e ArtSfeim i $ Hiffti; T''.5lI t F7 -.-' J"1 rR-Tvt, t 'V V '8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 ififrGk SMAJteSS 'I! i fc' m m M I O W iV tJ i rl J T H m 'tip EflssP ffir MsssHP WstasssBfeflESttMaissSsTCl ' Aliening lublkHIcbgei? v PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY , CTHt'8 It. K. CUIIT1S, rtsitiiicr Chrl It. I.udinston. Vic l'reslilcnt, John C. JUrtln, Secrnttry ami Tresiurrri l'hlljp H. Collins, - John n. Williams. John J. fltwrreon, Dlrsetons. S ' EDITOntAt. HOATtD ' Curs It. K. Crims. ChAlrtuin ' 71AV1P B SMII.KY LMItor JOHN C. ?,rAnTIN nnerM ruinlness Manner Published dally at Tcnuo Luwseh BuUdlng Indenend nee Square, fhlUilelphU. rTsiTlo C'ITt FrttfUntan HulMIn Nw Yohk ni14 Madison Ave. , prTKOIT 7111 Kord Bull linn T. Ixicn 013 Olo tv-IVmorrat Hulldlnr Ciiioaoo 1302 rrthuni IJutMInc , NEWS llfnnAUSi TTiiiiiiNoioN Bi sieve, N. 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All riffHIs o republication of tpewsl iflepofches s htretn are- also resened a - ---. DillsdrlpriU, lunli. Dcermber IB, 1V20 THE BONDS WERE SOLD Mil. STOTKSHLUY, the banker member of tho Slnkinjt Kunil C(irniiil.sion, an nounced nt the firnt open meeting of the commlsainn q. few ilays ogu thnt if the eritl rim of the banking syndicates who bid for city bonds was continued the bankers would cease their bidding. Vhcn the bids for $7,000,000 of new bonds were opened Tlmrsdaj no bid was found from mi of the banks in the syndicate, which has frequently offered to take nil or none nt a given ('guru and has frequently aeoureil all ut the figure offered. Several other batiKH made bids, however, and still other banks were prepared to take large blocks of the bonds. It is evident that there is no group of bonkers powerful enough ti force the city to sell its boudu to its members on the terms which they choose to fix. The demonxtratlon of this is fortunate for the city, and it should encournge independent bankers to make bids in the future in the confident hope that they will not be blocked out by any syndicate. ANOTHER BLOW AT THE BOARD WHILE it is impossible at this time to foretell the ultimate fate ofthe liudings of the State Constitutional Revision Com mission, it can hardly be denied thnt an idea behind nt least one of its recent recommen dations will win a substantial measure of popular support. Section 1!. Article V, of the new instru ment provides that "no duties .shall be im posed on a court or judge etcept stirh ns -shall relate to the ndminNtrntion of justice . or the conduct of the business of the court "or to the conduct of elections." It may be argued that the amendment Is out of plnce in the constitution. One of the implications, however, is signllli'iintlv clear. The law. if made fundamental, would compel the Legislature to de ise some other method of naming the members of the Hoard of Education. t'ndoubtedly the present method appoint ment by judges is in disfavor. The fact ' thnt nbuses also crept into the earlier s.xstem ' ought not to be construed as a complete de fense of the present arrangement The Legislature will npposi. current sen timent if it fails to inquire thoroughly into 'the whole subject, whether the proposed ew 1 stitutionnl change i.s or is not adopted. RELIEF IN SIGHT IpMPLOYMENT agencies in town report -i that girls nnl women are appl.ving for domestic work in increasing numbers. 'Within two or three weeks, they sa , the applications haw increased ."( per rent. And the girls who demanded from SV- to fH a week which, as it includes hoard and lodging is much more than school teachers get are now willing to work for from fi) to 511!. mid they are less particular about the size of tin. famil or the number of dinner parties given. There are special reasons for this incrense . in the number of applicants for household work One m that nniny mills are idle and another is that many girls wish to earn money for the holidii spending JUit the i employment agencies are convinced that the. ' peak in wage- has I n reached and thnt ' there will be a gradual decline until wages Tench H figure which enu be p.ild by the ' average family. The demand for housemaids, however, is likely to be less than before the war. Many houewiws haw bought labor-saving devices, such as electric washing and Ironing ma chines, pneumatic -uiepers nnd electric cof fee and tea puts, all of which simplify house work. If the inonej reipured to pav a maid for a war were mwstcd in Mich devices a hou-e would li,. so well equipped that the Twrk in it i. ,ud be done easily by the mem bers if the f.ui.ih with need for little out aide help ' PETITIONERS WITH POWER THE politu ians bo are arranging the lc,(islatiw program t.. he curried out in Ilnrrisburg this winter are recknniiu: with out the new w.j.rs Women in the past have petitioned the Legislature