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OUR BUSIEST CITIZEN
FROM a render uhe uproar te wrlt mere
in aorrew tiian la atiRPr renn n l"ttpr
OhkltiR whprher. iu nur Iiurub'p opinion. Mr.
PrnreM- is a .nat(ir of the United Stntes.
PrfliIcDt-rIfCt or '"Jovfrner of I'eutil
Tan la We are asked te tell u-blch of thct"'
effii"e Mr IVrtre!' wants te till or uhtnlipr
he haH a mad defire te till nil three.
We de net knew. Hut, after u readniK
of the d.illj papers, em li fep'erf ie Uie
belief that Mr Pcnrrjc aetually yecnit. te
be I'rcMdent and Governer and Rena'.et us
the moeda teUe hitn. His off-time h' would
'spend in a littli' ma.verln; in Philadelphia.
Dreams arc one thins, however. Accom
plishment in another.
"GARDENS" THAT VEX
IF THE gras plots beturen Bread and
Twelfth Htreets lend a certain pertinence
te tlv name Spring Garden street, it" must
be admitted that the icnificRn'e N come
what trained Th- incesure are net gar
dens in any convincing .nse. They are tee
iimall te i.crvr the pub'ic, te uliem, more
over, entrance has Ions lee denied.
The role which these fenced-in, narrow
patches of green de play is chiefly obstruc
tive. This Interpretation hat N'en sensibly
taken in the introduction into the Council
of an ordinance providing for the elimination
of the sward. The sacrifice of beaut would
be Rmall The gain In tranV accommodation
would be considerable.
Where similar obstructions eiist in city
trects the removal proceed would b" wel
come. The regrettable narrowness of uur
thoroughfares weakens the claims of per
haps well-intentioned art dntlng before the
ute era.
THE ELECTION LAW MUDDLE
THK ears of division assessors are still as
sailed by denunciation of their alleged
dereliction of duty last summer. The He
publican ernen of the Seventh uard bad
their "Hy en the subject the ether uight and
wer net mild in their criticism-,. The ex
clusion of many women from the registration
rolls lat aututnu still rankles
While there is little quetien that the work
TraR in some instances curelcskl) performed,
r .indignation en that point does net dispes- of
a muddle This is, unfortunately, inherent
In the emotion laws of I'ennsylvanla. which
have avkwardlj neught te combine the old
ystem of as'emmenf with the new jstem
of personal registration.
Hew ridiculous this is the as.es.nient of
jesterda and the day before exemplifies.
What flora, this survey mean? Auethcr us
sessrnent will be taken before the next series
of registration duys in the fall. The present
enrollment in a survual of the dajs when
February election; were h.dd
A b-ekeu machine is uburdb operating.
Women and meu electors ulike hn-.e jmt
cause for cfjniplaint in an expensive nrrange
Dient, the original significance of m-IikIi has
been lest.
THIN ICE
MA YOU MOOUK said M.mctniag that
every one already knew when he ob eb
eerved that some of the modern theatre man
agers are skating en prom thin ice.
Wlietir fault is this-' The tnu who run
the theatres are jn the husiueh (or mono.
The public gees te the theatres te be amused.
It e"p" tel'intarilv. It i under no compul
sion te support theatre fashions nblch ate
in any wax e.ueknnnrhlii or in bad tate
Theatre mnnugers tbeiiiFe!ps desire rather
ardently te make the stage beautiful, but
they compreniiNi (n giving the public what
It wiiii'n The Iih-.c te de that or go out
of buui"s.
Olllj u few J ears a;e aUKKesliveness nti
the ktnge wns t) he found nowhere but in the
lower burli-srii theatres, which depended f,,r
patronage en 'he mere ' arc. free -went
among the imlivritMinatuig ncx The ,,,,
lmr!esiii. sIiehs. k-i n in retrosee-r seni
ulmesi clinste in comparison with Mt.ie of t..e
jdajs te which will mannered piepn -j ,w
fle-k theerfully- nub thi-it diildnii The
ipifstien In fore the Miner Is a rather tnmg
one. Is it the thi litre in-migirn or the
public t It it t niic) ri fe i n p '-
A STATISTICAL SURFEIT
IN HIS 1-erifiM.pd nur.urHK of iva.au"heH
of reports hi d 'iiti-.li's eueeriiiu
transit ills and tat- ' .n,'ins- for ,,.(,,. ,u
prevementH in Herce Maine Me t- p.aks
for his fellow rittcii- M idijntn.ii te th..
