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KDrroniAt, tvoAft-
JsWil K "' Chairmen. ,
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i4lrt4 del)? at Pcetta I.rwra nolldlnc,
Jftdeeendtnce ftaHere. rhllKilthla.
tea osTititi . . llroad end Chottnul etreele
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-ft rMladlp!la end urrounding iWni at the
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tT.,mn Mint oultlda rf Plt!larta1phla..ln
' uimta matta, nnvM nr United mmi poe.
lee. tnttare free, thlfte.ntu 1 .1 .11 etnte
Mmonth. On lift Anllae rnp lhrA mafttha
' tour () dollare per rmr, payable In ad-
p-w.
ail foreign eountrlei snt III) dollar per
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rort ocTonun wah ns.itj
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lirawrWu anrf oiry nruiimt acth
lwfniulmd on cetrwramtta and bartir.
,..Xiirk,
KWAl,...; vny maKO Jioncy iiornoy uon
BP.VC'P1T Thcro may bo n. vnenncy Jn tho
uprcme court uororo ioiib.
, A,4ook In tho city directory dIiowb
'jfJMit nwful cormcaucnccH inlnltt rcHutt
. .' iSrbutTh tho iiprcnd of nopotUm In tho
ir.rth ftmily. ;
m.0- - - - .
..'Vi - Whv ara thnrn mum nnsn nnd
fcV' lfot peclaltau por cnpltn In I'hlladsl-
lA-TJFn limn 114 Ulljr UII1UI illTKU til ui IIIO
'ilTHltBil fltntuaT
IVHlted atatt-aT
Tho report thnt ICIntf Kcrdlnnnd ot
fXumanta may nbdlcnto Is Krcfttly cxnr.
'fiWratod. A Klne In his ponltlon doc not
fwifclUctttof ho obJurnatM.
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Tho Stnto of .rennnylvnnla pntit
.wivaa ku fa,uvv ill uuuiiiiu .... nwinviii
tint year. Tho coat of nomo "wcnnel
fei-''iroVda" uttered durliiK tho recent cam-
.fuUgn has not been ctitlinnted yet,
rV ' tAMMii(.t ! tint rwtitrr in Iim ftlallfl
7 j. .iuln." is tho frequent comment heard
Jh'Ennland durlntr tho last fow dayii.
'' '.Knowing the Ungllihrnuii'i, Intent on
",. jilpathy to belim 'Jnfihed," thin la per
fectly comprehensible, but why "nnnlri"?
Tho proposal to shorten tho course
. ,at Annapolis to threo yearn In order to
' ;Mure a proper supply ot olllcors, or a
.'Tu'pp.y of proper officers, Is not alto-
y ,'gther foolish. Tho education of onnlkns
continues with reiftilarUy nnd success
Wen after tho young men havo loft tho
clloenrooms.
. Mr, Penrose's nruumont appears to
have more, merit than lila projirjim has
. tioBslblUty of passage. Hut tho senior
&-. Jenator simply had to bo sont back to
, ' "Washington to sco that thero wnH u
J "' hjifli protoctlvo tariff, moral Issue or no
. ,Kio'ral Issue. If ho can't get that hind
Of a tariff, ho may an well npond his tlmu
trylhg to get a forco bill.
.j, Mr. Wilson deserves to bo con
grntulated upon hlit refusal to attend the
b! Bryan lovo feast In tho capital to-
-SlgUt Tlio tumbling over each other by
Democrats in high olllco In their cagcr-
mess to lionize tho Ncbraskan Is slncoro
'hbgh,. but it would needlessly offend
,,htil tho nation If tho Bxeautlve let htm.
elf be InvolVed In the grnpo-Julcb rout.
, .' Tho carerir of Oeorgo C. Boldt, Just
.cloned, is one of those Incredible nffalrs
'tthat.'brighten existence. Faith, somo ono
IJ&js, aW. la tho ability to bcllovo In the
..(nnuuevauie. xnis was wnui iionit., me
restaurant waiter, must nuvo nnd to navo
"trusted to industry to make him so much
mpro.serviccaoio. ins miliums ara a mere
'incident. They uro often unavoidable
.-when. a. man feels llko working well and
;,irvertimo nil hs Jlfo.
''.'. v Tlio "Woman's Medical College has
-'Jsmto' than promises of future service to
' substantiate its appeal for 1200,000' to fur.
' thcr its work. Its record has been re
markable. Out of P800 maternity cases
In .eleven years thero woro only four
.. .death, and nope In tho last 1200 cases
.treated, althougti a great many of these
fiwro abnormal Vases. Tho soclal-sorvico
rlt; -which Will bo helped by tho fund
, bo of greatest Interest to the pub.
ISffMjy Cr and advice aro given to women
Jgljsinall means about to becomO mothers.
i ; jjifia iiuru iu imagine a. more wormy uso
. fey money.
