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Phll.ittlphl.. ThunJ.y, Mirth 11. 1K0
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tA FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tlilnra nn tvlilrli tli nenliln eltect
' tlio new iiilinliilatrntloii to roncen-
trnte Ita uttentlon:
'The Delaware river bridge.
LA drudock bin enough to accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit syj-
l- tern.
A convention nail.
A biilMltii; for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
r Bnloroemcrif of the water supplu.
L Homes to accommodate the popula
tion.
ANOTHER HALL MYSTERY
.JN EVEHY city there are luws for the
punishment of any one who permits i
Obstructions in the immediate proximity '
ijt fireplugs, lu the cilj "s contracts with
atreet-cleauing companies it 1-. explleitl) ,
provided that snow must be cleared from i
Imtll llin nlilnu tml I It n . filing .. Ill tin '
uvui .i.- .ii.n uiiti null ihiv ..ill ui.
imposed if this Is not done.
Tho officials of the tire bureau were
recently moved to complain bitterly be
cause their men had been hampered by
the failure of the contractors to ob
serve this rule. The lines provided for
in the contracts were remitted by Mr.
"Vlnstou. Why this was done uo one
Knows. The firemen do not know.
J-hc new cliief of tlio strect-clcauinc i
bureau seems to have been pretty ef
fectually gagged. It may be proper to
remind the head of the Department of
Public Works that the people would
rather know too much about their own
affairs thun too little.
IN THE RIGHT PLACE
GIFFOltD PIXCHOT is an expert
forester. He bus devoted more time
to the study of forest conservation than
to,any other subject. It was his dom
" Inont interest for many jears.
u Governor Sproul, who has taken Mr.
jMnFncliot from the forestry commission
anu maue mm state torester. lias tlone
well. The gossips say that the action of
the Governor is due to his deire to at
tach the Progressive Uepublieaus in the
state to him through the influence of
Jlr. 1'inchot : but he denies that there
was any politics in the appointment.
Until oidcuce is offered to prove the
contrary, it will be beet to assume thnt
the compelling rcu&on behind the ap
pointment is the desire of the Governor
to put the work of forest couonation
iti the hands of a man about 1iom' in
terest In the subject tlieie is no doubt.
Mr. Pinchot is now In the right place.
INDEMNIFYING THE PIPER
rplIU piper is sometimes late in nr
X rhing with his bill. Hut he iilunvs
lj'os to be paid and there is no repara
tions commission to soften his demands.
( the Hoard of I'ducutioii were better
Aware of this and if the teachers in th"'
boys' schools were disposed to think of
causes while the; complain about ef
frets there would be more of logic and
Vatlence apparent on both sides of the
iliscus.sion i(lutie to school salaries
Wages arc sliumcfullj low ir iho
Schools. Other cities that ..ij ji lower
tax than ours paj better salaries to their
caching stuffs. The iiiipoerishment of
he public cdiicationul system was iu
cvltablc under a flagranti wusteful po
litical system which most people ac
cepted until recently without complaint.
,.JIoney that j-bould hae been rescned
or the fechools hus been dicrtcd in a
jiundred was
I Where it lia- gone is suggested in tlio
current astouihing reports of waste in
the upkeep of small iit parU . An
hrniy of political faoritos hud to be
Sustained. Contractors had to grow
Jflch. Public work had to co.st about
wice what iLvas worth, (icncrations
Jif graft have had the inevitable effect.
The piper has urrhed with his bill.
The Roard of lldticatlort faces ery
fca dlfiiculties The teachers have un
derstandable grievances. Hut it is not
jiosslblc to applaud attitudes of niarUr
doin on cither side without tirst asking
.what those imiocdiutclj concerned ever
ltd to avert difliciiltii-s thnt ever) body
should have foreseen Did the gentle
men in the Hoard of IMucation ever
Ktrlve for better political standards ut
C)ty Hall? Did the tendinis ever iu
lrVt themselves m the affairs of mu
nicipal Bovcriinirnt. or did they, too,
feel that politics was none of tlieir busi
ness? "
MONEY FOR THE MOTHERS
SUCH objections us were at first raised
to tho law providing for the pay
ment of n fixed sum to mothers for the
Mipport of children who would other
M'ife have to be cured for in a public
institution have censed. All the char
itable institutions In the city now in
dorrfc Ihei plan. Its sociul benefits arc
evident to any one who lu at all familiar
with the workings of the public institu
tions. As u matter of public policy, It
j better to preserve u home thuu to
permit it to be broken up. It benefits
Jiqth the mother and the children.
