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A REPUDIATION
DlOOrjN'riS, of irec'i. Hn nn nniti're
phllopeplipr lii)i t-tliii'al iuiifi'ituu
were tfm ntul lngli. who lentliiil (ln rotn retn
jilcxitlpa of politic, whoa rejection of mn
terinl nml)ltien va eompletp
Sunter I'cnrexi'. Hpfiikmi; in A ttutit .
City ypBterdny, IlntW ilisnveued nti.v inti-ii-tlen
of posing ns u modern tjpe of tbl-
nnUquc persenaRP "I am .net." aid lw.
"l?elne te act in xi If tip ns n i iirl)l'ini!
Diogenes "
In falrncM te n publu' imrni'ti-i ln
enjeya with the rest of ua tin- riclit te di'Jinc
the pnrt in life wIiIl-Ii he rniievivi's himielf
aa plevlni:. the puhlle it niijtutifii'i in di
putlng his DFScrtien.
STATE HOUSE RESPONSIBILITIES
Pt'ULIC sntNfnotlen with the ercellent
sttiwrvlsien of the miuarci of ceutiul
I'hllndelphia by tlie Knirmeiitit I'ark Commi Cemmi Commi
.alen rnunet leglealh be extended te include
the conflict of nntlien'.t in the neighborhood
pf Independence llnll.
The State Heuve, the old Citv Mall or
Supreme Court Heuse and Censre Hall
hnve in n urnse two ciiardinni. Indir ex
ltltig conditions the Ilurenti of City Prop
erty has control of thee building, hut nre
of the Adjoining pqunre 13 intrusted "(e the
Ferk commissioner
Obvietmly. this divided ieHnnibilitv Is
awkward and give na .te needless com
plexities. TurUilirriKii ever the most hal
lowed soil in Philadelphia, should In- com
prehensive unhampered by technicalities.
Fer this reas"n the Council will de uell
te pass the ordinance investing the city with
full charge of both the buildings and gardens
of Independence Square. Vnvornble recom
mendation of the meiHiire by te ritv prop prep
ertv and service committee has been made
with reference te the State Heuse and Its
Immediate environment nlene.
The erljinnl plan involved the transfer of
nil the squnres te city control. While, this,
perhaps, might work ns efficiently as the
present s.istem, the worth of the latter is
proved and there is no imperative reason
for changing it
But responsibility for tl.e care of a na
tional shrine fheuld be explicitly denned.
As it is new. the city and the I'ark Commis
sion can play battledore and shuttlecock i it.b
criticism
IS NEW YORK REPUBLICAN?
POLITICAL observers will be interested
in. the announcement tlint there are
JfiO.OOO mere enrolled Iteiniblicnns than
Pemeeiat In New Yerk. When the voters
registered prier te the election duj t li- were
asked te say what tli"ir party affiliations
were The assembling of the figures has gene
far enough te lmlnn'c the remarkable change
in party of n miiltitud of voter In the
enrollment last ear the Democrats were
K'.'-'.enn ahead of the !Up iMimtis
If New Yerk hn.s become a Republican
eltv New Yerk will cease te be a doubtful
state, and the national Democratic partv
will be relieved of the handicap of Tammany
misdeeds, for Tammany will no longer he
responsible for what happens in the most
populous city of the country
Of course, it is pisible that ten of thou
sands of Democrats opposed te th Wilsen
administration enrolled as Republicans be
cause they intended te vet" the Republican
ticket. If this be tiuc, lYtf are likely te
return te their Tammany altegian' in local
elections; but whether i; is tni" or net, the
Republicans can elect ihe uexf mayor if
they capitalize, the prevailing disgust with
the present Taminant innrer and nominate n
capable and representative man.
DAYLIGHT LONGINGS
TIIP. waning inr. with the darkest davs
in the calenilHr ernp. msiv.es b contrast
th charms of da light-saving
ev Jcrscv turns its though' t.. that
cheerful sdt'iin and in a r-ccnt referendum
indorses it with substantial majorities The
count just completed by the manufacturers'
council of that Ktate reveals th.it lu! 070
pei sons out of 1 17, "2." emrileied in factories,
stores, eftices, banks and en farms favyr ed
Taiie'iig the clock in summertime
The Chnmber of Commerce m tuis e.ty
has approved a plan en behalf of l.gUt econ
omy in 1'hllndelphiti. The chain es of ltd
adoption are leu meager than was rl.e case
I.-IM jear. when ( een lis made the jnistnka
of legislat'ng 111 opposition te. a "tote law.
A Pennsylvania statute prohibits the sn
pension or alteration of the eastern standard
hour in this commonwealth Harrisburg.
however, inn repeal the law if it likes, and
the opportunity is 11 1 hand in the coming
nchsien of the Assembly.
If New Yerk, which authorized dat light -saving
last summer, reimus tlie si hedule.
ind New .lerse 10-epMates, mauy of tlie
oemi'licntious feared ceiw eriiing the ui-i
inent of n similar luw 111 thia state will Ub
Managed.
