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(lis Glnb, -Democrat Muf.lini C'HIlmoe 1:kc Tribune. iiullJinc NEWS UUnEAfB: ?aIh.ni.ten nrnmc N V r .r, Pennsylvania Aie. nn.l If'h f Krw Teim Ilrrrau Th ffim nuiMl-s Londen Hprhc Londen Timtt MM .rrm'TinV TIIUMH The Dvtvise rrrne Lmim Is terfM te nuh nuh ferlbera In PhtliilMpMii nnl surreund'tia- towns at the ram of twclve (12) cnt prr w-fck. l'.iyable te the rnrrler. ,.P.y ma'l te '-flints eutuMn of Phllndlph1a, lit the t'nllrd States Cnni"'i, e- fnlt.-d Hint n pis ff jlnn, nntnrre -'re?, flflv O0 cnta it trenlh. 6lr (Sill dellara n-r jpir, riiiMe In ft'Uan Te nil fnreten c-"intrii's nnft tt) dellnr n month. Notiefv PiiWrlh-TS wlhlnc nd.lress chanced tsust Clie old i w!l ni new mlJrcsn. nnx. joeo TtwiAt t k; ystenf. muv joeo E7-,(i'rfrr-.(i e'l ron-"i-,'lrcffen fe Bt -ulne Publle L-iterr, lmtriH in S I'.ire, pnirnd. (r'Ud. Member of the At seciated Press rrn: "rerrrr-n vrrts ti etciusheiu m- titled tr the ltsc for rcvubHca'ien cf nil vu? illlpct 'id ctitl 1 (1 tit It tr Hat efcricls cr,,tfl in thi3 rope, eiid a. te the local iuui i'.iiJ.iJ;iU therein. All rights e republication of special dispatches htrcln arc also resimd Philadelphia, I ridar. Nmrmlr Zd, tQZO a repn m:ii pkik nM reit i'iin.i)i.t.i'iii. Thlnif mi Mhltli Hie inmile ncptft the new nrtmlhl'.tr.itlun u (iiiicpntr.ttc It n.t.iitluii! Tl I u u i r h ,iui A tlr nlecK ha Crtuiiih fu acomPterfalr the Itl'V if iitiv Dev 'ulmi at of the rnpii trannit ttviteitt. .t (" ' ti . ;..r ; .t butht! in In- the Free Library An 1 rt II ,i. .,, Kntarermrnt of the vater inpln lleri- te errer nun., u th ;ti.jiWff,'in. MOONSHINE AND GASOLINE rnKSTlMONY ri'l.itivn te metiip iiM-lil"iits n? it ik wi'iimitlnt'iii; in tlie oeronor'i effiiv and in 111" I'liilnd -Ipliiit ceurN proveM prett.v niiiirlii-ivelv that miit nf Ilip iT'islici mill kMl'iiTv t'mt rtirnrr in the iimvi are tliu te In- l!n,;iTMi5 hnhlt of iriiin1 men te drive mttunioliile- wliili1 they nre Intntlcatnl. Net Inns iike nt Nerristnw n n prisoner who admitted bi'inc drunk wlicn lie ran down it mnn nnd it woman en tin- open read was Bent te fail. The court lUtencd te his r r cuses and liltt effers te pay ilntnagps, lint he wus jitilril ni"vprthp!".s. The nil" whii-li prevMiM liPiwv ppniillics for drunken meter ilrlveri ii a fiinilaini'titnl ene It i jutitip( hv common whip. An nutomebi'p is tee diuiKoreu" a thinu te be handled in the utroets by a man whose brain is feggnl liv alcoliel. I'ntil all magistrate display the soed penv" and d-eeuey which an'mated the court nt NorrNtewn in the iu.tatiee Just c'tid meter arc. dents will ce'itinue te be fre quent in this citj. And until old laws are enforced new ones will b" worse than use less. MARK TWAIN "REQUIRED" MAUK TWAIN was intensely proud of that Oxford robe Fer all hi nutting disillusionment regarding human motives nnd huni.tii hene-s as evpress d netablv in "What Is MnnV and "The Mysterious Stranser," the "Lincoln of Our I.itcratur"" delighted in his laurels nnd thrilled almost ingenueuslj at the un'cpie position he came te occupy. Tli" tabh't te his memer. in the Hall of Tame would doubtless have prompted peme delicious humor, but his internal satis faction would probably have been keen. Hut what would he say te blrthda'- exer cises in the public schools? These nf New Yerk are te elwei ve the date en Monday and pupils will "be diree'ed te such books as 'Urn-Mi berry Finn.' Tem Sawyer" and 'The Prince and the Pauper.' " Mark Twain as " required reading" suggests thoughts net eutirelj tree from alarm. The "must" books nf school days seldom leave the ui.i.t pleasurable memories. Dees genius invariablv deserve this futeV IDEALS VS. REALITIES OK AI.I. t.n pune pies und'rljiug tin League -if Nations, moral Mins'nn has b'-"ii silbi'i'ted te the fewest ilt.lcks I!iler pi. .rs- ri servatimrsts arid and wild, sf iet M4i, etieiilsis. pacifists and even mil. tar-i- s in'" all sulisi ribeil te the hope that mi '.i.i i en til agree te discuss their differ ences in council chambers' rather thiiti bat- tleiielils An opportunity te test these aspirations is at liiiiiu in the plan mitaticitl in (leneva te per.siiade some government te act us media tor bcivtcn Miistaphii Kenn 1, the Turkish Nationalist, and crucllv liniiisseii A'menla. The eut'aw governmi nt of i part of the former territnr.i of As'atic Turkey will be asked te submit its griewmoes and Armenia -v ill be iirgul te de likewise. It should be -ifltable te sfndv the re sults of this experlnn nt Tin- league is in complete. T!i" criticism "f Arti'le X ren ders its metubi rs l.iat'i te tlii-eati n the us nf force. Tlie world i-mirt is unformed. What fiuiilaui' ntallv i ci-is in the league is the desire tn ci"Uti world peace. Can thnt long Hi almi" be p- iiluetive of rchults? Tlie situatimi is u II M..irb watcli ing as a r.iutest b'-twien 'd'lils :itiil realities, and en it nutcun tl " tu re f . -in uf the finenant may s guiticinilt depend. FORD MAKES IT PAY H,li l'ni:l dots nut si, iii i.i be suf -fer'iig from indiistriil i.