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A THIN SCHEME, IF IT WORKS
TK THE object of the Manpan bill now
pending in HainsburR is to enable the
coal retailers to eut the weight dispropor
tionately to the cut in price, any prizes
for subt ety in legislation Humid be with
' held It i transparently obvious that
standardization of 11 ton of coal at
2000 instead of 2240 pounds w ill enable
the coal dealer to juggle prices in his
fa vol
Mrs. William B. Dorr, heading the
Philadelphia blanch of the National
Housewives' League, calls the bill a
"gouge." So it would, of course, prose
to be if a thort ton of coal is to be offered
for mote than that quantity is really
worth on the present price scale. Trick
ery of that soit is s-hallow, but for all
that it may be potent. Intrinsically, a
revision of weights or measures may be
harmless enough. It is the way in which
possible extortionists may capitalize it
that should be watched.
The coal men can justify their position
by being honest; the consumers theiis
by being vigilant. Should the bill be
passed and gouging prevail it will be so
plain that a chi!d could compiehend it.
Therein lies the weakness of the plot
ting, if it exists.
DR. FINEGAN'S OPPORTUNITY
rpHE credentials of Dr. Thomas F. Fine-
gan for the post of state superintend
ent of schools, to which Governor Sproul
has just appointed him, are appaient'iy
excellent. That he is an importation
from a neighboring state, being a New
Yorker, as was Doctor Schaeffcr, i-hould
be held as a matter of much less conse
quence than the ouestion of his fitness
for his new role.
That is really all that broad-minded
Pennsylvanians 'should care about. What
this commonwealth wants is well-conducted
schools, conforming to the best
ideals of modern education and uncon
taminated with futile frills and experi
mental faddishness.
Improvements in the curriculum should
be accompanied by the enforcement of
Increased standaids in the teaching
staffs. Pennsylvania schools have long
had a good recoul, but in recent years
they have by no means set the highest
pace in American education.
Generous legislative appropriations
aie incontcstably helpful, but they are
not a panacea. Sound administration,
capable consideration of the assets and'
equipment at hand are also exigent.
Doctor Fmegan's policies will be
watched with interest. He has the good
wishes and the hopeful expectations of
the public in his new field.
FOREIGN-BORN BONDHOLDERS
'TWERE is occasion for congratulation
but none for surprise in the announce
ment that the foreign-bom in Philadel
phia have subscribed more than $83,000,
000 in the last three Liberty Loan (hives.
The man who makes a better living
here than in the land of his birth is pre
sumably grateful. If he finds a greater
freedom here he is consequently appre
ciative. If he has become a citizen of the
United States he is assuredly loyal.
That being the case, it is at once
natural and proper that he should come to
the aid of the country of his adoption
when aid is needed. When he parts with
his money he shows at once gratitude and
.confidence.
The foreign-born American who owns
United States bonds has given himself
the stamp of good citizenship.
PARADES AND THEIR WARRANTY
TJ ESPECT and admiration triumphed so
-L' completely over mere vulgar curiosity
"- jt' fc w.,.o.un mini murcneu
through wre city last week that Philadel
nhians need not hesitate to rno-roi tv,ot
. their opportunity formally to welcome
owicr nome iroops now seems slim.
The chance for a parade by the old
Second Regiment, now the 108th Field
Artillery, has apparently passed. Most
' of the officers are not yet in America
'and, moreover, the plans for immediate
demobilization of the men have already
been completed. It is likely that the
tSeventy-ninth Division, a large part of
which is now on the ocean, will be dis
tributed, in various camps, thus render
ing pageant plans difficult to execute.
t This is unfortunate. The city would
ddlght to honor these drafted men, who
'brilliantly. exemplified how a land devoted
!,Eo Ja-gely to civilian interest could spring
iu efficiently to arrns,
The sensitiveness of a good many citi-
oo fn their wai-rflntv in asklnn. ni-
pritd by returned soldiers seems not to
iTT-i. "1aa.. tulmllu 1tftind. 1. fa fnnin-
iUr ljKl "w..j j...... .. -- .....,-
rtteabkytiiat. the Twenty-eighth Division
Wift ..u- ttntntr' lisp ttlfuwre filu .ratitnrntva
enthusiasm with which it was greeted
last Thursday. Despite their original
indifference as to parading and notwith
standing their long and arduous march,
the men as n whole admitted having had
a great time. To resist the spirit of the
occasion was impossible.
