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..Cbarlaa H. Ludlmton. Vice rrea.dent, John C.
Kama, Hecretarr and Treasurer, rnlllp 8. Collins,
Jehn li. Williams, John J, Hpuriteon, Ulrectnm,
Knrmnrar. tioAnn-
Ctidi IL It Cuina, Chairman
DAVID E. SHILET
Editor
JOHN C. MARTIN. . . .Oeneral Business. Manager
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teaalons. pote fre. flftr (SO) centa per month.
IX (191 dollars per year, payable In advance.
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rhUiiletphls, Thunilir, October 21, 1!0
A rocn.vrAn rnonn,M roit
PIIIIDKl.rillA
Thk. on which tile people expect the new
admlMstrntlon to concentrate, Its attention!
The Dt'oart rliier brldu:
A dryuock bis enough to o.-eommodats tat
tarotst ships,
Development of tin rapid transit sisttn.
A convention hall,
A bulldino foe tht Fret Library.
An Art iluneun,
Kolaromirnt of the tcatrr supr-v.
iomes to accommodate the population.
SEVEN-CENT FARES
T0 Till-: Kcntlemon of the Public Service
"- CommKsion nml the stock -jobbers In
their anterooms know more nbout the tech
nical requirements of the street enr lines In
this city thnn the man who revitalized the
disintegrating corpe of the P. It. T. nml
made of it an efficient organization with n
trike-proof system that recently has been
the envy and admiration of the public In
almost every other city in the country?
Does Mr. Iletin. nr Mr. Clement, or Mr.
Btotesbury. or (iovcrnor Sproul know more
about transit thnn Mr. Mitten? No one in
hi senses will believe that they do.
Mitten, xWio plnjed an open game and put
his cards on the table beeauv lie knew that
other methods do not pay in the long run,
was fooled and outplayed, just as the public
was fooled and outplayed. The service com
mission and the group whote views its
members represent played in the dark.
It is clear now that the derision to scrap
the Mitten plan and substitute another one
more favorable to interests that have no real
concern with Philadelphia was reached nst
week and became at once known to a limited
(troup even while the officials who actually
operate the P. It. T. were left without a
hint of what was pendinj. And it is clear,
too, that the war against Mitten has been
waged not in the intere-t of better street
car serviee. but in the interest of groups
which, controlling street enr lines elsewhere,
have shown a desire to drive Mitten nnd the
nlektl fare together not only out of this city
but out of the street car world.
If the recent history of public service in
New Jersey has any moral or meaning, the
men who forced the sevn-ccnt fire decision
through the Pennsylvania commission mny
live to regret the job they perfotmed so thor
oughly. Mr. StntHjin and the underl.xing
companies are not the chief victors in tlii
Instance. The victory is for forces of re
action which looked with cynical contempt
upon the humanizing policies that have op
erated here in recent years for the good of
the public, the good of the employes nnd the
good of the P. It. T. Mitten, with his co
operative system and his theory that maxi
mum service ami minimum profits would
bring the largest returns, has been repudiated
in a peculiarly ungracious fashion. This is
true whether Mitten stays or goes.
The rate aspect of the case may be left
momentarily aside. What the public will
want to know is why the fare decision was
withheld for days after it had been reached
while P. It. T. stock was bought in clumps
In the open markets by people evidently on
the inside. Who were these people? Whose
friends are thej ? What explanation have
the comnrsslouers to make for the pi cedent
they have thus created?
This is n sorry end to the long discussion
of street-car rates and the affairs of the
P. It. T. The decision is, to say the leat.
of debatable alue. It N tin- method by
which it was reached and promulgated that
Is astonishing and altogether lamentable.
Ve seem to have drifted back twenty jcar.s
to the days of jobber when city franelii.es
were hnnded over for a price to those who
grew rich through them without ever a
thought of rendering a moment's service in
return for their fortunes With one lino
gesture the inte-csts behind the I'. K. T.
have deprived the turporatiotx of the p.iblic
confidence created by the Mitten manage
tnent through jears of labor nnd fair deal
ing No one on the itislde seems to reali.e
the value of the aset thus thrown uwuy.
The ghosts of the old spoilsmen seem to he
walking about again to receive the pious
kow-tows of the service commissioners, tho
members of the City Council, the Kulletiii
aiyl the lnitiirer.
History is tepeatin; Itself. All these
things haxe occurred before.
Councilman nurhlmU mk if his fellow
members will talk to the point nnd cut out
"boomshooting nnd buncombe" he'll be will
ing to have Council mc t at .'1 p in instead
of 1 :.'I0 as heretofore That's the whj with
Home people! Thev profes. to he willing to
compromise and then ask the impossible.
