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Phllidelpblt, TTedneidaf, Ottobtl 13, 1930
A rot'n-YRn rnoonxji koh
riiiranKi.vniA
Thtnss on uhlrh the neoplr eieet the new
admlnlntritkin to rourrntrate Its attention:
Tht Delavjart rtner bridge,
A dnioek bio iiiomoA to n.vommodate the
Inroeaf uhlttn.
Drvtlopinmt ef the rapid transit si't7.
A ronvetttluit linll,
A bul'Mnp to the Free Library,
An Art JiMeum.
ffntarknuent th' vatrr Kiipr-v.
Hornet to acrommodnfe the population.
, THE TEACHERS WIN
rpHB square thing, ungrnoofully done.
jj This Is the end of tho long nnd needlessly
corapllcntrd eampalgn for better pny for the
"rechool teachcrR of Philndelphln.
Tho action of the Hoard of Kduoatiou yes-
. terday acauro lt employes of nn immedlntc
bonus of $200 and an inereasod salary nched-
urtlle. completing the eoiializntion process for
men and women.
( It is significant that theeloventh-honr fne
tlon differences in the Hoard rather than the
lnnchdiscuBsed financial einbarrussnient con-
2 trlbuted to the last deadlock in the long
erles. It was brolten down when it became
("evident that neither side could ntlnln its
desires unless both sides were utilicd.
. By the eompromife which was the only
.nlternntive to a confeyslon of iidministrative
' Incompetence the teachers receive all that
can reasonably be grunted them at this time,
salaries based on a higher schedule and lump
sums, half the size of what was sought last
(mrnmer. Mr. Orals:. Mr. Tleebcr and the
Hoard's employes ore therefore nil winners,
which is evidence all too sufficient that the
result was unwarrantably deferred and that
" 'twas a famous victory" somewhat in the
Little Peterkln sense.
Credit unsullied, however, must be ascribed
to the public, including the citizens' com
mittee, which persist) d In the battle
Vtindecelvcd by smoke screens aud clique
bickerings.
T. R.'S BIRTHDAY
THE steps tnken by Mayor Moore to or
ganize the observance of the anniversary
of tie birth of Theodore Uoosevelt on Octo
ber 2" reflect a direct response to popular
7 pinion.
The former President's widow has been
(asked to attend the exercises in this city.
' Members of patriotic societies, and espe
cially the Wompn's Memorial Association.
re preparing an attractive program.
The gratifying feature of these efforts is
particularly the sincere enthusiasm which
prompts them. When the time comes, ns it
sissuredly will, that the memory of Theo
dore Roosevelt is honored in this citv by a
legal holiday, justification for it will be be
7ond question.
The present delay is in entire conformity
with Americnn tradition, which, in the mat
ter of holidays signalizing the achievements
Jof the republic's great men. is exceedingly
conservative. The attitude is sound, for
retrospect sometimes plas astonishing
pranks with individual reputations,
T" In the case of Roosevelt, however, it is
.olely custom rather than fears of shrinking
fame which impels the caution. Meanwhile,
without legal ennctment appropriate ob
servances can be made of an illustrious date
t. in our national annals. They are likelv to
increase in general appeal, regardless of
ti partisanship, as perspective clarities the
public vision
LUNATICS AT LARGE
THE man who has confessed that he mur
, dcred little Rlakely Coughllu obviously
belongs to a class which is more familiar to
the police and the doctors than to the gen
eral public the clnss of the half-mad, which
Js far larger than is generally supposed.
Inherited taints, drugs and alcohol, sep
arately or together, are responsible for de
fectives who, subject to murderous whims
and furtively menacing those about them.
are not yet so abnormal ns to warrant de
tention in institutions for the criminal in-
cane. For almost a generation scientists
bare puzrled oer the case of these defec
tives. Various methods have been suggested for
the solution of the problem which they pre
sent to society. Medical organizations have
urged state laws to prevent the marriugc of
tho mentally deficient, but such suggestions
have been almost wholly disregarded.
Meanwhile, in every community there is
a slow increase In the number of men and
women whose minds move in a twilight zone
between reason and iuanity. It is only
"after one of these deficients commits some
net of savage cruelty that the public is mo
mentarily aware of still another fpiestion
for which it has no answer.
