who Wrote lInes?

10 ,he Editor Of the Evcnino Public Ledger;
., slr--"ho Is the author Of the following
Tiny folks a.llstening
Hear the seed sprout in tho spring.
And for music. TO their dance
rear the hedge-rows wake from trance.
sap that trembles into buds,
seniins little rhythmic foods
of fairy sound in fairy ears."' etc.
,,n- w. l.. G.
Philadelphia, January 4, 1921.
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1.-THE Best Paper In the Country"

To the Editor Of the Ercnin0 Public Lcd0cr:
Sir-AiAoush am 700 miles from whore
your paper is printed. I still haNS II, mailed
to me. It's one OF the best papers in the
country. II the opinion OF mlrc' Is worth
considering.
Will you please send me copy Of the
poem entitled. "The Face Upon tho Floor"
also 'Ill Tell You of a Fellow"
CHARLES IT, DOUGHERTY.
Buffalo. y. Y. January ., 1921.
THE Face Upon the Floor" has been for
.warded. but we do not have n copy Of I'm
Tell You OF Il Fellow" Probably a reader
can forward IT,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11

TO the Editor Of the Evening PubIic LedOcr:
Sir-I noticed In last evenings Forum
OF your paper " W, l., ~" wants to know
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11
Author Named and Poem Wanted

philadelphia, January s. 1927.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-11

Beautiful ingram thread silk
stockings with all-silk garter
tops and Isle soles for extra
service. Rich, lustrous black.
SNELLENBURGS First Floor
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FORCES MOBILIZE FOR TESTS
Flyers VIII Use Ex-German WarshIps
az Targets in Coming Ma
neuvers.

Washington.-Sim mobili.
forces are under way IN preparation
for bombing tests against naval yes
sells to be conducted jointly by the
two services in June and July. Army
filters are gathering at Langley Field,
Va. to practice bomb dropping against
targets moving on the water. Navy
air forces are concentrating at Hamp-
ton Roads and the fleet base at York.
town, Va, for similar exercises.
Tho navy has four big bOmbers and
a number Of other airplanes and sea
nlanes in daily use training personnel
for the coming tests, as well as tor
pedo planes and other aircraft. These
forces viii be augmented by the en-
tire aerial detachment Of the Atlantic
fleet when the fleet comes north from
Kuantanamo. It has not been decided
whether aerial torpedoes are to be
used against the ex-German warships
allocated as targets for the tests.
At Langley Field army fliers are
working with airplanes and dirigi-
bles from the entire Atlantic coast
area, including a number of the lat
est +vne homhers. Brig. Gen. William
c. Mitchell. director Of training ana
is personally directing
much Of the training. FLYING from
Washington 70 Langley Field several
times a week.
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SOLDIER ATTACKERS
OF BERGDOLL FREE
RELEASE OF SERGEANTs NEUFF
AND THINNER DUE TO ACTION
OF BRIG.-GEN. ALLEN.
SENTENCES ARE SUSPENDED
Two Men Who Attempted to Abduct
Wealthy Stacker May Be Slapped
on Wrist by American Mill
tary Authorities.

M0sbach, GeTmany.-Carl Neuff and
Frank thinner were released from I'm
prisonment here. The sentences OF
Eeuff and thinner, both attached 10
the American army Of occupation and
under confinement here for their at
tempt to arrest Grover Cleveland
BergdoH, the American draft evader.
have been RENTED by the Baden gov
eminent
AS both the Americans are expect
ed in COblenz, where neither the Ba-
den nor the federal government will
have any authority over them, the sus-
pensions Of the sentences are regarded
virtually as pardons.
The release of Neuf and thinner
has aroused great interest in Ger
m9n circles and already it is said.
a member OF the nationalist party
viii make it the basis Of interpella-
fions when the Reichstag convenes
after the Easter recess.
The action of the Baden govern
ment in releasing the men was due to
representations by Brig-Gen. Z. T.
Allen. commander Of the American
occupationaI forces. made to the Ger
man government through a member
q the American general staff who
went to Berlin and conferred with the
German government authorities.
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Asparagus omelet.

