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Li entries II. LualiiBlon. VIcb President;
hi itnn X Msrlln, Secretary and Treasurer!
&U WllH S Collins. Jolm U. Williams. John J.
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: t EDITORIAL BOARD:
l. Ctmls ii. K. Ciuiin. Chairman
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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thing! on irlilMi tlie people expect
the uaiv ndmlnlstratlou to concentrate
Its attention:
The Delaware river bridge.
'A. drydocfc big enouph to accommo
date the largttt ships
Devtlopment ef the rapid transit
ten.
A convention halt.
A building for tJie rrce Library
Ah Art Museum.
"Jnloroement of the tcater supply,
Itomes to accommodate the papula
(Ion. A SORRY LEGACY TO MOORE
"VTOT In twentj-five cars have the
' street paments of this city been.
iu such dangerous disrepair as they arc,
Every pcrj.cn who drives a motorcar
can testify to the scores or iieep noies.
ruts and bumps in ocry block anywhere
In the tonn.
Thousands of dollars of damage is
done to chicles of nil orts eery da
to say nothing of the increased risk of (
accidents to life nnd limb.
Where four jcars ngo it was possible
to boast of Philadelphia as one of the
bert-paved cities In the world, it now
unquestionably ranks imioug the. worst.
A.conservathe estimate made by coni
pqtcnt authority is said to place the
cost of restoring the paving to proper
shape at about $20,000,000. The utter
impossibility of devoting anything like
thbV sum to the purpose with city
finances in their preseut depicted condi
tion makes the outlook rather blue, but
only emphasizes the i-criouhncss of the
situation and the need of some con
structive planning in the Public Works
Department
It is cass to t-ay that the streets were
allowed to fall into this Ntate of ruin
because of the war. but the e.eue is not
ood, since many other large cities were
faced with precisely the same difficulties
and overcame them. Foresight and en
ergy during the past Ihree years could
hove prevrnted this coudition nt n cost
of probably one -fourth what will now be
required. That, howicr, might have
forced economizing in other municipal
expenditure!., such as the elimination of
useless jobs held down by time-serving
p:tty politicians useful to the Organi
sation. The streets of Philadelphia are a
sorry nd troublesome legacy from the
thoroughly inefficient Smith administra
tion to Mayor Moore.
DELANY FOR CONGRESS
CHAHLES DELANY, of Kensing
ton, appears as n candidate for Mr.
Moore's --eat in Congress with the sup
port of business interests in this city
which will need an intelligent champion
In tho House when the time comes for
un assault on existing tariff laws. Tie is
a business man He isn't tainted or
befndlcd by factional obligations. Uy
training and association he is a far more
desirable candidate than Mr. Ilansley.
Mr. Dclany is a precedent of iorts. If
he Is able to serve the city's industries
rather thnn one small section of n poli
tical party, he ought to be iiidcd, en
couraged and elected.
RELIEVING THE EVICTED
DIRECTOU Tl'STIN, of the Public
Welfare Department, is putting the
v housing bituatton up to Frank n. Mc
Claln, the state falr-priee commissioner,
nnd is promising to co-operate with him
so far as possible.
This may be a good wa to meet the
idtuatlon. Mr Mrflain hHs hud
numerous complaints from tenants who
have been overcharged by their laud
lords nnd he hus been making invest! -
ations. Mr Tustin is willing that ho
should continue to investigate with the
sslstancc of the Rureau of Municipal
esearcu the 1 lousluc Association, the
tnvia Hill Association and other
bodies Interested in the subject
.H would have been better if Mr.
TusWii had been williug to iis-sume the
responsibility for action lint whnt Is
needeuiB a concerted agreement among
MtpertH to do something to bring relief.
lut there should be uo waste of time in
talking. More houses arc needed nt
'once, nnd money is needed to build them.
The builders nre rend to go nhiad if
they can be assured of the capita! with
which to linance their operations, for
they know that tenants, if not pur
t chasers, can be found for ever duelling
as soon us it is ready for occupanc.
JOY-RIDING CITY AUTOS
PHIVATE citizens who oun motor
cars will do u lot of thiukiug when
thrj read Controller Walton's report
that the mcrage cost of tires, gasoline
net repairs for each of the 175 nuto
inobjles owned by the city was nt the
Vate.of $2100 n jcar for tho lust six
wanths of Mayor Smith's udmlnlstru
ttoni 'More than $000 was spent for tires
f'f'fwr ihe Major's cur in that period and
L ti Mayor used 1-30 gallouB of gasoline,
K- ". 1ltu ...- limn "fin nnlLnii n
V), n ftlllKT II..., V .U.. M.'V f,....V.C u
MMtb. Director Datcsman, of the De-
tr t fcs'rtsient of Public Works, burned 1403
"NUhms ana $ui- was paiu lor repairs
' t bk car. But be had to have only
'MW worth at tiros, or nbout one-half
-th" aaipunt pent for tires for the
Jd ' iv
I twill.