but scant atten tion lias been given to their demands This yenr the League of Won, en Voters is ar ranging n Icgislnm- program of its ,,, , It will be i.pr Died ,j it, agents in the atate capital i mi i..imifi t,, ccm.uii the passage of the bills nhich it favors The Wfiuiiii ar t pamcularl interested In the protection of the different members cf a polnwiil machine. They are just now more dei ply interested in constructive hu mane legislation. If the ih. not get It in Ilnrrisburg this winter the i ,t out to aecure the election of a Legisbitrn- which vill be more repn sciii..tiw of the ibsiris uf lie-half of the Mitels The women know their power -hihI thev know what the wish Thev naw been alud.iing mciologiciil questions for many jeitrs and some of them know mote about the subject than the men 'the) have had to suffer rebuffs In the past, but the time when tho will submit tamely to such trent jaent has oine to an end. TAX ON BANK DEPOSITS El-.l'HESHNTATIVE TUKAIMVAY, who has iiitrodui-ed u bill into Congress tax ing bank deposits, estimates thnt n tax of one-quarter of 1 per cent would yield a revenue of at least $1 (KM) (Ms.). 000 u year His plan provides for the collection of the tax In monthly installments. It is to Ik clmrged to the banks nnd thej nre to collect it from their depositors He would exempt mutual savings banks uml building nnd loan associations which are operated exclusively lor the benefit of their members. Mr. Treaduay regards his proposed tax Ci u tax ou cnpitul- It is not really that, r howcrcr. It Is n tax on the gross earnings of business, A manufacturer deposits his receipts in a bank and checks it out to pay his bills. Including his piiyrolls. If his pay roll amounts to $1, 000.000 a yenr the tnx on It, if he deposited the money in the bnnk before he drew It nut to put in the pay envelopes, would amount to $'25,000. If tho Trendwny bill should be passed the Inrgc employers would be Inclined to snvc the tax by keeping In their own safes money enough to meet the weekly or monthly pnroll unless the interest on their daily bnlances were large enough to cover the tux. Hefore Congress passes any such new tnx law it will consider not only the conditions under which men do business, but its rela tion to other tnxatlon plans. Indeed, the taxation program to be adopted will come from the ways nnd means cnmmltteo nnd not from nny individual member of the House. IN COMES MR. VANDERLIP; OUT GOES LUDWIG MARTENS The Inner Significance of the Deporta tion Order Issued Against the Soviet Ambassador NOT ns Emma (loldmnn nnd the wailing deportees of the old lluford went, but elegnntl. in the first-class cabin of a first class ship, where the fiddles and finger-bowls are, Ludwlg C. A. K. Martens, ambassador for the Soviets and press ngent of revolu tion, will go back to Russia under official pressure from Washington. He will truvel t.i a guest of the I'nited Stntes Government, which, in the sudden order for his expulsion, provides that he may be treated with every kindness nnd courtesy on the way. This fine distinction suggests thnt somebody in Washlnrton was disposed to relent a little, tn give at least the shadow of official prestige to the otherwise unrecognized nmbnssador of a government thnt even the Russians no longer regnrd with any .seriousness. So the gray drnma of the Ilnlshevists I.s coming to an end in a fiare of Tather vivid comedy. News of the government's Intention to put Martens forcibly out of the country was un expected. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Labor, whose name Is signed to the order, is an amiable man who hates quib bling nnd leans toward tolerance. Left to himself, he probably would have permitted Mr. Martens to stroll about and give inter views to his heart's content, knowing thnt the soviet emissary could do no harm even If he wished to. Only the language of the order is Secretary Wilson's. The mood re vealed In that document is the President's. And to understand it fully you will have to consider the certain effects of this particu lar ouster on the governing minds in other countries nnd on our own west coast, where Kreat dreams have been dreamed ever since Washington I). Vanderlip took a taxicab full of concession guarantees awny from Lenlne's office in Moscow. Financiers of note in most of the com munities from Seattle to San Dlgo the same men who a few years ago demanded firing squads for all those whom they deemed Red were preparing to forget some of their prejudices because tlic.v had money in Mr. Vnnderlip's great scheme for the develop ment and exploitation of that part of Siberia which I.enine allotted to him. They were not alone. In Rritain. in France, in Italy and latterly in Japan, business interests have been putting pretty henv-.v pressure on their governments with n view to forcing such