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PbllaJelphU. rln4iT. Mirth 10. 10
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Things on which the people expect
tho nctv administration to concen
trate Its attention t
The Delaware riucr bridge.
A, drydock bt'j enough to accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention hall
A bMlMiup for the Ircc I.ibiary.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the teafcr supply
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. THE NEW DAY
iyX NAME," said tho lady, "is
1VJL Mrs. Walter S. Thomson and I
am chairman of the women's Repub
lican city committee, and I lime eutne
to seek some practical advice."
Tom Cunniugham, " presiding for the
moment at the headquarters of the He
publican state committee, was not at
a loss. Tom never is at n loss. He
swiftly suggested word and division or
ganizations and an entente cordiale be
tween suffragist leaders anrl Magistrate
Campbell, Jimmy Carey, Andy Frosch
and others.
This was practical advice, of course.
But to a few people it will bring u mo
ment of melnncholy. Suffragists who
used to talk most eloquently for the
Cause weren't going to ask advice from
sophisticated and disillusioned leaders.
They were going to give it !
A TEST OF OUR ART INTEREST
PENDING definite disposition of the
John G. Johnson pictures, the plan
f pfhlhttlni- nnrttnns nf tho pnllprtinn
f"Ili Memorial Hall has much to commend
1U, ,It Is well known that protruded
storage cierts a deleterious effect on old
safff TTntap flia nnn. lomnn1npt
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arrangement toe enure i.tuu paintings
will eventually enjoy the benefits of pub
lic display and considerate guardianship
In the Park museum.
A test of popular interest in these art
works is also available. Some index of
the appeal of these precious art works
to Phlladelphlans can certainly be re
vealed by the attendance records at
Memorial Hall. Public Interest in this
first opportunity to view the paiutings
should, If sufficiently keen, aid in ex
pediting settlement of a vexed question.
It is unquestionably incumbent upon the
Mayor, the courts and the Art Jury to
co-operate as speedily as possible in
arranging for a permanent home for
such treasures, for the educational value
of this remarkable civic bequest, so brll
llantly reflective" of the development of
art, Is profound.
MARCHING ON! '
VTO ONE would accusa the Board of
Li Education of radical or revolution
ary habits of thought. The board never
flirts with any theory that hasn't had
time to age. Its abhorrence of novelty
is traditional. Yet in the series of
recommendations formulated to increase
the pay of teachers the fintr.ee commit
tee formally establishes a rule which,
in the recent past, was tolerated only in
the economic litany of folk known as
wild-eyed visionaries. This is tho rule
of equal pay for men and women en
gaged In similar employments.
Surely we are getting along. There
are suffragists and labor leaders and
reformers of all sorts who have become
known as rather dangerous liberals be
cause of their advocacy of a principle
now accepted In the very sanctuary of
conservatism. And they are btill travel
ing a hard road to a distant goal.
The new scale of pay suggested for
teachers in this city is not sensational.
Talk of u minimum sulury of $1000 a
year and of u maximum of $1800 In
some grades to be attained after a
service of nine years! -- will sound
strange In this day uud generation. But
the board has doue the best that is
possible under present circumstances.
It" may have stopped, temporarily, the
drift of teachers luto other lines of work.
How great this drift bus become is ap
parent in tho admission of the school
authorities that schools are uctuully
being' closed because of a lack of In
structors. But the new wngo schedule
will not allay unrest among teachers
until tho high cost of living takes n
long fall.
RAZING THE "OLD WALNUT'
OENTIMENTAL regrets over the an-
O nounced raring of the Walnut Street
Theatre are modulated by the promise
that. amodern piaynouse is to be erected
on tho same site. The continuity of
stage traditions at Ninth and Walnut is,
therefore, not really severed. The stir
viral of this footlight inheritance is,
after all, the chief historical asset of
tho theatre.
Physically, tho Walnut today differs
greatly from tho original structure of
180S.' The facade, although venerable,
stark a subsequent change. For a time,
tarly la the last century, tho interior
was arranged as an arena for circus
purposes. Later tbo bouso was reruod-
Hi In conformity with tbo Eiigllsh
, fashion uud contained a pit. (ireut
if actor,-- i-orresi, iooiu, uusnumu,
)a&iu not om wans, givo the trai
Btrt'Htj Adding fame.
tH k&Wt'HH OS t 'WhsUttr aa
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ancient structures ceases to bo wlien It i
rebuilt or whether cxtinctloti waits upon
tbc appcaranco of uu ubsolutely new
dlflce. Tbo celebrated Tlicntrc Kruti
. - ---- -- - ,iun
eals dotes Its cotitlniious life from 10S0,
jet the House of Mollero lias bad sev
eral homes, uud In 1000 the one occupied
sinco the French Revolution was, after
a lire, "restored" in n way that would
havo awakened scant recognition by tbc
first Napoleon.
