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A FOUR-VEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thing on which the people expect
the new nilmlulMrfttlon to concen-
trate Itn attentlont
Xhe Detmoare river bridge.
A Arvdock big enough to accommo.
mite th& largest ship
Development of the rapid transit sys-
, tern.
A convention hall.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the xcater supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. DIRECTOR CAVEN
FRANK CAVEN, the new Director
of Public Works, is in hearty sym
pathy with the purposes of the Mayor.
He has had experience in public office
nd Is familiar with conditions in the
City Hall.
The delay in filling the vacancy
caused by tho death of Mr. Winston
lms held up the reorganization of the
department and the execution of plans
for curing long-standing abuses.
Ir. Coven has an opportunity which
should call out the beat there is in him.
It will test his powers of initiative and
W.drivinc force. The fact that he
."JVBSBW his appointment to no one but tho
iyor jeaves mm irec iron, ouuguuuus
,, party leaders who might wish,
through him, to serve their own pur
poses rather than the city.
UNIVERSITY EXPANSION
THE aid which the city can give to
the necessary physical expansion of
the University of Pennsylvania is t8o
valuable to bo obscured by narrow
xalndcdness and petty vision. "For thnt
'reason alone sincere attention is due to
the proposal to turn over to the West
Philadelphia institution some of the
S?5afcseum.
"Xrr ("Sixteen years ago the University ad
vanced a claim to this ground, which is
contiguous to the college area, but the
Buty Avas lost in favor of the city. In
tho Interval the I'nivcrsity has become
much more seriously cramped. A new
college development back of it ml ad-
ri joining the museum on Spruce street
iTonld not only furnish relief, but could
fesuft in an improvement in the strip
Jjr ground facing the river, the bunks of
-V'hich here hae long been slovenly and
unsightly.
A plan by which the t'niversity would
be permitted to um the heating plant of
the Philadelphia General Hospital, thus
enabling it to substitute some new
college building for its present power
Lou eo on the campus, has also been
suggested nt the first of a series of con
ferences between the Major and the
University authorities. Thut and the
larger scheme are both worthy of surli
consideration ut the meetings as will
Airing about sonic onstructiM decision.
MEXICO
jTT- IS not surprising that AVashington
reports indicate the disposition of
this gocrument to recognize the De la
JIuerta regime in Mexico as the de
liacto government.
If we are to have any dealings with
Mexico we must deal with whatever
.government exercises authority. The
De la Iluerta government is iu control.
It is the (inly go eminent with which
it'is possible to have official relations.
"We may not like the way it came to
iowcr and we may be ronfiduit that it
will bo displaced in the near future
Avhen the Mexicans go through the form
t a presidential election in the au
tumn, but we cannot tell the Mexicans
what to do nor how to do it.
FOOLISH TALK
THE temperance people do not help
'their eauso by sning. as a speaker
before the Christian Endeavor conven
tion said, that "any one who is op
posed to prohibition now in au an
archist." An anarchist is a person who is op
posed to nil goiernmrnt uud all law.
A person who is opposed to prohibition
oljjects to a specific statute uud wishes
r, 10 De uispiaceu oy auotner specilic
tatute.
Therc Is no movement anywhere to
repeal the prohibitory niuctidmeut to
tlje constitution, but there is a demand
Ju,ccrtuin quurtcrs for u modification of
the cuforciug statute. Distinguished
Democrats did their best to persuade
(ho San Francisco convention to deinund
ipn modification. One of them was a
member of the President's cabinet.
Tiey are not auurcliists.
The temperance folk ure unduly uer
voub. The country has incepted the
prohibitory amendment and it will be
enforced iu accordance with the will of
tb'e mojority.
A SHIPPING LAW TANGLE
SCRUPULOUS regard for treaty' ob
ligations obviously failed to nuimute
4Iia tointrpru nt tht. .TnnnM inprplifint inn.
Kyirlne. act, Its frumers seem to unve been
JRMitiired bv the desire to nrotect rtli-
"rl f nMrirlr American shinninc which wns
f, ' .- . ..I Al.l I..J.I- ..-.I .
r",m"7 jun .. K, uU.. u libcrutP creation of mass opinion favor-
fwill IobbI fear of the word nbp , nose who ca a(rord t t,
MWdy, which was foolish and may,nri.,,. Hom.it. nmunnnp hni i...
MVe) wlchevous.
Hew Jaw the President yalof it, Jt creeps la .unexpectedly, die-.
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""'korljscd to proclaim the abrogation
of the clauses of. any treaty with a
rorcign nation conOictlng with tnese
latest rulings. Thii means possibly n
snarl with Great Britain ovcr.the treaty
of 1814, which ended the last war be
tween tho two countries.
