I r XKWMl COMPAQ .:xj:cvn . ."VK'FrMHMM anaVTreaaurers JlwOtUHnJftJin B. William, Jehn J. t. Dccnrirri untriM ti.' i.uain. isttl iMtt.8T. itMtM Bailer ; .C MAIWTN . . .Otnerat Butlntea, Manager I? dally at Pbima tmai ,,IMI A'taaeswiHUnce Square, rtilladMehla. nniM4i,iillriurlM Bulldlna (o.'e.i.. ...,,...'.. ,M4 Madlaen Ave. ..... TOl TetA BulMt&S I.. ....4. ...013 Otebi-Drmacrat nulMlns S, tt .i.. .k ..... .1303 THb4jin Bulldln '. NEWS BUREAUS: SB) BlSMV, 'JC. Prtr. Pnnav1t.nl A, ,. 4JIU e rata: BeaiAB. Th. ., rtutMiV J sesuBtnuuc Trafalgar Bulldta carrier. Maail te tmlnfa nnlaM m ni.ll.wlkl..!. t. Inllad Ptaim, Canada, or United Stain pet- pntiata free, nny ISO) cents per month, dollar per er. parnhle In advance, ferelrn countries nne n dollar a month. hSubaerlben wlnhlnr arfr1rH h.fi4 8lv old aa well ns new addreas. if fcf WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 101 AtUrtt e att com m un ten I (en j te Evening Publle inarrrnnrnce square, rniladtlphla. iWinu;m,t bupbcbiptien terms , rrri nWttW,ln Philadelphia and eurreunlns towns v. i.5)? eta of twle (12) cent per weak, payabla LUfciH a. 1 war il k. net ; ..... .... .. . EBU.I memeer ei me Associated 1'ress Wwi i.. " ASSOCIATED BRKSS it txcturtvetu rn- IW3T i? e or reiwDHralleit e all nrwe p',!,,!?!c',, er"' e or net efhtrwlee credited y'WuklMl (Miner. nnA nlm the f.el ..... ...hir.k.. a y rwn e rrpuoncaiien 0 i;ccia. aifpHCJM at .Ll. .J..H... . ... . . wwp rficrvca. Li Phlledclpnie, Friday, April 14, 1I .SELF-OPPRESSING SLACKERS SiTTJS estimated that about 1200,000 Phlla JJL jdclphla citizens will lese the right te E participate in me primary election Decaupe :- off failure te cemnlv with the simnie out necessary- formalities of personal registrar i tieh. The total ii equal te the population j vl a cuy ei inciropeiuan prcivnsiuus. J, Denver, Louisville, Atlanta, leiumDus, ' Ohie"! Portland. Oregon : Providence and St. j ,g, Paul are municipal communities hovering :' ; abfut the quarter of a million class. If t wy one of these, through the operation of ' IDtut nrenefttrrnna new form of tyranny. ir suddenly denied the right of franchise '' ui downfall of American liberty would probably be proclaimed. r t tne 50,000 delinquent rniiadcipmans .iMtt Informed that they would never be permiKeu te vote me lamentation weuia u" lead. The grimly humorous feature of the case Is that the slackers as a whole enter al tain the delusion that thev have net be- 'K trayed the obligation of citizenship. As a matter of fact, their indifference is T; ae' Ingrained it has rendered them incapable Hv. anf la.nea1tvtnM fhnf -ttiAla nnmltinr e-AJeiilfB In VK . ek.rkajtVt hii eat JlnfanHnlilaaiHinnr rlatfjk nmeav atrial ,v right te vote which such persons are tee laiy te exercise and they would possibly be erecting street barricades and raising the flag of revolution. The law is exceedingly considerate of these self-oppressors. In addition te the regular registration days, which are always energetically heralded both by politicians and the press, special seasons of grace are panted. Electors who failed te register last Wednesday may repair their fault or tae consequences of unavoidable circum stances by visiting Roem 030 in the City Hall between the hours of 0 A. M. and 12 net a. and 1 te 4 P. 31. from April 18 te ;,"BUy O. The population of n. Denver or a 'v Jje ilirllle need net suffer disfranchisement -, en esa' it prefers that supposedly distressing '4 condition. But in every community, and Phlladcl- ltpala ia no exception, tbeg?e is a certain pro pre fi 'portion of individuals Jwhe presumably find Jt easier te grumbleand complain than te participate in thcr cevernment of which v wej-.usr'iCTietrreiicaiiy a part. Jt is uiui- r.'' cuic te imagine any class ei persons se nine HPIUTUJi u& Bjriupaiuf. I VOTE TEST OF THE BONUS t TJBPRESENTATIVE8 IRA C. COPLEY A ana uuuru jrcianu, ei iiiniein, nava V been badly beaten in the Renublican nrl- ', ma'ries where they sought renomlnatien te .i. n-2 Tl-.l. .....! . ueusrcFB. xiuiu were vieneu un BirunK men in the lower beuse. Each was regarded as it, m nure winiirr in nuinc. Mr. Copley and Mr. Ireland entered the '; race as avowed champions of the soldier bonus and active supporters of the Vol Vel stead principle. Each had the undivided SDPPert of the Americnn Legien and the AaU-Saloen League. Mr. Copley received additional aid from Chairman Fordney and ether Influential bonus advocates in the Heuse. Senater Capper wrote strong let ters of indersement for him, which were circulated as campaign literature. Mr. Ireland and Mr. Copley were opposed and easily defeated by candidates who were plejiged te a mere liberal view of liquor lavfs and opposition te the bonus. It may net be quite fair te say that this unexpected outcome of the primaries In Illi nois is a fair indication of the drift nt HZ 4WBUO Dctiiuiiciii uuiuug vuicrs. nut It IB Y resorted that ninny cx'-scrvlce men net fca.ala.M ..Hilm.Hi .... .... T1 . . ,. . identtned witn the Legien's nenuH policy ? TOMd against Copley antl irelnnd. The re- suit ei tne balletlni: wan a surnrlFC te evcrv- ? bear. Beth Cnnerrssmpn frit1 nnmn1flt. assured of renomlnatien. Their defeat may (j'- be' cmeny signincant as an Indication of the drift of popular feeling relative net enur te the bonus but te Velsteadlsm. It rnapr be an omen of ether political over throws seen te come in unexpected places. 