recognition of the Soviets as would mnkc trade with Russia safe and. of course, im mensely profitable. It has been rumored thnt friends of Mr. Vanderlip nnd his high financiers, as well as some of the free thinkers in politics, intended to open n drive on Congress before long for similar ends, nnd it was even reported that some of Mr. Harding's advisers have ardently urged "a more generous attitude toward the Moscow government." If there was a political motive in the Pres ident's order against Martens it must be traced from that latter rumor. Mr. Wilson has done all that lay in his power to put the Soviets and their spokesmen forever be yond the rench of recognition. He has stuck to the point of view that lie assumed at Paris and held agninst nil opposition and criticism in later months, when the temptation of gold and platinum and oil lands and concessions held out from Moscow darzled Old World rulers and caused them to wonder whether, after nil. the Reds were not deserving of a little help nnd sympathy Mr. Harding is no more pnrtlal to Lenlne and his theories than Mr. Wilson. Hut he has had to listen to all sorts of pleas and all sorts of wild accounts of the riches we are supposed to be losing by our uns.v mpnthetlc attitude toward the Moscow government. For once, therefore, an outgoing administra tion mny have performed h good service for nil incoming one. A little while ngo it nppenred thnt the case of Martens might drng along indefi nitely and thnt the agent of the Soviets might still be living peacefully in the I'nited Stntes when the Soviets themselves were van ished and forgotten. Then Mr. Vanderlip landed in New York nnd told of the noble nims of boUhevism. Some prominent west ern bankers, listening to Mr. Vnnderlip's account of his concessions, confessd n change of heart The stage was being set for an emotional appeal to Congress It was nt this juncture that Washington seems to have mude up its mind to dally no longer. The order was issued to put Martens out The text of the Imposing edict embodies more than u stateimtit of the case against Marten It is a reiteiatlon of n justitinhle iinlw tment of the Holshevlsts' ulms mid methods. It is even more than thnt It is a veiled answer to excuis and nppenls of the sort that hnw become common since adventurous captains of industry began to plan campaigns in Russia under the aus pices of Lenine Tin1 government of the I'nited States re fused to djckiT with the Moscow crowd he cause it found that they had the support of less than liulf n million people In a db tntor ship of force imposed upon the IMI.OOO.OOO of the population llecaiisc Russians have a habit of forgetting in one government.il Incarnation what they did in previous mi.-., because the first art of the Red govei tuni lit was to repudiate all obligations and debts left bv the 7.r culm -minded statesmen ever where felt that It would not do to iwlt much with a regime doomed from the be ginning to last nnlj a little while. The views of those who at Paris refused to treat officially nt Moscow have been fullv justified bv retent eventu Wherever dic tions are held in Russia the mod- rate p.ir ties outvote the radicals It i- war that has kept Lenlne m power, becuuse the people h.tve been willing to co-operate with anv government to repel invaders. Hut a pro tound change In coining, and what sort of government will follow It no oneknows. It is with the disappearing regime that anxious opportunists are cngv to mnke contracts and working agreements. It ia a disappearing government that other governments are Bsked to recognize. Yet recognition would only prolong the confusion and perhaps leud unsuspecting peoples again into the wnrs that always follow upon xreat foreign Invest ments made unwisely or in too great a hurry. Mr. Martens Is in some ways a pleasant enough geiitlemun. ITc lias a taste for i . hPS MM r'M.e -' revolutions. lie was deported from Russia nt one time for plotting against the govern ment, Tho Germans, knowing his hnblts of mind, didn't welcome him. He has the nlr of n cultured man of the world nnd he speaks several languages In n nicely modtllnted voice. Hut ho bore a rather astonishing tuessngo to these shores. Having to spenk for Lenlne, he had to imply thnt If our gov ernment didn't recognize the Bolshevist gov ernment, the Bolshevist government would turn the proletariat loose to cat us up. Oddly enough, It is the proletariat In Russia that, being sick of bolshevlsm, Is now getting ready to ent up the organization nt Moscow. Even this knowledge Is not such ns might be expected to console a government threat ened on its own soil by ambassadors from abroad. Martens was tolerated In tho United Stntes. but his position even ns an unrecog nized emissary never was very snfe. The news of his expulsion Is pretty sure to cause something