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EDITORIAL UOAHDi
Ctnca II. K. Ctims, Chairman.
P. It. WIIALEY Kxerutlte n.lltor
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The Dupe Demands Proof
IF SENATOR PENROSE did not give tills
falso Information to the North American,
It Is up to him ns :t candidate for tlio United
States Senate to so deny It that the public
will be satisfied of Its falsity," said Con
gressman Vnre, rising to n finestlon of per
sonal privilege yesterdaj In the House.
Mr. Vure. It appears, la sensitive of his
honor and good name. More Important to
him even than the alleged treachery of Mr.
Penrose Is the charge that ho personally
corrupted Mayor Reyburn and gloated over
his success In doing It. So the Integrity of
Mr. Vnre Is equally involved In this affair
with that of Mr. Penrose. The failure of the
Senator to make any effort to vindicate his
honesty makes of Mr. Vnre a helpless vic
tim; that Is. helpless except at the ballot box.
Hut why should the Senator worry about
that? Mr. McNIchol Is ready with a sooth
ing tonic. The Vares have ben cajoled and
fooled nnd used many times before; why not
again? Ucfoie the week Is over, Penrose
and McNIchol leaders Intimate, the Vares
will again be licking the McNIchol and Pen
rose boot3.
But back of the bickerings and trades of
the leaders waits the great public. Mr.
Vare's speech has crystallized sentiment. It
has endowed the charges with renewed au
thority. It has made their submission to a
court of Justice imperative. They must be
noticed, proved or disproved.
More Infamous than the election of Mr.
Penrose to the Senate while resting under
these charges would be the Immunity of the
editors of the North American if their accu
sation is untrue. There Is rascality on one
side or the other, and the editors have been
dally challenging the accused to put the
Issue to the proof.
Another Reverse for America's Air Army
AGAIN America is balked of a suitable air
XJL army. This time it Is neither a parsi
monious Congress nor u short-sighted War
Department that must be blamed. The fault
lies squarely with our unenterprising, unam
bitious designers and manufacturers of uero
planes. The Government offer of $30,000 In prizes
to Induce entries for the $75,000 worth of
machines to be bought was surely liberal
enough. The only response was thre lone
aeroplane.-,. Naturally the competition imn
been called off. and the army will be without
even the ineagie quota of uerlal defense pro
vided by Congress.
AH this is only another proof that Ameri
can energy and initiative in the aeroplane
field have absolutely gone to seed since tho
early work of the Wrights. While Europo
has forged ahead with great strides, tho
United States has egetated.
"You Can't Fool All the People"
THIS is PenrosPism'," cays a ard which
hna been dintribuied broadcast over the
State, tcferiiiig to a quotation above t,j
which the name of Abraham Lincoln is ap
pended. Perhaps it make no difference that
neither Mr. Penrose himself nor anybody else
has been able to find In any of Lincoln!
works the quotation used. He might hao
naid It even If ho didn't.
There Is. however, one statement which
Lincoln did make, There is no dispute nb-ut
It. Moreover, it Is particularly apt at this
time, when an effort U being made to foist
on the Republican party us its preserver the
man who is its chief enemy: "You can't fco
all of the people all of the time."
World Styles " Made in Germany"
GERMAN sjstem. Teutonic thoroughness!
Ah. what a nation' Nothing left to
chance, everything arranged fop. Kitchens
on wheels, telephones in the trenches, mami- j
facturlng plants close t the enemies' forts i
with concrete roofs to use as foundations '
for siego guns; half it hundred clever, fur- J
sighted preparations for this war that was
forced upon Iter. i
And now stjles. A national meeting has '
been held In Merlin to settle upon Jress j
modes for women nnd men. Is it patriotism? .
Only incidentally, for simplicity and economy I
are to bo the keynotes. No, Germany looks
farther ahend. In this matter of tailors she
Is looking dear to the end of the war, When
hostilities are over, so they my. Germany I
will have to supply fctyles to the rest of the
world. A worthy goal!
Let tS'uval Increase Walt
THKilK nro two good reasons why he
Administration should holt back un naral
construction. The first is tttut with the tlose
of the Kuropean war there muy he a, rety
limitation of armaments among the great
nations; In which i'iud the In I ted States
might find itself iMJibtnued of superfluous
ships. Thu second reason is that the present
war will Indicate whut are the most effective
tspea of f,6,eis. To builtl dro4ouhts
now, only to llml later that subowrtnes o
torpedoboats make (hem obsolete, wouiU
surely be the height of folly. Every I'Murtg.
eratlun bids us wait.
