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SCharlM II. Ludlnrten, Vice President: John C.
mn.Btcretarr and Treasurer! Philip 8. Collins.
OBH B. Williams, John J. flpurteon, Directors.
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a fouk-vkau rnodnM rou
riin.AnKi.rHiA
Thlnes on which the iwuplr expeet the new
administration to roucentrnte Its nttentlont
,T7ie Delaware rii'cr bridge.
m. urvuucK uu mvuun io a.-commouao '-
larirttt Mp.
vcveiovinent
if thi'
the rapid transit sisi-m.
A eontienflort hall.
A bviliina fo the Fiee Library,
An Art Jtnem.
Jtnlaroetnent of the loater suortv.
uevnes to accommodate the population.
THE MAYOR AS A JUROR
' A LTIIOUOH the Mayor is a busy man. he
has announced thnt he Intends to re
rpond to the summons which ho has received
to report (or jury duty nt the November terra
of the Mtinlnlpnl Court.
His name was drawn in the usual way.
Ills duty to (serve Is no less thnu thnt of tho
humblest citizen. He could ololm exemption
If ho chose, but ho is aware thnt tho success
Of the Jury system depends on the acceptance
Of their obligations under it by every one.
The men of largo affairs are under just ns
great nn obligation ns the clerks to perform
11 their civic duties. Many of them have
recognized this in the past nnd have sat with
eleven of their peers to consider the evidence
In disputes nnd to assist in n settlement in
accordance with the facts.
Tho example of the Mnynr ought to have
ft beneficial effect upon the few who hnvc
ought to shirk jury duty.
WHY NOT TELL US, JUDGE?
TUDGE BROWN resents the imputation
that the Municipnl Court is n minor
court.
There will he little disposition anywhere
to disagree with him ; but his rontons for
Insisting that it is not a minor court will
Hot bo those regarded ns compelling by the
restof us.
No court which spends n million dollars
year for the payment of its judges nnd
attendants can be considered minor.
Measured by the money standard. Judge
Brown's court is a great deal higher than
..the United Stntes Supreme Court, which
eoatu very much less than n million dollars
. a year. The Supreme Court is the highest
we have.
What the public would really like to know,
however, is not whether the Municipal Court
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1 J Is minor or mnior. but whv .Tmlro Ttrmvn
needs so much money to carry it on. If ho
rem only hire a hall and take the people
Into his confidence he will be greeted by
crowds of interested listeners.
THE THINKING VOTE
rpHB most interesting disclosure made by
Clinton Vf. Gilbert, who is studying for
this newspaper the political conditions in
the various stntes, is that the Hepublican
differences within the states nre having no
effect upon the national Republican ticket.
The voters seem to have decided to sup
port Mr. Harding and at the some time settle
their state quarrels on their merits regard
less of the national ticket. If they vote for
a Democrat for n state office, it docs not
mean thnt they ore going to vote for Mr.
Cor. They don't want n Democratic Presi
dent, but In Rome of the states they seem
to be willing to have a Democratic governor
rather thnn the Republican candidate for the
governorship nominated by the state ma
chines. This is a wholesome condition. It indi
cates that the voters have really begun o
do some thinking before they go to the polls.
In Illinois, for example, where the Repub
lican candidate for the governorship is a
follower of Mayor Thompson, of Chicago,
many Republicans have decided to vote for
James Hamilton Lewis, the Democratic can
didate. They would rather have Lewis, with
all his vagaries ami eccentricities, than have
the pernicious influence of Mayor Thompson
extended from Chicago throughout the state.
THE SESQUICENTENNIAL
JN ANNOUNCING that it is the intention
of the administration to proceed nt once
with steps toward the celebration in Phila
delphia of the l.'Otb anniversary of Ameri
can independence. Mayor Moore wisely
recognizes the swift pace of time.
Within less than six years the sesipil
centennial Fourth of July will be nt hand.
It is now by no means too early to consider
what form of celebration will be most ap
propriate to the event nnd to prepare for
tho worthiest and most effective observance.
That anything so oncroim as nn Interna
tional exposition will be nttempted on n
huge scale is unlikely. The great fair nge
is in tho past, and was best and most spon
taneously represented by the Centennial.
' There nre many avenues of approach to
the new question under new conditions. Mr.
