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A,FOUR.YEAR PROGRAM FOR
v PHILADELPHIA
v Things on which the people riprct
th bcw administration to concon
(trate It nttentlon:
Thv Delaware river bridge.
,4. ttftltock blp enough to accommo
j date the largest ehtps.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention halt.
A bulUUno for tho Free Library.
'An Art Muteum.
Enlargement of the water .inpphj.
Homes to accommodate tho popula
tion., V
B" LYRIC NOTE FROM JERSEY
MEN nnd women nnd governments
eo blundering into trouble. Poli
ticians rave. Society and civilisation
pile up their errors and continue, for
tome reason or other, only ny strne.
But tho forces upon which life depends
continue to function in a serene rhythm
without the nid of speechiuaker.s or
party1 platforms or the inspiration of
.Republican, Democrat, Socialist, wet
or dry,,
A. lyricist In the United States De
portraent of Agriculture has been sur
Teylng the crop reports from New
Jersey, and something of the great calm
of nature suffuses him. He sing:
''Vlffhtn hnve heen n little cool for
.... . .. ... ,,--..
U best growing wearnor. u .,.
for haying, wmc, is n .u, progress
ir
warmer
dal'
here.)
.record
is w very gom, .umuu. ....i , " , ,. ,,,. Hlliiroa 1
r niehts would oe more Dene- "i"""" ---- , .....
'- (And lo! the warmer nights a,e nnrl I for the potion of nor oj, .tie
"Wheat." continues this happy besides the head of ll e . trail; ''"""
"is not n larse crop, but tho ' liureau ot ,ne i miiuwi .,.......
' - "?. - ...En "... :L.,L,n,l the bend of tho chamber' Indus-
U" nv"'. nr. Vine and thiriai committee, and th, chain,,,,,, o
..i ..,.,. . i, r l.. ...! ,
DCSl-.ooKing crop oi . , "
pastures are mostly good to evceuent
and
continue to crow l'otntocs give
indications. They are blossoming
fine indications. They are blossoming
in central counties'. Apples and
"peaches promise satisfactory yields."
Rrnn-Hi It nnnenrs. is everywhere
w, tBt in the minds that rule in party
IKpaHtlcs. The minstrel who writes the
i reports oi tne ueparimcnc oi .vgrii'iii-
',ture nnlshes on n triumphant note
wo u.,.Co v,.. .......,,..........,..!
Bugs, he cries, are very few in the ,
fields.
"We know they are. They arc at the
political conventions
UNSENSATIONAL WEATHER
ITITIFI mirrent. hut "snell" hns until -
feA A rally provoked comment, or conver-
eation would languish. Nevertheless,
Criticism OL UIO liuilt UIIU lir inTiimimin -
,ing offender, humidity, appears to lack
something of the old angry bitteruess.
Philosophy will hardly account for this
"hange. inthu local temper, for wilted
pilars- dtfy in their soggy reality the
(i
ct
05 1 buuiic rcusoning.
The explanation probably lies in the
ct that Philadelphians as u class nro
ykarning to adapt their dress to the
Tsuinmer climate. The knowledge has
been t slowly acquired, but steadily.
Each successive sumraer finds the pub
lic here accustoming itself more and
inore to tho Idea of tropic conditions.
'"Waistcoats are being relegated to ob
llvion, collars arc shrinking and soft
ening, the pride which long held out
against mohairs and palm beaches is
melting away.
Give us time and man s summer garb
In this region may take on something tM(, nppi,eatlon of live business methods
of the adaptability of the refreshing t0 ,1P problem.
attire of the other sex. When it is I tf tus 1)f)rt (.Tt n private enter
fully realized that Philadelphia in Juno, j nri((, it manager would study the
3uly nnd August is actually hotter than manfaf turlng Industries of the area
Havana, wherp the welcome trade winds wi,,), ,. he made tributary to it. lie
blow, we may nil be white -suited, as we ' ,vni,i nn,i out how many thousand tons
phould be. ! ot fr(.iKht were shipped abroad every
As it is the reform is commendable, 'year from that area. He would lenrn
nnd though the performances of the f10 rharncter of tho freight and the
mercury this week are lofty, they can- 'kind of devices necessary for its eco
ttot bo said to inspire the old-time 0m,cnl handling. Ho would learn to
fcnsatlon. Perhaps tho time is ap- m hat foreign ports it was destined, nnd
proaching 'when the conventional phrase,
"No relief in sight." will beget not
despair, but a rather comfortable m
(aiirerence. COSTLY CREDENTIALS
PROTESTS of the increase in tho
nrleo of passports from $2 to $10
will hardly nssunio the aspect of con-
vlncing pathos. Americans with slim
purses are unlikely to bo traveling
abroad nowadays and the allluent tour
int is hardly nn object of sympathy.
