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these findings fire recorded and fire of great
value. They cover tho child's history up to,
Usually, about 16 years Why should not this
valuable data be turned over to the Juvenile
Court for use In cases of delinquency occur
ring among school children? It would save
the court n vast deal of time and money,
and would cut out a lot of testing and Inves
tigating and duplication of work already
done by the schools, and done more carefully
and thoroughly than the courts can do It.
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ing class (average age 16) 64 weto known, by
test, to be only from Ave to right years old
mentally. Yet they were turned loose on the
community without any adequate provision
for future help or protection against the dan
gers Inherent In their defective slate. There
would seem to bo a great need of Unking up
and co-ordinating nil our public and private
social ngciiclfs to prevent this sMte of affairs.
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Transit a Juggernaut to llohl-Bnoks.
IN THE letter sont out by James O. Bal
four and John M. Kogelsanger, urging the
stockholders of the Cnton Traction Company
to protest to tho company's directorate
ngalnet acceptance of the suggestion relative
to rapid transit made by tho ISapld Transit
Company, appears this statement:
"A committee of the Hoard of Directors of
tho Kapld Transit Company has come before
tho Board of Directors of the I'nlon Traction
Company with the proposal that Vnion Trac
tion stockholders shall give the Itnpiu Tran
sit Company financial support to the extent
of supplying funds for tho extension and
equipment of existing linos AND FOIt THE
EQt'IPMKNT OF THE X"W T'ROPOSHD
CITY BT-ILT AND OWNKD SYSTEM OF
RAPID TRANSIT LINES."
The agreoment resulting from conferences
between the Department of City Transit and
the Rapid Transit Company, under tho cap
tion, "Union Traction Co-operation," says:
"The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
will rely upon the I'nlon Traction Company
to aid In securing only SCCH Kl'Xns AS
WILL, BE REQUIRED FOR THE NORMAL
EXTENSION OV THE EXISTING SYSTEM,
the requirements for which will be greatly
lessened bv the establishment of tho new
high speed lines."
The discrepancy between the two utterances
Is obvious and vital. The Union Traction
Company has not been asked and will not
be asked to provide funds of any sort or in
any amount for the proposed new system.
The Union Traction Company, of course, is
at perfect liberty to decline to participate In
the program. It may. If It wishes, forego the
guarantees offered by tho city against loss
of net income occasioned by diversion of traf
fic to the high-speed lines and the abolition
of exchange tickets. But the Union Traction
Company cannot prevent the achievement of
rapid transit in Philadelphia. There Is no
company that can do that.
The thousands of workers, men and women,
who are paying six cents a day more than
they ought to pay for conveyance to and
from their work and the thousands of others
who enjoy a five-cent fare, but loae pre
cious minutes dally through slow service,
arc not Interested In the details of finance.
They only know that tho municipality is am-
Ply rich enough to accomplish tho project.
' They will sweep politicians or any other set
of men aside. If necessary, and use their
votes to get what Jiey want. Public opinion
Is settled. It will have rapid transit. The
movement has already become a Juggernaut
to the little fellows who think they can
check it.
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An 'I;m That Hamstrings Protection
ADEMOCR-i T has been elec ed Governor
. of Mains. Tho wave of revolt has not
subsided sulllciently to throw this naturally
Republican Commonwealth back into tho
party column. The Progressive allegiance
proved strong enough, despite tremendous
losses, to prevent Republican success.
The result is typical of what may be ex
pected in other States If the party does not
kick out of leadership the men who were
responsible in tho first place for the wreck
of tho Institution and who are standing now,
In the manner of dogs in the manger, In
sisting that tho wreck and ruin they have
left behind them constitute a reason for
their retention in power. There are thou
pands of Progressives who are still good Re
publicans, but they will not come back Into
camp until they know that It has been fumi
patPd and cleaned.
The eloctions In November ara merely
preparatory. Tho real fljrht will bo in 1916.
The Republican party has this ear the op.
portunity to prove its moral competency, Its
Independence. Its convalescence. The way to
the White House is straight, not crooked,
and there is not enough arsrument In the
world to convince thn people of other Com
monwealthfl that Penrosetsm travels on tfe
broad highway
It Is triumphant Republicanism without
Tenroselsm or !t Is a languid, heartless,
powerless and nerveless Republicanism with
renroselsm Intelligent citizens should have
no difficulty in determining which they pre-Jer.
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A New Kind of Men For Bullets.