SEA HUMOR IMPERILED
SEASICKNESS has so loug supplied al
leged humorists with ready npltol that
it has become the fashion even among suf
ferer to scoff at preventive measures. In
consequence, perhaps, scientific treatment
has been rather shamefaced aud the ma
jority of remedies suggested have been em
pirical and rather foolish
Tho naval transport Hendenon. which
rleft League Island yesterday on a two
months' experimental cruise, illustrates,
however, a departure from the established
contention. The vessel has beeu equipped
Vwith so-called stabilizers, thirty-ton fl. -wheels,
located deep in the hold and devised
'tfL.ta operate on the gyroscopic principle.
,, oujuvfliio w. v... . ..,.,......... ...... ,fc mill,
to its delicacy of adjustment it will virtuully
'anticipate and hence In a large degree coun-
. VA .l..,v,frau r tltiu nntiiirnriiu fiuu..rf !,..
i teract tho rolling of a ship In a rough sea.
?ln other words, the proof of the pudding
. r will not only be tho eating. 'Tis a con
summation of which devout hopes have been
i 'often entertained.
X. That they have uot, through the marvels
f, ,tbe gyroscope, been reullzed earlier has
V Mrprl"-''! person whose admiration for
tsjafasea outstrips their knowledge. To tho
. fjtritrJBt Uhtt the gyroscope ia one of
;- r. tkA'iMMt jieimuinr or contranuons. seem-
MJI $M. fjf&
Ingly possessed of wonder-working attri
butes. The comparatively recent application of
the principle to submarine torpedoes marks,
however, a significant revival of Interest, ond
rendets tfic Henderson's experiment cer
tainly worth making. Nevertheless, should
success, wholly or in part, bo achieved, it
will be the billows rather than mnl de mer
which will be beaten. Nonstnblllzed ships
will' buzz with offers of desperate remedies
champagne (If our "standard sheet" be
furled), various balancing exercises, lemon
Juice nnd dark concoctions In great bottles
plastered with delusive testimonials.
When tho gods decided to laugh at sea
sickness they unquestionably tnught man
kind one (if Ids grimmest lessons in humor.
MAYOR'S OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTACKJDUAL GOVERNMENT
With Destrved Public Support Can Veto
Objectionable County Appropriations
and Force Courts to Jake Respon
sibility for Extravagance
rnHK time Is approaching when Mayor
Mooro will have an opportunity to stand
between the taxpayers and the men who
care nothing about the burdens placed upon
the people o long a they can get what
money tliev wish from the public treasury.
He is dlrutcd by tho charter to submit to
the Council on or before October 1." a de
tailed statement of the estimated receipts
nnd expenditures for next year. That state
ment is to be submitted to the Council
today If it is possible to get It into shape
In time.
The Siayor has directed the heads of the
departments of the city government to keep
their estimates low enough to make it un
necessary to rale the tax rate. They arc
nnicimblc to him. Tiny will co-operate with
hi in 111 ills efforts to economize. They aud
the Council have tin1 power to deride how
great or how small the city expenditures
shall be.
Hut the task of the Mayor is complicated
by the existence of n county government, the
money to support which must be provided for
in the city budget.
The county officers nre not responsible to
the Mayor. The salaries paid in these offices
nre fixed almost without exception by state
laws. The city which pays the salaries out
of tiic money raised by the tax has no say
on the subject. It has evaded the law by
providing money for bonuses to county em
ployes during the war emergency. It had
no power to raise the salaries, but it sym
pathized with the employes in their need and
came to their rescue.
The city is now confronted by nn emer
geney more exigent than that whicii con
fronted the low-paid county employes. It
is now compelled to meet all current ex
penses out of current revenues each year.
The tax rate is so high now that it cannot
he raised further without inei easing the
hardships of tens of thousands of smill prop
erty owners. The rate ought not to be in
creased. .
Hut the county officers nre asking for on
nnproprintion which will continue the
bonuses. The Mayor very properly is In
sisting that as the county officers have gone
to Hnrrlsburg to get the salaries of their
subordinates fixed, they must be content with
the rate of pay that the state Legislature
has said is fair.
Ho has been finding it difficult to carry
his point. Indeed, lie is beset on every hand
by men who nre thinking more of the office
holders who get the money to be raised than
of the immensely greater number of people
from wlio'e pockets the money comes.
Mr. Moore deserves the moral and active
support of etery public-spirited clticn In
this crisis.
There Is more than money involved in tho
position which Mr. Moore hns 'taken. He
is thinking, without doubt, of economy in the
first place, hut the cour-e wiiich he is pur
suing Is calling attention to the anomaly of
dual government.
