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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tilings on nlilcli flip people expect
the new administration to concea-
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The Delaware river bridge.
a. aryaocK otg tnavtgn to accommo
data the largest ehlpa
Development of the ripid transit sys
tem. ,A'!ontvjntton hail. 1
A bViMino for the Free Library.
An Jirt Museum.
Enlargement of the toater supply.
Bomes to accommodate the popula
tion. TE POLICE WILL BLESS HIM
D1RKCT0K C0KTI-;LY0L"S order
against ticket peddling by police
and fircmri. ends an abuse long capital
ized by comiptioni'.ts. That the ban
extends to the sale of pension fund
tickets by the beneficiaries Is a hardship
more In nppearapce than lir fact.
Jt is the province of Council to fur
nish adequate pen-ion money and for
tunately the appropriation -.ought this
3ear indicates at least a partial realiza
tion of this duty. Furthermore, the
plan to permit storekeper- to sell the
bazaar and carnival tickets is nc
which should be stimulating to the self
respect of firemen nnd policemen, until
now forced by necessity ratlu-r t!:an de
sire to play the humiliating role of
peddlers.
The 'major gain in the ruling, however";-
K the extinction of pernicious
politica! activities in connection with
ticket selling bavins no relation to pen
sions. The petty bosses who engineered
these unsavory "drives" were actually
practicing n system of blackmail, with
the policcnud tircnien as victims unless
they acquiesced. Director Cortelyou is
tn hp mnprntiilntp.l fur itnuinitir- fiitf th.i
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auuic tui iiiiimi- uinilili imiivuu,i. .
MACKEY AND MOORE
GOVERNOR SPROCL does not np-
near inclined to be drown into
Mayor Moore's fight upon Harry A. The railways were askinc for in
Mnekev if he can help it. But his re- creased freight and passenger rates while
markH nnon the local situation are in-
tcresting and significant
" '
"As a matter of constructive poli
tics," he said, "I really feel that some
people make a mistake in fighting the
cl(y administration, which has a long.
long time to remain in power."
If this means Mr. Maekey. that gen
tleman will doubtless be mnde nware
o It more or less dircct!. If It is
, merely a general stnteinent of the Gov
ernor's opinion with no speeial appli
cation to any particular man or group
of, men. then lnnguage hns ceased to
have much meaning.
As an old football player, the chnlr
xnac of the State Workmen's Compen
sation Board ought to be quick ut
catching signals.
THE GREATER ZOO
THE recent und prospective additions
to the Zoo will validate its standing
as, one of the foremost institutions of
the. kind in the world.
" ,Excelling in many genera, especially
birds and the large carnivora, the gnr
2f t .u iVii iV i i i a
Molt the highly Pictorial giraffe "nrt
the ponderous yet fantastic rhinoceros.
pw these deficiencies n,e soon to be
repaired. A special representative will '
depart in September to take tribute of
tho East Indian fauna. An African I
., t - .1 i;i .., -
giraffe, one of the most difficult of the
rarer animals to raise, ls now in transit
on the Atlantic.
"Fortunately popular interest encour
ages this policy of expansion. During
lftbe last month 57,000 persons patron
ized the Zoological Gardens as compared
with 30.000 for July 1010. This Is a
,fine showing But not a whit too good.
A RIVAL NEXT DOOR
A CUP challenge from Canada con
tains that element of excitement in
separable from neighborly contest. Al-
xander C. Ross, who plans to nice for I
the America's trophy in 1021, more-I
over, enters his bid to the iiccompani
munt of a significant warning. He will
employ 'Nova Scotin sailors, handy sea
folk beyond a doubt nmPtraincd under
circumstances and In traditions very
Biurh akin to onr own. The test is cer
tuln to be spirited.
Iu the failure of contestants to lift
the' cup it is curious to note the way
in vh!c)i tho yucht classic has become
"localized." The first challengers wer
"- English. Thirty-nine years u;o there
vas a Canadian entrant, but that wns
an isolated departure. Later came the
tindiscouraged Irish sportsmnn, nnd
.finally the aspirant is next door. What
jm.j ..v - - ..w.. .......
t ver happens, fears of scndlns our boys
Li! abroad to brave the complexities of old
rr " -,l w A ahIIiiiv milll lsm iniiHilluti
wjur'U jruiuui "in vt- ti uuuuicnoi
BONUSES AND' BRIGANDAGE
AS MILD a bandit as ever burned
a railway train or plundered a
l.(. r party of Americans, Francisco
f' . crsvfi from President de la Hu
y'' rmwi to "establish schools," nnd i
pKQ
-' ,"t rJwwt "bpoks. penclln, chnlk nuc other
J, ueHw." Not sluco tho pirates qf
r iptswaacp forbore to maltreat orphans
'" Jwive brigandage and uplift been so
X wlably fused.
j T amalgam, However, is Highly
, ' tTpto'al. of the iBcwsuavity In Mexico,
.V vlnu M-pyyt: mu i,w, jjvbuo.
