.Ml uss tn W a f w 4 IT. ft. fe I. iwr !?.' ?. .yv li. hi 1 : ' c h 'y ,i It lu u k m CB". J ' A , ibnceaQ r.ljWf.IClLEDGER COMPANY "".u. Mai tin. Vice President and Traurrs Mflc'.l?uT,'1J5rl. Barlitys Charles H. Uudlna-- ttrrtn, Oedree F. detdamlth, David E. Hmllcy, ctnra. , . JEfiaSJLJSHHSLiiiiiiij P-'il.' V ' .Editor '.',OftK C. MATtTltt....rir-inrl nuslnMfl Maiiairer '.VwMM at ftttte LnxJia Dulldliyr liAV IAll?rinflnrA fliitiKrn. llKII.talMt.lM VwM."',I70 ,cl" Pren-Vnlen Building fJFTi ".,., 304 Mndlnen Ave. ?.....,. , 701 VerA IlulMlnS ?""..... .013 aiote-Drmecrat Hutullng tVifteOi .-.:L... .. 1302 TritnilM ItnlMlnr Maw c -news nunnAus: ?!CUlSH-J:'"'-rennylvBn!a v. nd 14th St. VV1,U ' ' . WJiLf mw BO".K itbeau The Sun BulMlnij IWW SB0" UCBr Trafalgar Dulldlng KSS. PUnSCRtPTION TUItMS I5jj - , Tne KTiNise pcbme LKtnn Is Fcned te sub- F8S'.i A.1.'.!1 rain of twelve (12) cents per week, payable M.P ii ine carrier. . i. "?, mnl ,0 Points outside of Philadelphia In 5U' . '' wn'ted plates, Canaln. nr Unltel Slnfa r. IW !?&".?' trtt. nfty (50) cents per month t-Vi '2,X! ',u,,, I'er yr. pnyani in aavnnce. t in an loreiire cfluntri'n one (i) ,illar a month. 2th Subscriber wishing address changed mv w uiu no vtrii as new nuarcss. tIA, S0C4 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 160t RW,y -fKTAddrttaan communications te AVettJns PiiMle IJ;.. Ltdetr. tmlevcndener Sauarr. PhUadeluhta. 1 1 . ' ' r .. Member of the Associated Press ' Tlti ASSOCIATED rRVUS t rxclutivfltf rn- tilled 'te tht use or rcpubhvulleii et all nrai 4Ma(ehrs credited te U or net otherwise- credited rJ tnlt yajier. dud also (Ac local fietis pu&Hslird All Hght of revuoHcatlen e special dispatch mtrnn are also reserved. Philadelphia, FriJir. April :. 192: "L" AGREEMENT AT LAST rpHAT Mayer Moere lias Iiceti ie enough JL te make the concessions necc.xsury te a nefotlatlen of n lease for the oiierntion of the Frankfort! elevated line by the Philadel phia Itapld Transit Ceinpnuy I fortunate for nil concerned. The araft of the lease submitted te Coun cil yesterday afternoon amply protects the Interests of the city. It Is mere favorable te the transit cempuny than the lease sub mitred by the Mayer en his own responsi bility a few weeks nRO, and It Is mere favor able te the city than the original proposals cf.Mt' Mitten, president of the company. !Tbf rcntnl will start tit 1 per cent of the cost of the line at the first of next year, and Trll! be Increased 1 per cent a year until It reaches 5 per cent. The lease Includes the Bustleton surface line as well as the ele Ttsd"line te Frankford, and the company la allowed te divide the Dustleten line Inte two fore zones. The city Is te turn both urfa.'e and elevated lines ever adequately equipped with cars se that the transit com pany will net have te buy any rolling stock. jCeuncll Is expected te approve the lease Trlth the least possible delay, and the Mayer Tvjjl, of course, sign It, as he has agreed te Its tefms In advance. If the cars are te be loperntleu en November ,", the date fixed, It will' be necessary te expedite the execu tion of the papers. Hut as only the legal formalities of approval remain, this should aet take much time. The ending of the deadlock which has ex isted for several years should mark the be ginning of a definite policy of transit exten sion. The Frankford and lltistleten lines In operation will relieve the people living in the northeastern part of the city. They will attract tens of thousands of new residents te that district and will add te the con venience of the residents in ether districts whose business takes them into the district te be served. If the Frankford people de net send a delegation te the City Hall te thank'tlie Mayer for withdrawing the propo prepo sitions, which he has been making it will net be! because nucIi a demonstration is net jus tified, the facts. But it sheujd net be forgotten that much mere' favorable terms have been obtained from v-the rapid transit company than it offered Jn the first place. The lease pro vides for free transfers from the surface lines te the elevated, which this newspaper urged months age, and It provides also for the operation of through trains from Frnnk ford te Sixty-ninth street at a single fare, which this newspaper also urged. In fbert, the line is te be operated as an Integral part of the rapid transit system and travel Is te be developed en It in the tame way as It has been deve'eped en the Market street line In Vest(rhlladelphia. And the city will get as large financi;il return out of it as it can reasonably expect under all the circum stances. If the operation of the hue shall prove mere profitable than Is new anticipated, the lease can be revised at the end of five jear1-, and the leases for such new lines as are tu lw built 'In the future can provide for such rental us the rxperlewe with the Frankford line shall seem te justify. We are new in n fair way te have the transit facilities extended se as te accom modate the pnsj-engers who