to" its: i I If . Vi V ft 3 A A J T H.i V- W9P i ,,rA&WWi&K -jsf 'V ;a 4 ry'","'' 'L ;"'! A1 IfcrW J' ) J m rtpr" Vj .f- Cutnf ng$i&Uc Heftger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY Chrl II, Ludlnuton. Vice PrMntt John f, rrtln,SfjrUry and Trmiurtri Thlllp n.Colllna. 'John n. Williams, John J. Hpurcton. Dtrtctora. EDITOHIAL, nOAUDl CriiUfl II, K. CiniTia, Chairman PAVID E. BMILBTn TMItnr JOHN C. MAHTIN.... general ttualnaaa Manager rubttehcd dally at Ptmto litDOKN llullJIne, . Independence Square, Philadelphia. ATt-ANTio Citt .I'rtat-Unlon IlulMlna New Yunic... ...,,.. . .5(14 Maillimn Ave. Dratotr ,, 701 Ford Uultdlng Pr. Jiru iooa Kullrrton liulldlna CUICioo.. ... .,,,1302 Tribune IlulMInK NEWS OJUnUAUS! N. E. Cor. l'eunsjrlvanla Ave. and th St. Nir Yonie DoauAU ....The Sim Hulldlni London nt'icitt .....London TIkuj mniHrniPTioN tf.hms . . . T.te EriNINa Ptiauo Ltoora la served to anb !Nbra In rutlndelplila and ajrroundlns; Imvni at I ho rate of tvotvo U) cents per week, payable to the carrier. ...... . Jiy mall to point nutatde of ril!adlphl. In the United Stnlcn. Canada, or United Htites pea eralrn. poetaao free, fifty (60) centa per month. Blr (ftl rtollnr per year, piynhlc In advance. To all foreign countrlea one (11) dollar a month. Notioe Subscritora wlihlne addresa chanced must rflvo old n well aa new nddrcsa, nrLI.. 1000 WALNUT KnYSTONE. MAW J0O0 KTAddrtn all fommimlcnlioni to Brentrn; PiiHIe Ledger, lndevendenc Square, Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press Til a JSSOCIATL'D PltKHH U exclusively en. titled to the iij o for republication o all newi dlepalchia credited to U or not otherwise cj-ertilrcl n (Ala vaver, and also tho local neu't published therein. XII rlolife o repiiMlroflon of special dispatches herein are aim rcwrd. . Philadelphia, Wedneiila?, September I, lO A roun-VKAti vnonitAAt rem I'mi.AiJKi.rriiA Thlnc on which Hit people evpect the new irriinlnltmttnii tu conrrnlr.ite Ita attention! The Dtlawarc fiver bridpt, , . ,. A drvdock !((7 enoutfh (i accommodate tin larniAt thlpa, Devtlopm'nt ol the rgpta transit anion. A rnM'ii0M ia". A. lulldltig tor the Free Library, An Art Museum, Enlaratmeut of thr ivattr aupp'v. Homes to accommodate the population. mi TENNESSEE'S MONKEY-WRENCH WITHOUT iT-rctnony or warning the lower 'louc in Tenncssco sltmc a mon '' key-wrench Into the election machinery o the country by reversing its vote lor i lie ratiflcntion of the suffrage tunctidment. What effect this nction will have upon the status of women in the national campaign minds trine In the mysteries of local technique Nvi" have to decide. It is nltoqotlier iinpvobable that the rights of women will be in any way obrldgcd. The votes amendment was for mally ratified nnd certification of tills action was made to the Secretaiy of Statf. All precedent established in flmilnr instances makes the ratification vote appear final and unchangeable. Hut yesterday's astonishing ,0, aesnion at Naslivill provides a b.T-is for ex asperating mill eo-tly quibbles In tlu courts and opportunities for delays and blockade!' which bitter-enders umong the antls ure not likely to overlook. All this, however, is for the moment bo ido the point. The rever'nl in Tennessee will be remembered as a -hocking illustration of the futilities and failun-s thtit -.till nre liosslble in the govcniment'il system of the most enlightened republic. If the gentlemen In Tcnnecc were not stupid t'ny ero cow ardly. They have proclaimed to the world that they do not Unmv their own minds and that they are Incapable of str.i'ght thought. Some of the members fled like scared goat. Now they hae returned to perpetrate a de cision that will cause laughter in some quar ters and blank dhgust in others. They havo made themselves and the, lrgUlatu-c of their state for the moment ridiculous. They would deny women the right to vote while proving by their own net that they them elves have not the courage or ability to use political power as it should be used. GAMBLING AND DEFALCATION THK men and women who invested their money in I'onzl's gct-ripli -quick scheme in Boston had a better chance of winning than did the local bank o!3cer who tried to win a fortune by Gambling. lie Is under ' ' arrest on n charge of misappropriating about $300,000 from the bank. Aceo-dlug ' to the story that is told, lie first lost 51000 of his own money. Then he "borrowed" from the bank to help him in winning back his loss. He did not win and kept on "bor rowing." l This sort of thing has happened so often and so disastrously that it is surprising that any one should be tempted to try it again. The professional gamhlirs know their game ' too well for any outsider to beat tlicm at it. But the desire for easy money bccms to be insatiable. It is the thing that makes such men as I'onzi and fiUvNl'er Cent Miller engage in their operations and provides vic tims for them. It is also the tlmr; that pro Tides victims for the profc-iitiul gamblers. On its gambling side the disilosurcs should receive