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AFOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
. Thlnii on which the people expect
the new dmlnUt,rlon tp concen
trate Ita attention!
tha flclatcare rtver bridge.
A drydock big enough to accommo-
, date the largest thxvs
Dtvtlopinent of the rapid transit sys
I fm.
'A convention hall.
A. DUiMinp- for tne tree L.orary.
An Art Sluseum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
3 Hon.
) HOMES THAT AREN'T
FIS easy to sympathize with John
Ihldcr when he rles in the genernl
detate relative to the house shortage to
object to the introduction of new tene
ment buildings as an emergency meas
, un in Philadelphia.
In New York and many other cities
natural restrictions make crowded ten
ements inevitable. Rut the hardships
of congested tenements are caaily nvoid
abhi here. There are still large areas
of undeveloped land ready for home
builders on the lines of existing streets
and trolley extensions. Such Is the
nature of this city's environment that
etrect-car lines and special trolley sys
tems can be established at a minimum
cost in new tlwelling areas as the need
ior them becomes apparent. In other
words, tho city can grow outward with
out any restraint.
Each family ought to have Its own
little house. Life in tenements leaves
k"""somthlng to be desired because It dan
gerously retards the natural develop
ment of children. The smallest of ordi
nary private dwellings even In tho
heart of the city will provide a bit of
ground on which children can play and
njoy arigM wai never 3DOu. e . ,
t ,
I MUST EATING CEASE?
LTJNCH is the newest of the costly
'luxuries. We refer, of course, to
the luncheon obtained in more or less of
a hurry In public restaurants. And if
It-costs fifty cents to cook and serve a
flvo-cent ear of com, or If the labor in
volv'cd In slicing a tomato costs a quar
ter, then there needs to be a revision
downward in the overhead charges of
Even a casual compari-on of -market
-prices and the tolls published on printed
iniu cards make it appear that some
Jitaurant keepers could sneer at Mr.
(jnzl. Still the luncheon thatt is
latched in a hurry Is not to be clased
lth basic necesitk's. It can bo done
.vltliout. In a pinch the folk who com-
, plain, might bring their oppressors to
''terms by the simple expedient of car-
rylag their luncheons from home, as
their fathers used to do.
It is fashionable nowadays to charge
all that the traffic will bear. But an
unfashionable restaurant keeper would
almost certainly become rich. Tncre
ara shining opportunities for restau-
rs'nla operated "cientifically and accord -
inf to tho nlaio-'t forgotten Golden Rule.
For, contrury to Vice President Mar-
shall, the greatest need of tho country
ISinot a good live -cent ngar.
. good twenty -five cent luncheon
It
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"PROBABLY RAIN!
AS A lone competitor of Atlantic
City, Asbury Park. Wildwood.
Conn Mav. Corsons Inlet and all tlio
. -t ;'..r,r Tr,lnf nn,l nil H.o
other beach resorts on the time-table.
Mr. Bliss, the weather merchant, has
been successful In an odd way about as
ruccessfu; as nencrni rangpi nns neen
injiRngsia. when- no .one seems to know
what the ends nnd purposes of the
Wrangcl victories are to bo.
'Who wi'l takp a two-hour journey
for an informal both when baths are
made compulsory almost every hour of
tb,e day and evening in the streets?
Something of the slime was taken off
. . a - 11 1
the opening ni tne city s neiv Doming
beach on Saturdaj when a downpour iu
the afternoon made a dip in tho Dela
ware seem altogether superfluous.
'This sort of thing will not continue
Nature loves normiilcv Therp will be
hot weather later along and plentv of
-a . . 1 ., . -..
lous government is doing its utmost to
mate water popular
BACK TO DARKNESS
GOMES now General We) grind to the
center of tho disordered stage to
inform the world that the "Red armies"
are almost done for.
