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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
Net Claiming loo Much.

81 see Il certain sect claims that next
year the millennium will begin"
''Well. for my part am not such an
enthusiastic Republican as all that"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
Practice Makes Perfect.

Since he's owned yacht !
suppose Tom has become quite a
sailor:
Ned-I can't say that he has. but
he's getting to be "a fine poker player.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
loo Inclusive.

NORTH don't think Jackson is
much Of n fellow.
WeSt-Why not?
North-He's popular with every
body
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
Wonderful.

I've made great discovery
'Twould make. old Darwin blink;
/ looked beneath my bureau
And | found the missing ink.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22

s'AIrs. Blank IS an entertaining
hostess and 50 clever"
"Yes. indeed. She never lets any
OF her relatives sing If they can't"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
NOT FOR TEN THOUSAND

'NO OFt . ~ J To ONFNfND
Salesman: This house is steam
heated with all of the modern con-
venences and sells for $4,000.
Prospective Buyer: In what con-
dition is the cellar? Is il wet?
Salesman: Say! Waddayun ex-
pect fer $4,000?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
nembe. Of The Associated Press

The Associated Press IL exclu-
aively entitled 10 the use for re-
publication Of all news credited TO
IL or not otherwise credited In
this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights or
re publication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22

In. its number OF days February
makes up in quality for what it lacks
in quantity. It is the month of heroic
birthdays.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
The ncnarce

"How did you get the black eye:"
81 was doing some shadow boxing
and neglected TO duck one of my vi
cious swings. "-Wayside Tales.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22

LIST Street Lamp: He's in pretty
bad shape this morning.
End Street Lamp: Yes, he was in
the midst OF street fight and got a
fractured skull!
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-02-22
Hope.

Hope.
l may live 10 be ninety.
But hope If ] do.
The good friends around me
VIII live that long, too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
THE DESERT OUTRAGE

THE suferings of 1900 passengers
stranded in nineteen trains In various
isolated and arid points in California, New
Mexico and Arizona were acute. but tenn
porary. 1t IS the damage to the cause Of
the railway strikers that is well l-nigh irrep-
arabic. The abandonment of transconti-
mental trains by their crews. engineers, con-
ductors. tiremcn. was an outrage for which
public opinion can find no defense.
1t was the contention Of the Big Four
Brotherhoods that members of their order
would have to quit work if conditions proved
hazardous. Definition of the extent of risk
was hence left to the railway employees as
individuals. As means Of expressing sym
pathy with the striking shopmen and also as
a protest against the maintenance Of armed
guards at the Sante Fe yards, some scores
Of hot heads conceived the idea of NARROWING
travellers in desert regions. The conception
was novel rs 1t was indefensible.
While /: Is true that the so called desert
stations. especially along the route Of the
Santa Fe, possess hotel accommodation
and other accessories of civilization, the
very existence Of these places is artificial
and wholly dependent upon the circulation Of
trains. 4 prolonged stoppage of traffic
would be devastating in its effect
Climatic conditions reach their maximum
Of severity IN the arid stretches of the
Southwest in midsummer. The thermom-
eter in the Pullmans. stalled at Needles,
Calf. registered 100 degrees
1t was Impossible to house Il whole train
load of passengers in the little town. Ice
melted away. provisions were spoiled. Aged
travellers and babies were speedy victims Of
the ordeal and in several instances barely
escaped death.
4 delegation OF passengers. appealing TO
committee of the brotherhood men for
lief AZ Needles. was met with the rejoinder
that mot a wheel would move until the
armed guards were removed from the rail-
way yards As in many instances the
trainmen were comfortable enough in their
own habitations in these desert stations the
cruelty and brutality of their procedure were
thereby aggravated.
Brotherhood members indulglng in this
folly have justified their action on the ground
Of sympathy with the shop crafts in their
dispute. sympathy is irontcal in this con-
nect!on The public has very little Of II for
the reckless men in whom what should be
ordinary instincts of humanity were sup
pressed for a spectacular play, the fruit of
which can only be general and righteous
censure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
MARvELS OF PSYcHoANALYSls

