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"I1"1' t0 Pelnm out-Me of Phll-il-lnlil- !,i tri- i'n ted sinip, Oan.i'lii i.- rnlie.1 w(at im-. ?? .I"??'" -ree. "ity ISO! cents per month. "'5. "I! J0''" Pr ,,'ir. iavabl r .iilvnnea. vr" ,err'jn ee'intil-n w Hl rtnllar n month. NoTtce Butiscrtberi wlnhlnc nJ.lrem chanceJ it Bluat elve e.a ai nil m new address. BttU 300(1 TALM T KFVSTONE. MV! 1601 KeVrrss nil rammunlrnffna fe Evnilne PnlHe LtQtr. IndryetHtrne" Square, I'hllaiMr'ila. f Member of the Associated Press J.V1F associated mrss u exciHitvn-j -. V, " . 'P "" """ tr r'l"ltltCntim nf fill irn- aMielcif rrrdiicil te (I or nef elhrru'la- rrcilffnl n IAI rautr, aiil olio the local tmrs (iub'lsiJ Iflrrr In. XII rleM e rtiJuMrnlleH e s. rclal dt.;itca ercln are nlie re try erf. riiii.driphii, Mei.diT, pni i:, n:: OUR DRY NAVY IN ACTION I rpHE lirttt shot from mi An Unerk'ati naval rum --li 1 1 in tlift Innp leading ti New Yerk harbor. The MclmlaleH, a jut rl vi-s-cl nf the Mil) Mil) cIlner t.tjir. t'til tin- lirlnj. The shrll a a blank. Hut another sort nf aminuiiltien will stirel.v Ik. useil soieum- or later anil a rum-runner will he sunk or ihiiiinp'il, and then there will he trouble if a raj Imi'i found te restrict lndeale miiKi;liii" through niiii' sort of agreement with the uthnritlce at the teurees of the contraband whisky supply. Confessions Mieh as that just Issued by Merris Hertz, hoetlesger, from his cell in the Cninden jail, aren't needed te convince any one with ejes and ears that smugcllng hns been revived as a lleurlshing bu-iness vhii'h letiirns eneniiniis prelits te an nil venturer with mere nerve than conscience. And It i.s true that rum .shijis tljlng tereign flags de n thuinplii- biiMiie.s:. just he.vend the three-mile limit. The seas are 5MijiespI Ie be ft I'reji- erly. the American authorities will have te catch the smaller craft that ply between the rum -runners and the shore In t'ie area of rrhat might be i ailed drj waters. Here, then, rice.s a line new question wlildi may lend te International complications. We might ring up tienea about it. lint (ieuea wouldn't listen. It N far tee bu. even new. AN INDEX OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT THK torrent of aj'pluuse whi li swept through the Senate galleiy the ether dny when Mr. King, of I'tah. n fi-rred te the need nf American pnrt Jfipatlnn in a co- ' operative grouping of the nation- for peace cannot be dismissed ns a mete exhibition of florid iuirtlsanshii. Neither Mr. Mci'ermick. who wn at tempting te tencw his attack en the League of Nations, nor Mr. I'erah has yet charged that the benches were packed with grace- I less Ijemeerats. Mr. I'.erah, indeed, (euld net logically make such a contention, slurp he recently confessed that the League has ceased te be a partisan lsue. Fiiythermere. Senater King tactfully ie fralned from inflaming certain of the an cient fires of jielitieal argument. "1 am Kure,'' he said, "that the eer helming majority of the Aiiieri'-nn people are in favor of an association of nations." M.nk that significant word "as(l latlen." lly its use Mr. King extricutcd himself from the incendiarism of p.irtlsnuship in favor of conflict with general principles. The pliiiullls weie presumabl; genuine. If "lengtie" still remains a disturbing label, there can be little pie-tieii that aver-ion te the bread Idea of world lo-eperatlon Is fact shrinking. It was Mr. King's jirlvt lege te stress a chord of popular -eiitimeiit which bus giewu deeper and richer with each steii in the process of world recon struction. The captions are iiniini nttnnt It N tl.e fundumentel jiriudtile that cennl". HYPER-SENGITIVENESS NATIONAL sensualities are unjiredn ta ble. Vesslbly this Js beenilse the re linemenls of teeling are attributable te hollow gewrnmentnl formalities and the Imitative chatter nf tieerniueni-insilred newapapers, especlall III Ltirepe Spain Is a case in point. She is a par ticipant at (ienen, but this recognition is rcgnrded as Insufficient. Nene of the Spnnlsh-speaking republics nf America was Invited te the iiuifeicii) e. This is regarded In the touchy Mether Ceuntrv lis an nQreni und nn implliatieii that tln declimiiien nf thl 1'nited States auiematb iill. rules tint nil ether nations of the Western Hem isphere. The xlew s expressed that I he I'liiiei HtnteH is net entitled te speak for the I.ntln Amerlenn (!eveniments. Then- is. nf mirsc. no evidence that nti such a-csiiiuptien nf hegemony, te use the iliii'eiu.itists' f.ieriie term, has been made. Latin Amein.i has been excluded becuu.e lis preblenn did net seem te be Intimately Involved In the per plexing enigmas which the lieima m'.-Ihii-hate been called te suhe. Ky nil minds save the.e ,,f ulira-pmfes slenal biireauiTats this state uf allalrs i iUhi be deemed iarticiilarl hnppi lint t In- 11 j lematic mentality Is xcentien.