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PHILADELPHIA
Things on which the people expect
the new sid-nlnlstrntlun lo concen-
trait Its nttentlon:
The belaxcare river bridge.
A dry dock big enough to accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention halt.
A ovHdlrio- for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the tcater supply.
Hornet to accommodate the popula
tion. -rue min ftc P1DIPQ"
inc. tHU wr wri.
TF AN effective plan can be devised by,
1 which all wrthr ri,me. mn
receive the support the must 1 mc to
exist and et end the series oi rnc-
which hnve been n feature of American
life since the wnr began, the Chamber
of Commerce will have lour a s,oou
piece of work. It is n mod.iicatiou of I
the War Chest iden.
lh
Naturally, it is .n possible U. en a Yet anvbodv who goes , " shrewder than his enemies, in subject from natural morality, ma-
drives, but it is poss.mV to reduc- the " - ," ,,,' '"m n',,.,1 nt ' And now Cnrranza. as his term was terinllsm and theology .lonu to govern -in
number nnd thus increase the amount "-'" ' ' f 1" .u " nearing an end. tried to select his sue- I ment nnd education.
received for distribution, due of the
'worst features of the drives wlueli hnve
been conducted among us is tin- i-tioi
mous expense attached, which in many
cases cats up a large perceutiitf" 'if the
amount subscribed. The cxi.eue of
some of the largest drives have been
underwritten, but there is not a hirg
number of these, nnd in many ca-es the
expenses were ueuucteu iniui iu- suu-
scriptions.
The plan now being formuinteu uy
the committee of the Chamber of Com-
mcrco would do away with the expense
attached to individual drive-, and for
the cost of a single one enousn nn.nej
to supply nil the charities would be
raised. There is no doubt thnt the pco-
pie are tired of the continual i.king for
money, no matter how worthy the cause,
anil results hnve shown that each sue- ,
ceeding drive is harder to get ncross
man tne last.
.une luea ot tne ( nnmuer m i om-
m,crce to raise the most money at the
least expense, to provide nmpi.i lor tne
cnarities nnu to do away wun me an-
noyauce oi tne anves. is wt.i worm me
work necessary to make it practical.
AIR TRUNK LINES
THE first attempt to transport freight
in largo quantities by means of air
planes, which took place iu Atlantic
City, is n commercial event of the first
importance. If it proves to he sue
cessfulj it will solve more than one
problem which lias long been awaiting :
solution.
Probably at the beginning the cost
of air transportation will militate
against its general u-e. This ha- been
the case with every new mode of travel
in any form that has jet been devi-ecl ; ,
but if it shnll prove to be a success,
competition and inventive genius will
soon bring down the co-t to a point '
where the new service can be profitably
used. For shippers to feel independent
of the rnilroads will he a new sen-ntion,
nnd if the air lines 1 an reullj compete
in cost witli the railroads inanj of our
trnnsportation troubles will disappear.
There was one unfortunate feature
In connection with the experiment.
That is thnt the projectors were un
able to secure American-built planes
nnd hnd to go abroad for tiieir mrships.
America is Inmeutabh far behind in
nviation. but the best way to catch up
is for these experimenters to -how that
the transportation of freight 1( air is
practicable both from the -iniidnomt of
safety and of cost. Once t In- it demon
strated the Inventor- nnd the bu-iness
interests of the I'nited States will do
the rest. Like the automobile, the air
ship, devised for pleasure originnllj.
may develop into a tremendous com
mercial agency.
POLLYANNA
TWO well-known American authors!
hnve died within ten davs of each 1
other. One wns William liean Howell.
The other Hlennor II. Porter.
No character that Howell created is
no widely known ns Polhannn, the
heroiuo of Sirs. Porter's best -known
book. But there is not a character
that IIowolls drew that is not truer to
life than Polljannu.
uin. 1 mil 1 i .iiuiik in nils a tron .
ture of romance. Howells devotnlhim-
Hf to combating the romantic i, lie i"n
............ . : ' " non,
uut niter years or eitort he cnnfes-eil
ythat ho had waged a losing 0
Emitted that so long ns men a, ,
remained ns thev were ih... .. 1?.
?r J W0UW lm"-
ger for romance
Life as they linve tu live it U prettv
real. They want to toad something
nbout life iih they would like it to be.
