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FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA
FOR
Tlilncs on whleli the people expect
the new administration to conceit-
trate Its nttentlont
The Delaware river bridge.
A drydook big enough to accommo
date the Inrgrst fillips.
Development of (it rapid transit ayi
tern. A convention liall
A building tor the Vrrr l.ibiarg
An Art Museum
Enlargement nf th no'ei upplu
Homes to acronn loilnii tin niitJMn
I (on
MEET MR. RANSLEY!
FCTIONAf, expediency rather than
an intelligent concern for the inter
est of the communitj si'oms to he dic
tating th choici of candidates for Mr.
Moore's seat in ('oiigrco This was
apparent nt the meeting of Vare tonl
Ists in the city committee, and also
thows in the difficulty the Mavor is j
having in his search for a man informed
I)- in the ways of business ns well as pol
itics.
Meanwhile the trend of events makes
It pretty certain that an assault will be
made before long on federal tnriff laws.
Europe is heavily in debt to the I'nitcd
States and clamoring for permission to
pay in manufactured products. Con-
i cress will ue pressed to lower protective
IV tnriff bars. The effects of itn down-
vrarn revision win no ieit most, acutely
in. manufacturing communities of the
East.
Energy, technical knowledge, imagi
nation, experience nnd foresight will be
necessary attributes iD those who as
sume to guard the interests of Philadel-
t,ln In Cnn.,.e. A,.in. . I. ......
Meet Mr. Horry Ranslev
GOOD VS. BAD MANNERS
THE difference between the new Lodge
reservation to Article X of the
JLeaguc-of-Nations covenant ami the old
reservation is the difference between
good manners and insolent obstinacy.
The old reservation onuounced that
"The I nited States declines to assume
any obligation to preserve the territorial
integrity," etc. The uew reservation
announces that "The foiled States us
sumes no obligation." etc.
The meaning of the two i identical.
The old one was couched in terms thnt
indicated n hostile and belligerent
temper It was a lnp in the face of
those who had drafted the treaty. The
new one is a men- statement of pur
pose v.unour any impneri neiiigerency. .
l UV CJIUIle IS siiin. IIUI ii rcHiiy
indicates the dawning of a more con
ciliatory mood iu the mind of Senator
Lodge and those who follow his lead.
and it bring" tatitiiation perceptibly
nearer
SEVEN MILES UP
OBSERVATIONS m,ire 'In Maini
Pchrneder at an altitude ( f almost
seven miles above Da.vton. O., during,
the most spectacular flight ever at
tempted bv mnn. would ludicate the up '
proaeli of a tune when it maj be pussi
lile to travel about l.'O miles nu hour
in machines of the tvpe now in ue, or
fifty miles an hour faster with motors
of n sort now being pei footed
Trade winds moving with enormous
velocitj were encountered by Major
Bchroeder before he fainted and began i
to fall Ills instruments registered a
wind velocitj thai at tiinis nppronched
800 miles uu hour. Airmtn often man-
age to add the speed nf wind currents
to the speed of their nun hin,-- l
Schroeder is enget to go higher among
the-rioting elements. (In his nixl trip
he will Use ii sealed .age to he nssineil
of oxygen What he expects to find he
doesn't sav He wants to know what
he can know
So it always has hrrn wnh the men
who make a way to tin poles in pence,
in understanding In siientitie kuowl
f'dge Thev have a great curiosity and
(sometimes n great purpose. I.m the
ruling dtsne iu most of them is in turn
COAL
IJRESIDENT WILSON ,i,Ud .M' a
, unanimous derision in ihe coal -strike
commission which hus just teporteil its
inability lo agree A unuuiumu verdict
is not possible without iinjimuii! ,,f
feeliug. and the represeniatms of the
public, the operntoik Hud the miners ilo
)iot feel alike.
Mr Hoover sliuck at the iooi of the
roal question when he said not long ago
that the busiuess of coal production and
Fbipment was tho worst organised in
dustry in the I'uiterl States The cnnl
litrike commihsiou continues to explore
thp surface. It prefers to deal with ex
ternals aud external remedies, because
jnajor operations uie troublesome and
Hornet ime.s attended bv great pain So
Jong as there continues to ha a great
waste of human eneigv, immeasurable
lot motion nnd luck of cn-ordiruition
' In coal production there will be little
Jieace for operators, miners or cou
filtncrs. Government control will nol do. What
thf rountry needs is n wife and painless
Method to compel a more efficient ut)ll
atinu of our coal tesources, greater
productivity Hnd smoother distribution.
Coimniiui'7 "d speculative Interests
would Buffer In Rome qtiartc s. Hut the
country would benefit.
Meanwhile the cohI Question returns,
as forbidding ns ever. And It brings n
friend to call. Hefore long we shnll be
talking of the cost of Ice.
MUST ALL TRANSIT RELIEF
AWAIT THE MAJOR CURE?
Minor Remedies as, for Instance,
Relocating the City Hall Sr-rs
Tracks Would Help Ap
preciably In a Crisis
IT enn t
is uni
an never bc'Mild thnt Philadelphia
Impressed with the seriousness
of Its transit problem.
Experts confer gravely.
Commissions compile voluminous re
ports. The Mayors of three administrations
have repeatedly emphasized the magni
tude of the theme.
I.nw.vrrs dig deep into the cotnplexi-
ties involving the pvrnmld of leased lines
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and the responsibilities of tlu I'. R
toward these subsidiary organizations.
