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Pennsylvania Ave, eml l'h St. UfW Yobk nrniwn..., The Bvn DutMlr Loxi-OM llcititio London Times BUP.scniiTioN Tnn.MH TIm Dtksino I'riit.to Ltnssa Ij ienw to crltxrii In PhllaiVlpMa and surround'ns towns r.t t rate of twelve; (12) ceiitj per vreik. payable lly mull tn'nnlnte ootnlde of Philadelphia. In the T'nllert fltatei. ('nniida. nr t'nlted Hte.tf pnj- ilnn, tK)tm trtri. fitly (S0 rtnta rr month Bit mm onnara pr ver, pyme in euvanre. T ell fe.r!irn countries one (11) rtnllnr a month. JfOTieie Piiheerlhers wlnhlng address chanRea mult tlvo old an srell ai new address. TiEtx. jom WAtxtrr KCTSTONT. M UN MOO tSTAMrnt nil rornmtinfrnflone to Evrnlna PiiMo LeAoer, Inttrptndmre Square. rMtntfVliwIn. Member of tho Asgocinted Prcsa ma AfiHOCtATKD PliKHS t rrct-.uli;fly m tltlnt t tfit Vfi for rt-putlteaMon if oil u dUpntchm trtdUtd tft It or not ulhmi)ii crtfitcd in (Alt papev, eml alio ffie lucol nw piili.'unfd All rlp!i(.i of rfffiibllfnlloii of eprdol flsafc)if herrln nrt rtlio rttrrvitl, rhlltdrlpKle, ThunJny. OM.bfr It. IKO A FtlVRVKXIl I'HOOKtM IOU I'lllIDKI.VIIIA Thliiz on which Ihr people ftpeft the te new unnilplMratlnn (o rorrenlrnte lt attention! The JJi'nitnr' rivtr b ulut. . AryHoeh b"0 ittouvn (o occommonmo . arpet Mp jjnein otmii'iit of the rtipid frnnelf ivifn- A ronvrntian hr.ll. A bifihtlme t'tr t'it Free T.tftrarv. An Art ifftlrimi. Krtlorffrmetil the neater et'cpl;. IIOMnt to aeriAnn tmoaore ine pniiraritTi. TURN ON THE LIGHT EXCINKKHS who surveyed the V. It. T. system with a view to determining just rates of fare were servants of the public, though they worked under the auspices of the Public Service Commission. Neither the commission nor the Oovernor has nny rinlit to suppress their report. That document, prepared oftrr Investigation by men technically iiurfitieil to base ilrolsions on f fact, ran provide the sort oT light that Is needed on the whole question of trolley fares In this rity. It should be published nod published without further iMay. unless the people nt Ilorrisburg wi.ih to prove that they have something to hide. The Public Service Commission is chcr Uhlng n dangerous deliHon if it believes that the people have quietly accepted the recent rate decision. A period of inteuse quiet precedes every storm. PA' "NCE AND THE "L" THK truuitinnal patience of the Philadel phia public has been particularly ex emplified In tho matter ot the Frankford elevated. Whether this tractability sprang from a sophisticated view of facts unchangeable by agitation or from a mineonecption of condi tions need not be debated now. The present point for consideration is n new set of cir cumstances. The new fare rate alters the financial status of the P. It. T. and im poses both upon the company and the city an nbllgntiou which cannot be shirked with any show of logic. The hlgh-tpcid "1." line laeks little of completion. That it should be placed in op eration at the earliest possible moment should be obvious even to thoe cltisens dulled by experience with the delays and postponements that so persistently afflict public works here. The Public Service Commission announces that it is ready to consider in advance any tentative draft of an agreement and to define the terms und-r which it would ap prove a pact for infusing life into the line. Further dalliance by the city and the P. It. T. will be a ehalKinre to popular indignation which even in this community Is not absolutely spark -proof. FOR A TYPICAL NEW YEAR'S TIU nrdinanee authorizing a $15,000 con tribution from the city to the New Year "shooters" only awaits the Major's signa ture. Of course this will be forthcoming, and Phi'ailclphla is thereby assured of a characteristic celebration worthy of ante bellum days. There enn be no question that the towns folk enjoy this unique carnival. Its spon taneity cannot be imitated In highly organ ize) pageants, Wlint is lacking in estheti cism is amply atoned for in slucerltj and devotion to u time-honored custom. Flavor ful traditions are not too common in Ameri can cities. Philadelphia is amply JuhtifM in cherishing its New Year's revelry and In aiding it generously. In this connection it is satisfying to note that a slice of the appropriation will be devoted to the reception to the citizens by the Mayor when the midnight whistles toot. The City Hall tower Is to lie brilliantly il lumined and the reception room elaborately decorated. The revival of Mich pleasant old customs will make peace seem real. . WHERE THE LEAGUE IS SOUND rplIH adoption bj the council of the League -- of Nations of the plan for a world court drawn up recently by Kllhu Root and other eminent jurists is in principle the most Important step taken by the international koeiety since Its existence was proclaimed on January 10. 