This" document pledged tho United
States not to Impose discriminatory
duties. Such an impost is now In pros
pect, however, since tho Jones act re
vives that Bcctibn of tho Underwood
tariff law pjaclng n duty of 5 per cent
on good entering the United States in
foreign bottoms.
In 1017 'tho Supreme Court declared
that this part of tho law should not
apply because It contravenes n reserved
treaty right. The ucw life accorded a
vexatious question is certainly nu irri
tating substituto for simple, direct
-
eolUU have become operative at 0DC0
the right to establish them would
have been unauestioncd
As it is, npart from other dlffictiltlcs,
tho discriminatory tax cannot be en
forced for a year on account of another
explicit clauso in the BrltlMi treaty.
The whole proceduro appears to be
needlessly clumsy and litigious.
f HE DOLLAR IN POLITICS
WON TOO MANY VICTORIES
Experience Has Proved the Wisdom
of IVlcAdoo'8 Suggestion for Government-Aided
'Candidates
AS ONE who has passed Into the
political Great Beyond nnd there
found tranquillity and joy, Mr. McAdoo
can speak without prejudice of what he
sees when it plcnBcs him to glance down
into the vale of tears where candidates
for office sweat, bleed, pose, lie and
maul each other pitilessly.
The One Mnn Who Wouldn't Be
President differs in borne ways from the
rest of us. He triumphed by renuncia
tion. He is free, as nn Oriental would
say, from the wheel of things. He
oceups a place of lordly isolation in
the gallery. Indeed, he is almost the
only one there, nnd he is thcrcforo
specially privileged to make remarks of
a critical nature. This is fortunnto for
the country. For, had Mr. .McAdoo
been a candidate, Jie might have hesi
tated before entreating tho American
people to clean the national elective
Rystem of money, even if they have to
pay the expenses of candidates out of
tho public treasury.
Many men bcliotc as Mr. McAdoo
believes. But no one can expect an
active politician to attack and denounco
the fore'e thnt sustains him iu a place
of eminence and authority. '
Money in politics is and has been rot
and mildew in the institutions of our
government. Yet the people have never
objected scjiously to the system by
which self-interested groups gamble in
political "futures" and purchase likely
candidates in advance of their election.
Elected officers of government are
supposed to represent the people. Most
of the people are poor or relatively poor.
A poor man or a relatively poor man
should make an ideal President. But
us matters stand n great deal of money
must be spent in the interest of any
candidate who hopes to reach the White
House more money, as a mntter of
fact, than even a moderately rich man
could afford to put into his own cam
paign. How, then, enn n man be ex
pected to think of and with the people
if one invisible group or another has an
advance lien on him?
Mr. McAdoo said he wns too poor to
run for the presidency. If only a rich
man or a man surrounded by a flock of
rich angels enn attain thnt office; if
the selection of a President is to be left
in the hands of a constantly narrowing
group, we us a people will continue to
help the propagandists of unrest nnd
spread disillusionment among increas
ing numbers. If the time ever comes
when money can inspire our govern
mental policies the republic will no
longer be safe. That happened in Ger
many. It has happened in other Euro
pean htates. It is n ccrtaineprelirainary
to national catastrophe of one bort or
another.
Money work" in devious ways its
wonders to perform. Campaign mana
gers in nil political parties have put it
to uses never dreamed of by the general
public. Money helps to sustain a
bigoted, one-ideaed partisan press that
works consistently in manj parts of the
country to poi-on common opinion, to
befog the colIectUc mind of large com
munities and to hinder those who would
like to make rational thinking a na
tional characteristic in America. In
many states and municipalities money,
improperly ued, makes it possible for
political heelers to mobilize illiterates
and frustrate the will of the intelligent
majority.
Whether you look at the personally
conducted gang in this city or nt the
Raird machine iu New Jersey or at
Tammanr or nt the larger organizations
with national influence in which these
units are working parts, you will have
to feel that monej is the root of almost
all political evil Great campaign funds
will at some time or other be considered
as dangerous as poison in wells.
Mr. McAdoo touched only the surface
of the general problem when he sug
gested that thp fulcrul government ap
propriate funds to pay the legitimate
expenses of presidential candidates and
then outlaw all private contributions.
Tor the dangerous corruption of the
election machinery has begun at the
bottom and national elections cannot
be altogether free from corrupt influ
ences unless there.is a universal clean
ing up in the btates and the congres
sional district
No one will doubt that a greot many
men arc moved by honest conviction and
even bv patriotic motive to give finan
cial help to one partv or another which
appears to reflect policies safest for the
nation. But it is undeniable that most
of the large funds for every campaign
ciome from men or groups who have
interests of their own to serve and who
expect, as Mr. McAdoo sajs. to make
stupendous profits from the pecuniary
inxestments.
In recent years, since methods of
propaganda were elaborated and refined
to an almost unbelievable degree, cam
paign funds hae tended to grow larger
even while the need for their elimina
tion became the more obvious. It is
by methods of propaganda that money
can most easily be made a hidden
agency of hidden purposes and a force
likely to throw victory to the highest
bidder.