1 IMPATIENCE AND GENOA rnHE tendency te describe every difference Lift opinion at Genea as a crisis and every conflict of nntlenal representatives as an I index of collapse Is largely due te loose ant impatient thinking. There can be no question that thr hnmnn ) lacuuy ei juugaiciu, even in tne Highest l&j. rjusrUrs, "was seriously damaged by the J... ml. -. . . -"".. imwar. 'xue snecit was manitcst in the Peace K,;a vBierence ei i-uns in unv, its rnvages !.? Mr. Huches' dramatic enenine mere .n0 fc;4v Haquestlenably thrilling, but it may be re- , eauea inui iue oppucuiien et ins formula jfWMl delayed through weeks of consultations, reMtetM and, diplomatic exchanges. It was c steward tne close ei tne sessions, when imm,. Aajtatere8t was at Its lowest ebb, that the ' authentic constructive results were nphlpve k'.lt la imnesslbla te nnnrnlse the in V ftV . ' "'HUH r.''eeaclave nt this moment. The various com. t.lUces have scarcely grazed the BUrface of F.l. tha fnrmlilnhln nrnblema nhleh h.t ... t " summoned te attack. Tilts between lndi fJA Vlduals are quite- as inevitable as in Con Cen j.Vf frees, u body net precisely famed for its ) serenity, .mere ere inuicaiiens mat both frank A. Vnnderllp, a financial and eco IK authority who certainly cannot be I, of sentimental optimism, is an In- spectator of the sessions. He is I.) wise and modest enough te refrain predictions, but Ms hopes are1 net j. because instant remedy for the most i ills has net been found. II) Mr. Vanderllp's expressed opinion itlf the uenea conference accem- i autklic tanfiblet It already a dis- Neause et the great benefit ftM Russians and French are calming down pnnd; although Chancellor Wlrth threatens -SKtf 'depart, it is concelvuble that his indlgna Vftl I of the gesticulating variety. 'ltd eseerta from all the cenntrlea of Europe. This may be "modified rapture," but It is assuredly preferable te halt-baked skepti cism. . The flcnen conference) is entitled te the privilege of getting its breath. A similar procedure may be recommended te its Impor tunate critics, whose mania for sensations and debacles has become something of a bore. s i WILL BUNK 00 OUT OF STYLE IN PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS? i , r i Women, Unconvinced by Stump Speech ers, Display a Preference for Straight Thought and Straight Action mHEIlE was a time in Pennsylvania when ' any man with a white vest, a pocket full of cigars and a geed baritone voice could go forth in n political campaign and get almost any office within the gift of what he himself would call "the peepul." The vest was gen erally, accepted as ri badge et high morality and unimpeachable rectitude. The cigars, distributed freely te the first coiners, were presented as proof of a great and generous heart. The baritone voice was, however, the im portant thing. It was te be flung out in praise of the Stnr-Spangled Banner or the Grand Old Party or the everlasting hills or the stars that 'shine e'crhead or uny ether thing that might be equally beyond a ques tion of doubt and infinitely distant from the realities of a particular election. With it one sang the voters te sleep. It was a me dium for the practice of hypnotism by sound. It was for the perpetuation of un alloyed and unmitigated bunk. New, bunk of that sort was kicked out of business long age. It has maintained its last strongholds in politics and in a familiar sort of journal istic criticism allied te politics. It is bunk that takes the form of rhythmic chant. Whether jeu read it from the top down or from the bottom up it means nothing or worse. It Is meant te befuddle. Te talk or write se as te conceal thought or the lack of it rather than te express truth or conviction that was the trick of the pro fessional campaigner and the official or un official leaders of bis herd. And it Is a method upon which a great many conspic uous politicians depend te this day. It begins te appear that, with the en trance of women Inte politics, a better use will have te be made of the English lan guage by seekers after office. Logic, the Clnderelra of political virtues, may have te be rescued hurriedly from her ashes, given decent raiment and recognition and a place at the ball. That was made pretty clear at the dinner given en Wednesday evening by the Republican Women's Club. The realists of that occasion were the women speakers. It was women who an chored the discussion te major facts when the orators representing the masculine wing of the party threatened te drift off Inte seas of sentluientallty. Even Senater Pepper permitted his mind te wander new and then among old and picturesque abstractions. He was guilty mere than once of the tremolo note. And it was made plain once mere that women will net be easy te reckon with in any campaign for the simple reason that, being new at the game, their minds have net been weakened by long saturation in the deadly hokum that almost always was found te be geed medicine for voters In the past. Others besides Mr. Pepper turned as usual te the rhetorical embellishment of delusions. Invariably they were men. Mr. Plnchet was explicit and se was Mr. Reed. But they, like the leaders of the Republican Women, were newcomers and net represent ative of the anointed of the party hier archy In Pennsylvania. It was obvious