"Perhaps the Red armies nre almost
done for. But nnj one who believes in
open diplomacy openly arrived at will
nted very strong glnsses to find any
hopeful or reassuring signs In the situa
tion thnt has developed between Russia,
nod Poland. Jubilant dispatches from
the seats of Continental powers favor
ahla to tho newer Polish policy an
HM&co that six Russian divisions havo
hSm annihilated. That means that
'MMtt 00,000 man, who probably would
-raowr pj woriua itnvw.u j . u
It-to make people wish tnnt :ir uus register and nence vote. v.uu ""
could distribute his rnin more evenly it under this condition Is known ns
Instead of sending it in floods to make , "voting on age."
the average man detest the look and if the registrant Is a property owner
tiute of water nt a time when an nnx- 1 . .nt nr county tax receipt must be
pej woruiif
at .Jbonw,
dm:
' i'jaff.iii
fM at ), enaurea w p -
. mu ana, wbf m
least half of them wcro killed or
inalmcd.
"The roles," wo are Informed,
"fought desperately for days." In other
words, thb Poles have suffered tragic
losses of which wc shall hear later.
Uchlnd the Russian armies nnd behind
the Polish armies there are groups still
consecrated to n policy of military ag
gression. What Is It for? What do
i- - ' FXw "4ui,
soldiers who -arc being pneriflced ia
thousands to the puna, to poison gas
and to the tank.
OLD RULES FOR NEW VOTERS
ARE SIMPLE BUT FIRM
The Women of Philadelphia Owe to
a Victorious Cause the Scrupu
lous Observance of the Indis
pensable Formalities
r" FEMININE curloilty were really
Insatiable, Smull's Legislative Hand
book would now be leading the list of
noufictlon best seller on the bookstalls
of Pennsylvania. Within Its ample
pages Is described with scrupulous pre
cision of detail the whole machinery of
voting and the qualifications necessary
to the performance of that vital act of
cltizonship.
The narrative, however, h not en
livening and we do not recommend tho
new clacs of electors In this state to
read it. Admitting, as W. S. Gllbprt
did, that "the law is the embodiment of
everything that's excellent," tho fact
that it has a weakness for dcpresslngly
elaborate verbiage cannot be denied.
The chief imprcion conveyed to its
readers (If any) by the latest "Smull"
Is that elections in this commonwealth
are a process of appnlling Intricacy and
tlm nunlificatlons for voting involve the
mastery
tape.
of a bewildering ma's of red
And yet the male electorate rather . making systematic plans for demoblll-
seems to enjoy election day and thcjratlon. He spoke In the Senate on, the
i announcement of registration dates is ,cxt 0f i,enting swords into plowshares.
! arcepted with a right good cheer. Since ii(, UQ(( n pioneer In the proposition
the intellectual superiority of racu over
members of the opposite sex mav oe
called at least debatable, it is fair to
assume that the difficulties of qualify
ing to cast n ballot have been c.x-
oggerated.
A little feminine curiosity on this
subject would, of course, have estab
lished this truth long ago. But It Is
difficult to be strongly interested in a
theme with which one has no personal
practical concern. Clarifying questions
that wives might havo asked their hus
bands or daughters their fathers were
not propounded.
That "Smull." though easily avail
able, was rejected, may be accounted n
good thing. Direct experience 1h the
best teacher, and hundreds of thou
sands of Pennsylvania women arc now
crowding without the school -house door.
Within nnother year those who have
profited bv the nineteenth amendment
juiyjiru ".. ...
will no longer be mystified on the now
dominant topic of election credentials.
By that time the act of qualifying will
have become automatic and consequently
easy.
ft U indeed easy today, but that docs
not alter the necessity of performing
certain simple duties without which the
women will be debarred Irom vormg.
tpchnIcaUtieH, u not at , onerous
nre certainly of an imperative nature
The first step, so far as this com
munity is concerned, will be made next
week, when the City Council will ap
propriate funds for the assessment of
the women voters. Assessment Is a for
midable word, but it simply means mat
ranvasscrs wn establish the status of
the now electors ns taxpayers and will
mnltn n list of them. If they are en
rolled they cau register. If they have
duly registered they can vote for Tres
-dont an(J otber offlclalg on November 2.
j Tne 8t0rJ. 0; tne enfranchised women
j , tnls cit wjjj nn nbout like this:
Within a few days the assessors In
thp various election districts in which
i phlindPphia is divided will call at the
, rcPdPnc,s 0f adult females. The In-
;qUjry wii jaBt for five days. The names
o citjzen8 secured will then be posted
j Qn hMs ,n the divon polling places.
