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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnjr on which the people expert the
new ailinlnlnlratlon to concentrate It at
tentlom
The Drlaicarc rivrr bridge.
A drydock bin cnoush to accommodate the
largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit system.
A COnl'rntlon hnll
'A building for the Free Library.
n irt Muicum. .
J?n.rarp-Bmeit of the icater supply.
7omct to accommodate the population.
WORDS AND WORK
MR. MOORE'S administration has had
an auspicious beginning. Tho pco
plo have faith in it and their faith seems
to be justified. But the time is almost
't hand when the various municipal de
partments will have to translate in ac
tion the promises made by the Mayor.
One of tho first tests of the ability ol
"the new administration to achieve as
. well as hope will come when the weathei
permits a general extension of th" work
of street repairs. Broad street, York
road, 'streets in the central section of the
,city as well as important cro.ss-town
thoroughfares on both sides of the
Schuylkill, arc in lamentable shape.
Motorcars by the thousand are beinp,
pounded to an early finish over these
streets every day. The work of repair
ought to be pushed with all possible en
ergy and without quibbles about expense,
SOFTENING THE FINES
T)0NALD M. HEPBURN'S aeknowl
, edged freedom from the "responsi
bilities" of political factionalism unques
tionably inspired confidence in his sys
tem of handling negligent street-cleaning
contractors.
Director Winston's reduction of the
fines recommended by the former chief
of one of his bureaus is, of course, wel
comed by the offenders, among them Ed
Avin H. Vare. The public, however, will
have to be convinced that Mr. Hepburn
seriously erred in judgment before it is
entirely satisfied with the revisions.
Judging by the condition of the thor
oughfares in February, Philadelphians
were inclined to rejoice that a vigorous
program of penalties has been suggested.
Lopping olf $20,000 from a ."8,000
total implies that Mr. Hepburn was im
perfectly acquainted with the fucts of
the ca.-e. In any event, it must be admit
ted an exceedingly active chief of tho
Street Cleaning Bureau successfully hid
all evidence of incompetence while in
office.
RAILROADS ARE.WAKING UP
pENTRALlZED control of railway
and tho direction of all transport js
teni!' from a national viewpoint may be
all ery well in some ways, but ex-
jK'rienct" has shown that it docnii't lend to
reliiieiiient m the detail of railroad --r-UT.
I'or tlmt ifii-on the lir-L sign- of
renew '-il ronirolition between the trunk
Jim-- -ciung UiW city will be welcome.
An utg'" to bo up and doing, altogether
appropriate to the spason ol new begin
nings, in apparent on all the lines. The
Reading rheei fully announces a plan to
Improve Mibmhan s.er ice. The I'ennsj
is surveying it., schedules with a view-to
making life easier for suburbanite.,.
There is tall; "of elaborate Easter excur
sions to the seashoro and tlii:, is movingly
' lcmini'.ceni of old limes.
Cor- petit urn ma be wa,toful. Effi
ciency men -ay it i.,. But it happens to
be a pioec--. by which the public benefits.
Duplication of effort may be bad for
the railway system, but it lia., a definite
ntlvunlagc t the inliviilual. Which end
yi most desirable? Having deeideji that.
you will have the an,wer to all questions
of federal ra'lwaj contiol.
PLAIN AND FANCY TIME
TI'- IT r-houM be J oVI.uk iii Philadelphia
anil U o'clock Hi Camden, what time
would it. be on a fei rybout '.'
ThN is unlj one of a thousand weird
"question I hat may ri.,e tn haunt a be
wildered i iillir after the last Sunday in
this inonili, when the new daylight
Having law, decieed by Council and
passed in defiance of a Congiess which
lefused to .-ae Miniiiier daliglit, will bc
come effective. .Iembors of Council in
sist that the law will not be icpealcd.
There is little likelihood that it will be
repealed. New York and other large
cities have made similar daylight-suving
jaws of their own and they will turn their
clocks an hour forward so that the noon
Jiour will fall ut 11 o'clock. Quitting
time will come an hour outlier to oilices,
shops and factories.
Tho first effect of the new rule should
ho felt in the jewelry trade. Wise men
will carry two watches one in each top
pocket or one anchored to each wris tr
ill Older thai they may tag each fleeting
liciir properly.
