WVgtyf&$ B.-m-ni-fBr t-ffftf in m inm'l " " ',''lWiii"''y!wit m,. iiy?) 0 ' I 4 r I tV' ''' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA; BIDAY; DEGEMBEB ;20.-. 1018- 1 li J B lrt C st 3tc It m 1' if ii I. n- it a, i a i at l&- f lfflf,i l' It 1 C OR , r I s ,11 s .D H b HA THE EVEN1NGCTELEGHAPH t .- PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY i CTTtUS II. K. CUIITIS. Fkhdknt Casrlts H. Ludlnfton, Vice rresulentj John C. Vartln, Secretary and Treesureri I'hlllpfl Collins, John B. WllUsms, John J. Smirseon. Directors. .EDITOniAIi HOAIID: '' Cisce II. K. Cmma, Chairman DIVIDE. SUILKT...., ......Editor JOHN C JtAJl7IN....0enerst Business Manner -- ' Fubltsned dallr at rntio I.apon nulldlnr. 1nflt)ndnefl Sauar. rhllftdelnht. Lmn Csktul, ------ .. .1 ;- - . , ------ . -itroaa ana i:nsmui aireeis ATUKTIO U.II, Nw Toaz.... . PrtaS'lJuient nu Idlne i'OS Metropolitan Tower Dmoir. ...... ,.. 01 Kord Dulldlnc 8r. Loch...... loot mil. Hon nulldlna Cmcico..... 1202 Trilunt Building NEWrf BUREAUS: WlSMIIISTOH BCSHO, N, E. Cor. 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All rights of rrnuoHcaflou of special dls patches herein are also reserved. niUlilptla. FridtT, Dtumbir 20, 1911 DOESNT MANN KNOW HETTEK? TT BEGINS to look as if It would lie ncr- essary to teach Rcpri-sonlati' o James IS Mann that he is so far out ot svmpathv wlth tho Republican party ami what it stands for that ha must remain In the background. He does not know it yet, for he has announced that he Is a candldato for the speakership of the noxt Congress. This announcement was mado after a caucus attended by seventeen of tho twenty-two Republican Representatives from Illinois. The caucus indorsed his can didacy. If tho rule of seniority Is to be observed regardless of the consequences, there was no other course open to the caucus. Mann has been the leader of his part on the floor of the House for four or five Con gresses, a. position to which he attained ly length of service and not because he was a representative Republican. He has been out of his seat for more than a- year on account of illness, and it was understood that he would not attempt to assert his claims under the senlorlt rule when his health was restored Before he was .forced to go home he lined himself up with the opponents of the war. He came so near to being a pro-German that there wasno way of distinguishing between him and the defenders of the Kaiser than by getting at the'lr motives. But his party was a war party, that is, It was a party which was committed to the proposition that the United States should not submit to the disregard of its rights by Germany. There was a small group of Republicans, in which Mann was conspicu ous, which stood out against the majority It would be a stupendous blunder to pick a man from this group at the present time and promote him to the-speakership. The Senate might as well make La Tolletto its president pro tempore, for Mann and La Follette are tarred with the same stick. Mann Is no longer a spokesman for his party. He is out of sympathy with what It stands for and he must know It, even though he has Influence enough with the Illinois machine to force the Representa tives from his State to Indorse his candi dacy and to Insist on the observance of tha .seniority rule, disregard of which might deprive some of the Ullnolsanx of promo tions for which they are not fitted. The party Is on trlal'just now. and the purest way to convict It of unfitness for the- tasks with which It has been Intrusted would be for It to lift Mann up as Its spokesman In the House. Mann ought to have patriotism enough to keep in the background and permit those Republicans Who aro ready to lead the nation whither It would go to occupy the posts of authority and responsibility. Almost any old change in sea regulation? Would be welcome to Germany Just now THE DIGGUN MURDERS fTIHB German mania for spectacular ol cruelty Is emphasized anew in the first r: official Paris report on tho ravages of the monster cannon which boomed almost simultaneously with the opening of the March offensive. From a military stand- , point the big gun was an utter failure. Tie morale of the French capital was un