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A POUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thin" on which the )rile expect
the new uilmllilMrntloli to collren-
trnte Ita uttentlimi
The Delaware rivr brlrlpe.
A drydock bin enough to acenmmo
date the larpcxt thin
Development of the rapid transit sj.i
tern A convention hall.
A ttilWtng for the Free Library,
An Art 3fuscum
Enlargement of the water supply
Tomes to accommodate the popula
tion. PATRIOTISM AND VULGARITY
A Pit ESS AGENT dodge of n par
tlcularlv Impudent variety was
practiced here vctcrdav when the navy
recruiting campaign was "gingeted up"
by n gtoup nf dizzilv nttired young
women from a current ehow who ofTcred
to kls nil new entrants for the govern
ment service ,
The modern publicity man. who sim
ply doe his dutv as he sees it. is nn
ingenious and wilv cu-tomer. It is not
ho who U primarily to blnme in this In
stance, but the urnk-tmndedness of the
recruiting officiiils. Those who Fanc
tioned the cheaply honatlnnal public
spectacle yesterday weie impo-ul upon
to the top of their bent
Coming unexpectedlv upon the scene.
Mayor Moore ordend it stopped, but
by the time the police imKhincrv could
be set in motion the exhibit at Broad
and Itnce streets was over. One "re
cruit" braved the oscillatory perils.
When the guileless official looked
around for him he hnd vanished.
The warning against m odiou-dv mix
ing patriotism with vulgarity will, it i
hoped, be heeded! Meanwhile the press.
agent is dining off the sweets of victory.
WHY THE "L" IS DELAYED
A R,A business concern, the citv of
"Philadelphia ought to be sufficiently
Jjeabureeful and vigorous to bring about
'""the prompt delivery of the already rolled
rails lor the Frnnkford elevated.
This portion of the equipment, en
tirely completed, i nwniting shipment
from Bethlehem, less than sixty miles
from this citv. Of the 1300 tons of
steel contracted for, onlv 1"0 tons have
reached here. The first and sole de
livery thus far occurred jesterday.
Work was immediately started in lay
ing the rails m place. It will be possi
ble to lay the rest just as soon as they
arrive.
The swift completion of construction i
of the important new link in the high- !
speed transit system therefore hinges
-wTery directlj on u matter which cannot
b said to involve insuperable dlfflcui-
ties. The administration should bestir
Itsrlf. The aierage business firm con-
fronted by an obstacle similarlv sur-
mnimtnhlp unulil i-eetninlv n iihl.. tr. i
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BAKER MISSES THE POINT
T-vIRECTOrt BAKER, in discussing
-'-' the wage scnle at the Mint, mi-sPs
the renl point at issue
The Mint enipio;cs are not receiving
the same rate of wages paid to men in
the same trades nuride. Thev ought
not lo be asked to work for the govern
ment nt ,t loss.
"" It is beside the case to argue that
they nre not subject to the uncertainties
of demand for tueir labor. They are
entitled to fair treatment
The readiiisfnient of the "eale here
to correpord with tlmt pnid 111 -san
Fran'is(o. dating from the beginning
of this month . is a tnrdv recognition of
the demand
Of the local workers: blltl.
It does not go far enough
rnmo-nlni 7J" T," nl r"" '
com nfiint liere There are reasons for 1
the silce of the men m his presence I
But no one fnmllinr with the ..orwli . !
tluti that have prevailed and still pro-
vail can be persuaded to believe that
tin men .Live no Erienne
FOREIGN NERVES ON EDGE
TNTERNATIONAI, iTseH thri
impatience, sometimes t. the point j
of bolting quite out of hand before a
full knowledge of realities s acquired. I
In Paris this week the le. u'uthonta- I
tlve elements of the press laslied them- j
selves into a fur; over nn nlleged coin- j
liniulqiie from the American Htnte De
partment concerning tli.- IIh-mdii
Polish situation The supposed state-
-ment declared in substance thnt the
Russians were fighting the same l.ind 1
of war which the Americans fnm-ht ...
177U, i t,'aI '"' in,l'i not retain his joh unless
The message sent through the French I he came across with the amount as
rmbassy in Washington, seems to have see. "o him hj the figurcrs 111 the
bfen a Mimmiirv of 11 speculative news- lipuditinrtcis of the city committee.
paper storv published on Saturday. It would deprhc the Varc-rnntrnllrd
three dajs before Secretary Colby'n ' city (( inuiittee nf the funds used in re.
official and very different disclosure of , i,iK' its hold on the organization mid
American poliev was made. Ambnssn-
dor .Iiissernnd. it is proper to state, is
jiot at present in Washington
The London press quiveicd with ex
citement yesterday over the alleged in
dependence of France in the Russian
muddle. The backing of Genera!
