;qr' J ir EVENING- PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSM SEPTEfifeliSfe f 2$, ' 1020 t R, 8 i'1 Lts 'V I. M BT i 4 ft ft t u A a K-x tf ?. .. - nrtr.iTr-v. fKuemn urucwcuju PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTItUS II U. CURTIS. Pnr.slti'S.ST ChirlMi II Lucl -iton. Vice rrelilnt. John C. Martin. Secretary and Treasurer, I'lilllp S. Collins. John II. wllllamn. John J Hpurgon. mrwtors EDtTOIUAt, ROAni). Cuca It. K. CUtis, Chairman DAVID E. SMILEY . .. Editor JOHN C. MARTIN Ocniral llmlnnn Manager rubllehe.1 dally ol PunLlc. LtMU Hulldln Independence Hauuro, 1'hllnilelplUa AtIajitio Cm rra-tiiloii llulldlng Niw ToK !104 Madison Ae. Dbtboit 701 Tord IlUlldlSR BT. Louis 1008 Fullerton HullJlnit CntCJCO, 1H02 Tribune llulldlng vnvs ni'iuuus WniHnT0K ncnriAn N. 15 rr IVnnayUanla M-- anil Mih tl Nir Tome rtrnmn The Sim Tt'ilMInK Ixj.i pom nexnr' ... Tendon Timet R'-tiscntPTinN TF.n.Mfi The Evrvivo Prime I.rpora 1' served to mih- K-rlhera In Philadelphia and atirrnundfti town' at the rate of twelve (12) cent per week payablo Pny 'rnai" to rMiil outside of PhllndlPh1a tn the United states Canada, e- 1'nlted S'atea pea fesilmia, mire free fiftv On) rent' rr mnntn. BIT o) ilnllars rr nr navaMe tn adiance Tn al. foflrn ronntrle one it!) dollar a month Noricr 8ubaerlhe- Tlhln nddre'a chanced fnuet give old (la e)l aa new nddreae BELL. 1000 TAIMT KFTONF. M!N M" tTAdtrrms eoinnnipfcHoa o Ft -J'"j Public LrdO'r, llrtepmrfriire Sf)tiarr 'MMrtrlpnfrl Member of the Associated Press TltE AfitnrnTFn PI.T" " crrlmlrrly " lrd fo (ne te tor republication vf all neica ttbpatchu errdllrd to 1' or not olhrrt'lir rr. diieil In o(j popsr, nml also the local itetoi ptiMMIied thrvln , .... .. XII rlgMt of republleotloti of tpecial dispatches IWrtn ore nNo rum. I Thlliilflplili, Thiir.ii.r. Sfptembff :3. lMO A rntiMrit tnor,KM ron pinnm:i.rni TMdk on nlilrli thr nrnnlp t tp t the new rtrimlnlfttnulnn to roncetitritr Ha Hltcntion: The Drtnw rir b idgr, A drvdock Mo cougU to necowmodnte tne largest Mp newfaprrtr ' f ''' ";' d frai'i ififfm. t rnvvrnt o In" I &ir(Mfi'r for Uf I r ! innry. At Art ,1lHrii i' Entnraemrnt n' thr , "ir uvirv ffomci to arrm ,indn'r t' popu'nfion. HOUSES, BUT NO HOMES THE complexity of the housing problem is not at all relieved by the report that 2453 dwellings In this city are vacant. What the facts do rexeal, however, is the Invalidity cf the arguments which ascribe the present deplorable conditions to the lack of new building operutions. Economics are. after all. the most de pressing factor llundredsiif the unoccupied bouses are being held, not'for lent, but for sale, and nt prices in many institutes pro hibitive. 1 As is ti'iial in 'ih i'ii-i". diicrt blame w exeeedingl ilitlim't m ti. Numbers of tin vacant propel tin- are iu tb' uhl downtown residence district, whine inhabitants liae jironilnentlv partiiipnted in the i-mhIiis to the country Tli- -I7.e of tbee desi rted houses militates seriinislj a,M!nst tin ir speedy sale. Their conversion int ap.irtu'i-uts involves the emploj meiit i ' ' iisiild able capital. The conseiitienee is tavnatiou ami the anom.ilv of empty hous iu an mercrowded i-ltj . , The IIousiuj Asoi latioti is working on evernl plans which ioiisuNt nut s0 much the theorj of habitation as the prarticnl ioii ilitious governing tin- critical situation in Philadelphia Whatever may be accom plished. It is evnlmt that the remedy of in creased lonstiuctioii docs not buir imme diately on the riddle ot wli net (.'inundations for 1:2,000 pei-ous lieie are uiiocc l'l"d. CLARITY IN CAMDEN MAYOR in. MS. of Camden, spiaks after the fasliion of a chMr-tliiiiUing public Kcrvnnt when he i mphuticilU diseanls the ""Vtrcmely diibinus and dust -throwing al t"j3.ncut3 of the suggested Helaware rivet tube. The thriving industrial it v of whicli he i chief executive emphaticall.v wants the hriclre. and no mnfiision of the isuc can clcuid its convictions. In his t'rm stand fm the peeil e.ecution of tins transcendent!) important public work Mr Hlis solicits deiinite information from Ma.vor Moore clarifying the barge tiiat two fni tiotis on the left bank of tin- Delawate "are lighting for the appro.H hos to be inurrui ted in two Uiffereut 1 itmns "The iitiuis of ("amd"ii." declares its major, "will not toliiate nnv inti n ts, whether it be an individual or a orpin ntion, that are doing uinthing to injure the oppor tunities of this i it to ptogress I as mnvor will not let anv persons jeopaidie the in terests of this i in Such (Icter'ninutinii fiom nur neighbor is heartening igoiou-. n opi ration b.v Cini den is of vital .ulv.iiit.igi' to the h'althv ,ul vancement of the grut woik. The spirit manifested, moreover. uIK attention to the injustice of tuning ('umdi'ii from repiesen tatlou on the Ni vv .lii-c r.nd'e