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THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
Lcttqrs to tho Editor
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Mothers Alio Get Tired
t th Editor of tht Evening PiiMle Ledger-
Sir In aniivter to Hammond II Kennedy's
letter of May !. lo soil ever stop to think
that a mimin who draga around town with
apal (.hllrlrftn tr-ilnor mrhilu. shafts nr
ti it trail on them. la not tired mnro so than
, :fouT It I no Joke I am talkln linm ix
V frience. as I h four IlltW ulr!i. fmm
t U year lo two mJntha old, and often have,
ir to take them all with me. haln no rein
tlv near me end a -min can I io.ssiblv
ask & neighbor to mind them unless It It
important. And don't jou think an child
entitled to a seat If you have to pa for
ltT. "Why ihould not the I. n. T. put on a
few extra oars riurlnit ruh hours as the
eitr ha put on the policemen In protect the
men working In Cramp'? If thc did thl
the difficulty would eoon he overcome I
bave etood on Chestnut etreet twenty to
thirty minutes for a No 18 car to come
' many mans times. MAHY 3 OORKON
Philadelphia May SO 11121
The Bonus Opponents
To toe Krfflor bf the hi mum Puhlir Ledger.
Sir In regard to Mr Kailiailn- T An
' drsws' letter In last evening a paper 1 wish
to Inform tur that she wrote that le ir
without thlnklne I hope h dldn t Intend
to east shadows on her two hrnthrs r
lee like ihe did It s plain 'to he eeen that
he wm not familiar wlih 'he boe' dolnai
during the war The dldn t huv nnv Mb
rly bonds and alwajs were fed gmrt whll
bread, pla and cake while over there. At
least you would Imagine so b reading hei
letter For ervth!nc she did the service
men went her one better, eo why not give
them a little credit That's all the
retting and they can't eat that
t wise Up a little
Then again irt today's Issue W U D
. takes a crack at the service men and the
bonus He says he Ihed during the CIM1
tVir (but rtoesn t say he fought in III o
lht accounts for It 1 suppose he's an old
crab. He s got a wood Imagination about I
TuIIman cars for the boys to ride In " H
hould remember the war was "oer there.' .
like the rii War was "over h.re He I
may hae helped to keep the home firm
burning but most of them died out between
November 11 1010. and the return of the
boys
It's too bad the service men had ll '
nice and the folks at home had eo much
trouble The slaeW lists then rroe that i
a good manv didn't approve of having It n
Blc In the service Flti.ill If ou don t
approve of the bonus, keep quiet for you am
on the mlnorltv side
OVERSEAS BX-smVIfK MAN'
Philadelphia. May 2ft toil i
Accommodations at Valley Forge
3 the Editor o tht Eteiiiao PuMir Ledger"
Sir After reading the article regarding
Mount Vernon In the r.vnMNO rcnuc
Ltpota I decided to write ou these few lines
uoncernlnc Valley Korge
The writer who Is a visitor In Phlladel.
phta. paid a visit to this hallowed spot on
Sunday May 18 going bv trole to Jeffer
entilla and walking from there After
walking over this retervation and enjojlng
the crandeur of the prospect, on m wav
out I stopped at an Inn for something to
eat, but could not get a bite Us onl srvlce
being a chicken dinner at 12 per Nothing
lee served I arose and left the place
thinking that the lives of the mn who
t d and suffered on these grounds were
given to keep a. foreign power from Imposing
taxation without representation while within
these vers grounds Mr. Innkeeper Imposes
taxation without consideration
A further consideration the visitor gets
a.t Valles Forgo t a ride for 12 in a decrplt
Ford
Such places as these should be kept bv
tte nation, with an old-fashioned kind of
American consideration If such a thing has
vrvlved ROBERT MacMUKRAT
Philadelphia. May21 1021
Working Sundays
To the Editor of thr Eiening Publtc Ltdo'r:
Sir I had been hoping that som of your
readers who are better able tnan I am
would take up the question of the rcent ar
ert of a man for painting his por-h on Pun
day. I think this was an outrage Every
erne 'i desirous of havtne his home look
) well kept as possible, and. with the very
high cost of painting, both In material ana
workmanship the only thing manv poor peo
Via can do la to do at leaat the work them
selves
If might not look very well to see a
number of people out on the front sttet
painting on Sunday but neither does It lock
letters to the- Ktlittlr should bo ss
brief antl lo Ihc point aa possible.
