,r, ' vp JF . v? i n J ,y I :? j- - 'C 3 in Tj A Mi ru A ' Zias VfC MOO snit. HI im 1 : 'i1 ?' faiening public HeDgct PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTIIUB 1L K. CUrtTfB. Pasatesx Charity If. f.lu ncfnn. Vlr traifnti John C. 1 tartln, Krreirr and Troaauren Philip 8. Collins. pun a. Mlnama. jonn J, HPUrynn iirrciurw KDITOIMAI, itoxnui Ctivi 11. It. Cuiiii, ciialrman DAVID E. HHU.KY...... BdltPf JOHN C. MAHTIN....Ointril Pualnea Mimm I'ublUhed dally at Public I.tnota UulMIng , tndfprniltnca Squarv, Philadelphia Avuhtio CiTt rrtfVMo IlielUlna Kw Yodk M4 Marilxm Ave. trrnii 701 Horit UulMIng r. Lou 1008 Fiillertnn Tlulldlng Cntciao 1302 Tribune nulldlnr Nr.ws nuitKAi'si wiariNnrov T)rau V K ror. Pennsylvania e mil y '.." Wsw York 11 r mutt The tfim tlulMInx Lokkon nirstur fjorolon Time flUPSOMPTirt! TP.rtVH . . Tt nntNiien Trniio t.Bnori If rvd to sun cflhr In Philadelphia and surroundln tnwnt ft It-a rate of twelve (II) eenta per week. parM to tha carrier . . . . , . llr mall to points nut.lde of Philadelphia. In the t'nlted States Caneds. o tjnlled Stalea PJJ nlon. tntaa-e fee flfly (HO eenta par mnmn. Bit (n dollorr pr ve,r, paaM In odvanee jv all foreign r"inlrl nn (111 dollar a month. Notlrs Subrlter wlihlnf addMM thaoirrd Iniil aire old as mil naw addreM. JirxL, 1M0 WALNUT KFYSTOM. MAI1 M t&Adrtrru nil rnmmtiskAllmif fo Bee"'"' PiiMIe Ltitarr, Inifepindene liqunrtt rnndrlpoln Member of the As(Kintcd Press ffd fo for vh 'or rrpubricaflnn of nil fif" ilpi(i-hf rrrrfffrif fo It or nnt olkr r H frdl(rd p; tfil purer, and alio fr local uric puolli'i'd ArrHn jtll rfcMr o ravMnfln tpral pofe lirrrln nre ato rtirrved Dillid-lpkl.. MonJ.r, Srplrnikrr 2. 1 A mintKn rnnnHM FOB rniuMiri.PHiA Thlnri sn whlrh the tMl tiprt thr nrw admlnlrtratlm t ranrrnlrnt lla attratlani Thr Drtn-arr riitr bidae. A dndofk bio tnoucS to aetommoialt Int larput ihlp. I7vrlpmrnf of tor rapid Iron iff jvilm. A tvnvrnUo halt. A ovtldl0 lor Ifcc rr Llhrarv, i,ilrl Uuttvm. ttnlnrotntnt f trafrr rapr'v ilomts to ocroA.toodatf thr popwiaffoff. fcOAL AND VACATIONS TMSPATCnES from thr anthracite rrgloni todny Indlrntc that thr demon tratlnn of miners which nome nroplr called vacation and ihlrh the men themftflres 4ecrlbcd as a strike li comlnR to o prarcful v end. Let u roj that thr acntlon of the yitlirnclte worker in ovrr. KvrryboJr l U-iInc the term, though uecks spent In nncrjr rpunent nnd strife agalnxt hrnvy oddn can- fiT ot o very enjoyable eyen to outlaw union M . men. Offlcer of the United Rtatea attorney ' frncrnl'B office, includiuc Mr. Pnlmor him- . Belf, who duty It Is to get back for the K ' public some of the millions extorted by coal producers and distributor tthrn they added R.,17 dollar a ton to anthracite with the ex- plnnatlon that the Increase was nrcesnary to meet a wnge increase which. In reality, P ,,, didn't justify thirty rents additional on TIKI Tery ton, haten't followed the exnrajile of the returning miners. " Ther do not seem In n hurry to 20 to Work. , Thrir vacation is not ended. It appears to be continuous. THE SHERIFF KNOWS r' WAS odd but Inevitable that the first offielnl HtiircpMtinn for n snecial session of ,, the state Leglxlature to deal with the gen eral problem of the house shortagr shoutd come from Sheriff Lamberton. The need for '' some sjstematlc effort for reliet, organized not only in the interest of tenants but for l he sake of the city itself lias long been ' apparent. Hut the Governor, the Mayor, the bankers, the builders and the real estate . . tnen seem to find impossible uinong themr nnvD 111c run i ui t.u-ufit;tifciiiu iiiul in uriUK accomplished in almost ever; other Impor tant city in the Hast. Sheriff Lamberton cannot share the complacency of other pub lic ofliclal. He knows uliat eUtlons are like. His job Is distasteful to him and his men, but It appears to be highly educational. iil The current records of the sheriff's office do not put nn agreeable light upon the agencies nhich are supposed to opointo here- nbouts in the public interest. Evictions and 2J overcrowding have become so common as to Excite little Interest. Mr. Lnmberton nnd his mrn see the harsh realities of the general ttuntion and they wnnt n rhnnge. Before the State Legislature meets In January plans for state aid nnd encourage went for builders uill be we I ndwinred or, t perhaps, even in operation in New Jersey and New York. Meanwhile Philadelphia Is In some danger of losing its reputation ns a citj of homes. The schemes that are y being matured elsewhere will work to the advantage of all the cities in which they are applied. Even If the Legislature In this -j, state should follow the lead of the Legis- l latures in New York and New Jersey there A vrlll be months of talk before the practiced factionalism at llarrlstmrg are able to achieve a workable program. A spetial session has been suggested re peated!) in these columns It received no more attention in official quarters than