Philadelphians, of course, have no wish
to impose upon the defenders of their
country who' richly deserve a rest. Hut
it is highly probable that if the Seventy
ninth, could be assembled for a short
march here they would feel well repaid
for the effort.
The gala attire of our piincipal streets
is ready for them. Unless the demobili
zation plans too seriously interfere, the
city ought to be enabled to welcome those
wonderful rookies who so swiftly became
unbeatable professional fighter.
THE PRESIDENT CHALLENGES
ABILITY OF REPUBLICANS
His Message to Congress by Indirection
Puts the Controlling Majority to the
Test of Capacity In Solving
Reconstruction Problems
TF THE Republican majorities in Con-
cress can cone with the nroiriam of
reconstruction laid down in Piesident
Wilson's message to the satisfaction of
the people, nothing seems more sure than
that the ne.t administintion will be
Republican. On the other hand, if they
fail, it is almost as, true that Mr. Wilson
will have provided the Democratic party
with a fine assortment of issues warrant
ing success.
These are inescapable conclusions from
a pcius-al of the address in its varied
relation to the political state of the
nation.
Hy induection Mr. Wilson has chal
lenged the ability of the Republicans. It
is possible to avow this without in the
slightest degree implying that he is delib
erately playing partisan and without
questioning his .sincerity.
Shorter than usual, less oratorical and
more mildly persuasive than most of his
state papers since the war began for us,
this utterance of the President fiom
across the seas says as much by what it
leaves unsaid as what it directly says m
its characteristically graceful phrases
and periods. Lacking in forthnghtness
where theie might have been reason to
expect definiteness on several difficult
topics notably labor readjustments, the
merchant maiine and the tariff theie is
nevertheless a distinct flavor of aggres
sive interrogation which should put the
Republican leaders on their mettle, spui
their efforts as patriots 33 well as paiti
sans, stimulate their creative faculties
and energize their legislative functions.
Vulgarly, it passes the buck. Yet it
ought to be wholesome.
But this is what was to be expected.
We have repeatedly called attention to
the duties and responsibilities which fell
upon the Republican leadership with the
winning of Congress. This is not a thing
to be dreaded if the Republican leader
ship is virile and undcca.ved after six
years of desuetude, two of which were
spent peiforce because of the war in
almost docile acquiescence to the execu
tive wi'l. Perhaps the change in the
executive tone from the dictatorial to the
deferential is all the more noticeable
because we Congress and people alike
have not altogether freed ourselves of the
thinking habits of those two years. So
the challenge, however indirect, is salu
tary. What is likely to be the' result? We
will have to ask not Mr. Lodge, nor Mr.
Penrose, nor Mr. Gillett, nor Mr. Mann,,
nor any other floor leader, but the
myiiad-voiced public which gave them
wairanty to guide this legislature in the
crises at hand and thickly looming in the
near futuie. Where Mr. Wilson has
deemed it prudent to tread so delicately,
is it probable that these other gentlemen
will rush rashly in? No; if they are wise
they will spend much time in that ancient
and profitable ceremonial of laying the
ear to the ground, and that is also well.
They are astute in the ritual of Wash
ington, are these same aforementioned
statesmen, and we may depend upon it
they are by now fully avyake to the oppor
tunities as well as to the menaces of the
road they are traveling. Already all
signs point to the consolidation of forces,
the rectification of "frontiers and the uni
fication of commands.
The note of apology discernible in parts
of the message takes some of the sting
out of the disappointment which most
admirers of the President's larger states
manship must feel at first reading
because of the obvious generalization
vvheie any time in the last two years Mr.
