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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
ThlrtKS on whlrh Hie people expect
the new administration to concentrate
Ha attention:
Thv Delaware river bridge.
A. d'rydock big crsounh to accommo
date tho largest ships.
development of the rapid transit sjs.
tern.
4 convention hall.
A building for tho Free IAbrary.
A Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. GREAT SHIPS AGAIN
TI1E day of giant steamships, dimmed
toy the war, is fast returning. Even
before the actual hostilities ended "the
TTnlfiwl Ktntuti slilnnlni- lwMiril rpnlt7tfl
that nrnrrmnhn.!.. i.n.i l.i-nn ..lnrr.l on I
tho small cargo boat. Hog Island has I iiia " n "0rM nffliction like war itself,
of late been turning out some vessels c are for tllc moment in the violent
considerably larger than the pioneer backwash of a world upheaval. To sup-,
Quistconck I'ov 'jat tuo uccd for checks and
Across the river, six large merchant restraints iu the interest of peace nud
and'passcnger steamships, each nverag- onI,'r cm,C(1 "llcu tlle lnst Bun was firctl
ing more than L'0,000 tons, arc ou the I is t0 cherish a perilous delusion. The
wajs. Such enterprises, however, pule I domestic scene iu America is more cou
beforc the new standards energetically. I fu,(,d now than it was when we were
prevailing iu Great Hritaiu, where the I '" tuc '""-Id- Interests that were dis
,tirst of a "set" of twelve huge new located are seeking new adjustments.
Cunardcrs was lauuehed vesterdav. The I They will find them. But there will be
Scypbia, as this newcomer is called, j repeated conflicts of purpose in the pro
measures S00 feet in length. This dl- l'Ch and it Is esseutial that a sense of
wcnslon Is surpassed iu onlv live liners I patriotism and n vigilant public spirit
xtant. It is clear that Euglaiid real- I continue to be felt us forces operating
izesthata new era iu shipbuilding has"!for Justice and rationality throughout
begun,
That the truth flickered into our own
consciousness was revealed some mouths
ago when plans were discussed for the
production of four 1000-foot American
greyhounds. Little or nothing has I
since been beard of the project. Wo arc
."vrve'tr unable to agree on the dlstositiou
of tJie nine steamships we acquired from
Germany. Despite our reccut mar
velqus maritime growth, small vision
and pettifogging suggest grave doubts
for'the future.
Meanwhile, nautical England appre
ciates the fact that modern methods
alone can give health to n raerehunt I
marine. The war did not set a iieruia- I
nent precedent for the 5000 or 7000 1
ton' ship. I
THE BEAUTY OPTIMISTS
BILLBOAHD advertising came in for I building plan supported by the munici
some conventional denunciation ut pal authorities, plenty of capital and.
a mass-meeting held under the auspices ' if neros-ary. the leaders of the building
of the Fellowship of the Peunsjlvauin I trade organizations who might be dc
Academy of the Fine Arts the other peuded on to go whole-heartedly into
night. , Joseph Pcnnell intimated that ' the scheme, would have au immediate
our practice of distiguriug otherwise fair effect. It would cause the sudden do
landscapes ?ud stately boulevards is un- ilation of the fantastic artificial vnlua
civilized. Ki'solutious were passed urg i tioiis created about real estate in vari
ing Council to restrict and regulate such oils parts of the cllv by the crazy proc
blataut placarding and imploring tliorss of kiting and re-kiting that has
Legislature to act I gone on dizzily since lust autumn.
These agitators for the reform of in- lu this way it would bo possible to
artistic conditions, geuerations old. may answer the speculators who say blandly
flatter themsehes that they an- stern that a house nowadays is worth what
critics of our customs. Iu reality they i put you can get for it in rent or iu
nre, iucludiug Mr Pcnnell, chronic op- I spiling price.
