Aiyi7S7
i;.'v-i"'-'r"-v
: " .
v.
1
'l.
W
111
Pv
1?
I
g
k
ittmfhjg public JSeftget
PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
, VTTilUH JU fs. tUIUI3.nnira.TII
Charles n, LudlmilAn. vice. Prra.aenti John. C.
CmUS It. K. CUIVTI3, PaiatnENT
Mittln, Secretary and Treaeureri ThiUp fl. Celllne,
- i:nmri . i,un nuinn. irn r-rrm,urii i ti i
Hln, 8tr retarr ana Treaeureri rniui . v.e.uwe,
inn n. Williams. Jean J. Hwraenn. Directors.
491
cntrontAT, hoard i
Cntca 1L Ki Ccitu, Chairman
DAVID E. BMtLnT Editor
JOtm C. MAimN.... General Bmlneaa Manager
fubllahed dally at PosUC Lttain UulMln
Independence Square. Philadelphia.
JsTlAKTia CrtT Frett-Vnion Building
Jtavr Ycsic..... SOt Madlaon A.
Dwnorr "ol Toril nulldlinr
Rt. Loch.. 1M Fvillerton nulldlns
Ciiicaoo 1303 Tribuni Ilulldlng
NKWJt BURHAUBl
V K. Crr. rennaylvanla A'-, end 14th ft.
Kw Your BctilD The Bin Bulldlna
IoxroM Dckeao London Tlmra
sunscniFTitw teiuis
Th Evsxiso Peauo Lsooia Is aerrM to eub-
erlbera In Philadelphia and aurround'na town
at the rate of twelve (12) cents per week, payable,
o in carrier,
flv mall tn
By mall fo point outnlde, of Philadelphia, In
the United States Canada, cr United Rtntea pee-
unuea coaxea variant, cr ur
Inna. nnafaa fr. flflv (.101 e
taiona. poatare rrte. mty ino cent a per monm.
llfll rinlta-a MF vap. VSftvahl In tilvanrft
Tn all forelm cnuntrlei ene. ( jl) dollar a month
Noticij 8uhecrlbra wlehlnir address charme
nuet lv old ae well a new address.
HELL. 3000 TALNLT
KETSTornr, maiv ooa i
KTAMrra n',1 eommiiifcfltle-i to Everfitff riiKle
.caper, inaepenamce .ignore, j-ntioarjm"i.
Member of tho Associated Press
TltE ASSOCIATED mKSS ft rxclMeheny eii
1IM to the ma or republication of oil nciue
dU(ifehf credited1 to ft or not othrru-ls r-cdltM
in ihij paper, and atso the local iietoi pubUihed
All Aohtt 0 reputllcnlion of tprclat dllpatohea
fcerrtn ar also rttcrvti.
rhllldflpl.ll, Wtdneidtr. Oitohtr 10. 1920
A rorit-VFiAit rnnnn si von
rniT.xnKi.rniA
Thln on uhtch the ioiilf eTncrl the new
administration to eourtntrate Ita attention!
re J)raware rU'er brnlut. . .
A. dnxtock bio enoueh lo avommjdale
the
artt ihtne
yveripmen! o.
) tl
hall.
the mpli frnnilt vim
A coiirrntlon
hvitrtinn to' in Frit lAbrnru.
An Art ,1iitrvm.
Tilarorfiit of the jeater priv.
Hotnta to nccmnirtorfate the torm!cllo,.
THE FRENZIED FERRIES
w:
HILK the so'utioii of the river front auto
rallic problem must necessarily wait I
tipon the erection of the Delaware bridue.
Superintendent Mills will hnvc performed a
notable public sertice ir Ills new rules ac
complish 'merely temporary reforms.
One feature of them Is n request that the
ferry company operate it" boats on full
vehicle i.chciliile. thn- reducing the long line
of trucks and moton-ir- making for conges
tlon at the font of Mnr'tet -treet. It would
seem that the ferries -ilioiild be able to ndiust
their schedules to conform with this common-sense
suggestion The nntiipintcd de
' sign of the ferr bouses renders the task of
safeguarding dlseinb.r.-kins passengers from
the stream of autos at the exits more iljfli
ctilt, but it would appear that the strict ob
servance of regulations might insure at lent
few seconds of safetv. At present the pe
destrian uud vehicular routes cross muita
neously. Doubtless this is due to the impatience
of both foot passengers nnd motorists. If
Superintendent Mills can impose n brief wait
Upon cither of these classes he will make
the act of "binding" at Market street less
alcln than it now is to "a leap for life."
FORGOTTEN CRIMES
UNTIL the lig explosion in Wall .street,
the attention of the "mystery so,uad" in
the New York police depnrtment was con
centrated on the KIwell case. One sensa
tional crime makes another eem somehow
remote. All the resources of the New York
police depnrtment were utilized in the search
for the man or men who carried the bomb to
the financial district, and it is altogether
unlikely that those who murdered Tlwell will
Ter be found.