the attention of the police depart- ment. The hank Qccr did not eem to have any difficulty in finding rlaecs where he could make his bets. The police, Low ever, either do not know .here these, places are or they have decided t!)ut it is impos sible to get evidence against them. No ouc wishes to believe that the gamblers are pro tect" d. Director Carte! uu can find out if he tries whether Lis subordinates know anything about the resorts frequented by the men who make their living puiveying to " those who heck to get rich easi'y by bettiug on various games. He canuot wipe out all gambling, but he can drive the professionals to cover. OYSTERS TURKIC ure supposid to he reasons for de clining to rat oysters in any month the name of whidi is spdlH without the letter "r." And they are doubtless good reasons. But the uninformed have often wondered ' how the Hucciiliut shell fi.!i over learned the ilphabct and thus suereedod in providing for themselves n ciced teasoii when they might live in peace nnd comfort at the hot -torn of the sea. The oyster must have some kind of a brain or lie could not have emerged from the ranks of the illiterate to this ex tent. The mnttcr of interest just now, howevei, is that September, which began today, con tains the letter "r" and that oysters are now in Beaton again. a ANOTHER PEACE HOPE rpIIK proposed transfer of the rulish-Rtis- " -L slan peace negotiations from Minsk to Riga mny without undue optimism be re garded aa an encouraging augury of peace. The situation tit Minsk was from many viewpoints impobbible. In the beginning the plans of the Poles were perilously compro mised by the swift Bol h vlst advance toward Wnrmw. The removal of that peril correspondingly upset the Soviet designs nnd recourse was had to methods of intimidation and oppression, from which the Polish dele gates, if their tale Is correct, were right in making all endeavor to escape. At Riga .the whole complexion of the par A? leys may conceivably be changed. This sea- port nud chief city of tho new republic of ' Lotvla is in fairly normal communication ' with the outBido. If the Poles, in the light ' of their recent triumphs, tend toward new . traTOpanres, diplomatic pressure from the allied powers may be effectively exerted. . ..... In" n neutral country stens can ba tnken in L" " ' " fcMUre n l"-'01 tno fcmhlance of decent cour- tho part oi tiie uowncvist commis sioners, and the meeting will probably be affected less closely than Its predecessor by the dally fluctuations of the battle line. Continued obstinacy by cither party pre sages disaster for both belligerents. Presi dent PilstldskI emphasizes the difficulties threatening the Polish armies should they dig In nnd remain on a purely defensive at titude on the frontier provisionally chosen by .the Kntente. It is plain to any out side observer of this wanton war that further Invasion of Russia Is the very thing calcu lated to unite temporarily the various fac tions in the Soviet realm, As matters now stand aggression by cither side has been fatal to tho army pursuing that course. The Red host failed In Poland, tho Polish forces In Russia. Peace, author itatively established, is tho only guarantee against tho recurrence of such calamities. The official consent of I.etvln to the meet ing has been secured. The wnr-slck world will anxiously nwnlt the news of Lome sub stantial progress in the negotiations. !! IIP Ill . THE WAR-WEARY RAILROADS ARE MUSTERED OUT TODAY Thoy Are Sadder Than They Used to Be and We Should Hope That They Are Wiser, Too THR railroads of the country, which nre on their own hook once more because of the withdrawal, today of the federal guaran tees provided In the original control net, emerge from the war period like everybody eta n little dazed by the change of scone that has occurred In the last few years nnd with something of the nervous fear that or dinarily afflicts men who arc turned out into the open after long periods of confine ment. The scenes have changed pretty often for the railroads. The Kscli-Cummliis act, pre sumed by experts to be chiefly in the Inter est of the public, legnlizes most of the prac tices that were forbidden In the Sherman anti-trust Inw. The Sherman law was the aftermath of the trust-busting fever. It wa3 hard nnd In many ways unenlightened, but it was retribution In a novel guise. Under It a good many corporations paid for past and forgotten sins. The Interstate Commerce. Commission made life even harder for tho railroads In the first years of its authority. Tho public had come to look upon every utility corpora tion as an enemy nnd Washington succumbed to the contagion of common opinion. So the rail lines were down at 'the heels when the war began. Under the system of government control investors were guaranteed n return ppproxl mating 15 per cent on their money The over head costs were paid out of the national treasury. Now, under the new transportation act, the government nnd the rnil companies nre again free. The roads, however, are guaranteed rates