Anrt 31 aDd September 1 will be set
apnrt for rPVj8iona and additions.
R w,u b. dl for aU the pro,pCCtiv
npw .,,, to vi,it tho polling place on
, tnoPe jayR to guard against errors or
omlssjon,i The law provides that as-
' h(.ssn3ent 'muBt tnke place within sixty
da tQ() (late o e election There
( uj noti therefore, be many last
rnanceH a'fter September 1 unless sue-
1 cs,f,,j nppeals in special cases are mane
fa BcMrA ot Registration Comrals-
. . .. ( TTnll
fiioners i t-"u v.vj .-.-
Oncp assessed, the next move of tho
I newly enfranchised woman will be reg
" , iatration. This act is performed in the
,i.jnin nnlltt,! nlncf.u whftro the
1 --" J The registration days
',J. .!,. To Sentember 14 and
l'l"'"'' - .... . .
, nctnhHr 2. The women win De uskcu
to state their nwnea, age, weigut,
'height, rcbldence, tne.r poaiuon as
1 i..,i i-..i,r-.Mnr mrapr nr lessee.
IKllII'l . IIIMIOriiiJiuu. , -,....--
- c,jptlonijf any.thclr birthplace.
length of residence in the state nnd
dlv,ision if they nre naturalized
, wiJJ bp Qskrd ,0 produce their clti-
z'cRUiP papers.
jn orr)pr to bo able to register n
woman or a man, for the election laws
nnw IliaiKC n0 distinction of sex must
I have bcn a citizen for at least ono
month, have resided in tne state xor ono
veur (or if a former resident ior six
mouths), and must live in the district
at least two months before the election.
Women more than twenty-one and not
yet twenty-two aro exempt from the
payment of any tax for permission to
' -- in, a.- ,, Knl.
1 produced or an affidavit taken that the
. hna Wn rjald but the receipt lost.
All othoc appllcunts for registration
muBt pay a poll tax of fifty cents, good
ns a rcgt.tration credential for two
years. ... , .
A deputy tax collector will be posted
in every polling place and will sell tie
receipts. The registration places will
bo open on the three specified days from
7 a. in. to 1 p. m. and from 4 p. m. to
10 p. m
Delinquents will be ennbled to register
.n la-rtnm special dans oeioro mo
Hoard of Registration Commissioners In that which will be hearty and no hard- nearly so strong ns tho sum of the iuv
the City Hall. Rut this elevcnth-hour ship on the palate. Hasty pudding can ., ring impulses, so that when I up nin
should not he counted upon too be a breakfast staple, and the resldurm. Rudolph W-ocder of tho American
crace should
closely, jareiossnenn
regarding
the
romilar registrations is often likely to
lead to indlfferenoo to the extra occa
sions. Furthermow, tin. division poll
ing plaoes ore within convenient reach
of tho electors.
jUetatr-t-m oosmlala( U bi11
EVENING PUBLIC
ment. After that no formalities can
Impair tho right of every American citi
zen in Philadelphia to cast his or her
ballot for his or her favorlto candi
dates. Tho qualification process, far more
Involved, in any telling than in actual
performance, may be crystallized In
four injunctions:
Go to the assessors in tho division
polling places and bo checked up on
cither August 31 or September 1.
Go to the same division polling places
and be registered on September 2, Sep
tember 14 or October 2.
Pay your taxes (poll taxes or prop
erty taxes If you arc over twenty-two)
within two months of election day.
Go to the polls In your division and
voto on November 2.
The women of Philadelphia may find
all these operations novel, but they
ennnnt fairly call them oppressive. It
is failure to comply which Involves the
penalty thus expressed by n Pennsyl
vania court: "Tho citizen shall be
entitled to vote unless he (or she, ac
cording to tho revised version) docs not
possess the enumerated qualifications
and every one of them."
As enthusiastic participants in the
government of this republic, the en
franchised women of the nation arc now
in a position to read to some careless
members of the opposito sex n whole
some lesion in active citizenship.
