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The Rm null.lln 1,0 .s pon Ilfitrtti lyomlon Timet puiwciiiption tkumei Tha Drrxiso Pnno LatKiim is served to euh crlhera In Philadelphia and eurroiuid'nr tovn t the rule of tttelva (12) cents per week, payable, to tho carrier. ny mall to points nutilde of Philadelphia. In the United States Canada, o United fltntea ps eaelona, no'tare free, flftr (SO) centa per month, Is (fl) dollnri per ear, paraMe In advanre. To nil forelim countries ona (II) dnllnr a month. NoTlrn Put.acrtbera wtahlnr address chanced amut live old aa well new nddreaa. BELL. JWO WALNUT XEYSTOKE, MAIN 3000 Ce.liMrrM nil communication fo Kytnino Publta l.tdatr. Independence fiauare, Fhilndclvhta. Member of the Associated Press Tin: AlfOCtATft) PRESS In nclvstotlj tn tUJrti ft fie j for rejm&llenlon all new iHjnnrefcea credited la If r not olheneiae credlled In I'i't pacr.'. und also tht local nwi pllDlted All AphtH of remiWIcntlon of tperlal dlpalcAe nerrti ore alio rearrved, T Philadelphia. Tut.Ji;. Ortobrr U. HII A FOl'RVK.R PnOllBAM FOR piiiiiir.i.niiA Thlni on- which tho )oile eipwt the new ailmlnlairatlon to com nitrate lie uttentloni riit Urluean nvrr b Mue, A ttrvitiKli Ua enauoh fo ncctmimooate tne biraeef AAlpe. Dttfcii;.mrtl at Ihe rnpld transit tvsttm. A rOBt'ei((oii in. A bi'lhflao fur r.'ie 'rre Uhnru, An 4rf iftjieifni. KnnitHi'if nf ot tie icnter tiipply. Ilvmrn to ncrmnmorfnfe tht ffopuatton. BRINES FACES THE MUSIC WIIKTHEK William I'. Itrltips i Etiilty or innocont of ronipllrlty In tho death of Klnier f Prcwrs is Rtlll iitibnnwn. Cir cumstantial CTlilrnro ronnrcts him with the fflpc. Ills (lhapiionrnncf on t li t night of tho denth of DreuPM along with the tludine of his ontomobllp nlmmlnnrd In the street with trnoo of blood tnins on it nnturnlly K-d to the IfmiIiis of a warrant for his nrroRt. It mn.r br potslblc for Urlnrs to explain fTerytlilne. llix snrrcudor to the authorities is the ulxcst thine he haH done .ilnoe sub pleion was directed acainst him. He can no loujjer be railed a fugitive from justice, for he has put hlmelf In a position to atxlst the oHirers of the law in dincoverlnj; the truth. How far he will n taint them will de pend upon how deeply he 1st implicated nnd upon the advlee of his law era. His decision to face the music will lead most of uh to tUHpcnd judgment in hl cac until nil the ovldehcc is in. CHILDREN'S CLINICS rplin ambitions entertnined by the 1'hila- delphin Health Conner, of attaekinx dls asc "at Its source" foreshadow a sociolog ical work deserrlns of the highest praise. The plan, which has enlisted the Interest of Dr. 1 (In ir .Spencer, lately an official of thn Department of Public Welfare. Involves the establishment of clinics in nil the congested districts of the city for the benefit of children undpr six years of nge. Ily organizing nnd co-ordinating the ac tivities of the various philanthropic health organlrntlons the endeavor will be made to jet In touch with the mothers, teach them to train, weigh and examine their children and to prescribe proper food. When this is impossible the health council will seek to furnish the right nourishment nnd sanitary surroundings. Ilecognitlon of the fact that the huge im migration of the present Is merely the begin ning of a prodigiously large-Male transfer of peoples from Kurope to America illustrntes the soundness of the program. The immi gration problem cmbnrrassed the nation com paratively little during the nar period. Any movement acknowledging the now changed conditions is grounded in humanitarian wis dom. Health benefit should ni i rue not only to the little strangers but to the entire com munity BOURGEOIS ON ARTICLE X fTtlll.S is n had week in which to seek for -- balanced judgments. I'utll nfter election, therefore, it is Inevitable Hint each of the rival political camps will make its own Interpretation of the observations of T.ion Bourgeois, president of the council of the League of Nations, upon the meaning of Ar tiele X nnd the possibility of amending It Mr. Bourgeois insit.s that this purtleulnr provision of the covenant is neither drastic nor rlsld. "It is." he declared in ntu-els jesterd.'i. "-iniMel. more than n moral background to tin- covenant. It Is not con sidered so impoit.int by Kuropeans ns b Americans " Prom the same expert soure comes the opinion that the much-disciiKred urticlc can ht modified without in any way iiijnrlug the effectiveness of the league It ould be cruel to ask heated partisans, either Hepubllcan or Democratic, to inquire too curiously into the nntiire nf these pro nouncements. On the one hand It is implied that the Drmociatic bosh' of the impossibility of re vising the league is of home manufacture, while, on the other, tho validity of fenrs of the potency of Aitlile X wnu'd seem to be questioned The