equivalent to n" -ypnr'K pay, Is to bo
dUtrlbtited nrnonR the rcmtinntH of
I'aticjjo's band. An cight-ycnr-old re
bellion wrnnlilcnlly TxplreH ninltl n
Koldi-ii glow of bcnlRnlty and a mono
tary reward. t
Meanwhile, the elections held on Sun
day arc terminating In n victory for
the Liberal Constitutionalists, the party
In power. Very much In power Is the
obvloiiH conclusion, and equipped with
tin ample purse
rilO I In tti it hmn t1 A I hi 1a n.l
' tbc methods employed recall nertlncntlv
tile Onelflpntlnn Ntttnm nt tA Infn 1jm.
firlo Diaz in the early rtays of hlsl,,,l Democrats passed while they were
nsi'i-nuancv. i.un is n eiirntivp nw tin
' tllc,1,1,
a-lio ndjustment Is not vprr Ktiinii-
ilnlln. 1 ..!.... ..!.... -f ..!..-
" """I"'"" i n-piesemnuvr
Kovernment. but any government nt all
' '" J'i,xlr0 has rotisoliitorv properties,
j providing i'o iinpcrtiueni motallst lu-
riirfiM'tiu
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A HUH NhSS PRORI FM MFT
IN A BUSINESSLIKE WAY
: The
Each-Cummins Railroad Law at
Work Illustrates the Historic
Republican Capability
for Government
Ttril
WILSON has said that he
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I 'nw a. jt w pnwd so near the
date fixed for turning the railroads
back to their owners that it was Im
possible to get n "sntisfnetorj" law In
the time remaining. He accepted It
reluctnntlv and he has been tlingin;
jibes nt it ever since.
No one has said that It U a perfect
statute. Perfection is not tn be ex
jPvted fi oui any legislative body. Laws
nre the result of comnromlsp nnd con-
cession niiinug conflicting interests, nnd
if they nre workable that is about all
that can be expected. (
Tho new railroad law Is workable,
for it is working.
It worked in the first place when tho
Railway Labor Board, created to ad
just the grievances of the employes,
made Its wage award nbout two weeks
ago, and thus removed any excuse for a
strike. Because the award was not bo
large as the men had nsked for there
i.was strike gossip for a day or two.
it is true, but it soon ceased nipl lias
not been heard since. The men got by
peaceable arbitration nnd with no ex
pense to themselves nnd without in
terruption of the business of the country-more
than they could have won by
a Mrikc.
The satisfactory working of the plan
of arbitration will lessen the regrets of
tiiose woo wisiirii me kw i" uiii.hu
provisions penalizing striker. It is
likelv tliat as time coes on public senti-
ment will inflict penalty enough on men '
who strike in the face of reasonable and
workable rules for adjusting grievances
bv arbitration.
-
But the law did not stop with pro
visions for wage awards. For the first
time it mnde explicit recognition of the
duty of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to consent to suc.h rates ns
would gua rati tee to the owners, of the
rallronds a "fair return on the money
invested. The statute fixes this at u
minimum of " ner cent and it gives to
the commission the power to arrange for ,
nn additional one-half of one per cent
if it thinks the sum Is needed in order
to provide money for betterments. The
InnffltnCC of tllC
language of the law is Imperative. It
wnvw Hint "Hip eninniisKinti Klinll" t
I nutnMlul. uiint. mtnu thnt tlio rMirrlors
-.- ... "
.-.it. l'i.ii r.i.n .... ...... .... -.....-..
j ns a whole when effieleiitlv nnd honestly
' managed may earn "a fair return upon
! the aggregate value of the railway
properij.
the labor board was hearing the pott-
'pi.I
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tinn oi hip mii nn ;" t wau-'t,
".",e 1"L;T"':' "h ' :".r-Vi C
Vi .... . L...t f nort wi nnn
Krillliv. II uhC ...i..r ... "..-
n year the roads asked for a further
increase in rates sufficient to cover this
sum.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion had no discretion. It had. been
-commanded to estahlNh rates that
would keep the roads solvent. It has
obeved the command.
Whatever other effect the new rail
road law may have it is indisputable
that within four months of its passage
it has restored the credit 'of the rail
roads, and removed from them the han
dicap under which they have been suf
fering for twcntvfnc years. Now the
roads can go Into the open mnrkot and
secure the money they need for pro
viding new equipment of nil kind. T-llis
they could not get in the past because
thnr have been starved by timid men in
Washington, who feared that if tliry
treated the railroads fairly they would
be charged with favoring capital nt the
PTnense oi uie wuriviu, i.i.
It "ill take time to rehabilitate the
r,irmM" but it is rrasonublc to oxpect
" . d
.! . o
rnr, ''""J ,i..
th Remands upo n tliora.
The new ' '" ' nl fixinB
ns Wll 4 u i.h'- ,...o.
Of course the public will have to pay
the bills. But if the railroad managers
are faithful to their trust, the public
will get all that it pays for. Thu conn
try has learned during the past three
years that inadequate railroad facili
ties are nn expensive luxury. Business
men would have been wll'ing to pay two
or three times the legal freight rate if
thev could have got their goods when
thev ordered them. But the railroads
were so congested with traffic thnt
evervthing received moved slowly and
embargoes were put on shipments be
cawt th( unities were alrcudy taxed
,..,. cannplt4
If business is to prosper the avenues
of distribution must be kept open. We
knew this theoretically a long time ngo,
but there is no man doing any consider
able business who has not had it 1m-'
pressed upon him by hard experience
since 1017.