Tho prospect is disquieting slnco stand
ardor let us say congressional time
will still ho maintained in many cltJen and
'!" Y"t WJP'V wnuM he un
nfr
becoming to the average man, since it is
tho railway officials who will havo to
bear a really crushing burden of anxiety.
Deep as they arc among the difficulties
of reorganization, they will have to find
a means to operate their trains over lines
on which the time may change every half
hour.
NOT FISh7fLESH, FOWL
NOR GOOD RED HERRING
The University of Pennsylvania Suffers
Because of Its Indeterminate Rela
tions to Public and Private
Beneficence
A TTEMPT has been made to create tho
y impression that Provost Smith re
signed because the constitutional rcvi
&ion commission, of which he is a mem
ber, rejected, on the ntlvice of two trus
tees of the University of Pennsylvania,
his proposal to have the constitution di
rect that n minimum of $8,000,000 should
be appropriated biennially for tho sup
port of "institutions of higher learning."
Doctor Smith, in explaining his propo
sition, indicated that this sum should bo
set apart for the University of Penn
sylvania, the University of Pittsburgh
and the State College.
A careful reading of the debate in tho
commission leads to tho conclusion that
the proposition was rejected not because
the commission wns opposed to the ap
propriation, but because It was opposed
to naming any specific sum in the consti
tution. An amendment, offered by an
other member of the commission, naming
the three institutions which Doctor Smith
had in mind, was also rejected because
the commission decided that it was just
as inexpedient to name any institutions
as to fix any specific sum to be appro
priated. All those who are opposed to lumber
ing up a constitution with specific legis
lative provisions will conclude that tho
commission acted wisely. The amend
ment which the commission finally
adopted provides that tho state shall
maintain by sufficient appropriations an
educational system from tho primary
school to the university. This leaves to
the Legislature decision ns to the amount
to be appropriated and as to the institu
tions of higher education to receive the
money. It is incredible that Doctor Smith
resigned because tho commission differed
with him.
But the future of the University of
Pennsylvania remains as uncertain as
ever. Nothing has been done in Harris
burg this winter toward deciding whether
it, with the University of Pittsburgh and
the State College, shall become the edu
cational wards of the state or not.
We are told that these three institu
tions arc private corporations rather
than exclusively state educational agen
cies. Yet each looks to the state for aid.
As a matter of fact, they arc neither
privatcnor public institutions, whatever
they may be in theory. And they suffer
from this indeterminate position.
When private benefactions are sought
the solicitors arc reminded of the state
appropriations and are asked why the
General Assembly does not take care of
them. And when the General Assembly
is asked for an adequate sum for their
maintenance the petitioners are reminded
that the trustees ought to secure larger
endowments from private sources.
Whatever may be the problems of the
other two institutions, the local Univer
sity feels itself handicapped by the in
adequacy of its private endowment and
by the failure of the General Assembly
to assume full responsibility for its main
tenance. As a result there arc friend- of the in
stitution who are urging it to cut its
garment to fit the cloth. They wish it to
restrict its activities, to abandon all
projects for expansion and to limit the
number of students by the various de
vices to which.institutions short of money
have been compelled to rcort.
Members of the faculty, however, per
suaded that any such course would be dis
astrous, arc doing what they can to
create sentiment in favor of closer rela
tions between the slate treasury and the
University.
The whole problem
mcntnU financial. If
an adequate in onie,
i- in its funda
ie University had
no matter from
what source, theie
would be no serious
discussion of its relations to the state.
The University received from the state
in the last biennial appropriation $1,321,
000. Doctor Smith leminded tho consti
tutional revision commission that Minne
sota granted li-r .-tatc university for
1919 and 1920 tin- sum of $8,000 000 for
maintenance and $2,000,000 for new
buildings. But the University of Minne
sota is u ward of the suite. The Legi
laturc is bound to support it and it ful
fills its obligations. The University of
Pennsylvania i neither a ward of the
state nor an institution cared for by pri
vate beneficence.
If it is to continue to fulfill its proper
functions and to expand to meet the de
mands of its constituency something
must bo dime to provide for it money
enougli to carry on its work. If it does
not expand it will contract. It cannot
.stand still.
The country is increasing in popula
tion every decade, and the demand for
higher education is growing more rapidly
than the population. In 187." there were
only about 2,i,l00 students in the colleges
and universities of the United States.