The ktate makes tin appropriation di
vided among the counties; each couuty,
liowcvcr. must appropriate a sum equal
hi that set apart by tho state, The sum
rt nvnllable for this city under this plan
'L 1m, not, big enough to meet the needs of
1 Ii , l. .!.. Ul. ,!. ..!-- A
,"IUP HllUBWUU. uiuic iuu finil vvua iui
J(o 'iffl'cCjt i lOltl help hus been slvfn
c?& I
to C20 mothers. There nrc now on the
list .108 mothers. But there la n wilt
ing list containing the nnmes of 1170
families nrm no money to help them.
The Council Is nuked to appropriate
$270,-180 for tho current jenr. It is
urgucd by those asking for the money
thnt It would be cheaper in the long run
to make the appropriation than to pay
what It will cost to careTbr the children
who otherwise will hap to be put lu
the public Institutions. The amount al
lowed by law Is $30 a month for a
mother with two children ami $10 a
month additional for etich additional
child.
The city now pajs $4.23 n week for
the cure of the dependent children In the
Institution- that it patronizes. It li
asked to give the mothers a maximum of
$.'1.70 n week, a sum which experience
has shown Is large enough to enable the
mothers to keep their families together.
When the child Is old enough to con
tribute to its Mipport the payment b
the city will automatically stop.
The lintince committee of the Council
lias anniovi'd mi appropriation of 1?I2.",-
000. Whether the Council thinks tiiis Is
all that cuu be spared remains to lie
seen.
DEFINITION OF PARTIES
IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR
Mr. Hoover's Difficulty in Dlstln
gulshing Republican From Demo
cratic Issues Is Shared by
His Fellow Citizens
TIIK straightforwardness and tested
sincerity of Herbert C. Hoover
promptly clears him of the charge of
waxing satirical ut the expense of his
warmest admlrets. Here is an titin.il cs
tioned presidential vnwlbllity appealing
primarily through the personal equa
tion. Hut his response to the directing
milplf of n uell-nieiiiiliii: club of "boost
ers" contains the explicit conviction
that political organizations "must be for
the promotion of issues, not of men."
Such embarrassment as this observa
tion may cause to the ranks of Hoover
cuthuslnsts is, however, likely to be no
more than temporary. While it is plain
enough that Mr. Hoover at the very
moment when he looms particularly
largo for his distinctive qualities and
equipment has refused to capitalize tho
magic asset of personality, it should be,
upon reflection, equally clear that the
former food administrator has touched
upon n vital truth, acquaintance with
which ought to be exceedingly beneficial
to the American public.
Men. of course, are the focal points
of political movements. A weak candi
date of a party of essentially sound
stnndards is today even more undesir
able than lu times when the Ideal of
partisan machinery was a nominee who
would "go nlong."
If Mr. Hoover is interpreted as ad
vocating pallid spokesmen for great
principles his souse of humor, which,
though keen, is not perverted, is. in nil
probabilit.v . much misrepresented.
Xevertheless. the most populur and most
virile presidential candidate is fettered
if his backing, however well intcntioned,
is without a program suvc what is nebu
lous and contradictory .
Mr. Hoover, whose "nonpartisan
ship" has been held to handicap his
chances for the presidency, turns out
nfter all to be the friend, not the foe.
of political machinery. His admirable
letter to Ilalpli Arnold is earnest in the
hope that organization may become more
vivid b clear-cut allegiance to prin
ciples. It is the difference between
Democrats and Uepublieaus which Mr.
Hoover j earns to discover. That is why
he places the emphasis on parties, rather
than individuals They are of recip
rocal importance u fact sometimes
overlooked in the midst of the logical
and laudable endeavors to pick "strong"
men for the highest post in the na
tion. Hut without strong parties nsn, justi
fication of our political system is incom
plete. The desired organization is at
tainable in two ways. The ninn may
make the party a feat which Mr. Wil
son for all his errors undoubtedly per
formed willi his Democratic material
or the purty may be the initiator,
strengthening itself both by intelligible
standards and b.v forceful dominant
persoual leadership. If the latter be
conies exaggerated, as in Mr. Wilson's
case, political decay may ensue.
