WW B;xi?3M W'w ii;. v,a RwW,lJ .'? 6 V FiWpf mi jim I t l;i w f. ,4 fj! i.TTI 8 Sfir M.ffaj klSuentns public ledger B!0 H JPUHLli; LKDGKU COMPANY Si I Jtln C. Murilti, Vlce tr(i!(ni ami Trenurer; K. 'harlM A. Tyler, H-cretir , I'hnrle1 11. I.udltiu-V-i "Hip H. Ciilllna. Jehn H. WllllninH, Jehu .1. imen. OfOfCG 1'. Ualdimlth. DavM IS. simile". feters. , gAVID B. RM11.KT ! j I-fltter I Publlshe I lUIIy nt Pent te I.tainrm HiilMlnn ( ImletxTiilcncn P'tuaii', l'lilliMiIvhln. Atlantic Citi Vrrae-fnimi liiill.lltig JeTsw Yerk tic.4 M.ullen .We. Datrserr Till Ferd HullJliuc BT. Lei'lft 013 Olohi-Dcmecmt HulMlr.ir ClltOloe 1.102 Tribune IIulMIn NKWS lirtllUUH: Waimingtem llCBCAl, I N. 1". Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. nnJ 1 Ith St. IfCSW TeK TlfBUAC Thn Nun HillMlrir tveNDON Ucariu Trafalgar llulIJlnr Hl'IISl'KllTletN THUMX: Th Rraxi.sn I'lmic I.kixikh I srve,t te "ah- crlbern In rnlU'liphl.i unci surrounding tentm at tre rate of twelve (12) cents wp mli nivnble te the currier. I By mll te point eutnll of PhllncMtiiiln In th Un'teii Hlti. C.iim.la nr I'liltr-I Mut.,, res. liens, petce fro, flftv 1501 c-nts rr tnenlh, lx (IS) ilnllnrn I'fr veir imv utile In nliitnce Te nil ferMirri ruuMrlM ntie J11 dillnr n munlri I Nenets Hubsc libera wishing biilreM cheing-il trust ctve old ns well n tivv inUrei.-. EU.. 3000 TAI.MT KM'TONT, M VIS KOI y.frfrfs all romtnunirnMer te i:rine I'ubUc Ltneer, lnA'vrmlrne Kquttrr, PlillnrlrliiUI'i. Member of the Associated l'ress ' THE ASKOCl.lTril l'i';9 ( rrclwhrl-j m titltd te the tM" for cvublicutlen of all 'ru r dlvpatchc cr'iUtrd tn it or itrtf dfiTtrlTC crufifi-.f in jMt rnprr. unrl a'se tht local fines tiub,i:h(l therrlt. All rights of repuh'icntlen of jp'flu! t(l;ateV hrrtln lire nisi rrsrrvcd. Phllallplil -tnnli, Oclutrr :l. 19:: POLITICAL POKER C ACTIO (liinrtr HOI'S UMIMlllllTIIU'IltN lll'lll llfllll- nunrtPrs of tlie iireiinizaiien uiinirnj demlnntpil by Senater Vir' cenvry ti--ur - nccs of oemnlrtf harmony anions all me miner IcntliTs. Se it is nlures nt the I-triiiiiitiB "f ll poker gnmp. AVie ilayrr wait le learn the extent of the stakes and the teelmltliie if doubtful, straiw "r ilanjri'teu l'la.vern and te nieneiire their own sta.Mn;: power and that of their opponent.. The ditty work fellows in its own coeil time. Hchlnd the genuine sorrow of virtiml!. all Organization men eonfrented with tlie faet of Senater 'are death ii an ce!i mi)re genuine nnxiety. The Organization is a business institution tuni enirily at lent without riipitnl or a "-.ilahle prmlui't or a merchandising p'an or an nncel. its assets re of doubtful value. It will have little trouble in finding a leader if some one will flrnt go forth and find a hnainier for it. Financiers in politic are quite as inuiieus as financiers elsewhere. Se the den i-.'iiders of the Organization are busily iniu.iiig .: vi-n-teries and seeking te learn w!k,i t lave te sell. I'er n time, at least, their game is likely te drag along with rather 1" -taken. THE TAXICAB JOB r:' THK people of 1'hilade'phia had been quieted by a powerful anesthetic thev couldn't have been readier te submit te the outrage of the ordinance b v. huh t,'ilcub nervice in this city is te be reduced te the standard of. let us a.v. l'.UO. If the new ordinance stands competitive ervice. will he virtually abolished, and the taxi bu?lneK. which centers naturally at hotels, restaurant!-, railroad stations and thentres, will be virtually in the control of one company. The possibility of public Stands of the sort proposed by the Super intendent of Police disappears automatically nd the number of vehicles conveniently available te the public is likely te be greatly reduced. The taxi servii e is te be scalped, apparently, by property evvneis, who new have a right te rent the streets te favored promoters and tak- their pay indirectly in "nys suggested by their lawyers te evade the wholly specious amendment te the ordinance which is falsely presented as a means te prohibit this abuse. One evil always brings ether evils te oppose it. Seener or later the property owners direct- interested in the ta.i ordi nance will develop a monopolistic mood. Then the texical) men who co-operated with them doubtless will be ble.l in turn. Hut what is te become in the meantime of people who hnve a legitimate right te an up-te-date and efficient taxi service? VARE'S WILL AND THE LAW rrHIE announcement that any bequests of X charity made by the late Senater Vat" Will be invalid because the will was made Within les than thirty davs of hi death calls attention te the peculiar previsions of the law. Bequests nre subject te tax varying In izc nccerding te their nature and amount. Bequests te charity are exempt or taxed very lightly. And men in fear of death are disposed te give mere te charity thnn when they are In their normal state of mind. The law, therefore, te protect the public revenues makes all charitable bequests Invalid unless the will Is made at leant thirty days before dentil. And aN in order te protect the revenues, gifts te telntives or te etlur per son or te institutions are subject te tax na part of the estate unless mad a consider able time before death. The Federal inheritance tax is heavy en large estates. While it is only 1 per cent en nn estate of J.'O.lKK) or les. it increases Tapldly as the size of tl.e estate increases; , until the tax is 10 per cent en its value h tween ?l,000,(ine and $1,. "union, ,i lt 1M 25 per cent for everything above SHhjini . 