btfSkJMMMUfi fyjrfxrvK'' IPW.'J '. 1 . ,ir&m axMrmmrn W(Rt1 M " ' eK-'V (; ' 1 v V ' . c m ,c EVEXIXG PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919 1L-4 . r I. JO Till I 'Eliciting $htbltc Weftger PURLIC LEDGER COMPANY , I CTTIUS IT. K. CUTITIS. VnetmrNT . ' .C1mrl It. Lurthiitlon. Vice Prrvlrti.nl. John C. ?UrtIn,8rrrrlrj' am! Tmaurrri Philip H Colllm. John D. WHllamav John J. Bpurseon, Directors. ' KOITORIAI. HOARD Ciiics It. If. Cnni. Chairman PAY1D E. SMITVET .. Editor JOHN C. MAXITIN. .. .General llualneea Manager - - Published dalh' nt Pcatto T.mwjr.n BuUdlnc. Independence Square, Philadelphia. Aturtio Citi rma-Imo Bull. line Niw loan 200 Metropolitan Toner , DtnoiT 701 l'ord Bulldliu; nr. Lorn loon Vullertoii Hulldlng Cuiciso, 1302 Tribune Building NUVVfl liUIUUUS: WisnivaTox llcnrv. .. N. K. 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All rights 0 republication of special dis patches herein arc also icserted. rMlaMpt.ia, ednfdT, Ortobrr WHEELER'S SENTENCE rrWE higher you go the faithur you may - fall. It is for that reason that sensi ble men tread carefully in position- of eminence. It is possible to imagine instance in which a sentence of four years in jail would mean relatively little. To a man like, former Judge William T. Wheeler, of the Municipal Court, such a sentence means disbarment and tho end of a career, the loss of such prestige as may bo attained by years of work and tho necessity for a new start at some future time against tremendous obstacles. Yet tho sentence imposed yesterday by Judge Johnson is by no means exces sive, though it provides for-the maximum punishment possible under existing laws. It must always be a matter of i egret in this city and a drcar commentary on tho nature of the political system tol erated here that a judge had to be dragged down from the bench to stand trial for an offense peculiarly suggestive of loose ethics and a defective sense of honor. By the proposed appeal to tho Superior Court Mr. Wheeler can escape only tem porarily from the least important conse quences of his acts. The heavier judg ment of public opinion is already opcia tive. Every one who realizes the importance of an untainted judiciary will feel that the defendant in this instance descives no sympathy. The sentence ought to be carried out as quickly as possible in order to prpvide a warning for those who looked lightly upon venal practices in or out of the Municipal Court. STILL LINING UP FOR MOORE -'"UfHOEVER thinks that the average ''' politician has not a certain canni ,N ncss where his own interests aie con cerned has another think coming. Tho local politicians who fought the nomination of Congressman Moore are rapidly getting in line for him while the getting is good. Every day a lot of them visit his headquarters and pledge their support. They know that the con gressman as Mayor will have power to drive them out of business if he chooses to exercise it. And they know that he is a politician who understands how to play the game, and will not hesitate to play it to the limit if the needs of good government demand such a policy. Therefore the little leaders are accept ing their defeat at the primaries with good grace and are preparing as rapidly as may be to assure the congressman that they arc with him. SKY BLUE LAWS rpHE arrest of an airman for carrying - passengers on Sunday arouses curi osity at once as to the area over which the blue laws extend. The question has not arisen hitherto, unless it is involved in tho flight of a baseball through the air when the game is played on the first day of the week. If the laws extend into the upper ether and to the'ecnter of the eatth several complicated problems will arise over its enforcement. Mars is supposed by some astronomers to be inhabited. The Mar tians, when their planet happens to be within the celestial area bounded by lines lun from tho center of the earth through the corners of the commonwealth to the uttermost bounds of space, come within tho jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania courts, and if they play ball or pay money to go to movie shows or engage in otlicr forbidden amusements on Sunday they are liable to punishment. We have not yet found a way to reach them, but there is no knowing when some daring aviator will not wing 'his way thither and get in touch with our neigh bors on tho blood-red planet. In the meantime, tho good people who are seek ing to have the blue laws enforced will doubtless do their best to keep their feet on the earth and base their com plaints on the charge that the airman made a noiso and disturbed the Sabbath peace