1 m i ticnino public He&ijcr liifftt.tn i.Kimi.'n i'iimiumV M CVItta It K CTUTIS, Pnr.ilDi.NT h'hattpn II. t.uilinslnn. Vice President. B '.nil ... Aimiioi, ru-i- i v hi mm ,.:.-'-'. hlilp H. Ctiiiin". John 11. Williams. John J. raoil, Dlrerttira. I . Illifnir.tW. ItOAItt)! , Pnlu tf t t't.uttm iJiAYtu K. hm'ihky ... .Kitltnr ..... t - ... ... lJ'v "."' t'itlillrlMH dully nt Pmi.iu l.nxir.ii miliums, ft'.' " Indetwiifli'itep HiiiiHre.. PlillmlrlnhlH KTF.stnTIU Lift .. -rrfl-,'nnn i.i.i....1.m ' Von k jim ":'V''r:!,V,riiiii"iinB J 111 Rolf T. Irfl (.Otltft loos Kullprton IIiiII'IIiib i-O'J Trlbtute liulldltis rCHICA(.p . NI.Us 1:1 IIK.VIIS: WilUIISnTdN KtllRO . ... .. W;"B. tnr. !iini"lHiiun A nml llll'' ytfcvvvfonic Tit rrt . Tim join nulMlinc Y.t - HVUS IIIPTICN HATIW , ,. A fiif, i'!ibMit.. ii mi.. f.piM.f-n I preil lb II'. iiii!icriler In l'liii.iMiinii una "urroiiiiuniK V". towns nt tl ml. of lwlu ll-1) ."' vr IU n-rrk, ihivhIiIp lj tin iirrier uv ttlHll 11 lit' nis -u "i'l" i riiiiituH''"". Iri tlia I'nlt-.i sini n ciitiuilii. or Ln ltl Htntrn ktirn,HpMh,ii imliiii". ffoc. niiy 'J' ccntsjier inonlh Hl UHI dolliira licr Jcur pnyntilo In ml vim To fill foi ixti iiiintri" on" MU ilfillur r?r moniir. wl'hlni; nddreM mMI im new ad- .'rhanKril inu'l oi o t i r r Snt - i itiPm 't rea?i. '1 JIKLC. JOOO W I.M I M10M'. MUN MOO I ? lrr AAA nil ... niiilirllio.K In lAtli iirailrmr .'rrtitiifi STiiarr, , '' . I'ultlie .ri'n Philadtlnhln f tr - - ir i', Member of the Assuclntetl I'ress $. rill) .ssnci Ti-:ii i'ki-inn n t,..i..f.j ..i.'f.. iik ihr tun. of ' '.. .. . .... .1: ...... I'nillilllll.'ill of (III Iff ll'.V II ixfiii " ii, .i l,Crciiited I" H f "' nllirnrinr rrcilllcil 'n thin ;;irf, nml '' Ihr lovul nncs j'. published llim in. " Jll riyhln of rriiftif nfmn ') s'eein ' ithiiiitclica hrrrm mi ir.irrirtl. NilLdtlplill. lurd. ptll 10. P20 A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA s Tlilncn on wlilt-li tin people ,l'"'t tlin new iiilinlntstrntltin to ctmcen ttato lg nttrntlott: The 'Delaware nvcr bridge. A drydock big enangh to aecommo- falo t7i largest ships. .Development uf the rapid transie tern. JL convention hall. , .. A building lor tlic free Library. An Art Museum. Enlargement of the water supply. , Homes to accommodate the jiopuia- Hon. OVERWORKED MAYORS WIU'iN' former Major Smith's auto biography is printed, hnuiwl. tletli Ojltrd ami given to a ienclj waiting WirUI it is sure t uieluile niii' moving 'references to the tifiip-killert who strcnm endlessly in ami nt of- the Itig apartment on the sei-uml Hour at City Hall', Kvery Mayor lias tic same story to fell, of bores ami butlers in, of nx- , Rrinders nnd rrteinis nr snmpbotly h friend jvlio jearn to tell their troubles tp Urn Mayor. Mr. .Moure is nut mi , exception. L K n iti.en deled- mi mlnr in an I' nllcy orsln ti coiitnid : if he hits a hope r n plan or anj renon in feel down- l-)ieartcd about Hie treml ,-f public nf- . fairs, he will not sir .Inun cnlmlj and l-vrltc P. letter. !! ill call i m- mltteo and appoint a deputation. ( mil- ' mlttCCS invite the chief executive to lluner, coniiiiitlees report to him elab orately1 about a hole in a pavement. ' ("ommittecs call to chant of the tli.-ap- TKiliifments oT an olliceseeker. couitnit- liteps call to nsk a simple ipiestiou. Ami -tlrey clutter up the Major's reception : rflom with tlic thoiisantl-iinil-oiie call- ilcrjt who want to get soinething out of the CJty. Xo executive of a liij corporation I -puld "he worth his -alt if lie wasted ins nine as a .iajnr is -upposeii m wastfi IiM Mr. Moore, in establishing fl schedule of hoirrs for callers, has ps. Mnblishrd a lirecetlent t liar will make lite easier for future Major-. It j- a liberal schedule. Hut u will permit Hip Mayor to snatch a little time from t ! iixgrinders; to look after the ciij's business. " THE FIRST STEP MA YOU MHtiUK wa- elri'ted on a platform coiuleitining contrneior ,nile, nnd especiallj rule b the street -.rjeajiliig eontraclofs. A new charter had been framed which ttcrinlttcil the tin to clenn it own Ktrcots itisteatl of bin nig llinn cleaned to contractors. The new pro-ram mnv he put inth fni n J.muarj 1. ff Hie Itrst step, nml not Very long one, toward carrying out tin- urogram I'haji been taken Itj the t'oiiucirs com- p-ITittln nil fitv tii'i.inii'ii nml 1.. 'jj, --..- .... .... ,-.--,. . . . ...I., -.-iij... in Sjlskhig the limine mmittee to iitiil f.rS2ri,000 to pay for nn imiuirj into the 'IliiMIlK' ,r It... ..i. ... .1 :. '""i J ' ' ' ' M'HII lis OlVIl Htreqts, , This Is the right wav to go about il The ntliniiiistnitiou mu-t lir.-t know the elements of the problem beforp trjing to (solvc it. 'When this information is secured vthu Mayor will then I,.' able t decide yvtlCtlicr It -will lie prtit.ihh llnancially. pollticnlly and mornllj for the city to get rid of the contractor- If vestlsation i- mnde under the direction of rhief M,,r,,n. utreet-clenniiig huieau. the Hie in general of the oltV I-' jlrctty sure to gel the Inet. 3WATER RUNNING TO WASTE IT TAKKH unlv twentj u" gallons . . of water n ilni to -uiitili the needs lof the residents on the Main I. me. who Mprinklc their lawn- in summer nml llise. large quantities f water in their jllOUSes. Chief linvi.. of the Water EUlirenil, has been nun; these li.-ure- llinil comparing them with the daily eon JBUmptioti of Kin gallon- t. ,.