fx - f ' I ) , c- ti fn IT ft i. ill IK ?. ; ft M i ri V x. ... ' J ' i riting public Hedgec PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY VCTOUB H. K. CURTIS, FM9loa.1t 'K 'U?'"1!".. ulnton. Vlc PreaMtntJ i 4ft" -t Mart n. Secretary and Treaeureri 1K i r CWIIp 8. Colllne, John 11. Williams. John J. ,. ( puraeon. Dlr.ctore. " EDITORIAL HOARD: ' . . Cto II. K. Coitu, Chairman BAV1D R. SMILEY Editor JOHN C. MARTIN... General Builneia M.. la . Publlehed daily at Pnatio Lrooia uuiiain, V Independence. Square, Fnuaoeipn . .'.' ' . u M.iUnon Ave. ( Wa. w nulldliur 't 'is il"1!0"' " JAAi' ':nTAn nmidln. . , Ch'io-iSO .'..'.'.'.'.'.' '.'.'... U02 Tribune DulMlne it NP.W8 DUREAUSl lK E. Cor. Penneylvanla Ave and ". H -.NW Tone nnann The Sun Bulldlnt V" SUBSCRIPTION I.ATK8 ' J" ti. trM.u r,.-t.. T.rw)n la aened to r - 7iMAriKr in thii .4.1-.M& .nd surroundlnE Inwtit atthe rate of twelve (12) cent per wrR, payaoie to tne carrier. tie tn inn remer. -.".V. . By mall to polnte outilde of rhllaoJnn'. i the UnltedStatee. Canada, or Unit ad Itatea reaeeeetona. coMete free, fifty (BO) rente per month. Six (18) dollar per jear. ,.Mabla 'n advance. .... jh- To all foreign countrlei one (II) dollar .Ntittoi- Subecrlbere wishing addreae chanced mutt Klve old a well as new ad- BELU 3909 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1000 tT Addrr,, all eommwtrathmf to Kvtnlno Public Lttgtr. -ependnce flo-are. JMIndelpM. Member of the Associated Prtes THE ASSOCIATED PRESS it xcluaivety entitled to the ue for republication of all newt diapatchea treated to it or not othenciie credited inJhia paper, and alio the local newt published therein. , All right) of republication of ipectal diapatchea herein are also reserved. PhU.d.lphL. Sitordiy. MT - A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Thing, on which the people eapect h new .dmlnlitratlon to eoncen. traU It attention: The Delaware river bridge. A drydoek big e-nouffh to aceommo. dot tha targtat ahip Development of the rapid trarMt iiJ. ttm. A convention halt. A ouildina for tha Free Ubrary. An Art Iftueum. , HnJor7ement of the water supply. Ilomea to accommodate the population. :WHAT MAKES A RESIDENT? frpHE decision by the Board of Itcgh iii'JL tration Commissioners that St' tc jllSenator David Martin, who lives in S'Holmesburg but rents a room at 1020 JtfNorth Sixth street, has a right to vote Dn the Nineteenth ward is an cxreed-"ingly- loose construction of existing laws, i Many of the most distinguished per jjsonal factors in Philadelphia activities i and the development of the city dwell tiiin the suburbs, and there they exercise Kjtheir right of franchise. By the logic KJspplied in Senator Martin's case these ifrwen could at least argue that their pos liisesslon of property in town entitled ijlthem to change their political residence liiand register as Philadelphlans. It is Jjilikely, however, that such contentions rjlwould be unheeded. A political boss 'Irenjoys rights which the general public . iliis by no means bound to expect. ill' The situation raises the question of ij-when is a Philadelphlan tjt a Phlla- j-elelpblan, and the answer is, as usual. Prague. It will not be cleared up until rthe law is rewritten in accord with the "dictates of common sense ' jL To bar from registration here subur ;'bn voters who are Philadelphlans in .'"fact and in virtually all their interests is to.be technical at the expense of treason. It is time such inconsistencies o.ji'were ended and that an act were passed ;:-uthorlzing tho owners of property in iijtawn to vote here if they choose nnd to !!:xchnnge country for city franchise. ";;. The tiaw In the present arrangement S'is not so much that Mr. Martin can '.establish a residence wherever he ap f Veara as owner or lessee, but that he as a professional politician enjoys cx '.clusive privileges. All property hold- 'r who would rather be Philadelphlans i ,;than anything else ought to be lccog- TjiUzed as such. l A" clear aud sensible amendment of .jthc registration laws by the next Legis jllfiturc is in order. THE BRIDGE DELAY "TT IS easy to imagine that investors iJL whose money developed the early I ,!"Brj'-"RV'." ..' .:::r '"'"""I'' Most no opportunity to tell the world 4t-. u- .,( .n. nn. .Wy and unpromising Fortunate people who own stock in, "Ihe Delaware river ferries may he ex cased for their obvious lick of en- '"ihusiasm for the proposed Philtdclphia (Camden brl t of the Pennsy iscool about t i;to expect that i'that h'as an it Uthe largest of the ferrj companies would J'ffel otherwise. if Mr. Itca's letter to the Philadelphia !ReaI Estate Board, carrjing tho assur jnnce that the Pennsy is making no effoit jtyo obstruct the bridge plans, will lie "." .-., ti. ii i... . .. .- i -. ,;aqcepic ui-mu , " - , any acquaintance w h the writer or With the current polices of hi. torn- -pany. The Pennsy itself is standing '"aloof. Can as much be said for lesser corporntionM with Interests nt stake oi 7ai inHIvifluriin ulin il reef them? 11." r. .u, i . i I" Something is wrong somewhere, and Hit appears to be in the Philadelphia C.y Council, which r;, -nr later w, have ihe New Jersiy Bridge Commission Somewhere on this side of the river there are officials whose minds seem to jibe running in a rut worn deep In the -liminds of stockholders In nn antiquated jlfcrry system lictuieu two of the busiest JromraunlticN in all the V.nnt. The pub l.lic is aching to identifj them, and they liwill be identified. STATE SPEED COPS "A ' hundred cannot bo happy nt any "(speed under fifty miles an hour. Mo 'torists of that type risk their own safety and the safety of others on well-paved '.country roads. , f The state load laws are liberally JiJrMvu, and, siuce they arc seldom Trigidly enforced, it is possible for any Jautomobllist to make good time with (qut flirting with death or the police or bComlng a nuisance to people afoot or ;n other vehicles. If the new order under which suburban roads will be 'patrolled by motorcycle policemen is in tended to curb the speed maniacs, it ought to. be welcomed. Any 6ne who Un't content with n speed limit of i.Imi.i.a nr f.niv ml!... i i,n,i. .... .nt!. f-fl ... .1 1.1 I.I.. i- , ivujq Buuuiu nitty 15 flij.