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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
' a- Wf W t CUimo, Pstawtn?
af.ir,vB(Kw,!aiCr. " Treariret. Ph'!!P P-
-Snin Jdm B. Williams, John J, flpurieori, P.
V itjfroniAiliJOAtiiiBt
. Cfat t. K. CctTII, Chairman.
ft.?. ytHAUKT ''if .m Wilier
n SPUHftMAIVHH,.. General IlualnenManiitar
PeelMheit dallr lit PtmMO t.tiioM llulldlnr,
T 'iv1fl,",n "lr, Philadelphia.
.5 VWIIW Csjtail.. ....llroad and CnMlnut Mreeta
i Jl.To"K",,',".t500 Matroiwlllan Timer
MlOiaq,,,,,, 1202 TrttmM Ilulidln
iHX!1? nq4B. ....... ..The rim.a ilulMIn
M?.0?. "B Mirronl l!mi. Mranj
raiillnuK i la nut Iula U Urand
" ubsciuption tihimh
rt!.7sIr'"ITa LMBn U aaryed la eutwcrlbere
PBlIadriphl and utroun.llnt towna et the
r'e ef fix B) cetile par week, pnaMe to thi
carrier
V man to palate eutalde ef Phittrtalrihta. in
United Male. Canada or United Rtaua nee.
EVENING IBDaBR-J?miuVDELPHIA, MOlSBAY, BE033MB13E U, lOiG
Ha
eelllona. rwataae
yrr raomn , unfl I
free. Ihlrlr-llirs 1.131
II) dollar for thrr montha
' rwr (II) Collars per rear, payable In
AS J11 'erelen eeunlrlaa on (III doll.r
nsentn
rant
it in
ad-
on (l) dolUr par
Notios flubeerlbera wlshln addreaa ehanied
eiuit ilea aid as wall a new aadreaa.
Urtl, 190 WALNUT KCmO.NK, MAIN 00
uj Hf j ': i -r-3 .-: - - --:-ja
KT .Iddrf nil rommimlefiltan M ftinln0
Z.gjT, fnifcprndVnce flijunr. PnlloiklpMo.
tuftnro t Tim rmutetrnu rmiornci i
cccffi
run AVEnAau hi:t paid ihw.y cm-
CUtATION OP TIIIJ HVKNINU I.KDOKJt
fok .ovn.Miinit WAH 121,011
Philadelphia. ManJar. Ilfml,cr II, 1916.
Wordt are thing; and a tmall drop af
ink,
Falling like dew upon a Ihouglil,
product
That which mahc thouiandt, ptrhapi
mllllom think. Byron.
Mr. "'ux linn begun to waiio.
Wionovcr a limiRcwlfo bicnkn nn
esff nowmlnya sho wlalioH tluit It oro
tlici head or Mr. Wotz, of Chicago.
Mr. Asaulth novcr did a more prttil
otic thing thnn to cull upon lite friends
to rUly to tho support of Lloyd acorco
&rul tho new mlnlatry.
Mr, Morgan la nuro tlio Allies will
VPln. Ho liaa to nay It If ho uanta to lloat
nny moro loans for tlictn. Nobody la
anxious to buy tho bonds of a defeated
Power.
"No soft boiled cbbb for mo!" ex
claimed tho fat man In tho restaurant.
"I'm boycotting ougn. Clicgso for tnlno
ohecso omelette" "Which i;oes to bIiow
that It la very difficult to iiuscrnmblo tho
complexities of food nltuatlorm.
In theso dnyo of Teutonlo supar
men It la tiomo rollof to lonrn that at
least 371 IScrllncra mo human enough to
break tho law ngalnst speculating In
food, nnd stupid enough to got caught
at It
Tho latost report Is that T. It. Is
to go lumtlni; ilovlltl.ili. It is Ukoly tu
bo followed by tho announcement that ho
Is contemplating n cnmpalgn to exter
minate snuliea. Tho symbolism of theso
activities will not ha lost upon fighters
of commercial octopuses and tho liquor
t runic
Mr, Bryan opposed tho gold stand
ard bicauso tho banks favored It, nnd ho
Is now opposing Fcdoral regulation of
railroads for tho reason that tho railroad
mrmngora want It. To bo logical ho ought
to opposo prohibition because many of
tho, pcoplo moist Interested In national
prosperity favor It.
All that tulle about toailng down
thoMadlaon Rtiunro Cm don In Now York
r.eoma to liavo been prcmaturo. Tho build
ing has boon bought by tho mortgngeo itt
foreclosure sale for 3,000,000, or novernl
hundred thousand dollars leas than tho
Hops against it. Now Ymk la a pretty
alow town If It can't mnUo suoli a great
amUBcmont place pay nt this valuation.