WHEN th? veil is lifted from the broad
battlo lines east and west of Germany
and the splerulor of the victories Is dulled by
the sombre pall of suffering and death, a new
spirit of determined opposition to war ulll
force Its way around the world. Tho tele,
graph and cable, the enormous facilities of
the modern world for communication, have
torn the mask of glory from tho battlefield.
It was well enough for men to fight when
only the living returned to tell of it, whan
Tales of massacre did not reach men's homes
until weeks or months after tho event. But
now the horror of war is shoulder to shoulder
with- th glamour pf it on the front page. A
, single. bullet can destroy two decades of edij.
cation or sweep into eternity the fickle light
of genius, for more terrlblt- ;han the number
of men Is the kind of men killtd. That Is the
loss that staggers civilization and drives it
baokward. It is not the last great war, but
It la one' of the Ust. and it will do more than
all the pamphlets ever printed to hasten the
ay of universal petice. The commqn sense
of Immunity as a whole l certain eventually
to gain the mastery over passion.
Bent Pcnroe : Win the Nation
5 PENROSE could not be elected United
States Senator from Illinois. In Califor
nia his candidacy would bo ridiculed In
Maine not a corporal's guard would rally to
his support In Ohio he would be treated as
his prototype, Fornker, was treated. In Mis
souri It would not take 20 minutes to count
the votes he could get. In Maryland, another
doubtful State, It would ho Penrose last, with
none of the other candidates In sight. A So
cialist would poll more votes than ho in Wis
consin and Iowa. In Washington there would
bo an avalanche of women's ballots polled
against him. Where, East or West. In any
doubtful State, could Penrose command a
following?
Yet this Is the man who, pleading for Pro
tection, refuses to step aside and permit some
other man who could really do something for
protection to go to Washington. It Is mock
ery of reason to assume that the rest of the
nation would follow Pennsylvania in devotion
to such a leader. It Is sheer madness to sup
pose that there can be any rehabilitation of
the Republican party to long as he is one
of Its accredited leaders. It Is proper for men
whose business is threatened to dedicate their
work and Influence to the restoration of Re
publican policy in Washington, but every ef
fort they make will be futile It they insist
upon using as their representative a man
whose name is Identified with tho most thor
oughly discredited and hated system of poll
tics in America.
Tho national Republican party has many
enemies and Mr. Penrose Is the greatest of
them all. In his own State and In his own
town ho has alienated tho Independent Re
publican press. In no other Commonwealth
Is there any Republican newspaper with any
pretentions whatever to Independence that
would even consider apologizing for or ad
vocating Penroselsm. They know It for what
It Is. They have no doubts about the cuckoo
being in the robin's nest. Only In Pennsylva
nia Is tho party expected to be a Little Red
Riding Hood Elsewhere and here, too, the
alluring front of the house of Penroselsm
does not deceive observers. They have also
been looking at tho back yard
WHEN you read In your favorito news
paper that somo one has found a $1000
pearl In an oyster, put It down to Ignorance
or to tho attempt to advertise tho restaurant,
l'earls found In salt water oysters aro worth
less. So says Herman Myer, father of tho
American pearl Industry, who has devoted
20-odd years to exploiting the fresh water
pearls of this country, from Wisconsin to
Arkansas, from his nntlvo State, Tennessee,
to Maine. Myer's llfo work has nil the
glamour of romance. Born In Carthage, Ten
nessee, he was sent to Harvard and was
graduated with honors In chemistry. Dur
ing one of his vncatlons, spent at home, a
fisherman brought him a pearl. Thnt started
his downward career, for his father, himself
a banker, had wanted his son to follow In
his flunnclnl footsteps. But young Myer
thought otherwise, and, packing his grip,
went to New York, where he sold his pearl
to Tiffany's tho first American pearl ever
sold in the New York market.
There was a time when Oriental pearls
wore worth their weight In gold; today the
Iridescent pearl, found In the rivers of Iowa
and Wisconsin, Is more valuable than a dia
mond of corresponding size. And Myer Is
lnrgely responsible for this. Up nnd down
the Inland rivers ho traveled, on foot, by
train, In wagons, prenchlng tho value of the
gem to the fishermen, telling them how to
find It. how to value It. how to market It.
And the upshot of It all was that tho self
same fishermen became so expert that they
doubled and trebled the price to Myer, until
the profit to the wholesaler was almost
negligible.
