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MAIV :0M KT Address all commitment ona to r.n'nlno Public Ledger, Indcpcndrnre Hquarc, PUtlatlrlpMn, Member of the Associated Press ' TUB ASSOCIATED P17BS8 f exclu sively entitled to the use for tepubllcation. o' alt veica dispatcher credited to It or not cthemtse credited In this paper, and alio the local neics published therein. .VI rights of lepubltratlon of special dls. patches herein arc also icseivcd. Philadelphia. Moiidat. Prccmh-r II, 1018 WHO'S LOOM -NOW? TTIROM a source :is uninuntional as it was unexpected comes a tonic foi the public's self-respect. Aglow with miisfiu tlon over tlie millions of passengers rained by the Philadelphia Iliiiml Tiunit fom pany during the period of woild sti ife. Mr. Mitten seeks to extenuate nnv lapses in serylce bj ascribing to his patrons ' general aberration of mind due to the war " Sweet as succor for the ' lost buttnliu i ' should be this trulj delightful accusation of clients hlthetto feeblj at loss to Justifj their conduct. Entering the plea of in sanity, so fortunatelj suggested, the heuit HChes over our protracted lack of spunk are at an end. The hame of not having risen to overthrow nil the abuses of nn in adequate ear service terminates us te morseful sway. "The king; the king' to blame' ' In this Instance the king of Prussia (retirpili He made us what we ate todaj n bit "nutty" according to the .ndiclment. which WO should cheerll uccept. Piide leltirnx. Gnawing: consciences aie milled. How could ihe public be epected lo lelck against wrong when mentuil.v iite sponalble? As we languished on a crowded corner for a car operated on the ptinclplo that "it Is better to ir.'ucl than to nrme." It was the Kaiser and not really Mr. Mitten who made us stand for It. Moral eNOnen tlon has been triumphantly achieved Paris seems certain to enjoy New Year. a snappy LINCOLN AND LONDON QTATESMEN or generals with it we'.l- '-' developed theatric sen.e offer com paratively few problems to the efllclent artist seeking to carve their characteristics Jn stone or bronze. Statues of Napoleon, for instance, are geneiaMy unproductive of dispute. He was a capital actor and it is easy enough to memorialise him In sculp ture. As Abraham Lincoln was precisel.v the reverse, few monuments to him have gl-en general satisfaction, i Those which emphasized the oul and high purpose of the man have translated them In postures and aspects which per haps he never assumed. On the other hnnd, realists averse to attitudinizing ait vvetu open to the charge of disrespect. This Is the crux of the controversv - bitli has Just ended in the selection of tlie St. Gaudens conception of Lincoln Instead of the Barnard creation fop Ihe (Tanning In closure tn London. There Is a. sense of awesome dignity and epic drama In the former work and sincere feeling for phj si cal "Values," however awkward and unlm posing, in the latter. Both statues, planned on contrasting 4 principles, are notable achievements. L'n questionably the heart of Lincoln was as noble as his attitude in the St. Claudens figure. Yet probably the appearance of the great President was often no more preten tious than that of Barnard's bronze evoca tion. I On'the whole, however, public H.vmpathy with the Idealistic expression In art of a man of Ideals Is onl natural. Shakespeare. ma havo looked like a brewer, as Uioc shout painted him, but the plcluio is la mentably unappealing. To chodte a stiff portrajal of Washing ton with the Constitution In one hand and a sword in rtio other In preference to an exact reproduction of his features as they appeared when he cursed Churles Lee ai Monmouth, what patriot would hesitate'' Idealism in tho St. (laudens Lincoln Is well ' tempered with discretion. It Is a masterly performance Which will honor the Uritlsh capital. The dajs are growing longer and the Christmas purses are growing shorter. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THE American peace delegation Is quar tered In Paris at tho Hotel Crlllon. Tho appropriateness of this arrangement Is dua to the contrast between that for Which the soldier after which the hotel is named is most famous and the achieve ments of the American armies. Crlllon was called the "first captain in the world" by Henry IV and people said that no battle could be won without his assistance. Dut the French won at Argues Without him, nnd Henry IV sent for him and said In glee at the disco .-try thitt the man was not indispensable: "Hang your self, brave Crlllon; wo have won at Arqucs and you were not there"' Th8 French people, who have displaced kings as their rulers, are aaylng to General Pershing and his men, "We won on the Western front and you were there!" The Christmas walta are particularly in ytdnce among the pence delegates, KEEP YOUR LIUERTY BOISDS ' hpiIKflE la no more contemptible business tff U. j which tv man can engage than that ,;. IndilCliia" Inexperienced purchasers of ; Bend 19 Mcliange them for worth- less speculnHve securities promising n higher rnto of interest Jt is charged Hint Kovcril unscriipiiloiii brokers In this city have been engaged In transaction1) n this kind. The Department of Justice In said to hove evidence ngaln ;t them. Thero may bo a law under which they can be punished. If they have made deliberate misrepresentations of the vt.lue of the se curitie? which they havo turned oer In exchange for tho oonds. they are guiltN of getting money under fjlse pretenses; but If they hnvo kept within tlie letter of the law It will be difllcult lo punish them. The best way to deal with them In Ihls case Is to make their names public that Innocent Investors may bo warned against them. The holdeis of the t.lbertj Itonds, how ever, will protett their piopcrt) If ihey iefu.se to ell or exchange It save for cash lint they ought not to dispose of them at piesent. when there Is the certain that the Government mny float another loin They nre under n moral obligation to keep then until all war financing In ended. AMERICAN RIGHTS AT THE PEACE TABLE The President Is Waging a Huhtlc Campaign lo Fprre the Etiropcnu Diplo matists to Reaped Them TT WOULD be a mistake for any one in America to assume that (hero will be sciious (lisnu;roemont between the United Slates and England that is, disngroe ment .serious enough to load to a break between them. The English statesmen do not want it, for they know that the combined influence of the two nations made up of tho fame kind of people is enough to dominate the Peace Confer ence and to establish that kind of justice for which the English-speaking taces have an inherent fondness. It would also be a mistake for any one in Em ope to assume that the United States does not stand behind President Wilson or support most sincerely and heartily those gr-neial purpo-.es for the accomplishment of which he has gone to Europe. The United States intends to have something to say about the kind of peace that is to bo made. As Gertrude Atherton icmindrd us in her illuminating dispatch fiom Paris printed in this newspaper on Saturday, wo went into the war to protect our nght3 because they v.eie threatened by Germany. It was not theoretical or academic idealism that caused us to raise four million men and aim them and send half of them throe thousand miles across the ocean, but it was a eiy practical form of idealism. We had no unsatisfied teriitorial or commercial ambitions to gratify. We resented the impudence of a nation which assumed to "tell us when we could use the sea and when we could not. Wc do not ask for indemnities nor do wo ask for any new territory. We take ouv plnce at the peace table with no demands save those of fairness and jus tice to other nations as well as to our selves. Wc are determined that peace shall be made on such conditions us to remove provocations for new wars and to preserve the peace of the world for years to come, because we are interested primarily in preventing the creation of conditions which will foice us to aim ourselves again in order to protect our selves in the right to enjoy that liberty at home and on the high seas which be longs to us as a sovereign nation. Consequently we must maintain our position