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VT Address all rommunfonlloas fo Ktnlna
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SN-rnaD at in rmuDrLriiu ro.Torrics aa
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Tlin AVKUAOn NET t'AID IMII.Y CIR.
CULATION t)P TlID RVRNINCI I.ROORIt
FOR NOVlttinKR WAS 121,011
rbllidslphli, rritltf, Utrrmotr VI, 1916.
Great men are they who sea (fiat
spiritual Is stronger than any material
force, that thought rule the world.
Emerson.
Tlioso coumtooOs young womon
Who did not do their proposing early havo
only a. llttlo of leap year left.
Irlah Whlslty Output Curtailed
Headline.
Ib this another blow at Ireland's
liberties?
Llko nil other spirits of distin
guished mon who have spokan beforo It,
tho spirit of Hugo MutiBloibertf that has
convcrsod with a Boston lady Is very
commonplaco In tho matter of conversa
tion. Thero Is no mention of a German
-accent.
Even though wo nro rapidly becom
ing tho world's banker, Fiank A. Vander
llp, prosldont of thoNatlonal City Hank
of Now York, Bayn wo'ro "a nation of
oconomla Illiterates." "Wo wondor what
lib would call uomii well-known llnanclal
oommlttcesl
The announcement that Mr. Ah
qulth's daughter vas onguged to marry
an Ameilcun was premature, not to say
exaggerated and hyperbolic. Wo may
bo pormltted to believe, however, that the
tolsh of tho reputed engag'oo was father
to the report.
Doctor T.ouba has just discovered
that learned mon, ns u rule, do not bo
llovo In God. It Is atlll posstblo, then,
to quoto heartily from tho gospel accord
ing to St. Matthow, "I thank Thuo, O
Father, I,ord of heaven nnd curili, be
cause thou hast hid tlicso things from
tho wise and prudout, nnd hast ruveulid
them unto bnbes."
They must bo having hilarious
times at tho meetings of tho Amorlcnn
Association for tho Advancement of Hcl
enco In New York, A good purt of the
cession yesterday was dovoted to a pupor
on "Tho aeomctrical Limits for tho
Imaginary Itoots of a Polynomial With
Real Coefficients," uhllo horo In 1'hlla
delphla wo still C-ontluue to stiugglo ltli
thu high cost of living,
Tho number of cases of grip and
pneumonia Is Increasing ho inpldly that
Director ICruscn says an epidemic of both
diseases Is impending. lie advlBes people
to avoid crowds, qverheuted rooms and
drafts, and to begin to take care of a,
cold at tho start. Tho last part of his
ndvlco Is most Important, for tho reason
that few of Us who havo to use tho street
cars to got to business can keep out
of crowds or drafts. A neglected cold
leads to all sorts of complications. The
best way to avoid pneumonia or grip
Is to call a physician In tho beginning
and follow his ndvlco. If you glvo him
half a chance he can break up the cold
beforo It Is too late.
ho steadily Increasing number of
drug store robberies In all parts of the
country has come to a point whuro thero
Is little loom for doubt that many of the
druggists who report the theft or hun
dreds of grains of narcotics allow them
nelves to bo robbed by "dope fiends" who
pay them In advanco to leave the "goods"
on their counters and the door unlocked.
Collusion of this tort is tho easiest way
to dodge the law which forbids tho sale
of the drugs without physicians' pro
scriptions. Tho press uro put upon tho
'druggists by th'a savage craving of tho
fiends tu a tax upon character In Its
weakest links pity and the desire for
easy money. Special Agent Dl Giovanni's
warning to druggists ought to have re
sults at onoe. It is simply that they
should lock their narcotic drugs In a
safe. He does not cast suspicion on
any druggists But those who do not
at once provide themselves with safes
, end guarantee the publla that their sup
plies of drugs are nightly secured in
them will Invite suspicion.