-pi -- mi He has pad ilinbiids .,f II pel cent en the si nr, s ,if hi- iiintni ir fai terv t' s icar. and has nisi uritti n u i: fir S7 Hi in 00(1 te be distributed as bonuses fi,r his wei km-n If Henri were a "trust" we s'wilil have demagogues ill iieunc ng him for hi- ,c bi tnnt prnllts Itut he is a men- manufac turer tthe has siicei i d-d ill milking s.im... thing out of nothing, and making it puv. If he did net pnnliice Miineihuig that the penple wauled he would net be in his present easy fiiinnciu! end turn, able te eat turkey without werrvmg about its cost. TAPPING THE RESERVOIR Bl'CKS COl'NTi furnurs uie likely te learn what farmers in m iii.v ether parts of iiie ceun'ry hne been ilinciiverlng. and that is that the bunks are their bi st fihnds. The Selebmv National Hank, of New Hepe, has nrning'd te buj fiftei n pure-bred Iliilstein cattle in Michigan te be distributed tu fifteen fiirmi rs in the township te assist them In improving the qunlllj of their took. The farmers will pin for the cattle en easy terms. Thej would n ,t have get them If it bad net been for tin initiative of the bank. The New Hepe bank bus iiicrcjj followed the xxaniple of hundreds of ether banks in different "nit of the country. In thirty -eight states the state banking associations have standing committees en agriculture which seek te stimulate the Interest of the farmers in the keeping of blooded stock and 111 the better cultivation of the land In Mluseun, tr ixample, ihc hauliers base put iWOO purc-brcd dalrj1 calves en tatma wlicre common nteck wds kept befer'c. In Missis .llppl the bankers hnve lent $40,000 te boys and slrls te buy pigs, and iu Illinois half a million dollars 1ms been spent en pure-bred cattle for the farmers, I'nder the policy new adopted by the far-sighted bankers any farmer who wishes te get b"M- no-' n nr te buy geed pteck linds his neighborhood bank ready te help him. Tlie banks m i, , , ng this out of pure phllnti-hrepy. They knew thnt their pros perity depends en the prosperity of the com munity where they de business. Tlie banks are the reservoirs of capital en which these who need It can draw. There is coming nbeut no intimate relation betwven the tinners who net d the capital and the banks thnt hnve It which Is going te benefit the whole country. When the example of the New Hepe bank is followed by every ether country bank in tills state agriculture in Pennsylvania will be even mere profitable than it new Is. IS CONTROL OF THE POLICE THE PRICE OF "HARMONY"? Threat of the Vare Crowd te Pass a "Ripper" Expresses the Desire of Every Vice Profiteer Who Hates Mayer Moere pONSCTOUSLV or unconsciously we '' hope the latter Councilman Charles It. Hall bus named the price at which Mayer Moere may make peace with the "prac tical" politicians and Ihc "practical" legis lators of Philadelphia. When Councilman Hall. Vare leader of the Scwuith ward and prime mover in the drift toward an alliance between Penrose nnd Vare lenders, ptepnsnl that control of the police department be taken away from the elt admiii'stratien and placed under the administration of the state he was limning a price and net stating an earnest legisla tive program. Whether he knew it ei net. Councilman Hall was voicing the wishes of the prellteers in commercialized vice, whose organization has been all but smashed by the uulelding attitude of the Mayer. The price of the vice profiteers is simply this: "Olv,. us control of the police department nnd we will let jeu nlene." The plain, unembellishcd fact is that, with tlie control uf the police In their hands, the big business men of corruption could safely carry en their vicious, illegal and soul searing trade as they have in tic past. They can sell drugs, bl;g!iting the lles of eung men and women and driving them eternally into the resorts of crime; the can rob nnd kill, nnd they will net be arrested; they enn lure ether Tourneys into gambling hells and fatten en the profits while the victim gees te jail; they can swing whole wards in any election nnd the voter will have no rediess. Ma or Moere should stand against this evil crew of betrajers, even if lie has te stand against every politician nnd legislator in the city and commonwealth. That is the stand he has taken ; it is inconceivable thnt the intelligent citizenry will de nn thing but back the Majer te the limit. Is the future of Philadelphia, the program of public improvements en which the city administration is weiking. te be licltlnip until this price political pieces of silver is paid? Or will the Mayer find the people of Philadelphia quick te tight the ferccS of wickulness ns n preliminary te the march toward the Greater