BUT even Myer was not the first to deal
In American pearls, for In the great
cathedral In Seville, Spain, rests a collection
of these gems, gathered by Do Soto and his
followers during their Invasion of our South
ern States and his trip to the Father of
Waters. In the archives of the Spanish city
may be found wondrous tales of tho vast
riches of the American Indians of Do Soto's
days, of tho Immense stores of pearls found
by the adventurers, of the utter disregard
the natives had for their value. But tho
bushels of pearls gathered as spoils by tho
Spaniards were lost In the main when Ill
fortune overtook them.
CONCEDING for the sake of argument that
you know the names of our rivers, did
you ever hear of the Opeck or the Alllwege
sepe or the Causlssepplone? Or the Al
bacha? Yet you know them all well, only
the river now Is known as tho Ohio, Iroquois
for "beautiful."
A Really Responsive Government
WHEN, in 1T76 and thereabouts, a goodly
proportion of the inhabitants of the
Thirteen Colonies threw off the yoke of Brit
ish bondage they thought, and their descend
ants after them, that they had acquired a
considerable superiority over the rest of the
Anglo-Saxon people It seems however, that
in political matters the English trust them
selves much more Implicitly than Americans
do. Their Constitution varies according to
the will of Parliament.
It was proposed yesterday In the House of
Commons that tho duration of the present
Parliament be extended to 1017, and it Is
quite likely that the several parties will agree
to such a continuance. The Government of
Ireland act and tho Welsh Church act, ac
cording to the probable arrangement, will
be simply relegated to the future, and all at
tempts to force a general election on domestic
issues will be abandoned
After the "Pensionary Parliament" had sat
from 1660 to 1677 and lost all touch with the
country another Parliament limited the life
of each assembly to three years. Then the
Septennial act prolonged Its possible life to
seven years, and by the five-year clause of
tho Parliament act of 1911 the term was
reduced. A Parliament rarely dies a nat
ural death, and now comes tho generally fa
vored proposal to prolong the present one,
which has been in session since 1310, to 1917.
That means, of course, tho extension of tho
Cabinet tenure for one year .over the statu
tory limit. Where, exeept in England,
can be found a governmental system fo
quickly adjustable to the npeds and exigen
cies of the time? No slow-moving machinery
to be operated to effect a change necessary
to tho new conditions, no referendum, no con
stitutional convention. Simply a response on
the part of the men In Parliament and tho
Cabinet to their obligations as public ser
vants. In such spirit as that In which Burke
addressed his constituents at Bristol: "Your
representative owes you not his Industry only,
but his Judgment."
WHEN you see a person of the male per
suasion approach and note his delight
fully pink socks or mayhap they may bo
pale green or lavender do not start and
wonder at his folly. It's nothing new to wear
brightly colored hosiery, which, by the way,
threatens to become extinct because we can
not get dyes from abroad. In the rooms of
the Society of Antiquaries In London Is an
exhibition of ancient socks, dug out of tho
ruins of Antlnoe, Egypt. The examples
shown are In good preservation and are suf
ficiently "loud" to please the most extremo of
futurlsti. Principal among the exhibits are
socks of yellow, green, red and black In
horizontal stripes, which outdo anything yet
shown In our haberdashery shops.
WHEN the Boer War broke out General
Sir John French, commanding tho
British forces In France, was In Ladyamlth,
Natal, about to be besieged by tho Boers.
He took the last train out and seated him
self In tho compartment of the car, smoking.
Hardly had the train left the city for Durban
on the coast when the ping of Boer bullets
resounded and the windows In the cara were
shattered. Sir John, unperturbed, assumed
a horizontal position and finished his smoke.
General Grant was another soldier who
smoked and died from cancer said to have
been caused by that habit. Once, when he
was going to New York, his train fell into
the Passaic River, near Newark, only tho
windows of the coaches being visible above
the water.
When tho rescuers reached the scene of
tho disaster they found tho General stand
ing In water up to his neck puffins' as usual
on a coal black cigar!
LOOKING through old newspaper files
makes Interesting reading. A Topeka
paper reports under date of 1864 the arrival
of 200 bales of buffalo robes, "tho largest
cargo eer seen" In that city. And a few
items further down tho column we read:
"Gov. James Lane, of Kansas, and Gov.
Yates, of Illinois, will be speakers at the
Lincoln and Johnson ratification meeting
here on September 6."
Aided by that recent hrush with the Ger
man ships, the British fleet should have no
difficulty in sweeping the seas.
The way to get rapid transit la to get it. and
the way not to get it is to permit holdbacks
and lovers of technicalities to stand in the
way.
The troops will ho glad to get away from
Vera Cnjz. They are anstous to get hack
home and find out what they were down
tUere for.
