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Fhllidelphli. Frldir. OHobrr IS, 1910 A four-ykak rnnnrtvM for rnu.AnEi.rniA Thlncs on which the iitople eipeet the new administration tn concentrate Its attention! The Delaware rlicr brlder, A drvdock bio enough to a 'commodate the larptei enipi. ,iJtveio loDntrrt at Ih raplJ transit sison. A convention in 7. A buldfflLi f A thA 1?trm TAhrnni. An Art Jfusnm ltrifarormriif , (lie i. at rr siipny. tlointa to acccmimodnte the rojnilddon. SILENT BROWN T AM not talking politics today." -aid Judge Brown. when he was asked to discuss Mayor Moore's courageous fight on his 51,000,000 payroll and the whole general scheme of political finance that has been developed in the Municipal Court. 'Judge Brown thinks, dreams and lives politics every day of his life. His mind needs a vacation. Nobody expected him to talk of his pay roll and his plans for a plush and onyx heaven for heelers in the form of a ?.",()00, 000 'palace of justice. Even so ruthless a politician cs he must realize by this time that the less paid about the methods of the Municipal Court the better. And what Judge Brown might say really doesn't matter. The people will do the talking when the right time comes. They will have plenty to say. BONUS "AFFLUENCE" rIPLIED in the report that the women school teachers have no intention of buy ing clothing with their $200 bonuses is n hint that the temptatlous of luxury arc renounced. Never believe It. Pretty frocks and femi nine frills hove lost nothing of their old appeal. That would be regrettable if only because the Pecksniffs and the Tnrtuffes would be silenced and the world would be come less amusing than it hits ever been. Tho bloated bonus-holders ore not going in for new dresses for the same reason that they nre not about to purchase steam yachts or mogul locomotives or coal mines or cen tral real estate or Rand diamond mines. And yet there can be no question that the checks to be distributed by the Board of Education next week arc to be converted into a luxury. If any one suspects that the feat of merely living decently ought not now to be so classi fied, let that individual, preferably a mem ber of the Roard of Education, figure out the purchasing power of $200. The result will scarcely justify eithir msstiflrntion or as tonishment concerning the "restraint" of tho young women employed in the city schools. ORCHESTRAL LEADERSHIP THE artistic standiug of the Philadelphia "Orchestra is so authentic that the rapidity with which this emlnenec was gained is sometimes unconsidered. It seem rather aa If this brilliant organization had always been with us. always expressive of the highest musical distinction. Yet compared with orchestras of similar pretensions throughout the world the Paris Conservatoire or the (lownndhnus, for in stance the one bearing the name of Phila delphia is young. Twenty -one years ngo it was on experi ment, an idealistic novelty in this commu nity. Today, when Leopold Stokow-ki ushers in the new musical season in the rehabilitated Academy, ideals are no less dominant, but they are now fortified by achievement. It is superfluous at the opening of its third decade to wish the Philadelphia Orehestra prosperity. That is assured, and very largely by the stimulation of musical taste which the orchestra itself has been the prime agent in developing. Ilere at least is one circle not "vicious," but a happy reciprocity of public Interest and artistic leadership which is an unquestion able index of genuine metropolitan progress. SEEING BY THE PAPERS JUDGE HORACE STERN -aid far more thau the most enthtisiastie journalist would ever think of sn ing when he told tho Council of .lewi-h Women that a woman's failure to read the daih newspapers ought to be regarded ns a lust ciui-efor her divorce. If people m-ffer injustice, if their nations fall through misrule upon evil days, if they arc drown into other wars, if the powers of government seem to opernte ngainst rather than for them, if their political systems oro debased, if their progress to a better state of life is made diffieult. It Is heonu-e thev fail to read the newspapers and act upon the information presented to them each morning and evening. All that men ore plotting, hoping, doing, neglecting or achieving in the high places is revealed daily with the regularity of a clock in tho modern newspaper, and the whole civilized world con easily know whether its lenders are wise or otherwise, honest or dishonest, truthful or false, traitorous or trustworthy. The newspaper nnd the ballot are all that nations need to be entirely free. ' A BLOWOUT IN JERSEY IT WILL be charged against Governor Ed wards, of New Jersey, who is a Demo crat, that political motives alono prompted Win to fire the whole Public Utility Commis sion