Public Service t 'ernn isien', iivim-m for the
co-operation of iigineiT ug i xpertu of th.
city, the P K. T and the iommislen in a
new surve is biiii 'I'.eii the fear of further
floundering in u inerass of ligun s and poi
itll ciiiillieliug details
It is net. hewrwr. the ini re m.n. .,f rf,
ports which halls progress, hut the fn't that
none of the various commissions, -perial
bodies, kcienlilic and financial (j-.riB Hll,
neither of thi two clibf itireii-ifil purlieu,
the city and the trunsii cempiiu. can make
an inch of real progress utitil Hev lire en en
dewcil with const ri''lie pnuin-t huse, r,n a
definite author cd undi rstiudlnif
And nothing inn unpii-t th. nee. '..I ni .
tributes saxe a lent." in which the ropensi
bllitles and etiligiitlnrih of the 1 1 - ni, n,,.
P. It. T are eapllrltly detinid When ,ut
Jeng -deferred instrument i logeilnted the
Judgment of euglneerH will meun semetlnns.
At present their tindlni: . however .JUj
gently pursued, must be lurg'di of an a. a
demic and pecutiitlw- iainr"
J THE ASSISTANT PRESIDENTS
11'IIE'N' Sr""ler r,lJ' McCerniick went
Ji VV eaunterlng off te Ilurepe, he said at tli,.
gangplank that he wa going os u private
Je'i indlvlduiii, en his own, nml nut us the repre
ntntatlve of Wcuuter Hnrdlug or any one uUv,
xf Thre tsmu te be a great many peeplv in
tills country vhe didn't read the newtpapera
en the day of Mr McCermlck's departure,
livery random inter lew given out iu Eu
rope by the gentleman from Chicago is being
interpreted ns n reflection of Mr. Harding's
views and purposes or as an indication of
what we may expect from the next national
administration in the way of a foreign policy.
And there are a great many of these inter
views. Senater McCennlck. like II. G. Wells. i
sieing Europe and the Geneva conference
from the windows of railway trains and
taxicabs. He has already dismissed the
League of Nations The representatives nt
Geneva talk tee much. It appears Frem a
man trained in the Senate that statement
ha en odd sound.
Yesterday ngalu Mr Hardinc said flatly
that he has no personal ambassadors in Eu
rope or anj where else. In ether words, the
numerous assistant presidents whose voices
lill the uir these days nre self-appointed aud
without tiutherit. Mr McCormick letter
ing about the allied cnpitals is net a cheerful
spectacle He Is another of these who. seeing
Europe hurried! . de net hesitate te tell men
who have lived there all their lives hew
tin" ought te handle their peculiar and tr -itig
affair-
THE ANTHRACITE CRISES
BECOMING INTOLERABLE
It la the Duty of the Legislature te Clear
the Skirts of the State by an Inves
tigation, Whatever Congress
May De
WHATEVEIl Congress may de ubeut the
coal recommendations of the Calder
Edge committee en reconstruction, the duty
of the Legislature of this state is clear.
Ml of the anthracite mined in the United
States is miued in Pennsylvania. We have
certain laws regulating the coal industry,
laws intended te protect the workmen in the
mines and also te protect the public The
mine opcaters, however, seem te have been
ludiTerenf te everything save their own
profits.
Last spring they added Jl u ten te the
price of coal iu anticipation of n new wage
award b the President's commission, and
the hnvr continued te charge thi- increased
price ever since Hut the new wage award
has absorbed net mere thun seventeen cents
of the dollar. The difference has gene into
the treasury of the operators.
It has been paid by the consumers who nre
compelled te use anthracite because the in
crease was levied enlv en what arc known
as demetie sizes of coal, the size nned for
heating heu-es and churches and hospitals,
in distinction from the ether sjr.es which are
sold as steam coal in competition with bi
tuminous. If the price of steam coal had
been raised the ceusumers would have bought
the cheaper bituminous, se in order te held
their market the operators sold the stuff
which costs them virtualK nothing te pro pre
duce at a low price, while they have made
the householders udd te their profits ut the
rate of at least eightv -three cent a ten.
The steam coal is like the -aw dust in u
lumber mill. It is th- .-i.-irse dust produced
by the breaking up of the larger coal into
domestic sizes. There was n time when it
was piled up in mountains in the coal re re
Eien or was sold for a ridi-uleusly low
price, the proceeds being counted as se much
velvet. The operator- are -oiling the product
new for millions of dollar- without reducing
the price nt which thev ell the larger sizes.
Indeed, as we have already pointed out,
thej added ?l u teu te the price of the
Inrger sizes a few months age in order te
recoup themselves for an increase in wngiv
of about one-sixth of a dollar.
The state of Pennsylvania ewes it te itself
and te the rest of the states te inuke a thor
ough and honest inquiry into the whole an
thrucite indu-try, nn industry which Herbert
Hoever said a while age was the most waste
fully erganizfd and operated in the whole
country.
There is anthracite enough under ground
te last into the indefinite future. Yet there
are periodic cea' famines.
Philadelphia consumers, who are near the
mines, are compelled te pay a higher price
than New Yerk con-timers who are further
from the source of supph And prices
in Philadelphia. New Yerk Ilosteu. Chicago
and the ether cities and towns are Mjeved te
bear no proper relation te the ie-t of pro
duction and distribution.