It is evident from the tone of the
latest published letter of Mr. Ilocver
and from bis previous writing and
utterances that lie bus scant respect foi
the Democratic paity, cloudy in prin
ciples and apparentlv incapable of in
dependent action. On the other hand,
the concentration of Republican cffoils
in attacks upon the President vruw to
have befogged its mental processes
(Iffhaiid. the average Athenian may
deem himself entirely equal to distin
guishing between Democrats and Re
publicans. He tan cite names and nd
duce proniinciamentos marking extremes
of denunciation and eulogy Hut can
he particularize concerning Republican
or Democratic cures for the shipping
tangle, for the labor ptoblem for mud
dled internutionul affairs, for iccon
structioti snars? 1'utile generalisation
springs promptly to the lips -mid that
is all.
This is Mr. Hoover'- lompl.mit, made
soberly and devoid of the scolding notes
characteristic of "independent-," in. the
dun when they weie s, ornfnlly branded
"mugwumps." Jf Mr. Hoover fits into
thnt categoiy it is altogether, against
inclinations, He slates simply that he
was a Progressive Republican before the
war. There can be no question of the
partisan inherency of the so-called
"Hull Moosers." They had. it is true,
u brilliant lender, but they UiiJ ulso u
program unequivocal, emphatically out
lined, De-pile what the "Old Guard" in
both of the piesent-dny parties may as
sert, the war did play hob with plat
form fundamentals juitt enntrnrv to
il is odent. I he III mocracy itb a capital
practiced the methods of mandatory
Federalism. Ri imbliuinibui. wholly at
variance with its traditions, bit the
uearcst way in political warfare by
pulling in the opposite dircition. The
result is lonfiiH ninny times con
founded. The June lonventious. destined, per
haps to prove among the most memor
able In tho uunals of the republic, ure
nppionchlng. The quei for men ban
been diligently pursued Wood. Low
den and Harding are labeled Ttmmi..
licuiis. This chjcfiy means that they
are duly accredited members of the
"opposition." Rainier, Cox and Mc
Atloo are labeled Democrats. This
identifies them with the "administra
tion " Hut the public which votes for
platforms as well as personal instru
ments to uphold them is still without
thoso clues which used to render presi
dential elections expressive of the n.i.
tlou's views on principles.
Mr, Hoover stands apart, nc has
consistently repudiated the gtrralnatlnp
EVMtfG PUBLIC
:
efforts to organize on his behalf, ex
pressing tho belief that "no man can
be so arrogatit as to assume that ho
I can dfctatn the Issiies to the American
I ,A..,1t am l il. Hnnl ..nrttna llipv
,vujmu vii lu um (.iciii ..v.. .....,
support."
This is not tho language of super
cilious noiipnrtlsanshlp. It it rather
an appeal to the American people lo
employ with frankness and Igor those
agencies in our political system which
have heretofore, and in spite of abuses,
served tho nation so well.
Whether tho country will respond to
Mr. Hoover's repeated culls for a crys
tallization of Issues cannot be foreseen.
Most of the self-complocent prophets,
ubiquitous of yore in presidential enrs,
arc lu retirement.
Hut this fact Is fast becoming plainer
as the time for decision draws nigh.
Mr. Hoover Is a man without a party
mainly because the parties mive failed
to clarify their stands on vital Issues.
An "Independent" President is vir
tually nu impossibility in our govern
mental structure.
If cither Democrats or Republicans
seek to nominate Mr. Hoover they will
have to formulate political opinions
distinguishable by something more than
the infinitely small divergencies be
tween tweedledum nnd tweedledee. If
Mr. Hoover cnu Institute this sorely
needed reform, the nation, restored to
political health, will be his debtor re
gardless of whether or not he Is plunged
lu the fray.
THE TREATY IN OPERATION
TWO points in the statement of the
supreme council on the world's eco
nomic condition deserve attention on this
side of the ocean.
The first. Is the recommendation re
garding disarmament. It is recom
mended that armies everywhere be re
duced to n peace footing limited to the
lowest possible llguro compatible with
national security, and that the League
of Xatlous be Invited to consider as soon
s possible proposals to bring this about.
This Is significant because It indicates
a disposition to use the machinery of
the league and to carry out the provi
sions of the covenant looking to gradual
reduction of armaments. The league is
in existence already In spite of the delay
of the United States in consenting to
enter it. and it is prepared to function
in Htirope. The necessity for a reduc
tion in the expenses of keeping up a big
lighting machine is forcing the nations
to accept the league program whether
they feel like It or not. If they ask the
' league to suggest plans for reduction in
, armament the chances are that they will
accept the recommendations.
