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Phllidrlphll, Turiday. Autt 10, 1920
A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thine on which the people expect
the netr nilmliilstriillnn to colleen-
trnto l(a attention!
The Dcttuouret river bridge.
A drydock bin enouph to accommo
date the laricst ships.
Development o the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention hall.
A bulMlna for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the population.
.. i THE TEST IN TENNESSEE
rnllK question before the Tennessee
-- Legislature which convened yctcr
Caj Is neither the readiness or unreadi
ness of the nation for suffrage nor the
merits or demerits of woman franchise.
The countrv is ready foi suffrage.
The weight of public sentiment favors
It. Hoth political parties have nnsrd as
Its cliRliiplous. If there is hesitnucy in
Nashville it will be for about the same
'reason that there was delay and dually
inaction in Dover.
Professional politicians nr,' having
the deuce of a time mnkiiir, up their
minds which will be the most embar
rnaslnr- fho ,TPntlr.n nf n nerv rlnssi of i
Voters who perhaps may not be nt nil
responsive to gang campaign methods
nnd all the old technique or the flat de-
fiance of popular opinion. In Debt
ware the irritation of the public was
obviously regarded as the secondary
peril.
. The Tennessee politicians face some
' different conditions. Th" burden of
reaching n decision before the presi
dential election cnnuot be shifted to an
other state. The opportunity of all the
women of the republic to vote for Presi
dent must be deferred for another four
years .unless there is n suffrage major
ity in XnsUvllh. The test that is nt
hand involves the postponement or the
. immediate achievement of the emanci
pation of women.
The worth of the cause has outgrown
the stage of argument, nxpedieucy,
narrowly or generously viewed, will de
termine the outcome in Tennessee.
A HOPE OF NEGOTIATION
THE chief peril In the Polish crisis
has not been the miglit of the
Soviet nrniies but the indecision of the
Allies.
, If the conference at 11 the bus. as is
reported, actually repaired this weak
ness, hopes 'of an adjustment not in
volving the outbreak of a hideous new-
war in western Lurope may perhaps be
revived.
"Prospects of negotiations with Itussia
have not entirely iiinishcd. The Polish
plenipotentiaries are supposed, to have
crossed the fighting zone east of War
saw en route for .Minsk, where n meeting
to arrange terms for an armistice will
take place with the Molshevist commis
sioners tomorrow.
Till., time flu e is little chance tli.i
the Polish legates will Inch due creden
tials. The realities of the siluatlon are
too grave to permit nf the further in
trusion of vain technicalities.
' The capture nf Warsaw, though it
would be a calamity, would he second
ary to inability of the Kntente nnd Po
land to state their position clearly and
fearlessly and with no blinking nt facts.
Among these is the obvious one thnt a
Bolshevist dash into Poland and the
sweep of Soviet arms through western
Kurope do not invade the same domain
of likelihood.
WATERWAYS AND WEARINESS
TIME was when the Panama Canal
was n tiresome topic. That was in
the days when the need -for that great
work contrasted shnrpl and vet tritely
with the delay in starting it. Some
what similar conditions nre now affect
Ing the subject of interunl waterways.
Ve need them this year, we needed them
last year and the car before. Their
proper development still lngs.
Upon this theme Mayor Moore nec
essarily repeats himself. In Issuing the
cnll for the meeting of the Inland
Waterways Association to be held in
Atlantic City In October, the president
of the association reiterates the old
arguments. Thv are tinnn-nveriblc
No sine cifzi-n will dlsp-ito the fact
that "waterways work. They deliver
the goods (in time and without emli.nr
K0.es. They go on working under pres
rnt handicap' and ghc .'round tor the
belief that when developed and con
nected they will work mote efliclcntlv."
The particular undertaking in wiilch
the association is especially interested
Is the enstern trunk line, which "waits
upon the adoption of important links,
notably that across Xew Jersey, for
Which favorable leglslatlcn, both state
nnd federal, is still to be obtained."
When the transportation channel is
effectively In operation, the boredom
which earnest words on itsjielinlf now
bo often Invite will nssuredly give way
To ssti&factinn nnd pride.
NEEDLESS QUALMS
HIBTOHIOAL memory is evidently
not an nsset of the local political
camps, which nrc sold to be considerably
troubled over the "apathy" of the
electorate regarding the presidential
(Jtctlons. August is regularly the dull
t ot months In the quadrennial en in -lialgtis.
The really heavy artillery
IbtUMers In, the autumn and public lu
tcrcst In the battle Ik Invariably keen.
, It Is stilt too early to forecast con
clusively what the character of the cam
polcn will be. Knelt Indications ar nrc
available, however, suggest that plat
forms, arguments mid opinions nro des
tined to piny a fnr larger part In the
contest tlinn personalities. Already the
reaction from the ltoosevelt-'WIlsou
style of campaigning Is marked.
