!"( W ? J' mi 8 kAUUMdMliM ? fii ettths Ifablic SAeet PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crntJfl it k. cwvris, rr.srrs-r Martin. Seeratary and Traaureri rrilllp . Cellins. Jehn H Williams, J.iln .1 Hparaejii. IHrwn.irs. r.ntTnmii. rtciAMri' Cutis II. K. CtHTIi. chairman DAVID E. BMILIiT Baiter JOHN C. MAI'.TIN....Oticrl Uinl.ness Manage rubllsh-xl dally it rcitie l.nsiui BulMlr.s Intlevrelettca Kciuare. nillft'lpllit.., AiLiNTia Cut Vrctfl'ttien llullline Jfcir YeK 64 U.ullaen .r. DletT 701 Ferd ItnlMiiitf UT. te en, . ...13 Qtohr-Drmecrttt il -lin Cmioaqe 1S02 T'llmt uuiilns ! NEYV3 I1UHEAVS: I.TVasjrrNOTON TJcnniC '. N n. Cor. Pcr.nc: !v anla Av nr l 14". s- NrrW YOBK UcilBiO The Sun DtllMlt s LONDON Hckfjuj IonJen Times , . HUnsriUl'TION fKIXMH J The ErrNiNe Pckme Laernni l unri te yb A acrllwrs In Phlladftplitn enl Mir-cundlnir town i at th rati of iwclve til!) cnf? i-r vrtk. pi' able 3 te the carrier. ,i By mall te point vitl5. of rM'acMphta. In i the United ., nnn'li or t'n1ij H'.Mcs pc j Kleii", nottaje free, fifty CSOV cpt pr month. Six (ni dollars pr ir. rv, !. In advance Te all fer'ln cnuntrl or ttl, dollar it month. J"cTirD 8ubicrlra nlthlrr addtus chancul must slve old t wet' ii nw niMrCM. t HFtL, 1000 WAIN1 T KE1 TONT. MAtV 3000 J&A&irtta n.'l coin-'" 'Yr(et fe J.Vtive 'ub.'ie 'Ji-edetr, acpri(frniM .Vtjunee. i"MIci!'j'.(e. Member of the Associated Press TfE A".10Ct.iTKD Jnrs erc-fiui' r:v e. fltcd re . rrviWIeaflO'i . e:i rt Wlijyifes rr'J'frJ fj f or i or .rru !t n nrrf 4n hl ay , uitj a.'e ," lui'al t.rti . j ..l i-7irj tftfrWn. All Hflhlff of rjrulIf.e e' :pCi' u .;fl't fterdn arff aJe rfirrvitf. rhlliiltlphii. JniJ). Nnif 1. n:e a retr.-vr-'Mi i'neirim ren I'HII.V1II.1.I'III Th'n,," "T wlilcl: the rxenlp i-iri i!i nut flnilnlalr.ttlan In lenrnilMtf lt ntlrntlen: TA Ilr'n. A cfrvrfecV bff e tv ir, "t Inrprjl sSiji.i Dcveletmrnt of (' rs(J f-euf A refivnitlix) (ter, A ral!Jlrff or Of r, (,,.. ii rt Vutruin. ralnrciTin' e .' - c , f, ,, Henes fe ucfeir h ;,'. ., 0., a m7m 1 DUAL MR. PRESIDENT CRAT2 fTIHOSE irate hoiijebnlir-i -vhe are lilam- v lug Mayer Mem,. f,r ( anting inorcases i -..in assfftsmpnt of tiieir henis liatl l.-tter "r pau!f n moment ami tbiuL l.i-rnr- lear-inc tn A. conclusions. i si.men "rats-. pr.'Mlcnt of the r.eanl uf , TtTislen of Taxes, wwilil like te ireatf I'n t impression tlint the Mayer is sn'.eiy te blutie. Init a liule f-atninHti..n of tlir'ta. t !e.. ruet wnrriint tills adi- ir and -iU sLIftiu? .of rFpensibility. Sir. Ctr.xtz indii-atps that t,, liet t:'e-ir.i! .atlvaufv r-as dene te brir.5 meri rcrcnti.- te the citj- at the Mamr'.i re-;'ipt. 11m lei loi Mayer's letter of last immr te Mr. lira;;-. rVtllins cttontien te tn Iniquity of this year's asM'ss:nfnt-. li.J net g furt'ier than ye point out tlie unfuirui'ss of prrmittiiiB landlords of large ofiire. lmiltllnrri and of dwellings ulie hHd raided rnts hiarily te (.-ontinue at rhe sninp valuation llxures next , ,7far. Hp did net ask for any horizontal in crease en property of all kinds evryu-lipri in the citj . leat of nil whrrc properties had net chanped hands nt profiteering prices. As n matter of fj-t. Mr. itratr. etlicially would be quite as much intprcted in rnlsln ansessmnnts in order te inereasp revpnue.s a 'K Mayer Moere. In the present controversy Vit t.eemH te havr bepri jeneraily orcrleokei that Mr. (iratr. in hih dual etSte as head of the lleanl of Kducatien would like te see (property Tallies for taxable purposes ad- ranccd quite materially, because it would - t ease the folutleu of the grave problems of '"' flnaneint; new facinc the school ndmiriN- A tnttien. A total increase of S1.1O.OOO.O0O in t:t- nbles, hilp yielding ihc rit li-pusmy $!l.-2.".0fK) mere anuiinll ut t!ie pris- cnt tax rate of M.I.". would also yield . -Jl.ClKI.OOO mer- te the m-Iiei.1 beard at tin- 'increased rate of eiebty fnts ou the bun- drcd dollars nlready fixed by the beard l'er 'next year. Se it is easy te aee that pre- jiortienntplj Mr. Scheel Heard President GratJ! would be quite as interested in juinp- "'Ids the assessment. as Air. Tax Heard I President (Jrat would like te make the public believe the Maer N iMiicrned for the ' dty administration. In all discussion of tii' .-iibjei t. the dual efllcial personality of Mr (irnt: e ight le be kept clearly in ni'nd. THE FRANKFORD "L" LEASE rni IUIj incrcai-e in sfrd-l-i-ar fare- nas -L vielrlpil flip l It 'I' .". IKin In I li first two weeks of this ninnt'i niere than It would have cellei-tci if tlicre had been nn chanire. It is nruvidinr thp r.ienev :iipi1p.I , by the cempanr in it tetnperaij emi'rgeii-'.v 1 j :i ui- .1... ! .. . . ;.. I iiuu win fijuuii! 11 i 'j jm mi' iuii'iic 111 wskcs premlsel its rn-n months a. But it will de ineri than thb. Th- mm pany is new in a poitlen te epraie the Frankford elevated line. The Mayer ban an nounced that Mr. Mllten is prepared te take ever the operation of th" new line itnd jiay the city ." per cent en the (apital lnvetrd. There in one tninj. however. 