shakable. The power of the sinister weapon hidden In the St. Gobaln forest was altogether Insufficient to destroy a metropolis. The monstrous Instrument won nothing for Germany but shame, tho shame of wanton murder. Of Its 196 victims, more than 100 were killed at their Good Friday devotions at , tlieTchurch of St. Gervals. Mr. Wilson has been' Urged to view that ruined edifice und doubtless he will visit it before he departs. The significance of a Sommo battlefield Is ir teas hideous than this exemplar of criminal yet Intrinsically futile magalomanla. ' Tho French Government displays acute- nesn In publishing the figures of the "Big Bertha's" sfaughter at tho very, moment when Paris is mightier and more radiant than evei. The lesson of dastardlv follv 1 Is vlyjdly. Intensified. 3 c tiro was one of the Immortals before the French, Academy made him a member. REVAHD3.INENGLAND AND AMERICA MARK' TWAIN onco remarked that the United-States hod given to General Grant yverJ5 conceivable honor that was Inexpensive,"'", and ' thus characterised Im mortally the American method of reward Jrjg those who serve the country, v Dewey trot nothing but promotion from the. Government for his exploit In Manila Bay The hoUsewhlch was given to him was paid for by popular subscription man Bfd by a newspaper, and when Dewey give tho .house to Ills wife, who was rich Vj l(flfer own right, ho ceased for tho tune to (, ' Thy. do things differently In England. Arihw' "WHssjky was made a duko for ' sjsrysai .inline jNapoitonio w,aro ana ku ' V leaWalH the till wWtJ proper dignity. Horatio Nelson was ro unrded with title and a parliamentary grant fpr his nciilevomcntn on tho sea. Kitchener nnd Roberts were similarly hon ored, money enough going with their titles In temovo them from financial worries. Now It Is said that It Is planned to raise Kir Douglns Halg to high rank In the peerage nnd to glvo him u grant of money In nccordnnco with tho established custom, Much can bo wild In defense of this practice without defending tho British sstem of nobility. It rests on the sense of gratitude of hc nation to the men who hae made great sacrlllccs nnd run great risks to servo It No one has proposed thai we Introduce tho custom here nnd reward General Pershing with higher rank than ho now holds or with an appropria tion from the Treasury largo enough for him to lle like a gentleman for tho re mainder of his life Such regards as we glo him will be like those heaped on Gen eral Grant they will not cost anything nnd ho must be content with tho conscious ness that hp hns dono his duly THE !'. It. TVS SKIP-STOP LOGIC; WHAT IT REALLY PORTENDS Committee of Thirteen a llllncl to Aid Mit ten in Eliminaling Half the Prc-War Stops in Defiance of Public Opinion VTOBODY who knows the infamous hia- tory of tho Philadelphia Rapid Tran sit Company nnd its underlying corpora tions is. Rointr to be taken in by its pres ent clumsy and clownish maneuvering; over the skip-stop question. But lest there mny be ignorance on this point among- some of the very estimable mem bers of the Committee of Thirteen who have submitted their good names to the uses and possible abuses of this effort to put over on the public for purely mer cenary motives n subtraction of service that is nt onco deadly to pedestrians and irritating to passengers, it may bo well to discuss the subject clearly and with out mincing language. Tho first act of this committee was to hold a secret meeting at which it elected as its chairman the chairman of the State Public Service Commission, which is supposed to bo investigating the stand ing and credibility of the P. R. T. along fundamental lines touching the proposed lease with the city. W. D. B. Ainey is the gentleman referred to and his mere acceptance of service on such a commit tee, quite apart ftom taking the chair manship, shows an utter lack of compre hension of his officjal relation to the com pany, a deplorable want of taste both on his part nnd on the part of those who prevailed upon him to serve and an ab sence of understanding by his fellow committee members at the very first stage in their piocetdings of what is fitting and pioper. Already complaints are pending before his commission