when ho started from the earth r.athcr than on the fact that he flew in the air. PRINCE LEOPOLD AT PENN? THE reported desiro of the, Belgian crown prince to complete his educa tion nf. mi Alrirtifnn (-fillnrrn Inna 1.1m - .,-.. - . ............... .v..vbi. uvva jinn credit There is no other place whero P its could tret nn prltiCHtinn vhipl, ivnnld 3 tro.him so much good. Ho would derive LdTefit not so much from what he learned III books as from his life in the atmos phero of a democratic American univcr- ity. ,,- The democratization of tho world will oiijc about by the spread of democratic Ideas. Wc have an excellent illustration p liow It works by what is now going on In Japan and China, Many of the politi rjitl leaders in both of these Oriental ruuntrlcAiWerp, edueatwlt h America and ".iiiHuin, iney ,cant'Mir xmng aim impressionable. They learned our methods of government. They breathed tho atmosphere of political, intellectual and religious freedom. They saw what its fruits wore and they went home inocu lated with ideas strango to tho Orient. The former kaiser was educated in Germany. If ho could have been caught young and put through an American preparatory school and an American uni versity tho history of the last twenty five years might have been very differ ent. Wc do not suppose that the Belgian crown prince has reached any definite conclusion about what he would really like to do about his education, but his father could do much worse than give se rious thought to sending the youth heic for a year or two. Ho could find in the University of Pennsylvania a democratic atmosphere along with a largo body of students from Latin America and tho Orient, as well as from alt of our own states, contact with whom would broaden his vision and make him better qualified for the tasks that arc ahead of him. CLEAR CHANNELS ARE MOORE'S FORTE; WE NEED THEM HERE As a Canal Expert Our Prospective Mayor Has a Stimulatinn Chance to Open Di rect Routes to Municipal Progress TT MAKES no difference to .mo," dc- 1 clarcs J. Hampton Moore, "whether I stayed in Congress o,r took another oflicc in regard to my interest in the de velopment of tho waterways. I believe in them, and I shall work for them." This is reassuring. It lcxeals the future administrator of Philadelphia, who is all but Mayor-elect, as a con sistent champion of clear channels and direct routes. This city has long been in sore need of them. There have been locks here that were hindrances, and no gates at all where a polluted current flowed insidiously swift. Our civic Cucuracha slides have been in mors than one sense damning. Lighthouse keepers, negligent or corrupt, have seriously imperiled navigation. liy a fortunate turn of events, or rather a fortunate turn of the Philadel phia electorate, Mr. Moore will have an exceptional opportunity to display his expert knowledge heic. How sound and specific this is has been frequently demonstrated in Congress when methods of improving internal communications were discussed. Mr. Moore's persistent theme is canals. He knows where they should be dug, how they will best serve the need.0 of com merce, what their safeguaids should be and what to do about alleged obstruc tions. If any citizen thinks that in tjkmg up the office of Mayor Mr. Moore will have to pigeonhole his stock of special infor mation, that individual has a thoroughly imperfect notion of what is tho matter with the town. The place for the channel opener's steam shovel is right here. The circuitous route to progress is costly and oppressive. The difliculties of the impending engineering job arc, of course, considerable, but the penalties of stagnation and congestion arc still moie formidable. As the boss of the undertaking, there is every heartening reason for believing that Mr. Moore will install his new sys tem on the level. This will particularly benefit citizen patrons who have hereto fore expeiicnced much difficulty in dis covering a plane route to municipal ac complishment in accordance with condi tions on tho back of the ticket. Every four years Philadelphians have entered the election booth and subscribed to what was advertised as an interesting and attractive voyage to square dealing and a fair recognition of their individual rights. But the journey has been fear fully bumpy. Often there were no lighthouses to mark the channel. The skipper was a grasping ignoramus and the mules which pulled his municipal craft were stupid and selfish. Whenever the boat ran aground, which was often, the officers in command would invariably insist on ex cess charges. The tolls imposed on the political passengers were