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flllLADELPIIIA, TIII1H3DAY. MAltCIl 10. 1918.
Talk of love and love comet; talk of the devil
and to you ho runs.
What the State Owes to Mr. Palmer
AMlTCHELh PALMER will rctlro from
active participation In tho politics of tills
Commonwealth with tho respect of nil do
cent citizens, IIo Is a Democrat and ho de
voted himself to tho rehabilitation of his
patty. Ho did not lead It to a victory at tho
polls. That is almost too much to expect In a
Slato whero a largo majority of tho voters
nro Republicans and whero Democratic vic
tories havo been achieved only with tho aid
of Republican votes, for tho Democracy has
been used as a flail with which to chastlso tho
Republican machine. But Mr. Palmer dovoted
himself to making his party an effective
flail. Although In his work of reorganization
ho repelled tho leaders ot tho old bipartisan
gang and split tho party, what is left of it
commands tho confldcnco of tho decont Demo
crats and tho decent Republicans. Tho
atmosphere hero Is clearer becauso of his
worli. Elections nro real contests, nnd those
who bellovo in Democracy and Democratic
principles no longer go to tho polls with tho
suspicion that they havo been sold out and
that voting is a farce.
Thcro ought to be enough self-respecting
Democrats here to mako It imposslblo to re
vive tho old bipartisan arrangement under
which tho Republican Organization controlled
the Democratic party through Penroso or
Quay Democrats w ho were nothing but politi
cal mercenaries. Tho moral Influence of Mr.
Palmer ought to bo strong enough to per
suade his associates to keep tho faith.
Greed or Profit?
THE Houso yesterday did what it could
to cscapo the humiliation attendant on
repudiation of its housing edict by City
Councils' of Philadelphia; that is, it changed
Jts own view and Jumped into tho band
wagon with tho gang. It may bo that
promises to fix leaks will be offered In ex
change for vote3 next fall, who knows? Tho
renter. It seems, should get what he pays for
not as a right, but as a favor.
TJio housing law which Councils has nulli
fied is, wo nro told, too drastic. It would
ruin owners of property in the tenement dis
trict. What a pity! Yet the Octavia Hill
Association own? or oporates, at a profit,
hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of
property, every pleco of which Is voluntarily
subjected to rules and regulations far mora
drastic than thoso of tills outraged law.
There must bo a dividing line between profit
and greed even if neither Councils nor the
Legislature can And It.
Tho Governor, however, stands for decent
housing nnd tho people have endowed him
with the right of veto.
Must AVc Hock the Canal?
If revenues nre insufficient to permit a
sufficient working balance to be maintained,
the fund muat be supplemented, either by
reimbursement from the sale of Panama
Canal bonds, or by the proceeds of 3 per
cent, certificates of Indebtedness. John J.
Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representa
tives. MR. FITZGERALD supports this state
ment by an exhibit of figures. The ex
penditures of the Government exceeded its
revenues during the current fiscal year to
March 2 by J103.43M43.71 and he estimates
that tho fiscal year will close with a deficit
of $133,000,000.
The Panama Canal has been paid for al
most entirely out of current revenues. Those
revenues were sufficient, under a Republi
can administration, to meet all expenses and
leave a surplus so large that It was not
necessary to borrow money to pay the work
men at Panama. But now the Democratic
head of tho great financial committee of the
House seriously proposes to mortgage the
big ditch to raise money enough to run the
Government. He would hock the canal, as
the spendthrift and wastrel takes his over
coat to tho pawnshop to raise money enough
to hire a cab to take him home.
Mr. Fitzgerald has warned his party many
times that it was heading straight for
financial disaster and would reach the goal
unless It practiced economy. But his warn
ings were unheeded. He now has the cour
age to face the facts and to point out
a way of escape from national bankruptcy.
So whatever the harvest of folly his
party may reap ho has cleared his own
skirts. But neither he nor any other patri
ots American can contemplate with any
pleasure the necessity of putting up the
canal as security for a loan to raise money
to meet tho extravagances of the present
Congress.