Moore has discussed the subject with Alba
Johnson. The Chamber of Commerce and
numerous other civic bodies, including the
Franklin Institute, have for some time been
surveying the field. A bill recognizing the
need for organization has been Introduced
In tho Council nt the Mayor's suggestion.
Tho time for laying the foundations of the
project is here. Five jears speedily roll by.
It is the duty of the birthplace of American
liberty to be prepared. The Columbian
fair in Chicago, it may be recalled, was a
year late.
PASTORIUS DESERVES IT
THE official decision fixing November 10
as the date of the dedication of the
.pastorius monument in Gennantown dls
yosea of a question which for several years
was not argued strictly upon Its merits.
This Js not to Bay that tho long postpone
ment of honors due the founder of oue of
tho most distinctive sections of Philadelphia
was a mistake Wartime opinions arc either
Hack or white. There are no Intermediate
Shades of gra,
' Today, however, it is possible to faco the
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tho least confutlaf hUrprlnciples with thoie
of tho arrogant empire 6erthrown by Amer
lea and tho Allies. Indeed, in tho ideals for
which ho stood and which ho put into prae
tlcal execution Pastorius was the exact an
tithesis of JtinW Teutonism. Tho colonists
he led to Oermantown were chiefly Men
nonltes. Detestation of militarism Is one
of tho cardinal tenets of their faith.
Moreover, the history of two pioneers each
active in the development of human liberty
is closely interwoven. Ileforo venturing to
the New World, Pastorius was the closo
friend of William Venn and in ardent sym
pathy with the purposes underlying the
founding of Philadelphia.
Thcro need bo no qualms today nbout un
veiling tho monument in Vernon Park.
Spiritually and morally Pastorius was tier
man merely through tho accident of birth.
The honors coming to his memory arc de
served. PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD IS
ON TRjAL BEFORE PEOPLE
Upon Its OWn Decision In Carfare Case
and Superior Court's Decree on
Underlying Companies Will
Rest the Greater Verdict
milK Public Service Commission of Pcnn-
sylvanla is on trial before the people.
It is on trial In two ways.
Its right to assume jurisdiction over the
rentals paid to the voracious underlying
companies by the P. R. T. is under attack
before the Superior Court today. Such
power is fundamental in its structure, nnd
if it should be denied the commission might
as well be disbanded.
Rut the greater Issue will be determined
by the manner in which the commission itself
determines tho question of n fare readjust
ment for this city. Upon this point hang
the most momentous concerns of the P. It. T.
and tho people of the city nt large.
Those who have been closely following the
affairs of street transportation in Philadel
phia havo just reason to be perturbed over
tho present posture of events. Them is a
sinister look nbout the way various factors
have developed in the last few weeks.
An organized propaganda, largely below
tho surface, It Is true, but still easily Identi
fiable, Is under way to force carfares up from
five cents to six, seven or eight cents, in
face of the fact that the management of the
company is content to ask for only five,
If tho shaping of events were wholly in
the hands of what Mr. Mitten has desig
nated ns "the bankers' group," which means
Mr. Stotesbury nnd his iiunncial associates,
they could hardly have been directed more
definitely toward the humiliation nnd re
pudiation of the present management of tho
P. R. T.
Tho disingenuous way in which various
members of Council acted on the subject of
Mr. Mitten's plea for n flat five-cent fare
is Indicative of forces moving behind the
scenes rather than any virtuous desire for
the protection of the interests of the public
of which these men nre supposed to be the
servants in office.
A study In dendly parallels of the different
propositions submitted by these men in the
farcical hearing before Commissioners 15enu
and Clement last week lends only to the
conclusion thnt there wns n deliberate at
tempt to muddle tho situation nnd confuse
the mind of the people.
Instead of giving a decisive "yes" or "no"
on a perfectly simple nnd straightforward
request by Mr. Mitten. Council ns n body
sidestepped and ducked responsibility with
the sinuosity of Invertebrates. Rut when
it came to constructive suggestions to afford
a substitute for the P. It. T.'s proposal
the least objectionable to the public and the
most favorable to the preservation of the
present management that has been offered
what n rush of half-baked nnd superficial
ideas to the surface !
Of course, any of these gentlemen who
have been intimately associated with some
of the interests which nre now loudly de
manding seven and even ten cents as tho
right fare basis would indignantly resent
the Intimation thnt they were acting other
than for the best interests of the car rider,
even though It would not bo hard to point
out thnt they owe their political position to
these self-same factors. Tho hypocrisy of
the situation is actually nauseating.
