0"tf h "'v; h- 7 'L.. k ... .a P- f fv' ,'JT lift." i'H ir - i & t : fe!V K :.' ft I s; vv :io? 11 ; . t- frwcnma uuuitc eaacr I'tittLIC LEDGER COMPANY crntin it. i.-. nuriTiH. pidint ' ii j.nariea 11. Luamgion. yiw utiri '. '! - . ..... - ... ttBl.1Mlt Tjrtm .-. iwnriiiii nL-i-ininij miiv 4,.......... ' l'hllln M. fnlllna liihn Tl William. John J $"'& "purgeon, Director. , EnrroruMj moatidi OAVID M. SMILKT Editor V ' A..t. 4tiHHii n .1 itn.iM rrr. t-i-. ,iufl v.. .ilAJl nn . . ucnorn. """"- -- IPabllihed dally at Pcnuo Lumen lluliainf, .TtAMTIO CITT rre-lnloi Uulwln; RMW YOK 'J00 MeiropmilHn ,1,",7; DtTnotT .. .. 701 Konl tlu ldtnf BT.' Lorn, 1008 Fullerton l',1a1,,"iS cuiciao . .".'.".'.'.'.'. .J102 Tribune DullUlne NKIVB HtltlRAlISl jytiiN0T0N Runiutj, , .... . ;K. K. :or. Pennaylvanla. Ave. nnd J tin St K1T VoK IlufEAC The Sim llulldlng SUtlSCrtlPTION HATES J.iWffl Vq2ta?.?fiU;ff V ....' ! llvmall tn nolnla outside of Phliaue pni .- Ik.. .,.-.! .I...... f..n.r Ar Linuei iiit miiHinmi. tiotnite tree, fitly tan I tenia per month. Six till) dollars ra per year. J1 dollar! payable In advance. . , To all forelirn countrle P" !"". ... i.l,lnt. ddrem elUned must Blo old a well a new ad- drn. ."...I ....... rrvarnM- H IN 3000 . nci.u. .luiro hi.1,1 ,...-'-.--- iSj. i i2-r; :c " .. " " ...,.... .. t.-,.i,ii Mr. .r- Attarrun mi .-nmiiitinicuiiwia u - v rublle Ltdgtr, idfjieitdcnce Sonars, jA v raiittuwiinto. Member of the Associated Press tjtk ASsnriATKl) VKKS8 is frrlutlirhi rniHlril to Ihc uc for I rrpHMieaVIo,. of ,,r.M . Mme , credited to it or not othenehc vrclitrtl ' in ihh paer. and aho the local iicim , UMni (JmiH. I publtshcd therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein arc also reserved. I rhll.dlphl. Tundiy, April 13. 1M0 A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Tlilnja nn wlilch the people expect tli new Bdniliilstrntlon to oncen- trate Ita nttentlont The Delaware river bridge. A drudock big enough to accommo date the largest ships. Development of the rupid transit sys tern. A. convention hall. A buUdtnu lor the Free Library. An Art Sluseum F.nlargcmcnt of the ualer supply. Uomes to accommodate the jioptiia ((on. . THE MARNE STATUE. PmLADF.I.riltA'K ipistn to tin fund to be expended on the memo rial, "America's !ift to France." hns been fixed nt ?."00(l. After n somewhat eilent. Wlint follow appears to have grueling course in "drives." this iim nrtunlly diurd Mr. (Srutuiti himself. The seems extremely modest. The s'igniti- iihiipiim that lie .started wns beyond his canee of the project, which is to cost a enntr'ol within a few hours. Whnt total of ?J."0,()00, is. however, fittingly mused railroad men in nil parts of the high. Sentiment, though happily not loiuitry to quit in senttered masses always marketable, is very potent. I without a co-ordiimted plan, without Tho beneficent "reactions" of the ,,vr formulating the usual demands, at Bnrtjioldl statue, which the French re- tlif news from Chicago 7 Thej are aver public sent us, have not yet ceased. The' aKp ritizens no more disposed than any MncMonnirs Mnttte should have recip- ',,,. 0j,0 lls n nl,. to defy the implicu- rorai va.ues. u win common..,- ,.,- fateful moment when freedom hung in the balance and mark the fateful scene i OI nn epic. The proposed site is near Mean.,. whprp the fierinnn invasion reached hieli 'tide in 11)14 ....... .............. ........ I Inunirn ilniL olmiilj nml ..,.., .....r. i,v...- ..u.. doubts of tho moment, it is the still stirring truth that civilization was saved at the Mnrne. ns it wns centuries "before nnd in the same land of France at Chalons nnl nt Tours. Governor Sprout has urged the mayors of al the cities in the state to organize support for the memorial fuud The contribution week will be from May " to May S. Spontaneous resKin i probable. FEASIBLE. BUT GEpHGK WIIAIITO.V PKPPF.U, , of the committee on policy of the trustees of the I'niversity nf Pennsjl vania, admits that Doctor Finegan's plan for uniting the local uuiversity with the l.'nivcrsily of Pittsburgh nnd the Stntc College js feasible, and thnt It is one of the ways which his com mittee has been considering for the solu tion of the problems confronting it. Tho arguments in favor of the plan rest on the desirability nf co-ordinating the efforts of the three institutions re ceiving state aid so Hint there mnv be I no duplication of effort. Thev are'nd- I TI",!!P nDc ,,1Pr Picturesque nssurnp dressed to the wisdom of applying iu i t'oni nre popular now. For oursehes education the policies of combination1"'0 H0'' ",,,llinB "f ,n"h ' lenson nnd the elimination of wasteful compe- , '" nn of ,1,p"u (Vr'atnly there are signs titloa which hnve brought about great ' of " desperately radical leadership here business combinations. i "nil Hiere nmong the insurgents. Hot the Hilt before it can be seriouslv con- ' "Tike ns a whole appears more like a sidercd. it will have to be decided I ni"' of "il'1 nml dangerous temper than whether considerations of local pride I a" organised movement ngninst the historical tradition and adniinistrative , lr!,r' nf ,h" ,'"u,1,n ' It ipread with the I VI' . autonomy ought to be sacrificed for .. I. . ll i . . nun,, .u.i, uv I'iiiiru lili.lt'UUf niU. ' That Doctor 1-mrRnn sucstion hns .. !... .:i.. ..