davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
ENGLAND'S BIG DAY

7 ONDON 10 preparing for outbursts Of
- political smotionalism tonight unparal.
leled since the pre.war era. Judging. how.
ever, from indications both from the capital
and from the county a. a whole, prophe.
cies OF the complexion Of the excitement are
comparatively rare.
Lloyd George has been swinging around
the circle In his old intensively vivid style.
haying the ''die. .hards' right and left with
occasional side thrusts at ultra radicalism.
I'VE don't want" he cries. "to stick In the
mud any more than we want reactionaries. I"
Just precisely what kind Of a platform this
Is 1t would not be easy to say. The appeal
OF the ex Premier unquestionably Ia largely
personal.
There is considerable exultation among the
old.line Liberals Of the Asquithian persua.
sion. while the Bonar LAW Unionist cohorts
are bent on consolidating the gains Of their
recent sudden victory. Parties tnwardly
fearful Of defeat are consoline them.
selves with the reflection that the Parlia.
ment to be elected today Is almost certain
to be short one, with the prospects Of an.
other upheaval within a few months.
In any event. this ought to be the closed
season for political forecasters. Despite the
fundamental differences between the Ameri.
can and British party systems. situations
In the two countries are alike In the present
abundance Of unpredictable elements and In
the widespread prevalence Of opposition
rather than constructive sentiment. At this
time the British public. like the American,
is most OF all, no matter what the cost to
logic or consistency. interested In change.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

But any one can understand without the cid
Of charts Oe diagrams Q sx days voyage
from dock to dock and the consequent ex.
pedittous dispatch Of mail.
Previous to 1914, Il was chiefly ireland
which prohted BY the feats Of racing liners.
To-day the highly important object Of bring.
Ing New York and London near together 10
point Of time IL pursued and many of the
greatest vessels are calling at Plymouth,
whence the mails are whlsked to London By
means OF the longest and fastest non stop
railway run In the world. 49,.
These combined factors eonstitute . real
gain In transportation, Just 40 the Maufe.
tania's new. record smashing exploits illus.
trate welcome return to the best standards
OF postal progress.
Hustlins de lure passengers over the At.
nntic ferry may be a great game and 10
perhaps profitable to the steamship com.
nantes. but what Il very seriously needed
throughout the globe Is a tightening up and
an effective reorganization Of international
mail facilities.
With New York within SIX days mall.
ing distance OF London, a step forward has
been taken which should inspire development
on other routes. Reform 10 particularly
needed In services to Mediterranean coun.
tries, some Of which, a., for example. Spain
anu Gfeece, can be reached BY letter no
quicker than Japan from the Eastern United
States.
The Mauretania's performances provide
encourasins indication that prompt dispatch
OK mail 10 becoming a question In which
civ'iization 10 again deeply interested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Il is tragic to get what you want. Hut
those who And tragedy IN failure always
think that success would be % Tar from
trnsic as to Justify the greatest sacrifices.
The psychoanalyst might be able to ex.
plain. to his own satisfaction at any rate.
the cause Of Miss Gardens pessimism. Per.
haps the psychologist might contribute
something to the explanation also, and the
sociolosist might add his mite.
But there will always be n saving rem.
nnnt In society which Ia persuaded, perhaps
against the evidence. that enduring salts.
factions are to be found by those who seek
them intellisently. They are not material
possessions nor the plaudits Of the multi.
tudc; but. according to the best equipped
commentators, they are matters Of the
spirit, impondcrables that cannot be grasped
by the greedy hand but that flock about the
soul that seeks nothing for itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
4 WOrl Of Trihut.