Especially Is this true of the party
p"f 100 congressional junketers, includ
ing AVilllam Scott Vnre, primed for a
sunimer in the Orient and among the
Irst of our citizens to feel the effect of
ti te new ruling. Piquancy is injected
?, Mtn the situation by the presence In
Nv-Hh congressional group of Heprescnta
I& W tire I'orter, of Pennsylvania, chairman
liPV.tf ... Lll4 ....ll. frn.no.l Hyn nim
Cir. tup romiuiucv nuisn ........... ... ..v.,
passport measure.
' If not important, his plight Is nt
least amusing, nnd if he realized in the
beglnntnfe- that he would bo victimized
by Ilia own work it partakes of the
heroic.
OLD LESSONS REPEATED
V mllE war which Poland began against
1 I i - . f 1 .-.. 1 ntt lt fl,l
If I Soviet llussia anu pwu ..,,
.1L-.1 .l.t.rmlnntion for many months is
reproaching the inevltnbl6 end. And
Ifc2u roles have not won. They have
tu armies oacKeu 1191 lUD "
UUt m " classes, in xiiuwin.
,! WtJy interested in.
ernment. Ratine elements In the coun
try, IiiNpircil very largely by n rcyitnl
Ir.cil mllltnry plillosopby that has nji
penred elsewhere on the continent,
pressed the. attack to reclaim what they
described as l'ollsh soil. Hut It hap
pened that the soil over which they ad
vanced for almost 200 miles wris popu
lated mnlnly by Itusstans ami had been
n part of the ltusslan empire (or utmost
200 years.
Oencral Smuts bitterly opposed this
new war, and so did I.loyd Oeorse
toward the end. Lord Hubert Cecil
wrote a wltlicr'ng letter to the council
of the Lewie of Nations demanding
that tho adventure be abandoned nnd
rharjlng that it represented a complete
negation of nil prdmises made In behall
of the plain people of tho world In tho
covenants of l'arts.
Now, after great losses of men,
money and time, tho 1'ollsh generals nro
retreating to the boundaries originally
made for them nnd are preparing to
make peace. Looking backward at the
record of their nhqrt war, It Is only
possible to wonder whether men can
ever learn by nny process other than
hard experience. Every nation bates
nn itnader. Peoples have always for
gotten their own differences to tight a
common enemy. The rule always will
hold in Hussia, in Mexico or nnywhere
else.
THE MOUSETRAP THEORY
IS FATAL TO EXPANSION
The Port Will Not Grow Unless We
Go After Business With a
Determination to Get It
OPTIMISTS might fcay that the visit
of the committee of the Southwest
ern Millers' League to this cil Illus
trates the truth of the famous sa.ving
nbout the man who invents n mouse,
trap and the path which the world will
mnke to his door.
The southwestern millers are seeking
nn Atlantic port with adequate facili
ties for shipping flour."
If we had the facilities the mousetrap
sa.ving might be admitted as proved this
week.
Hut we have not the facilities, nnd
the best that Mr. Sproule. of the De
partment of Wharves. Docks aud 1-er-rles.
could sn nbout the mntter is that
if the millers will guarantee to send
their flour hero be will provide Un
loading machinery
Tho mnii nli faith in riinnticinmn.
... .. , t
however, ran get Mime comfort out of I
the fact that the fume of the port has
Ur,-n.i n fur ns the nrent Southwest
and thnt business men frmu that part of
the country have thotizht it worth while
to come here to see what we have to
offer.
The visiting business men must have
been impressed with the num'ier of rep-le-entativea
of committees who met
ltnm
I'll ere were the chairmen ot tne
.-"-..- .,. nn(.atlon
..." . fop ,,, ,,
Hio flnnr nmmlttct'
of the Commercial
I ., " , ,h .,nl.ers of the port
' '""' "".., f Hie Flour
'"vi'ioihih-hi. .
Club, as well as representatives of
i,nnii nnd enrco-hnnillinc conipnnied
The visitors must have been im
pressed by this array of men engaged
in the work of port boosting. Hut
they must hnve been more deeplv in,
pressed by the extent of our water front
and by the number f modem !"ers
handling cargoes ot cor-
VimK We can load coal and grain
- !oMi- n it ran be loaded any
ulf,ro But it was discovered that our
facilities for handling package freight
are not ndequatp to the deninniis vvnicn
the millers would like to make upon
them. They will have to be made ade
quate before we ran get the business.
The millers will not send their Hour to
Philadelphia merely bemuse ocean
going ships enn dock here. Boston.
New York nnd Haltlmnre are also ocean
ports nnd they are also looking for more
business, esen though New York is
overcrowded nt the present time.
