v V',. r 4 "si . V f ?ox , ' ,vi ? 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, : ai MAT 1919 ' u "ur I.T , &: m v. K" IK. w IJK RfcS' fa m KIW R- & tb wtj r' ?&" ys .A 1SU vE! ( Tl uenin$ Jubltc Hedaer ' t 'HIE EVENING TELEGRAPH PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY ''' ctrius it. k. cuntis. rrinrv UjChfrl "..t-uiUnmon. Vice rrnldent: John C. iri Marun. nerrriarr nd Treasurer: Thlllp 8 Collins. t John n. Williams, Jnlin ,1, ftpurfcran, Directors. EDITOniAt. IIOAni: Ones It. K, Curtis, Chairman daVjd e. 'sMit.nr Editor Jofty C. MAHTIN Ocneral Builnm Manage PubjhLi daily Hi Piibi io t.UKiEn nulldlnit. JtTt.HXTIO I'll! N1T VOIIK UermiT , ST. t,nma., CHIC1S9, ltU pemlcricft Uciuarc. Philadelphia. I'lras-lMlon ucllltiinc :ofl Metropolitan Tower ni lonl iiniMing ions rullerton ltulMlng . . . IMS Tribune IlullJInj nrws nunBAitg; Tt'AlintNaiov nrjrto. -. N f:-r""c Pennsylvania Ae. and 14th SI. nr.fr Tnir rttinritT . . tk. nu. ii.iimi. P,-i!,Lj.m iiciimi; ' ...trillion tIwm BunTtstPTtov TnriMs ''"he rrrMNrl Pi Rl Id Lkinieii la aerceri In mih. V 'be-. In Phtlptlelptila and surrounding towns the rr.te nf twelve (121 rents ttr week rajable to the carrier lv mall to Txilnti nuilde of Philadelphia. In tn unltec" States Canada or I'nlted States nns aalni,.. poplar" free, fifty Oil reels p-r month. fcV (?n dollars ner ar. payshle In adiante To all foreign lountrles one 1) dollar per mivth. VoTlrn Suhsrrlhers wlshlnc addresi rhtHigM Tnitst fflve old rs well as new address. OMI,. '000 WALMJT KEYSTONE. SI tr 3009 CJ" .Irfrftrst all communications to Fvmina rubllc l.algrr Ittdcpcndfr.tcc Square, rtillailctphln cz. - , . Member of (lie Associated Press THE tVSOfJ7'B7?B.SS i erclu tivclll entitled to thr use for republication of nil news diipatches credited to il or tint otlimci'c credited in this paper, ana' also the inral ncien published therein. All ughti nf republication nf special fij- patches herein arc also reserved, I'hilitlrlplita. Vedne.ilx, Mur 23. Ills THE JOB IS DONE rpHli American navy has triumphed. - Its ah ship has made a flipn acioss the ocean, and has at last arvfomp ishej that of which the world hasXjeen dream ing ever since the Wrighturothers firt proved en the sands of Kitty Hawk that man could fly. The achievement of the NC-4 is thrill ing:. Even though it covered the dis tance fiom Trepassey to Lisbon ir th'ee stages and was more than a week on Hie journey, it has accomplished a marvelous thing. That it should ciots at all is astounding. The successor of the men in command of the successful nil ship will better their record just as the rccoid of Columbus has been bettered. But the glory belongs to the men who did the thing first, and that they will Imve in due measure. THE BATTLEGROUND IS HERE XTHATEVER happen., in Washington, . the equal suff' agists aie heartened by the victory in th's state. For the sec ond time the Legislature has voted to submit to the electois an amendment to the constitution which wi'l permit the women to vote if it is ratified at the polls. When a similar amendment was sub mitted to the people in 1915 it received 385,000 afliimative votes, and 441,000 votes were cast against it. About 45,000 of the hostile votes were cast in this city out of a total poll on it of less than 200, 000. It was carried in Allegheny county, which contains the city of Pittsburgh, and in Lackawanna countv. which includes jj-"''', the city of Scranton. It should be apparent to the suffragists that if the amendment is to be carried next fall they must concentrate their at tention upon the voteis in this city. HOW WILL THEY SPEND IT? TF IT is t.-ue, as alleged by the Cutb Market Men's Association, that store keepers in this city have raised a fund to prevent the passage by City Councils of the bill authorizing the establishment of curb nMikets, citizens will be interested in knowing just bow the fund is ex pended. Any attempt to interfere with a possi-- ble reduction of the cost of living is J', bound to'bring trouble to the makers. It would seem also that any such attempt Ijwill prove futile, as a majority of the discmsmbers of Councils are said to be in andsjmpathy with the movement and are ""pledged to vote for the bi'.l. Members of the new association are now arranging for parcel-post transpor tation. The presumption is that Mr. Burleson has been urged to see to it that a consignment of tomatoes, for instance, is delivqred before the tomatoes