-: .-,... iiui uvvu .--iiuiiiiuriiv rejei'ipii indicates thnt ho has said iu (lie onen whnt men I rnnrersfint with the snliiii i,n,-., i.., J . ""'- "'-" saying lu private tor some time. . .1 -.MM A cunuu nc ciidddioco M OriVJW Ul" OUKrKlbtO mHR Marine Kxhibition, open this, week the Parkway Huilding, tn.fin.u ,.,,.. .,;..! i. .... Ir ii.i 1 ' ', '".'" """ ' " "l ' ."""'ci,i,iiU nun n.i'ii- crowiu. While this is n good thing, su.h sur- prises us nre in store for visitors ion- stitutc rntlier n reflection on the local attitude toward our maritime iiossj- bilities. . U ought to be uniicccsni'y in Cet nn rt snow 10 drive nnme tncis com ernini: our harbor and our water-borne trade. Realization of the-e truths should be au tomatic just as it is when the subject ot our manufacturing resources is broached. The public, however, has not ns n whole learned lo think of Philadelphia in seaport, terms, riiere is. for instance. a tcnucney to regard Mug island more . as. a white elephant than as a prodigious ' 1....1... .... .......... . uiijii.iMiuii., . ..in ,-.., .me uespenKs nu- uu....u...j ..,.., . .',,1.1,1. in.. ,i ini'ii siioiuu be recognized as logical rCtm linn nm llnrlfi n iiiii'iii.Ln ..f .1.. .'" ................... i'...u.7i- .,i mf ,- . hiblt, of course, presents the case in another aspect. The Church Institute has started n needed movement to take care ot the sailor ashore and render him lew homeless, less nt loose ends, than in !...-... rpi, ,.li.u ,,.ii 1 1, ,v i..i, . ,.. i"..i- ..,, ,i uir prill- tienl, nnd happily devoid of the patron- Ifclng spirit. The necessity for enrrjing them out becomes obvious with n due iippreciu - tion rif Philadelphia a.' one of the World's most Important ports, destined TO oe greater wucu we cease tiiKlug es- jabllshrd facts as novelties. MORE BUDGET TALK CQXGJIKSS will have to shift to high gear if It expects to pass a budget bill before adjournment. The, House devoted many months to ,, the: Subject and passed n bill. This hns greet nvut iu 11117 ii.-uui.i-. unu nun 11 npe rdn.nini.irv it'll i .imniirin... ..1....1. .1. 111.1. ..... ..1.1. i... 11..... 1..... .. 1.. 1 . .... i.-sial committee ot that body has drafted .?'. entirely new bill, which has been ..UMi.MlMntl.lv VAnielA.I i!,lTJicre will linvr. to be n Ions debate on ' .if.'., l.tH various slnsfs before it win . , ... HnnH.u.vua.j ...u...... ; $i i . WM j iSMc , . M,'i. -,u,f.K,.rOnJi. j-ar-. -. r4"l , nifltl H1I in i i ' i tn UllLLi come to n fiunl vote, nnd then the House will liavc to agree to It. lint the Senate lenders tire committed to the budget theory. They "will doubt less do their best to hnsten the mntter, for they know thnt in the present con dition of the national llnnnccs it is necessary to ripply sound business prin ciples to the npproprintion bills in order to iidjust nil expenditures to the possible revenues. If, out of the talk, which seems to be almost interminable, some workable plan should be evolved the overburdened taxpayers will be duly grateful. A UNION WAR ON LABOR UNIONISM the Insurgent Rallmen Wreck the Constructive Work of Two Generations? J J rtliv imii-vai- l, lntr.i mnii Iielleve that he i bigger tlmii the country nnd tlint his own troubles nre heavier than the troubles thnt bear upon liilitii'i mull ill,- ill, null'' null, uiin iiirwii1A the rest of ,,,. i a gloomy individual ! about lifty jenr old. He wns a foreman in one of the Chicago rnilwny yuriN nnd filiictionrd cniunlty as conductor of a local train. Traffic grew heavier. The rond innn ngemeut had to mid two nddltional conches to the locnl. When that change was ninde it wns necessary for the man nge,e. to supplnnt Mr. Orunnt. with n ..rm,r ,.on,illotor ustC(i ,y the train- ! ,,,. 01,erhood. .............. i.... !.. !.. - Coutrnets long in existence between ,p mp) nm tlp ,.oa(1 mn(9 (is ncccs. snrv I linen to tne yarns went lironnu. com- plniuitig. He wns chairman of the Mvitelimcn's union, n relatively new or v Ul gntih-.ntion. He tub hix men that they were being Motie'- by the big brother ImhmN. lie tramped into the mniioRer's .... inij.rt iiam tilt iiiinitriii nun iiiiniiiiii in i '". ."... .'. .'"" tn lin aiiiiuinlAil iiu I li n j.n ) n I unii illliiliili IU I"- It UI31UHU IU III' 1 Ui-IIIH HIIMIII' MM ,.f i.! ,.! i i fi,n.....u.. u.,i.i i, ... ...-, .,o... .. """""M .-"' " I the switchmen would "trike. "We can't break contracts," said the management, "(jive us until Jt :!M) to take your case before the trainmen's committee." It wns then ! in Hip morning. At 12:L'S Cruunu returned nnd snid he wanted to be reinstated nt once. "I'll give you until 1 -:!((), two minutes, to make up your miud." lie said, gloomily. At IU :.".(! the switchmen wnlkcd out. I'p to thai moment the preliminaries to the present strike on the railways lind been nrdeily ninl nerording to prre nolls i a federal law or lite rules of their unions. Tlieir strike is cliaolic ll is badlj . manured or not mnnnct-il nt all. Clenrlv ,,,e cround was not ..reared for it in .i.. ..,. i. i in. n., . ..,,..! ii.n.. I .1U1.HIT. i, i ..... i, ., .,,. ,,... .i r J . . a i .. i I I,, ,,10 lncP nm society, .irentiy it nns involved violence nnd sabotage. babo - tage the destruction nf property f1' 1 the delibernte confusion of operating I sjstems in iudustrj is merely an elnb- I orate process for making a bad tiling1 ,,i. en ip. iu . i.i . . . -. i . ..