Philadelphia? Councilman Hnll M-cmed te think that Governer Sproul would aid uud ubet the scheme of taking police control out of the Majer's hands. P.ut te think that the Gov Gov ereor would support the .secret designs of the grafting pelitic.ans who arc really back of it Is te think that the Governer would enter into an alliance with the vilest elements iu the underworld. Would the Governer seriously incline nn car te a scheme which wus voiced by Couu Ceuu cilmau Hall in these weids: "KvenOif a metropolitan police sjstem were installed and it faihd, I de net think you would Imil an policeman would tak a backward step if the old sjstuii were re stored." Could anything be plainer thnu that? Mr. Hall and his political tankers would net want the police under the cuitiel of the state if they had control of the city admin istration. They only want the state te have contiel while J. Hampton Moere is Majer. Why? Mr. Hnll said: "I had a talk with Mr. Moere just after he wen the nomination for Majer. 1 told him then that the police hud wrecked every administration except Stuart's." This was both n threat and a premise. I'm also it contained some half truths Thn-e familiar with icceiit political history knew hew the contiel nf the police under the lale Majer licjhuin was ti.tui te the Itejburn administration, and hew the con trol or lack of contiel of the police by Themu.s I' Smith. Majer M ire's prede cessor, wrecked the Snath ndmii.istratlen. Control of the police in thesi and ether instnnei s wrecked the adiirn.siratiens iu question because the police were used wrong fully iiihI ilhgulh The police department was used in a vvaj lh.it Majer Moere will net tolerate. One fnriuer Majer has said te Mayer Moere : "I wish I had steed out as you are doing." It tukes brains ami inuruge te held tin: lines single-handed against the hheck bat talions of evil ! Yes, my the political prellteers, let us work in the dark places and jeu can stand out in the sunlight, with jour nice nnd In nocuous programs of public improvements. Arm us with the bluelijai k nnd you can leund ull tlie clarion calls juii want. It is ihe ' easiest waj " and it is nKe the prim rose path. Hut Majer Moere says lie will net walk along it. Perhaps tin" best evidence of the Muyer'n position was s ippliecl in tlie late primaries when Jehn It M I.i'.in. Jr., - a candidate for the state Si nate te suece, d the lute Sen Sen aeor Martin. Mr. McLean wus Indersid by the Mnyer; lie was known us the adminis tration candidate. His opponent was Max Aren, subscqui utlj elected, a follower of David II. Lane, who times the Twentieth ward in his vest pocket. Mr. Lane's ward has long been the prom prem ised hind for gamblers 'Iliev made money; they were net molested, and they always knew hew te vote when election day came nreuiid. They were an asset te the Organ ization in mere ways than one. Then came the Moere administration. Business ceased te be safe und profitable for the Twentieth ward gamblers. They thought they saw n way out. They went te Mr. .McLean and iiituiilly offered e swmg Mie lyctieu in his favor if he could premise protection for the harried gamblers. The Moere candidate for' the Btatc Senate told them that he would net even discuss the matter with the Mnyer. State legislators who may bcX-alleu en te consider bills nt Itnrrisburg providing for n metropolitan police system will de well te consider the subject in Its brender aspects nnd without regaul te fartlenat politics or the whlnlngs of losing gamblers. They should consider whether or net It would be wise te fasten en this city a form of police government under which mayors ether than Mavnr Moere would have te operate. Should crime In Philadelphia be fought from Hnrrlsburg? Should there be n sep aratien of the pellec power from the admin istrative power in Philadelphia? Should there net be the closest kind of co-operation nnd harmony In the intimate government of a grent city? Should the citizens of IHilln delphla be put In daily peril of n state police ever which their elected officials have no control? , State legislators would de well te study the lessens Indicated by Frederick P. Grtienberg, director of the Iturenti of Mu nicipal Hesearch. The bureau has studied the effects of state control of the police In ether cities. He Intimates, for Instance, that the riotous police strike in Ilosten had Its real origin in the fact that the city of Ilosten had no voice in the administration of Its own police force. St. Leuis nnd Knnas City, in Missouri, whers the police are under the direction of the state government, supply nlmest daily evidences of the conflict between city nnd state and the consequent thriving of crime. New who nre these reformers who would reorganize the police department? Are they municipal legislators whose very names sug gest civic decencv? Nine out of twenty-one