as an equal among equals at the peace table in order that our de mands may receive a respectful hearing. And we must not permit our associates to forget that it was tho American army which turned the tide and saved the day .for civilization. It was a cry of distress like that from a wrecked ship which Lloyd George sent to America last March when he besought us for men and dis patched ships hcie to carry them over. The fact that wc went to tho rescue of the Allies, however, must not ho per mitted to obscure the fact that we were fighting for ourselves as well. It was our wnr and it must he our peace. The dctciminntion of Amende, to he the equal in sea power to the best and to take its place at the peace table backed with tho mobile strength to assist effec tively in carrying out the conclusions of tho negotiators is indicated in Clinton W. Gilbert's dispatch to this newspaper printed Saturday. There is no doubt that Mr. Gilbert speaks with knowledge of the present puiposes of the President. Conditions may change and tho necessity for building a navy equal to that of England and Japan may not arise, but our icadiness to equip ourselves with the power necessary for any emergency must not bo overlooked in Paris or in London or anywhere else, and this may bo said without any bellicose or domineering intent whatsoever. There is cumulative evidence that Mr. Wilson is appealing over the heads of the statesmen directly to the war-weary people of Europe and that he is seeking to bring about a stntc of affairs in which tho people themselves instead of tho statesmen will dictate tho ends to bo sought. In his City Hall speech in Paris he said that ho was delighted to know that his efforts to establish justice had found an echo in the hearts of tho people of France and Englnnd and Italy. This was a reminder to Lloyd George and Clemenceau and Orlando that they would have to reckon with something olso than tho members of thoir ministries. He went further in the interview with tho Paris correspondent of tho London Times when ho said that the congress of Vienna was a congress of "bosses" mpro con cerned with their own interests nnd the interests of the classes they represented thnn with the wishes of the people. "VorBail.es," lie continued, "must bo a meeting place of the servants of tho peo ple represented by delegates." What ho means by this every Euro peon statesman muat knoyr. The people EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER - know. They have acclaimed Mr. Wilson as the spokesman of a hundred million Americans niwious to preserve the world's peace and to bring about conditions which will make war impossible for a generation at least. And with consum mate skill Mr. Wilson is putting himself forward as the spokesman of humanity nnd not alone the spokesman of America. But Mr. Gilbert's dispntch indicates that the President is disposed to let Europe kriow that there is an iron hand within the velvet glove and that it is not merely ns an idealist seeking to convince by moial suasion that he is talking, hut that he is the responsible commander of tho mili tary forcos of a nation which is able to take its own part in nny controversies of tho future and able also to enforce tho decrees of tho Pence Conference if it shall be necessary to enforce them. Therein lny the power which John Hay so suavely exercised over the Dowager Empress of China at the time of tho Boxer uprising. He assumed all along thnt she was as anxious ns he for the protection of tho foreign diplomatists in Pekin and at the same time did not let her forget that there was behind him ready for instant use all the allied armies gathered at Tientsin waiting for ordeis to march on the capital. Wo do not mean to imply that the con ditions now arc at all pnmllsl with those which Hay wi ought to his purposes, but merely to indicate that Mr. Wilson is in Europe as the representative of a nation which intends' to insist on being consulted about the future pence of tho world and on having it3 views received with proper consideration. If there is any disposition to ignore as, that