vizrs WWf ' !!? ,i sL llWENINGr ' PUBLIC lBDGKRr-PHILADELPHIA; SATTJKDAY, OCTOBER 1920 w. I K I t .r Ii.' i IV' rv 14. Itf PTWAMMtfP NOTirrw BTTilMHIliV NOTICTta s CUMMIN LINE U. S. Shipping Board Steel Steamers Regular Service PHILADELPHIA TO ROTTERDAM AND ANTWERP SS "Lake Horminia" Loading SS "Lake Flag" . 4 Oct. 9 A Steamer Oct 20 ROTTERDAM TO PHILADELPHIA SS "Arirpa" Oct. 12 PHILADELPHIA TO HAMBURG AND BREMEN A Steamer Oct 15 PHILADELPHJOO CONSTANTINOPLE AND BLACK SEA PORTS A Steamer as sufficient cargo offers For apace and rates apply A. D. CUMMINS & CO., Inc. 139 South 4th St., Phila., Pa. H. P. Dllkes. Manager Lombard m7.fW.fim :: Main 1M LUCKENBACH LINES Philadelphia to Hamburg SS KATRINA LUCKENBACH October 11 Philadelphia to Rotterdam Amsterdam SS HOMESTEAD (U. S. S. Board) October 28 Rotterdam Philadelphia SS HOMESTEAD (U. S. S. Board) October 9 Philadelphia Snn Diego Los Angeles San Francisco SS HATTIE LUCKENBACH October 18 SS FRED'K LUCKENBACH October 30 San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Philadelphia SS LAVADA (U. S. S. Board) October 12 SS SHORTSVILLE (U. S. S. Board) October 20 SS HANNAWA (U. . S. Board) November 1 LUCKEN3ACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC. 328 Chcttnut Street. Philadelphia i.oMiiAnn 23io THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Letters to the Editor Lulterii to tho Editor Bhould bo na brief and to tlio point ih possible, nvoldlnir anything Hint would open u denominational or sectarian discus sion. No attention wilt bo paid to anony mous totters. Names and addresses must be signed ns an ovldcnco of uood faith, although names will not tin printed If request Is made that they bo omitted. Tho publication of a letter Is not to bo taken as an Indorsement of Its views by this paper. Communications will not bo re turned unless accompnnled by post age, nor will manuscript bo saved. A Critic of Traction Service To the i:Sllor ot the Evening Publle Ledger: Sir I have noticed your pane pub lishing letters from different pcoplo on current topics and wondorcd If you might bo Interested In the following: Tho P. 11. T. Co. at present la very much In earnest rcgard'ng putting through council the straight five-cent fare, using all kinds of persunalons to ward this end, tholr endeavor being to er.llst tho aid and sympathy of tho general public. Has It occurred to tho nro r(lscnt why nr0 not lhclr volCB 1. II. T. Co., do you think, that ordinary countrd7 8. U LAMU. courtesy on the part of tho car crew to-, Philadelphia, Octobor 7, 1920. ward passengers might go a long wy ' , WcUTl&weVn 'Sennas toward securing their end? As an In- or representatives. It enables a law stanco of tho general attltudo of these maker who expects to bo absent when the .,.., t ...in. i n ,,.,. !,. ,! ri mo vole Is tnken to go away without hurt ?h w h?M Ut nPIi nmit 6S '"B "" 8l110 '"J 1 supporting. Stnator ih2 ?",cr...3'Aht' A ,,ft "V.VL A. for Instance, who would voto for a ivcnue. below Olenwood avenue, tli far came to a standstill. Indicating troublo iheiut After sitting In my scat In tho crowded car for about fifteen minutes, and knowing I was only riding to Krlo avenue, I dee'ded to Investigate the "auso of the delay, thinking I would irobably make better tlmo walking tho fix blocks not to mention being hungry, having worked all day at the office. I got off the "05" car and walked to tho crosi street (Glenwood avenue), at which nolnt tho cam were all tied up, snd upon seeing n conductor standing ; bill, but has pressing business away rroin wnsiungion, in ms nusenco nn vote cannot bo clvcn or counted, but In .rrtor that his side may not loso any thing by his absence, he agiees with Senator B, who Is opposed to tho hill, that neither shall voto. Thus each sldo loses ono voto and tho result Is not changed For example, If on a certain bill fifty of n'nety-slx scnatots arc In favor of It, and forty-six aro opposed, It would be a majority of four for the bill. But If live senators, who favor It. aro absent, and aro "palrod" with five who b tho car Bteo of a nS To cm I went I P1,0M ' thcn the vote will bo 45 to 41. know what tho trouble was. His man ncr of answering my Inquiry was stag gering. Ho leered Into my face and said. In a sneering way, "How do I know? 1 haven't been up to find out Wo conductors don't know nothing. Why don't you run along and sco?" Such an answer to a young girl rmk Ing a presentable