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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.
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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
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