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A FOUR. YEAR PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA
FOR
Thlni-n on which the people expert
the new ndmlnlatratlon to concen
trate Ita attention!
The Detaxcure river bridge.
A drydoek big cnouph to accommo
date the largest ship)
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A roiiiioitfon hall.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the vopula
Hon. SOME LAUNCHING
THEY seem to be rushing things nt
Hog Island a the time approaches
for winding up the business of the plaut
under government control. It is an
nounced that seven ships will be
launched there within fifty minutes n
veck from next Wednesday. Kach
ship will be 401 feet long and ."8 feet
beam, with a deadweight tonnage of
7800.
If the plans arc rnrried out the
vporld's record in launching will be
inadc, for In no other shtpynrd hnve so
tnany vessel been floated in o sliort
time.
THE BRIDGE AGAIN
tOVEKXOIt SPKOn, has called a
T meeting of the Delaware Ilridge
f-'rCommission, and has Intimated that the
commissioners ought to get into action
nnd out of the way of the men who will
have to do the work of planning,
financing and building the span between
Philadelphia and Camden. One may
only hope that n few of the commis
sioners were in the procession of motor
cars that waited for hours Inst Satur
day and Sunday for pnssagc to Jersey
while their occupants, breathed t-mokc
and gas and dust. The old arks of the
Delaware plodded back nnd forwnrd
tinder overwhelming btirdehs which they
nevef were intended to bear.
'That experience would hnvc been good
for the Mayor, too, who still is disposed
to view the bridge as a luxury.
A CURE FOR MOTOR YEGGS
BY THIS time they appear to have
learned at City Hall that yeggmen
in motorcars have all the best of it over
policemen who have to go afoot. A few
nimble automobiles carrying detectives
who know bow to shoot arc all that is
needed to deal with thugs who resort
to fast cars to carry Wild West tactics
Into the city streets.
You can alwajs fight the devil with
fire. There is no other way to tight
him. This was apparent when Special
Policeman Kelly, of the Ninth district,
and n squad of central office detectives
gathered in two automobile yeggmen
who attempted highway robbery at Six
teenth and Mount Vernon streets.
If money Isn't avallnble to put n few
good automobiles at the disposal of the
detectives assigned to catch speeding
thieves, some of the city machines thnt
carry minor officials about in stnte
ought to be turned over to tho police
department for this special service.
OBSTRUCTING THE VOTE
FANTASTIC and futile is the newest
plan of militant anti-suffragists who
hope to delay the enfranchisement of
American women even after ratification
of the suffrage amendment by seeking a
Supreme Court injunction enjoining
Secretary of State Colbj from Issuing
the necessary proclamation.
The plea is made with the allegation
that some of tho stnte Legislatures hnve
not acted within their rights in ratify
ing the votes amendment. The Supreme
Court's recent de 'i-ions made it clear
that Legislatures must b nccepted as
actually representative of the people.
Suffrage will not be delajed.
Another convention
ON SATURDAY, if all goes well, tho
r Committee of Forty-eight, in which
Amos Pinchot is tho moving genius.
will open n national convention iu Clii-
cago with a view to organizing a third act. Its effect ought to he good. Co
party nnd launching n third ticket, 'douhtedly the Warsaw government was
George L. Hocord. of Jersey ("its . one piujing a reckless and dangerous game.
of the champion objectors of the world "Oue can always sue for pence," de-
nd the stormy petrel of New Jersey's
bipartisan organization, will officiate as
('first assistant trouble-maker with Mr.
, Pinchot.
Jt "may be unfair to judge the Com
mittee of Forty-eight by the random
statements of Its various minded mem
bers. But it appears to be against the
administration, the League of Nations,
tho wets, the drys, the ups und the
downs. It is opposed to Cox and it is
opposed to Harding, Thus far no one
knows exactly what the I'inchot group
Is not against. It has not taken the
country into its confidence.
MISGUIDED PALMER
JjWJDENCB intended to prove that
-t Attorney General Palmer "abused
the power of his office" In his bunt for
votes in tho San Francisco convention,
end that he liberated prisoners nnd per
mitted violation of federal laws which
js required to enforce, is to be pre-
V ' rttMM! t0 n 8enote committee. Tho
rftifYf&Mri cnarge lias a jaraniar sound.
bra Tear, tt
mji nnr A fihn rnotmrimH nf h
n taewvvww W '
attorney general, Sliort-Blehtedncis Is.
Sir. PnlmeV administration of his
office litis been erratic, and at times
wildly erratic. He npneors to hnvc
vibrated constantly between the mood
of a ruthless tyrant and that of a timid
offlceBfcker nnxlous to r'!a8C' "'
manner of dealing with labor shows Hint
he doesn't know the mind or purposes
of tht country ho lives In.