HARDING AND THE VETS
ONE piece of desired and desirable
legislation that will be properly for
warded through the election of Senator
Harding is the homestcading of avail
able portions of the public domain by
war veterans. This is ono of the very
important features of a reconstruction
program that has become virtually ob
literated in the mass and mess of poll
ties which have replaced really con
structive reconstruction.
As far back ns the fall of 1017 Sen
ntor Hanlintr realized the iranortaucc of
that the government give n farm to each
returning soldier who wnnted one, and
he foresaw the wisdom alfo of provid
ing means for the financing of the soldier-farmers
In n way that would give
them a legitimate initial lift': but,
through a fair system of repayment,
not make them "beholden" as bene
ficiaries of charity.
In those days many persons were
worried over tho problems of demobili
zation. Senator Harding's knowledge
of history and his supreme faith In the
Intelligence and the patriotism, in peace
time ns well ns in wartime, of the
American, was n wholesome antidote to
the frctfulness of the worrisome. He
knew that Clnclnnatus came hack to his
unfinished furrow after saving Rome
from tho barbarians. He knew that
Pompey's soldiers were given of the
public lands and settled down to peace
ul ngramn purwits. ne knew that
In fro,. tlu fivil Wnr tho nrmlps retiirnpd
ufter tho Civil War tho armies returned
to normal nursults nuietly and gladly,
He knew there would be no upset when
- .. . ,
our 0,000,001) were tnrougn witn active
service.
Above nil, Senator Harding saw a big
opportunity to satisfy large numbers of
men who might wish to continue a vig
orous outdoor life on tho land, and,
linked with It, perceived an opportunity
to stem the cityward tido and to restore
agriculture to something like its prestige
of half a century ago. Underlying his
Tirnnosition to allot tho fallow lands,
millions of acres of It in government
iiusKoeiuu, un a luuusuum uuu "-i' , freo balloons and sounding oauoons enr
philosophy of benefiting not merely tho jrylng self-registering instruments have
men who would profit by tho land given J probed the secrets of these upper
tj)ejr sacrjficeai an(i 0f replenishing the
n well-warranted recompense xor
farms with strong, hearty men, but also
of adding to the national welfare as a
whole.
Food production is ono of tho great
needs of tho country. Return of in
terested men to ngrlculturo Is noccssary
to counterbalance the marked Industrial
and commercial trends of the ngc. It is
not too late to tako ndvantage of tho
desire of mnny ex -service men to enter
farming, though some of the oppor
tunity has departed. It is certain that
Senator Harding's interest in this vital
subject will develop It to the highest
success when he is In the White House.
CORNFED! WHY NOT?
WITH on announced bumper crop of
corn in prospect ns the reward of
this year's tilth, tho question arises,
Whnt nro wn going to do nbout it and
with It? Cornfed cattle always took
tho prlzo for bulk and beauty nt the
county fairs, and thc public can nbsorb
some of thp surplusngp of the cereal
indirectly via beefsteak, bacon, ham
and roast pork, especially if the cheer
ful forecast of a drop in ment ever does
reach the ear of the butcher.
Hooverisra during tho war taught a
great majority of Amorlcans tho value
of corn as a food for humans ns well
as stock. But the necessity of eating
it. as n personal sacrifice in aid of the
national emergency, unfortunately put
on It the label of "something good for
us." nnd folks simply abhor what is
"preached as good for them.
As a people, Amerlcuns never did
fully realize the food valuo In maize or
Indian corn, though Hooverism nnd the
cookery experts did much to restore to
tho tnblo the many nutritious and deli
cious viandB based on this sole cereal
contribution of the New World to tho
world's grnnary.
A moderately cornfed pcoplo ought to
be u henlthy people If they would use
It not merely as a delicacy on thc cob,
but ip the varied dishes into which It
may ne concocted. inu inuiuua, u
cornfed rare, were vigorous nnd mili
tant. Tho pioneers drew much of .their
strength from corn.