Wrangel by the Quui d'Orsny is said
to have been officially confirmed, but
detailH of the new policy of recognition
rs very much lackiny. The extent of
approval given to the so-called de facto
jcnrwimcnt in south Russia has not
Litn'dcHiicd, aud in the absence of pub-
lie enlightenment on this subject It Is
rash to aascrt that the Entente is peril
oudy craeked.
Paris report! that the Urltiah charge
d'affaires itnil the French foreign office
nre now exchanging views, which while
divergent "will not prevent them from
rontinulng their friendly collaboration."
Unless madness takes utter po-wislon
of the chancelleries It Is reasonable not
to reject hope of adjustment. At pres
ent the moft lamentable aspect of the
affair It the tendency of public opinion
in both countries to go off half-cocked
before the returns nre nil in.
It Is clear thnt the nerves of European
diplomacy are ery much on edge nnd
thnt the dangers of a cloudy nnd diffi
cult situation nre thereby greatly Intensified.
TOM CUNNINGHAM'S
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
As Chairman of the Republican City
Finance Committee He Can Prove
That Reform Moans Semethlno
WHEN the chairman of the Repub
lican city committee made Tuomns
V. Cunningham chairman of the sub
committee on finnnce lie must hnve
chuckled.
Mr. Cunningham i the head of the
Republican Alliance, the chief nntl-Vnie
organization. The city committee is
controlled bv tho Vares. Their friends
and supporters were put nt the head of
every other subcommittee, and a ma
jority of Vare followers controls the
subcommittee on linnnco oer which
Mr. Cunninghnm presides.
The business of Mr. Cunningham's
committee is to rnNp campaign funds.
Thi lias u'tially been done by "shaking
down" the city and count emplojes,
including the policemen and firemen.
It has been customary to "assess"
laborers? two days' pay and to demand
from the polhemen nnd firemen from
S10 to SI.", nnd to tax officials receiv
ing $0000 or more from 0 to 10 per
cent of their salaries.
Mayor Smith lat year, In a moment
of irritation, said he "would be damned"
If lie would pay the assessment, but it
is understood that he icconsldered nnd
came acros with the money.
The sjstem has been known to put
,2fl0,lino in the treasury of the city
committee for n single campaign.
Tile Vnre cluiiiman of the city com
mittee chuckled hccnuce he hnd put
upon Mr. Cunningham the dutv of
shaking down the ilty euiplojes If he
obiected there were enough Vare men
on his subcommittee to outvote him and
to order that the old system be con
tinued. Then Cunningham would he
in n hole. He would have to consent
or refuse to abide by the will of the j
majority In cither event tti" situation
would be satisfactory to his fuctioanl
opponents
But If Tom Cunningham, bached by
the Mayor, plays his cards right he cnn,r..Iuh contestants in the Antwern enr
ijHit nib factional opponents in si noie
deeper than that which tliey nave tiug
for him.
In the firt place, as chairman Mr.
Cunuiughnni has onlv to aunounce that
!l0 intPnds to obey the provisions of the
rllartrr. Tlmt document expressly for-
bids anv officer, clerk or emplve of the
i city to "directly or lndlnttly demand.
solicit, collect or icceive, or "be in any
manner concerned in demanding. o
liciting. collecting or rei riving, any as-
sessmeut, subscription or contribution.
whether voluntary or nivoliintnrv. in
tended for any political purpoy what
ever." The purpose of tills is clear.
It is- intended to protect the city em
ployes against being held up for cam
paign (ontributlnns.
The ciinrter is moie definite in its
protection of the policemen and fire
men, for it provides that no uniformed
empioje -snail pay or gne nn moiie,
i or other uluaiiip tning or mane an
subscription or contribution, whether
oluntary or linoluntar.v, for any po
litical nn-nni whatever."
It further provides that any police -
man or fireman who violates this pro-
jhibition shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
' punishable by n fine of not more tlmn
e'iino hnn-iLnnmiint fnr lint lnneer '
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than two years, or oy oom one mm
I imprisonment.
I The firemen nnd the policemen tan
thnnk tlie men who framed the charter
ind secured its passage through the
legislatuie for the protection thus af
forded to them. The; kno tli.it Sen
ator Vare did his best to defeat the
(barter until he found that lie could
not do it. Then he reluctant!; gave it
his support. The gratitude of the uni
formed force is due to .Ma; or Moore
and the men backing him, for it was
they who emancipated them.
An announcement from Mr. Cunning
ham that he will he the first to demand
dm iiiinlslimeiit of an; one who nt-
4. .. I.M.I .... Ill- fli-emon In lltn
, hmJS(,!( r 1)p ,irp in ,,. ,fe
ntatlon houses In the old manner will he
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wholnomf warning to captain and
lieutennnts on who-e .onsciousiiess it
has not jet dawned that a new regime
1 11s been inaugurated.
