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Human Peace: The Method or (Jetting It
THE surest augury of penco Is tho nwful
ness of tho conflict In Europe. It Is awful
In Its waste of llfo and awful In Its waste
of wealth. In both respects tho future Is
being robbed. Indeed, wealth Is Itself an
evidence of civilization, representing, as It
were, tho accumulations of centuries of toll
and travail. Not only, therefore. Is tho
heritage of postorlty being squandered, but
Its very llfo blood Is being whitened.
Thero comes a tlmo when nclf-presorva-tlon
supersedes all other passions; thero
comes a limit to tho endurance of tho race,
and necessity, tho old mothor of Invention,
stops Into tho breach and flndq a remedy.
Among tho great men and thinkers who
meet In Indepondenco Hall todny thero Is
not one who does not long for pence. Among
all living men whoso mental processes aro
unwarped thero Is not ono who-jo conclu
sions aro for war. As to tho advisability of
tho thing wo seek, tho obvious cxcellenco of
It, thero Is no debate. Tho wholo problem
resolves Itself Into ono of mothod.
Is universal pcaco, like tho squaring of
the clrclo, an impossible thing?
Human experience In general seems to
point that way, yet thero Is ono human ex
perience, ono experiment, which is Inspiring
to those who aro groping their way through
tho war darkness.
Tho thirteen sovereignties which tho Con
stitution welded together were envious of
ono nnothor. Jealous, distrustful. Of tho
compact Union which they formed, dcsplto
their differences, tho cornorstono proved to
be the Supremo Court. That tribunal has
summoned sovereignties to its bar and ex
acted from them obedience to its mandates.
A universarsupremo Court Is not a dream.
American experimentation has paved the
way for it Thero was nothing In tho Aus-tto-Servlan
dlmcutty that such a court
mignt not properly havo decided. Thero
is nothing In tho German-American situa
tion beyond tho power of satisfactory solu
tion by such a tribunal, provided it had back
of it tho might, physical or moral, to en
force its decrees. And nn international Su
premo Court presupposes an International
navy and an international army.
Tho human raco knows what it wants; it
does not know how to get it. Yet hero ia
a feasible plan, long advocated by prac
tical men. If its consummation should bo
tho fruit of Europe's frightful conflict, that
conflict would bo well worth while.
Those men today in Independence Hall do
not meet upon a hopeless errand. Instead.
it Is safe to say, never before has tho tlmo
been so ripe for tho achievement of tho pur
pose to which they dedicate their thought
nnd their efforts.
The Women's Liberty Bell
A CHAINED and silent Liberty Bell, tho
.Liberty Bell of tho women of Pennsylva
nia, soon begins its pilgrimage of tho Stato.
Bronze chains will bind Its clapper until elec
tion night. Then If tho men of Pennsylvania
do not refuse wives, mothers and sisters tho
right that they themselves enjoy, tho chains
will bo Btricken off In Independence Square
and tho bronze voice peal forth
The bell is a replica with a difference: It
has no crack. When its glorious old fore
father rang forth "liberty throughout tho
land to all the inhabitants thereof there
was a rift in Its fabric, though few knew It
then. The women's bell la to mend that
rift, to bring freedom to man and woman
equally. It has added the motto, "Estab
lish Justice," and its ringers must remember
that, as with tho old bell, tho principle alone
will be proclaimed. The work of realization
lies ahead.
Houses of Pestilence
WHAT a pity Councilman Seger Isn't a
delegate to the convention of the Na
tional Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis In Seattle! It Is Just
possible that he might come back dissatisfied
with the conditions in his 7th Ward, But
whether he did or not, both he and the con
vention would learn something from the
meeting.