RENTS IN NEW YORK
WI 1 1 I.I' we de net wih m justify any of
the limdleids who have been iucreasiii';
their rents in this 1 1 . it uia be worth while
i( remind Philudelpliiaiin tlint their let is
fcqt unite b bad' as it might be Tliev
might, for example, be compelled te lie
in New Yerk and pay the rents 1 barged
there.
A glance ever the advertising pngis uf the
newspapers, of that clt should tend te iiinku
riiilndelplilans a liflle mere phihisephiciil.
In ene of the vveulng iiaper this week
there was mere than a column of ndvertlse
tnenttt if nnfiiniifheil npartineuts for rent.
Jn Oranierr park, for example. Ihrec'voems
lind n Initii vie offered for V'J'ttn 11 w'ur,
nod. two i'.kii:'. ami ImiIi for .1.',()0. In tJlu
JIJIgMlei, iiu the Cast fjidv, two roeu) ap'4
u
Slvv' i
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bath could be had for $1(100, and Keren
room Bbd three baths for ?C00O. In Ix Ix
lujten avenue, near Sixty-second utrcit, the
rent for two rooms ntul both Is from $1000
te 51S00. And these nrc net the best
apartments nor in the best neighborhoods.
If rentals like these could be collected In
this city It would net be very long before
the builders began te rush up apartment
houses se fast that there would be no .short
age of accommodations.
A PEACE OF GUNS, OR PEACE
IN THE HEARTS OF ALL MEN?
Hoever, en One Hand, and the Big Navy
Men, en the Othar, Brlnn That An
cient Question Up Again
0NCK In every little while, wuen the
rising clink of dividends and chatter
about bis naii'9 and politicians meaning
thutidereus'y for patronage make it seem
that the world is getting harder boiled than
it ever, was before, the deer opens and
Hemer ciiucj pitilessl in. He comes te
talk of the ,'1,000,000 ihlldrvii who are dlng
of stnnatlen. en his hands. And he comes
witji a question that never varies. He wants
10 knew whether civilization can find it in
its heart te play the game of Hered en a
scale se vast that it would have shamed the
crueicat and must iniquitous of barbarian
kings,
Startllngl,y like the velie of conscience is
tlits Hoever and curiously like a hurried
ilsiter from some saner planet Fer he lias
been an opener of mines, n sitlvcr with tlie
elemental feri es of the stubborn earth, a
maker of menei , a captain of coiperations.
11 hard man in the boardrooms of bis Hurt.
Yet here he is. at the end of It all, the
tueless linibiis(nlei of the forsaken nnd the
forlorn, the one great fiieml of the friendless
and the little Alwa.vs he returns, as harsh
and ns unrelenting as 11 Jehn the ltuptit,
in invade the warm ceniplacencv of these
flush days and extend his hat in the liuiiket
place and demand that ou Kive 111 the
name of the (!ed who is net lenceined with
navies ami oil i-iiui essiens nnd dividends and
job-
It 1 annul be Hoever alone who 1 eiiiiiiands
veu te leek agnin at .veur own hildreit and
imagine what jour emotions would be if they
were forced te die slowly under your eves
of reld and hunger. It is the enduring spirit
of America that speaks through thin man in
charity and wisdom. They always turn up,
the men titled te be vehicles of that ninjeitic
voice, and they alvva.vs will. That is vvuiv
we shall be safe. And Hoever utters a truth
unlive te this soil of outs when, ever nud
ever ugain, he lllugs into the faces of cliim
tiring statesmen this assertion
"Yeu cannot make pracr icifi netiMfnf.
Vece iniMf he made in the Arurf' of mm "'
Well, that has been said before Hut no
one tried greatly te make pence in tlie hearts
of men, und Europe was swept by fires nnd
the dogs of war am. raffling their chains
again in the parliaments of thk. world
The jingoes arc coming back. There Is
wild talk of new nnd enormous fleets, fresh
rivalries, great plans for "the next war."
-The men who were the first te laugh nt the
proposal for a League of Nations are the
first te grumble about possible new burdens
of taxes. These who first called President
Wilsen a visionary are crying a charge of
hvpecrisy against the I'nited Stntes because
we insist en being prepared against the dan
gers which they helped te mak'. inevitable.
Let tlint pass. If we have need for the
greatest navy in the world we shall have
the greatest navy in the world. But It is
Hoever nnd men like him. nnd net the trem
ulous propagandists of new suspicions and
hatreds, who nre dealing with the factors of
permanent peace
Wars nre net made overnight They de
net spiing from nn.v sudden cause It Is
memory of great wreugs, great inmstices,
great oppressions that feeds tlu flame once
it i kindled. Wherever great multitudes of
.children nre left le die in Kurepe there the
whirlwinds will be sewn and there the mem
ory of gre.it cruelties will rise like a barrier
te divide anew people who still desire pas
sionately te understand each e(her nnd live
in peace The millions of children for whom
Hoever speaks will net die altogether. They
will live in histerv nnd in hitter legends, nnd
they will haunt the chancelleries for genera
tions and governments will wonder why
there enn b" no peace
In the territory of the ientral empires f0
per cent of the children am broken by
tuberculosis- the peculiar atlllctieti of the
starved
In Armenia the nurses nnd doctors, lack
ing medicine nnd feed, often knew only one
service that tliev can de for multitudes of
children who wander In nreas ns barren us
the face of the moon They marshal them
in uneven ranks and lead them te the IiiIIh,
where thev may lie down nnd die m peace.
