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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-20
A Source of
Satisfaction

The American Company has always
bought the finest coal it could Oh.
tain at the best price it could make.
This has been matter of house
policy. We want this kind Of Goa,
for ourselves and it is the only kind
of coal we care to sell. Even if We
wished, it would be extremely diff
cult to change this policy now We
could not very we'll deal in lower
grades Of coal if we wanted to.
Our customers demand better coal
than the average grade sold. They
expect both conscientious and con-
siderate service. They appreciate
the fact that the preparation Of
American Coal after it comes out Of
the mines is as good as the best.
Confidence that stan dards are
maintained is of value to them.
and the fact that tire quality and
value resulting from all this care,
experience and service cost only a
feW cents more ton is source Of
satisfaetion.
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40. 297--Rlng Through Handker

A borrowed ring is placed in a
handkerchief The handkerchief is
folded up, and some one is asked 10
hold It, first feeling the borrowed ring
inside. The performer then draws the
ring through TIE cloth.
To work this trick, first obtain a
cheap ring. and sew it in Il corner of a
handkerchief, a penny may be
used instead Of the ring) Take the
borrowed ring, but in III" act Of placing
It under the handkerchief actually re-
corner that contains the sewn ring
The handkerchief is punched up, ant
the ring is felt inside. Then the hand
which holds the borrowed ring squeezes
the center of the handkerchief, and let,
! the ring. come into view. The hand.
kerchip9Ts Immediately shaken out, I,
prove tls il contains AHthing.
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ly It would diminish II. am
out to combat make-belief. Dean
Inge apparently is out to de-
fend IL.
For instance, he claims that
his reason was given him that he
may know things as they are. To
Dean Inge, as TO others, things
are not what they are in reality.
but what he thinks they are.
Thirty witnesses OF the same
crime will in the witness box un-
der oath give thirty different ver-
sions Of the same spectacle which
they all saw.
1T Is the use Of ones imagina-
ton that makes the difference.
People have come to me suffering
$50 they thought from physical
disability. Cripples have been
cured by me (so my observers
think in three seconds. Nothing
OF tho kind. There is no miracle.
II is merely that I have put their
imagination right, and made them
see Themselves as in reality they
were-healthy. strong. and nor.
NAL.
"CA PASSE."
ITO take two instances which
took place only last week:
II. A man had an accident and
bruised his shoulder so that he
could not raise his left arm. He
came to me. told him to raise
his left arm. He tried and could
not. I told him to shut his eyes
and repeat Ca passe' Ut Ia going)
quickly. / need say nothing but
the simple fact that after fifteen
seconds that man not only raised
his arm above his head, but l
made him hit me with his fist.
The use of his arm was not re-
stored, but revealed to him.
"what IL the explanation7 II
In physiological, not a meta
physical one. The man had In
reality hurt his arm, and at first
II was too seriously bruised for
him to raise II. But the arm
was healing while tho mans
habit of thinking It was bad con-
tnued. His imagination actually
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For pure and unaduiterated i'm
pudence. lack OF principle. and Of
all virtue. tho frigate bird 10 pre-
eminent.
These birds must BE- endowed
with prodigious powers Of flight.
They are often seen hundreds Of
miles from land, appearing as mere
specks In the sky.
After lowering almost motionlcss
for a considerable time they take
flight in evcr.increasing circles in
the direction of their island homes,
which have OF necessity to be
reached ere the setting Of tho sun.
unless the faculty Of sleeping on
the wing is possessed by them.
I have never met or heard OF a
man who has seen the frigate bird
rest on the waters OF the ocean
over which It delights to wander.
Next to tho albatross I enter .he
frigate bird for the aeronautic en-
durance stakes.
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Burbank Lists
Benefit of New
TE1ornleSs Berry
By Universal Service.

UNDOUBTEDLY one Of the
most interesting announce
ments made by Luther Burbank
in recent years. was that OF the
perfecting of q thornless black
berry-an absolutely thornless
one at that.
Here Is how Mr.. Burbank de-
scribes his thornless blackberries
in the announcement he has just
made:
These thornless blackberries
when we'll established, will pro-
ducs enormous quantities Of
large. firm, extra sweet fruit.