MOORE LOOKS AHEAD
IN Viri'OIN'fi the hastily dciwd gas s,ir.
vey bill the Major has promptly and de
clslvel recognized the puhlii interest
The contract with the I' (i. I expires in
lfl'JT At that time the cil will lie called
upon to adopt a new polhj toward the
lighting companv. This munlcipalitv has
undergone some bitter experiences with in
digested contracts, ami it is imperntne t lint
nil the facts in the coming case be frankly
und authoritatively set forth.
For this reason an Inspection of I', (i. I.
nnd Its re'litlons to the city should bo made
by the best uvallab'e experts nnd under cir
rumstauccs not iutolvlng dangerous haste.
There Is time to do the thing right.
No such opportunity wns afforded in the
rejected ordinance, which demanded a re
port by January 1 The .:.'.". (100 proposed
for expenses would have been in a sense
monev thrown away Another appraisal
.ntil,t l.nvn Kkas flirt U'fiulpfllt dwninl
k Ur. .Viiore vlcw3 the situat.ju wlLli public J
spirited foresight nnd as the guardian of tbc
city's welfare. The heated words directed
at Councilman Hall, the Seventh ward Vnre
leader, over an alleged perversion of facts
arc relatively secondary In Importance to the
warm conviction lying back of the right step
emphatically taken.
PRO-LEAGUE REPUBLICANS
ARE NOT INCONSISTENT
They Can Vote Their Party Ticket Con
fident That Their Desire to Co-operate
In World Peace Will De Gratified
fTIIIIS newspaper feels complimented by tho
- solicitude which a number of readers
have expressed in writing concerning Its
support of the League of Nations nnd Its
advocacy of the election of Senator Harding.
They have nsked us In all sincerity to ex
plain what to them seems nn Inconsistency.
Their letters Indicate that they arc doing
some thinking on the Issues Involved In the
campaign nnd nre anxious for more light.
One of them asks: "What possible ground
Is there for saying that the League of Na
tions can only be had by the election of Mr.
Harding, when Mr. Harding himself says
he Is opposed to the present league with or
without l enervations, and Mr. Cox says he
is for the league with or without reserva
tions?" Now. this newspaper has never said that
our entrance into the League of Nations was
possible only if Mr. Harding were elected.
It has been particularly careful to refrain
from any such statement, for the reason that
It Is persuaded that whether Mr. Harding or
Mr. Cox Is elected the 1'ulted States will
enter the league under conditions satisfac
tory to a majority of the people.
In reaching this conclusion we hnve sought
to consider the forces at work both in the
I'nlted States nnd in the rest of the world
Those forces nre more formldnb'e than any
form of words in a political platform or nny
pronouncement of n candidate for office.
Platforms and campaign speeches nre made
to conciliate all shades of belief within a
party in order that the whole party strength
may be polled fo' 'he party candidates H
may be cynical to say that hev nre not to
be taken too seriously, but a long experience
in observation of the relation between pre
election utterances nnd conduct in office jus
tifies the opinion here expressed.
Chnuneey M. Dopew put it in another
wny years ago when lie said that platforms
were made to get in on and not to ride on.
He could have carrieil his railroad metaphor
a little further by saying that iflicn one had
got in on the platfrom nnd had moved for
ward into the car itself he trawled along tlic
route on which the rails were laid.
The rails nre laid for the entrance of the
I'nited States into the League of Nations
There is only n handful of men opposed to
the co-operation of the Cnited Stntes with
the other nations in an international asso
ciation for the preservation of world peace.
Iloth Mr. Harding nnd Mr. Cox favor our
entrance into such an association. Mr. Cox
by the exigencies of polities is forced to
support the league covenant which President
Wilson brought hack with him from Paris,
and Mr. Harding by the ume exigencies is
compelled to oppose thnt covenant in the
form in which it wns submitted to the
Senate.
It is unfortunnte that the politicians think
it necessaij to play this sort of a game, but
they do think it necessary this year and they
hno thought it necessary in past jears to
play the same sort of a game over other
issues. They do not deceive themselves at
all, but they think they have to make con
cessions to the groundlings who nre de
lighted when the opposition is described as
unlit to be trusted while their own party-lias
a monopoly of all the patriotism nnd states
manship in the country.
Whether one believes wliat Mr. Harding
says or Mr. Cox sayH just now is beside the
question. It is easy to chop logic about oue
or the other beinj a liar, but thnt does not
get us nnj where. The next President nnd
the next Senate will have to face existing
fact-, nml if they do not know it already
they will dicer that the formation of a
new association of nations independent of
the piesent league or as u substitute for it
will be impossible. They will have to work
on the foundation alrcad) laid.