Cutting the Cost of Accidents
BESIDES the time lost to proijuction 84
wuge-eaming by the two million iiulus
trlul accidents which unur in this ioimtr
yearly, there i3 u vast so ial uuatottu.u.- In
the fact th t !" per nl ! more of the
workers kllfd In the oi 11- t.i liri - u nj
mlue.i are under V) tars of u aw
men whose "11 gttvmi iiitamilt ,,! ucful-
ness to the world have been only partially
fulfilled.
Workmen's compensation Is Included In tho
definite legislative program which Doctor
tirumbattgh proposes to Pennsylvania. Ho
aligns himself wltli progressive thought on
this economic nnd humanltnrlan subject, nnd
stands squarely In favor of what has proved
the most effective method yet discovered of
reducing the enormous cost Imposed on
society by Industrial accidents.
The National Civic federation bears tes
timony to tho fact that "the objections
raised by cither employer or employe prior
to the enactment of compensation nets have
been mostly temoved by experience under
tho acts." These statutes, some of them
faulty, nre nevertheless giving excellent re
sults. With the. experience of 22 States to
guide her, there Is absolutely no reason why
Pennsylvania should go very far wrong In
the framing of her own compensation law.
Brumbaugh Mods the Demand
Ft) I'll distinct demands will be made of
the next State Legislature. Hills will have
to be drafted, discussed nnd passed upon
dealing with local option, child labor, em
ployers' liability nnd good roads. Heports
coming In from all tho legislative districts
of the Commonwealth show the candidates
pledging themselves on these subjects.
Doctor Hrutnhaugh 1ms defined himself
cleat ly nnd emphatically on each of these
important matters. The platform upon which
he sUntidfl 1ms been self-made, therefore his
commitment Is more complete and Incvud
able than If he wetc offering himself to the
people on a platform of generalities drafted
ny a s?tate committee or convention for cam
paign purposes.
Doctor Urumbaugh has promised to formu
late and expedite legislation upon these four
urgent and Important points. That promise
he will keep to the letter.
Another Anti-Suffrage Extravagance
'OUItHl", It is a good many years since
J tho
tho antl-suffraglsts ridiculed votes for
women as the refuge of old maids and domi
neering dowagers. P.ut nevertheless they
will hnc to square that old canard with the
brand-new one that suffrage is using pretty
young girls as a "lure" for votes.
Jf Hint Is all the "antls" hae to explain,
they will be fortunate. The reported state
ment of one of them that these girls "Just
blossoming into womanhood" were exposed
"to the dangers of becoming the prey of
designing men" Is a rather large and risky
order. If theie nre real dangers, deliberately
Ignored, then the charge is too grave for tho
political use made of It. If the girls nre
merely meeting and talking to "unknown"
men in the usunl course of curbstone speak
ing, then the whole business Is too ridiculous
for discussion.
out of their own mouths the "antls" are
condemned.
Good Morals and Bad Politic?
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Cl'STOM-MADK. rock-ribbed Republican
said yesterday that tho opposition of
Republicans to Penrose might be "good
morals, but it was damned bad politics."
The "good morals" being easily conceded
will lend n great muny voters to ignore tho
quality of the .politics. If they euro to argue
the point, they will be in an impiegnnble
totitlon when they nsserl that good morals
cannot possibly be bad politics. Hut sup
posing It is "dumnod bad politics," ns the
gnme is now played, it is bettor to have the
debit on the side of the politics than prefaced
to the morals.
But it can be successfully contended that
to oppose Penrose is not bad politics at nil,
but cxreedlngly good politics. We need per
spective. If good politics Is simply to win
this election at any cost, then the independ
ent Republicans are making a big blunder.
Hut there la another and more important
oltction In lOlti. If Penrose is elected next
month it will put the means of victory Into
the hands of the Democrats for the coming
presidential contest. Penrose triumphant in
Pennsylvania means Republican disaster In
the nation.
Out of Proportion
PP.oPHKT r.l.DAH DUWIH'S successor,
the High Priori of 'Ann City, threatens
to repel th i u dilation "Ulcers of the Illinois
State Hoard of Hvlth with cannon balls If
they Insist upon inoculating members of his
flock. .Meeting pin pricks with tons of
screaming shells and bursting bombs implies
thut the war has got on his nerves and dis
turbed his holy calm.
