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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
.ThlfiRa on wlilcli the irnilr expect
til new nilinliilatriitloii to com-eii-
trute Ita attentlont
The Delaware river brlilac
A drudock big enough to occommo
date tho largest ships
Dr.velopment of the ragtd transit sys-
. em.
A ronuenflon hnll.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the irater stippit.
'Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. THE MOVING LID
r'i.V ,.,.!, ni-nlti- imn,i.il that Ui ..!.... i. .."in ii i ,... coHiplislicil by t ic repetition ot tilings ."'; """i"u -"" '""" " ? l"
Ah genernllj siipii-mi tnai ujs(, , wi j,, of l)rv rot- (. sl,tVi I ....,,,.,,.,:--,.., .' :,i The niixal &"' tl10 'l',n candidate the nnmlna
determiued Investigation of the re- I r whatever other ailment ntlllcts or- , .,1 .,,.. .". .:'... t Z .. I H for the Assembly, so ns to be sure
ported attempt of men in olhrinl places
4'hero can be no tiirnluc bark, no
whltewashiug now. The man who
sought the bribe nnd those In whose '
., ... ..i i
to "sel " n part of the Kno.eeit nimorta ity upon the Infusion of new i T , .-.....-. " , iquitous legislation ; and tlmt particular
boulevard on which a trolley line is if(.. More than n million vnu,?g men "I" ", ,mS ,,onc,la, T' ll!r."-I nsvemblyman. nfter serving two or three
needed would repeal something more ' ,. 1)f uco cvorv ,rar. we 1 s m ,r" ! V '" (,l01"i Tl '1? 'ovv ',', V ','., L U,lm"' "tf rW$$ K ,'";' "'T" RV"
than rumors nt the bottom of the mat- ,!, million vot ng women And he 1 1'". "''"V1",1. 'k ' ' -T ri . v mIIUt "l " ?'" J Z 0,i T'
.. m ah ..,.,,.,..,-,.,. i.f,,ro ' .xiuiif, iiu ii. ,.iiu me t U(,0lj,.,i jo be "probed . The miy the lives of our people arc in his hands.
ter. Mr. Mittens appearance Uelorc joung women, even if they nr it en- ' i,i,,. i ,ih,. ai,n ,r,ii..i..w f ..ti i ., --. .
clnnShlsiZren1101, '" TTi" "".f, " , S " S th'oV t.oth'lfLd! ,, V t?
confirms this impression. ot- b.-fore another presidential elcc- - ,,,, ,,, ,.nreflllly thought out and the ' Davy's great sayings has always been,
interest he worked can and should be These new voters "will not be nt
identificd. The city looked to the new traded to the Republican party if its
Council for n new deal and a square ' policies ore dictated by the Old Cuard.
one. It ought at least to know the ' They will nut be attracted to any party
names of the men who appear to have ; whose leaders are more intent on fight
been willing to betray It at the ery ', ing for the spoils of oflice than on the
outset. It is in the power of the Coun- application of principles to the solution
cil to provide the public with that in- f national problems.
fVirmnf Inn.
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THE HIGH COST OF "DAVES"
....... ,11. 1.1 1 Al.T
th stnte ?14.S.:fJ0 in tines u jear to
keep State Senator "Hate" Martin in
office, and designates him ns "a prettj
expensive piece of furniture"
This does seem to b" exorbitant, but
Mr. MeJun should remember thnt the
prices of everything have gone up. poli
ticians included. Tint why confine him
self to "Dave" Martin? There an
other 'high!) expensive "Daves" in pol
itics. For example, there Is "I'nele
Dave" I.une. of the Twentieth ward,
nnd "Mr." Ilnird. of Camden. Figures
otv the nnniial cost of these gentlemen to i
JliPir respective communities would also !
be of interest There are. in addition,
various "F.ds" and "Hills" and sonn-
others who the citienrj nf 1'hilailel-i
phln is beginning to believe eost more
In niuintenauee char;
es than they are
'Worth in production.
Tutu liveprrssiDic .mini it. .uri.niii .ur. iioover siauus ior certain princi
hus made the assertion llint it costs pies which appeal to the imagination
CITY HALL CARBUNCLES
WHEN some indiscreet barber sold
a haircut to Chief Yogelsou. of the
Bureau of Health, which resulted in a
"Unc specimen of carbunele making its
appearance upon the otliclnl neck, and
another (or wus it the same?) hirsute
nrchltect performed a similar service
for Cuptiiin Shaw, chief of the Division sane adjustment of differences results
"of Housing, with tin- same grievous re- can be accomplished. He is confident
mitt, they perhaps builded better than thut such methods npplicd in sincerity
thej' knew for the Miuitutiou of the i would produce that henrtj co-opera-barber
shops of the city , tion between the executive and the
v At any rate, rolli-cti Ij or individu,- legislative branches without which busi
nlly, the uggricved public servants sought I tiess is brought to a standstill.
Joctor riiriiiisn posruuie anil lain
'tlicir woes before bun. ami the outraged ;
'director of public health has ordered a ,
rigid Inspection of tin- sanitary condi
tion of all the barber shops in the citj.