Councilman Seger might furnish the spe
cialists hia ward's Record as an example of
the results of bad housing. He might tell
them that one out of every five babies born
there In 1914 died before the ear was out
Ha might explain what part his ward's Infan
tile death rate of 209 85 had to do with mak.
log Philadelphia's 121 S the third highest In
the United States. Perhaps Councilman
Seger could make it elear to the doetors why
be opposed good bousing taws and an ap
propriation for moro nureee in th child
hygiene divtolon perhaps be could show that
it Is either becauM the mmmitm benefit
hia people" in the 7th or because there la
nothing In It for the gang's pocket.
i if 'oursi tt Is a little more doubtful
vt he t her the doctors could teach Councilman
Stger anything but they might try They
rumhi explain that knowledge disseminated
through ourse amunj other agemies and
aidt-J by juipn . fl luiisiug conditions, has
pnibabiy jv-i i i i thrrt: million people
Irum lW.K li. : ' : UjX ill the past M
iu USv the death rate of phtkuteia per.
1 ss Jk Id mi It wu duwa to IMC
It t
KTiRTis'n TrFrnnB-rHi
One hundred and forty-three thousand people
died In the tatter year out of a tubercular
army of ahout l.BOO.dOO and represented a
loss of Mi4.e00.000. If the housing and nurs
ing standards of 1880 Councilman Segor'a
own standards stilt prevailed, 179,027 more
would have perished
Or tf nil theso law figures and abstrac
tions would mean nothing to Councilman
Soger, ho might comprehend the story told
of a house In Cumberland County. Of tho
32 people In four different families that
occupied that building between 1880 and
1905, 11 developed tuberculosis and thrco moro
were suspects That Is tho sort of housing
Councilman Soger defends
Watch Councils Today
NOBODY In Philadelphia knows tho tech
nical procedure In Councils belter than
John I. Connelly, chief agent of tho im
perlum In Imperlo which Is conspiring to
put a ring In tho 'municipality's noso next
fall nnd lead It to tho slaughter. Nor Is
Charles Soger lncpcrt In councllmanlo
methods.
Thero Is nothing along thoso linos that
Director Talor can teach cither of tho gen
tlemen in question, yet It Is peculiarly fit
ting that ho should send n letter to both,
reciting In detail Just what step1) aro nec
essary to n8uro an actual beginning of sub
way construction this summer. Tho weather
in hot nnd matters of detail might rscapo
tho attention oven of experts. Director
Taj lor has moroly stated tho proper nnd
necessary procedure In so slmplo a form
that even tho unltlated could understand It.
To tho appropriation of tho $6,000,000
which tho cltls-ciiH of Philadelphia hao
voted for transit development tho Organiza
tion Is absolutely committed. Moro than
that, It is committed to tho proposal to mako
tho funds avnllablo this summer. It of
fered, through its Councils, a moro or lest
trick plan, feeling assured that tho Do
partmont of Transit could not accept it But
It waB not tricky enough. Thoro was a
loophole, a way out, and tho Mayor, under
tho advlco of Director Tajlor, grabbed It so
quickly as to render tho wholo fraternity of
obstructionists dizzy and groggy. But tho
Organization had to stnnd by Its own child,
or pretend to.
Tho crucial period In tho cnttro campaign
for rapid transit has now been reached.
Councils today will proo to tho community
whether Its bond Is good or fraudulent,
whethor It is In truth for rapid transit or,
in fact, opposed to it.
Thoso aro tho things It must do to estab
lish Its sincerity. If It omit any ono of
them, It will stand branded before this com
munity ns a lawful assembly of lawless
representatives, trifling with a great public
purpose, Intent on serving a maBtcr rather
than tho city.
1. Provision mum bo today made for tho
holding of a stated meeting on or before
Juno 24
2. Tho Finance, Commltteo must report out,
either today or at" tho stated meeting,
tho ordinance making the appropriation
of $6,000,000 to tho Department ot, City
Transit; also tho ordinances authorizing
tho construction of tho City Hall section
of the Broad street BUbway and of a
part of tho Frankford elevated
Failure to perform tho flrst of theso duties
Will mean that tho Organization, acting
through Councils, has decided to block tran
sit absolutely this year.
Amendment or clmngo of either of tho
two ordinances authorizing tho particular
construction work to bo dono will llkowlso
be a botrayal,
Mr. McNlchol Is on record as favoring
rapid transit. Tho Vnres likewise aro sim
ilarly on record.