- Ihce methods are nt and never hae bon 'ommon among American railway : men i.nnpnu-uru irauv- uiiiuuisii. r--- iects them inMinetivelj. They get jou low her but into trouble. Public opinion has been on the sMe of the unions in every recent hearing nt Washington and it was . the unions tliat a great many people looked for help out of the economic tangles of the hour, Are tlie-orgauizeij labor men willing to enn ranks and Pnlinerism and Ilonni saeritice all they have gained in public wellism in the persons of two figure confidence? Do they want to make the heads us nlternntives in the Democratic gloomy Mr. (iruiiau dictator of all rail (ranks. Inadvertently and obscurely we unious and establish his disdain for con- , referred to Messrs. Palmer and llonni tracts.Hs n working principle'? Ur have well ns the recognized candidates" of they suddenly come to Hie belief thnt ' the Democrats, nnd this is what the they enn boss the country ami starve and terrify it into submissioi ' -' . . '. . . . suddenness of listeria. It is already tie- , nliitiJtir t r t-tiriuiiiA in t li tilniui ifltitfii ir m " , - ' "an. nnu uuu s w moor innr Kiip- n.nwufil pmiifinn lino n (.mill M.'ill fn .In ." -" - r -- - with it Railway men in America are not fond . ... , , ,,,, , I .01 nneuess unu pu.ni-ss uu... 1 wj uu , i( ,, .... 1. ....:... ... .l. 1. : l,.1v,lan. I. Ill Sill 1 IIIIIIJ Mirll,, 1(1 III!' 1I11IU llll,llSI n'"' if is" r liko ,'"'1" to "'""' to visit starvation nu other" people. Only those who do not want to be fair will refuse to admit even now Hint the men who tn mimic even now mar 1 e men wno 1 .i ...! ...1 ,m"'K "V. r.' ' "' ' ' l'" "" cause to icei iinierness nnu rcsenuiicni. They mn deserve denunciation. Hut de- inundation doesn't explain Iheni. The strike i, an outburst of sup- I pressed feeling The incredible Mr. 1 Palmer with his empty nnd misleading nrnmises ; every business mnn who is intent on cettiug 10(1 per cent nrofits : every iininui nnin iipoiiinnh it 11 1 isj iinrnii. . .11 .-. 1 . ,. ., ""iu.. ,i.,ms..i niiw 1.1 n iv mined to wring the lust possible cent of extortion out of these ditficull duys ; I every piffling politician in Washington lulled into complacency by his own oru- I tory. and ever lazy-minded citizen in' and out of official life who is convinced that life in this country will somehow adjust itself without help or sincere ' .. ., ..,..,,.,. . guidance nu 01 uiese ueipeii in luyiugi iue iiiiiciiiiii'i. nun new unu vioi.'iii 11 IllOU ill Hie llini n1111.11 ,11 nn.- lUUIII .'il. .?i,fi,i'k .'liitnsv liniwl .; .1.. i..... ....... 1. ..t- ..... ..inn i.. The pressure that greed ami stupid .opportunism have put upon all wage earners is almost intolerable. To be ni'omised relief, ypt to see the cost of I ntcessities rising steadily about twice ns,?. '!!.?... 1,. .. .1 1 II01SIII 1 HIST as ,10111 "ilpii.s, i" ri'i- 11 liny 11 p - prouching when shoes and shelter nui.i 'he matters of doubt, is to be ready ina- terial in the hands of blind ngitntors. l Those railroad managers wlio, at the I instant when the government turned back tlieir lines to them announced that they would 'snow lauqr where it goi off," haven't helped the situation. The i:-irli-( umniitiR in", iiitrniicu to pro vent HtrikfH until nftcr efforts of ur bitmtion liov failed, provides "Hint it shall be tho duty of the railway manucf- ' ment" to orRunb.i loarils of preliminarv ' arbitration. Kven if the President's I railway labor board lind been oiKunb.oil it Mould now be powerk'NH, since it U to be n final court of nppenl nnd no ennes hnve been prepared ir formulated for i Hh L'onsideratinu. I -inn viinriniii kii'ii.i, ..in n nn ... If there is ever to Ijp (Ued industrial ' peace iu the 4." lilted Stntcn it will have ","TMIHmnHHli'i" M.ilii" ""J "-i- tin .. 1 -. ' - . . iKyteyiKa PtJBid to depend on frjendly contracts mutual ly agreed upon between men who man age industry nnd those who work In ill tlustrlcs, A victory by nttrlllon, such as Mr. Grunau proposes, would be a ca lamity for the country and tho union themselves. The insurgents have drifted Into n position (lint makes defeat for them necessary and imperative. If the unions win by terrorism they will be forever in conflict with an an tagonistic public. Hnve they forgotten thnt they nre n minority? If the strikers overawe the rnilwny managers nnd the country there will be no reason in the future wjiy n trades union or nn em ployer might enter iulo n contract or put ny fnith in contracts. The mnehlui'i'.v for rail way labor ad justment recently set tip at Washington lis not perfect, but It represents n sln Jcere effort to give nil railway men op Iportunltlcs as fair as those available to tho rest of the working population wiucn lurniis hip resi oi ill couiurr. If Uie insurgents can win under Oruiinu"s leadership, that machinery I will hnve to be scrapped and in the fu ., ... . . . . ,,, . lro Jl'1"!0" " ?f ,m,u"'7. ' ,Lbo. the stronger nnd the most ruthless. We shall be buck nt