The doctor admits that the inspection but during the wnr he had to conciliate
cannot be enforced bj luw, but a large more divergent interests than any 1'res
nutnber of the barbers see the publicity ideut hits had to deal with. His friends
possibilities of having pus'i-d official , are confident that he would be able to
inspection nud the others won't dure to1 rescue the government in Washington
refuse. , from the red tape which binds it ns well
There is errlomlv nothing like u us from the stagnation that arises from
Couple of canbuncb-s upon the necks of a deadlock when the President and
officials to gel speedy action in the City ) Congress, cannot agree.
llall. liicldi-utnllj. there are also a few And in these days, when executive
curbuncles upon the body politic which I
have their habitat in the same building.
Perhaps if thej were upon the necks of
the right persons there the citv might j
obtain the relief which for inanj viars
it baa sought in vain A carbuncle on
two'Oflieiala appareiytl.v will get quicker i
action than -00 on private cituctis.
THE OPERA NEXT SEASON
OJS'K of the most interesting features
of Mr. (iatti Caa;za's announce
ment of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany's plans for ncxt(ar is die fact
thut, of the twelve new artists joining
or rejoining the eoinpam. eight arc
American -
During the lust few jenrs American
operatic singers have hml many more
rhnnces.to show their ability than at
any previous time in the history of
Simple in Ibis i-oiintrj. Almost without
fxception they huvc "made good." The
spectacular success of Florence Fusion
ami' Orvllje llurrold this scasou simply
Hilded one more bit of proof to Ihc as
sertion often made but, up to the last
fpv years, received with some reserve,
cspceiqlly by foreign impresarios. Unit
the, Americans -linvc natural singing
Voices second to those of no other coun
,trr It is also worthy of mention that
two of the American singers uow en
gaged by the Metropolitan have already
made Jiuge successes in Itulj, the home
of the" opera. The American operatic
luger is coining into liW own.
Another lulerestjiig portion of Mr.
'CiutU'it program Is that two more of
the Wagucr operas, "Lohengrin'' and
''YMmiw"'1 Wide," nre to be ftting in
English. Operatic trnoslntlous arc
rarely pntlsfuilory, but In these enses
tlic ilciiinml for the muxle li suflklcut
to make imprruthc fonio compromise ns
to Iniiciinco.
TIiomo In i-liarge of I'liiluilclpliln'H op
eratic destinies for next unison kuov
now what Is to be plven In New York.
They should hold nu curly meeting and
decide just what novel! lea c should
see here and then endeavor to secure
them.
THE FUTURE BELONGS
TO THE YOUNG MEN
But the Old Guard Seems toBe Urv
aware of the Importance of Recruit-
Ing Youth to the Party Standard
rpilE sigtiiricanre of the organization
of joting inen'i Hi
oover clubs ought
not to be lost on the Old (iuiird.
There a it time when Young He
publican clubn were organized, ami that
time nm come ugnln. The party was
n .toting man's party In the beginning.
I Idealism attracted to It the supiwrt
uf oters at the age when the mind la
hospitable to nil the finer sentiments
and Is occupied with thoughts of how
evil conditions can be made better.
When It began to lose the sympathy
if the young men, who were becoming
disgusted with the sordldness of leaders
more Intent nn getting and holding
nllice than on the application of princi
ples to government, ltooevelt up
peared nud the party once more became
the joting man's party.
Hut In 11)12 the Old (itiard succeeded
In scrambling into the saddle and, for
the sake of retaining control of the
I organization, forced the followers of
Hoosevclt iutii revolt. The result In
November of that jenr proved Hip
soundness of the contention of Uoose
velt that the Old Otinnl did not i pre
sent the sentiments of the part. Even
In this stn!e, where machine politics has
reached its most perfect development,
the Kcpublicitiis went to the polls nnd
b a vote of 414.000 to. '.'7:U)00 de
feated the candidate of the Old tluard,
not because it did not like the mail but
because It resented the ruthless methods
of the machine which nominated hint.
If the Republican part is to con-
, .h i t, ! if .i""rl i,!"TtNt'"-n-, they will resent the tone of,
so conduct Itself as to nttrnet to it the aMr(. Al 0t,i,1K c,,d is '
Mmncer cener.it nn nf vnlneu ntl. I "" .."... ' .' '""""B """ ' '"
canisins or organisations dependent for,
tion
.... ...
l lie part j which attracts to it
a mnjorit of these recruits each jtvir
..in nn.......i .i... .. ,
will control the government.
The enthusiastic support of Hoover
for the presidency by the young men
in the colleges is due to the fact that
1 IT . . , e .
f unspoiled outli lie has demon-
strated his nbilit to handle large nrob- '
lems in n largp way. It is believed that
lie would luiiidlo the problems of ad
ministration in Washington with tin
skill which he displaye'd in the food ad
ministration and that he would be in
tent on beneficent results rather than
on the maintenance of a political inu-i-hiiip.
The belief is widespread among
Mr. Hoover's supporters, not only
nmong the joting men but among the
more mature, thut he would use the
Itepublienn party primarily us an in-
vtruinetit of efficient government and1
would trust for its continuance in power '
to recognition of its efficiency,
Fverj tiling that ?!r. Hoover has said !
justifies this view of hiin. His latest
output is on explanation of his views
on the methods of administration in
Washington. This is not a our-man
government, he says, but n government
by the majority whose will is expressed
through a political party. In order to
scenic efficiency there must be team
work between the legislative and ex
ecutive branches of the government.
