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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
On Trail of Vampires
to End Mail Thefts

II Is a fact. Even unregistered cash
IN the mails would be safe were It not
for her.
The main Philadelphia postofice, at
Ninth and Chestnut streets, like all its
branches and in common with all but
,ne smallest postoffices throughout the
Nation' Is equipped with a big "look-
out gallery, from which all employees
masht and day, may be observed at work,
ih's gallery, just beneath the high cell
."s' Is marked with shuttered windows,
through which postofice inspectors and
'uperintendents watch suspected en-
ployes.
If the officials ever hear that an
employe who Is married is interested
!" another woman"-and they court
una seek such information from any
source-they Immediately set a watch
,'r experience in thousands of cases
mas taught the sleuths that sooner or
,a.er II the employe keeps up his "af-
'"'r' he is extremely likely to succumb
~ temptation, fall from grace and
''ea' from the first-class mails and the
parcels post.
Inc vast majority of all postal EN-.
p'o'es' as noted, are impeccably honest,
0u' IN such great army of men there
a'e pound to be very small percen-
'ase who will prove weak and untrust-
Cor'hy. If there is one branch of the
uoVernment's business more closely and
rs'aly conducted than another, It is the
.oStolfce Department. 1t is co-opcra-
1--WE business institution, the largest of
"s KIND on earth, for the benefit Of
W'oOO,0OO Americans and all of their
friends and relatives, and even enemies,
throughout the weld. Safeguarding Its
functions and maintaining its strict In.
~snty u Q tremendous job.
\ The forty postofics inspectors who
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15

postmaster, Colonel George e. Kemp,
who took Office January 1. Colonel
Kemp. the twenty seventh postmas ster
of Philadelphia since Benjamin Frank
lin, is the first who has risen from the
ranks to the postmastership. Such ap-
pointments are usually entirely political
His was not. He has been in the postal
service for thirty two years and for
sixteen years was superintendent Of the
West Philadelphia station.
Colonel Kemp, who saw service in
the World War, has completely reversed
the usual state Of exclusiveness of post
masters In large cities. His door Is
always open. One need not even send
in a card.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
Covert LOUe Affairs
Prompt Men to Steal

The majority of postal thieves-and
three or four a month are detected in
Philadelphia alone-arc married en-
ployes, who steal bank notes out Of the
mails because sirens are calling them
sirens who yearn to head secondary
establishments and are scheming to do
so.
It is an extraordinary human COM
mentary that in nine cases out of ten
men will 90 to any extreme, even that
Of robbery when all the chances against
detection are adverse, to provide for
"the other woman" when they would
not touch n penny of other peoples 8
money to provide for an honest need in
their own homes.
The bane of the existence Of the post
Office inspector is the sinuous and seduc-
tive siren Of both real and "reel' life,
for the famboyant. lady of the latter
proves her existence as an actual mem
Der of society.
The chief postofice inspector Of the
Philadelphia district, G. II. Coarahan,
Is authority for these statements.
Some of the VAMPIRES" he de-
clared. "who have lost good men postal
jobs would not be selected for reasons
Of pulchritude. In many cases I have
marveled at how they got away with
IT. when the man in the case had a
really attractive and comely helpmeet
at home. But We encounter others, OF
course, who could charm a bird out of q
tree when they turn on their full bat
teries.'
Gambling and liquor are responsible
in extremely few instances for the ruin =
alton of postal employees and their dis
grace and punishment. Before prohibi-
tion came into effect, it is true, there
was an occasional instance of robbery
traced to excessive indulgence in alco-
hol, but now such cases are in negligible
number.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
"Find the Woman" AllDdys
Is Start for Operatives


