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Is regtilnrly mndc beforehand upon n
whole brondxldo of virtues.
Mr. Catherine, however, happily de
parts tfrom conventionality In nn Im
portant particular. It 1m not only the
debt of the Ideal superintendent to the
city, but the debt of Philadelphia to
the Mdiool head with which he In con
cerned. The present salary attached to
the nosition In 51)000 n year. .Mr.
an ImprcfHlan will persist that n (ichool
of fine arts should stand alone. It
should not be a detail In any large
scheme of general education. And that
Is why the various activities of those,
who arc Interested In the arts and art
training should somehow be unified be
hind a general plan for one great In
stitution In wh,lch the facilities now at
the city's disposal could be concentrated
MARTIN .Ofn.ral DMlnfasMKrJ Catherine ndvocates at least $12,000, j and used to the best advantage.
which even then would be a sum In
ferlor to that paid for similar services
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Meanwhile the nubile would be better
off If It could more fully understand
nnd annreclate the work that has been
Here Is the suggestion of a specific ,iotle by the municipal art jury. The
the board from which Mr.
lener resigned in n moment of tern
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4V f .".r wall to points outllo of PI
In kiln United State. Canada.
t , trta.tr roaaeaiilnna. postaee free,
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. ,ii. , ,.. titrnt-tttfi, would conceivably surpass rather futile i Wldenei
&V;v2micoTo. utiBFAti, 'cries for protection. When It pnjs , p,.r (s misleading in many ways. If is
S 'VViewE!rcrTnPc""By.lvnnl'1 The S"m liuiiding what it should, the project of procur- I nt once high-MMindlng nnd vague Hut
)! v1h i.i BUHaciiiiTiuN iiaim ing tne rignt sort ot si pcriuicnucu. i t s oecause ot tnm tamc jurv t nat
i fiBerbt in Philadelphia and aurroundin siicreni iwcior unrocr win do prrceiiu- priuges nnu uiiimings nnu streets every-
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Six ($0) dollars per year , T, rnlhvnv hrlclffm tlint rro
THE MOORE-WIDENER ROW .,. Srliu-lkill In Knirmount Park arc
rent ner month.
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To all forrlcn countries one (l) dollar
P&oTioi-Sui.-.cribrra wichinr nddre beautiful examples of architecture
rhanred muit givo old as well as new ad- A Break.Up of the Municipal Art rather thnn gaunt and ugly structures
BeI"'jooo WALNUT keystone. MAIN jooo , , Would Be Extremely Costly partly because the mmilclpal art jury
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Member of the Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PKVSS
jtfelutivchl entitled to the
reoublkation of nil news
credited to it or not othrrw
LI IT. Is altogether too short for rous
Mich ns that which hos sprung up
! between the Mn.vor nnd some of the
'' ' members of the municipal nrt jury.
Illt'lllUI'l 1 IFl 11IS.' Itlllllll.lll S1V J'"t-'
eAS"tl,J!l, AndMf imperious souls like Millerand
isr credited '' I'l0'r,, Oorgc, riNudski and I.e-
? in thh paper, nnd also the local news nine, l . o.inson nn.l .Mr. yomp
f ..n-.j. .j ,i .. run arbitrate iliflerence.s on which they
jiuuiiinro lirrrin. , , , -- - - ,' , , .. .
AM rights of tcpiiblicatinn of r'Cinl believe tlie fntc of worlds depends, It is
Hspaiches herein are also reserved. not too much to suppose thnt Mr. Moore
land Mr. u Idener ninv ensllv paten up
Phllidflphu. SiinrJ.y. Julj :i. 1Q j n ,Hsngreement thnt 'is due chiefly to
I temperamental tlltlcrcnccs.
Tor the moment the complication
'which led to Mr. Widener's sudden
resignation from the nrt Jury Involves
only n tentative appropriation for the
lA' enno.vcAD noonDAM Cfln
PHILADELPHIA
f .Tilings on wlilrh the people expect
'the new nilmlnlstrntlon to iiincen
trnte It attention:
The Delaware river bitdge.
A Aniilock bin enounh to accommo-
rdate the Icgest shins
Development of the rapid trnmlt !'
A convention hall.
A ouUdlnn for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the tenter supply.
Homes to accommodate the population.
(lire of tlie Johnson picture collection the future.
the original designs. Similarly, a great
deal of Invaluable work has been done
by the jury, or Independently by its
arlous members, to nuvancc nnd per
fect plans for the Parkway, for other
boulevards and for the great park sys
tem which ultimately will include new
stretches of the Schuylkill river area.
It may be difficult accurately to assess
the practical value of beauty In it
bridge, a building, n monument or a
street. Rut it pays, and it pays In many
anil various wajs. There has been no
jenr since the art jury was established
when It did not render good service to
the municipality. The full results of all
this effort will not be immediately ap
parent. Hut they will be. apparent In
DR. KEEN'S NEW HONORS
An Address That Will Doubtless
Provoke Controversy Prohibi
tion In the Presidential Cam
paign States That Have
Tried It Before
short cirs-
Add Pests The man or woman
with n "carrying" voice.
