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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thlnm tin which tin- proplr xinrt
1he new ntltnlnlstriitloii to ruiirrn.
'jrit Its attention:
The Delaware river bridpc
Jl drjdocfc big enough to arcommo-
, date the largest shlpi.
'JOeveloptneiit of the rapid trar.iH .!
i tern.
'A convention mil.
A building for the I'ree Library
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the tenter nupplil
Homes to aecommoilate tlie popula
tion. TWO NOTABLE CITIZENS
PHILADELPHIA citizenship suffered
n henry lo-s jestenlnj in the dentil.
of Henry La I'.nrre .In.Mie mid Wiltuer
AlkfnKoii. Hot It hnd been con.iicuouly
successful in their vwiieetie lines of
business rmlcntor. but it mih in the
high-minded nttitudo that em It held
tnu-nt-fl liU ciiic duties ami his will
ingness to perform tliCKt- oblipitions i
eren nt some personnl cncrilice that
their value to the coinniimit ln : to
the nrefJent cenerntion for whnt the.v
accomplished and to the coining gen- I
ration by the force of cxnmple. I
It was characteristic of the enlite
business nnd personal life of Wilmer
Atkinson thnt he originated tlu "fnir-
play notice, a thing wincii nud great
influence in cStnblishing the enteute ,
rordinlc between advertiser and pm - j
chaser. He wns n lending spirit in the I
, Armstrong Association, which has he- I
frtgndeu tlie negro turn neipeu to siivi
many of the problems of their eco
nomic life.
Doctor .Tajne was ulwas to be found
s actively on the side of political reform.
He devoted much effort to the promo
tion of the Uniorstt Extension So
ciety, of which he wns president, and
to mnn.v charitable orguniations, to
which he gave largely of his time and
of his means. i
It Is men of this tjpe who make n
city grcnt. Roth realized to the full the
obligations of citizenship nnd sought to
perform these duties to the lnt detail
j and jealously to safeguard their own
political rights and the rights of others.
The city is the poorer for their loss: but
ns in the case of all who give ofy them
Bclvcs nnd of their substuni e in order
that those less fortunately placed than
they might hnve n "fighting chance" in I
life, the world is the better for their
.having lived.
GEORGE AND OTHERS
X IMPOSING tatue of George
'.tt-Wi
i'nshington. vvulled uroiiud and
being gradually obscured from view in
the second floor rotunda of t'it.v I lull,
will naturally rouse a good mau.v people
to mtllgliai Oil A crj is mm,,,, K,)1Ug ,
np. It is desirable, in the opinion of
jcnsitive folk, that a heller place he ,
found for the statue and found a. once
lhosc who loudlr expies, this i-li
.do not know how far ...to the fulu.e the i
e.ies of men latelj ileposed from power j
may hnve seen. Good sites for statues I
nrc not cas.v to hnd. The ciiv's leaders
may have been cull ivni.ns n ...Huopol..
4 n ni K ti 'llwn m tl i litu n tl ilk imu In
tail U'. I he.v nia.v have desired to,
reserve nil remaining points ()f vantage, i
for statues of Uncle Dave Martin. Sen
ntor Varc and oilier distinguished for
eigncrti.
MISTER BAIRD SPEAKS
D
AVID HAIRD never again shall
we cive ourselves the pluisuie ifCour-c .Mr. Ilr.vun s disagreement nlt,
calling him D.ivy-hu- been, timing
most of his active life, one of the con-
spicuous pillars of nn organization that
exists in order that New .li re. mnv be
ruled bv bosses mid the friends of
bosses. His blithe communication in
a neighboring column should he, nnd
with thnt simple fnet in mind It is a ,
fact of which M'sicu ISaird we sl.nll
oJ).scrre the prnpi idles oinc was very
proud.
Votes and tallies do not great lr mat
ter in a final niinlysl-. It is the ieult I
thnt counts, as one o. in,, moving
geniuses nf u system of politic- l,v which
public affairs nrc mnniilatit in daik
tfess, the Hig Ross has -u.sianni in
directly nt least ihe , oi-pi.i,u inn phi
. ..-JorWhy wlilcli gave Camden its hull pens
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l-.A'npil tlie '.one rroi.ev ia.es unuli puiii
IrflyJied the life of the i itv for .i full week
And vhat of the South I'ainileo winds
nn.d the regiments of iimiuesi inning
voters who used to march to the polls in
ranks eren more solid than M. uic's
Tvben something was to he put over'
Whose orders did the.v take'.' Whose
orders do thev take now? If. om-e upon
a time, reform eouncilmcn were sold in
Camden for S." each, vilm bought them?
Not their friends, surelv '. Do council
turn now serve for nothing?
Herr Hnird is a shrewd student of
Titto totnls. Of his auulysis of the poll in
lludson' and the bipartisan vole in tlie
prevent primary wh prefer to saj little.
-Al IIUV (sunn- "c niiotlltl lie no Ullltcll
for so astute a man. as any one will
fAi'lcnowt who remembers that in the old
days, before Mr. Wilson's first 'cam
paign, when tlie nrrangeiuent between
Democratic and Republican bosses vvus
o tight (hot voting in either purfy he
rnmc a futile business m .lerse.v. Mr.
f . lalrd reached the zenith of Jus power
vmi luiiuviirvi r
We made the random as&erllnti that
uo flicker of Independent , politkul
thought ever penetrates the airtight or
gantzntions in Camden and Atlantic
City. Thnt nshcrtlou (.tntids, Auy one
approved by Signor Ilnlnl will get n
vast majority. The rclatire totnls menu
nothing. The negro accused of receiv
ing stolen goods who ran for the seat of
a delcgatp-nt-large lit Atlantic Cjty
icrcivvd so Inrge n vote from the HhcIiii
inch machine that early dispatches an
nounced .his election. It was on early
dispatches thnt the edltorlnl nrttcle In
nuesllon was based. Will the Sage of
(.'ninilon say thnt his nlms nud mrthodi
In politics nrc not like the nlms and
methods of the bosses of Atlantic City
and thnt the two organisations are not
sjiichronlzed to work together for n
common purpose?