terrific. Hap pily, Mr. Moore has already promised an end of that illegitimate tax. Navigation on the level is a very ob vious remedy. Naturally the organization of a sys tem so long delayed in his vicinity will inspire opposition in those who have profited by leakage in tho municipal canal, who have rejoiced in locks in the wrong places and in stagnant waters which they unconvincingly proclaimed as pure. In order to get his enterprise under way Mr. Mooro will have to remove many thousands of cubic yards of encum bering earth and dcadwood which have blocked communication with channels that make for municipal efficiency. First of all, ho needs an honest and competent group of overseers, in whose ability he lias confidence. In the days before we were enlivened with tho pros pect of a canal-building Mayor wo used to call these officials his cabinet members. Persons with a distaste for metaphors will, of course, cling to the old nomen clature. . Conceding to them, what 'we mean to emphasize is that Mr. Moore's first duty is to appoint as heads of departments men of probity and technical fitness. John C. Groomo has been mentioned for director of public safety. Regardless' of the specific personal. equation, it is a man of his type who can at once emanci pate the police and protect Uic individual citizens. Tho impression sometimes en tertained in mossback circles that tho re moval of the police from politics necessi tates the performance of u miracle is rubbish. The right man can accomplish that feat the day ho steps into City Hall. Reformation with regard to favoritism In contracts should offer few snags to the properly chosen director of public works. Tha Vare Incubus has been removed, and with Its passing the chance to establish a now basis-of decency, coupled with com prehensive vision, is extremely stimu lating. Thprnll for nrv Engineer of tho first rank is clear. The canal enthusiast who is to bo tho municipal executive Is pal pably peculiarly well fitted to make hs selection wisely nnd with tho best Inter ests of the city in mind. All down the lino there arc appoint ments to bo made which should bring into play thoso qualities with which, as a waterway expert, Mr. Mooro commended himself to the House of Representatives. With worthy lieutenants tho task of opening communications with tho prac tical principles of constructlvcncss, duo economy, vigor, farsightedness and gen eral progress will become increasingly easier. Tho channel tlnough Councils still pre sents, it is true, certain obstacles. The outmoded towpath is in places uneven and there nrc archaic dams which impede transit. A good skipper, with a keen cyo and a forceful personality, can, how ever, still steer an effective course. There is every indication that Mr. Moore intends to be a pilot who will not be swerved from following good-government charts. His political sextant is ac curate, and taking a significant observa tion is one of his specialties. Time was when altogether too much latitude was taken. According to tlic picscnt outlook, tho position proclaimed will be correct and contenders to the contrary may feel tho force of wholesome discipline. Tho Panama canal is not perfect. If the Leviathan whistled for entrance it might cause considerable perplexity. Tho waterway is a splendid work none the less, a stimulant to progress, an economist of time and money, a magnifi cent servant of civilizatiqn. ' Canalist Moore will not make Phila delphia Utopian. Nobody will. But his specialized equipment should be of no table advantage to the city. It is encouraging to reflect that an expert in short routes, clear channels and direct communications is coming to the City Hall. A GALLERY OF ROGUES rpHE list of names of German offenders whom the Allies arc planning to .ask that tho new German Government sur render for trial reads liko a section of tho Almanach do Gotha. It is a list of princes and nobles of high degree and suggests that the famous register of European nobility has many of the characteristics of a rogues' gal. lcry. The German piinces in question are charged with crimes agaiij t the common law in France and Belgium. Their de fense will doubtless be that they were acting under their war power and can no more be held criminally lesponsible for what they did than when they ordered a charge of their soldiers against the enemy and killed hundreds of the oppos ing force. There may have been a time when such a plea would have received respectful consideration in court; but most of us are hoping that it has passed never to return. Judged by the standaids applied to other men, the great kings of history have