The executives must deal with the com
mittees of Congress, and he says that
with full and free discussion and n
l Here is iioining new in tins view.
Other men have expressed it. but when
they have tried to apply their theory
iue, nine iinii-u mr one reason or an-
other. Mr. Iioover might also fall
ability of the highest order is in gi enter
demand than the abilities of a mere
party organizer or the complnisances
of a mnn who will go along with the
machine without making trouble, there
nre hundreds of thousands of Hepubli-
,.nn voters who would like to tee Mr.
'Hoover nominated in Chicago.
But the Old fiuard will not consent
to his nomination if it can help Itself.
It is not interested in demonstrating
to the nation the fitness of the Itepub
lienn party to serve it, any more than
it was interested in sucii n tiling in
IDIL' It is not interested in attracting
to the party the new generation of
voter. It cares for little besides keep-
ing control of the muchlnc. Its plans
were laid months ago, nud those within
its counsels have been saying that noth-
ing has happened to induce it to make
any material modifieatlon'of its plans.
rri... 1..I.....1I.... .i.ni.n u i.-lwi 1,1 ll.
party t defeat in lOlli und again lu
Kin: nre still wcarinir their uniforms
Jill' UIIK'Kl,.. K, .!.. ". "II" ... Ifll -
and issuing orders. They seem to be
eiinfident that they can rnpltali.e the
ilKcontent witli tli
..
UemoeratlL- ail-
miuibtrntion ami eieei uuy man tins
ear. I'erhaps they can, for the Demo -
eratie party is unpopular even with its
own members. Hut thero are other
j earn and other rnmpuigns.
Leaders' with imagination and vision
would be eonsideritiB tho future as well
an the present. They wmild not be
characterizing us insane the voters who
favor Mr. Hoover, for they would know
that n party without tho mipport of such
voters is doomed to u jdow but certain
death, ttfnl thy wmjW bc "CckluB a
rallying cry nud it man to personify It.
which would iiisplrc in tho electorate
the kind of moral rtithuslnsm that
burned In the heart of the bolters of i
IDIU nud carried the Republican party I
to victory In 1MM). '
It Is brcomluir increasinclv evident I
Hint the mo.it Important question to be!
ttcciueil in I'lilcngo Is whether the Old
Clunrd has learned auythlug slnco 1011'.
inMTlMl MMr tuc taAri ,
CONTINUING THE WAR I
FOU a (line It seemed that the war
was over. Prof. Nicholas Murray '
lliitler ceased firing six months ago.
Even tJenernl Wood demobilized him -
self. The warriors In Congress furled
their word-stnlned htXtlclinn and nut
nj.i iini- .t-,,,, v ..J... ......... i I
cause of Mr. WIIsoh'h rather severe
criticism of Mrltlsh naval strttrgy the
battle 1ms begun to rnge again over nnd
around the world's breakfast table.
Should the combined navies of the nllled
powers and the t'nltcd Htntcs have
rushed the (ierii)an sea- defenses nnd
pounced upon the kaiser's squadrons lu
thel hiding iilac'c. eveu nt the cost of
numberless ships nnd men? Wax It
wiser to play the game of attrition that
iinally won the wnr?
Mr. Wilson knows little about the
technique of naval warfare. The ques
tion he raised In .his address to the
ofiicers of the Atlantic fleet was not
new. It had divided the UrltMi Ad
mlrnlty and n large part of the British
public before the war had gone on for
n year. The President brought no
special knowledge to the fleet. He
merely expressed his opinion and doubt
less supposed that the privacy of. what
was In effect nu official discussion would
be respected.
It is questionable now whether the
publication of Mr. Wilson's address,
like Admiral Situs's original explosion
and the chatter of nn oiheer who hinted
that "we'd just ns soon light the Urlt
Ish," will not do more harm than good.
Much that would sound strange to the
public Is said In the privacy of military
conferences. To drug olliclnl service
communications Into n public record is
to give thorn n false meaning nnd a
significance which they were never in
tended to have.
"""" ..tia uiiuvii HVM lltMH 11 l VI
Naturally, the British will misunder-,
stand mticli ot what the I'resuleut sniu
in un address meaut to be confidential
, !'""ll,; ' '"V" ' i '.J, '" '
luiii ui i-ii i on linn niuiihiiv uuw iiim
u,.itH, Admiralty bad nlwoys to' re-
,mhr Jlllf .h,. nfetv of the "world dp.
- i
..o.wle.l imnn n safe nrenonderaiice of '
sea powcrv. With any great disaster lo '
the allied fleets the allied cmso would
i .... !... u...friUi-i.u- inai i
hate been Irretr.evablj lost.
Oddly enough, however, the view and ,
theory expressed by Mr. Wilson had
been made familinr to Knglaud by jio )
less n person than the fiery Lord .luekie i
Fisher, ablest nf all the British ad- i
mirnls. Lord .lackic, too, was for a
grand charge and a long thance of slid-
V ,.f !,, .. i,i
den victory. Hut he was o. i lulcd J
I- isher may have been tight and the j
men who opposed him mn.y have " !
right. No one can ever know which
side had the better logic. Certninlj
Congress cannot tell nt this late day. i
The war Is in the past. Those who
fight it over again are sure to start new .
niejudices and new irritations among,
peoples whose ncrvis arc still over-
strained by Ihc experience of the last!
five years. The problems ot actual war
fare' have been disposed of. The sena
tors would do better to forget them and
give a little more of their time to the
problems of pence.