If there la anything mora unfair
than our Intemperate abuse of our tem
perate weather well, there Isn't. Wo
owe all our success to our unsuccessful
weather The changes from burning
sup which is not too burning to storm
that U not too stormy are the essence
of the virility at our soil and people.
t you vajjt food .weather, gq as far
UJl it a fjir north as jnay feel stead
Jly riemfortable. gjnere really Is a land
o: the lotus tatters. 'Where Tennyson
4seame4 It was "always afternoon "
7bero the sun always shine. Some of
cur utter failure so there, sick of the
eoraiwHUtoii and stern mprala ot the mil-
WW who clotr atui battle Jn yje,
bttsytudy cnr- of the tfmfmm
wm prtKty MjparJ fp "$
Sawvm lu th4r bWr qm " be
rulfed, and tlisro la Always the bread
fruit, and one can alt on the bungalow
porch all day nnd snooze That In In
temperate Wfrtlher, Just as thu weather
of the Klondike ! In Its way. Ona
known Just what tu expect In the north,
too, nothing can happen of the unex
pected. One Just kecpii cold and thlnka
of jrold In terms of gold, und not In tenna
of steel or even In terms oi wIvm Here
the weather Ja llko u Damascus blade;
to bo temperate la to be tempered, la to
be able to bend nearly nil tho way to tlio
right, and then (lip over and bond an far
to the left. The peoples In thla glrdlo of
exciting change nro awake to war but
they aro nlao awako to Justice 'and
progress.
A SOLEMN WARNING
rpiIB President's pence nolo Is a logical
sequence of tho I,usltnnla and other
notes.
Tho Government's knowledge of events
Is far inoro exact and comprohonslvo than
that possessed by tho general public. l)ut
these things tho general publla does
know:
1. Tho United Htntes has taken
nn nbsoluto and Irrevocable stand on
tho Hubmarlno warfare question
2. Germany has broken her pledge,
wittingly or unwlttlngl), on several
occasions.
3. Ambassador Gerard Informed
the President that Germany Is en
gaged In building n submarlno fleet
inoro formidable than uny hitherto
constructed both In powor and In
number; and that popular opinion In
Germany demands u tcsiimptlon of
submarlno warfare In Its most iutli
less form
J. Tho American Goveinmont ulll
send no mnro notes or ultimatums.
A resumption of submnilno activity,
under conditions banned by tho
United Statcn, will mean u sovernnco
of diplomatic rotations with Germany.
What tho President has done Is to do
liver, under a diplomatic mask, n solemn
and deliberate warning to tho belligerents,
nnd to Gerriany In particular, that It Is
tlmo to take, an Inventory, In which It
can bo sot down un a dullulto fact that
furthir disregard of American rights will
moan certain American action.
Tho noto Is, therefore, a solemn warn
ing nlso to tho American people, ii warn
ing that wo aro on thu brink of thu vol
cano, Into which wo may uny day bo
plunged.
It would bo folly not to rccognlzo con
ditions us thoy arc. It Is a critical mo
ment in our history, with great decisions
pendant in tho balunco. Wo must bo pre
pared, spiritually and otherwise, to meot
the lssuo.
CHANCE FOR A HIRAM
TO IiAZY nnd Impotont people It looked
llko a mlrnclo when Htrum Johnson
went through California In his auto and
cleaned up tho gang. To wldeawakn folk
It looked llko Illrum Johnson. What the
vory atones In tho streets of Pennsylvania
are crying out for Is such a man. lie
docs not hav o to bo well known. Johnson
was not well krTowu until ho had como
faco to face with tho people of ovcry
city, town, vlllago and countryside of
his Htuto, und told them what tho pirates
worn doing. There Is no dlfToronco be
tween Ponnsylvunlans und CullfornlniiH.
It h ho easy to becomu Governor of Penn
sylvania All you need Is a, slrong olcu,
u progrum und u Kord.