1020. Without the funi tinning of nn arbitral tribunal, the league, is indeed topheavy, accenting the doctriues of force, which it Is loath ta champion, before those of impartial legal investigation, which it seeks most of nil to uphold. ()illte properly the plan of com pelling a disputant against its will to bring its cu'.? Into fourt has been rejected. The lea;tic provides other machinery, beginning with he economic blockade, for obduracy. 'It cannot be repeated too often that a vitally important factor of the elDcncy of the league is arbitration. Koth Hoot and Senator Hurding are sound in their indorse ment of this wholly commendable portion of the new structure. A SLICE OF SIBERIA? IT IS the settled belief of I.eniuc and other leaders of Hussion radicalism that money or its equivalent can buy anything from the people who constitute the western deinoc 'tbcIcs, Thnt is why the IlohlicvUt chiefs, hrewd ns they are iu rrany ways, have blundered mj ntrocloustv in their attempts to deal with the o'ltside world and why they can be easily gulled by a good many folk who o to Russia with axes to Krlnd. Hlir- i& IMS' otty ',as blinded them. And it is because '"' ot this conspicuous habit of mind at Moscow that Americans should carefully watch the dTlPnicnt of the scheme for huge rollers- alons in Siberia reported by Washington i, nderllp and a group of for western 3?' itanclers. Here, of course, is a Holsbcvlst wRert to purchase American recognition for ibV iorltt, not through Mr, Harding, who ierttlnly.knew nothing about th affair, but EVENING PUBLIC tliroiifjh tho artificially created Hcntlmcnt o( American Investors. , Commctclfil concelon, awarded to ad vfiituroua flnnnelrra by unatable or unrccoit nhed sovernnienti'- Always have bceu a kourcc of Rrlcvoiis trouble amonc, nations. Simultaneously with ttic rtntuiuncement o the Siberian ronrriwlou in tliU couutry, agents of the soviet at Moscow Informed their repreHcntatlve In New York that the deal would be the boU of a ?r00,000.000 credit established for them In the United State for Reneral purchases. It was hoped by the HolttheTliK of course, that the pros pect of bin trade deals under this fund would eliminate opposition to the Soviets among influential business men In America. Hut where Is this enormous credit to come from? If the California group follows the e.tnmple of other concession holders In un exploited areas there will be a great move ment to interest big and little investors of nil sorts In this country in order that their money may be given In pa.ment and for the development bt mining and oil areas in the territory so cheerfully handed over by the Ilolshevlst leaders. Yet In a little time the Moscow group may be eliminated, and nny new government certainly would ques tion the rights of such concessionaires in Siberia. Instantly, of course, there would be a shout for the nrmy und the navy and for "tins protection of nntional Interests abroad." That is how such schemes have worked out In the past. ARE HARMONY PLANS A CONSPIRACY OF CROOKS? When Poolroom Proprietor! Are Said to Be Paying Money for Protection to Follow a Politlca Truce, Hon est Men Must Be on Their Quard rniHC raid on poolrooms this week hai - thrown some light on conditions about which there has been much talk in private. It was sold in the news reports of the raid that several poolroom proprietors have paid from $.'1000 ilown for the privilege of op erating as (.oon ns the alleged harmony deal between the two factions In the local Ilcpub lieau party had been urranged. Whether there is any foundation for this statement we do not know, but it is notori ous that there has been quiet gnwip for weeks about the desire of certain politicians for such an arrangement as would permit the operation of various kinds of illegal business without Interference by tho police department, so that the politicians miht obtain money for linaucing their organiza tions. We prefer to believe that the basis of this gossip s In the desire of the condurtors of Illicit bunlness to secure a re-establishment of the kind of partnership between govern ment and vice which has existed here at times in the past rather than in the plans of any one actively engaged in polities to f.nnncc o politi.-al organization in such a way. The fact that there has been ami is such gossip should moke every political leader seek to clear his own skirts of suspicion. One thing is certoin, and that is that no deal of this kind can be put over with the knowledge or consent of Mayor Moore, lie Is an honest man. Any partnership between government and vice is repugnant to him. It is a betrayal of the people. It is the selling to Jnwbrcnkcrs of the privilege of breaking the law. It demoralizes the police force, for it creates a group of protected criminals who must be allowed to pursue their calling with impunity. Partnership between government and vice is nkin to partnership between government and the contractors who do the public work. Only men with an n'.rophied