"Whenever an author has imagination
rliough to discover how the people would
JlUc events to happen nnd wit enough
to make them happen that way in n
stqry, hc or she will have readers by
the hundred tliousund.
The highbrow critics will Knj- that
nuch an author does not write literature,
but the readers of such authors do not
earn whether It is literature or not.
'Jhey know what they like when they
nee It, qui they am not troubled about
the name by which it goes,
Tho great romanticists nre those who
jiaye prodfe-cd books that live. Homer. I
Ul fct Of kvat has suuiyjsd. or jthou-
. f M. .
li?-'jiL. -.-Jib. . .. ..:.? ,...... ..-A.w ,1.
iands of years. Cervantes wrote- "Don
Quixote" as a protest against a certain
typo of romanticism, but he produced
a" romance much greater than any of
thoso which disgusted him. Ills knight
of the woeful countenance Is one of the
great llgures of all literature because senje efforts for his own welfare
there Is at bottom In the best of us the ' So It seems.
sumo vein of Imaginative folly which It is not yet too late for the schools
run through nil his conduct. I and churches, the city nnd stnto gov-
It Is not likely that Pollynntia will ' eminent nnd the frnternnl nnd civic
be popular for miitiy years, lint she bus organizations to organize nnd push in
served a useful purpose, nnd Mrs. 1'or- ; this community n movement similar to
ter deserves the grntltudc of her con- i thnt which Mr. Coolldge has just In
tcmporarles for inventing the character. uugiirated in Massachusetts.
-. . The wise citizen will cnll on the seed
A REAL FOOD SHORTAGE I "u- will be as Interested In his
,,. ..,- llPVT aiii-itaaki! garden, for this summer nt least, as
MAY COME NEXT AUTUMN hc ,, , K()lf MOrM
A garden Is n friendly sort of thing.
That Is Why a War Garden Is a " "ill survive and prosper with a frnc
' tinu of the effort now given to safe-
Very Good Thing to Have guarding meager stock margins or a
Around the House ' Private cellar. And past experience
i made it plnln that any one who owns
GOVKItNOIt COOLIDOE, of Mnssa- ! or borrows even a quarter of an ncre
cliusetts. was far-sighted when, In nnd cultivate It shrewdly can provide
n proclamation Issued a few days ago, ' richly Mr the winter and laugh nt most
he earnestly asked the people to go In i of the fond profiteers, even though he
again for war gardening nnd produce be a rank nmateur nt tHo business of
its much food as they can crowd out of , fnrmiug.
their own or borrowed plots of land. I
Thus fnr the distribution of food has
been hindered by speculation nnd high j
prices. An actual scarcity of many es
sentials something hitherto unknown
in the United States may he felt
throughout the country next fall be
cause of the present shortage of farm
labor nnd the difficulties that Impede the
general work of ngriculture. It Is a
fact thnt millions of men nre indisposed
to work with their usual energy. The
country Is feellug something of tho in
ertia that follows after every great
effort. There nre evidences everywhere
to indicate that while the wheat crop j
may not be inadequate, the supply of
voci'tablos and fruits may be far below
I normal.
The labor .liortnge is being felt
acutely in the dairy industry. Farmers ,
in some sections of the country are said .
to he killing cattle which they cannot
afford to care for or feed.
A garden of nny ort Is n'.ways worth
while. But the man who owns n truck
pntcu nnd tends it Intelligently during
tho next few months will be able to
face the winter with equanimity while
his neighbor has to contemplate cen
iM- ". ""- "' -"" "'i' " . -".
-ored meals nnd a hysterica. loo.l j
; ' , , ,,,,, ,, ,,
-
tile house.
that is lavished on a motorcar. It
i iu,'.i, iIRnn4t sort
t '. ' "' ' ' 1 ' ;or ,
"ZlZV:!
tniiin idle nnd unproductive because of
ni i it'll i hi iiit' i iniiiiii' n i rn s iiiil it--
the hiek of human effort.
Farming is still the greatest business
iu the Fnlti'd States. It is the funda-
mi-ntul industry upon which all other
iiidu-trie- somehow depend. The farms
nri. ,rP important than the steel mills .
r the railronils, tne siiops or tin inc-
tories. Yet one of the lamentable ef-
fo(.tN f the war wns the Heavy drift of
f,.m h.hor away from the land to cities;
al ,js.
t may bo year- b-fore the normal
rmlaiues of labor nre restored. .Mean-
while a policy of conservation more far-
sighted, intelligent nnd systematic than '
anything suggested in price reductions '
and anti-profiteering laws Is imperatively I
,,ece-ar.v. Revised price schedules
especially if the revisions are downward
n- tllfV must be will not hurry the
production of essential commodities. .