The county officers who are asking for n
continuance of the bonuses nre the ory men.
or the representatives of the very men. who
have persistently obstructed every effort to
consolidate the county with tho city gov
ernment. Those men have desired that there
should be a certain number of jobs exempt
from the civil-service regulations which
apply to nil city appointees. They have de
sired a perpetuation of the system under
which political workers could be taken care
of regnrtlless of their fitness for the work
to be done. And when rhey linve not been
satisfied with the rnte of pay for these po
litical jobholders they have gone to Harris
burg and secured an increase regardless of
the opposition of the city authorities who
hnve to raie tho money to pnv the bilK.
Now. if the Mayor can make these people
take their owu medicine or lie in the bed
which they hnve made for themselves he
will accomplish two things. One will be to
save the money of the taxpayers next year
and the other will bo to exhibit tho condi
tions which have been crying nut for cor
rection ever since the boundaries of the city
and the county were made coterminous.
The county department most recmtly cre
ated has most flagrantly abused its power.
It is that of the so-called Municipal rourt.
a court over which the municipality lias no
control whatsoever. The number and the
salaries of the judges are fixed by state law.
And by state law the presiding judge is em
powered to fix the number of employes with
out let or hindrance.
There nre nine judges. To serve them
the presiding judge has appointed :
Forty -two tipstaves,
Sixty -nine stenographers nnd
Two hundred nnd ninety-nine pro
bation officers.
It tnkes but nineteen stenographers to
serve all the other courts in the city.
The presiding judge asks for S!I7(I,1S5 for
salaries for his court next year, while the
total asked for all the other courts Is only
S 100,32.1.
And if the city does not appropriate the
money nsked for, the presiding judge can go
into tourt und get un order compelling it to
provide the money.
Thl is because the court is n county in
stitution and ! not subject to the restric
tions of the charter, which mokes it impos
sible to collect from the city for any work
for which an oppiopriatiou has not previ
ously been made.
Final action on the budget is not required
until December 1.1. In the two months in
tervening between the time the well-considered
estimates of the Mayor and his asso
dotes are submitted and the time for final
action, all sorts of influences will be brought
to bear upon the Council by interests in
different to public economy.
Hut whatever the Council may do, the
Mayor Is not powerless. When the appro
priation ordinances are finally passed he may
disapprove or reduco any items to which lie
makes objection, und his disapproval or re
ductions inubt stand unless the Council by
a vote of three -fifths of all tho members
overrides his veto.
The Mayor now has the same power over
appropriations In this respect that the Gov
ernor of the state enjoys.
If he shall veto the objectionable items hn
can make out so strong n case that the public
sentiment of the city will support lilin. If
the Council standi by him, then the county
officers who Insist rSi more money will have
to appeal to the edbts for it, and the re
sponsibility for disregard of tho rights of
the city will be placed where it belongs.
The only way to destroy dual government
nnd to get control of municipal finances into
the linnets of the municipality Is to use every
possible opportunity to force upon public
attention the evils of the present arrange
ment, and to compel tho county officers who
arc Indifferent to economy to exhibit their
indifference before nil the people.
MORE COAL VACATIONS?
rpHE anthracite miners who chose recently
to stop production and shorten tho fuel
supply of the country spent their vacations
nt home. Where do the Jugglers and gam
blers and bribers who recently nre said to
have cleared ninny millions by obstructing
bituminous shipments nnd jacking up prices
propose to take their rest? At I'alm Reach,
shall we suppose, or In Culm?
While Industries in all parts of the East
nnd even the public utilities were being
threatened with n fuel famine and told to
prepare for ?25 cool, bituminous wns avail
able nt the mines for less than $5 n ton.
Through what seems to have been nn elab
orate system of bribery, involving minor
executives on some of the railway lines, conl
shipments were diverted by the trainload
from essential Industries Into the hands of
speculators, who got their own prices: from
the needy In this country and Canada. Hero
is a plain case for tho Department of Jus
tice nnd the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Whnt the public has been learning about
profiteers in the coal industry will inspire
f keen curiosity relative to the letter from
Attorney General Palmer which caused tho
sudden resignation yesterday of Daniel W.
Sims, the ('lilted States district attorney,
who wns about to open the prosecution of
some coal operators nnd mine union officials
nt Indianapolis. Mr. Sims has Intimated
thnt he wos told to lay off some one or some
group.
The country will not be satisfied until It
Is permitted to examine the text of Mr.
Palmer's letter.
THE GREATEST RACE
"TMFFERENCE of opinion." declared
' Mark Twain, "makes horse races."