If the Democratic and Itepubllcau
headquarters in this city nre expecting
that sort of vividness they nrc likely to
be disappointed, but there N renlly little
cause for ntnrin over the dog-day In
difference tif the public to "preparing"
Itself for registration. That net Is void
of complexity, and about the only way
to make ready for it Is to don a' hut and
proceed to the division booth on one of
the three appointed ilnys.
The first of these Is September
. There it niuple time for keying one
self up to the occasion.
DR. PENTECOST NEEDED NO
PONCE DE LEON FOUNTAIN
In His Mind and In the Minds of
Other Old Men There Was the
Immortality of Perpetual Youth
mlin death of the Hev. Dr. (ieorge
A. V. IVntecnst on n railroad train
While on the way to preach In his church
in this cltv suggests a text on ymitlifin-
nets, lie was eignty cars oni auom
the Mime age as .lohn Wntiiiiiinkcr, his
chief church elder and uas not feeling
well, but he was going to preach nr
usual. Ills resolution forces one to a
most Interesting and suggestive con
clusion. It is that it was his body
alone that was old while his mind was
still onng. The machine, through
which the mind operated was worn out
nnd brol.e down while the will .-at in the
driver's scat, with its hands on the
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steering wheel when the crash came. If j V '" "" . , 'I'liinniy prou etion is
we mnv believe the teachings of religion "!eveloped at the expense of duality. V.x
the mind which directed the will Is still i 1'Tlcnccd sh pbiilhlers- and seafaring
conscious and in action, enjoying that
immortality of which its occupancy of
the human body was but a brief mo
ment. The immortality of the mind, its
eternnl joutlifulness. If you will, is
proved by the experience of most
thoughtful persons. The ipiest for the
fountain of perpetual youth has never
been entered on by any one absorbed in
the pleasure of the mind. Police dc
Leon sought the fabled spring that lie
might rejuvenate his body to enable it
to enjoy the pleasures of the senses.
Likewise. Knu-t of the legend sold his
soul to the dcWI in order that his bod
might be made to cast aside its inuiitl
of senility so that it could respond to
t-uiisiiiil reactions.
T. !.j tl.n lin.1i tlint wrmvu .-till. The
i, in in.- inpn' ii". ' . -..-
mind of the child is, within its sphere of ;
experience, the mind of the man. e I
know that there is an unending debate
between two schools of psychologists,
i one of which insists that the infant's j
."mind Is a blank sheet of paper, on '
I which the world writes its record, vl.lle I
flic oilier maintains iiint me uiinii 's n
mnss of inherited tendencies which
gradually manifest themselves in con
duct and point of view as the body de
velops. Such facts as the investigators
have been able to assemble refute the
aye Deep no . a.,-,,,,,, - n .... ,.v
blnnk sheet theory and cxpcrieiu e
ml observation sustain the theory thnt'
the mind of the infant possesses at the
beginning all the qualities which nuiii
est themselves in the mature adult.
The attitude of the boy toward life
is the same as thut of The man. The i
hoy's knowledge increases with the ,
years and he corrects nnd modifies his '
point of view ns experience enlarges his j
range of vision. It look a poet to ilis
rovcr that men are children of a larger
growth. If hi' had been a inctnphysi-
riaii he would have snid that there is.
no nge In mind, but merel age nnd de
fi.t.ititnent tti tin. Instrninioi f lliriioi-li
which the mind works If the mind of '
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in the bodv of a collie do,: we should
have a manifestation of canine iute'II
gence which would lay the mini who de
scribed it liable to the charge of nature
faking. Mut we should simply have n
mind operating through a machine
which would respond to its commands.
These remarks seem to enrry one a
long way from the death of a preacher
nt the age of eighty years. Mut as a
matter of fact they nre intlinntel' ro
tated to it. They explain why Doctor
I'enteeost decided to preach Inst Sun -dav
in spite of his phsicnl feebleness.
They point to the rensons why ndults of
sixty remain youths nt heart and why
many of them nre iinnble to understand
why youth does not accept them as one
of its delightful contemporaries. We
laugh at nil old Indy who tries to act
as n girl nud forget that she is still
Irl in her immortally youthful ml-d.
We wonder ut the great achievements
of Clnnencean at the age nf eighty be
cause we are in the habit of associating
fullness of years with decrepitude. Mut
the mind of Clemenceau which directed
the policy of Prance during the war
was the same mind whose activities won
for him the title of the Tiger, nnd
earlier controlled his conduct while
teaching Krench in a young ladies' sem
inary In Connecticut. Age weakened
his body, but not to such nn extent thnt
the mind could not continue to use It.
('Indstnne, ns premier of Knglnnd nt
the nge of eighty, used the same mind
which won distinction for him in his
first cabinet post.
frauds Joseph of Austria died full
of ears, a sad and disappointed mnn,
but he nscended the throne in his youth
with the snme outlook on the world, the
outlook of a mnn on whose shoulders is
plnced n burden heavier than he can
hear, but who bears it with courage
nnd fortitude.