decay. It may be interesting to note in this connection that immediately after the establishment of the parcel post many fanners in the western part of the state and in eastern Ohio and West Virginia availed themselves of its use to send their products, vegetables, poultry, eggs and butter "direct to the consumer," doing away with the middleman. GERMANY PREPARING TO FIGHT? AN INDEPENDENT Socialist news--paper in Berlin charges that under the 'pretense of organizing a national guard units are being formed in every district and chief town, and adds that "this is only the beginning; for "once the militia is formed in the boroughs, towns and districts they will be grouped to foim provincial corps." The allegation might easily be true. Everybody wanted peace when the armi ,Bticc was signed, the Germans most of all. But men who have put in four, years at the game of war are not easily ab sorbed into peaceful pursuits. Sometimes ' - when the inclination is present the peacc- Vfrwf Jul pursuit is not there to absorb them. . .Restlessness and lack of employment ,1 might easily induce soldiers to resume mJitary duties. r f7..n.. I.-- i i,5t uv-jiiiaiiy iiu3 now no cnance in the Vll r,nfl1 rt aAAnmnKnUtki ...1 A 1 i g,,', ttvuu ui iiuiMjjiiaiiiuj wuai ane sec out Wt-r to do, but she is still in a position to !. Mlliafa omlirrfaeeiyintif wt .lte.4.. , w -v.. ....., , uisucsj, GOBS AND LIMEJUICERS way win commissions in a big naval're terye force which the Navy Department wtpects to develop. If the plan is adopted tSere will be n four-year course in nauti cal subjects in the various colleges and wftiveisities, supplemented by several 'onths of post-graduate work at An- ,, u polls, Tbciilun hardlv accords with talk" of IjprW ?dkrma ,r Thee ar already -, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE p.. rf NAVY ROOSEVELT is gaid. to be , . working out a plan by which college men Mfeeta.4 existing conditions, about half of these will be "made permanent." One won ders what 'cards aie up the sleeves of the men in high places that wiil call for the absorption of the unoccupied men and the many additional officcis the new course will bring into existence. Of tho many junior officers in the naval reserve force now being demobilized or soon to be demobilized a fair pcicentage will go into the merchant marine (where some of them icceived their piclimrnary tiainirlg). Ensigns shipping as qunrter niastors and qualifying as mates hope to keep themselves leady for a post in the navy when occasion offers. But why not have a college and univer sity course wholly and finnkly fo1" prepa ration for service in the merchant ma rine an ancient and honorable service that deserves the very best of our man hood? Maybe we need a greater naval reserve force. Assuredly and beyond peradven ture wc need more men and officers for the coining American merchant marine. WANTED: EXPERT HANDLING OF THE SERVANT QUESTION Haphazard Methods and Kailure to Rc- ognlze the Significance of Domestic Labor Problem Emphasize ) In Household Crisis 'TF THE late Owen Mcred;h is to be accepted as a faithful interpreter of life and he was by many of our elders civilization has ceased to exist. It coultl not, he maintained in those lines once so gajly quoted, "do without cooks." What theiefoie wou'.d he and all those contented Victoiians on both sides of the Atlantic think of the world now when household anarchy is so formidable that not even the ambitious makers of the Paris league pact dared to grapple with its problems? "They are the housewife's," runs the cant phrase. That she is the" most diiect victim is incontestable, but it is the shal lowest of reasoning to deny the responsi bility of the whole nation for the most dcspeiate of all its labor crises. The servant shortage and the difficulty borne by the average family in meeting the wages demanded place in jeopardy the most vital of all the units which com pose the nation the home. Somewhere there has been short-sightedness and b'.undcring, with pcihaps the most signal error arising from an attitude of mind which is now bearing alarming fruit. A nation habituated to exhaustive and energetic investigation of noiulomestic labor troubles and aleitly self-conscious of their significance has accustomed itself to dismissing a major peril. Kacc tiousness has contributed its damaging quota to the situation. The home with out a maid has long been standardized jct,t material. Doubtless