Bone dry does not appear to bo dry
enough for tho Prohibition party.
Jar.z seems to be standing up pretty
well tinder thelUgh Cost of Living.
A rolling stone gathers no moss,
but It is different with rolling billows.
THE HIGH SPOTS
Yum-m1
By OKOnOE NOX McCAlN
DU. W. W. KB13N, of this city, who
Is In Paris attending the sessions of
the International Surgical Society, had
the high honor of being chosen chair
man of this conference of the surgeons
of the world.
Doctor Keen Is ns well known among 'court,
men of his profession In Kurope ns he I
: 'Vh;r,rnrnr.U8ZVoyr o ' . T! Increasing evidence that
surgery n Jefferson Medical College. ZZtM &firUaK "
and his pre-eminence ns n surgeon, liti M mit "" "ussla.
he has written n number of surgicn1
If work could be made a sporting
event f-crc would be no labor troubles.
. .
Sandy Hook known one triangular
affair that doesn't,, lead to the divorce
, END THE CONTRACT SYSTEM
MATOIt MOORK exprehsly states
that his determination, to advertise
for bids for street cleaning nud the
collection of garbage and ashes is not
to be understood as an indication of the
policy he intends to pursue.
This is fortunate, for the reason thnt
the Mayor could not continue tlie con
tract system without being fnNc to
every pledge that. he made during his
campaign for election, n campaign con
ducted for the purpose of britigitig the
contract system to un end.
' TheN charter expressly commands the
city to do its own street cleaning and
. to collect the garbage and nshes itself.
ButJn order to give to the city abso-
.hit; control over the matter, it permits
i contracts to De awnructi wnen iney are
iaecmeu expedient oy a mnjnrity ot ;ue
Council and by the opinion of the
Mayor.
Although the bids are to bp solicited
merely ns n precaution, it is a mistake
for the Mayor to bo toying with the
contract idea at this time. His whole
energy should be directed toward push
ing through City Council the uccessury
legislation to ennble the city to buy the
enuipment which it will require to do
"" 'the work itself. There is no time to
..lose. Six months have already been
'wasted.- There remain less than six
months to get the equipment, to organ
ize the force of men and to buy or lease
the necessary stables and other build
ings for the accommodation of the ve
hicles to be used.
This work can be done if there is a
disposition to do it. The Mayor, who is
pledged to carry out the piovisinns of
the chnrter, certainly has the power to
induce his director of public works, to
take the matter up with a detetminn
tion to see it through to the end.
Jo emergency exists of MiQiriont
gravity to mnke it advisable for the
city to continue the contract system n
day after January 1. Ami the contin
gency to meet which a prowslon for
making contracts was, put in the chnr
ter does not cmf.
THE CARMEN'S GOOD SENSE
THE scene in which repiesentatlves of
11,000 employes of the transit com
pany refused to press demands, for in
creased wages, based upon a previous
agreement, and the enthusiasm with
which they supported Mr. Mitten, was
dramatic, but it wns not in the invidi
ous sense theatrical. Sincerity and a
frank nnd mnnly co-operative tensc of i
nnd a sort of art nourrnu bath beach on
tlu Schuylkill river in Inlrinntint Park.
The Major acted without ceremony
when he diverted the Johnson picture
' fund to equip n swimming ground.
! Now, the service which Mr. Wldcncr
.nnd his associates have done as mem
I hers of a board established to curb the
I passion for ugliness in builders and
I monument makers has been notablo and
! sincere. When Mr. Moore brusquely
1 took nwnv a large part of the fund pro
vided by Council to meet the te"rms of
the will In which John O. Johnson be
queathed an almost priceless collection
of canvases to the city he left the art
jury members nt a loss.
In n little time a way doubtless would
be found to house the Johnson collec
tion without expending i. dollar of this
funil nn the sneeial building which a
literal interpretation of the Johnson will
might mnke necessary, iso, wnni ,ir.
Widencr and his colleagues appear to
have seen in the Major's action was a
disregard not only for their feelings,
but for the work they do.
The Mnvnr is n nrnctical minded mnn
nnd he himself may have been amazed
nt the outcome of the affair. It is re
motely possible now that the city may
actually lose the Johnson pictures, the
Widencr collection nnd the Wllstnh
collection.
That prospect is astonishing. For
it happens thnt work is already far
advanced on nn extremely expensive nnd
elaborate building to house the paintings
which Mr. Widencr says may now be
withheld by their owners or sent else
where for exhibition nnd safe keeping.
Thnt Is the art museum for which a
site is being cleared and foundations
laid nt Twenty-fifth nnd Spring Gar
den streets.
If Mr. Widener's dire promise is
fulfilled we shnll have an art museum
without any art to put in it.
To tlie nvernge man in the street nny
heated discussion nbout old paintings
ma seem like a waste of words. What
it is necessary to remember, however, is
that tlie three great collections Involved
in the misunderstanding between Mr.
Moore nnd Mr. Widencr are hardly less
valuable and varied than those which
help to give distinction and enduring
prestige to c,itics like Pnris and
Urussels.