This announcement should be fol
lowed hy another one, namely, th.it the
nniiiiniformed emplnjes of the city are
to receive the protection of th Major
'""d his heads of departments in the
enjojiiifiit of their salaries and wages,
(.nd that the payment of u campnigu
'ontribution will be regnrded ns that
use of office "to influence political
movements" which is forbidden bv the
diiiiter as explicltl; ns campaign con
tnhiitions by the police nnd firemen.
Such n course carried out to the
liinil 011ld einnneip.ite (very clerk and
emploj- who lias ueueve.i 111 rue past
would be evidence that the . promises
made In the majoralty campaign were
meant to lie kept.
And it would do mnre. It would in
dicate to the chairman of the city
coni'nittee thnt political strategy Is a
game at which two can play, and that
when one of the contestants plajs it
011 the bidi grounds of justice he puts
the other fellow at a terrible disad
vantage. All the funds needed for (lie conduct!
'P
EVENING PUBLIC
nf the political campaign ran be raised
without assessing the petty officehold
ers. The law Intends that It shall bo
so raised.
If Mr. Cunnnlghnm, by appeals to
the business men Interested In Itepub
lieanMiceess, cannot get all the tuoucj
that the committee cau honestly spend,
then he is without those powers of per
suasion with which he has been credited.
And If lie wishes (o deliver the Vare
f machine a body blow, let him announce
that (he employes nf the county ofTlrcs,
not protected by the charter, wilt be
protected by htm and that ho will re
ceive no contributions from them even
If they are offered.
Chairman Tom has nn opportunity,
thanku to the blundering tnctics of Ills
opponents. lie ought not to be slow in
making the most of it.
MUD IN THE 28TH WARD
D1
I HECTOR COHTKLYOU is em-
photic- nnd explicit in his condem
nation of alleged political activities of
the police in the Twenty-eighth ward
in connection with a newly formed club.
Prompt expouro and recourse to the
Civil Service Commission nre remedies
for stamping out such unsavory prftc
tices, should they be proved to exist.
The charter categorically forbids nny
participation of the police in politics.
There nre no exceptions to this ruling
nnd the various aspects of political ac
tivities are clearly stated.
The situation in the Twenty-eighth
ward suggest? nn unplcnsnntly familiar
kind nf factionalism. If the anti-Vnre
forces are intimidating policemen to join
their club, which is said to include two
police sergeants among its members, the
violation of the charter is brazen.
On the other hnnd, the muck-rakers
in this instance nre not of a type to
command much confidence. The whole
situation appears disgusting. It should
be cleared up nt once and the offenders,
of whatever local political persuasion,
should be roundly punished.
"SPORTSMANSHIP"
THE reports of British discontent over
the conduct of the Olympic gnmes
nt Antwerp have n familiar ring. Com
plaint is made thnt nfhatour standing
is not defined with sufficient tlnrity.
Another charge is thnt some govern
ments .support their athletes through
loug training periods.
Amei leans will recall the criticism of
some of our crews which were competi
tors, in the Henley reg.ittas The care
ful regimen nnd arduous training of our
narmen were regarded with disfavor.
And then one dnv a Belgian ireu, de
veloped without ony di-etplirmr.i diet.
lifted the cup. This was riulnrrnssing.
of course, but when that little incident
hail passed British repugnance to com-
nefllic- M'lfh ntlilnft.c ivlwi h.lil U!intifli-
inn(, KplPntJficalI.v proimrtd for their t-t's
was resumed
Now It is said thnt withdrawal of the
nival is under consideration, and the
old question of the ethics of consistent.
earnest training nrises once mote. I
tlin nrnerlpn rnflllv urnnf- ni nrn rmr- t
fousins over. the water somewhat lack- i
ing in sportsmanship, the attribute of j
which they most frrquenth boast'.' '
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AMUNDSEN STICKS AT IT
EVERY true lover of spoitsmnnhip T,ji immense growth of trade have not
and adventure will wh-h the best ct been published, but returning trnv
of luck to Roald Amundsen, the ihunt- elers bear the tale on every homeward
less Norwegian who once more braves
' the reri! of the ice In his at'i nipt
,0 I
fiich the Noirh Pole
nn . h Nor h Po-e a ,. ' To
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credit, nim w un tne anneii lact tnat
is an independently wealth; man.
Mi
I on" v nil'"! naturallv think that lie wipild
be content to settle down in ease and
i ion. tort, satisfied with the unusual
I honors lie has already won.