We bow hiimbb before M'sieti
Hnti-d's references lu Philadelphia. If
he were u steadier reader of newspapers
he would kuuw that we show io more
mercy to political rotters In Phllndel
phia than we show to political rotters
elsew hcre.
WILSON IS FENCING FOR
ADVANTAGE ON THE TREATY
The President's Effort to Jockey the
Republican Party Into a False
Position Likely to Defeat Itself
IT, IS becoming iucrcasingl) evident
that the President is doing his best
to joek-ci llie Itepublicnn pnrty Into a
position of irreconcilable hostility to
the pence treutj in order Mint ho nitty
claim for his own party the distinction
of being its onl friend.
I Its methods do greater credit to his
political persistence than to his judg
ment either ns a parly manager or us
a friend of the League of Nations.
A man skilled in diplomacy would not
have written the IcHer which President
WiKon disputclifd l the chuirmnti nf
tin Oregon county Democratic commit
tee last Suudn.i. He would have known
that the treaty enimot be ratified by
the votes of the senators of one. party
alone, nud that It must hnve the sup
port of members' of both parties.
Yet the President writes: "Let us
prove to our late associates in the war
thnt ut nny rate the great majority
party of the nation, the party which
expresses the true hopes and purposes
of the people of the countrj. intends to
keep faith Iwitli them in peace ns well
as in war."
Mr. Wilson is nuikitif: the snine mis
take here which he made just befoie
the November election in lSMt. when
In1 called upon the countrj to elect u
Democratic Congress because the He-'
publicans could not be trusted to pass
the necossarj laws for a successful
prosecution of the wnr. Thrit blunder
iimtle ccriimi the elertion or a Iti-nul
lican flouse of Representatives, which
was uncertain until the pre-election
proclamation was issued.
Not onl.i does his lettej to the county
chairman in Oregon repent the mistake
lu tactics ot the liu.s proclamation, but
it is based on u false assumption of the
facts.
In the first plncp, the Democratic
parly is not "the great mujority pnrtj
of the nation.
And in the second place the Deum-
cm tic party is more widely split on the
treat j thnn is the Itepublicnn party
An analysis of the vote on rntlticn
tion shows this. Of the forty-nine otes
east in favor of ratificntion with the
Lodge resomitions tcut -one were
cast by Democratic senators nnd twenty-eight
by Republican senators. And
of the thlrtj -live otes cast against
ratification twelve were by Republicans
lnnd ' twentv -three bj Democrat.
Counting the senators paired and not
voting the Democratic strength in the
.Senate stood lwent. -three for Ijn
treat with (he Lodge reservations and ,
tw cut -four against it. while the Re- the United States and Kurope, where
publican strength stood thirtj -tour for j the.v received the inspiration that made
the trAtj nnd fifteen against it. I them powerful factors in the affnirs of
Assuming that the twent -four I tlieir own people. The public ediication-Deinoi-ratic
senators who oted against' sjstem has been widely extended in
the treaty with the l,odge reservations iccent .venrs. Religious interferem e in
ate for the tteutv without any rcsefvii- the scheme of government has almost
tions or interpretations, Mr, Wilson's j
"great majorit.v partv of the nation"
which "intends to keep faith" with the labor sjstrm have been considerably les
Allies is as ileal l.v evenl.v divided on thetsmcil. Dm, ninile his country prosner-
issue as 11 Is possible or lort.v -seven to
be separated into two cipinl Quirts.
The trenty .issue cuts across party
lines. If aiij thing wns ever ceitniu in
advame of the event it is thnt the ticat.v
...llltl.lt I... .'tltlCl.l M'ttll.lllt L.h... L t.l.l ..r
n.,onnt j,,,,,, mUcr wiether the Re
,,,,,;,., ,. . Vr.mol.rili, hllvp ,.
j(r , p ,,, A , .,, nn
mlriB ratification, if he were at all
sKiH.-d ill the arts of achievement, would
ivc, lis f,.t ,, .,,, lims(,,f
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lfri.in ., t',.pblican partv into a I
iHlI1 Y,f hostilit.v to thc'imilv in
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tinier that he ma.v drive his own puitv
into support of it as he brought it back
from Paris in (he hope that he tan gain
partisan advantage thereby.
This is not a new purpose Sin.e the
Jackson Da dinner in Washington, in
.lauunrv . it has been the evident jniin.
tion of the President tu follow this
bun then did nut make a dent in the
indurated fiber of bis purpose, though
" revealed to every tine else who did not
'know il befoie that Mr WINon's own
part.v was hopeles,v spin on the issue.
And when Mr. lir.win smd .vtsterday
"'at the letter to Oiegon showed that
Mr- ilon "hnd been denied the in
furmatioi) essential to sound judgment
and safe leadership" he meiely called
attention lo the width of the chasm
which separates the two wings of .
partv
liul tli- nation fnvots the ratification
of the tieatv with si. li inlerpretlltions
or reservations as will satisfy Hie siis
, ept.bilities of two tlnrih of Hie Sen
ale If the Semite i ould have been left
to lis own purposes iii.hampercil b.v
'Oid"is or lack of ordeis from the White
House, there is little doubt .that lln
ticat.v would have been ratified long ago.
and that we should have had an official
lepresciitanve participating in the de
liberillious of Ihe Sim Remo conferenie
ami that the League of Nntions would
hnve been functioning now for the n-
lief of Ihe confusion which exists in,
Ulirope al the piesenl lime.