There has been nn impression among
many members of City Council thnt to
have an nrt museum ou merely set
nside your appropriation and leave the
rest to tlie architects nnd the landscape
gardeners No one nt City Hall seems
ever to have thought of the great uhcs
to which the structure at the Park en
trance might be put. An art museum
was something vaguely suggestive of
culture, interesting to the few. Prop
erly the neiv building should be and
could he the greatest school of paint
ing m the Tinted States.
Tlie pictuies collected by Mr. John
son and Mr Widencr nre similar to
thoe which students of painting have
Any policy on the part of the co
administration that might discourage
the men who serve unostentatiously on
this important board would bo most
lamentable.
And if Mr. Wldener should withdraw
permanently from the art jury, the
bathing beach in the Park might prop
erly be viewed ns the most costly public
improvement ever undertaken . by an
American municipality.
able asset of candor as a solvent for
discord between labor nnd cmplovcr.
Mr. Mitten's statement of the tin.inunl
status of the eompnnj was explicit
the centiul features of a great modern
museum and t-cnooi oi nue urm, ipisc
ciinnscs would be invaluable. And if
ever it is possible to make the best use
f .l -...1 ..f tUn hiilliltnf In u-hlrh
, , ' . . Ill lllt'iii iiiiw ,i ii" w..,,.....r
.nyi .-vyu ...u..rj .-.mus lMt. ,.--, ;, pmbablv will be housed, an insti
magnetism of a square deal. 1 lii M titj(m wiu b'p 0StabUshed in which th
plainly what the men were roimnci-d
they had received.
Neither they nor Mr. Mitten are sen
timentalists, but Mmiucstinmihh the
psychologhnl ntmosphi'ie pervading the
POLAND FACES FACTS
POLAND'S request for nn nrmistlep
Is n recognition of realities. Tlie
crisis, the seriousness of which cannot
be minimized, is one in which the vvenr
Isomcly familiar arguments for and
against the principle and methods of
bolshevism nre not vitally Involved.
Poland ns n nation reborn nfter cen
turies of Injustice nnd oppression has
valid claims upon the sympathy of civ
ilization. Tho majority of the inhabi
tants of this planet arc opposed to the
principles under which bolshcvlsm op
crates. Hut these conditions furnish
merely the general background of the
drama. The actual action grates rasp
ingly against preconceived sentiments.
For the uncscnpnble fact Is that Po
land, perhaps light-headed with sudden
authority, has been engnged in n war
of aggression in territory in which the
Polish population is decidedly in the
minority.
From the government of I.cnine two
offers of pence have been made. The
first was rejected some weeks ngo when
the prospects of a Polish military col
lapse were less alarming than they nre
today. The second, conducted through
Great Ilritaln, is said to hnve been ren
dered unacceptable by unreasonable con
ditions. Rut what these qualifications
are has never been revealed.
In the meantime the Soviet advance
has gained momentum and Europe is
reported to be panicky over the threat
of a new wnr.
Such a lethal undertaking would in
effect be a repudiation of the high pur
poses involved in the world struggle for
real peace. Furthermore, although the
catastrophe is discussed by alarmists
and propagandists, Its ghastly realiza
tion would very likely be resisted by
war-sick populations.
It Is obvious that some truce on the
eastern Polish frontier must be speedily
established. Rights or wrongs of this
"left-over" war apart, its mere exist
ence has the nnture of a crime. Possi
bly pence between Russia and Poland
mu prove to be a base on which a
firm idifice of reconstruction may rest.
If a drastic remedy can evolve, as is
not inconceivable, from a situation bo
acute, cleur thinking will galu a new
impetus.
The first step is the cessation of
strife. Not until then can tho merits
of the cue, long so obscured on both
sides with misrepresentation and special
pleading, be appraised.
Peace is perhaps the most damaging
thing which can come to the Soviet
republic. It is the nationalistic war
against Poland which has united Rus
sia, regardless of political persuasions.
Pence will turn examination and criti
cism inwnrd, and is likely to beget in
the former empire the much -needed
sense of realism now inspiring tho Poles
to cry quits.
J textbooks which have been translated
land accepted as high authority by l-.u-
ropenn universities.
Doctor Keen hos been, a voluminous
nuthor of articles In medical Journals In
the Inst forty years. He Is now past
his eighty-third birthday.
Numerous foreign nonors nnve ami
bestowed upon him. He Is honorary
fellow nf the Royal College of Surgeon
of London, the Clinical Society of
London, the Surgical Society of Paris
and the Helglum Surglcnl Society.
Prior to the world war he was nn
honornrv member of the German Sur
gical Socletv. but I hnve the Impres
sion that he i-signed from It Just prior
to or after our entrance into the great
conflict. , , , ,
In cranial surgery he Is regarded as
head of his profession In the United
Stntes. x
HIS opening address In Paris as
chairman of the world surgeons
was upon "The influence of nlcohol on
the humnn body."
Doctor Keen is dlrrctlng attention,
pro nnd con. to the question of nlcohol
before one of the most distinguished
scientific bodies In the world.
