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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Publishing Books and Stories

To the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-PleAss tell me about how much |,
costs to have a book published Of. say. 3h(
pages and how ] can secure publisher tc
publish a book on a royalty
How should written stories be sent to a
magazine for publication!
W. j.. HEARD.
Philadelphia. February 10. 1922,
IT would not be possible for us to give
you the cost OF having a book published, II
would depend entirely on the number Of
pages. tho difficulty Of composition. the
quality OF paper, the styl" Of binding. etc.
You would have to write to book publishers
and get estimates. stating how many pages
the book would require. and they will es'
innate on the character OF paper and bind.
ing II would not be likely that YOU could
get a publisher to publish your book, glvin.
you a percentage for each COPY sold.
To submit stories to ho published Ion
should have them carefully typewriter and
carefully edited. You should send a stamp
ID addressed envelope for their return In
case Of non acceptance. You might send the
same ntories to different magazines which
is often done. This would facilitate mat
ters, as the magazines receive great auan-
titles OF stories and. naturally. can accept
only a limited number.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
more than a man. Where work the
place is open from 9 A. NJ. to IL p. NJ,
and no girl works more than eight
hours. COLLEEN.
Philadelphia, February II. 1922.
A Servant Girl Gives Her Side

Ahhuueipna, reOruary 1<, A0ZS.
A Servant Girl Gives Her eide
TO the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--The great trouble between Yer.
want and mistress these days Is that the
mistress is trying to live quite beyond
the family means and the servant CIR!
suffers in consequence. Thousands Of
families in this city are too poor to
employ servants, and they are not will
ing to do the work themselves. Hus-
bands provide their wives with certain
allowance. probably in most cases az
much as they can spare, but the wives
are too lazy to do anything themselves,
and employ some one for the work.
Their money won't reach, and the one
servant must do all the cooking, keep
the house in order, do the laundering
for the family, etc.
II the wife would only recognize
conditions and would turn in and do
such things as is her part to do, and
save the servant, she would not find
that her girls are continually leaving
her. In order to apportion out the sum
want, she must economize and compel
one servant to do the work of two and
often three. Then. to still further cur
tail. she Is so sparing in her pur.
chases that the servant is allowed In
sufficient food to keep her strength. and
there Is soon an argument and the. SER
want leaves. S.. ..,...,..
The wife is invariably to blame for
the servant girl question:, and IL comes
about through her efforts to keep up
appearances at the expense Of the
servant. She would not want hei
friends to know that she did not have
sufficient money to afford a servant. q.
and she don't want them to notice her
rough hands, or sec her in working
clothes. The pride of the mistress Is
the reason for all this servant girl
trouble, and 1t will always be so as long
as the wife Is trying to push the family
through beyond her means to do SO, and
as long as she is unwilling to exert
herself in the home in any way to help
the servant get through with her work.
W. L. T.
Philadelphia, February u, 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

for the, abolition Of liauor-whenevs
/ have the opportunity to record my
to hone that the country
viii so for master it's weakness as to
swear of" for good; but can one feel
much horror, or even astonisllment, that
10 many Americans Of otherwise ex-
rcllent character nre revolving against
''verboten"? Consider Patrick Henry.
w. l.. =.
Philadelphia, February 9, 1929.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Hates Word "Forbidden"

s e Eaitor OF the Evening Public Ledger:
m, ,Sr-.Pondering over facts quoted by
T,.mf T,p or your correspondents on Does
;nonibition Prohibit?" one would be
Ill., tIaerested to hear analogous ones on
H. psychological side Of the matter.
t'onn ,aNc it for granted that "prohib'-
SAL, "u means prohibition of intoxi-
1ns liquors.; but to II good many
"metlcan minds it apparently means
a, ,'rp"ten'--and thar word is on record
Ss, having caused the downfall of q
'ery powerful nation.
s. one suspects I'VE are beginning to
!yttIceive that the end may not justify
'ue MEALS. ] shall continue to vote
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Letters to the Editor
Ayter Thirty Years
70 me Editor o, the Ees.s~o Public LEDGE