When w.- express tho belief that the en
trance of the United States into the league
will lie easier under Republican leadership
than under Ii mocratic leadership we merely
face the fa ts us they have already been
disclosed. If the Democratic leadership had
liieii e:li'-ie we should have been iii the
league months ago. Kllhu Itoot pointed that
out in his Carnegie Hall speech Tuesday
night. The President apparently pre'
fi rred that we should not enter the league
at all rather than have us enter it under
conditions agreeable to a inajoritj of the
Senate. A V) rj large proportion of the He
publican senators nnd nearly half of the
Democratic senators voted for certain insei-.
ations anil interpretations in the tow mint.
It will be impossible to put through any
lovenaul not satisfactory to these Repub
licans. And of course it will uKo be im.
possible to ratify any covenant not satisfae
toiy to the Democints who otnl for the
icsenntions.
I'nder the circumstances, it is the i ,irt of
wisdom to dimivs the lenders w h b their
influence over a minority in the Senate have
been able to block ratification. The wav to
do this is to elect a Republican President
and to nn ri use the Republican majority in
the Senate, so that those Democrat, who
hue followed the leneleisliip of Mi. Wilson
may find their power curtailed.
Mr. Cox would hno to uiiiKc c-onci s.ums
to the Republican senators if lie wished the
covenant ratified. Mr. Hauling will hae
to make fewer concessions anil to a smaller
number of Democratic senators in order to
get action. There are enough Democratic
senators to pass them ready to vote for the
reservations as soon as they cense to regard
it as their luty to follow the lead of the
White House.
The i .iwit on wine h the fiiends of inter
national co-operation hnve split is Article
X. which it is admitted on all hands would
compel the t'nltecl Stntes to use Its arinj and
nn In si tile i'.uropean boundary disputes.
Mr Root disi usseil the defects of that article
in his New York speech, elaborating the ob
jections which lie raised when the text of the
cowuunt was lirst made public. He pointed
out that it was not an essential part of the
plan for picci.tmg war by preliminary ex
iiminutiou of the issues in dispute and by
submission of disagreements to an intei na
tional i milt. It- puipose is to lix ihe bound
aries of the new states carved mil of the
teiritory of the defeated empires and to
preserve them bj armed force.
Now, said Mr. Root, the way to bring
nbout an era of peace is not to prepare for
the use of fence to preserve It. hut rather
to make arrangements for the e tnblishment
of justice. If the nations desire just he, then
they can have it. If they do not desire it,
then no written agreement can prevent them
ftnin resorting to force to establish injus
tice. This is so elementary that it seems
to have been forgotten.
As a matter of fact, Article X would not
have been inserted in the covenant If tho
nntlons framing it had been convinced that
the world wns ready for universal peace,
Yet Mr. Wilson Insists that It in the heart
ofhe whole document and that if It Is
eliminated the covenant becomes worthless.
It can be argued that If It Is necessary the
document Is doubly worthless because the
world Is not yet ready for the settlement of
international agreements In the peaceable
wny provided In other sections. And if the
world Is not ready for such method of pre
venting wars, wars will continue, league or
no league,
Mr. Root's speech is nn admirable expo
sition of the Republican attitude on the
whole question. It reviews the history of
the covenant, setting forth the ends sought
to be accomplished, the means adopted to
secure those ends nnd the objections raised
In the I'nlted Stntes to some of the means.
It nlso discusses the participation of the
United States in framing the covenant nnd
criticizes the President for his course, nnd
calls attention to the fact that no Impartial
judges sat on the work of the Pence Con
ference until the treaty wns submitted to
the American Senate. And Mr. Itoot In
sists, as this newspaper has insisted since
the Issue was raised, that the question Is
not between a league and no league, but
between a league which Is satisfactory to
American sentiment nnd n league which is
satisfactory to Mr. Wilson.
Under all the circumstances, no "Repub
lican friend of nn international association
to preserve peace need have any hesitation
about supporting the candidates of his party.
SIMPLE TRUTH ABOUT TAXES
TT IS hard to find a man who, In nny dls-
cussion of national affairs, will not begin
with a triumphant assertion that "tho war
Is over." In some wnys the war is over.
In other ways the war will go on as a
factor in the life of this country for n quar
ter of n century. When we have paid tho
costs of that great adventure, and not until
then, can we call the incident closed.
Secretary Houston, of the Treasury, snw
the war as a continuing problem when he
addressed the convention of the 'American
Hnnkers' Association nt Washington. The
secretary's view of the whole question of
taxes was courageous and clear, nnd his
discourse was refreshingly free from the
reckless promises nnd the dangerous optim
ism thnt nre general in the cnmpalgn head
quni lorf. of the Democrats and the Repub
licans alike.