ComuiH tion. Muyor Hills is piopeil indignant on thi-i point. Koituuate v , limimr, his eiitiiu slaum is not dullnl hv the iutncacies of Xevv .Tersin puhtu-. and Ins illreit udvocai.v of the bridge i-'ionW loiininind the applause and appreciation of furvurd looking l'hiln deli)hiau. THIS LITTLE WORLD "ITIKW people Knew iiii.mihu about Ir. Hrlc Doohttle until the (bath of that patiuit HKtrouomi r was anuniiund Hewer still know am thing of the work that mm h men do or share in of the sobi ring Knowl edge that falls to .iiMitific nun and k eps them bilent n an a," disposed to ImhisI. Doctor Donlittle .i- a student of double stars. In ot lii r words, from his place in the Flower Obsirvnlorv he saw new suns com ing into being, and was niire, of eouri-e. of measureless and msti rioin. fori is that rule in a univer-i where man liks to con sider hiinsilf doniiuiint nml -npj un it was Ilr I low aid A Kell. of Johns IIopMns I mversitv who pr 1 d in the op poslte diintioi' To Inin ll.i ri actions of radium pined thnt the m ,ni Ull. ,,, t t. ultimate Cm in of mutter and lli.it it i i g it be. instead, a v ntahl- nniver.i iiialu,g all the miracles of pmintarv Mtimis utui re actions and i veil tin prni i ssim if i.i.ition, growth and dicu) Snmewliere, no a living ( l of ui'itter between the minus, xhw Doctor Doohttle looked into and t'ut winch loit,,r Kdlv aw, mankind tights .mil struggle and in durea and mnsiders n-ilf all that is to be reckoned with in the void of time CIVIC VITALITY WATER SUPPLY i(TV LNCuUItHCTHl) it will mean a water - famine hi fore long " in thise om inous words the special board of water en giucers sums up in its report the neiessity -M the immediate rihabilitatlon of the sup. ply sjslein in tins n The program rightly ninsulers both In ntaut and future m-uls That the expense in of rather staggiring inagnitude ought not deter Philadelphiuns from adjusting their viewpoint to conditions bound to occur in a great city crowing with the rapiditj of this one. Now York was obliged to construct a huge artificial lake in tho Catskills to assure water-supply security. Although the time for embarking on an undertaking similarly imposing bns not arrived in Philadelphia, it would be the most short -sighted folly to oppose a reckoning with the future. The comprehensive plan suggests at a date 'soino J cars heiiiu the establishment of two great rebcnulr systems utilizing the water of Delaware river tributaries aorth t or near Trenton. It is recommended that or this storage Kclicmo steps be :nkcn by Jlic state to file claims for lund along the To lilckon and Neshnininy creeks. Meanwhile the Improvement and extension of the present Delaware und Scliujlklll sup. ply works Is urged, irnl following thoo operations the construction of a Pcrktonicn creek Impounding reservoir as the first unit In a .pinl. gravity scheme. The total ?ost of these operations will be SUl.OOO.OOO; the , exigent rehabilitation work, $32,000,000. taxpayers may ulnie nt the bill, but the necessity of eventually honoring It cannot be dodged. The very existence Df any me tropolis Is fundamentally dependent on Its water stipplj. As the present necessities are rclleed the expansion of the cltj will lend n more con vincing aspect to the major and revolution nrv proposal. There is, moreover, nt least this comfort for the timid : When time for expending the hugo sum of Sl.'t (,000,000 on thf upper Delaware region sstem rcallj ciiines the citj will he hlg enough to ha'c iiitaineil a new mental attitude. NEW YORK'S LEGISLATURE TURNS IN WITH MR. DEBS Sweet and the Tammanyltes Are a Greater Help to Radicalism Than the Radicals rriHn three Socialists who have beeu again shut out of the Xevv York Assembly and the two who resigned desired passionately to be ousted. They showed themselves to be far shrewder men than their opponents, nnd they showed themselves, ton, to be no more admirable and no more scrupulous thnn the veteran toilers in Sr. Murph.v's own vine anl. These five men wished to mnke the l.egis l.'ture of their state appear foolish, unfair, unenlightened nnd even lawless Tliej suc ceeded The.v foi d Speaker Sweet to do more in five minutes fp the cause of radical urn thnn Debs could do in n unr with' a regiment of orators. The slower minds of old-fashioned party men were no matdi for the wits of volatile propagandists hot with the mental fevers of the East Side. Claessens, De Witt, Solomon, Waldman nnd Orr toyed malignantly with the speaker nnd with his followers in tho course of n demonstration thnt was wholly disgraceful, utterly .shameless nnd. happily, without precedent in the T'nited States. Sweet, hlttndeiing and striving to keep his own self-pnss('.sinti and something like order among his fiiends. was gn-idcd and prodded bv one Sm-i:ili-t or another. Headers on the