Similarly, with the discovery of the hedv
of a murdered bank messenger near Mount
Holly, the mystery of little Hilly Danev
will have less interest in New Jersey. The
number of unsolved murder mysteries in
creases each car. One of the reasons for
this is the unwillingness of stutes and cities
to expand their police organizations to meet
new conditions created the growth of
population. Another may be found in the
habit of oliticinns to burden police- and
detective bureaus with men who receive
appointments iis rewards for their allegiance
to the minor bosses.
AFTER TWO YEARS
I
T IS almost two jears since the armistice
wns signed. ,et pence seems far from
Europe. The Ilritish coal strike, one of the
Indirect results of the war, nm be said to
represeut (he peak of a crisis in the affairs
of the greatest empire. It is another burden
for minds iu Downing street that are al
ready overtaxed bv the strains of Ireland
and India and the wilderness of worries left
nrer from the war France is sinking deeper
Jnto debt. The CSorinnn have been burning
ships that were to have been given as repar.i
tion to the Allies, and they are both unable
nd unwilling to meet demands for indemnity
rncde on behalf of the victorious powers.
Now there is a rift among the poles. Who.
after all. won in th great war?
It Is worth remembering now that It wns
a predominant gioup of Huropenn politicians
who fought men like Wilson, ficncral Smuts.
Lord Hobert t'ecll and others when t rrin of
settlement that might have brought actual
peac nnd co-operation in I'urupe were ud
vanced and lost at Versailles.
8mut was the one man boh enough to
predict the present mnfusinn of affairs m
Europe. What the older countries need now
are great leaders, men who will be able to do
in peace what men like Kitchener ami .Inffre
did in wnr. Rut leaders of that tpe are
nowhere in sight.
A METROPOLITAN VISION
THE line b'twecn extravagant predntion
and intelligent clnirnxnnc is often ex
ceedingly thin Witness the fanc of Mior
Busch. who, speaking the other da before
the Hoard of Trad', of which he is n mem
ber, pictures the removal of TIrnad Street
Station, the development along major lines
of the WeNt Philadelphia station of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the completion
of links creating a freight and passenger
belt line around the citi.
The prospect is somewhat breath-taking
tiniest) consideration is gicn to the historic
truth that municipal growth has n nv of
outstripping the most luxuriant reaches of
the imugitmtion. Hypothetical necessities
become real, and then the lamentutlotik made
over the rejection of foresight uie loud
It would usMirodlj profit I'hiladcjphjnns
to look u little ahead, to be unafraid of
splendid dreamt. The mental attitude would
be stimulating and uunuestinnnbly facilitate
Consistent progress. Moreover, in raising
the Hroad Street Station problem Mr. Ilusch
has not peered recklessly Into the future.
The present terminal is overcrowded nnd
inadequate. It Is impossible lo enlarge It.
Fob some time the Indications have been that
it would be moved further west. The change
would not olilj extricate the railroad from
Home of its didicultles, but would transform
the development possibilities of Market
Btreet and central Philadelphia.
The reality of a railroad under Filbert
treet, tubing It across the Delaware and
tjr means of the existing lines: In New Jersey,
the present bridge nnd the New York divl
taB establishing a circular route for trains,
in decidedly more distant. But there are
' f
EVENING PUBLIC
rcanons for not discounting it too ylolcntly.
Philadelphia, like London nnd Purls, has
ft rndlnl growth. Couutltig the Jersey towns
ns iart of the one metropolitan region, It Is
obvious that commmilcatlon by belts will
some day demand respectful attention.
Without Its two "colnturcfl." the Oreat and
the Little, transportation In modern Paris
would be hopelessly crippled.
The Metropolitan ntnl District railway
belt lines In London perform similar services,
and were so uecexsary as to be constructed
even before the advent of electric traction.
ltegnrd tor the circular communication
principle desert ch encouragement in Phila
delphia. That Air. UukcIi and other pen-ons
with kindred' Idea have skipped a decade or
two In their visions is Insiilnclent ground for
criticism.
WOMEN TO VOTE AS CITIZENS,
NOT AS PETTICOAT WEARERS
They Seem to Be Agreelnn With Senator
Harding That a Class Party
Is Un-American
EXTKI5MK feminists will set little con
solation from the attitude of Senator
Hnrdtng or that of the lenders of the League
of Women Voters.
The extremists have been talking of a
woman's party, organized by women and
devoted to fighting for the rights of women
ns such. They nrc the people who tell us
that there is a sex war In society and that
there can he no pence between the meu nnd
the women They rite the psychologists
nnd the psycho-analysts in support of their
contention. Much feminist literature has
been produced based on the nclunlity of this
nllcg"d r iirfare If il exists at ull It Is
psyolmlociil and not political.