(,sj. Irnts pi the citv. Ue i.S nt llHt -in Hi" lluit iinnip.lo.l.. attention must he gmn to checking Iwaste, It amounts ut i. ,,pf 0N,i" Jmnte to W.tMMI.OlMI gallon- a d,i,. and Imiiy reach twice that amount. M nar. too, that there are ut least .".ll.liuo i,,ak Ing water fixtures in piivate houses R'htsro economy of consumption j, m,t forced by the iiiKtiilhition of meters, Chief. Davis know- what ought to be Bone, x'nu he and the Muur per-iimli. jjouticil to do it? HERE THE BIG CONTEST IS rpIlKUH will be no contest in the Irk Republican organization for the u Kress I o nil I nominations in ihe Sep hd and Fourth district-, ns both the arc and and arc factions Imve in- IiM-yctl HeprcscutniivPH Kdmom s and irnunm. Dr. Arthur I1 Ixeegnn has been are p.'oplo to con. iiatnrd by the ant Sent the nomination of William S. Vnrc h the First district In the Third dla- mc,t the nres nre supporting Harry C. iisley ami the .Mayor ami bin friends p backinit Charles Dehiuy. M the Fifth district the Vnres have Alfred M. Wnldron. 'Their on- t have not indorsed him. but they pvf named, uny one lo run against' hint, nntl In tlic Sixth district George jnylvanln's fate wilt fruitlessly revcr P. DnrroW. supported by Hit Itcpublt' berate. Solemnity Is ot ln such nn Alliance, is to be allowed to run sounds, The cynic mny extract mirth without opposition, as the Vnres hnvc from them, not put up' any one against him. The chronic scoffer, however, only The Jlght between the two factions k, m ....... will V- centered lt7 iln Third district, i , ....., .. ,.. ,..,.. ....... ,,,. ,,, ;, . , lll'l 17 llll IIIC UUIIOIUC IIIIIL III. tllj administration run brliur to bear will be used to secure the tiouiimitlou of Mr. 1i..t...... .. 1.....I. ...... ....... ..t el.t. nvml. I'l Hlll.l . HOII.silH.- OHIO... ...... '.-" nnop mid sound lil'lncltilps. committed to iiii improvement in locnl political practices, .lie ought to be nominated '" ,ll,, primaries on Mn is. Q PFMMCVi VAMIA'Ci Rnr.lF ,wo ro's" Mrsl. because litness for IS PENNSYLVANIA b BOUIt i ,,.,, )ll)(s ll0, llP,.wury impy lUc ,le. PENNSYLVANIA'S BEST? sire for it; m P,.ond, because no itn - ' pressloii ciin be mnde on the "machine" Mr. Penrose's Grip on the Repub llean Senatorial Nomination Prompts a Familiar Query AUDIT one-twelfth of t tnnls of the I'liion livr tlin iiihnlii . p III 1 enn- , Mlviitihi Tltis noiiiilous tate i to elect a n.itcd SiateM -natt.r next fall. I I Iip time for lilmu iiotu illation fop the i prlinnrlfs cxpiri'd. o far n the estnb INIifd imrtj orBiiniwitioiiM are con cerned, tut Thiirdn. 'I'hc names of three aspinuiN were ollicially entered. IioieM IVnnwe i Hie Republican iinnil nee. A. Mllehell I'lllmer anil Kiigene ('. Iiimtiiwell are leeogtil.eil Demo- ,i'iili.. Kit Miliilnt p ' v. ...... - l,ni'tiflpiiiil in lite Mny primaries. 'of whom there wniilil lip more tliiui i.lHMl.tHHI if Hip entire state electorate went to the polls, will, if they are Ue- . itihllciin. hae the privilege of voting for lloies Penrose ns the senatorial nominee of their party. It is, of course, pirmiihp to write in other names. Kill tin i" M'lilom iImiip and it almost iiiinriithly ineffei'timl. Practically lienkiiig. the optinii is of nominating Mr. Penro.se or not nominating any body. The Denioerats have the choice of Mr. Palmer and Judge Uonnlwell. These three men, nnd these only, arc I put forward as contestants for the honor nf representing some nine ni(- ' lion people. In other tntrs, where there is often n greater variety of nominating peti tions, the tak of estiuintiug public opinion may be complex. In Pennsyl vania the drift of popular sentiment in apt to b" much more compact. To ;. plnrc the reasons which have induced it is lo open a rich Held if speculation. It is. for in-taiiee. easy to cite Mr. Penrose us the conventional choice of I'eiinsjlviinia for one of the two sena torial seats. e has been regularly I returned and his tenure of oliice seems I to be dependent exclti-ivelj upon the extent of his dajs mid of his ambition. ' Not until anuljsis goes deeper does ' the least ob-curily in the sanation ap lipar. Then the dominance of Mr. Penrose may be Ujjqnnntly contracted witli all the hard things that are said of iiim. nnd a fascinating problem in Pennsylvania psjclmlogj at once pre scuts itsplf. For P.oic- Penr.i-e i. in n manner of ; speaking, a political bogie man. It has I.....H In. 1,1 llmt In. Iil'ii.t.eiis tie. hinin i.f Peinwvlviimi ' 1 """"'"" , lle has been called ii ilinuiic rent- tioiiary. le intent ii the welfare of I the people Hum upon I he selfish and ' ejiiicul service lo t j rstnnoiis tlnuiicinl . and industrial inlluen.-e, in this state. Muck-rakers have bitterly reminisced the notorious incident of the Archhold ! Standard nil certificates ami Mr. Pen- ' ' " ' - ' ... , ru-- s alleged strong aliilinticns with the. ; rum interest-. Critics of the quality of Ins states manship, apart from the putative mr niptiomirj aspects, have nisi, aboiindid. When the ineasui f hi- abilities nml tl haracler of his activities in t'oii- gress have been questioned his defend- i ei have pointed to his experience anil j his unswerving loyally to the popular I'ellllsjlvilllUI principle of protection I'.ut this answer has not satisjieil the inquisitors. Some men gain experi ence. Some luixe experience Hiru-t upon tlipin. Mr. Penr could hnrdlj fail to be well ncqiiaillled by Ibis time with senatorial manners anil pi edure. The electorate of Pennsylvania has mnde possible Ibis acquisition of knowledge. As for protection, spon-or-hip of a high larilf policy iiii senrcely lie aoidei by any I'eiitisjUaiiia Uepnblii-au in office, whatever hi- menial caliber. Mr. Peuro-e- foe-, who -eetn to he -o numerous between elections, have not only eiupluisieil these conditions, but they have pertinentlj