truth is that M. Bourgeois' vision Is, in this instance, not obscured by politics. The role lie hns been called upon to play permits him to view a situation without par tisan prejudice Tills, fiom the beginning, was the proper treatment of the league. All of which goes to show the unwisdom of making It a political Issue In on American national election. Ilnppilj, when the tu mult ami shouting die, there is an excellent chance that the voice of snnlty will be audible. THE POOR RICH MAN WHEN one compiues tho wealth of Andrew Carnegie when he retired from business and the amount of his estate when he died it must be admitted that he succeeded better than most men in carrying out his theories. He said that It was a disgrace for man to die ilch. He could be called poor when death overtook him. Poverty and riches are relative terms. The wealth which Carnrgln left, now placed at $iK,000,000 by the oppralsers. would have been considered fabulous fifty years ago, In another fifty years it may be regarded an Merely a comfortable competence. Hut the sum which Carnegie left was small In comparison with the sums which he gave awny. Ills total direct benefactions amounted to nenrly .f.'l.'JO.OOO.OOO. a larger Urn than auy man ever beforo devoted to charitable and philanthropic purposes. No nnc will begrudge the comparatively few mil lions that he kept for his heirs. When the specific charitable bequvkts In thn will ure paid the heirs will have about $10,000,000. It w enough for nil tholr needs, with a sur plus toJx used for tho continuation on a more modest scale of the benefactions of the man who accumulated It. No computation has been made of the In direct benefactions of the grent steel manu facturer, hut thej were many times hid direct gifts. When he began the manufacture of steel, railroad rails were selling nt $100 n ton and there was a duty on them of about 10. When he retired from business steel mils were selllns for about the amount of the duty on them In the early days. His development of the steel Industry hns saved hundreds of millions of d'dlnrs to the steel users of the United States nnd baa bene fited every affiliated Industry. It Is the development of American re sources In which this mnn was one of the leaders that has made a fortune of $20,000, 000 today Bcem moderate, whereas It was almost undreamed of when the Bcotch youth from Dunfermline landed in New York. Measured by present standards he was In truth a poor rich man when he died. MOVIES, THEIR CENSORS AND THEIR END IN LIFE And Why Regulation, at It Is Estab lished In Pennsylvania, Is Not a Wholly Bad Thing THE whole question of moving-picture censorship, which Is brought again into the foreground by Governor Hproul's reor ganisation of the board of censors nnd the retirement of Dr. Obcrholtser from the post ot high authority, 1r complicated by the fact that the children of the state are the stead iest nnd most enthusiastic patrons of the film theatres. It Is Impoiwiblc not to like the movies and admire them even while the highbrows rave and wring their hands. There are times when the lamp in the mystical coop over head Is more wonderful than Aladdin's. It makes n stage of the whole, wide world. There are the sunlit curls, of course, and the hurled pie and the homes of wealth uphol stered as if by madmen and the stare of spurious innocence that ban made tons of money for more than one Ingenue of tho screen things that are ns painful to a sensitive eye ns a hot cinder. They are pausing, praises be. And as atonement there are the -moiiR'nts when It seems that some unsung Itnphael or Itembrandt or Whistler or Monet or Millet is turning the crank upon a vivid cross section of moving life. The movies arc striving nobly enough for better things. And If there Is need for cen sorship and there is It Is because nil pro ducers are neither good business men nor good artists. The true geniuses of the moving picture world learned long ago what all theatre managers Ienm in the course of time thot dirt, veiled or unveiled, doesn't really pay In any form of drama. The con spicuous failures of recent seasons on the conventional stage were the Hroadway plays intended to dramatize the atmosphere of boudoirs and sleeping rooms. When the kaiser's government fell in Ger many its successors abolished all censor ships to show how free nnd modern -minded they were. T!ic movies were left to the de vices of the profiteers. And they went down hill to a great smash through a riot of vul garity and suggestiveness. A grent many producers failed and the clucmu business vns for a time In almost complete eclipse. Now the German censorship Is working again and the movies are coming back. It Is charged Dy the Rev. Dr. Grsmmer and others that moving -picture producers and a good many of the exhibitors in this btnte are working forward slowly