its by-products do make humoious capital, but neuras thenic wives do not. A great republic pertly peopled by them constitutes a sorry spectacle. Caroline Islanders may a3 yet be un acquainted with the use of the ballot, but there is no Indication that their house hold administration fails to conform to their other standards of living, such as they are. Ours do. The home, which should ,be the simplest of all economic stiucturcs, has become the most baffling to regulate. In the vanished age of Irish immigra tion comparatively smooth sailing pre vailed. Domestic woikers of sufficient intelligence to be easily drilled into com petence and of a high standard of probity ,verc available. But American miscon ception of the meaning which should properly attach to the distinction "serv ant" soon played havoc with household po'.ity. Self-iespect was held to be in compatible with the title. Irish help of the admirable old type began to be less and less procurable. The nationality of the migratory tides changed. The Germans were followed by the Swedes, the latter by the Poles. In innumerable instances the impression that domestic service carried with it little ot the essential dignity of labor exerted its disruptive influences upon the Ameri can home. Moral sentimentalists have naturally dwelt extensively upon the theme of capricious or. intolerant housekeepers. Such types are, of course, extant, but they are by no means the determining cause of the muddle. Homes with the kindest, most capable and intelligent of mistresses are disorganized today. The nerves and physical stamina of house wives are undergoing a cruel strain. The quickest relief is found in shelv ing the problem altogether. In many cases homes aie frankly listed among the impossibilities. The alternative has been apartment-house existence, which is fast changing the structure of American society. It has abundant merits, but the legitimate thing to which one is driven by pressure is assuredly out of harmony with certain avowed and widely circu lated principles of "self-determination." The housewife who persists in clinging to the old order has now the most limited opportunities for maintaining the type of home lauded by the much quoted John Howard Payne. "The peace of mind dearer than all" is indeed costly. It is the announced intention of the National Women's Trade Union League to stand ardize domestic help with a miifimum of eighteen dollars a week for servants not living in their employers' homes and an eight-hour day. Deducting the value of the board and lodging from the wages of those domestics living in the house in which they work is authorized. In that case the weekly wage will not be greatly in excess of that now paid. No alleviation is visible, however, since the wage scale is now abnormally high. Good servants are worth good pay by every principle of justice. That point, however, is not germane to the chief aspect of the situation. In fact, house maids and cooks of the "old school" undergo an unfair grading. Shiftless in competents are demanding equal pay. In Philadelphia the desperate house wife is now often acce'pting a class of colored help which is totally unfit for its duties. Once again the distinction be tween the former times and the present must b drawn.- Vell-nlgh Incomparable with the spirit cf truculencc ns with the word Itself. Pride in their work was the essence oT thcli success. That sentiment must be reinstated in the contemporary class of domestic work ers before the servant problem presents any other face than n blank wall. Bel ligerency on the side of eithervemployer or employe is fatal. Tho duties of a do mestic worker ate honorable duties, diffi cult duties and immensely important duties. Just how Vital they aie is meas urable by tho chaos enduing when they are unpcrfoimcd. Scientific consideration of these facts has been lamentably wanting. Scientific grappling with them now is imperative. Pcihaps some system of domestic trai.1 iii may have lemedial value. If the best measures should be but slowly pro ductive of results, all the more reason to apply them as speedily as possible. What is most needed is appreciation by the country at large not merely by tho distres-sed housekeepers that the do mestic question is of the utmost and com prehensive seriousness. No great labor problem is entirely soluble, but many are responsive to treat ment. Neglect has contributed greatly to the present session of