of a sensation abroad. Recogni tion by tho United Stntes even of Russian trade agreements and credit systems would have done a great deal to bolster up tho declining prestige of the Lenlne dictatorship. It queer and uncertain methods some such recognition has been provided by somo of the foreign governments, and naturally these governments would prefer to see America join nn adventure in which numbers are necessary to even comparative safety. Hut th administration nt Washington Is still tinder the domination of a single-track mind. The depnrtnt.'on order, even though Its ex ecution may be long dcln.wd through court appeals, will hasten mi end and a new be ginning in Russia. The interesting nnd significant fact for Amerlcnns Is that ns Washington D. Van derlip landed in America Mr. Martens was ordered out. Therein, apparently, lies the whole story. BREAKING A PRECEDENT ALONG line of traditions run counter to President Wilson's choice of Washing ton ns a permanent residence after with drawal from public life. Heretofore the clnlms of the natlnnnl capital upon the nffectlons of retiring Chief Magistrate!! has been conspicuously weak. John Quiney Adams, it is true, began a new career in the House of Representatives and died as a member of that body. Andrew Johnson sought to repair his reputation In the Sennte, was chosen to represent Ten nessee in the upper bouse, but died in 1R75 before taking his seat. But after leaving tho White House neither Adams nor Jolin Bon regarded Washington as home. The eagerness of the first President to regain the peace and gracious Isolation of Mount Ver non is historic. Madison withdrew to his ample Virginia estnte at Montpeller, nnd Jefferson more or less serenely viewed tho whirligig of politics nnd the progress or retrogression of his fellow countrymen from the splendid eminence of Mnnticelto. Presi dents to whom their former habitats ceased to oppeal selected a new environment, as did Cleveland with Princeton. Mr. Wilson's departure, which is in an other sense no departure at all, Is unique In addition to personal reasons, which are probabl strong, there are other possible ex planations for his decision, nnd in these the American people are emphatically interested. It Is generally understood that Mr. Wilson will revert to his original role of American historian. There is n momentous story, in which he figures with extraordinary promi nence, to be told. Residence in Wnshlngton will place him within rnsy reach of the Congressional Li brary nnd of important ollicinl documents nnd statistics In the various government de partments. In the former home of Henry P. Fnirbnnks, just purchased, Mr. Wilson will be enabled to pursue his anticipated. In quest into the greatest cataclysm in history. The nation, instinctively kindly to those who have nt Inst escaped from the turmoil of politics, whole-heartedly desires thnt Mr. Wilson's days ns a private resident of Wash ington be spent pleasurably, comfortably nnd, to spenk selfishly, fruitfully. In the Inst hope Is contnined the expectation of a first-hnnd chronicle of prodigious world events. MR. MORGENTHAU'S MISSION THE selection of Henry W. Morgenthnu as personal representative of the President in the medintion plnns concerning Armenia is not surprising. Mr. Morgenthnu's ex perience with Nenr Eastern affairs is au thoritative. His record as ambassador to Turkey is brilliant and honorable. Hi ex cellent narration of events in Constantinople during thut part of the war which preceded America's entrance reveals an expert knowl edge of the various races whose conflicting claims still confuse the situation east of the Bosporus. It is unreasonable, however, to expect miracles even from the well-informed Mr. Morgenthnu. His duties nre embarrnssingly ill defined. Nn instructions from the League of Nations have been forthcoming. The sole specific fact In present view is that neither the American Government nor the adminis tration of the leigue promises nny remunera tion for the services of the mediator's repre sentative. The nature of Mr. Morgenthnu's work can hurdlv be more than advisory. He enn In vestigate and report. The most efficient of individual mediators can do no more. Critics of the whole procedure will do well to re nu mber that judgment upon the diplomatic method of settling international disputes cannot be fnirl based upon the outcome of the present problem. The Aimeninn mediation scheme Is simply e.peiimeutal and should be considered apart from the international court of justice plan which has at present only a pnper existence. TEUTON DELICACY GERMAN skill in devising substitutes ha its limitations. There 1 no "ersatz" for good taste. Under the impression, perhaps, that he bad found one, Wllholrn Mayer von Knuf beiiren, German ninbassadnr to Franco, so licited a formal