I'blludelplilntis with regard lo our
theatrlciil traditions should be plonked
that the Thespian spirit will not depart
from it congenial neighborhood. The
Old walnut. as It is affectionately
rilnc,i( cnn bo the better spared because
lts resemblances to the house erected in
the first decade of tho uluctecutb century
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un fomparatnciy few.
WILSON WANTS A MANDATE
ON THE PEACE TREATY
He Is Clearly Seeking to Force th
Ratification Issue Into the
Presidential Campaign
r,
Mil. WILSON'S letter to Senator
Hitchcock was written to hasten the
ratification of the peace treaty it wus
conceived in the wrong temper and
couched in the wroug terms. ,
If It was written for use in -a presi
dential campaign to be fought on the
issue of ratification or rejection it is
admirably suited to Hint purpose.
It is tlituVult to escape the Inference
that Mr. WiNon 'litis given up hope for
ufiirmutUe action by the Seuute, nnd
that he is preparing to take the issue to
the country, os he suggested it should
bo taken in his letter to the Jackson
Day dinner in Washington last Jan
uary. There vim bo no formal referendum
on the subject, because there is no ma
chinery for It. No such refereiulum was
ever contemplated by the frumcit of the
government. The only wi by which
the question can be brought before th"
country is through the attitude on it of
the presidential raudiduio. The oters
cannot express their approval or dis
approval of specific intrrpiHtiitious or
. ... . I
ciin be recorded
on the Senate.
which
win ue uintiiug
Wo already have a President favoring
ratification without change. J'.ut thus
fur he has been un.ible to bring a two
thirds majority of the Senate to his way
of thinking. Wo shnll have both this
President and tho .present Senate in
power until March of next eur. Sn
whatever happens the status quo will;
u.- innn.ra iui uvui i.t mvm- uimiui!..
1 up uiitiou would prefer action in the
immediate
future if it
can be brought
couccssious on
about by
both sides
reasonable
The President,
make concessions.
however, declines to
His letter is a stuud-
put document.
And it is based on what seems to be
a misconception of the fucts. The
treaty has ulreudy been ratified by
Great Britain, France, Italy aud Jnpuu,
ris well as by Germany. It is iu force.
The obligations under the Leaguo-of-Natlons
covenant have been assumed by
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
They have undertaken "to respect and
preserve against external aggression the
territorial integrity nnd existing politi
cal independence of the members of the
league," so far as they are required to
do ho under the covenant.
No reservations or interpretations
which we may make can nffect their
obligations. They are willing to accept
the co-operation of the United States in
the affairs of the league so far ns we
are willing to go. It may be argued
that the Lodge reservation, which pro
vides thnt we assume no obligations
under Article X, save as Congress may
direct, will weaken the force of that
article, and that the other nations
which have accepted the article with no
reservations will decline to respect Its
provisions because we propose to limit
our obligations under it, but this is a
gratuitous assumption.
The validity of the league is not
dependent whollv on the attitude of
the United States. The dlfterenee
betweeu the ratification of Article X
with the reservation as proposed by
Senator Lodge and the ratification ns
effected by the European nations i
really little more than a difference of
method by which the decision to use
force is to be made. Stripped of all
verbiage, the Lodge reservation pro
vides that the United States shall as
sume no obligation to protect the terri
torial integrity of members of the league
or to use military or unvnl force save
as Congress shall direct.
Mr. Wilson remarks that "it must
not be forgotten thnt this article (Ar
ticle X) constitutes n renunciation of
wrong nmbition on the part of powerful
notions with whom we were nssoeiated
in the war." He seems to forget thnf
by ratifying it they have signed and
sealed their renunciation nnd he sug
gests that unless wo enter the league
with Article Xunchunged by tho dot
ting of an i or the crossing of a t there
is danger that the renunciation will be
repudiated and thnt efforts to realize
on the "wrong ambitions" will forth
with be made.
This, we regret to bay, is a gratuitous
insult to Great Britain, Franco and
Italy. It Is the product of Mr. Wilcon's
unfortunate temperament, which has
caused a deadlock iu the Senate; nnd
unless the powers which he criticizes nro
almost huperhuranulv magnanimous it
is likeh to complicate our deullugs with
them in thn immediate future and to
weaken the ery uructiirr of tho League
of Nation itself.
