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Canada, or United State poaieaslona, poatare free, fifty (BO) Si CM oanU par month. payabl raontn. Blx (loj aoiiara per year, l advance. Die I forelm countries ono (ID dollar tMr mnn Notioh Subscriber wlnhlne eddreis Chanced muat sire old as well as new ad draaa. BEIX, J000 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN JON in- E Addrtts all communlcoltotu to Vitnlna Pubtto Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press T$E ASSOCIATED PRESS is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or rot othencisa credited in this paper, and also the local nctcs published therein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. PhUtdelphW, Seturdir, Mir 29. l' A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR PHILADELPHIA Thing on which tho people expect the new administration to concen trate Ita attention) The Delaware river bridge. A drydock bifr enough to accommo date the largest ships. Development of the raptd transit size tem. A convention hall. A oulWlnp for the Free Library. An Art Museum. Enlargement of the water supply. Homes to accommodate the popula tion. SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR THE Delaware Legislature has ad journed until Tuesday without rat ifying the equal suffrage amendment. The Senato sent the nmendment to the House late yesterday afternoon, where it passed first and second reading, but the attempt to bring it to a final vote failed. Its supporters ore hoping that they can get support enough to put it through on Tuesday, but impartial ob servers are saying that they will not succeed. The House rejected the amendment earlier in its "session and it is expected to persist in its hostile attitude. This will leave the thirty-sixth rati fication still to be secured. The governor of Vermont, who was asked the other day by the Republican state convention to call a special ses sion of the Legislature to act on the amendment, has refused, and the gov ernor of Connecticut has also refused to call the Legislature in special ses sion at the request of the state Repub lican organization. Ratification of the amendment is still banging in the air. Its opponents are In the last ditch and they seem disposed ,to fight there as long as their breath holds out. A LAME GESTURE ATHEN the House leaders tried to pass the peace resolution over the veto of the President jesterday after noon they found themselves twenty-nine votes short of the necessary two -thirds majority. If the Senato makes the attempt the shortage will be proportionately greater. The veto stands. The resolution was never expected to become effective Congress when it passed it knew that the President would refuse to upprove it Its passage was i a mere political gesture intended to indicate the plaoe where responsibility for the failure to make peace rested. I But it fools no one except those who I wish to be fooled. ' Now we suppose wo -hall be treated for the ucxt six months or more to the I spectacle of full-grown men trying to i fooL,the country in the mat r. ' Hut the refusal of the House of Hep- ' resentatlves to disagree with the Prcsi dent by overriding his veto will make the task a little more difficult than some of the political play-actors thought it was to be. The country is aware that responsi- blllty rests on both ends of Pennsyl vania avenue. - CLEARING FOR HOOVER? THERE are seventy -four standing committees of the senate, muuv of. which never meet. Hut -ui h lias a com- ' mittee room and a -tuft of clerks. It nas been voted to nbnlili fortv-two of these committees, leaving tlnrtj -two to do the necessary business This reform is part of the movement toward efficiency which finds its mot lmportant manifestation in the adoption by both houses ot a budget plan and the progress of a plan for a classifica tion and grading of the employe- m the executive departments. Before adjournment is taken the budget plan is likely to he passed uml sent to the President for Ins appioal. Then the new Congress aud the new President will ome into power imxt March with the way cleared for a more businesslike conduct of government It looks as if the wa wom being cleared for a mun like Mr. Hoowr to 1..J J (I.. ..!.. -.1 c . m V . "'"","""" "' "n"m and efficiency in Washington. , - - ! has done iufinite good nnd relatively PBftPTFDINP. nc Ull erM i '1,,'p harm It has confused and per- . J t?INU OF WILSON j vmo,i rations and it has often led men PRINCETON I Diversity alumni are' to do unjust things in business. But on likely to find iu the large enntribu-1 'he whole it has been made to act rather tions made by William ('. Prm-icr to chivalrously. It first saved Europe und the campaign fund of General Wood then fed it. Some dollars lend a wild something more thun a desire to pro- and reckless life. Most of them work tnole the candidacy of an able miln steadih and constructively, nnd millions Mr, Procter is the mail who offered , of them go regularly on dangerous ihI half n million dollars to Princeton for ventures of exploration to satisfy the assisting in carrjing out Dean West's! ambitious purposes of