Tho sad fate, of fiorbla nnd Hii.
mania makaa King Constantino think
that his chances of salvation nrn batter
with aermany than with tho i:ntento
Allies. Unless I.loyd Goorgo can retrlovo
tho failures in tho East and drlvo tho dor
mans from tho Jlttlo kingdoms, Constan
tino la Ukoly to find hli supporters at
homo In tho ascoudaucy.
to fcafe;uftrdln(t tho men nnd women em
ployed In dangerous occupations nnd to
tho care of tho aged. Tho lime Is coming
when the right to hentlh and to protection
from accidents will ta regarded ns equally
ftacred with ths right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of liapptnes. Indeed, thcua
nowly ndmlUcd righto nro hut elabora
tions nnd extensions of thn old,
MAKE THE INSURANCE CODE
CROOK-PROOF
TT7IIHN prncllcnlly nny hind of n "shy
' ' sier" Insurnnco company can get a
foothold to do business under tho laws of
tho Htnlo of Pennsylvania, It appears
that something la radically wrong with
our lusumnco luws.
Tho Inst published report r the Hints
Insurnnco Uepartmcnl hown that
twelve domestic; companies (that In, com
panlod operating tinder I'cnnsylvnnla
rhartors) and suventy companies under
the ulmiloia of other Hlutri.i uto operat
ing here, whllo tho lepoit of tho Now
York Hlato tiUtirnnce. lepnrtmint shows
eleven domestlo and leas than thirty out
side companion operating In that Htato.
It la siifo tu say that uf tho suventy
'outside" compnnloH which mo permltiod
to do business Jiir I'cniiHylviinlii, moro
than onu-htilf of them could not do buiil
nosa In Now York, borauso they could
not comply with thu liinilnuioo laws of
that tin to.
Jtuforo tho Invi'stlgniloii by Clmrles
Kwins Hughes, In Id05, of tho lorruptlon
irnalllng In tho iidiululxtrntliiii of tho
Ufa Insurnnco companies of Now York,
thn Insurance laws of that Hlato woio
about on a par with thu Inuuinnco laws
now prevailing In I'cnnnylvnnla; but tho
revclatlonn then mado forced tho over
hauling of theso laws by tho Now York
I.oglnlatura nnd the enactment of an en
tirely now coilo when Mr. Hiighri bot-nmo
flovornor of tho Htato. Ily somo Ktnloa
theno laws were considered aa models on
which they based n lovlslim of their in
ouranco statutes. Thoy woro adopted
bodily by othors. IVnnsylvauta una not
ono of thoso mates, nnd tho looao laws
now governing tho operation of Ilfo In
surnnco companies and tho lack of pro
tection for pollcyholdera liavo made this
Btato tho rofugo and tho stamping
giound of nnV and ovury "nhystor" com
pany desirous of carrying on heio u
crooked business and a byw'ord among nil
who wl-di to sco llfo Insurnnco conducted
on a decent, honest basis. This condition
it tho moro remarkable, becauso, Incspca
tlvo of tho law, thoro nro In Pennsylvania
somo of tho best-munagod companies In
tho world.
Tho opportunity for crooks muat bo
eliminated. Tho Insurnnco laws of Penn
sylvania must ba mndo equal to. If not
bolter than, thoso of any othor Hlato In
tho Union, or, In fact, of any country In
tho world. AbHolulo protection for pol
icyholders and tiio highest dogrco of
eincloncy nnd honesty In tho manage
ment of tho companies, combined with
otornal wntchfiilnraa on tho part of tho
Insurnnco Department, nro tho goals
which muat bo attained. And wlmtovor
enn bo found in tho luwa of nny Htalo
or country that will assist In tho ni.com
pllshmont of thla end must bo searched
out nnd embodied In tho fuluro Insur
ance codo of Pennsylvania.
Tom Daly's Column
Tim HWAHl OP VKtfWH
There flounced an otd titotmi through
Venice
A Uoht n rally In tennis,
Xrvcr ccotlnp to prll,
WhIUt he clattwnl a Ml
"lie hoppvl Ho happp! He happul"
tinon the tQiiarc nmt the altnJ uburljan
Journal to trorthlp thl tngn In a turban,
for profctnor "who Unrm"
Knld hln ihclrlnr iean true
"lie happy! tie Iwppvl Ha hnppur
Thn Vouo nmt the Ten hnd ilitt knlohtcd,
And tho doctor and arylfci4 tecro 1.
lighted,'
Though hi ururr uoiM aIov
Utccpt mrrelit la nv
"Ha hnpput lie hnppyt He hnppyl
V.vcn the f urn ml urnl through the illV
To M okhiI nnloto)jo-dl rtltlti
Ai theg intng tu thi nooo
Vamtiu roguri ttnitM sinAcf mj
til "Ha hapiwl lie bnppgt He hnppgV
Hut one nlaht on a gravmtona they found
Mm
I'ertotmlnti t reel, no iheg bound film
And londmnntd Mm to jail
With prrMUilon lo malt
"llv hnppgl Ha hnppgl He happvl"
TOM WAT.HH.
-V.., , -k
y
"NEJFFER MIND AS FOR LIONS AND BEARS. VE ISS GREAT
ON SMALL GAME, J A?"
WsUkxji rs i'i-. fiA'
fm
f'oar T 1 -Vou nri on tho Job when It
ronifs tu ninlilng dlsi-iitprlns rrgnrdlng
lilgna. but Iium! mi nwir ijlvoi thin a
thought?