Gut all but three sNlks of aspara-
gus into pieces about an inch long and
let simmer in boiling salted water I'M
til tender Melt three tablespooEfuls
of butter. add three tablespOOnfuIs of
flour. a half teaspoonfuI of salt and a
dash of black pepper. When frothy
acd one and one-half cupfuls of the
asparagus water which has been saved
for this purpose. Add one tablespoon
full of butter and add the asparagus.
Have ready the yolkS of four eggs,
beaten light and the whites beaten
dry To the yolzs add oEe-fourth tea
spoonful each of salt and pepper. then
turn them over the whites and fold
them together Melt a tablespoonful
of butter in a hot pan, turn in the
egg mixture and when set on the bot
tom place in the oven cI the rack 70
finish cooking Test with a knife
thrust into the center. Score nj right
angles TO the handle of the pan. fold
and turn out on a hot platter. Ar
range the three cooked stalks OF as
paragus over the top Of the omelet
and the rest of the asparagus with the
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE GIRL on THE JOB
How to Succeed-How TO Get
Ahead-How TO Make Coed
By JESSIE ROBERTS
lLIImIIIMIlIHUIHIIIIIIlInLIIIIluIIII
TEACHERS

"EACHEBS are looking about these
Il days for opportunities thar win
/ give them better returns than those
the schools yield. This may to- Il
pity from the point of view of DIE
schools. bur it is q fact.
But many women love teaching. ana
feel that they are particularly we'll
suited to this work. Yet they must
earn more money. There is am OPP
portunity for joining the TWO in teach
ing craftsmanship. Many Of the big
department stores run classes for
teaching their SaleSpeople better meth
DDS and for giving them a chance go.
advance to the higher positions
Teachers are now taking special
courses in selling and then going into
the teaching of this branch of COM
merce.
There is also an opening in doing
special research work for retail aul
department stores, and teachers are
qualifying for such positions. Natural
~ they soon make a far greater salary
than ever they got boy sehOol-reachIuE.
and what is more the life itself ls
broader. more various and fuller 0f
opportunity. Teachers who go into.
commerce from this angle often de-
velop into SaleSwomen themselves. ami
grow 10 prefer that work. Executive
positions in retail and department
stores are also open 10 them after
the experience that comes with teach
ing.
\ certain time spent i'm teaching
school is good practice for almost ans
job. Witness how many of our FIJI
nous men were at one time of their
career teachers in country or c5ty
schools. But the young woman who.
wants to get out into the world ana
make q reaT future for herself VIII
not stay too long i'm the classroom
She will use her training 10 bring hep
the best results possible Executive
positions in wholesale and retail trade
are one possibility, and an excellent
one.
fCouVr5ght1
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mold the brush or of the sculptor
! when his hammer and chiSel have
been laid down for the last time?
Is there tangibility TO knowledge,
TO talent. or are they wholly spiritual
and without dependence on material
+ things and existence?
Plato said, The body is a prison.
/ from which the soul must be released
before it can arrive at the knowledge
of those things which are real and I'M
mutable"
Is the soul really imprisoned ycithin
the body or is the body only an il
fusion which our belief gives a de
ceiving reality?
The scientist who is studying mat
ter for no one yet KNOWS what
matter is. tells US HAT everything
material is made no of electrons and
that electronS are really only a mani
festation Of electricity and that cleo
tricity is not matter but only energy.
and we. therefore. end up with the
statement that matter is not material
but only demonstration OF energy
50 after all what is there To the thing
which we ordinarily think of as the
home of the soul?
What an enigma, What an eternal
problem, We stand upon the edge Of
great ocean and wisely discuss il
rs a whole when we do not know more
than the merest fraction of the truth
about the one wave that washes at
our feet.
We write books with sounding titles
and confess at the end if we are
truthful. I know nothing"
Only ONE thing man really KNOWS. /
That is that he is conscious. that he
has been endowed with some power
of recognition and reason. Whether
his use of that power results in
truthful conclusion he does not know. /
1t may he that one of the greatest s
glories and privileges of the hereafter +.
will he To know something and know /
that it Is the truth.
There are many question marks in |
the paragraphs above but all life is a
question to which none of Us have |
ever known the satisfactory answer. I
(Copyright.)
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COSTA RIGA GRATEFUL.
CONGRESS Appreci7tes U. s. Efficacious
MnHi-Ainr l. Par1r,a nicnnAa