The vines are Just what all berry
growers and berry pickers have
wished for and waited for during
the past 100 years. Tho produo-
ton of the new thorniess berries
has been very expensive in time.
thought and labor, and take
peculiar pleasure In Offering
them to growers.
mo one who has not worked
among them can imagine the
sense OF perfect security from
ugly wounds which all other
blackberries are prepared TO in
flict. am still at work improv-
ing them. but am happy to offer
two varieties which here produce
great quantities OF large. sweet,
luscious fruits.
They ripen later in the fall
than most berries and are unlike
the common blackberry, which
produces a multitude of unneces-
sary suckers. Both of these va
rieties are as free from spines
as a silken thread, making them.
owing also to their firmness and
rare keeping qualities, altogether
the most desirable berries for
home use or for market.
"These thornless blackberries
will probably be hardy in an East
ern climate, but this. will be
proven by tests"
Burbank admonishes In the
matter OF pruning that the Der.
ries should be pruned like a
grapevine. leaving two or three
branches only to get the most
fruit
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pends first upon her beauty her
height and her naturalness. and
then upon the power to portray
emotion. She might be as lovely
as Venus. but IL she were over five
feet five she could never play the
lead or become . star. Five feet to
five feet three IL the ideal height.
No star 10 over five feet four. I
believe Mary Pickford is only
about five feet high.
High cheek bones. small eyes. or
large mouths. veto the chance at
once. however pretty the rest Of
the features may be. Plump faces
and slender bodies are best, and
small hands and feet. Some OF
those attractive actresses on the
legitimate stage who are really
charming but whose mouths are
not small. or their noses arc too
pronounced. would be no use at all.
no matter how we'll they acted.
A girl TO register on the screen
a. fair" unless her own hair is
pale gold, or blonde cendre Of the
lightest shade, is obliged to bleach
II with peroxide. These. perhaps.
turn out the best. in the end. be-
cause Of having darker eyes than
the real blondes.
Their salaries are enormous once
they do rise to stardom. and even
a. extras they can make a COM
Portable living: but the Same
rule applies to them as to the
young mon. They must be pro.
vided with enough money TO keep
themselves for quite a year until
they learn the ropes. or their ends
win be even more pathetic than the
poor boys.
A girl wants character and per-
severance and diligence TO sue
ceed In Hollywood. and above all.
absolute self-respect.
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had the physical effect Of putting
his arm out OF action. when
physioiogically there was no need
for It. A miracle? Not at all.
merely disabused the mans imagi-
nation, and his arm was used by
him as the arm 1t in reality was
"a healthy arm.
SIGHT RESTORED.
"2. A girl of twenty-three. blind
in the right eye since the age
of three, came to consult me.
put my hand over her left eye.
and asked IL she could see with
her right No. she said. But
she did before many minutes.
Why7 How? Because her eye
was sound. and a twenty years
habit of thinking II blind, origi-
mating In tho bandage that was
put over It when she had fall
at the age of three, had atrophied
the sense of perception, and the
objects physically reflected on the
retina were not conveyed to the
mind. How else do you explain
It? These are facts. Do you
imagine I perform miracles-ex-
cept in the sense that miracles
are normal things7
TRICKS WITH MY SOUL
As to the passage in which
Dean Inge says, "If / can help
1t will play no tricks with my
soul. am amazed" said M.
Coue. 1T is precisely because
bluff does not pay in this world
that there is 40 much disease, the
result Of the bluffing of peoples
own imagination. Dean Inge may
be rights obviously right--in
saying that bluff will out a poor
figure In tho next world, II he
was not 30 blind he would 500
that his remark applies equally to
this world.
The proof Ia tho 30 o-cailed
cures which have been effected
under my system OF auto-suggss.
ton, which simply puts bluff to
flight. Dean InGe II playing
tricks with his soul
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where living becomes possible.
The workinsman can buy what
he wants; beer las good as It ever
was), cigars at the price Of mark
each). Even good cigars costing
to II marks each. can be bought
by the German workman ~ . re-
suit Of bis increased wages. There
10 only one thing which he finds
difficult and that IL to buy clothes.
because the textiles and raw mate
rials are imported. and tho eI-
ternal value of the mark in rela-
ton to the cost Of living makes
clothes almost prohibitivs in price.