Tf It becomes pollticnl we shall hnvc to
change our ideas nbout democracy and about
the ripiiillty of all before the law. The most
influential leaders anions the women nre
well enough grounded in the csentlaln of
democracy fo perceive tlint It would be n
fatal error for the women to band them
cell's toce'lier as n political unit. Mrs.
ficorgc W. Plerol, chairman of the League
,,f Women Voti-r in this i-ountr.v. has clearly
I forth the nuriioses of those who nre try
ing to prepare the newly enfranchised voters
for their political duties.
"We are not ndocnt!ng a woman's
part." sa.is Mrs. Piersol. "Far from it.
Suffragists from the beginning hnvc worked
tigninst segregation. We want lo share re
sponsibilities and work with the men to
solve the problems of go-crnment." In
order to equip themselves to share these re
sponsibilities Mrs. Piersol and her associates
are devoting themselves at the present time
to teaching the woncn the mechanics of an
election as well n the elements of politics.
A polling booth is stranger to a woman than
n kitchen Is to a man. and u ballot is more
of n etiriosit to her than n dress p-ittern
is to him. The ballot Is a new tool for
v omen ni'd the must learn how to use it
before they begin to do anything with it on
their own account.
In addition to teaching the new voters
the mechanics of elections, the League of
Women Voters is touching them how to make
a choice between the parties by showing
them what questions are to be settled by
political nctioii and presenting to them tho
attitude of the parties on those questions.
In brief, thev nrc attempting to provide the
information on which the women may act
when they decide whether to vote ns their
husbands do or to Mile in accordance with
their own convictions independently ar
rived at.
Rut these activities of the League of
Women Voters nrc not participated iu by
the women who wish to form n separate
woman's party. Tlie.se sex -conscious women
arc making stir enough to justify the re
marks of Senator Harding to the crowd of
2.".fl00 people who assembled in front of his
house in Marion this week.
He told them that "it would be the su
premo disappointment if the coming of
women into our pollticnl life should mean the
organization of nnv considerable tiart of
them into a woman's party built up on a
pint of demand, and therein- made repug
nnnt to that consecrntlon which must be the
foundation of American citizenship."
A woman's party would be a class party,
committed to class interests. American
democracy is founded on .the assumption that
there are no classes in .societv to be rceog
ni7eil politically. The parties nrc composed
of sovereign citizens who go to the polls as
equals. The rich man stands beside the
poor man nud the educated and the ignorant
receive the same ballot, and the man without
a grandfather has as much power in the
election booth as the man who traces his
descent from the barons who forced King
John nl Riinnymede tn respect their rights.
The new oters in petticoats hae the
same political interests ns the old otcrs in
troucfF. There is not one kind of freidnm
for men and another kind for women. There
is not one process of law for women nnd an
other for men. The property rights of the
two nre identical as far as protection by
i he court is concerned. The political rights
are aKo identical.
Attempts have been made to organize class
parties in Arnerlcn. but they have failed,
for the reason that the common sense of the
niernge American voter has kept him from
banding himself with others to si cure spe
i inl i lass treatment. The Amerii-nn uiter
has regarded himself as an American citizen
nud ha', as a rule, refused to seek privileges
fo- himsilf which he would not grant to all
others.
The most notable collapse nf the clnss
party mowment occurred when an attempt
wns made to organize the Knights of Labor
into a political pnrtr. The backers of this
p.irtv bail n tine theory thnt with n muss of
voters at th'ir command thev could hold the
balance of power between the two great par
ties nnd could force from one or the other
nnuhiiig which they chose to demand Rut
the theory did not work out in practice.
Not onlv did the labor party collapse, but
the Knights of Lnbnr was wrecked nnd
superseded by another nnd more powerful
labor organization
The intelligent working men knew that the
success of the movement would have done
them more harm than good. A party made
up of labor would have been followed by a
party made up of capital. And the labor
jiartv would have split up into factions com
post d of labor in factories and labor on
farms and labor in ollices nnd we should
all have bi'i n at one another's throats until
we came to our senses and decided to realign
ourselves politically into parties devoted to
the common good, one party seeking It bv
one way and the other by another route
What has happened in th stntes which
have hod equal buff rage for years is now
likely to happen in the nntlon at large.
There Is no woman's party in those stntes.
The women have discovered that they do
not need to form n separate party, and they
have also learned that the old parties com
posed of men and women are Just as eager
is any woman's pnrty could be to serve the
women well where there Is need for a modi
ficntion in the laws. Women hold ollice in
those states because they have proved them
selves fitted for oflire. When they have
passed their political apprenticeship in
Pennsylvania they nre likely to hold oflico
here.
Whether we shall bend any tfwomrn to
Congress remains to bo been. Tho western
states waited many years before they do-
cided that a woman should bo elected to
Congress. After tho woman sered ono
term she was allowed to retire. In ten or
twenty years they mny cet the training that
Is necessary. In that case women and men
are likely to sit together In legislative bodies
nnd work In harmony. Thru the woman
will be elected to office not because she is a
woman, but because she is a legislative and
political expert qualified to bold her own
with other political nnd legislative experts,
nnd because she asks no special consideration
on account of her sex.