Conditions hae net alwajs been se bad
as at present, but th difference is enh iu
degre The ri'ihlle has been exploited with
heartless indifferencp for mere ihan a gen
eration. And this state has made no serious
effort te put it- own house in e-dcr. There
have been authracite investigations, it is
true, but they liai all stepped -hurt when
they began te get til the truth The Ilrum
baueh investigation was a farce. It get no
where and might just as well net have been
made. It would be foolish as well ns futile
te repeat it under ether Huspices, If we
de net take the matter into our own bands
and clean our own house, it is morally cer
tain that -eu.e outside autherltv will come
into the state and de the Jeb for us, en the
Hoeseveltinn tlieerv that what the btates
ti.'jlect te de must be done by the national
government.
The Calder-Edge committee has made cer
tain recommendations ns a n-su't of Kh in
'imrv into the economic conditions of the
count rv that -heuld set the government in
Harrib'!-g te thinking If charges tlut
en' hi ilaters have heu permitted ie
monopolize tin. transportation facilities of
lh" 'O'intr, retarding neeessiirv construe
tien and in're'i-mg the biu.ic cost of the
manufacture and distribution of commodities
in ginera!
It further sujs that its investigation has
I'lrivinied it that "tin private interests idw
in lontrel of th" production and distribution
of cea!. in s.,te of the effort, of -nine, nre
actual! unnb1 te prevent ,i entin'ian"e or
a repetition of the present deplorable situa
tion " Const qui'Mtl It recommends a form
of federal licensing in order te bring the
.nd'istrv l)lrlct, under the -upi-rv -ion of the
t.ntienal governretnt
The teirinn'tee also favors regulations
whic. -veu'd compel all ieul epr-.t-nrs,
wholesalers, jobbers and retailer-, te ir- at
rig':!ar and frequent intervals reports of the
total ennagi produced and handled ns sie
and quality the amount of tonnage ioii ieii
traeted for. the amount sold en centruM and
at ..pet n'e. te whom sold, together with t In
prpis made ' riceivtjd, and that tin pre
dip its end di-trlbu'ers make regular re
ports 'e sh" i tneir teis and profits and tin
'elation between the distributing and pro pre
tlu'ing ennipatins if imv such exist.
With suth information available the com
ml'tee h pers iiuled that the Dennriinent of
.lustiie ce'i'd eliminate tin . ilnj.es from
' which the eei pie l.ave long been suffering
.Such remedies would be drastic in the
, extreme, for they would take a private In
I iluslr. which in its essential differs mil at
I all fiem tin 'iwarrvuu- of marble ei lime
I it one or tin rnnnufnet ire of textili-. ......i
put its up rat en under the direct Mipervi
nleti of public uncials Of course, coal i,
neccHHit. Mm se Is clothing. The clothing
manufacturers, however, de net control the
railroads, or the railroads de net control
clothing manufacturer.. There is no huh
plcien of collusion between the producer,,
mid distributor", nf wearing flppurcl Mich as
!'.'(
evening Public I-Edger-
tinctures the popular thinking about the
railroads and the coal companies.
Yet public sentiment Is net hostile te com
lulling the coal companies te submit te such
public inspection an the committee proposes.
In fact, it is rend for any remedy which
will bring an end te the present Intolerable
situation and provide sufficient anthracite
for the needs of the country at a reasonable
price and provide also for Its distribution
when and where It Is needed.
Congress Is aware of the crisis. Its mem
bers come from different part of the coun
try which have suffered because of the con
ditions which prevail In an ludustry In thi-v
tate. It Is net iu the habit of considering
the susceptibilities of the different states
when it is aroused. It is net likely that any
Pennsylvania politician, however powerful he
r.ia.v be, can prevent some action In Wash
ington. Hut we have the power right here at home
te cure some of the evils if we will only
exercise it, evils that have grown up because
we have winked nt roundabout evasion of
our own laws in the Interest of a coal mo
nopoly. It Is the duty of the Legisleture
te take, the matter Inte its own hands as
seen as it meets next month and probe te
the bottom regardless of anj pressure from
the interests affected.
FREEDOM OF THE CABLES
TN THE accountings tbut have followed
most great war undeveloped and uncx uncx
pleited territories were the coveted stakes.
In the settlements of Armageddon two new
groupings of valuuble national assets wrung
from the enemy or left by the accidents of
war te be contended for by ambitious peo
ples are the cause of lively competition
among the powers.
One group Is made up of new oil fields,
in which all governments are keenly inter
cited. The ether includes the submarine
telegraph cables taken from the Germans ns
well us some ethers that in the past were
controlled by international corporations.