Helping War-orphaned Children
qiANTA CLAPS cannot bo killed. He is
O the King of Joy. The Christmas ship now
loading will be pilotfd across the seas by
this in'incible old hern, who knows no na
tionality and is as uiuM-rsftl as tho sun.
Some things ure i.ejond the range of shell
and shrapnel, and these ure the things which
make for peuee and good will, Tho sense of
benevolence is not dead, and the law of love
survives the atrocities of wur.
Christmas will mean more, possibly, than
a Hague tribunal or treaties of peace H
will at least draw attention to the nobler
Side of life.
The children of the world nro not at war,
nnd ft may lw that a. little child shull lend
them. At letisi, this preparation for the fes
Ovltie of the sacred day is worth whllo
when nine tuitions are struggling In a
rough-and-tumble fight,
Kverybo4y who contributes to the Amort
tan Christmas ship cargo helps tho war
orphaned children of Kurope mi Incidentally
does much for the better feeling of mankind.
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is Charles itl)en showing us what to do
with our trttllroaii presidents?
Arbor pty, with its planting of tender
green tblflss. bsan appropriately with an
estra blanket and the resum-eted overcoat.
Anyway, the Oovernment knows Just how
many tMpie, down to thp sixth (Jjgit,
evaded th Incoirw tux this year.
The war bws 4eluyed: tote of other things
lu-Mdt s, Marconi's wireless talk across the
Atlantic
Wvtikuess it eggs, rtue to continued warm
weather," will probably surprise a goflij many
rteoyis. who ulways believed ttet M axlOed to
the strength of the beasts.
In support of the tandkbaey of Ambas
sador (Jrar4 for United States Seuator
from New York, u Orard Tourists Commit
tee is to be organised. Aain the fortunes of
war beconu- a luropulgn asset ulth about as
much retuxmatilt iie.-.s, an far as political
issues arc cruel aid ,.4 when the tale of
OilnrW TrU,.!-.1.-, iliaipt up Sail Juan hill
I.'.ndfd h.m in im ; jvern .r' chair at Albany.
THE HANDS OF ESAU
Greatest Manufacturing City of Western Hemisphere Fights to Regain Commercial
Pre-eminence How Politics Has Bottled Up Philadelphia Director Norm'
Plans Should Have Enthusiastic Support The Great Opportunity Now at Hand.
Tic, t;oicc is Jacob's voice, but the hands arc the hands of Esau."
FOREWORD
"Between whatever places foreign trade Is carried on thev all of them derive two
distinct benefits from It. It carries out that nurplus part of the piaducc of their
land and labor for which there Is no demand among them and brings back In return
for It something else for which there Is a demand. Adam Smith.
Hotter government in Philadelphia Is being slowlg strangled. The lilankenburn adminis
tration of a few citv offices expresses better government just as completely as an anU'Tam
many administration docs In Xcw York. The cold fingers of "The Organization," Philadelphia's
Tammany, twisting dexterously through a pliable majority in Councils and officials under
control, arc pressing hatd on Us ivlndplpe. Unless pried off by the people themselves,
strangulation of better government must ensue. In the modest palaces behind the ntyilad
two-story red bfick fronts of working Philadelphia dwell the real beneficiaries of better gov
ernment. They pay the taxes. It Is for them to say how the public funds shall be
expended. Their support alone means better government. The worst that can be said of
people who toil Is that they are sometimes too tired to study a public subject SOME
TIMES, XOT ALWAYS.
NO. IX COMMERCE.
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TIL the Eric Canal was opened In 1M5
hllndelphla wns the master-city of
America. In foreign commerce. Then Now
York nosed In, nnd wo lost tho China trade,
and gradually we shared our over-seas su
premacy with Boston, San Francisco and New
Orleans. For the last three years Philadel
phia has had a man nt the head of Its De
partment of Wharves, Docks and Ferries who
believes this grand old town can "come back"
on the water front.
George W. Norris Is a philosopher In tem
perament and a dynamo In energy. One
must have rare courage, Indeed, to face day
In nnd day out the Ignoble, hectoring tactics
of a city Councils and other public officials
controlled by men who have mired all their
civic honor In self-interest. In that Mr. Nor
ris looks far beyond the Immediate horizon;
he reflects the spirit of the entire Hlankcn
burg Administration the handful of con
scientious men In City Hall who are trying
so earnestly under such dlfllctiltles to give
Philadelphia better government.
