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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-08
An Old Recitation

70 the Editor Of the EVen.no Public Ledger:
Sir-I would greatly appreciate II II you
would print for me In tho Peoples Form
. recitation called "Johnnie's History Lss. Z
SON" as soon as possible. ~.
GRATEFUL.
Philadelphia. January IS. 1922.
JoHNNYs HISTORY LESSON
BY Nixon Waterman
think Of all the things at school
boy has got to do.
That studyin' hist'ry. as a r,iio,
Is worst OF all: don't you? ...
or dates there nre an awful sight, "a.
An though study day and night
There's only one I've got Just right
That's fourteen ninety-two.
Columbus crossed the Delaware
In fourteen ninety-two. ~
Wc whipped tho British fair ana SQUARE
In FOURTEEN n;nety-two.
At Concord an ct Lexington
We kept the redcoats on tho run
While the band played Johnny. ost Your
Cum
In fourteen n.nety.two.
Fat Henry. with his Gyin' breath.
In fourteen n,nety-two.
Said. "Gmme liberty or DEATH" PEI
In fourteen ninety.two,
And Barbara Frictchic. 40 'tia said.
Cried Shoot II you must this old s'sy
head.
Rut I'd rather 'twould be your own 10.
stead"
In fourteen n!nety-two."
Tho Pilgrims came to Plymouth Rock
In fourteen ninety-two.
An the Indians. standin' on the dock.
Asked. "what nre YOU goin' to dor
And they said. I'VE seek your harbor drssR
That our children's children's children DEAR
May boast that their forsfathcrs LANDED
here
In fourteen nine:y-swo. NJ
Miss Pocahontas saved tho Nfe
In fourteen ninety-two
OF John Smith. and became his wife
In fourteen ninety-two.
An tho Smith tribs started thcn an thefN
An now they'rs John Smiths evsJ'
whsrc.
But they didn't have any Smiths to spare
In fourteen n!nety.two.
Kentucky was settled by Daniel Bo,ne
In fourteen n;nety-two.
An think the COW jumped over ths meGo
In fourteen ninety-two.
Hen Franklin flew his kite 70 high
Ho drew tho l!ghtnin' from tho sky.
An Warrington couldn't tell a lie
In fourteen ninety-two.
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The Servant Problem

70 sne Editor o. ne sventno Public Ledger:
Sir--I have been a servant along the
Main Line for the last fifteen years.
In many Of the letters written BY the
ladies' on the servant problem, notice
great stress Is placed on the board and
room which the servants receive.
/ took a position with socially
prominent family. Five maids were kept.
A horse in a stable was better quar-.
tered and fed than were these maids,
and their rooms had bare, rough boards
for floors. with dirty bare ceiling and
walls partly falling down. Some Of the
windows had pieces OF old material for
curtains and some had nothing at al
on the windows. A box for the bureau
with an old piece Of cracked mirror, q
dirty frame white bed and q broken
chair. -..,.f ~
The food was scarce and the cheapest
Kind that could be bought. Vegetables
were an unknown quantity. When eggs
were high priced they weren't bought.
SKINNED milk and cereal for breakfast,
potatoes and some cheap meat for
lunch and supper was unprovided for
at all. The family table was Of the best.
and entirely different, but not q morscl
Of food left It that had not to be strict ~
accounted for, and was repeatedly
warned to sec that none of what was
left reached the servants table.
These people are continually search
Ing the employment agencies for help.
Why the maids leave they can't un-
derstand, and frequently the maids get
very poor references from them be.
cause they refuse to stay and merely
exist for them. All this happens on the
healthy, wealthy and beautiful Main
Line.
I could write book on the servant
problem. WAITRESS.
Bryn Mawr, Pa, February 6. 1922.
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Poor Andy

To the Editor Of the Evcntnn Public Ledger:
Sir-Dear, lovablc Andy Gump has
our deepest sympathy. He seems to be
getting it on all sides. He was chosen
to engineer the securing Of the Big
Gump millions, the handling Of the rich
uncle and the foiling Of the crafty
widow, and just as he was getting IN
the deepest kind Of hot water MIN turns
upon him and refuses to allow MN 10 20
for neglecting his marriage vows: Since
when has il become the custom for the
Hndys TO keep their VOWS but the Minis
can treat them as the proverbial scrap
Of paper?" HESTER T. Ghr hHNH'
Philadelphia, February 8, 1022.
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Ca, No.h,no Prevent Marriage?