Denim i.i'ic side. w,.n jt si fined that they might wuither the storm without pla.ving' into the hands of tl lifinj . were stung to a blind furv with studied insults that fell rtke n whip in ross a man's face. Tin Socialists went to Alh.in.v to do a job, and tlnn did it i ompleti ly. A gieat dial was said about Americanism mi both -ides of the uproai. and there is li.irdlv a word of it that will not make any decent Anuricnn writhe. .Weinbljiiinn Martin Mi Cue. a child of Tanimanv. a crea ture of an institution that never hesitated to ignore fiction laws and constitutional testraints or to use the election machinery as a means of gmfi. r0se to bawl about the Hag and Heneilii t Arnold and love of coun try, only to be told bv inference that he hnd Hunted Into an exulted office on a tide of beer. "If we cannot go to the ballot-bo with our grievan. I-. where shall we goV de mandciH'l.iisseiis. not without icason. "In." shouted the men of Tanimanv. "to In III" The Soii.i'tsts t hen. ...!. j ..!..:... ...... .1 ; i - s )Miiioi i-Miiu'ii mi in. ii i-io.uioii. inej liMinil n wild j,) in the opiiortunitj to stand nnd talk. It i not often that men are peiniitted pub. Iich to insult a whole Hegislatuie to de nde and belittle it and sneer at it in the piesetiie of the whole uiiintiv. and. what is mme. in the hearing of their own mi nuting clansmen That njmnrtunitj wa.s given to Mr. Solomon and his colleagues and thin made the best of it. Thev shouted ontunpt for the ncceptnl laws and insti tutions of the state. Tuc.v defied the mi in b-rs of the Assembly singlv and en masse. And the.v kept the whiph.md. The.v had the bipaitis.in organization in the Assonibl.v surging blmdli after them at vei turn, and when icason seemed to be letnrniiig to the Democratic and Ii publican Icidirs the Socialists fljekul them ;,, wlt(l a word or an epithet that renewed the stain- iflle tit of thf obscene tumult the ousml ,is. s. mblvineii got uwnj with w,nt l(1 ,(,,, tt(.rp honois. Mr. Hughe, said .vesterdav that the spec, tnele at Alhan.v was incredible tiU ,t was not inert dible. It is ensilj understood. The blame mnnot be pennitti'd to rest whollv upon the Sweets and the Mcl'iie. ,,i the Xew York legislature It must rest upon' the Iiublic at large, which acupts a svstun that sends illiterates ami puppi ts ,md tinhorns to places of political power and authoritv Aggiessu,. Knoranie is bad and dangiroiis uiougli under anj cin inistances tur ig nomine made aggres.he with power and vo.nl with vanitv ran be appalling n politn al svsteui like our. Do Sweit and the Tammnnv men know what is in the constitution, of u,r T'nit.'d Mates-' I ir, thev know that government in the I'tnted Stati s is snppostd to be ln nd for the people and not b.v und for mi mix r, of the legisiaiines or the parties and fac tion-i whiili thej lepreseutV Socinlistic organizations which helped to e, t Solomon and four others to the Ascm blv in Xiw York behaved alioiiiinablv during tin war Thev did their utmost with prnpa ganda which, had It ben suicssful, would haw- left the coutitr) prostrate m the path ot a savage uii-iuv. Sou.ili.ni may be all wrong in its surmises about life "and In dustrj. It inn; hnve no mine giare or de lencv at bottom thnn its WU idunl Hpre sentntives ilisplajeil in Ihur gifat hour at Albanv And jet judgment in such cireum stniius is not mining the pnviliges of auv Hegislature or anv oflicehohl, r ,,r nnv f the men who are fining to make a profession of patriotism in these times. I'lllesH Vie are to ditch Hie fm In ..,.,. i lll.-llllll prmuples of the constitution and go off cra.ili at right angle., the right of judgment ri.t's and rests ixclusnelv with the people, and it can be epre-sei bj the ballot and iii no other v aj If a community di sires to send Socialists to the Legislature, to 'nugnss or to the Senate it has the right. Hut Sweet and thn Tamilian) frond have disregarded the con stitution Thi'V have declared, in iffect that given districts in New York are without the right of elective lepiesent.illon Thnt is an unheard of thing iu Ameiiui These dis. trids will elect the same Socialists 'igaln. And whut will Mr. Sunt do then? ' What Mr. Sweet might do. If he desires to be i (insistent in the net emergency, has hem tried with disastrous results in other countries and in earlier tunes. And it was tried under far more favorable circumstances. There have been kings and dictators who held that they should do the thinking for the multitudes They are gone now, though they were Infinitely wiser thun any Tam many iibsembljiiuin They based their op position to religious nnd political creeds on ordered theories of one sort or another. That Is more thou the bosses in the New .4.1 .. Jr-.