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Letters to the Editor
Forsake "That Empty Shell"
Id I'.dllor ol the Kvcntnn Public l.cdaer:
uif I wouM llkn tn say R teu uorrls in
...iv in tho toller of "Thn Ilachelor Olrl,"
Ihirti ir'S "" ih mh-
Ar.n'1 mi a Ml mistaken In your injures
-hen You "V tlit "thrr. -fourths f the
m.rrlfd women are llvlnu mi Inane, uri
T...nt llfo ' TinvelWB t tlwl rule. Ihls
p i Ml l' will he either one ot two
?? .. l,v 1HTI UlthM H'" ropulmlon will
J aI y to b"ut nnc-thliil of Us Present
'", ' or we will certainly hne u wm
Jurful supply of l'll0,H a"d lmb,cllM ru"nJ
Mlrr.'hnUu"h!.fr!.,,Wl"tn1, inin our hert
JnlV'to S'"!' """ "'"' ,,c B0"lth "' ""'
n tn Miuraelf
A numlro.l tlmti. h-tirr In the man n,l
.,, uniinl In innrrhise. perhiips fiielim
l,r,h nn.l un.lerMin.lli.?. than th listless,
,,!,, l-arlic-lor mi.l hruhelnr Kiel, always
inflliiir nn.l .onlenl wltli Ihn poirest torn
"', the norl.l- KW
(l.i nut of tlml emulv Hlirll i.f nplf -HiitlK-.f
inn l-l" lo' B1"1 ,v' TtrntK lllo
E,ii nn.l mother lire th" mime. And
,ther is l" l""1 lo" '" ""nir- Wbrtc
,rif Vnu lime discovered III" nurlts nf Ini
miiurlty In my pen. ronslder the linen thnt
.ntiM liao been hurt I the ndvantrme of
fie you now have, dear "llachelor Olrl '
Philadelphia. April 50. 11)21.
Mitten's Appeal
to Ihr fdltor ol the F.vcnlno Public t.edacr:
Kir rresldcnl Mitten, of tho P. It T
fc aualn bmun hla nppealH to the public
.hrnush placards pooled In fonsptcuuus
'.i. In the street rara. Iluw enn he hope
tn "in tho Pbllc ,0 Ma "ln wl"n ,,p """'
i?mi such poor aervlce and aeta them mm
d Mlntnir every time they make u tilp rlllicr
J. ih aurfaco or the I, ears?
If President Mitten want" to win puhlle
finer be should dn les-l tnlkini; and Iosh
fir ulsmimr and apend more time In looMtm
,tfr the Interests of hla riit.imer like
,n. e.her merchant would dn I dn not
Vnott itenernl cnmllllnna. but muni inndl
;.. re the eam on everv llr.e. lull In
eriW in rnmo In town I am compelled (4 une
th. 1 If I take an I. rnr at Tlftj-ercnnd
..reel any time before 0 o'clock there nr
f.vo er 1 cnacheit attiuhed and rrowded to
tV denre Ver frequently pamiiicerB hne
to wait on the I platforma and hIIow ae.
ral car to paB before they can Ret on
Naturally condition am worse the further
In inun u Ret.
Then at a certain hnur, when the rush la
practically over. Mr Mitten rcducca hla 1.
truln to four cara, and they nre more
crowded than eer. Thla la the period when
the worklnu people Kenernlly do not trnel,
hut tnktead the cuMomerB nre the women
thorrr and tho who nrn out on aome
tuineaa errand These crowd' .onlt two.
third of women and nf nil nuea. and they
... rnmnM.rl to atntid. to he Jolted about
rd tu be treated Just llko those who kii
to work
t ahnul'l he possible for these worn, n to
lt in tn. n with some sort of lomfort, even
If Mr Mill, ii feel thai It makei no dlf
f.renre how he hnula In the "worklnc cat
tle If the real cattle wero trenled like
Mr Mitten treats the hum. ins. the llumine
Fni iftN .unuld rtet after hltn nn.l he would
.. a cnXd stiff sentence for . njeitv tn nnl
rni. The unfortunate part of the whole
cet.rnetsv Is 1 lint those who cou'd ric
uls.e msit.rs do not e ire' bec.iusn lit. y can
Iffi rd thi RUtntnnblle and enn kii to nnd
frem i t Mall hi that way and not h" In
eniiienuni'd As for those less fortunate.
It irait'is nnUElit to our clly fathirs.
MIIH A I,. WHITMAN.
1 h'' .'I' i Inn Atull 10. 101.