The tendency to lower prices may slow
u, production. Reduced costs should I
follow normally after increased outputs,
TH fnr they nave been tlie result of.
individual enterprise in trade or finan
cial pressure.
The work of production is not quick
ening. It is perilously slow. What
(Jovernor Coolldge implies is thnt the
full effect of the war upon Amerienn
mnrkejs may not be felt until the end
of summer, when w have to contend
in tne Kitcuen wun me practical results
of prolonged lioness and industrial con
fusion. In Massachusetts, therefore, the
Legislature is preparing to make spe
cial appropriations to encourage the
organization of farming camps and to
help all citizens who nre prepared in
take a turn at small-scale farming on
their own account.
(InriTnnr Cni.li.lpo tins linH n ripeai. '
..- .. ,...-.
dentinl boom. but. unlike many other
politicians of influence, he has not per
mitted pro-convention gossip to distract
him from hard realities of what will
remain to be dealt with when the fever
nbates at Chicago. His view of the
conditions in agriculture is supported
bj innumerable women, who-e cxperl
one In the executive work of tho food
administration enables them to visual
ize future food markets prettv 'clearly.
It is signitfl'nnt to find thnt these women
are now hurriedly organizing a new
movement for the conservation of food
and other basic necessities. TIHr work
is nlreadv under vvnv in this city,
tiddly enough. It does not cnntomplnte
anv concerted movement to encourage
greater production.
Production can lie the onh permanent
remedy for the high prire nnd profiteer
ing fever. But it is not possible with
out work And work, for some reason,
seems to bore nn amazingly largo num
ber of able-bodied people.
There Is grent danger thnt the coun
try may be thrown off its guard by fall
ing prices and led to believe that tho
dilliculties of the economic situntion nre
being solved by n sort of mngic.
But low prices never encouraged pro
duction. It was by assuring the fnrm
ers of a good prire fnr their wheat that
the government obtained the largest
crops in our hi-tory at a time when
grain wns a- important ns gunpowder
i
' ' '?""! "' iF rlT '? ?", mnrkr"
I Wl ," . l,BlI'ri,,,r h"f VT'1 w,th ,"",'r"
... . wherever foot s crown n, .M.i
.... r r 1 .1 .1
I " " 7 "' 'n', mut
' nBk1,Mr "l"" '' , hn" h""n :"'" f",P hU
products in order to go along 11m nb v
I the crowd he isn't likelv to take
any long ehnnoes In the effort to pro
duce large crops. He will watchfully
wnit, for the present season nt least.
The confusion on the railroads im
pedes the movement of farm supplies
as it impedes the movement of all other
freight. Farmers are aware of this new
fnotor. and they have some reasons for
fearing that the rail lim-s mnv not ho
able to move nil their crops after the
harvest.
Viewed from nny nngle. the coming
autumn seems like nn uncertain season.
The man who starts a war garden novv
cannot lose.
What has become of all the war gar
dens thnt bloomed and flourished In ami
about rliladclplim In recent )car?
3,'ucir firuiidijappearancjurcU
EVENING PUBLIC liEDaEte- PHlLApELte; Mpf tJAj ,- lOfflj
dlcntes tlmt we nre a lazy and easy
going people.
Must the nvcrngo American have
boards and commissions clamoring lit
him for twenty-four hours each day
before he will content to make comtnou-
GOVERNMENT BY MURDER
IF ANY ONII was surprised nt the
report that Cnrrnuzn. the deposed
president of Mexico, bad been killed it
can only he a person unfamiliar with
Mexican methods.