the beginning and the adjustments nceessnry in these trencher ous limes will have to. be made as they were made when men believed they had to tight for simple justice. It must, seem to any one wlio looks - ' ' , , r,?, ""' ' "' l " ,,,"' ; Si T . T ' quickly us it begnn nnd thnt their pn- below the surface thnt the strikers tlenec nnd their good sense will be re asserted. Wage and working conditions will be readjusted rationally in the end nnd not by violence. Meanwhile ranting dentin- ..... :u :.n mm.., !.:...,.. .....ui. ...., ' "" "' -"'" ..... ..v ...,-. ';"." ' "'""' """ '.'"' ' l,!;,r. ",l;;-;t,t,it iv.w at nslniigton flllleil to "hrillB Inline the hnrnu. No r- --- --- one has n rlirht tn call the rnllwnv men I , , . . , . . IK I t 'tiTiItm iless he himself has no bacon - --n--- -i -.-. .-- . .,.- .. ... ....., .!, I, ...... 1.1 l. .."Mini ..in-,,- in- ,,,.iiii. ill,!,-, ui r,-ii fear, to let the country sec it. KANSAS SET THE PACE COl.l.fct.IC students responded when (iovernor Allijn. of Kansas, .asked for volunteers to operate con I mines abandoned by strikers. And the students did what they set out to do. Twenty -five Swnrthmore students re ported nt the Itrnnd street railroad sta tion jestcrday afternoon prepared to take the place of striker's in facilitating the operation of trains. Arrangement!) were junile to put them to work. I'ni versity of 1'ennsylvnniii and l'rincetou students offered tlieir services nt about the -!inc time. These students will get valuable in s ruction in sociology during the period in which Ihej serve the Pennsylvania Railroad. In the first place, they will learn by practical experience the con ditions under which the disntsfied ! strikers have been working nnd will I be able to form first -hand opinions n,gIir),jnK l0 KI.,IIIlN fl. discontent, !.,.,,.. ., nlso ,,.,, .......in l,n.it .I.e kind nf ....tisidernllnn whlel. n -.e..t : .. i... ... :... . -" '" X" . " .fc. "' ... ,. 7 .7'"'' .. . . ..'. . .1 aenver w net ier tnev nre to win mnlsr or blnme for acting as strikebreaker. So tn(, cxl)l.,.ience should be highly educn 1 ioiinl. pm.itimi n-i-iir SENATORIAL OPTIONS Tin: i! censo I , ,,i ., , , , . . ,. x censor of P hi mdcliiliin louriialism. .... . . ,. flustered because in commenting upon t. pnucilj of candidates for the I uiteil sitntes sieiiatc party nominations 111 Pennsylvania we outlined the issue ns one of three pitiful options presented to t, Hepublicans anil Democrats who comprise the vast proportion of the st,e's more ,l,n n million voters. The options of , Miro are Pc.iroseism in Penrose's own person in the Itepuhli j'Uecord seized upon to siudd us. If th Democratic outlook was anything more than n forlorn hope does anybody doubt who would be the actual, eumfidAtcsV The point we made could not be plea sajit medicine to a P.nnniwell mouth orgnli. It wns Hint neither of the major parties rises adequately to the dignity and distinction of this state of more than IMMItl.OOi) inhabitants wneti the best choice offered lies between three .elfish interests a.tuuted only by a ni-i-.i.- i. i' 11-11 i'iii-n inner 11 way irom me ....Ill .. I. ..! ...I , "" , puiu i patronage. .HompfhitiR has tn bo doiio at mirt nt' itnl ui.nmil .iLlnm ...III r.i. rt-i.l our school s.islem will fni .. -...,,, .,1,1 . n , . nu. pi es,,u survey is 10 lie eruiine just what -.. ........ ,...,.,,,.- nnu lion Hi-cause it Is n -..i.jcci in wi.i.-ii me puniic lsimgii. Hlintever else lie mnv hnve add -interested. the public will ed. bis v.iiiiil' wiin.en m im.n ..., nl.......1 cleverly cnnieal its interest unless l'"dded by publicity. T-r From the middle of tin- wick of .,,.. . ;,...., .-.- "" "iiiimuoiJiip on npriug i.nrden street bridge, as illustrnteil in esterduvsi i;vi:vim, l'i 111.10 hi:iir.i:u. there nrose""',""l'Pmrn' " ,ll! direclors of the new n telegraph pole bearing the sign, "Cnr ' Riilh'ry can resist the tendency to show Slop." The owner of the cnr is missing. ' "' "" 'heir pictures nt the .same lime '"" '' ,r!,,'r ! may be said for him lliat"1"' u'" consent to display a few fine '" obeyed orders. His cnr stopped. , things in the best setting obtainable. ' It is possible for even 11 fair lady to The Slnto Ilurcfiii of. Foods hns I..I. ' "'''"' ""' lnn,ly J"'''ls "" llP' "iigcrs. iiateii 11 suue-wuie investigation of the era .If'ttfcluVlir, is iicwl and chlorine process.' miegeii gen iiu 1 ri k iii'ui 11 Tim (ninriiin i..inr-, ...- ........, .. ... ...... (iniiiii 111 ut cni. ri'i,j iL .. i.:...i r i -..1.. 1. i( ,. ...,,, ,. ,, .,, , ',' ,'' '""',, I lil? Ii5 il IMUit HI lUIHI (HUM It'limiHl llinr nut niwe, ,,,. Cyr ,,, K(,t stumIa. ,. their stomnchs do not demand. tt in,.n. ,,r .,..!,.. ' ..r w,,.,,,,.. Birhi in ;,1(,CJ nl(, hlousesl are innk n" third- iu nn li..m- ..i ing up the campus with sliovel nnd rake mm : 1...1.1 . . iiieie is inouiiiii.v no irimi in tne rumor innr i.pimiiisi, i.r nil. i mm nn in ...i.i. ..... 1 ..: .i..! .,,,.:;; . . - ..11 1 ' """"'ariiy wit n switches, college girls nre going to work 111 the ruilrouds. Though il is chnrltuble to suppose Hint Hie mainrily of the strikers don't know it. the issue in the "outlaw strike" is between Americanism nnd sin. What profiteers and strikers ap parently fail to realize is Hint when Hie liciniis spiral of In -It prices gels suffi ciently high it will topple in or. Knili'oiid men, "waiting for coiiill tious to get better," nre like men who cpiir worUns in a gurden "'until ,le .. ...! .iu;..., ....... " UC,.