moral sense de fend either. We got rid of contractor rule when Mr. Moore was put in the Mayor's oflice, but tho low moral standards which made n lot of politicians follow the lead of the contractor boKses was not elevated by their defeat lust November. They were not reformed. They were merely outvoted. And now v.c are hearing talk of harmonv between the leaders who were outvoted and tile leaders of those who outvoted them. And along with the talk of harmony comes the gossip of the diabolical plan to debauch the government by celling it out for a priic to those who pander to the vicious. It is not npparent et how far the "har mony" plans have gone. But tho denial by Thomas W. Cunningham, head of the Republican Alliance, that he will sup port Charles .1. Pommer, the Vnrc candi date for the Council in the First district, is reassuring. James Gallagher is the fusion candidate for the vacant seat. He is committed to the support of the Mayor. If he should be elirted Mr. Moore would have twelve votes and the Vnres would have only nine. Whereas, if Pommer is elected the Mayor's majorit in Council would be only one, pro vided all those who were elected on a plat form in opposition to contractor interference in government keep their pledges. Some of them have already shown a disposition to assert their right to vole as their own in terests .-.eem to indicate rnther than to con tinue their support of the Mayor. How far this disposition will carry them will depend on how potent are the arguments offered to convince them that their "interests" require them to obstruct the honest and businesslike pluns of the executive departments. The duty of the Mayor in the present tcri3is, so for as that crisis can be under stood, is to stand out against every propo sition to compromise with the powers of darkness or to huve any dealings with those who profit by the occupation of the class whoe feet, according to the ancient writer. lay hold on hell. Better a bitter fight for the next three years than harmony which would result In a betrayal of the people. The Mayor, fortunately, holds the whip hand through hiH control of the police de partment. He put at the head of that de partment a man who regards it as his duty to enforce the laws against all lawbreokers. No conspiracy for the protection of the vicious can be carried out so long as Director Cortclyou remains at his post. The send ing of Lieutenant McCoach, formerly Cop tain McCoach, and a Vare follower, to raid the poolrooms was a shrewd political move. It served notice on all and several that the members of the police force are peace officers and must obey their superiors regardless of their political affiliations, and that the time when a "friendly" officer in the precinct would be useful to the lawbreakers bad passed. Whatever may be the situation in other departments, the director of public safety does nut think in terms of political deals when he approaches the performance of his duty. The Mayor cannot Ignore what is going on behind the scenes, but his strength lies nnd will lie in the emphasis which he places on the execution of the constructive plans of his administration. Whether he is "titular head of the party" Is unimportant in com parison with his undoubted leadership In the business side of government. It is that business side in which the great mass of the people Is interested. They look to the Mayor os their trustee to conserve the public funds and to carry out the projects necessary In an expanding city. Tbtr will stand by him in .ean undertaking. 7 And It be will take them lute- bU confidencelfben abhorrent Influences attempt to block his plans they will see to it that the mercenary and the selfish fall lu their eiultf. The man in the Mayor's ofilec is not a political Innocent. He can tell an honest man from a crook as quickly ns the bent, and he can Fee into the inwards of any political conspiracy a little more clearly than tho conspirators themselves. His deter mination to give the city an honest and businesslike administration gives him an im mense moral advantage over his opponents. They are merely playing for Bpolls of one kind or another. He may have to teach eome of them a keverc lesson before he get through with them. If he can convert a few of them to the belief that the best service they can render to their party and to themselves Is to devote their whole en ergies to nerving the city, we shall have moved forward a little way on the road toward decent municipal government. WILSON'S MONKEY-WRENCH IT HAS been plain for some time that Mr. Wilson' seclusion, consequent upon pro longed Ill-health, has debarred him from interpreting acutely the sentiments and con victions of the American people. It Is now equally evident that isolation has seriously offected his political sagacity. That he was formerly accredited with pos sessing thts attribute In n high degree cannot bo denied even by