Today there are more than 200,000. The
University of Pennsylvania alono has
almost o'tie-lialf as many students as
theie vere in all the colleges in the coun
try in 1R7".
There are two reasons for the increas
ing number of students in tho colleges.
One i the increasing wealth, which en
ables parents to give their sons and
daughters tho best education obtainable,
whether it is to be used professionally or
not. And the other is that higher educa
tion has vindicated itself commercially.
Men of technical training, which can bo
obtained only in the colleges, proved their
value during the war and convinced
thousands of wkoptics that tho colleges
arc worth while. This means that tho
pressuio o'n the colleges will increase
rupldly in tho near future in order that
tho ileinand for truined men may bo sup
plied. f- l . i is of the highest im-
y
- . s ' ."VI" '
EVENING PUBLIC IiEDGER rfiILAI)EL1IA, SATffiiPAY,' pj$tik ' fy"
portnnce that some way bo found by
which the University of Pennsylvania
Can continue to srve the city and the
state as the population increases nnd as
the demands on the resources of the in
stitution become more pressing.
THE PRESIDENT'S OPPORTUNITY
THE senatorial trend towanl ratifica
tion, of the peaco treaty heavily in
creases tho weight of Mr. Wilson's re
sponsibility. It is now clearly evident
that a conciliatory word from the Presi
dent would enable the forces of compro
mise to triumph over what remains of
servile political obstinacy In both camps.
Tho dictatorial Mr. Lodge has been
already rebuked by those Republicans
who supported the reservation framed by
a Democratic senator from Montana
concerning American appointments to
league bodies or agencies.
The hard-shell partisanship which has
held up the treaty for so many months
is unquestionably cracking. Tho fruits
of the bipartisan conferences which os
tensibly withered seem to bo blooming
again, despite Mr. Lodge's directions. ,
But tho silent taskmaster in tho White
House continues to embarrass the sena
torial representatives of his party. Mr.
Hitchcock would doubtless be delighted
to profit by the first really significant
wavering In the Republican ranks which
has appeared since the treaty was pro
nounced "dead" last autumn. The chance,
however, that Mr. Wilson may pocket the
treaty if the reservations fail to conform
to his original program paralyzes tho
spirit of independent personal Initiative
which has lately been so heartenlngly nt
work.
Notwithstanding tiie shrieks of the ir
rcconcilablcs and the persistently per
verse tactics of Mr. Lodge, n sufficient
majority of the Senate Is palpably in
favor of ratifying the treaty. Public
sentiment has long since boert crys
tallized. The American people want tho
pact passed. There is a pervasive feel
ing that no reservations, unless thoy aro
deliberately destructive, can seriously
subvert tho provisions of the document.
In justice to the President it must bo
said that he has had no opportunity to
act ypon the treaty, either untlnkered or
amended. There is always tho possibility
that, like most politicians, ho may bo
demanding a maximum, while prepared
to accept some modification thereof.
On the other hand, the whole blame
cannot be charged to the Senate. The
compromisers have loitered, quibbled and
marked time in default of encouragement
from the proper quarter. If Mr. Wilson
really wants the treaty speeded he can
accelerate it by patriotic concession.
It will not be necessary to eat humble
pie prepared by the chronic obstruction
ists. They are not the men to whom Mr.
Wilson, if he saw clearly, would unbend,
nor do they constitute the two-thirds of
the Senate whose assent is requisite to
ratification.
A NOTE AND NO CRISIS
YX7HATEVER may bo said of the prin-
' ciples advocated by President Wil
son in his participation in Adriatic
affairs, it is undeniable that the edge of
a crisis has been worn almost soothingly
smooth.
The latest note from the State Depart
ment has been received in London and is
ready for delivery to the allied premiers.
Evidences of diplomatic excitement are
not discernible.
While it is possible to construo this
apparent calm as an indication that Mr.
Wilson has lost his influence, the view
that the Dalmatian question is not to be
hastily disposed of is also tenable. It is
worth recalling that one of tho Presi
dent's objections to the allied "settle
ment" of January 20 was registered
against assumptions of finality.
That tho case is still open to discus
sion seems a fair deduction.
EAST AND WEST
A FRAGILE and beautiful bowl of an
cient Chinese porcelain has just been
fold in New Yoik for $:J500. Collectors
say it was worth the money. Craftsman
ship of the sort that went into the making
ol that bit of glaze is still far beyond tho
resources of western civilization.
