'-' i.'c ,v-- 'V Vi; r a VUUHC LEDGER COMPANY ;erua it. k. cuiitis, i'iiemdent rlt II. Ludlngton. Vice l'rr.ilnt. John C. tjK-v-Tttary and Trcasursri I'lilllp 8. Collins, WlMlftmv, Jlinn J PCUrHgmi. i-mhti-.u,.,. EDITuKIAL UOAllDi CtiBS H. K. Coins, Chairman K. HMILUY ICJItor C JIAHTIN .General Business Manager 11shsd dally at Public Uwtu Uulldlng Inili Miiuaiicu square i-niuninpnm. NYlo Cm ... .. rrf-l ino.l liuuains hYbtx .... 3M Madison Ave. fiJ -""" -r.. 11..ll.1ln fl, .......... Hi" Ful1rton . j ,,... ... ,.IUi ru.u um.uii.i. IlulMlnic Duildino ,o.. 1302 Tribune . '-m ' .l.V III lid ID. smjiTiK niiMii 'A, R r r rvnnsvlvsnla Ave and Wn.r' . HmOTosK nrnrtf Ths flun I'ul'dlnx A JLso.v nnnatt' Ixmdon Tlmr i i r unnrtitTTtnv TI.-rniH I "Nt Eviis-iko l'rntio Lnraicit is sorvd to sub 4 lbrs In Phllartrlphln and surround'tiB towns 'Vv'Vfvr1' o'.nts mildld- of Philadelphia. In T . ponton, w.tnce frr. ftfty ) rtnt,per numtn. . bit iflii. nullum t7t -iir in,. -mi- .i. ,...-- wC TU fnrrlrn c'lntrU1 one (It) iVrtlnr n innntri. , Vittirr .Siitwrrir.ers vclfhlnif rddn-on cnanufrt ' mWtfivo old n wit fPH rllv1 K hUfctflOWtWAINTT KFYMONB. MAIN 30DO W tXAititrritt nil comi'iimlrnMoiii o i:mjrp rubllo ECtV 'Mimhcr nf thi Assnciatcd Press r4 'ftpJm. ahhociatkd pkksh i rxcfui-.riw '"- fHcrf fa fe use cr repubHcafloit of oil news (flsppleAi rrrdlfol fo II or not olhi rirler rrrjilfnl '1opcr and also fhc locnl nete D'lb li'i lierwn. 'i.rt-H0As o rrrubtlcnllon o spfdnl dlsratchrs ntrtiti at oho rrn'rvrd X rhd.d.lphh, Tuf.dir. 5'pltmbcr II, H a rorn.vr.Mi iKnmtM ion iiiii.r)i:i.i'iiiA Tlilnti on nlilfli Hie iroiIc cirrt the ntw .idrnlnlKlmtlon to lonrenlralp IIk nltentlont " Tnir' Delauni c rltir b Utur , A drvdotk bin riivuoh lo occoinmoiliile Ifti Irtrprsf ship 'Dcwfopmoit of Ifie rapid I rem Mr suitcm, A rtfjirfnfloii inl l.i tiilldlnp or the Free t.'hraru. An Art Museum. Snlarvrmrnt oj the water supply. omrs to arcommodafa the populallon. aiTr 5 S rA kk k ,l?l6CI itrlUHB !,-." V WHAT'S TUP AMRWFR? CVXY councilmen are eagerly awaiting some word from Mayor Moore at to day'n session of Council ou the subject, of street cleaning for If-'l. Some montliH ago they appropriated $'J5,000 to the Department of Public Works for n urey of the strpct-cleaniug situation. Then uu orilinunci' mim iutro ducn, on the eve of the summer rccc., calling for Sl.l.flOO for n commis.sion to rinnrflfap thp piiiitnmi.nt nf thp innIrnptnrH. t Alisthls looked like busiue-o. the business of getting rid of the contract t-U'in. But tlic councilmen lme heard nothing since on thp subject of "treet cleaning. They Would like to know, officially, what is in the .Mayor'N mind Pocm he yeall want to abolish the old sjstcni, as the new chaiter contemplates? "Tbe; Major would do well to dissipate the cloud of confusion which, like a smokr creen, hovers over this great piece of public business' v ARE THE PEOPLE THE .PEOPLE? CITY-' SOLICITOK SMYTH renders, a public service when he challenges the Vnre method of nominating a successor to the Into Councilman Finley. The Vnrcs would dispose of the nomlna tion'Ly the simple procedure of selecting one of tbelr friends and nk the County Com niiosioners to print the name on the ballot oi thut of the Itppiililicau niiminec. This lit a fcery efficient method and saves the people, the trouble of making a nomination. And. manr noliticinns. pvcii snmn nf those I. "onnoaed in tlio Vnrn nni-nnf lo VtirA ulnn a quilte the correct thing. But- in these dajs of the nineteenth JUtfthdment, when election laws nre under the closest scrutiny, the city solicitor will not .'so-wrong if be studies the constitution nnd the acts of Assembly in the light of common sense, fair play anil the equities of the case,. There may be the precedent of a so'mcwhat established usage for the Vare plan',' but it is fair to assume that it was neTer intended utterly to deprive the people of tho right of nomination It is clear that party committees hae the legal right to fill sudden vacancies on the party ticket. It is not ns clear that a fae t tonal committee can tnke the place of all the Ilcpubllcons of the First Couneilmanic District. The Cit Solicitor stands on solid ground when he rnises this o.uestiou. ' A SECOND CHANCE t, rinviiti man .'uu.uuo women on the as- "sJ-T-ysessors' list and entitled to regUter fallejl on September 2 to qualify for the Novcrnbcr election. Opportunity to repair thlfcomlssjon is at hand today at the divi Rlomipolling places between the hours of 7 a, m, and 1 p. m nnd 1 p. m. and 10 p m. ThTpne otiier date fixed for the enrollment Is October 2. Reflections upon the negligenn- of the Jie.wly enfranchised electois cannot grace fully, be made in the "holier-than-thou" spirit by the sex more experienced in poll ticstt The male registration has been light this Tear, and even in livelier times theie is a host of irreclaimable delinquents. But two .wrongs do not make a right, nnd in addition to nctlvc recognition of the victory lately enmed by