of tho state suddenly and with less ceremony than ever before attended the fall of an administrative body In this or an adjacent world. Such assumptions are not tolerable, however, to any one who has even a' slight knowledge of history as it has been made by Davy Ilaird. Mr. Edwards's method wn- ruthless. It 'was surgical, PartNui) cmiMderations ma.' have been involved In the mister proceed ings, since the commission was ulmobt wholly lUubllcaH, But the governor was justified in ... adopting the only course of action br which the state and its people could be relieved for n time at least from the influence of power ful groups that have Insistently mixed poll tics with business or business with politics. The utility commission hod almost ceased to function. Criticisms of its decisions, which had been common for years, became violent and bitter at the time of tho recent zone-fare experiments in Camden, General opinion was so antagonistic to the board that even its fair decisions were ignored or sus pected. It was incapable of serving either the interests of the public or the interests of the corporations. The charge most frequently made against the board which the governor has just ousted was that it was too friendly to tho Public Jsorvlco Corporation. The Public Service Corporation is a combination of all the large companies that provide light, heat, power and street railway service to tho various communities of the state. It enjoys a vir tual monopoly from the Oranges south to Capo May. Smaller competing companies have been formed from time to time, but they hove found life hard Indeed. It remained for Governor Edwards to say flatly In print that these corporations were tho victims of unfair discrimination by the state board. The Public Service Corporation has been having a hard time of it recently. A fair board, whose nwards and decisions will re vive public confidence ond still unfair public criticism, ought to provide just the sort of help and encouragement that It needs. LET COUNCIL LOOK AT THE KIND OF FOLK WHO PAY TAXES Then It Will Decide That It Is a Crime to Be Careless With the Money Intrusted to It BEFORE the City Council votes en the budget for uext year Its members should visit the ofiire of the receiver of taxes nnd look nt the people who rail there to pay out of their pockets the money which is to bo spent for the support of the government. They will find old women with gnarled hands distorted by hard work. They will find working men In rough clothe. They will sec young men just starting out in life with the hope of raising n family. And these people will count out the dollars they have been saving for many months in order to pay the taxes on the little houses In which they live. They have denied them selves pleasures and sometimes what seem to others necessities in order to get their tax money. No public official with any sense of rc sponsibllltj con ltok upon this scene without determining that he will exert himself to the utmost to prevent the waste of money which comes from such sources. Every dollar unnecessarily expended increases the burden of thee people, whether It Is ex pended through unbusinesslike methods in any department or through indifference to economy. The estimates submitted to the Council call for nearly $05,000,000. If this amount is appropriated the tax rote will have to be raised twenty-five cents, and when the extra ten cents which the Roard of Public Educa tion needs is added to it the increase will be thirty-five cents, bringing the total rate to S3. 20 and increasing tho tax on a house assessed at S.1000 from SMXiO to $00. It will add $10.50 to the tax bill of such a small householder. According to the controller, the tax rate can be maintained nt the present figure if the estimates aro reduced to $50,000.1100. .Mayor Moore with the greatest difficulty has Induced his heads of departments to reduce their departmental estimates so as to get the total down to $05,000,000. Their pre liminary figures called for $75,000,000. The Council will serve the public if it reduces the estimates still further until they pome withiu the sum which the controller says can be raUed without an increase in the tax rate. The business of the city can be done on this sum, ond done efficiently, if the men who nre to spend the money use the some eco nomical discretion which they would show if tho money were their own. When Morris L. Cooke was director of public works under Mnyor Rlankcnburg he showed what could be done. Under the con tract system he saved $1,000,000 n year over previous cots in cleaning tho streets and collecting waste. He made great economies In the conduct of the water bureau. IIo had coal unloaded at a cost of ten cents n ton for which his predecessors had paid forty cents. He conserved the water