- to'-. tjAXilt. -.,.. York Legislature have done. Por the Kort of dull fury that swcnl through the Albany Legislature wis not tlio result of nny rea soning process, of knowledge or of ratlonnl observation. Socialism to the twlllt minds assigned to the business of lawmaking at Albany ob viously means bomb throwing and Hed dis order. It Is n thing hated largely because it is not understood. In Albany, It nppears, '.heie Is a conviction that political thinking which does not recognize ultimate perfection In a Kepuhflcan mnchlne or n Democratic machine must stop. Yet it happens, ns Mr. Sweet and Mr. McC'tie may learn If they turn to the books, thnt neither the Repub lican party uor the Democratic party was in existence when the constitution wa-s written. Patriotism? The word Is befouled bj the uses made of it in Instnncjs like this. If the precedent of Albany were ever llrnilv established, if it ever could be established, there would be an cud In this country to free and enlightened government. There would be nn end of safety. There would be the beginning of n tj runny moie terrible than nnvthitig l.novvn in the world before, because it would be a tjrauny of the Ignorant und the eownrdl.v. a dictatorship of ambition illiterates. Any political party, whether il spoke for liberalism or conservatism, could be strangled at the very beginning nt a word fiom profiteers in office. It is not strange thnt Mr. Hughes nnd. indeed, the whole world of rutloiinl and i call) patriotic men should be nmiuctl and angered by this crowning nehievement in the political futility that long bus troubled America. If. in the words of Cluessens, citizens in a free country cannot express their political convictions through the medium of the bal lot, what course remains to them? That question cannot be downed. Nor can it be aiiswerid as the Tammany braves nnsweied it at Albaii). I'or the people of America and. indeed, for Socialists themselves, there Is a profound meaning in the outcome nt Albany, and it is not visible clearly on tho surface. Here, formnlly pronounced in the Hegislature of n state. Is a negation of the fundamental rule of political liberty. It was not tho work of confessed reactionaries. The mysterious "in terests" so frequently indicted by the rndlcals themselves hnd nothing to do with it. Money did not enter into the affair. The capital ists were nowhere nbout. This revival of tjranny nnd politicnl persecution wns due to chosen representatives of the" plain peo ple, sent to olfice and kept there bv the iiiajoiiti' s nf their state and sustained bv the soit of intiinioti opinion without which they would be decentl) m obMvlon. If tlfinncincv in't to be sfif-diMiuctivf, its voting habits will have to lie revised. Voters will have to leain how to use the instrumentalities of a rcallj fne government 'before thev take the advii e of the Socialists and fool with ll.oi f ifailgeious tools. Their chosen representatives at Albnnj hnve ignored the fundamental law. Wh.v. after all. is that amazing?- Have not men of this tjpe iigut.irly ignored the funda mental law without n rebuke from those best qualified to rebuke them? TWO WASTEFUL WHIMS ASA means of divciting the financial at- tcntlon of the citj from vital Into sq. pertluous channels, the proposal to glorifv one minor branch of the Miinii ipal Court with a palatial and iosth new home might conceivable be effective. A similarit) of inll'cqut in es is equnlly easy to lead into the program, fathered b.v Mr Itoper. on behalf of an elaborate "town hull" In tier maiitowu. According to the new councilinaiiic loan bill. SI. 00(1.0(10 i to be set aside for tho first piojeet and S4.10.000 for the other. That selfish personal iuteicsts will be served should stub appropriations be granted is fairly dear. Not much else is. In fact, with a formidable Im-l of neces s.iry and still inioinpleted undei takings on its bund., the miiuicipalitj can about us well afford to embark on sm b absurd ventures as n drowning man could afford to reject a life -pi i .en er in favor of a diamond si arf pin. Coiiin ilinan Develm sjmplj enlaiges on a mallei of i (million kuow ledge in his uiti i ism of tho pompous wastefulness and iollv pretensions of the Municipal Cnuit That fiatiite of the judiciary sjstem is notniiou.lv i ticiimbi ri d with if miners whose oflnuil functions ate mainlj theoretiml. What is iiudi'd in this court is not new quaiters for the pie-ent ones aie adequate or at least i apnble of iclatlvil) incxpensiw itinsioti but n sensible nnd thorough administrative revision. As for the "town hall" scheme, that smacks of the venerable political traditions iu lovalty to which congressmen have been wont to iMirrj favor with special constitu ents. Moreover, (icrnituitow n i. not a civic fiitilj The present tnx olhie. maintained iu the old "town hall" building at llmues street and (iermiintown avenue dill) serves