Rut Amundsen is of the -tuff of the
unripnt vlkiKK nn,i thr !fc
of ease is
. ot to ns Jikinc.
ll'.'rc is ju-t one ic-ervntion that
Ami mans may justh make in their
good wi.iis to him. Rome time ugo he
wo- credited with a statement tending
to throw some doubt upon the validity
of I'earv's claims to having reached the
North Pole. It is most -incerelj to be
hoped that he will not. upon his return
' .
to i ivilizatiou. start acontroversy
that
cuii result iu no good.
Tho Cook fiasco has not jet been
forgotten b; those who 111 e interested
in polar explorntmn. The Norwegians
were the first to dispute Cook's claims,
and prob'iblv for this very reason the
Danes --claimed the pretender and de
fended him vnliantlj. No two nntions
of the earth are more jealous of eaeh
other than the Danes and this Nor
wegians. Some Norwegians toda; will not
admit that Scott, that intrepid Eng
lishman, ever reached the South Pole.
Yet win n Scott's body was found,
frozen and starved beside the bodie.s of
his two companions in their tent on the
ice of the Griot Ilanier. his dinries and
note- guve full descriptions of the (nirn
mark nnd instruments and papers left
nt the Pole br Amundsen.
This diarv . one of the most tragic
human documents 111 existence, fully and
freclv admits that the Norwegians got
there first, nnd it tells in graphic, terse
sentences the keenness of the disap
pointment thnt the Kugli-h pnrty suf
fered after their terrible experiences on
that awful 700 -mile trek over the ice
and up the Benrdmore Glacier to the
Pole, only to find that they had been
forestalled by the Scandinavians whom
they had seen ou the edge of the Bar
rier at the beginning of the summer.
Amundsen won , Scott and four of his
companions, paid with their lives fo:
the privilege of proving that they had
been beaten by their rival ; but they did
not whimper or try to prove that the
Pole uns somewheie else than where
Amundsen located it. They admitted
that their own .ights proved that the
Norwegian was r.gbt.
In the ciisp of 'he South Pole, such 11
locntlon ns this is permanent and nl
wnvs subject tn further investigation
because the lower end of the earth's
axis is located upon a mniintnin some
0500 fief uiii.ve the level of the sen.
But the North Pole is floating Ice.
No permanent murk can be placed there,
for the ice is alvwivs drifting Amund
sen ma; come back and cIhiih that
Pear; never got there, but it will be
impossible for him to prove it and such
a controversy would do no one any
good.
Peary's claims rest upon the unani
mous approval of scientific men who
have exhaustively examined nil of his
records and proofs and found them
flawless. It Is too late now tn lessen
the fame of a man who certainly sacri
ficed enough and endured enough to
entitle him tn his share of the glory
of the north.
DEDGERr-PBlDADEIiHlA; FRIDAY,
HOW WORLD'IS LINKED
Norway Flan Crisis Affects Phila
delphia Hat Market Amer
ica's Isolation Gono
SCARCELY a week hag passed since
tho ending of the war without
bringing with It some new evidence thnt
the old Isolation' of the Cnlted States,
Its freedom from worry over foreign
crises, its aloofness from Injury by nn
other country's domestic conditions, is
now gone- nnd gone forever. There Is
now linrdiy nn event of importance af
fecting the internal economy of a for
eign nation that does not soon show
Its reflex upon related interests liWc.
Tucked nwav In the news of the day
Is a report from Consul Letcher, nt
Christlniiin. Norway, saying that the
fishermen of that country nre facing n
crisli in their prosperity owing to the
fact thnt they have lost their pre-war
markets. Mnny fisheries, he nys, have
shut down and thousands of the em
ployes have been thrown out of work.
Such u report, naturally, would not
be treated here as important news by
the general public. But to the man
interested in the growth and continu
ance of our Toreign trade there will
appear between the lines a warning that
even we heie iu Philadelphia Will feel
the effects of this crisis in the Scandi
navian fisheries unless the plans under
way for solution of the problem are suc
cessful. FEW among the genernl public are
ncuuninted with the nlmo miracu
lous growth of American trade in Nor
wny. It is a little country nnd we have
not hnd very close personal relation
ships In the past, so wc hnve not ac
customed ourselves to thinking of
it nt all.
Yet it is doubtftil.if there Is a coun
try In tho world whose imports from the
United States will show so Immense a
percentage of Incrense as will those of
Norway for the hist enr. In the
streets nf Christlania nlno automobiles
in every ten nre of American tnnke, in
spite of the fact thnt England nnd
France are so much nearer and have
heretofore done nwt "f the Norwegian
business. Only a few months ago the
finest automobile exhibition ever held
In Norway was opened in the enpitnl,
and it wns exclusively an American
show not promoted by Americans,
but organized and run bv Norweginu
dealers who are putting American cars
on the market In preference to all other
cars In the world.