-il. Hees Latin America, us alTei tlenateU n pieciitcd In this Instance b Mether Sp.iln, long ler wee mid tribulat.nnv Acute sulTeiliig by the aflermnih nf war Will give any ' alien tint desiris it a s'anil tng at (ienen. Is it really ibis denbil'iil dis dis tlnctleu that is hi iiissi(initi. s(iiS,t'. r-'LIES AND SPRING POETS 1$ A?JLLIAM ,!1'AKi:. '" "''lit would seem .V'sey YV te have been an excess of tcnderiics-. ng HyinpimieUenilJ nt Hie mi i,, heii,,.. lly. I.eter inets have net fnl'ewed Ins ex ample. J til 1 In ii vva.v their icserve lias ireved almost as baleful us the inurse of out-and-out euleRj . Spring verses In particular are delnatelv pruned. Kind words for tree and plant, bird and (Inner and even beast nie abun dant. Lulled by the l.vrlcMh, ,,,,,. IUK,t Imuglue that nature in her great nvv jkciiing Were wholly bcnehVeiit. Slie isn't , I)r. Furbiish li. mnlld prose cnntnhuies 'the note of realism. The Director of Public .Health in this cemuiuult.v Is net In the least concerned with the housed 's "right te live." Its plan- In the sun has, in his . i -.. i n.i i r rssie. VTVW, urun rt'iiirariiMiny iihiii'iieu, iwi, A usual, the spring ollenslve against one "t'tv"1 iVt "lu ulevi,"l,st nianlfestatlens of natuie faWS1 been hiiincheil this ear wlili a few I'i'SSjllliipli Instructions which, If scrupuleiiHly fiWmMtveu, WOlllll seen lid Hie city nf ll ble nuisnnce, l lie Health Depait lirces net merely lly-swattine. efien Urrltatlii and exhausting perferiuam-u, (H ririiuiimueii ui inc pesi. at the (("efWftlwe,. An attack en HsMMMlsvjiHSiSi'sSM IlBirasTWHK-ffJ'M''1'' Wvaa-JVi- ! V . Vf'v- n. iwv- f jcj recemmendeil. This means thnt stables, tbe breeding places of DO per cent of these In sanitary Insect, should be cleansed und sprinkled with slnck lime. Proper screen li'g and the tight closing of garbage pnlls Is the Imperative household duty. Tiles in modern communities tire anach ronisms. The vanishing of the horse has rendered their existence Increasingly pre carious. Hut deliberate and conncleiis cam inilgnlng Is still essential. There Is no reason why Philadelphia should net he ns free from llles as tropical Havana. When this deeply desirable sani tary reform hns been effected spring poets will no longer have te censer their own copy. THE QUESTION THE VOTERS MUST ANSWER AT THE POLLS Shall Pennsylvania Be Governed by Bess-Ridden Alter or Enfranchised by Plnchet, Unafraid? lt (iKOKOK NOX MfCAIN THK principal occupation of Ucptibllcnii machine leaders and their train -hearers -whnt is left of them from new until May 1(1. the dny of the primary elections, will be thnt of beating tem-toms, throwing dust in the nlr and cutting pigeon-wings te distract the jiubllc. It Is important that voters be net deceived by these shedd.v and antiquated practices. It Is a political axiom thnt n machine politician never learns n new trick and neer forgets an old one. Hepubllcans. and particularly the re ecntlj enfranchised women, should net per mit themselves te be hoodwinked and taken Inte the cnmji of a discredited organization by such tinith-enten methods. It is already foreshadowed that the prin cipal cry of these hullabaloo statesmen, the piece de resistance nf their campaign wails, will be uttered with tragic fervor mid plain tive appeal. Its burden Is te be that by voting for any ether candidate than Mr. Alter, who win hand-picked by the remnant of n demoral ized organization, the voter will de Irrep arable dnmnge te the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. Seb stuff, both saline and saccharine, combining black prejiheey with frantic de mand for "jiarrj lejalty," may be antb 1'iited fiem new en. "Must the (J-r-r-and Old Party of Liu- eln. Uraiit. McKlnley mid Roosevelt In Pennsj h.inl'i be slaughtered in the house of Its friends''" "Are j en willing te hand the ga-'.o-rieiis old Ke. stone stare ever, body and soul, te the McSpnrrans, the MeAuiys and the Dem ocratic Partj Ibis year?" Thus will mean and ewi the (ireek chorus of th" Vares, Leslies, Lyres, Ma gees, Rakers, lieldiemans. ' Kcphui'ls and Snjders. It Is all the veriest ret It Is as false as .Indus. If anybody bauds th" Republican Party ever Ie l he Democratic Philistines tills fall it will be the Contractor Combine, And its members aie mighty well aware of the fact. tee. Anether sinister hut equally false warn ing will be that by refusing te support Mr. Alter, the machine's man for (ioverner. Republican voters will be aiding the Demo crats ie reduce the pnrtj "s representation in Congress. It Is another v.imib of the attenuated dust that the Whirling Dervishes of the Discredited will lllug high in air. Republicans who have become disgusted with the graft, the illfering, the mal mal administrateon, the broken campaign prom prem ises. ili(. brazen false pretense, the brutal disregard of common honesty in certain offices tit the Capitel are nor aiding In the defeat of their Congressmen when they vote In nominate a gubernatorial candidate who is clean, fearless and unbessed. A loiigre-slenal seal in Washington i- one thing; the gubernatorial