- dge .Samuel Ilea, president streugtn oi jvu ".-.i ...- . .- i i.r, ...... .- - '" " , , ' Ivnnin Railroad Companv. tinaiirlal inue.pemie.ii-.- .. ..., ,..i r regiimi..... .- - ."" " T,,, he matter It is too much possible fr .inj boss to fnne him ,to of Major A vnne chief of the district the chief of . i corporation line In- fie uireni in u.-m.i .... ...r , attorney i ...,.-. ...-, ,......... .. . i i. .. .luntinn in n salaried ofiiie Uoom fhnmber of (ommerre committee on UfU-i- lit.l'-t .. llliriril III t' ' . , , planes. There are jraftlng country I constables who need policing, too. And the highway officials and their motor cycle men should keep them iu mlud. "NOBLESSE OBLIGE" AS A POLITICAL MOTIVE Until More Men Like John C. Win ston Recognize Its Force Im provement Will Be Slow OPINIONS will differ as to the abili ties and public servlco of the late John O. Winston, whose life came to nn end while he was holdlnc the post of director of public works In the cabinet of Major Moore. Mr. Wluston had many admirers who regarded him as one of the ablest men In the city, and there were many others who were In tho habit of belittling him as n seeker for notoriety. Ill-equipped for any public service. Indeed, he was charced with political ambition, as though political ambition were a crime. Hut Mr. Winston roso to such public dlntlnctfon as he achieved through his willingness to do that which other men refused to trouble themselves with. When he was made chairman of tho committee of soventy, fifteen years ago, ho was personally known to few of his associates. But he was a succeseful business man of tho typo desired for the chairmanship, and he was willing to devote his time and energies to tho work of the committee. Under his direction the movement was started which six years Inter resulted in the election of Mayor Blankcnburg. It must bo put in the record that Mr. Winston was ono of the group of cour ageous men who protested against the disgraceful political conditions here fifteen years ago, and that ho was not content with mere protest He be stirred himself to bring about an im provement. And ho did not grow weary, as so many citizens do after their first few attempts to break the hold of pro fessional politicians upon tho city gov ernment. He never lost heart. He was a leader in the campaign last year which resulted in the revision of tho charter and in the election of Mayor Moore. Mr. Winston was a good citizen, serving the public interests all his life to the best of his lights. The city would be better off if there were more men willing to do as mucn. There are many such and they were active in the last mayoralty campaign. But there are not enough of them. There were a lot of tbem on tho committee of one hundred last year, but for every business man who served on that committee there are ten who speak with scorn of politics when asked why they do not bestir themselves to secure the election of a highergrade ci men to public office. Some of them will boast that they have never voted at a local election. They go about their business as though government were a matter with which they had no concern, and they leave the management oi the great cor poration which directs the local govern ment to men who make politics a busi ness and presume to tell the rest of us who may or may not be nominated to public offlcc. As a result there are men In office today whom no private corporation would trust for an hour to direct the affairs of any of its departments or represent It in any business transac tion. A committee of the Council Is at the present moment seeking to discover what justification thero is for the wide spread suspicion against some of them. Tims conditions will continue until there is a more lively sense of public responsibility in the minds of the lead ers in business and the professions. The level of political morality and govern mental efficiency will be raised when these leaders become willing to demote a little of their time und ability to poll tics. When they decide to do this they can force the professional politicians to submit to their own terras. lohn W. Weeks did this in Massa LUusetts. lie was educnted at the An napolN Naval Academy nnd served three r,nr In the nav. Then he resigned and went into business, but the sense of obligation to his country wmen inuueeu him to enter the navy in the first place did not die. AVhcn he made his fortune he announced his candidacy for the House of Representatives nud was elected. He served there for seveinl years, when he as promoted lo the Senate. He devoted to public affairs the ability which won nun sueeesi in ' k wi ,7, ,nd became a leader in both house, of Congress. Hefore he left the Senate hi fitness for the presidency , was gcnera.l