Doubtless Mtv Palmer has begun to
nee the llgWt. lie will fee more of It.
Ills education In national affairs Is just
beginning. Am attorney general he has
tried to correct one mistake with an
other. And that Is why he will be an
cany .target for the campaign sharp
shooters. REALITY IS THE KEYNOTE
OF THE SPA CONFERENCE
For tho Lost Idealism, However,
There Is Substituted the Pros
pect of at Last Identifying
tho War's Victors
THE difficulties cmbnrrasBing the Spn
conference lend themselves easily
to superficial satire.
To bo disrespectful of the Paris
peace convention was in n senc to
scorn the Idealism which was in the j
beginning supposed to animate thnt
body. Later' the obvious nnd inevitable j
failure of the treaty makers to reach an
exalted standard of absolute justice '
opened the gates to criticism. .Many of i
the best minds In civilization recoiled I
from certain provisions of the Versailles
pact which promised fulfillment of the!
very purposes provocative of delivering p
battle to Ciermany until her defeat was I
consummated.
The reaction which followed, nl
'hough It stood In the way of a liar -inoiiious
settlement of vexed questions,
was nnturnl. Warm faith kept alive,
the wnr as it was waged by America
nnd the Allies. Cold reasoning hns
made the peace process slow and vul
nerable to attacks.
The ecstasy has vanished now. De
pressing as this truth may be to such
persons an picture man, not as he is,
but as he ought to be. the change may
bo construed as nctually beneficial to
the cause of real construction.' The
Spa conference is not inspiring. ' It is
in some respects n confession of the
numerous mistakes and blunders made
within the last year. Hut it is a
meeting the keynote of which is reality,
and this may quite possibly prove its
signnl virtue
The (lermnns alone are still showing
signs of lingering delusion, but these
are likely to be t-oon dispelled. Chan
cellor Fchrenbach, invoking the deity
to witness the loyalty of his government
to the Versailles Treaty, rather trans
parently nullities his gesture with nn
appeal for permission to violate the dis
armament provisions.
It is plain that he In the pnst hns mis
interpreted the course of Amerienu)pln-
lon ns have his fellow countrymen, 'ihc
-on.'ttorinl quarrel over the treaty, which
has been chiefly political, hns unques
tionably buoyed the llerlin (iovemment
with new hopes. So far ns the weak
nesses caused to the Allies by the ob
eme of America are concerned, tiie
(icrmun sense of situation is accurate.
Our continued participation in the Eu
ropean settlement would probably have
removed any necessity for the Spa i
meeting or the need for further pres-
sure to compel execution of the treaty I
terms. I
Hut American sentiment, nltliDUgh
not now very passionate concerning the
war's aftermath, is distinctly unsjm
pathetlc to tierman nttempts to wriggle
out of pledged obligations. If the Ber
lin (iovemment is ignorant of this atti
tude it is merely imitating the fatuity
of Its imperial predecessor, which
counted on American supineness in the
face of the preposterous submarine
threats.
Domestic politics aside, it is not to be
questioned that the efforts of our for
mer allies to secure enforcement of tho
treaty appeals to the average American
i-ousclousness ns logical. What offends
our sensitiveness, tiow extremely keen
regarding subje ts lu which our self
interest is not immediately concerned,
is the unmasking of selfish British,
French, Italian purposes.
It is apparent now that the "grand
alliance" is held together partly through
fear that independent action would be
entirely disastrous and partly through
the belief that Germany must deliver
the Allies from Industrial and economic
nrostratiou.
All this, indeed, has an ugly look and
it makes the Spn conference n ready i
victim of the contemptuous satirist, j
Hut admitting the imperfections, which ,
undermine idealism and lofty humanl-
tnrianism in governments nnd in indi
viduaW, is this present attempt to end
(ierinun evasion nnd procrastination so '
essentlully reprehensible? IGcrmanji
is to be let off, millions hnve d'B(i in
vain. It is unnecessary, for example,
to subscribe to a policy of ruthless re-
vengo in the advocacy of tsorae rcoom-
pense to France for her tragic suffer- '
lugs.
With tills principle nnd Its corollar f
in view, it is permissible to examine a '
realistic conference realistically. There i
are evidences of some definite accom- j
plishment.
Poland's war of aggression against
soviet Hussia has been emphatically
discountenanced by both Britain and
France. The moral excuse for this
move may be questionable. Had the
Bolshevists been decisively defeated,
perhaps Franco-British indorsement of
tho I'olish campaign would not now be
withheld.
But whatever the spirit of thi- latest
dared Lloyd George grimly. War
weariness was unmistakable here; an
excellent bign in these disillusioning
times.