appearance, I hope, was uncalled for. It Juat made mo so weak I could only stnro at him for the moment I forgot to mention h's lan (rnago was interspersod with gigantic efforts to masticates a wad of gum. It had been my Intontlon to lcaro If the cars would bo moving In a few minutes, thereby eliminating an unnecessary vallt. However, I saw the repair wagon com ng along at that minute and deckled to get on this man's car, which wni route 19, block G3, tho conductor In nucsilon having 533G on his cap, and bure enough, In about four or five mln ites mo verc ready to start I h.i noticed so many Impolitenesses practiced .in tho public since the war by the in n on tho trolley cars, especially with n the ast few weeks nnd It makes no differ ence to them whether It Is a man, woman or child. Of course, I appreclato tho fact that here .ire somo low centlcmen still i .n ployed on tho cars, but a dally llftcen minute lesson In courtesy of tho old ash, oned kind would bo a good invest ment for the P. It T., I believe. rer uns Mr. M ttcn thinks othcrwlre but ngaln would spoil the effeot, but the rombor raven, and so, step by step, Poo Constructed tho poem, not knowing what he was to write until ho had at first de cided upon tho effect ho wished to pro laco upon a hearer. Any messnge ivhlch "The Haven" may bo thought to contain In nocondary to the main pur Pobo, which was to write a sonorous nnd melancholy poem about something, anything. Tho Music of "My Country" To the Editor el the Eacntna Publio Ledger! ,, Sir -How many nations, besides Orent Britain and America, havo utilized tho muslo to which wo sing the words of America" "My country, 'tis of theo"? C. Ii LANNIN'O. Philadelphia, Oct C, 1920. This music Is also used as tho national hymn of Sweden, "Hell Dlr, Helvetia"; of Denmark on "Hell Dlr, den lichen don' ; of Prussia ns "Holl Dlr, Im Sieger krnntz": of Bavaria as "Hell, unsorm Konlg, Helll" Under tho same name It was used as tho natlonnl hymn of Wur tcmburg, Tanovcr and Saxony. Sweden had It as "Bovaro Quel var Kung" until tho court of Sweden adopted "ur Sven- Mea, an old folk song. Iltissla used I PREVENTION OF FIRE ADVOCATED TODAY tho court of Sweden adopted Mta." an olrl fnllf nnc I! "God Savo tho King" until tho time of Nicholas I, ,v.' .'fast three composers aro credited with Its origin, tho frenchman I.utly, of J.0U8 XIV'h tlmo: Dr. John Bull, an l.ngllsh writer of Elizabethan days, who died at Antwerp, and James Oswald, a facotch musician, court composer to George III. It la without doubt of folk rpng origin and owed Its popularity In l.ngland to tho adaptation of It ns flrjt produced by Henry Carey nt a dinner celebrating the capturo of Portobello In 1740, Wholo Nation Joiri3 In Annual Move to Diminish Lossos From Flamos TAKES AWFuL TOLL OF LIVES Firo prevention dny.Mcslgnntcd In nn effort to arouse the people to the magni tude of fire waste nnd to Induce them to take moro Interest In the sublect of fire prevention, U being observed through out the nation today. , , Fcdernl, state nnd municipal ofiitinls, with statistics nt hand showing that careless, Indifference and neglect piny n treat nnrt In cauMng fires, linve joined In their efforts to show thrft nil can help to save life nnd property from needles destruction by flames. The Natlonnl that hnlf tho fires hero nro directly traceable to some one's carelessness. The number of fires has Increased in Philadelphia every year from 11)11 up to last year, which had a wnnller num ber, nltliough a greater monetary loss than 1018, Mr .Elliott wild. It was In 1011 tin firc-nrcvcntlon day was first observed; the dato of October 0 being chosen becauso It Is tho anniversary ol tho day Chicago was In flames. Now the observance of tho day Is virtually n national event. . Tho per capita loss per annum by fire In this city Is $2.47, while through out the nation It Is rstmnted nt W. lint what Is considered far moro vital than tho property low by lenders In tho pre vention work Is tfic danger to life. ire annually claims 1500 victims In tho state, and, according to statistics, 20.000 throughout tho country. Proclamations on Fire-Prevention Day, Issued by both President Wilson and (Jovctnor Sproul, call attention to this loss of life. In urging a cotlntry-wlde ccienrnUon of the day, tho President nlso declared thnt more than $250,000,000 In build lngs, foodstuffs and other resources arc destroyed annually by flnmes in this