Criticism of Mr, Wilson's diplo
matic, appointments and changes played
. consplcuoua part In tho campaign. Tim
PfijsldBnt sems to have taken the first
Opportunity to llvq up to tho nonpartl
"aihlp he so ofton 'commends. The
l. of Mr. Garrett to succeed Doctor
.Dyke aa Minister to the Netherlands
bst proof ho could give that ho
io. Mr. Garrett is a Itepubllcan.
k bten in tho dlplomatlo sorvlco for
I yearn. Tho temptation Is no doubt
to. reward the "deserving" in a
4? party, but in u time of world
Jned administrators should go to
top of tho list
Tlm interstate Commerce Commls
pufht to be larger. It has as.
'jjm
functlona far moro comprehsnsiva
wmra consllerd advisable a few
ao- It hold in Its bnd the pros
ot uieueanas or persons ana the
y of billions of invested capital,
become: one of tho mut Impor-
Wmlnistrative agents of Uie Uov-"
t, wlto arbitrary power scarcely
tant than that of the Congress
ox te-Ma 4 levy, ouaterna Ini-
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fftfrtcfpW, Whiiri If eulffteu' lh RsnJ to
relno thftlc itrtriirr tHff. An Jnler
tt Commerce CorhmtMiloner In it !nv
portnni n nonogo m ft Justice o( tho
Supremo Court. Ytt tho co;nmlinilont
elf In hot funrtlonlnff properly, InrRely
hfcntwo It In too Rttinll n l)o1y to attend
to tlir, l)iilns befora It with renulMln
InrcntlRatlon and know.felffo.
NATIONAL CURB ON DUUGS
QKCIttSTAUY MoABOQ'B report nnds
Vevernl ccrloiw defrcts" In tho Harri
son nnrcotlo law, and "urgent nc-cd of
remetllat legislation," Tho committee of
I'hllariclphtnhs, who, In crt-operatlon with
this newspaper, prepared tho Wny for a
Stato drug law, soon saw tlmt national
ns well as Mate correctives worn neoilod
to halt tho nppAllIng spread of tho drug
Imbll. Tho defect In existing law tlmt
was emphasized In tho article describ
ing conclltldiiti was tho unconstitutionality
of Kcctloii H of tho llnrrlmin act, nnd It
Is upon this section tliht Mr. MaAdoo puts
his linger. Hv finds un "urRent need of
n thorough revision of this act."
Section 8 mudo tho morn powiosslon of
drUgH by iiimutlmrlziql persons n crime.
This rondorcd It Hsy for the "dopo"
vetulers to tie punished, unit nil thd nvl
denco ncfHloil wns the ilrugs In their
pockets, With this section mado void
thero .Is no risk In tho venders' carrying
drugs In largo quantities nnd no Incentive
for tho authorities to hunt them down,
Tho Ktnto law which In planned will snfi
ply this deficiency. Tho National flov
nrnmnnt win help In stopping smuggling
and tho trnnHportntliiii nnd dellvury of
drugs nlioiit tho country to unauthorized
persons.
Mr. McAdoo's chief suggestion for mi
amendment of tho act Is n tax on ilrtigH
and- original stumped packagus, with n
limitation of dealings In theso puckages
to persons registered under tho law. Hut
tho (Until law will b an urgently needed
even with theso amendments, for It will
glvo the police of Ihu cltleti powor to
act In cases for which lit host tho Ind
eral nu'tliorltloH have not iidciiuato pollco
facilities.
UOOSIKUANCTOSSEliS
TItlCltH aro not enough iltilitlclans In
l'nnsylva,ljln, thero aro not inoiigh
corrliptlonlitH thero nre not emAigli
political tricks to prevent local option
If the Ail loon industry pcrHlits In the
aslulnlty which has recently character
ized Hh activity.
Kay, more! If tho Interests of respecta
ble cltlzonu continue to bo flouted, If
saloon men contlnuo to nsk nnd Judges
to grant llconsuA in the environs of edu
cational Institutions, at the very thresh
olds of public schools and churches, local
option will not satisfy tho public, but pro
hibition will rapidly Increase In public
esteem and fight on an Ideal battleground
prepared. for It by Its enemies.
Thero aro somu sensible men ungngod
In tho manufacture and sale of alcoholic
beverages. Thero aro some great lirewcrs
who Insist that rqforms be brought about
within tho Industry Itsalf. Hut thero has
been no ovldenco ol ovon a gleam of In
ti'lllgouco among tho llipior tralllckers
of Pennsylvania. They cry for their
pound of flcnh, -within the letter of tho
law; they flnnnca slush funds; they tin
deavor to corrupt and control tho Legis
lature; they fix their eyes on unlet, decent
neighborhoods, which want them not, nnd
they laugh at tho indignation of respect
a bio citizens.