Tho natural corollary is that horse races
settle differences of opinion. Certninly It
Is true with regnrd to the meteoric Man O'
War, of whose supreme merits It is no
longer possible to entertain u doubt.
Most subjects can be argued pro and con.
The pro nlone prevails after the dazzling
exploit of the Delaware county-owned horse,
victor by eight lengths in the thrilling racing
event staged yesterday In Windsor, Canada.
Already that contest hns become historic.
In the romance of tho track the besting of
the fleet Sir Hnrtou Is certnin to constitute
a glowing chapter. The race was of the
type In which the best Americnn sportsman
ship most delights clean-cut, narrowed
down to paramount essentials, absolutely
decisive.
That Mr. Riddle, tho owner of Man O'
Wj I mi I'fll IV t" lui's,. lg,in will (p
regretted, but on the other hand it assuredly
contributes to the nuthoritntlvc splendor of
the triumph. Man O' War. holding the
several world's speed records aud conqueror
of the brilliant Sir Harton. retires, unlike so
innny other champions, often of the human
variety, iu the full flush of unequivocal
honors.
BANQUETS AND BANQUETEERS
"ITTHEN summer hns drlftrd so far away
' that a linrd collnr may be made to sur
vive from S o'clock iu the evening to mid
night, the banquet season opens automati
cally in Philndelphln. The rest of tho coun
try waits a little longer for its formnl din
ners. Everywhere in the I'nitcd Stntes gentle
men by the thousand will soon be rising to
say. "Wo have with us tonight." and
through the vitals of other thousands of
gentlemen there will flash between 10 nnd
10:.'10 each evening the pang of anguish that
follows the mention of their names iu t lie
ancient litany of the toastninstcr.
We arc n nation of bnnqueteers and after
dinner speakers. Hut it is in this city that
the ceremonial dinner for n multitude hns
become n finished Institution, a tradition
various and bright. No other city ever ap
proached us in this respect. None could.
Something in the air hereabouts seems to
hnve Inspired orators. What will happen to
the banquet in tho dry years to come?
America will see few more functions like
that nt which Mayor Hylan snt down not
long ago when he didn't know thnt reporters
were watching him. A few years ago a ban
quet of the Volstead kind would have been
written up nnd written down in nil the
newspapers as an eighth wonder of tho
world. Now it lias become the accepted
thing. It is n fashion. And before the
world is much older we shnll know whether
It wns the wit and charm of the guests of
honor or a subtler force that made life seem
kindly nnd fair in the times that hnve gone
away from here.
The nrt of banqueting nnd being banqueted
wns perfected b the ("lover flub nnd the
Five o'Ciock Club. Institutions of a sort that
nre almost unknown iu other cities. It
reached its full splendor in the nineties,
when George Pierie, Governor Runn, Jnmes
S. McCartney, Louis Megargee, .Tames Pol
lock ond Michael ,T. Ryan enjoyed a prestige
almost national. They were the trained nnd
matchless voices of that spirit that inspires
all good bnnqueteers. They did not expect
you to be serious at the Clover Club. At the
Five o'clock Club seriousness was tolerated.
If you could sing you would know n sort of
welcome thnt mere talkers seldom received.
The New Englnnders, the Society of the
Cincinnati and their like were joyous in a
grave sort of way. And, like the Clover Club
nnd the Five o'Ciock Club and the others,
their aim seemed to be good fellowship and
talk of old times nnd remembered tilings.
That, indeed, Is what all banquets nre for,
whether they nre held by collegians or busi
ness men or men who carry an affection for
their native state or city to the far places
of the country.
Every practiced banqueteer looked forward
to the hour when, under the influence of
some speaker's voice or from subtler causes,
Ofhkosh or Cleveland or Roston or a for
gotten little college somewhere became sud
denly the almost visible symbol of nil thnt
was' good or noble or worthy of tender re
membrance in this life,
Ranquets used to crowd each other so hard
in the Hellevue that speakers hove beeu
known to stray nud spcuk to the wrong
crowd. There were banquets that began at
the stroke of S and ended primly nt 11.
There were other banquets that began far
earlier nnd burst, so to speak, in the gray
hours to scatter singing men ns far as At
lantic City or New York.
Homo veteran orators of those days nie
still with us. Governor Runn is still elo
quent and Georgo Plcrie still knows how to
sing the "Darby Hnm." Judge Rogers shines
as brightly ns ever on the lee of a toastmas
ter. Hut u new type of after-dinner speaker
is coming along a more practical and com
plex type. E. J. Cattell la a flue example,
of the after-dinner speaker of the new era.