War weariness nlso marks the tone
of the negotiations with Germany, al
though no lack of firmness is visible.
Continued resistance to the treaty terms
could, of course, be met with a perhaps
comparatively bloodless further inva
sion of territory beyond the Rhine.
But the possibilities of such a movement
are perilous in the extreme. Its costli
ness would spell utter bankruptcy in
the treasuries of the Invading nations.
Hence emphatic persuasion is the order
of the day.
This policy is illustrated In the con
sideration of a new plan of German
disarmament presented to the allied
commissioners yesterday. The feeling
for realities, at last so acute, is un
likely to lend the Allies into acceptance
of any proposal calculated to sanction
German exemption from indemnity dues
or the maintenance of nn army jeopard
izing peaco. Put the prospects of a
workable compromise are not removed,
If oop is achieved, It ls-fafe to wager
that all German doubts as to the lden'
illy of (he victorious parties In the war
will be at last extinguished.
This Is ns It should be., France hns
been accused of militarism, but mili
tarism is not in the prevailing mood of
her citizens. The well-justified cry
there Is for recovery and restoration.
The dark streets of Paris after night
fall arc striking evidences of German
delinquency In coal deliveries. Chaotic
French finances await nt least partial
remedy in the reparation funds, of
which not one sou has yet been paid.
Spa, nmld nil its unbe'autiful aspects,
Is pregnant with meaning as the dawn
of the long-deferred day of reckoning
.for Germany. Seen in that light, there
Is a kind of grim hope in the confer
ence, providing It is unmarred by two
courses of madness.
It would bo folly to disband the
meeting with the Issues unsettled, for
that would mean merely the continua
tion of the round of convocations nnd
Increased disrepute for them. It would
be futile to insist on terms altogether
crushing to Germany, for that would
mean the economic collapse of Europe
and convert the prospect of even n fair
and due Indemnity Into a dream.
But the disarmament propositions
warrant rigid nctlon. Germany does
not now piesent the snma picture of
chaos. Insecurity and physical ruin ns
af(er the Thirty Years War. The cases
nrc not parallel ami nllher current pro
testations to'that effect are unconvinc
ing. COX .AS A VOTE-GETTER
THH Democrats are making much of
the fact that Cox has been elected
governor of Ohio three times. Hut u
study of the election returns does not
reveal Mr. Cox ns n phenomenal vote
getter. The Democrats elected nu Ohio gov
ernor three times In the last thirty-five
ears before Cox began to run. The
Democratic plurality has ranged from
111.7'J to 100,377. Cox's plurality has
not exceeded 12,000 save when he was
first elected in 1012, when the Ucpub
llcnn partv was split. In thnt year the
Republican nnd Progressive vote on the
governorship was -11)0,403. Cox polled
4.'l!),.11!:i votes, or about 50,000 less than
the combined Republican nnd Progres
sive vote. In 1008 a Democrntic can
didate for the governorship polled
ri.V'.(IOI) votes nnd was elected. Cox
fell behind this total by about 1112,000
in the year of the Republican division.
He was a candidate for re-election iu
1014. when he polled 4!U,3(i7 votes, but
the regular Republican candidate re
ceived ,'n.2."S more and wns elected,
although there wns a Progressive candi
date iu the field who received 00,000
votes.. His party gave him nnother
chance in 101(1. n presidential year.
He rereived 5011,201 votes and was
elected by a plurnlltj of 5100. Senntor
Pomcrene, who was running for re
election In thnt year, polled 570.80S
votes nnd was elected by a plurality of
:i5.5-'2. and Wilson polled 004.301
votes und lind n plurality of 80.50.1.
Cox, it will be seen, had tho smallest
into nnd the smallest plurality. He
received his biggest plurality of 11.044
in IMS. when he polled 4SO,40.' votes,
a smnller number tlinn ho liad received
at any time since he first ran in 1012.
The relntivc strength of Harding nnd
Cox with the Ohio voters is shown by
the election figures of 1014. when Cox
was running for the governorship nnd
Harding for the Senate. Harding polled
520,115 votes und Cox 40:1,307. The
Nuecessful'IUcpriiblicau taiulldato-for the
governorship that year polled 1400
fewer Votes than' Hordidg(Mvho-ld the
ticket. Harding's voteTwns larger than
any thnt Cox has received save lu 11)10,
when he had the benefit of Wilton's
popularity to pull votes for the Demo
cratic ticket.
The Democrats nre welcome to nil the
consolntiou they cuu get from a survey
of these interesting nnd instructive
figures.