WchU o convince a pliysJ-
elan, fur inelntu'c. wtio Mm'- IiIm motor
ir continually, that the city got full
value for the mouey spent. There ltrti
been n lenknzo Foinewheri'. If tlipiu i
were not it coiisplrney to innku i-omc It hits remained for the roncrvnllc
favored KiiraRo owners rich, there has nml procresslvc minded rcpresentntltcs
been Indefensible Indifference tocconom. 'of organized Industry) ns well as IntclH
Tlic total (.pent in the six months was' Kent representatives of the government,
S200.n0O. nml tills wns nI ii time when to attempt to deal fairly nnd sanely
the pollee and llremen were ashing for
u fair day's wage and the .Major was
telling tlirm there was no money avail
able to Increase their pay.
If the present administration docs not
put n check on wasteful expenditure of
this hind It will not be because Its ncid
is not apparent. Mr. Acker, the pur
chasing agent, Is a business man familiar
with the cost of maintaining nutomo- I
biles. He can doubtless lnahe arrange
incuts for bujitig tires and other ncccs
soriex which will result in sning thou
sands of dollnrx a year, mid he can
secure bids for supplying gasoline and
for making repairs that ought to result
;"" economies.
There should be a tl
lorough cxamina-
tion of the whole problem with a view
to instituting a more businesslike rare j
of the city's motorcars.
i oT' ONF "RFD MENACE"' !
PROPERTY OF MR. PALMER
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Even the New York lush uommit
Ue Fnds 0(d Law8 At)equate
to Suppress Anarchy
if Enforced
QPEC1 AI. conies of the report just ,
- made to the Legislature of hew lork
I) the l.usk Investigating committee ;
should he hastily presented witn nn
oration or two to every executive in I
public office who thinks in the manner
of Attorney (ienrral Palmer-. Mr. Ilur
lesnn. (tovcrnor Sproul aud Attorney
Ucnernl HehaCfer.
Mr. S'diaCTer and Mi. Sproul each
ought to receive two copies, grandly
bound ; one for the office and one for the
center table at borne.
For the Lnsk committee was estab
lished to Investigate "radicalism" when
"radicalism" was, for a brief hour, the
fashionable menace In this country. It
was en cver-so-conservatlve group which
might have been depended upon to make
tho dreariest interpretation of the evi
dence presented to it.
The commlttco settled down to work
with the convictloti that bolshrusm was
a realitj iu the United Mtates. that
borers from within were nclually tr.Miig
to undermine the btatc and that tho
lime had arrived for the revival of the
inr,ui..t ion aud inquisitorial laws in Ihe
name of free government
The members
found that the country
tuded
had been de
The
laws
already on our statute
books
ays
too luk report. arc
adequate to protect the institutions of
this state if they arc properly enforced
and to preserve the constitutional rights
of its citizens."
The reference is to laws that were in
eistencc before bolshevism was heard
of. Tou hear little of Ucds now. Mr.
Palmer combed the country rigorously.
Hn mil. n few thnnsnnd neonle in iail
without tbc formality of trial nnd
found a handful of dangerous ana
it. but no more than bnd existed
fore as ncclieible svmntoms of noliti
necroiis in every thickly nonulated com-
munity. :-,-,
The' gag laws .railroaded through in
Washington and nt,Hnrrisburg when the
attorneys genernl'wer'o arguing that you '
munity. :-,-,
could preserve free government by tear-
tng out us tottuaaiions sun ionium on
the statute books like monuments to
mark the place where a silly panic did
the most damage.
The l.usk committee found Hint the
laws of Now York were serioiihly dis
regarded, not by the radical! minded,
but by agents of government too lazy
or inexpert to enforce them. Thus it
is suggested in the current report that
the old laws against criminal anarchy
are all that is needed to deal effectively
Wliu uu) uuuscruua at.iiuiur. .iiilliui
laws existed in the state of Peimsyl-
vonia.
The investigators for the New York
Legislature ore not the only ones who,
in a calmer interval, are able to explain
and understand the sounds that in Mr.
Palmer's affrighted cart teemed like the
first rumblings of doom. There have
been labor investigations. Senate in
quiries and economic conference-, with
out number, and nowhere has nny ouc
found the slightest evidence to indicate
that any considerable element among
enc poor or hihook binning women ouu
even the shadow of an intention to an
tagonlze tho government or question its
principles or its uuthorit.
The propaganda that swept Sir.
Palmer off his feet and frightened Gov
ernor Sproul nnd Mr. Schaffcr was, in
fnct, an elnborate ond cruel libel of the
great ma&s of working peoplen the
United States. That libel is "written
into state and national laws in the form
of espionage laws and gag laws
No political party bad a monopoly of
delusion Postmaster General Burleson
was a proud and stubborn leader in the
destruction of common rights
A flicker of fundamental truth lit the
collective mind of the Lusk committee
when it decided that such friction as has
been recently apparent in the social nnd
economic system of the country is due
primarily to deficient education in the
large communities of foreigners, who
are left as n rule to grope alone against
tho influence of mnlicious leaders and n
foreign-language press that is often
wrong minded and un-American.
It ought to be remembered now that
foreigners in this country are educated
not in the schools, but in their contacts
w ith the life nbout them The mill boss,
the corner policcmnn. the petty political
worker nnd the factory foreman with
his prejudice and his lust for production
at all costs are ubout all that countless
workers of foreign birth see or know of
America.