will disappear befoie Mr. Wils,on finishes his campaign, for it cannot with stand the forces to which ho is making a most subtle appeal. ii.i" ill - fn e es-K.u-cr i.iKfii Hit T'r Frederick ('ooU" tip of THE VM.C. .S RK;ilT TO PRIDE AHKNHI - ought IHLI2 realization of human frarity Khl to nave made unnecessary Dr. John It Muti's defense of the Y. M. C. A In tin organisation so vast impel fectlons nie unavoidable Two h nulled woikers, oharatteiled as "unfit" were shipped home Nut ill tho macliliiPi-.v i.in smoothl.v. Only m an ideal vvoild would such condi tions; he nonexistent. The uhv to appraise what the Y M C A has done is to contiJ.il Its superlative nohievcment.s with Its lelatively infinitesi mal defect- Its self-assigned mission was gloriously and unselflshl.v performed. Not onlv, ns Docior Mott explained, has the organization made no profit, but It has lost thousands of dollars. The whole undei taklng was altruism of the finest and jet most piactical kind. We shall hear moie and moie of Its noble accomplishments when the tioops return in increasing num bers. Now that its head has spoken with clailty. modestj and unlmpe.u liable sincerity, his summary of the great work emphasizes how dispioportlonate to the true state of the case was the criticism of a few In evitable lapses. It Is not apologj, but a btoadslde of unshadowed gratitude which the deeds of the Y. M. I'. A. should 1). Ing forth Knihirlng frlnid"nlps tho Alalnnu Mis. slssippl. Iowa, Indiana, Keais.irge, Illinois, all saMv bail; home aga'n THE MN WITH A BUNDLE E'UWIN MAHlvIIAM won notorletj. l.H to sav fame, with his poem about the man with a hoe, a ine'aneholy protest against the deadening effect of manual labor. Theie Is fume for the poet who will wilte ome verses that will adequately deal with the man with a bundle at the f'lnistmas seison. or the woman with n bundle, either. He or she climbs on the Ktreet car and submits to jostling with perfect good nature', sits down If fortune favoi, and begins to think of the little child for whose plensure the thing In the bundle has been bought. A tenderness comes o er the face which does not appear on the face of the bundleless, The burdened passenger Is taken out of himself and his worries and Is occupied with the pleasure of some one else whom it Is easy to please. There Is nothing moie beautiful than the delight of a child, and there Is no gi eater pleasure than contributing to that delight and leeching the gratitude that nlwajs comes. The conspiracy of Joy givers which culminates nbout this time eveij j ear Is one of the most blessed things we know. The participation of the P. It, T In it b making it easier for the bundle carriers to get their packages home oven mitigates borne of tho evils which It In flicts on us during tho rest of the year. Whllo the poem nbout this subject would bring fame to Its author, we hope no one' will write It, because If the unsung songs nre sweelest It Is also true that tho un written poems, those which sing themselves In tho heait, ate best allowed to lemain unwritten. Harris, of "A Tramp Abroad," Is Immortal ; but the llev. Joseph II. Hie riiMkliiE of "llurrla" Twichell now Joins In death his friend and rapturously extrava gant lmrleiuer, Mark Twain. It was Twichell, figuring as Harris, who, with the ambitious Clemens, started to make a pedes trian tour of Germany and then "decided to take the. train" It was Twichell who made that unique "scientific" report on Hwlss glaciers. It was Twichell in life who broke down In tears as ho preached the funeral sermon over the lifelong friend who so dellcioutly "capitalized" him In his travel extravaganzas, There 's no more piquant nnd tender bond In literature than that which existed between Mark, the Irreverent, and ihe orthodox Congregational clergyniun. All the French Industries were not de stroyed by the Huns. Tho rumor factory Is running full blast. U Is highly unlikely thaf all the plum puddings now longed for In Paris' will bo eaten, With the refusiJ for JI9 of 8lr Thomas Upton's challotigc there seems to have been a, slip between tils cup arid lift thereof. PHILADELPHIA MONDAY, . DEOMBSR ,23, THE CHAFFING DISH Where Do We Go' From Here, Boys? rpilE sonp; writers have been plagiarizing. 