While the buyer was writing out his
check leprcrtitatlves of the Chinese
Government at Pekin were burning
$100,000 worth of confiscated opium und
issuing another protest against the flood
of morphine that has been finding a way
into the country from Europo and
America since China was closed to opium
truffle.
China tuught the world most of what
it knows about ceramics und a great deal
about decorative art, to say nothing of
printing, philosophy nnd restraint in
thought and speech. Tho West taught
the East all that the East know.: about
science in industry. But it taught the
East to smoke opium, drink whisky und
wear the plug hat. There arc times when
it seems that foreign missions could do
some of their best work at home.
PAGE THE AMERICANIZERS!
A SSOCIA'IIONS and individuals inter
" csted in the advancement of tho work
known lather indefinitely as Americani
zation could do worse than pool their en
orgies und proceed at once to a session
with .Senator Shields, of Tennessee.
Americanization of the Senate has
always appeared like a neglected task.
But Mr. Shields invites special attention.
Not only citizens of Italian parentage,
buff all other peoplo who happen to bo
guided by good tastu and a senso of jus
tice will resent the stupid insult which
he flung ut one section of the population
with tho speech that took "dago" from
the lingo of tho by-streets and planted it
in tho Congressional Record.
Mr. Shields was talking about Fiumc.
Now, it is true that a good many men
who assume to represent tho sentiment
of people of Itulinn birth or parentuge
have been wrong-minded in their view of
I'iume. .Sentiment has blinded them to
a drift of affairs abroad that has tended
directly to new wars and new sacrifices
of Italian lives. Sooner or Inter it will
be apparent to everybody that at Fiump
u pica to the patriotism of Italians
masked a maneuver of a smull group of
imperialists who sought to servo not
Italy but themselves.
Meanwhile a senator of tho United
Sti'JcR pormitfl himself to forgot that the
part of America which is sprung from
Italy has brought warm-hearted loyalty
to this country and that tho characteris
tics which they reveal, their native love
of beauty nnd their devotion to tho fine
nnd simple traditions of life, aro things
that many people born on this side of tho
world might study with profit.
The Italian people In this city who talk
of domanding an apology from Mr.
Shields may do as well to Ignore tho inci
dent. All tho peoples who helped to set
tlo and develop America when they came
here to merge their hopes nnd their ener
gies with thoso of tho country tho early
Germans, tho Irish, the Scotch nnd tho
Welsh were at one time or another con
sidered, apart by tho ignorant nnd tho
illiterate. It is odd, howovcr, to see a
habit so ugly revived on tho Senate floor,
WE ENVY SALVADOR
AT ITS own request' tho little republic
of Salvador has received nti,cxplicit
enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine from
the government of tho United States.
The statement, which has just been for
warded by the State Department, has not
been made public.
Hero is reticence quite as regrettable
ns certain other experiments In secret
diplomacy made sincotho war for "world
freedom. The covenant of the League of
Nations simply groups tho Monroe Doc
trine with "regional understandings,"
guarantees respect for it by tho members
of tho international partnership and
drops the subject.
Senators with a zeal for Americaniza
tion have been discontented with such
curtness and have somewhat more em
phatically reiterated tho provision in
their proposed changes. But explicit
definition of the theme has generally
been withheld. Monroe's dictum of De
cember, 1823, will not entirely suffice now
sinco a feature thereof was a promised
noninterference policy by tho United
States ns regards European affairs.
If tho inquisitivo Central American re
public really knows tho nature of tho
doctrine today she has tho American pub
lic, and perhaps even somo American
senators, at a considerable disadvantage.
It would bo convenient to realize just
what we aro talking about as wo airily
proclaim our adherence to tho cardinal
principle governing relations with our
southern neighbors. The State Depart
ment has an exceptional chance to do the
nation a real service.
Tim president of the
A Tentative Tonnnts' Protective
Suggestion Associa tlou nsked
Major Moore yester
day to use his influence with the sheriff und
the judges so Hint tlipy will net litimuncly on
April 1, else hundreds of fumllles will walk
the streets while their furniture is piled on
the sidewalk. The slicrlfT, for Instance,
might insist that a landlord who desires to
evict a tenant shall tlrot Ik; called upon to
provide hlni with another homo.