c, Ihe traffic cop ut the Park bridu. y,
Girard oa,r avenue has no semaphors Hse to d., %n
cr,ss y"%%. %.v ThS roads there do not M merely @
make a policeman cross:eys % eIRSmgh R"g +"
young man on duty there Hundov .,,sn sm"
noon showed as much poise as ,I""n @Hep'
who looked down on his labors. SI"chn,nr"". NJ hnr"
wtIi. WERE AZ H.; 'nrk as flies and only once in
drivers wanted to turn to tho riuht %. the
lett or the half right or half 1rft m "r 'ne
turn around and 80 back the a wav Or I"
came cn,,s ,t And not only lil the traic 'ay "o,,
Sns.s i"mEs ,asn, mem WITHOUT friction. but he ais,
what amused pcfsst trians accustoun% s%"'e. T..
have senaphores turned while they We're !" !"
the middle Of the street and to have 'S nil ~ !
lions Lions o. !,s, carr % hear down on them. some Of
feet behave. hut every one Of them hn0 vosii .nsis
have bsen willing 10 admit that I" "vSs. ~.
an ALBRIGHT tradc Hp. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
CAN'T BE CITIZENS

JUSTICE SUTHERLAND. Of the su.
u preme Court. used the skill Of q diplo.
matist in framing his opinion setting forth
the decision Of the court that persons Of
the Japanese race are not eligible to Amer.
lean citixenship. He said that the court
had no function in the matter other than to
ascertain the will Of Congress and de.
clare It.
"Of course" he continued. "there is not
implied. either in the legislation or in our
Interpretation Of II. any suggestion Of indi.
vidual or racial inferiority. These con.
sidcrations ore In no way involved
Under the law. only free white persons
and those Of African nativity or descent may
be naturalized. As Japanese ia neither a
free white person nor q person Of African
OF one Of the excluded races. lie may not
become q citizen unless or until the law IL
changed.
So far as appears, the Supreme Court has
not yet been asked to pass on the validity
Of the act Of May 10, 1913. which per.
mitted the naturalization Of aliens who had
served in the military or naval forces Of the
United States. Judge Thompson, sitting In
the Federal Court In this city on February
20. 1910, admitted to citiscnship four Japa.
nese stewards and one Chinese steward who
had served on ships In the navy. The law
under which he acted was interpreted a.
making an exception to the general rule ex.
cluding all but whites and Negroes from
naturalization.
The Supreme Court decision. handed down
by Justice Sutherland. is interpreted in
California as BY implication sustaining the
legislation which forbids the holding Of land
In the State BY any one ineligible to citi.
zenship. 1t was directed especially against
the Japanese
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talk, With Thinking Phodelpians Subjects They
Kno,U Best

OF the store, who enters and weighs the
purchase on the same scale. II there II a
short weight or an Overcharse, either Of
which may happen. the scales are examined
and either a correction 10 made or prOsecu.
tiOn brought.
Bringing tho Prosecutions
Prosecutions Of such cases are brought
n H. ths central Police Court, the reason for
ensue. The act Of Legislature under which
We operate does not provide sufficiently large
hnes In our judgment, and the dealer caught
giving short weight or overcharging breads
the the, publicity %t which he viii get far more
be IMPOSED BY a magistrate.
but the chief thing In order to correct
this condition Is, more careful buying on
me part OF the housekeeper. 4 lot Of buy.
ing ~ done BY, telephone. and where this Ia
.at,,r snt rmsc; the housekeeper should insist on
telephone the price. per pound and the quan.
tity OF what Ia being sent her. This should
De then checked up on scales of her own,
II she makes direct purchase, abe
snould never accept It without knowing the
curate weight: To be satisfied with the
statement Of the dealer that the commodity
are trying to stop. We need the helm and
co co.operation Of the buying public in this
matter and II the housekcepers would stop
~ ~ e11aeI 'a1n that when the bureau was started
thousands OF dollars. l am sure that this co:
operation would be forthcoming.
The Children's Agents
"'Another important bureau IA TINT ~ ~.
chlldrens aeents. The Municipal Court
commits children to child caring instit"'
Mons. of which there are about sixtv in
thr city. for various reasons, the PRINCIPAL
heing dependency, and, as the county mist
"aaa "ear p"tt "t the burden OF support in most
county; Whenever the circumstances show
that the parents can nay a prODortion ~
this cost, the Court directs the countr So to
,rhir collect that proportion from the parents
Ihls work Is done by US. ''
F"'. I" snfSs 9g the s: Of tho in
inter- in, the the delinquent parents and bring them hem
INTO court II they do not nav. This voor
the county will have spent about S6OO'' on eae
on these children. Not more than 90 ner
% r ch;Idr. 81 TINS t was coleetibie. the rest being
,ectible amount We will collect about 70
per cent from the parents. W
,,,. Inc county Commissioners pass on all
% o,.ls ana 2ayrolls for the Municipal Court
nma ;n ii""se OF Detention (acting in this
bills Of ths us nnwnn rsours"g % agents only all the
the Eastern Penitentiary. all Jurors SsS, nnb
Sinins SinGss f'ss and will also have charge Of tho
ParHwssy VIZ NE oIs" new mvts Victory Han on the
OF go toward the burial OF pah1lon every soid,as
Sa,or, sailor, marine or enlisted nurse 'I', or thc
widows OF the first three ciassiacat;oo o,s
where the entire expense Of the burial ,Io"s
nrsvs noe exceed %art.s $780, We provide a suitable
delphia County IL. we believe - H. 'niia.
beautiful in design Of any In the State ""'"S'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
SPROUTS OPPORTUNITY