Financiers promise relief ouly with
the expenditure of millions.
The public, besought to consider the
tinlnmnltv nt the sitllnttnn. Is lireontlv
warned against the least disregard of
I fundamentals. even "in,e leniently than inrecie-r vvm-
I In theory this advice is excellent. In I stou Is now treating them when he re
practice, however, it has led ns to nn I mils fines recommended by the chief of
1 Impasse held to be impenetrable until I the street-cleaning bureau for neglect
i-ome master mind discovers tome master
key to a protracted riddle.
Rush-hour crowds are, on the whole
well trained. Iiritntion is tempered
with so much owe that suggested meth
ods of temporary or incidental relief arc
disdained as trifling, unworthy of the
baffling majesty of transport tribula
tions. Transit is high tragedy. Expec
tation is pinned on a fifth-net npotheo-
sis a gorgeou scene of resplendent and
I comprehensive accomplishment, in which
i those who were gitod shull he happy and
those who were patient rewarded iu full.
Snme months ago n highly en-ihle
suggestion was made to the effect that
tin tracks atound the C:tj Hall he re
located a a means of easing the trnflic
jam. Council has never acted nn the
proposal. It ha been cqiuilli !n in '
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llCIing upon tile rnroniirj pi" 'f. i"i
diverting some of the west-bou.,,1 Mar-.
kel street cars out Filbert street as fnr
as the turns north and -outh on the I
"T ' almnnil lio
The public is so accustomed to view
ing the trunsit -Ituntion as n matter
which must be revolutionized, root and
bra nch. before any chnnges nre wi ought, I
that this legislative delay has scarcely i
stirred it. And yet hero is an instaute
in ,U)Jch thp mnnnKcment of the P. R
T thought clearly und with a distinctly i
public benefit in mind.
It is true thnt the vexatious burden
of the subsidiary companies will not be
lifted b moving a few tracks und alter
ing a few car routes. Doubts still exist
concerning the best ways of financing
the high-speed linen, subwny and ele
vated, which alone can moderui.e our
transit facilities and adjust them to the
city's prodigious growth. Hut the ie
introduction of Filbert street into our
trolley system, even though it be meiely
temporary and pending the production
of grandiose terminal impr.cments by
the Peniis.vlvania Railroad, will cer
tainly reduce some of the congestion ou
our main cast nnd west thoiougbfnre.
Habit has a lot to do with our 10
luctance to support innovations in tran
sit which might ver.v well ease the itruin
during the long wait for redemption dn.v.
There are pet conventions cherished
by the P. R. T.. by the politicians, by
the financiers, by the Invvjers, by the
general public.
Mayor Reyburn spoke out passion
ately as a Philadelphian one day when
he insisted that Broad street be kept
inviolate for parades ! Speedy motor
buses would serve such a splendid
arterv in London. Paris and other me
tropolises The idea, however, strikes
at tho roots of a dear and carefully nur
tured prejudice in this vicinlt.v.
Itroad street is sacrosanct. To prove
this, it is common to cite the defamation j
of an enrl.v bus line. That the opcrar- I
ing coinpanj was badly managed, that'
its equipment was meager, that servue
was infteipieut, that automobiles were;
,,
in then- infancy ate facts incon- I
sideraielj icgardetl. Meanwhile Ilnr-i
teenth and Fifteenth. Twelfth and Si
tenth street trolleys nre packed to suffo
cation, and Hrnad street a thorough
fare by no means too dazxlingly beau
tiful to be sullied by a motor transit
line till awaits one.
An open mind for mistake i- a keen
spur to enterprise. Belter bv far lo
take a false step or two than in he in
timidated into inaction through dread of
experiments.
Shocking nb the conception of a public
transit service through Fnirmnunt Park
might at first blush appear, u bus line
utilizing the spacious Parkway, with
extensions up Thirty -thin! street and
over (iirnrd avenue bridge, would serve
va'l residential dlstrh is great Iv in need
of improved facilities.
The Park trolley outraged precedent.
It was a staggering blow to convention.
Hut our ini'ompnrabh lecieation nrea
survived the impm t und any proposal
to abandon the sstem today would
evoke a stoim of prolists
Afleilinn -nil lingei- for the wheezy
and hi itant stern wlneleis- tlie I'ndine
was a queen among them which for
inerlv tilled up ami down the Schuylkill
between Fan mount I'aiu mid Riverside
landing Thirtv wu ago they pro
vided a pleasant ' er ursnm."
Toil.iv modern icason.ihlj fast steamer-
would do tins and a great deal more
The i it v has in main places grown
ompaoilv around the Park It is uot
fnnlasfic to pHtun a Srhujlkill fleet
filling some of the funi tions of the Pniis
omnibus steano i - w iiu Ii make um of the
Seine us an nnpoiiant Ihotoughfnre and
serve as Iran-it agencies as practically
aud more pn lure-quely Mian trollev I
i ars.
The I'el.iwaie, Inn hti,s transit possi
bilities as a short ut to northeast Phil
ndelplua. It would he instantaneously
evident In v isimrs from most lurge Eu
lopcan cities that we have very iniper
ectly capitalized our livers us muuicipal
transportation arteries.