The President's mind seems incapa ,
me- hi filiation or concession or
compromise. And because of it the
United States is suffering under Ihe
accusation of unwillingness to plaj the
game through to the last hole.
We doubt whether Mr. Wllnn can
suit I in forcing the Republican pm
into the position which he wishes it to
oectip) lu tlie piesidentlnl'iinipnign for
the renson that it is a po-dtlon vvhiil,
is abhortent lo a mujority of the Re
publican voters, hn well ns tn mine than
two to one of the Republican senators
.Mr. Hoover, in discussing the trrnfy
situation, put his linger on the vital
issue when he caid that "the flrulikiuik
te-.j,.n.wJ t-S---. -
Jbi ViliJlJH N 'JtfUJiJLdU OiJl?l!HEJK-pjp:
in an office of constructive .leadership."
lie wns referring, It Is true, to the fit
ness of Senator Johnson for the office,
and demanding of him whctlicr he would
iilcdgc hinlxclf to the support of a
league nf nations for the promotion of
world peace, but ho might as well hnvo
put the same nuesllon to President
Wilson.
The President today Is not lu the
position of n leader attempting to put
himself nt the hend of the nation to
enrry out Its undoubted' wish. He Is
nctlng the role of it driver who tries to
force the nation to follow the course
thnt he himself has marked out,
whether It will or not.
Results nrc not accomplished In that
way. j
lt he enn drive his own party into
the position thnt he wishes It to take,
that Is nil he can nccomplish. nnd If he
succeeds In committing it irrevocably
to opposition to rrservnlions nud In-.
terpretntions he will have efrcctunll
killed the trenty beyond hope of resur
rection. EXIT CARRANZA
ANY ONI'3 who Imagines that Mexico
Is n fluid populated exclusively by
barharinns and brigands, without in
telligence nuil u guiding puipoe. can
not understand what is happening below
the border or formulate safe opinions
relative to the future policy of the
United States Government" in the new
emergency. .
Illiterate the vnst tnnjor,lty of the
Mexicau people nrc. nnd Irresponsible.
Hut their ignorance hns been forced
upon them nnd they hnre hnd troubles
of the sort that can be understood and
felt without the ability to read and
write. The masses in Mexico, scattered
ns they nrc, hae one common cause.
Thej are nnd have been for 'generations
n unit ngniust the lurid bnrons, who
maintain in the country n stnte of op
pressive' fcudnlism unknown elsewhere
since the liberation of vthe serfs in
Russia. Until very recently, it was not
difficult to find in Mexico "ranches" of
100,000 ncrcs owned by men who lived
nbroad nnd left the car-of their estates
to overseers. Such lnnd wns parceled
out by enrly invaders or distributed
among the favorites of succeeding dic
tators. Uuder'thc system derlsed by Diaz
the great landholders came to depend
largely on forced lnbor. To Insure the
cmitinunnce of small standing nrmies of
workers, the cpntrnct sjstetn of labor
wns developed with the nssistnnco nnd
co-operation of tyrnnnlcnl stnte gov
ernors. Peons worked for nbotit twenty
cents n da. They were employed under
contract. Naturally they run into debt,
and a man who unit work before his
debts were paid became a criminal to
be hunted down by the police. Since
most of the tillable lnnd In habitable
a reus was controlled by n Small ininor
itj no way of escape wns open to the
neon.
Freedom of the lutid hns been the
hope and aini of every good-sized rei
oltitioii in Mexico. Revolutionists hnve
been betrayed or they, have hoped too
greatly or the.v blundered in the wnke
of men who deliberately misled them.
I tut they return inevitably to u struggle
which is inspired by u desire tn relieve
the poor nnd propertylcss multitudes
from n t i-n 1 brutal system of exploita
tion that continued almost unchanged
from tlie da!) of Cortez to the das oT
Madero.
Refoims that began when Diaz wns
overthrown li.ive progressed rapidly
under vuccceding presidents. It is folly
to suppose thnt the revolutionary spirit
in Mexico resides only in adventurers.
Changes in labor Inws. in governmental
policy, in the methods of civil nilinin
istrntinu cvcrjwheie have been forced
by the jounger generations of educated
Mexicans who returned to their own
c..uulr.v after observation nnd tud in
teased. Lund laws nrc being slow l re-
vised and tl
he ligors of the contract
ous by a method of lyrannj. The aim of
the public-spirited Mexican of today is
lo bring peace and prosperity to Mexico
In eduintion ami the application of
democratic rule. .
Carranza. vain and narrow as he
was, co-operutetl extensively with the
intelligent reformers in tlie various
stall's. Hut every soldier who ever be
came a ruler in Mexico rev. cried to type
at the approach oMi national election.