Is Start for Operatives
The French language describes the
situation in three words-cherchez le
femme!
1t is the unequivocal declaration Of
the ablest of the postoffice inspectors,
those keen-witted and incorruptible
sleuths of Uncle Sam who guard
such of your money, your family's
bosom secrets and closet skeletons
and even such Of your lovemaking as
you intrust to the mails, that their
chiefest foe to combat in detecting
and furnishing thefts from the mails
is the one figure made most familiar
through the movies.
Wives and mothers will want to
know about this.
Sentimentally, if surreptitiously,
susceptible male employees in the
great army Of the postal service do
know.
The general public ought to know.
The principal cause Of thefts from the
mails is-''the other woman"
At the enticing second door Of "the
eternal triangle" stands this "other
woman" bread and butter Of the gela-
tin drama writer and dear to the heart
Of his accessory after the fact, the avid
movie director.
This vampire person, substantive OF
the popular juvenile and adult verb Ito
vamp." Is also not without her fasci-
nation for that large commercial mar
kst Of the films, Americas 10000, 900
daily cinema fans, as either your own
inner voice or your corner movie exhibi.
tor Will tell you.
But whoever suspected that builders
Of postoffices in stone and steel, archi.
'ects porting over plans for them, Con-
gress voting funds and postmasters i'm
por!ng more adequate facilities all put
their wits together in fabricating and
providing postoffice buildings and spe-
cial equipment to cause the discomf
turo and undoing respectively Of the
vampire and her victim In the postal
service?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
"FIND THE WOMAN" FIRST
TASK OF INSPECTORS WHEN
DISHONESTY IS DLSCOTERED
Illicit Love affairs Declared at Bottom
ofMost Labses BY Government Work-
ers-Pnbkc Blamed for Its Attitude
of Ca,elessness, as Large Majority of
FedeyuI WorkerS Are TEMPTATION
Proof

billions dollars consigned annually
the United States Postoce Department for safe transit to
the form ORDERS checks bonds and
unesimated number Of millions Of cold
every astray the customary
Of It is traced.
the fault the Postoe Department.
loyal conscientious and working employees who night
shne in their ceaseless public
blunt truth the that
large Of the smaller pos by infinitely
minority who tempted beyond wandg by the carelessn
Of public
But the impetus behind these thefts the motive behind taking the
fooy in letters without registering sending
and been
human
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15

operate in the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey district, and for whom detection
Of crin.e and its punishment are only
part Of the days work, are obliged to
labor twelve. fourteen and sometimes
sixteen hours day. They are direct
representatives Of the Postmaster Gen.
eral himself, and their word in a post
Office is law.
In their judgment they can instantly
suspend any employe for dereliction Of
duty. from porter to the postmaster
himself.
They are chosen only after having
served q minimum of four years in the
service and passing exacting examina-
tion and after their personal records
have been intimately examined from the
cradle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15

Keeu-eyed Detectives Watch SUSPECTS
From Secret Gallery at PHILADELPHIA
office While Millions of Letters Aye
Handled and Dishonest Try to Fitch
Taluables
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15

watchfulness necessary. He takes no
personal umbrage.
The naturally crooked or too strongly
, tempted mail handler. or spy for out
side robbers who gets into the service
for purpose. realizes the lookout
gallery is there, but If determined to
steal or to help others steal, he ignores
it. takes a chance. and robs or abets
the robbery Of the mails anyway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
Postmarking 500 letters min
ute. Even at this speed some
are slipped out by thieves

and proudly of postal developments 4.
affecting Phi'ado,phI1ns, and in ta9l all
Americans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15
"Whispering Gallery"
Not Crime Deterrent