that the women present were in no mood te love an Old Party until it learned te be really Grand and until it was cured of the de formities inflicted upon tt by successive gen erations of political apaches. It was the women speakers at the big dinner who were familiar with fncts and unafraid of them nnd determined te parade them nnd examine them In the open. Dreel they did net went. What, their manner seemed te say, has drool about the grand ness of n party get te de with the systematic plundering of a State by a crowd of un caught second -story men? The average politician knows little about feminine psychology. He has yet te lenyi that women ere far less sentimental than men in matters thut de net concern them directly. He doesn't knew that women's sense of humor, when they hnve one, is likely te be cool and mercilessly penetrating and touched with grim unkind ness. There is hardly a woman alive who cannot recognize a liar by the sound of his elce nnd see clearly through the elaborate dis guise of any hypocrite. Her subtle talent for discernment is hers alone. It is given te her by high heaven ns part of her neces sary equipment, as part of her indlspensnble armor In the world of Inequalities through which she must go. And se nt the dinner of the Republican Women the ladles tip plnuded politely hut were net Impressed by oratory of the 1S80 sort. They didn't wave their nrms or use the tremolo note or mis take shadowy rhetoric for the substance of living nnd present truth. Tlipy tnlked of realities. They were explicit, frank, know knew lug, relentlessly curious nnd Invariably blunt. All this may sound unorthodox, but It Is nevertheless true. The lenders of the women voters In Pennsjlvnnln seem actually mere practlcal-mlnded nnd better able te think in straight, Bhert, direct lines than the men who nt this moment are In the places of party authority. That Is a sign of premise. And it is nn assurance of very interesting days te cerae SHIP NOMENCLATURE BELATED recognition of the Importance of appropriate numes for American ves sels Is displayed in the decision of the Ship ping Beard te rechrlsten a number of Its finest pnsscngcr liners. Recent experiments in the field of mer chant fleet nomenclature have net been especially happy. The system of adopting Indian names applied seen after our en trance into the war led te some dcplernbla results. Manufactured absurdities, such ns Kcdmnc anil Liberty Gle, betrayed still further impoverishment of thought. Apparently without much reflection, re course weh had te State nicknames In chris tening the new passenger ships. Nutmeg State was avoided, but there was equivocal suggestion in Panhandle State, one of the first of the 522 liners placed in service, nnd n lack of dignity in such specimens as Hoesler State and Buckeye State, which nre new handsome nddltlens te the mer chant marine. And new nicknames are te be superseded by presidential ranking. Twenty-four of the beard's passenger nn' Srge ships are executives of the Republic. It has already been decided that Abraham Lincoln, Theodere Reoee Reeee velt, Woodrew Wilsen, G rover Cleveland Themas Jeffersen, Andrew Jacksen and Warren 0. Harding are te he represented. The Geerge Washington Is one et the for mer German liners new under the Amer ican flag. I The full list of names has net been, re vealed, but as there hnve, been twenty-eight American Presidents, It will be interesting te note these nnmes which hare net passed muster. Will there be a James Buchanan, en Andrew Jehnsen, a Rutherford B. Hayes, a Jehn Tyler? "I'LL CLEAN UP THE MESS" GIFFORD PINCHOT leaves no one In doubt about where he stands en the question of heusecleantng In Hafrisburg. The pungent telegram in which he has resigned ns Forestry Commissioner Indicates that he intends te de some plain talking about what has been allowed under' the present Governer. There arc' two'pelnts in the Indictment against the men who have been managing the affairs of the' State". One is that they have becn se Inefficient and extravagant that the State is living beyond its income. Mr. Plnchet believes this te be well founded. . The ether is that the money has been wastefully and wrongfully spent te advance the interests of political bosses nnd ma chines rather than te serve the Interests of the people of the Commonwealth. Mr. Plnchet believes that there is Justification for this charge. New what docs he propose te de about it? In n statement issued yesterday he an: neunces that if elected he will use nil the power of the Governer te secure n complete and searching legislative investigation into the way the State's money has been spent for the sole purpose of learning the truth. And then when the farts nre learned he will exert himself te "clean up the whole me"." If It Is te be cleaned up the .work will have te be dene under the direction of some one as frce as Mr. Plnchet is from connec tion with the men who' have been responsi ble for what has been going en. The guilty will net make any adequate investigation. They will net exert them selves te prove their own faults, but rather te cover up what crookedness and extrava gance there has been. What can be expected of Mr. Alter can be judged from his course as Attorney Gen eral. Mr. Alter knows very well that there is n law providing that the legal business of all the executive departments shall he done through his office and that no independent counsel mny be hired save under his direc tion. Yet when it was shown thnt Charles A. Snyder as Auditor General hired Lieuten ant Governer Beidlcman te de some legal business and paid him ?.")