fl it) er fy- i- r- m S JEucrtmg public Xeftgoc l PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnus it. it cuivm, paciwirurr . Charle-a II, 'Aldington, Vlco President. John C. Martin, HrcrcUry ami Treaiurori Philip H. Collins, John U, Williams, John J isnurgcsin. )Hrectnr. i-DrroniAt noAtinj Cincs II. K. Clans, Chairman PAVID M. BMH.EY Editor, 3011U C. MArtTlX , . Qcncral 'JuslncM Manager Publlihed dailr at Pniiuc Ltron UuUJlr.fi Independence Square, Philadelphia. XrtAtmo Citt rrrt$-VnioH nullJInt- New Yoik...i 304 Madlion Ave. DBTinir. . . TOl Ford lljiMlnj Br. Lot-is ion KuiWton Pni" , CllldOO 130; Tribunr PulMlnr NEWS UV1W:ACS: WirnxaTOM HrscAC J, n. Cr Penmejlvanla Av. urn! 14th !t Ilw Tone Prime The Sh- HulMI-e Lo.nooN Bcarix Louden 7lncj sinsrr.rTi'v tkhms Th ErrsiNti Prsue Levies, is tenrd to us- Cflbera It rh!ld.lr'-i -l atfr rr lm a.t the rato of twiho U- cent lr week, tsoabie to the carrier. ... . . . . . , By mall to ro-n ruttld tt Phila.WrMs. In the United P'i'ct Oin-. - V"iTeJ stat. pes Maln, poice Ore fifty M cent- r-r month. Blx (10) elnllsra T"- vr rsiratte in .1van.se To all for'n re.mtr.ea n ill) dollar a month NornoB S'il'rMrr triaVsi; a.Mrs changed mutt slvo o;J as well as m addrvM. HElI..3M0TALNfT KCYJTONE. M UV 9i?0 tTArfflrf3 o'l rom-i-i" LtiOtr, lnitf"de i-f" to r. - i Pub.'ic Member of the Associated Tress TJIE ASSOCtATrD rRTSS erre'im- rlv e-i-llttrd to the vir or rcruN'ioo'ija of a I sew dlirnfchcs cr'fUfd to if e o'h i r-rdiinl t IhH rapo, and o.'o tftf ioco! cm pn'j'UJirJ All r(t n r piift'irnflon c' ra'' &.vatehtt lureiii ari' i'io xrt t.J PhltnUlphii. TiifiJ. -fpifmbft :s. I'M a rmi'-vrtu pitnnRAM ron riui.xni'.i.Pinv Thlnirs on which thr iioplr rviirct the ne nclralnltnitli'ii ta oonrctitrttc It attrrtlons The Detail are i tier b Jm. A (fridocA b o tnouyfi to aocemmodate tnt largttt n(,i Dtvtfopmrnt or the rapUl tranv.t yiJlrm. A foni'i-tttfo ifl!T A bilHu'i 'r h' Frre uihrani. An .In Jin' i ritlon7' ' i' .'''" t'-''- f ,n'i Women to -t' " to.f. ' )' ' i'-Tf(ot THE AMATEUR PROBLEM AMATKt'Il "tauilins in atlil. ti i- tu cnpnblc of nhtrnrt Ht-rlnitioit. r.nglih opinion on this ubit'it i. fur inttame, nt some points at vntianrp with the Amorii-an attitude. The prime factor to be eonxiilered i, is equality of regulation. This hn been nt xytalncd in the Olyinpic cnniPi ami it exists at the UniversiU of Pennsylvania, where the general American rule deharrint; the holders of degrees from repreentitiK that Institution In sports is in foree. Efforts are now beinc made, it is said, in the athletic council of the I'liiversity to repeal this eligibility law. The IVnnl vanian, thf stiub'tit daily, has editorially opposed this novo, and .uppmt of all I'nl vcrsity men is beinc sought. This program is commendable if for no other reason than the necessity of keeping college athlitic cre dentials uniform. It is unite t'o-sib'p to conceive that a holder of a degree might piny on l.is college team and be intrinsically Invulnerable to Un charge of profe -lonaliMii. It is the in equality of rule., which introduce an element of unfairness into the case. The t'niversity should certainlv bo nble to preserve athletic dignity without playins the game otherwise than her lister colleges. THE LEGION'S VICTORY THR pride which Commander D'Olier expressed- in the American Legion, now holding its second nnntial convention in Cleveland, inevitably finds an echo through out the nation. The legion hns been a great success. In the material sense this was. of course, to have been anticipated. An organization of American participants in the world war was portnln in Knir.mn Imnrowwlv . In uninf nt ffiijF&SL Aflumbcrs. Hut it is. before all else, the spirit tit " orthis society of young "veterans." its sane patriotism and Keen sense of values which fo thoroughly commend It to public appro bation. Despite historical traditions and analogous precedents, the legion has not played politics. It has, as Mr. D"Olier emphasize with par donable satisfaction, madn a "irile -tand for the maintenance of law and order." has spurned freakish radicalism or reactionary militarism. It has Kept its head anil the public's conf'dence. The test of character has been magt.i1centl met in the avoidance of political pitfalls, and. while the interests of the survivors of the largest American army ever raised have been safeguarded, the legion has not been stained by greed or the self-seeking common to specially or ganized groups. Not the least of the interesting features of Commnnder D'Olier's remarks was his reference to the legion's '.'own league of nn tions, n proposed amalgamation toWnrlude the soldiers' organizations of the I'nited States, the Oreat War Veteran Association of Great Britain and the L'nion of Tighten of France." So far ns the I'uropeans are concerned ft is not likely that this fusion will he ad ministratively deep Hut the conception is inspirational, northv of the ideals which, notwithstanding disappointments and disil lusion, were potent factors in the greatest armed struggle of Mst.irv. On the whole, it ma be sn.idthnt as fine a victory as anv nun by the legion is that evidenced in