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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
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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
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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,"
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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..- '
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