its siibsidinr) purpose, and tin sinjuestion that a new structure might ldiue brain h postoflice congestion iu no-tiniest l'liilndel phin exposes the hollow ne.s nf the plan. It is deeidedl) not the bu.iiie.s of the it v to solve the pioblems of the fiilual tidmiuls tl ntion. It is inteiesting to note thnt Mi. Itoper, the particular champion of the plan to in vest (ieimantown with sub cii dignities, not so long ugo lommentid lather forcibly upon the inaction of the administration. The deficiencies of wliuh this i.c i miintown councilman complninid will hardlv he rem edied b.v a pollcj of paiorhlul etiavagiiure. Tlic Municipal Coiut and n rmnntoun "town hall" items of the loan lull are la mentably out of plau there, Tne foimida ble uisks confronting the ndmiiii-iinnon will only be hindered if the meiisui i its pas- sage includes the two tiunspntr utlj inde fensible appropriations. A WORD TO MOBS IT IS not ofti u that u daj 's news brings n story mme diuinatlc thnn that of the priest of a little ihurch in the Chicago stockyard disiint. who shimml and dis persed u mob that had biokui into his very siinctiiarj in puisuit of mi n whom it wanted tn lynch. "f!o home." said this mini, who know how cowanll) ever) mob is at ly.ut, "mid try to be hnpp). There is tiouble i nough in the world now. Whj do joii want to make more?" Why, Indeed, do they want to make mme? It would be a good thing if all the various and sundry people who appeal to the mob spirit in America might be similarly met in the open, similuil.v shamed und similarly challenged with a question that they cannot answer. The) are in politics. Tiny arc In the foreground of every industrial dispute. And they lire .wthout wisdom and without coinage. lloston people nre carrjing lunch bas kets as a protest against profiteering res tnurant keepers It is not only the excess profit tax on food they save; they're uhcad on the tii. THE GOWNSMAN An Eplfjrnm or So TU EKE is n classic joke in n family of the Oownsmnn's dear acquaintance: "What is the color of n bluejny?" Put, after nil, this Is not quite tho perfect ex ample of an Irish bull thnt it seems; for the question depends some what on the jny, and even when melancholy the complexion of n clodhopper is not actually cerulean. Hero Is the e sence of the epigram a turn, n per version, n play on the word or thought, n surprise, whnt the French call n nuance. Like n wasp, an epigram must have n stlug In Its tnil : like a bee, it maj gather honey by the way, but the tall is the business end. An epigram may kill, but It is with a rapler'n thrust. I'nllke satire, epigram does not disfigure the corpse. An epigram is a small affnlr for the same reason that the wasp and bee are tiny. An epigram of epic length would be as insufferable ns a hornet the size of a hippopotamus ; or as an epic It would demand iustnut extermination. As 10 btevlty. nil real pnetr) Is brief. Ilia toriially, the epigram was snort because It was an inscription, and It costs like fun to hnve long screeds cut even on tombstones. Now, ofT with the gown. THE epitnphist of Fork creek, to whom tlie tiownsinnn has alreadv introduced his renders, is nlso nn epigrammatist. In fact, it may be surmised thnt .1. It. 11. is a species of adjustable poetical resonator. I see your ejebiovv go up at this. A resountor, denr friend. Is nn emptj space which vi brates sympathetically when Its note Is sounded on a musical or other instrument. An ndiustnblc resonator would re-echo to many dlffoicnt sounds nnd noNes, howsoever empty in itself; It would he musical, so to speak, in n species of s.vmpathctic catholi cism. Highbrow stuff nil this. Yes; but another trnlt of the epigram Is that It Is often cnvlnr to the general. Ill fellow that he Is not to enjoy so rare a delicacy. OHU dear friend, A. Edward Newton, whose delightful "Amenities of Hook Collecting" everybody has lead, has just sailed for his beloved England. Like most hook collectors, Mr. Newton Is n willful render and makes it a rule never to read nny bonk thnt is given to him by the author, u hcrefore this Retort Courteous : Our Edward says, "I enn't peruse the t , ,lcraed books my friends indite ;" Ills friends reply that everj thing which Ed ward prints is sheer delight. The cqunl gods in what we have, and have not, thus do us requite: That those who cannot write may read, and be who reads not jet may write. While we are on books," It Is fnmlllnr that (he laws f mine nnd thine have never been, successfully extended to the ownership of looks, for which renson tl.'s prudent in scription to the Ilorrower: Header, of this book I've owned I'hree copies und three copies loaned. Head it. but return it ; be The one that honest is in three. And the postscript: '.y vo". UP"" friend. I ask still more: Haise honesty to twd in four. pHOFHSSIONAL