Mr. Houston was not willing to forget that
we spent nbout $30,000,000,000 in the fight
against Germany and that not n dollar of
this debt has been paid thus far by the
government. Nor was he willing to hide in
n medley of pleasant sounds the fact that
K'nope still owes us on additional $0,000,
000,000, nnd that the present state of inter
nati'aal affairs makes increasing expendi
tures imperatively necessary to the peace
and safety of the nation.
The national government will not re
pudiate a penny of its debts. The war
bonds must be redeemed nnd interest on them
must be paid. So long as we stand apart
from international councils organized In tho
interest of peace wc must prepare for war
or ignore the first laws of common sense.
Thus it is clear that while methods of taxa
tion may be revised, n great burden will
continue to bear upon the reoplc for years
to come.
Money, even for the uses of n beneficent
government, docs not fall from the clouds;
The cost of the war will have to be paid out
of the toil of Americans nnd out of the re
sources of our soil anil our brains. Tax
rates may be lowered in the course of time,
but they will not be lowered by campaign
speeches. The burden will grow lighter
through increased production and increased
efficiency in American industry, and in no
other way. As business increases the weight
of taxation will be distributed over wider
areas. Thus peace and a resumption of the
normal life in Rurope should be matters of
first concern to Americans. Commerce with
the nations of Europe on a scale contem
plated by far-sighted American business men
would provide .new sources of federal income,
since it would bring ndeled revenues to the
nation ns a whole. While Europe continues
in a turmoil or while the other nations nre
impoverished or antagonistic to America, the
tax burden will weigli the heavier on every
man, woman and child ill the United States.
The working budget for the next fiscal
j ear will, ill Mr. Houston's opinion, require
revenues of not less than $-1,000,000,000 for
current expenditure. Where is the money
to come from? Mr. Houston observed that
income nnd special tax receipts show a dis
position to decline. Ileie. perhaps, is one
of the important results of the strikes and
lockouts thnt were so numerous during the
last eighteen mouths.
If business is permitted to become slnck,
if quarrels between the two groups in in
dustry limit production, if the country
doesn't hustle and work and regain some
thing of its old pace, taxes, no matter what
the politicians say, will fall on constantly
narrowing groups.
The secretary of the treasury, like other
conservative economists, considered only
visible responsibilities. If in tht future it
becomes necessary for us -to resort to elab
orate systems of armament and to engage in
extensive rivalries with other powers or
groups of powers for mastery on the sea or
in the nir, in man can say how high the
tax rate may climb in tho next few years.
So it must be apparent that tho ignorance
and vanity and pride that continue to bungle
the affairs of chllization may prove to bo
pretty costly even to the people of the United
Stntes, wdio have been taught to believe that
isolation means freedom from all trouble.
A LEGISLATIVE DUTY
QIMON ORATZ'S contention that not even
"the worst enemies" of the Hoards of
Education can accuse it of extravagance is
n correct interpretation of public opinion.
If there was any virtue in the long dulnv
pi wiling the temporary measures of relief
for the teachers it lay In the proof thnt the
board wns no spendthrift. According to Mr.
(iratz, the sum needed to maintain the Fin
egnn pay schedule inid the proper develop
ment of tho city school system is about
$5,000,000, and lie suggests that the aid be
secured from tho state by appropriation or
nn increused tax rate rather than through
n locul tax on real estate.
In other words, the school situation should
lie squarely faced bv tho Legislature in its
coining session. Responsibility, perfectly
clear, was shirked two years ago. Public
indifference enn no longer be offered ns a
plen in extenuation.
There is no question that popular senti
ment was deeply aroused this uutiimn by tho
financial disabilities of the board, and tho
impression that it has been strained to tho
uttermost is authentic. The legislators,
meeting in Harrisburg this winter, must
either x-etvognizi' this sentiment or repudiate
their constituents
A New Orleans banker, ndelres.sing the,
American Hankers' Association in session in
Washington, deprecated the squandering "of
untold millions on silly and unnecessary lux
uries," anil urged thrift which would be
excellent advice if all the producers ()f lux
uries would immediately go to work pro
ducing necessities. In such circumstances
the work of reconstruction would be greatly
forwarded. Hut there iH no assurance that
nintliing of the kind will occur. On tho
contrary, n noticeable accession of thrift on
the part of the public and the consequent
redui tion or iipwh nt commodities nre already
causing unemployment. Thrift is nn excel
lent thing but one has to use some discre
tion in the practice of the virtue.