000. MEXICO AND WALL STREET FiVESTOUS the securities of lorpoia lerpoia lorpeia tions affected by the relations of ie United States te Mexico are wanking VWi, i unfeigned Interest the progress of th llleVe- ini te ment toward recognition of the d Government by the I'nited States, Whether the report that the prospective Visit of Klmer Dever te Mexico ray nieat.s that he Is te arrange for formal ric'egnitiur. cemeti from men who wish it te be true or whether it is ba.ts en accurute information llecs net yet appear. But the establishment of friendly iela iela Uens betwitn the two republics cannot be Indefinitely potpened. Time will lull the asperities if the disputes between the two countries prising out of the interpretation Ef the new Mexican Constitution, and the ,ed for bringing te nn end the present anomalous situation will impress itself en all parties. Se whether the contemplated Mexican sdsit of Mr. Dever is the immediate prelude le recognition or net, the time cannot be i J" Uieilllll "lieu iriOKimieii win come. f.C anten the investors will pretit by the rise in n't fence of their securities. . IT COVERS THE NATION fXMTOrcn M, eWSUJY. of Texas, no,.. f. ceeds JIanferd MaeNlder, of levvn. as commander of the American Legien this year, as Mr. MaeNlder succeeded Jehn ;. fernery, of Michigan, hist yenr. and Mr fernery succeeded Franklin D'Olier, of JPsnnsylvnnin, the year before. JCethlng has demonstrated the notional f teharacter of this organization se ivinc I lagljr A" t,,e w'(,e ?Prntien of the States ., fbsra which it elects its head. The soldiers enlisted or dratted from all the. States. Bly were Republicans und Democrats. Se. .'"allts and' Laber Party men, millionaires t'd- men who in their wildest fancy never rriffSBieel of owning a quarler of a million. ,anuy viih n cretw section et Ainericu. K opportunity before tlie Leilon te ekiaXJ bQ mere intluiate rolntleoH timenji HY7jajP,;mfty'' tactiens ud differeut m pelltlcul nihllntlens Is unbounded. Hut It has net yet been embntcril mi reinpleti'ly ns whie (f Its well uiMicr.i linvt liopeil for. IVrliniM Its 'lVxns cutmniinder will "co tlie npimrtuiilty nml tle Ms lii'st te lt'inl It In llic tllroctien in which It run In- "f most mtvIcp te ItM memhiTs nml te tin ceimtry nt larBt.-. i WITH ROOM TO GROW PHILADELPHIA JAMMED Overcrew dinj; in the Constricted Central Section SiiKnehts What Should He Dene Willi the New Penn sylvania S'tatien rj.IUKUT K. rUKSTKUTO.V, the ilrlt- ish author, admits that he experienced a thrill at his lirt sight of the super super super hrrole statue of the pacifist l'etin perched high above n densely huddled mass of urban buildings. In common with ether mortals, I'lilladel phl.ms enjoy praise, and they even are willing te n .pt compliments that are tin- il. served, l'ietenally it no doubt Is n fine thing for multifarious forces of development In this r(v te he drawn te the geographical center ticd hv its founder. Chester)! n sensed the spiritual value, tee, and he uiiiiM have had no dlilicult.v in remanticising ever the disposition of l'hila de',phiaiis te eeneentrate their activities within the s,d,,w of a great bronze symbol at I'.iead and M.nket streets. Hut ilit sympathetic llrltlsh vNlter was I Het lempel'til te live here te battie against the rentrlj et.il forces jamming, crowding, cabining and mining the life of a bus ami populous .emiiumll.v within an exceed ingly constricted area. l'etin is appropriately located, even If the vat quadrilateral City Hnll from which he emerges i, net . Let that be granted Hut that the founder, whose original conception was that of n spurious garden town with ample room for all social and commercial growth, would be batistied with present conditions Is net m easily conceded. With nil th" space necessary te accommo date the mrt magnificent metropolitan de velopment. Phllnde'phia remains n prey te the incubus of physical centralization. The tab of needless inconvenience and exas perating overcrowding begins with the loca tion of the municipal buildings en old Center Square. That was n colossal blun der. It was stir ended by the clustering of railway stations in a narrowly circumscribed territory which ha been converted into a retail business section, n theatrical section, te feme extent a financial section, an in in M.tuttenal section, a hotel section, nn etHce-bui'dlng section In fact, the fecal point of most phases of metrope'itan life save these of home dwelling und of manu facturing. In a word, super-centralization in Phila delphia is t'it becoming nn excessive nuisance. It i as if the whole city were being poured Inte n narrow but Immensely tall tube, implanted deep Inte the ground and rearing Itself te the skies within a few hundred yards of that monumental obstruc tion known as the Public Huild.tigs. Seme cities that have made a stir in the wer'd as, ler example, Venice and Cadiz have been forced te contend with peculiar topegraphs til limitations mi) using extreimly Inten-ive uTiilit !!!