Wilson's desires would have been ex
pressed in sharp, crackling sentences.
lie frankly says he is so far from home
he may not be more explicit.
What does his longish disseitation
upon the labor situation portend save
that, in common with the great body of
the people, Mr. Wilson sympathizes with
the problems of industrialism? Plati
tudes surely and not to be disputed, but
they have been said hundreds of times,
even though not so beautifully, and repe
tition does not bring them nearer solu
tion. Does the President favor an actual
partnership between labor and capital
when he descants upon the community of
interest? How far should it go ? Would
he give labor a share in the rirecfion of
the.business or merely a larger participa
tion in the profits? There is that old
trouble about the percentage of wages
to the percentage of net income always in
the way. How can the fixing of profit
sharing be adjusted without participa
tion in the direction of the enterprise?
He does not say. Neither does any
statesman or politician whose weather
eye is open to catch first signs of squalls
in the offing. He merely indulges in an
amiable disquisition without precise com
mitment, stringing upon the thread of
his discourse such pleasant sentences as:
A Reuiilne co-operation, and partnership
based upon a real commuuity of intercut
aud participathiu in control.
'Die genius of our business men and the
Bouud practical sente of our workers can
rtsinlr work such a partnership nut
1 wUa pace tatty. xwUzt ucaclli what it 1j
lint tliey seek nnd sincerely adopt n com
mon purpose with icgnrd to it.
Thoie who really desire n new relation
slili between capital unci Inlior can readily
fine! a nn.v to linns it about ; and perhaps
federal legislation enn hclimorc tlinu
state IcKMatlon i-niild. ' w
The members nf the committers on labor
in the tuo houses will Iinnll.v need niikkch
tliitis from me as In what menus they shall
seek to make the federal government the
agent of I lie whole nation in pointing out
mid, if need be, guiding the process of
leorgaiiizntlipii mid reform.
Whither do we wander? Rather in a
circle, isn't it? Perhaps since Mr. Wil
son self-confessedly regarded himself in
addressing the Democratic Congress as
the chief Democratic leader, in addicss
ing the Republican Congress he no longer
deems it his duty to lead. But we must
admit to having obtained little practical
"enlightenment from the section on the
greater aspects of the labor question.
So it is also with the tariff. He says
thereMs no occasion for undertaking a
genet al revision of the import duties.
Later he intimates the need of a protec
tive tariff that will be "political as well as
economic" in regard to at least one "in
fant" industry that of dye manufacture.
Shades of McKinley, Dinglcy, Aldrich!
The Republicans will grin at this, but
Mr. Wilson seems naively sincere. Alio!
then comes the suggestion that it might
be well to have some retalit.toiy tariff
weapons up our sleeves because "wo must
frankly face the fact that hostile legisla
tion by other nations is not beyond the
range of possibility and that it may have
to be met by counter-legislation." There
will be a lush to look up certain utter
ances by the Democratic candidate for
President and the Democratic platform
of 1012.
The upshot will be, of course, that the
Republicans, if they are smait, will apply
the traditional principles of the Repub
lican paity to the tariff situation, yet Mrv
Wilson in his ambiguous remarks will
have taken some of the wind out of theit
sails.
Mr. Wilson mentions ships, but he does
.not come out squarely either for or
against subsidies. He also touches
blithely upon the leturn of the railroads,
saying that if he were home he would
hand them back in a jiffy, naming the
exact date, but as it is they will have to
linger longer in the government's hands
till the end of the calendar year. Another
issue for 1920 exploded: Business of
weeping by Will Hays. Likewise the
Burlesonized wire systems, which will be
"returned to then owner., as soon as the
retransfcr can be effected without admin
istrative confusion." Administrative
confusion! Some might be unkind enough
to lead a subtle rebuke to the Texas
P. M. G. in the collocation.
But the leal stinger for the politicians
is reserved for the end. Prohibition.