councilmen. including Mr. Hnll, supported by their votes the "arguments" of these who were oppesid te Increasing the etliclency of the police department. These nine were ; COX. who professes a sincere interest in the public welfare but always votes with the Vares here as 'he did when he was a member of the Heuse nt Harrisburg: POMMI'K, who was made n councilman by the Vares because they found him trust worthy in ether positions ; GAFFNl'Y, who says he ewes nothing te any political leader, but who always votes for the Vare program nnd is regarded as the chief Vare spokesman in Council; MeCOACH, who says "me tee" te any thing Gnffney proposes; IU:T.KI.L. another preclaimer of inde pendence, who, however, is regarded as "safe" bj the Vure leadership; FIIANKENFIELD, who rarely says aiy thing, but whose vote Isalwajs en. the Vare side of the column ; WALTICIt, representative of David 11. I.nnc! and McKINLEY, intimate of Hnll. Vare, all Vare. We leave the people te supply the answer. HARDING AND PANAMA S1:NAT()U HAUDING'S visit te Pnnamn - is without doubt due te his desire te get first-hand information nbeut tlie cunnl und the conditions under which it is operated. He announced during the campaign that lie was in favor of re-enacting the law exempt ing American coastwise shipping from tlie paj'ment of tells when passing through the canal. The law was repealed in 1014 at the ur gent request of President Wilsen. In ad dressing Congress en the subject he said: "I ask this of you in support of the foreign policy of the ndininisttatlen. I shall net knew hew te deal with ether mutters of even greater delicacy and nearer consequence if you de net grant it te me iu ungrudging measure." ' He never revealed what these "ether mat ters" were, and although there was much cenjectute nt the time he spoke, no one could guess what he had in mind. The repeal of the exemption clauses of the law was com mended almost universally luougheut the country. Mr. Harding was one of the few publ'C 'men who objected. He bus net with drawn his objections, and new that he is te be in it position te have some intluence ever legislation lie siys he will attempt te undo what wns done in 1IIU under the pressure of what the President represented ns an einergi ncy. ,,,,., When Mr. Hauling becomes President he will have access te the files of the State Department and he can discover for himself what the emergency wns. That will be useful te him. He will also have an oppor tunity te studv the diplomatic correspond ence en the tells question, which should be informing. And the responsibility for act ing will then rest en his own shoulders. There is nothing mere sobering than re sponsibility. Mr. Harding will knew that the exemption clauses of the tells act were repealed in order te keep faith with Eng land ; or, te put it in another way, In order te live up te what England regarded as the conditions of the canal trenty. A rt ( nacting of the exempting clauses would be regal ded as a breach of faith by England mile s the statesmen of that euntry have changed tin Ir mind since I'.UL Ne matter what his personal views en the iin'iits of the tells issue may be. a Presidint is likely te con-eider the subject a long time licfeie he deliberately enters en a policy which might he regarded as an unfriendly act by unether nntiun. These who backed President Wilsen in Ills course four jears n-e are likelv te believe that the eutgivings of President Harding en the tells question will differ cen-.derubly from the eutgivings of Candidate Harding en the same subject. WHY WILL THEY DO IT? A WOMAN, describing herself as a Phila delphian, has been arrested in New New Yerk while wearing mun'H clothing. She rnvs that she has dressed in this wny for fifteen j ears and worked among men ns a clerk. The lnte Dr. Mary Walker were men's clothes the ungraceful frock coat nnd silk hat -for niunv jears us a pretest against the legal disabilities of women. Her course can be understood. Hut it Is difficult te appreciate the reusens which Induce a woman who is uet u propagandist te mas querade as a man. Yet women de it, nnd de it with u regularity which statisticians can predict wiih almost the precision with which they can foretell an eclipse of the sun. When the intricacies of feminine psy chology are completely untangled It will be possible te understand why they de it, but net before. The airplane raie in New Yerk yester day "us important iu that it helped te stim ulate inter, nt iu nitciuft; und significant iu that it drew utteiitieu te the tact that in the science and nit in which we were pioneers we have permuted ouimeIvcs te become the most backward nmeug the big nations of the world. - Secretary Celby -will visit Argentina nnd Ilni.il, but will net call en Chili. That is, he. will Havel but Iwo tlurjij of the wa in the A II C of diplomacy. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT The Matter of Splitting the Tleket or Voting Straight le One That Ha Absorbing Interest for the Newly Enfranchised Hy SAHA1I I). LOWRIE THE "straight ticket" voters nnd the "split ticket" voters seem te be able te discuss the Tightness of their several courses nd infinitum without finding nny grounds for agreement. The straight -ticket vetnrles put the thing en mernl grounds they ncknewledge the legality of the splitters' methods, but they atlirm thnt it is net playing the game. The split-ticket votaries put It en patri otic grounds. They say the law recognizes that bad men mny corrupt n party nnd al lows this method of public rebuke. The straight-tlcketers quote Scripture te the effect that: "All things nre lawful, but nil things mnv net be expedient." The splitters quote the constitution of Pennsylvania nnd lenvc It nt thnt. Hefere the election some of the strnlghts urged thnt Senater Penrose be net cut be cause he wns n very ill man nnd would seen be dead nnvvvnv. The splitters urged, en tlie ether hand, that Sennter Penree very ill wns stronger than nil the well men in his party Harding thrown in nnd wns in no need of pity. The strnights urged that there was grent danger in invalidating a ballet if It were spill.1 "A wrong X anywhere and your vote was lest!" The s.ilitters urged that "he who rnn could rend" hew a ticket could be split and n ballet nmrked correctly bjv n dozen dif ferent combination?. TIIEKE wns still nnether pens asinerum that loomed Inrge nt lenst in the minds of the new voters : Hew one should declare oneself! Uepubllcan, Democrat, Independent, Ne Party. Yeu tackled your host at dinner nbeut the ethics nf having te declare nt all, since the ballet wns a secret one. At least I did, nnd get a verj concise nnd clear argument set ting forth the geed and cogent reasons for declaring one's party affiliations from the point of view of the party management. Hut later you were shown hy ethers, net se concise but mere vphement. thnt declaring your pnrty affiliations Invalidated the se crecy of your ballet. And still later certain cynlcnl ones informed jeu with tongue in cheek that the secret ballet could invalidate jour party declaration and that jeu were in your rights te "renlg," with no one the wiser. Getting wind of this whispered counsel, certain grieved and indignant ones took you te tnsk for centcmplat'iig such duplicity. "Vete the Hepub'ican ticket or vote the Democratic ticket or the Prohibition nr whatever you wish, but come out with it and let us knew where you stand!" said they. Well, then, what happened in spite of ull this multiplicity of counsel? The grent majority declnred for the Re publican ticket and voted n straight ticket. Hut ti considerable mineritj ineic thnn ban haniiened for jeirs declared for the Re publican pnrtj' and split the ticket en the issue of the 1 nlted States scnntershlp. Which fact Is a "writing en the wall" thnt doubtless will net be disregarded by the chiefs of the state Republican party who are newf nutting the final touches te the slate for which the citizens will be called upon te vote at next year's primaries. SENATOR PENROSE may net be se vasilv astute n man well or ill as these who fear him think he is, but he could net hnve gained or kept the power he pos sesses well or ill unless he was an adept nt reading tilings for himself en the wall, which n mere feel like King Ilelslmzzar had te get a Daniel te interpret. Ne great political boss who is worth his machine salt, believes in democracy i. e., that the people knew what is best for them or that the uiiinstructed voice of the ma ma jerit is accurately the voice of Ged. I remember healing that Diekenseninn ehnrncter. Mr. William Karnes of New Yerk und Albany, "disquish" en the fool ishness of trusting the people with n real decision. If tlie trut-te-type boss hns his wny, all the business of real decisions, from the inudidntes for President te the ward ap ap ap propiiatlens, are presented te the people with a "tnke-it-er-leave-it" ultimatum and "no splitting, en jour life!" "if jeu let all the people into your idenl town meeting nil will be chaos; If jeu keep some of them out all will be unfair;' se avoid si town meeting! The mnn you want te see is Mr. X!" At least that was the advice of n very experienced political leader when he was ap punched iu the matter of certain muen neeil"d leferms thnt were te be urged en his Ligis.ature. I remember another lepresentntive of the people iu Congress nsscmbled lemarkiu casually, apropos of the somewhat set pro gram of his party's national convention "Well, we run it us the bank directors run their yenrlj stei kheldets' meeting. The elder of business and all the motion's thev epect te pass aie arranged m the iut ex' eiutive meeting. If ynu left it te the stock holders they would run amuck!" IT IS