Mr Lamberton's suggestion is likely to receive. NOW CLEAN THE STREETS " WITI1 tl" PProal y the Mayor of a ' new plan of street cleaning In which the well-being of lontrnctnrs is not thf first consideration the time seems to have ar rived when tlii-t branch of the municipal nervlcp innv be slewed in n rational light lTlthirtn th nilpffinn rf nlnnn ut..a knJ lU -"- -"- -- -," ... . ...... r..tCCi I1US 'been npprnached and considered almost ex. ' cluslvely from the viewpoint of politicians -and their factions It was rnrelv that an) U one talked of the street-clianlng biiNlniss in Ca.way to remind the people of Its Importance to the health and prngris-i of the cit) Now I and then there lime bun dlrei tors of the " bureau who renllred that cleanliness In the city streets mieht le of more Importance than either Mr Vare or Mr Pin rose and more to be denlred than the triumph of auy one boss oer another Such men were iewed as Impractical vis lonnrin. The) made little headway Meati ivhlle the streets and alleys, especially In the crowded sections of the cit), were ordinarily jr so dirty as to inspire the normally peaceful following of the downtown bosses to. some thing like a reiolt in the Inst elrrtlon. The best thing nbout the new strei t-clean- Ing plan is that It may tend to insure the health of children nnd others in the con 00 irtsted sections rnthir than the political wel fare of any boss or group NEMESIS "Murder, though it 'ixth no tjiitfue. Will speak with most rnlnculous orRans"' ONE of the first things that the secret service men did when they arrhednn the iene of the Wall street i ..plosion nnd began f? look for onuses and clues was to wrench tlje shoe from the hoofs of a dead horse "Pfqund amid the wreckage of a wagon In "which an Infernal machine apptars to have been curried, - Clearly trie man who drove that wagon felt sure thut no trouniesome tilt of evidence Cduld survive the destructive explosion. If Q hM J thoea nllve he must nae read of the horse and of the speed with which the de tectives followed the trail which they Indl- t.fpcated with a shock of fright and the over 'As' whelming sense of a fatal oversight. Every " wrderer knows that experience, for the rtwple reason that no crlmt ;aa he alto- Jk ALmr dVered nn and nn fuaitlm run alfn. 1Jhm x!ft . T gcthcr hide hi identity or eliminate all traces of his guilt. A thousand unconsid ered things bind him to the place nnd the crime. What yesterday was a bit of metal or a scrap of paper In the wind today becomes a shout of accusation In the enr of the community. When Sir Conan Doyle was rrltlnjr of his rnortlio"-niarvelous detective he did more than carTy the romance of crime and crlinlnnla to n new state of perfection. lie actually suggested and re vealed some, of the strange processes by which retribution can and does work Itself out by using men's minds, their ambitions and een the littlest of Inanimate things for a single and Inevitable end. No crime can be done In complete dark new. There will always be n crevice through which the terrible light will penetrate. The Wall street murderers doubtless felt that they hod taken every possible precaution against discovery or punishment. How could they have known that their horse hnd been newly shod and thnt, because of this fact, the police would be upon their trail within a few hours? IS A NEW ORDER EVOLVING FROM A QUIETER EUROPE? Evidences of Material Recovery and the Failure of Bolshevism Suggest, With out Definitely Defining, the Upward Drive EUROPE is puxxllng to the professional prophets. Aside from the relief to less assertive human specimens happily in the majority the situation Is wholesome for what It lacks. This deficiency is chiefly in the stock of the sensational and the spectacular. Up to date the last dramatic eent in Continental af fairs wao the swift tnd effective repulse of the rtolshevlst Invasion by the Polish nrmles. The direct consequence the conference nt Iilga Is so much tamer and lesx colorful thnt the angle of observation on happenings abroad has appreciably widened. Snap judgments arc, temporarily at least, in abc)ance. Tendencies that once seemed formidable for good or ill are acquiring hazy outlines or have overlapped with other move ments. This does not mean tho absence of highly Interesting developments. On the con trary, it suggests that formative processes are at work, leading perhaps to something very different from results forecast by cither radical or conservative idealists Immediately after the war. As every aftermath of armed conflict has been throughout history, the period which may be roughl) dated from No ember, 1018, to August, 1020, was one largely of feer In thought and paralysis or confusion in notion. Men who light are supposedly Infused with c clear-cut conception of their purpose. Prob lems, whether spaciously or otherwise, arc reduced to their simplest terms. It was the belief of Germany that she was defending her national