Wines and beers. This is a fine mess to
hand over to a hopeful political party
making a fresh start. The President
would lelcase the lighter stimulants from
tHe provisions of the wartime agricul
tutal act, a saving of six months and six
teen days of grace, or perhaps disgrace,
as you look at it, after July 1. The brew
ers will lejoicc; the "drys" will frown,
but be thankful that it goes no further.
Yet the onus of fingering this political
dynamite will fall not upon the Demo
cratic party, which enacted the laws.fcut
the Republicans, who will find it difficult
to please anybody.
In truth, to summarize, the" President
has not done himself complete justice in
this message. It smacks of the kind of
thinking that inspired the appeal for a
Democratic Congiess last fall. It feints
where it should thrust. But still it car
ries the challenge.
Theie are one or two
I'aj as Von !et plain cinnnmic facts
in I'liniiertion with
Hunter ti'Hiiui that raiinnt lie too earnest I,
insisted upon: The wise and just rule for
n muniripality as for count), a state or a
nation is that posterity shall be railed upon
to paj no debts where it receives no direct
benefits. A war debt may extend many
j ears; a debt for "improvements" may ex
tend for a period equal to the life of the im
piovenieuts, but "running expenses" should
be paid b.v those incurring them.
The week of mourn -
The Fight All ing ordered by the
Out of Them (Jerinun (ioveriiment
appears to have, been
n failure. No peaee part, however harsh, ran
make the (Ionium people, gijeve. They arc
willing tn take their pence porridge cither
hot or cold. The worst tiling that ran be
said of them is that they know so well when
they aie licked.
T h e clergv men w ho
Ma) lie .Ins! the. called members of the 1
Heat of Debate Park Commission Bol
shevists, outlaw s,
Inw breakers and puppets for wealthy inter
ests cannot be snid to have given their
tongues the curb of I'liristian charity. And
the suggestion of tar aim1 feathers for their
opponents savors a little of the .outlawry
they deplore.
Dr. Thomas P. I-jn,p-Merel)
a Suggestion gan. deputy commis
sioner of education in
New York, selected b) tiovernor Sproul for
the position of state superintendent of public
instruction, ought to delay acceptance long
enough to give the pnrngraplierH a chance to
say something about "Off agin, on agin,"
etc
The War Department
Thanks for Service is compiling data of
individual casualties,
showing the maimer in which each man went
heroically to bis death, and the records arc
to le sent to surviving relatives. It is a
record of "grntefuluess" that will be ap
preciated. Nowadays we pull our thrills b) wireless
out of the air.
Congress will now proceed to taxi
through the fog. .
Koch is prepared to provp thnfthe sword
is mighty kh a guide to the pen.
The (iermuns don't seem to be able to
push their way to the dotted line.
There's for more fun in being an aviator
than lu being the wife of an aviator.
Swift Is the hawk and swifter is Haw
ker; and l)cath may be swiftest of all.
The fteaffolne nlnneft Henerv unmotlifnw
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j better man an jniuai ana a Dumber, ,lne
i Poets' Ualw ought to look into the matter.
CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S
LETTER
How Representative Krelder Arranged
a Pair In Parts Charley Hawkins
on the Evils of Prohibition.
Father Blenleln In Porto
ftlco
Washington. May t.
Till) people of Camden who gave a rous
ing iccoption to their distinguished son,
Vice Adi'nlrnl Henry II. Wilson, on bis re
turn from the direction nf our American
tiavnl forces in Prance, will he Interested to
know that the admiral has recovered his
health and has resumed duty as comniaiidcr
of the battleship, force. His new flagship
is the New .Mexico, one of the lurgest wor
ships ever constructed. The admiral is
cautious in discussing his experiences
abr'onil,ns naval men usually are. but bis
old friends at home innv be assured that he
Is not without holler nmougst the men of the
navy here in Washington, where he is te
garded ns ever) inch n sailor. The ilisthic
tlmi which the admiral now enjo.vs Is a rare
one. The admiral of the navy (and (Jeorge
Dewey beinme Til 12 admiral in recognition
of his services in Manila ba.v 1 is Admiral
Henry T. .Mn.vo. Next to him in rank are
two vice mliuiraN. and two only Admiral
Wilson, whose record in France has made
him one of the rent heroes of the war, and
Admiral (ileavrs. who has had much to do
with the debarkation of troops at New .ork.