There nre only two hr.inds of popular
pi Iced shots worn iu Noiway now, and
both of them nre Ameriran. The Nor
wegian papers carry the advertising for
' these shoes in little "boxes" alongside
the paper's title on the front page,
where the Evkninci Prnuc
,tC IirnOKll
DOKli
il the
prints the weather s.inimnrj an
name of the edition. The Norwegian
papers carry on the left the name ot nue
shoe and on the right the name nf the
other.
n-stTI.- hn.( .bnA,v-n Itntc In Vnvtvfiv il en
.(Mill. UlTl'nH.illlI K. .o M .' --
X ninrlo in Pllilftdelnhin the Only tVOO
I
writers used are Amciican. the favorite
eigaiettes of the United States are sup-
planting all others and American oranna
of tobacco are being whiffed from the
cuddy pipes of the fishermen along every
r ile nf coast and fjord. The figures of
.-hip.
Norway is entirely dependent upon
her fishorhv for her prospirlty. highty
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fisheries will 'pell disaster to this newlv
acquired Ameriiiin trade and will rob
us of one of the few countries of Eu
rope where Americans aic iciilly pop
ular and American goods genuinely
preferred and nppi eclated.
We are no longer ifolated. Even the
Norwegian fisheries are unw a part of
our business, and wc nie nil justified in
hoping that the ciisi now confronting
them will he safely passed
Edward Marion Crawford, forty
four vears old. siiei cssful business man.
has re-enlisted in the United States
navy, where lie got his first start in
1S0O. He has made his pile mid is now
going to enjov him-elf, he sajs. Which
wo mean to remark that the example of
Edward Marion Crawford is far more
valuable as a boost for the navy than
osculatorv exhibitions bv show girls.
Glencorse
NOTH There Is a tradition among
Lothian people thai a village and a
church lie submerged beneath the
waters of Glencorse Heservolr In tho
Pentland Hills nnd that, bv those who
listen for it. tho ringing of the church
bell may sometimes be heard on a
still day
HERE I lie 'mid the whin nnd grns-eH
on Cnslelaw :
Cold are the waters below, but colder,
and deeper down
At the roots of the hill in chambers
that no man ever nw,
Shriniug its unguosPd secret, there
lies n vanished towp
The gray trout plash and plav on the
sand thnt paves its street ;
Market and enttnee and kirk nre green
with the drifting weed:
But the bell, they siij. still prals in the
crumbling stieple like sweet
Faint piping of inerv lips, far away,
through 0 trembling reed.
And I hnve listened nnd lingered under
the bleak March skies,
When through the faded henther the
winds snug sleety and pure;
But the waters were pile a a sword
blade, and calm as a dead man's
eyes ;
And never n sound but the curlews
screaming on Allermulr.
And I hnve listened, dnv-dreaming. in
golden drowsy noons,
When the smell of honey nnd thrme
mnde a magic of summer ease;
But the waters were fair as a child that
sleeps to old cradle tunes.
And never a sound but the grasshop
per's voice and the droning of
bees.
And I hnve listened, faint-hearted, on
haunted nutiimn eves,
When out of the gloaming tho cairns
on the topmost hills rose stark :
But the waters with mirrored stRrs were
thick, ns the sward with leavis.
And never a sound but the gurgle ot
burns that sang in the dark.
Whose ore the hands that peal the bell
In the vanished town?
Where is the thin high thread of
muffled music that sUIIh
Heait's grief? What secret Inviolate
dwells where the weeds drift
down? . ,
Here Is the waving grass, and silence
among the hills.
Christfin Orr iu the Poetry Review,
London.
SHORT CUTS
Friday tho 13th Is going to bo un
lucky for somebody in Nashville, Tcnn.
Though our convictions be strong,
It is our prejudices thnt wo hold most
dear.
Stevedores mny be striking next be
cause they don't like the color of too
captain's socks.
The Pennock-Walker club seems to
have been "Your piescncc or absence
will be noted."
The man who spends the day whis
tling "Peace, lie still" seldom acts on
the advice he offers.
, a.
Using all our self-restraint, we re
frain from typing the obvioun paragraph
about General Wrangcl.
Trotzky sees nil Europe Bolshevist
In a year. The nightmare will disap
pear when he wakes up.
Ponzl wants to be "respected like
Morse." Well, it must be confessed
that he doesn't wnut much.
At least It Is to be honed that the
Bergdoll witness who paid ?1 for a New
York subway ticket got a sest. .
Tonal may nt least flatter hlmelf
with the thought thnt It tnkes consid
erable skill to fall for $7,000,000.
f The shooting of ndnll nnd phennnts
fins been prohibited )n Chester county,
but it Is still open season for craps
Oycrshndowlng all the other dire
happenings of the week is the news that
Bnbe Ruth has dislocated his knee.
Conditions of the employes in Phil
ndclnhln have knocked the nolnt out nf
the saying "He made n mint of money!"