CHARLES BATES WEISBERG, stu.
- dent at the University OF Pennsylvania.
has passed a national psychoanalyttcal ties,
with flying colors and is declared by ex-
perts to have the finest all round catch as
catch can mentality in any college in the
country. His is the champion heavy
weight brain science has proved IT,
Charles, in telling Of the infallible meth
ods by which this was discovered says:
There were some questions calculated 70
test the students powers of observation.
among which l remember one as 10 whether
the figures on City Hall clock were Arabic
or Roman. Luckily. ] bad noticed them
and remembered they were Of the latter
type"
The only observation allowable 10 mere
editorial commentator Is that there are no
figures at all on the City Hall clock there
IS merely straight line to indicate the d! =
visions of the face into FIVE minute periods.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16


afoot--is one Of the triumphs Of modern
road construction. Stretches Of hard"
road almost as good are to be found in
northern parts Of the State.
But to the motorist who is not In hurry
and not anxious to seek short cuts the older
fashioned yellow gravel roads of the In
terror. nearly always well kept and level
and beautiful continues to be attractive.
There nre hundreds of miles Of them which
seem almost too good to be real. They run
for the most part through rich farming
areas aud in quiet. idyllic country. and lead
tourists in all seasons through landscape
that might have been copied from the cam
vases of the best of painters. The speeders
are not on them, for they are wandering
roads. and in some way or other very able
Highway Department keeps them free from
dust.
One of the best things about the newer
system of concrete highways is that it will
help to preserve the beautiful dirt roads Of
Jersey for travellers in the diminishing class
which still has a disposition TO be leisurely
and tho wish "for to admire and for to see''
rather than Il desire TO rush headlong from
one unintcrestng place to another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
FRANCIS 3. REEVES

TRANCIS B. REEVES was a type OF re-
i former who invested thar term-some-
times mistrusted- honorable distinction
and won for It a large measure OF popular
respect. His career in Philadelphia is
signal instance Of the right conception ot
public spirit.
Mr.. Reeves labored increasingly and un-
sefshly for the good OF the community and
there were few humanitarian enterprises OF
note with which his name was not con-
nected. In politics his aim was the reverse
of self aggra Indictment. II was the welfare
of the city which he had sincerely az heart.
and II is pleasant to recall that his con-
sistent espousa Of the cause Of clean gov
ernment played no nConsiderable part in the
elevation Of that afectionately remembered
.'old war horse" Rudolph Blankenburg, 70
the mayoralty.
Philadelph!ans after the manner Of Fran
els b. Reeves. men possessed Of his quiet
rover of genuine constructive accomplish
ment, are not too common. His passing
leaves regrettab.e gap in the ranks OF citi-
sens Of whom this community has the right
10 be proud.
His was a life Of fine ideals unfagglngly
pursued, without vanity and without the
least insistenCe upon the spectacular.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
JERSEY ROADS

TN A time when highway construction has
/ become the greatest public activity in
mos, of the States, toll bridges privately
operated are obviously out of date. The
transfer Of the great Ocean City Somers
Point bridge from the owning corporation
to the Highway Department of New Jersey
and the elimination of the toll system is
characteristic Of State which always has
boen aware OF the value Of good roads. An
o,her link is thus completed in what ulti-
mately will be a fine ocean boulevard along
the entire Jersey coast line. Jersey may
now be little proudcr than ever OF its
highways, which are still among the most
inviting in the country.
The great concrete pike, now almost COM
pleted between Camden and Atlantic City
plans to open 1t late in October are nof
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
Member of the Associated Press
GOOD TRANSIT NEWS