The bu.iness of the port will not ex
pand ns it should until we decide thnt
the mousetrap theorv Is applicable onlv
where thete is no competition. Anu it
ulll not exnand very much, either, so
long as we content ourselves with ap
pointing committees to tails about the
subject. What we need Is action on a
definite, well-thought-out program.
If the head of a large private cor
poration seeking to enlarge his business
should fol'nvv the tactics which hnve
prevailed in port plans here, the direc
tors of the companv would nsk for his
naiKimtinn iii short order. We need
he would also discover now many pas
-engers sailed everv year from the cities
in the tributary area, inen no womu
-t out to equip the port to handle
ivery kind of business, nnd when it was
(quipped ho would enter on n systematic
lampaign to bring that business here.
He would get the business, too, be-
enuse lie would offer facilities vvnicn
ir0uld not be found elsewhere,
The Baldwin Locomotive Company
" , t, . ,i,i
does not wait for orders Its pros dent
goes to Europe to sell the products of
bis eompniiy. nnd he offers suoli terms
nf payment ns tne purcni.s.-r . .-.v.
Mr. Schwab goes to Europe to sell tho
productR of his steel millH, and he sells
them. The managers of scores of other
great corporations follow the same
course, and succeed against the com
petition of the whole world.
Philadelphia has only three other At
lantic ports to compete against New
York, its chief competitor, is handi
capped by the necessity of lightering n
large part of the freight delivered there
by rail. Freight can be loaded here
directly from the railroad car to the
ship at the pier with a single handling.
It is not neccssnry to enumerate the
physical advantages of this port. They
are so well known that to mention them
is like repenting the nlphabet to a
high school class. The listener usually
asks why he is bored by having his
attention called to what he learned long
ago. Hut tho high school pupils use
the alphabet every day In their lessons,
whllo the city nppoUJa committees to
see what use can hCAle of the port
facilities. y ,.
r
II we are to expand m w.e should we
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGBl-MIAbEHill FRIDAY,
must stop waiting for the world to wear
a beaten path to our water front, nnd
must smooth tho way ourselves and
then put up guide-posts pointing tho
direction In which tho searcher must go
and then go out nnd start business in
this direction.
THE GREAT UNBOSSED
tiOU tell them to do one thing,"
moaned a San Francisco delegate
from the alfalfa country, "nnd they up
nnd do the opposite. If they sny 'yes'
they mean 'no, nnd If they say 'no'
you don't know what they mean. Do
ihcyt Search me! Hut they won't
obey orders nnd they won't stay
hitched:"
The women delegates at the Demo
cratic convention were the cause of this
lament. From boss nfter boss who
found his plans threatened by unex
pected revolts they have wrung despair
ing crk-s. Miss Elizabeth Mnrbury
broke with the All-Tammany Soviet
which Chariev Murphy lends, and It
wns being sold on tho convention floor
yesterday that the misguided enterprise
of Miss Antoinette Funk might nctunlly
cost Mr. McAdoo the nomination for
tho presidency.
McAdoo's friends were careful to give
their man the benefit of their own hard
earned political wisdom. Tt wns ar
ranged tiiat the McAdoo boom should
not be endangered by n premature
launching. Women in the various dele.,
gatious fnvorahle to tho former secre
tary of the trcnur. were glveu instruc
tions to bo patient nnd follow the lead
of their lenders. Hut Miss Funk, eager
to get the thing going, went out on her
own account and exploded the McAdoo
boom. Mr. Peter Oleson disobeyed
orders Issued bv Fred H. Lynch, the
Minnesota lender, and started n move
ment to swing her ovu, r.tnlp delegation
and others in behind Miss Funk's
scheme. The MrAdno boom went up
nobly enough. Hut it went up too soon.
Mr. Hrjnn more that, any one else
hns renson to wonder anew about the
things that the inwtcrimis sex may do
with the vote. The gieat apostle of
dryness went to San Francisco feeling
sine that he would have the fullest help
of all the women there in his scheme
to nnll an anti-liquor plank into the
party platform. When the moment of
strife arrived the women delegates man
ifested little interest in the Hrynn dry
plnnk. They seemed lnn-d bv the dis
cussion of it. Thev were more inter
ested in the labor plank and in the do-
l.nl. nl.nnl I,a T A.,.,n nF Vnlltn.
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A milleniiii in, of sorts mat arrive with
the ratification of the Anthony nmend
inent in Tennessee and Hie automatic
enfranchisement of 20.finn.noo Ameri
can women, but it will tint acivo for
the old-line political lenders. Women
voters are disiila.ving n ib-Miy to be in
dependent. They are new enough In
the game of politics to delight in break
ing the rub . They hnte the soimd of
orders and often enough tliev will do a
thlug just because they have been told
not to do it. So it hns been since tj,n
beginning of the world, nnd o it will
bo until the end thereof. Women, too,
nro revealing ' desire lo hold oflice.