ARGUMENT IN HOLLARS
IF HVCRY protest ugulnst' granting
HcuiiHei tn httloona vvero us Utlclently
handled as that made by thu United States
Cufct Iron Pipe und foundry Company,
of llurlington. N. J. beforo tho newly
created Excise Hoard, It Is a safe guess
that there would bo fewer saloons In the
nelghboihood or Industrial plants. This
company went to work a jiar ngo by
llrst selecting 100 men employes secretly,
half of them moderate drinkers und half
of them abstainers. In tho llrst eleven
months of tho year tho drlnkeis lost a
total of 41S0 duvs, un average wage loss
to each man of (ISO. Tho abstnlneis In
tho samo time lost an average of less than
ono day per month.
Tho company says Its own losses In
the eleven munths thtough reduced out
put, spoiled work und increased co.it
amounted to more than $100,000, all of
which H attributes to the saloon Influence.
It will bo Interesting to notu tho effect
this surprising array of unanswerable fig
ures will have on tho final action of tho
ISxclso Hoard In the granting of, licenses,
to say nothing of tho uffect which It Is
bound to produce In other Industrial
plants that aro suffering from similar
conditions.
OUR REAL RULERS
TIIU State Constitution says that tho
House of Representatives shall elect a
Speaker.
It we may believe current reports,
this function Is to be performed by some
one else and tho House will ratify his
or their action, as the Electoral College
records the decision of another body of
electors in whom the real power rests.
The outgivings of United States Sen
ator Penrose and State Benators lie
Nlcholand Sprout on tho one hand, and
Governor Brumbaugh, Senator Varo and
Attorney General "Shrunk" Brown on
the other hand. Indicate that these gen
tlemen think they are to elect the
Speaker. Senator Varo and Senator
McNIchol attended the caucus of the local
Representatives and presumed to tell
them what to do. Twenty four of them
decided to act as a rubber stamp for
Vare. and the remainder decided to act
when MoNiahol puljed the strings.
Is U not about time that the curtain
was rung down on this sort of a farce?
Bverybody knows that the House of Rep
resentatives Is a superfluity, that'tbe
real legislators meet elsewhere and that
we have the form but not the substance
of popular government. As the State
MMgu to like It, why nut let th General
aujujiia w an u upon
Bhjwii . iaroe to BBTa
la Us te ad Ua da it?
Tom Daly's Column
UothjO
tfrottosYi,
MOTltmi
Of oil the tcortto In fw dlcllonari '
AUhouoh Ihcu aav opinions Martf
I'm sure fcnoio the tttedtett word
That over on this earth tcn heard!
"Mother,"
JVoio "canJu" Is a word that's sweet
And "honey" sounds quite good to cat
lint here is one that I haic found
Mott VLcct of all the whole uear round:
"Mother."
You will agree tilth me guesn
Vor often when yourr in distress
And nothing cite can comfort jw
Van Jurn your Mhnlo attention to
Mother.
Last night I had an awful dream
That in mv ilccp just made mn scream
And what iiord do you thlnl. I spohe
The very moment thai I uokef
"Mother."
And there she teas right by my led
And laid her dear hand on my head
And calmed ma. And u.ho ium It then
That patted me to tleep umlnt
Mother.
Ko I am very glad to pay
This tribute unto her today.
Some day llhir her I hope to be
And havr lomcbady calling ma
"Mother."
That Helgliiii merchant would bo bold
Indeed who ntlvortlscd a line of traveling
bugs nt this particular singe of his coun
try's hlstoy.
, ----
tar Timtnna f ramn nerr"! nn nM rlln
iilnir ll oiler flu xlilch mlvht be Inlrtett
Inr In your rolunm.. lion- I I Mil nw intent
tint till aotjtton tlovn Iwlow In tho mlmnn'
iinno hi I r it
O o nn ) but O i inv.
O let not ntr tO n ) an.
Hut Kim u I (I i; KO
Borne poetry, lan't tl?
'I III! IMIIttO MAN
Kutuio philologists will Interpret our
greeting, "A Sloiry Cliilstnins nnd a
Happy Now Year," nsinn uMiinpto of the
disgraceful manner with which ancient
paganism Jumped from ono orgy to
another.