timlsts, quite as hopeful in the face of ' A house isn't worth whatever you
adversity as Polljuuna her-elf. , an L.Pt for it. It is like any other es-
Most Americans are well iiuurc that ....final commodity. Iu the hands of a
bill-posting mars our cities aud our I legitimate trader it is worth a fair profit
pecnery. It is known that certain En- over tin cost of construction. It is
ropenn communities hae applied ef ,,,ii)l. to imagine a condition under
fective checks to advertising .nthusia-in i in. Ii u mnu would give half he owned
"when it clashes with the beauty stund- fur u iaf of bread if there was any
nrd. Tho kiosk system, employed in n,. jhout mean enough to profit by the
Paris, is, for iustauie. un admirable , misfortunes of shipwreck or the perils
compromise, fuir to tin- uierchuut or (Jf wilderness, tut flint doesu't mean
manufacturer and respeiiful of good
taste on the streets.
eillironic nbtisev, however, are not to
be downed by u few flaming words or
crcn un occasional mass meeting. Hill-
Ikn.ail n .1 ...., u I .. . .. Ill l.n I. ..,. .....I.!..
ir broner bounds just so soon as nonulur
Sentiment on the subject is sutlicleutly
widespread and sutticientlj crjstullized
jIb the nbseuce of such constructive
luibllc opinion such zeulots as huvc been
! '.thrashing over u venerable theme up.
ar as incurable idealists
A COMMON FAILING
WTTTE OWE uo small debt of grati
Vr tude to the suinll independent
Countries like Brazil, which filtered the
war at a critical time."
The combination of ineptitude and
Jtood intentiou disclosed in thin remark
suggests the misconceptions concerning
Xatln America which are so prevalent
In the United States. A Itriton, how
ever, and uo less eminent u statesman
than Lord Balfour, is guilty this time of
describing u great republic of ''.". 000,000
people aud more than .'I.OOO.iXMl square
inlics as "mubII "
The blunder was committed at a re
cent dinner given in London to honor
the Brnxlllan ambassador to tho United
Kiugdom. Doubtless Senhor Da Gaum
respected the traditions of Portuguese
couctesy nnd lerliups he smiled indul
gently, for tho Englishman's observn
tlons were kindly mount.
But U it nuy wonder that South
America falls at times to comprehend tho
Atogio'ljaxou, iucludiug tho North
Awejflcj-n. mind? On occasion public
characters of high standing among us
I.,' Marv been rqiiully stupid concerning the
, MWK Hait.oi our coiiiiiiciii.
A ' lTtro IN IloiuiUK IU Birrioua uuuui luc
Oi)mmiw trade progress Iu South Amr
'''vJVjJUrfliwH ti the war, England, Ue-
s jilt ,jW laJMpSr,H J'H .Pertiv)tt tfBtT
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now pace, and the United States far In
the rear. Tho Teuton Inlnd, In this
Instance nt least, had a realization of
facts and a respect for nations neither
diminutive nor unimportant.
"While wo niny rejoice that it wns
Balfour and not nu American respon
sible for tho latest futility, our record
6y contrnstMs none too bright for hftast-I
ltiR. I'restitnnuiy tuere are some Amer
icans vaguely conscious that Brazil is
a ldrgc country, but It Is discreet not
to ask thi'tu what language Is spoken
there.
REAL ESTATE GAMBLERS
ARE STILL FOOT-LOOSE
If the Mayor's Conferences Fait
Governor Sproul Should Sum
mon the Legislature
COXKI3UKXCKS und conversations
in the Maytfr's office or elsewhere
will not bring relief to people who are
being ulinmrlessly victimized and ex
ploited by the new crop of nmiitcun
Wulliugfords in the real estate business.
The meeting of financiers called yes
terday by Mr. Moore ended, apparently,
without agreement on any plan that
might bring builders, bankers, tenants
and the building trades' unloiw simul
taneously Into co-operative action with
a definite and far-sighted program. It
an agreement of this sort is not possible,
and if a building revival wide enough
to reduiT the kited valuation of residen
tial properties cannot be tissilred. Gov
ernor Sproul should call a special ses
sion of the Legislature and demand the
passage of a law patterned after tAat
which leader- in the Legislature of Xw
York have approved to limit rent in
creases during the present jcar.
Spring will bring infinite, hardship to
countless rent-paers. It, will inspire
in multitudes, the sort of bitterness and
reseiuient that ilarcd ominously at n
inass-meetlng iu the Assembly chamber
at Albany.