WORK HORSE'S FIELD DAY
THIS Pennsjlvnnia Societj for the
l'reveution of Cruelty to Animnls
could baldly have devised a better
method for the dissemination of the hu
mane principles for which it stands thnn
in the annual parade of work horses,
which was held on Wednesday. It Ls
more bj force of public opinion thou by
law that the dumb friends of man will
icceivc the kind treatment which is
their due The parade also serves the
end of bringing home to the drivers
and to those in wire, of these faithful
servants the faetnhat the public is in
terested in their care, and thnt such
care brings some little material return
and considerable public recognition.
Public opinion is. nfter all, the
strongest single element in the enforce
ment of all law, and this is even more
the ense where, ns in the penalties for
cruelty to animals, the laws arc pot en-
tirelv adequate and are difficult to en-
foren Demonstrations like that 0f
f " Demoustrnt
I Wednesday do much to build up nnd
(strengthen a hcalthj public sentiment
i : fvnr of the society and its aims.
If it is true, as reported, that an
agreement on Finine has been reached
by .Tugo-Rliiv and Italian delegates.
D'Annunzio knows where he is expected
to get off. But the trouble with D'An
nunzio in the past has beeu that he
never did the thing expected.
The naval engagement of the Sims
and the Duniels, with one broadside
after another, is somewhat marred by
the allegation that the Sims is employ
ing submarine cablegrams with false
signatures. The public much prefers a
fight oIkivc decks, above board.
With crops to be raised and roads
to be built and distribution to be
planned, great executives are needed in
high places and men who are merely
politicians should bo iguorcd by the
people.
A Glasgow merchant arriving in
New York declares thnt he foresee a
drv Scotland. Hits is wiuu i.uiig
j Tninmas would describe as dry humor.
i - -
With si. much work to be done if
the country is to be saved from dis-
i aster, evcrj strike nowadajs savors of
criminal foolishness.
, "
' Any guy who wants to go to the
I ,. reus 111UV 1111(1 M-vvil "I " ' " "I "
i v .. - -- --- - ,. .. , ,
I twclve-.vcar-old excuse
uroillld.
if he looks
1...1 iu uiui,,,. ....I..
I . ',,, ,,.nV. 't- that be N unln.- t,
As John K.
tin nrfviiiiiin ml, in itii.i, .. . - .
. ... '., nli.iimire to nnswer churBes sn
i vpcclll
iiim ,i ,..--
A. Mitchell Palmer hns been sum
moned as a wituchu against Luuls r.
I'ost. 1'ost mny return the compliment
later.
Thomutt A. Kdisoii favors Herbert
Hoover for President. Nuturally, his
prefercnee would bc for a live wire.
Perhaps the man with 'the eje
glasses is gcttlug them repaired.
PUTTING IT UP TO MR.BAIRD
- . . '
Camden Business Man Expresses
Sorrto Opinions Concerning
Conditions IrTHIs Town
To the Vdltor o the Uicnlna I'utilo Ltdgcrl
Hir I am one of five business men
of luindcn who will bet $1000 ench to
'. "lrKC1 tl,nl Mng Davy never wroto
the letter sent to you, nor could he
"'"I"' sucli If he tried to, n fnct that
l"?',0"1' In Cnmden knows full well If
"' '''" wen and heard him talk.
, 7W' tI!?" v! wl11 ill"."';1 so"lc ?f
Ti..", Vf" W'.1! ?"f vhe,P '"A
... " ' "' "." ' p,.w'11 ,",t. """''f P.m
1M . " ,u" itKK uv wriirr oi inc ioiior
'Corrupt 1111(1 Contented" scorns tn bnvp
got on the nerves of tho rcnl writer,
who jirolmbly thought he could touch
Davys nerves (or his bank) for some
of his hard-earned swenl-ot-the-brow
money.
"llii fellow citizens." Who are
they but men of his kind? "The Fifth
ward election trouble lit Philadelphia"
is not In It with the unpunished crimes
thnt have been committed nud are being
foinmlltpil In this city through the com
plete domination of nil authorities by the
deft political hand of King Davy, as
witness their composition down to the
most menial city employe, not over
looking a police captain Who served n
sentence in prison for ballot -box shilling
ami who was reinstated on the force
nftcr being released nnd is even now
there.
As to "the ?W,000 hold-up for n
trolley franchise." Holy smoke I Whnt
is thnt compared with the $80,000 lied
Hill Park cose nnd the ?80.000 Penn
sylvania Knllrdad elevated road here In
Camden, and very many other big
scandals too numerous to mention which
were nctually pulled off; whereas the
Insignificant ?li5,000 in Philadelphia
did not get by. Hut Cninden is not '
"contedted with Its present beneficent
rule." nnd If the neniile bad a chnst of a
chance by an honest count, free from
the nltcratiptis, traiispo'sitions and
erasures of the returns blinded In at the
City Hall nnd courthouse, the people
and "your editors" would overcome
the defiance of the writer of Davy's
letter.