CONGRESS Appreci7tes u. s. Efficacious
Mediation in Panama Dispute.
Washington-Nc+if has reach
ed the state deDartment of the official
expression Of Costa Rica's gratitude
to the United States for the effica-
cious mediation" in the dispute be-
tween that country and Panama, con-
tanned in a resolution adopted by the
Costa Rican congress. President Ar
turO Volio transmitted q copy Of the
resolution to Vice-President Coolidge
with the request that he deliver it TO
the state department.
Panama has not indicated her atti-
tUde The Panaman congress is now
in special session and expected to de
fine a policy. but as yet no formal
reply has been made to the state de-
partment's insistence that the Panama
government adjust its boundary dis
pute with Costa RIGA on the basis of
the award of Chief Justice White.
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THE SOUL SEARCH

A y ENGLISH scientist has devoted
L 4 lot Of time and effort 10 writ
ing a book which he calls In Search
/ of the Soul
At the end the scientist finds him
self no nearer discovering the where
abOuts OF what he was searching for
or even knowing the character of the
thing he sought than was Plato or
Seneca or PythagoraS or Epictetus.
all great teachers, but all disagreeing
when it came 10 the thing which none
of them KNEW anything about.
Always there has been a doubt as
to whether the soul was within or
without the body.
one investigator who died not long
ago spent years of his life in an at
tempt to devise a weighing mechanism
SO delicate thar he would be able TO
determine if there was any deter
minable difference in the -reight of a
human body just before and just
after death, hoping thereby to es-
tabliSh the weight of the soul.
There were reports, never perhaps
Justified. that the government bureau
of standards had under consideration
a similar line of experiments.
1t would be just as satisfying. in
all probability, To try and weigh
thought, for il is probable that moth
ing more tangible leaves the body at
death.
Did You ever wonder what becomes
of the thinking power when the body
no longer has power TO breathe and
move? Is the thinking power the
soul?
Where goes the genius of a Beethov-
en- or q Mozart ana that indescribable
power to group sounds into harmony
when death has robbed those fingers
of writing down the notes upon the
ruled paper?
What becomes of the analytical
powers Of Newton or Euclid or an
Einstein when ne can no longer pen
his formulate or give to the world his
conclusions?
What becomes of the genius Of the .
painter when his hand can no longer .
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"CATcHPENN4Y

FUSED in the sense eff I'M fn-
! ~ ferior article. made merely
TO sell. this combination ot tgga
words has recently gained FOR
itself a place in English dc
tionaries. though the word ii
self is nearly century old.
dating back 10 1924 when Thur
deli was hanged for the murder
of Weare. a crime which was
one of the most sensational in
the annals of London police.
It happened that 81 printer by
the name of Camach saw a
chance To make a considerable
sum of money through the pub
LEGATION Of what he alleged 60
he the murderer's speech from
the gaIlows. The paper cuu-
tanning this report sold fairly
well. but the receipts did aar
come up To Camach's eNreeca-
tions. So he printed a second
edition. with a headline Iu large
letters across the top of tle
sheet: I'VE ARE alive aeafa 3
The@e words actually appeared
In Weare's speech. as reported
but the printer purpo~ely Ierr
very little space between tile
first two words of the phrase
and. reading the line "WEAIsI.
alive again T. thousands af per-
sons bought the paper before
they discovered the deception.
The London Times referred
To the matter aS ~carchueuue
device" and The printer ra~
thereafter known AS -Ca.ea-
PENN" Cumach. ~ descriptive
was the word that it Ea~ re-
manned in the language GO this
day.
tCupyriEhf9
.
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NAMES BUSINESS MAN.