Henri Fnbre in his old nge had the
same Insatiable curiosity about the se
crets of insect life that inspired him to
begin bis painstaking researches In his
youth. His eyesight fniled nnd his
fingers grew clumsy, hut the mind
within him kept up its persistent in
quirv after fncts.
The intellect of our own John Mur
roughs, whose body is more than eighty
years old, is as young ns ever, exploring
the inexhaustible realms of nature with
the same zest with which he began his
quest.
And the real Lymon Ahbott of today
is the Lyman Abbott of sixty years ago,
with an Intense interest in ethical prob
lem. He is more mellow nud tolerant,
not only beenuse his knowledge has in
creased nnd he hns acquired a more
lively appreciation of human fallibility,
but because there were olways In him
the seeds of tolerance ami mellowness.
The list might be lengthened inter
mlnnbly. Mut enough instimceslmve been
cited to suggest to the thoughtful nn
examination of his own mental nttitude
today and a comparison of it with that
of ten or twenty cnrs ago. He will
discover that he knows more and that.
Ills point of view on certain subjects
may have changed Mut he will nlso
discover that on the whole he la the
same person he was at the nge of ten
it fifteen, only a little more bo.And
EVENING PUBLIC
he will bow his head in wonder and awe
hefore the mystery of personality, a
wonder that the mother contemplating
her children early has forced upon her
attention. I
Why is it thnt Dickie was nlways an
independent and self-sufllclelit little
rascnl and would never consent to bo
cuddled even when ho was itn Infant In
arms nnd why is it that his brother
snuggles his little head Into your neck
every time you pick him up nnd likes
nothing better than to ncstlp in the nrms
of any one good enough to hold him?
The only answer is that the mental
attitude toward life of the two small
children has already begun to manifest
Itself just as in his old nge the deter
mination of Doctor rentecost to do his
duty ns he saw It carried him to hN
death in its fulfillment.
JUNK THE WOODEN SHIPS
THM continued ctforts to get some sort
of financial return from the Meet
of wooden ships built by the 1'nlted
Stntes for war purposes now bring forth
a proposal by n Inrge exporter that the
j en tide in tied hulks be sold to the Soviet
, Covernment of Hussln. They would.
lie tliliiKs, lie serviceable for short hauls
and so relieve som of the traffic con
gestion that Is bothering the Holshe
vists. nut mere is only one
, shtetl way to get a return
h"'!". Hint Is to junk th
Hut there Is only one sane, far-
from these
em. 'Ilielr
cost should he written off as a part of
tne wnr debt nnd the sooner the coun
try forgets the glaring stupidity that
gave them birth, the better it will bevfor
all concerned.
To soil them to anybody even to the
Dolshevists would he deliberately to
deepen the nlrendy deep distrust of
Amerlcnii business methods that. trav
elers find In almost every foreign coun
try of the globe. So long ns they Moat.
tney win oe visum evidence of I lie con
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men knew when the project was first
branched that ships built of green tim
ber would be potential death-traps fnr
officers and crews s0 long as they vere
In use. Hut the warnings of these iiijjn
were unheeded : the ships were built.
Prom the time they were launched,
these ships have been useless and dan
gerous. Today they are only useless.
The Soviet fioverument, or any other
government, might Indeed kepp them
t'hiut by continual patching and repairs,
but every bill for upkeep and every dan
gerous weakness that developed under
way would he put down to the detri
ment of American workmanship and
American honesty in business. They
would simply degenerate into traveling
nnti -American propaganda, silent hut
resistless, and. wherever they were seen.
they .would iiisiillouslv sin-end a con-
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tempf for us and our prim Iples that
miglit in time cost us far more in n -tun
loss of trade than we toiild get from the
sale of the shins.
As a nation, we are firm believers in
good advertising. Sending these Hunting
death -traps to u potential customer in
permanent iraue is decidedly not good
advertising.
Junk the hulks nnd forget
them.
MEXICO'S NEW BURDEN
- yrKXI(.0.j, M,PlmMlt w, 10 ,,.,.
lyl . .. nnn
,,it' m"' lVl,H,s .of $--on0'-
000 a cnr to mnintain him in state and
surround him with fifty guards of his
own chosen men. may seem n-tnnisiing
to a northerner who, accustomed to the
honorable carrying out of nil bargains,
will naturally consider this a great bur
den which the tnxpncrs will have to
rarrv for many jears to come. So it
would lie in the North.
P.ut the man familiar with Melco
md Me leans will view the compncf
with perfect equanimity, even thniich
he be located ill the southern repub'ie
nnd forced to contribute his slmre. lie
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' ending the bandits career nf out-
In wry and. second, he will consider it
a most economical way, een If the
stipend slmiild have to be paid for. more
than one enr. He will not expect it to
be necessary to pay it longer than that.
Mexicans have ways of terminating
these things.
I'siinlly, when a bandit chief is in
vited to a parlev under full guarantees
of personal safety down there, his
friends bid him n tearful farewell when
he leaves them. They do not look for
lii tn to come hack. Psuallv he does not.