On this head the chief inspector re-
marked as he glanced through the shut
ters at the men working below:
"Long experience has taught us that
this lookout gallery, and all our main
and branch postoffices of any note in the
country have them. has no moral effect
us a deterrent to crime. The system
merely helps to catch and convict an
indoor thief when by a process of elm
ination and careful detective work we
have run down the right man to moral
certainty. Up here we bide our time
until we have complete evidence.
"Not so long ago stood UP here with
two other inspectors watching man
for whom we had laid trap. We
actually laughed aloud as we followed
his actions.
"He deliberately stole and slit open
thirty letters in an hour and extracted
some of our marked banknotes and other
peoples cash. These sorters and dis.
tributors can tell by the 'feer of an en-
velope when there is cash inside Of it.
'This incident shows how callous and
careless in their pilfering some of the
newer employees have been.
"We have even seen man turn
around and look up at the blinds before
stealing a letter with cash in it. He
looked, said to himself, oh. I guess no.
body's up there now. and I'll just take
chance He took one chance too
often.
"Yes, / must admit that some of
them are pretty brazen in the way they
steal for their lady loves, and we always
have to look for the woman" One man
slit open letter in the new West
Philadelphia postotfice one day, where
there is also lookout. A man was
working near him. The thief found
only two one dollar bills in the envel-
ope and was so disgusted he turned to
his fellow employe and said, Just look,
Bill. Now whaddye know about that?'
1t cost him eight years in the peniten.
tiary.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-15

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Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
TILE MISSION OF CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE

Christian Science Is a demonstrahie
religion. That is its reason for exist
ence. Christian Science has come to
the world and 1t says: here Is re-
Ngion that proves itself hy its works.
that heals the sick and SHINING. and
offers the world 4 full salvation from
al. mortal Ills thru right understand
,ng OF God. The adhereuts Of Chris
tian Science have adopted no propa-
ganda, formulated no system Of prose
Iyiism. No lure OF self interest or per
sonal aggrandizement has acteated
them. They have not been Interested
IN gaining converts. Christian Scien-
lists have no war with other derori-
nations. nor do they feel the slightest
Jealousy of them. Their warfare is to
pull down the strongholds of evil.
heal the sick. free the sinner. bring
men to a right knowledge OF God. The
business Of Christian Scientists IL to
demonstrate the overprescnco Of God.
overcoming the Ills OF mortality. How
has Christion Science Jared upon this
program? II has prospered amazing
". In the brief space OF fifty years II
has spread over the civilized world.
and everywhere the rcsultg have been
tn. same. The needs OF mortais in
sickness and health have been met
and no where in the worlds history
has any similar religious movement
met with such remarkable progress.
except the unparalleled progress Of
Christianity over the ancient world In
the first century after the ascension.
Here II may be asked VIII Chris
tian Science continue TO progress?
Cnquestionably It will, Its Discoycrcr
ana Founder and the author OF its
text book. Science and Health With
Kcy to tho Scripiurcr Mary Baker
EDDY. has forctoid that Christian
Science h destined TO become the ono
and tho only religion and therapeutics
on this planet" Miscellany. pages 2s5
.sf. Mrs. Eddy'r prophecy viii be full
filled. bccauEe Christian Science pre-
sonis to mort1ls the exact Science or
God and inan. tho infalllblc law Of
Spirit by which they can here and now
understand thr divine nature and re-
pudiatc and destroy an that X owl
and wrong Tho needs nt mon are very
grent and Christian Science has come
II supply those needs. One hns only
to look about him TO see that mankind
is the victim Of fear, disaster. hate.
malice. disease and death. and that
there is need in the world OF q mighty
power.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND
CURRENT RELIGIOUS
TEACHINGS

Let It not be assumed that Chris
tian Science has nothing IN common
with current religious teachings
When we examine the teachings Of
Christian Science, we find IT has much
in common with the bcst religious
thought outside of the Christian Sci
cnce movement. hfrs. Eddy was for
many years "A mcrnbcrs OF tho Congre-
gationai Church, and while a member
OF that church, and while under the
instruction of some of the noted di
vines Of that church sho began that
profound study OF the Bible. and that
tirele-ss search for a spiritual cause Of
all things which eliminated in the rev
eiation and discovery OF Christian
Science. There is. therefore. no gulf
fixed between Christian science and
what fs known rs orthodox Christian
ity. Christian Science II the r. cla-
tiop and discovery OF tho nllncss OF
Spirit and the application Of that fact
to human affairs resulting in the an
nulmept of human beliefs In sin, dis
case and death. 1t teaches a spiritual
concept Of God which orthodox Chris
tisnity has not attained. When we
examine the doctrines and oreet's OF
different denominations, VIC find t-urf,
that is conflicting-hut wo also hnd
that practically ali Christian denoini-
nations agree on certain grca, fuhah
mental concepts regarding the Su'
preme Being.
parpie agree that God Is Spirit and
that apirit is omnipotent, omniscient
and ornnibresent. They agree on
these three great fundamentals be-
"a use they are taught in the Bible, ana
bccause ON no other basis can we con-
reiye OF a Supreme Being. We can
aot divide Gods power and stun nave
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
"A Lecture on.
Christian Science