If taken before nn honest court nnd
jury there are not enough jails and
penitentiaries In the. state to hold the
thieves 'and ball6t-box stufferH. As a
recent Instance: Perhaps Davy's letter-
writer has not quite forgotten bow the
returns of just one ward were so
manipulated thnt some official dellb-
,,..i.. .,...i .mn ...., . ., ...
"f '"ving put through nt Trenton in
when opposed by decent men for office;
! "Well, let them go abend nnd elect them
'f '"ey can. it is i-neaper to uuy tuom
tp .i ... t. . .1 ... i .1.
a""- the election than bcrore.
"Who enjoys the best municipal gov-
eriinient with the lowest tax rate, etc.
w fhc nmrk, Jn CumAm ,m(
n )nnded indebtedness of more thnn
SS.000,000. and it must be nt leust
double thnt now, when we are paying
more than .f.100,000 per jenr interest
on outstanding bonds. Hut such n little
thing as thut ought not to bother ns,
when the comfort and pleasure of our
o hceholders are considered in giving
m hoips ,o th(l. ( 8 mi(, ofaaJ
furni8u,ng nutoinohileH. gasoline, tires
(ln,i iioc-eary ropalr! iifoi1rcl aftpr their
frimH jov rides and other escapades,
Why should the taxpajers kick if the
minor empiojes of the city plants nnd
institutions steol some cans of paint,
oil. glass, cle. ; and, because they hogged
it mid could not use it nil. give the
lemainder to thel. neighbors to pant
the railings around their cemetery lots.'
Kditors are supposed to be educated
and fair-minded individuals." Well,
just here I cannot resist sujitig to my
self, crent guns! Ask even the ordiuury
mon of the street what kind cf editors
and newspapers we have liere barring,
of course, the present owner of the
Courier. Take a former newspaper
owner who wus owned by Kiug Davy,
having bought him with a fat job with
an immense amount of public printing
thrown in. I low could nny one expect
him to givt' the people even n look-in
when their interests were at stake?
Davy copped all such attempts, you bet.
Cnllinc "vour editor to the front and
giving him n lessou in ethics if you wish
to retain .vour influence and circulation
in the biggest little citj iu the world."
That is very familiar gas. Sounds very
much like .leffrypiitteisonulbrightism.
Yet it is their method, for, having made
some open derogatory remarks concern
ing the public thieves, 1 was told that
if I did so again they would sec that 1
would never be permitted to sell a bed
(.licet or pillow case to any of the public
institutions. Well, it would please tho
people of south Jersey if the Chicago
convention threw out the Camden
county delegation as having been ob
tained b.v ballot-box stuffing and fraud.
What jou don't know "about the rc-
rent elections in i i untieii we an and
wd supply you with from time to time
as mis iener is mn coiiiKieniiai.
I trust jou may give it tho same pub
licity as jou did my so-called machine."
Well, I frust jou will give this space
in jour columns as an eje-opener for
the people of Camden, who regard things
political here as far worse than any
happenings in Hussia.
T. .1. WUKJHT.
Camden, N. .!., May V-'.
More Criticism
To )ic htlttor at thr Kvcnlno 1'ublir I rdacr:
Sir I am n daily reader of the Eve
ning Pi'JH.ii Li:i)iil.n and huvc read the
article in jour paper in reference to
the political conditions in Camden and
am very much inteiesleil in them, es
neciallj in the article in jour issue of
May 11. entitled "Demands I'rob- of
Political King Hilling in Camden,"
which 1 hope will take place as it will
lie of great benefit to the good citlens
of Camden und a downfall to all those
who have been living off the citizens of
Camden for many years.
Mr. Kramer and Mr. Notvry arc both
good citizens of Camden, ami what they
say can be relied on. Thev can toil
more than whnt thej have already said.
It is common talk in Camden that what
Mr. Balrd says must go "or the oilier
fellow goes." It is true our taxes have
beeu rediued. but look at our assess
ments and see who has been benefited.
Not the taxpajers, I can assure jou.
Show mo the business man, or even
the peddler, who would not spend ?1
to make SI ifi. When a iiiaii can h"
elected for five or six terms it is very
evident that there is something "rott.-h
in Drninnrk."
Yes, there is gamming in Camden,
I which In a well -know n fuel und eannot
I be denied. In a number of iduees card-
pluying is in full bloom till the curly
hours in i in- iimmiug. u is also a
common -sight to go niong our rtreeta
on Sunday evening and see joung men
und young women dancing till nfter
midnight, not even the curtains pulled
down even during the time vhen the
Word of Ood Is being preached in the
various churches through the city, I
do not think that this is the way wo
were tnught to keep the Lord's Day.
I think it should be stopped, and
stopped nt once.
A mSSIDIJNT,
qninden, May 12.
" i-Kn A'a---K,
i-4s-1. . --,., .t ,
.-5.
HOW DOES IT .
STRIKE YOU?
By KEILAMY
OF THK Sims navy controversy the
public will remember only two
things: That Admiral llonson said wo
would as soon fight the British ns the
Hermans and that Admiral Sims said
we did not need a large navy ns we
could always depend upon the British
to protect us.
Our navy is not like "our sovereign
lord the king, who never said a foolish
thing nnd never did ,11 wUc one."
Our navy did a good niuny wise
thiugs in the war and sold arf many
foolish ones.