Mut Villa had n following too strong
to make it safe for the government to
carry out its guarantees of personal
safety In the usual way. They had to
let him live. Now, however, with the
ex -bandit fattening under nn unwonted
luxury, which will inevitably get him
further and further out of touch with
his old companions, it will be an easy
j"ntter for the government to enter upon
a consistent policy of scattering ills
former followers until an regathcrlng
nt his call will he impossible. Then the
payment of the S'J.OOO.OOO a year will
automatically cease.
No announcement has vet been made
of where Villa will be burled
CONSTITUTION PROPAGANDA
THE Constitutional League nf Amer
ica, which hns just been chartered,
aims to place a enpv of our fundamental
national law in ".0.000.000 homes. What
will become of the little volumes or
pptnphlets hereafter is a prospect which
fills these truly 100 per cent Americans
with hope. Sow the seed Is their motto,
and cheerfully awnit tin harvest.
There Is something, of course, to be
said for this rugged optimism. Tucked
nwn in the back of the dictionary or n
discarded school hHory, the constitu
tion is obtainable in perhaps the ma-jo-itv
of Ainerlenu households. The
theorv thnt icni'lc accessibility nnd
at tractive 'orm rount for something has
Its t.riints
And yet copies of the constitution
have never really been scarce. It is the
will to read, to weigh, digest nnd con
blder thnt has beep so lamentably lock
ing. The mnt superficial perusal will
roven! to any literate person Jhe fact
thnt the power of Congress to declare
war cannot be abrogated by ony treaty
with r.uv foreign power or group of
poivcrs unless the constitution is for
mally amended to that effect. This can
only le accomplished by agreement of
tcrec-feurths of the states.
The ubiquitous display of the const!
tiitlnuoi text is at any rate worth try
ing. Mut the distant thunder of Doctor
Johnson Is nlwas disquieting. "Sir."
he marcel at a dull acquaintance, "I
can furnish ou with reasons, but not
,ith an understanding "
A traveler in tfie grain belt of the
Southwest has discovered that the
farmers, though prosperous, are no
longer buying silk shirtsy As the "silk
shirt" has become the symbol of the
"orgy of extravagance," the presump
tion is that we should all he grateful for
n apparent return to normal. Though,
of course, the silk shlrtmiikers have
unotiier po'"t of view
When the police have gotten rid
nf nil tlie nutn bandits thev mnv turn
their atUntiou to' the autfiuushtrs.
I ,
LiEDGER-J:1HtLAi)ElitIlIA, TtjMrik,
HE WAS UNAFRAID
How Gov. Penrjypacker Jolted
the Supreme Court Freight
Tunnels Under the City a
Now Forgotten 8chemo
Uy GK0IM1I! NOX MeCAIN
GOVKUXOU SAMi'KTj W. PKNNY
PACKKJt wns the only Individual
that ever handed the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania nn uppercut nnd got nway
with It successfully.
Governors, attorneys general, high
state officials, mayors of cities with
metropolian nsplrntinns, nnd the nli
and sundry lescr lights in the political
fcenlth arc subject, nt some time in their
nfllcinl career, to jolts thnt sorely Jar
their dignity.
A distinguished senator once remarked
to me thnt he had become so accustomed
to being kicked thnt he never turned
around to see who was doing the kick
ing. A grent deal haN been said nboiit the
brusniieness of Samuel W. Penn.viiacket.
but those who knew him best were
nwnre that he was one of the cleverest
diplomats that ever occupied the guber
natorial chair.
He had William A. Stone, Jnmes Ad
dams Heaver nnd Martin (5. Mrumbaugh
fensed to a fare-you-well when It came
to tact of n certain kind.
TUB Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Is presumed to he. nnd rightly, the
acme of nfllcinl and personal dignify.
It is the shrine before which the bright
est legal lumlnnrlcs dim their glow.
There wns one time, however, when
the court's effulgence pnled n trllle.
It wnH when flnvcrnor Pennypncker
decdlned to attend tin dedication of the
Pennsylvania building nt the St. Louis
Exposition In Mn.. 1!)0I. because be
was at sixes and sevens with the per
sound of the Supreme Court.
The stage was all set for the Gov
ernor's nppeni.ince. He was to have been
the orator nf the day.
A private car was engaged in which
the Ciovernor nnd members of the Su
preme Court were looking forward to a
halcyon time.
In the Interim, though, a coldness had
arisen between the executive and the
court. It wns the talk of the state. It
reached n point in which the term
"strained relations" scarcely destriuci.
it.
The justices of the Supreme Court
hnd decided to hear appeals from the
middle district In Philadelphia Instead
of llarrisbitrg. The (ioxornor resented
this action. The law provided that the
court should sit in the middle district.
A. IC. McClurc, piothoiiotnrv of tlie
Supreme Court and its recognized
mouthpiece on the subject, declared that
the courtroom lu the state Capitol was
unlit for use. Mesides. the law librurj
wns whnllv iniidcnunte. lids declara
tion still further incensed tlie Governor.