which he must later help to adjudicate. But let that pass. The second act of the committee was to teceive a communication in the nature of instructions ftom Thomas E. Mitten, president of the company, which in itself is a wholly disingenuous presentation of the situation they are expected to eluci date and is evidently intended to preju dice their minds at the outset to such an extent that they will be unable to see the public side of the controversy when it is presented if it ever shall be faiily. The third act of the committee was to authorize the secretary to invite the pub lishers of the four Philadelphia papers, which have been bold enough to tell the truth in disregaid of the desires of the P. R. T. management, to appear before that body at a meeting this afternoon "with such evidence as you may have to support, to justify or substantiate tho charges which your paper has made that' deaths were caused by skip-stops." Of all the impudent efforts by tha P. R. T. in the past to impose upon tho people of Philadelphia, this is the most ludicious. . Plainly, Mr. Mitten wants to confuse the- issue. Me wants to direct attention away from the relatives and friends of the victims whose lives wero ground out by his street cars at skip stop crossings and turn this into a quar rel between his company nnd the news papers. He wants to make it appear that thete is some malicious or intrigu ing put pose behind the outspoken criti cisms of his blundering management and thinks he can do ho by obscuring tho fact that the newspapers ho mentioned were merely recording the opinion of th great riding public upon whoso nickels he has to depend to earn that B per cent dividend and pile up further that four million dollar surplus of which Mr. E. T. Stotesbury is so proud. And, strangest of all, the committee app.ears to have been meekly led into this deception! Of course, the evidence of whether tha skip-stops caused the recent deaths re ported in the newspapers is readily ob tainable first-hand, relative, relevant and germane, from the eye-witnesses of tho accidents, whoso names were listed by the police and whose statements will probably be found carefully compiled in tho claim department of tho P. R. T. if they have not been conveniently pigeon-holed or eliminated by tho famil iar "settlement." The Coroner's court and tho polico courts whero the impli cated motormen were arraigned aro tho proper places to apply for such .testi mony. It seems silly to point this out to tho members, but it h necessary since Mr. Mitten adroitly avoided doing so. Let the committee go to the obvious sources and not try to shift responsi bility. Now as to the skip-stop itself, about whlMi Mr. Mitten writes with such copfous but non-illuminating phrases. The milk In that cocoanut is the $250,000 which he asserts can be saved yearly in fuel and maintenance. That is what he is after. That is why he imported an ex pensive set of press agenf", to hunt out biblical proverbs and cavOi phrases to cosen the public withal, and not tha precniirwi i iwpvoveweat et Uw Kfykt which is so questionable. That $250,000 would go n long way townrtl paying tho war taxes of the predacious underlying, underwater companies recently imposed through a decision of the lower courts on the holding concern the P. R. T. After glibly admitting that Iho skip stops were badly arranged, inviting "jus tified criticism," and attributing it to the hasto of war needs, Mr. Mitten says that a board of out-of-town "experts" will be "intrusted with the task of establishing car stops at an average of six stops per mile, to be so placed as to best serve the public." this means what it says, it implies the' elimination of about half the pre ivar stops in the city. Is the public awake to this fact? Philadelphia city blocks arc about four hundred feet long, and under tho old sys tem enrs stopped at every main or "hundred-numbered" street. But six stops to the mile would mean nn uverage stop only every 880 feet, or every two blocks throughout the city, a quite different proposition even from the one adopted as a war measure at the suggestion of tho fuel administration. In other words, instead of modifying the efcip-slop in deference to