But the most disturbing development was
the sudden emergence of rumors, apparently
Inspired, Insinuating that tho Public Servico
Commission wns going to do the unheard-of
thing by ordering tho P. R. T. to charge a
flat Increase of one or two cents more for
each of the billion individual fares now col
lected annually by the P. R. T. It is in
conceivable that this will be done. It would
mean, nt the lowest estimate, from ?10,
000,000 to $20,000,000 more every year out
of tho pockets of the car riders, and would
be for in excess of the request of Mitten nnd
of all estimates of what is necessary.
It is nil very well for Mr. Vauclaln, head
of Baldwin's, whero Mr. Stotesbury is a
controlling stockholder, to talk about the
need of a ten-cent fare. But how will it
appeal to the thousands of workers in the
Baldwin shops who use the cars dally to
pay twice as much for carfare?
Likewise David U. Lane, whose long
connection with the old traction interests
in and out of politics is notorious, can
glibly insist that the P. R. T. should charge
two cents more. But how about the hun
dreds of plain folk who Hvo In his Twentieth
ward dukedom and havo to rldo in the cars
every day?
The duty of the Public Servico Commis
sion ennnot consistently carry it beyond
granting the request of tho P. R. T. man
agement at this time,; that is, If its members
do not wish to stultify themselves and the
state governmental influences behind them
in the eyes of tbc people of Philadelphia.
While counsel for the commission is ap
pearing today in the Superior Court at the
argument on its jurisdiction over tho under
lying companies, an argument which, as we
havo repeatedly pointed out, touches tho
very vitals of the commission's authority to
protect the public from corporate greed, how
vitiating it would be to the whole question
of tho btate's right to regulate public utilities
to have that body overreach itelf by grant
ing much more than is asked for in a formal
petition !
If there Is a conspiracy among selfish In
terests in this community to extract the last
ounce of flesh from the car-riding public,
and at the same time discredit the ability
and punish the courage of a management
which has kept peace with itn employes
during the most difficult and trying period
in the hUtory of the country since Civil War
days, then the sooner that fact can be estab
lished nnd revealed the better for the whole
good of Philadelphia.
It has been said that if the Public Servico
finmm,Kir1nn vtx to prdec lb P- JL T. to
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wash his hands of tho wholo business ;and
cut loose from Philadelphia. Such an out
come would bo a loss to this city not easily
repaired. But it might be justifiable on his
part.
Tho proper course of tho Public Service
Commission is to grant the Mitten proposal
or refuse it, giving its reasons in either case.
It oughtnot to go beyond that even if it
seems to find sanction In the hypocritical
mouthing of those who like to pose as great
friends of tho public but nro secret alders
nnd abettors of every gamo to squeeze tho
car riders.
Tho Public Service Commission of Penn
sylvania is on trial before the people.
LUXURIES OR NECESSITIES?
WHEN a nation can spend nearly twenty
throe billions In n single year on luxu
ries It must bo admitted that it is n long
way from poverty. This is the sum which
the people of tho United States spent In the
last fiscal year, according to estimates made
by tho Bureau of Internal Revenue, which
has been collecting taxes on luxuries.
The ladles, God blew 'pro! spent three
quarters of a billion .on perfumes and cos
metics. But wo would not have them spend
n dollar less. They know that one of their
functions is to ndorii whatever place they
occupy, and they devote themselves con
scientiously to performing this pleasuroblo
duty. They make themselves cosy to look
nt; so easy, In fact, that many of us find
it Impossible not to look nt them whenever
they come within our range of vision, nnd
some of us hnvc been known to go out of
our wny in order to get n glimpse of n per
fect specimen.
In addition to the sums spent for perfumes
nnd cosmetics, a billion dollars was spent on
candy. Tho women bought part of this
themselves, but n much lnrger part wns
bought by the men nnd given to tho ladles
ns n tribute to their invariable charm.
Tho men, however, hne not denied lux
uries to themselves. The government figures
Indicate that they spent more thou two bil
lion dollars for tobacco and a similar sum
for autnmobllcH. it is nn open question
whether nutomoblles ure luxuries or necessi
ties, but every owner of olio who does not
find it absolutely necessary in his business
will admit that nn automobile Is n most de
lightful luxury except when he has to buy
gnsollne or tires or pay repair bills. Then
tho accent Is on the luxury part of it Instead
of on the delight.