Americans whoso plau (or a graduate school, which dif- gieat desire it is to leave the country fcred radically from the plan supported I a little b.'tter than the found it. by Woodrow Wilson, then president of I Mr. Rockefeller may have hoped Hie university. In spite of Mr. Wil- ahead of his time when he planned to (.oil's earnest efforts! to dissuade him. "sell" Christianity to the world. But Mr. Procter insisted on the adoption of ' the West plana, aud when It became evident that these plans would hnto to bo abandoned for a time he withdrew lils offer. A few mouths later, when the university received a much lar-nr niti i contingent on carrying out the West plant, those plaus were finally adopted and Mr. Procter gave the amount u-lid-h h bad offered nt first. From that mo m Meat, ttie rc.Igu of Woodrow Wilson at 'ijvrMton tuded. Its formal ending came some time later when he resigned to accept the nomination 'for the gov ernorship of Now Jersey. Mr. Procter was successful In assist ing in the elimination of Mr. Wilson from Princeton University. Ho Is np pnrentty Interested In eliminating him from control In Washington. Half a million dollars turned tho trick in the ono case, nnd he seemed to think that the same amount would serve in the other. HAS OLD GENERAL FUNDS WON HIS LAST VICTORY? The Dollar Is Losing Its Imperial Power In Politics, Religion and Society ' ONCE upon a time, before William J. Bryan became moral censor for this and ndjaceut planets and when nny king could feel assured of a good home and three meals a day and when the consti tution of tho United States was sup posed to be a pretty good thing os it stood, money was generally looked upon as the most important thing in the world. If you were rich in those days, you didn't have to bother about being good. A malefactor of groat wealth was nt times suspected, lie might even be disliked. He was rejected In theory. But multitudes would gather nnd stand patiently in the rain to see him descend from his stntely residence to a more than stately equipage for the magnifi cent journey to prayers nt his bank. Whole communities turned out to gaze in awe if it was announced that n lady nnd a gentleman malefactor were to pass to their wedding. For a considerable length of time money performed a service ordinarily attributed to charity. It actually cov ered a multitude of sins. But times have changed. We have come to know money better than we used to. Even its worshipers realize that it hns no enduring magic in itself. It is energy, nothing more. It is like steam or electricity or gasoline. It will take you wherever you want to go, up or down, to a smash or a triumph, but you yourself will have to do the steer ing. A few people here nnd there continue to regard wealth as an end and aim of life, a substitute for good taste, good manners, good intentions and the broader moralities. They are becoming as strange in the environment of the present as some of Mr. Dickens's folk would be if they suddenly escaped from between their covers to fight for social recognition. The world isn't interested in the amount of jour money. It wants to know what you wish to do with It and why. The tchy is extremely important. Colonel Procter's half million dollars didnt do Ceneral Wood any good. It appears actually to have done him a great deal of harm. Doubts formally expressed by the Presbyterian General Assembly show that in the church as well as in politics the dollar's limitations are being more clearly understood. Far-sighted men no longer put dependence on money alone. Colonpl Procter wanted to ad vertise General Wood as he advertised his soap. He forgot that n President of the United States must do something more than float. And there is always iu the minds of the people a keen desire j for the sort of presidential candidate who will not need explaining or ad vertising. Similorly, there in a desire in the minds of the people for .. better organ ized expression of tho religio j impulses which they feel in their own hearts. Money alone will not serve in either 'ase. It is no louger adequate to sanc tify a movement or a political candi date. Mr. Rockefeller and his osociates wished to express Christianity iu very large and practical term', in hospitals, in relief work generally and in educa tion. If their movement succeeds it will be the greatc-t triumph ever credited to the seipnl, of business organization in America. Tho world will still hope to soe it succeed But this same world of men does aotuallv desire to see more accomplished by the spirit, instead of by the hands and brains and money of the time. The re- volt expressed in the Senate inquiry into campaign expenses and in the opposition of some groups of churchmen to the federation movement suggests more than u general unwillingness to put too much trust in money alone, The revolt is not against any par tioulor man or any particular move merit It is against the philosophy of ex- trrme practicnlism which nations and people have been practicing for genera tions, with results so disastrous ns to make the need for something better tin "pp"-'" Hollar never rise higher than the