public opin ion, Mitten is actually planning to in crease it almost twofold, nnd that ex plains the expensive campnign of pub licity apd the pains he is taking to put his schemo across. The Thirteen is a blind and probably an unlucky one to overcome public opinion. Are the people of Philadelphia going to stand for it Constant mention of the fact that sev eral other cities are using the skip-stop system is counted upon as a trump card by tho P. R. T., but this argument en tirely overlooks tho fact that in no other city where it is used are conditions so unfavorable to it as in this city, with its checkerboard squares with multitudi nous right-angle crossings and its narrow streets, which make it 'impossible for per sons to see a car approaching a crossing before it is within a few feet of the center of tho cross street. But most astonishing in its cynical disregard of both the public and the Thirteen jury is the plain announcement that Mr. Mitten is going ahead with his skip-stop tomfoolery and put it into operation before he submits it for a deci sion to cither. Listen to what he says: "Following such reUslon and the con sequent saving of time the car riders of each lino will be asked to say as to whether skip-stop shall go or skip-stop shall stay " This means that in the face of the piescnt anger and protest among all classes of people against this dangerous and irritating system the P. R. T. is de termined to adopt the scheme which will force riders to walk blocks in either direction along car lines in "the approach ing bitterest weather, of the year, over snowy and icy pavements, while cars whiz past their regular coiners, so as to save coal and protect dividends and surplus. Could anything be more airo-' gant? It begins to loolv as if theie were need for new direction in the P. R. T. if it is going to avoid arousing the old antago nisms of the people of Philadelphia. It cannot come too soon if the skip- stop muddle is due to Thomas E. Mitten. s wlih Infnnts generally, nidn democracy Is tottering the new C.t-i THE PAPER-R.RS OF PLAV ACTORS tlTHAT is villainy without the "paper-r-s"? ' The stage will have none of it and neither would that most amazingly melo dramatic of conspliatois, Major Franz von Papen. In truth, according to his lights the limelights his affection for Incriminat ing documents quite places the dress suited, pntent-leathcr booted "bad man" of the shilling shocker In the shade. Whither Von Papen went, there went those precious and damning manuscripts which repeatedly damned him. "For God's sake don't take, any compromising paper,s with you!" walled Von Bernstorff as the Inveterate sensationalist was .dismissed fiom Washington. There was reality In the warning, but little in Its recipient. Thcatrlclsm could not bo denied, and so Von Papen packed up the whole batch of darling records and the Ungllsh had a rich haul. Including among other useful nt tides his carefully annotated check book. Soon, however, the omnivorous collector set to work anew and a wallet stuffed with treasures made the Journey with him to Palestine, Then came the -Tout at Nazareth und the fast fleeing major forgot his effects at Last. ; Allenby's men discovered them, and thej now comprise some of the most Interest ing of the revclattpns of the Senate com mittee now Investigating German propa ganda. They demonstrate with salutary emphasis to those who so long feared the alleged superlative craft of the Hun mis chief makers In America that many of them were a mere troupe of stagy bunglers. Subjects oi the Kaiser wax woeful lit these documonts. Doctor Albert declared, "We suffer from t'lUKtlossness, which offers a sad contrast to our supposed effi ciency." A certain strangely discerning Hosenfelder unmercifully roasts the gor geous Von Papen for such absurd futilities as the attempt to destroy the Welland Canal and a railway bridge Into Canada. The bogle In America of Teuton Intrigue despite certain despicable success seems to 'have been a pumpkin head, TheatrlclsnC as exemplified notably in Von Papon's documentary mania, was Its bane. The. whole pack of Infatuated mud dlers, from the Kaiser and his multitudi nous uniforms down, were maniacal yet foolish play