its high-minded and clear sighted strength of character after the con flict. A START ON THE BRIDGE TY TIIH appointment of an engineering '-'board, headed bv Itnlph Modjeski. to prepare general p'-m-. and make recommen dations ns to t'i" lowt'ion and kind of bridge to be eonstni'ted. the joint bridge com-nis. sion givi s ili-tamhl and grutiMng evi dence of progress. The citizens of Philadel phia and Camden and of the adjaeent towns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey wi'l see in this decision a dt termination to realize the dream of -oar a great bridge out tin; Delaware river The fame ,,( Mr Modleski stimulate the hopo that this dit.im will be translated into a magnificent monument of engineering genius and architictural beauty. Hi asso ciate, the special representative of Philadel phia, fieorge S Idcr, chief of the P.ureiiu of Surveys, will bring to his colleagues unique knowledge of local factors and river conditions. The third member of the board, Lawrence A null, the selection ofShc New Jersey commissioners, hmi the henrtv in dorsement of lioiernor Kd wards Mini the recommendation nf notable achievement. The board has the appearance of a happy combination of vision and practice. On both sides of the river there will be "'V' rejoicing over this prospect for nn early -tart. Parochial considerations, urged bv professors of the "Chinese-Wall" school of economic!!. hae had their d.ij . Continued J7sj activity of the bridge commission can only mean tnat in tne not too lemote future n broad highway will swing over the Dela tors and that there will be n fuller and an uninterrupted How of truffle between the two litates. ELEVENTH-HOUR REDRESS 'ACCOUDINO to tho afterthought cx- pressed by the bench on the subject of .the unnssessed women, a mlstuke waH made In stating it possibly good case. The peti tions for redress, as presented, were duly 'J& 4 denied nernuse certain iniuapensauio pre- ,' limiuaries nun iiecii ucgiccicu. kft It appears that tho women to be heard in court must go through the formality of asking tho assessors to list them. If these requests arc made thirty days before tho November election and nre rcfusrd, appeal to the judiciary may then be mndo setting forth the circumstances of these attempts. The court is then entitled to net in each case separately or in n group of cases having tho same facts. In this manner a possible escape from the disfranchisement resulting from failure to be listed by the assessors sixty days beforo the election is provided. The net suggesting the way out wns passed In 181).". Why rcf ervnee was not made to It earlier is puzzling. As it is, the belated course of relief out liueil calls for speed and energy on tho pnrt of women electors. Those who nre really desirous of securing the right to register this fnll have only until October 2 to pre sent their petitions in proper form. If the court Is considerate of exceptional conditions the petitioners will not have labored in vain. Sympathy for the women who are genuinely anxious for recognition K however, hard to extend to their sister citizens quiescent regarding their assess tnent opportunities or lax in registering. The original, wrongly framed petitions, which were thrown out. amounted only to ItOOO, Out of nbut 4.-10.000 women electors in this city only 00.000 have thus far registered, anil several hundred thousand have made no effort whatever to repair the assessment omissions. I'ndoubtcdly. the case of the petitioners would be more Impressive wete it repre sentative of the gieat numbers of the newly enfranchised class destined to lose their votes on November -. PRESIDENT'S PREROGATIVES A RED HERRING ON THE TRAIL The Point at Issue In the Jones Law Is How to Prevent the Dissipation of the New American Merchant Fleet s TTHNTION should not be diverted from -" the real point nt issue in the "hipping cnntroversN bv following the red-herring trail of the discussion of tho constitutional powers of the President. It is important that those powers be pre served. They may or may not have been invaded by the Jones shipping Inw. The President thinks that the provision of the law directing him to denounce those sections of trentle with foreign nations which pre vent us from making tariff discriminations in favor of goods imported in American bot toms is an attempt to dictate to him in the direction of the foreign policy of the nation, lie cites the refusal of President Hayes to accept such dictation from Congress in his dealings with China, lint President llnyes vetoed the bill which contained the objec tionable provisions. President Wilson signed the- Jones bill, which had been passed by both the Senate and the House. As the ne gotiation of treaties is the function of the President and the Senate, acting in conjunc tion, it would seem as if in this case both agent to tieaty making hnd acted and had agreed. The President's refusal to obey the in junction of the lnw which he approved Is belated to sn the least. Whether he has transcended his own constitutional functions nnd laid himself linble to impeachment is n question for the lawyers to thresh out. It will cease to be of any