And the foolishest of nil was Admiral
Situs's surrender to blood-thlcker-tban-water
war emotionalism.
Sims was in tin- speech -making Lon
don atmosphere ""til '"C K"1 to '""V?
the speeches that ho made and tlint
were made to him. i
q q q
ENGLAND had taken care oi us, u
Is true carrying our trade in her
- i..... '."'--, . fi ,,
merchant murine, at u ku" " -
keeping the seas open with her navy
for our benefit as well as her own.
But nt the very time when Sims was
saving the things Secretary Daniels
quotes him as saying. F.ngland was on
the edge of defent.
Our eves were opened to the dangers
of the kind of colonialism which huns
was advocating. :,.
If the war meant anything, it meant
our unuvowcil but none the less real
dependence upon the mother count) j.
Sims didn't see this.
He was for avowing dependence ami
glorying In it
a .......rnrorsinllst. like a revolution
ist must be biiccessfiil to be justified.
Sims has failed in his controvcr-v.
The public can't judge his naval crit
icisms, but it can judge the statesman
ship of his plan to keep on trusting to
Fngland's control of the sous vvhen that
control bnd just failed us and brought
upon us national humiliation.
In the future we shull have as much
to bny about the seas us nn J body does.
q q q
WILLIAM DBAN HOWKLLS. who
just died, helped to get us a little
vvav from being n dependency of tiieut
Britain in literature: not very far, per
Imps, but still n little
When he began to write we were
under the spell of the great Yi-toiia.is
as we have never been under the spell
of nny writers since.
There was noimim m "" . ij
world for us but Dickens. Thatkernj.
i;iint and Tcnnjson.
Howells opened the country s e.vcs to
the rest of the world, lo the Hussian.
the French, the Spanish novelists, and
showed how they were truer and better
than those whom wo had been regarding
What Do You Know? j
QUIZ
t Wlint plant Ih the emblem of peace"
' Which Is the longer ilver. tho
Thnrnes or the Heine?
.1 Of whnt country wus Copeinleus.
tho fatuous scientist, a native'.'
Who was tho leaner ot mo ureei.s
In the Trojan war.
Who was tho Slime of Music?
AVhat' Is encaustic?
What arc Kindlon mane of?
How many inches makes an ell?
) Of what country Is Uogota tho
capital?
10 Whnt.happpenH to a bill which the
President holds more than ten
days while Congress ls In session?
Answers "to Yesterday's Quiz
t The laurel Is emblematic nf victory.-
" The Babbles Mere an ancient people
of Italy who lived chlctly In the
mountains to the north-northeast
of Home. ArcoidlUK to tnn legend
Itpmulus carried off tho Snblno
women to obtain wives for his
men. Tho Kablnes wein subjugated
by the Komans In 230 II, (.'.
a The Congo If tho second longest
river In Afiici
i The shortest day lu tho vear occurs
in necemhir In tho northern hem
isphere and in June in tho south
ern. 5, Two hundred and fifty-two gallons
mnlto a tun
C Sugar Is an Important Ingredient of
blacking.
7 Hyssop is a small, bushy aromatic
herb, formerly used medicinally,
in biblical times twics of the
hyssop wero useM for sprinkling
in jewisn ruin,
g A besom Is u kind of broom, a bundle
of twigs, tied round a stick for
sweeping i
n A vandyko Is a pointed beard.
namod after Van Djrlt, tho famous
Kieiniy- painter ot tne scvcnt(ntn
centc . .
,'he iift -rtime of Julius Caesar was
t , "
10. "The lV- -
U
I
iik - - a ixr A TTW. ,
Two Expressions Concerning the
British Outstanding Features
of the Navy Controversy
as almost the Sluikespearcs o'f the realm
of fiction.
He fought a good light against mush;
not ti winning fight nnd not n popular
fight.
He is'tnore esteemed than rend.
If we ever have an American litera
ture, not a ineis- department of Kug
lih literature, Howells will be n figure
i in its history.
He broadened its channels.
Instead of owing literary allegiance
to Kuglnud, we now owe it to-nll. ot
Furone.
Howells'.s period vvns the ppriod of
big fitrrary immigration to America.
The meltinc not has not done its per
fect work with all the literature started
on its way hero.
. q
MEXICO'S revolution Is over, but it
is ns" hard to tell who Is going to
be president of Mexico ns it is to tell
whom the Itepublieuns arc going to
nominate for President.
It looks like a good chance for some
nobody lu Mexico, u small man Whom
neither Obregon nor Gonzales nor Villa
will fear or distrust.
With a safe nonentity in the presi
dency and a lot of feudal chiefs running
the important big states of the country
and collecting themselves what they can
from the foreign interests which seek
to exploit their territories, Mexico may
be happy.
The two -b.v -four type of ruler Is the
prevailing tjpe, kings and presidents
being generally nothing, the real power
being in other hands.
Only in tho United States is there an
exception to this rule, and there is a
considerable demand for n change here
to the two-by-four kind of President,
this hesitation being responsible more
than anything else for the uncertainty
here as to who will be nominated by the
Hepublicnns.
q q q
SINCK the fall of Diaz the feudal
barous in Mexico hove gradually
evolved.
Sinco the days of Mark Huiitia, our
cquivaleut of the feudal barons, the
political Old Guards, have grown
weaker.