Putting the University to a Good Use
PROVOST SMITH has once more proved
that ho is a man of fine discrimination by
offering the use ot the buildings of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania to his fellow-educators,
the Associated Advertising Clubs of the
"World, for their annual convention next year.
They should accept the offer with alacrity,
for pa finer setting for discussing the import
ance of advertising could be imagined. If the
members of the clubs have the instincts of
Ihelc craft, they will not hesitate a moment.
Advertising Is education or it is nothing;
aducatlon In the relative value of commodl-
. tjm, Tho man who does not read advertise-
r fj?ma uoca Jwi. Jtituw wuw vu uujr. xia la imu
jk wan. trying to solve a problem In the
f?ttrB.l calculus without a knowledge of
tementary algebra. x me- aaveriisiny men
: i. lift themselves up on such ft high pedes-
1ai a a. great university offers and can there
ui. us ibeir subjfcjt they will have the ears
i. ,(. whU nmtion.
, .iwiujsm t spa qt tiiJ'Oftteat woneiBle
forces now at work, as Ivy !. Lea lold the
members ot the Rotary Club tho other night.
But It Is still In Its Infancy, ns he said. Kin
dergarten teachers nro allll needed for somo
business men beforo they can learn its alpha
bet. Our histories aro only advertising
pamphlets, telling us what we can learn from
the past. Our books of science are circulars
explaining how tho secrets of nature havo
been wrested from nn unwilling earth nnd
how we can use them in our business. Our
books of economics nro treatises on tho best
way to buy nnd sell. But tho nniotint ot
money spent In studying these dead ndver
tlsomcnts Is about the same ns that spent In
distributing tho llvo advertisements) ot present-day
business. When business men nro
properly educated they will not ho content
with Investing so much In tho dead past nnd
so little In making tho present thrill with llfo.
Entitled to Fair Treatment
THAT William .T. Bryan has dono much to
lower tho prcstlgo of tho high ofllco ho
holds is generally ndmlttcd. Tho American
people cannot bo reconciled to tho spcctaclo
of tho Secretary of Stato flitting about tho
country nnd lecturing for a price. In nddl
tlon, they aro convinced that tho responsibili
ties ot tho ofllco require tho full tlmo of tho
occupnnt, however brilliant ho may he. It is
a post that has been filled by great men nnd
seldom hold by a weak one.
When, however, certain nowspapers find In
Mr. Bryan's- prohibition speech of Monday
tho occasion for caustic criticism nnd de
nunciation, it appears that prejudice Instead
of reason Is dominant. Prohibition is a great
public question. It has becomo tho paia
mount political Issuo in many of tho Stales.
It has worked Its way Into Industrial life, nnd
In ono form or nnother has been adopted by
many of tho largest corporations of tho na
tion. Tho Secretary of Stato In dedicating
his servlco to such a causo In tho way ho
did here was doing nothing incompatible
with cither tho dignity of his ofTIco or its
precedents.
As to his moral right to absent himself
from Washington during the diplomatic
stress now existing, thcro may bo room for
argument.
It Is bollcvcd, however, that tho President
and Mr. Lansing aro handling tho situation,
so far ns essentials nro concerned, and it Is
qulto posslblo that conditions wero such as
to warrant Mr. Bryan In bollevlng that his
absonco would not bo disastrous to this na
tion. Thcro is a great deal of dlffcronco bo
twecn occasional and continued absence. Mr.
Bryan is entitled to fair treatment.
A Life-anvcr
IT WAS onco stated that if an inch were
ndded to tho tail of tho shlit ot every
Chinaman the piosperlty of Southern cotton
growers would bo assured forever. Tho tight
skirt has done tho textile manufacturers no
good. When suits require plenty of cloth
the mills begin to get busy. Damo Fashion
promises to do what It can to offset tho ab
sence of a protective tariff. Tho demand for
materials Is to be Increased by tho wido
skirt. Prosperity, after all, depends so much
on tho women.