practical moment long before any decision can be reached upon it. Mr. Wilson hns accepted the "dictation" of Congress in other matters, for he secured vich modifications in treaties ns were re iuirecl to put the I.a Folletto seamen's act in force. He made no protest, so it seems that his jealousy of Congress is a variable quantity subject to his moods. No one knows better than bo that treaties are continually subject to revision and modi fication and that they are terminable. More than n dozen other countries have terminated trade agreements with this country after giving due notice. I'nder all the circum stances the President will have only himself to blame if people begin to say that his ob jection to the discriminatory tariff provision of the Jones lnv is not dile to its invasion of his "constitutional prerogatives" so much us to his objection to the provision itself. The purpose of the Jones lnw is to pre vent the dissipation of the merchntit tleet built up during the war. How that is to he prevented I8 of much greater importance tiinn any squabble over eonstitutionnl func tions engaged in by the President and Con gress. Discriminatory duties in favor of Ameri can bottoms worked very well in the early history of the countr.i. Tudor them we car ried nlmost nil of our imports and a- large part of our exports. The American ting fluttered in the breezes of everv sen. Hut those duties were repealed nnd the abandon ment of this form of protection, combined with other i atises, was followed by the gradual disappearance of American merchant ships. For the last fifty year there has been periodical discussion of how to restore the merchant marine. The war forced us to build millions of tons of shipping, so that we now own ves sels enough to cam a large part of our foreign trade. Hut pessimists have been saying that these esels would either rot and rust nwny at anchor or would gradually be sold to shipping me-n of other nations until our merchant marine sunk again to its eild disgraceful position. The provision of the Jones lnw. to which the President ohje. ts us nn invasion of his functions, wns intended to prevent the renll zation of the discouraging expectations of the pessimists. Whether it alone would do so Is un open epiestion. It would have little effect on emr trade with South America, foi most of the goods imported from below the equator are ndmitted free of duty. It would be beneficial to ships trading with Hurope and in sonic degree to ship trading with Ain. for we buy dutiable goods in consid erable quantities from the I-hist and the West Congress, after careful eleliberation, decided the experiment was worth making. The best Republican opinion, however, is that discriminatory duties alone will not he enough to preserve the new merchant Meet, (lur navigation laws handicap the owners of American ships, for they put restrictions upon them which elo not hamper the owners of Ilritish shipping. It is admitted that those laws need radical revision. IStit thopovment of generous subsidies, bounties or subventions in some form, either by mall contracts or otherwise, has long been urged without much effect. There has been strenuous opposition to the adoption nf this policy in quarters where little is known of the sea or the conditions under which the merchant marine of other nations has boon built up. The demagogues have declaimed against paying out money from the fi-derul treasury to the great steamship corporations, nnd members of Congress have been nfraid tn vote for subsidies lest they be accused of favoring "the big interests." Muny of these same congressmen, how ever, have favored government ownership nnd operation of steamship lines, overlook ing the fact, or Ignorant of it, that government-operated ships could not competu with the ships of other nations unless they met the rates of the competing ships. If they met those rates the government ships would be operated lit u loss which would hove to lie met out of the federal treasury. Thus we should have all tho elements of subsidized I lines and oil the defects of lines .operated. BYffyiN& PUBLIC LBDaBK - by public officials who vcre freed from tho necessity of running tho ships bo as to make n profit. If we "oro to pay any deficits, there arc many persons who nro rnnvinccdXthat It would bo more ceonomlcnl for the government frankly to adopt the subsidy policy and pay fixed sums directly to private owners of vessels than to meet the Indefinite deficits which would certainly arise from the manngesincnt of steamship lines by public officials. The solving nf this problem is of vitnl concern to Philadelphia, for the greatest shipyards In the country, if not In the world, nre on the Delaware river. They hnve ex panded under the impetus to shipbuilding given by the war. 1'nless tho building of ships Is to continue shipbuilding will sink back to the state in which it found itself when the war began, and when another wnr breaks out we shall find ourselves dependent on the ships of other nations: to handle our trnde. It is certainly not beyond the power of our lawmnkers to frame n statute which will keep the merchant fleet on the