Leaving out tho slaughter houses of Chi
cago and tho sweatshops of New York,
Philadelphia Is concededly tho greatest
manufacturing city on the western heml
spheic. That means we have the most goods
to sell locomotives, ships, carpets and rugs,
refined sugar and molasses, leather, hosiery
and knit goods, furniture, saws, felt hats,
worsteds, clothing, dyed and finished tex
tiles, silks, cordage and twine, soap, cigars
and cigarettes, paints, etc. a mighty list of
diversified products.
Today the. entire world is buying from
America, and now more than at any other
period Is the golden hour to pick up the
thteads of commerce and weave a new place
for Philadelphia among the cities of the
world. Succeis is the plus of countless fresh
starts, and grout prosperity In 11 community
is always the product of oppor'unlty multi
plied by energy.
Other cities may vwell envy our special ad
vantages, natural as well ns artificial two
splendid waterways of about 33 miles of
frontage, capnble of expanding to meet the
port requirements of one hundred times tho
commerce now hold; down it 3."-foot ship
channel voon to be completed; deep sea water
only 35 miles away; a hive of manufacturing
activity located on a fine stretch of level
ground with no natural barriers; enjoys a
good climate, and close at hand westward are
the great coal nnd oil fields.
To these superior qualities we must add
beautiful suburbs and rich farming country
nround about; three great trunk line railroads
with two others within 60 miles that provide
nn economic cut-off to and from the Missis
sippi Valley nnd Central West; over one nnd
three-quarter million Industrious population
distributed in 330,000 detached homes. As tho
electric drive of a wonderful producing and
consuming territory, Philadelphia outranks in
every way tho major cities of the Atlantic
s-enboard.
Tlnvlng presented this truthful panorama
of our Internal Industry, we next saunter
down Market street to the stately Delaware
River "tho American Clyde" to inspect tho
"neck of th bottle" through which must flow
all our foreign commerce. Here we find tho
trngedy of Philadelphia written in terms
plain enough to wrench even the sensibilities
of those citizens who ure comfortubly wrap
ped In the cotton wool of clubdom. A half
century of tho "Hnnds of Ksau" and 37 per
cent, of tho city's wnterfront has passed Into
the ownership of railroad companies, and 53
per cent. Into that of Individuals and estates.
As for the remaining S per cent. It wns not
worth grabbing by outsiders, for it consisted
principally of narrow strips nt street ends
which were practically valueless except to
the owners of adjoining piers.
In 1900 some progressive met , not enthusi
asts or "reformers," but plain business men,
nearly all good Republicans, organized a
movement to enable Philadelphia to Improve
Us water front through the instrumentality
of 11 new municipal Department of Wharves.
They introduced a bill In tho Legislature
authorizing tho creation of Mich a depart
ment, and as a neccasnry part of tho bill
they Incorporated a provision giving the city
a right to condemn private water front prop
erty for municipal Improvement.
It wns perfectly plain that MKh a, pro.
vision was n necessity, because tho city
could not. at its own expense, Improve the
property of private citizens or corporations,
nnd without a power of condemnation it had
no way of acquiring property, except at Mjch
fancy valuations ns owners might sec fit to
put upon them Scenting new "Jobs" in such
a department, 1110 organizaiion-controiieu
Legislature put tho bill through, but with
tho provision for condemnation so emascu
lated that It was practically worthless.
Tin business inert who hud been behind tho
bill were sorely disappointed, bin still had
hopes that some good might be accomplished,
and urged upon the Mayor the appointment
of some strong and competent man as Direc
tor of the new department. Tho Mayor, how
ever, was of tho old school of politics, and
regarrtr4 appointments as personal or politi
cal aPl'urtenances. Ho, therefore, selected
as the first Director of the department a per
sonal friend, utterly unfitted to tho work,
both in temperament and in experience, and
after tho department had been a Joke for two.
or three years, was Anally obliged to call for
tho Director's resignation.
One of the first big jobs that Director Nor.
ris undertook was to get a. real power of con
demnution from tho last legislature. The
bill went through the House without opposi
tion: was favorably reported by a .Senate
committee, and pass-ed first and second read
ing in thnt body, but when it came up for
final reading. Senator Mcilheuny. who had it
1 In hargc, put It on the postponed calendar,
, betaii!e he learned that it wu1. 'al.iud' i"t
I ct it'dii uefeat The bill was dim!! p.i-td
it nt the stfrj of how that rcnlt was brought
abvut if it could be told would be an in
teresting illustration of how "Invisible gov
ernment" can be thwarted.