asked for some illustration of brilliant legislative nchlciement originated by the senior senator. When no special instances have been forthcoming, Pennsylvania has been significantly contrasted with other stale- whose work in Congress ha- lind constructive value. "pcurnc is a bad inlluence in our politics." Thousands: of Pennsylvn tiiaiis will e, ho thi- phrase readily and nlo wearilj Mis motives are con slnntlj under suspicion. Such pressure as lie recently brought to bear against a gang machine formerly powerful in (hi- slate and city was actually re garded hj some persons as detrimental lo the cause of better government. He i- deitoui d a- a machine poli tician and is disbelieved tis a reformer. And yet lie, and he alone, is the He. publican noniii for a Pennsylvania -eat in the I'nited States Senate! It Is interesting to see what oppor tunities are provided in the Democratic primary ballot. A. Mitchell Palmer lias practiced law, has been u congress man and a favored appointee of Presi dent Wilson. The amplitude of Mr. Palmer's aspirations are revealed by the fact that he is simultaneously an as pirant for the Senate aud the Presi dency. Meanwhile he is attorney gen eral 'if the I'nited States, in which oih'ee his temerity has been evidenced in his opposition to certain elementary Amer ican principles of freedom and some quaint notions on the economic nnd social aspects of the high cost of living. . lodge iioiiniwell has consistently supported the former manufacturer!! ii im I dispensers of the contents of the cup which formerly cheered, and under the most melaiii'holj circumstances. His defeal as a candidate for the gov ernorship of Pennsylvania in I!I1S was the most decisive ill the history of the stale Not nil of Hip Democratic minority is iiffeetioniite toward the Konniweil met hods nor convinced of their sln cerilj. The former Democratic na tional clinlrmnn, Vance McCormick, indeed betrayed some heat the other , day when he accused the judge of wrecking our party to ' manipulate it in ! Penrose machine. the interest of the I Penrose The public, which has to choose be tween Mr. Penrose and Mr. Palmer and Judge Konniweil. cannot be described as either excited or indignant. The sole llepublicilii nominee will be re elected m! the chorus of Ism'-nts over Peuu jzvWtxci vmmoMjrmSm touches tlic situation upon tlic surface. ... ..." . ... Here and there in Pennsylvania there . ,w,.1r,i ...),... nflne truth. Horn ,"v ".'.v. ovvni..? ...v.. ...... ....... nnd there nre also citizens whose nblll- ties transcend those of the Penrose- I'nlmpi'.ltomifu-pll trln' Ttprp nod thern - ' -..........,... ....-.....---.--. is nn honest man who nilcht conceiv ably inako an effective senntor. It Is said that sueli a candidate Will find no entrance in I'enns.vlvnnla io tics leadliiR to Washington, nnd for by mi outsider, Let It not be said that Mr. Hoover, unknown six years hro, Is nn instance IH M'llll'llllIlK Illllt'It'Ul. l.t'L 1L IlUl UC 'mi.M tl.nt mi.Vi IILp I'Vni.L. II Vi.mWlli, I ....... .....v . . ..... ... . ......v. ,', who hns lately been mentioned in New i iirl; fur tin Soiinlp wilirrrnut prnnmlAa ! .... , ....I,r,v- ' , ' ' hn,1 l'tliw have aiiythliig whatever "tut in-living ruie.i. Mill icm not lie sum nercniter that ' I'eiiiisvlvnnia is badly renrcsentetl in ' Hip til.iipi- lionse of Coiisrrpss. For then ! the tlticility of an aggrieved electorate might be recalled, Tlic word "hypoc riy" and the plirae "rooted indllTcr encp" niigltt then be passptl. That would never do. THE RAILWAY INSURGENTS I I' IS hardly fair to the President, the public or the various groups Im mediately concerned with railroad op eration to assume that an earlier ap pointment of a special wage commis sion would have prevented the insur gent movement within the unions which has confused and interrupted tratlic. on western nnd inldwestern Hues. The fundamental ptcstinn is not one of commissions. It springs from jeal ousies, misunderstandings And preiu tlicps deep rooted nmoiig the unions themselves, and nny commission that may attempt to arrive at a permanent settlement can only strive earnestly and hope for the best. Most of the rail organizations in the insurgent movement against the au thority of the older brotherhoods nr,e new. So they are withoiit the tact nnd the balance that experience nnd ex perienced leadership usually provide. Their grievances are ngainst Hip stronger unions ns well us against the management oi their various lines. Switchmen, some classes of shop workers, maintenance of way men and signalers ganlzed. havp yhpcn only loosely or- I Naturally, when the train- i men's brotherhoods were iigitating sue- i cpssfully for increases the huhible workers had to shift for themselves. I They hnc been irked bv the belief that I the big brolherhoods profited Son,ehow j i .;.. ,..,,,. t r i... ... .... .. .' ti-.-. ,1 ,.!