Link Up the Social Agencies
THE public bchools are now sorting out
the. children of defective mentality, refer
ring them to psychologists and physicians
and social workers. o as to know how to
grade them and how best to deal with them
educationally The psychologist tests their
mentality; the physician testa their physical
condition, and the social worker find uut
ffcglr family history and enlr"nmnt. All
Those who are best, acquainted with the
work of Doctor Brumbaugh tn the schools
are convinced that he will be ablei to teach
the politicians something.
The Maine result shows that the only thing
necessary to turn small Democratic plurali
ties Into big Republican majorities Is to
shake off Penroselsm and other things of
the kind that have fastened themselves on
the party.
The Government - ownership - of - rail road a
idea seema to have become very popular in
Mexico, where the Provisional President
thinks he is neglecting his duty unless he
confiscates something or other before breakfast.
BUT there are things which happened
years ago which do not get into the
newspapers, such as the mistaken adven
tures of the first Chinese Minister to this
enlightened country of ours. What his name
was has slipped memory, but his malaprop
Isms have not. His first social visit was to
tho wife of a Cabinet member. Ho arrived
at 8 In the evening and, knowing some Eng
lish, proved entertaining. Tho minutes
turned into hours. Eleven came and found
tho Minister still talking. Twelve came.
Then one.
"I am very sorry." said the hostess, "but
it Is getting so late "
"I am so pleased you spoke," replied tho
Minister, "you see, In my country a gentle
man cannot depart until tho lady of the
house has given her permission."
And as he started for the door the hostess
graciously asked him to call again, "very
soon."
At 8 tho same morning the bell rang the
Minister had called again, "very soon."
THE Chinese are the most literal nation
on earth. They will obey orders, no mat
ter what the cost. An American naval ofll
car on temporary duty In Hongkong discov
ered this. He was the proud owner of a
pair of hitherto immaculate white flannel
trousers, which had been put hors da combat
by a grease stain. So he took them to a
Chinese tailor with instructions to make an
other pair exactly like the sample.
Twenty-four hours later the Chinese tailor
arrived with the new trousers "exactly alike
even to the stain! BRADFORD.
CURIOSITY SHOP
The red and white striped barber'a pole
dates back several centuries, when bar
bers still exercised tho profession of blood
letting During the operation the patient
had to grasp a stick, and " a polo was
always kept at hand, together with the band
age necessary after the cutting. Eventually
the barbers hung their insignia, pole and
bandage, out of their windows. Early in the
eighteenth century the British Parliament
passed a law compelling barbers to put out
J. .,!. nir,.,l ht,i nnrl white, while aiireon-
1 barbers cW-l tllr r J in'l white, 'fhe
- -AstMdMMuribSriB
last known barber surgeon In London was ft
man named Mlddledltch, of Groat Suffolk
street, who died thero In 1821. Ho was also
a dentist, nnd a writer of that day says in
an "Autobiography": "I have n vivid recol
lection of his dentistry."
Tho Battle of Kegs really took place dur
ing the Revolution when pntrlots set afloat
Infernal machines, formed like kegs, In the
hope that they would destroy the English
fleet In the Delaware, off Philadelphia. Tho
British discovered the stratagem and began
firing at every floating thing, thus establish
ing tho name of tho battle.
Tile largest bed In tho world may be seen
at Ware. England. It Is twelve feet square
and Is capable of holding a dozen persons.
Shakespeare refers to this monster bed In
"Twelfth Night": "Although the sheet were
big enough for the Bod of Ware In hngland.
IS THIS PUBLIC OPINION?
Contributions From Readers on the Scnntorial
Situation in Pennsylvania
To Ihe Wlfor of the Evtnlno LeAgtr!
Sir Senator Penrose 1ms again demonstrated
his dominance of the organization of tho Re
publican party In this State nnd has promul
gated a platform of platitudes and gcncialltlcs.
He professes what his Inst Legislature jef need
to enact Into laws, nlbclt his professions nro
far from binding party obligations to do any
thing definite nnd really remedial, nnd every
one Is confident that he docs not Intend thnt
the next Legislature shnll Improve on its pro
deccpsorp. Ills Intention to pecuro re-election
as United States Senator nnd the power ho
wields through his organization to thnt end nro
the alarming things. Yet he can be defeated,
ns the defeat of the State rond loan has
demonstrated, lie Is a blight on his pnrty nnd
on tho State. THOMAS ROSS.
Doylestown, September 11, 19H.