JUNKETING CONGRESSMEN
CONGRESSMAN VAHE will see
Chinn. He will see the Hawaiian
Islands and Guam and the Philippines
nnd the buddhas und shrines of Nippon.
If he is lucky he will hear the temple
bells nt Mandalay. For Mr. Vare's
jinine looms gloriously in the list of
congressional junketers who have just
left Sn Francisco to go rubbernecking
with tlulr friends nnd relatives in the
Orient ut the expense of your nlways
benign nnd ever-pntient Uncle Samuel.
The U. S. S. Great Northern edged
furtively out of San Frnncisoo bay nnd
there was nn obvious effort on the part
of her pussengers to conceal ptepara
tions for their departure. But her
vojage is likely to requite n good deal
of explanation from n Democrntic ud
mniKtrntion und n Republican Con
,. V uhpIi elaborate nicnic wns
ever before nrrnnged with public money.
.Mr Vnre is accompanied by four mem
bers of ills family. Twenty -four mem
bers of the House nnd two senntors,
attended by relutives, friends und fol
lowers, make up the passenger list.
Tin,.,, nn. mints uncles, wives, sisters.
.on, daughters, helpers nnd political
lieutenants of the globe-trotting con
gressmen. Had it not been for some inquisitive
reporters the ship would hnvc slipped
uwn wittiout tne Knowieugc or noun:
of the country. The scheme wns
hutched in the House. But the uproar
i,nt fnllnwoil In the newsnnners fright
ened n grent muny representatives and
senntors und caused them to wiumrnw
their npplications for cabins. Unly.tlie
men with Iron nerves clung to the Idea
and finally carried it through.
The people who pay the bill nrc asked
to believe that the congressmen nro In
search of ofticinl information. They
want to see what the other half of the
world looks like. The uncles, mints
...i l.w.nu mul npnliews nro nlso nrc-
Ullll .....v. , - .-
suiiied to be seeking enlightenment in
the Interest of our uationnl government.
It may be said or the senators nnd rep
resentntlvcs thnt they will see about
ns much of the Orient ns the Orient,
staring nt them, will see of America.
Tat 'is little. It is, to be precise,
almost nothing.
There is slgnlficnnoc
A Good and good omen in
Step Taken the f n c t thnt the
Brotherhood of Sur
face Employes of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit system has been incorporated
and that tho Supremo Court has ap
proved Its charter. It is nu avowed
Intention to observe contracts us op
posed to the unmoral attitude of syn
dlcnllsm which has crept Into unionism
here and there nnd which apparently
considers contracts vlolable at will.
West em railroads
calculate that they
will have to increase
The I'nwrlcome
Guest
freight rates 25 per
cent In order to earn tho 8V6 por cent
authorized by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Old High Cost of Living
will therefore remain with us just a
little longer, t
THE GOWNSMAN
Mitigating the Rigors- at Harvard
A ItEOENT, ' report from Cambridge
discloses that "the faculties of
Harvard and the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology have take'n action to
dispel or to nllay the undergraduate
body bogy of final examinations," nnd
that they have discovered a new means
of mitigating their rigors. The pitiable
stnte of undergraduates during periods
of the semiannual days of rcckbning
has long moved the tchder hearts of hu
manitarians. After three nnd a half
months of outdoor and Indoor sports,
n severe strain on rfhc most assiduous
In these days of breaking records, nnd
nfter the close attention to hien and
affairs which class politics and those of
fraternities nnd other orgnnlzntlons do
mnnd from red-blooded collegians, it Is
something of a shock to be thrown sud
denly Into nn unwonted contact with
books and with those stale and repe
titious ideas which authors keep re
printing to the undoing of youthful
Initiative and originality. However,
something must be conceded to preju
dice, nnd it does seem to smack some
what of bolshcvlsm to nbollsh exami
nations entirely. Besides, there must
be something good In examinations or
they wouldn't have always been nt Hnr
Vird. nnd elsewhere, we believe. .More
over, how could we preserve thnt proper
i-esnect for the dignity of learning if
examinations were not kept going?;
Could we spare that charming Ionic ot
wonder nnd horror In the eyes of tho
pretty girl who hns never been to col
lege which Is no place for a girl any
liow when we recount how Appleby,
who led the class, sat night In and
night out with n cold bandage about his
head and Ills feet in hot wntfcr while he
went in for thnt prize in Qunrternlons
ml nun It nsniust nineteen other con
testants'' How we piled hhn with black I
toffee nnd took turns cracking Ice tor
his temples. And how Bumbletom who
won the intercollegiate debate, having
made Phi Beta Kappa while a fresh
man, nnd still lu knickers, is re
ported never to hnve slept while In
college. '
BEFOUE we proceed to spenk of tho
new means so hnppily .discovered
wherewith to mitigate the rigors of ex
aminations we may look into some thnt
have gone before. We have already
mentioned the abolition of all exami
nation; this does in n wny likewise
mitigate, but Is revolutionary as sug
gested; and at Harvard (nnd else
where, we believe) wc do not favor
revolution. A more prnctlcnl method is
to divide the exnmlnntlou into several
nnrts and then forget nbout some of
them. First, there is tuornl diuractcr,
attested by the cnudidnte's minister.