Thev shv they do not nnd never will
desire the presidency or the vl"e presi
dency. This menii'i. of course, that
they are looking with on interested eye
' it t these great offices. And if women
n,e oualified lo vote thev are oualilied
' In siL in the sents of elective nnthnrltv.
-
,:vpn thp mo,t liberal-minded voter
of the old type cannot think of a "Lady
President" without a start of anxiety.
Hut if women voters decide to nominate
one of their own number on a ticket
of their o-vn nl some time or other
wint rlln nnT np do to stop them?
Jjr (Jumpers believes ti'nt the experi-
m,,nt ,,f woman Provident would he
v ,., ,U,ile and that it is certain ,o be
tried. Is he in earnest or does he
merely wish to make the men of this
world tremble?
A JOB FOR JOHN'
L If MIT nnd heat are qualities that lie
dormant In alcohol, to emerge with
a rush when the parent suhstnnee is
consumed in the Iiumnn stomach or in
nn engin-1 made of steel. Years ago,
when si lentili!- men began first lo talk
down John Hnrieycorn, they said thnt
he could do a great clenl of good in tho
world if he were made to toil in an
ordered wav. Whisky, they said, could
serve one great purpose, and onlv one.
. it could run machinery and operate
.motorcars,
A shortage of gasoline was not
dreamed of in those days. Hut the im
mense deni'ind that has been made on
the fuel Mipplv of the world since
ships began to burn crude oil and tho
increasing number of motor vehicles
mako it noce-siry for civilization to
find a new substance for use in internnl
combustion engines. The HritMi (iov
ernment has turned to alcohol, which,
mixd vvitli benol, is now driving mo
torcars in London.
Alcohol may prove to be the fuel that
tho world lias been looking for. Its
sources are inexhnustlble. It will be
available as long as green things grow.
A ton of molasses will give up sixty
five gnllons of nlcohol of fuel strength.
And if the method of distillation can
ho cheapened, all wasto vegetub'o mnt
ter now left to rot on tho earth's sur
fuee may be utilized by chemists to
keep tho wheels of traffic and commerce
turning.
FRANCE REMEMBERS
TALES thnt tho vexatious anti
climaxes have alienated the tradi
tional sympathy of the French for the
United States are not substantiated by
the iuterest in our coming Independence
Dav now being manifested in Paris.
Tho pi ess there pleads for public lecog
nition of tho occasion. Tlie oflidat ex
1 ercises win uikc n" iun " ...j
' ,,. Mm c ,,. 8tntue of Washington
Dmlhtlt)tJ Ul0 nve of thp Marquis do
Lnfavi.tte jn the picturesque Picpus
ercises will take the form of a military
(,.rT nl not be forgotten
Whatever the disappointments or tho
French have been In the aftermath of
a titanic strife which failed to lender
tho world perfect or to administer phi
tonic justice to each individual member
of mankind, the salient fnct icinains
that America had much to do with tho
salvation of tho republic which boro
tho brunt of the German onslaught.
'I lie magnitude nnd mcnnlng of the
rtinma of 1018 will grow ns the years
pass
At all times tho French nre possessed
of a keen historic sense. Happily it is
serving them now to tighten the bonds
which draw together tho great republics
, ..IIIhUh T the old nnd th new
"LKJL'nH
worlds. We can and should reciprocate
hv honoring Bastille Day on the Uth
of the current month.
Reports from the
Deuco Take It international tour
nament remind us
that if you want to bo n good tennis
player you must not wait until you are
COL. JIM GUFFEY WAITS
News of Palmer's Waterloo Will
Be Sweet Music to His Ears.
Last of a Sturdy Old
Breed of Democrat
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
JAMES MeCLUHO GUFFEY, the
most picturesque nnd absolute ruler
thnt the Democroey of Pennsylvania
ever knew, sits In hh office In Pitts
burgh awnittug the announcement from
the convention hnll in San Francisco
thnt A. Mitchell Palmer, nttorncy gen
eral of the United States, has met his
Waterloo.
It will be the sweetest music that
"Colonel Jim" has henrd for many a
long day.
For it was Mitchell Palmer, Vnnce
McCormlck nnd the others of the up
start brood of younger Democrats who
dragged Colonel Guffey from the scat
of power, threw him out into the dust
of the political highway and then pro
ceeded to tenr down the throne nnd hurl
it after him.
In tho years In which he was the
Democratic czar of Pennsylvania Colo
nel Guffey never sought political prefer
ment for himself. With vast wealth,
playing politics wns his rccrention.
For several years from 1807 he was
Democratic national committeeman
from Pennsylvania, and he sought that
only as a means to establish himself
more firmly In the scat of power.
His modesty is unique In the history
of his party.
-tOLONEL GUFFEY Is today op-
pronching eighty-two yeais of age.