r. me Editor Of the Evening Public LEDGER:
air-At last Philadelphia Is resentinl
b.ins rfdiculed. May 1t emerge a win.
.sr INT there 10 never an effect with.
ant cause; there. Is nothing absolutely
nerfect, not even q human Is 100 pei
rsnt normal. 1t is natural and just tc
Jeiend ones home town. Philadelphia
claimed most Of my youth, and gave me
= splendid and useful scholastic educa-
ton. =
yelopment seemed to emanate from the
City of Brotherly Love. Why not
Wns IL not the birthplace Of our ma :
tional independence? The cradle of our
beautiful emblem? The quaint, narrow
streets, ever interesting? Wonder OF
wonders was Broad street, the great
highway to opportunities as the child's
mind visioned distance; Market street
typifed bustling commerce; while cul-
ture promenaded Chestnut street.
A few months ago returned to Phil
adelphia after an absence of thirty
years. r What IL my impression now
almost from coast to coast? What
thrills greet the traveller at Broad Street
Station or the Reading Terminal? My
answer is a gray, gloomy atmosphere, !,
unsigbtly thorouyhfares, no perceptible
change Of n. civic development, except
the Parkway. vet 1t still retains ugly
ruins left by the plow Of progress.
Market street, veritable Bowery con-
slomerate aggregation Where do I
find the old Bingham House? Is Phil
adephia proud Of its present occu-
pants?
Again do I traverse the length of
Broad street, after thirty years; my
highway Of youths dreams, where I
pictured chateaus arising of architec.
tural wonder; shops of gorgeous con.
tents from the worlds massive store.
house! But, alas! nothing but a
Junk shop" 1t is not pleasant TO
comment unfavorably; criticism should
be constructive. ,-. #
Then | motored for miles through the
byways and highways. 10 understand
conditions, study humans, individually
and In masses.
The solution was unfolding itself.
Philadelphia suburbs are beautiful: az
lovely MS any east Of the Rockies. Yes,
Philadelphia has become, IN the last
decade: just a factory. Why bother
identifying the city when one does not
have to live there? How about the
masses? Same old story, political pres
sure lined with gold.
] have lived in nearly every larre
city In the United States from Maine
TO Texas, from coast to coast. Phiia.
delphia Is not the city would choese
Tor my home. No, am not a New
Yorker specially, but for it's immensity
end cosmopolitan population, New York
y the cleanest and most cheerful city in
Could any effort of mine furnish am.
munition to help slay the "scoffers''
Of this first great city Of our M.
tional history. my pen is at your
anna tOYER DES CHAPELLES.
Philadelphia, February II, 1929.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Questions A,,s,vered
When Bill Becomes Law

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--A says that when a bill has passed
Congress II Is a law. subject. Of course. to
the Presidents approval. B says that after
a bill has passed Congress II has to pass
a higher house. Which 10 right?
iadelphia. February 10. 1922. :
Apparently B confuses the term ICON.
gross In Its popular sense and Its constitu-
tional use The Congress OF tho United
States consists Of . House Of Representa-
tives and Senate. a bill must pass
through both houses before It can be sub.
mitted to the President for his approval or
disapproval. Suppose a bill In introduced
into the House Of Representatives and Ia
PASSED. II must then be carried to the Senate
to be passed by that body
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

sure one Of the readers of the Peoples Forum
will be able to supply IT,:
I'm rage the bull colossal rears
His giant form against the god.
b. Well. Taurus. we'll thou spurnbt the sod.
In that huge plunge Of million years.
Mrs. c. l.. CLARKE.
Philadelphia. February ~. 1922. ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Complete 4 Quotation

TO the Editor Of the Eveftno Public Ledger:
Sir - TSday's columns OF the Peoples
Forum contain a request for remainder OF
a composition given in part. The complete
quotation follows:
"Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The
angel Of life winds them w At once for all.
then closes the casa and givea ths key into
the hand Of the angel Of resurrection. Tic.
tao. tic.tac' 20 the wheeis Of thought: our
will cannot stop them: madness only makes
them 20 faster Death alone can break into
the case, and. SELLING the evcr-sw:nging
pendulum. which we call the heart. silence
at last the clicking Of the terrible escape
ment we have carried 20 long beneath our
wrinkled heads."-Holres.
ARTHUR T. CLAYTOS.
Canden. N. J., February 10. 1922.
Also s,nt IN BY William L. Creelinan. Es-
sington. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
WARS on DARWIN THEORY
Rev. pr. straton Opens Campaign
to Exclude Il From Schools