Even governments are now appro
priating vast sums for propaganda,
though propaganda is nothing but nn
artificial and subtle method for the de-
hnimi uu uuii uriuuu mr ii ai
forever alert to keep their columns free
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IgnSsed a news. It has token the form
of books bearing familiar -names and
Issued by reputable publishers. Earnest
men and women organized in all com
munities have been made unconsciously
to servo its purposes and. were never
tho wiser. But every professional
propagandist works for pay and does
what his boss wants done. His work
costs enormously, but it seems to re
turn big dividends to those who
finance It.
Orgnnlrations of propagandists main
tained iu Europo iu the interest of one
nation or another during the war be
came known to the journalistic profes
sion as poison squads., They were
poisoners of opinion. As poison squads
we shall have to regard Rlmllflr groups
organized nt vast expenso toInfluence
national sentiment iu election years by
underground nnd indirect methods which
could not be tolerated for a moment if
viewed in the light of day. Without
immense campaign funds there could be
no secret or scmisecrct propaganda to
mislead and confuso voters.
If specially interested groups find it
profitable to finnncc candidates for of
fice, tho great general public, which has
most to wlft or lose, should seize, that
privilege for itself and keep It forever
exclusive. Such money as is spent In
behalf of one candidate Or another
comes indirectly out of the people's
pockets.
Men elected to 'the White House
cannot be of the sort who for a price
forget or ignore a duty. But the
lesser men who swarm into Congress or
minor offices with them and movo -upward
iu the shadow of their prestige
do that very thing, and do t often.
That is why political campaigns ought
to be fought out decently on the merits
of men, policies and platforms and 'do
elded by an open-eyed electorate.
Mr. McAdoo's suggestion of a fund
adequate to puy the traveling expenses
of presidential candidates and to cover
other expenditures inevitable in a clean
fight over a largo field is not new. It
lias como up repeatedly after every ac
cidental exposure of the moneyed side
of national politics. Professional poli
ticians will not welcome it. Too many
of them live by the system which Mr.
McAdoo and others properly regard as
perilous. Something certainly is wrong
in a democracy that makes it impossible
for a poor man to run for the presi
dency with some chanco of success.
Even such a wide departure from
precedent would be but a beginning of
a scries of election reforms that cannot
long be delayed. Voters ought to vote.
It is the easy disregard of the obli
gations of citizenship by multitudes in
all communities that makes it possible
for dollars to do a work that should bo
done by ballots.
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THE THIRD PARTY'S TEST
DENUNCIATORS of the Paris Peace
Conference operated under nt least
one signal advantage. Their criticisms
were unshadowed by any ticklish op
portunity to show whether they could
make a better job of tho treaty. These
pundits could, in speech and argument,
destroy. They were .exempt from the
perils which inevitably encompass con
struction. The third party convention, or more
properly the convention of the Com
mittee of Forty-eight, which meets to
day, will labor under no such security
against exposure which gave vigor and
emphasis to attacks upon the peace.
The third party men can thunder. That
is their unchallenged right. They can
excoriato with typewriter and tongue
the 'two great political organizations to
which the nation as a whole seems will
ing to intrust its destinies. '
But the Commlttco of Forty-eight
has, according to its own admissions,
another animating purpose. It is to
shed light upon as well as to view with
alarm the sinister programs of Repub
licans nnd Democrats. Tho opportunity
is here. It will be interesting to note
what is proposed in Chicago, enliven
ing to observe the professional icono
clast In the unwonted role of a builder.
Of course, he can always strike.
That, too, is among his inalienable
privileges.
SPA RULINGS AND LOGIC
SOMETHING new In treaty inter
pretation is developed in the pro
test nccompanying tho acceptance by
the German delegates at Spa of the
latest allied ruling on disarmament.
Objection is made to the threat of fur
ther military invasion in case of tho
nonfulfillment of the new provisions.
Germany, assert the commissioners,
will not acquiesce in additional terri
torial occupations for such n cause for
the reason thnt, according to the Ver
sailles Treaty, the only specified basis
of deeper invasion is delinquency in the
reparation payments.
Certainly the German mind continues
to run true to form. The original
treaty is violated. An additional period
of grace is given, nnd then the Berlin
government deprecates the steps fore
cast to securo the execution of prom
ises ! In other words, the Germans re
gard action planned to obtain fulfill
ment of a solemn treaty as violation of
that document.
The Alllcbvwill be wise to ignore tho
sinister nonsense of this type of reason
ing. They have set October 1 as mark
ing the end of the period enuring which
the maintenance of a German army of
more thau 150,000 will be tolerated.
Occupation of more German territory
will be tho penalty. It is one which
the Allies will be loath to inflict and
a war-sick world would be depressed
to tec.