When the war began several private cor
porations made of the cables nystem an in
strument which mere than one foreign gov
ernment ued ns u detail In railitury and
economic stratcg.v formulated without much
regard for the rights of ether nations. The
I'nited States found early in the war that it
could net rely en the cnble service, which
was often interrupted at the European termi
nals or closed altogether in emergencies
when Washington sought direct advices from
abroad ever wires that passed under allied
control nt the mere important relay sta
tions. Loud complaint was raised by busi
ness interests in the Enited States, which
charged that they vvPTe the victims of unfair
discrimination en the cable lines.
It is this general question nf the freedom
of the cubles thnt has lately been u matter
of some irritation in Washington. Te ills
pose of it fairly uud peacefully, the Interna
tional communications conference, which
has just adjourned without completing its
work, wus erigluully called by Mr. Wilsen.
The peftiliar nature of 'the international
cubic- sy-tein. the extent te which national
interest in dependent en free cotumunlcutien
at all times beweeu ceuutr.v and country,
makes something like an enlightened interna
tionalized control of the undersea telegraph
lines seem highl.v desirable. During the war
nnd after some of the foreign governments
did net hesitate te regard terminal facilities
as means for their own exclusive benefit.
Moreover, there has been u determined effort
te incorporate the German -built cables iu a
-.vsteni vvhiib is new very lurgely under the
control of Enrepeiiu financiers and te con
tinue the lines hs private property subject te
administration in the interest of a few of
the leading powers.
This is u culmination which our own gov
ernment sought successfully te prevent.
Washington has demanded u s.vstem of cable
administration in which there shall be guar
antees of frei communication at all times.
Th" President ordered the unval authorities
Le prevent the lauding of new cables that
were laid as part of n system supposed te be
completely under foreign control, and, pend
ing agreements te gunrautee Americuu rights,
tbnt new cuble probably will net be landed.
Internationalization of the German-built
cables is new demanded by the government,
though the Japanese hoped te obtain exclu
sive control of the Pacific lines. It is prob
able tbut internationalization will be effected
ut the next met ting of the international com
munications conference in April. Mean
while, the German lines will be administered
as international prepert uuder an agree
ment rnude Just before the conference ad
journed Mut It is worth observing that only
the stubborn attitude of the I'nited States
Government preveuted the mobilization of
most of the wnrld'v cable lines us u mo
nopoly under Eurepeau control.
STATE-AID PROBLEMS
THE Constitutional Itevisien Commission's
recommendation of an organic law pro
hibiting this commonwealth from appro
priating money le colleges, universities und
ether educational institution! net uuder
slate control when a state university ic es
tablished reepeus u subject en which highly
confuting views are held. Probably the
Legislature will discuss it, und in that case
the debate is likely te be animated.
While it is general! admitted, by nil save
the direct beneficiaries, that the present
system of state old for private and hcmi
private institutions is susceptible of ubuse,
the difficulty of executing u comprehensive
plan is realized Extended state control
would undenbtedlj mnke for fuirness, but
only if the new machine functioned without
discrimination.
'i'e bar nenstate celli ges from state fiiinn
i nil nssi.stance only te bi stew it en hospi
tals, charitable institutions aud the like
would be simply emphasizing the Inequity.
There is much te be said for large-scale re
organization ; vcrv little for an arrangement
favorable te special privilege, in whutever
field. Half-way measures by the Legislature
would be inertly a uninlua! reform.
HOOVER'S APPEAL
PEOPLL In the United States, wdie, no
matter what the may believe, nre the
I most fortunate In nil the world, can huvn
only vague notion of the conditions in
Europe which Mr. Hoever nnd the organiza
tions associated under bin direction nre try
ing te relieve.
; Words are net equul te the reallt.v. Stnr
1 latlen in central Europe dees: net mean
death nleiie It inenns something almost
worse. It mean- millions, of children stunted
and ttrribl deferun d iu mind nnd bed and
deemed te endl'i-s misery before tuberculosis,
nnd ether diseases of malnutrition consume
thein H menns human life frustrated and
perverted In h thousand unbelievable wus,
It is u negation of tin pretenses of civiliza
tion. What Mr. Hoever said last night
llaverferd ought te be read by all At i.
.aus. The dollar that ,veu give te II- nil
dreu of central Europe and Arm- .1 will
lint be lest te v"'l It will com t.iek like
bread upon the waters in the imlng and
comfortable knew ledge of wre- righted and
"Mini work done nnd suffeti - relieved, anil
M will cenn, tee, in tin fr idshlp of peoples
who, because nf n, will learn te knew th"
hue Amrlcu ""'I '" remember it with ufiYc.
tien in the ditn when their sorrowing und
their Iruvilil are ein'ed
The Heard of Public Education cannot,
at least, bt cliui'Ktid with betraying uuseeinly
haste.
DR. SWALLOW'S CAREER
A Militant of the Militants, He Did
Net Hesitate te Take a President
te Task A Remarkable
Mill Worker
IJy nEOUGE NOX McGAIN
Tall. SILAS C. 8WALI.OW for n brief
JL7 moment recently emerged from the ob- ,
security of twenty years te present himself i
ns an author. i
The aim of his life having been achieved t
in the enactment of nntienal prohibition,
there is nothing apparently left for the doc
ter te de but, like the Philadelphia Weman '
Suffrage Association, te adjourn sine die.