(I00 for it Mr. Alter made no pretest against this disre gard of the Intent of the law. His nttlttide seemed te be thnt ns "Char ley" Snyder was a geed fellow nnd as Bcldtemnn was also a geed fellow, they ought te be allowed te profit by their access te the State funds. It nlwnys had been done and it was the way the men in office get the money te pay for their campaign expenses nnd te enable them te live as was fitting te a man in high office. The men who picked Alter for the gov ernorship are the men who have winked at this sort of thing for jcars. They chose Alter because they believe he could be trusted te let things go along as usual and make no trouble for them or for their friends In the organization. Mr. Plnchet insists that things are rotten, in Harrlsburg and that he will de his utmost' "te clean up the whole mess." That Is exactly what the people want done. I Mr. Pinchot's strength lies In their con fidence that he will go into office free from the entanglements of an alliance with the forces that have caused the mess and will be able te de what needs te be done. SCHOOLS, COSMETICS AND GIRLS WITHOUT indersement of the use of paint, powder nnd lipsticks by school girls. It may he sihd that the decision of the Arkansas Judgete permit n girl te return te her clnsses, who was excluded because she used n lipstick, will be approved by most sensible pert-ens. The public schools are maintained for the benefit of the children of the people. These in charge of the schools may miike nny rea sonable rules necessity for the preservation of discipline. They, may also forbid the wearing of indecent costumes by cither the bejs or the girls. But te deprive u girl of her right te an education because she is se foolish ns te color her lips in cnrrylng the matter u little tee far. The place te regulate such practices by the girls is In the home. The school principals mny advise agnlnst them If they cheese, ns they may ndvihe against bobbed hair or short skirts, but It heems te he settled, in Arkansas at least, thut they may net exclude a girl for using cef-inctlcH. They were equally sensible in one of the Philadelphia suburbs where n girl who had been sent home from the high school because she nppearcd In knlckerbecken wns Inter allowed te go buck te her classes. The way te make girls want te wear knickerbockers Is te say thnt they mustn't. The bloomer creze came und went nnd the knickcrhecker craze Is likely te run the same course. HONORS FOR PENN STUDENTS POSSIBLY becaubP net nil of the modern buildings of Philadelphia nre distin guished for either structural fitness or beauty of design, domestic recognition of the architectural inspiration obtainable in this community Is by no means keen. As is se often the cas-e with affairs close at hand, accurate judgment Is of foreign origin. A survey of nichitectural educa tion in the United States made by Prof. Hebert Atkinson, of the Architectural As sociation Scheel of Architecture in Londen, contains n conspicuous tribute te the Uni versity of Pennsjlvnnln. The architectural school of this institution Is pronounced one of the best in the world. Prof. Aiken's estimate is emphatically confirmed in the results of the recent Beaux Arts (ompetltlen, In which two lirnt prizes out of three awarded went te Pcnti students. One of the winners is n Chinese euth. The proportion of out-of-town undergruduntes In the University's architectural depart ment lias long been high. , The ideals of taste engendered nre widely disscuilnnted. This In doubtless n stimulus for artistic progress In the rest of the world, hut the position of Philadelphia remains somewhat anomalous. It suggests the dif ficulty of obtaining fresh eggs nnd sweet milk In the country or palatable coffee en the cultivated hill slopes of Brazil. Bcrnuid Bnruch sug. Nene Se Deaf gests the establishment As These Who of 'a Federal agency te Won't Hear he kept censtuntly ut work und ready at u moment's notice te present a piegrani for united economic effort in ease of a national emergency. But It is net seriously ex pected that n Congress thnt refuties ade quately te man a reduced navy will hearken te uny such fur cry. Biids In their little nests would piob pieb nbly ngiee (If the matter were brought tin derHtandlngly. te their attention) that the observance of Arber and Bird Day te the public schools April 21 is a very geed thing, , At ONE WOMAN IT . - ."- -' ' J ; V ; f$?m W$m euth.rn Weman Conferee F-.niuyl- , v. S VW . . -' & ( "', ', ' ' v $&? :$& '' t ' iM vanla Invlrenment Caused H.r te' . '" VU , JVJwkw'1' ' " N 'XSr ' '" '' '' '' $ 'Mm Nearly Cry Her Eyes Out Our- : ' ''&&&' '$ ''"' ' irT '- f.n j' i ' i'v ' t t &M I ' . 'IB . J . . . f ' iViA ' . .. ai'i.h ' .iVii? 