country. Methods of Sftfcffuanllne The state bureau of firo protection, In Issuing u statement on the observance . . ii it.. .1.11m HtlfnA ' ol the uay ior mo juium- ih-huiui kiw..it, in ,iu " . . -" . '" 7 . -.. vi. T..f.t.. Aoinin,, nUn ti nvs listed tho following methods oi baiu- nn Important part In cdticntlng the guarding against firo: citizens In the prevailing evils of lire i "Carefulness is the first principle In nnd the ruin nnd devastation It causes, I fire prevention. Interest Is necessary to they nro present. To Mend the Atlantic Cable To the Editor of the Kvenino PubUo I.atarr: i sir it mo Atlantic cable hreaics, nw fin Miev tell whero It Is broken In order to mend It? I). D. L. Philadelphia, October 7, 1920. fillip lire sent out to grapple for tho cable and bring It to the surface. It Is then connected with telegraph Instru ments on board. If tho meBsago to Amer ca Is received and answered, but the one to Europe Is not, then It Is Mt.it that tho break must be east of O point whero tho trial was mnde. fo, after repeated trials, the break Is lo cated, the two ends aro then drawn on board and spliced. Tho Old Conotltutlon To the Edlto o the rvrtilno Public Ledger: Sir Bv whom was th old Constitu tion built, whero and by whom, and Is sho nt tho Bobton Navy Yard? H. H RUMBOL. Camden, N J., Oct C, 1920. The Constitution, or "Old Ironsides" as she 's moro familiarly known, was built at Boston In 1794. Congress au 'hoilzcd tho building of six frlgatis thnt year, the names of the vessels, ns'de from tho Constitution, being tho United States, the President, tho constellation. 'no i nrmipcnico nnu mo congress, xno Tho IVoDln'i! Fnrtim will appear dnlly iH VL" ,i,nl" '.,",.,,.1 I.nljffr. ami nln '.?,.iJ?? iS,"V! ,y, l'ubltr l.rifitrr. Lrttrra tllsctiMlnir timely topic will be prlnlrd, an urll ii rcviurel pm-mi, nnd aurtloim of general InUrvat will bo anawtrol. In tnmiv tnatntinnct tmnillpRHl V. In this city, as well ns throughout th country, firo prevention day is not treated In n holiday spirit. It con cerns itself with such men'urcs ns in spection, the cleaning up of premises, tho removal of hazards nnd tho nrousing and education of tho public. Yesterday school children throughout the city were i..f..P(r,l .n flrp prevention. City Firo Marshal George Elliott, dircetlng the flro-prcvcntlnn campaign In tlds city, points to results of Investi gations mndo in Philadelphia, showing tnnlrt If AifrtfiMvA. "Kxamlue your premises frequently to detect and correct defects. "Ilcniovo old nnd dilapidated build Incs that are not useful. Othcrwiso re pair them, "Permit no accumulation of waste nnd rubbish. Closed metal cans should bo used for temporary use, where this is neecisary, nnd contents should be dis posed of dnlly. Hot ashes should never be deposited In wooden receptacles or ngn!nt combustible material. "Keep your chimneys in good condi tion and clean. Always see 'that iteri" pipes nre properly connected and solMJ "Klcctrlc wiring should frequently & Inspected. , ' , "Furnaces, nnd heating appliance should be carefully inspected. Man? fires occur by their closeness to beam? rafters and floors, wheh npt protect by somo some firo rctarde'nt. "Open flnmo lights and BwlnrlnV lamps frequently ignite articles that ari blown agalnsti or como in contact whh them. h "Fire extinguishers havo prorni their worth in preventing largo firei Dry land is good for extinguishing fireI in oil, vnrnlsh nnd other inflammahu liquids. . "The match has taken a inrgo toll In llfo nnd property loss. Children csna; dally hnvo been victims due to thourhti leasness of parents in 'leaving matches lying about. Safety matches, or thot which reqtilro striking on tha conUlnlne box, should be used, but always kot out of reach of children. " "Smokers should be careful In dis carding cigars, matches and clgarctUa. "Oasollno used for cleaning pur. poses, nnd in starting nnd hurrying th progress of stovo fire, has a fatal rea. ord In llfo and property loss. Gaso. lino should never be used or handled when the funios are in nnyonanner ex. posed to nn open flame light or fir Kerosene alro should never be used in the preparation of a stove fire. "Installation of lightning rods, par tlculorly In rural districts, will reduea the possibility of fire loss in the event of lightning stroke." Tent 8neak Thieves Get Watch Two men, believed by the police to ba the snmo who have been entering honiri about the city with false keys, robbed the home of Mrs. V. K. Thompson, at 0107 North Tenth ctrctt, yciterday. They were discovered by a neighbor' Mrs. Agnes Douglass, and were friclit cned away. They Btole a gold watch valued nt $10. "" gTOMMiUmwuiMHTO National Fire Prevention Day SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 fflHBSRiSEanmiiilluM i- .kit omrrw, twite or Ihttr recuberattvr nu,ii'ii , u.