Deubil"ns there are in America some peo
ple w liiwe hatred of Cermnny and (Jermans
extends te infants in arms and babes in the
cradles, but thev are grew ing fewer. Doubt
less there nre in the world .some men who
believe that trnde advantages or national
tiewcr gained by the imposition of blec'tmles
against broken and defenseless1 people can
be permanent. Hut afler the failure of c.iHi
new effort te bring order out of the welter
of rivalries and hatreds left by the war it
bei emes clearer thai opportunism .ind hatred
expressed as policies of natiennli-m tend
certainly te fresh waste nnd new disnsteis
It becomes clearer that grent strength bidlj
us. d mav easily become great weakness.
Dt-sti'utien and death forced unneees arilv
en multitndes of people in the eenq iered
nr'ns will lenva the seeds of new wars deep
planted in the very soil, and from the graves
of children who die needlessly of hunger and
cold hntredf. will spring that ennn"t be dis
missed in formal documents or con pirn d bv
any imaginable fer:u of arms
It is odd that nn American e.ipf.1 n of
industry heild be the first te ienl. all
this and the first te react fe n great aud
overwhelming sense of pitv vvuile the gentle
men In 'Iv Pence Conference ami in the
League of Nations councils wrangled ever
oil fields and trade concessions Ami i'
should surprise no one if the victory that
Hoever is trying te win ever the forces rif
lonfusien nnd destruction remains In the
future the one enduiing human hihievemen'
nf the war period
Aur man might envy Hoeur tllP ing,t.
i.nd diivs that must be his if he rver rests
fnmi his labors te think of tint geed that he
hns done, the pain that he has eased in
millions of souls, the place that In- has -en
for himself and for im reuiiti v in the affe.
tien of millions whose unprotected lives i,
sought te make telernble.
Hoever knows hew te get pern e and, what
is mere, he has the courage .te prnctlcH a
method tlint 1 ivllizatien hns alwa.vs rejected,
te Its terrible cost He known that after nil
the battles are fought nud all the victories
wen there still can be no pence of which veti
cun be sure, no victory thnt may net be
defeat gloriously disguised.
If pencil is ever made in the world it will
be by an nppeal te the compassionate nnd
understanding henit of innnkind - te the
divine pltv that is like 11 spark from the
kingdom of In nven deep hidden m , vei.i iniin
It i thni that has wen eyer enduring vie
lery for every man aud every nutleii. Tri-
JUrSmmrA. vWakMsm
Itmphs otnerwise achieved have Invariably
been the preliminaries te greater disaster.
Hoever knows nil this. And, cnptnlti of
Industry ns he Is, unfitted for the presidency
In the estimation of Mr, Penrose, unaccept
able te conventions of prnctlcal politicians,
challenging nnd appealing and working
eighteen hours a da) for the children that
the wrangling veild forget, he Is still fol
lowing the signs thnt se often "mark the
paths of heavenly things and the doings of
the children of light."
Since, In any finul mini sis, It Is clear thnt
Hoever Is speaking with the voice of America
and rcnctlng te impulses that always have
moved this country, appeals like that made
ut Hnverferd will net go unanswered. The
funds needed for relief of children in central
Europe nnd elsewhere will be given libernlly.
Mere lasting than the songs and legends
nf conquest and heroism tire the songs and
legends of great service and great compas
sion. They last. They tell of the comfort
ing things that men love te remember. They
nre n reassurance nnd 11 premise. And se
the dollars that Hoever spends co ably In
the iitlllcted places of the earth will net
only relieve the peer and the deselnte and
save the dying, 'lliey will ie-estnhlisli faitli
nud they will make friends of millions net
only for America, but for the things which
Americans hnve been striving nnd d.ving nnd
working for since this nation was founded.
Hut essentia' this great service of relief
ought te be done in the inline of childhood
nnd for these innumerable children who,
unlike our own, hnve no hope 111 their lives,
no song nud 110 ether way our of the black
wilderness of pain left in the wake of wur.
PEACETIME INCOME TAXES
THIS shortage in income-tax reiripts en the,
tln.v fixed for the pnvmeiu of the last
installment for the ear was anticipated by
Ihe well informed. It amounted te SKO0O.
000 in the Philadelphia revenue district and
It was $10,000,000 in the second tevenue
distii. t of New Yerk, which emhtnees tin
boroughs of Manhattan nnd the Bronx.
Similar shortages will be leperled from
ether purls of the ceuntr.v .
The tax paid this juai. , ,,t, the income
of lust .vcar. Many business men who had
a large Income in li)l! have been complaining
this venr because their total Income is net
equul te the tax which they are required te
pay en their Income of last year They are
unable, te raise the money te make the final
pntnent and they nie forced te submit te the
penalties of the law fixed for failure te come
across with tlie money ou, December 1".