Men may know iill about shuffling.
cards and yet not bo ablo to tell n boom
,crung even when thoy are playing with It,
NOW FOH THK STADIUM!
Tiinili; should bo a genernl shout of
"Amon" to tho statement of Chairman
aoyelln, of the board of directors ot the
athletic association of tho University,
that tho tlmo has como for pushing tho
plans for building a municipal stadium.
Wo do. not lack tho monoy, nnd tho
need of tho stadium Is apparent, and wo
luivu only to consider tho tons of thou
sands 'who crowded tho stands nt tho
Army and Navy gamo In Now Yorls nnd
ovorilnwed tho Howl nt tho great Yalo
games In Now Haven to perceive Its
possibilities oh a revenue-producer for tho
whole city.
Now that tho leaders of tlio University
utlilotlo association have becomo con
vinced that there should bu no more da
lay, every ono oIbo Is expected to fall In
lino. Tho thing can bo done with a Jump
if wo sot ourselves to tho Job,
(Jet ready! Hot! Now got
EMDARGO IS NOT THK REMEDY
THIS causes behind the Increased cost
of food are not so simple that they
can be removed by an embargo on
exportation.
The demand for an emlmrgn comes
first from German sympathizers who
wish ,to Injure the Hntente Allies and caro
little about the effect ot the plan In the
United States. Tho half-baked thinkers,
Who say, "do to, now, lot's pass a law,"
Whenever things are not what thoy
should bo, form another class of embargo
advocates. A third class Is composed of
politicians who seek popularity by prom
ising to the people what they think tho
people want.
If the embargo "should, work as Its advo
cates hope, the farmers would be in the
state of the railroads. The price of what
they raise would be reduced, while, they
would still havo to pay high prices for
what they consume.
The National Orange has been wise
enough to perceive all this and has pro
tested most vigorously against any legis
lation deliberately Intended to qut down
the income of the farmers.
If tho prices of food alone had risen
there might be some pretext to Justify
restriction on exports. But food his risen
along with everything else. The causes
re Interwoven with the whole industrial
fabrle.
Congress will debate the various em
bargo bills, and when it lias flnUhed the
4u$try Mf h( '9 kow a, little more aboull
wJiWljaAllluftiiatU,
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iixitiiis iiiiiniiiiii ii.fissewii.i , is.i ..J ICn3Hsw Vv fc.
Tiitiurr fou KNowutoan
(VllltMIU)
1 would not shun the task
Of tutoring my sonj
Hut do oil youngsters nsk
Much questions ns this ono?
Or tutoring irly wn
I weory when I hear ..
Buoh qiiestldns ns this ono)
"Where do lliey keep next yerr
I weary wrjen I limn
"How did tho d Ben dlor
"Where do they keep ijext year?"
"Why can't chimpanzee fly?"
"How did the I)ad Bea dio?"
"Aro mushrooms full of mush?"
"Why can't ehlnipfltiwe fly?"
Why io I havo lo hush?"
"Aro mushrooms full of mush?"
Ho iHints (o know tho (ruth,
"Why tin 1 have lo Jnislir -1
spare him for his youth.
Ho pants In know tho Irttlh
About tlm folk on Mars'
I sKru him for his youth-
"Do I hey havo motorcars?"
About (ho folk on Mars
1 talk In knowing v.-ny-'
"Do they havo molorours?"
Buck slum How can I say? r
I tnlk In knowing way
lint do nil youngsters ask
Bitch tiirr? How.!iui I say
I would iiot hIiiiii tlio task?
AI.OYHIUB.
LiTi'-Savcrs
Why not n kymposliiiti upon tho Tiny
Bpurtt That Urge Hondo Actions? I'll
begin It:
I went for a walk nfter luncheon yester
day. When somo illstnnro from home a
sudden and severe attack of Indigestion
seized inn. I felt that I wan about to
faint and wns qullo resigned to It. Hut
iiiiddcnly t lenllreil tlmt not ono of my
visiting cards was left In my purse!' How
then could I bo Identified? I decided not
to faint, nnd, gradually regaining my
strength, 1 got home unaided.
. Till' M1BBUB.
Sir In my young manhood days 1
stuillrii law with it I lro.nl way (New York)
law firm, by name Van! & I'urlong. I
succeeded In flrrkshlp a yonnpt roitmv named
Miles. I repeated this fnut to a casual ae
niialntancp soinn time ami. anrt lin innocent
ly asked, "Where's tlm Joke?" I replied,
Thero ain't any; It's simply a matter of
iippllcif mathematics." HKV PILOT.
Bpcaklng nf truth In advertising, there
arc fccnllered promiscuously iihout West
Philadelphia Inrun advertisements staling
that "Tcss, of tho Htorm C'juntry," by
llupert liuiihiiH, author of "I'xciise .Me,"
otfi., will lie ptuyeil this week at tho Knick
erbocker Theatre.