-nu r.H uft -lM tit a luriLr. iiniv - -- ia - -. -I. ' 7 .. ' ' '"" '" nunc .... j, nunc or tmtr recuperative auattirs m U.nliU f H again easy to eel there. Travel on one of our iteamers and your enmfort mil be assured. Ravirino Philadelphia to Liverpool Oct 9 Vardolia Philadelplla " Bristol (Avocmouth) Oct. 9 Vtrii New York" Lirerpool Oct 11 Aqiitania New York" Cherbourg and Scut'mnpton.Oct. 12 Nov. 2 Not. 23 Caronia New York" Plynituth and Cherbourg Oct. 21 Nov. 25 Jan. J IftkaU Philadelphia " London Oct. 23 Carmanla NtwYerk" Liverpcoi Oct. 23 Not 20 Dec 14 CaUkria NewYcrk" Petra?, Dubrovaik & Trieite.Oct. 23 Mauetania New York" Cherbourg and Southampton.. Oct 28 Saxonir NawYork" Pljmonth, Cherbourg and Hanburg..0ct.30 Dec 9 U - U t Bill. J.l.l!. t- I e --r- ITOTBan monarca . .rniiaacipaia Liverpool JC. A. Victoria New York" Lirerpool Wot. b uec. i j i Cblaabia New York " Londonderry and Glaicnw ...Nov. 6 Dec. 11 Jan. 15 Panaoaia New York" ".(.,,, Dabromik A Trieste Nov. 9 kifarator New York " Cherbonrg and Sotitliainpton Nrv. 11 Dec. 9 Jan. 15 8 ' ' Passenger und Freight vlce. For later unlllng apply ut , Ptistenger Office, 1300 Walnut St., Phila. Freight Office, Boure BIdg., Phila. FRENCH LINE Compagnie Generale Transatl antique Inward and Outmird Funt l'rclsht Steamers Regular Monthly Service PHILADELHSA TO LE HAVRE AND BORDEAUX AND OTHER FRENCH ATLANTIC PORTS SS "NORTHERN" (Br.) 7500 tons steel 100-A-l To load Dlrr 00 South. Hrlinlnlnl t mil OCTOIIF.R 23th nnd Rramlar Snlllnci, Thpri"ifnr. AGENTS NEW YORK OCEANIC COMPANY, INC. For Ititet nnd "nnre Apulv GEYELIN & COMPANY, Inc., Philadelphia Representatives 108 South Fourth Street rhnnr I-cmbard -1107 THE SERVICE LINE NEW YORK Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA and Points South TERMINALS BALTIMORE ..Pier 9, North Wharvoa Phone Market 4419 Baltimore Pier S, Pratt St Phone St. Paul 6735 Now York. .... .Inland Waterways S. S. Corp. Pier Foot Roosevelt St. Brooklyn Bridge, East River.. Phono Beekman 2400 FREIGHT RECEIVED DAILY AT EACH PIER then, who can tell. "They don't know horne of thp constitution for many yoara nothing!' And I'm only a r.dor, too. naB bocn tho Boston Navy Yarrt Ala A Lj I EARN-LINE ' Incorporated 1SU1 U. S. Shipping Board Steel Steamers General Cargo i i - . Regular Service I PhUadephia--Manchester h""vSS"Dei Moines Bridge". ..Oct. 25 Philadeipnia navana $ S "Lake Galert" Oct. 15 SS "Coquina" Oct. 25 For rate and particular! apply to j Earn-Line steamship to. ' 139 Soutli Fourth St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Atlantic-Gulf and Pacific Lines Freight Service Only 4 PHILADELPHIA to LOS ANGELES (Harbor) SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND and SEATTLE mB "Wttt Aiiaum",.,, Hulled Hrnt. 30 , I)M "Cvr lltnrr" .... About Oct, 1(1 'W'ifi ""'est llavirn" ....About Oct. 5 ntr .,..... IHHI lot, ID Can Romaln". , .About Nor. SO .'tKuaz cu inc., Asrou & . PHILADELPHIA to Scandinavian Ports Christiania Gothenburg, Copenhagen R egular Service V. 8. (Shlpuiay Unard Bttrl HtMUnar S. S. "Fort Armstrong" Loading, Oct. 15th (From Pier 7H, Smith Wharves) Tho Charlea T. Megee Co. Ateiita for U. S. Shipping Hoard Drexel Building PHILADELPHIA Lombard S10O, Main S09i Philadelphia, Octobor 7, 1920. Eagle Medal a High Honor, Indeed To the Editor of Evening J'ubllo Lctlfier: Sir I wish to correct nn error In con nection with tho nrtlclo about tho mayor prenentlriB two Hoy Scouts from York with nn tafrlo Medal. Your paper states that the Uafc'Ie badge was awarded be cause o tho completion of the require ments of a firet-class ocout. On the contrary, tho Eaglo badjro Is the highest award of tho Boy Scouta of America, and la thrro stepa In rank nbove the first class badge. It Is given only when tho first class cout has received twenty-on-j merit badges, uhlch are nwardod for expert knowledge of fltst nld. llfo paving, personal health, public health, eooklng. camping and ftftoen other branches of Boy Scout officii ncy So. you see, the Cagle badgo sumds for a