- of growth. New Yerk would rnptureiis.y wclminc any practical s heme of investing Manhattan 1'land with elasticity. Indeed, a plan for 111 :ng up a portion of the hn-her from the Hattery te the Narrows has been under discussion for several year", ami hopes of executing it are by no menus abandoned. There is no na' ob'lgatlen upon l'hiln delphian" te act rcntripetally. Roem for expansion for a sensible diffusion of ac tivities and enterprises exists in abundance. Hut the centralizing habit Is seem ngly in grained, the result, perhaps, of a kind of ponderous inertia. Traffic conditions in the tight-packed 'nner area tire fast becoming in'elerub'e. The p'ight of motorist 4, and even mere hapless pedestrians, by no mentis implies that Phl'ndelphla 1 bursting with busyness and buslmss; that it is hustling te the ev p'eMve point or eu'strldlng its own ca pniities. The situation suggests that the city has net learned hew te grew. The time is rapidly appreach'' whn Hread Street-Station must be abandoned a- superannuated, and when a .ipiu-ieus mod ern terminal proportioned ( the trutG'- f the Pennsylvania system 1 ere must be erected The Cen. epflell of a un.eii st.u.er. sl uated nearer te the Schuylkill in tl.e upper I,rkvuy ne.ghborheod, 'ini te Inve been n van: dream. There Is eveiy iiidi'at.eti that the Pennsylvania will solve i's wn problem singly. Wl.ei. tii. new- terminal '.s bi'lt it is mierative that bread, handsome l, .rei.- i fnres be opened In the ..'nity of ,, ,;nv Hnll. Setting the station biek as far as I pfteenth street, i xteiidlng m te the north ever Filbert street, perhaps as far as d.th her', with a northwest-seu'i eas' fie nde along the Parkway, would permit of the construction of a splendid ionceurn f.,r the relief ,,f a harassed piliuc. The antiquated "dead-w nil" fiatures of the north -Ide of Market street a!',, shoe'd be remedied by moving the Pennsylvania's elevated traeks farther te the north or building a 'ubwny Man of the ebs'ri' t.ers !n the wey of n balanced, proportioned and well distrib uted metropolitan development are unfortu nately permanent Hut the railway termi nal Mtuntinn is s is eptlble of intelligent treutment, and the Pennsylvania c,,ti p(.r. form a splendid public service m applying vision te an undertaking that mnv be re garded ns inevitable. It cannot be said that all Philadelphia!)! are aware of the mistakes that have been made in ever-emphasizing the municipal fecun Plea. Hut many persons uiiiiMi-stieiii-ably nre oppressed bv the heedless jamming of diversified aitivitles, and even vaguely conscious that the overciewding in the heart of the town is mm h wurne and mere vexatious than It should be. HIDDEN MEN YOF never can positively tell hew the ether half of your neighbor, net of the community lives, feels and thinks. There are two personalities, ami sometimes three or four, in almost every individual, even though all but what you see is huppresseei nnd forgotten by the vast majority of peo ple. The Hcv Dr. Hall'n illnry note te the choir uiuger, whohe body wuh found with his In n weed nenr . New nrumeu.li' must have uuteuItJted hi friends and hc- EVENING PUBLIC LEDGftR- qitalntnnces when they were printed, rind nffecti'd them nbeut ns nn enrthqunke would en a Sabbath afternoon. Dr. Hull was n mnn of intellectual force and scholarly training. 1I1 reputation for dignity and reserve seems te have been fairly and honestly wem. Thus? of his intimates who Insisted le the Inst that he was Innocent of wrong nml nhuve nil sirplclen of doubt ful e'eniluct elellbtless spoke what was true of the man in his normal contacts with tlie community In which he lived. It is the sec sec enilary or Mibi'onscleus man who Is rcvcnled new as a rebel agalii't cenvpiitinnn, Irked by routine existence nml routine obligations and eager for e-xplerntieui In pnths closed te him by the laws of orderly existence and his own social responsibilities. It is idle te try te analyze moods such as thee rcvcnlcel In the series of utmost inco herent sentences written te the woman who went with him le her eleiith. It is enough le remember the subtler implications of Steven son's story of .Tekvll nml Hele nml te nc nc knevv ledge' that, after till, a geed elenl limy be said in praise of the inherited systems of social and splrltunl discipline which ennble the vast majority of people le elrlve the Hyde that links in almost every mnn and vveninn farther and farther Inte he bai'kgreunel of consciousness until he does net survive even ns nn impulse or n memory. BRITAIN'S TORY-IN-CHIEP DH. KMIU: COCi:. who new 1-Mhe most conspicuous practitioner in Furepe of what might be called mental healing, is con vinced that if you but say every morning and evening, "In every way, every day I am growing better and better." nml then be'leve yeursedf. you will, in the course eif time, achieve mental and iihysi.nl rejuvenn tiein. New it hnp'ietis that I.eird