""let, if Mr Wilson ih going to insist
on the ratification of the covenant with
out uny reservations or interpretations
he might us well withdraw the treaty
at once. If he wishes to pit himself not
only against the Senate but against the
rest of the world, that is his privilege
But such a course mukes neither for
domestic hnrmonv nor International
amity. No progress cun be made with
out good faith among those working
together. And nmoug equals there
must be a policy of give und take,
whether the equals be men or nations.
Neither man nor nation can long bet
up as the dictator of a world policy.
With all due respect both to Mr.
Wilson and to the Senate, It must bo
Mild that there has been too much pif
fling over the form of words in the
leoguo covenant.
When the document was first made
public It was regarded ns a somewhat
Impotent contract, but it was welcomed
as a step in the right direction. Tho
advocates of international arbitration,
while admitting all Its weaknesses, wcro
frank enough to say that It went further
than they had thought pobslblo when
tho pence commission begun its ses
sions. It wag the formal admission
that something must be. done by mutual
agTCCBJent.arhonj' nations vif war was to
mWrnW J'W totHth
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reservations. I ne tan merely ote lor , exhibits nn nttiljide of mind wlneli Hie
or against candidates pledged to suppoil ,ier looking fou u leader in the.se pi r
or oppose the trentv. Hut no inundate i nicotic dnvs run r..s.m.i f- it. ...,..
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EVENING PUBLIC
russlon in udvnnce of war was thought
to be Its most valuable feature, nnd It
was criticized because no arrangement
was made for enforclug by arms any
decisions that might be reached. And
it was admitted then that the use of
force was left to tho discretion of each
member of the league.
But In tho United Slates nlonc the
question of the use of force is that on
which tho friends and opponents of tho
eoxcnuiit bavu divided. It bus been
made a partisan political question, nnd
for the exigencies of n presidential cam
paign the President is pinning his faith
tn u form of words which, ns n matter
of fad, has not nnd never will have
any moro binding force than the public
sentlmejit of the world chooses to give
to it. 2t is an unfortunate muddle and
ono which Is discouraging to Ibosc who
have hoped that full-grown men were
uhlc to put away childish things
HOOVER
HOOVER'S admirable letter to
M1!;,
RqJph Arnold recalls the Ptmtrk of
President 'Wilson in a previous mtn
paJRil that "the oflice goes to the man
who thinks leust tibout it."
A3illo Mr. Hoover is not uu.twni'e of
the itfforts of men to bring about his
nomination for the president, he
sajs flint "to go out nnd tr to per
suade the public to call mo is opposed
to my fvery instinct."
Ho wsim a Progressive Republican be
fore tho wnr, n nonpartisan during the
war nni is now an independent Pro
gressive, objecting to the reactionary
group in tho Republican pari jtut ns
much an to the radical group lu the
Democratic party.
He is Interested in issues just now
and not In men. He bellevo in nartj
organization so long ns Its purpose is
primarily to secure the adoption of
policies rnther than to promote the for
tunes of individuals. Ho insists Hint lie
"not n htruildler on nn Issue." 'rims.,
who have read his previous speeches nnd
letters had discovered this fact lug
ago.
The letter i rcfrrshlnc hienu-e it
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K not mjiiii that he inns!: run for
the presidency because there Is no on
eKe capable of doing the things Hint
shouW be done. He is saying in effeet
that wo should ugrec on the things
which ought to be 'done nnd then select
the bent inuu to do tlietn. His lutest
utterance will bring him to the famr-
ahle attention of hundreds of voters
,, ,invP i.jtherto paid little heed lo the
ij,, ;1U(),lt njni
Much hits happened
Dear Coal for tho niui-e the demands
Dear Public of the anthracite
conl miners were
fiirmulatid last August, nnd doubtless
there was full cogainucc of the fact
when the dcniuiids were presented to the
operator yesterday. It has been brought
home to both sides, for instance, that
the public is a thiiid party to all agree
ments mndo. und the public must he
satisfied.
A dispatch from
Ho Wore Kilts London imparts the
thrilling news thnt
Kiug George has his trousers creased on
he sides instead of down the center. Wi
suspected hOtnething of the kind. Wc
caw a picture of him when he had 'em
sit the tailor's.
A number of Georgln cotton brok
ers face charges of conspiracy to reduce
the price of low-grade cottou. What
ever the verdict of the court, the great
tribe of producers will insist on consid
ering them benefactors rather than
malefactors.
And when the country lenrns who it
was that told Admiral Sims not to let
the British pull the wool over his eyes
it will be explained that the gentleninn
was merely speaking in a Pickwickian
m use.
Ice jams on the Susquehnnnn are
being bombed by planes with TNT.
Doubtless the bombers nre clever bhot,
but, just the same, we arc glad we are
not dwellers on the bunks of the river.
Everyday poem in thevUnlted States
nto '
Senate :
T'nct
Hacked.