actors. That Is one of the reasons why their play failed, It Is said that we will soon be able to travel to New York In an hour by airplane. The beauty of he arrangement will be that we can get back Just as quickly. Mr. W.'Juon la planning to eat his Christ mas dlnuevwth the army In -France, 'and; , Inform jaut one ovrm tha JCaW by keep. THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Make the Delaware Bridge n Memorial To the Kdltor of the Uvonlno 1'ublio Ledger: Sir In response to your Imitation to sug gest a memorial to tho men who fought In France, I would say: Why not call the new bridge oer the Delaware, from Philadelphia to Camden, "Tho Soldiers and Sailors' Bridge"? Tho approaches and towers would glvo our artists an opportunity to show tholr worth In tho matter of arches, groups and towers. Of course, some of us might not oeo Us completion, but millions more would never live to see Its passing away JOU LENOIR. Philadelphia, December 15 Plant Trees To the Kdltor of the Evening Public Ledger; Sir In making the suggestion that the planting of trees would bo tho most fitting way of perpetuating tho memory of our heroes I voice tho opinion of a lnrge number of persons. , Thcro can bo no finer memorial than an avenue of noble trees, and It Is almost the only onp which Improves with tlmo and which can never go out of fashion BCRTIIA A. CLARK, Secretary of the Society of I.lttlo Gardens. Philadelphia, December AS. Memorial Trees To tha Editor of the Evening rubllc Ledger; Slr- -What irftcr tribute can bo paid to the men of Philadelphia who gave their lives or offered their IIvch In the grcut war than memorial trees? The American Forestry Association Is urg ing tho planting of such memorlnl trees nlong our motor transport hlghwnys and public parks and ns the proper setting for ony memorial plans that may bo ndopted by a municipality. It urges that memorial tiers be glvni consideration by the commit tee which will determine what Philadelphia Is to do In this wn I tnl.n the liberty of calling, to jour attention the famous poem. "Tho Tree," by Joyce Kilmer, which I think rxprebses as words have not expressed be fore tho beauty of a treo as a memorial. I quote tho poem. "I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whoso hungry mouth laprcst Against tho earth's sweet flowing breast, A treo that looks to God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray. A tree that may In summer wear A nest of robltis in her hair; I'pon whose bosom snow has lain, Who Intimately lives with rain Poems aro mado by fools like ine. But only God can make a tree." The American Forestry Association is planning to register all the memorial trees planted In this country and will make a record In that way of what Is done. A me morial tree will be a constant reminder of the heroism of the men who went to tho front It will also serve another purpose and keep constantly before the people the value of forcstrj Our forests have, been drained to a great extent by tho demands for war work and everything possible must be done to encourage an awakening In the value of foicstry in this country. CIIARLDS LATHROP PACK, Piesldent American Forestry Association Washington, December 11. Thc'Truth About Skip-Stops Reprinted From Today's Public.Ledger A COMMITTEE of estimable citizens, men and women, selected by the manage ment of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and Invited Ay that corpoiunon to "bay whether skip stopa aro really guilty of causing death and Increased accidents," has begun Its labors with an Interesting attempt to "pass the buck." A request has been sent, in the name of that committee, to the publisher of the Public LcDoim, to come before that committee with such evi dence as jou (he) may have to support, to Justify and substantiate the charges which our (his) paper has made that dcath3 were caused by skip stops." Philadelphia undoubtedly wains tne ttuth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about this, skip stop business, but It will not look to the management of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company nor to any committee of Its making for a Judgment that will be worth the pasper on which It Is