chair in Harrishurg is another. The) hae no connection bejend that the names of the iiiidldates for ea h office np pcar en the same ballet. The average woman U.r. ardently Re publican In principle ei feniful of her own judgment. Is the individual most Ilkelj in be deielved by the inm-lenis. the iist and the ball bee of these Judith n! "Shifters." I'.ut there Is no reaen for apjirehensien. Reth candidates are Republicans at least In name. The eter, theicfnrc. sacrifices neither jinrt.v allegiance nm- Republican luinciples, inierdlng te nindetn political standards, hv suppnrliii;. either one nf them. All deuht, queries mid apprehensions en tins si ere mav be !! s aside m once as Imagin.ir.v dangers; mirages en the horizon of tile present i iimjimgn. The great and only question is. Which of the landldales s iiin.t deserving of n nteV The answer mid from tills there Is no esen'i-- lllllst be given frnlu one nf two points : Shall peniisv h.inia lie governed by boss ridden Alter or enfinnehised bv Plnchet unafraid V Which shall H beV REAL AID FOR THE PORT W1!.! III'.TIILK the iideiiiiale appropriation" r in.pi nv ,ic iln two liver sipid bv the Heuse of ReJU'esf ntal IV'es w hen Middle Western ii.i tubers were net look ing Is n suhji ct Inte vvhlih It would lie llllpel.lii te lliquiie Sulliie It te rejeli e thai nu imperative need lias at last been rei eguizeil. The sum voted for ib e enmg the Delaware and Sdni 11:111 will ,-e fat toward leinpb'ilug leiig-disi ussi d i.nd leng-ib'lii.ved benefits le iiiiv igaiien and leiumeiie Tliere is 1 1 1 1 innlideiii hope of deep ening the Delaware . hnnnel te jiermlt of transportation fncili'ie- liv 'urge ocean going vessels. The jhii I of Plilhnk'lplila I fully i 1 1 ci In ui h i oiisiderntleii. Reali.iig Ibis ueiessit.v, .lesiqili I". Iliiss kali, u recegniiil t-i'it lierit nil the situation in this pert, bus inlltd ujien Direiier of the Rmlgel D.iv.e-., Senater j'eqier and Rejite. seniativis from peuus.v Ivaiiia te enlist their aid in safcuiiiiiiling the original lleue np np np pioprhitien in ihe Senate. In nllRilruess and In jusilie te I'biladelphia (lie sum slieuhl net he i ui. Wasteful exiiiivagiince has i liurm lerled iminy a Rivets and Haibers Rill of the pasl. The aspersion does net nppl te tjie allotment lei Phibideljihia mid Ihe canal between the two ba v s 111 Its lemineriial men. COSMOPOLIS mill; ili-uaie liiiween ,evv n erh anil l.en- L den en I In- Niibjei t of metropolitan pie- einineme is piehahl interminable, n. gellieils HIitii-lidllllH lire quite capable of satlsf.vlug tleir respective constituent,, and lite map inn! i me cquiill.i obliging, Rut as cortuiiipeils .New Yerk has authen tically iiuttllrtunccd Hh rival and every ether, great city lD.hlbteryv An exhaustive ??yteiK'3KOTfriB!TOSSffi v?&xmKt&yWV . Tv- jvirec-s trrrvfi,'w'"rTV4TT;i r .tofrtf .tefrtf jcjrixjxvti runuixj JUMUxjjrrJM3rrxxi.xjxji!jJuxrja.xx 1020, as they apply te the largest urban community en the Continent, reveals some extraordinary facts. There arc, for example, mere Italians In New Yerk-than in nny city in Italy. The total Is 8(l2.8l).'t, which exceeds the figure for Naples by mere than 100,000. As n Russian metropolis New Yerk Is surpassed by Petrograd and Moscow, but given n few mere years of immigration nnd thnt superiority will he lest, since the Rus sians within the limits of (ircater New Yerk new number mere than 004,000. Ne city In Ireland, neither Uelfast nor Dublin, Is ns populous ns the Hibernian enclave in (inthani, in which mere than (KIT.OOO Inhabitants have been counted. The (iermans and Atistre-Htingnrlans amount te mere than 1.000,000. Compared with thpsp huge totals, the In crease of native whites of native parentage Is strikingly small LMII.Sltl in the decade bdtween 1010 and 1020. The gain is tee Insignificant te deprive New Yerk of Its priori! as the foremost foreign city of the Nntlen. Of ITTe doctrine of Isolation, there Is net a jrent deal left when these significant facts are considered. HARDING IS THE LEADER pRKSIDKNT HARDINC, made It easy for the timid Congressmen nfrnld of the little navy ote of the Middle West te etc for nn adequate sea force. These Congressmen, along with the men who really believe that it Is n waste of money te maintain a navy, had been urging that there he only 07.000 enlisted men In the interest of economy. The timid men were afraid thnt if I hey voted for a larger navy they would he attacked at home. Rut the President wrote te Representative Longworth that it would be n mistake at the prcseni Um,. ,,, rr,uce the navy below the limit agreed upon at the Washington Conference. lie admitted thnt It was up te Cengres (e net, nnd he expressed the hejie thnt the lime might come when the enlisted force could be reduced below the SO, 000 limit set by the experts of the Navy Department ns Ihe lowest consistent with safety. After the letter was read In the Heue mi Saturday the 80,000 navy was voted for by .1 large majority. If