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Ktrr York llumuD ..Tha Hun Bulldlre LOM-ox Drone tindon rimes SUItSCRIPTlON- TEP.MS -Th Eti.NiNa PCM io LxDacn Is arvM to uh crllxra In PhtUrfelptiU and durrnmd'nn town at th rale of tweho (12) centa iwr week, pajablo to tha rarrlr. .n1.mH " Points outildo of Philadelphia, In the t'nltnl Stntra Pnnnd-i, or t'nltM Sialyl" pen asalona, postaao free, fifty (.in) cents per month, Blx (in) dollars p-t ynr. pavahle in ndnnre To nil fnrlin countries one (II) dnl'nr a month ?OTIcr Suhaerlbera wlchln aiMresi chnnRfsl mutt elvo old as cU nn new artdreM, nrLL, W0 VAtNCT KFY5TOST, MAJV 3000 KJ"Addreat all cominn It rllonn to Rrfm ig Piiiric Ledger, Independence Sqiinii-, PM'ci.' Itihia. Member of the Associated Press TUB ASSOClATFn MESS tit rc7n(' rlv en titled to the use for repuW(cnfoi c all iifuj riltpnfrhrt credited to tt or not of.VntHc crfr.'llnl u tilj vapo-, and alto the Ucal cut) iiubi'lihcil tnrr(n. Alt rtohta of rrrubllrnllon of tperial dtspatdits herein art alao r servrd l'Ml.dflphli. Silurdtr. Otlnbrr 9. 19:0 A I'Oflt-YVtP ''hp-tmn run riin.?)'-T.Pin Thins on nlilrli thr iko-'Io rift tlir n? n(lnilnltrtlnn In nm'rntr ito ll nttmtloiu Thr Drlnwme r vr h'tili". A drydock bo niouuh to tii camvwdati thO larptMt nlij ucveiopmrnt the hall. rnrid (rcnill ayafrm. A roiifiiffott A buildinp fi' th" Free .ibrcri, An Art jujfum. Enlargement of the it ntrr Aunnfu. i ilomra to accommodate the ponuinflon. r GOOD AS FAR AS IT GOES I TyUErrOK rAVE.V nnnounccs that hg - has made nrrnnRemontt to buy fifty-nlx ' pircpa of stri'Pt-elrnnlng npparntvis nnil l.riO n horRCft n soon ns the City Council nppro- prlatfs the nropssnry money. llie njiparntu.i will he used for elertninit theatreet hotwocn South street nnil Colum " bin avenup anil the Dclnwnre nnd Sehtiylklll rlTor. r The 'lirectnr ptlmnti". thnt it will eot tho dty $380,000 1p to do thp worl: in thin district thun the lowpst bidder oflfprpcl to do , It for. And Iip nlso ejjtlniatex that $400,000 will pay for the eiiulpment noedpd. At the end of thp yenr thp city will have the equip- tnrnt, so thnt net ypar it will bqin to j profit by thp urvnt conomlrs in doing its own strppt elpniiins. Theie firurPR jutify tho "atimateo made by those who have bepn usljtng that thp city clean all the strpets and eollcet thp garbage nnd nshes and all other rnbbinh innteod of letting out the work on eontraet. And it makes It difficult to undprstnnd thp rpnons which have led the ndmin'atratlon to post pone carrying out the plain Intent of thp charter. No ndpqunte explanation hns bepn offered. We have neither been told thnt It was adminlatratlveiy inexpedient nor have we been assured that it w.im (luani'inll im possible. Director Caven's estimate of the saving in the central part of the city seems to indicate that the financial part of it would have been most profitable to the city. I'lider the nr- i rangement the contractors an- to get the I profits in other pnrts of the rltj and the 'w date when the city Itsolf w'll take over all the work l to be left imHInite. .Afeantime, City Council, wnich mut net positively in favor of the contract system to permit Director Caven to carry out these piecemeal plans. U still debating whether or not to take the step allowed under the Charter. A TRIBUTE TO PHILADELPHIA fTUIE approaching transfer from New York to Philadelphia of the headquarter of the Railway Itusincs Association Is a trib ute to the strategic position which this city occupies. The association, composed of manufactur ers, merchants and engineers selling goods or scrvlcek to the raiiro.ids, finds it conven ient to have its chief office within easy reach of Washington nnd a No in u great city in touch with the rnilrond headquarters Phil adelphfa iR two hours narer to Washington than is New York. Two great railrnnd sis tems have thpir mniu offices here and we are only two hours from the offices of other na tional railroad systems in New York. The national shipping board discovered the advantages of this citj before they were diseovprpd by thp Knllwuy Business Asso ciation. Its offices were first in Washing ton. Rut although it was building ships in Tarlous partn of thp country, it removed Its offices to Philadelphia became it could be in more direct contact with all the ship.nrds tnd because the chief shlpjnrd in which its ork was going on was here When nil the gieut manufacturers here follow the example of -nine of the most en terprising and have then t i ipf selling ullices in their homi city the whole ominunlty will begin to reap nil the ndtntiMges that can accrue to it from the industries in which the working people earn their living. NEWEST WHISKY FRAUDS TJOW many trustful people hne paid fabulous prices for nleohol-and-wnter mixtures flavored with pepper, sugar, shoe polish, prunes and a lot of other queer sub stances beenuse the bottles bore what seemed