We will confine our nttention for the
moment to entrnnce exnminntions. The
candidate's minister will know how good
he is, ns he sees him only nt dirndl.
Secondly, physical fitness, attested by
the family physician, who will know
how well he is, ns he hns seen the can
didate only when he wns sick. Third,
mentullty, nttested by nn expert psy
chologist, who has never seen the can
didate at all, but lias scaled him nnd
charted him by mentis of nn intelligence
test which approves the ingenuity of the
psychologist. Fourth, whnt does the
cnudidnte know? This is answered by
the certificate of a principal who has
never taught the candidate, but who
lias reason to believe thnt those who have
taught him know less nbout the matter
tlinn he does. This pnrt of the ex
amination Is unimportant nnd is not
stressed except iu such particulars as
the student's ability to tell n Ford on
sight, or rntlier by hearing, from n
Packard. If a further merciful provi
sion allows of the acceptance of nny two
of,.fhe purts of thisquadripartltc ex
amination, the" Oovnsinnn''rnther thinks
thnt c jnny consider the rigors, so
much complained of, as to; n large de- i
gree mitigated. '
EXAMINATIONS in course have
been mitigated in vnrious wnys.
By the omission of nil taking of notes.
a practice which strains the eyes nnd j
promotes concentration, with its in- )
volved mentnl fatigue: by tiie doing,
nwny with nil study outside of the clnss,
which enables the teacher to read the
newspapers or tho current magazines
while his class prepares the lesson; by
the conversational method, wherein the
essential thing, on the pnrt of tho pro
fessor, Is to discourse pleasantly on
things In genernl while the students, by
deft nnd tlmelj suggestion, keep hhn off
on u tangent from the course in ques
tion nil of thee nro effective means
much lu vogue for the mltigntion a
priori, so lo speak, of the rigors of
examinations. 1 posteriori mitiga
tions, too, nre inun. Tho honor sys
tem Is far and nwny the best of these.
If wc do not submit our children to
temptation, how can we know how
strong they nie? And though wc mny
be too proud to descend personally to
watching what our students nrc doing
ourselves, is that any renson why wc
should not culmntc habits of watch
fulness of cadi other among them?
But even the honor system may be miti
gnted into u pledge noj to 'cheat in this
particular examination. The young
should be taught to be explicit. Or nu
examination inu be set in which crib
bing is haidly ueiessiiry or worth while.
After all, shall I loud my tender brother
Into temptut urn '' Better it is thnt he
should lead himself,
PROFESSOR KITTREDGE or some
other notability at Harvard is re
ported onie to have said, "Harvard
would be a delightful place if ouly there
were no students here." The Gowns
mnn has heard this sentiment put Into
the reverse not unwittily by nn under
graduate, "Cambridge would be a
charming phue but for the slews of pro
fessors about." And why not? The
abolition of the professor sounds almost
as good ns the abolition of slavery.
This would verily be getting nt the
root of the evil ; for the abolition of the
professor could not but mark a long
step in the direction of that most do
nimble result, the effective mitigation
of examinations.
BUT we hnvc forgotten the now dis
covery nt Harvard. Here it is:
"Under the direction of Prof. A. T.
Davison, university cholrmnstcr. musi
cal leeltals of ten minutes encli have
been ghon daily in Appleton Chapel
during tho examination season. They
have been held lu the morning, just bo
fine the iiist of the day's examination
wns to begin. Tho programs consisted
of light classical selections, und proved
popular nliko among men who had sat
up all night with their books and,
hollow-eyed nnd nervous, sought rest
nnd cnlm ; und among others who, after
a night of sleep, sought from music n
mental stimulus for the tests which lay
ahead " Notice the mitigation us to
continuance nnd the further mitigation
us to light, doubtless charmingly nnd
colorfully admitted through stained
glass. Here is a panacea nllke esthetic,
ethic, eupeptic aud soporific. But why
not take a plain nap? And can wc not
contrive In some wise to mitigate the
abysmal solemnity of Harvard?
A presidential prof
One Way Out crence primary, with
second nnd third
choice outside the 'state indicated nnd
with tho result In each stnte binding
on its delegates, might simplify na
tional conventions. Even If every state
voted for its favorite son, the second or
third choice would probably show the
man to nominate.