jenlousj is trait, alas! - of petty poets as of other petty men. nnd joung .1. S. H., nbout whose peculiarities poets are always peculiar the flovvnsman has notjieen nblo to lenrn much as vet. glaies green-eyed in what fo'lows. He'as suics us that the attack is on the species not on nny definite extnnt individual, but udds hljly thnt if there be Unv whom tho enp ma) lit. let him wear it. The downs man is innocent of any knowledge of these private feuds of genius. The .Minor Poet I hate a minor poet And I care not if he know It. Chrvsiinthenium-like head. Odd .distingue, shag he'll grow it; Impertinent, blank stuie Wait n bit. he's bound to show it: A kiss to toss n trull Pioin finger tips he'll blow it; A debt which not t' annul. Is honor lost he'll owe it; Though pride the heart doth spill At leust he'll not kotow it ; Thnt pace will surelj kill He ceitain he will'go it. I bate a minor poet : Hut n minor man's below it. TillE cpiginm is often thus personnl : sometimes too peisonnl. Some of . I S H. s iu this respe. t me not "fit to print " Hut then, are .n uny "friends" in l'hiln dclphiu that perhaps this Kto of a (Junker will pass: Sad was the fate of X. y. ' : A little thought once poked him ; He found it hurd to puzzle qyit Which matter much provoked" him lie measured it with rod and rule In logic he had sunk,., i,j, . A,Jl",',l,, f".'""' "'" s,'"se nlns! The definition i linked him. LASTLY, iu eplgiam the briefer the better 1 or maniple, this on Davus; Some find Davus very rude. Some decline him ici'illy hide. Others think him "unco guld" Come, don't joii think he's merely , TU,Pt The shortest effoits of J. S. H lake ns back into win times und recall certain hi torical mnnstins.iies f that remote p,.,,f)d 11 he reader will forgive the ull4, , ,, back numbers : Wilhelm. pride, imperial duds A bubble, indium, busted sud". And tapering to an end, this on the ,.. tune I inniniiis. before the hegiia : His fate. Yordtin: The judgment soon. The Radiant Rare September I WL A HE drinking the wie of t. ..,, I-rom cups that nre brimming owi" ' With the sweet of n hone) unbought with in, .lie, "ill Distilled from the henit of the clou The How eis ufrlnge on Hie wa.vslde Ale In raiment nf purple mid gold' To the li ugh -hew ii edge of (he old's ledgo lone The clinging brier vines hold. We nre breaking life's line elixir In the waft of tlie pufi'ini'd biere The sudden showeis. the sunlit hours The rustle of leuvis on the trees. ' The fathomless blue of the heaven, The beauty and bloom c,f j, , Aie liiuklng us joung tliej are waking the tongue Of jenra that have pased awuy. 'Tis the radiant in re September. With the clusteis npe on thn ino With scents that mingle in spicv tln'gln On the hill-slopi's glimmering" ,H.. And summer's u step behind us, And autumn's a thought before, And each licet sweit day that we meet on the way Is an angel at the door j-IIarper's H war. Perfectly Lovely IVoni th Ohio Slut. J uinal What impressed us most .vesterdav In the course of the ten or fifteen minutes which wo spent in our likening post, attentively nver hcnilng the conversation of the neighbor women, was the lemnrkable elasticity of the word lovely, which seems to opplj to almost nnv thing, from a zinnia to the scar left by a major operation. ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CAMPUS,, iHl ELECTORAL COLL&'G? "fyfa 1 f&Pkb fsv3 t4slf jV yyfvTL ITS , : NOW MY IDE4 IS THIS! Daily Talhs With Thinking Philadclphians Knotv Best DR. JOHN A. MILLER On the Subatomic Theory TEH confirmation of a theory which may revolutionize nil science and which would fm m the most important discovery since Newton's "Laws of Motion" is the point toward which all astronomers are bending their energies, according to Dr. John A. Miller, piofessor of astronomy nnd uiatlie mntles at Swarthiunrc College. "This themv." sajs Doctor Miller, "inny be brondlv termed the subatomic theory, und concerns the tremendous energy which is re leased, making for n force ot'enoimous mag nitude, when an atom of mutter itder the great he.it and piessurc of the sun is divided into smaller units, or ejections. "In fact, we have gone so far that scien tists nre cpiite close to finding a way to split the electron inti still smaller units of matter. "Studies of nstionomers were epiickcned in Ibis direitlon In the last ten J ears or so In the Cuiie radium discover) nnd the hull ing of the X-iny. Careful observations nnd measurements, by nstroiiomers have tended to ( onlirm the theory. The Einstein theorj , which would mean u modification of New ton's tlicorv of gravitatiou. has been to a degiee confirmed b.v scientific und astro nomic il measurement. There will be an eclipse of the sun iu Australia in 11)-'-'. when measurements will again be taken, mid one. In Mexico in September. 