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Odobtr 2S, 10 A FOl'lt-YKAK I'KOflRAM FOK I'1I1I.A1)K1.I'HI. Thtncs on which tho people expect the new Administration to concentrate Its uttrntlon: The Delaware river b 'idoc. A dndock big enough to accommodate the larp'if ships. Development of the rapid transit system. A convention hall. A btilldlnu for ',, rrcc Library. An Art Museum. Enlargement of the water suvtlu. Ilomeu to (TCcoT)imodale thr population. ANOTHER UNION rpHE plan to co-ordinate the various chnri--- table agencies in this city is in the modern spirit of concentration governing both commercial and altruistic enterprises. The war-chest scheme worked admirably In Philadelphia. It is conceivable that the movement started at a meeting of business men and the directors of charities at the Chamber of Commerce may at the samo time spare the public from the annoy ance of a profusion of "drives." economi cally simplify the administrative problems , and intrust the raising of money to properly accredited authorities. Subscriptions to charities in Philadelphia last year amounted to $15,000,000. There n be little question that n federation Mich s proposed would result in tho direct acnul- ition of more money by the institutions and less by overlapping officials than is now the case. The drawback is, of course, that pride in independent organization with which projects of Union in many lines of endeavor always have to contend. In this instance the task of adjustment may bo delicate, but it would seem to be worth an attempt. GRASPING A SCHOOL PROBLEM 'A PROPER sense of proportionate values is indicated in Joseph YV. Catherine's fore cast of a SOOO annual increase of pay for the superintendent of Philadelphia public schools. If it was right and it most em phatically was to raise the teachers' sala ries, the chief executive in the educational system here should most assuredly be also benefited by the upward policy of wage re vision. But something more than the strict ap plication of economic justice is involved iu the new proposal. The movement suggest a recognition at last of the vital importance of procuring an educator of high caliber and authoritative equipment to head tho city schools. The $12,000 salary, which is expected to be the figure upon which the board will agree at Its meeting on November 1), Is by no means an extravagant sum for the purpose. Some day perhaps the remuneration will Lc higher. But the realization that good men must be well paid is encouragingly suggested in the plan. It is trite, though not out of order, to repeat that Dr. (iarber's successor should be both competent to cope with the Immediate difficulties of the local school situation and equal to the task of developing public educa tion along modern constructive lines. If the -Board of Education can produce such a man Itf claims upon popular respect will be hfarteningly t nlargcd. "fittEY DON'T SAY IT NOW Every 1)111 concerning child welfare, or the workiiiB liourti of factory employes, or waij.s of workers, or courts for Juven iles or delinquents, housing bills, bills re lating to education nnd baby welfare aru of the Rreatest toniern to women Tney say wo nen like to telk I assure yoa that I Intend, as a member of the House, to talk to death unj bill that has an pur port other than th& promotion of the happi ness, comfort and morals of our people' Mrs Boitha Shipper. Irving, of Haddin Held, N. J, Democratic candidate fur tho Htato legl'lnture TS IT any wonder that the bosses used to sny the woman's place was in the home? STILL AN EMBRYONIC LEAGUE rrtllli intcntiou of the League of Nations to settle the problem arising out of the occupation of Vilna bv an outlaw Polish army i8 commendable, and it is permissible to entertain hope of success. Impatience, however, or vexation of obstacles in the case is indicative of the profound popular mis conception of tho present status of the league. Theoretically, the society of nations is in existence, for many governments have signed the covenant. The practical structure, how ever, Is by no means completed, and the efficacy of the league cannot be fairly tested under present conditions, The procedure regarding disputes between the nations is, first of all, an invitation to submit tho divergent claims to the court of International justice. The structure of this has 'been outlined by Mr. Hoot nnd other noted judicial experts, hut the tribunal itself Is nonexistent. No judges have been ap pointed nor have the various uations con cerned even submitted tbcl- lists of candi dates. " Recognition of these facts will help to ex plain why the Russo-Polish war was per mitted to occur, wh the Flume complication endures, why a number of international cnses are still open. Anything which the league n Us embryonic state may accomplish can be laid down as a tine achievement under em barreling circumstances. Sober judgmeut upon the value of the pence plan must wait Upon the operation of the whole machine. AN END TO NOSTRUMS rpHE British Parliament, deep in assorted J- troubles as it Is, found time the