seas. There should be moral courage enough in Congress to pass such n statute after it hns been framed, regardless of the moutliings of the demagogues. THE NEWEST OF EVILS "jyrOKK thnn once it has been observed in "- these columns thnt the hnbit of group organization for special ends is spreading to elniigerotis extremes in this country, and in each day's news there is some evidence to justify this view. Do you fancy yourself better or more deserving thnn your neigh bor? Do you feel neglected? Would vnu attain something that you would not share with the other fellow or achieve n sort of power nnd influence in affairs that isn't to bo attained by plain, every-day work nnd perseverance? Then organize! Hire n press agent. Ctlve ,inr group n high-sounding nnme with n flavor of patriotism in it. nnd you will have a temporary ndvnntnge nf sorts over the common crowd. Thnt sort of thing lends steadily to breed class consciousness and class suspicion, and it tends to divide the people into n thousand conflicting groups. Hut, is not everybody doing it? In view of what lias been happening among workers, business men, politicians, theorists, writers, actors, artists and a hun dred other sorts of people, it isn't surprising to hear that some gentlemen in Washing ton nre preparing to organize a Fnion of the Public. Dr. Henry K. Jackson, who for some years wns associated in the work of the Fnlted States Ilureati of Education, is seemingly the genius of this new and divert ing scheme. Here, then. Is "the organizing mania carried suddenly to the ultimate point tn u ilenlnl. by implication, thnt the democratic system is efficient or dependable. For if there is nnj thing of virtue in our present forms of government the public must be regarded as' organized already, and thor oughly organized. It is one big union. Mayors, members of municipal council's, county nnel stnte officials, the members of the Congress, the cabinet nnd. finally, the President of the I'nlted States nre the officers in a union of the public established at the beginning nnd intended to protect the rights and privileges of each Individual. Has Doctor Jackson something better up his sleeve? Ilnvc the other men who are or ganizing and reorganizing nil the various groups and classifications nf citizens some thing better or more just than the union of aims and hopes Intended by the constitu tion of the nation and the constitutions of the various states? (b If a union of the public Is necessary, then something is radically wrong somewhere. One may suspect thnt a union of the public isn't needed nnd that it is not desirable. If anything Is wrong it is with Doctor Jnckson nnd men of his sort. Keep on organizing Americans into sections and cross sections, clnsses and cliques, unions for this nnd unions for that, and you will certainly destroy the national strength thnt can come only with real unity. You will huve a con glomeration of small nations, sepnrated not by natural boundaries but by suspicion nnd prejudice. You will prove either that you are too good for democracy or thnt democ racy is too good for you. LUMBER TAKES A DROP A2S PER CENT cut in the wholesnle rate of rough lumber is a svmptom of n highly Important sort. The announcement by the Wholesale Lumber Association is pretty sure to have important reactions elsewhere in the building supply trnde. If the groups who influence or make prices In the cement nnd hardware market can follow the lead of the lumber men we mav be snld to be approach ing a rational solution of the whole ques tion nf housing in this country as well as a steadier condition in the world of labor. For once talk has proved to be of some use. Talk about housing has filled tho air for months, nnd for some weeks most of it has been unfavorable to lumber producers and distributors. At n convention of nrclii toots and building engineers in Atlantic City tho ruling powers in the building supply trnde were called profiteers and gougers. A few days ago Governor Smith, of New York, formally demanded n legislative probe to determine whether the costs of lumber and other building mnterials were being held up by artificial methods. The charge thnt a combine had been formed to maintain war prices in the building mn terinl markets was first made voluntarily by Samuel Untcr meyer. A drop in lumber prices Is significant because lumber Is, of, course, the most im portant factor In any building operation. Even metal and concrete construction is not possible without the use of great quantities of the sort of lumber listed in the revised schedules of the wholesalers' association. It is logical to expect that bricks, cement and similar mnterials may soon be brought again within the reach of builders. The stuff has to be mowd, and It is not moving now. Hotter ndvicc thnn thnt just sent out by the elilefrt of the building trades department nf the Federation of I.nhor was never offercel to any group of wage earners in this country. Members of the building trades unions nro requested to avoid strikes nnd to do all that the can to encourage a building revival by overlooking petty differences which often in the past have led to costly