Ho has ii record of nine speeches In one
night all different nnd nil unbelievably
clever. Hut Mr. Cattell seldom arrives until
after the coffee, now ninny speeches could
a man deliver who had eaten nine dinners in
quick succession? Hanquet, speeches of tliq
futuro will do on serious toatcs. jror tiiese
are serious times. " 'irt,
II
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Turning a Fighting Machine to
School of Practice Mrs. Catt's
Great Finishing Touch to a
Long, Hard Job
By SARAH D. LOWR1K
AVERY sensible woman I used to know
once remarked that the proof of a good
workman wns the way he left his Job for an
other man to take up.
Some one has always to take up our jobs,
I suppose, whether we get promoted In this
world or die nnd go up higher I ignore any
other alternative, because with Drneoit
White up our way in the country I bellevo
in giving the corpse the benefit of tho doubt
so whether our job leaves us or we leave
it, the point is to leave it takc-upable.
Mrs. Catt lias done thnt. She hncUn
great organization under her hand Inst ycur
nnd she knew thnt with the passing of the
federal amendment for woman suffrage her
day ns organizer wns over. She could havo
scrapped the organization, or she could havo
left It In such a welter of cross purposes
that no leader could have directed it.
What she did wns to change it to meet the
new conditions nnd see to It that women
capable of guiding it in those new condi
tions were put nt tho head with plenty of
power and n chance for Initiative.
From beiug a fighting machine to get
one Inw ovir the, top, It was reorganized
from the ground up to become an educative
machine to get many laws over the top.
Every state constitution of the organiza
tion was remade, every county nud ward
unit wns altered to fit the new state con
stitutions and n nntional council was
evolved which would co-ordinate without
tyrannizing over the stnte committees.
Maybe that sounds a little too hopeful
to some of the old wnr horses of the causa,
but It is true. Tho thing is working.
It has a nnmc that pretty well describes
It.
The National League of Women Voters.
It is a Irutue, not n party; it Is national,
it Is political, anil it Is composed of women.
It Is made up of state leagues nnd the statu
leagues arc mnde up of county leagues.
THIS is the way It worked in Pennsyl
vania. The organizing wns still going
ou when the great amendment became n law.
That is, the change from a fighting to an
educational machine wns by no means ac
complished, In Philadelphia the heat of
summer mnde the ward organizers work
slow. Resides it is very difficult for Phila
delphia to understand the word non
partisan. Why bo political ,nnd yet non
partisan? Why belong to a nonpartisan league
when you could be as pulltlcal as you wanted
to be goodness knows nnd more, too by
being whnt every one is in the town except
n countable few, u Republican? The league
was regarded by verv practical lookers-on
as n fifth wheel. One irnte politician said,
"Oh. let the old Catt die!"
In Pittsburgh on the other hand the or
ganization wiu'i more near completion. In
nil, forty counties were organized. Wilkes
Rarre and Sernnton were well In hnnd. So
when the hour struck thirty counties out of
the forty were nble to handle the assess
ment. The league women did it.
IN ARMSTRONG county the chairmen of
the two political parties expected 300
women would register. Rut 1000 came out
under the league lieutenants. In Delaware
county 7000 more women than men turned
out. In Pittsburgh tho political parties
handed over the political speech -making on
the streets for one week to the league. In
this city twenty-five wards are organized
nnd the H000 active members nre not passing
the buck to one nnother by any menns. They
are at work making sure that whichever
party the women of their wnrds vote for,
they may have a clear idea what that party
nromises to do in tho future for them nnd
for their family nnd for their neighbors.
In fact tho lengue is preparing a day of
reelcKiiing and it is. thanks to Mrs. Catt and
"'o others, a something to be reckoned
with.
The politician who Intends tn make good
will seek its help, nnd the politician who is
bluffing is nlrcad figuring on wliut it can
do to "call his blufT."
THE very fact thnt in the state and iu the
couiit there is n iionpnrtlson political
organization that is intelligent and watch
ful anil not to he bought or trlghtened, which
holds no offices but only votes, which is not
after money legislation and sides with no
candidate because he belongs to one party
or against him because he belongs to the
other, whli h helps any one to get Into a pain,
which urges every one to vote, nnd yet which
sees to It t lint every one who has ears to hear
knows what she is giving her vote to her
party to get well such an organization
wields a silent power over the imagination
of the hitherto somewhat arbitrary political
louder that is in some instunccs palpably
disquictiug.