Integrity. It was the conviction of the Allies thnt they were seeking to emancipate the world. Itut If, for the time being, war In Its sub jective aspect Is simple, peace Is all but overwhelmingly complicated. It was an ancient and enduring misconception of its nature which provoked the anguish of dis appointment over the nonfulfillment of theo retically estimable Ideals. Virtue, as the best inteutionrd liberallst conceives it, was not enthroned either by the armistice or the Treaty of Versailles, Virtue, as the Rus sian revolutionary Communist sies It, failed to conquer the planet. The Germans, ever materialistic In their alms, If no less destined to be disappointed, saw In the peace a possible escape from pun ishment. The collapse of some of their plans Indicates thnt the) were atlll thinking in the crude blacks and whites of war. It Is, however, the height of fallacy to derive from this series of dlslllusionments belief In economic, social or political stag nation. When the Napoleonic cataclysm ended there were in Europe momentarily powerful forces which openly championed the status quo of a preceding generation. It was the obvious endeavor of the Con gress of Vienna to restore the Continent to a pre-revolutlonnry basts. The mockery of the divine right of kings was ostensibly re established. National frontiers were arbi trarily drawn. After a quarter of a century of nearly continuous strife there was naturally deep prostration of spirit among European peoples. Self. constituted clairvoyants dis mally refused to proffer foreenste of re covery. What they and others, not so ar rogant, failed to note were the germs of a new Europe inextinguishable bv flat or convention. The liberalism of the French Revolution had not only survlied the excesses which had seemed to some minds a dominant char acteristic, but the tenets of sane freedom had fostered a new sense of nationality among peoples previously accounted dead to such sentiments. The result Is to be rend in the annnls of the sixty-five years during which liberal uprisings unforeseen!)) Metter" nich and his kind dealt to absolutism some irrecoierahle blows, The accompanying movement, almost tqually significant, was the Intuise develop, ment of nationality ns a political factor. (Serman nnd Italy were recreated and it was national feeling chain inictienlly oxog gornted which produced the Tranco-Prus-dan War, correct!) regurded as miirklng the end of an epo h In other words, the makers of the Treuty of Vienna hod but' the faintest notions of tlii currents of European civiliza tion Similarly, the depression which the Paris Commune caused in the minds of genuine liberals was based upon a structure of faulty proportions. Recovery from the tragidy of 1871 was speedier1 in France than the proc ess of restoration in Europe hos lately been. It seems fair to assume, however, that it is the ncale rather than the historic principle that has changed. Economic pros tration In innny parts of ante-bellum Europe and nearly three )ears of Bolshevist rule In Russia must be viewed In relation to con sidi rable periods of time. It is permissible, however, uttir the lapse of nlmoMt two )euin from the armistice to appraise European conditions with the as sistance of accumulated evidence Colonel House, for instuuer, is only one of several recent acute observers to note the solid be ginnings of reconstruction abroad. In his opinion, expressed on returning to America lu.it week, ' Europe 1 waking up nnd at last grappling with the problems that are before her After the wnr there was a strange Inertia eer)vhere. From this they are rcioverlng. Unfortunately, Bolshevism has retarded the recover) somewhat bccuUKe it lias injected Into the situation entirely dew problems It Is doubtful whether Europeans will ever return to pre-war conditions," There U unquestionable philosophic valid ity in bin conclusion That the inertia was "strange" seems, on the other hand, to be a rather superficial statement for so searching a critic. Tho wnr Itself at this stage of civilization was a much stranger thiug than the inevitable ehock from Its blow. Camillo Iluysmanns, the eminent Ilelgian statesman, has recently described in the moKt hopeful terms the Industrial recovery of bit country. The effects of therflernian invasion, it appe&W have been almost ob V' ' evening v ratio tEDO - literatcd. Factories have been reopened, commerce has revived. There la employ ment for a large and compact Industrial population, , (!ood harvest and French financial sense have been playing their Important part In the general recovery of Europe along mate rial lines. Ctecho-Rlovakla, it is said, his seldom been so prosperous In Its history. The flerman revival is alower and the Aus trian necessarily the most laggard of nil, but that extreme radicalism has been unable to dominate either of the Teuton countries points to a seuse of values which some hys terical commentators have refused to ac knowledge. The