A strange, troublous nnd an unusual cu- '
reer has been that of the Harrisburg re
former. He was n militant of tbc militants.
He uncorked the vials of his vitriolic
WTnth ngainst governors and Presidents
alike.
Twice a candidate for the presidency nnd
also a candidate for Governer, there were
yeuug men In November last who voted en
age that never heard of him or perhaps knew
of Dr. Swallow save as a tradition, se swiftly
does time fly.
DH. SWALLOW'S principal claim' le na
tional attention was net based alone en
his candidacy for the presidency.
Ills attack en President McKlnlcy, a mem
ber of his own denomination, ranks as the
most memerab'c thing of lbs kind In the his
tory of the presidential office.
It was net delivered in the heat of u cam
paign. It was a carefully thought out at
tack, and wen, moreover, launched directly
into the teeth of several bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dr. Silas C. Swallow in November, 1STO,
addressed n circular te the Methodist Epis
copal bishops in which he demanded that
President McKlnlcy be excluded from the
Methodist communion.
The grounds for his demand were that
William McKinley
First, was net a Christian :
Second, that William McKlnlcy encour
ages their sale (spirituous liquors) in the
army, at military pests, etc., which has re
sulted in "a holocaust of drunkenness and
debauchery" ;
That William McKinley drinks intoxicants
with drinkers and drunkards ;
He should therefore net continue in the
church 1
THE circular and the violence of the at
tack set the country by the ears.
It was particularly commented upon be
cause the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at the Genernl Conference in Cleve
land in May. 1S90, had accorded Mr. Mc
Kinley a public reception.
In November. ISQfl, the President re
turned (he compliment and gave the bishops
u public reception nt the White Heuse.
They had voted hitu a resolution as "n
Christian gentleman, as n devoted husband
und a Ged-fearing American statesman."
Then came the Silas Swallow blast.
Fer a time it created consternation. The
doctor's demand that "two millions of the
common people" wanted te knew all about
the truth of his charges wen the extremest
prohibitionists te his side.
Hut the fact that no official notice was
taken of the circulur in Washington by the
President caused It te lese its force;
Friends of Mr. McKinley replied in u
general way, -denying the allegations. They
pointed out that while the President served
wine nt White Heuse dinners according te
the custom, neither he nor Mrs. McKlnlcy
drank It.
Like all such things, the matter was n
nine days' wonder and then it died of in
anition. It was, nevertheless, the most violent nt
tuck ever made upon the Chief Executive. It
eulned Dr. Swallow 11 temporary notoriety,
but It was the lust of his militant outbursts
against public men.
THE newspaper obituaries of the lute
Mahlen M. Garland, congressman -at-large,
drew attention te the fnct that h had
once served ns president of the Amalgamated
Association of Iren and Steel Workers.
Thnt was twenty -four years age.
Te thee familiar with this great Industrial
organization's progress it Is a well-known
fact tbut its presidents huve invariably been
men of unusual strength of character und
nign nuilltv.
M. F. Tighc; the present chief official of
the Amalgamated, is a man credltedwlth
rare geed judgment, sound sense und high
executive attainments.
His conduct of his office under the ns
saults of W. V., Fester and ether radicals
demonstrated his coolness nnd self-control.
THEODOUE J. SHAFFER, who sue
cceded M. M. Garland us president of the
Amalgamated Association, was the most re
markable mun tbut ever held that responsi
ble position.
He wns n brilliant man. univcrblty grad
uate, ordained minister, puster iu charge of
churches and mill worker.
He wus un authority en Sauskrlt, u fine
Greek and Latin scholar and a spcukcr of
rare charm.
The trouble with Theodere'.!. Shaffer was
that his phsical resources were net adequate
te the drafts mnde upon It bv his active and
versatile mentality while in the ministrv.
He graduated from a rolling mill Inte the
pulpit aud then gravitated back again te the
roil).
SHAFFER was uu Armstrong county boy
nnd werkrd for yenrs In the sheet mills
at Leechburg.
lie was euser te obtain un eilticatinn. und
it is said used the housings of the veIIh In lh
mill where he worked ns n blackboard.
He took up alone the study of Greek nnd
Latin. Subsequently, with the aid of in in
structers. he prepared himself for the West
ern I'li'v'Tsity of Pittsburgh
Iu time he entered the Wesle.van Theo
logical Seminary. He was cnnsldernblv past
thirtv years of nge when he entered the
Methndit ministry.
The early strain upon his mental families
as a young mun seekiug nn education finallv,
after a dozen enrs. drove him from the
pulpit back te manual labor.
Ills physicians warned him thnt active
physical exertieu nleDe could save him from
mental disaster. He wus almost a mental
wreck.