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Led0er:
Sir--Can nothing prevent the Fatal
Wedding" between Uncle BIN and the
Widow Zander? Are all Andy 9 ana MIN
efforts to come to naught? Is Mr.; smith
bound that he Is going to curb the am.
bitions Of that famous pair, VINO mas
Sv having ali their hopes for the BIN
,n;,lions shattered, and that Uncle's
wealth is not to be kept in the family!
believe I am experiencing the most
unhappy moments Of my life seeing this
designing widow accomplish her ends.
and apparently with 80 much ease:
MRS. W. l.. d.
Philadelphia. February Z. 1922.
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is He For or Against?
TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledge

70 thc Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir--I, Bill. having been buried in
Philadelphia. the unconscious city: for
more than three years. feel that l am
qualified to spread my words Of wisdom
to the rest of the dumb bells.
Having fermented. so to speak. ever
since the innovation of this column,
saying. TO myself, "whoa boy, not so
fast, give 'em oil a chance, and then
step in and defend the old town If 1t
seems to be getting the worst Of the
Argument, or wallop 1t, II 1t gets the
velvet, just to promote excitement Tor
EN-" Well. realizing the facts las
are" ! must rush to the defense. TO
begin we'll knock the knockers. ! can
only remember one. extemporaneously,
so we'll 20 after him.
Raymond" you're from young
mans country and have come to Phiily
(where it is granted something must be
known of you or your ancestors pasts
before they'll trust you with the stamps.
20 you can get Job as Office boy) and
you want things changed in an intelli.
gent way so you kick us verbally, call
us glow and tell us we eat scrapple
(you robber, YOU stole all my stuff &.
Young fellow, here, outside the y. 3.
A., you should remember that big
things count and it is not what YOU
alone can do, but what has your family
done before you. We don't want petty
things, as the individual; we want q
past record of not you, but--oh. well,
you will understand along with "a
per cent Of the Phillyans; the others
don't count, they don't know what 1t
Is all about anyway.
You call us rude and uncultured;
think you are rude--when you found
out you could 60 back to Gods country
you had to come out In print and brag
about it. thus making me, for one,
actually weep. In other words zig. is
Bliss and II you have something nice
in view don't tell any one but native
who won't appreciate 1t. and we won't
feel so badly-bcing left here.
You also say we were slow. Now
Raymond. ! reproach YOU, We aren'i
slow. Didn't We want bridge be.
tween Camden and Philadelphia
Didn't we get It? You surely don't
think forty years long time do you
That Is the trouble with you West.
erners. though, you don't know that one
always wants. no matter what one has
and that the best way is not to have
much and you won't want much.
We Phillyans think Horace Greeley
was wrong. don't we scrapple hounds
altogether. BAIEFUL.
Philadelphia, January %. 1922.
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Questions Answered
Tho Federal Bonus

To the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
sir-1f Congress finally decides to pass
the Federal Bonus Bill will the cash payment
be made In e. lump sum. ! mean al At one
,i,oao Eaye they definitely decided on the
Al 7s.a-day plan? EX-SERVlCE MAN.
Phialdelphia. February 0. 1929.
The amount Is 81 a day for home service
and 81 90 Il day for overseas service. The
section providing each payment stipulates
that the payment is not to be made in
lump sum to the veteran. II the amount 10
more than $500 1t 10 to be paid In ten quar-
t.rly installrnents. II less than $500 Il is
to be made installments Of $50 each three
months.
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To Observe llncoln's Birthday

Special exercises in honor of Lin.
coin s Birthday will be given BY students
of Girard College next Monday morn.
ing In the chapel of the Institution. The
program will include vocal solo by
Frederick A. Fink, religious exercises
by Vice President Josph NJ. Jameson
and addresses by President Checs,nan
A. Herrick and Owen J. Roberts
Charles a. Barnes will present ,he
alumni prizes. Colonel Robert N,
Brooktieid will present the cadet prizes
and DR.. Ernest LsPlncc will present the
Alliance Frcncaise Prize. ~"' Wv
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"Wlsest He"

To the Editor Of tae Epcn;na Public Ledger:
sir-Kindly advise me who wrote the FOL.
LOWING lines Of poetry. and II they are quoted
correctly:
''Wisest he In tits whole wide land Of hoard.
ing till old and gray.
Tor all you can hold in your poor dead hsnd
Is what you have given away"
JOHN T. SELTZER
Philadelphia. February Q, 1929.
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Lacks Consistency