Status of tho Army Reserve
THE promoters of tho American Legion
need not bo discouraged by Secretary Gar
rison's letter to General Leonard Wood sug
gesting that army officers must havo no con
nection with outside organizations seeking to
gather information that will bo useful In
forming nn army reservo. Tho Secretary of
War admits tho lmportanco of getting such
information, and admits tho valuo ot tho
work that the American Legion plans to do,
but he says tho War Department Is making
an Investigation on its own account to dis
cover tho most efficient way to accomplish
this very purpose.
If the War Department will continue Its
Inquiry until it discovers a way to mako the
men with military training Immediately
available In time of emergency, nnd will then
set about making them available, there will
be no further need for the American Legion
or any other private organization to do tho
work which properly belongs to tho Govern
ment. But tho department has been talking
about this thing for so many years that citi
zens who understood tho need Just had to do
something on their own account. They will
doubtless keep at It until the Government
actually begins to organize a paper reservo
for the army.
Getting Ready to Banish the Cinders
THE electrification of the main lino of tho
Pennsylvania Railroad as far as Faoll is
so far completed that tho operation of trains
on a regular schedule Is promised for May 30.
The improvement in the service ought to bo
marked. Not only will thero bo more trains,
but they will make better time. The passen
gers can keep the windows open in summer
without getting their eyes filled with cinders,
and better still, the people living along the
line of tho railroad will not havo their houses
filled with the soot from the locomotive
smoke, that has annoyed them for years.
The people who go out of tho city in other
directions are hoping that the good work
will ba kept up and that they can be carried
to and from business in electric cars within
a year or two.
Judge Ben M, Llndsey, of Denver, Is long
on pugnacity and short on tact.
The Legislature does the talking, but It Is1
the Governor who can do the vetoing.
Turkey's territory may not be smaller after
the war, but there will bo fewer Turks in it,
Italy has spent much money getting ready
for the war and sha expects Austria to pay
for It. .
England Is going to starve out Germany
If she has to ruin the trade of ovtry neutral
In the world to do it.
Tho Mayor of Boston has decided that
dancers must wear stockings, classics or no
classics, thus riding roughshod over art.
The State Department should be deeply In
terested In that suit to decide who owns the
Dacla and whether the transfer was made In
good faith.
The Speaker thinks that Woodrow Wilson
Is one of the country's great Presidents, but
what a chance for a greater one the Balti
more Convention passed.
Five hundred Italian reserves have sailed
for Italy this week. They tako with them
the blessing of every Italian who stays here
Instead of going back home to fight for his
country.
The summer travel of the British on ttia
Continent Is likely to break all precedents.
Seven hundred and fifty thousand of them
are already enjoying the scenery of Frame
and longing to learn what Germany looks
Uke.
ON WITH THE FIGHT
IN TERRE HAUTE
Election Day Followed by n Hnrd
Battle in Which the Women
Stirred Public Opinion Into Effec
tive Action,
By IRWIN L, GORDON
AMI.
THE tiny following the elcrtlon In Tcrro
llnuto found the Icntlcis of tho women's
movement in conference. Tho reports of Iho
various wnrrt chairmen wcro hcnrcl, the
wholesale debauchery of tho electorate and
tho llngrtiut loliillrm of law wero discussed
and a definite plan of campaign outlined.
Not only had the w6mcn secured tho most
valuable Information obtained, but they
tncnnt that definite action should bo taken.
Some of tho leaders knew of tho suggestion
that nn appeal bo mado to tho United States
Government to assist Tcrro Haute. It was
finally settled to send a telegram to Governor
Samuel M. Itnlston. llo was nlso called on
tho loiiR-dlHlntico telephone, Tho Governor, n
creature ot the Stato Organization, would do
nothing.