011 whleh the Majer should insist when he (omen te drawing a centv.tit for the P. It. T. te ,Hicn, and that is that the ." per rent en the cerit of the elevated line te be paid should be n first lien en the regimes of t!ip com pany he far as that i pesniblp. It should ft be guaranteed as e urely as the r"ir.a!s te the underlying lemiiiini-s. end of re'ire i' should precede tlie pa.. n.ent of diudends te I be nhareheldf r. Such r. contrail as t'.i.s mM be made if there is te be anv further investment of public me iip j in ra'iid fu.nsit ernsiens. An Fenn as it 1- nude ti ill remote the iim tPnt " ""' 1'rftiikferd elevated from the clt dbt ll'inted b law mid rclea.se the amount fee !! i'i e:1ht rapid transit work The rental sneuld puv tup iuteret-t en the - bends und 1 inviile a iimLing fund Tji tl.elr amertiatc u A LEGISLATIVE TIMETABLE v mlin fumllKii- ten leiii ' of tb- -.t..'" I. g.j- " lature te loiter durui; t lie eai h part of Its bienuial se.ieiis, etii in p.int bteath- lessly at tin finale, ha frequeiitlv len-ilt 'il in Ill-digested law ' When this hes net been the consequent e. adjournment hits been peKtpnued until far inrn rlie het weather. m Ileth of the-e nietlimls are obviously wteng .nd easily rensd. The sentiment, new naid --te be manifested amine the members -elect, in favor of fixing a d 'finite pregiam and a definite adjournment date this year, is well worth euieuiiig'i.g. Tin i liem- is net "wholly novel, ter .t was ti.ed in mill, and brought about speidy iniien en seme im im "'pertntit legislation ff When the Ahserubli 'Oii.etje uu .lunuuiv V.'t 1021, it is RPiii.iheh te be hoped thar it ''will see its wav clear te Huihhiiig its bum. "ueR within a reuseuabl" tnci Th "law 'tiling tireces i iiniiquaied rtl ' ; 1 & REPAVING CHESTNUT STREET W 'PHILADELPHIA, in common with ether - American cities, lias made trial of a wide r' jynrlcty of street pining. Such open. V&i mu wiudi'dlieaii. M-hlln theeretii ally vvIiuIpseiu". Jlaa III Ulan iiiiuiiiiii if i "upi-mi. uiiu the penalty for 111 -considered enjierliueniH i... I... nn turn -mi roadbeds neceiislriitjiiir ( """a. "'.'.. '..7. ...... : .:;;" i ritner eiauoraie ninim or rumpiric rccen- 1 trucUen. ' lf Exprlfnce, however, has clearly Known ' -, rnat ceucrfte foimdutlens ip indispensable t u Jm te modern read-making. The Chestnut street btrslneas tnen who have lately been conferring with members of the Council In sist that the basis alone I.s their chief con cern, and have expressed indifference te the surface discussed, whether weed blocks, usphnlt or granite blocks. Net se uncertain Is the public. The dis advantages of weed paving nre rather gen erally recognized in this city. The pare tnetit has been thoroughly tested and found perilously slippery In wet weather, odorous en het. sunny dajd nnd far from durable. Asphalt wrinkles under the heiuy meter traffic and, however well laid, is neon marred by ruts nnd deep holes. Suggestive first -baud information en up-te-date paving can be easily obtained by in spection of Fifth street between Marhet and Spring Harden streets, where the tuuterlal is carefully cut granite blecLs solidly grouted and closely laid en concrete. This pavement must net be confused with the ridgy, crudely cut llelginn blocks of old. such as were originally laid In downtown sections by the traction company under agreement with the city. The Improved block .surfaie Is well worth considering be fore t'hcrttiiir street Is liitilj tern up again. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW OF RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS A Bruised, Bewildered and Unbeatable Giant Staking Friends at the World's Back Doer rnAliK te the average man in ti.e street and he will tpil you that he is sick of hear ing about Uussiii. sicker of bearing about Bolshevist?!. He knows Bolshevists, believe liitn! Tbnt fellow llemperj Is one. Se are the people who voted for or Is it against'.' -prohibition. He has bis suspldens about Bryan. Be!sheuts aie people who de net agree with you and the leader- of the ei t want te blew up governments with dynamite. Itiipsie? Oh. yes! HuKsia is n land en the top of the world, all snow and prisons nnd filled with charw who never shuvc and hurl bombs for amusement. A wild place! Nimi.- of our business I Bolshevism Is like influenza a nuisance that ought te be quar antined. Se meditates the Atnericnn-iii-ii-Iiurry. Vet. though he may be sM; of Bussla and sick if bolshevism. there is no relief for hli:i. He will have te hear i.iere about both. He will bate te knew mere about what gradu ally is becoming the greatest que-tien in thu world if he is te understand what is hap-P'-uing In 1 Inn, pi- new and u si eat deal that seen will be happening in the I'nitid States. Ter the fust time in six years llussin is without the pteoccupatieui of wnr, without the inspiration that held the people together through unparalleled strife and nwful revo lutions. Uussiii I;, a bruised and bewildered giant, ihild-minded, unconquerable, stag gering under n burden of vlchcs. knocking at the back deer of Europe nt the back deer of the world where only the tiermans, for leasens of their own. are mfT with a wel come. Bussia is net beHhewsin. nor is buMictism Uussin. The development and pi am ire of Iml shevi.sm as it was forced en 110.000,000 Russians b a minority of liiO.OOO, who seized the meehnni.