other jay to pass a bill which will absolutely pro hibit the manufacture and sale if patent medicines of the sort that is still a menace to general health in the United States, Here is one foreign example that properly Might be followed by Congress. The patent medicine business is immensely froHtablc. jl.Many of the concoctions and compounds lavishly advertised In psoudo respectable American newspapers contain powerful anil sometimes dangerous stimu lants which deceive tho sick by creating n temporary feeling of relief. Tho great dan ger of the patent medicine traffic h In tho fact that It often encourages sick and suf fering people to delay the visit to a physician or n hospital that would give them tho benefit of correct diagnosis and scientific treatment. Thousands of people die every year be cause they believe what Is written In the advertisement of the patent medicine men.. Efforts to regulate this particular traffic have failed because the manufacturers can spend fortunes' In advertising and find too many newspapers willing to take their money. CAMPAIGN IS ENDING ABOUT AS IT BEGAN Real Issue Before the Country Is Not the League of Nations, but the Dis missal From Power of the Demecratlc Party A S THE campaign enters on its last week two nrttnble events are scheduled, one In Washington nnd the other in Philadelphia, The inas -meeting of Republican women in the Academy of Music tonight will be the first of Its kind ever held In Pcnnsylvuuln, so far ns known. The women in chnrge of it are nwnre thnt we have government by parties composed of voters who arc agreed on a general policy. While free-lance votiug has its merits, and Its defenders. It Is fortu nate that the great mass of voters remain loyal to their party. They may be dissat- I istied with Its management or with some of J its nominees, but as between their own party witii wntcn tney may not be altogether sat isfied and the opposition party with which they are wholly dissatisfied, they choose their own party. If they use the opposition party at all It is temporarily for the punishment of their own lenders who have betrayed them. Then they return to their original allegiance. The women who have aligned themselves with the Republican pnrty here have quickly mastered the rudiments of political action. They did not postpone interesting themselves in public questions until they got the vote, so they are now prepared to use it with in telligence. Every nppeal for them to remain "nonpartisan" has fallen on deaf cars. They wish to have some effective say in politics, and they know that they cannot do this if they remain on the sidelines shout ing maledictions on both contestants or merely watching the course of the contest. It may be entertaining and exciting to be a dog and bny the moon, but the moon never was disturbed iu the least by the most musical baying ever launched into space against it. The women tonight will talk to some purpose, for they will address them selves to the practical issues of the campaign. Next Wednesday the President will meet in Washington n delegation of pro-league Republicans who have decided to vote for Mr. Cox. and it is understood that he will address them on the league and probably congratulate them on their "independence of character" and on their "patriotic wis dom" in breaking awny from their party. What the President will say to them will be interesting, but it will not be Important. It will be interesting because it will reveal the relation between his views on the league today and those which Mr. Cox has been expressing during the cumpalgn. When he has finished we shall know whether he is pleased with the course of Mr. Cox. As matters staud today, it is not very im portant whether he is pleased or displeased with Mr. Cox. All the forecasts made by impartial observers Indicate thnt Mr. Cox will be defeated n week from tomorrow, not because of his attitude on the league, but because he is a Democrat. The forecasts mav be w rong, but it is not likely. Yet it must be udmitted by every one who does not wish to deceive himself that nothing Is certain in politics except that the majority will win iu an election. In spite of tills uncertainty, the probabilities favor Mr. Harding. In spite, also, of all that has been snld to the contrary, the real issue before the coun try is whether we shall have u Republican or a Democratic administration in Washing ton for the next four years. This was the issue when the nominating conventions were held, and nothing has happened in the inter- cuing months to change it. The Democratic party has failed to deliver the goods. Its friends have been insisting that it prosecuted the war to a successful conclusion, and they have been doing their best to create the impression that it was a Democratic war. But the country knows better. It is aware that during the progress of the conflict the Republicans in both houses of Congress co-operated most hcnrtlly and sincerely with the Democratic majorities there in passing all the laws needed. It was not until the autumn of 1018, when the war was neurit