MUST END HIS POLITICAL POWER
To the Editor of the .'icnliij; Ledger:
Sir Tho ninny persons of diversified Inter
ests throughout this Commonwenlth, who nro
Interested In tho forthcoming November elec
tion and wish to see the result thereof bring
about the defeat of Penrose, are very much
concerned over tho attitude your vnlunblo
paper, the Evening Ledger, will take during
the cnmpnlgn with respect to his candidacy.
Mny I not urge upon you the very gravo re
sponsibility which you hold ns editor of
this very excellent paper? The prlmnry cam
paign committed you against Penrose, nnd your
nctlve opposition to his election during tho
next two months would have a great Influence
In ending his opportunity further to misrepre
sent this Commonwealth nt Washington.
I hop". Indeed, thnt you will see your way
clear to oppose, with all the editorial and news
power of your paper, tho claims of Pcnroso
for election In this campaign.
RALPH J. BAKER.
Philadelphia, September 14, 1911.
A RECORD OF MISREPRESENTATION
To the Editor of tht Uventna Ledaer:
Sir I recnll, with pleasure, tho brllllint fight
mndo by the PL-nuc Lddoeh ngnlnst Senntor
Penrose In the primaries. It won most credit
able to the tnanngement of the pnper ns
Indicating its Independence and Its high stnn
nrd of service to tho people of this Com
monwenlth. Senator Penrose Is now the same
man he wns before the prlmnrles. The same
record of misrepresentation of tho people nnd
servlco of tho Interests remains. Tho snmo
"mornl Issue" confronts the voters of this
Commonwealth. I am glad to see the Evening
Ledger maintain the high stnndnrd of right
eousness which It has assumed under Its present
manngement. V. J. LYNETT.
Philadelphia. September 14, 1911.
A MENACE TO THE STATE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Remembering the attitude of the Punuc
Ledoeh during the Senaterlal primary contest
in this State, I am glad that you still recognlzo
the "moral Issue" ns paramount In tho general
campaign this fall. Tenrose Is a menace and a
disgrace to all Christendom, nnd you will bo held
responsible, In tho opinion of a humble Ponn
sylvnnlan, for any endeavor to prolong this
monaco on Pennsylvania. You can render a
lasting service to this Stnte by supporting
the opposing candidate for United States Sena
tor. Am I correct?
THOMAS J. MOVER.
Uniontown, September 14, 1914.
DISGRACE TO THE STATE
To th' Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I nm a render of tho Public LHlccr and
have alwayB admired its fearless stand on
questions of public Interest and its Inde
pendence in politics. Of lato I have been In
terested and concerned as to what stand the
Evening Ledger would tako editorially on
the candidacy of Boies Penrose. In view of tho
fnct that tho Pfnuc Ledoeii vigorously opposed
his nomination, and editorially declared thnt
Penroselsm was a moral Issue, I rejolee that
you decided to take a stand ngainBt his elec
tion In favor of Palmer.
With the wide circulation which tho Evening
Ldgcr has throughout tho State it would bo
nn Importnnt factor In bringing about tho
defeat of a man who is n disgrace to tho fair
name of this Commonwealth.
ARTHUR McKEAN.
Beaver Falls, Pa , September 14, 1914.
WAGE FIGHT AGAINST SENATOR
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It seems to us that the Evening Ledger
can render a very great service to the people
of the State and do honor to Itself by opposing
the re-election of Boles Penrose to tho United
StntM Senate this fall.
Sonator Penrose stands for policies nnd for
political methods that meet the disapproval of
most all who have the public Interests of tho
Commonwealth at heart.
If the Evening Ledger will take decided
ground against Ills re-election It will probably
be the turning point In the campaign and
assure tho defeat of Senator Penrose.
W trust that you will give the matter eerlou5
consideration.
GEORGE R. BEDFORD.
PAUL BEDFORD.
Wllkes-Barre. September 14, 1914.
POLICIES FOR REVENUE ONLY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir As a subscriber and render of the Punuc
LcPOEn for over twenty yenrs. I want to ex
pres to you my delight that you are using tho
power of the Evening Ledger against tho ro.
election of Senator Penrose For many years ho
has stood for all that Is worst In Pennsylvania
politics. lie has been closely nssoclated with
tho disgraceful happenings at tho State capital.
The fact of his presence In Washington as Sona
tor from one of the greatest States in the Union
Is a standing menace to the higher patriotism, a
constant encouragement of policies for il-voiiuo
only. JESSE H. HOLMES.
Swarthmore, September 14, 1911.
SORDID CARICATURE OF STATESMAN
To the Editor of the Eiening Ledger:
Sir The political reputation 'of this genera
tion In tho great history of the State demands
that the battle you have so worthily begun
shall be fought to a victorious end.