The Legislature of Xcw York acted
within its rights when it proposed to
exercise the war powers of the state to
put a check upon a group of furiously
avaricious -men who, as headlong aud
rutjiless gamblers iu real estate, have
actually become a menace to public
peace. To say that we arc dealing with
war conditions is not' to view the situa
tion illoglcally. The shortage of houses
is due directly to, the war. The abuses
committed iu real estate markets by
those who have no locitimnto or tier-
manent association with the business of
real estate development, arc a part of
H'e transient mania, of opportunism
all the period of readjustment.
Private citizens cannot properly take
a different view of the housing emer
gency thau that which nu intimate
knowledge of the matter forced upon
Mayor Moore, Mr. Tustin and other
members of tho city administration.
The speculative fever is at its height.
The gamblers in residence properties
need to Mnake their killing now if they
are to make it at all. If tbey do not
complete the job within six months or
a year they will have to seek wealth by
the old-fasluoned nnd, to them, in
finitely distasteful method of honest
work.
Een a gradual revival of subffrban
and city building would not seriously
interfere with the peculiar' enterprise
of these interests. But the announce
ment of au extensive and co-ordinated
thai bread should bf sold at a million
dollars a loaf.
A single class of speculators have
proved cleverer and more resourceful
thau the ageucio estahlNhed by gov
ernment iu the interests of order aud
justice. With tliefii sonio one will have
to d. nl. And it nill not do to suiy
merelv, n- Mr. Eurle suid jesterduy,'
that the housing shortage is 11 world
wide ufTliction, more acute lu-Eiiglnnd
thuu it is here.
Tliis is true The shortage of houses
is more apparent iu England than it is
here. Sfi is the spirit of social in
surgence Austria, Uussm and some
other European nations are worse off
than the Mrilish. And it Is noticeable
cierjwl.ere that faithlessness and un
rest develop inev.tablj wherever the
people are left at u disadvantage iu
the struggle for existence.
II is asking a great deal to demand
thill a man revere laws which compel
lurw to submit to robbery or tnke chances
with his children in the streets. It
is not often that the riot mood makes
its appearanep in the Legislature of u
state a it did the other day In New
York That spectacle isn't seemly In
America Nor Is the spectnelo of
families driven from their homes' in
squads, without shelter for themselves
or their belongings.
Builders and financiers have hesi
tated to undertake extensive develop
ment work because of the enormous in
creases in tho costs of lubor and build
ing material. But it Is pretty generally
admitted that such costs will not soon
decline and that if they do fall they will
not fall far.
It must seem to a lookcr-ou from the
outside that any one who will prepare to
meet a crying and, unsatisfied demand
Wr one 01 nier e.sWHiiain fjtAiifo can
always (ir assured of a good 'ijfojji. If
Vi--i 1 -itk Mif.M.Atft.tt.L.,.i!-yi
EVENING PUBLIC-
i i , - - - -
the sort of bulldltfg program that the
fayor has In mlud were to bo carried
through, (ho legitimate Investments al
ready made In real estate," the larger
returns now going to honest property
holders and the capital put into now
resident lal areas would be safe. Tho
only thing necessary is to get tho water
out of property values,
If action by Governor Sproul Is nec
essary to this enn, that notion should
not be (lehi)Ptl. The Xcw York Legis
lature will probulSly pass Its emergency
law under which it will be Illegal for
any one jto Increase house rents more
than -'." per cent nbovc the limits estab
lished ih 1,1)10. That provision is very
liberal. Tax Increases and the costs of
maintenance and repair are well Within
that limit. Property owners in Xcw
York will still bo assured of lordly prof
its. Yet a similar, law operating In
Pennsylvania and leaving, ns it would,
a wide latitude for prolitcers, would still
bo adequate to rfave many rent payers
from ruthless exploitation. Such arc
the extremes to which the speculators
hnvo gone, s
The luvnders nud parasites of the
real estate business have gone to n point
nt which theif work has the appearance
of organized lawlessness. If nn net of
the Legislature Is required to curb
them, the Governor should summon the
Legislature nbd summon it at once.
owen;s treaty panacea
BKL1EF, is spreading that there
should be some amendment to the
constitution which will prevent n mi
nority from controlling the foreign policy
of the country.