Seeing what happened to Admiral Wilson on
the part of the home folks, the friends of
Admiral (Jlenves are now talking about a
celebration for him The two vice admirals,
one nt each end of the line, as it were,
woiked out linppih lor the dispatch of
Ahum iciin tioops niul the hastening of the
end of the war.
VTHAIII.Y all the patriotic orders in Penn
' s.vlvania were well acquainted with
John L. Burnett, of Alabama, the congress
man who died reientl). be bavins been
chnirumn of the I'oniniittee on immigration
aud tiaturnli.atiou during the Democrntie
lontiol of Congress Mr. Burnett was an
ardent restrictionist. He was 'very helpful
to Philadelphia on one occasion when efforts
were being made to improve the condition
of immigrnuts at our port. This was in
connection with the lemoval of the old im
migration shambles at Washington yiveuue
wharf. He came over to I'hiladelphia on
one ocension with Senator Lodge and others
of the Senate and House committees and
agreed inmiedintel) to the recommended im
provement asked.
AARON S. KIli:il)i:U, shoe mnnufac-
turer, who icprcscnts the Dailphin
Lebanon district in Congress, was not in
at the organization of the House for the
very good reuspn that lie has been taking a
personal survey of the battlefields of France.
Congressman Olne). of Massachusetts, was
absent for a similar leason. Lvidentlv
Krelder nnd Olnc.v met in Paris, for through
the mission of the I'nited States to the
conference to negotiate peace they were
able to forward word to Washington that
they had agreed over there US a pair,
Kreider being n Republican and Olncy a
Democrat. The pair was arranged when
the House met. Colonel Thomas S. Crago
and John S. Moriu, of Pittsburgh, members
of the military affairs committee, were also
on the other side, but they got back in time
to swear in at the start.
"PAUIS is a long way from the Bellcvuc-
Stratford red room," says Barclay
H. AVarburton sadly, repl.ving after the
event to an invitation to attend a shad sup
per held recently in honor of Jim Campbell,
the dean of the repot toriul corps. Captain
Barclay has gone through a varied experi
ence since he started out as a coroner's
reporter more than twenty-live jcars ago
to perfect himself for service on his father's
Kveuing Telegraph, of which he subsequently
beinmc the owner. He was at the head of
a battery during the Spanish-American War
and has figured in the City Tropp and in a
military vvdy very much to his credit ever
since. His last assignment was to the
American embassy in Paris. And Mrs.
Warburton lias not been without something
to do in the I'nited States, judging from her
efforts in behalf of the Victory Loau, tlie
Salvation Army nnd other public enterprises.
CflAULF.Y HAWKINS. -who has gone into
the banking business along with Kugenc
Harvey and Sam and Ollie Long, has given
Washington .the beaelit of some views on the
Liberty and Victory Bonds which Cartel
Class might study with profit. "Cy"
thinks the bonds could be made much more
attractive to big invebtors. Then he taps
the sidewnlk with his cane and advances
another idea. It relates to the enforcement
of prohibition. While not attackiug the
moral side of the question, "Cy" calls to
witness the growth of the drug habit as in
dicating the danger of ' sumptuary laws.
Some widely iuformed people, he nsserts, nre
iuelinil to think that prohibition is n cure
worse than the disease.