The Suggestive Dance
To'll' r.i'or n lie .'i' niifl fuhllr I.eilqrr:
Sir -V nr pttmr ileserM's the thsnka of
the publ1 fur Hie way ou are Klvlns puh
linn in 'us rrusHiln nitaliist r ffenslvo dine
'ns In th pubb linlls, nn.l especlulh those
rrl ste iHff'e klatches." which nre en
tiers of h innn.vnt and should ts routed
out of our i ' ulth nil the hnste possible.
Ther. s ni inulit tha' the dnnclnfr-echool
ms'iers nr in i e.tatne re.ponslble for the
rrin rusn v iKalfivt dnn.lnt; Thev
Uccht their i upils thesn steps, and were
Financial, Commercial, Educational
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PEOPLE'S FORUM
I.otfcrH to tho Editor aliouM bo us
brlff nntl to tho point im .orMulr
uvoltllnr; ntiytlilne tliut would open
u denominational or nco'nikui din
OtIBSIoll.
No uttcntioii will bo paid to nnon.
niotiu IntliTs, Xnmcii and nddresaes
liuiat b .-iRiicd nH .in evidence or
ood fultlt, although name will not
bo printcit It tcque.U Is inndo that
they he omitted.
The nubllcntlon of u Utter Is not
Vj be l.iKvn ni mi Indorsement of Its
vims by thin imper.
Communications will not be re
turned ilnletH avrompanled by post
:ibc, nor will mnnuscrlpt be saved.
nlwnjs trjlntr to deMse aome now nnd sub
KosiUk ones thnt would ntipeal to the bes
tial nature of l.ulh sexeo and naturally tend
In till the dancing aehcola. Their ?ry tmmea
sugpest that the teachers bad Ihelr Ideas
on the dollars Instead' of tho nrt when
tbe originated them
The danettiij mastern would not have
stic. ceded aa they h.ic dono If pnri'iila
were not ao lax In their looking nfter
the Interest ot ttulr chlldicn, but th tnn
lorlty of parenla do not seem to know or
earn where their daughters nie. Just ns
loni.- ns they nro not homo iinnnMim the
patents.
The cil intit now do what Is surelv the
oiJIj of the pnretit. nn.l that Is rout out
tbeso Inaclvlniis dnncet, nnd th lulcker
lhe do so the belter will It be for the
oulh. of thla city, and those who nro not
vlllln personally to do tho routlnir should
be collid lu account nn.l severely pun
Ithed. MRH. W. 1.. S.
IMIadclphln, April 10 IOL'1.
How Do Animals Reason?
To Ihr Vitttor of th llvenlna Public t.tdo'r:
Sli I recently have become deeply Inter
ested In nnlmnls doffa, rabblta and rhlck
ena eapcclall I biive studied their pe
culiarities, their sense of Intelligence and
their methods of making thcmelvcn under
stood one with the other.
Alhnuch anlmnln arc usually considered
to Iuimi mi Intelllaence. jet 1 find they are
niuili more so. as a whole, than human be
ings They know at once what to eat nnd
what not to cat. Their e.ea nre very much
more Keen In sight than the eyes of human
beings Their enrs are ery much more
nrute than the human ear They have a
wonderful sense of smell and can Incnte
through thai sense In n most unusual wa
And, most Interesting of nil. I have been
trying to atudy the nolens made by anlmalf
to find out whether thev hine n noise Ian
cunge Tor Instance, a dog's bark seems
In l Intelligible to bis eotnpnnlon. llabblls
make pecu'lnr nolsea whlih seem to be un
derstood bv one another I.lttle chickens
seem to bo able to converse with one an
othor, for I have noticed a chick make n
noise of a pecullnr ch trader nn.l Instnnlly
Its companion would seem to underatnnd nnd
fellow Instruction.
I nm sure there are many readers of Hie
nvrviMi Pi nt.ic r,i:t..it.ti who are Intelligent
aa aiilmnl students who will b willing to
throw some, enllghtennien' on the subject of
whether nnlmalB think, whether thev rea
son and whether they hine a linguage.
whether sound or s.gn. for conversing with
one another. WII.MAM I). I.ANDIS.
Philadelphia. April is, JOJl.
Questions Answered
Plnchot Controversy
To Ihr Eilllor nf th- i:i-utnn public- l.nlnrr.
Kir t would like a brief account nf the
rmenni enntrnversy t wntild also llko
to anew ino reason ot I'lnrlini's dismissal
TOM Hi:iHT.