It's really high time for the American
neonle to return to this economical and
wholesome provender. Tho Southland's
corn pone, New England's johnnjeake
let their geographical bounds bo un
conflncd 1 For thcro is nothing sec
tional about corn. Even Philadelphia's
prized and celebrated scrapple Is simply
cornmcal mush camouflaged with minced
pork and adroitly sifted seasoning. All
tho more reason, then, for bounding
corn-mado dishes by the Mexican revo
lutions, tho Canuck line, the Golden
Onto and tho Uartholdl statue.
Corn is substantial nnd variable
enough to make a regular meal, or even
n full (lay H ineiiHi". .11111 u inn iiirni ui
if nnv. cun bo translated into fried
com mush. For dinner let ns suggest
bawg W hominy Xor tho plcco 6e resist
ance ( as wants w proceea irpm me
colloquial to the elegant In phrase),
flanked by corn bread or muffin, -and
RStfUUUa
V
LEDGEEPHILABEL?HlA,V MONDAY,
ABOARD THE SKY EXPRESS
Aviator's Proposal to Utilize
Speedy , Upper Currents Is
Perfectly Feasible Why
the Current Exists
THE proposition made last week by
Charles F. Redden, an aeronautical
expert, to utilize the higher air currcnto
of tho earth's atmosphere In aerial
flights, which would mean breakfast In
Han Francisco nnil dinner In New York
the samo day, or a trip from Ncw'York
to London between sunrise and sunset,
Is not by any means so chimerical as it
mav sound to mnnv. In fact. It is not
even a new Idea, though hcretoforo It
has been tnerclv n dream of the theorists
and has had to remain in tho domain of
tboory because there was no mechanical
possibility of actually doing it.
THE proposition is based upon the
assumption that there Is a steady
current of air blowing from west to cast
over the earth at the tremendous rate of
something over 200 miles nn hour. An
airplane trnvellng with n speed of 100
miles an hour an ordinary achieve
ment In these marvelous days and tak
ing advantage of this current would
thercbyiicqulro a speed of 300 miles nn
hour, which would easily accomplish tho
transcontinental or transatlantic voy
ages within ten hours.
This upper current of air has long
been suspected by meteorologists and has
been conclusively proved within the last
two decades. Early in tho eighteeu for
ties, If memory Is not nt fault, Thomas
Wise, tho pioneer of American balloon
ing, tried to finance an expedition to
Europo by free balloon, depending en
tirely upon this current for propulsion.
Later, Prof. Samuel A. King, the pic
turesque aeronaut of this city, attempted
to do the samo thing.
PROFESSOR KINO had a morn sci
entifically Inclined mind than Wlso,
and in all of his 400 or more balloon
ascensions ho mAdc It a practice to make
mcteorologlcnl observations especially
with reference to the clouds, their ap
pearance their npparent composition
and particularly their phenomena dur
ing storms. Fraeticnlly nil of the early
data about tho upper surfaces of tho
cumulus clouds now on file in Wash
ington were contributed by him.
Cumulus clouds nrc those great, beau
tiful, rolling masses like huge bunches
of cotton-wool which pile up in all sorts
of wonderful shapes and roll Into tow
ering, fleecy mountains that reflect the
sunlight back to the earth sometime in
great blazes of luminous glory. They
are the lowest of the clouds. Their bot
tom edges nrc f.om a half to three
quarters of a mile above tho earth, but
tho far-flung peaks of their glistening
spires mny reach upward a mile or more
above that. These clouds drift in nil
directions with the prevolllng winds.
They are too low' to be nffcctpd by the
current which tho nvintors would use.
THE first suspicion of the existence of
this higher current was caused by a
prolonged and widespread study of the
clouds known as cirrus and those called
cirro-stratus. These names sound tech
nical, but the clouds nro familiar sights
in our sky and nrc known to everybody.