RuliEUT C. BROOKS.
Swarthmore, September 11, 1911.
WHAT A JUDGE WRITES
To the Editor of th Evening Ledger:
Sir Would It be deemed wholly Impertinent
and ntruslo If one who Is fond of the Evening
LrnoEH fhould suggest that In his humble opln.
Ion there has never been a more opportuno time,
not Indeed a more marked occasion, for great
public service Dy a great newspaper than the
present?
I am only one of Its readers who have In
dulged the hope of seeing the weight of Its In
fluence cast Into the scales against Penroselsm.
E. C. NBWCOMB.
Scranton, September 14, 1914.
OPPORTUNE TIME FOR DEFEAT
To the Editor of Eiening Ledger:
Sir It seem, to me that you could not do a
better service i r machine-ridden Peniiudlia
than to oppose the election of Holes i'tiirohy
for Senator. This soems to be an opportune
time to set rid of the machine and u may
be effected by his defeat for the -Senate
SAMPFL U PRICE.
Scranton, September 14, 1914.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA
AT FIRST glance one might think there was
. no connection between the site of the
building where the Evening Ledger Is Issued
nnd Sunday schools, but thero Is.
Sttndny schools are now so common that their
existence Is taken as a mntter of course, and
yet only 100 years back they were so much
a novelty that they were being studied else
where, especially in England, with a view to
Introducing thum Into this country.
And when It hnd been decided to Introduce
them here, tho movement that was organized
to support them hnd Its homo In Philadelphia.
Now tho connection botween the Ledger
Building and this movement Is simply this,
that the American Sunday School Union, hav
ing been formed, ma'do the nnclont building
then on this Alto Its headquarters, and remained
hero until nbout 60 years ago. It removed to
Its new building on Chestnut street, near
Twelfth, from which location It again removed
only a few years ngo still further westward.
But tho site was historic even boforo that
day. In the now view of tho group of buildings
on Independence Squnre, which cm'-.elllahcd the
Columbian Magazine In 1790, thero will be seon
In tho foreground nn Isolated structure, named
the Academy. Unfortunately It Is only tho
rear of tho structure that Is presented to us,
but It Is sufllclont to give us nn Idea of tho
character of building which wns first erected
on this lot.
This building was erected for the then new
Academy of the Episcopal Church, Just about
tho tlmo tho forfeiture of tho chprter of the old
College nnd Academy of Philadelphia was ac
complished, which, ns It turned out, wns a good
thing for nil concerned, for that Institution
raised Its head again as tho University of
Pennsylvania.
Tho Episcopal Academy, which still thrives
after mote than a century of useful service
In tho cnuso of education, was organized In
1"S3. Tho Rev. John Androws was appointed
Its first principal, and In 1737 tho Institution
received Its charter nnd nlso a grnnt of 10,000
ncres of Innd from tho State.
Its first homo wns on Fourth street, below
Market, but this provided little more than a
makeshift, and arrangements wcro begun for
tho erection of tho building on Chestnut street,
west of Sixth. Tho alto of this structuro Is
covered by tho Washington Building, C12 and
C14. Tho building was still unfinished In 1788
when the Acndemy moved Into Its new home.
But. while tho Fourth street house was too
modest, this wns soon found to be too ex
pensive, nnd It wns sold In 1791.
Subsequently It beenmo a hotel, and suffered
severely from the flro that destroyed Rickctt's
Circus at tho corner of Sixth and Chestnut
Btrcets In December, 1799. Ocller's Hotel, ns the
house was known, wns tho finest hotel In tho
city. Thoso historic banquets of tho French
sympathizers, who woro the tricolor cockade
and tried to sing tho "Marsolllalso" in French
ns thev waved liberty caps in honor of Citizen
Genet, wcro held here.
Talleyrand himself, while In tho city, la aald
to have stopped there, and tho celebrated Doctor
Priestley honored these affalra by his presence.
In thoso das the doctor resided for a time on
Market street, west of Sixth. There Is a long
story to tell about Ocller's Hotel itself, but
this Is about Sunday schools.
It was qulto a long tlmo afterward that tho
American Sunday School Union camo to this
site. Tho Interim was filled by the building
being used for various purposes, part of tho
time as a bonrdlng house.
When tho nineteenth century opened, strange
ns It may nppear. thero was not a Sunday school
In tho modern sonso in this country. There had
been such schools In England Blnco Robert
Raikes, a Gloucester, England, printer, opened
one In this city, and set nn cxnmplo for tho
entlro Christian world.