his most persistent and long-standing foes. During the war period the President's Bueress In crystallizing the temper of this republic was spectacular, and until tho congressional campaign of HHR his grasp of practical politics revealed a certain clairvoyance and an undoubted authority. The change today is marked. In the ad dress delivered before n group of pro-league Republl-ans In Washington csterdoy Mr. Wilson clearly Illustrated the gulf separating an nctivc combatant iu political affairs and one whosts Interest Is concentrated In main taining on Individual position regardless of the turn of events. The result is that while Onvernor Cox, representing in theory at least the same political party as Mr. Wilson's, has em phatically viewed the league covenant as susceptible ot beneficial revisions, the Presi dent clings to his original stand upon Arti cle X and advances all his early arguments on its behalf. The language mny be altered, hut Mr. Wilson obviously has not the slight est Intention of revising principles to which he adheres with n faith that may be called almost mjK'lcal. The line between loyalty and obstinacy is extremely thin, and in the heat-haze of n political campaign the thread of distinction is often of thi lowest visibility. It is un necessary here to extol Mr. Wilson for con sistency or to condemn him for pig-hraded-ness. Future historians will work out the moral values. The point to be stiessed at this late mo ment in an abnormally complex and in many ways irritating campaign is that .Mr. Wil son's "Democracy" and Governor Cox's are now pores apart. Whether rightly or wrongly, it is the opinion of the American people as a whole thut Article X Is more of a breeder of wars than a protection against them. Recogniz ing this feeling, Governor Cox has declared himself amenable to an amendment or even, under populnr pressure, to an excision policy. Senator Harding lias promised. In the event of election, to summou the best minds pro curable to examine the whole coveuaut in the light of present circumstauces and the present state of public desire.' The treaty of Versailles will ultimately have to be adopted. There is no dodging that responsibility. It has been conclu sively proved that the pact cannot be ac cepted in this country unchanged. The sole way out is patriotic, intelligent compromise. Mr. Wilson has set his face against com promise. In so doing it is fair to assume that he has damaged the chances of Demo cratic victory to an extent not even attained by Governor Cox's slush-fund blunder. The split has come. If pity Is permissible in polities, the unfortunntc Democratic nominee is entitled to a considerable quota. BEHIND THE MARINES I F THE naval board of inquiry which is just beginning nn investigation into out rages charged by General Harnett against American forces in Halt! limits its scrutiny to the marines nnd their officers, the full truth about conditions on the island will not lie brought to light. Military and civil forces of this country are established in Haiti with the cousent and co-opcrntlon of the native government. Tho Americans arc technically in the position of friends nnd advisers to the elected represen tatives of the Haitians. In this instance the government of the United States has sought to establish a policy of administra tion much like that which is operating suc cessfully in the Philippines. This ought to be remembered always in the course of the present inquiry. And, while the revised figures, showing that 2IM0 and not H2o0 natives have been slain during the American occupation, suggest a condition thnt cannot be easily justified, the people of the United States should not forget that life for tho soldiers who huve to keep order In the Island is not by nny means n bed of roses. The corvee system, frequently described as the cause of violence, rebellion and attacks on the Americans, wns established with th co-operation and consent of the native au thorities. It is not a system of slavery or peonage. It In a system of labor devised for the construction of roads and other public works essential to the prosperity and nntural development of Haiti and the welfare of the native population. Many Haitians of the lower class ore not accustomed to work and they detest nny prospect of continued physical effort. They have developed a habit of quitting work nnd taking to the hills, where they establish themselves as bandits under the leadership of fanatical vagabonds who always have ap pealed to the people "to drive the whites out of the island." The active hatred of this class centers on the American soldier, and more than one marine, taken unawares, has been killed in a particularly cruel way. This, of course, could be no excuse for the indiscriminate killing which General Harnett spoke of in his letter, nor does it Justify the number of fatalities among nntlves reported at the opening of the nnval