reawakening of Industrial nnd com mercial enterprise followed the armistice In Orrat Britain more swiftly than In any other European nation. It Is her competition rather than her trials which Is now of par. tlculnr Interest to outsiders. In material affairs, therefore, it may be said without undue optimism that Europe Is regaining health. It is the political and social movements, however, upon which American attention has been largely focused and upon which some judgment based on facta can at last be passed. Bolshevism as a world code has un doubtedly failed. With the best of Inten tions to see its bright side the British labor delegation, after the most exceptional op portunities for observation, Is forced In Its official report to the conclusion that "per sonal freedom together with freedom of speech Is severely repressed." Individual members of the commission hove submitted detailed accounts of oppression, Industrial stagnation and economic collapse due di rectly to the rigidity of an Impractical Com munist stnndnrd. The disillusionment seems destined to affect profoundly nnd for the better the settlement of the very serious labor situation in England. It Is wildly extravagant to talk of "revolution" In that country. The familiar prospects of muddling through are once again visible. Although Italian conditions arc clouded by contradictory reports, the most reliable authorities point to the recent acquisition of industrial plants by the employes as an ex periment in syndicalism, a branch of radical ism differing In many salient respects from Russian 8ovlet principles. And in Russia itself the validity of theae theories Is ques tioned by an impressive majority, whose enslavement can be but temporary. The difficulty of co-ordinating the mani fold political and economic currents In Europe and from them Identifying a main stream Is as bnffllnr now as It was to the remakers of the Continent and the critics of their work In 1813. But It cannot be denied that the forces of evolution have triumphed over revolution and that tho factors of the healthy change are rapidly being manifested. Panic over the envisaged spread of bol shcvlsm has virtually vanished. The pre ludes of the negotiations at Riga Inspire at least some hope thnt t,he Poles will not ruin a good case by overstating It. The "left-over" wars of Europe have been to 0 considerable degree Inevitable, reactions of the parent struggle. The force of the tragic momentum appears to be almost checked. Meanwhile, although the social and po litical developments do not promise the mil lennium once so naively and pathetically contemplated, they do betoken changes of the utmost consequence to civilization. Eu rope, ns she quirts down, Is a more fasci nating topic for speculation 'than she bos been for many months. But there Is no comfort for forecasters limited to expressing belief In complete suc cess or absolute failure. Europe is possibly working out the system of mixed benefits with accompanying penalties that is charac teristic of the whole heroic upward drive of mankind. NEW LIGHT ON CITY LOANS DT REASON of the current discussion of - the pending loan ordinance, officers of. the city nnd county government ore winning their way to a fuller understanding of the financing provisions of the new city chnrter. They are beginning to realize that Section S of Article XVII marches more nearly In step with the principles of modern ac counting than a superficial reading would indicate; that the language, If not grasped ns quickly as that two and two make four, Is In fact informed with the spirit of Illu minating suggestion, nnd concelvnbl), of im plied direction. This feature of the charter was thrown Into sharp relief at the meetings of the finance committee of Council when the va rious public improvements provided for in the loan ordinance were under preliminary review. The lessons then Irarned cannot full to have a bearing on future loans, even If they do not affect the final disposition of the, present proposals. City Council pans to ask the people In the coming election to approve or disapprove of a loan of approximately $30,000,000. When the bonds are sold the money Is to be uscel for most varied purposes and for Improvements whose permanence will be equally as varied. Yet the period of the loan for all purposes will be the same thirty years. It is obvious, however, that while a City Hall annex may stand long after the thirty years have expired, a motor driven fire engine will pass into oblivion long before the termination of the loan. The chnrter empowers the city controller to determine what shall be considered as permanent improvements and, therefore, lawful Items for a loan ordinance. Ills authority In that respect appears to be final. The charter sets forth that the certificate of the controller to the effect that the proposed expenditures are "capita! expenditures as distinguished from current expenses" shall be "final aid conclusive ns to