This, too, in a country pre-eminent
nmong the countries of the world for
the manufacture and consumption of
alcoholic beverages. ... .
HIb address will unquestionably put
n flea in the ear of every surgeon under
whose eje his nddress will come. It
will provoke controversies nnd antag
onisms just ns it has always done
among those who have decided views
one way or the other upon this ques
tion. In this country, the question of pro
hibition will prove as great an issue in
the presidential campaign ns either the
League of Nations, femhlc suffrage or
the labor question.
It mnv not be ns noisy ns the others,
but it will be there with bells on just
the snme.
name, tlie traditions uuu wiu in-MiK'
nt the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Tine Arts will be perpetuated.
T'ntil recent years the old academy
GOMPERS ON THE RAILROADS
SAMUEL GOMPERS, in discussing
tho wage nward of tho railroad
labor board and the request of tho rail
roads for incrensed freight and pnssen
gor rntes to meet it, takes the position
which Judge Rrnndcis occupied some
fctnted without reserve.
The Incident is nn object lesson for I the rlassiooms nt Ilroad nnd Cherry day was wasted by inefficient man
both workers and the men win. hire streets. There was n time when the agement ot tne ronos
them, besides illustrating the general , tear liing stuffs nt the academy read like
indestructible wmth of mu n dealing a roster of geniuses, and even now the
It seems H Minnie icmedv for ill, that i men and women who shine most con
meeting contributed largely to the re- i...K internationally known ns the great
suit. Consciousness of fair tieatnient ,t ,f.i10i)l of its kind in America. It
in the past was re onioned , a jointly tm, (M(Pst, There nre few painters
nnd unaffected nppicc mtinn of facts ' , i thin countrv who have not
look formidable.
1 spH-tiously ill Ameiicnn painting nnd
I sculpture me for the most part ncad-
emv students of nn earlier day.
1 Events, hnve conspired to narrow the
woik nnd facilities of the ncademv
hools. Art education in the United
Slates would have a new beginning if,
i some sort of t-o-operntive plan, the
llniospliere of thnt great institution and
its traditional ideals and purposes could
he re-estab'.ished, uiulor public auspices.
in a new museum uuimuig sacuering
TENTH-INNING YACHTING
THE deities of good sport have oh
vlously ncforded special attention
to the classic jachting mutest. The up
xaces mugnifii etitlj justifv the popu.ur
interest aroused when the. bring fnith
riips so eveuly matched ,i, Sliiunioik
cud Resolute.
Tho hitter's victory jesterd.iv was Un ti. ,,rp0 croat collections nf nle.
richly satisfying. Perhaps even the tlirPS w,ich. if we nre unlucky, may
(Uallenger's owner himself was n-erctlv ,et ,e diverted to the Metropolitan
jiltnost ns pleased witii the result ns the i xinseum or withheld in private gal--winners.
For the essence of real, un- iP1.it,s,
.-idtiltcrutrd sport is tlie breaking of I '
r. tie. Under plans now being innsidered.
The America's Cup struggle has in Itlie schools in tlie new- museum would
mailed the tenth lniiliir class. From the he small and incidt ntal And it is in-
point of view of legitimate thrills, no i teresting to observe t lint the University
higher distinction can be sought.
CHOOSING A SCHOOL HEAD
JOSEPH W. CATHERINE, of the
l Board of Education, enumerates the
k malltlcs which ho docins essential in u
'crlutcudeut of public schools in this
s His ideal portrait is theoretically
riar The public is never at n low
;.r,q inn typo ot uiuii lt-ursircx iqr
ibllc post. Jnbisten
Mr. Rompers refers to the "trans
portation breakdown" as "an indict
ment of railroad executive brains."
The unsatisfactory transportation sit
uation is certainly evidence of a break
down of some kind.
It has been said that but for govern
mental Interference the railroads would
SENATOR HARDINR and fiovernor
Cox nre both displaying a disposition
to do snme "pussyfooting" on the
"dry" question.
Senator Harding is often described
ns n William McKInley type of man.
Rut William McKinlcy, n churchgoer
nnd a man of unimpeachable morals,
was attacked on the prohibition issue
just ns Rutherford R. Hayes was
twenty-two yenrs before, nnd as Cleve
land and Roosevelt were Inter ou.
One of the bitterest philippics uttered
against any President was made on
President McKinlcy. In the course of
nn nddress by Samuel Dickey, chairmnn
of the national prohibition committee,
n Trcmont Temple, Uoston, on No
vember 20. 1800. he chnrged specifically
thnt President McKinlcy wns "the uni
form nnd unfaltering friend of the
liquor traffic."
"People say the President hns nothing
to do with the license question." he
said. "That's just it. There has not
been a time thnt President McKinlcy,
by sitting down nnd writing ten words
nnd Bigning his name to them in due
form could not have wiped out the rum
sellers."
"My wife said to me the other day.