Now tlio Inst tlmo I read "Tss, of the
Htorm Country" It was written by draco
Miller White, author of "Krom the Valley
of tlio Missing." etc. OI'.IIT.
Unclosed herewith plcsse find notice
copped from my missus's mrtgazlne house
(that Is to say, the fragllo carton In which
alio keeps her powder) :
IT WII.l, NOT CLOO Till
POltKH NOit PLOW OI'F
What havo you lo leport?
MIKU.
Spinster HcrcnvcmontK
AH TO 7JIM.V
Evan's virtues hma I'd known.
lllttcf aro Ulc'n ImiohI
'or found he turd colopnc
A'tr on crnni'scciicr.
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Why Eat Turnips?
One pound of baked potato has n food
value equal to eight eggs, or ono and ono
half pints nf milk, or into pound of chicken,
or seven ouiies nf bread, nr six ounces of
boiled beuf, or four pounds ot cabbage, or
five barrels nf turnips.
Morn, contemp.
For twer weeks the editorial pago ot tho
Chicago Trlbutia was barron of II. I,. T.,
who was absorbing tho beauty nf tho
N. C. mis. at first hand. Yesterday his
page flowered again. Wo cull a few
blossoms:
Mr. llonry Holliert. n gentleman of color
(mndiiro) employed at the Log Cabin Inn,
has nuver strpped on n hookworm. When
lis meets the sun upon the upland lawn,
and nxtlliKiilslies his lantern, ho has put
an hour or two of work liuhlnd hhn, and
lie labors continuously until nlno at night.
In perfect good humor. 1 was dslrous to
have Henry's opinion of the Adainaou eight
hour law, but unfortunately he had not
heard of Hint wise and Imnelluaut measure.
It has seemed to mo that the opossum
was the chlof reason for tho persimmon,
thut they complemented each other; but In
certain circumstances Hojpjros Wrcliilciiwi
may bo more highly conslderedr-as, fur ox
mnple. when the tree stands against a soft
blue sky, a slender leafless staff on the rim
of a mountain roud looking southward to
the sea. The November landscape Is still
colorful. There aro Mrs In plenty, dotted
with dark cones; the oaks retiilu a share ot
their tinted leaves; laurel and rhododendron
and galax are all about; and the red clay
of roads and torn hillsides adds many
splashes ot vivid color. Tho creek, falling
from the mountain's top, shows silver
through tlio lira and on the bare ledges. A
hawk swims In the haze that hanirs over
the valley. In such a picture the per
almmon tree Is nut without Interest. A
Blight shaking of the bole brings a shower
of tho wrinkled pouches of pulp, as nearly
tit to eat as they ever can be. As you
crush a date-plum against your tongue you
may like It for Itself, or because yuu savor
In It the hemlocks and the waterfall, tlm
laurel and the pine, the sun and tho aro
matic breeze,
There Is an alley that runs alongside 63S
North Seventh strMt bearing this label;
PLEASANT P.KTP.KAT
And these are a few folks I know with
appropriate names here In this city of ours:
M. Ambroila, chemist in a flavor manu
facturing laboratory.
It. niaser, plate-ghisa ami glaihig ollleu,
A, Btylsa, deatgner on cloaks and, suits.
In 01n, N. Y., there' was a man by tho
name of A. Darby running a hat store.
, JAMHS,
II. C, of L.
Mary had a little lawb
When living eeat was lew. .
Uetere th meat trust dealt our peek-
13t beaks a deadly blew.
The other day iie sold that lamb
And with the wealth, she gwt
She bought a ear. a country bouw,
A set ot furs and yacht.
W- B, F.
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The late election was almost ancient
history before, we discovered that one of
the Prohibition candidates in Wlsaetuijn
was . Mr Prwjght. Aiyl 0s mult
sj$wg la-tim'!SS9tft')
K2. h.,u T ( rvW!L I ffd
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What Do You Know? I
OueHit 0 ornrrol (nlfrnl wilt tie nntu'rrtrf
In llil.t column. Tell q-jrttfoni, the nntuirrt (0
which tvttv icrft-Inarm (il jieMon tlmuM fcnoui,
ore dil.tJ ifufftf.
QUIZ
I. Ilrnrr Van llke Iiik rrnlsnril. llliul l)ol-
lloii linn lie hrlil?
S. Tlie Mxlj-fourlll l'iinrr. li onenwl It"
ln, .r-I Illte ii lniilr ernilim lor
ilrlrrmlnitis Ihr. onllniil 1 n 1 oinrent.
3. IVIirre nre the llniiril .Moiinlttln., pt mum
rlcar .
rtr ,hjii i no uruirt
no uruta'
Tlie.
.. rn. IIia llr.l
Imwe for tho Hrt nifilleal .f"""' 1"
I'hll.nlrll.hl.l Ml lite lilnlulrn. llliul "
n nlnlulr?