purposes of those who possess them. Vn" mav obtain a fairly in curate no- " nf " people's aims and tendencies l,v bervlng the way in which they -peud their money. If the publicists ""'1 students who once tried to read the German governmental mind in the rou- u,i" literature and philosophy of the people nan turneo insicaci to the cor man financial reports anil bank state nieiits. the world would have been better able to understand what Berlin was up to five years ago. If nionev is potent for evil, it is equally potent for good. Money itsolf has no character, no morality But it has un astonishing cupneitv to absorb ami reflect human character, human strength and human weaknesses. A great deal that is uncomplimentary " " "" ' '"' iml been said of the dollar. But on ,. . . th ,,,.. . , A, '! . " the world has been buying far less wisely than he wanted it to buy. And the money that the Rockefellers control has a pretty good record for construc- live effort. It has done miracles for medical science. It has operated miletlr for good in n hundred wns. " Nevertheless, it is important that ' the dollar be kept in its place and that It lie noi permmi-u ip tnne precedence over the two fni!tor that (ur supposed tu dominate in a deujucmtlc country, K EVENING PUBLIC One of these factors Is the human con science. Tho other Is the human mind. There was a time when unlimited money could elect almost any cnndldato In an American election. When candi dates and their friends begin to explain and apologize in the teeth of inquiries such as thnt now being pressed In tlio Senate it is necessary to admit that wo are getting nlong. Millions once carried men to tho White House. Now millions will keep them out of tho White House. This is not because there is anything necessarily wrong with cnmpalgn 'con tributions. Tho fault is with the con tributors. Unquestionably the whole business of campaign management will be revised and reorganized n.i n result of popular sentiment generated by recent disclosures In Washington. Money will be put nt the disposal of candidates In the future, but those who give It will not wait to be "exposed" by a political crusader or a committee of the Senate. If a millionaire appeared in the open nnd said that he was convinced of tho fitness of Samuel J. Jones for the pres idency and that he believed, after long consideration, that the peculiar quali ties of Mr. Jones's heart and mind were needed in the White House, the people could understand him If he ended by announcing a campaign contribution to help those who were helping the gifted Jones. What is more, they would un derstand the contribution. If fault lies anywhere nowadays, It is not chiefly with the presidential can didates. It is with the committees of politicians who fish secretly for big funds nnd obtain these funds by veiled promises of "which the candidate himself may know nothing. Open financing, openly arrived at, will be required in every national elec tion campaign In the future. Gifts of money will be announced when they arc made. After all, a man may be judged pretty clearly by the character of his friends. It Is possible to imagine cir cumstances in which the announcement of a big or little contribution would create sympathy for a presidential as pirant, since such n gift might indicate the confidence and interest of men known to be patriotic! nnd wholly un selfish. w Tell the country why n campaign con tribution is made nnd the financing sys tem of campaigns will bo welcomed ns a sure guide to all voters. THE UNINSTRUCTED THE next President will be nominated by the 529 untnstructed delegates to the Chicago convention. It will take 4fW votes to nominate. None of the aspirants has half that number of delegates pledged. General Wood has an admitted strength of 177, but his friends insist that there arc thirty-seveu men in uninstmcted dele gations who will vote for him. This brings his strength up to 214. Senator Johnson has 115 pledged delegates and his friends claim fifty more in unin stmcted delegations. This gives him only 10!. Lowdcn has 7.r, Harding 30, Pritchard 10, Sutherland 10 nnd Poln-dexer-14. Each candidate hopes that his group of delegates will be the nucleus of n snowball which will grow in size ns it rolls down the long lane of voting until it is big enough to overtop all the others. But the uninstmcted men will make the nomination, nnd they arc as likely to name a man who does not get a single vote on the first ballot as to name any one else. A SINGING PRESIDENT NO LESS a personnge than V. Blasco Ibanez is nuthority for the asser tion that Adolfo de la Iluerta, the pro visional president of Mexico, is very fond of music nnd that for a long time he has been devoting himself to the cultivation of his voice, which the great writer describes as "a rather fine tenor." This is indeed a new qualification for a president, and especially for a president of Mexico. Pcrli-ps certain other chief executives have overlooked a bet in not pursuing the course adopted by Senor de la Iluerta. Of all tho pres idential attributes, a voice is one of the most unportant. At the same time, history furnishes a rather disappoint ing record of singing rulers. Nero, for example, was a vocalist, and not a violinist as has been generally but erroneously asserted, and see what be came of him. Blit on the other hnnl. there was King David rnd his songs to uurp ai'L'umpuniineni. A dispatch from Ain I lis eamy Side sterdam says the ex- i Kaiser Is uisy cutting out patterns for many now suits with which lie is coinir to stock h' wnnlml),, Does tlii bespeak poverty or uflluenceV Let the Muse speak : With Fate he vainly presse" his suit. I jus coat makes this confession. Though vested rights have shot the chute His soul pants for expVession. I And the inference is that his case might be wor.