The majority of workers who engaged
in recent demonstrations were bewil
dered by the suggestion that they were
Intent on opposing governmental au
thority. And surely an one who knows
how helplesK nnd defenseless many of
them were must be bewildered, too, by
thnt fnntnstic charge Radical and
wrong-headed leadership they had but
It was Ihe only leadership they knew.
No Que who was uot in some way radical
had ever interested himself in their af
fairs or exhibited nny concern for their
welfare
What these people had to say was
drowned out in shouts of "bolshevism!"
There were schemes of suppression in
stead of uny rutional effort to find out
whut wns urong. Other men. ubler and
fairer than Mr. Palmer, are now sitting
down to give reasonable consideration to
problems that all the advocates of gag
laws could only misrepresent und post
pone. If there was one thing worse than
another about the Bolshevist scare
whooped up by the uttoruey general and
Jike nlnded reprwntntlve'yif gorcrn-
UVii-MKU i LuLLU
ini'iitnl iitlthorlt.v clu'whrn ll Is tin i'f
fcelheneoK with which public nlletitlon
won (llstrnctiil from the fncls heliluil the
cxtrnonlllinr.V twronr.
with the questions that were behind re
cent labor demonstrations.
Tho commissions that have been sit-
ting In Washington and the confer
ences of business men who are trjing
lionoinblj to live up to their times no
longer shout about holshcvNm when a
man ventures to suggest that the hard
or unfHlr conditions of his life and his
labor be studied and Improved. Thej
do not call every man who tomplains an
enemy of the government. Thc do not
denj the right of free speech.
In a word, the men who arc paeif.ing
itidustr) nml unifying Ihe iplrit of
America in these later dn are not be-
i lievers In the bloodless (ieniianism of
Mr. Hurloson. And they are doing more
to cllmluatc uu American thinking and
un-American leadership from the world
of labor than Palmer and Itcrlcon could
do with all the gag laws, all the es-
plonape laws aud nil the deportations
Hint flier i-onlil mil nrw dm in the rest
of their' lives.
HOOVER'S SOBERING WORDS
IN HIS candid and closely reasoned ex-1
nresslon of his ndvoear.v of the
T,inf-iir rtf 'n tlnnu - t It rOMPf Vflt Ifltm
"which should satisfy the most timid as
to entnnglemenls." Herbert Hoover
adopts a line of argument which Has '
been lately paiM'tl by in u freu. oi
Jiair - splltting.
The deadlock between the President
nnd Congress has been caused chiefly
by obstinate concentration of the op-
posiug forces upon that tirtiile of the
covenant prescribing the use of force in,
an obligation to prererve the territorial
integrity uud political independence of
the league members. Hotli Mr. Wilson I
and bis foes have Intently considered
an imaginary situation in which n re- (
fraetory nation.invitcs cha.stlsemenL ,
Such crises will hnnnen nt times. '
It Is, however, simply hysterical to
conceive oi tncra ns of every aay occur
rence. The prime object of the league
a n nut t,t suit tiiuu
is not to call
11h members for
troops or to fight wars even wnis
for justice. Its mere normal cxisti-nee.
providrd its membership is comprehen
sive.' will mean the co-ordlnntlon of in
fluenccs. watchful and corrective and
o operative as to prevent the seeds of
crises from being sown.
"I believe." declares Mr. Hoover,
"that a great foundation of peace does
lie in ihe continuous functioning of a
bodj of gre:it internatioual rcpresenta
tics sitting outside the pettiucss of
dnv lo-dnv international relations, en
cased unon conciliation, the mitigation
nf .intnirniiisni tin. rerv effective bin
colt f disturbers through arousal or
public opinion against them and thiotigh
it the immediate undertaking of di ,
nrmament of the world to a simple d" ,
fensive fooling." J
This is the league healthily at work
This is an international society con
to restore balance, banlty. co-operative
morality to international reunions, now
morality to international reiaiion.
growing continually more and
rickety. It is time to see the k
s a peace, not a war. instrument.
111 OP'
league
The
Senate has passed by the inherent alue
of the league and Jlr. llbon lias ioi
lowed a similarly false lead.
Political prejudice casts, no shadow
on Mr. Hoover's sound logic That is
wh he is less concerned with the sub
ject of reservations to the league than
In the immediate necessity for its opera
tion with the United States as n
member.
As for a separate peace, "after we
have gone so far as to agree on its; main
iinf, vitl) mr eomnAw in nrnlSl- that
M wonv-r ri-ntly sums un as "un-
.Ufnl-nt
thinknble." We bare thought about it
.i(t,p if p fl)U ,0 TfM thp indecency
aud essential immorality of such n step,
impracticable ns well ns gross! un
ethical. The plain truth i that further delay
in subscribing to the treaty is black
with peril. Mr. Hoover states the case
with sincerity, onco more attesting his
utter freedom from contemptible par
tisanship. JUDGE GRAY AND SUFFRAGE
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N A long statement opposing tho &uf
(.in nmpnrlment. Judze Gray, of
Deiaware. confuses, ns so many critics
of revisions to the fundamental law or
this republic hne doue, the original na
ture of the constitution with the body
of precedent and principle which it lias
built up. He alleges that the nineteenth
amendment, if passed, will coerce "the
will of the states" and that "it vio
lates principles of self government
But state sovereignty itself is not
exempt from modification by the federal
constitution. That is the primo instru
ment of our government, and there is no
alteration which cannot bo made in it
bv the specified machinery described in
Article V
Three-fourths of the states can re
write the constitution if the see fit.