-ni of the old governments, have made it possible te tell just what a Bolshevist Is. A Bolshevist is a man who believes that no man, woman or child haa any right te own private property or le acquire it by v erk of any hind. Yeu may lie a farmer, an artist, a machinist, a carpenter, an engl-n- er. :i mu.seu, a writer unvthing under belsbevism, yet you are denied any right te benellt directly by the fruit of your labors. Yeu must threw your crops, your pictures, your building, your books, your writings or whatever you produce into n common peel ami take in return what the soviet thinks you ought te have. Held onto your crops) and an armed squad arrives nnd takes them awa. Kef us- te work at what seems like an aimless task and you will be mustered into Irber gangs under military discipline ami command. Trading is a dime in Belshevi-t Bussia. The Soviets aim te put all life ou a common level. KchulaiR nnd scientific men, the searchers and th" discoverers, live like out casts without adequate clothing, 1'uel or feed. That is belsbevism It is the thing that has hidden Hussia the far larger fact fiem the outside world. The Hufiftians. after the nsi.m't.s and blockades of the last few years, have little civise te love the Europe of the Allies. Thej have driven Wrangcl into thu Black sea and new they are facing civilization with questions (hat "ill have te be an swered. If belsberism in Bussia lasts until bpring. and no one tan knew whether it will or net. Bussia may attack Poland and break down the barriei.s which the Conti nental powers have been trying desperately te create between the Soviets and Ormany. Then civilisatien will have te contemplate the possibility of a fusion of interests be tween the Bussian and Oermin masses or wb-Jt would he werfle an allhnee between the soviet junkers nnd the miliUiisN of Piuhsia Lenities malevolent minority uainly will invite further wurfare because, without the misguided statesmen who have been or er ganising military expeditions against him. If nine would have fallen long into and his regime would have fallen i nder attacks of Russians themselves. When the peasants had no land, no prop erty nnd no recognizable iltflits. talk of a distribution of wealth was musl- in their ears. New tnnt they held land nnd aie aide te grew crops and crente property .it the r own thev lebel violently against the rule that their leudera prescribed for ethers. Peasauta hide and heard t.ieir teod. .Many of them have ln-en shot for such violations of the soviet cede. Se thev de etilv as much work as is needed te feed themselves. The cities, therefore, have been going hungry and I Ithnut coal ami raw materials. The new Hue of division in UumIb i" wu sharply be tween the dwellere in citieH nnd the dwellers in agricultural area. Ker every single per son in u Busslen city there are ten who live en open land. H Is natural enough te wonder, therefore, wnv the Moscow crowd has remained in power until new. It has remained in power becaure it was the only virlblj- force ready te antagenlre the forces of invasion that appeared from the d.rectien of Japan, from the dirtien of Poland and tinally in he f'rimea Tl. peasantw were told that the Jens" ami the duke. the whlp-wielders an I ?he whole arn.v of crooked bureaucrats c; the old regime were icturnlng in the wake e the Deniklnes. the Yudenltches and th AVrangcls te tike possesien of the land again and re -establish!..' elder tvrannv. The people cheerful'. loiRet their illlTer ences and Buvn up their crops and their labor for the army, nnd thej gave their alle elance te the AIoscew government because It ergalilxed the Hystem of national defense. Democratic opinion, represented by the able nnd devoted Russians who fought through generations for representative gov ernment, has been deliberately slt'nt. But .' M$&JLNGf:. PUBLIC ' '. . ' : ' i it is deep-rooted in every part of the country. It is clear, therefore, that belsbevism has been sustained net by the masses in Russia, hut by the powers that have been, mnklug wars of blockade or deliberate assault upon the country. Russia will face civilization in n short time demanding the removal of blockades Hnd a right te work out her own destinies In peace and make her own choice of governmental forms. The t'nited States will have te share the responsibilities for such decisions as nrc made in the councils of western civilization. We have net helped te blockade Russia. But we have refused te have anything te de with the existing government because that government bus repeatedly expressed ita In tention te work for a world revolution which would put all mankind under the rule of lite formulated by Lenlne and his liiO.OOO fol fel fol lewets. The Continental powers made in direct war en Bussia for that reason and the British blockaded Russian ports. These who have been looking for hidden motives in the general anti-Russian move ment have asked falily enough whether n doctrine of government that antagonized the opinions of even the Russian pensant.s could be. by any wild trick of circumstances, made acceptable te the critical nnd well-Informed minds of the plain people in western Europe. Wherever the western masses have been given an opportunity te r.l for e.' against communism thej have violently rejected It. Still, however, the "sanitniy bleckade'' of Itil'.s'm litis been maintained l'er hie own sake anil for the guidance of the jerernment of the I'nlted States in the immediate