perfectly understood, of course, that a boss does net need te be popular or morally impeccable or invulnerable In order te boss, but he has get. te seem powerful mere powerful thun his opponents. It stands te reason, therefore, that if a little quiet X emitted from before his name en n ballet thnt Is otherwise consistently partisan can show him up te the public as far less pow erful than his party, he is bound to'bcceme somewhat thoughtful us he gazes nt'the r turns. Other pertens glow thoughtful, tee his rivals within the paitv and lesser ur. tnns whose only waj of judging n mu i is by the votes he polls. Having disievered thnt it Is net nt all dilliiiilt te i-plit an otherwise partisan ticket tlie minority of this jear may glow te even mere significant propeitious; at the next general election the stockholders may even balk at tlie directors-prepared nl(,.r f)( msi nes, nt the primaries. In short, there mi-ht be suih a thing as a spin in the party a far nieie dicndcil catastrophe than a new paitj or u reform partj or n rival party ill or well. Senater I'eniese. astute man that he is, will :.:der the message these minority voters of Peniiejlvaniu sent te him en November U. "Mene, Mciie, Tekel, Upharsin," If he is as clever us some of us think him, he will net ponder them in vain. Net Class-Conscious Prem th St I.euls Punt l)l-i,,i ih That Chicago woman who lebatcd S10 a mouth oil the October lent of her tenants be cause the mild weather redined her coal bill has been guilty of an unethical act. The lent profiteers will expel her from their or er or gtinizutien summarily. Dame Nature's Planning DAME NATCRE'said: "I'm tiring Of sober shades of green Like these that in my tin Dishing All summer have been seen. Aiid new that Autumn's coming I think I'll stir about And get sonic ether cnrpits Aud draperies put out. "Jack Frest, the decorator. I'll Mimiuen te in nid. He has such skill in dvelng. His colors never fade. I'll have him de u symphony In orange, geld nnd led. With a touch of wondieus sky blue AnJ cloud white overhead. "The Winds will gladly help me Te put the carpets down ; I'l hnve them in nil pntterns And shndes of lenfy brown, My worm win " se wh-i "in colors bright nnd new, like n change." said Nature, ..rwnslnn'ly. don't you?" May rrliik Converse, iu Kunsaii City Star. l:Tft- """"-SVr " --.' "- 1 r-Srf-s "-- - L.-l-JlJ'TVim : ,':fS5 -"JtMWCC:' MH&rusr-- "Mas.--" MP!r NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knoie Best MRS. ALICE BARBER STEPHENS On Hew War Has Affected Art THE war has parel) zed art and artists, in the opinion of Mrs. Alice Ilnrbcr Stephens, distinguished nrtist. who believes thnt some time will elapse hefere they are restored te their former basis of achieve ment. "In two ways particulailv the war has been harmful.' said Mrs. Stephens in her studio in beautiful Rese Valley jesterday. "First, it destroyed the market for most of their products, nnd then it worked Incal culable havoc with their creative work. "Artists, being necessarily creative, rebel at war nnd destruction. Consequently during thnt period there is little thnt they can de. Frem the nature of things they can scarcely express themselves spontaneously when their souls nre being tern wltli anguish ut the destruction that is being wrought. They must wnlt for the quiet and peace and tranquillity that make creative work pos sible and when all that is worth while In life, from an artist's viewpoint, lias resumed its normal trend. "Se, consequently, comparatively little work has been done by artists iu recent vears. It Is net se bad for the artist who Is made and whose creations will bring big luices whenever they are put en tlie market. Hut for the budding nrtist who, te de the big things, must necessarily have jeurs of ex perience, it is a serious matter. Thc-e is the danger of either net progressing with their work at nil or of being diverted alield by the work thnt pays well but means little in nu nrtistic wny. Lean te Old Patronage System "The situntien has become se acute thnt many artists believe the only solution lies in n return te the old sjslem of patronage, Here, however, the American instincts of many seem te rise up and decline their inde pendence, as if te say 'they won't sell their souls.' Hut while the war lias destrejed n.ueh. It hns created n let of new wealth, and it is possible that many of the connois seurs, or nt least the buyers of the future, will arise from thnt clus.s. "Advertising has come into the field and Migagcd the attention of many aitists. It effeis ulluring returns and leallj makes it possible for some of our jeunger winkers te make a living during their formative period. Hut the danger Is that it is likelj te keep many from reaching the heights, us they would through sirieus, long nnd earnest effort. It is se likely te place a premium en quick-witteduess