But force, or at least the fear of it,
Is bometimes the only medicine for
chronic shiftiness. It is a merit of the
Spa conference that it has not hesi
tated to say what it wants and state
the case firmlyr"German criticism of
the ultimatum is chiefly interesting as
an index to nn uurcgenerate national
psychology.
Life for the present
German Government
is just one protest
nftcr another.
What Else
Should It Be?
Mr. Bryan's heart
may be in the grave.
Bur Hi Johnson's is
doing business at the
Tumultously
It Beats! .
tame old stand.
Gcrmantown had a
Wets and Drys heavy rain yester
day morning that
was not shared by the rest of the city.
Wonder if Jupiter Pluvius was illus
trating his views on local option?
"The issue of this
Anything Is campaign" observes
Possible Mr. Penrose, "is not
the League of Na
tions." Unless the senator walks softly
he may become one of the first-class
issues of the campaign, before be la
aware pt the? jlanger .
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DR. GRUENBERG'S VIEWS
Delayed Action on Teachers' Sal
aries Bad for the Morale Col.
Pusey and tho North Penn.
Commissioner Holmes on
Suffrage Problems
By GKOKGE NOX McCAIN
Dlt. F. P. GBUENBERG, director
of the Bureau of Municipal Re
search, hat very pronounced views on
the subject of increased pay for the
public school teachers of Philadelphia.
Tlic failure to act promptly on the
part of the Board of Education, bo
says, Is having a very discouraging ef
fect upon tho entire personnel, of tho
teaching staff; tho men teachers par
ticularly. He looks for a number of the latter
to resign nnd seek other occupations.
The resolution passed by tho board
at its last meeting, on the subject of
increased pay, he regards as a cryptic
utterance that is capablc-of several in
terpretations. The shuffling, dodging, hesitant,
evasive aud procrastinating action of
the Hoard of Education has been pro
ductive of a sense pf discouragement
and a tendency to demoralization among
the body of tho teachers.
It is a menace to the integrity of the
school system of Philadelphia.
rpiIERE aro thrco classes into which
J- all of the public school teachers
can be divided," said Doctor Gruen
bcrg. "In the first class there Is tho great
body of those who aro disinclined to
throw aside thtir profession or occupa
tion for the sake of n few dollars in
crease which they might obtain In some
other line of work. I call this eco
nomic inertia. i
"Another class is governed by a sense
of consecration to their profession. This
consecration nnd sacrifice hold them
to their work year after year.
"The third class is made up of those
of indifferent ability, who remain in
tho profclou because they have no
place else to go or couiti not get a situa
tion anywhere else thnt would pay them
as well.
"The Board of Education by the
power it possesses is really taking ad
vantage of the first twoclasscs. It
seems to me very much as" though the
mcjubcrs of the board who opposo the
advance or arc Indifferent to tho sub
ject have nrrived at the conclusion that
there will bo a general reduction pretty
soon in tho high cost of living, nnd that
an advance will not then bo necessary.
"It is a dangerous attitude to as
sume, if tho assumption is true 1 Above
all else wo must guard the Integrity of
tho public school system, for our public
schools nre tho bulwark of the uatlon."
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
GEORGE F. HOLMES saw the
advent of equal buffrago from a new
angle yesterday.
Of course, tho necessity of being fore
handed in the matter of providing fa
cilities for women voters, should suf
frage be ratified, is already being dis
cussed by everybody interested, from
the Governor, Attorney General Schnf
fcr aud tho county commissioners down
to the precinct election officers.
And right in the precinct is where
the real, hard, difficult part of this new
clement in our American life will ap
pear. The change, or enlargement, of pres
ent facilities to accommodate a voting
population that will be just about dou
bled is a hugo task.
A leading member of the equal suf
frage organization has proposed to
Commissioner Holmes a plan to solve
the problem of the increased number of
election officers, iz:
Utilize a select corps of women
chosen from among the public school
teachers of the city!
THERE is a largo clement of common
sense in the suggestion.
The women school teachers did splen
did work, when the sugar rntloning
crisis arose iu the food administration
during the war. They were apt pupils
in quickly learning the intricacies of
government applications, certificates
aud affidavits.
Besides, it will give the women voters
immediate recognition in the election
mnchincry of the city. They would
march, full panoplied, into the fight.
Commissioner Holmes and his asso
ciates will take the suggestion under
careful consideration.
It would be necessary, for weeks be
fore tho election doubtless, to establish
a school of instruction for these women
to be 'drilled in their duties as election
officials.
No one with a grain of sense will
doubt that with such apt pupils the
school yould bo a success.
COLONEL FRED TAYLOR PUSEY,
special deputy attorney general in
charge 'o the wrecked North Penn
Bank case? is preparing to pay the de
positors of that shattered concern a U3
per cent dividend on Us available assets,
he tells me.
