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UlilH.-illFTUW TERMS BTlMtna Peblic Lbdqb la aenred te eub- TS 111 Phllftriftlnhlft iik.I itiffAiinr1lnr iAni ! fftte flf tYVAlV 11 Ml ranti m taaU navh1t ia carrier. ' ' man ie peinta eutalde of Philadelphia In Jnilea Htatttfl f'flnnHa nt Ifntt.! St.t. nnm. . peatara free, fifty (50) cents par month, l HOI uOlllira tP V.nt nmnhU In ffuti rOBll ferelrn cnuntrlea one (11) dollar a month, HOTIOS HUbeerlhera wtahln k1rf,i h.nn- net (l old ni well ni new addreia, 3000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN KOI r Aewfkjf All rvtiMiiiii,iivi,(Aii. ... IVmiI.k t..lir.i trf-"Pf nafprtitfence Senar. PJillqrtrhiMci " Member of the Associated Preti aw.Tfi". ASSOCIATED riWSS J cxduslvclv f J."". ' ve or rjmbHcoflen of oil ntut MeyateAet crcttttd te U or net eMtui crrdllfd jtW paper, and aLe & local nru-j pubUthtd Q rtffsf e republication e apfClal dbpafcnf , aarfm ere ele rrtfrved, PhlUdtlphli, Mendir, M.tth 6, 1922 LLOYD GEORGE'S MASTERY fITHE latest threat against the political X prestige of Lloyd Geerge nppears te have been turned Inte a new demonstration of U power. The Unionist colleagues In the Prime Minister's Cabinet have apparently (rewn panicky nt the mere hint of resigna tion of the only political leader of a major Batlen who has survived the disillusioning ftrmath of the World War. x This does net mean that opposition forces In Great Britain have been suppressed. Sir Oeerge Yeunjer is still regarded as the head of the Unionist Party, represented by sev eral of the raet distinguished members of the Coalition Cabinet. , But political discontent, of which there M no shortage In England, is net precisely ', ,J BBne tiling ns political leadership. Mr. ,fSJ 1eya icerge is endowed with maneuvering r 5? jft!.r " ""I'tTi.-vurnien. even in inc com cem 't.i?' 'aatavlf!., ii.lii.i. ii.i .&iXn)Prf npn illflln finite tlinf- Ua In lilarlni. ?A ' snme with his (tml skill. Fer lurking V LaI.U.1 ... i - i ., . ... .... . "'" even inc id peiucMx et ills withdrawal U the thought tliat such a move might fcerely mcen a swift rcascendancy. It' f undeniable that the situation In jWhlch the Prime Minister Is placed is dim emit. But Mr. Lloyd Geerge's command of alleged Impossibilities is his most distln fulahlng attribute as n statesman. One of hla strongest canls at the present moment la I'unqiiektienably the fear in Kngland that hf retirement might prepare the way for a radical labor ministry. ", HOW OPERA FLOURISHES f'IRAND OI)Cra hna been rallpil nn nrntle. '??. T' unrl l . n :. .!.. , ,i.i. ., - - .... .lt .-. .i- it uAiqicuL'e in una ' z. 'COnntry Is ustiallv ilenendent nn flnnnrlnl 'l,, kid In excess of that derived from tin. t.ilu Ste-,1 H aents. the judgment is mrreet. Vntur. & thelesw, nentilnr interest in this art nrndner. te fnl enpeclally in Its modem manifestations, v ia piainiy uccn. Tlie easen of lyric drama at the Metro Metre Metro lelitnn Opera Heuse lest week was net only , brilliant artistic triumph and u notable tribute te the executive ability of the unique Mary Garden, but the patronage was evidently unaffected by the regular cycle' of the Gnttl-Casazza organization at the Academy of Music. ' The skuotien last Tuesday evening, when "Saleme" with Miss Gnrden "a revltcd nt Bread nnd Poplar streets nnd "Teicn" with rw - - - "...(, ..,.e iiivm-iuuii hi. jtrnnu &V """ Lej,u"t treets, suggests the piping ay, I times of Of-cnr Ilnmmerntein nnii l.i n. $A llrenln rivalry with the Metropolitan 's trouee. i f tn of the great opera house of this y& 'elty were packed te the doers. It ig te be ., -.. . .. -- ""t ,w,,-i, mut iiir rtun arnn Opera Company enjoyed a three weeks' profitable season in Philadelphia last No Ne Tember. There can be no question that this com cem BBunlty Is ready te support musical enter prises of high artistic duality. rmnnprlHmi W -la tha Ufa n...l . ,, - , . p(,,T ' - - - simimi ljirui iih WPII US OI WllOt EvF dPcmc(1 '""re materialUtic business un- lv ; tenaiings. ,ft. If the ( hieage enmpaiiv, with its round faf Jf the best modern music plajs, ri'tiirns here j-jc wr a jens stay next season no diminution of Si, ' tttendancu nt the Academy's Tuesduy spritt je , ) m: jriirvu. n in inc comparative rarity R??Kf high-class grand opera thut lias been one atti tne signal causes of its hothouse ehunic Mi ter in the ainusi-mcht field. WHY MURDERERS ESCAPE ;HrOIE bunging of Harvey Church In Chi fi JL cagfj provides nii( ther argument agalnr Hr.;3epiai punisiiniciit. 