MAYOR MooRE'S announcement that he
intends TO push plans for program ot
comprehensive rapid transit dev"lopment in
the hope of having It adopted with the sane.
ton of Council and in agreement with the
p. r. T. before his administration ends IS
good news and big news
1t is plain that Mr Moor" now r,earIy
perCeives the unwiSdom Of the course TO
which the city was committed and 70 which
his Administration fell heir when for Sec
tional political reasons grand!oSe but IN
many respects impraCticable networks of
subways and elevated structures were ordered
constructed with huge loans earmarked for
each, but with the all ali-!mportant question Of
how and by whom they should be operated
left unsettled. That mistake which
ought never again 10 be permitted.
Since the rehabilitation Of the +. Il T.
and its emancipation from polit.co financial
control have been accomplished under the
Mitten management. the ideal and. in fact,
the only completely workable plan must be
operation as a unit OF the whole transit sys-
TEN in the city. The Mayor, therefore. is
on the right track when h" declares that he
IS going to call the + K. T as we'll rs
Council into conference before expending a
dollar of the taxpayers money in further
extensions There can be only one reason
able result Of such a busincsslike way OF
proceeding and that is an arrangement
which will be satisfactory to everybody be-
cause every factor will he represented.
1t would be the grossest folly TO go ahead
with the building Of lines which an oper-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
THE TRUTHFUL CAMERA

TT is an old axiom In newspaper work
i that u murder story is triped In news
value II love tangle is woven into it.
Sordid details of crime are lightened and
frightened and made palatable to the public
the atmosphere of romance and the
.tic thought Of u love that stopped at
Thing.
ye read Of husband slain and wife
ing whose effects are found hundreds Of
sionate love letters from another man.
N ! do not, on this account, overlook the
y 'nousness of murder. but We find our
'.As inclined to view with added interest
} Q mental picture of beautiful woman
Taught in the web of tangled heart
tragedy.
a And then comes the cruel and heartless
!. md unromantic newspaper photographer
Soenrniny from his assignment to ''cqyer''
(, ~ case. He hides himself and his plates
( r. ~ darkroom for ten minutes and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Pausanias, noted Greek geographT
and writer on art, who lived in the
second century A. d., may be said 10
have been the author of the first guide
iicllas" Is the best extant source ot
Information on the topography, locai
history religious observation, arChl,,
lecture and sculpture Of classca'
Greece
:. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Virginia and Missouri
are States leading in the production OF
3 Benes is Premier OF Czecho- -Slovakia.
4 His name should be pronounced Bay
mesh" with the accent on the last sy'
B. The act of mapping is the act OF break
ing stone. The word Is from the Scotch
e. a three-quarter length portrait is caneu cansso
Kit Cat Kit Cats were originally
pecialy the latter part OF the seven
teenth and the early part OF the eignu
eenth centuries. The Kit Cat club was
forIped In London at about that perlon,
IL brought together wits. humon,
ists and literary men, The, portraits OF
the members painted in three, quarter
length size by Sir Godfrey knel!el,
herane known as Ntt Cats ana uo uo
term eventually became a generic one
for all pictures Of that size, go,
:. Charles BradlauEh was a noted EngHsp
radical politician and advocate "
= cularism. Although elected to faI
Lament In 1880 he was prevented IRON
taking his seat because he refused %. 9a
was eventually seated three years lale''
Bradlaush died In 1891. lila.
.. a Marhthon running course is 20 h''''
3S6 yards.
2. Biography is the study Of inscriptions
10, The paladins were the twelve peers ..
the Emperor Charlemagne. The term
paladin subsequently, came to mean
paragon OF knighthood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
WORK FOR A COMMISSION