Fears that departures fiom our an
ient ingrained procedure will prove dis
figuring to the city are by no means
justified. The suggested trolley ten
sion on the Roosevelt boulevard in a
i-a-e in point. Western and European
muninpulitirs have thrown off the con
vention that electric enrs must neccs
sarilv run in the middleof paved roud
vvnjs. Lines operated over tho grassy
portions nf wide, modern nvenues have
offended no nrtlstic sensibilities
If the Roosevelt boulevard project Is
citirled nut. this arrangemeiit'vvlll please
he motorists, besides virtually eliminat
ing trnflic blockades on the trolley
trucks.
Flexibility In ihe puDiic consciousness
ii necdl to 'awaken us to transit re
sourccs which we have rather feared to
tap in our concentration upon wholesale
Inns of reconstruction. Every one natt
urally desires the consummation of the
latter as soon as possible.
In the meantime there nre numerous
remedial measures the execution of
which would decidedly nld us In un
fastening some of the venerublc shackles
of local habit.
A DRIVE ON DIRT
FILTHIXESS of certain districts south
of Market street and east of Broad
is due in part to the disregard of the
ordinances forbidding throwing rubbish
nto the streets and in part to the failure,
of the contractors to cart awn.v the rub
bish put in the proper receptacles.
These two reasons, however, nre only
one, namely, that the tilth of the dis
trict Is due to politics.
The enforcement of the ordinances Is
up to the police department : but under
the old reg'ime the policemen failed to
do their duty. A conscientious, officer
who nttempted to Induce the business
.HA. n...l 41 1 1 T.I ... Aim.' till.
men nn.il the householders to obey the
law was likely to 11 ml himself removed
to a district far from his home, while
n more coinplnlAiiit mini was put in his
place. And tinder the old regime the
contractors were treated lenlentl) by the
I'C'd of the Department of Public Works,
to keep the fireplugs dear of snow Mr.
Winston says there was "delaj" and
not "neglect," a distinction winch, if
carried to its logical conclusion, would
lead to the nullification of the lining
provisions in the contracts.
All thnt we need to keep the city
clean Is, to compel the contractor- to do
their duty und to see to it that the
householders nnd business men obey the
ordinances. Colonel Morden, of the
street-cleaning bureau, has nnnoynced
that he will have the offenders warned
nutl then, if they disregard the warning.
hp them nrrested. As soon as all the
offenders public uni contractors alike
-understand that he is determined to,
l compel respect tor tne law there win
II lip
1 improvement.
SENSIBLE DAYLIGHT SAVING
mUT leneill nf
r-nffl I .. il. -l...iK. I -
I'lllCP, I IK UMIK UHJ !! II M'Mill i'
boon
; every one who works indoors. Hut thpii
i.i'l (tin non t sjfli il fIf i iriii Mitt I linnml
! I- l nn-r n.o nut wir,. ,f r're i
I and restore the dnylight M-hedule on
. March 2S cannot be made operative. '
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I A law of the state makes it obligatory
I 011 IIS tO Conform tO time Standards
recognized by Congress. ,
' I "'" "'"" ' - '" '" " U -o . i-.M' ilu. mis a new;
X J Congress was n the na ure of , JT horrible example in his letter to
". M fo,r "" ,'1P0l,lp '''l1",, 'nntor Hitchcock-the I'rcnch. who
Mrs. M. C. Klinglcsmith has just ' eliminate competition across the Ithlne,
discovered this fact in the t'niversitv ' has made the most of the German bogy,
Law Library. She told n nevvii.incrlJ'st us English, business, wishing to
and the newspaper told the Mayor ami
the Mayor told David J. Smyth, the
city solicitor, and Mr. Smyth will tell
Council.
The Evening Prnuo Ledgki; has
told all these people the sume thing at
various times within the last few
months. The law was quoted on this
page December 1." last.
Independent time schedules would
work endless confusion. A fat more
sensible plan is that suggested this
morning by Ell wood H. Chnpman, rep
resenting the Chestnut Street Associa
tion, who would have the Chambers of
Commerce of the country range them
selves in support of a plan to begin and
end the business day nn hour earlier. If
business associations generally support
this plnn the long day will be possible
without making iinvoc of the national
time schedule.
BRITISH LABOR SANITY
rpHO&h nervous persons who have
J- been expecting a revolution by force
in Great Britain will rend with relief
the report that the Trade Union Con
gress by a vote of o.TIJ'-'.OOO to l.Olo,
000 has decided in favor of seeking their
ends by political action rather than by
a general strike.
This result was anticipated by all who
had not forgotten that generations of I
training iu the processes of constitu
tional government lend men to prefer!
those processes to forcible I evolution I
The habit of the Hritish citizen has
not been changed in five years. Neither
has the temper Vf the American citi.en. i
The methods that appeal to a Bolshevik,
for example, aie abhorrent to men
brought tip in the nlmosphere of liberty
because they know that a majority can
get whatever it wishes, and that until
ii majority wishes a specific thing, it is
tj runny for the minoritj to force it
upon the majority
So whatever else the l.ihor party
wishes in Great Britain it is evident
that It does not wish minontv mle.
SPEAKING OF WRECKERS
IT WAS Lord Curznn who did most to
provide a new senility for the Turk
in Europe, and it wa- I.oid f'urzon who
engineered the rerent ommercliil ab
sorption of Persia bv tin. British empire
in u serene maneuvei while the Paris
conference talked of the evils of na
tionalistic aggrandizement From this
particular old-ehoo statesman criti
cism of the Senate for its opposition to
the League of Nation- mines with poor
grace.