'I tin conditions nt -KjC''- '.tendant upon the eeriltieu of the -eiitcnee y jii aeatn upon the jeuin tun ri were n dis K grace te nny civllUcd c(iuiiiuinlt. Church, who was nun letcil of the brtitnl murder of two nutemeblle salesmen whom lie .had Ontlced te his house In order i,i.t (possession of it new car. Inn ,een in a , lsemi-cataleptlc stnte sliec his conviction. He hed net eaten or spoken, and force limj te be used te keep him alive until the date of the execution. He was tee weak te stand ana was lined into n chair, trapped fast a he would net fall out, takm t ., ti, acaTeld, the noose adjusted about liU neek and the trap sprung. Able-bodied men took n !!., I, ,u i , (k reTeeture unit iu cold bleed did him te death fipt JOB me meer.v thai thus were the ends of fjuatlce served. Uiu man deserved punish Snient. HIr crime wus outrageous. H..t life j5jaaeip"iiiirnL mini- nei iiueqiinte would 7 e..'A.t-AH.K.. ...i.h . .. , mtsjeuiu uue even mere in accord with the ,'quiremcnts of u civilized country. fyyS Because there is- a nntural repugnnnee te MM, aentli penalty, jurlcn frcquentlv refuse I, convict niurilercrs. And it Is imtiessilile fj.vget a verdict of lirst -degree murder ny woman. it the law were nged there would net be se nmnv nn. ',ViH"-vStB- The juries Veuhl say te thorn - LAfyjralira (lint tlm,. I,,l .,., ..... ,1... , , ,'.- ' , . "" ' " '",l '", ' "inieinned ik' .beyond the reach of relief if i the future Sfili aheuld appear that there were extcniintlnK HwtfrnreiimstanceM or that the evidence offered t'(Jw?Ak present it seldom happens that any .1 jtfimrj luingeu or put te death by electricity - i.BAra the noer nnd friendless. The ,il,,.,w ',." '--'! alterether In tnn iiinm, msm it .U , .1 " ,, , , -'n, ,, ,; tinose ttuiity nt uiKing llle te lie pun i, Ve must fix n penalty which is net rent te juries made up of wholesema- urn. IUELTY TO HUMORISTS 'difficulties of the Sliliiiiina iimnii lye prompted se much of Jnpery which Iraerienn public delights te nn i 'formidable problems that satirists f prbber-stemp species will probably avert fii" mini nil! rrieil Ol jteuerc , II, TCtlring president of the Kmergeuey tt Cernnrntlmi Te ren.l IL ..,.',i be spoiling the joke, ltb entheiitlc figures Mr. Powell HMrntes thnt for the' first time In Us fthe operating expenses of the beard tomb were less than its operating - rM'Mremcd eSct Itit, July I But tradition sayarttat it was 'sandy, tn pleasant places, And Hn pusy, j ueuma ws n wua e RiWWf 55SE35?!WeWiV BKi . EVENING ' ' I "V the Emergency Fleet has Mid mere than $.",000,000 worth of ships nnd the Shipping Heard has disposed of mere than ?20,000, 000 worth of property. These affiliated or ganizations arc emerging from the tangle resulting from n combination of extrava gance nnd extraordinary circumstances. Nevertheless, It 1 n shame te confute the merrymakers. Much mere amusing than cold fact is that view of the Shipping Heard which classifies It with free silver, perpetual motion, harnessing the thlcs and ether de lightful Idiocies. FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM CAN STAND HEFLIN'S ABUSE The Alabama Demagogue la Madly Charging It With Responsibility for the Slump In Farm Prices IT IS gratifying te note thnt the Senate Is showing no disposition te co-epernte with Senater Ileflln. of Alnbnmn, in his attack en the Federal lleerve banks. llcllln Is making nn especial effort te get nn Inquiry into the responsibility of the banks for the circulation of n speech In de fense of the system made by Senater Glass last January, He charges .the banks with nn attempt te Influence public opinion nnd te conceal the truth by the circulation of the speech. He wnnts the members of the Federal Herrvc Heard haled before a special committee te answer his accusation. The Senate, however, Is listening te his tirades with what patience It can muster and then ignoring him He Is especially aggrieved against the Fed eral lle-servc System because of the fall In the price of cotton. He is charging the Reserve Heard with ordering deflation In 1H20 In order te assist the speculators In cotton, nnd insists that Its course caused a less of mere than $1,000,000,000 te the farmers in thnt year because deflation brought about A reduction In prices, And he insists that the banks did net go te the relief of the farmers In the year when the prices began te fall. As there are many persons eutide of Alabama who are cengenltnlly hostile te banks and arc In the habit of charging them with nil economic ills, It may be worth while te examine the facts in the case. In the first place, it may be snld that there hns been deflation of Federal Reserve currency te the extent of at least $1,000, 000.000. Thnt this could take place Is a vindication of the theory en which the Federal Reserve System is bnsed. One of its purposes was te create An elastic cur rency system that would expand when needed nnd contract when the occasion for it had passed. The defect of the old national-bank system was that it provided no way for adjusting the amount of currency te the needs of the country. The n mount In circulation was stable, Peileds of scar city were followed by periods of plenty. When there was no use for the money in the country nt large It grnvltated te New Yerk, where it was utl In speculation. The system produced panics for which there was no cure. Under the new s.tstem the nmeunt of currency wns expanded during the war te