-,..? ,inu.M ,,, , Ijplitlral Dope Is nn Iliimply Iii"tt'- ietting up nitniii after beliis ulisct ls l'.ls "'''"'' '""' "'l''' (jrent Ilrllnln i,eem lo in.slnt thnt I'mme take diil(iiniitii" t-nucrkrnut with her military Krankforler. ni, !l , ..,, to i'liiladelphiaiiu the value of "jnlaml waterwayu, ...,?, . .tijC - . . T .ii,iljliJj.T , . ,-, V if 'j- Travels in Philadelphia A Sunday In Memorial Hall rplIB Park trolleys nre cnnilng their ''keep these Sunday afternoons. The Irees nnd dried grasses Hint slide by their whitlows nre still harsh and raid, but the nlr is wnrm nnd the people all out in bloom; the Indies and little girls indeed nulte in the full flower of spring so thnt eVery glnnrc nlong the trolley tents rewnrds (he eye with brave patches of color, In a prophetic disarray of spring, summer nnd fall flowers here nnd there, oven a sbuneh of alluring grapes Hint dangles ngalnst n spray1 of cherry blossoms, ns two dainty heads collide in the swaying of the ear. What a barren spot the early spring would be without the kaleidoscope of women's lints. Nature is much too slow to satisfy us on these grateful after noons thnt nre still living under the. thrrnt of n ensunl hnck wnsh of winter storm. There is no dramatic contrast of the sort the heart craves out there In the pnssing woods. The old weather beaten oak limbs still 'ding fatuously In their last slimmer leaves. The hsh gray beech trees, hardly yet blackened tvllh the spenr heads of their buds, ntlll stretch out their pnlc drooping limbs in n meek vegetable despair. As yet there is little hint save the vaguest glimmer ings in the reddening bloom on the cherry bark, and the fnint show of green mist on the willows, or of scarlet on the maple tops, that a new world isnt hand. lint under the enr roof, where the. blossoms bob up and down nmong the spruce gray felts nnd the brown derbies, spring slugs an entphntic bong. TIIK crowd on bonrd, when I came to look down nt them, wns the pcrcn ninl Sunday skimming of the grfyer out door folk of the city. Sprlng-ismitten rouplcs were evident in sufficient num bers, nu, I nlso crowds of young men not et out of the horse-play teens, nnd hence taking n huge delight in bnml.v- . 'K Uriglit iiliservntions in very large , , voices, to Hie obvious annoyance nf the' spring-smitten pairs and to the plensant horror of those groups of nbnshcd young ladies for whose ears the bright remarks were brought out of their camphor. Mothers of thriving families were also out in n renssiiring nbundnuce, nnd it is in no spirit of disrespect to the poetry of family life that I record the fact thnt the light new garb of spring on the iiiiflannelcd shoulders of little .John and Jessie kept mother's handkerchief out in a continual pale pendulum swing from noe In cTiubby nose. Fnthcrs were nlso present in considerable force, ench with thnt proud hut constrained and hectored nlr so common to the public brow of mule parents of young Ameri cans, and each hopelessly fingering the i I'nslied cigars in his top pocket with one hand while he strove vuinly with the other to keep his liobbje's inquisi tive digits oft the flowers on the pretty lady's hat. T I.KN'tiTH I decided tint the Park r. tr rolley company had earned its fare so far as I was concerned, so T stepped ll on and made my way up tho winding paths to Memorial Hall. A great com pany nf people was streaming up the entrance way between the bronze horses nnd the fi'ei.n linv nlnlits-sn liitmi in. U''cu. ns 10 Keep ine old wniciiman, with deed, ns to keep the old wntclfman, will '!'..' "nberii,g machine, tensely 01INV till the time. The crowd was snread out vncuelr under the lull dome inside. Smnll boys wei-o grouped over nt the fnr wall nrounil a glittering suit of medieval armor. A few Indies nnd quiet gentlemen were studying the sculptures on the great piaster pulpit, but the full tide of vis itors set in through the door of the pie- inn- Kiiucr.t. i iiucw uiyseii inio mis . .. i . i.i..i.i .., ii - iiin - tii ii.iu i.s cu. rieii or.sK.y limns. , it ,,u ..i,if ni ..n il,n. ., ,,,l,,. the gazers were of Italian blood, brought here, perliupi, by n natural pride in tho works in their old nation's nrt. Among others I recognized two waiters anil one barber, who were by no means the " o:"'"01'- wlio were by no means the !nst l'p'',stetl observers of the long ''!"; r a! """"r,"1" WP? ,liul glow- wl ol,t "f ""linBlll flames. rpIHC Johnson collection, it goes with -L ou saying, is n great artistic treas ure for our city, but it is a treasure of a peculiar nnd special kind. It is my impression Hint the crowd was disap pointed, and in a sense very properly so. for the interest of those pictures in in n large measure historical and tech nical rather than purely artistic. It is true that about certain of the group ings. In which the fine glow of color nnd the liveliness of portraiture is most evident, there was n spontaneous con-' gestinn. winch' plensed me nil le mnn since there wns rarely in such cases Hid authority of any well-known nnme to attract tkc interest. Ilefore n couple of siimll. ill-wrought things Hint bore nn attribution to ISotlicelli. there stood sev- crnl bending devotees, but inuinlr the I peopl, III the place paid tribute to those i;leiir. smooth faces nnd brilliant color- . '"ss 10 win. 11 ii.eir msie 11ns ueen di- reeled i.j the covcij. of magazines. 