which will pay all operating expenses and a minimum of ." per cent to holders of securities. It is commonly supposed that Congrecs took pretty good care ot tne rail roads wheu the new law was made. Yet years of c03tly experience lias taught the country that Congrws would have been blindly stupid hud it permitted the rail lines to sitik deeper Into pocrty or be over whelmed by the consequences of past errors. The raihoads nre tire nerves of tho country. Upon their health depends the economic health and strength not only of the nation but of nil its individual communities. If, fifteen years ago, the trust busters nnd later Congress itself were not disposed to take this view of the transportation sjstcm they only followed examples provided by a great many of the corporations themselves. Railway owners were not then in the habit of considering the social nature of their obligations. The privilege granted to railway com panies and the function ot transport sys tems of all sorts are such as to nuke it apparent that a right of w.ty is not a tiling that s.iould be exploited for private j.rofit alone. Yenrs of mauling by unscientific schemes of regulation nnd re-tr.i!nt pre ecd.'d the dawn of reason in Washington and in railway board roo'iis. Rail ov. tiers and promoters once were not content with the returns from a legitimate transportation business. They sought and perfected merg ers and alliances with coal companies end iron companies until they were in a way to obtain alsolute control of some of tho basic necessities of national existence. Some of tliem got deeply into politics. Others were dragged in. And et, while lines like the Pennsylvania and tho Reading were being accused of unwholesome med dling at Washington and Ilnrrisburg nnd with tiie deliberate restraint of trade, they managed to set new high standards of rail service in many of their departments. Tor the explanation of much that railway cor porations have done in the past it might h" well to remember again the experiences of James J. Hill, who, when lie was building t Great Northern and doing a service of national importance, was constantly sought out by bribe seekers, who, from the vantage point of political offices, threatened to put iiiauiuiountabic obstacles in his way. Hill was in politics. He was one of those who were dragged in against their will. In any final anal, sis it is apparent thnt the failings of corporations nre human fail -i ts. Railway dlieetors and executives ne- upted the cthU-l standards common in their t.nies and, like other human beings, they were, to a lnrge degree,, the creatures of iieir general environment. It is logical to suppose that most of them will be g'.ad to have a new start in n clearer and fairer field. The railroads are beginning life nil over again miner conditions that cannot by any ,irUh of the Imagination be called unfavor able. They are virtually guarantied agaiusi lo-ses. The government hai provided a re volving fund from which tl.y mny borrow in emergencies. Here surely is some atone ment ior the early policies of tho Intu'-ta:o Ccinm.rce Commission and tho destructive reprisals of corporation-baiting congressmen, vvhc werj willing to weaken and even Jeatroj rsrntlal utilities in the offoit to keep soinij swjl.cn pnvnto fortuues down to a bane level. Recent events have mnde It clear that rail way directors and executives, like the con gressmen who harassed thein, had much to learn about the management and purposes of gieat utilises. The beginnings of the great railroad strikes of the past year were In the dim past, when the chiefs of bi; lines and small moved ex clusively in n world of their own and aus terely refused to learn unything of the life or experience of the great multitudes which supplied human energy In their organiza tions. The outlaw strike of Inst winter was an effort of the larger division of railway labor to obtain the advantages which were not granted to other groups until they or ganized and made threats. Radical organ izers saw deeper into the minds of newly organized railway employes thnn tho old fashioned executives ever were able to see. They recognized conditions which railway managers preferred to Ignore. Everybody lost and the genernl public lost most heavily. The habit of aloofness cul tivated by corporation men has been costly '" ' EVBipiJG-;- CTEt'EtO, EDBIJiRHifcADEIiPHIiiiy-. WHflSflftgAafi r'B'PEBfflBBP' In other, ways. Many rail lines were Impov erished. Others have died slow and gainful deaths, though the country needed them badly. Skilled and unskilled workers enmo to believe that every corporation has ton of money somewhere about. But to this day tho men who have to bear tho burden of worry for the corporations are apparently unable to mnke themselves clearly under stood to the rank and file of their men or to the general public. They appear to lack n voice or a method of approach. The habit of silence is still upon them. Men vlio engage In big nnd costly strikes know no more about tho very real troubles of tiie