In an effort to abolish film censorship altogether or to strip the board of almost all Its authority. That may be. Hut it Is hard to believe that the picture men are really bent upon an effort so full of danger for themselves. For It must be apparent to any one fainlllnr with the present status of the Industry that an Intelligent censorship not n fussy nnd Ignorant system of Interference offers the best protection that the films can have. There have been rnldcrs and get-rich-quick promoters In the world of the movies In the past, nnd n few of them are still busy. They had a perverted notion of the public taste. They circulated pictures that were deliber ately suggestive, and, when these were stopped by the censors, they turned out wholly undesirable films with the pretense of n qunsi-sclcntific or moral purpose. Such subterfuge was transparent to every one. and the abler men among the producers loug ugo recognized the danger involved In that prac tice for the entire moving-picture industiy. It has been said often that the public ought to be the censor of screen plas, as It Is the censor of the written nnd spoken drama. Hut In n final analysis the question of children nnd juveniles who crowd the film theatres every day inevitably nrises. The movies are enormously prosperous be cause they have been kept clean. As the alternative for n board of censors, If im proper pictures were sent into big nnd little theatres, there would almost certain!) bo a law to restrict the attendance of children at the ilnemns, And a theatre that ndvertiscd for the patronage of adults only would not survive long enough to be noticed. What moving-picture producers muct learn and what most of them are learning Is that their responsibilities to the com- mimltj are almost identical with those that rrst upon the editors of newspapers. A bet ter general appreciation of this simple nnd obvious fact will, in the course of time, sug gest a sort of regulation at outc hrondrr and more liberal than that which now irks n few of the lenders In the business. That sort of regulation mny come through an accepted nud honored code of ethics davised by the prodtners and exhibitors themselves or it will come in the form of state and federal laws. More than the1 tnlnt of immoral sugges tion will be eliminated from the films. It will be nccestury, for example, to view the movies ns an extraordinarily powerful agency of sound or unsound opinion. Nowadays the editor and publisher of a newspaper or of books or magazines accept and must accept responsibility for tho views they present nnd promulgate. They ore Identified clrarly for the world of their readers. What they print Is marked clearly to imiicate Its source. Propaganda of the sort devised for ends not clearly stated docs not gel Into well-edited newspapers. And, as a result, groups and Individuals and even the representatives of governments who re alize the immeasurable potentiality of the films hare begun to invade the producing studios with a view to finding a swift and direct means to "make opinion." That is a trend which producers! and ex hibitors anxious to maintain the integrity of their business will havo to watch. Special pleading can not be conducted nnnnjmously In the press. Nor does any reputable news paper longer disguise advertisements ua news. There are good business rules as well as ethics! considerations to justify such re strictions. The movies are nt their best as a mirror of life and n medium of dramatic expression. And it is safe to assume that those who are trying hard to put them to other uses will be checked In one way or another. Advertise ments' and propaganda ought to be marked In the pictures -In the interest of the art itself, first of all, and in the Interest Of the public afterward, When the producers bare had n little more time in which to profit by the example rusts mo lately have been doing wonders with the camera there wfll he less need for some of the rules necessarily enforced by boards like that over which Dr. Oberholtzer presided. It is cldar that the censors, too, have had their faults. Pictures made nt great expense and, In all sincerity, to tell n coherent story have been cut or banned altogether on n few occasions to meet overrlgld views of one or another official who had more regard for the extreme niceties of expression thnn for artistic standards. Hut on the whole tho work of the Pennsyl nnla board beems to have been fairly well done. The movies hove shown altogether too much of the side of American life erroneously called gay. A child educated in the movie theatres might well suppose that ho lived in a profligate world. The incomparably rich literature of childhood, made various nnd wonderful by the contributions ot tho hap piest minds from Aesop to Kipling and in finitely truer than anything devised to