The cirrus clouds are detached clouds,
looking fenthery in texture and very
thin and delicate, usually lying line uim
i tenuous streaks, sometimes a number of
'! .!. 1 -h11k1 linnIn Thnon
them appearing in parallel bands. These
are tho highest clouds, 'ine cirro
stratus are thin, whitish sheets some
times covering tho sky completely and
giving It a milky nppearance. Ilalos
about the sun nnd moon are often pro
duced by these clrro-Btratns clouds.
milESE two classes of clouds are from
J- two to three miles in height nnd
they have been traced to 8(1,000 feet. It
vnn soon discovered that they were
drifting 6tendlly and with considerable
lspecd from wc'st t0 thc east Manncd
reaencs until a great ueni oi nam "
been collected, all proving that this
huge and very rapid current is a reality,
at least north of 30 degrees north lati
tude. In fact, It Is now known that
there Is a great vortex of nlr rushing
about thc North Polo in this direction.
THE reason for this Is by no means
hard to understand. Reduced to Its
simplest theories, anybody can easily
grasp it, though when nil of the discov
eries of meteorologists are introduced It
becomes quite complicated.
Let us consider it in its very simplest
nnd entirely theoretical aspect. Tho
earth, as every ono knows, Is n great
ball revolving rapidly irom west to eust.
The distance around the enrth is, of
course, greatest nt the equator. Thnt
will be very npparent If you compare
the earth to a tomato which you nre
going to slice. The slice which Is cut
from the middle will bo the biggest
nround. As the slicing goes on toward
tho ends the slices become smaller and
smnller in circumference, until you get
a pair of little ones containing the stem
nnd the knob on the bottom.
The earth is about 25,000 miles
around the equator. As it revolves onco
every twenty-four hours, this means
thnt any point on the equator Is whirled
around nt the tremendous rate of 1042
mlleu an hour.
Still considering tho mntter theoreti
cally, friction would cause the nlr nt
the equator to be whirled with thn earth
and to attain approximately tne same
speed. Thnt gives us a theoretical
starting point, witn inn air winning
from west to enst with the equator at
the rate of 10 J2 miles nn hour.
But the great heat at the equator
causes this air to expand and rise, still
whlrilng, let us suppofe, nt this same
rate. Its place Is at once taken by the
cooler airs from the north. They in
their turn, going downward, suck this
hot nir up northward to tako their
place, and, still whirling nt about 1042
miles an hour, this air from the equator
finds itself over, ue will say, Philadel
phia and New ork.
BUT, when you sliced your tomato,
you found thnt the slices cut this
far from the middle woro considerably
smaller around than the middle slice.
So it is considerable less dlstnncc uround
the earth, stra'cht enst and west, in thc
latitude of Philadelphia than It Is nt
the equator. The dlstancp Is, in fact,
just about Ifi.OM) miles. With ono
,.nvnliitlnn of the enrth every twenty-
four hours, this menus that Philadelphia
is whirled only 7U., miles an nour irom
west to east.
But thc upper current of nir now ove'
Philadelphia, which came from the
tquator, whirling at 1042 miles an hour,
Is still whirling at that same rate, so
that Its speed from west to east Is
greater thun Philadelphia's speed by the
difference between 1012 nnd 705, or 217
miles on hour.
That, in its simplest form, is the rea
son for this upper current of nir. There
aro mnny quite complicated contributory
reason too inolved to expluln hero,
nnd other conditions whl'di oppose It,
but tho sum of the opposition Is not
iimiv. iiescGnoeu uuer uiuniux u
world's altitude record of over 111,000
feet, or moro than six miles, and
reported that ho bad encountered a west
to east wlndof 220 mllea an hour It
merely confirmed tha reasoning of ths
Rcltntlsts and tb-TsalU"? thete wn
IZ--M---
W" H1V "
SHOflT CUTS
a
Mt. Gretna Is more than a mem
ory; it is a promise.
Docs tho latest rule against un
necessary noises apply to candidates?
Tho city bathing beaches will need
no publicity manager other than tho
small boy.
It will cost $105,000 to give women
the vote in Philadelphia. And worth
tho money. . s
Women being people, wo may ex
pect tho country to go on pretty much
as It has in the past.
At least we'll appreciate the menace
of bolshovlsm when bolshcvlsm punches
us in the face.
The orlslnnl Fourteen Points nro
overwhelmingly overshadowed by Amer
ica's 158 points nt Antwerp.
The trouble with most alarmists Is
that they have nil the material for pate
dc folo grns except the dcadness.