Walker I). Hincs, di
Sounds Topsjturvy rector general of rail
roads, has sued two
Now Jersey men for dumuge. done to a train
by colliding with their automobile. This
suggests Artcmus Ward's description of u
fight iu which he once engaged: "With a
dexterous movement l placed my right eye on
his left fist and the ground flew up and hit
mc."
An old Klioi'c Island
Philosophy man after being
snowed in for twenty
five days, according to n dispatch from Prov
idpnee, explained that reading und rheumu
tlfin kept Idin from being lonesome. Guess
that's right. Suppose if n man were cured
of the itch he might spend the rest of his life
bemoaning the fact that ho no longer had nuy
incentive to scratch.
Norse Parliament votes
Lcnguo Jottings to support the Leuguo
of Nations. Nonsup
port charges still pending in United States.
Mild resrrvationi.sts willing to sing, "Half
n league, half it league, half n league on
ward!" World hopeful.
Utile Bound to Bo
Broken
Gloucester High School
prohibiting students
from tullting to one
another from the time, they outer the build
ing until they leave. Five girls suspended
for talking ns they passed in a corridor have
been reinstated. Which is as it should be.
The rule is all right so long ns good judg
ment witiKs at occasional infractions.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
has dn'iced that no mule emplojo receiving
less Ihun Sli.'."i a month will bo permitted to
murr.v without first taking flic matter up with
tho chief clerk. It will be just Cupid's luek
to have the chief clerk u sour old bachelor.
Orpcrhnps it is the bunk's idea to fatten the
pay envelope as a wedding present.
In tho ubsenco of a sutticicnt number of
pluygiouuds, it is un excellent idea of Direc
tor Tustin's to have ccrtuiu streets cleared
of truffle during stated hours so thut the
children muy have their gumes. It is but at)
instunce of the growlug nppreeinthm of tho
fact that u child is the most valuablo asset
nny community can boast.
Hepburn
Headline.
Awaits
"Word on Pine Cut
l
We know what it is. It begins: "The
manufacturer of this tobacco having," etc.
Or, of course, it may bo that Mr. Hepburn
awaits the action of the Methodist Bplscopal
eonferenco nt Atlantic City on the suggested
tobacco drive.
New Yorkers on Thursday tnwr colored
circles around tho moon and were mucii
amazed thereat. But tho causo for amaze
ment was not in the moon's appearance, but
in tho fact that any New Yorkers found the
time to look in thut direction.
If, as is persistently declared, one word
from tho President will bring about ratifica
tion of tho peaco treaty, the country is a unit
in believing that ho. should say the woid.
Tho demand of Polund that tho Bol
shevists enter into peaco negotiations with
out iigreelug to au nrmistico shows n frame
of mind hardly in accord with peace Ideas,
however much it may be Justified by fie
facts.
Tho West lias been outdone. A baby
held up u Chicago truin at Hurrisburg tho
other day ut tho polut of a thermometer, it
had the measles. Dcluv of several hours.
Promiueuce is now being g.ven to (ho
fnct that tho first orchestral numbers go ou
the pay envelopes.
Nine tnoro days in which to worry nbout
your income-tax return.
Metropolitan figures, of course, Include
those in tho chorus.
JUST AS
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
THE supreme council has just been set
ting its mind to Europe's economic prob
lem, which is tho world's economic problem.
It sees three things: One, Europe must
produce more ; two, Europe must econo
mize, the little powers cutting down their
armaments; three, Germauy and Russia must
contribute to the restoration of Europe.
This program mark3 a half-way return to
common Ecnse, '
When tho premiers were making peaco nt
Paris they had thoso ideas: One, Europe
must lean upon the United States; two, tho
jsniull powers must bo encouraged to tight
Russia; three, Germany and Russia must be
tied hand and foot until Engluud and Franco
got a head start on them In manufactures nnd
commerce and until It could be shown thut
the new revolutionary society in Russia was
an economic failure.
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NOW they aro for the restoration of Rus
sia nnd Germany because "Europe is nn
economic unit"; but they arc so with res
ervations. It is explained in inspired journalistic
circles that "if German production is to bo
restored it must be prevented from becoming
what it wns before the war; that is, a
menace of imposing German hegemony upon
tho rest of Europe."