Hut buslnesi men nre net the only suf
ferers. Thousands of workmen were gel
ting wartime wages last yeir, which left a
1 ensideriible sum above the exemption limit
en wliiih the tax must be paid. But this
year their incomes have fallen se low that,
nfler pa.ving their living expenses, they have
nothing left ever te pay te the government
The situation would be serious if the per
centage of delinquents wns large. But the
great majority of business and professional
men and skilled workers have been nble in
some wny te rnise the amount of their tax
nnd pay if ever te the internal revenue col
lector The ethers nrc men who had exeep
tienal incomes last yenr growing out of
their connection with war industry of one
kind or another Seme of them doubtless
expected their big incomes te lentiiuie and
made no preparation f,. n slump in their
receipts this venr. Others have been caught
In the readjustment of business te peace
conditlers
Nevertheless, (he conditions deserve the
serious attention of the taxation committees
of Congress. The income tax in America
hns always been unpopular. It was paid
during the Civil War without question,
though its oenstitiitionnlitv wns doubted.
But when the war was ended the men who
had paid the fix n n patriotic duty began
te manipulate their affairs in such n way as
te conceal their actual incomes, and the ie
ceipts from the tax fell off within two or
three ears until the sum collected was se
smnll that all attempt le raise menev in Unit
way wns abandoned. I'nless human nature
has changed in the meantime it is likely that
the returns from the present tux will grad
ually decline ns the people invest their menev
in nontaxable securities or rendiust their
incomes in such a wav as ti red ,1 e their
linbilifv te almost nothing.
A tax which tnkee finei 2" ( 00 per cent
of a nj.iu's In -emc will Im pail m 11 national
crisis, bit if ,n attempt 1- i he made te
collect it iter venr it is liki'.v te defeat its
purpesi nnd 10 d 11 ere barm tmiti geed.
CAN SPROUL PUT IT OVER?
"ITTHIA lie Ceinri.sMi n en Constitutional
VV n rLdmcut and I.evis.ei adopted 11
resolution at its tirnl meeting recommending
th" ci!! tig of ,1 1 otivrnt.eii le revise the
censtit it. .01. if in eiTert condemned an, ,j
enrded evirvflung that it has done
It has drafted a revised 1 otistiti.iien, it Is
true, and thnt revision may be u.il ns the
basis fe- the revi.ien te lie . -,d by the
proposed cenvi ntieii, but whether this hap
pens or net will depend intiri'v en the will
of the llilegHt.S leeted. The (I ir'Uinent
which the commission hns p-ep-irn) has no
mere validity than if It hnd !" n d-aftcil bv
a debating sneiety of the t ideuts of the
I'tilversitv of Pennsvlvania Tin-convention
can threw it into the nasti basket nnd go
ah' ad with iti- own wrvrk in its own way
if i' ' Imeses
The en'v tiling that his I, . , wcemplishcd
bv the omn.issten Is te postpone n real
reviiden for two vrnrs nt 'i.'i If Coverner
spreul I ad ins ti-d nt the d (tinning of his
term that the question ..f ci'lmg n conven
tion be pet up f" tie voter ie w e ii have
been in a pos.tien in .mi' iiml set ..us nt nt
tentieii from tin- Leg.slnt 1 P.ut tin
I.evslafure which meets th"s wm'er knows
that Mi Sprmil was nnji h 10 re powerful
during the first legislative season r,f his term
than he will be d 11 Ing the fecund. If he
1 1 uld net get a convention bill through in
IfilO, it will be sti'l mere difti'iilt for him te
de it in 1021. Yet it i- m. dm steed that he
new Is in favor of t'.e passage of a law
providing that the voters in the September
primaries shall be ti-icd te -iy whether thei
wish the constitution te In revised bv n
convention and te 1 imlnnte delegnti te be
voted for in November if the convention plan
is successful in tlie primaries.
Of course, the constitution nIieiiIiI be n
Msed It is outgrown nnd it is full of con cen con
Irndictery previsions But Senater Penrose
snid the ether dav thnt he lin- been opposed
te revision for tvvent.v .v-nrs, and no one has
yet been nble le break down that opposition.
As he is the most powerful political lender
in the stnte, these who have been hoping
that serneth.ng would I"- done arc net hope
till just new
Luglnnd i pn paring le solve her i,n
employed problem bv the construe tien if
publ c buildings This betokens growing
appreciation of the fact flint 11 slnck indu
triai time is the natural and proper tune ,,r
the prosecution of municipal, stale and tia tia
llepal public imprivi meiits Hut it ,, n
mistake te wait until panic threaten
A (ierinan economist hns suggested coin cein coin
pulserv industrial service for liermilliv. lie
fore laughing the idea te ..corn let us r in, m
her ihnt it nm' ei.nble llcrteniiv te pa- her
ilebis lllld le.'! 1' is .' I nt lll-l 11 p. Iii
etic. ' ni'sidi rnblv mm. luinhihlc and p. r
buns ever bit as practicable as compulsory
uillitaiy net vice.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
t
The Story of a Lie That May Net
Have Been a Lie at All, but a
Prophecy, as It Worked for
Cause of Charity
By SARAH D. JLOWRIK
WK WK1U-2 coming nvvny from Ml
Herry's ndSresn last week In the fej
Miss
cr
of the Academy.