M.VMTI'II SKINS
.No Hmokllir
l)n rsol ilund lln llir l'litfnrin
I,il I lllotu Ihf- I.nlriinrp
t nmplrlr lllnnfr I nrntr-lln t rtita
DeiKiilt Itutihltli IlriA
IMMISDIATIIIaY lifter our city odltor
oxplodml yeatciday wo found this in his
hand:
Willie trjlng to fix tlio rni Jot of his
home. Mr. Motrin Mlnlr, of Kf.i Snydnr
iiVpniK. It exploded Hi- wns not hurt.
It unit milt My put out by tlio Knglno
No. Hi of Kifleciilli nnil Hnnlor avenue.
shot down nv r.iiitnit
or m.( i: iiami .vty'.NT
llrud In ii o. ,1 p
7 that an riror Into thn nlr;
7r came In earth, I know not wlicrc
Dfnr Tom It miy lnti rest tho relnlern
of tlio "colyum" to Imtn tnnt-tlin prliielp.-il
(lenlfr In and nhlppor of live hihiUch In this
country is
W. A. SKAKI1KINU
SnnkDVlllc, Tl-x.io.
i i uo i i isr.
ShoolnK the Wot (iliontf
rouniiKiinpsii:. n. y.. ijoc. b An
nttemiit was innili) rnrly today tu rob tlio
iniinelon nf Vliieent Aitor, ut ItlilnecllfT
Knur innnkeil men uorv drriuneil and filglil
ciitd on by Peter lipeler, tlio itcnui night
uatcliiii.in 1'iilted l'r,in ilf.iti.li
t
'i S&
miLrtw v.i y-f m. me tbp-
,fe. Br MMMmiM
.M d,:
,lli..l SJra JtAUKT.T .b tent y
n m j "wm&zmtirw mmmttaP8cr
fwf rmti9 2'r& b m& '-v
What Do You Know?
TUB EASY WAY
Our ConiWamnn Is workings
It I wetklnrt with a wilt
To ho he Isn't shlrkhut
He will Introduce a bill
AVs've had our llllle nurtl.
flom Wire pmall and some wire crtT
nn In a.ltU all n .. (retl
He la BOlng to IrgOlate.
Itetolutlena have lin prtilTartd
Aii in vain to neip mnhkindt
tJut each one of them has offered
Much eatsemed relief of mind
fii ins fuluro tmiAt Kem plenh.
Ilrlght with Intellect and eklll,
Kor our Congressman la present
And Will lntrodu.ee a bill
Wnahlnston filar, j
WARS AUE WON BY MEN
War are not won by parlies. they . i
won by men If Idovd nore can uae "hi
driving power which ho po.ne,,,, ,";.
rreatir dc;8rs I inn any oilier man in Vi
klmdom lo hasten nn alllM victorr. t
peaple of RngUnd will not care whtihir '
la a convert 16 Totylam or hot. Por th?
mnninnt ne peraonmea a national tnlrll ii,I
delermlnailon to puh hoatltitlea throult
every phaco of disappointment and fl.f.,f
t.l.lll a Iftlalte triumph shall bo dnaiS,
kttAlned llrnnk vn l-n.u miibijm
VILLA'S VEltSATlLtTY
iir, tins ix a manv-i mail man m.., ..;
Wptlirea a elly like a military genius andl
lhan ho loom It im a akllie.i I poliiici.JI
ITrand naplds PrM. iomician-.
JfAiti;
.'iiriiiu isnit nuo.
ai Mcnic, Jiution Holintu
, (bl-IMuctlon.".: Ut""r N'"
2 Comadr,
t Paramount I'rmram '"
MARIE D0R0
lIOUArtT HOStVOItTII and TUM.T MAR8IUU
"OLIVER TWIST"
vii'S0
as"
Thiir.. I rl . H.ii r.nit.
K1UUKLX an.1 SESNIJI
riiK vlnoiw
ONrrlra nf uentrnt fiilcrral lulll l,e mmii. rrrd
in (Ali ciliiioii 7m iji.fatfotM, for flimurrs to
xihirh evrru p rll tnjorittitl itreun alioulil know.
nrn fiaAfi tlnUv,
Tho highest of highbrow Journals
records that "it la an appointment made
to usa the standard phraso on tho
baitla of merit nnd fitness." Perish tho
thought that it would use a "standard
phraso" Hcrlotislyl It is commendable
wqugli to turn mental somersaults to
evold the commonplace) but it may bo
BUggested that appointments made "on
l?iB .the. basis of merit and fitness" nro so rare
that thq phrase has nlmoat tho ilavor of
dashing originality,
i. .,.. UJll
Thn HlumlBtited City Hall towor is
shining' llko a good !eel In a naughty
world, eprcadlnc; its Influence abroad.
Mey learned of it in New York, nnd tho
fjtutuq of Liberty in tho harbor has bean
flooded In light and stands llko an angel
of irlory brooding over the dark Wntors,
An4 now they nro planning In tho
national capital to make tho "Washington
SKMUittnt raise lUelf ugiilimt tho sky as
d oalujnn of white oftw" the sun has gone
down. The I'.vcnino Uinaicn may be jarr
fe4 tf It feels a Httle proud of its
SHhlovemciitu.