THE NEW RICH.
You find. therefore, IN Germany
= condition Of apparent prosperity
side by side with the disappearance
of the middle ana professional
class. the substitution Of . new
rich on q large scale, and q high
cost Of living.
After ALL" Dr.. Rathsnau said
to me, "the new rich arc . sign
Of disease. not Of health"
The conditions which FIRST made
initiation necessary make 1t nee
essary to proceed to further and
further initiation. There is a race
between tho printing press and the
cost OF living.
It IL true that for the moment
the depreciation of the mark abroad
renders German exports possible,
and therefore creates labor for
Germany. BY that means, too.
Germany IL able to create credits
abroad, wherewith. for instance. TO
pay reparations. But the credits
are not nearly enough to pay what
is demanded Of Germany.
At the present time she has to
pay thirty-one million gold marks
every ten days, for which her only
means are her credits abroad and
any sterling credits which she may
be able to buy. The more she buys
tho worse becomes the exchange.
In spite Of the spurious prosperity
produced by the depreciation OF
the mark, the whole position leads
nearer and nearer to the>inevitable
collapse.
On the present tendency thero
must come q moment when the
mark will be worthless. The sit
uation is saved for the moment
because the internal purchasing
power Of the mark is much higher
than the external valuo Of to
mark. which fact makes II possible
for the German to export and make
money, but the tendency Is for the
cost of living to rise and for the
internal value of tho mark to fall.
When the terrible moment comes.
when the internal and the external
values OF the mark begin 10 ap-
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Woes Trail I'm Wake
OF CrOsS=eyed HOOdOO

GREENVILLE, 8. c.. April 20.
Beginning with the loss Of his
Sunday cork leg and eliminating
with the loss Of his house by fire,
Tom Javers. believes a hoodoo has
been cast over him by q crosse
eyed woman.
Among, his other misfortunes
was the purchase Of . barrel of
LIQUOR which turned out TO b
water.
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~ r Pacific Ocean sea birds, the
boobies are. par excellence.
~ the workers and fishers.
They ny out in focks some forty
or nifty miles from land and return
in tho evening gorged with fish,
which they have the power to dis
gorge. voluntarily or under com
pulsion.
It does not follow. however, that
the booby's return homeward glut-
ted with food will always insure
him against going to roost hungry.
Usually. between him and his de-
sired haven, suspended motionless
in the sky at an immense altitude.
are certain black spots--the frisate
birds.
These pirates of the Pacific have
never been known to catch a fish,
but they live upon the fat OF the
sea simply by waiting for the
boobies upon their homeward
flights and falling with unerring
instinct upon the fattest quarry.
Down come the frigatcs upon the
victim like a mighty rushing wind.
knocking the breath-and probably
also the flying fish-out of him.
II the BOBBY still retains his days
bag he is badgered and pecked with
a large hooked bill until he is glad
TO get home with as little in his
stomach ss when he left in he
morning.
Very often. too, he emerges from
the conflict minus his tail and q
considerable portion Of his plums 70.
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WAS In Germany Immediately
after the ratification of the

after the ratification of the
Il treaty OF Versailles when
conditions were at 1heir worst.
Half the necessities of life could
not be got for love or money. Even
then II was amazing to see how
the German people set themsslves
to work.
II II true that at that time the
mark was something vastly differ
ent from what 1t II now. In jan
uary, 1890. II stood at 66 to the
dollar. BY May It had improved
to 26. one-tenth of what II II to-
day. The great initiation Of paper
money had not yet taken place.
and the cost of living was not as
high as 1t is today. None the less.
conditions then wers extremely
bad, the wounds of the war still
open.
After two years there u q strik-
ing change. In spite of the high
price Of living there 10 hardly
anything which cannot be got.
Industry is flour1shing; there il
work for everybody: the people
are happy. theaters crammed. the
pieces magnificently produced.
There Is an appearance Of pros
perity.
BELOW THE SURFACE.
But look below the surface and
you will find that the whole thing.