ended, thnt the Democrats were rebuked for insisting thnt they alone could be trusted to carry on the fight. The Presi dent's appeal for the election of a Demo cratic Congress, on the ground that only Democrats could be trusted to co-operate with him, resulted in the election of a Re publican House and a Republican Senate. Within less than ten days uftcr the election the armistice was signed. When it came to making peace under Democratic leadership there was a miserable failure. Peace has not jet been made for the reason that the Democratic President has refused to consent to a pence save on his own terms, nnd he has had control over enough of his own party to preveut the Sen ate from ngreeing to the treaty of peace in any form displeasing to him. The only way to get peace and the only way to solve the big problems of the next four years which has appealed to the coun try has seemed to be through the restoration of' the Republican party to power. Whether it is more thnn seeming wc shall know next week. That there is widespread dissatisfaction with the party in power in the White House is notorious. Tho disbutisfaction exists within the ranks of that party itself. The parading of a few disgruntled Republicans in Washington next Wednesday could easily be offset by the parading of ten times ns manv disgruntled Democrats before Senator Harding. The function is a mere stage play. Governor Cox begun his campaign with a charge that the Republicans planned to buy the presidency. Every sophisticated poli tician knew at once what this meant. It was a confession that the pnrty represented by Mr. Cox was so weak that It was neces sary to resort to the arts of the demagogue to stir tip hostility to the opposition. Every one kqew that it was impossible for any party to buy the presidency, for every one knew that the American electorate is not for sale. As the campaign progressed the charge has been dropped and we arc hearing noth ing more of It, nnd the statement of expen ditures filed In Washington by tho Repub lican national committee last week shows that the estimate made by Chairman Hays three months ago has not been exceeded. The Democratic candidate has been chop ping logic about the League of Nations In recent weeks, but he has not stirred up any real enthusiasm. Tho peoplo decided long ago that the United States would enter tho league, and when they reached that conclu sion thej ceased to trouble themselves about It. They are awnro that all tho discussion now in progress is over details. They are willing to leave tho settlement of theso mat ters to a Republican President and to a Republican Senate. The Increasing bitter ness of Mr. Cox indicates that ho knows ho is waglug a losing fight and that only n miracle can saw him. There is still time for the miracle, but the wonder worker has not yet lifted his bead above tho horizon. The verdict next week will not be decistvo unless wc havo a Rcptibllcnu Congress nnd n Republican President, or a Democratic President and a Democratic Congress. The questions to be settled in Washington arc of such grave importance that they should be approached by the legislative and execu tive' branches of the government in a spirit of co-operation. For this reason itis im portant thnt tho Republicans should' vote their party ticket and thus do their full duty toward putting nn end to the conditions which have prevailed since March of last ycaf. A Republican Scnntc is as important In this crisis ns a Republican President, and n Republican House is needed, to work with n Republican President and a Republican Senate. Wc arc inclined to the opinion thnt the Republican women meeting In the Acnd emy of Music tonight will prove their prac tical political sagacity by stressing this point. WOES OF BABYLON A STRANGE and various people arc the Manhattancsc. Naively these folk In sist that their turbulent Island Is the ncrvo center of the universe, the true 'fountain' of national strength and the source of every 'great inspiration and all great initiative. New York produces the biggest buildings, the biggest Tims nnd the biggest fortunes. It produces the biggest scandals, too. Whatever is most terrible in music shows, in song, in politics, in subways, in finance nnd in sociological theory Is pretty sure to make a first appearance somewhere nenr Broadway. So it is not strange to find that the most grievous of all complications yet disclosed within the eternal triangle repre sented by labor, capital and tho public have been brought to light nt the investigation ordered by the New York State Legislature in an effort to break up gambling and graft ing rings that have almost paralyzed the buildbng Industry in Manhattan and else where. It Is not often that Mavor Hylan hits so close to the truth as he did when he lifted his voice in lamentation ut tlte cud of a recent session of the legislative committee. t "The building trust, the coal trust, the milk trust nnd the other trusts," cried lie bit terly, "have built n wnll about New York ns great as the Great Wall of China!" The mayor forgot the waiters' trust, the