been its greatest criminals. They have robbed by force as Germany robbed France of Alsace-Lorraine in 1870. The looting of private residences by soldiers has been a recognized form of rewarding them. .Men who have resisted kings have been hanged or shot for no other reason than that they resisted. The kings have regarded themselves as hedged about by a divinity which made their person sacred and themselves im mune to punishment, no matter what they did. And the world for centuries accepted this view. Some day a student with nothing bet ter to do will study the careers of the great kings and measure their conduit by the standards of conduct by which the common man has to stand or fall. He will produce a book which will do much to buttress the cause of democracy and may have some influence on tho con duct of the kings that happen to remain on their thrones. What tho world needs is recognition of the fact that crime done in the name of the state, whether in time of peace or time of war, is stiH crime. The theory that the king can do no wrong has had its day. Penn freshmen, are Necessary crying for sex equality. Discrimination There arc many things they, tho freshmen, arc not petnntted to do that the co-eds do with impunity. Tut. tut! We'll vager the girls have troubles the boys know uothiug about. Girls, bless 'em. enn bo disciplined with a word or a toss of the head, where a boy needs the boot. .lust because theyoung Revised Version men of Camden dis covered they oould tako their sweethearts jilnej riding pretty uearly nil cjening for a dollar the jitney drivcis are considering raining rates for spooncrs. All tho world loves to soak a lover. A biokcn plate and a broken pate re sulted from n quarrel over n spoonful of sugar in a Market street restaurant. It is very wrong for cooks to let their angry pas sions rise. One never knows the minute when there may be a strike in the crockery trade. A mooter that recognised its owner was the chief witness against a Chester man charged with stealing chickens in Camden. The rooster on tho witness stand is under stood to have crowed n Democratic homily again't the invasion of state rights. Spieekcls thinks the renbon the sugar business is dislocated is because Uncle Ham has too long a spoon. But tho proverb mon ger. 3Ir. Hpreykels should remember, lias cited a case where a long spoon is necessary. Newspaper accounts havo advised the bandit who robbed a saloou that he over looked ?0 in a cash drawer. He will prob ably return for it. The interest men arc taking in the food fair shows that while they may Know noth ing of the art of cooking lluy "know what they like." No sign jet of any tables of stone coming down from the industrial Jf,t. Sinai Jn Washington. And no sign of any Moses. If an aviator can bo arrested for Sunday flying he'll soon have to look out for (be fly cops, CONGRESSMAN MOORE'S LETTER Dr. Keen, and Early Political Cam paigns Gotslp About Edwin S. Stuart, Dr. L. C. Weisela, Mor ris L. Cooke and Othen pOMTICAIi campaigns nrc so different - now from what they formerly were 1 Dr. W. W. Keen, the eminent Philadelphia sur geon, who was not too old, though he had served in tho Civil War, to become a major in the great, war just closed, recalls when the voters lined up in front of the old State House nnd voted the vest-pocket ticket. Sometimes the line was so long ns to take hours for tho voters to reach the ballot box. And at other times the old fire com panies, like the "Moja Hose," would break loose and start a row nnd thus delay tho re turns or open the way for fraud. Then also they had parades and plenty of rum and occasional free-for-all lights to enliven the proceedings. How many Phllndclphlnns remember those stirring times? John Wnim milker certainly, and Isaac II. Clothier. Mr. Clothier, who now lives in peaceful and well-earned retirement, watching with pride the business nnd social activities of the younger generation of Clothiers, was really a fnirlj active politician in his younger days, lie wns one of the founders nbout tifty-nine jrars ngo of tho Republican Invineibles, the first "wlde-awnke club" in the eastern states. That was before the foundation of the Union League, which wns also the first of its kind in the eastern states in fact, it was the first Union League founded anywhere. WHRX the fiftieth anniversary of the Re publican party wbh celebrated, in Musi cal Tunc Hnll in 1110(5, Colonel Alexander K. McOluie, who had been a friend of Abraham Lincoln, wns ono of the speakers. There were present also a number of the men who had not only voted for Lincoln but for his predecessor, Fremont. The Prc