'Ton are always telling how President
McKinlcy drinks. I don't believe it;
he is n churchgoer.' "
"Poor, unsophisticated womnn ! There
was a time when every churchgoer was
nn abstainer. I thought that I would
prove my statements, however, and at
tended n great dinner held In Chicago
about a week ago. The President was
there and so were five different kinds of
wine, nnd out of the five by actual
count., President McKinlcy drnnk four,
clinking glasses with his neighbor."
GOVERNOR EDWARDS, of New
Jersey hns come in for a nation
wide drubbing bv the "drys" for his nt
Htncln on nrohlbltlon.
But Ooveruor Edwards Is not the
first Jerseyite of high distinction to bo
kcclhnuled on the subject.
Attornw fiencral Griggs, a Republi
can nnd n Jersevmnn, wns flayed un
mercifully everj where hy advocates or
prohibition when he annulled the first
bill passed by Congress prohibiting the
army canteen.
New Jersey led in the bitterness of
the nttneks. Dr David H. King, a
well-known Presbjterinn divine, took n
hard fall out of the nttorncy general
of the Vnited Stntes beside which the
thunderbolts launched by political
enemies against Attorney Renernl A.
Mitchell Palmer were ns plth-polntcd
nrrows. He said, among other things,
speaking of Mr. Griggs:
"Shnmo on the littleness of tho mnn
who enn bo made a tool for the saloon
power. I nm ashamed to own him ns a
citizen of New Jersev. I hone this net
will be like the mark of Cain on him,
ruining forever his political future."
established
fact, and judged entirely by the
temper of states thnt two genera
tions ngo tried prohibition and then
abandoned It. it Is not surprising thnt
persistent threats nre being made
against the integrltj of the Volstead act.
From the purely historical standpoint
some facts in this connection are in
teresting nnd mnj account for the "light
wines nnd beer sentiment.
Illinois enacted piohibition in 18S5,
but defented It ot the polls In the same
year.
New York passed n law in 1R54, tried
it for two years and abandoned it.
Massachusetts had prohibition for fif
teen yenrs nnd then repealed It. An
effort to restore it wns voted down by
nn overwhelming majority in April,
1R80.
Connecticut enncted the law in 1851,
Report has it that Warsaw has
been evacuated. That Warsaw saw
war Is due to war's reverses.
Has anybody teen nny tears shed
by Champ Clark over the walloping
Rryan got in San Francisco?
The presumption is thnt in the
mntter of tho Polish armistice the Rus
sian Reds are asking for more than they
expefct to get.
One or two expert gunmen, if they
should happen to be around during a
hold-up, might do much to discourage
the bandit business. '
The San Jose (Calif.) pauper who
left money for a thirty-piece band to
play at his funeral was determined that
somebody should be sorry he died.
When the Prohibitionists assured
Mr. Bryan that with his help they
would sweepvthe country, what they had
in mind wns probably dry-clcnnlng.
Experts declare that the trouble
with the fire ladder that broke was that
It was varnished before it was dry.
We have known public men with the
same complaint.
Tho action of thV troller enmnnnv
employes in temporarily passing up an
increase in pay furnishes additional
evidence that the decent thing is nlwnys
the sensiblo thing.
While deploring tho fact that crime
seems to be rampant, let us also be
thankful that the superior horrors of
war aren't crowdlne it off the front
pages of the newspapers.
If the "Innocent norkers" found
wandering In Fnirmount Park had been
landed in the Zoo the Indignity might
have made tbcm the "wild boars" tho
policemen thought them.
Mussulmans of the Caucasus have
joined the Cossacks in an effort to drlvo
oft the Bolshevists; which may Indicate
that the Mussulman is far from being
a poor fish when you once get under his
shell.
The London Daily Mirror is print
ing pictures of the yacht race trans
mitted by photo-telegraphy. In just
n little while we shall be able to sit in
our favorite moving-picture thcatro and
sec the race as it happens.
What the Moscow Soviet Oovern
ment nsks the world to believe is that
Its war on Polnnd is for the benefit of
the -Polish people. And the rest of the
world will believe it just ns soon as it
Is convinced that black is white.
Being convinced that old jokes have
the tang of old wine, arc as worth while
as old books and as comfortable as old
shoes, in response to numerous re
quests we cheerfully rise to nnnounce
that Council does not believe in 6igns.
The country has grown so accus
tomed to being Binccrciv crntcfnl tn
every evidence of plain common sense
that a huge sigh of relief goes up on
receipt of the information thnt railroad
5leJKvp (IpoI(lctl t accept tho S600,
000,000 offered to them.
HARDING'S SPEECH UPSETS
GOV. COX'S CAMPAIGN PLAN
Belief Growing That'Dcmocratic Nominee Will Find It Hard
to Make Liberalism the Issue at Expense of League
By CLINTON XV. GILBERT
Stan Correspondent of the Evenlne Tubllc Lrdirr
N CopvrtgM. 1010, bv Publlo Ledger Co.
TJUT prohibition is an
4l. .. r"'rnl'ln foreign minister says
that Germany Is going to keep her word
because the powers nro really serious
In their threats to occupy more German
territory if she doesn't; which is sim
ply another illustration of the fact that
force Is tho only language she understands.