He took up the old life of n millwnrker
where he liRd first started in Leechburg.
ne was the most talented and best edu
cated president the Amalgamated ever had.
He died years before Mr. Garland,
The Real 8ufferere
from the New Yerk Tribune.
line of our editorial co-sin,,.,, mh IPO)
considering the revolt nt Cernell thu revolt
of the men students against the women stu
dents, who. they ttuv. insist en being taken
te "the shows and the restnurnut-, down :i
the lake te canoe and out te the hillsides te
toboggan Thnt the women are
there te work rather than te hnve u geed
time or vamp the be.vs is proved by the fact
that their average marks are higher thun
these of the male students." Proved te
wbemV Net te us, ilenr friend. Fer )t Is
net the vamp who gets the low- mnrks, but
the vumpee, When (. H. Flaceiis voiced
(Odes I. 1e0 his worry nbeut the athletic
slutnn of Syliaris, his blast was directed net
nt "-. bnris, but nt L.vdla.
What They Like Won't Hurt
fiimj Hi- New Viirli HtiiIiI
Thin leather pumps uud cobweb silk
sfrcklngs worn by women in cold weather
never si-cm te injure (heir wearer's heulth,
nccenllng te Dr. William T. Wutsen, of
Haltimere. Md. Here Is one mere exempli exempli
Mentien of the great truth thnt what the
hard f-1'1 endures for fashion's sake never
srenis te hurt Its meiubers.
Retired Frem Office at 97
Kioto the Londen riirem.n.
Dr. William Gibsnu, of Cumpbellte'Mi,
Argyllshire, believed te be the eldest public
official in Great Hrltuln, retired yesterday
at the uge of ninety-seven from parish and
burgh medical appointments held for sixty
Ave years.
.'TM JUST AS REAL AS THE HUkAN HEAJR.T, YCiU'tL SEEF
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN BAIZLEY
On New Year's Parades
TT1HIS will be the greatest New Ycur'n I
X parade ever," said former Councilman
Jehn Unizlev, who, with Hart McIIugh.
shares the distinction of being pHtreu wilnt
of the "shooters."
Jehn Hnizley'K iron works are en Delaware
nvenue Just north el eutti street. me
window of the veteran's office overlooks the
shipping en the river, and the fleer of the
little office is ankle deep with correspondence
brushed there when Jehn Hnlzley gets tired
of bothering with it.
"It's been many a cur new since the bej-R
first started parading," Mr. Baizley said.
"It all began wltli'tbe boys going from deer
te deer en New Year's Day, just as they de
en Halloween. Yeu knew what I meun:
the folks give them apples and nuts nnd
candles. It is nu old Scotch custom. The
kids de it yet en Halloween.
"Well, the boys were nil dressed up and
nowhere te go, se te speak, se some one sug
gested a parade. That wus back iu 11)00.
They bud the purude, nnd It was u geed one.
Five hundred men in line. New this purude
thlH year.
"I'll tell you hew they manage it. It's
pretty expensive, you knew, se the bevs have
te start preparing u enr ahead. They nil
belong te clubs that have clubhouses in the
southern section of the fit . They arc all
geed, hard-working men.
"Well, this yenr, for instance. The mo
ment New Year is past they begin putting
oside a little each week into the club treas
ury. They save nml work for IW1H days,
from Nuw Year's te New Year's, preparing
for just this one day. Most of them are peer
men nnd they have te get their money to
gether this way.
"Oh, yes, their wives uud sisters and
sweethearts help, tee. The women begin ut
once working en purls of the costume te be
worn the next year. Seme of them sew nil
year long, getting things ready for their men
folks te purade in.
Rivalry Is Kwn
"Yeu don't knew what real rivalry is until
ou uce hew they work. The big clubs com
pete for the cash prizes given by tbc city and
the business men, and they keep their plans
for the costumes for the next year's purade
a deep secret. Seldom if ever does the se
cret of the color scheme and the design lenk
out, iiltheiigh se many persons work at the
costumes for se long.
"There nre professional cnsttimers, tee,
jeu knew, who have the contracts for the big
nirces, und thev start working en them also
the moment the New Year celebrutleii lb ever.
As the kings' suits run into hundreds of
dollars, these costumers nre paid piecemeal :
that is te say, as seen as they have finished
a certain amount of the work they get paid
for that much. Then the.v have the fimdn te
go ahead and purchuse material und de some
mere of the work.
"It takes a let of money te put one of the
big clubs en the street. The bunds of music
cost each of the big clubs in the neighbor
hood of Swim. Then the captain's suit alone
is worth from .'S'-TtOn te JH0OO. That is
,ti000. In addition te that is the cost of
the suits worn b.v several hundred individual
marchers iu the club's turnout.