Study of the Bergdoll ens.. ..orms
to show that tho hold of tho law giows
tighter on the slacker.
At this stage of the game Philadel
phia is not willing to be judged by her
piers.
May the pinching of two boys for
stenling a dinner bo spoken of as a pro
visional nrrost?
There is nt least no possibility of
the President being misunderstood on
the question of Finnic
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 When did Hie BrlMsli capture
Jerusalem?
" What was the first name of Mozart,
tho composer?
3. What la psyehopraphy"
4. What Btatn lies between the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers?
5. In whose ndrnlnlstrntlon did thn
Senate reject a treaty providing for
1 he acquisition of Santo Domingo
bj the United States'
0 Who wrote "Jim Bludso' '
7 What Is a "femo-covnrt" n law?
S. What Is tho correct pronunciation
of tho word lichen?
0. Namo two fabrics of animal origin.
10. Whnre waa the Venus an Mllo dls-
c (ivftred?
Answers to Yesterday's Quls
Henry Pabot Lod&n is chairman of
the syonate foreltm relations com
mittee Oliver Hazard Terry defeated the
Hrltlsh fleet at the battle of Lake
Krlo on September 10, 1813.
The heraldic term fess or fesse.
means two horizontal lines as a
bar across the middle of thu Held
on a coat of arms.
John Cabot, discoverer of North
America, was a native of Italy.
The nlr Is light when Uie barometer
falls
The witch hazel plant blooms as Us
leaves are 'dying.
Henry White was a Republican
member of tho Ametn.au p&ace
commission to the Paris con
ference. 1
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7.
Tlio Shetland Islands lie In the
jNortn riea to uie nortneast of
Scotland.
a rsme-soie in jaw is a spinster, a
wiaow or a married woman
entirely Independent of her hus
band us regards property.
John Arbuthnot. u Scotch physician,
who died in 1735, U credited with
10,
being the originator of the sym
Vtnlli') 1 nhot-nntati til Thn U11II
his .satire, latory ot. 38
In
puu- proiiane&'W Kia.
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LEDGEEr - HILABELPHXA:, WEDNESDAY, MAEOH SO,. 1920
THE GOWNSMAN
Trees and Universities
THERE nre several things that you
can do with n tree. Ilnvlng planted
It fnvorably, you may tend nnd protect
It from pests nnd frosts j you may trim
It in time. If need be, to insure n
sounder nnd moro symmetrical growth
uud let flic suu nnd the seasons nnd the
rain develop it to mnttirity und fruit
fulness. Or jou may change your mind
about it. lop It Into 11 bare flagpole,
cut it into timber before it is ripe or
rcud It out If you are strong enough
by tho roots. The thing that you cun
not do with a tree or a university is
to forco it back to the stngo of n sap
ling when It bus grown big iu bulk nnd
girth. It was a pretty and graceful
young thing in the old days; not much
timber in it, not n great deal of shade
for those who needed protection, nor
any fruit as jet to speak of. But it was
attractive for it private lawn, a pleasing
object for the amateur horticulturist
who could cut back its branches into
quaint experimental shapes and allow
only the children of the best families of
tho immediate neighborhood to picnic
about it.
HUMAN Institutions present n star
tling likeness to things ultimate, like
trees, or, for another example, like our
own children. You tuuy be responsible
for their being, you may guide them und
seek to control their development; but
there nre subtle laws of nature lu both
which nro bejond jour handicraft to
interfere with. And ns to Institutions
and children, it is nmii.lng how mnnj
survive parental meddling.
THE Gowtistnan remembers when nn
eminent physician, Dr. William
Pepper, with a vision far beyond his
time, took our little Pennsylvania,
which hnd languished respectably M0
years, and transformed it Into n poten
tial university. It was Provost Pepper
,ho saw n score of things in the mind's
eje which nre today existing nnd llour
I ishing realities. He saw not only inn -,
lerlal enlargement nnd took the means
j to accomplish it, but he suu a greater
usefulness to the city and the state at
I large, nn educational system organized
inlo n sympathetic uuitj from the pri
mary school to the professional schools,
a greater popular liilliieuce permeating
1 our society for good. And he saw as
1 well the aristocracy of scholarship: for
only the few, the picked men and those
who cun make saciiltccs to attain schol
111 ship. The Gownsmitti never passes
the seated statue which the careless mny
see across) the street as they go to
Franklin Field thut he does not met
aphorically tnko off his hat to this
prophet, this true founder of the unl
crsity idea in the University of Penn
sjlvuniu. NOW it is just tills, the university
idea, which is in peril at this mo
ment, it the notions of the little colle
gians nmong the alumni of Pennsylva
nia should come to prevail. Oxford is
n hnelj place and hullowed with mem
ories. It is not for its exquisite medi
eval architecture, its stained glass, its
relic . its honorable past that Oxford
still holds it-s place of leadership iu the
cdiicutiiiuul world. These things may
renih the little collegians. The rest of
tho world reveres Oxford for the men
she has mndo nud is still making, for
her scholars, for the poets she has in
spired; aud recognizes ihut as the world
now wags even Oxford will have to look
to her laurels in tbc wider competition,
tin1 more varied opportunities, the
greater openness of spirit that the edu
cntion of our times. English as well as
American, demnnds. The college con
ceived of ns n country club is nnotlier
very pretty little notion : a pleusnnt
place of sojourn, not too far from New
York, wherein our gilded youth, incus
urably removed from contamination
with femininity except as properly
chaperoned by mamma nnd from con
tact with the vulgar fellows who go to
college to study, may play games to
keep up their physique und attend
classes so os not intellectually to rust.