vviltten. The very fatuous ness of the committee's Initial piueeeinng, in calling upon the newspaper the mere channel through which tho cjiargcs have been voiced by scores of individuals and associations Instead of going directly to the final sources of Information the wit nesses before tho Coroner's Inquests throws discredit upon the whole proceed ing. It Justifies tho suspicion that the piincipal purpose of tho company is to cloud the Issue and divert public attention from tho real question. Instead of fiankncss the public has been treated in this matter with an elaborate camouflage, with tho icsult of deepening popular distrust in the good faith of tho company, Intenslfjlug discontent with a system of skip-slops which, whatever may bo naid for It in principle, has uuen de signed with a clumsj disregard of public opinion and ot the convenience apd com fott of ilders. it was not until the agi tation against tho skip stops became uni versal that tho company deigned to admit that Its system might not be perfect and that It would be willing to meet just criticisms and make corrections. Ono would havo thought that after Its long record of clumsy blunders In dealing with, tho public tho company might by UiIh time havo considered tho valuo ot tact and con ciliation In seeking to Introduce R new system of this tort, Involving admitted in convenience to thousands and designed to sax! expense to the company. Instead of that, it avcut ahead In tho old autocratic tho-publlo-be-damned fashion. It has only Itself to blame that tho opposition has taken a violent form and If the possible advantages to the public in incrensed sn,"eed of transit uro Overlooked In tho light of the Increased money In the coffers of the company. If the committee o thirteen a sinister title wants to know the truth about the relation of the skip stops and accidents, let It summon the witnesses before tho Coro ner's Inquests. Then If those witnesses haye riot been already "seen" by the claim department of the company, perhaps the committee will be enabled to ."any" to the satisfaction of the management whether skip-stops cause death. Whether their say-so will satisfy the public Is an other ntory. The German navy did not have nerve enough to como out and face -destruction during the war, but the belief that It should, be destroyed Is no strong that reports Jceep romlng from, London and Tuxla that the shins are ta be sunk, That would b tu "YET, PAPA, CHRISTMAS DINNER ISS SAFE, OUR GEESE VAS .&jur COOKED LONG AGO!" . -.'Oi.a.Tiit'i'xr-...-.? issssssssssssssv an.-. nv. Miri!icu:i:3tti:fMiKiB4Kfetv. w sir a i ir.- r .1 The Import of a Pazzv Chapel Here i .... 1 1 9 i The Proposed Duplicate of This Building for the Johnson Pictures Should Serve as an Artistic Stimulus as Do Our Other "Copies" of Famous Architectural Gems TTIOUR structures In Philadelphia which - especially delight the eye the main building of Glrard College, the Custom House, the Glrard Trust Company's build ing and tho former Maritime Exchange at Third and Dock streets dorlvo direct In spiration from foreign masterpieces of architecture. A fifth will be added when, If ,present proposals are carried put, the superb Johnson collection of paintings are housed In a reproduction of a signal es thetic achievement, B'runelleschl's Pazzl Chapel, of Florence. Unlike other arts, architecture Is one In which avowed Imitation --of tener warrants praise than blame. It is absurd to rewrite "Tho Tempest," ah Dryden did; stupid to compose another "As You Like It," which George Sand so InJudlctously made over for unsuspecting French readers; fatuous to "imitate" "A Doll's House," as did Henry Arthur Jones In his "Breaking of a But terfly." Books, being portable, may grace Innumerable environments. Their Intimate appeal Is pervasive. ' ART in architecture can on approach Xi.that,uplversallty when Its highest con cepts are freely employed,, either In detail or replica, by designer's unafraid to echo beauty that has become standard. The fear that originality may be .shadowed by such performances Is not Justified In the annals of American cities. Our own dis tinctive architecture, that of the sky scraper, suffers, whatever its faults, from no