and mere cleverness with the brush uud the pigment. There is, how ever, no objection te ehan-cut, direct ex pression in advertising art, and nuiiij artists in this field succeed in doing this quite well, "During the war. despite the fact that the soul ns well us the bed) of the artist was starved, they did de a gnat deal of work Though their hearts rebelled at the hnvee ami destiuctlen being wrought, thev went toweik and put what constructive effeit tlie leuhi into the war. All of us took pint iu the campaign of pester making that plajcd Us part iu the fight. Political Future of t'euntr) Is Facter "Anether serious fucter in the work of artists is involved In the political future of the ceuntrj. During the war the Illustrative demand was for u tjpe of product foreign te thu instincts und ubllitles of many of our nitists. The niaga.iiies and ether periedlenls i mild net use the average subject matter of the past. Tlie times were out of joint. Alse the materials that went into the piedm-ine uf their issues were scarce and expensive, and thut had Its efleet. New comes the new situation with Its uncertainties und unset tied policies te still further affect the market for urtistti' weik and limit their ireative output. "One thing that lias grown out of the war or nt least has become full) evident since it' is tlie fact that diess and millinery aie two of the predominant things iu the Uf,. f tuduy as the artist sees it. And you ran Mimic the movies for it. As u rule people are most likely te find the greatest iuteiesl in life in themselves und the things that ceucern themselves. Consequently when they go te the movies they see things ihey long ter themselves, "Admirable us the movies nre In some re spects, with their artistic landscapes nnd ether scenery, they ure guilty of bad art In the wny they depict life by the dressing of their characters, particularly their women The movie -goer then sees, prebabl) mere, than uii) thing else, gowns nnd lints. The' women characters nre net wearing apparel that lits In with their parts, but brand -new clothes, They appear en the screen in these lovely, impeccable gywin, fresh from the em SOFTER SLIPPERY h ":. "-. :ahL r -tefflsaiff . .JHiifjnw -n T .- 1 "-khjJ "twrjs, . li SHBfi'V - .. HIlim:HTllT"l 1' T h iT" i. Kj'tis. . Tr's-KSl S Uri.tJliCUW perium, that give a potent effect of smooth ness nnd luxury te the scene. "Within the breasts of the women in at tendance is horn the desire te dress in this way and some attempt is made te Imitate them. The result is that dress is one of the all-absorbing phases of life today. Future Seems Hazy "What will be the art nf the future? I den t knew. Who cun tell? "One thing that is sorely needed, how ever, is nn easier access te the work thnt our nrtists ure doing. Just new (here is evident a great activity en the part of ninny of our nrtists iu exhibition work, but most of it is net seen bj the great majority. Of course, we shall have the huge municipal art gallery, which will house the selected great work of the time, just Us the Metropolitan Art Mu seum does in New Yerk, Hut there are many goejl artists who have net quite reached tins point who are still well worth seeing. Se there should be mere places te house them. "Art Is in a menstire ntistecratic and it should net he loe eusj, and there is nlse (lun ger in an extreme democracy in art, but a gn liter number of nppreclntnrs should he enieuraged. Se for thnt reason art should be made mere -nsy of access than it is new. "What the art of the future will be, what will he the crystallization of various move ments new in progress, is a question : but one thing is sure; Art will net regain its former estate until peace and quiet liuve been le stored and artists can again afford that solitude and remoteness se necessary te seriously aud reverently lake up 'their work," Somebody Gets It Sun Dial Frnm lie We suppose there arc a few people In Europe who haven't emigrated te America. They ure the ones, presumably, who wili bum the coal shipped from America during the last few months. Cheerful Optimists i'retn the New Yerk r.pnlne Pest t'p tn the moment of going te press the building grafters had net sold the City Hnll te the Junkmen, but the reporters arc stlli hopeful. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Fer hew mun ytar.s have the C'hlnese been barred admission Inte the United States? ". What Iu a liinhipieplsm? 3 What was the family name of Lord Chesterfield? 4 In wiT.it century did ha live? C. Niime a group of early Amerlcnn colo nists who made mi unsuccessful oaperf eaperf ini ut In lemmunlsm C Who wrete the. story "Hcd Gauntlet"? 7 li - i whom was tlie nattle of liuena v ista fought anil when did It occur? 8. What Is inennt by a de Jure government? it. What la the salary of members of the I 'nlted Htatt-s Heuse of Representa tives? 