great deal morn than tho words In tho newspaper article would Imrly. I only wroto this letter because 1 wantod those two scouts, Bobert livers and Fred Link, to have tho full credit of their nard woik. I say "hard work" because the teats which those boys went through are hard for even those fellowa who are ur. d to the hard knocks of nlkcj nnd camping. When you get to bo an Eagle Scout you hvo something to bo proud of. J. DUDLEY STuNB. Camden, October 4, 1DJ0. Glad to Help To the Edtto of Evening iub(o Ledger: Sir The Board of Trustees of tho Whlto-Wllllams Foundation wished me to thank you for tho publicity whlcn you gavo the annual meeting, wo aro very anxious to bring the matter of the health of tho school child before tho pcoplo of Philadelphia, and your ac count of tho meeting has helped ua to accomplish this purposo. AN.VA B. PBATT, Philadelphia, Oct. 5, 1920. Director. Raps Lansdowne Avenue Paving To the Editor of Evening Publio Lidger: Sir If tho palng of Lansdowno ave nue, west of Fifty-second to Sixty-third street. Is a specimen of reform work manship, why the sooner wo re-reform the botter for tho Interest of tho tax payers. If stono without cement be tween Is correct, why use cmant nt nil. TAXPAYER. Philadelphia, October 0, 1920. A Tired Man To the Editor of the Evening Publle Ledger: Sir I would like to take exception to a brief communication which recently appeared In your paper signed by a young miss, who complains that min kep their seats In cara and let women stand. I Bhould like to ask this young lady upon what grounds sho thinks that a tired man should glvo up Ills seat to a shopping woman, a chewing gum ma nipulator or a girl on the way from tho movlf-s. E. A. JACKSON. Philadelphia. Oct. 7. 1920. Defective Weighing Machines To the Edlter of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir I think there should be a censor of weighing machines, some ono who would look after theso machines nnd compol tho owners to take them off tho streetH and out of buildings when they do not work. I havo known persona to try a groat many of these machines) Some of them would not work nt all and othere 'vera In such bad shape that thoy gave ridiculous results Whllo It only permits of a loss of a penny, yet It Is not fair to havo defective machines on tho street and allow tho public day nfter dav to sivnd their monoy without results The way to overcome this would be for po'lci-men to havo coins the size and weight of a penny which they could use on tlu.lr route, and every machine that Is not correct should be labeled; and t.y so doing I am sure the owners would see that they were kept In order. c. m. iu:ber. Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1920, , , Questions Answered Holland-America LINE NEW YORK to ROTTERDAM Via Plymouth and Boulogne-iur-Mei Noordam Oct. 13Nor. 17 New Amiterdaa Oct. 19jNov.23 Rindaa 0O.27JD.O 1 Rotterdam ...Nov. 6jDcc 11 German Approach on Paris To the Editor nt the F.vmtno PtiVIr L'da-r: Sir How close did tho German army come to Paris In tho recent war? D. L. A. Philadelphia, October 7. 1020. About the nearest point thnt the Ger man armv reached wan within thl'tv nlles of Par'a, although Oerman scouts aro Hah! to have approached na near as a dozen mllea to tho French capital. Oulja Board and Science To the Editor of tho Evening Publio Ledger: Sir t wnulil llltn vnu to nxnlnln to ttk n'hv it is ho oulja board moves If you do not push It. . MRS. B. I TRASK. Philadelphia. October 7, 1920. TTnrtouhtdlv h movement Is the re- eult of unconscious push'nsr, caused by Panama Canal Tolls To the Editor of th' rvtnlna Publio Ledger: Sir Via Mi ps of nil countrlei have to nav tho snmo tollB to pass through tho Panama Canal? S. A. R. Phlladelphla. October 7, 1920. The ships of all countries liavo to pay at tho same rato to pass through tho canal. Upon Reaching Poles To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir How can any one tell when he roaches tho North or South Pole? F. F, C. Philadelphia October 7, 1920. In tho same wav that navlgntors can tell thlr position at sea. by taking the position of tho Bun und making tho usual calculations. Wilson and Lansing Episode To the Editor of the Evening PulUc Ledgrr: Sir A controversy has arisen among roveral friends ns to whether. President Wilson nsked Secrptarv of Stnto I nn- slug to resign nnd wo decided to leave It ro vou for in nnBwer. to you fnr nn answer. S