Some of the women iliew up u tclcRinm to
ludgo A. H. Anderson, of Iho Indiana Circuit
Court, tho only l-'ctlciiil Judge in tho Slnte.
Knowing Hint he was Interested In decent
elections nnd linil pilvntrly spoken his views
regarding tho Term Haute machine, they be
lieved nn appeal to him would bear fitilt.
The Women Send n Telegram
Thus it was the women of Tcrre Ilauto
Who first ofllclally called the attention of thn
election to Federal authorities. Enctly what
action Judge. Awleisnoii took nfter receiving
thn following telegram has not been nunlo
public, but it is known that tho Investigation
began In n. suiprlslngly short time. Tho tele
gram read:
"Tito women of Teirc Haute who worked
at tho polls jestcrdny, many of whom nro
taxpayers, deslio to call our attention to
somo flagrant election law violations. Major
ity membcis ot election boards refused to nl
low challenges of Illegal votes. Interfered
with minority ofllclnls when they Insisted
upon challenges, arrested them, took them
from tho polling places, assaulted them and
stolo their poll books. Tho city polico wero
stationed nrotind nnd Insldo polling places to
Intimidate honest voters; copies of notice of
restraining order Issued by tho Superior
Court wero torn up In somo precincts and
tho order Ignored.
"Olllccrs of tho Superior Court were as
saulted, beaten, shot nt nnd arrested when
seeking to enforce orders of tho court. In
spectors of precincts openly nnd against the
wishes of many voters operated tho keys and
turned tho lovers on tho voting machines
nnd many times for a ticket in direct opposi
tion to tho expressed wishes of tho voters.
Tho minority election officials and good citi
zens were absolutely without protection of
tho city polico department or the county sher
iff's ofTIco.
"Tho women know thnt tho election re
turns nro falso nnd fraudulent and desiro
to voico their Indignation, and urge your ear
nest support and Intel est In nn Investigation."
It was signed by Mrs. U. O. Co-, president
Women's Council of Clubs; Mrs. S. C. Stim
son, chairman Clean Election Committee;
Miss Emma 13. Moore, general secretary Y.
AV. C. A.; Miss Helen Benbrldgc, president
Woman's Franchise League; Mrs. M. A. Mor
gan, West Tcrre Haute; Madge P. Stephens,
M. D., member Stato Executive Committee of
tho Socialist party.
Tcwo Haute Divided
After It becamo publicly known that tho
Government had conducted an Investigation
nnd after tho arrests of the first 18 men sen
timent was divided In Terro Haute. Somo ot
tho business men believed that tho national
publicity would injure tho city, that business
would he harmed, whilo others held tho probo
to bo nothing but a political frame-up, to be
used as Democratic "clean-up" material. Not
n few of the leading citizens maintained that
tho Goernment had no Jurisdiction In the
case, and hone tly believed that llttlo
could 1)0 done. Even tho nowspapers wero
apathetic. Along tho street it was common
talk that "It would bo fixed In Washington."
Taggart would never consent to tho probe,
nnd Taggart controls Senators Kern nnd
Shlvely! All sorts of rumors went about.
Frank A. Dailcy, tho District Attorney, would
bo called oft tho caso because ho secured his
appointment through Senator Kern. Others
had It that Judge Anderson had received
orders from tho Department of Justico telling
him to kill tho caso. Tho citizens of Tcrre
Ilauto did not know Judge Anderson nnd the
District Attorney.
