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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Answers Problem

TO the Editor Of the Ersnir0 Public LEDGER
Sir-In answer to q. Jaauette's triangle
rroblem, printed January 10, should like
10 submit this solution, OF my own not
recalling the school methods OF explanation.
Sunpose we have n line, "AB' three
inches long, Joined at right angles to 'AC.'
which is six inches long at the point a.
which must be inside the completed lsoscoles
triangle. Using "B' as center, and BE
az radius. describe a circle Then. with
IA" as tho center. and five inches radius
descrtbc an arc that will cut the circle in
two points, calling the one nearest to &c"
~ and the other point -"
uera we have possibilities for two isosce-
les trianslcs, but the one. bed" Is OF Of
Tberefore triangle bed" must be the cor
rect one. 1t Is isosceles; "a" is inside and
forms the Joining Of the three required lines.
"AR'' three inches. "AC'' six inches. and
SAD" Ave inches.
The explanation may sound rather com
MEX. but It works out very simply on pa
per. Perhaps some ono has worked out a
simpler one, which ! should DO glad to see
printed, u, w. -
PhilndelphIa, January H. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
The Repeal Of the Blue Laws

re thc Editor Of The EpCuin0 Public Ledger:
. o"-Regardng the repeal Of the blue laws,
subject which seems 10 be creating con-
s'oeraolo OF a stir at this time, I would like
70 20 sag When Thomas jefferson and his
u.g,seven associates framed tho federal
wS.tuuon they knew the history OF the
,H world and the colonial history Of Amer
"a, IheN knew that Sunday blue laws
"tu osen a. sc0urge to the Old World and a
"enace to the new; therefore they were very
retul not to copy after any Of those gov
nnnehts They formulated into the fed
ia constitution two great principles--re-
sous and political liberty. One hundred
,h. lor'y years after the ratification OF
1 all "a''' - VIC s'ea'es'
:, ine tramers OF the constitution knew that
M% %' country would expand, and that when II
W amendments TO the constitution would
ma necessary and provisions for these were
,%st Ihe first Of these amendments says
Ins t9hEress shall make no laws respect
hS,t'"o "o establishment OF religion or pro-
hss IN" free, exercise thereof II IL
ht this freedom of religious opinIon
NJ ms country has become the paradise
,humEs., .neh return to the dark ages OF the
naca.9 w. rack, stake. deadlock and fur
AmsTio u one lives here, why not be an
tu,ion,ah and stand by the federal constI
IN spir,, @ @m%'h'hg otherwise is un-American
Phllad,rh,. w. l., oREM.
'"'o' January 7, 1921,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
TRUE STORIES
ON Secret Service Deals With
Exploits of Various Branches
Of the Government

Though all Of the twenty four stories
which go to make up William Nelson
Taft's "On Secret Service" arc written
in fiction form, note on the title page
states that they are "detective- mystery
stories based on real cases solved by
government agents." and the exploits
selected range all the way from those
of Secret Service operatives to the work
of postal and customs service inspec-
tors.
As is only to be expected. several of
the stories deal with the capture of spies
during the early days of the world war.
'"The Clue on Shelf 40 being founded
on the Koenig case. while "a Flash in
the Night tells the inside story con-
nected with the sinking of the sub
the Pinar del Rio off, the Atlantic
coast. "a Match for the Government,
"Wah Lee and the Flower OF Heaven"
and $50 1000 Yards of Silk give the
details of three famous smuggling prob
lens, "Lost-S100. .O0O." THE Poison
Pen Puzzle" and Give Inches of
Death.' have postal inspectors as their
heroes,
One of the most interesting of the
stories, 1.-THE Mint Mystery" has it's
locale in Philadelphia, detailing the
manner III Whlcn Cnlet Drumn0nd, of
the United States Secret Service, solved
in less than six hours mystery that
involved the loss of $130,000. Every
one of the stories is not only interest
ing, but the authop appears to have
overce5Ee the difficulty of making truth
as e..5Grtaining as fiction-for no devotee
of detective literature could drop one
of these tales before discovering the
final solution. and even then he will be
carried on to the next mystery through
the medium of final paragraph which
lends serial interest" to the entire
collection.
| ON SECRET SERVICE. BY william Nell
son Taft: New York: Harmon & Rros.
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Wants Daylluht SAVING
Tc the Editor Of tho Evening Public Led