(lovernment, ns we know It, Is un
known ncross the IUo Orande. I'orfirlo
Diaz ruled Mexico for n, generation
under tho title of president, but he was
a military despot, "elected" periodi
cally to succeed himself. It wns unsnfe
for any caudidate to contest the election
with him. As the end of each of his
numerous terms approached prominent
Mexicans nniiDuncod their candidacy
for the presidency nnd proceeded to
organize their friends to secure the I
nomination nnd election. As soon as
nny candidate developed strength rep
resentotions were made to him which
induced him to announce thnt he was
going to Europe or somewhere else out
side of Mexico for his health, nnd he
went. Then Diaz was re-elected unan
imously. AVhen he grew old nnd his
power waned the opposition became too
strong for him, nnd his friends thought
he wns fortunate to be nble toescapc
.. r i, .,t.... ...t.i, ui. ii
Mailpro ',,,' ..clortwl;.. He
was a weakling, unable to cope with the
strong nnd uns.-rupulmis men eager for
,,ower nl)(1 tho )0rqusitra ,mt RI, .-
it in such a country. He was slain and
Huertn succeeded him. Huerta was
forP(,d out by the Cnrranza revolution.
nnd hP wn, oblo ,,, Rcl 011t of thp roun.
try with his life merely because he was
.......
00V5or s" !? hU influence might be
preserved. The opposition had no con
fidence in his good faith. It drove him
from the capital and he is now dead.
80 long ns this sort of thing can
happen in Mexico, government there be
comes merely brute force exercised
without scruple. There enn be no or-
oriy progress under such conditions,
for tle attention of tho men in power
u.u t,p Coutinunlly occupied with plans
,0 dpfcnt the miitnry conspiracies of .
tno mcn 011t 0f power. I
Yet conditions are not so bad as they
were. Diaz succeeded in doing many
times what Carranzn hns failed to do
once. The difference between the sue-
cess'of the one and the failure of the
other does not He wholly Ip the diffcr-
f.m.P between the two men. There is
evidently a growing disposition nmong
the educated Mexicans to do their own
"nvornln- for themselves Tlnv nrn
,njK jt crudely nnd brutally, but they
nrP headed in the right direction.
Even though the npproadiing presi-
dcntial election will be a farce, it will
be less of n farce than if it had been
conducted by Carranza. The success-
fill candidate will doubtless wink at
banditry as Carranza winked at it. and
his subordinates will doubtless farm
out the countr. nmong the banditti nnd I
sliare in the loot ns Carrnnza's subor
dinates hnve been sharing in the loot
for several years. This is the price they
ill have to pay for their lea-e of
power. If tho new man enn so conduct
himself that he enn escape with his neck
,vvhen his term approaches an end. Mex
ico will have advanced a little further
toward civilization.
Thp nm.,.t tradition of ill luck
that ha- always hung heavy over the
reputation of Friday among the days
of the week seems lo be accepted even
hj the elements themselves, as last
Friday was the twelfth successive day
of that name upon which it has mined.
Tims Friday has established a new bad
iccord, not imlj for herself, but for nny
other dav of the week. However, if it
must rain regulnrh on one day of the
week. Fridav, with its already sinister
reputation, is probably as good n day
.1- iinj upon which to have it occur.
There would be wild thoughts and prob
ably ill-chosen words among the golfers
if .lupitor Pluvius hnd selected Sunday
for this dubious honor, and perhaps n
strike among the school childten had
Saturday been the daj.
"Ciorninny will demand end of chaos
before deciding wnr indemnity." Head
line. There was probably never n
Itonper who wa satisfied with the par
ticular kind of wliiilvviiid vouchsafed
to him.
The Hoover Herald is to be pub
lished iu Chicago during the convention
in aid of Hoover's candidacy. Who
knows? Tlie Old f.unrd may he like
unto the walls of Jericho.
CompnrisnnsBrcver dominate our
viewpoints. Only the horrors of the
big war mnke us momentarily conceive
that there is now pence In Kurope.
The principal offense of those who
permitted Bergdoll to escape Is that they
have not allowed the public to forget
him.
The trouble with ever so many
prophets crying in the wilderness" Is
1 lint they are really common scolds.
Sooner or later Statesmanship will
lla a return engagement in Cnngios.
.lust at present Polities has the board.
Legislators are still a little unde
cided as to the vote-getting qualifica
tions of the soldiers' bonus.
It is noteworthy that most oppo
sition to the soldiers' bonus Is from
men who don't need votes.
Orover Bergdoll is no limelight
dodger.
Not even the loss of Iris whhkcrs
could save Cnrranza.
Fcrhaps Bergdoll has spue to join
XjUUu ..
POLITICS COSTS MONEY
Reformers Have No War Chest to
Draw From Haverford Col
lege, and the H. C. of L.