w. H. Jones, chairman of the local
Christian Science Church introduced
the lecturer. Mr.. Jones' remarks were
in part as follows:
Friends. this church welcomes YOU
to a lectur, on Christian Science. Tho
subject Is one that is engaging the Ut
tcntion of an increasing number of en-
Quirers. From AN interested handful
In the early seventies, an earnest
throng Of hundreds of thousands OF be-
lievers now crowd the doors of our
Christian Science churches. You have
come tonight to learn first hand OF
this wonderful Truth.
The First Church of Christ, Scieat-
ist. in Boston, have met this need py
organizing a board of Lectureshp
whse members come to us authorized
to speak on this subject. Many of us
love this Truth and are striving each
day to live 1t. You are here Interested
and waiting for the feast OF gooo
things prepared for you This great
cause OF Christian Science Is growihs'
It's principles are based on the founda-
ton stone, the Truth In Christ Jesus
bespeak for the lecturer a receptive
audience. I urge your attention with
the open mind and receptive thought
1T Is my privilege 10 introduce to
you Ezra w Palmer. c. s. b. mem
Der CT the Board of Lectureship of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
MT. Holiner spoke SUBSTANTIALLY -
follows:
All men desire reace of mind. The
world has been searching for 1t for
thousands of years. In their endeaN-
or to solve the problem of being and
to establish happiness on an enduring
basis, rnortals have formulated man.
creeds, rules of conduct. and organ
lied numerous conflicting sects and
denominations. But these various
attempts to establish happiness have
not stood tho test of time nor have
they rendered mankind immune from
the ravages of fear. sin. disease and
death. These crecds and sects have.
in a large measure, been predicatcd
on tho teachings of the Bible, but
they have failed to demonstrate the
promises of the Bible in saving men
from the myriad ills that beset ther.'.
Failing to find the relief from human
His so desperately longed for morta's
have turned from the Bible and
sought relief in systems OF healing
frankly based on the opposite Of God,
that is. matter: and because these
likewise have failed them, they have
TO n degree accepted theory that
since human Ills cannot be overcome.
they are inevitable, q part Of the d.
vine order Of things, and must be sub
+aI -
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
THE MOTHER CHURCH AND IT'S
MANUAL

Sometimes We are asked. why did
Mira Eddy form distinct church or
gcnizatirh when there were so many
denonlna tons already established,
dedicated to tho extension Of the re-
fsion OF Christ Jesus7'' The answer
to that question is simple. Her mes
sage was refused by the established
churches, and she was impcllcd to or
eanizc church OF her own. Tn.
Mother Church was orgailzel In pos-
tor in April 1879 rr-orgnnized In Sen.
tenbcr 1922 as The First Church of
Christ. Scientist. In Boston. Mass, and
has been followed by host OF branch
churches now scattered throughout tho
civilized world. Mrs. Eddy knew the
nature of evil; she knew that the early
Christian church had lost i,s healing
power becaus, the teaching. of pure
Christianity had become aduI,,ra ted
by paganism and human theories. To
guide and protect the Christian Sci.
encc church and to provide that never
again down through the centuries
should the healing power Of the christ.
Truth. he lost TO this world, ehe
evolved from tifnc TO time tho Rules
ana Bylaws set forth in tho Manual
OF The Mother Church. the wisdom OF
which has been amply demonstrated
In The prosperity. Of The Mother
church and It's branches pcrhaps no
stronger evidence of Mrs. Eddy's pro-
found understanding OF God and her
knowledge OF the WORKINGS of avil can
he presented than this same Mannnl.
and Christian Scientists cherish and
obey 1t, because II unswervinely guides
them and their churches in the straight
ana narrow way of demonsirablc
truth. They know that 80 long as they
obey the Manual. their churches will
continue thcir healing work and their
unprecedented prosperity and they
nave no notion Whatsoever of depart
Ing from either the letter or spirit OF
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26