The nineteenth amendment was consti
tutionally introduced. The steps toward
Its ratification arc constitutionally pur
sued. There nre those who believe that
the constitution should confine itself to
gtnernl principles.
This view is In accord with the old
state-rights doctrine. And still there is
no legal barrier to departure from that
standard if the people see fit to act.
Judge Gray may dsplore nny trend
toward equal suffrage exhibited in
Delaware. But it is from the technical
standpoint not "a great wrong" If n
sufficient majority cnooses to cstnoiisn it
as a great right.
There is wisdom tn the suggestion
of the fair -price commission that house
wives purchase the cheaper cuts of
meat: but, despite apparent promise,
there is also admission that no effectual
wny has yet been found to bring high
prices down.
"Deinni ratic Germany kisses
rod nnlv when it is laid nn hard.
the
Industrially as well iik literally the
t,ri,l7 will huckle Camden to Philadel
phia with bauds of steel.
Add Ever day Heroes John Mo
Aleer. P. II. T. motormnu. stuck to his
post and prevented his car from being
ditched with "probable loss of life.
Dirty streets aie due to a lack of
teams, says Senator Vare But there
wos no. lack of teamwork in the get
ting of fines reduced. .
A hopeful world begins to wonder
If suicide is likely to become epidemic
among Pan-Germans.
A Broad street bus with n llvecent
fare gives a Jojouh, smack to the patten-
fl'r V
M HictiOK in not tuc s.igntcsr ocgrcr w,,u ---- --.. "-.. - -, -. ,, b..0her Alfred PaulMorns: .Tr
rch- the narrowest inlerprctatioon oi our ,. .r , shp ,ooKs ft , (,pnl ko ,lcp Mh
be-I constitution and lorm ot govrrumem .. .. . , . .. , h f rn. i who wns the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
csl Tills is whnt is so imperatively needed i ii)H- ,..i,not. ., 4u .,.:. j. , Until Morris, aud n brother of the Itev.
LEDGEU I UlWuxlLl ill A, Fill
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
George Ade, ns a Satirist, h Sub'
Jcct at Heated Debate Uoud
(,'eorpc's tXcw Party
HnYWOOt) ItltOt'N and llerton
Hntlcy are conducting n Joint debate '
on whether or not (leorge Ade Is n true
satirist. An (lenrire Ade is about all
wc have in this country by the way of
Ade believes.
some footwork and n good left jab It
would be hilrdly possible to distinguish
him from Dr. KruuU Crane."
q q i
mO WHICH Mr. ltraley replies: "Ade
. is Ihnl sccinitirl rnrn lull netunllv
Ifrenuent person the moderate and th
liberal. Ar such, he satirir.es life about
til M, WJltllJS'iSSta,."
And Mr. Ilrnlev explains Hint Mr.
'Ado Is "catholic In choice of subjects
for ridicule. The
mossbark
1rp(! ". r.'! npostlc of upset
are
'" , J)p M , ,ntform
,T, n t, ,.nt()atcs for President
in both the two great pnrt!e
All of them from Mitchell Palmer
to Hiram Johnson are rqlially "against
the reactionary and the radical."
All stand safely on the middle ground
where the votes arc.
if Mr. Ado had onh
solemnly
and in dictionary English 'what he has
said gayly and in slang he might beat
""-" !' """ nuraiag to noavcr in
Bothering the suffrages of the people. ,
But the great art of saying 'on the,
"J. , ge o her and even
.- Ti i l ., i.. I
vote-getting or book-selling.
i i q
TF Mn. BltOUN and Mr. Ilraley could
A- have a look at Mr. Ade's income-tax
return perhaps they could settle this
great question, provided they could
ngtec on tho principle that u demoe
inoy would not pay vast suiii! to a man
In laj bare its genuine sins and weak-
IICSf.CS.
("ireat satire probably i nnl a demo-
ratic art. The great i-ntirist is es
sentially n ti aristocrat, lie iloes not
identify himself with the multitude.
Iiitellertunllj and morall) lie has a
oncly sense of superiorilv.
Ami l rlnnu tml rmnlrA nun nf flm t,fr
blanks, for incomes of out S.1000, to '
make out his rel'urn
he writes on his
Instead, like Swlfl
loiuosione something niiout his sacva
mdlgnntio nnd lots it go at that,
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TIHIEN a man laughs publicly at his
' own weaknesses, ns many men do.
he laughs at his little weaknesses, not
m in nig wenKncsscs.
mocrncy.
aihi the American democracy laughs
with Mr. Ade. And it is reassured, for
it says to itself: "This is nil he finds
to laugh at in us."
And Mr. Ade serves another purpose.
A political party nhvnjs hus n man
known as a "whip" to round up its
members and hold them together.
Mr. Ade is one of the innumerable
"wlilpM of the American democrncv.