SHORT CbTS
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Hut tho first Coxcy's army reached
Wnshlngton. ,
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Pennsylvania is, as It were, tho
aunt ot Presidents.
Bryan's tears did not allow him
to pass muster with the wets. ,
Mr. McAdoo'a delight in his defeat
is doubtless shared by Mr. Cox.
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There are evidences ot Spa that
the Hun la stilt crying "Kamernd."
Senator Harding prefers the porch
swlug to the swing around the circle.
Wonder just how grateful the gov
ernor will be to tho attorney general?
Returns from Ohio in November
will be watched with peculiar interest.
Advices from Wnwa indicate that
"Babo" Ruth's last home run cost him
$5000.
Senntor Cummtns Is probably sorry
by thlH time thnt he got his Lodge dates
twisted.
P. It. T. figures will not be per
mitted to lie meaning, of course, to
"alnv Tlf ' '
The reason II. C. L. isn't calling,
"Don't shoqtl I'll come down!" Is be.
cnuse up to date he hasn't faced any
good shots.
Herbert Hoover might now be -a
presidential candidate If he had held
his tongue nnd he isn t a taiuattvc
man nt that.
Come to think of It, there nrc fewer
panhandlers nowadays than there were
when the stuff sold in saloons had a
kick nnd cost a dime.
Mr. Morden's report will doubtless
set forth tho fact that under the con
tractor system it wns the streets that
collected ashes and garbage.
The capable way the railroads han
dled passenger traffic during the holidays
encourages the hope that sooner or later
they will do as much for freight.
The blunt dcclnratlon of Lloyd
George thnt he did not believe thnt tho
Germans intended to execute the treaty
may have contained more truth thnn
dlplomncy.
Thcfnct that the British have lifted
the embargo on dyes not mnde In the
British empire may not be wholly un
connected with prospective uction of tho
Allied-German conference at Spa.
I don't know n thing nbout the
Democrntic candidates, confessed tho
Young Lady Next Door But One, ex
cept that Roosevelt looks like a poet
and Cox doesn't. Which is she knock
ing? Satisfaction at the end of the long
shoremen's strike is tempered by tho
knowledge that wicked and foolish nd
vlce caused the men to strike n blow nt
Philadelphia's trade which Injured both
themselves nnd the port.
Let no man strive to convince him
self, thnt he has heard the last of
Bryan. When It knows mellifluous
ness nnd is wedded to eloquence the
voice that Is represcntntlvc of sincere
mediocrity is hard to kill.
There is shrewdness back of Ger
many's avowed innbility to meet the
terms of the pence treaty the shrewd
ness of the fox. She is still willing to
lend the world an unpretty ilnncc. Her
hesitation suggests n fox trot.
The police nre to be congratulated
on the capture of a couple of nuto
bandits nftcr n wild chase punctuated
with bullets, nny one of which might
hnve mount a full stop for the pursuers.
Every bandit captured serves to dis
courage those still at large.
Back on the Job
YOU hnve played at golf and tennis;
you huo fished in lake or stream ;
You have flirted, p'r'aps, with Nellie,
nnd have dummied witii Dick and
Hob:
You hnve loafed on inn verandas and
have, watched the sunset gleam ;
Now Miention days are over and
you're working nt your job.
Do you find your thoughts a -turning to
the scenes thnt you have left?
Do you hanker for your cntboat or
our little old canoe?
Do you vony o'er the leisure you nrc'
suddenly bereft?
And you hesitate a little 'twlxt "I
don't" and "Yes, I do?" .
Pcrhnps you do ; perhaps you don't.
But moments that arc free
Are won by moments fettered nnd by
tasks that sometimes irk.
The vacation that's Ideal is constructed
so thnt we
May loaf enough to mnke us wish to
want to go to work.
G. A.
What Do You Knotv? "
QUIZ
On what Island la Honolulu located?
What Is the meaning of the word
gainsay'
Under what Presldrnt was tho late
Ivi P Morton Vice President of
tho United States?
What Is an enrwlc?
Whnt was the Blgnal achievement of
Vnsco Pa Gama?
What Is n loggia?
Who was Timothy Tltcomh?
When waa the nf?o of Pericles?
Who were the directors general of
railroads during the period of gov-
ernmont control?
What was ihe occupation of Shnko-
spenre's fath'r?
10.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Carter H Class is from Virginia.
2. The colors of tho (lag of Portugal
nro red and green with n de.vlco In
gold.
3. Cleveland. Ohio. Is the fifth city In
population in tho United Stutca.
4. A gewgaw is a bhowy trifle. Both
"g's" in the word have the hard
sound as In "get." The "ew" In
pronounced ns the "uo" In hue.