Molding any (hint: that would open
a flenonilnatlonhl or seclftNun dls
cuhsIom. No attention will bo paid to anony
mous letters Nntnes and nddresots
nniit bf signed ns nn evidence of
Rood faith, although names will not
be printed If request Is made that
tliov lip omitted.
Th publication of a letter Is, not
lo ! taken us nn Indorsement of Its
low by this paper
Communications will not be re
turned ttnleap accompanied by post
age, nor will manuscript be eased.
very well for a number of people congre
gating nt the corners of streets or In front
uf cigar stores whero Ihey curse, use ob
scene language and otherwise annoy the
public and yet they are never molested but
the man who wants to fl up his porch or
front doorwav lo took a little more re
spectable and has no time to do It during the
wAli on urrount nf his lonr working hOUTS.
Is forced to be humiliated by bdng nrrested i
because he Is doing this. I do not believe ir
a test were to be made of Ihe case that this
tnan could be punished In any wav
W f. JOYCE
Philadelphia. May ' M 10-1
Will It Come to Pass?
To the brtilorof thr Kvntno 'nolle Lrdo'r'
Sir Twelve rara ago the writer pro
pounded a proposition to men who are sup
posed to b wise In things ulenlino and
practical These men had to admit they
could not pick a flaw in the presentation nf
facte made by the undersigned but In
some Instances at least, looked as If thej,
felt the ground slipping beneath their feet.
The question propounded, briefly stated,
was as follows Is It not a unlversallv ar
cepted fact that the earth revolve upon its
ails' Is It not an accepted scientific fact
that surrounding this planer is an atmos
phetlc belt? Is It not a gencrallv acc-p.ed
tact that If a person or thing could pone
trate this atmospheric blt that the preon
o thins would no longer be eontrnlled by
ihe force of gravity as It exerts Itself upon
this earth today"
Aireptlng these three unlversallv accepted
theorl-s as correct what is to prevent avin
lors In the future provided the csn pen
e'laie the atmospheilc orbit surrounding
our earth and could hold an airplane in
practical abeyance, from waiting as manv
hours as were necessary, descending at the
proper moment In the proper angle and
landing upon any part of the earth. In al
least the same latitude or approximately
thereto in lees than twents-four hours, and
at some of the leading cities of the Old
World In much less tl V
During thoe last tnelv ears great strides
have been made in aviation AWators have
ascended R0 00O feet Oxygen helmeta
are fast being Improved, ami the aviator
In a strange atmosphere might retain life
v Ith the helmets now In use Heat could be
furnished by chemical processes or bv the
electr'clty generated In th operation of the
machine Is it not possible that som dav
God willing mm will yet ascend high
In the heaven ami wait for London Paris
Asia Africa, the Islands of the sea. lo comt
to him Instead of him gotntr to them?
I sld Ood wllllpg for there are some
things that men are not to know not to do
and death and disappointment will meet their
efforts If thev endeavor to pierce the secrets
which Ood has willed should bo forever
withheld from man nut is It not llkelv
ttat with thv perfection of the alr-cllmblng
machine, which has recently been Invented
that man may vet pasa above the bank of
atmosphere which surrounds our earth, re
tain life ami descend upon the earth at a
far distant point which has been brought
almost directly under him by the axial mo
tion of the earth'
THOMAS R DELKER
Hammonton. N J. May IS 1021
Seats for Women
To the Editor of the Erentno I'uhll'- l.rdorr'
Sir The slogan Seals for "omn" Is
right, but are the women grateful' While
riding home the other evening tired from a
hard day's work, I managed to get a seat.
