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Drirmb'r II. l:i THE IMMIGRATION BILL GENKIIAI. -entimcii nii.i il in this rnitntr lij tle ktutlpilK' of iinnn'ne tijfs of derelict htimnnit tlnit nre driftlns .from nil pnrtN of Kurnn- mwiircl Amcrlru iva nrrtirntnh rellcriiM in tin- ntc r "Hit tn 41 bj which a Mil lntctnl'il te prohibit Ini Ini mlnrntleii te the 1'nlteil Stnte for n period of twelve month watt pn-el PsU,riln ill the limine The defeat of tiie men- .ie in tne Senate is predieteil The dominant group in the Hennte has uel jet rcvenleil the natuie of Us objeetletT te the n'ciMiire or the chanse which mav be pinpeed in amendments. Itul I ' rt tt ft' "!;,f-' K ,s 'irt'hlnftalile that lociMntteti se tm- i it fr&klM f pertnnt as this should be defeated or Ieiir I'fP'fli- . " delnjed. I'if'r'ml "S movement thai lias been erratic stimulated r' Hi 'n "" ''l( '''Pr ""intrie- by steamship com panies nnti ntiieis who nope "' pieiu in one wny or another hj mi itnprrcedeiited tlew of immicrant tintfie te ihiv. eenntrv It ih hnrill te be supposed that the Semite "ill for any reaoeu ignore a situation that lias alreadv Inspired the Canadian authorities te put new ind effective restriction- en immigration at their ports TROUBLES OF VOLSTEADERS YOl' would have te go far te find a mere difficult and tr.ing tal; than that uhich the feileral gevtrnnietit has allotted te auents charged with tin practical enforcement of the drj laws. There is geed ground for the recent assertion of one such oflieer that enlv the hnrdiest of Vetsteaders can suriM" for long with stead nerves, geed health and a normal cede of ethics. A dry agent arrested for drunkenness is deseribed in the news reports as having been "everel censured In Magistrate I'nrnej." Naturally, a prohibition agent watering drunk is a spectacle te mete ntn magi trate te sounding iln-picuic. Hut who will tiud hooch -proof agents for the government? The agents have te drink a let of oudenoc If they de net wish te be laughed out of court by shrewd atternejs for the bootleggers, who have a habit of asking hew they knew that V the stuff the saw in the bottles wasn't tea. sj The expi rien if tb" enforcement m,. "proves conclusively that the ' liipinr 'tratlic Will hne te be regulated at the source at the bended warehouses, in the whelesulc markets, at the distilleries and among the moenshiners rather than enlt in the places where th small ret.itlers thrive and nourish. A DREAMER COMES HOME BLITIIK and sweetlj eeal ns a robin of spring. Washington I). Vanderlip landed in New Yerk with the famous satchel fillfd with Ittisslnii cotii'essietis. Te the dared reporters he told all J.CDine's sot-lets need locemothes. motor car", farm implements, ' medical supplies, hoes and manufactured artb les of all sorts. They want te bu ftl.nno.fine ihmi worth of these v.things in the I'nited Stnle-i- with the money of Atneriean mtesiers ,lr Van dcrlip has undertaken In get the ineiie te gether. And as seeuritj the sewci hate. se te speak, hocked a large part of ice bound Siberia te the imaginative American. With the coal and ere imd oils in he e). tnlned there, Vanderhf Impes te return cnnrineus prellts te investors in Ins si heme It sounds well eneu'i until Mr Vander lip tnlks in specific terms. Londen, he oh eh rrTpa. Is noisier with talk of revolution than Moscow. llelshevism has hi en a failure. A republican form of government will fol fel low the Itfil regime and with it will come -what de you suppose"' Nationalized indus tries and nationalized res,,un es We have Mr. Vnnijerlip's word for that And we fare te suppose that the tender hearted Itiis Mans when thev seize and iiatinnalie all ether stMirce of supplv in Husslu will i(r mit Vanderlip anil bis assei mtes te go en diguing riches out of Siberia in return for goods that by that time will be worn out and .forgotten! PERILS OF WHOOPING COUGH TvIl. KUltUI'.Sirs warning ag.iinst the U pcrlM of whooping cough is timelt IV parents renllz the serious n.ituie of tht disease, nnil they allow their nfflntcd ihihlreii qte go about the streets tml nen te tin movie ahewK. Yet thej would net think of permitting n I'hlld with -mi let fever te mingle with ether children if thev knew it had the disease. Whooping cough, however, kills mere children than scarlet feve-. Or Kurbush Fnj'H that during the last three ve.irs tin re have been four times as nunv deaths from It In this city ns from scarlet fevet ' It is n duty whhh paients ewe te tiieir neighbors, aa well as te their own Inldren. te 'prevent children with whooping eugh from mixing with ether children A CHILD PRODIGY 04 J.