Forty-nine senators voted for the
ratification of the peace treaty and only
tlilrty-iive opposed It." Here was n clear
majority of fourteen. But the thirty
five senators were able to defeat the
treaty.
Mr: Bryan haft been saying that the
Democratic platform should demand nn
amendment to tho constitution which
would permit ratification of treaties by
u majority vote.
Senator Owen has anticipated the ac
tion of the convention by proposing a
joint resolution directing the submission
to the stdtcs of an amendment providing
not only 'for ratification by n majority
vote, but empowering tho Senate to par
ticipate with Jho President in framing
treaties iu the first place. His proposed
amendment reads:
Tho Tresldcnt hhalt have power, by
and with the ndvloe of thoScnate. to
frame treaties, and, with the consent
of the Senate, a majority of the Senate
present concurring therein, to conclude
the same.
The existing provision regulating the
making of treaties reads iu this way :
Ho (tho President) shall havo power,
by nndwith tho advice and Consent of
the Seifate, to Inako treaties, provided
two-thirds of the senators present con
cur. Senator Owen, wo suppose, will argue
that if flic advice of the Senate' had been
obtained iu framing the peace treaty it
would have been ratified long nfio. But
this presupposes the ability of u ma
jority of the Senate agreeing on what .
should go into the treaty. It apparently
would make tho framing of any treaty
so tiitncmt as.to uc almost impossible.
The Senate may vote to submit the
(Oweu amendment to the states, but
there is doubtless practical sense enough
in the House to prevent Its Indorsement
of any such extreme proposition. Au
ojuendmcut providing for a ratification
by a majority vote, while the President
wns left free to negotiate treaties, would
have a better chance of meeting general
approval. "
"DURNED POOR JUDGMENT"
GOVERNOR HOLCOMB, of Con
necticut, who has refused to call
an extra session of the Legislature to
pass on the equal suffrage amendment,
reminds one of tho bull which tried to
stop a railroad train. An Irishman
who saw what was left of the bull re
marked, "I admiro your courage, but
you havo durned ioor judgment."
Tho governor explains that he is
sworn to obey the constitution of his
state, which restricts suffrage to males,
aud that if he should call a. special ses
sion of the Legislature aud if the equal
siifTnif-e nmrmltncnf mIuimM lie rntl.le.l
iic would bo purtieiputiug iu nu amend-
. . .
ment to the state constitution made
without submission to the electors of
the state, uud would thus violate his
oath to support the constitution.
This is the most ingeulnus and most
unconvincing teasou yet offered iu jus
tification of "obstruction. If Governor
Holcomb had contented himself - with
saying that ho was opposed to equal
suffrago and would preveiit it to the
extent ot his power it would have been
possible to respect his courage, even if
one disagreed with him. '
A dispatch from Amerongen. has it
that the ex -kaiser is annoyed by his
clofffc guard. Before letting our sympathy
for him run away with us we stop to
consider the" fact that there are some
other crlmluuls who have oven greater
cause for nunojauee.
Secretary Baker says the govern
ment can make S'J.OOO.OOO n jear by
operating a nitrate plaut at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, We seem to remember n
sipillar glowing promise when the gov
ernment took over the railroads.
"Every campaign fund is nu adver
tising appropriation. Advertising enn't
"put over ' n worthless candidate, but
it can put frills on a good one nud some,
times give, him n selling quality higher
than that ofbetter goods.
This has so far been n noteworthy
wccku the matter of lighting effects,
the uuroru liorenlis being followed by
a "near aurora" and n failure of the
elccjrie light plant to function.
If the nction of the Philadelphia
stock exchange finds enough emulators
it will not be necessary to ask Congress
ut its next sessiou to re -enact a day
light saving bill.
The government's announced in
tention to buy coal ahead of its needs
js a practical step toward the elimluy
ntion of the seasoual-draw backs of conl
mining." '
If it were not the ninety sixth
time jt had happened the launching of
a ship at Hog Inland -would awaken the
enthusiasm it deserves.