The second point Is the declaration
that it is desirable in the interests of all
of Kuropc that the total amount that
(iermnny Is to be cnllcd upon to pay
i should be fixed at the earliest possible
moment. The treaty leaves this amount
indefinite. A sum is fixed in the treaty
as u preliminary payment. How much
more is to be exueted will be fixed by a
commission before which the Germans
may state their case. The supreme
council apparently has decided that it
is important thnt excuse for irritation
in Germany over the uncertainty about
the size of the indemnity should be re
moved. The uncertainties in the treaty arc due
to the political exigencies iu the allied
nations, where, while the document was
in negotiation, there was n wide demand
that Germuny should be made to pay
enormous sums. Hut the peace com
missioners, with knowledge of what was
possible, provided n way by which the
sums assessed could be adjusted to the
ability of Germany to pay. It Ls now
admitted that Kurope is uu economic en
tity nnd that the lecovcry of Germany
Is as impoitaut to the rest of Kuropc as
the recovery of France, Itnly and Great
Britain.
The supreme ooun
I A Plea and a cil in ita appeal for
i Warning t h e resumption o f
peuce conditions
urges governments to foster production
nnd to discourage extravagance. Here
1 is realization that the present hope -f
civilization lies in abjuring luxuries;
i that luxuries arc economic ciphers only
worth while when following a useful
leader. For when the world has all the
'things it needs it may very properly in
dulge itself with nil the thiugs it likes.
1 but not before that time.
, .1 o n os mid Smith
' Can't Uo Helped and Broun and
Robinson they will
pav the freight. .Iiit u trifle of SJtiO.
(1(1(1,000 Increase j rally to go into effeil
September 1 under the new railroad
law. And there is excellent reason for
it. To railroad operators as to the rest
of us, the dollar of our daddies looks
I like thirty cents.
I -
One doesn't need to
Looking Ahead be nun li of a prophet
to si,. I log Island
as one of the large! and hisr i quipped
terminals in the world; nor particular)
clever to note as one of tin details that
it large portion of its ioal supply is
shipped direct from the anthracite re
glous by way of the Schmlkill caual.
And 1'iose who are
For It Won't debating the treaty
haven i even the
consolation of saying, "It will be all the
tnmc n hundred years from now "
Herbert Hoover snv- '"' would
rather be right than Pn-id"nt some
what more convincingly . perhaps, thun
it ever hus been said before . and ho Is
a bold mini who will decline that he may
not be both.
The plight of a British art on
noisseur in tills city suggests the thought
that there are those in Washington on
the extreme ends of the tre.ity tangle
who suffer trom "disorientation of time
and place."
President Wilson is temperament-
ullv inclined to the belief thnt half a
loaf is an insult to a hungry man, and
that the in cad. any now. is nauie to give
him a fatal ottack of iudfgestiun.
Whnt the niiiuicipalitv d'mands of
a director of public woiks is that ho
shall know the difference between u
political madiine and a strert cleaning
iiinchine.
Admiral Sims should not be too
liarsh with Secretary Daniels. Perhaps
the secretary's idea wns to keep thc navy
out of the war.
High school men ut the Hoard of
IMucation meeting may huvn becu
stirred by injustice, but .obody can ac
cuse them of being overgullunt.
Now that the Sims grill is over, it
would seem that it was Daniels vvho was
done, to a turn
Spring's advauce ngeni . ar billing
the town for the annual opening.
The Hog Island project hns the
quay to the city
- I
The pirato craft, tho Easier IIat,
may be seen on tho oiling.
LED.ak-TPHXLABjBIHtA, THtTRSPAV, lAEOH Jl, 1020
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BOLSHEVISM'S GROWTH
Triumph of the Extremists Oyer
the Moderate Elements of Eu
ropean Socialism Shown In
Geneva Congreos
Ily II. V. KOSPOTH
Correspondent of the Evening Public
... Ledger In Switzerland
Geneva, March 11.
TI1U adjournment of the Socialist
Congress which was to have been
held In Geneva in February is regarded
lu well-informed circles hero ns tho be
ginning of the end of the "Second In
ternational" and tln5 triumph of the ex
tremists over the more moderate ele
ments of Kuroprnn socialism. It is now
stated that the congress will meet in
July, but there Is reason to believe that
it will never take place at all.
Another conference Is being nrrangul
instead. The French Socialist party
has requested the Swiss Socialists to
convoke ns soon as possible the Socialist
parties who have already adhered lo
Lcnlnc's "Third International." the
parties who have left the second with
out as yet having joined the third, and
tho left wings of the parties still be
longing to the second, with tho object of
reconstituting a "United Interna
tional" that Is to say. of coqcluding n
definite, alliance with the Russluu Uol
shcvlks. IT WAS this undisguised plan of the
French and Knglisli extremists to
effect n union with Lcnlnc thnt forced
the isolated labor leaders who hove still
remained faithful to the parliamentary
principles of the "Second Interna
tional" to postpone the- proposed Ge
neva confctencc, which under tho cir
cumstances would hove Infallibly ended
with the creation of a vast Bolshevik
organization. Hut, although the offi
cial decease of the "Second Interna
tional" has thus been deferred, it is
virtually dead already, and it is to be
feared that nil attempts to resuscitate
it will prove unavailing.