1 We And this In Pickwick, chapter 36: "And now, continued Mr. Pickwick, look ing tound on his friends with a good humored smile, "Whero Bhall wc go to next?' " Scvriat of our native bards have been spurted to acttan by our recent list of sug gested topics for the Muse. The best con signment of rhyme that has reached our rolltop to date Is the following: "On Doing Up a Package of Laundry" The muse that Inspires a lyricist's pen Is shocked at Your Honor's audacity. If jott'vo only been trying to tease Her again You sure have a fiend's perspicacity! A humorist sure! And a matchmaker, too; Anonjrnous poets or verses; Hilk hats toothpick-quills .Saratoga why you Don't Imagine that TIirJSE bring Her curses! Apartment house walls or n poet's estate; The clipping of coupons from Bonds; Ilcginnlng a check-book she don't hesitate Hut to till of these quickly responds. A phone that la germ-proof, a ehauffeurlsli maid (Because Nile's red-headed won't matter); Pictorial sections a bill to be paid Poor gartei s all that's Idle chatter. She's plenty of pomes for the best and the worst Of these subjectsbut here Is her quand'ry: Why did you you cuss, jou pick out for the first So lhjmeless a topic as "laundry"??? S. D. II. And speaking of laundry, T. II. It. calls our attention to the following ad in 'Ihe 1'ctinsylvanian: TICK rAIItMOCNT LAUNDRY LM7 S. 3TTH STItUHT. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO STUDENTS Friends Needed As we wue unable to find Chtlstmns fards with mottoes leally appropriate for most of, the people to whom we wanted to send them, we decided to adapt our friends to the cards Instead of the cards to our fi lends. So we bought a modest supply of what the trade tails "Assorted Yule (i'cetiiiK.s nil.xed male and female, No. 3020, silt edges, old-fashioned snow scones extra f.inej, place orders eaily," nnd pro ceeded lo levlso our list of names to fit tho sentiments available. Hy this plan we now 'find that wo have two Assorted Oieetlngs left over for which we have no appropriate ftlends. It Is al most loo late to make two new ft lends (one male and one female) by Christmas time just so that wo can dispose of these cards. Hut we print them here. If nny gencious patron of the Dish feels like adapting him or herself to the extia fancy salutations, the envelopes are all ready stamped and await addressing. Tlie first is a mule greeting, of thnt bluff and stalwart sou that seems to bo gaining ground: Dear I'llcnd- I trtih I could sllnt) a lot of Ihe flossy iroi ds .iomc of these tciltcts uic atound fhrlstmtis time. I uould uiltr you a Christinas cattl that nould hnock you off your fret, but I am not strong on verbal bit -a-brac. I'll just ulsh you a dogpotta lifer Christmas and the blamcdcst happiest .Yen' IVor you ever heatd of, and I'd Ilka to ice any Icng-hniicd poet iclsh you more. 7.'t cr your ftlct.d. m The other Is a female greeting, which al-o contains an ungenerous allusion to the poets: bomc folks iiill send you Chilstmas gifts And some tclll in He a sonnet; I'd t other btlng a happy smile To the face beneath your bonnet. So here's my iclsh that happiness On Christmas Tiny mny cheer you. And follow 'ou thiouyh all the year To be forever near you. If no one applies for these cards, wj will have to keep them for next Christmas, in the hope that wc may bo able by then to make some new friends to accommodute them. As we write there arrives another poem upon one of the topics we suggested: "On Gazing at the Hack Wall of an Apart ment Home" ' The apartment house I have In mind A bundled windows shows behind, And in each window is a blind. Those blinds are all In nn even row, Pulled down In pairs and kept Just so, And that's tho saddest thing I know. Strange tierce passions In me sway I'll bolshevlze those blinds some day. MAURICE THE MANIAC. Further Testimony us to a Famous Tragedy Who killed Cock Ilobln? I, said the Price of Beef: He saw tho butcher's bill And died of grief. Who