bosses than the average boss knows about the troubles of his men. When the two groups find a way to mutual under standings strikes will be dono away with, Mr. Atterbury has said that a hope to nationalize the railways Is still In the minds of the railway unions. Now, if railroads are ever nationalized and It is not likely thnt they ever will be the decision will not be made by tho unions or by tho corpora tions. It will be made by tho general public, whose rights and Interests nre most deeply involved with the whole question of rail and water transport. ' Public opinion will bo profoundly affected by the developments of the next few years In the world of railroads. For tho first time in history tho rail companies nnd tho men whose talents nnd initiative keep them going have had a square deal from the govern ment which means n square deal from tho public. The transportation act stands. Tho Interstate Commerce Commission has be come far wiser than It used to be. Wo havo learned to view the railways as n national asset of the first Importance, upon which tho comfort and welfare of all the people nil heavily dependent. A general friendly re gard for the railway organizations will do more thnn anything else to help the corpo rations to n new nnd sound basis aud to revitalize the transportation industry. So, there is no place for railway ncn In secret politics. There Is no need for hid den deals. There Is no need for feudal minds In those departments of railway or ganizations which are supposed to deal with the workers on the lines. The country hns dealt fairly with the railway people and the railway people must deal fairly with tho country. Otherwise there will be fresh trouble. Corporations will have to learn to speak openly and honestly In their own defense. These are not years in which they can afford to be haughtily silent. There is, for ex ample, n persistent rumor that interests allied with the Pennsylvania Railroad arc obstructing the plnns for a Philadelphia Camden bridge. Thnt rumor may bo false. But it was rumors of that sort tnat brought nn extraordinary assortment of woes to big corporations in the past. Mr. Atterbury would have been wise if he had disposed of ii while he discussed the remoter matter of rail nationalization. WHY DRESSES ARE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTY, says Edmund Burke in one of his best-known essays, produces in the observer a feeling of exticme weariness. As some of the costumes worn by mod ern women make the spectator tired, they must, according to Burke's standard, be beautiful. Opinions differ on the subject, however. Two colored women were looking in the win dows of a store on one of the cross streets a few nights ngo. studying the dresses en exhibition. As they turned away one of the women was heard to remaik to (he other, "Those dresses would make n bull-do-; break his chains." Now beauty is defined in the dictionary as n combination of qualities that delight the sight. Tills suggests some inquiry into the combination which makes the woman of the present day in the gowns of the present day as fascinating as her grandmother or great-grandmother uml to be in the hoop skirt of the Civil War times. Tor it is undoubtedly true thnt the modern woman has lost none of the charm of her sex. That charm was potent when women wore hoop skirts. It did not d'i.appear when the bustle was fashionable. It persistnl during the period of tight sleeves nnd clinging skirts. It survived the lcg-of-iiiiitton slerves. And the grnduul shortening of the skirt until mature women look like the schoolgirls of the lust quarter of the nineteenth century has uo diminished her nlhireniett. The essential ingredient to beauty in feminine costume is the woman encased in it. The reappearance for a moment in a icvived musical comedy now playing in towu of the costume of 11100 when the piece was first presented justifies this conclusion. Tho six girls who ping a famous song appear in 1D20 confections wc believe that is the proper woid. The skirts are short. The waists are long and there arc folds of silk projecting at right angles from both sides at about tho level of the hips. No woman of l'J'JO would have Leon willing to appear, even In '"" own parlor, in such a gown. Yet tin girls who wore them were charming and all the women in the audience admired the dresses. Then another set of six girls came on the stage dnssed in the style of twenty j ears ngo. The skirts nru full and long and the waists arc short. Tho sleeves cover the arms nnd the necks nru high. And still the girls were charming. When they turned their backs on the audience every woman burst Into laughter not at the girls, but at thcmsi Ives -or at their mothers who used to wear such diesses. It was tho contrast which amused them and perhaps a few of them reflected that in twenty .vcars more the styles prevailing today will seem as amusing to the generation of theatregoers of that time. What those styles will be no one can foretell. But we nil know that tluv will ho different