'. g T, S'j - - " T W y-i- v. '' Wf f,i .j i r .H - ,- EVENING- PUBLIC' LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; EKEDAY, NOVEMBER 19,: 1920 P F r 1 If '8 Euenmej public ?5etiaei: TUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CrnUS H. K. Ct'rtTtS. rnrsiDKNT ' .Charlen 1! Ludlivtnn, Mce l'rps.uvnt; Jehn C. 5tttlii. Secretary anil Treasurer! Philip H. Cellins, Jehn II Williams. J 'hn .1 Soa-erren. Ulrxt'im. rDITOUUT. HOAHD: CiEn It. K. Ccnns, Chairman PAVID n. BMIHW Editor JOHN C. MAltTINf.. .Qcncral Hualnesi Manager fuUlshcsl dally at Pcur.le Lmxini Building InJprwndcnce Square, PhlladPlphla, ATtAVTie Cm J'tmj-t men Uullalng New ena OiTI Mtdlsen Ave. JDnrneiT 701 Kenl llulldlnB T, Leus 1113 aintic-D'mecral 'lul -Iuik Clll. 4(ir I.",n2 Trtlrunt uullJiDC Ni:V3 UUIiEAUSl WASJIINOTON IicnPID is' '!. C r Pennsylvania Ave. nnd H"i St. JjBTt Yehk Htnr.iu Tlie Sii nul'dln Londen ntmi've Indcn Timet sfiinrniiTieM Tnr.MH v The, Crrs'ise I'riu.te LEtxira la serves! te nub nub rrlbers In I' it' eel- Iphla nnd surreuniVnn tewnn at tie ra'e of twtHe (12) cents r week, payable te the carrier, Jly ma'l te point outrlde of rhlHdtphla, In tlie t'nltpet Hiafea Cnndi, or t'rlt d HItIph res- i salon, posin.-e frw. fifty "iO) rents per minth. Sir (10) dollars t" r nr. p'n-'Me li O'Imcppp Te 'l fnrlim countries en (tl) dollar a month. 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SKOYER'S GENEROSITY rpiIE clerks ia the city treasurer's office nre blos-ed with nn emplejer who rrceC. Bkes their merits. Mr. Sliejer would like te sec the members of his- staff better paid. His solicitude for them has even moved him te ndmit that the $s000 in commissions which he received from the stnte last venr vraa actually for work performed chiefly by his unci' rlingi, who get no additional com pensation. This confession about citra fees mlpht be dJnVd morally damncin? were net the wnsitlvene-s of Mr. Sliejcr se evident. Having pocketed the money, he is net in the least opposed te an increase of the staff payroll by the city; nay, he is eager te en courage generosity. In refu.s'ng te increase the budget for the city treasurer Council does net ee the mat ter as he does. The public's view is differ ent also The Impression has prevailed that pcrrju'sltrs in addit.en te the regular salaries Jn this brnne' ,t rw municipal government had been forbidden. Neither the ueil: that Mr. Sheyer d'dn't de nor that which his suberd'nates d'd per form warrants the extra remuneration by the state. If the law en this subject is im perfectly framed, clarification Icad'ug te Strict enforcement Is In order. The fee atstem is nntlfpiated. preposterous. MOTOR SIGNALS mi HIE regulation of meter traffic in cities is a di'leult and evaet'ng business that Is still be ng attempted with the crudest of devices. Chief McLaughlin, of the lc .trlcal ISnreau. when he rlgjpd up 11 spot light nnd turned its beam en the traffic man at Bread and Tilbert streets was resorting te a method that has been tried with some success In ether cities where the authorities rcal'ze the necessity of making the police man nnd his tennis easilv visible in the dark, nut if the Electrical R-reau and the police had mnny te work with they would be able te de far better than that. What thev need and what they would devise is a sirt of signal that would be visi ble above all traffic in the daytime and at eight clearly distinguishable nmid the crowd ing lights of busy thoroughfares. The near- . est approach te an efficient svstem of traffic regulat en hns been made pxperimentallv in New Yerk, where powerful lights, controlled from a central tower and used in davlight as Well as after dark, krep the tide of vehicle traffic en one of the busiest streets in the world mev.ng evenly and without confusion. In this in nance the tratli" engineers wisely nse lights, of a sort winch, bet high ubeve tlie street, stand out cltirly and distinc tively even where the ether lights of the ' avenue are brightest. PRESSURE FOR SCHOOL REFORM lITiZU.N't)' committees designed te exert pressure en legislative or administrative bodies ere often mere pretentious futilities but net alwajs. A atimulnt ng exception were the public eplr'ted Philadelphiaus who vigoreusl urged better pay for the pchoel teachers of tins city. It is tindctrnhle that the IWihI of Education was forced tu take eeguiz.ince of the movement. Similar happy results are conceivable in connection with a 'tute committee, the pur pose of which will be te back the educa tional program te be presented te the Legis lature in its coming sessions. Pr, Kinegan, who is te out! ne In a eh tailed report the needs of tlie l'cnnjjlvnniu schools and the steps necessary te render them wet thy of the ellgii'ty and power nf this common wealth, lias Miggesteel (leerge Wharten I'ep. per te head the new organisatien of citizens. A II' t eif pp. s iinp'ive numbers from this and ether itics is being compiled, II. u) Nti.ii an organ. utien be 1 u In itlst ence two j ears age the school njsem of rennslnnin mig'it have escaped many of its pros, nt I'mlcirrnssrncnts As It Is, a comprehensive, forward-looking reform is new imperative. Ah an e-ffs.