There is happily no such place, but this
Is not altogether so far from the in
genuous imiigiuiugs of some of our little
collegians.
is n university, after all?
W First
irst and foremost. 11 university is
an aggregation of scholars scholars
who are, scholars to be. And it Is u
greot or a little university on the basis
of the scholarship which it contains and
upon no other basis whntsoeer. Nuin
b;is? Any crowded town cau beat it.
Wealth? Any bank Is its peer. Build
ings? It cannot compete with nhut the
municipality erects In nny big city.
Age? Methuselah was older. Even in
the matter of a collection of hooks, an
ironmaster or nn oil magnate cnn put
the best of our universities to blush.
First nnd last, u university is nn aggre
gation of bchninrship; scholars who are,
scholars who nre to be all the rest Is
the body and like all other bodies cor
porate, sustaining, necessury, but schol
arship is alone the soul.
TrlIEBEFOBE quite a noe
idea bus
occurred to
jour Gownmnn. Whv
not heed the opiuion of the expert?
Education nppenis to be the only sub
ject extnnt in which you engage nn ex
pert the Gownsman hud written
"pay," but expunged it the only sub
ject in which jou engnge nu expert, he
repeats, and then never accept his oplu
Ion. And the experts In this case ap
pear to he unanimous in their recognl
tlou of the university idea for Ponnsvl
vania, the ideu conceived by Provost
William I'epper, adhered to by Provost
Harrison, extended and fostered by
Provost Smith the ideu which rccog'-
ulzes the mutual obligations of the
state nnd the L'niversitj, which offeis
equal opportunities to all who cun use
thciUf which means growth, usefulness,
adaptabihtv . udherence to the good In
tho old, progress, to the best in the new.
Wi
CAN cut off the sun Hnd shower
aro to be s0 unwise; we can teach fewer
subjects to fewer students nnd. raising
our fees, increase the slnndnrd of our
respccuMui.v. not 01 our scholar-
snip; we can even engage 11 11
of confornnt in belief from the large
choice which this center of capital af
fords us to regulate social, political nnd
even religious opinion ; but we cannot,
by these or any othpr meuns, make tho
grent oak of the University of Pennsyl
vania once more a shadelesH, fruitless
sapling, Tho result of these lahors in
retrogression will be a log out of which
'""""riiiiiin
to hullil cotnns lor little coiiryluiis.
Instead of increasing Germany's ceo-
noraic power in order to enable her to
pay her debts, it might be the part of
wisdom to wipe out that portion of her
debt she is unable to pay without in
creasing her economic power.
The proposal thnt the Hrltlsh sell the
West Indies to the United States will
not ttud favor with the makers (and
consumers) of Jamaica rum.
Wonder if thu powers couldn't get
H. O. of h, to drivo Turkey out of Eu
rope? He pretty nearly drove It out of
America last November and December.
Opponents of Sunday baseball have
been Btruck out by the (supreme Court.
They might enter individual suits for
larceny lor every naso noien.
Students of Germauv are incllnp.l't,.
believe tht those. Mha. cat humble pie
jwwi.vy ym inn ueaua-,
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TAFT DISSECTS WILSON
Says His One-Track Mind Runs True to Form and Would
Destroy All Rather Than Yield a Minor Point
H.v WILMAM II. TAFT
7'roni the Public Ledger Todau,
Copyright, 10S0, bu Public Ledger Co,
MU. WILSON is "running true to
form." His one-track mind mani
fests itself again. In the fourteenth
point of hii message of January S,
101S, he outlined Article X. He it was
who put it into tho treaty. Ho left his
mark on the treaty in two particulars;
first, iu framing Article X, nnd, second,
in his opposition to courts and the de
velopment by them of International law.
lie jhus weakened much the machinery
for the settlement of controversies in
the league, and left tho provisions in
this regard such that nil concede the
necessity for amending them.