disaster in American households. Frank admission of things ns they arc is the first necessity. READY FOR BUSINESS ''piIERE ate forty-nine Republican scnatois. Eight of them call them selves progressive. They sought to dic tate to the others in the matter of the selection of the chairmen for the finance committee and the committee on appro priations. They objected to Penrose and Wairen. At an open conference yester day Senator Borah explained that his objections to Penrose were' duo to the views which the Pennsylvania senator holds on the subject of the pioper dis tribution of the burden of taxation. When he moved that the name of Pen rose be stiicken fiom the list of com mittee chaiimcn his progressive asso ciates voted with him and the rest voted for Penrose. Then Mr. Boraii announced 'that he hady ended his fight, not for what he regards ns the right kind of taxation, but for the oiganization of the Senate on lines satisfactory to him. It is clearly understood njw wheic the men in control of the majority in the Senate stand. The fight for progressive legislation will be carried on in commit tees and on the floor of the Senate We venture the prediction that it w'll be more successful than the fight against individuals. The members of the Senate are expert politicians, with their ears to the ground. They know that a presi dential election is impending, and unless all precedents fail they will frame legis lation to meet the prevailing sentiment of tho nation in accordance with Repub lican principles so far as hey can dis cover what that sentiment is. The new rules of the Senate intended to distribute power among as large a number as possible have been obseived in the formation of the committees. Six of the eight progressives have received chairmanships and they aie represented on the important committees. They will make their influence felt so far as the force of their arguments makes that pos sible. Now that the fight within the party is over, the way seems to be clear for push ing the constructive legislative program with all possible speed. The reicninc prince of Another Stanch Liechtenstein desires Democrat pcarn with (iermany a ft ei ii diplomatic break f tiftj -three years. Liechtenstein is the third smallest Ktnlc in Kurope and has a population of lO.(KM). It has no army and no navy nnd whs "neutral" during the war. The prince, who is worth $40,000,000, is a strong belieer in the league of nntious nnd has gone to 1'nris to pinko tho faet plain. All of which gives nnlSpera bouffc quality to a polciim conclave. It was unanimously Sarrlflre Itejond resolved at tlip recent Kerumprnse debate n the Uaptist, Temple that it would be undiguifieil, unlovable, unscripturnl nnd un-American for a woman to receive n salary from her huobnnd. It wns not so reported, but unquestionably the reason for the una nimity wuh that no amount of money can adequately pay for the job she undertakes. Kr.berger may jet win for himself the title of I'rince of Wails. Mrs. Hawker demonstrated that woman's intuition is at least as good a bet as man's logic. And when we get the new charier it will rest witli us whether it will turn out good, bad or indifferent. With victory In Harrisburg and defeat in Washington, woman suffrage continues to zigzag toward its goal. What u cheerful time Hawker and (Jrievc must be having reading, their obit uaries especially the poetry! When the NC-4 was seen approaching Lisbon jesterday the Portuguese honked their delight with no uncertain sound. 1'ekin is to have a $3,000,000 American hotel, Kvldently nn attempt to dazzle the Chinese with the magnificence of our hotel clerks. Oil has been found iu England. Another blow for the Hun! Tliiuk what it would have meant iu tribute if kaiserism Lad been triumphant ! , In Washington there seems to be grow ing appreciation of the fact that Versailles is not a garden of roses, though many agree ments are ''under the rose," f fiermauy were not in danger of chok ing in the snarls she might rathor enjoy the trouble tho Allied powers ore having In btraighteuing out the tangled skein she wove. A dispatch announces the fact that Ks tlioniau troops have taken Pskov. Whether l'skov is the Russian name for a vacation or a brand of near-vodka, we hope it will agree with theni, Though there Is abundant evidence that many (leroians will look upon the peace treaty as a scrap of pope, Urockdorff- Uanuau'M reiucuu.ee to sign is not necwi CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER How Frank M. Rlter and Charles F. Warwick Came to Blows Alba B. Johnson's New Activities.. David Klrschbaum as a Prophet . Washington, May 2S. pUANK M. IHTKH had a birthday re cently, which reminds us that when Charles V. Warwick wns Mayor of Phila delphia, llltnr was director of public safety, and that when the great Peace Jubilee celebration took place the director had a big hand In putting the show in order. Ititer had heroine very friendly with .War wick in the rlty solicitor's office, where he had served ns an assistant of the latter, and the two worked well in harness at City Hall, ltut there was one little episode growing out of (he exrltement of the l'eare .Mfbllee that proved the mettle of the men under try ing circumstances. It wns all about the dis tribution of grand -stand tickets, the most perplexing of problems, ns Joseph I. Oaff ney nnd Isaac I). Helzell, of the council manic committee on the recent demonstra tion in honor of the Twenty-eighth Division, wll) nltest. The row wns on and the Mayor, who was pretty handy wiih his fists, con cluded to sit witli the committee on dis tribution nnd help keep the crowd nt bay until Hi" job was done. A guard wns put on the door of the committee room nnd told to admit no" one under any circumstances. The guard was doing his best when nlong came the director of public safety and de nianded admittance. The guard had been tinning down millionaires, military heroes nnd cotincilmen nlike. and in the presence of the others he rejected the director. Thereupon those on the inside, where the Major with his coat oft was struggling with the tickets, heard loud voices nnd a crash, which meant that the 'director had backed up against the door and kuocked in the panel with his heel. Although on his re cent birthday tho placidity of his handsome face was flecked by the whitened locks which betoken peace and amiability, the director was pcrspiringlj animated, to sny the least, when he found himself facing the Major, for his honor had rushed to Hie door in nn attitude that would have delighted "Phila delphia Jack" O'Brien to know who had dared to violate his ordcis. As the few sur vivors who witnessed the incident might say. "It was a livelj scrap." The Major "led" and the director "countered." but both soon tooled down s0 that the worri some piocess W ticket adjustment might pro ceed. And when the great event was over, the President and the heroes gone, no two men were happier, none more deserving of the compliments bestowed upon them by those who had enjoyed the city's hospitality, than Charley Warwick and his friend niid director, Frank M. Ititer. piIICADKLPIHA law firms have had L nuirlito do with the adjustment of Income-tax matters since the new revenue law went into effect. It has been highly important for many big concerns to consult their law. vers with regard to the intricate questions that have arisen. In the old days much of this business 'drifted to concerns like those headed by the late John C Bullitt, Hichnrd t. Dnle and Samuel Dickson. Such concerns represented the railroads nnd flic large financial institutions. Judge A. M. Iieitler left the bench to join Samiie! Dhk son. the last survivor of this group. It is not so certain that the political faith of Democrats like Samuel Dickson would have remained unshaken during the strauge finan cial conditions that have since conic upon us. The late John (!. Johnson wns iilso one of those big legal minds who vie'wed with com em the tendency toward government ownership. rnHI-aetivitics of Alba P. Johnson arc cvi--- dently not to tease with his retirement from the presidency of the Baldwin Locomo tive Works. Mr. Johnson is president of the Hallway P.usiness Association nnd as such is helping to draw the attention of Congress to the matter of railway main tenance during government control. Il is claimed by somo of the railway men that the government maintenance of railroads has not been ndequatc during this paternal over sight, and ns to this they contend that if the government is not maintaining the roads up to stnndard then it is keeping out of em ployment a vast army of men who would otherwise be producing materials for up keep nnd replacement. Associated with Mr. Johnson in the work referred to are a num ber of distinguished business men from nil parts of the country, the Pcnnsylvnuians being S. M. Curvren, of Philadelphia, and