Mutters were in this condition just
before the St. Louis junket was to take
place.
THE committee In charge of the ded
ication exercises, of rhich Colonel
.Tames II. Lambert wns executive ofli-
cer. were nt their wits' ends. itli
tlm Governor floutlnc the Supreme
Court nnd the latter liietnphorlcnlly In
viting his excellency "to go to," it
would certnlnly embarrass Its members
to occupy the same car with nun.
It was finally suggested that the Gov
ernor should have his own special car.
wlil'i- another wns to be provided for
members of the court nnd their fami
lies. ,
The-hcight of the ridiculous was
reached when it was proposed that the
Governor's car he placed at one end of
the train and that of the justices at the
other.
The work of engraving the elaborate
invitations had begun, when the order
was peremptorily nnceled and all
plans chanced, and this without notice
to the court.
Governor Penti packer had cut the
Cordian Ttnot.
He decided to forgo attendance nt
the dedication and instead to make his
appearance on !' nnsyivanin nay. i ne
latter was set ior .iuhiisi -". iw iiuni
crsary of General Authnii Wayne's
victor over the Indians nt Fallen Tim
bers.
IT FOLLOWED that as the Governor
would not intend the ceremony
neither could the members of the Su
preme Court, so thev all were com
pelled to stay at home and chew the
cud of disappointment. They missed a
fine trip and tn elaborate ceremony.
Governor Pennvpiickcr did not, of
course, declare in so mnn words thnt
he hnd declined to appear at the dedica
tion for fear of embarrassments that
might arise from meeting members of
the court.
The reason assigned was that Penn
s.xlvaiiia day, and not the dedication of
t'he Pennsylvania building, was the
proper oceilon for his appearance at
tlie St. Louis Imposition. Then per
haps he winked at Mrcunley Wharton.
He is the only iiidhidual who ever
threw a monkey wieneh into tlie beau
tifully adjusted machinery nf the liigli
cst judicial bod of the state.
THE Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
hasn't hud to fislit competition since
Thomas E. Mitten grasped the helm.
Its present troubles ncall a now for
gotten scheme that was hatched sixteen
venrs ngo liteinlh to dig the ground
from under its feet.
It wns known a the freight tunnel
project, and contemplated the construc
tion of freight subwa lines under every
important downtown thoioiighfnre.
Its real sponsors weie Israel W. Dur
ham and James P McXicliol. though
Senator William Flinn. of Pittsburgh,
wns understood to complete a trio of
principals.
Others interested were Sennfnr
Charles A. Porter, Speaker Henry F.
Wnlfnn. ex -Senator John S. Weller,
J. Cliltnu Erb and Select Councilman
William Gallagher, of the Tenth ward.
The proposition created such con
sternation in Mapid Transit circles that
President Parsons hurrhd away to Chi
cago to Inspect Its then recently con
structed freight tunnel railway.
The proposed subway was to consist
nf tunnels nine feet in height and six
feet in width at a depth of about forty
feet beneath the surface of the strict.
in connection with the trunk line
and branch tunnels theie were to be
freight stations with elevators from the
surface hv which freight could be loaded
directly into the cars.
The cars would then be delivered to
steam railroads at various poitits on the
outskirts of the cltv.
It wns a mighty clever scheme, but
it never umnunted to anything.
It exists today only us a memory.'
It ma he announced more or less
niithoritnthely that intcnention by the
Allies in the war between Poland uiid
the Molshevlsts s wholl unnecessary.
The Journal de Geneve notes that the
Poles Imve captured BO.OOII Molshevlsts
and instead of Interning them (which
costs money) have decided to lecture
them on the evils of communism, Rive
them puckages of salt, matches and to
bacco and send them home. Fifty thou
sand unwitting propagandists hearing
things longed for but not found in Itus
sia will Induce other Molshevists to sub
mit to capture and exchange their arms
for salt, matches and tobacco. What
follows? Well, logic Is logic. First
thing you know the Molshevist army vlll
be well provided with salt, matches nnd
tobacco but won't hnve either guns or
ammunition! Don't thlngn work out
I well ou paper!
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i
SHORT CUTS
When iu doubt don't.
Uox seems to have corralled tlfts
punster vote anyhow.
The political candidate hns nit
other optimists hacked oft the map.
Xew York hnd fifty -two murdcra
last j ear. Mill changed every week, ns
It were.
In the life of n Polish geographer
n day's woik is no different trom a
dny's zees.
The old song now runs: Oh-llcl-oo-llc!-oo-lle!-ec!
HulTrnge courting
Tennessee !
The amount of work Inquisitors nre
putting iu on The Crank suggests that
they have owned flivvers.
"Labor Is thinking," snys a news
paper headline. Then doubtless It has
discovered that thinking Is labor.
Ma or Moore has cleared his ground
and done some plowing. There Is
Justification for the hope of good crops.