will crowd the cars in 11)20 when the city will be filled with visitors te the Ses'iui-t'entennlal Fair, and te accommodate the mpldly Increasing population thai Is new finding the existing facilities inadequate. MUNICIPAL STATECRAFT rlB State Department at Washington is known te entertain a sensible regard for the niceties of jurisdiction. It is unlikely, therefore, that this branch of tin- executive government', eyer which Secretary Hughes preside; would have Interfered with the presentation, as erlglrinll planned, of a Mexican ilng in Independence Hall. That structure is city property and the Nta!' Department is well uwareef the ordi nary limits te its authority. The municipality, however, as represented liy Mayer Moere and Chief Ilaxter. of the Bureau of City I'reperi. is oiiueusly net averse, te entering the field of high state raft. The refusal of the Hag Is bused liy, the city authorities upon the ground that the United Hlntes has net jet formally recnlzed the present Government of Mexico," Iftwhat way is this fact relative te the Issue-'? iThls country is at peace with Mexico, which ies-eses a government headed by Alvarude Obregon, Senera Obregon, 111 response te un invitation by the Pfn-AineriCHn Hound Table, which has recently been in sos-ieu in lialtimere, wel comed thp idea that an expression of sym liath'V'lind eend will could be registered hv & uiiaxi&wnsv of Hags. fist? TuBvauuii' as ulanuid uus entirely unefii- & clalK JNeitliff th Meieuii nor the L'nited 2K mji3 . i ... f ntaieii? uvi'ruuieui was ui tne least in- veled' in t'"' proposed transaction. Mr. Moere'and Chief Hurler were under no obli gation te bother their heads ever the subtle subtle tiief world politics, which are supposedly in Mr. Hughes' province. v The use of the building could have been refused with a simple negative, based upon thu city's right te manage Independent e Hall as It cheeses. That course would huvu been rude, but ut least technically justified. . 35ut the reasons new eiiered are ntistml. i)i .Fortunately, the delegation of I'hiladel Ifi filila women with a feeling for courteous x 1 Itmenmes uuve puniuny saveu tne nay ey m ... !..)... i Iia llfi. lu I tt.l.iiiiiiiiliitine t!. .. . 'hf f jecWIVIIIJ. H'v l"l. n iimi-iiciiuciii't: eilluru, .$ yBW prcsumuuiy win net oe denied ty ta. vhtt happemVl there ,estenlay afternoon. LVvW! ThOieplsede has already had its reactions .'wJn' the; Mexican capital, where the inherl- LV&tance of Spanish courtesy seriously inter- l.i-'V ...i.l. ......... ., !.. !.... V'il. WSKifiWf'T' Wit" l'rrieti v-uiiiiiviu u-iuii ui .auiiu- Bl" A. lS.1 .'i.i.uilliiiliflULl I ., .Tlllta. Mf .H.l .. rti. ... , SPCH l.UDIUVJIVn. .1, ll II t All II TIIKIIIIV :4..b..i.. ...... ..t..i.i...M.. i. ....I ii. in.. HgS ;my be wondering jukt what stand tonic the ether ftivernments of the f. .wacfrf.waa peaMfisM'by tnjf United Stalest of America upon the' day wien its exlstence;. was proclaimed within -the hallowed hall, of the State, Heuse. It Is needless te argue the point wlth Latin Americans, who will persist in be lieving in our failure te understand them. WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, MR. ALTER? Hew About Recovering That $6000 Bel dlem'an Check, the $8000 Brlndle Stele and $100,000 Snyder Paid Favored Attorneys? By GEORGE NOX McCAIN TI1KHE arc several very pertinent ques tions which the people of the State would like Attorney General Alter te answer; net as n Republican candidate for Governer alone, but us the chief legal officer of the Commonwealth. They are herewith sub mitted for Mr, Alter's serious thought. ' News dispatches tell hew the Attorney General is metering up and down and across the State declining te make set speeches or prophesy as te his success nt the primaries en May 10. When he does address a public gathering It Is with abundant premises that If elected he will inaugurate a policy of Economy and Iteferm ; also Efficiency. That was Lieutenant Governer Ueidlc mun's trademarked slogan. Vet ns a member of the State Senate for years he never knowingly raised his voice for cither economy or efficiency. As Attorney General of Pennsylvania Mr. Alter docs net need te await the halcyon moment when he becomes Governer te in augurate such a policy. Economy has been yelling at his back alley gate while Reform was pounding nt his front deer ever since he assumed the duties of his present office. Why docs net Attorney General Alter nt least make motions as If he intended te start some reforms before he asks the suffrages of the people? Glfferd Plnchet new that the bars are all down could de no mere popular act than te have some one of his followers or friends arise in a public meeting and ask the At torney General nt the close of his address, if he makes eue, these questions : Why, Mr. Alter, as the Commonwealth's chief legal officer, have you net Instituted suit en behalf of the people te recover the $S00O stolen by Harry L. Brlndle, late chief clerk of the Bureau of Accounts and Ex penditures In