11 i.s -nn noiii'si pruiercucc am llUI at tX iiw .:.. 11...... 1 in lifo np nicturo has nhvnvn nlrn.1 fl. in-, .iiiiiihuih. 1 iriiiuess t , .. . 'j c ... lunii. ami iimoug great nrtists 1 one Itnphnel. if I reiueniber rlchtlv. never was at any pains to avoid nchiev- I lovely, even to the casual pic. And lis I :,. Ils pl.-tures nre hung close togethec I , j onnvded gnilerics the public will 1 ""v,'r ,mv'' mm'1' temptation to bestow ,1..... .. 1 ..... . . "'"" ."'" ." ''" "u any single TPntmu of nil. 11 will he a high I F -'TT '"f f -- ' , wildered crowd in the nrt gallery to . . dowi'tifl tho htnirw nf r 1 1 unti.-n, . i.n . . ... ",","' nun into the children's museum in (I... I.n.... ' ment. Crowds were there. (.,, mt I I eager and enthusiastic crowds, not I utrnm to make something of a noise over tlieir delight, hong lines of jouug ones were moving hungrily along the line of nme peep snows, unu staring in often I on up nil1, ui ine inoueis oi l oinpeiinu niMii-i-s. .-., i.u.-ii. i eK snow scene mi I 0Ver such nltetitive snectiitors In V. I i - .' - i b u In Hie ,.,.,,. ,l0 U)om inM,,. , ,- ...is,, is snrend out ,, ,vl."l .r .,..K'a. - .. .. -.. - - old I "..,,1 r, 111111 1 1111., ..I.I. ...I .. ' streets, with forests of Noah's ark trees' and willi an enticing mininture railroad. ! Tills, too. had its devotees. ' One little codger nt my elbow was I highly worked up nboiit it all, and had ! his nose pressed to the glass, as close' as possible, to Ihc model of .Memorial' Hall 1 "Do you 'spnse," said he. 111 ,isl. "if 1 could open thai little door nmji look ill, I'd see little .suits 'of armor in- ' side and little pictures nnd all. just like the big place has'? And down iu M. busement" here his manner became1 ..,,,.......... ,,.,,, .,..,.- in-lillie oil ns mosi leiise nnu iiown ill uie basemen! ' of it nnotlier little model of M. m(il(, lull in vl 1 kn tills, mid littliM nn,. .... :.. , - j- , V .. . . I'1 Mile oi Hint, nun i (iiu not like, to iIiihIi un.v such brilliant imucininsH. sn I 3iipio.sed he would find it just that way. "(Jee!" breathed the boy, "J wish ' owiifd this plaee." As I paed around the Iilk cnse by the silver model of Independence Hail and the cork model of Windsor (Jus tie, I rould still nee him standing there with his blue eyes lost ill drenins. HOY HKI.TOX. S iinra'd rieoesslon will dniibtes enuse Carransin some sleepless nights, i ,U.l!t A.lt, j.v. ft$b ,' YES, IT WOlf LD m , HOW DOES IT STRIKE YOU? NKW YOltK is a city of romance. An assistant district nttorney fills the press with threats to put the mnn higher up in jail. He does this suddenly nnd without warning, though the mayor nml the district, nttorney nre members of the snme political party. Next n police inspector mnkes public affidavits charging the assistant district attorney with making highly improper proposals to him of sharing iu black mail extorted from vice. Next the assistant district nttorney procures Hie Indictment of this police inspector on charges of blackmail. The inspector has been for some months stutloned in a district where the opportunity for squeezing money out of the vicious is the largest in town. He is thnt quite usual thing in ew York: n police inspector with nn nc count in Wnll street. At his broker's his nccount-lins grown rapidly since his control of the district where the opportunities for graft arc excellent. He carries a line of stock worth SSO.OOO. New York's police inspectors are al ways excellent financiers. One of them, presiding ever a dis trict similar to- that of the latest in dicted inspector, grew rich ijpon "land speculation in Japiin." Another hecnnie a neiir-inillionnire nn tips from the big men of Wall street. J q MS KANWIIII.K strange things go on before New Ywk's eyes, or things i which seem strnngo in view of the in spector's fine Wall street account, I' Conferences between the ninjor and J Tnmninny lenders. Conferences between Hie mayor nnd the commissioner of .,.ii,. I niol,-;..! nttornev nnd assistant ills I , vct attorney talk together with Hushed fiu.ps null ungrv voices. Jtunmrs curry the word "resigun- il.," ,1.1ml ni". ......... Sometimes il is the assistant district nttorney who is to resign. Sometimes it is the head of Hie police. ,The head of Hie police Is a romantic person. He was once a policeman himself, and ns 11 minor officer lie was more What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What are ll.e Biirbary slates? .'. Why aie ihey so-called'.' a. Wluet is an esculent'.' I, What is 'great circle s'nlling'".' 5, What does Thomas A. Udlson con- "slder his greatest Invention? 6. Wlint pan nf Mexico has just seceded fiom the federal govern ..ment? T How old Is .John Huiroughs, the fntiioiis American naturalist'.' 8. What ;s the meaning of the Latin pt'rase "nil ndmlrarl"'.' 