Harding Appoints Charles n. Burke
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
WashingtOn.-The appointment of
Charles II. Burke of Pierre. s. D.. a
business man and former chairman of
the house Indian committee was an
nounced by President Harding as COM
missioner of Indian affairs. The pres
fdent also appointed George H. Carter
OF Iowa to be public printer and Thorn
as Robertson of Maryland commission
eT OF patents
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
CONDUCTS COAL INQUIRY.
Geological Survey Will Determine if
Supplies Are Burned UnwiseIy.

Geological Survey Will Determine If
Supplies Are Burned UnwiseIy.
Washington.-In order to determine
whether coal consumers are unwisely
burning up their reserve supplies, tho
geological survey sent out a question
uaire inquiring about the stocks OF
coal on April L. The purpose Of the
QUESTIONABLE, it was explained by Di-
rector Smith, is TO find out how much
coal is being carried over from the
past coal year, in order that consum-
ers and producers may make intelli-
gent plans for next year
Bituminous production during the
third week in March was down to
s 64S,0O0 tons, the lowest point ex-
cept during the 1919 coal strike since,
the business depression of 1914, Di-
rector Smith said. The weekly aver
age for 1920 was 100000 tons.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
GUARD FEVER BLISTER.

Paris Doctors Find it Leads to Sleep
ing Sickness.
Paris.-Beware of that fever blister
This is the slogan of Paris doctors
following the discovery by Prof Roux.
of Pasteur Institute, that the virus
contained in a fever blister is blood
brother to the microbe of ensepsall-
tis-lethargique, or sleeping sickness.
Virus taken from a human fever
blister was injected into the veins OF
a rabbit. who promptly died from en-
cephalaytis.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
Riotina Reported in Peru.

Buenos Observation-Disclosures of a po-
litical character have apparently oc.
CURED in Peru recently, according to
meager reports from Lima. a dispatch
from the Peruvian capital to La Ma
cion reports sanguinary events at va
rious points in the interior, notably in
the department of Apurimac. in the
southwestern part of the country.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
Duke penies pivnrne

Acknowledgements that the duke and
duchess of Manchester are divorced
have been emphatically denied by the
duke. 4 know nothing about the re-
ports said the duke. Il have not
been served with any papers. l have
not seen the duchess for a year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
Killed bv Pitched RaIl

TimmonsvilIe. s. C.-Kirke White.
is. Of this city. was hit on the head by
a pitched ball in a baseball game be-
tween Timmonsville and Florence
High Schools here, and died as a re-
suit Of the injury
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HARDING GETS PAY CHECK.
President Draws $500 "a for First
Months Work.

Washington.-Pres Harding re-
ceiFed his first monthly pay cheek. IL
was for $5.520.S4. Ordinarily the
monthly check sent to the president by
the treasury department is made out
for $3.50, but Mr. Harding was
~docEed'' for the three and a half
days that Woodrow Wilson served as
president last month.
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puse Back On STAGE.

Paris--Eleanor Duse, the great
italian tragedienne. who announced
her retirement from the stage follow
ing her jilting by Gabriel D'Annunzio.
IS TO reappear professionally at Milan
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FIRE ON THIRTY-FIRsT FLOOR.
Spectacular Blaze Extinguished After
Hard Fight.

Hard Fight.
New York.-A spectacular fire on
the thirty-first floor of the Equitable
Building did damage of $4,000. 1t is
the second highest fire ever fought
here.
The blaze was discovered in a store
room of a banking cOmpany's suite by
Daniel Sullivan, an employee of the
building. Sullivan called the chief OF
the Equitable Building fire depart
ment, Frank Quayle, formerly a city
fire department tcaptain, who turned
in an automatic alarm and then sum-
moned his own fire fighting forces.
The buildings high water pressure
equipment was brought into service
to fight the blaze, and the fire was
well in hand when the regular de-
partment arrived. An hour was re-
quired, however, to completely extin-
guish the flames.
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Ford FIGHTS for Paner.

Cleveland. Ohio.-Attorney for
Henry Ford have filed a petition in
federal court for an injunction restrin-
ing the city from enforcing an ordi-
nance which prohibits the sale of the
Dearborn Independent en- the streets
here
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Best Home Trade Yet.