-e. It is, as it were, sew ! 'ew . Senator Hiram John It Does Not son's promise that he will not bolt away from the Republican party does not by any moans deny tho right of the party to bolt away from him. A reader who appears havage to have hi en through some unusually bitter experience writes in to announce that his ide.. of a pussy footer is one who haugs a rent profiteer in effigy. There is strong suspicion that the bonus" cumpaign is a "bogus" tarn paign, and thai both Repi. die ins and Democrats would be glad to shelve the hill if responsibility could bo placed on "the other fellow." After all, it must be confessed that the President himself share k a little of the responsibility for the "ineffaceable stain" which selfish politicians have put on the nation's honor. The Young Lady Who Lives Next Door Hut One to Franklin Field bays this" athletes arc terribly destructive tilings. No sooner do they make a rcord thun they try to break it. Instead of embarrassing the Presi dent with the Knox peace resolution, its backers have provided their oppo nents with an excellent campaign docu Imciit. i "Well, the boy gave us the slip," said fiihlioney to the noncom. "Veli." said the noncom to Olbbcnoy j "It looks like a game to me." And Bergdoll afar adds. "And still an open season." Johiihou's declaration that he will not bolt arouses mixed emotions, It may mean that he feels reasonably sure ol genius mc nomination, LEDlateRf MliADtePJHI $&lTJ3$DA, CiX 20.' i -A- ENGINEERS OF MEN Carleton Davis and "Big Tim" Sullivan The First Female College In This pountry. Some Facts About Its Founder By GEORGE NOX McCAIN WILLIAM A.-PATTON, when as sistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, told mc that the great need of the railroad was men who could handle other men. Thcro was llttlo difficulty in getting men of high technical ability and train ing who knew how a piece, of engineer ing should bo done. The difficulty was to secure tho services of men who were equipped not only to do that but who were nlso qunlllled to handle men. In other, words, "engineers of men" was tho crying need of tho hour then ns now. And tho demand Is growing more In b stent every year as Industrial condi tions change nnd new problems of man agement nre forced to the front. The section foreman, the boss of the wreck crew or a bridge foreman ou a railroad division who can handle the men under him with intelligence nnd fairness, in such n way that the work men will respond with loyalty nnd effi ciency, is worth more to n grent rail road corporation than somo highly paid engineer. pARLETON E. DAVIS, chief of the - Bureau of Water, brought this same point vividly to my nttcntion. Mr. Davis, by tho way, is, a Boston Tech man with a post-graduate course thore to his credit. He was engiuecr in charge of erection of tho great Asokon dam which forms a unit of New York's wonderful domestic water system. Politics was apart from his nutles as an engineer. The commission in charge of the work was divorced from political Intrigue and demand. There were times, though, when some of New York's big leaders endeavored to break into the game and pick up a few joos for their friends and satellites. On one occasion "Big Tim" Sullivan came up nnd spent n day with Mr. Davis visiting nnd inspecting every pnrt of tho work. "Tim" Sullivan was nt the time nt the zenith of his political career. He was the prldo of the Bowery. Ho wns a congressman nnd second only to the grent sachem in the council of Tam many Hall. Of course the Bowery boss wns not there for his health tr recreation. He exerted himself to make a good impres sion on the young engineer, for he wanted to get places for some of his workers. JWTR. DAVIS tells me that Sullivan - was one of the most interesting and chnrming men lie had ever met. As they concluded their inspection of the great work Sullivan, turning to Mr. Davis, said : "I would give everything I possess If I had the training and ability ns nn engineer to do a workjikc this. It's a wonderful thing to be a successful en gineer." "But you nre nn engineer, Mr. Sul livan, yourself," said Davis. "And a very successful engineer nt that." "What do you mean?" inquired the Bowery congressman with surprise. "You are nn engineer of men," wns the reply. "You understand how to shape nnd bend men in masses to your will. Your success in politics is evi dence of it. You arc a great engineer." "I guess you're right," was the smil ing comment