-VLIVK HCUKKIMJU, who has just ,,0,, s,V U wnn net exploited as a child prodigy ac Xvlien uer no. e mi ,hm,iu i ui in was V published mere than twentv -live tears age. ik?" Yet iihc was much mere of a predigv than wi tnese te vvneui ier fiiii-uiiiin iii uie vveriu ,Y Lba been directed In lecent months 1 The book which gave her fame is net ,m 5. Infantile tale of nilventuie nor is it the re r .. . ...i i... n, (.. .. .i i i actions, of u youthful mind te the wonders ' 'anl mystery of nature It is the sterv, of S kth development "f n soul and its emunei L, (.notion from the tremmels of an ancient ?iM' rtbeerr of iim"'1' origin and destinv And 4? fit. was written win n Miss hehreiner was "'rt ' ''about eighteen ears old If hhe had been P"I ii,entyne or thirty her achievement would LVJ,i .. . ben less remarkable, though it would W rs" "WW 'nen 'invl '"'r" w"r"'-v "' ,np attention tT ''StTTli It received and is still receiving. sW it'lfcr u sirl. the daughUr of a missionary ra!'i-ti.. -. . i ..i.. :.. !... ..- tO bOUlll iViriril. i" mm- ui iiiul tiuuvvuy region a book which ceiuniauded the utten- ten and rwpect ei muiure mcu' unu wemeu h . ; " skilled In dialectics and learned In matters of philosophy and religion l much mero re markable than for Daisy -Ashford te reveal a child's views of life In "The Yeung Vis iters." The one Is n serious contribution te the thought of the time. The ether Is a mere burlesque, nmuslng fern few months, tn be forgotten when senje ether novelty appears, A LOOK AT THE DEADLOCK WHICH GRIPS FRANKFORD "L" Repeated Failures of Either the City or the P. R. T. te Make Proper Cencet- slens Keep the New Fast Line Idle TIIKItK Is te doubt that if the three basic recommendations made by Themas K, Mitten te the Public Service Commission were speedily carried out operation of the rriinkfnril elevatiil could be started by Christinas IOL'1. His program comes at a time when pub lic opinion en the transit situation Is re duced te Its .imptest terms. The high-speed line te nm tlu-astcrn Philadelphia has been building for mere than live years. It Is vexatious that the finishing touches te it wetk of incalculable benefit te the com munity should be withheld. The community bus long since lest nuy appetite for explanations. It Is net reasons for dela.v which it seeks but substantial arguments in support of dellnite progress en ii definite undertaking. The situation somewhat suggests n char niter of Stevenson's, who sought extrication front his (pinndarles hv proposing the ques tion. "What would Napeleon de?" Hut, unfortunate), the course that Napeleon wnii'il have taken was seldom clear te his udmlrer. The result was usiiallj indecision, net te say deadlock. If the crisis seemed te ho.relliYod the gain was specious, for It wns at the cost of assumptions unwarranted bv f;n ts. That procedure of this sort appeals te Mr. Mitten is evident from the character of his proposals. rnquestlennblv . he desires the completion of the Frnnkferd "L " (In tin- ether hand, hi" cure for the ills which ntHict transit in this city refer in even tin- most casual anal) sis directly te that portion of the anatomy of the situation that Is tin- sickest. And no new remedy for the fuudumentul disease Is suggested Mr. Mitten in his third preposition urges the city te determine a definite method of procedure in regard te the rapid transit program of IMG, se as te enable the necessarv legislation te be pre sented nt the next session of the Legislature. This is somewhat similar tn forecasting the rt cover) of the patient before treatment has been administered or even the nature of the dose has been determined. The dose js, of course, a lease governing the relations of the eit) and the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Ce. regarding the sub wnj and elevated development Without this legal instrument of contract the cen-fi-rt nee of engineers, favored bj Mr. Mitten, is intrinicall.v powerless. It is idle te consider orders for cars for the Frnnkferd eltivated until the nature of the service en that line can be specifically di lined There is a disconcerting ellipsis in postulating progress en the speculation that tin- city and the P. It. T. stockholders are each te be guarantied a return of " per cent per annum en the meue.v invented. De cision upon the whole matter of returns is certain te be difficult te reach. Hut with the matter unsettled no lease can he drawn. And without u lease operation of the Frank ford "L" is impossible. Despite all the shifts anil turns of the transit crisis if aii.vlhing se prolonged de erves that name the first principles of the subject have net been mastend Attempts date from l'.Ua. At that time the high speed transit system, se vitally necessnry te a city of the fan-like proportions of Phila delphia, was (irst proposed. Within another jt-nr an outline of a lease was diafted. but the p. 15. T. discoun tenanced an.v regulation of exchnnge tickets. The course of contract ran the reverse of smooth. Negotiations between the eit) and the transit company ended in mutual an tagonisms and dispute Nevertheless, Coun cils in lill," did appropriate a half million dollars for sewer construction in central Philadelphia and 8(1.