hat check trust, tho ice trust, the theatre ticket trust and all the other big and little com bines that make life hectic aud uncertain and expensive for his people. The case of Brludell, president of the Building Trndes Council of the Federation xof Lubor, who is charged with having prof ited by a contractors combine organized to keep building costs up nnd to eliminate competitive bidding by secret agreements, is probably without a parallel in the country. Here Is a man who is said to have exacted thumping fees from building contractors with the threat to call his men "oft the job." The legislative commission was told that big plumbing contractors, with the assistance of a iawjer, established a clearing house and a "code of practice" by which work and contracts were parceled out under u sstem founded on fake bids. Competition was eliminated. Contractors who refused to join the ring were threatened with ruin and with strikes. , Mr. Hylan and Snmuel Untcrmyer Fay that the surface of the scandal has only been touched. Yet the abuses that have left thou sands of families homeless nnd other thou sands crowded together in inadequate quarters has bi-en tolerated for years in a community that has developed a whole literature of songs and legend to advertise and celebrate its cleverness and complete sophistication. Is Babjlon deluded, after all? Was O. Henry telling the cold truth when ho snid that you have to journey far from the sage brush to the big cities to rind the true hick ? It is as a commentary on social rather than economic processes that the revelations, in New York challenge attention. If half that is being told is true, a lawyer and a trades union leader fooled the city, fooled organized Inbor, fooled the contractors and made it unsafe for Investors to put money into real estate improvements. And Mr. l.'ntermyer believes that most of the build ing trades and almost all new construction work ns well as some of the producers and distributors of building materials were in volved somehow in the general scheme of exploitation. In contequence of nil tills, the janitor has become one of the lnrgest and most imposing figures In the life of present day New York. lie lias Inherited the im perial mood. From him the Mauhnttanesc hide their children lest they be ordered out into 'the cold world. His power is terrible and his sway is complete. Hylan beat his forehead and ordered that all public work which might by any chnucc be involved in the general scheme of graft be stopped at once. The inquiry into the operations of the combined building and labor trust has only begun. It will be pressed from now on and It is certain to hurt or ganized labor. There, have been other in stances of Inbor leaders who were crooked both ways, but they have been few, and no officinl of tho federation ever had to face charges as serious as thobc now aimed at Brundell, of New York. Goinpers and his associates cannot let the present inquiry proceed without making an effort to get nt tho truth as It affects their subordinates, and to determino whether other Brlndclls, false to the unions nnd to the public nnd to busiuess organizations alike, are functioning elsewhere in the country with tho authority of their natlonnl organization. OF COURSE A "GOOD" PEACE "OEFORE the ink is dry on tho peace - treaty signed by the representatives of the Russian Soviet Government nud of Po land fears are expressed that the peace will not be popular with cither side. Tho sentiment has n familiar sound. Since the dragon's teeth were sown by Cad mus tho cessation of strife has been ardently desired nnd the terms of settlement skepti cally questioned. Tho best antidote for tho latter sort of reasoning Is tho familiar and still applicable observation of one of the wisest of Americans. "Thcrn was never," said Franklin, "a good war nor a bad peace." The faults of the document signed nt Riga cannot be estimated with the meager information now at hand. Naturally, there will bo political groups in both Russia and Poland who will Judge the arrangement un favorably. But millions in the outside world will not be inclined to quarrel too captiously over details. If the present program is executed, armed operations on the western Polish front will cease tonight, and one of tho darkest chap ters In Europenu history will come to a close. This war, regardless of exact apportion ment of tho hlnme, was nu affront to civiliza tion already demoralized by combat. Dis content with its termination Is nn expression of the most dangerous nnd, unfortunately, prevalent brand of pessimism that which rejects approximate good in an almost brutal I quest of perfectipn, , n AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Tho Art of Getting a Thing Over Is Not Entirely Unrelated to the Psychological Effect of . Reiteration By SARAH D. LOWKIE THE art of propaganda was looked nt askance before tho war as n sly under mining or subtle influencing of tho will by cunning nnd astute persons for interested motives of their own. It is now frankly resorted to by all re ligious nnd philanthropic