Curen. who properly may be desctibed as the First Crave- Digger in the cuirent political drnma at Londen, bus been for some time nn ardent putieut ami disciple of Dr. Cene's, Client- has been digging grnves for Lloyd Creerge ever since the nimble-witted Welsh mnn first appeared as a person of pelitie-nl Importance. He eligged and he digged. In the dav.s of his greatest power and glory Lloyd C.perge hid nly te glance ever bis shoulder te sec Curzon grimly nnd gloomily excavntlng at his heels. The Tery-ln-chief of Britain seems never te have been licour liceur aged. lie continued te fellow Lloyd Oeerge nreiind. He dug all ever F.ngland. We may learn by his own written testimony that It was the energy and vitality gained tinder Dr. Coup's treatment that enabled him te continue inelu-trieiislj nnd without (lagging te the very last. New, no matter who may be Prime Min ister of F.ngland. It is fair te assume that the mind behind tin- new Conservative lov lev ernment will be th" nine! of Curzon. Se it is proper te hop" that there nia.v be in the Cene method sine sort of moral stimulus as great ns that revealed iu the physical and mental reni'tiens of Ce'ie's most distin guished patient. Fer Lord Cur.eui's politi cal morals certainly eiild be improved. If eutwnrel evidence hum vie correlsiratlve testimony of events count for anything, Curzon has been the incurable cynic of Brit ish politics. He didn't bthev" In a peace of reconcleiition. He believed ill eul rences-, slens, naval power and new terrlteTies as sustaining forces of the Krittsh Umpire. While Lloyd Ce-erge was talking peace and justice nnd ideali-i.i at Paris, Curzon wns busy trying te put l'er-ia and all the Per sian oil' lands in his t eck I with the nid of British leans and Hru.s-h forces of occupa tion, l'nlike Balfour and some of the ether elder state-smen ef KngKnd, Lord Curzon never had much faith in the newer philoso phies of peace by international understand ings and reduceel navies. !! Is of the school of I"')". , , The best thing that may be said of the present political alignments in Britain is that the Knglish people knew- their Curzon fairly well. That is the . hlef reason why the 'new government of th- Conservatives, whuh is in reahty a 'ievernmeiit of the elder-fashioned Tenes, is likely te have an cxtremelv short nnd i'.rmy life. THE LEGION AND DR. SAWYER CRITICISM ed Dr. Sawyer's aeimin! (ra tion of the soldier ti'inhilitiitiuii service culminated at the New Orleans convention of the American Legien l'i n resolution de manding the rerrevn' if Dr. Siwy.r as e-hief ro-e.rdniater of the Federal Hospitalization Beard. The- New Yerk branch of the Legien, which adopted a similar resolution at its convention iu Syracuse, was the tir-t te make a forma! pretest against what is called the ilei ter's inc.nipeteiice. II" is i barged with pre.cras' matien nnd with a misrepre sentation of the tact-. The legion, whhh ic interfsie.l In the rehabtli'Mieii e,f the men injured in tic war. must be supoe-ed e knew something about what the fait" ai". Whi'e m ich has been done te take care of th- inj ired men and te make them s.df -s,ip.e-nng. the Legien Insist- that Dr. Sawver I .'i b. en nie're inter"-teil in saving menev than in saving lives. While he wis 'tislsting en economies the men lave l. t, dvinr. As tl i-sp are ex jarte ' ."it- It would be unwi-e for nnv one te . i-npt them as well founded until tue .ic ,-ed la- been heard from. But they lav. j ,t the de, ter en the defensive. The feti ,1 n it a'el for his resignation ought te pr.....ke hi- te t.-'l his -Id" of the story. If ! an ,i i f v h!ui-ef, and if he can prove t' in a.' teat Ins been humanly and hiimanelv j . -smb- hi,- bei n done, the country will he i,4 'mul le dis. count the bitter nttnets ,,t tv.. I.egi.ni. He mniiet very well re . . n -In' under the . irciimstnliecs. It it '....'..I in vi, l.evv.ver, thnt his continuum ' In oil. e is n , n.bar russment te the 'i-es,di i.,et, levaltv In his superior should lead l.m te resign fertl -vith and snve the pre-, l.., i tie dl-agreeuble duty of asking bin. t" i.M.re THE MIRACLE MAKERS """INDS engngeii .u 'he v ;)- ,,f science IV'l are never a' r - 'I i. are driving steaelily onward te tin- rdi-. of new und treini'iideus feirce-s that vull i:t,ir ru.n the world or make it a r.i n v ., .-' v jdcisnnt jiliue te live III. The hit. Ilillte r, K, ,.,. U1n dejielid e-ntirely upon ti nb.ut, of maiikllld te learn te put n.-v disc, venes te geed rather than te bad uses While war planes in t'.e ,,,, nn, nnvy service were- being put t'r.iigl, ustenishing efliplency test- In one ltt ,f the country, Themas A. IMlsem v.