meet all the demands of business. And when the war wns ever nnd conditions jus tified it the currency wns contracted. But Senater Ileflln is wrong whin he snys that the deflation occurred in l!i!0, the year when the prices of agricultural products began te fall. It was net until 1021 that deflation begnn, In 1020 there wns un ex pansion of the currency nnd iil"e nn expan sion of leans te assist the farmers In passing through the crisis which had overtaken them. The Reserve banks lent only $7211,000.000 en firm and dairy paper In 1010, and in 1020 they lent Sl.DMt.OOO.OdO. Thee figures nru in the records of the banks and they cannot ery well be Ignored. Heme ether reason than the withdrawal of credits and the deflation of the currency must be found te explain the fall In prices of ngrl-, cultural and ether commodities. Senater Gless has a rea-en, nnd he finds it in the economic conditions of the whole world. The slump of prices begnn In the silk mnrkrt in .Inpen. It extended te ether countries before it reached the United States. And It wns due ptimarlly te what has been called n buyers' strike. Prices hnd been lifted by profiteers until the people refused te pay them. They began te step bujlng luxuries, and the ' habits of economy thus started were extendi d te n curtailment In the purchase of necessities. As n result there was an enormous supply of goods and a small demand. livery pre", ducer suffered and the farmers worst of all. Net een the extension of credit given te the fnnners through the Federal Reserve .System could sne them. And se Senater Glass Iii-i-n that the falling prices caused deflation of currenc) and contraction of credits inste.id 0f denti tion nnd contraction causing falllnj; pi ices. The currency was retired because there wns no longer need for it in the buluc- of the cetintrj The Federal Reverie Svstem has justified itself in the severest possible test. X one anticipated the war when It was established, but it had been thoroughly thought out nnd se adequately adjusted te meet eerv con- cehable crisis that it st,mi the strain nnd provided nil the credit aiul currency thnt was ucccssari te Ment Government leans of S21.0(IO,000.(iO(). te finance great war enter prises and te preserve the solvency of the general Industry e the ceiiutin. It would be most discouraging if such n demagogue as Sen, i, or Ileflln, who Is trying te mnlje the Alabama fntteu planters' be licte that the iimv banking s.Wcm is n. spensible for their troubles, were t be tnken seriously h.v.hls colleagues. tut fortunately they are Healing him according te his de'- serts. OUR MEMORIALS ABROAD REGARDING America from the compre hensive geographical standpoint, the win Id conflict involved this Republic in the only one of Its major-scale foreign wars. The Chinese expedition for the relief' of the Pekln h gallons and the Trlpelltiin fray of the early nineteenth century cer tainly de net rank lit this category." The Philippine fighting represented the suppres sion of insurrection. These circumstances account for the nov elty of the War Iiepartmeiit's plan for erect ing monuments In Ihuepe te pieservc "in situ" the memory of historic events In which our troops were actors. If Congress fnwirs the proposal, which hns the presidential in in eorsement, these unique memorials will fit tingly sene a variety of purposes. They will honor the hiuve, thev mark ceitalu climaxes of heroism and high ad venture. They will phj icnlly disprove the fable of American isolation. In the distant lands in which we fought they may become reminders of aid furnished toward the icsciic of civilization. Human memory Ik short. In Frnnee, In Italy, In Belgium, It Is appropriate te rccnll that epic In which unity of purpose pre vailed. The symbolism of peace and Its obliga tions as well as that of war should be found in these spurs te retrospect. RED HAIR SOME of the klu "f Washington arc re senting (lie stutcineiits recently ninth' that hu hud red hnlr. One of them hns s.nld that It wns hazel brown nnd another thnt It was the color ei Jioescvcii s uair. "'miiiwiBBBawr-'CT.Tf imnMszwiKmMMm3RiiriMmmmamm,ii&mnMBmnmiKGmmmmmwvawBmmv rt. . svatilllllllllHBVsrtHsL.L'. IJ," "" lWlea.....HMaBBiaBBBBBBBBa.KWIaV3. -HelMCillllllKBBBBBIiaBrWZ; "MM V. '- aVraBBMMBlllllllllllllHS(lBVKBVTaaBBBBllllllllllllllllBrnaaa nV:iWailllllllHlllllllllllllllllllllHalliaaUaaTTllHBVBVBtaaifMVart Il"BlllllllllllllllllllllllllllBaHiillHaHalHtaSiValBBVBWja . . i'-vH'-cnma;faE?,r--' ', .,-;.;. v.- ;mwhw ,vsBaram' . . . i. v'-immmriWiuvmm.u: v r wimvmm uMacvr-rrmstmKass. imMamir' r f,wik'izi:.K.: -,vn Tf4v5W'.