Miss Berry is a Georgia woman who has
made a great school for the mountain whites.
She docs net leek ns though ehe hed made
nn.v thing but chiirmlng feminine trifles, or
xery delicious special recipes of things te
rut or, possibly, drink. She hns ft soft
Keiithnrn voice and a very witty way of put
ting things. Yeu realized that she dnnced
vcrv well net very leug age In fnct, bIic
probably does new. And you nrc net sur
prised te knew tlint she has becu a teHSt nnd
a belle.
What does surprise you Is that she rules
her grent industrial school nnd her huge
fnmi of 11000 acres with n firmer hand thnn
most college presidents maunge te put en
their jobs, and collects nil the funds neces
sill' ler the education of her scholars as n
bert of helidii occupation.
These of 11s in the party who had heard
her for the first time the ether evening were
bewildeied as te hew she had accomplished
it single-handed. But n woman who has
heard her many times and knows her well
set our fears n't rest.
"Miss Berry will nlvvavs light en her
feet!" said she. 'Something lucky alwa.vs
happens where she is concerned. Why 1
onee told a He about her, and lusteail of in
juring her or me it brought her geed luck
nnd me praise !"
THIS was the wemnn's story of the He
that brought geed luck aud praise.
"The j ear Woodrew Wilsen became Pres
ident I wns coming nway from Princeton
one Monday morning after a week-end visit
rtnd nt tlie junction the Philadelphia train
was late. While we waited mere or less
Impnllentl I saw the Wilsons strolling up
and down the plntfeiin. (loverner Wilsen
wns waiting for the same train for Trenten
nnd his wife net the present one. but his
hrst wife and Jessie Wilsen, new Mis.
Savre, were with him
'Mrs. Wilsen greeted me nnd we fell te
talking ubeut vntieus lnte happening!-, while
the governor and her daughter strolled en.
She Mini they weie due te go te Washington
In another two weeks nnd made rather nn
nmiiblng story of hew unwilling her girls
were te tnke up the role of Indies of the
V hite Heuse, all of them bclnc very much
interested in quite ether pursuits. She
admitted thnt 11s n girl she would have
jumped nt the chance, but she agreed that
southern girls were different nnd thnt, any
way, girls of ln-r generation were less given
te pursuits and mere te society.
t "I wns a little vague as te whal part of the
Seuth she came from, and when I asked her
she named 11 town in Georgia that I had
never heard of until three days before. Just
before I had left Philadelphia for Princeton
1 hnel been called up by Miss Mnrthn Berry,
of Georgia, who asked if she might come
nnel see me. She speke of returning home,
and mentioned her home, in the course of
our phone talk. I could net sen her because
I was going te Princeton. She was leaving
Philadelphia before in.v return,
"Jiirt te make conversation with Mrs. Wil Wil
eon I spoke of Miss Berrv und asked her if
she knew about her school. She had known
Miss Berry as n young and gay girl, but
she had never seen her school and she was,
I thought, rather vague about il. though se
plainly enthusiastic about the girl she
remembered that I talked te her until the
train came up about tlie work Miss Berrv
was doing for the mountain whites.
"As a parting shot ns we separated en the
train I heard 11. v self saving:
" 'I will tell Miss Martha Berrv I hnve
seen you I shnll s,.,. i.r ijgi,r. she
dines with us.'
"When I settled mvself In mv cent I gn.-ed
nt toys, if with nst.inishincr.f n"n,i horror. I
had told a whellv unnecessnrv be A stupid
lie. nnd n kind of 'gallcrv-'nct' lie. And
there was no practical wnv te take il back.
J lie VV llsetls Were shot nn In II... .1... ..!....
le.uii of ihe rlnir ..ir nnd. nnivvuv. nlmi
was I'., 1
10 saj
''I let it go, se fnr ns thev were concerned
but I did try a forlorn hope when I get
b.uk ti town en Miss Perry herself,
who,
en. 1 i'iitv icasen te think.
en her
-. . . ...in iisi.in. irei.. that very minute.
I Phoned te the hotel nt which she had been
staving n few diva before mil nskeel for her
And, le and beheld, she wns still there' I
immediately invited her te dinner ,s,e said
Mic vv mid love te come, ns her triin did net
lenve until II o'clock thnt night, owing te
a v.ih..,v of ,,.la,s ai it(,,(,s m her
ell, she came and we hnd a pleasant
evcung Ae dismssr. Mrs. Wils,,',, a ,t.
lb i"i i""1 "1" ""',l,(1 '"' ", thnnkfiil if
she could be get te take an interest in the
s.hoel. but thnt she hated running nfter
hnt interest knowing v fs, nn, ,lnri
the I resident h vv .-.. would be pursued bv
a.l and sundry nfter money nnn influence.
Mie said she would cladlv go te see Mrs
il- 11 in lV'ti,', ten before; I hey left for thi
I resident inauguration, if ,t ,.,,, ,
arringed et te stem tee pressing. We
taikul ever the pros and cons until It was
her Iiain time nnd she went off in ),,.r rnr)
"She In,) uet !,,, Bn,C hn,f n hour before
. .... . , ., ,,. piiene nv i.ii(
I ri'si nt a veire snid t In t Mr
distance.