Uuron's policies w..re attacked by
Lord IJrvce. And it i with the Bryces
rather than with the Curzons of Europe
that Ihe common opinion of America
will lontitiue lo run Hut the Curzons
happen to have Ihe wliiplmnd for the
moment
l This brings us to the Senate and lo a
better understanding of the drift of af
fairs in v ashmglon.
Stiind-pnttcis are i. 111110,1
with -land palters
to deal'
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A ''hi. ago expert
And Majhe sas ihi mnn Is
"I'aln'l So degenerating and
that his surrender
to the domination of vvomati is evidence
of the fact. If the expert is right and
the degeneration heroines really no
ticeable. It is a safe bet that vvoinnn, the
mother of the rnie, will siii-rifice herself
and take set nud plaie not because she
bus lo. but because she wants her mate
to tote up to something worth while.
Ever und nnon thn.
Providing the Ideas idea 01 curs thnt Mr.
Hoover might makn
a platform to suit him iu either pnrty if
he got busy hunting deli gates who re
flected his views. And it may he that
that is pieclsely what he is doing.
Though Philadelphia wastes more
water 1 In 11 any other city in the coun
try, tho Bureau of Health tironerlv seems
determined that none of it shall get in
the mllic.
.In.., we deduce from the published
interview with Conductor Pasternnck, is
shell shocked music.
What every suffrasisthWauta
,Ji"l1sV'"r-
perfect tblrty-m.
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
Bolshevism a Bogy Thnt Britain
Passed on to UsHoto the.
President Wiped Out Debt
We. Otced to Lafayette
In ways other than Mr. Wilson con
ceived iloes Russia furnish "the ncld
test" For to listen to the press
begotten comcrsatlon of "good Ameri
cans" In cars, hotels and In their
homes, you would gather that this
vast country, the richest over known
find the flrmest-rooted In tho rlghtB of
property. Is helng hurried tq the brink
of ruin by agents of the soviet govern
ment scattering TlussUn gold and se
ducing Into reolUtlonary violence tns
Highest paid workers In tho world.
During recent months the longer and
moro cxp!oslo word '"HolBhevlkl" has
been struggling with the simpler "lied"
ns the stigma for thesd revolutionary
elements. The "wnr that was no war"
In llUBsIa has been tho means of plant
ing this sham-revolution In America.
AS LOXtt ago as It took to write that,
send It to l'ngland nnd get it back
here printed in the London Nation, It
was true.
Today we are preparing to change our
minds on holshevism.
I.cnine tides in a Rolls-Hoyoo.
Clenrly Hussin cannot lie so bad as it
is painted.
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BESIDES the London Nation should
not be so hard upon us.
With regard to Hussla, we followed
England.
And most of our information about
Russia came by the way of the English
press.
Mr. Wilson weakly went along with
Mr. Churchill in t-cndlng troops into
Russia.
When Hrltlsh hie business; fenrlni: n
labor revolution in England, seized upon
Russia its its horrible example, we in
this country made the most of Russia
horrible example. ,
Amv ,tm,t Uritish business is in need
ivue'MUii nnv iiinirriius nr hit rnu-
uiui.v, iiiruuKll mill., "iiunri nuiii .
i Irnrnlng nliout 1. mine's UnlN-Unycp
lnml the other mlt.ziitiiiti of otelmvUm.
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after all. French militarism Is
efensive kind
( t'"1 defensive kind
tid for its fears France has nt least
n bl,ttcr cxcu-p ,,, ,llN ,.olintry for
its absurd panic over holshevism
The wnr left Europe's nerves natn-
rnllv mil,. I, mnrn , nn,l ll.,,,. Amnrlon
And French big business, wishing to
weaken the Hritish Labor pnrt.v. made
the most for n while of the Russian
bogy.
The lesson of the Russian experience
is that the world cannot afford the lux
ur.v of such fears nnd hatreds ns the
war has left.
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S FRANCE any more militaristic
than Mr. Wilson's own secrctnrv.
Mr. Daniels, who demands the largest
navy in the world if the League of Na
tions fails?
In France's view, the Lengue of Na
tions has failed, and nil France is doing
is to form alliances for her protection in
consequence of its failure.
France might retort, except that the
tradition of international maimers is
different over there.
The President's, nttnek upon France
was made for campaign purposes.
It wns the leader of the Democratic
party giving instructions to his follow
ers in the Senate nnd making an issue
in tho coming campaign who spoke m
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party had to have a horrible example of
the wickedness thnt hnd sprung un in
Europe because of what the Republicans
had doue.
Therefore the chief of ihe militaristic
Mr. Daniels attacked militaristic France.
Besides, France doubtless rankles iu
Mr. Wilson's breast.
It was in France thnt bis leadership
of the world came to grief, and he prob
ably blames his failure not upon him
self, but upon France.
Moreover, there is the memory nf the
French press, which drove him to fury
several times while he win ut the Peace
Conference.
Mr. Wilson paid in his amour propre
the whole debt of gratitude the I'nited
States owes to I'rnnce for Lafnjette,
auo he has vvritteu it off.
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LONDON sighs for the skv scraper.