There is, in fact, nobody left today
in the poor, old-fashioned "Second In
ternational" except the British Social
1st party, a minority of the French So
cialists and a few Scandinavians. All
the rest of the European Socialists hnvc
dcsertcd.it, irresistibly attracted by the
Red magnet of Moscow, and renounced
Its principles even when 'they still
deigned to attend Its meetings. If only
Socialists faithful to its program had
been invited to tho Geneva congress
there would not have been enough dele
gates to carry on u debate, and If the
extremists had come they would have
overpowered all opposition and forced it
to sign its own denth warrant.
THH chief promoter of the plan to
substitute another Socialist confer
ence for the Geneva congress is the
French leader Froissard, who has just
'been in Switzerland, where he nrranged
j its details with Grimm, the Swiss party
boss, and with Hcrr Crispien. the chief
of the German Independent Socialists.
As a result of these conversations the
Swiss Socialists nnd tlio German inde-
1 pendents have agreed to take part in
I the new conference.
I (tnt further informed that the Ger
man Spartaclsts, the Italiuu Socialists
and the Socialist parties of Serbia,
Jugo-Slavia, Rumania and Norway
have likewise consented to participate,
as well as the British Independent
Labor party und certain radical sec
tions of the American. Swedish, Danish
and Hungarian Socialist parties. The
Spanish Socialists have also declined
tlieir readiness to attend the confer
ence. Of these parties the Spartaclsts
and the Italian Socialists have already
openly adhered to Lcnlnc s "Interna
tional": the German independents, the
Swiss Socialists and thc Balkan Social
ists have left thc "Second Interna
tional" without officially joining Leninc
and the rest have until now unwillingly
remained with thc "Second Interna
tional" while secretly sympathizing
with thc Bolsheviks.
As the French Mnjority Socialists
have also repudiated the moderate
policy of thc "Second International,"
the nro-Bolshevik element will be over
whelmingly dominant nnd the congress
will certainly lead to thc conclusion of
the pact with Moscow which Lenluc's
Socialist supporters iu western Europe
iiuvo been scheming to bring about ever
since the first meeting of the "Second
International" after the war just a
year ago. Then the only alternative
left to the Isolated moderate elements
of the ill-fated "Second International"
'will be to surrender unconditionally or
to suffer socialistic excommunication.
IX ORDER not to alarm public opin
ion prematurely, the organizers of
the conference declare that thev arc not
going to join the Moscow "Interna
i tional" without reservations, which
Leninc will have to accept first. Thc
Ilumanite, thc French Soeiulist organ,
publishes tho following declaration by
I Froissard :
I "We must realize international
.revolutionary unity by effecting the fu
' sion of. all the Socialist parties and sec
tions of parties that have remained true
to tho principles of class strife with
those parties which have already ad
hered to the 'International' of Moscow.
j If we don't do this soon the imminent
revolutionary world crisis will break
out without our being able to play our
port in it. Wo don't want to revive
tho 'Second International' in n new
frtrm. Neither do wo xvish to create a
'Fouitli International.' We wish to en
ter the third on conditions compatible
with the dignity of our parties guaran
teeing us a certain freedom of action."
LEXIXE hus shown to much readi
ness lately to make apparent con
cessions even to "capitalist govern
ments," when it lies in his interest to
do so, that it is reasonably certain he
will prove equally accommodating as
regards the wishes of bis western fel
low Socialists. If the "International"
is reconstituted on these Hues the Bol
sheviks will donilnnte tho new organiza
tion, no matter -what feeble reservations
tliey may nave consented to accept.
The dictators in mo ixremlln are
already making preparations to assume
their sinister control of Eiiropcnu so
cialism openly. Until quite recently
thn "Third International," whose seat
is at Moscow, wns without official head
quarters in western Lurope. It has
now established a "provisional bureau"
ut Ainstcrdum, which is under tho man
agement of several Dutch extremists.