the Auditor General's office, and for which he Is new serving n term In prison? Charles A. Snyder, who was Auditor Gen eral at the time, or his bondsman, is liable for this sum. It is reported around Harris burg that Mr. Snyder declines te make geed this less. Why have net legal proceedings been In stituted by the Attorney General against Snyder or his sureties? This is the peo ple's metiey. Why has net the Attorney General brought proceedings against Snyder or his bondsmen te recover the $."000 paid Lieutenant Gov Gov ereor Iteldleman for alleged services in col lecting n tax bonus from the Westlngheuse Company, when Mr. Snyder's own legal ex perts were engaged en the case in his behalf and sat in at one of the hearings? Or did 5Ir. Alter, as the law prescribes, authorize or permit Mr. Snyder te retain the Lieutenant Governer, and thus prodi gally threw away the taxpayers' money in fat fees te his crony and friend "Eddie" Iteldleman, as Snyder calls him? Why has net Attorney General Alter though urged te de se Instituted proceed ings te recover from Snyder, as Auditor General, or his bondsmen, the mere than .$100,000 which Snyder beasts be spent en favored attorneys ever the State for collect ing taxes? Snyder boasted ''J am boss" when It came te the appointment of attorneys and the matter of their fees. He has also boasted thut he would de the same thing again if opportunity demanded. If the Attorney General consented te the employment of these extra attorneys and "runners," who were little less than boom ers for Mr. Snyder when he thought he was n candidate for Governer, then no answer is required; the law was observed if Mr. Alter authorized the $100,000 te be spent. Most of these ntternejs were employed and there are no letters of appointment or of acceptance en file by Snyder before Mr. Alter became Attorney General, se the ques tion is still open. Did the Attorney General inform himself whether his predecessor had acquiesced in the appointment and payment of these men te the tune of $100,000? Among them was a Philadelphia Senater, who pulled out mere than $1000 as his share. The law expressly stipulates that attor ney employed by any State department must be appointed only with the knowledge and consent of the Attorney General, and their fees be subjert te his approval. Snyder as Auditor General violated the law with a reckless disregard tbet took, according te his own statement, $100,000 from the State Treasurj. What has Attorney Grnernl Alter, who premises Economy and Reform, likewise Efficiency, in the future if elected Governer, done In the past or Is doing In the present along thai line? What is he going te de NOW? IIe does net have te be elected Governer te start legal preexcdlngs en behalf of the people te recover these sums. As Attorney General it was his duty te have started suit months age when the facts were first brought te his attention; and they were railed te his attention and he was urged te act. Rut thus far he has net lifted hl voice or raised his hand uguiiiht iUre Iniquities. Mr. Alter and tilt's should be Mr. pin pin chet's question, net mine is for Economy and Reform, likewise Efficiency, if he js elected Governer. Hut is he for these things new? ff se, why doesn't he make geed? BUCKETER KOHN'S CONVICTION AMATEUR plungers who were always en the verge of n killing In the stock market yet always mysteriously leMng ought te read the evidence presented against Ed ward E. Kehn, head of a bankrupt broker age firm, who, having been convicted yester day of embezzlement and fraudulent con version of funds, is in danger of spending about sixteen years in jail. The record of the trlul will clear up a dark mystery in which many small Investors have been moving. It shows what becomes of money given te a bucket-shopper. The money doesn't j;e te the fleer of the stock exchange, though it is deposited for the purchase of securities. It gees into the bucket-shopper's pocket and there it stays. If th stock contracted for gees up in price the dupe Is persuaded, te put his mythical winnings 'and bis capital' into "a sure thing." The sure thing is one certain te decline in price. If the security originally selected falls below the margin line the victim is informed that he has been wiped out. If it doesn't that announcement Is merely delayed. The cpnvlctlen of one man charged with bucket-shopping will de little geed se long as innumerable ethers, equally guilty, are able te dodge the jails. CONFIRM ARMSTRONG THERE is net un experienced business man In the country who will believe that Themas F. Armstrong was guilty of any moral wrong for his connection with the agreements of tcrra-cetta manufacturers during the war, for which he nnd his com pany wcre fined a tetnl 'of $0000" by the Fed era,l court. The zoning agreement of the terra-cettn manufacturers was entered into at the sug gestion of representatives of the Federal Government, who said that It would enahle them te protect their solvency during the war when the Government