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-I have read number Of the let
ters printed in your Peoples Forum on
both sides Of the servant question, and
I want to add to these a few remarks
regarding the inconsistency OF my. en-
ployers. The boss Is the head Of one
Of the large labor unions here, and Is
a most violent agitator for the eight
hour day, with a Saturday half -holi,
day--a forty -four hour week. 1t Is all
l hear discussed at the place nm EN-
ployed, and the wife is about as violent
In her denunciation of labor employers
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Soldiers and Heavy PACKS

To the Editor Of tho Epsrtna Public Ledocr:
sr-Pleaso state which Of the soldiers OF
an army carry the heaviest packs.
II. 8. WATERS.
Phila adelph!a. February 4. 1922.
Comparing tho weight Of the equipment Of
the infantry men Of tho various Ccuntrica. It
Ia found that the American soldier carries
the heaviest load. In full marching order he
carries 10 pounds 1o.7 ounces. The English
soldier carries bat 30 pounds 6.73 ounces;
German soldiers. IS pounds 90 ounces:
French soldiers TO pounds ll,2 ounces. while
the Japanese carry but "a pounds 90 ounces
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p. R. R. STATION ROBBED
Safe in Indiana, Pa, Office Blown.
Several Hundred Dollars Taken

Indiana. Pn., Feb. Shy 4. PD-
Robbers blew the safe in the Pennsyl.
vnnia Railroad station here some time
asst night and escaped with several
hundred dollars in cash. State police
men expressed the opinion it was the
work Of experts.
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refer to the poem written by Robert ",
Service, entitled, "0rin."
WALTER T. GREY.
Philadelphia. February 8. 1922.
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PROPOSALS. FuA, DOUBLE QUiRTE..
~ for Of1cers and Mont 'onlrlt. onal Utilvuls
Once OF Constructing ouartcrniastsr. FranA.
ford Arsenal. Philade " 4, Pa. Sealed piU.
, 6oaalD will BE- received here until 4, M
Z WSS1S D. lS1S. and then opened. for con.
0tr053lon as noted above. Plans and spec
As'sss w p $S.a e;a sSSn receipt Of
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The Army and ConstabuIarv

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledoc,.
Sir-General Pc shing says that an
army OF 10000 is needed for our So
curity. There Is general feeling
outside Of army circles that more than
$4,000 would be an unjustitiable charre
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Sullivan and World Championship

To the Editor ot the ErenirJ Public Ledger:
Sr---To settle I'm argument, was John l.
sullivan ever classcd as world champion?
The question has been referred to the Peoples
Forum. A. l.. DEY.
Philadelphia. February 0. 1929,
John l.. Sullivan was never q world cham
pion. He WAS. however. heavyweight cham.
pion OF America. Jim Jefrrles was tho frst
heavyweight world champion.
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THE PEOPLES FORUM
'or demanding days worx for a d,,,.

pay.
But how Inconsistent they both |. :.
when they compel me to be un ~
O'Clock every morning in order to -
the boss Of for the union headous rtsss ~
and It Is rarely that get through wifi
my supper dishes before 0 o'clock. ~.
day s'never less than fifteen hours ,orss
and seven days a week, or 1OS honrs.
consequently he expects me--also q ia,
borer--to work more IN one week thsn
his union members do in two weeis
mans appeal for the working man whsn
be has no consideration for the worsa "sn
ing woman .-i
" The wife is one Of the greatest "slavs
drivers ! have vet met, and IL III
employer hiring men in his union womiI
treat his men with half the inconsiders.
ton they treat me, he would cali =
strike. and the wife wouid 10 about ths
house like mad, criticizing the inhumsn
capitalists. II there were servant
sirl union with a demand for an eisht
or even ten hour day, what an awful
howl these very radical unioonists would
put up again 1t. II. w. r,
Philadelphia, February Q, 1922.S
Social Equality and Servant Question
70 the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledoer:
Sir-One great trouble with the sery.
ant question today is that the women
employed wish to be treated as social
equals by their mistresses, which n
something that never has been and ncyer
can be, and seems to come about WITH
many other things that have followed
the war. In the first place the servant.
as q general rule, is not to take place
with the mistress for the reason that
she has not been prepared, either
through education or otherwise, to do
this.
Then enters the question: Of a com.
mon interest. The mistress has moth.
ing In common with the servant, and
the servant nothing in common with
the mistress. The mistress has her social
set and picks them for the qualities
they may posses that please her, while
the servant girl Is not employed and paid
a salary as a companion, unless hired
for that purpose, but insrcau, to relieve
the mistress Of the work about the house,
in order that she can better sustain the
position as head of the house. Servant
girls should not wish to be treated o.
social equals, but each should follow her
own purposes, for familiarity always
breeds contempt between mistress and
maid. Mrs. w. l.. T.
Philadelphia. February @, 1922.
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Annual Meetings
t~ OEFiSE OF
~ PHlLADELPHlA TRUsl COMPANl