The head of the state becomes strong
as the feudal bnrons grow- weak.
And conversely.
The theory has been that Mexico
needed n dietntor.
Perhaps that is wrong.
Perhaps it is only the United States
that needs a dictator.
Perhaps all Mexico needs is an ex-
Willow Grove Park
OPENS
SATURDAY, MAY 15
WITJHh
NAHAN FRANK0
AND HIS
ORCHESTRA
Concerts Afternoon and Evening
Music Pavilion Reserved Seats
Mail and Phone Orders Received
at Park
NINTll AND AIICII 8TJIEKTB
Mats, Mon., Wed S. Sat., 2:10. I2i(a., 8:13
POSITIVELY LABT WEEK OP THE
KUV1VAI. OF Tim OLD-TIME MINBTRKL3
A DANCING LESSONS C
t A Teacher for Each Pupil fy)
GORIlb-U-. im. SCHOOL
1BS0 ChMtnot
Loeuit 31M
ORPHEUM Mat Tomorrow, a8c, BBo
"aVlayhbh u LITTLE WOMEN
MAX 17 "CIII5ATINP C11B.VTEHU"
m&MMTS
mMiTTJ.wacMmm
- i '
cellent stuffed shirt in Mexico City, nnd
Obregon, Villa and Oouzules operating
in the provinces.
We shall see.
The fate that creates the local
Daily Chronicle of Crime has evidently
tired of the commonplace and is lujcct
lug n few inmaiitic thrills into his stuff.
THE COLOR CURE
(The old question of the medicinal
value ot colors husvcroppcd up again.)
WHENBVKK I've 'a notion
Thnt I am feeling ill,
1 do not drink n potion,
I do not rat n pill.
A purple tie is what T choose,
For that, I always think,
Has power to drive nwuy the blues
And put mc in tliepink.
On doctors' fees I spent a
Fortune, iti days of old,
But now I find mugentn
More curative- than gold.
And should the iulluenza make
Life seem devoid of h6pp
This winter, I shall simply take
A dose of heliotrope.
London Opinion.
PHllVDEM'llIA'a FOREMOST THEATRES
FORREST Lt 2 Nights
Positively Last Week
WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW I
-ast Popular Mat. Tomorrow
A.S.NOI'.NCUMtSNT Is mado by tho if!dlva
Hon Xrmy that It Is Imiiossllile IJ taKx
nilvantnKe of tho offer of Mr. Wnrens Zlec
felil. Jr., the. Forrcnt -Theatre, tho Follies
Companv. tho nrrhiiHtrn iiriH nil,.. o,..ni...
of the Forrest Theatre, tn sho the brneni
..,n unuiuuun uniiii; 10 mo shortness of
time.
IlouGver. tho Snbntlon Army Is assured
hy Mr. .legfehl, that wlien the Follies re
turn tho beiiedt will b given.
TlcUeis for tho benefit will bo redeemed
at tho bu oflice.
8TAIIT1NO MO.V. .MAT. SKATS NOW
New York's Big Sensation!
IRELAND A NATION
I'ltlVmrrl.A V ITAt.-l-V? AV in.ci.r c.A..
hR.li!i'-c,iur"- Including, nernard Dal v and
his Irish pajcra In "Tho Wlslilnv Well."
vi u. Jvvlco.I)ally, "Un nnd 8:1(1
Mcnta gflc to tl.BO. Dally Mats. SBo to 7So
BROAD Last 2 Evgs- -
A. L. ERLANGER Ia puksbntino
. CHAUNCEY
Olcott
IN
"MACUSHLA"
Olcott Sines 4 New Songs
NEXT WEEK SKATS SEI.L1NC.
LOU TELLEGEN
Under Ills Own Management
IN A NKWJ3.ACT COMEDV
"SPEAK OF THE DEVIL"
By AUGUSTUS THOMAS
P.ni-vJr.'U Laat 2 WeK. Evss.. 8120
VJdrriCK Mat. Tomorrow at 2. so
O)
0
Do Spirits Return? ThurBsi?? v
MEhls U.'io to Il.r.O. Mats. L-,ii tn 11
HEATH HELUNO FOR THE IMHT WEEK
CotnlnB May 'J I ritOTOPI.AT SENHATIO.N
"ON WITH THE DANCE"
Featerint Maa Murray and David Powell
Women's Political Conference
rill DA V MCHIT. MAV 14. ut 8:1(5 o'clock
UIUFFITII II AM CIlOZEIl HI'II.DINO
,mi women interested in I'outlcal
Worlt Aro Invited
No Admission Charge
Mrs Uosallo I Whitney, widely known New
Urk )r, will bIvo Instructive talk on
IlnniiKllniinlin ll..llul ..!.. t . '
.tw.uiritvnMiP.il DicciiiiK iiiijr uuipices Oj 1(0
publican Woinen'M Commltteo of rennayhanla
AnMlatc.il hu Hit.- ItlM.. W-.- u '? ''"
Uow Garden of eho Uellevue-Stratford
Tl(kk !
.f"." TrHl' Y HI O ID 1' Al.
Ileppo'a l'la
f t INI
HelipvllfteHtratinrrl un.