Wm. Moser'a Collec
tion of Essays
OEOltGE NOX McCAIN
JOHN C. WINSTON told me within
sixty days of his death thnt In some
years hc had spent as High ns $100,000
iu politics. -
He went on "to explnln that he spent
it In gathering Information, In contri
butions to reform associations nnd for
other political purposes outside the
recognized Republican- organization.
I thought the sum wns rather large,
but he Insisted thnt it was correct.
It takes a tremendous nmount of
money to run politics. That's tlc ren
son why political organizations nre
usually linked up with the police power.
Vice nnd crime nnd special privileges
nre placed under contribution. They
supply the sinews of wnr for cam
paigns. Another source of revenue Is the
officeholders,
Thnt Is why It Is so difficult for re
form movements to win. They do not
possess n wnr chest whose contents nre
contributed from the sources named.
Mil. WINSTONhi"lils will orlglnnlly
provided for a beqnest of .$5000 to
Haverford College. After his death It
was discovered that hc had annulled this
In n codicil.
Thnt sum would have come in mighty
hnndy to the college nt this time, seeing
thnt It Is asking its friends nnd former
students for ."00,000 for Its immediate
nnd future needs.
It Is Interesting to note thnt Haver
ford has established n minimum scale
of snlaiies: .$."5000 for full professor.
SI000 for associate professor. .$300(1 for
assistant professor, with n maximum of
SHIIOO for Instructors
It requires nil endowment of S12.VO00
to establish a chnlr nt Haverford. At ,
iran mui is uie ugure set to create tlic
Francis Hnrton Cummcrc chnlr In Eng
lish literature.
College educations cost money now
adays; more so than ever before in the
history of this co"untrv.
Colleges and universities nre losing
propositions. They could not begin to
exist If compelled to depend alone upon I
their Income from tlic student body. I
Hnverford College has spent on Its
students since 1880, in excess of re-
ceints from them, n sum whirl. . If It
had borne interest at fi per cent since
its expenditure, would nmount to more
than JjU ,000,000.
TTII.MVOOD SMITH MOSKR. of Col-
J lee
legevllle. has lust nublislieil n vol-
time of essays of unusual chnrnctcr
nnd excellence.
There arc twenty-five in nil. ranging
These essays nre the work of leisure 1 .
hours covering a number of yenrs. 1
ihey were forged out nt intervals
between the routine of publishing n
weekly newspaper.
. Ihc essays are a i
very remarkable collection of writings,
wincing deep rcsenrtm am. a remark
nble command of language.
A spirit of liberality, religious and
political, pervades the entire body of
the work.
It is a collection of essays, logical and
profound, that cannot lie disposed "of
by any one in n fe- brief evenings'
reading,
collected them himself or encired fnrtn
ers' boys to do it for him. he wns
scarcely ever without half a .'ozen ill
.,. ...s,.j .......... ,.,. ,... ,.. ,.
ininutiye turtles or young snnkes five
or six inches long in his coat pockets
' One night during the session of Ml",
when Hnrrisburg was crowded nnd the
big bar of the Commonwealth Hotel
was filled. "Doc" Powell In hilarious
mood called a colord! waiter to serve
himself and n party of congenial friends
seated at a table near the center of
'he room.
The drinks disposed of. Powell tossed
a hill on the japanned tray while the
wnitor was gathering up the collection
of bottles and glasses. As he started
for the bar "noe," ns though it were a
second thought, recalled tho wnitor and,
reaching into n side pocket, said :
"Here's something for ynurso'lf," nt
the same time dropping two or three
wriggling joung garter snakes on the
trav.
With a howl of surprise nnd fear the
negro dropped bottles, glasses and
snakes on tlie tiled lloor with a crash
and struck a tangent for the shelter of
the bar counter, while the ultra-con-vivinl
of the patrons, momentarily in
terror nt sight of the reptiles, joined in
to mnke pandemonium complete.
Only "Doc" Powell ever know whnt
his prank cost him for smashed glass
ware and salve for tlie waiter's nerves.
That jury duty may be something
more than an unpleasant task was evi
denced when jurors in the local Court
of Common Pleas took occasion to
praise .ludge Bnrratt and the officers ot
his court, declaring tlmt the three
weeks' servi.e they had just completed
had boon both a pleasure and nn educa
tion to them.
The present price-cutting is the
result of a healthy renetion from tlie
fever of spending. If tlie patient takes
plenty of eveici.e in, productive labor
the country will be the better for it.