in reply. "That's it 1 An engineer of men." What the world today needs above everything is engineers of men. If we had more of them there would be fewer nuarchists and revolutionists. TR. HENRY T. SPANGLER, of this -' city, formerly president of Ursinus College, reopened his summer residence at Collegevllle last Saturday. His cottage is located on the southern side of the beautiful I'rsinus campus, within a stone's throw of the site of' old Pennsylvania Female College. It is believed to be the first college In the L'nlted States devoted exclusively to the higher education of women. A memorial in stone was dedicated Thursday last on its site to perpctuute its memories. Members of the Glen Hall Associa tion, composed of the alumnae of the old institution, were present from Various parts of the state. There are only a few silver-haired women now living to clnim membership in the association. DR. JAMES WARREN SUNDER LAND founded Pennsylvania Kc male College in 18.il. and presided over its destinies for nearly forty years. He is remembered as a profound scholar and yet as a man peculiarly careless of his personal appearance. It is related by one of his students of fifty years ago that when she first visited his office to report her arrival she found hijn seated at his desk en veloped in a quilted dressing gown, with a boot on one foot and a carpet slipper on the other. The college has been out of existence since 1875. Its last class graduated In that year. Its site is to be occupied by rows of modern houses. THE scheme of Doctor Sunderland was regarded as visionary. The first commencements were decided nov elties. Curious people enme from long distances to hoar young women deliver Latin orations and see them receive parchment rolls. More than KiO women all told re ceived the degrees of bachelor and mas ter of arts. More thun 20(10 attended the college during its existence. Doctor Sunderland's! later life was spent in s. lennfic study. He had a horror of publicity. Before his death page after page of manuscript, the re sult of laborious scientific research, was committed to the llume rather than be left to an umertain fate after his death. OF THE twenty -four colleges of the United States iu 1S00 none was open to women. No female student was associated with uny branch of their work. Of the three colleges founded iu tho first demde of the last conturj, oulj ono, after u lapse of seventy years, ad mitted them to their classes. In the lust sixty ears a remarkable change is to be noted In this respect. Mont than, four-fifths of the seventj -live (ollcges chartered between 1K0O and l7i are now open to both sexes. The first women who reieived u col legiate degree in the United States were four who entered the freshman class of Ulierlin College iu 18,17, and graduated four j ears later, Romig soys he is willing to go to jail for a principle. Merely a matter of spelling. It is a principal that tho police seek. , Among tho record-breakers count Friday of this week. It broke tho Jinx. It didn't rain. Jupiter Pluvlus refused td make his dozen rainy Frldajs a baker'a dozen, "Nothing to conceal," says den. cral Wood. Mcuniug nothing more, THE fRANCE FURT1)&HS HOW DOES IT STRIKE YOU? FUN FOR. eittm Jl N jSS , I AYV GOLD -fSSc9- By KELLAMY' T"R. J. P. MORGAN'S offer of his house in London as the permanent home of the American embassy there has stirred n fine wave of moral indig nation. The United States Is not dependent upon the clinrlty of rich men, remark the Hearst newspapers, driven to large type nnd front pages to express their resentment ot wlmt such nn offer im- I'1'08, . The President transmits the offer to Congress without a word cither of ap proval or disapproval, it being im proper to bo ungracious about a gift and it being equally bad politics for a Democrat to take one at thu hands of Mr. Morgan. Congress, not having ns good man ners as the President and being more naive and unashamed in seeking politi cal advantage than thq executive, will bounce a few rocks off the head ot Mr. Morgan and that will be the end of it. q q q THE United States is dependent upon the bounty of rich men just tho If all the money which millionaires have spent on rent, on remodeling, on furnishing American embassies iu Eu ropean capitals during the last twenty years could be got together, this down-at-the-hecls country diplomatically could buy a house as fini as Mr. Mor gan's in ench European capital und have a nice fund left over for equipping their cellurs. 'Congress doesn t carp how much "charity" the United States of America accepts ho loug as it isu't done openly. It won't let Uncle Sam stand on the street corners, hat in hand, but it will let him accept checks that come through the mails! q q i CONGRESS suould hear Henry White, ex -peace commissioner ut Paris and elsewhere, ex -ambassador, ex-secretary of legations, ex-almost everything else diplomatic, talk about tho housing of the United Stutes abroad. Mr. White always begins like this: "When I was a young man I arrived in Paris, very proud of my country. I called a cab driver nnd I said, 'Cabby, drive me to the American embassy.' He scratched his head and said, 'But I don't know, monsieur, the American embassy. Where it is?' " 'You know the British embassy, and the German embassy, and the Rus sian V " "Yes. monsieur. " 'Thou jo" must know the American I embassy. 