10 the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
sr--I will appreciate It very much, and
am sure the majority Of your readers
will do likewise. II you will begin an agita-
ton for the return of daylight saving that
We had for certain periods OF the war. It
was something that the great majority Of
the people appreciated. as giving them much
more opportunity TO work than during last
summer. when we did not have ibis system.
Most men who are employed during the
day and own their own hcmes find much
TO bo done when they return from their
regular employment but they do not have
lime 10 do II when II Is outdoors on ac-
count OF darkness coming on too soon.
The only persons IN this state who seemed
to object to this system were the farmers.
and II they find It inconvenent. why not
find some method by which they could adopt
any hours for their work they want. for
they can make their own time. while in the
city the people are compelled to go to work
BY tho clock. I am sure if several OF our
influential papers would take up the mat
Ter they would be able to have suitable legis-
htion passed and their efforts. I am sure.
would be appreciated by nine-tenths OF their
readers.' c. w. l..
Philadelphia. January O., 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
How to Get the Bonus

TO the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger.
sir-1 have been wondering IL the shoe
Is beginning to pinch. I say this because
the doughboys are beginning to be heard
from again. say that Marine hit the
bullseye. but the trouble with our fellows
Is that they go TO sleep on the Job. We
didn't hear anything from thom for a long
time. but now that lot of them are out OF
work up goes the big roar again about the
bonus.
Why don't they make this howl at their
meetings and give some trough STUFF to
their officers. who are playing politics and
making monkeys out Of the HEROES" while
pretending 10 make fight for them? ]
don't need that bonus and don't care for
II. but know a lot of fellows to whom II
would be sodsend. But they'll never got
IL unless they display moro grit and less
surface gas HARD-BOILED.
Phlladelphia, January 10. 1921.
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ARE THE PRECIOUS
LNl7ERIT'ANCES OF THE RACE
Ed,cin arlington Robnon Treatment of the Tale of Lanceto
and Guneuere Has GiUen IL Significance for the Present
BY FELIX T.. SCHELLING

University Of PennsyIyania
and Swinburne, and now again by Mr..
Robinson, and yet ever be new. The
power of this great romance of chiv-
airy to inspire the poets is amazing, the
more so as it inspires them In SO many
different ways. The intricate patterning
Of Spenser with its underlying allegory
the refined, somewhat colorless but
beautiful sentimentalizing Of Tennyson
the pre- Raphaelite color and sensuous-
ness, not always intellectually sustained
the robust heroic barbaric. Christian
heather mysticism Of Waguerian saga
all these things are the inspiration OF
the mythology of chivalry which cen
ters in King Arthur. The poets have
always been attracted to the subject.
''For a heroic poem," said old Ben
,lonson, there is no such ground as
King Arthur's fiction" And Milton only
gave UP this topic for Paradise Lost"
after long entertainment Of it.
MIR. ROBINSON'S "Lancelot" is ia
AVl comparatively brief narrative, or
perhaps better, n semi dramatic poem /;
for most of the story is unfolded in dia-
logue of a peculiarly direct and limpid
diction, howsoever the thought Is at
times deep, IL not subtle. A swift end
remarkably monosyllabic blank verse,
Of great freedom in phrasing, but abso-
lutely metrical. Is the fitting medium for
this rapid and living discourse. The
story deals with the belated discovery,
almost forced upon bin. by King Ar
thur of the relations Of Lancelot and
Guinevere, the queen; her rescue from
burning at the stake for her unchastity
by Lancelot, in accomplishing which he
10 Irt oh IL A,.,A
brothers of his friend, Gawaine. The
story concludes with the last meeting
of the lovers in the monastery at Glas-
tonbury, with Lancelot's renunciation
and departure into the night in search
of the Light. But these events are
not Mr.. Robinson's theme, which is
not reduceable thus to its elemental
facts" The interplay Of human emo =
tion in Eeipgs swept hithcr and thither
by passions and happenings, alter
nately controlled and uncontrolled, In
n world predestincd, but to what extent
We know not-this is Mr.. Robinson &
theme, and with it is developed the
innate nobility Of man, however weak
and the sport Of time. Lancelot Is a
finely conceived creation. strong, indi-
ridual, magnaninous, yet human.
T HAVE no objection to allegorical
l. poetry. if you do not attempt to
interpret the alcgory. Indeed, allegory
is best left to the kind of people who
like that sort Of thing. To me even
logarithms are preferable. For which
reason 1t is a disappointment, to me
a. least, to learn that, more or less
goadcd to it, Tennyson once owned
the soft impeachment that THE Idyls
| Cf tho King wpre nm nytendpd alIoporx
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Desires Two Sonus