W10 (SKT n great many rumors about the
good ship Oeorge Washington "that
moves back and forth across the ocean on
the order of the I'rrsideut or secretary of
war. About the time she was taking the
peace delegates over it was said there were
more cases of French wine on board than
would be required for n regular Bill Bunn
bauquet. Then we were told that while
our soldiers were living in close quarters at
Brest waiting to come 'home the ship left the
port on her return passage with hundreds
of empty berths. The last rumor related to
her alleged unnecessary detention on the
other side for twenty -four hours to enable
Secretary Baker to attend some function on
shore. Congressman Madden, of Illinois,
and Dr. J. Chalmers Da Costa, of I'hila
delphia, came over on this trip. Congress
man Madden sa.vs tlte ship was delayed for
the secretary of war, but that be was held
up by an inspection
M
ORB about Pcunsyhnnians in far-off
places The group of congressmen who
inspected Porto Bieo arrived at JIayaguez
several months after a devastating earth
quake, the ruins of which were still ex
posed. The natives poured out in great
numbers, but they were so generally of the
Spanish-speaking tjpe ns to make the out
look cheerless for agreeable conversation or
speechmaking. Presently the acting pastor
nf the church conducted by the Padres
RedentorlsUs, which hnd been wrecked, put
iu an appearance. i'es, I speak Kngllsh."
said he, ana u ju un- irom i-unnucipiua
I wish you would remember me to the good
peftple at old 8t. Pete's." The speaker was
the Rev. George Blenlein, one of the He
demptorist fathers, formerly attached to St.
I'eter's Church, at Fifth street and Girord
avenue. Father Blcrilein has a big job on
i,n,l In cetting new quarters for his con-
gregatiou, but n fine new church building Is
now being erected under his direction,'
now being
DR. JCDSON DALAND, after a credit -able
service In the navy, has put on
the uniform qt lieutenant communder and
gone back to active practice. He Is one
of tlio many Philadelphia physicians who
sought early service iu the navy, but ho was
probably farthest away vvheu the war broke
out. Doctor Daland received Jie news as
i,. was lieaoeci lur um snercu city or
lieaoeci ipr ine, snerru city
Thibet, and ho had to 'travel' about, 4CQ0
miles before ,nn cpmu i)iuajwiMi-ii:.
Stka.t' tti.Utn!fsO
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TRA VELS IN PHILADELPHIA
By Christopher Morley
The Paoll Local
IS alwa)s puzzling to the wayfarer,
P
when he has traveled to some sacred spot.
to find the local denizens going nbout their
concerns as though unaware that they are
on enchanted ground. It used to seem a
hideous profanation to the Baedeker-stained
tourist from Marsupial City, Inch, to step
off the train nt Stratford, and find the
butcher's cart jogging about with flanks nnd
rumps. And even so docs It seem edd to me
that people are getting aboard the Paoli
loial every day. just as though it were the
normal thing to do nnd not (what it really is)
an excursion into Arcadia.
Some day a poet will lutanbe the Paoli
locnl as it' ought to be done, in n tender
strain
Along that ijiecn emboiccicil tiack
Mil iicint thioics off its'pcilhr's pack
hi memoii commuting ba'k
Sow swiftly and now slowly -Ah
lucky people, you, in sooth
Who ride that caravan of youth
The Local to Paoli!
mill
J- it affords nn interesting opportunity to
observe those who may be called sub-commuters:
tho people who come in town in
the morning, like honest working folk, but
get back to the country after lunch. These,
of course, nre ouly hnlf-brced commuters.
They are the bilyer-ehevrou suburbanites,
deserving not the true golden stripes of those
who moil all day. They nre teachers, school -bo.vs,
golfoinaniacs nud-- damsels from the
home of Athene, Bryn Mawr. They nre lucre
cherubim and seraphim, not archangels.
Stern and grizzled veterans, who go home on
the Hjvv0:05 Will not win New Year'.. Me
mortal. Independence, Thank.ilvlns nnd Chrl.tmaa
Days; will not run Saturdays June 7 to Sept. 27,
lioth lncluaive. No bareaso service) speak of
them scornfully as "Sara Brown belt con-
Oue who was nourished along the line of
the Paoli local, who knew it long before it
became electrified with those spider-leg trol
leys on its roof nnd before the Wynnewood
embankments were lined with neat little
garages, sometimes has nn inner pang that
it is getting a bit too civilized. And yet no
train'W-ill ever meau to us what that does!