Wilsen
weuiu 1 he 10 spe.nk te me ,,,i r
niel ; Mrs Woodrew Wilsen's Vece
Mie said she had been thinking nil dav
about Miss Berry nnd. knew ,g she " ,s te
.Inn-, with me, hnd cnlhil nieup , nr,,'Pr
K-'t ... .0,1,.., with her She s,,l while's, e
had been 1.1 Philadelphia that ,) (tL
see.,,; , . ., i)(1 B, , ,lf (,r e. r
out f s.cng,. ,. it had been suggested te
her te sel then, for the ,encflt 0f ,n70har?
it D.I I ..ink Mission el I? "e
hnve then, se , for the benefit of her Hehoe '
And. if s, . ,1W could she see M.s nPtTV
before g ,.ng down te the inauguration and
all tl i confusion ,0 as tl) arrange for if
M ss B.rrv and she were get into cemmunl-catHvvi-Wnadny
orseandMinsIWry
"Wle,. Mrs. Wilsen died the memorial
fuvl 1 r was started bv the ent.ntrr at
large ,v! ,r!, prn(P(1 . ,.,, ,i)r at
..n. . . . t.-.'-i" '. "" Yr "r e th
u.e ires.cenr v vwr u, , ,
.1...I f,
iieiintaiii wlntts. kneiwr, n. vri...
Be-i v si Imel in Geer'-in
sti'eal'',"' if"? '.'"l T '""i'7-"1 ,,u,t' 1'i.n.nnlv
M'cakig. if t hnd net been i,.r i,P ,t
neve- .., i'd have happened " ll
rp,
mi:
r.st of ; nfler benr.i.g the tale of
'I e' ,"",' '',fr;'riri "Pinions as
uu.'h of n lie i hnd l,ee. ven from
' One of ua ins.siei it ... .. '
a
t . Iinvv
the fir-
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1 , , -us ion n
1 ut nreuhi'. v
"it... immigrant Perns, h-nnin must keen
r ,s tl.. gvjisv moth '
'e Chiistnins elinner will
l.ei t ' an invisible guest "
be leiinpletc
Ne mill, is ever icceticiled tn misfortune
in im-i-ii.ic no iviievvs lie l.ret.ght
self.
it en
hi..
1 ml. i- existing condilleiis middlemnn
,s i.nesarv te n fair division of the world's
1 iu..iiedilii.s. It i his multiplication that
hurls
The mull wdie
hmse finds 110 joy
is working for a
dead
that
in Ihe knowledge
money mukiK the mure go
I lie 7eaIet we have ulways with us, but
it is elilv when he is organized thnt he be
i nines a 1111 niue te liberty.
Nobeilv would grumble about niinus and
navies if we didn't have te go s,v (lf ,0 imy
houses und schools te mnke them.
There is se nuiql. common sen,. jp the
proposed censtitutiuiial nmendment making
ti r:ns of senators and rnireseiitntlves begin
X.
Lie lirsi viol. II. IV III JI. c-cinlji 1 fe! il"'ltl"
liclieli. instiail ei ,M iinli I, thut )(
iiniurnlly
expeci'i cetildernble opposition
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NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
S. TYSON KINSELL
On Need for a New Federal Building
THI" erection of n new federal building te
house all government offices nnd activities
in the city under one reef Is urged bv S.
Tyson Klnsell, nntiennl vice president of the
Federation of Federal Kmpleyes nnd presi
dent of the Federal Kmple.ves' 1'nien of this
city. It would mean, he holds, net enlv im
proved working conditions for the emplees,
but Improvements in the mechanism of the
government, the convenience of the public,
economy, co-operation nnd co-erdlnntloii te
a greater degree and the elimination of
waste and extravagance.
"In discussing the need for n new federal
building in this city," said Mr. Klnsell. "I
nm doing se ns the chosen representative of
thousands of federal empleyes who compose
the membership of the organization which I
represent. These men aud women nre In the
mnln persons who have run the gnntlct of
the rigid civil service tests establishing their
fitness for public service.
"Contrary te the opinion held in some
qunrfers. thev empleyes are net alone in
terested in 'increased wages nnd better work
ing conditions,' but realizing thnt they nre
a vltnl nnd component pnrt of 'the public
which in the Inst analysis pays the bllis,'
they advocate improvements in the mechan
ism of the government, in conveniences for
the public and economies which will Improve
the service, concentrate and co-erdlnnte
forces and elimlnnte waste and extravagance.