order in the studios, ought to have more attention in tho movies If only out of courtesy to that part of tho population which is molt ardently devoted to tho films. Some day or other the screen will find its own Peter Pan and, perhaps, its own Ham let. It does not lack artists and it docs not lack general equipment; It has gone far toward perfection even now and It shows no disposition to stop short of really majestic things. That Is one of the reasons why quibbles about censorship between the ntatc and the producers seem altogether unnec cessary and unwise. If the. men who make the movies will con tinue to make the most of their wonderful medium they need never be nwure that a board of censors exists. An unintelligent censorship might be almost ns bad as none. It might bu even worse. And nobody wants to see the movies hindered. Tho people whose shadows pass in them are too clever, too useful nnd too much In earnest for that. They have made people lough who without them might never laugh at nil. They have shown beauty to millions who sec too little of It. And, young ns they are", the movies have, In innumerable In stances, Improved the accepted modes of dra matic expression and ndded largely to the nrta of dramatic narratlre. THE MacSWINEY TRAGEDY THE sincerity of Terence MncSwiney, the Intensity with which he clung to a self raised standard of sacrifice, admit of no question. Consistency Is n rare virtue and, though u course of action may coincide with principles arousing the most diverse opinion, devotion to a personal Ideal undoubtedly touches the strings of human sympathy. Judgmenc upon the tragic fust of the Lord Mnynr of Cork is complicated by the difficulty of separating the moral from the political factors of the case. Sinn Fein today is pointing to nil act of "martyrdom." It Is evident that the British Government re garded the self-imposed starvation ns an attempt to confuse a matter of Individual strength of character with a problem Involv ing the present thoroughly depressing Anglo Irish relations. Can a deed of sacrifice be at once hero ically beautiful and unfair? Can a govern ment, logically obligated, by its very nature, to suppress rebellion, be charged with bru tality for ignoring arguments that stress the note of pity to the exclusion of realities? Is patriotism merely another word for prej udice? Is the morality of rebellion to be judged only by its success or failure? Are right and justice absolute or relative? After centuries of debate no permanent answers have been found for these enigmas. The world, or at least those portions of it not directly implicated in the vexed question ot the claims of Ireland and the methods by which they are advanced, will be Inclined to estimate the objective aspects of the case. Adhering to this procedure Americans, If they can divest themselves of prejudice, are entitled to ask themselves whether proof of the Sinn Fein cause Is or is not clearer by reason of Mayor MacSwineyls refusal to acknowledge the authority of tho liritlsh Government. As a whole the citizens of this republic would greet with the heartiest approval new and better relationship between England and Ireland. It does not dispose of the prob lem to suggest that there are either English men or Irishmen with convictions stronger thnn death. SPEEDING PEDESTRIANS ALL the speeders do not ride in motor cars. If they did, traffic accidents would be fewer. There are speeders whb go afoot, and until they lenru that the street semaphores ore meant to guide those who walk ns well as those who drive motors and other vehicles the toll of motor accidents will not grow less. First responsibility for motor accidents must He always with the driver. Hut grad ually it Is becoming apparent the speeder on foot who disregards traffic signals Is in many cases us much to blame as tho speeder in an automobile. If a driver passes a signal set against him he Is stopped while the policeman on the post very properly gives him a demonstra tion of fiery eloquence or climbs into his machine for a drive to City Hall. Walkers who pay no attention to thn signals are too numerous to be even reprimanded. So long ns motor vehicles fill the streets every one should obey the rules established for general safety. Magistrate Mecleary held to this point of view when he ordered the release yesterday of a driver whoso machine struck and slightly Injured a man who disregarded the semaphore and' walked into the current of motor traffic. This precedent is one that ought to be followed cautiously. Motors should be undtr full control at crossings. Truck ownors who, headed by George It. McCoach, had a conference with Director Cortelyou yester day with A view to reducing the number of motor casualties, can go far toward the end they seek by exercising greater care In the selection of drivers, A