was restricting their use of cenl nnd their use of the rail roads for shipping their product. After a while the legal officers of the Government brought suit against the tcrra-cetta men, churgliig them with violation of the laws in restraint of trade. The court decided that there had been a technical violation of the law, the defendants pleaded guilty and were fined. There was no moral quality In the acts of which they were charged. The law provided that business should be done In one way and they had done It in another. One way was as honest as the ether. It was as If a police regulation forbade nntomeblllsts te make a left-hand turn at certain corners nnd the regulation had been disregarded at the suggestion of the traffic officer en the corner. The ceuncilmnnlc committee which hus been considering the pretest agnlnst the con firmation of the appelntmeut of Mr. Arm strong ns Purchasing Agent for the city has a sense of realities, for It is net taking the pretest seriously. Its members are evidently aware that any business, man is liable te be accused of violation of some of the many laws directing hew business shall be done. There are regulations se indefinite that It is impossible te knew just what they mean. The officials in Washington will net tell a business man what he must de te keep within the law. He must de Ids best under the advice of counsel, and then take what is coming te hint if his counsel guesses wrong and the courts convict him. But te assume that such a man Is guilty of moral turpitude disqualifying him for an office of public trust is te de violence te every instinct of justice. It would be as sensible te say that a man who inadvertently ran past n traffic signal in the street and was fined for it was therefore ineligible te nn office of responsibility under the City Gov ernment. Mr. Armstrong is a reputable citizen, who has done business here for years and has the respect and confidence of these who knew him. That the Mayer will ask for the confirmation of his appointment as Purchas ing Agent and that the CI.v Council will confirm him should be accepted as a matter of course. ON MAKING US UNEASY yOU," boomed Representative Winge, X of Arkansas, te Representative John John Jehn eon, of Seuth Daketu, "will make the country uneasy!" Mr. Juhusen, suddenly contrite, sut down. The text of the debate was a rumor, n typical Washington rumor, of counterfeiting in the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing and efforts in some of the Cabinet offices te suppress and conceal the scandal. . . . Mr. 'Jehnsen was clamoring for Informa tion. Since It was assumed te be unpleas ant information, the Heuse thirsted for it. There does seem te be mere than one post war scandal immediately under the surface of Yashlngten. Increasing commotion is under the political crust; upheavals from below, that no one seems able te still, grew mere violent. We have been cheering our selves with the ussertien that the country get through the war without a scandal reminiscent of the embalmed beef of 1S0S. Slaybe we have been mistaken. An official of the Department of Justice, who must be credited with energy at leust. enjoys the distinction of having been fired twice, once In Mr. Wilsen's time and again, recently, by Attorney General Daughcrty, for lusistins that everything wasn't right in the department from which Government bends, money and stamps arc issued. This official, Majer O. O. Watts, offended Mr. Dougherty by giving Important Information te members of the lower house of Con gress ! Such a proceeding was intolerable te the Attorney General. He said se. And quite automatically everybody remembered hushed reports of sympathy said te exist between one or two members of the Cabinet and business firms that fared net wisely but tee well with war ctatracts new under in vestigation. This is all very interesting. But Mr. Winge sees the situation in a wrong light. Neither Mr. Daugherty nor Mr. Jehnsen nor any one else in Washington can make the country uneasy. The fine thing about the people of this country is that 1)01) out of nery 1000 of them are without the time, the inclination or the peculiar talents necessary te coun terfeiters, contract swindlers, official hush liushcrs, butket-bheppTS, poseurs, lobby ists, grafters, shifters or the elected prophets of evil who rear by the clock vvcry after noon at the seat of government. The con fident and quiet way in which the people who are the people go about their work, whether they labor for day's wages or run big of little businesies, is heartening in times of political uproar, ft is significant and .broadly revealing. The American people knew that they can take care of themselves, in spltu of Wash lag ten, if need be. Theirs is the greatest patience nnd tbMrs Is the last word. And fce, though men who bilked nnd cheated the Government in war-time still go about In fat limousines, while West Virginia miners who demonstrated tee strenuously for better wages are standing trial for