A. L. Humphrey, Frank J. Lanahan and Stephen C. Mason, of the Smoky City. 7"ES, Congiess is in session again and the Washington newspapers ore happy. The peace negotiations, the tremendous govern ment expenditures, investigations incident to the war. all these may have modest mention in the columns of the capital press, but Dis trict appropriations, clerks' retirement bills, increase of pay for everybody in-fliblic life get tho headlines on the front page? Wash ington is the biggest little government em ployment bureau in the country and the newspapers here are always ready to give pneotirngemeut to the demands of the of ficial force. Enough bills for salary in creases, arc already under consideration to make some congressmen from tho interior think that the chlefest business of the nation is to indulge those who are for tunate enough to be in its employ. TF DAVID KIRSCHHAUM, the big cloth--l- ing factor in Philadelphia, should bq in vited by the Manufacturers' Club to rede liver the speech ho made- to a convention of the Isatlonal Association of Clothiers in New York in February, 1010, It would sound like prophecy. In that speech Mr. Kirsch baitm referred to "weak men In high places," and without mentioning names he did not spare certain important individuals in Washington and elsewhere; but the big nues- plion put to his audience by this clear-headed business man was ins rejection ot the notiou that "substantial men who represent the practical thought of this country" could successfully "match their wits against the wits of the wwld." There was too much of the optimistically theoretical in that sug. gestion for the gentleman whose big factory building on South Broad street can be seen from the City Hall. TSADOHK STERN has been looking It is not the first -L Washington over. time. The Jormer J-iftli V)ard rcpresenta tlve knows Washington almost as well as he knows Harrisburg. Sometimes it is the tax on adinisslous to the movies, sometimes It U tho repeal of the euudy tax, but no mat ter what It Is, Isadore usually slips Iu a word about James'Carey, of the Fifth Ward. Another visitor who comesMovvn occasionally Is "Wauli" I-osuc, the Democratic congress man "who preceded George I, Darrow in th Hlxth District. lie roads' "'Wftd mauy V I?. J- V i&kiftk;-' whmm i.V'n "mm taw WH. 'J M, ''W.V ' '"J ... itouS - .;'' -- '; i .' .;'' i. - r-M .-WiM .!. ft-.- I.'. T'T" .". -liU -l . -x 'JVlf..".''" mi's: -.-n !.. "It .:- "i-I'i-W. ilihltr i fc F T f tn 7..iT- D WU JWtaF.fT-. TO-lujirr I "1 TRAVELS IN PHILADELPHIA By Christopher Morley ANNE GILCHRIST'S HOUSE rpHE Kensington car that goes northward -"- on Sevcntli street carries one straight waj into a land of adventuie. Hardly have jou settled In your seat when ou see a sign, The PieUwIck Cafe. 63 North Seventh street. Admirable name for a chophouse! Glancing nbout, across the aisle Is a lady with one ot those curious hats which permit the wearer lo scrutinize through the transparent brim while her head Is apparently bent de murely downward. The surprising effect of Impaling oneself upon so unexpected a gazo Is startling. Bashfully ones turns elsewhere. On a hoarding stares a theatrical sign: "Did Vou Tell Your "Wife ALL. Before Mar tlage?" I COT off nt Master street and walked stolidly west. It is n humble causet way In that region, rich In junk shops and a bit shaky In Its spelling. At the corner of Warnock Is an Impromptu church, announcing "Servers every Sunday, 3 p. m." The lithograph, which Is such a favorite on South street, crops up again ; the famous golden haired lassie, with a blue dress asleep under a red blanket, guarded by a white dog with a noble, steadfast expression. Fawn and Camac streets reappear and afford quiet vistas of red brick with marble trimmings. I believe this Is Fawn's first venture north of Balnbrldge. As Its name Implies, a shy, furtive street. One could Bpend a lively day afoot tracing the skip-stops of these two vagabonds. Camac street has tried to con centrate attention on Itself between Walnut and Spruce, calling Itself arrogantly the Ureatest l.lltle Street In the World. But it leads a multiple life. I have found it popping up around Itace street, at Wallace, and even north of that most poetically named of all Philadelphia's thoroughfares, rtistng sun avenue. w. The greenery of Ontario Park Is Ilkelv to lure the wayfaler from Master street for a detour. There Is a large public school there, and an exceedingly