-: ?mmmT- :$sm:mmmmm FDgEIO?'LED&EjgMmaIjgm New, sandy hair en the bead usually gees with pink whiskers en the face. Every painter knows that pink Is essentially red nnd thrtt there must be a red pigmentation In the hair of the head or It "would net show en the checks. Instead of resenting the charge that Washington's hnlr wns red it should be taken ns a compliment. The ethnologists have been Insisting for years flint the sandy haired races arc the races thnt have done most In the modern werli They belong te the Nordic family In distinction from the Mediterranean races. Yet It Is known that some of the greatest Mediterraneans were net black-haired. Caesar before he became bald had reddish hair. Dr. Austin O'Mnl ley has lately been saying thnt Dante wns a carrot top. The beauties whom Titian painted hnd hair which the vulgar would call red, hut which Is new called by thec blessed with it after the iintnq of the painter who exploiters it. If you wish te make n young woman smile with pleasure call her Titian haired. There was n time when the cuphcmlsts who speak of n coffin as a casket were In the habit of speaking of auburn hair wfien they meant red, nnd the humorists bur lesqued it by describing redder hnlr ns Skanenteles because that town was a little beyond Auburn, The kin of Washington might be mere profitably employed it they w.euld compile a list of the great men and women with snndy topknots, nnd beast that the owner of Mount Vernen belonged in thnt glorious company of nnrcolc-crewncd heroes. AN UNRIPE MILLENNIUM AN ARMY without soldiers, a navy with out fuel is n congressional conception mere flattering te the lntc Disarmament Con ference thnn the fondest hopes of its pro moters. The current spasm of retrenchment en Capitel Hill contrasts plqunntiy with the scruples entertained In some circles there concerning the Four-Power Pacific Treaty. That agreement Is the gateway te reduced military nnd naval establishments. But it Is asking tee much te demand congressional consistency. In combating the program for a iucllcss navy nnd nn army insufficient for even ordi nary police duties Mr. Harding hns appar ently refrained from dwelling upon the connection between these subjects nnd the program prepared by the International parley. Doubtless conscious of the strain upon the consre.sslennl mind by such argument, the President views the situation in a spirit of immediate practicality. With the Na tional Guard still fur below the extent of organization contemplated in the National Defense Act, a cheesepnred regular army is obviously Inadequate. The President's warning te the Heuse sub-committee en the army and te members of the Gcnernl Appropriations Committee Is timely and forcible. Emotional penurious ness is even mere reprehensible than un thinking extravagance. Certnlnly there is no hint of dreaded militarism lit n United States Army with a personnel of I.'IO.OOO or of n navy of 100,000 men. Establish ments of this size constitute no affront te popular interpretations of the new trend of civilization. It is emphatically desirable that the Ex ecutive's Injection of common sense into the subject should speedily bear fruit. It will be time te discuss a millennium without national defense when all the treaties passed by the Arms Conference have wen senatorial approval. And even the consummation of that ideal will net justify an army cut te the bone or a navy without motive power. The President ns n confessed pence lever is net blind te certain necessities of a practical world. Tills is the significance of his in terference in n situation replete with ilingl cal absurdities. THE ANTIGONISH GHOST THE American Society of Scientific He senrch having Interested itself n the matter, it may be that science will find nn explanation of the curious manifestations at Ahtlgenlsh where the police have failed. The suggestion that radio broadcasting stations nre responsible for the fires will be given a thorough test. The police theory , later discarded, that some mischievous per son was responsible for the weird happen ings, will net be forgotten. The nllegntlen of spiritualists dint n poltergeist Is en the rampage will net be lightly treated. And the proneness of even the most truthful te exaggerate under stress of excitement and emotion will net be ignored. Science will doubtless approach Its task with the thought that there may be truth in nny and all of the allegations. If guns may be fired by radio, It is possi pessi possi bie te imagine a combination of wires in a couch being affected by strong currents which, incidentally, if proved, Is going te make n dlfferen'e In Insurance rates nnd the wording of Insurance policies. Given such u combination and resultant fires, a mischievous person with n strong imagina tion nnii some ingenuity should be able te provide interesting complications. And once admit the existence of a gliesf with a taste for vandalism (und Sir Arthur Cnnnn Deyle will here cheerfully oblige without thinking It necessary te provide a Sherlock Helmes te lav it), and the whole bag of tricks Is ready for the resourceful liar te put frills en. Meanwhile, the world awaits with eager Interest the report later te be made bj Dr. Prince, There Is n curious angle As It Tunis Out te the debute In the French Chamber of Deputies en the length of militury service. The