Again the women camo to tho front they
heard all theso rumors; heard the whlnera,
tho men who "knew that Fairbanks would fix
It with his money," and they decided that
tho nttitudo of many of Terra Haute's mer
chants nnd business men was a most dan
gerous thing at such a critical time. They
nrgucd that tho Government never could be
expected to go on with tho case if a strong
public spirit was lacking at home. They real
ized, too, that a public spirit was not lack
ing; it only had been crushed. Even tho
glowing prospects of the Government's Inter
vention seemingly failed to awaken the peo
plethey had seen tho Fairbanks money and
the Taggart machine before. They knew well
of Its workings In Washington. They miscal
culated upon tho man who sat In the White
House, the Attorney General and that Judgo
and District Attorney In Indianapolis,
Tho Stores Boycotted
Tho women decided that the public spirit
must bo quickened. Then they served notice
through tho press, at their meetings and at
homo to husbands and brothers that the
Government must be supported. This was tho
notice served;
"Terro Hauto is politically corrupt. Light
Is ahead. You must support this Investiga
tion. Wo have been robbed and the name
of our city blackened. We women havo de
creed that things shall change. You will
either mako this a fit place to live or we
shall not spend a cent In Torre Haute Btorcs."
Then began the great boycott to force pub
lic sentiment. It a woman starts anything
it Is usually considered a Joke this threat
was taken as a Joke In Terra Haute. Some
of the merchants awojte, however, when they
learned that the District Attorney had sum
moned a large number of tho women to ap
pear before the Grand Jury, It leaked out
that many of the poll watcheis had con
fronted tho repeaters in Indianapolis; that
confessions had been secured from several
of the men after they had been Identified and
accused by the women. In addition, Christ
mas was approaching. The women let It ba
known that they were making their pur
chases In Indiana's capital. Items were in
serted in tho newspapers similar to the follow
ing "Mrs J. spent yesterday In Indianapolis
making her Chr'Jtmas purchases." This did
not look good to tsfe merchants of the city.
They icmembercd that Tcrro Haute contains
inoro millionaires than any other city in tho
State.
Ono company whichkopt a Christinas fund
was about to divide J63.000 among tho women
depositors. It was planned by tho leaders to
spend nil this money in Indianapolis. First
ono firm and then another awoke, nnd finally
a victory was nttained. Thus tho women
of Terro Hauto forced public sentiment nt a
tlmo when tho majority of tho citizens wero
weak-kneed, nnd perhaps forced tho turning
point in tho whole investigation, Tho Mer
chants' Association enmo out publicly nnd
contributed heavily toward tho clean-up.
Today Terra Haute is mad with excite
ment. Tens of thousands of dollars nro bo
ing given by tho merchants nnd business
men. They see light nhead. They reallzo that
n clean, honest city administration Is ono of
tho greatest assets of a municipality and
that money contributed nt this tlmo to fight
through tho recount cases and to support tho
Government will return many fold In com
ing years.
AVomen of Pennsylvania
Still, In Terro Haute's darkest hour a band
of women never lost hopo. Ono of these, Miss
Mae Helmcr, whoso Ufa was threatened and
whom tho Organization did everything in Its
power to Injure, In speaking ot tho situa
tion said:
"Tho women alone did their duty. This
samo thing can be dono In any Stato by tho
women nnd honest elections assured, In
Pennsylvania I understand you had tho samo
kind of an election. I have heard of a slush
fund being collected to elect Senator Pen
rose. Let tho women demand nn Investiga
tion and you will seo something move. Any
way, tho tactics wo pursued, using tho
camera and keeping poll books, will glvo an
honest election In any Stato in tho future.''
Thcro were also a few men who never lost
hcait, men who represented the high Ideals
of tho community. To theso nlso belongs the
credit for tho regeneration, for they fought
through tho darkest days of tho Roberts
Fairbanks control nnd wero the prime mov
cts in securing tho Government Investiga
tion. They are ex-.Tudgo D. AV. Henry, Earl
E. Houck, tho leading undertaker of Tcrro
Haute; Chalmers M. Hamlll, attorney; Judgo
Walker, of tho Superior Court; James A.
Cooper, Jr., nttorney; O. D. Davis, nttornej
Charles Clogston, editor, and Joseph Roach,
lawyer.