to be gowrnment labels with the comforting legend "bottled in bond"? The experiences nnd observations of the federal prohibition agents mal.e it appuieut that millions of dollars are given up every week for surh concoctions deftly cased and neatly labeled. Only the most ingenuous buyers and they seem to be countless have been deceived. When the federal agents arrested counterfeiters of government ware house labels, in this city thej were only be ginning to break up n new sort of swindling game that has become nation wide since the prohibition act wbh inude effei tive. Whisky that booth ggers offer as stuff "'brought in from C'uundn" or "released for medicinal purposes" is in nil probability mixed to order in miiiic nllej duo by the wholesale peddlers. The illicit liquor busi ness has made rcallj brilliant Imri of most of the men who engage in it. TAXI REGULATION REGULATION of the cnbs called tail, now proposed by the Public Service Commission after a long survey in Philadel phia, will not be bo easy a matter as it may appear. That part of the public which, be Ctuso of necessity, rliolco or good luck, rides in taxlraba has been squeezed in the past by monopolies on one hand and Independent taxicabbles on the other. There Is ground for the belief thnt there is need for reforms nt the top of the business i well as at the bottom. And it Is hard to ae how the mere restriction of licenses will 46 any good. Hates for taxi service hnve always been high in this city. What is Mdtd 14 more competition and not less of It. $1 ,. tMotoroara operate" as common carrier! IjJfWH Vti to be, so regulated aa to pro- vide the sort of protection which the public expectp and receives from other utilities of a similar lfittnre. Tlm It Is necessary thnt those who own and operate taxis be bonded In order that their patrons tuny be safe guarded agnlnst the results of negligence or other faults In the service. The larger taxi companies provide this protection. Many Independent operators do not. it Is tho duty of the police nnd the Service Commission to bcp thnt provision Is mnde to compensate, users of taxis In cases of ncclilent and that no part of the business In question Is left in the hands of privateers of doubtful char acter. lint If it Is the intention to lessen com petition by withholding lie-uses from re sensible compnnirs nnd to exclude from the city those who might Improve tnxl service through wholesome competition with existing compnnlcs that now monopolize most of the traffic, the comiiilsslouprs will be in the midst of mi unpleasant uproar before many days. WAGE-SCALE INEQUALITIES PLAY SOME QUEER PRANKS Reflections on a Physician's Bewilder ment Over the Contrasting Bank Accounts of Philosophers and Hodcarrlera rnllE difficulty of standardizing the unit of -1- human deserts hns nlwn.is gloti phlloso. pliers n lot of trouble nnd cynics a dispro portionate amount of sour satisfaction. Into the hands of the latter class Dr. .T. Chalmers Da Costa played dlrcctlj the other dnv when, at the dedication of n memorial fnblet to thp wnr heroes of Jefferson Medical College. In- deplored conditions under which "drivers of milk wncoiis nre paid more than doctors of phi'nsimln and hodcarrlers re ceive more than p.eliintrists." Expressed thus Uvidlv. the truth un doubtedly has its unpalatable qualities. It would seem, save to some who materially profit Ihcrehj. that thp scale of prices for achievement is in a stale of considerable eon fusion. The pacsion for reforming It Is easily nroused and has ever been so. Just now In HiiHsia a particularly grandiose at tempt Is bring made. That It N falling Is ono proof of the folly of seeking too swiftly to reduce subjects inherently complex to swpppingly simple terms. Where, permissible by the nnture of the case, the process cannot, of course, be too rapidly worked out. Hut the Uusslnn Com munists were enmeshed in a problem which hns bnfTied mniikind for nges. Nntiirnlly, the alleged pnnncen has not been convincing. The theory of the Third Iiiternntlonalc involves the premise thnt material gain Is the summation of reward for labor. I'pon thli basis n system of grndrd recomnpnsp was evolved to the complete elimination of spir itual considerations. Assuming even that all thr intiicnte economic fnetors had func tioned efficiently, the result would still have been questionable. , A community in which labor hours are short. In which living is made easy, in which comfort is "scientifically" apportioned may present a superficially pleasing picture, but it by no means represents the end of the pursuit of happiness. "I could he bounded in n nutshell." said Hamlpt. "and count myself a king of infinite space were it not tiint I hnve bad drenms." In what nre called worldly goods, the prince of Elsinore, ns is well known, was comfortably fixed. It was deficiency of serv ice, not insufficiency of material rewnrd. which distressed