Tho community expects Councils today to
mako good Its promises. Thoro aro tens of
thousands of citizens who havo their eyes
open and Intend to seo tho right thing done.
"Polymuriel" Itcdiscocred
THE "polymuriel gown" Is at last a fact.
A young lady over In New York has a
$150 prize in her soon-to-be pocket for de
signing a dress ot positively universal utili
ty. Latin scholars aside, it derives its namo
from the fact that It will suit Polly and
Muriel equally well, bo ono dark and one
blond, ono thin nnd ono stout, ono "hen" and
ono "chicken." Any time, any color, any ma
terial, any shape, but only ono design, that
Is tho secret. Nothing but cheesecloth Is
barred.
Tho business end of tho proposition Is tho
point thaf polymuriel can be worn all day
long. Theatre parties cannot fright It Golf,
bridge or tango suit it perfectly. In fact, it
sounds very much llko a. man's sack suit. No
moro changing clothes every tlmo a woman
turns round And no moro fashions ah,
there's tho rub! Only one lady ever suc
ceeded in such a campaign, and even tho
original inventor of tho polymuriel gavo up
tho fad shortly after she came back to the
city from her brie summer In the Garden of
Eden.
There is no crack In tho Woman's Liberty
Bell.
Pittsburgh's rushing Pullmans for the Bus.
elans,
The King of the "Wlre-Tappers has de
cided to knock off.
George von Pot Meyer gives Josephus Ket
tle Daniels a calling down.
Now is the time to buy pounds sterling
Marked down by Mars, Bellona & Co, to
UK.
After years of trust prosecutions,' the
Supreme Court is almost in sight of what
the Sherman act really mans There were
great law-givers In those days.
How many pragrnhre will describe tbat
collision of leviathan and steamer off Boston
as "a whale of a story' t And 1iow many
will refrain in twa gjioh wannar as this?
Majfbe the Kaiser would have respected
Belgium neutrality for tip four billion dollars
that Parliament haa voted; and maybe he
would if he bad Juat known they would
vote it
Governor Brumbaugh says be will oall the
Ceaeral Assembly together again if he gets
lonesome in Hairlsburg Uoes he not know
that be can and ayrabie Mctety In a way
Much more agreable to tho
wealth? -
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WORLD PEACE
Tho International Policeman Un
lawful Force Must Be Opposed by
Force Used to Maintain Law
Second-Thought War.
Dy A. LAWRENCE LOWELL
Prfddent of Harvard University.
Vhv pl(il Arransemmt with the Indpndent.)
VALUABLE as aro treaties for Internal
tlonal arbitration, most thoughtful peoplo
havo becomo convinced that they must re
main In largo part lnoffccUvo for proventlng
war without somo moans of compulsion, It
Is not enough for nations -to agree to submit
disputes to arbitration If thero Is no power
to compel them to .do so, Wo need not only
a tribunal but also a policeman, or rather a
sheriff and posso comltatus; nnd In tho nb
senco of any superior power to enforce tho
treaties It would seem necessary for tho na
tions thcmsolvcs tondopt.Bomo plan whereby
they agrco to restrain anycno of their num
ber from making war upon nnother beforo
submitting its grlovanco to tho tribunal. This
may lnvolvo tho uso of force, a resort to war
to provont war, nnd wo must honestly faco
that possibility. Any ono who is not pre
pared to opposo unlawful forco by forco used
to malntnln law is slmplynldlng tho doctrine
that might makes right.
Tor Americans tho participation In a
League of Penco mention, doparturo from tra
ditions of non-lntcrferonco In tho nffalrs of
other continents But men who will not tako
part In tho posso comltatus of a sheriff In
enforcing tho law, or quelling a riot, havo
no htislnest to crltlclso his conduct or glvo
him ndtlce It Is sheer impertinence for us
to fr.imo plans foi preventing war In Europe,
or to Instruct tho nations thoro what they
ought to do, If wo nro not to nssumo our
sharo of tho responsibility nnd burden. By
tho forco of clrcumstancea'jwo havo becomo
ono of tho family ot nations, and cannot
aold being put in Jeopardy by broaches of
tho poaco. If, thoroforo, wo cannot maintain
a position of oomploto political and moral iso
lation, we cannot rofuso to tnko part In a
Lcaguo of Peace which wo bollovo other na
tions ought to form
Publicity ns n War Prevention
Tho object of such a lcaguo should bo to
redtico tho probability of war as much as
possible, for no one not snngulno to a tnar
velously comfortable degrco belloes that by
any contrKanco Mar can bo at onco and for
orr banished from tho earth, and to at
tempt too much means to accomplish less.