-t te the chronic laxity of legis lators, the nlertci'hs of 11 representative cltl ens' committee mnv prove decidedly worth while. Pr rineg.m's expert knowledge of the case inspire the' b lief that lie will select Uieient wcrke '. SOMETHING NEW ABOUT COAL ANY pert will de in a sten.i Anil jet It Is somewhat startling te find the an thracite operators moving hurriedly te shel ter under the wings of government official whose duty It Is te regulate ami br ng dewu tlie cost of hard coal in the rerrhil murkets. A fair price committee has been formed by the anthracite producing g uup which is dominant In the l'ennsvhunhi Old, nnd it in this committee that has Ik 11 li'.leiing friendly ccinferi nce-s with 11 Lewnv Humes, special assistant te the I'liited States dis trict attorney, nnd Special Agent Campbell, of the Department of Justice. ' The coal men say with every appearance of earnestness anil candor that they are about te make n special effort te reduce the retail price of coal by eliminating some of a tbw tremendous overhead costs of distribu tion. Are these tlie name coal men who, 1ms than n year age, sat in a cloned room at the lcilfvue-Htratferd nnd informed the V''fierld,tiat ceaJ prices were their business V -. .M - L l-'fr !.. CIH&AK'WjMMk AvSmb1aM i AmmmJw' m"&rmvm ewrp y.Muvu Celder have been looking Inte the affairs of the coal distributors and talking heatedly of government control. The two senators were thinking of bituminous, but. as every one knows, a great many of the abuses common in the bituminous trade are te be found In the anthracite trade as well. The army of brokers, middlemen, specu lators and hoarders which has been formed between the mine mouth and the ultlmate consumer Is responsible for pyramided costs. It Is this army which is nid te take mere than $10 out of every $lf paid by the householder for a ten of anthracite. The coal operators themselves are beginning te see that a sjstem which they helped largely te create Is beginning te have the appear ance of a Frankenstein monster. V, Jctt Lnuck, a student of the coal situation, is ready with n let of tlamnglng evidence for Congress. The prospect of co-operation be tween men like Mr. Lnuck, the United States district attorney's office nnd Senators Edge nnd Celder Is something which the anthracite men cannot be expected te view with entire calm. THE MAYOR WITH A WORD RENDS THE VEIL OF SECRECY He Puts an End te the Sinking Fund Controversy by Ordering the Open ing of the Commission's Meet ings te the Public mill: controversy ever the sinking fund has X net arisen because there is any suspicion of the honesty with which It has been man nged, The sinking fund commissioners are men of unquestioned financial Integrity. The controversy has arisen because there is rea son te believe that the commissioners have a surplus of three or four million dollars above their proper requirements, and be cause the commissioners have thus far re frained from taking the public into their confidence nnd lett'ng it knew the exact truth. The corum'ssienors have net even taken the City Council into their confidence. Te unelerstand the situation it is necessary te knew what the sinking fund Is. The bankers nnd the councilmen knew, but te the most of the rest of us its meaning is as hazy as the meaning of the phrase "un earned increment" used by economists. Ter these who wish te knew it may be said that the sinking fund commissioners administer the city debt. The sink'ug fund is a fund created out of the tat levy for the redemption of city bends when they fall due. The amount required for redeeming an Issue of bends is apportioned ever the period of years for which the bends nre te run, nnd the proper nmeunt is raised by taxation each year and paid ever te the sinking fund com missioners. This money is Invested in vari ous securities until it is needed for the pur poses for which it Is raised. Included nmeng the securities in which the commis sioners invest arc city bends. A few weeks age they bought $'-'.000,000 of a new bend Issue which had been sold te the highest bichler. They had the money and they in vested it according te their discretion. The commissioners also pay the interest en out standing bends of the city. In the budget for next year there is an item of $12,000,000 for the sinking fund commlssiene-rs. This sum must be raised by tax in addition te the sums needed for pay ing tlie current expenses of the citv. In cluded in it Is $.". 