'j,. ' J-m By SARAH D. LOWRIH I REMEMBER a New Yerk woman once telling me that she had given up a very geed position In a New England college be-., cause sne ceuia net Keep ner spirits ,in ineir naturally buoyant state in the atmosphere of repressed cordiality that is, an absence of cordiality that .was regarded as the proper behavior for adults past their twenties en the college campus. If te a Middle State American the New Englander appears repressed and repressing, I have sometimes wondered hew a Middle State atmosphere strikes a Southerner. I nsked a New Orleans woman who bsd mar ried a Pennsylranian if she found her new environment strange' at first. She gave me an odd leek nnd shnnced her shoulders. All she said' was, "I nearly cried my eyes out the first year." Going down te New Orleans last month, I began te observe 'the difference a desen hours nfter I had left the Philadelphia sta tion; the difference in the warmth of men tal temperature It was cold enough out doors. What gave me the contrast were the early editions of the local Sunday papers of the towns through which we passed. , The Fifth District of North Carolina had held a meeting of theFedcratfen of Women's Clubs the previous day, and the following notice was the official report of the Hos pitality Cemmittee: v "Greetings et welcome Vcre extended te the delegates in original verses-by Mrs. Car Car ringten, and responded te in refreshing' song by Mrs. Elfert, the song being also original. The closing session ended by all uniting in 'Blest be the tie thnt binds,' The membership of club women in the Fifth District is 10,000." AS MY mind plays ever the countenances nnd personalities of the lights and luminaries of Pennsylvania's club women, from Mrs. BInnkenburg te the most temper mental new recruit. I cannot picture nny of them greeting the Federation delegates wtlh verse original or otherwise or breaking into song by way of response. As for "Blest be the tie that binds," I doubt it it is sung nny mere in many churches, but I cannot imagine Its being used as a women's valedictory, let us say In the Century or the Philemuslan or the Acorn Clubs. . Pondering these things and the "why" of the difference I continued my way te New Orleans, and en an afternoon when I was having ten with a very knowing young woman of that charming old place, I asked her what feeling held the women of the Seuth together, se that they could combine in federations and clubs. She looked puzzled, and I explained that by feeling I mennt did they meet nnd nd dress poetry te ene another from a sense of citizenship, or sex duty, or protection, or te pnss the time, or what? "Oh," she said, "I understand new! Yeu mean what de we all feel in common? I can tell you that in one word. W e all have a great deal of sentiment 1 e arc senti mental in common I" , SHE went'en te explain thnt te write for money wns still frowned upon ill many circles ns debasing te the art of composition. If one wns "taken by force" bb It were and printed, thnt one could net avoid. Much amateur poetry found its way Inte the newspnpers rather by assent than consent, nnd almost all public or seml-publlc occa sions were graced by original verses which were begged from the composer and reluc tantly yielded up te a supposedly clamorous local public. . ,. . ., ,. . She gave it as her belief that poetry, rather than prose, was the rule for these occasions because it was a freer medium of sentiment and could be declaimed with mere fervor and nt the same time mere delicacy of feeling. .- ., . She snld that she knew quantities of women who could be prevailed upon te poetize in nil seriousness for occasions, who would blush te acknowledge they had ever sent n manuscript te a publisher, let nlene nppreached n newspaper editor with a, journal stic ambition. In fact, she averred that writing for the, newspapers In New Orleans in the easy.' tatty style of the modem society reporter had been greatly frowned upon as n pursuit of young women of station until the war broke up traditions In a score et bewildering ways.. I WAS curious te knew what outlet toward nubliclty ether than poetry they had, and 1 d scevered Inter from the conversation nt dinner that it must be by theatrical per mit happened that of the ether guests et that dinner, one wns New Orleans' famous authoress, Grace King, and another was Mr. Tames Thompson, the editor of the New Or leans Item. I doubt if cither read the ether; the Tlmes-Plcayeyunc being undoubtedly Miss King's dally point of contact with the world eutsitie ner uircic, mm . """'i' son's points of contact certainly did net threw much illumlnntlen en the far past history of the town of his adoption. But from their conversation back and forth I gathered that amateur acting nnd the the atrical performances of the winter were nt least one point where the old and the new New Oilcans met with considerable cera- P They took their little thentre and the nmateur stock company thnt acted there for charity ami pleasure yery seriously. -It was plain thnt it wns both modernly fashionable and traditional te act. Indeed, the plnys given especially for children had about as much Importance In the town's season ns the children's concerts had here this winter. Thinking that since Miss King wns a Buccessful writer ns te remuneration its well ns fame I could get the angle of her fellow Southerners en women's writing for the nress from her with less prejudice than from any one else, 1 pre'jed the matter further when we had a quiet moment together after dinner, but it struck me that she was far from enthusiastic about writing ns n career, hnvlng rather slipped into it becnuse of the richness of her material for stories and biographies. She