CHICAGO'S NEW PAPER
A Christian Dally Newspaper for the
Windy City Outfit Bourjht Here.
Cortelyou's New Plans Aro
Developing
Dy OEOROE NOX McGAIN
CLARENOE E. WOOD shipped two car
loads of printing machinery from this
city to Chicago yesterday.
Mr. Wood Is a western man. He hns
bought nnd sold newspapers, started various
kinds of publications, nnd edited them, too,
nil over the West.
I first met him yenrs ago when he was
business manager of n prosperous Colorado
dally.
Until a short time ago he was associated
with a Hearst publication In Chicago. He
knows the newspaper business from the
cement floor of tho pressroom to tho glided
bnll on the flag pole on top ot the office
building.
In his latest venture he's the herald of
n new Idea. Hy that I mean that it is new
iu its main essential feature. '
HE IS establishing in Chicago a new
dally Christian newspaper. It is inr
tended to appeal to Christians of all de
nominations. . In that sense it is new. It might ni'o
'be said to be a class newspaper. Mr.
Wood describes it as such.
The first attempt of this kind was years
ago when n Kansas preacher undertook the
publication of n dally that wns to be con
ducted "As Jesus would have done it."
At least that was his expressed purpose
at the outstart. Its career wns uhort and
undramntic.
The Christian Science Monitor, of Boston,
is the one dally pu'jliention conducted upon
strictly religious and sectarian basis.. It is
carefully edited, and has been running for
a number of yenrs.
Recently there have been some acrimoni
ous controversies regarding its financial
management.
MR. WOOD started to Washington yes
terday to arrange for n Washington
news service and to establish n bureau Iu
that city.
"There is ample capital bchiud the enter
prise." he told me.
"The people interested feci that the time
hns come when n newspaper of tills kind is
needed. A newspaper, too, that can bo
made n go to the point of being a financial
jind iournnlistlc success.
., "We Propose to publish n dally paper
that will give the news of the world fairlv,
honestly nud cleanly. One that will not
cater to nny self-seeking, sinister or dis
honest influences in business or politics. It
will be absolutely fair and unprejudiced,
leaving it to its readers to form their own
opinions bnseil upon the presentation of un
blnscd facts."
Mr. ood's idea, although not expressed
n so many words, apparently is: "When
in doubt read the American Daily Standard,
of Chicago, and then form your own opin
ions." The iden siiPiiests itself that the business
impulse behind the new Chicago dailv is
that, inasmuch ns there arc but two morn
ing papers in the second city of the republic,
a publication ot the character he is about
to establish will have more than u reasou
able chance of success.
The first issue is scheduled to appear on
Christinas' Day.
The sentiment behind the selection of this
tiny is obwous.
pOHERT D. HARPER a general way
' is unquestionably one of the best
posted men in municipal affairs in this city.
lie is rhief clerk in the Mayor's office.
His long familiarity with the workings of
every department, his extensive acquaint
ance among men of all political faiths nnd
oilioinls ,,f all degrees of importance con
tribute vastly to his usefulness ns nn official.
Some one the other day told nn apoc
ryphal story about a certain munlcipnl de
partment, overcrowded as to the number of
its employes. It was how one ornament of
the pnvroll came in at 10 a. m. nnd raised
a certain window shade. At 11 a. m. an
other entered nnd pulled the shade down,,
to its former position. Each act constituted
a day s work.
"Nothing doing nn thnt ensy-job nrn."
interjected the chief clerk. Then he we'u t on:
"A newly elected congressman had n
political friend and worker uhom he wns
eh'sirous of rewarding with n s.neciirc at
nshington. He sent for his henchman aud
informed him thnt lie hnd seemed hi, ap
pointment ns 'clock winder' in the con
gressional office building.
"It paid well, but above nil it required
only daj "s work n week.
"The political worker declined the ap
pointment There was too much exertion
about it. His congressional patron demanded
to know, in heaven's name, what he called
an i'iis ji,. 'piip office seeker replied :
" 'Vou muM have four or five hundred of
these hero monthly calendars hanging up
mound the building, (let me the job of
tearing off the monthly sheet from these
calendars. That's the kind of n job I want.
Ml only have to work one day a month
then. "
TV RECTOR JAMES T. CORTELYOU Is,
J I understand, perfecting one of tho
most comprehensive plans ever devised in
ii n j municipality, in this country nt least,
for the capture of nutomoblle thieves,
Not the slightest inkling of his plan has
been disclosed ns yet. No formal announce
tnent of it will be made until (lie plan in
nil ct details hns been perfected.