An Annual Mseppn q HIaheasy ,he syockho, 's?z s?z O,
this Company will bs he,d At their ,c-ics %
On arpInar. ~. same M hS as u Seisit
Es held, between the hours Of l2 o'clock n.
: and I O'Clock o. m. for Directors TO servo
! SUITES y. L. MccLoY. secrs,ary.
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Land Grants

To the Editor Of the Ev'nin0 Public Lsd0er:
Sr-Can ! take up q soldiers claim for
land on my fathers Civil War discharge?
Ny mother has mar Aed twice since the death
Of my father. What must I do to file on the
land? +. II. L.
Ph'ladelphis. February 8. 1929.
We know Of no law providing land srants
10 the children Of Civil War veterans. II
you wish to take up homestead claim write
for literature to the General Land Commits.
sioner. Department OF tho Interior. Wash
ington. d. e.
~. Y."-The Government paid no COM
missionA to banks OF individuals selling Lib
trty Bonds
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Present Wage to Lost

Tn Chicago the wage contract runs
until June l In Detroit and in Cleve-
land. May I. In Buffalo there will be no
decreased wage until the other cities
come down.
so we may be pretty confident that
our present scale OF wages will last as
long as do the wages In those cities.
What comes after that you can't tell
! can't tell But we do know that the
four-cty average gives us a wage uvrn-
parable with the wages Of other cities.
The thing that I am going to talk
to you about. the thing that I arm making
q condition Of my continued management
of the property. the thing that am
asking the stockholders to agree to my
doing, is that YOU men and women shall
receive financial recognition beyond the
wages paid In those four cities, because
you deliver a quality OF service that
they know nothing about
We have established new standards
of work. new standards Of accomplish
.nent: still. we do not yet know our own
power. There is q degree Of service and
of work and OF accomplishment that We
tire only beginning to know.
we have already taken this old hulk
p, r. r., that was disgrace to the
city and to everybody connected with
1t when we hooked up together to save
IL in l9ll--she will stand comparison
today with any Of them.
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Are Earning Dividends