Center Hnuuro, Pa , April 17, 10'JI.
I'lnehnt was made h'nd of the llureau nf
Poresiiy In 1001. and In lOnR he whs nans,
ferre.l to the Delia rlment of Agriculture, In
whlth c.ipneltv he served until 1010. In
11'flO It wan clmrged by Plnchot and seme
of his assistants that the Interior Depart
ment had fa.llltated the granting of claims
to Alaskan coal lands when the elnlms were
of doubtful hgnlltj, n ml. secon.ll. that the
secretary of tho department Hlehard A
rtnlllnger. bad reversed the llnosevelt-aar-fleld
policy of withdrawing the valuable water
power altcs llalllnger had also declined
to allow Plnthot control of the forests on
the Indian reservations President Tuft mi.
held llalllnger and Plnrhot w roto a letter
Better Busines
' ' i inns i unif - n. rm .a. i . n4sts -m - "v- . -
to be. read In tho Henate In It he reflected
upon tho good faith of tho administration,
in January. 1010,, Plnchot was dismissed by
tho 1'resldenl for Insubordination, The en
tire mntler win nndo thn aubieo.t of In-
nulry bv a joint committee of Congress, the
ninjorlly of which exonerated U.illlngor. This
ntso answers the inquiry of Harold II. l,arzo
Ictc.
To Canoe to Browns Mills
To flic Kdllor ol the r.vrnlna Public l.cdaer!
HI. Vlnlt -11 - I. ,i i
.... .ni mn li lucre IS an uiieo-
wnter passage between tho Delaware river
nn.l Drowns Mllls-ln-thc-l'lnes. N. J., tor
canoe. rj. T. K.
Westmont, N. J , April 10. 1021.
You can go to Drowns Mills by canoe on
the Ilancocns creek, a Ann. ntrtnreimiiM trln.
from tho Delawaro river. The mouth of
tho creek Is at Dclanro, N J , and von take
llio north branch of the creek nt Now Lis
bon to reach Drowns Mills.
Two Pinochle Queries
Tothr Hdltor Al Ihn llvmlmo llibllc I.cdarr:
Mil- In regard to plnlng pinochle, do ou
count plnorhle forlj or Just four, as 1 have
I n.l n hard time making a tilaer understand
It Is forty Inalead of four'' And can vou lift
a card nfter It has lefl our hand In play7
A. J. IJOIIIIUTY.
Philadelphia, April Ifl. 1021
Pinochle, properly counted, Is 40. although
most players simplify tho scoring by count
In.; It I, a Mquenco 1." Instead of 1(50, aces
10 Instead of 100, etc In the final count
the figures would bo 120 polnta Instead of
1200.
A card In any card game cannot be re
called nfter It has left the player's hand,
unless he hns reneged.
Size of Pocket the Answer
To the Editor ot the Kvcnlno Public I.rdatr
Sir In nnsner lo "V. 1,. T.'c" problem In
tho numlier of sovereigns n man had In his
pocket by dividing by 2 by 3 by 4 by fi or
by II and nlwaya had one over, I find quite
a few numbers will answer, for example 01,
or 121. or 241 or IM. or tin I or 1021. or
:H41. or 70.SI. or 1.V3U1. or 10 721 or start
The People's Torum will appear dully
In tlin livening Public larger, nnd nlso
In the Sunday Public ilgrr. Letters
discussing tlmrlv tnplca will he printed,
ns well ns requested poems, nnd questions
of general Interest will he answered.
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Philadelphia. April o, 11121.
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Browning's "Good News"
To the r.dltor ol th' n'vrnlun Public I.rdatr'
Hlr What was the "good nowa" referred
to In Drownlng's poem "When Wo Drought
the Clood Nowa from Alx to Uhenl"?
W. L. V.
Philadelphia, April 10 1021.
A biographer of Ttobert Drowning says
thnt there Is no historical foundation for the
poem. The nlm of the poet wns to depict
the galloping of n horse, nnd tho poem
wns written In a boat off the coast of
Africa. It might have been n reference to
the treaty between Client flrltnln and
America, which vvni signed nt Ohcnt In
1M2.
Poems and Souks Dosired
After Fifteen Years
To the I'.dtlnr ol the '.'I'eiifnn 'nolle t.'daer;
Sir Please accept tnv elucere thanks fnr
your publishing Sun.lav the wnrds of the
song "Sweet sixteen. It ends n fifteen
ear search fnr same I thank Lucille E
Eldrldgo for sending vou the versea.