HUGHES AND THE PRESIDENCY
W. C. Hudson In tlia Brooklyn Eaelf.
One thing Is qulto certain: There will be
no man or group of men nt the next Repub
lican convention with authority to represent
the views or Interests of Charles E. Hughes.
That was the attitude lie assumed when he was
talked of fqr Governor of the State of New
York. And I speak from exact knowledge when
I eay that at the Saratoga Convention no man
represented him at that convention or could
speak for him or even say that if he were
nominated he would accept. His attitude was
that he did not want the nomination. How
ever, If, as was represented to him, because
of the favor he had gained in his relation to
the Insurance lnwstigatlon. lie was the one man
who could defeat the result of tho deal In the
Democratic party, ns a good citizen of tho
State, he should be compelled to accept a nom
ination, but he had the right to know that the
demand for his nomination was a genuine de
mand and not the result of the machinations
of self-seeking politicians.
In a conversation with Mr. Hughes when this
affair was pending he said to this writer: "I
have no liking for an executive office. Such
ambition ns I have Is after a career at the
bar to round oft with a term on the bench."
It is to be assumed that from this he is in
a place entirety to his liking. Whether he has
changed his outlook I have no means of know
ing. It Is my observation, over a long term of
years, that the possession of power works
wonders. AVhat Influence four years of Gov
ernor of the State of New York, with all the
vast power that is lodged in the hands of that
official, has had on his subsequent outlook on
public affairs is known only to those to whom
he gives his confidence, nnd they nre few. But
I set down for the incredulous to laugh at that
Charles E. Hughes is one ot the men who
would rather be right than be President.
SOME SIGNS OP SPRING
From th Minneapolis Journal.
The first mosquito has been seen in the
Ozarks. ,
From the Bridgeport Post.
The robin or bluebird which is hovering
around In the vicinity has the sympathy ot us
hereabouts.
From the Bridgeport Tsleirsm.
Signs of spring: Krelong the two-piece suit
will be seen on the dummy In front of the
clothing store.
From the Syracuse Post-Standard. .
Canoeing has begun on the Charles. River.
Spring plowing Is roported In Pennsylvania.
Syracuse boys are playing marbles.
From tho Detroit Frea Press.
We're peaceful, as a rule, but we sea a fine
family row coming If ever she comes home
in a set of those spring trouserettes,.
From the Utlirauke Be-ntlnel.
Many an innocent last summer's hat will get
an overhauling and trimming up for Easter
this year. 'Tis well, says hubby and papa.
Fiont the Detroit Times.
An Indiana man says spring Ii at hand when
bees begin to sting. And a sign of winter,
vm presume, when you get stung by your coal
dealer.
A LIFE-SAVER , -- Wf
A DAWES HOTEL
First Year of Chicago's Famous
Proved So Successful
' Be Built
By AVILLIAM
CHICAGO has lincntcd a now sort of hotel.
Chlcngo likes Its invention. Tho men, too,
who havo mado thecxperlment llko it, nnd tho
patrons of tho hostelry aro pleased. Tho Idea
seems to bo good, nnd It is growing. Repre
sentatives of tho cnterprlso are now plan
ning to study conditions In Philadelphia,
whero it is likely tho next hotel In the system
will bo built.
The Itufus F. Dawes Hotel, situated on a
quiet sldo street of Chicago's West Sido,
within a stono's throw of tho old vlco district
and In Bight of tho cheap lodglng-housp ro
glon, is a memorial, a tribute and a success
ful venture. It Is a memorial to Rufus Fear
ing Dawes, the son of Charles G. Dawes,
president of tho Central Trust Company of
Chicago, and former Comptroller of tho Cur
rency. Just on tho edgo of young manhood
Ilufus F. Dawes died in tho waters of Lake
Geneva.
Patronized by Migratory Workers
Tho young man's career Is continued In tho
development of tho Idea of the hotel. Tho
.enterprise, too, is a tribute to the public it
serves. It Is patronized by traveling men
whom professora call migratory workers.