Presently a tired old man and two girl
stenographers entered As the poor old man
had probably been working since B o clock
in the morning. I got up to give him my seat
The two girls pushed the old man aside ana
scrambled for tho sejt
Whv la It that clrls who have hen elt-
t ting in an office all day rush to get a seat
in the car while some poor workman who
, has been on his feet slnco earlv in th
morning Is lft standing' This hje not
I happened once or twice hut Is of daily occurrence
There arc exceptions, of course. One 1
saw a woman wllh a baby In her arms get
up and offer her seat to an old man when
every seat was occupied by slrla. Nat one
of them offered a seat for the old man. whs
eould barely sland. Where Is tha courtesy In
such women? T V DliAKB.
Philadelphia May 28, 1021.
To Keep City Clean
To the Editor of lae Ft-enino TuMie J.rttter:
sir Fifty thousand men cannot keep Phil
adelphia clean unless people ara compelled
te stop throwing things on the streets.
lave seen men throw whole newspapers on
the street off of their wagons or out of car
windows, tear up letter and cards and throw
them on the street
The other day one of the boss on one of
the wagons from a big store downtown threw
a paper three feet long filled with packing
right Into the street It landed In front of
my house, A man also throw out a newa
paper I had to so out and gather up all
of the litter which the wind sent fls'lni
all over mv lawn
Thouasnds of persons do thoughtless things
like this every day What Ifood will It do
to pav money for cleaners unless you forca
the public to be clean? If each one did his
part, no one would have 1p be hired to clean
up these little things U. R C.
Philadelphia May 28. 1021.
Question? Answered
Newfoundland
To tht Editor of the Evenlao Publtd Ltdatr:
Kir Is Newfoundland a part of Canada
and how la it governed F W L..
Philadelphia. May 23, 1021.
Newfoundland Is not a part of Canada.
When Ihe Dominion wan formed Newfound
land preferred lo Slav out of It. With East
ern Labrador, the Island forms a ornwn col
ony of Great Prltaln Thera Is a Governor
appointed bv the King and an Executive
Council, with a Legislature of two houses
The population In 1011 waa 242.S10.
Number of Grains on Squares
To thf Editor of tht EvenUp Public Ltdotr'
Sir In the People a Forum on May 21 "D
M " gave the number 0.223.872.038. 854, 7TJ -
"OS as the number nf grains In the Sul
Ian a problem ' 1 wish to state that that
Is the number of grains on the sixty-fourth
square After adding the number of grains
nn eath square together I find there are
18.440,744 073,700 0.11 SIS grains of wheat
MAT.
Philadelphia, Mav '.'.I 1021
A Solution of Train Problem
To the Editor of the Eventno Public Ledger!
Sir Relow is mv solution nf tho train
problem In seaterday's paper, submitted by
"W L. G "
First man walks four miles per hour
Second man walksthree and six-tenths
miles per hour &
Train runs twenty-two miles por hour
Twenty minutes train runs seven and
one-third miles
Twenty minutes, first man walks one and
ono-thlrd miles
Distance between men when train over
takes second man six mites.
First man gains four miles each hour.
First man overtakes second man In fifteen
hours.
Train at twenty-two miles per hour Is 3S0
miles away when first man overtakes see
ond J C. SNYDER
Philadelphia Mav 6. 1021.
Cause of "Jack o'Lantern"
To the Editor of tht tvemino rublio Ltdoer.
Sir What i the natural "Jack o'Lan
tern" and what Is the cause of Its forma
tlon' W L. C
Philadelphia. May 24 1021.
