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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
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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
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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 . ,
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