- to, IIIUL I I 11 sou innt the trncKuicn matle futile I threats of a strike some months ago , The newer unions of semiskilled rail workers could not nml caiiiiot tie im trallic for tic simple reason thnt their j places may be'easilj filled. It was not ' ... , .1 ... .,'..,. . ... in iiiii ir:ii II III III' 1' llelllfllios lino In . i ., w-nit consideration until the more pow- cnul unions were dealt with and pacified. Kesptitment .tgaiiist the older organizations therefore was sharpened among the men who Ptigageil in the demonstration which culminated yes- tertlay in rail troubles about Chicago. Mr. Wilson's newest eomml.ssinii will have to settle differences among the unions themselves before it can provide i lor oetter relations iictwceii the men : and their companies. Meanwhile a I knowledge of the facts in the ca-c is 1 more to lie desired than the misinter pretation for political purposes of which , .Senator McCormick and some of his colleague- were guilty in the course of a characteristic debate, . WHAT IS EDUCATION? IN KVKItY reference to a school sur vey there is, for some people, n suggestion of superfluous ollicinlism aud waste effi. This is because of numer ous : i ill futile efforts made in other cities to reform the public educational system suddenly in a bla.c of enthu siasm. ' Most people beliee that tliej know' what is tin matler with the schools. I 'Hie fact is that thej perceive only the surface of a complicated problem. A I thorough examination of the school svs- tem m mis. city unit a report such ns might follow after a survey impartially mnde would hae infinite value. 'The project ought to he welcomed by the school officials themselves, who are often too clo-e to their work to sec it in a full light. i ne senooi sjhieiii gainer moss. I Knrnucles and creepers fasten them I selves to it. Dust gets in the median I ism. The disposition to teach children I a little of this and a little of that, to crowd their hours with n dizzying as sortment of activities and Rtildles, to flavor vocational training with n dash of classicism and to pepper the routine of elementary study with violin play ing is suggestive of n trnd proceeding to confusion. Viewed from Hip outsidp, the school system appears to need simplification. If a child i able to read he can learn almost anj thing. If lie is mnde aide to read not only books but the world nround him, .he will ho really educated. The ideal school would be one in' which children might learn to think. OUR CRUMBLING NAVY mill' torpedobont destroyer Cole is JL what niitmnoblle men would call a stock model. She isn't specially geared up for racing nnd she doesn't carry speed dope in her fuel. And yet a laconic cnhle dispatch from the offside of the world reports that she has just made ruins of nil the time and naviga tion record of the Klnek sen. The Cole, engaged with sonr obscure detail of her 1'ncle Samuel's business, ambled out of the port of Fedosia nnd breezed in nt Constantinople, fiOO miles distant, after running for twelve hours fiat. Her speed nverage was forty miles an hour. Kut there must hnvc been intervals in which this lanky little fighting ship of ours cut the nnelent waters of the Klnek sea nt a rate close to fifty land miles nn hour. This will be black news In Washing ton. It is fresh proof that the nnvy Is going bang to pot. The commander of the Colo is pretty sure to be summoned before n despairing Senate committee ami grilled until he tells the last sick ening truth nbout tiu dismal episode. Shipjnrd plants In Cadiz, Spain, are closed on account of strikes. In the wnr between capital and' labor, Spain finds It impossible to he neutral. There ii no sign in F.urope or tho Far Kaft of any disposition to turn swords Into plowshares. t Which would you rather heft, lishing rod or a carpet cleaner? UNCLE JOHN BRASHEAR "Pennsylvania's Most Eminent Citizen" "The Scientist Hav ing the Most Friends In the World" UiNCM-J JOHN hns joined his wife In the f.ummerland, , That Is the way I'lttsburcliers. who loved him. will think of the death nf Dr. John A. Umslicnr. oiu;c olliclally nnnied ns rennsylvnnla's moit dtstln Riilshed citizen. , lie wouldn't hnve It that he was a self-made iimn, thniigh he began his working life In n rolling mill. . lie was a wlfe-ninde man, he said. . It was because of his wife that lie favored woman miff rage "woman's richts." lie nreferrpd to nhrasp It. During her lifetime sliC'weut where I 4ii i T 1 1 .It !... WCtlt, .had What I llll.l. UU.I I always i desired that she should have the polltl cal privileges I had. ,,i .. , , t... -t..t.1.. nc went wncre ne went, iiiviiiihui; s" vns Mav wllcn '"' lnn"(, l,llul,c "" dresses tf the gathering was at all iiuoriiiui tititu tic ttiiii ti it. t'i ni' me iritis oni oi iihiciiuum ne linnuuti her in his discourse lie has been known to slop 11n linu tin lit i ltinu-n In blilli lit fllft' ii iiii- in . il null" ii in .-( " middle of a sentence, look Inquiringly nt his wife nnd say, uiulcrsliiiiilingly. "Oh! Tie!" and then straighten hl neckwear and resume his address. Up seemed to lake a boyish delight in the embarrassment he caused her in Ibis way. "Tlfere is much I wnnl to do before I die." he said in ll letter lo the present writer a few years ago. "There are so i many things'uiil1ulshcd. Itut at last I I shall be glad to be with the one who walked with me nnd always under stood." TIIKItK nre old-timers on the South side, Pittsburgh, old milliiien, who remember lirashear as a millwright. ' lie had recently married, and he and i i his wife, ambitious as he was, spent i I their evenings in the study of astron ! oinv. Hpciiosp thev linil no inonev to buy a telescope, they set to work to maKP one tor tneinseives. in ineir nome they set up nn engine and a lathe and here, after the day's work, they mode the tubes and ground the lenses. Their first glass, a five-inch one, took three years to grind. Then they stnrted a twelve-inch glass aud broke It during the silvering process after two years' patient grinding and correcting. That's the time, boys, when a fellow needs the right kind of n wife! And thVy set lo work agnin and made another, and this one proved successful. IpitdF. S. P. I.ANCUCY has won l JL lisll ,,sthiimniis fame because he vliiiiiii tlm niremft of todnv. "I.nnff- ley's folly." an