the women of tho nation there is n special renson why compliance with today's formalities is due. The assessors, whether through careless ness,, ignorance or deliberate intent, made a bad job of their work of listing the new electors. Much of this neglect is now Irreparable, but the duty of those women qualified to register is clear. A good how Ingy today and in October will be evidence of sound political consciousness. T!ft best elements in the commuuity will be delighted to see this sentiment manifested. And if the machine politician" nre embarrassed, ns they seem to hae been nil along by the new"' order, so much the wnr-e for them. THIRTY PER CENT LOANS NO ONIJ who knows nnuhing about the reprocesses of orgonl.ed finance will sup pose, that any great number of b a niters in New York or elsewhere were in the hnbit of extending large loans at interest rates of 20 and even 30 per cent. But Comptroller "Williams's charges are explicit. A few banks at least have ventured far beyond thejlnes of legitimate business. Tfee bnnkers nf the country have a very rffictent and conseivntive organization, anil Upon tliem, therefore, lies the duty to sup pres nnd fully expose a practice about which the federal authorities have made complaint The implications of the report frorn Washington nrc such as to make such action by the conservative bankers of the cotiutry imperative Monpy borrowed for n few days 'at .'10 per cent interest is obviously not desired for a legitimate purpose. Such premiums ennnnt h be paii) unless (ho borrower knows ways by i, which to make fabulous profits by a short - WlfWi llivi-niiiirm, ii!lTe public is coming to know something M.ithe tricks br which easy monev U mi.u P Mb huge sums. The underground whisk v F",.mmMsKM turns tip profits that range easily ,s .from BHl to iliHF per cent fortunes have V.VI SS-Hi lllimw I" " " '..!" ii.i KUIllllitTS WHO lvrmli(cl the prices nf food nnd real rotate. slMili' 4riultor cannot be tiermitted I.. f....i t,,44e,Jhi are being used by ti oil them. Ami baukH nrc tllscIpUupil tl'ic better it will be (or the country, which ennuot go along sufcly without filll faith in the mcu who cllioct Its flnnnclat affnlr.'. NO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BRIDGE IS DESIRABLE The Tunnel Plan, Estimable If Private Capital Alone Is Used, Otherwise Confuses and Delays a Para mount Issue IT MAY he recalled that inability to decide which of two bunches of hay tg cat first proved fatal to the ass placed between them. The temptations of the Nicaragua route for ! years barred the way to direct action by i the United States upon the Panama canal project. In the realms alike of fact and fable the duel of nltcrnntlves is fearfully destructive. ' I Fortunately, however, the dismal conse quences of suih a contest nre pretty gen erally realized. I'hiladelphluus nnd Cam dpiiltes, painfully aware of tho imperative need of a Delaware bridge, arc quite con scious of the danger of seriously discussing n counter proposition. The mischief of considering nt this time the construction of an under-river tube lies not In any inherent undesirnbllity for a tunnel would be immensely serviceable ' but in the befogging of u perfectly plain case entitled to rest upon its owu merits. I Xo substitute for the bridge will suffice. Two cities nnd two states arc pledged to the undertaking. In intensity of popular drmaud the work tnk"s precedence over am ' oilier schemes fop linking Pennsylvania and Xcw Jersey in this section. The case has been heard. Verdict has been pronounced. At this stnge the shuffling of alternatives would be intolerable. The tube plan is of the stuff of which recurrent dreams arc made. Its virtues, if dissociated from unwarrantable comparisons, are not to be disputed. The contemplated conferences this neck betweeti Mayor Moore, Mr. Mitten nnd representatives of the Penn sylvania and Rending Rnilwnys will touch mi a enerable but none the less attractive theme. Long bnforc the subway was built schemes for connecting the central railroad terminals directly with New Jersey engaged thc'publie fancy. The vision was by no means dispelled by the inauguration of the Pennsylvania's "bridge route," for although great railway sj stems were joined thereby, the detours were mstl in lime, and money and the heart of the problem was really not reached. With the construction, actual and in pros pect. of the Philadelphia Iiapid Transit un derground lines new possibilities ' were sensed For some time the uraii was ex.clted by rumors of the alleged intent of the Phila delphia and Western Railway. It was hinted that a termiuus for through traius might be established in the center 'of the city by means of the Market stieet subwnj. and in imagination, then under full steam, the Delaware tube rounded out the picture. Since that bubble cplndcd slumber has been the portion of the tunnel notion, hut lately its sleep has been uneasy. The tran sit company's hlgh--prpd program us rep resented in tin' Frnnkford