Erwin Bergdoll's only grievance at
Governors Island so fnr is that he has
not been given sufficient work. Ho has
therefore been n,slirno,l tr -.. l.
tT ft"!!?, ""nt of what ho
......, u.., iiusning" is over. By
comparison with his brother, tho young
mnn Is likely to achieve popularity.
The man who jumped off a ferry
boat "on n dare" nml .., bv..i "..
the river with a boathonk insisted thnt
he was acting strictly within his rights
?o7low8edODBlir rrntcd hl" V thit
? .!. Ho llnK "r fdncere sym
pathy; theie are times when It would
appear that the operations of the fool
killer should not be curbed.
What Do You Know?
&ju
of I'ennsjlvnniii is establishing a new
school of line arts which will be opened
in the autumn.
The University nlrcody has one of
the greatest an hitecturnl schools in the
world, and it is natural enough that
those who are best able to understand
the nuture of the work it has done
should desire to mako it Inclusive of
other arts.
Vet i" "' on(5 wn" evpn dimly un
derstands the theories of art education
upon them. This is true, but it is not
Whe whole truth.
The government Interfered in the
past because certain railroad managers
treated the public with contempt.
There was a period when some men in
control of the roads were not Interested
in trnnsportntlon. They were stock
jobbers who manipulated issues of stocks
and bonds to inaKe millions for them
selves. They combined roads, not for
the good of the service, but as an ex
cuse for issuing more securities to
themselves and then selling them to the
nubile.
It wns this scnnr'ilous situntion which
provoked governmental interference,
and the demand that no securities bo
issued without the permission of the
public authorities and the insistence on
rutes mnde in the interest of tho rail
road users rather than in order to earn
dividends on speculative shares. Tho
roads today Inherit the evils of such
past management. Tho great railroad
executives of the future will be those
who , .study transportation problems
rather than tb'e stock-ticker tape.
be in condition to meet the demands hrtcd to enforce it for nbout eighteen
QUIZ
' Wbirds7a th hlstlcst W" of all
2. What Is tho meaning of "hoi nollol"
nndjrom what lanfruago 'doealt
3 "V eM0 Illpa ln a paok of p'ay-
InrS" .'"r-! f.sP?1" was tho late
........... ...,h,.,uu nornr
" "aX'W l" ""em "Abou Ben
6. To what rneo do tho majority of tho
inhabitants of th nhiiiJSiilS
Islands belong" 9 Philippine
7. What planets revolve n their orbits
between the e.irth and the SunT
8. What Is tho Latin Monetary Union?
9 VdtnSvre'n' 'hB ench and
Columbus, O.. July 24. Governor
Cox is in Dayton finishing his speech of
acceptance. It is his turn next. He
will writo with Senator Harding's ad
dress before him. In a way his words
will be n reply to those of the Repub
lican candidate.
From Governor Cox's brief speech
before the Democratic National Com
mittee here this week-end. from mem
bers of the board of political strategy
who surround the governor and who
talk quite frankly, it is known that
the governor desires to subordinate the
League of Nations as nn issue nnd to
bring to the front the issue of progress
against reaction.
This was the issue that suggested it
self at once when the Republican con
vention finished its work nt Chicago.
It was supposed that tho Democrats
would seize upon the opportunity pre
sented nnd that the campaign would
go upon the .familiar lines.
But many Uilngs have happened since
the Republican convention which have
taken the edge oil this possible issue.
The Democratic convention was not
notably less conservative than the Re
publican. The Democratic nomination
suggests nothing progusslvc or con
structive in tho national field. Other
motives than the desire for progress dic
tated the selection of Governor Cox.
Harding's Strength Growing
Senator Harding has grown stronger
as n candidate since his nomination.
He has been accepted by the more liberal-minded
Republicans beginning with
Mr. Hoover. And it is believed in
Marion that Thursday's speech of ac
ceptance makes tho open support of
him by Senators Johnson nnd Borah in
evitable, for the candidate stands firmly
with them in rejecting the League ot
Nntions.
Open ncceptnnco of him by Johnson
and Borah is importnnt in making it
difficult for Governor Cox to raise
against him the chnrge of reaction.
Johnson and Borah lend the progressive
wing of the Republican party. If the
progressives held off from supporting
tho Republican candidate Governor Cox
might find it easy to ralbe the cry of
reaction.
But his task has grown steadily tnoro
difficult. And Senntor Harding's
speech nf acceptance has done much to
make his conservatism plausible and
persuasive. Conservatism had been
given n hnd name bv Roosevelt and by
nil the liepuDiicnn leaders who neaued
frogressive movements in tneir states,
t had been portrayed as a force serv
ing certain selfish interests. It was
popular to call It reaction. It worked
so people were led to believe, in alli
ance with the corporations thnt bought
COUNCILMEN' TACKLE
PROBLEM OF HOUSING
Appropriation by City to Build
on Municipal Land
Among Plans
the world. Let us -restore the cabinet
to its ancient functions. Let us give
the narties back the authority they once
had.