nnj man who sup ported tile hill Is challenged, he cm new soy that he followed the lend of the President, who is supposed te knew mere about the international situation than an Congress man, and he can also say that lie agrees Willi the President en the wisdom of the pelie.v of disarming gtndiinllv rather than precipitately and disarming bv international agreement rather than without consideration of what the ether nations are doing. Wliile the President's letter was con ciliator, tjiere was net a member of the Heuse who was uiiawuie of the prevailing iinpiessien that the little navy lull would be vetoed if it were pnsscd. Se they knew that back of the conciliatory words was a definite nnd consistent juirpese te carry out the liellcy agreed upon when the delegates of foreign nations gathered In Washington te tnlk nbeut disarmament. The 1'nited Slates took the lead and laid down the ratio of armament for the three nations interested In Pacific problems. That .ratio was the lowest consistent with the preservation of pence in the Pacific. The President's assertion of his leadership H none the less effective because it was made tuctfull. It is reassuring te these who tire looking with some trepidation en the attitude of Congress toward ether nint ters before it. Rut events are jireving that the President hns a better understanding than Cengrcs of what the jieeple want. The recent defeat for tcnniuinntlnn of two Illinois Congressmen who voted for the Renus Rill which the President and Secre tary Mellen condemned is ilkelj te innke Congress think twice before It again re jects advice from the Incentive Department. THE VAGROM CONDOR THAT sier.v about a mnder sweeping down en a peasant's bnbv in the Swiss Alps and earning it off. only in killed b.v the father who went In pursuit, reads like the kind of stories that the Imaginative re- 1 ertrr of Wlnsted. Conn., used le send out te the delight of the sophist,, ated. The condor. In the first pi n-e, is a Seuth Amcrii.iii bird. The probability that one should lie found in Switzerland i- se remote tluit proof of It Is needed before It can be believed. Ill the second place, the condor of the Swiss story had a spread of wing of seventeen feet and five Indies, ''. hooks say that the expnuse of wing of the bird vniies fiem djjhl fct and six I. n lies te ten feet nnd six Inches, and thai il is improbable that any specimens exist with a spread greater than twelve fiet. Vet li is net Impossible that a condor should be In the Alps. The bird can live for da.vs without feed. It can sour in Ihe nil for hours without Happing n wing'. It is jiesslhle that a bin! lauv'hi in mi upper nlr iiirrent was nrilcd aciess the ocean and ns far Inland as the high peaks of Switzer Iriiil. If se, it will net lie the first time thiil the great Seuth Anieiicnii vulture bus been seen III the l lid World. Such a bird Is said te have been found in Persia jenrs age. Mansfield Trne.v Walworth licind of It and made the bird one nf the diameters in "Delnplnine," a s;,,rv of adventuie, which will be leniembered bv men fifty .venrs old. AVIien he was dunged with writing im probabilities he leteiieil with the testimony of liritish lensulnr agents in Persia who had reported the prcscm e of the bird. Ne one knew hew It get In that pnrt efi Asia, but the evldcluc llint II was there seemed te be jiretty geed. Cieetge Howe sa.vs the Re-isiiirihle beauty of architecture AWhileifiire In France Is Its har meny with siirieund- e showed a recent mullein e hew vva- I rented in some vva.v te bare iippenrm "The beauty in.!- ; and I every spai i uve.d that of llivhllci inie." Il-lseliahb'liess tuienil explains .vnril manure pib deer. he snid, is in its functional Wlin h, we piesunie, suf- 1'ie presence nf the burn at the farmhouse kitchen In Leng llrniii'h. V. .1 , Little. a thnught'es wasp v- Itlll, (Hi, M ! leied a llivver in which tlieie were nlrciid.v I we women, I In hihlien and Ivve dogs. While n doctor treated one wasp sling, Ivve sjiralnis nnd a de.eu liiceialieiiH, a farmer dlsetitau. gled Ihe flivver f I a telephone p,,,.. i'M, fate of (l,e wasp l. mil known, but, living or dead, lie ler siiei limy he cnnsiciei! Ihe victim, us well lis the cause, of overcloud evercloud overcleud ing. Let us new persuade niir-elves, gentle reader.. (Inn there is one bow of due (illul nf Sunshine pieumc in I lie leruiiey. McCiinibrr tariff hill. It shows its gcutln CUUIgCll'C ill HUM i-emt- llllllll OlillVt-S Tin Iff Commission the real inle fixer wl certain limitations.. With a Tariff C eltlllgelice ill Hull leillllie vviiicli liillKes the Ithill ein- mission i euipns'eil el experts Mini the llinllu- liens shifted somewhat We may iveiiiunlly arrive somewhere worth while. Speaking of cacti, remarked Demos Demes theniM Mcdlnuis. (he trouble with the President Ih that he, hns beH burbnnked and lanen'it (MM Disposition. - mift."frirrrt - '' - mift."frirrrt - '' "A:-i-ra-ti"r A'WTkM I AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT tm- null in Japanese Mevie Acter Dltceurtet of Hypnotism, Eternity Suicide, War and the Symbolism 1 of His Art Ily SARAH I). LOWRIK I WAS lmtenlng te the philosophy of a great .Tapunese actor, who Is In this country just new playing for the movies. He is Sessuc Haynkuwu. and npnrt from his acting is by profession n naval expert mid an officer in the Japanese Navy. The conversation started, It seems te me. with the difference between the Knstcrn and the Western conception of acting. He plays lu the very dramatic version, In which he is jirlncljial with scarcely a motion of the face or body that can he analyzed by the naked eye. and jet he makes his effects. He claims thnt the cumcrn notes nnd posses en mere subtle and less perceptible movements of muscles than the unnslsted eye, but that what he feels and Intends an audience te feel is net conveyed by the usual hackneyed signs and symbols (e which the eye had grown used te In the movies, but by the changes in expression that are tee evanescent te be described or even consciously noted, and (hat are felt b.v both actor and audi ence. One of the group murmured some thing nbeut hypnotism nnd the Americans present were made te feel thnt a Western er's idea of hypnotism was infant's prattle. Hypnotism, of course, but of a sublimated quality only understood and practiced lu the Rnst.. HAYAKAWA Illustrated the Lnstern type by what we Rlble Christians arc weut te wonder at as the miracle of the Kail of the Walls of Jericho In the early history of the Isrnelltes, when they de stroyed the foundations of nn enemy city by walking round It for ihrce days te the sound of trumpets. The Kastern actor In sisted that three well-known well known te (he Orient that I' processes were Invoked ler that exploit. The marching army fasted, thus concentrating all their spiritual force en one Idea ; (hey used music, probably cer tain few prolonged and insistent notes, and they marched lu rh.vthm, thus making a specific and dynamic assault en the stability of thu balanced walls and buttresses and towers. He contended that they could net have endured the rhythm themselves, or the prolonged reiteration of the music unless they hud been fortified spiritually by their fast and their religious concentration. He. gave as nn example in modern times a fact that lie vouched for as happening at the lime of the Russe-Jaj-anese War during n nnvnl battle. All the assembled lleet of the Japanese were given simultaneous orders te cencentrutc the minds. of officers and of men for a certain purpose, with the icsult flint the Russians were made te see a lleet thn( did net exist mid waste their fire mid maneuvers in destroying a shli that had never sailed en any s,.a. t The American jmrt of the group leek this slnry polite but with an inward reserva tion which lla.'fikawn was very quick te recognize. He remarked that le expect spiritual con centration of common suliers by (ievernmeiit orders would be unbelievable te us because we hud no training lending up te such an end. He looked about him for a simile and niipnreiilly found It in his sword, which, he explained, had been made by n man who. as a matter of course, fasted and dwelt alone and ninde religious offerings at the tombs of Ills ancestors before he began his task. The weapon wns ceiisccintcd from Its first crude beginnings as the saver of life und the destroyer of evil and (he defense of (he empire; for a stranger te even breathe en it was te offer its owner an insult. IT SKRMKD te be the contention of the Jnpnnese that we Americans prepared ourselves for the nffairs nf life mentally and even physically, but net in a specific wily by what he would cjill concentration of the spirit en the object te be attained, nnd net certainly by a period of disentanglement mid fixed meditation en the act te he per formed. It was a curious Indictment from a Japa nese, te whose country we are constantly sending missionaries in order te fesler (he things nf the spirit nnd a belief In the unseen mid eternal rather than the material and temporal, which we lire led te understand is nt the root of the Jajianese skepticism. We are told that the Japanese commit hara-kiri and indulge In suicide nlmet ns a thing of ceur-e because of their ma terialism. This Japanese actor Insisted, te the contrary, thnt no Japanese wss afraid of death, because he lega riled it as a mere bridge te an eternity from which he had come and te which he could go as easily us une leaves one shnie te stand en another without se much as a tliitter of his gar ments. Again it was quite plain that he hud net carried conviction te his American com panions in the discussion. Te them suicide was shirking life, the only hisnes.s en luinil. mid as such was a dangerous and indeed fatal blundir. And seeing Ibis lltiynkawti blandly leturned te his first theme, the movies. He had felt, he said, no hesita tion in exchanging the theatre for the movie because te ills inliid there was