future, the mnu In the street will hove te cultivate a better knowledge of the Russia anil the Bui.slans that have been for gotten in the general fever Uh dlaeussieu of Iwlslifvism. The transient incident of the soviet establishment bus obscured the large nnd permanent question of t lie real Russia, which, after oil its losses nnd hardships, is emerging from the weiM confusion of the lat six years as n uutitn seceud only te the I'n'.tcd States in natural leseuite.s und po tential power. l'er a generation the Russian people will evert a tremendous influence in nil Europe, The Bolshevist mania reflects neither their alms-, their sympathies nor their fundamental desires. Te knew Russia one has te knew something of Its music and Its tremendous literature. Its sengn nnd its books nre ter rible with the passionate love of country that they rever.!. Us peep'e are net bomb throwers, hut men and women who are for the most part gentle. pstuleus and super stitious. They have the quid: symtiathles of children. And like children, thev ran be headlong and ciuel. They knew the outside world as n place that has wnrred upon them steadily for six jcurs. They lest 1.700,000 dead in thp war with Dermauy. They are valorous and patriotic. A allies of Ger many they could almost iustant'v upset all the balances of Europe. Arid allies of Ger many they may be, unless there is mere fore sight In European dip'emticy than has ap peared In the events following the clee of the wnr. . HOWHOOVER BEGINS tTTHEN Herbert Hoever arrived in Wusti ingten yesterday te consult with the executive council of the American Federa tion of Laber he had with him n mass of information showing the results of n thor ough Investigation Inte the preMnus of pro duction. It is his evident purpose te de bis best te Induce the labor lenders te begin their studv of the problem! before them by a careful consideration of the fails. If he can de thi- and induce them t.i l.i aside for the moment any pre-enrelved icli u? and theories, nnd If nt the same time the employers can he induced te face the facts also, the way will be smoothed for better industrial relations. A plan was devised in England Heme months age for the hcttlement of labor trou bles similar te this. It has net worked out verv well, but it was worth trying. The plan. In brief, wa.s for employer and em em pleve te forget past different cs nnd te con sider among themselves hew best they could combine te Increase the production of the factories and ether producing plants. It v.ns nrgucd that If a workable agreement could be made looking le the future it would be easy te let bygones be bygones. Then both parties would start with a clean slate and would be prepared te settle the new grievances as they arose. The plan has net worked out because a little tee much was expected of human nature. If under the lead of Mr. Hoever the fed eration of Laber can be induced te consider wavs and means fei inci easing the effi ciency nnd thus increasing the enrnlug power of labor, and te lav ntrets en effi ciency rnther than ou wages, we shall have taken a long stride forward. NOT A MONROE DOCTRINE CASE IN WITHDRAWING their requests that the League of Nations consider the major cause of international irritation in Seuth America, Peru and Belivia have obviously determined te wait for American entrance In the partnership of government. The question of Peru's claims te the valu able nitrate provinces .if Tncna nnd Arica and of Belivia's right te a seaport outlet is of long standing. It has, in fact, tended te disturb .ondltlens en the Pacillc slope of the southern hulf of the continent for about forty years. But the oft-threatened wars have net ma teriuli.ed. The chance of Fcttlemcnt, in which the judgment of the United States would be u factor, would seem te immtw balance the danger of further delnv. The impression that the case is in any wav connected with the application of the Menree Doctrine is. however. 11 1-ieuii. d The polity outlined bv the American ch M cxecuUve-in th.' unique era of demeHt.c "ceed feeling" de-s net endow the I luted St'aTeVwith8 special powers te adjudicate questions between the .evetvign nations of this hemisphere. ' In unmistakable languor.;' ta Monre Doctrine opposes the establishment e anj mere European colonies ou this continent, or any e mpts of European nations te ex tend their political systems te any part of M, hemisphere 'for the purpose of op ep SJUSW. n-tlen, -''-"'tlr e'clp "will net interfere in the internal concern, of nuv European power. The neluti in dispute between Chile and Pe nnS Belivia cannot be related te these I eru aim Nations could net fegUlmate v be iccu.el of interference with leglliniaie.j .,.. ,, ..nnth Amen- uI'h Alsnce-Lerraine' made investigation at (leneva .. . .ntinnai 1111 ii:i t- -- a Htiblcft of It is urged aKaiust reapportionment mat c congressman with IjOO.OOO or mere con 1 .V..""i- ,. miiI e ent v watch their in stliueui" "'"-.,"-,,, :hn. ,h. .me ob- Sn was inude te the establishment of a small municipal Council. But tne ceunci -man who leeks after the city an a whole rather than the interests of one particular ward has a chance te be a much better cenn, cilman than he would otherwise be ; nnd if lie isn't It is much easier te place rcBponsi rcBpensi bTllty for misdeeds. And it may be that if congressmen worked with a larger vision the country would be benelt.