6. The word germnn In the compound
word coiiBln-german means per
mining to or related to. It hOB no
connection with German, but conies
from the I.ntln "germanus," mean
ing of the same germ or stock.
6. The Hellespont, which Is another
name for the Dardanelles, la the
body of water, swum, according to
Greek legend, by Leander. It sep
arates the peninsula of Galllpolt
from Asia Minor.
7. The largest library In the world In
the number of Its volumes Is tho
DlbllothequA National, in Paris.
8. The Pnrcao In Greek mythology were
the three fates. Their names were
Clotbo, I.acheslg and Atropos.
9. On tho tupls literally means on the
carpet. In Itn familiar flgurntlvo
rense it means under considera
tion. The phrase originated In the
tapis or cloth with which the table
of tho council chamber of the
Houbo of Commons was covered by
motions laid before, flint body, '
10, The first name of Ventselos, the dls
tinirulahed OreeU statesman is
Eleutherios,
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WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED
TO MOLD OUR DESTINIES
i j ,
Wives of the Historic White House Who Indirectly Left Their
Impress on Public Affairs
By GEORGE
mHE first thing Governor Cox did.
nccordlng to the news dlspntcbes.
when the "flash" over the wire's nn
nounced his nomination wns to kiss
his .wife.
Jnincs A. Gnrfield's first act the in
stant he wns sworn iu nt his inaugura
tion wns to approach his aged mother,
und kiss her affcctlonntely.
When John Tyler, nfterwnrd Presi
dent Tyler, married his first wife he
was ouly twenty-three yenrs of age and
she wns twenty-two. Although he had
known her for years and had courted
her for three years, he never ventured
so much ns to kiss her hand until three
weeks before their wedding.
rpHE part that women nrc destiucd to
piny In the political future of this
country renders everything concerning
the wives of presidential candidates and
of Presidents thi'mselves particularly
Interesting nt this time.
Governor Cox, Is not the first prcsl
deutlnl candidate whose name 'hns fig
ured in divorce proceedings.
'There wns a story current nt the time
nTnong Washington correspondents that
differences iu the Garfield household.
prior to the general's nomination, had'
almost reached that stage. But it was
never alluded to in public print at "the
time and there was. therefore, no veri
fication of the gossip in the later lives
of the President nnd his wife.
Senator Harding married a widow.
Sq did George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson nnd John Adams,
Jefferson's wife had been a widow
folic years when he married her. She
wns thirty-seven sears of ago ot the
time. She lived ouly ten yenrs nftcr,
but bore him six children. Her uamo
wns Martha Skelton, nnd she hud been
dead uineteen yenrs when her husbaud
became President.
A DIVORCE figured prominently nnd
rcgrettnbly In the nunnls of the
White House, nnd It is snid, Incident
ally, that the episode hastened the
death of an estimable woman und enst a
gloom over tne remaining yenrs of a
grent mnn.
The first luisunnd nf Andrew Jack
son's wife was nnined Robnrds. Rachel
Douelson was only sixteen when she
married him. It is said thnt ho wns a
mnn of intensely jealous disposition nnd
it bad 'actor iu every sense.
Rachel Douelson Robnrds got whnt
both she nnd Jnekson believed wns a
valid nnd legal divorce. She was only
twenty-two and the fuct caused no
comment of nny note nt the time.
Almost forty years nfter. when Gen
ernl Jnekson wns n candidate for the
presidency, the mntter wns resurrected
and the charge: mnde that Jackson had
married while his wife still lind n bus
bund living.
The scandal-mongers of tho day mnde
the most of 'the story, nnd for n time
nfter Genernl Jncksou's elevation to the
presidency it threatened to wreck Ills
administration. But like the courageous
gentleman ho was, he fought his en
emies to the bitter end nnd triumphed.
His wife (and this wns the blow thnt
almost ruined his life) had all her ar
rangements mnde to accompany her bus
baud to Wnshlngton when she sickened
nnd died three months before his in
angulation. i
"The love ctcrnnl" wns well exerii
pliiicd in Jnckson's Inter life, fur there
wns u story that long persisted to the
effect thnt he never retired ut night
without placing n miniature portrait of
her on n sfnnd beside his bed, where his
eyes could fall upon it the first thlug on
awakening.
F5UR widowers have occupied tho
presidential chair.
Thomas Jefferson wns tho first, and
nfter him enmo Martin Van Biiren,
John Tyler and Chester A Arthur.
Wood row Wilson wns n widower for a
time,
James Buchanan wns the only bache
lor who ever presided over the destinies
of tho republic. He was jilted when a
young man, but whether this experi
ence fcoured him on' thn sex or whether
his respect for the fair one prevented
AT ;ABOUi a BAGRtfOitCH CX'MPAiW?v
a - L.njitta -it i j .j A i - , L Jt a.