Men and management did It, Vcrs
WE'LL We were we'll paid during the
the war. We, as I have said. are now
earning and can earn the dividend on
Rapid Transit stock.
What l want to say to the stockhold-
crs at the next annual meeting o..
March Is Is that for the super-co-Upera-
ton / expect you vii! produce they shall
assent to my paying to the men and
women after the close OF the year. after
the payment Of the P. +. T. dividend. a
cooperative wage dividend, which sha !
be within the net income earned, the
added net income earned by this super =
cooperation and that IL shall not for
this year exceed 10 per cent OF the pay
roll
Now when I say this to the s,vLA-
holders l am saying in ,ffect that we are
going to earn something besides their
dividend. which really puts r. X. T. stock
in the position Of J. preferred stock, and
we in the position Of the common stock
holders we are the fellows who are gong
to earn a financial return for our SUPER
cooperative effort.
In doing this we are really unae..
writing the payment Of +. t. #. dividend
If you put me in position TO say to
the stockholders, Ten thousand men and
only TO earn your dividend but to ear,
enough more 10 pay themselves a divi.
dend,' they will assuredly say Yes II
they are half as bright as I think they
are.
Il called you to meet inc tonight be.
cause cannot say this to the stockhold.
ers, | cannot commit you, We'll ss | know
you, well as you have performed--l can.
not commit you to cy.n greater accom-
plsh.nent without asking you whether
you will back me up. j cannot go &c
the stockholders and say. We will dc
this until know that you viii resolve
to do 1t with me.
And let me say that this means mors
to the workngmen Of America than this
to you, much as 1t may mean. II means
new departure; 1t means d different
.dea il means that labor. as We repre-
sent labor. will come closer to gettint
what it !s entitled to for extra effort.
Don't let US fool Ourselves. We ar'
only going to get this for the extri
effort. and every man will have to 60 II
and work for It,
Il could not have said this to you ter
years ago or Ave years ago could no
have said IL, because you VIII remembe
that less than three years ago ! toit
you that II was useless TO talk abou
, men helping much in the management
! until they had learned 10 manage thei
own affairs; and that budget or
| household was very little different from
/ H.. budget Of railroad. You have g.
much money coming In and so mucl
money going out. and II as much wen
out as came In you were no better OF,
/ THE condition Of your combined tire S
ury today, with its million and half o
savings and a quarter Of 4 million dol
ars clsh bes dss, against tho call o
YOUR pensions and sick benefits, show
that you are moving forward and tina
! ycu arc becoming q much more respon
sIble people.
You arr today where men and man
aeement come together with an almos
! invisible dividing line.
Men and management belong to
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70 the Editor OF the EVen.no Public Ledger:
Si-I would greatly appreciate II II you
would print for mo In tho Peoples Eorva
recitation called "Johnnie's History LAs.
SON. as soon as possible. IA
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Mittcn's Record Cited
When Mr.. Mitten completes a won-
derful ten-year record as an admins
trative head Of public utility he Is not
10 be praised, but rather shunted into
oblivion. They have nothing to teai
merely take over perfectly smooth
running engine and go ahead---perhaDs
They do not seem to grasp the idea that
| that eng ne Is smooth running because OF
the eng,ncer-because the men and
women who form its component par S
have faith and confidence In and ad-
lniration for Thomas l.. Mitten
"They can visualize nothing but d!vt-
dends
men and management which our Chi 2
has built up through ten years Of real
service to each other, b'sed entirely upon
humanity in business they do not. can
not and will not understand.
"Remove Mitten and they remove the
tie that binds men to company. Arc
they willing to do that? When Mr.
Mitten says to his men and women
Well done. thou good and faithful ssry,
and just little bit better I viii Civ
you a share extra for your doing they
decry his attitude
MIR, Mittens new proposall nloSs OF S,c co,
their feelings. They Ike cooperation
but IL must be all their way.
IT we go out to work and work ir
order to virtually guarantee their diNi'
dend are we not entitled to share o'
the profits that I'VE make for them by
rendering super-service to our employer
Who Would Bc Chief
"supposlng thy could supplant VA
} M!tten, Have they a man who Couu
. win and hold their confidence as has tn,
chief? They cannot themselves, 20 tn
answer Is obvious.
"If he goes his management would e
with him. Are they ready with another
Can they find one In America which cal
match Il: Can they find one which
would be as fair. just as considerate O
us and as worth while TO stockholder
and patrons? Do they believe In co
operation? Have they vision? CoulC
they use their power to build up. o.
} would they tear down?
J ''The world does not stand still;
t progresses or retrogrades. And tn
militant five would try 10 stand still
"The men and women who work 70
Mr.. Mitten swear by him, II the stock
holders are not fools they will indors
, him handsomely, and II Philadelphia
! ever wakes up It will realize that he /
tn, greatest traction manager In Amer
= lea and that his men are with him, !
YOU don't believe, try 'em and see
yours for corporation that cooper
ates, "ALFRE,p c. KELLOGG,
"Employe Committeeman,
"Frankford Depot"
The St. Johns herald., 1922-01-19
LOCAL JOTTINGS
 FROM EAGAR

Edgar has at last sufficiently recovered from the holidays to make herself heard again. Say, but that all night stuff would have made Adam short-lived.
 The High School and Dist. No. 3 of Edgar pulled a baseball game last Friday. The score was 13 to 12 in favor of the high school. That's not bad, since only five out of the district team were from the cradle.
 Nancy L. Gibbons spent most of last week visiting schools in Edgar, Springerville and Colter.
 MT. Smith, principal of Edgar public school, has been wearing 2 new tie all week. Unity on part of the faculty is no doubt the avowed purpose.
 The teachers of Dist. No. 3 had a feed at the Grape Vine Parlor Tuesday evening. The occasion seemed to be that Miss Mayes, one of the popular members of that esteemed body had passed another mile post. No one seems to know which one.
 Edgar Community Band is hit ting the ball az ain. Rumor has it that they are soon going to stage a grand concert, the best ever given here. Everyone watch for the date and boost. Everyone?- we'll, they don't ex- pect that hardly, judging from past experience.