-d and only the perk barrel would suffer A JjEDaliJJtl-lJHi'JbiULPaiA, WJbibftiiiMX iNVmuBJWK - -' ' I, -j-i ' ' ' AS ONE WOMAVj SEES IT Story of Hew Philadelphia First Get Public Baths Makes Inter eating Reading By SARAH II. LOU'RIE AKOt'T the time Mrs. Ward's book, "Marcella," came out nnd Settlement Heutes and "slumming" nnd ."Hew the Other Half Lives" were exciting topics of conversation, nnd made you feel that "deep was calling unto deep," if you voiced theories en why the peer should be peer and the rich rich, there was standing where the Starr Garden new is u plastered. ever mission building that hail once been n church, with a narrow three-storied brick house next it that had long been a tenement house and was just beginning te be a col lege settlement. The dilapidated houses up nnd down the narrow street and crowding the interlacing alleys were all miserable tenements swarming with blacks nnd whites of re degraded n character that it was dangerous te go about after dusk without police protection. A Presbyterian church en Bread street supported the mission there, nnd a block or two off another abandoned church was turned into yet another mission known then as the Bedford Street Mission. The main different c between the work of the two was that in summer the Bedford 8trcet Mission provided baths nt specified hours for these who came. There were cer tain hours for children, certain nights for women and girls, ether nnd mere frequent nights for boys nnd men. The baths were made of huge hogsheads or rats into which the bathers stepped and either steed mid soaked or jumped up nnd down for n given number of minutes. Sometimes the boys would stay longer than the epccllled time and hed te lie urged out by the flick of a whiplash by the janitor. These baths were net open except in thp het weather, but they formed a very pop ular adjunct te the mission's activities. THE population about the Bedford Street Mission was Italian, changing te Jew ish; that of the ether mission, where the Starr Hardens new are. was colored, chang ing te Italian. The shifting population made any permnncnt work in the neighbor hood difficult; one never quite get te knew the men nnd women, but the children swarmed ever any one who stepped te speak te them. It was this swarming that made' a bath when you get home the first and only thing you thought of. At lenst tlint was my reaction from settlement work und "hew the ether half lived" and slumming, My only quarrel with the submerged tenth wns that they never submerged, and it only took a little looking about te see they could net sub merse ; there were no baths ! The city had some river swimming baths open pait of the summer, there were the Bedford Street Mission tanks, there were perhaps two high-priced Turkish baths, but there were no public batlig open all the year round available for the ordinary man, woman and child nt any price. T W A ah ibnut it. Init I ileubl if 1 could have done mere than sizzle myself out en the subject if my opposite neighbor at dinner one eve ning had net taken nu interest te soma pur pose. He happened te be the proprietor of the Evening Telegraph, Barclay 'Warbur 'Warbur ten, and being n person who did net let grass grew under his feet, he. started his repot ters nfter copy en the whole subject, with the lesu'.t that he offered te collect subscriptions for a public bathhouse if a rrspunsiblc benid of dircteis could be found who would build and run It. There again we Leth might have conic n repper, for we weie both inexperienced in the ways of organizations, both philan thropic or civic, and we had net the slightest conception aa te what a public bnth should be like inside or out. It was just there that u third person came te our rescue in the perseu of 1'rauklin Kirkbride, young like ourselves but experienced both In organ izing ami In building. There remnlncd, therefore, one ether Jiteblem te solve, viz.. te pcisunde enough responsible person's that the public would bathe gladly If given the opportunity, nnd would pay for the baths. We found eight persundeble men and wen:?n. They were: Eugene Delane, Chiules Brluley", Char lemagne Tower, Airs. William Hunt. Mrs. Jehn Sparhnwk Jenes, Airs. Peret Dulles, Dr. Lawrence Smith, the Rev. Wulter Lewrie, who with our three selves made the first beard of trustees. After that it was plain sailing. That is Mr. Warburteu collected the money ?:i(),000 for the public bathhouse $00,000 iu all. Mr. Kirkbride did the planning und organizing, nnd the lest of us cheered en the enterprise and assured ourselves and all our little public that the baths would he used once they were built. Sometimes we had horrid doubts, especially in cold weather. After deep calculation It was decided that the fee for a bath with a cake of soap and towel included, the use of the dressing-room for twenty mluutes and n shower with het and cold water for ten minutes would be five rents "the price of a gluss of beer," as we then put It. The question us te whether that would pay was net considered juut at first we hoped it would eventually pay the point was net te give the baths for nothing. We wished our pntrnus te be our patrons, net our