SOUIICES OF INSPIRATION
'rpiin herolo death of a bravo prince
J-and typical soldier of jour lineage,"
wrlton tho Kaiser to tho King of Ilnvarln
and ono would naturally expect tho hoii
tenco to end with somo mich phraso as
"Is n noureo of grief to us" but it does
not. Thin death, mij-h tho mossugo, "linn
boon a saurca of Inspiration to us."
In an Knellah illustrated weekly nppoar
In a row tho pictures of three lino looking
young mon, tho aims of nn English cleric.
Thoy have all boon killed, but thero la no
publlq lamentation. Tho portraits nro
under tho heading "Tho Itoll of Honor."
Casualties liavo rnino to bo tnhen ns
statistics. "Klghteon thousnnd HiieIIhIi
deud In November" movoB tho world less
than "Twenty Americans dead at Vera
Crux" moved Amurlca, it would bp con
soling to liellovo that nil thoso dend were
"sources of Inspiration" to whole nations,
nut thoy nro not. It la only In the pri
vate hpmo, In tho empty roomi of unre
coverable fioit:i and fathers, (hat tradi
tions of valor nnd nourco.s of Inspiration
are passed on to posterity, In tho "uulomn
prtdo" of porbonul BaerUlcos.
In u window on .Spring (Jimleii ptrtot bo
tncon Hevantli and CIkIUIi In u algni
(I1HI.S VVANTHIi i
O.N I'APMIt iioxi:s
OVUIt HIXTKUN YlIAIt.S OI.I
C. II. IC.
Llfc-HnvcrH
tinv srrns that uikiii iir.ttniti AcntiNs
Thu ClioMtntil street holliliiy iiuielntrotn
nwept along In thn ultnl An iivcrcnntuil
one of tho "ueoafiil biiHlnraa iimii" Ijpu
stopped heforo a Knlvntloii Army lfici'ln
jlni;lliig a tninlinrlne and glum lug nt tin,
wlied bennp'it imleil nt her hide Tho ovei
coateil onn Hiiki'KiI In eiral irnuscrs
pnrkets, nunii rolii veil pncliitH initl a rout
pncKnt. Ono m two and flnnlly ninny of
tho ituulHtroin p.iumd tu m the i aiiMu nf
ilolny. Thu uulil hu giver's fneo shohii
iudi1il and It daw tied on him lio Inil noth
ing but u .'. hill. Thu iniielHtium tltli'ieil
tlio nvino.ited nun thrust fortvnrd hl ehln
nnd ihoppcd In the live' JUHItY.
QUIZ
1 I'lnre 4I.orlilniurM In lltrrnlure.
- Tin- 'nniinui;lit tiiiiiii-l. Ilio luineeat nioiiutfiln
ilnublr-truiU iiillmtr ImuiM In Amrrlr.i.
baa hrrn uiitfiril Where U II?
.1. Wlint l llin nrlclii of Urn rtrlanuitton "Ur
Jlinlit)"?
I Tninal itf- "Ciitiillrrln Itiiallriini'' Into l.nc-
llxli.
II. "it tin wrro the Kninorul?
n Wlml l u frrn pnrtf k
It VI hut l the mrnnlMc nf "nirn m-aimi"?
H. Uhut U the nlirnlllrmirn thrn n jrlloit flue
In dliluril h it liliC
II Uhat nrn the tilun crude uf iiimaUY
111 Whii'U lluilil 1' HoiiHtnn?
AftcrinntlilcrH
UOLDHillTIf
When lovely u-nnutn itnrti In Jolly.
And find that hn ian mahr it pay,
Xa art can niic tha men from folly
Except a pccdy gctauny.
.17.01'HtS.
IJ. V. W. preuonta ono Ilonorn do llnlr.no
to contribute hla hit for tho colyum:
(From "A Ilirlnlnr'n naluMlalimtnt "1
"Joseph w lulled to cnutrlhuto to hi r net
of fcncilllc; ho went nbnut ill eased llko a
hum bulllrf, wearing thick nhoes nnd bluo
wjckii, ho oro no gloven; )m (jiiriinl cnnl
Oulpdil 0 wood; hu lived on bread, milk and
ihenp rheesn '
Thn italics oio Bitpplled by IJ. V. W
who may liavo unthlng but nnhi-s In bin
rollnr.
l.
Annucrn In Vettcrdny's (ui.
MJiKirum" U ful.ru from u l.iittn ehrun
iin in hitniiniui mon tu uietiili1y. it "."
uere lo he kiiimutimI tlio aiininiuii, itimld
rrml "iitinriiiii iiiiuui A iiniiin ee wilti-niii"-
-'of hum up ulnti one V tu he
our" that la, imc uf tlio uaeiuhh.
!. Hlil-thitiH (urrrNiHiiulliiir tu iiiuntlia hi other
Miitt", urn itillul iitirlNboH In ImiInIuiiii
H. 'I lip iirnule nf Sorlli Ciirullnu ore Jornlnrli
iillnl "fur IlieU."
4. Ihp "Ithlle lndv or llrrtlil" Ii i-he lm U
hillil In unurur lit ll- inlufe hf" ."
mriutifr uf thn (irriutii nunl fuiullv It
uhuut fj ilia.
n. "I. II M " u moht prulmhlv nn iibhreiluttnn
uf thn fireek iminn of .Ip-,iihIpu the
frrunil Irlier of uhlfh. ililln rnrreaiMind
Inc In our letlir "e." Im iu i raiiltiilj
(tin utineiiriiiiin uf uur iiipltnl letter "11
fl. Tuhlll U Ihr lurxest of the Moiiety loliimU.