Is not this something to get mad about?
Ono murders a mnn and the penalty Is death;
0110 murders a city and It passes for clever
politics business politics. Some of the very
men who let our water front pass under
private control nro resting on plush cushions
behind brnwnstono fronts In actual Igno
rance of the part they played In the betrayal
of n city. They blame tho railroads, for It
is so. easy to blame the railroads. Why, It
Is they themselves who nro to blamo for let
ting Philadelphia be ruled nt homo and rep
resented abroad year after year by men who
lacked character nnd vision.
Enough of the past! Fortunately n pro
gressive movement Is on to repair tho dam
age. Director Norris has set the ball rolling.
As he has repeatedly pointed out, a first
class port of tho present day must have:
(a). Adequate city-owned wharfage and
mooring facilities.
(b). Mechanical nppllniices for the prompt
and economical handling of cargo.
(c). Suitable storage nnd warehouse pro
vision. (d). Facilities for tho prompt Interchange of
business on equal terms between all docks
nnd all railroads entering " - city.
Tho European Wur and the opening of the
Panama Canal are two great facts that will
change the entire countenanco of marina
commerce. Tho sens of the world are now
crowded with vessels seeking new accommo
dations and new places of future permanent
attachment. Give these salt-water strays a
home, and who knows but that their very
presence In tho Delaware River will usher
In a new era of American shipbuilding. It
does seem clear that every good citizen
should get behind Director Norris, help him
repair tho nets of our harbor, and big fish
will be our deep-water haul.
Right hero It might bo properly Illustrative
to show "the hands" nt work blocking
waterfront Improvement. Philadelphia is
the only seaport of consequence located In
Pennsylvania, and one-third of the total
State pnulntlon lives In the metropolitan
district of our city. Tot Governor Tener,
who never does anything without consulting
his creator. United States Senator Boles
Penrose, cut a $1,000,000 Item for local hnr
bor lmpnnements in tho appropriation bills
of the Legislature down to $250,000. Massa
achusetts. in the last few years, has spent
$13,000,000 on harbor Improvements of Hos
ton and Is not done.
Over two years ago Director Norris had
a mental picture of nn attractive Penn
Treaty pier in the .Spanish Renaissance style,
and nn up-to-date farmers' and fishermen's
market on tho site of the old Neafie &
Levy shipyard along tho Delaware River
between Columbia avenue and Palmer street.
His purpose was to throw open a water
gateway Into the city for farmers from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey trucking dis
tricts, also fishermen with fish, oysters.
clnms and various sea foods, from along tho
two rivers. They had long wanted to get
their products hero by motorboats direct to
consumers. Councils wns asked to acquire
this strip of valuable wnterfront, nnd tho
area of land back of It for this particular
purpose. The land would have cost $400,000
or less.
Alas for the pier end the market! To go
to Councils In tho public interest is fatal.
If the project had been a scheme such ns
tho new Municipal Court, backed by Jim
McNIchol and tho Vares, tho reception would
have been quite different. As it wns, tho
majority of Councils took tho pier and mar
ket project ns a huge Joke tho very idea
of a public official being concerned over the
cost of living. What did it matter if pre
liminary nrrangemonts had been concluded
for leasing the pier nnd market for a term
of years on such a basis us to make the In
vestment a self-sustaining one! '
"Piffle," said the&o Councllmen, strutting
nround tho wards. "Ain't wo tho peoplo?"
Councils never even deigned to consider tho
proposition, but just Ignored It. A few
months ago a, private corporation turned up
as the purchaser of tho shipyard property,
and tho chance of tho city to get it was gone,
like tho (lash of a match In tho night.
Is it nny wonder that a City Solicitor who
runs his public office as an annex to "Tho
Organization" hhould Issue a blatant legal
opinion nttneking the Integrity of Director
Norris, who was placed by President Wil.son
on the salnryless hoard of the local reserve
bunk? If a man seeks to hervo the taxpayers,
hit him. This is Philadelphia under "tho
hands."
In contrast, the city of Hamburg, Germany,
which Is located 75 miles fmm the mouth of
the Elbe River, spent J33.COO.000 for n glgantlo
svsteni of docks, basins nnd quays, without
tho quiver of an eyelash. Hut Hamburg Is a
free city. Ruth the Clyde River, which rjiado
Glasgow, Scotland, and the Tyno River,
which made Newcastle, England, were origi
nally Insignificant streams, almost dry in
jilaces. They were brought to their present
stage of efficiency by continuous and sys
tematlc dredging, hacked by a crystallized
public sentiment.