"Let us grow up and have sky
scrapers," fvlaims one English news
paper. And Mr. Bush, nf the Hush Terminal,
is going to give i,omion one. says one
London writer :
If bo Is going lo give us nnjthtnir
as beautiful uh the Hush Terminal
Building In New York he will put
lyondon greatly In big debt To my
mind Ihe Hush Hulhllng is the most
perfect example, of Its class. it g
lovely by day, lovelier t night, whon
Its gem-llhe crown queens It over the
proudest of the clt s monuments The
structuic and design of tho tower,
through Its long ascent of thirty
stories, nre of the simplest , a rouptu
of courtstH of bricks relieves tnt
monotonv of surface and color, and a
delicate uacerj' of windows and open
stonework does the 1 est It looks so
light and l so solid, has dignity nnd
strength with a touch and suggestion
of exquisite fraglluv Having no
lovely an ornament und so mighty n
temple, of business. Ixmdon would
never again rest rontent with the squat
designs, the locom ornament, the
waste of pilceless ground, which dis
figure and nulllf.v her architecture
J J 1
. -v- nvnnv w rl.u Inner ,llur .ni...ui.A.i n
I i-,'v'-' " " ''- ..- ....itpiiru ui
-Ligrent cities.
' For 11 centurj Ihe political c.inilnl of
1 the world up till America's en I ranee
into the war and once again Ihe political
capital of the world since the sailing of
the Grorge Washington from Brest for
more thnn n century the financial cap
ital of the world and proiwhly to be
once again the financial capital London
does not look it.
It has not the unit) and beautv of
Paris, nor has It the energy of New
York.
The Hritish empire is a meie rnneri"
of nations, none very gr".it, loosely held
together, nol certainly 1 entering any
vvlire, London, slmllnrl), is ,1 mere coiiKtrlcs
of cities, small cities, uureinurkabb cued
by Itself, loosely held to;;"ther.
What has huppenedV
A new sense of empire pushing Lon
don upward toward the sky?
Or does one skyscraper mean nothing,
except one Americun :
Daniels may, If nothing better oc
curs to blm, console himself with tho
thought thnt he was not the only ono to
make errors.
Every business mnn appears sal is
tied that a business man should be sent
to ( on.iresa irom the TH.nl district,
1.1..1 rl.r lr ! .n,.. ...I i .., . '
provided that it is some otLer imsjnrss
'nan,
l .'- "X SETTirV CLOSE, 0W HECK).
n 'wot!' -
MStk l5TTf l,if- fit I JUS.T
WfyiT0 )m 5q qrjowuhc3
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Talks nf llip Meeting at Mr. Yarnall's on Mon
day Other Bits of News
I
AM deeply interested in the move
ment among the married men and
women who have children of the school
act ago to nrrange for more simple
entertainments in the coming years.
A meeting to discuss the subject ha
been called at the home of the Charlton
Ynrnnlls for Monday afternoon nnd sev
eral informal meetings hnve nlieudj been
held by the committee, members.
It seems to tnc 11 very practical way
of solving some of the problems that
hnve been put before us this winter.
To start with the younger set, the
children about twelve, thirteen mid
fourteen; to have their paitles simple
nnd to hove them begin earlier nnd
end earlier is one of the ideas to be
promulgated, it's a wise plan.
THE parties for the school set and
jounger children have been so elab
orate that girls have had absolutely
nothing to look forward to when Hie)
were old enough to come out. Their
dresses are just ns elaborate as those
of the debutantes and the hours for
the parties almost as late.
By the time a girl is seventeen or
eighteen she has had all the fun of
a debutante or older girl. It takes
the youth out of them and they be
come hinsc and bored and nre alvvajs
looking for some new excitement.
THE purpose ot the league of enter
tainment, which, I understand, this
organization has been culled, will be
to regulate all this for the jnunger
ones, and I most heartily approve of
it and think these parents should, be
strongly upheld in their undeitaking.
The invitation for the meeliug nt the
Yurnalls' house is srnt nut by Mr. nnd
Mrs. John Hampton Barnes, Mr. nnd
Mrs. George Mcl'addoii. Mr. nud Mrs.
Paul Denckla Mills. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Learning .Mnntgomcrj, Mr. ami
Mrs, John Sargent Ncvvbold. Mrs.
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, Mr. nnd
Mrs. George Stuart Patterson, Mrs.
Algernon Brinton Roberts und Mr. and
Mrs. Yarnnll. I have felt all along
that the right-thinking people would
devise n plan to stem the current of
the times and you see they have, just as
have the Colonial Dame.
Axr
X"r
XD furthermore, 11 s not a great
reform" movement. On the con
trary, most of us ure rather tired
of reform ourselves and feel just
as the. children would, thnt we
would resent it. A suue and sen
sible arrangement for amusements
with less extravagance anil earlier
hoilrs will give just as much pleasure
ns later hours; whilo the decorations
nnd other unnecessary elaborateness of
n party do not really add to 11 person's
pleasure. As long ns tho -floor and
music ore good for dancing nud there
in a reasonable time to dance they are
satisfied.
I hope many will co-operale in the
plnn nnd stick to it. It's just n matter
of being a bit firm, but the good there
fro.n will be untold.
D
ID you know that ihe Louis Drexels
have a son? In fact, lie is nearlv
two months old
linviug been born on
t ...... 1C nt tl.Ai,. I..m., i.. i.-.,ntn.i
1 .riiuuut,. , ,., ...... ..,.- 1,1 ,usmuij.
Louis Drexel is 11 joung brother of
I Tony Urexel, .lr . who mnrrleil Marjon
Gould, and of Margarettn Drexel, who
is thn wife of the iscnunt Maidstone,
of London Louis Drexel married
Nancy Grayson, daughter of Lieutenant
Colonel Grayson, of London, about two
years ngo. His brother, Armstrong
Drexel, was in tho aviation duriug the
war.