In 1'ulioolu.
7. lloll) Miiillinn mm llnrntliea 1'nsne Tmld.
oily
wli
H 111
Will
ne To
Milill.
Mhu hrimon tltn wltt of Jnruri Vliiilloii,
fourth I'realdent uf llin lliillrij mir
nrie lu-etuiie a rniituriiuua imiirn in n.i
liielmi urlrlv una miik eaimlurly kituuii
it- lhtlly MmlUoii.
H Tho l.iirl uf lleiiriinillrlil uui Ilrurll.
I), The illluorlln iinU luiiiluuni nrn fornix nf
trrpe ii'luulril hy rrrnrh. l.nalUh imit
Anirrlruu nrltrm fruni Itullun urnl Amble
TiiniiM.
fhn lime re-
rom Aew
.11101. uf
II torroud,
10. lln ii illrrrt telr-fruuhlr elrcnll the llin
mlreil fnr a rurrrnl Ivuiuun from
Vurl. lo Mm rmnilain l nhout .ill
-&" Wa li&va. foriunafelv Anniivh ma,..!
tffr'" t make constitullonal questlona tha
oir v uissusaion, ana are turning
,--jir attention mora and mora to tliow
- tfctaf wWcn uffeot thu dally Ufa and
ftuna of the rank and nje of to
fat nations. President WlUon to tha
J,(srruitlonal Association of Industrial
Awtian poarda and Commlwtona.
We do not suppose the Preoident
Swtwilt'd to belittle the constitutional
stiirntlons. They were important In their
jj jmMmr, That wa when the nations Were
wylag to evolve a satisfactory form of
pr jovw-aroont which would protect the peo-
p H tft thtlr llv nml their property in
pnuw8. '4.noy were nta the clearing of
h w04rae In the early days of this
'- fjMi7. Thi wiWerimii is now eleartii
iu. vh Imvii a. """ """""
TUFA' DO T1IESK THINGS HITTER'
NEW YOItK seems surprised nt what it
terms a new form of graft as oxposed
In the examination of thq Janitors of
apartment houses, who confessed to hav.
Ing received n "rnlto off' from (ho milkman
ami tho Iceman and all down tho lino for
every customer thoy tocured among tho
tenants, Kreo bread from tho bakor nnd
groceries from tho grocer wero among
soma of tho remunerations received.
Now York Is provincial, otherwise she
would not bo surpilsed. Does she have
to bo told that this In pot "graft," but
simply an Impoited custom? This cus
tom U tho Inalienable right of the l"url-
Jan apartment house concierge. ITqm
a lime when tho memory of man knuwoth
not, the French concierge has levied
tribute on every bakr, butcher, giooer
and milkman who nerved any tenant In
his apartment house. Ills living costs
him nothing. He has a birthday which
must ba observed, and then tho birthday
of Madame la Concierge, mid there uto
various holidays that offer excuses to
pass the bat. As for a funeral from an
apartment, that Is a harvest
Perhaps thla imported, custom has not
quite permeated New York to the extent
of reaching tha servant In the house. The
time wiU come! no doubt, .when the cook
will get her "mkeort" from every article
i MA $pl SBWK tola tUa apartment.
from tm mur-
t(lrj(a iiitt-
Today'H Mnitl
JIJANNHTTn IJAMIWIN, giddily whirl
ing In tho modern inur.o of dunces, lisped
to her Ulster yesterilny Hint nho ovei hoard
her father say ho "often wont Into tho
pool at tho nlllcu," and wasn't It like Hint
men could rntilblun luminous with tho
ploasuro of bathing? jnitltY.
The bridegroom was Into nrrlvlng nt tho
Methodist Kplsvopal Clmicli lin'ntipo of u
slight neelilent lie fell on Ills fiont slips
on tho way to the wedding which produced
no very aerlouu icsults except It gavu him
u bad wench.
!am-aatar Co eontemp.
Acro:m (ho Squuro
Tha llghta nro g.iy across the wiunro.
Dim II cures cmno and go,
With hurried step, or lagging gnlt
Tho city's ebb nnd (low.
Solemn, or and, or guy, or bright,
Whence eomo their steps, or where
Into what homes of gloom or light
They go, ncrunu (ho wiunro?
The lights ure few across tha square,
The city's nolio and fret
liavo hushed tlicmsolvan, and In the air
Htrungu quletudtm niu sat
Strange slluneea that hold no balm
Vor one who lingers there.
Or one who walks at dead of night
Alone, across the square.
HUU5N MOitK.
Inwutnu'iit nutl Prollt
W I. M--U a man buja threo doiinii
eggH fur fl, sella them fnr II IB. and Uhob
llio dollar to lipent the operation 10U tlmea
In n c.ir, hla prolU unulil ha about thirteen
per cent. Thla la obtained by dividing thn
totnl ninount of profit (fit) by tho total
nninunt of nulea tltlB) Dull ruilimtlon nf
prollt la not luiacd on thu luveetinem, hut
on total imlou; nnd time la not a luctnr
Tho answer ns furnished by Prof. 1M
wnrd H Moxoy, Jr, of tho Wlnrton .School
of Klnniuv, Untvernlty of Pcnnejlvnnlii.