Any one who tends to stray from the
majority has the lash of Mr. Ade's
ridicule laid unon him.
"Art and culture nr for Mr. Ade.'lJ
(just-ru' .hi-, uroun. nisitnci iiiahs,"
Mr. Ade knows all the distinct r.lnhs.
That is his buslneas.
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MTt. Iit.OYD OEOIlGi: is stalling a
new party in England
party
It has a nnmo. .National Democratic
Doubtless il has principles or it will
have when Mr. George has viewed the
horizon sufficiently ahd discovers just
what principles it is best that it should
have. i
Meanwhile It has a name and a leader.
Perhaps It hns the best lrader tn
England.
For months Conservative, and
Radicals nllke have pnllrd nt Lloyd
George.
Neither could conceive of existence
without him.
And now he is going to try to prove
to them that they cannot exist without
him. probably by planting this new
party of his squarely In between the
two of them, hoping thus to nttract
from the right and from the left enough
to make up a majority, while holding
the right and the left far enough upart
thnt no combination against him will
be possible.
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MR., GEORGE bss plckm a good
name for his party, Democratic, n
new name in England, which has
avoided this name hitherto as perhaps a
little too much of the mass massy.
But the Labor part nns pioneered
tho wny into popular nomenclature and
now Mr. George may safely go as far
as Democratic.
And his uHine is better than Labor.
Mr. Churchill may sniff nt Labor ns
a hewer of wood nnd drawer of
water but not n governor of empire.
But In these dnys when the world has
been made safe for democracy, no one
may sniff at Democratic
Mr. Bonnr Law. formerly Unionist
lender, goes with Mr. George into his
new venture, which indicates that
there wiU be little sniffing. Mr. George
may draw the line somewhere, and, like
Fronde, he may draw it nt dukes, but
certainly not much below that
Major R. W. Schroeder hns been
officially declared to have made the
world's nltltude record. And at that
he isn't in tho same class with old
II. C. ofl
Thn nlnv ns doped out by the Hlah
Command seems to bo: Lbcrt to Kapp
to Lucttwitr to nindenburg to Hohen
zollern. But the chances nre somebody
will fumble the nan.
Tim Chinese and Japanese Govern.
inents arc acting in unison in tho Far
East, says a dispatch from London.
Then tho ucciurnr. nnu iiencr settle its
differences
Downtown
sojourners refuse in
grow excited over the Main Line robin.
Spring won't arrive, they declare, until
Robin visits Independence Square.
The one thing certain is thnt the
voters of tho Third Congressional dis
trict will get as good n man to repre
sent them ns the desert e
There Is no limit to thn number of
times Mr. Bryan Iu williug to be de
feated for tho good of his country.
Is It merely coincidence that Mov
lng Day should also be All Fools' Day?
If the militarists have mlatnltiml
jtiged tho temper of the German people
L .'
satirist lie is worth Holding n donate ilrSitfciffiJiim Wl( J.TSK rQlKAfl. lA'3snW'BCCSkiiiiiiiM
Observes Mr. ltroun : , 0liTOi!'fj?Sfi 1HlSS W JUg C MSWWjR'SSi.L.ntw
"While it Is true that Mr. Ade some- HffSWif;U !f33 fflfiW x9HWS! WrSSM'
times pokes fun nt the most revered, lf f&fa flfi f MWM TWmm if'VBoBB
of American Institutions, he generally nMi),&J 'JiHriWr 4'iJa!i5i ' JTS WBc? Ii MmWXw3ft s'
null-, his punch-- His rlght-hnnd 1 ' &&fiiirS M, WkftiMkjf'mJAr nfuMffiSHI &
swings nre reserved for the Moobiles hlitP&H ufW-ealW CflM.!'rVelBBKsJ9Ra'J- ,' IcMfWtilfBSW I ..
nnd other classes of folk who never J lWSSffiM-tt-i jfM ftrSMflP' ' f MPfAWr , jS7iW?frM X
hulk large enough to gel n party em- W'i&Wt'ifif -Cl 'WM I I ffl&FGvf'1&0- WmNMm- " ,
blem on any ballot. Everything .which i;i&'fiLmV "M'V . ImiK 0 T C H? OTWrIT mt
lilne-tenths of Ai ierli-n bl-lleves Mr. ft5Bt).r.Hlr5 -.La? ! ! r ASF V'iM AfZ& , I fffiSM "J
If he had not developed '.",' ',.V'cRicrB?.'ir py"4 -- KJWsrci r2MZZKr W '. i'lX Mil IMVSW
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Tells of A'ca7 Season's Debutantes Miss Mar
garet Robins Receives Decorations
A h 1,JI1' SrH on wp "rar morc nml
-i-more about the debutantes of next
cm Some lnnthpra hnvn snltl nnstltrp.
!' that they will bring their daughters
out nml ii number of ilntes for teas have
been chosen
1 Une or the most attractive of tne
I buds will lie Ottilio Morris. She is a
I daughter of the late -Alfred Paul Morris
j and Mrs. Morris. Her "mother was Miss
Mildred Wain, n daughter of Mr. and
1 Mrs. .Tarnb Wain, of Hnverford, and
niece of Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison,
i who was Miss Ellen Wain. Ottille has
Richard Morris, of Rccinald and Fran
cis Morris, uudof Mrs. Ho'llIugRworth
.uorns. who was .iiary rum morris.