killed Cock Robin? I, said tho P. R. T,: He waited on a sklp-stop corner And died of ennui. Who killed Cock Robin? No one, riald his wife: He's looking for Christmas cards with appropriate mottoes und it'll prob ably take him The rest of his life, We wore somewhat startled to find the word "cootie" in Burns's "Address to the Dell." As used by Robbie, hbwover, It doos not have Its trench significance, but teems to mean a pall or a bucket. We wonder what started It on Its present In glorious career? ' A man In Baltlmoro did an original thing, Ha broke Into the county Jail, He' must have been a householder maddened by the MeV coat of, living, What is tn French for "May I not?'1 OCRATE8, I ' OVER THERE - , U tj ! vsSs - & -- Mffirrf :.' ::, - , I 0 j . -, I - THE KEYS ON THE RING Each Is a Link in a Chain That Binds a Man to a Servitude prom Which He Was Once Free I KNOW h man who cairles in his left-leg trouser pocket a large heavy key ring, on which there arc a dozen or more kejs ot all shapes nnd sizes. There la a latchkey, and the key of his private olTlce, and the key of his roll-top desk, and tho key of his safe deposit box, and a key to the little mall box rt the front door of his flat (ho lives In what Is known as a pushbutton apart ment house), and a key that does something to his motor car (not being nn automoblllst. I don t know Just what), and a key to nis lockor at the golf club, and keys of various tiaveling bags and trunks and filing cases, and all the other keys with which a busy man burdens hlmsolf They make a noble clanking against his thigh when ho walks (ho Is usually In a hurrj), and he draws them out of his pocket with something of nn im posing gesture when ho approaches tho giound glass door of his office at ten past nine everj morning. Yet sometimes he lakes them out and looks at them sadly. They aic a mark and symbol of servitude, Just as surely ns If they had been heated red-hot and branded on his skin. NOT necessarily an unhappy servitude, I hasten to remark, for servitude Is not always an unhappy condition. It may bo the happiest of conditions, and each of those little metal strips may be regarded as a medal of honor. In fact, my friend does so regard them. He does not think of Iho key of his roll-top desk as a reminder of hateful tasks that must be done wllly-nllly, but rather as nn emblem of hard work thnt he onjoys and that Is worth doing. He does not think of the latchkey as a mandate that ho must be homo by beven o'clock, rain or shine; nor does he think of It as a souvenir of tho landlord who must bo Infallibly paid on tho firs, of the month next ensuing. No, lie thinks of tho latchkey as a magic waod that admits him to a realm of kindness "whose service Is perfect freedom," as say the fine old words In the prayer book. And he does not think of his safo leposlt box as a hateful little casket of leases and life Insurance poli cies and contracts and wills, but rather as tho plnce where he has put somo of his own past life Into oluntary bondage Into Lib erty Bondage at four and a quarler per cent. Yet, however blithely ho may psycnoio. glze these matters, he Is wise enough to know that he la not a free man. However content In servitude, he does not blink tho fact that It la servitude. "Upon his will he binds a radiant chain," said Joyce Kilmer In a fine sonnet. How over radiant, It Is still a chain, SO IT Is that sometimes, In the lulls of telephoning and signing contracts and talking 16 snesmen nnd preparing estimates and dictating letters "that must get off to night" .and trying to wriggle out of serving on the golf club's house committee, my friend flings away his cigar, gets a corncob, pipe out of his desk drawer, nnd contem plates his key ring a trifle wistfully. This nubby little tyrant that he carries about with htm always makes him think of a, river In the far Canadian north, a' river that he visited once, long ago, before he hn'd built up all the barbed wire of life about his spirit. It was a green lucid river that rah In a purposeful way between long fringes of plno trees. There were sandy