the character of the proposed expenditiues." In the discussion of this grant of power by (the charter, the Idea was gradually de veloped that the language pointed to a direct relation between the nature of the Improve ment nnd the life of the loan. An Improve ment which would stand for thirty years and more suggested a loan running for some thing like that length of time, nnd for an Improveuie t which would last for n shorter period, a shorter term loan naturally was suggested Many other cities now grade their loans according to the nnturr of the improve mentsfor some purposes the loan will run for only hve years and for others, ten, fif teen, thirty or fifty )enrs. It would be ridiculous, for Instance, to borrow money and pay interest for fift) years for a fire engine which would not only wenr out within a few years but which may also become ob solete nt any time because of the progress of invention. Of course, the theory of the loan is that the object for which the money Is spent shall function until the debt Is pnld off otherwise a slink) and menacing p.vrainltl of loans would be erected on a single and unstable base. The municipal loan, graded In term ac cording to the life of the Improvement, is not n new idea In public financing. But the new city charter seems to be more clearly impressing it on the minds of Phila delphia officials. Ami this practical consid eration urges itself in support o.f the science of thr subject; where the loan Is broken up, the several portions will be voted on separately by the people. It will not be nccessur) that all stand or fall according to one all-tnibrnclng Judgment. BciiAt)teiiPHi'A; moMat, 'SEI'mBER THE YEARS OF LIFE Tha Chance for a Qraan Old Age far Moat Men Fltzhugh L.e'a Last Public Utterance Wat to a Pennsylvanlan 9 By OEOItOE NOX MeCAIN COLONEL EDWIN C. COLE, of Potts tile, like most statisticians who hava to do with mortality tables, tentatively ex presses the opinion thnt the average of human life Is growing longer. Advancement In the modern practice of medicine, the vast strides In hygiene and the infinite iruinber of preventive measures that have been designed to ward off disease and prolong human life are responsible. Colonel Coles believes, for the Increased longevity of the highly civilized human. "The average person would be astounded to know haw many Individuals reach and pass the three-score mark," said Colontl Cole, "although it Is a fact that after the tenth year the rate of mortality is con stantly increasing." At this point Colonel Cole deliver a prodigious wallop at an age-old nnd popu lar 'superstition. He says; There has long been n popular Idea that there was a dangerous age. somewhere around forty-five, nnd If this was once passed safely one was likely to live at least into the sixties. "The American mortality table on which all modern standard Insurance Is based com pletely shatters the Idea." fTMIE question of the average duration of J- human life Is no longer surmise. It Is a science. More than that; it Is an exact science on the basis of whose estab lished rules millions of capital arc invested. The Carlisle tabic ns a basis for life In surance computation and average is an English table. It was the stnndnrd for over a century for the computation of the approximate dura tion of human life. It was prepared In England 123 years ago. It figures on longevity ns compared with those of the American table are defective. I should rather say that the advancement of science ns applied to the preservation anil extension of Jnimnti life has Bhut the door In the face of the Carlisle table. Some Interesting facts, Colonel Colt points out, are to be derived from the American mortality table. Thus, 40 per cent of those nllve at ten jears of age reach the age of sixty -five. Over 14 per cent reach the age of eighty. The Carlisle table on which Insurance was originally calculated shows that 80 per cent reach sixty-five )ers of age and some thjnf over 0 per. cent reach eighty. This old English table was, however, based on population In general without medical selection. The American table Is based on Insurable risks Bclected b) medical examination. It represents the most nearly accurate table "'t human colculntlon can devise. "The fact Is." Colonel Cole says, "that the actunl mortality is generally much less than the tabular, nn Important element in building up life insurance dividends." In 1010, which was nnt by any menns n favorable year for mortullt) snving, only nve 1 re insurance companies out of 182 "nT,0""1 tI,f tabulated estimate. Th" terrors- of sinnllpox, diphtheria and typhoid fever have been greatly lessened iJu 1! l,rotcrt"0 and preventive measures. If the same control can be exercised In pneumonia, cancer, tuberculosis and Bright' disease within the next generation, then look out for a big drop In mortality figures. A NEWS story of last week that 200 Civil A- War veterans hnd Journeyed down to Antietam to dedicate a