And us regards Russia, while the country
should be raised from its ruins, the men who
prccipltutcd the nation into its present chaos
should not huvo an opportunity of exercising
a mulevolent influence upon allied countries.
As fur disarming, the supreme council ad
dresses "u solemn warning to the smaller
powers" while Franco prepares to have nn
urmy of ,uu(i,iuu men, equivalent to one
of Il.nno.OOO men for tho United States, mid
England plans under Mr. Churchi'l to spend
?('.,0.000,000 this yeur upon its army.
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NOW look nt Europe's production plans.
Fruneo and England must produce, but
not ut tho cost of sacrificing their present
military mastery of Europe.
Gennnny must produce, but not to the
extent of challenging tho economic superiority
of France und England Iu Europe.
Russln must produce, but not by aiiy
ehnncc to such mi extent thut Russian revo
lution may look llko nn economic success.
In other words, Europo must produce, but
not too much.
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STILL sheer need is doing more toward
bringing the world to its senses than
all of President Wilson's preaching did.
A couple of j ears more of starvation nnd
struggling nnder the burden of debt nnd
Europo will see (ho necessity of producing
without reservations nnd of economizing
without reservations.
Littlo will bo left in two years more of
tho pence that was made at Paris, of its vast
dreams of world domination, of tho schemes
for making impossible tho rise of uuy other
power thut might challenge tho victors of
tho Into war militarily or economically, or tho
riso of uny other hoeial system than tho one
that maintained nmong Hut victorious people.
Before tho bnro need to live, tho need to live
Imperially will dlsuppenr.
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TniS one blessing that the wnr left In Its
trull vvus the iinpluenble necessity that
rests upon tho world.
That necessity is doing what President
Wilson could not killing tho old order ot
idcus which brought on tho war and with
which tho victors emerged ut Purls.
"Europo Is uu economic unit," says tho
supremo council.
Think ot the tremendous revolution In that
idea, onco It comes to bo accepted lu ull its
implications.
The war sturtcd with the Idea that Europo
was not un economic unit, but that Ger
many's prosperity could only be assured by
breaking tho economic hold1 upon the world
ufKnglnntl, nnd that lliielniM'fi position
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THINGS SEEM QUTETING A BIT
XeccBslty Is Making the Peace at Europe
a Saner Thing Than Even Statesmen
Planned Problems of the Future
could only be safeguarded by checking the
economic advance of Germany.
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A ND necessity will not only revolutionize
ideas, but it will revolutionize methods.
Whnt docs the world need now more than
anything else?
A revolution in power comparable to the
revolution caused by the Invention of tho
steam engine.
Look ut the possibilities.
A fuel englueer puts It this way: "When
roul is trnnsmuted Into heat, theoretically
you lose 10 per cent of its power. When
hent becomes steam, theoretically you loso
another 10 per cent of power. When steam
becomes electricity, theoretically you loso
another 10 per cent. Thus electricity
should, theoretically, bo 70 per cent of the
power contained in coul.
"Practically, what is it?
"Practieully, on the average, so wasteful
and imperfect ure our methods of developing
power. that,vvc get In electricity only 10 per
cent of tho power in coul. Fifteen per cent
is at present a very good result."
A tremendous revolution in power, one
which would make 'nil tho burden of debt
under which the world lies seem trivial,
would be a method that would give us not
10 but r.O per ceut of tho power that lies in
coal. With tho margin between 10 nud 100
per cent to work ou, the cusc of the world
is not hopeless.
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Nil the man who will mr tlm n.nri,i
will Hid bo some member nt ihn tit.
promo council pnsslng resolutions that Eu
rope is uu economic unit, that Germany nud
Russia me not n part of Europe until they
huio been readmitted to it nnd that Europo
must
fi-eelj us lo upset present imperialisms nnd
social ideuls.
He will be some scientist, r-ome workmau
perhaps, giviug all his mind to the gus en
gine, il may he, trying to turn coul into
power with less than 00 per cent' colnc
list ray. "
i-....,v., unlj ma mi mucii una so
A hen tho industrial eonferenco has com
plcteil its work and Congress bus ...udc au
appropriation for tho starving children iu
Centrul Europe, we may expect to hear a few
wise words from Herbert Hoover concerning
the presidency.