And instead of being frightened by
an increase in the freight rates nnd its
possible effect on the cost of living we
nre beginning to study the subject in its
details. W. .Tett Lauek, an economic
expert, for example, has been saying
that the new freight rates will not in
crease the cost of a pair of shoci to
jine rvllilier morts iiiuu ti ii-um ui iur
mosti The retailer, in the present state
the retailer moro than fi cents ut the
nf the shoe market, is likely to absorb
this sum instead of passing It on to the
consumer. And the snme thing is true
of virtually all other commodities lints,
shirta, neckties, underwear, clothing
and the like. Coal, which is bulky,
is about the only thing In common use
the price of which Is likely to be affected
at all by the new freight rates
Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, is of the
opinion that the new rates ore likely to
decrease prices because of their effect
upon b'ic'.uess as a whole. If their ef.
feet upon tho railroads is what every one
anticipates, Mr. Wlllard's view is likely
to be sustained by the development.
When buslners Is active and compete
I
. - J ' v .
tevEimrQ "public
tlon brlk prices tend downward. Under
such conditions the wholesale markets
arc open to the little nmii as well as to
the big man. Competition in selling al
ways brings or keeps prices down.
The, rehabilitation of the railroads
ought to ease the pressure upon the
public In hundreds of different wnys.
If It does not help the housing situation,
men familiar with the difficulty in the
transportation of building materials nt
present will be surprised.
Much will be heard during the sum-
iiicr nnii nuiuuui noout tne laws which
the Democrats nassed while thev were
In control of Congress, but none of them
is oi t renter importance, than the Ksch-
Cuiiiniliis railroad law, passed-by n He-
J
imuiiraii congrrsM nun signed reliie -
nits intimated that lie would have vetoed
It If he had dared. It lit k down for the'
Hrst time the principle of justice lnthe !
treatment of private capital invested In
the transportation system of the coun-
try. It is an illustration of the historic '
ability of the Republican pnrtv to solve ,
a business iirohlPin in n 4iii'lnps.lll0 I
manner.
PARIS CONFORMS .
T)ARIN, without public gumltig tables
x and dueling, suggests n mental
picture .surprising only to those who '
have failed, to adjust their viewpoint '
to accumulating facts. ItJias been ai
long time six jcars. in fact since tne
spirit of the I- rench metropolis, even
superficially appraised, wus one of
frivolity.
The bnn just fixed by the upper leg
islative house upon the roulette tables
In the dainty suburb of Knghlen. ns
well as nnvu'hnm u'ltliln nno linnilrpil
1 kilometer of the greatest Latin city,
I is distinctl) in line with the prevailing
trend of French opinion. General de
Cnstelnau. carr.viuc tho reformluc nas
sioti, still is fathering a bill in the
Chamber of Deputies to make dueling
illegal and punishable by fine or im
prisonment. Sunday theatres are ,ns yet un
touchedj but It would be unwise to
forecast tho point at which the zeal
for regulation will stop. The enfes
throughout the week close with grim
celerity at 10 p. m. '
To the social philosopher may be left
the task of judging the mornl gains or
losses of this persistent development.
What will utuiut,stlniinbly strike tho
forcignec. is the surrender of the city
to, the wave of conformity that is be
coming world-wide. Paris is no longer
tUnt rcpositorv of self-confident guvctv
. . n t
where "everything goes.
n 1 ti.nT..,..i. VT.if"nV0tc
nd the r rench capital Is
fash buab e.
11..PI. nt nn
( js n jn mode'nnd
i nothing if not
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PLEASANT ANTICIPATION
T HADERS of the Farmer-Labor party
- nre hoping while the hoping is good.
They announce that they cpcct to
carry Washington. Idaho, Wyoming,
North nnd Sopth Dakota and Minne
sota with the nsistanco of the Non
partisan League.
But the Democrats insist that they
will carry these states, nNid the Re
publicans have not admitted that they
will lose them.
The only consolation the Farmer
Labor people can get this year is in the .
pleasures of anticipation. No one
should begrudge them this joy, for reali
zation is still a long way off.
THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY
BIBLIOPHILES will regret the re
moval from New York of Henry E.
Huntington's famous library, probably
the finest private library in the world.
For some months the work of shipping
'the hooks to Mr. Huntington's home in
San Marrno. in southern California.
Ims been going on. where they nre being
Placed in n building erected to hold
of ''is library staff started for the West
. , . ,.. nf h T..--U , rr.),
whole library will be in place in Sep
tember.
Mr. Huntington hns caused heart
burnings for many other collectors, for
he has never hesitated to outbid every
one else when he wished to buy a rare
volume. When he paid S.'O.OOO for the
(iutenherg Bible in 1012 It wns the
highest price that had ever been paid
for n printed book. He has bought
complete libraries in order to obtain for
his own the rare volumes thnt it con
tained. Notnble among them were the
libraries of Dwight Church, the Dukn
of Devonshire nnd Sir Thomas Edger
ton. n well as the library of Americana
belonging to Judge Benedict. He has
thus acquired a collection of six first
editions of Shakespeare h plays, In
eluding the -1'Hamlct" printed in Lon-J
dou in ham, tne original manuscript ot
Franklin's "Autobiography" and many
other priceless treasures.