Chief James F. McLaughlin, of the
deiiin.il bin can. is co-operating with his
superior, pioin this it is reasonable to infer
that electricity is at the foundation of the
del li e.
CI ief McLaughlin has made a studv of
public safety work with direct reference to
electrical engineering both in this country
nml abioad.
He has studied its details In London,
I tins, Rerlin nnd minor European capitals.
Some of the ideus gained abroad in other
j Mirs. win, improvements nnd brought down
to elate, have been embodied In connection
with much of his work In this city,
Director Cortelyou's recent declaration of
a new plan to reach the motorcar thugs: ami
hi'.'lcvaiinrn Indicates trend In hs ,,,.
jiaitment to ndopt methods for apprehend
ing the new typo of criminal that ure
abreast of the latent developments iu crime.
DIRECTOR CORTELYOU tells me that
nlmost without exception nil of the
highway criminals, motorcar bandits and
iitlur tMics of the class arc oung men, and
their women associates, who nre drug
addie ts.
A couple of months ngo five hold-ups by
one gang occurred In widely separated sec
tions of the city. In two of the instances
there were assaults. The band was ulti
mately captured, and then It developed that
each member of It was a drug addict. Not
one of them wns over twenty-one jears of
uge
The ease with which it is possible for
these degenerates to obtain n supply of
"dope" is responsible for the growing use
of drugs in this city.
Organizations exist among dope dealers
with ramifications cxtcudiug throughout tho
entire city.
A complete system of signals is main
tained and it is almost impossible for any
one but a dope user to get into direct con
tact, sufficient to secure evidence of the
crime, with any of tho members of thcbo
sjndlcntes.
Unfortunately, the laxity of the drug
law, and the fact that the government ex
tends no uid or none to speak of in the de
tection of these criminals, renders tho woik
of the police unusually difficult.
An Arkansas Record
nethlchem Correspondence Clarksvlllo Herald.
Democrat. !
Two weddings, one fight und ouo separa
tion sinco our last issue.
Hope
listMr, the New York Herald.
The Pencil Hm I now that she votes with
inc she wjll probubly learn how to nhatpcu
me, .. -. .
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Knoiu Best
ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER
On "Welcoming the Seaman"
IT WILL be a big thing for Philadel
phia! That is the crux of the opinion of Alex
ander Van Rensselaer on the erection in this
citv of n $."00,000 joint hotel and club
house for the seamen who use this Port
of n Million Snilors."
Mr. Von Rensselaer, citizen of note, vet
eran yachtsman, sponsor for every loenl
movement thnt has had to do with the sea,
is qualified to speak with n practical work
ing knowledge thnt inspire! confidence in
the project nnd nn earnest hope for its
speedy fulfillment. He is president of the
hoard of mnnagers of the organization that
has undertaken the work.
The home for sailors, technically known
ns tho Seamen's Chinch Institute, is not a
bright dream but already a red-blooded
reality, partially come true. A site for the
hotel-home nt Second and Walnut streets
hns been purchased and meetings are being
held to form plnns to Interest the citizenry
of Philadelphia to the extent of making that
body see the wisdom of helping "with a
heart and a dollar."
An institute sucn ns tne one in project
would help divelop tho port of Philadelphia.
unquesiiunnni.v, uir. cm ni'iissuiuur cuiii-
5t
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monteel.
Lrcature comiori xor me seaman
counts more than most people calculate,
n..l Is? 4lMrt . nAHifminliln rtfitrwtrlf tfifi
UUIl IX IIIVIC UIU LUIIIIUIUIUI1--I IIHHlL- I-
eommodntions for the man of the sea in
Philadelphia, that is where he will want to
come. To innko the city popular with the
sailor will do a great deal towurd the de
velopment of tho port.
Club Llfo Necessary
"Shipping interests recognize this fact,
antl wc have been assured of the support of
many men influential in these circles. Only
csterday I took luncheon with several gen
tlemen prominent in the shipping world nnd
I wus gratified to see how much Interested
they were.
"Of course, however, tho interest must
lie n great deal mor general than that to
make our seamen's institute come trim in
the fine, big way that it has been planned.
The place must be largo enough to uceom
moelnte ".fiO men and It mirt offer the ad
vantages of n clubhouse for even the men
who do not come to live there.
"The demand for such nn Institute Is un
questionable. Recently we transferred our
headquarters to the St. Albau's Hotel, on
tho northwest corner of Second and Walnut
WTUMN
THE vim iu the air of autumn,
Tho blue in the vapor dome,
Tho laden hive in the orchard,
Tho honey nnd bursting comb ;
The straining side of the presses,
The wine and tho woodland breath,
And some people call It autumn
And some people call it death.