sterility whatever. The structural' Americanism of New York Is unmistakable. Such foreign models as exist there, however,' season the scene and unquestionably serve -ai) esthetic stimulus and ns a safety valve on presumptuous crudity, . The hcaven-klsslng Singer Building Is undeniably picturesque- in certain- lights. Chastening Influences, .however, are cer tainly exerted by the aspect of tho Madi son Square tower, copled'by Stanford .White directly from the famous GIralda by the Seville Cathedral) and the Hirald Build ing, with Its deliberate suggestions of a particular Italian Renaissance palace. AT HOME the knowledge that Gerard Col Xxlege Is "afUn" the Paris Madeleine; thnt the Custom House, though In some re- spects rather a botch; reflects columnar "motives" of the Parthenon; 'that the sin gularly Interesting structure, which crowns the Maritime Exchange stems from the lovely choragio monjiment of Ly'slcratefl still standing beW. the Acropollr In Athens, and that. fh'e pirard 'Trust .Build; Ing, another" White creation, consciously, and in the-main reverently Jmltatos the Roman Pantheon! cannot fall to develop taste and quicken tne Imagination with a sense of beauty. The Pawl Chspel.on,th Parkway should, therefore, exert a wjiolesqmo influence on,' the growth of that thoroughfare. Imlta-? tlon in this Instance typifies 'gratifying dis cretion, since much pf, .the laje Jqhn G. Johnscn's pictoral' treasure Is, composed of paintings by Italian1 mastefs of Brunei leschYa' time. Gems .will appropriately re. celve the 'setting of a gem, for the original building Is -one -of the glories or tha one tfr.16 suprerne dynamo of a,rtfitrV on' the JtlMavwge? ratherWnfJ jpAtUtftvU US! Nffj his mastery of the larger moods In aichl tccture when he built tho 'Paiizl Chapel In 1420. Thegreat dome on the church of Saint Mar'y of the Flower (Santa Maria del Flore), more familiarly known as the "Duomo" or cathedral, had already Men begun by him before Jie turned his atten tion to a mortuary structure for an Ill fated family of Florentine nobles. The Pazzl were rich and powerful. Their atchitect, quickened with the study of the classical monuments of Rome then far better preserved than at the present day was given a,free hand to develop his ortls tic enthusiasms In a little masterpiece. JT1HE leflnemcnt, graoe and classic dlg- nlty are In admirable harmony with the Intended use of an Imitation of the chapel In Philadelphia. In Florence tho serenity of the original Is In striking contrast to the vivid dramatic associations of 'lu en vironment and Its history. The Pazzl Chapel, exquisite rather than grand, rises In the cloisters of the last rest ing place of some of the -mightiest figures In tho tale of restless Renaissance Flor ence. In the adjoining church of Santu Croce lie Michelangelo tjiq njajestlp, Machla velll the subtle, Galileo the cosmic. Giotto painted there, Donatcllo carved and Bru. nelleschl composed fair passages In th6 frozen music of architecture, perhaps among them strains of the Pazzl Chapel. And In thatmbodlmcnt of reposeful beauty a scene of dark' and heated fronzy was once enacted. Old Jadopo Pazzl, head of tho 'family at the time of Its conspiracy against the Medici, was executed at the Palazzo Vec chlo and burled In the Pazzl Chapel. Soon afterward Florence was inundated by tor rential rains and the suporctltlous belief ,aroso that divine vengeance was at work because Jacopo had been laid In sacred soil. A mob rushed to the chapel, broke open his tomb, dragged the body through 'the streets and cast It Into tho Arno. -V7"ET triumphant ovor tho echoes of such - passions is the chaste and happy as pect of a symbol of artistic culture. Au thority of architectural conception Is sus tained In the low ribbed dome, tho elegant porch' In two Btogos, the open colonnade of six Corinthian columns, with the mid dle opening covered by an arch rising to the second story, and there the graceful loggia, while the humanizing touch of In timacy Is revealed In the dellghtrul delta Rohbla reliefs of the Interior. "The evocation of Brunellcschl'a witchery will assuredly be rightly keyed to the pur pose for which his architectural "motives" vl be employed on Philadelphia's