mont voters wero lined up on the platform nnd shown special honor. Some of them talked of their membership in tho Repub lican Invineibles. They gloried In the day of the torchlight parade nnd boasted of their visits to neighboring cities. It was no unusual thing for them to start out on these trips prepared for trouble. The In; vincibles continued their activities up to the close of the convention system, their com manders in later years including men like Alevnuder P. Colesbcrry, who became United States marshal; James L. Miles, who bc enme sheriff, and the late Mayor William Ii Smith. WIIL.V Ldwin S. Stuart, formeily Mayor of Philadelphia nnd Governor of Penn sylvania, who recently added the presidency of the Poor Riehnrd Club to his string of honorary trophies, is cnllcd upon for a speech it's dollars to doughnuts the audience will receive a brief but eloquent leminder of "liberty nnd justice regulated by law." The president of the Union League is n stickler for the observance pf the law. Hence his cordial support of Governor Sproul in many of the latter's utterances recently about '"Pennsylvania, the Inw-abiding state." Governor Sproul has been keeping his car to the ground and so has the attorney general, Mr. Sehnffer. The Governor rcalbes thnt a ccrtnin restlessness prevails and that it is well to give heed to it. To n certnin ex tent he is investigating it at first hand. He has discovered one irritating factor the housing problem which, ho thinks, should be corrected. Complaints in this regard ap parently are not confined to the city of Philadelphia. rplIU city's ophthalmologist. Dr. U. C. Wcs--L sels. who treats about 4000 children an nually for defective vision, tells us that about 70 per cent of those afflicted youngsters arc what arc known as "backward." This is nn uuhnppy showing nnd demonstrates the wisdom of increased attention to sanita tion and housing, since many of the defects in child life arc traceable to unwholesome sinroundings. The problem presented by Doctor Wesseh's figures is serious enough as it relates to the city, but it has a broader aspcct. The war easily demonstrated that, it being reported that over 1,000,000 men were rejected for military service because of some physical defect. And 00 per cent of these defects, we are told, might, with proper care nnd living conditions, have been overcome. Evidently the new Department of Public Welfare hns a flue opportunity to do good. TlrORRIS L. COOKE, the Ulankenburg "-- director of public works, who made a creditublc record in the service at Wash ington during the war. is hack in Philadel phia in pursuit of his profession that of an engineer. The former director, who was once a newspaper man, hns also blossomed out ns an author, having incorporated his studies of municipal government in nn attractive volume entitled "Our Cities Awake." It will soon be in order for Clinton Rogers Woodruff to collate his writings on this sub ject. Thc interest in civics is growing by leaps and bounds. TTlOOTRALL is born in the bone and Wii-'- linm W. Roper, of Germnntown. recently nominated for the new Council of twenty one, is no exception to the rule. Along with the Princeton University Athletic Associa tion, Mr. Roper hns been giving attention to the Princeton games, which began Oc tober 4 nnd will not conclude until the tryout with Yale at New Haven, November 15. Roper for Council and I.amberton for sheriff will give an athletic touch to the new administration, it being said of the shrievalty nominee that a fifteeu mile walk for him in ns1 ensy ns it is for Prothouotnry Henry P. Waltou to sit down to a reedbird dinner. A LBURT SMITnrAUGHT is one'of the - active spirits in civic movements in Philadelphia, his specialty being the civil service. Mr. Fsnght, along with T. Hcnrv Wulnut and others, pressed civil -service regulations Into the new city charter during the session of the last Legislature, but did not get exactly all they wanted. Mr. Faught tukes the plncc of Cyrus D, Toss in civil -service work In Philadelphia, 5lr, Koss haying been the secretary of Mayor Jllatik cnburg and long identified with independent political movements in Philadelphia. LOUIS RURK is 11 yachtsman and so is brother Fred, the president of (Jie Manu facturers' Club. And maybe this lM the reason tho Governor wants to keep A 13 Ilurk on the Delaw-arc bridge commission' The Burks know all about ttecl-pler con struction and they also understand tho right of way to which navigation is entitled. Twelve thousand strikers are said to have returned to work in Youngstown. Per haps tho employers In confereuee In Wash ington feel thnt if