speeding truck Is even more dangerous than a speeding pas senger car because it Is harder to control. For that reason truck drivers ought to be chosen carefully for their iltness, skill and general character. SKIP-STOPPING AMENITIES SIGNIFICANT instance of the vagaries ot popular psychology 1b tho calm now characterizing treatment of the skip-stop rule. It is true that, in the beginning care lessness on the part of both the motormen and the rest of the public resulted In acci dents. The novelty of the arrangement, however, contributed its shore to the furore. Ily this time it Is fortunately possible to consider the case on its merits. The Public Servlco Commission is rightly Intrusted with this duty. The trolley patrons and the P. It. T. havo both rights In the matter and they should be fairly balanced. Moreover, tho effect of applying the rulo should be estimated with reference to par ticular street crossings rather than sweep ingly. There are outlying districts where sklp-sUipplng will undoubtedly expedite transit. There are downtown sections In which tho omission of stops may be a posi tive public Inconvenience, In the abrence of hysteria on the subject some practical working scheme is to be expected. '" A PLAIN NARRATIVE Of Mow Three Well-Meaning Citizens Essayed fo Arrest an Auto Darldlt, and What Camo of It Dy OEOROK NOX McOAIN AN ENT1IIELY new literature has come into existence In the )ast sixteen months since prohibition became effective. It is the. literature ot the "little brown jug" or, rather, of the surreptitious black bottle. It is both literature and history. It is being written In the' dally press of every ,state In the Union nnd tho far islands of the sea under ,the American flag. It is bringing Into existence a new vocabu lary, in which new nouns nnd descriptive adjectives, among them "hootch'' and "home brerti" "rnlsln stuff,", "broncho kick" and "near beer," shine, ' Dut not allthe stories of adventure and the concealment of contraband "stuff." of "pussyfooting," "gumshoeing" and sneaking a drink of "the rent old stuff" are on one side of this prohibition enforcement era. Not by n flask full. A business friend' tells the following nnd vouchej for It. It's a Philadelphia story. It has to do with the "hootch" of 'an out lawed commerce, of today likewise a gun man, ' ( ON A certain night recently, a party of three well-to-do cltir.ens, nil of them weli known in certain business circles, met nt the home of n mutual friend, where a fourth Joined them. It wai the shank of the evening when they finished pouring numerous libations of the "real stuff," besides sampling some ecllnr made, cold-process, potato whisky of their host's, and decided to start home. It was pnst midnight when the soiree broke up. One of the four lived downtown and he was taken southward to his des tination in the car of another membct- of the party. Tho delegation also carried on the floor in the rear n half gallon ot ("gasoline"; a present from their host to one of their num ber. For reasons not necessary to elucidate, tho downtown gentleman was deposited nt the corner nearest his home. As ho sagged off down tho side street the car started to move away. As it did so a man who had been standing on the corner hopped on the run ning board. The driver supposed 'him to be a friend of ono ot the two men In the rear. The rear seat combination took him to be a friend of the owner-chauffeur. Four squares away the running-board rider yelled to the chauffeur to stop. lie wanted to get off. Then the discovery was made that the new acquisition was a total strauger. As the auto did not halt quickly enough the mysterious stranger poked a gun rudely Into the ear of the driver. The car stopped within its length and the stranger descended cursing like a liaslil bazouk. A LITTLE further down the street the trio In the enr awoke from their semi comatose condition Induced by the dramatic episode. It was evidently nn intended hold-up in which the "holder-up" had lost his nerve. ' Then a wild scheme camo to life in the brain of one. The others were nt that par ticular saturation point where anything cruxy or bizarre appealed to them. The machine wns wheeled around and headed bark to where they had dropped the man who had lost his nerve. He was still standing where they left him. Ho wns invited to n side-car conference in wljlch the confession wns made to him that the three men in the auto were "gentlemen of the road" who were looking for a fourth to complete their party. Would the stranger join them nnd run up town for a few little evening adventures in the "stick-up" line? The gunman fell for the patter in nn in stant. In fuct. he wag seemingly overanx ious to prove his qualities as a first-class bandit. He hurriedly climbed in beside the others. The auto wheezed rapidly away nnd nortly drew up