a much gn liter scope in nctlen without weuls, nnd he believed that the movie of the future would go mere and mere into symbolizing thoughts by action which would lenve words far behind as useless, ITHOrHlIT most of the Ameiicans ngreed with him tliere, line inuii who has winked much with ("lifhth ami has lately left him. I lather thought with n view te 1'edlng Ills way toward a mere artistic K.vin K.vin bellsm than 1 lint very famous producer hns et sought te attain by his spectacular ap peals te a rather crude type of Imagination that chap announced It ns his belief that the sooner the movie business get out of the lands of the theatrical geniuses and Inte the control of painters and sculptors. tln sooner the whole subtlety of vailed expres. sleu nnd value of attitude and the iutiiiltesi mill pln of muscles nnd nerves would he iindei steed and made use of. After a long apprenticeship In watching actors, lie sniil lie was ciinviii i mat iney did net understand a tenth of the art of liuinnn expression that a sculptor did. In order te get their effects they used their fines, above all their mouths and the mus cles about the e.ves, and they constantly walked about a room lu order In emphasize si Ilea that a single gestuie cimh ceu- vc.v ami in real life did convey. 'Tin' discussed for a little ihe leasen why nil dramatic movies of the commoner spec tin uliir sort have te have a "ride te the icsciie" and genernll.v a deer which the villain lucks and from which lie strides toward the frightened and helpless heroine. Tfii v said these ivve well-known situations were the s.viube's of leseue anil of altiiik, and lis such recognized b.v all audience. A s.vinbel that is net iimlei steed by every audience is wasted effort, the idea being that in sjnte of the advertisements movies nre net educational hut presuppose a minimum of education. The mje. I was mid, Is that of a nine- ear-old child of our public schools. This is net iron ', It is geed busi ness fur the jirniliiiei, because in the com-iichen-len of action as tiaiislaiing ideas of a literal' or dramatic sort (lie ordluar erdluar Ami'iiciui audience has get for the most part lust where a nine- ear-old chi'd has get, iiud no fuither. He iindei stands a few s.vniliels III,,. tlu lide te rescue mid Ihe locked deer nnd snide toward n victim, mid lhe-e an; uei with variations ever mid ever again. iTtrllAT the Japanese cnuiendeil mid what VV he Is proving n.v ins nciing jH that the gestures and the s.vmbels of the present -day Aliieticuii iieier me nei nie only way m K,,t an bleu ever te nn audience, and that they can be made te feel ver.v swiftly changing Ideas through the medium nf hypnotic con cen con ccutnillen by ihe tutor conveyed by almost Intangible changes of expression en the actor's part nijd b.v a mechanical use of light and shade dial already bus been raised te great technical perfection, In fact, he believes thut the ircsent-day movie will be superseded by a future movie that Will make our present pastime palaces stwsuas i-ntl-' quiutll Nn uuirci urgiinn, . BJBJkr.yrf ( , &&xdv 'u J 0 .-J""" ------ NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best DR. PERCY A. TINDALL On the Care of the Eyes ONK of the most Important things for pnrents te de Is te have the e.ves of their children examined early In life, says Dr. Percy A. Tlndall, one of Philadelphia s. lending eye specialists. "This earlv examination of children's eves." said Dr. Tlndall. "Is of great Im portance In mere ways than one, but chletly because en error thut may be found te he present can thus he corrected before any serious harm te the vision is done. "The data which we obtain from the ex amination of the e.ves of school children nre amazing. There are mere abnormal e.ves than nermnl ones In children, but In many cases the abnormalities are tee small te need Immediate correction by the use of glasses. Where Neglect Costs "A costly case of neglect of this roily examination came under my personal ob servation net ver.v long age. There was a fireman working for one of the big railroad companies who had the tippertunUy of being promoted te be an engineer. Apparently It bad net been necessary for him te undergo a severe eye test for the fireman's work, but when he became n candidate for the position of engineer of course lie had le dike the rigid eye tests le which all railroads sub ject these candidates, "He was unable te pass the examination und was told te consult an oculist, as one eve was bad. I made a careful examination 111111 found a big en or which, of his age, it was imjiessible le ceriect le the point where he would have been able te pass the railroad tests. Hed his eyes been examined in his vimth there would have been no trouble, ns it wits u matter easy te correct In its early stages. "Here was e man who, given geed sight In both eves, was entirely capable of tilling n nere remunerative position, but was for ever excluded from II because of (he neglect nf Ills