Inquiry yester day. A charge as serious as that made against the marines has been made against the officers of the government at Washing ton, and It may go far In revealing the de termining fin tors iu the Haitian confusion. It has been sold by those who know the island that the Americans in authority there were appointed almost exclusively from southern states, ami that while they ore capoble men In most ways, they arc ham pered by an Inherited dislike of the negro, whom they continue to regard, even on his own soil, as a more or less unworthy person. If this is true, the blame for our defi ciencies in Haiti cannot bo pot on the marines nlonc. And a c&ange in tne per ftril organtttt sonnet or ino aumkuba I certainly to needed. M .j, THE TWO BIO THINGS Are Health arid Education, According. to Commissioner Martin Tho State's right With Nature. Judge Wltmer'o Hare Record By GEORGE NOX McCAIN COMMISSIONER KDWARD MABTIN, of the Department of Health, is of the opinion that tho two things of greatest Im portance to the people of Pennsylvania ore health and education. Hence tho importance that by right attaches to those state depart ments. I hove no doubt that Dr. Thomas Tl. Finegan, the efficient head of the Depart ment of Education, will respond with a uln cere amen to tho declaration of Dr. Kd ward Martin, the equally efficient head of the Department ot Health. The multiplied echo of millions of unoffi cial PennsylvanlanB will concur In tliclr conclusions. So great and varied are the functions of tho Department of Health today, so cloBtly arc they interwoven with the welfare of our swarming millions, that additional aid Is Imperative. Help, not in the sense of an inflated pay roll, but the kind ot aid thnt comes from co-operation, 'voluntarily, cheerfully nnd gratuitously given. Dr. Martin is an enthusiast. Likewise ho is an inspiration. He imbues others with his Ideas of the vast possibilities of his depart ment's work. IT'S a great, big, comprehensive plan that Commissioner Martin has evolved. It appears In its vastness as well as Its origi nality. Here's the Idea : During the world war there came into ex istence In this Ktate huge community organi zations known ns civilian war activities. They functioned systematically, smoothly and with an effidcucy never dreamed possible before that era. Why should this power now be permitted to sink Into Inaction? Why not foster nnd direct It Into humanitarian channels for the public good? Kvery crossroad hamlet, every water-tank railroad station with its cluster of houses wns a center of activity during the war years. Why not make them centers of ac tivity today for their own health and hap piness? Now you get Dr. Mnrtln's idea. Co-operation thnt costs nothing is the high peak of the proposition. It can and will be put over. G EOROK II. BILKS, the Philadelphia State Highway Commissioner Lewis S. Sad ler, is, under the direction of his chief, or ganizing his forces for the biggest fight of the year. It's the battle of man against nature and the elements. Some job? I'll say it is! The first showing of the white Hag ot win ter on a hillside is the signni to Commander-In-chlcf Sadler and Chlef-of-staff Biles thnt the annual conflict is on. But long ere this the human army has been lying in wait fully equipped for eventualities. Squads of fighters and squadrons of trucks, plows "and drags, backed by shovel brigades, have been waiting the signal to begin. It's the annual fight to keep the fitatc hlghwnys open to travel and free from snow. BUT here's the big Idea ! Pennsylvania's reputation is nation wide ns a successful combatant nnd van quisher of the snow terror. There Is scarcely n northern or western state thnt hasn't asked for Pennsylvania's plans and specifications for keeping her highways open in midwinter. And they are always cheerfully furnished. Only yesterday a delegation of Maryland officials and snow fighters from its highway department journeyed up to Ilorrisburg to get suggestions for keeping their excellent roads clear. They had two hours' consultation and took copious notes. They .examined the system which, iu n couple 'of hours, can throw thousands of workersupon the hlghwnys of the state, fully equipped to carve driveways through drifts and sweep the accumulated snow from danger points. It seems so simple when one knows how it is done. THE nrmy of highway employes in the state have been instructed in advance and nre qualified by past experience to do the right thing. They watch the reports of the eather Bureau like lishhawks. A predicted storm or blizzard lias every body on his toes from district engineer down to waterboy. It's like u fire-alarm at sea. Every man hns his station. An alarm from tho Weather Bureau finds him on the job. He's Johnny -on-the-spot before two Inches of snow has fallen. The drags, sweepers, trucks and other machinery nre plugging through the hollows and nlong the