airplane, the sport jf a generation, is now known to hnve been constructed on scientific lines, the "ie thing lacking being adequate engine ;'". He Is popularly supposed to ",,vr, " ru " ''"''-'"""'.' "'"' '.'"l ,UL. tMlVA i?'' " ". "' ..........". Moreover. Professor l.unglpy did vpry ,. ,r,,i ii.ii, in n l.iwv UMlmn many Not the least important of the useful nnd kindly things he did, was the en couragement he gave ltraslirnr. !.anghv was at this time in charge of the Allegheny Observatory. lie was both surprised and pleased with tl worn done uy tne young nniiwrigiit nntl 1 1)0J;I1I1 t(, illtrust him with the observa- ' tnry Instruinents. It, was n turning point in llrnshear's life. i -QUASHKAIt continued his work in the Southside mill, studied and worked I in the evenings nnd ever and nnon I wrote brief articles about the heavenly '.bodies in the Pittsburgh newspapers'. ..'... These attracted the attention of Wil- i ' linm Thaw, one of the patrons of the . frage, the Progressive party, observatorv, and he advanced the money ' The rest of the country merely sur which made it possible for Knishear to renders to middle western insistence move to Allegheny, now the Norlhside. ' and energy. . , Pittsburgh, and set up a shop there. There Krashpar began his real work in the field of science. As one writer ' puts it, "It is safe to say that nn ne- i count of the accomplishment-- of his ' shop would be u history of modern ns-i tronomy and thnt without it much of that history could not hnvc been writ ten." Tlic excellence of the work done nt the Lick IbserMitory is freely attribu ted to Doctor lirashear's skill and genius, ami mauj of the spectroscopes from the principal ob-ervutories of Hie world were -cut to him to be reworked and remodeled. In I,-! he prepared the speculum plates for the famous diffraction crat ing of Profcnr Row land, with ti limit ing error of one two-huiitlred-uud-fifty-thoiisandths of an Inch. He next com pleted the optical parts of the inter ferometer of Professor Mlclielson. with an error limit of one live-hiiiulred-tfiousutullli part of nn iiH.li. ln col laboration with Professor Lnuglcy. he constructed the bolometer, which reg isters n temperature change of one one-hundred-thousandth of n degree. I N litl.'i when (iovernor Kriimhnugh was nsked by the officials of the Panama-Pacific Imposition to furnish the name of the state's most eminent citizen, he named Dr. John Krnshear. It is said that it wns Charles M. Schwab wlio made the nomination, as it were, declaring positively that the state had no equal to I'ncle John. Two Phihulelphiaiis, John W'niin mnker and the Itev. Dr. Uussell II. Con well, were named by (iovernor Kriiin haugh ns second nntl third choice. WAS in thnt year.- too, on his J- sev entj. fifth birthday, that lending citizens of Pittsburgh, in recognition of his valuable services to the city ami to the scientific woM, organized a won- derful (leiuonstriitfon, n love feast, in , which I'ncle John was described as "the, scientist having the most friends In the world." A fund of $,"50,000 was raised, providing for the continuance after Ids , death of the teadiings along scientific lines then conducted by him grattii- I totisly at tho University of Pittsburgh, I a work which was very nenr to his heart. I no inicrrsi. on mm iunu wns J 1 I... Il.,lnr Iti.nal.nnH enjoyed by llnntnr Krashenr ns an y annuity, BKSIDI'S having acted ns chancellor of the Western University of Penn- .ylvania and director or the Allegheny Observatory, Doctor lirashear was a member of very mnny scien nc societies noin -in linn l-uuo.,- ...... no. i'.ijot-ni of high honors-from all parts ot tne world. And nlwnys he was the same quiet, unassuming I'ncle John, ever ready to give n kindly word nnd n helping hnnd. And now he lies by the side of the wife he loved nud who hived him, and over them the epitaph he himself se lected : , , 'UV have, loved Vie slnrs too fondly lo he lenrful of the nigh I." Mrs. Mary'Ite-berts Klm-hurt in tends to go to Chicngo ns a ddeguie-at- large even if she has to rout out the Man in Lower Ten. hho sees inmnn luivor tendencies, as u .. iu woman to guide bint aright. The opening of the hlg mail-order house on Itoosevelt boulevard on An gust 1 is calculntcd to make Mr. Ktirle son peevish. . Vnliodv would complain If mien. idioDBcd with the thermometer. r ill Jk0"!? jfsZsfC' "yzS 0 1 iVBrfk( W'J Kwk- " fc-." 'Efefl&J.!M0ii- - MMJ- - " L - "-Ts- :.. ' N WfflMC y f tS NOT ALViAYsS ffWrv ' vrV 433K TO TME-SWIFT- ', jir 'art1' iasSSiti 1 sUrv mmVmi MmXffieM. U Jill 7 l'wffi -m- r Vh&m ' ' Si" 0 $H Ml vmJW HOW DOES IT . STRIKE YOU? AN ATTOUXKY i UN Kit AT, who will deport (iovernor Kdwnrcls, of Now Jcrsev: tiovcrnor Smith, of New York, and Mr. William Karnes, of Al bany, Mr. William Allen White tells ns to expect if the Middle West elects the next President. ,.ud of course the Middle West will elect the next President. it does everything for us. "It makes our laws for us. . It iitni'Mils our constitution for us. It furnishes our political revolts' It starts our new political parties for us. It gave us Wilson, prohibition, sui- It supplies the stnnuaru oi puuucm iholl'dlt. When the Middle West is progressive, the whole country is progressive. When the Middle West becomes hnrd boilcd. the whole cotiutry is hard-boiled. And the Middle West is now become hard-boiled in spile of Mr. William Allen While, who. being a true jour nalist, is so interested in new things that not even Letiliie scares him. q J BPT the Middle West does not go lllollg with Mr. While. It does not see the joke in Hie de porlatl f ihuiiia iloblinan nntl Alex ander Kcrkinan. and can't sec that there is just us good reason for shipping abroad a wet as a Ited. Where Mr. While, being like the Athenians in the Klhle. is forever curi ous nbout novelties, the Middle West has lost its enriositj. It has settled down. It bus found n good-enough fnith. It will g for " generation be lieving what the men believed who started the Progressive movement, even when thut movement has turned junker. The .Middle West is our greatest con servative force. BUT Mr. White is linht about pro hibition. ,,,,., The dream of a lihernli.ed olstcntl net has quickly faded. 