- vi-'.img Charlie '. Sti'Inmetz in nnether. T'-e two wizards met in the greatest priv ,n. hil,ntery in thu 1'nlted Stnti-s and nl-mhi the operation ,,f mechanisms devised net only te transmit electric power by vvneh -s, but te lib-rate the incalculable natural energy of which controllable electricitv i, but u eruele and superfn'lal manifestation When hti'am was tir-t pit te practical uses applied science was supposed t M1(J rune-heel th'-' Umir of its potentiality. ; trifit.v ami the eleitrie meter vven- equally astenl'-hing. The-y were the beginning f a new ppeich. Thev were suppose, i ,0 ,p liniil triumph of huinnn effort, Wireles- )ms since nppeiireel as a famt uianifeMiitien fie, a new ami iine.pleri-d world of wonders t-uppese the IMlsens ami the Stelnmetzes had . I .1... s'HWI lllih 1,1 ., " ' rei-eive-n no- - .....,.., o.eou mm tin- vvar is hlliel te nave i'ii.t win, er,-,,r t M Jt or the future geed of humanity . Sur-lj m,.,, like most of theso whe, arc new engaged with the entitlement of methods of -iuvitstutien te he used in war, would desire nothing belter than te hihJ shin nnu tia-lr knevvl- pelge te thu betterment of civlllzutieu (y ignorance, tue artificially created hutrcda of , . nrtl'iii fir I'liur line the pelltieiaus t are in their way. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER MONEY AND POLITICS Senater Varc Spent $1,000,000 In Ten Years The Montgomery Candi dates Judge Butler an Old Campaigner Ellis Up Hill Fight y GKOUOt; NOX McCAIN GHKAT stress is laid, by these familiar with conditions, en tlie necessity for the next Republican boss of Philadelphia being the possessor of nn unlimited bank account. Xei political organizations In these days e-nn function without well-ljbriceted me-I'ltfni-ry. Coin of the realm is the oil of glndnesi te the political worker. lt he'ds geed with the Slate boss and the precinct eleen bell-puller nllkc. The late Sennter Kelvvln Ii, Varc spent several fortunes in politics. About three years nge I met him In Arthur It. II, Morrevv'n office In City Hall. While walling for Mr. Merrow's appear-nne-e we fell into n desultory chnt en the Niibject of money In politics. "Have ou any lelen hew much money I've spent In politics?" the Senater In quired. I replied that 1 could net even approxi mately suggest n figure. "I've spent ever $1,000,000 In the last ten years," was the reply. T1IK abolition of city, county and State conve-ntlens put an end tn one of the most pielilic sources of political extrava gance. I'mW the old regime there was always a ccrtalii dass of men who became delegates purely for linnnelnl i canons. Tin- were political prostitutes. The man who had the most money get their vote. A number of .venrs age I attended a con vention in nn inferior county where the contest was exe'eedlngly bitter. It was In a county noted for the corrupt practices of its politicians. I noticed that lis- seen ns the rellcall en a ballet was emleel certain of the delegates rose and left the hall. They were the elelegatcs controlled by a man who became conspicuous In State offi cial circles some years afterward, DURING one of these heglrns I also left the hnll. I found this lender, whom I knew Intimately, In n low-voiced wrangle with a couple of the delegates. "Yen seem te be having trouble with your friends." 1 remarked. "I inn, They insist that I settle with them before each ballet. Just new they've notified me they're going te raise the price nftiT the next ballet. "I'll see them in h before I pay them nny mere!" he snorted. I afterward b-aineil that lt had cost him SHOO a ballet te bold these delegates in line. Neither party had anything en the ether though whi'ii it came te rival leaden? going into the market for delcgutt votes in these days. THK legitimate uses for money In State wide political campaigns nre numerous und necessary . Yeu cannot elect n ticket en a shoestring. Printers, landlords, clerks, garage men, the I nlte-d States (Government, railroads, hotel and lcstaurant keepers, ting nnd ban ner makers, and "Uim, the button man," must nil be paid. The Government's charge for postage Is one of the largest items. There are watchers, window-book men, messenger boys, telegraph tells nnd a hun-elri-,1 and one small items thnt cat great holes- in u $1000 bill. A great political organization in n city of nearly L'.UOO.OOO souls can make $100,000 leek like thirty cents In a very short time. I AM net much given te prophecy. Occa sionally the spirit moves me. Fiulcr Its influence nt the present mo ment I predict that Fletcher W. Stltes, Ri'publlean candidate for the Senate from the Montgomery ellstrict. is going te be heard when he gets te Harrisburg, There are three, at least, of his colleagues in the Heuse- upon whom the limelight will also cast Its revealing rays. The.v are e-lcan-cut fellows, who leek their ce.nstituents squarely In the face and are net afraid le talk. Moreover, they knew hew te talk. Future Senater Stlte-s Is a captivating speaker, whose sentences carry n near np np pteach te real campaign oratory. WILLIAM S. HUCKLAND, big, full faceil. Ilerld. wholesome, enthusiastic, is the- original I'liiuhet man of the Schuylkill Valley . Hi- proclaims the fact bravely and blithely. It was Mr. Buekland's massive double six cars that canieel the- candidates through lower Montgomery County. He uills Clifferd Pine-het "the Governer," with a piiitlciilar unction ns becomes a man who, when the Pike County candidate's prospects v.eie but u little mere than n breev.e e-eining down from the extreme nerth-e-nst, he tied the I'lnehet banner te the halyaiils and suit it te the masthead with n