9. Wnat wan the "Locr Cabin nnd Hard rider Presidential Campaign"? 10 In wlint Imttlft did Thomas. J. .IncliHon win his bobrlquet "Klone wnir".' ' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz. 1. i'.iyii is premier of Jup.111. 2. A cutter Is ,i boat belonging to n ship of war, fltted for rowing and sailing It is also n small tdnglti masted vessel rigged like a sloop, but with n small running bowsprit. 3. Nutmeg is native of tropical Amer ica. Asm and .Madagascar. Jt Is successfully cultivated In the I'.'nsl ladles, the Spice Islands, tho West bulks and Urazil. I .en Rurrenclereil to Grant at Appo mattox 011 April 9. 1805. Tlier liaxf ben nlno chief Justttes of I he I'nitcil .States. s. ine lerruory or tne present te publlo of Panama was formerly a part of the republic of Colomliiu. 0. Two noted works by Voltaire, are "f'nnilldc." a satirical tale, and "Zaire." a tragedy. 10 llorneo (ircclev. unsuccessful presi dential candidate on, the Liberal. lUpubllcan and Democratic tickets in 1872, died between tho Date of his defeat In the election nnd the date of tho inauguration jut Grant, I ' - .. . . The list in In chronolOKleal order ns - n,.,. . .l.,l. In. ll,,. n..,i.l i WA Ml T MATI.NEE TOUAV 'r ..,'""-i",i. J?""' ,.:"'n. -. ,rr iTvn-MiAVV .WsS'lU ATrnnxT r rrr uiiKtr u. jaiiey. sidiiiion r. nnHe. rili rv- I '-u.ljrMViivilil rvlLa VV . JJ JV1 rt I M I ll TlrKota. r.ne anl Trie On Sale NOW. uni Morris It Wnlto, Melville V. I-'ul- Amr.a' Urealet .Miul.al Caitnon Show nao niJiviiM iwiTin., ,V,,f.V X J.'r.1l.,.y Kxtn'n llox Olllce. Wltherepooi. Ier nnd IMward D. White. HBiuFrlUlliii Captain anil Otliora. I ,' ,, , , ,. i,,7..I?.NT.MlATA,NMLNT n'13 M"1"''""-'' llanhiiel. Hie Jtnll.'.u nalntei. IIm.,1 -i.-V, Jrr. . . ' I i.SJii 'li''i '"f !. .' .I'1' EXTRA .TALK ON Cl'Illl.KNT IIISTOUT ''.' turies? ' ,au ,1,e lMwn'h seats tn hi. area.e., Sucre,, l Fanny Albright ch.rci.r T A MPT R ir U A R nQ 2hki-- N fV Ak T, "&.. BE FUNN,Y IF IT WASN'T SO DARNED UJNUUMl'UKTAJBJLiU Xew York a City ot Romance, if Sordid Criminalitu Can lie Given Such a tXamc powerful tjinn commissioners them selves. Jt would lake n Ilnl.nc to tell his story. q a c TOMOItUOW nil this mystery mny end in murder, ns happened when n gumbler nnd n police lieutenant fell out. Or it may end In the overthrow of the city government nnd the exposure of men mightier than the city govern ment, whose ngents grafting police in spectors nre. ns. it did when Doctor Purkhurst nssniled the relations be tween vice nnd Hie police more than twenty yenrs ago. Or it mny end in nothing. 'Hie underworld threatens lo come to the surface, revealing ils "(!yp the Woods" mid "Lefty Louies" nnd the strange Inngiingc nnd strange morals of men who skulk somewhere in .the me tropolis nnd who rule it while people go through the mot ions nf voting nnd choosing administrations and police commissioners. j A revolution in Xew York is 11 change ' in the mnsters of the underworld and 1 of its well-paid agents in politics ami in the administration of the law. There nre signs once more of n revo- j lution in New York, where the usual 1 decency of respectable fools it, olliee has not recently been regarded by the real masters ot the city. The thing which has been going on there in too frank, too audacious to last. Itlit Hint is romance, or the nearest thing to romance that modern city life affords. I J J U.N'IVKUSAI. military training- is ; henten in the I'nited States Sennte I as it was earlier hi this House; benten now and finally because no people will j consent to universal service iu nn nrmy unless it feels the need of nn nrmy. j And 110 one can make this country feel the need of 1111 nrmy, separnt'ed u's It is by oceans from any country big EITH'S TRIXIE FRIGANZA in "THE SURPRISE PARTY" LEW DOCKSTADER With "AN EAR I'Ut.l." Whipple & Ituaton: l.ovenberar Sclera tc Neuryi "The Recklem Evi." and Otheri. ilETROPOMTAN tjTnn Vvrr A, 10 Tll'KRA HOUSE " j,;. ' " ' I The ltr Dancers HERYI. RUBINSTEIN. Planlat Seal.. Vow on Sale, Tf.i , Jl.nO, $1 Ml, JS 00, DOS Hienut Si Walnut HS1 , Race (17. metropolitan TONIGHT AT 8 OI'UItA HOUSE lwmulM rtI LAST PERFORMANCE .;: .irTROPOI.r7V v 'lERA IO.MPANV. N.'v Lucia Di Lammermoor Mm" Harrltnioa. .MM l.n.iin' i. Lucii M.u-llno, DhiIii. Oiinduetnr. Panl. I Seal" 1108 riiewtmit SI Wal. 4IS1; Race (17. P""HILADELPHIA THEATRP I Seventeenth and Ue I.ancey Sla, P. VICTOR HERBERT'S Hilt Munlcnl Success with Oorgla O'Ramey " O U I MADAME"! l.ast r. Evk.. fi W to 13.00. A few at $3.50. ! Last Matinees Thup-day nml Saturday THE JANE P. C. MILLER CONSERVATORY tO'JS CHESTNUT ST. Wa'nut laj oANQNg 1 PRIVATE LESSONS IJAILt OANCLNO PliVSICAI. CULTURE MODERN li'BTHETK' and kJANCY ORPHEUM ""', TODAY. ilBc. 36o '" Even nga, 85c. .Itk'. fiOo & 7,-,e MAE DESMONH . I'l.AYERS h A Mil I 17 ' In Huiiwh' Mmtpriilyi'.' -r-miil-.UL, April Hi-. "Parlor, lleilriion) aril Rath" ' C Walnut All. Sill. .Mat Tnila'y asmo DAVE MARION i AND HIS NEW SHOW Trocadcro Jr" 'rcfcerjarlci, wlh Mai f aHaKry,.liVSaK MaaWBBtA Win WKMJr jrV 'Vim enough to ruusc us trouble if hostilcly incl ncri. I The utrnlts of Dover, twenty-four miles wide, hnve nlways been wuter enotigh to mnke Knglnnd feel that she did not need n big nrmy. How much more do whole Atlnntic nnd id I'licilii: occoiim tunkc the United atcs foci thnt it does not need to mnke cry mule citizen n soldier'.' Stilt ev PIIII.ADELI'JIIA'S I.U.VDINO THEATRES Direction l.EE & J. J. SHUUEllT T VR IP Tonight at 8 Li I 1 1 V Mat. Sat. nt 2 O i:. ii. jui.ia bOTHERN-MARLOWE TONIOIIT. SATURDAY EVO.I HAMLET WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY EVOS. : TAMING OF THE SHREW , THURSDAY EVO SATURDAY MAT : TWELFTH NIGHT A rl Irj-ii TO-"-'10"1' at 8:-'0. -vaeipni mats. thurs.