admitted In ' ''T, 'V"' " , .. -. ... i . more aisiingiiwiicu ""'i"' " """ nf Independent means demoting his timo nnd his talents to public service Tho elt worked rnnsltcntlv with the or gamatlnn until the great bolt of 1011!, but he hnd foicc enough to compel the bosses to deal with him mi his own terms He never took orders, but coun seled with others m fning purh poll- i c es During the height of his power ' , a, nll inspliatmn to thousands of ,,7 ",'. , of Lorn aro public " m fc of hls , , ( "1P u , , ... ' , The late Setli Low, of New Aork. was another mini of independent means who ileioted himself to politics He demon strnted his political skill by organizing strarP'' ",', 'i,i, ,ii. ; m, r.,nniri 'T Z u ; I , 'of loU n'a 1ZJ I nnllllcnl oosscrt 111 iim- r.Miiiirj mill iui ... . . . i. ... i .. Then when nroosijn was c-nusoiiiiuied I with New York he was elected mam of the enlarged citv when the people I Crew wearv with the kind of n mayor the niganized conspiracy against good government, commonly known ns Tain many Hall, was iu the habit of giving to the i it Ttudolph Blankenburg. of. this oil v embodied in his person the qualities which the public delight to use when they are put ut its service. But the public cannot use such men unless they are willing to be used. The man successful In business or in the professions too often says that he cannot nfford to give his time to govern ment. The money rewards of his own affairs are so great that the salaries of public office hold out no attraction. But theso men would, be the first to say that the roan who needs the salary is the last man who ought to be nominated for responsible office In theory they be lleve that patriotism should be tho Im pelling motive, but In practice they nrc more interested in dollars than in pa triotism. Consequently our political nnairs are i ...... omllv in charge of men who Hie r. 41. .irlnra Urbf Tho mlivirnulfn.. , eX'V- luy w..i.i,.. -evoltVi .. . TS -..1, nlu .ik In. liu' ... -mlt anntlmAnt n etnnM in hfrflV EVENING PUBLIC has been mode that n general Increase In the stnudard of pay In public offlcc would attract a better typo of men, as ! though reform could be brought about I through mercenary considerations. It may be that In a democracy the motive Dajilnd the French nrlstocrncy in its best state, expressed in tho phrase "noblesso oblige," hps no plaw. I Yet there was a fine moral sense behind the feeling that nobility placed upon its possessors a social and political ob ligation to the rest of the community. Kvcu though this is a democracy, tha samo kind of an obligation rests upon all men of nbjllty to give their services to the general good. Mr. AVinston felt that obligation and lived up to it. I'caco be to his ashes ! THE GREATEST QUESTION FOB years the American Academy of Political and Social Science, which has its headquarters In this city, has contributed as much as any other ngcncj to the advancement of social, economic nnd political thought in the United States. It maintains a forum in which the best of enlightened criticism finds frco nnd complete expression. Art, science, business, politics nnd foreign affairs have been viewed from all nnglcs at past sessions of the academy. And it is interesting to observe that some of tho best-informed minds in the country havo been engaged at thd pres ent meeting with questions that remain unsettled between capital nnd labor. Tho academy's program carries tho tacit admission that these are, for the timo being, tho most Important ques tions in the world. A summary of the opinions expressed by men who are seeking light rather than pleading in behalf of any group would Indicate a belief among the ablest and most impartial observers of eco nomic trends that labor has not been getting the squarest of deals in many important industries, nnd that abuses tolerated by employers have led to abuses by labor itself. It is contended now that some of the labor organiza tions have swung, largely in sclf-de-fenBe, to tho imperial mood. The right of labor to organize and to agitate in Its own behalf is upheld. But the dis position of labor leaders to excrclso an authority from which no appeal can be made in the interest of co-operating classes of society is seriously ques tioned. Thus it is suggested thnt public officials are responsible to the elec torate Business organizations are re sponsible to the courts r.nd to public opinion. Labor in its present mood acknowledges no power greater than its own. The ideal economic state, as it ap pears to men who havo been discussing Its causes before the academy, would be one in which unions would recognize and bear the responsibility that go with power and nuthority nnd submit their causes for impartial settlement bo fore tribunals established in the interest not of one class but of all classes. "NONPARTISAN" THE nomination of Samuel W. Mc Call, ex -governor of Massachusetts, to membership in the United States tariff commission, sheds nn interesting light on the character of the President's "nonpartisan" appointments. Although nominally llepublicnn, Henry AVhlte as a peace commissioner was not generally regarded in G. O. P. circles as likely to be unsympathetic to Mr. AVilson's in ternational policies. Mr. McCall's championship of them has been emphatic for some time. His Republicanism on the subject of tho treaty nnd the league i very far from the brand developed by Senator Lodge, nnd it is even said that the ex-governor was partly responsible