1011:1, which will afford a further ehanco for count matioii of this theory. "The confirmation of this theory would be one step toward the establishment of the subatomic theorj . "It is quite possible that, with this theory fullv established, practical use cou'd be made of it. With the existence of such u fonc once known. It would be possible b.v etpeil mctit to find nineuns of producing it. Widespread in Possibilities "Its effect would be revolutlonnrj . There is no question that most of the pioblems which pii7.7.1e the scientists today could he solved if this theory were established and put on a working basis. It would be possible to make the ciuth give up its secrets, l'as sage of the air and underseas would then become a c oinpniatively simple matter. We could annihilate space in n wuy iindieamed of now. (Irent engineering problems could be icudllv solved and nlmost everj bianili of endeavor' which affects our cverjday lives would be completed changed. "Observations of the sun show that a verv great peicentnge of the chemical elements which exist licit- aie also to be found on that bndj. Tills Is valuable in that it brings home to us the fact that the heat und forces lit work within the sun pinduclng a tremen dous eiierg) nffeet the same elements ns on our own planet. "Further observations show thnt most of the stars neaiest to us me.of the suine de. M'liption us the sun. Much further uwav than these are the 'calcium' stars of nn en til el) (iifferent composition, whose effect ou the earth it Is not so ensy to figure. "At the recent contention of the National As'iriciatlon of Astronomers it Noithniupton, the results of a concerted effort in mensuiiiig the distances lo the stars which most nffeet us were made. It showed that wheie some ten years ago but u little more than 5100 stars were known distances away from us, the efforts of the half do.en observatories In the coiintr), of which tlie Sproul Observn- torj at Swurtlimore is one, huvc resulted iu ascertaining the distances from the earth of uearl) !0I) stars. "Of course, tills Is a small percentage when .von consider that there aie some mil lions of them, hut it is n big step and a very in'Mssiiry one if we nre to find mi) thing definite nbout the cither stars which might In ir on this theory. "We urc able to study the sun with coin pnintive case, because it is but a mere OU, 000,000 miles nttuy. Wo have established the existence of tlie next nearest star as 4,3 light cars from us. A light year, for the i eiietit of the layman, Is the distance u rny of light would travel jn one jenr at the rnte of 18(1.000 miles per second. Some stars we have found sixty light enrs away and a great peiccutngo of them are morn than ;1() light years away, or a greater distance than any present instruments are capable, of detecting. "It was planned nt the convention to or ganize ustrouomicul work so that It muy be -.U ,, A) HAVE ALL THE LUCK on Subjects They divided among observatories in such a wny that they can each use their equipment to the best advantage for the work for which they arc best fitted. "Observations of astronomers for mnny J cars have led them to suspect the presence of this magnificent force Hut recent dis coveries have only whetted the nppetlto of scientists, nnd it is believed that the time is not fnr elistnnt when it will be possible to reduce these beliefs to n definite theory nnd Inter to n formuln on which all future seP entilic work may be bused, and later perhaps even our cverjday life, will be changed by What Do You Knoio? QUIZ Who was recently elected president of ..lexlcor What doe.i the first amendment to tho constitution of the United StatcH pro- tide? Name two great oil-producing regions outside of tjio United Stntes tthnt aro the two principal gases of , which air Is composed? tho was Melssonnlcr? What Is n debacle? Whern are the Aland Islands, tho sover- clRiity of which Is to bo decided by the League of Nntlons? vt, hlch Is more correct, cocoa or cacao? VI hat Is a "hob" In English money? When was the Spanish Armada destroyed Answers to Yesterday'3 Quiz Patois Is the dialect of common people In n district, differing materially from tno literary language. The word should be pronounced "na- twah." H Trajan Is nccounted tho greatest military leader among tho emperors of Home. His dates nre 52-117 A D The quarter deck of a ship is the part of the upper deck between the stern and aftermost, used by superior officers nnd cabin passengers. Will Carleton. an American writer, was the author of "Over the Hill to tho Toorhouse." An ounce Is n mountain panther or snow leopard, smaller than a leopard, but marked like It. Lb., tho abbreviation for pound, Is a contraction of the Latin "libra." , Kitty Cllte wna a noted actress of Irish eMractlon. born Ilaftor. She lived from Dross Is the scum thrown off from mctnls In melting. It ts also foreign matter mixed with anything, Impurities, re fuse, rubbish. , Jnckson Is tho capital of Mississippi 10 Cruel, Cruell from tho Huston HienlliB Triiiinc-rlM The New York detectltes who are now arresting ull men with blnck beards and Windsor ties nre probably the same oues who solved the Elwell mystery. Three Stages of Election From th? Run uni Nn Yurie Herald. Spouting, Pouting, Shouting. A Kansan'a Ruthless Deed Fiom the Salielhn Hcrictfl When Ca) I.ichty returned from California I lecintly he hnd a big mustache, but it cot I 1.. 