beneficiaries, nnd te support the en terprise because it was geed business for them. Frem the first very little wns made in the neighborhood of the bath house being built as a philanthropy. It wns te the dwellers near (Jnsklll and Leithgow streets simply a public bath house which presum ably charged what would pay Its builders an interest en thu capital invested. As n consequence, ultheugh free baths were given, the place, had from the very first a purely business aspect, aud our i i latlens with our patrons were these of pro prietors nnd customers, AND the plan worked.' Eaih new bath house bns had te be built fiem partially donated funds, but each pays and mere than pays its running expenses. Which Is what any college or hospital can tcarcely say for Itself. Ne attempt was made te enlarge the scepe of the enterprise beyond thnt of its original plan, via., te provide baths for theso who wished baths at n reasonable rate every day and evening of every year in as many neighborhoods of the city as our building funds would permit. And slnce .it wns strictly business col lecting money, investing money, paying out money, receiving money the personnel of the heard gradually changed te comprehend only business men. Air. Edward Smith suc ceeded Air. Delane ns president wheu the latter went te New Yerk, nnd ou Air. Smith's death Air. Geerge Harrison suc ceeded te the presidency. The beard of trustees today consists ef: Ocergc Hanlsen, C, S. Newhall, B. II. Wnrburten, Herbert L. Clark, Charlton Yninall, T. Willioms Roberts, A, V. Mor Mer Mor ten. Dr. It. Harte, Charles Wheeler. Albert Smith, Frank T. Grlsweld, Harrv C. Bever nnd B. F. Ress. There nre four bath houses new doing a business of ever 000,000 baths a year, with receipts of ever $M,r..11.00 a year, as com pared with the first )car of 1808, when SL OSH baths were given nt nn actual cost per bath of ever fourteen cents, and when the total receipts were a little ever ,$1000, aud the deficit very much mere than deuble that amount. In 1010 the excess profits were ever 4000. which sum was placed in the building fund toward the next new bath. This is geed business in every bense of the word, The public supports it because. It fills n need. The excess profits go back te the public iu the shnpe of mere baths in mere neighborhoods. The association has received medals and honorable mentions, net a few from outsiders, because what it has set out te de Is done se well, NOT .As a m. . . ; -jfttf&r M'iife - ' JL:, W&imKSf M iUalBalHMBnBHHaV'S'i:c--iw,-e'f! , -"ffitfatfrara- ?. i .-.- ... ..-.,, .' 0, "',. n - nf-wgat .ii'.r SS: -Wjr.:r .: w rf: L4Mr -P?Pt. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talhs With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best DR. FRANK P. GRAVES On Characteristics of College Presidents WITH the country, nt least the educational force., new in the threes of a search for college or uuiversity presidents, in the case of a large percentnre of the higher Institutions of leninlm; of the country, n prophecy is lUtempted by Dr. Frank P. Graves, dean of the Scheel of Education of the I'niversity of Pennsylvnnln. Dr. Graves points out that w.tli about tiftv universities and colleges of the lir-il rank tr.ving te select chief administrators, prob ably n hundred mere smaller colleges en similar quests, and with nearly every college lyad ever fifty years old in the country ic i.i'itiing or seriously considering it. such u speculation might net be out of order. "Of course, the times nre extraordinary." said Dr. Graves, "and te that fact, with the high cost of living as Its principal feature, you can probably lay this great upheaval. But it deen open the way te a theoretical consideration of the type of men who are new being selected as college presidents nnd who nre likely te be peleeted for these pests during the next twenty years, perhaps before the next great exodus occurs, "Te that end we have secured the photo pheto phote grapha of a majority of the men chosen ns college executives. Omitting these whose tenure of office is only temporary, since they nre iu an acting capacity, ami these who hnve withdrawn their resignations, there ere twenty-nix of these gentlemen, it was the intention te use tniH number for a composite photograph, but 'as the faces of six of them were net at the proper nngle and two Photographs were net received In time, we finally took such a photograph from a lUt of eighteen such educators. (The com posite photegrnph appears ou the back page of this issue.) Result Was Surprise "The educators than who flgure in this composite photograph are Presidents A. E. Morgan, Antlech fJellege; Cliften D. Gray. Bates Cellege: William 3. Hutchins, Berra College; Frederick C. Hicks, Universltv of Cincinnati; H. Al. Gage, Cee College; Wal ter HulllKn, Delaware College ; Leuis E, Helden, James Alllllken University ; Herbert 51. Aloere, Lake Ferest University; Marien L. Burten, University of Allchlgan ; Letus D. Coffman, University of Minnesota; II. W. Chase, University of North Carolina ; Paul L. Veelker. Olivet College; Charles J. Smith, Bonneke College; II. B. Ogllby, Trinity College; Guv W. Bailey. University of Vermont; It. E. Tulless, Wittenberg Col Cel lege; Acting Provest Jeslah II. Pennimnn, UnlvcTblty of Pennsylvania, nnd