for the defeat for re-election to the Senate of John AV. AA'eeks, fniorcd by Mr. Iodgc as a coadjutor In 1018 Should this situation result in the rejection bv the Sennte of the Presi dent's latest nppolntment the tariff commission would be deprhed of the services onn expert. Mr. McCall was long a member of the ways nnd means committee during his congressional period, and there is no question of his knowledge on the complex subject of imposts. It is eustnmary, however, for the majority party in the upper house to turn down nominations distasteful to its senator from the state from which the selection Is made. A row would probably emphasise the fact that tho President's "Impartiality" is always strongly tinctured with practical sym piith) for his own principles. A "DRIVE" REGULATOR , T 1KB m, IKK so many enterprises of idcnl- A .... ..nil nan lis nnrriTi. nirfH , , ' Wn nlevonsly nnd materialist!- , , rally abused, I That it is better to face the facts than public welfare nnd charity the other day thut "thousonds of dollars nro collected iTi this city every day by persons rep resenting or luiming to represent some chnrltable organization " His suggested teincdy is n licensing system whercbv each organization col lecting from the public must obtain iiuthoritj from the city, n'illcatiou to be acioinpanled In statement of re ceipts and expenditures for tho preced ing year, sources of tho money nnd tho amounts paid to the promoters. There U little doubt that a council manic ordinance such as ho proposes could perform a real service to a gen eious public, besides insuring nutheiitio protection for "drive" campaigns that nro roallj woirln arid deserving of sup port. The Tanners' f'ouncil of the United Stntes, in lonvention nt Atlantic Citv, hits approved n SI, 000,000 plan for the establishimnt of it fanning school. There are one or two statesmen we are anxious to nominate ns subjects. The si ales of justice seen nn the buttons worn bv the women participat ing in the thrift nnd profiteering cam paign may be piesumed to hold a dollar on ono side nnd a dollar's worth of gio cerlcs on tho other. AA'hen Mr Hoover asks Mr. John son to Bpeak plainly so that the people will know where ho stnnds, he gives evidence of his political Inexperience. Just to prove thnt Philadelphia Isn't in n class bv herself, Pittsburgh comes to the .front with n batch of phantom teis Horatio Bottomley has granted Ladj Astor sex equality by unmerci. fullv attacking; her in tho British Houso of Commons. Tim suffrage bark Is still kecnlncr its nose tg the wind iu Dover, straits. 'LDGERPJAJ)BH:iA; &ATJRDiiT,' MAT '8, ' lfr20 OLDEST IN THE WORLD Philadelphia Ship Masters' Asso ciation A Magazine and Its Mission A Sailors' Home and Hotel By GEORGE NOX McCAIN IT IS fitting that this city, which has the oldest shipmasters' association in continuous existence in tho world, should havo one of the finest seamen's church institutes in the country. The Philadelphia Shipmasters' As sociation was organized in 1700, and still holds regular meetings in Carpen ters' Hall. I examined its roster the other day, and among the famous names enrolled ns members were those of Stephen Girard and Commodore Decatur. The little city of Ragusa, in Da1 matia, on tbo eastern shore of the Adri atic, had a shipmasters' society that was in existence for nearly 1000 years. It was tho most venerable organiza tion of its kind possibly that the world ever know. In a shipping office on tho Corso, In Ragusa, some, years ago a quaint old Ragusan told me, with vast display of pride, tho story of this old, old society. But through recurrent wors, dimin ishing fleets and tho shifting of trade routes tho association dwindled and dlod more than 100 years ago. Tho Philadelphia prganization, how ever, was formed lust about that time and now takes ifs place as the oldest of its kind in tho world. THERE is a new magazine in town. The April number is Volume 1, No. 1. It carries no advertisements and has no illuminated cover. It contains twenty pages, nnd the Dame of its editor is conspicuous by its absence. All of its contributors sign their names "Anonymous." It is called "The Crow's Nest," It is intended to drculato wherever ships sail and ocean steamships mark their pathless way across the deserts of the ocean. Its mission will be to tell the Story of nnd extend an invitation to the great Seamen's Church Institute of Phila delphia. Tho walls of this structure already rise in noble perspective, for its site has been selected at Second and AValnut streets. The greatest financiers, tho most prominent business men and the most distinguished churchmen are be hind it. You have heard of the institute before this, of course. But do you know thnt it will be the largest institution of its kind in tho United States exclusive of the Seamen's Institute of New York? THERE isn't a charitable, denomina tional or philanthropic institution of any kind within tho boundaries of Philadelphia, so far as I have discov ered, that can present such nn array of influential names as incorporators as this self-same Seamen's Church In stitute. It's n regular "AA'ho's Who" of finance and philanthropy. Every religious denomination in the city is represented in the roster of in corporators. It has three bishops, half a dozen bnnkers, besides doctors of divinity, judges and manufacturers galore on its list of officers and mana gers. Do not for a moment Imagine that It is n charity 1 Nothing of .he kind ! It is to be