organizations, civic , or political, business or pleasure promoters ns the first step in any forward-looking en terprise. It Is advertisement raised to a science so perfect thnt its effects can bo calculated nnd scheduled by its adepts months beforo its first faint trumpet is sounded. I think the reason womeu understand it better and practice it with n surer touch than most men Is because they have now for two generations been tho chief renders of daily advertisements. Yet, curiously enough, it was a, man, nnd one of our own citizens, who really invented the daily news letter form of advertisement that is now ns vital a part of our dally jour nals ns any other news, I am told that in tho beginning John Wnnamakcr's advertise ments were looked at hskancc. I remember one of my relatives refusing to buy certain articles because they had been advertised as bargains; a sure sign to her there was some thing wrong with them. I HAVE been interested in the propaganda used before and since the Republican cafeteria was opened in Griffith Hall, Chest nut street below Fifteenth. I knew from a discussion I heard early in September that it was the intention to open a cafeteria there for purposes of political propaganda, and thnt those in command of the Philadelphia woman's Republican com mittee were anxiously looking about for n chairman who had tho requisite sunp and verve to Ttit it through. There arc lots of women who have lots of good points for such n venture, but thcro is probably only one who has all the good points nud no handicaps. As by a miracle she turned up, from all places in the world Florida! With a free month to her credit and energy nnd spirit to burn. Any one who knows Mrs. O'Brien, or who once knew Marian Ncwhall, would realize she was a godsend to thnt perplexed com mittee. Any one who has made tho town of Moore Haven from a peat bog intoj n city of 8000 souls, all raising garden truck in three crops n season ; any one who can sell land costing less than $50 an acre four years ago for S800 an acre now, could also make this staid old town get up on its hind legs nnd paw tho air to enter nny door she chose to swing open, even if the penalty is to eat jammed up against the back of the lady at the next table and reach for your ice cream across the shoulder of tho man in front of you, while you bent time to Republican rally songs which sound just like the Democratic rally songs, tunes nnd words with your foot on the mug of a perfect stranger's chair, and to drop all your bundles while you stand up to see who the orator Is who Is arguing so eloquently against Article X. I REALLY do not know whether it was Mrs. O'Brien who made the town of Moore Haven grow like mad for years or O'Brien himself. I suspect he had a very large share in it. He is better looking a little than Hoover, but his face has the same momentum in it. Moore Haven will not be tho only thing lie hns made before he gets through. He might be homo ruling Ireland this moment if a more ambitious fate had not cast his father on our shores. Probably, therefore, the Republican woman's committee cafeteria hns profited by his counsel ns well as by Mrs. O'Brien's ex perience nnd pep. Whatever is responsible for It, It goes! It is more popular than n Chaplin movie and varied enough to suit all tastes. Why, I even beheld Miss Agnes Hcpplier preparing to "come on next" ! It nstonished nnd sat isfied my senso of uufitues of Fate. Be cause hitherto she has said her spy or quoted her quote among the highbrows. I felt like snying, "Saul among the prophets!" ns I pnssod her; Instead. I only grluncd the grin of a successful proletarian. THE speeches are very good, the music is very spirited and the food Is really worth the cost of phjsical effort to push through the crowd for, and the real arguments for nnd ngnlnst nre put without palaver and with serious intent to convince. But the audience is tho nstonlshlng thing day after day pushing patiently in, stand ing up if there is no seat, alert, intent with a thoughtful air of being there for a purpose. What I want to know is: How did they get so many persons aware 'of this thing, then eager enougli to take the trouble to como to this thing; then, in spite of there being no room to sit, willing to stand through this thing? It is not chance, it is not because it fills a need, it Is not becnuse it is there; but the wav it is there, and the way it was put there. It is tli tuning up of the orchestra that makes the attack so harmonious. It is tho way those women tuned up the public that got them there. And now the cumulative effect of reiteration is beginning to tell on them. I think they will vote against the present form of the League of Nations. And more will vote against it than would havo on the first day, or the second. I WAS nt a wedding the other day a house wedding in tho country. And while wo were w-Rlting for the parson to drive up nnd the brido to come down my host, who is a very noted deviser of advertisements, told me this story about thu power of reiteration. After the war two young officers came into his