It Is this feature of the treaty which
Mr. Itoot has been invited by the other
nations, nnd not by Mr. Wilson, to
nssist in strengthening and reframing.
Article X Is unquestionably un im
portant part of the treaty in its declara
tory effect and In its warning to robber
nations. One may well regret its being
weakened. Practically, however, Art
cle XVI nnd Article XVII, holding all
nations to n penalizing universal boy
cott of a natiou which begins wnr in
breach of its eouveuuut, ure more im
portant. They como into operation at
once upon the beginning of war, while
Article X will generally not have ap
plication to u war until its purpose of
couquest is tnude manifest. But Mr.
Wilson is unable to see any good in the
treaty when his particular part of it is
weakened, nud so he Is prepared to
throw it over cntirelj nnd sacrifice the
00 per cent value of tho treaty because
of a loss of 10 per cent.
That difference betuien the effective
ness of the treaty without the reserva
tions und that of the treaty with them
is, according to the judgment of Mr.
Hoover, wdio was iu Paris during the
entire making of the treatj and who Is
ns well ndvlsed as to its probable prac
tical usefulness ns any mun living.
Mr. Wilson ignores the situutiun in
which lie will lind himself when the
trentv is defeated, lie speaks of re
tiring gracefully from the league. Ills
lilen. of crnco apparently is in his tact
fill reference to France nnd its present
government, so well calculated to pro
mote good feeling betweeu us mid our
allies. His criticism of Article X is
upparently directed us much ugiiinst the
reservations to thnt article, which a
majority of the Democratic senators
have already ottered to the Republicans,
us It is ugainst the I.odgu reservations
on the subject.
Indeed, there is no distinction iu sub
stance between theso reservations.
It isperfectb npparent that thu Dem
ocratic senators would like to ratify
the treaty and that Mr. Wilson, in
what he says, bus greatly troubled
them. It is not likely, however, that
they will buve the courage, to put the
concrete responsibility on liim of re
jecting the trentj.
They .will probably nssunie it them
selves for party reasons.
Mr. Wilson by his course baa suc
ceeded in doing what teemed impos
I 11 l tl, heclnnlni? In. hair the
support and sympathy of the people of
tho nations with whom this treuty wus
mude. Ho had the support of his own
6 arty nnd of u substantlul group of the
lepubltcun party. Ho bad tbo support
of a group of uctive, prominent men
who bad .favored a league long before
he embraced the Idea, uud who have
been constant in upholdiug it ever
since. He has succeeded in alienating
all of these supporters, though he bus
perhaps retained, through thu strength
of party cohesion uud not through
any real agreement or nyiuputhy with
his view, enough of bis party colleagues
in the Senate to wreck that which
would have stood In the history us his
work, entitling him io the gratitude ot
ihn world.
Mr. Wilson says that unless he re
tains Article X us ho drafted It In the
treaty he cannot look into the fnecs of
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
METROPOLITAN OPERA CO., N. Y,
TU13B.
a." IL TR0VAT0RE
llmti. Muilo, Matzenaur. J!i
Zanelll. Maxtlno. Conductor, Papi.
Beats 1I0S Chestnut St. Wal UU
MM. Crlml.
I Race 67.
ACADEMY This Evg. at 8:15
Violin
&P0LK
Recjti
RUDOLPH
jrkti Stwf ..1U8 ChesL, , f 1.(0,-11, -U
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"OH, FOR A CHANGE OF DIET!"
.-? v L-i.eQS&faH
our soldier boys who helped to win this
war. Ho mny well ask himself whether
he can look them iu the face when, in
his stubborn rule-or-ruin policy, he
shall have deliberately destroyed nny
possible chance of-international nr
rangement to clinch the purpose of the
war and justify their sacrifices.
Ilrldgc boosters see underground
work in. the suggested tunnels.
Tho news from Herlln that IUu
denburg has agreed to run for president
is confirmation of the prophecy of U. F.
Kospoth, Evening Public IjCdoer
PHILADELPHIA'S FOREMOST THEATRES
MATINEE TODAY 2S
HURRY to the BROAD
Geo. M. Cohan's Smashing Hitl
THE NEW STAR
GEORGES RENAVENT
In the New Play of n Thousand Laughs.
THE
IRRESISTIBLE
GENIUS
By JOHN T McINTYRE & FRANCIS HILL
Philadelphia Critics
All Shout "Success!"