Carranza wished to name his successor
at the election that is to le held in
-lulv (iniernl Obregon offended the first
hief when he announced himself a
-amlidate for the office. Such
il Cirrnn.n could appl.v thr
it. 1 1 t
pressure
rough his
mmv ami ns smeiines was at once
brought to bear on Obregon and his
friends. Tlie revolution begun nutn
iiintically with General Obregon 's re
sistance. Whnt promises Olnegon made to his
friends nnd followers, what powerful
forces were s.uldeul.v n lined behind (he
nuli-Cnrrniiiin movement thnt swept Mm
tountry, no one outside the revolution
may know. The Slate Department ut
Washington is retnent or' puzzled. Un
less Obregon isv wiser than resolution-
njry lenders who nnve preeeueu nun, nc
hns promised more thnn he en
11 deliver.
since even in Mexico constructive re
forms proceed slow l.v
The report thnt Villn the original
Iliishevit -sv inpalhizetl with the rev
olution and Iniil down his arms when it
ended suf cesfullj would indicate that
the peons ixpeet miracles from their
new leader. Obregon mny nttnin the
presidency or tie may ne nverinrown ny
a icslless people angered by disillusion
ment There will be n revival of the
talk about American intervention. In
tervention nia.v some day be necessary.
Hut it oiighl nlvvnjs to be remembered,
if, only in the interest of an intelligent
and efTeitivc polity, thnt centuries of
ill-usage h.v cnniiucrors has united the
Mexicans in a hatred of invaders, and
that lo fice the land or to repel attacks
from the oulsulethese seemingly easy
going people will ulvvu)s forget their
fainilt quarrels mid light as a unit.
When the Rev. Russell II. Con
will broke ground for the new Temple
University .veslerdaj. he used the same
spade he used in 1MW for the Temple.
That spade should he preserved, for It
is rarely that No humble ah implement
breaks ground for two buildings, one
rich in achievement and the other
eqiiull.v rich in pinmlse,
The presumption is that the ghost
walks frequently In the tllstricts wlicro
the phantom vol'es are thickest.
Il remains lo be seen whether
Louisiana molasses or Delaware vine
gar will catch morn suffrage lllcs.
Tin? mist .cry man has put sev
eral under a cloud.
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BAIRD WHANGS THE EDITOR
Camden Bb'is Who Reaerlu Being
Called "Davy" Takes HIb
Pen In Hand
THI'J following eommunlcntlon, bear
ing the signature "Dnvld Ilnlnl." has
been received. As n curio of polities, iM
is n lovveu tff nppear in all Its sclf-rc-venling
repletion even though It Is sev
eral times longer thnn the edltorlnl
which moved Catndcn'H Sng6 to utter
ance nfter nenrly n week of meditation.
The answer is in nn ndjolulng column.
To th PiiMlahrr o h'venino rublte l.tdatr:
My attention has been cnlled Id n
slanderous editorial In the. Hvbmino
1't'Pt.tr t.KDOEn of Monday, May .1,
bended, "Corrupt .nnd Contented." TIiIh
Is not only llbotous and untruo nbout
your former homo town, but rcdects
uiwn file and tny fcllgvv citizens. It
also smncks somewhat of tho "bot call
l.ir he kettle black," wlien you stop to
rre'i!!..lnP.'-"tb wnrd election trouble
In Plillnielphla,nnd tho recent nttompf
lo hold up n business man In your com
munity for $25,000 for n trolley fran
chise. '
Camden may ha contented with Us
present- bcncllcont rule, but It Is any
thing but corrupt, nnd T defy ypu or
your editors to provo that the latter
nllecatlon Is true.
The only time Cnmden wns corrutit
vvns over two decades nR-ij, vvhen the re
formers cheated their wny Into otllce
tbrpugli the Commlttco of One Hundred
nnd councllmen were for sale from $5
iii. i nn reKinio lasieu two years, and
tho pavltift- nnd other jobs perpetrated
almost bankrupted tho city.
Since -those days under Republican
rule jour homo clti- haa progressed by
leaps nnd bounds, nnd when your Council
decides to build the brldRO across the
Delaware wa promise to become it stren.
nous rival to your ndoptcd city. Do you
realize that tho town you left to seek
fame and fortune hoS beromo a bustling
cosmopolitan city of 125.000 peaceful!
law iibld iir people, who enjov tho best
municipal government with the lowest
nx rule of anv community of Its size
In the tutted .States? IMItors arc sup
posed to bo educated nnd fair-minded
Individuals! Ono of yours Is cvldcntlv
not only biased but Ignorant, and I
should advlHo that you call hlni to the
front and give him a lesson In ethics If
you wish to retain your Influence and
circulation In the "biggest little city In
thn world."
Why this recent "slam" at Camden
nnd the result of tho presidential prl
mnry election? Wnn It because Cam
den county Republicans supported Gen
eral TYood In proference to Herbert
Hoover, who two years ago asked for a
Dernocr.itle Congress to support the dls.
credited policies of President Wilson?
Or Is your antlnnthv tn ilm r-.,,r.,l n '
publican organization born of n deslro
thnt such so-called Independent reform
criticism may boost you In your
cherished ambition to unhorse Senator
Penrose and take his place In the United
States Senate? My advice to you Is to
pluck out pic nioto. In your own eje be.
foro ou attempt to remove the beam
...Mi, uir oincr places. From nil nc
eounts lu your own pnpers. vou will
"','", "'ore Kroffnd for election reforms In
"bilnilclphla than you will In Cnmden
county.