a modern building, con taining every hotel requisite for com fort nnd congenial living conditions for men and officers of the merchant mnrlno while ashore in this port. George F. Sproule, director of the Department of AA'harvcs, Docks and Ferries, who is the highest authority on the subject, says: "No port in the United States, with the exception of New York, is called upon to care for nnd give aid to so many seafaring men as the port of Philadelphia " United States Shipping Commis sioner A. It. Smith, another expert, says : "AA'ere its functions solely charitabln I would not indorse it nt this time but there is a pressing ne cessity for such uplifting influences among seamen." BISHOP PHILIP M. RHINELAN DER is honorary president and Alexander Van Rensselaer is president of the Institute. Not that Philadelphia has been des titute of seamen's aid societies. The present organization, however, is an effort to deal with this problem in n big way ; the biggest way possible. It is proposed to model this Institute nfter the Seamen's Church Institute of New York, which is the greatest enter prise of its kind in the world. It opcrntcs in its sixteen-story build ing not only a seamen's hotel at rates that any self-respecting man can nf ford, but nn employment office, banking department, postoffice, restaurant, bag gage room, and a department with names of missing men, ships nnd nll other Information that 6allors should have. Last year 110,595 pieces of seamen's mnil were received; something like 081,000 meals were served and 218,000 men were registered ior lougings. Its bank received nnd cared for $9:10,000 of deposits from seamen. The moral nnd religious influences thrown nrouud t!.so men nre such that It cannot help but hnve a potential in fluence upon their lives. THE Philadelphia Seamei s Church Institute, once It opens its doors, will simultaneously ring the death-knell of scores nf low-class sailors' boarding houses which in every port are the bane of a seaman's life. The Philadelphia building, in addition to the features enumerated above, will contain an auditorium and chnpcl, billiard and game rooms, officers' lounge, library, hospital, school of navigation, laundry, shower baths nnd dormitories nnd rooms to nccomraodate more than 200 men. It will cost approximately S?i00,000. It will be likn n voice in the night calling sailors to warmth and welcome nnd home. "The Crow's Nst" magazine Is de signed to be an Invitation to every mer chant mnriner Into whose hands it may fall to make his nbodc in tho Seamen's Church Institute. If members of tho British House of Commons wero strict believers in sex equality they might not have cheered Lady Astor and booed Bottom ley. But most male believers In woman suffrage aro chivalrous enough to adopt tho riilo announced by Robert G. In gersoll, giving women nll tho rights of men and one right more, the right to be protected. That isn't equality, but it Is good enough for most men nnd women. The general opinion continues to he that n mon must admit himself po litically dead bofcro permitting himself to be burled in the vice presidency. The number, of phantom voters found in this city suggests that this might be u'good Held for psyclllcal re 'Mixta , tr JPfcTrtACKE-J)'? HOW DOES IT STRIKE YOU? By KELLAMY THE Anti-Saloon League lists seven perfectly safe candidates for Presi dent. , Ail the lending candidates nre In cluded. ..... But is thero nn unsafe candidate for President? Neither party is going to have a wet or even n damp plank in its pltt'orm". Neither the wctsor the damps, the 3-per-centers nor the 2.75 men are going to control Congress. Governor Edwards himself would have his hands beautifully tied in office. If the liberalizing of the Volstead act comes it will come as prohibition came, slowly and by a process of education. The beer-and-wino men will have to elect a congressman here nnd a con gressman there. . They will have to work on this com munity nnd on that. Unless tho Supreme Court decides that 3.50 nnd 2.7. state laws are con stitutional, the damps ,.l have one great disadvantage compared to the drTlio Anti-Saloon League by winning a state could get a gain for prohibition PeAgst"atc won was a certain dry terrl- t07ts senators and representatives could mostly be counted upon. Also it is a question whether n busi ness, interest can keep working nt a cause so everlastingly ns can fanaticism Tho business interest in-this case will Al- ttcori. It will turn to making money clse- where. . . , iL ... .. . Tho loudest 01 me . forget their appetites. Unless a good many people become as fanatical about their liberty to have light alcoholic beverages as the bone lrys were about stopping, nll drinking, the chances for liberalizing the Aol Btead act will be slight. The job Is a job for zealots. q 1 J WHY don't we have a business man for President? AVe often nsk the question. AA'ell, then, look at Hoover. He Is a business man ; a great and nble business man. He is, moreover, the best equipped candidate for tho presidency that is IBs public views are sound. Of his work the country is proud. He is. moreover, a tjpicnl American farmer's boy. worked 111s way vnrougu college and nil thot. And yet who would snv that Hoover has more than nn outside chance of being nommaieu. '"?' "r" ""'" he had two months ago, although mean wlillo no one'hns come up who by his hold on the prize excludes such enndi dates as Hoover. Why does the lamb, when he goes Into AVnll street, get shorn? AVhv