They are fust tousins nf Mrs. Paul
Denckla .Mills, Mrs. Charles A. Munu,
Drexel Paul. Mrs. Boh Cassatt. Mrs.
Howard Hear , Mrs. Antelo Devereux,
John Fell, Craig nnd Livingston Blddle,
of thlR city, you know, us their father
is Anthony J. Drexel, a brother of Mrs.
Van Rensselner, and tho Into Mrs.
Blddle and Mrs. Paul. Jock and Gor
don Drexel, of New York, are also first
cousins. Their father, John Drexel, is
a brother of Anthony. Sr., as is George
W. Chllds Drexel, of this city.
Mc
(who was slaying with her nud who
was ns much of a friend of Jackie and
Peggy, in their estimation, 11s mother)
were having a nico gossip the other
morning, when Peggy's small voice in
terrupted: "Oh, dear" (Peggy's four
vrar.s old I, "nohiiddy ever listens to
me."
'But darling.' said mother. "If you
would Just be patient and wait till we
nre through, then you could talk."
"Oh' aid Teggy, and sat quiet a
minute, then the wee, voice piped up
v ,
AS WAS AND IS
ngnin nnd In thoughtful tones essayed :
"But, you never do get through,
mamma." NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Mrs. Henry D. Booth. Jr.. of lSl.i
Shawnee street, Chestnut Hill, will give
a birthday party for her daughter. Miss
Mary Browne Booth, on March 25,
At the wedding nf Miss Mary H. I
Brooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
word Brooke, of I".'!." East Rltteiilinuse
square, and Mr. Edward Lowlier
Stokes, which will take place early in
April, Mrs. Alfred Piitmnn. will net ns
matron of honor, and the bridesmaids
will include Miss .Margaret Shobcr,
.miss Lucille P. Carter. Miss Mary
Dixon Xcwbold nnd Miss Ernie) Cook.
Mrs. George Ralston Ayers, Jr.. will
give a tea on March J8 at the Pclhnm
Uuh fur Miss Lenoro Fisher, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Payne Fisher,
whose marriage to Mrs. Ajers's son will
take plucc on April 10.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Drexel Paul,
who have been spending the winter in
South Cnrolinn, nre expected lo return
to their Radnor home April 1.".
Mrs. Joseph A. Jauney nnd her
daughters, Miss Meta .Iiinuey nnd Miss
Alice Jauiiev, of Summit avenue. Chest
nut Hill, who spent a week in Atlantic
City, returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Charles C. Tatnnll, of Wnyno,
has been entertuiuitig her mother, Mrs.
Ldwin It. Stone, during the week.
Mrs. Grnhnin Spencer and Miss Anne
bpencer, of 218 Cliveden iivcnue, Ger
mantown, in e spending the winter in
Bermuda.
Mr. nnd Mrs. David P. Brown and
their son. Mr. James Kimball Brown, of
01. savins, who hove been spending the
winter at the Airline, left this week for
Europe, where they will spend the re.
ma uder of the winter on the Riviera
nud travel through France.
Mr. und Mrs. Charles II. Bean, of
Moylnn, have been entertaining their
daughter. .Mrs. Max n. Marslon, of
Green Hill Farm, Ovcrbrook, Pa.
Mr. nnd Airs. Robert Le Bojitillier
Imvo returned to their home in Wavne
from Tuinpn, Pin.
.Mrs. W. Vernon Phillips, of Lnns
dovvne. entertained at 11 luuchenn at her
home in honor of Mrs. William W.
Mayer. Mr. and Mrs. Mayer are moving
to St. Louis, Mo., nnd a nuinbnr of
parties have been given in their honor.
.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sagcndorph gave
n surprise pnrty for them recently, and
.urn. .wnycr was also the guest of honor
at 11 luncheon given by Mrs. Culver
Boyd.
Miss Elsie Aiken will continue to re
ceive informally Wednesdays nnd Frl
(inys during March und April at her
studios, 1020 Chestnut street.
.Mrs. SIntirice Bower Saul and Mrs.
L. htauffer Oliver, necorapoiiied bv
Lady Constance Hepburn Robson, hnve
lotiined from a slay ot Atlantic City
to their homes in Rose Valley.
.Mrs. William Cameron Sproul wns a
guest at the recital of modern Russian
music given in Chester on Friday eve.
nlng hv the choral of the Xevv Cen
turj Club nnd assisting artists.
Mr. Clarke Smith, of St. Luke's
School, left for Florida ou Saturday,
where ho will remain rami' time.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Warner Henermnn
wilt entertnln the card rub nf whir.
hcy are members nt their homo nt Moy.
mo huh evening.
The engagement of Miss Bertha Eliz
nheth Rabin, of Irvitig Heights, Brook
l.vn, to Dr. Frederic Danuerlh. of Ger
muntown nnd East Orange, N. J., has
just been announced. The wedding will
take plnce in Juue.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wood, of Wayne
have returned from Florida.
Mrs. Churles M. Shaffer, of Wayne,
left on Thursday for Cleveland. O., to
viblt her daughter, Mrs. II. K. Mut
ford, Jr,
! J Wish I Knew I
T WISH I knew
Wha
hat made you alter nn.
You used to creet me rrovlv?
nave (dance, for stlanre,
Ift naught to chance
In welcoming mo dally:
1 wish I knew
Why days slip by llkn hours
They over Xaster go "
These truunti fleet,
That run to meet . ,
The evening" afterglow. '
.ItKLKN y, ATKWSQN,
THE WEST
OUT of the west tho wind comes
Sweeping 11 somber sky;
Out of the west tho men come
Men about to die.