The suggested fact finding commission
for dealing with future negotiations in the
soft coal industry IS good as far Us II goes,
but II doesn't go far enough
The commission is to be chosen by the
miners and operators, with the personnel
to be approved by the President. This last
clause should mean representation Of the
third party, the consumers.
But II would be better If the comm!s-
sion were n public body with Congress be-
hind it and having the power to investigate
not only the soft coal but the anthraGte
industry. It sounds too much like close
corporation or family affair as it stands
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

emerges' with--what? An all too true like
ness Of the heroine, And she is dowdy and
ordinary, and her best friends would have
to admit that she was fat and she herself
would have to admit to forty. And she
wears the spectacles of frank near sighted
ness and her boots are cminently Of the
sensible variety.
All at once the whole case descends once
more TO what 1t really is--a drab and sor'lid
story of ordinary people without hint of
real romance TO color its stark ghastliness
and unloveliness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
What DO You Kn0,U?


J. What queen. b. royal edict, prohblted
the use OF theatre passes?
>. Who said Familiarity breeds con-
tempt?
3. Where are the Fortunate Islands?
4 How does the katydid make its noise
8, Who was tho Muse of History In Greek
mythology?
g. What Is meant by n cinker-built ship?
l. What Is a bagman in English commercial
parlance?
s. What is the meaning OF the Turkish
title "erfendi"?
O. What is the middle name OF Thomas A.
Edison?
10 What is q quadr!ga?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

A dispatch from Toxic says the Japa-
nese people believe the navy cut in accord
ance with agreement made at the Wash
ington Conference does not cut deep enough,
and that present military preparations are
casting too much money. 1t Is Il sentiment
thnt snenks well for the pence Of the world
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

Sensational preacher OF New York
c,psse, "blondlned hair, wooden nutmogs,
haIf.cotton wool, warered milk. pasteboard
leather, padded forms and yellow journal
ISM with gambling den, drinking hels
and hounts OF shame" Thus does over
emphasis make mock Of reform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

The way the Chester avenue business
mon look at it, the time to gayly skip and
stop grumbing Is when you can force the
traction company to stop the skips where
it had previously skipped the stops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
A disciple Of the tramp
portrayed by Old Hoss
Hoey is at large in Pat
arSnn y L Whiln he
IiumOrists
Gone Wrong

family vps in bed he stole the front door
Of a dwelling house, lock- hinges and all,
Kim from stealing house TO tt the door.
The chances are. though, that the alleged
snrso ~ hurnGr There are such. Witness
the two visitors from suburban towns picked
m bv Philadelphia cop with their auto L,
mobile filled with "No Parking and
.Sofety Zone signs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

New Jersey is planning a visiting auto
tax because Pennsylvania authorities compel
New Jersey farmers delivering produce to
take out Pcnnsylvanis license. About
time to swap 'repr.sals' for reciprocity"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
Stranger Than
Fiction

Two goats in the
Stranger Than Washington Park ZOO
Fiction at FL Paso, Tex, are
nursing Il pair of baby
eDtelopes. 4 pigeon at Glen Ridge, y. j.,
thought TO be Matching batch of eggs, was
found sitting on eight young rats, all fast
asleep And sprightiy comment is estOpped,
darn il. by the knowledge that the seem
ingiy impossible stories are probably sober
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
MoNAGHAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE
TO JUDICIAL ROUTlNEERS
One Court In Which Courageous Initia.
tive Is Brought to the Aid
Of the Law

0RGANIZATlON politics has had great
~ deal 10 do with giving to some Phila-
de,phia Judges the aspect of casual and
rather bored spectators in the courts where
they preside. Elsewhere -- particularly in
England, sometimes in New York and often
in the West-Judges feel bound to make
good use OF knowledge gained by direct OBJ
servation and experience and to utilize evi-
dence discovered through the questioning of
witnesses as ground for fresh initiative in
action against criminals or in the interest
Of the unfortunate
There is no reason why Indignation or
compassion or an intelligent sense Of re.
sentiment should be forever absent from the
bench or why the humane concerns Of
Judge should not find expression in methods
of procedure devised to realize the spirit as
we! as to interpret the letter of the law.
But for some sorts of men there Is an ad.
vantage in the other method The Judge.
who is merely a cool and disnterested and
unmoved Interpreter, n sort of umpire AZ the
game Of the courts. will seldom tread un.
Willingly on the toes of his political friends
BY leaving the whole business of fact finding
and prosecution to the District Attorney
office he can remain safe and respectable
within the narrowing circle Of his traditional
responsibilities. even IL he never does any
thing 70 advance the spirit Of justice and
decency and humanity which the law IS sup
posed 10 foster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