Penrose has only n few more days
to decide on which candidate lie will
allow the people to nominate.
The only things anywhere near as
numerous as the claims of politicians
nre the clues of police officials.
Election returns show that Varc's
knife didn't cut much ice.
GOOD-BY
GOOD -BY, dear friend. Now turns
the tide
That empties in the crystal sen;
And vou that we have walked beside
I.niinch forth into eternity
(inod-by, denr friend.
liond-bv, denr fncnd.j vo see your
bark,
A inyKtie bird with pinions white,
A sail that flutters in tho dark.
A voice that answers in tho night
Good-by, dear friend.
(innd-by. denr frfend. Wo do not fear;
We only weep, wo do not doubt.
Tho night Is sweet, the sjty is clear,
And fjuletlv the tide runs out
Good-by, dear friend.
Good -by, dear friend. You fearless Bo,
We say farewell ns fenrlessly.
The helmsman of your hark we know;
Behold Christ Jesus It Is He.
Good-by, dear friend.
Good-by, dear friend and not good
by; For now we seethe selfsame star,
Th signal in the changeless sky,
And we shall find vrui whore you nrn
Good-by. deny friend.
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TRA VELS IN PHILADELPHIA
The Academy of Natural Sciences
1
' rnilE cutting 01 the Tnrkway and the
-L domiiionee of tin- motorcar hns
strangely altered the contours of Logan
Square.- but iu the noi-thenst corner the
fine old trees and the smooth grass plots
are unchanged. Niusegirls nnd young
mothers perambulate pleasantly up nnd
down in the spring sunshine; the rush
and clatter of roller-skates ebb and
How before the pavk benches where
contemplative old men sit lost m sjiecu
lution. gazing up now and ngntn to
follow the wild career of some dailng
grandchild who dashes by on lour sman
holdi
reveals the law.
I crossed over to the south side of the
square, very grniciui mr u.u i".-".
islands of the Pathway, each with its
re, very grateful tor tuc iniscu
nnl nr
OFB Academy of Natural Sciences
has a long and honorable hi-tory.
It was the first great foundation of its
kind In Americn. nnd today it hou-es
a ningnlficent scientific library and in
nt least one important branch of natural
l.istorv possesses the largest collection
of specimens in tho woild
..... 1. M-ns not ns a
But it wns not ns n specialist in
.i.iw;0, nr In human skull- thnt I
opened its doors with the spring m,u
i.!..! ., ihn trees outside, but rather
... .,i-i. nf imnible iniiuir.v ns to what
trensnros housed there hnd lined three
little street urchins to turn their backs
.!. ..,,,ts nnd stiln inside. I
followed the boys around thinugli the
.nils- iiiul I was nmplv revvaided.
nans nun .i " i,. .....
On the right, beyond n glittering case
in which lay n collection nl paste ie
nlicas of world-famous diamonds, opens
a room whose central exhibit is the
skeleton of a sperm whale. Tlie great
-rnv splunl column and prison -bar ribs
set 'the small boys luto n long Haiti of
speculation on the subject of Jonah's
hard luck nnd nmplo lodgings, during
the ptogross of which I stopped aside
to stnre into the cases of mineiaN on
cither side. There I found a femt of
.....-in color nnd brilliant light
kl"1' l'rl ------
topazes that glittered like n Market
street Jeweler's stoic or , Sn iirdii.v night,
blues of line ruffled velvet-, buttons of
black nlmandite. like the jet oriiiimentH
of the enrlv nineties, nnd over in a far
corner, bv n wnll-case display of the
cut trunks of I'enns.vlvnnia decs, n
show of rich brocaded blues mid greens
of malachite nnd n.urito from the cop
per mines ?f western America.
BFT tho boys were oil ngnln. I fol
lowed them to share their amaze
ment at the tnll skeleton of tlo elephant
Hnlivar. wheie they lingered so long
over the question of tusks and teeth
thnt I had at last reluctantly to pass
tiiem by.
"Mister, cried one of those adven
turers as I stepped through the group,
"uiu't there no bones iu a elephant's
trunk?" I believed not. This seemed
to settle a bet, though the..- wore all
visiblv disappointed, nnd trooped on
after me into the next room, where they
gnthered ngain beside an Kgyptian
mummy case nnd remained for n long
time gnzing down into tho dead face of
some Coptic priest of long ngo.