Book lovers from the East who wish
to see these things will now have to cross
the continent, but many of them will
think that the pleasures In store fpr
th'em will well repay for tho time and
money spent. It may be that Mr.
Huntington has removed his hooks to
Cnlifornin in order to attract to the
state where he mnde his fortune people
who would not otherwise go there, but
It is more likely that be wishes to have
bis library where he speuds the greater
pnrt of the year so that he may enjoy
it at his leisure.
The Night Express
(Bridge train. Atlantic City
Philadelphia) TN THE eastern night a glittering
1 hpnm
Ib piercing the dnrk'nlng sky.
Where the Pleasure City's tiny lights
Like. Jewels in velvet lie ; .
And n roar comes over the glistening
rail,
Tho music- of mighty Tower.
The breath of a monster, panting hard,
At seventy miles nn hour !
Oh, she sings the song of rail and the
road,
The Song of the Engineer,
As she hurtles alonj; with her lightning
stride
O'er the miles in swift career.
In the long, sleek coat lies whipt in her
train
Are the Travelers. Ton and I,
From the City of Play to tho City of
Toil
From the sea to our tasks with a
sigh !
Through the slumbering Jersey hamlet
Bweeps
A tornado of living steel,
And the desolnte pine-woods echo again
To the thundering drum of the wheel.
Now the lights of the Work -City gleam
nfnr.
With the mirror d river betwee'h,
And wo boom o'er tho span flung by
hand of Man
As n path for tho fJoddess of Steam !
W may leave tho station's vaulted roof
Tn (nin In tho city's nress.
But dqep In ourhearts rings the Cry of
tup tutu,
f h Hnntr of th ft JNIclit- Kxnress. .
PAUb urfWUtJx uiiujiir.
tiintly by n Dfliiioerutic Piesldent, whof-v,l,K n,l(1 Ottering 0f school environ
r ' l!f:
ledger-pqieXd
BEAUTIFYING SCHOOLS
8tolned-Giass Windows In a High
School Where Modern City
Guilders Make a Mistake.
Lower Merlon's Villas
Not In Jt
Ily GEORGE NOX McOAIN
LTIIIILE Dr. Thomas R. Flnegan; su-
perlntendent of public Instruction
m title should be changed tn commls
llmirp nt nlnntlnn l '! nt.n,
loner of education is moving nhcad
i with Ills plan to reorganize the school
system or tne state, there are., here ana;
there, little innovations being made
j "V , . ' r '"'J1' l,lc i""'
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Ir, ' nn evidcTiee of aroused ptibllc
",H'n,nt on the subject.
The Northeast High School is hnviug
two wings added to the building. The
west wing when completed will contain
nn """""My om or liudltorlum with a
"fating rapacity of 1500.
I It is of horseshoe shape, after the. ac
cepted architectural idea of the modern
theatre and opera house, with main
lloor nnd gallery.
One of Its attractions will be n great
pipe organ built by funds contributed
by the alumni, of which Prof. Vincent
II. Hrechl Is president,
Its tinlnue feature will be twenlv
beautiful designed memorial windows in
stnlned glass.
mWENTY-FIVE years ago such a!
-L thing ns a memorial stnlned glass
window in a public school building was
undreamedof. It would have been con-1
slilered a reckless waste of the taxpny -
rem" innnpiv
j There would have been indignation
meetings, protests by the score nnd con-
' demnntlon of the IdealHts who fathered
the project
But the world ls,progrcsslng. and so
is the public-school idea In Pennsyl
vania. It is a long, long trail from the little
red schoolhouse, with Its bare and
menger equipment, to tbc modern high
school building, even in the country.
But the taxpayer is not footing the
bill for this artistic adornment. It Is
n grace added to the ensemble of the
Northeast building that is sponsored
by the old g:fids.
PRO
an
ROFKSSOR BRICCHT tells me as
odd feature that the windows arc
being Installed before the auditorium
lias been completed. There nre twenty
of them.
, wo If0 , b' "f"'0"10" J0, UlP nlumnj!
nml iiilnila tidi.i niitliiliiaiAil la aim ional.1
I """ l'"l-'" " "ti m iiutn-u i.i mr ..u.iu
1 war- 0uc cn(,h or tlie 1,nv-v "u1 arm'-
remainder, sixteen will be me-
' , ""- riimuimer. ' ' "' '"'
morlals to classes, while the remaining
two will'be held In rrserve to commemo-1
rate iuturc eveuts in tuc History oi tuc
school.
It is a beautiful conception. So far
ns I have learned, it is the first of its
kind In the state.
LOWER MERION township con
tains more beautiful homes, nnd In
Rrenter number, than nny similar area
in this country. '
It hns the finest roads of any town-
ship of equal size. This is because the
wealthier residents took the matter in
uanu nnn constructed roaus to tneir
liking, and Inrgely at their own expense. I
The more pretentious residences of !