If there is anything wrohg with the
Twenty-eighth ward political club. Di
rector Cortelyou should sec to It thnt It
descends on the heads of its organizers.
The suggestion that tho county
commissioners provide mnrkers for the
graves of soldiers, sailors and marines
who lost their lives in the world war
deserves sympathetic attention.
By the time Count Clndlslor Bur
dinky has made good his claim to W0
ncres of t Moago It may be that the
heirs of Count Cari Christopher
Springer will bo rendv to nnner Wll.
mington, Del.
rhilndelphla I. W. W. stevedores
who threatened to strike when they
heard thnt a ship being loaded here was
to earn shells to be used iu fighting the
Bolshevists might with profit rend the
latest foreign note of the United States
Government.
Perhaps It Is just as well William
rtn n lit ila.n.1 T 1 . t
.", :r "" "."' "' . "?-
I plaining to his w:ifo just how he enme
. to receive postal cards from Kittv.
I nl.ilnlnr- tn 1,1a :ir !,. k" i
....nn. iimmiip, .uinnio, Annn Louisa
M.. Elizabeth M. and Pauline. The
cards have been received at City Hall.
Miss Gwcnyth Wnugh savs the sea
with its changing hues of bltie. purple
and green' suggests the coloring best
suited for the clothes of the blonde
while the jungle, with its brilliant
flaming colors, yellow, orange or red.
is best suited to the brunette. To
which may be added that the skv, with
its pretty soft colors of dun. drab and
gray, is ns ever best suited for the man
who pavs the hills.
"He jazzes things up'" aid
guardsmen admiringly of Mnvor Monro
when he ordered the police band to go
to Mt. Gretna. And the very next day
the Mavor cinseil to ho ehncerl ,"..
I nnnn I11.1 1.1 , 1
homes a quartet of scantily nnd dizzilv
.iwill-r-a (1 1
"- " rtf.i
to kiss every young mnn who joined the
now. Which shows thnt while his
minor mav smnii tor Jazz, n
where to draw the line.
know.
Textile manufacturers of New York
nnd New England, complaining of un
derproduction, boosted the prices of
clothing. Consumers found a remerlv
bv refmlning from buying. One of twoi
Ml(lllu li nu .I.A. I.J...I..LI. . .l.i '
....- ...is mvj, iiii-viiiioie ; enner n
drop In prices or reduced production. '
The manufacturers took the second i
course nnd closed their mills. Under a 1
purely competitive svstem the next move '
woiiiu assuredly be that some lnanufnc
hirer would reolize thnt he could make
money quickly bv -.plliiie chennlv In tl,n
open market and his example would '
have to be followed bv others if they I
wanted to remain in business. The task 1
ahead of the Department of Justice '
which is investigating, is therefore a
clear-cut one. Under n purely enm- I
petitlve system there can be nn gouging
thnt the nubile itself cannot mki..
remedy. If. 011 the other hand, com
petition has been tilled by price agree
ments, regulation is necessary and
proper. The blunders of the department
in the past have been due to its efforts
to regulate competition and to catch the
"profiteer" who. In the nature of things
It wns unable to identify.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is the difference In meaning'
between the world e'er and the I
word or' '
2. Who raid "The sublime and ildlcu-1
lous are often so nearly related
thnt It Is difficult to class them '
separat "dy" ' ,
3. Uy what bodies of water ts the'
penlnsuln of Lower California!
nearly surrounded?
4 Who wrote "The Sorrows of
Werther"?
S. Which was the second state to ratify I
the constitution of the United
States? 1
6. In vyhat year was the vast Louisiana
territory acquired by the United
States from Frnnce?
7. Who Is Gustavo Charpentler?
8. What hind of nn animal ts a, mar-
gay?
9. In what century did Charlemagne
live''
Who Is chairman of the Democratic
Natlcnal Committee''
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Philippine Islands are th most
westerly possession of the Unltto,
fltates I
Tho "h" In homage Is sounded I
thouch some authorities admit a
variant pronunciation of 'omnif' "
Thero have been ten Republican
Presidents.
They were Lincoln, Grant. Johnson,
Hasis, Garfield. Arthur. Harrison,'
McKlnley, Hoosevelt and Tnft
The first steam locomotive v ns ,ip.
plied to railway operation bv Wen
nrd Trevltblck In Wales In lso
Argillaceous earth Is clayey earth,
from the French "argllle," clav I
The Pilgrims landed In Mnehucnu
oetts nn December 21, 1620 '
Jloscoo Conkllng wns nn American I
politician ne won a senator from.