New York. Feb. 15.-(py A. P.)--
The Rev. DR.. John Roach Straton. n
leader in the fundamentals movement
Of the Baptist Church. has begun a
campaign to have textbooks dealing
with the Darwinian theory excluded
from New York City public schools.
The fundnmentalists will wage q
campaign OF information concerning the
unreliability of the theory Of evolu-
tion. Mr.. Straton declares. He says 1t
is their belief that to saturate the
minds of children with the idea that
they are descended from the monkey
will lower their morals and bring out
the beast in their natures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
"TheIr BeekonInp Hand"

To the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
sir--I would appreciate It II you would
print request for a poem containing the
following:
And when the sunset gates unbar,
shall see them waiting stand;
And white against the evening star
The welcoming Of their bcckoning hand -
SAMUEL II. YOUNG.
Philadelphia. February 10. 1922.
This 10 from Whittier's Snow bound"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Poems and Songs Desired
"Our Good Parson"

:, "Our Good Parson"
To the Editor Of the Epenin0 Public Ledger:
sir--Can any one oblige an ased parson
with a poem containing the following;
Our good parson had gone touring.
On a trip he'd long been earning;
To that wonderful whence
Tickets are not issued for returning"
w. l.. l..
Philadelphia. February IS. 1925?
"Ths Colossal eull''
TO fAs Eaitor 81 tAs Fvsstns Public Ledger:
sir--y am very dg6lreps o. sseuStng poem
wb,sA seesaifs ~ lfelleslg yeses - ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-Kindly tell mo on what day In Feb
ruary Is the Chrinese new year. When 10
the Greek Catholic Easter: B. 3. l..
Clifton Heights, y. j.. February II. 1922.
The Chinese now year occurs on Febru-
ary Q. and the Greek Holy pasch or Easter
this year occurs on April TO-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Argues Against Bonus

10 the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledoer:,
Sir.-I have read with great inter.
est the arguments for and against The
bonus presented in the columns az yomr
paper by the different ex.seryice men.
The EVENING PURLIo LEDGER n
this date. February 10, contains a LET
ter signed "a World wars Man. = and
another BY George Il. Morrison Pos.
sibly 20 pcr cent Of the ex service mon
who served in the recent conf,ict arc ~
the type who are carving a chin on
their shoulder want honms or dofn.J dfn "I
payment, anything to sort of make them
even, because they feel Others cot soft
picking they did not vet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Asks a Riddle

TO the Editor of tho Ersn,no Public Ledger;
Sir-Can you or any OF your readers siVe
tho answer TO the following riddle7
IA hsadless man had . little to write.
~" dun,b repeated II word for word.
Ana he was deaf who listened and heard"
"~ q. L. EsSICK.
p~o.cixvilie Pa, February IL, 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
For Forum Readers to Answer

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Slr-Please ask your Forum readers to
answer. docs water really run UP hfllT'
X. 8. 8.
Palmyra. N. j.. February 13. 1929.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Formulation In 1776

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir-Kindly print the population OF tho
United States ct the t!me Of the peclarat'oh
Of Independence. @. A. Mcnn.Dr''
Norristown, Pa. February Is. io2..
We cannot give the exact population IN
1770 Bancroft. the historian. gives the
population Of the United States In ITO a.
. a. Q. 900. and in 1850. as 2.045.oO0.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
"A Family Drum Corps"

70 ths Editor Of shs Evswsns Pstiso Lsdesr:
slr--Somo time aso thsrS appeared In
magasine . poem which would like TO %.
cure. and which contarnso the foliowins
linss:
"A little man bousht him . BIG bass drum;
Boom-boom. boomi
VINO knows said he, when . war VIII
conner
Boom-boom- -boomi
I'm not At all frightened. you understand.
But II am called on to hsht for my lana.
want to be resfy to play in the bandr
PARTNERSHIP. niSS%iSSG%'SSS% SsSraary 10. isss. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