Ho expects in the future to pay other
dividends, but just how much or within
whnt period of time he cannot sayi
There are something like 15,000 de
positors to whom this will be joyful
Intelligence.
The work of getting tho assets to
gether, sifting them out patiently from
tho mass of fruud and forgery, is a
tedious and difficult tusk. Of necessity
it must progress ery slowly.
As for the unfortunates whoso Lib
erty Bonds were intrusted to the bank
wreckers, there is little or no hope of
compensation except through an appeal
to Congress. They are not regarded as
creditors in the bamc bense as de
positors. COLONEL PUSEY, whose familiarity
with the affairs of iho North Penn
MA.... (n.tnin... ..n .7- U - ll.
is ij liiuiumr u u result. Ol me
months of study he has given tho mat
ter, is of the opinion that tho origin
of tho whole disastrous chain of events
was not, in the beginning at least, de
liberate criminality.
"It began in loose, careless and un
systematic methods of conducting busi
ness," he said.
"Bad bookkeeping wns, possibly, its
origin. There were gaps and fissures
in the accounts that could not be closed
satisfactorily, binall at tho beginning,
so juggliug of figures began. As time
went on tho bank officials, thoso di
rectly in charge of tho work, discovered
how easy it was to falsify balances, nnd
from this grew tho vaster evil which
led to the wreck of the institution nnd
thu criminal downfall of those respon
sible." The stntement of folonel Pusey is
exceedingly interesting from tho purely
psychological side. Literally inter
preted, it will no doubt account for
many bank failures whoso origin was
purely a matter of bookkeeping and not
of direct theft or hastily concocted em
bezzlement. In tho end, however, the result is
just tho bame exposure aud disgrace.
Likewise: figures do He.
Senator narding
Careful, Senator sajs he loves the ex
citement of the
make-up room in the hurry-up hour.
Perhaps, perhaps! But if be doesn't
have bis speecu oi acceptance ready at
a reasonable hour he had better1 fight
fc nf t.hn Marlon (Ht '.n..lr.nn
room. The foreman may give him more
mcivctucuy. M'n illUJMUM
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bHORT CUTS
tn the matter of suffrage, Louisiana
seems still unwilling to play politics.
A printer President will of course
do all his vetoing with n bluo pencil.
Printers nnS now satisfied that gal
ley slaves may rcallzo high aspirations.
,
I There is danger lnBpa's game of
prosrcssivo cucuru mar, ucrmnuy lioius
a joker. i
Work of supererogation Picking
Democratic presidential electors' in
Pennsylvania. '
Hobson's clfBicc appears to be con
tingent on the stand Cox takes on the
Volstead law. -,
Mr. Bryan need not despair.
Though his heart is in tho grave, his
wind is still good..
Senator Varo savs Mnjtor Moore
has "somo nerve." Has Senator Varo
ever hnd any reason to doubt it?
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We trust that Hiram Johnson will
not be unduly tinted over the address
which senator iinrdlng is now com
posing. What makes tho local bandits par
ticularly dangerous Is tho fact that they
are apparently rank amateurs. They
shoot without reason or provocation..
"Blessed young idiots" is tho way
a fond father refers to local elopers.
It is experience that gives middlo age
the faculty for such apt characteriza
tion. Governor Cox has'demonstrnted his
ability to cook lamb chops, but somo of
his wet adherents are more interested
in his'reported willingness to provicjc a
stew.
There seems to be difference of
opinion as to whether John D. has
proved that golf is an old man's game
or thnt it is n game that keeps men
young.
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Police heard thieves break into n
tailor's shop on South Second street
Thursday night and gave chase, but the
robbers got away with their booty.
Cut according to their cloth, as it were.
One good thing the congressional
junket has done for Representative
Vare: It has saved him the humlila
tion of hnvlng to explain that ho didn't
want a representative in the electoral
college anyhow.
Because while drunk he told of a
murder ho committed, a local man is in
custody. If it should provo that he
tells the truth it will be another happy
illustration of the fact that a kindly
fate sees to it that knaves are also in
variably fools.
When state police raided a place
in West Falrview thev found llhuor.
gambling paraphernalia, a constablo
and an alibi. Tho officer of the law
said he was there to "get evidence.'
A.s no was lounu asleep on a couch,
the presumption is thnt he got it.
A womnn arrested in New York
for calling another a peroxide. Monde
was released, the court ruling thnt tho
use of the term did not constitute dis
orderly conduct. No fault may be
found with the court but we venture
the opinion that if a womnn hnd Wn
on the bench the ruling w'ould have been
aiucrcnt.
THE CONGRESSIONAL JUNKET
milE ship Great Northern's ready
-L And the country has been dono
While tho congressmen, unsteady
On their sea legs, look for fun.