him. Ills poverty, whptlipr hyprrsensltixply or not, wns measured in spiritual terms. Itiis fashionable in a good mnnv qunrters to reject these Just now : In other words, to take a leaf from the Bolshevist Doomsday Hook. If not for its principles of commu nism, at least for its glorification of the materialistic code. Interpreting that strictly it can he proved that the milk-wngon driver i indeed superior to some physicians, skilled in their profession though they may be. The former N richer in a peculiarly elusive me dium of exchange. Money, declared a nineteenth century phi losopher the stores of whose mind were ever In Inverse ratio to those of his purse, is the most desirable thing in life. TIip delicious Inconsistency of Samuel liut'er. whose masterpiece. "The Wnv of All Flesh." wns not even printed until ufter his death, here renches the climnx. Butler, if ever n man did. Invited Ills soul, and the paths through which it led him nre among the most luxuriant in English letters. Was his material poverty justified '! Km phatirnlb no. It is n shame not that milk wagon drivers, hodcarriprs, workers In what nre called necessities, should be well paid, but that intellectual seriee should !p con ducted so precariously. The gifted philoso phers, statesmen, scientists who may not happen to have amassed fortunes, cannot, however, warrantnbly be called poor. In their rasps the unit of wealth has altered. Failure to recognize this is at the root of Butler's error. Is the name of Anton Fugger familiar? In dermal. y the prime exnmple of ma torinlNm carried to the ultimate nrhntis It is. But elsewhere few persons would think of ranking It with Oallb-o. with Vewton. with Harvey, with Lavoisier, with Socrates, with Pasteur, with William James. Yet Flerr Fugger, of n family of Augsburg mil lionaires, once staggprpd the Emperor Charles V by burning In his presence nu im perial bond for money due that powerful fifteenth century banking firm. The inci dent is depicted by Carl Becker in the Herlin National fiallery. Such immortality of fame as it possesses is here. Thnt Croesus is better known than the shrewd traders nnd financiers of the Fugger fnmil is probably the result more of the adversity which overwhelmed him than of the material prosperity which was tran sientlj his. HerodotiiH reads the moral a bit cruel, perhaps, for the enormously wealthy king of I.j din seems on the whole to hnve been a good sort but none tho less It N significant to note how philosophy rnther than pecu niary nggrnndizenirnt is the henrt of the tale. It wrh Solon, the intellectual, the Athenian lawgiver, who told tho opulent monarch of the workings of divine npinpsls. From the ethical viewpoint It Is not clear just why the imperially ncqulsitlvc Cyrus should have been the Instrument of the I.jdinn downfall, but the fact remains that Croesus is one of the few extremely wealthy men whose names are inscribed in history. Huskln. It Is true, might pedantically 1 cited, but certainly his affluence is quite the leas,t of his inheritance of fame. Persons who may recall that he was well-to-do are doubtless also acquainted with the more In teresting fact that nearly all of his fortune was expended on plans for the welfare and enlightenment, artistically and socially, of his fellow countrymen. Anecdotal Instances of the obscurity of wealth could be multiplied. It must be con fessed that In u civilization in which the struggle is severe and the reward puling they might make vpxntious reading. Doctor Da Costa's pertinent reflections insplrfi pro voking queries. Workers in every field of human endeavor, from quarterniotis to quicklime, can provo voluminously that the wage scale Is out of joint. The chaos is partly tho consequence of a revolution in th.Y payment scbeduh that began wben mcdle&lism, with its arlstbcracy hi of birth, was overthrown in favor of ma terialistic, industrial and commercial com petition. That there wns n gain there, in spite of Injustices nnd in mnny Instances, the lack of rntlonnl adjustment, Is not to be denied. Hut alt discussion of tho subject is bound to grow clouded when money Is made the exclusive standard of reward. Trlto aa It may seem to Insist on the vitality of spir itual recompense, Its significance has not altered In the city-states of Oreece, under the Imperial authority of Home, tha pyrnm Idal economic, structure of the middle ages or the dlamond-ciit-diamond individualism of the present. , The sweets of service, of sincere Idealism, of lofty understanding arc not to be meas ured In terms of a coinage system. 