The bureau publishes a fortnightly bul
letin in English, French und German,
and its avowed aim is to convert the
workers of western Europe nnd
America nnd their leaders to the prln
clnles of the Moscow International. At
tached to the biireuu is a special "office
for information," whoso activity con
slsts in studying umi collecting news
nlinnfc thc labor movement in all coun
tries a sort of Bolshevik secret service,
which the Liutcu nuinorin.es should cor
tainly not tolerato on their territory.
rnlllS Amsterdum bureau is subordi-
X nato to the so-called ".Seerctarlut of
tho Third International for Western
Europe" which. charucterlsticully
enough, is established in Germany,
where it edits Lenine's official monthly
organ, tho Communist International.
This ned magazine, which Is thus
edited In Germany and merely printed
iu Moscow,- Ih now niso published lu
several languages for circulation in
western countries.
Thus the BolshevUatlon of western
socialism is merrily progressing, and
the day no longer seems far distant
when the reconstructed and reanltcd
"International" will meet for the first
time under Lenlue' supreme command.
fedBflk. M. - i
v:
SAID
JJf7 "laOZTO TT1 American President Is Handicapped
(?Jri ''' Dealing Will, Foreign
isiKiisjbi ruur
PRFSIDFXT WILSON remarks in I
one of his Adriatic notes- that there I
Is no way for the United States to be
represented in a council ot premiers, as
the American representative would not
hove the power the European heads of
states have.
In foreign relations our form of gov
ernment is defective.
No one can speak for it with cer
tainty. President Wilson tried to speak for it
in Parts ami sec the result.
A President nt the beginning ot his
term nnd having n majority of Congress
of his own party would be plmost on a
par with Lloyd George in representing
his country.
But if it comes to negotiating n treaty
the British prime minister does not have
i n in lil nt in li I J Trt 1 1 1 H 1 n n f ftW II 1 1
provni nnil thc American President has
to come back to Congress.
And even with his party In power no
President xvould be likely to be sure of
n two-thirds support in the Senate.
As Mr. Wilson is now he not only
hns Congress agaiust him, but he is
nenr the end of his term.
Foreign powers are polite, but they
remember not only thnt the President
cannot control his own Seuatc. but also
that he will soou go out of ollice.
q q i
TLOYD
GEORGE
and Europcuu
nre thc whole
JU premiers generally
government.
'I'lielr nnwor snrincs from Parliament
nnd they nre assured of the support of
Parliament.
If they have to obtain the consent of
Parliaments to n treaty they do not have
to do bo by u two thirds vote.
Moreover their terra of office is not
definitely limited.
There Is uo time of impotence with
them like the Inst jear of a President's
term In office.
When you deal with them you do not
say. "Well, It Is neieswiry to be polite
with this man, but. of course, he can
not dcilver."
They speak for their country, being
plenipotcut in a sense in which the
American President cannot be.
In foreign relations the power to act
surely and decisively is important.
Perhaps because foreign relations in
Euronc nrc n big purt of u nation's busi
ness this type of government has been !
developed over lucre miner than the
American type, with its checks and
balances which make our country look
rather foolish in its international
dealings.
q q q
WHEN tho Leonard Wood organiza
tion sturted to make Roosevelt's
heir the Republican candidate for Presi
dent there was nothing ut liis head
quarters in Chicago but generals,
colonels, majors, captains and ser
gennta. Looking down upon thc activities of
nil these military men with ull its "thls-Is-tho
t critical -moment-of-thc-battlo"
bcvcrlty wns a portrait of Wood him
self In all his major general's regalia.
Now thn portrait wears a gentle ex
pression and thc uniform' Is gone.
You nsk for General Wood.
A person rather military in beating
but wearing n mufti, says civilly: "Mr.
Wood is in Ubadain, Tex., preaching
the gospel of peace to the anti -Mexicans,
but ho will return tomorrow,"
"Well, may I see Colonel William
Cooper Proctor then?" you ask.
Says the civil civilian: "Mr. Proctor
has gone to New York to see Congress
man Gould. Will his assistant, Mr.
Snlrklcfrltz, do?"
"Is that Major Ulysses K. Grant
Sulcklefrltz?" you ask.
"Yes." replies the civil civilian, "Mr.
Snlcklefrltz."
Jf you are worrying nlmut a whole
string of generals ns Presidents of the
United States following the great war.
consider the civilization of the Wood
boom.
q j q
ARRIVED ut the port of New York
tho other day u Turk of high degree.
No sooner arrived than he tells this
story: Ho is looking for Sari, the
beautiful daughter of the Rockefeller of
Turkey, worth one likes the old word;
a mau Is "worth" what ho or his an
cestors succeeded in accumulating
worth, then. .$100,000,000. for that
moderate sum mukes a Rockefeller in
Turkey.