Lower Merlon In point of cost, beauty.
locntion and embellishment, barring, of'
course, those located in mountainous
.districts and along broad rivers, rival
tlie chnteaus and castles of France.
For not nil ehatenus In France nre
large, and not nil castles nre castellated,
with battlements and ancient moats.
While. Europe and the United States
ninv nrldcitlipinselves on the hesntv nf
their domestic architecture and Ihe '''P- We suspect, however, that some
number of 'their palatini homes, they "f them nre bagpipe bands nnd somo fife
cannot hope to attain the pre-eminence ol"' (,r,,m bunds and harmony is there
of Italy In this respect during the Mid- , fore Impossible.
die Ages, thnt is. if authorities of that' "
period arc to believed. I The annual toll of railroad crossing
The Elklns, Stotcsburv and other cs- iitomobilc nccldeuts is u thousand killed
tates. Impressive ns they are todav, t nmJ thrce thousand injured, nccording
would hnve been striking, but perhaps ' ,0 a rPort "J "T interstate commerce
not exceptl
onal. among hundreds of
othen estates adjacent to Rome, Flor
enee and rarmu.
Burkhardt, in his work on the Ital
ian Renaissance, says the Florentines nf
that period revived their taste for villas
and spent so much upon them that peo
ple of adjacent regions thought them in
sane. He sajs:
Within n radius of tweutv miles of
me 1-u.v mere were paid to oe IJ,UUU
esiaies wim ouu palaces whose wnlis
were constructed of cut slone
According to this Lower Merion isn't
in it, nnd County Treasurer Rardman,
had he lived during the period referred
to, would hnve been the busiest man in
Italy In the tax -gathering game.
.Of course. It all depended upjin the
size of the Florentine estates.
AMERICAN tourists, as 1 indicated
recentlv in the paragraphs on "See
America First," do not have to go
overseas to Switzerland or down to
South America's Andean chain to get
nil tlie thrills that nre associated with
mountaineering on Ice peaks and over
glnciers, "
The mountains of Colorado and
southern Cnnadn nre as unique as those
of Switzerland nnd as fearful us the
Alps In the wnrniugs they offer to tho
men or women hardy enough to defy
ther heights.
Not eten the Colnradans, to the
manner born, hnve surmounted them.
There nre peaks In that state yet await
ing their pioneers.
The venturesome individual who
hankers to strap a pair of spiked boots
on his feet, put nn Iron shnft on the
end of an ushen stnff and whoop It up
on unbeaten paths amid the snow.
. scramble over precarious lee bridges
that span glacial fissures and tic drag
ropes around his waist to prevent ills
tumbling over precipices and cluttering
things up after n 1200-foot fall, can do
tins to tuc queen s taste right here at
home.
And the universal gadabouts arc just
beginning to appreciate this fact.
ONE other tiling they are learning ls
that this little old country of the
V. S. A. can take the edge off Europe
when it comes to the question of min
eral springs.
They lire dotted all over the country
like raisins In it crumb cake. Their
mineral constituents are guaranteed to
meet every demqnd of broken-down
constitutions and physical Infirmities.
Twenty years ago I brought East
with me the first case of Manltou water
from Colorado, bottled at the spring
tinder pressure of its own gas. That
it lias not superseded Apolllnarls Is be
cause tho foreign water can be im
ported at less cost than tho Colorado
product In the matter of freight rates.
Besides, the Apnlllunris spring wns
long ngo exhausted, the supply now
coining from n neighboring fountain.
I refer particularly to western min
eral springs. Saratoga, White Sul
phur, Cambridge In our own state and
others are too well known and popular
to neod any reference here.
As to the need of our people for get
ting acquainted with the Wonders of our
own land, I would suggest an addition
of threa words to the popular .slogan,
'"WK? UP an(f Heo America
i tt. ir-A i?j.' ;. .- '.w- ' .'Av-j.-h." y n. -. .j:;.. .'.aA'-.,'' -, v.
?HORT GUTS
, "That's he ticket!' say tho po
Ice tovCortclyou.
Rcclrio for Car Uandltry First
sicni your car.
Chiropodists measure prosperity at'
Even the most unforgiving would bo
quite willing t,o forget tho Ucrgdoll cose.
' The corn crop is receiving special
attention in Philadelphia. Chlropo-
dlsts are In session here.
Railroads ,inov now-cet the money
i "- nrcii. ncii-preservntlou will die-
: inrn (link it i ... . i..
tato thot It bo spenUwIscly.
"Perhaps the winds In flic rigging o
lie good snip m, H. Quay whispered.
"Dear Governor, don't talk."
. The ,lro"b! i Poland appertrs to
be that the Rolshcvlsts do not light ac
cording to London prize ring rules.
The original joy rider was the beg
gar on horseback, hut through the ages
the destination has remained ever, the
Mime. -.
Now npproncheth tho season of the
year when hay feverites will view tho
various "cures" with their customary
suspicion.
The rumor that President Wilson Is
going to part with the White House
l"'11'0" "'p08 not necessarily prcsngc any
""" " me cuoinct
l After nil. It Is well to
'ill the discussion, nt Intnmntt,
remember
onnl affairs
' Ij'lSf'jr '"''JBs 'Hint, worry us most arc
I t"igs mat don t happen.