eleated and the Broad street subway naturally suggests rail way short cuts whirh, with the aid of a river tube, might woik a revolution in transportation facilities in this region. Fine! An thing to re'ieve the Incon veniences under which Philadelphia suffers is in theory admirable. If the P. R. T. and i the Pennsylvania and Heading railroads see fit to Pinlnrk. on such a wholesale refor mation, perhaps mine costlj than the bridge, deep public gratitude will be their reward! The town will 'idcmr n Delwnte tunnel for trollejs cir nProni trains. But general applau -e will onlj echo if private capital alone is involved' in the undertaking. The city cannot nfford to in terest itself financially in nny such project. All the spare time which the Major can take frpm the numerous, and vitnljv im portant municipal undertakings ns jet un finished should be devoted to the bridge, to the building of which he promises his active support. Preliminary appropriations for that in dispensable public improvement have been mnde. When larger sums nrc needed the Legislatures of Pennsylvania nnd New Jer sey and the councilmnnic bodies of Philadel phia and Cnmdcn will be expected to fur nish the financial sinews,. The taxpayers, although naturally undesirous of burdens, are sufficiently sober-minded fn accept re sponsibilities in view of the immeasurable public profit in the spnn. , This, ns hns been 'leatedly emphasized, will not be a utility of mere restricted value, but of prime communa! significance. It will terminate the exasperating ferrjboat congestion, provide for the Immense auto traffic, private and commercial, between the two states, serve the pedestrian and trolley passenger; in short, bring this great urban district nt last up to date. That the benefactions nf tlm c-iinn.i n in be not a tithe so generous is so obvious as to be hardlv worth discussion. The Penn sylvania tubes under the Hudson ore rightly recognized ns epoch-making In the life of American railway transportation. Hut thev were pierced under the river bed through the animating agency of private capital ex pended selfishly, though with appreciable gain to travelers. The genernl traffic prob lem in New York' was left untouched by either the Kast or North river tunnels. Over the former stream it was found necessury to throw great bridges upon which state and city funds were very properly spent. Tinier similar auspices the proposed bridge of the Hudson will be built. The view of this subject which New Tork has consistently maintained is the only oue which Philadelphia can logically entertain If progress here Is to be more than n meaning less phrase. If the transit company, which is still reported unable to pay for even a substation needed to operate the Frankford "1.." chooses to embark with the railroads on a tube scheme without begging assistance from the city Its public spirit will be ad mired and its courage extolled. But to seek to subordinate the bridge to the tunnel, to confuse a practical necessity with an unconvincing fancy, to propagate confusion and obstruction by deadening artificial alternatives nnd to seek help for this mischief from the public treasuries is to play an outworn game. It won't work now. The tube might be an nuxillary to the bridge. It Is absurd to consider partial measures when the merits of the comprehensive relief already started ny pieciges unu appropriations nre unques tioned by nny citizen whose thought is not befogged by visions of seltisli Interests and exclusive privileges. The temporary easing of passenger Jama 4irnlljpcrs who in turn dcpoll them. Vml Iia nnlbrt- n fnti i.iMiuptfinpploiifl cniiibllnf by rmmfitructliiii the wharf nitDroacl.ps nu.l double-decking the ferryboats Is another suggestion praiseworthy enough if It be pre vented from interfering with or delaying bridge progress, It is to be hoped that the tnlns between Mayor .Moore and Mayor Ellis, of Camden, will be productive of good. River trtnspo'iallon conditions nrc deplorable. Makeshifts promising the least betterment will be accepted gladly during the wait for the authentic reform. Under the most favorable circumstances thp consummation will tnkp time. No other result, however, will coincide with the pro gressive j earnings of this community. As propositions tho tunnel dream and the at tainable bridge cannot be paralleled. No nttempt to make such comparisons will con vince a public thnt has its mind made up. A TWENTIETH WARD CALIPH pifJOnU than the constitution, above the -' law . ns assured as Caliph of Bagdad, was that sub-boss with the cognomen of' Neff who Is active for the Varc machine In the Twentieth ward and functions with the' authorlfj nf n city magistrate. There was no one nt City Hall to heave this "judge" out into the courtjard when he appeared and deftly took four men, ae ctisecl of serious crimes, out of the hands of the headquarters police. Neff got away with it. Unconsciously, he did a service to thp community. He mnde it newly apparent