S. D. Philadelphia, October 7.1920. President Wilson practically asked P"crptnrj Lansing to rsli by writing mm in a manner censuring nis course (Mir lift 'no rrcslrlent's Illness Mr Lnn. ulng then offered to resign and tho President replied that he thought It would bo best for him to do bo. Sir. Lansing, thereupon, sent his resignation "to tnke effect nt your convenience " The President accepted It "to take effect immeuiateiy. ' About "The Fullah Maid" To the Editor of the Evning Publle Ledger: Sir A long pojm In my possession, entitled "Tho Fullah Maid," gives as the author Ernst Uenrlcl, Can you tell mo something about the author and what la meant by "Fullah" maid? H. T GREENC. Philadelphia, Oct. C, 1920. Dr. Ernst Hcnrlcl wait born In Oer- ! many on December 10, 1854. He was educated in ms native citv ana stutiiea at the Universities of Berlin Paris and London. After completing hlfl education he went to Afr'ca ns a sclentlflo explorer of Gorman colonics, nnd taking part In various combats with the savages of the Dark Continent, he was seriously wounded. In 1891 he sailed to South America, and In 1892 the government of the republic of Costa Rica called him to that country, where ho occupied for some years the post of a government to pographer, geologist and road construc tor In the reg on of the projected Inter oocanlc canal. From Central America ho came to reside In this country. "The Fullah Maid" "vns translated from the Gorman Inco English by Frank Claudy, of Washington, D. C. The Fullahsm. Fulnn or Fellatas aro a Mo harnmedon people of tho western Sudan, In Africa. Tho race consists of many tribes nnd varieties of form and color. Unmixed, thoy are reddish brown, with regular lips, straight nose and curly hair. In their pure state they are proud and grave. Intelligent, tolerant and bravo In the beginning of tho la3t cen tury they revolutionized the Sudan und founded several states, becoming pre dominant tnimany countries of that part of Africa. Jupiter In Mythology To the Editor of the Evening PwMlo Ledger: Sir Wliat was Jupiter's rank or placa In ancient mythology? Why Is he some times called Jupiter PIuvIub? F. B. IRVING. Camden, N, J Oct. G. 1920. In Roman mythology Jupiter was the supremo deity, the head and front of thi who! uvstem; god of tho air nnd king of the celestials Ho was primarily n iil'lnitv of the sky and tho originator of all atmospherlo changes and weather conditions. His weapon was fho thun derbolt, and ono of his titles was Jupiter Tonans. thunder'ng Jupiter. Heavy nnd continuous rain was attributed to Jupiter Pluvlus rainy or rnln-sendlng Jupiter. When tho earth became parched with heat and was In sore need of rain Ro mans Invoked tha great god ub "Jupiter Pluvlus." I , SSSSSiiSMSiSSML I mmmmammmmmmmrmmmimmmmmimmwmmmmmmmrmrw'rmmmrmi III ii iiii.imihm. J. ,1 ."Mill, ,,l.;,ll.ll!l K""" IM Reduce l I WMW The Risk of Fire B I'll n I IUr T1, Pawnee P pokes Furnncn & I I I ! Illlllllllllllil I I 'lw ''J tne "afcst heating oystem TO I II I ' I 'V7 you cnn Install. N pipes to beconio V' I I I I ill III Lull 1 II 111 fA rtiA.MVinn Mil nvwl Itrnltn li'fi.ri lirnrlf Yv I I III Ml Mil III ! Heats entire house to 70 degrees In TJUIfflflH I I I ,f zero weather from ono register, which cESiS I I 1 1 i 's surrount'ed by cold-air passage, lU'iVJKkof II I PI making It Impossible for heated stir- taSSf)? ' I R3 ta.e to come In contact with com- JSmSifcMu I , bustlblo material. Cuts fuel bills 25 OinX'SSWi, I I UM to 40 per cent Low Initial cost. 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I 144 North 3d Street 9 HEATING and POWER ENGLVEERING and CONTRACTING Private Fire Alarm Service Watchman's Supervisory Service Operating- the Gamewell Firo Alarm Sys tem, the only direct connection with Phila delphia Firo Department, thereby Insuring instant service. Auxiliary Fire Alarm and Telegraph Company 1521 Chestnut St., Philadelphia Startling facts shoiuing Where America lags behind! Fire it actuallv sapping the Iitnnrfal strfiiol'i of the United States (1) (2) W (4) (S) (0) (8) (0) (10) Our vcr caplla Ioj bv fire is greater than anu other notion on eorth. ...... . Every minute of every day in the year someone's oulIJIni; ourn docn. Europe's fire losnes nre onfen(Ji those of America. Conservation and preservation of our wood Is an urgent national nicesHtv. ll use apvoximatelu 160 cubic fret of lumber per capita annuallv: (Icrmanv, '6! France, IS: England and ltclu ii, ire have undoubtrdlu the finest flrc-flghtlng forces in the world, iltt our iireat tMiHIo institution, colleges, hospitals, churches, schools, libraries, art galleries, museums turn fiercely taks the million-dollar fire at Johns Hopkins University last Thanksgiving Dav, tor instance. tl'e have reduced in less than a centum our forests from BS0,000, 000 acres to IS0.OOO.OOO. . . Losses bv fire plus the terrloto criminal toasts of lumorr n tho rait mol''! If a solnnn and urgent duty to fireproof wood. Over fifteen thousand turn, women and children were sacrificed in ft 'es last vear in Amrrtca. Fire pmrntlon nnust be made a matter of personal attention. "Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, dourge"- "Whcrens the need of tho civilized " world for Amer'cJin products to " replaco tho rnvaRcs of tho crcat " wnr la especially great at this time, "nnd "Whoreas tho present nfrious " shortngo of homo and business " structurea makes tho dally deatruc " Uon of build nira hy firo an ea "peclally Berlous matter, and "Whorcaa n l.irBe percfntnBO of " the fires caualng the annual Amorl "can fire waate may be easily jiro " vented by Increased caro and vie "llanco on tho part of citizens, i "Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, " Tresldont of tho United States, do "urge upon tho Governors of tho " various States to designate and sot " apart Saturday, October 0, 1920, as " Firo Prevention Day, nnd to ro " quest tho citizens of their States to "plan for that day such Instructive "and educational exercises as shall " bring before tho people the serious "nnd unhnppy iffccts of the present "unnecessary fire waste, and the " need of their Individual nnd col " lecttvo efforts In conserving the " natural and created resources of ' Amcrca." A Popular Poem and Song Poe'a "Tho Raven" To the Editor of the Evening Puollc Ledger: H r wiuu urn r..uKiir mien i-oo mean to reveal to us In "The Ilaven"? R. L. LOXCACHE. Philadelphia, October 7, 1920. I Ho did not start with the Intention of revealing anything. He was writing a poem and writing It for Bile, for this great I terory genius was always badly In nerd of money. He himself has ex plained. In one of his essays, how very mechanical wao tho construction of his most famous poems. He first decided to turitA n noem with a mournful refrain. At that tlmo ho had no Idea of a raven Bull oi unconacioun yunii n uauoisu vj n. wmw fc,.w .... --. .-- -r .- Ta a strong desire of the sitters to haye tho , or what the poem was to be noout. e hoard move We cannot say whether decided, he says, that th s mournful re thls Is always the case. There nro many train must contain a .long : p, that e things In electricity, magnetism, psy- Ing tho most mournful of rounds. Hone chologv and physiology that are not yet hit upon "more ' nnJln 'vermore understood, an the word which should be fonotantlv repented to secure the effect wanted. Palrlna of Lenllator But how could "nevermore" bo so often To i. ZZoftheEv.ntnabUo.t rj-W".- wtthout m.ng the poem Sir WIH you explain 'rPlrjM M ft 51 V 'nly if i? were uttered by tf talk. wordM used n Conrres.sr It thena- o". W iil. ,,,,l5 Simtl blCh. You CAN make wood so it WILL NOT BURN! It is good to have a fine fire-fighting force all praise to those brave men who have saved millions in money and untold thousands of lives it Is good to hate sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers, but it is BETTEIt to haie wood ami a bulletins that lull! not. Indeed cannot, bum. It can be dene! You cannot burn wood treated with "Oxylenc" ! You cannot turn wood or even any cellulose material that Ima been treated with "Oxylene." Try It oml re. Treat a chunk of wooJ with It, nml then attempt to light tho Are. You can nail It, paint It, polish It. and woj It how you like, hut tho whole output ot a mutch foctory won't mnko It hum however Intense tha heat. Moreover, the treatment preserves tho wood anil prolongs Its life. What tho "conservative" British Admiralty found by tests. It has to ho somethlnf of unusual merit nupportfd by lncontroertllln evidence to got the llrltlsh Admiralty to submit nn Invention or a process to exhuuitlvo testa ovor a lone pe loJ. It subjected "Oxylene" to most severe testa, und when It adopted the process, cuvo Inieer orders than the makerx could nil. monyst other tests tho British tdmirolti took pieces o tea: to feet long bv 0 Inches square, split