Whether the women, or the men nte the
greater part of the ?2."0,000,000 worth of
Ice cream consumed during the ear is not
known, but the waiters in restaurants fre
quented by men will be inclined to tho belief
that tho men nte their full share of it, as
well ns of the 3."0.000.000 worth of cake
nnd confections eaten in twelve months.
And tho wnlters nlo would be willing to
wager that tho men consumed more Mian
half of tho five billion dollars' worth of
luxurious food which the government report
shows was sold in tho same period. And
the men also drank their full shnrc of the
$:i.'i0,000,000 worth of soft drlnss nnd used
their proper proportion of tho ? 100,000,000
worth of toilet soaps.
If clothing were used merely for warmth
nnd food merely to satisfy hunger, we could
save the billions we spend for luxuries ; but
who wants to live like n Hottentot? The
piogrcss of civilization is marked by the in
crease of tho wunts of the civilized. Tho
luxuries of one generation become the neces
sities of the next, until the fig leaf of Adam
has developed Into elaborate garments fnsh
loncd from the wool of the sheep and tho
web of the bilk worm adorned with diamonds
and other precious stones, and the wholo
world has been under tribute to provide an
adequate substitute for tho original garment
of Eve nnd to make ready delectable foods
for all.
A BREATH-TAKING UPHEAVAL
THE threat of a strike by the doctors,
lawyers, actors, architects, school teach
ers, musicians, office clerks, editors, univer
sity professors, electrical nnd mechanical en
gineers, Inventors nnd philosophers of
France prompts n revision of certnin ac
cepted conventions.
Workers in what nre called necessities
have been for some time demonstrating their
power. The Union of Intellectuals, for
whom Henri do AVeindel, the general secre
tory, appeared ns spokesman before the
French Academy of Political nnd Social
Sciences, presents nnother aspect of tho
constitution of modern society.
The ultimatum of the brain has been de
livered. It includes In France very specific
claims regarding wages, political recogni
tion, contracts and living conditions. M.
do Weindcl, representing 100,000 members
of the new federation, proposes to institute
"a state of peaco" for tho "game of shuttle
cock" played between proprietors nnd pro
letariat. His belligerency, on many counts justified,
inspires the nrdent, If selfish, wish that
brains will receive something commensurate
with tho reward of brawn. Tho mere im
aginative picture of the suspension of intel
lectual production Is staggering, but perhaps
not altogether unhelpful.
It was typical of Franco to present the
case so vividly. A more thoughtful readjust
ment of human vnlues may conceivably bo
the consequence.
A STRIKE THAT MATTERS
IF THE strike of British coal miners is
continued even for n short period its
effects will be felt almost everywhere in the
world. And the first reactions may bo per
ceptible almost immediately In the United
States.
More than a million mine workers now
idlo ordinarily supply n vnst export mar
ket. Automatically, therefore, the for
eign demand for American coal will increase.
Disclosures of shnmeless and illegal profi
teering in the bituminous markets Bhow thnt
distributors were tempted to deny needed fuel
to essential American industries in order to
obtain exorbitant prices In Canada and else
where. The news of n strike that is frankly
intended to cut off a largo port of tho world's
coal supply ought to prompt the Interstate
Commerce Commission as well as other agen
cies of the government to establish some
special safeguards for the people and the in
dustries of tho United States.
Too much coal is now being exported from
American mines to meet the shortage caused
by tho war recently ended nnd tho other wars
that are still being fought. An export em
bargo has been declared for British coal.
And there is no reason why, if the need is
apparent, that example should not be
promptly followed in tho United States.
Great are the advantages of education !
If all patriots had been familiar both with
finance and the science of government, Lib
erty Bonds would have sold without solici
tation at ordinary instead of extraordinary
rates; it would today, as a consequence, bo
easy to get mortgage money; and tho bouse
shortage would be less of a problem than it
is. Much virtue in an if.
Figures from Washington show that,
women last year paid a "beautv bill" of
$700,000,000, but as yet there ore no
exnet data ns to the political complexion of
tho thlrty-threu United States senators to
bo elected November 2, nor tho probable cost
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Tho 8hlftlnrj of Hard Times From
One Class In the Community to
Another Has Its Lessons
A m Br SARAH D. LOWRIE
S WE all know, tho same poor have not
been with. us since the war began. The
very "stylish" garbage cans on llttlo streets
nnd oven alleys have borne witness that moat
high wages have gono into food some of it,
nlns! wasted food.