NOX McCAIN
his ever seeking nnother nlllnnce
is a
secret buried in his grave.
rpiIE loves of the' Presidents have a
goldon thread of romance running
through most of them.
Millard Fillmore was n poor young
wool carder when he married n school
teacher. He went to Buffalo, after
reading lnw, to establish a practice.
For three years he never snw his nffi
nnccd wife becnuse ho wns too poor to
pav the expenses of the trip of 150
miles.
Mrs. Fillmore wns a clergyman's
daughter, and so were Ablgnil Attains,
the wife of John Adams, nnd Mrs.
Franklin Pierce. Thoy were raised in
the strictest tenets of their dny.
Mrs. Pierce was the prototype of
Mrs. Lucy Hayes in her strict observ
ance of the Snbbnth nnd her rigid piety.
She took no Interest in cnpltnl society
beyond the most fonunl demands of her
position.
The romnnce of famous Dolly Mndi
son is connected with the fashionable
life of Philadelphia nt the beginning nf
the last century. She wns a Virginia
Quakeress by birth. ,
Her parents were slaveholders In the
Old Dominion. They manumitted their
slnves nnd enme to Philadelphia to live.
Dolly at the nge of nineteen married
John Todd, n Qunker lawj-cr, who died
within four years.
Within n year she married James
Madison, n -member; of Congress from
Virginia. Fifteen years later her hus
band became President nnd she the
toast of a generation.
MRS. LETITIA CHRISTIAN
TYLER und Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son were not tho only wives of Presi
dents who died during their husbands'
terms of office. Mrs. Zaebary Taylor
died in Louisiana while her husband
wns President.
Oddly enough, 'she bitterly opposed
her htisbnnd being a candidate and de
clined to have anything to do with the
social life of tho capital.
Abigail Fillmore died nt Willnrd's
Hotel In Washington n month nfter the
close of her husband's term of office.
It is snid that her death was: hastened
by the arduous duties imposed upon 'her
ns the "First Lady of the Laud."
Four months of the social whirl as a
President's wife nbout exhausted Mrs.
(John Adnins. She returned to her home
iu Mnssachusctts, where she remained
until her denth years afterward.
THE greatest high light of romance,
however, shono on the lives of An
drew Johnson nnd Eliza McCnrdlc. He
wns a young North Carolina tailor who
had moved over into Tennessee and lo
cnted in Greenville.
She was n young woman of good, ed
ucation and she taught nnd encouraged
her husband In his studies. She did
not. as reported, teach him his letters.
When nfter long yenrs of struggle nnd
poverty "Andrew Johnson reached the
goal of his desires and succeeded to the
presidential chair his faithful wife wns
too ill tp do the honors of the White
House, nnd the duty devolved upon her
daughter. '
There have been numc(ous wed
dings in the Washington home of the
(Presidents.
Tho two most noted ones were those
of Nellie Grant, daughter of President
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Grnut, and President Grovcr Cleveland."
i-unie vtruni nnu Algernon Cliarlti
Frederic Snrtoris, a grandson of tin
juKunii utior, i,nanes itcmuic, wen
married o.n May 21, 1874, in the East
Itopm. It wns tho most elnbornto and
uriiuunt nunir ot the kind thnt tbt
stately mansion ever witnessed.
The wedding of Grover Cleveland and
h ranees Folsom, on the 2d of Jun,
1880, wns a quiet but impressive event,
the first instance of a Presideut being
married in the White House.
"DDLY enough, the first marriage to
take place iu the "White House was
thnt of n Philadelphia girl, Mfs Todd,
a relative of Dolly Madison's first has
band nnd n ward of that Indy. The
nritiegroom was uuwaril II. Jackson, a
great-uncle of Stonewall Jackson.
The second wns that ot President J
Monroe's daughter. Commodore and
Mrs. Decatur gave the bride the first
unit nnu reception of cougrntulation.
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wo mornings inter Uecutiir was killed
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than nnythlng else to cud this barbarous
practice.
W!,
VltY TODD, a beautiful girl ol
exlugtou. Ky.. refused Stenhen
A. Douglass nnd nfterwnrd married
Abraham Lincoln. She. made his ac-.
qunlutnnce while visiting iu Spriui
field, III. The marriage wns never I
hnppy one, due, it is said, to Mu.
Lincoln's love of social gajety.
An ideal marriage was that of Pres-,
ident nnd Mrs. Mckinley, though in'
the latter part of her life Mrs. McKin
ley was n semi-invalid and a great
sufferer.
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