000 000 for installments en the debt and $7,000,000 for interest. New the' point of the desire cpp'Nscd for a revelation of the state of the funds in the hands of the commissiene'rs lies in its rela tion te the nmeunt nsked for. If the com mission has a surplus of $1000 000 above its needs, why net reduce the amount te be raised by taxes next jear? That the commission has accumulated funds In excess of its needs In tlie past Is notorious, That surplus was exhibited in its reports, and three or four years age Councilman (laffney. then chairman of the finance cemnrttee, succeeded in having mere thnn S1.000 000 transferred from the com mission te the city treasurer te be used for current city expenses. It bad come from the taxpayers in the first place and belonged te them. Hut since Councilman Gnffney compelled the commission te give up this considerable sum of money the form of tlie reports of the commissioners has ln'cn changed se that It is impossible for nn1' one te find out from the figures given whether there is a surplus or net. The Council asked for information en this Mibjcet last summer, but it has net jet bien supplied. Controller Iladlcy told tlie Council this week that it would take a year for his empleyes te assemble the Informa tion. He disputed the statements of a representative of the Bureau of Municipal Research that there was a surplus of $4. 000. 000. The bureau's representative of fered te get the Information for him within three weeks if he was allowed access te the books. There is no defensible reason for conceal ing the facts. Tlie sinking fund commis sioners arc public officials. The money they handle is public meni'V. The busine-ss they de Is tlie business of the pub! c. Their accounts should be open tu tlie public. Ne geed end enn be serve'd by srerecy. Secrecy can i ugender busplclen and lack of confi dence, a result against which every effort should be directed. That the commission has a surplus Is net denied. It may be that It desires te retain it in order te invest It In the next city lean provided the bids offered are net sufficient te absorb the whole Ismm'. If se, no harm would be done by sajing se franklv. It Is a defe ns ble purpose, much mere defensible than the present lack of frankness. The demand for information is net made feir the purpose of crltic'zlng nnv Individual, but because the Council and the pub'le nre preperlj entitled te the knowledge sought. It Is the right of the Council, which has te approve the- budget and fix the fax rate, te have all financial facts at its tUspewil. It has a right te knew whether its appropria tions te the sink ng fund are in excess nf the needs of that fund Te guid" it in its duties it lias a right te knew the earnings of the fund nnel their relation te the appropria tions nsied. It is net the function of the sinking fund commUsleners te make n preit for the city out of the money in its hands. It Is legiti mate! entitled te only se much ns Is needed te meet its obligations as they ni'crue. Its prefi's If nnv. should go into the general fund of the city te reduce the nmeunt te be raised by the general tax. The inquiry Inte the state; of tlie fund might ven well go further than the state of the Hiirplus. The new charter has a prevision intended te bring about a reduction uf the city debt In ndvance of Its maturity. In Sections S nnd 0 of Article XVII it Is provided that when there shnll be money In the sinking fund In excess of tlie amount needed for the payments en a given debt, that money shall be used for the purchnsei and cancellation of the debt; nnel, further, that the Council may nt uny tlni" authorize the purchase by the city of any of its out standing debt and eruVr Its cancellation. These previsions! contemplate the closest re lations of confidence bftween the Council and tte tUaklBg7''qH( euommunien, con dltien which docs net seem te exist at the present time. The attitude the Mayer has nssumed Is unimpeachable. Ills announcement yester day afternoon that he will order the meet ings of the commission te be thrown open te the public was expected from these who knew his conception of the duty of a public official. He has been aware that there was nothing te be concealed and he Is con vinced thnt the people have a right te knew exactly what is being done with their funds. Ills order ought te be followed by nn enrly disclosure of the state of the surplus and by the formal communication te the Council of the information which It seucht last summer. The conclusion of the Mayer's statement summarizes the situation very well. He said that when the commission met in the open there would no longer be any excuse for any one "stirring up n spirit of mystery with regard te perfectly proper transactions where no mystery exists." RENTS AND HOUSES TT IS always better te act late thnn net te net nt all when action Is necessary. And once In a lifetime there will be an occasion In which It is better te be late than early. The state Legislature will realize the truth of this assertion when, nt the session In January. It will be asked by the mayors of Pennsylvania, acting with Mr. Ueper, chnlr man of the welfare committee