Let us do all this, says Mr. Harding,
presenting ths new conservatism so that
this country will never again run the
risk from which it just escaped of be
ing Involved by one man in a policy
of European alliances entailing un
known political adventures all over the
world.
Candidate Avcrngo American
And Mr. Harding is rescuing con
servatism from its former disrepute all
tho easier, because he is what he is,
an average sort of American, living,
as the average sort of American docs
everywhere except in the big cities, in
a small town, unpretentiously occupy
ing n house that did not cost more than
$10,000 nnd surrounded by ordinary
middle -class neighbors.
"I wish." said Mrs. Hnrding today,
"that all tho people could see us hero
and how we live." The movies and the
newspapers are attending to the realiza
tion of her wish. They arc presenting
a rather typical American life with its
roots firm in the past of this country.
They nre helping to make the Harding
conservatism, which lias to do with
the institutions of the country, persua
sive. Behind the present concern over
American - institutions may lurk, of
course, the old reaction which serves
class interests and privileges. But
that is something Governor Cox will
havo to demonstrate. At present he
just uses the uaraes reaction nnd prog
ress. He will havo to prove that tho
word reaction properly applies to .ur.
Harding's program of a return to the
government of the constitution.
On the other Bide, Governor Cox will
have to ohow what progress Is. Here
ln Columbus men friendly to him say:
"He is running on his record ns gov
ernor." But his record as governor
is similar to that of many other pro
gressive governors made several years
ago, except in his handling of labor
during tho great strikes, nnd it may be
difficult to give it? significance In the
national field so as to make an effective
issue of progress against reaction. It is
that job which Governor Cox Is strug
gling with nt Dayton. Unless the gov
crnor can shift the ground during the
'campaign he is not likely to be able to
subordinate the lenguc ns the issue. By
coming out squarely against the league
and presenting it ns nn example of the
dangers confronting this country when
it drifts away from constitutional to
ouo-mnn government, Mr. Harding has
brought his whole campnign together
around one consistent principle. For
tho first time in many years the Repub
lican party has a clear, definite point
of view.
yenrs and then renenled it in 1872
Ohio enncted prohibition in 185.1 nnd
nfter a few months wiped it out. Dela
ware tried it in 18.ri5, but recalled it ln
1857.
Rhode Island enacted prohibition In
18.1.1 nnd repenled It in 180,1. Sho re
enacted It in 1SSS mid later ou wiped l
off the statute books.
Michigan pnssed the law ln 18.1.1 and
abandoned It in 1875.
Indiana nnd Nebraska in 18.1.1 passed
prohibitory measures, but neither ot
them kept the law upon their statute
books for any length of time.
There 1 not much doubt thnt the
heirs, tlie survivors nnd the children of
survivors of thrse who voted against
prohibition in those distnnt dnys. with
the assistance of friends nnd the in
fluence of those with finnnclal interest
in tho liquor traffic, ure in great
measure lesponslhle for the "light
wines nnd beer" talk nbout which so
much hns heen henrd since prohibition
went into effect.
It deems certain now that a pretty
vigorous stab will bo raadn in the next
Congress to amend tho Volstead act in
favor or an alcoholic content tnat.wui
VVaatel in" 0f the
The World Waits
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Eugenie was empress of the French
for more thnn seventeen years
2 C?ibnrltin8Anvdc,lsh-Bray metl. sim
ilar In manv respects to nickel t
rom8thoh!,h
rrom tno metulllc cobalt.
3' MM5"!;y '; .wPltal . Burma,
Kot iatu,ua;,02r,sssdr rlver-,n
i. The two main divisions of the hu-
rhoncebXnnuame the cwrt""
6 Thoeib?5?taa,rfBtshe1,f3h9t &tthe '
6OoenpCrheSK,:,l0(OC3,,,' have
7. Threo pronunciations of the word
boush nrs permissible It may be
sounded as though It were spoiled
"suf," "sow" or "Booon." 'The
word describes a moanlnit whs.
tllne or rushlnB sound" as of wind
In trees, etc, u
8. The loss of rhlladclDhla in the
American Tie volution resulted from
the defeat of tho American troop!
at Hrandywlne. "
9. qabrlello Rejane was a celebrated
vw,t ui;,:bo. one oiea in 1920,
come pear answering the demand pf 1 10. rrague Is tho capital of tha new
tho "wet" element. '" J . republic of Czecho-Blovftkia.
ao-aioyakla,.
Legislatures, that controlled parties and
that had taken tho government away
from the people
It has been Senntor Harding's task
to present conservatism in another
aspect. And he hnB done it so effect
ively in his speech of acceptance that
Rovcrnor Cox hns his hands full to
call tho thing his rival stands for re
action nnd to make the nation believe
that It Is reaction.
Harding's Conservatism New
The conservatism which the Repub
lican candidate presents is primarily
occupied with the institutions of the
country nnd not ns tno older con
servatism was. which fell into disre
pute, with property rights or with prop
erty privileges. ii is n new con
servatism. "Wo havo drifted danger
ously nvvay from the form of govern
ment set up by the frnmers of tho con
stitution. Let us get back to it."