B. Wlin In Ilia "(JrnnJ Old Jinn of Hip Oid-
Uuort"?
0. Mhrre lire tlio (loldrn Oiltr anil tlm flolilni
Horn','
7.'lTlmt It Hie iimiwr kik-IHiik f Hie iiuiiie nf
I hi. niril lume hlrh In tirunoumed peu-
itiierlile"?
S. IVIirrr did I'rnii'ii hime tiinil before It
nimrd to I 'ill nun nre I Turk?
tl. H'hat It Hie proper iinmiinclatlnn of "oleo.
iimriairlne"?
10,
.Nuiiio time dllTcrrnl klinU uf tutiir.
Answers .to Ycstcrduy's Quiz
I. llw pnr of n pound Itrlliic It SI.WHWi Hist
It. lite ljitlmli pound la tlie equhaleiil ot
iihuiil SI.BII. It It nun nfllliis ubuut ten
renin lielmv par.
S. The roininutlnc ol the dentil peimltr utimlly
nieaim liuprltonuitiit for life.
. ret the Itoninn ruddent ' Hie. srnlni
heurn II"' uurd tereul
1. I'lietlniit hlreet wu riilled I'iioIb tlreet snd
IVjnno Hirer! In Colonial llmex,
S. Stephen Olrurd I" hl will directed Hial
lllmrd rollrse h local"! In, Ihy unnare
houinlrd hy Kleenlli. Twelllhf I'he.Iiiut
and .Market ttreelt, hut In u codicil ho
Mitte.lrd placlne 11 pn u fiinii oil tho
Itldze roud, Mhlrli ho had Jutl bouiht.
0. "The falllns nlcl.liri.i" l rplleimr. ,"' ol
(he ajliiploinn or wlddl It tlm fullilis ot
the patient lu Iho c round.
7. The Kitiiic of "rmmdert" l the accepted
prototype ot liatcbull,
R A liiun who It lime-dear U not deal lo
tuuudt ur to "Will" and "low" tune of
Iho trale, hut tm cannot dltllnznlili he
Imccii rnihllo dlffcrcncci, of tonrt well
,'iiouih to reproduce, them iu;curutely,
0. To make an artificial umtnel, the bar or
needle ( Iron ur uteel It wrapped In uu
Intulatcd wire, us upoul In thread. A
klruiiE elrilrle eurrenl It patted lliruwh
the lre. Ur the bar It placed near a
lu.isnct. and the Intentllr nl the mamrtl
Lilian It lucrcnted hr hummerlng Iho ha?
while tho iiiasnellllnz uctlon It tolne ml.
10, Italy now lioldt Tripoli.
v -7"
Casunltli'H
It. T. It was uiiuouiiced the other 'day
that tho Ilrltlsh lost moro than 1S.000 killed
on all fronts in November. Lstlmates of
casualties based on ottlelal data show that
tho second year of tlm war cost moro than
3,UQO,UOO lives and Inflicted wounds on
more than 0.000,00(1. Kstlmates for the
first year ranged between the German re
port of 2.50PeOO killed and more- than
0.000,000 wounded lb lloach'Thomas's es
timate ot 5,000,000 killed nnd 7,000,000
wounded. .Vp to the period of the Kommo
offensive and the Ilrusalloff drive, both of
which began toward the end of tlio second
year -of the war, the British had lost In
killed or totally Incapacitated 238,138; In
prisoners, 0K.61C. (lermun losses were,
killed or totally Incapacitated, 881,552;
prisoners, 137,728. Prance gives out no
figures, but Deputy Longet estimated the
losses In killed and totally Incapacitated
at 900,000: prisoners, 300,000, Oermau
reports of ltusslan casualties amounted to
3,000,000, ot whom 1,000.000 were prisoners.
Form Loans
0. T. B. The Federal rural credits bill
lias btwn In operation since June 29, 1918,
when It was approved, it was passed by
Congress tnMay.
'Dixie"
Mrs. W. It. C Tho song "DUlo" was
written In 1859 hy U. P. Kmpiett. and was
tlrst puWtely wing by Bryant's Minstrels,
In New Yuris, ut MeehanieV Hall. The
Inspiring air and the words, whtoh were
In the darky dWIeot, appealed to the South,
where the song' became popular, u be.
cam the battle goug ot the Confederacy.
There were two other "PUIes," the one a
northern ballad and the other a souttUrn
ballad of the Civil War, by Albert Pike,
which first appeared In the Natcbes (Miss.)
Courier. The origin of the phrase "Dixie
land" Is thought to M in th name of a,
Mr. Dixie, a Blave-holdtag New York citi
zen, who moved to the Bouth. Its large
number of slaves, the story runs, be
moaned leaving their old houti.'Whtcb, they
called Dixie's lini. - The -phrase spread
and was appropriated for the Southern
Hlates. which were HUbstltuted far the orlg
iag Dixieland The phooetto coanection be
tween the wofd ad Maaon & IHzuns Liu
also ha been potatad out. The boundary
Uae to Jh BfgMM MH "Masea A DlxiV
" ,ft ;i ; $" j?