Rnlkes' Idea took hold, for he seems to have
been one of tho first to have not only seen
tho connection between negloct and Ignorance
and crime, but to have put forth a plan by
which this might be remedied. This plan was
put Into operation In Gloucester In 17S2; by
degrees tho Idea spread all over Englnnd, Lon
don having Introduced this form of Instruction
in 17S3.
In these first schools an effort wns made to
tench the children something more than piety
nnd correct conduct; It also sought to give
them a rudimentary education. It should be
remembered that what wo call public schools
were still a long way off, and thoso children
whose parents could not pay for their education
got none. Our own public school system Is
les3 than a century old.
What seems to have been tho first Sunday
school established In this city was organized
In 1SU by Robert May, who had received his
knowledge In a Sunday school In London. May
loft the country In 1S12, but the seed took root.
It was not that the Idea was not regarded
ns a good one that It did not take hold more
quickly, but there was the expensa attached to
It that had to be borne. In order to assist
thoso Sunday schools that needed It, and at
tho same time to supply proper literature for
them, tho Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School
Union was formed In 1817. New York had a
similar union, and finally. In 1823, It was pro
posed that a national union should be estab.
Ushed.
This was tho beginning of the American Sun
day School Union, which was formed that
year, and was constituted In 1821. It was de
cided that Philadelphia was most centrally lo
cated for tho headquarters of the organization,
and this became Its home. Three years later
tho property now 612 and 614 Chestnut street
was purchased nnd the union established here.
Ten years later It had the titles of 600 of its
own publications on Its catalogue.
I am not suro of what constitutes a hlrtorlo
site, hut I am Inclined to the belief that this
has some claim to the distinction.
GRANVILLE.
THE IDEALIST
Yesterday I came across an Instance of good
healthy energy lying dormant.
Among a group of folks with whom I was
chatting wns a oung woman hardly out of
her twenties who dominated the whole group
with a most remarkably magnetic peruonality.
Pho fairly effused sunshine. I hao never seen
such a spirit of sincere optimism as thlB little
lady put into her evtry word and gesture.
CiL-iQus about her personal Interests and ac
tivities. I iuostlond our hostess.
"Tills young lady," she answered, "U the
most energetic person I know. Her sincerity
Is as deep as the sea. She wants to do work
of the helping sort For Instance, she has a
craving for youngsters, poor oungsters, those
that live down in the city's darker parts. She
wants to go down there and help make those
little tots happy, give them trinkets that every
ihild, poor or rich, yearns for. In fact, she's
got tho 'mother' Instinct, and In some noble
work of this sort she would be a real power."
Then I learned why she was not doing It,
Iter weathy father did not want her to become
"contaminated," as ha put it, with this sort
of work. "Stay away from the misery of the
, 1 A .. - .
ttw.u ou jwn xeep yourself from
miserable.1' Thiv , iff mta Mcemia,
The father llv.a A clean, tpottoti ,,f
there he stops. He utterly took. J"'
ncterlstlcs of personality that "nd i I! '
others toward him. Mta a,hS? Jl "
them In goodly measure. eiiM
I have an Idea that this otherwls. ...
charactered man was providential., Tu, 1 !&
his child with that Important power S' ''
allty, thnt his own make-up lacked 0a'
Is the selfish Interest In his dan.M.. .
!er In the balance of his own eh , "''
would be the exercise of thta M!" " th,
which he was endowed? Wttgy w
i tnink not
T"E IDEALiaT(
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
Not Pininir. bnt
I do not plno for human gore.
Tot boldly I assert '
wik0 t0u slap .the brainless yap
Who calls a girl a "skirt."
, , Peoria Journal
I pine not to bring othora woo
I trust I'm not so mean:
BJ W0JM ,lk0 t0 8Wat the bo
Who calls a girl a "queen."
Houston Pott
I plno to see no Injured gink
Clutch at himself and wall:
wi1 d " V t0 b..ot the crud0 Ba'oot
Who colls a girl a "frail."
New York Evening Sua
I nm not prone to violence
But I should llko to maul
And kick and muHs tho Inane cuss
Who calls a girl "some doll!"
Judge,
I have no wish to go about
To glvo a guy a llckln',
But I'd llko to clout tho loonoy lout
Who calls a girl a "chicken,"
"Awfully Literary"
Srazle I henr that your brother's wife i
renl literary.
Haldle Oh, sho 1st She's awfully literary!
When she spanks her baby, sho docs It with I
book! Fun.