The silver mist in tho lowland,
The bronzen hill and the glnde ;
The squirrels storing their harvest
Tho time when tho migrants trade.
The star In the crimson twilight,
Tho vales, in their gayest, clad,
And some people call It autumn
And borne call the nutumti sad.
The lenves that carpet the woodland,
The great brown oaks overhead,
The open burrs and tho acorns,
Tho gold nnd blotches of Ved :
And nil on the fields and roadsides,
The aster und goldenrod,
And some pcoplo cnll it autumn
And some pcoplo call it Clod.
RALPH RANKIN.
Joyous Tidings
Trom the Iloeton Kvenlnn Transcript.
Oood news for circus fans -81111 gallery
gods: Consular reports bring the nows thnt
'a huge crop of peanuts Is promised In tho
Madras presidency of Indlu. The Indications
nlso ore that the peanut crop In Shantung
will bo nbout 1.0 per cent larger than that of
llllll. It is estimated, Incidentally, thnt 85
per cent of this Chlncoc crop will be of first
quulity.
Should Be From His Name
From the Itawamba Ceunty (Miss.) News,
Burly Smith seems to Lo a good black
1ajnltU nowadays.
"ANYTHING LEFT OVER, MA'AM?"
r t C"1 s.i,c tImt "n" 1,PCn chosen for the
modern hotel. Wo have been able to offer
n certain amount of club life to the men
con vine! rM1""lsc ,ms bccn' to 8a' thc lcnst'
"It must be remembered that the work is
not a charity. The seaman Is willing to pay
for what he pets. The trouble is there hns
never been sufficient to give him. There are
agencies that have attempted to cover the
situation, but it has grown far beyond
Mr. Van Rensselaer referred to n little
""In '"Ihe Crow's Nest," a paper pub
lished in the Interest of the Institute, which
showed how inadequate housing nnd amuse
ment provisions arc for thc port nt present.
Must Reach .More Men
It sajs:
"For the year 1010 the welfare ngenclcs
or the city doing work nmong seamen re
ported something less than JiO.000 seamen
attending their various reading rooms,
church und social centers. This figure does
not menu thc number of different individuals
but ttint many pairs of feet crossing tho
combined door sills of nil the ngenclcs. Hut
nt thnt rate there were 1,000,000 seamen
who enmo ashore nt this port In 1010.
therefore, tho total service to seamen was
ess than fi per cent. This is chiefly due to
the fact that the existing agencies have In
adeomt,. accommodations.
Tho Seamen's Church Institute, by
amalgamating two of the existing agencies
and by amusing men nnd more wldelv
spread inte.est on behalf of the seamen of
this port, plans to serve n much larger per
centage of the 1.000.000 and more who tread
our shores nnd streets."
In summarizing .Mr. Von Rensselaer
BQId
.i!T!l?rr v'i,' ',0 """'Ini.' monumental about
ticnl building that will make Philadelphia
rank nmong the ports of the world ns open
ing its arms to men of the sea nnd rccog
nlz ng them ns human beings. New York
nm San l-rnnclsen have taken this step,
Pl.ilad0clphin." ColIo,luia,1' making, up Id
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. When will Congress count the electoral
tion? Com,nB P"lIntlM eteSI
2. What Is tho usual color of grizzly hears'
3" Wltfroach?C orlBlnal "inning of tho word
4. What Is bnrlum?
5. What Is tho Tnsmanlan devil?
0. Whero Is It found?
7' Wlocca".a?tl0nS Wn ISlnnda ln tno Pncln
8. What Is1 meant by esplcglerlo?
' WIcanWnls!o,ry?StC"d m"nlf In Amer-
10. What Is meant by Rabelaisian humor?
Answers to Yesterday's, Quiz
1. Tim third republic of Franco 'hns been in
existence fifty years, uinco September
2. Stoat is another namo for tho ermine
especially in its summer coat. rm,nc'
3. Tho lamest coal area In Clreat Hrltnln
In southern Wales. "mam Is
'' MTut!ony8 a SPan'Sh ,vord' "'nK-
6. Two qermnn generals.' Hessians who
fought on the. Hrltlsh side In th8 Amer?
Hi'JJle'sel.'0"1110"' WCr KW'lwusen ami
6. The Uitlr. phrnso "Finis coronat onus-
means "The end crowns the work "
7. William Kdward Ilartpolo Leckv ,.
noted historian, born nea ijoh ai?," ,
138. Among his works nro "The Hlso
of nationalism In Kurono" nmTim
History of Kuropean .Morals." ,0
8. The Latin Union Is nn assoclrtlon of
Kuropeun states for tho regulation of f
uniform coinage. Tho original netn
bcrs wero Franco. Heldum. Hw tzJ?
land and Italy, which entered Into u
treaty on the subject In 1885.