Men
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A k
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THE VOICE OF
THE-PEOPLE
Protest of GOth nnd Lhnsdowno
Against Action in Snloon Case.
Plight of thq Allies
71 Ii ftfpflrrmctit i rer to nil rtadtri wAo
uilsA (a riprrit their optntonf om tubjreta of
eurrmt Oilrrrat. I ft an open orwm, nnd (At
.'t''npi0 Lrdgrr attumet no rttpo-ittfcfltlv for
the L-frii't til lit orrttlOHdeutt. Lrtttrt mutt
h tiaiirJ 01 (At name nnd nddrcit ot th
writer, not ncettturdv for putillcallon, but o 11
ffuiiruntre 0 oood faith.
AN APPEAL TO PUBLIC OPINION
To (Ae Keillor 0 Iho Kusiilnff Ledger:
Kir I wish you would como out to Six
tieth street nnd Lansdowno avenun and hear
the conversation of tlio people -ot our
neighborhood regarding tho opening of a
saloon at tho corner named. It Is all pretty
well summed up In the statement of a man
who took no part In the light until n few
days ago, when ho called this "a miscar
riage of Justice." -Tho people aro highly
Indignant and feel Hint (hey are being
wronged.
Tho law of .Pennsylvania provides:
"The said Court of quarter Sessions shall
hear petitions from residents of tho ward,
borough or township. In nddltlnn to that of
the applicant, In favor ot and remonstancen
against the application for such license, and
lu all cases shall refuse tho same when
ever. In tho opinion of said court, having !ue
regard to tho number nnd character of the
petitioners for and against such application,
such license Is not necessary for tho ac
commodation ot the public and entertnln
inent of strangers or travelers, or that the
applicant or applicants are not fit persons
to whom such HcenBe should bo granted."
In splto ot proof that the sentiment of
the community Is against this saloon the
Judges have decided to permit the opening.
It Is a fact that 3492 persons, all living
within three Bfpjares of Sixtieth street and
Lansdowne avenue, havo signed against the
saloon. Hut It was proved In court that
n young man, nineteen years of oge, havlirg
tho came name ns his father, signed the
remonstrance, nnd also that ono man' was
"not aware of tho contents of tho paper he
signed." The Judges, In their opinion, how
ever, took occasion to say that "several Ir
regulurlties In obtaining signatures to the
remonstrance were shown, but they were
comparatively few In number, and not of
serious Importance."
The court nlso made tho following dec
laration: "The statement In the sixth para
graph ot the petition, namely, that 'the
predominant sentiment ot tho community Is
against the granting of tho license,'-' can
hardly ha accepted as a fact, In view of the
testimony that there are approximately
3500 signers against and about 4000 In
favor of the granting of the transfer." The
1?57 persons who signed in favor of tlie
saloon signed the declaration, "We, tho un
dersigned, being residents and property
owners of the Thirty-fourth ward, residing
at the addresses adlxed after our respective
signatures, .,. , "
Nino hundred and sixty-three of these men,
according to their own signatures, live out
side the ward, In all parts of the city and
adjoining counties, and, yet the Judges ac
cept this as "tesjlmony''. In favor ot the
saloon. By actual count only 367 persons
living In tho district within three squares
ot Sixtieth street and Lausdowns avenue
signed In favor ot the saloon, while 3193
signed against It.
We appeal our case to the higher court
and trust that this saloon will be kept from
our neighborhood,
WILLIAM E. LAMPB.
Phlla'dclphlo, December 6.
THE ALLIES' DESPERATE STATE
To the .Editor 0 th livening Ltdgr:
Sir If It be true, as the ltusslan Premier
asserts, that Ilussla has been offered Con
stantlnople and (he Dardanelles as her
spoils ef victory, the fact attests two
things: First, tint France and Ungland
doubt the willingness or the ability ot
ilussla to continue the war. and. secondly,
the desperate straits to which England Is
driven to assure a victory.
For many generations England's policy
In the near Bast was lu confine Ilussla
to the Black. Sea. and "the Russians shall
not have Constantinople" was. In effect,
the British watchword long before It was
resolved Into a music-hall refrain during the
Turco-Ituaalau war. It was felt then, as It
must be felt now. that control of the
Dardanelles by Russia meant a perpetual
menacs to the Suez Canal and to the sov
ereignty of Bcgland Id Egypt
That menace would be even greater now
skould Russia secure such control, and the
.t jMa outre w m gwt, or as
j yi M rtey wpa 4rf
L uSscswa5 J0r "-r7
ZPvZ)'
' i
ot the conclusion of her statesmen that
desperato cases require desperate remedies
and that Oermany has already won the
war. B. J. COY'.