in front of a police station; The quartet scrambled out, the trio sur rounding the man with the gun, whom they rushed Inside into the glare of lights under which the desk sergeant presided like a brooding Buddha. Then tho ruckus began. THE entire party was gabby and vocifer ous and gc.sticulntcd in unison as though each was trying to qualify for n Carnegie hero medal for the capture of an auto bandit. The supposed highwayman wns ns gar rulous and wavering as the others. To the latter s surprise the desk sergeant gave him the floor. In fact, he called several reserve urni-i-m mi nom me tnree jokers and self confessed bandltH before the desk. In thp midst of the babel of twisted tongues the whirling dervish of the running board, who had poked his gun Into the ear of the chnufTcur. flung back his coat and displayed the badge of a special officer. Here the tragedy begins. rrfcT,le.i 8,PPscd bandit was n policeman, rhe others were the auto thieves nnd crooks by the r own confession. Tho story of the special h capture of them wns recited in a manner peculiar to a citizen in the throes of an overdose of Lombard street gin. Further circumstantial evidence wns forth coming when n seurch of the car outtddc revealed the bottles of "hootch" on the floor It is almost mineeessary to continue the painful recital. Tho trio of amateur sleuths, pleading protesting and otherwise profanely endeavoring to establish their Identity, were slammed Into separate cells. Before being jncnrccratcd, however, they were frisked" by the station-house officers iii .i pi'rHonal belongings, even down to their gold-mounted fountain pens, removed It was In their favor that neither re volvers, blackjacks nor cocnlne were found in their possession or on their persons Along about 2 a. m nfter frantic tele phoning to influential friends, of whom a number appeared nt the station hotiso t hat unholy hour, tho trio were finally iden tilled ns reputable citizens who mistnkintlr had endeavored to perform a meritorious public duty by arresting a modern highwav man " J As for the "special," the original high, wnyman, the chronicler possesses no further Information, "lr A Changed Man From the Kn-H Clly Htar, The ex-kaiscr is dodging photographers. He used to decorate em, DREAM THERE in a fountain In u wood Where wavering Ilea u moon j It plays to the slowly falling leaves A melancholy tune. The peach tree leans upon a wall Of gold and irory ; The peacock spreads his tall ; the leaves Fall silently. There, amid silken sounds and wine. And music Idly broken, The drowsy god observes his world With no word spoken, Arcturus, rise I Orion, fall! The white-winyeil stars obev Or else, he greets his fellow god, And there in the dusk they piny A game of chess with stars for pawns And a silver moon for queen; Immeasurable as clouds above A chessboard world they lean. And thrust their hands amid their beards And utter words profound, That shako tho star-swung firmament With a fateful sound The peach tree leans upon n wall Of gold and ivory ; The peacock spreads bis tail the leaves Fall silently. Ooarftd Aiken, in the Urins.'Agtti , n v- .ET em WHIBE THEY'RE HOT!" r, - -j . NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best MRS. JOHN GRIBBEL On the Work of the Y. W. C. A. A FINER Philadelphia made finer through its womanhood. Thnt, explains Mrs. John Gribbcl, presi dent of the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation, is the highest aim and the unalter able platform of the organization she hends the development of the city's girlhood, spir itually, physically and intellectually, so that it may be woven into the fabric that makes for better homes and better cities. "Our work," Mrs. Grlbbel pointed out, "Is preventive and not rescue. We want to catch the girls when their active young minds and hearts are there nil ready and waiting to go which way the wind blows. It ii the exceptional girl who docs not want to be good. Idleness, the lack of an absorbing nnd happy occupation, la what proves tho real destructive force. "And girls love to be occupied. They revel In activities. We had a very recent proof of this when the call came from Frank ford, from the girls themselves, for the es tablishment of Y. W. C. A. work in their district. 