If tho noise of a name counts for any.
thing In baobttlthIa. U the moat premie
Ing thing we've hoard In noma days:
Allanllc lllstiUwla team. -Nana I lew
ur. us V, o. al. suggests, poeslbly
there's an omen In this cognomen.
Phenomena
Anything can happen. For instance,
I Just oamo up In the elevator with a dla
trjot msesenger lijy. The elevator op
erater turned to him nnd said, "What
floorT" and the kid answered, "lileventh,
please, lrl" nnd It waan't any Josh either.
I had to support the operator for the rest
pf the trip. KHAB.
Dar Tom In statibu qulbu of tho
statuum variorum would yun prefer tbe
war tu end, that of JvUy. I9M. or those of
September, ms. or OteMjiber. twt if
ju tevn m vnttmm, w teajt
Mfw aw K y Lattjj u W,S .
turner, inn r mmf ba:ti
tarn wm tm fttc
School Civic Centers
Mra W. It C Tho schuolhouaa aeenia
dustlncd to V'como more and mora tho
center of community life, na the modern
tendency In to add to Its function of In
striicting children another function, thnr nf
nrov Idliur iv clvlo hendiiiinrteni fnr tho In
stitution, rucrentlon and entertainment of
parents In Philadelphia this movement
llrat utwumed nn Important trend lifter an
experiment nt tho new Horace, llimard
Furncaa ilementary school, wliero the chil
dren gave ii piny, using the proceeds to
buy pictures und a phonograph, After
Miird lectures by edueatlor.nl olllclula on
toplim of bencllt to parents crodeil tho
big auditorium. Homo and ijekuol league
lectures now are provided for many nchoola,
mid n new bchool to bo opened, In addition
to a large auditorium, will provide spare
for cooking, sewing, ahopwork. eta, and a
gymnasium William I1- Lewis, one of
tho atanchost advocntea of bringing the
school Into closer relationship with the
home, favors making ''thentrea" nnd
"clubs" out of schoolhouaea, where eduaa
tluiut lectures, low-prlre concerts nnd
wholesome dramatic performances would be
Klvan nnd the parents, aa well aa the chll
dren, would be attracted by reading rooms,
games, debate, gymnasiums and the op.
porluuity to meet nelghbora In a social
way, nnd for the dUcu.luu of civic matters
In general,
Money Circulation
SCHOOLBOVV-rhe Treasury Department
aiuwera your question as roiiows- "Money
gets Into circulation through the coinage
of geld presented to the United Statea
mints and astwy oflkes, through the pay
inant by the floVeriiment of Its obligations
In eash. and through the Usue of notes by
national banks and Federal Ileaerva banki
New money and dUTerent kinds of money
gat Into circulation thfough the exchange
of old for new, or et one kind for another,
with the Treasurer of the United States."
Business Etiquette
I. A. S To settle jour arguments the
Pelrce SUiool decides that It 1 not pabusN
nesullke to send rafereaties with a letter of
avpliGaUen la answer to an anenymeu ad
vertlMMMt that 4s not isenUea refar.
w. On ttw M.iff y. U. la bwltmiilk,
Mlt aavea t,bmp 4lf BiiHyfh & refeeas
Ur win to wm 9 mm J 1mi1VW
uto ttw HfiteM l
TPIE VOICE OF
TPIE PEOPLE
Effects of PcnroHoism The In
itiative in Cnliforniu Drug
Importations
PENROSEISM TO HLAJIE
7r the 1'dllor of the Kvrntnp l.tdger,
Hlr I tnko occasion to ay that my first
piralilentl.il vote wan cnat In I HOO for that
lirriiieKi of all llcpubllcnn leaders, Abra-
niin i. mi nm. nnil that I liavo voted for
nir Iti-piibllcnu candidate for President
fourtn'ii of them elnco then, but only once
III nil Hint long peilod of flfty-nlx yenra
h.ivn I men thn Itepulillc.ui inndld ito twtco
auccesilvely ilefentiil In 1312 and ncnln
tu I1C nnd umaldt-rlng It a duty to my
country, my party nnd nn self to do wb.it I
can to prevent a thlid Hiic.ec.xaho dofent. In
1020. for the ItriHihllcnu cnntlldnle for
I'rrsldnnt, nnd (oiiyclenlloualy belloilng
that the Kepubllcan defenta of 191U nnd
1UIC were due to Hon Hole: Prnrnae.
Heutiiur from Pcnnayliunli, moro thnn to
nnyothei political leader In tho United
Stntea. I nm lieglnnliiK a inoM-menl hnvlng
for Its ohjiet tin, elluilnntlon of that inuau
which brlnga onlj ripr.itid defeat and dla
nator to tho Itepiihllcuii part, nnd tho llret
etop In that dlrii'tlmi la to uuhmlt by evi
dence tlmt c.iiinot ho eontrnijlcted the de
plorable uciihncss uiul fnlhue of Mr Pcn
ion na n lender, in the hapo that he will
voluntmily irtlru from aueh lenderahlp, but
fnlllng tn do tin to pliico the reitionihlllt
where It beloiiK.i ltb tho Hepiilillcaii
party of tho Mliolo lountry and enpeol.illy
Willi thut portion of It located in I'enn
sjlvaiila JOHN W KIIARIKR
Phll.idelplilu, neccmber 0.