(10-0.0011 te be divided equally between the Frankford "L" and the Hrend street subway and the next year Mayer Smith decided te open pnrlevs afresh. Out of one of the stormiest chapters of this eventful yet barren histnrv a new lease appeared. The public's right-, however, were very seriiiuslv invaded b disgraceful intrigues at linrrlshurg. resit'tltig in the evaporation of Hie Snlus hi1! compelling ph.vsicn! connection between the Frnnkfeiij elevated and the Market street eibvva). The mi-iisiiii- was actiiall.v stolen, spuited away, before the time for it- i otisideiatieu arrived. A i etiipielietisive lease, net without cer tain merits, was. however, drawn up. Coun cils approved if. but net without tinkering. Iti-Ji t-tieu bv the Public Service Commission followed. Objection was bnsed upon the as. sumptien in tin- base that the commission would in a sense guarantee certain rela tionships between the p I. T and the underlying lempanies of which, it asserted, It hud incomplete knowledge. Plamlv. here was the weakness in a lease which etheiwlse appeared te advance transit pregi ess further than an.v ether. Hut the di-fi-i t was vital and the structure of devel opment that had been reared Ignomlnleiisly teppbd Since .lanuar.v. HMO. when this proposed lentrait wii tinned down, negotiations be twiin tin- i itv and the I'. H, T have been at n standstill. Details of tin- deadlock are emplex Tin lock en which the Interested parln-s luiv split Is visible enough. It is te the advantage of the P. It T. te secure the best possible terms from the municipality. Mi Mitten views the parternershlp as one bringing equal leturtis In the cjtv and his ceinpaiiv which means, of leurse, that his whole svstem will profit financially b.v an arrangement supposed te be primarily con cerned with the construction and mainte nance of the high-speed lines. Such a burden is net faced serenely hv the citv nor mere particular by the transit diiecter. Mr. Twining. Should the niunicl piilit) bolster up the intricate Hnances of the p I T'' Is the game of better-transportation weith the guttering candle? These are the question for which no solution has been found. In the meantime work upon the Frank ford "L" has proceeded and. considering the i nibariassiiietits of the war period, pi-egiess ha net been dlct editable. The stiuclure is completed from Callow hill street tn Ilrldge street, Frnnkferd. About 00 per ecni of the whole trackage exists, but the rails are net vet placed in condition for service The nntlre equipment, every fea ture of it signal apparatus, power sub stations, cars Is lac king. Oddl.v enough tin- money te finish the line i, available. " evered by bends. Hut there no eoniieotinn between the elevated and Philadelphia's sole subway, and no prescrip tion ha been made about the route or plnn of operation If the service is te step at Arch street it is clear that Mr. Mitten's program of 100 cars is excessive. It is estimated that the Frankford line In the isolated state would curry about 10.000,000 passengers yearly and that sufficient accommodation could he found in thirty or forty cars. If the acutely desirable tljlng is done and the cars are run through from Dridge street V I A -.Al-tVtws 1 j, B'fiiSlSfelEEDfraLABELrHIA, TOISSDAff P-tftpg M. te the Sixty-ninth street terminal, the yearly patronage would probably increase te 30, 000,000 and Mr. Mitten's estimate of rolling stock would be no mere than sufficient. An extra charge for n transfer or ex change from feeding surface lines would probably altrr all these llgurcs. Therefore, for the city te Issue an order for car construction without definitely knowing the operating conditions would be foolish. A lease would unlock these riddles. Hut the manufacture of such a key waits upon adjustment of claims by the city nnd the transit company. The municipality Is rightly chary of authorizing burdensome concessions. The" unnnls of Philadelphia transit arc darkened by such surrenders, some of which nre responsible for the present thorns in the path of Improvement. Chief among them Is the pyramiding of the P. H. T. fixed charges by the underlying companies, which charges have te be met before the manage ment can obtain the dimmest view of profit. Te accept offhand the conditions outlined by Mr. Mitten ts te rush Inte obligations that cannot be tee carefully analyzed. L'tiiibling. legislation rendering the way of lease makers easier would undoubtedly be a step forward. Harrlsburg can contribute potently te an untangling of many existing snarls. In his year of administration Mayer Moere, beset by problems of monumental proportions, hes enunciated no dellnite transit policy. Seener or later one must be forthcoming. Naturally, compromises must be employed te destroy the deadlock. Cnless each Inter ested party recognizes this fact Philadelphia will continue te hnvc an elevated railway three-fourths completed and u north-south subway consisting of nn expensive station beneath the City Hall. Hut should the demands of the transit company be selfishly exorbitant n moral question intervenes. Transit trials nnd in sufficient service will then have te be bal anced with the