Modrstlj we admit that Philadel
phia, above all other cities, has the
proper background aud atmosphere for
au art center. v
Perhaps the Delaware husband who
hid Injihcnnery to avoid traveling with
his wue went into retreat to study
votes for chekeus.
The oue thing certain is that Phila
delphia won't get a convention hall
until the foundations arc Inid in public
scutlmeut.
"-.
. If admission to ..heave'1 required
a .two-tatrps, who 11m w-vtt.itir icw
among tho' elect. 'JSMl '
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LED GE&-PHIL AIBnC .FRIDAY,'
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HOW DOES IT .
- STRIKE YOU?
Mistake Was Made When Preti
dent's Lost Photograph Was
Not Censored -Greatness
, and the Snapshot
WHY, oh why, did tey let the. photo
graphs of President JtVllnon which
were printed In the press a few days
ago sc"e publication?
Mr. Wilson 1ms been ill. but ho docs
not look so bad ns those pictures made
him look, .with their stary eyes nnd
half-open ""mouth.
That "goes without saying.
If the President had looked llko that,
Mrs. "Wilson, Admiral Grayson, Mr.
Tumulty nnd everybody else who sur
round tfce President would havo vetoed
the picture-taking". ' "
No, It was evidently felt that the
President had recovered sufficiently so
that ho might bo snapshotted and the
resulting photographs published.
Tho first photographs after the ill
ness, like tho first ride in nn auto
mobile, would mark an important stage
iu the recovery nud bo reassuring.
But, the snapshot did its worst nt tho
very time when a certain public reas
surance roirnrdlni? the President is de
sirable, and the worst of a snapshot is
very uau inuceu.
It will make tho most modest man,
modest about his personal appearance,
wonder, on looking nt it, how any
woman was ever found to marry him.
The dlyiue right of klugs could not
have nnd Iu fact did not long survive
tho snapshot.
To bo n Caesar, a Napoleon, a Fred
crick the Great, you had need of the
flattering attentions of court paiutcrs.
None of these men could ever have
faced n battery of movie "camera men
nnd newspaper photographers und gone
through with the conqueror of the world
business knowing that his faithful sub
jects were seeing him nil over his realm,
a little paunchy perhaps, blinking
idiotically In a bad light.
But now that the dally newspaper
reporter and the snapshot have brought
things to such a pass that the greatest
war iu history has been fought without
creating the legend of one great man,
there is no reason why at times the
snapshot should not bo discreetly
edited.
This was one of the times.
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SUPPOSE Carpcutltr should defeat
Dempsey. "Wouldn't that doVmore
for FrSnce than FoI's beating of Hin
denburg? After all, France bus always been n
great miMtnry nation, as great on land
ns England has becu on sea.
She produced one Napoleon, against
whom may be set, for Germany, Von
Moltke, who appears, in the light of all
that has happened since 1870. to have
picked a rather soft spot iu history.
But France has not produced yet a
Sullivan, a Corbctt or.n Fltzsimmons.
Aud the Anglo-Saxon, being numer
ous and thinking rather well of himself,
has succeeded in imposing his staudards
upon the wcstcrn"Nvorld.
If France would tnkc n leading place
in the League of Nations she must
knock out Dempsey: or if not Dempsey
with Carpouticr, "then nt least one of
Demnse.v's successors with a successor
of Carpentier, ,
The French prize fighters uro quick
on their feet, use their heads, and are
clever with their fists, but they do
not hit hard, they do, not puck a wallop
iu cither mitt.
For this reason we Anglo-Saxons are
a trlfic condescending toward France.
We think slic docs not pack n wallop
in her poetry ; it is pretty, but it has
not the Anglo-Saxon kick: in her prose,
which we admit is fine, but lacking that
long swing to the point of the jaw that
our best English sentences have, nor,
worst of all, industrially.
But if Carpentier should upset
Dempsey not only would Napoleon and
Foch gain ucw respect but Mollerc and
Hugo would begin to look up, and we
should begin to think respectfully of
tho industrial possibilities of the steel of
Lorraine and the coal of the Saar basin.