10 Who was the first Ilurepeuu te discover llrazll? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. in the poem, "Obermnnn Once Mern" Mittbew Arneld wrote thus of the H'lHt: "Sim let thu hglens thunder past, then plunged In thought again." 2 In the Senate, Warren U. Harding voted for the pence treaty with thu I.odue reservations, 3 The dominion of nny nation with n sea. coast extends three miles Inte the ocean or sea. 1 HtraKbeurK Is the chluf city of Alsace. 5. A de facto government Is one which ex ists In fact whether by right or net 6 lierre Jean da Ilerniigm- was a famous French lyric poet. His (lutes are nse- 1867. 7. "Maryland, My Maryland," wun written by J. It. Handnll In IHG1. It was hung te the tune, of "Lnurlger Heratlus." 6, Meerschaum Is n sllleute of inngmsla found In soft white masses The word Is Herman fur seafeam. 9. Rebert Cllve, the famous general, ren- quurer of the IJrltlsh Indian empire committed suicide In Londen in 1771. 10. An ekapl Is n brightly colored, iiartlallv striped unlmiil thnt chews Its cud It bears ii likeness te the glinffe, ,ieOP and zebra nnd w.as discovered In Gen tral Africa In 1000 k 'jiaHt SHORT CUTS All aboard ! Next step Christmas! The ways of the law ere occasional wrigglcy. Many a mnn had te cut his budget b fore he rnuhl onrre his tiirlrer. "The press is a mighty engine" ti never runs out of gas. Mnyer Moere's idea of the way te briJ Up puuni-'ai uulmch is le BpUDK era. Hrindcllism could never have survlrri it hnd faced Integrity and Courage. Tax victims nre convinced that th J i ei-.sauiB put me screw in scrutiny. Industrial peace in New England mil " lu "c nunging ey a cotton thread. The weather was described as raw jesj vnuuj, uui me uir sizzieu at franklin riel'l The scheme tn nut a k. line ,, rvv'J Creek heulcvnrd has hupplly slipped l 11U11VJ. Don't grumble if you're eating cold ta: Key teiluy. leu're a lucky guy if you hitl any jcii. Ever SO mnnv nnlttlnnl n.n.n.ll. -IaJ appcur te be expecting the worst but hepinl iw ui- uisuppeiuieu. The fact thut .Tehn D. Rockefeller J again giving nwny his millions contains cl pruiinse ei cneuper gasoline. Politics or, at least, political eerrJ speniiuucc, consists primarily in creaiitl uriuges oeiere tney nre reached. On the stage of life A. Voclfereui Mi nor ty Itlll heads the bill and wins appltei by his ubillty te "put it ever." uuy we, new that Thanksgiving IH is ever, urge all and sundry te de tbei Christmas shnntiinv unrlv? Whanls , Artemus Ward snid when he w (J England he heard of the Liverpool decks icust once. Alleged Hinn leln plots appMl 10 ue giving tiiem nuclltlenal publicity. There were three kinds of people at thJ football game yesterday afternoon : Thtwi who hnd entcn turkey, these who eiuectB t(l Ollt tllrtOV finrl 4,,a jinmmin ... ' H - -. - .,, .... ut. UIUIUVU HUJBI Wc rejolce te knew that the natr il Hearing its full strength. There is nethita militaristic In such satisfaction. "IMtj net Definuce" is the basic principle of a M jerce. There is reason te hope that out of tb discomforts of the present coal altuitieii there will nrisc an efficient system of pre ductien, transportation, distribution ana summer storage ter winter needs. The Massachusetts Supreme Court M ruled that .Jamaica ginger is net te be coo Kldcrcd nn Intoxicating- llminr oreent when I it is selil lis n hoveriiffp- A rAart mnv thfrefert stay within the law by having a pain in bl tummy oeiere partaking. Nature Nete. "Rnv. listen 1" said MIsi Clnncy, the young stenographer from out Ciumpeteyburg way, "the sparrows in Inde pendence Square ain't no early rlsera s mure these darK November days, ana i sure make a holler when they hare te get of. they have te get up, they have te get up llte tnnftittie, ' There is likelihood thnt the shlppiiJ benrd's wooden ships, with their euginfj ripped eijt uud under sail, may be Beld it' used te curry coal te Europe; but, much W the average citizen is rejoiced te bear t the beats may net be a total less, he caul work up much enthusiasm ever a scheme carry fuel out of the country while bis bins ure empty. Senater Harding has been cultarjlljl ilnnfl Ilia fni'n.lln niillin. bun ImiH dill covered. It is Edgar Haltus. Wbe l Edgar? Few knew, but he speclalit" 1 chopped English. Like this. Only mere . il uus nei eeen cuurgeu iimi iuc 'r. Twl ..l....f ....... L'.llnu .. llla.a.u mnAtl. lUl i'iii unci, iiuiiun un u iiicib. ,,im... -. . the contrary. Thnt Is hew he has been cum turally placed, intellectuality neetij w trust. Leisure seeks antithesis. I-dW,1' short and snappy. Harding Is ornsite uielillueus. This may have significance, w it may net, Veu tell us, Baltus. Yen W the pep. rvl J JuX t . ,si .V . - t . f ' .ftcW.wujsJc Am iVet ,:'A'Am t- ft n -" ' . . - namy J, & 3-: t fS ',' tm . I! 'MM f -a"' .iteiCri - i,frtii - - arc W-ft Li
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