Tho best aids In reducing tho probability of
war would appear to bo publicity and delay;
If tho resort to arms could always bo pro
ented until tho matter In dlsputo had been
submitted to n public hearing beforo nn Im
partial tribunal, even If Its decision Is not
wholly satisfactory to tho parties concerned,
much would bo gained Of course, with hu
man nature emotional nnd defective, It will
not always bo posslblo so to constltuto a tri
bunal that its Judgment will bo fair; but It
ought to bo posslblo always to securo a fair
hearing, a full public presentation of evidence
nnd arguments, and that in Itself would tend
to avert war Passion would have tlmo to
cool down, public opinion would havo a
chanco to bo formed both within tho nation
and In other countries, tho military advan
tago of a sudden attack would bo lost, and
people would consider soberly whether tho
gamo was worth tho candle.
Improvement Not Utopia
Tho proposal for a Leaguo of Peaco pro
vides, thereforo, for an agreement between
all tho great states In tho world first, that
beforo taking up arms thoy will submit their
differences, if Justiciable, to an International
tribunal, and If not Justiciable, to a council of
conciliation, and second that they will enforco
this by Jointly declaring war on any mem
ber who attacks another beforo tho matter
has been so submitted nnd a reasonable tlmo
allowed for hearing and Judgment. That
tho need of such a Joint enforcement of tho
treaty would bo highly improbable Is self
evident Tho knowledge that it would bo
used would bo enough; but its wholo effect
depends upon tho fnct that It Is sincerely
intended, and would In nny case bo fully car
ried out If necessary. No doubt any agree
ment among nations may bo abortive, or may
break down at tho tlmo of trial, and hence It
Is wlso not to make, It too hard to fulfil For
this reason tho plan does not contemplate a
universal agreement to abide by, or enforce,
tho decisions of tho tribunal or council. A
nation that ia perfectly willing to compel by
force of arms delay and hearing, may well
bo reluctant to go to war to force another
stato to accept a decision which it does not
think Just.
It has been suggested that non-intercourse
should be submitted In tho plan for enforce
ment by arms; yet this would be far less
effectlvo In preventing war, and In fact more
difficult to carry out.
A country that has bound itself to Us
neighbors to go to war under certain condi
tions may be expected to do so, but to upsot
all trade and Industry by non-lntercourso in
volves delay and strenuous commercial oppo
sltlon at home hard to overcome.
War Is a terrible thing, Involving flerqe
passions, nnd It can be prevented only by
strong, bold and rapid measures. The plan
presented s not free from defects; It contem
plates not a Utopia, but an Improvement;
jet of all the proposals so far put forward It
seems to offer tho best prospects for remov
ing this scourgOj
RATS IN THE TOWER
From the Button ltecord
Though only a few weeks in use the custom
house is already infested with rats As hgh
as the 16th floor in the tower these rodents have
committed depredations in archive drawers and
succeeded in terrorizing the women employes.
One theory of their presence is that they gained
entrance through the pneumatic tubes, '
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MADRIGAL
I.
Bhe oame across the shining bill .
Adown a golden lea.
Love lightened In her dewy eyes,
Live pined a melody.
Love ltd her to a sjjver space, r
Beneath a sray.leaved tree;
Dear Hsaven! the wind tted in her har,
The Miailgbt twiehid: her knee.
Ah, uafcrgattfn morn "W seW,
O rtver running free,
I thrilled to see her fjam-whlte feet,
When ray love came t me.
n. - i
Night broods upon the gTay-Jea.vd bough
Around the tdiadewed doer,
O dark a yen uallghted bill
And dull Ute reedy shore.