introduction to Hugh C. Wallace, the merican plenipotentiary, nt a diplomatic rec i'ioti in Paris this week. Teuton persistence compelled the Ameri i an representative to be frank with his in termediary. "Tell him." said Mr. Wallace to M. de Fouquleres. Introducer of ambassador-,, "thnt I refuse to meet him." The technical war between the United States and Germany rendered this decision obl'ga'oiv The sltuntion was, of course, i.iiov. ii .i II -rr von Kaufbeiiren, whose ob ject 'vn o1 v oisly to embarrass both the French nnd American diplomatists. In'thls he doubtless succeeded; the boor in the presence of genth men so often does succeed Appreciation, however, of such triumphs mn.v be safely left to the widely discussed German mind WILL HAVE TO FIGHT IT OUT THE passage b.v the Senate of the so-called anti sirike bill Introduced by Senator poindexter does not mean thnt the meosure will become a law in its present form or In any other form, for that matter. When the bill was cnlle.l up for consid eration there were not more than a dozen senators present. It went through by de fault. The members of the House who pre vented the inclusion of similar "anti-strike" provisions in the Esch-Cummins railroad law will fight the PolndexUr bill. There Is 4fH ' -vr . i ki ..- ,H- -ftUsss - r 'VL.7''-?'" '1jr'r',1"'1L ' '"sWiaiiHigf- ftMffirssr-' H'JtJL w-ss! LLajiLLLLLL bound to be a long and bitter debate on it beforo it is brought to a vote. No one need be surprised If the present Congress nd journn beforo the bill Is finally disposed of. Its purpose Is to prevent the interruption of interstate commerce by providing penalties for it. That interstate commerce should not be interrupted by any otio is admitted by almost every one. The national government already has power to secure the free move ment of passengers, freight nnd mall from state to state. President Cleveland exer cised thnt power during the Chicago rallrond strike about twenty-five years ago. He had to send troops to Illinois in order to protect the movement of trains, nnd he sent them ngnltmt tbe protest of the governor of the state. Hut the Supreme Court sustained him In every particular. Tho defeat of the Poindexter bill will not destroy the power of the government in the premises. The question for Congress to de cide Is whether the courts shall bo empow ered to protect Interstate commerce by pun ishing thoso guilty of interfering with it, or whether it shall continue necessary for the. President to call out the army to secure the free movement of trains while those persons guilty of conduct which obstructs traffic nro allowed to go scot free. THE NEW SPAIN THE South Americans must be feeling nowadays very much like the young lady whose hand is sought by several wooers gratified by Its popularity, but disposed to take Its time about coming to n decision. The king of tbtf Belgians has been visiting the Spanish -American countries. Secretary Colby is now framing speeches which he will deliver when he lands on the other side of the equator. And now comes the announce ment thnt King Alfonso of Spain will be es corted to Buenos Aires by a naval fleet nnd will use thnt city an his headquarters while O ITU1IO jctween he seeks to bring about an entente between the South American countries nn country which once ruled them. The South American pretensions of pnin? . arc not to bo whistled down the wind VP uniniuiiiii hjju tney migni nave occn Ignonmj but tho Spain of toduy is a very dlffertn? country from tho Spain of 1000, to go no farther back. She was the one considerable country of Europo which was not drawn into the wnr. She has not been devastated. Her resources have not been drained, and her young men have not been killed on the field. The war has Increased her wealth. But her rejuvenation began longer ngo than 1014. Certain parts of Madrid have been rebuilt nnd the city is so changed that those who knew It ten years ngo would fall to recog nize it at the present time. There has been a marvelous expansion of her mnnufactures. Her shipping la flourishing and her navy, destroyed by the wnr witn the United States, bus been rebuilt. The first qunrtcr of the twentieth century has produced n new Spain, ambitious to re rover the plnce in the world occupied by the Spnin of the sixteenth nnd the seventeenth centuries. And Alfonso is co-operating with the political nnd commercial statesmen of his country in the task which they bavo undertnken. The relations between Spain nnd South America nre Intimate. Save in Brazil, Spanish Is the language of the people. The literature of Spain Is read there just as we in the United States read the literature of Grent Britain. The great names of ancient Spnin nre the great names of the Spanish -American peoples. Spanish nctors from Madrid nnd Barcelona make tours in Ar gentina just as