1'ntll they nre, doctors who realize tho best Hint is In them, philosophers, savants, workers with the brain or with the hands, whether high or low In the so-called social scale, need not feel that there Is the least Inequity of soul reward. Where an attempt of stifling Is made, ai In sihenip-i which fail to recognize the In destructibility of the spirit, even the ex ternals of tyranny cannot be lasting. THE TRANSIT EMERGENCY jVTEMnEHS of Council should keep in ' mind during their special session .today thnt they nre not nsked to roach any decision on n permnnent transit policy. The P. H, T. Is confronted by an emer gency. It has asked for n straight five-cent fare and the abolition of all transfers nnd exchange tickets until such time ns n defi nite agreement enn be reached on n perma nent policy. Such nn ngrcenient ennnnt be renched until the stntus of the contracts with the underlying companies Is settled. The Public Service Commission bus been nsked to re view those contrncts, but its jurisdiction In disputed. Tho courts are now considering the point. In the menntime. City Solicitor Smyth hns advised the City Council that it haB no power definitely to fix the rate of fare, and that any decision which It mny rench will be regarded merely as advisory by the Public Service Commission, in which the final power over fares rests. The significance of this legal opinion lies In its virtual admission thnt the lnw creat ing tfle Public Service Commission invali dated that part of the contract between tho city nnd the P. R. T. under which It Is provided that there shall be no change In the rates of faro wlthqut the consent of the city. Now If the Legislature can give to a public body powers which ennble It to over ride the specific terms of a contract between a public service corporation and the city, what becomes of the contention thnt there is no power anywhere In the state which can bring tho contracts between two public serv ice corporations under review for the pur pose of deciding on their equity and sound public policy? The whole transit situation hinges on the underlying contracts. No way out can be found until we know what the courts have to say about them or until they shall bo readjusted by a compromise on n fair bnsls. As to Councilman Develln's propositions, they nre mnde In response to the request of the Public Service Commission for nn alter native suggestion. Mr. Mitten nsks for a straight five-cent fnre and no transfer or exchange privileges. Mr. Develln proposes a straight six -cent fare and free transfers nt nil points where exchanges or transfers are now Issued. A six-cent faro would reduce the number of short riders from whom Mr. Mitten has derived a large and profitable revenue. It Is doubtful whether it would produce much more than a Btralght five-cent fare. Its suggestion this time may only complicate nn issue which is In need of clarificntion. Mr. Develln Is undoubtedly right, however, when he argues In fnvor of free trnnsfers as necessary If the city's high-speed lines arc to be made to pay. Hut the high-speed lines remain to be built. It is not likelj that they will be built until the dispute about the un derlying contracts Is settled. Whatever Council may do this afternoon, the Public Service Commission will have the finiil say. We nre dependent on its fair mindedness und on Its understanding of all the ramifications of a most complicated question. Hut if it nets on the theory that it is merely meeting a temporary emergency its decision, whatever it may be, will be accepted with such philosophy as the citizens can muster whllp they nre struggling to find the way out of a hard situation A CHOCOLATE SOLDIER A NET of some sort has closed suddenly nn young Felix DInz, nnd so another firebrand that might hnve Inflamed Mexico and troubled the Pnlted States seems to have been permanently extinguished. The nrrest of Felix, nephew of Porfirio the Terrible, announced recently by the federal generals nt Vera Cruz, Is n culmi nating incident In one of the wild melo dramas that crowd each other on every pnge of Mexican history. And it ought to draw j attention again to the manner In which revolutions are made and continued south of the border. The wars you hear so much about seldom begin on Mexican territory. They are hatched In Paris, us n rule, or in Buenos Aires, In London or in downtown New York. Felix Diaz was taking his ease In Europe and he enjoyed some famo as a boulevardler in Paris when Huerta's government fell upon evil dayB. Until then Felix had no In tention of returning to the land which his uncle once ruled with un Iron rod. He was neither a good soldier nor n good statesman. But he had his name, and it was a mime that frightened and fascinated every Mexi can. It was reminiscent of power and cruelty, of Immeasurable strength ruthlessly applied in the old days. Say "Diaz" to any Mexican and you move him to something like superstitious reverence nnd awe. When Huertn seemed about to fall it was announced that Felix Diaz was on his' way from Europe and that ho would land in state to greet n powerful group bf partisans. The government at Mexico City took ex traordinary pains to keep him out of the country. Rut Felix got to Cuba and