'AuipltvR of Alumnan Club of rhfl-,-1
l&nnHtftT 1117 fli-.t .t rti
owru.mnre iwinowiupni
'Trocadero Ib," ."u"' W1,h '
Xl-L-'""" Funnier Than a Circus
"arK?y.Lotirf5en MiiWfow-
"Why Change Your Wife,"
Clint ilendcd ly THOMa'h Mr-.trini.,
ULOIttA BWANHON and I1UUIJ DANli. '. a
D A L A C V
1214 MAttKirr HTnKKT Li
10 A. M.. 12, 2, 0MB, (SMB. 74B, 0:nO P M
MAH8HAI.I. NKILAN t'reeenli '
"THE RIVER'S END"
lly J.VMK8 OLIVIIU CUnWOOD
NEXT WKKK ANITA KTKWAItT
In "Tllli UltniTINO BHEPJlEntJEBS-
A R C A O 1 A
CHESTNUT HP.trvw in-.. M
10 A. M 12, 2, 3HB, GH3. 7;4B, 0:30 P U
IlKItT I.VTEM. in Kind HhoiUng of
"THE RIGHT OF WAY"
From Novel by Blr Gilbert Park..
Tit. Wk -CHAsltAV l" "faru'g?;,,.. -
VICTORIA
r ,8rit.y.,w,,A&cj5h a
- ... -.. w iiiu ir Al,
A C10L.DWYN KlttBT HlfOWINCJ
REX BEACH'S
NEW PRODUCTION
"THE SILVER HORDE"
UNUBUAI. AND l'OWKnfv'I. DrtAJIA
f A P I T O T
10 A. M 12,-2, 3M5, B:B, 7l4o'. :3n r. It
LrtnLC WIL.L.1A1V10 CAPT
HWIKT-
RE G. E N.T
MARKET 8T. Ilel. ktii
o:4r. a. m. lo hub v, m
D. W. GRIFFITH'S ';cceatkst
MAIIKKT HT11F.FT
II A.M. to i p,j
umm srajii
A Night in a rohce Station
"THE FINANCIERS"; Franklo nioe; otL.rt
ALLEGHENY 'aS,,
FRITZI SCHEFF vs
Clara Kimball Young "PyrbicMM
Womin"
CROSS KEYS corn akd aA?K?
SWEET SIXTEEN MUb,jJ;a
BROADWAY ""ft tf.
"RECKLESS EVE" """?-.
PAULINE FREDERICK m
I'ltll.AUKLPHIA-H I.KADINd TIIIIATIIKS
umix'TioN u:u and j. j. snuiiKnT
ABroa.1 bcl. nacer Evgs. at 8:20
L) b L r HI Mat. Tomor. at '2:20
a triumph. 'rnsss
GRACE
GEORGE
in "The Ruined Lady"
"Makos You Roar VjlUx Laugliler." IlccurJ
LYRIC JHfg?,vFinal Mat. Tomor.
LAST 2 NIGHTS t.
MAGIC MELODY
Thi
the oPEnr.TTA MAnNirtrnNT
with CHARLES PURCELL
.lulla Denn. Tom McNaushton.
Bcrteo neaunionte. Emma llalc
and AO Dazzling Darlings
BEG. MON. Seats Now Selling
OLIVER MOrtOSCO I'reeenta
WILLIAM
C0URTENAY
IN THE HMAItT COMEDY
Civilian Clothes
WITH A TYPICAL MOHOSCO C.VST
SAM SHUBFRT EVENINGS AT 8 15
8. ;,",-'"E.r 1 MATg TOMoi(, AT i 13
JOHN HENIIY MEAHS Announces
n- Arrangement with Morris Get
-THE rENTUHY M1DNIOHT Wlllnf
IS A MK1HTV HOOD ItEVUE, WITH LOTS
OF flim.H, IXJTS OF MUSIC. LOTS 0C
DANCINO AND LOTS OF TIMELY FUN.
IT IS HIGHLY AMUSINO."
PUULIC LKDOEil.
pj-ipC-TNIlT ST OPEItA I Eveninil
MAT. TOMOR. ? i 1.50
OLIVF.n MOItOSCO Presents
CHARLOTTE
GREENWOOD
In the new musical comedy
"Linger Longer Letty"
Tents at
19th St. &
Hunting
Park Ave.
LAST
2
DAYS
CIRCUS
NOW
Ll'UVJLJ
CgOGJIIblllKIS
m$ mMimem
ft WISH
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imtves
EKH?uM
f-'M
Oi friwt (?rm?iTO AnsM fts Ii
jfii
Doors Open ut 1 and 7 I1. M.
Performances Dcgln at 2 and
8 P. M.
Ona Ticket Admits to All
Children Under IS Years at
Reduced Prices
2Si
KDtBlhlir
mmm
an!
Downtown Halo or " miii-iVilllOS.
Admission Tickets NOW AT OIMHLL "?.
... . n ...1 kjl. Ill
EITH'S
EVELYN NESBIT & CO.
in a Njw Bong Iieuio
"Creole Fashipn Plate
Wfi?!S
jt ro MULLEN anu "
HAlPltY' HOLMAK A CO.. O""
Academy of Music, Tues. Evg.. way 1- -
BAHMAN PEST0NJI WAD A
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LIFE AFTER DEATH
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fAINO The BuUerfliM
VyflUllV pf Broadway
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