wind-blown drift places while the storm is still at its height. They don't wait until tho blizzard is over to begin operations. They work while the devils of sleet and snow are shrieking from the hilltops nnd whining In the valleys. There are scores of times, of course. when nature gets the upper hand. When the snow falls too fast ond the drifts accumulate too rapidly. Maybe tho damp snow turns to sleet and piled masses are transformed Into ice. Then it is that tho work of the enow brigades is cut for them. There are drifts so wide and deep that it sometimes takes days to get through them. But they get through. As winters go by under the present sys tem the efficiency of the nViow-fighting service will grow. It will Improve by experience. It's a great life. And the snow lighters don't weaken, either. JUDGE CHARLES B. W1TMER, of the United States District' Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, hoB been on the federal bench since 1011. Like the late Judge Wallace, of Mercer county, he is an exemplification of n fact that attorneys whose elevation to the bench has met with criticism most frequently make the most exemplary and able judges. When Judge Wltmer was named for the federal bench he lives In Sunbury there was a lot of low-voiced objection. It nunc from those who had been opposed to the judge in politics iu Northumberland and the nearhy counties. In the Intervening years his career has completely disurmed, and disproved as well, thts adverse criticism. He has had an un usual career. It is one thot Is unique, from the judicial standpoint, among the judges of Pennsyl vania, federal and state. In u district embracing thirty-three coun ties, stretching from the Maryland line to the New York bonier, coses of every Hort Imaginable under United States statutes have come before him. Yet he has never been reversed by a higher tribunal. Representative men of the middle district say his name Is mentioned In connection with the uext gubernatorial campaign. As to Advertising From the New York Tribune, "If Governor Cox has studied the adver tising columns of the Saturday Evening Post," soys Editor Lorimer, "he must know that it has been the policy of that magazine to refuse casual advertising growing out of the excess-profits tax," And If Editor Lori mer has studied the advertising lohumi.i of the Dayton News ho may have guessed that tho apparent policy of that newspaper Is to reject no advertising, no matter whut tho patent medicine may be. New York's Growth From tho New Vorlt World. Perhaps the development of suburban life around New York is In no other way as well indicated as In the attention, it is receiving from burglars and Jewel thieves. To all tntxnta and nuruoaes. the milinrlm . n. aa tnucb Mibjecfto the polite activities ot Hka fraternity of crooks as PJftU avenue it . I3ASY abb i m . uiei Mil . .ia .ara a ri .. 1 Jaw nae i4i m ' mil T'hi -r-rr-dk.i a. a , ea. uua . I NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects Know Best HENRY J. GIDEON Helping the Child to Find Himself A MORE extensive program which wlll'ln sure to every child in Philadelphia i the opportunity to ncquire n maximum ot school training is the general thought guiding Henry J. Gideon, director of the Bureau of Com pulsory Education, in his administrative duties. "The functions of the bureau are mani fold." says Mr. Gideon, "and deal not only ...IU, .n1,nnl a f tntwlnnro llllt nlsO With JUnlOr employment, child welfare and the Important problem of child accounting. The work of . the bureau is one of the most important, ac tivities conducted by the Board of Public Education, but unfortunately the scope and character of this work nre not widely under stood. "Our most Important business Is helping principals, teachers and parents to keep In school Philadelphia's great army of more n,n rtnn nnn children. Reirularltr of attend ance Is nttained lnrgcly through the sympa thetic work of Philadelphia's splendid corps of teachers, supported by the civic forces of the community nnd an Intense public interest in education. Nevertheless, the problem of dealing with absence from school Is a stu pendous one. Fully 25.000 children, or nearly 10 per cent, of Philadelphia s school population, nre absent from school daily. To be sure, Bickness nnd other unavoidable causes account for by far the greater number of these nbsenccs. It Is the business of the bureau to seek out the unnecessary and un lawful absence and eliminate It. "If our children had perfect homes and ,f,.t nnrnntu nlir schools WOllld llOVC WCU- nlgh perfect attendance. But, unfortunately, such perfection does not exist. Our business Is to go out among the homes of the weak and Indulgent, the shiftless nnd careless, the ig norant nnd poor nnd even among the vicious nnd depraved, and try to make them under stand the importance of sending their chil dren to school rcgulnrly. This missionary work