, .y?1"0!1 I" the nninc of tho nv
i urkish minister of foreign nffnirs. He
sounds like something to rouse tho ire
of a composing room foreman. '
"Stick to the farms!" says Penn
sylvania's agricultural chief and gives
excellent reasons, not the least being
that the farmer is his own man.
The comptroller of ihe treasury
assures tho country that there is plenty
of money to move the crops. That's
fine! Now nil wo need is freight cars.
J Lack of coal delajs the manufac-
.t,lrc 9 steel enrs .Mack bf steel cars de-
' Iny8 the transportation 'of conl. Just
j mle "arueu vicious circle after another,
!
, TA -Ncw i"fI 5rcpr has been sent
tft I .Oil tfitl ll'Mf li fnii t --.. t
;- ". iti jrarN Ir
i !loa,r,IluB "?tlr- Tllc -'"0.0()0 liounds
T ,,,?n.n,cd ls ,,ot "Oclent to sweeten
tills bitter cup.
i "' '
That Cummings should be suc
ceeded by White ns Democratic na
tional chairman Is not surprising.
Cummings ir too big a man for the
present ticket.
When one door shuts another opens.
Varc men ousted from salaried positions
muj- mi go to worn tor uircctor Fur
bush on n commission basis. Five cents
j n rat ought to be easy picking.
Increased railroad rates include
' passenger, Pullman, milk and excess
tmggoge tariffs. Apparently nothing has
been overlooked. -Wonder If the Pull-
mnn porter will expect n larger tip?
'
r Winter has its compensations,
When cold weather comes we shall nt
least tlud relief from the Monday morn -
t ing story of tho truck smashed bv n
icd bv f
crossing
,rn,n on a cu' 'c",y railroad
Mustapha Keinal Pnshn. Turkish
Nationalist leader. Wants all bandit
bands to Incorporate under liiu lender.
lml"lre "' ""' inonni Safety
Council.
We nre a great and careless
country.
Harding makes up a paper: Cox
plows; Coolltlge uses the scythe;
Roosevelt trundles n babv carriage;
Watklns wnshes clothes. All the can
didates having demonstrated their ability
tn rnrr with tlmti Itnnrlat ft ...nt, 1.1 i.AnM
n tna mi hn-n ttinw. n i,.i..
. win
There is something reminiscent of
pre-convention interviews in the stnte
ment issued by the special assistant to
the attorney general charging thnt
manufacturers and jobbers are attempt
ing through carefully prepared prqpn
g'nndn to "stampede retailers and the
public Into n renewed fictitious demand
for clothing nnd thereby force prices
higher.'"
Tlie declnrntlon of a Kansas agri
cultural expert that what is needed
throughout that state is to cut down the
size nf farms to 100-arre holdings is
simply appreciation of the fact that In
nil businesses n point is reached when
bigness interferes with efficiency just
ns surely ns littleness makes efficiency
impossible. If the steel trust hadn't
long ngo reached that conclusion it
would not hnve so many healthy com
petitors. Chicken misers learned the
lesson years before they appreciated tho
principle involved.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. "What Is n spashetto? "
2. What does tho word mean?
3. What is the first recorded dato or
the lioldlnn of the Olympic games?
I. Who sold "Put your trust tn Ooa
nnd Keep your powder dry"? N
5. Who was Itlcliard Craahaw?'
C. Who-was Ht. Hwtthln?
7. Who are the Flemings?
8. Wlicro Is the city of Adrlanoplo?
0, What Is Hie science of bulllstlcs?
10. When is n church a dome?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Vermicelli Is Italian for llttio
worms.
A Jerenjlad is a lamentation, a dole
ful complaint. A philippic Is u
' bitter invective, n denunciation
1.
3.
VangtBe-Klane river Is incorrect be
cause "ivians means river.
4 Mexico Is- one of the chief sources
of vanilla in tho western hemi
sphere. 5, Tlie derivation of tho word sterlinc
Is uncertain. Formerly n was
thought to have originated m
Kasterltng, but It has also been
said to mean "little star," that Ib
starling, because of a star or bird
- depicted in the old coins worth a
pound storting. ,
6. OeorBe Washington died In 17,90.
7 "The Ijisfof Ihe Ilarons" and "The
Uist Days of Pompeii" ur his
torical novels by Ilulwcr-Lytton
8. Mlddleton Ih tho nilddlo name of
Governor Cox.
9. Aaron S. WatkW Is candidate for
president on tho Prohibition ticket,
10. The court cry "Oyezl" or "O yea!"
Words ara from tho imperative
moo4 of theFfcnch verb '"olr.'i to
hear... i ' '
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,
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-" XfssCsr-JS1 JpaA kv - t,
. vvs. .v: . .ewttup.-. Wj .VfK. : iheiLrnutUi. ,
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Conditions in Russia Today Compared With Those in France
During the Revolution Sunday Baseball
To the r.Aitor of the Evening Public htdacr:
Sir I have noted our extremely In
teresting editorial In today's issue,
ontltled. "A Lenlno Parallel " - Any
student of present events should studv
carefully the French Revolution. " t Is
true that there is n wonderful parnlled
between I.onlno nnd Robespierre, but tlie
rather unfavorable Inference thnt ?
uauuuy uuenaeti uy tins parallel is opst)
to question. It Is true that ItobeEplern
went to extremes nnd wns n sacrifice to
the cause. It Is probable that Lenlno
will follow- his fate; but it does not fol
low that cither their causo or their life
is nn error.