breaks with the employers. The public ex pects the producers and distributors of building material to bo reasonable. It does not and will not expect less from the unions. John V. I.ovltt, just awarded n Rhodes scholarship, won the Major's scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, and while there was elected editor of Its three publi cations in his freshman year, was assistant varsity basketball manager, chairman of the sophomore ball committee, chairman of the publicity committee 6f the Junior Prom nnd Junior week nnd, in addition to many other honors and duties, was prominent in track, tennis und crew committees and, athletic councils. All nf which causes ns to wonder if tho young gentleman ever found time tn lenrn how to blow smoke rings from n cigarette. s,r. A I lilted Stntes commissioner in New York, whose rest bus been disturbed, has announced thnt henceforth men accused of violating the Volstead law arrested after hours will hove to pass the night In jail. And if it should chnnce that the man de nied the right to find ball should later be proved innocent of all wrong-doing, what redress will ho hnvo for false imprison ment? Perhnps the remedy needed Is a night-shift United States ':omtalsaloucr. JJbLlXABBLPaiA, , TUESDAY : .gjteTEmflft ',' ,!. WOMEN AS VOTERS Members of tho Doard of Registra tion Commissioners Have Somo Few Explanations to Make , IJy OKOKflE NOX McCAIN ELAWItENCE FEM, chnirman of tho Hoard of Registration Commissioners, anil I fancy the other members nf the board, .re looking forward with some perturbation to the period between the (Itli and 2id of October, It is the time when' the board will sit to hear applications, complaints nnd nil tho various nnd sundry things that usually nrlc ns mnttcrs for their consideration nnd judg ment. President Fell tells me thnt thus enrly is foreshadowed an outline of whit Is to come. From fifty to sixty persons, tho majority of them women, call daily for information concerning their new duties ns voters. While the commissioner is too astute and gallant to even intimnte It. I rather suspect that he is in accord with Iludynrd Kipling, when he declared, "The female of the species is more deadly than the male." Thit Is In the matter nf asking questions involving minute dctnils ns to her rights n3 n citizen. "TJl'NDREDS of women who hnve been XI nbscnt from the city during the sum mer nre returning to find that they cannot register because they have not been as sessed," said President Fell. "Almost Invnrlnbly the answer is: 'I do not see why I cannot vote. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith are going to vote, nnd they have been nwny nil summer.' "With considerable elaboration of detail some member of the board or an attache ex plains thnt Mrs. Smith nnd Mrs. Jones mndo arrangements to be assessed and arc there fore entitled to registei,'' continued Mr. Fell. " 'Hut why can there not be nn exception in my case? I wns nwny all summer nnd did not know I hnd to be assessed,' continues the fntr delinquent " 'Hut It is the lnw, and there can be no exception mndo not even In your case,' is tho convincing repjy. " 'Well,' nnd there is u.iunlly n ring of defiance in the voice, 'I don't care if it is the Inw, it isn't fair, nnd I am going to in sist on being registered. If my friends enn be registered and vote, there is no reason why I should not have the sime privilege.' And then," smiled President Fell, "the ex planation nnd the nrgument Btnrt nil over ngnln." ANOTHER mystery to scores of women is the matter of voting on nge; that no poll tax is required from the fiist voter. "It is no uncommon thing for women who would hnve been entitled to vote on nge four or five onrs ngo to Insist thnt they have no right to jiny pAll tux for their first vote under the suffrage amendment." snld Com missi' nor Fell. "The nrgument is thnt the poll tnx law Is not applicnble to their first vote, even though they be twenty -five e.r twenty -seven vcars of nge Their protest usually takes form in the expression: . " 'Well. I don't cure. It isn't fair. Tou men. it seems to me, nre putting nil sorts of nbstncles in the way of women voting. I am going to see if something enn't be dojie about it.' " It can rendllv be seen thnt when women by the thousands, instend nf by the score it present, retill their woes ns prnspeetiv voters before them next month the Hoard will hnve large rec- nf Registration Commissioners their work cut out for them In tnngulnr chunks. I ONCE asked Alice Paul, the most mili tant of all the militant suffragists and n very engaging and attractive young woman at thnt: "What ore vou going to do after yoj: achieve your aim nnd secure the franchise for women? Run for Congress?" "No-o-o." she replied meditatively, with . quaint little tilt of the bend. "I think." she continued slowly, "thnt I shnll go on working in the cause just as I have done. Hecnuse. you see, there will 1. a great deal to do even after women get the vote. They must be organized nnd in structed as to their rights nnd duties ns citi zens." And Alice Paul is living bravely un to her Idea expressed months ngo. according to newspaper