Tho green grocer round tho corner, who
has been on the verge of bankruptcy for ten
years because his well -to-do patrons went
out of town so early nnd returned so late
that ho never could catch up with his debts,
is now as he expresses it on Easy Street
because of his now 'set of patrons, who slap
down ready cash and want only tho best cuta
and enjoy themselves at meals Instead of at
the opora.
Meanwhile there hare been many poor.
All persons living on salaries have been
poor, all persons living on inherited in
comes have been poor, nnd nil persons liv
ing on allowances havo been poor.
Which means that most persons of the
professional class, brain workers, most
elderly retired persons, most enfeebled, set
aside persons, nd most women supporting
families have been poor, fngglngly, alarm
ingly poor, with nowhero to turn to better
tho situation. From shoes to room rent they
havo had to run a gamut of real distress.
Tho conditions of their lives arc such that
to meet the greater liabilities they cannot
earn more money, and to lire at all they
cannot snvo more than they have saved.
They ore nt once better off than the old
sort of poor In that they hnvo certain great
spiritual joys that money cannot give or
take away, nnd they nre also worse-off than
the old sort of poor in that they ennnot be
shiftless or careless in tho face of disaster.
ARCHDEACON PHILLIPS wrote a let
ter tho other day protesting against the
edict of the city that Involved tho razing of
n wholo city block of poor houses which have
been condemned in order thnt n playground
should bo added to tho city map. His pro
test was that winter wns no time for a. play
ground or for scores of worklngmen to hunt
home.
I do not know tho rights or wrongs of the
case; ono supposes that the tenants must
hnvc known what was contemplated mouths
ago, however, but It is not tho hnblt of ten
ants who would rent such properties ns
thoso to think very far ahead. One is glad
that It is n playground that is to result;
something that will do more good than tho
harm and tempoiary inconvenience of the
change.
Iu n great town no one can stretch him
self even a little in tho sun without incon
veniencing his neighbor. Nothing good hap
pens without entailing something sorrowful.
THE Y. W. C. A sold their property near
Twelfth nnd Sansom streets at a good
price and then turned iirnund to find a better
site for their new business woman's hotel
and clubhouse. Tho .$100,000 collected in
the cnmpnigu of eight years ngo for this
purpose has been accumulating interest, nnd
last spring's campaign added to tho capitnl
enough to wnriunt going ahead. They
decided after a careful survey that the Lin
coln Hotel on Locust street was the best
available site for their purpose and they
bought it. The deal was announced last
week. It is n ory good nnd promising
proposition and likely to bring great good
to mnny women who are nlar.v earners nnd
who need convenient mid reasonable quar
ters. Hut their future good has caused real
trouble to a number who were tenants nt
the Lincoln mid who nt this late date have
nctually nowhere to turn nnd in some cases
nro hard put to it to finance n moving even
If they could find other rooms.
I know more thnn ono family who, when
the rent wan .raised last sprung on their little
cramped apnrtments nt the dusty end 61 no
whero, gave up the idea of homo oven under
those limited conditions mid faced a bed
room life. What has happened with a week's
notice nt tho Lincoln may any day happen
to them, probably has hnppened to others in
other little hotels that havo changed owners.
One wonders how long tho gallant spirit of
independence can Inst under this slow, re
lentless drive of hard times.
A CITY like this would lose its chief hold
on civilization If tho spark of life and
zest for life grew dim in the men nnd women
who think clearest and feel most sensitively.
Tho rich poor nt present can only buy more
things, Ihey cannot add to the sum of the
city's happiness except In the negative way
of lessening the old misery of want. An jet
their lnrger wnges have not made them more
skilled workmen, so that they have brought
no gift to lay upon the Altar of Life. Even
tually they will, no doubt. This taste, or
orgy rather, of material comfort may in the
end havo more than a temporary service.
Perhaps they have already begun to save for
more prolonged joys thnn the tenderloin of
beef.
Certainly they are spending less. So the
prices of automobile tires and sugar and even
linen nnpklns nre falling. If they continue
to save or spend less and tho prices con
tinue to fall, the people on salaries will be
gin to draw their breaths less sharply, but
there will bo a new sort of poor to tako their
places tho merchants who hnvo stocked up
too heavily with hlgh-prlccd goods at falling
prices and they in their turn will affect the
factories. Indeed thnt process has already
begun, ns n most casual survey of Richmond
nnd Kensington would prove to any seeker
after truth.