ERIENDS Of Governor Sproul, who also
i believe that men Of the highest type
should alone be promoted 10 the bench. are
hoping that the Governor will rise to his
opportunity in the selection Of lawyer to
6ll the vacancy caused in the Common Pleas
Court by the death of Judge Rogers.
There are able lawyers with the respect
and the confidence nf the bar who ought to
b considered in this connection. Ii Is
important that the administration Of JUS
tice should be in the hands If men of such
high repute that their rulings will be tainted
by no suspicion of favoritism or Of !y.
uoranCc.
The Governor has made some excellent
appointments. He can make the closing
months of his term memorable by measuring
the men under consideration for the exist 8.
ing vacancy by the highest standards and
by rejecting every one save the best avail
able,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
BEZDEK AND BASEBALL

TIME announcement that the president of
i the Philadelphia National League Base
ball Club Is negotating with Hugo R"z,lck,
athletic director Of Pcnnsylvania State Col
lsge, with Il view to his becoming manager
a the club for the next three years, will
hsarten all the baseball enthusiasts in this
part Of the country.
Bezdek knows baseball md he knows how
to manage men. His brilliant admnistra-
tion Of the athletic affairs Of the State Col
lese IL known to all followers Of the sport.
inE news They will at once conclude that
he can do for the local National Lengue club
what he has done for the college students
and that he can In the course of time de-
vslop II group of ball players who can hold
their own with the best In the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

II the proportion Of fatal accidents had
been as great In 1921 as It was In l017
there would have been 1874 deaths in.
stead Of 1O.18s. That the number is not
so large Is due to the Increasing skill and
care Of motorcar drivers and to the more
careful habit OF pedestrians In the street,
of the crowded cities.
Most OF us are accustomed To the prcs.
ence Of the rapidly moving cars and We do
not cross the street without first discovering u
whether It is safe to do It. In the dow ntown
districts the presence Of traffic policemen at
the street corners, who regulate the move.
ment OF the cars In the interest OF safety.
has doubtless contributed to the result.
II It were possible to analyze the figures
and discover the number OF fatalities that
have overtaken Joy riders whose cars have
run into trees or lamp posts or have been
driven of the road and down an embank .
ment or collidcd with other cars, II would
doubtless make up n considerable proportion
OF the total.
The figures nre not alarming. Indeed.
when one thinks OF the speed with which
the cars are driven over the public hiph. .
ways It iS surprising that the number of
| fatalities IL not greater. Most drivers Of
cars are careful. They do not want to kill
themselves or any one else. Severcr nun
i.hrpent for the really reckless drivers,
which public sentiment is beginning to de
mand. will reduce the fatalities 10 thos.
which arise from unforeseen and unfore
seeable conditions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
MARY GARDEN ON LIFE