'There is as much likelihood of de porting (iovernor IMwards and (iov ernor Smith as there is of an early re turn to light wines ami beers. The Democratic hope of carrying the election by being wel in New York, New Jcrsev, Connei lieut . Mnssachti- ..iiu (ho iiiii Wisconsin ami try iscou-m ami riM.w'hcre was mere grasping nt straws. Kvcn the mosl optimistic Dcmoraits mv(, htopped talking about the "great rovt against prohibition." 0i.e carries straw votes, but not potions. jj,,n ,.ast their newspaper ballots for j.'dwards to show what real sjiorts they nr); how they must ami shull have. tiiPlr liquor. ',P parties don't take them seriously. They take Mr. White's threat of de- nnrting the weis nitien more seriously. """ " q q q TIIK Kusslini Kolshevists know what to do with their poets. A regiment of pods sounds funny. i .. i. 1. n ii Lilt k. wliiim wtk tlitnL if nu , ,,i,.ntP , effeminate race, but who I notually nowadays excellent busl- .., men. who uv a in tic i'o-o erai on iinv imt poetry bnck on a sound Indus trial basis and made ll pay. liavcever been fighters, from the old singer In the Nlbelungeii I.ied. who was the best swordsman of them all. down to D'An liutrzlo, who has defied the whole allied world at Flume, or from Sophocles, who fought the Persian, down to Ru pert Urooke, who died nt Ciillipoli, ami Joyce Kilmer, who gave up his life in France. There was Kjron, who "sought, less often sought than toiiml. a soldiers ' 2lavc" in the battle for Creek freedom, I To nny poet thus seeking, Trntzky is j oblicins- He gives him a berth in the lints' regiment. l J J ONFi hundred thuusaml Czecho-Slo-vaks arc going home, each taking with him .$100(1 saved from his earn ings in the United States. At the present rate nr exchnuge, any , one eolnir back from this connlrv ...lii. 1 1000 American dollars will he n mil tfHE.tilGH SOTS SW&$ . V I 1 1J t MiCHIQAN .y.rtl T-YTTZ? " ,UK'TB S$R8UF?m&ei' I Attorney General May Deport the H'cs If the Middle Vct Electa the Next President iioiinlre in the coin of his own newly liberated land. The rate of exchange will do ns much to stop Immigration to this country us uny restrictive statute Hint may get through Congress. 'To buy ti steamship ticket in tin" de preciated currency of almost any Kuro pean country which took part in the Vjjir one has to he a millionaire, f And if nn Immigrant hns been in this country long enough to ncciimulnle a little money, he may turn it into nn untold amount of the money of his own laud. q q TJUT it is not money nlouc that will -L' take the Poles, Lithuanians, Czechs, Serbians nml other peoples home. It is the eagerness to live in their tiwn lands now that they nre free. Joseph Conrad, a Pole by birth, but an IOiigllsbiuan for three or four dec ades! writing lCngllsh better than al most any other Kiiglishinnn, is stirred us passionately by the sense of the new Poland us if he had spent all his days in his native hind. He writes of his old country: "I confess to some little gratification at the thought that the unbroken Polish front keeps bolshevlsm off, nml that the ap parently reborn stale has one heart and one soul, one indomitable will, from the poorest peasant to the highest magnate. I lie miigic sense of independ ence is the cause of that union without reserves and regrets, which enables Ihe three times devastated country to pill forth its physical strength, and on Ihe I very morrow of rising froiu. its grave J takes on Its old historical part of de fender of civilization. 'The magic sense of independence stirs every son til n liberated nation in this country. 'The I'nited Slates may bid for the peoples of the defeated countries, hut not for those of the newly freed na tions. q q q ACillCAliO newspaper asks its rend ers not to buy it. lint to borrow it, because it can't get white paper enough j to supply copies to all who want it. Kut it is as ptisy to borrow a wife I as a newspaper. I Life is so standardized Hint the half 1 hour or whatever it Is that one has to spend upon his newspaper in Hie morn ing Is exactly the same for every mem ber of the same class of society. You read your paper n! breakfast in the morning, and everybody jou know breakfast's at about the Mime time, ulso rending his paper. Or you read it on the car or train going to the olliue, and so do all your friends. You can borrow yesterday's news paper or an empty thisk, hut today's newspaper nUlhc hour when jou want It and every one else wants it is no more loaned than is, liquor. Hiram .Johnson says his railicalism is that of Itooscvelt a square deal. It may be Hint the gentleman at once (hit ters and libels himself. lie Is not wholly HooKcvclthui; and those who called him radical may simply have been con fused in terms. Perhaps what they meant to call him was a bilious reac tionary. Two hills are before the New' York Legislature deyigiied to bar Socialists from pnrticlffllliig in politics in thai state. Another instance of confounding