0. Cesnrc Lombrnso was n cclebratmi i..ii
lan criminologist, who "nu icln.L V&
iheorv that there In n .i.i."l.,Stl tho
1 vive. clistineulHlieil fmm i.i.5crlmina.
Jinlr on
1909.
-- --..tiivt: 10 the
liombroao died In
10. Tho names of the James
4 notorious outlaws, were
X Ifrank.
"oys, the
Jeasa ami
7'
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SHORT CUTS
In thirteen more days the I-told-you-sw
win oe very misy.
The Mayor appears to have a poor opin
ion ot couucnmamc gas.
Whichever wny tho election goes, tht
pumpkin pie will be cause for Tlianksgivinj.
Tightwad's iden of on elastic curroncj
is n roll secured with a rubber band.
The thief who robbed a local woman ani
got a button now needs nothing but tht
noon.
Holshevlsm has had n setback in Persia,
but strikers nro trying to give it a boost in
CH.infr 1).I,aI
UlUUt JJ111U1II.
Even those who refuse to worship the
golden calf occasionally perform obclsanci
10 DUII.
Civic experts with vision enough to senst
incvitnblc municipal growth are of the opin
ion thnt a well-fed city calls for an adequiti
ucu unc.
With unemployment increasing,' tht
matter of comparatively unrestricted immi
gration becomes, ns it were, not altogether
uiiiiupuriaui;.
The nrrcst of Miss Pnnkhurst in Lon
don suggests the thought thnt if Sylvia cvtil
got all she wanted feiic would be n very un
happy woman.
Rumors of n rupture between Poland noil
Lithuania cause the wish that EuropcM!
relations oore some rcscmoiance 10 nui
quality 01 mercy.
Any two-by-ten politician can tell hii
.,,.,. Ia n ... nI.A. 1.... 1. nnnol... h,lVt
t'111-OlJ IU W (If XUJIlll'l, 1IIL II. IVIJlllll.1 "v.
bone to tell it to the supporter who has 1
llUllllUliy BVUl'UJl'.
After one has heard that the King oil
Circeco is dead, It surprises one to lcara I
ttiiougn perhaps it should not; Hint ins iw
dition is much Improved.
There is one miner nt work in EnglanJ,
nnnnrrtnrr tn n niiltln.l rniinrl tVnm T.OndOD.
The world would like to know more about
one who dnics to be a Daniel.
In Mcdin. Pa., 2500 cabbages liavetrtn
wagered on thc election; and nobody U
have cause for complaint unless one or I"
other of tho bettors tries to vote tueni.
From York, Pn., comes tho story of I
hen thnt has kidunpped a kitten nnd drives
the mother cat away. Doubtless a femww
with a few theories she wishes to work out.
The local bootlegger whose pnrrot pot
prohibition ngents wise by calling wr.'
'em un! Servo 'cm tin!" might havepa"
In better luck if ho had chosen a sown"
I
for u pet.
.... . ... ..! .1.- i.ici.n.i .ltftrrin-.
j lie trouuio wiin me iui"""' """h 1
tion of the suspected murderer of I'-1"1" ,!
r-. ,..,. ... .1 .......I., nf mru. S
urewes is tnnc 11 nm mutismm" -...
Moreover, the man suspected has proww
changed Ills dollies siucc tne muxu.
Four army airplanes flying from A '
Alaskn, to Mlneoln. N. Y., arrived In "
Pa., yesterday, and the populace has turn
ns much interest In the stupendems fiat
it luis in tho physical coiiumoii 01 a .
rate prize-tighter.
A Boston street railway arbA
board has reinstated n motorinan '"''
for using Indecent Innguage to a car i "
tho chairman declaring that rfl' J1 '
more Important than purity of Jan." t(
Hut suppose tho car starter !'''J;1?oru
... chairman of tho arbitration board
In the autumn when the frost .
Turns the leaves to red and yellow, 1 .
Aud the nuts nre downward tossed,
Chlmnunlc Is n lucky fellow.
He. accepting Nature's gift, ,, . u-n
Hoards them Just as though lied "u .
'nm ....
Thoughts of winter prompt his thrift
ln the autumn.
In October life Is wine, f
Nuts nnd apples, joyous nic i
Ilrarlug breezes bathe In brine,
All tho trees ure Iu n riot.
Though ho paint the country red,
Pcoplo call tho fellow sober I
Life has snarls!?, bo It ld. a . ,
In October - u"
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