that gang magistrates nre still gang magistrates and thnt the sj stein of politics hj which they thrive is even rot tener thnn it used to be. Any one who has ever been behind the scenes in tho office of it gnng magistrate will nlvvavs have gloomy recollections of thnt experience. There dirt and brutnl cynicism -rule and the squalor of vvarU, politics in its ugliest form seems somehow concentrated. The real bosses behind these shops live ac cording to n code thnt was outworn cen turies ago even in the Orient nnd distribute favors or punishment nnd send men free or to jail with a view primarily to the welfare of the machine. The machine is their law, their covenant and their constitution. To be poor or uninformed in such places is to Know what misery anil desolation can be. Such are the foundations of pollticnldirgani zation in nianj gang wnids nnd divisions. Neff was actually shut out of one of the uptown station houses because the police charged him with mixing Vnre politics with his decisions. Yet he managed fin'ally to libel ate prisoners said to be favorites of the ruling powers nf his ward, nud he ventured to the cell room nt City Hall to mnkc his 'work complete and finaft Diiector Cmteljnii cannot drive his probe of this informal jail delivery too deep. And a citj that hus been resolving for years and j ears to be rid of the diit audjneuace of the magistrates' offices ought to resolve once again to see the job thiougli. A wnj out lies through un cnlniged and rcorgnnied Municipal Court freed from a sort of politicul inllueucc thnt has tended to re-establish in a new and elaborated form oil the evils of the older sjstem of minor courts. Until much hie magistrates nre eliminated any Vttj criminal with friends and a few votes behind him can be relative! sure of immunity. Thugs will feel coulideX and at easv. and organized vice and gambling, against which vain crusades nre so often started, will continue behind safe intrench melits. It requires n long stretch of the imagina tion to feel that civilized political codes arc even approximated in a community that tol erates working agreemeuts between petty politicians one) criminals as the basis of a sjstem by which men are selected for na tional, state and municipal offices. BOOBS IN BABYLON MORALIZING ou the death of Olive Thomas. Doctor Beekman, rector of the American church in Paris, has discoveird thnt the Fiench capital is a modern Babylon. Tirades upon this "has eminence" can hardly be described as novel nor has what thev contain of truth nnd falsehood np preciablj changed in recent generations. The hvpoMicsis that gajety is guilt is also equally venerable and is highly typical of the abuse of conventional definitions. The Moutmnrtrc life into which Olive Thomas is said to have "plunged" is not really gay nor is it to anj but the most superficial observer characteristic of Paris, that intellectual, artistic and heroic citv whose nntives fall to icgard long faces unci gloom ns indices of virtue. "The Dead Rot." "Ciel." "Fnfer." "L'Abbnye" and the resorts which, accord ing to Doctor Beekman, "cause innumerable American girls to lose their souls In Paris," are no more French than the toughest cah aiet in Nome is Alaskan. Bnbjlon as an iniquitous snare is n movable town. The spiiit which primarily animates it is inter national and strictly commercial. Its sham revels everywhere attract com parative! few persons who do not deserve to be mulcted and who do not contribute thereto the potential corruption that brings financial prosperity to entlrelv cynical showmen. With the real gaycty of Paris a visit to the Buttcs-Chaumont may be profitably recom mended. . This picturesque park is fre quented by French working folk unafraid nf innocent, inexpensive pleasures and quite shnmelcss about freely indulging themselves therein. The student community on the left bnnk is often equally daring. The average wealthy visitor to the capital usually avoids such places and makes a bee-line for the thor oughly self-conscious temptations which in flavor, if not in nil details, are precisely similar to those of New York. London, Buenos Aires and virtually every community larger than a hamlet throughout the globe. Souls may be lost in Pails, Kentucky. Nine cases out nf ten it is the irresponsi hie 'purse-crammed stranger who makes cities "wicked." If Paris is cold-blooded about them it is, perhaps, because she has been plnvlng the game longer thnn some of her rivals, which secretly envy her on the score of what is inherently lenst enviable. Doctor Beekman's pronouncement that "our country would condemn us criminal the trends nf fashion which mnrk the pub lic dance-halls of Paris" must make pro moters of pumped-up frivolity in New York squirm with chagrin. It Is. however, quite as unfair to judge Manhattan by her seduc tions for the compliant ns it is to repeat the musty broadside charges ngalnst the Parisians a decent lot, even ns you or I. The Russians want to get Into Germany nnd the