rui-li. It's still theie, and I presume William S. Buckliiiid will keep it there till the lnit hour et the lift day of the Pincbet iiilmlu iiilmlu lstratlen. "Bill" Buckland, as he is affectionately called by every body, is one of NorrUtevvn'a most prespen us men. Abe he jp, , most eutstnmling figure in that cemmmunlty of progressive people. F DHMIMt SFNATOR IIKNRY 1). SAY- LOR hail the- center et the stage fee brief time las- Monday-, He piesid'il nt the- I'lni'het uw-rttng and Npeke from the portico eif the S, huler Heuse in Pottstown. Some-beily several jenrs nge started the story that Harry Say ler was dead It was a mistake!. He had e.nlv gene te Alaska te leek after some of his mining interests. Mr. Say ler reached . the- zenith of hi.j career when he- was Jse-itiiter from Mont Ment Mont gemery in tin- sessions eif '!)." and '07. Senater quay hud tiike-n u liking te him becaiise be was one of the most sti callously active pulitiml workers In Kusttrn IVnn' vlvania. He was and still Is a strict Organization mini, and It is doubtful if during the inter vening yap- he has lest any of the attributes that ti'tided te his success n quarter of a cental y age. ICeFLD net help but eentrust the rival candidates in tlie e-eiigri-,Mnal fight in the Seventh District as I heard Themas S. Butler talk te libs constituents in Pheenlx- H. has leist some of the fullm-se. 0f feo fee ture, and his hair und uuum-h, have tinned from iron gray te f-ne v white since last I In aril him en the stump. Hut the combative spirit, expressed In (lashing eye. expressive veie-e and vigor of utteuuice, remains unellmmed He spoke te the iissi-inbleil crowd like u father, n political father. He called reme of them by name. Anil whv shouldn't he? lie had known most of them from child hood. As for the elder e.nes, he had been lending them in ""' l''"lls "f triumphant Republicanism for u gem-ration. W ir r.TAM T. KLLJS, of Swnrthm W Themas H. Huller's opponent for Cen- , l.A I If mop rut ic - I'ilI,!!.,,,,... . -t.. .. gress, nn- -" - uihuii- June- iiendt-iit candlelate-, Is Butler s opposite phys l.alli and in P"t. ff ,"" II,. is young, bpnghtly, traveled and well lnferme.il. A edever Bpeaker and vyriter am a geed campaigner, he Is handicapped ,iM every Ueinecrut candidate' has ever been In thu Seventh Congressional District. ' The dlbtrlct is nearly reck-ribbeel Re publican. ... Besides, there Is the prestige of experience-, eif loin, ni-eiualiitani'c, f familiarity with issues, in favor of Judge Butler. BBBF I I ill 11 PVBVBBBBBVBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBB'H'VViclfilT I itL gfcftaW vr.T'i ' - .tvrs. MlVf .aVr vv v: n, u -- IA t yx av - .kk.Kl)A Klllr w NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best EDWIN D. SOLENHEKGEK On Children an Asset, Net a Liability ALTHOUGH there nre thousands of chil dren who each year must be cnreel for by the various chihiren's aid societies and orphanages, btill these children are or should be an asset nml net a liability for the Commonwealth and the community, accord ing te Kdwin D. Selenberger, general secre tary of the Children's Aid Society of Penn sylvania. "The average man or wemnn." salel Mr. Selenberger, "is apt te wonder why there nre se ninny homeless or neglected i-lnldren te be careel for by children's nid secleti,-s nnd orphanages. It Is sometimes said that the parents sheulel be made te care for their own children or thnt there Is work for every one nnd therefore there sheulel net be the necessity for se much churlty for children. Every Citizen Interested "Every citizen of the Commonwealth, either as taxpayer or as n contributor te chnritv, should be Interested In this mutter, because he in affected by it whether he take the Interest in lt that he should or net. The condition of the children of the State Is one of the most vitnl of all matters relat ing te its welfare. It affects the citizens tar bevend the mere matter of paying tnxes or giving te charity, because it is thesp children who will become the next generation of voters and rulers of the State. "Therefore the future of the Common wealth lies potentially in their hands, and the present generation cannot de better work than te nee that they have thu advan tages te which they arc entitled ami which they must have if thev are te e-enduct the affairs of the State wisely and well in the future. "These advantages of education nmj environment manifestly cannot be had unless the physical and moral welfaie of the chlhl is safeguareled in its early years. When the parents cannot or will neit supply these. things, they must be given bv some one else in order that these future e ituens phall come te their grent task fitted as vvedl as possible' for the responsibilities which accompany it. This, therefore, is the reason for the exist ence of the children's aid societies and the orphanages the ultimate geed eif the Ceim Ceim menwenlth ns well an the demands el com mon humanity. Cases of Dependence. "The experience of the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania, which Is undoubt edly t'.vpicAl of thnt of most ether sunilar orgnni'zatieus, may be of