Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-24

Within the radius of fifty or sixty miles
from Philadelphia there are stretches Of de-
lightful country hallowed by epochal events
in the making of the Nation. Any move
ment which seems to safeguard the inspira-
tionnl values Of these regions and to respect
their relics of heroic past Is one to be en-
couraged.
WHO would have
PunCturing suspected that the second
the Bubble Johnstown flood to burst
its dams and tumble into
the news would be one of real beer?
Nobody. So thrilling was the news, 10
realistic (for free lunch was coupled with
the real beer, that. the sophisticated began
to wonder if the whole thing were not
merely bid for the tourist trade. And
now comes the affirmation that the stuff
is nothing more than near. beer and that
its kick is purely, psychological. How the
truth will hurt and sadden the convivial ones
who have sampled and approved!
SHORT CUTS
Strange is the tote of the aeromarine.
Queer Is the picture as V'os'"' 't'"
Schooner that rescued them cannot be seen
Rum 90, amt III
Rail birds continue TO destroy Uncle
Sans crops.
What Hill desires from Haynes, ap-
parently, is frank statement.
'Tis a black mark ireland has given
herself IN the Staying OF Collins.
It appears that no long airplane flight
is complete without n wreck or two.
Anthracite miners and operators won't
find any meat on the>bone of contention.
ment until the Government has tamped u
tie.
Settlement Of the steel strike may be
obscured by the darkness that precedes the
dawn.
To hear some Of the European corre-
spondents tell 1t, Mars Is merely changing
his armor.
Every householder with an empty bin
has his own coal commission, but 1t ism
getting him anywhere.
Some of the men who profess to be
shocked at Ncwberry are not above buying
votes with q bonus.
There is little likelihood that rail execu-
tives are looking with over friendly eyes in
the direction of Judge Gary.
Somehow we begin to wonder how Con-
gressmen are going to point with pride
during the coming campaign.
Judge lands says he believes in TEN
pering justice with mercy. but you just
can't make some of his victims believe 1t.
Though we rejoice at the thought Of a
fact finding commission, It will take more
than coaled facts to keep the home fires
burning.
Williamsport, Pa, man shed tears and
was cured of color blindness. And yet
we have known onion peelers to speak OF
them as white violets.
Hindenburg is being lionized in Munich
Indication. perhaps, that he was not SUN
mitted to end.
Soviet authorities are said to be making
an effort to sell the Russian crown jewels
valued at $500, 900 900. Tho amazing fac,
is that they are still intact.
The fapper has stood for Q good deaI
and has come up smiling, but the declara
tion OF New York dancing masters that<sht
Is ungraceful and cant dance Is a knock
out.
Greensburg, Pa, reports frost. Th'
time draws near when newspaper para
graphers simply cant refrain mentionine
what James Whtcom5 Riley had to say
about the punkin.
Adolph Lorenz says the one lesson h,
has learned in life is never to stop working
but of course, this expert opinion need no
be allowed to interfere with vacation plans
The local burglar, who worked fol
hours TO enter warehouse, got fifty pennie
from a cash register and was then pinched
Is probably of the opinion that there a
truth in the scriptural dictum that the wa!
of the transgressor is hard.
Man does his routine work though tn
heavens fall. Thus there Is cause for con
graduation rather than surprise in the fac
that despite political upheavals the farmer
of Russia and Poland went ahead and plante
grain and are now assured good crops.
Uncle Sam suggests that Cuba put u
entry barriers as a first step toward pre-
venting the smuggling of Chinese and Euro
pean aliens from the island republic +
the United States--a case OF suggested GRO
restriction that will awaken no controversy
1t Is confidently expected that the con
templated Turc0 Greek conference near Con
stantinople will accomplish almost as muc
as some other recent conferences of othe
participants in the big war; which fact
! somehow, is not overwhelmingly sncourag
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