What do you know nbout the recent
eioriioil 111 LTnmrinn ntii.t.. in.,l,t...9
Mv observation was that It 'was about'
nc- uiosi usiiess nnd uninteresting con
,cs! , of, recent years. 'Tho so-called
i-oiiui-iHiiB took no interest .in It nnd the
people took less. Il w.ls bnrd work to
get any one to the polls, nnd the vote
enst proves that fact. Out of a voting
L'!?!."lln,lon. of .nnn Republicans, hut
8000 of them took tho trouble to cast
their ballots nnd 0000 of those voted
for r;ejieral Wood ind 2000 for Sena
tor Johnson. Surely. If we possessed the
'r. light, boss-ruled political machine
that you claim thnt wo enjoy. It would
;me been no trouble to hnve polled at
least half our vote and made General
Woods mijorlty 18.000 instead of 4000.
i.lghl as the loto was. It was sufficient
to snvo the state from being carried for
Senator Johnson and having the stigma
cast on It of being radical In Urn ex
treme. Camden county Republicans were dls
ippolntcd when Senator Johnson's
'inciters decided that Blllv Vet don.' of
Hudson county fnine. was merely crv-
ng "Stop thief!" to divert nttentldn
from Hudson county. The Republicans
of Camden county would have welcomed
a recount here because then thev could
have Insisted upon the probe helng cx
tnded to Hudson. Bergen nnd Passalo
counties, wheie It was notorious that
iliousands of Democrats voted in the
Republican boxes for Senator John
son as the result of a sllmv ileal nnd
in the hope of throwing confusion lu the
Republican ranks bv fuither dividing tho
factions Into which the party was rnpldlv
drifting But Camden, as usual, even
with Its light, vote, blocked the game
Hudson county, like Cartlden, pos
sesses about -11,000 Republican votes
Last fall 23. ono of these Republicans
voted for Bugbcc for covemoi. Tills
spring there were 15,000 votes In the
Republican prlmarr In Hudson countv
Compared with tho vote In Camden
county, there should have been not over
8000 votes cast The other 7000 votes
uudoiihtcdl came from Democratic
sources and were pdured Into the Ito
publican bos.es to turn tho tide against
General Wood And Billy Vcrdon as
usual, began crying fraud to cover un
, !lt.rv wero did you ever Mirpilre
the habit or tho right to call me "Daw "
T barely knew you when you lived 'in
Camden, and then It was alwavs Mr
Curtis" and "Mr. Balrd." Since the.i
we have both risen in the World tluougl!
publicity nnd hard work, and I have
evon risen to the honor anil dlgnltv of
the United States Senate that some day
l believe, you hope to attain Such
fatnlllnrltv however. Is apt to breed con.
tempt anil destroy the former feeling of J
to,., .t ..mil .; iiiaiiiiaoiL-il lowaril eneii
other.
N'ow jusl a word about the ignorance
of your editor. He says, "A negio. who
was awaiting trial for receiving stolen
goods, was elected a delegate to the nn
tlonal convention." "That mluin h -.
reflection on-New Jersey. If It weie true J
...... ,1 ... .w ... i, i, iij u ,-hiu IlllSblntf-
nient of facts There was no ntgro
elected to the national convention n.
though they bavo the same light to go
there ns delegates as you or I have
Then, again, jour editor sajs- "Jer
sej" usually has a nolltlcal mnu,,..,,-
I which llnds expression In Hie votes of
,,i,' mtitin ... me iiuiiiicril counties BUI
that volo Is often defeated In the ma
chines, which work with rlochllke pie.
clslon nt word from tl.o Halrds 01 the
Bacharaelm "
"Ve gods and little fishes'' Well
we had heard that Governor Kdwards
was going to make New Jcriev as wot
as the Atlantic ocean, but we li.td no
Idea ho ould change the topography
of tho state, and locato farms in pm,,,
lous Newark Jersey City and Pntcrson
and populate rural counties like Bur
lington. Gloucester. Salem, Cumberland
Cape Ma.v nnd Ocean As a miraule
worker jour editor beats our governor
As this letter Is not confldentjnl j
trust vou may give It the samp pub-
poriai!"
nciiv as you nm my so-called machine
vours. DAVID BAIRD.
The Dalian nnnrcliists who me ie
strojing i rops in territories whrie the
inhabitants ate already suffering from
lack oWood are siniplj doing what the
disaffected are doing everywlieie ''lie
one difference is (lint their foolishness
nud Wickedness is n trifle nunc glaring.
The C.Miical Hachelor declare he
is not impressed by Ihe offer of (.
Hridgeton, N. ,1., clergjmun to cut the
cost of marringe ceremonies 'JO per cent.
He thinks tlie bridegroom ought to gqt
a bonus.
AdmirarSims appears to hnve been
I muckraked fore null uft.
NOTWITHSTANDING misleading
announcements made nnd pub
lished in the Sunday papers
MARY PICKFORD in
RDLLYANNA
is booked for week of Mny .'It, J 920,
ut the
STRAND THEATRE
and nine, other theatres in Philadel
phia for tjint woelc, nnd nunicroua
other jityture Iioijses lo follow.
S ic -v rz
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PI -Vlr Sfn
J1J
LETJS HOPE HE
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HOW DOES IT . Writing of Platforms Resembles
nmni rr An -r f r J O Proiibuiucmrnts of Oracles
dinift.U(IUU.r Safcl! justifying
By KELLAMY i
TIIK Republican nntiounl convention
is u mouth off nnd the Democratic
untionnl couvention is tvo months off,
nnd jet the great business of writing
platforms is going ou and has been
going on for months. .
Now it is progressing feverishly.
All our greatest statesmen are pound
ing their typewriters.
Chuirmnti Will Hays's committee of
one million leading Republicans are
passing their hands across their troubled
brows.
Nevvspupers are offering prizes for
the best declaration of .party principles.
flcn nil over the land nrc buying in'
spirntions. committing them to paper
nnd sending them to Republican mid
Democratic lenders.
And the icsult of nil these labors will
be similar to whnt happened in lUKI.
In t hut jear both parties hail thcirk
saj upon that historic subject, the tnriu.
