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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.
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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?
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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-
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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
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I Ing people something thnt thry don't know,
nut lather that something that has long been
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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