from those of today. Whether the brevity of the skirls and their narrow ness is to continue until American women wear silk knickerbockers after the manner of the Siamese women, or whether they will tevcrt to the other extreme with long trains sweeping tho Hreets, is concealed i tho mists of the future. But whatever happens the woman herself will constitute the su preme chn-"i of which the costume serves but as a setting. In his fenrs concerning tho cfTect of "company" on uutJinoblle rides. Superin tendent Mills registers his variance with Kipling, whose "He travels fastest who travels alone" reopens an Interesting topic. The executor of the late Nnt Ooodwin's estate reports that his liabilities at his death were greater than his assets. Even duiiiii' his life Nat was peculiarly adept In uc quiring liabilities. The chances nre six to one thnt next winter will be mild, says the editor of the Weather Review But so many arc opposed to gambling that they will lay In the usual biipply of coaU Wc nre awaiting, somewhat hopelessly, the indignation of youthful liilladelphlans over the announcement that the chances of destruction by fire enjoyed by some of our schoolhouses are excellent. It will take n true philosopher to call the proposed transit system of soues in this city really temperate. riiwn-iPiBri."-n i- j ) u iMdtiini a ,ii waiamBW- t , i'dt, '!,' ' -wy - ' . C--v, " . ' i OUR COLONIAL ART Philadelphia a Great Storehouse of It Downtown Wards Will Benefit More by Equal Suffrage Than Other Sections ofrthe City By GEORGE NOX McOAIN , CS. BRADFORD Is the oldest profes- slonal photographer In Philadelphia. I mean In point of years. He is nn artist rather than a phntogra pher. Ho has n score of studios.' They are the homes of the wrilthy nnd well-to-do, nnd the art gr.llcrlcs and private collections of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington, He works when nnd how he pleases. Ills only master Is the sunlight nnd Its bcautl. fill gradations of light and shade. It woi-ld scarcely bo fair to my frlcnl, Bradford, to set down 'ic number of tho years of his life, but it Is enough to know that he hns far exceeded the "span allotted to man. Ho Is the Ideal craftsman, for he loves his work. At a period in llfo when the average professional man cultivates his Morris chair In n well-stocked library, Mr. Bradford Is constnntlv senrchlntr fop thn , rare and beautiful in nrt nnd nature as miDjccts lor his lenses. His specialty Is copying raro paintings, prccoloninl nnd colonial documents and records, nud the exquisite oMoets of virtu that grace so many of the fast disappear ing old mansions of Philadelphia. T-TE HAS done considerable work for the J-J- Pennsylvania Historical Society. Gov ernor Pennypnclccr selected him to photo, graph old landmarks for his famous auto. "I have photographed twelve of Ollbe-t Stuart s portraits of Washington," ho sold. effort S t0 dWC" " thI" phnsc of hi iwv'iero a?,c vcry fcw rcoplo aware that rL,?' tln.t "lanT orIsl"aI Stuarts rf General Washington In existence, nnd most or them are in and nrotind Philadelphia. I am constantly on the lookout for additional ones. 'They are originals, too," he said In reply to my question. "A few, perhaps, are replicas. That they were painted from life is evidenced by the fact that each ono develops some different characteristic -in laccor dress of his fnmocs subject. "Gilbert Rttinrt did not identify his work by name. There Is something, however, In t ho artist's style and coloring more con. ,.H,,C ,,r00' ot ,ts Genuineness than the addition of his n-r.c. mi'Jus nR, a co"iii'wiir enn identify a litinn by the wonderful red that has taken his name, n Corot by that peculiar dash of color that he gave to all of his work, so is there something in Gilbert Stuart's portraits that Is, infallible proof that it was his brush that touched the canvas. "piIir.ADEI.rillTls a perfect store- hruipo of rare and wonderful relics of revolutionary days," Mr. Bradford says. Even colleetorj who nre supposed to be. familiar with the subject have no con ception of the wealth of this sort of mate rial that is to he found in hundreds of homes in and around this city," he continued. "In the more than a quarter of n centcry thnt I have given to this work I hnrc had opportunities denied to professional anti quarians, nnd I have been astonished nt tlv number of heirlooms In the possession if the descendants of families that figured largely in the early settlement of Pennsyl. vanin. "Once in n grrnt while n few of them come to light in the sales, particular! of H.j-nrl"s ami Pennsylvaniatin. by Stnii V. Ilenkels. But even these nre gotten to gether only nt rare intervals and with much patience nnd search." Mr. Bradford is of the opinion that this city is pre-eminently tho American city, nnd evidence of the fact is the possession by their descendants, from generation to generation, of the Lares und Penates of its original settlers, TpnWARD I,. I). ROACH, secretary of -Li tho Committee of Seventy, has known politics