of the Phila delphia Council, te consider means for the relief of the house shortage In the various cities. The experiences of the Legislature of New Tork, which nttacked this general problem months age, ought te be useful te the folk nt Harrlshurg. The question of housing was viewed from every angle at Albany, nnd some new laws were finally written down In the statute books of New Yerk. One lnw, of which a grcnt deal was ex pected, limited the right of landlords te control their own property nnd left rent de cisions and questions of forced eviction te the courts. The result was what cynics expected. It was shown that human nature Is the same In landlords and tenants. Rent ers took many unfair advantages of rules mnde for their protection, and a burden of Injustice thnt they had borne for a long period was deftly shifted te the shoulders of the owners of property in which they lived. oed results may fellow the ether law which the governor has Just signed. It is n law which will exempt all new dwelling houses from taxation i for a period of ten -cars. It remains te be seen whether such legislation Is practicable or wise in this state, which has constitutional previsions rigidly drawn te insure equal taxation te nil people under all circumstnnees. While the legislatures have been talking nnd dodging, a mentis of actual relief is be be cem'ng actually visible. Prices of building materials arc falling rapidly and men in the building trades are showing n greater will ingness te de n fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Better conditions had te be made for heuebuildcrs if the material men want te continue in business nnd If nrtlsans want te continue in their jobs. The paraly sis In the bu'Id'ng trades was se general as te be destructive te the interests of every body concerned. A gradual return of nor mal conditions In the build'ng world prob preb ably will bring relief te home seekers before the Leg'slature nt Ilarrlsburg can de mere than listen te speeches. DANGEROUS DAYS efT II-'H," observes Pr. Frederick L. Heff- -' man, who has been making a survey of recent crime statistics in the United States, "was never se insecure in this coun try ns it is today." After a read'ng of yesterdny's news reports in this city cine might say ns much about pearls, securities, money nnd ether valuables stored in bureau drawers or even carried in the pockets of the owners. Dr. Heffman found that crimes of violence nre increasing in all parts of the country, nnd he confesses nn inability te understand nn inereas ng tendency te homicide In re gions that were supposed te have been hard est hit by the prohibition laws. What he may find. If be continues his search for causes nnd origins, is thnt pro hibition is by no means the simple aud easy matter that its mere anient ndvecatcs dreamed about. There has been a great falling off in the whisky traffic, despite the bootleggers. But there has been u great increase in moeushlniiig and a new traffic In the products of hidden Htills has been built up. Moonshine is dangerous stuff nnd its ef fects en people unaccustomed te It nre often violent. Yet nt its worst, moonshine is net se greatly te be feared as the deadly nar cotic drugs that are being peddled in in creasing quantities almost under the noses of the police. There nre net sufficient re strictions upon the manufacturers of cocaine nnd herein, yet these devastating drugs are unquestionably the direct cause of most of the crimes that new puzzle observers like Dr. Heffman. Cocaine is the courage of the weakling turned momentarily into a burglar or u highwayman. It is a substance that will give the veriest coward a short Interval of Imng ned might. With many underworld wanderers It has become the substitute for alcohol. The demand and the supply are large and Increasing. It Is gradually be coming clenr that no scheme of prohibition thnt does net regulate the distribution of dangerous drugs at the source can be called complete or, in a final analysis, even rea sonable or safe. CONSTITUTION OR PATCHWORK? TIinUH is nothing new In tlie objections rnised by Alba Jehnsen ngainst tinker ing with the state constitution by n com mission. This newspaper has repeatedly pointed out the difficulty of rewriting the document In n string of amendments. A patchwork revision is endangered by patchwork acceptance by the people. If some clauses are rejected nnd some approved of, the prospects of confusion and vexatious debate nre plain. Furthermore, the proper way te mnke n constitution Is by n convention composed of elected delegates of the people, The present ceurse Is net only clumsy, but unrepresen tative. That Mr. Jehnsen views the situation clearly; that the Chamber of Commerce, of which he Is pre sident, formally supports him; that (loverner Sproul nnd Attorney General Schaffer are rumored te be recent converts, are Indications that the constitu tional revision commission method