Senator Harding early in the campaign
set the women a good example in political
couduet when he declined to make n special
appeal for the votes of the women. He said
then that he would make no appeal to any
special class of the community, for he hoped
to be President of nil the people equally
devoted to securing the rights of all. Mrs.
Piersol nnd her associates are evidently per
suaded that he has taken the proper course,
for they are devoting themselves to the work
of preparing the new voters to enter into
their new privileges not as women, but as
full-fledged American citizens.
THE FLYING SQUADRON
WOMEN who compose the flying squadron
of the feminine wing of Pennsylvania
Republicanism nre out upin n mission of
harmony that Is quite difficult enough to
inspire efforts hs extraordinary ns theirs.
They nre after n grail that no political
worker of the old school has been able to
approach. 'They seek lo bring the women
voters of the state into Hue as avowed pnr
tlons. Somewhere in every speech delivered
thus for In the tour of the stale by members
of the squadron Is the cry. "For heaven's
sake don't spilt the ticket!" Tlinf Is the
message that party manages have been try
ing to get iuto the mind, of the newly en
franchised voters since equal suffrage wna
proclaimed by Mr. Colby. I'ntll now the
new voters haven't been disposed to listen.
Will the squadron succeed? Will the winter
Hfter next be mild or rough?
Women campaigners speaking from plat
forms nre no novelty in this slate. Suffrage,
when it wns a debated Issue, brought women
npenkers conspicuously Into the foreground
nnd trained some of the cleverest debaters in
the community. Rut the women now asso
ciated with Mrs. Wnrhurtcm In the women's
Republican committee have what appears to
hi i. harder tnsk than even the suffragists bad
to face. The effort to organize women voters
under one banner or another has been carried
on feverishly for ninny months. It was in
trusted first to the ward lenders iu .the
cities nnd to county chairmen in the nut
lvlng regions of the state. The county
chairmen were at a loss. They are reported
to have tried everything from bonbons to
sunve tnlk about the baby's curls. They
irlcil to say it with flowers. And after
visiting around ns earnestly as the neighbor
hood pastor they invarlnbly notified grand
headquarters that the job had thrown them.
"I know," observes the woman voter gen
tly nfter she hns been disturbed in her
kitchen or in her drawing room, "that Mr.
Harding (or Mr. Cox, an the case mny be)
is a very nice man, I am sure that a Re
publican (or Democratic) administration
seems necessary to the safety of the coun
try, ns you say. Rut I don't want to make
any promises. I feel that the ballot offers
n a sort of sacred privilege tn those who use
it. I wish to have time to think and study
and make up my mind. And I feel. too. thnt
otic should try to benefit one's party by re
jecting undesirable candidates. So, while I
greatly appreciate your visit and your in
terest. I cnunnt say just how I stin.1I vote.
And I nm sure ynu. as a public man. will
agree thnt I had better wait before making
my decision."
County chairmen who, ns public men. do
not ngree with any such attitude of mind,
have been staggered by that sort of tnlk
everywhere in the stnte. Men are more
easily managed. Some of them con bo led
jovially around the corner to a meeting of
friends. They can be offered favors or Jobs
or cigars. These methods ennunt bo made to
apply where women voters are concerned. And
thnt is why neither Democratic nor Repub
lican leaders can even guess how the women
will vote In November, The flying squad
ron has gone forth to n task in which the
most resourceful workers linve failed. It is
upon n brnve venture. Without going into
n discussion of the question generally In
volved nnd solely because of the courage here
displayed, we wish the qundron good luck
nnd plcnsnnt journey Ings,
EDUCATION AND MUSIC
DR. FINKfiAN'S emphasis on the value
of music in the schools nnd the program
of Dr. Hollis Dnnn. the new director of
music in the Department of Public Instruc
tion, are indices of a very definite develop
ment In the trend of American education.
It is easy to poke fun nt community sing
ing, which, by the wny. Is a feature nf the
Dann plan, and undoubtedly some of tho ex
periments mndc during the war period were
not without their deplorable aspects. But
it speaks well for the force of on esthetic
Ideal thnt it can withstand some shocks.
It would indeed be fortunate could mu
sical taste be genuinely encouraged and fos
tered in the schools throughout the state.
In the Philadelphia system, under excellent
management, music, including especially
sight reading, has by no means been neg
lected, but elsewhere progress has been less
marked.
What will be the effect of considering
music as vital to education is a question
inviting speculation. Dr. 1'lnegnn believes
that "Americanization" will be udvnnced.
The paradox here is that it is among the
"foreign element" that the most sponta
neous musical zest is to b" found.
Certainly the origiuol British settlers of
the eastern seaboard were nbout as un
musical a people as an in history. An at
tractive Interchange of nssets is thus sug
gested. If the little Italians, Spaniards and
Russians can implant iu their native school
mates n sympathetic interest In song, the
achievement will be worth gratitude and In
struction be made easier.