two extremes are represented by the Army Committee, which ndvecates a' term of eighteen mouths, and the moderate So cialists, wlie fuver eight months. And yet with n n nrmy of it slated size it is the pacifist group with its shorter term that would turn out the greater number of sol diers in a given time. The increase iu I he iium iium Pregress her of women bandits, bootleggers and smug glers has resulted In nearly a hundred women nnd girls being placed en the rolls of the Department of Justice as United States marshals. In the matter of sex equality croekdom refuses te inn behind. This Princeton Glee Club Glum Choristers is new the Princeton Chorister Glee Club be cause, sav the members, glee by itself sug gests levity. Oh, hew can they say se? cries Clarice. Doesn't everybody Just knew hew seriously they take their art? "Farmers of the Middle West nre going bankrupt beennsu they have no profitable market for their products," averred former Senater Kcinen the ether day. Assuming this te be true, there nre hungry unein unein plewd who can pievide u market ; all that is needed Is an ecendinic genius te make it profitable. An Ink-covered penny found in .the cup of nn inkstand represented the total cash asset of a defunct Nebraska bank. That It should have been overlooked Is damning evidence of carelessness en the part of the bank' officials nnd the matter should be care fully looked into by the State authorities;, . , j. "Without death, hew ugly this world would be!" cried Henry Hatnllle, who died In' Paris' last week, A glowing truth, n uliirliig He or n tint commonplace, according te the mood of the reader. Alexander Graham Bell's llneti are cast A8 ONE WOMAN SEES IT Swing of the Pendulum Frem Strict Observance of Rules te Nen-Observance May Be Succeeded ' by Different Kind of Cleck By SARAH D. LOWIUE . I ASKED n woman I knew what she thought of the last week's symphony' concert nnd she mnde a little movement of precise dismissal nnd said curtly: "De net nsk a member of the Society of Friends, my dear, such a question. We de net go te concerts or te the opera." I let that percolate slowly through my system for n month while I counted the members of the Society of Friends If they nre members of nny religious body Who did go te concerts. I did net find many, but I dill find some. Then one dn' I fell Inte n pleasant chat with n very plnln Friend that is, a very strict one nnd 1 was amazed te hear him ay thnt mere than one family of his pcrsun pcrsun sien had fitted tip" wireless telephones en their reefs. "And," said he, "tliey enjoy very inuc.li listening te symphony concerts tint way." He added that it was a scien-. tlilc pleasure te them rnthcr than n musical one, nnd he went en te explain that arti ficial music, ns he called all Instrumental music, nnd, Indeed, nil music made from' written notes, wns a pain rather than a pleasure se far as combination of sounds went te most Friends who hnd never ac customed themselves te It. 1 nsked lflra why It wns banned by Qunkcrs, nnd he re plied with gentle detachment that they thought 'it right te avoid whatever was sensuous in effect as nn insidious danger te the will. I Te make snre I nsked him if lie meant sensuous and net sensual. And he even mere gently explained thnt nil sensual things were, of course, te be nvelded. but by sensu ous he meant just what I did; viz, some thing thnt moves the senses with or without a mental effort te comprehend It. He mnde a distinction, however, between the sounds of Nature, which he claimed could be en- jeyed Without dnnger of excess, nnd man man mnde music. IIu further claimed that' the ear of a Quaker was truer, and discovered discord where nn ordinary Christian would go en his way rejoicing, cither in the ninttcr of church chimes or of church organs. T .'AS very' familiar with this claim of purity of taste due te n rigorous censor ship in the matter of the acted drama and .t dnnclng and of subjects for painting. cry few families new practice this censor ship, but when I wns younger there were still many households where playing cards were called the "devil's visiting enrds," and shunned as such, and there were plenty of Protestant families who felt ncters and play-goers, opera singers nnd circus per formers, dancers nnd nrtlsts who pnlntcd "from the altogether" were alike blind lenders of the blind, with even chances for falling into the "pit" of depravity. "Lew' neck nnd short sleeves nnd round dnnclng" were gravely discountenanced nmeng active Church workers nnd net te be condoned in clergymen's children or much ceuntcnnnccd for the families of church efliclnls like ciders or deacons. Going hemewhat further nfield, the rend ing of the works of licUen anything that wus a miikc-hellere and net true te history was frowned Uen in soincwhet humbler circles ns dangretis te one's own veracity, while among educated persons certain fiction ns well ns certain poetry was tuboe Geerge J-.liet and Byren becuuse of their