The parallel thnt usually is not drawn
ih mat neiuecn mo causes. Honespierre
entered public lifo ns a conservative.
His cnrllest oration ns u school boy was
In prnlsa. of Louis XVI. lie was a
student nnd at the beginning of tho
revolution wns lenored and insulted ny
other members of the assembly. Tho
constituent assembly met to remedy tho
conditions In France, chiefly due lo the
excesses nnd extravagances or tne
nobility. The third estate was composed
of men of high principles and nothing
approaching revolution was in tacit
mind.
Kvents forced them to conclusions. At
first tho nobility rofusccV to confer with
them ; then the klmt surrounded their
meetlne nlace with troous nt Versailles,
When tho assembly moved lo Paris lie
sniii up tneir meeting pinre inis
forced them to meet In the tennis court
and wns marked by the memorable
"Oath of the Tennis Court." Tho Itlpg
demanded tho assembly to disperse and
was met bv Mlrabeuu's celebrated reply:
"Tell your master wo are here by the
win or the people nnd notiims nut in
force of bayonets shall drive us hence."
Then, angered by the king's uilltud". tlie
peoplo stormed tho Bastille on July I,
178H. Then tlie ItlnK was r.uiKlit cor
responding vlth the enemies of Franco In
Austria and Prussia
Then follows ills flight to V.trcnncs
on Juno 51. 1731. Mvcn after that tlie
nation remnlns loyal to the Klne. Then
the Invasion of France starts. The
manifesto of tlie Duke of BrunswIdK
threatens Paris France Is on tlie de
fensive ngii'nsl tho world and knows
that her monarch Is conspiring with her
enemies. Then come the Federes from
Marseilles. Brest nnd other cities and
demand of the assembly tho dethrone
ment of the king. Tho .is&elnbly hesi
tates nnd does not dethtono him, Paris
and tho Federes cltfo the assembly until
the fllli of August. 1702, to dethrone the
king, This Is not don. Op tlie 10th
of August. 1702, tho FedcreB Willi tho
sections of Paris lake the Tulleiles. the
Swiss guard fires upon the citizens nnd
In turn are unnUiitutof Louis XVI,
liko a coward, nbandons bis defenders
and seeks tlie protection of the assem
bly. Shortly (1'crenfter ho Is made pris
oner nnd his trial and dcatli follow!
After tho 10th of August, 1702. the
examination of the secret papers of the
king shows that he wns In continuous
correspondence with mcmlcs of France
nnd that lie had been corrupting mem
bers of the nssembl This Infuriated
France, for the French Revolution to
August 10, 1702, had been carried on
with practically no.wolence. Neither the
position of the king nor kingship Itself
had hoen seriously threatened until very
shortly before this date, and tho Frencli
people then wakened up to tho fact that
tho government so far nB It wus rep
resented by tho ItlnR hud been n traitor
to France, that his promises had never
been sincere, that lie was continuously
looking for assistance from tho enemies
of Franco nnd had been simply a
traitor. Nothlnpr but a strong central
power could sa( Franco, ,
Under those circumstances this power
becamo centered ' the commlttoe of
public safety. Robespierre, as a mem
ber of this committee, did gather the
forces of Frame anil repel the world,
and what we call tho Terror wiih tho
inevitable result of tho rascality of the
king and his government. The present
condition of Russia truly parallels that
of Franco of '8!i -a corrupt nrlntocracy,
a weak king .md a revolution led by
men of Ideals
An Interesting parallel that escapes
tho observer of today Is that, notwith
standing the fact that tho constituent
assembly, followed by (ho legislative
nsseiqbly, had practically assumed tho
government of France before August 10,
1792, and the notions, of tho government
wero very largely thoso of a republic,
yet thn 'nid republic wns practically
pever mentioned until after that date
Danton, Mlrnhenu. Robespierre and
their colle.iKUcH hod not urged a ie,
public, and oen disavowed it llefei
ring to tho American Ideals of u re
public, one oiator of tho time stated
that ho "hoped that they would not be
Inoculated by America."
It may be well to consider today how
many men who, though conservatives,
are indorsing and wlahlng for tlie suc
cess of many-of tho Ideas which pub
llcly are being denounced as radical.
Wo shun tho name but wo are wot.
coming the reality. Thoso who enjoy
the wealth and power of today may
well compare Robespierre and J.enlne.
hut thri would bo wise if they minimi ed
tho causes of which they nro exponents,
nnd to remember that whllo Lcnine may
bo destioyed as wao itobesplorre, the
principles for which they stand so fae
au they nro just cannot bo destroyed.
No moro thrilling BUinmary of tho
Fiencli Revolution can bo found than in
.Victor Hugo's "Nlnoty-threo," from
Which I quote a few. fines i.