Easy transport of goods by lam) and sea
is tin' Isoyfetonc in the arch of a great com
mercial city1. The first foreign merchants wo
know of were Southern Arabs carrying goods
and bags rf silver from one distant legion to
another, hut even they wcro frequently set
upon nnd robbed by the early descendants of
Jshmuel -ind Esau. The first notable naviga
tors nnd maritime curriers of goods were
Phoenicians'. In tho ancient records we see
commerce esiwitd to great lisks, subject to
constant pillage, hunted down In peace and
utterly extinguished in war. Henco It became
noccMry that foreign trade should ltselfhe
an armed force in the world.
Modern foreign trade also bus its enemies.
Stupidity is one, rascality is another Often
the foe crouches behind u legal bulwark,
some relic of the early 1'Jih ceitturj It took
Director Norris months to se ure from the
Legislature the right to condemn water
front property for harbor development pur
poses. In view of Iho acuto shortage of free
pier accommodations free, In iho sense of
being municipally controlled Mr. Norris has
put three new ones along tho Delawnro IUvor.
One, nt tho foot of Dock street, was com
pleted nnd opened Into In 1913, nnd tho others
In tho old Soutliwnrlt district, between Queen
and Christian streets, aro now under con
struction. They will bo opened next yenr.
South Philadelphia Is tho clladet of the
Vares, Congressman William S. commanding
In the 2fith Ward nnd State Senator Edwin
H. In tho 39th Ward. The 36th Ward Is
neutral ground, for Jim McNIchol has n half
Interest In the present wnrd lender, F. J.
Ryan. For years the contractor overlords
have let the taxpayers of thin populous sec
tion bounded by Oregon ftVciilio nnd tho two
rivers suffer the dangers of grade crossings
without securing any relief for them. Ore
gon nveiuie, filled with tracks, was a Chlncso
wall that abruptly halted tho growth of the
city further to the southward.
Then came the Rlanlcenburg administra
tion, which took up a long series of negotia
tions with the railroads, These conferences
culminated In nn agreement that assures tho
complete removal of grade crossings In South
Philadelphia. ignln wo find tho placeholders
busy, this tlmo assuring citizens that the
real brains of the plan were Jim McNIchol
nnd tho Vnrcs.
Of course, everybody knows that Jim Mc
NIchol and tho Vares never did anything for
nnybody but themselves. Assurance Is n
necessary quality In politics business poll
tics. Dut rotumlng to the South Philadelphia
plan; It Is ope of tho big accomplishments of
the RlnnltenburK administration, for, asldo
from benefits to tho three local wards, It
means grent things for tho commerce of the
whole city. Tho Volt lino system It provides
will connect every Importnnt pier with every
Important railway entering the city, leaving
open the privilege to nny new road that may
come to Philadelphia to utilize tho connect
ing railroad.
Further, under tho terms of tho plan, somo
two miles or more of South Philadelphia
waterfront Is released to the city, where It Is
arrnnged to erect big piers for tho accommo
dation of largo ocean-going steamships; thus
Philadelphia Is put In the centre of the high
road on the way back to the city's foimer
glory ns 0110 of the leading aenports of the
world. The city's part In the South Phila
delphia improvement Is $9,000,000, of which
$3,000,000 Immediately comes back through the
acquisition of tho big slice of water front.
There nro to bo ten new city-owned piers
built, nnd the project as a whole will be
known ns the Moynmcnslng Improvement.
Tho first pier will be located on the Delaware
River nt McKean street, tho group extending
from that point down to Hoyt street, Includ
ing tho site of tho present coal terminals of
n railroad company nt Greenwich Point. The
now piers aro to vnry In length from 000 to
1200 feet, nnd In width from 230 to 300 feet.
Sonic steamers now calling nt this port aro
forced to ttso two or threo wharves beforo
they havo discharged nnd loaded their car
goes. This ndded expense operates to the de
cided disadvantage of Philadelphia. Hut
when the Moynmcnslng Improvement, In
cluding the connecting railway, Is operating,
Philadelphia will be able to offer advantages
superior even to New York, whero most of
tho wharves are located upon tho wrong sldo
of waterways from a freight handling stand
point, and necessitates coatly loading nnd
unloading operations.