Germans venrn to get into Russia. And anv one who likes to nee people get their desserts wi'l feel that no one should interfeie with the Germans or the Russians In this instame; Yesterday's news showed that collisions still can occur on the Delaware river, even In clear weather and without any unusual cause. This is another reason why ,, bridge js pi'ofeiablc to overcrowded ferrv boats. The liquor question ls dead, observes Mr. r llnnu tlm Tli.litnprntlt f.Ufwltrln t.. . to confess that ho has, so hopo of election? i,UA. vv .. ....,.... ..., .4tu menu f Jl ' LI " ..' . L l"tI7T OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY A New 8clenco Has Been Built Up About an Instinct That Every Mother Has WHEN baby stubs its toe and tumbles to the lloori bruising its poor little nose, mother hurriedly picks it up, pets it nnd tnlks to it a bit anil then gives it n doll or n inttlc or; s'omq .toy to play with. And, nine times out, of ten, if the toy be suffi ciently attractive, baby will forget about the bruised nose 'and will stop crying. When mother docs this she is an occupational therapist; she doesn't know It. but she is. Just, so long ns baby Has nothing to think about except the bump on its nose It will cry mid th nose will hurt. Hut distract its attention by something very Interesting something for it to piny with, to do with its hands nnd think nhotit and its mind leaves the bruisq of its nose and the pain Immediately seems to be less. To that ex tent, nt leust, wo can agree with the Chris tian Scientists in considering that pain is error, that it is largely the result of men tal attitude toward it. 4 Si:Vi:NTY-FIVK cars ago the. old (Junker dootors at the Friends' Asylum in Frnnkford found thut the symptoms of their patients often became less acute If the patients were given something that really interested them. These doctors, suit ing the method to the individual cose, used to.vs, simple occupations nnd pet nnlmnls. Whatever It was that the patient seemed to find Interesting, thnt they gave him nnd they found that thp change in mental atti tude that resulted frequently had most beneficial and permanent effects. Kvory doctor knows that the worst enemy to convalescence is mental depression. In serious cases the patient loses interest in life: he Is bodily weakened and his mind and thought icflect this weakness. Under the old systems he had nothing to dp but lie hour nfter hour nloue, gazing up at the ceiling, a prey to nil the fears of the future and nil the morbid, hopeless thoughts that these fears engendered, PSYCHOLOGISTS many years ago found thnt the mind hns u maivelous reaction upon the body a reaction so distinct in some cases that it lias actually been made to take the place of surgical details. Con sequently, when the average patient sank into the typical state of depression, it be came sometimes Impossible to effect a cure; the mind stubbornly counteracted every possible beneficial effect of the medical treatment. And so, very gradually, mother's methods applied to baby's bumped nose and the old Quakers' methods with their Frnnkford cases became interwoven and elaborated mid a new branch of science appeared. The war' has brought it to its full fruition. Three jenrs ago, when those interested formed an association and met for their first loiiferencc, just six persons attended. To daj. in the Rittenhoiisc Hotel, the fourth cniifeivncc of the NatiounI Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy is holding forth with representatives from nil over the Union and with both state and federal officials in attendance. "rvCCUPATIONAlT therapy" is, of v course, a forbidding-sounding name that at oWc creates the impression in the average mind thut it is something exceed ingly recondite. In the old dajs it used to be referred to as "curative crafts" and, vvbilp not suiting modern scientific tenden cies, that old name is rcully an excellent definition for it. Robbed of its technical flavor, therapy is simply the brunch of sci ence that deals with curing disease. And the word "occupational" bignifies thut this particular branch denls with the cure of disease by means ofvnrious occupations. The uim of the occupational therapist is to discover some occupation that will inter est the invalid, to teach him that occupa tion nnd so to give him something for his hands' to do and for his mind to think about so that there will be no time for the old time "blues" to settle down upon him and sink him into n hopeless relapse. And, in cases where it is applicable, an occupation is chosen that will' give mild exercise to dis eased parts, to get the thoughts conccn tiated upon making those parts perform their functions nnd thus stimulate the flow of revivifying blood into the parts. EVERY one who has ever tried to cheer a patient up by reading to him or talk ing to him has seen the invalid's attention gradually wander, his ejes close 'and the expression ou his fnce gradually resume the hopeless lines that prove that