UP IN THE AIR
How the English Jolmnle Told It
"Hollo, old thing' Aw' ns llnvo you
heard the latest ripper nlmut ono of our
airmen, you know? Kb, what? It mo
see. Aw, jes. Ho wont up In tho blue
with a flapper went up ns high iih tho
clouds. Then ho enmo luck to earth
vory much bo absolutely dead, In fact.
Ho foil out with her up there, donchcrno!
Hipping good story. Isn't It? Hut, my
denr old thing, tho dapper didn't ovon
havo a wounded feeling. Sho was an
nngel, and (low down!"
How the Ice Man' Told It
"Say, I heard a good ono tho other
night. A guy goeu-tip In tho ah with a
pcachorluo, nnd something she ruyu getH
him on his trolley. And when Hint guy
hit solid earth, bellovo mn, kid, theto
wuh nothing doing. And tho ilnmu never
wan hurt no, nil! Ho was a gentlein-tn
to tho lust.foi Just its h wuti diving
ovei board lit apologized for even think
ing, let nlontAbaylng, uhu wasn't it poifect
thltty-nlno uijound tho wulst. Tlio ma
chine flew Into spllntcrH, but sho was
saved, noul und all That's It' Go oji, wiy I
-now aii rigui, iiorus tlio answer
Sho went up in tho air at tho Insult."
How the Comedian Told It
"Well, an ttvlutor took a lady frlond up
In tho ah, but when ho was up uomu 2000
feet yea, tome 2000 feetl ho fell out.
But tho lady wus saved, landing upon her
feet with ease. The machine was a per
fect wreck absolutely' Yes, ou see, It
was easy for tho lady to como back to
earth. Sho wus a chicken."
lilJJ UUCK.
the cniiKii Boxr-riox
You alsh for n cipher, but I alsh for nu
O Hah tar no cipher, but O, alch for ma
O. lot nut my elh fur a, rlphur no
Uut ilvo alh for alih. for I aluh for you ao.
Till! LA Y OI" Till! ORPIIAX EQO
Its parents had died on tho eve of
Thanksgiving J
Before it ttxis able to scratch for a liv
ing,
The poor llttla Orphan Egg,
It hadn't an undo, nn aunt or a cousin,
And no ono would taho It to make up a
dozen,
Tho poor little Orphan Egg, i
for bojcotfini houseicives, as prices
went higher,
llefused it a homo and a ptace by the
fire,
The poor Utile Orphan Egg.
Unconscious if storage men hoarded or
gambled,
How deeply it longed to be coddlcl or
scrambled,
The poor little Orphan Egpl,
Then, whose is the fault, if, despised and
forgotten,
It lay there to addle, excusably rotten,
The poor llttlo Orphan EggT
Ah, you that neglected to save or re
claim it,
II ow dare you condemn it, asperse It or
blame it,
Tho poor llltla Orphan Egg!
8a cajl'it Hot "bad," as athlhg to oo
chlded,
But rather, "unfortunate," "wronged," or
"misguided,"
The poor little Orphan Egg.
In pity attend its funereal stratride,
And drop on its remnants some tears and
bichloride.
The poor little Orphan Hea.
AltTIlUli QrinEflMAK
SHOUT l'OKSI INHfJUKI) 11V CK1ITAIN BE-
qipfT EVipiTa
Tba days of MASS la eodiht
With a Jft. psrstualve ceoi
Ytl ttrtka kMP riant aa dglu
What thy kwtvr tbay otushta't to.
Advertisement by a, timid man in a,
local contempt
WANTED A brlibt. iatUlint boy ujSi?n
band! a typawrttajr T
Mayb sha got mad because the rVf
told bee sby oouldn't spall d Iw t
plumb scored! of few.
if H1m
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WJiat Do You Know?
Qurriet of oencrat inttrrnt u ill he annwtrtd
in this column TYn Question, the cinttcrrt to
which rvem witl informed person should know,
rc asked tditu, i
QUIZ
1. The relanlnr fatnllr of Knglnntl l-i nn longer
omoiiur ino
fnlisn nt llttnnt.e
WImt Hhonlil it he rilleilT
2. Iloiv do fannera Judge a watermelon to he
ripe b examining Itn eiterior?