claimed to be an infallible panacea
for disease. What would that mean J
1t would mean that a power was
claimed which was based on matter
and which assumed the prerogatives
of the divine power. Since God has
all power. then evil, drugs. and dis
ease have no power. Omnipotence In
cludes all and there Is no power left
for any other agency to use. and this
fact is etcrnally true.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
Entitled Christian Science
the Science of Spiritual
Understanding"

It's requirements. On page 10t OF tho
Manual. Mrs. Eddy speaks of it as fol-
lows: 1t stands alone, uniquely ad-
apted to form the budding thought and
hedge 1t about with divine Love" The
exalted purpose OF The Mother Church
is definitely set forth in the Manual ON
page ~ AS follows: THE FIRST
CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST.
IN BOSTON, MASS, is designed to be
built on the Rock. Christ. even tho
understanding and demonstrations OF
divine Truth, Life. and Love, healing
and saving tho world from sin and
des tn; thus to reflect in some degree
the Church Universal and Thum-
phnnt"
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-02-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRIMITIVE
CHRISTIANITY

lSt teaching reliance on the omrtp-
otcnt power and goodness OF God.
Christian Science hhs reinstatcd priml-
tive Christianity. The great Bible
characters from Genesis to Revela-
tion did not rely ON drugs. human
strength, human VIII. nor human
Intellect 10 guide or save them.
Through spiritual understanding.
they rose superior to the tcs-
timony Of tho physical senses and
ovcrcame them. Time and time again
Incidents arc recorded In the Bible
whore the spiritually minded mot and
mastered conditions which tho physi-
cal scnsps said could not he overcome.
Storms. drouEhts. famine, assaults OF
enemies, hate, malice. sin. disease and
death, all the myriad manifestations
% eVil werc met and mastered by
those great spiritual thinkers, those
patriarchs. prophets. scors. disciples.
apostles md carly Christians. 1t is at
onvc evident that when n man sec.
spiritually he sees differently. thinks
differently and acts differently than
when lie accepted rhyalcal sense owl
dcucc. a study OF the Bible shows
that under given conditions the splr-
itually minded acted differently from
those who accepted corpOreal ecnse
evidence.
For instance. note the incidents ~
tho attempted capture OF the prophet
Elisha by tho Syrian army as II is re-
corded in the sixth chapter of IL
Kings The Syrian army had encom-
passed the city by night. The next
morning tho servant Of the man OF
God looked out from the walls OF the
city aud saw the great host that en-
compnasod tho city. Tho servant nc
cepted the evidences of his material
sense of sight and. as the psychol-
ogis;s say, he reacted to that sensa
stimulus. He became fearful He said
to his master. Alas. my master, how
shali we do2' But the man Of God
saw spiritually instead OF materially.
He know that In reality there wSs
nothing TO fear. lie saw what the
human cyc hath not seen and the hut
being controlled by fear. he was In
splrcd with strength and courage. His
reply indicated his state OF MIND. lie
answered. Fear not. for they that he
with us ara moro than they that he
with them" Then the prophet prayed
that the eyes Of his servant might he
opened. The scrvant undoubtedly be-
llcycd he was actually seeing but he
was NOT. The narrative states. And
the Lord opened the eyes of tho young
man: and he saw. and, behold, the
mountain was fun Of horses and char
lots Of fire round about Elisha" No
need of the man of God to fear the
might of mortals, when close at hand
We're the angels of His presence to
succor and protect him. Tho narrative
later shows that that great army in
the hands of Elisha pas as clay in
tho hands Of the potter
Note also the Shunamrilts woman