doesn't Mr. Morgnn, when he wants a partner, reach down nnd pick one out of Congress? The business man does not know how to play the game. Politics is a trade, just like nny other. You learn it by going in nt the bot- lOf our recent Presidents, ono was in turn sheriff, mayor of Buffalo, gov ernor of New York before reaching tho chief magistracy. The next was a Congressman for ,Cnrs and years and governor of Ohio. '1Sm.. Tr started as nn nssemblyman in New York, ran for mayor of New Knner0 po'lico commissioner, assistant Bcc?etary of the navy. BCThe next was a federal Judge, gov ernor general of the Philippines, sccrc- The present President was the only nn who wasn't n public officeholder all ? llfo. and he was governor of New Jersey before being elected to the office ho now has. Mr. Hoover, it is true, has been a food administrator. But as food administrator he showed .!. nnllticians that he was a business man, not a politician. He did not play the game according, to the rules. J J J arlSB FANNIE HURST, magazine JVL writer, with a husband who tele phones for an appointment with her. "lust like any other of my friends," aecretlx married for five years, yet see. ini Mm only a couple of times a week, ullving out a bit of fiction, .?MnrrlBC tq her ImBgiuntlati. ma tblpjf whew pno grows "fut-niludca" AS IT IS vrmi a When Light Wine and Beer Advo cates Become Zealots They May Accomplish Their Desire, Not Before in n damp cell overgrown with the "fiinei of familiarity nnd contempt." So she invents a way of having a husband and not having one, and after five years she is bursting with the knowledge of this great social expert- menL . She must tell the world. They still love each other. "The dew is on the rose." Instead or having grown fat-minded, she has written twice as much as she used to write before her blissful union with Mr. Danielson. And then, the splendid confidence they show in each other! Neither ever asks the other to ac count for the time when the telephone falls to bring them together. There is another kind of confidence, of course ; the confidence that you can spend nll your time together without boring each other or without one of the partners crushing the personality of the other. It Is a great act of faith of which Miss Hurst was incnpable. knowing life so thoroughly as n writer of magazine fiction must know it. Sometimes it is justified. Mrs. Browning 'went on writing poetry after her marriage to Robert Browning, and Robert Browning long afterward was able to write: "O lyric love, half angel and half bird, And all a wonder nnd a wild desire." q j q IT IS a long jump from this couple who are only tentatively married to Walter Andrew Watson, the California ! Itln.li.n.J .1.. wta.. ..ai.nll.. M.aa.v.a.1 tn 1.IUI.UCU1U, WUU Ha. UE.KU..J' U.B..KU u three women nt a time and murdered at least five of his wives. But AVatson had an individuality, too, nnd he wants the world to know all about it. ye was, he says, "tender-hearted and easily moved to tears at the sight of sadness or distress, and ever ready to heln relieve such a condition." Moved to tears by tho sufferings of an insect, he kills a wife whenever it suits his purpose to get rid 01 one. And now that he is caught ho con fesscs every few minutes and rides about the desert in nn ambulance to exhume wives n'nd prove the perfect truth of his confessions. He is anxious, above all things, to have the publlo see the "logic of his position." AVe hnve to reviso our ideos of a Bluebeard. The killer of wives is not a lough brute, but a whimpering sentimental ist, full of self-pity, highly regardful of public opinion, a proper marriage ceremony preceding each murder and great concern to tell the public all at the end. q q q AGREA1 of 20 GREAT merchant nnnounces a cut ncr cent in everything in his store. He sees a little further than most merchants, and probably ho sees that tho "aw-glve-me-somethin'-that-nin'l-chenp" mood is passing. There are signs everywhere that the market for silk shirts is glutted. .The gentleman who would be satisfied with nothing less than three pairs of $20 shoes is probably getting scarcer. Prices must come tumbling down with saner buying and saner selling. But one great merchant's effort "to find nt what prices the consuming pub lic can absorb the crcat volume of pro duction" will be worth a hundred bur lesques of economy in the shape of over alls movements. Tho retailers of the country nro just now nt the mercy of the retailer vfho rediscovers the virtues of the old motto of tho trade, "Quick turnovers at small profits." The chain store is opening the way for co-operative trading. The whole mechanism for co-operative shops is being created. All that is needed is a co-operatively owned "Plggly AViggly," and the prof iteering corner grocer may regret the boom year of 1020. THE French Government, like the English, trying to bar the importa tion from America of everything ex cept necessities, so that the adverse rate of oxchange will operate as little as posslblo against the purchase of Ameri can food, has prohibited the taking of American films to France. The French call this a "restriction upon laughter." A pretty serious one, too, for Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks have no more decided followers in this count try than in France,- Charlie, Chaplin has a name of his pwp In Fraucg, "Chariot.11 ' ,, aVJMfc Ho has many imitators there, but the French have no illusions about the rela tive merits of