British actors from London make tours of the I'nited Stntes. And the historic comedies nnd tragedies which they present nre ns fnmillnr to their audiences ns nre the plnys of Shakespeare to American nudlences. The Spanish Forbes-Robertson plnys the Spanish Hamlet And the Madrid comedienne present In Buenos Aires the lntest popular successes of the mother country. The raw material of an entente between the ancient Spanish colonies nnd the mother country is nt hand. It only nwnlts the con structive action of the statesmen. Those statesmen know thnt Barcelona is nearer to Buenos Aires thnn is Philadelphia and they know, too, thnt n Spaniard enn understand the point of view and business methods of a man of Spnnlsh descent much better than these things can be understood by n man of Anglo-Saxon descent. Thnt Spain Is ready to profit by her his toric relations with her lost colonies should be gratifying to nil who are interested In the progress of the world. If the United States cannot compete with Spain it will be for the reason that our business men nre incapable of adjusting themselves to the con ditions that prevail in South America. We can offer to the Latin Americnns n market for their raw ninterinls and we can pay for them In manufactured products. Spain enn do no more. GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT THE repnssage by the House of Represen tatives of the resolution repealing most of the wnr laws a resolution which the President killed last summer is evidence of the determination of the Republican majority to redeem its campaign pledges. The resolution does what It can to declnre the wnr nt nn end nnd to put the country on n pence basis. It declares that "nny act of Congress that by its terms is In force' only during the existence of a state of war nnil a limited time thereafter shall be construed nnd administered ns If the present wnr ter minated on the dnte when this resolution became effective." When the Senate passes the resolution nnd the President signs It, then the business of disbanding the grent army of clerks called to Wnshlngton by the wnr can proceed. Of course, It is possible thnt the President mny veto it, but even If he does there are so many congressmen of both parties de termined that the fictitious state of war shall be brought to an end that the veto might be overridden. Interest Is being manifested in the ma terial to be used in Senator Hurding's cnbl- !'"', w,"r 'f ,';' v!"B!?,wl '"'" hardwood finish .' Nobody knows. Decision concerning his ability ns u cabinet maker must therefore be reserved. The one thing sure is that he hopes for the best and is tapping wood. "Let those who nre working for our destruction beware!" cries Samuel Gompers. Perhaps less u threat thnn a warning and a prophecy . Labor unions have been arrogant and hnve made mistakes, as have cmplowrs' but to wipe them out would be to invite something more hurtful for emplojers nnd employes alike. In childhood's hnppy days Santa Clans occasionally played humorist and put n piece of conl in the toe of the Christmas stocking But the modern Snntn Clans cannot afford nny such foolishness. He has other things to do with precious coal. We lovn the turkey because of his ig norance. If he were a thinker he wouldn't enjoy the Christmas season. Wanting peare on earth, he would hnve no good will toward men. The first .Philadelphia woman summoned for jury duty siis that women Jurors will be more severe mid just than men. But wnsn't It n minion advocate that Insisted thnt jus tice should be tempered with mere ? "Whatever Mr, Hoover needs to carry on his work should be given him," says Dr. Lewis, just returned from Vienna. It is significant that those who know are swiftest to indorse his work for starving babies. NO W MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best MRS. H. S. PRENTISS NICHOLS On Value of Clubs to Women TT ISN'T a man's world, nor yet a womnn's world, but n world in which men nnd women together must give their best for humanity. And the women have learned much concerning their share of giving through the women's clubs of the country. Such is the opinion of Mrs. II. S. Pren tiss Nichols, president of the New Century Club, one of the city's oldest and well-honored women's organizations. Mrs. Nichols herself is typical of the modern clubwomnn well-dressed, intellectual, with nn innnto ability for and Interest in housekeeping nnd n wide, sympathetic interest in humanity and the civic betterment of the community. "The woman's club has been of Inestima ble value In training women to think and act in co-operation; thnt Is, to think ns in dividuals and to net in organized groups," she snld. "For nearly fifty yenrs women's clubs have been gathering together groups of women in almost every city, town nnd hnmlet in the United States, until now the General Federation of Women's Clubs represents 2,500.000 orgnnlzed women. The Inst indi vidual member could be reached with any message within a week. "The State Federation of Pennsylvania Women has n membership of nearly 00,000, representing every county in the stntc. There i.s now in process of organization a city federation of Philadelphia women which Is designed to bring into one organization the women of Philadelphia. Its object will be municipal progress and welfare. 