II not literally illusory, IL a ficti-
tious creation that can only last
a short time. The whole basis of
It Is rotten. 1t rests on an inflated
paper currency. and tho effect of
It will last only till the bubble
bursts. Even its immediate effect
has been terrible in certain direc-
tions. The fall in the mark has
ruined the whole RENTER middle
class in Germany beyond redemp-
ton. In particular. the entire pro-
fessionnl class, which was the
basis of the old German kultur. 10
being starved out OF existence by
the impossible cost OF living. Since
March. 1920. that cost has In
creased over 120 per cent. What
this means may. perhaps. be
gauged by considering the anxiety
with which other people watch the
index figure Of the cost of living
to see how far 1t goes down week
by week.
How do I interpret the prosper
ity of the working class7
There Is scarcely any unemploy-
ment because wages, up to the
present, have been made to keep
pace with the increased cost of
living. 1t is vital for Germany
that this should be so. The least
indication OF a strike is grappled
with at once by the simple exps-
dent of raising wages to . level
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proximate. the whole fabric Of the
German economic life VIII collapse
because, through tho increased cost
of production. exports viii becoms
impossible, and the whole reioh
win be thrown into q catastrophe
struggle between Capital and L.
Dor.
"FROM HAND TO MOUTH"
When I was IN Berlin during
the last few weeks hesatated In
my reading OF the situation. and
asked myself II It was possible that
German statesmen. VINO. like most
Germans. are intelligent people,
should bs simply drifting. The only
question I put in Influential quar-
ters was ''what 10 your way outf"
The answer received was
quite frankly. there is no way
out. We are living from hand
to mouth to keep the people at
work and comfortable, and our
only object is to avoid for as long
as possible the social revolution"
The ono thing that the German
statesmen are afraid Of Is the passI
ing, over Of Germany to Bo'shevism.
80 far Germany has saved west
ern Europe from Bolshevism. The
ordinary German workman II
strongly opposed to collectivism.
and is at heart q sorial democrat.
He hates Bolshevism even more
than the individualist hates 1t. Rut
Bolshevism Is not a question OF
doctrine, but Of hunger. and under
bad economic conditions German
workmen would not become mar
tyrs even to social democracy.
1t is impossible TO calculate the
possible effects Of German Rolshe-
vism on the whole Of Europe. It
would certainly spread over Italy;
It would at once arrest tho sbb
of Bolsh hevism in the East. 1t would
be q political as well as a financial
catastrophe. The only remedy
against this possibility il to restore
the credit of Germany on the basis
of restored economic unity OF Flu
rope. Economic and financial
forces must again be given free
play. The treaty Of Versailles
need only be adjusted to the ex-
tent Of making Germany pay up
to tho limit which 10 consistent
with the economic needs of Europa
The significance Of 0ernany's
present condition was summed up
to me in tho following striking
words of q highly-plaoed German
official, VINO said to me a. left
Berlin: "You have seen Germany.
You may find a few guns. but we
are absolutely helpless We cannot
fight, but II you put the knife TO
our throat we shall poison the
whole Of Europe"
Copyright. issi.S
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By ,JOSEPHUS DANIELS
/ (Secrefary of the NaUy In Wilson'S Cabinet)
"Seeing Red" SoVesm That Troubles Army and NaVya
Remedy is Adopt Plan Education and Promotion Advocated by
Charles Summer and Lew Wallace and System of SelfDkcpne
ShipbOad and i'm Camp Patterned ON Honor System.

its patriotism is the mud-sill upon
which the American edifice
stands" That was some con-
ISOLATION.
And then one day they woke
up to find that. reduced n 1t
was to what they call begsarly
numbers. It was worm-eaten and
moth-eaten and rotten to tho
core. or much of 1t was, and then
their pride and faith went out.
1t wes . sad day when 1t was
simultaneously discovered by the
Secretary Of War and the Secre-
tary Of tho Navy that Bolshevists
had Snawed their way through
the armor plato and were safely
ensconced in the very heart Of
the national defense.
is FLAG TO BE HAULED DOWN!
1t sent q chill down the spine
to be told that Sovietism and
Communism had taken root in
tho very citadel of the national
defense. that the first line Of
defense had n cancer eating its
vitals and Communism was work
ing to the destruction Of the
strength Of our Army. II We
could not depend upon the
loyalty and strong right arm Of
the men in blue and tho men in
khaki, how much longer could
Old Glory proudly wave?