Boom-boom.boomi
I'm not at all frightened. you understand.
I want to be r"efy to play in the bsndr
phiisdsipsis. S%iSHG%'SeS% SsSraary 10. 'isas. ~
"Mothsr O. Mine"
70 ths Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
sir--Pieass print In the Peoples Forum
the poem by Kipiins entitled Mother o
Psil.d.lph,a, February .. 1922.
MOTHER O. NINE
If were hanged on the highest hill.
I know whose love would follow me still.
Mother o. mine!
II we're drowned in the deepest Sea.
I know whose love would come down to me.
II we're damned of body and soul.
1 know whoss prayers can make me whole.
Mother o. mine. mother o. mine!
"common Sense"
70 ths Editor Of ths ErewsS0 Public LEDGER:
sir-I am anxious TO get . poem BY James
r. Fields entitled Common Sense" Can
you supply II throush the Psopls.s Forum
8. L. W.
Philadelphia. February 0. 1929.
-.coMMoN SENSE
She came among the gathering crowd.
A maiden fair. without pretense.
And when they asked her humble nams
She whispered mildly. Common Sense"
Her modest sarb drew every eve.
Her ample cloak. her shoss OF leather:
And when they sneered she simply said.
IT dress according to tho weather"
They argued long and reasoned loud.
In dubious Hindu phrase mysterious.
While she. poor child. could not divine
why girls 20 young should b 30 serious.
They knew tho length Of P1ato's beard
And how the scholars wrote In Saturn;
She studied authors not 20 deep.
And took the Bible for her pattern.
And 70 shs said: EXCUSE me. friends;
] hnd all have thsir proper places.
And Common Sense should stay at homo
with cheerful hearts and smiling faces"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

| A. ne ne re0ple's Forum will appear dNiiy
tns Eycnink Public Icdscr. ard riso
1Gf sm.,yr rgs's ssuIs. :ss' .s s. II4;ssss::s Iss:s:
/ g: 9 - lS's:;s! s!l.s: a. ::::s:.::::::s: -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
Why He Fzvors aonus

70 the Editor Of tho Evening pubuc L,d,,-.
Sir--As a constant reader % ro,r
A disc,ssion and oil an",,s. se.e r. ~ qulte
Not one in favor am tnr,n .ne oonus'
erty of answering tho ,nnoh .; tme mo,
question. viz '"ue" 'a'scuSSed
have read IN Oh. n.,,
Senator Pepper IA aps,ns, page. h wneIe Ts
may be right in bis stand hvt "qs. ae
wounded ex.sold;er ".m't GU" Uue as
the time Of NV disch, r,... ,-,,v, &c 49,. IT, AZ
! was given 10 per cent a,Soh h,i;ts ~y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15
"Mokher o, Mine"

70 the Editor Of the Evening Public LEDGER:
sir-Pieass print In the Peoples Forum
the poem by Kipling entitled Mother O.
Nine" w. L. 8.
Phiiadsiphia, February Q. 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

sEBRIN0. FLA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

WINTER RESORTS
vAWrNyOOD. ". =.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-15

II we're damned of body and soul.
know whose prayers can make mo whole.
Mother O. mine. mother o. mine!
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Big TotD Car Gets
Real Working-Out

IT would be hard to imagine
a car that has been given a harder
test than the Tucker Bulldog. the big
Oldsmobile tow car recently put into
operation by the Tucker Motor Serv-
ice. This car has been on the go
constantly since il was made ready
for the road, according to c. III.
Tucker, and has pulled cars and
trucks from what seemed impossible
situations.
"Since we inaugurated the full "a
hour service" states Tucker, we
have received anywhere from two TO
eight calls per day. Some of them
were cars stuck in the mud, others
were cars that had simpl run out of
gas or oil. or that had sustained flat
tires. But we have also pulled them
out of canal bitches. The Bulldog
can get 'ern out if anything can, for
it has every sort of equipment need I'd
for that work.
1.-The best part OF the service, how
ever, is the fact that motorists need
have no fear of imposition because of
their predicament. We make a sat
isfied customer of every car owner
with whom we do business, and car
owners are going out of their way to
tell their friends of the highly salts
factory work and reasonable charge
that characterizes the work of the
Tucker Bulldog"
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Says We Can All
Listen In Soon