20,000 to .10,000 .Members Hero "Federated clubs here represent a mem bership of between L'0,000 nnd .'10.000. At the monthly stnted meetings of all these such questions nre discussed as censorship of motion-pictures, women on school boards. women ns election officers, tho cure of the city's poor. And through the legislative committees, with the legislative committee of the state federation ns well, the action of these clubs on nil these and related sub jects Is expressed to their representatives in state Legislatures and Cougress. "As time has gone on the objects of women's clubs hnve widened, until now they cover almost every phase of human interest. They havo devoted themselves for yenrs, through vnrious departments, to the con sideration of such questions as education, public health, snnltntion, legal protection for women, child welfare, civic development, social service and legislation. "Now thnt women are voters, the thinking A VIVID FACE r ! YOUR face is sensitive ns some clear spring Agleom with wavering flecks, of sun that strew With gold its living beryl, dartliiig througl The fringing fern nnd violets thut cling Abou. its brink. While sudden ns the wln Of oriole nnd tnnager that view In its pure glass their forms of flume bright hue. Each vivid thought your eves nre mirroring And sometimes when like petnls of wild rose Thnt fall with delicate rippling of the fount Joy on your cheeks with mantling luster glows From hiddcji depths of feeling swiftly mount Fresh crystal pulsings of such tenderness As angel's troubling of the springs confess. Eliot White, in the New York Sun. Still Imperfect I'rnrn tho l.os Anseles limes The federal prohibition director in New York hns n plnn thnt may Interfere wllh the operations of the bootleggers. He proposes to furnish nu olliciiil escort) for every drop Of liquor from the time of its withdrawal from t(ie warehouse until It reaches the ultimate consumer. This method would he rather expensive nnd the escort would have to be large enough to watch one another nn well us the whisky, but it should eliminate tin middleman. However, there Is alwn.vs the question whether the ultimate i uiisiiiiier is really the person he Is presumed to he. There is no absolute assurance that be him self might not liuve a ttiulu of bootlegger in his veins. WELL MET! force of the woman electorate in in the groups of-nrcviously organized women. Their long training in careful study of all sides of public questions will mnke it very difficult for pro fessional political leaders to control their votes. "Even now legislators arc beginning to say with reference to proposed legislation: 'What do the women say about this? What do they want?' "In public affairs I believe women are going to be more interested in human welfare legislation thnn in merely political and eco nomic questions, although they are vitully Interested even in these phase's of govern mental activity. Back of City Betterment Plans "Club women are standing back of any effort made by the present city administra tion for the good of Philadelphia. At a ro cent meeting of women in the Mayor's office resolutions were unanimously enrried pledg ing the women represented there to give their earnest support to every effort on the part of the Mayor and municipal government to promote the best interests of the citizens of Philadelphia. "Thnt women are not forgetting their work is shown by n recent meeting of mem bers of the League of Women Voters nnd the New Century Club to discuss nnd plan for the forthcoming primary elections. They will make an effort tn sen tl.nf r.r,.n. .,-'' dldatps arc chosen and that the registration niiuu me ym: us inr as possmie the name of every citizen of voting nge In Philadelphia. "Club vyomen generally ns voters are going to make character the test of fitness in every candidate for whom they vote, regardless of his political affiliations. "Every yenr sees the field of women's duties widening. We realize as never be fore that fhis is not just a man's world nor just n womnn s world, but a plnce where men and women together must give of their best. Uutt Is why our women's clubs nre growing and developing nnd helping women to see nnd do their shnrc." What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Nuino tho Central American republics. 2. What is nn odalisque? 