pretty young teacher In a pink dress and shell spectacles was gravely leading a procession of thirty small urchins for their morning recess In the open air. Two by two, Vlth decent gravltj', thej' crossed the street, and de mobilized In the park for hair ribbons, shoe laces and blouse Btrings to be retied, AS IT approaches Broad street. Master goes steadily up grade, both physically and In the spirit At the corner of Broad it reaches its grand historic climax in the vast ornate brown pile where Edwin Forrest died In 18J2.' A." tablet says. "This house was the residence of Kdwln Forrest, the greatest tragedian of his time." It Is interesting to remember (with the aid of an., encyclopedia) that one of Forrest's favorite roleB was Spartacus. Until the arrival of Uenknecht he was supreme In that accom plishment At the top of the hill, at Fifteenth street. Master street Tecomes almost suburban and frisky. H abounds in gracious garden vls--taB, rubber plants nnd an apartment house of a Spanish tinge of architecture. A patriotic Presbyterian church has. turned Its front lawn Into a potato patch. At 1E34 one of the smallest and most delightful black iiupples ever seen was tumbling about on a white marble stoop. He wbb bo young that his eyes, were still blue and cloudy, but hla appeal for a caress was unmistakable. I stopped to pay my respects, but a large Airedale appeared and stood over him with an air of "You haven't been Introduced." A FEW blocks further on one abuts upon .nidge avenue, the Sam Brown belt of Phlladlphla. In Us long diagonal course from Ninth and Vine up to Strawberry Man sion, Ridge a,venue Is full of unceasing Hfe and Interest. It and South street are ner- ."., i...,... ...i..,iii . '..,. ,-.:;. --: , cl(yy, MARKING AN EPOCH .. tCi'v, .. t- -ihf -yl-t.h.'.nC' rjSvAi--'i:--'.'i ' ' (cool lumber j-ard, where the plled-up wood , uAiiaica n iiitiuii uroain uuuer me hoc. sun, nnd lilac-breasted pigeons flap about among the stained rafters. A few J'ards awny one catches a glimpse of the vast In cisure of Glrard College, where the big sllvery-graj Parthenon rises austerely above a cloud of foliage. ON'E aspect of nidge avenue Is plain at a glance. It Is the city'B stronghold of the horse Tou will see more horses there than anywhere else I know (except perhaps down hy the docks) From horseshoeing forges comes the mellow clang of beaten iron. As' the noon whistles blow, scores of horses stand at their wagons along tho curb, cheerfully chewing oats, while their drivers are dis patching heavy mugs of "coffee with plenty" in the nearby delicatessens, nidge avenue conducts a heavy trade In furniture on the. pavements, Its favorite tobaccos are of a thundering potency: Blue Hen, Sensation, Polar Bear, Buckingham cut plug. There Is a primitive robust quality about Us mer chandising. "Eat Cornell's Sauer Kraut and Grow Fat," says a legend painted acrdss the flank of a pickle actor.v. "Packey McFar land Recommends Make-Man Tablets," Is the message of a livelj' cardboafd "cutout" In a druggist's window. Odd little streets run off the avenue at oblique angles: Shars wood, for Instance, where two horses stood under the shade of a big tree as In a barn--ard picture. On a brick, wall on Beech wood Btreet I found the following chalked up: Clan of the Eagle's Eye Lone Wolf Red Hawk Arrowflre lied Thunder Beerfoot This seemed a pathetic testimony that not even -the city streets can quetlen the Fenl more Cooper tradition among American j-outh. And. oddly enough, below this roster of braves some learned infant had written lii Greek letters, "Harry a dam fool." Evidently some challenge to a rival tribe. TWENTT-SECOND STREET north.of nidge avenue Is a quiet stretch of red brick, with occasional outcropplngs of pale yellow green stone. At the noon hour It Is a cas cade of children, tumbling out of, the Joseph Slngerly Public School. Happily for those Juveniles, there Is one of the best tuck shops In Philadelphia at the corner of Columbia avenue. It Is worth a long Journey to taste their cinnamon buns. And In the block Just behind the school, at 1929 North Twenty second, there Is a little three-story yellow green house with a large bay window, which gives Whitman lovers a thrill. That little house Is associated with one, of the most poignant and curious romances In the story, of American letters. For It was here that Mrs. Anne ailehrlst and her children came In September, 1870, and lived until