When last secu Suri was talking with
uu American in Constantinople, soldier
or sailor, no one can remember which.
Her family suspects that she Is some
where with tho fascinating giaour and
the 'turn oi high degree will search
Amerlcu for her, "money no object."
Or, ono would say, money some ob
ject, when one considers how tho miss.
ng damsel Is, ns tlm only heiress of the
THE SPIDER TO
Premiers Lacks Authority
Turkish Rockefeller, worth
day will be, $100,000,000.
q
q q
, A NEW
Turkey
evidently, one
made
iB a'
- Clltlrclv snfe for demoerncv. Vctr
democracy is surely safe where n young
American, soldier or sailor, may htand
upon the strlngplece of a hnrf and
"pick up" the daughter ot a Rockefeller
worth $100,000,000. and where n casual
romance like that may end in Mic
complete disappearance of the young
lady.
Xo excess of veils, no prisonlikc
harem, nor ovcrvigorous it too effi
cient marriuge system, but uu up-to-date
facility In morals and manners,
such as should make one feel kindly to
ward the new Turkey.
If the story were not true one would
think it Jind been put forth to make
America repent of her decision not to
take u iinandato for Constantinople,
where onr young sailors und soldiers
might meet with uu easy disregard of
JorlV V'? fair free daughters of Turkish
Rockefellers worth $100,000,000.
q q q
"C1RANCE, so it is proposed, will tax
tho American tourist.
It will take from him one-half of
what it costs him to sojourn there, on
the theory thnt living upon dollars
which arc worth fifteen francs instead
of the former live francs ho will be
able to spore seven and n half of those
francs for I-ranee nnd still be better
orr than lie used to be when thc old rate
of exchange prevailed,
Besides. France has to think of the
effect upon her own people of a host of
Americans spending francs that only
cost li I m seven cents!
And the effect was bad enough when
the American was dispensing francs that
"? " !" 'V,1!5' ''onls "ml when the
iu dinettes of Paris looked nt atiy man
who wore no whiskers, affected a loose
coat and a hat with n flat brim and
murmured "Vousvcz Pair rich" "
That so populous nnd busy n state i
as Pennsylvania should have a forest
reserve of more than a million and 'a !
n!mrtcr nc'rL's is ''Viilence that wc arc I
still a oung and flourishing country.
When the Penn Memorial Bridge I
becomes a fact, some of these Noah's
Ark fcrrvhnnts mlil, i. uu : I
swimming pools for smiill boys of differ
ent neighborhoods.
After huvlng examined n score or
of fashion "ad" lllnsirni,.c ,,. ...
rive at the conclusion that it is no longer
possible to refer slungily to a debutuute
as iiciug no slouch.
THE JANE P. C. MILLER
CONSERVATORY
1028 CHESTNUT HT w.!n, ,,
oANQNg
Private LessotiB Daily
Modern, Esthetic and Fancy
Dancing
Physical Culture
Italia to Rent
University Extension Society
W1THKRSPOON HALL
Friday Evonlnjr, March 19, 8:1G
Only l'hlladelplilu Appearanoo Thla Season
of
Charles Rann Kennedy
-and
Edith Wynne Matthison
i,, , . ,N BP-C'AI. r.UCITAt,
lllblo InU-rprotatlonB, Tho Ktrvnnt In tho
Ilouno. Hlstor Ueatrlco
Tlelittii r.0e to ?1 CO. On sale NOW. I'nl
ifuaY K"ten,lon nox om,:e Wllherpoon
EITH'S
LEON ERROL
In "Comedy Scream. "THE OtJEST"
William Gaxton & Co.
Presenting; "THE JUNIOR, PAnTNEn"
Jal ft Ernie Htantoni nreen l'emllyi
Hampscl & Leonard, and Other Stars.
DANCING LESSONS fcC
A Tcaclior for Each Pupil p
4
Individual
Instruction
Exclusive Method
Mirrored Studio
020 Chestnut
OlTICB 8011
Locust U10J
CORT1SSOZ SCHOOL
Miss Pe-ahm-e-squeet
OJIDWAY AHTIST t
u 1 rf.".l?.l.,Jr5! ttt..,l" University Museum,
SUNDAY, 0s3P, "Indian .Life. Lcsend und
Cloud" may never return to W.t f.)ty. v
THE FLY
ft
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What arc goobers V
2. What American state leads In tho
production of tin?
3. When did tho French and Indian
war end?