supply by urging the people to co-operate with him. and In n score of other ways he eliminated wa-te. One of the most notable was by re ducing the force In his department nnd ar ranging the work so thnt the smaller number of people did more work than had been done by the old force. When he went out of office mony of his economies were abandoned by the Smith administration and affairs slipped back into their old condition. Thoso economies must he restored not only In the Department of Public Works, but they must be practiced in every other department. And the un businesslike nnd wasteful methods of doing public work must be abandoned, That wasteful methods prevail is notorious. A single illustration will show how public business is done. A year or so ago the Ru reau of Surveys decided to lay n -ewer in fork rood. It tore up the street ond blocked It without getting the Rureau of Highways to provide a proper substitute road for the heavy traffic in advance, and travel In that part of the city was made dangerous for months. Then this spring tho Rureau of Highways began to pnvo North Rroad street from Olney avenue to the city line, which if it had hien paved before York rood was torn up for the sewer would hnve provided an outlet for those who had been using York road. The newly paved extension of North Rroad street was opened to the public in July. Then some time later the Rureau of Surveys do flded to lav a sewer in the street and the Electrical Rureau concluded to placo the lamp-posts in the center to continue the plan of lighting of the older part of tho street. It tore up the pavement to make holes for the posts ond the Rureau of Sur veys cluttered the thoroughfare with sewer laying machinery until there was only room at some points for automobiles to move In bingle file. Now tho proper, economical nnd efficient way to have improvod tho extension of North Rroad street wos to havo laid tho sewers ond placed the lamp-posts before the paving was laid. Then the work would havo been finished when It was finished. It is In this way that the Ford automobile Is built. Each process is made to fit into tho succeed ing process, so that when the car leaves the continuous belt on which the work Is done It iB ready to move under its own power. Rut Henry Ford is not the only man who does work in this way. It is dona in essen tially the samo manner in every large manu facturing plant, and in some cities the sys tem has been adopted. If a street is to be opened the sewers, water and gas pipes are laid first. Owners of tho abutting property are notified that they must moke the neces sary connection between tho sewers and water and gan pipes while the street Is still tinpoved Then tho pavement Is laid and an order i isued thnt it is not to bo dis turbed for five j cars save in the case of an uccldcnt to the pipes beneath. Bui wo do not do this here, for the reason t.. . .. : rr" :.'',. that there is no co-ordination among the bureaus dealing with the streets. The Bu reau of Surveys and the Highway Bureau are in the Department of Public Works, but they act Independently. Tho Electrical Bu reau is in tho Department of Public Safety and it, like other bureaus, goes about its work in supremo Indifference to every other bureau. Tho public money will be wasted so long ns this condition prevails. And not only will tho money be wasted, but thb public will be put to great Inconvenience, ns has hap pened In the northern port of the city this year while the Improvements In York road and North Rroad street have been under way. The Mnyor understands the situation. Ho appreciates the need of economy. His sub ordinates nre willing to economize if they can be shown how to do it. Rut they do not need to be shown. They ore men of ability who, if they were spending their own money, would be as careful of It ns the most expert business man. Some of them may be afraid of the political effect of eowiomy because it might mean the discharge of some men. But no evil which the most powerful group of dismissed em ployes could do would be enough to counter act tho effect upon tho great mass of tho people of such n conduct of tho public busi ness as would make an increase of the tax rate unnecessary, ond if the tax rate should be reduced no disgruntled politician who should denounce the administration would get n single rlnp of applause in any for gathering of Impartial citizens. The era of high costs is coming to an end. Prices arc coming down. The cost of gov ernment must come down with them. But If Council consents to n budget so large that it will make an increase In the tax rate necessary it will cheek the movement now begun, nnd its first effect will be to give tho landlords an excuse for still further increas ing rentals and to discourage builders from putting up new