the spring of 1878. Mrs. Gilchrist, a noble and talented ' English woman, whose husband had died In 1881, fell passionately In love with Walt after reading "leaves of Grass." Her letters, to Walt, which were published recently by Thomas Harnedj are among the most search., lngly beautiful expressions of human attach ment. After Whitman's paralytic stroke' Anne Gilchrist Insisted on coming Jrom I.on-' don to Philadelphia to be near the poet and help him In any way she could; and to thta little house on Twenty-second street Walt used- to go day after day to take tea with her and her children. Walt had tried earnestly to dissuade her from coming to America, and his few letters to her seem a curiously, enlgmatla reply to her devotion. Perhaps, as Mr, 'Harned Implies, his heart was engaged elsewhere. At any rate, his conduct In this delicate affair seems sufficient proof of what might often have been doubted, that he was at heart a gentleman a banal word, but we have no other. rpHE, present occupant of the house Is Mrs,' A Alexander wewner, wno was kind enough to grant me a few minutes' talk. She has lived In the house a year, and did not know of Its Whitman association. The street can hardly have changed much save for the new 'publltr school punning since Centennial "ivv .!..: r' - - Tv s- '!r. . dS?-" I;-. f.t. s j. ' : "t 'tJayjLS ,TUt V - ri jM.u.lriyr-i-r?- r3Ej' ?r leaf. Perhaps Walt and his good friends may have sat out thero for tea on warm afternoons fortj'-two -ears ago. But It seems a long way from Camden! AS I came away, thinking of that romantic and sad episode In the lives of two who were greatlj- worthy of each other, the cor ner of my eye was caught by a large poster. In a random flash of vision I misread It in accordance with my thoughts. THE GOOt) GRAY POET, It seemed to saj-. For an Instant I accepted this as natural. Then, returning to my senses, I retraced mj- steps to look at It again. THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE! YEARS OF THE MODERN "V7"EAHS of the modern ! jcars of the uu-"- perform'd ! Your horizon rises I see it parting away for more august dramas ; I sec not America only I see not only Lib erty's nation, but other nations pre paring ; - ' I see tremendous entrances and exits I see new 'combinations I see the soli darity of races; I see that force advancing with irresistible power on the world's stage; (Have the old forces, the old wars, played their parts? arc the acts suitable to them closed?) I see Freedom, completely arm'd, and vic torious, and very haughty, with Iaw on one side and Peace on the other, A stupendous Trio, all issuing forth against the idea ot caste; What historic denouements are these we so rapidly approach? I see men marching and counter marching by swift millions; I see the frontiers nnd boundaries of the old aristocracies broken ; I see the landmarks of European kings re moved ; I see this day the People beginning their landmarks. Walt Whitman. 3 . What Do You Know? " QUIZ 1. What ship picked t)p Lieutenant Grieve and Hawker? 'J, What kings were born at St. Gcrmain- en-Laye? , 3. What poet was a noted table-talker? 4. Describe the use and'origin of "fey." !. How many men drew up the constitution? 0. What color is indicative of truth? 7. What was the mystic cult called "Rosl- crucian"? ' V 8. What constitutes the heaven's azimuth'? 9. Why is the present culendar Gregorian? , 10. Why is a voice of power called sten torian? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Thomas Jefferson had reddish hair. 'J, Lieutenant lloget, is the French aviator who made a nonstop record 'of 1348 miles betweeu Paris and a point near Kabat, Morocco. 3. Cape Finisterc is nt the uoitliwestern extremity of Spain, 4. The Sieges Allce'ls the ornate avenue of I monuments dedicated to German im- perlallstic glories In Berlin, C. South Carolina is the American state which docs not grant divorces, ' 0'. A plebiscite is the direct vote of all th electors qf a state on an important question, 7, Substitutions for the horse have failed to diminish his. number on farms, where he is mostly, bred. 8. Haricot bean is another name for btrluc bean. 11, Hacgdcl! famous "Largo" oecurslja , -i'tae re.of lU oratofJo,,t'Jerxes." .. : v ,ta.'r..wp.. .-''.."j.,. ..ttTna lli.! Mjmm Ml mB SFrz? "r.a rstry. tt iswBiPlp w -'4 taHMt, '- & ' " A.J .... i . . ,. . " i Uisi.iiou.ttaMMM baud Cvmouaji
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