"I u'liiember well the enpe worn by
Samuel W. Merris, new tipstaff in Judge
Fergusen's court. Snm were u cape cestim;
S2."i00 when he was cuptaiu of the Clements
Club. The geed old Clements Club is still
in existence, but it does net march any mere,
I remember well, in eiirs gene bv, hew
Senater Ed Vnre and Congressman Hill Vnrc
used te nurude with the Clements Club.
Each of them, in his day. lias worn the cap
tain'" cape designed for their jeur.
"Among the ether old-timers was the lute
Geerge . Dusch. He was one of the first
chief marshals. Then came Churlev Camp
bell, who is tipstaff in Judge Rogers' court.
Then came the big club of Mike Hruder.
Mike is a paint merchant new at Fifteenth
street and Sujder avenue. There was the
lingel New ear's Shooters, tee. Great
da.vs, these New Year's ; gieat dus. And
don't fitreet the big balls given by the clubs
en New Year'- Fve The.v lust nlmest all
inglil The) are flue affairs.
EMierts f-'.ODO In Line
'"Ibis y cu r will be the greatest ever.
Think of it! Twelve thousand men In line.
And there will be $12,(100 In prizes. Loek
ut the list of clubs. There will be the Jnck
I Jims, the tederul New Year's Association,
the Gulden Slipper, the I). R. Oswnld, the
Sunflower, the Churles Klein, the Liberty,
the Lobsters, the Silver Crown, the Ileeeiuun
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-,- iiii'.iijtj,- -s-WaVJt - m ta. TITT-
. K-teftsaS "'va. '
String Band, the Quukcr City String Hand,
the East Side Club, of Camden; the Sauer
Kraut Rand, of Pettsvillc; the Gloucester
fity Saner Kraut Hand, the Frallnger
String Rand nud I forget the rest.
"Ob, yes; there will be the League Island
Navy Yard Club, with 2."00 men and his
torical floats that will beat anythiug you
huve ever seen. I am told the ndmlral down
there is very much interested. It will be
surprising, surprising."
SEAGULLS
""WILL fingers of autumnal rain
y Play en the sunds u dull refrain.
Ami ever restless, striving sens
J he gray gulls steep nud rise again.
Queen Summer's satellites have Down
Te sing before her southern threne:
0 litt'e brothers of the storm.
e keep our rendezvous ulene!
1 hear your bold, Imperious crv,
That challenges, and would defy ;
Ne liquid note of song-bird's threat
Would mutch se well that cold, gray sky.
Greetings, O wild, adventurous crewt
I scorn the flower of safety, tee;
O little brothers of the bterm,
A storm-tossed soul saluteth you!
Florence Van Cleve in the N. Y. Times.
Scotch Greetings
Krem the Waehlnk'tnu Pest.
It is understood that the new Scotch salu salu
tntlen is "Hootch, meu!"
Roentgen flay Helps the Shee Fitter
l'rnm ttie Tepular Meclianlce Mavuzlnr.
Radiography, the science te which the
most opaque of substance reveal their in
most secrets bus scored another triumph;
Ills time net in the field of pathology, hut
n that of the very common evervduv serv
ice of selecting and correctly fitting' proper
snee... An X-ray apparatus has been
.Li'' ,.l"nur,,i.,r ! the sales person
tun see whether or net the bones of the feet
are distorted or restricted by the shoe being
tried en The device will net enlv set le
any controversy which may ,? "
TXV"";lt wl" ",f, 1-,,mv without leuv"
Ing chance for nrgument, whether a shoe iu
of the correct design und shape.
! What De Yeu Knew? I
QUIZ
What Is the meaning of "emeritus" in
.Mis "f vaMer em-" A
!! was Leuis Ag-asslz?
"farineV" IKS$? nU," f" English
Sw5k'u? -
"am.' B,M?arenc'" " an e,eBy
Webta.n".d?rtamm """ "" what .
What musical Instruments .
strltic quartet' ntM 00"iP"e a
s,1. 'f,",kl'1 tol,ftcce se called'
What Is the format of u book? '
Answers te Yeaterday'a Quiz
Clement P. Moero wretn n. ..
referred te as "t he ''.& W5'
Christmas. Might Ilcfore
The einect title Is "A Vlsli liv, ... . .
Nicholas." Il ' rem Saint
Hrltlh i aliens Hr(, pi.ii , .
"limeys" becaus , n )VU1, K" " "r
julie was ret-ulurlv sirJi! lH ",ne
.. preventlv, of scurvv U '" ''r"WN "H
A Imi lie! Is u la rue Kuimien.. ,
fish, with fleshy ilia in 'en,'fhh"u'r
ihe mouth , bar l i ,, K s from
mem iu ., nih I lKO s"cl1 '
Medlll Mit'ermiek Is a s,.i,.. .