T"
Welfare organizations urge the
using of more milk. Good ndvicc, but
the price list presents some discourage
ment. Thirty-cent milk is predicted in
Xew York. This may have a tendency
to reduce the number of bottle fed
babies.
The memory ofOaly' Theatre.
Xew York, will at least live ns long ns
the steel office structure thnt is to tnke
Its place.
With Ir7.nsnys7. occupied by the
Mokhcdsts nnd Szczvczyn shelled there
will soon bo not n consonnut left In
Polnud.
The Molshevlsts nre snld to Inck
nminunltion for their big guns; but
their poison pens tire still doing effec
tive work.
The consumer Is now busy with
thnt p!caMint little gnmc of What Ought
to Me (Hid What Is or How Freight
Mates Affect Fooil Prices.
Colorado sheep shenrers. we nre i
Inrorincd. malic .f,(0 n day. The rates
are not quite so high ns in Wall street,
but they are not half bad ut that.
It mny be that by the time the
middlemen have convinced themselves
of the necessity for reform thev will
be driven out of business altogether.
Despite the lessons of the last few
years there are those who persist iu
thinking that T'ncle Sam's relation to
Europe Is merely that of shopkeeper and
plillnntliropist.
Though nobodv hns et cnlled
Ponzi a Xnpnleon of linnnce. newspaper
men here and there are pnttmg them
selves on the hnck because of their
restraint.
Cuba hns shown its gratitude to
America by subscribing handsomely to
the Itoosevelt Memorial Fund. It has
not yet, however, done anything for
Mr. Volstead.
The house shortage in Pnrls is so
acute that Marshal Foch cannot find a
home. While saving tlie homes of his
fellow countrymen he evidently over
looked himself.
Willy nilly. the Russian peasant
may yet hne a strong voice in tle
councils of the world, for expert opinion
has it thnt he and he ulone knows the
answer to bulshevism.
With the notification of Franklin
D. Itoosevelt esterdny there Is now no
excuse for ignorance on the part of the
candidates as to what happened in
Chicago and San Francisco.
Paris dispatches tell of fateful dif
ferences of opinion between officers of
the AiiTlo-Prench military mission nnd
the Polish command concerning the con
duct nf the war with the Molshevists
This Is a little matter in which the
Russians may eventually play the part
of unwitting praccmnkers.
That ever and unnn Individual
overrides collective thought Is evidenced
111 France's Med Zone. France with
dramatic instinct planned to keep cer
tain wnr-torn districts as the Germans
left them : but they reckoned without tile
former inhabitants, who heie and there
nre if turning and making green oases
grow in the yellow desert. ,
Xew Lots Tlpiid. Mronk'vn. Is "id
to be the sent of u Tenant Soviet. The
tenants refuse fo pnv.more rent than
thev ftilnk Is lust: they refuse to va
cate: thev won't allow new tenants of
whom thev don't npnrove to rent
houses; thev have blacklisted tenants
In possession who do pot subscribe to
their views, and hnve driven out n
nillcimin and n grocer who served
hlqekllstecl persons. AH of which s
nllccd bv n landlord who hns applied
to the courts for iclief. Which seems
to show Hint despite n house shortage
and liluh rents It Isn't much fun being
n landlord nowndas.
iTW Do You Know?
, QUIZ
t. Wuit fmnnus coIIcko hns no reg
ular stui'cnt bodv and gives no
diplomas'' ,
2. How did the Madeira Islands get
heir neme"
n. How miny enrs nfter Rngland's
great s"ii victory In tlie Nnpolenn'i
wars did ber ecpinlly conclusive
land triumph occur?
I Who was General Grant's Dem
ocratic opponent during his first
presidential campaign?
5. Who wrote the "Unelo Itemus'
stories? .
B. Nnm.e th" most fimniiB painting by
Leonardo da Vine!?
7 Which Is th- highest of the palm
trees?
R. How nmny wars did Homo wage
with Carthage?
0. What Is the normal value of u
German mark?
10. Did ii Canadian vncht ever compete
for the America's Cup?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A letter written bv the Frnselseiin
missionary, Joseph do la Ilocne
d'Alllop, about lG3fi refera to
petroleum springs found In tho re
gion of what Is now southwestern
New York or northwestern I'enn
syhnnla. 2 "Ten-Cent .Jimmy" wan a designa
tion applied to I'resldcnt Janus
Buchanan
.1. Queenstown Is tho senport for Coil,-,
Ireland
4 The plurals of tho word phalanx nre
phalanxes and ulialnnges.
C. The Itusslnn Solet Government de.
clarcd war with Hie Central I'nw, i.i
nt nn end on February 11, 1918.
0 Sun BebuhtlJii is on the cm reins
western part of (ho north const or
.Spain. v., ,, ,
1 l.tulfil. rz TTnllnml In tlf 5stirnrrnAl.,
,. uiniim ... ............ ....,..- ..,.. ...hiii-KI
llcnuuiicnn is accrcciueu iis tnc llrst
writer to express In print Hue ap
preciation or iiincuin b wenysijurR
speech.