treason, the end Is net yet. Bootleggers. lobbyists, puy-as-yeu -enter politicians and little men accidentally in big jobs make mesf of the noise and get often -est into the newspapers, which is fortunate for these who have te keep watch en them. The' teeken, of course, without thinking of what Is behind the Natien's patient silence, of forces that gather inevitably for their annihilation. They are a handful of the population. Why, then, does Mr. Winge talk of un easiness? Ne matter what happens in Washington, the country will net be uneasy. It muy be enraged. It may be indignant. But indignation is a wholesome thing. It is the "best sort of political medicine. We need mere of it, net less. It is constructive and cleansing. This Is knowledge that .Mr. Winge ought te spread in thu ways and byways of Washington, and in a Congress that seems sometimes te forget that It Is Mippesed te work for the people of the United States. When the explosions come nnd news nbeut Federal oil reserves, Muscle Sheals, the Federal printing shops, the beiniN nnd buch matters Indlcutu thnt semn loud ones aic about due the country will be relieved. Uneasiness will be for the pieple who didn't and couldn't get by with It. r AS ONE WOMAN 8EES IT Hew Much Arc Yeu Werth and What Rate of Interest Are Yeu Paying en the Original Investment In Yeu? By SARAH D. LOWRIE A RATHER lively writer out en the Pacific slope known as Alma Whitaker put a Aery disturbing thought Inte my head net tong age which I shall new pass en with the hope of getting rid of it. She said that she had felt that a ransom of $10,000 which some heathen bandits had extorted for the safe return of one maiden Indy missionary had been a hideous oyer eyer estimate of any one person's worth, until she began te calculate hew much money had .been expended en her own upbringing up te twenty in order te make her a paying Invest ment te society, nnd also te calculate her own investment In her two children. She calculated that her boy of thirteen had cost $5000 te date, beginning with $500 as the cost of his birth and outfit and monthly nurse, hospital, etc. The cost had risen since then, se that her baby of two had cost already $1000. She herself back in the mere economical nineteenth century had cost $10,000 te the time thnt she was twenty and about $100 a month since, which brought her te n total of Rd4.000 te dale in actual outlay or invest ment in herself. She has made in that time about $00,000, se that as an investment she has almost doubled en her capital and new represents a sum of money spent en her or held by her of nearly $100,000. She was modest about herself as an investment, but It struck me she had done very well by the parents who had made the original $10,000 investment and by her husband who had put up the balance. VERY few women, even nowadays. In this "go-te-work" age, have done se well ttr come anywhere near doubling the original investment in themselves. In fact, it is a very humbling process te compare one's pres mt value as an earner with the money in rested in one's birth, upkeep, education and rencrnl advantages, with n health bill thrown In. One woman I knew, whom I have re garded ns a reval moneymaker as a writer, has actually done little mere than pay 0 per cent en the capital invested in her te make her the cultured, creative person that she is. Jf she died tomorrow, net a third of thnt capital could be realized bv royalties ou her works. On the ether hand, another woman, with a lovely disposition nnd eoed executive nbillty and nlmest no education that counts, 1ms turned the original $15,000 ' e cost until she married and the Si 00.000 that she cost since she was married into something ever a million. At least that was what her fend and grateful and rightly trusting husband left her when he died, and n. ma(,e SBO.OOO hy clever investing and selling in less than a year after the property had become hers, his trust In her acumen ems te have been justified. Butns another woman said te me, It is net nlways possible te prove in dellnrs and cents what money you hnve made, because, theiuh you may save a great deal of money by thr wny you manage your house nnd family and our work en philanthropic beards may'mean a saving of n geed deal te the institution, there is no column where that can be put down in dollars and cents. Ne mere is It possible te compute what a woman is worth te her children or te her husband or te hrr parents In dollars and cents. TXDEED te some people the bare idea of A doing such a thing would seem mercenary and unnatural and beside the mark. I re member that every time I speke of myself te my father, whose housekeeper I was for ten years, as n person whose earning power in his establishment was from $50 te $75 a month, he w.ib se hurt that he pretended net te hear. But the fact remained he could net have run two houses and a country place without a housekeeper, nnd the wages of a responsible and efficient one would have come te SiO plus her beard and keee and traveling