Tic franc would rise several cents iu
value.
I I I
CHARLES DANA GIBSON has
bought "Life."
What is lie going to do with it?
Ills is a" gruvc responsibility.
Life is the most successful humorous
weekly.
Any one who ruus tne most success
I ful publication of nuy sort has a grave
I -nurtntmlltlllf
responsibility
Life set theastiTon of Amerieau hu
mor for years, until American humor
found a new expression in the strins
und sporting page cartoons of the news
papers.
The man who edits tho most success
ful magazine in tho country holds tho
fate of its literature In his hands.
His success makes every other editor
imitate him.
His high word rate makes every
writer try to write for him.
Similarly tho editor of the most suc
cessful newspnper in the country sets
the newspaper fashion. Other editors
seek success by imitating him.
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WHAT has happcucd to American
humor?
It used to be. not twenty years ago,
our great American boast. Didn't wc
all read lu our history books at school
a triumphant reply to the taunt that
once wns made, "Who reads au Amer
ican book?"
And wasn't thut reply sohicthiug to
the effect that the greatest masters of
the short story were American und that
American humor was the greatest In
tho world?
Since then or since the writers of
those history books got their informa
tion Maupassant, Kipling aud Cheekhoff
have made American short-story writers
seem Insignificant and wc have stopped
utterly feeling self-complacent about
AimVicaii humor.
Why?
This is a subject worthy of Mr. Gib
son's gravest consideration.
Mr. Gibson's publication pays more
for humor than any other publication
in the world, unless it is the newspapers
through their syndicates.
Why havo wo stopped thinking of
numou as tne great, uibtinctlvo well
uigh exclusive possession of tho Ameri
can people?
Humor is a form of freedom.
You cau say things in jest which n
sort of permanent social ctplonugc act
prevents your snyfug seriously
Aro wc less free thun wo used to bo?
Or huve wc ho much freedopi now that
we are no longer forced to jest?
Of have the humorous publications be
come terribly serious themselves, with n
mass of inhibitions all their own?
Dope concerning the forthcoming
presidential conventions simply serves to
rcmlud us that it may bo 10 per cent
logical deduction. 20 per cent personal
feeling, ;iu per cent nope, -w per cent
mere conjecture and very frequently a
100 per cent dead wrong.
The champion optimist is the mun
who persists lu thinking rheumatism is
growing pains.
Hero and there one notes a one
time hopeful political boom running ou
flat tircsj
If the oulja board were n side
board It might materialize spirits,
, i..
iBrer so many candidates nr
cofrjxuy rapping vnog lor lUCJC,
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Sees Many Persons Out Shopping Sloan
Dance Invitations Are Recalled QuestioUs. of the Day
DID you ever see anything like the
crowds of people in the streets these
days? The wonderful weather nnd the
shopping for Easter aro responsible for
it nil I Kuiiposc, but whntcver is re
sponsible it's very delightful to see and
hear tho laughter and chatter of tho
little groups of people who moot nud
stop for a moment to talk before con
tinuing their busy way. Evcry one
seems cheerful and happy.
1 saw Banning Grange at Broad ami
Chestnut streets yesterday, talking, with
another girl nnd her mother and several
of her mother's friends. I recognized
good-looking Mrs. Andrew Wright
Crnvyford among them. Banning is
home for the mid-year vacations from
boarding school. She seems to have
f,rowu taller this year. Sho was wear
ing a vcrv pretty sports hat oMuwii
cloth, which wns self trimmed iu little
bows and llowcrots about the crowu,
and her top coat was of fawn cloth
too and was trimmed with nutria fur.
Mrs. Crawford was weaving otic of those
vcrv becoming upturned small hats and
fashioned of dark blue nnd gold brocade.
Her gown wns of dark-blue bcrgc.