The saying that was good enough for Queen
Mary nnd Mr. Browning is good enough for
me. When I die, you will find the words
PAOLI j.OCAL Indelibled on my heart.
When the Corsican patriot's bicentennial
comes along, in W, l nope mere will be
a graud reunion of all the old travelers along
that line. The railroad will run specially
decorated trains and cnsmouie souvenirs
among commuters of more than forty years'
standing. The campus of Haverford College
will be the scene of a mass-meeting. There
will be reminiscent nddresscs by those who
lrcall when the tracks ran nlong Railroad
avenue nt Haverford and up through Pres
ton, Au express agent will bo, barbecued,
and there will be dancing and song and pass
ing of the mead cup until far into the night.
TUB first surprise the Paoll local gives one
never fails to cause a mild wonder. Just
after leaving West Philadelphia Station you
see William Pcnn looming up nvvny on the
right. As you are convinced that you left
him straight behiud, nnd have not noticed
nny curve, tne seusuuou ia ouu. ai r my.
cecoud streei rise u: in sn-i-u mupen oi
George's Hill, with Us Total Abstinence.
fountain which will undoubtedly be wreathed
with everlastings on Julyl (unless Mr. Wil
son gets home tirst). Nearer: the track are
wide tracts of vacant ground where some
small boy of 'n( sort so delightfully limned
by Fontainp Fox have scooped military dug
outs, roofed over with cast-off sheets of
corrugated Iron,- very liftlike to see,.
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AtOvererooK one -rtw.ftnesjBrst.gitajpsnj
SO THERE YOU ARE
gloriously sunny Slay afternoon. Three girls
are sitting under a hedge nt the top of the
embankment reading a magazine. The little
iron fences, so characteristic of the Main
Line, make their appearance. A lady tubed
in n tight skirt totters .valiantly down the
road toward the station," nud the courteous
train vvuits for her. If the director general
of railroads were a bachelor perhaps he
would tinsert a new footnote in his time
tables: Sk, win not wait for ladles In hobble
Mri. The signal gives its blithe little
double chirp and we arc off again.
rpOWARD Merion we skirt a brightly slid
- ing little brook under willow trees, with
glimpses of daintily supervised wilderness.
It is all sojrimly artilicrd that one is sur
prised to see that the rubbery stalks of the
dandelion have evaded the lawn-mower just
as they do in less carefully razored suburbs.
Hdne)sucklcs spiawl along the embank
ments, privet hedges bound neat gardens.
There is a new station nt Merlon. Iu old
bucolic da)s the Main Line station masters
lived and kept house in the depots, and if
one had to wait for a train one could make
friends vvith the station master's little girl
and pet cat. But all those little girls arc
grown up now and Bryn Mawr alumnae.
At Narbcrth one sees clustered roofs em
bowered in, trees, in the hollow below the
.railway, and a snatch of plowed land. Now
one is really iu the country. Narberth,
Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford so it
ruus, like a chapter of begats. At Wynne
wood, if you are sitting on the right", you
see an alluring vista of a long alley through
sun-speckled greenery. The baggage agent
has nailed an old chair scat to a little wooden
box which provides a meditating throne for
such small leisure as a Main Line bananup
agent gets. Ardmore sttange to think that,-
ii ucti-u iu can nsfii viueusviue docsn t
quite know whether it is a suburb or a city.
Clumps of iris look upon busy freight yards;
back gardens with fluttering Monday linen
face upon a factory and a gas tank. And
then, in a flnsh, one is at Haverford, the
goal of pilgrimage.
TTAVERFORD is changed ns little ls any
! of the suburbs since the days when one
knew it by heart. Yet Mr. Harbaugh has
moved his pharmacy to a new building and
it can never be quite the same! The old
stuffed owl sits bravely in the new window,
but the familiar drug-scented haunt where
we drank our first soda and bought our first
tobacco is empty and forlorn. But (he deep
buttercup meadow by the Lancaster pike is
still broad and green, vvith the same fawn
colored velvety cow grazing.