hnd never meant te write, never tried te apparently until she wnH urged ' i i... . miliiulipp. nnd seriously admonished te by Mr. Hamilton Mabie, who was a guest at the time In her father's house, SHE was n shy, somewhat sciieus girl, clever, fend of stories about people rather than of many People. Among her fnther's friends wns a brilliant mun of old New Orleans stock, primed te his finger ends with the tnles et the town as It had been under the French regime. Ills stories were nlwnys in French, nnd one reminded him of another, nnd always there were biographies before ene could get the atmosphere of the particular incident. The romance and his-ters- and humor of the talcs seeped Inte the mind ei uruwi j-w ..tu lmu nme completed drnmns. That was hew the first talcs enme te be written. She told me her sister nowadays plays the part of the orig inal delver; she has the historic sense, Miss King the drnmatlc nnd the managerial gentus te turn facts into recreations of scenes nnd characters thnt make the years turn Hack en their hinges und the dead past come te life. Certainly she has done for New Orlenns what no one has yet been able te de for this town, or for New lerk. She has made it a vivid placQ for strangers te go about in. AND yet G nice King herself is the further est from a gossip or n hail-fellow-well-met for strangers, let alone Northern strangers, that can be Imagined.. A frail, rather uloef, pretty, eldish woman, indif ferent nnd courteous, gentle, jet decidedly witty when she p.cases, prejudiced from choice, saving her sentiment for occasions, she shows her Southern point of view by her Intense power of localizing her enthusiasms. When she gees away from New Orleans, she gees te Europe. Even Washington does ....i intnrpHt her much. The Masen und Dixie II no may be Invisible te us ns we cress -j it going Heiltll. out it in nun rtui iu aucu u she typifies. Rattier than cress H te "come norm, sue gew i e. , I Yf WkWStlSSrKm, VVilsisSBBBBBBBBBP I ffJeKPKll jJaaaHlhW 1 II evflsVAWffiaufuil eSBBBBBBBBBBW jleaaaa'CSlMBE I .rtSBi T -SeSBakre SV Ti?PlSSSSSaaea SSSSSSSSSSaea I f B 1 ""'ltfT?VW f !Va j1 A I lBBaBBP4aeje I leT I W .mA 'I.ewP'rBBr 1.4. " '"eaaam. iah a Z- evrVsBBBT " wyAlb SeaaBBaweVlaafaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBeatf aaSBBBBBaiiSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBeaV JLZ2MffaJhVB0riVtrl. klZZ'Sft4&'lLW0&BLZ & sssssiaiHsT f sfeiTILWassBsssssWfTTsBTr "tf iTjZjMfljTO till tSiSsK3e k zj, ZJWfr&E sCwf WSK9 rVr.-:a-al iv IfflfeSW. &SS5SI vm nff" r"i "'K -ws lr- f 1 WLiaaMJ Zt&2&& S"JSi-"!",LBJT . ..a'-fn" " is-- r -o.-e NOW MY IDEA IS THIS I Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en. Subjects They , Knew Best DR. A. A. CAIRN? On the City Medical Inspection THERE arc cetnparatlvely few citizens et Philadelphia who have any idea of the elaborate system of medical inspection which is carried en by that bureau, which is ene of the divisions of the Department of Public Health, in the control of communicable dis eases, .says Dr. A. A. Cairns, chief medi cal inspector of the city since 1001. "There nre forty-live medical inspectors in the bureau," said Dr. Cairns, "and nil communicable diseases are reported te them after hnlng been reported te us by the phy sicians In charge of the cases, or in any one of a number of ways in which we find that such diseases exist. Wc receive many anonymous notifications of the existence of disease, and wc have nlse methods of lo cating such cases through the schools and In a number of ether ways. "We pay particular attention te the health of the children, nnd there is net only n physical examination of every child of school age. but also n sanitary survey of every building iiBed for school purposes be fore the beginning of each terra. Combating Communicable Disease "Under nn net et the Legislature we have the power te quarantine nny house where communicable disease exists and te place a placnrd upon It. tincn case is repum-u " special form, and wc notify the inspector of that district, who Immediately gees te the house, gets the history of the case with the greatest possible detail nnd accuracy, pla cards the dwelling, If necessary, nnd in ether wns carries out the rules and regulations of the department. The powers of the de partment Include the exclusion of certain persons from work nnd the keeping of all chlldrcu from school during the quarantine period. , , .. "If the case proves te be one for tne hospital, a medical inspector is cnlled te ex amine the case before the ambulance is sum moned te verify the dlngnesls of the attend ing phjslclan. This is dene in every case except these of laryngeal diphtheria, where quick action Is nlwnys necessary. We de net send cases of dlphtncrln which are compli cated with cither measles or with Bcarlet fever te the regular"dlphtherla wartjs of the hospitals. This is done te snfiguard the' hospitals themselves, ns uicbe cuiajiiicuuuuB nre exceedingly Infectious nnd suully result in a high mortality. The object is te avoid anv possible Infection of regular diphtheria patients Willi l0 uiiUBereun i-uuiyiiiuiiui, disease, , "The Bureau of Medical Inspection Is ene department which is open nil of the time. Seme one Is en duty here twenty-four hours of the day and 3W days of the year. "The city Is divided into forty-five dis tricts, with