must bo undertaken by representatives of the school who are not .only sympathetic, forceful und of a high order of intelligence, but who also have been trained in educa tional and social service and linve full tin derstundlng of the method and practice of our schools. Vork Needs Trained Vorllers "The Board of Public Education has taken a splendid step forward In the appointment of co-ordinating tearhers in connection with three of our largest continuation schools, n'ho iwmnl now has under consideration a recommendation for the appointment of twenty-one co-ordinating teacherB to be em ployed in the elementary schools of the city. It is to be hoped that the board will adopt more fully Its new policy of employing trained teachers for establishing closer re lationships between the home nnd the school nnd will finally intrust most of its problems of attendance to such a corps of trained workers. "The splendid results of sending especially selected teachers Into the hbmes of the chil dren for tho purpose of bringing the home and the school into closer relationship will undoubtedly more thnn pay for whatever additional costs nre Involved. "The making of many good or bad citizens begins right here, nnd I believe thnt if tho proper steps were taken practically all of those children who are now subjected to crlminnl Influences and who drift toward this mode of life could be saved and made into good citizens. "Onoblg thing that wo are trying to do now Is to get the children right at the outset of critninnl or unwholesome tendencies. Wo co-operate with the courts closely, particu larly the juvenile courts, urn, do a great deal to check evil influences, "But this should be done on a far more extensive scale. It should be possible to co-operate more closely with thu courts than we nre able now to do. At tho preliminary hearings iu the House of Detention, 'for in stance, where some of the most important testimony comes out, we should be in a po sition to follow up more effectively than we now ure. ' "No greater service can be rendered to any community than that of wisely guiding nnd fitly preparing its youth for their life occu pations. And It is generally recognized thnt there is no more serious menace to tho wel fare of society than that of unemployment, or the kind of employment that affords no outlook or encouragement for the worker. "It Is now geuernlly conceded thot, be cause ot the complex nnd highly specialized conditions ot modern butdnt and .Industry, both vocational training and vocatiopal,guld auce'aro essential before the life-work can be WHEN YOU KEEP STRAIGHT They taken up with any degree of assurance, nnd thot without n thorough grasp, both in thought and practice, of the broad under lying principles of the chosen occupation there can be no large measure of success. Perform Industrial Service "The bureau, therefore, performs n useful service to tho child nnd to tho community by conducting nn office for giving odvice nnd counsel to children entering employment. "An endeavor Is made to furnish children and parents with information In regard to tho character and scope of the industries of Philadelphia, the compensation offered and opportunities therein of advancement, nnd with plain and intelligent directions as to how ond when children enn best be Intro duced into these fields of activity in order to become eventually useful and contented workers. "We really should have additional attend ance officers for supervision of the central sections of our city, especially the main thoroughfares, both day and night. Wc also should have our so-called tenderloins thor oughly patrolled by such officers, who could pick up nil such children, Investigate their cases, their families nud all conditions that contribute to this state of affairs, and bee that they are eliminated. It might even be advisable to have curfew regulations iu cer tain sections of the city, making It compul sory for all children under the age of sixteen to be off the streets at night. "Tho purpose of such street supervision would be twofold. First, to reduce the ele ment of potential criminality to a minimum, nud secondly, to see that the children are kept off the street and in school. "The supervision of employed minors is another important phase of the bureau's work. With the adoption of the new child labor law the bureau, whicji in Philadelphia issues oil employment certificates for chil dren between the nges of fourteen nnd six teen years, assumed a new responsibility in the matter of children's employment, decid ing many questions concerning the nnture of employment nnd the child's fitness for it. Many of theso questions are purely phvslcnl ones, but many of them pertain to the choice of occupation niado by the child and Its purent. Forewarned, Forearmed From th? Dullaa News. Our Idea of a prudent man never sees a vampiro without n buzz saw. is one who thinking of What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. For what work of delicious whimsicality nnd satire Is ChnrleB Lutwldgo Dodir son responsible? 