Mr. Morris died nbout eight years ago
shortly after he moved his family from
Hnverford to their present homo in
Vjllnnova.
Ottilie will be giveu a dance Iu .Tuuo
by her mother and will mukc her debut
at a tea in October.
ANOTHER interesting debutante of
next enr will be Ellen MeMichacl,
who is. liv the way. n relative of Ot
tilie Morris, as her grandmother, Mrs.
Charles Custis Harrison, is Utlllic s
srent-nunt. Ellen is the duughtcr of
Mr. and Mm. Emory MoMIchuel. Her
mother wns Misti Elln Harrison, n
sister of Charles Ilarrisoti. Jr.. of
Harry Wain Harrison, and of Mrs.
Wnlter Wood. Another sister was tho
Into Mrs. Ned Itowland. Ellen lies it
brother. Harrison MeMichacl. nnd her
cousin, fins ton MeMichacl. lives with
the Emory McMiehacls. He and his
sister Elizabeth, who married Lieuten
ant Clark last November, lived with
tho McMIchaels nfter the deuth of their
parents n number of venrs ago. Tbo
date of Ellen's debut lias not yet been
settled, but it will probably be earl in
the fnll.
THE Colonial Damps. Philadelphia
Chapter No, 'J. had a most inter
esting meeting yesterday afternoon.
They presented Mr. Thomas Lynrh
Montgomery, state librnrian of Penn
sylvania, with the Wise Willing Balch
medal, which, you know, is ghon each
venr by tho Colonial Dames lo a writer
of Colonial times. Mr. Hampton i.
Colonial Dames and Mr. Montgomer
responded most graceful!. Anothei
interesting hnDncning during the nfter
noon wus the presentation of four large
silken flugs to the Diocesan Church of
St. Mary. The vicar of the church
was present nnd made n little speccli
of acceptance. It was altogether a
charming afternoon, And the Coloninl
Dames' resolution to uphold standards
of lifo was again discussed and the vlsl
tors pledged their co operation. In fact,
day after day tno secretary ot tne col
onial Dames is receiving letters from
othor societies offering to co-opernte
with tbcni. inev unc iiikch ii rlgut
stand nt n right time
AND
r mid
now, my dears, we have In our
midst another rummage sale. This
time nt 1112 Walnut strret, and the
"benefitee" (don't joh HJce that new
coined word of mine?) will be th
Presbyterian Orphauiige, of which Mrs.
Richard Norrls is president. Tho sale
will be held on Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week, and I make a bet It
will bn good.
These sales arn wonders! I beard
yesterday that they had n lot of new
shoes and manufacturers' samples of
jewelry up nt thn rummage for St. Ed
mond'u Homo for Crippled Children,
wnicn rummage in ruiuk on now in sev
enteenth nnd Market streets. And then
there will "be the Emergency Aid snlo In
April, nnd Inter again the rummage for
the Girl Scotita summer camp.
AND, by the wny, speaking of th
Girl Scouts, did nu hear of the
honor accorded one of the members of
their executive board, Miss Margaret
Robins? She was for ninny months In
Montenegro and lutely received from the
Serbian front the Cross of the Order of
St. Savn and the Seihlan Rovnl Tied
Cross rncdnl in recognition of her work
with the American Red Cross in Dal
mutln and Montenegro She noted ns
French interpreter for the American
Mission and the American troops which
formed n purl of the army nf occupa
tion. She was also personnel officer in
the American Red Cross Mission. Rn.
fore then she was n nurse in the French
medical corps.
Miss Robins is the dnitghter of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Robins, of 1710 Locust
street. SInco her return to this country
she has been lolng fine work for the
Girl Scouts and is the editor of tho
Girl Scout Monthly.
AND, by the way, don't be amazoi,
horrified or surprised If you Miodlil
pot .Nundry ladies of Jigl) degm
Ut
'LI U), IttiO
BUT NOT FORPOTTBN
riding round In motors with a clown
every evening next week. It will sim
ply be a member of the Girl Scout
executive committee escorting "Cho
Oho." the health clown, to one of tho
places arranged for him to address the
Scouts. He'll be here for a week.
XA7JCY WYNNE.
S0CIU ACTIVITIES
Mrs. S. Fisher Corlles and Miss Mar
garet Ti. Corlies, who nre visiting Mrs.
John D. Morgan In Chestnut Hill, will
return t6 Magnolia, Mass., on April 11.
Miss Corlles, who Is honornry president
of Sedgely nnd one of. its founders, will
give a luncheon tomorrow nt the club
ut 1 o'clock, In honor of tho board of
governors.
Miss Mnrtiia T. McAllister, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. .T. Rutherford McAllis
ter, of Brickholme. Chestnut Hill, whoso
marriage to Mr. W. J. 'Howell Borie,
son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Louis
Borie. Jr.. of Wakefield, Rydal, will
take place April 10. will be the guest
nf linnni- nr n snriner to be riven by Mr.
and Mrs. William Henry Trotter, of
Clecve Gate. Chestnut Hill, on Satur
day. March '27.