their comedians and the beloved "Chariot." And the "Far West," always spelled with a hyphen, where Douglas Fair banks has nis adventures, is the most interesting part of America to France. Every Frenchman will nsk you, "And just where is the "Far-AVest"? You have difficulty in telling him just what is the geography of this region of marvels. And it is best to leave him with' tho idea that the United States consists of two sections, of one of which Chariot gives a faithful representation, while the other, toward the Pacific coast, is trie land where Douglas Fnlrbanks's scenes are an everyday occurrence. Of course, thero is another part of America, where all millionaires' daugh ters, enjoying an astonishing degree of freedom, , love and marry poor young men. This is the serious side of America. Naturally a people so phenomenally rich as ours could not devote all its time to falling off cliffs, being held up bv robbers in stage coaches or chasing each other madly about hotels, ballrooms and restaurants, colliding madly with waiters, upsetting tables and trays. There must be some place for rising young men to rise in the world by means of the dot. of course unconventionally available, otherwise who would believe I; to be America? The Salaried Man I SING the helpless salaried man (all honor to his noble clan). AVhen others strike for higher pay, or union shnn or shorter day. the salaried iruv sticks at his post. Of course, he mayJBut tho point is that his four appear the system roast. But still he plugs from nine to five, his job is just to work and strive. He pays his taxes with n smile, with ne'er a chance to make a pile. He sees the other fellows gain, who work with brawn instead of brain. He sees them beat the II. O. li.. while he is "marking time." Oh, well, each Triday night his thirty bones he takes with never grouch or groans. He's just a helpless salaried man. (All honor to his noble clan). Some day he'll come into his own, tho tide will turn, the "others" moan. I hope he WILL, and here is whv : 'Tween you and me. I AM THAT GUY ! T. n. T. n What Do You Ktww? QUIZ 1 AVhat.ls vellum? 'J AVliat was the name ot the steam boat used by Itobert Fulton on Mr first trln from New York to Albanv In 1807 In tho beginning ot steam navigation 1 3 To what family ot plants does wormwood belong? 4 AVhat Is the meaning of the Latin phrase, "in re"? 5 How many geographical miles make a degree? 6. AVhere Is Appomattox, where Lee surrendered to Grant In 1865? 7 AVhat Is the Vulgate? 8 AVhat Is Carranza's first name? 9. AVI10 was In command of tho British army which oonquered caiestine in tne worm war 10 AVhat position In tho President's camnei is neia ny William D, AVIIson? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. About 1,500,000 lives are estimated to havo been lost by Franco dur ing tho world war. 2 The Aral sea Is a. brackish Inland sea of Russian central Asia, northwest of Turkestan. It Is 265 miles long by 145 miles wide, Is shallow and said to bo diminishing In size. 3. An endemlo disease Is ono regularly found among- a specified people or In a specified country. 4 Tho Senate' bill, as yet unpassed, providing for the coinage of a two-cent piece, stipulates that "Upon one side thero shall bo tho medallion of Theodore Roosevelt, with the dates of his birth nnd death, and with an Inscription with the words 'In God wo trust' and upon the reverse ahall be the Inscription '15 Plurlbus Unum' nnd an Inscription 'United Htatea of America' and a designation of tho alue of the coin." R Till Aei .litJJ lh aaa..-. -i v. iuiu buuuiu uo prunounced as though it were spelled "AVar-er." 7. Alexander Dumas, ihe elder, waa the. grandson of a French general and a negress of Santo Domingo. 8. Columbia Is the capital of South harsh, cruel, Vigorous. Draco wis n stern Athenian law (tli- vvliu formulated the first written coda for the Orcek city about 021 11, to. The month of August is named t after Augustus Cacsa the fl at -j. uracoinan Heveritv 1- ....... v, THE CRITIC TALKS ' TO MUSIC LOVERS Weekly Comment on Things tVmt- cat in Discriminating Philadelphia THE Now York season of the Metro politan Opera Co. was made tip of thirty-live operas, ot which twenty three were In "Italian, nine In French and three In English. These thirty-five operas were presented for n total of 172 performances, ruccini ica ns tne in vnrlte roninnser. for thero were tweiilv five performances of his work's, "Madnma Butterfly" leading with cigut. veini was second in the number of pcrfoiin anccs, having seventeen, nnd Leon cavallo, although represented by onlv two operas, was third, with thirteen, of which "Pagllaccl" had six and ".aa" seven. All the works in Italian had n total of 100 performances. Of the French operas the nine woiks wero given for a total of lifty-oue p-r formanccs. AVolff's "Blue Bird" led with eight, thus tying the Italian fa vorite. Perhaps the fact that the com poser is ono of the ronductfirs of the Metropolitan had something to do with this number of productions. Of the three works sung in English, Hndle.v's "Cleopatra's Night" had four rendi tions, "Oberon" five nnd "Parsifal" six, a total of fifteen. Incidentnllv. It has been announced tl.ut Mr. Hadle.v's opera has been added to the permanent repertoire of the Metropolitan. ONE of the most significant features of the season has been tho laige number of American singers who have been cast for important roles bv Mr. Gattl. Of them, Orvllle Harrold has achieved an almost