S. ICdgor Wilson Nyo was the rem
name of Illll Nye, tho humorist
9. Tho taffrall In the rail around (ho
stern of u vessel ; upper part of tlia
stern.
10, Georgia wub the last onu of tno
thirteen original colonies to be
ecuicu,
kWtfST 10," 'iDg
WHAT ARE
ALUMNI OF PENNSYLVANIA
PLAN BIG ENDOWMENT FUND
Need of Fixed Financial Policy for School Is Stressed New
Provost to Play Important Part
ALIIMXI of the University of Penn
s.dvnnln nre engcr to start n cam
paign to create an endowment fund to
make the institution fre from nil
fiunncinl embarrassments and obliga
tions, according to Horace M. LIpplu
cott, secictarv of the Alumni Society.
"A great change is coining in the
University," snld Mr. Lipplncott, "nud
its future policy will be grentlv deter
mined by the new provost the bomd of
trustees selects. It is certnin thut n
new policy Is in order.
"There is no question that the only
effective solution for the University's
financial pioklems lies in an endowment
fund. Yale and Princeton have them,
and the time Infs come for Pennsylvania
to he similarly situated.
"While we want the new provost
and board of trustees to take the lead,
iilumni nf the country have announced
their willingness to start a nntloual
movement to endow the University fnr
all time. They feel that the time-has
come to put it on the basis of a nn
lioual institution rather than n pro
vincial one.
I-nrgo Fund Is Needed
"An endowment fund wo.ihl do away
with the present hand-to-mouth exist
ence and dependence upon either state
aid or private donors with their at
teudiint uncertainties. It would also
put the univeislty on a basis where it
could keep its couies up to top notch
and I'lnplov the very best instructors
obtainable."
Other alumni nprcs-ied the opinion
the time had come when the trustees
must adopt n settled linanclal policy.
"Up to the present." shid one, ''the
haie not 'had any. There has been n
hit oi miss attitude which no reputable
iiiisiiicss liiaii won d to crate. N e have
Itn.v ii.. i l.l 4..1 ... HV. I
had to depend more or h ss precariously
n priiafe dniicus or yn appropriations
fiolil the state At any time these
'ces of revenue might fall down, or
the state insist; on a certain control
of the lol'cge, which would he a bad
thing.
"Ill fait one of the blc niobleins In
the seh c tion of a new piovost is ic
'i'"s i oi whether we sluill continue
to seek state support or if we shall
1 ",'""' oui money by more private means.
When Mr. Harrison was 'provost he
showed Kieat resource in getting private
suppnit, while Doctor Smith got the
state to aid a grent ileal. I suppose
the hoiiid of trustees has been more
or less spoiled and has proceeded along
th
noes oi icnst resistance.
It was stilted thnt I'eovnst MmlH,
had icsignecl nt an early date to give
the new piovost ample time to prepare
for any financial diflleultles which
might arise within the coming venr.
Indications point t,, ,i,,n,.tf f,,,. .i,
fiscal miii' just passed that will exceed
even the amount which has lately been
allow i
i the state Legislature
Deficit Set High .Mark
Officials of the University show that
according to the Inst report the deficit
for the fiscal year ending June :I0
P.'lll. was SMO.OOO. tho largest in the
histoiv of the institution. This meant
expenditures in excess of the revenues
del hid from tultlcin fees and incomes
fiom lieipiests and donations which may
be spent.
The great increase in the cost of
maintenance of the University, due to
EITH'S
Hilly B.-Vnn & Corbctt-Jnmos J.
"Tho Eighteenth Amendment"
Gladys-Clark & Uor(jmnn-Heni-y
In "Tunos of tho Hour"
Eva Shirley & Her Band
Dully Khv. Marshal Montcomeryj oti,cri(,
WILLOW GROVE PARK-'
I.IH'H AND 1IIH HVMl'IION'V OUC'HI'.htiia
TODAY '
L' :in Mlnicla Hullo
I :o -llllilu Hclter, Soprano
7 I r, -Vein Cumin. Honrnno
(I in llnu DolnrcH, Hiiprnno
I Wnl lc. Aug. 11. "HUUwt yinpr" hoIoM.
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mm iitumi ... ........... .,..... v-nn-rttli SOlll'tV
THIS JANU i: U. MILLER
oANCIKg
CONSEKVATORY
1028 CIIIISTNUT ST
Wulnut 1H
, PniVATB I,KHKONU DAILY
DANdlNCl I'llVHICAl- CJUI.TIJIIE
MODUItN KSTHUTls! and FANCY
TROCADERO U'SA kuAAJSTSD
THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
present conditions, has increased tlie
expenses considerably more than ."0 per
cent fnr the last car over the year
previous unci it was itated that the
deficit must inevitably increase pro
portionately. The state has in. the last
fc w years allowed an appropriation up
to $r0().flOO a year to cover these defi
cits, but the increase for tlie last year
will require cither u larger appropria
tion from the state or heavy donations
ffljini other sources.