may eventually be abandoned. But while this is desirable, the time al ready wasted Is regrettable. If the consti tution of Pcniisjlvanin is out of date, a new one framed In accordance with the popular will should be substituted. If the old In strument will serve, It Is foolish te over whelm It with amendments. The work should be done completely and In a way In which the people will have some voice at the outset or net at all. There is no use trying te mince matters. If the Thanksgiving lile this year is going te have less than half of 1 per cent kick, le'ss than half of 1 per cent of tlie popula tes, Im gelnj te notice it . A , AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Scarcity of Nurses Suggests Search for Reasons Sem6 Peeple Are Interviewed and Seme Rem edies Suggested By SABAII I). LOWIUE THREE persons in one day last month talked te me about the scarcity of nurses in our hospitals, about the reasons for the scarcity nnd about the cure. Each person had a different reason and a different Cure. Since thou It has rained theories. The whole wer'd seems te knew thnt there nre net enough nurses, or else I nm obstacle struck nnd run into the subject nnd chnllenge persons te produce theories unconsciously nnd with no predetermination te be a col lector. I am told that some of the hospitals can no longer depend upon their pupil nurses, but have te pay their graduates the regular outside price per week; that the Ited Cress plnn for establishing health centers nnd rural nurses in the country districts cannot own be tried out in some cases where there is money and local enthusiasm because there nre net enough nurses for the city, let alone the ceuntrjKFiIe; thnt In many hospitals the nurses complain of the feed and the qunrtcrs and the hours thnt their predecessors used te take for granted; thnt fewer women of wide education go into the profession, se thnt it is difficult te fill certain responsible positions thnt require administrative ability and experience as we'l ns technique. FIIOM nurses themselves, pupil nnd grad uate, the ether side of the dllcmmn Is aired, net ns a giicvnncc, but ns a perplex ing problem. They snv that highly paid as they are. the nmeunt they must pay out for clothes, for storage rooms for their belong ings, for their rest plnce between cases, for their very necessary vacations nnd for sav ings te help their families leaves almost nothing toward savings for old age ; that the hospital hours arc tee long and in many hospitals the feed Is poorly served and net tempting nnd In some very peer nnd un varied ; that in most hospitals the sitting rooms set aside for the nurses nre formal, tincomfertab'e. poorly or glaringly lighted nnd very public; thnt in their own small bedrooms they are net ghen the Independ ence thnt college girls linve, but are treated te the kind of surveillance that protects bearding school girls; and that their ceurse of training is stretched ever a period of thrce jenrs te satisfy the exigencies of the hos hes pltn's rather thnn their own technique. They claim tint much of the work that Is re quired of them is net technicnl training nnd could be ncqulrcel by a shorter experience, whereas the technical training suffers be cause neither they nor their tenchers have time from the strenuous duties of hospital cleaning and regimen te devote unladed minds te tlie real cs.-entials of the profes sion. They are doubtful, tee, or te tlie fairness of the Indiscriminate power all hospitals have te grant diplomas te their nurses ONE iiur nhread irse who hnd studied here nnd and who rntikeil verr Mcli In Imp ciiiss in one en tne Dig tNew leik hospitals was of tlie opinion Hint only certain large hospitals with n mnMnium of experience te offer a student nurse should be allowed te give a dip envi of the first grade which would command a a'ary of the first grade or pos. tlens of the first grade. Her theory was that if every place of learning was given thi power te give a degree of B. A. or M. A. tlie- whole position of graduates of colleges anil universities would slump. She believed thnt se many pupil nurses would then throng te the hospitals that could give them the best training that the hospital could afford te give shorter hours and a mere intensive training in technique, nnd receive and turn out a better grade of woman. She said thnt she knew the little hospitals would probably have te emplev paid grad uate nurse. But her contention was thnt the patients would profit by the change, and she added thnt one trained nurse who had n steady position in n little hospital could de mere work and better work In shorter time than three pupil nurses, especially if certain parts of the routine work new done by the pupil nurses as part of thcli geneinl train ing were undertaken by ether and less highly paid empleyes, ANOTIIEU nurse assured me that there was nothing lonelier than the let of n pupil nurse who comes for training te