2. Of what nre the siring of musical In struments, auch as the violin and cello, made.' ' 5. What king of Spain married a aueon of England? 4. Who wero tho Incas and where did they llvo? ' B. What Is meant by llurchardlnir amandl dato In n. presidential campaign? 6. Who was willed the "Sweet Slnc-er of Israel"! 7. What Is an nnthology? 5. Name two noted Amorlcnn generals who participated In tho Sloxlcan war. 9. What Is tho capital of Newfoundland? 10, How many barleycorns molce an Inch? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Paris was orlnlnnlly known hv the name of I.utotla, which meant mud hovels it wiiii Liter named for tho Parlsli who Inhabited them. ' 'u 2, Tho Scotch word "dour" oUHtlnuu-, fciVere. means stern, S. It should he pionounccd ns though It wcni siirutu juur. 4. Lioulslana was named after King Louis XIV, of JMiinuj. m C, The correct form cf the quotation Is. "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink," It Is from Colcrlrte'- "The Hlmo of the Ancient Mnrlner." 0. Giuseppe Motto Is tho present piealdent of Hwltzcrland, 7, Tho Qldeon of, tie Bible was a Hebrew liberator n .;. .oIIbIouh reformer, espe. clnlly notef Mr his defeat of the Mid. lanltes In ft blrteenth century II. C. 1. A pennon 1 $ ro:A narrow Una, trlangu. Uu in' sii i ( v-ta'vd, espenluiiy the mil itary cut' ifr vt ln-joer rcKlinents. It Is nlso the stoK-poif&rd streamer of a ship. , 9, A uioenbdk (s a Kind, otKmall African .atuolope. ,j.; It), Jaiiub Clarenoe MarnjanjVaa ft girtixl Aiiwi yusi n wteaa in SHORT CUTS Eve inltinted the first apple week. Every girl her own gloves. kids herself when she bujl It's a picayune peccadillo that cannot develop n "master mlud." The Grctk succession succession of conjectures. appears to be I No taxes are popular. Some may U less objectionable than others. Tho immortal Finnegan hasn't any thing on a busy candidate. Present efforts of pure-food agcats rat; be said to be all to the candy. The clerk of tho weather is n good old scout. lie has his eye on the coalbln. As we understand It. the province of l) beauty, doctor is to revamp the yaaip. A compromise is any device which will'' ...l.li .ll.nn.nntu In mntrj ll.nln mAU ' I'liuuiu uiajJUkiwibn lu naiu itii-i, iuvii. It is n marriage of convenience tbf Austria desires to contrnct witn ticrmany. If Paul gets the job the chances nre lu will tight siiy ot monkeys political otv otherwise. "Gee!" said Old Snort disgustedly, "this fight game is getting as crooked o baseball!" Tt Is nlensant to note thnt the Civic Club braves tho brickbats to hand Major Mooro a bouquet. necent developments draw nttentioa to the fact that the roastlnc of Turkey ha yielded much Greece. Our own expert says that according to her observation circs nre not fnlllng fa enough to break when they luud. So horribly and tinju"t'y suspicious 11 the nverage citizen that when politicians feet harmony he buttons his pocket. The Greeks have about decided that raul may have the trappings of loyalty If he ! willing to forgo the power. The- Mlplilffnn dentist who killed him self when called for his wedding might h.ive been uble to stand the null if he had taken RttR. Sylvln Ponkhurst writes Leniiie that tl... !ti.,tr.A,. alcllrn lef nlnvcil nilt. As flO advertising expert Sylvia's opinion Is worthy of consideration. XTaKijI. nMAollAnu tlin clnnertrv nf COID mlssloncr Clement's hopes when he sns the matter nf P. It. T. fares Is settled, but taU he not be mistaken? i , it l. lnf...l Hint flfn- ll ifiist il mur w- ini'i..'. , eml Harnett has Joined the long Hoe oj those who believe thnt tho writing of letters is a serious indiscretion. i A' correspondent of the Chicago Tribune BUCRPBIB Hint on rircuuu uj r:.V ' ni lUJJe"U MVIIIM Ut. a, -- identifying the Careless Citizens, Winsted, Conn., women are pleWM asters, pansles nnd verbenas in their summer gardens and violets In the woods..1" weather man. apparently. In loterested to tho advico to nny It with flowers. . I .1 asAnAml trilth when he sold that the standard of living sink unless steps nre taken to relieve t . nhn ini.irr vniceu uu cl-wmim " - ... housing shortage; but realization win I" ' n,ni a In rattn the necessary HfP"' The New York subway record I" ' wortd." The sufpositiou I that p.b ore pocked too tightly to allow them to i Juto mischief. The woman principal of a CJM1! school refereed a fight betw eon two of wr boy pupils, declaring that this W" ,B?kJ t vvav of settling an argument. We tt i that tho lady Is not a member of any J""' to promote peace. Whether whisky can bo used , ' tntc or n hair tonic can lw, used ai ., seems to b o matter of donate i " j Jose. TheH truth, as w'ffi$ He, et-t6-t fine point on Jt, w . , &t Mj8'1. - t'i-r S .'
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