JOSEPH M ItOIUNSON.
I'hllndelphla, April 17. 1021.
Wants John Flnley Poem
To the l.dllor at the" IWrnlna Public l.rdarr:
Sir Can you print the poem ".My Hut."
bv John Flnley, which begins
"There Ilea my body, pulslnp yet not I:
'TIs but the hut In which I sojourn hero;
To It at morning, noon nn.l eve I go
For food, nnd when tho night o'ertakes me
tired,
I lay me down beneath Its roof to sleep."
.MRS. n I. IHtANNIS.
Philadelphia. April 0. 1021.
Can a Reader Give Author?
To the Kdltor of the L'rriilno PutiHc l.rdocr:
Sir Kindly answer In the People's Korum
who Is the author of tho noem entitled "The
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World What Wo Males It " The first few
lines go anmelhlng llko this'
"This world Is not ao bail a world
As some would like to mnko It.
Though whether good or whether bad
Depends on how we tnke It
Will aome kind reader supply the re
mainder? IlAM'it JAM'IOCIIIA.V.
Philadelphia, April 18, 1021.
A Rube Poem
To the f.dllor ol the livening Public l.idorr:
Sir Will you kindly obtain nnd publish
In our paper the song rnllcd "Napoleon,"
which contains the following verso:
"I own tha old mill down here in Itcuben
Mile: .
My name Is Joshua Ebenexer Fry.
I know n thing or two, oU can bet your
llfo I do.
You enn't fool me becnuse I am too darned
slv."
Tim hIxiva lequeat, If granted, will bo very
much appreciated.
HAItrtY F. SEXWOItTH
rhlladclphln. April 1S. 1021.
Two Old Songs
To Ihr Killlnr ol the llvcnlna Public Lulorr:
Sir Will sou plrnso print In the People's
Forum tho following songs:
"Down lly tho Old Mill Stream " nf
which the first words begin with:
"Down by the old mill atrcam. where I Oral
met ou
With jour dyes nf blue, dressed in gingham
too."
And also tho song called "Memories."
HELEN HILTON
Philadelphia. April 17. 1021.
".Memories" Is a copyrighted number an!
wo could not print the vvorda unless we c
cured permission from Iho publishers. Hers
are the words of
DOWN I1Y THE OLD MILL STREAM
My darling, I'm dreaming of tho dny gone
by.
When you nn.l I were sweethearts' nentli
the summer skys
Your hair has turned to silver, the gold has
faded, too,
Dut still I will remember when I first met
you
cuonus
Down by the old mill stream, where 1 first
mot ou.
With your eyes of blue, dressed In gingham
too.
It was there that I knew that you loved me
true,
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Tho ril.l mill wheel Is silent nnd has fallen
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The old oak tree has withered and Ilea
Ihero on Iho uround:
While ou and I were sweethearts, the name
ns days of jore,
Although we've been together forty years or
more.
"The Three Angel Visitants"
To the Kdllor ol th' r.vrnmo Public t.eda'r:
Sir The following song was requested In
the People's Forum of April 0. It was writ
'en by C. M Cndy.
"rather, dear father," a young child sld
As she alole one night to his lonely oo.
"Fnther. oh. come to my room with me.
And threo beautiful angeln there you'll
see."
"Just now ns I lay wltn naif-closed 'eves
I heard a sweet song from the sparkling
skies,
And ns t was wondering what It could
mean
Mother. Mary nnd Willie came gliding In.
"They hovered srnund my little bed.
And each laid a hand on my nehlng head.
The tears from my ejellds fell llko pearls.
Dut the.v wiped them away with my loosened
curls.
"I'll tell you. dear father, vvhj 1 cried.
'Twaa because with them we had not died
I thought when they'd gone bow lonely
'twould lie
To live all alone here, Just ou nnd me."
" 'TIs a drenm -n dream my precious
child
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"A dream' Oh no' That could not be.
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"And they did talk, lor sister Mary said
Her spirit was blest, though her body wns
dead.
And ahe snl.l but once thn flowers should
die,
Then I'd find my home In her own bright
sky.
"And Utile Willie as he stood there.
With his mild blue eyes nnd shining hair.
Lisped amid smites t yet can see.
't'ome, little slater, go home with me,
Come. come, come with me.'
"Dut my gentle mother's eyes grew dim
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I'hllndelphla. April St. D2l.
"IV, It. C." wrltoa. "I sm ery anxious
to get n poem about Toor Little Plroola.'
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