shelves where he and a, fellow canoeist with the good gift of silence built campflres and fried bacon, or fish of their own wooing. The name of that little Known .river (Ills y6lc I grave is he resslte it) Was h UM?M It'wi 1918 not necessary to paddle If you didn't feil llko It. "The current ran" (It Is pathetic to hear him say It) "from four to seven miles nn hour." fTIHE tobacco smoke sifts and eddies Into - tho carefullj- labeled pigeonholes of his desk, and his stenographer wonders whether sho daro Interrupt him to ask whether that word was "prlorltj" or "mlnorltj" In the second paragraph of tho memo to Mr. Ebb smith, lie smells that bacon again ; he lemembers btretchlng out on the cool sand to watch the dusk seep up from tho x'nlley and flood tho great clear arch of green-bluo skj lie remembers that there were no kej- rings In his pocket then, tio papers, no letters, no engagements to meet Mr. Fonseca at a luncheon of tho Rotary Club to dl3cuss demurrage. He remembers tho clear sparklo of the Peace water In the sunshine, Its down ward swell nnd slant over manj- n boulder, Its milky x-cxatlon where It slid among stones. Ho remember what he had said to himself then, but had since forgotten, that no matter what wounds and perplexities the world offers, It also offers a cure for each one If we know whero to Beek it. Suddenly ho gets a vision, of the whole race of men, campers out on a swinging ball, brothers In tho common motherhood' of earth. Born out of the same Inexplicable soil, bred to the same problems of star and wind and sun, -what absurdity of civilization Is It that has robbed men of this sense of kinship? Why he hlmsolf, bo feels, -could enter a Bedouin tent or an Eskimo snow-hut and find somo bond of union with the Inmates. The other night, he reflects, ho saw moving pic tures of somo FIJI natives, andvcould read In their genial grinning faces the same human Impulses ho knew In himself. What have men done to cheat themselves of the enjoy ment of this amazing world? "We've been cheated 1"' he crleB, to tho stenographer's horror. HE THINKS of his friends, his partners, his employes, ot conductors on trains and waiters In lunchrooms and drivers of tnxlcubs. He thinks. In one amazing flash of realization, of all the men and women he hns ever seen or heard of how ench one nourishes secretly somo little rebellion, some dream of a wider, freer life, a life less ham pered, less mean, less material, He thinks how all men yearn to cross suit water, to scale peaks, to tramp until weary under a hot sun. Ho hears the Peace, In Us far northern valley, brawling apiong stones, and Ids heart Is very low "Mr. Edwards to see you," says the ste nographer. "I'm sorry sir," says Edwards, "but I've had the offer of another job and I think I shall acceptvlt. It's a good thing for a chap ,to get achance " My friend Blips the key ring back In his pocket, '"What's this?" h sayB. "Nonsense I When you've got asgood Job, the thing to do Is lo keep It. Stick tt, It; my boy, There's a great vfuturo for you here, Don't get any ot those fool Ideas, about changing around from one thing lo another," C. D, M. Clencral Mackonsen has Just discovered that Germany has abandoned him. But why should hu complain, whqn. the Kaiser abarti doned Germany? When a man whose boy needs a ntw pair of shoes and la eager for a pair ot slwlss buys the efcatef, lie Is acting in the THE 'READER'S VIEWPOINT Lorenzo do Medici Patronized. Living ArlTits To tho Editor of the Vvcnlny 'utile l.cd'dVr: Sir Tho noblo and most Inspiring" letter of John McLuro Hamilton In the Evevino Hub i.io Lcdoer of Monday, December lC.j.ls something that ought to be published and .re published alongside) of Mr. Pennell's Imagi native article on the Lincoln Highway as a , , ......