A Republican editor in Nebrnskn
therenfter sat down anil wrote a smash
ing article upon the errors, economic
fallacies and dangers of the Democratic
declaration nn the tnriff.
He proved bejond n doubt that the
nation would be ruined if it committed
its affairs into the hands of a pmtv
"which held such views ns were con
tuined in the platform from which he
quoted.
It was a tremendous article, only the
editor hnd confused the Republican with
the Democratic plank and denounced
his own party's program.
q q i
"lirlUTING ii platform is something1
' Vr,et,,C J0" "", "n"i0nt nv" "i"1
It's- profitable business being an
i
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
i
What is n periodic sentence"
What is tho motto of Belgium"
". What Is the origin and meaning nf
the. word sybarite?
i. Whnt Is a sen elephant"
fi. What Is tho Septuaglnt"
0. How many daj-s dlffeience lielween
the Greek church culeud.ii, unld
lcccntly Ufed In Rui-sl.i, and the
Gregorian ono in use In the t'nltetl
.states nnd most of the civilized
world?
7 What Is tho correct pronunciation of
the word slgnor'.'
8. Whnt Is sericulture",
0. Who wero tho thine principal oi
cnpltollno gods of Rome'.'
10 What Is smalt?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Mun has normally thirty two tcctli
"J Three nations In the Webtem Hem
isphere aie numed I'nited States.
" They nre tho I'nited States of
Ameilca. th United States ol
Brazil and tho United States ol
Venezuela.
t. Gambogo is gum-resin, from Gam
bodlan nnd Siamese trees, used ns
yellow pigment.
n Tho four figures unhurt In the flerv
furnace, according to the blbllcnl
account, were .Sliadrach, Meshach.
Abednego and an nngel
fi There tiro moro men in the fulled
States than women, according to
the cflisus of 1910. when Ihe mi n
numbered about I" 000.000 and
tho women about 14,000,000
Tho conect musical term for a
mouth oigan Is harmonica
Uiiuymqde was tho cup-bearer of the
OrcOU gods
Thn sourceB of Ivoiy are tho clr
pliant, the walrus, tho hippopota
mus, the narwhal and Hie mam
moth. ...
The elephant belongs to the pig
fuintlj'.
EITH'jS
EVELYN NESBIT & CO.
In n New- Vong Heine
"Creole Fashion Plate"
I Delineator nf Songs nnd Faililoni.'
ANNA CilANlilKlt, MSIE mALT0
i CO, ML'l.LBN nnd 1'ltANCJa,
ilAUIlV 1IOI.MAN . CO. Ollwrs.
THE JANE P. C. MILLER
oAMCINg
CONSERVATORY
10'.'8 CHESTNUT UT.
Wnlnut 1ST
pniVATE LESSONS DAIl.T
nAIMfilNO I'llTSICAt, cutrunB
VArliuint:nN. KSTllETIt) and JANCI
,- a nt TWulnut Ab.Slli Mat Today
CASINO R?-r
-"jr
Trocudcro PJ.ntli "",ieo.- with nWit
J IV
CAIMS BEFcDRE THE
mm) iiiis
r m mm.nmr'tai . 'r wvkv- w i . w- .; t
(jtiA-ymEZL c rr'm
v. iiVy N rvr1.. . JZi XV V TS? v fW
'uik mmmmr & mu v -vl w r. x 'i --
!fimMfflt$m0M''' SaES.WB IW'UWffliK?
&- . ro.i LRffAnffiR k - 'p'--.i. iiiii.i'-triii A.MAfj -w.. r-xtiL-.
sM1n"
J. tfer
. f . !-
h yJ'WrWL
oracle, therefore those who followed it
had to avoid any mishikcs which might
give the snap nwaj .
Whatever happened tlieir predictions
had to be susceptible of u meaning thnt
would cover it.
There wns the famous- oracle thnt
Athens should be defended by "wooden
walls."
Athens wns saved by her nary.
Therefotc "wooden walls"-' meant
ships.
Rul if Alliens had fnllen "wooden
walls" would, of course, have meant
ineffective defenses.
Platform writers haven't- nhv better-
iMnsight into the future than 'Delphic
priests, pin tney linvo to write some
thing which no matter how the cam
paign or what happens iu four jenrs,
the party's declaration will square
with it.
The Greek oracles used to cet ni-niind
the difficulty by using so few words that
no one could be sure" jusl whnt they
meant.
The plntfnrin writers turn the trick
by using so ninny words Mint no one
cun be sure just what they mean.
We wonder if nuybodj ever paid any
more attention to the iiuelent oracles
than they do to modem plntfoims.
q q q
"DARIS is legating itself with cntpel
steak and choice hits of camel
tcmlcrloin from the hump.
Hut this docs not solve the high cost
of living, for camel delicucies, clusscd
after much deliberation as game, cost
from three to fire francs a pound.
'-" ' sneHficr to the" high east of
' " , cc nf
iiiuecd. tlie cumel appears to hnve
OR, YOU OUIJA! '
Listen, Oulja! AVhat Is
TUB VI5IIY BKST showing of a
MOTION PICTURH which
...
rilll.ADELPHIA HAS ever
seen?
.
TRI.f. Mil OUIJA. mid tell me
QL'If'KI.YI AVhat's thatV
s . .
YOU SAY that
AT TII12
Metropolitan
OI'IIIIA
iiot'sn
IS IT.
GI'I'.SS YOU'BR ItlGHT.
OUIJA !
KVHtlYnony Is saying tho
.SAMP. THING. It must bo Hue!