houses to accommodate the homeless. THE MARINES IN HAITI TTH'RRY now nnd then Americans with a -' complacent sense of their own superi ority as civilizcrs are shocked ond oppressed by some sudden evidence which shows us to bo In mnny ways not greatly .different from other white men who moke songs nbout the burdens they bear In the far places of the earth. The mood of discouragement will recur ngnln with General Burnett's nccount of the ruthless slaughter of nntive.s by contingents of United States marines In Haiti. The marines hove an almost spotless record. They nre great soldiers, and great soldiers know how to be chivalrous. In Chlnn. in Cuba and elsewhere the marines were known as tho cleanest of fighters. Some thing must have gone wrong with them in Haiti, nnd what It was every one will sus pect who has any knowledge of life ns it is lived in places where civilized men pioneer against the forces of the wilderness. Put a white man among savages, keep him there for years, cut him off from all the forces that moke for civilized restraint, com pel him to defend his life amid unfamiliar perils, nnd in the course of time he will in evitably revert -to some of his ancient in stincts. He will become half savage. Army officers know this, and one of the hardest tasks that fall to them is to keep tlielr men from unconscious imitation of the moods nnd habits that prevail in strnngc re gions where they hnve to stay for long periods. Therein lies n supreme test of military discipline, nnd it is clenr thot disci pline must hove foiled in Haiti. in the light of what the Relglons did In the Congo or whnt the French have done in Africa or what British soldiers have done In Indln, tho revelations from Haiti become relatively insignificant. And yet General Rarnett's narrative will astonish and anger the people of the United States, It is only fair to the American "regular," however, to remember what he did in China, In Cuba, in the Philippines nnd in France. He is known in all these places and else where as the cleanest nnd fairest of sol diers. Thot is all the more reason why the business In Haiti is tho more regrettable. Our soldiers hnve been molting friends for us everywhere in the world. They hove been our most efficient nmbnssodors. The warm est ond steadiest friends of the United States aro the educated people of China, who re member the fairness of Americans and the American Government during nnd after tho orgies of the Roxcr wars. Cuba not long ngo gallantly called our cause her own, and In any emergency thnt little country certainly would shore our burdens voluntarily to the limit of her strength. So It should be everywhere. We nre not n notion of terrorists. We need to be un derstood as thoroughly in Mexico and in Lntin America ns we nre in China and in France and in Cubn nnd the Philippines. That is why General Rarnett's rcvelntions will seem like the worst and most unfair sort of advertising for the United States. The Navy Department ought to tell the country nnd the world what happened to the officers who permitted the outrage in Haiti. And Secretary Daniels ought to tell why these facts have been bottled up all these months. If a Creelesquo censorship is still working to conceal facts from the American public it cannot be made known too soon, so that the men responsible can be properly kicked out of their comfortablo armchairs in Washington. SPEAKING OF QUEENS U A ND why," writes n lively minded cor- respondent, referring to something said in these columns yesterday about the unlikelihood of women senators or women Presidents, "should not women fill the high ofUccs if they nro capablo enough to win the confidence of the public nnd prove their fitness? Women will not ask for the very high offices, I am sure. They do trust rep resentative men. But whnt I object to is your implication that they wouldn't know how to rule. Hnvo not great queens gov erned great empires in the past and governed them well?" We bow before the force of that question. It has a special interest, and it emits a new sort of light for a city in which women arc nlready sharply divided nmong themselves under the leadership of Mrs. Warburton, Mrs. Piersol nnd others who have definite ideals and consistent nlms. Zcnobla, queen of Talmyra, challenged the whole Roman empire. Catherine was one of the greatest rulers of history. Elizabeth was the queen of queens. These and others knew well how to govern. Rut they lived in nges that accepted queenshlp as it accepted kingship as a matter of divine right. There Is no fixed law of the universe to keep u. woman out of the presidency. Rut there ore other laws that do uud will op crate to that end. There is tho law of opinion, for example, that has given nffalrs of state wholly into the hands of men every where. A woman