In any event, the present generous recog
nition of music as nn educational factor is a
heaitening proof of the growing point of
view that what Is pleasurable Is not neces
sarily unlmportunt In tho school curriculum.
The Civil Service Commission In Wash
ington hns ruled that the wife of a civil
service employe may be as octivc in politics
ns she pleases "If she is not acting under
the direction of or iu ennjuncton with her
husband." As a piece of uolemn nonsense
this is hurd to beat. John Smith, civil serv
ice employe, and his wife, Jane, unattached,
have the same political views : but when
Jane gets busy in ward politics John, it may
tie presumed, will be called upon to prove
that bhe is acting "on her own" and that he
has absolutely no bay-so In his own house.
Harmony in the home of a civil service em
ploye, It would seem, Is to be only possible
when husband nud wlfo are of opposing
political beliefs
Civilization consists In satisfying old
desires and acquiring new ones. Supple
menting necessities with luxuries she finds
that some luxuries become necessities. Rut
unless tho luxury has merit it enn not be
come inoro than u seeming necessity, nnd nt
the first knock of adversity hurriedly do
parts. Which is one reason why fewer shoo
shiners arc now weurlng silk shirts.
If John Q. Compromise doean't end the
British coal strike, Jack. Frost will.
I
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Journalist and tha Areheologlst
Discuss Art and a Visit la Made
to tha New Hope Colony
By SARAH D. LOWBIE
I LISTENED to n good-humored discus
sion the other dny when I was spending
the week-end In Princeton between an art
critic and a Journalist on the limitations of
the art of the orchcologlst the man inter
ested iu the blstory rather than in the fact
of art.
The Journalist, who wns nttacking the
nttheilogist, Insisted thnt modern art was
n blank book to the eonuolsseur of enrly
Christian art. or of Delia Robblas. The
other delightfully begged the question by
asserting there wns no modern art nothing
but modern orgies.
That afternoon, ns it happened, I was with
one who is, I suppose, a world authority on
Delia Bobbins as well as on much else con
cerning the Italian art, when it was pro
posed we should drive over and see on exhi
bition of the summer work of the New Hope
CVlony.
It seemed to me thnt he wns rather vague
n to what the New Hope Colonv might be.
and thnt he was more than willing thnt he
should be represented at that afternoon gath
ering by others. The point of view of those
of us who went Jn his stead wns somewhat
slow in focusing because we were really
ignorant most of us as to what we "went
nut for to see," but in the end by Sunday
supper time it had focused into something
as compact as nn "expert opinion." Whether
or not it would hnvc been bis opinion had be
gone in person I do not venture to say.
WE WERE told to motor to New Hope
from Princeton vin Pennington nnd
Washington's Crossing nn the Delnwnre river
and Lambert vtlle. then to cross to the Penn
sylr.inln side and go up the river nbout a
mile or in till we came to n Gothic house.
The way was a delightful way just in
Itself. Pennington, like Lawrenccvillc nnd
like Princeton, is built nlong a ridge, nnd
when we were nt n loss as tn which road to
take to leave it wc asked boy nfter boy whom
we met straggling nlong the country rood.
No one could speak English or understand it.
Wc learned presently from a compassionate
lady from whom n group of little chaps were
demanding npples by signs unmistakably di
rected toward her trees that they were little
Cuban students who were nt the old Tcn
nlngtnu Academy studying American ways.
This was their first Sunday and their home
sickness took the form of desiring apples.
We passed Washington's Crossing nnd
agreed that in bad or good wenthcr he must
have had a noble view. Lambertville the
little we saw of it before crossing the river
nt Rridge street seemed blessed with a sur
prising number of second-floor balconies. It
is like New Orleans, even to the ironwork of
these little overhanging trellises. There was
no kind lady to tell us when or how tho for
eign clement had crept in.
ONCE ncrnss the Delaware and following
its beniitiful shore upstream, we began
our lookout for the (Jothlc house. It wns
then that the first carping nrchcological note
crept into our quest.
We hnd been pleased with the Cubans,
pleased with the New Orleans, but the
fiothie gave us pause.
It was unmistakable when wo arrived
cluck by Jowl with it. The very fact that
across the road, sunning itself In the Into
nutumn sunshine, wns nn enlarged farm
house of respectublc Colonial comeliness
mndc the ancient somberness of the other
anachronism the more marked.
There was a kind of moat, n kind of pos
tern gate, there was some carving of pon
derous stone imbedded in the gntehead. One
was aware from the exterior that the ceilings
were very low in tho interior nnd that the
flooring must be of stone nnd the benms nnd
shelves nnd sills and doors must have a
hewn-out look. So they hud!
A youth who had attached himself to us
without warning the moment we stopped,
and who placed his hat nnd coat in our
motor with the full intention of driving back
with us as though we were a public convey,
ance as ho evidently believed us to be
swept us backward and forward, in and out
of places with no other open sesame than
that he had nnco been u student there.