office on business ; one he afterward got a position for, the other ho lost sight of temporarily, until he was reminded of him by seeing a story in the papers of a Ken tucky feud shooting, und, recognizing tho name of the victim ns that of the young officer, nsked his friend about him. It appeared tho young chap in his early teens hnd shot and killed the man who had killed his father. He had had to leave the state, but as he grew un ho had kept up the luiiiuy pmcc. ijunug toe war, uowever, the taxes had not been attended to, and on his return lie found the houso and grounds had been sold for delinquent taxes and bought hv the family of the man whom he bad shot and who had shot his father. Ilefoie he could take any legul steps to recover the property he heard that the family then in possession had desecrated the graves in his burial ground on tho place, especially that of his father. He made his prepara tions to go down to Kentucky und kill the desecrntors at sight. And ho enmo in to tell his fricud thnt such was his intention, For a whole night his friend wrestled with him by reiterated argument; not to kill, but to go to law. In tho end those saner coun sels prevailed. He went down to Kentucky tho cum; was tried in the courts and he wtis awarded tho cstato and damages. He walked out of the courthouse knowing the fumllv who had lost tho verdict had sworn to kiil him If ho won. Ho was shot on the court house steps, was seen to sway a little, and a patch of blood spread out over his shirt. Ho recovered himself, walked straight ahead toward tho man who was shooting and kuocked him down, kicking the revoher from his liund. Ho got ou ills horse, rodo out to his old home, gave directions for tho res toration of tho gravestones and then cume t.rectly North and to his friend. He begnn at once to tell him what was on his mind. "I could think of nothing ns I went down those steps and saw them leveling at me but those words you had kept drumming into me nil that night, and I could not" Just here the pnrson came! And tho story ended abruptly, nnd I never heard what that joung officer, who was the third best shot in his whole army division, could not do. I do not eveu know whether he died of his wound or what about It. What evidently impressed the man himself and his friend and my, host was- tbo psychological effect of reiteration.' ' v o i , j J.i ',. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia Knotv Best MISS C. FRANCES LOOMIS On Activities of Junior Red Cross PHILADELPHIA school children who nre taking pnrt iu the activities of the Junior Red Cross nre to be taught to enjoy local work ns well as the more spectacular phase of helping starving European children, nccording to Miss C. Frances Loomls, ex ecutive secretary of tho Junior Red Cross here. Especially is work among tubercular chil dren nnd those in local hospitals, orphan asylums and other institutions being stressed by Missy Loomls nud her coworkers for the coming yenr. From n membership of nlucty thrcc schools this year, the Junior Red Cross expects to achieve a perfect enrollment of all the elementary schools next year. "The Junior Red Cross." declares Miss Loomis, "is tho American Red Cross In tho schools, doing its work among the children of tho country, with its eyes turned to the future when those boys and girls will be men nud women. It is building ntjd planning, firm in the faith that a body of citizens trained to mutual service will swing America to new heights. Learn of Debt to World "When the schoolboys nti.t schoolgirls of America provide clothli g. food and educa tional advantages for little refugees in Europe bv nld of the machinery set up by the Junior Red Cross, they get a clearer view of their own national advantages aud their debts to tho world, "When the Junior Red Cros establishes a chain of correspondent between the school children of the United States and their young friends ncross the sea. it develops n world-wide outlook fraught with great future possibilities for nil concerned, "But, In the meantime, what is tills or ganization doing nt homo.iu the development of appreciative citizens among the school children? This phase of tho work, which is being strongly emphasized nt the present time, includes ngrcnt manv varied angles. For example, the Junior Red Cross of Phlln. delphla is contemplating assistance to the .'100 or more children suffering from tuberculosis, or those with tubercular tendencies, who nre now In open-air schools maintained by the Board of Education In the city. Want to Aid Young Workers "It will be our nlm to help feed these suf ferers, nnd the money with which this is to be done will come from the hands of the chil dren Interested in the Junior Red Cross movement. Another problem with which we are planning to cope oven more thoroughly thnu ever before is thnt of children leaving school to work for n living at the very earliest age that the law allows. "Tho local Junior Red Cross organization has abolit ten scholarships, ndministercd under the direction of tho Whlte-Willinms Foundation, Which will be applied