California fruit crop Is tied UP BY tn!
rail strike. Oh well. "putters- up vii!
have less reason to complain of the tariff
on sugar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
Rules OF the
Road

'WgIk. on the Lett signs than The BrltIsh-
crs themselves. Always the rule has been
Keep TO the Right" But there is ex-
cellence in the change so long as the rules
NJ the road remain as they are. All vehicles
Loen "a the left there Conformity to the
new new rule for pedestrians keeps. those on
,Ee outside of the sidewalk facing the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

As things stand now. the money saved
on bridge tolls by Ocean City people won't
be spent on Sunday candy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

And while the Mayor Is busy with
high speed transit service let not the vir'
tues of a Parkway bus service be forgotten.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

As we understand it. the Western
Union is willing to bury the issue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
Having noted the facts
Right, Of Course

neoDIs live longer in the country than In
the city: that women live longer than men
that whites live longer than Negroes and
thNt there are ever 80 many States whose
residents live longer than those of Pennsyl-
vania the old colored porter in local bar
har shon grinned and said. Dem figures Is
agen me but figures wouldn't be interesting
n1how If IL wa mt TO de exceptions"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

The Harold McCormicks say they are
glad their troubles are over. Optimism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

AS the Shipping Board sees 1t. good
wine needs no Busch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

We gather that the friends Of the op.
ponent of Senator Frelinghuysen are out
TO make a Record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

If the Grand Duke Cyril is Joined by
Percy and Harold in his fight for the throne
OF Russia 1t ought to make a good comedy
film.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

When hearse has been searched for
hooch it is q cinch the spirit has departed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

Colonel D'Olicr takes the ground that
the fair only has to be known to be appre'
Ciated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

The fact that Lloyd Georges goat Won
a prize in show proves that nobody has Il.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
SHORT CUTS

BARRIERS have been regulated. Next!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16

Il Is 70 the great credit Of Judge John
Monaghan thar he displays. particularly in
the direction Of the inquiry into Illicit drug
rases, nothing OF the aloofness and lazy
tolerance that so often Confuses and re-
tards in the courts the processes Of justice
and enlightenment. He evidently has what
a! Judges are supposed to have. a desire 70
be right rather than merely literal in the
presence OF problems complicated by misery
and ignorance and misfortune. And he has
imagination and courage.
In cropping 20 the bottom OF the general
mess that had the Ginsberg parole as one Of
It's outward signs. Judge Monaghan has been
making use Of hints and implications con-
ta!ned in the evidence 10 End a way grad
dope tratfc. Clearly. it is futile and cruel TO
send victims OF the drug habit to Jail and
ask no questions about the people who prof
tied and continue 20 profit deliberately by
their degradation.
That IS what good many magistrates and
Judges IN the courts Of record have been
content to do. 1t Is not hard TO find an ex-
planat.on for this startling lack Of curiosity
IN some Of the courts. The drug traffic is
linked up rather closely with the underworld
outposts Of ward politics. And In pinch
that threatens exposure of this Incredible
alliance the dop" peddlcrS can always be as
sured Of the help Of well paid lawyers with
political !nduenc" great enough to awe even
a Quarter Sessions Judge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-16
NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphans Subjects They
KnoU Best

this marked change which has come upon
the spirit of the congregations in so far as
the church music is concerned. and they
have worked harder to bring about good
music than they did when the music in the
church was seemingly n matter about which
very few persons in the congregations con-
cnrnel them snlvns