Philadelphia, December 5.
THANKS PROM THE FIREMEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The committee nppolnted by the
members of the Flro Bureau to present
their causo to his Honor the Mayor, City
Councils and tho citizens of Philadelphia
appreciates the great assistance rendered
to the Fire llureau by the vaat publicity
given our causo through your valuable
paper.
Tho result of your assistance Is such
that tho public has for the first tlmo awak
ened to tho truo condition of the Bureau
of Fire, and Its response thereto has been
spontaneous, and In conjunction with It
tho city authorities have been brought to
realize that the Fire Bureau must be
looked after, and we have their promise
that tho request of tho firemen will be
speedily granted.
On behalf of every member of the Bureau
of Flro we doslre to extend our slncoro
thanks for your Inestimable assistance In
our causo during our present campaign,
which will be echoed and re-echoed through
out the entire bureau, and we hono vou
will always be In tho van In all undertak
ings wherein tho citizens ot Philadelphia
nro uucresieu.
JOHN J. MI5SKILU Chairman.
, JORKPII BNEU,
JOHN It. WELLS,
FBKDKniCK WIKONEn.
JAMES M. SIMISTEB,
Philadelphia, December 5,
AS USUAL
Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of tho Christmas shopping of Maudle, dear.
With her Christmas list, and keen for tho
fray,
Sho started Just after Thanksgiving Day.
That Is, she Intended to but I believe
She's be caught In tho riot of Christmas
vol Boston Record.
HAIUCET AD. 18TTI
CONTINUOUS 11 US A. it. to 11 ns p. u
IRENE FEN WICK -ovn jn
,"A coNEr island rniNCEHa0
rtiuttJty, Friday. (Saturday LENOHK ULIUCU
In "fllB ilOAU TO LOVL-' ui',l1
rAJjAUJj Et H SOTHERN
In "AN KNESJY TO TUB KINO"
Thure.. yd. Sot.. MAIiaUKHITH CLARE
la "idiaa aiionou wabkinutonS
ARCADIA coEra?.,l; T
A Btupendoui Production
"THE EAGLES WINGS"
ThUrt., Frl.. 8t, "OAMBLE IN 60UL3"
LYRIC Mi-fnw DHy 2:15
Tonight at 8;15
The Photoplay Wonder of the Age
T1I03. II. INCE'fl Spectacular B.mattoa
CIVILIZATION
Finds umtlnted favor; U a atlrring example
if
'"" uuniumutt,' rauiatlphu In-
lulrtr.
500 CHOICE SEATS, 50c
ADELPHI Tonight at 8:15
POPULAK tl MATINEE TOMOnRQW
TA UoU IMufcrMl Hop U America '
"EXPERIENCE"
POSITIVELY LABT rEItFOlUtANCE DEO. 30
GLOBE Itefeiig
UA'iLVftu
EMPIRE CITY FOUR
TATE'S MOTORING and Others
Cross Keys M4R&M!jr !8
Evfe.. I olb, 20. SSa
"THE FIRESIDE REVUE"
KNICKERBOCKER SgJesS
Teas & Stqrm Country S'
-pn-.
TRQSAPlilQ a1Stf
MMTn,'.,i..,i,.inih,' ,1., . . .
i;fBUTrf ABbuedlb SrOfcAOg
A new ior mare mm mum rXDtrlenie
in taich matter declares that it costs i j?
a produce a dottn eggs In winter, while i
cents a dozen will cover the cost In the
spring nnd summer. This agrees In gen
eral with the conclusion of two Nebraska,
women that a dollar a dosen is not sum
cent eompensatlon for the trouble end tt.
pense Involved In securing a supply of er
In the winter. The coming of cold storage
o carry the abundant supply of the spring
over to the period of famine In the f
and early winter Is h. blessing that Is net
yet sufficiently Appreciated by the public
The cry the country Is now raining against
this method ot equalising the. food supply
Is as senseless as much ot the clamor heard
In recent years Against hlg business. The
thing to do Is to assail the evils connected
with cold storage nnd with tho operations
ut the captains of Industry nnd finance
I2ven the much-abused speculators In food
do a public service that entitles them to
protection and fair treatment. Lincoln
tNeb) State Journal.
. ...in. mi i i
BUT HE IS ELECTED
Nobody seems to be kidding Santa riaus
about his whiskers. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
CHESTNUT ST. TwB DAJ
OPERA HOUSE & .
HOME OF FILM SUCCESSES
Evgs. Si Sat. Mat., 25c to $1
Other Mats., 25c, 50c, 75c
Engagement Extended
TWO" SHORT WEEKS
. WILLIAM. FOX
rnnsKNTB
"A Daughter
of the Gods"
with. ANNETTE
Kellermann 1
THE riCTUHE DEAUTIFUL
DAniNtl STAIlTLINa
Appealing irresis'tibly to tho
eternal heart of childhood.