reports from tho cnpltal, where she mr.intnius headquarters as president of the womnn's organization which has bene fited so much from her generalship nnd In telllgent nctlvitv. She is Inspiring her followers tn demand full, if tardy, recognition ns citizens in their right to hold office If women hnve the right to vote thev have the right to hold office, not five or ten jcars in the future, but now, on the instant. "This ts the wnv I long hnve sought." would bo nn admirable motto for Miss Paul's' party, with the r.dclcndn. "Ilnving found it we're going to mnke the most of it." I would suggest the advisability nf poli ticians, both stnte and national, keeping a fixed anil sternly eye upon a small young Indv who answers to the nnme of Alice Paul That is when she gets properly started. She hnsn't started yet. A GENTLEMAN who has had a wide ex perience in connection with the customs service and wh is. by inclination nnd prac tice, nn nbstniiier from intoxicants, expresses the opinion to me thnt the present unsatis factory condition of nffalrs regnrding the en forcement nf prohibition Is trifling compare- with whnt will follow in the course of the next few years. There is n popular belief that when the present stock of legally distilled alcoholic liquor, particularly in the wny of whiskv, is exhausted there will be rapid diminu tion in the use of spirits due to inability to obtain n supply. This view, according to the gentleman, is fallacious. He is of the opinion that thn time will never come, nt least within the next quarter of a century, when those who roallv wint alcoholic- liquors will find it Im possible to obtain them. The same is true of champagne and tho higher grades of foreign wines. With the vast extent of our const line, with Mexico on the south nnd Canada nn the north, the opportunity for smuggling In largo quantities nre so extensive that it will re quire a veritable army of prohibition agents r.nd coast guardsmen to hold the rum-runner in even reasonable check or restraint. He does not despair, however, of tho ultimate- triumph of prohibition ns a general principle. The Increased difficulty nf securing Intoxi cants will ultimate! discourage such at tempts nnd the acquired taste for liquor will disappear. The fomlng generation, unacquainted with the tnste nnd the temptation of Intoxicants, will, he believes, solve tho problem of pro hibition. The time will never come, however, in I1I3 opinion, when Intoxicating liquors will en tirely dlsiippenr In the I nited States. There will nlwns be some ono with n supply of home-made "hooch." A Little Boy in the Morning HE WILT- not come, nnd still I wait, He whistles at another gate Where angels listen Ah. I know He will not come, et if I go How shnll I know he did not pass Harcfooti-d in the llowery grass? Tho moon leans on one silver horn Above the silhouettes of morn, And from their nest sills finches whistle Or. stopping, pluck the downv thistle, How is the morn so gay and fair Without his whistling In its air? The world is calling, I must go. How shnll 1 Know lie cllcl not paes Barefooted In the shining grass? i Francis Ledwldge, "Songs of reace.' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! " Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best DR. JOHN L. HANEY On Dramatic Appreciation In Schools ONE featuie of school work that is gettin7 serious attention at the present time and will be developed still further in the futuie Is the subject of dramatic appreci ation, according to Dr. John I. llnney. president of the Centra! High School und well-known English scholar. "The question of dramatic culture is rather a difficult one to solve nt the present time with public taste- at not u very high level," said Doctor Honey, "so we must hope to get our best results in the future bv training the child. The Drama League, organized for the betterment of the drama, is struggli'iig with the first problem and t he second is in u measure looked after by the Junior Drama League. "Experience hns taught us that if we arc to mnke any' real headway in cultivating the public taste we must take it while it is still voitng. Probably the strongest trait in the child is that of mnke-believe. J lie love nf the drama and of play-acting is inherent to a degree in nlmost every child. It is our business to harncs- up tins Unit to his general education so that some onrs hence he may have u really cultivated dramatic taste. . "You have doubtless often noticed the child nt play in the street, indulging in some exaggerated form nf diversion. It often tul.es the form nf the dramatic and it is n common sight to see the urchin imi tating the heroics -of 'Hill' Hart or the screen misdemennors of Charlie Chaplin. "So far so good. The cliilcl take to the exposition of tho elriniiiitle quite readily, but his Idea is very elemental, very broad. "Tho difficulty comes when we attempt to have him appreciate the subtleties of dramatic art. If we show him u passage from .Inne Ajistcn or Harrie he is likely to ask for something in which there is 'something doing.' some moving about, plenty of 'pep.' (ilvo What Public Wants "Now this can only come gnidunlly