3. Mlnit reeent war between great I'ouera n
liroug.ht to nn end br peare neaotlulloiiK
held In tho United NtuteeT
4. Who una ThorT
6. IMml nro tlio "Iron Ontea"?
(I. What It mUllelne nnd nliern doea It sro?
7 What room In Wnalilngton. II V , la Jnru-
hirlr railed tho "t luiubir nt llorrora."
und Mhr'.'
8. What Ihiropetin Power lina tho unme out-
turu ipnn or leoerni nnu uiir uuuiun-
tr u
the I nil
ilted Ntntea?
U, Wlint van the hlitnrlcul Inelilent Wirh win
tho lmnl for tho liorin In mIiUIi Imp
line ixrura, "With Hlitrhluii twt-ntj mllea
uuj'"T
10 What nro the Kirrglaile und nhero ure
thoj?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Creole In New Orleun mr-ina u prraon of
i renru unu npunin up-irru,
lTorlihi the ord la uied t
In went
ueacrlbe
inulnttoea
2. Virginia Dure wn tli flrat white fhlld born
In Ainrrlrn, 15H7 Mio waa the grand-
il lllt'ticr oi donn ti niie, hwhoi ttrii i
hr ,slr Walter llnlr)gli na tluternnr of
Tho word "Croutun" waa found ranted on
tree nfter the abore mentioned eolony
viinlohed. It una tie name of, an Inland
olT tho eo-iat of, .North t'arol lia. aoutll
of llouiioke Inlnnd. lly the ihlfllng of tho
nnd It l now nroUiibh nnurt of Hat
tern or llcracoko Inland It U believed
thp Hrtlelgll eiliere iioeiiino numura nnu
n friendly trlbo, of Indlniia on trpaton
Iilniid. nnd u mlird blood stock In Hobo-
kon County, naa
lir.(n I ml Ian-
bNn calletl Uio
1. The neutrul. nntlona ofKiirono are Nor
wni. Hneilcn. Oenmark. Holland. Spain,
Andurrn, Hnltzerlund, Luxemburg nnd
tlrerce.
B. "Clmrlea XIV. John" waa (lenerut Ilfrnu
untte. reliJirnted marahal of .Miiwleon.
King of Sweden nnd orway 1818-11 Ho
una the only ona of hapolrou'a generals
who futindrU a permnnent ujimi.tr.
0. Wlllliim Cobbelt (17n-lS3) wu nn English
political writer In the,rjue of tho people,
lie Ilted nnd urate fur, ii lime In I'hllu
ilelphlu. Ho waa ImprlMined lu ir
rr Msvere eonunenta uiwn the Hogging at
l.iiKllsii soldiers br Oeroiuu mercennrlr4
In linllund.
7, When n motor la apoken of aa b "four." i
"eK." ete., tho iiumbem refer to tho
Mllndrra.
8. ThA '- of Montlcello waa Thomas Jef.
ferson.
0. Juiin Fenlmore Cooper waa the Orat great
American uovellat.
10. A row pour la u weatern horso used tu
roundlne up cattle.
Thunder In Winter
It M B The cause that produces the
phenomenon of a thunderttorm In winter Is
the same as that In summer difference of
electrical potential between different parts
of tho atmosphere or between the atmoa
phcro and the earth. When the excess of
positive electricity In one part becomes
great enough to overcome the resistance n
discharge takes place, resulting In the
phenomenon of lightning; and tho conse
tiuent sudden rush of air to fill the vacuum
thus caused produces thunder. Contrary
to popular belief, high temperatures are not
necessary to cause tho Inequalities in elec
tricity stored In the atmosphere. Thunder
storms In the winter months are unusual,
but not unknown, Until the recent thunder
storm tho last one on the December record
at the Woayier Bureau was In 1905 ,
More About Proflt
j. c p We are In receipt of further
support of the decision of Professor MoXey,
of the Wharton School, to the effect that
an article bought for tlOO and sold for J116
yields about thirteen per cent on the trans
action instead of flfteen per cent The Na
tional Association of Credit Men will, at the
July meeting of the National Education
Association, present a resolution asking the
latter organization to have the textbooks
commonly usd Ip the schools revised, so
as to teach the computation of proflt per
centage on the basis of selling price Instead
of coat of article. The present "urroneous
system," the credit mn say "every day
cauH- needless failures " Preparing for a
thorough discussion of the resolution, the
National Kducatlon Association has sent a
Questionnaire to prominent certified account.