exemption of the city from unreasonable obligations. When the choice, however. Is made it is unreasonable te ex pect that expediency, defined as man's wis dom, will net piny a certain part. RULERS OF THE WAVE TN SKCRETAIIY DANIELS' report te Congress, which is in effect a request for $700,000,000 with which te make ours "in "in ceinpitrubly the greatest navy In the world." there is a clear suggestion of the mood of the stern patriarch who would visit unrelent ing punishment en us for our sins of Ig norance or emission. Mr. Daniels believed zealously In the League of Nations as Mr. Wilsen conceived It. He said repeatedly that we should have te pay te the hilt with armament If we didn't fellow the President's advice. These tn him are the days of reckoning. He con perceive no middle course between American participation In the concert of European powers und a building program formulated te give this country a navy greater than any ether in the world. Ne one with a memory will accuse Mr. Daniels of deliberate jingoism. Hut that does net mean thnt his opinion should b- accepted without question or debate The navy of the I'nited States is new second enlv te the navy of (Jrent Hritiiin. Il I superior in tonnage and generi,! equip ment te the combined sea forces of Japan, France and Jtnly. Se an.v justification for its enlargement en n grand scale must rest upon the assumption of possible future trouble between our country and the Kritish. It is reasonable te suppose that the secretary of the navy and bis staffs should knew mere about undercurrents of InternatlnnaPeffalrs than the casual looker-en and that they wish te be prepareil for even the most remote of possible eventualities. Hut it is clear, tee. thnt nil) one who wants te sinrt h first-cluss war witli any of flic European nations newndays will have te go te considerable trouble te de It. Even Americans are disillusioned about war. Eu rope nils, the people who have been doing the fighting and who would have te de It in the future, are utterly and Incurably sick of Hint sort of business. There are in this inuntry n considerable number of people who. like Merse Henry Watterson, nclie for "a fight with England." Marse Henry wants te march up Piccadilly before he dies nnd put the stars and stripes mi the Marble Arch. lie has just said as much in print. Seme of the men who held the reins of gov ernment in Hrlrain have been giving the empire some pretty bad advertising and some of the things that have been happening In Ilritlsh possessions certainly will net make Hritlsh rule seem a lovable and perfect thing te sensitive minds put the trouble with Merse Henry and with these whose minds run along with Ins is that they have for gotten thnt the Fnglisli people themselves have been bewildered and disgusted bv the er'nr of some of their statesni'-n and that they love justice as archhtl) as any ether people. If Marse Heurv ever could find the army of l.i dreams and if he ever could march it up Piccadilly he would have te trample net ever the few men who de wrong thev always Und places of safetv-hut ever the plain people, who in all wars fought en the side of liberty and right, plain people, who want out of life only what tin- masses of American want out of it. It is net always easy in times of crises and confusion for any people te make its gev eminent clearly icpre sentative. It is worth remembering this new when se many great wrongs seem te he sanc tioned by nations and governments entangled in the inline illate and terrific consequences of the great wnr. These who continue te talk of friction beuvien Ilritnln and the Fulled States de net always step te think of what their emotions might lead them te There is en both side of the world enough intellectual balance forever te prevent a serious breach between the two mightiest power. Hut we ought still te remember that ever) wrecker bent upon the desl ruction of civjll.atleu, i-vei) oppeitiinlst with dreams like Na Na Na pohen. ever) militarist in Asia who be lieves that eastern i ivllizatien must have a new beginning befeie long en the ruins of the civilization of the west, hopes and prays for a war of English-speaking peoples. Fer that war, if it were long continued, would leave mil) unimaginable ruin and disorder and weakness ever half the enrth. This does net altogether dispose of .Mr. Daniels and bis appeal for a mighty navy. Only these who can see far into the future and foretell all the results of mighty proc esses of change that new are being felt e.er.vwhere can "iv whether we really ne-cd tl.e greatest navy In the world. In mie wnv vvc are different from all ether peoples. We Kiive never used our military power In wars of aggression and histnrv proves that we never v-rlll. The powers could see our navy xpiiiid without fear that it would he mis used. That is mere than you could say for seme of the ether governments. And since we prepare only for our own safety and net for nny ether reason under the sun. naval expansion such as Mr Daniels asks Congress te sanction and pay for cannot Justly be viewed ns cause for feverish building rivalries in Ilrltiiin. .lapan or elsewhere. There nre thirty thousand bus) lit t Ie pay envelope handlers In Washington who arii unalterably opposed te tux revision downward. Perhaps mere sympathy would new be extended te western fanners, who face less through falling wheat prices, if we hadn't been treated te se many stories of agricul tural prosperity during the Inst couple of years. Why squeal ever a leuu year after se many fat eucs? -' !.