Tho very clover nnd splendid women who
are working here und in other cities nnd
stntes us party chairmen deserve tho ut
most gratitude and consideration ftjm their
pnrty leaders. Let us hope they get proper
recognition after the election for their serv
ices, hut I nm inclined to think that to the
ordinary ward boss and county leader the
league committees will hnve more actual
persuasive power when it comes to legisla
tion than the party women chairman, for
the simple human fact that being comfort
ably sure of a person is not an inducement
for extra effort.
IN PHILADELPHIA some of tho women
who have done good suffrage work for
years nre prepared to do good political
work, but without doubt, as has beeu the
ease this las' voar. mniiv women who found
suffrage work unfruitful will tnke naturally
to political work of n more general kind,
und some sun rage icauers win giuuiy re
tire in tlielr fnvor.
IT TAKES one sort of a genius to work
for an unpopulnr cause and another sort
to utilize the result of the fight.
To be a good fighter does not make one a
good administrator of necessity.
You can turn spears into pruning hoo'.s,
but not Jonn of Arcs Into Republican chair
men The Governor of the stnfo to ho sure
put Mrs. John Miller, tho state chairman of
the suffrage organization nnd tne present
stnte chairinnn of the Lengue of Women
Voters, on tho revision committee of the
stnte constitution, but ho nlso put Mrs,
Rnre'ny Warburtnn on thut committee, the
only other woman on thnt august body.
And Mrs Warburton. I fnncy, had never
gone to n suffrage meeting.
When It came tn choosing women to or
ganiro the party women here, the Rpprhli
cau lenders have naturally chosen women for
other rensons than their good fighting quali
ties. They cuii fight ns the coroner has
reason to remember, but their i?rent nrt Is the
art of getting along pleasantly and getting
tho thing to be done, donn without friction.
It seems sometimes ns though the one
time suffrage leaders were being relegated to
a too fnr past with Miss Anthony nnd SIsh
Shaw, but It's n very honorable past. T.
present would be impossible without them
nud the present can hardly glvn thn future
what they have given for nil time.
The Young Lady Across the Way
r-rT, the New Yor,k Tribune.
"The great singer." begins the N0M
Haven Register, in Its Jenny Llnd stnrv.
"known the world over ob the Swedish
"Florence Nightingale. Probable, thinks
A. G. C. sho gsve her first New York con
cert nt Castle Mary Garden.
Sure Thing! Got a Vote, Too!
I-roti th Tanpa Tribune
That Kentucky "stag" banqueter who on
n glass of Krnpo juice got off the following
toast to "woman" could doubtless write
w,n-i- if he could only meter "Thp .
buretor that, transforms tho liquid of mola- I
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
JOSEPH A. STEINMETZ
On Air Control
THE problems of peace-time aviation nre
just us important to consider as those
which confronted the country during war
time, but for some reason public opinion hns
failed to take the matter ns seriously ns It
should, In the opinion of Joseph A, Stein -mctz,
president of tho Aero Club of Penn
sylvania and former president of the Engi
neers' Club of this city.
More landing fields nnd less stunt and
reckless flying would be u good remedy for
some of the conditions now existing In avia
tion in this country, nccordiug to Mr. Stein
metz, who. however, prophesies u glorious
futuro within the lifetime of the younger
generation.
"The motter'of our future aviation, right
now, is not one of war, but we are con
fronted with inherited conditions thnt hnvo
caused n tremendous reaction, and the gen
eral fooling Is that aviation is not fulfilling
its promise. Hut quite the contrary is the
fact.
"Countless thousands of machines, rushed
to premature standardization by the gaunt
urge of wnr necessity, became quickly obso
lete for commercial and transportation pur
poses, and carried Into this elimination
staggering losses. It is no longer n matter
of high observation over war areas, but the
quick transportation of weight and tonnage
through the open airways of the world lend
ing to every city on the face of the earth,
serving as airports for domestic and over
seas deliveries.
Avlutlon Already Commercial
"Tho splendid work of our own Post
office Department, through General Prnger
nnd Postmaster General Rurleson, has given
us high-speed aerial mail service fioin tho
Atlantic to the Pacific, and on November 1
the regular channel Highlit from Florida to
Cuba will carry the dally mall. Numerous
plnnes rise each day from the spacious nero
fields around London nud deliver passengers
nnd until in the environs of Paris in n few
hours, avoiding tho rough nnd choppy chan
nel boat trip aud the train journey at each
end.