The "Jack o'Lantern Is s light which
generally appears over marshy Places, in
church yards and over stagnant pools. Mans
efforts hava been made to discover Its cause
but these attempts have failed One ex
planation la that the Ignis fatuua. to use
the eolentlAc name is due to phosphuroted
hydrogen sraa which posaesaee the property
of Igniting when It comes in contaet with a
dry atmospheric sir
A "Demagogue"
To tht Editor of tht Evtnino rjbhe Ledger:
Sir Will you explain what a demagogue
Is and settle a controversy In the club to
which I belong? M W L
The word "demagogue ' Is derived from
the Greek "demos," the people, and
"agogos a leader literally meanlnc ' a
leader of the people Historically, a idema
gorue was a leader of the people who
wayed them b oratory or persuasion It
has come to be used to deaignata an unprln
elpled orator or leader who endeavors to
furry fnvor with th people by catering to
their prejudices or by playing on their 1
noranoe or passions, an unprincipled political
agitator.
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Answers Numbers Problem
To tht Editor of the Evening Putlie Ltdoer!
H'r Answering tha problem by "W. P.
p., which la, "Find two humSire such that
their product shall be equal to tha dlf.
ferenco of their squares and the sum of
their squares be equal to Ihe difference
of their cubes." 1 will sav that tho num-
OerB anSWCrlnc to the stated rnlllnn. are
1.80001T and 1.118084. The latter squired
equals l,3Ji tha former squared equals
8.272A4, Ihe difference of said squares being
2.02264. which equals tha product of tho
numbera.
Tha sum of the sama squares equals
4 62U. while the dlfferir.ee of the cubes
(B.O2008 mlnua 1.307B4) equals. Ihe aame.
To obtain these numbers, add to 5 the
square root of B and divide the sum by
4 1.800017. Take the aquare root of 8 and
divide it by 2-1.118084. Both numbera have
like signs In the equation Involved, but are
to bo taken as plus and minus values.
, H. M.
Philadelphia, Mav 7, 1021
Hertzian Waves
To the Editor of the .Eteiiinp Public Ltdgtr!
Sir What aro the Hertzian waves? What
part do they play In wireless telegraphy?
W. W. E.
Philadelphia, May 22. 1021
The lfertalan are electric waves, so called
from Hclrirlch Herts a German engineer
and scientist, who first demonstrated the
possibility of wirdesa telegraphy. In the
courso of his Investigations he demonstrated
some new principles regarding the trans
mission of light and electricity, and his
piemature death waa regarded as a distinct
loss to science.
Answers 'Messenger Problem
To the Editor of the Evening PttbUe Ledger:
Sir I send herewith anawer to a problem
submitted, by A Van Wis Intham on May
14 Tho problem waa'
"An army twenty-eight miles lonr marches
twenty-eight miles In one day. A messenger
starts at lta rear when the army begin to
march, delivers a message to the front of
the army and then marches bsck to the rear
arriving lust as the day's march Is com
pleted. How far does the messenger
travel
The e hewer Is-
Messenger travels 28 X miles while
army Is traveling X miles
Messerurer travels X miles while army Is
traveling; 28 X miles.
Therefcre.
28 X : X : X 28 X
(2X) (28 X) X squared.
784 XI X squared
2X squared 784.
X squared 302
X 10 8
The messenger traveled 28-rX-rX miles,
-2 1-10.8 10.8-87.O miles.
jraiiaueipma. aiay 10, ivt, c. r. IV,
J It ' Ilrooklawn. N J Tour little
daughter Is an American eltlsen, having
been born here, even though you have not
as yet been here long enough to secure your
citizenship papers
Poems and Songs Desired
"When I Qo a-Flshlng"
To the Editor o tht Evening Public Ledger!
Sir t will appreciate It It you will print
In your People's Fdrulrl th' song beginning.
t believe:
"When I go s-flimlng on a wem summer's
day.
With my hands In my pockets and my pock
eta In my pants." W, It. C.
Philadelphia. May 23. i02l.
A Poem on thetFlag
-T Ikt tfAiinr tit ihm K..,tHn f.iMJ- l.tAott!
Sir Pleas print for me Ihe patriotic
poem called "Tour Flag and My Fas '
ItODKRT .1, HANK a.
Philadelphia, May 10. 1021.
TOUR FLAG AND MT FLAG
Your flair and my flag,
And how It files today
In your land and my land
And half a world awayl
Rose-red and blood-red,
The stripes forover gleam!