one day he landed suddenly on the west coast of Mexico. He wore a uniform and hn wns met by a good many of Huerta's enemies, and In a day ho became the hope of all tho opportunists of various climes who sit In political anterooms waiting like buzzurds for what they can snatch out of one national disaster or another. Who brought Diaz from Europe, who paid for tho ship that took him to Mexico from Cuba, who put up the money that bought arms and uniforms for his aides and his fol lowers no one seemed to know. Hut the ad venture led to nothing. Felix got nowhero with his war. He lived In stato with a clan. Successive cabinets hesitatod to order his arrest, and since It became apparent that ho could not seize the government he has been trying to sell his name and his good will to the new regime Vlllu was a bruto of sorta, but ho was n consistent bandit. He was not afraid of it light. When it seemed to him that tho new government was willing and able to do liulf right by the peons ho retired with a flourish like a stage villain. Between Villa nnd Felix Diaz there was on immense difference. Villa's followers were the ragged and illit erate hordes, .Sy. THE STATE-'S POOH-BAH He Is the Busiest Official , In the Commonwealth What the New Census Will Reveal 8ome Tiny Townships Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN, JAMES N. MOORE is the pooh-bah of Pennsylvania officialdom, Ills name appears on the roster of state officials as director of the Legislative Refer ence Bureau. Ills title conveys no inkling of the varied character of his duties. As director of tho reference bureau Mr. Moore Is an encyclopedic authority upon legislation past in ml present. HrfoKe any bills nre presented In House or Senate they arc' supposed to have passed under thp rod of the director's criticism. If they are plugged full of grammatical errors, "Jim" Moore putties up tho holes. If they are obscure In phraseology, he brushes away the cobwebs of confusion by simplifying the sentences. He Is an official godsend to the dull, hesi tant, unsophisticated or Ignorant legislators. If they de'slre to introduce n bill and cannot frame It, they give James N. Moore the idea and he drafts it for them. He sees that it conflicts with no other bill nlong similar lines; that It Is, fool-proof and per fect. Afpr which the legislator Inflatrs Jits chest, wags his head and boasts to his con stituents about "his" bill. this is the least of Mr. Moore's Xl tint duties. During legislative sessions he is the par liamentarian of the House. If lie hns any title It Is sprnker to the speaker. More than half the session James N. Moore Is the real speaker of the Hoifstf. He is the power behind the throne. And that Is no Idle assertion, as hundreds of gentlemen over the state who have sat in thclcglslatlvc halls can bear witness. As parliamentarian, standing hour after hour at the speaker's side, ho tells the speaker what to say In parliamentary mix ups or delicate points of order. And the speaker says It, because he knows that Moore knows. James N. Moore Is the highest authority on parliamentary usage In Pennsylvania. Tho strain upon him, both physical and mental, Is tremendous. When I saw him on the closing day of the last session of the House he was on the ragged edge of physical prostration. Ho is a slight man in physique, with a low voice and gentle manner. He has other duties. IN THE twenty months that Intervene be tween sessions of the House and Senate at Harrlsburg he Is metamorphosed. He becomes on editor and comDilcr. Ho specializes in classification, or codifi cation, of special laws, which arc subse quently bound and sent forth to grace the law libraries of the state. ' Ills latest 'publication Is a volume of 700 pages recently Issued from the press. He modestly refers to It ns a "Bulletin." It is a pudgy, cloth-bound book bearing the title, "A Compilation of the Lawn Relating to Counties and County Officers." Heing a member of the bar himself, Mr. Moore knows just what lawyers require In tho way of refcrenco books. His Inst con tribution shows this. nut there Is more to tell. If a lawyer In Clearfield county, or n county commissioner ln"Lebanon, or a for mer member of the House In Allegheny, or n justice of the peace In Lehigh wishes to know about a particular law passed In a certain year, or If some statute of forty years ago has been repealed, the inquiry ultimately finds its way to Mr. Moore's bureau. He Is expected to and does look up the matter and forwnrd the correct answer. All the above is separate and apart from the daily routine of the bureau. A good mnny stato and city officials would coddle themselves with the Idea they were being killed If thev had Mr. Moore's job. And for $5000 per annum, at that. THE fact that Pennsylvania's population has Increased only 18 per cent In the Inst decade Is the least disappointing feature of the census. The drift of