parents or guardians In net having this most liupertiiut of examinations iniide In his y until. Kvery parent whose child will Icive te make its living b.v any occupation demanding first -class sight lu each eye Is doing both the clillil aim niiusiui an injustice by net having such examinations made. Chief Krrer of Vision "The chief error of refraction which we find 'in persons is farsightedness, or li.v peruplu. Nearsightedness is the most in frequent and the most dangerous, lu chil dren one of the most louiinen diseases nf the eye Is what Is known us iihl)cteiiular ephthalmia! and It Is often indicative of a tubercular tendency. It is n nutritional dis ease and Is usually rather easily lerrected under guidance. It i.s evidenced by small liiceis en and mound the cornea of ihe e.ve. These little ulcers are recurrent mid per sistent and will ultimately impair the sight if ihe structure lie deep enough. "Acute catarrhal conjunctivitis, or, us it Is i oiiilueul.V culled, 'jiluk eve. is another disease of the e.ve which iisuall takes ed demlc form. If is highly lontngleus from person te person during I lie period when ihe nfiected e.ves nie discharging. II Is a genu disease and Is net dangerous te the Ku unless neglected. "The human eye Is as thoreughl juo jue tected as iintine can de and it has thiee iiieteetive forms the e.vellds. the ejelnslies nnd tears, the last being one of ihe most iielent In keeping the ecs demised by wash ing out foreign mutter. The Dangerous Reller Tewel " would stiengly worn everv iersen egalnsl the use of the common i eiler levvel, wiilch Is one of the most daiigeieus agencies known lu (be transmission of e.ve imubhs The idea of using a towel which ether per. sons have used Is lepiigiimit in Itself and il is bad enough where the hands are con cerned, but W positively dangerous te a delicate nnd sensitive organ like tl ic, "Perhaps as much eye double has been caused b.v the use nf ihe roller towel as hv anv ether one agency. Infection from i diseased ee mil eusll.v lm irnmiiulited In iim iimi) te a score or mere of iici-mum u-i,,.... eyes nre In healthful condition, und It u made the werse by the fnetthut the towel Is many ruuireu nvmea me eyes vigorous!?, STILL RAVING J.-"''vr .j -- .u-"" ,, w"' .,C-' .- - .I-' ..r.' J"! " - .- and the Infection therefore net only is placed upon the eyes or In dangerous prox imity (e them, but actually rubbed in. In such cases infection is practically certain le fellow. "Any germ disease may he transmitted by the roller towel, and (here have been actually thousands of cuses of Infection of the most loathsome diseases by this means. The roller levvel should be prohibited by law If the common sense of the people is net suffi cient te make them step using this active means of Infection. "Pracilcally every physician new uses a wash for the eyes of nevvlv horn children, but pin eats should insist in every ease that this be dune. The National Committee for the Prevention of Rllndness savs (hirt lis statistics show that about L'O per cent of the cases new In blind asylums might hove been prevented by this means. The custom, new hapjill almost universal, of washing the e.ves of the babies Willi this special solution immediately afier birth has reduced the per centage of blindness te a large extent. Diseases of Childhood ".Met of the common diseases of child hood, such ns mumps, chicken jiex, diph theria, etc., produce conditions which in volve the c.vea te n certain extent, but In nearly every case these are readily curable when taken in the early stages, ns everything relating te the e.ve should he taken. "The e.ves should he examined every two or three years us u mntter of snfel.v. Il may net be necessary te make any changes in the glasses If the person Is wearing them, but If is important te make any needed changes lu all things regarding the eyes al the time when such changes are seen' le he advisable, Then, again, an examination ,,f the e.ves often lesiilts In the discovery of matters Important te the general health of the jicrseu. "The habit of leading en a train r in the sheet uirs is a bad one. It is Impossible le keep whatever is being lead perfectly still and hence the ejillc nerve i.s kept In con stant motion lu the effort le ndiiist itself in a perpetually changing fecal point. ThiH ) exhausting te the e.ves mid therefore net te be reieinmeiided. The Matter of Light "The matter of the right amount f js,t when using ihe e.ves also Is Important. Tin. light should net he loe hiilliiiut. as tills will icsuli in letlnnl exhaustion. Te a certain exleni the e.v es themselves will imtifv 'their owner when the light M either loe sti'i-ng nr loe weak b.v showing signs of hecemln," tired or of strain. In writing, the light should come ever Ihe Jeft shoulder of a rlghl-hiiniled pei son ami nver the light shoulder of one who is left-handed. "Again I want te emphasize th,. imp,,,.. an f paicuts having the e.ves of iheir ihihlieii examined in an call