SECRETARY DIX KXPLAIN8
7'o the Editor of the Rvrntng ticdiier-
Sir Tho letter written by Wllll.im I..
Itnaa. In refeienve to a ronipnrnthe Klnglo
Tn x vol In California nnd I'ennavlvnnl.i.
recently appearing In our paper, has been
lnniiKlit t my attention Mr Ilnaa cull oil
attention to tho fact that the vote of .150
000 lii f.ivor of the amnio tax umnndment
to thn California constitution una mado
ponslhle bv thn Initiative and referendum
which the California people have. lie Mated
that "Tho Single Tax pnrty of Pennsyl
vania has u group of uhlo, UKKrexalve nnd
peraun'ilve speakcis. but It la difficult to
get many voters to leuo their partita," and
he cnueludis by uuylug that If tha voters
of I'eniiHjhnnln bud nil opportunity to oto
un the nlntlc tax without leaving their
pnrtlra, ,i, la probable thai n Inrge vote
vuiuiil uo recorded in Ita favor
Permit mo to sny that tho very fact that
California hna tho Initiative nnd referendum
mid reiiiitiylvnnla Iwih not ahons the ad
vance In political thought In fnvr of tha
western Klate, which progreasivo spirit
would no doubt roll up In California a
largo vote fnr the single lax, oven though
It was In tho form of a party Instead of
In the form of a constitutional amendment
ub at the recent election. Wo have Just
Htartcd the Hlnglo Tax party In Pennsyl
vania, probably tho moat comervatlve Htate
In tho nation, but when we have told (be
story so as to reach aa large a percentage
of tho people na have been reached In Cali
fornia, and Peunaylvalilani become aa pro
greasivo as the Catlfornlans, vi here they do
not healtata to leave their partl.es. aa
xhovin by the fact that they carried the
Htato for one party's candidate for Ureal
dent and then elected another pnrty'H can
didate for United State Senator by a large
majority, the people of Pennsylvania will
poll a, big vote for the single tax whether
It be In the form of Single Tax party or
through Initiative or referendum measures.
JAMHS H. DIX, Htate secretary,
Philadelphia, December S.
STOP IMPORTATION QF DOPE
To the Editor of the livtuing ledgir;
Sir Ilefcrrlng to a statement In your
pajier a day or two ego about mofe strin
gent tans ooverlng heroin. It eeeina audi a
Waste of legislative energy aim money wnen
the. solution Is so very simple Prohibit the
Importation of heron and tha manufacture
of the substance lu our country and the deed
Is done. All that would have to be watched
then would be the Canadian frontier ami
the malls. We do not have to depend on
heroin; we can do very well without It
For some reason, perhaps becauae of Its
more ready solubility over the other mor
phln derivatives, heroin has been selected by
the greater number of dope users. It Id a
dangerous substance, and could and should
be suppressed. Ilefore the advent of heroin
we had morphia for many generations, but
Its victims have been few compared to the
great number that have fallen under the
baneful Influence of heroin I believe this
uoum nna lavor ivlth most druggists and
doctors. DRUaaiST.
Germantown, December 7
olea nra eminently Jilat Your general
Knowledge nnd my curiosity, together with
your recent nn.tllbj on dual nnd throats. Im
pel me to Inquire nfhnther Philadelphia
has a atrert-rleanlug department. Scraps
of newspaper, nondescript aali boxea nnd
other cerm-breedlng, unsightly objects III
erally line many nf your streets These
mny ho reiqionelhlo for your numerous
oeullnta null rhlimloglata nnd nt the same
time explain why o many of the medical
profession Und these specialties eo profit
able HUlHI HOIiUIIOOIC
Philadelphia, December 8
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
A H L E R
LIED VON DER ERDE
..-Tif"' Performance In Amsrlcn)
JOHANNKS SEMDAOH on
T1M.V KQENEN
rrl.. Doe IB. at .1) Hal, Dm Kl, al a. 13
PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA
LEOPOLD HTOKOW8KV. Conductor
Btata nl lleppn'a, 1119 Cheatnut StrcH
n K SKASOVI RMMKtlR
yr iji j I "J.v sB-vaATo.vf
lleitn S Kosloff a Dal'et
ninATitK NAN 1iaij,i:hw ,!
OKVOV CO; KIIANK UHUMIT- OTIlfCnH.
Tndnyat 2. 58o A ROc. Tonttit at a. S5o to f 1.