'no, mousieur. " 'Why. the American emhassj, bete! The embassy of the United States of America, that great country across the Atlantic, the couutry of Washington and Lafayette.' fh. tun mean that new embassy i iust bought!' exclaimed the cabby, and 1 drove me to the Parisian home of Peru!" ! The United States at that time was ! liing in ii tenement house up four I pairs of stairs. i The cabby didn t have kno ledge of I the particular slum In which the United I States dwelt. He came from another .art of the city. q q J SOME time Mr. White is going to take tho ten meii iu the United States who are proudest of their country on a personally conducted tour to Europe, paying all the expenses himsef. and glvt! them the benefit of his tare knowl edge of foreign wlne-llsts while show ing them the places iu London, Paris and Berlin where the United States embassies have been housed during his inoinon of diplomatic dwelling places, He 'will hire tt 'urge rubberneck wagou und drive about, let us say Paris. , ,, Now ami again the wagon will stop In some dismal side street. Mr. White will dew-end to the side walk. His guests, grasping their pockets apprehensively while they twist them selves to (he street, will fpllow his ex ample. Pointing with his cuno high In tho air, Mr. White will say : ''Gentlemen, you see those three windows on tho fourth floor just under tho mansard? That building there, ucxt to the corner. Yt'c t WEEK'S HAPPENINGS ' fe ,. t? WV 1 A. JSJ & Uncle Sam Apparently Prefers to Take Bounty of Millionaires Indi rectly in the Matter of Embassies that was the United States embassy in 18 , when Mr. X. wns minister nnd Z. was his secretary. They Blept together in one of the bock rooms. The front room, of which you sec the windows, wos the office. Drive on, chauffeur." Mr. White is a considerate soul. He will not keep his guests proud of their couutry loug before this dismal sight. ' q q q THE rubberneck wagon will stop again. Mr. White will 'dismount ns before. Waving his cane to the sky, he will sny: "That fiat up there, the third floor. That was where the United States embassy was in 18 , when Mr. A. wns minister. I remember well going there to attend a reception to General Grant nnd seeing the notables of Europe toiling up the two (lights of stairs to our tenement, meeting the general in the crowded nnd dingy rooms. We shall next go to the flat we occupied during the Franco-Prussian War. There It is, gentlemen, just under the roof. At that time, as jou will doubtless remember, the United Stutes minister took over the duty of representing Germany at Paris. The Germans in Paris who sought the protection of the United Stutes nil had to come to the American minister. The stairways arc very nar row in that house. It is impossible to pass auy one on them, so the Germans could only go in one at a time. A long queue of them extended down this block here and on the next one, waitiug their turn for days while n solitary clerk up three pairs of narrow stairs attended to their business. Under the eagle eye of the United States the patriotic French gathered in the streets nnd pelted the waiting Germans with eggs and other surplus provisions. q q q T SHALL show you something pleas- anter. We shall leave the slums for today. Here" as the automobile draw up in nn aristocratic neighbor hood "here Mr. B., minister in 18 . rented n whole house for the United States. All France was excited. Shades of Lafayette! The United States of America, our tremendous friend across the Atlantic, was doing France the honor of having u renl embassy. This was to be the permanent home. The Nutlonal Assembly wns convoked, and in appreciation the name of the street wos t-hauged to Place des Etats Unls United States place. Hut it was not to be. The uext minister l.adn't much money nnd tho United States went back to flat life. Then camo f;o-and-so. He rented a fino house hero, which you see. It cost him S'JOO.OOO during his four jears' service. And" V Hut Mr. White is left alone. The ten proudest Americans have left him and are drowning their sorrows in "cawk tnijes" French for cocktails they taste like that, too at the nearest cafe. Rebellion!?! THEY strike us from the bottom, Thev slug us from the top, They crash Into us sidewuys, Tlfcv never seem to stop. Thev buffet und they push us. With Jeers they cave us in. And while they hit, we just bear It With silly smile nnd grin. We figure up the earnings tor cimnroai prouieer, And sigh for just ono portion Of what Jie spends a your. His income tax's appalling, It sure is more than he Pays all us clefks down nt his works Iu three score jeani and three. Wo add the weekly payroll For labor ot our plant, And. bo v, thosiv princely figures Just simply make us punt, Becuiisp most of our workmen Can't write ; it sure Is crime, While us poor ginks, who do the thinks Can't pay our bills on time. We've stood for this oppression Long 'uuff. It seems to me. It's lime for us to clamor For more equality. Let'H recognize no master, Let ours be liberty. Thretf cheers 1 You crowd I sh, not so 4oud, ' My wife is culling mc, ZET, ' . ." H s "VV V I f f j S rF- " ?Vi J VL.OT I W VVllfffX-t 'C 3 4,ft J J M , V"'..