NEXT WEEK SEATS TOMORROW
EUGENE O'NEILL'S
NEW PLAY
a
CHRIS"
With EM.MI 'IT CORRIOAN
LYNN FONTAN.Vt: and ARTHUR ASHLEY
d iimrTio.N up t.titnciii; c TVl.i: 1 1
GARRICK MAT. TODAY
EVENINOS, 8 sir.
SURE-FIRE WYNNERl
wB&lffiWfmsM
A JOYOUS. JAZZY. MUSIC REVUE with a
"Wynn-lng" Chorus i,f Youthful Feminine
Loveliness,
HOOK AND BONOS RY KP, WTNN
FORREST MAT. TODAY
EVfcNINQS, 8:15
PHILADELPHIA IS REVELINU
IN THE FEAST OF
FUNvAND FRIVOLITY IN
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DANCERS AND FUN-MAKERS
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DANCING LESSONS dr
A Teacher for Each Pupil aj
Individual
Instruction
Exclusive Method
Mirrored Studio
1(120 Chestnut
OFFICE 309
Locust aiOj
CORTISSOZ SCHOOL
WALNUT Mttt- '"or.. 28c to 7Bc.
' Evenlns, i'3o to $t,S0
"7 DAYS' LEAVE"
Overseas Romance of Lov and Valor
ORK11NAL NEW YOnK PRODUCTION OF
THE OBBAT ALLIED VICTORY PLAY
University Extension Society
WifliArnnnnn TTn11 HVinlrvlif nt o.ie
NICHOLAS DOUTY, tenor
Lectur-no!tal,"Tha Composer of the West"
Tickets. BOo and 7Bo
Ce Walnut Ab. 8th. Mat. Today.
asmo THE sportin6
aouu WIDOWS .
fTDiV! A PDflsTV ntmr ctMruxf'
i AivAvrrsWkirj;4'!fi"
L nisjmimi. M'ftHlf
A
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tP.Y
correspondent nt Geneva, Switzerland.
It but remains to confirm the rest of his
prophecy: that Hlndenburg's incum
bency means merely n scat-warming for
tint return of the monarchy.
Now thnt wc know tho. real neces
sity for a belt line, let us buckle to it.
Market St. ab. 10th. 11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
ELSIE FERGUSON
In Paramount-Artcraft Photoplay
"HIS HOUSE IN ORDER"
Rased on Sir Arthur Wine Plnero's Play.
PALACE
. .. 1L'H MARKET STREET
10 A. M.. 12. 2. 8:4R. B:4B. 7:4B. 0:30 P. M.
A .HOUL-STIRRINO ADAPTATION FROM
AUGUSTUS THOMAS' PI.AY
THE COPPERHEAD
WITH
LIONEL BARRYMORE
In Rolo He Created In Stags Version
A"R C A D I A
CHESTNUT HELOW 10TH X
10 A. M.. 12. 2. 3:45. 3:13. 7:45. U;30 P. M
IRENE CASTLE
IN TIRST SHOWINGS OF
"The Amateur Wife"
A
PARAMOUNT-ARTCRAFT PICTURE
ADDED
Harold Lloyd Comedy
NEW
V I C T 0 R -I A
MARKET ST ABOVE NINTH X
0 A. M. to 11:1B P. M.
ANITA STEWART
IN THE RACINO MELODRAMA
"IN OLD KENTUCKY"
A Wonderfully Spectacular Production
CAPITOI
v 724 MARKET STREET u
10 A. M., 12. 2. 3:43. 3:45, 7:13. 0:30 P. M.
ETHEL CLAYTON v -..
Thurs.. Frl Sat "MARY'S ; ANKLE"
DUrCMT MARKET ST. Bel. 17TH
KtbillNl DOROTHY GISH
m "MARY ELLEN COMES TO TOWN"
11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
MARKET STREET
contMOT
VAUDF.VII 1 F
MAbLL BE CAREFUL"
DiU Hamilton and Her Jai Band
B ROADWAY Uroa Snyder Ave.
,,,A., . . 213. n:4BAP. M.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT
WALLACE REID "Douan,.
CROSS KEYS MARKET ST. Bol". 60tb
NANA & CO TOnPBicfi'gkW
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E I T H ' S
1 LEON ERROL
'" T?fJe(ly B"a'n. "THE QUEST"
William Gaxton & Cn.
Prenentlne "THE JUNIOR PARTNER'
o.al& ,nr.nl! Stanton: Breen Fariilly
fiampsel & Leonard,
Fm-nllv.
and Othei; Stars'
THIS WEEK ONLY
Mat. Toddy Tonight at
8:30
Percy Burton Presents
LOWELL
THOMAS
WITH
The Last of the Crusaders
Allenby in Palestine and Arabia
.v.ilnJ.-Ara?lal. N'Khts' Entertainment
Which Took J.ondon and New Yori hv ,-
The ()0,o6o Production of 0?J? sunSmftni
People and 00,000 Camels ,0()
METROPOLITAN oprau'iiooau
Matlneea Tomorrow, Friday & SatuVday W,"o
'omor,, 25c to II. SEATS NOW On'salk
)ontown Ticket Office. 1108 Chestnut n..
t Metropolitan Box Office I after "iSo1 p,t
Mat.