And thinking of expenses
' We all watch the vessel's track
And admit it all immenso is
Since the crowd loves "jack"
(Which is slang in all its senses
For hard cash just "jack").
For each heart is like the sea,
Ever open when it's free.
And we all will lonely bo
Till the gang gets back.
For the Orient must call
To tho hearts of one and all
When the cost is very small
And they nil love "Jack."
Our own Billy Vnre is sailing
Where the Bprightly anchor ankB
And with cheerfulness unfailing
Still the jojous spanker spanks.
For Ono-lifty-scvcn-fifty
They will travel there nnd back.
'Tis a ninety-day trip niftv
And they all love "jack."
(Though the methocVs rather shifty
They all love "jack.")
For each heart is like the sea,
Ever open when it's free.
And We nil will lonely bo
Till tho gang gets back.
For the Orient must call
To the hearts of one nnd all
When the cost is very small
' And they nil love "jack."
G. A.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who was the Hrst secretary of war
In President Wilson's cabinet?
2. What does De la Hunrtii. thn imm..
of tho new provisional president of
ic;aiuu, mean'
3. Who wns primarily responsible for
tho adoption of the tricolor by the
French republic?
4. Name four generals pro- ment on
the American sldo in the Revolu
tionary War
E. What is tho meaning of the French
expression, "a has"?
6. How many geographical miles make
a deeree
7. What kind of money was known as
"shlnplaster" "
8. Whut Hind of blid Is a corblo?
9. What Is tho origin of the word
molasses'
10. Is It singular or plural?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
l. Three bccretarles of state have
Borvcu uncier president Wilson.
They are William Jennings Bryan.
uoDert Lansing and Bdlnbrldge
2. The Island of Hnttl j the West
'mica in umoea hetween the re-
publics of Hum aa San Domingo.
3. Fanny Ussier wns a celebrated
dancer Of internntlnnnl ronut..-
tlon. the became the morgunatlo
wife of Princo Adalbert or Pros
Bla in 1848 and wns ennobled by
the King of Prussia as Countess
von Bornlm. Her dates aie 1808
1S78 4. Tho constitution of the United States.
i flAnln put 1 lb. i ia . '
o u.. in mrce in kbv, aid not
,,o. ...... ...o imposition or such a
federal Income tax, as tho one now
operative. The legality of that
tax, howevei.-ia ussured by the
sixteenth amendment to the const-
luiiuii. luimea in I'JIJ.
G. It is osumaica that ono common
housefly la) s 20,000 eggs in the
couruo of a season.
0. Tho two highest mountains on the
American contlneut are Acon
cagua, 23,290 feet, and Tupungato,
23,000 feet They are both In the
Andei In South America,
7. The first Atlantic cablo was laid In
1866.
8. Qermany signed the peace treaty on
n. Geodesy is the branch nt ,n,i.
matlcal learning dealing with the
L"V"'i7 "J ." l" U or
1 10, A presidio ls;a fort or garrison town
m n(wn4))jmujnl
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DIVORCE INCREASES BLAMED
ON LAXITY OF PUBLIC MIND
Judge Shoemahcr and Doctor Topihins Hold Modern Writers,
Growing Independence of Women and War i?o-
manccs Among Contributing Causes
p ENERAL laxity of the public mind
or
ns reflected in actual life, contem
porary books nnd plays and moving pic
turcs which, discuss divorce and the so
cnllcd emancipation of women, are
given by Judge William II. Shoemaker,
of Common Pleas ,Court No. 1, as chief
reasons for the alarmiug increase in
divorces in this city nnd country.
"The average book you read," said
tho judge, "representing tho work of
writers prominent in tho public eye,
treats of dlvorco in u light, frivolous
and casual way, that has made this sub
ject lose its terrible significance in thq
minds of tho public. 'Xho same may be
said of many of tho plays of today, and
as for tho moving pictures, especially
when you consider tho masses which
they reach, the effect" is .demoralizing.
"Time was, in our father's day, when
tho divorced person wns moro or less
shunned by his fellows. Now among
many, especially in the so-called higher
circles, it is considered the smart thing.
Women More Independent of Men
"Then again women nt this so-called
emancipated stage, when they are able
to earn their own living and aro more
or less independent of men. are assert
ing themselves more than they used to."
Before, in tho old dependent days, they
put up with nil kinds of suffering and
disappointment uud tribulation rather
than apply to the courts for redress.
Most of the libelants in divorce cases
in ray experience have been women, nnd
in many cases evidence shoWs that their
experiences were of n most humiliating
and intolerable nature."
It was called to the attention of tho
judge that tho number of divorces ap
plied lor in mis cicy during inu mot
bIx months of this jear aggregated
1C40, a rate that will run tho totals for
tho year well over MOO, tho highest iu
the history of the city and nn advance
of 400 per cent over the period extend
ing back to 1012. It was also pointed
out that the number of applications for
divorce had' almost doubled since the
armistice.