hysteria with "patriotism. Such hills not-only make murtyrs of blatherskites, but they rob citizens of their sovereignly. The captain of the football club has been made president of the Hoover Club, qf Swiirthmorc College. lv may be expected to hit the line hard. Striking dyers reading the history of other industrial disputes will note that a frequent color scheme is: "Kleil whlaV, see red, feel blue I" . . .. . And whatever the report of the school survey may he, II will he met with Ihe wnll, "Where Is Ihe money to come from?" Kewnro of politicians, warns Doe liir Wood. Yes, Indeed, One nf 'cm might hnve a bar'l. No backward spring has ever innyccl the dandelion. din 1 .fflT-' What Do You Know? .QUIZ 1. What President of the United States was inaugurated in April instead of March? , ". What was tho number of tho Roman Vestal Virgins? ". Nnn'io six edlblo citrus fruits? I. What Is the largest city In Sicily? .". Where anil when was tho tlrst third rail electric railway operated? C. How many kings luivo ruled over the modern kingdom of Belgium? 7. Who wcro they? 8. Who Mis Suetonius? 'J. Wbut Is a lapwing? 10. How many states formed' the South ern Confederacy from 1 8G1 to 18G5? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tho top strlpo of the American flag Is red. ::. Tho name "Napoleon of Flnnncc" was originally given to . Jullcn Otivrurd, a wealthy French con tractor. Ills dates aro 1772-184". 3. An lCngllsh carl's wlfo Is a countess. I. Hiram Johnson ran for Vleo Presi dent on tho Progressive ticket with Kooscvell, In 1012. S. Tho Sargasso sea. occupying tho In terior of tho great gyration of tho .ulf .stream, lies In the Atlantic ocean between liititmleit 1 and 3s mirth and longitudes :in and Gu west. It derives Its name front Ihe nbuudiuioo of tlin seaweed "Wargassum ImcoU'crum." C. "(.lailssa llarlowo" and "Pamela" are celebrated novels by Samuel Itlchaidson. tho Miigllsli eighteenth century writer. ! i. Liberty and union, now and lorever one and liu-epnlahlc, was tho con- elusion of Webster's famous rcPlv to iwiyiiv, tie iivurctl lo (oin-i..uu In is:;u. X. Tlin llusslans hn Uusslans aro called Muscovites troin .Moshova. tlin lluss'lin. .,..,.... of .Moscow. !. A mtisotto Is a small French hajs- pipe. 10. eneziielu was the lust of the South American republics to enter tho U-ukiio of Nutlons. Thcre is this much to be suld for a prisoner In the p. 0 js bothered neither by housing nor transit problems nml the high cost of living has no terror for him. Ihe city lacks laboring and techni cal men for municipal improvements. What the country appears to need is u federal labor reserve. ';'' additional manifestation ot """' i" i. in ope iiiukcs a paigu argument for Ilerber good cam I Hoover. i'h Mayor inutlo now reads i "M .Uore money for policemen ami firemen" Shorter hours for visitors." ",ul"' eon,i!,;l!;17pS!iS, t-diils:"1 J " K- in the nbsencp of a labor board per uiw the striking switchmen i-i... I ug switchmen tried oiiijn board. MOODS Q1UDDKNLV wo have moods kJ Into which our unsuspecting th'otiirl, .slip for long falls through I I tie ?leml And strike, at last tho unseen iionl " ts nlliR si,. "-'" I'uui HUH Dark, troubled circles And far slight echoes- Utile earthy pebbles dropping Into tho unknown deep wofls of clomlty "Verse. S UClt" '' ''"Porary WHO KNOWS? rpilH faired tbuiu-H 1 t-cr see f Arc when I shut mv pVrs . Ah! lovely sights coino then to me They'd llll you will, surprise. "1C I often wonder at those, times Indeed, If t am herp, ' And If I'm not in otlipr climes Where till thoso tilings appear. We l.iiow that thought can fleetly faro Uy time and simce uugunlpil Why mayn't I bo truly there? Willi what my eyes behold? Kits- must It be I'xc other eyes With vision keen to ccjin. Whoso power all distances defies Disprove It, If ydu can. And If tlicro be strango things to come, lleyoml dlie gates of Heath -W!'.y. !,.,ay "lcr" "0, "" well, bo somo Wlilln yet wo huvo our breath? Man bath five senses; had ho nioro I'm confident he might a myriaii mysteries explore That now urn wrapped in night. HAMUNL MINTUUN PKC'K, 4-- THE GIUT1C TAlKS' TO MUSIC LOVERS Weekly Comment on Things Must. cal in Discriminating Philadelphia THH opera hns occupied the center, nnd for that matter, both sides of the stnge this week. The pending ?nle of the Metropolitan Opera House nnd th. probnblc dissolution of the Metropolitan House Opera Co., an organization lotnlly different from the Metropolitan Opera Co., has brought before us again the nunuat question, "Is Philadelphia to have any grand opera next year?" Almost as familiar as the annual "howl" "regarding the operatic offer Ings of Mr. GattNCaiuma In Philadel phia has become this question ns to whether the present Is the last ycni of opera here. It has always been answered jn the ncgntive before and the chances arc n thousand to one thnt It will be so answered next season. At almost everv performance there is Mantling room only and as the Met. has never been conspie uously free with "paper." the chances arc that the company bus made u nice profit on lis sixteen Philadelphia per- luriuiiiiccs. ji ii ,iiiiH not, me only rea son Is thnt It docs not nav to clve m, opera before so few lis -1000 persons. uno oi me most signiiicHiit omens that there will be the usual season of opera next year in this city Is the fact thnt at the performance of "IAniore del Tro lie" on 'Tuesday evening, the programs contained cards Inviting sub scription for next season. The unswer to this may have some bearing on the several questions to come before tin board when Mr. Knlin returns. Mil. (J ATT I gave the opponents of hit operatic policy another chnnce to become morn or less excited, according to tho Individual temperament of the exciteo, when It was announced last Tuesday that tho next offering of Hip cotnpnny would be "Lucia dl Lammcr moor." As It is the lost performance of the scasou but one. it is therefore ex tremely likely that Philadelphia will not see nuy of the novelties of the season except "J5aza" nnd "Cleopatra's Night." The critics often nsk the question, What do people attend the opera mostly for, to hear the music or to bnr some favorite singer or cast? 