It will be up to tho registration
shnrps to find the answer to the ques
tion, "How old Is Ann?" or Jnne.
A Wilmington, Del.. Holstrln bull
vnlncd at $1000 last week drank red
paint and died ono of many victims of
red liquor.
Our excitement concerning the drop
of sugnr to seventeen cents a pound dis
solves when we think of the days it sold
nt twenty pounds for a dollar.
Three boys steal $f00,000. News
paper headline. What won't they do
when they grow up! New York Sun.
Refrain from entering politics, perhaps.
With the French backing thc Poles
and the Cossacks going to tho aid of
General Wrangcl, It would appear that
thc Reds havo nothing to get but the
bines.
f
That West Orange justice who sen
tenced six small boys charged with rob
bing fruit trees with bed at 0 :30 each
eventnc for thirty days has common
sense ns well as a sense of humor.
Some day not far off and some
where not far nway n restaurant keeper
will discover thnt he can sell meals nt
hnlf tho nrirn charted bv his competi
tors and make more money than thpy do.
A representative of the republic of
Letvin. on his wny to Washington to
establish a legntion there, is being held
by the immigration authorities at Ellis
Island. This nppcars to do doui j-cu
and hindrnnfc.
American Legion posts are plan
ning celebrations for Armistice Day. It
is but right nnd proper; but to every
body will come the realization, thut all
possible celebrations will be but ns milk
and water to the Big, Big Day concern
ing which thero were no plans, but
which rnn itself.
i
A federal prohibition ngent in this
city on Saturday deplored that existing
laws prevented agents from forcibly en
tering houses to search for Illicit stills.
Homes mny be entered at thc present
time with thc proper warrant from
court. That police should have the
right to break into the home of a decent
American citizen merely on suspicion
would be intolerable, nnd would as
suredly lead to many abuses.
The Chicngo Vocational Guidance
Bureau says child labor is on the in
crease in some sections of the Middle
West nnd the country generally. Com
pulsory school attendance appears to be
tl,n rnmoHv when there nro schools and
InnAlinm finIll fll
in otner sections oi
the country, however, there hns becj an
tmnrovement. Internal revenue men
rennrt thnt In the seven mouths follow
ing the imposition of a 10 per rent tax
upon tl'c net profits of any concern em
ploying children child labor decreased
40 per cent.
The New York American says that
If China wero to attack Japan nnd take
Shantung the League of Notions, If we
belonged to It, would force us to help
Japan with "pur men, our ships nnd
our treasures." But opponents of the
league have been gloating all week over
the fact that Lloyd George admitted in
tho House of Commons that the league
could not function in the Polish-Rus
sian question because there, was no
unanimity among tho Allies. If thero
enn bo no nctlon without unanimity,
how can there bo any compulsion? .
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Whnt is meant by such expressions
ns "Tho Qua! il'Orsat says." "Tho
Wilhemstrasso announces
"Down.
Ins stroot assorts-;
2. "Who was Thomas a'Kempls7
3. With whnt fnmous literary work la
litn nimit associated?
4. Name the four Scandinavian nations. ,
5. Which is tho only -state In the .Union,
C What were tho two most decisive
naval victories gained by any bel
llgerents In tne worm warr
7. Who nro tho present United States
senatois from Now York atnto?
8 What Is the mlzzen mast of a ship?
D. What Is lihang?
10 Whnt Is tho oilntnal meaning of tho
woru i.uen :
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. New York Is tho "Mother or Vice
Presidents," ton of them hnvln? 1
been elected from that state. I
2. Bantu Domingo Is correct, not San 1
Domingo Thero is an Invariable I
rule In Spanish that the word San
to (aalnt) must not lie abbreviated,
before another word beginning:
with the syllablo "do."
3. Solferlno Is 11 purpllsh-refl color,
mado- from rosnnlllno.
4. Leviticus Is tho third book In the
Blblo
5. Valhalla was tho abode of the souls
of heroes slain in battle, accord
ing to Norso mythology.
6. Three barleycorns make an Inch In
lonff measure
7. Two Polish generals In the prerent
campnlgn against the lied urmlj.s
are llnller nnd Pllsudskl.