080 In Special Clubs "As n result 080 girls from fifty different mercantile and Industrial establishments arc members of, special clubs for industrial workers. Special classes are organized for these girls to be held at night. Classes for unemployed girls without cost have been recently organized In Kensington where the unemployment prdblem Is becoming more serious every dny. The classes are planned to give the girls something to do which Is pleasant nnd profitable during their enforced leisure time. "The Y. W. C. A.'nims to step In nnd help Philadelphia through any crisis af fecting girls thnt mny happen to develop. At present there nro said to be 75,000 women out of employment imthe city, nnd the ma jority of th6se nro young women. I would enll that n crisis to be mot. and the Y. W. C. A. hns made splendid strides In meeting it. Just nt present we arc looking for a house in Frankford where tho work can be taken up. We have definitely decided thut shall be our next extension, as there seems so grent a demand for It there. At present Dr. Elizabeth Miller of the Frankford High School, is working among the girls. Started Fifty Years Ago "Tho work of the Y. W. C. A, started in this city fifty years ago this December, but it wns not until November, 1011), that it was organized on a democratic basis and connected with the national board. "The organization is now composed of four brunches: Central, 1800 Arch street; Kensington, Allegheny avenue nud Hancock street; Southwest, 010 South Sixteenth street; Business Women's League, 1118 Walnut street und 1222 Locust street (Lin coln Hotel), nnd Pennoek. 0-13 North Fif teenth street. The total membership Is ap proximately 10, ,'!()(). Boards of managers are elected by the members of each branch to conduct the affairs of the branch. Special activities, such ns classes, cafeteria nnd athlotlcs, sro taken care of by subcommit tees nppoluted by the committee of manage ment. "There Is a central committee of man agement. A trained staff of, at least, fifty women is in charge of the educational and recreational work nnd manages the cafeterias and boarding homes. Emphasis is laid on tho fact that the whole idea ot management is on n democratic basis with adequate rep resentation ot all groups. The girls them selves elect the women who havo the power to decide concerning the aims, scop nud finances ot the organization. 2000 In Central Branch "The membership of Central branch is 2000. There are 220 girls living In the Cen tral building. Among this number there is a Porto ltlcn,n, a Hindu and a Chinese, In September there were ninety-eight applica tions for rooms at this branch and only thirty-five could be filled. In tho educa tional department classes are offered In dressmaking, millinery, French, Spanish, English, embroidery, cooking, slnghig and HIble. A room registry places an average of 400 girls a month in rooms in private houses nnd boarding houses which aro known to bo respectable nnd clean. About 1K00 transients are nccommodated a month. Tho employment department places an average of 125 slrls a month. .There aro keven clubs 1 for the 'teen-age litis aud'100 or more girls are registered for gymnasium classes and five basketball teams arc organized. "Kensington branch has a beautiful build ing equipped with classrooms, modern gym nasium, swimming pool and luxurious par lors with open fireplaces galore. It has 4500 members nnd an enrollment in the educa tional classes of 2,"0. The cafeteria feeds 3000 persons a month nt lunch. In one month 3000 girls hod a swim in the pool nnd 400 of them took swimming lessons. Classes similar to those at Central are of fered. There arc 113 girls In the dress making class alone. There arc clubs for the younger girl known as the Girl Re serves and clubs for industrial girls. The League Branch "The League branch, which was formerly the Business Women's Christian League and Joined the Y. W. C. A. last fall, has a mem bership of 3300. In the educational classes 471 ure enrolled. The Pennoek branch of the league has club rooms, a cafeteria and .a boarding home In a section of the city populated with factories and offices. "The Southwest branch, which is for col ored girls, is proving more Important overy year. HcsideH educational classes and clubs nt Oils branch, there is a very fine choral society which makes a .specialty of negro melodies and 'spirituals..' These singers are almost as fine ns the famous Tuskeegce singers," Perfect Prohibition From tho Loa Ancelea Times Even cereal beverages are prohibited in Alabama. State regulation forbids the sale of anything that "looks, tastes or smells like beer." Grasshoppers nre not allowed In the state because of their hops, and even Maltese cats nre under the ban because of the sug gestion of malt. Down in Mobile they nro straining the Gulf of Mexico to get rid ot the foam, Alabama is being made safe for democracy. Good News for Wives From the N'eur York Tribune. It is impossible, these shortening days, to play golf or tennis loug enough to bo late for dinner. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Of what state nro the inhabitants called "turheels"? 2. Who was Praxltoles? 3. What Is shalloon? 4. What was the middle name of Chester A. Arthur? 6. What Is a Baltatlon? C. Why is a certain kind of plum called a damson? 7. Whjn did the American dispute with Grent Brltnln concerning; the Venezuo Ian boundary occur? 