Mrs. Rollin Henry Wilbur entertained
nl luncheon on Wednesday at Old Stone
House, St. Davids. The guests in
cluded Mrs. Russell Duane. Mrs.
Arthur Bewail, Mrs. "William Hey ward
Mvcrs. Mrs. Tsaac Clothier, Jr.. Mrs.
John H. Scott. Mrs. Phlllppus Miller,
Mrs. Alba Johnson, fllrs. Ii. ii. Allison,
Mrs. Oswald Chew. Mrs. Abram Wln-
terstcin. Mrs. J. Bertram Llppincott
and the Misses Bache.
Mrs. Thomas W. Griffiths', Jr.. of
Dallas, Tex., who hasj been spending
several weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward J. Lavlno, of Onlval,
Graver's lane nnd Flourtown road,
Chestnut Hill, will return home on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Mahlon Hutchinson and her
daughter, Miss Edith Hutchinson, and
son, Mr. Mahlon Hutchinson, Jr., who
have been spending the winter In town,
will return to their home In Devon
shortly.
Mrs. John Arthur Brown, 7014
sl,to' Mlsi Barbara Lowls, who have
Vent several weeks In Augusta, Ga
are expected home on Sunday.
Mrs. M. Rs Kauffroac, who has been
spending the winter at Augusta, Ga.,
and St. Petersburg, Fla., is now with
her daughter, Mrs. O. L. Warner, of
Strnfford.
The fancy dress dance of Miss Anne
Roblns's dancing class, at the Phila
delphia Cricket Club, St. Martins, will
bo held on wcdncmlny, aiarcu L'l
EITH'S
lu1 MOSCONl BROS. Cb"
nml Th;lr DnclnrFamlly
RAE SAMUELS
ROSE COGHLAN & CO.
.HIB & CAMPBELL! DU-FOH BIIOS.I
ETlia ZAItDO nd Other Star.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
MONDAY EVG., MARCH 22, 8:15
The Art Sensation of the Century
VERA
F 0 K I N A
THE WORLD'S
GREATEST DANCER
WITH Of. MEMBERS OF THE
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
ARNOLD VOLPH. Conductor
Seals tl to 13. 1108 Chestnut St.
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RfKltinlne Monday. March 22 Seats Now
THE BETTER 'OLE
CHARLES DALION as "OLD BILL"
ACADEMY OK MUSIC
. SATURDAY AIT.. AT 2-30
MAR. 27
1 VIOLIN
coNcuiiT uy music nxjn violin
K R E I S L E R
TICKETS, 2 to 7f.
to 7fa. BOX SKATS, I2.C0.
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C KLLls- Btelnway Piano.
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MHTROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANl. N, Y.
TUESDAY EVI3NINU, MARCH 23, AT 8
II Barbiere Di Siviglia
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DlJUU SOCIAL FOLLIES
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i
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Over what city did Lorenzo de' Mo-
did lule?
2. Which la tho larger, England or
Pennsylvania?
3. What Is the epact?
4. Who was Volta?
C. What Is tho crow's nest of a ship?
6. What is tho difference between a
enmeo and an Intaglio?
7. How should tho latter word be pro
nounced?
8. What Is the namo of the present Sul-
tnn of Turkey?
(t. What Is an epistyle?
10. In what otty waa Nicholas Romanoff
killed by tho Bolshevists?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Beauniarchals, tha French drama
list, created the character of Figa
ro. Tho character nppearn In both
"Tho Maniago of Figaro" and
"Tho Barber of Sovllle."
2: Tho largest city, formerly under
Austrian rule and now Incorpo
rated In tho republic of Poland, Is
Cracow.
.1. Jnnics a Sherman was Vice PresU
dent of tho United States under
Tatt.
4. Thomas A. Arno (1710-1778) wroto
the music of 'Ttulo Brjtunnln."
H. The route between San Francisco
nnd New York via the Panama
anal In 8415 miles shorter than
the route between the two ports
via tho Strait of Mngcllan.
6. Armando Is tho first name of Gen
eral Diaz, commandor-ln-chtef of
the Italian armies.
7. Benjamin Franklin Bald "laziness
travels so slowly that poverty
overtakes him."
8. Tho nctual flghtlnBT Iu tho Franco-
Prussian War lasted about six
mouths, from July, 1870, until Jnn
uary. 1871.
9. Hautour Ib loftiness of manner.
10. Nemesis waB tlio Greek goddosa of
retribution.
PHILADELPHIA'S LEAD1NO THEATRES
Direction LEE A J. J. BHUBEBT
Chestnut St. p. Last J?
IIOUbR Mat. Tomor,
C.M.ANDERSON'S
"A Doz?n Shows, In On." Itrtvml
FORTV 1'I.HET I'HIVOL CHORUS
FUN BXPtinTS OK ITFTT
K SEATS NOW SELLING
.A.tJB,),ar C1'tnut St. Opera House
PRICES NIGHTS gy50c to$2
POP. MAT. WED. W $1.00
"One act contains more comedy than half
a Jon munlcal comedies combined." N. Y.
Times.