8. In PerBla husbands hold tho mother-
ln-Uw in special veneration an
tho guardian and protectress uf
tho wife
9. Tantamount means equivalent. It
Is compounded of "nmount" and
the Latin "tnntus," so much.
10. A timbrel la a tnmbourlno. A tum
bril Is n two-wbcolod cart for car
rying tools, ammunition, otc. it
conveyed victims to tho guillotine
In tho French Revolution.
WALTON ROOF
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AUGUST 23, " 1920
NOW MY IDEA IS THlSf
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects
They Know Best
EDWIN S. STUART
Women and the Voto
"Woman's vote, llko woman's influ
ence, cannot help but be for good."
Former Governor Edwin S. Stuart
made this statement today In his office.
Mr. Stuart, who has always been a keen
student of politics, even since bis with
drawal from active part in them, had no
pessimistic word to mnr tho note of
cheerfulness ho felt for tho result of
woman's suffrage.
"Intelligence? Yes, I bcllevo that
women will show, on the whole, more
intelligence nt tho polls than men have
shown. It is imnossiblo to say whether
I they will be bound so closely by party
lines
as mnny mnscuiine voters imvu
been, but I see no cause for the least
1 worry over 11m re-uii
"There will be ward nnd nrcclnct
politicians from the ranks of women, of
course; but the number of those will be
iu a decided minority. Tile Pnnkhursts
and their ilk will not bo the predomi
nate note iu woman suffrage. The great
influence will be thnt of the women In
the home.
"There hns been a lot snld about thc
probability thnt women will not voto a
straight party ticket because their
fathers did before them, n charge that
has often been thrown up to metr. For
the present, nt any rnto, I doubt
whether ull women will vott unaided
and independently. What more natural
than .for n grown-up daughter to say,
'Whom are you voting for, daddy?'
nnd then follow suit! And what more
natural than for a wife to take the ad
vice of her husband which, ordinarily,
is tho best nnd sinccrest advice she
could get? 1 nm speaking now, of
course, of the 'home-womnu' nnd not
the suffragist who has been fighting iu
politics for her cnuse for many years.
Will Control Moral Questions
"And let no one suppose that tho
Influence of the wnmaii iu tho home
will be negligible. It is going to bo one
of the very biggest factors In American
politics.
llf) . ,..,,,,. , n
feet the home the womuu's vote is going
to be enormously powerful, becauso It
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E I T H ' S
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BERT F1TZGIBBON
assisted ivr ins nnoxHun mw
McDevitt, Kelly fie Qulnn
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WHO LAUGHS LAST
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will pull with it n large percentage of
thc mnlc vote. Tho influence of one
mother with five or six sons will be
worth more than all tho futhcr.s In the
country. On moral Issues she is going
to pull her sons with her in thc matter
of voting. Tho liquor qucstiou is, of
course, settled, but kindred nrnhlpms
will come up from time to time, nnd it
will bo tho women who will decide them.
"Tnkc, for example, tho matter of
wnrs. We have seen tho nttitudu of
American women In nil our wnrs in the
pnst. They havo hated with all tho
love in their hearts to see their sons
go nway, but they linvc at the same time
insisted that it was the duty of those
sons to go, because they huve realized
that the war was a just nnd wise one.
"You can well immrlno thnt their
influence will bo against wnr unless thnt
war bo a necessary one involving some
great moral or spiritual Issue. In such
u'case, we need not worry that women
will bo too pacific.
"Reverting again to the mntter of
the way in which the women will vote
and as before, I nm referring to thc
great mass of women in thc homes It
seems reasonable to suppose thnt theiu
will be n great deal of vote duplica
tion. In a great many families, tho
giving of stiff rngo to women will mere
ly mean n doubling of the vote iu thnt
family, or, if there nro dnughtcrs of
Continued on Next rase
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Til" mnit ilnllKhtful musical
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MARY
(Isn't It 0. grand old name?)
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT BTAUTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 30
Matinees Wednesday and Saturday
EXTnA MATINEE LAflOll DAY
nox OOlca Open Dally U A. M. to 0 P. M.
Forrest Mon. Aug. 30
SEAT SALE TODAY
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