marital relations; Goethe's "Faust" because of the plot. Dickens wns a godsend te hosts of church members because while you were enjoyin enjeyin his stories you were mentally righting a beclal wrong, even iu Pickwick pupers. And, Indeed, thut feeling that one must net enjoy "as de the heiithcn" just because the thing wns enjoyable, but thut one must have a reason that wits backed by dutv f possible n slightly distasteful duty was Inculcated uud accented. TNDEED, unless there was some snerifice A Involved, the mere obvious the better no pleasure coeld be accepted with n free mind. Ami in the matter of acquiring iiossessiens, if n tiling were slightly ugly or nt all events net conspicuously beiititltul, but essentially useful and very lasting, te acquire it brought merit. One dressed in durable and iu useful garments, nnd beauty, especially of the sort that attracted the cusuul e)c, was certainly net acknowledged by many as an essential In fact; the whole lonveutien of sclf sclf rcnllzatlen was kept rigorously out of sight It wns geed form te b self-depreclnterv. and tint modesty which we would new call self-conscious shyness wns then curi ously enough the most conspicuous of the virtues. " " Such hymns ns "Oil te be nothing, nothing; Only te He nt his feet A broken nnd emptied essu Fer the Master's use iniiile meet " nnd such choruses ending with "Fer such u worm as I." were really popular nn.l moved te tears and seethed te cemplalsaucy. opposite direction and the world lias Margets and Moores and D'Annui..les te Insist en a hearing for their i,est CM. capades of thought, and the dramu has its endless entungleineiits of love and divorce en und off the hoards, mostly eiT, nnd so ciety has its Jazz. ' "llu h0 IT IS nlxiut tlmu for another reaction, when n whole set of oppes'lt,. conventions will be the fashion. It leeks te ine as iMIS, wilhct th former nor the latter exaggeration would prevail, however. The past gouerntlen Insisted that se main things were wrong and this geneiatlen has Insisted that se many things were right, thnt I rather link the gi aeration that will rule public opinion ten years from new ni" generalize less In either (Unction. A pliruse that has come down fi,,,,, t, dim recesses of my childhood is glowingly applicable te the modern stale of mind about the right- nvien ui iniiiisn 01 a me of action "It depends upon circumstances tuit.ti.iii? m-i'tif Mt '" linstances and Certainly no one will be the slave te time and fixed engagements as we have been, x uusi-nu nun- mining eidcr persons great rcstiveness at the refusal of the younger ones te plot out their hours and weeks nnd months into engagements te de this or thnt which gees under the miiue of pleasure, in to take themselves, seiieusly as reformers of their day and generation in philanthropy or te give themselves no loophole fe escape iu the matter of a decision. But why is this any less pious than our grandmothers, who wrote "D. V." after all announcements of plans and snug lustily in church that "New we stand en shifting sunds!" ,T)LAN" bus been a great word for the JT generation brought up te depend en tlmc-tnblcs, but for the generation before whkh used singes and this geneiatlen that drives meters, it Is less significant. The war knocked a great deal of seetiiitv out of life nnd cultivated a sense of nd' Mnture. The elder nmeng us get the habit of security Und me unhniipy if we cannot return te it, but the dungcr nmeng ns wish te continue the adventure, net bv planning for it, hut by being rcnilv te snatch the most interesting new sensation that turns up. The' elder ones plan tee inslsteiitlv, the younger ones experiment tee extravagantly. It means nothing te tliein that the train 'is Inte, but It would menu a rcnl unnwyaiii. If they had te take it when it comes, The Irish of It Frem till Teledo lllade. As between Eamon de vaiera and Mike A LL of which may account for the fact -f-X that the pendulum of solf.sscnlen and of terrible genuineness uud of irresponsible time-killlng has swum: s ,r t ,..' M.1 lL. S,VW A fsMA V W U A r A J&&P&? NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! t Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best CON8TANTIN VON STERNBERG On Modern Musical Tendencies THE modern composer Is getting far nwny from the fundamental principles upon which all art is founded, nccerding te Con Cen stnntin von Sternberg, distinguished nllke in the United Stutes nnd in Europe as a .pianist nnd as n composer. "The inclination te get farther nnd far ther away from the fundamental elements of benuty, nnd hence of art," said Mr. von Sternberg, "is apparently growing nil tha time. It is very evident In the musical nrt, nltheugh the same tendency appears In most of the ethers ns well. Eventually we shall return te fundamentals, but until that time comes I de net leek for any great master pieces of musical composition. "The elder I become the mere I nm in clined te go hack te the ancient Greeks, who