THAT will be an interesting party
which thc.Socicty of Little Gardens
will give next Monday afternoon nt tho
Xcw Century Club. Tho municipal art
committee of the Civic Club is giving
the affair, too. and Mr. Glfford Pinchot,
who, ns you know. Is commissioner of
forestry in Pennsylvania, will give an
illustrated talk on that subject at 8
o'clock. . .,
There will also be u report 011 tho
tribute trees. Mrs. Charles Davw
Clarke, of 2215 Spruce street, is the
president of The Society of Little Gar
dens, und she will receive the guests
on Monday, together with other mem
hers of the society. I urn told that Mr.
Stelumctz will preside at the meeting,
aud Doctor Rothrotk will give a little
talk, too. Tho nffalr Is given for those
who arc interested iu tho tribute trees
and who subscribed to the movement.
YOU know, of course, that a death iu
the family of Mr. and Mrs. Bur
rows .Sloan has made it necessary for
them to recall their invltutlous for the
dance they were to have given tonight
for their daughter, Eleanor.
THE dunce at the Philadelphia Cricket
Club last uight was u great success.
It wus gotten up by u number of this
year's debutautes and was chaperoned
bv several of the mothers uud aunts
of those who planned it. Einilie Noble
was chairman of the affair, ami Mabel
K,.l,l Mnrv Fflhnestock. Lloisc Warri-
ncr, Elizabeth Strubing. Juliana Baker
and Katheriuc King were oq uie com
mittee. j
ELEANOR GUMMEY is homo from
Westover for the midyear holidays,
and her mother, Mrs, Charles Francis
Gutnmey, gave 11 luncheon and theatro
party for her yesterday. The Guin
mevs live at 2120 Locust street, iu one
of those lioiibes which we still call new
because thoy were built in the last
fifteen or twenty years. Mrs. Guinmey
was Miss Florence Cathcrvvood, a sister
of Mrs. Charles Cresswell and of Mrs.
Sidney Keith. Mr. Gummey is oue of
our foremost judges.
Elcauor is very attractive, rather
fair und small. Sho will be introduced
at a ten iu October, tho 12th, I think,
aud later in the year will lie guest of
honor ut a dinncr-daneo which her
parents will give.
THEY were twelve or thirteen years
of age, in the short-trouscr stages,
vou know, but they entered tne truin on
their wny home, nud the problems of
the present day were clearly, loudly and
intelligently discussed, "Well," unld
the chubby one, "I see there's a crick
in this suffrage business." "Aro you
for suffrnge," said the thinuer, rather
ervn s one. "Yes." "Wholly?" in-
nulred the first. "Well. I don't seoJ
1 E IT H' S
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In "SMley'n ByncnnaUd Studio'
GEORGE KELLY & CO.
In "The ristterlnir Word"
KEEOAN EDWAnDS
A LI 015 HAMILTON
"Ttv l.nte flhop"! J. C. Nugent A Other Stsrm
WALNUT Mat fit' !Bo t0
Mr. ana jvim. wuuurn rresent
"The Better 'Ole"
With CHAItLES DALTOrt (is lOMJBlM."
NEXT WEBIf-rUKATH BEf.MNq N9W
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X. fare WiU Music andUv
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MABtiU 26, 1920 t
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YOU GOTTEB HAVE BAITH
V - X ' w L ' I
Why they shouldn't: I kuow the nntis
soy, 'Woman's place is iu the house,'
but that's a poor oue to pull, it only
takes 'em ten minutes to walk to the
poll and bnck."
"What do you think about prohibi
tion?" "I'm for it. it's a good thing;
why, you nud I never hnd beer and wc
won't miss It; why, our children will
not know there ever was such a thing as
beef und liquor; it'll be stamped out in
two generations." "No. it'll take
three!" "Areu't you for prohibition?"
"Well, 1 -don't kuow any 011c who bos
any human nature. - "Gee, every one
bus human nature, you poor nut," said
the nervous one: "what's your
stuudr' "Well, I hud not thought it
out yet; you see I had to speak simul
taneously and I wasn't ready."
"Listen to him.", Jeered the other. "Ho
means extemporaneously. Ho! ho!"
And all of n sudden they were -just
little boys again, for n "freo-for-nU
ensued.
c 1 v.jvnv vvvMVi
NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL-ACTIVITIES
Mrs. Kane S. Green, of Montgomery
avenue, Bryn Muvvr. will give n theatre
party in honor of Miss Roxalcno Dick
inson, daughter of Mr. nnd-Mrs. W.