- ! .1.1. fl-r.A ... ln piuce JUl lULUItl 1I1C1MU1 1U1B. J. 1IC tlliu J'yiyv- Ing tho va" the other calling attentloH-lOAjS our "Lorenzo de Mcdlcls" as a real avenue i J ror tneir support. " a It Is well for our art lovers to. purchase old "valued assured" works of art, but the writer feels that a part of their activities should bo directed toward the encouragrrfent of living art. ;'... No one wishes to cr)tlclze tho wondeiUul service that a J. Plerpont Morgan or a John Q. Johnson has rendered to artists and'tlie community alike, but I question their merit to the title of "truo art patrona" when tfey have personally neglected tho work o the of tholr time and turned completely to tho work of the past They arc purely collectors. To condemn these noblo men for their Jji terest would bo a crime. Wo need In this,, a , new countrj-, all tho European background wo can have through their generosltj-, -but ' now that our museums are literally filled' to overflowing it is time -that those blessed yijh wealth turn their attention to tho present day art. ' Lorenzo do Medici was a builder of Flor- '' ence : his generositj- nnd home prldo caused him to patronize tho artists then living, there by laying the foundation of the Florence of todaj'. Its beautiful public bulldlnrS" lilts, bridges. Its palaces, Its churches and monu ments nftd tho very galjery which we etjloy , today are filled with tho work of that glo rious period. oi- Indeed. Philadelphia may well be sproudi to havo a citizen to whom a John Molure Ham ilton, un artist of distinction, can refer lo as a Do Medici. What better opportunity has thero ever been offered for both wealth and art than tho proper development , of ,Uis Lincoln Highway? . One has but to read Mr. Pennell s and Mr. Hamilton's letters to give wings to thslr Imagination and rebuild the Via Appla, glori fied by tho progress of centuries, and th fresh human sacrifices for a liberated ahd emancipated world from Hun rule and KaV-agers-. I feel no fear for tho results, sst it they bo nbondoned to chance. Ji,-J Tho many effigies erected In all of the smalPN . i-- .lil.H ,I,A ITnlnn crtnrffvtna-niflMV B auu unite tiuco "i in" w...v.. ,"";" - Civil War aro sufficient proof of what .mis directed and ungulded efforts will bring. .The Art Commission, which should have this In charge, should bo a. representative selected bod-. nnd should havo power to act, and Trot " merely naviso, unless iuu iiuwt-i uumaipM to them we may look for bitter disappoint ment. , . Whether this dream of Mr. Pennell's, so ably Illuminated by John McLuro Hamilton s letter, becomes a reality will bo entirely due to two factors first, .our personal sacrifices of rtioney to give art a real chance, and,' ac ond, lo so constitute Its forces that as few ( mistakes ns posslblo may 0:ur. NICOLA D'ABCENZO: , Phllntlelnhla. December 20. ..d What Do You Know? QUIZ Willi what neonle do Italy i1 i.3 tsDanalAHUe, claims rontllclT Who was David Rltttnltouse? What the Honhedrln? . What nu tundras? Why ore nnnalfa "for tli00slit"f . ' W c .tv Cr, ' it Who tvna called the "Ooml Orajr I'oet'T .j-, . 4 What eiil)lnt position wrs held hy AbrtUu.njj Lincoln's or. !"'"' T, JJncoln,, and i4 under what PresldentT ," What nr tlrrus clouds? j What la Ihe capital or NenfaundlnAdf ' ,, (JJ What I" the mennliur at 'clrca"-UaeI lir CD-il ntitlon with al.lorlfal dateat i v n J ' i . . Tl Answers to Saturday's Qui , ,T Tim German (left l n;w In thf HW -Weara", nn Incloard sheet of water In Ilia Otlatr ! lalanda.. v s Itrasa la an alloy of copper and slrte. v 72 J The Dowpnr (liieen of great I'rjtiilti U Ales- & 'nndra, the widow ef reward VII, jf Tlie scenm if Hliakteare'a ''fltliello" n ! laid In Venice nnd the Island of t'TuntHa IV', the Mediterranean, , t ) llentenuto Cellini wna a. f nirvana llorwUiui '":f mlntor and worker In sold ana J"Uy, Ilia datrs lira 1500-1971. V ' Th iiltrrnute name for the Dftltlr of'Kitt-- Inta. where ' It-llHnM. tUm l.nn..M. .IAAJJ ,' !""J- ""X-" ..,",-" "T..""yi.Jl" -1'WJ.TO ' urim Ilia Knsnsh unarr iiaroia in lose, is Beoiac, ,a lilll In Huaatx. Welkin niraiu akr. .11 IS flMlrtd from the old Kilt-Hull word "irolrnu," rlouda, at allianlrl llnwilinnie vrroto the fcmimWrnj' life Ol STUiiMllfi a irrrr. ,, . , Wrlllnalona are hoots (Smlns or) er toMrlr ' to (lie Uiirra,,, . . . ifc" M true ChrWHwu fwnU r ' 1 ' ' v. w :fi if1 .ft1. LV.
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