In the direction of keeping such children us I have mentioned in school for n few more years. This will be accomplished by giving those children, or their needy families, the equiva lent of what they would earn if thev went to work, whether It be .?," a week or $10. "Sewing, both lor overseas nnd for 'the charitable societies here, Is another feature of the Junior Red Cross, ns t tho making of toys for both foreign npd local shut-ins. Wc alfo oro Interested in the work of the modern health crusade In purchasing supplies for children in hospitals nnd orphan asylums, and will do our part iu this form of service work, "During the war tho Junior Red Cross set a definite figure of twenty-five cents a week as dues from the children, but we hove aban doned this plan, nnd now set no fixed amount, but just nsk nil that the boy or girl in ques. tlon can nfford. In fact, the work of our or ganization is not, specifically speaking, a work dealing with individuals, although of course the individual note must como in for the good of tho work. Wo base our enroll ment ou the number of school units, not on the number of bovs nnd girls contributing. The donations como from tho schools ns n whole, nnd nro often rnised by fairs or en tertainments in which nil the children join together to achieve success. Each School an Auxiliary "Since each elementnry school is n Junior Red Cross Auxiliary, wo must have tho co operation of the teachers, nnd that co-operation wo certainly hnvo in no half-hearted way. Principals and teachers nlike have helped up get the 100,000 or more local school children Interested in the helpful work. In further nsslstlng us to keep in close touch with tho children, we havo the Junior Red Cross Nows, which hns appealed partlculuiTy to tho children in the pnst be cause it hns told Just how the contributions of different units were expended among tho needy children of Europe. "This account, naturally, appealed to tho imaginations of tho children. Now, how ever, we hope to get those children just ns much Interested in tho new phases of local work wo nro contemplating, "For. after all. flno as has been our work In .conjunction, with that of. tho parent' Red Ctfss in we. oesoiuica janas ot uurope la IN THE HOMESTRETCH .HKkTs. iHR? on Subjects They bringing hnck to those children over there" tho love of life nnd the glow of health, we ought also to devote our attention to the purpose of making tho school children of Philadelphia understand their duties ns citizens, not when thev nre grown up. but now, while they nro still children. "They have to live together as a composite whole, and their relationships must bo made as smooth and as mutuallv helpful ns it is possible to make them. The spirit must bo one of fellowship, not of charity, and that is whnt our organization wants to achieve. "That the boys and girls of today may be taught to think first of others; that a live Interest in behalf of children nenr nt hand nnd In distant countries may be nroused, stimulated and given an outlet ; thnt In their school rtnvs thev may come to be moved by a spirit of helpfulness nnd Interdependence, nil in the hope thnt the men and women of tomorrow may ever think In terms of service to others; nnd that wn may all enjoy n bigger, better, bronder citizenship this is the purpose nnd goal of the Junior Red Cross." High Prices In the Ozarks From 111" Oreenwood Democrat. Health is very good at present except sore feet and sunburnt backs on nccount of high priced shoes nnd shirting. TO ONE BELOVED BECAUSE I willed to have it so I went Inst night where great trees grow, And under them I made n bed Of leaves and grasses, and my head Was pillowed on the ripened clover It was beside a mountain stream Where laden branches, bending over, Mnke many patterns for a dream. And there before I slept I heard The leaves make melodies Hint stirred An nuswer in my heart, and soon New benutics flooded from tho moon About that cool, calm place. To me Was given as to stream and grnss nnd tree And now I come, this morning to the town With sunlight over me, Like a sun-crested river thnt goes down To give Its light to the sea, I am as grnss that has known touch of dew, I am as lenves the moonlight hns shone through. This Is the morning when I may express More understanding of your loveliness, Glenn Ward Drcsbach, in Poetry. What Do You Know? QUIZ galloon? 1. Whnt Is 2. Where Is tho narrowest part of tho Gulf stream 3. How many net sons lost their lives in tho Black Hole of Calcutta? 4. Who was Christopher Smart? 6. In which General direction does tho Congo 6. Of tho Vlco Trosidcnts who became Pres. Idents, which ono served tho longest term? 7 VriSt , clvl1 w.nr "Burcs in several of Shakespearo's plays? 8, Which of tho planets has tho most moons? 9. What color Is Jasper? 10. How many grains mako u carat In welch, ing precious stones? b Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Hostilities In the Spanish-American Wn.r began on April 23. 