"To bo a member of that convention
was tq he hut 41 wave, or tne ocean, and
lie oceun, nnd
the srca,t.
this wast true ot oven
"Wherell We dd??
t
.j?
There was In that convention' a will
which was that of nil, and , which was
that of no one. That will wlas nn idea
irresistible nnd unmeasured, one which
blew from the clouds of Heaven. We
call It the revolution. As this Idck
passed It struck down one and raised
another. It carried one on the foam and
broke another upon the reefs. To Im
pute the revolution to men is to impute
the occn to tho waves. It wns In
mallty n resultant of events. Kvents
dictated tho cost, man simply paid.
Kvents dictate, men merelv nlgn. The
21st of January, 1793. Is slEiied Robes
pierre, but these men were merely the
amanuenses of fate. Tho nuthor cf theso
grand pai;es Is God. nnd upon the face
of theso events Is written tho simple
name, destiny Above these
mysterious compllcajticnsof benefit and
'disaster there arises !ho eternal 'why''
of history. To blame or praise men ror
the results Is nn if wc would praise or
blama. tlie figures for tho total. Above
tho revolution, truth nnd lustlec remain,
ns beyond tho tempest tho stars still
bhlne." E. CLINTON KIIOADS.
Philadelphia, July 30.
As to Sunday Baseball
To the f.'rfltor of the feeriifito Pullfe t.trtucr:
Sir An Issue of your paper some time
nco contained an editorial on "About
Blue fiundayn." As long as the absurd
and puerile statements, jiossibly Intended
as arguments, against our American
Christian Sabbath, were contained in
"letters" printed In our city papers the
writer did not care to notice them. Uut
when the same statements. In kind at
least, are dignified by editorial presen
tation tlicy should not pass without
protest,
You soy: "Oddly enough, llttio Is cer
said about Sunday golf, Sunday motor
ing. Sunday swimming, Sunday llslilng,
or Sunday tennis." etc.
The Superior Court of this state In Its
decision of July 21, 1015, declaring Sun
day baseball games to bo unlawful, ex
plicitly referred to tho fact that such
games "are attended by crowds in pro
portion to tho fame of tho clubs or the
interest taken In thn game In tho com
munity," nnd further, "there cannot be
any controcrsy ns to the natural nnd
reasonable tendency of such a concourse
of people In tho built-up portion of a
city on Sunday to produce nolso ana
disorder."
Presumably the samo court would de
clare that Sunday golf nnd tennis cnme
would not bo unlawful because usually
played on prlvato groundB and un
attended by large concourses or peoplo
creating nolso nnd" disorder by giving
vent to their npprovnl or disapproval
and thtiH disturbing "tho tranquillity and
Deuce of tho neighborhood" on Sunday.
Theso games nnd swimming uro not in
dulged In, furthermore, on our open cltv
lots. '
The Superior Court's decision referred
to declares "The Christian religion ana
the sanctity of Sunday as a holy day is
nn Inseparable part of our fundamental
law." The Supremo Court of the I'ultcd
States likewise declared In formal de
cision: "Whoro there ls no Christian
Sabbath there Is no Christian morality,
and without this our free institutions
cannot be sustained."
Then the Christian Sabbath 'Is not
only a religious but emphatically a
patriotic. Institution ay well. Certain It
is that without the meaning, content
nnd influence of tho Christian Sabbath
tho United Status of America, bb wo
know and lovo this country, would never
have come into existence nnd Its history
ivould have been entirely different, tar
less glorious and resplendent. As n
rollglous Institution the Chrlstlnn Sao
bath Is also the very basis on whlcn
all the activities of tho church n nnn.
tjucted. Shall the mlnlstors of the (Jos-
pel remain silent nnd inactive when It
Is Bought to be made a convenient day
or sport, amuhument or commercialism t
oltalrn said! "You can never destroy
the Christian reunion as long as the
Sabbnth Is recognised by men ns t,
dlvlno Institution."
When Lenine and Trotr.ky. with thetr
Bolshevik followers or dupes, took over
the government of Russia thoy lenllzcd
that tho Christian religion wns a grin'
obstacle in the way of Soviet success
According lo foreign correspondents thoy
therefore turned churches Into movlnir.
picture theatres, convents into garaces
and horse stables, and put tho Sabbath
such as It was even In Russia, under
E I T H ' S
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With 10 Famous Bong Writers
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LKPH AND HIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TODAY-4ai-Ml.s Hilda Keller. h?.
T.4.V Mies JMHIiy Htoktm lluser. Soprano-'
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JiJg-m, jcaxi.W'lB&g
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ban. Do you and Mnyor Mootc agrea
with tho Supremo Court of tho United
States nnd tho Superior Court of Penn
sylvania on the matter of tho Hubhath,
or with Messrs. Voltnlre, Lcnlnc ana
Trotzky? P. Y. SCHELLY.
Philadelphia, July 20,
Market St. ob. 10th 11 A. M. to H 1 1L
KATHERINE MacDONALD
in "THE TURNING POINT"
NEXT WEEK
THOMAS MEIGHAN
In DU MILLD Production
"THE PRINCE CHAP"
A PARAMOUNT PICTUflK,
:
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