ambi tious boulevard. The full dramatic flavor ot an architectural masterpiece can only be tasted 'In situ." The story of the Pazzl Chapel abroad enriches Its appeal so far 'as history goes. But its purely artlstlo import can be carried overseas, Tho at 'tractive duplicates which adorn parts of the city are expressive of beauty which need " nbt'wltlier lf.'tKe transplanting bo reverent, The message of such buildings is perti nent In any community 'where alleged utility Is .to often placed second to artistic consid erations, A bit of Florence 1ft the won drpue deys in which I4l of beauty, had UratpTsv; should be ImfUflW, VM.in a ti.:l Ml. Milfval Little Studies in Words RIVAL rpHE word rfal, meaning competitors for, -- tho favor of a lady, comes to us dlrectljY' from the Latin, both in Its original and Iw' secondary meaning. It Is the anglicized adjective form of rlvus meaning a brook. from which ilvulet comes. The Latin word ii vails, meaning pertaining to a brook, was used In the plural as a noun to denote one who used the same brook as another. AVater rights were precious and disputes grew up among the users of the same stream so that In time the word came to mean one who disputed with another for tho enjoyment of a right and from that it was transferred to the suitors of a lady. Tho word has threo meanings In English: also, starting with the one about the pos-. session of a common rlpht with another and Including competitors for a common objeot and the suitors In love. There is manv a provisional government" in hungry Russia that wishes it could live up to its name. Moie than one was a surging Boulevard,! des Itallcns when King Victor and his en tourage thrilled Paris esterday. Is the proposed expansion of the Phila delphia water system one means of prepara tion for the das when prohibition will be operative? ' "Hale Columbia!" has significance In deed for-the burghers of Coblcnz as our fit nd stalwart YankR settleydovvn there. In the hapless realm of tha P. R. T. svl pass merely entitles the public to walk couple of blocks. taT'l Senator Knox sa.vs ho docyv not knowi ,vvhat tho President means by a League ofl Nations. Perhaps the President doeo not know eitner. Tlie Congress of Soldiers and Workmen' Councils In Berlin seems to be a riot, the actlons of which no ono can foretell - What Do You Know? . , QUIZ t. Nlmt iwislllon In the HrllUh cablntt Is htld by Sir. Ilulfonr? 2, Hon' ninny nrrsons, accordlnr to the first tl nrfkhtl rriwrt nu the anhjert, were billed j In Paris e a rult of air rK'ns and lonr- I ranee rannnn attains aurint me narr 3. Ulia nrre the thrre sxners? '' 4, Hoy illd (lenrrnl Grant ncqnlre the Initials, I', r. nni Willi wnnii names naa III whati names rlirlttened? What Is the rapllnl (if Alaska? l S. How- niunjr amendment to the Constltnttaft or tne unuea riaies compose wssi States compose what Is'l known ns tlie mil of iikhist IIifMST .. v Tess of tha D'Crbsr- 7. Who wrrte the novel vilify --T S. Whn was II'" mot proline of dramatists? the world's 0. Who vi as Itobfrl the Petit? 10. What Is the correct pronunciation of "fle- fl ita-l;a' ? Answers to Yesterday's Quli Tremlrr riemenreau, of Franc. ( ueteBtf 2, Senhor Canto y Castro Is the new Iretl4aMt 1 of I'ortusal. T ,!! S. The unused earlr Income which, the ItalUi I fioi eminent sets aside tor the Tope M,S 3.X2S.0O0 lire, or abont S6i,oO0 I v.ri jrnfB uiu. 4. Ilenrr John Temple, Viscount Valmentiit. was l'rlrnn Minister of Great llrllsln duriaC I the period of tho American Cltll Wa. - I B. The apnroilmatelr correct rronunclattwi ft i Ia Anseles ls'"IjO. AnWIare." with JaW t "o" In JLoh sounded as In tho Trord JNriH and .tho accent la Annies on the Wist,! fl, Carlo Dole), or Cnrllno. lu. s noted K n.ie painirr or religious aupjecta. nalnter nf dates aro IBle-leSS. The national hrnin of Wales la ''Thf ot tho Men of llarircb." V A morceau Is js short llterarr orronsleal hort lltei French lAsiiiou. in j-'Tsncn mo worn un fi, atutsi was the ancient Ro4nai fei.ef sufhiea. -, '1 r pt, A MMMil k m Irish titaael r hUtatfcMrjj'l a in J T"a "f,-"7" w -.... V- . i-mml.iMy , i ' ..V tlu., I K 1 , ft , "i flu i !J. m : Si. i
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