New Vork nnd quarreled with Oar
field concerning the patronage m
that state, Later his opposition to
Blnlne Is said to bo nartly re
sponsible for the defeat of the Int.
ter for the presidency
"Kill" l Dutcn. for creek river or
stream. Hencfe. the term Kchuyi.
kill river la Brduhitant
Tho .yard "pee" literally rnonpH
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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
EXPOSES SHADY SCHEMES
Stands for Absolute Honesty in Advertising and Pursues the
"Fake" Promoter Until He Is Forced to Quit
IN OPERATION n little more than
three months, the Bettrr Business
Bureau of Philadelphia, which was
formed for the purpose of promoting
honesty, truthfulness and dependability
In advertising nnd merchandising, has
nliendy mnde its influence distinctly
felt in b"sinc?s circles.
The bureau, which was incorporated
in December. 1010. and applied for A
charter the following month, is com
posed of representative business men
nf the city. More than n hundred of
the principal business houses of the
city are now numbered in its ranks.
Beginning its operations Mny 1, with
nn offiie in the nenl Estate Trust
Building, the bureau lins handled eighty
cases which hnve come to its attention.
In that time they have compelled
several concerns in the piano business
to build their advertising on more de
pendable lines, and hnve bnlked the get-rlch-quiek
plans of some used-car nuto
mobile concerns, who they say have
used unfair and in some cnscs crooked
business methods.
Elwood Russel is diiector of tho or
ganization nnd .1. Thomns Dale, the
secretary. Mr. Dale said yesterday
that the bureuu has been and is nt the
present time active in the prosecution
of investigations against crooked
brokers.
"We have compelled n number of
such men to difcontlnue business alto
gether." he soid. "while n number of
others are still under investigation. In
a number of cases we hnve furnished
evidence to legitimate banking nnd
brokerage houses which has resulted in
prosecution of the offenders.
Expose Crooked Schemes
"One of the principal types of of
fenders has been the bucket shop man.
Between publicity nnd business ex
posure anil in some oues tho prospect
of jail, we have succeeded in making
things quite unhealthy for this type
of illegitimate business man.
"The bond business hns found others
whom we have eNposed. In one ense
n mnn wns selling German bonds to
ins compatriots at a B0 per cent higher
rnte thnn legitimate banking houses
were charging, taking advantage of
their ignornnce of prices.
"The merchandise man who misrepre
sents things nnd the 'fly-by-night'
man who either offers something worth
n fraction of the price he asks or else
tries to sell something that he hasn't
got. hnve received attention from us.
"In one instance wc received infor
mation to the effect that thirty-five
truck loads of clothing were tn be sent
here for the purpose of conducting, n
big sale, similar to one held in cw
York City recently.
"Investigation disclosed the fact that
a big building in West Philadelphia had
beer rented for the purpose. No one
could be found who wns responsible for
the sale and as there were tn be no
alterations, exchanges or money re
fund! (I, n serious investigation was
made,
"A committee of four buyers, who
could qunllfj an experts nnd give an
unbiased opinion ns to the stock of
clothing which was to be offered for
sale, ipported that the stock was gen
erally inferior and that it would be nn
injustice to the people of the city to
permit, the sale to be advertised.
"It was also decided that it was 1111
fnir competition for legitimate mer
(hauls nud nn advertisements were nh
lowed by the newspapers to be printed
on the snle,
"An uttempt on the part of the man
agers nf the sale to advertise b; means
of handbills and wagons carrjing large
WILLOW GROVE PARK
l.ntt Two fJHys of
I.EPB ANI HIS f$J'J,.ONY O-.CHKBTI.A
Buperb Programa at All Four Concerla
4.30: Marie mon I-ana-aton Mein Honruno
7 4.". and 0.4Si Vera rurtli. Rnprano
HatuMay .Afternoon. 4. SO Martha"
Kvenlna 7 4Hi "The rinhemUn Olrl"
1 rvr a rir on i.l.sa dai.lv -.mi
lim KANO. KID
signs and ringing bells also was pro
hibited. The result was that tho man
agers of the sale reported a loss ot
?20.000 instead of a profit.
"Others who had intended holding
similar sales of merchandise in the cen
tral section of the citv learned of tho
fate of this project and abandoned their
plans.
Find Ponrl Imitators
"At the present time wo are investi
gating postal cases and several enter
prises based on the foreign -exchange
situation having many of the earmarks
of the Ponzi case. ,
"Another favorite form of money
making nt the present time is the piop
osition of selling foreign real estate.
The big profits promised are. of course,
also based on the radical difference in
the rnte of exchnnee between this and
other countries. Thus, n mnn might
buy 11 property located in Ccrmanv
worth $1 ft. 000, nnd hero the cost would
be but S1000. This proposition maj
or may not be legitimate, but we are
taking no chances and arc lonkinj it up.
"Some of the men engaged in this
enterprise mny be selling properties
which do not exist, or which tliey do
not own. or to which in some way or
other thev mny not have a clear title.