for n good many years. His opinions, bv virtue of his experience are worth rreo'dlng. ' South Philadelphia political leaders will benefit most by woman suffrage, is his ob servitlnn. "It will be the same old storv In tho case of the women of Philadelphia as it Is of the men." said Mr. Roach. "The women In do" x'lvvti ni'd ot! r contested wards will register nnd vote to n far greater extent than In the rn.cal'ed residential wnrds "West Pbi'ado'phia Is an ptnmp'p. Ex. cept when there i , some great issue agitat ing the citv, the overage citizen over there lets his neighbor on the side street do the voting, while he sticks closely to his com. fortable firetide on ehi'ly election (hys. "It is going to be true of their wives nnd daughters, too. for It mnkcH no differ ence what claim tho active spirits in the equal suffrage movement make ns to the general desire of women to vote, the trvtli is the vast majority of the sex in thU city care very little about It. "On the other hand, the men who live by politic the job holders and the fel. lows who have nn object to gain by being active in nny faction, will see to 'it thet the female members of their families who arc eligible are registered nnd voted with regularity and precision. "There nre repot ts from assessors of gnat reluctance on thejiart of women of foreign birth to be registered or answer the questions necessary t registration. It Is only n tern, pornry condition. Once they understand thoroughly they will be only too eager to get their names on the books," asserted Mr. Roach. "I make the confident prediction that there will be a great increase of voting strength in -the south and central parts of the city with no ratio of comparison, ue. cording to population, in (lie residential and outlying wards," lie declared. TIIE grandson of a former Governor of Pennsylvania (omtnittml suicide In New York the other day. Descendants of politi cians of prominence rarely do that sort of thing. Henry Martyn Iloyt, n portrait painter nnd grandson of former Governor Henry Murtyn Hoyt, was the unfortunate man, Whether It was disappointed ambition. financial worry, melancholia, or just a plain ease of being tired of life, has uot been divulged. In this case the old adage that "age Is nothing, blood will tell," seems to be dis. proved. The young man who went west by the gas route bore an honored name. His grand father was a governor, his father was an assistant attorney general of the United States, and at least one of his sisters had married into the aristocracy of a forelgu country. w. , ... Henry Martyn Hoyt, the grandfather, was governor of Pennsylvania fiom 1870 to ISS.'l, Although u man of considerable ability, of the robust, well fed and pompous type, ho never mado much stir in the political world. If he had, Robrrt E. Paulson, a Dwno. crat, would not have been elected as his successor. SONG IIDTA' cut a parsley stalk And b'cw therein townrd the moon; I had not thought what ghosts would walk With shivering footsteps to my tune. I went nnd knelt nnd scooped my hand As if to drink. Into the brook, And a faint figure seemed to stand Above me. with the bygonn look. I lipped rough rhymes of chance nut choice, I thought not what1 my word might bo: There came into my car n voice That turned a tenderer versa for me, Thomas Hardy. itum "jr BETTER 1JtUim n uvJiiK -,...-:: t' , .,.-$ "; V, ''"' ' '. v' V ..-w . . .. . ."W - ; ;-r -.? -,;:-. ' - '.''' ' I ; ''' v---jfc " 'i ' v '.'-. .,s '. " v&'rVi, 4 A- 4 , : , f '- 4 . m . i ' I " 1 v'"',, " t ! t .'.."i&i" . V , s ..,? jMU , i ' T ' ' ' J. ' f W;3zg&mS&!m' Wi A . 0 if 19 ". fc 'ajhaMBaa. - ' -W-r-irT.-aW- urtT. (liWVllr aJVUn U.Tl-r r k L V D "SW 1 -Jf J 1 k ff r' ' . NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Tallts With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects Thoy Knoiv Best GUILLIAEM AERTSEN On the Delaware River Bridge '"7OU cannot make It too strong that the responsibility for the building of the Delaware river bridge must rest with the en gineer," says Gullllacm Acrtscn, president ot the Engineers' Club, discussing the question of who shall build the proposed new span. "It is only common sense that It should be this way," he said. "Tho bridge builder Is primarily n civil engineer, nnd the prob lems Involved In constructing such a span belong strictly within the province of thc engineer. "All precedent points this way. Most o the big bridges built in this country have been under the supervision of engineers. Tnkc the Hell Gate bridgo nt New York, one of tho most difficult engineering fents ever accomplished in 'this country nnd n far more iMfficult problem thnn the Delaware bridge would present. That structure was planned and in charge of nn engineer. "It is pointed out by architects that the general outlines of the bridge arc Hie thing nnd that a beautiful structure muRt he erected and that consequently nn archi tect is tho man to supervise the building i f the span. The engineer, they argue, could work with tliein In nn advisory capacity, to