If some merchants have gambled on the
high prices reaping them a big profit while
tho public paid through Its nose up to the
limit of gullibility, they will deserve all
they get, but it in most cases it has been a
wild scramble in tho dark, the chaos of the
aftermath of war, a mad guess with no dnta
that can be relied upon, then wo, the poor of
the war, stretch out sympathetic hands to
the new poor of the near future.
One thing we do not want, even if it would
restore us to something of our old comfort :
we do not want the old poor back into their
age-long pocrty.
IFOR one. hope high wages oven the
2, ones I have to suffer from have come to
stay. Even tho waste in tho garbage cans on
tho little streets is easier to contemplate than
hunger at the llttlo street tables would be
in fact, there is no comparison.
If prosperity has us yet taught tho one
time poor no very pnlpablo truth, It hns
taught the new poor n very valuablo ono, and
thnt Is that no one In this day or genera
tion can make n moterial gain without n re
adjustment of values all along tho line.
Somo one pays for what you buy, If you
do not. If the purchase is a playground for
city children or a hotel for business girls,
it is worth tho price; but if it's for n whim,
take care! We know now that no one can
live to himself or spend trt himself.
If ever wc that are now poor get back to
something like our old security, wo can never
again allow philanthropy to take the place
of justice. Nor can wo ever again tako
fatuously for granted the law of economics
that "The poor wc have always with us"
is in the nature of things a law of God.
The Modern Missouri Farmer's Lot
From the jacUson Examinir.
Farming isn't what it used to be A
farmer's wife, who lives ten miles from In
dependence, put on her silk stockings and
party dress, bitched up the Ford and drove
to Independence after she bad fed the farmer
and his hands the noonday meal. She ployed
bridge all afternoon, won the prize, staved
in town for dinner with a friend and met her
husband at 8 o'clock. Mr. nnd Mrs. Farmer
drove to Kansas City for a dunce at a hotel,
danced until midnight and returned home in
time to get a few hours sleep before the
breakfast time.
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Daily Talks With Thinking PhiUjdelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
miss anne Mcdonough
On Community Slncjlng In Politics
TF PHILADELPHIA'S Republican women
i- put their best efforts behind tho plan to
add music to the last month's political cam
paigning, just ns tho women of this city
supported the "community slugs of the
War Camp Community Servico during the
war. Philadelphia will again show tho way
musically to other American cities, In the
opinion of Miss Anno McDonoligh, director
of publtc sight-singing classes in the city
nnd recently affiliated through Mrs. Barclay
II. Warburton with the local Republican
women's committee.
Miss McDonough, who is looking further
nhead than November in tho matter of the
possibilities of community Blnglng. nlso has
strong hopes for n civic music league to
educate tho mass of the people along musical
lines.
"Philadelphia became famous three years
ago." declares Miss McDonough, ' becauso
of its success with community singing. Our
fame went out for long distances, and
throughout the country wo became known
ns the 'Singing City.' Other cities fol
lowed our example and came to us to lenrn
the very latest angle in the matter.
Thousands Are Singing
"Thousands of people who had never
thought thnt they could sing joined the vari
ous groups orgnnlzed under the direction ot
the War Camp Community Service and
lenrned that they could. Harry hltcraft
was one of the leading figures locally, be
cause to him went the honor of orlginat ng.
or nt least fostering, the 'block -singing
feature. The idea started as purely an indi
vidual affair undertaken in Mr. Wliitcraft . h
own family and among n few neighbors. As
the hois went off to war Mr. Whltcraft in
troduced the notion of groups getting to
gether to sing in honor nnd memory ot the
fighting boys.
"Out of this 'block singing developed,
nnd it became universally popular for neigh
bors to get together one night a week to
sing the old melodies nnd the latest favor
ites. Men and women who had never tried
to sing joined In ; chorus work, untried be
fore, wns practiced, and everybody profited.
'Then the war ended nnd the War Camp
Community Service censed to exist and there
was no longer the incentive of patriotism to
make people join together In song. Now
again has come un opportunity to revive the
interest in community singlug. The chance,
arises In connection with tho campaign of
the Republican women of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Barclay 11. Warburton. chairman of
the Hepublican women's committee, broached
the idea of having chorus work and com
munity singing introduced into the short re
maining time before election. I was very
willing to nccept, and ou0Monduy nctual
work will bo commenced.