8. Name thros famous playa by Moliere, th greatest of French dramatists. 0, Whut nro tho respective ages of Hnrdinr 10. In what part of Ireland Is tho city of Cork? Answers to Yesterday's Quit li Galloon Is n narrow, olose-woven braid of gold, silver, silk or cotton for binding: dresses or trousers, eta. 2. The Oulf Stream Is narrowest nt the Straits of Florida, between Florida and J. Of tho 140 persons crowded In the niaclt Holo of Calcutta in July, 1?B0, all but twonty-three died from BUffoontlon, 1. Chrlstophor fjmnrt wns an English poot of the eighteenth century. Ills mind Bnva way and during- tho Intervals of a fit of Insanity ho composed his roost noteworthy poem, "A Song of David." . The Congo river flows In a gonerul west erly direction toward the west coast of Africa, where It empties Into tho Atlantlo octan, 6, Of tho Vice Presidents who became Presi dents, John Tyler served the long-est term, since William Henry Harrison, f 'ec,,f? If",.,,en.t.u?n th6 Whl In 1840,. died within ono month after his Inauguration. 7. The Wnr of the Itoseo, a civil confllot be tween tho houses of Lancaster and York and their adherents, fousht In the fifteenth century, flfures In Shake- fnPharSTli:.'"cnry VI" 8. Tho planet Baturn.has eight moons, a greater number than any other planot, 9, Jasper, an opaque variety of qu,nrtx. Is Usually red, yellow or brown, ' 10, About three and ooa-flfth grains make a. twf- SHORT CUTS It was a soprano battlecry that n-j ouc in inc Acaaemy oi iuubic isbc nigot. The threatened campnign for nationi), wetness appears to have become mildewed. Something more thnn good intentions nre needed to keep the streets in good con dition. What the general public would like it do is to tan- the hides of the leather 1 profiteers. And there is an oft chance that vhri the flivver flirt is rrestcd he may prove ti be an auto bandit. Next week rnces between Glouceitfj and Halifax, Harding and Cox. Pick your winners, gentlemen. A censorship is like a birch rod, a strip or a shipper: it is a good thing to keep lo inc ciosec lor emergencies. The Lenlne-Trotzky regime Is about to demonstrate the ancient truth that nutomej dies without a strong army. na-.iii. ii Bandits on n Buffalo train got only $157 from sixteen Pullman passengers. Wt' didn't they try the porter? Tho Lockwood committee has cinched the well-known fact that every baud p is well stocked with poor fish. In some sections of New Jersey br i kegs are to be used as ballot-boxes. KU, some use has to be found for them. D'AnnunzIo Indignantly declares that - is not addicted to plots. This is probiMl because he is a poet, not a novelist. This thing ot holding up nnd robbing t deputy coroner has got to be stopped. Haven't these fellows any respect for thl law7 Tho League of Nations is costing about $400,000 a month which Isn't such owful lot for an international fire depart ment. "What Mr. Wilson considers the heart j of the covenant Loon Bourgeois, spparewi;, thinks no more Important than a vermlfom' appendix. Candidates will have a chance next week to ntirse their sore throats; but tieuj adherents will still) be busy explaining ho it happened. There is little llkollhood that labor will uu iuiiicu tutu wic uliiv-1 tiiut ; ,., committee Ir cleala-noil for Its hurt. It U hurt nobody but knaves, and knaves belonf to no particular class. Tho Wilmington, Del., mnn who stole song entitled "You'll Be Sorry. But louU Be Sorry Too Late," admitted, pinched, that tnero was apposiQ. declaration. Tho secretary of the treasury Is rwel"' Inc nraise for the frnnkness with which" discussed tnxatlon with the bankers in ., v, ...L...l.uhi until vcntion, we reserve cniui -v ,.i, is a candidate and is similarly frank vm his constituents. ... New Xork millinery fhow dnon.t inai women are lo iycw ;;; rM,,mI crockery the coming season. " P,ini the time is at hand when all mother have to do to set tho table will be to P'" her hat on it. i n....- T.i.-.i .. ka unuinped A Dinicii minim iimu . - i,x,,in IIUllgUIUVT Wll Tlliri-in, v...- Hrttfl lo norma, nc aaya it "' ---.,. ID.j nnd transportation prooiema ; n - :- tM who can afford to go to Florida for" winter would probably have so1tu i anyhow. The president of a Hartford. . (' trolley company which has recently n i, its inres iroin seven to ic "? :, :. fVf patrons will doubtless be pleased j" ll(.VI4li iiivmvu ea -- . i , Manl nU done away with. Let us hope the i ne never bo imparted to the members I'UDllc service lommiMiimi. Though if has not been tre"ed" l declination of Theodore Marburg to seT. n member ot the United Htates mm ((j noarei mny noi uh wimu "",," wiian i tho fact that, though he is a Ilepubl Irtn f .would, therefore, have wen a ''":' opsi .jffAjSiwriSr arswr"1 " v - ujlbiyiuvx fo w i , r LliAisS ,,Mi i.1-
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