President alone among the men who will contlnuo to run the affairs of other countries would be at a loss. She would be conspicuous. And whnt woman desires to be conspicuous? One wonders If "the perfect human beings leglstcred and pedigreed the same as high class thoroughbreds of the lower ani mals" would eventually evolve a membership of tho National Association of Progressive Medicine that would repudiate tho bolemn nonsenao pi the. present organization. ' " ' " ,n' ''' :''-" AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT The Value of Dlsourslveness In tho Conduot of Public Meetings ef ficiency Invariably Sacrifices Spontanlety , BY SARAH D. LOWRIE IN OUR mothers' young days there was some unsatcd curiosity as to how the breadwinners of the family improved their shining hours nt "the office" or "down town," generic terms for the mysterious regions to which men flocked nt 8 a. m. and from which they returned about 0:30 p. m. Now, of course, there is no curiosity, because there is no mystery. We have got over the .delusion that be tween ten and five our males talk business without cessation or that the swing doors of their offices constantly vibrate with exigent employes hitherlng nnd thithoring oij errnnds of high finance. We havo got over the delusion because so many of us hnve been on the spot of Into cither in tho guises of meek "stenogs" or ns haughty private secretaries or as ingrntlntlng Red Cross or Liberty Loan committee ladles or ns vice chairmen of conservation or legal aid or child welfare or some other league or society or organization. Wo havo proved the possibility of lis tening over the telephone, dictating to our stenographer, glancing over our morning mall, and at the same golden moment dis cussing tho price of shoes with a casual happener-in. Wo know now that tho moment for high finance is after a well rounded luncheon and that the higher tho finance tho shorter is the moment for settle ment. In fact the veil of the business world has been rent in twain for this gen eration of females. And if wo still worship our males it is not as unknown gods. THE women nre now nwaro that their husbands ore more than likely compar ing the sizes of their collars with the other women's husbands. Rut the men nre not so sure they know what their wives aro "up to" where women most do congre gate, viz., at committee, meetings, business luncheons, "chins nnd confabs." Yet It is perfectly obvious thnt If men nre consistently men. whether they are "down town" or oversleeping Sunday morning, women nro also consistently women wherever they occupy themselves. Their conversation nt board meetings especially executive meetings is just as discursive as their early morning musings, nnd a great deal goes on that does not get on their minutes, just ns a great deal gets on tjieir minutes thnt does not go on. The minutes represent the secretary's iden of what they meant to decide. She takes the will for the deed, ond they take her will for their decision. Meanwhile, they have exchanged ideas on many agreeable topics, and there linve been very amusing nsldes that co the rounds, sub rosa. after .the day's work is done. I WAS secretary pro tern, the other day for n very important meeting which really did determine the outline of the winter's work for a big and useful organization. What went on tho minutes legitimately would cover about six lines of this column ; whnt did not go down on the minutes would overrun this column. It was all of it worth while and far more Interesting than com paring tbo sizes of our collars or the prices of shoes, I absent-mindedly took down part of It as minutes nnd had- to cull it out later. This is what I culled out. The chairman of tho news committee sold he had to get home early because tho day being Michaelmas the family and some friends were to convene and s-olemnly eat n "green goose." If you nte n goose pre ferably a "green goose" (whatever colors It waH not stated) you had luck for the year. The president said that stirring the pud ding on Christmas she knew brought luck that is if all the family stirred In turn. The corresponding secretnry gave a more elaborate program for luck, which included n cake, a silver dollar and a book and which needed a baby as protngonlst. That is, when a baby was one year old you put the book in the corner of the room, the dollar In another and the cake in a third. If the baby made for the cake it would be fond of good living; if it crept to the dollar it would bo a money mnker ; If it clutched the book first It would be a student ; if it made for none of these it would be nothing in particular. THE vice president here opined that it was best not to leave this life test to nn infnnt of twelve months; why not Insure tho child's full participation in nil tho bene fits of civilization