nnd nfter long nnd patient exposition. We must teach the child first of nil to uppieciute druinntic construction nnd to grow to like it. In this way, as time goes on. we shall have that generally cultivated audience thnt will demand serious,, significant plas, with artistic value, mill get them. "The average thcutricol producer U not as u rule moved by altruistic imitiws in putting on plns, but he is u pretlv keen judge of wbht the public wants and what it pays to see. If four-fifths of the public prefers music.nl comedy, ou will find him purveying that sort of entertainment in about thnt proportion. If tlieie Is a greater demnnd for serious ploys, ou will not find him lacking in aiprcciatioii of that fin t and he will give serious plays in proportion to it. "Hut there ure other values quite us dis tinct and thnt to ninny will probably huo o more practical appeal than the so-called esthetic or 'high-brow' one. A child, like nlmost nny on oNe, for thnt matter, is most llkeiy to learn effectively by indirec tion. Thus, if m- huve u boy or girl take pari in n play thut calls for an enactment of the milliners nnd customs of the socially elite, we will be likely, on the whole, un consciously to raise his or her stuudard iu that wuy in everyday life. "For instance, u child might not appre ciate being told nt dinner that he exhibited vVry bml manners by eating pens with a knife. lie would feel that on unwarranted itttuck had been made on his personal con duct. Hut if ho were plaj lug, say, the part of Major Husonby nnd the couch reniiuded him that 'of course the major would not bu likely to use a knife in devouring his peas,' the youngster will in all likelihood get the hint and ever ufter live up to the standard which he hud unconsciously adopted. "And thus it might run through tho whole gamut of ethics or graces. In this wny a substantial advance, would be made In form ing future habits and general conduct. "The sense of balance, or proportion, lenrned in the cultivation of the drama would be another ery useful element up plied to ever) day life. Thus n child would learn the habit of restraint In the earlier, less consequential scenes und would reserve, his big displuy of druinntic expression for the climux. He would It-urn, lor instance, thut in the scene at the cud of the first act where the milk bottle is stolen ho should not tear u iiushIoii to tutleis He might show nniinyauce, but he would rcservo his real display of ungcr or other emotions for 9 ,1920- ' .... - i i ir' - r ' 1 mi i FOG : ' slhe great scene in the third net, where the baby is stolen. Takes Lessons to Heart "This lesson nf restraint, of maintenance of our poise, our equilibrium over the small uiitinnnces of life will not be lost on the child, who will speedily learn the value ot holding in cheek his emotions for the really big moments in life. The child is quick to jntico, for instance, the slip of the teacher who loses his control over a comparatively trilling utinoynnce. nnd the control of that teacher over the class is thereafter more or less lost. "The idea that "nil the world's u stngc, where each one in his turn plays many pints.' will nKo be imprinted on the im presslonnble young mind, mid he will lenrn the value of doing anything he may attempt, both large and small, weli. "At the present lime we nre nctunlly trying to get these results. In one method the iden Is inculcated by having nn able reader, probably a professional, or at least one well equipped, ri'ad a play to the chil dren with suitnble comment. This hns proved a very effective method und one which inuii of the children like, "Then there is the plan of having n number of the children read excerpts from u piny aloud, with criticism by both teacher nnd pupils. The most obvious way, of course, is to give n piny in costume, with the children nctunlly pluying the paits. The results iu this wny hnve been epiite sur prising. "In the higher se-hools and to n lesser degree in the eleineutnry schools the iden of play construction hns been tried with varying degrees of success. For the most pnrt they will be usked to dramatize u short story or a novel, although originul work is not discouraged. Then again to develop their powers of dramatic' criticism they nre encouraged to attend performances of seri ous pla.s and (o write their opinion of t lu-iii. Some of the pupils are tempted to elaborate or try to improve on the criticisms in the daily papers and with n considerable degree of cleverness, but they generally give themselves nwny und nfter u few uxpcii ences try to think for themselves, "There is no question that a great deal of attention '-will be given the appreciative faculty iu the child in the da.is to come, because it is obvious that he is not only inising ,lie level of drnmntic culture, but" Is porfoiining for himself tho service of making of himself n better cducnted, better Imliiuced, wiser nnd more effective, well rounded man." What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Whnt namo did Balboa glvo to tho Pacific ocean when he discovered it iu 151,r 2. What fish swims with Ita mouth nt rlcht angles to tho plane In which It travels? 