And there is one thing that they can never
change : the. smell of tho Haverford lnwns
in May, when the grnss is being mowed. A
dazzling pervasion of sunlight loiters over
those gentle slopes,' draws up the breath of
the grass," blue space is rjeh vvith Its balmy
savor. Under the arches of tho old raaiffcs
are the white figures of the cricketers. In
the memorial garden behind the likrnr., n.
V blue ijax is out in pale masses. The archway
of .the beech hedge looks down on the huge
prostrate mock-orange tree. Under the
hemlocks (I hope they're hemlocks) by the
observatory Is that curious soft, dry, bleached
grass which Is so perfect to lio on with a
book and not read it. And hero comes Harry
Carter careering over the lawns with his
gasoline mowing machine. Everything is the
same at hjart. And that is why it'j the
perfect pilgrimage, tUe loveliest spot on earth,
thee, now and forever ! '
The man of real self-restraint Is the
one who can look over his wife's shoulder
while she is huntingjor nword iu a diction
arvar any kind of index nnd not think !-
'riUb.y.tbst kisHW, i'it8Mioh wicker
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PLACES
PLACES I love come back to me like
music,
Hush me and heal me when I am very s.
tired :
I see (lie oak woods at Saxton's flaming
In a flare of crimson by the frost newly
tired,
Aud I am thirsty for the spring In ths valley
As for a kiss ungiven and long desired.
I know n white world of snowy hills at
Boonton,
A blue nnd white dazzling light on evcry-
j thing one sees,
The larches and hemlocks and maples sparkle,
Their lee-sheathed branches tinkle in the
shnrp thin breeze.
And iridescent crystals fall nnd crackle on
the snow-crust
AVitli the winter sun drawing cold blue
shadows from the trees.
Violet now, in veil on veil of evening.
The hills across from Cromwell grow
dreamy and far;
A wood thrush is singing soft as a viol
In the heart of the hollow where the
dark pools are;
The primrose has opened her pale yellow
' flowers
And heaven is lighting star after star.
Places I love come back to me like music
Midoccan, midnight, the waves bur.z drow
sily :
In the ship's deep churning the eerie phos
phorescence Seems like souls of people who were
drowned nt sea ;
And I can hear n man's voice speaking,
1 hushed, insistent,
At midnight, in midoccan, hour on hour
to mos.
Sara Tcasdale, in Scribner's Magaziiie..,
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What Do Y6u Know?
QUIZ
1. What town is the American headquarters
in France?
2. Who was Jose Santos Zelnyn, who
died iu New Yoik the other day?
3. Who is the founder of the Boy iScouts?
4. Where is the Vistula river?
5. What is the meaning of the nautical
phrase "lie-to"?
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Who said "all free governments are
party governments"?
Who was called the "Locksmith King"?
What is a fluegel horn?
What is the "Carmagnole"?
When is tho Vice President of the
United States entitled to a vote In the
Senate?
Answers to Yesterday' Quiz
St. Germain-en-Layc is the headquar
ters of the Austrian peace delegation,
Ponta Delgada means "Delicate Poiojt."
Daedalus or Daedalos, in mythology,
made the Cretan lubyriuth and fash
ioned for himself wings by means of
which he flew from Crete across the
n-rchipclago. v
Harry O. Hawker, the aviator, was an
Australian.
Henry Shrapnel. (1701-1842) was the
Kngllsh Inventor of the shrapnel shell.
The "Storm and Stress" (Sturm nnd
Drang") period In German literature
was named after Kingler's drama of
that title, and was noted for tho Im
petuosity of its writers, among whom
were Goethe nnd Schiller.
Sydney Smith, In "Recipe for Salad,"
' wrote "I am glad I was not born
before tea."
Dublin Is named from the Irish "dubh
linn," the "black pool." The chief
part of it stands on land reclaimed
from the Llffey river. "
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. Gothenburg is the second largest, city'.
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