It was suggested that the recent high
cost of Jiving might be partly responsi
ble for this. Judge Shoemaker smiled
aud called attention to the fact that
these figures held, despite the fact that
most .cases today ore heard before
masters and that masters' fees during
the last year or two hae advanced
from $50 to $75, with an nddltio"hal
chnrgo of $10 for each extra meeting
involved.
About One-sixth of Petitions Granted
Ho also showed by statistics that the
courts kept a check rein on the cases.
These figures indicate un average in
crease yearly in divorces of 10 per cent,
or a total since 1012 of 7u per cent.
This is not quite one-sixth of the num
ber of applications made.
"But despite this fact.i he stated,
"Philadelphia-Is rapidly getting a repu
tation as one of tho leading cities'if not
tho leading city, in the country for di
vorces. It Is nt present running a
ncck-uud-ncck race with Heuo. Ueno
requires a six mouths' residence, while
this city calls for a year; but, on the
other hand, this city probably outranks
Iteno when it comes to tho number of
causes for which divorce may be
granted. Hero we have ubout seven
causes, the jirincipal of whlci, of
course, is desertion.
"So widespread has Become this
city's reputution as n center for di
vorces that residents of other cities
have chosen it as a soit of Eastern
Mecca. There have been a number of
cases where members of New York's
exclusive families have come to estab
lish a one-year residenco hero for tho
purpose of taking advantage of our
laws on divorce, guaranteeing them a
better chance of getting their desired
freedom than in their own state.
"Of course, wbero Ujo courts or the
masters through their Investigations
have discovered this they havo been
Erompt in taking measures to block It.
lawyers in the city have received
scores of letters from New York attor
neys on oenair or. weattny new York
AfiUiatteajilrln, ,bo.ut tlZrS
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rs.i.ji'-
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visions nnd general proceduro of get
ting divorces here.
"There is one peculiar phase of the
whole situation that greatly aggravates
the evil and results in many anomnlous
situations. That is the variation in the
divorce laws of the different states..
From Pennsylvania and Nevada, with
their frco laws, to South Carolina,
which has none, thcro is every variety
of law. The result is that a couple
divorced here, for instance, in the event
of remarriage might find themselves
bigamists in anothcr'statc. That situa
tion has come up several times in our
own courts.
"What is really needed more than
anything clso Is an amendment to the
United States constitution, creating a
uniform divorco Ipw. The great dif
ficulty is to preserve the balance be
tween too lax laws, which make di
vorco easy and a Joo iron-clad law,
which might lead to something worse.
"Many , divorce cases, of course,
spring from hasty marriages. Most of
tho cases which come before tho courts
involve couples who have been mar
ried but a short time. The war in par
ticular showed this. A wave of emo
tionalism and hysteria swept over many
of our young women at that time. The
sight of the uniform, cold braid, and the
like, tho excitement of tho times, tho
roll of drums, martial music, tho gen
eral tidul wave of scntimcntalism that
prevailed upset the equilibrium of many.
Tho result was that many girls mar
ried almost perfect strangers.
" Reaction Camo With Armistice
"Then camo the reaction with the ar
mistice. Tho soldier husband re
turned, doffed his uniform for civilian
clothes aud with it doffed many of the
ways which won his wife's heart. Theu
many couples discovered that they were
mismated. Bcsult. a rush to tho di
vorco courts, to remedy tho evil.
"Thcro is also a general relaxation
of morals since tho war. There is
little of the old-time respect of one sex
'for tho other nnd a more frco and easy
spirit. Almost everything is nil right In
me minus oi me puuui, so long as you
don't get caught at it. The remedy Is
hard to find It's a difficult problem."
"Tho dlvdrce evil is one of tho most
serious conditions now existing in this
country," said the Rev. Floyd Tom
kins. Doctor Tomklns, as rector of Holy
Trinity Church, vis not only an in
fluential member of the Episcopal
clergy, but be is a member of the execu
tive committee of the Society to Pro
serve the Sanctity of Marriage, a na
tional organization recently formed
within tho Episcopal church to combat
divorce. .
"It Is the purpose of tho society ana,
in fact, of tho. church In every way
to carry on tho light with tho ultimate
nurnose of securing suitable legislation
b.v an amendment to the United States
constitution covering tho question of
dlvorco and tcmarnage, bald Uoctor
Tomkins.
"Divorce, strikes directly at the home
and the homo is alter all, the heart and
tho life of tho nation, Then ogam,
marriage is not a civil union, but a
spiritual one. Does not Jtho ecremdhy
sny -wiiac uou nas joincu together,
let no man put asunder'?
"A striking commentary on what
this means is revealed in the convcrsa
tion of two llttlo boys tf the exclusive
set at Newport. I
'Did you bco my new papa?" said
one.