MAUY IMCKKOItD has certainly
HONK, THIS BKST ACTING '
- of her
l'.NTHll! CAUIUSIt lu
"1HJL1.YANNA"
...
Matinees, 2:30 L'Co
Kvenlngs, 7 nnd 9-r-2Ea nnd S0a
BOXKS ItlCSKRVCD nt 1108
Chestnut Street or
Metiopolltnn Opera Houso
Poplar 000-IMIONICS I'arll COS
Symphony Orchestra
rf;' Jri.UHIVl'J AND ONLY
-" anowiNO ok roLtY-
ANNA IN rlllfADKLPIIIA.
r-1rT ipo1in1Av'.& QunUrnU
PkllPl KS Burlesque
T4 V1-"' Wdndcr Show
tiv3ea x"WlW t r:r;riu'm
cKe 5 "
3IG ACT STARTS
rxrTtsriLSrvtaaaS
vF:ty-im'Lm&fr&mar-
sfW1
- -
menagerie, found himself, liko the tnnii
in the comic opera song with tho clc
nliniit on bis hands :
"The elephant ate all day nnd the
elephant ate nil night.
And so the cuinel's owner offered him
to tlie butcher, who hud confidence iu
the cosmopolitan appetite of Pnrisy
And why should Paris turn gayly
toward cumel meutV
France owns northern Africa utmost
down to the desert.
And the greatness of France in tho
future Is going to depend on her north
ern African possessions, n source bf
food and raw materials only a few
hours iwny nerqss the Mediterranean,
a great colonial empire ut her very
doors.
wni.Ai)Ki.piuAs u:adino thcatres
DIUUUTION LEU & J. J. BHUIiUKT
Season's Best Comedy I
' GRACE
GEORGE
in "The Ruined Lady"
An Ailventu.e by l'ranccs NordsVom
IS A H1T1
u t. LP HI First $1 Mat. Thurs.
LYRIC VA0H' ?l-00 MAT. ,'rOMOR.
,NIV- AT 8.15 FINAL MAT, HAT.
LAST. 5 NIGHTS at
IDHAI. rNTKnTAINMKNT'
T"c MAGIC MELODY
i nn oPKiinrrA maonificent
with CHARLES PURCELL
'all" I'eHH. Tom MeNsuKliton.
Hcitoe Hiiiuniontp, Emma Ilalg
nnil ID Durzllng DarllngH
n-.C. MCM HUATS THUUBDAT
, ,,. .. ''Alt, OIlDEItS NOW
'.iji.i.iv niciicicci j-rPHeiiiH
WILLIAM COURTENAY
CIVILIANCLOTHES
w'nii a tvi'H'ai. Monoaro .cast
8'"' SHUBERT r-vr-NiNOB at an.-.
.s , JW,-"-lv l FUIST MAT. 'IO.MOII
A Whoppins Whale of a Whirl
JOHN 11ENP.V MEAna Announces
W
B.Yrani on th Century Theatrn Hoof. N, T.
Iiilra'"'e"nt with Morris Gt
BESSIE McCOY DAVIS
I I'mnU Fiiv-rlnona Winter Felix Aillei
' Ji..!,,?ulllTT.Kyra "10 dancer Aniiotto Hmla
- Willi. VV a . Trln Ouluw l.ln. .
nnnu.. JL.".-.... :r,7T.i?.:?', .vy';.".?'
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"TIIF, MILLIONAIRES' CHORUS"
I'rltea, MglitH (cxccpl Sat ). JiXO to B0o
rfL1,.y.'r wn. nnsT hiiATs ii.so
HArUIlUAV MATINKIC JV 00 to 00c.
(PLUS WAR TAX)
CHESTNUT ST. 0P15,,A ' KmnM
n .. L V HOUSn I At 8.1(5
Pop. Mat. Tqmor. "g" $1.00
Ot.lVDR MOIIOSCO rrcsonln
CHARLOTTE
GREENWOOD
III llir iif nillHlcul (Oliu-d
"Linger Longer Letty"
Commencing May 1 0th
2 I at and Parkway
All New Mho Finn Time In Philadelphia
The Show That Entertained the
28th Division in the South
Vntli-r th. Aus,,uea of tho American UkIoii
Sergeant Ireland Post No. .218
Ml MaiKurel Stanton, rhamplon laily
IiIkIi ilver will p5rform from tho loo.f.Hit
nlnd in'ii'n '"y at afton'oon -3l eve-
I'll Onir.lt ATTRACTIONS 20
Mio litfnm.n min
Admission to Grounds Free
Tri
XIS'lll .i,VI) MICH KTUUKTa
Mam Mon, Weil A Hat, Siir.. Itr- u ln
rOHITIVIJLY LAST WI5J5K OF 'fl
I1BAL0FTIII1 Ol.D-TLlV MINSTRLLS
Plectrum Symphony
MAY III
AT 8I0
WITHUR.
81'OON
U1ICIIK8TRA
Fltat ronreit, imilatoU by mtm.'
w" "iwaeluiiln Orc-lientia.l HALL
TlkalB on Salt, AYJ'e"l'S;n M&U
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FORRfcbT LA5i 5 EVG3:
Positively Last. Week
WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW!
Popular Mat4 Tomorrow
SPECIAL EXTRA MATINEE
fKiiJAr, may 14, A.T2:I5
U'-'NKFIT Of." .
The Salvation Army
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
F.NTinn company and pnoDt'rriov
Courtear F. Zlcsfelil Jr. 'ft Forrest Tlieitr.
Prices Ham an Woil. tc Sat. Mala. 1 i0 j-J
NEXT WKttK 8KATH TIIUnHDAT
New York's Big Sensation
IRELAND A NATION
PHOTOPLAY TAKI1M nM mtqtt cm..