Theso travelers represent tho hardworking
privates in the construction army of tho na
tion. They do tho heavy work ot railroad
building. They erect dams for great power
plants or irrigation schemes. They cut and
store tho Ice from the Wisconsin lakes dur
ing tho winter, nnd in harvest tlmo they do
their stint in tho wheat fields of Kansas,
Nebraska and in tho neighboring wheat
States.
The Dawes Hotel Is a successful venture,
because It has proved that attractive accom
modations can be furnished nnd wholesome
food provided nt a moro pittance, and still
with profit to the Investors. That's the point
which interests Charles G. Dawes, who put
nn even hundred thousand dollars Into tho
first Investment.
"Anybody could establish nnother charity,"
said he, "but that's not tho point. Tho Rtifus
F, Dawes Hotel is not n philanthropy. It's
a business. It has to ho run ns carefully as
a watch or a bank. Given tho proper busi
ness supervision it will pay. Our first year
has demonstrated that. The Dawes Hotel
in prices bears tho same relation to tho Mills
hotels that the Mills hotels bear to tho Black
stone or to tho Congress. But even on that
basis tho Dawes Hotel will pay. Wo Intend
now to build a number In other cities. It is
a slow business. But if tho thing Is to pay,
you havo to find out about needs and condi
tions first. Tho next hotel, I think, will go
to Philadelphia and tho third to Boston. But
neither will bo established without a thor
ough investigation. My brother, Henry M.
Dawes, who built tho Chicago hotel, will go
to Philadelphia with AVilliam B. Taylor,
manager of the hotel, to look over the situa
tion." It's a Real Hotel
Despite the fact that It costs as little as
one cent to buy a supper and only a nickel
for a night's lodging at tho Rufus F. Dawes
Hotel, In fittings and In service the hotel com
pares very favorably with Its higher-priced
competitors. Tho building is spacious, well
lighted and thoroughly ventilated, and for
tunately the architect, Arthur G, Brown,
evinced a fine sense ot beauty In Its design
ing. The lobby, with Its heavy stone flre
placo and decorative mantel. Its dull oak
woodwork and simple Colonial furniture, sug
gests the accommodations offered by expen
sive clubs.
The guest of the hotel registers at the
clerk's desk with no formality nor questions
asked. His name Is entered on the register,
and that is all. Five cents buys a locker, a
comfortable bed and the privilege of a shower
bath. One, two, three or flvo cents buys bupt
per. Ten cents is sufficient for a private
room, or cubicle, more accurately, Tho guest
pays for what he gets, and he Is tinder no
more obligation to the management than are
the patrons of the Bellevue-Stratford,
The hotel management does not permit
propaganda of any sort, There's no preach
ing of religion nor of economics. Friends ot
the fqunder have wondered that teaching ot
some sort was not tacked upon the hotel.
"That Is something else again; hire a ball,"
is tha invariable reply made to such sugges
tions. Mr. Dawes repeats: "We are run-i
nlng a hotel." '
At 5 o'clock every afternoon the doors of
tha hotel are opened, and they ara kept open
until 10:15. Within tha course of a few hours
all of tha m beds are rented. A great flro
roars In. the) open fireplace of the lobby, ancf
FOR PHILADELPHIA
Five and Ten Cent Hotel Has!
That One Like It May
in This City.
L. CHENERY
about tho room in small groups arescatteril
a hundred or so guests. Others sit in the
Ioungo in tho bascmont. Men of sundrv n.
cations nro assembled, but almost to the nun '-.
they nro workers. It Is a pleasant Place to
pass an evening. You are certain to mt
somo fellow full of tho tasto of strann
places and of rare adventures.
Tho Bill of Fare.