population from thp country to the city is thp danger suggested In the report of the state census mnde public this week. The nvernge citizen fails to grnsp the px tent or menning of this shift of population. The census of 1010 revealed the start of the movement. The world war acceleroted it. The census of 1910 showed thnt nearly every township In strictly rural counties wns decrensing in population. Not a county In Pennsylvania, barring Philadelphia, Alle gheny and Dauphin, but showed a decllno In township population. The census of 1020 will reveal more startling figures, Monroe county Is n fair sample. Out of fifteen townships, ten showed a decrease in population from the preceding census of 1!)00. In McKean county twelve townships out of fourteen showed a decline, some amounting to moro than 40 per cent. OCCASIONALLY n newspaper paragraph from out tho West or South tells how such or such a county hasn't sufficient popu lation to furnish election officers. Pennsylvania has been dangerously near to that condition. Some of Its townships run a mighty good second to the western story. Of course, equal suffrage will change nil this. There will be nt lenst enough to officer one polling placo in a township, with suffi cient citizens over to cast a few votes. 1'p In Tiogn county, Nelson township lias only fifty-nine Inhabitants. In Pike county, Palmyra township 1 ns n population of only fifty. Counting live persons to n family, there would be just enough male voters to man one polling place Pine township, In Clearfield county, hns only thirty-two people resident within its borders. The neighboring township of Pike comes to the front with n population of 1071. The prize for the smallest populntlon goes to an almost neighboring county. Lebanon. In Cold Spring township, nccordiug to the census of 1010, its population totaled twenty-nine souls. It wns an increase of eleven from the census of 1800, when It had a pop ulation of eighteen. After nil, this does not mean a great deal when onp considers that hunters can shoot quail within fifteen miles of City Hall nnd trappers every winter clenn up n nice sum from the pelts of fur-bcarlug animals taken within an hour's auto ride of the city limits. A Florida Warning Fort McCoy Corraipondence Ocala runner. The subject of "Hell Hound Church Mem ber" was nbly discussed last night nt the Hnlller series of meetings by tho Rev. C. II. Reeb. It wns very convincing that the devil with his long-handle shovel of decep tion Is shoveling mortal souls into outer dnrkness by the million. Everybody stop nnd think. Sympathy Due l'rom th New York Tribune The world is full of soft-hearted folk, so there doubtless Is sympathy for the mall truck driver whose truck hurt three children nnd killed one last Saturday. Opinions Differ From Hit Ohio Htata Journal. It's impossible to please everybody, and if n girl has what we In our ignorance con sider a good figure, the neighbor women say she is bunchy. A Perpetual Hope From 111 Paltlmor Hun Communism Is merely tho ngo-old dream of suckers that something may be got for nothing. Look Into This vmm (ha llothn Trahicrlpt. If things don't, come your ,TTyi perhaps U'a pecausoou, ore qqttatCrii place, NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They a Know Best MIS8 EVALYN T. CAVIN On Keeping Children at Home rpHE Influenza epidemic of 101S may be n -- rapidly dimming memory to the nverago Phlladelphian, but It has left an Impression in charitable fields which will not wear out for many years, according to Miss Evalyu T. Cavln, executive secretary of the Mothers' Assistance Fund, a local organization nfiil inted with tho Stnte Hoard of Education. Tho Mothers' Assistnnee Fund, ns Miss Cnvln explained, is supported by both state nnd county nppropriutlons. It wns started in 1014 and has grown every jenr, always maintaining its motto, "Keep the Children nt Home." "The organization,". Miss Cavln said, "does its campaigning among the mothers for tho nsslstnncc of the children. We nre interested in nil cases where the mother, ns the sole support of n family of children, is compelled to work all dav nwnv from home. The result with the children Is bound to be dlsnstrous. The truancy cases, the acci dents, the fires in homes caused hy children playing with matches a great many of these things arise from just such u situation ns this. "Wn hnve on our payroll now 700 mothers with nn nvernge of nearly four children each. The cost of these 700 cases is $2'J,a(5, or nenrlv $3.1 to a family. This is an increase of $10 over the cost per family when we started. Our largest appropriation to mothers Is $S0 and tho lowest $12. Our rates are $f!0 for every two dependent minors, with $10 for every additional child. Hut these figures nre not rigid, ns our pensions are based on the difference between the fam ily income and the fnmily need. 1400 Mothers Need Help "It hns been estlmnted