by providing that before it was carried downstairs it be carried up, accompanied by a Rible, to insure good ness, money to insure wealth and n spoon to Insure good digestion. It wos unanimously decided that a baby must always be carried upstairs first, even though in a bungnlow it involved a trip to the roof. The subject of moving was now brought up by n member present who opined that before entciing the new house a broom, a Rible und some salt must precede the movers. There being no one to second tills motion it was lo-t. As the subject of mov ing had no particular relation to the mat ter In hand, i, o., the program of speakers for the next general meeting of the com mittee, the presiding officer ruled It out of order, and the next matter of new business was taken up. THE pleasing point about all this is that, whereas In the old days, women met to play and hod social Intercourse, they now meet for business and hnvo social inter coir e. the sciilol intercourse s the grent thing and business does not interfere with it either for men In their offices or for wumen iu the board meeting- fTTHEN you have n hoard meeting run by VV expert -tinined departmental secre taries, who hend their nominal chiefs type written reports to read and the presiding officer u hard and fast program with all the motions mid "firstlngs" nnd secondingB ar ranged beforehand and everything happens without n spontaneous gesture, then jou hnve an overorganlzed organization that somehow will not function llko a live thing nnd will bore every one but the expert, trained departmental secretaries to a finish, IT WAS Grace Dodge who invented the expert, trained departmental paid secre taries for philanthropic work on women's boards. And she caused to bo built in New York a great, brown building to houso and train ond employ them, and then scattered them, through the Young Women's Christ, inn Association, tho length nnd breadth of the land. It was a great invention, greatly and generously carried out by a master mind, and it revolutionized women's nhil- anthropy into n business, much to the good of philanthropy to u certain point, but be yond that point It has a- greater datigor even than the old hnpny-go-lucky volun teer sentimental philanthropy. Rusiness methods nro very good, paid ex perts are very good, but spontaneity is also verv good und volunteers havo their uses. A wise chairman will combluo business with pleasure nnd make her meekest board mem ber feel as vital as her highest paid expert. THE TEST UPON thrco things A man shall look and show greatness : In a child's eyes Deep filled with forgotten wisdom. On a night sky Sown thick with majestic planets. On a high trust The gift of a mighty people. Upon these things A great man looks and is humbled. -McLandburch Wilson, in N. Y. Herald. r-j ' : ' l.:t XJClHi NQW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best DR; DANIEL M. HOYT, On Work of the Drama League THE general public's belief that all forms of drama leagues aro highly captious, highbrow and overprone to preach Is unfor tunate, In the opinion of Dr. Daniel M. Hoyt, a prominent member of the Drama League of Philadelphia ond head of that or ganization's "play-going committee." Dr. Hoyt, who Is a surgeon by vocation, has his lovp and appreciation of what Is good in American drama ns on avocation. Ho has some timely thoughts on tendencies in . the stage of today as well as an explanation of Just what the Drama League docs in its dramatic criticism. "We arc nlways asking the eternal ques tion, 'Whnt Is a good play?' but no one seems to know tho answer to the riddle," declnred Dr. Hoyt. "because the play that appears to bo good may prove on ubsolute failure when produced on the stage. An ex ample of this Is the famous $10,000 prize play, 'Children of Earth,' by Mary Brown, picked by n committee of the most competent judges of tho drama that could be found as the best play submitted to them out of many hundreds, but which nevertheless played for only one week in New York and then was withdrawn entirely. Drama and Morals "In connection with tho definition of a good play, a common mistake is the con futing of tho word 'good' nnd the word 'moral.' which arc in no manner to be con founded. A play from a dramatic stand point may be grossly Immoral and still be nn exccl'ent piny, ond vice versa, Miss Frances Starr, who played here a year or so ago in 'Tiger, Tiger,' gave n remarkable Imper sonation in n play which was very excellent dramatic material, but often grossly immoral. "Neither is a play good because It is a preachment. Nothing is so unpleasant to the avernge person as to have the feeling that lie is being prenched to or Insistently taught something. 