I WENT on then to tho foot of the
stairs, where there stiinds n i-ahiiiet
whose drnwers nre full of mounted but
terflies nnd moths with wings ns Inil
llant ns jewels, but all grievously bur
dened In their business of being beau
tiful by strings of pnnde.ous scientilic
names. One miraculous specimen, nil
shimmering nzure like a patch of cap
tured sky, boars the tag of Morpiio
Mcnelnus, and a gieat black and yellow
Tiger Svvnllowtoll is figured thcro ns
I'npllio Turnus, which is no doubt its
proper name, but hardly a word to bo
conjured with when the creature Is be
fore you on the wing.
TUB wnlls, in hnlls nnd stnlrvvnys,
arc hung with finely mounted bends
oNmooso and elk nnd deer, like a hun
tor's dining room, but I hastened past
nil these nt the sight, through n door
way, of u iiunjstrous hfflf-buiimii fact,
aftd.fco t&W M8H ilia 6pJllecU.Pii o 114.
.t-
I t lv" safclv. though not without some 1 -nmeroons by George Zenker and , came
1 In or iVerli of life and limb, before the heie bj the grace of Dr.l liomas Biildle.
ew brick incasement that do-cs In No one can gaze nt this beast without
he old serpentine walls of the Museum a healthy respect for the steadiness of
v',.i .Mo.ip.is "10 shooting nrm of llerr Zenker. It
I of Natural Sciences. N n(jt so () h Jhc vJsjb,)t ,.n. q
t... . ..llnn..n(l lll,llfril. Illlll 111
" STILL IN POWER.
' " ,'
' thropoids, which afforded for mo the
big thrill of the whole museum.
First enmo 11 group of red ornng
utans hairy old men with burlesque
Irish beards one old veteran standing
up quizzical and as how-legged as a
hostler, nnd nnnther revealing the men
uce of his terrible teeth.
In the next inclosure lives n family
of chimpanzees, a more kindly folk, by
the look of them, nnd wearing a meeker
covering of auburn hair. I did not feci
offended by their claim to relationship,
for they seemed to typify the poor,
meek, down-trodden part of humanity,
stolid and serviceable.
But one turns sharply from nil these
to shudder toward the grent gorilla,
which is by all odds the most fearful
object to he seen anywhere in Philadel
phia. At least 1 hope he is. He comes
from Hamburg, which, despite our re
cent feelings toward the inhabitants of
that town, is. however, not bis home,
for he wns shot sonlewhere iu the South
tiint massive torso, like nothing seen
since the dnys of Hercules, nor the
breadth of those spreading, hairy shoul
ders, nor even the reach of tlie- arms
with their horny but human tingeis, that
haunts one's memory, but rather the
leer of his huge face, with fearful star
ing eyes, tlie perpetual threat ot those
hungry jowls nnd the low cunning of
the hrutnl forehead, black as boijed tar.
in- lutiiii- utcr one, huiei.v ueuu iiiouku
he he, like a threat of all the beastli
ness and power that might ever master
the soul of it mini. For this tremendous
cutcass is jour true Caliban, a thing
i akin to humanity, but with nil the good
and kindliness left out. He Is the in-
' arnntlofi of tho singe villain.- the wicked
I banker In tlie Alger books, nnd the spirit
.. ,i,. m h..i ,i, ,.i n ...
of that Mr. 11 dc who mastered Doctor
Ickyll,
IT WAS a sensible relief to turn from
him to the comic re.siguiitinn of thnt
sphinx-like stuffed walrus that sit.s not
far to one side. With Ills mouthful of
useless teeth he rears his brown, bearded
face iu one long, pathetic nppenl to
tlmt unjust heaven which falls to re
lievo him from his penance of intolera
ble boredom. lie is the tmibodimciit of
till- --III nil Illlll 1
,,s, lt)Vi
Af,,.,.1 ,.,,.
ihc social martyr, nnu vvou my warm-
too long on thnt 20.
rilla I could find no thrills nr nil iu the
loininonplace picture-hook ferocity of
lions, leopards or tigers, and even the
iloirliko baboons, with their curious
front -faced ojos, failed to hold me more
than n moment. I walked up the next
(light of stairs for a glimpse or two into
the bird looms. The serpents nlong the
wnll were tame nnd kindly, the curvi
linear flamingoes were nothing more
than so ninny fonthcred pothooks, so
that at length I concluded thnt my eyes
were full of strnngq bensts nnd walked
down the stairs ngnln, out pnst the
mummies nnd the bones of Bolivar, to
hee once more the pleasant faces of the
children thnt glided nlong the walks of
Logan Square. HOY I1BLTON.