Nor will she paw upon b plain
As once eh a$iM before.
Nor evernsH foaw-wbite feet.
My starry love el yore.
i HdUh Ives W84werlfc is gfta
m
EAITELPHJA, THTTKSTrAY, jrNE IT, TOTS.
HANDICAPPING THE COMMANDER
General Joffre's Experience With Domestic Intrigue Is Out
matched by the Story of the Plots and Machinations
Against Washington in the Revolution.
By RAYMOND
PROFESSIONAL Jealousy Is not limited to
any one profession and appears In tho
armies of nations both In time of peaco and
In tlmo of wnr. It entered into the attempt
to oust General Joffre from command of tho
French forces nnd was ably assisted In that
attempt by tho lmpatlonco of tho national
legislature! with tho slow progress In expell
ing tho Germans from tho borders. Other
commnnders-ln-chlof In other wars havo had
fllmllar experiences. Washington, especially
during tho first four years of tho Revolu
tion, was obliged to watch and circumvent
his enemies among tho colonists, among tho
far-famed "patriots of '76," as well as his
enemies Lord Howe and tho British soldiers.
Indeed, desplto all that may bo said about
tho dovotlon of tho colonists to tho cause of
freedom, thoy hampered him In tho perform
ance of his great task to an extent utterly
unbelievable to a reader of school text
books. Patient ho was, but if General "Wash
ington flung a savago oath into tho faco of
Charles Lee at Monmouth it waB a natural
outburst of wrath for all that ho had borno
of criticism and intrigue and insult over
since ho took command of tho army at Cam
bridge from somo of his best generals and
from somo of tho leading lights of tho Conti
nental Congress.
Tho American Revolution, ns everybody
knows, was a farco until the battle of Sara
toga Washington, Lafayetto and Baron von
Steuben put it on Its feet. Untrained troops
and Inexperienced officers wero not the worst
of it, but thoy counted. Nearly 400,000 men
wero enlisted during the war, but never In
the courso of the wholo strugglo wero moro
than 17,000 available for fighting purposes
Moro than once Washington expected that
tho end of tho week or tho month would find
his own lmmedlato army dwindled to a mat
ter of five hundred men or bo It was an
unreliable, sometimes even a cowardly army
that he commanded, a constantly dissolving
army, augmented from tlmo to time by three
months', six months' and nlno months' en
listments and by accessions from cities and
countrysides when these were closely ap
proached or actually Invaded by the British.
Again and again his own officers thwarted his
best-laid plans Desertions were innumer
able. The peoplo had an abject horror of a
standing army. These are but a few of the
difficulties with which the commander-in-chief
had to contend, and yet on this show
ing It's no wonder that he put his whole
heart Into his later public appeals to the new
nation In behalf of real preparedness for war.
He knew very well, too, that the Revolution
was not won on American soil. Neither was
the war of 1813 won by anybody clso but
Napoleon.
A Nagging CongTess
Congress nagged and nagged him. In those
first months of tho war, many more than
ttvelvo of them, Samuel Adams could not
comprehend why WnBhlngton did not win
great victories and lay them at the feet of
Congress. John Adams, also, was continually
finding fault. John Adams, after the battle
of Saratoga, wrote to his wife that one causa
of thanksgiving was that the tide had not
been turned by the commander-in-chief and
the southern troops, for the adulation would
have been Impossible. Richard Henry Lee,
of Washington's own State, was another pro
lific fault-tlnder. Congress hampered the
commander In other ways than by criticism
by failure to co-operate In making an army
and keeping It together, for instance but Its
discontent and Impatience furnished trouble
enough and the plotters against the official
life of "Washington fqund "oodles" of aid
and comfort there,
James Lovell, a member of the Congress,
made for himself a little niche In the temple
of fame by his fart in the Intrigues againet
"Washington. He was one of the most active
in the effort to oui JVashlngton and make
Gates ammander-In.ahlef Gates, who, by
taking New England' view in the Vermont
dispute, had won the regard of the two
powerful Adamsee, Gatw, who in Deeember
of lTIS had failed to obey orders and Join
Washington In the Trenton campaign, and
Instead liekj ridden oft to tell Congress of the
foolishness of Washington's plans. Gates,
wia had preferred foolish, malicious charges