At certain seasons certain of tho guests ot
the hotel earn largo wages and others of them
havo seen times of affluence. From a lack
of foresight somotlmes, and moro often from
tho necessities of seasonal work, tho men run
very low In money during dull times. The
Rufus F. Dawes Hotel enables them to
llvo without accepting charity. But oven 10
tho bill of faro Is attractive. Hero it is:
rtoll or doughnut 1 cent
Bowl of soun and coffee with milk and
sugar ZcenU-sfj
Meat hash, hamburger, spaghetti 3 cenli
Meat nnd bread, soup and coffee E centi
PIo of nil varieties 3 cent!
Tho food Is nil well cooked, and It is mada
ol goou maccnais. xno soup or stow is raaue
of vegetables' on a meat foundation and Ii ,,.
exceedingly nutritious. i
After an evening passed in the lobby or
in tho lounging room In the basement, smok
ing, reading, playing cards and swapping
yarns, tho guests of tho hotel make readr
for bed. Then and then only do the rulelfi
of tho Dawesl Hotel vary from the ordlnarr
customs of inns. Every man must taks
shower bath, and every one may have tin
fren use of sterilo shaving materials. Ti
shower room is handsomely fitted out and
provided with so many baths that BOO men
can uso Its" privileges within four honn $
time.
Just off the shower room In the base
ment nro tho lockers. Every guest has amj
locker, In which lie finds a towel, bathlnf v
slippers and fresh sleeping garments. m
clothes must bo put In tho locker. As soon
ns tho men havo all retired tho locker rooa
Is closed tightly and sulphur fumes are Ubcr
nterl. Ten imiimk of sulnhur are burned
every night. This Is an essential if the hotels
is to bo maintained in tho safe and sanitary
condition necessary to its continued succMJ.
After tho baths the men ascend to the dor--
mltorles. If thero is tho occasion for
rising a noto may bo left twith the clerk,
nre.iltfnst is server! from G:30 until 8:!9i aw
which tho hotel Is soon closed" for the da:rw
Beds and rooms aro tented for ono ws.
only, and whilo a man may come back aj
often as he pleases tho management makei
no effort to "keep boarders."
A RnrnriniTii Financial Success.
Operating on this basis the hotel has had a
a surprising success. According to CharW
G. Dawes, "Instead of a deficit of 58000 or
JIO.000 per year, as wo expected, the ataa
of tho first year's operation, when about tfV
000 men were lodged and 69,000 fed and em
ployment found for 1570, amounts to o
$1800, including a liberal estimated dPl"
ntln.. nf thn r-o.n nf 1 rent ner man. TB
does not. of course, include any return i
tho cost ot tha hotel, which was erecieo
inv Ron's memorv.
"The fact tho operation of the hotel f
suits In a small deficit Is not made the eiew
by tho management for any different trea
ment than Is customary in other flrst"c.v',
hotels. Ij Is no different from any otn
lintnl PYfont ltd nlinrtrna nrfl loWCr
The employment bureau run Jn conntlott-
with tho hotel is quite Informal, israpw"
who want men phono their needs to MansL
Tnvlnr anH nntlrelv Incidentally tlO fa "
tho Jobs' to any ono who s,eems to fit the op
portunity.
CAMP SCENES, 1775 '
(Professor Johnston's Ufa of Nathan
contains several of Hale'a poems ana " j,.
recently discovered and never heretorore v
llshed. Among them Is Hale's DpJf)
of Camp Scenes, 1775." It follows In P-'
Could you but taka a full survey,
On this & that & t'other way
You'd seo extended far and wide
Our camps both here & Iloxbury .
The hills with tents their whiteness no
Beserrjbllng much Mid winter's nJ
(For some such causa perhaps tne "
Our hill is known by winter's v10')
Soma, the top, some the bottom w
Those for health, these for safety "
For health wa all do value high.
And safety too when danger's njfo,
AVhen coming here from Watertown,
Soon after ent'rlng Cambridge ground
You spy the grand & pleassjnt seav
I'ossess'd by AVahln(g)ton the ft1"
It looks o neat, so good tha pi"'
You'd think it m,d for that gooap
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