money and two weeks' holiday with pay; and in doing that work efficiently nnd fcr nothing, I was actually- paving the family purse something very nea"r $1000 a vear. And I further ca'cu'ated thnt ns I was re ceiving no money from the family purse during these ten years, the money that I earned, but did net get, went very far te paying back my father's original investment in me. And that was a very geed feeling! And nt the risk of seeming tee' autobiograph ical I have set it down here because I think that it would clear the air in many a fnmllv nnd make for n just statim of tile individual members of a family if what was saved by any individual was counted ns earnings ut least en the debit nnd credit columns of family life. And this is especially true of women who are tee much of. pled by their horn duties te get a chance te compete in the enen mar ket for salaried positions. Generally speak ing, the mere competent a woman is in her own home the mere valuable she would be In some paid position, but she cannot prove it because her home needs her. and her men folks or the husband or father or brethir from whom she draws an n'lewance leek In dulgently skeptical when she calculates her worth tn rinllnru nn.l mkh - ,.u.i... !,.' hurt, because they like te give that al al lewnnce as a favor, net as something that might be regarded as a debt. TVyTY CIICREMAN married se seen after 1". his first wife's death that I expressed astonishment, but he explained the Mtuntlen in u bniKie worn, eyeing me solemnly ; "Its cheaper!" said lie. And being middle-aged, both of tiu-m, it was cheaper for him ns there would be no mere children nnd she could take care of his first wife's children, whereas te puy a house keeper would have swamped him. Of course in that case she knew her earn ing capacity and would probably remind him et it if he were reluctant te come across when her building fund interest was due or she needed a dress. She was worth $1:2 n week and her beard nnd keep and working clothes in her last place. It is the women who have net had any "last place" who are put te it te prove their money's worth. I heard one of them tell of her experience with her father net long age, and in splte et being rather maddening, it web also funny At least she had found It amusing and it hud been rather a spectacular triumph for her. IT APPEARS that ene day when she had quoted her work te him ns se much he had lest his temper and "called her bluff "' saying thnt if she was worth that much' a month te nny one te go out and earn it, nnd If she could earn It he would consider paying It te her. Slie was really alarmed, but outwardly lirnMi. She went soberly te her desk and sat ('flvlng Inte her possibilities. She knew that for ordinary jobs housekeeping, secre tarial, companion, chaperon, social service worker, etc. there was a crowded market just then and some one younger and mere scientifically trained would get It ahead of her. But there was a thing that she had nlwi wanted te de and which mi far ns she knew no one had yet done, and there was Just enu man thnt she knew who had it m his power te give her "a try at it" for a geed salary. Se she went down te bin office te ask for it, and en the way down town she met him and asked him then and thcrr unci get it! And hhe enme back te her father in the course of the day with her job and her pros pective salary. Shu kept the job and made geed, and her father was out of n secietarv and general factotum. Hut the odd part e'f his make-up was that, although she had ceased te work for him, he paid her n regular stipend, and a very generous one, she said new that she did nothing for him. The fact that she- was of actual worth in n money market sent un her stocks with him 100 per cent. The l'nited States Supreme Court bus ruled that labels en goods must tell the truth, the whele truth and nothing but the tuth. This, of course, will also mean tltut the mer chandiser who wants te cut prlcea will have te de it with his little hntchrf. 7m i.r.m l ' ,"' tt ';' tiAitmp' atwj. &j 'I 2ir t HB i UimmWWMim U-.1M hi i ifitTnWM. Uiitim Omul h i' J 'taf vi W'ifBi Iff SB W '1 Wmm Wml m Wm 1 NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best FRANK C. NIEWEO On the Summer Public 8choels THE Philadelphia public schools will con duct summer- schools for the first time this year, and plans for them have new " been practically completed, says Frank I. Nleweg, Assistant Director of the Division of Scheel Extension, lu charge of summer schools. "The specific reasons for summer schools are many." said Mr. Nleweg, "but the two great ends In view nrp the saving of time of the pupils and of money for the Beard of Education and hence for the public, who in the end pays for the public schools. "At the beginning of the regular terra in September, there arc many pupils who try te pass off conditions in their studies, nfter such preparations for the examinations as they can make by themselves. But it must be admitted that during the summer months