10 the Editor OF the Eucrino Public Ledger:
Sir-I wonder II you or some one OF your
readers would have the words Of two songs
which I would like very much to secure.
One contains these lines:
''Oh, bury me not on tho lone prairie,
Where the Wild coyotes may howl DER
me;
Where the black snake glides and the
wind sports free:
On. bury me not on tho lone prairie.'
The other Is somewhat like this:
Beat the drum iowly and play the afe
slowly.
And play the dead march as they carry
mo on.
Take me to tho graveyard and place the sod
DER me,
For I'm poor cowboy and I know I've
done wrong" Mrs II. 8, A.
Marcus Hook. Pa. January 0, 1921.
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Poems and Songs Desired
A BROWNING Poem

To the EDITOR Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Satisfactorily you published request
from Mrs. q. u. Ketcham for poem con-
tanning the words. For thee whole I've
planned" from Ben Ezra"
These words are from the poem Rabbi
ben Ezra" by Robert Browning. the first
stanEa OF which, II remember correctly. is
as follows:
Grow old along with me.
Tho best In yet to be,
Tno last OF life for which the first was made.
Our times are in His hand.
VINO saith, "A whole I planned,
youth shows but half; trust God: SEQ all,
nor be afraid
Tho complete poem is too long for your
columns. but can be found in any OF Brown
ins's poetical volumes
GORDON X. SLOWER.
Philadelphia. January 8, 1921,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Delaware Part Of Pennsylvania

To the Editor Of the EreninD Public Ledger:
Sir-In discussion the other day
friend made the statement that Delaware
was at one time part OF PennsylVania'
Is tbia correct? r. l.. II.
Philadeiphia, January 7. 1921.
When New Netherlands came into the pos
session OF the English the settlements on
the Delaware were claimed both by Lord
baltimore and BY the Duke OF York In
1888 william Penn received this territory
!, yea from the Duke Of York, effected a
cornnromIse with Lord Baltimore and for
twenty years Delaware was governed as
pert OF Pennsylvania. In 1908 Delaware
established separate legislature. but con
tinued to recognize the authority or the
Governor OF Pennsylvania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
New Editions

Sir Philip Gibbs first novel since the
war. "Wounded Souls" Is apparently
the success of his war books
George II. Doran Co. report II second
printing necessary within a month since
publication. Another book on which Il
second edition has been called for this
week is "Advcntures and EnthuSi-
asms," by Il. V. Lucas. A new edition
of "Leda," the astonishing poems by
the young Englshman, Aldous Huxley,
La n lsn nnder MAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Memorial to Mrs. Ward

A few English friends of Mrs. Hum
phry Ward have formed themselves into
an executive committee to raise funds
to commemorate her life works. 1t has
been decided to devote the memorial
funds to the furtherancc of some branch
of social work, preferably among chit
dren. to whose welfare Mrs. Ward de-
voted many years of enthuiasm and IN
grudgng labor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

Letters. to the Editor should be as
brief and to the point as poseIbie'
avoiding anything that would open a
sion.
No attention will be paid to anony-
nous letters. Names and addresses
must be signed as an evidence of
good faith, although names will not
De printed IL request Is made that
they be omitted.
The publication of n letter is not
to be taken as an Endorsement of its
views by this paper.
Communication will not be re-
turned unless accompanied by post
age, nor will manuscript be saved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Questions AnS,Uered


TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-When was the lincoln highway start
cd and through how many states does It
na.s7 c. J.. d.
Philadelphia. January 7, 1921.
The Lincoln highway is 1922 miles long.
extending from New York to San Fran
cisco. and passes through eleven states II
was started in 1913. and about one-third OF
IT is completed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Are Porto Ricans Citizens?