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
rilII.AllKI.I'IIIA tllt.VMl OPRIIA COVII'S-r
Monday. IK c IS s in nnd Thuradiy n.i u.n.
pro il. "1.1101 ' Vdnoa.y itml Tnurailay
fwilnii , !)-, ill end 81, -HUY IIIjV:)." hj
'ir. ifii'i ' nuj wen np pre ii "ii,
"V.vfflIr,,!K LV, "'. ai iito I'tiMinut i . Tba
fAUAjllj MAE MUnHAY
and THKOpoim HUHmiTa n "P.oW aiM." I
Addtd Allracllon llrat filioulni 4
Charlie Chaplin ih "Tho Rink'
Thura . Krl . t.. "TBMjOW PAWN"
A RP.ATiTA C'KSTNUT Il.low lli 1
AI.I, Tlllfl Vtf.'Rlt -4
UUUGLAS FAIRBANKS
P?ig5 "THE MATRIMANIAC"
AUI1CI) ATTRACTION
Chai'llo Chaplin i"h0 "The Rink"
P rnnTTlNTT1 AlKKT llelow lTlh
n,ijUljrNX ALL THIS WEEK
nount.i: nit.r.
Sn, MME. PETROVA
IN KI118T PI1KHBNTATION
"THE BLACK BUTTERFLY"
AND PinBT BHOWINtl OP
Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink"
Amnhltheatrt, JOn
VICTORIA ""gjfJlJgf 'i
in "THE HONORABLE ALGY"
ADDKD ATTIIACTIUN l-lllBT H1IOWIM1
Charlie Chaplin in "Tho Rink"
Tliura.. Prl . Hot Puijiin In nuek Imtlerlly.
T,,M0';1TOHVodu,UT IL TR0VAT0RE
rt inn
Martlnelll. Amuto ltelhltr
Mama, linn rnealnut it
I,
Cnnl . Mr l..rn...v
Walnut U'U, llac. uf.
TOtJNOKJlT ACTItnSH, VVlf.I. appi:ah iv
At'tIi: tii,h ArrK,iN00-N JVN' loNiaiw
LYRIC THEATRE
w,,K"..T!iJlWrpA?T..tnEAT
CIVILIZATION
ta H11W ni.Aflvrl Tturi-in rmti.v
Don't mH.i tide treat, alio la n marvai 6a the "
cicon, onn a wonmrnn noy in reaiuy.
ADELPHI Toniuht at 6:151
rvrUliAll II JIATINKB TIIUIIHDAT
The Moat Mnrtoloua l-y In Anmrlce
"EXPERIENCE";
rOHlTIVKt.Y 1..VDT PICIll-OllMANCE WO. I'
fiAnDTPIT TONHIHT AT H 1.1
uinmiuiv Mmineen Ue.1 ami Bat.
PRITZI SCHEFF
In a Trrnp-ramintnl Mualrui Mny
"HUSBANDS GUARANTEED"
With JKKl'KIIHON lin AN'OKl.lt)
Topulnr VV.inmd4y ilallnefr. noi to USD,
RT?f)Ar A''' " NUIUTH AT fl!l3.
KiJtU i.llp Wed Mat . 60o tp (t.EX
FRANCES STARR V,,,,,,.;
PnPTJIPCjn lJil !! Weoka EvKa Sit).
r wiuiuui .MMInrt Weil K Hit
MONTGOMERY STONE
III CIIIN-OIIIN1
GLOBE Theatre ijij!i!lg2 1
lin-. inc. jiir, sm
II A M In II P M
CATHERINE CRAWFORD'S
"FASHION SHOP" ' ' ,
Cross Keys MAU!,,,,S.11
i:vs . 1 b tt 10. 20, 2U
HARRY TATE'S MOTORING
LITTLE
THRATm:
17th & Do Lancoy
I'hont, Ijx:. ii'ill
"YOU NEVER CAN
TELL"
Uy II. Iiam.rJ Hlmw
MVT itATtllllUv, a,so
Dumont's Minstrola "i AJ5- t
ToJay, lee i jo.
mr A T XTTlm s
VY VLJ-N U 1 VT-c ia iri nnl Bit.
Mile. Tuts Thura. yrl ,
siiuf !' " r
Mutt and Jeff's Wedding
IlUtUllUlU und IllumlnalM llunw
Chestnut Street Opera House'
HOME OP REAL FILM SUCCESSES
TWICU DAILY
a nn a He
9th AND
Kvcnlnra anil fUlurdajr Wallnr-, ;& to II j
iruiKii mats., zje, ew, 1M
FINAL WEEK
OK A MQST SUCOES3KUli IlUN
WILLIAM FOX
PRESENTS
A Daughter nj& Gods
A STRANGER WANTS TO KNOW
Ta tfcf JMlfer 91 1 fK t&dsm
tknft WMM smi atave aaaii txWfJ
Ssui,nKnr ul mr tww Tom aaf , JLu
iItl .ilnw nuWi, but julii- yubtks gluual-
THE PICTURE BEAUTIFUL
WITH
ANNETTE
KELLERMANN.
rdlale4 lo AU Wbo Una Uty, Jor. Uw Ijnnhler et Chlldrea.
tae Love ot Urav Mm sd4 Fair Women
"COME, LET-US GO WITH THE CHILDREN"
i.-5teUf?? tli8,tstor at Umes, to the point of real cMlcM
iheer realUm enirancea ana grip thu spectator with Ita
COMING
mmm
smm
THUimpAIr NIQHT
DECEMBER 21st
TWlCil OMht THEaBAfTgR
3), W. GRIFFITH'S
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