them doton the center and held small pliers in the naked flame ot a smith's forge and a Dunsen burner. The flame ot an electric oro also vas played on tha interior of the wood, and an oxvacetylme lamp of COOO' emtio ml" U'as tried. In no slncle instance did the wood catch fire. It was slightly charred at the point of contact with the heat applied, but the charring instantly ceased on the removal ot the heat, a great point when one considers it tt wood ant wood alone tohlch first gives fire a permanent foothold. In the War Fireproof Ships and Crews During the war. besides the woodwork of big ships, hundreds of destroyers submarines, motorboats, etc., of tho n-ltlsh Navy were lined with nreproof wood and, in itolng Into action, tho tailors wore canvas masks similarly protected by tho "Oxylene" process. The Britiih Board of Trnde makes its use compulsory. All the woodwork of the cars of tho Metropolitan District nnd London "Tubs" railways uro treated by tho "Oxylene" process, and the llrltlsh Ilonrd of Trade makes It compulsory for "Tube" railway cars to bo flreproofed. Heveral nrltlsh Hallway companies nirlv the system to their rolling stocle, and It Is being exten" slvely uiIIIkU by the London County Council, many Municipal Corporation!! and k variety of commercial ftrmi. Hulldlnre In Oreat Hrltatn are In a largo degree moro eolldly constructed than In the United Mates, Their component parts aro for tho most part brick stana and concrete A wooden house Is a rarity In England. Yet there Is n lanra "Oxyleno" flreprootlng works In England, and It Is only now that steps ara beimr taken to Instal a similar plant near New York. p " "'"" "The REAL Combustibles were Copper, Iron and Brass " In conclusion, oe the striking statement of the nrltlsh Doard of Trndii in n. report on a lire on the. Metropolitan District Railway ' lmao la "" "We may here remarif that all the tooodioorfc on the Companu's ears in vroxtmitv ta eleetrio conductors ham ti,m nMlmj .... L:.T. enable. This and other occitrreel cases 0 it similar hind hat's proved Hint thm iniuf ii(ll rihn itfj fhd ttai J.... I. d ."'" Icw.frtj, but will not catch flre. The real combustible Jnt Mi wo muv two kid wurui woi v tuj'i'er iron ant Drill 0" Proprietors of the Process. The "Oxylene" process Is tho sole property of the Timber nreproofln.. rv, Ltd,, of Market Jloswonh, Leicestershire, England, by whom It has sen rf.i?U In every country In tha world. " n" "ten registered eleeft-ti this fits. PM ESc (&Wc&eF FIRE INSURANCE never pays for more than part of the total loss, and the start of fire can never be done away with. But fires can be put out whenever and wherever they start. They can be nut out quickly, certainly and automatically. This is what a Sprinkler System does, for it covers every danger spot and is ready for action every hour, year in and year out. A large majority of the successful concerns in the country have put in sprinklers to protect both plant and business. These same safeguards can be given to your own interests. Consultation With Our Experts Without Obligation. "Automatic" Sprinkler Company of America 328 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA REPRESENTATIVE IN UNITED STATES trom whom all information can ba oploiaed HENRY IVES COBB X8 nroiwJwoy, Jfew York . j& INSURANCE Many men think they have their plant buildings, their residences, and their household property adequately covered by insurance. But it is necessary now to reckon with the increased cost of building, of machinery and of equipment and furnishings of all kinds. It is a fact that approximately 85 of the manufac turers and owners of residences do notcarry enough fire insurance for their present valuations. In your case, for instance, are you sure you are adequately covered? Ask us for an expert opinion. It involves no obligation. Harris J.Latfa PENNSYLVANIA BLDO. MiLAnrm...! Locust 5235.30-37 wo Bace 313 I T. S. Johnson Sons Co. 622-4-G Cherry Street Fircdoors IIollow Steel Fireproof Windows Katamln Doors and Trim Mem t (reproofing ECONOMY BALER COMPANY Baling "t At-uBTMfc m PCOWOWLV Prenti "TBIIN8 WABTI5 INTO I'JIOFIT" Hind Powtr, Belt pr Electric Drlr DAI,lNa WUtK Phila. Branch. 410 Arch Street nioc. rwiaaiiuat.. ra. tM Mala IU9 noll-MM, not, . KyjttWn-M' j i'atMMW UtiM. UU W au m Horn V rADTManiAtlvea WHO BTQ S01TM W " w "" " -.,--T- T ,'.i &Mvh'ViMMwh'-;i
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