Snow-white and soul-while,
The good forefathers' dream.
Sky-blue and true-blue, with atari to gleam
aright
The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter
through the night.
Ycur flag and my flag!
To every star and stripe
The drums beet aa hearts beat
And lifers shrilly pipe!
Your' flag and my flag
A blessing In the aky:
Tour hope and my hope
it n,ever hid a lie!
Home land and far land and halt the world
around
Old Glory hears our glad salute and ripples
to the soundl
Tour flag and my flag!
And, oh, how much 11 holds
Tour larld and My land
Secure vflthlh Us fold! ' ,
Tour heart and my hetrt "
Heat quicker at tha sight)
Sun-kissed and wlnd-tnssd
Ited and blue and white.
The one flag the treat flag Ihe flag for mt
and you
Glorified all elss beside the red and while
and blue! '
'O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee'
To tht Editor of the Earning Public Ledger!
Sir I Inclose herewith the words of s
hsrhn recently requested. A. C, "Mcf.1.
Upland. Pa., May 20, 1021.
O Master, let me walk with The.
In lowly paths of service free.
Tell me Thy secret, help me bear
The strain of toll, the fret of car.
Help me the slow of heart lo move
Tiy some clear, wlnnlnc word of ovM
Teach mo the wayward feet to stay
And guide them In the homeward way.
Teach me Thy patience! still with Thee
In closer, dearer company.
In work that, keep faith sweet and strong.
In trust that triumphs over wrong,
Ir. hops that sends a shining fay
Far down tha future's broadening way,
In peac that only Thou canst give!
With Thee, O Maeltr, let ma live.
W. Oladden.
A Poem and a Song
7"o the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger-
Sir "M, S " asks In your Issue of May
12, 1031, for "Maieppa'e Terrible Ride "
The poom probably wanted Is "Maieppa," to
bo found In Lord. Byron's poems,
A correspondent a few days ago asked
for "Stay In Your Own Back Yard " Iha
first verse and chotus are as follows!
STAY ,IN TOUR OWN BACK YARD
(A popular song hit of 1003)
Morning glories climbing o'er the tittle cot
tage gate.
Kind old mammy standing In the door.
Loneieme llltle plckannlny coming horn. o
l,te' . V i
Weeping 'cause his little heart wag of.
All the children come from sthoul, lints Mn
so white And fain -
None of llism.wltn him would -aver play.
Ho mammy on her lap takes this weeplns
Utile ehap, ' -
And saya In her kind old way!
t CHORUS
"Now, honey, Just you stay" In. sour own back
nVnt nlhd what the white child do.
What 'show, do. sou reckotir thej-'s swine to
give
A llltle black coon Ilk sou?
go slay nn this .side of the high board
fence,
Iml linn. .Inri't tm, oioilrn mt hsrdi
Go .out and play just as long aa you
please.
But sly In your own harv .... ..m
Philadelphia. Uv tl iw ffc
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nuur in ji, vtriirs: "The Poem l i " "1
Kilmer ind will be t h?t ,?H
"J. C" Hammonton. v r ...
bf the song you desire are eAnvei.v! ?'i 1
p7rmr.on.n9t SSl fefi
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And good for 50 years
Yes this is a low price for a steel
cabinet possessing the A listed features
of strength and utility.
To make sure that it was worthy of the
A listed name it was put to a test which
proved its endurance and sound con
struction to a certainty.
A heavily loaded drawer was opened
and closed 100,000 times the equivalent
of 50 years' actual use and was still in
good, smooth working order.
Maybe it is good for 100 years, bur let
your grandsons find that out.
Let us show you by some astounding
demonstrations what GF Allsteel mean3
in strength, rigidity, and endurance.
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The People' Forora will appear daily
In the .FrenlDjr Public Ledger, and also
In tho Bandar Public Ledsvr. Letters
dleua4iur timely topic win be printed,
ns well u requested poems, and questions
nf general Interest will be answered.
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