n large town and who has newhete te go but out during her hours of reeicatien. Her re'at'ens with the hcud nurse of her ward or with the head nur.se of the hospital cannot, in the nature of the case, be inti mate when she is en or off duty. As a con se iiience, with nil the geed will in the world, she may verj much tack the kind of un critical motherly background she needs most. Ip csinpc the smells and the sounds e' tlie hospital nnd the irk of institutional rules she seeks her kind iu ether places. But since there is no club nvai'nble or some such Ht'inlprivnte place, she gees te public places, winch K efti'u u peer exchange mentiilly or iihjsienllj. because ns u matter of fact she is gene ral y tee tired te respond healthily te the strcnueiiMiesii of public pleasures, A nurse who hns long been n private nurse confided te me that she was nwful'y put te it te Miewjust where te go for her recrea tion time each day except u public place. THE Ited Cress people have the hope, they tell me thnt these classes in home nurs ing that they are holding in the rural dis tr lets will eventua ly turn the tide in the ether direction and bring In recruits from the villages. Girls who have had a high school education and who de net want te teach will be inspired by their work In these classes and l;v the general enthusiasm of tlulr home neigiibei heeds for the whole sub ject te take up the career, especially If they can regaid it us another kind of college. THE superintendent nurses nssure me that the higher the grade of nurse the mere comforts alie has been used te at home the less she complains nbeut the plainness of her fnre or the hm-cMi.ps of her training In the hospital; in fnet, the mere she regards the whole experience ns part of tlie edu. atlen Seme nf the war workers have told me that the status of the American nurses in Europe during the war, their anomalous position as neither officers nor prltes, has bun at the bottom of the iinceiiccrtctl strike1. One thing is sine, nurses aie necessary te modem caic of the sick, they are necessary te modem docteis and they ure necessarv te hospitals. J It girls who are glad te work and need te earn money unci wish a career tut n their backs en the great career of helping the sick there must be beme real reason. ' Possibly, us some one suggested, they de net mind helping the sick, but they de mind helping the well! 'I hey mnv mind, In ether words i,,. ..,.i. the well have laid upon them In tlie wav iliU 11-11 tilU I if-' lilJIlMlltll. or even tin. wn tiic wen run tut? iriu houses where they muht t'tcniuuii.) wen; Tiieie is a great deal in n life I. ,,.,!.,.. that makes jeu jour own master between the hours of 5 :..() p. m. ami i) n. m,, which Is why women go into business. 'ihe only iiiteiesled person, whose opinions I did net get were the patients! Heirs en Their Geed Behavior Frem tlie l.tbunur., Ky., Unuriirlse, Lee Adams, coleied, leaves his property both ii ul and personal, te his wife during her life. At her death the fnim Is te be held ami used us n home ler the he.rs of his tuther, .Sum Adams, as long as they clcslie. te lie upejn it, with tlie iindei standing that the j keep the iinpieeinents up and "con duct mill behave Ihciiicches as lespeetuble ami law-abiding citizens, nnd the minute any one teases te be conduct himself or herself they uhall forfeit their right te live en thu property. Hie estitte is valued at between jaUOO and $10,UQO. "-iwuu The Steady Hand Frem the New Yerk Herald, In most of the stetlcs of mortal conflict between irehiUtipn ngent and bootlegger it In the lawbreaker that U killed. Titer Im l , I j a geeu uiriu iw p huh i.us t Bn-uuj jjaua. - -t i i ' Titer -x ,-i e t ...I -.--J" NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best MISS BLANCHE DILLAYE On Modern Tendency in Art THIS year seems te have developed a change In the methods of artists, a breaking away from the old traditions and conventions In painting, thnt is quite strik ing, necerdlng te Miss Blanche DSUnve, well-known nrt'st of this citv and n member of many Important juries en art exhibitions, "In the salons of Paris. If one is te judge b; reports," said Miss Dillaye, "the change is quite apparent. Revolutionary things nre being done. In the words of several young women nrtlsts who viewed the exhibits, the things being shown are 'wild.' "The same holds true of work being done in New Yerk and this city. It is net con fined te one class of nrtlsts, nor is it de voted te the younger people. Artists of nil ranks, nil nges nnd from nil parts of the country seem simultaneously te hnve been moved by the central thought that they must strike out for themselves. Exhibitions Shew Change "This note was particularly striking at the unnual exhibition of water-color point peint ings new in progress nt the Academy of the Fine Arts, where I happened te be a member of the jury. It seemed that nothing that was conventional had a chance