Russian peasants south
OF MOSCOW gladly sell a horse for
three boxes of matches or a kilo of
sale. il is declared by persons said TO
be in touch with conditions in the in
terror Of the country.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08

Fort Worth, Tex.-Indictments were
returned by the grand jury here
against c. A. Puentney and G. L.
Phillips, held in connection with the
killing Feb. of Scott Nichols. tele-
graph operator
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LUMBER ON FREE LIST.
Tariff Committee Heeds Demand of
Retail Dealers.

Retail Dealers.
Observation-Disclosures, with the ex
ception Of a few varieties, will remain
on the free list in the new tariff law
according to a tentative decision
reached by a subcommittee of the
House ways and means committee.
This action will be in accordance with
the demand of retail dealers and of
commercial organizations that moth
ing be done which Might tend to inter-
fere with housing construction.
The varieties of lumber on which
protection will be provided include
those which are in keen competition
with the product of the west coast
lumber industry.
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Starvation in Gem siunn.

Johannes burg-Economic distress
prevails in the Western Transvaal en-
account of the great diamond slump,
says the Central News. Starvation is
reported in some cases.
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THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MALLoCH
SPRING FEVER.

MOT exactly lazy
IN Yet want TO sit
In the mornin' hazy
An jest dream bit.
Haven't got ambition
Fer a single thing
Regaler condition
Ev'ry bloOmin' Spring.
Want 10 sleep at noontime
(Ought TO work Unsteady.
But along at moOntime
Hate 10 go TO bed.
Find myself a-stealin'
For a sunny spot
jest that SprinCy feelin',
That is what I've got.
Like to set a-Wishin'
Fer pipe an book,
Like To 20 a-fslun'
IN a meadow-brOol<
With some fish decciver,
Underneath a tree
Jest the old Spring fever.
That's what's airn' ne,
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Three French engineers have q
signed an airplane wing tlssr -can
given an increased suppurtin4 surIae e
IN fight 10 make landing sate-.
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notRerye6aeKBook

The heights by great men reached and
kept
Were not attained by sudden flight.
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night
-LongfeIlow.
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HELLO BANNED AS VULGAR.
Its Use Forbidden to University Of
Utah Goods.

Utah Goods.
Salt Lake, Utah.-The time-honored
expression, Hello used by one in
greeting another is vulgar and it's use
by co-eds on the University of Utah
campus is banned. according to an
edict issued by Miss Lucy Vancott.
dean of women, against its use at the
annual Hello" day, which was OBJ
served at the college.
It was stated the expression How
do you do?" was heard on all sides
when members Of the alumni visited
the college campus to exchange greet
ings with the faculty and student
body.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
A FEW COMPANY DISHES.

A y OMELET is an emergency dish,
N for with fresh eggs one may be
prepared and served in a short time.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-08
Tobacco sale Heavy.

DanvilIe. Va.-Total season sales
amounting to 100000 pounds. the
largest On record, were announced a
the close Of the Danville tobacco mar
ret P-foes rave been 1ow throG ghout
an s.g~cf
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LittIeton Convict d.

Fastland Texas.-John LittIeton,
who has been on. trial here accused Or
kIi-.ng his fathar-in-ts-- was found
g-''t-- r. i-ir~ rra tis r.,~i~ll a.,
ftze- At ten -e.8 n t,a - i.seat.as.y
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sauce around the omelet. Serve at
Rice GIace.


Cook one-half cupful of rice in boil
ing sailed water five minutes. drain,
put into a double boiler with hot milk.
using one pint. cook until soft. Soak
one tablespoonful OF gelatin in two
tablespoonfuls of cold water add three
tablespOonfuls of hot water, one-half
teaspoonful of salt, one-third of a cup
ful of sugar; stir until dissolved and
add TO the rice. Flavor with one tea
spoonful of vanilla, add one-half cupful
of stiffiy beaten cream and more sugar,
II needed. Chill before serving.
NuAa NtAt~ wee
C. 1921, Western Newspaper Union)
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