Chancellor E. II. Lindley, University of Kansas. "The result of the composite photograph was a surprise te me. While we may he proud of this composite thus selected by accident cis fairly lepresentative of our col lege heads, he developed characteristics that were unexpected, "Fer one thing, he i a mere handsome man than the Individuals that went te raake It up, although we have no reason te feel ashamed of them en that score. In fact, I think en the whole they are above the aver age In geed leeks and quite up te the high Ftandard of mnwullne flue uppearancc that exists among Episcopal bishops. "He also had n mere scholarly and spir itual nnd less rugged, heavy-jawed face than I should have looked for. "Inspection of the pictures also will convince one that popular taste, as It were, runs te presidents with hair, except en the face. Alost of the new executives arc smooth-faced and but few nre bald. "Fer the benefit of novelists and ether people who live by imagination, he may be pictured as born and primarily educated iu Alassaehusetts or a middle western state, a man in the late forties or the early fifties, six feet in height, weighing about 180 pounds, nnd with darkish hair properly graying or thinning at the temples, and ns energetic, aggressive and characterful in uppeurance. Average Age Is Forty. six "In estimating the age of the typical col cel cel leeo head we found that the median age was a trifle ever forty-six, ten of the men being exactly that use. We found that except four, who were born in Great Britain and Canada and one who, by the vagaries of fute, first saw the light of day in China, they nil were native born. Ohie and Alassaehusetts seemed most often te furnish their educa tion, with Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania following in the order nnmed. "In speculating en the height, weight and complexion of the gentlemen considered, we bore in mind that force, courage and inde pendence are considered requisite by beards of trustees, se they will likely select men that are tall, solidly built and brunettes. There were Nopeleoulc leaders of lesu than arerage height and slender men with enqr- ' i ,Vlt i" ' - J " "' MUCH SUSTENANCE IN V- - rf - ' f v s.irsrr'"" . i. .y- 'i "vtfii,aj4'ri'"'',-vK t f i'lUJ' ".'wwrv,1ri'. . ewi"- ' - - ; c':-:. -;&zp: ineus vitality and endurance, but strength of body and character for the most part seem te associate with a herculean frame. "Evidence of this enn he found in view ing the Episcopal house of bishops, a group Of school superintendents, a galaxy of college executives or any ether body of American administrators. "The big mini seems te be better on en sldered for standing the physical nnd mental strain of administration. Ever since Ed ward Everett correctly prophesied that a successor of bis, Themas Hill, could net succeed in the presidency of Harvard, and gave ns his reason that the president-elect was a blend, we have been inclined te be lieve in .link coloration as the better 'pro tective' for the survival of college presi dents. "Three piime requisites seem te be neces neces saryeourage, the qualities of culture and of a gentleman, se that such n man mav feel lit home in any ceinpah.v . and n sense of humor. There is a certain similarity be tween the qualities required bv a cellege president and a superintendent of schools. "The former Is required probably te be mere vereatile. while the Intter is subject te mere interference and pettiness nnd down Tight ineauness. Beth should be men of force, tact and vision, and it gees without saying able administrators. They both like wise should be able te fermulnte a program aud courageously and ably carry it out. "It gees without saying, in conclusion, that they should be active nnd iu prime health. ' What De Yeu Knew? cw " iftCVV. s. A .P Tli'ZirC3'JL-- .. lnrrtl&TV2i CV" 0'. N jT. i ' il 'i1fOOiawiV Jftrcw BH(?''i-r ti "' jrjr-jmmen'Mjr-'yuimt-7?r-v t( "2H& .KflMSELF. 3"- jFJAmH3M&S28&aiBGm T5 V P I rlrBaiBtfBBrf- -HaWr ''JBWWWUJiSMSiMkr "Wflr a.I i .r1 iflVeBH. r rTMBF iBJl KihTOQPWaZa&du. vv,tJ.. .. i3zrm"j:OWm..iJm 5?, HEKsp3eS52a4aBKS!L -iiiiifil QUIZ 1. .N'nme the four commanders of anti-I5el- shavlst armies who have been defeated by the ItUHslnn Soviet forces. 2. What was the name of the ilrst Bliln te circumnavigate tl.e plebe" 3. What Is sisal? 4. Where In the Putrid sea: .6. Who wrote "The Ring nnd the Heek"? 6. Which Is the auricular linger? 7' nnd1 tactics'' dlffCrCnC b,!tween strategy "' HaTterminheS?dat f T,lnnkW,vW ar ! Where. Is the famous country estate for- 2 ,eJ by Themas JcfTorren, and what Is lta name? JO. What famous artist wuh called "Le Spagnolette" (The Little .Spaniard)" Answers te Yesterday's Quiz J Victer nmamicl, 1ik of Sardinia wns fn m,lnTnpU,f, nrV t1,""-' of i ted' lMy In 1861. The city of Heme, however, was 1870 aCqU J' ,h ,Monarc,'y until .' Brazil and the Tinnsvnnl are the chief teurccs of the world's diamond supply. 