that there are nbout 1000 widowed mothers in need with two or more minor children In the city of Philadelphia, but this number does not in clude the great Influx which enme in because of the Influenzn epidemic. I would say thnt there nre about 1400 such mothers nt the present time. We have 1170 on our waiting list, nnd we were only nblo to handle tho 700 cases thnt'wn did this yenr because of a special appropriation which we finally won from the county nfter a fight In Council. "Fifty per cent of the cases which have come under my observation are Amerlcau born women, with Irish and Italian coming next In the order named. Of the children, 00 per cent arc American born. It sppius amazing to say thnt OSS of the mothers hnve from three to ten children under sixteen, nnd yet this Is nn nctunl fact. Pecullatly enough, the American-born women seem to be more generally represented on this list thnn foreign born. Wo had ono widow of twenty-eight yenrs who had seven children, nnd thereby won our largest pension of $80. "Philadelphia Is lagging behind other big cities In tho work of this character done among women, although wo have improved materially In this respect during thp last few venrs. New York appropriates $2,000,000; Boston, $500,000; Buffalo, $145,000; Chi cago, $320,000; Detroit, $301,000, nnd Cleveland, $52,000, Philadelphia with $237,000, including state ond county appro prlatlons, does not rank with "any of these cities except Cleveland, considering tho pop ulation item. "In Europe they arc looking to thn United States as n leader along these lines and are just beginning to take it up tlu-m-solves. If tho municipal governments hero and elsewhere could only realize the fact that money spent in this way is a savlug, since it cuts out such very definite items as proba tion officers, the overhead institutions, and the loss entailed in various legal avenues through which many fatherless children drift when deprived of the mother's carp they might bo moro willing to push hucil work ns this. Housing a Serious Problem "Wo am faced, of courso, with nearly all tho problems which confront tho individual Housing Is u very serious one at tho present tlmo. Houses that used to rent for $10 or $12 now rent for $10, and go as high as $28 And the houses aro not worth such sums' especially slnco few landlords ever consent io rnuau icimiiD iu mm uay anu generation . "Coal at Its present high cost presents an jVthec big problem to us. fAll'fsuch.'thinR Mavo to be taken into consideration when1 ff . ODD BITS t, vV applications are presented to us fos one of our pensions. We also work In close co operation with tlie schools, finding out just how much schooling each child has had, and, after we accept the euro of the mother, just what marks arc made by her children, "We tell the latter that their schooling Is their 'job,' nnd that it is up to them to puss their work, just us it would be to do sotlsfoctory work in n position. Wo try to impress them with the fnct that the state is not giving them charity, but is being repaid by the work they do in their elnsses. As a result we find that the marks of such chil dren are higher in proportion than those of tho city ns a whole. "There nre forty-eight bonrds such ns this ono in the state, and there urc thirty states out of the forty-eight which have similnr work among mothers supporting large fami lies. We want to keep those mothers home, or nt lenst not let them work outside nil dny. Part work is very often necessary unless there aro older children who can help keep tho family." WISE MAN OLD Adam tried in curly days With circumstance to grapple, He looked around In quick nmaze And blamed Eve with tho apple. Then nfter thnt his dull wit slept Throughout the endless nges, And governmental onus kept On history's, blazoned pages. Now comes iclief from all such woe, His own gift will foibid it Whichever waj elections go, 'Twill be the women did it. McLnudbuigh Wilson, in N. Y. Herald. A Bit Confusing l'rom tho Pass nu shnw London. We rend without surprise that "leading Serbian politicians, including Messrs. Jnn kovitch. Dnvldovitch. Draschkovitch and Prihitchovltch, have fulled to leach a mu tual understanding." It's a -yonder thej could even distinguish "vitch" was "vltch"! Florida or ? From th New York Hrrnld The 10,000 coal miners who have decided to take a vocatlou furulsh n happy precedent for others. Next winter, when folks are shivering because they have no coal to barn they can take a vacation and go where coal is not essential. What Do You Know? QUIZ U nibB?" "le f",hcr f Ablm m the V "Jf'lnfuiih between an ibnx and ibis ' VQooser th flrSt nnme Mrther 4. What nre "hors d'oouvrcs" and how B. ho wrote "Don Quixote"? ' Uf cnt"ry,dld the nuthor live? 7. What la rrfmrdeil ns thn mn.i L.L,,' .. a i. - -..w imuiil iciiiiun nr tho world's deserts? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 The population of tho Island possei. , M f the I'lilted States is aboutTBOo ooo 2. OustavoVIs tho present king of " Sweden J. Tho word falcon should 1.0 pronounced n though It wcro spelled fnweon. booTtlet.1"0 '" ft "an,"lllet or stitched 6. Don Jaime tlo nourbon is tho firetemlor 'he Spanish throno. Ho Is tha hen' of the Carllst party "cad C. The British fleet under Nelson defeated the 1-rench nnd Spanish fleets un,i Vllleneiivo nnd dravina. rcsneetivi nt the battle of Trafalgar. rcspcctlv,'y. 7. Tho word "flat" In originally Tmin o. i means let It bo done 'or made '"' n'"1 8. Uenu Nash (Illchnrtl Nash) tho fern,.... English dandy, wns born n thSSve f" ' c7)'"'7 and died In t le cgi centh. His (fates aro 1674.t7fl ii was culled the "King of Jta i,".- ,, roferenco to the English resort which ho was u leader nf eA.1,1 '" 9. "A poor thing., but n.lno own' ffe Shakespeare's, comedy, "As You uil ,i(f. The" middle name of Jamea a m.i!. " was ailleznle.. . 'Wr a' "'"Ine, 8. "Who was premier of Orent Urltnln 1m. mediately preceding Lloyd fJeorKe? H. In what wnr was the son of Napoleon HI and Kiigenln killed? "i'iion HI 10. Where la Bessarabln? t-ZUlsA (Vl C jytx SHORT CUTS A tumble always Jnvltcs luughtcr. Look at sugar, for instance. The reduction of telephone tolls may yet justify the declaration that talk is cheap. As n sob sister Norman Hapgood dofi not have to take a back seat to any of them. There Is lively expectntion that French aid for Wrangel mny mean French leave fot Trotzlcy. "Sad sen wovcr Is right," said the ,!O0 saloonkeepers nnd bartenders arrested in At lantic City. In the political campaign there appean to lie n guarantee of n new Issue ererj twenty-four, hours. Who says the profiteer doesn't feel ashamed of himself? Why, everything thai once cost n dime now feels like thirty centi, Presumably Leninc nnd Trotzky hare read understanding Franklin's remark! concerning hanging together or hangiug sep arately. Any honest man may tell the truth anil nothing but the truth ; but a man must needs be vpry brnve or very foolhnrdy to tell the whom truth. Doubtless the reason n doctor of phi losnnhv does not pot nil the monev he de- servcs'is that if he had the money he would not need the philosophy. Tests of Delaware nnd Schuylkill wtet show 20,000 bacteria to the cubic centi meter, affording another proof that over crowding is dangerous to health. Councilman Develln's suggestion for 1 six-cent fare adds further confirmation ti the fnct thnt now that n penny buys next tl j nothing it never was more needed. Speaking in n local church, a vl'itiuM clergyman declared that women's dresseil "nre little short of scandalous." .wanm of course, that they are a little short. It may, of course, have bn purely ' accident, but the burning of fcJ,i;mar!l before It was turned over to .. ,- Allies 6J tho Germans suggests bad blood and iron nerve. A Wilmington. Del., jury In a recent liquor casn sampled two quarts ni ine " dence. With Increuso of prohibition viola tion cases ono may see objection to jury 'duty gradually disappear. The housing problem is not wholly mod- nrn t?runlln,l l.n.l tf In I. or mlllll W llPDi vexed with Orlando, she .aid she'd as lief b 1 1 wooed of n snail, "for though ho comet J siow-iy no carries ms nouse on uis um.-r.. . Chicago is in n fair way to wive Hi. 1 1 ii ri. 1-1 .l-lAi. li,rfl ni nousing prouiem. uiaienui ui-uiria , --jja prices, lanor unions nave promiscu iicic--i hnnlrera will nrnvlilft tho S5.O0O.000 BeMI'il sary. It's easy when everybody gets W'J getlier. All that Chauncey M. Depcw; talH about to newspaper reporters the other eve ning was Russia, sovietlsm, socialism. ' linnolni iit-nlilom irumMl'l elntheS. nOlltl pipe dreams, Cox, Harding, woman fcuffrMVl capital and labor, wages and the higu 'j 1 of living, prohibition, the Civil war a r baseball scandal. Tho old gentleman growing reticent with tho years. A Los Angeles man with bitter Iron suggests swapping hlo six-year-old 6on 1 a dog. preferably an alrcdale. BmumJ, the baby, ho hays, he and his wife have ne forced to move twenty-six times in weeks, though In one apartment inero r.. two ulrcdales. Wc venturo tlie guess t" tho fault lies less with the landlords tn with selfish tenants. Instead of the and 0 being the hard-hearted bruto he Is fP'c'i he Is 11 spineless (individual who dare (Oil HIS Willi IDS Uyil. .IIISI. uriruuo y-- j 111s tennniB oDject to n crying p --(, i,t n bail on tho little treasures. (Ho n"11 111s power, now tua,t nouses are -;-- .1.4 defv tho kickers and nrovldo asylum for "Jf . a iiarCt. 111s power, now iua,i nouses ur v defy tho kickers and provide psylu.ro kiddles until theV aro btif cnoilgb to de.";" n house with a worUj-vfhUeout'?'' -,. - r. a attachment. m f .;&' fr, ! , t 1 . s rmwri-- i.ti"i,sAi''"fri i...,y,,f,j. . . ..t(.itstjnt-.f, ViJ 1(11 K "v n -V tf 1 1 t'i MMkh'lgbk-
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