there is net u great incentive for pupils te work by themselves, nnd that the oppor tunities in September de net adequately meet the needs of these pupils. Net for Backward Children "The summer school is by no means a school for backward children, and the hope lessly deficient are net eligible for admission te it. It is a wonderful opportunity for boys and girls te strengthen themselves and put themselves In condition te de ex cellent work where heretofore in tee many cases they have simply stumbled along. The summer school will offer the best oppor tunity ever given te make up lest standing in September. "There arc four creups of pupils eligible for the summer school, and each of the four is badly in need of this assistance. The first of these classes consists of the.ie pupils who have failed of promotion but who are probably able te make up their deficiencies during the summer months, under the guid ance of the teacher.'). Thu second is made up of these who. in the judgment of the. piinclpal, may, by attendance at the sum mer schools, gain a promotion. In each of these classes of pupils n full school year's time may thus be saved. "The third class Is composed of these who have net failed of promotion, but who need additional Instruction te nssure them helves of continued success, nnd the fourth consists of these who have been promoted but who wish te be employed profitably in the summer schools. "These four groups include all the pu pils who will be permitted te attend the summer scheyls. Ah I said before, the hope hepe lesslv deficient will net be eligible for at tendance. Saving Time and Meney "By attending the summer schools regu larly, many a pupil will be able te gain a full school year. But this is net the only advantage of the summer schools. It new costs nbeut $00 for each high school pupil who spends five months In school. If that pupil falls of promotion nnd has te repeat this work, this money has been lest ; but If that time can be made up through the sum mer schools, It i saved. '"It will also de something toward as. slstlng the crowded conditions of the schools. Every pupil who advances a grade makei room for a new one. The repetition by less of promotion often means that the pupils must take two seseiens instead of one, and sometimes crowds the classes te forty-five pupils where it was hoped te have as low as thirty-five. "There will be eight elementary ami two high schools operated as summer schools. The elementary ones are the Huey, Childs, Seuthwark, Hackctt. Blaine, Kearney, Tay Tay ler and Fltler schools, and the high schools will be the Central, at Bread and Grnen, and the Northeast, at Lehigh nnd Eighth streets. All these schools will be open from Julv fi te August 1. inclusive, und the bcsslens will begin at SM A. M. and clese ut 12:15 P. M. from Mondays te Fridays, inclusive. The high schools will be organized en the busls of four periods of fifty minutes CQCll '"The high school pupils and these of grades seven and eight will attend only Ter the specific subjects for which they have been recommended, and no pupil will be recommended for mere than two subjects ex cupt lu special cases. The pupils of the ele mentary grades from ene te six will attend full time each day. "Recognizing the Importane of ff,s UNINSTRUCtfED bELfeGATE work, the teachers will be chosen with, the greatest care from the eligible list, this list having been created en the basis of suc cessful experience in the Philadelphia ele mentary and high schools. Ne teacher will be taken who has net had at least three years' experience in school work, and in the elementary schools these three years must have been In the Philadelphia' system. "We realize that this instructing will re quire especial aptitude and training, because it is putting across a piece of tutorial work which will consist of the essentials of the work which has been done in the last five months. The teachers who are selected must have such powers of discrimination as te be able te differentiate the important Parts of a subject from the less important. This fact can be readily understood when it is considered thut the time in the regular "shoels is four times that which will be available In the summer schools. "On the ether hand, It will be assumed that the pupils who attend the summer school can easily brush up en the essentials In these thirty-three days, nnd by appli cation can readily pass the subject or make the higher grades for which they arc work ing. Many Conditions r.liet, en ,u "' ,, d of J"y. 1022. nearly -0,000 conditions were given in the senior S"m t,Ju'i,0j; ,,,Kh. schools of Philadelphia. ,, i ,. efJ ,IVav.,n .' weuId bc t0 the city and the satisfaction it would bc te the pur ents of these pupils if even one-half of these conditions could be adjusted by means of the summer schools. In the elementary sum- Sicl,ml,8.itne 8uyts Iv will be Iden tical with these of the regular elementary EhH,.",iiThe fanic com,10"". WW Prevafi indusfriaubjS' W,lh tUc w,tte" of "While