His ancestors lived In Westmoreland
county since 17,"8.
There were three of tho Guffey
brothers, of whom Colonel Jim is the
sole survivor.
James M. Guffey was the eldest, and
nfter bin, came Wesley S. and John.
They were throe of the most unusual
personalities that ever camo out of
Westmoreland county.
Wesley, or "Wes." ns he wns uni
versnlly known, looked like the Silver
King hero In the play of that name.
Ho wns a remarkably handsome mnn.
with (lowing gray mustache, iron-grnj
hair worn long nnd brushed carefully
back, slender and graceful in ran Inge.
He nffected low collars, voluminous
how tics nnd an expanse of snowy shlit
front of finest linen. Colonel Jim him
self, in this respect, in former years at
least, followed tho sartorial example of
his younger brother.
THE Guffeys have been Democrats
from fur back. They were, ns a
family, leaders in Westmoreland couuty
when It wns known far and wide ns
"The Democratic Star of the West."
Hut the stnr set when the coke ovens
lof Westmoreland begun to multiply
nnu ino lann oecomc tne predominant
Issue.
John Guffey wns the opposite of
Wesley. He was big. loud-voiced,
careless of his personal appearance and
the acquired possessor of the choicest
line of descriptive profanity thnt one
could find lu a day's travel fiom
(ireon'-hurg to Donegal.
Tho Guffeys were Democrats of the
militant sort, particularly John. He
wns fearless, dominant, a stnnoh
friend nnd n relentless foe, personally
and politically.
John was sheriff of Westmoreland
countv during its most troublous time,
for when the lower end of the county
wns not engaged in coke strikes the
central part was having its full share
vvitli an occuslonnl riot thrown in.
ASTOHY that was long current nbout
Sheriff Giiffov occurred during one
of these recurrent labor upheavals.
One particularly turbulent center was
known ns "Mueklerat." It harbored
some of the most belligerent of the
strikers, nnd particularly th lender of
the strong-arm faction, an Irishman
nnmed Mulready. for whom a number
of warrants hnd been issued.
Icp-nted failures of deputies to ap
prehend Mulready led Sheriff Guffey to
take tho trail himself. Near "Muekle
rat" he came up with n man who he
instantly burmised was tho man he
wanted.
Tho sheriff wns unarmed nnd carried
not even a pair of handcuffs.
At times, and when it suited his pur
pose. John Guffey could be deferen
tially polite.
"Is your nnme Muhcody, sir?" In
quired tlie sheriff.
"It is," was the reply, with a glaro
of distrust and inquiry.
Tho two men were standing on a
road beside a small rocky stream, alone,
with no one in sight.
"Well, sir," continued the sheriff,
squaring his massive shoulders, "my
name is Guffey, sir. I'm one of tho
fighting Guffeys, sir, and I have a war
rant for your arrest. I'm the sheriff
of this county, nnd if you don't come
along with me peaceably I'll throw you
Into tho run and break your damn
neck, sir,"
Mulready went.
W!
ILLTAM J. BKENNEN was and
still is another political factor of
western Pennsylvania known to the
cohorts of the entire state
"Hilly" Brcnnen was a struggling
ynunc lnvvver when he made his first
6tal at 1 olitlcs.
He wns a keen, far sighted, nrgu
men'nti.c little chap. Today he Is one
of the lending members nf tho Pltts
buigh bar ond verv wealthy. He In
ladr years operated in Connellsvllle
coke to his itdvnntage.
Pa" iiT John Foley, popularly known
as "Pat." tall, raw-boned, genial, wlh
11 temper like gunpowder, wns, when
it suited his factional mood, a sido
partner of Hrenuen's When this pair,
with Tim O'leary (Pittshurnh Tim).
wire in their heyday a Democratic con
vention, county or state, was worth nn
ull-night journey to attend.
Charlie Donnelly and Tommy Ryan
cart led the ginger jar for the easterf
end of the state on hlate occasions.
VICTOU PIOLLETT, of Brndford
county, was for thirty years prior
to his death the most striking per
sonality in tho Democratic ranks in
Pennsylvania.
He was a giant of n man, fiery In
speech ahvnjs, with a chip on his
shoulder. He commanded instant at
tention whenever lie rose In any assem
blage of his paity.
Ho was most emphatically of the old
school; particularly in tho matter of
droRS.
He Invariably wore a spike-tailed
coat with a vast opening of waistcoat
to display a voluminous shirt front,
and the peculinr cut of trousers known
as "broadfalls." It was the fashion
I that hud prevailed in tho davs of Presl
dent PolK, perpetuated by Plollctt.
H'si antithesis. In manner, dress and
address was A 111 am IT. ITensel, of
Lancaster, although Hensel, then in his
might hnve.beeu a on to the
old wnrhorse in point of ace.