This is the constnnt text of the Re
publican candidate.
One-man government has broken
down, ho asserts. There Is no man big
enough to run this thing we call
America alone. The frnmers of the
constitution wcro wise enough to see
this, and thev provided for n govern
ment of divided powers. Let us re
turn to it. Let us hnve a President
who will not attempt to rule Congress.
Let us make the Senate what it oiicht
to bet the greatest legislative body in
ALL the saucy breezes since the day
began
Have been coaxing coaxing "Catch
us If vou can !"
All tho madcap wavelets champ upon
the bay.
Calling calling calling "Oome with
us to piny."
All the wayward cloudlets Bcud ncross
tho blue.
Dimpling fleetly fleetly "Wo would
shadow you."
AH tho world is reaching, like a child,
tip -tog,
For somo one to love it Can we help
but go?
Clare Shlpman in the Toronto Mnll
nnd Umpire.
Railway managers,
Hush! says Mr. Rompers,
need to be more effi
cient and they need to put more henrt
and energy into their work. Wo have
yet to henr of railway managers who
quit and insisted on remaining idlo
until they had finished debute over
questions that might have been settled
more satisfactorily while work pro
ceeded.
An autocrat in Ku
A Definition rope nowadays is
nny one who insists
on winning in one ot the various and
sundry wars.
, . T, publicans tho
Two Men silence of HI John-
, , m to". Beems merely
odd. To Democrats the silence of Mr.
Bryan is ominous. ' , l
City Council is preparing to tackle
the housing problem. Members of that
body announced today that they have
several plans for relief ln view which
will be pushed to fruition following the
reassembling of Council after the August
vacation.
These plans comprehend the enact
ment of legislation cither by the mu
nicipality or by tho State Legislature.
One of the first developments will
probably bo the appointment of a spe
cial councilmanlc committee to study
the question nnd provide the basis for
the necessary laws.
Leaders in Council arc giving special
attention to a program that is receiving
consideration by officials and housing
authorities in New York. This pro
grain is for tho city itself to appro
priate funds with which to build housing
nccommodntlons on city-owned and
vacant real estate.
Studying New York Report
In this connection city officials and
councilmen nre studying n report maae
by the housing committee of the re
construction commission of New Tork
to Rovcrnor Smith. Among tho recom
mendations was the following:
"Study nnd report on the advisa
bility of enacting enabling acts per
mitting cities to acquire and hold, or
let, adjoining vacant lands and, if nee-'
cssary, to carry on housing."
Director of Public Welfare Tustln,
who has been carrying on n study ot tne
housing problem for some time, urged
Philodelphians, councilmen and citizens
to consider thnt New York report with
Philadelphia in mind.
"Tho Idea contained in that report,"
said the director, "is splendid.' I
would urge Council to appoint a com
mittee to make an investigation of the
situation with n view of the city's ap
propriating funds for tho purpose
named. If municipal legislation will
not be adequate, then Council can rec
ommend action by the state Legislature,
which reconvenes next Junuary."
Hall Declares Ills Interest
Charles B. Hall, councilman, said
that he was deeply Interested in the sug
gestion contained in the New York re
port. "I will bo clad." sulci Councilman
Hall, "to offer a resolution in Council
paving the way for tho uppolntment of
n special councilmanlc committee to in
vestigate and report upon nil phases of
the housing problem with particular
reference to the plan of having the
city nppropriato funds.
"I would offer n resolution urging
that the director of public welfare study
the problem in nil its details and make
a report contalnlngrecommcndations to
City Council. I understand that Direc
tor Tustln, ns the result of his work on
the housing problem up to this time,
is supplied with a mass of informatioa
which would bo useful in such a re
J'ort. "Tho city's borrowing capacity is
now $11,000,000, and next year it will
be larger by nt least 510,000,000. so
that there is no question about the city's
line financial condition. Of course, lu
this offhand and informal statement I
would not care to nass on the leva!
questions involved in the New York
plan."
Councilman W. XV. Roper, chairman
of the commltteo on public welfare of
Council, announced thnt ho was so im
pressed by the importance of the housing
problem that ho planned to spend some
time studying tho subject in New York
nnd New Jersey.
"I am going to study the question
during tho summer recess of Council,'
snld Councilman Roper, "and will be
better prepared when I return to co
operate with Director Tustln nnd Coun
cilman Hall and other city officials and
councilmen. I feel thnt no more im
portant question in a big, broad sense
lies immediately before us.
Will Study Legal Phases
"I will nlco study, ns a member of
Council's law committee, tho legal
phases of tho problem with relation to
tho appropriation of money for housing.
Certainly it is n good thing for us to
get nil the suggestions possible, and this
latest one from New York is worth
while; particularly so for the reason
that appropriation of money by the
city bridges over the question of profit
nud loss to the builder and provides
housing facilities at reasonable prices.
"My own thought, however, Is that
legislation by tho state curbing landlord
profiteering and speculation is onq of
nur L'rentest need Wv VmU Ullil
Now Jersey hove already1 pussedl urli . Jl
law."'' ' - j ,v J
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