"America suffers from lack of nntional
subsidy in the establishment of strnlegic air
route development and maintenance, nor
have we. In our great cities, sulfieient lnnd
ing field accommodations. Various private
groups are heroically spending time and for
tunes to supply tho deficiency. The Aero
Club of Pennsylvania, composed of 200 sturdy
pioneers, filers, technicians and juniors,
established in the old duys of ballooning, has
adopted as Its club slogon, "Five thnusund
landing fields in the United Stutes iu five
years," and scores lu the stnto nre estab
lishing landing fields,
"Those fields are primarily used for sports,
country fairs, exhibitions, parades and great
open assemblages, with the big center area
reserved for on aviation laudlhg field. Phila
delphia has several fields remote from the
civic center, but the project of close-in fields
has been under consideration, with popular
opinion that League Island Park,' west of
Hroad street, or Hclmont terrnce in Fair
mount lnrk, will eventually become munici
pal air fields, splendidly equipped, with an
hourly activity to receive visiting machines,
"A national appeal has gone forth fo nvlo
tors ond to the alroroft control to prohibit
stunt flying or low level flights over popu
lous areas. The recent frequent accidents
are almost entirely attributable to reckless
aviators and not to machines or the general
art of aviation. Then, too, there is a des
perate need of a safer, stronger, unbreak
able, nonleakable gasoline tank, ami this
need will soon be met by trained minds now
working ou this problem.
Worli for thu Future
"Every stato of the Union must organize
n board of ulr control nnd relate their ac
tivities to the highway division of the stato
At all important highway Junctions, land-'
Ing fields will be built to link up with tho
automotive transportation of the ground
Federal (nws relating to aerial control, legis-'
lutlun and development nre now being con
sidered and formulated, as this mode of air
transportation Is ns important as navigation
on sou or by automobile aud mil.
"Regular periodic professional Inspection
of aircraft is as important as Interstate com
merce V regulations or inspection of steam
boilers In Industrial nlants. and tMa ...m i
come to pass, '
U wlU uaturally follow that Interna
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tional strategic competition of European
nations will develop aircraft with a variety
of newer types and with stimulus of oppor
tunity for service more than iu our country.
Rut these results will always be beneficial
to our own air Industry in helping solve the
problems nud ndvnncc the nrt. America,
with Its tremendous system of rails and
mnrvelous distribution of nutomobiles, dis
counts opportunities for nirplnnc weight
carriers. "The America whose sons invented tho
nirplnnc, whoso Industries can make t lie best
aircraft and whoso brave flyiug men nre
equal to the best of the world, will Hud its
place, boldly and splendidly, iu the uir con
trols, nnd I predict within the lives of thoso
of the younger gcuerntlsu the hourly nrrlvnl
of oversens nir mall nnd trnnsportution ex
press, and that every city on our map will
have at its four compass points equipped
flying fields up to date in every respect."
I An Autumn Night's Romance
A CALM, delightful Autumn Night
A Moon's mysterious, golden Liglit
A Maiden, nt her window- height,
In Robe of pure uud fleecy white.
The little Wlckot-Gate Ajar
A Lover tripping from afar,
With tuneful Voice nud light Guitar,
To woo his radiant Guiding Star.
A Lute with soft, insidious Tvvnng
Oh. how the doting Lover Snug!
A Hull Dog wllh Remorseless Fnng
A Nip, a Grip, a Deathly Pang.
A Maiden with a startled Glance
A Shrieking for Deliverance
A Kind of wciid, hilarious Dunce
A Pair of Riven Doeskin Pnuts.
A Maiden, fainting with Affright
A Lover in 11 sickening Plight
A Hull Dog chuckling with Delight
A wild, delirious Autumn Night!
Eugene Field.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
2 WlvM,,Xe?'Y'C-
3. What eminent American statesman .le.
clnre.l In a public address The?" la
higher law than tho constitution"-'
4. What country Is at present ruled b'v a
king named Alcx.imhr? y
C. What Is ochlocracy?
6. What kind of nnlrnals belong to tho
saurian order? -.uin, xo mo
7. What Is tho capital of India''
8' WlvTorldH' ",0 lC1U""R COff'-'0 llort of -1'8
9 W,i:.l(Ss.,dn,,e?mU""0 n"mo ot William
10' AV-'sfa!w? lrlBhmen ""'netlmes culled Mile-
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. ychuyler Colfax was an American Rin
, is is j to 137J. He wns born In N'nVi
2. Tho lunar or metonlo cycle s one of nine-
Ea"ter!"r8, U"cU fr flndlnB ",0 llt "of
3. The llomnn Emperor .Voro lived In n,
first century A. D. Ho was hi iS
37 A. I), nnd rukd from Dt to Of?
4. Accprdliifj to tho old Julian cnl'en.in
then In use. Christopher t Slum s ,11
covered Amer ca (strictly Jpenk b a"
small island in the West Inli.ai ,,
October 12. U92. Tho OreB0 rbu? -"
vised calendar, now used. ,nuk'H ih',
date October 22. manes tho
C. China has been a republic for nine years
6. Saint Hornard, a celebrated French ccc e
elastic, w.is b.rii In Konbiitw,. ecole
Rljon France, In lOSl.He'preac'h'l?