I.ong men, Htrong; men, hnrd of race
and breed
Bravo men, grave men, men of every
creed
Sons of ovcry race that crawls -beneath
the sky
Hut nil young, young men, men about
lo die.
Out of Ihe west the wind comes
Sweeping forever moro;
Out of tho west tho truth comes
This Is thn end of wnr.
MacKnlght Black, In Contemporary
Verse. '
When Governor Sproul said in Bal
timore that there was danger of the cd
iicntionnl fabric breaking down becnusc
of the present scarcity of teachers, he
was perhaps merely using the pleader's
privilege of nrtlstic exagge.r.tion. But
when he sold that Pennsylvania schools
were bad all through be allowed feeling
lo ovcicomo common sense.
Investigulinu hns proved to the sec
retary of the Hoard of Education that
before Philadelphia tcachcra cau get the
incrense of pay Philadelphia is willing
to give them the consent of u majority
of legislators throiirjiout the state wiil
first have to be obtained und enabling
legislation passed. This will have a ten
dency to. make all teachers hoine-riilers.
Incidental!), it lias not vet been
developed in the Senate investigation
whether Daniels or his naval advisers
iu Washington were directly responsible
for delay iu sending warships to the
scene of operations.
Vvo do not at the moment recall the
number of volleys to which 1111 admiral
is entitled, hut if the chnrges of Ad
miral Sims nre sustained wo venture
the opinion that at least one big gun
should be tired.
Vi1? ' ,n,nrc P"ibillty that if the
Republican leaders become reasonably
sure thnt President Wilson will again
be 11 candidate it might force them iuto
accepting Herbert Hoover 7
Always the fact is set forth bv wise
politicians thnt there is no room in
America for 11 third party. But that
mny simply menu that one of the old
parties must go.
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
Name five new republics carved out
of the territory of the former cm
plro of Russia?
What nre tho
stigma?
plurals of tho word
3 On what day did the great blizzard
of 1888 occur?
i Who Is Hmlr Felsal?
5 AVhat Is a stickleback?
6. What Is the name of the great coal.
field tapped by the Alaska railway
now under construction?
7 Who was mllltnry governor of Paris
V. l battle of the
S Which American states produce tha
most gems?
! Who was Bartholomew Ilia.?
10 What color Is maroon"'
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Two presidential eleerinna .... ,..,.
white the I'nitcd states was nt
I ....1. .unuiwiii whs elected for lh
second time during the war of
time. In 1804. dming the uM .,"
"' 'r,.,.r,,V,ub"",n. ntl""al convention
will bo opened on June 8 and the
Democratic on .lime 28, jn
3. Stamhoul Is the Tuiklsh name of
Constantinople, and also ,
narrower sense describes the oldest
part of the southwest of the Oo iter.
Hoin, an arm of the Bosporus
4. The word chrysalis WH three
plurals chrysalises, chrysallds and
chrysalides. "u
G. Augusta Comte was a celehmteH
French philosopher, the fouii le" of
positivism." Ills dates a," nosl
C Alaska Is an Eskimo or Iumtilt: word
meaning fju-at Country." oru
7 The bltts of a ship are'tl,,. no,..v
steel castlligH lllled p, the wenl.Vn
deck for securing moo.lng ' es
or hawsers. IPH
8 Anthony Tinllope. tl, Hnsrllali
novelist, wns for many yeara a
dTarYme, ,he Hr,,",,l """-
The Lcglslatuio nf West Virginia
hiiH lutllled ihe woman Bi iTrnirB
anieiidmeni bj tho mujoi Uy if fc
single vole ' ' "
'. HI II llllLlllll Till' IIIA u.. ...1
iu, An entrepot In a atoichouse for the.
....,,,,..., ..r.i3ii i)i Ktiousr Tim
word also describe... n ctminercil
center.
THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC lovers
Weekly Comment on Thlnys ),;.
cat in Discrlmintttina
Philadelphia
mills i,..i,i 1.. i. ,. . "
week I the dismissal of tne ,','
master. Frederick Fradkln, ha, ' t
ong stnii, Ing. but It seem, w u
broken out in new place, Ml. ,,"
kin wn, one of the new member, hn,
Imil nothing to do with dm reJL
oc.or Muck, which nu,8li:;:n: ;
as tho chief danger point toll,','
being and harmony of the orga L '
Pradkln's offense was l.agr ' '
Hnt a concert he refused to , J
acknowledge the ppll8c of ,,, '
rj.ee with tho 0,1(.,. mwnbor, f ,n""0d
chestra. when summoned to , s 1
the conductor, .Mr. Monteux toil ,,y
dience nnd orchestra t eii n.i "' n"
the tumultuous "?nr w ,1 .", f ..'iT' ',"
foino applauding the co. c cr ,', t"iwl
by far tlio greater number Johii ,'i "ll
remnrknlilr tleinonstratirm to " "
mix. It was an exhibition wi, ,i, lUm, ,
divined Boirrnru'
Frndkin's dismlssnl fnii.....i .
meet nc of Hm trn.i. ' V."""1 n
1.-1.1 iL. ..' "V" i 1 nc
c oicheMrn
iiciri me sunn' even tie. nn.l Bin
there is talk of Inking U,e ',,?,!' ft"?'
..M,'v',ib.,atn;.l,Vto',
-.!. v. mil HM1UW.