& sat. POP. MAT. THURS. ' $1.00 UP IN "The crcat- rt collection if Farceurs I hat Iiiik ver l f n nnacni' l'"l." I"ree. MABEL'S WIHi llarel DaKti AValter .loiif John Arthur Enlrl Markov nnd Others ROOM SAM S llroa.l Rel uHUijliKl j'Sta. wj! Lotus GAY MUSIC SHOW Pop. .Mnt Tomor. :noo smts $1.00 ITP 90MP SWW The Chorus Is a Wonder CHESTNUT ST. opuraou u I AQT$,'00MAT-t.omor. UOL 5 NIGHTS FIFTY-FIFTY Th.' Tltlllaiinu Muilcnl Karce Willi Herbert Corthell and Spir-Si.an-Saury Chorua of Clai !" - Scat3 Thursday , Now! THE MUSICAL COMEDV SUCCESS I BETTY, BE GOOD! . with an (Ncrtlent caat and a flock of faiclnatlng Chorun Favorltci, CASALS GABRILOWITSCH LASHANSKA MATZENAUER ilentlil I'ictfms A'au'm llcvolulion METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE ; Tomorrow Evening, nt.8 P. M. '..no 3. No war lax Ticket 1108 Cheatnm Louise Knight eotl 1l,hn Duma mill Mum. Hclainc Lynn t-h"rter ki. r- .. Unniedlonn Nina Payne " somht .. J . Different Dancer Margaret Irving I'r,l1n,R 'ri r a ... Donna The RaCOS Sn,atlo.ial ,.'. , Eqn llhrlt 'ilaer The Feist Trio" FIHHKH. OANIKM ani THOMPSON LUCKVVVQR DANCK WPDESOaV . Kl! L iAAJL5r ..90MP tHftiAbatMf A'jf'tfbkisjWiT. "rHmiiJi FORR FT N'QhTft AT 8180.? . I rlkLtJtl Mat. Tomorr&w.nt lAo SIMPLY IMMENSE! CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S LATEST MUSICAL CQMEDY THE GI.RL FROM HOME With FRANK CRAVEN A COMPANY OP DISTINCTION AN ARMY OF PRETTY GIRLS I RROAn NIOHTS AT 8MB DIWrtL Mat. Tomorrow at 2 lis rho DISTINGUISHED CirAHACTEn-ACTOrt GEORGEv ARLISS and Ills Brilliant Amoclate Players In Booth Tarkington's LATEST PLAY ' "POLDEKIN" (Direction ot OEOnOE C. TYLUtt ) C ADDIPk' NIGHTS AT 8:TB. vjrrr.liv mat. TOMonnow THE SUASONjS MUSICAL COMEDY HITI GEO. M.' COHAN'S COMEDIANS II "THE rtUAI. MUSICAL COMEDY" rren "MARY'' (ISN'T IT A GRAND Ot.D NAME?) A CAST THAT FLKAREH ALI, CIIOtlUH OK YOUTH. 1IKA1JTV CHAItM MARINE WEEK APRIL 12-17 COStK TO TltF. KXHIDIT "AFLOAT and ASHORE" of'the SEAMEN'S CHURCH INSTITUTE LOAN' EXHIIltTS The Nbvv, IVot. ot Wharves nnd Doelm, Hoc l.ilnml. Klileplnr Hn.?Ii'ir'...Mt,H,r MIN. SI'EAKUns ENTERTAINMENT. Sailors' Day, Tuesday, April 13 War Camp Community Entertainment. 8 P.M ADMISSION ITtEE AT AI.I. TIMES M,".r!'.Ct ?.' Hl' ""b 11 a m. to u r. m. rUKIU.ESS Presents ExclusUn ShowliiK vt Katherine MacDonald Sunnortnl by HOY STEWART In I "Tl-ia D0,.f.r IVIovlrot-" l uc OcaUty IViarKet iMcar'.'",iVimi..'TI"rAC'W01NS1 , , l.ilear s "llanilet'LJiv rinoth Tarlilnclon. New Prlzmn ."Tim ttrrMlilr,t tlvlera" i.u.il.ill.r.l.ir.U jiunimt .Nli.Vl Al'RIl, ID ANNIVERSARY WEEK "HUCKI.KIIERHY FINN" nnil Exceptional SurroundliiK Hill or 1'leturea mid Music. PALACE 12H MARKET STREET -l 10 A. St.. VJ. L-, .1;3, 0:1.".. 7H5. 0:30 V. M Clara Kimball Young anil CONWAY TEARI.E In "The Forbidden Woman" Next Weelit-WII.I.IAM H. HART In KlrBt Sliowlnc of "TIIK TOI.I. OATH ' Undouhtcilly Jtnrfa Urenteat Picture A R C A D I A CIIESTNITT 11EI.DW 1C.TII 10 A. it. IS, .'. 3:1,1. r,:l.-,. 7:1.1. n:3n V. M ROBERT WARWICK IN INITIAL PRESENTATION OK "THOU ART THE MAN" A PARAMOt.'NT-ARTCRAl'T PICTURE AUTOMOBILISTS, ATTENTION! 1 Every Owiier and Drlv.r of an Auto or I Momr Truck should vblt Ihla theatro thli .'el and ace the Htwclal film wo are ahow I Inc. Next W'k -XIOI.l'-IMIE.MLVO In "The Coat V T C T 0 R IA .MARKET ST. AHOVE NINTH II A. M. TO 11:1.1 P. M. WILL ROGERS In the Timely Comedy "Water, Water, Evcrywheie" Next Week TOM MIX In "Tho Cyclont" f A P 1 To f ' 7L'l MARKET STREET -J 10 A. M , IS. .', 3:IS. 5:13. 7M3. 0:30 T, M. Constance Talmadge "TnrVKKKa.. REGENTS MArtKET ST. Helov KTD INII) HENNETT in "Tin Woman In the Suitcase" 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. MARKET STREET AT JUNIPER CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE I WM QI IMQUIMC i-.irjl C IN FOX'S -'"'-' "- vjjixij PKRS0N TOWIV ALLEN & Cp.l OTHERS ' BROADWAY- I)roa'1 & 8n0er Av' uijmjwr i' 2:ir., U:I5 ft 0 P M. E. F. HAWLEY & CO. NA7IMOVA "STRONOER , lNMLUVlVV THAN DEATH" CROSS KRYS Market St. Del. 00th "TEN LITTLE LAMBS" Last Recital TONIGHT M0NA MORGAN R0ME0 and JULIET Ritz-Carlton Hotel ,.?','? Junior Ballroom $ 1 .00 NINTH AND ARCH STREETS Mali Mnn., Wed. Hit., 2.10. Kvpa.. 15 Thin MarvPirlfBnont Hut Who'll We.uimary-' ICK8UOUg .ca,lh, U.S'r'ERSITY EXTENSION BOCIETV W1THKRHPOON HALL. 'JONIOHT, ml FREDERICK POOLE In Klnt Philadelphia Appcaranca SItT. "The Willow Tree' Metropolitan Opera House TIH'RSDAY KVENINO, Arilll 1BTH COMIC OPERA BOCCACCIO Tlcl.eu, .,Ho lo S.f,n, i08 Che(nut SI -. i Huns, Ae. & Cumhtriani reODleS GIRLST U4S.A. IVIIk'Tau. IBhlmtvl ItlltO "v. . ' ' ' '' " Mi iM Msmm EMMETTJ MICH MINSTRELS ! Admlaalon-fl.00
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