1 had no idea who or whnt he was. I
could not bring myself to nsk him questions,
but I gleaned somehow that the house was
that of an nrtist named Colt, and that the
exhibition iu the studio nt the rear of the
house wns only temporarily there. Some
persons issued from the (into in the Wall
Just as we arrived, aud one of them hissed
into my ear that Mrs. Colt hnd been a
Keith of Philadelphia n Roudinot Keith !
Mrs. colt was a handsome, kindly hns
less. She received dur bewildered group in
what she remarked sotto voco to me had once
In en the pigpen, but which wns now an mi
ndslukahle (iothlc studio. It hnd even a
fiothie wire screen door!
I HAVE always associated the New Hope
art with palish wintry pictures of houses
going downhill, followed with colorful out
houses Iu toe middle distance, and with
touches of hue nutumn merging into earlv
winter en the horizons. But this studio--me
r'Jfoen was crowded with very cleverly
done objects of Italian Renaissance work,
clever as to their carpentry nnd, joining and
ns to their decoration painted tableaux, rem
Intsteut of the Decameron or the Inferno.
They were enssoni chests nnd like articles
of furniture no longer usable except ns deeo
rations or for museum pieces. As they were
imitations they would, I fancy, lot he avail
able for museums, however.
I concluded they must have had nn
nrcheologlcnl interest for the muker and were
In a sense his potboilers: the things m-ls
nnd crafts tea rooms would order bv the
carload and sell for double the price with n
history of the (iothlc Studio attached. Only
ns mcy were very exactly none, tlie.v could
not be made by the carload but only bv the
piece, after the fashion of the old craftsmen's
works in the real cinque cento.
MR. COLT'S llfcworks were, 1 judgrd,
some pictures gleaming opalescent ly he
hind the confuslou of his wrouglitiron work
nnd g.ldrd caskets nnd decorated chairs. I
should iiiive liked to have seen them to more
ailvunt.'.ge, for nfter all his Idea of the pres
ent would hove been more Inleiehllng than
his or any other man's idea of the past. Wc
can all be in a sense nrcheolnglsts, hut very
few of us are prophetic enough to interpret
t. . present, let alone forecast the future,
The youth led us through the rest of the
house, wi panting with bewilderment ,(.s to
his rights so to do. It Is not so consist
eutly fiolhle ns to forgo Inler ait-.. In
fact, the Colts hnvc in their dining, room
the most beautiful pieces of Lowestoft most
of us hnd ever feasted our eyes upon.
I think thnt wns our real reword for the
visit, the thing nbout the Colts that placed
I hem satisfactorily.
Wo iefued to be led further afield by our
elf-appointcd guide or to visit the hou.se on
the cnual where the art of weaving is being
revived The Lowe-toft was u good thing to
stop at. It, and the little Cuban boys ns,
ing for apples, had been the real sensations
of that long, suuny afternoon.
A Good Solution
From Punli I-oniJon
"If necessary. I will walk from John-o-Groats
to Lauds End, distributing propa
ganda literature ull the wuy," announced H
well-known strike agitator at a icccnt con
ference. Personally, wo do not mind If lu
does, provided that when he reaches Lands
End he continues to walk iu the. smuc dj.
rection.
A Kansas Thought for tho Day
I rem tie- Mulvano News
After she got a little used to it, how would
your wife enjoy being n widow? r u
sobering question, isu t it, frllaivn?
Man'8 Way
rrnm the Uuftaln Kwiulrer.
Every man may not hnvc a reason, but
every man has an excuse.
WHAT
... w t y.RLV
W syin
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
WALTER M. WOOD
On the Work of the Y. M. C. A. In Phlla.
TWELVE yenrs' experience ns the general
secretary of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Philadelphia hns shown Vt ni
ter Mnbie Wood thnt young men nnd women
of today are willing to give their money nnd
their leisure time toward self-help and self
improvement through the varied opportuni
ties offered by that organization.
In those twelve years the Philadelphia
Y. M. C. A. has grovvu from 0000 members
s nn.il nml ita hmliet of resources from
members hns leaped from ?S0,000 to ?1,0S0.
000. Its property valuation has been more
thnn doubled and it now stands as the third
largest educational institution in the state.
"Our members have shown that thev want
tn spend their own money in the effort to
make the most of themselves und help ench
other in their leisure hours," declared Mr.
Wood, "and the Y. M. C. A. hns lost any
semblance It may have hnd of mission char
acter until it is now a great public Institu
tion of self-help.
"This means that our young people ore
not of the 'hanger-on' class at nil. but eager
nnd anxious to give nnd work for nil the
improvement they can get. The result of
this is thnt the public, which has shown
itself to be nlwnys willing to help those who
will help themselves, has been willing to con
tribute tn the support of the organization,
"It menns that ?1 given to the Y. M.