-" M IX ,.. :. V v . . S THE FRJT QuALlFKAVfON F0 C"ANJ)lJAcy , APPAKrtrV- 55 "" What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who was the longest lived of tho Presidents? 2. What are homonyms.? 3. What la the death rate In the United States7 4. What railroad station has tho greatest number of train move ments in me worm; 5. Whnt are "tho seven seas"? 6. Who first used the phrase "The seven seas 7 7. When was "foolscap" first used to designate paper of a certain slzo? 8. What river wna discovered by rneoaore iiooseveil? 9. When did Maine become a State? 10. Who wero tho magi? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. J hen Roosevelt went to Panama he was tho first President to leave tho United States. 2. Samuel Adams (1722-1803) was known ns the American Cato. 3. Antonyms are words of opposite meaning, 4. An epic is n poem nnrrntlng con tinuously achievements of one or more heroes. 5. Tho word "magic" comes from "magi," sorcerers. 6. In 1890 fifty per cent of tho popula tion of tho United States lived In rented bouses; In 1900, 55 per cent; this year probably moro than 60. per cent. 7. New Zealand, with 10.9 per thou sand, has tho lowest death rate in tho world. 8. The two greatest railroad stations In tho country. In size and Importance, nre tho Pennsylvania and Grand Central, both In New York. 9. The South Station, Boston, how. ever, haa a greater train service than either. It averages 725 train movements dally. 10. Courage is natural readiness to race danger. Bravery 13 acquired courage. BOLSHEVIKI REACHING TOWARD TREBIZOND Wilson's Mandate Plans for Ar menia Surprise Americans at Constantinople Constantinople. May ). (iw A I.) Many Bolshevik agitntor.s are in Irehiaoud. an important port on the southern coast of the Black sea. but the situation there is quiet, according to the messages received here. The Turkish population is, for the most part, opposed to bolshevisin. but. In case of the enforcement of the pro visions of the Turkish treaty giving Armenia uccess to Treblzond. it is feared the nationalists there will join the soviet movement. ir.rc.i,,lc?.t i',11!',0"'8 ''"commendation that the United States accept the Ar menian mandate cnused much surprise upon publication here, among Amer-' leans, especially relief workers who re- ?!'.'! ! yi M,i A1-"10"'"' American nnd British oUicials. as well n men women engaged in relief operation" seem to believe Armenia may be s val LhM iUp '" tho Holxhovik movement which has virtually engulfed the Can casus region. ' They hy it is only a question ot weeks unt I Armenia and Oeorgia w I be avowedly Bolshevik. It . asserted hot treaties and armistices between the little nations of the Caucasus district are regarded by foreigners familiar will, the situation as being engineered fiom Moscow to gain more time ami pave the way for easier access to Persia h is the apparent determination of the Bol sheyikl to Invade Persia ami extend their activities Into Afhanstan. und this fea ture of tho situation is causing much comment in ofliclul circles here. huzeli, 011 the southern end of the f asp an f-oa, which Is held by the Bo. hheylki, is the only possible Persian port through which soviet armies can move upon Teheran. The 'only passable highway leads from LuzoH by the way of Kassvin to Teheran und ruiiH through mountain passes which could ho reudily defended. There Is some doubt, however whether Persia has sulficlontb Injui troops to obstruct the soviet mlvuiico Other Caspian ports In Persiu uro not important, are situated in swampy laud and afford uo route into tho -Interior, . - THE CRITIC TALKS TO MUSIC LOVERS Weekly Comment on Things MML cat infiZhri,m,nai&0 Philadelphia ANE of the favorite topIeTnTrr W m the high eostof evervthll! ' ' music may well be Included tn,1' .I" Especially is this true f,n lh(' "'L orchestras. Tho t,r lc,s ' T ?' t operatic stars cannot hKMi lo " ' very much, because as ifS' '""""I foro tho war. Mm ...',.' 6e. KK'Kv&WtfilF&ft themselves; """" "onMi h'm TTftlVAttAn !. adfn 0 in 1,7 saK0,U,(f r ft ,,' trnl players, bevom! VkiTL10..0""' cost of living has so incren.irat ,ha ..u u turincriy given them. TM. iko everything else, Is largely "egiiffl by the law of supp y nmfdemnmi . 