the mind hns gone back to its contemplation of a useless future. Occupational therapy doesn't read to invalids ; it tenches invalids to do things for themselves with their own hands things that are both pretty and useful and that the invalid never before thought he could do. Every step forward in skill thus becomes a source of delight and every new thing made is n finger of hope pointing to rosy jears ahead years that arc full, of promise of independence, of usefulness, of individual achievement. The stubbed toe nnd the bumped nose nre forgotten; the wonderful doll has becomev a living tiling ami is much more interesting than the pain. So useful did this work prove among the invnlids sent home from the fields of France tiint the National League for Woman's Service established a separate department devoted to it nud, with funds supplied from the War Chest, u school was started in this city nt U131 Spruce street, aided by the teachers unci equipment of the School of Industrial Arts and the School of Design for Women, The results so amply justified the expendituic that the school is being continued with constantly increasing clusses of wfj , who aie taking up the new work either its n field of social service or ns their cateers in business. PENNSYLVANIA was the first state to develop oicupationnl therapy, but we have falien far behind some nf the western states in its practical application with offi cial sanction. It was not until ubout a jear ago that this state created tlic position of director of occupational therapy, and Mrs Frances Hinton, n graduate of the first war-intensive clnss nt the Spruce stieet school, was appointed to the post. The fed oral government is going in stronglj for the new science by training a Inigp bndj of aides in the medical corps and by appointing Mrs. Single, president of tjic society, which Is meeting here, us official consultant nf the Department of Reconstruction of the Public Hculth Service. OF COURSE, all this will sound extremely idealistic and thecuetlcal to the haul headed business lnnn. He doesn't deal in happiness nud rosy futures; he deals in doi'ars and cents. Just how much, then, Is occupational therapy worth financially? The science has not jet been long enough In practice to answer that question thor oughly. But nn Indlcntlou of Its material value can easily bo given. Over n year ago two casualty insurance companies cinplojcd occupational therapists as nn experiment. These companies were paying out good, hard dollars to thousands of people injured or taken sick and entitled to benefits under their insurance policies. Total disability, of course, meant a decidedly larger allowance to the policy holder. At the end of the year, the company re ported that the average period of convales cence of its policy holders ljad been shortened bv fop" nnd ciue-ha'f clovs; the physician nf one company reported that. If occupational therapy continued to expand and Increase its efficiency us it promises to do, "tho future will hold no total disability cuses." Take the figures of all casualty companies in this state, "and the figures of the state compensation payments; shorten each con vnlesccncc by four and one-half days, ellhil nato the total disability cases. Add tho four and one-half clnys' extra wages and I extra marketable production, apply tho samo figuiing to every stute in the Union, nnd oc I cupntloiiiil therapy will loom up us the I earjier of millions and millions of cold, hard I dollars to say nothing of its big gift of I hope nnd health uud the happiness of hu- aiuuiijr. V ' AW, LET'S . ,:'X . I wADiH L, ..' ; ". '.;J '. "O 7-OR. ,H- NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best REV. DR. EDWARD YATES HILL On the Social Gospel MmHE church must hnvc more than four JL walls, n church bell and n formnl card in the newspaper in order to fulfill its highest functiou." This is the opinion of the Rev. Edward Votes Hill, pnsto of the First Presbyterian Church, on Washington square, who hns been endeavoring to put his idrns into con crete form during the Inst few years. "The emphasis of the church in the past." declared Doctor Hill, "was on individual salvation. Religion was a private matter, and the soul was all that was Involved. If a person lived within the low. paid his debts, supported his family, contributed occasion ally to charities, was. pure in morals ami attended church fairly regularly, that was enough. "The church was a self-satisfied club of congenial people, but in recent years that conception has been undergoing n change. It is uow realized that life is made up of a network of relations, nnd it is the great duty of the church to sec that those relations ore mode Christinn, and to do its work for the system, rather than the individual. "All tho churches In the country, irre spective of creed, must give every effort they are capable of to bring about this new ideal relation. They must work for political purltv, economic justice, educational oppor tunity, the privilege of recreation aud the best conditions of health. "All these, of course, ore new eonrepts for the church, but they nrc just as im portant today as the actual workings of religion. "Summed up in n brief phrase, a para mount duty of the modem church, working through its ministers, is to create the right public ofUiiiou, and to breathe out such au atmosphere that it will make It harder to do . nn,1 nnctnr tn fin rlcllt. 