spectacular, suc cess, nnd his singing of Rodolfo In "Bohcnie," in Philadelphia need not take a "back scat" for the icndltlmi of the rolo even by Mr. Cntiiso. although It Is true that Mr. Harrold did not again reach, in this city nt least, the heights ho'' nehicved in this one brilliant per formance. His success in New York was equal to that here, and he has now taken his place as ono of the regular tenor stars of the company Tho success of Florence Easton Is also a noteworthy case of the American artist winning ncr way against the most formidable vocal competition in the world. Thero have also been several "nearly nll-Amcrican" casts In the course of tho season which serve to point the way to the ultimate triumph of our singers. BUT lo return to the regular season of the Metropolitan on the home ground. Russian opera was represented bv one work, "Coq d'Or," sung In Fionch. nnd two, "Boris Godounoff" and "Ktigonc Onegln," sung In Italian. The revival of the season was "La Juive," while the principal new works given were "The Blue Bird," "L'ltal iana in Algeri," "Eugene Onegln." '".am" and "Cleopatra's Night." "Parsifal," restaged nnd put Into Ktig lish. took a place all its own in the work of the season, nnd "La Forzn del Destino" was retained from the senson before. Rabaud's "Marouf." also n novelty of the season of 1018-11). was retained in the present season's icpci toirc, although it is not like. tn io mnln for many jenrs, and AVebei's "Oberon," from last season, wns alo retained. Now the question Is with this "lay out" iu New A'ork, how did the .lclio polltan treat Philadelphia? It must lie admitted that we got our slinrc of the. novelties when the compaiative num ber of performances is taken into con sideration. OF THE five new operas we lieiml three in this city, the ones omitted ueing "I., italiana in Algeil" nnd "Tlie iiiue mru.-- No nlso hcaid the levivil of "La Juive." with Mr. Caiuso. Therefore we certainly had our slmic 01 tne new works, when it is considcicl thnt New York had almost eleven p.i formanccs for every one given in Phlla delphla. One thing that is to be consideted in this operatic repertoire question is tin fact that Mr. Caruso appeared four times out of the sixteen pcrfoi 111 urns In Philadelphia. AA'e might as well in cept the fact that If we are to hear Mi Caruso we nrc going to hear him In old works, for he probably will not loam any new roles, that Is of modern opera. aunougn ne may take some in revival. unccs mean four fewer chances for mod- Lern novelties. Philadelphia certainly has no legiti mate "kick" on Mr. Gatti-Casazza's offerings of new works, but, neverthe less, our season was not a well-balanced one. There were seventeen opeins given in sixteen performances (one being a double bill), nnd of those seven teen operas ititecn were in Italian, one was in French and one in English. Of the Seventeen nnorna herp four tier hv- Verdl (his complete New York reper toire 01 ine Reason), three by i'ucclnl and two by Donizetti. OUR just howl then against Mr. Oatti's Philadelphia policy Is not on the new works, but on giving us too many of the very old ones. Four A erdl operas nnd two of Donizetti are too many of this specific kind, even gianting that one of each served as a medium for Mr. Caruso, ns was aNn the case with the antiquated "Marts," which probably would not have been given here except for its furnishing a Caruso role. But then if we insist upon the stnr system we must pay for it in some manner. After nil; the star system is at the bottom of the wholo, operatic trouble. AVjnuld we rather hear Mr. Caruso in "Marta," "La Forza del Destiuo." "L'EIisIr d'Amoro' 'and "La Juive. ' or hear somo of the modern gems tluit we didn't get, such as "Boris Godoiui off," "Coq d'Or," or "Le Prophete," to sav nothing of "Oberon" and "Pin sifal"? The answer will define our operatic future in Philadelphia in ho fur as the repertoire is concerned. WHEN will our "arrived" nnd pioiu Isinc violinists learn the lltler inanity and general musical usolessnm of most of the old Italian works wliiili they invariably inflict upou an Inn" cent public ns the first number of a te cital program? Next to a Hiicndcl son ata an old Italian work forms nbiwt as tiresome n number as anything lli-t can bo conceived. Fritz Krelsler has 11 heavy debt to violin-loving audlenee for his Introduction of those coinp"i tions, for it wns he who first conceived tho idea of bringing them out. There are a few of these works vvluiii are really fine. Tho Tartinl sonata l G minor Is ono of theso and. the 1 ' gnanl Introduction nnd Allegro (us ar ranged by Krelsler) Is'another, but J ' charm of tho last named lies in tn arrangement and not in the original. As for the others they aro bopclf"' antiquated In musical thought. I "ff simply copy tho general Idea of Die" without his inspiration. , .. Perhaps the idea of the performer u to render u first number on his pro gram, which will "fill In." But tb" experienced hearer who arrives iu " to hear the first number is apt to no extremely bored and thus ho put n a temperamental mood not to enjoy or appreciate tho really fine numbe which, in the ensn of a real artist, fol low the meretricious opening. "' nrtlsts appieclatn tho fact ins',""'.! aro Americans who know Kometliinr1 tho genuine, literature of the vioh-i. there will bl fpwer antiquated Jul fomposltjops to lead tbc rcclu! pi W 1. 'IV-r xOw jV. i..',,li).,iV..l.j.:u..?J.W- hrs
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