Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-08
Letters to the Editor
yyeatherwise Recollection

.Geatherwise Recollection
! ~ eAs Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
4 0ir-The weatherwise gentleman who
4 t0les the roost Tor is 1t roastC in his
8o60nl building eyrie is as wrong In
N Quotation vt the poetry Of bygone
oonelntipn as he was in his forecast OF
EDosd cotrectly in the EVENING PUBLIC
y meER. Mr.. Bliss says, according to
var reporter:
Evening red and morning sray,
e .Surest sign Of a far day.
Now. the old quatrain of which the
above lines are the alleged half is as
fAmilinrfo me as are the - \ Il C's'
/ learned in chldhood's happy hour. AS
q member of ;he elder generation per-
haps may be pardoned for setting Mr..
Forecastrr Bliss right on this ancient
verse.
'Way.back in the COS my dear mother.
Of sainted memory. was in the habit of
quoting this indubtable weather refrain
rs follows:
Sets the traveller on his way.
Eysnins gray and morning RED. ns,a
Don't you see. and doesn't Mr. Bliss
zee, the logic of the rhyme as | have
recalled IL from the recess of youthful
memory? And doesn't the line sets
the traveller on his way comport with
the prophecy that concludes the Jingle.
Rain will fall on the traveller head.
far more naturally than the one APP
nearing in the quatrain IA given by Mr..
Bliss-"Surest sign If fair day
The sequence is broken. or rather
there is no sequence. II the second lln'
as quoted by the official weather fore
-, ha MA nf hp |
call from boyish remembrance. In this
latter the idea Of a man about TO set
If on journey is consistently main.
aimed from start 70 finish. In the Bliss
rendition this feature of the verse is in
reduced incidentally and at the end.
he second line being constructed
bviously for the sake Of rhyme and
bymc only.
Sail wrong. Mr.. Bliss. as you are
eported to have declared of Tue>dlNs :
leather: sail wrong. that falls" quota
,on of yours. Get wise 70 anCl"nt lore
nd then maybe You'll have better sue
ess IN giving US straight tips in your
N CONESTOGA.
Philadelphia, Jun" 6,'1922.
Daylight Saving and Prohibition
the Ei'ior Of thc Evcr.H0 PuG!i" Ledger:
Sir-From time to time letters are
ling sent Ia the papers in regard TO
lylight saving and prohibition. To
II the truth. don't think there is
,ything in either of them. Daylight
saving is q great inconvenience TO most
coplc: no good whatever, only to the
,rorting class. How was il we all got
|; long without il before the war: Just
fad Look at the farmers. Is 1t any
od to them: Again. no. Is II any
! 'nefit to hard working people: No, 1t
not.
i agree with "P. A. w" that day
hit saving is a dclusion. Delaware
ounty is fighting against 1t. and
'ashing.on. y. c.. won't tolerate 1t.
think il should b" put to vote on
ection day and then they will see who
Us the majority.
Why not try to please the poor
'ople? They pay taxes tn" same as the
n and should have some say in max
laws. 1t goes to show if person
s lots of money the laws will be made
suit them.
Now for prohibition. Just because
" church people got their heads to-
'ther at a meeting and said they
- lnted prohibition they started right off
make the place dry. but not until
cir own little wine cellars wer" stock
|. Did they succeed! Are those pco-
e aware that our Lord had wine At
e marriage at Cana: Who are they?
they think they are better than He;
shey are like the politicians. Three
four get together and make the avs.
do not drink any intoXicantS there
re am not speaking for myself: but
know how man coming from Ills
ly's work does appreciate cool glass
beer.
How 10 I know: Ny father had a
- loon some few wears ago in mining
,wn, and after wor-ing hours m"
jor. warm. tired miners would come
and get their glass of beer. II
ould do your heart good TO see them
,joyait. And they wouldn get drunk.
ther.
Since .prohibition began did YOU ever
re so many drunks? Were there ever
81, many fires from stills exploding:
nd look at the papers and SEQ for YOUR
III the suicides and accidents. What
re the causes? Prohibition. They
,Ok the drink from those people and
iey are bound to have 1t and make n
n themselves or buy it from some one
s ~ does business making It, The
'.r cant afford to pay tn" enormous
rm.s asked now. especially working
,Gs. OF course. bankers. lawyers ana
. -hcr high salaried men hav. no trouble
citing the best: they have the money
nd can pay. I think If they would have
clean -up week" where those laws are
tede and clean out all the smart. sane
;ronious- looking people that want TO
.. oh. my. 50 very nice, who don'r
rink. don't want the boys to play ball
n Sunday and at the same time have
II the fun and pleasure Themselves. il
rould be better for the country ana all
ne people who are in it.
BROWN EYES.
Philadelphia, June ,, 1922.