Problem Is Old One
"The need for n new federal building in
this city is net n new problem. Prier te the
Inte war the agitation en several occasions
developed te the extent of survey for tenta
tive sites. Rigers of the vvar required the
devotion of nil Interests le the grent issues
at slake, and plans te ihe ends under con
sideration herein were of necessity tempo
rarily abandoned
"However, with the return te peacetime
pursuits the revlv.il of interest in Ihe needs
of the government nnd its relations te the
community civic, commercial, economic and
industrial must be given the consideration
svhich the situation demands. In our great
city, for example, which is the scene of many
and varied governmental activities, during
the last fiscal cnr rentals amounting te
mere than $100.00(1 were paid te house vari
ous branches of the federal service in build
ings outside of these occupied nnd te which
title Is held by the government; nnd. having
due regnrd for the outlook lespecting the
housing problem, the public treasury is net
likely te wax fat en reduction in rentals
during the next year
"Therefore, Ihe federal empleyes who 00111 00111 00111
nese the Philadelphia branch of the Vnflennl
Federation of Federal Lmpleyes contend that
such n sum would go far toward the carrying
charges of a new building. They are advo
cating Its erection net only ns a matter of
economy, but with the conviction that the
best interests of the government and the
public demand it. They bellve it will be of
greater ultlmnte profit and advantage te
build nnd te own and te segregate under one
reef related and interdependent government
efllcr3 than te continue le pay lent.
Itninclirs Toe Scattered
' In Philadelphia, like ether large cities
throughout the I nited Slates, are domiciled
branches of nearly ever) Ime of govern
mental nctivit.v. and the inmlllcatiens of the
federal service are man. The buildings
owned by the government for the housing of
these varied services nre few, and the few
are nntiqiiated, notably such lamlmnikf. as
the old custom liens., in Chestnut street
(which should be retained! and the post pest
office building in Ninth street. The former
in addition te accommodating in cuimped
quniters the subtreasiir.v , ulse house,, the
administrative eflices of the customs service
(In the main lloer of this building, skirting
cither side of the corridor leading te the sub-trea-tir,
one will observe two large jnclo jncle
surcs feet oft by ante-bellum types (Jf weed
and iron grill partition, behind which nre
located :
"(in the enst side, the navigation division
wilh its sections for the entrance and clear-'
unce of vessels, ns well ns the section for the
de, umeiiting nnd enrollment of Rtenimhlps
Here also will be found tl.e section for the
numbering and licensing of inntorbeatn. This
does net complete the appointments by any
means, for such spuce uh remultis is u'pper-
toned le the warehouse division, ihe ,L..,
Iiaek division, the liquidating division nnd
the mariner's passport division, with Hie
uii-luer's elhi e irnwibil inle a 'hole in ihe
Willi' in the southeast corner.
"Ju l lie went kide incisure will be found en
1
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fHEY, AIN'T YQTU LONESOME?"
of the special deputy collectors of customs nnd
nn nssistnnt sltunted en nn elevntien before
which the public mny nppenr for the trans
action of customs business. In the renr of
tins station nre lecnted the estimating divi
sion, the transportation and entry sections,
the bend section, the correspondence, mani
fest nnd invoice sections, together with the
mail, navigation fines nnd neizure section,
with standing room only for such messengers
and file clerks as are required for duty in
these departments.
"In addition Ibis old building also ac
commodates en the main fleer the offices of
the collector of the pert nnd the senior spe
cial deputy, and another presidential ap
pointee known as the naval eflicer of cus
toms, whose entire clericnl force is en
sconced in nnether aperture of the east wing.
Hie second fleer provides accommodations
for the surveyor of the pert, several of his
deputies and clericnl assistants the auditor
of customs, the custodian, the' stntistieinns
nnd record 100m.
"The conveniences which the public tnav
enjoy ere a few high desks scattered through
the narrow corridors, which during official
hours nre usually thronged with customs
brokers, steamship agents, ship's officers
entering nnd clenring vessels and visitors.
Wants Modern Structure
"jTt ferr$lng la simply a pertraval of
cendlt ens which local federal officials nre
powerless te remedy owing te Inck of hous
ing fncilities. The erection of n modern
structure of ndequnte ,s7e, situated in 11
convenient location, would net enlv relieve
the congestion in the custom house and in
the postelfice building, but what Is of much
greater moment te the patrons of these serv
ices, It would bring together under one reef
net only the customs service, but nlse that
ether grent revenue-collecting branch nf the
government, the internal revenue service.
"The needs of the postal service for en
larged quarters are se wrll known as te
require no comment, and supplement the
specific needs of the gever-"ient outlined
above. Ibis provided for, the postal service
could then utilize the entire building ut
Ninth, Market and Chestnut streets."
What De Yeu Knew? I
QUIZ
! What are the two largest rivers in the
world se fnr ns volume of water Is
concerned?
:' What syllable should be accented In the
word alternate "
3 Ker hew many enrs has Panama been
nn Independent republic?
4 What Is the literal meaning of Ihe word
moor, Jjn-,
r. Prem whom does Chippendale furniture
taKu Its name?
r. Who was Henry Then.ai Buskin"
7 Where) nie the Canary Islane",H"
S. Whut is nn "nrii'itidn honorable'
0. After whom Is Frlilnv named'
10. What la Iclsinef
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 KinerltuH literally means earned A pin pin
fesser emeritus Is ietre(; that H one
who haw earned his retirement.
I Jenn L-juls Budelphe Agasslz wan a cele.