against Sohuyjer and Arnold, and by spread
Ing prejudice and misunderstanding concern
ing the latter had brought upon that un-l
fortunate mn th Blights and insults which
undermined bie patriotism, Gates, to whom
went all lw glory of the viotory of Saratoga,
rtgatly regarded today as the turning point
BIRTHPLACE OF THE LIBERTY OF
BIRTHPLACE OF THE PEAUJW
G. FULLER
of tho Revolution. It was Washington who
foresaw tho British plan to separate Now
England from tho rest of tho colonics, who
laid tho counter-plans which worked out so
successfully. Ho aroused Now England and
Now York, and to keep Howo from Joining
Burgoyno he kept Howo busy. Credit to
Gates, yes; but credit to Washington for tho
tcrrlblo sacrifices ho made, whllo Congress
was assailing him nnd his own officers wero
plotting against him, to securo victory for
Gatec at tho north
Tho Conwny Cabal
Tho success of Gates greatly encouraged
those who wero trying to drive Washington
out of power. Wo como now to tho infamous
"Conway Cabal," and can leavo tho Adamses
out of tho story. Tho story now to bo told
has a curious sound when wo compare it
with tho description of Washington as "First
in war, first in pcaco, and flrst in tho hearts
of his countrymen." A part of tho machinery
of this wretched' cabal was tho publication In
London and tho republication In tho colonics
of a collection of forged letters bearing tho
namo ot Washington and intended to provo
his insincerity In tho cause of tho Revolution
It was only In 179G, when lie was about to ro
tlro from tho presidency, that Washington
filed, In tho office of tho Secretary of Stato,
a denial of its authenticity.
Tho moving spirit In the cabal was an Irish
adventurer nnmed Conway who had obtained
a commission In tho American army and who
made exoibltant claims to promotion Lovoll
and Gates and a number of minor officers of
tho American army wero also concerned In
tho plof against Washington. Gates, by tho
way, had not taken tho troublo to send Wash
ington a report of tho victory at Saratoga
and tho commander-ln-chlejc had received
his flrst information through accidental chan
nels. Then Gntes had refused to send tho
troops which Washington urgontly needed In
tho effort to control tho Delaware. Tho cabal
went down to ono apparont defeat, but ral
lied and lato In tho year 1777 secured tho
enlargement of the board of war to a mem
bership of five, with Gates at Its head and
Conwny as inspector-general. After tho
known machinations of Gates and Conway
It was a direct Insult to "Washington.
Tho story of Leo is insignificant by com
parison, yet Lee had tried to ruin Washing
ton, in tho expectation that ho would succeed
to supremo command. His flrst disobedience
was in November, 1776, when ho made neces
sary the retreat through New Jersey. Not
only did he disobey orders, but he began a
letter-writing campaign In the effort to dis
credit his chief. Disobedience was In tho
way of becoming his habit until it was
checked at Monmouth two years later.
. Tho greatness of Washington triumphed
over domestlo mollco. The Revolution came
to a successful end. But Washington's later
experience In the service of tho country ho
loved so well was such that a lesser man
might easily have surrendered to bitterness
of mind. No wonder that phrase survives
"the ingratitude of republics."
AN AMENDMENT
To tha Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir In the Evknjnq LEooan of June 10 iour
correspondent. George Herman Borst, plLdw
for Internationalism as against litlowil w
erelgnty, says: "Armies and nivlei will nrob"
ably remain extant until the millennium even if
only to cqmpel respect for the decisions Vt ivi
future International Supreme Court' a
I am confident that Mr Borst will olartiv
ceDt tha fnllnwln,. i t-.J -l '" Slaaiy ao-
Btrlke out the word CST.":, ?mfi.na."t
substitute the words "an army and a rXvy'
and
--- .,.- -.u. ui i,i separate nations nmi
could only go on making trouble, as they have
always done. They could not be depend
upon "to. compel respeot for th Hai.i !
the future International Buml Cot'r
ThU can be accomplished only by gn!
military force under the eole d reetiorf .U
future international executive and thi- tba
will speedily rtrtnk to X" mtoroUo dlmeT
eions neeaseary for the keepinTofMdfr "
disarmed nations ' ' 0Mr snwn
It will be strange ff the nraunt .
fame deee not w bring TieS tottJ?1 wwld
hoped trutirr. Borst will aontimT. ' to "
Influence in that dlreeTion, ' U to hl
Philadelphia, JunT.0" TRAlmv"3. Jr.