formulated the real elements of beauty upon which nil art, In the last nnnlysls, must rest. Twe of their philosophers in u few sentences expressed the whole gospel of true art. Harmony Out of Discord "Pinte said: 'The gods created harmony out of discord,' nnd thnt is the highest type of benuty. Our modern composers arc very npt te forget n part of this great truth. They have the discord all right, but they neglect t6 create the harmony, even if they nre able, te de sp. "Aristotle, the pupil of Plate, said two things which apply te our present-day con ditions se nccuiately thnt they might hnve been said yesterday. The lirs,t of these is that what heppens te a single individual is net a fit subject for en urtist te interpret. The only proper subjects for the expression of the highest nrt nre the grent, sweeping emotions which have been since the begin ning of time und will always remain. "The mere thnt art is individualized the mere shallow it becomes, This Is the tend ency of the creative mind today. Indi vidualization and spccinllzntien nre the deadly fees of real art, and hence thev Im pede progress. Before anything lasting can be accomplished this veneer must be stripped off nnd the nrts put back upon the only ' solid foundation upon which they have al ways rested that of beauty alone. Content and Ferm "The wise and fnr-seeljig Aristotle also said that form without content is meaning less mid content without form is unintelli gible, nil of which our moderns should read nnd realize hew little the world et thought litis diverged from its fundamentals since the days of the ancient Greek philosophers. This is one of the chief reasons why 1 can not accept much of the modern music. "1 fully realize that new thoughts require new melius of expression, but our moderns nre piling up mere and mere means of ex pression without having nny new thoughts. They arc, In n manner, like these persons who keep en accumulating mere nnd mere money and then de net knew what te de with it after they have it. But the new means of expression are easier te find thnn arc thu new thoughts, nnd when the latter come the method of expressing them, will net be luird te find. Yeu cannot take away anything from the erlglnnl principles of nrt unless you give something better in Its place uud that Is exactly what our modern com posers nre net doing. They have taken nwny almost all of the form In music ami with a decided less of content, nnd thus fai nt least they have given nothing in the plnce of these two great essentials te artist Ie development. Fundamentals Are Unchanged "The fundamentals of nrt have net changed n particle since the days of the cariy Greeks. The Decalogue 1ms net changed, nnd hence Jitiman mitiire remains Just the miiiie ns Jt was lit thnt time and as it always will be. And, unless liumnn na ture changes, tlte principles upon which art is founded will nlwnys remain the snme also. "Art In all forms hns made Its greatest mistake In the attempts of the orenters te get away from the great elemental emotions, urn! here again they hnve net given us nny thing te tnke the place of the things which they have taken away. I should sav thut they express emotlenlots in thotightlets But this method will net get them much of any place In the development of whatever art they essay. Before anything real will be accomplished there must be n return te what the history of the great past of art has shown us Indisputably te be the cerract principles. ''The ffreatest fWn. rv n .11 tut. i- neJIH '9 novelty, an element .which new ; AND AFRAID TO, DROP IT .V " -M r-. "i .w. V(U 1 i"'kUi W M ' Vv,iil M is and always has been a strong human tendency. The present hectic condition of the musical world, in se far as the creative talent is concerned, is by no means the first time that this crnze for novelty nt the ex pense of real art has asserted Itself. "One of the earlier and perhaps the most conspicuous of these former periods wns In the Ncnetlan sehoel In the thirteenth cen tury. The composers of this school nnd there were some very able minds among them wrote nn Incredible number of new harmonic combinations, but they wrote them for the sake of the combinations themselves and net for the sake of the art. This is nn utterly fnlse premise upon which te build, und it Is n highly dangerous one ns well. Iho fate which hns overtaken the work of these composers is. the best possible nnswer ns te the truth of the principles upon which they worked Today scarcely a composition of thnt school exists for any purpose except these of historical interest nnd study. There wits no Inner necessity for these writings. ?nVis.0IICic' I'.f,cr t,,.,el.r evclty ,,nd subsided, interest in them died. 