THE TMPTMG MJStj rnirrnv
PDIWPOW
W SHUBERT ,
... "ati'veb TOMonnow at 2:10
Wild-Fire Rngo of Entire .Season
Brilliant Musical Show
BEST-LOOKINO CHORUS IN TOWN
AHPI PMT NIGHTS AT 8:20
rtUCLrni Mat. Tomor,, 2:20
K-lL.?r,ry " fun-maklnc that has seldom
been TTltncss1 on any etase." necord
UP IN
MABEL'S ROOM
WITH TTR UNEQUALLED PAST
HAZEL DAWN WALTEn Trtxitro
JOHN ARTHUR and ENID MARKET?
"The greatest collection of Farceurs thn
has ever been assembled.'1 Press. "
lY"RTf! Evc"inss 8:20. Mat.
xj x J.viJ Tomorrow at 2:20
"MR. HODGE 1 J fVfi. bulletin
i:vo. buli
pniLA. nr
EVa.LEDI
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AT HIS BEST" iYvg.Iedo
SPUD
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WILLIAM
HODGE
IN HIS GREATEST SUCCESS
"THE GUEST OF HONOR"
Market tit
10th.
11 A. M i- . .
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iNorma lalmadge
, in1 P'l'fiT suowino or
"SHE LOVES AND LIES"
Next Week "APrtlL FOLI.V'
P A L A CF
1214 MAnkCT STItEET Lj
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Next Week 12LSJIB FErtotlRnvi
In HIB HOUbB IN OllDErt"
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to A. Jf., Ii. 2. 8:40. 0:13. 7:15, n m n ,,
WALLACE REID '-- '"xcJbe Si
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0 A. M. to ItilO P. M
CHARLES RAY "alaiim clock
Next Wek-"8hould a Itu.band Foil?,V
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724 MArtKCT STItEET L
10 A; M.. 12. 2. 0:15. 0:43. 7:4,-.. 0..10 r. U.
Elaine Hammerstcin ln "tir"
Than rm"
REGENT "naSi?
II, A. M. to 11 p m
market HTrinnT
CONfuSi'W
VAUDEVIIIf.-
"When Dreams Come True"
A YOUNC1 omttETTA; OTHCIt ACTS
BROADWAY Brol Brt ai
FELIX ADLER4 CO.1" SL
ROBT. WARWICK "Jack
STRAW"
CROSS KEYS BBjiioif eon
THE FOUR CASf0RS,n"
PHILADELPHIA'S FOHEMOST UlHATnES
J-lM.lVjrV MAT.TOMOrmow.M8
SUPREME SUCCESS OP SUCCESSES!
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Premiere Musical Attraction!
um
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A JOYOUS. JAZZT. MUSIC REVUE wlto t
"Wynn-liiB" Chorus of Youthful tferalnlti
Loveliness.
1100IC AND SONGS BT KD. WTNN
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PADDtTQT NIGHTS AT 8:1B
rUIICJl MAT.TOMOnnoWM.U
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IN THE FEAST OF
FUN AND FRIVOLITY IN
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DANCERS AND FUN-MAKERS
SEATS HELLING FOR NEXT WfcKK
DDOAH NIGHTS AT 8:15
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"lUOlELY rNTERBSTING. HIGHLY EN
TERTAIMNO. AND NEVER HIGHBROW
Eg. Ltilier
"C H R I S"
A play ot the Sea and Seafaring Talk
By EUGENE O'NEILL
with EMMETT CORRIGAN
LYNN FONTANNE and AJITHUR ASHLEI
Direction of GEORGE C. TYLER
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UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SOCIETY
wiTinmspooN hall, tonight at a
Only Philadelphia Appearanco This Seojon
OF
Charles Rann Kennedy
ANTr
Edith Wynne Matthison
IN SPECIAL nECITAt.
rpretatlons, The Senlar
House, Sister Beatrice
Bible Interpretations, The Senlant In tin
House, Sister Beatrice
Tleketa. BOo to $1.00. On sal" NO"
University Extension Box Office. Wlthersroon
lsuiiaingr.
METROPOLTf AN 0FERA HOUSE
TOMOR. NIGHT
The Incomparable Coloratura
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GOOD SEATS STILL AVAILABLE
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Vaudeville' Pre-eminent Flutist
AND OTHERS
2 ORCHESTRAS D7gl
SKATING CARNIVAL
for tho Reed St Neighborhood Hous
ICE PALACE, 45th & Market
MONDAY. MARCH 22. 8 P. M.
Nathaniel W. Nlles. Tennis K,
Ins National Champion, vs. Theresa ""
uoBton ,. nt
ffitf.fl5sftV&
By the courtesy of Mr. tonway. j
will be eold at reulr Pr'c at ' " u
St. ana , . , , .,
Reserved Beats
PHILADELPHIA THEATRE
1 (SEVENTEENTH AND DE I.ANCLI
Commencing Monday
VICTOR HERBERTS
New Musical Play With GcorSUOn.m.r
"OUI MADAME
a DANCING LESSONS JH
4 a Siher for Each Pupil P''
ex v.-
Individual
Instruction
Exclusive Method
UlrrarMl HtudlO
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CORTISSOZ SCHOOL .
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Saturday. 8:80-''Anclent EayjUjP j$
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