3 Fries' Rebellion wan a movement in neutheiiHtern Pennsylvania, especial? Bucks county. In opposition te ri d rcct tax ievlcU by Congress In 170S en value of the beuses was determined by the number nnd hIze of the windows. This sys em wns resented ns an In In qulslteilal Impertinence. Jehn Fries an Itinerant auctioneer, wns asked to'ns te'ns to'ns HUine leadership of the se-called rebels The ns-esseni were Intimidated by ttn' aimed band of sixty men. but there waii no Woodshed. Frie-j was tried, found Killlty of treason and sentenced olio anaan APvSer Jehn AdBB was granted In 100 J h .ramus, Duke of Yerk, te Hlr fleerge Carteret hnd Lord Berkeley, iind una named New Jersey in honor of the Island of Jersey, off the coast of France, when, the c'nrtereta had lenn been landholder, " 6 A splie Is a tnperlnir structure In th form of a tall cone or pyramid rislrm nhove a tower. A stee-,1,. , nj tewer-Illtn structure, In. biding Ibn spire u. The iiebatlr.B cf a will Is the efllcial proving of Its valldlt). ""ai 7 Bngelbert Humperdtnclc. a Herman corn- poser, wrote the music of tba fairy opera, "Ilancel and flretel." y 8 Pastel colere are these tniide with a ilrv paste by compounding plifmentg with Kiim-water In a Reneral sense paste colors nr.i these of ruther subdued, dell dell cate shades. ' 9. The word livlera rncuiiH bank, const, lit lit tern! pelted vth a capltnl it indicates tint blench ni.d Italian Mediterranean coast c'xtendtng from ubeut Teulon te Wnezta. 10 It should be pronounced "Bee-vee-nlr-a " II bl ucc'nt n"-,he next te the last t , , ...,, iu-wf ftHAT rfv.r h tR5T-i -"JL ..... V'.s,fl, SHORT CUTS The Weather Alan horned in en the Elk parade. .1. Pluvius beat J. Frest en the home stretch yesterday. There nre lessens for the world te learn in the proceedings of the Geneva debating society. i With Censtnntine icstered, there will be healthier places in the world for Venineleri than Greece. The one clear fact developed by the Russian situation is that nobody knows what te de about it. The trouble with the average citizen H that he takes an interest in politics only when he has n grouch. The election in Greece is apparently much nn embnrrassment te England and France nn to'Venincles. Four sets of girl twins, have arrived in Chester, aud the town Is willing te back the Chester Octet against any Cutey Chorus in the country. Seft-drink makers who did a businesi in excess of 8500,000,000 during the Init yenr very evidently found a silver lining In the prohibition cloud. We presume that when Tokie college students debate, as per schedule, en thi subject, "Shnll Japan Fight America?" the discussion may be taken as purely academic i An earthquake has been recorded in Chicago. If this had happened twenty years uge every pnragrnpher Iu the country would hove remarked that some Chicago girl mint have put her feet down real hard. Among ether enterprises, the Civic Club hopes te make museums popular with yeucc people. Well, if the museums could he equipped with soda fountains, danalng floors and juzz bands tt might help a little. The Belgian Government has presented te the League of Nations a bill for $15,000 for cigars smoked by delegates te the Spa conference. With this hint delegates at Geneva will pcrhnps buy their own smokes. New Yorkers knew that winter has ar rived, we uic informed by n beeiety writer, by the opening of the horse show and the grand opera season. Alost of us knew it by the condition of our furnaces and our coal bins. There nre two occasions when men strike : when prosperity reaches n point that prompts them "te get while the getting i geed and when industrial depression drive tfiem te desperation. The first occasion has new passed ; the second may wisely he avoided. One questions the Impulses, In this dv and generation, of the three negrees who fired nt a screen In n Kansas City movie house whlle the villain wns strangling the heroine. They may have been geed, but ew RUspcctH the embracing of a geed eicus" fei: "dlvvlement." Thu small nations participating in the mcctlnns Iu Geneva evidently de net share the belief of certain United States senators that the league is a military and im perialistic nfiittiic.! for their oppression. They seem te think thnt it is designed for their protection. It is a trite saying thnt when a man needs money most It Is hardest te ; Uncle Snm is new iu the Bnme fix. At a Hum when he has mere thau the usual amount of debts te pay, his revenue from the Income tax is going te decrease and tli from the excess-profits tax will be next w nothing. Congress has borne trying financial piebleius ahead of it. Wilmington, Del., comes te the front with a story of a rabbit that licked a der. cutting its face and chewing its car. knew exactly hew It happened. The raetiic wns en Its way te Its hutch and, etumbllnr ever its vowels, It get soaked in Wilmington hooch, after which it tackled the der ha ply because there wasn't a lien handy. The New Yerk Evening, Pest saj ' certain "signs" thnt they have no mere te de with the weather a month from new thau n straw vote weti'd have. Without nuc6tle' ing the tiuth of the assertion we draw at' tentlnn te the fact that this is net n hapPJ t-1 Mitt In unpiib ullfflif-li, uf tltA iftrnu VOtf, Straws ussuredly told which way the pellH '.j cal winds blew or, (he last1 election. ;J k&r-''-- wrjyx brX.lV . "" . ir S4T:mjal .. ; I'rsTif1 t . r.nzt9 i.n:T""ii-r-i' t.-fTTi- .BaVirnJ-s aBv-v . . .iaV.T. fjrrt J-.J. 'JL-UOlACjT'-iJI - t'". -Je I -ytjLjjjff '''-'' ' ( !,f.vrtn 'Kfrv tej . ... jtWtfc Jik.'ciKii (dUSfflsl f
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