NEGLECTED CLFF DWELLERS
Vnm h 8pri0g,i4 B.nhlleao.
The unreasonable height of New York .w
wap.m may get an effective sfceek taLr
new campaign 0f the CommtT.uVl Sf
Doctor Ooldwatsr to inSrTf .Umi
Uoa. t cleric! workw.T tttL"f
The problem, of artlrUiat UgSSmSS-
ONE NATION!
ur auui
a spealal character In thoso soaring structure!, s
and little attention apparently has been given i
to them by tho authorities. Office workers, who 1
aro not organized for their protection and are M
maregiiruou oy mo Diuio ijcpanmeni or Labor
nro tho victims, tho Commissioner says, "not'
so much of poverty as of poverty of light an
air." Tho 20th century "cliff dweller" has prob
ably been neglected too long. ,
AMERICANIZATION DAY
from tha Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A number of cities nto giving favorable con
sldcratlon to tho suggestion that tho Fourth
nnnh tf.np tirt nlinnrvi.il na AmnrlnnnlTiittnn Tin,,
Tho nomenclature la extremely awkward, but
inO 1UC1 DCX11I1U it is goou.
Tho thought Is to pay special attention on each
national birthday to American citizens recently
naturalized and to aliens who have taken at
least ono step toward acquiring full partnership
In tho affairs of tho nation; to mako tho Fourth
a great festival of Americanism. Cleveland has
soveral times observed what might bo mads of
such an occasion. Adding somo such Inspiring
formality to tho process of attaining citizenship
may well bo considered worth nny community's
effort.
Tho fight for a snno Fourth has been won In
most cities, and tho rest will follow the ma
jority. Now arises tho problem of giving tha
clay something moro than the mere negative
character Implied In a series of prohibitions. Tho
day might well bo utilized to give new Ameri
cans n taste of American patriotism mixed with
American cordiality It would be an annual
occasion as significant to citizens of long stand
ing aa to thoso of moro recent allegiance.
It Is an idea worth thinking about. World
events during tho past year add to the timeli
ness of the suggestion
EATING ASPARAGUS
Trom ths London Chronicle
Mr. G. K. Chesterton does not llko the modem
way of eating asparagus "Excluding canni
balism," ho writes, "and the habit of eating
sand (about which I can offer no opinion) there
la really nothing ono can eat which is less fit -J
to ho eaten with tho fingers than asparagus u
Is long: it Is greasy: it Is loose and liable to
overy sort of soft yet sudden catastrophe, It Is 41
always eaten with some sort of oily sauce; ana
ta rilpn ..nnrtttnt- wmiM Invnlva illn nnwprfl Of &
professional Juggler, combined with somo prac-
tlco In climbing tho greasy pole Most things
could easily bo eaten with one's fingers.
Only this ono tiresome, toppling vegetable I
eat betwen my finger nnd thumb, I should bo
better oft as a giraffe eating tho top of a palm
tree; It doesn't want nny holding up."
DIPLOMATIC GENEROSITY
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
France does a gracious act in presenting
owuzenanu witn tno war aeroplane wnicn ieu
on Swiss soil and was Interned. The littler
republic wanted to buy the thing, but French
men know when to bo generous.
TABLES TURNED
From tho Lowell Courier-Citizen.
The funny thing Is the complete readiness ofi
the pro-German to let Germany bully everybody.
on the sea, when the one complaint hitherto
has been that It was In England's power to
do It, whether she did It or pot!
THE GOLFER AND HIS OUTFIT
From the Detroit Freo Press.
We've discovered this: a man may spend 80
for an outfit and still not be a golfer.
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