uSte throughout the country to obtain their
views. In reply a your objection to hi
answer, Professor Moxey said- "Beckoning
profit percentage on a sales basts Is In
absolute accord with the sound principles
Of accounting, because a person engages in
business to tell at a proflt Should a busi
ness man confine hi attention solely to pur
chasing be wwuld be tying up his capital
to no purpose The volama of buslncvt
m.4 tbe amount of tK0U accruing thereby
dpwt siy VjKp t-e amount amX value
f ibe mVw tkl jstt tb maasure at tfcs
be-luess UaasftctajfM
ONLY PART OP IT
n
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
What We Owe to tho Allies.
Protest Against Street Rude
ness Winter Work in
the Garden
Thts depnrtmrnf ta Jrt? lo alt reader toha
wish to etvreaa their opinions on aubjreta of
currtnt interest. It la un opm orutn, and tho
livening LetSoer aaaumri no rcspoualMltti tor
the vlii;a of itt correspondent. Letters must
bs stoneit tatth Hie tiunie nmt wUlrsss of Ihtf
writrr, not urceasorli for publication, but as a
uuaranteo of flood nltn
OUR OBLIGATION TO THE ALLIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It seems to mo tlint If on tlio other
sldo of a ledger which would show thu vio
lation of neutral rights by tho Allies would
bo sot forth tlio Incalculable advantage
that tho nhlps of Great Britain havo been
to neutral countries In keeping tlio com
merco of the world open that tlio latter
would far outbalance tlio former account
Indeed, It It wcro not for tlio non-blockade
of Germany's warships by Ungland tlio
United States would practically havo no
foreign commerce at all. It seems to me.
therefore, thnt this) country owes tho Allies
at least soma appreciation for tho services
they have rendered nnd that tho rigid cen
sorship on mall matter, which Is only n
necessary precaution which the Allies havo
to take, Is a small price to pay for so much
valuo received.
N AI.LR.V STOCKTON.
Philadelphia, December 20.
STREET COURTESY '
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir I always thought tho city of Phila
delphia was tho very heart nnd center of
culture, refinement and civilization, but my
personal experience during tho last few
weeks has received an awful jolt.
Mexicans are ladles and gentlomen com
pared to somo of the smart Americans who
live In this beautiful city I cannot walk
the streets without being Insulted by a
smart class of peoplo who call themselves
civilized. I never was Insulted by a colored
man, Chinaman, Japaneso or Mexican, and
I havo lived among Mexicans In Mexico and
the colored people of tho South, and I find
they are a mora civilized race than somo
of tho smart dressed people of Philadel
phia, for any man or woman who will Insult
another on tho streets or anywhoro by call
ing him n mutt without provocation Is
unworthy tho name of man or woman.
There la no peace on earth and good will
to all mon In my breast, but there Is bitter
fooling of resentment toward this unciv
ilized community nnd tho Insulting smart
dressed men and women whom I cannot
help but pass In my dally travels to and
from work, I am a workman and can.no t
ha dolled up llko somo of my smart friends.
We cannot all be peaches: some of us have
got to bo prunes and do tho work.
I was Insulted on Arch street near
Twelfth the other evening by a very tin-portant-lo-iklng
lady and gentleman, nil
dressed up as If thoy were going to the
theatre or soma place of entertainment, and
when they came near me the so-called smart
gentleman called me a mutt.