an inspector, who is n regular physician, for each district. The men are subject te call nt nny hour of the day or night, nnd each of them must report every thing back te us at certain hours. Thus the entire city is covered all of the time. "The work of the Bureau of Medical In spection Is. te a very large extent, along preventive lines. Fer exnmple, when ncase of diphtheria is reported te us and passed en Immediately te the district Inspector, he nt once gives a dose of antitoxin te the patient ns n curative, and then proceeds te immunize every ether member of the house hold ngeinst the disease. Cultures nre taken from the threat of every person in the house for purposes of examination, and treatment is given according te the conditions which they show. "The antitoxin in such cases is given be cause time is of Mic utmost importance in such cases. The attending f hyslclan mny net have the antitoxin, und this treatment lg at once given by the Inspector because he is en the scene nnd has it with him. Diph theria is the only disease which is treated in the homes; all ether cases go te tbeiiespital. Great Werk of Vaccination "A tremendous amount of .vaccination is done by our department. The State law de mands thut all children shull be vacclnntcd before being udmlttcd te any school, and much ei mm Mum iiue luucu iu un iu ier- "The history of Philadelphia with relation te vaccination and smallpox is a rather in teresting one. We began te vaccinate in 1004. Frem 1001 te 11)04 there were ap proximately 0000 cases of smallpox in the city. 1 became chief medical inspector en January 1, H'04, and Immediately began vaccinating.. During that year there were H7 cubes of smallpox, nnd In the last six mouths of It there were only 20 enscs iu n,,. whole city. t'ln the course of it single mouth them hnve been ns many as 2110,000 person n Philadelphia Uecinntcd by the department and s a result of this prompt nnd wutchful method smallpox has been virtually clluil. tinted as an epidemic disease. There have been n few scattered cases appear from time 3Lmsr -v - V- US" ,..!. I v""::;M" .d .. jr .m- ' WUi &T .Vf-( kX - Ji" .-T7j,OJi HrZ&FYt .fwr-- tjvh:,. rrr- w.mrw" nm " t ....... -mr v' - fi;wtw'z - l'rS t..art T .IB. . ltr-" -- -. tmmm- w EIIW- t'ffiZ' "' W - " - . ..-.irss"" ..SM " ISSJ- ." ' te time, but every one of them was either brought te the city by the patient or the dis ease appeared very seen after bis arrival here. At all events, every case was con tracted elsewhere. During my term as chief medical Inspector we have .vaccinated about l.noe.OOO persons, and we frequently vac cinate from 4000 te CO00 a day when con ditions demand it. The Shlck, Test. Used "Vaccination for typhoid fever is along exactly the same lines as vaccinating for smallpox, but the period is shorter and It is less frequently used. "Diphtheria is one of our worst enemies, but by means of the Shlck test wc are new able te de much and a great denl mere will he done in the future. Most persons bnvc sufficient antitoxin in their bleed te with stand an attack of diphtheria, and the Schick test is made te enable us te discrimi nate between these persons who ere in this healthful condition and these who nre termed 'susceptlbles' ; that is, who would develop the disease upon exposure te it. or these persons we use toxin-antitoxin and it renders immune these, who undergo the treatment. I made an examination of the boys in Girard College in 1018 and found about COO of them were susceptlbles. Each or these boys was treated with toxin-antitoxin nnd there Tas net been n case of diph theria among them since. It may net come In my time, but I firmly believe that this treatment will ultimately be required In nil schools, public and private, just as vaccina tion against smnllpex is new required. ncn this comes te pass diphtheria will be as thoroughly stamped out ns smallpox has "Before the use of antitoxin In diphtheria cases the mortality was about 60 per cent; since that time it has been cut te 8 per cent, nnd it seems impossible te get it nny !?w?r 'Th? PrlncPal reason for this Is that Immediate treatment is net always given ;..lf it were, the mortality would go much lower. We have never lest n case of diphtheria where it was possible for us te administer the antitoxin within twenty-four hours of the time when the disease broke out. But there are many cases where this cannot be done because of lateness In (re porting or iuuecurute diagnosis or for some ether reason, and in cases where three or four days or mere elnpse before the untl- lujuu uuuiinisiereu the case Is generally hopeless. The bureau furnishes free dlph theria antitoxin te any physician for the treatment of the worthy peer, or en the request of the nttcndlng physlclnn the in specter will administer the curative dose." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Whnt was the first name of Bebcsplerre . the French revolutionist? i"""j, "' i?MnVas l"0.0"1.0,'81 Portion of Pontius of Christ? th cruclnln 3" Wn?rt5tel tne, flc"nJ character of a ii?em Finch and in what novel? . r.' wh7nn.iwnat l" the Peet's Cerner? 5. What Is the new name selected for the Bieat steamship, fermeily the trans port Leviathan, and originally tm Vhkambu,LA,ne'lcan liner Vutcr and? S- X!?0. wns odPleAfricanus? "a"uf , 7. What Is a mesa? 8. Who Painted the well-known modern nlc- ture. "The Isle of Death"? ' 9. Of what country Is Lima the capital? 