OWE lack of the rigid discipline nre,..
snry to a .jrent orchestra has been
apparent to un ordinarily keen musir
oWrver ever since the directors" 1,
the organization changed. The fnL
conductors, from Gericke who wis one
of the most severe disclpl nnrinns dn
to Muck, had been able to buiM t'.n ,m
ma ntnin u high morale among tie men
which, to those who heard onlv an oe
tnsionnl concert of the orchestra n...
'1n''J',''r'-l'''oeme7lXSdiVP; r
rapidly when Mr. Kabautl assunieil
charge, and, though better now. , u
no means back to the old alandard '
llils lock of discipline wos apparent
in many vvnvs in the playing of the 0
chestra, and has been commented uL
this column several times during 1"
...... .., ,,, j. ur.rc can (
hisdVn"rr,olhcofficiniBrouf-
The origin of the trouble betwfrn
brndk in nnd the conductor, It is M,d
was the question of the unionizing ni
he. orchestra, always a ticklish matter
between players nnd management. The
Boston management hnd long fought
this step successfully, but now the or
gnnization is, or soon will be, fullt
unionized. Just why this matter should
bo such n botic of contention is not quite
(dear to the uvefage musical observer
uh In those orchestras where It has been
effected there seems to be no change in
artistic achievement, nor is there likely
to be as long us the union nnd manage
ment can comer amicably on the point,
nt issue.
"IXTHAT the effect will be of the dm-
" missal nf 11 eonccrtmnster of a great
orchestra in midseason remains to he
seen. Mr. Frndkin is quoted us linvint
said thut "if the directors seek to break
up the orchestra, they could not have
struck upon a moro effective means."
If lie is correctly quoted, he taken
h inself far too seriously. He is a good
violinist, but did not make u conspicu
ously successful eonccrtmnster, two very
different things, nnd in his first appear
ances here he, did not seem to be nt all
familiar with tho actual technique nf
his position, even in view of the fart
that tho string section wns thoroughly
experienced nnd well seasoned. With
n lack of orchestral "routine," to ue
n musicians' term, that was very ap
parent, ho did not especially adorn the
chulr formerly occupied by such groat
concertinustcrs ns Willy Hess, Anton
Witek nnd, the greatest of them all,
I'ronz Knclscl.
The Boston Orchestra will probablj
not suffer nrtlstlcnlly by Mr. Fradktn'
departure, nnd the cause of discipline
will be tremendously ndvanced. That
trouble of such a serious naturo could
develop in the organization is a matter
for wonderment, but it may bo thnt the
nummary action of the board of tiusteet
will clear the atmosphere, without whleli
the regaining of its former position will
be a long nud painful process.
1
Orchestra Concert
Pvmphnnv In n minor . f'nn b
Concerto for piano and orchestra. Llapounofl
Knthurlne Cloo.leon
I'relude lo "Lohei.gTln" ... Waen r
llntrance to "WnlhalU" .. . W'nr
"ftlde of thu Valkyries" W i.-ner
The flower nf the French school nf
symphonh.' writing, 11 new concerto for
piano nud orchestra by u Russian ai.n
three numbers by Wagner made up th'
program of the Philadelphia Orchestra
ut the Academy of Music yrstrrdnf
afternoon. Madam Katharine (joodon
was tho soloist.
The Franek symphony, which wa
the first on the program, was given
its usunl temperamental reading bj Mr.
Stokowski. which wns augmented l
nn unusually exact rendition on tl,
part of tho orchestra, with even moie
thun the customary tonal beauty hj !'
solo instruments, as well as hv Ihj
otchestra us a whole. The complicate!
architecture of the woik, which Ii
ifiosalc in its thematic treatment, espe
cially In the lust movement, which if
capitulates virtually everything 'lin,t
has been introduced before it. was made
clear by Mr. Stokowskl's interpreta
tion, although there wns no dniie-i
or loss in volume or In beaut) of Ions
to accomplish this.'
Mntlnm Goodson chose 11 concerto
new to Philadelphia, delecting the
nnd nf I.lapounoff. a work baerl m
stiiicture iiiimistakably upon the mn
rerlos of Liszt, but typically Russian l"
I reeling, melody nnd orciicsirntion ;
I Is not a profound composition, "' '
1 pleasing in lis-melodies aud luitnioiin'.
Th chestratlnn is heavy, aim i " '"
of this fact the solo part is not alJ
happily placed. Madam C.iioiN"
plaji'd well, as she always does. Al
though there were places where inn
lone might have been iicccpluhle. i
concerto follows the Liszt model cl"" '
iu form, being in tine movement ami i"'1
of 01 chest 1 nl color.
The concert closed with three exerrpi
from Wagner, the prelude to ' l.oij
grin." tint "Entrance of the God, hi
Walhnlla" ami the "Ride of the '
kyrles." All wern well played und en
thuslnsticnlly received by the large uu
dience.
1
For a GirVs Room
O All through the night,
There' a tomorrow
That Clod shall klaa while oM'
Yesterday'H Bins? And bibl vear
Pray and forget Ho knows M ""
So tJH the rtuwn'H first rosy glesnis
...ur, ..r, .0 nu wus m tne right in 11...
ntest row, for Mr. PradklS. by his",. '.!
tract, was hound to obey the directions
of the conductor. ,,,.., hi. ...'.
NOfl 00 JIIV minpuEi",
Sweet bo thy dreams
And under whut Bky
Whether nenr or far,
Gorl btee you, dear.
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