interest iu thh thh thh connectien ns showing the reason why ch. elren arc made dependent upon charity for the things which their parents should have given them, but which they must have fr..in some e.ne if they nre te become useful eitt zens iu Inter life. "Lairing the pnst twelve years our soe'eiv has recelveel tin average of fill! homeless and neglected children each year, or nbeut ten new children each week, n total for the twelve years of 0148 children. The general opinion of the public Is that the greatest number of enses come te organizations siu-h as ours either from the desertion of the futher or from his death. "This, however, Is net the rase, twenty, teven chilelrcn out eif every hundred which wv receive have both parents living nml mar Heel nnd neither desertion nor separation bus occurred. These include cruelty cases, and these In which ene or bethparents have been sent te prison, te hospitals for the insane, te tuberculosis hospitals nnd ether e-nses of physical, mental or moral unfitness of one or both of them. Where One I'urcnt Has Wed "It is n strange fact thnt we receive many mer-! chtblrcn enlv one of whose parents has died than where both of them hnve passed away. The bcceiiu! largest number which we receive nre the children of widowers, this classification furnishing almost teven teen children nut of every hundred, and wxt te that arc the children of unmarried par ents (l.'t per cent). Then there is a de cided drop te a little mere than li'i ptr ceni tlie-'e being the e-hlldreil of widows, showing that the mother Is mere likely te keep the children with hcr thun Is the " "Nine per cent of the children who conn cenn conn te us nre the offspring of mothers who have been deserted by the father ami h per i-cm arc the children of divorced or sequmitel imrentH. Next In order reme the children of unknown purents, these amounting ,0 llttle mere than 7 per rent. These Ineltide V hi.... i n...' ulinnileiieil cli M,... iyir.ll"ni" ieiui wtur, ,- : '..-, "Finally, tlie tttagaaaaaV L,u"cntieui 21, 1922 HIT OR MISS? nre these children who nre full orphans; thnt is. both of whose parents nre dead, nnd the smalle-st classification of all are these whose fathers have been deserted by the mothers.' Kaeh of these is u tride mer-j than 4 per cent. Are Tjplc.il Cases "As these figures relate te children re ceived from Juvenile Courts, almshouses, peer beards and many either sources in Philadelphia and Kastem Pennsylvania, they may be regarded as typical. Iu receiv ing these chililien, there is no barrier ns In rai'c, color, creed or se-v ; the iiee-il of the child, based upon careful and theremgh Investigation, was the e-hlef and often the sole consideration in admitting them te thu tare of the perletv. '"Naturally, each year there Is a certain number of children returned te the patents or which have- been adopted Inte the families which have taken them te raise as their own children. In every case where n child i spnt te a family te raise, the conditions and the likelihood of the i-hilil and the fnmilv being fitted te eni'h ether are Hip subject of e-nreful Investigation, ami the result of this Is that then- is a fair number of families which ultimately ndept the children they have taken te raise. "Others eif the childien become of age each year nnd n few have te be tranfern-il te institutions bei'lll'se they re-epilre special enre usually en account el physical or men tal conditions. The- perc-ntage of these who left tlu e-nre eif the nrgaulzntiein may be seen when It is known that during the past year we Ineke-d after "JUS children anil at the e-lese of the year 'JOUI remained In our care. Getting the Right Hemes ""If course, the situation was even mere Ferleiis for many of tlii-e- ehlldren than tinmen- citation of the figure, show. Fer example, some of the widows and eleserte-el wives were incompetent eir mnmlly weal; and ethers weie sick en- phvsienlly ihenpne-ilate-d, set that they eeu'd neit make a homes for their children even with outside help. "In the e-ase eif ediildie-n whose metiicrs had illed, or been eb-sertcd, eicry effort wan mnile te see-ure support for tlii'm from the fathers. Practically all of these children 1-nd been neglected, some of them seriously, before thev lenche-d the ser iitv . "Fer the important w -k nf finding the right homes for these children anil te secure suitable care for them iu our bearding heiui'-s, It will be rendllv seen that .,,, neeele I nil our facilities. Kxpcrle-uevd, trainfd workers, prevision for me-nial and rneelica! examinations and tri-iitment, special work for young babies and for eilder heys ami girls are just it few of the many feature's of a gee, e hl'd-cnrlng job. "It resis a let in time and menev , but it certainly puvs. The destitute and neglected e'hi'ilren of the community should he helped te Income se-lf-siippertilli' I'ltlzeps, plopped te de their part iu enir great elemeracy. Negleetcel, they will almost certainly b,..' i-eme a liability; rightly trained thev will be an lnciensing as'.et." ir i Jiiir v; fcSv k .a4tLda7iisfJuaBiaiHBRMv JTi Jffsay W tfljL -sUaaaaaarV -SBBs atjJaaaLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaKaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaP Mf a rVets. JtaaaavaiaVHWi ?MMmMmammmBmMm9M .tr- cym r, Th'Tfi ii hrnt in ei rlrtunut ei;u;, r. There ii ininifi tn thv tjicvtUui of fi tends 7V,c-c' ciiiuiiiri ei rnmfertwii tmi'iiier ' When iliemlfj .niilrt and itnhunli. 