'Daddies,' which come to this city some time ago, was an attractive, plcaH ing little play until the onlookers suddenly began to feci that there was definite propa ganda thrown nt them. At once their in terest begnn to drain away. . "On the other hand, a good play may preach or teach a. lesson or carry a message ond the audience will never rcallzo that fact. This is the ideal ploy, nnd here, indeed, is nn Influence for the good of the theatre. "A play Is not a good play simply because It has a moral tacked on at the end as an excuse for n lot of Immorality. There was a play hero several seasons ago with one of the vilest cabaret scenes ever staged, but which ndvcrtlscd its moral tone nnd Invited clergy men to come and sco it, thus gaining nil kinds of advertising and becoming a financial success. It was one of those plays which offered religious people, or rather those of ultra-religious ideas, a chanco to enjoy a vulgar entertainment in the guise of a moral lesson. "Then, too, a good piny is usually simple ond talks about things with which tho audi ence is familiar. The reason why many his toncnl plays fail is that they depict or talk about things that people ought to know nut do not. These people, with n feeling nkln to shame, hate to be told of their Ignorance and refuse to go to the play. "A great recent success in New York which introduced a famous American historical personage has one scene shpwing the surren der of Leo at Appomattox. All tho charac ters on tho stago In this scene are dusty and dirty and battle-worn except Lee, who comes on in a splek-ond-span uniform. Tho uver age person believes, ns I first believed, that this wus a historical discrepancy, an over sight on the part of the producer, but ns a matter of fact General Lee did have a brand new uniform given him at this time which ho actually did wear at tho surrender. How much more do tho people who -know of this fact enjoy (hat portion of tho play I All Love Musical Comedy "There is an enormous amount of talk about musical comedies and thd evils that they bring, but the fact remains that all tho world is going to love musical comedies do spite any criticism that drama leagues the world over can make, and it is up to us not to criticize musical Rhows ns a class, but to try to have good musical comedies, "A great Influence for the good of the drama In Philadelphia wns Henry La Rar-e Jnjnc, who recently died. Mr. .Tnyne, In his connection with the University Extension and the Drama League, was the kindest and ' unvn-AV'. nnTTprcttr' -'- -"" '; ' EiEJMS,i.XJAi. vvw most helpful of critics, nnd ho encouraged many a young playwright to bestir himself to his fullest effort. In the scries of lectures which he persuaded Prof. Baker, of Har vard, to glvo in this city, the latter gave the following capital definition of dramatic ac tion, which I think should be noted here. 'Dramatic action is anything thnt produces an emotional responso in tho audience,' or as the actor folk would say, 'A comeback from the house.' "I am going to attempt to define a good play, although I realize how presumptuous such a definition would be. '"A good play, I would Btiggcst, is one which presents a dramatic incident in n clear, simple and concentrated form so that dra matic action and suspense arc continuously maintained, nnd the unfolding of the story appears to the audienco not forced but per fectly natural. "Tho public might be Interested to know just how tho Drama League bulletins its plays. We send three men, called a 'piny going committee,' to any piny which it con siders of any moment or importance. If thnt play is at all worth while, it is bulle tined, by which is meant that .it Is criticized briefly, with an equally brief description of the plot. Thcso bulletins are sent to every member by postal. The Drama League never adversely criticizes a play. If it is not worth praising, no mention is made of it whatsoever so far as tho public ever knows." Shoot or Treat? I'rnni iliv IHIUmii Sun, In these queer days you can't tell whether .a hand reaching for a hip pocket is a threat or a promise. Where It Began I-'rom th Tilifilo New.ne The doughboy didn't invent this treat 'em rough policy. Tho laundries began it. What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1. For what dramatic exploit In the Amerl. 2 wh;n1"c,h0lu,lon '" '"aei PutnSm nSted? 2. What Is tho cause of a mirage ? 5' &tw.m.anjr y5(lra ud Napoleon llvo? 4. What power Is cmblcmatfc of England? ISnt?8 mc"llln of the wo?d rutll S' sSi!?S '." tlt brlfhteat of the fixed stars? ' States? ldC8t Z0 '" ,he ""'"l 8. How many nations nro officially repre- ,,?ented. I", Washington? y p 9. What color Ih umber? 