'The Tpiestlon, like most of those propounded by tin critics, lias never been satisfactorily answered, nor is It likely lo be, nnd is, therefore, good to nsk again tlic follow ing season. However, the performance of "J,ucla" next Tuesday lnay throw nn interesting light upon tlic matter. The east, like nil those of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is a good one, but there Is no one of (inlli-Ciirclan box olllcc powers to slug the title role, nor Ih it as n whole the strongest that the Metropolitan could produce. " Nevertheless it is practically certain thnt the Opera House will be crowded to the doors, but the audience, outside of the regulur subscribers, will be largely Italian, who, while they represent a very considerable proportion of the opera going public, do not represent the gen ernl musical culture of the city outside of this one field. TT TS oi J- these oil only the cognoscenti - nnd of perntlciilly the Italians hnve In Philadelphia as elsewhere u far greater proportionHum any other nation- who want to hear all the novelties of the op erntic season. To nsk this for Philadel pliui, with only sixteen performances to the season, Is an Impossible request, ami It must-be said in "fairness .Hint it is not asked by any one. Hut tlicro is this difference: the Itnl ian operatic expert, like the (icriimn symphony expert, does not object to liearinft the old favorites over and over again. ' This, when one comes to think of it, Is the reason for the longevltj oi the great symphonic nnd operatic com positions, for If the public did not want them it may rest assured that the con ductors and mnnagers would not pro duce then). Perhaps Mr. Catti is applying the Italian operatic psychology to the American temperament. At any rate, there is the usual kick after the an nouncement of the presentation of one of the veterans of the operatic stage, hut the next Tuesday evening everybody I there us usual. TIIK question of how fur the singers nre uffected emollontillj by the parts which the) represent hud a curious dtni onstnition ut the close of the seen ml net of "L'Amore del Tro lie" last Tuesthn evening. As noted in the review In th" Km.mmi I'l hi. ir Lkiiuck on Wednes day, the scene wns one of the most pow erful in an opera which Is full of strong sltiialioiis, nud It was enacted with tin' most remarkable dranint Ic power by M, Ditliir. Miss Muzio and Mr. Amnio. As the curtain fulls, the nged -blind king is currying on his shoulder the bod' of his son's wife, whom he hits just strangled in rage over her infidelity, nnd Is preceded by the broken-hearted bus band. The scene is one of immcn- strength mid Is accompanied by themo-t dramatic music of the whole opera. 'The audience rose to the superb Interpret.-! tion it had witnessed and was intensely enthusiastic, as well it might he. for liner tragic acting hns never been seen here on uny stuge. When Ihe principals responded to the vociferous iiccliimatlons of the audience, thev were nil visibly uffecled by the in ten'sitv of the situation through which thev had just passed, and It was not until the fourth or fifth recall that any of them began to display the custotuarj stnge demeanor In responding tn the npplause of an audience. This attitude is not unusual on the part of great dramatic singers nnd actors, but it is rarely Hint the mood persists for so long a time ns it did on Tuesday evening. Kut then again it Is rarely that such n piece of acting Is seen ns was given in the close of this act. The emotional effect upon the nudlenco wns ujmo.st n great, but naturally the recovery win quicker. TIIK Metropolitan Opera Co. is sin gularly fortunote In having two such dramatic actors as Mr. Ditliir and Mr. Mnrdones among its bnsses. 'Ihe stnge lost a great tragedian when Mr. Hid"1' became a singer. Koth he and Mr. Mnrdones hnve the most rare quality ot being able to net consistently parts highly diverse in churncter. No one who witnessed the remiirU able comedy of Mr. Dldtir as the Sheriff In "Olnnnl Sehicchl" hist season would believe it possible that the same mini could ilo with such strength ami fidelity to character the tragic part of Archi baldn in "L'Amore del 'Trc Ho." Mr. Mnrdones this year gave us on two successive operatic eveulngs a display of character almost iik diverse, lib; Don Kaslllo in '"The Kurber of Seville wns n perfect riot of comedy, both vocal and histrionic, and the following week he portrayed with equal skill the benign character of the Abbott In "La Forza del Dcbtlnn." The Metropolitan is fortunate in nearly all its male singers, but In n" department more than In Its two lend ing busses. With the exactitude of In tcrprctution which Is Insisted upon nowadays, it is no longer sullicleiit for an opera ringer to depend upon voice alone to carry him through, Men like Dlilur and Mnrdones uru milking vrr difficult tho job of tho busses of the next operatic gcncratiop. i i. , . A .i-V .' jAvU
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