battle monument to their regiment or brlgndeVfiiggcsts the idea that hereafter all mouumaatH and me morial markers of the present generation to the valor of American soldiers must be erected on foreign soil. r.i.Ini. tl'eTcxtr'1 ""islon of IPO."; General ritzhugh I.ee appeared before the Legisla ture one night in joint session nnd appealed for un appropriation toward the Jamestown Exposition of 1000. The veteran Confederate lender's appeal was effective. The appropriation was made nnd Ihomns B. Lvnch, who was then ex ecutive clerk, notified General Lee of the Legislature s nctlon. General Lee happened to be in Boston, where he was addressing the Massachusetts Legislature on the same subject. I1' ni"wlltly wired Governor Samuel W. Pcnnypacker his appreciation In this memorable telegram : . "1jnn,T 'hunks. I Khali refuse ever ncaln to ride to Gettysburg with n drawn saber. (Signed) "FITZHUOH LEE." Over fort) jeara before he had partici pated In General .7. E. B. Stuart's famous cavalry detour around the army of the Po tomac which culminated in the skirmish nt Hanover nnd Stunrf finding Lee at Inst nt Gettysburg. I5i.tlliat t.e,5ram Ooyernor Pennypnck er Htzhugh Lee embodied all the sentiment of the gallant soldier and chivalrous gen tleman. h It was his last public utterance. That ver) same night General Lee, coming through from Boston to Richmond, died of npoplexv on the sleeper between Jcrse) City and Philadelphia. TTON. CHARLES B. HPATZ has retired A A from Journalism. I fancy, however, he has not retired from politics. One of his sons, Frederick W. Hpntz, succeeds Mm In the control and manage ment of the Berks County Democrat, of Boyertown. ' The new owner .represents the third gen eratlon In the editorial chnlr of that nub llcatlnn. 4 For thirty-six years Charles B Snntz with keen business ability nnd excellent political Judgment, conducted the newspaper which his father founded in fir,7 ' ' He was twice n renresentntlve n the Legislature, in the sessions of 1808 and 1000 Twice has he been a candidate for Con-' '$ vi ,?'5 it,m,M. l,nJU Wful ; a fact which his old friends n the Legislature .. grrtted for "Spntrzv." as l.r"asUffn.l larly nicknamed, was well liked, though he was as pugnaciously Democratic ns "Star Spangled" Hpnngler was effervescent . I!"'.L5!r,1. 8P',Z!" Reatest honor 'is the fact that he Is the father of the famous aviator, the American nee, Major Sn.t, ! the A. E. F. J r npa,z' of The Frotvn Magnificent rptlE followers of Pollvtnn X See beauty In n Garbage Can1 The Rtlnking Spots on Life's Highway Thev sprinkle with a Sweet Sachet 'l neir inrc is i reacie am: Mush Their speech is Gurgle, Goo nnd Gush No hateful deed can stir their bile No wrathful word disturb their smile They never hurl a verbal dirk, But sport a sempiternal smirk. I would not be a Pnllyatina For nil the Rum that's In Havana ! I want to nlr my honest ftronch Not grin for aye like Scaramouch : I want to shout a liuty "Damn!" Upon the Flhn-Flnm nnd the Sham, When Knnves their Vices with Virtue screen Oh, let me rise and vent my spleen! I want to wield a Blood) Bludgeon And hew through life In Holv Dudgeon While Dupes nnd Frauds nnd Scoundrels be I prny each night on bended hhee; ' 0 7,ord on JTfi'oa, dWii'er me From 'oll(nnn-noni,' Cyril B. Egan In the New York Evening Post, We venture the guess that the police will get no vnlnnble 'leads" n the bomb rase from letter writers, and that the one lead promising results is tho Identity of thi' man who drove the cart, which may or may not be found through the blacksmith who uliod the horse and Identifies the shoes. Flume mny be shy of food, but while P'AnminzJn is able .to, throw bouquetx nt himself It will never lack for temperament. ON y ' -" NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best ' DR. RALPH BERNSTEIN On Care of the Skin SIMPLE, easily understood ndlce on ques tions pertaining to our ever) day habits, based on common sense rather than complex scientific theory. Is that given by Dr. Ralph Bernstein, professor of skin diseases r.t Hahnemann College, Doctor Bcrnsfln dwelt particularly on four questions, as follows: The bath how much; the treatment of the slln, with warn ings against cosmetics; proper and Improper underwear, and finally the efficacy of the sun's rays, especially the ultra -violet ray. "Naturally the question nrlses," said Doc tor Bernstein, "with reference to the h) -glene of the skin, as to frequent ablutions. Some of the dermatologists of the older schools hnve insisted from time Immemorial thnt the humnn race bathes entlrel) too much. They advocate that a Jjath, om-i or twice year, whether needed or not, Is sufficient, so that we must be compelled to use our own Judgment In the matter. True, it is, however, that too frequent bath ing hts its harmful effects. The bodily oils are Important -because of their lubrlcatini; properties, and eczemas and all sorts of skin diseases are opt to follow If they are entirely removed. "Cold