7'i'-iv it Jhe in tin' heart i of tire iVinVj Whn eiVeccr then eicn hut one enul. Hut the iiveinrie ijny nlwp; iciumVi Fer the hint from ei untitle of r-eeif. foul, coal! Wnmleijul viml! Happn mid lurie he our dele! Hard ey bUumininin, M(il:e it voluminous Its virtues ve'll tihrntn extol! Handle it finrfullii, Wiirlji enul cheerfully! Heat trill he tvrr our eeal.' Send us a ten of it J tint for the fun of it! Toast us, geed fairies, with enal! . A, France Is said tn bei turning te itussui as an ally; but it Is when the fact Is stated iu terms of Peiucnre! und Tretzky that it seems alarming, Lenger life bv twenty ye-ars is the goal of the Amcrii'ini Public Health Association iu convention in Cle-velnnd ; ami the niein. hers will probably win out at that, if they live long enough. "Hoever en Harding" ,i nn optimistic document designee! te preve thnt where there was once reimen te view with alarm there Is new p'enty of ei-use for pointing with pride. !( A SHORT CUTS The leaden feet of justice are some times also covered with mush. The Laber Party may new Insist that Benar Law join the Cabinet Makers' Union. The overage ward pelitlclun Is new running nreiinel looking for a noose In which te put his neck. If harmony is always desirable, what becomes of the virtue following the falling out of thieves? Leave it tei Canada and the United States and ce.iiipittc iiniil disarmament 1 the easiest thing in the world. Ever se many Congressmen, it would appear, have put their courage away in moth bulls until lifter November 7. There is seriousness In the allegation concerning the' New Brunswick case that politics has put the mist in mystery. .. " Colonel McCain describes It, when MeSparran tires of rapping Pinohet, he'll he oft again, going en again ngen i iiiegaii. Sixty-five thousand people will watch n college football game in Columbus, 0.. today ; and yet the're are people who con tend that the general public is net suf ficiently interested In education. Sir Mllllam Berry, visiting British publisher, says no government can 'be formed in Lngl.iinl without re-ckeniug with Lloyd Geerge. Quite se, quite se. Bound te be ns busy nn th,. side-lines ns though he were in the game. U hen Secretary Davis has his wish anil (he Railieiad Laber Beard Is nbellsheel, all the ehimces ure that it will net mean a return e the eild conditions he favors, hut rather the establishment of something bigger and stronger. "Very well, thank je.u," said Clemen ecau, when telel of Lloyd Geerge's down fall. Just faintly suggestive of Sara Bern hardt s reputc-il leinark when told an entiny hail been eaten by welve-s: "Peer things! What n dreadful thing hunger must be!" What De Yeu Knew? quiz 1. What Is meant by the center of pepula tien of n country? 2. 'Wlicru Is the center of alien population of the Cnlteil Ktntca? 3. What iu the n.une of tlie instrument for meat'inlm.- ralntnll? 4 What Is "p.iyj.ige" In pictorial art' 0 SThe United States contains the Fnthr of Waters ami the Mether of 1'ieal- dents. Identify them. C. What Is the nourish after a signature eMlleel? 7. Who said "Man wnnts hut little here be low, nor wants that llttle long"? 8. What country wa.i describe el by a cele brated poet as possessing the "fatal gift of beauty"? d. Distinguish between a parakeet and s paruklte. 10. What ure facetiae? Answers te Yesterdnv's )uiz 1. The Reseltn Stene with Inscriptions In Fgyptlan hieroglyphics, Bgyptlan prles's' characters ami rtreek was found by M. Heussnrd, n Trench offi cer, in the trenches tit Feit St. Julian, near Itesett.i, Kgypt, In ITii'J S. Jean France's Champolllen, the French KiO'PtnleglHt, by a compnilseii of th various texts solved the hthrle baniliiff mybtcry of Egyptian hiero glyphics. Ilia plan et Interpretation was (list disclosed In 182!!. ". An acephaleus nulinal Is ene without heart, us nn oyster. 4. William Ilegnith, tlie English painter ami engraver, especially noted for hi' iilcteilai comments en the society of ills times, was born In 1C97 und die Iu 17i34. I. La Ilacue Is the cnpltal of the Nether Inml.i. La Rogue- In a roadstead near the nerthcaat extremity of I'etentln. sN'eiin.iiidy, Kianee. It wives Its name te a famous iiuv.il battle, fought a May. IBs:1, in which Admiral Russell. rnmmunclliiR thn English licit, dcfeatcil the Krem h, mult r Teurvlllt The enpe ut thn northwest extremity of i'etentln latcalled La Hague. , 0. David Lloyd Geerge was Premier et Kniihinrt from December, 1916, te Octo ber, l!i22 , , 7. A lactoicepo duteriiilues the purity e inlllc. . 8. Thu Straits of llab-el Mundeb conneel the Reel Ke.i with the Indian Oceaa or the Arabian Gulf. 9. Cheyenne Is the cnpltnl of Wyoming 10. Tanks wcr Oist us d In the Wnr I W:-f en the Flanders front in 1916- ) , Itfies.j -.-,S.,-J.:Ai
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