2 tor tho lnt few It ' "f nnrt. nd SePttrCStra",nCU,-0 This is due to two things: first th. great number of new orchestras hkh havo been e.stnb Mm.1 t., .u. ,.1lcn cities of tho United States, and seX that the supply of orchestra plauri 11..1.1 miii,n-, which lor years furnished his couutry with a large majorl y of the men. Ima lioen nf f ",' rl years. ' ueany milE rst of theso reasons is n good J- one. find it is to be hoped that it 1 will continue. Tho present adminlstra- ' tion made no mistake when it declared music to bo among tho essential Indus. tries, if industry it can he called. The yearly Increasing Interest felt in music not ns an art nor os a pastime, but as a vital clement in our social life, is oni of tho most encouraging signs of our national progress. Tho cost of n great orchestra Is natu rally very large. It is no small mntter to cngogo tho excluslvo services o( from seventy to 100 men, most of whom havo spent mnny yenrs in time and larga sums of money on their musical educa tions. But this is just what has to bi done if tho projectors of an orchestra hope to have a body worthy the name. So much time must be spent in re hearsal that the organization must have control of tho men whenever they ar required. This is all the more true If the or chestrn hopes to keep Its patrons In formed as to what is being done bv the modern composers. These compositions are generally extremely difficult, be cause to judge from some scores which the writer has seen, the composer of to day evidently does not feel he hat to know what the various instruments can do, In order to vrite for them. If, for example, he wants tho oboe quality of tone three or four notes nbove the com pass of that instrument, he simply writes them and leaves the unfortunate orchestral player to solve the problem ns best ho may, and fearful and wonder ful arc many of tho fcolutlons. The second reason, that the supply of Kuropcun players has been for a time cut off. is also a good one, in that It gives the American orchestral performer a chance such as he never had before. Before the war most ot the conductors would accept the foreign plaer without question over the home-grown product. Now, aud for the last few years, they have been obliged to accept the Ameri can players to complete the roster of their organizations. And yet. tin. conductors cannot be severely blamed for their attitude. Or chestral playing in Europe is one of the recognized professions nnd has been for . ,.niu. lmrn If tu nf cnmnnrntivplr lilUUJ jnl"l .....v . - ......,. recent growth. Therefore, the foreign player came to this country with a tra dition and generally an experience be hind him, which the American Seldom bad. Technically and spiritually lie might be far the Inferior of the Ameri can player, but he had the routine which is necessary, and, generally, it must be admitted, ho was the better man for the orchestra. But here the adaptability of the American asserted itself. Routine can be nttaincd only by practice, and the American assimilates things far more speedily and almost ns thoroughly as the average foreigner. The result has been that the last few years have shown an amazing increase of American or chestra players of the first rank. The Philadelphia Orchest-a was among the very first to eneourngo American play ers, nnd this policy has been continued, and tho orchestra stands today as the best In the country. IT CANNOT bo denied, however, tbat in tho ereat solo instruments of the orchestra, especially in the wood winJ the foreign player is still ahead. This is not due to the personality nor the potential ability of the men themselves, but simply to tho fact tbat students abroad are not allowed to play publicly until they arc entirely cupable of doing it well. , , .... Tho writer once asked one of the finest wood wind soloists of the Phila delphia Orchestra about a young man who was studying with him. ' Oh. tnid the artist, "he Isn't studying any more. He took about tqn lessons and then got n job in nn orchestral Fur ther inquiry developed the fact that tne teacher himself had spent more than ten venrs In hard study of his instrument before he was considered capable 01 holding nn orchestral place. This sort of tiling carries its own penalty. The pupil who takes a few lessons and then tiles to play imiic n vet far beyond him will never rise jery "hi-h The one of whom his whilom master spoke will never be able to take nuythitig like the place occupied b his teacher. This is the main trouble with American players. They are no thor ough enough and are too impaticut to get to work, , PniLADKLPHIA is to have another opportunity nt early summer npfrt. nnd it is to be hoped that the attend anco will justify the visit of the com- 'The' singers of this company are all cxVollenr.'although there are m. Cm. M- Matzenauers among them. i may be some potential stars, em Tl ereforo. it will be ?"' J''!" "" j trv out the pernicious star system ma c. whether Philadelphlans want to bear compositions or sh.ge s lost season opera has been offered lie" w fore, but the, results have not bee 11 en courngtng from a nnaneln stam p n t. The Scott i Opera Company wl" "v., last year, with such singers as So 5 ,Uf ? Florence Knston. FrnneN lings' of "IOrnoolo' ""'Cr S.otU management were consldeiamj leallstlc in detail than " ,h,ah '.It lopolltan gave he home opera tne season. If ' Th lade nh a w ants a season, even of only a ;,',,. nnccs. there will have to be nna Viiieo which will not show a lm. The "long nnd short" of It In Ji Third district is that one never kno. No mun who mnde a fortune on shoestring ever used it for n taclbonr. tfot even the Well object to Sober ( Second Thought, - A . i f JA ft ''. , ;-,-.- bf?..iw.
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