3. Who was SlByphus in classical mythol- 1. What bhruh produces mock oranges? ' JlL' U me""'b' a pasticcio painting- or piece of music? 6. Who Is generally regarded ns the nblest American seiieral of tbn American Revolution after Wnshlngton 7 l',1, a I)arlan "V"' ll0w should the word be pronounced? S. How many states seceded from the ClTwar? "10n "' th ou,br'k l the 9. What kinds of theatrical entertainment may he .ltscrlben as pantomimes? 10. What dlstlnBUUhed American was known ns "The Old Man Eloquent"? ""ow'' Aniwers to Yesterday's qu 1. Tho two largest rivers In the world so far as volume of water are concerned nro the Amazon and tho Congo, 2. Used ns nn adjective tho word n'lternato shou d bo pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. Altcrnnte. the verb. Is ntceiited on the first syllable. 3. Panama has hcen an Independent re public for seventeen yenrs. 4. The word ambergris in from the French "anibro grin." ray amber Ambergris, however. Is not amber nt all, but a wax. like pubslnnre found fiontlng In tropical whale"' lnl,8"e of tho sperm p. Chippendale furniture Is nnmed after Thomas Chippendale, the most famous of Lugllsh cabinet makers. He died In Henry Thomas Iluckje was an Enulisli historian and philosopher, "sneclnil, ii..tl f;r his "IPHtory; of Wvl7n,o , England," of which, however, only th two iniroi ucio.y volumes wen- mitt,.,, RucWle's dates nre lS2l-lsri. The Canary Islands are u group In the Atlantic ocean, lying northwest of iv,'rl,'a.lnJ.ut,,lJdV -7 n"rth, longltmle 13 west. They belong to Hnaln "Aliunde Honorable' anil r parntloii Is public apology Filduy mean's terra's day nnd Is named lifter I-rea. the wife of OiIIh In Anglo Saxon my tbology. Kismet Is destiny, from tho Arabic "iulBinu.H 10, SHORT CUTS London is still fighting the battle & I jutiana. Santa Clnus knows the value of adm-1 tlslng space. Every convicted rogue knows that boa- esty Is the best policy. Many an unfortunate criminal falls bt- twecn two stool pigeons. The motto of the Christmas shoppers li now "Better late than never." ITp tn dnte Santa Clnus hns not been I student ot forest conservation. Perhnps "a curbstone Diogenes" ill guy with a pain in his little tubby. The condition of shop labor appears ttl De nn open nnd anut proposition. The three enemies of world peace ml Greed, Jealousy and Pride of Race, Nothing is so unsure ns the fat of a ml bill In the bands of a legislative body. ft Is the business man who ttVti b'u losses gamely that holds his customers. With n bandit court once rendy, the otln thing needed Vrill be to catch the bandltJ. Add Sunshine Cackle No matter whtt you do, you can't uvold pleasing somebody. The trouble with so many parade! !i that they pass a given point without miwsi any. There is no indignation quite so alncf.i as that of the knave whose duplicity has brn exposed. Is thero something utterly Impossible ill the thought of pence-time conscription w uic farms ( A .l f A..UA T ..ntron nf N'fltiOJ doesn't need teeth If it Is going to talk ! stenu oi oitc It is a sardonic "make-up man" " puts n patent medicine nd next to n coluw of death notices. With Coolldge In the cabinet, the pub will have less excuse for forgetting the uim of the ice President. rm...A .... . v.. n.i wnmiin nmiinz I J-JJUrC III!' IU UV ill! ,.,!. v.. "f - . I judges of this year's Mummers pi"1'' Uh, mummer, why tins siigutf t ...I ,...,- ,ntl,l,,n lu "rcimlntrd" til .IIIU lllltl uivijiiiiiik ..-"- .. . pendulum will proceed to swing the oinsi way and, ot course, swing ioo nu rru... V.I,.nli.Hu Hnn i-lces to 11 si, Coi" gressmnn Mondell If a rigid economy is t1 Incompatible wltn n nexiiuc currem-i Premier Giolltti will go to ((""ln..t! visit Lloyd George. The presumption lit"1! IJ 'Atiuunzln will uc "an invisiuie k"v- The New York truck driver b '"! 11100 charlotte russes "because lie ';, gry" snld something more thnn n mom A successful politician must be W achieve the impossible. He must, W I stance, be able to sit and lie at the CTI time. U, t the, lr.cn I nnlillelnilS VvllO llf'fl . ...i.i .- ,!,.!. . .. (.. Constant' a wiuuMiiiiai vu.iii niidiu h" ,.. nnple, at present the most wide-open w , In the world. ...... e, i. M-Oll It sqems n pity tnat nenaioi -mlck, who deprecates the amount of con" sntion at Geneva, should not litmselt the gift of reticence. When it Is decided to refurbish the Supreme Court building we shall be aw point to one Supreme Court decision i will pirilDV. tirijuuwj. ..... ...V.I.. la ll Hoover s pien tor sinrving uuui " itl III a way, nil ourr in mum I"; ,.i, kill .,.,,. n....,r live,! In un eilllltV HtOtllSCII ""I International application. It may at once bo taken for Br,.0!J that Congressman Trcnilvvny's sngKesUu l on uiiiik deposits win in least mm- - - enemies us any oilier suggest i L V'OBK
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