with' the members of that body, nnd everything that was unusual had an excellent chance. And most of the paintings submitted were of the latter order. "It scciiis ns though there is mere per sonality, mere of individua'ity In btyle of cxpiessien, mere of a tendency te break away from tiadttien nnd rules and regula tions. And, btrauge te pay, these methods Bcem te have justified themselves iu the present exhibition at the academy. There is real Interest In the exhibition nnd a vitality and dash that is reassuring. It is in many respects one of the most important and in teresting exhibitions iu years. "In the exhibition, for instance, you will notice a variety of lines of thought and ex pression. Contrasted alongside of each ether jeu will netice n quiet piece of work, almost tender in its conception, of a flower In a Jnpanese backgieund and painted after the stjlc of a Japanese print. Then you will discover nnetlier nrtlst who has chosen te bring out a new thought in color. He hns a number of trees ugalnst a light sky and background, done lu a bright, vivid DUSK OF THE YEAR 0 CTOBEIF3 sunBet tinta have vnnlshed Scarlet nnd bronze nnd geld thnt met the eyes llnve slew!) faded ; the November skies Are gray with clouds, nnd grny the still, laks lies, As if It locked Us heart in Keep It own The mirrored gleam and glory it had known. Celer is spent, and melody is sped ; Jey's voice is of the dny ; te night belongs Ne flush of golden wings, no biivcr songs ; Forests that enee knew the ecstitic throngs Of cheiring binls are still as cloister ntsles, Where monks slew pace, forgoing speech ami smiles. The crystalline stilettos of the frost Have found the flowers' hearts; from nil thj n'uins, The browning hillsides nnd the sodden lanes, Tneir breath and bloom nre gene; alenu remains. In tcndul gardens, the brave Flower of Geld, That gleets unnwed the coming of the cold. But through the lenf-shurn trees the un- wasted stars Gleam with n clearer splendor ns thev swing. Bright phn'anxcd at thu autumn's mnr- Nhnllng. And signal the stark earth, for rnmfe rtlng; "In cycling life old leaf, old blossom dies, But Ilenutv Is Immortal as the skies." Leis Whittlesey, iu New Yerk Times. Profitable Days Oft Frem tleei Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Trey Trimble, a young farmer who liyes nenr Lead Hill. Ark., makes an avcrage of $0 n day net Ul'llng crews en days thnt nre net fit te work en the farm. Marlen county fiays a nouniy,ei U" rmis ier men, ira n ieed, Trimble is a dead shot nrrckjfnewif the ways of. these cern-catlnjf bitddtt im turned' In lWinsj BUCKING blue, that seem te radiate dash and vitality. "Cubist art, tee, is net unrepresented, whereas net se long nge It would have been n difficult matter for it te have received an, assured p'ace at a big exhibit. "Of course, water-colors ere nn eliisl"1 thing. Many artists give them up in dis gust, because they find themselves unable te de the things thev want with them. Until recently water-colors were consigned te an artistic hick room us 'young 'ndies' work' nnd 'wishy-washy.' But results speak for themselves, and the fact that men nnd women, big nnel little, nrtlsts of all kinds, arc represented, rather effectually disposes of this charge. "I fancy that much the snmc movement is going en In oils ns in water-colors. It seems as if the war must have played a part and unconsciously affected nrtists. Just as in ether phases of life, it seemed te show It up as being tee slew, nnd automobiles be came the rage as airplanes may de in the future. Se art seems te have been tee slew for some, nnd the general reaction seems te hnve been n universal tendency te dash Iu nnd Just de things ns they feel them, rather thnn ns the result of a deal of conscious study, ns they might hnve clone had they followed some of tlie great masters. Where such n tendency will lead it would be diffi cult te say. Hcsult Hard te Predict "It might seem reasonable te believe that the movement is a healthy one and thnt we shall get something new In art. But en the ether hand, peeple have been pnlntlng for a great ninny years, nnd it Is doubtful whether nnj thing reallv new can be added. "Incidentally, I don't believe people gen erally appreciate hew important a part in art Philadelphia really plays In the art world. The present exhibition, for Instance, reflects the work of nrtlsts from all parts of the country. Together with the annual oils exhibit, wc hnve two of the most Important exhibitions of the year from uny part of the country. "The Academy of the Fine Arts is prob ably the largest and most impeitant place of the kind in the country. Many of our lead ing artists are representatives of the city and mucli of the Impnitnnt weik of the coun try is done by I'hilndelpliians. One diffi culty lies iu the market. Buyers will go te ether places aud pcihaps buy the work of Philadelphiaus, wheiu they would net de it here." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Who Is president of the rusembly of the League of Nutlens? 2. What Is the name of the republic Inhab ited by the Lettish peeple? 3. 'What Is tlie secretary bird and why is it se called? . What Is nutatien? C. What famous mountain was regarded eh the source of poctle inspiration and sacred te the muses? 0. What Is meant by hedonism? 7. What Is a fnrthlngale? 8 WhI?im5nta7th COlrS f ,he Ua et ' Winnd?dll t'' Mexlcan Wnr ''"i-'ln and 10. What Is nn ingle? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Sebantope! Is n seaport In the former government of Tuuridn, Seuth UusTla theWnua. ,h BOUthlern 'cowt'ef 2. The. great slcge. of the place, fasted from 3. Ipecac Is n contraction of Ipecacuanha u1,ir?,,?tm0efec.nSe?Ulh Amw,c" Z 4, C J. G. Whlttler wrote "Uarhnra Krletchle " Itussla was Invaded by the Mongols and nioei .,, un country cmne under their dominion about 1210 A I). Moscow me. U'0 Aslall y' in 6. The greatest number of electoral votes .ever cast for a presidential candfelatu Tn'mi: VeU by Woedw WlUen 7. King Lear in Shakespeare's Piay of thnt nanieEdescrlbed himself a8P"eve?y in'ch 8. Deciduous trees nre these which shed their leaves periodically, " B"eu 9. Gavicherle Is tactless or awkward man. ners. V s SHORT CUTS Traffic cep3 will seen be in the spot- light. The Brindell bull new has a rliig la its nose. Well, anyhow, Paris helped te make it the talk of the town. Utile IB will always remain a puzile te the first of the Fourteen Points. The census has net been kind te Pacific coast people who sense a yellow peril. Why anybody should want Censtantlm te rule them is all Greek te most of us. A spotlight will cnnble everybody te seu the traffic cop, but will it enable the cop te see tiaflic? It is the wish of one well-known jurist that critics would quit Dcvtiin the Munici pal Court. The Federation of Laber, like Con gress, seems te be Buffering from IJerahl Irem within. All that is needed te prove the treachery nnd duplicity of the Bolshevists is mi attack en the Poles. There hns been n general let-up slncu the war. Even the householder's coal Is growing slack. And new ceniecture is rife in New Yerk ns te who wrote the letter .Mayer Iljlan wrote te rnterniyer. Wc cannot believe thnt ngriculture U declining with an Increase of fiO per cent In the number of tractors in use. Luther Burbnnk's lntest creations In clude a beardless barley. We suspect Hint kind of barley won't care whut Mr. Vol Vel stead does. There is growing agreement with the Mayer that a clean-up in the detective bu reau is n necessary preliminary te n clean up of crime. Adversity is a great promoter of plnln living; but clear thinking, while common with we tins nnd you tins, is seldom indulged in by 'tetlier uns. The lnndleiel of the Peace Palace In Geneva has raised the rent. 'Irust a prof iteering landlord te cheese the psjciioleglrsl moment for a held-up. The Hozleten. Pa., weather prophet snjs we shall have tweuty-secu snow storms this winter. Who wants te trude tt snow shovel for u lawn mower? Every time he scans his fuel bills or longs for n fuel bill te scan, tlie consumer or would-be consumer believes the coal inen are trying te scuttle the ship of btute with a coal scuttle. One of the serious objections te the propesnl of Sennter Kenvon thnt the gov ernment tnke held of the housing problem H the testimony in the investigation of the shipping beard. Complaint Is made that the e!ilprj.n benrd lias no record of hew it spent $-,Ci00. 000,000. This shows one that one should make note of every trilling thing, for one never knows when eue may be called upeu for Information. A new mouth disease which loosens th teeth Is dlsceui-aglng kissing in Paris, says n dispatch. If the wrong girl Is kissed and the girl has husky mole relatives the loosen ing of the teeth Is very far from being any thing new. It is old stuff. Frem Mllwnukee comes the news that two bottles of beer, ene dark and one light, with a plate of pretzels, liave been plneed In u glass case iu the local museum. If tlie exhibit were placed In the mumlnv depart ment it might luelude a sllee of llmburgcf cheese. Western farmers are still "going te' burn corn Instead of coal for fuel. One reason they will never get beyond the coins te" stage Is Instanced by the New ler Evening Pest. Cern Is selling In Chicago from eighty-four te eighty-eight cents bushel, roughly about one nnd a tenth crnw .. ...1 . ... - son n hn. Net II liuuiiii iui vui, ,-veee, " V"ri . i lj 1 much, perhaps: but ns Illinois cea J 1 .-.I -I- f-... tin i ie n inn. there ln t I .L.pl, left nf !, (l,p,.,,t lint will that kill Yt" I1Y.: viL :.i tmi' hnfi iifi saint m n rni-v r iwnv. nnv . i .. 11 uuw -., . -- - z ,. 1.- .- . .i....r..ii &?,' ,J.hliii...A ' i ' . jft'jfit i,. JM. . . -.,.. ,'("pU , uM. taWiyVtPAi.aw.fviM ,, -SftlffCL' JB&ri:ti& JiK.'JT.aTW V est iLi&'WKS'
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