To the Editor Of the Everin0 Public ledger:
Sir-Are natives OF Porto Rico citizens or
the United States7
CHARLES T. TIAINEs.
Philadelphia. January 7. 1921.
Citizenship was bestowed upon 'citizens
Of Porto Rico and certain natives perma-
nently residing in said island by an act
which went into effect March 2, 1917.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
THE PEOP E,S FORUM

Tho War Department says that the rka-
son such countries are not represented on
the Victory medal Is because they did not
participate actively in tho war. Only the
names OF those countries which actually had
forces engaged in the fighting are engraved
on the medN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
Wants my Laqan Love"

To tho Editor Of the Evonino Public Ledger:
sir-Can you or any of your readers sup
ply me with tho words of the song called
MY Lagan Lover It was sung by John
Mccormack. J. J. Mes.
Philadelphia. January 10. 1921.
We do not have n copy OF the poem. II
may DO copyrighted song, In which event
we could not publish words without securing
permission,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
No Such Bill 10 Date

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-I enlisted from Illinois as a soldier
residing there at that time. l now liVe IN
Philadelphia. Can you tell me whether ~
inois PASSED a bill providing a bonus for
its ex. service men? L. " L.
Philadelphia, January 7. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
whv Countries Were Omitted

TO the Editor Of tho Epcmin1 Public LedOer;
Sir-Why don't Cuba and the other small
countries that declared war on Germany
snnsar on the VictorJ msdsl7 W. l. "
Philadelphia, January II, 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

EFOttSbOf VI EsUENsU III the
H A ND what are you painting now?"
-, n said Mr.. Bounder to his friend,
the urtist.
"a portrait of Cleopatra, was the
"a portrait of Cleopatra Why I
thought that that old girl had had her
picture taken long ago."
oh, yes, she was taken and retaken
often enough in life and you may take
TINS remark In any way you like,
but
Here the artist broke down. What is
the use Of trying to explain to Bounder
the immortality Of great subject? How
can you get him to see the difference
between getting through" with frac-
tions, both vulgar and proper, once and
for all, and the circumstance that one
never gets through" with Beethoven
or the great poets whose works, being
art and not knowledge, are permanent,
things to live in, not like the sciences,
be they great or little, things to pass
through. Wherefore to Mr.. Bounder
the title Of Mr.. Robinson's book will be
sufficient detriment; for what have
Bounders to do with Lancelots or Came
lots? Their business is with corner lots
and job lots.
A MONG the inheritances of this un-
"A deserving race of ours 1t may we'll
be questioned IL there is any one so
precious. rs myths, those stories of old
time which come down the ages, gather
ing on the way new artistic beauty in
variable form and novel and deeper
significance. The power to construct
myths is the measure of peoples men,
tality; for the myth, in religion. ira
dition and song, is the veritable ex-
preston of the race, the voice of the
folk. Inferior peoples are mythically
voiceless, or, when they speak, give us
crudity. Great peoples have always
been vocal in their myths, about which
the least important thing is the actual
facts out of which they have grown.
Take the splendid myth Of the magnifi-
cence Of Solomon, king of kings. The
actualities tell us that he was the chief
Of small principality forming the cor
ridor connecting two great empires, to
ono at least of which he paid tribute (;
and as to the marvellous temple of Sol
,omon, it appears to have covered city
lot of some 100 feet by 80 at the most.
We shall not inquire into the wisdom Of
him who took unto himself so many
wives. But the myth OF Solomon. the
WlSc 10 u tTlDute W
the patriotism, the imaginative power
and poetic ideals of the Hebrew race.
The glory Of the wisdom of Solomon, like
the splendor Of his temple, has blazed
down through the ages; it typifes for
us the ancient Hebrew people. not in
their paltry actualities, but in their
ideals and aspirations. SO the heroic
age of Greece is the "Iliad," not the
"history" Of the petty squabbles of q
| few small chieftains over stolen
woman; and the barbarity, superstition
and sordidness of the middle ages as
poverty stricken historians are con
strained by facts to reconstruct them
rise up into beauty and pathos and i'm
mortality in the Mort D'Arthur" and
| the "Chanson de Roland"
| A MOTHER thing about the myth is
| "A that it is never outworn but tolt
and rctold is adaptable to all time
| vi. 6 \ ,1a1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