Home radio telephone sets will be
as common as monographs in COM
paratively short time, according to the
prediction of H. l.. Morgan of Nor
gan Motor Service, who has just re-
turned from the annual convention OF
Westinghouse battery distributors
for the Southwest.
They win cost no more, and will
cost nothing for records" for the
music, and the news, and the
speeches, are picked right out OF the
ether, te the interest and entertain :. :
ment oMwhoever cares to listen ir.'
PHOENIX is in reach of the broad
casting stations Of Denver Avalon,
Hamburgers and others, and can get
news. band concerts and many other
matters of interest.
In a very short time, says Morgan,
the Westinghouse company VIII
erect a, big broadcasting station in
Los Angeles similar to the many big
stations it has in the East, and 1t vii:
then be possible for Phoenix radio
fans to hold radio dances" radio
evenings, radio hospital entertain
ments and many other stunts COM
mon in reach of the big broadcasting
stations.
For some time the Westinghouse
people have been making the only
''B" type batteries fer radio outfits,
to replace the expensive use Of dry
batteries, and thus make it come
within reach of everyone. Ten thou
sand sets of this type battery are be
ing made and sold daily, and the de-
mand exceeds the supply.
Complete outfits will be available,
simple and compact and easy to
operate, in the near future, Morgan
states.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

brother engine in low speed is linz
bered up a bit; then the green"
motor is put in second speed and
finally thrown into high After it
has become thoroughly timber. the
green motor on its own power is
made to hum and whir under the
watchful eye and trained ear of an
inspector who meanwhile is scrutip-
izing and listening on number
of motors in that section of the line
allotted to him.
During the test should the green
motor show by the slightest mdica-
tion that something is amiss the in
spector Immediately throws out the
When the test has been completed
the motors are sent into the silent
room" There they are run with
gasoline as fuel, so that before being
sent to the chassis assembly depart
iment there may be no possibility OF
anything wrong.
''Just to make doubly sure that
the motor is one hundred per cent
perfect after being assembled in the
completed car it is given rigid
road test on the company's testing
track. This means a positive check
on the motor so that its operation in
conjunction with all moving parts Of
the finished product may be OBJ
served. If it performs to the entire
satisfaction of the expert mechani-
clan at the wheel it is tagged fol
shipment.
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
CREAM SEPARATOR
FINDS PLACE IN
MOTOR FACTORY

The cream separator heretofore
confined TO the placid routine of
farm life has been adopted by the
automobile industry and put to work
amid the hum and roar Of factory
machinery This is true at least in
the big factories of The Nash Motors
company, where thousands of dollars
test department by the reclamation
of oil through cream separators, ac-
cording to Jos. NcAleer.
incidentally the Nash motor test
department is a shining illustration
of manufacturing efficiency, says
McAleer. This is of interest to the
ultimate car buyer for the reason
that precise methods of manufacture
and elimination of waste are what
make possible a low list price.
"Oil for reclamation is placed in
a large reservoir; from there 1t is
piped into two $50 gallon tanks
which stand on platform just above
special centrifugal cream separ-
ator. In the overhead. tanks the oil
is heated by steam to a proper tenn
perature after which it is allowed
to settle for period of eight hours.
The fluid is then run through the
cream separator, the centrifugal ac-
tion of which removes practically all
remaining foreign matter.
Light ends, water and other for
eign substance. by means of this
process, are practically eliminated
from the lubricant with the@ result
that the reclaimed oil is very high
in quality.
THE reclamation OF oil is but one
phase of the picture of manufacture
| ing efficiency presented ;by the Nash
motor test department, In this de-
partment one motor breaks in" an
other, city Illuminating gas. in place
Of gasoline, being used as fuel. The
old time dynamometer method was
too slow and not sufficiently eff
cient for the Nash factory. Now II
the test department one sees two
parallel rows of motors. thirty five
| in a row.
In starting the test the live
J motor is kept in reverse and its
Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
Ford Plant Adopts
FiUe-Day Week

DETROIT, April 17-(SpeciaD- =
Declaring that its purpose is to af-
ford work for. more men and at the
same time allow more time for each
man to spend at home for rest and
recreation, Edsel Ford announced
last week that the Ford Motor COM
pany would operate upon five-day
week basis, being closed all day
Saturday and Sunday.
REST and recreation demands
more than one day a week of every
mans time.'' declared Mr.. Ford. and
although the market demands that
the Ford plant be operated six days
week, we are satisfied that the
five day week is practical. 1t has
been adopted as a permanent policy
of the company. The plants will
simply be placed upon a production
basis where they can take care of
production in five days weekly. 1T
will mean work for 5000 more men,"
Mr.. Ford also asserted that there
would be no change in wages. The
minimum will continue to be six
dollars per day Men starting with
the company, however receive five
dollars per day which was the orig
inal Ford minimum.