AUADEM1 OF MUSI?
uoees-S
SIROLIVER LODGE
First time here in hi. most fa.c.n.Un
"Tho ContiRulty of ExUtcnerf'
Tlcke... 7Bc to H. jt ii'iB1f.X,!.fc.iS!?.C?.t
l Ata
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SATURDAY. 2 !1B VvimS K.SSBrX !"
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ORPHEUM MajTromWrtiw. siSTsHSr1
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fitlL.tllu.i.t Um - L.iOiNU
jLiirecuon lu'-iy a j. j,
ADELPHI?rT'8$i0R
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MABEL'S ROOM
WITII ITS UNEQUALLED CAST '
Hazel,ADawn, Walter Jones,
John Arthur and Enid Markev
AND TUB SUPPOTlTINfl COMPANY
OP EQUAL MEIU'r ""u
SCORED A HOMExRUN
TIID NEWBFAFEIl WI8EACIIES
UNANIMOUSLY IIEPOIIT
"A hlshly amualng- serial lauah In thre tn.
stalments." Inquirer. "" ""
MA two hours' orgy or funmaklntr thnt h.
seldom been witnessed on any rhllmlelnnu
stage." Record. "
"The greatest collection of Farceurs thit hs.
ever been oeeembled." Press, v
"A sheer delight." Kvr. Ledger.
"The wall of 4h Playhouse fairly rorVM
with laughter." Public Ledger. y WXM
MA lot ot playgoers are going to like It."
AN EFFICIENT 03-OBdTnATIONI,OF
BEAUTY, IAUailTBIli SXAUTLlNo ANn
AMUSING SITUATIONS 11ESULT. sue;
CESS, uv
TVRTr Evgs., 8t20. Mats.
Lt 1 Ivlv Today and Sat. at 2:20
MAT. TODAY, Best Seats $1.00
"MR. HODGE mv bulletin
AT HIS BEST" cLEn"0
WILLIAM
HODGE
IN HIS GREATEST SUCCESS
"THE GUEST OF HONOR"
Chestnut St. opraiA Nightaat8:15i
MATINEE TODAY AT 2:1B
"The Hhow That Has Eerythlng"
CM. ANDERSON'S
"A Doen Shous In One." Record.
FORTY FLEET FRIVOL CHORUS
FUN EXPERTS OF F1FTI
"Tho People 8houM Love It." l'ub. Ledger
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ONE
GOOD SHOW
DESERVES
ANOTHER
AND
Pop. Mats,
Wed,
2000
Scats $1.00
P
WMOL&
TOWN
IPVE9
IS THAT
GOOD SHOW,
WHATEVER THE'
OTHER MAY BE
GOOD OLD '
MR. AND MRS. AUDIENCE
AND A GOODLY
SPRINKLING OF THEIR
VARIOUS DESCENDANTS
ARE RIGHT ON HAND
EVERY NITE AT THE
3HUBERT
TO EXTEND A
ROUSING WELCOME TO
THE MERRIEST AND
BRIGHTEST OF ALL
MUSICAL SHOWS
BEST LOOKING
CHORUS
IN TOWN
BEHOLD A
VISION
THAT
WOULD
CREATE
PANIC IN
THE
r-uo4atsy,v?r.
GARDEN OP
THE GODS
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"m&
A HALF BqUARE FROM EVERYWHERE
Excellent Danco Musio
Begim 0 P. M.
Refined Entertainment
of
Exceptional Merit
NIGHTLY AT 0:30 and 11 :
SAM JONES HAND-SAJV ARTIST
ANNA DE MILITIA. Harpist
TEMPLETON.
TOMQRAH & LYNN
Ponrs and Dances
MINA SCHALL
Tho Personality flirt
BLANCHE LEGARDE
Classical Dancer
DYER & SANDS
Two Dirts From th Land of Harmonr
HELAINE LYNN
filnrlni Comedienne
SPECIAL
SHAMROCK NIGHT
Next Wednesday, March 1 7th
laVDRYBODY WILL nw TirERB .
ACADEMY OF MUSIO
BOSTON WJ., War 17. t !
SYMPHONY soloist
orchestra Emmy Destinn
Plcrro MorttOUX Tickets now on sal M
Conductor ' n.nn. lllOChestnU!
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