C. A. will be added l nine others that the
young men are w I ' upend for their own
gi ou. The mend- paying (10 per cent
nf the operating 'f I he sixteen Y. M.
('. A. buildings tin ...jlumt the city.
"Another new feature nf the work In
Philadelphia, and one of the main princi
ples on which we have built for the last
twelve years, is the service contribution of
membership. Instead of having a club fee
ol fairly large size which would entitle the
member to nil the privileges of the organiza
thn, we have made It possible for any one
to become n member nnd enjoy the socinl nnd
religious privileges of the nssoeiution for any
amount of money he may wish to subscribe,
from one cent nn up. Once n member iu
ihis way, he can buy any or all the other
physical nnd educational privileges as he may
see necessary end fit. And ns a result of
this plan our fees have been from fi to .'10
per cent larger than. the fixed membership
price. This is uunther indication of the
mettle nnd disposition toward self-help which
exists in the organization.
Is Neatly Srlf -support Ing
"The Y. M. C, A. Is practically on the
same llnnneial basis ns our colleges und
universities self-supporting except for the
necessary equipment to meet its growth and
needs. Each member is a co-operative factor
iu the great enterprise of making tho most
of the individual,
"Another thing thnt we have done in Phil
ndelphia hns been to muke the Y. JL C, A.
a city-wide movement Instead of nn aggre
gation of separate branches nnd buildings.
Instead of having branch directors and ad
ministration, we linve central ofHces and con
trol for all sixteen buildings,
"The ndministraliou Is divided into house,
service und educational committees, each
under the control of nn nble executive. This
gives us n uniformity of efficiency and service
that would be impossible under the old plun.,
Each separate department covers (hat par
ticulnr activity for the whole city, and the
experience gained nt one place enn be up.
plied at all the other branches.
Philadelphia has made another forward
step in the admission of women to Us Y, M,
C. A. privileges. In the five years that this
plan has been in operation wo have on
nuxiliary women's membership of more than
(WOO.
Sees Unlly of Rexes
"We have admitted these women and
girls because we believe that during tnc next
ten or twenty yenrs great public emphasis
will be placed on the unities and common
Interests between the sexes and not on their
differences. All the economic nnd political
tendencies of the (lay nre in thld same direc
tion, and a grent Christian organization like
ourn ought to bo among the first to realize
thib and take steps to inept Hie situation nnd
the need.
"In this wny our work approaches dm
great goal of the family instead of appealing
to the ibolated men nnd women. Meu and
women ure brought more closely together In
mutual understanding and appreciation and
EVERYBODY'S WATCHING
Wit
w
the association becomes more truly n com
munity enterprise and institution.
"In most of our buildings we have educa
tional nnd gymnasium classes exclusively for
women. In some instances wc have mixed
classes, which have worked out with un
usually good results. It simply means thnt
we were able to broaden nnd strengthen our
work tremendously without suffering any
disadvantages whatever.
"In spite of the influx of women in the
last five yenrs, our mole membership has
been growing by lenps nnd bounds. Since
the admission of women to the West Branch
the total membership has been more than
doubled. The plan has resulted in nn nll
nround growth in service nnd efficiency, both
for men and women.
No Breach With Y. W. C. A.
"Our women's work .has uo connection
with the Y. W. C. A., nor docs it nim to
interfere In any wny with the work of that
organization. We have already noticed ten
dencies in the same direction on the part of
the Y. W. C. A. to admit men to their
cafeterias and rest rooms. '
"One of the great factors in the growth
of the work in Philadelphia Jins been the
magnificent work of thn directors big men
in their own work who have been big enough
to give their time and money nnd direction
to the Y. M. C. A. We have never lost
sight of the '(" In Y. M. C. A., and the im
plunting of Christian principles has always
been the end toward which we have worked
with the most efficient nud progressive means
nt our control,"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 How long has the third republic of France
been In exlstenco?
2. Whnt hind or an nnlinnl Is a stoat?
3. In what part of Oreat Britain Is tho chief
conl-minlng district?
4. Whnt Is tho literal nienning of the word
mosquito und from what language Is It
Imported?
A. N'nine two (I'ermnii generals who fought
on the British side In tho American
Revolution.
G Wh.it Is tin. meaning of the Latin phrnro
"Finis coronat opus"?
7. Who was William K.-H. Lcky?
5. What Is the Latin Union?
?. For wliut was Cesnro Lomhrnso noted?
in. What wcro the llrat names of the Jamcv
Hoys, the outlaws?
Answers to Yeeterday'8 Quiz
1. Fle Presldenla of the United States mar
vied twice. They were John Tvi.r
Millard Fillmore. Benjamin Harrison,
Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrovv Wll
son. :' i aptulu John Smith nnined New Kuglnnd
while exploring the const In :01(.
IS Klinon Newcomh was a celebrated Ameri
can astronomer and mathematician. Iln
was born In Nova Scotia In 1S35.