they hold out the rIim strike will settle Itself and thev ,. , .i"f?i nil their firmness to bucking against collec tive bargaining. . It is to be hoped that the seeming dead, lock in the industrlnl cdnference does not presage a bolt, nnd that (ho President's letter will be a bar to such a proceeding. Turks are harassing Armenians at JJnnghlziir and -Azerbaijan. The Armenian till ia difficulty in Inking h r,cs rD,cm'" YESSIR, THERE'S THE CHAFFING DISH Translations From the Chinese LADIES clnssify husbnnds into two classes Those who arc "attentive," Those who are not. I fear I am of the latter, For I never can remember My home telephone number. BUT my friend Wu Wu Always knows his home number. He calls up so often to say "My dear, I will not be home to dinner this evening." SITTING in this tea-house Looking out on the clear cool water And the silver lilies How I wish I could press n dripping lily -pad On my burning bosom To ense me of my smart. A broken benrt, you say, Mar QuongV No no, a mustard plaster. . JOHN CAVENDISH Ma'ny women would feel happier nbout the Future Life if they were sure there would be shop windows in henven. The world has grown sadly skeptical and disillusioned. No one nowadays pays any attention to the annual weather forecasts of tho Pennsylvania hermits. Our observation of the public attitude toward legal troubles is that the defendant is presumed to be guilty until he is proved guilty. lie is then presumed to be innocent. Desk Mottoes No man can sec over bis own height. You cannot see in another man any more than you have in yourself. ' SCHOPENHAUER. The camel who had trouble in getting through the eye of a needle didn't have nny more difficulty thau the stout man squeezing through the door of a taxicab. Score one cheer and a couple of baiuais for Doctor Mayo, who says that driuking liquids too hot for comfort may cause cancer. One of our chief grumbles against the ni verse has long been thnt we could never find a lunch counter where the coffee is served cool enough for us to lush it dowu without anguish. The quaint feature of the mutter is that it is served hottest of all at railway lunch rooms where one usually wants to gurgle rapidly and catcu a irain. This Frenzied Existence Speaking of lunch counters, crab cutlet was what the sign-painter meant, but he put an cxtrn dash on his C and made it n G. And the sign on Wnlnut street reads Grab Cutlet at tho Bar, !!3c. We notice a movie ad that says that Char ley Chaplin is the best-known man in the world. W question this. There is no public character of whom one knows less.' One of tho agreeable thlugs about Charley, is that he has no taste for personal pub licity, and his private life remains strictly incognito. We have never seen him In dorsing some brand of garters or vouching for a particular bleud of tobacco we don't even know what he thinks about tho league of nutions, though we'd be willing to lay a Bmall bet that he's for it. Come to think about It, and really exert our mind upon the problem, Charley is much more of a mystery than Colonel House. . . The only place where wo ever heard any ono go into a drug store nnd ask for a "dentifrice" wasJn Boston. And the only place where there still are "apothecaries" is Philadelphia. Ed Mumford, that bright-eyed watcher, of the human jsccne, Jells un that' then Is a frllnw nlm .tnnrla nn ,tllO QUth.Wt 'fprBW kof liYoart and OjiMtamiv rtf wIni-?Hiii PLENTY OF WORK IN CANAL EXPERT passcrsby with nn nppraising gnze. Every now nnd then, Ed says, this chap steps up to some man and asks Mm politely, "Have you any old clothes to sell?" Ed is won dering just on what principle he selects the men he questions. We nrc wondering, too. We go past that corner almost every day and have never been nsked. Somehow we feci a little hurt, but we understand perfectly. Profiteering John H. Sassaman, of Cedarville, has a perfectly healthy good-sized pig which has five feet. West Chester Local News. The king of Spain is wearing a soft collar in Paris, and every one seems to be taking it quite calmly. AVc feel that wc may hav? helped just a little toward this happy state of affairs. We broke the spirit of the Parisian populace by wearing a soft collar there for several weeks in the spring of 1012. " We also note that Alfonso is wearing a fedora hat. The Quizedltor, our source of an miscellaneous and useless informntion, tells us that tho fedora is named after Sar dou's drama of that name, because In that piny Ms. Man tell wore n lid so eomcW that all men imitated it. But the fedora, liRe the Homburg hat, gets mentioned in the papers now and then, nnd we nlwnys wonder if we have ever worn one without knowing it. Our bnt, we sadly fear, is of the variety which used to be known as "slouch." Another troublesome suspicion is, have we ever worn a "Melton" overcoat? 