"Huh," bald the other, "that's
nothing. He was my papa not long
ago.
U. S. Next to Japan In Divorces
"Statistics which I took" the, trouble
to investigate several years ago showed
that this country stood next onlv tn
Japan in the number of divorces sought
and granted. And this country is
counted the shining example of a
Christian and enlightened l-ountry and
Japan was, until a few years ago, a
heathen nation,
"Ono of the most alarming phases
of tho situation lies in tho fact that
the great number of people seeking and
advocating divorco are from 'the more
enlightened class.
"Tho pcoplo who contribute to our
literature, wno snouiu Know better, to
some cxteut our playwrights, but most
pi all our moving-picture producers
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of thought and feeling on this subject.
Marriago through theso mediums is to
a great extent made a laughing stock.
"The modern dre.ss of women is re
sponsible to an extent for this condition.
Strange to say, marrlagcR of conven
ience, for financial betterment and other
material "reasons, do not seem to figure
so much iu tho case.
"Many of the reasons advanced by
thoso seeking divorces show that the
fault docs-not really Ho with tho institu
tion of marriage, but with tho people
themselves. They don't seek relief from
marriage, but merely want to change
to somebody else. As a matter of fact,
ninety per cent of divorcees rcmatry.
"Ono remedy- lies in the hands of
clergymen themselves. If many of them
did not make themselves a party by
blessing tho new unions, there would
bo fewer divorces. In the Knlseonnl
church remarriage is discouraged. In
no case will we remarry the guilty party
uuu even in tuc case ot the innocent
l't.fcj, W1C VUUDUIb IU ILU U1DUU1I ID IC-
quired before a further union can "be
countenanced by tho church.
Suggest Social Ostracism as Weapon
"One of the most effective weapons
that could be used in fichtinir divorce.
especially among those wiioso social life
is important to them, would bo the
weapon of social ostracism. If divorce
disbarred persons from enjoying iuvita-,
tlons to thoso functions so dear to their
heart, they would not be so keen about
securing it.
"The mnn or woman who seeks a
divorce is a moral slacker. They should
carefully, consider the question of
marriages beforehand, but once having
contracted to love, honor and cherish.
,thcy should bo manly and womanly
enough to carry out their bargain.
"Thcro is entirely too frivolous aa
uttitude on the part of much of the
public on the question of marriage, too
much of a tendency to dodge their obli
gations. Tho spell of a fascination,
mostly temporary, leads many to dis
regard the dictates of common seusc,
and marry. Then the spell wears off,
thcro is dissatisfaction aud ono or both
scektho easiest way out."
DENIES SUFFRAGE 'FAILURE'
California Governor Refutes Charge'
Made to Tennessee Legislature
Sacramento, Calif., July 10. (By
A. P) In compliance with a request
from Mrs. Carrfo Chapman Catt, na
tional suffrago leader, Governor
Stephens has sent a telegram to Gov
ernor Robert, of Tennessee, denying
the statements of Annio Beck, of Los
Angeles, to the Tennessee Legislature,
that suffrage has proved a failure in
California.
Tho governor's telegram follows:
"Politics aro cleaner, government
better administered and the moral
welfare of the pcoplo far more Intelli
gently and effectively promoted in Cali
fornia bccatiBo of woman suffrage.
Statements to tho contrary arc not
justified by facts and results.
"Equal suffrago in California has
Justified Itself in every way, no excep
tions. It was carried by about 3000
originally. It would carry now by about
100,000, if voted upon my men alone.
If voted upon by both men and womeo
it would carry by 300,000."
CHINESE REBELS' WARNED
DlplomatlcCorps Tells Commander
Pekln Must Not Be Attacked
Poliln, July 10. (By A. P.)
Warulug has been given tho government
by tho diplomatic corns here that, la
case of an tiprlsing, there must bo no
fighting in this city and that Pekln
must not bo subjected to bombardment.
Forces commanded by Tuan Chi Qui.
former premier nud minister of war, are
surrounding Pekln.
General Wu Pel Fu, who has been
.relieved of the command of government
troops in Chlh Li, is near Pao Ting Fu.
thirty miles south of here, but whether
fighting occurs there will depend, It W
said, upon tho acceptance by Wu 1
Fu of his dismissal. ,
General 'Tuan Chi Qui's threatcnls
attitude is a result of the government s
dismissal of General Hsu Shu Cheng
resident commissioner for Iuner Mon
golia. Brazil May Admit Imperial Family
Rio Janeiro, July 10. A bill revok
ing tho decree of 1880 banishing tna
former imperial family from Brat"
passed tho first reading in tho cham
ber of deputies yesterday. The measure
nuinorizcs mo government ici nc u""v: j
with Portugal fdr, the return to BvaU
of the bodijBB of Dora Pedro JI and Wfl
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