Hnecia features, Includlnit Il.rnanl Dalvu'n.i
Jils lrlali payora In ''Tlio Wlnhlnit Well"
... L. i"igo iBuy, ;,.. nnu sun
Night; SBo to $I.BO. IMIly Mata. 'jBe to 7,1,
BROAD Lalt 5 Evfts. .ne,
A. L. ERLANGER 1S I'msansmKa
. CHAUNCEY
Olcott
IN
"MACUSHLA"
Olcott Sings 4 New Songs
Popular Mat. Tomorrow, Boat Heats Ji ;,q
NEXT WnBK BI5AT8 THURSDAY
LOU TELLEGEN
Under llln Own Mannement
v IN A NEW 3-ACT COMEDY
"SPEAK OF THE DEVIL"
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS
Gv 1, Last 2 VcM Evjpi. R-Ji
EtrriCK Mat. Tomorrow nt S:i
TAMCUStHCCHU
the Kiddies!
Do Spirits Reti
Thurston
Saj a "Veil"
Night. gBe lo II. BO Mala. 2Sc to 11
Comlnic Mav '.'I PHOTOPLAY SHNSATION
"ON WITH THE DANCE''
Featuring Mno Murray nnil David Towell
Tents at
19th St. &
Hunting
Park Ave.
CIRCUS
NOW
CIRCUS
NOW
n rr snnt
v cgi-B istmaicfliv
LiLilAVr?UU
3CDraE.niKCll2)
mi mmmim
MOJglgtyilEGa'ifgi
EBSPMot
m &emws got?
. t5u
fPTOSCL'SESiacaaia gauMS
n flRR.n;i?.'7
Doora Open ut 1 anil 7 P. M.
Performance l!cgln at 2 unit
8 P. M.
Oiw Ticket Admlta tn All
Children Under 12 Years ut
Iteducol Price
l30y.Jl2JU.ii' i
2(a)fji
itsi
Downtown Ticket Sulo for Hesoivjl
Seuts nnil Ad.nlHslon Tlcirets NOW
OPI3N AT QIMBKL BROS.
Market 81. ab. Iflllt It A. M. to II P Jl.
i:.CLUSlVF. FIHST HUOWLNO
CECIL B. De MlLLE'S
rATLVMOUNT-AUTCHAl'T PICTUUB
"WHY CHANGE
YOUR WIFE?"
I.UXl'KY t.OVF.I LIFE!
NOTAHI.li CAST HEADED HY ,,
THOMAS MEIOKAN. OIAJ1UA SWAN30N
and IIElll-i DANIELS
P A L A C F
P-M 1 M'AUKET HTHEET -
in A M, 12, 2, n:4B. 3:4S, 7:4B. Ojr.O.P M.
MARSHALL NEILAN
PinM-nla Flral r,r HIm Own Proiluctlnn
"THE RIVER'S END"
lly JAMES OLIVUtl CUfMVOOD
ARCADIA
CHESTNUT 11I3LOW IrtTII
10 A. M, 12, 2, 3:15, fi:43, 7i4B, 0:30 P U-
BERT LYTELL
In Initial Prear.ntnllnn of Mstro
"THE RIGHT.QF WAY"
rrom Novel by Hlr Ollbert Pnrl.ei
VICTORIA.
Market Streot Aliovn Ninth
Il A M. to 1I:1B P. M
A HOLDWYN FIHST BHOWINd
REX BEACH'S
NEW PrtODUCJTlON
"THE SILVER HORDE"
UNUSVAI. AND POWEttirfL DIIAMA
f A P I T O J
"21 MAUKF.T STItEET J
lo a il, 12. 2, :i:(B, 0:15. V:I3, nnu P u.
EARLE WILLIAMS 'jK,
REGnirrN"T
.M.MtKET KT. Del. IT'IIC
, II. 1.1 A M to lllin P. M
D. W. GRIFFITH'S -"1;!
MAItKET HI'lll I I"
at iiiMiprn
11 A M lo 11 I'M
4 -tnasMfi " vaudk villi;
A Night in a Police Station
THE l'lNANUlKRH"; Clark k Vi-idi Oilin'
CROSS KEYS
MarkU HI. hd. '",'
" -in. 7 iimi ti r M.
"THE NIGHT CLERK"
BROADWAY
Ilioud & Hid del A.J
j::iii. u. 15 A. li 1'. M
"SWEET SIXTEEN"
Mli.sn ,vi.
COMI-Ul
i-hotopiay Huck eberrv Finn
onion '
ALLEGHENY 'OTffinrVJ
FR1TZISCHEFF ffiSIV,;
Clara Kimball Young "W
A DANCING. LESSONS
T1 A Teacher for Each Pupil !
QORTISSOZ MSk SCHOOL
iCZO ChMtniK Wy Locuat SIM
MAUAMI1 CKCILE OK HOIlVATIIrhin '
Altcd by Mian Mildred I''au. HL,rV
llimu Uurdeii nf thu lltilleyua-Hlrullor'i
Friday evanlnir, Muv 11, at H IB I J,'
Tlrketa 12, nt Ilellcvuo.btratford and
llcVliii'H I'lauo Htori', HIT Client. ' ,'"''
AiiHidcea of Aliunnait Cluli of Plilln
Hvvarthinoro Endovvni'iit
DRPHFUM MATTODAY, 25c, ',.,
UJrnL.l-llVl 15.,..... 2SCl fj5c, BOc A t
X NWf WONDER SHOW OF.
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vji- tiring
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