1808, and ended with the signing of the protocol on August 12 of the same year. 2. Drnddock's defeat occurred about ten miles from Fort Duquesne, tho futuro site of Pittsburgh, Pn on .luly o, 1765 3. Tho expression "Hoist with lila own rolfl.T 'Vflwd rrom thl Passage ..Htm.M1lrd..Ts,,ct Shnkesnoaro's "Hamlet": "For it Is sport to havn the cnglner hoist with his own petiu-" A pctar or petard Is u amnll engine "of wnr formerly used to blow open a door, etc. It Is nlso a hind of firework or cracker. m 4. United States senators wi-rn orlidn.iiK. elected by the State legislatures. The seventeenth amendment, proclaimed in 1913, provides thnt tny sluUI bo chosen by popular vote. 5. Omar Khayyam, the poot, was a Persian Ho was born In the latter half of tho eleventh nnd died In tho first quarter of tho twelfth century A. D, ,uurlcr 6, A "Jeu d'esprlt" is a witty or humorous trifle, usually literary. "umrous 7. Tho expression should bo pronounced somewhat as though It wero spelled uuit ucafi ut 8, Hecate, In classical mythology was a cod. dess of the moon, eurth and under, world; later tho' dark g?dde"S o magic. As such she llgurcs ir ouuncBjrcurtj n .uucuciu. Tho displacement ton of a ship Is an proximately equal to the volume of a long ton of sea water, or thirty.flvo "I Fagllaccl,". title of Leoncavallo's nonu. lap little opera means ''io Clowns," K 1 SHORT CUTS 'Back to the mines!" cries John Bull, Tho auto bandit is n profiteer runninn amuck. All that a political candidate needs li n concordance. In New York, builders are finding breakers ahead. The Democrats arc united, anywny, la hoping for a miracle. In eight days more claim agents ull) 'give way to blumc placers. The solemn referendum seems to be more or less of a rough house. Mr. Cox is discovering enough "plots" to equip a dime novelist. At the last momeut somebody appears to be giving the campaign the needle. Attention is again called to the fact that every traffic jam destroys efforts to preserve business. A Chicago man killed his landlord, thinking him a burglar. Tenants must really lenrn to differentiate in crime values. British miners nro not only under studying the tailors of Tooley street, but have nerve enough to ask for a showdown. And while considering the matter of restricting dope, it might be well if means were found for restricting the saic of re volvers. It Is tho fact that production hns de creased with every ndvanco in wanes that gives a sinister aspect to the British coal strike. Now that nil good citizens arc regis tered, let us hope that none will grow weary of well-doing when election day comes around. Strikers In England, having decided that the pnrt is larger thnn the whole, shut their eyes to the hole they will eventually have to crawl into. II. G. Wcljs finds hunger but order In Russia. Things then must be worse than wns supposed. The most, orderly place in tho world is n cemetery. Shoes nro to bo cheaper, say delegate to the western association of wholesalers in convention in St. Louis. Case of the downtrodden showiflg resignation. More than tin' usual number of creepinc, crawling things apparently made their home under the pile of bricks tumbled over by the New York Investigating committee. "I can hold the' crowd, but not a hus band." snid Sophio Tucker, vniidryllle singer, when granted a ditorcc. We ratuer suspect that there is material for a sermon in that text. A dispatch from Bakerslleld, Calif.. W that sparks from his plpq set fire to tie clothing of a Digger Indian 13S years W and he wns fatally burned. Another in stance of how tobacco shortens life. Ilnvlng rend with moro or less avH Interest W. L. C.eorge'H views on ' lion to be happy though married." wc arrive conclusion Ihnt two green newlywrds koou just as much nhout the mutter as tho wisest muu nlivc. The admission of Admiral Knapp that, as a result of tho ucccsslty to, preserve order. 3000 Haitians may have been killed w Americans, Is n llttio disquieting, to say tho least. After n few more explanation we shall be excusing ourselves by pointing oui what other uutlous have doue. The confcrcnco held on Snturtlny be tween member, of tho Public Service oin mission, representatives of tho city am I a cials of the P. 11. T to the end tl.a rol US service bo ndequato during, "'0 Christinaa holidays, reminds us that it will ootiM time to urge tho populueo to do its Lun mas shopping enrly. A Harrisburg dispatch tells of a man who shot nt a squirrel nnd hit a IcKorJ nut In Its mouth. Tho bullet dime i the Ml down the squirrel's throat and choke. I it to death. Wo simply refuse to believe li. What really happened wns thut the s; irw was about to choko on tho tint, but co swa It up In tlmo for it to deflect the bullet, causing said bullet to ricochet to w-h m extent thnt it hit tho shooter on tl io bean with such force as to make It inosf'u'c J him to tell a straight btory. u ''"", purtiqular concern in the matter, but prW" tho facts in tho enso purely in the Interest of truth, Doing Its Dest From tho Kansas City fit fir, rom tho Kansas City Btar, .rwlfi ' Tbo motorcar is doing Its- best, any " ., i trnnsport thecpuntry lack to norma' tWH Ittons and low price..- ' to tl illtl. ''0 CI I v m:..