I havo lived a long tlmo In Oregon, Cali
fornia and Mexico, being In San Francisco
during the earthquake and conflagration,
and came here to see my folks, whom I had
not seen for a quarter of a century I am
old enough to be the father of most
of these smart dressed ladles and gentle
men But there Is no suoh uncivilized class
of smart people anywhere aa I have ex
perienced In this so-called civilized com
munity. J. A. QOODB.
, ... So-called a Mutt.
Philadelphia, December 26.
WINTER GARDEN CHORES
To the Sditor of the Evening Ledger.
Sir Those of my friends who planted
fruit trees, rose bushes, berry bushes and
hardy shrubbery last spring In accordance
with the Instructions in the RvNino
Hjdokr gardeu artjBlea may flnjl bone,
fielat a word of warning- aa to winter
treatment.
This Is the tbne to do the winter Bpray
Ing to eliminate the San Jose and other
scales. The best thing to use U an oil
solution. For a few specimens one can
nuke a. satisfactory spray by mixing kero
sene and water, about one part of former
tu three of latter This should be con
stantly agitated during the spraying A
btiter prucesM is to use one of tte com
nierclal emukUea oils whieh cost about
quarter emxu This U mixed v. I h w.tir
Ju a large WWnton printed u the (gk,
hi;. Spray inf abould tie doue en UMUty,
brcczclccs day, between tho hours of 10 s.
m. nnd 3pm
Pruning nlso Is In order. All dead
wood should bo cut out, and where
there Is a rank growth of new wood somo
of this should bo cut. Always cut above
a bud Ilrnnches which glvo sign of In
terfering with main hrnnches on fruit trees
should be eliminated Hose bushes, except
wliero tho growth has been laggard, should
bo cut to half their nlzo; cut to an outsldo
bud Grape vines should bo cut to two
or thrco buds from tlio main spars or
leaders. JOHN BAP.TRAM.
Philadelphia, December 25.
THE NUDE IN THE "MOVIES"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho letter by Sarah S. Weber In the
Hvenino LnDoEn regarding "child terrors
In tlio movies" struck a rcsponslvo chord
In my heart Her closing remarJc, 'Wo
would nover stand for such nn exhibition In
u theatrical performance." could woll apply
to tho photoplay, "Purity," which was glvon
nt tho Victoria recently.
Would Miss Aubrey Munson appear as
"Purity" on the theatrical stage? Would
tho moral publla allow her to do so? Wo
havo seen "Purity" and "Virtue." Now let
us seo what "Modesty" can do to fill the
movie houses. ANNII3 A. POOL.
Philadelphia, December 28.
RICHES IN THE COUNTRY
Ta the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir It seems to mo that tho following
figures by Scott Nearlng are "Important if
truo," nnd I hopo you will glvo them space.
Although Professor Nearlng delights In
delving Into figures nnd statistics, ho would
Indignantly deny being a single taxer, so, of
course, ho Bhould recolvo a respectful hear
ing. To quote: ,
Much has been said and written
regarding the Increasa In city land
values. It Is insignificant when com
pared with some of tho Increases In
farm land values. Comparo, for ex
ample, tho Increase in the land values
of Now York city vvlth tho Increasing
land values of the grain States of the
West North Central group. Tha pop
ulation of Now York city Is just un
der five million; of Iowa, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Nebraska and
Knnsas tho total rural population Is
almost exactly the sa,me as the popu
lation of Now York city. Duilng tha ,
jeara for which figures are available
(1906-1016) the land values of New
York rose from (3,367,000,000 to
Jt,6 13,000,000 an Increase of more
than one-third In ten years. The total
value of tho farm lands in the States
named was In 1910 seven and a half
billions of dollars. In 1900 this same
land had been valued at two and a halt
billions, In the Interval of ten years
It had Increased almost exactly five
billions of dollars (about 200 per cent).
The total value of farm lapds in these
Ave States is now one and one-half
times the total value of land In New
York city, nnd tho rate of Increase
In the value qf tho land Is four times
mo rate or. increase in New York city,
obivEit McicmaiiT.
Philadelphia, December 28.
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Paris Is too lively for me " '
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