the .Second Crusade In 1146 rentne1
7. Nevada has been decreasing In nonotn
tlon for severul decades. noPUln.
8. Repousse work Is ornmneiiuii metal work
Immmored Into relief from tha'Vevcrae
0. The technical name for a straight dIooa
of nil rondinir Is taninY ,BIU 1)lcoe
10. An "enfant terrible" la a, child who asks
Is o child
s, renita
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SHORT CUTS
This is bad weather for lame ducks.
As a lender, Mr. Harding is willing to
go along.
It seems to be a questionnaire Cox is
conducting.
Here nnd there prices nre wearing a
peaked look.
The idea of the straight five-cent fare
advocates is to hire a short haul.
That juror who went to 'sleep during n
trial wns usurping the prerogatives of the
bench.
School children would have had more
interest in Columbus Day If it had been
really a holiday.
The housing problem Is huving a ten
dency to familiarize the populace with the
principles of the Single Tax.
Add Notes on the Drama At prenent
prices no small town ever dreams of pre
senting a visiting Hnm with eggs.
Ouo objection to selling the wooden
ships to foreigners is thnt they will serve to
advertise American incompetence.
Domncrnts who see the tide running
strongly In favor of Cox nnd Roosevelt are
thoso who are busy manning the pumps.
The standardized toast of Municipal
Court employes is said to be: "Here's to
the dear public. It's clone when it's brown."
There is one business thnt hasn't civ
(lined since hnlshcvism took hold in Itussin.
The National Collin Fnctory is working dou
ble time.
Labor the world over has not yet defi
nitely decided whether Italy's Industrial
near-revolution is a call for emulation or a
horrible example.
Presidential candidates are forever belnit
shocked by their opponents, but history has
yet to rccoid the case of one who wa
shocked speechless.
Add Whnt Everybody Knows Harem
Hanson's reminiscences demonstrate that It
was sheer burb.irlsm thut prompted the de
struction of Khclms cathedral.
What Mr. Rorah will probably want l
know is how many votes Great Rrltaln W
have in the postal union and if our stampi
will havo to go abroad to help that union to
function.
Rut if Mr. Palmer goes after the hard
coal operators, who will be left to prow
onto thu pushcart men who have been chare
ing the Department of Justice extortionate
prices for lemons?
When we rend that the Culled Slte
Treasury has collected five and a half billion
dollars in internal taxes during the fiscal
yenr ended with Juno, we console ourseivw
with the thought thnt lu the end It Is ever
bo much chonper than borrowing.
From Danville comes the uews that
L'nclu Jon Cannon wont to the cellar, steppea
on a piece of coal and fell and hurt uij
wrist. Why did Uncle Joe go to the cellar?
Naughty, nuughty ! Uncle Joe went to tn
cellar to see If the coal wus still there.
was,
A rallroad-cronsing accident in Ci'?ucfhI
tcr City is said to have been caused by
wntchmnn raising the safety untes too "
mil the mayor is going to demand 01 i
.ailioads that they get more caretul ''"
men. The remedy rccins inadequate. '
most careful will huve lapses.
The complexltlea of war brlug about
simplification of civilian, life. Something
cat, something to wear uud somewhere w
sleep nt last become all the needs ot wj 1
Ktaynt-homes. Shells nre born not onii
of skill but of self-denial. Cannon belch"
their targeto not only shot and curll ""
jewelry, amusements railroad tracM
rolling Btocr.. plows, mjlk for bablea W
dwelling housct. Aud killing men
taking towns nie child's piny cornpareci w
reconstruction when n nation relaxes
strong endeavor. Poland, tnrrciore, e-ffl a
pence is nt Inst declared nt Riga. " r, .;
ii 1 i... a. i...i-triui,f nt nil. ana tW ,'l
lliii-uu ui Htl mu llii)i"s -- , wm
onltrfct., nnnrl frnm thn fact tht Bl J"" .
always have, to bpon(lh.o abjrt nguinit
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