The slicing of Turkey appears to em
brace nil ureas from noso to parson's nose
(, ''l'nrso"'B 'i"-'." let It bo explained to
tho uninitiato, is that pnrt of tho turkey that
is Inst over tho fence.)
China wishes the League of Nutions to
solvo tho Shantung problem. But the league
not yet having all its teeth, may naturally
hesitate before biting off more thuii It can
chew.
J ho Brooklyn muu who swallowed his
false teeth and died outraged precedent
Uu made a fmierul out of what tho world
has grown to consider a howling goof joke
Dixputch from New York tells of an
American soldier, six feet seven luetics long
who complains that lie cau find u0 bed td
fit him. Easy. Let him try twin beds.
The treuty debate brings homo to us tho
flirt flint party lines are very llko nlexnn
ilrlnes: They drug their slow length along,
, ,10 opln,on ,B foreed on us that Phlln
dolphin is modest simply because bh0 bus
never befuro been told just how good she is
Wonder if tho grazing lands of Pomml
a couldn't reduce tho price of Chic....
vaniu
price of Chicago
beef if they were put to use";
Musical comedies are doing their best to
airSh?.1 P"M,C that th0 'fnch s
PASTORAL LIFE
T LOVE tho birds of countrysides
- And bending boughs of spreuding trees.
I like lo hear the meadow larks
And crooning of the honey bees.
I llko the fresh-mown, fragrant hay
And standing shocks of golden grain.
I liko to sec the fields of wheat
And hear the patter of tho rain.
I liko to feel the summer breczo
And hear the rustle of thecorn;
To take my drink from meadow springs
And hear the barnyard cock at morn;
And see the patient, peaceful cowb
That in the sparkling brooklets stand,
As though they tnke their habit from
All tho quiet surrounding land.
T like to sec tbcui wado in ponds
And in tho sweet green pastures graze,
With not a care of day or morrow
1 In their silent, story gnze.
I like to watch tho farmer's horse,
His flouncing tuil nnd bobbing head,
As to tho rugged furrowend
Ho pulls with constant, steady tread,
And turns to trace his course's edge.
Ho tolls for not a cobbler's pay,
But looks unto tho great wldo world
For mcro subsistence, duy by day.
I like to sec the farmer till
And make tho furrows with his plow ;
No better Work is there than his,
Of hnrdcued hand nnd heated brow.
And when he brings tho harvest In
To barns luden'd o'er till they creak,
His life Is rich for tho living,
Wliilc others seem dreary and bleak,
RALPH RANKIN
Street -cleaning contractors ure inclined
to think that Director Winston Is not a hall
bud sort after all. Tho rest of tho populace
is reserving judgment.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. When did General Scott lead an AmcrU
cun urmy Into Mexico City?
2. To what nation docs tho Island of Tor-
mosn belong?
3. Who was Lokl in northern mytholosj!
I. What Ib tho curtilage of a house?
r. Whut Is tho meaning of the term
gouache as applied to painting?
0. To whut common flower are most of our
fruit trees allied?
7. Connecticut formerly hud two capltnh. I
What were they?
8. Whom did Christopher Columbia
murry?
0. Name two common fabrics which are ol
vegetablo origin?
10. How thick Is tho earth's crust?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. In 11)10, the date of the Jast coiniW'J
census, the population of tho Uuitcd
States wus 02.174.015.
2. Tho lust klue of Porluirul was Manoil
II, of tho house of Brnguuza-Cobur;.
3. The iilmnml jint liolnmrs to the rO-0
family.
1. A ronewalk Is n lone niece of crounl
on which long strands of rope un
twisted.
G. Long orgun nines clve low noted.
0. Metallurgist ..Klinnlil h nronounced wit?
tho accent on tho first syllublo m
tho "g" boft us lu tho word giant.
7. ApM Im nn Ixinnrtmit pltV of Iinl''
situated on tho Jumma river ut about
lutlttido 27.10 north and longltuw
78 east
8. Mnrlo Louise, tho second wife '
Nupoleon Bonaparte, bolongcd to t"
Austrian house, of Hapsburg.
0. Beethoven wrote the ,MoonliM
Mntiiitii
10. General Hallor was chief of tho PoM
army in the world war. He wt"Zl
been directing tho Polish opr'"l
iignlnot thu Russian "Ooishvii- -tg
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