Superior even to New York! Docs It not
listen largo? All that the Blnnkcnburg ad
ministration has nsked for Is tho chance to
make Philadelphia again pre-eminent In com
merce. Along tho water front tho Mayor
speaks through Director Norris. They aro
pulling for Philadelphia. Send them their
flowers now!
CURIOSITY SHOP
"Fiddler's Green" Is tho Elysium of the
sailors; a land flowing with rum nnd lime
Julct: a place of perpetual music, mirth,
dancing, drinking and tobacco.
The "Giant's Grave" is a height on the Bos
phorus. Myron refers to It in "Don Juan":
'TIs n grand fcight from off the Giant's
Grave
To watch the progress of thoso rolling seas
lletween the Ilnsphorus, us they las.Ii anil
lavo
Europe and Asia.
A lioobv Is not merely a human dunce,
but Is a Uahama bird, which Is so spiritless
that when attacked by other birds it falls to
fight and gives up tho fish It has caught
without resistance.
The phraso "to cotton to" Is much older
than Is supposed. It dates back to Horace,
according to a translation of that poet mado
In 136" by Thomas Drant:
So fcynoth he, things tru ena false.
So always mingletlt he.
That first with midst, and midst with lasto
Mayo cotton and ngtee.
Penrose a Millstone
From the Milwaukee Journal.
No party can nffoid to carry renroscs. Their
vcrv presence In high places b so much elenr
contradiction of all that nn party must claim
for llwilf. In Illinois itoger Sullivan presents
the raiuo kind of menace to iho Democrats. He
has not s-o long n bad record as Penrose, hut he
hui Etood for the same kind of politics. The
party tntild lose his voto In the Senate far more
easily than It could enny his weight In a c-atn-pnlgu.
uters nre looking fur a party free of
micli men, anil they are not so particular any
more what the name of the p.uty in. Good
llepualiinns In Pennsylvania, believers In Wll.
Him In Illinois, will not feel ilravwi to Penrose
and Sullivan an more than llson Uemocrata
in wibcaiiblu will be dra.vn to leaders of a sim
ilar kind.
THK IDEALIST
To tit down with a group of the emi
nently hiicccssful and hear them deliver
their vurlous reasons for "getting thcrp"' Is
an (nten.sely Interesting experience. Hut It
tuis Its drawbacks.
"If 1 were forced to give an honest reason
for my persistent occupuncy of my present
rut," said the speaker In ono of tho failure,
groups, "It could be presented in my ever
lasting disregard for the spirit of 'Do It
now!'
"I began my cuieer as a cicik. perhaps
early in tho day I would havo tho bulk of
my work completed and only a few minor
tat.ks would remain. 'Well,' i Invariably
thought, 'I will havo nothing to start on
when I como in tomorrow morning, so I'll let
these few unimportant things go over until
then.' Tho one big fact that I never hnd the
gumption to get firmly fixed in my mind
was that 'tomorrow' would bring its now
work and that these uncoveied minor mat
ters would bo In tho way."
"Gentlemen," continued the man who at
least possessed tho advantage of knowing
himself, "my tactics were wrong. And I'll
prove It to you by stating that I am still
occupying that self-samo clerkship."
The New "Battle of the Hook,"
rioin tlu. Sty. Vork WorU.
The Oxford scholais h-tve replied to the Her
man illiuiteis. Anions the events of thl r
will figure the -nattle of the Uouk,.' if th
literary output on both sides u een due
prominence in hUlory, "
SCRAPPLE
For He Whom Knows
On Lombard street: "Whomsoever wind
.n. iv,r. mil J
A Tropical Sonir, Mcbbe?
Britain Rings With War Song. Manvi
Troops Havo Alra Distinctly Their Own.-Li
iicauime.
Yce, What?
What bitter loss by nccldent or crook
Compares with that annoynnco for !
minute -1
Consuming 0110 who finds n pockctbook 4
With nothing in itv
Or with tho rush of futllo wrnth that blinds'
mo mruy ihhii woo nan uccn catapulted
Hy some fair nutolst and, rising, finds '
That she's Insulted? ;
These things nto hard to bear, there la no '
doubt, :
But think to. what dark deeds the man hh
guaocu,
Held up nt pistol's point, who then finds out
It wasn't loaded.
And what of hint expecting wordy strife
Who might have played till three In fear
exquisite,
Who reaches home at one nnd Icarus his wife "
is on a visit
uieiu mmi i inu wuuiu-iiu mum uumu one j
Who lets tho bell ring, thinking It Is funny' 1!
pPi f,ir1 ti nrnrlltfit Minn Innrtia lwnu en.A -
Who owes hltn money.