Dreams of Fairyland Outdone
OUIt NEXT ATTIUCTION
"The Honor System"
The 11 ret tut Human fltory Kvory Told
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL
CHARITY BALL
Thursday, December 7, 9 o'CIock
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Opening Foaturo
SPECTACULAK PAGEANT DANCE
The Reception of tho Heroes nnd
Heroines of Youthful Romance at tho
Court of Old Kinrr. Colo
Five grouDa of 21. couplet each, or 210 dancers'
In all, In brilliant coatumea. will repruient
Treasure ItUnd. Tcrland, Arabian Nlshtt and
the Court of Old Mnr Colt. There will ba
Captain Kldde and 1'tqulltt. Tor floldleri and
Dollt. Aladdlnt and Moralanai, farleiulne and
Columhtntt. ripi and llowl llearera, Jtsttri.
Ilaraldt and many othera In sorseoua array. .
lltntfletarlta are the Untveratty Itotpltat
(Women' Medical Ward). Jerftraon ltoipltal
(Children'! Wnrdl. IlabW llotpltal. Polrcllnla
Hoapltal and the Vliltlnr Nurae Society,
Doora open at 8:00: concert 8:30 until 0:00:.
opening feature at l:00: general dancing about
lO'OO! aupper from 11:00 until 1910.
Tlckeia, Including dancing and aupper. are
iB.00 for each txrton. and are on sale at the
Charity Hall Omce. 400 Chestnut at. ITelephone,
bombard 1770).
Speotatora' ticket. 00 centa encb. for the
Amphitheatre, aa wed as regular 15.00 tickets,
will be on tale ae the Academy Thursday even's.
"Purity"
THE FILM DRAMA SHOWINO
ALL THIS WEEK AT THE
Victoria Theatre
Includee a Large Number of
DARING ART POSES
By the Famous Model and Duty
AUDREY MUNSON
CONTINUOUS, 0 A. M. to 11 US P, M,
Mitt Munson attumet the pictorial attitude
of "Magdalen." by K. Herbert! -Tremler." by
Aall: "The Hath of I'ayche." by Lalghton;
Andromtda," by Mile. Marguerite; "Mutldora.-
by nalniboroush, and "The l'olar Star," by Luis
Falero.
HAVE YOU SEEN
NAN HALPERIN
AT
B. F. Keith's Theatre?
YOU SHOULD !
ALSO
iins. thom'as whiffkn & co.j "Tire
faTAMPEDB HIDKntJ"; WILL OAKLAND
k CO. OTHL'ltB.
Today at 2, 3S A EOc. Tonight at 8, Mo to ft.
TONIGHT
ACADKMV OP A1UH1C
DAMNATION OF FAUST
Dy
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
400 VolcatOO
JULIA HEINItlCH WALTEIl A. rONTIU"
and
IIEMni SCOTT,
. ff.ThM"fo?0,l'4.n Pra Company
And Member nf Philadelphia, Orchttlra. '
UBNHY aOHDON TJlUNOEn, Conductor.
TICKKTS-ll,f0, ll.js" ll.OO Too.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC .
BURTON HOLMES
FRIDAY y,'i
SAT'DAY &l
THE GERMAN
r a a ru-jit ixr in U
C0c. 70c. tl. at Hebpe'a. 53o at Academy.
EXTRA - o- Dec. 29 and SO
SAT. MAT.
CANADIAN ROCKIES
GARRICK Fop;A,T' todat. boo to ii.so
u Latt 4 Eyge, Lett Matuu Sat,
HIT-THE-TRAIL HOLLIDAY
With FIIED NIDLO and Entire N. Y. Cat
NEXT WEEK SEATS TOMORROW
FRITZI SCHEFF w ,
"J'WSBANps aUARANTEKC?'
With Jtttnon Dt Angella
BROAD MAT;,TiDY " ?
FRANCES STARR -
80 ,.
.. d:w
f.ariir
JN BLUE"
FORREST MATINEE TODAY
wu(rak. ST0NE
"gla IL TROVATORE
Vn Muito IBrtt ajppearaace here). Komar. Mil.
uanuuui. ARUte, notblar. Cond.. Mr PoliSo
Btata.niOa Cbeatnut at. WaUut -ftaji' Itacl?:
ACADEMY OP MUBIC phlla. Qrand Osera Co
CjenW-bec. W. Lucia; 'iScT 20. Kg? bS .
rfur. lat. Dc;.ai, Ruy Blaa: Evinlnir. LuSJi
rrMay. Deo. IS, II Jronalore. Prlcea. SOo ull.
Ttduta eg uu at H.ppVt. 1119 chtui wuDea &.
Walnut Wats. Tomor. & FrL, 25,50c
"The Little Girl God Forgo?
Dumont'a MlWtrek"8
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