Meredith Dickinson, of Trenton, N. J.,
ou Friday, April 10.
The wedding of Miss Mndelinc Coch
rane, daughter oT Mr, nnd Mrs. Henry
Cochrane, of Now York, and Mr. Philip
S. P. Randolph. Jr.. sou of Mr. Philip
S. P. Randolph, of BOO South Twenty -second
street, will take place on Wed
nesday, April 2S, at Hewlett, L. I.
An engagement of Interest lu this city
announced In Now York today, is that
of Miss Eduu Hoyt, daughter of Mr,
Wallnco Hoyt, of Now Y'ork, und Mr.
William John Wnrhurtou, son of Mrs.
E. Carson Peuuul, of Now Y'ork.
Mr. Wurburton is n Princeton man.
class of 1018, nnd served with the naval
aviation forces during tho wur.
Ho is n cousin of the Barclay War
burtous of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Hepburn,
of Villanovu, will give n dinner-dauco
at the Bellcvuc-Strutford, on December
110, in honor of their daughter, Miss
Jane Hepburn, who will be one of next
season's debutan(ea.
Among the guests who will nttend
tho luncheon which Mrs. W. S. Bclding,
of Bryn Muwr, will give at. the Bellc-vue-Stratford
ou April 7; to bo fol
lowed by u theatro party, in honor of
Mrs. Edwurd Bnlsinger, of Pittsburgh,
will bo Mrs. Robert Elliott Hure, Mrs..
1'redortcK v. uiigrisn, flirs. 11. asii
tou Little, Mrs. George II. Lorimer,
Mrs. Francis X. Dercum, Mrs. Charles
V. McLean, Miss Elolso P. Dickie,
Mrs. Georgo Reynolds, Mrs, George V.
Chandler. Mrs. A. F. Smith, Mrs. Da
vid MeMulllu, Mrs. Churlcs F. Bqch
mau, Mrs. Louis Rommel, Mrs. Hurry
Blynn, Mrs. Edwurd Thomas and Mrs.
Edward Mcchuu.
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Why are Jhe extremo radicals
In
Gormany called spartacans?
2. Namo three novels by the lato Mrs.
Humphry Ward?
3. Of what country wan this writer a
natlvo?
4. What Is an Impasse?
6. How should tho word.be pronounced?
6. Who popularized the stago character
of Lord Dundreary?
7. Whut was tho flret transcontinental
railroad In tho Western Hemis
phere? 8. Why Is hard coal called anthraclto?
0. Into what body of wator does tho
Colorado river flow?
10. What were tho Twelve Tables?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Henry W. Morgenthau Is the new
American ambassador to Mexico.
2. Tho largest trluniDhal nreh In h
world Is tho Aro do l'Etollo or Are
o iriompuo on mo (J nam pa Ely
sees, Paris, it commemorates the
victories of tho French rovolutlon
ury and Nupolconlc wars.
3. Tho Barblzon fcjchool Is tho namo
given to tho group of nineteenth
century French landscapo painters
who! lived at Barblzon, near tho
forest of Fontalneblau. Among the
original painters of this bcIiooI,
which was founded by Thcodoro
Ttousseau, wero .Corot. Dupro,
Daublgny und Diaz. Noted ox
Donents of Its stylo wero Troyon,
Millet, Courbet.
i. Cramolsy is crimson, usually of
cloth or velvet.
5. Tho "Old Man" of a ship, no matter
what his ago, is tho captain.
0. Batavla Is tho capital of Java.
7. Tho Count do Grasse commanded tho
I'rench fleet which co-operated
with the army of Washington at
tho (i!egj of YorUtown, jn 1781.
8. Tho penumbra Is tho partly shaded
region around tho shadow of un
opaquo body, cspeclully the round
total shadow of tho moon or earth
In eclipse.
!. Charles Dickons was a Parlia
mentary reporter In curly life.
10. Odessa Is an Important seaport In
southern Russia on tho 'north shore
of tho Bluclc sea.
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