Iirated Swlss-Amerlcan natuiivllBt una
Keoleglbt Ills dates nre 1807-197:1
3 I ledge. In the Kenerlc name for n tvplcitl
KiiKllsh agricultural laborer. It in a
corruption of lienet
I The first amendment tn the federal con
stitution feibldn ('etBreii,s te pass nnv
law establishing any religion or pro
hibiting the free exert tse thereof, or
iihrldKtna- freedom of speech or' tlie
pruss. or the right of the people te an
isemble peaceably and petition the i:ov i:ev
eminent for rtdress of grievances.
D. Phlllppus Aureelus Paracelsus wns 11
celebrated Oennan-Hwlss phvslciiin nnn
alchemist Ills works gave impetus te
the development of phnriiinceiitlcal
chemistry. Be was the author of a Ms Ms
lenary system of phllennphy. Hi dates
arc, 1 493-1 511.
0 An elegy Is a cong of lamentation. A
e-tileg is 11 speech or writing In praise
of a pe. Hen, etc
7 Cardamom u n tq.lce derived from the
Heed-capsules of an Kust India., plant
of the same nume.
8. The. Instruments In n Hiring quartet nre
two violins, u vlehi and a violoncello.
9. I.atakla tobacco takes Its iintnes from the
seaport of Asm Miner whence It In
shipped The tobacco Iv Biown In th
tielplilmrlnj: cei.nliv, which corresponds
in Ihe nuclei. I l.iieil.cea.
1U. The feimat of 11 book la its vtlze and
shape.
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SHORT CUTS
The curfew bobs up like 1 o'clock.
Herbert' Hoever mnkei a very effective
ftantn cuius.
Help for I'urepe new is merely u case of
enlightened self-interest.
'Flic lives of deer nre cheap in the New
Jersey weeds these days.
The "reaper" is nnclent history; Hie
McCenul
I; "sewer ' of tares is new abroad.
What the police perhaps need for (Jer
iilevvn's "submarine thief" is a depth
ma
bomb
Te the joint legislative committee In
vestigating the Building Trust, Grace pro
vides meat.
"Curfew shall net ring tonight. ' But
enk nut for it first thing tomorrow morn
ing; say, nbeut 1 o'clock.
"a lie necessities ban the growing of
two blades of grass where ene grew before
at Spiing Gniden and Bread streets. '
. "i ,1",lt ,l "', ,lrnP ' Wt 'hut is
being iiddee te the Scotch, judging bv the
vote en prohibition north of the Tweed.
The Massachusetts judge who favors'
life terms for convicted robbers is permitting
mi admittedly serious condition te get en
his nerves.
One useful thing miy be put down le
the en edit of the (nmm.ssini. oil ceutitil
lenai amendment: It has suggested tl
holding of a constitutional convention.
r
1 crimps it is the conviction that the
cleik of Hie weather is real! putting up a
preltj fair article thnt has constrained Sen Sen
aeor Penrose te keep his hands off the
enthcr Bureau.
New Yerk furnishes a,, excellent ei
niiipe. of what might rnsily happen in Phila
delphia If the Mayer relaxes ,M vigilance
nnd permits ".harmony" te give nny ring of
politicians absolute control of the police.
In the famine districts nf China starving
parents nrc selling their sons for SU apiece
nnd their daughters, fairly mature, for higher
prices. There seems te be n tip concealed
Isrre for one s own particular Snntn Clnus.
It is because I'ncle Sam doesn't vvnnt
le lie told by any nurepean operator that thn
lines are busy excuse It, please ! that he
new insists upon the freedom f the wiies
ns n supplementary slegnn te the freedom of
tl.e sens.
The Chicago poodle Hint inherits SS00O
nnd is le have a ChrUtmai tree and 11 regular
bed nnd meals nt a table nnd things like
flint mu have proved Hm right te them bv
showing at least as inuih Intelligence as its
benefactor.
v
While western farmers nre asking I'ncle
Sam for Jjnaticlnl nid In enable, them tn held
their whenl until lis iirlee rim's, the Pril"
slim Gevernmiiit i forcibly taking wheat
from the farmers of Germiiuv. Between
these two extremes reason and Justice lie.
The Women's International League fetr
Peace and Freedom, which asks the League
of Natieim te take action in Hie matter of
intei national mnrriuges, at least has fultli.
Hut what, the Disgruntled due implores us
10 n-k, bus marriage get te de with peace
nnd freedom 7
There is a suggestion of "the easiest
wii" about Representative Fordney's plan
te cut tnxes te 11 point where they will
simplv pay running expens.es. It inny J
that I nole Sam would be wiser te pay off
some of his debts even if It did mean a little
hard sledding.
St. Petersburg, Fin., prudes having de
clared nude art indecent, the Flerida
Winter Art Scheel (trailed all statues before
giving n daiicc in Its studio, with the result
that Venus were mere clothes than any
woman present. But, come te think of it.
that ma net be saying very much.
When the New Jersey State Beard of
Burlier' BxiiiniiierM demauded an Increase
of salary from f.'i n day te $U0 a day ail"
wiih told by the governor that was mere t bun
some judges get. Ihe president of thn .beard
Is quoted as saving tlint uilg"s of b'irb'f
reiiull'il n ere brains ' nu '"' "' '
ti.il
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