4. What Is the smallest In nrea of tho
South American republics?
S. Who wroto tho narrntlvo poem
"Aurora Leigh"?
6. What god In Greek mythology cor
responded to tho Vulcan of tho
Romans?
7. What Is tho meaning- of tho word
recrudescence?
S. What color ls ecru?
9. What W "rcclamo"?
10. Who was Fellqlen Bops?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The British captured Jerusalem from
tlio Turks on December 10, 1917.
2. Wolfganff was tho first name of
Mozart, the composer.
3. I'sychography Is splrlt-xv-rltlng.
I. Iowa lies between the Missouri and
tho Mississippi rivers.
C. Tho fc'nato rejected a treaty pro
viding for tho acquisition of Santo
Domingo by tho United States
during tho administration of
jTcsiaeni urant.
C. John Hay, tho noted American
statesman nnd diplomatist, wrote
mo iiocm jim uiuaso.
7. A fcmc-covcrt In law Is a married
woman.
8, Tho word lichen should be pro
nounced with tho "ch" as "k" and
me "i" long as In pine.
9. Two fabrics of animal origin are
wool and silk.
10. Tho Venus do Mllo was discovered
In tho island of MoIob, one ot the
Cycladcs of Greece.
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Direction I.UU i. J. j. HIUJUUUT
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nWLiLrni MATS. THUnS. & SAT.
FIRST $1.00 MAT. TODAY
UP IN
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WITH ITS UNUQl'ALMSD CAHT
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Chestnut St. oran Nighta at 8 : 1 5
MATINLn HATUUDAY AT HUD
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"A Doron Shown In (Jnn " Record'
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KUN lIXPUriTH OK ' PIliTY
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SHUBERT N,gh.s
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Matinee Saturday at 2:15
Wiltl-Firo Kage of Entire Season
"IT'S THE SOIVT OI' SHOW YOU iitht
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Brilliant Musical Show
DUST LOOKING CHOntS IN TOWN
MimtOPOLlTAN OPEHA HOIIHi"''
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s&'."'ILTR0VAT0RE
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"THE COPPERHEAD"
WITH
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lnt nolil wEVaVm"'10''
In "STItONOEIt THAN UEATII"
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IN FIHST SHOWIlfa O.'
'THE AMATEUR WIFE"
A PAHAMOUNT-ARTCllAtT PICTttnr
Harold Lloyd Comedy
VICTORIA
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ANITA STEWART
IN THE ItACINO MELODRAMA
"IN OLD KENTUCKY"
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In "ALAIlM CLOCK ANDY"
C A P I T 0I
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10 A. M la. ir. a:45. oiltj. 7:l.i. o:.lo p u
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MacLEAN & MAY
In "MARY'S ANKLE"
KbtjillNl DOROTHY GISH
In "MAltY ELLEN COMES TO TOWN"
JJ.A. m, i to 11 p. m
JirAllliBT HTnttttT
continTO
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MABEL BE CAREFUL"
Dlxlo Hamilton and Her Jazz Band
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2:15, 0:43 snr m
"MY TULIP GIRL" musical M
"Back to Cod's Country"'
CROSS KEYS MARKET ST. Bel. C0I1
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Among Those Present
LAST TintEC DAYS
Mat. Today Tonight f
LOWELL THO MAS'"
WITH
The Last Qf the Crusaders
Allenby in Palestine and Arabia
Wh,crToAo!,aL1ondo?lfn?'N?vvlVro?lvnhT,Bl,orra
METROPOLITAN opera nous
Mats. Frl. & Sat.. 2:3Evir.To tor'p
Pop. Mat., 2Bc to $1. HEATS NOW ON SALE
Downtown Ticket Oftlco. 1108 Chestnut St H
at Metropolitan Box Ofllco nfter 7:30 p. n
PHILADELPHIA'S FOnEMOST THEATRES
LAST 3 NIGHTS LA8t mawvei:
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HURRY to the BROAD
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THE NEW STAR
GEORGES RENAVENT
Iu a Now Play of a Thousand Lauchs
THE
IRRESISTIBLE
GENIUS
By JOHN T. McINTYnO & FltANCIS HILL
Philadelphia Critics
All Shout "Success!"
NEXT WEEK SEATS TODAY
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SYMPHONY ""'l51 lf
orchestra Emmy Dcstinn
Pierre MonteilX Tlcketa now on sale
Conductor Heppo's. 1110 Chestnut
ACADEMY, Next Monday Evg.
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First time here In his beat lecture
"The Continuity of Existence"
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