showers, while better than hot bntbs, are of no especial benefit to tho proper hygiene of the skin. And, of couise, they are distasteful to many. A tepid shower bath, which takes but t moment or two, followed by a brisk rubbing with n rough towel, la prefernble, ns It stimulates cutaneous circulation, and at the same time stimulates the oil glands to normal function und activity, In that way again lubricat ing the skin and replacing the oils which hnve been washed off by the process of bath ing. "The woman who loves her afternoon bath, reveling nearly nn hour In n tub of hot wnter, wonders why she does not feel well. The reason is that smh t bath, besides not havinl the best effect on the skin, is also deprfying on the whole ner vous s)stem. "A common, everyday matter which vltnll) affectB the skin's welfare is that of the use of undergarments. I do not advocate What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1 Who was chairman of the convention which framed the constitution of thu United Btutes? 2. What Is a pntronvmlc? 3. What member, of the colored race sat for one year In the united States BennteT i. What state did he represent? 6. Where Is TnHnianla? ft After whom Is It nnmedT 7. Who said "T.ne, essence of free) go em inent consists In nn effectual control of rivalries"? 8. Which three states of tha Union lad In the number of electoral votes In n presi dential election? 9. For how man) jears nfter the Civil War was American pnper money depreciated? 10. Who was the last English monarch of tho IIoubc of Tudor? Answers to Saturday's quiz 1 TNT stands for trinitrotoluol. 2' The Komnn empciur noled ns the author of a famous hook of phtlorophy and ethics wSb Marcus Aurellus, who reigned In tho latter part of the second cemuiy A D His work Is called 'The Meditations 2. rtobert Pulton s celebrated pioneering Bteambo.it was named the Clermont. 4 "Distance lends enchantment to the view" ' wa written to Ihomns Campbell in his poem "The Measures of Hope " 6 The United Mate entered the Civil War and the world war In April. The colo. nico which became the United States entered the Revolution In April 6. Chnrlefl Sumner was a noted American sta'asmnn and tidvocate of anti-slavery Ideas. He was several times elected to the United fitntes Sonate frpm Massa chusetts. He championed the civil rights bill for the negroes and opposed tha re-election of Grant In 1872 7, Hans Christian Anderson, the writer of inlry tales was a native of Der mark. 8. "Table d'hote" literally means tablo of host. 9, William E. Bomb, represents Idaho in tha United States Henate 10, The guinea hen Is a nallvo or wst v Africa, nnd takos Itn name from the . tropical coast region called CJulnea. 7 -ifeoT" THE TRAIL OF THE SNAKti necessarily the use of the same weight of undergarments nil the )cnr around. Some men and women can stand that and prefer. It. but others feci the extreme cold of th" winter much more severely than others, und must hnc thicker garments. At all events, they must not be too thick and must coutnln linen or cotton in preference to wdolcn cloth In every case. And they must be loos' enough to give the pores free scope. "The flnul point which I would touch upon in that of sun -baths. They nre not a common feature of our modern life. Some sniiatoriiiins give them to their patients. People who go to the seashore or to the mountains unconsciously get them. But the millions nnd millions who live their lives In the city do not know what a sun-bath means. "Just what nre the) missing? Whj , the principal thing is this. Those sun's rays contain the ultra-violet, probably the most hcnllnj; nnd healthful of nil. Yet thcbe ultrt violet rays do not have u chnnce to pene tratc to the city streets, which renuln in au atmosphere which is mostly composed of smoke and oils and dust. 1 l!10"1'1 bo nn excellent thing If every Individual could make his own sun-parlor on top of his house because it is the verv best thing In the world for the good ' tin- skin, lhc majority of hints thnt 1 given are ho simple that it seems lid ' ms that more people do not follow thorn, but It ll a positive fact that not one person in fifty adheres to these few simple, ever) day rules. Tho largest sufferer In the matter Is the human skin." No less n pcron then Dr. Thomas E. Flnegnn is, authority for the statement that the Little Red School House is not nil thnt It is cracked up to be. It is all right as an Idea, a s)mbol, but as a concrete fact, a unit in our educational system, it ftlW far short of perfection. So, Doctor Flncgaa suggests that the 10,000 one-room rural school houses be consolidated into a fewer number of first-class schools that will ennbl! nil country boys nnd girls to get an educa tion equal to that of their city brothers and sisters. Thoughtful citizens will commend the plans of Doctor Flnegr.n, but will not cense to cherish the sentiment the Little Red School House provokes, nor value less the ideal of which it