3. Whnt wns tho original nationality of Queen Maria Antolnetto of Frnncej? 4. What Is tho correct pronunciation of tho word yenst? 6. What arc tho two largest cities In Japan? C. When was tho naval bnttlo of Jutland fought 7. What color Is n linnet? 8. What celebrated American nnvnl frluato was known as "Old Ironsides"? 0. What Is tho original meaning of tho word culslno? 10. A)'lmt Js a buffo In tho theatre? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz l 1. Tho armistice with Ormanv wnn slimed near tho little village of llothondes M tho forest of Compli-gne, Franco. 2. Tho second amendment to tho constltu. tlon of tho United .States provides thnt "A well-regulated mllltla being ncce" Fijry to tho security of ii free state, tho right of tho people to keep nnd bear nuns shall not bo Infringed." 3. Tho Onlaxy In tho heavens la tho Mliiv way. 4. Robert Hrl'lps Is tho present poet luu- reato of England. ' n. "Men aru but children of n larger growth" was written by John Dryden in tho diuniu. "All for Lovo." C. Pocahontas married John Itolfo r l'ompoll was burled by lava from Mount century "a I llUter Pi,rt of ,ho n 8. The Applan" Way was n magnificent jtomun road wfi eh ran from Homo to Hrlndlsl, Italy. It was begun by Clou, dlus Applus In 312 U. O. 9. Tho colors of tho Hag of Rumania nro liluo, yollow nnd red 10, Tho foi climbs paddles. of a whnlo aro callod SHORT CUTS Among the things on tiie list that ncrer will be mist out- cnuiiot include fog. Ever nnd nnon the municipality ecU back to the slogan, "Too much Johnson," Japan apparently hns its own opinloa of "open covennnts openly arrived at." Anntole France, seventy-seven yearn old, is going to bo married. Oh, well, )outJi must hnve its lllug. Perhaps Gloucester City is mixed in its zoology. The gang it 'culls Wolves appear to be Rum Hounds. Auntole France says Europe is elying. That's no proper viewpoint for a honey niooner. People who think thnt the bear move ment on the cost of living is wholly bene licinl ure probably hugging u delusion. Remission of federal income tax on mortgage interest might do its little bit toward bolving the house-shortage problem. In no longer than n Lenten season we'll know the name of the new President. 1. S. There are some euthusiasts who "know it already. Intensive farming nnd n busy postofflce will mean the elimination of the middleman, satisfaction to the consumer and profit for ' the farmer. A Media tax collector, anticipatlnf trouble in collecting taxes from new women , voters, has resigned his job. Put a woman on tho job and she'll have no quulnis. A "human fly" has been robbing New York hotels by scaling the walls atid tbui entering bedroom windows. Up to date tni police have been unable to swat the fly. When she fiuds chuck steak selling at twenty-eight cents n pound nnd tenderloin nt n dollar the housewife is prone to'tbln that lulk of fulling prices is somewhat pre inutuie. Our admiration for Henry as u busi ness man is tempered by his viewpoint a' ii citizen. He says he is not going to vote nt the coming election becnuse ' all tne purtics ure alike." Flood hns washed nway the Martlgnj water works, says u Geneva, dispatch, ana the inhabitants, of the town have now now ing to drink but beer and wine. hlch jou send, condolences or congratulations. Hero nnd there one begins to noto ap preciation of the fuct that the housing proU loin is one that concerns not merely a com inunity but tho whole people, und that 1" reniedy lies with tho natlouul government. Doctor Fin-bush's plen that all cases o( infantile paralysis should bo reportcil im mediately is so reasonable nnd so just tn" ope grieves over the fact that human stu pldlty nnd selfishness should make the np licnl necessary. - -- - "Lie to your wife if you wish to be happy," bays AV. L. George, tho huglh novelist. If the gentleman is married w will probably tell his better half that m, her case, of course, lying isn't ucccsstrTr tho truth being so delightful. - - Tho peak of imagination has been reached by n lloston parograp her, who w unlizes the gladness that will bo "P1." encod by the man with a full coal cellar when ho sends half of his supply of bla diamonds to a friend us u Christmas present. The promptness with which Bethlehem Steel's marine bonds hove becu snapped , up augurs well for an Amor can ;nerchatu, rinoi but not until American bw ' SJ rfiimo enthusiasm for tho sea that hef, dW in the past for the wild and woolly " will such a merchant mnriuo be assured. There is pathos in the fact : tha t tor - first time in us uiaiu "..-";-. n itn iiiurnrv iiiiiiki - is without nn official Invitation mim --. city for its next encampment. .oit. probably Is primarily 'n,5V . fi Hut it would seem that there ought to somewhere In the north u city wi" "n j, ment enough to wish to honor ho boys blue-not with any idea of keeping wcn nllsin alive hut merely to do. hono o inw who responded to tho uutiou's ' ln hour of need. i 'ii'J 1- vjrw,,..k hi ' -"iTf fii T r -i .. . !i,...,I. ' -).... ,.S j. . -JC'rr'tHA Lt - """-' J ,-,( A (4 -J t ' -1i vrtv H'f--',tfiifmM ,KL. . ' . .. &
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