Illinois " "eiiater from
The tilllclnl name of Helluiiii i. i- .
drljlt dcr Nederliitiiien ' '" '-"""n-
Kdwartl t.eat was an rinirliat, .. .
artist ..nd soeloKlst Wnew'i . Ilumf'.
dattH ure 18t".-li8S. 1,lunKeiise. ' JiH
Te prescribe Is te nut out nt ,
Uen of the low. Te !,!! ".PWtec.
neuiice us daiiKereiiM Te iireB..Hi" ', U.e"
laj down or te Impes nuiheriiili'vU0
Mlrubeaii, Dnnten, IIeb!nler,i it,vc.
Ma.at were pre., m ','t l,S'erB ,,. ".V"
Fitutch Revolution. era " the
Eprlce Caruso la forty-six ycura old
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SHORT CUTS
Grundy appears te be au outspoken i
tnc .Mrs.
Fer a time it looked as though trliUil
jury were en trial in tbc Paul murder cml
There is sometimes suspicion that bill
dits who "get" liquor are weruing ty i
day.
The pevernment bureau nants for appre-l
priatiens because it has never learned te oil
according te its cieui.
Why net have en Immigration law tfcitl
would admit only farmers and farm lsberenl
ter a certain set peneu i
Every time we rend of New Yerk's cityl
government wc tcel cenvinceu tnai roiiiea-
phla has much te be thankful or.
Having preached thrift until la--
uuyiug oreuga. unemployment, ttie vutiui
rciermcrs are new putting en tnc Tcverse.
It was a householder attending te In
filrnttct. vt-bn discovered tbnt the sudden
words of tongue or pen were "mite of bin." I
Colonel Harvey's peace plan ignern Ibl
tact that a plebiscite is neitner u sworn
a shield and that a nation needs both wbnl
vvur is threatened.
Wages must drop, says Penrose. I)ri
words; uut as tue senator nas nu
cinchcn for the next six years, ne aeerns
imnci a nine pinin speaaing.
It would tickle us te pieces te hear tij
the shlnnlnp heard liml turned out 0.400.0(1
teus of new ships during the fiscal jrur 111
were net selling them nt u less.
It is noteworthy thnt these who real
plain mesi sircnueusiy aiteui inc ii-atmi
alleged inability te function are these ll
dug up the monkey wrench te threw lull
tne werKS.
That cotton is rnttinc in the ficldi
Dklnbenin while the world has need of m
' shows unuuest enably that there Is a wi
iu distribution somewhere, hut does net dhj
essurily prove thnt Uncle Sum should tl
tify it.
i
Ne ceusumer hns n lecitimatc crlfVer.tl
ugninst u fafmer who is able te exart s hi
return for IiIk tnhnr Where his L-rlfVl1
lies is with the system of distribution bcl
permits the middleman te get inere than 11
snare.
Noting the death of Olive Schrclner.
K. ... Va.I. Ci... nut. I.....I Innn I, Il kltl.U.1l1t
mi una nuu ueun mi ti'tirt 1 ,st-tt..v..-.
body grew excited nbeut "The Sterj of '
Atricau i' arm. liaruiy inir. new ion,
it since nubedy has grown excited tw"
"The Vicar of Wakefield"?
Il eucht net te he difficult for tlif '
tlens of the earth te agree te cut down
the building of warships. Rven a cennl'W
militarist might agree te thnt. MnW
will alwus lie available and who can hi
hew much gas is being mnnulactureu.'
Chicago home-brewers complain thattjl
chlorine the Health Depurrtnent dumps i"
l.nKe .vucuigun te ptiriry uie uriiiHins ";
nullifies the yenst in their decoctlen,
that what ought te be beer is ceusenurnw
only near-beer. Why doesn't the deps"'
ment compromise by putting yeast Inte ul
water msieuu et cnierine;
Common sense applauds the action I
Klir i uiii t iu kii; k uu, ,,i,i. s.-v .-
ruling the objection of counsel for the dHl
Hint there were no women en the jury i
this without prejudice te women !
The law gives the accused the right te a iw
by a jury of his peers. It is net centeiiw
that he bus been denied that tight.
tne court in tnc I'aui murecr case m -
Of course Mexico has premised J)
geed; und, of course, everybody """'n..
ident fibregen well; but that our B''.
iiurtment sheuiu immruiateiy uimw iu -.-sumptien
of the shipment of shetguni,
nun inner unns inie uie enrrvrm.-t.-Ms '
republic seems, nt first blush, te be a "
et uuseenuy nastc winrn may ptr... ptr...
pentunee later.
If the price of fnrm produce ,-
und farmers grew weulthy while work ,.
the city find their earnings decrease, wm'w
this huve a tendency te drive ienf V.
wurltcrs te the country? And weu,,dn;,1,
i.. i,u t..R.. i.iM.. t.A..t tim tintiiral eaitf
. . . . ... .... c
tu no iijiii until, uuwus fcttn ""- ,i.n Ifll-
a little mere sensibly than sending nll '
inlgrnnts te the farms, cutting i"a'&i
und driving mere American farei-rt "
cities?
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