111! ntlllOS- phere in which crime is smothered and op pression by nny class is n disgrace. Social Agencies of Church "Especially is the local church lesponslbln for its own neighborhood, despite some nec essary limitations such ns too great dis tances, lack of funds or race prejudice. It Is up tn the downtown church to live up to its idcnl, that ofVlng a light set in that particular nelghborhoocl. "People nre not interested In direct re liglous propaganda. Tlic human henit finds Christ first of nil n source of discomfort, becnusc Ills lovely character rebukes them constantly. Nearly ever body tomes to church for some other reason than religion, very often mere curiosity, but the important thing is that, once they nre brought to chilli h, their inteicst is aroused. "And here 1 come to the agencies by which, tin- chine h can. and should, draw lis people closer to it. They aie the parish house, club gymnasium, social life, entertainments, iniisiciii programs aud many of a like nature. These agencies form the medium by which people nre first interested in tho church, nud then in the deeper thiugs thnt the church stunds for, The other neiessitj nf the modern church is thnt it should go out aiiTl bhow interest in its piople, tm, nttci' all, the chinch is for them to shaie. There Is no service that one friend can put form fnr another that cannot lie performed cqunllj well by the church which should parallel the life nf Chi 1st. "We dp not realize the circumstances of the average man or woman on the street because he or she does not show what is hid den in 1110 neilil. xiil-ii: nre nui many cowards, nnd they mnke their fight iu silenie. But, if we could examine into their most intimate life, we would find that many of them nre half-cducutcil, that they can nf I ford nothing but the bare necessities of life, nnd that they see extravagant wealth on nil . l.lnu Thnv fpel that sninellilni- Minn nn not ony just what, is wrong. Then- they become radical, and God knows the end! Church Stands for People ,.T Iu ,,,,, tlinl II... ..(Irltnnl.. n .... . I I Ing people something thnt thry don't know, nut lather that something that has long been 1 I., .l..n .., i.ulnV ii.Iii.Iw , I. ,nll. 1 ..I... .. .. . HI iii,--i- F.M - '.M.I-. .,,1,1111 iii I'uiii 1(1 (HP surface oecnuse of a period of buffering. In . such o troubled time the people need the I friendship of the church as never before, 1 "X do not say that the church should be THlfl STRTTGGLE come partisan and continually tuke sides, but it should always make it clear that it does not stand on the side of, iniusticc and thnt it is not u tool of wealth. The church should be an Institution that stands for the people and enters into n fellowship with thcn, and, under such a conditlou. a man cannot go amiss by giving his full allegiance to Mint church ns the gospel is the universal and only solvent ana moves into every con troversy. "Another thing thnt I would like to see is that the downtown church bhould include in 'its realm the fuctoiv, the store and the office. Too often such a church loses many of its parishioners when they move out into the suburbs. "But, nfter all js suid and done, with nil its faults, the church is the best manifesta tion of God thnt we have, und when we rc alizc thut there nre 58,000,000 of unchurched people in America, we can see the great work that the church hus xicforo it. The latter is the only hope of a worthy natlouul spirit because the nation belongs to God ns much us the church ou'cl will never be great until the church hus fulfilled its mission to the nation." The golfist is about the only mortal proud of being in a hole. - i ' Illicit liquor and politics seem to be mixed in Camden. Are you surprised? If Babe Ruth, Sultan of Swat, were n cry-baby he couldn't ruu home oftener than he does. Men have been known to lie frightened bv ghosts into righteousness. The bugaboo of Bolshevism may yet scare the world into economic cleanliness. What Do You Know? QUIZ Why Is It Incorrect to nlludo to a policy or thing which reacts unfavorably against its creator as n Frankenstein? What onco powerful organization wns largely responsible for the selection of the llrst .Monday In September as n day dedicated to labor? What nre the colors of tho flag of China? What Is bismuth? ' When was New York first settled by tho Dutch? What Is the orluln of the story of "I'uss-In-Boots'T W,V2. ",'.V"' .L'0 novc, "Put Yourself In His Place'? What lir tho lurrrest lalco In Rnrnn.o 3. 4. C. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Name a famous Union cavalry lender nnd ii i-eiriiruit'ii wonieueraie ono In the What distinguished British statesman wns known ns "Dizzy"? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Tll )Si '"?.nofc,'to literally means "Hoft-rttiW" Tho original form of th.. word, which Is Italian, was "piano 0 forte' soft and strong ' Mary Ludvvlg w.ia tlm wlie of John C Hays, nn artillerist In tho b.ut " of Monmouth In tho American Revolution. V hen her husband was rendered In scnslhlo during tin engagement Hhn tool; hlfl placo and sax edhlsTu from capture For her services lnP ring "2 vvater to sold'era overcome bv the hint on the scorching clay of the linttle Tho great strllco In Homestead, Pa oc cu r .1 In 18!2 ' Tarsus a citv In Asia Minor, was the birthplace of St. Paul ''' The ''V'rcsslQn. "A miss Is as Rood as a mile," should bo. "A miss of an Inch Is a- good us i. mile" " '"ho'iise" ateriiMlai!!" 1,rcse,,t roynl Vl wno"i!,tu's.rsr",e tho novrt 'Tii ji"" One man. a prisoner In tho jail, survived t fenrful catastropho eaus.Ml at St Pierre, Vn tho West Indies, by tho eruption of Mont Pelee. Th" dead are and 40.000 nun,bt'rml tvveen 36.000 Claude Lorrnjne was tho assumed namo or the famous French landscape painter Claude rsclec He was 1 ornYu tl; chateau of Crnmuirno h n'l JoBfjes mountains. Lorraine. In 1000 j " "i ii in i fistlk Sir Henrv tllshopiH nccredlt d with the composition of the meloclvv of " lome Kivct Home." Ho Is s.ll.1 to have ej'nptcd tho tuno from an old BlclUan " " V - 10, ' f' , SHORT CUTS It takes the oldtime printer to be true to type. Br,vnn's heart-in-tlip-grnvp Is appar ently preserved Jn grupejuice. Booze manufactured in u saw mill l , too suggestive of wood alcohol. , t There will continue o be a difference nt opinion whether the Maine guy is n political prophet. It would be the part of wisdom for Poland to follow the biblical injunction to - j "seek pence aud pursue it." Councilmnn Roper will introduce nn ordinance prohibiting low flying in city areas. Another blue sky law. Whisky Is more of a political issue thnn n political tipple nowadays, but the cam paign cigar Is ns punk ns ever. Politics nnncnrs to bp mixed with local gambling. This is what might be called the devil's own mixture. It must he regietfully ndmittcd thut the new broom hasn't worn itself nwuy with municipal street cleaning. Striking miners, of course, huve no ides of destroying orgnnized labor, but their ef forts assuredly arc moving iiuthat direction. Women stn's in the nriw ballot drama have 'so far failed to register enthusiasm. Today they have nnothcr chance to register strongly. If Italian earthquakes hnd erupted in the neighborhood of metnl factories seized by workers, one uphrnvnl might have nulli fied the other. A Montenegrin poet is earning his liv ing growing- nnions. We wou'd have doubted the story of an onion grower making lili living writing poetry. The pv-kolser is having ntinther fence erected at Doom to prevent nis being seen from the rond. It is a little late for him to object to pitiless publicity. When (some years nearer the millen nium) we have a presidential rompnlgn without orntory we may have fewer loosr statements on tho part of the candidates. Beforp collective bargaining can be a success the nnrties thereto must hnvc a e'enr knowledge nnd n solemn nppreclntlon of the binding quality of a contract. In the matter of transportation acios the Delaware river there Is Indication that in suggesting a tunnel instead nf u brlls Homebody Interested is putting one over In putting one under nn the supposition Hint the general public doesn't know n span from a hole in the ground, 'flic most heartening nssnrance that America will eventually get the great mer chant marine she needs lies in the fact that over u hundred thousand American hoj-s In the year ending June .'10 joined the crews 0' ships flj ing the American flag, Mr. (inmpers's evident Innbillty to de liver the labor vnte to Cox surprises nobodv. ent even hi"self He slmnlv flsureil that the gesture would have political effect; and there he wns right; but he may very easily have been mistaken In what that effect would be. One argument for our becoming n mem ber of the League of Nations is that slpee'we must of necessity hnvp an interest ;a Euro pean affairs it were better and safer to be an active participant with a definite policy than mm hi eiit'v disinterested inlvlsci forever corning the ill will of first oue group and then another. The American Legion Weekly soys there is strong sentiment in favor nt political anion bv the organization. This is snd news, but not unexpected. Any politician would nat urall) snatch nt such n plum; but It will bo surprising if the members allow tlii'in selves to be plurked. It was an nnr , Amerjcnn bovs that went to war, not publicans or Democrats. Jh '::i , Y I h .'. .' v -.virO'v . 'r-vV ,' xy. . ..!. I j&gjjakyj- iflfciVj. , . , . Jik,jwwrh;2;i.v. . . tV'-MW.,, .lawR'trfvifc JMas:
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