it is impossible at this time te give any idea s te the number of pupils who will attend the summer schools, we believe that the enrollment will be ns large Thetreew1Hity,f thV'hoeU wllf'a "w! J acre win i,e from eighty te chrlitv.iiv jmep5 Js il:e,?ura'1"er MfS JtHi te ISsO in the elementary schools all of whom, as I said, will be carefully selected "Vie are new sending out 220.000 lettrs te parents of pupil,, J the 'elwnentaw ?C.hoelf' culling specific attention te what have te efter and Inviting their spec UI in? terest nnd co-operation." "i'lci in- What De Yeu Kneiv? QUIZ Wb" tlSJr0 ,)0Ct' ClCS3lcal an' for WhlurMi1aJa10ne.?veatt nml '" w":" n. IB i"Wt&wiS8r bcceme ,1,e p- w u VeritsPe,er?n "or" and h0W W,?hll,',nf,,, et .nfcer stock, lirn a Philadelphia!!, fought for the Ceiife.l crucy in the Civil War? -enrca- eyJ5nV,,u "m m!lenl,Sl te lse' What la an oraterioV Ullneir Amrl"' J'lMWenta irem AVhat is un antonym? Anewers te Yeeterday's Quiz Grant ut West Point was freeuentlv known as United states Oram U iJ Ham Urant or Sam Grant. The nick. irr,?imrij.os.ceurse' t,er,vcj " TliD quotation from Oniy-n jcicgy u, .Th. noiseless tuier of thele way," ,,et f" uen tenor. lne Napeleon III was Emperor of the French ,n. l,,V'inK ,tt,e. American Civil wiir The Island of Formosa helens ti Junnn ,s,,rvrtefcwwfcn l,,,,,ffi.?,".,,.?S'HW.!! w' the wlfe Scientists un, of thu opinion thnt thH uveruite thickness of the .arm's crust Is about tin mlle.'i. rUhl A liyrax te a small rnbblt-llka quadruncd of a i-laiui which Includes the Ky -iiu roe t rabbit and the Seuth .W ,Wnn rock A niHragan blshcji is one eii'icnited i0 part of the tliwese, or nny bishop n Seman! 1,lb rc,,blall('l' r imltrei I SHORT CUTS Peace appears te bc a long, long wt;'- lruiu j.ipperary. Henpecked husbands are holding cenTen-ij tien in ungianu. xie, Aim. Anether slgu of advancing spring Is.tlwi, eencu-siceper in wasumgien square. ''1 Genea in annanmtlv nnrlfMxt wkalaa! te prove a shining or a horrible exampleUS "I'M There is cheery significance in the fact ' that Bundle Day occurs In Clean-up WmL t - The public hope grows that Hoever mt; prove the gyroscope te stabilize the coil la. dustry. O VArhna. fAM a Kfn Va.Ii .Hbma.aI. that bootleggers are in a bad odor with the ' I'Vt.MlllCID. Muratere hna Itnen nritai.0,1 !.. I.fu .1im i) clans te take a rest. This gives one te Mary Garden. Things might be peaceful In the Gmei duckpem! if outsiders did net insist ou threw lug stouts into it. ... If Tchitcherin gets the leans he is after. win belBhevism proceed te spoil its Baal in capital letters? I late was faintly ironical in permlttini' the discovery in Nebraska of first Bryan ui then a teeth of the missing link. Judge G. W. Maxey asks for conference with Alter. Contractor-Combine hope dently has reached its Maxey-raum. - i Frem a nature lever we learn that til.' shadbush will seen be in bloom. Don't knew a thing about it, but presume it grew U rows. One gets a little confused trying t"J figure whether one voted for a bonus Sent 1 ier or ter the officers of the American Leglea who determine nis course. Scientist hfln nnnnnneivl llm rhafAMrf' .1 that the surface of the Great Lakes Is nertf level except by accident. Greenhorn dec! hand knew that years age. There is always likelihood that Cblu. stirred (and trained) by civil war, may KM day become a strong unit and cease te be puppet in the hands of ether uatlens. Dr. J. Madisen Tayler says the humin ; nice has' progressed only one-third of ti ders if Dr. Tayler Is net unduly eptlaliOCi A wedding has just taken plsca ll linninD "!,.. Itml .m nnnAt.n.iA.I fsi.ftf vMrl 'fl l. ..own v,.j- lllttb MUD HIIIIUUIISCU v..j "7" age. Parties probably took te heart U mildewed proverb beginning "Marry "' haste ;; Tt PrnifffADDintm Tnhnnin thft flllfDtlOfl : of the hour is, "What's the trouble tt.; the Department of Justice?" Mut.j. ' s Department of Justice it is simply "warn . the trouble," Mexico's political situation may b? !. ; little Involved, but the arrival In New MB of a shlpmcut of Mexicau cantaleupea iw ; catcs that agriculturally speaking It " ' inusuiug aieng. Frit Kreisler seys jaw is a Mfuttfft' That will dle while the critics still :" But It lives though the saxophones niunw And well', maybe he's right, but U doubt it. 1 Even if Congressman Jehnsen's tJlj:;;! gatlens were correct and it proved "".IViQ there were bogus Denas en me "'u"i''!.:alir would be no cause for alarm. Unew .Ti strong enough te meet all his ob I"WI!J one obligation, in tne ciruu,nnV....v.-, -, be net te let the Innocent suffer. . -M "Voluntary economic a'i!;J lu re (Sump Justment or "V". 1 terventlen by the v" 1 States" is snld te tie tne wn --. m submitted te the Cuban Jovernree" j Carles M. de Cespedeu, (Cuban ,w,,J5l.-(l the United States. W "vc grapevine wj less advices te the effect that a 'eP?ii most identical in terms has bee n w "51 nnether Carles te the manner ei m Hit 4 - A JeaflffffffWf' lali . frftfe
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