Colonel Jnme3 MrClurg Guffey has
seen theso generations of his fellow
Democrats come and go, and fctill In
his nctogeuarlun yeais finds the ruling
passion strong
In San Francisco the err is anvthlnc
to beat McAdoo. With Colonel Guffer
In Pittsburgh Jt is auythjng to beat
palmer. . . . -
SHORT CUTS
What nils tho Palmer boom seems
to be inanition. .
They still spell "rest" with a "w'
In tho Balkans.
Tammany continues to give re
spcctabillty to its opponents.
"Wilt thou?" nsked General Ilu
mldlty. And the collar wilted.
Some of tlie Frisco eulogies had all
the earmnrks of first-class obituaries.
Anyhow, Council Ms dono Its best
lo bring nbout a safe and sane Fourth.
In the mntter of wind nnd water
supply. Old Prob hns nothing on Bill
Hrynn.
. , Short-hnul transit patrons have
Indefinitely postponed dnlly constitu
tionals. A notable anniversary occurred
yesterday without nny noteworthy cele
bration. Tn tho event of n dendlock In San
Francisco, will nnother kcynoto be
necessary?
Tt Is now In Senator Harding's
power to take the League of Nations
out of politics.
Beer nnd light wine advocates arc
optimists. They hope to take tho pot
with treys up.
Tc have it on undoubted authority
thnt tho San Francisco air Is like wine
with n nutty flavor.
Administration leaders insist that
the nnme of the Murphy-Bryan wet
aud -dry coalition Is Mud.
Woman's place in politics has nt
last been settled. It is on n man's
shoulder to lead the cheers.
There might be fewer crimes If
more men realized that their loved ones
were to bo the principal sufferers.
Sentiment hns to be organized to
he effective. Tf it is sufficiently ef
fective It Is called a steam roller.
Sooner or later comes realization
that agreements arc not scraps of paper.
I he P. It. T. Is not seeking a Manic.
The hod carriers are now on strike.
And wc hnd always suppnsrd that It
was the fellow on the top platform who
did nil tho work.
The ?one system of mnii service Is
a great promoter of rectionallsm and
has no rightful plnce In a nation of
people tinder one (lug.
The idea of the platform builder
everywhere Is to put as little upon it
ns possible, so that there will be stand
ing room for everybody.
There nre so many inferior candi
dates to choose from thnt nepubllcnn
nopes rise at tiie cnance thnt the Dem
ocrats wjll pick one of them.
Far be it from us to deny thnt the
public welfare demands thnt the De
partment of Chnrlties chauffeur shall
wear leather puttees, hut why the choke
collar, director?
It mny bo that Mr. Creel has al
ready provided a negative answer to
.vir. iiryan s proposal that the federal
government issue a national news
bulletin.
Do you suppose thnt Dr. Burrls
Jenkins's speech explaining thnt he
would not make n speech nominating
Mr. McAdoo nnd would therefore nom
inate him. nnvhow. wns nn appeal for
the Irish vote? No, we suppose not.
The airship built by the Germnns
to iiomnnru .now lork has heen turned
over to the British In nccordnnn with
the terms of tho peace treatv. It Is
well to remember that It wns to hnlt
these babv killers for nil time that the
i.eaguo ot nations was formed.
Gates of Paradise
AH, THE way was hard, and the
wind was cold,
And the fire in the heart wns growing
old ;
Then you shone on the sky like n
throbbing star.
And I saw the gates of the dawn unhnr:
You came to mo here In this bnttlo of
men,
And the horns of Arcndy blew again.
Whenever T hear your spirit sing
T feel the touch of n mystic wing
At tho sudden glance of jour tender eye
I nm up nnd under another sky
I have climbed from the dust, I havo
paid the price;
1 nm dTp'linc the p"th'' of my r)ara-
Edwin Markham, in Ladies' nome
Journal.
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
1. Who ran for Vice President on the
13KJ" l lm ""Ghes In
2. When did Marco Polo malta his
famous Journey to Cathay?
,a. vvnero was i;atnay7
4. How did tho Azores Islands cet their
namo? .
C. Nam; three, novels by the lato W.
D. Ilovvells.
C What Is a medlar?
7. Why ' a sandwich so called?
8. What wns tho namo of tho llrst nlr-
plano that flew over the Atlantic
ocean?
0. Whero In the Wcstein Hemisphere
was tho Empress Josephine born?
10. Who was Lamartlno?
Answera to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A bastinado Is punishment by can
ing thu soles of the feet
2. Tho Chicago World's Fair opened
on May I, 1893, und closed on
October 1.
3. Mlzpal, monns "Tho Lord wutch be
tween thoo and mo when wo uro
absent 01,0 from tho other" The
word occurs in OeneEls xx.xlx, 49.