-., i.-.w.-.i.sjWi - - - --,- 1 11 I 'V.", 'I'M i A TELEPHONE STORY Japanese Second Language Spoken Over the Wire A. C. Dinkey's Start In Steel A 8eclety Re porter Who Became Prime Minister Iy (IKOIKSE NOX MeCAIN COMMISSION AV. I). H. AINEY, chnlr man of the Pennsylvania Public Service Henrd, announced nn unusually Interesting fact recently. , It was, that the first language ether than English transmitted ever n telephone wns Japanese. Commissioner Alney lint n very- large acquaintance. His two years in Congress and his long and useful career ns n public mnii have established friendships among nil classes of people. The Information came tn him nt n dinner in Washington where one of the guests or honor was Alexander firnhnm Hell, the in ventor of the telephone. The facts Were imparted by the Inventor himself. During his early experiment te transmit the tones of the human voice ever cjectrie wires. Mr. Hell had In his employ it young Jnpanese student. One dav while testing his apparatus, then practically complete se far as the trans mission was concerned, en a short house line the young Japanese Inquired If the machine could "speak" any language but English. . , Mr. Hell laughingly replied thnt It could, nnd invited the Far Eastern chap te test Its character. , Hefere doing se the Jap summoned n friend, another nntlve, nnd they, greatly te their mutual surprise nnd delight, conducted a short conversation In the language of Nippon ever the wires, l'p till that moment nothing but English had been transmitted through the world -transforming apparatus. CHAULES M. SCIIWAH. who presided nt the dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of New Yerk last Saturday night, Is un usually fend of recalling the past, portion -larlv when it relates te his fellow workers of early days. One of his prnelienl nxinmi is thnt manual training is better than college training. When he first became head of the United States Steel Corporation he used te say that nut of forty of the greatest Industrial magnates in the country nt that time, eighteen years age, only two had ever been tn college. One of the forty was. I think. II. C. Trick, who attended Otterbeln University for n year or se; the name of the ether was net disclosed. The proportion of college men nt the head of great Industries today Is very large nnd growing. All the grent railroads new. the Pennsyl vania in particular, decline te admit young men Inte the line of promotion who nre net college or teehnlent school graduates. ALVAH C. DINKEY, head of the great Midvnle Steel concern of this city, is one of the men en whose early beginnings Mr. Schwab occasionally dwells. "There was a fifteen -year old boy In n manual training school that I established at Homestead." he snld in reminiscence. "Otic night lifter nil the ether boys hail left one of the officials found him experi menting with an electric machine. He gave nil his spnrc time te this machine. "His porevornnoo attracted the,- attention of his teachers and he was given 'an oppor tunity te go into the works with which the school was connected "There be pursued (he same policy of concentration. He stuck te a thing. At length he became nssstaut manager. "The time came when I needed n mail te head one of the grent departments. It was during the widening and reorganization process in the Stee Corporation. "I called all the heads of the Homestead works together, unfolded the plan nnd asked who was the mail te be entrusted with se great n Igqinnsihlllty. "Every one of them pointed te the former boy In the training school, Alvnh C. Dinkey. Hecnttse beenld de things a little better than ethers he became head of the great Homestead Steel Works." The rest of Mr. Dinkey's career is well known. MH. SCIIWAH is a, sort of modern Nnpnlenn. This comparison contem plates bin power te mnke industrial marsjials ami steel kings of his associates unci sub ordinate. Napeleon made marshals of France en the field: Schwab made them out of the mill .varcls, rolling mills and heating de partments of his Industrial empire. All of his lieutenants are hand-picked. All of them came up from the lowest tuiigs of the ladder. ' Here's another one : AI.ONf! in the early eighties there was a fifteen-year-old lad earning drinking water te the men In a oenniii sleel works. He did his work se well and always hnd such cool water and was se diligent in attendance en the men that it attracted unusual attention. Later en a