"Our work is youns yet and we nee
essarilv have a small force of inves
tigators, but we nre growing nnd In n
short time expect to mnke ourfelvcs
distinctly felt in the business world.
"There nre thirty such bureaus now
operating in the country nnd nil work
ing together, so thnt a man who is
blacklisted in one city finds himself
checkmated if he tries tn work his
schemes in another. The hendqunrlers
orgnnizntion of the Associnted Adver
tising Clubs of the World is locnted in
New York city.
1
Officers of Standlns
"In the fall we will organize another
drive for members and expect to in
crease our organization to large pro
portions. "That the list of business men repre.
sented are substantial men mny be seen
bv a glance at the personnel of the
officers of the organization.
At the piescnt timo wc have no
president, as former governor Edwin S.
maun ,,hk rorcea nv pressure of busi
ness to resign the post, but that va
cancy will be filled.
"The other officers include; Rown
Stewart, vice president; ,T. Thomas
Dale, secretary, nnd Ttl.-hnri v v..
ton,
4-H.sn,.. --...fcM l, .Jl -
it.-uiirrr,
r .T h"AT' ?f Erectors is composed of
Leon S. Dal-imcr. John E. Engnrt.
..'in ii, ,!,n'w'l. Ilnrence .1. Heppe.
.el ? Il","' ('if0 ." IV JfOB-lnrf. sS n-
HOI 1). J, It. Albprt Mold... -!i 1 -s,
rtQ."k.V:,,,,,7 U nnsnWr? John
;i,iii. T ?.' V"r,n.n -'- Knel enbiirg,
S S ,n.-i TniP,T' I,0,w' RK-wnrt. Edwin
Wolf" " '' Tily an" I',,(t"
GARRICK
Chestnut St.
Near Droud
Carl Laemmle offers
tne Cinema Sensation
of tho Season
SHIPWRECKED
AMONG CANNIBALS
Being the amazing adventures of two
intrepid camera men amonn tho
mttn-ealinij savages nf New Guinea
From 10 tn 10 !,. o:.Ci B0Cj tJ0(j
E I T H S
Gladys-C lnrk & Bergman-Henry
n.'T.n of thIoiir
bva -Shirley fc (.Jpr Bnnd
D0Uy K.yJ M.r.tu,' ilcnKy, SSjL '
rt jRcsi JsVM.
OPEN BIDS ON PARKWAY
Company Offers $750 for Privilege
of Tearing Down Houses .
Four proposals were submitted to ,
the Falrmount Park Commission tmv'
terday for demolishing about forty ,
frame and brick structures located on
Twenty-first and Twcnty-secoa
streets, between Summer and Vine
streets, in connection with the project,
to widen the Parkway nt that point.
The best bid received was that of tin, .
Philadelphia Wrecking Co., who of
fered to pay the city the sum of $750,
on condition that the company be pw
mitted to retain the materials.
A bid of eighty -five cents per cubit
yard for dredging tho Sehuvlkill river
within the limits of Falrmount Tarl
was also received from Robert Patton.
Market St. ab. 16th 11 A. M. to 11 P. 51
THOMAS MEIGHAN
LILA LEE and KATHLTN WILLIAMS fl
"The Prince Chap"
A PAHAMOUNT PICTURE
Directed by DeMtlle
Next Wk "DON'T EVER MARRY"
DAI A fT-7 12" MARKET STREET
i-M-M.V-'l-i 10 -A. M. 12, 2,3 4'.
6.43, 7:45, 0 30 P SI
William Faversham
In "THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF" '
NEXT WEEK -"A COMMON LEVEL"
with Edmund Breein and Clalro Whltnej
ARCADIA ffrM. !E
K.4.V T.1.1 O..10 P X.
"Sins of St. Anthony" I
Naxt Wek JACK 1'ICKFORD
In "THE DOL'ni.E-DYED DECEIVER"
VICTORIA sof r. W.M
D. W. GRIFFITH'S
"THE IDOL DANCER"
Next Woek "DANGEROUS DAYS"
CAPITOL 724 c'Wn
' "Homer Comn Hcra
DCPCMT MARKET ST Rel HTH
KULlUlN 1 KINO VIDOR'S
"THE FAMILY HONOR
GLOBE
MARKET STREET
AT Jt'NirER
11 a xr 10 11 P- V-
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE .
JACK ROOF AND HIS RREEZC GWL3
CROSS KEYS flOT0,;ro T A
"BWEBT SWEETIES." MusKal '"" !
BROADWAY nroad nnd Snyder Avt
DIUMUWrtI 2,ao, n-4.1 Jt OP
MACK A OIRLS! EUCiENE O'PnlKN' In
"A FOOL AND HIS MONEY"
cukrtstt st
opera house
LAST 2 DAYS
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RAM0NA
The Love' Story of tho Aa"
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