NV. W. s." wishes tho song which con-
tains these lines:
Now I'm growing old and all nature does
decay.
My massa often frowns on me- one day I
heard him say:
Poor old bones, let him die.'" etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

Tho Peoples Forum will appear daily
In the Evening Public Ledger. and also
In tho Sunday Public Ledger. Letters
discussing timely topics will be printed.
as we'll as requested poems. and questions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
"How to Cure a Couuh"

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir---Belng n constant reader of your
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER. 7 will appreciate Il
very much II you can print IN the Peoples s
Forum a recitation entitled How TO Cure
Cough" DANIEL J. BOYLE.
Philadelphia. January 10. 1921.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

&C. L. r" asks for the words Of the sonr
"Goodby. My Lover. Goodbye' poem en-
titled 'My Mothers Old Red Shawl" ant
the poem entitled. "I Know That You Wil
Call Me Back Again" M
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

Mrs. L. o. Foster asks for the words Of n
song or n poem containing tho following:
MY blood is as Irish as Irish can he.
And my heart Is In Erin far over the sea -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

A MOTHER thing about the myth is
"A that it is never outworn; but told
and rctold is adaptable to all time.
Take just this old story Of Lancelot,
told once more so beautifully, so di-
rectly, so novelty, by this American
poet. Like all true myths, it is of i'm =
perishable material. and rs such may
be sung from Geoffrey of Monmouth
and WAGE to Tennyson, William Morris
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

Sidney Mohr wishes tho words Of the
song. The Bell in tho Lighthouse" and
tho poem containing tho line. 1.-THE little
feet on golden street will never go astray,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15
NEW BOOKS

An outline charact erizatipn Of the latest
publications. More extended review Will be
given books worthy OF special notice.
Fiction
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-15

OF NATURALIZATION. A
contribution to the Investigation of me.
dlumis.lc teleplastics. BY Baron Won
schrenck Notzins practicing physician IN
York: L. p. Dutton Co. SIS.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26
KNEW THE WORD OF COMMAND
Old Lady Quick to Recognize Phrase
That She Had Heard Used
by Her Willie.

Military terminology has aflxed IT.
self to our language. Recent adver-
tisements of new dictionary use such
phrases as ''cheerio," chow is your mo
rale?" and "the zero hour" And only
last week the papers spoke of bar
rage of coughing" which drowned out
lecture speaker in Brooklyn.
In City Hall park recently another
instance was noted. A young man
halted at a newsstand. "Times," said
he. Then, as the "newsie"-an old
woman of sixty-stOoped to get 1t. "As
you were Worldp r.
The old woman, as she handed him
the paper, clicked her heels9together
and delivered a perfect hand salute. /"
"My Willie was In the army, too"
she explalned.-New York World.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-05-26

are not themselves affected in their
nature or their milk-prOduclng ability.
The influence of the bull is shown
only on his offspring.
''It takes about four years before the
first heifers from a new bull finish
their first years test; and as they are
then only heifers, their mature moth
ers may still OutdO them In produc-
tion. The thing to be considered is,
What character Of young cows are to
replace the old ones when the latter
are gomez
"This Is the principle involved in
bringing in meritOrIOus bulls-to make
the future cows better than the pres
ent. A dairyman should not expect
to see the good results from a pure
bred bull in the first year, but wait
three to FIVE years and then see how
much better his herd is. The dairy
man should look to the future and
plan now by using good purebred
bull to have a better herd in from
three to five years. The question is,
When these years have passed will he
be where he was three to five years
earlier or will he be better orr The
wise dairyman, who takes the right
course now. will at that future time
and himself reaping the benefit"