het was needed in t In- office. This lad wns remembered and get the Jeb. Then- he pursued the snnu- policy of diligence and courtesy and was gradually advanced till inside of six years when uii assistant malinger wns needed at this par ticular works he was given the place. A little later this young fellow, whom everybody knows as President Cerey, enme tn be head of one of the greatest corpora tions In the world. THE election of n newspaper editor te the presidency of the T'niled States Is net considered such an unusual event bv a friend in thl city, whose hitnrlenl knowl edge seems te me, nt times, all-embracing. Te rise from the ranks of a n-nerter'tn three times prime minister of a Eurnpcnu government is. he thinks, still mere re markable. Particularly when (hat nation is Spain, the most aristocratic and hidebound, in its rules of caste nnd precedence, in all Europe Prnxedes Matee Sagastn was the re porter. He started out te become an engineer, but turned aside te newspaper work, ami t.,.. came society reporter en a Mndrid news paper. One day when the parliamentary reporter en his paper became ill Sagasta'was sent te cover bis assignment, lie did It se well thnt the managing editor kept him en the job. Then be was sent down into the country te write Liberal political articles nnd hel'n elect a Liberal candidate te tin- Certes Frem that time en he stuck te political Journalism. He was exiled and beenme Iuiden correspondent for a let 0f the larger Spanish newspapers He beenme prime minister in INNI ,! twice later before his death in Kurt HOG ISLAND K fO MOKE tin- stietehing incandescent blaze. Hurtling n silver arc across the night Tall derricks Idle through unchanging days With naught but memories of the Hiilen.ii.i the splendid fight. One fnncles If these idle vvnys could dream They'd yearn for eager artisans who swirled About the shaping hulls, a telling stream Who Hung their answer liulf across the world. Teclnv their ships arc en the niity Junes OH tin- dim Orkneys mid at Singapore- Straining te Kin through the tropic rains' Or slipping past some Australasian shore. Acress the lonely flats the tall wnvs loom Dull timbirK etched against the sunset skies; A steamer's siren cuts the deepening gloom While through the rnndsldu weeds the night wind sighs. Tliemus J. Murray in the N. Y, Tribune -iWil I? ' ' -'' i ,y W''J'"''iiv . Jp, ,,frj (J" i-f OtJ.ifT-4t ylIjt.Vll--y( sis 1 V-Yrt .ertufJ7 "i',Slr v CrxrlS aZ fi- I '"2ix5rXPJF' ;v t'stBwsWTOiy,-" - .Tzzi '.'it ir. K3r :. l ms&w&v n.rmi.fc3Tl" i - P' K' IP? 4,iis .gftgs3Ha!rpwafc-. jgp ,irn,'aii i t"tj. i!- TBtt"rfh t r jf' l"ls. IT g ! r?uMjislii "--,., i'c 5!f-"T" " . --" """- X 5 l.r-s C NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best WILLIAM B. MILLS On Christmas Crewda CHILDREN w'hesc tlght-.grlp en mother's hand is likelv te be loosened by visions of Kriss Kringles. with their white befurred red coats, and who lese themselves In the Christmas crowds; shoppers who lire un accustomed te the crowded downtown stores nnd nre ignorant of the pickpockets unci thieves who lurk there te pn-y en them: wagons bearing Christmas parcels which un sought nfter by petty robbers, are a few of the cares which are thrust upon the police force during Christinas time. "We always figure en a !10 per cent In crease in the eiewds of pedestrian and in street traffic In the downtown or central sec tion of the city during the days preceding nnd immediately following Christmas, suys Superintendent of Police Mills. "Special Instructions are given te all the reserves and ether policemen stationed in tne central section of the city, yet It is neces sarv. as well, that people who come down town te de their Christmas shopping renlie the abnormal conditions and de all that they can te help us in looking after themselves. Organize Drlve en Creeks An organized drive is made by the police force nnd the city detectives te round up all men with a criminal record who are found loitering thret-gh the crowds cm (he streets and In the stores, said Captain Mills. I hese men have made criminal records in tin- past, nre known te the nollce and they cannot have the same liberties as honest, lew-nUKI-lug citizens. They knew that they u re con stantly being watched by the police and that they are regnrded wilh suspicion when they appear among the Christmas shoppers. Our aim is tn place them where they can de no harm during the holidays. "Lest children are one or our greatest rnres during this period of the year. Many wander downtown from their hemrs alone, lured there by the pictures In the papers of Santa Clius or remembering the sights they bad seen the year before '1 hey become con fused in the douse crowds until pick; d up by some traffic etlicer and brought te I ity Hall. Often during a single day Mrs. Margaret Cooper, the matron of the central district, has n day nursery of fifteen or twenty kids waiting for their parents tn cnll for them. The department stores are a gient help te i.. iiici. lieiiui-imeiit