TT WOULD be interesting to know what
i Interpretation Freud would put on Mary
Gardens remark. made in the course Of her
comments on the marriage Of Harold F..
Mccormick and Gamma Wnlska.
"Iife has two tragedies said she. Zone
lies In not getting the thing you want in this
world. and the other lies in getting It,.
This In a somewhat elaborate way Of say.
ins thSt life itself IL a tragedy. That II Is
= nlsy has been asserted on high authority.
Il has sometimes been assumed that 1t IL a
esmedy or 4 farce, with an occasional
ti1eedy.
81 Mary Garden has sought fame and has
4 pveeed. with the same authority that has
llis ~ 4 play, that tame 10 but .
y tpeaks at the touch, q y pen1.
rwhy ~ sAsah ~ ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
EXPEDITING SEA MAIL

v,HE delivery In London on Monday of
mail posted on the Mnuretania In New
York the previous Tuesday lends an I'm. =.
rres.ion Of authenticity to trans. Atlantic
speeding.
In the pre.war days Of ocean grey hound
riyalries jcsts were frequently made at the
expense OF ingenious statisticians who had q
way Of proving that sea passages were
faster than they seemed to be. As no pas.
sengers embarked at Daunt's Rock or dis.
embarked at SANDY Hook, ths practical
sGsct ef tras.oeseais spsstt1g shstwesa
lighthouses was 10 - sstsst }hsesse'saI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

TT isn't one thing It's another. Skitg
are lengthening, but the president OF he
Hairdressers' Association says the aapp!n
will be showing part of their ears thu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
MOTOR.CAR FATALITIES

A LTHOUGH the number OF automobile
"A fatalities was greater in 1921 than In
1920. according to the figures just compiled,
there has for years been n progressive In.
crease In the proportion between the mum.
bcr Of fatalities and the number Of cars In
operati0n. Here are the figures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Silver.tip fox went fishing for ees y
Sunbury. Pa. and got caught IN an eN
trap. The owner OF the trap Is ricnsWt
by about &7G-$72 for the pelt and =
bounty. This. dear children, teaches ' !
that there is no such thing as luck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Minnesota's new Senator IL a dentist
Supplementing Office equipment with Z
political pull.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

President Of the New York School d
Fine and Applied Arts has been telling
women how to dress. Seems a. though Bio
subject should have been cosmetics. ''i
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Bremen bird fancier has succeeded y
producing canaries with nightingales
MARBLES. Interesting. But gobble. Eobole.
gobble il pretty good song ut this sea'os
Of the year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Local baby has been born with twe
teeth. Stirring human drama. Wonder u
they play opposite to each other? !
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Toxic with a population Of 8, 900
Is now the third city in the world. Neg
York Ia second and London first. But au
three are faded by a first .class anthill.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Recent ship ruling indicates that II,
flying Of the Panama aag promises frs'
passage in the alimentary cfhal zone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Bil Tilden says a champion should
have the right to beat his predecessor and
not merely get the title by default; 20 he
viii! play tenni. With q aneer lacking on his
'i::. ;:':: !: ::.,:: 4: e.: s.''!' %''is ;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Clemenceau says he IL coming to talk
men but, bless him, we'll love It either way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Polecats have c6ptured the town Il
Columbus, n. j.. and citizens rights an
not worth q scent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Only man can achieve greatness. sishS
Mary Garden. And mt that she comes nears
to greatness than many who will passioa'
ate1y dissent from her opinion. ID
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

It will he Uncle Sans pleasant duty b
keep the smile on the face of the Tiger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15

Lovingly surrounding carrot a wea'
ding ring lost by school teacher twenty
Ave years ago was found recently BY :
Paris gardener. Gold, as 1t were, with d
extra carrot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
What Do You Kn0lD?