I The Levant Is the eastern part of tho
Mediterranean with Its Islands and
neighboring countries.
li Tho namtj, which Is French for "rlclug "
ullUdeH to tho rising sun.
6 Quinine la obtained from the bark of tho
cinchona, u lofty tree, native lo tho
slopes of tho Andes In Peru and Bo
livia. About flft per cent of tho world's
supply of quinine now, l.owover, comes
from Java.
7. The best uaago sanctions the silent "It"
In the word herb, ulthough It Is also
admissible lu sound the letter
8 Tlie name in iircmicciure ror a miilo
figure ustd ui a pillar Is telmnon.
!. Tho Wilderness, scene of the famous Civil
War campaign In 1861, Is In Virginia,
syuth of the Rapldan river. "ma
10. The name DIvch applied to a rich man
referB to tho Latin or Vulgate text of
the Bible. In Luke, xvl, 19, tho rich
niun Is called dives, which is slmnlv
th Lathi word for rich und not
a proper name.
Persian Lone Song
ALL my thoughts are love thoughts,
And each thought is of you.
Athlrst for love my heart Is
Like a flower alhlrst for dew.
All my thoughts nre star thoughts,
And their moon is you ;
There Is love's high heaven,
Burning through the. blue.
I Carolyn Htlluiau, in Asia.
VvUc
J.lr-
SHQRT CUTS
Troubles in London cause no gripf It
Berlin.
The stork also may brlug about a change
in the election laws.
The unpopularity of the execs prnlits
tax gives excess zeal ,to the advocates of all
substitutes.
After the election we'll be willing In
admit that good Americans voted for both
candidates.
The slogan of political junketers Is "See
Washington first."
Though the world grows better, it mnt
be confessed that politics grows a simile
inoro hysterical.
Tho presumption Is that the police raid
on Newark's "whisky curb" wns nn effort
to curb whisky.
Man at telephone: "I'd like to speuk to
Mr. Lester, please. No, not Bester Lester.
Ii L as in Frankford."
Henry Peck's remark that "You've ent
to hnqd it to y-Qiir wife" Is a saying that
refers to the pay envelope.
The "rule of tho proletariat" U a
euphemism for "dictatorship by n small fac
tion of lubnr." Look at Russia.
The world is assuredly getting better
The nasty political stories being told In Ohio
are not finding their wny into print.
The English coal strikers evidently h"
lleved tlint the Irish sltuntlou wasn't glrlnu
the government enough lo worry about.
When Shalsespeare said, "Sweet are the
uses of adversity, do you suppose he had
iu mind the war-born candy profiteer?
As a general rule the profiteer is nn
average citizen who has a chain e to make
mouey thrust tinder his nose and takes it.
Perhaps Judge Brown desires to (each
the little boys and girls In the detention
home just how to become wise politicians.
If muv be that the Public Serilce Com
mission believes thnt nfter all a renlli Rood
wuy to Mil n dog Is fo choke it with butter.
Old Pie Wedge i growing thicker and
wider, patrons of locnl restaurants declare:
but he isn't yet running nn a straight nickel
fare.
If the ulrplane ever
enreer of criminality in v
bile now revels the pollci
in the nir than ever.
- m for the
tiie nulomo-
I h" more un
Director Cnven proposes to keep labor
busy during the winter by pushing municipal
improvements. This presupposes, of coiiiaf.
the willingness of labor lo keep busy.
No flog but Old Glory will wave otr
t .,.!. ..,,!.,.,.. II,,n ,lrli, Mninr Moori'S
i lllJ-ll-Jll-10 I- Mli .l, -. -"- . , .
ndmlnlstrnllon. There is not only l'!' )
common spnso iu the decislou, but political
wisdom.
If oil women voted the same as their
husbands, remarked a newly enfranchises
nuc. there wouldu't bo much use iu tneir
having the vote. And the inference prow
her un optimist.
There is an off chnncc that the "rauh"
letter found on the body of the Camden W
runner was a decoy framed by crooSs "
that the murder followed his failure to U
in with their plans.
The Japnncsc Government l. taUo
census of professional men to determine no
many of them ore willing to serve hi t
army In case of war; and doubtless , Jnitlfl'
her notion by thn fact the I'nlted .States mi
not yet joined the League ofNatiou.
The fact that inereose in wages has in
variably been accompanied by 'rer7Ittnh
production Is not peculiar io i m . n -coal
ludustry. It hns been B,a,,lfh.!DBOt
nations, uiui nn- ": ", ,w,u,itm. I
wholly unconnected with Russian bolel'"'"" I
. ThefacMhfltthemllroanreaffiJ;
n g from tun decision m i- ---.,, .j
trial Court refusing to InrreMj I "
fares hardly uears out iuo ":;,-ntA v
labor leaders .that the i court I. vl
tavor mo ricn at wir i;i"'" '--
f ... '
"Xwpv,
r-iJIil
'A'teA-
y. v ' ' . j
i'i4ii?A'Jj
' - ..u