Iii looking nfter the youngsters who become stranded from their mothers or fathers In the stores, us they, tee. hnve their children s clearing houses. " nether or our worries are the great numbers of men who ure constantly en the lookout for a wagon containing parcels that have been left for u moment by its driver. Countless packages, mostly Christmas pres ents ure lest In this manner. Meu- care ..i.....'i.i I,., tnl.cn bv drivers and delivery men that they de net' leave their wuies out of. sight ter u singm M-.nii.i. , Few I-'iihe Charities Parking privileges for meters are made even mere stringent during the holiday rush, according te the superintendent of police, In order that everv one who has n car may tie enabled te get downtown and te leave his ear In the vicinity of the store or ofHce he Car III '",,. "nif,n....si. "utn.nl I....... " w sues te viDii. -' !-- who leave their cars all day in one spot, would make it impossible for ethers te get into the center of the city with their inn chines, "Then then- lire the 'fakers with their little stands," continued the captain. "Fer the last few- years the Police Department has made n rule that no one si all be per-' milted te set up a stunil along the curb, but these who place their stands against build ings are net under the juilsdlctlen of the nellce but rent their spaces from the owners of the buildings. It Is necessary te see that these im-ii de net clutter up the sldevvnlks." Asked whether the police nre troubled tn any extent with iinscriipt-Ieus persons who disguise themselves ns Santns and ether col lectors te take money away from benevolent neeple who think they nre giving te a worthy cause Captain Mills replied that there ure only a few- Instances of this and that they are detected for the most part by the rep resentatives of the authorized agencies in whose uniforms they nre disguising them- b"We nlse try te control the speed of auto, .nnliilcs during this season, ns there nre se many shoppers who are unaccustomed n the crowds nnd who become nervous nnd lese their bends when attempting the street ciesslng. "It would make n very material difference In tbu Christmas rubh If shoppers would try i ..-, ' -", A. NOT CONDUCIVE TO COMFORT, , -"v s .rjir -- fe come downtown and te leave the stores at different hours from these persons who dully come te work and leave tiieir places of busi ness at the same time. There Is no reason why the housewife cannot pick her time and net allow It tn coincide with the hour lute In the afternoon when ull the clerks nnd saivniil-llliu- Ullll IIIV UUltT IIIUIISMIIUB III UUILVS urn Innnlnn .in,L'ln r l.nn.n .... ,,,..,, nein .,, S... in., i, , "We nim tn be us courteous ns possible te the Christinas crowds and te their credit be it said that they nre the happiest -and cuslest-tn-get-oleng-wlth crowds of the yenr. Every one is jelly nnd It Is tee bad when social pariahs, men who live by tnklng irnni ethers, nre able te destroy tins Happi ness which is In the very air by theft and crime. Fnfertunnte it Is, tee, when through carelessness some child becomes lest te an anguished mother or when n wife or mother is run down en the street by reckless drivers. "It Is up te every one te de his part te help himself," THE HALL OF DISFAME Frim the N. vv Yerk Tribune, Since the conscientious objectors are te have a dinner In their honor, why net n monument ns well? Vurleus plans will be presented. We suggest n Hall of Dlsfame ns the most comprehensive nnd fitting me morial. The great hall could contain the name of every objector whom Mr. linker trented with snob special courtesy. The white feather would offer u natural theme in the archi tectural detail; the color scheme would, of course, be yellow. Among the mural decora tions would be a picture of young Mr. Hcrg Hcrg dell digging for treasure in the hills of we forget just wheref but the benignant smile of warm-hearted Mr. linker would be presiding ever the occuslen. These partic ularly precious young gentlemen who get net only courtesy but clothes nnd cash from Mr. Haker upon their discharge could be shown tunrchiiig away In pride. We could net dream of insulting Mri Hintclcn by Including him In n slackers' memorial he was a spy who did his lob well. Hut the extraordinary kindness and gentleness grunted him by the administration suggests that a small bust of him might he included ns nn exnniple of Mr. Poker's elert efforts te snvc the enemy from needless Inconvenience. The main stntunry should be simple. At one end we see Mr. Huker in marble, a dove alighted upon either shoulder, and a gesture of polite rebuke directed toward a cannon's mouth at his feet. Facing him, and ut some distance, a statue of n crippled soldier still waiting for his vocational training would be ample. Dish te Suit . L l'rem the New Yerk Herald The conscientious objectors of this part of the country are going te have a dinner. Deviled rabbit would be uu upprepriute dish. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Neme two families which gnve te the I'nited States mere than ene President each, 2. Fer what book was Ollve Schrclner noted? 3. On what river Is the city of Cerk situated? 4. What Is the meaning of the word elee- mesynuryT 5. Hew often does the century plant bloom? 6 What planet Is surrounded ny luminous rliiHs7 7. Who Is (he present secretary of labor? 8. Wheie did the original Philistines live? 9. Who was Jehn Sleeper Clnrke? 10. What Is cassava? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Hunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" nnd Hlr Walter nulelgh's Incempleted "History of the World" were written In prison. 2. A heptarchy Is a government by seven rulers 3. A ce.UI Is nn American carnivorous ani mal resemhllng a civet or raccoon, it has a long, flexible snout, t Merhideixa in painting Is lifelike deli cacy In tlesh tints. D. Benares, en the ("lunges, Is the especially sacred citv of India. C. The moraine Is the ,nndy deposit und debris carried down by u glacier, 7. Janus Hele Is the present lord mayor of Louden. 8 Mr. Is an ubhrcNlntleu of mister, u cor ruption of master. 9. Arizona Is the meat recent state In the American Colen. It was admitted en February H. 1312. 10. The mlddle name of H. O, Wells is Qeerge. !- , V fc-tffri,fr. ,,1 h, JBAyjUja&r ,lUi.iU4?J Min T hKI- -sT -? It ' J ,1 tf ANYHOW (.. c SHORT CUTS Rhetoric Is seldom a peace-maker. The man who pays five cents apiece for Btewed prunes deserves te eat 'cm. Outlining Harding's policy is still Washington's fnverlte Indoor sport. The Grent American Hen apparently has net yet learned that prices arc coming down. Our firm conviction is that the Mayer would rather be right than President's ad viser. Add Jny Walking Every time we ex pect J. Frest te strike his gait J. Pluvius comes ambling along. Jehn Hull sometimes has the notion thnt he could bottle the spirit of unrest If it wasu't for the Cerk. As a harmenfzer, Sennter Penrose con tinues te come forward with nods nnd Hecks nnd wreathed smiles. he wants ene hundred dollars? asks our Limerick sharp. Eet's answer him with nnether: Who doesn't? Publication new confirms the general Vfli?. P thnt Eimnarck'H opinion of Kulscr ilhelm was unfit for publication. I'ncle Sam's 'insistence en the equal rights of all nations will Instire every deg having his day en the Island of Yap. What the Frankford "I," problem ap pears te need Is nn uncommon deviser of ways und means te get speedy action. The middle-ground between the pro pre leaguers and the bitter-enders that Senater Harding Is seeking may prove a quagmire.. If n debate between a girls' team and a boys' team doesn't end In a victory for the girls it isn't fair and that's all there is about it. In the mntter of the P. It. T. under lying companies, though the Superior Court makes distinctions they de net appear te have settled differences. Viscount Ishli, who says Japan cannot step building warships until America sets the example, should remember whnt happens te people who live beyond their meaej. If the United States Senate (unexpect edly ) passes the Jehnsen immigration bill perhaps the unemployed in the cities will go te work en the farms. And perhaps net. Ambrose Sherman, a local fireman, who four times gave his bleed te save the life of ethers. Is dead as a result of his self sacrifice; but the 'lessen of unselfishness he taught still lives. The shock coming te Calvin Cenlldge when he gees house-hunting In Washington may cause a contrite Uncle Sam te realize that If he must bury u mini he ought at least te provide him with a tomb. The public will leek with mere favor en "mere liberal credits for formers" when the money Is needed for work te be done rather thnn te tide them ever until they con get higher prices for stored wheat. Milleraud has nbelished the kiss in France as a part of ceremonial affairs, such as tit-stewing the lllbben of Honer: realiza tion at lust that a kiss with two mustaches has altogether tee much salt for any egg, The Civic Club, In linn with Its plan te think ill) something that will benefit the city, Is uew studying street paving. Spite of harsh criticisms of certain philosophical highway lnspecteis, geed intentions nre ex cellent paving meterial when mixed with something concrete, A Hlneiusburg, Pn.. former is sold te have husked corn for thirty minutes nt the rate of two bushels n minute. The husky fanner, suys the husky er correspondent, sometimes had eight cars In the air ut ence, Twe of them long ones were perhaps tht curs of the veracious scribe. 9m 4 lffi It Is suggested that a fund be created t for sick, wounded nnd disabled soldiers from voluntary contributions from recipients of the New Yerk state soldiers' bonus who ure net in financial need ; an excellent surges- tien. as far as It geesbut n roundabout '" mid Ineflicicul vv uy of ijcrfjiuitii u ujauii'et duty. 'fr ' r. A., . rA.', tt -, v !.'. V 4 Ml rt- A . n'i- & - JUMnvvnm itfl-1
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