1 . What Is it, we wonder, that first started the tradition that the tailors' ads should be bo full of verbal jazz? One of the best de scriptions of a male flapper that we havo ever seen occurs in the od of n New, York clotiucr, wno ucscnocs Jnm ns "tho fellow who is otuly a manufacturer of cigarette ashes." The Boston Transcript prints tho follow ing ad under the head "Too Late to Be Classified"-. WAXTUU A MAN One accustomed to handling a complete set of books. Ideal living' conditions. Itenly fn confidence, as strictest secrecy will bo maintained. If only we felt sure thnt a complete set of Joseph Conrad or O. Henry would .be considered adequate we would reply nt once nnd throw secrecy to the winds. Two thousand students at Syracuse went on btriko because the faculty wouldn't trim. r them a dny off to celebrate a football victory. Tiie reporc is mm tney rough-housed tho profs and raised general call around the campus. Poor technique, poor technique! The only sage way to 'behave after au un expected victory is to take It as n matter of courso and pretend you expected It nil along. Rill Murphy calls our attention to the fol lowing, in the most modern of bards:. HAMLET I will come by nnd by. FOLONIUS I will say so. (Act III, Scene H) 0 Our informant was also rather startled to find the first act of "Hamlet" ending with the remark, "Let's go." You have to hand it fb Master Shakespeare, lie keeps abicast of the times. SOCRATES. That boy who started four Urea In Chestnut street stores because ho was sore at tho janitor might havo done something really desperate if he had become peeved at the superintendent. Tbo air derby has-knocked records Into a cocked hat. The teamsters dropped a little worm, wood In the sugar spoon. SIGHT FOR A THE RIVER IT'S tho glory of the morning, It's the coming of the dawn, And the sun rising red o'er the hilltops, When the mist from tho river is gone. It's the laughing rush of water, It's the thrushes' morning song, And the splash of the bass when he's fecdii;. The rocky banks along. It's the far off blue of the mountains, It's tho green of the nearer hills, And tho deep blue green of the river, The woodsman's heart that thrills. It's the wonderful glow of the firelight, It's tho call of tho whippoorwlll, And the quiet hush at the midnight hour,' When all the world is still. It's the moon rising over the treetops, It's the lullaby of the pines, And tho wonderful song of the river Where the white spray leaps and shtuo So, pal, is It any wonder. When wo live dull city lives, That we sit by the fireside and dream an I think V Of that River of Paradise? " uuun j..ijoiiins, in the J5oy's Life. 1 One difference between the sugar that was dumped on the street and the striker, that did tho dumping Is that tho sugar was refined. Tho arrest of an aviator for violating the Sabbath seems to Indicate that the blue sky is the limit for the Blue Laws, The A'are committeo is dUtributin Moore posters and Moore buttons. To him that bathM6ofe shall be given. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. When is Roosevelt's birthday? 2. What classical goddess Is represented in the word cereal? S. Where is the city of KronsUdt? S. 4. What is a hatchment? 5. What winter did Washington and the Continental army spend at Valley Forge? ' ' 0. What play by Shakespeare is J'stcd in the first collected edition neither as a comedy, a tragedy, nor a hlstorj? 7. S. 0. What is a polonaise? . Of what country is the queen of Spalu a native? Which was invented first, tho tele- pnone or tne icicgrapnr 10. What pcoplo use meat as a condiment? Answer, to Yesterday's Quiz 1. "Croix do Guerre" should be pro nounced somewhat as if spelled ''Orwad Gair." 2. The surrender of Cprnwnllis's army at Yorktown was tlic decisive event In American history which occurred on October 10, 1781. 3. Louisiana Is the chlcf cane-sugar pro ducing state in the Union, ' 4. The word lush means luxuriant and succulent. 5. Tho land of Canaan was the promised land or Palestine, bordering on the extreme easterly coast of the Medi terranean. 0. A calory is unit of beat. 7, Thomas Nast was sn American car toonist, especially celebrated for his anti-Tammany drawings in the days of the notorious Tweed ring. 8. A calender is, a mendicant dervish lo . Persia or Turkey. 0. The colors, in ,the flag of Greece ore. blue and nlte, , -. f-TT " fmiri K I V rfl i-t
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