Denned
"Pa. what's a hypochondriac?"
"A person who Is sick of being well, my J
A Muuomcr
Muny a mnn Is called headstrong when la
reality ho has a weak mind.
So Tlicy Escape
Seeking a rhyme for Indemnity,
Agents to Josh In tho column,
Comes to us only "solemnity,"
Which Is too solemn.
Inside Stuff
Owing to protests from tho composing
room that It drives them dizzy, excerpts
from Miss Gertrude Stein's futuristic verso
will not appear for a few days In this column.
When tho war 13 over nnd tho temporary In
sanity of a few men won't matter, they will
bo printed.
Hack to the Soil
Tho city man wns tolling his friends of
the delights of farming.
"There Is only ono tlmo a successful
farmer gets back to the soil," ho said.
"And that Is?"
"When he's so far nwny from a garage
that ho has to climb under his uuto and fix
it himself."
OTtlimes
In tho fall the young man's fancy
Turns toward tho overcoat,
Though full well ho knows the chance he
Has of getting It's remote.
No. We're Afraid to Head It
Mr. H H W -'s new book, "Tim
E of tho W " (we have his press
ngent's word for It), was written "with Jaws
set and eyes on fire." Whereas this para
graph, you may confidentially believe, Is
written with eyes set and jaws on fire.
Advertising rntcs on npt'llrntlon.
Rather Peculiar
No silence falls upon tho town;
Tho tralllc noise docs not subside;
We may not hear the falling down
Of autumn leaflets that havo died.
Tho racket does not end or cease;
The clatter goes on as beforo;
Wo hear the sumo old dang of pence;
Far more incessant that than war.
This Is, of course, as people wish,
Anil yet the clamor must bo freak.
For those whose livelihood's In fish
Declare that this Is oyster week.
Habit
"This now bookkeeper Is mixing things up
terribly,'1 said the head of the firm, "hero he's
sent out 11 bill for double the amount due."
"Yes," said the general manager, "I under
stand ho used to bo a plumber's helper."
FOOTLIGHT PHOTOS
OLCA NETHKIISOLK
1 lovo little Olga. '
Her plays nre so warm,
And If I don't see them
They'll do me no harm.
P. P. A.
in.. hm;
Mrs. Fisko Is delightful,
At least, so I've heard;
Though 1 listen a nlghtful,
I can't catch n word.
Enlightened
"My dear duke," said her father. Jocosely,
"don't you realize that In this country the
men never have anything to do with Jt? If
she has given her consent nothing on earth
will prevent her from marrying you. I can
not understand why she sent you to me."
"Nor I." said the nobleman, "but I suppose
It was my mistake. It never occurred to me
that sho would wish to make the financial
arrangements herself."
Father Knew
Her father's voice floated from the head
of tho stairway.
"GeraldlnoV"
"Yes, papa,"
"Has that young man gono?"
"No, papa; It's only 10 o'clock."
"Send him home right away, and before
ho goes tell him It's midnight so he can
start his watch and the hall clock again."
Germany vs. Italy
To put It Into legal phraseology, if the de
cision in tho criminal uctlon, so to speak
and not that wo wish to violate our neutral
li .? ,lu Ue,'nily'H favor, It should afford
tho Kaiser a good basis for a non-support
suit ugulnst Italy. The latter country, of
course, muy obtain a standing army InJunc
Hon against buch proceedings.
THE BABBLING FOOL
MINK
THINK
Conceit
Hlgotry
Justifiable prido
Conviction
"On this line if it
takes me all sum
mer" Deep feeling
Nature's nobleman
Prudence
Tact
A stroke of genius
The velvet glove
"Sacred and invlola.
ble"
Obstinate fool
Sentimentality
Clodhopper
Cowardice
Hypocrisy
A stroke of luck
Hrutc force
"A scrap of puper"
"Rich but not gaudy" Had tusto
Aristocrat ki
"Of course I choose
my friends rate.
fully"
"Judge not that ye
be not judged"
Feurless
"I play the game ao.
cording to tho
rules"
Sober
Sane
Strong, silent man
I don't know much
about art, but"
"That doeon't appeal
to me"
"I li.ncn't time for
such trifles"
Concentration of
mind
"I do my work, and
do that well"
Snob
"Not an opinion In
Ills head"
Reckless
Grafter
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
Narrow
Nai row
Narrow
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