has long been the symbol. A report of the committee on recrea tion and rural health to the National Coun try Life Conference snys hc Ind on the furm Is somewhat lacking in neuromuscular co ordination, nnd games involving the free use of the body are the remed). Without his being wholly rnusiioiis of the fact this is doubtless one of the reasons a bo.v leaves the farm. The principal one Is the age-old rea son that he leaves the country to earn enough money In the cit) to retire to the country. There nre 400 crippled children, victims of Infantile paralysis, which swept the cit v several jears ago, who are unable to git proper treatment nt their homes because of poverty, and the Emergency Aid Is seeking a ) by which the Department of Pubic Welftre may take the children to the cltv farms. It is to be hoped that a way will bo found. A government bureau report says that if more wives cooked better meals there would bo fewer divorces. This nppenrs to be rank antl-femlnlsm and ought to be looked into nt once b) the ladles "whose work has just begup." With $00,000 wasted annually bv gas that burns needless!), It may be said' thnt while the lamp holds out to burn one can't expect n big return on n U. G. I, Invest niciit. Mnvor Moore rns the city will dean the streets Itself. Why, bless your henrt, that's what lie meant nil the time. He was Just teaHlng a little. Anarchism's attack on Wnll stieet bus fallen far short of terrorlrlng the Amerlrnii people. It has merely stlriee! In them the. eoiivlctlon that the lunatics responsible for the outrage must be run down and punched. C... S&V U"WiTt. HrH SHORT CUTS liny fcvcritcB have their ThankfglTlng in uciooer. The only hyphenated Americans worth winie arc tne Runmarlne boats. Add Aalmble Crops That of the tiavenport, la., chicken that swallowed a ww diamond. Let us hope the school teachers will nave the extra money in time to Justifr MnanKsgiving. In tho matter of the pension fund, It Is up to the public to help the police who mny nor. neip themselves. What Is needed now to save the face of tne impecunious is n campaign for the wnr ing of last year's overcoat. Prices nre dropping, says Washlnfton. The nature of the reader's reaction dcptndi on vvnetner ne Duys or sells. Nicknames hclo. of course, but the ror- ernor of Ohio cannot seriously expect to jimmy nis wr.) into the White House. The trouble with most Reds Is that la their youth they elli not know the advan tages of the Little Red School House. One scriptural Injunction Governor Cot roiiows. Whenever he views Republican cam r 'ign figures he Increases and multiplies. The noet Longfellow, nerhans. had ba scanning an "amicable ejectment" whfn In wrote "things arc not nlwn)s what tnej seem." The more skeptical will be wllllni i admit that n horseshoe is lucky if it kith a oire to the Identity of tho Wall street bomb fiend. Wonder If some of the candidal haven't heen taldnr too sertotislv the street car adjuration, "Don't Stund Upon the Platform" 7 A T.os Aoi-elen mnn bn nnld $7W) 10? n Sioux City goat. But one may get a 11 Angeles man a goat any time d simpij mentioning earthquakes. Sheriff Lcmborton's bonrd Is designed to let landlord and tenant know what inej think of each other without actually w coming discourteous. rri,A n,iA Jianfllta Vin tVlMiPf! tnfl OlK A. IV I.I.H. fl, 'It..- .,. .www" .- T-ine men nf $45(1 nnd then cave one "I them c. penny hnd queer ideas of what con stitutes "discount tor casn." Secretary Baker's speech in Waterloo, In., serves to suggest to uh that Mr. Julson mov be known to posterity as tne "" weight President with n llgiuweignt nvm Chief Flynn Is presumably satisfied th1 the warning "printed In red Ink nn romj pnper" has an nncrchlstlc source and Is a clumsy frame-up by some sensaiw monger. One of the problems with hleh th Mnvor hos to deal Is the possibility or ntnir wise of turning a den of iniquity InW respectable dwelling; and the fate of ". city property hinges on me nii"cr. Investigators will proceed nn the lupj thesis that if Fischer can gather out ether, by a wlrejess of his own, lnfo"" .1... .tolll .llunafer If. Isn't too mucn to expect thtt he will collect, by the route, some data concerning the identity the nuthois.t How little the memory Is to be n"f P? upon, nnd how scant the powers of ot vntlon of the average cltlxen, are "li!cf by the results of the efforts of the . Yen It police to get a description of t ie W supposed to hove held the bomb thtt tore up wall street. Six wnrnlngs of what wns jjotnis t.j''p.., pen to Wnll direct Were received and rifi heeded. Before moralizing over I he fiu-t ' giving way to criticism, let M"'"1,! thnt the mils we have always J "jUl that It ail Wieir coininuiiii.im"j .uj jiol'ody would have my time foi aujma CISV. V iSJtft , A, u . . K;r,u. t. c "rf . ,. i7.v irk . j ,.i ,...,..... .,. . .. J1.J....,, .w ... n i&V!& $'. ."Ns.t-ft.1 Mtefevv-. -j tM b 1 .ii?''x iie v&
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