The declarations Of Secretaries
Weeks and Dsnby was sensa-
tional In effect though not in
tone. 1t was an appeal. broad
cast by radio, shortly before
Congress was to pass upon the
appropriation for the Army and
Navy. I utterly scout the un-
worthy gossip that their appeals
were timed to work a scare and
prevent greater reduction In
Army and Navy.
do not" in substance said both
Secretaries to sailors and soldiers,
listen to the siren songs of the
Soviets which are seeking to al
lure you from the ancient faith Of
the fathers"
Last week I wrote that Wash
inston. particularly men in tho
Department Of Justice. were see
ing red" had no idea then that
the crimson wave would make US
fear for the army and navy. Are
our secretaries of defense-and
offense. too. when needed-"seeing
red?" Or do tho two arms Of tho
service conceal Bolshevism mas
querading as American patriotic
sailors7
NO DANGER FROM SAILORS.
Eight years experience In the
navy, with rather close touch with
many of tho 100000 men who
served. has convinced me that my
distinguished friends are seeing
red" and that there is no more
danger Of sailors espousing any
theory of lawlessness than that the
groomed young diplomats will for
get how to wear their spats. And
1 couldn't put It stronger.
Mr.. Weeks and Mr.. DENLY will
be convinced of the loyalty and
patriotism Of tho men wearing the
uniform II they will turn deaf
ears to the old "sun-downers" and
"hard-boiled" officers who think
every sailor or soldier who wishes
to have q hearing through a COM
mite Of his own choosing Is an
embryo anarchist. Tho trouble is
not with the men. 1t is that GER
tain officers, 'idolatrously Joined
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to the old regime" wish TO govern
the men under them by the same
methods that prevailed in "the
good old days" falsely so-called,
when floggins and grogging went
with naval life.
What the Army needs. I think.
and what the Navy needs, know.
In closer relations between officers
ana men. with an exchange Of
views, with the institution Of an
honor committee OF sailors on
every ship to meet the officers and
give aid and cooperation In Sc
curing such self-discipline rs alone
in our day will insure a happy
ship. Given this. with tact and
common sense, and this talk Of
Sovietism will DO seen to be tho
imagininss Of officers. who have
not learned that "a mans a man
for a that" and that skilled MILL
tary men will not happily remain
In the military service without
more consideration than militaris-
tic officers have been inclined to
show them.
SHOULD REWARD MERIT.
There is need also II the high
est efficiency Is secured to widen
the doors of opportunity for ad-
vancement to commissioned rank.
Every man who enlists ought to
know he has a good chance to
become an admiral or general
as . graduate Of Annapolis or West
Point II he demonstrates equal
ability. That is to say, in the
year 1922 the Army and Navy
shall adopt the policy which
Charles Summer and Gen. Lew
Wallace urged for the Army in
1855. Mr.. Sumner introduced q
resolution "to provide a system Of
education for the soldiers SO that
the time not occupied In post o,
garrison duties may be employed
In moral and Intellectual improve
merfN to the end that tho Army
may BE- q nursery Of officers"
and Gen. Low Wallace told the
military committee then that
from q study Of the bills. II would
really seem that in the Judgment
of your committee an army OF a
hundred thousand rebels and aliens
were as desirable and Trustworthy
as an army Of like strength COM
posed Of loyal citizens" He pro-
posed q plan TO turn every army
post into an academy and con-
vert every private soldier into .
cadet and after having
prepared the private. there can b
no valid objection TO . law BY
which tho officers shah b. drawn
from the ranks sxciucvely." and
General Wallace added this truth
that most military men have no
far failed to recognize. to-wit: by
holding out Inducements, such A.
education and commissions, you
will attract to tho ranks the
flower Of our youth. BY It you
will not only get better military
service. but as an act Of wisest
statesmanship you win offer in .
constitutional way the coveted op-
portunity for education to every
lad in tho land"
The cure for democracy is
moro democracy" The antidote
for sovietism 10 self-discipline, edu-
cation. promotion. recognition that
we live in the year 1872 and not
in the year 1922. The old order
changeth," but some people stili
cry halt" and think progress
means radicalism.