age. Many persons who have t cached Ihe age of Ivveniv . live or ihlri.v venrs nnd have never hud their e.ves examined feme te ever t us( tni, ienise of his practice. If ihe.v aie lequlreil le have peifectl.v normal slht lu both eves te retain their positions nr t,, ,,. (,,, ',,,. miineiallve ones, nut n of iheni find them selves in the same iiosliieu as tin- railroad nut ti of whom I spoke. A i mill s e.ves should alwa.vs ex ainiueii vviin iiemntmpiiif, nr as it is ruill ciilleil. i lops.' These diniis' i.,-,..i gen- a dilution of Hie pnpll f . ,,, m (Ills Is puiel nu inddciiliil effect anil is net Ihe purpose lm- which the hoiuatrepliie h Used. The real object is le scenic a loiull leiull loiull lien when the e.ve is ill jinfcct lest, and Ihe drug does lliis ,j pieilucliig il sllglu eip. rar,v ciral,is ,,1 certain muscles, vvhhh ul hivvis the oculist m examine ihe mechanism of the ee when lu a stale of n lis, , u , ,. u leu lest ami when the patient ,.s ' ,.,'.. trel ever ibis condition," lie ilecmutlnil thill Alter Is ,,, .. II phllleim nt ecoueiii Mid ellicleiicv is lue.f thill M. I loll of Ihe Movies Is le' the V pei son in tin- world who cm, ,,. r,,,,,,. , . '' eiu knowing li. - "" The Keuiiie has icveisid luclf and ic uteicd ihii five-seeds Item te the Agricultural Supply in ,,, n(.0 , ,,,e Republic U sap by the skii of I slectl1.' ' f- . ' , .. m SHORT CUTS Who can niter the Alter desl? Only the voter ns true as steel. The Tumulty and the shouting dies, Well, Easter Mild it with flewera ill right. Sproul new needs timber us well rib glut ter ins ciiDinet. The weather man saw te It that th( Laster egg was all te the candy. Plnchet new ireceeds te prove, that tl is an iipsienuing tvve-nsteii man. The most mild-mannered trout fiskir tninks nothing of beating up n stream. The Kuster bunny proved a peer hiutd at hiding things. Kvcry egg he hid M leiinii. Renus advocates are for the moment jiiiss footing. The Illinois primary lias given tlieui jiause. "Hely Mackerel!" cried Mary Deedle ns slip watched the Gloucester fishing fleet at Celd Spring Inlet. When the Rig Four and the Belslicvlili broke bread together there was jicrhnps semi thought of the millions in Ituiti laddni bread. New Yerk's police commissioner tell precinct captains "te s cen en their nrm. it has been suspected thnt some t-lcep e incir icet. Mnlinnni- Cllv Mi-1 linnfr Inte nnfOD- scieusiiess one bandit who was trying te ro ller father wliile a second, frightened, IM What, we wonder, would she de if fhe M n mouse .' What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 What tin ee AuiericniiH were winners w f rin V'jilml Km urt i-l Wlieie and what Ih Charlette Amaliel M'll-.if' lu tin AiilnMiifiM Which was Urn first American Stat tj pass nu net abolishing AfrlcM slavery'.' Win. I.. ,l, ......... I........ .n-nll.r1'' !, n nil- nimniJ7lif nu-s.nis.. . , Who Is private secretary le rreswem Maiillnif.' , ... nn 1-1-1111113- ijui is. 111 .um- ; -:l. Who eiiglunteil the expression Te ' victor belong the spoils'".' Nniun twi. livers in Australia What tnu thermae? Answers te Saturday's Quiz Cltl.l.li.nlli.i. I nlilliil.llu .flllla IIS .'1 III" eese, although he was bei n, fe far rAii be ascertained, In the vllag ' Tcnaiessa, 11 lew miles Hum the -?' of lieiiea. llluspppe .Muzzllil. IJ! famous lllit-ral stntesinaii and en " ihe feiimleis of modern Ital, vv native of (jenn.i. Ills dates are iw I L - .1 Teiielisli lie. Iho nlilliiseplilliiK Jnf,,fr.'il SliakKjicnrn'H "As Yeu Like It. f dared "Veur If Is your only l'-CP maker ; inucli virtue In If" . .,.,, The niesent head of the Pun-AmerlC"- I'nlen Is Lee S. Itnwc. . ,, i:. A Setlieni. father nf Ldwaril. 1 Unllii.i'11 oenlllneWeil llll SlaEB ' I'"' .'....v.... ,...,... ...- ..... IICII'I Ul I. OIO lJUIIIII uiii , .. -a I'ruguay.flieuld be pronounced (JO-rw iiie llrs't great victory wen b J'"'-,' liranl lu the rivll War was 1 the ci tine of h'ert Heui) oil the Teiilie""' lllver, 011 l'cbruary 0, '""-,, 'i.. 1 .....i.... nf .,iti .,...!. sft.ileiflu i"1. 1 i'i 11 iriiu. 01 etui ne.' ."--... 10th l 1 101 lance, was tnlieu en Hit) the HiiuiH nienlli ,.nnu, Tlw city of Maisvllles In Kralice Is inP Lilly auppe'eil te hiivn been leunfBf' Iho 1 hecks. Ilec nt itrclicoleglcal ' civeiies, however, have esl.i i; I"'5 the fact that a Phoenician colony P" leded the Cheek settlement et niw- The llreli'iliiiKliUKlaliH wem iliu liuSP " habilantK 1 t tin. ceunlij ,1" ,." " l.enillel llllllluer In Hwlft'll "illlhver" Tuivels" apptareil liy cempaih'"'1 ' be 11 plKiny. "nei half i". V'',ih tW 1011111I little .vveriii plucked """ I..,.. II. !.... .it .. ..... 1.1 " .!( 9. 10. The "centenary" of 'ihe tdrth f W1 Urant will be celebrated en --,r,,;5d A unlcairiral,lUlatUretlB jcne Pjm-, of but a, slnfie chtrabtr. f M 4 ' ' ., ' r ., mr'ftty 'tJ. . . - (- ' 1 $ ". ic ( iVl,v.iifttf ' ..... j .., v rtv t n, .4!ariaaaaaaaaaK-, .. v r.'r ... --.-j , Jt'Jft Vr
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