4. Charles Htovvart I'nrnell was ii
famous Irish statesman nnd home
rule advocate. Ills diumatln nnii,.
leal career was clouded by u di
vorce ccnmmi which resulted In
his loposltlon from the leadership
of tho Homo Rule paity Ho wn
born In 1840 and died lir 1891
6. The first Carllst War of Spain was
Inaugurated by Don Carlos, a pre
tender to the Hpanlsh throne, In
ij,i. ino ouuS6io uiuieu until
6. Tennyson wrote "Locltsley Hall."
7. rtobcit Hrldttes Is the poet laureate
of Ungland.
8. The Concord grape tnkes Its name
from Concord, Mass., where 11 y, ,
crown
A shibboleth Is a test word or prin
ciple or behavior or opinion, the
u.o of or Inability to uso which
betrays one's party, nationality,
etc, old-fashioned and generally
abandoned doctrine, once held es
aential. Tlie word Is round In tho
bOOK Ot juukcs.
10. Thrlps are virloua mJ mseebj-fn
jurioua i ,,
'irtlLY ' ifeo
i '
"WELL, WELL,
STAR FISH OF TINHORNS
KILLS CONVENTION ORATORY
The Anecdote Is No More, Fervid Gestures Arc Passe, as Audi
ence Listens to Cold, Metallic Drone of Sound Amplifiers
Hy CLINTON W. GILBERT
Copurittftt. lStO. lu rulllo Ledger Co.
San Francisco, July 2. What has
become of tho story, the llttlo apposite
anecdote that American orators always
used to tell when they made n speech?
Is the story going tho way of the
flowery lungunge with which speakers
used to sprinkle their nddrcsscs? In
two days of nominating nnd seconding
speeches only one story wns told, and
that one wns told by n woman seconding
tho nomination of John W. Davis, of
West Virginia.
It was the rather fnmlllar ono nbout
the little girl In the Sunday school class
who described the creation of woman
by snying that God took the brain out
of man nnd made In into a woman.
But why was ouly one story told?
Have spcakeis got as self-conscious
nbout stories ns they have about the
purple patches of oratory? Do they ask
themselves painfully, Is this story old?
And then refrnin from telling it through
fear? Old-fashioned speakers like
Chauncey M. Dcpcw, who addressed the
Chicago convention, tell stories. Vice
President Marshall, who hasn't nil
dressed this gathering, always tells
ttories.
But nil these picked proposers of
candidates here made nomination a
serious business. They recited the
achievements of their heroes as if they
were reading nn extract from W ho s
Who. Thev told how their candidates
if nominated would carry their party
to victory. Thev were stiff, dull, con
ventional and impersonal. They never
ventured on inising a laugh. Ihey
never established any relation of in
timacy between themselves nnd their
audiences. They were liko school boys
speaking pieces, except two or three
of tho women seconders, who drama
tized what they had to bay better than
any of tho men.
Tin Horns a Difficulty
The most successful of the women
speakers ucted their parts to u certain
extent, though It Is difficult to uct when
j oil must stand in one spot all the time
'for fear the tin boxes of the amplifier
which catch up the voice and carry it
to the big house over the speaker's head
and thus shoot It to the remotest paits
of the hull shall not got the sounds
properly. Chairman Robinson hnd to
run OUt and cnicn one u uiv nunu'ii
who was moving forward on the 10s
trum to establish rilations of more
intimacy with tho audience and lead
her back to tho correct spot. In n
moment more she would have been too
close to one of the sound trnps and her
voice would hnve come out of it liko
a toar of tin thunder. It is hard
to be dramatic when you must keep
your toe on u certain (lower on the
carpet and your eye directed at a cer
tain spot in tho gallery.
Oratory has been killed by self -consciousness.
Wo nro ashamed of elo
quence for fear it may be falso elo
quence, spread-eagleism, Fourth of July
Stuff, nild now wo seem in uuvc kk
ashamed of the story or aueedoto which
took the place of eloquence when striv
ing for effect beenmo unfashionable.
Wc have cultivated a style of speak
ing which is suited to a meeting of n
chamber ot commerce or board of direc
tors, or a committee, or a hearing of
nn appollato court, nn Informal, busi
ncssllko talk, aud it is utterly unsulted
to appearances before big crowds nnd
in large halls like the Auditorium or the
Coliseum.
Public Wants Drama
In a big ciowd n speaker is rather
seen than henid. A big crowd has
drama in its consciousness rnther than
nnvthinc else. It goes to the conven
tion to sco the show ; besides, no people
wns ever moro occupied with drama
than tho American people. It is a
movie-going people. It demands ami
receives drama In Its press, personali
ties, incidents, sidelights rather than
serious discussion such as Is found iu
European Journals.