figure the stresses nnd strains nnd other de. Uls. "My answer is thnt the engineer enn get nny number of capable men nt a compars tlvely smnll charge to work out all tho de tails, so that a big mnn would not be needed in thnt way. Problems of Engineer "Furthermore, the bridge Is more thnn an esthetic proposition. Its primary purpose h to carry vehicles nnd passengers ncross river or whatever other kind of obstruction might prevent them from getting from oua desired point to another. "There are certnln engineering difficulties In the way of selecting the point at which the "nan shall I"1 lm!lt' l,sU,e f,'?m "''V'1;'1' considerations. The lay of the land. tr inrtoncoTlii on engineering problem pure nn s We. If nftor finding a spot that wmi'd seem to bo the center of business and, Indus- Slim . ... ..1 I-.. 01,. ,i,i1 niter over- try ami nis gcmi... """"""..-- ., , nn important one. "The kind of bridge, too. is peculiarly an . ' .... ..,n,nr thnn nn architect s prob lem When It came to tho miration of leill. " "- . ilv, . Ani,c llllv lln . w ether it w-as feasible or financially po le t build a bridge of the cantilever typ rather than a suspension bridge, who caul, po id .i,.m,. thnt but the englncc; conceived nmi well-built bridge cannot help but bo n thing of beauty. ti ' nre .itect will be necessary with Jils ad vice as to beautifying the btructuro ntiu en. nniioin Its genernl lines and appearance, hut he" must first have his foundation, the hlnn 1 HncVot the structure itself des,gucd hi the engineer before, his work will Le of """Thcre'nro n number of serious problems to be considered by the engineer In the imllilliie of the bridge. First of all the qucs J lo" must bo settled. Who Is going to do itV Whether tie be engineer or architect that must be decided before any deliuitc move can bo made. Location of Bridge "Then the great question will be, Whco shall the bridge he placed V There are so many factors to be considered here that the bridge commission or whoever slinll have the final say will face n tremendous re sponsibility. "The question of figuring the center of tramc Is onp problem. This must be con sidered from the standpoint of the growth of the city ns to papulation and Its Indus, trial layout and growth. "There seems to ho somo question ns to whether It should lie some distance south of Hie center of the city, duo to the fact that industries are developing lu that direction und the nmnunt of ground avallah'e, or whether it shall bo north. The general trend of many large Industrie seems to lie north, northwest, and this must rccclvo considera tion. "Then there Is the very difficult question of condemnation, Wherever this ban to be ., .........inn fir t'xiii.nrtt'n nun tiiii n .;..! Vnllil an approach to the bridge, the nation""! 'the quality of the foundations is j ggggfy; . ;- - ':.- ,j done it is going to displease somebody. How extensive it must be depends on the length of tho span and its width ns well as the section In which It Is finally located. ''For instance, near the central portion of tiie city, It will mean a much more ex. pensive and therefore "more difficult propo sition than in more outlying sections, "And It must be remembered that the amount of money which will be available for the project will not be unlimited. It has been estimated that tho expense to bo borne by the city nnd state for Its half of the bridge will bo about 320,000,000. It will no doubt be much larger thun that, probably 540,000,000. Many Other Problems "There need not be so much trouble on the question of litigation. No doubt there will be various influence brought to bear in behalf of ono site or another, but th engineers should not be guided by that. As fnr as litigation is concerned, tho state has the power to condemn property for public purposes ant! to offer u reasonable price for it nud give sixty days' notice of Its uctlon. In ense It is resisted it can then give sixty days' further notice nnd nt the cxplrutio'j of "thnt time tnko possession nnd build, and scttlo tho other mattrr nt its leisure. "After all these factors nru settled for this side of the river, the other side of the river will have to be considered. After get ting a perfect site here and everything else determined, it may be that the plans and conveniences of the other side might differ from ours in location by a mile or so. That must be considered. ' "If an -agreement is reached and things nre ready to start the bridge. I venture to say thai the structure can be finished in five years from the time thnt the order Is elven to go ahead. Aud when the structure is HuUhcd people on both sides of the river will realize that it will bo (he biggest thing that has ever been done In this section. What Do You, Know? QUIZ 1, What Is meant by a casting vote? 5. Who wns Linnaeus? s' The first nvlntor to fly over tho English channel has Just heen lined by the French Government for profiteering during tho wnr. Who Is he? 4 What famous diamond belongs to the Russian crown Jewels? 