The news comes both wnys ; Mar
shall is nn n vowed enndidnte for the
presidency. One of his little jokes,
probably. Mnrshall tells the Indiana
convention he Is not n candidate. And
the chances nre he was speaking in a
Pickwickian sense.
Commercial nviation will even
tually put an end to freight congestion,
General Bviins told tho I'uii-Ainerican
ucrnmtuticnl congress at Atlantic City.
Or, to put it suctiuctly, plane faro will
cure freight indigestion.
Penrose headquarters will be In n
ten-room apartment during tlie Chicago
convention. There arc evidently ways
of getting over the house shortage.
Though tho fact has not been
brought homo to tlio .public, there is ns
grent need for "wnr gardens" this year
us at any tinm during the war.
It may be that tho farm-labor
shortage problem will not bo solved
until wn have passed through 11 period
of short rut bins.
Trappings from the ex-knlser'a
throne room nre on sale in Now York,
Fine chance here to equip u Chamber
pi WaW ..
r " .. . .I . :
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The exception
IT MUST hc great to have n lots.
Of cash a mllllonnlre;
And trnvel round to cv'ry spot,
Spend thousands here nnd there.
Drink England's gin nnd Italy's wine,
Take Ostend's mud-bath cure.
But flrcn the girl you're craving for
thinks other chaps arc such a
bore.
I'm' satisfied, nlthotigh I'm poor.
It must be fine to have a pile
, "That reaches to the skies,
And live up to Fifth nv'nuc stylo
With cars of cv'ry size.
And trnvel South when days grow
cold.
No winter to endure.
But when the girl you love n lot thinks
you're the Johnny-on-the-spot,
I'm satisfied, although I'm poor.
It must he wonderful If yon
Cnn hnve n yacht and ride
The tropic sens 'ncnth skies of blue,
With servnnts nt ench side.
Yet I'm content, nlthnugh my roll's
Quite meager to be sure.
But when the girl who briglitcns life
says, "Tcs, I'll be your loving
wife,"
It sure is hell, boys, to be noor.
ZET.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Which Is the oldest national fins In
existence?
2 Why Is the Arnl Sea so called?
3. Which country celebrates the oldest
national holiday, nnd what Is It?
1. vvnat is von uaendornT'n llrst name?
B. Who Is Phlllppo Bunau-Vnrllln?
fi. Who wrote, "To business that wo
Invn tt.A flea h.HmiiD"?
7. What is tho population of Russia?
'" PIS "Ln.u,?.sl2L
'. When nnd whore wns the first meet-
Inn of tho executive council of the
10. Who wns It rlmlrmnn?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Tho sword of Damocles wns sus
pended by n hair. Damocles, the
llntterer und sycophant of Dlony
slus, tho elder, of Syrncuse, wns
Invited by tho tyrant to try the
felicity he so much envied. Ac
cordingly he was set down to a
sumptuous, banquet, but overhead
a sword was susnended by a hair.
Damocles was afraid to stir nnd
11111 imnquei was mmnnzing tor
menu to him.
2. A post-prandlnl speech Is nn after
dinner speech. Post-prnndlal Is
from the Latin "post,- after, nnd
"prnndlum," lunch.
.1. Oregon Is tho Tteavcr state.
1. Henry V, victor of Agincourt nnd
conqueror of France, Is rated as
tho greatest military hero of lbs
EnBllsli kings. Ho reigned from
1413 to 14.:.'.
fi. Tho loelt Is an emblem orwnles.
6. Pomelo Is another name for grape
fruit.
7. Henjamln Harrison wns the only
American President whoso grand
father was a President. This an
ecstor was William Henry Harri
son. S. The Jtomans expressed the number
forty by XL.
9. Mistress Ford and Mistress Page
worn tho names of the "Merry
Wives of Windsor" in Shnko
speare's play.
10. Sir Edward Elgar Is nn eminent
English composer of tho. present
day, especially noted for nis In
strumental and choral setting or
Cardinal Newman's poem. "The
Dream of Gerontlus." Ho wns
. born In 1867.
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Greek Government Exhibition
Commercial Museum, 34th miovy .-"
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