Yet thero is no dramn in orntory
now; it is going to bo difficult to put
drama in orntory which has to come nut
of n big star fish of tin horns suspended
in tho air before It reaches tho audi
ence. The convention finds its drama
In the demonstrations, tho cheering,
singirie"of songs, wnvinc of flags, carry
ing pi standards in parades about tie
1
LET'S HAVE THE
hall. In the fray of voung cheer leaders,
in the booming of the organ.
You sit in the convention, the voice
out of the tin horn thumping your ear
drum, hut hardly penetrating any
further and waiting for tho moment
when the speech is finished and all
emotions are let loose in the uproar of
the demonstration. Without tho dem
onstrations tho convention would be In
tolerable. No one could stand hours
of dull assertions coming out big tin
horns.
Drama Now Follows the Speech
But nfter all this textbook stuff
comes tho drnnin. There vou have the
candidacy In action. You listen not to the
speech thnt somebody mndo in the nig
tin horns, but to tho volume of noise
that follows. Tho men who heard
Demosthenes in Athens were keen crit
ics of every gesture ho mnde, every ex
pression thnt crossed his face, evesy
cadenco of his voice. We pay no at
tention to such things; wo nre keen
critics of demolish ntions. How much
of tho noise is real nnd how much Is
fictitious? How many votes do those
cheers represent? Does the candidate
possess tho galleries or the delegates?
We mensiiro the candidacy not by
speech that is made for it. not by tho
recitation of the candidate's claims to
office, not by the impression that tho
nominating speech mnues upon 1110 ucie
gates, but by the drama that follows the
presentation of his name. Tho duy
after you remember tho graceful
young cheer lender on the rostrum, tho
woman in tho gallery Haunting a ban
ner, the young mau with the mega
phone; tho man who presented his name
whose picture fades Into one of n .suc
cession of slightly gray, slightly bald,
stiff, awkward figures on tho rostrum
who maneuvered tluir arms badly and
moved their lips while the great star
fish of tin horns brayed platitudes.
CHOICE OF PROVOST
LIKELY IN THE FALL
Alumni Committee Considering
Many Candidates for Per
manent Penn Head
The tnsk of selecting n provost for the
University of Pennsylvania will con
tinue for the rest of the summer, with
alumni representatives and trustees
meeting in frequent conference.
This Is Indicated In a statement is
sued today by Judge J. Whttuker
Thompson, United States Distiict
Court, who is chairman of tho sub
committee of tho 100 alumni of tho Uni
versity named last wlutcr to aid in
choosing a suitablo man for piovost.
Dr. Jostnh II. Penniman, formerly
vice provost, Is now acting provost, and
has taken over the duties nf University
aduiinlstintinn. Ho probably will con
tinue as tho acting head of tiio insti
tution until next fall nt least.
The first regular monthly meeting of
tl.e board of trustees will not bo held
until the start of the ntxt tchool jenr.
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in the latter part of September or early
October, and unless a special board
meeting is called no successor to Doctor
Smith can be named beforo fall.
To Discuss Candidates
Mcanwhllo the subcommittee of which
Judgo Thompson is chnirman will con
tinue to discuss candidates and their
merits, nnd will welcome nil sugges
tions. They will bo referred to the
trustees.
Tho committee met last Monday night
at tho Philadelphia Club. Among those
present were five of tho seven trustees
who nic members of tho subcommittee.
Action taken nt this meeting and
future plans for selecting n provost
vveto announced by Judge Thompson in
the following statement:
"The committee of one hundred and
the subcommittee upon tlie selection of
provost have recognized from the out
bet the fnct that the authority nnd re
sponsibility for tho selection of a
provost rests entirely with tho trus
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comraitteo only to bo of assistance in,
obtaining information, or in making
suggestions reflecting so far as posslblo
the views of the alumni which might
be helpful to tho trustees, nnd under
all circumstances to do nothing to em
barrass them in their important work.
Hold Frequent Meetings
"Tho subcommittee has held frequent
meetings since tho time of Its appoint
ment nnd hns endeavored to obtain tho
best information nvallablo to place at
the disposal of the trustees. Tho trus
tees have welcomed such suggestions
and information ns wo have been able
to givo In tho most courteous and
friendly spirit.
"During tho last week, at their In
vitation, 11 conference was had between
a committee of the trustees aud our
subcommittee nt which the situation
was fully discussed aud the opinions
of our committee given careful and re
spectful consldcrnliou. I nm not at
liberty to discuss whut took place at
tho conference, but feel that every
alumnus should know that, whllo tho
work of its subcommittee is of such
nature that publicity would only cm
hart ass tho trustees and render the
work of our committeo Ineffective, we
feel highly gratified nt the cordial re
lations existing nnd have full confi
dence that tho trustees will work out
u result most satisfactory to all con
cerned." Market St. b. 10th 11 A. M. to 11 F. IL
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