10 Greece?"'0 Hm f ,h ex-M" ot Answers to Yesterday's Qui 1. Jacques Thlbnult, tho distinguished French ' TW .Sbrrd"oR orUSt tno namo biogue given to rough, un tunnca shoes, winch were worn by Irishmen. r 5. Tho battle of New Orleans, n which tho American nrmy under Andrew Jackson von mi overwhelming victory over th Ililttsh under Sir KdVmd 1 l'nkenhnm was foueiit In January, 1815. The treaty of peace, proclaiming the end "'.tho War of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States, was slgnea at Ghent In Decomber. 1814. but the news Old not reach America until , c. 'i'6 n.niU engagement wos fought. 4, Sheba, the queen of which country paid her spectacular visit to King Solomon was n southwestern Arubla. Tho r?: Klon Ih now called Yemen. 6. Thy macaque Is a short-talled monkey with tufted eyebrows, found lit Agfa and the llast Indies. The worais pronounced "ma-lcalc u " 6. A psaltiry Is nn oncltnt and medlavnl mUBlca! Instrument, like a dulcimer Played by plucking its strings with .tin flncers or a plectrum The du Iclme? had strings of graduated lenrth over a sounding board or box, which were . struck with hammers. The Instrument was tho prototype of the piano e 7. The harpies of Greek mythologies- were vultures with women's heaSs The? are supposed to have personified whlrN vvlndB and I storms, Their names were Ocypeta, Celeno nnd Aello ero 8. The ..undau, a four-wheeled carriage wl h a top of which tho front and back halves can be Independently raised or lowered, akes Its name from the u ace Germany1'"' ,ha t0Wn of M'iS "' M0"otn cVlSvannfr " 0t " e 10- Jo N.wVoc'lty! "" PrMe"t mayor ot J -r -- ---H m sV- SHORT CUTS The local tax situation needs a return to normalcy. The'excess-proflts tax hasn't any more friends than Burleson. Add Humors of tho Campaign West Virginia Democrats are supporting Cox be cause he is dry. Now if the jewelry bandits would only run off with the whisky ring Old What's-tho-Use has played hob with political campaign funds this jear. It really begins to look as though the underlying rentals were nbout to be stepped upon. It may be that the monkey that bit Alexander of Greece has changed tho history of that country. Haitian revelations are not the right kind of propaganda to encourage eulistmeuts in the marines. Women will never graduate as full fledged politicians until they have organized a Sapphira Club. Attempts to ubolish tho death penalty will not bo popular while the trial of The Crank is pending. The beauties of Cobbs Creek quarry have no appeal for the parents of the chil dren drowned there. Perhaps there arc the makings of an American in Eckhard-Schack, who prefeu Leavenworth to being deported. Before completing the rest of the Mu niclpnl Court tho people as architects might with wisdom give special utteuuou to a Brown study. The Orange, N. J., jury of women reached a verdict in its first case in tlilrtj iive minutes. Chnnccs arc tho ladies wished to do some shopping, i A Chester, Pa., school principal has de creed that henceforth no pet dogs will be allowed iu classrooms. They may now stay outside and chase Mary's lamb. The local mau who slapped his wife bccatiso she would not smoko cigarettes may be expected to take really harsh measure if she refuses to go to tho polls. Jewelry robberies arc becoming epidemic tho country over. One jewel it is easy to put one's finger on is the consistency with which the police gather in clues. Sixteen cases of bonded whisky have been found In burlnl caskets in n Pittsburgh undertaking establishment. It takes an in ternal revenue officer to materialize bpirlts. Thero is growing belief thnt opportunism rather than settled conviction dominates Lloyd Gcorgo In his leaning towurd Germany to the dismay of France; but there Is danger that his placating of British labor with it sympathies for bolshevlsra may cost tno world dear. If Germany without n navy satisfies England, why not go a step further and have n Germany without an army to satisfy France? Germany herself would thus oe better off, nnd as n first step toward liter national disarmament it might work incal culable good, That not nil the troublo in getting coal is duo to labor conditions or difficulties 0i transportation Is evidenced by the investlpr tiou of a Brooklyn grand jury which h uncovered a group of speculators noli ng 11.000 carloads on railroad sidings in Phila delphia, Baltimoro and Hampton Rosa' while Industries suffered for lack of fuel Which suggests, as a side issue, the query how they were able to bold the cars wniw cars wcro in demand. Tho action of the British In sending Genera.1 Townshcnd to join Wrnngcl may havo political rather than military "If11' fiennce. If bolshevlsm is going to fnll of iw own weight It i. reasonable io sui.,i'e H' the British foreign oflico is eounUaut "'' fact nnd alive to the further fact that there is diplomatic advnntago In Mng mi"' to r possible Mau ,on Horseback just when . ,J about to; put spurs to hU mount. 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