1.1. 1. ...!... 1.. !.. 1 . " 111 01s iiu.i nu 11110 11 iioi'ii ill' ineci to cat the big roasting curs grown here he had to have it cut off. Faulty Working Conditions Trom ill? Kunsaii City Htur. It took the local motor thieves eleven hours to get away with six cars in the Hr. day night course of regular business. The damp, foggy condition of the ntmosphere evidently made the work very difficult, Impending Trom Iht Detiolt N'ewn In n few weeks now the ultimate consumer will take clown his winter suit and learn how much It cost him ilurlng the summer to feed the moths. Explanation Needed Fimn Hi" KunHim Cltj Times (lovernor Cox is now on Is wuy home. Ma) be when he gets there ho will tell his national committee how to ruu i campaign without a campaign fund, OR SOME FOLKS l'lauchke. In Louisville 'Jlmci SHORT CUTS Here's where wo fall for Fall. Wonder if the woman vote will balance the silent vote? The P. n. T. is still displaying n forini dnble "bunch of fives." Ciabbleonmnla is a darned poor sulxti tute for Gctthlngsdone. Neither tvnr nor flood has changed th boundaries of Suit River. now mny bites docs the city propose t tnkc at the street-cleaning cherry? The New York Assembly is doing lis dnruedest to mnko socialism populr.r. The soldier who has never smellcd pow der nowadays must be afraid of gins. The sofest man in town is he w'm bought his flivver n few days before tlie ne rates went into effect. The consumption of coffee is decrrnn In this country. Just whnt nre the peo,i drinking nowadays? Old-time motto respectfully submitted to City Hall: "dine thing nt n time' nml that done well," etc. Civic experts who apparently prefer 1 court to a water syr.tcm may eventually In forced to take water. After nges of anxious waiting, n palpi tating public discovers that 'Hiram Johnon is still for Hiram Johnson. There nre teachers who aro Inclined tn think thnt what the Hoard of Education needs is n raisin nnd a cako of yeast. Connecticut having ratified the suffrage amendment, interest in what Tennessee nntis may do becomes purely ncadcmlc. "Mnke Americanism concrete," advlp the Knnsns City Stnr. Which isn't nt nil incompatible with cementing friendships abroad. A stvnrm of bees entered a church In Wnrren, Pa., nnd delayed 11 funeral: pre Mimnbly providing an unswer to the query, "O denth, where is thy sting?" Uniformed policemen will give illus trated talks on avoidable accidents in all the Cleveland schools on Mnndny. The pr sumption Is that their salaries as instructoro nnd guardians of tho peace will tote up to a living wnge. Our Own More or Less llbulous Agri culturist sajs the only wnyhc knows of keeping cider within the law is to drink It the moment It develops nn alcoholic content of half of 1 per cent; but that a jojoiu premium goes with forgctfiilucsji. Tn certain sections qf New Jersey preparations nre being mnde to plow umlrr great crops of tomatoes. That we waste and later want Is demonstration that our sj$tft of transportation und distribution is fnr from being perfect. Psvchlc tips being on tlie increase, per haps the police had better call Sir Oliver Lodge and Mir Arthur Conmi Dojle into the Wall street mjstcry. Sir Arthur Connn Doyle particularly. A Sherlock Holmes with spirit control supplementing Ills hypodermic sj rlngc ought to be able to work wonders. Chairman Pennon, of the shipping board, thinks American shipowners should patronize American marine insurance com panies. It seems hard to understand why tho plea should have to bo made. Foreign shippers could not bribe American shipown ers to tell their trado secrets ; hut a foreign insurance compniiy can get all the dati needed by offering cut rates, "All thnt the league ncils to make it a most effective und certain Instrument for reducing wars to tho absolute niiulmuin 1 the participation of the United Stiitrs. Who said Iff No, it wns neither V oodrow Wilson nor William Howard Tuft. It lljnlmnr Hrantlng, prime minister of Swe den, tvhilo referring to the dispute between his country and Finland over the possession nf the Aland Islands, a matter that has been left to the league to decide. ?,-Mt&'-.' s vtJ.-.w v .wkwidx. t.&t iyvA
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