'Tliis continued until Menteverdc enme along, and he simply used these harmonic .novatiens which had bee,, produced nt he cost of se much time and effort ns build ing materia with which, combined with 1. s own material, he .produced works which iffeef !!n ,? VermnncSt nml ''y -beneficial ellect upon the nrt of music ns u whole. A Genius Must Rise Up "I leek for some genius te rise un in a lon,Nt,ef'n,nk ,ht, mt,ft ,hnrmenlc no. ntiens of our own time uud use them ns n iiiusicTi " ,,,R?cnt"- Then (he w" rk of iiiusle.il composition may be restored te h"rmenv';im,i1 ""' ''vnties" In narmeny which nre new crentlmr such n nHr w asslne t,,.,r rlghtfuldncen Me genf etui scheme 0f musical develepihent. "' I'lndcrn composers hnve net done I ,i" m!"'h a" tl,plr "umlrers see. te think they have: nt best flu..- ... in i ;;;.;.; strongly of couplet of GeVlfe, ,,.,' '" vasier a laurel wreath te wlml """ lilting head for It te fii'd.' " What De Yeu Knew? ! QUIZ "'- de dlamend-bark te.,n, lve? "" is a swlzzlc-stlclf wi::::"r'"K cf .- ose? le. it Mciisande1 U' opera " Where trttu ti... -in.,,..,. ,.. "'" """"V 'liver flew he was Martin Alenzo P20 ,, iiew many legs lias a tick? wlmt Is an Isosceles triangle" "hat is n mamey? . What book of the Hlbln i a Hh the ancient Hebrew' law'''"""011 Answers te Saturday's Quiz Visceuntess rthendda Is the first te see,,,. a 8Cat ln ,heher1;rKlc"uase T7!herriedlnft,ehre c 2T P. Vbe'er balvader Is .Spanish for Saviour &UP' liberty only te these wh in fnntH fend ? " eU W. AT.,em1n': U, r"en"lan edUes. of wer U. "ller icclHte?L.,i tl " ln the 000, and bcr length H.srr'0.18 -' occasion for Nevemb, 26 "lMS1 """ A meter Is 38.37 Inches. ' ' Tfa tnir'a! C,Wn f lhe called . laUaTfl. 1m All fit. II,. prave-r lumeT neBun,u?r OT, ne pty..w t r - K 4. m V s J, SHORT CUTS It is ferment ln a party that gives It i kick Let us hope liberty will net spoil the Egyptians. I As the Mayer sees it, Victer will new proceed te make a record. Willy-nilly, Congress may yet force th President te use a big stick. The navy may be reduced te the neces sity of burning corn for fuel, i Whnt Congress seems slew te under stand is that Americans hate n coward. Secretary Hughes says he is delighted with what he saw in Bermuda. Onion or highball? Every time "Lloyd Geerge gees te Chequers Court his opponents knew it is their move. The attitude of women Democrats toward McSparran appears te be en nglu efMigln because he's gene agin Finegan. Net even the wireless has made the sen give up its mystery. It wns four years age en Saturday since the Cyclops disappeared. Governer of Oklahoma exchanges halt a dozen blows with oil mnn, but nobody l Injured. Exchnngc weak; differences un settled; stock going down. Dartmouth College students will no longer essay roles In college dramatics, hut will call en girls In the community te fill feminine parts. Will let the girls rele their own ns it were. We never suspected possession of nny particular affection for Will Hnys until Congressman Willinms played tn6 clown; but there must be' considerable geed in n man te descrve that renst. As Congress is saving money for the country by keeping warships in pert for lack of coal, we may new expect another bill per- lllitttllir them tn he tni-neil ltn uliniv lilfieel f. tl.n n.. .!.... ... ' .1. I 1 1 ui IHU milium ill uu IllUs'll II Ul'UU. Maine Audubon Society hns bought an Island for gulls se that the lives of the bird may be preserved. Police elsewhere stand ready te provide a quiet resting plare for these who prey en gulls of another kind. Iho Gerinnn citizen, stntistics for 1021 show, pays less rliiin a third the amount of tnxes paid by the French citizen. Peer Germany! And there nre hard-lien rted people who think she should pny her debts! Heuse Ways and Means Committee may pest punn consideration of the bonus for fl month In the hope thnt the sltuutlen may be clarified by that time. The only tiling clenr just new is that the members nre beared. Ornithologist snys the chimney swallow Is net a sw'nllew nt nil, but n humming bird. We are net surprised. We already knew the robin te be a thrush, the lark a swallow, the chippy a gull, and the political cruw a mocking bird. Sad news for dnnclng masters, hosiery manufacturers, shoemakers nnd chiropedists: Detroit's Health Commissioner says we shall eventually become a legless race. Argument is footless, we think. Prophet hasn't a ll te stand en. There are doubting ones who see nothing mere In England's action In Egypt than somewhat effective oratorical gesture. Dec" any ene suppose Egypt may work out her own national aspirations In the direction of the Suez Canal, for Instance. Newark creek told police gambling was ids worst vice. If. he hud kept all he h"0 j Me e, he snld, he would be worth $."00. 000, Which gees te prove that R. ,' Merso Is thoroughly unmoral. He uicrtif en occasion appears te be virtuous. ion.-Sl.,n JeM'' 'nllf., man who in January, IMh, borrowed $100 at 10 per cent month!)", has new been Informed by the court thnt he owns the lender $3Q4.tl4O,R.12,01Sl(IS!i. And we wngcr that it doesn't worry him uny mere thnn if It were merely half that sum. it A . i " i ' ' mMkSd
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