1 ' Omeanure'?B,i"0n,, maka a tun '" ' Ud Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The constitution of the United States no. whera asserts that all men are creni,l equal. Previous te the emanchXf nnd cltlsenshlp amendment" fasse,? nfter the Civil War, the Constitution actually recognized slavery in th" thi? clause of Artie e I, which hKi,.. . fellows; "nepresentntlves and 3lre-t . taxes shall be apportioned among Hm several States wh ch may h , i,,Ti , within the Union. ?,ccerdlnB ''"lufir respective numbers, which shall be d termlned by adding te the whole num" her of free persons, Including ifJ.m bound te service for' n term Sf yJkw ami excluding Indians net taxed, thrVc' fifths of all ether persons." ' lnre- 2. The maximum speed attained by alrnlnnn Is about three miles n minute 3. lieorge Chlcherln Is the head of the Ilus Blan Soviet delegation te the aS conference, uenen . A bivouac Is a temporary cncamiimenr without lents, especially In ffH nnd at night. ' " war time B, General U. S. Ornnt wns n native of Ohie C. Amen Is from n Hebrew word men,,ln certainly or se he It. '"caning 7. acorge Kllet (Mary Ann Hums) ii,,, neNcllst, was married te J, w V, "' "' 'yi'MUly!" ",U CC,,,ral m'eu"ta'n 9. Bucharest Is the cnpltnl of nuinanln 10, Sappho was n celebrated ancient areek jieetffs, from tlie Island of " VVJh Hanbe Is the titular character ,?f Alphense U.iudet's story of rnOIi.?f French life. Her real nuiSe wWJ -I ur ' .. x "v . V i. V r .' - SHORT CUTS Just the same we'll feel Inclined te re sent a Fatty pie comedy. All the little buds en the peach trees are whispering, 'Pray for us I" What the conferees nre seeking in Genea Is an economic gyroscope. Friends of Fisher realize that it some times takes high courage te be a quitter. Every once in n while wc forget that wct have a cenl strike en our hands; but we re all due te remember It by, and by. It C mlffhf rnilenl. n,went... .- 1.. I smallness of our navy If wc hnd an air fleet v-miiiuenaurntc witli our size and wealth. Recent -trials arnm f .lm... .. ai.. !;?n.!f.?.tlei, Ia,L,M .run "nsldcrnbly less risk v,l of punishment when they, de their 'own kill- H i - i yelith stresses, thut net one of the eminent thlngneVu. "tI,C flr8t bal1" pu" nn" n. y,ln?L Cel,,nn DeIc would have us be Here, is the pleasantcst thing we de. Mes of us would rather take his word for It thai Most than .WW. AVI iruui. Net even the supporters of the Ferd- fMnS"mb.Cr, Tarrf B1" will go te the h of claiming that it is cither scientific ney-M length or satisfactory. Though we can't bring ourselves te Kl'iT m"rdTes' we' haven't qui e them, ahnt may come later. Kane, Pa., wenthei nmni.n. . ... 18V,nfJ? Jve the coldest summer since fl ?.?! 5a !..0lldcr lt thnt guy knows we 11 ....- u i-uniBiriKB en our hands? w M!!i!!av?ini!wajrB J1' of the opinion ,," Mf '. ,Cr ?I,'bbarl wuM hnve had better hicklf she had gene te a legislative cup- The Mhite Heuse grounds will ba thSfW.h.Tn ."? V.8U,al thls, Enster te prove Btitutlen uard'be,lcd CM is n national in- t An American five-unit navy possessed of the services of fewer men thnn .Tnpan's , three-unit nnvy may be economical but it must needs be inefficient. Germany's efforts te pose as the friend of Russia at Genea is somewhat hampered by the ronicmbrance of the Russe-German Treaty framcd nfter Russia's collapse. Brooklyn man with nine children and a goat has been ordered by the court te get rid of the goat. Why this discrimination? dl, our' guess Is thnt the goat is no kid. War's poison gases are new being used te kill gophers, jack rabbits, -crews, black birds, bell weevils and rust in wheat and, sooner or later, we'll get nfter the pessimists. The Soviets, we lenrn from Genea, will recognize the debts of the old regime but cannot pny them. Will knew them but te ewe them. My position exactly, commented the Impecunious One, Candidate for the Legislature in Raleigh N. C, is campaigning by marching up mid down the streets and shouting through a megaphone. Unusual medium but probably the same old dope "Hokum I" or Blaaa!" ' A feurtecn-lnch garter snake short circuited high tension wires and put Ber wick, Bloomsburg and Danville, Pn., in darkness. Only n snake that comes out of a bottle can survive juice that has a kick te it. According te n Brooklyn physician the flapper will be fat and frightful at forty unless she quits using cosmetics. But the chances nre she will try te avoid the catas trophe by refusing te be forty till she's fifty. Representatives Copley and Ireland voted for the soldiers' bonus. They were among the crowd who feared the soldier vote. They have just been defeated at the pri maries In Illinois. "Gee!" cry the bonus Congressmen, "de jeu suppose we pulled u bencV" Secretnrv Hushes' letter Lacking the .Beloved Hokum te Representative Rogers setting 'forth' that a re- ilii,,Hf,n nt .mi navy force below the rntle fixed by the Washing ton Conference will Impair the prestige e the Natien nnd jeepardise Its security l"M Instinct with common sciisu thut there, is little likelihood that it will liuveuy en Cene-rasa. ,. en Congress. Hi j-m '! I WMl.UUtuKetlai of states- I te, hear tha names of C sssM;:!MCfe;f&W,,.3 & i , ' C-r . i , 5jF,V'i-J, v, , i .V lii-W ?:!?'
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