6 What is tho original meaning of the word wit? 6. Who is Mustnphu ICcmalT 7.' Nnrao nn English king who went out of his mind. 8. What kind of a camel has two humps? 9 Where Is "Tho Bluo Juniata," famed In song, and of what liver Is It a tilbu- tary. 10. What Is a equecgoo? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Thirteen monnrchles of Europe aro Orrat Britain, Spain, Uolglum, the Netherlands. Denmark, Not way, Swe den, Italy, Serbia (otherwise the S rb-Croat-Slovtne 'stnto), Rumania, Bul garia, Oreeco and Turkey, 2, Ten republics In Europ are France, Switzerland, Portugal, Gormany, Aus tria, Cztcho-Slovnldn, Esthonl.i, Fin land, Poland and Russia. 8, A naturalized American Is not eligible to tho presidency. 4. A policy of "lalsz falre" is one of gov ernmtnt abstention from Interference with Individual action, especially in commerce. 6. Th phraso should bo pronounced as though It were spellod "luy.say.fare." It literally means "nltow to do," 0. Charleston Is the capital of West Vir ginia. 7. Three hundred and sixty degrees equal n great circle, 8. A syrinx Is the musical Instrument often called Pan pipes. It coimiHtn of from soviin to nine hollow reeds, cut In short graduated lcngthK and fastened to geth r so as to be tnslly blown by the mouth, 9. James 11. Wilson, who died recently served as secretary of ngrlculturo in the citblnetfl of McKliilcy, llooscvelt nnd Taft. 10. The "Entente Cordlalo" brtwecn France und Britain was o-itahlluhed laritely through tha efforts .-f King Edwurd VII In 1806. V.' I SHORT CUTS Concerning the Great Britain, the little Britten seems to have twisted his facts. Feminine Interest nowadays is fixed not so much on Poland as on the polls. The rather dubious motto of the miners seems to be. "Strike while the public Ij hot." A lot of happy old women will go to the polls lu November. They nre to vote at last. Senator Penrose wants the women voters to understand thnt he nnd not Vare is their friend. It Is quite In keeping with tho con temporary state of tilings that Labor Day should be a holiday. "Fair enrollment of Harrisburg women," says an uugnllant headline. Isn't the adjective mlsplnccd? Let us hope that it is true that the ten cents a ton added to the price of coal today is the last increase to be made this yeur. Cnfc3 that chargn a dollar for bervice do so perhaps on the theory that tho crown ing indignity is being Insulted for nothing. Wc will wngcr thnt n great many peo ple didn't think of getting in their winter conl supply uutll they read new rumors of another anthracite strike. Cox, while In New York, did not talk about "Invading tho enemy's country" perhaps because ho is under too great obliga tions to Tammany Hall. It Is up to the persistent Pollynunns to console the victims of rainy vacations with n rhapsody on the prolonged greenness of this year's grass nud trees. People gifted (it seeing tilings nt night arc reporting that Grover Bergdoll has ap peared to them. The federal agents, how ever, are not ready to accept tho evidence. It Is easy to understand why the Rus sians lu their modern music have made use of comparatively little jazz. The native supply has all been exhausted In their poll tics. If the Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, of Princeton, should bo made stated clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly a worthy success or of the lnte Doctor Roberts will be CilOKCil. In view of what happened to tho zone trolley fares, it is not altogether extrava gant to assume that our aggressive neigh bors over tho river may restore justice to the ferry rates, Governor Cox says that thn statements by Will Hays In Chicago nre false and Will Hays says that the charges by Cox are fale. As both men nre opposed to wnr, the epi sode will not culminate In coffee and pistols for two. The motorist who wns fined for talking back to a policeman enforcing tho traffic rules against him got only what ho deserved. Ihere would be fewer accidents If every mo torist who is "sassy" should be haled to court. A policeman had to hit a man over the hend with a club thrco times before dis covering that his skull was solid Ivory ; but n po'lceman's club is not needed to demon strate that there arc several bnnphemls nt. taclied to ths cnmpnlgu committees of both f,J puiuii'ui purucs. Thirty-five public school buildings In the city are rnfit for use and twenty of them aro positively dangerous, according to the superintendent of buildings of tho school board. But he intimates that the city Is too poor to rcpluce them. What are we A goiUE i uu uuum hi Once more the former Cznr Nicholas of Russia Is reported to be dead. The cvldenci this time Is said to convince his mot,r. But there will always be credulous nersonn who will Insist tliut he wan spirited away V from Ekaterinburg, and If no uuscrupuluu ',' auvcniiTiT nppeurs in uvo or ten years claiming to be the crown prince all prcco , dents will be' broken. f)l Mm, .' m in i .rMsf-s-S -" vlL .- J, "A c.?,5S'sI9J4 .......
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