Caution to Quoter
"Poastbry," according to the Kansas Clt
Star, "the poetic gift is born In people whj
die "mute, inglorious Shakespcares." Th
"posslblly" Is fortunate. Before now It hu
been said that a Milton a Milton could not poi.
siDiy oe mute or inglorious,
The Patriot's Complaint
"I object," declarod the Hon. Bray LowiJr,
"to this Government tendering Its good ofI)i
to the warring Powers of Europe! Why, hani
It all, there ain't enough good ofBces to n
arouna among me patriots nere at nome, let
aione wasting 'cm on iorcigners: Fuck.
IIow Did the Boss Know That?
"Why should a married man be paid raorj
than n slnglo mnn7
"The married man ain't so anxious to gtt
Homo early," declared tno boss. aeattle roat
Intelligencer. Pure Milk and Water
Mrs. Bacon Do you suppose the milk our
man brings us Is perfectly pure?
Mr. Bacon Oh, yes. Why, they say he never
uses anything but distilled water. Yonken
Statesman.
The Scltish Brute
She I don't see why you should hesitate ti
marry on $2.W0 a yenr. Papa, say my gowu
never cost more than that
Ho But, my dear, wc must havo somethlni
to cat.
She (petulantly) Isn't that Just like a mini
Always thinking of his stomach? Kansas Citf
Star.
Fair Words or Nothing
"George," said tho wife to her generally tin-
appreciative husband, "how do you llko b;
new hat?"
"Well, my dear," said George, with gttil
enndor. "to tell you the truth "
"Stop right thore, George! If you're golrf
to talk thnt way nbout it, I don't want U
know." Idena.
Showing Up Father
A young minister prenched ono Sunday to I
rural congregation and spent tho next 1T
visiting the people.
At ono houBe the man of tho houso was ex
pressing his appreciation of the sermon In coo
pllmentnry terms whllo assisting the mlnlsW
to put up his team. Ills little son had followed
him, and after eyeing tho minister a minute ot
two exclaimed:
"Why, papa, you said he wns a one hen
preacher, and he's got two hosses!"-Kaniu
City Star,
Interview
Ills Majesty received me with grave courtejf.
As I entered ho had been sitting by the fir
smoking, as usual.
"I came down to ask you," I said, "if yet
have any comment to make on the situation la
Europe " , . lik
He rose swiftly, while his face flushed wU
Indignation.
"Only ono thing." he replied, hotly. Tom
long time they havo been calling war by ttj
snme nnme ns" he gestured In the direction"
his well-known plant "my demesne, Now, sir.
In view of what Is happening in Europe, 1 1
to ask you If you don't thlnit mats a
libel on my own nome town? i-o.
Words of Wisdom
It's surely very foolish to bear the Ills el
Without a soul to share them, a sweet tsi
loving wife
"Ask the man who owns one-
Each year you wait is so much loss; you r
not growing young;
Far bettor pop tho question that tremDIM"
the tongue ,.
"Eventually why not nowi
Among the maidens charming there's '
awaiting you, .
Her heart Is worth the winning, her o
kind and true
"99 4M00 per cent pure.
The single life Is cheaper, a. fact I "n1
And married life brings worry that
times grows acute . .
"Costs a little more than others-wortn it
The wife will moke a sunny home, dispel eas
cloud of gloom. .
Her loving labor lightens and brightens "'
r00m- "Chase, dirt"
Don't think your Ufa Is all complete and J
tho wedding ring. ,ju)
You may be overlooking the most lmpor"j
thing t.r
"Have you a little fairy in your honur
TOE NATIONAL POINT OF VIE
That is a mighty army which If ?'$
lllzed In the United States these o"
army of school children who are f0"1,,.
learn how to solve the problems of lit
out killing each other as tho barbarlani
The right sort of education will put on enu
war. Macon (Ga.) Chronicle.
Of the men voters In Chicago 67 1'
voted in the primary on Wednesday, w
women only 8 per cent voted hsi
nlng blow that Is for "Votes for worn""
Savannah Morning News.
If emergency taxation bo n'ce,WHf,
luxuries be taxed, not "'"ssarles o u
of ordinary business. Congress hl
pel the committeemen to Impose a "Tr
on their own ingenuity and think '""VU
and harder. Tho freight tax should p "
and defeated Chicago Tribune.
It Is an Indictment no nation n jjsl
escape that patriotism, which ought w . ,
tho rlnest eentlmsnt and loftiest '"". , el
people, continues to be fed from '? m
human Irapulsef that had their "
Stone Age. Kansas City SUr.
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