Members of the faculty say that un
less this situation is met successfully
the University will he in serious finan
cial straits within the year and thut it
will be necessary to pare down courses
of instruction nnd professorships nnd
even departments to stay within the
income.
ALTER CAMDEN CAR LINES
Utilities Commission Authorizes De
sired Change In Routes
The Public Utilities Commission nt
Trenton loda granted an application
of the Fu'ilic Seivice Hallway Co. to
change the routing of its SKtli and
Eighth streets trolley line in Camden.
The line will he changed from Ferry
avenue, cast from Maple .avenue, to
follow the Haddoii Heights line on
Maple avenue and Wnodlyinie avenue
to Itiehey iicnuc, where it is proposed
to install a cioss-nver for turning the
Sixth and Eighth stieets line cars hack.
The coiiinti.ssion also granted per
mission to remove an existing double
track nn Ferry avenue about LI.'OO feet
long from Maple avenue to (' press ave
nue, the present tciiuiiiii of the Sixth
and Eighth streets line.
Municipal iiutlioiities of Camden and
Woodl.Mine made application to change
the line.
Wills Probated Today
Wills admitted to probate in the of
fice of the icglstcr of wills tndav are
those of Uranl; M. Douglass, of this
citj, who died lu Cape Ma. $'.'0,0(10;
Charlotte I', l'lnnum. 11." South I'lfty
flrst street. $S7."ill. Inventories ,.f ,,',..
".'i'i'i1 ,,sttcs filed; Joseph II. Itrittnn,
!ST,"i(l.1 1
',,,. '''"" ' uiim, ,i;;ii,i South
Ktiudolph street, SSl'.'IO.
Murk,. Hi 1,1, Kill,-II A M. in 11 p. m
This Vec! Only Flint 1'rcsLiitalloii
THOMAS MEIGHAN
ULA l.i:i: and KAT1II.YN WILLIAMS !u
"The Prince Chap"
a I'AiuMoi'.vr I'lcrati:
Directed by DeMille
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ivext Wts.K"Uo.N-r j:n"tMAlt'tY-A
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William Faversham
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"Silts of St. Anthony"
A I'AKAMOUNT KIKST I'ltliaCNTATIOM
VICTORIA a'T, TOAVtf
D. W. GRIFFITH'S
"The Idol Dancer"
CAPITOl 7- mai(ki;t st.
V-l 1 1 Wl, norcu.AH M.I.KAN
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REGENT MA"KKT M1 I'el UTH
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BROADWAY "- n-l Snyder Aie,
bwbbt HwisBTirs"!? n r- ' man-eating aavanea W New &""
-Peane, la the Newark Nw.
DENY EXCESSIVE PROFITS
Office Building Operators Answer,!
Mayor's Tax Boost Suggestion
Several shurp denials were entered bj
real estate men to the recent ilcc-lara-tion
of Mayor Moore that the on urn
oi omce miiiuings should have tlieir
taxes increased in accordance with the
raising of ofliro rentals.
There has never been an office build
ing in this city that paid a fair return
on me investment, declared one oper
ator yestcrduv. "Xo buildini- In I'Ml.i.
delpliiu paid more thnn ii per cent ami
very few of them hnve ever shown tltat
pront. iiie average is from .. t0 3JJ
en "'mi miiivu, worn cunipnrrri in tne
returns realized today from Ubtr
Monds, mortgages and other forms ci(
investment, gives the owner of the office
building a very poor return en his
money."
Klsing exists in every department of, I
"I'l-.dwuu uiiu irc(ucm vacancies ot
nflicu suites is the leaon assigned for
me small return.
STEAM HEAT PRICES UP ?
Germantown and Overbrook Com
panies File New Rate Schedules
The fierinaiitown Strum Co. ami tin
Overbrook Steam Heat Co., hoth of tlih
city, have filed new tariffs of rates uith
the Public Service Commission at Hue
risbiu-R. Hearings ou both applica
tions will be held here September 2,
The (icrmnntown firm proposes to in
crease the condensation rme from S1.1S
per 1000 pounds of condensation to
!?1.-10. The Ovcrhrouk company w Islet'
to increase its rate from flft -niiieirntl
to eighty-five cents per 1000 pounds.
METROPOLITAN
OI'llRA HOl'SK
3 Shows Daily , ,,,,,
FINK AIITH rilllHENTS
Up in Mary's Attic
THU COMIIDY 8i:nhatio.v ok the
HUASO.V
INCLUDING THE
BATHING
BEAUTIES
IN PERSON
Not ii .Slapstick
Comedy, but a
1'icturc with An
Idea Hundreds Turned'
Away Desplts t
the He.it
Sailor Jim White
Thrill AuilleiHM l)
i:eo Perform""
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Aeroplane and
(Jot a I'Tco r
i iPCTKti tnc ST. OI'UIIA HOUSE
VncoUNUI Last 5 Days
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Near Broad -
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