"Our Ideas nre as follows; First, thero
will be singing at Griffith Hall. 1421 Chest
nut street, where the Republican women's
cafeteria Is located. Tho forum of debate
and discussion which will bo held there
evcrv lunchtlmo will be accompanied by
singing, with lenders placed at the various
tables.
"In the second place, starting this week,
choruses will bo organized in different sec
tions of tho city. Our thought is thnt there
are thousands of women interested In party
politics In Philadelphia, who, nevertheless,
have no ability in making campaign
speeches or conducting debates. These
women want to do something. Why not let
them help the cnuse along by Blnglng?
Everybody can sing, perhaps not skillfully,
but well enough to take part in chorus work.
Women Asked to Join
"Such women arc asked to come out to
join tho chorus nearest their home. We
have thlr week, for example, choruses work
ing in the Free Library, Sixth street and
Lehigh avenue, Twentieth nnd Shunk streets
and Loguu, besides u combined chorus in
Griffith Hall. Let us say that 2000 women
we hope for more come to these four
meetings. Wc will then divide them into
groups of thirty or fifty, according to local
ity or ward, and each group will conduct
tho campaign among the women in that
locality or ward.
"In addition to this there will be a song
leaders' training class every day in Griffith
Hall, as wo must have women trained in
leading largo choruses at rallies and politl
cal meetings. On just what occasions tho
women's choruses will be called on will
depend entirely on the women ward ant
committee leaders.
"There is no such concerted movement
among men, but I do not see whv there
should not bo, 'male choruses' also to lend
life and spirit to political meetings. If the
jasa do organize such, chpjrubes the wojpea
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ought to liven up the situation.
Pittsburgh Tries Out Plan
"Pittsburgh is the only large city which
ll "oinsr anything along this lino, and, al
though the tlmo is short, it is not too short
to moke the musical feature of the cam
paign for Harding in this city an important
one.
"For tho next month Philadelphia politi
cal meetings will echo with tho strains of
all the popular song-hits, with new sots of
words applied to them npplylng to the presi
dential campaign. For example, there will bo
" !S?od morning-. Mrs. Zip. Zip. Zip,
Tv Itn your ballot Just as ion as mine.
Oond mornlnc. Mrs. Zip. Zip. Zip,
You're surely vottnc fine.' "
" 'Coxy4 Doodle' will be another favorite,
and the new position of women in politics
will again be demonstrated in the now ver
sion of 'Pack up jour troubles in your old
kit bag and smile, smile, smile, which now
goes
" 'Pack up your powder in your small hand
bag
And vote, girls, vote.'
Always Looking Ahead
"Then, of course, thero nre many serious
ones, but all of them serve tho same pur
nose, the purpose music always serves, of
lending spirit nnd zest to any occasion.
"But I admit that I am looking ahead,
nnd I believe thnt this time the 'community
singing' iden will last longer thnn merely
to tho end of the present political cam
paign. My hopes and Ideals are centered
on n civic music league, which will sprend
community singing on n much larger scale
than has heretofore been attempted. St.
Louis nnd Chicago, nnd mnny other western
cities, hove such an organization.
"This permanent organization ought, by
rights, to be a municipal affair, because.
after all, this Is only another feature of
education nnd ono which the city should
take in hand. Community choruses, bauds
and orchestras ought to be established
throughout the city.
"Thcro cannot bo nn appreciation of
better music until tho mass of the people
are educated in the fundamentals of music,
and this must be done on a large scale or
not ot nil."
Boosting the Home Town
I mm the Altooni Trlhuni
One of tho prettiest rainbows ever seen
here wns visible last Friday evening. It
was one of the brightest wo ever bow, and
we heard others make the same expression.
Altoona's rainbows are far superior to other
towns' ruinbows.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 What is nn "Indian gift"?
2. After what RomRn god Is ths month of
January named, and whv?
3. Where are the Falkland Islands?
' .SUnfe" MS?" WB DlcI"a
D. How does the word delusion differ In
TOimrtl,n,nBr rom. ,no word illusion?
6. What la an nceldnnui?
V wS? iWVL Theodore Itoosevelt born?