QUIZ .
1. Who originated the expression. "FoScsy; FSs;
rush In where angels fear to treao
.. What 10 the crozier In astronomy! ,,.
s. When was the Battle OF Little Big hcISs hc,.s
fought and who were the contestants
1. What Is distemper In painting?
5. Who invented dynamite. and whenI
8. What In the foreshore OF q scacoaStI a,
Z What kind Of an animal Ia a gulliem!.oii:.
&. What L. the meaning OF the l"''A''
III. j." on tombstones? .,.
O. What IL the highest mountain on "'
American continent?
TO- What Is the sixth book In the Bib'e'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-15
SHORT CUTS

Perhaps New Brunswick hates to step
out Of the limelight.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-13
o. II. LONG,
Dictator.
VISION

r Asst night crept across tho snow
~ Whero only tracking rabbits 20.
And there I waited. quite alono
Until tho Christmas radiance 5hono.
At midnight twenty angels camo.
Each white and shining like flame.
At midnight twenty angels sang,
The stars swung out like bells. and rang.
They lifted mo across tho hill.
They bore mo In their arms until
A creator glory greeted them.
1t was tho town of Bethlehem.
And gently. then. they set mo down.
All worshiping that holy town.
And gently then. they bade mo raise
My head to worship and to praise
And gently. then. tho Christ smiled down,
All. there was glory In that town!
1t was as il the world were free
And glistening In purity.
There, in that vault Of crystal blue,
1t was as II tho world were new,
And myriad angels. file on file,
Glorled in the Christ-childs smile.
It was so beautiful to see,
Such glory for child like me.
SO beautiful. 1t does not seem
1t could have been n Christmas dreami
john Farrar. In The World Magazine.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-13

the United States and those associated
with him, to give to the solution of
these most. confusing and completing
problems"
To comply with the demand that
evidence in the hands of the govern
ment be made public, the attorney
general declared, would be highly in
furious to the interests Of the people"
in the case Of certain important mat
tcrs now in preparation for prcsenta-
tion to the proper tribunal"
In view of "the evident attempt to
discredit in advance the activities of
the department" the statement said,
the attorney general can not escape
the conclusion that the sole object and
purpose of this proceedings is not to
remove him from office, but in the ma
ture avowcdly Of an attempt to compel
the disclosure in advance of the evil
dence upon which the government re-
lies in the investigation and prosecu-
ton of cases Of the greatest import
ancc to the government"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-13
ACF1RISTMAS
!: SUGGESTION
@ BY ELEANOR E. KING @
IIIllIIInHIIIIIIIIIIlIilIHuIIIIiIIIIIII

1uiiiiliiIilstiItIiIIiIIii
90. 1879. western Newspaper Union.)
TWO young girls were standing in
- front of one Of the counters in
large department store. They were
we'll dressed and gave the appearance
OF coming from wealthy, refined homes.
There IS no use talking. Christmas
Is just bore to me. I know before
opep present that everything
have mentioned as wanting, is .ere
before me"
Yes. know" returned her friend"
what you are going to get for Christ
mas--or any time" she added.
A rather trim looking woman who
had been standing near them, waiting
for changc, now stepped up.
Pardon me, but couldn't help
hearing par. of your conversation"
She handed the girls her card II
think / am the posseSsOr Of the keys
to your happiness-at Christmas time
and I just had to tell you"
''My name Is Betty Wentworth. and
this Is my friend Janis Hamilton,
Miss Harper. / have heard lots about
your work here In the city. I would
be only too glad to try the key you
speak Of and see If 1t would fit"
Good. Come to my, office at ten
tomorrow and 1 will tell you more
about it."
Betty went. She spent pleasant
hour or so talking with Miss Harper.
She thought her suggestions splendid
and left fifty dollars to cover the ex-
penses involved.
Instead Of sleeping until noon Christ
mas morning as she usually did, Betty
was up and dressed at eight o'clock.
She called for the machine and drove
to Miss Harper's office.
The room was piled high with
baskets containing fruit canned goods,
candy and toys. Necessarles which
Miss Harper knew only too well, her
poor people needed.
They piled them In the machine.
Then under Miss Harper's guidance,
they were left at the homes Of the
most needy In her district.
Betty had the time Of her life. She
couldn't believe that little basket
full Of food and toys could create
such JOY. The recipients couldn't
thank her enough. When they re.
turned to the office, Betty said: my,
Miss Harper, your key surely fit.
have never had such wonderful
Christmas. If people wouldn't think
I was ungrateful, would go right
home, take all my presents and give
them away, too"