8. What Is the meaning of "II Trovntorn"?
9. What Brent battle- pa VpoleS, en!
trance to Moscow In 18127
10' fcnpltaatI?C0Untry '" Port-RU-Prlnco tho
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Jousting Is the combating between two
with la"nceS champlona on horseback
2' Th!tWwe?eB5dbe"foroBrnC'd na,h0Ugh
' A,MCandSotfhV?arnco,:ame f Pre8ldent
4. Zenobla was queen of Palmyra, an im-
portant commercial city In an objiIh
rtAf ?tfla ln the early centSrlo?
the Christian era. Zenobla succeeded
her husband aa regent for her eon
and as queen In 267 A. D. Her armies
challenged tho might of the RonYan
empire and were defeated ln 271 Th.
queen, a ruler of vivid personality and
extraordinary capacity, wan captured
and brought to Home. iurea
t. Her whole life was spent within tho third
century A. D. ra
B. The presidential electors, forming the
electoral college, will meet in the ?
respective states on January 19, 1321
nnd cast their votea for the next
President. According to law. the bal
lotlnp must take place on the second
denntufiye,.ecJttonnUary f0"W,nif th "'
7 James Bryce wrote 'The American Com
monweulth " '
8. The maiden name of Lillian Russell was
Leonard.
9. The Itoosevelt dam Is In Arizona,
10, Pajamas orlclnnted in Mohammedan
countries In the L'uat, They wcra orlg
lnally worn In the daytime as trousers
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.. SHORT CUTS
Short shrift for short weights.
It may bo that most jinxes arc home
made. All men are entitled to their moments
of stupidity.
Why stop at a 7-cent fare? Roll dem
bones! and come cloven!
A monkey fate may yet make Venizclos
the president of a now republic.
In a $5,000,000 Municipal Court tlic
presumption Is that justice would wear dia
monds. Now that tho miners strike has started
Great Britain will have to muddle through a
slack pile.
Football fans realize that they can't
cook the goose of a gridiron hero simply by
panning him.
Wo can forgive Senator Penroso for
wearing a sombrero so long as he doesn't
talk through it.
The trouble with popular priced opera
is alleged to bo that tho populnce refuses to
put up tho price.
Perhaps the reason o mnny girls paint
,, r, acea Js hecauso they have heard that
all the world's a stage.
I ivo-cent ico cream soda is said to be
cnim P Ilac't but t,,( chances are that we
will hardly be able to recognize the prodlial.
u ' Dnsehall, fight and race-track fans
will have to worry along this week with
nothing more exciting than a political cam
paign. Now York prohibition agents recently
uncovered fifty gallons of" whisky iu a hearse.
Aw, suro, it was nothing more than material
for a wake.
Statistics published by a girls' rollcgi
show that only 30 per cent of tho graduates
oro married. Is tho institution trying to
give itself a black eye?
Tho decision of the land quetloiis nt
the polls in November puts California In th
unusual position of indirectly voting oa a
matter of foreign policy.
We'll all have one cause.for thanksgiv
ing when Thanksgiving Day conies the
election and the inevitable explanations nnd
I-told-you-so's will be over and dona with.
Bigger and bettor ships safeguarded by
wireless have robbed the sea of much of jt
terrors and something of its romance; but by
no means all of cither, ns tho tragic story cl
the Speedwell abundantly testifies.
Tho New Yorker who carried a bur
glar's kit in n neat package tied with baby
blue ribbon and told the police it wa
present for his girl, doubtless Intended W
prove to her that love laughs at locksmith!"'
An nil -wise nnd benevolent despotism
nnd n capable, subservient nnd uuthlnkln?
people is tho Ideal combination for any if
construction period. If you doubt it, low
at nu nnthlll after you have unwlttiiw
kicked it over.
Tho Shamokin woman who is running
for state senator because sho wishes to i
worthy of tho elderly bulldog she owns auU
because, further, she can't think of nn' " '
son why she shouldn't run. has at least tn
merit of fronknesB and originality.
A womnn candidate for Camden Council
has received a permit to carry a rcvo ver,
but declares thnt she will use only blank
cartridges. The Chronic Grouch says tJ
is morn sensible than it sounds, as the laa
won tho suffrage with juBt such ammuni
The Unregeneratc
IT NOW is plain to all of us
That autumn is a wicked cuts,
A season unregenerate
Of careless and abandoned state,
In fragrant clouds that tell a tale
The smoke hangs over hill and vai,
While in the air is hint of wine
All mellow in the golden ehlne.
I5ut brief will be tho joyous bout,
A fctrnight Reformer spies it out.
And passing over mead and wood
Will leave us all white cold nnd good.
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